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-{"text": "Mud Hens pitcher Evan Reed charged with sexual assault\n\nMud Hens pitcher Evan Reed was charged July 30 with sexual assault related to a March incident in Detroit when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers.\n\nEvan Reed\n\nReed, 28, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct for alleged committing \u201can act of penetration through force or coercion\u201d when he \u201chad reason to know the victim was physically helpless or mentally incapacitated or mentally incapable to consent,\u201d according to a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s Office. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years.\n\nHe is expected to turn himself in to authorities accompanied by his attorney Ben Gonek and be arraigned in 36th District Court in Detroit at 10:30 a.m. July 31, according to the prosecutor\u2019s office\n\nThe alleged assault occurred in Detroit the day before the Tigers\u2019 home opener on March 31.\n\nThe incident was reported by a 45-year-old Oakland County woman, who said she was at a bar in Royal Oak around 10 p.m. March 29, where she met Reed and they danced, according to the release. Afterward they sat in a booth with others and chatted. At some point, the woman finished an alcoholic drink and \u201cbegan to feel odd.\u201d After midnight, she and Reed left the bar and went to a Detroit hotel, where she alleges Reed sexually assaulted her around 7:30 a.m. March 30 and then asked her to leave.\n\n\u201cIt is important to note that in any case the investigation must be thorough and all witnesses must be located and interviewed. This protocol remains the same if the alleged defendant is wealthy, privileged, a known figure or even a promising athlete,\u201d Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy said in the release.\n\nReed was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2007. He joined the Tigers organization in 2013, and shuttled between Detroit and Toledo last season. He made his major league debut with the Tigers in May 2013. He started the 2014 season in Detroit and was sent to Toledo in late June.\n\nThis entry was posted\non Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 at 12:52 pm and is filed under Baseball, Community, Crime, Mud Hens, Sports.\nYou can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.\nBoth comments and pings are currently closed."}
-{"text": "Upcoming Events\n\nCatholic Theologians Call to Abolish the Death Penalty\n\nIn the wake of the September 21st executions of Troy Anthony Davis in Georgia and Lawrence Brewer in Texas, over 350 Catholic theologians, including JSRI's Alex Mikulich, have called for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States. The statement can be found here.\n\nThe statement has received extensive news and media coverage. For example:"}
-{"text": "Culture, Lifestyle, and Commentary\n\n03/17/2011\n\nAnd the secret to profit from the country / place combination bets? The field bet, when used alone, is not a good bet. Must be used with other bets or a progression to make it profitable for the crapshoot experience. These seven different field numbers (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12) can make a total of only 16 times, leaving 20 for the other numbers. If a 5, 6, 7 or 8 rolls is lost. So if you place a field bet on himself, will win 16 times and lose 20 times (in 36 rolls theoretical). According to Barry Rosenstein the field is only worth 1:1 - that is, if you bet $ 5, you win $ 5. For example, if you bet $ 5 on the field and 4 rolls, you win only $ 5 (1:1) instead of $ 9 (9:5) who would win if you place 4.\n\n02/03/2011\n\nThe internet is a great educational tool, but if not properly used it can be very disappointing. MyWebSearch does everything possible to make your internet search simpler and more effective. It helps to know about what top level domains(TLD) are and how they can help you identify sites. Here are a few of the major TDL's in use today: .com are commercial company domains. They are the majority of the web sites on the internet. .org domains are used for organizations.They can be any type of organization. .gov domains are used for governments and government agencies. It generally refers to federal level organizations, but it could also refer to the state level organizations. .edu domains refers to educational institutions. .net refers to Internet network services or network companies\n\n03/18/2010\n\nWith the economic crisis seemingly far from subsiding, many families have taken to homesteading. Although not as rustic as the real deal that has permeated American folklore, today's homesteading still has plenty of challenges and many perks.\n\n\"We feel we own our land and our lives again,\" one homesteader said as he puts the finishing touches on a roof of the home he and his wife bought on a 200 hundred plot of land in Idaho. \"The land was inexpensive and beautiful,\" he adds.\n\nMore and more homesteaders are finding solace from immersing themselves in solitary areas, in hopes of escaping former financial trouble or the society that they feel is on sharp course with implosion.\n\n03/17/2010\n\nOne of the least hit real estate markets in the country during the recession was Texas'. One main reason is Texans were never willing to pay the kind of prices for housing that other areas of the country were. This caused many areas in Texas to remain outside of the housing bubble.\n\nWith this in mind it is not surprising that Real Estate is Texas' third most important industry according Texas Real Estate. \"The importance of Texas Real Estate activity in the Lone Star State cuts across State Boundary lines and affects the economy in other parts of the country. The complex web of inter-related finances which reflects the state of our modern economy means that what happens in Texas affects the rest of the USA and, more than likely, the rest of the world,\" says the magazine.\n\nOne area of particular interest that is still growing is the Austin condo market. Many people are still able to find god deals that are low risk for the buyer. Austin, Texas remains a desirable place to live as many transplants from different places in the U.S. have made their way giving it a cosmopolitan feel.\n\nOther areas in Texas that have remained strong and good for investment is San Antonio and suburban Dallas."}
-{"text": "Discourse 26: The Eighth Chapter Concludes \u2013 The Journey of the Soul After Death\n\nThe Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavadgita deals with the subject of life after death. The Puranas, the Upanishads, the Yoga Vasishtha and the Bhagavadgita contain many varieties of descriptions of the condition of the soul after it leaves this body. The Puranas, especially, go into a detailed, lurid description of the condition in which the soul finds itself\u2014particularly if it has not done any merit, or if the merit it has done is so negligible that the wrongs it has committed outweigh the good or are on an equal footing with it.\n\nThe stories in the Garuda Purana and such other scriptures, even in the Bhagavata, are really frightening. When the soul departs from the body in the case of these lower, unpurified and negligibly religious souls, it is taken away by the messengers of Yama and placed before the Lord of Death for judgment.\n\nIt is said that Yama asks the soul, \u201cWhat have you done?\u201d\n\nOrdinarily, it cannot remember anything. It will say, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d\n\nThe shock of separation from the body removes all memory, and it cannot remember what it has done in the previous life. It is said that then a hot rod, called a yamadanda, is kept on its head, and immediately it remembers its entire past. It knows every detail of the actions that it did, both good and bad.\n\nThe soul says, \u201cI have done a little good, but have also made many mistakes and performed so many erroneous actions.\u201d\n\nYama asks, \u201cWhat do you have to say about it now?\u201d\n\nThe soul replies, \u201cI have got relatives. They will expiate them for me. They will conduct yajnas, charities, worship, sankirtans, bhajans and meditations in my name, and I shall be free from the consequence of the sins that I have committed or the mistakes that I have made.\u201d\n\n\u201cGo then!\u201d says Yama, \u201cAnd see what they do.\u201d\n\nApparently, it takes ten days for the soul to be brought back, so some ceremony is usually done on the tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth days. The soul hovers around, observing what the relatives are doing, and Yama\u2019s messengers stand behind like policemen to see what is done. If an expiatory ceremony is done in the name of the soul, such as the Bhagavata Saptaham, the Rudra Yaga, the Narayana Bali and the Vishnu Yajna, and varieties of charities are done, and all those things that were dear to the soul are also given in gift, the effect of these good deeds is credited to the account of the soul and it is exonerated to that extent.\n\nBut suppose this is not done and, like modern boys, the relatives do not believe in these observances: \u201cIf our father died, let it go, that\u2019s all. We won\u2019t bother about it,\u201d and there is no charity, no goodwill, and they behave as if nothing has happened; or, they do not even believe that something happens after death because they think that there is no life after death. If that is the case, the soul is dragged back. When the policemen know that someone is a culprit, and it is confirmed, they deal with him very severely. If they know that he is going to be released and nothing is going to happen to him, they do not bother much about it. But if his relatives have done nothing, it is certain that he is going to be punished, so for one year they drag the soul to the kingdom of the Lord of Death. At first they brought it within ten days because they wanted to know what was happening. When it is certain that it is going to be punished, they drag it, pull it, scratch and beat it, and it will be hungry and thirsty and bleeding. That is why another ceremony is done after one year; it takes one year for the soul to return to the abode of Yama. The varshika (annual) ceremony is very important. If nothing has been done on the tenth to thirteenth days after the passing of the soul, at least something should be done on the anniversary so that some mercy may be granted by Lord Yama before the sentence is passed.\n\nIf the soul has no merit at all, it will be sent to the land of punishment, whatever the punishment be. In the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana, the Garuda Purana, etc., the type of punishment and difficulties that the soul has to undergo are described in such gory language that we would not like to be born into this world again.\n\nWhen the soul is expunged of all its sins by suffering in the prison of Yama\u2019s hell, it is released. It is said that then it is sent to Rudraloka, and will not be allowed to leave. To release the soul from Rudra\u2019s clutches, Rudra Yajna is done. Then it is sent to Vaikuntha, so Vishnu Yajna is done; and after many, many years, the soul attains moksha. This is how a bad person gets purified in a very painful way, and then finally attains blessedness.\n\nOr, if the soul has a tremendous attachment to relations and to wealth, it can be reborn into this world. A Muslim gentleman lived near a house in which a Hindu family had a little baby. The baby was very beautiful. The Muslim wanted to fondle it, sit it on his lap, but the Hindus would not allow the Muslim to touch the baby, which greatly disturbed him. The child grew up, and then the Muslim died. This child, which had grown up, started talking in Persian.\n\nThey asked, \u201cWhat is this matter? Who are you?\u201d\n\nHe replied, \u201cI am that Muslim gentleman who wanted to caress this child, and you didn\u2019t allow it; and now I am possessing it!\u201d\n\nThis is the effect of attachments. And very intense attachments, which do not even give the soul time to take birth in this world, convert it into a ghost. Preta yoni is the outcome and, as described in the Bhagavata Purana, it hovers around in space, hungry and thirsty.\n\nHere the Bhagavadgita describes the more glorious paths to the higher realms. Those who are not spiritually awakened but have done immensely good deeds reach a lower kingdom called Chandraloka, the realm of the moon, where they stay invisibly and enjoy the fruit of their good deeds. When the momentum of their good deeds, charitable deeds, etc., is exhausted, they come back into this world. But if a person is spiritually awakened and is not merely a good man\u2014not merely a charitable or a philanthropic person\u2014then the path is different. These two paths are called the northern path and the southern path.\n\nYatra k\u0101le tvan\u0101v\u1e5bttim \u0101v\u1e5btti\u1e41 caiva yogina\u1e25, pray\u0101t\u0101 y\u0101nti ta\u1e41 k\u0101la\u1e41 vak\u1e63y\u0101mi bharatar\u1e63abha (8.23): \u201cI shall now tell you,\u201d says Bhagavan Sri Krishna, \u201cabout that path treading which one returns, and that path treading which one does not return. These two paths I shall describe to you now\u2014uttaramarga or jyotirmarga, and dakshinamarga or dhumamarga, as they are called.\u201d\n\nAgnir jotir aha\u1e25 \u015bukla\u1e25 \u1e63a\u1e47m\u0101s\u0101 uttar\u0101ya\u1e47am, tatra pray\u0101t\u0101 gacchanti brahma brahmavido jan\u0101\u1e25 (8.24): Everything is filled with light, everything is filled with divinity, and everything is superintended over by a divinity. The fire of cremation\u2014that is the agni, the physical fire, which has a divinity of its own\u2014assumes a divine form in the case of a person who is to rise up to the celestial realms. Then there is a divinity superintending over the daytime, in contrast with the night. If a person passes away during the daytime, and during the bright half of the lunar month, and during the northern movement of the sun, he shall reach the solar orb\u2014Suryaloka. From there, he will be taken up further.\n\nThe Upanishads describe many more stages than the ones mentioned here. And at a particular stage beyond the sun, a superhuman entity is supposed to come and take the soul by the hand. Up to the solar orb, or even a little beyond, is called the realm of lightning. That is, beyond the sun, the lightning of Brahmaloka flashes forth. The individuality consciousness of the soul slowly gets diminished at that time, and it is not aware of any self-effort. It does not know that it is moving at all, inasmuch as the ego is almost gone. It is said that at that time an amanava purusha deputed by Brahma himself comes down in a luminous form, and leads the soul to the abode of Brahma, the Creator. This is the path of krama mukti, or gradual liberation, in which the soul is supposed to be glorying in Brahmaloka until Brahma himself is dissolved at the end of time\u2014at the end of a hundred years of his life\u2014and then the Absolute Brahman is reached.\n\nBut there is a possibility of immediate salvation without passing through all these stages\u2014a hundredfold promotion, as it were. It is the dissolution of the soul in the supreme Brahman at this very spot. The soul need not have to travel in space and time because it is a jivanmukta purusha, one who has attained to a consciousness where there is no distance to be travelled. For him, there is no solar orb or anything else. He has spread his consciousness everywhere, in all beings: sarvabh\u016btahite rat\u0101\u1e25 (12.4). He is the soul of all beings, like Suka Maharishi, Vyasa, Vasishtha, etc. When his soul spreads itself everywhere in the cosmos, where is the question of moving? Na tasya pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101 utkr\u0101manti (B.U. 4.4.6): His pranas do not depart, as is the case of other people. Brahmaiva san brahm\u0101pyeti: They dissolve here, just now. That is, the moment the soul departs the body, it enters the supreme Brahman, the Absolute, then and there, without having to pass through all these stages. But in the case of krama mukti, the graduated steps mentioned in the Bhagavadgita, it is different.\n\nThe divinity of fire, the divinity of daytime, the divinity of the lunar month\u2019s bright half, and the divinity ruling over the northern movement of the sun will take care of the soul and bring it up. In the Moksha Parva of the Mahabharata there is the story of a great ascetic who rose up from his body, and a little flame rising up through the sky could be seen. It rose higher and higher until it reached the orb of the sun, where a divine being emerged from the solar orb and received it. According to our tradition, the sun is not a material substance. It is a divinity\u2014hiranmaya purusha\u2014in which a golden-coloured Narayana is seated. Just as a human being is not a body, the sun is also not a body; and just as we see only the body of a person and do not see what the person is on the inside, we do not see divinity of the sun. We see only its outer appearance, which we call helium, atomic energy, etc., in just the same way as we call a person bone and flesh, nerves, blood, etc.\u2014which is not a correct description. So there is something beyond the human concept here. Divinities are everywhere in the cosmos, in every atom, which is also controlled and enveloped by the universal God. If God is everywhere, why should He not be in every atom and in everything? In the case of such a realisation, there is immediate dissolution.\n\nDh\u016bmo r\u0101tris tath\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u1e25 \u1e63a\u1e47m\u0101s\u0101 dak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101yanam, tatra c\u0101ndramasa\u1e41 jyotir yog\u012b pr\u0101pya nivartate (8.25). There are those who have not spiritually awakened themselves, have not done spiritual meditation, and have an insufficient devotion to God. Even if they are very good people, highly charitable and humanistic in their approach, they will not be allowed to move along this northern path to the sun. They will not go to Brahmaloka. They will go to a lower realm, called Chandraloka. The smoke which rises from the fire during cremation will be their guiding principle. The dark half of the lunar month, and the southern movement of the sun, signify a deficiency in divine powers and a lesser chance of the soul going up along the path of brightness. It will reach Chandraloka, where it will enjoy the fruits of the good deeds it has done. Whatever good deeds were done will have their effect. Every action produces a reaction. Any good, charitable deed will bring the soul an abundance of joy in Chandraloka; but the soul will come back, because anyone who has not realised the universality of God will come back. Only a soul who is totally devoted to God will gradually pass through these stages of divine ordinances to the Ultimate Being. But if we are united with God here itself, we will immediately merge into God.\n\n\u015auklak\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47e gat\u012b hyete jagata\u1e25 \u015b\u0101\u015bvate mate (8.26). Broadly speaking, these are two paths of the soul after death. Either we go that way or we go this way, according to our karma and our spiritual status. \u015auklak\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47e gat\u012b hyete jagata\u1e25 \u015b\u0101\u015bvate mate, ekay\u0101 y\u0101ty an\u0101v\u1e5bttim anyay\u0101vartate puna\u1e25: By the one path, one does not come back to this world; by the other path, one returns.\n\nNaite s\u1e5bt\u012b p\u0101rtha j\u0101nan yog\u012b muhyati ka\u015bcana, tasm\u0101t sarve\u1e63u k\u0101le\u1e63u yogayukto bhav\u0101rjuna (8.27). Having known clearly that these are the two paths, who would like to tread the lesser path? \u201cTherefore, be a yogi, O Arjuna, and try to tread the upper path.\u201d Whoever knows the merits and demerits of these two paths will certainly pursue the path of merit rather than the path of demerit. It is the lack of knowledge that prevents us from working for our own salvation. But if we know that such a thing exists, and that even after death our karmas will pursue us wherever we go\u2014that even if we go to the nether regions, we will be caught by the nemesis of our actions, the results of what we have done, because there is a law which punishes us\u2014we will obey the law. And if we know that there are these two paths, and there is a chance of our entering into the lower one, we will certainly work to attain the higher one. Knowing this, we will certainly become wiser and, therefore, work for a state of establishment in yoga\u2014union with the divinities in the various graduated scales of development, or with the Supreme Absolute itself, whatever the case may be. Either way, one will be a supreme yogi who is united with the Absolute now, or one will be a graduated yogi who will move systematically through the stages mentioned. Anyway, knowing this, one will not come to grief. Tasm\u0101t sarve\u1e63u k\u0101le\u1e63u yogayukto bhav\u0101rjuna: \u201cTherefore, become a yogi, Arjuna!\u201d\n\nVede\u1e63u yaj\u00f1e\u1e63u tapa\u1e25su caiva d\u0101ne\u1e63u yat pu\u1e47yaphala\u1e41 pradi\u1e63\u1e6dam, atyeti tat sarvam ida\u1e41 viditv\u0101 yog\u012b para\u1e41 sth\u0101nam upaiti c\u0101dyam (8.28). These discourses that you are hearing now as satsanga\u2014the knowledge of these wonderful things beyond this world that you are gaining\u2014is greater than all the good deeds that you do by way of charity, and all the sacrifices that you perform. All the merits that you will accrue by doing charity, good deeds and even the study of scriptures like the Vedas, and by doing austerity and living an abstemious life will bring you some good results. But this phala of satsanga, the blessing of this highly purifying training that your soul is undergoing by listening to these glorious eternal realities, certainly has a greater capacity to produce an effect than all the charities, studies and scriptures, etc. It transcends even the Vedas, and you attain to that place, that abode, which is the Ancient One. With this, we conclude the Eighth Chapter."}
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-{"text": "UNDP project with inter-agency collaboration adopt RA 9184 as its procurement policy/procedure in our agency, since RA 9184 will be the procedure our existing BAC composition will be adopted. question, is it possible for another government agency to be a member of the TWG for the procurement of the said project? hope to clarify this matter. thanks\n\nThe law does not prevent government agency from inviting experts from other government agencies or private individual to form part of its TWG for as long as they have the legal, financial and technical competencies to act one. they will be entitled to honoraria.\n\nolrac_tm wrote:UNDP project with inter-agency collaboration adopt RA 9184 as its procurement policy/procedure in our agency, since RA 9184 will be the procedure our existing BAC composition will be adopted. question, is it possible for another government agency to be a member of the TWG for the procurement of the said project? hope to clarify this matter. thanks"}
-{"text": "SportsNation Blog Archives Jimmie Johnson\n\nJimmie Johnson wins at Daytona\n\nJimmie Johnson hasn't won the Sprint Cup since 2010 (we know -- what a drought, right?), but it looks like he's back in championship form. Johnson has won four races this season and is 49 points ahead of Clint Bowyer, who's in second place despite winning zero races. Our analysts have Matt Kenseth as the driver with the best shot of taking Johnson down, but will it be d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again when the 2013 Chase is finally over?\n\nWho will win the Sprint Cup this season?\n\n57%\n\nJimmie Johnson\n\n43%\n\nThe field\n\n(Total votes: 23,483)\n\nWhich driver has the best chance of beating out Jimmie Johnson for the Sprint Cup title this season?\n\nBrad Keselowski just needed to finish 15th-or-better to win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup title. He did that, but got some help too when top challenger Jimmie Johnson was forced to the garage with 39 laps to go, ending his day and clinching the championship for Keselowski. That came one week after Johnson crashed out last week at Phoenix. So did Keselowski -- who won Dodge's first series title since 1975 -- win the Cup, or did Johnson lose it?\n\nTHEMVIKINGZ:\nJimmie Johnson was trying so hard to psyche him out on ESPN this week. Keselowski basically laghed at it, then went out and took the Cup.\n\nPretty cool.\"\n\nSteelBrightblade:\nRooted for brad since he wrecked carl at dega. Just protectin his line. Well deserved\"\n\nThomasg2488:\nGordon finally wins at Homestead and Keselowski (my 2nd favorite driver since racing for Jr.) wins the championship and denied JJ the title. And Lewis Hamilton won a fantastic United States Grand Prix. Perfect race day.\"\n\nforums_mp:\nCongrats Brad! Well deserved. I still think they need to tweak the chase format. Amidst all the mechanical issues a 'grade forgiveness' should be allowed.\"\n\nrafter510:\nI might not be a keselowski fan but well deserved win of the championship there's more in the future to come with his talent level\"\n\nBradSmith71374:\nGuess he is in trouble next year. Dodge yanked his car and now he will be rolling in the back next year. Dodge thinks highly of their car and drivers. LMAO. Good luck next year Brad. LOL\"\n\nEach week, the NASCAR Now (Weekdays on ESPN2, 3 p.m. ET) crew will select the best burnouts of the past weekend. Which car will come out on top? Well, that's up to you. Watch the video above, cast your vote and tune into NASCAR Now to see who wins!\n\nEach week, the NASCAR Now (Weekdays on ESPN2, 3 p.m. ET) crew will select the best burnouts of the past weekend. Which car will come out on top? Well, that's up to you. Watch the video above, cast your vote and tune into NASCAR Now to see who wins!\n\nManny Pacquiao packs quite a punch, as Antonio Margarito's medical bills will attest after their bout. But even Pacquiao can't match the power Jimmie Johnson has at his disposal when he's behind the wheel. Another weekend brought another chance to celebrate a champion, but is Johnson a bigger deal than Pacquiao?"}
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-{"text": "July 26, 2007\n\nWHEN a majority of Supreme Court justices adopt a manifestly ideological agenda, it plunges the court into the vortex of American politics. If the Roberts court has entered voluntarily what Justice Felix Frankfurter once called the \u201cpolitical thicket,\u201d it may require a political solution to set it straight.\n\n\"When\"... \"If\"... \"may\".... The writer, Jean Edward Smith, author of a biography of FDR, is not exactly taking a position on what the Roberts Court is doing.\n\nStill, there is nothing sacrosanct about having nine justices on the Supreme Court. Roosevelt\u2019s 1937 chicanery has given court-packing a bad name, but it is a hallowed American political tradition participated in by Republicans and Democrats alike.\n\nIf the current five-man majority persists in thumbing its nose at popular values, the election of a Democratic president and Congress could provide a corrective. It requires only a majority vote in both houses to add a justice or two.\n\n\"[P]ersists in thumbing its nose at popular values\"? Okay, now Smith seems to be taking a position, though there's no substance in his piece that backs this up, but even if it were backed up, it would be an idiotic point. He starts out fretting about a Court that enters the political sphere, and he ends up worrying about the Court failing to pick up the values of the political majority. So which is it?\n\nOf course, I know: You want the Court to transcend politics but to transcend it in the direction that squares with your politics. I laugh at that.\n\nTwo more things:\n\n1. Specify which cases are bothering you! If the \"values\" you prefer are so \"popular,\" why can't Congress simply enact them as a matter of statutory law? I need to know what you're talking about before I can tell whether these new statutes would violate constitutional law. For example, if you're irked that the Court didn't strike down the \"partial-birth abortion\" statute, Congress doesn't have to restock the Court with Justices who will expansively construe abortion rights, it only needs to repeal its own statute!\n\n2. The Constitution does create checks on the Supreme Court, and Congress can decide to use them. But such actions by Congress will themselves have a political effect. You need to look down the road and see if you like those effects too. It's not enough to say, wouldn't it be great to be able to suddenly appoint 2 new Supreme Court Justices at a point when we have a President who will nominate individuals we think will do things we like? You will need to explain why this solution is so important, and, when you that, you will probably end up in a debate that will portrays the Court as political. You may succeed in increasing the number of Justices at the expense of delegitimatizing the very Court you want to rely on. And when the next President comes in, he or she will have more power to choose Justices for openly political reasons.\n\n59 comments:\n\nCourt packing is a \"hallowed American political tradition\"? That's ridiculous. The last time it was even attempted 70 years ago. And the last time done successfully was over 130 years ago. The republic is only 231 years old and the Supreme Court is younger than that. To say court packing is a hallowed tradition stretches the meaning of those words beyond the breaking point.\n\nOnce you come to the understanding that in the view of the Times, the Supreme Court is \"thumbing its nose\" at the political will of the majority when its decisions contradict the political beliefs of The New York Times, and the Court is the \"defender of the Consitution\" when its decisions support those same political beliefs, then the Times op-ed becomes understandable.\n\nThe editors of the Times are devoid of any consitutional principle when opinining on what is and is not a good court decision. Their opinions reflect only orthodox support for \"rights\" in favor of people they consider to be victims of our society, and waiver of certain rights by those deemed to be favored by our society (except in the practice of forcing others to give money to those deemed to be victims).\n\nNo doubt we can look back and find the Times supporting FDR's 1937 Court-packing proposal as well.\n\nSmith may think it would be nice for the current congress to remake the court. But he needs to to think what the court will look like when the next Tom DeLay / George W. Bush combination gets the upper hand.\n\nSo one or two justices would provide corrective? How about 10 back at you? Guys like DeLay don't play for close calls.\n\n\"If the 'values' you prefer are so 'popular,' why can't Congress simply enact them ...[?] For example, if you're irked that the Court didn't strike down the 'partial-birth abortion' statute, Congress doesn't have to restock the Court with Justices who will expansively construe abortion rights, it only needs to repeal its own statute!\"\n\nIt goes to the paradox I've noted before - the desperate attempt to protect a countermajoritarian device protecting a policy choice they claim enjoys majority support. Of course, it's no paradox in reality, just a smokescreen. No rational person would rely on a supermajoritarian device to maintain a policy they believed commanded majority support, so the conclusion is unavoidable that NARAL and so forth simply don't believe their own propaganda.\n\nIt's par for the course, needless to say, that the justices who Smith disagrees with are acting ideologically, while the other four (or five in many cases) are doing... What? Is he really so naive as to think the Ledbetter dissenters weren't being \"ideological\"? Or does he have a Dahlia-esque view where ideology is so broadly-defined as to sweep any judicial philosophy into its scope?\n\nSmith may think it would be nice for the current congress to remake the court. But he needs to to think what the court will look like when the next Tom DeLay / George W. Bush combination gets the upper hand.\n\nOne of the most annoying recent tendencies of Democratic liberals and their supporters is to act as if \"sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander\" is a rule that should not bind them. When the Democrats started using the filibuster to prevent votes on appellate justices, they were warned it would come back to haunt them. But actually, it won't. Precedents only apply to the right sorts of people, doncha know. If Harry and Nancy want to do it, it's fine. As long as Congress remains in its natural state (Democratic), fine. But if through some vote-stealing Diebold, Cheney/Rove scheme the Republicans took over and used the same precedent to pursue their ends, it's \"here come the brownshirts!\"\n\nWhen I was more of a liberal (I still don't quite believe I'm not one now), I admired the insistence on principle, even if sticking with principle meant our side lost some battles. Apparently, the new style liberal thinks that's wussy. Principles = what we want.\n\nrhhardin said...\"You get the least political court by reducing its size, not increasing it.\"\n\nSo presumably state Supreme Courts - most of which have 5-7 members - are much less political than SCOTUS, and three-judge panel hearings are much less political than en banc hearings? Is there any empirical data that backs up this assertion, or at least a sound theoretical rationale? I mean, ipse dixit isn't going to get you far.\n\nI think this is a great idea. This congress can add two justices, and then the next congress can add two more, and the next can add two more, and then in a few decades, our Supreme Court will be a mass of 31 bickering partisan windbags. Hell, after a long enough time, the Court may be the size of the Senate.\n\nI don't see what's wrong with my ipse dico, but if you insist : a large court just represents the general population in its direction, retirements and reappointments being frequent. A one-man court gets direction only once in 50 years.\n\nYou may not like the result for 50 years, but it won't be political. Almost by definition.\n\nJohn Stodder said...\"When I was more of a liberal ... I admired the insistence on principle, even if sticking with principle meant our side lost some battles.\"\n\nQuite: \u201cLegal minds tend to respond to a statement of clear and compelling principle.... Upon identifying a principle, they crave consistency. To stop and think who will win and who will lose is to sacrifice legitimacy.\u201d Althouse, Electoral College Reform: D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, 95 Nw. U. L. Rev 993, 1007 (2001). To me, sticking to first principles - even when they produce a result I don't like - is a badge of honor. But on the other hand, cf. Althouse, The Humble and the Treasonous: Judge-Made Jurisdiction Law, 40 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1035, 1039-40 (1990) (\"By professing unconcern for practical reality and a pure, unalloyed love for an idea, one loses control over outcomes and argues unwittingly for bad results ... [T]here is something unprincipled about embracing an abstraction and taking it to its logical limit, without the stabilizing effect of considering policy implications\").\n\nTo make an unsupported dogmatic assertion is the privilege of those who've earned it -- the index case being Pythagoras, from whose students the phrase originates, according to Cicero, who had earned authority strong enough that his students could simple say that he, pythagoras, himself said it, without offering reason. You haven't earned that kind of intellectual cachet. Don't feel bad - very few people have.\n\n\"a large court just represents the general population in its direction, retirements and reappointments being frequent. A one-man court gets direction only once in 50 years.\"\n\nThis is akin Prof. Turley's theory, but I don't think his theory (or yours) it's very persuasive. You could far more effectively accomplish the same thing as you and Jon are looking to do by having judges serve terms of office - an approach that would avoid the inefficiencies of a huge court. The perceived \"problem\" isn't plainly so, even if it were, the proposed remedy isn't clearly a solution to it, it has several foreseeable problems and will entail numerous unforeseeable problems.\n\nIt isn't enough to have an idea, to believe you might be able to improve on something that has worked and worked well for some time - even if you are one of those who, as Oakeshotte put it, who \"never doubts the power of his reason (when properly applied) to determine the worth of a thing, the truth of an opinion or the propriety of an action.\" To paraphrase the way I put the point last year, in my view, traditional practise erect a rebuttable presumption that grows stronger with the passage of time, and even when the traditional solution is less than ideal, it at least has the virtue of being tried and tested. Its unintended consequences have already become apparent. That isn't to say that change should never happen - Burke, after all, warned that \"[a] state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation\" since without that capacity \"it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously to preserve\" - but nevertheless, when you have a law and a proposed change, the latter bears the burden of proof that it should be adopted, and when they seem co-equal, the former prevails. The longer the law has been on the books, the higher the burden of proof required. If you have a clearly dysfunctionally system, and you have a compelling alternative to bring forth, one which seems likely to cut a narrow path without displacing too much else, then great. But the lower in stature the problem or the higher in risk the solution (or particularly when both) the less persuasive it is.\n\nI don't even agree with the apparent premise that the court ought to be a \"representative\" body swayed and \"direct[ed]\" by popular sentiment. Quite the opposite, if that were their purpose, there would be no need for life tenure in the first place.\n\nEverything has its limits. Sometimes principles are in conflict. Especially in the case of a badly conceived law that, nonetheless, must be enforced until it's changed.\n\nBut it is easier to correct the tragic results of an unthinking obedience to principle than to correct the tragic results of a purely expedient mentality. As an earlier post said, if politicians unhappy with the Supreme Court try to cure it by adding two new members, the next regime will just double down -- add 4. And very quickly, the Supreme Court would lose authority and be seen as Congress, only more pretentious.\n\n\"Congress\u2019s need for the information, though, is substantial. It has already turned up an array of acts by administration officials that may have been criminal.\"\n\nIf this were so, the piece would specify these supposed acts. The NYT doesn't, the Congress hasn't, and the supposedly malfeasant action that underlies this fictitious scandal is explicitly authorized by statute, see 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 541(c), and is in any event within the inherent power of the Presidency, as has been repeatedly reaffirmed by the Supreme Court.\n\nJohn,In General Grant's famliar epigram, \u201cI know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.\u201d The difficulty arises when, as you say, an issue brings two or more principles into conflict.\n\n\"But it is easier to correct the tragic results of an unthinking obedience to principle than to correct the tragic results of a purely expedient mentality. As an earlier post said, if politicians unhappy with the Supreme Court try to cure it by adding two new members, the next regime will just double down -- add 4. And very quickly, the Supreme Court would lose authority and be seen as Congress, only more pretentious.\"\n\nThis is exactly what killed legal realism, as I understand it (and a point Ann has alluded to many times) - the court's authority, the reason why we obey its dictates, rests on the assumption that it is non-political, merely a proxy for the authority of the law. Legal realism's \"painful candor\" begged the question of why five unelected justices' opinions should trump 218 elected Congressmen, 51 elected Senators and one elected President's john hancock.\n\nAdherence to principle has important normative value:\n\n\"While announcing a firm rule of decision can thus inhibit courts, strangely enough it can embolden them as well. Judges are sometimes called upon to be courageous, because they must sometimes stand up to what is generally supreme in a democracy: the popular will. ... The chances that frail men and women will stand up to their unpleasant duty are greatly increased if they can stand behind the solid shield of a firm, clear principle enunciated in earlier cases.\"\n\nScalia, The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules, 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175 (1989). The problem I have with beinding rules to \"consider[] policy implications\" is that it necessarily makes the judge the arbiter of what is good policy - the detatchment from which being precisely the source of their authority. Indeed, it is precisely the \"los[s] [of] control over outcomes\" that makes formalistic rules so appealing: they cabin the discretion of the judge. \"The Supreme Court's constitutional role appears to be justified only if the Court applies principles that are neutrally derived, defined and applied.\" Bork, Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems, 47 Ind. L.J. 1, 35 (1971). I have grown very fond of a phrase PBS recently used to describe Justice Black: the text was his mandate, but is was also his limit. I tend to invert that: the text is judge's limit, but it is also a mandate to go as far as the text goes. Scalia's point in Law of Rules is normative as much as it is formalist: the mandate of the text is an authority a judge is more likely to use when s/he can ground the result firmly in the text or in the neutral, generally-applicable principles, the result of the application of which the judge doesn't appear to \"control.\"\n\nHere\u2019s a long-view of the SCOTUS Bench. Link. You could fit in two more Justices (one on each end) and maintain decent sight-lines, but that wouldn\u2019t require much in the way of expensive carpentry, and that\u2019s a problem.\n\nMaybe you could squeeze in four more Justices, but that\u2019s still not so great a contract for the cabinet makers, so we really should try to do better.\n\nSix new Justices would make for an expensive enough work project, but there really isn\u2019t the room, and Congress would balk at funding a nifty new building for SCOTUS (if Congress isn\u2019t getting one, too) and that might put the kibosh on the whole enterprise.\n\nSo, what to do, . . ., what to do, . . . ?\n\nWait a minute, I\u2019ve got an idea!\n\nWe can pack the Court with seventy-two brand spanking new Justices and still keep the old building. It would require a brand new, very expensive bench and that would be win-win for everyone concerned!\n\nThe new bench would be based on a much-loved design that has proven its good looks and practicality well throughout the years, and here\u2019s what it would look like, only much, much bigger. Link.\n\nAlthouse. Perhaps you should have left \"Here's a NYT op-ed...\" until the end. Otherwise the question of whether or not it's BS is immediately superceded by the question of what particular flavor of BS it surely is.\n\nPolitics shouldn't be the driving force behind justice, because that's anything but justice.\n\nUnderstanding the problem and coming up with a solution? Not so easy\n\nWhen Democrats do it, it's wrong.When Republicans do it, it's wrong.\n\nCorrecting it, encouraged or discouraged by academics, probably based on bias. The bias is likely political and therefore wrong.\n\nHow do you fix a problem that is a result of an inherently flawed justice system? You can't unless you go after the root of the problem, otherwise it'll just happen again. Going after the root problem isn't easy either, because then you have to admit that there is a flaw with how we define ourselves and few are willing to admit or accept when they are wrong. (likely psychological or a human biological trait)\n\nWhat frightens most politically charged Americans is the strong sense of party loyalty and external group and corporate influences that have taken over American government. Partisan loyalty trumps principles and values that conservatives were often applauded for in the 20th century, partisan loyalty now trumps the 'save the world and baby seals' mentality for Democrats that gave them a reason to bat themselves on the back and Republicans a reason to acknowledge they \"have a good heart, despite having no economic sense.\"\n\nIn many ways, the prior driving forces behind our political parties were flawed. The passion the values incited got in the way of reasoned policy and resulted in pork-filled legislation. The issues never seemed as divisive, or inspiring as much animosity as we're witnessing now through the advancement of technology and mass communication.\n\n21st Century American Crossroads\n\nOne transition in American government that may revolutionize politics and policy is this hostility and distrust that exists between the elite and everyone else. The elite (educated, rich, powerful) are usually Republican, from my experience, though the language from Limbaugh/Coulter implies that \"hollywood\" liberals are the \"elitists\" against the \"common man/working class.\" (You and me)\n\nHistorically, the U.S. has a tradition of 'attempting' to work together to get stuff done for Americans. That tradition changed to pretending to work together, and has further devolved into attempting to pretend to work together to shape American policy.\n\nIf gridlock fades and pork dies, what replaces it?\n\nThe jaded call it pork, but at least we gained something from gridlock and pork-barrel politics. At the very least, American political stability was achieved. Additionally, gridlock kept our politicians from getting out of control and President's from attempting to legislate from the White House. Republicans under the leadership of Bush, Cheney and Rove made the mistake of believing that their power was indefinite as long as they continued their attack on the American characterization of the other party. It amounted to a campaign that would assassinate the character of the entire Democratic party and it was working very well, until Bush came along and screwed it all up.\n\nI'm of the opinion that 2008 belongs to the Democrats. Money, policy, merits of issues, 'actual ability to get things done', sadly, none of that matters. In the way that Republicans seized power through patriotism and alienating those that disagree on policy, Democrats will do the same by remaining in that arena. Pat Buchanan recently wrote a good article on the negative environment we will see and the difficult challenges America will face as the empire falls. This is how empires die\n\nDemocrats will make the same mistake Republicans have made. If there is one flaw all Americans share, it is the belief that our existence is central to the world cause. We belong to an egocentric society of fools prone seduction of power and the corruption of evil-- while, occasionally throwing partisans a bone.\n\nThe new party leadership doesn't exist in government\n\nNow, with the power that we've granted Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Michael Moore, Jon Stewart, Al Franken, Bill O'Reilly, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and even blog writers, (such as Ann Althouse!) Internet forums, websites, etc, we're seeing a highly divisive and adversarial new political arena. Some people (me, for example) believe it is destroying the America we knew and replacing it with a battleground for partisan warfare.\n\nMiddle America tends to be 'progressive' or idealistic / the everyone live-and-let-live crowd. The problem is, in this new America and political system we've created and participate in, it is impossible for the idealist's vision of America to exist.\n\nSo what we're left with is a serious war between Republicans and Democrats for the heart of America.\n\nConservatives experienced an unprecedented extension of political power going back to Clinton's years\n\nRepublicans had a good shot at shaping American law and policy for decades to come and to a certain extent they won the jackpot with Bush's court appointments and an admittedly spineless Democratic leadership that was more concerned with their public image and political power than supporting their convictions. We'll see if the political move pays off in 2008 and beyond, but if it does pay off it'll be in large part because of Republican strategy failures and a poor sense of judgment due to excitement and the trance that Bush's rhetorical flute locked them in.\n\nI'm a budding Libertarian/former Clintonian moderate Democrat. I was seeking conservatism for the longest time, my family is split evangelical Christian and Catholic, so it made sense for me to seek out conservatism.\n\nI realize now that I sought out conservatism at the wrong time; the conservative government never bothered me much until it started leaning heavily on civil liberties and privacy rights. The Patriot Act is what probably set me on track for libertarianism as opposed to conservatism, then to be dubbed Unamerican and Unpatriotic for arguing against such policies was the last straw for me. Heck, I figured, no skin off my back, that's how power is won and it's how the country and the minds of millions of people are controlled.\n\nFrom a personal standpoint, the challenge of achieving that kind of power is part of the American 'dream' that everyone interested in the political process is seeking.\n\nWhere Republicans went wrong, is they allowed their excitement to get the better of them. Bush's strong following of Evangelical Christians was a major boost in 2000 and the swift-boat ads and anti-terrorist/\"pro-America\" campaign was probably what tipped the scales in 2004. What Republicans didn't realize was how volatile and sensitive the political arena was. I know many here may disagree on this point, but the Fox news shows that are highly favorable towards Christian Conservative interpretations of life and politics and decision of Fox to refrain from covering the War, and a refusal to be 'honest' about President Bush's serious character flaws served as a smokescreen that blurred Republican vision and has landed the party a very serious blow for years if not decades to come.\n\nWhen I was at the University of Wisconsin, my lawyer friends (some of which are brilliant, genius even) were very passionate about supporting President Bush, one of my best friends often talked about how EVIL and corrupt President Clinton (the liar!) was, and how morally bankrupt liberals were in general for supporting him after the revelations of monica-gate.\n\nBack then, I suspected he listened to Rush Limbaugh and read occasional Ann Coulter fuel to energize him for his daily mental exercises; he battled many liberal thinkers throughout Madison, it was entertaining to say the least.\n\nWhat I learned from him and what I was observing of the new conservative movement was a high tolerance for hate speech and encouraging the use of political rhetoric (pro-war = pro-America), and abusing language(anti-conservative policy = UnAmerican) in order to manipulate, coerce and deceive people into agreeing with conservative points or disagreeing with liberal ones.\n\nIt's my opinion that the \"decline\" of conservatism as we approach the 2008 elections has Bush and political strategists to blame for the response coming from bloggers, 'the media' and our millions of 'morally bankrupt' citizens that roam the streets.\n\nRush, O'Reilly, Coulter will urge you to fight these nitwits that comprise of a highly vocal minority that champion 'liberal' fools. What they won't tell you is that attacking people based on love for God and country is the surest way to invoke a FIGHT response from an otherwise weak collective with questionable leadership.\n\nLanguage, rhetoric, it's a problem guys and it's going to haunt your party in 2008.\n\nFred, I really have no idea what motivated that baseless attack, and you're welcome to elaborate if you want, but funnily enough, glib hostility from a Paulista isn't something that particularly troubles me.\n\nYeah, Fred does have some issues. I assume it was a ironical comment on \"hate speech\" from his dissertation length comment above. Anyway, I was just going to point out that everything Fred lays at the feet of the Republicans, I see it at the feet of the Democrats. Funny how the rose tint distorts things depending on who is wearing the glasses.\n\nSimon, I pushed out a long post above about how partisan abuse of language and rhetoric will haunt Republicans in 2008.\n\nSo, my use of \"brilliant\" to recognize your principles was intended as a compliment as I agree with Trey's praise for principled people. :)\n\n\"not so much\" was a not-so-subtle way of saying:\n\nI don't agree with the implication that people who think differently are something less than honorable. I appreciate 'passion' as much as 'logic.' Sometimes they conflict but both are admirable qualities in leaders and thinkers. :) As we've learned from this administration, honor and political affiliation are not one and the same, even if public opinion treats both similarly.\n\nAs for Ron Paul, it is his principles that I admire most about him! I admire people who stand by well-reasoned and logical decision making. It isn't easy to do, and I admit it is something I'd like like to aim for.\n\nJeff said...\"Yeah, Fred does have some issues. I assume it was a ironical comment on \"hate speech\" from his dissertation length comment above.\"\n\nHaving authored several fairly lengthy comments myself, I feel compelled to point out that concision is a virtue, but that doesn't necessarily mean shortness. Sometimes an idea just takes so many words to express.\n\nI wasn't trying to call out Republicans for doing something that Democrats are innocent of. I think I mentioned that Democrats are going to do the same thing, it's human nature.\n\nThe reason I brought up the 2008 elections was because I believe the war-rhetoric \"with us or against us\", the \"unpatriotic\" labels and \"unAmerican\" language, \"liberals hate Jesus\" language is gonna bite back due to Bush's problems in the White House.\n\nMaybe you don't realize how much verbal abuse Democrats (even Ron Paul supporters) have taken over not agreeing on foreign policy. So my argument is that because liberals are raging right now over 2000 and 2004 (and the patriotism stuff) they are going to serve it back in spades. In the past do you recall Liberals ever bringing up military defense and the importance of God in their lives?\n\nThey very well may believe in God and even be strong Christians, but as a party they kept their mouths shut to appease the non-Christian groups. That is no longer true. The new battle for middle America will revolve around war, religion, and civil rights and liberties your common enemy will use Bush's failures to emphasize how wrong you were. (whether it is true or not)\n\nTo make an unsupported dogmatic assertion is the privilege of those who've earned it -- the index case being Pythagoras, from whose students the phrase originates, according to Cicero, who had earned authority strong enough that his students could simple say that he, pythagoras, himself said it, without offering reason. You haven't earned that kind of intellectual cachet. Don't feel bad - very few people have.\n\nYou might want to look into Galambosianism and go all the way. Particularly note the nondisclosure agreement.\n\nTheo - thanks. And that's okay - I tend to repeat myself. ;) That's one reason (not the main one) why I like to quote directly from previous comments - the regulars know where I stand on most issues. I don't have to reinvent the basic building blocks every time, just put them together in hopefully new and interesting way.\n\nOn style and the medium - I think the main thing about writing in blogs and comments is that you have to abandon traditional rules of paragraphing. You've got to break a lot more often, otherwise it gets unreadable, even though that can sometimes be a pain (this is why for really substantive stuff, I tend to abandon the blog format altogether and just post a PDF from word). At the other extreme, I think if you adopt the \"newspaper\" approach to paragraphing, that just looks clunky and horrible. I see comments occaisionally that seem almost like a bad parody of a newspaper article, and you can tell this person hasn't got the hang of it.\n\n\"This is not the place, I'm sorry to say, to develop extended thoughts, unless, of course, you're Simon. ;-)\"\n\nWell, I look at what I write here and at SF as being part of a single, contiguous, developing body of thought, and to some extent, that goes for comments in other places as well. :)\n\nRon:\"Ipse dixit is Latin, by the way.\"\n\nUh...Yeah...? And? I know that. :p\n\nI'm not sure what you're referring to Galambos for by the way - in relation to the libertarian question? I'm not familiar with him, but from what Wikipedia says, I doubt I'd agree with him on much.\n\nTrumpit said...\"Whatever are you talking about, Sir? Do you ever know?\"\n\nIf you gaze at those funny squiggles on your screen, they start to cohere into things we call \"letters,\" which are the basic building blocks of what we call \"written language.\" If you'd prefer, if reading's a problem for you, I can explain it for you in a vlog. I'll be sure to use small words for you.\n\nIndeed so, but Cicero, who told the story to history, was Roman. ;) In any event, you're making it seem like I'm engaging in empty formalism instead of suggesting that you have to support assertions with citation or reasoning, a seemingly reasonable request.\n\ndowntownlad said...\"But this is what the framers intended.\"\n\nThe framers intended to create (and indeed wrote, being the important point) that the size of the Supreme Court be determined by Congress. We're talking about subconstitutional principles of wise public policy, not the boundaries of constitutional permissability. Of course Congress could follow Bissage's suggestion and have an 81-Justice Supreme Court. They could also expand the House of Representatives to include 10,000 members (i.e. the Article 1 maximum of one representative for every 30,000 people divided into a population of 300,000,000), but that wouldn't seem a good idea.\n\nThe framers created a framework and left the detail to be taken care of within that framework. You want to permit gay marriage, DTL, pass a law. Nothing in the Constitution stops you from doing that. What stops you from doing it is your inability to make a coherent argument that might bring people onto your side, and your unfortunate tic of savaging even potential allies, anyone who doesn't meet your test of sufficient ideological purity (need we revisit the \"everyone who hasn't moved out of wisconsin is a homophobe\" incident?)\n\nRon,You're being obtuse. The term comes from the Roman Cicero's relation of things said by the Greek Pythagoras' students. Either go edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipse_dixit#Origin to reflect your understanding of the history, or (more productively) back up your points with evidence, citation, or reasoning. This line of discussion is done.\n\nBut it is easier to correct the tragic results of an unthinking obedience to principle than to correct the tragic results of a purely expedient mentality.\n\nNow, there's food for thought.\n\nI think it resonates truth, with regard to the Supreme Court in particular. I would think quite the opposite, in other contexts.\n\nWhich leads instantly to the next questions, among others: What's the difference between Universal principles and universal ones? Where and how should First Principles be circumscribed, and even, perhaps, be vulnerable to trumping, as being more properly viewed as first principles within smaller realms of analysis?\n\nAfter all, mission creep is a fundamental tendency of human nature, as invariably exhibited by humans both individually and collectively. Shouldn't that reality have some standing?\n\nthe editorial is further proof that the NYT is descending into the nether regions of moonbattery--does anyone, by the remotest of chances, know the NYT editorial position when FDR tried to pack the court? Would be interesting to see if they are consistent.\n\nI may not be very smart or certainly a person of a wordly nature, but when I was in school we studied FDR's administration. And he, waaaay back then tried to pack the Supreme Court.To get all his NRA (socialist programs) passed. He tried to get a minium term limit to get justices to retire. And I believe he also tried to expand the court. But to no avail. Now I don't exactly have all the research on this subject but I'm sure out there in bloggo land someone can come up with the specifics.\n\nIt's really funny to watch the liberals, long the eager proponents of judicial activism to bypass legislators and voters, suddenly become unhappy over the ability of courts to influence the 'political sphere'.\n\nNew York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush \u201cexcept in extraordinary circumstances.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe should reverse the presumption of confirmation,\u201d Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. \u201cThe Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Wolfpack lament\n\nIn memoriam: Atocha Station, Madrid, 2005, one year after the bombings\n\nIn these 21 years, I suppose you could say I've been through a few tough things. The usual suspects: death, rejection, heartbreak, the kind of stuff that hurts like hell every time.\n\nI've just wandered through the toughest emotional hurdle of my senior year at N.C. State, one I put on par with all the others. And the quandary, of course, is being a born-again sports fan wearing Wolfpack Red.\n\nWhen I was a kid, sports were my life. I could spit out stats and playoff scenarios. In a time when my allegiances shifted with the uniform Jose Canseco was wearing, books filled with baseball lore, history and biographies were my dearest textbooks. My parents supported the habit, too, taking my brother and me to Baltimore to watch another hero--Cal Ripken Jr. --make his way to the 2,131 game mark, while my grandmother let me play hooky as long as I started \"feeling better\" soon enough to eat lunch and go baseball-card shopping in Fuquay.\n\nThen came Bill Clinton's bid for the White House in fourth grade, and I became obsessed with politics through habitual reading of Time magazine. That hobby competed with girls as my middle school preoccupation, until it was overwhelmed in ninth grade by music. (That is, I stopped caring about Time. I still like girls just fine. My e-mail address is in the masthead, ladies.)\n\nAs I sought out all the music I could get my ears around, sports seemed to slip a bit more into the background with each new school year. I went to basketball and football games as a college freshman, though, perhaps more excited with the idea of sitting in the student section than watching the action itself. For that reason, my attendance approached nil until the night I stormed the RBC Center floor after Julius Hodge and Marcus Melvin dropped 18 apiece against Duke to thwart J.J. Redick's 28.\n\nSince then, I've been hooked. I made it to every men's home game except three this year. Like most of the student body, I was high on expectations when we reached the 10th spot in national polls. There were faint whispers of phrases like \"national championship\" amid a deafening roar of declarations like, \"We'll beat Carolina at least once, and we can definitely handle Duke this year.\" After an away loss to a charged Washington, though, the slow wash into basketball burnout began.\n\nSunday night at the RBC Center was the crescendo, the devastating, orchestrated pop at the end of a sad-bastard symphony of college hoops gone sour. It was going to be so perfect: With three minutes left on the Senior Night of Julius Hodge and (my favorite) Jordan Collins, we were up nine. The No. 4 Demon Deacons were in our house, and--with a smattering of their stupidly tie-dye clad fans in attendance--they were going down. We were planning our court entrance routes, systematically zipping wallets, cell phones and cameras into coats. We were yelling, screaming, shouting, telling Chris Paul we would get him back for punching our boy, Julius Hodge, in his crown jewels.\n\nThen Justin Gray and Chris Paul made fools of us all. With 12.8 seconds left, Gray arched a nothing-but-net trey over Engin Atsur. Atsur tried to answer with a top-of-the-arch three of his own, only to be fouled by Gray. The obvious foul--much like Paul's blatant, mean-spirited and puerile fist-to-the-crotch--wasn't called. Stealing down the court, Paul nailed a 10-foot floater as time expired.\n\nStunned, stupefied, speechless ... failed, flabbergasted, finished.\n\nBlame it on Herb or on Hodge's free-throw fiascos. Blame it on referees or sucker punches. But, in the end, it can only be blamed on one thing: God certainly hates the one North Carolina ACC establishment without a Divinity School or a touch of celestial blue. I fear that Wolfpack Red is self-eliminating."}
-{"text": "Today, many internet service providers in the UK have censored a page on Wikipedia due to an image used on the page. The image was blacklisted by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), an \u201cindependent, self-regulatory body\u201d that aims \u201cto minimise the availability of\u2026 child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK.\u201d ISPs quite voluntarily use a list provided by the IWF to decide which pages to block. The IWF are free to decide that any page they choose is unsuitable, and to make it unavailable to internet users across the UK. On this occasion, they claim to have checked with the police, and been advised that the image in question is \u201cpotentially illegal\u201d.\n\nSo what is the image in question? It\u2019s actually the cover of an album, Virgin Killer, which was released by a German rock band called the Scorpions in 1976, which features a photograph of a naked girl. I\u2019d never heard of the band or the album, and never seen the cover art in question, and neither would the majority of people have done. But now, thanks to the IWF\u2019s intervention, everyone in the UK, and indeed around the world, will know of them, and many will no doubt have looked up the album cover to see what all the fuss is about.\n\nThere are many technical issues with the way the page has been blocked. My ISP, Be Unlimited, is one of those to have blocked the page. If I try to visit it, I see a message saying, \u201cNot Found. The requested URL en.wikipedia.org was not found on this server.\u201d The message is completely incorrect. In many less democratic countries that have wide-ranging censorship, attempting to view a blocked page displays a message to say that it\u2019s blocked. If we must have pages censored, we should be told so, not have it disguised as a server error. Also, the way the block has been implemented means that all British users of Wikipedia are now channelled through a small number of proxy servers, sharing IP addresses. That means it is almost no longer possible to edit Wikipedia without an account (and impossible to create an account), and any anonymous users who do manage to vandalise Wikipedia can not be traced. I\u2019m very concerned about the use of proxies, which can only have an impact on the performance of Wikipedia, which isn\u2019t always the fastest site anyway. And as the IWF decides more and more sites have a single \u201cpotentially illegal\u201d page, all those sites\u2019 traffic will also go through the same proxies. The internet will get slower and slower, and the government will have all the traffic going through a central point where it can be monitored more easily for insertion into their big database.\n\nThe funny thing is, the content has been blocked in rather incompetent and ineffective way. They have blocked the page containing the image, not the image itself, so entering the URL of the image still allows it to be viewed, but at the same time, the entirely inoffensive text about the album is inaccessible. Then there is the fact that it\u2019s possible to view the page using the HTTPS version of the English Wikipedia. Secure web pages are much harder to block or monitor. Yet even more ridiculous is that the same album cover is visible to all British internet users on the Georgian, Finnish and Ukranian language versions of Wikipedia. (Note that I haven\u2019t linked the articles in question above, rather the main pages of the Wikis. It\u2019s simple enough to use the search, but please check the laws in your country first.) Not to mention, the album is still on sale in the UK, and has been for more than 30 years, and is available from Amazon. As Wikipedia spokesman David Gerard says:\n\nWhen we asked the Internet Watch Foundation why they blocked Wikipedia and not Amazon, apparently the decision was \u201cpragmatic\u201d, which we think means that Amazon had money and would sue them, whereas we\u2019re an educational charity.\n\nSomething has to be done about the paranoia surrounding the issue of child abuse. Efforts should be directed towards catching the evil people who genuinely are responsible for abusing children or distributing masses of obscene material. Those people no doubt share knowledge to get around any obstacles that are in their way. They certainly aren\u2019t going to be visiting Wikipedia to see the cover of a record from the 70s. I don\u2019t believe blocking pages according to the IWF\u2019s list serves any useful purpose. People who are determined to see illegal material will find ways of doing so. Anyone else is very unlikely to encounter such material unless they deliberately look for it. When a questionable image is hosted in a civilised, western country such as the US, surely the correct course of action should be to liaise with the authorities in that country to have the material taken down \u2013 if our laws prove to be tighter than the other country, we should be asking ourselves why.\n\nAllowing an unaccountable organisation to add whatever pages they like to a blacklist is not a very happy position. Who knows what other criteria may be added in the future? Websites criticising the government maybe. Or perhaps they will block pages that explain how to circument digital rights management on Hollywood films. Internet censorship is a road we should not go down, and today\u2019s development is already a step too far in that direction."}
-{"text": "Haver Filling Systems Inc. Integra system\n\nThe Integra system from Haver Filling Systems Inc. is a self-contained valve bag filling system ideal for filling loose bulk materials. The Integra system can process up to 99 different material and bag combinations and has a HAVER MEC weighing control system. It can be equipped with an air system, vertical or horizontal impeller, and up to four filling spouts for a production rate of up to 15 bags per minute."}
-{"text": "GIO is part of the HToolkit. The goal of the HToolkit project is to implement a\nportable Haskell library for writing graphical user interfaces (GUI's).\nThe \"Graphics.UI.GIO\" library is a 'middle-ground' GUI library for Haskell. It\nis build on the portable GUI library \"Port\". GIO stands for Graphical IO, and\nimplements a middle-level, monadic interface for writing GUI's. The library\nonly uses the IO monad and doesn't implement a design for structure and state.\nWWW: http://htoolkit.sourceforge.net/\n-- Oliver Braun\nobraun@FreeBSD.org"}
-{"text": "Eh up, what\u2019s this?? Massive gig for us THIS FRIDAY at the former LAYTON INSTITUTE! We\u2019ll be on the big stage upstairs in the concert hall from around 9pm for two massive sets of live music. Plenty of dancing space, cheap drinks, FREE ENTRY! Bar till 1AM! Sorry for the late notice everyone \u2013 bit of confusion over the date and we\u2019ve been busy as hell! In fact, this is the ONLY chance to see The Deadbeats outside of private functions until the end of September, on one of the best stages in the North-West. Can you afford to miss this? Spread the word, make your arrangements and we\u2019ll see you all on Friday at THE LAYTON. Big love y\u2019all, THE DEADBEATS Xx"}
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-{"text": "Pages\n\nOctober 8, 2014\n\nHaving to explain helps learning\n\nHave you ever experienced that explaining things to others can be a learning experience for yourself, too? That is a bit paradoxical, isn't it? Our basic idea is that the person to whom the material is explained is the person who is supposed to learn from the process. But if you consider the situation more closely it is not so strange after all that the person who does the explaining also learns.\nIn order to be able to explain something well you will first have to think deeply about the material. Before you can properly explain you must have a clear idea about what the main points are which you are trying to convey. Also, you have to know which facts you want to mention and how you will structure your explanation. This means you have engage very actively with the material before you will be able to make it accessible to the other person.\n\nFor teachers it is good to know these things. Many teachers will, from time to time, deliberately put their students in the role of a teacher. This principle is sometimes referred to as role-reversal education. What is useful about it is that that by explaining things, people construct knowledge again which helps anchor this knowledge better and which makes it easier to connect it to information. One project which deliberately uses this principle is B\u00e8tacoach.\n\nNew research reveals an additional aspect. John Nestojko and his colleagues (2014) asked 50 undergraduates to study a 1500-word text for 10 minutes. One group of them was told they would be tested afterwards, the other group was told they would afterwards have to explain the material to someone else.\n\nAfterwards, all participants were tested. Students who thought they would have to explain the material were better and faster able to remember the main points of the text as well as specific facts from the text and its structure. Saying upfront to students that you will ask them to explain what they are about to study might thus be a very useful intervention."}
-{"text": "Steven Brockshus (center) created Terva, an online marketplace for farmland. He is a 2017 agricultural education and life sciences graduate who developed his entrepreneurial talent with the help of the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative. A $1 million gift from the Underwood Family Foundation will provide the tools for students in agricultural business and agricultural entrepreneurship to continue to hone their entrepreneurial skills.\n\nThe following is an article originally posted on August 30, 2017 via Iowa State University College of Ag and Life Sciences\n\nAMES, Iowa \u2014 The Underwood Family Foundation of Ames has made a $1 million gift to support the agricultural business and agricultural entrepreneurship programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University.\n\n\u201cChanging students\u2019 experiences and their lives is our plan,\u201d said Roger Underwood, director of the Underwood Family Foundation. \u201cWe are so supportive of Iowa State\u2019s agricultural business and agricultural entrepreneurship programs. Our goal is to help ensure they remain the best in the world. The support we provide will bolster programming, teaching and student experiences and, as a result, we believe it will help change agriculture in Iowa.\u201d\n\nThe gift will help provide leading-edge experiences for students studying agricultural business and agricultural entrepreneurship.\n\n\u201cThanks to this generous gift from the Underwood family, we will be able to magnify the impact of two of our college\u2019s most respected and successful programs,\u201d said Wendy Wintersteen, endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. \u201cThis additional funding will help us provide more hands-on experiences, networking and integrated learning opportunities for our students.\u201d\n\nThe gift will provide program support that may include items such as a new lecturer position to help teach and mentor students; development of new courses that present students with problem-solving challenges from entrepreneurs and agribusinesses; and establishment of a new series of academic workshops that help students hone their entrepreneurial thinking and behaviors, as well as their applied business and finance skills.\n\nThe Underwood Family Foundation\u2019s commitment is part the Forever True, For Iowa Statecampaign, with a historic goal to raise $1.1 billion, which will help support Iowa State in becoming the premier land-grant university for the 21st century and beyond. The Iowa State University Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization committed to securing and managing gifts that benefit Iowa State University.\n\nThe agricultural business program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is one of the largest undergraduate majors on the Iowa State campus, with 523 students enrolled last fall. Agricultural business has a longstanding tradition of excellence, combining an education in business, management and economics with solid technical knowledge in production agriculture and skills in communication and problem-solving. The Agricultural Business Club, with nearly 275 student members, has been named the nation\u2019s outstanding chapter 11 out of the last 15 years by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.\n\nThe Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is one of the top programs of its type in the world, providing students with practical business development and entrepreneurial experiences essential for their success in future careers and endeavors. More than 700 students participate in educational activities and programs each year, allowing them to experience entrepreneurship first-hand. Innovation and business creation are fundamental to long-term economic growth. The Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative was established in 2005 with a $1.6 million gift from Roger and Connie Underwood."}
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-{"text": "Jessica Racusinhttp://www.addisonindependent.com/taxonomy/term/3266/all\nenOpinion: Hospitals are bearing extra burdenhttp://www.addisonindependent.com/201405opinion-hospitals-are-bearing-extra-burden\n<div class=\"field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-bylinetaxo\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\n<div class=\"field-label-inline-first\">\nBy:&nbsp;</div>\nJessica Racusin </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<span style=\"line-height: 20.799999237060547px;\">Thank you for your recent article on Porter Hospital&rsquo;s difficulties with &ldquo;boarding&rdquo; patients with psychiatric emergencies in the Emergency Department. It is time that some light was shed on this situation.</span></p>\n<div class=\"premium-message\"><p>\nThe full text of this article is only available to online subscribers.</p>\n<p> Are you an online subscriber? <a href=\"http://addisonindependent.com/user\">Click to login</a>. <a href=\"http://addisonindependent.com/onlinesubscribe\"></p>\n<p> Click here</a> to learn more about our subscription options.</p>\n<p> If you have a print subscription, you can now add an online subscription at no additional charge! Just <a href=\"mailto:subscriptions@addisonindependent.com?subject=Add%20online%20to%20print%20subscription\">email us</a> with your name and mailing address to set it up.</p>\n</div><h4 class=\"meta2\"> <a href=\"/?q=node/23233\">full story</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.addisonindependent.com/201405opinion-hospitals-are-bearing-extra-burden\" target=\"_blank\">read more</a></p>Opinionmental healthPorter Medical CenterSun, 11 May 2014 21:28:20 +0000Zach Despart23233 at http://www.addisonindependent.com"}
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-{"text": "On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:43:59AM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:\n> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Jesse Keating wrote:\n>\n> > On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 10:37 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:\n> > >\n> > > AFAIK, this service is still in place and working fine. Though I am a\n> > > little confused about the question. It sounds like you'd like to direct\n> > > all subnet traffic to a specific mirror. But you're also saying you took\n> > > your mirror down. Are you worried people in your subnet are being\n> > > directed to a down mirror?\n> >\n> > More like taking over a subnet and directing all clients at a rouge\n> > mirror.\n>\n> <nod> that makes more sense. Domsch?\nYes, this is a known challenge with subnet delegation in\nMirrorManager. We're trusting package signing (and soon, repodata\nsigning) to prevent rogue mirrors from issuing unsigned data. In\naddition, I'm working on adding in a way to prevent stale mirrors\n(with signed content) from being used.\n--\nMatt Domsch\nLinux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO\nlinux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux"}
-{"text": "Peek What Went Down At Nana Judy's Secret Splendour Estate Party\n\nOn a balmy Splendour Saturday the festival\u2019s VIPs snuck off to be escorted to another world. Boarding a bus marked \u201cNana Judy\u201d on an unassuming street corner in Byron, expectations were scattered and only last year\u2019s invitees had an inkling of what was about to go down. Arriving 10 minutes later at Angus Stone\u2019s own Byron playground we found a combination of serene lakeside retreat and bonkers festival \u2013 complete with 400 people going absolutely bananas.\n\nThis is the Nana Judy Estate Party - an annual bash thrown by the streetwear label and sponsored by the likes of Smirnoff, The Merrier and The Emerson, where artists, influencers and athletes gather to indulge in six hours of unlimited food and drinks. Tunes were provided on tap this year with exclusive performances by DZ Deathrays, Crooked Colours and a host of DJ\u2019s to set the tone. A quick flick through the gallery below reveals the afternoon's shenanigans.\n\nWhat stands out most is how different this party is compared to most other PR and media events we attend. It felt like Nana Judy just wanted everyone to smash a few bevs and have a good time, and that\u2019s exactly what we did. Against the backdrop of the Byron Hinterland sunset, Australia\u2019s coolest threw down for what was truly an epic gathering. Come 6pm it was time to head back to Splendour \u2013 on everyone\u2019s mind was that the pre-drinks just eclipsed the main event.\n\nHaving a chat to Nana Judy\u2019s founder and Melbourne\u2019s resident fashion don, Glenn Coleman, we got insight into the brand\u2019s direction and philosophy. In the ridiculously competitive industry of fashion, Nana Judy differentiates itself by delivering a product at a premium to the norm without going over the top. Throwing parties around the world (including a Coachella event in an airplane hangar attended by Rihanna and Diddy) has firmly placed the label in the spotlight as a major fashion player. Looking forward, growth of its already cult following is all but guaranteed with showcases at New York Fashion Week and more planned.\n\nWe\u2019re thoroughly looking forward to the festivities at next year\u2019s party and the big things to come from Glenn and the Nana Judy team. Find more on Nana Judy here, and in case you missed it check out our full Splendour '18 review."}
-{"text": "Just a hair's breadth away\n\nI read with interest how Channel 4 are making another That'll teach 'em, only this time set during the 1960s (TES, March 5).\n\nI wait to see whether, this time, both boys and girls will be \"authentic\" to the era. From my memory of the 1950s, the girls had very different hairstyles from those permitted in the reconstruction and would also have been addressed in the same manner as the boys.\n\nIs it that the girls are not considered good enough to be \"authentic\" or is it rather that modern girls would not tolerate such a physical assault as to have their hair cut short?\n\nIt begs the question as to just how much has really changed since then.\n\nLesley Deane\n\n2 Merlin Mead\n\nBasingstoke\n\nHampshire\n\nLog in or register for FREE to continue reading.\n\nIt only takes a moment and you'll get access to more news, plus courses, jobs and teaching resources tailored to you"}
-{"text": "Unionized Village Voice employees are in contract negotiations with management, and once again it's a standoff.\n\nEmployees of the weekly newspaper who belong to UAW Local 2110 have planned a walk-out at noon followed by an hour-long demonstration outside the Voice's lower Manhattan headquarters.\n\nWith their current contract up in July, they say they want \"better pay, better working conditions, particularly for our overburdened sales staff, and to keep our healthcare coverage,\" according to a press release circulated this morning by the Village Voice Bargaining Unit.\n\nManagement for the Voice, which is owned by the Phoenix-based Voice Media Group, a national chain of about a dozen alternative newsweeklies, have proposed a contract that would raise salaries by only $10 a week while increasing health care costs by at least $200 a month, halving family leave time, easing the rules governing firings and slashing severance payments in half for senior employees, the bargaining unit said.\n\nMORE ON CAPITAL\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nIt's unclear how many Voice employees are represented by the union or what the current salaries and health care costs are. Union reps did not immediately return an email.\n\n\"We're very upset,\" the press release read in part. \"These proposals aren't just bad for current Voice employees, but bad for anyone who might work here in the future. It's a rotten deal, and we won't accept it.\"\n\nSpokespeople for a communications firm that had recently been handling Voice Media Group's P.R. did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\n\nTensions between management and Voice employees have been running high ever since the paper was sold in 2005 to a company that was then called New Times Media.\n\nNew Times later became Village Voice Media, which has since morphed into the entity now known as Voice Media Group.\n\nThe Voice has weathered heavy downsizing and layoffs over the past several years.\n\nUPDATE: Eden Schulz, the paper's union rep, said that between 25 and 30 employees, including newsroom, sales and marketing staff, are members of UAW Local 2110. Union salaries range from $34,000 to $65,000, or about $45,000 on average, she said.\n\n\"The payroll has gone down significantly because the Voice systematically laid off the long-term writers who were able to command higher salaries due to their prestige and name recognition,\" said Schulz.\n\nEmployees do not currently contribute toward their healthcare premiums, and the proposed contract would require them to pay 48 percent of the premium, she said."}
-{"text": "\"Lyme Disease\" is a Tick borne illness caused by the bacteria (spirochete), Borrelia Burgdorferi. It is now regarded as the most common Tick borne disease in the United States. The White Tailed deer and White Footed Mouse are the reservoir for the disease, but a wide variety of wild and domestic animals and birds can harbor the infection. Lyme disease typically occurs from May to August, peaking in the month of July.\n\nThe disease in dogs is typified by the sudden onset of lameness caused by tender, swollen joints that are painful to the touch. The dog appears weak and runs a fever. The lameness may last a few days but can recur at any time for several months. Serological blood tests with confirm the diagnosis.\n\nAntibiotics are effective, especially if given when the dog first contacts the disease. A vaccine is also now available for the prevention of the disease.\n\nCARDIOMYPATHY\n\nOne of the complications resulting from Lyme's Disease is \"Cardiomypathy\". This is a disease of the heart muscle in which inflammation and scarring cause enlargement of the heart and dilation of the chambers. Eventually the muscle weakens and the dog develops Congestive Heart Failure.\n\nThe first indications are those of unexplained Lethargy, Weight Loss, Cough, Exercise Intolerance and Shortness Of Breath. Cardiac Arrhythmia's may cause fainting. Worsening of weight loss and other signs can occur with surprising rapidity. Acute Cardiomypathy does occur. This is life threatening.\n\nIn some cases there will be an identifiable cause, such as prior infection, Hypothyroidism, Diabetes and Lyme Disease (Lyme Carditis).\n\nTreatment is difficult and requires INTENSIVE Veterinary Management. Sudden death can occur at any time."}
-{"text": "WoW time\u2026 Small expectations\u2026\n\nAuthors Note: This weeks prompt was harder than I thought it was going to be. I tried writing many different fantasy peices and non fantasy, small beginnings to childrens books, but none of it fit right. So I settled on this, hopefully it works with the prompt and isn\u2019t too off course!! Check the prompt out here!\n\nThe Write on Wednesday Spark: Small expectationsAs I am thinking about education and learning, kindergarten and university, I have taken this week\u2019s writing exercise from one of my early childhood books. It is an activity I do with small children and one that always inspires so I thought it would be fun to see what the exercise inspires in adults. So, your prompt is: Imagine yourself as tiny as your thumb.Where would you live? What would you do?\n\nI know this might be a difficult exercise but it\u2019s all in the name of exploration. Try and make it work for your own writing needs. Write a children\u2019s story, write a fantasy piece or work it into a fiction or non-fiction piece.Wherever the prompt takes you. Keep your post on the short side: up to 500 words OR a 5 minute stream of consciousness exercise. Link your finished piece to the list and begin popping by the other links. Oh, and enjoy!\n\nWe were perfect, best friends, lovers, we laughed, we loved, we had it all. There were hard times. Some harder than others, but I figured we would make it through it all. Until the day you left, without a warning, without an explanation, without a tear.\n\nYou made me feel small. As small as your thumb, isgnificant, thrown away. Maybe you had to picture me small in order to toss me aside like you did.\n\nDid I make you feel small?\n\nI wandered around for years with that small feeling, looking up at everyone else, begging, pleading with my eyes to help me feel big again. I walked around feeling sorry for myself. Sad. Lost. Hundreds of questions keeping my eyes wide open at night.\n\nWhen I left that town, those memories, those accidental run ins. I started growing. Slowly. It took years to feel like my normal size again.\n\nWhile I had felt as small as a penny on the inside, I was growing bigger on the outside. Somehow feeling so small, made me feel like I needed to be bigger on the outside, to protect myself.?\n\nWow! This is beautiful! It's sad, but the level of emotional insight it shares is warming. I think if you can capture an emotional journey so perfectly, like this, you could create the details of a story around it and it will always be compelling. \ud83d\ude42\n\nI was a little worried about this prompt because I struggled with it and wasn't sure my piece followed the prompt correctly. But getting all this great feedback from you guys makes me feel much better about it."}
-{"text": "This game was just amazingAll (or at least the vast majority) of the games i am about to upload are vs good players. This one was the best imo. These are all old games. This one is Poseidon vs Loki on Watering hole."}
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The other F150 owners on the road are always turning there heads as I drive by!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Adam P. 5/12/17\n\n\u0093Awesome, you guys are amazing!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 German R. 5/11/17\n\n\u0093Thank you! It was an easy install. New lights are awesome and could not believe the super fast shipping!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Danny T. 5/10/17\n\n\u0093Thanks again for the great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dustin S. 5/5/17\n\n\u0093You definitely stand behind your products and this level of customer service is top notch. Thanks again. Love the lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan S. 5/5/17\n\n\u0093Your service and response is amazing, as well as the products themselves! Thank you again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe K. 5/4/17\n\n\u0093Thanks very much guys! I really appreciate all the support and great customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joey O. 5/4/17\n\n\u0093Great company to work with!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff T. 5/2/17\n\n\u0093Thank you, really like your products and have recommended them to others!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Krik H. 5/1/17\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thomas P. 5/1/17\n\n\u0093Just installed my Door Sill kit on my 2013 F-150. All I can say is WOW. Another home run. Have purchased and installed several items form you and every one of them is awesome. Your instruction videos are well done and the product speaks for itself. My truck gets a lot of looks! Thanks for your great products\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike M. 4/28/17\n\n\u0093Thank you for the excellent customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sean L. 4/26/17\n\n\u0093I will definitely refer y\u2019all to my buddies who are looking for products like yours!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Curtis N. 4/25/17\n\n\u0093I finally got to try these headlights out on the country roads of Franklin County, VA in the early morning hours. They were fantastic. Even though I like my truck I was going to get rid of it because of the poor headlights. Not now! Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff W. 4/24/17\n\n\u0093Thank you for your help! Not only do I like the lights but your support means a lot! Put me on your mailing list and we will be telling all my friends! Thank you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sgt Robert M. 4/24/17\n\n\u0093Your awesome, such great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gary T. 4/21/17\n\n\u0093Thank you very much, you all are awesome!!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Craig B. 4/18/17\n\n\u0093Got it working. Y\u2019all are great! Thanks so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 William R. 4/18/17\n\n\u0093Thank you guys for everything couldn\u2019t be happier with your products and your customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve H. 4/17/17\n\n\u0093Thanks for the great support.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chad B. 4/17/17\n\n\u0093I\u2019ve bought several other products from y\u2019all and they have all been great and the customer service was great! Y\u2019all are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ben P. 4/12/17\n\n\u0093Wow that is amazing. Thank you very much. I will be sure to tell my friends of this and to use you all for product needs!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason A. 4/12/17\n\n\u0093I really like all your products and you guys are are great at customer service! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jonathan B. 4/11/17\n\n\u0093Thank you very much for your help and great service, will definately be ordering more from you guys shortly in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Phillip S. 4/11/17\n\n\u0093Wow thanks guys. Yall really have the best customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dustin G. 4/7/17\n\n\u0093Thanks again, appreciate the great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nick A. 4/6/17\n\n\u0093Thank you for the taking care of me. I will send you alot of business! Good people, good product!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris S. 4/5/17\n\n\u0093YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gary C. 4/3/17\n\n\u0093Thanks for all you do. I wish all companies had just an ounce of the customer service y\u2019all provide!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeremy A. 4/3/17\n\n\u0093Thank you for the great customer service. F150LEDs is definitely my first choice for lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 David C. 3/31/17\n\n\u0093Thanks for all your help. I\u2019ll be a return customer and will refer others!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gaylon R. 3/30/17\n\n\u0093Thank you. Excellent customer service once again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Warren H. 3/29/17\n\n\u0093Ok thanks a bunch!!! Can\u2019t wait! Y\u2019all are awesome!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Layvette M. 3/29/17\n\n\u0093Awesome, thank you! You guys are the best!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Andrew H. 3/28/17\n\n\u0093Hey guys just wanted to update you and let you know I received my fog lights today and I am very grateful for how fast they got to me. You guys rock. Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dylan H. 3/27/17\n\n\u0093Installed the step lights a week ago , wow they look awesome, the install was a breeze and love your products, Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 George M. 3/27/17\n\n\u0093I\u2019ve used you in the past for the interior rear 3-bulb LEDs AFTER I had bought the interior map lights elsewhere (sorry). I\u2019m sorry I did because my rear ones are still bright and going strong but the two maps I bought elsewhere just died after no more than 18 months. This was unacceptable to me, as I don\u2019t live in my truck and the map lights are not constantly on. So I came to you guys for my new map lights and I\u2019m definitely glad I did!\u0094\n\n\u2014 David C. 3/24/17\n\n\u0093Y\u2019all rock!! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Corey C. 3/24/17\n\n\u0093Thank you again your customer support is always amazing!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Christopher L. 3/23/17\n\n\u0093Thank you again so much. You guys really helped me out. And of course, most of my friends and family deal or are going to be dealing with you guys. Only the best lighting for F150s!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dylan H. 3/22/17\n\n\u0093The new lights are awesome, I really like the products ya\u2019ll have and customer service has been top notch. I will be purchasing more items in the near future.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Neal N. 3/22/17\n\n\u0093Installed the lights today! Less than an hour total for all 4 different fixtures. The LED bar was so easy!!!! Got home from work and had to go check out the difference, all I can say is WOW!!!! Now I\u2019m thinking seriously about upgrading my headlights! Great product! Telling all my friends to get on here and get themselves a light bar at least!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ray O. 3/22/17\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for all your support, what an excellent company you have, you definitely care for your customers. I absolutely love your products, and I tell everyone about the great products and great service. Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 George D. 3/21/17\n\n\u0093Thank you. You guys are AWESOME and have a customer for LIFE!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gary C. 3/21/17\n\n\u0093Just installed the door sill kit, that was a breeze and they look awesome. Can\u2019t wait to see what they look like at night. Thanks for a great product!\u0094\n\n\u2014 George M. 3/20/17\n\n\u0093Thanks for all your help and your amazing products!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Randy H. 3/20/17\n\n\u0093Thanks soooo much! This is excellent customer service! Your products are the best on the market! Look forward to hearing from you in the future!\u0094\n\n\u0093Thanks for all your help I thoroughly enjoy my headlights and I want to commend you on your customer service, your doing a great job!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brent D. 3/15/17\n\n\u0093Excellent, thank you for the incredible service!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason D. 3/14/17\n\n\u0093You guys have served me well. I have purchased nearly every LED upgrade/conversion for my F150\u2019s through you all. IF I have ever had an issue, you guys stepped up and took care of me. Thank You! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael H. 3/13/17\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for your great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle Z. 3/13/17\n\n\u0093Thank you! I will definitely do business with you again.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Robyn H. 3/10/17\n\n\u0093I received my Mark III Head Light Series on Saturday 03/04/2017 & installed them on Wednesday 03/08/2017.These leds put the OEM or stock halogens bulbs to shame bigly, took about 45 mins installation ez. Took them out for a test that evening with F150LEDs fog lamps Mark II. Amazing job Nick & F150LEDs crew! What a wicked difference!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Terry M. 3/9/17\n\n\u0093Wow, thank you! That would be fantastic! Thank you for all of your help and willingness to work with me!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rhett P. 3/9/17\n\n\u0093Wow! Thanks! Best customer service I\u2019ve gotten in a long time!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael M. 3/8/17\n\n\u0093Thank you for great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Shane G. 3/8/17\n\n\u0093I purchased all the F150Leds.com lights to replace all the lights on my entire new truck and am very happy with them!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Scott C. 3/7/17\n\n\u0093Got your package and love it thanks so much !! Probably putting in another order next week!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John M. 3/3/17\n\n\u0093I will be getting more stuff from you soon! And I will do my best to help promote your products on the blog sites. You guys are the best!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Lon S. 3/3/17\n\n\u0093Thank you! I appreciate your great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jordy R. 3/1/17\n\n\u0093These lights are amazing!! I have had comments from other people and a few have asked me where I got them from and was proud to tell them that a local business right here in our back yard makes them.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dave W. 2/28/17\n\n\u0093I received my fog LEDs on time installed them on 2/25/17 BIG difference from the stock, I plan to get the LEDs for the headlights in the very early future. Thanks F150LEDs!\u0094\n\n\u2014 T. Moran 2/27/17\n\n\u0093Thanks, I enjoy all your products and will gladly be buying more soon, great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ramon R. 2/27/17\n\n\u0093 I received my order full. Installed the Mark 1 front interior LED and the Mark 1 rear dome LED. Easy install and perfect fit. Thank you very much. I had so much trouble looking for the right LED brightness. This product was perfect for what I was looking for. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe A. 2/21/17\n\n\u0093The new headlights work amazing and the new Mark 3 is simple installation and very bright! Thanks again for the great service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Josh K. 2/20/17\n\n\u0093Got the new MK II lights and they are absolutely awesome thanks for your help!! We will continue to upgrade the KING RANCH with all your led products in the very neat future!!! Your new life long customer!!!!!\u0094\n\n\u0093Thank you for your response. Great products too.I am a repeat customer. Keep up the good work!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Lon S. 2/14/17\n\n\u0093I am very happy to have done business with you. Your customer service is at a level not often found in business any more. Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rob S. 2/14/17\n\n\u0093Service was extremely fast and responsive. F150LEDs.com is an excellent company that always provides top notch service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason D.\n\n\u0093Very happy with new lights. They look great and definitely seem better made and much brighter!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff L. 2/9/17\n\n\u0093This really exceeds my expectations of customer service. Thank you so VERY much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Al B. 2/6/17\n\n\u0093Thank you very much for all of your assistance! \ud83d\ude00 Y\u2019all are amazing!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Laura W. 2/6/17\n\n\u0093I want to thank F150leds.com for shipping so quickly. The MK3 is like night and day compared to the yellow dingy halogens! I love your product; thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 G.G 2/6/17\n\n\u0093 Y\u2019all have been wonderful. I have many light upgrades I wanna do! Y\u2019all definitely have my business. No more autozone lights!! Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Wade B. 2/3/17\n\n\u0093THANK YOU!! Obviously you do care about your customers and as such, I will look at F150leds for other lighting products I may need for my truck!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ken N. 2/2/17\n\n\u0093Installed all my new lights today and man I couldn\u2019t be any happier, what a difference! . I absolutely love the way they look! I am already planning to add the raptor grill lights and turn signal kit for the mirrors, thanks very much guys!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dennis W. 2/1/17\n\n\u0093 I just want to thank you guys for this great upgrade, I\u00b4m 200% happy with the complete headlight led kit, they\u00b4re simply amazing, I just don\u00b4t know why I stick with the halogens for so long, the increased visibility and luminosity is out of any comparison!\u0094\n\n\u2014 German R. 1/30/17\n\n\u0093They are AWESOME! Thank you for such a great product, I am so excited to have all my exterior lights on my F150 now installed with F150LEDs.\u0094\n\n\u2014 George D. 1/30/17\n\n\u0093Just want to thank you for the great customer support! I ordered the LED fog lights Mark 2 and they are great! I also ordered the Mark 3 headlights and they are amazing! The light is crystal clear and full! I\u2019ve made recommendations about your website to several other F150 owners that I know. Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Douglas P. 1/30/17\n\n\u0093Thank you very much! I look forward to continuing to brag and use your products! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Robert M. 1/27/27\n\n\u0093Thank you! You guys have been great and thank you for your fast service! Love the products and will be a proud customer for life!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan P. 1/26/17\n\n\u0093f150leds.com has amazing products and work very well where I live, they also have amazing customer service. I told my bother in-law about the products and we have also installed them on his truck as well. I have recently been having problems with my tag lights, twice now and both times they have replace the bulbs and even recently upgraded to the new and brighter free of charge. I am very happy with the product and they take super good care of there customers. Highly recommended!!!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dean O. Jr 1/26/17\n\n\u0093By the way, you guys have excellent customer service and I can\u2019t wait to do more business with you! Cheers!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Travis H. 1/25/17\n\n\u0093The new style 22\u201d light bar you replaced my other with has ha no moister issues Thanks for the great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe C. 1/25/17\n\n\u0093I appreciate you taking care of your customers! I look forward to saving up to get the whole truck switch over to LEDs. Thanks guys for being a great company!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Aaron V. 1/25/17\n\n\u0093Ok, thank you for your help! I love your products!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Adam J. 1/24/17\n\n\u0093Thanks very much! I tell everyone about your products. My wife bought me the headlights for Christmas and I love them!! I will definitely will be buying more!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Paul P. 1/24/17\n\n\u0093Thank you all very much! I greatly appreciate your excellent customer service it\u2019s hard to find these days.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin L. 1/23/17\n\n\u0093 There is not a lot of companies that stand behind their product like you guys. You guys are the best in my book. Thank you so much.\u0094\n\n\u0093 Great set-up and thanks so much for your support in shipping the replacement harness so quickly! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Bob M. 1/16/17\n\n\u0093I just received my bulbs in the mail and installed them, they look and work great! Thanks for all the help with the shipping and making the process of exchanging smooth. I already told all my friends with f150s about you guys and will continue to do so. Definitely will be back for more leds in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Liam M. 1/13/17\n\n\u0093 You guys always take care of me if there is an issue so I definitely do not mind giving you my business!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kris M. 1/13/17\n\n\u0093I want to take a moment to share my experience with F150 LEDS.com. Excellent is the best way to describe it. I am so glad that F150LEDS provided me with a replacement free of charge and even upgraded to the newest model. The install was easy and the lights look great. What else could a customer ask for :)\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rahm M. 11/12/17\n\n\u0093 I just installed the MKIII headlights and MKII fog lights. Super impressed with them they\u2019re awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Andy M. 1/12/17\n\n\u0093Thank you for the help and I am grateful for great customer service. Y\u2019all have been on top of y\u2019alls game and it definitely doesn\u2019t go unnoticed!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Samuel M. 1/12/17\n\n\u0093Thanks for the quick response and great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jordan M. 1/11/17\n\n\u0093Thank y\u2019all for y\u2019alls fast response and the killer shipping y\u2019all are truly my LED light guys forever! Thank y\u2019all so much for everything and I will always highly recommended y\u2019all to all my f150 buds!\u0094\n\n\u2014 William C. 1/11/17\n\n\u0093Hello I just got the ambient lights and installed them. I am very happy on how they turned out and absolutely love it! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John H. 1/10/17\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for the fastest reply ever. I have told many of my friends about your product and they also loved it!\u0094\n\n\u0093 I can\u2019t thank you enough for your business and your willingness to stand behind your product and your efforts to make customer satisfaction a number one priority. That\u2019s awesome!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kevin H. 12/29/16\n\n\u0093 You guys have been amazing with support. Thanks a lot!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan F. 12/27/16\n\n\u0093You guys are really fast and serious about quality and customer service!I will definitely buy again!Thank you so much for everything!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Richard B. 12/24/16\n\n\u0093I recently took a trip from Houston to Phoenix. The new F150LEDs Fog Lights made a HUGE difference. My visibility was so much better!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe P. 12/21/16\n\n\u0093Excellent company to do business with. Had a replacement issue and got the shipment back in no time. Highly recommend!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt W. 12/21/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for the quick response, I appreciate it. I installed everything else and it looks great! I will definitely purchase more items in the future.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Pete B. 12/20/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for the awesome customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brad T. 12/20/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for the quick response and standing behind your product, that\u2019s very much appreciated.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike C. 12/16/16\n\n\u0093 I love your products, the brightest bulbs out there! Thank you all so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeffrey O. 12/14/16\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome! Thanks so much, best company I have delt with! Keep up the great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Lee V. 12/14/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for the replacement. You guys rock!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brandson B. 12/12/16\n\n\u0093I\u2019ve received the lights you guys sent me the other day and they look so nice on my truck! Thanks for all your guys help for getting them to me, much appreciated!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steven F. 12/10/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much, great customer service !!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff M. 12/2/16\n\n\u0093Customer service is two thumbs up, five stars, 10/10!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kameron B. 11/29/16\n\n\u0093 I am very happy with the product. Brightest lights I\u2019ve found so far.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dan B. 11/28/16\n\n\u0093 I\u2019ve ordered several times from you guys & I love all your products. I enjoy being a customer and Keep Rockin!\u0094\n\n\u2014 James D. 11/28/16\n\n\u0093That is a very generous offer and I appreciate it greatly. I\u2019m in the brand business (strategist) and it makes me very happy when an organization offers more than is expected. That makes me a customer for life!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eric. H 11/28/16\n\n\u0093I love all the other lights and I will be changing the rest of them to leds. I will definitely spread the word about f150leds.com! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Jonathan S. 11/26/16\n\n\u0093Very happy with everything!Will for sure recommend you to others and come back for further business!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thomas E. 11/26/16\n\n\u0093Wow thanks f150leds.com that\u2019s the best customer service I have ever heard of!\u0094\n\n\u0093LED team thank you, these lights are insanely bright and compliment the truck beyond belief. Now I can have safety and appeal with these lights.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Robert H. 11/22/16\n\n\u0093I want to tell you that these headlights are awesome! I should have never doubted them.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff F. 11/21/16\n\n\u0093Yall have been very helpful and friendly. You stand behind your warranty and products and i respect that.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dakota B. 11/18/16\n\n\u0093Thanks again for great customer service and the quick response!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason L. 11/17/16\n\n\u0093Wow, you guys are far too awesome! Thank you so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jonathan L. 11/8/16\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome, thank you for the fast response and excellent customer service. I really do appreciate you guys for taking care of me and I will definitely be a returning customer and recommend you guys to friends and family.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John C. 11/7/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much!! I appreciate your professionalism and courtesy so much. It is refreshing to deal with a company that truly cares about their customers. I was referred to f150leds.com and will continue to purchase and refer others to y\u2019all in the future.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steven H. 11/7/16\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome! Best customer service ever!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Barry W. 11/4/16\n\n\u0093Thank you all....:) for being the company you are... great products, service, instructional video, and last but not least your unbelievable dedication to customers and customer service.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ed K. 11/1/16\n\n\u0093I love the improvement in the overall look of the truck! These lights are awesome! I will recommend them to all of the F150 people I know. Thanks a lot for these products!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan M. 10/31/16\n\n\u0093Thanks very much for the quick respond on this, I greatly appreciate the customer service, and it will definitely persuade me to continue to do business with you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Andy D. 10/31/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much. You guys are awesome! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve P. 10/31/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for you amazing customer service. Your dedication to customer satisfaction is second to none\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve H. 10/31/16\n\n\u0093Just got the lights installed....amazement is one word to describe my thoughts on the lights. Love, love, love them thank you again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeremy A. 10/25/16\n\n\u0093Thank you. I really appreciate it. You guys are the best in customer service. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Wayne P. 10/24/16\n\n\u0093Your company is top notch. I\u2019ll always recommend your products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mark K. 10/24/16\n\n\u0093Your customer service levels are above and beyond. I have never received such quality service!!! Thanks again!!\n\n\u0094\n\n\u2014 Blake P. 10/20/16\n\n\u0093Thank you, I am satisfied with the other products and will make future purchases and tell other f150 owners about the website!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gilbert O. 10/19/16\n\n\u0093 Thank you so much for your help i will deffinetly recommend you to some of my friends who have f150\u2019s and will absolutely use you more in the future.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joshua G. 10/19/16\n\n\u0093I purchased the CREE LED Head Light Kit Combo Mark III and have successfully installed the lights. They look fantastic and I have absolutely have no complaints\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve E. 10/17/16\n\n\u0093Love all your products! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Mark K. 10/16/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for your excellent customer service as always\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle M. 10/15/16\n\n\u0093I really do appreciate that. It means a lot to me. Your customer service is far beyond phenomenal.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeremy A. 10/14/16\n\n\u0093Just got my light bar in yesterday and I love it. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Parker S. 10/10/16\n\n\u0093Thanks so much for the cool lights! You guys have great LED\u2019s! I love them and they look fantastic!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kevin N 10/10/16\n\n\u0093Your company is amazing and the products are solid! Thanks! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Sunil R. 10/8/16\n\n\u0093Over the past year I have upgraded every bulb in my F-150 I must say I am very impressed at all the light output!Really does make my truck stand out and shine better!!\n\nThanks Matt\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt S. 10/7/16\n\n\u0093You guys are amazing, probably some of the best customer service I have ever seen and actually a joy to discuss issues.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eric D. 10/7/16\n\n\u0093 I loved the dome light and had to have the map lights! The dome light is the brightest led I\u2019ve had inside of my truck! I\u2019ll be ordering more from you guys!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin P. 10/6/16\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome!! Thank you so much for your great customer service. I am very happy with your product and will continue to shop with y\u2019all. You guys go above and beyond to please your customer. Thank you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Scott S. 10/3/16\n\n\u0093You guys are AWESOME THANKS!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kelly S. 9/30/16\n\n\u0093A months back I ordered a few products from F150LEDs.com and installed them. They work great and I am very happy with the light out put. Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u0093All of the LEDs I\u2019ve purchased from you are OUTSTANDNG!!!!! They put out an amazingly bright white light!!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tom P. 9/28/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much! The products you guys put our are fantastic and the videos are one of the main reasons that I keep coming back. So informative and to have an individual video with every product that y\u2019all sell goes a long way with the customers. I greatly appreciate all of that\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dan L. 9/27/16\n\n\u0093 Thank you for providing high quality products and service! I have replaced every exterior light that is on my truck with F150leds products. And last time I had an issue , you corrected it immediately. Amazing.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John E. 9/26/2016\n\n\u0093Once again thank you for your awesome customer service\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eric O. 9/26/16\n\n\u0093Great product and the color is spot on.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Hank S. 9/22/16\n\n\u0093. I think the only items I have left to order is the 22\u201d light bar, engine compartment light and headlights. Your products are the ultimate. Thanks for what you offer. \u0094\n\n\u0093Hello, I am a customer of your website and thoroughly enjoyed the services you guys provide. Thanks for your time and service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jared G. 9/6/16\n\n\u0093You guys are incredible! Great customer support. You have my LED business. \u0094\n\n\u2014 J. Scott R. 9/12/16\n\n\u0093Wow you guys are so awesome I literally had the biggest smile on my face! hands down f150leds is the best, most helpful place I have ever dealt with I love you guys haha. I also want to say thank you for all the videos you guys do it helps me so much when I am installing your awesome products. Thank you guys again so so much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Hunter I. 8/31/16\n\n\u0093Thank y\u2019all so much for everything it means a lot...and I will highly recommend y\u2019all to everyone and I will be buying more from y\u2019all soon!\u0094\n\n\u2014 William C. 8/30/16\n\n\u0093I share you guys with every person I see driving an F150. Absolutely love your lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason H. 8/30/16\n\n\u0093I just wanted to thank you guys for how great your customer service has been to me. I really appreciate all the technical support and will definitely be buying more things for my f150 from you guys.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brandon F. 8/29/16\n\n\u0093 Awesome customer service like this is very uncommon and I am glad there are companies out there that still treat the customer with great kindness.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dean O. 8/29/16\n\n\u0093I appreciate the great support, thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe C. 8/27/16\n\n\u0093I truly love your LED lights! I am very happy with your products and I will eventually convert what I can on my truck to LED.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dean O. 8/27/16\n\n\u0093I am truly grateful to everyone at f150leds.com. Thank you for your quick attention to this matter and your generous solution. I look forward to continuing to do business with you in the future.\u0094\n\n\u0093I\u2019ve already recommended your products to several friends and family members and will continue to do so. Great company great and great customer service.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nick G. 8/23/16\n\n\u0093I installed the LED bed kights in my 2013 F-150 and absolutely love the look and it was an easy install. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Larry T. 8/23/16\n\n\u0093Great customer service! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Mark S. 8/22/16\n\n\u0093Thanks you very much, you guys are AWESOME!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ernest H. 8/21/16\n\n\u0093I really just wanted to thank you for the spectacular customer service! This sealed the deal for me to buy all the necessary upgrades to improve the light output of my truck at night! I love to support a business that actually listens to and considers ideas from its customers!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Julian O. 8/19/16\n\n\u0093You guys make some awesome products and as the new owner of a 2015 F150 I\u2019ll be using your lights for my upgrades!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ian K. 8/18/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much! Your customer service is so excellent that I just purchased a light bar. Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle G. 8/18/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much for all your help in resolving this! I really love my interior lights and I am a satisfied customer! Thanks again guys!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sarady K. 8/16/16\n\n\u0093Loving the new headlights and fog lights! Great product so far! Thank y\u2019all for the great customer service and products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cayden C. 8/16/16\n\n\u0093We are so amazed how bright they are. Thanks again, glad to do business with you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Grady m. 8/16/16\n\n\u0093 I installed the ring kit, the kit looks awesome and gives off a very subdued glow that matches the interior perfectly.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe C. 8/16/16\n\n\u0093 Great installation videos and thanks for all the awesome products! Thanks again and keep up the good work! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Logan K. 8/15/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much. You do a great job at customer service. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Art M. 8/15/16\n\n\u0093Your Front Turn LEDs are AWESOME!!! Now traffic can see my front turn signal and they react to it. Before it was sketchy at best.\n\nThank you for another awesome product.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chuck S. 8/12/16\n\n\u0093I received the bulbs today and it\u2019s perfect. Thank you so much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Walker D. 8/9/16\n\n\u0093Thanks again! Five stars for customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dana B . 8/8/2016\n\n\u0093Just Gotta say you guys make some killer lights!! Keep up the good work!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike S. 8/2/16\n\n\u0093I got my lights installed and they look amazing!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle M. 8/1/16\n\n\u0093Thank you! Your response and service are stellar.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian T. 7/31/16\n\n\u0093Everyone that sees my lights are impressed! You will get some referrals from me! Thanks again.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Grady M. 7/29/16\n\n\u0093I got my lights and they work beautifully. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Carl J. 7/28/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for your fast response and refund. I greatly appreciate it. I have purchased a lot from you guys so it\u2019s nice to know you stand behind your product. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Seth B. 7/26/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for your service. The headlights are amazing.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joaquin B. 7/25/16\n\n\u0093Installed as directed and worked great, really great looking headlights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Orlando G. 7/22/16\n\n\u0093The bad *** mk3\u2019s headlights are awesome!!! I\u2019ll never go with out F150LEDs led lights again.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael S. 7/20/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for the excellent customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle M. 7/20/16\n\n\u0093I LOVE YOUR PRODUCT! I will keep on buying from you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mario S. 7/19/16\n\n\u0093WOW these lights are bright, I already got a compliment. You guys nailed it.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nick S. 7/18/16\n\n\u0093Love the lights! They work awesome.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Prescott K. 7/18/16\n\n\u0093I received my new brake lights yesterday and they work great! Thanks!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Braxton G. 7/15/16\n\n\u0093I bought the mklll headlights. Love them!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Christian C. 7/13/16\n\n\u0093Thanks again. Your customer service is second to none!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brandon H. 7/12/16\n\n\u0093I just installed a set of the mk2 fog lights and wow!!! They are more bad *** than I expected!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael S. 7/11/16\n\n\u0093I like your products and videos, hope to be buying more soon. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt F. 7/7/16\n\n\u0093The LEDs give my truck that upper level feel like it\u2019s a luxury truck on the inside. Once again blown away by your products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt K 7/7/16\n\n\u0093Thanks again for all of your help and assistance. I look forward to doing business with you in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Anthony B. 7/5/16\n\n\u0093Wow you guys are awesome! Your company literally has the best products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Hunter I. 7/4/16\n\n\u0093I love your lights, I have all stock bulbs replaced with your products!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dustin G. 6/28/16\n\n\u0093Awesome job guys. Thanks for the prompt response. There just isn\u2019t companies out there that do what f150leds do for thier customers. My business will definitely be coming back soon.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John R. 6/28/16\n\n\u0093I recommend you guys to all the ford owners I know\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eric R. 6/28/16\n\n\u0093Hey guys, just want to let you know that I\u2019m very happy with the headlights I ordered from you guys. I also ordered the blinker signals and the front marker lights. Everything has been working great!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thomas M. 6/28/16\n\n\u0093I am very pleased with the results of the installation of both of these products as well as all of the previous products that I received from f150leds. Thank you\u0094\n\n\u2014 John D 6/27/16\n\n\u0093I am praising your product; it surpassed my expectations!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeremy A. 6/27/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for your time and for a fantastic and professional product\u0094\n\n\u2014 Austin P. 6/26/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for all your help! Great customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Austin C. 6/27/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for all of your help! I greatly appreciate it!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tom G. 6/26/16\n\n\u0093Impeccable service! Thank you and see you soon!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Olivier B. 6/24/16\n\n\u0093Everything looks great, I\u2019m very satisfied with the products! I will be purchasing more items when I can. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian D. 6/24/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for a great product! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle G. 6/23/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for your support, you have been amazing. Best regards!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cliff B. 6/23/16\n\n\u0093I love the products I have purchased and plan on getting the high and low beam CREE led\u2019s very soon. You guys are GREAT! Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jon G. 6/20/16\n\n\u0093Thank you, I love the lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Patrick W. 6/20/16\n\n\u0093 Love the brightness that my headlights have and don\u2019t want any other lights but yours. THANKS!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Vincent M. 6/19/20\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for caring and your great customer service! It is is one reason I love buying your products & will continue to do so!\u0094\n\n\u2014 hunter I. 6/18/20\n\n\u0093You guys have a great business going and great customer service! Thank you again!! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Larry D. 6/16/16\n\n\u0093I cannot believe the difference in light output from stock. I knew the headlights would be good; I didn\u2019t expect them to be this good! I jokingly tell my friends that I can now see to the curvature of the earth at night. Yours is truly an excellent, quality product and I am unbelievably happy that I purchased them. I\u2019ve spent hundreds over the last few years in various bulbs to try and get the effect that yours have. I only wish I had known about F150LED\u2019s.com back then.\n\nAs a result of the installation of these headlights and how well they work, I will be purchasing much more for the Raptor from you guys!\n\nFantastic product!\n\nThanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason W. 6/16/16\n\n\u0093I absolutely love the MKlll bulbs!! Super bright!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dallas W. 6/16/16\n\n\u0093The lights are so awesome, thank you much for your support. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Christian R, 6/16/16\n\n\u0093Thank you again you guys are the best!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Zack M. 6/16/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much and keep up the good work!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John M. 6/15/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for the awesome service, I definitely recommend your company!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John M. 6/13/16\n\n\u0093I love my lights! You guys are the best! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Jonathan C. 6/12/16\n\n\u0093Can\u2019t thank you enough for your prompt service. Received my lights yesterday! Very much look forward to doing more business with you in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Debbie W. 6/10/16\n\n\u0093I have your fog lights for my 15 f150 and LOVE them! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Frank E. 6/10/16\n\n\u0093Thank you again for your outstanding customer support!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Shawn K. 6/9/16\n\n\u0093Thanks again \u2014 my experience with your company has always been positive.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian T. 6/7/16\n\n\u0093Headlights works perfectly. You guys and gals are great.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kerry W. 6/7/16\n\n\u0093Thanks again for the great customer service! I will be placing more orders in the future.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chad B. 6/6/16\n\n\u0093I have your fog lights for my 15 f150 and LOVE them!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Devin H 6/5/16\n\n\u0093The installation videos made it very easy for me. I enjoy the website & all of the products. My long term goal is to partake in all of your products!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rueben G. 6/2/16\n\n\u0093Your customer service is second to none! Thanks again\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chad K 6/1/16\n\n\u0093The headlights work PERFECTLY!! What an incredible difference from the stock bulbs, love them! \u0094\n\n\u0093Great work with everything. The site is awesome and the install videos are very helpful. Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sean R. 5/25/16\n\n\u0093The headlights look freaking amazing!!! Thank you\u0094\n\n\u2014 Clint J. 5/25/16\n\n\u0093I recently purchased F150 LEDs to retrofit all the bulbs on my 2012 F150 Platinum, inside and out. I received prompt delivery, all bulbs and extras as promised and they were easy to fit. Now I drive my truck around and actually see where I am going!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gavin M. 5/24/16\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome!! I have told friends about your awesome products and they have also been very satisfied with everything you guys offer. Thank you very much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jesus H 5/23/16\n\n\u0093Your MKIII headlights are awesome! The light field is excellent and these lights are much brighter then the competition. They have a very crisp bright light. I am very impressed and happy! thanx again !\u0094\n\n\u2014 Don C. 5/23/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for everything you guys have done for us (F150 owners). You guys are simply the best. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Nayef M. 5/20/16\n\n\u0093The mark II fog lights are fantastic, Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Zach L. 5/17/16\n\n\u0093Thank you guys!! Excellent service and excellent products. Thank you again!!Regards,\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jose C. 5/17/16\n\n\u0093Thank you guys so much for your help. I love your products. You have a customer for life!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thomas L. 5/17/16\n\n\u0093Seriously the brightest cleanest light I have ever had!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tom B. 5/16/17\n\n\u0093The lights are AMAZING! They are equal brightness on both low and high beams. Thank you so very much for being helpful with me. I will recommend this website to anyone and am very pleased. I will buy from you guys again. Thanks so much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Aaron I. 5/14/16\n\n\u0093I am very happy with the colour of the lights and how bright they are !\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt S. 5/12/16\n\n\u0093I love you products and have had dozens of people ask me where I got my LED light bar!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Daniel P. 5/12/16\n\n\u0093I am very happy with everything I\u2019ve bought from you guys and will be placing another order in the very near future, thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eric B. 5/10/16\n\n\u0093I absolutely LOVE my lights from y\u2019all. Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 John G. 5/10/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for the great customer support I recommend you guys to all my friends with f150s.\u0094\n\n\u0093I just wanted to drop an email and say thank you very much for the headlight upgrade!!!Those new Mark111 lights are bright, clean and look awesome!!The road signs actually glow when the headlights hit them. It is like driving in HD.Just wanted to say thanks once again and thanks for the tutorials found on your website.Great job!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 jack R. 5/2/16\n\n\u0093I will definitely be making purchases from you again in the future and will recommend you to others seeking quality led products for their F150s.Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gaerry V 5/2/16\n\n\u0093I just installed my 2015 running board lights and they are very very bright and worth the money. I am very happy with my purchases through you guys. I also bought a lot of more stuff off of you guys and very very happy with everything as well. Thank you very much again!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joshua J. 5/2/16\n\n\u0093You have incredible customer service! I\u2019ll be sure to spread the word and send you all the business I can. Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael K. 5/2/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much! A+ customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thomas S. 4/29/16\n\n\u0093Love your product. I work at the KCAP Ford plant in KC. Trucks should come standard with your lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cody W. 4/29/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for the support. Great products and great people, look forward to purchasing more lights in the near future!\u0094\n\n\u0093thank you so much for you quick response and great customer service. That seems to be few and far between today and is greatly appreciated. Loving the new lights and my truck looks great!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt H. 4/28/16\n\n\u0093Hello, I have received my order and I \u2018m happy! Everything is installed and it is beautiful ! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Oliver B. 4/28/16\n\n\u0093Your lights look amazing!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Deb T. 4/28/16\n\n\u0093The light bar I bought from you is top quality and I\u2019ve been proudly showing it off on base.Very respectfully,\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason G. 4/27/16\n\n\u0093The products are perfect and came in a lot sooner then I thought they would 5 star rate will definitely be buying more!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Shawn H. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093Y\u2019all are a stand up business and I\u2019d recommend to anybody.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Craig H. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093The Mark II cargo lights are so much brighter than the originals, this was a great upgrade.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dave s. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093Very bright both in front of the vehicle and to the sides. I think you have a great product.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John E. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093Great products! Every bulb on the exterior of my truck is yours and they work and look great.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ashley J. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093Your guys customer service is awesome I will be ordering more LED lights for my pickup from you guys.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris Z. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093These lights are AMAZING...What a freakin difference....And look very sexy on the my Raptor!!!! I will highly recommend you to any F150 owner looking for a great way to upgrade the their truck..THANK YOU again for all you help!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt H. 4/26/16\n\n\u0093Thank you. Love the fog lights and plate lights on my 2015.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dave C. 4/25/16\n\n\u0093 I just received my mk2 cargo lights and they are fantastic thank you very much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Andy D. 4/24/16\n\n\u0093I ordered the 2015 red cup holder lights and the exterior running board lights and they are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Carl H. 4/24/16\n\n\u0093Fog lights and tag lights work great!! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Dave C. 4/22/16\n\n\u0093I replaced all of the exterior lights on my brand new 2016 F150 with your LED\u2019s and i couldn\u2019t be happier. Very nice color tone to all the lights. I am pleased with everything so far.\n\nI appreciate your support and the great products! Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Paul W. 4/21/16\n\n\u0093You guys have a great service team and are very responsive for people\u2019s needs thank you again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Colby M. 4/21/16\n\n\u0093Ordered a bunch of lights from you guys for my 04 f150 lariat and all of them are awesome, very pleased!\u0094\n\n\u2014 James B. 4/21/16\n\n\u0093I plan on ordering more soon and have already installed the running board LED\u2019s and they look great!! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Troy P. 4/20/16\n\n\u0093Quality and brightness of the lights I ordered is awesome. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tim M. 4/20/16\n\n\u0093I love the truck leds I outfitted my F150 with especially the headlights and fog lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin B. 4/19/16\n\n\u0093You guys have the best customer service I\u2019ve ever had.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris L. 4/18/2016\n\n\u0093 I\u2019m LOVING my LED\u2019s on my truck!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Maitland F. 4/14/16\n\n\u0093Hey Guys,Got the 09-14 Mark III headlight kits installed yesterday; couldn\u2019t wait for the sun to set so I could try \u2018em out. Needless to say, they are OUTSTANDING!!\n\nThanks again for the great products from F150LEDs.com!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike D. 4/9/16\n\n\u0093Y\u2019all have been exceptional!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris G. 4/5/16\n\n\u0093 Your products and customer service is Top Notch and will be ordering addition products to finish my F-150.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Gerald D. 4/4/16\n\n\u0093I received the replacement back up LED\u2019s marked MKII. What a HUGE difference. I am so happy. Thank you again. Need to save up a few bucks before I order my LED headlights - should be very soon. Thank you again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Al B. 4/2/16\n\n\u0093I purchased the cree reverse lights a couple months ago and love them, they make backing out of my driveway a breeze and I longer take out the side of my house or the neighbors azaleas!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Colin F.\n\n\u0093Thanks for making great products hope to get a lightbar from you guys soon.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Marty S. 3/31/16\n\n\u0093Recently installed the LED running board lights, LED STT bulbs and the MKII B/U bulbs on my 2015 F150 FX4 super cab. . I am very pleased with your products. I love the running board lights because it gives my passengers and I an extra added safety measure when entering & exiting my truck. Can\u2019t say enough about the intensity of the back up lights, even to the sides of the truck. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian H. 3/30/16\n\n\u0093Love all leds I have purchased and now I am looking forward to replacing turn signal lights and a light bar or two. Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jamie B. 3/30/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for y\u2019alls help, I look forward to buying more lights again thank you very much\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bobby G. 3/29/16\n\n\u0093I will definitely buy whatever else I need for my truck from you if it\u2019s available in the future! Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jay W. 3/29/16\n\n\u0093Have purchase several of your products and love them all\u0094\n\n\u2014 Richard K. 3/28/16\n\n\u0093 I recently ordered 4 items from you folks and couldn\u2019t be happier with the quality of the product. Thanks so much\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dale N. 3/28/16\n\n\u0093Thank you guys very much for 5 star customer service and products. 10 out of 10 will definitely purchase from y\u2019all again. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Andy K. 3/28/16\n\n\u0093I love the lights I will be buying more lighting options from yall! These LED MKII beams blow any HID kit out of the water they put out way more light, and there is no warm up time on them they are great and look even better!! 5 stars Thanks again guys!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Austin C. 3/24/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for all you do and great products!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg S. 3/23/16\n\n\u0093Wow, y\u2019all are amazing to work with. I had no clue it would be that easy to work with you guys! Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chase S. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093Hey Guys! I received my fog lights today.\n\nHad just finished installing the driver\u2019s side bulb and was checking them as a neighbor walked by and said \u201cDid you know that one of those bulbs is a LOT brighter than the other?\u201d\n\nTold him that I was changing out bulbs and had only done one side. So I went to look at them (this is a 5 PM; lots of daylight) and could not believe how bright those bulbs are!\n\nThanks for your terrific product; can\u2019t wait to get those headlight kits next!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike D. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093love the lights. They are really bright.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joseph D. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093I received my order today. My fog lights are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Richard H. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093HiI\u2019ve received my Leds. I am certainly impressed!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Avery W. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093Love the lights, they have gotten me many compliments. Thanks a bunch!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chase S. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for the great installation assistance videos!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rob W. 3/22/16\n\n\u0093I bought the Cree LED Mark II fog lights for my 2011 f150 just a few months ago and absolutely love them. Tons of light output and helps me see things that the headlights just don\u2019t shine on.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Andrew K. 3/21/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much. Awesome customer service.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan F. 3/21/16\n\n\u0093I purchased all the interior and I love them. Plan on buying all the exterior soon. Thank you! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Nate G. 3/19/16\n\n\u0093Great Lights! Just got my fog , marker, turn, brake, 3rd brake , back up, and cargo lights. They are bright. Lot better than OEM. Really make a difference. Can\u2019t wait to see the headlights. Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ranger G. 3/19/16\n\n\u0093You have the best customer service ever. Thank you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 joe C. 3/18/16\n\n\u0093Y\u2019all are great thanks for the quick service!! I will definitely be ordering from you again!Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Scott W. 3/18/16\n\n\u0093Hey guys, just want to say thanks! I\u2019ve had 3 different kinds of HID\u2019s on my old truck, NOT one of them puts out the light that these MKII LEDs do its unbelievable.. You guys know what your doing with these, I will be spreading the word about yall....... Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Austin C. 3/16/16\n\n\u0093I installed the rear LED STT & BU bulbs. What an improvement!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian H. 3/15/16\n\n\u0093Love the light output of these bulbs! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Pete P. 3/15/16\n\n\u0093I couldn\u2019t be happier with my led kits, I\u2019m in the process of getting a second f150 and it will be fitted with your led kits too. Thank You!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jay B. 3/15/16\n\n\u0093Running board lights are sick.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Zack W. 3/14/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for your awesome customer service, I will pass on my great experience to the f150 community in my area!\u0094\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome! You live up to your statement of 100 % Satisfaction. Thanks again. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Pastor Damon T. 3/11/16\n\n\u0093The running board lights look great and very bright!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Todd D. 3/11/16\n\n\u0093I bought the raptor lights from you guys. I get lots of compliments on them, they are great! I love them, sets my f150 off nicely.\u0094\n\n\u2014 David M. 3/10/16\n\n\u0093The headlamps are absolutely stunning.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dana B. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093Glad y\u2019all serve customers to the fullest! \u0094\n\n\u2014 John F. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093Y\u2019all have the best Customer Service, highly recommended by me!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Reid S. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093I bought 2 led light bars off of you about a year and a half ago; they are awesome.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brandon G. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093Thank you your products are amazing!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 john S. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093You guys are AWESOME! Thank you so much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Monia K. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093My uncle bought the mark 2 back up lights for his 2010 f150 from you and loves them, he highly recommends you! I am going to get some lights now too! Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Alex P. 3/7/16\n\n\u0093Just wanted to say I ordered some interior lights for my fitty. They came right away. The site & The how too\u2019s are a cut above all of your competition. Very impressive. Usually u never get it perfect. Y\u2019all have.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joey G. 3/4/16\n\n\u0093Thank you, I am very happy with all the products I have purchased from you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nicholas P. 3/1/16\n\n\u0093bought a set of your LED back ups (mine were a little weak) YOURS ARE GREAT!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Barry T. 3/1/16\n\n\u0093Thank you guys. Your lights are perfect!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan D. 2/29/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for your great customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Lowell P. 2/29/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for making all of your wonderful products!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tyler W. 2/29/16\n\n\u0093I love how I can get all the LEDs in one place and how easy the videos make it.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bobby R. 2/26/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so very much! You guys are the best to deal with:)!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Robert H. 2/25/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for great customer service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason K. 2/24/16\n\n\u0093So far I am loving the fog lights and tail lights. Hope to order more from you soon.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jerry P. 2/24/16\n\n\u0093the reverse bars and other lights I ordered are awesome.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike P. 2/24/16\n\n\u0093Thank y\u2019all and I love the products they really add to the truck. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Daniel A. 2/23/16\n\n\u0093I really can\u2019t thank you enough for your excellent service. I\u2019ll be ordering from you again soon\u0094\n\n\u0093I absolutely love all your products that I have installed. I am very pleased as they have made a huge difference in the appearance and safety of my 2013 F-150 Platinum!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mathew S. 2/19/16\n\n\u0093The Mark 2 headlights and fog lights are AWESOME.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tom H. 2/18/16\n\n\u0093thank you so much. you guys are the best!! can\u2019t wait until I get to order all the front bulbs.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Derek W. 2/18/16\n\n\u0093The LED interior lights are amazing\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff S. 2/17/16\n\n\u0093I just bought the LED cab lights, license plate lights and the LED reverse light. I couldn\u2019t be happier with the product. Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg G. 2/16/16\n\n\u0093As soon as i get the extra cash ill be sure to order more and recommend you guys to all my f150 friends. Thanks again! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Harry M. 2/16/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for your great customer service, Awesome! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe C. 2/16/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for the great products! I will be sure to spread the word and glad I found your product. I haven\u2019t turned on my fog lights the whole year I owned the truck until now because I can\u2019t stand seeing vehicles who\u2019s fog lights don\u2019t match the headlights!\n\nThank you. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan S. 2/15/16\n\n\u0093Outstanding Customer Service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John L. 2/15/16\n\n\u0093I just want to say thank you for your great customer service. I also would like to say your products are amazing and I wouldn\u2019t choose anyone else for my led lighting needs. :)\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bryce K. 2/15/16\n\n\u0093Good afternoon I ordered and installed your step rail led lights and they are great!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe E. 2/15/16\n\n\u0093thanks again for the awesome customer service !!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Harold M. 2/15/16\n\n\u0093Once again, your customer service is bar-none! Thanks guys!\u0094\n\n\u2014 jack K. 2/12/16\n\n\u0093Your videos and lights are awesome! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nick B. 2/12/16\n\n\u0093Thank you very much. You guys have outstanding customer service!!! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Ben L. 2/12/16\n\n\u0093The backup lights are outstanding!!! Thanks !\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rick S. 2/11/16\n\n\u0093I love your lights!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kate B. 2/11/16\n\n\u0093Thank you so much for taking care of me! I really appreciate the help.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rick P. 2/10/16\n\n\u0093 Installed the headlights, they perform great up here in Alaska!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael H. 2/10/16\n\n\u0093You guys are always detailed and I love that.\n\nThanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brandon S. 2/9/16\n\n\u0093Lights are working great! So bright!! I am looking forward to retrofitting the rest of my truck with the F150LEDs lights! Thanks again\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike F. 2/9/16\n\n\u0093You guys have a great customer service team.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ben R. 2/8/16\n\n\u0093The fog lights were simple to replace and they look amazing.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Benjamin L. 2/8/16\n\n\u0093Got my fogs installed and they look awesome! Thanks again for the great service.\u0094\n\n\u0093I like the all the light interior and exterior lights that i bought. They look great on and the installation videos were a huge help.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Trevor L. 2/5/16\n\n\u0093Thank yall. I will be putting in more orders soon for another light bar and led headlights and fogs. Thanks for the help and quick responses.\u0094\n\n\u2014 CJ W. 2/5/16\n\n\u0093Thank you, I have enjoyed your service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Francisco G. 2/4/16\n\n\u0093Received package....thank you great lights. Wish I would of ordered more lights at same time!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jean D. 2/3/16\n\n\u0093Hey guys! Installed my 2015 headlights per your video. They are great! Beautiful light and brighter than I expected.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brandon E. 2/3/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for your help and for your good service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Wade B. 2/3/16\n\n\u0093You guys have an excellent website. The YouTube videos on the how to install are the best ones I ever saw. Great job!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike G. 2/2/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for all of your help. Great looking modifications!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bill B. 2/2/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for the the great service!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rich G. 2/1/16\n\n\u0093Awesome products and info videos!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dillon H. 1/31/16\n\n\u0093 I will continue to be a loyal customer in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joey M. 1/30/16\n\n\u0093Team, Love the lights and much cooler than the HID ones that I had. Thank you !!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Alex C. 1/30/16\n\n\u0093I appreciate you guys so much and love you\u2019re products and will continue to buy more!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cheyenne B. 1/30/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for the Wonderful Customer support!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jordan T. 1/29/16\n\n\u0093Thank you guys very much. I\u2019m very happy with the lights .\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chase C. 1/28/16\n\n\u0093You guys are amazing.\n\nThank You for restoring my faith the truly phenominal customer service still exists.\n\nMore than a satisfied Customer!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Paige P. 1/28/16\n\n\u0093 I recently received my 22\u201d light bar and couldn\u2019t be happier.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John M. 1/27/16\n\n\u0093I look forward to doing business with you guys in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason K. 1/26/16\n\n\u0093Thanks look forward to ordering from you in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin H. 1/26/16\n\n\u0093I appreciate all your hard work and for getting back to me so soon. Looking forward to that sweet bulbs, cheers guys! Thanks again, Joey\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joey M 1/26/16\n\n\u0093Hey guys! This is a late review but I got my lights about 2 weeks, and I\u2019m so glad I got them! They are SO MUCH more brighter than the factory bulbs. Honestly, I thought the brightness was a bit exaggerated, but I was wrong. A great buy from y\u2019all, and the light color is perfect. I have the MARK II fogs and they match perfectly.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bradely M. 1/26/16\n\n\u0093I purchased several products about 9 months ago from your site and I am very pleased with everything!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael C. 1/25/16\n\n\u0093The tag lights are awesome! I can\u2019t wait to install the fog lights when I get them. What a difference that will make. Thank you for your help.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Pat G. 1/25/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for standing behind your products. I appreciate it!With service like you are providing and standing behind your products will insure that I will be a returning customer. Soon we will be purchasing another light bar.Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thomas C. 1/23/16\n\n\u0093You guys are the best. I sport many of your products on my F150 and I love them.\n\nThe customer service only adds to the experience. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt E. 1/22/16\n\n\u0093I appreciate the awesome customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Lawrence S. 1/21/2016\n\n\u0093Thank you for the quick response and taking care of me. I have only heard great things about your company and plan on buying more items from you!\n\nTake care!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tom K. 1/21/16\n\n\u0093Excellent help, yet one more reason I went with you guys. Great service! \u0094\n\n\u0093Thanks sooo much. Those are an exact match to the factory LED\u2019s. I truly appreciate such good customer service. It\u2019s a rare thing these days.\n\nYou have a customer for life!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bill W. 1/11/16\n\n\u0093Your customer service is amazingly quick and Awesome. Thank you so much!! I really like your products a lot.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kane S. 1/8/16\n\n\u0093Thank you. I will place another order in the near future as I\u2019m looking at adding some more of your products. Thank you again for the customer service. Second to none!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nolan E. 1/8/16\n\n\u0093Thanks F150LEDs, I appreciate you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jim M. 1/8/16\n\n\u0093Hello, I recently purchased all of your lights low beam, highbeam and fog lights for my 2015 F150. I absolutely love the color and output as well as the quality of product, thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tavo S. 1/7/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for your help. The lights are working perfectly and are all they were promised to be. Thank you very much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ken W. 1/7/16\n\n\u0093Thank you, you have made me a loyal customer!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve C. 1/7/15\n\n\u0093Thank you for the quick response and excellent customer service, it is truly appreciated! I look forward to receiving my next order!\n\nKindest regards,\u0094\n\n\u2014 Karen V. 1/6/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for helping me and thanks for the great service and products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brooke L. 1/6/16\n\n\u0093The fog lights are much brighter then the OEM bulbs and match the LED headlights perfectly. I love them,big improvement over stock.\u0094\n\n\u2014 David R. 1/5/16\n\n\u0093Thank you again for your great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Shawn W. 1/5/16\n\n\u0093you guys are awesome, thank you so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Varun R. 1/5/16\n\n\u0093Thank you!!! I appreciate the excellent customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bill W. 1/5/16\n\n\u0093My son loves the products we have gotten for his truck. Thank You!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Susan G. 1/5/16\n\n\u0093I got the lights mounted and they look great! Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin R. 1/4/16\n\n\u0093The light bar is so bright now my son wants new fog lights and headlights to match so we will have to see. Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eddie S. 1/4/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for the great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Lucas B. 1/4/16\n\n\u0093Thanks for your help, can\u2019t wait to get my new LED lights so I can install on my 2013 Roush Raptor. Love the how to videos!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve K. 1/3/16\n\n\u0093Just finished install and these are great lights!!! I have 15% tint all around and they completely light up my driveway when I\u2019m backing out. It\u2019s nice to finally see where I\u2019m going! Great product. Thanks! Also installed the signal kits I got from you as well and they\u2019re great, too.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Colin F. 1/2/16\n\n\u0093 I can\u2019t say enough about your customer satisfaction, you have the best looking product, and you stand behind it.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joe N. 1/1/16\n\n\u0093Thanks very much, cup holder lights are working great. It looks awesome.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rob M. 1/1/16\n\n\u0093Thank you for the great cup holder product.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dan K. 12/31/15\n\n\u0093I really really REALLY love how bright and sexy looking they are!\u0094\n\n\u2014 George M. 12/31/15\n\n\u0093 thank you so much. I love the look.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Calvin E. 12/31/15\n\n\u0093My Girl friend for me tail light and reverse LEDS I love them.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Keith M. 12/31/15\n\n\u0093By finding your site I have saved myself $300.00, Thank You!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brent M. 12/31/15\n\n\u0093Hey guys,\n\nI just wanted to let you know that I love your guys products and you guyshave great service.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dalton S. 12/29/15\n\n\u0093 I look forward to doing further business with F150LEDS. Thank you again for great customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 David A. 12/28/15\n\n\u0093Thanks F150 LEDS!! My order arrived today, ready for install this weekend! Keep up the good work.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Colin F. 12/27/15\n\n\u0093I got all the bulbs in and the light bar as well. They all look great! I will replacing the rest of the bulbs after CHRISTmas is behind us.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jeff S. 12/15/15\n\n\u0093Good day. I want to thank you for the great support and services. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Thamer A 12/9/15\n\n\u0093Hi. I recently purchased a 2015 f150 headlight mark 2 kit from your website. I got everything installed and it all looks amazing\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tyson T. 12/9/15\n\n\u0093You guys are more than great!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mark C. 12/9/15\n\n\u0093I\u2019m very happy and satisfied with the fog lights. I installed them last night and I really like them.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris J 12/9/15\n\n\u0093The Mark II fog lights have been amazing!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Fransico G 12/9/15\n\n\u0093bulbs are bright and look great \u2014 thank you very much\u0094\n\n\u2014 George H 12/9/15\n\n\u0093I am very happy and the appearance is very cool. We are experiencing a lot of fog and the lights are very bright and help.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dwyane C. 12/4/15\n\n\u0093Thank you so much. I have about 50% of what u offer for my truck. Love it all!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin D. 12/4/15\n\n\u0093I love your products. I have the fogs and headlights and they are both great\u0094\n\n\u0093Hi F150LEDs,Just wanted to let you know that I received, and installed, the 2015 MK II Headlight LEDs.There is just no comparison between the stock halogen lights and the MK II LEDs\u2014they are SO much brighter and put out that beautiful, brilliant white light that reaches out WAY down the road to illuminate everything. Thanks for making available a great alternative and a dramatic improvement to stock Ford F150 headlight light systems. I\u2019m looking forward to your introduction of other 2015 LED products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Warren A. 11/25/15\n\n\u0093I bought all my interior lights from you guys. Love them!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tyler W. 11/24/15\n\n\u0093All your lights look great and the videos on installing are great also thanks for going the extra mile !!!I\u2019m on a facebook page called F150 Ecoboost Owners I refer you all for lights all the time keep up the good work !\u0094\n\n\u2014 Paul H. 11/23/15\n\n\u0093The auxiliary reverse lights are the BOMB!! I have gotten nothing but compliments on them and the running board lights.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg L. 11/21/15\n\n\u0093Thank you for all your help. The lights are hooked up and work perfectly! Your customer service is excellent! I can\u2019t wait to order more lights for our vehicles and to tell our family and friends about your products.\n\nThanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nick T. 11/20/15\n\n\u0093Awesome! Thank you! Truck looks awesome! Thank you once again for getting my order out quick!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jimmy V. 11/18/15\n\n\u0093Hey guys so I just received my MARK II Fog lights for my 2013 F-150 and they are absolutely perfect! They are pure white and not a hint of blue, just what I was wanting! Coming from the MARK I, these are definitely an improvement! Thanks guys and keep up the good work! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Bradley M. 11/17/15\n\n\u0093these lights ROCK! It\u2019s like day time back there\u0094\n\n\u2014 William S. 11/17/15\n\n\u0093 I have a 2015 F150 I bought a variety of Led lights from you recently and love everyone of them.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jordan T. 11/17/15\n\n\u0093I am very pleased with your product.. AND service. Thank you folks.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tony M. 11/17/15\n\n\u0093THANK YOU!! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Tera W. 11/17/15\n\n\u0093Wow! Thank You for the FAST response and generous handling. My wife and I have high regard to your business ethic. We look forward to passing our experience of www.F150LEDS.com with others and purchasing additional LEDs. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Clark L 11/16/15\n\n\u0093Awesome, thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris A. 11/16/15\n\n\u0093Love your videos and installation explanations. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jimmy V. 11/16/15\n\n\u0093This is my second order in two weeks. You have a great product. Thanks.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dale D. 11/13/15\n\n\u0093Thank you for everything you do!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kristopher K. 11/12/15\n\n\u0093I bought a large order including the 22\u201d front lightbar and LED tail and fog lights. I just want to say they all are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle W. 11/10/15\n\n\u0093Thank you so much y\u2019all are awesome\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike T. 11/10/15\n\n\u0093wow thanks! You guys are truly amazing!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Bradley M. 11/10/15\n\n\u0093Lovin all the led upgrades so far and not done yet! Installation videos are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Marshall L. 11/10/15\n\n\u0093I love my lights and have great comments and my dad wants the same lights on his truck\u0094\n\n\u0093Just finished up my cup holder lights, couldn\u2019t be anymore excited!! Such a simple install an it adds so much to the interior. Love how they\u2019re wired up so that when I dim my dash lights it dims as well. Thanks for a great kit/product can\u2019t wait to handle the next project, maybe the mirror parking light-blinker combo!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kalib M. 11/2/15\n\n\u0093I recently purchased the raptor LEDs last week and they are awesome just as advertised.I installed them with no problem as the instructional video shows\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kyle K. 10/29/15\n\n\u0093 You guys are amazing! I totally appreciate it the blue cupholder lights are the coolest thing on my truck! I will definately be ordering something from you guys soon!! Thank you\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cory A. 10/29/15\n\n\u0093Just received my break light and turn signal LEDs. The LEDs are great thanks. very bright night and day compared to the stock bulbs. Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Kurt S. 10/27/15\n\n\u0093Thanks a whole lot, and I will definitely be coming back to y\u2019all for my other lights! Y\u2019all have the best customer service I\u2019ve ever dealt with. Thanks again.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Josh M. 10/26/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very much appreciated, you guys are awesome\u0094\n\n\u2014 Josh K. 10/26/15\n\n\u0093Dude, The lights came today, 2 days early. The reverse lights and the brake turn signal lights look so awesome!! I was able to understand the video once I took my rear light housings off. Thanks!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg L. 10/26/15\n\n\u0093I look forward to buying more products from f150leds, as the customer service was excellent and professional.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Scott M.\n\n\u0093These lights are awesome. Easy to install and makes the truck look great.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike K. 10/25/15\n\n\u0093Loving my \u201822 lightbar, I wanted to share a photo of her!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sam G. 10/24/15\n\n\u0093awesome light! The 22\u201d bar helped me with alot of those late hunting adventures around utah montana and idaho.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jason B. 10/24/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very much! I will most certainly be purchasing more products from your company! Thank you for such awesome customer service! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Cameron H. 10/23/15\n\n\u0093My name is Mat M******** and I bought LED lights for my 2013 Raptor through you. I was extremely satisfied with your product and your service. Cheers!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mathew M 10/19/15\n\n\u0093Hey Guys, Followed the directions you sent and love the lights. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nick W. 10/17/15\n\n\u0093 I got the headlights set and very happy with the quality of the light and bulbs themselves. This is my fourth or fifth order from F150 LEDS and I\u2019m over joyed with the quality, service, price and shipping speed of everything I have ordered. I have told all my F150 friends about you. Keep up the good work. Thanks for everything, until my next order...\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian W. 10/16/15\n\n\u0093Hi F150LEDS! I purchased my husband the 42\u201d LED bar back in April, and just recently bought the 2009-14 CREE LED Head Light Kit and 2009-14 CREE LED Fog Light Kit. The lights are just AWESOME! We love them! We love your products and recommend them to everyone (We are from Ontario, Canada).\u0094\n\n\u2014 Angie M. 10/15/15\n\n\u0093Everything looks and works great. I will continue recommending you to others!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dustin M 10/15/15\n\n\u0093Thank you for your responses and your amazing customer service.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Shant P. 10/14/15\n\n\u0093the product is exactly as described in the videos and even better. The lights are so bright and add such a nice touch. Overall product is awesome and I recommend it to everyone.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cam M. 9/13/15\n\n\u0093Thank you all so very much! I really do love your guys product. I appreciate you all and do plan on buying more of the F-150 LED product. Thanks so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cheyenne B. 9/13/15\n\n\u0093Thanks! Great customer service.\u0094\n\n\u2014 James B. 9/13/15\n\n\u0093Hello,I love my LED, install was simple, great job with install videos! Very pleased with the light output!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sam G. 10/12/15\n\n\u0093just wanted to say how awesome these MKII headlights are. D*** they\u2019re bright! Very impressed with them and the CREE tail lights. Glad I got em! Thanks for your help!\u0094\n\n\u0093 thank you! I really like you guys company and what you sell! Already recommending it to all of my friends! I look forward to doing further business with you in the future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Austin A. 10/5/15\n\n\u0093thanks for the killer products!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian T. 10/5/15\n\n\u0093The running board lights look absolutely AMAZING.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg L. 9/30/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very much. Due to your customer service I just bought more lights from your company. I bought the reverse lights, cargo lights, and liscense plate lights for my 2014 f150. I would like you to know that your customer service has gone and will go a long with me. I will make sure to spread a good word about your company. Thank you once again.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Alex R. 9/30/15\n\n\u0093Thank you I really appreciate it and will definitely shop at f150leds.com again. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u0093 You guys are why I will only purchase LEDs from you. Your customer service is unmatchable!! You can quote me on that! :)\n\nThanks again I love doing business with you guys!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Seth P. 9/18/15\n\n\u0093 I just ordered these LED\u2019s for my running boards. I am fricken stoked!!!! I love your site and the videos are awesome and you explain it in a normal way and don\u2019t treat novice guys like me as if I were dumb!! I will also be ordering the Cree reverse lights soon.!!! So stoked!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg L. 9/18/15\n\n\u0093Thank you guys for your support! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Kurt F. 9/18/15\n\n\u0093I put the headlights in yesterday. They are incredible. What a difference! \u0094\n\n\u0093Awesome! Got my LEDs in and they are working awesome and look even better! Thank you! \u0094\n\n\u2014 Brad S. 9/15/15\n\n\u0093You have superior customer service and I look forward to my next purchase.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mike M. 9/12/15\n\n\u0093Absolutely Fabulous Reverse Lights !!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Steve K. 9/10/15\n\n\u0093Hey guys! I jut ordered the LED head lights for my 2014 F150 and proudly are already sporting a 42inch light bar, interior LED\u2019s, and fog lights! Keep up the great service! and feel free to pin my location on your map, Yellowknife, NWT. Canada.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Sean T. 8/9/15\n\n\u0093Excellent customer service. I very much appreciate you! My dad has a 14 f150 and im sure ill be selling him on the products when he sees my truck this fall. Im glad i cant tell him the customer service is excellent too! \u0094\n\n\u2014 9/8/15 Grant B.\n\n\u0093Thank you so much! You have some amazing products and looking forward to owning them all.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Nathan A. 9/8/15\n\n\u0093Just getting in from offshore for a month. The 22\u201d bar was literally a 5 minute install. You guys make it so easy for non professionals to make lighting upgrades to our F-150s. Many guys I work with want to know if you will ever do other makes. I tell them they just to start buying F-150s. Lol\n\nThanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Shannon B 9/8/15\n\n\u0093Hey. Thanks for the help, despite it being your day off. Everything is working great and looks awesome. Thanks for the help.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Blake B. 9/7/15\n\n\u0093Wow! Way better than the other ones. Perfect color and brightness is great as well! Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John K. 9/6/15\n\n\u0093I appreciate all of your help and prompt service and will continue to be a F150LEDS customer!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Michael S. 9/5/15\n\n\u00931st of I would like to say thank u!! Customer Service is unreal with F150 leds. I\u2019m floored with how kind and helpful the reps are!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Tammy H. 9/4/15\n\n\u0093Just finished installing them and all I can say is WOW!! These things are a massive improvement over stock. Thanks for all your assistance, I wish everyone were as helpful as you guys.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Simon P. 9/4/15\n\n\u0093I\u2019ll be in touch with another order soon. Your attention to customer service and satisfaction is duly noted.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mark T. 9/3/15\n\n\u0093Thanks again. You guys are awesome!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cam S. 9/2/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very much. I really appreciate the great service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Stan T. 9/1/15\n\n\u0093Wow thank you, great customer service! I will definitely pass this on to my friends and family!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Rhett B. 8/31/15\n\n\u0093Thanks for all you do dedicated to us F150 owners.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Greg W. 8/30/15\n\n\u0093Awesome thank you so much! Great service!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Simon M. 8/28/15\n\n\u0093All I can say is excellent customer service!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Neal M. 8/27/15\n\n\u0093Thanks for the fast service got the LED and installed it works great ready for some more LED lights my next project is the LED SIDE STEP KIT. Thanks guys\u0094\n\n\u2014 Herman V 8/24/15\n\n\u0093Lights are bright as I\u2019ve ever seen. Great setup. And thank you guys for the very fast shipping.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Luke J 8/25/15\n\n\u0093I received my new fog lights today in the mail and hooked them up. They look great!! Thank you very much!!! YAll have excellent customer service look forward to doing business with you in the future!!! Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ryan L. 8/21/15\n\n\u0093really appreciate it a++ service look forward to future business\u0094\n\n\u2014 Quintin B 8/17/15\n\n\u0093the puddle lights are awesome, they are nice and bright!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Daniel T. 8/17/15\n\n\u0093Thank you for the excellent Customer Service. You will definitely have a repeat customer here.\u0094\n\n\u2014 James V. 8/17/15\n\n\u0093Thank you so much! You guys are the best! can\u2019t wait to get them.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Alex E. 8/17/15\n\n\u0093Awesome! You guys are great. Looking forward to getting more gear from you.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Mark L. 8/14/15\n\n\u0093Got my 22\u201d bar, LOVE IT. WOW! Brilliant Lighting.. I can see further and in the ditch. Nice product.!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John L. 8/14/15\n\n\u0093thanks for your dedicated customer support my truck looks awesome and is much safer to drive day or night\u0094\n\n\u2014 Brian S. 8/13/15\n\n\u0093Wow! Thank you so much.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John K. 8/12/15\n\n\u0093Thank you for the great customer service. I can\u2019t wait to see how my truck will look once everything is installed.\u0094\n\n\u2014 John R. 8/12/15\n\n\u0093Received your new fog light led\u2019s and they are just awesome! Super bright and look great. Thanks so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt B 8/11/15\n\n\u0093That lightbar is CRAZY BRIGHT, and I DO MEAN CRAZY BRIGHT!! LOL That is what I wanted when I ordered it from you, and that is what you delivered!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Warren A. 8/9/15\n\n\u0093Just wanted to thank you again. I love the reverse light bars and the Cree tail lights. I defiantly have no more trouble seeing what\u2019s behind me! Because of the prompt service I had I\u2019m looking forward to purchasing more products in the near future!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Larry H 8/9/15\n\n\u0093Hey F150LEDs gang! I received the new MarkII fog\u2019s and WOW..what a difference in light output!!! Perfect!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Eric G. 8/7/15\n\n\u0093I really appreciate your customer service sir, its nice to experience it still.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Vincent D. 8/3/15\n\n\u0093I am in love with your product. I keep watching and watching you videos and information. I\u2019m telling you... you guys are doing a great work with all your products.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Daniel M. 8/1/15\n\n\u0093Bought the 22 inch bar LED from you for the front Intercooler space. Luv it !!! Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt D 7/31/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very much. This has been the best customer service I\u2019ve ever dealt with. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Justin C 7/31/15\n\n\u0093thank you very much for the great customer service! have a good day.\u0094\n\n\u0093Hey F150 LEDS,Really happy with my order, makes the truck look a lot better and I\u2019ll be ordering more soon!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jack K 7/28/15\n\n\u0093Thank you once again. I will definitely be buying from yall again.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joshua M. 7/27/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very much for your prompt replys and quick service. Outstanding!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Blair W. 7/27/15\n\n\u0093Love my puddle lights and brand new headlights I got from y\u2019all the other day! Thanks!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Matt L. 7/25/15\n\n\u0093Thx F150LEDs, you kick ***!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris M. 7/23/15\n\n\u0093So far I have installed on my 2014 F150 xlt Your fog lights, Reverse Light Bars, Cargo/Break Lights, and my latest the Raptor Style Grill Lights..I get tons of compliments on them and always asked where to get them. I have sent many folks to your site..always looking to see what\u2019s new!!!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Paul J. 7/21/15\n\n\u0093Thank you again for following up on all this, your post purchase service is stellar.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris J 7/21/15\n\n\u0093Hi, It arrived yesterday and my son was so excited. He installed it in minutes. Thank you so much!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Regina Z. 7/20/15\n\n\u0093Thank you very happy with the customer service !\u0094\n\n\u2014 Ariz F. 7/14/15\n\n\u0093I appreciate the the new lights. Everything is great. Ive got my eye on the reverse lights and interior floor board lights next\u0094\n\n\u2014 Josh S. 7/12/15\n\n\u0093Great, many thanks for this. I have just placed an order and look forward to receiving the products\u0094\n\n\u2014 John M. 7/11/15\n\n\u0093Awesome thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 John S. 7/10/15\n\n\u0093You guys are the best by far! I have your stickers on my truck and refer you to all my friends. Thanks for everything!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Harrison W. 7/9/15\n\n\u0093It came in yesterday and looks great! Cant wait to see what else I will order from you guys!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Joshua T. 7/8/15\n\n\u0093LOVE my interior kit.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Stephen L. 7/7/15\n\n\u0093I received everything today looks great! Thank you for all your help. Told all my friends about you and I rock the sticker on my F150. Thanks again\u0094\n\n\u2014 Cam S. 7/6/15\n\n\u0093Outstanding!!! The lights work great, look awesome. Thanks for getting back. Great product and support.\u0094\n\n\u2014 Jared M. 7/4/15\n\n\u0093Thank you guys very much, I appreciate your time reaching out to me and your great service! I\u2019ll be shopping with you guys again soon.Thanks\u0094\n\n\u2014 Dev T. 7/3/15\n\n\u0093Got my LED bar in yesterday. It\u2019s awesome. Came in handy last night we had a big storm and I could see clear as day! The wireless option is a great feature and it looks great!\u0094\n\n\u2014 Trent S. 7/2/15\n\n\u0093I also wanted to thank you for you quick response and commend you on your great costumer service. I will definitely be back when considering other accessories. \u0094\n\n\u2014 Robert M. 6/26/15\n\n\u0093Thank you again, you have gained a loyal customer for life. I will be in touch next month with my next order, and you will be hearing from at least one friend of mine as well.\n\nWith best regards,\u0094\n\n\u2014 Chris\n\n\u0093 I love the look your products give F150s and want mine to look the same!\u0094\n\n\u2014 H. Walker\n\n\u0093You guys are awesome. Thank you!\u0094\n\n\u2014 S. Hogue\n\n\u0093I love y\u2019alls customer service! I have already referred you guys out to two friends that are about to order light bars too. Thanks!\u0094\n\n\u2014 P. Ethridge\n\n\u0093Thank you and have a great day. It was a pleasure doing business. I was very pleased with the customer service. Thanks again!\u0094\n\n\u2014 R. J. Ryan\n\n\u0093Got the lights today. Thanks!! Yes they are already installed and they match all the other lights and they look great!!\u0094"}
-{"text": "Small towns, those with less than 100,000 population, account for 90 per cent of Indian cities and over 40 per cent of the urban Indian population. Understanding India is necessary to understanding global urbanisation, and this goes beyond the overwhelming attention given to metropolitan and large cities. Scholars at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi, have initiated a series of studies to understand the changing dynamics of small towns in India and their contribution to the process of urba\n\nThe definition of what is \u2018urban\u2019 in India is relatively complex. The UN \u2018Demographic Yearbook 2005\u2019, which compiles the various ways in which urban is defined across the world shows that the Indian definition is unique to the country. All urban areas in India can be broadly classified into three groups on the basis of their manner of governance.\n\nThe first type includes all urban areas that are established under a law, whether it is a state or a central law. These urban areas have a pre-defined structure of urban governance and they are known as \u2018statutory towns\u2019 (STs). They are governed by urban local bodies.\n\nThe STs can be further divided into three groups depending on the nature of laws under which they were established. \u2018Cantonment boards\u2019 in India come under the central government and were established under The Cantonment Act, 2006. Urban local bodies were given constitutional status under the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India. States define specific criteria for categorising various types of municipalities, and these often differ from one state to another. Overall, \u2018Municipal Corporations\u2019 are instituted for large cities while \u2018Municipalities\u2019 cover smaller urban settlements, and \u2018Nagar Panchayats\u2019 are set up for transitional areas. However, a particular place can be excluded from the purview of municipalities, if a state decides to declare that area as \u2018industrial township\u2019 under an appropriate state law.\n\nThe second type of urban areas are known as \u2018census towns\u2019 (CTs). They are identified by the Registrar General of India (RGI) as a result of the population census exercise. CTs include all villages which satisfy the three predefined conditions of population size (at least 5,000), population density (at least 400 people/sq. km.) and non-farm workforce (at least 75 per cent of male workforce). However, CTs continue to be governed as villages, and are part of panchayats, which were given constitutional status under the 73rd amendment to the Constitution.\n\nThe third type of urban areas, which are neither STs nor CTs are \u2018out growths\u2019 (OGs). These include all settlements or partial settlements that always lie near an ST but outside its statutory limits. Here, the test is whether these areas possess urban infrastructure and amenities, not whether they satisfy criteria on population size, density and economic activity, like the CTs. The OGs, like CTs, are governed as rural areas.\n\nChallenges of identification methodology\n\nIt is important to note that the RGI finalises the rural/urban classification before the census actually happens. This is because the census schedules are different for rural and urban areas. However, there are three main challenges in the methodology used to identify CTs.\n\nFirstly, it considers all STs as urban areas before the census is conducted. Then it identifies CTs using the previous census data. It uses a population cut-off of 4,000 in the previous census, instead of 5,000, with the working assumption that these places will have reached 5,000 people in one decade. But, it requires the settlements to cross the thresholds of density (400 people/sq. km.) and non-farm work (75 per cent), in the previous census. Due to the difference in the expected and actual population growth, some of the CTs which are classified as CTs do not satisfy some or all conditions. On the other hand, some villages, which actually satisfy these conditions, are not identified as CTs. In addition, levels of non-farm work can reduce from one census to another.\n\nThe second problem is related to the use of one common definition for such a large and diverse country. For instance, the settlement pattern in India is very different from state to state. The average size of villages in the hilly states is relatively much smaller than states in the plains. Similarly, population growth varies greatly across space.\n\nThe third challenge is related to the sensitivity of the definition of the term \u2018urban\u2019 itself. To briefly explain, if the population cut-off is reduced by 500 (3,500 people instead of 4,000 people), then 40 million more rural population in 2011 would be eligible to be classified urban in the coming census. Similarly, a reduction of 5 percentage points in the workforce criteria implies that 18 million additional rural people would be classified as urban.\n\nDebate about census towns\n\nCTs are not new in India. The RGI is classifying settlements as CTs since the 1961 census. In Kerala, there has been a high increase in the number of CTs combined with a high urban population growth \u2013 and almost all the urban population growth was explained by the new CTs. Research on this aspect showed that one-third of the urban population growth during 2001 and 2011 was due to new CTs: there was a steep increase in the number of CTs from 1362 in 2001 to 3892 in 2011.\n\nCharacteristics of census towns\n\nThe concentration of CTs is disproportionately high in few states. West Bengal (780) had the highest number of CTs in 2011, followed by Kerala (461), Tamil Nadu (376) and Maharashtra (278). Almost the entire growth in urban population in Kerala between 2001 and 2011 was due to additional CTs. This share was also very high in West Bengal.\n\nIn terms of their distribution across districts, on an average, the highly urbanised districts and their neighbouring ones have a higher number of CTs. It implies that many CTs lie close to existing urban areas. Using different straight line distances according to the size of STs, we found that 42 per cent of the total CTs were close to class-I towns (population greater than 100,000).\n\nThe remaining 57 per cent of CTs which were not proximate to any class-I STs can further be divided into two separate groups. The \u2018clustered\u2019 CTs are not close to Class-I towns but lie close to other CTs or a smaller ST. The remaining CTs, that we can call \u2018isolated\u2019 CTs are standalone CTs, and often lie in strategic locations such as in major industrial units or near a national highway or road junction. Of the remaining 57 per cent non-proximate CTs, 68 per cent fall in the first category and 32 per cent in the second category.\n\nIdentifying the number of census towns\n\nIt is possible to broadly predict the number of CTs for the 2021 census, but there are few caveats.\n\nFirst, the RGI includes plantation, livestock, forestry, fisheries and allied activities as farm activity in the CT estimation, but the census data that is publicly released combines them with the non-farm workforce. It requires some adjustment as these sectors are heavily concentrated in some districts (like tea gardens in Assam and fisheries in Kerala). Consequently, the final result depends on the way this adjustment is done.\n\nSecond, there are some settlements which might be identified as CTs using the 2011 census data, but may merge into the existing cities or convert to new towns or STs during this period. It is difficult to predict the magnitude of this phenomenon. With these caveats in mind, the estimate suggests that 2149 CTs may come up in the upcoming 2021 census and the broad regional distribution of these CTs would be similar to the existing ones.\n\nImportance of non-farm workforce\n\nIt is true that the share of the non-farm work force, on an average, is increasing over time. Hence one would expect more CTs in future. But the process is much more complex than it seems and one should not ignore the dynamics at the micro level. It is not true that the non-farm share is increasing in all settlements. Further, the increase in non-farm work force is not necessarily associated with the expansion of formal employment but is more often due to increase in casual employment in the non-farm sector.\n\nConverting census towns into statutory towns\n\nI don\u2019t think converting all CTs into STs is the right approach. It should be done on a case-by-case basis. In India, it is the state government, which decides on the creation of new STs and the minimum criteria are not uniform across states. The minimum population criteria for the smallest type of municipalities range from 5,000 (Punjab) to 30,000 (West Bengal). So, unless states use their prerogative power or combine settlements to achieve that population threshold, it is unlikely to convert all CTs into STs. It is instructive to remember that in the last decade only 42 new STs were created.\n\nConversion of CTs into STs could be useful for planned governance of some of the CTs, in particular, for some of the larger ones. However, the applicability of this particular mechanism to all CTs is very doubtful and it should be done on a case-by-case basis. For example, if a CT is in the periphery of a large city, merging the CT into the city could be more helpful. Similarly, if multiple CTs lie close to each other, they can be combined together to make a larger ST."}
-{"text": "My class A sits in RV storage so it's not at my house. When I pick it up I have large amounts of bird poop going down the rear of the RV. It appears they use on my ladder as a perch and bombs away. I'm wondering if you guys have any suggestions on how to keep them off the RV while in storage? Looked at a few things online but would like to know what you've done that works. Thanks!\nBrett\n\niRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!\n\nYou are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!\n\nI've seen some buildings using , nylon whiskers , about 2\" tall attached to perch areas , to keep bird from landing. But if you just do the ladder , they will probably just go to the A/C , or other spots on the roof.\nFake owl, may be the best bet.\n\nI see \"Route 66 \" types faster than I do. Starlings , got to love those invasive species.\n\nI had that problem with birds in a tree beside the MH. I tied some old DVDs in the tree, seemed to help a lot. I think the sun flashing on the shiny DVDs spooked them. I your MH is under cover this probably will not work for you.\n\nYou could try stringing a monofilament fishing line across the Moho, at various locations,in a criss/cross fashion. This works in Florida, to keep seagulls from flying over and landing in the pools, when they want water. Another thought mighe be some kind of windmill near or attached to the ladder. As the windmill spins, it will keep the birds away, especially, if it spins horizontally.\n\nSeen a coach in a campground that had the about two dozen zip ties a couple inches apart all over around the top of the ladder. The looked like 8 \". The tails would just wiggle in the wind. I asked him what that was for and he said \"birds\".\n\nThey did that on my previous MH which was mostly white, birds would eat those purple berries and sit on the latter and let it rip. I tried the plastic owl and they would poop on its head. I finally put round up on every thing I could find birds would like to eat so they would go somewhere else."}
-{"text": "Attention\n\nThe browser or device you are using is out of date. It has known security flaws and a limited feature set. You will not see all the features of some websites. Please update your browser. A list of the most popular browsers can be found below.\n\nA Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones toward Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, outside the West Bank city of Ramallah.\nMohamad Torokman / Reuters\n\nA Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones toward Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, outside the West Bank city of Ramallah.\nMohamad Torokman / Reuters\n\nIsrael, Hamas begin 12-hour halt in hostilities\n\nIsrael and Hamas began a 12-hour pause in fighting Saturday morning after agreeing to the temporary truce just hours before. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip poured into the streets to recover their dead and stock up on food supplies.\n\nHamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the movement, together with all armed groups in Gaza, had agreed to the temporary cease-fire, which he said was mediated by the United Nations.\n\nThe halt in fighting started at 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). But the Israeli military warned Friday that it \"shall respond if terrorists choose to exploit this time to attack IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) personnel or fire at Israeli civilians.\"\n\nThe announcements of the pause came hours after Israel rejected a proposal by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for all parties to observe a week-long halt to the deadly conflict, which threatens to spill over into the occupied West Bank.\n\nKerry's proposal, which other countries in the region including Turkey and Qatar tried to broker, called for a seven-day humanitarian halt to the conflict while parties enter into intense negotiations to reach a mutually acceptable deal.\n\nGaza officials said more than 825 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have died in 18 days of conflict. More than 5,000 have reportedly been injured. Thursday\u2019s death toll of 115 made it one of the deadliest days of the Israeli offensive.\n\nIsrael said 35 of its soldiers have died in the Gaza ground invasion, whose aim, it says, is to destroy dozens of cross-border tunnels. On Friday the Israeli military said that soldier Oron Shaul, whom Hamas' winged arm claimed to have captured earlier this week, was in fact killed in action in Gaza.\n\nIn the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas governs in uneasy coordination with Israel, about 10,000 demonstrators marched in solidarity with Gaza overnight Thursday \u2013 a scale recalling the events of mass uprisings of the past. Protesters surged against an Israeli army checkpoint, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails, and Palestinian medics said one was shot dead and 200 were wounded when troops opened fire.\n\nThe next day medics said five Palestinians were killed in separate incidents near the West Bank cities of Nablus and Hebron, including a shooting that witnesses blamed on what appeared to have been a Jewish settler.\n\nOn Friday, Israeli paramilitary police went on high alert for flare-ups at Jerusalem's most important mosque during prayers for the final stretch of the Ramadan Muslim holy month.\n\nYitzhak Aharonovitch, Israel's police minister and a member of the security cabinet, said he was shuttling between consultations on how to contain the rising hostilities.\n\n\"We have had a very difficult night,\" he told Israel's Army Radio. \"I hope we can get through today all right.\""}
-{"text": "Attorney educates on human trafficking\n\nJUANITA HEADLEY wants to open a bakery in TT to hire men and women who have left the sex industry and ex-convicts. People who are homeless but of sane mind.\n\nWhy? \u201cBecause my God believes in second chances and so do I,\u201d she said.\n\nHeadley, a US attorney, has been visiting TT spreading her gospel on human trafficking.\n\nShe first came to TT last year to speak at a judge\u2019s conference on human trafficking at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, Tobago.\n\nIt was when she visited the Philippines in 2014 that she was first exposed \u201chands-on\u201d to sex trafficking. She spent six weeks there and after leaving decided that she wanted to get more involved in this. Headley does work around the world in places like India and the Philippines through her organisation Changing Cases, which was founded in 2014. Changing Cases, its website says, is an \u201cinternational organisation dedicated to the eradication of homelessness and sexual exploitation through educating and empowering the general public on human trafficking, creating safeguarding tools for children, researching legal issues, and assisting in investigations and rescue planning.\u201d She is currently working on having the organisation registered in TT.\n\nHer own experience with sexual abuse when she was a child factored into her fight against human trafficking. \u201cAs a result of what I went through, I feel that that dictated the course of the journey that I took.\u201d\n\nHeadley has spoken at Servol, churches and other organisations like the Police Youth Club about human trafficking and her faith.\n\n\u201cThe kind of messages I bring is unique based on my story, my journey.\u201d\n\nThe lectures she gives are \u201cabout child abuse, incest, pornography, prostitution and child trafficking. I touch very briefly on labour and begging, which is a form of trafficking but mainly sex trafficking.\u201d\n\nHer intent is always about educating and not awareness since she believes awareness \u201cis knowing and doing nothing.\u201d\n\n\u201cI talk about incest, stories about abuse, stories about trafficking. Stories that I hear first-hand in TT and overseas.\u201d\n\nBesides giving lectures, Headley recently wrote a book entitled Can You Keep a Secret, which promotes one of her main messages.\n\n\u201cI have a huge slogan that I utilise when I speak in my presentations and that is, can I keep a secret? That is the most important message I can teach my audience. Whenever somebody says that to you, in my opinion, having been abused sexually for six years of my life, I believe you need to say \u2018yes\u2019 with your mouth and \u2018it depends\u2019 with your head. Whenever a person, young or old, comes up to you and says, \u2018can you keep a secret?\u2019, it is a cry for help.\u201d\n\nShe also plans to sell T-shirts with the slogan Can You Keep a Secret because she wants people to understand the importance of \u201cyes\u201d.\n\nThe majority of profits will go to supporting the work of Changing Cases and opening its bakery, she said.\n\n\u201cI want people to look forward to that release because that is going to provide them with the hard copy of the information I share verbally. It is a written copy of my presentation. It shares my story and my journey,\u201d Headley said."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nMonday, November 7, 2011\n\nAdvice from Amy\n\nLook here ya all! Amy Tangerine was so sweet to be our special guest designer for a second month, we just love her! Look at her rad layout, will you????\n\nAnd equally exciting as our November winner of this \" the best advice I ever received\" challenge will get to pick a set of Amy's new washi tape donated by Amy and American Crafts!!!!! I wish I could play along!!! So come and create something fun and lovely for us! Remember to leave a comment here, but most importantly, upload your image to our Flickr group here!\n\nSoon there will be a Thanksgiving craft and team B reveal, so keep checking back with us!"}
-{"text": "Got a complaint or grievance?\n\nWe all get frustrated sometimes, and human relationships are never perfect. Sometimes it\u2019s just that simple, and we have to accept it. Sometimes, though, frustrations and relationship issues rise to the level of actual complaints or grievances against the institution or a fellow student, staff member, or faculty member. NOBTS has a formal policy that addresses these sorts of concerns. If you are wondering how to handle a complaint or grievance at NOBTS, here is some guidance.\n\nStart Simply. If you have not yet had a conversation with the offending person or the director of the department in question, please do so. It's the first step of the seminary grievance policy, and its designed to follow Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18. It's also a great way to develop a core ministry competency of interpersonal relationship skills.\n\nGet Some Advice. If you have tried the direct approach, or if you have reason to not wish to do this, contact the Dean of Student's office for help. I or one of my staff members will always take time for you. Coming in to talk about a complaint or problem does not automatically trigger a formal process.\n\nFollow the Roadmap. The seminary has a formal grievance policy for both academic and non-academic matters. It's located in the Student Handbook in the General Policies section, and it's designed to make sure you have a fair hearing and opportunity to resolve the situation. We follow this policy in dealing with all complaints and grievances, so the policy is your friend.\n\nSkip It All When Warranted. If you think someone is in danger or if the situation represents an imminent emergency (there's water spewing from a pipe in my dorm room ceiling; someone's in severe emotional distress; someone is violating a clear campus safety guideline; etc.), call Campus Police immediately and let them address it. We will work with you after the fact to address any consequences.\n\nBottom line? We have a formal process for complaints and grievances, but we encourage an informal practice of working out your differences first hand where you can. I'm always happy to visit, and the same goes for my staff."}
-{"text": "9 Free Things To Do In Paris!\n\nBecause Paris is always a good idea\u2026 but even a good idea can still prove quite expensive!\n\nOne of the best parts about city life all over the world is the diverse array of ways to keep yourself entertained regardless of your tastes and this definitely holds true in the city of light (and love) \u2013 Paris!\n\nHere are some ways you can explore Paris and truly immerse yourself in the city \u2013 absolutely free of course!\n1.) Get in on Free First Sundays: There\u2019s free admission to museums and monuments in Paris on the first Sunday of the month! Check out the official website for more details.\n\n2.) Take a walk along La Promenade Plant\u00e9e: This is basically an old railway line covered with tree and offering amazing views of Paris as you walk along and explore the city from walkway.\n3.) See the obvious sights: Notre Dame, Sacr\u00e9 Coeur, Jardin des Tuileries, Jardin du Luxembourg\u2026etc. These are all free and probably the most obvious thing to do when you get to Paris (hence why they\u2019re all lumped into one on here \u2013 no point in listing them all out one after the other \ud83d\ude09 ) so ensure you tick these off your list (if you haven\u2019t already done so).\n4.) Go on a free walking tour with Sandemans\n5.) Head over to a fashion show in Galeries Lafayette: More details are on their website.\n6.) Go watch a free movie at Parc de la Villette open air cinema: This is more of a summer time thing of course\n7.) Spend an afternoon in Parc des Buttes Chaumont: This is one of those freebies that you kinda have to work for! It involves a long hike up to Temple de la Sibylle.\n8.) Go Vintage Shopping at Le Marais: Technically free as you don\u2019t have to buy anything to partake in the joy of window shopping and day dreaming! Most of the stuff here is really cool so it\u2019s definitely worth heading over to take a little gander at!\n9.) Go for a free Organ recital at Saint-Eustache Church: Every Sunday at 5.30pm."}
-{"text": "No repeated fireworks as Flames fall 2-1 to Canucks\n\nKristen Odland, Calgary Herald03.09.2014\n\nCalgary Flames\u2019 goalie Joni Ortio, of Finland, allows a goal to Vancouver Canucks\u2019 Yannick Weber, of Switzerland, during third period NHL hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday March 8, 2014.DARRYL DYCK\n/ THE CANADIAN PRESS\n\nVancouver Canucks\u2019 Shawn Matthias, from left to right, Yannick Weber, of Switzerland, Jason Garrison, Tom Sestito and David Booth celebrate Weber\u2019s goal against the Calgary Flames during third period NHL hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday March 8, 2014.DARRYL DYCK\n/ THE CANADIAN PRESS\n\nRed-faced and out of breath, an angry Lance Bouma slammed his hockey bag shut which pretty much said it all.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t like losing to those guys,\u201d said the Calgary Flames forward, minutes after losing a 2-1 decision at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks. \u201cWe don\u2019t like them very much. It\u2019s disappointing because, overall, we had a pretty good effort but we couldn\u2019t come up with a win.\u201d\n\nWhich, simply put, was exactly how Saturday\u2019s Hockey Night in Canada battle shook down. And, in comparison to Calgary\u2019s last visit to Vancouver\u2019s Rogers Arena, it was relatively uneventful.\n\nThe first two seconds came and went without a peep from either team which was the first difference from the Jan. 18 clash which saw a line brawl as soon as the puck was dropped.\n\nPredictably, there had been questions over Flames head coach Bob Hartley\u2019s starting lineup (the catalyst of the last game).\n\nBut the combination of Lance Bouma, Markus Granlund, and Brian Mc Grattan squared off against the Canucks\u2019 third line (technically) of Tom Sestito, Shawn Matthias, and David Booth and there were no fireworks. Also worth pointing out, Vancouver head coach John Tortorella stayed on his side of the hallway between periods.\n\nMcGrattan, one of the combatants in January\u2019s shenanigans, scored Calgary\u2019s first marker 2:13 into the second period after blasting a slapshot outside the Canucks\u2019 blueline. The attempt was initially so McGrattan\u2019s trio could get a change but it sadly trickled through rookie goalie Eddie Lack\u2019s right pad.\n\nVancouver countered when newcomer Darren Archibald picked up a loose puck left by Corban Knight in Joni Ortio\u2019s left-hand corner and stuffed it in to tie the game 1-1.\n\nThe Flames had a dynamite chance to get ahead on a line rush in the third period when rookie Sean Monahan took a pass from Mikael Backlund and had Lack completely sucked over to his left side. That opened the door for Bouma who had a wide-open net on the other side but he hit a post.\n\nUnfortunately for the Calgarians, the Canucks responded with some energy of their own and, at the five minute mark of the third period, Yannick Weber planted in a rebound kicked out by Joni Ortio.\n\n\u201cA tight-checking game,\u201d noted Hartley. \u201cThere was not much room on both sides. They scored that goal, Weber game in, and we lost him. That was the game.\n\n\u201cBut, hey, we had our chances and we didn\u2019t get the equalizer.\u201d\n\nThe Flames sacrificed their shins (and other body parts) and blocked 32 shots but the Canucks also countered with 32.\n\nFrustratingly, the Flames also had three third-period powerplays (thanks to Chris Higgins) but simply could not solve Lack.\n\nUnlike Friday\u2019s 4-3 third-period comeback win over the New York Islanders, they could not grind their way out of this one.\n\nOutside of the normal hacking and slashing, the teams behaved for the most part.\n\nIn fact the only rough stuff that happened during Saturday\u2019s game was a mini-scrap between Mark Giordano and Kevin Bieksa. Giordano had delivered an elbow that crumpled the Canucks defenceman in front of the home team bench. Bieksa nudged Giordano who took the invitation immediately.\n\nThe Flames captain would need to leave the ice to have his eye stitched up but was back before the end of the first frame.\n\nSure, they\u2019d been thinking about the last time. But they also knew it likely wouldn\u2019t happen again.\n\nSo, Saturday\u2019s game was a buzz kill all around.\n\n\u201cLike I said before, we don\u2019t like each other and it\u2019s always a game we get up for,\u201d Bouma said. \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing to lose to these guys.\u201d\n\nSince that Jan. 18 game --- which resulted in 204 penalties, a $25,000 fine for Hartley, and a 15-day suspension for Tortorella --- the Canucks have seemed to be in a downward spiral.\n\nHowever, Saturday\u2019s game snapped a three-game losing streak for the Roberto Luongo-less group giving them their second win in 12 games.\n\nThe Flames now are 25-32-7 with two big tests ahead for their rookie-laden group against the Los Angeles (Monday) and the Anaheim Ducks (Wednesday).\n\nComments\n\nWe encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts. 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-{"text": "Tag Archives: Brett Youngerman\n\nEditor\u2019s Note:Nigel Taylor \u2014 who arrived at Eagle Rock in the Fall of 2014 as part of ER64 (the 64th entering group of new students since we opened our doors in the fall of 1993) \u2014 has done substantial work with our Professional Development Center. Nigel, who hails from Atlanta, Ga, and Detroit, Mich., hit the deck running by participating in last summer\u2019s Deeper Learning and Equity course and helping to organize and run our relatively new weeklong Summer Institute for educators. Since then, Nigel has presented at the Coalition of Essential Schools\u2019 Fall Forum and worked with professional development associate Sarah Bertucci on a school visit to City Neighbors High School in Baltimore, Md. This summer, Nigel \u2014 who is projected to graduate from Eagle Rock School in August \u2014 is co-teaching Deeper Learning and Equity with Sarah Bertucci and Brett Youngerman, our 2016/2017 Public Allies Teaching Fellow in Literacy & Literature. And he\u2019s slated to again help run our Summer Institute. Continue reading\u2026\n\nAmong the many responsibilities taken on each year by Eagle Rock\u2019s cohort of Public Allies Fellows are Team Service Projects (TSP). This time around, our 2016/2017 fellows have their eyes set on three such projects that are expected to come to a close by the end of this summer.\n\nTaking a step back for a moment, each year, we offer full-time apprenticeships to 12 Public Allies Fellows from across the nation. These fellowships provide an advanced year-long service and leadership development experience at our full-scholarship residential high school in Estes Park, Colo. Once here, the fellows are tasked with working with our educators in re-engaging, retaining and graduating our most prized assets \u2014 our students \u2014 many of whom have not found success in conventional school settings.\n\nOnce on campus and acclimated to their new roles, each fellow participates in a Team Service Project that seeks to recognize the assets of a community instead of approaching communities in a needs-based manner. In small groups of fellows \u2014 and in partnership with community members \u2014 members of the cohort create, implement and evaluate a service project with sustainable and lasting positive impact.\n\nWhat we offer below are updates to three such projects that have been taken on by our Public Allies Fellows: Continue reading\u2026\n\nMost everyone enjoys board games. Monopoly, Risk and Sorry come to mind when you think of tossing dice and moving little figures around on a board. However, a board game renaissance has taken place in recent years with a multitude of new and unique games being produced.\n\nEagle Rock School students have embraced this new golden age of board gaming and it\u2019s not at all unusual to see clusters of students playing games in the library during their free time. One game that seems to have captivated these gamers in recent times is Dominion, developed by Donald X. Vaccarino.\n\nDominion lacks a board (many \u201cboard games\u201d do these days) and opts instead for a cards-only approach. It was the first of a genre called \u201cdeck building\u201d in which players buy cards from a central market and add them to their deck. The primary objective is to have Continue reading\u2026\n\nFresh off two full weeks of on-campus training, our 2016/2017 cohort of Eagle Rock Public Allies Fellows now officially begin \u2014 or in some cases continue \u2014 their year-long service and leadership development as part of the national Public Allies Fellowship.\n\nDuring their time here, these new and returning fellows will take an active part in Eagle Rock\u2019s residential and community-based school, as well as support our Professional Development Center\u2019s national work. Each fellow has shown a passion for alternative teaching and progressive approaches to learning, youth development and empowerment. And each is expected to support our objective of re-engaging high-school students in their education.\n\nAll fellows participate in on-going professional development on a weekly basis, and are a part of regular full-staff meetings. Professional development topics include teaching approaches and pedagogy, leadership development, capacity building, equity, cross-cultural understanding and social justice, among others (including self care).\n\nHere is a short biography and educational history of each fellow in the cohort:\n\nAaron Segura, 2016/2017 Public Allies Teaching Fellow in Curriculum\n\nAaron was brought up in Ohio and graduated from Clark University where he studied political science and environmental studies, and played for the men\u2019s soccer team. Aaron most recently resided in upstate New Hampshire where he worked at an alternative boarding school. A few of Aaron\u2019s interests include watching and playing soccer, rock climbing, ultra-running, and learning about human anatomy and physiology.\n\nAlexus Bell, 2016/2017 Public Allies Teaching Fellow in Science\n\nAlexus is originally from San Diego, Calif., but found her career passion while majoring in educational science at the Continue reading\u2026\n\nSo a break in the schedule is well deserved and welcome. However, while students and some of the staff will be taking some time off, our Professional Development Center (PDC) staff remains on the job, working in California, the Ohio Valley, and Boulder. Look for the PDC\u2019s latest update here on the blog soon.\n\nEagle Rock \u2013 a non-profit initiative of the American Honda Motor Company \u2013 is both a school for high school age students and a professional development center for educators. The school is a year-round, residential, and full-scholarship school that enrolls young people ages 15-17 from around the United States in an innovative learning program with national recognition. The Professional Development Center works with educators from around the country who wish to study how to re-engage, retain and graduate students. The center provides consulting services at school sites and host educators who study and learn from Eagle Rock practices. For more information please visit www.eaglerockschool.org and check us out on Twitter @eaglerockschool and on Facebook at facebook.com/EagleRockSchool."}
-{"text": "Best 41 Lines From Archer\n\nArcher is the go-to source for some of the best dialog in adult animation history. The take-downs the characters throw at one another are incredible and make the show truly unique. Here\u2019s a huge list of the best 41 lines from the series to date:"}
-{"text": "The Beat Bench is a structurally simple and visually appealing piece of furniture. It uses a traditional trestle design, consisting of 4 principal pieces held together by 4 wedges. The Bench is milled from 1 in. bamboo plywood for years of trouble free use. Assembly should take less than 2 minutes."}
-{"text": "You'll have a berry good time!\n\nGet In Touch\n\nTel: 07771 696001 | Email: info@willowsfarm.co.uk\n\nFind Us:\nFrom Skegness follow the A52 towards Mabelthorpe, we are located approximately one mile north of Ingoldmells on the side of the A52 just before reaching Chapel St Leonards. Look for the Giant Strawberry on the side of the road.\n\nWe are looking forward to a bumper crop of strawberries this year with plants in full bloom and a good long range weather forecast! Dare we believe it?\n\nOur farm shop will be open from early June when we will have our first strawberries available\nalong with the new potatoes and fresh vegetables. Raspberries and currants follow in early July.\nOur Sunday Car Boot Sales start in June and if you want to come and stay at Willows Farm\nwe now have a small caravan site.\n\nWe are proud members of Select Lincolnshire, for more information please click the\nicon to the right."}
-{"text": "There is quite a charming story of mutual love between Borrowed Identity and Tenderpark behind this record. The two have been exchanging letters of enthusiasm for each other for quite some time. And so the idea of this joint record has grown very naturally. For the \u2018Caps and Chords EP\u2019 Borrowed Identity teams up with his longtime musical partner Mechanical Soul Brother once more. As the title of the EP suggests, the two studio wizards come up with three very elegant Deep House tracks which are indulging in tender chords complemented by sweet Soul vocals und Funk samples. Add Borrowed\u2019s powerful trademark beats and you get an incredibly accomplished Deep House release which reflects the two men\u2019s mastery and perfectly fits Tenderpark\u2019s musical route. As always all tracks have been mastered and cut by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering.\n\nWow \u2013 Black Dynamite\u2019s second strike for Tenderpark ventures even more into Hip-Hop territory than his successful first EP back in 2012. Ivano Tetelepta, the man behind Black Dynamite has created three casual and well-hung tracks which form a fascinating hybrid between leftfield House and instrumental Hip-Hop. All tracks have been recorded on an oldschool analogue tape machine to create a warm vintage feeling which subtly underlines the musical deepness of these beat-centered creations.\n\nThe cover design is the second part of Tenderpark\u2019s new black and white artwork series which has been concieved by the label\u2019s art director Till Sperrle and photographer Magdalena Bichler. As with previous artworks this series illuminates the various shades and interactions between man-made and natural environments.\n\nTenderpark celebrates its 15th release with new signing Tilman. On his Mild Western EP the young man from Mainz pleases with two very funky and soulful House tracks which just perfectly fit the label\u2019s musical philosophy. This is Deep House with a strong sense for the music\u2019s roots in Soul and Disco implemented in a decidedly modern and fresh fashion. The remix of Tilman\u2019s track \u201cWhip Me Up\u201d comes from CMAT who is quite a well-known artist having released on Tenderpark before and who will soon come up with a new record on the label. CMAT is still a secret alias of his, but his identity will be revealed soon. With catalogue number 015, Tenderpark also initiates a new artwork series once again concieved by the label\u2019s art director Till Sperrle, this time cooperating with photographer Magdalena Bichler from Berlin. The picture series will continue Tenderpark\u2019s interest in the interaction of artificial and natural as seen in the interplay of landscape and architecture.\n\nDrei Farben House returns on Tenderpark with his third album \u2018Choice Item\u2019, consisting of eight light-footed slices of Soul and Disco as perceived through House-tinted glasses.\nMost cuts on \u2018Choice Item\u2019 are based on Philly grooves \u2013 born out of a deep respect and love for the Philadelphia Soul tracks of the late 70s and early 80s. It\u2019s from this period that Michael Siegle (aka Drei Farben House) draws his inspiration for this long player. As Soul and Disco lost their initial freshness and novelty, the music matured into something warmer \u2013 which perhaps already contained a sense of its own passing. Drei Farben House delves into this feeling, delivering an album as warm and welcoming as a late summer or early autumn afternoon.\n\nEach track sees Siegle balancing Pop sensibilities within a House music context \u2013 re-contextualising the commercial Soul music of the last decades. Taking snippets of this glorious musical past and feeding them through Drei Farben House\u2019s colourful prism results in the creation of something new and fresh: Part homage to the Pop/Soul sensibilities of the commercial side of Afro-American music, part forward-thinking House album. The record is also an expression of Drei Farben House\u2019s love for two particular instruments \u2013 the warm, muted sound of the acoustic snare drum and the dynamic tones of the bass guitar \u2013 both of which were dominant during the Philly era and which feature heavily throughout this record and thus fully complement Siegle\u2019s soft, emotive vocals.\n\nThe sublime artwork comes courtesy of long-time Tenderpark collaborator Till Sperrle. With the recent Tenderpark release photography based on details of a building by Pierre Vago in Berlin\u2019s Hansaviertel, the new artwork decorating \u2018Choice Item\u2019 now makes use of a modernist building from the era of the former GDR (DDR) in Jena called \u2018Glashaus Paradies\u2019. While the Hansaviertel in West Berlin, completely designed according to the ideas of the international style, was also an ideological counterpart to the Stalinallee in East Berlin, a statement to tell the tale of the superiority of the western systems, the \u2018Glashaus Paradies\u2019 in Jena by architect Friedhelm Schubring shows that the ideas of modernism, which are still and have always been about a fair, equal and creative global society are not bound to political ideologies.\n\nYNK\u2019s third EP for Tenderpark sends us straight to Dub House heaven with the lush and chord driven deepness of \u201cParadigms Lost\u201d. Just as dreamy as it\u2019s thrilling, the track perfectly illustrates YNK\u2019s highly musical approach to House which he further underlines with \u201cColorit\u201d on the flip side: This fresh and funky piece of music is overflowing with Philly Soul Rhodes pianos and vocals. So Philly lover no. 1 Drei Farben House obviously just had to contribute a remix in which he carves out the classic harmonies of the original and adds an ultra funky Disco groove. Also, with this release our third artwork series draws to a close.\n\nIt\u2019s been two and a half years since our last label party with John Roberts and Baaz celebrating the release of Tenderpark 001 at the legendary Tape Club. We thought it was high time for another label showcase. This time we are celebrating the release of Tenderpark 012. Join us for a wonderful evening of deep House music with Roman Rauch, Skipson and Drei Farben House. See you at Chalet in Berlin!\n\nRoman Rauch returns to Tenderpark full of verve. Both \u201cJams Up\u201d and \u201cPow\u2019s Beat Boutique\u201d are brimming with jazzy chords, soulful vocals and Disco influences. The man from Vienna has definitely become a Deep House master in his own right. On remix duties Tenderpark welcomes Skipson (Quintessentials/Raum\u2026Musik) on board \u2013 we\u2019ve been a fan of his music for quite a while. \u201cK\u2019s Bout Jam\u201d is a clever way of merging both of Roman\u2019s tracks into one sexy remix with tons of Funk. Tenderpark definitely shakes things up again.\n\nAfter The Zohar comes Black Dynamite \u2013 another well kept secret in the House music scene. On his \u201cCity To City EP\u201d the man delights us with three raw and extremely funky tracks which display a deep love for oldschool Hip-Hop beats. In fact, these three tracks oscillate heavily between stripped down, Soul-influenced House and Instrumental Hip-Hop. And everyone who knows Tenderpark will immediately understand that this is just the perfect synthesis of some of our main interests. With this release, Tenderpark also starts the first issue of our new artwork series.\n\nThe mysterious Zohar \u2013 nobody knows who he is, but what we do know is that his music is truly remarkable. We first took notice of him for his great records on the equally fantastic label Quintessentials. His love for Philly Soul samples is one of the reasons why he is such a perfect match for Tenderpark since we are big Philly lovers ourselves. \u201cBrooklyn 9.30 AM\u201d and \u201cDog Day\u201d are full of wonderful Soul references and so is the Drei Farben House Edit of \u201cBrooklyn\u201d. Another deep quality outing from Tenderpark.\n\nAlex Agore and Tenderpark \u2013 it just had to happen. Although Alex is not all soft and tender, above his tuff and powerful Garage beats it\u2019s all sweetness. With his sugary chords and piano hooks as well as heavenly soul vocals Alex demonstrates his deep love for harmonic richness and melodic sensitivity. A passion for the soulful side of House and a soft spot for Pop \u2013 that\u2019s what Alex and Tenderpark share and what makes them a perfect team. And a little bit of relaxed instrumental Hip Hop is the icing on the cake of this record and another joint love between the two."}
-{"text": "The 20-years-old Greek tennis player who stands out\n\nShare\n\ntefanos Tsitsipas is the first Greek tennis player who found himself in the finals against Rafael Nadal, the top player in the \u201cTop 100\u201d of the world ranking, and the first who has reached No. 40 in the same category. Greek and international press, as well as TV channels like CNN, BBC and Eurosport, praised the Greek athlete.\n\nSince he first started playing tennis, he topped the juniors category in record time, while, in 2016, he and his partner Kenneth Raisma, had one of the greatest wins in the Greek history; they reached the top of Wimbledon and won first place in the Junior Doubles. In 2017, he became the no. 1 Junior tennis player worldwide and now is the best Greek tennis player. Also, he is the second youngest player who has won a world ranking place.\n\nStefanos Tsitsipas was born on August 12, 1998, in Athens and grew up in the Astir Palace hotel complex, where his parents worked as tennis instructors. His parents were athletes too. His father, Apostle Tsitsipas, is a tennis coach, and his mother Youla Salnikova a former tennis player and member of the national team of the former Soviet Union. Both his aunt and grandfather were professional athletes also. His aunt was a tennis player and a member of the same team as his mother, while his grandfather, Sergei Salnikof was a Soviet soccer player and manager.\n\nHe is the eldest child of a family of four. \u201cMy brothers and sister grow up away from our father\u201d he admits in Proto Thema newspaper. That is because Apostolis Tsitsipas, being Stefanos\u2019 coach, follows him to every match around the world, making his son feel deep gratitude for his support and help. His younger-by-two-years brother, Petros, plays in the ITF Junior, trying to improve his ranking, and Stefanos speaks very highly of his brother\u2019s skills and proudly for the person he is \u2013 which he also does for his 11-year-old brother and little sister.\n\nStefanos Tsitsipas first played tennis when he was around 4-years-old and although he tried other sports, tennis won in the end. He recalls he lost the first match he ever took place in, which make him feel that he doesn\u2019t belong in the court, but eventually he got over his frustration and fears and started his ascent to the top. He is a strong supporter of the saying \u201cThere\u2019s no coincidence in life\u201d and believes that talent alone is not enough if one doesn\u2019t work hard and not believe in himself.\n\nOwing to his frequent and multi-day trips, Stefanos was absent for long periods of time, which prevented him from finishing Greek school further than Junior high. That was because being away for so long, he constantly risked failing his classes, as he missed a lot of the school curriculum and could not properly follow up the lectures. Moreover, his classmates were unable to understand his daily life and often bullied him. So, he finished high school online in an American school, while he was training and playing tennis.\n\nIn 2018, he was qualified for the final Barcelona Godo, where he faced the no. 1 in the world ranking, Rafael Nadal. Stefanos said that he felt as if he was living a dream, playing against the top player, who he admired since his childhood. \u201cIt was a really great lesson, a very good lesson, but I learned from him and I hope I do better next time I play against him\u201d he says and admits that he will follow the great player\u2019s advice \u201cHe told me to keep up the hard work, to make the right steps and success will be the result\u201d.\n\nWhen he was asked by the Spanish Mundo Deportivo newspaper, whether his target is to be the no. 1, he responded with great maturity for his age and said \u201cI see the top far away, but no. 1 is just a restriction, it\u2019s not my only goal, even though I believe in myself. Tennis is not very popular in Greece and being the first in my country to enter the Top 100, I want to achieve more things than to take the lead. I already feel proud, but I want to inspire people and children to play tennis \u2013 this is so much more compared to winning Grand Slam or Masters titles\u201d.\n\nHe admits, however, that things could have developed very differently if it weren\u2019t for his mother\u2019s sister and her financial help throughout his whole career. For a large family of six, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to finance Stefanos\u2019 travels and meet the other family members\u2019 needs at the same time. Now, though, standing in place No. 44, there\u2019s definitely room for a more comfortable life, because of the better wages the Top 50 players are paid with.\n\nLooking back, among the most difficult moments of his career, he singles out the last injury that kept him off the court for two months. After that, it was the death of his doctor, Thomas Christidis \u2013 which he found out about after he had completed a week of his career in Antwerp \u2013 an incident which stayed with him and saddened him for a long time.\n\nIn 2018, on the young athlete\u2019s 20th birthday, the final of the \u201cRogers Cup\u201d tournament was held in Toronto, where he once again faced Rafael Nadal, starting the races being on number 27 in the world ranking. Despite his struggle, Tsitsipas, who made all of Greece sit on the edge of their seat, lost to the top player but became No. 15 in the World Ranking by gaining twelve positions.\n\n\u201cThis cup means a lot to me. It is my first final in a masters, thanks to those who helped me, the organizers and, of course, congratulations to Rafah,\u201d he said after the game.\n\nMoreover, in 2018, with his 35th victory in the season, Stefanos Tsitsipas secured qualification in the 16th Shanghai Masters stage, where it took 1 hour and 45 minutes to curb Russia\u2019s resistance \u2013 No.27 in the world \u2013 Karen Hassanov with 2-0 sets (6-4, 7-6 [8]). Thus, the Greek athlete \u2013 No15 in the world rankings \u2013 went on for the first time in the third round of this tournament.\n\n\u039fn May 6th, 2019, Stefanos Tsits\u03b9pas won the third title of his career and his first trophy on the ground, dominating over Pablo Cuevas in the final of Estoril Open with 2-0. That made him the third tennis player who won two titles in the season (his first in Marseille), after Roger Federer, Christine Garin and Dominique Tim. With his progress in Portugal, he returned to No. 9 in the World Ranking and went to No. 4 of the Race 2019 on ATP Finals.\n\nOn May 13th of the same year, the young tennis player, after his impressive appearance in the Madrid tournament, climbed two places in the world rankings and is now in No. 7 with 3,790 points, having the best ever ranking of his career.\n\nStefanos Tsitsipas plays football and basketball in his spare time, watches tennis matches, posts on his social media and talks with his friends, who he has since his childhood and always support him in all his matches, victories and defeats."}
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-{"text": "[Featured Article] The Top 10 Cheap and Fashionable Christmas Gifts For Under $50\n\nChristmas time is the ultimate time to do all the shopping and almost no one is immune. If you have a fashionista in the family, the pressure to find the perfect gift is just that much harder, especially if you are on a tight budget. Don\u2019t fret, because I have ten cheap Christmas gifts that will surely you can buy without breaking your wallet!\n\nNote: There are some affiliate links in this post. If you click on the link and buy an item I will get a small commission.\n\n1.Watches\n\nI know that watches can be seen as an \u2018old people\u2019 type of accessory, especially in the day and age of cell phones. However, I still love the look of a watch with a smart ensemble. It just adds a touch of elegance and class to every outfit! Also, with the emergence of Apple electronic watches, you can still have a technological savoy alternative to the classic watch. And the thing about Apple watches is that you can switch out wristbands to match your outfit. I put together five picks of my favorite purses under $50.\n\nMy favorite is a Rhinestoned Quartz Wrist Watch Silver from my new favorite online shop Zaful! This pretty thing is only $9, which is totally a steal and you should diffidently dash over there and buy it before it sells out.\n\nImage byslgckgc on Flickr.\n\n2.Handbags\n\nYou can never go wrong with a good handbag. I created a nice group of handbags under $5o on Polyvore, which you can find right here. My favorite handbag is JustFab tote handbag which I totally have my eye on to add to my very own collection of handbags. I love the faux crocodile skin and the color is perfect for this season.\n\n3. Magazine Subscription\n\nMagazine subscriptions, especially Fashion magazines subscriptions can certainly add up. And if you are a fashionista, the best way to keep up with fashion news and trends is through fashion magazines. I love the classics, so I\u2019m all about Vogue and Harper\u2019s Bazaar. And to save money on buying monthly editions I use the Texture subscription service from Amazon in which you can get online access to 200+ magazines for $9 a month.\n\nHowever, if you are old school and prefer the printed versions. They are two ways you can do this for cheap. One is through a bundle magazine subscription service like Magazineland or through a Netflix type of service for magazines such as Magzter or Next Issue. No matter what you choose, this is diffidently a cheap and easy gift that the fashionista in your life is sure to love!\n\n5. Robes\n\nI love robes, especially on a cold day when you have to dash from your bathroom to your bedroom. However, if you want to feel sexy there is a variety of thin sexy robes. I personally have a huge red velour bathrobe that I got as a Christmas present a few years back, and it\u2019s one of the best gifts I have ever received! I love it and I wear it all the time now that the weather has finally gotten colder down here in San Antonio.\n\n6. Evening Dresses\n\nThe holiday season is the perfect time to pull out a fabulous dress and get glammed up for that office Christmas party or a night on the town for New Year\u2019s Eve. I already put together A great gift would be a fabulous dress for the fashionista in your life. It doesn\u2019t have to cost a lot of money either. To help, I created this great list of six dresses under $50.\n\nIf you don\u2019t know what to pick out, then consider giving a gift card so they can pick it out themselves. Also, make sure to ask if they already have a wishlist or a gift registry.\n\n7. Perfume\n\nEveryone loves to smell good, and women more so than most people. A good bottle of perfume can last forever. My mother has had Chanel #5 for like a decade at this point. One of my favorite perfumes under $50 are Clinique\u2019s Happy. I really love the smell, and it really makes me feel pretty when I put it on. Also, if the traditional perfume is not your thing then you should try this body spray from Bath and Body Works.\n\n8. Bath Kits\n\nIn these turbulent times *cough* Trump *cough*, self-care is essential to keeping your sanity. To me, nothing is more relaxing after a long day is a hot soothing bath. I am a huge fan of using bath scented oils and lotions. I found this pretty bath kit wicker kit for $24. My other favorite pick is this Raw Sugar Gift Collection which is only $9.\n\n9. Day Planner\n\nForget the days of days planners that are basically just a notebook with paper. A modern-day planner can come in various different colors and patterns. Someday planners have places to put your phone in or they even have a wallet sections. This is a perfect for someone who loves to be organized or needs help to get organized. My picks are this very cute one from Brit + Co. I really love this one this patent black leather day planner that I\u2019m totally coveting it right now.\n\nIf you\u2019re a fashionista is into eBooks, then think about signing up for services such as Kindle Unlimited where you can read thousands of books for only $9 a month. Not only, pretty inexpensive, but it\u2019s a great way to support indie authors, which is diffidently a cause I personally believe in. If physical books are more your fashionista\u2019s thing, then I would totally suggest checking out my favorite online bookstore Thriftbooks.com. You can really get bang for your buck on that site and I used them all the time.\n\nAnd that is my top 10 cheap and fashionable Christmas gifts for under $50. Do you have any cheap gift ideas? Let me know down in the comments!\n\n2 comments\n\nAbout The Author\n\nHi my name is Gigi Kiersten, and this is my blog 'Dress Them Up. I'm a stay at home parent to five beautiful children, and a Digital Artist from San Antonio, Texas. I'm also serial blogger, who often blogs about books, fandom, and social justice issues. In my little remaining spare time, I read constantly, watch documentaries, and fangirl over my favorite books, tv, and movies."}
-{"text": "funny (if not necessarily \"passive-aggressive\") notes from pissed-off people\n\nEntries Tagged as 'Texas'\n\nSure, it\u2019d be easier and quicker to just clean it up. But the modern passive-aggressive (like Katey in Berkeley\u2019s ex-roommate) can\u2019t pass up the opportunity to make a point.\n\nA common variation on the Van der Rohe approach, as documented below by Sam in Dallas, is the so-called \u201cReverse Magritte.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, post-modern passive-aggressives (like this New York office-worker below) can\u2019t resist throwing some irony into the mix, intentional or not.\n\nMore recently, passive-aggressives have begun to show the influence of the burgeoning neo-pop movement. Our anonymous submitter in Houston, for example, designed the original stamp below for use in his work. \u201cI am an engineer and we have to mark up technical drawings for manufacture,\u201d he explains, in his artist\u2019s statement. \u201cIt gets used at least twice a day.\u201d\n\nThe bleeding-edge of passive-aggressive note-writing, however, lies on the west coast, where Rebecca in San Francisco says that in the past, \u201cWe\u2019ve had an ongoing series of notes left in the office kitchen \u2014 usually of the \u2018your mother doesn\u2019t work here\u2019 or \u2018there is no such thing as the coffee fairy\u2019 variety.\u201d The Koons-inspired piece currently on display in the office breakroom, however, makes its point with no words at all.\n\nAlexa in Texas works in a graduate lab of five students. One Friday, she says, \u201cour advisor came in around 9:30 a.m. looking for us. No dice: except for one poor guy, we were all out.\u201d When the hard-working crew finally rolled in around 1:30 (or, um, 3 p.m.), they were greeted by this inspirational slogan pinned to the door.\n\nSure, those luxury condos going up all over downtown Austin might look swanky, but our anonymous Austin submitter says her building offers plenty of exciting local color you won\u2019t find in those glass-and-steel towers.\n\nPerks include: 1) the building\u2019s property manager, a character known for his impassioned screeds about everything from trash cans to expired vehicle registrations, and 2) a recurring sewage back-up that flows into the downstairs bathrooms of all the units. Rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, dude!\n\n\u201cThe roto-rooter has said repeatedly that the backup is caused by roots growing into the sewer system,\u201d our submitter says, but that explanation didn\u2019t seem to satisfy her tireless PM. Now he\u2019s offering tenants flexible lease arrangements, too!\n\nWhile you were drunk-texting your latest Eugene Mirman sighting to all your pals, more industrious folk like Bryan from Minneapolis, Betsy from L.A., and Adele from Montreal were documenting the comedic gold being served up by Austin bartenders.\n\nOur anonymous submitter from Dallas works in the creative department of a large corporation that\u2019s recently cut back on extras like holiday parties and cake and fruit. This Scrooge-like misanthropy seems to have taken a toll on staff morale \u2014 even among the determined breed of office \u201cfun fund\u201d leaders.\n\n(Click to enlarge; transcription below!\n\nsubject: Secret Santa\n\nSince we have no more motherly types left (Denise, Andrea, etc.), I have been elected to be the cruise director this year.\n\nWe\u2019re doing it from next Monday (the 10th) to next Friday (the 14th), since people will start going out of town the week after that.\n\nWe have a $20 max. You can spend it however you like. You can get your person a $4 gift every day, a big $20 gift on the last day, or however you want to break it up.\n\nIf you\u2019 like to participate, please come sign up at my desk by tomorrow by noon. I will be drawing the names at lunch time. It\u2019s not mandatory for everyone to play, but just do it. Don\u2019t be a grinch!\n\nIf you don\u2019t care what your Santa gets you that is fine, but if you do, please post a \u201cSecret Santa Wish List\u201d on your cube, so that they will have an idea what you like, and can go shopping this weekend.\n\nAlso, don\u2019t give people used stuff (the person who gave me the half burned candle two years ago knows who they are!).\n\n\"The thing that drives me bonkers at work is to open up the trash can drawer and see a cup half-full of water that was carefully placed into the trash can so it doesn't spill--in a trash can an arm's length away from the kitchen sink!\n\n99% of the people in my office are college graduates, probably toward the top of their class. But some without enough common sense to pour the water in the sink before putting the cup into the trash can."}
-{"text": "The Truth About Cars \u00bb 2014 Nissan Versa Notehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com\nThe Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:58:44 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.The Truth About CarsnoThe Truth About Carseditors@ttac.comeditors@ttac.com (The Truth About Cars)2006-2009The Truth About CarsThe Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.The Truth About Cars \u00bb 2014 Nissan Versa Notehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/themes/ttac-theme/images/logo.gifhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com\nReview: 2014 Nissan Versa Note (With Video)http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/02/review-2014-nissan-versa-note-with-video/\nhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/02/review-2014-nissan-versa-note-with-video/#commentsFri, 07 Feb 2014 14:00:44 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=728514Making a \u201ccheap\u201d car is a tried and true formula for most auto makers. Making a car with a low sticker and a solid value proposition is tough. Not only do you have to keep the starting price low, but you have to worry about fuel economy, maintenance, insurance and everything that goes into an [\u2026]\n\nMaking a \u201ccheap\u201d car is a tried and true formula for most auto makers. Making a car with a low sticker anda solid value proposition is tough. Not only do you have to keep the starting price low, but you have to worry about fuel economy, maintenance, insurance and everything that goes into an ownership experience. Reviewingcars that focus heavily on value is even trickier. Indeed a number of buff-book journalists were offended by the Versa Sedan\u2019s plastics, lack of features and small engine. My response was simple: what do you expect of the cheapest car in America? Trouble is, the Versa Note isn\u2019t the cheapest hatchback in America, so this review is about that elusive quality: value.\n\nLet\u2019s be frank, the last Versa hatchback to grace our shores was strange looking. This is because Nissan sent us the Japanese market \u201cTiida\u201d hatchback, while Europeans got the related, but more attractive, Nissan Note. 2014 brings a change, with Nissan aligning America with the redesigned Note from Europe. Meanwhile China and other countries get a redesigned Tiida. (Check out the picture below.) Nissan decided that there was value in the Versa brand so the final product was dubbed the \u201cVersa Note.\u201d\n\nI must admit that the product shuffle strikes me as a mixed bag. While the outgoing Versa hatch was undeniably dowdy, I find the new Tiida (above) downright sexy for a small car. The Versa Note? \u201cNote\u201d so much. Nissan tells us the Note is all about practicality, and the math is simple: the squarer the hatch, the more stuff you can jam inside. Thankfully Nissan included a few swoopy door stampings to prevent any 1980s flashbacks, but the resulting design obviously prioritized function over form. At 66 inches wide and 60 inches tall, the Note looks doesn\u2019t just look square from the side, but from the front and rear as well. Proportions like these are hard to avoid with a small hatchback but the Versa\u2019s horizontal grille helps detract from it in a way that the Spark\u2019s tall grille amplifies the effect. When it comes to looks, the Rio and the Fiesta win the beauty pageant.\n\nWhile the Versa continues to hold the title of \u201cleast expensive car in America\u201d, the Chevrolet Spark ($12,995), Smart ($13,240) and Mitsubishi Mirage ($13,790) and Kia Rio 5-door ($13,800) all ring in below the Note\u2019s $13,990 starting price. For those of you counting, that\u2019s a whopping $2,000 (or 17%) bump over the Versa sedan. I\u2019m going to cross the Smart car off the list because it\u2019s a two-seat hatch, and we can call the Mirage and Rio near ties in starting price, but the Spark is a decent $1,000 discount. Since this review is all about value at the bottom of the automotive food chain, I\u2019m not going to cover the more expensive options in this segment.\n\nInterior\n\nDespite the price bump from the Versa Sedan, the Note\u2019s interior is nearly identical. The same hard plastic dashboard, thin headliner and minimalist controls are all cast in the same shade of black. The only notable changes versus the sedan are a steering wheel lifted from the Sentra, and standard folding rear seats. Jumping up to the $15,990 SV trim buys you nicer seat and headliner fabric, but the rest of the interior remains the same. The discount interior is something that doesn\u2019t bother me in the Versa sedan, but the Note is two-grand more. At this price the Rio is made from nicer materials for slightly less and the Fiesta\u2019s classier cabin is a scant $110 more. Materials tie with the Chevy Spark which is great for the Chevy but not so good for the Nissan. Meanwhile the Mitsubishi looks dated both inside and out with the most discount cabin I have seen in a long time.\n\nBase shoppers will find standard air conditioning, 60/40 folding rear seats and sun-visors that extend, but notably missing from the starting price are power windows, power door locks, vanity mirrors and rear cup holders. This is where I say: \u201cwhat did you expect?\u201d After all, the Spark and Rio don\u2019t offer all the goodies in their base models either. Here comes that pesky \u201cvalue\u201d proposition again however: the Spark is cheaper so the lower level of equipment seems more appropriate. If that\u2019s not enough of a value proposition, consider this, for $50 less than a base Versa you can get a Spark with all those missing features plus cruise control.\n\nNissan tells us the bulk of Note volume is the $15,990 SV model which adds a \u201c2-speed CVT,\u201d cruise control, armrest for the driver, leather wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, and some Bluetooth love. Trouble is, that Spark gives you all that and a 7-inch touchscreen nav system for less. $995 less to be exact.\n\nFront seat comfort proved good around town, but I found the lack of lumbar support a problem on longer trips. Cushioning is firm but comfortable and the range of motion in the 6-way manual seats is average for this segment. Sadly Nissan doesn\u2019t offer a telescoping steering wheel in the Note like many of the competitors do. I didn\u2019t notice this problem with the Versa sedan, but the Note I had for a week suffered from a footwell that barely fit my size 11 shoes. If you have bigger feet you may have difficulty wedging your footwear in.\n\nThe big selling point for this sub-compact is, oddly enough, the back seat. Although sitting three abreast in the rear is a cozy affair due to the car\u2019s width, rear leg room is simply amazing. You\u2019ll find 7 inches more rear legroom than the Rio making it possible, and relatively comfortable, for a quartet of six-foot-five guys on a road trip. No other hatch even comes close to the Note\u2019s rear seat numbers which are just 1/10th lower than a Jaguar XJ. Because the Spark is the narrowest of the group by several inches, it only has two seats in the rear. The Mirage claims to seat five, but if the Note is \u201ccozy,\u201d the narrower Mitsubishi is downright cramped. Thanks to the tall body, the Versa also delivers more headroom than the competition without the rear seats riding on the ground. Cargo volume grows 30% from the Versa sedan to 21 cubic feet behind the rear seats and 38 with the rear seats folded.\n\nInfotainment\n\nBase shoppers get a simple head unit with a CD-player, aux input and four speakers. Here again the Spark beats Nissan to the value game. The base Spark is just as basic, but for the same price as a base Note, Chevy sells you a 7-inch touchscreen, USB integration, 6 speakers, XM Satellite radio, smartphone integration with smartphone-based navigation and OnStar. Getting to this level of technology in the Note will set you back $18,140 and Nissan doesn\u2019t have an OnStar alternative for the Note at any price.\n\nThe Note that Nissan lent me for a week was the fully-loaded SL model. This meant I had the NissanConnect system you see above along with an all-around camera system. This low-cost system, also found on Sentra and NV200, is one of my favorite systems on the market. The interface is simple, easy to navigate and intuitive. The latest software builds on their old \u201clow-cost navigation\u201d unit by adding streaming media, smartphone and Google data services. The touchscreen also integrates with the Note\u2019s available around view camera which gives you a bird\u2019s-eye view while parking. Although I found the low-res images lacked in detail, it did help keep the Note scratch-free in tricky parking situations. Now for the fly in the ointment. Nissan puts this head unit in an $800 bundle with the fancy camera system and requires that you also have the $540 package that includes rear seat cup holders and a two-stage load floor in the back. The total cost is $1,340 or a nearly 10% bump in MSRP.\n\nDrivetrain\n\nLike the sedan, the Note gets a 1.6L four-cylinder engine featuring variable valve timing and twin injectors per cylinder to deliver 109HP at 6,000 RPM and 107 lb-ft of twist at 4,400 RPM. This is a reduction of 13 horses compared to the 1.8L engine in the old Versa hatch which seems like a valid trade for improved efficiency. Base S models get a 5-speed manual, but if you want to make the most of the small engine, you\u2019ll want Nissan\u2019s CVT with a twist. The Versa CVT uses a two-speed planetary gearset after the CVT belt/cone unit. This extends the ratio spread to that of a conventional 7-speed auto. When starting out, the CVT is at its lowest ratio and the planetary is in \u201clow.\u201d Once the CVT reaches a high ratio, the planetary gearset switches to high allowing the CVT to reset to a lower ratio as you continue to accelerate. This improves low-end grunt, top-end fuel economy and allows the CVT to \u201cdownshift\u201d faster than a traditional CVT by shifting the planetary gearset to \u201clow\u201d rather than adjusting the belt. Meanwhile the Spark and Mirage use a conventional \u201csingle range\u201d CVT. (GM swapped out the old 4-speed for 2014.)\n\nThanks to a curb weight that is only 25 lbs heavier than the sedan (300lbs lighter than the 2012 hatch) and active grille shutters, fuel economy has jumped to a lofty 31/40/35 MPG (city/highway/combined) with the CVT and a less spectacular 27/36 with the manual. While 109 horsepower sounds less than exciting, consider that the Spark\u2019s 1.2L engine delivers just 84 and the Mirage\u2019s rough 3-cylinder is down another 10 ponies.\n\nDrive\n\nThanks to a relatively long 102-inch wheelbase, the Note rides more like a mid-size sedan than the Spark or the Mirage. The difference is most notable out on the open highway where the Spark and Mirage \u201cbob around\u201d on washboard pavement. I wouldn\u2019t describe the Note as \u201crefined\u201d in the general sense, but compared to the lower cost entries the Note holds its own. Even when compared with the Kia Rio and the Chevy Sonic, the Versa has a well-engineered feel out on the road. This is where I have to repeat: \u201ckeep your expectations priced at $13,990.\u201d\n\nNissan decided to fit low rolling resistance tires to the Note which help bump fuel economy to a 35 MPG combined score. While the Note manages to out handle the Mirage, the Rio, Fiesta and Sonic whip the Note\u2019s bottom on winding mountain roads. The Spark strikes a middle ground between the Rio and the Note. The electric power steering is accurate but numb. Acceleration is lazy but thanks to the deeper ratios in Nissan\u2019s CVT it easily beats the Spark or the Mirage to highway speeds. Nissan spent considerable time injecting more sound insulating foam in every nook and cranny making this the quietest Versa ever at 70dB.\n\nThe Note managed a surprising 38.8 MPG during my 761 mile week with the \u201cwee hatch,\u201d as my neighbor called it. The high mileage numbers are largely thanks to the light curb weight, low rolling resistance tires and Nissan\u2019s CVT which allows the Note\u2019s tiny engine to barely spin at highway speeds. Although the Spark has the same EPA rating, I averaged 2 MPG less the last time I was in one. TTAC has yet to test a Mirage, so I\u2019ll have to defer to the EPA\u2019s 40 MPG average.\n\nBeing the cheap guy that I am, the more I cross-shopped the Note and the Spark, the less \u201cvalue\u201d I found in the little Nissan. The Note isn\u2019t without its charms. The huge back seat and enormous cargo hold make it by far the most practical small hatch in America, the problem is all down to value. If you want sporty or luxury, buy the Fiesta but the best value in this compact segment is the Spark. It\u2019s low $12,170 price tag rivals Nissan\u2019s Versa sedan for the least expensive car but the $14,765 \u201c1LT\u201d with the manual is where the value is to be had. Priced several grand less than a comparable Note, the Spark beats Nissan at their own game. Minus one seat.\n\nNissan provided the vehicle, insurance and one tank of gas for this review\n\n]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/02/review-2014-nissan-versa-note-with-video/feed/65First Drive: 2014 Nissan Versa Note Hatchback (Video)http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/first-drive-2014-nissan-versa-note-hatchback-video/\nhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/first-drive-2014-nissan-versa-note-hatchback-video/#commentsFri, 28 Jun 2013 17:41:21 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=493324I seem to be the only car guy with a soft spot for the Versa. My peers at Car and Driver, Consumer Reports and Autoblog (among others) came off less than impressed by the least expensive car in America when we were all invited to its launch. That left me scratching my head. So I [\u2026]\n\nI seem to be the only car guy with a soft spot for the Versa. My peers at Car and Driver, Consumer Reports and Autoblog (among others) came off less than impressed by the least expensive car in America when we were all invited to its launch. That left me scratching my head. So I borrowed another one and came to the same conclusion: \u201cVersa delivers a totally unobjectionable experience at a very compelling price.\u201d This apparent disconnect bothered me for a while but I wrote it off as a \u201clack of perspective\u201d suffered by my peers in the biz. Seriously guys, what do you expect out of the cheapest car in America? The new 2014 Versa Note however isn\u2019t the cheapest car in America, nor is it the cheapest hatch in America. How does it stack up? Nissan flew me to San Diego to find out.\n\nThe last Versa Hatchback we had on our shores wasn\u2019t the least expensive hatch in America either and that was a big problem. I can forgive anything for the right price, but the old hatch sold along side its redesigned sedan namesake which had a much lower price tag. Before we dive too far into the Versa Note, let\u2019s talk price. Why? Because Nissan didn\u2019t just completely redesign their smallest hatch for 2014, they slashed the price tag as well. At $13,990 the Note misses the title of \u201ccheapest five-door hatchback\u201d by $190 to the 2013 Kia Rio 5-Door. Admittedly that\u2019s not the best way to start a conversation about a Versa which usually sells on \u201cleast expensive\u201d taglines. Still, the Versa isn\u2019t terribly expensive and undercutts the Accent by $585, Fiesta by $610, Mazda 2 by $730, Yaris by $1,405 and the Fit by $1,435.\n\nAbout that Note. Nissan\u2019s Versa hatch has been sold in other markets as the Nissan Note for a while and they decided to globalize things. Instead of renaming the car, they just tacked Note to the end since \u201cVersa\u201d seems to be a well-known model. That\u2019s why this hatch is singing this tune.\n\nOn the outside, the Note wears completely different sheetmetal than the Versa sedan thanks to being 13-inches shorter overall (163 inches long). That\u2019s six inches shorter than the 2012 model (There was no 2013 Versa) and about three inches shorter than a Rio. Nissan left the Versa\u2019s 102.4 inch wheelbase intact so all those inches were removed from the front and rear overhangs. The result is a profile that is more attractive than the last generation hatch to say the least. Nissan finished off the transformation with new doors and a new horizontal grille with large headlamps. Why not graft a hatch onto the existing Versa? Nissan\u2019s PR folks told us that even as ancient as the 2012 model was, it accounted for nearly half of the Versa volume. Apparently nobody told Versa shoppers that Americans hate hatchbacks.\n\nInside the cabin we get the same dashboard as the Versa sedan with a few tweaks. 2014 brings Nissan\u2019s new Nissan Connect radios to the low-cost platform and Note engineers snagged the Sentra\u2019s more attractive steering wheel to help justify the $2,000 price bump from the sedan. By all appearances the headliner and seat fabrics seemed to be a notch above the base Versa sedan I last sampled but you\u2019ll still find plenty of hard plastics on the dash and doors. Jumping up to higher trim does buy you nicer fabric, so keep that in mind.\n\nSeat comfort proved good for me during my 6 hours in the Versa, but I would like to see at least optional adjustable lumbar support offered on the driver\u2019s seat. Cushioning is firm but comfortable and the range of motion offered in the 6-way manual seats is average for this segment. Sadly Nissan doesn\u2019t offer a telescoping steering wheel in the Versa Note like many of the competitors do.\n\nBase shoppers will find standard air conditioning, 60/40 folding rear seats and sun-visors that extend, but notably missing from the starting price are power windows, power door locks, vanity mirrors and rear cup holders. This is where I say \u201cwhat did you expect?\u201d No, the Rio doesn\u2019t offer these goodies for the same price, or even for $190 less. If you want a basic hatchback, this is your ride.\n\nNo matter, Nissan claims that less than 10% of Versas are the low-rent model, so what of the $15,990 SV? The price bump buys you a car with a fabric headliner (instead of trunk-liner material), Nissan\u2019s 2-speed CVT, cruise control, center armrest for the driver, leather wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, and some Bluetooth love. This 16-grand SV and the oddly named \u201cSV with SL\u201d ($17,690) and \u201cSV with SL Tech Package\u201d ($18,490) Versa Notes will be the bulk of sales. These models push Nissan\u2019s \u201cvalue\u201d message more believably than the bargain model with better fabric, nicer headliners, USB/iPod interfaces and an optional nav system that is one of the best on the market. Nissan\u2019s new Connect system builds on their old \u201clow-cost navigation\u201d unit by adding streaming media, smartphone and Google data services to the mix. Nissan even tosses in their all-around camera system from the Infiniti product line on that high end \u201cSV with SL Tech Package\u201d model. Can\u2019t we just call that an SL? Please? If you want to know more about that snazzy camera system, check out the video.\n\nThe Kia still puts up a fight in this 16-19-grand space with a nicer dashboard, more modern design and a few more gadgets. Hwoever, the Kia doesn\u2019t manage to be any more comfortable or quieter on the road, especially if you\u2019re often carrying rear passengers. Like Nissan\u2019s new Sentra, the Note puts an emphasis on rear accommodations. You\u2019ll find 7 inches more rear legroom than the Rio making it possible, and relatively comfortable, for a quartet of six-foot-five guys on a road trip. Try that in any other compact hatch, none of the competitors even come close.\n\nUnder the hood beats the same 1.6L four-cylinder engine as the Versa sedan. The new mill uses dual variable valve timing and two injectors per cylinder to pump out 109HP at 6,000 RPM and 107 lb-ft of twist at 4,400 RPM. While I wouldn\u2019t say no to the turbocharged version you find in the Juke, acceleration is liveable thanks to a light 2,460lb curb weight. Although I didn\u2019t get a chance to test it, I expect 60 to happen in the same 11.5 seconds as the Versa sedan since the hatch weighs a scant 25lbs more. Thanks to a 300lb reduction over the 2012 model and Nissan\u2019s new \u201cCVT with sub planetary gerarset,\u201d the loss of 13HP vs the old 1.8L engine goes largely unnoticed. What you will notice is the 31/40/35 MPG (city/highway/combined) in every model of Versa Note with the CVT. If you\u2019re paying attention to fine print on the Fiesta and Rio, you know that the respective 30/41 and 30/36 numbers only happen in the special \u201ceconomy\u201d trim models.\n\nI\u2019m not sure how Car and Driver (and a few other publications) got this one wrong, but contrary to reviews that imply the Versa \u201cstarts off in a fixed gear\u201d and then \u201cswitches to the CVT at a predetermined speed,\u201d Nissan\u2019s technical documentation on the CVT is clear. The two-speed planetary gearset sits AFTERthe CVT belt/cone unit inside the transaxle, not in parallel with it. The transaxle uses the high/low range planetary gearset to extend the ratios of the CVT design beyond what you\u2019d find in a traditional 7-speed automatic. When starting out the CVT is at its lowest ratio and the planetary is in \u201clow.\u201d Once the CVT reaches a high ratio, the planetary gearset switches to high allowing the CVT to reset to a lower ratio as you continue to accelerate. At certain speeds this also allows the Versa to \u201cdownshift\u201d faster than you\u2019d think a CVT could because the planetary gearset drops to low rapidly compared to a traditional CVT ratio change.\n\nThe Note manages 40MPG highway thanks to a combination of engine down-sizing, new CVT, electric power steering, aero improvements, low rolling resistance tires and that crash curb-weight-diet. The 35MPG combined score is perhaps more important because it shows the true impact of curb weight savings on your pocket-book. Over 156 miles of driving we scored an admirable 34.9 MPG during our day with the Note, a \u201cnotable\u201d improvement over the competition. Keep in mind we spent plenty of time idling, at wide-open-throttle and generally abusing the car around town.\n\nSo it gets great mileage and is inexpensive to own, how does it drive? Like I said, it gets great mileage and is inexpensive to own. The low rolling resistance rubber puts the Versa towards the bottom of the pack when it comes to road holding if you compare it to the regular editions of the competition and middle of the pack with the \u201cspecial economy versions\u201d of the same. The electric power steering is accurate but as numb as anything on the road and you shouldn\u2019t expect much from 109HP. Acceleration is lazy, but then again so is a Prius. Thanks to along wheelbase, the Note\u2019s ride is well composed, and Nissan spend considerable time injecting more sound insulating foam in every nook and cranny making this the quietest Versa ever. Nothing here is objectionable and every dynamic metric of the Note met or exceeded my expectations. Expectations which (I think) were set reasonably with the $15,990-18,490 price tag in mind. Again, don\u2019t expect Savoy Grille experiences at Taco Bell prices. Now I\u2019m hungry, and guess where I drive-thru. (Hint: it\u2019s not the Savoy.)\n\nThe Versa sedan is the easy sale in my mind. As the cheapest car in America I can forgive anything. Seriously. But the Note is a trickier ball of wax. The \u201cI can forgive anything\u201d title goes to the Rio 5-door which is the cheapest hatch. Except I find less to forgive in the Rio than in the base Note. That being said, the Note delivers better fuel economy, more rear seat legroom than many luxury cars and if it follows in the Versa sedan\u2019s footsteps it is likely to be very inexpensive to own. That leaves me with a split decision. If you want sporty, buy the new Fiesta. If you want the biggest little hatch with the best real-world fuel economy, the Versa Note is likely the option for you. Where the Rio and the Note lock horns is in the value argument. The top-end SL (I\u2019m going to call it that since its easier) has almost all the goodies I need in a car at an impressive price. The Rio on the other hand offers a similar value but trades improved thrust for lower MPGs. With the 2014 Versa Note Nissan has really stepped up their game and it\u2019s still a car I would buy, but keep an eye on that Kia, the Koreans aren\u2019t resting on their laurels either.\n\nNissan flew me to San Diego and stuffed me full of Italian food for this review."}
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-{"text": "Tensions and Shared Interests between Public Relations Practitioners and Journalists Essays\n\nTitle------Critically examine both the tensions and shared interests in the relationship between public relations practitioners and journalists.\n\nAs public relations and journalism, the PR practitioners and the journalist are always related to each other nowadays. Both of them are important factors of the modern mass media, which aim to influence public opinions since the early twentieth century (Coombs and Holladay, 2010). In order to sharp citizen\u2019s opinions, Charron(1989) mentions that the PR practitioners and journalists often prefer to work together and share information as cooperation. The dependent relationship, as Coombs (2010) explains, the PR practitioners scheme to cover through media, while the journalists are exploiting\u2026show more content\u2026From my point of view, the weak image of PR people is significant among journalists, for instance, some reporters regard PR people as the \u201cpet peeves\u201d (Hoffer, 2004:5) for two reasons: 1) the journalists are always disturbed by the calls and emails from PR people no matter the topic is necessary or not; 2) the PR practitioners\u2019 request of signature on the print set the journalist\u2019s nerves on edge. The attitudes of journalists, possibly are the reasons that several agreements are reached among separate media in some exceptional circumstances, so that the PR strategies will be avoided (Charron, 1989) .\n\nPR practitioners, however, who vigorously deal with the information without interpretation or subreption, often feel disappointed and innocent when they are misunderstood by journalists, for instance, sometimes journalists may complain no well-edited stories in PR practitioners\u2019 hands and take PR as an obstruction for granted (Butterick, 2011). The PR interviewees in Charron\u2019 research (ibid, 1989), explain that PR officers are prefer to influence the journalists. For example, the PR officers use their resources to convene a crucial press conference extremely close the deadline of journalists, obviously it is hard to report news without PR\u2019s materials. As a consequence, some journalists may report the PR practitioners\u2019 views directly. Furthermore, providing \u201cinformation subsidies\u201d (Gandy, 1982) is another way for PR"}
-{"text": "Our Newsletter\n\nRoot Rot\n\nThere are several different types of root rot that can attack, damage and kill trees including Armillaria Root Rot, Phytophthora Root Rot and Phymatotrichum Root Rot. There are also many common names for these various root rots including cotton root rot, Texas root rot, mushroom root rot, oak root rot and many other names used in various regions throughout North America.\n\nSome of the symptoms of root rot include the dulling of normal leaf color and the loss of a tree's growing vigor. Often leaves may wilt and turn yellow or brown. Major branches can also die or show excessive signs of wilt. In fruit trees, a sign of root rot is often the lack of fruit production on any of the lower branches, with fruit only visible on the upper branches. The roots can also appear to be decaying and the lower trunk and cambium layer of the tree often have brown spots. As the root rot spreads it is also possible to see small white mushrooms or white fan-like plaques or strands develop around the base of the tree trunk.\n\nRoot rot, if left untreated, can cause rapid tree decline and death. Trees sometimes live for many months in a weakened state, while others will die very quickly.\n\nRecommended Steps to Control Root Rot:\n\nTo control the spread of root rot, remove dead trees and as much of their roots as possible. If the plant is newly infected, expose its base to air for several inches by removing 3 to 4 inches of soil. Root Rot should be treated with Agri-Fos Systemic Fungicide or ArborFos Systemic Injectible Fungicide. The injectable treatment should be applied as soon as the first signs of root rot are identified. If using the foliar spray, repeat every 1 to 2 months and increase the dosage and frequency in more advanced disease cases."}
-{"text": "I don't have a problem with connecting, just think it would be a lot nicer if you could set it to connect to an infrastructure vs. adhoc. It basically means you have to disconnect your device from your current wifi network to connect directly to the device vs. just connecting to it as if it was a server.\n\nIt also means that if there is more than one AS15 that you would like to debrief you need to go to your device's settings and select the new network vs just a selection in the program. At least in the iphone vs. if you are connect as a remote you can not tell it to send files, you have to open the cage, and then select send, go to your device and select the adhoc network. Just by the time I do all of this seems easier to just grab a cable. Don't know... Just my thoughts, maybe there will be an upgrade.\n\nAlso, here is the underwater head band dismantled. Looks like you can remove the bosses, add some weld nuts to the inside and affix to your helmet using this bracket. Not ideal, but it works"}
-{"text": "Just make yourself focus on the future, says Sarah Newcomb, Ph.D., a behavioral economist at Morningstar, the investment research company, and its budgeting software subsidiary, HelloWallet.\n\nSound simple? Newcomb knows for many people the future is just too far away to worry about. But the report on her latest study, \u201cOvercoming Impulsiveness,\u201d suggests if you can paint a vivid, detailed picture of your future, you\u2019ll be less likely to spend money impulsively and more in step with socking away savings you can spend later to fulfill your big dreams or retire comfortably.\n\nShe\u2019s presenting her study Aug. 4 in Denver at the American Psychological Association\u2019s 124th annual convention. The study focuses on filling the retirement savings deficit \u2014 the result of people saving less and living longer. It\u2019s a big problem: More than half of all Americans report having less than $25,000 saved for retirement.\n\n\u201cThe U.S. government has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into financial literacy programs, but these findings suggest that financial literacy alone may not be the answer,\u201d Newcomb said.\n\nThinking ahead means building for retirement, but it can also mean \u2014 if you\u2019re, say, a 20-something \u2014 that you picture yourself in five years with \u201cthe financial freedom to go backpacking around China.\u201d\n\nIf you\u2019re highly impulsive, changing the way you think of the future can affect your behavior now, she said.\n\n\u201cWhen you shrink the psychological distance between now and the future, you\u2019ll feel those future needs are more important. You can use your mind to shrink the distance,\u201d Newcomb says.\n\nShe offered Money Talks News readers tips on how to make the future seem not so far away:\n\n1. Don\u2019t wait\n\n\u201cThe younger you are, the shorter ahead you think. It\u2019s natural,\u201d Newcomb said. \u201cWhen we\u2019re young, we\u2019re filled with uncertainty. We don\u2019t know where we\u2019re going to live or if we\u2019ll be married. If we don\u2019t think we can create an accurate picture, we don\u2019t create any picture.\u201d\n\nTime passes faster when you\u2019re older. You\u2019re in touch with the consequences of your actions. Maybe you\u2019ve got a family, home and kids to think about.\n\n\u201cThe problem is that it doesn\u2019t happen fast enough,\u201d she said.\n\nSo if you plan one week ahead now, try planning two weeks ahead; if one year is your horizon, try to look out two years. Extend the time and add as much clarity as you can.\n\n\u201cWe know the picture will be different than what we imagine,\u201d Newcomb said.\n\n2. Facing retirement\n\nTake a look at yourself \u2014 only 20, 30, 40 years older.\n\nInvestment firm Merrill Edge will show you an age-progressed version of your own face online here. It could help you come face-to-face with the reality of aging. Researchers have shown that people who interact with their virtual future selves exhibit an increased tendency to accept later monetary rewards over immediate ones.\n\nHowever, Newcomb cautions, if seeing your aged self freaks you out by making you think about death, you may put off thinking about the future.\n\n3. A day in the life\n\nThink through in great detail what a typical day of your life would be in a comfortable, happy retirement. From the time you wake up until you go to bed, what type of life are you having? Are you in a retirement home or your own house? Is your house in the country or the city? Are you alone or with family? Just a spouse? Children? How do you spend your time?\n\nAs you create your picture, you start to see actual details, which shrink the psychological distance. You can start to place a price tag on what you want your retirement to be.\n\n\u201cIt gets you further down financial planning road,\u201d Newcomb said.\n\n4. WOOP!\n\nJust picturing a positive future often is not enough. Gabriele Oettingen, Ph.D., a psychology professor at New York University and the University of Hamburg, goes a giant step further. Her book \u201cRethinking Positive Thinking\u201d introduces mental contrasting, a four-step process called WOOP \u2014 Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan.\n\nPicture your positive future, then picture an obstacle that you have the power to overcome. You will be more successful reaching your goal when you connect success to jumping over a hurdle, Newcomb said. The exercise not only shrinks the distance but gives you a sense of the effort it will take to reach your goal.\n\nOne caveat: If you do not believe you can overcome that hurdle, or you\u2019re not sure, it will work against you.\n\n5. Cut the cards\n\nThe biggest unexpected finding in the study, Newcomb said, was that impulsiveness disappeared among people who do not use credit. Further research will be needed to see if non-credit users simply were the types who weren\u2019t impulsive in the first place or if they were denied credit, leaving them without the opportunity to exercise negative financial behavior.\n\nEither way, if you can cut up your credit cards, you\u2019ll likely make fewer impulsive purchases.\n\nSee which exercises work for you. The goal is to help make you a better decision maker, Newcomb said.\n\nIt's not the usual blah, blah, blah\n\nI know... every site you visit wants you to subscribe to their newsletter. But our news and advice is actually worth reading! 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-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nLost 2 hives today\n\nChecked hives and found hivebodys with a little brood, no honey and very little pollen.Took them apart and found the large red ants in the box with a lot of dead bees on the screened bb. Are the ants the problem?If so I need to get rid of the ants HOW? Any help please. I have 3 more hives I need to check.\n\nA vet is someone at some time in there life signed a blank check to the people of America that included there life.\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nI don't know how it is in FL but here a healthy, vigorous colony of bees will keep the ants out. It might be that the bees died then the ants, doing what ants do, moved in to scavenge whatever they can. I think 'no honey' might be an answer to why the hive failed.\n\nDan www.boogerhillbee.com\nExperience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nThere are some bees that might be able to defend against the ants. But there are some that have not learn yet.\nMine 2 hives, extra vigorous and aggressive bees have no defense from the ants. They snug in at night time too and\ntotally destroyed my 2 hives. By the time I checked it was too late. I put them on an ant hill, my fault.\nSo cinnamon, DE, hot peppers, whatever you sprinkle around the hive--ALL DO NOT WORK!!!!!!!\nWhy? The rains that is why. So a more ants proof method is needed to prevent them from the attack.\nHigh grease temp to fill inside the cups under the stand now.\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nI tried cin, DE, cin extract too. The ants just walked over it in less than a day. Ortho home defense max worked the best, but only for about a week. Trying grease this year, it's a coin toss as well. Ants start walking over it after a few days too. Borax feeder stations going out this week.\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nYou can try sprinkling Diatomaceous earth (get at Tractor Supply Store or other similar places) and sprinkle it around the hives. It's supposed to be good for small hive beetles, too. Of course you have to reapply after it rains.\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nI had a nest of fireants build their nest up against the concrete block that one hive sat on. The top of the mound was as high as the bottom board and a couple of inches away\u2026.and those ants never caused a problem.\nI\u2019m not sure what kind of ants you guys have\u2026.but the only time I\u2019ve seen any significant number of ants in a hive is when there was sugar syrup present \u2026.and everyone seemed to share and get along\u2026.or when a hive was in a full state of collapse or after it had failed.\n\nDan www.boogerhillbee.com\nExperience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nOriginally Posted by beemandan\n\nthe only time I\u2019ve seen any significant number of ants in a hive is when there was sugar syrup present \u2026.and everyone seemed to share and get along\u2026.or when a hive was in a full state of collapse or after it had failed.\n\nRe: Lost 2 hives today\n\nThere is this black type of ants that collect the sweet nectar from plants, aphids, scales, etc. Their body swells up to\nstore these nectar. So imagine a black ant with big belly almost like a tank for storage that they carry these nectar home\nto feed to the young larvae. They will take up syrup too. Many use the borax syrup to kill them, their entire colony here.\nI only put the DE around the hive stand but that did not deter them after a rain. So they end up inside my 2 hives robbing\nout the honey and killing off the bees to eat too. These bees don't have a defense against these ants. It is like we facing a\nnew disease now what to do to find a cure. So they just allow these ants to destroy the bee colony. Too many ants.\nI have pics for that as well after the destruction of the hives.\nA very sad scene to watch again. I felt guilty until now just thinking about it. All my fault. This year will be different though.\nI have hive stand with hi-temp grease in a cup to block these ants. Hopefully it will work on a test with some sugar syrup and\nhoney before putting the bee hives on top."}
-{"text": "I just want to give out free passes at the KH and the day of the showing ask, \"How many of you are JW's here on a free pass? How many of you got a free pass from a JW? Well this is your official notice that all JW's, who are here or helped someone else see this movie, are disfellowshipped. You are to report immediately to the elders for PUN ishment. The rest of you enjoy the movie smurfing free of Jehovah's Witlesses!\"\n\nmP wrote:Smurfs are demonic, they are the ones who put in those satanic comments where the GB is wrong in its publications. Those smurfs are just the right size to change the type, so WTS looks incompetent.\n\nyou're quite a character mP .......\n\n\"... Don't let inherited or programmed fear and guilt drag you down ... life is for living not being afraid to live ...so celebrate your freedom!\""}
-{"text": "Comcast Reaches Accord\nWith AT&T on MediaOne\n\nComcast Corp., after reaching an agreement with AT&T Corp., dropped its $48 billion bid for MediaOne Group Inc.\n\nIn return, Comcast will wind up with about two million additional cable subscribers. Under terms of the agreement, Comcast will pay around $9 billion, or about $4,500 a subscriber, for the additional customers, probably by issuing new nonvoting shares to AT&T."}
-{"text": "JNY is a Swedish children's brand \u201dOur ambition is to constantly create beautiful prints that appeals to kids in four yearly collections. We believe that kids want to be kids and not small adults. Let kids be kids.\u201d - Malin K\u00e4ll, designer JNYkids"}
-{"text": "[section label=\u201dVideos\u201d anchor=\u201dvideos\u201d] [section label=\u201dTranscript\u201d anchor=\u201dtranscript\u201d] One piece of info that your teacher told you that made a difference on your dance career: I think it is a very difficult question, as we as\n\n[section label=\u201dVideos\u201d anchor=\u201dvideos\u201d] [section label=\u201dTranscript\u201d anchor=\u201dtranscript\u201d] How to deal with bad results and disappointment: If you are going to get yourself involved in any sort of competition, you have to be able to face the\n\n[section label=\u201dWhat is Art\u201d anchor=\u201dart\u201d] What is Art? In today\u2019s world, with all the media present, the word art is being manipulated and abused. We all know this, but still, the question remains \u2013 what\n\n[section label=\u201dVideos\u201d anchor=\u201dvideos\u201d] [section label=\u201dTranscript\u201d anchor=\u201dtranscript\u201d] Pearl of Wisdom One thing that made a huge difference to me was that my teacher said to me: \u201cThe more restrictions I have the more freedom I will"}
-{"text": "So you\u2019ve spent years studying the ins-and-outs of millennial\u2019s. You can reference every Kylie and Kim meme, know exactly how to pronounce Acai, and some folks even call you the millennial whisperer of college recruiting. But just like radio vs Spotify and lettuce vs kale, millennial\u2019s have been dethroned to a new generation of high ...\n\nIf you want to lose faith in the running of your organisation, try this exercise. Go around to each individual and department in your institution and ask them these two questions: Who are we? What do we do? If you get a bunch of different answers and discover a major identity crisis, this article is ...\n\nHundreds of years ago, when the great prophets of the world predicted all the things that would happen in the future, they completely missed a really important one: that in 2018, universities and colleges across America wouldn\u2019t be harnessing the full power of digital marketing. As college enrollments continue their decline for the sixth straight ..."}
-{"text": "News and discussion of US-Mexico border issues.\n\nMain menu\n\n182 murder victims in Juarez during August\u2026about 900 so far in 2018\n\nEl Diario reports that the month of August is the most violent so far in 2018 with a total of 182 homicides in the city of Juarez. The article reports the monthly totals for the year as: Jan 72, Feb 43, March 56, April 65, May 126, June 178, July 177, Aug 182\u2013a total of 898 in the eight months of 2018.\n\nThe Fiscalia states that the sharp increase in homicides beginning in May was the result of an internal fight in the Azteca gang (affiliated with the Juarez cartel and La Linea), now complicated by another war between the Artistas Asesinos and the Mexicles, said to be allied with the Sinaloa cartel. These eight months of 2018 surpass the annual totals for any year since 2012. The report says that 18 women were murdered in August (about 10 percent of the total), as well as seven minors.\n\nIn response to criticism that the police are not doing their job, the Fiscalia\u2019s report points to legal issues that require those arrested for crimes to be released until tried and convicted. Thus, 8 out of 10 criminals arrested, even for crimes such as murder, are released pending trial.\n\nThe tone of the article is that all of the victims of these crimes are gang members and drug dealers, even though little evidence of their criminality is provided.\n\nThe numbers I\u2019ve recorded for previous months differ slightly from those reported in this September 1 article in El Diario. But not by much. We can say for certain that about 900 people have been killed so far this year in Juarez. If the average of 113 per month continues, the year will end with more than 1,300 victims of homicide. molly molloy"}
-{"text": "Apology, but complaint over Bain jokes not upheld\n\nThe Bain case has been likened to that of OJ Simpson, in\na decision about a controversial 7Days joke aired on\nTV3.\n\nMel White lodged a complaint with the broadcaster, just hours\nafter the satirical panel show, 7Days, aired on July\n4.\n\nThe Dunedin resident - who went to school with several of the\ndeceased Bain siblings - complained after comedians joked\nabout telegrams sent by dead relatives to David Bain.\n\nRobert Dowd, of the MediaWorks standards committee, said the\nepisode was reviewed.\n\n''We apologise for the offence caused and give you our\nassurance that the comments were not intended to disparage\nthe Bain family or offend those that knew them,'' Mr Dowd\nsaid.\n\nHowever, the committee was satisfied the broadcast was not in\nbreach of standard 1, namely good taste and decency.\n\nMr Dowd acknowledged Miss White's personal connection to the\nfamily, but said the standard was intended to be applied much\nmore broadly, such as across all viewers or the community in\ngeneral.\n\n''We certainly accept that the comments were very close to\nthe line of what we consider acceptable for broadcast but\ngiven the comic context we are satisfied that they did not\ncross that threshold.\n\n''It is important to note that the Bain case has been of\nongoing fascination for the New Zealand public throughout its\nhistory, and has no doubt reached the level of infamy and\npublic interest often seen with highly controversial and\ndivisive cases - the OJ Simpson case in the USA for\nexample.''\n\nOJ Simpson was a former American football star and actor who\nin 1995 was acquitted of the 1994 murder of Nicole Brown\nSimpson and Ronald Goldman.\n\nMr Dowd said it was inevitable that the Bain case provided\nand would continue to provide material for public discussion,\nand in this case comic interpretation.\n\n''That does not mean that comedians have the unfettered\nfreedom to say whatever they please about the matter, but it\ndoes mean that they are afforded a significant amount of\nlatitude.\n\n''In light of this, and considering the high level of\nexpectation the 7 Days audience has for challenging\nand controversial material, we are satisfied that the\nmaterial in question was unlikely to have disturbed or\noffended a significant number of viewers and we have not\nupheld your complaint under standard 1.''\n\nThe committee has referred the complaint to the producers of\n7 Days and have discussed Miss White's concerns.\n\nMiss White told the Otago Daily Times yesterday she\nhad no expectation the network would uphold her complaint,\nbut was pleased ''they have somewhat acknowledged that they\ndid go a bit far''."}
-{"text": "Kodaka Hasegawa\n\nKodaka Hasegawa\n\nThe protagonist, a transfer student who has not been able to make friends in his first month at St, Chronica's. Of all of the members of the club, he is the most gentle, balanced and socially competent in personality; but his unusual hair color, inherited from his late English mother, leads classmates to assume he is a violent and abusive delinquent and spread defamatory rumors about him. Because of his long experience of antagonism, Kodaka has become accustomed to fighting and can defend himself quite well.\n\nHis father is working in the United States, and so he takes care of his younger sister alone at home, which has also made him a good cook. His childhood was characterized by frequent movement, and as a result he has few memories related to home life and close friendships; however, though he does not realize it at first, he and Yozora were childhood friends before his family moved."}
-{"text": "Sorry Kids, Judge Judy Isn\u2019t on the Supreme Court \u2014 But Maybe She Should Be!\n\nAre our children learning? A new study found that they are not. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has concluded that recent college graduates are \u201calarmingly ignorant of America\u2019s history and heritage\u201d based on its poll of 1,000 young people conducted last summer. Almost half of the respondents did not know that senators serve six-year terms and representatives serve two-year terms, almost 40 percent did not know Congress can declare war, and 9.6 percent thought Judith Sheindlin, a.k.a. Judge Judy, serves on the SupremeCourt.\n\nThe report concluded that \u201cInstead of demanding content-based coursework, our institutions have, in too many places, supplanted the rigorous study of history and government \u2014 the building blocks of civic engagement \u2014 with community-service activities.\u201d Obviously something\u2019s gone awry in America\u2019s higher-education system, but why shame these kids? Their response shows they\u2019re capable of paying attention to judicial proceedings, but only if they\u2019re presented in an entertaining format. Wouldn\u2019t the country be better off if we put Judge Judy on the Supreme Court and let Antonin Scalia dispense cantankerous legal wisdom in a half-hour afternoon-courtroomshow?"}
-{"text": "Technical Abstract:\nSurveillance for influenza A viruses (IAV) circulating in pigs and other non-human mammals has been chronically underfunded and virtually nonexistent in many areas of the world. In March-April 2009, a novel pandemic H1N1 emerged and demonstrated in a very public forum the paucity of data on influenza viruses in swine. The gene constellation of the emerging virus was demonstrated to be a combination of genes from swine influenza A viruses (SIV) of North American and Eurasian lineages that had never before been identified in swine or other species. The emergent H1N1 quickly spread in the human population and the outbreak reached pandemic level 6 as declared by the World Health Organization on June 11, 2009. Although the 8 gene segments of the novel virus are similar to available sequences of corresponding genes from SIV from North America and Eurasia, no closely related ancestral IAV with this gene combination had been identified in North America or elsewhere in the world. Other than sporadic transmission to humans, swine influenza A viruses of the H1N1 subtype historically have been distinct from avian and other mammalian H1N1 influenza viruses in characteristics of host specificity, serologic cross-reactivity, and/or nucleotide sequence. The emergence of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) virus brought a heightened awareness to the evolution and epidemiology of influenza A viruses in swine and presents a new era of challenges and opportunities for understanding and controlling influenza in pigs. SIV remains as one of the leading causes of viral pneumonia in swine and is a significant contributor to the porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). In addition to the primary disease caused by IAV, this virus is well documented to predispose pigs and many other host species to subsequent secondary bacterial pneumonia, the effects of which may last long after IAV can be detected. Due to the complicated nature of IAV evolution in all major host species, it is recognized that inactivated vaccines have become a suboptimal method to control IAV in all populations under all conditions. Likewise, there is no single inactivated IAV vaccine that fits all situations in the U.S. swine industry. In addition to partial protection often seen from inactivated IAV vaccines, recent studies have demonstrated the potential for enhancement of disease and pathologic changes in the lungs of pigs vaccinated with a virus that does not sufficiently neutralize against a subsequent challenge virus. These data suggest that non-neutralizing inactivated vaccine-induced antibodies contributed to the enhanced disease known as vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease (VAERD). This presentation will review the global situation for SIV and the need for improved surveillance and improved SIV vaccines."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: gutenberg project\n\nThis is the first post by our new blogger, Kate McKenzie, based on research she\u2019s done for her Masters in Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne. While there are differences between Australian and North American library systems and ebook policies, we\u2019re excited to welcome Kate\u2019s account of things in her hometown to help widen our picture of the way people are borrowing and reading around the world. **** Random House, one of the world\u2019s biggest publishing houses, recently said that libraries do, in fact, \u2018own\u2019 their Random [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Wegmans LPGA Championship\n\nPhoto 1/72\n\nMike Whan and Inbee Park\n\nLPGA commissioner Mike Whan poses with Inbee Park of South Korea after Park won the Wegmans LPGA Championship in a playoff over Brittany Lincicome at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nInbee Park\n\nMeena Lee (L) sprays water on Inbee Park of South Korea after Park defeated Brittany Lincicome on the first playoff hole during the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nInbee Park\n\nInbee Park of South Korea celebrates with the trophy after winning theWegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nInbee Park\n\nInbee Park of South Korea celebrates after defeating Brittany Lincicome on the first playoff hole during Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nMike Whan\n\nLPGA commissioner Mike Whan walks near the 18th green during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nBrittany Lincicome\n\nBrittany Lincicome smiles after making birdie on the eighth hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nBrittany Lincicome\n\nBrittany Lincicome reacts after hitting her fourth shot on the ninth hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nDewald Gouws\n\nDewald Gouws watches the play of Brittany Lincicome during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nTom Abbott\n\nTom Abbott reports for the Golf Channel from the practice ground during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nBrittany Lincicome\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Brittany Lincicome hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Lydia Ko of New Zealand hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nSuzann Pettersen\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Suzann Pettersen of Norway hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nInbee Park\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Inbee Park of South Korea hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nAzahara Munoz\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Azahara Munoz of Spain hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nShanshan Feng\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Shanshan Feng of China hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nAnna Nordqvist\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Anna Nordqvist of Sweden hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJane Park\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Jane Park hits her tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJennifer Kirby\n\nPITTSFORD, NY - AUGUST 17: Jennifer Kirby of Canada hits her tee shot on the 11th hole during the final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 17, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson hits her second shot on the first hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nInbee Park\n\nInbee Park of South Korea stands on the green on the fourth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson hits her tee shot on the eighth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nBrittany Lincicome\n\nBrittany Lincicome stands under an umbrella on the fifth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nKaren Stupples\n\nKaren Stupples reports for the Golf Channel on the third hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nBrittany Lincicome\n\nBrittany Lincicome hits her third shot on the third hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson putts on the second hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson hits her tee shot on the first hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nSuzann Pettersen\n\nSuzann Pettersen of Norway hits her tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nGreg Johnston\n\nCaddie Greg Johnston reads a green on the sixth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJulieta Granada\n\nJulieta Granada of Paraguay watches her tee shot on the seventh hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJudy Rankin and Terry Gannon\n\nJudy Rankin (L) and Terry Gannon of Golf Channel report the play during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nMeena Lee\n\nMeena Lee of South Korea watches her approach shot on the fifth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nSuzann Pettersen\n\nSuzann Pettersen of Norway plays a bunker shot on the sixth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko\n\nLydia Ko of New Zealand walks with her caddie Greg Johnston on the fourth hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko\n\nLydia Ko of New Zealand walks under an umbrella on the seventh hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nCaroline Masson\n\nCaroline Masson of Germany shares a laugh with her caddie on the first tee during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nHaeji Kang\n\nHaeji Kang of South Korea reacts after hitting from a green side bunker on the third hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nWegmans LPGA Championship\n\nThe LPGA Championship trophy as seen on the first tee during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nWegmans LPGA Championship\n\nThe Race to the CME Globe standings are seen near the clubhouse during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 16, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nStacy Lewis and Lydia Ko\n\nStacy Lewis (R) waits on the second green as Lydia Ko of New Zealand putts during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nStacy Lewis\n\nStacy Lewis waits on the second green with her caddie Travis Wilson during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko\n\nLydia Ko of New Zealand lines up a putt with her caddie Greg Johnston on the eighth hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson walks off the tenth tee during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nStacy Lewis\n\nStacy Lewis lines up her tee shot on the firth hole with her caddie Travis Wilson during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJuli Inkster\n\nJuli Inkster waits on the fifth tee during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJerry Foltz\n\nJerry Foltz reports for the Golf Channel during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nYani Tseng\n\nYani Tseng of Taiwan hits her tee shot on the firth hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nAzahara Munoz\n\nAzahara Munoz of Spain hits her tee shot on the firth hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko\n\nLydia Ko of New Zealand waits on the fifth tee during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nAnna Nordqvist\n\nAnna Nordqvist of Sweden hits her tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson hits her tee shot on the tenth hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nJennifer Kirby\n\nJennifer Kirby of Canada stands with her caddie on the 11th tee during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)\n\nAnna Nordqvist\n\nAnna Nordqvist of Sweden hits her tee shot on the third hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nCristie Kerr\n\nCristie Kerr hits her tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko and Stacy Lewis\n\nStacy Lewis (L) and Lydia Ko of New Zealand walk together on the second hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko and Stacy Lewis\n\nLydia Ko of New Zealand (L) and Stacy Lewis wait on the second tee during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nSuzann Pettersen\n\nSuzann Pettersen of Norway hits her tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nSandra Gal\n\nSandra Gal of Germany hits her tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 15, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLydia Ko\n\nLydia Ko of New Zealand hits her tee shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nStacy Lewis\n\nStacy Lewis her tee shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nBeth Hutter\n\nGolf Channel producer Beth Hutter works from a production trailer during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nBeth Hutter\n\nGolf Channel producer Beth Hutter poses on the course during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nKarrie Webb\n\nKarrie Webb of Australia lines up a putt on the 17th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLexi Thompson\n\nLexi Thompson lines up a shot with her caddie Benji Thompson on the 18th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nStacy Lewis\n\nStacy Lewis hits her approach shot on the 10th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nChie Arimura\n\nChie Arimura of Japan walks off the 11th green during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nMJ Hur\n\nMJ Hur of South Korea watches her tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nBrittany Lincicome\n\nBrittany Lincicome lines up her tee shot on the 17th hole with her caddie during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nWegmans LPGA Championship\n\nA Wegmans shopping cart tee marker is seen during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nWegmans LPGA Championship\n\nA flagstick is seen during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nAngela Stanford\n\nAngela Stanford plays a bunker shot on the tenth hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nLaura Davies\n\nLaura Davies of England hits her tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)\n\nChristina Kim\n\nChristina Kim hits her tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on August 14, 2014 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)"}
-{"text": "This morning Virginia Tech officials ordered the George Allen for Senate campaign to remove all but 100 of the about 1,000 signs erected overnight in grassy areas in front of Squires Student Center.\nAllen and Democratic challenger Tim Kaine will hold their final live debate tonight in Squires.\nPermission had previously been granted for both campaigns to erect signs at Squires, Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said. . . .\nBut officials didn\u2019t think to mandate a limit on the number of signs each campaign could erect. This morning every square inch of the designated area was covered in signs for the Allen campaign."}
-{"text": "Bordeaux Begles), Arthur Coville (Stade Francais, Pole France); Georges Henri Colombe (Racing Club de France), Maxime Lamothe (U. Bordeaux Begles, Pole France), Daniel Brennan (Stade Toulousain, Pole France U 20) (capt), Killian Geraci (FC Grenoble, Pole France), Pierre Henry Azagoh (RC Massy E, Pole France), Cameron Woki (RC Massy E, Pole France), Ibrahim Diallo (Racing Club de France), Alban Roussel (USA Perpignan).\nReplacements used: Demba Bamba (CA Brive) for Brennan (16 mins), Dorian Clerc (Castres Olympique) for Azagoh (19), Adrien Jozroland (Racing Club de France, Pole France) for Woki (27), Maxime Marty (Stade Toulousain, Pole France) for Delbouis (42), Ugo Boniface (Aviron Bayonnais, Pole France) for Colombe, Lucas Peyresblanques (Biarritz Olympique) for Lamothe (both 48), Nathan Decron (SU Agen, Pole France) for Tharin (52), Enzo Hardy (RC Narbonne, Pole France) for Coville (66).\nIreland U19 Lineups\nKieran Campbell's young squad had worked hard both on and off the pitch in an effort to redress the balance following their heavy 44 15 defeat to the same opposition on louis vuitton evidence amazon Tuesday. Five players came into the starting line up, including two 2017 Schools Cup winning captains, Jack O'Sullivan (PBC Cork) and Max Kearney (Belvedere College).\nThis was a much closer contest than the midweek game and an enthusiastic crowd brought their own special atmosphere to the Stade Robert Brettes in Merignac, Bordeaux. Unfortunately for Ireland, the hosts continued where they left off on Tuesday, running in two early tries to lead 12 0 after just eight minutes.\nFrance's key man Mathieu Jalibert, who finished with an impressive 18 points, had a hand in both, making the initial fifth minute break and firing out the scoring pass for full back Clement Laporte to race over in the left corner from just outside the Irish 22.\nThen Jalibert combined well with his half back partner Arthur Coville to touch down wide on the left and convert his own try, although Coville's louis vuitton alma amande electric offload looked suspiciously forward. Still, Ireland were beginning stretched by France's high tempo play and missing too many tackles.\nCrucially, Ireland responded in swift fashion and Dublin University's flying full back Michael Silvester, one of their most threatening runners in the first louis vuitton zip shoes match, finished off a fine attack in the 13th minute to put five points on the board. Tom Roche floated a long pass out to the right for his back three colleague to cross from about six metres out, with David McCarthy, Hugh O'Sullivan and Tom O'Toole all getting over the gain line in the previous phases.\nSean Masterson and his team mates were suddenly in the ascendancy as they began to boss both possession and territory. Campbell College prop O'Toole showed good strength to notch a 19th minute try, wide on the left, which scrum half O'Sullivan converted to bring his side level.\nJames Hume took the ball on initially, crashing up past the 10 metre line, before a clever midfield switch involving his centre partner McCarthy and O'Sullivan invited winger Keane through a gap and he linked on the outside with both Michael Lowry and McCarthy whose well timed passes released O'Toole for the line.\nWith France losing number 8 Alban Roussel to a yellow card barely three minutes later, Ireland continued to show good ball retention and press for openings. They had the French on the rack and only some last ditch defence kept Campbell's youngsters out.\nIndeed, the resilient home side managed to retake the lead in the last play of the first half, their reliable out half Jalibert booting a penalty which made it 15 12 at the break. Ireland hit back with a strong start to the second period, their pack matching the opposition in all facets of play.\nSix minutes in, openside Kearney finished off some great work from his fellow forwards with an unconverted try. O'Toole was inches short from an initial lineout maul from five metres out, but Kearney, picking his opportunity from the base of a ruck, did really well to crash in under a couple of defenders. Frustratingly, Ireland gave away a penalty from the restart which Jalibert knocked over for an 18 17 advantage.\nBack came Ireland with wave after wave of attacks. Their fourth score came from John McCusker's well won lineout tidied up by skipper Masterson, the ball being worked infield and that switch move involving McCarthy and O'Sullivan paid dividends again as they fed the onrushing Keane. He split the French defence and darted clean through from about 35 metres out for his his second try of the tour, with O'Sullivan supplying the extras. It was now 24 18 with less than half an hour remaining.\nThis was a superb advert for Under 19 international rugby, with huge amounts of endeavour, skill and an infectious will to attack and hunt down tries. However, Ireland's defence could not hold out just five minutes after Keane's effort, replacement prop Ugo Boniface building enough momentum in the carry to power his way over from close range.\nJalibert's successful conversion edged les Bleuets back in front at 25 24 and although Ireland remained louis vuitton bags toronto very much in contention for the win late on, France forced another penalty within range and Jalibert's right boot had the final say with what was ultimately the match winning kick.\nIreland team manager Barney McGonigle said afterwards: \"This was a performance which highlighted the tremendous growth and development achieved by all the players in the squad in a very short space of time.\n\nThe work put in by the coaches and management team with the players was of great benefit to all these talented young men. I'm extremely proud of them all.\"."}
-{"text": "Dear visitor, welcome to Allods Online Forum.\nIf this is your first visit here, please read the Help. It explains in detail how this page works.\nTo use all features of this page, you should consider registering.\nPlease use the registration form, to register here or read more information about the registration process.\nIf you are already registered, please login here.\n\nBard : Xophy\nSummoner : Hard to tell. I will say Greyy but he stopped during the patch. So Woltiz / Penance\nHealer support heal : Kissaki\nHealer support dps : Kingduffy\nHealer FH : Only played in aod, Flowerbottom\nWarden support : Kingduffy\nWarden FH : Flowerbottom / Discordia\nEngineer : Not revelant this patch since the class is weak AF. If we search for patch 8.0, Vidgelo\nPaladin : Vidgelo\nWarrior : Kingduffy when he was playing it at the beginning of the patch\nMage : Hard to tell since the class doesn't allow that much of differences between a skilled player and a non skilled player. Penance before but he stopped mage. The top three mage atm in dominion are Flowerbottom, Naynayrb, Vilas\nScout : Elimer\nPsi : No one have a good psi this patch. Maybe Elimer who bg as psi from times to times\n\nThis post has been edited 1 times, last edit by \"HIppycrates\" (Jan 11th 2018, 10:07am)\n\nBard: I can think of many and nobody in specific at the same time for now.\nSummoner: Noobka\nHealer: Tau, Duffy\nWarden: ComeArena, Discordia\nEngineer: nobody is playing engi\nPaladin: Meia, Penance, Orka\nWarrior: Nobody's playing warrior, so my vote goes to those who play in style: Aoidos, AOP\nMage: Vilas\nScout: every scout is OP this patch, but if to drop this patch: Krui\nPsi: Can't think of any for now\n\nHowever, i fear currently the best summoner on the p2p is still Buhuu. I just came back to summoner some days ago and still have to learn/test and train a lot...\n\n@Beluga: I bet you are from league side since I don't know you at all. What I know is that whole league side dodges Mercenary in Dominion and BGs since months. If you don't have the ass to PvP, then you ain't half as pro as you think you are. Btw, all leagues I have pvped so far sucked, no exceptions\n\n@Beluga: I bet you are from league side since I don't know you at all. What I know is that whole league side dodges Mercenary in Dominion and BGs since months. If you don't have the ass to PvP, then you ain't half as pro as you think you are. Btw, all leagues I have pvped so far sucked, no exceptions\n\nI just moved over to league side because of how boring empire was with no competition and everyone is afk until patch. I played in Equality the entire patch so I don't wanna hear the excuses from noobies lol\n\nOh, and to follow up - I'm not calling the entire list of people bad, I'm just stating that the people listed are not good. (Exceptions to TheArtist and WickeD who are excellent, keep it up mah boys). Traba is good, but Bara is better - still both great people.\n\nI just moved over to league side because of how boring empire was with no competition and everyone is afk until patch. I played in Equality the entire patch so I don't wanna hear the excuses from noobies lol\n\nNow i ask me who is Beluga on Empire give me Name please (I know who you are now ) So no comments to what you Answer here , you play whole Time in my Guild and you did not really playing except Domi !? Yes Wicked and TheArtist still the best in all Classes and im Proud that they play on Empire ! But all other good too it depends not just on playing the Char\n\nTashuna - P2P - Empire - Ferocia\n\nThis post has been edited 1 times, last edit by \"Laany\" (Jan 15th 2018, 4:07pm)\n\nWell I don't think that this self judgment emotional comparison is the way to decide who or what, I meant most End-game players play many classes and change from to any time and they do good enough, also in terms of being best in each class is being too general because every class you have more than one aspect, and still the overpowered people will even surpass the skilled players as they have stuff favoring them.\n\nThe best way to tell who is the best in each class and aspect is to make it equal for everyone ( just like they made a pvp only server at one point ) and do a 1v1 pvp battles and do qualifiers and stuff, I'm not saying that the higher-ups are only strong because they are being favored due to the stuff they have, there are absolute monsters that prove themselves even in an equal battles."}
-{"text": "Worldwide Medical Insurance News: World AIDS day is December 1st\n\nExpatriates with private international medical insurance may wish to mark World AIDS Day, which takes place on December 1st this year.\n\nAn AVERT spokeswoman clamed around 34 million people have HIV, but there has been a fall in new infections of 15 per cent since 2001.\n\nFurthermore, in the last five years, the number of individuals who have died from this condition or causes related to it has been curtailed by 21 per cent, the representative continued.\n\nShe said \"significant steps\" have been taken in the battle against this epidemic, with scientific breakthroughs and higher levels of access to treatment boosting the prospects of men and women with the virus significantly.\n\nHowever, \"it is important for the global community not to take their eye off the ball\" regarding this disease, the expert stated.\n\nShe argued funding arrangements must ensure interventions that deal with the ailment are especially sustainable and effective and the fight to fully eradicate AIDS has to be a \"policy priority\".\n\nThis year, the World AIDS Day theme is Getting to Zero and organisers are imploring the international community to focus on achieving three major targets.\n\nThese are no more discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS, the number of AIDS-related deaths falling to nought and no new infections occurring.\n\nWorld AIDS Day started on December 1st 1988 and focuses on raising funds and awareness, while boosting education and battling discrimination.\n\nThe disease has not gone away and many issues still have to be dealt with, the organisers claim.\n\nGlobal financial trends have made finance more difficult to receive, the AVERT spokeswoman noted, pointing out money received fell \"from US $8.7 billion (\u00a35.6 billion) to $7.6 billion (\u00a34.9 billion) between 2009 and 2010\".\n\nHowever, almost half of all those eligible to receive retroviral drugs are currently doing so, representing a rise of 1.39 million patients since 2009, the expert continued.\n\nShe added the scale-up in treatment, especially in countries with lower or more middling incomes, has been particularly important in cutting the number of AIDS-related mortalities.\n\nExpatriate Group & Expatriate Healthcare are trading styles of Strategic Insurance Services Limited who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). FCA Firm reference Number is 307133. Strategic Insurance Services Limited is authorised to carry on Regulated Activities in accordance with the permissions granted by the FCA under PART IV of the Financial Services and Markets ACT 2000."}
-{"text": "This blog is totally independent, unpaid and has only three major objectives.\nThe first is to inform readers of news and happenings in the e-Health domain, both here in Australia and world-wide.\nThe second is to provide commentary on e-Health in Australia and to foster improvement where I can.\nThe third is to encourage discussion of the matters raised in the blog so hopefully readers can get a balanced view of what is really happening and what successes are being achieved.\n\nMonday, April 07, 2014\n\nWeekly Australian Health IT Links \u2013 7th April, 2014.\n\nHere are a few I have come across the last week or so.\n\nNote: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.\n\nGeneral Comment\n\nSuddenly the PCEHR seems to have one of its core underpinnings - the use of CDA for clinical document exchange and presentation seems to have a few exploitable security holes. Guess there is some work going on in the background to fix this!\n\nOther than that we have some system issues from Victoria, lack of interest in disclosure of the PCEHR review and ongoing recruitment for PCEHR registrations which seem not to be being used.\n\nThe back to the future changes to Windows 8 seems to suggest Microsoft essentially got their interface wrong. Those pesky and change resistant consumers again!\n\nTL;DR: If you\u2019re using XSLT stylesheets to render C-CDAs in your EHR, make sure you understand the security implications. Otherwise you could be vulnerable to a data breach.\n\nThis blog post describes security issues that have affected well-known 2014 Certified EHRs. Please note that I\u2019ve already shared this information privately with the Web-based EHR vendors I could identify, and I\u2019ve waited until they were able to investigate the issues and (if needed) repair their systems.\n\nLast month I observed a set of security vulnerabilities in XSLT \u201cstylesheets\u201d used to display externally-supplied C-CDA documents in many EHRs. To be specific: the CDA.xsl stylesheet provided by HL7 (which has been adopted by many EHR vendors) can leave EHRs vulnerable to attacks by maliciously-composed documents.\n\nI wrote an article for the latest edition of Pulse IT (page 53) called \u201cCDA Use in the PCEHR: Lessons learned\u201d:\n\nOne of the key foundations of the PCEHR is that the CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) is used for all the clinical documents that are part of the PCEHR. This article describes the lessons learned from using CDA for the PCEHR.\n\nThis blog post describes security issues that have affected well-known 2014 Certified EHRs. Please note that I\u2019ve already shared this information privately with the Web-based EHR vendors I could identify, and I\u2019ve waited until they were able to investigate the issues and (if needed) repair their systems.\n\nnews The Department of Health has stated it does not believe there is a public interest case for the Federal Government\u2019s review of the troubled Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records project to be released publicly, despite the fact that Health Minister Peter Dutton has stated the document contains \u201ca comprehensive plan for the future of electronic health records in Australia\u201d.\n\nThe PCEHR project was initially funded in the 2010 Federal Budget to the tune of $466.7 million after years of health industry and technology experts calling for development and national leadership in e-health and health identifier technology to better tie together patients\u2019 records and achieve clinical outcomes. The project is overseen by the Department of Health in coalition with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA).\n\nHealth Editor\n\nEXCLUSIVE\n\nStaff at one of Melbourne's largest hospital networks say a new computerised booking system has wreaked havoc over the past year, causing untold distress for vulnerable people and putting lives at risk.\n\nSenior Austin Health employees have told Fairfax Media that the new Patient Choice Booking service at the Austin Hospital and Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre has caused scores of patients to miss crucial appointments with specialists responsible for their care.\n\nThis included seriously ill patients, such as organ transplant recipients, cancer patients and those with infectious diseases such as TB and HIV who needed to be seen at particular times to receive continuing tests, medications and other treatment.\n\nHealth Editor\n\nUntil May last year, Kevin Biaggini had no reason to doubt his care at the Austin Hospital. In November 2012, the Ivanhoe father was treated there for liver cancer and thought the medical and administrative staff were excellent.\n\nBut when the hospital introduced its new ''Patient Choice'' booking system in May last year, Mr Biaggini said things started to deteriorate. After having a routine MRI scan on May 15 to check his liver was clear of cancer, he received an unexpected phone call 10 days later. The nurse wanted to know why he had not attended an appointment that week.\n\n''Straight away I knew what was in the wind,'' he said.\n\nThe nurse went on to tell him the MRI had found more cancer and that he had been scheduled for treatment that week.\n\nSeeing the latest smartphone makes some people's hearts beat faster. Now there's an app that can hear them.\n\nThe app, from a company called Eko Devices, works with a device that attaches to a standard analog stethoscope. Via the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, the Eko adapter sends the audio from the stethoscope to the doctor's phone or tablet for recording, viewing, analysis and sharing. The six-person company demonstrated its product at the Demo Enterprise conference in San Francisco Thursday.\n\nDigitizing the heart and lung sounds that a stethoscope picks up allows doctors to view them as waveforms, giving them another tool to detect potential ailments. Digital stethoscopes have been on the market for years, but Eko's accessory allows doctors who prefer traditional analog devices to bring them into the digital age.\n\n3/30/2014 @ 10:28PM\n\nThere\u2019s a new software standard for sharing health data that\u2019s gaining a lot of interest and support. Still in \u201cprototype\u201d format, it\u2019s called Fast Health Interoperable Resources or FHIR (pronounced \u2018fire\u2019) and the early interest is more than just curiosity. Several high profile projects \u2012 including the new CommonWell Health Alliance \u2012 are actively testing the new software framework.\n\nThe reason for all the excitement is relatively easy to understand \u2012 even if you don\u2019t care to understand anything about software in healthcare. In a nutshell, many of the \u201cbehind\u2012the\u2012scenes\u201d software standards and techniques that we all take for granted as part of our online web experiences (like shopping, travel and banking) are making a kind of formal debut in healthcare.\n\nFHIR is the \u201cHTML\u201d of healthcare. It\u2019s based on clinical modeling by experts but does not require implementer\u2019s to understand those details. Historically healthcare standard were easy for designers and hard for implementor\u2019s. FHIR has focused on ease of implementation. John Halamka \u2012 CIO at Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center\n\nThe recall process for therapeutic goods in the Australian healthcare sector is set to become streamlined with GS1 Recallnet Healthcare going live on Tuesday 1 April 2014.\n\nDeveloped over four years by GS1 Australia in association with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), state and territory health departments and a number of medical device and pharmaceutical suppliers and industry associations, GS1 Recallnet Healthcare is an electronic product recall notification management system for therapeutic goods.\n\nTHE pace of technological advancement in healthcare has been phenomenal in my professional lifetime.\n\nI am not just talking about PET scans, MRI and robotic surgery, but the everyday accessible desktop-type technology that has transformed clinical practice and practice management. Being a reasonably early adopter, I remember the installation of our new state-of-the-art fax machine.\n\nFor the first time, with this magical technology we could instantly send and receive letters and results over the phone. What we did not realise was that the images on thermal paper faded within a few years and so faxes were useless as a long-term record and we would need a more durable format.\n\nI also remember the first computers we installed in the clinic. Our secretaries loved them because they no longer had to bend and stretch to retrieve and file those heavy paper folders and managing the appointments became much simpler.\n\nSocial Affairs Reporter\n\nWhen Fiona Coote had a heart failure in 1984, a transplant was the only option. Three decades later, one of the surgeons who operated on the teenager believes heart transplants will soon be a thing of the past.\n\nWith its Windows 8.1 Update, announced today, MicrosoftMSFT-0.17% is looking in the rearview mirror\u2014and putting the car in reverse. But for all the people who have wanted Windows 8 to work more like Windows 7, that\u2019s the right direction.\n\nDina Bass, Ian King\n\nWindows 8.1 reinstates the Start menu\n\nWindows Phone gets Siri-like assistant\n\nWindows Phone free to handset makers\n\nMicrosoft has renewed its push to catch up with Apple and Google in mobile devices, unveiling updated Windows Phone software with voice-search features and offering it for free to makers of smartphones and tablets.\n\nMicrosoft, which previously charged a licensing fee of $5 to $15 per device, will offer it without charge to makers of smartphones and smaller tablets with screens of less than nine inches, the company revealed at its Build developers conference in San Francisco on Wednesday (Thursday morning Australian time).\n\nThe new Windows Phone 8.1 software for smartphones and tablets includes a voice-controlled digital assistant called Cortana, similar to Apple's Siri, and will be rolled out to existing Windows Phone 8 users over the coming months."}
-{"text": "More on the Products\n\nColour Variations\n\nColours may slightly vary or may not, from what you see on your monitor with the actual piece. This may be because of monitor resolution or picture tube variances. The image shown is shot from the master piece and we always ensure we send you the exact shown coloured product with the same workmanship and prints. Products with dyeing work may have slight colour variations because of manual dyeing process.\n\nProduct Description\n\nDescription : Tripundra or Pattai is placed on the forehead of Lord Shiva or Goddess Parvathi.\n\nHow to maintain : After use, wrap it in a soft cloth. Avoid contact with water.\n\nTripundra Ornament : Tripundra is used to denote the sacred ash which is made of burnt dried wood in Vedic rituals. Hindu devotees apply vibhuti pattai traditionally as three horizontal lines across the forehead and other parts of the body to please Lord Shiva.\n\nProduct reviews\n\n*Nickname\n\n*Summary of Your Review\n\n*Review\n\nName*\n\nEmail*\n\nQuestion*\n\nCaptcha*\n\n4 + 9 = enter the result ex:(3 + 2 = 5)\n\nPlease Wait....\n\n* required fields\n\nJoin our newsletter for lots of great offers and information about our products and services"}
-{"text": "Posts Tagged \u2018ppc\u2019\n\nThis is the first tutorial of programming for the Wii and it will cover setting up our environment. These tutorials will be as detailed as I can make them and will try to cover different programming subjects. You can grab the PDF of this tutorial here: codemii-tutorial-1.\n\nOur first step in order to code for the Wii is to set up the programming environment and for this we are required to download DevKitPro. DevKitPro is a compilation of compilers, useful applications and example source code which will all be set up for us at a click of a button. For those wondering what a compiler is, a compiler is an application which can convert our code into a machine executable format.\n\nSo let\u2019s go to www.devkitpro.org, select Downloads then select Windows Installer. This will take you to the sourceforge devkitpro page where you should click on the .exe file to download it. At the time of writing this tutorial it is devkitProUpdater-1.4.7.exe. Save the file somewhere on your computer and then run it.\n\nOnce in the installer, say yes to downloading and installing files and yes to keeping the files we download. When it gets to the screen where it\u2019s asking you which components you want to install, you only need to check the minimal system box, devkitPPC box and Programmer\u2019s notepad box. PPC (PowerPC) is the computer hardware which our compiler will compile our source code to. Leave the installation directory as c:\\devkitpro.\n\nSo now we\u2019ve set up the programming environment which was pretty simple wasn\u2019t it?\n\nI will give you a run down of the things included in DevKitPro that will be useful for us.\n\nFirstly we have Programmers Notepad (devkitpro/Programmers Notepad) which is where we will be writing our code in. Programmers notepad makes things a whole lot easier for us by using syntax highlighting, showing line numbers, grouping files into a project, etc.\n\nThe next application we have is called gcube (devkitpro/emulators/gcube) which is a gamecube emulator. This application is quite handy as you can test most of the code that you develop on it. I find it much easier when writing code to test things out on gcube instead of having to turn on the Wii and test it that way. I used gcube to test out the two homebrew games that I made, which were Simon and Matching Cards.\n\nThe last thing that is handy is the gamecube and Wii example source code (devkitpro/examples). The source code gives us a template which we can start our applications on. Example source code for the gamecube includes how to access the dvd, memory card, network, etc.\n\nIn the next tutorial I\u2019ll cover Makefiles, compiling your first source using the template example, dealing with errors and a very basic run down on the C programming language."}
-{"text": "News & Future Directions\n\nContents of this article\n\n3-Year Average Delay in Identifying SPMS Transition\n\nDiagnostic uncertainty regarding the transition from RRMS to SPMS may last about 3 years, with the delay potentially affecting not only patient care but also research\n\nLaurie Barclay, M.D.\n\nDiagnostic uncertainty regarding the transition from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to secondary progressive MS (SPMS) may last about 3 years, with the delay potentially affecting not only patient care but also research, according to a study published online February 3 in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal (Sand et al., 2014).\n\n\u201c[SPMS] is typically defined as deterioration independent of relapses for \u2265 6 months following an initial relapsing\u2013remitting course; however, this definition is not always easily applied in clinical practice and the declaration of the change in clinical phenotype is often delayed,\u201d wrote Ilana Katz Sand of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY, and colleagues.\n\nDistinguishing RRMS from SPMS is important, as they have different disease courses resulting in different therapeutic decisions and management. Furthermore, clinical trials, and often regulatory approval, are usually intended only for one or the other, and not for a combined or intermediary state.\n\nThe study goal was to examine the length of time needed to reclassify RRMS patients who had transitioned to SPMS in clinical practice, using a sample of 123 MS patients with long-term follow-up. In a subgroup of 20 patients who transitioned from RRMS to SPMS, 14 had some follow-up visits in which it was unclear which subtype of MS they had, because there was possible but not definitive progression. The mean duration of this period of uncertainty was 2.9 \u00b1 0.8 years.\n\nImplications of delayed SPMS diagnosis\n\n\u201cA period of diagnostic uncertainty regarding the transition from RRMS to SPMS existed in many of our patients,\u201d the study authors wrote. \u201cPotential reasons included the subtle nature of early progressive disease and caution in applying a progressive label, in light of the lack of evidence-based treatments as well as third-party payer concerns. Delay in definitive identification of an SPMS phenotype has a variety of implications related to patient care and research.\u201d\n\nDiagnostic uncertainty may result when the patient reports worsening but there is little change in the neurological examination. As there are currently no evidence-based treatments available for SPMS, the clinician may be appropriately reluctant to use the SPMS label. Furthermore, patients may become unduly anxious regarding their prognosis if they are incorrectly told they have SPMS, and third-party payers may no longer reimburse for needed treatments.\n\nConversely, if the diagnosis of SPMS is delayed, patients may remain on RRMS treatments that are ineffective for SPMS, leading to unnecessary adverse effects and costs.\n\n\u201cAs new therapies are introduced, especially those with potential neuroprotective effects, early SPMS may represent a window of opportunity for intervention,\u201d the study authors concluded. \u201cIn addition, patients with SPMS represent a difficult population to study; the identification of a larger patient group with early SPMS could improve recruitment for clinical trials. Though limited by its retrospective design and single-provider patient group, this study suggested that better tools are required to identify early SPMS, and the clinical subtypes could be revised to better encompass a transitional MS spectrum.\u201d\n\nComments\n\n11 Feb 2014\n\nClaire S. Riley, Director\n\nAs research turns its focus to identifying effective treatments for progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, the issue addressed here by Dr. Katz Sand and colleagues is a prescient one. Identifying that transition from active, inflammatory, relapsing multiple sclerosis to the gradual and thus far inexorable decline of secondarily progressive disease is a challenge for clinicians and researchers. In this era of effective relapse-suppressing treatments, the absence of relapses is no longer a particularly helpful sign of this inflection point in the disease process. The extended period of diagnostic uncertainty identified in this analysis of 20 patients in transition from RR to SPMS may be, in part, due to relapse suppression during the transition time. The treatment status of these patients and annualized relapse rate in the years leading up to SPMS diagnosis would be of interest in parsing out the effect of relapse suppression on clinical phenotype. Exploration of what the authors describe as the \u201ctransitional MS spectrum\u201d is worthy of further investigation and comparison with other provider samples."}
-{"text": "FIRST LOOK: Katie Holmes's Sexy Eli Stone Appearance\n\nKatie Holmes is already making her Broadway debut in All My Sons \u2013 but the actress will be singing and dancing her way through a guest appearance on ABC's Eli Stone \u2013 and PEOPLE has a first look at her in character.\n\nHolmes will play a non-profit attorney with a mysterious case \u2013 and some musical ability \u2013 during her Oct. 21 appearance.\n\n\"She\u2019s singing and dancing,\u201d Eli Stone producer Greg Berlanti told PEOPLE in July. But the producer wouldn't reveal much more about the musical show, saying, \"We want to keep an element of mystery for the audience.\"\n\nWhat's not a mystery, though, is how Holmes fared on set.\n\n\"She was super gracious and lovely,\" Natasha Henstridge, who plays the title character\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9e, said in July. \"And statuesque and gorgeous.\"\n\u2013 Brian Orloff"}
-{"text": "The 5 Most Powerful Astrology Transits For Your 2017 Resolutions\n\nNew Years is a beautiful time of transformation, renewal, creation and starting over fresh, all of which are very energetically feminine. Yet every year we approach our New Years resolutions with a very masculine mind and from a place of push, brute force and immediacy\n\n\u2026 which ultimately leads to failure.\n\nEvery year an estimated 45% of us make New Years Resolutions, yet only 8% succeed \u2026\n\nThis is not because we lack willpower, or drive, it is simply because\n\nwe are approaching our New Years Resolutions in the wrong way.\n\nWe have forgotten the ancient techniques used to create true and lasting, sustainable transformation.\n\nWe have forgotten the divine feminine way \u2026\n\nPlanning and planting change at the right time and in the right way is essential for success. The western idea of a complete overhaul on January 1st is unrealistic, practically impossible and far too masculine. Instead you must approach your resolutions from a place of enjoyment, blossoming, and with a mind to change from the inside out.\n\nThe \u201ctraditional\u201d way of making New Years resolutions simply does not work for the majority of people, unless of course you made a resolution that was something along the lines of:\n\n\u2013 eat more chocolate\n\n\u2013 take more naps (mine for the past four years)\n\n\u2013 or go on vacation \u2026\n\n\u200b\n\nbut this does not make us failures, it simply means we need to change the way we approach our resolutions.\n\nSo how do you truly create a successful New Years Resolution?\n\nHarness the power of the Lunar Calendar\n\nJanuary 1st sets you up for failure. It is a day that is usually tainted with a lack of sleep and a fuzzy hangover (a recipe for a lack of will power).\n\nUsing the Lunar Calendar is a far more effective and powerful way to make sure that you honor your bodies natural cycles and also use the power of the planets to support you in manifesting your transformation.\n\nRemember, we are all truly made of stardust and water \u2013 each of which is ruled by the planetary patterns and the waxing and waning of the moon. When you pick the right days to start manifesting your change then you have the power of the universe on your side.\n\nSo what are the best dates for your 2017 New Years Resolutions?\n\nDecember 21st 2016 \u2013 The Winter Solstice\n\nThe Winter Solstice marks the most powerful day to go with in, to relax and to really truly get in touch with your desires for the year.\n\nStart by asking yourself these questions:\n\nWhat is it that you would like to create this year?\n\nWhat is it that you would like to let go of?\n\nAt the end of 2017 what would make you feel like you have had asuccessful year\n\nWhat is it that your soul truly needs in 2017 to feel happy, whole, supported and loved?\n\nThese are powerful questions and asking them is a beautiful way to listen to your souls true desires.\n\nDecember 28th 2016 \u2013 The New moon\n\nUsing the power of the New Moon to intention / goal set is extremely powerful. Ancient civilizations, indigenous cultures and even plants have always used the power of the New Moon to manifest, grow their desires and plant seeds (both literal and figurative).\n\nTo simplify it greatly, the New Moon means that there is the most darkness in the world, and this in turn means that there is the most space for creation.\n\nThis year the New Moon will happen on December 28th, 2016. This is the day to sit down, pen and paper and actually start planning what it is you need to do to create your transformation.\n\nBut! Before you start taking anything away start adding things in.\n\nMost Resolutions don\u2019t work because we come at them with an idea of deprivation. When you take something away such as a bad habit or a type of food you leave a void. A much better way to create change is to gently nudge out the old habits by filling the space with positive new ones. Start by adding in a resolution is to rather than taking something away.\n\nFor example, if your goal is weight loss, before you even start thinking about depriving yourself of certain foods you should actually think of what you can add in to make the goal obtainable. Sleep would be a perfect example.\n\nWhen you have enough rest it is easy to make smart food choices, your hormones balance so you naturally start losing weight, and you have more energy to exercise. Adding in sleep before you try and remove anything is a far more effective tactic than immediately going cold turkey from the Oreos without evaluation your whole lifestyle.\n\nOr meditation. Meditation increases gray matter in the brain making it easier to make healthy decisions, remain calm, see things on the brighter side of life and actually decrease physical stress. There really is no better way to start a resolution of any kind than adding in an easy meditation practice.\n\nPlay around with apps or guided meditations to start with.\n\nAnd an added benefit of starting this on the New Moon is that you will have the most energy. The time from the new moon to the full is when your energy is building and the time from the full moon to the new is the time for resting and relaxing.\n\nThe First Full Moon January 12th, 2017\n\nThe first full moon of 2017 will fall on Monday January 12th. This is the day that you should start removing the \u201cbad habits\u201d or unwanted behavior.\n\nThe full moon is very powerful because it illuminates everything. This means that you are able to truly see what is is that you need to let go of. The full moon will support you in releasing anything that no longer serves you.\n\nThis could be anything from limiting beliefs, to addictions, negative behaviors or unnecessary time sucks.\n\nWhen the moon is full you will usually find yourself very energized and awake. It is a perfect time to sit quietly and really dig into all of the aspects of the behaviors, people, or patterns that you would like to let go of, and if you have been adding in supportive behavior since the New Moon, you should find it very easy to start letting go of the bad behavior.\n\nSpring Equinox, Monday March 20th 2017\n\nThe Spring Equinox signifies rebirth.\n\nChange takes time. The perfect amount of time to actively stay with your resolution is until the Spring Solstice. This year it will fall on Monday March 20th 2017.\n\nGoing through a whole entire season focused on what you want to create and harvest in the spring is the magic way to blossom into a new you. This gives you enough time to really fall in love with the positive changes you have made, and enough time to forget the old not so stellar ones.\n\nThis also means that your resolution will have sunk in on a biological level. You will have created new cells, you will have created new neuro-pathways, and you will have created new thoughts making your change permanent.\n\nA simple way to do this is to keep checking in with yourself on the new and full moon. Carve out ritualistic time on these dates to check in with yourself and see what you can add it and what you can let go of.\n\nMy favorite app for this is Moon Phase.\n\nMoon journaling is a beautiful practice that really allows you to get to know yourself.\n\nRemember, we are all made of star dust and we are ruled by the planets, so learn to harness and use this power to create the life you desire.\n\nChelsea Newman is a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and Food Relationship Expert based in Hawaii and working globally. Her work is a combination of her passion for holistic healing, east meets west, and modern meets ancient. Chelsea is frequently featured by some of the Industries top Nutrition experts and she has taught nutrition for some of the top companies and spas in the world such as GNC, American Savings Bank and United Health Care. Chelsea specializes in the psychology of transformation and has worked with hundreds of men and women from around the world to forever change their relationship with food and their bodies.\n\nLike this:\n\nRelated\n\nThe information on this website is not intended to replace a one on one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. Chelsea encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional. The entire contents of this website are based upon the opinions of Chelsea Newman, unless otherwise noted. By entering your email address you are also requesting and agreeing to subscribe to my free newsletter / ezine. The information provided is for entertainment purposes only. You must be 18 or older to enter."}
-{"text": "Entrepreneur\u2019s 5 Month Journey Transforms Her Business Philosophy\n\nEntrepreneurship has evolved. With the advancements of technology, entrepreneurship has also advanced and evolved. Maggie Emerson is a business coach, entrepreneur and global Joy of Business facilitator. In 2014, Maggie cycled for 5 months around the mountainous roads of New Zealand, towing her two-year-old son the entire way. This journey transformed her views on entrepreneurism and helped her understand that businesses are more likely to grow and succeed if they are approached with a sense of adventure. We had the chance to speak with Maggie to learn about her, her business and the affect of her journey.\n\nWhat\u2019s your story? (Why did you start your business?)\n\nI started a business because it was torture to work for someone else! I had the pleasure of being home with my son for first few years of his life, then I had to get a job to make ends meet as our family lifestyle had changed. This job that I had, became boring very quickly and also included a boss that was not very kind. Being bored and in a not so positive environment was huge motivation to create a business that inspired me and also worked for my family life.\n\nI was able to quit that job and headed out on a three month camper van adventure through Europe with my family while I started my first business. . As we travelled through Europe I was soul-searching daily as to what I was good at and could create a business from. My first website and business was born inside the common area of a campsite just outside Courmayeur, Italy. I remember spending the days playing and sneaking off at night to craft my website and would come back to the camper at night hardly able to sleep due to all the excitement.\n\nWhat is your background and how has that helped you with your business.\n\nMy background begins in Fitness and Lifestyle Management followed by a Degree in Physical Education. I always thought I would be a teacher, I just didn\u2019t realize it would be outside of the typical classroom. I have spent many, many hours studying the ins and outs of online business that lead me to being a global coordinator for one business and then stepping into my own business facilitating others in business and with bodies as well.\n\nTell us about your business and what you do.\n\nMy business is about creating greater in the world! What does that mean? Specifically the Joy of Business classes that I facilitate are about thinking outside the box to create businesses that thrive in so many ways. My belief is that the purpose of business is to have fun. Sure, business can be intense at times, challenging too AND when it comes down to the bottom line, business and life is about having fun and enjoying the adventure. I am all about pragmatics\u2026doing what works and doing it in a way that lights you up.\n\nRead about Maggie Emersons 5 month journey and how it changed her business philosophy in CEO Blog Nation here!\n\nAre you an adventurer at heart? Maggie sure is!!! One of Maggie\u2019s greatest joys and gifts is to assist others to use question, choice, possibility, and contribution as a way to create greater in business and in the world.\n\nWhen Maggie is not facilitating classes or one on one sessions, you will find her traveling the world, discovering trails to explore and adventuring wherever she may roam."}
-{"text": "Sequential Circuits Prophet T8\n\nA monstrous 8 voice polysynth from SCI! The T8 has a very fat Prophet-5-like tone. This synth adds many\nillustrious new features (for its time) such as full MIDI\nimplementation, 76 full size weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch,\nsplit/layer double/unison keyboard modes, and a simple but useful\nreal-time sequencer. The new keyboard features many dynamics\nenhancements, ie: aftertouch can affect pitch, level, filter or the LFO.\nIt was Sequential's finest analog synthesizer. Digital control of analog\nsound with an extremely flexible, intuitive and beautiful design - right\ndown to the wood panels!\n\nUnfortunately the T8 suffered from the popularity of the much cheaper Yamaha DX7 back in 1983 when they were\nreleased. Although it still sounds great, the weighted keyboard is the\nT8's best feature making it the Rolls Royce of analog synthesizers.\nGenerally these beasts are hard to find today and still very expensive.\nIt has been used by Howard Jones, the Thompson Twins and Steve\nLevine.\n\nThe link above will take you to an eBay search for this synth to see active listings with more images, specs and information. If you don't find it there, try looking in our forum marketplace. Our marketplace gets thousands of visits every week so make sure to check back often if you want to buy or sell a synth."}
-{"text": "The Make-A-Wish Golf Classic\n\nShare This Page\n\nSave the Date\n\nThe 2019 Make-A-Wish\u00ae Golf Classic\nJune 24, 2019\n\nSpringfield Country Club, Springfield, MA\n\nTake to the links at Springfield Country Club while celebrating the power of the Make-A-Wish mission with some of the region\u2019s top business and philanthropic leaders. The tournament features fun and friendly competition on the course, followed by a cocktail reception, refreshments, and a celebration of wishes.\n\nFor additional details and questions, including an overview of sponsorship opportunities, please contact Peg Wheble at 413.367.9474 or cjuroyr@znffev.jvfu.bet.\n\nWish recipient Lila shares her wish story to help kick off the tournament.\n\n(Left to right) Tim Tunstall; Phil Glynn, MD, who is a member of our Honorary Board of Directors; Pat Martin; and Jim Foard, Jr.\n\nBertera Subaru of West Springfield sponsored the Hole-In-One.\n\nMary Garvey (left), of Western MA Marketing, with her team ready to provide tastings.\n\nThe golf foursome from Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.\n\nGolfers enjoy the post-golf reception on the beautiful renovated patio.\n\nEnjoying the scenic view.\n\nA Look Back at 2018\n\nSunny skies complemented the warm hearts out on the golf course on June 25, 2018, for the 2018 Make-A-Wish\u00ae Massachusetts and Rhode Island Golf Classic in West Springfield, MA. A terrific group of sponsors, golfers, and other supporters collectively contributed enough through the event to grant the wishes of 10 children in Western Massachusetts in the coming months!\n\nSpecial guests who joined us for the event at Springfield Country Club, included wish recipients Lila, 11, whose wish to go on a Disney cruise was granted this past April, and Ella, 10, whose wish to go to Walt Disney World\u00ae Resort was granted in 2014. We thank all of our tournament sponsors \u2013 in particular, our Presenting Sponsor The Salema Family and Dunkin\u2019 Donuts, our Ace Sponsor Lia Toyota of Northampton, and our Eagle Sponsor TD Bank \u2013 as well as our event committee members, tournament volunteers, and in-kind donors for contributing to the success of the event."}
-{"text": "Some widgets have options that are only available when you get Core Membership.\n\nWe've split the page into zones!\n\nCertain widgets can only be added to certain zones.\n\n\"Why,\" you ask? Because we want profile pages to have freedom of customization, but also to have some consistency. This way, when anyone visits a deviant, they know they can always find the art in the top left, and personal info in the top right.\n\nSailor Moon CS - ch9 p00\n\nSo here is an even bigger announcement than the time i told you about my twitter sketches uploads.\n\nI have decided shift my focus from artworks to manga. Actually i always saw myself more of a storyteller than an artist to begin with. What i wanted to do was tell stories, not show art.But over the years my focus shifted towards art, and since i started to do commissions to combine work with drawing, it shifted even more. So much, i forgot my initial goal.\n\nEven when i started doing my twitter sketches, something i did out of pure personal fun, i only did sketches for artworks instead of manga/comics.Well, that changes now. Starting today, i will draw manga again. They might be in sketches as well, but my sketches usually look clean anyway, so it won't matter It will be mostly short stories or pilot chapters, thus i will be able to draw a lot of stories in a short time.\n\nThey will be uploaded on a Patreon account: BUT BUT BUT, it will be completely for free!! I use patreon because it is easier to upload individual pages without spamming my other portfolios(like this deviantart one) full with sketches.Of course, that doesn't mean i won't appreciate donations XD\n\nI will occasionally upload cover pages here on deviantart though, and link it to that new patreon of course, since these cover pages will usually be in full color, not just sketches.\n\nSo i hope you are interested and follow me or on my Patreon, or Bookmark it and check it out from time to time\n\ndeviantID\n\nCurrent Residence: GermanyFavourite genre of music: almost everythingFavourite style of art: Shonen MangaOperating System: Windows 10 (unfortunately, because winXP is still superior)Personal Quote: Logic is the way to be happy, love is just a nice extra\n\nDue to worklife(which includes drawing, but unfortunately not the kind of drawings i like to do) i don't have much time. At the moment i am mostly active on my other deviantart account and my patreon(which feature those drawings i mentioned)\n\nBut i am active on twitter, i draw a lot of sketches there, and i have a second patreon in which i try to do quick manga(see the latest journal entry on my deviantart page)"}
-{"text": "Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defence lawyer said on Monday, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to face trial.\n\nEgypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defence lawyer said on Monday, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to face trial.\n\nMubarak, 83, was forced from office in February in a popular uprising driven by anger at high-level official corruption and widespread poverty. He is due to stand trial on August 3 for the killing of protesters and abuse of power.\n\n\"Mubarak has cancer and this was included in the last medical report,\" lawyer Farid el-Deeb told Reuters. He declined to say whether he was referring to a new medical report that had not been made public.\n\nA committee of doctors appointed to assess Mubarak's state of health said in late May that he should not be moved to a prison hospital because he was depressed, had poor blood circulation and was at risk of a sudden heart attack.\n\nThe committee also said he had tumours in his gall bladder and pancreas, for which he had had operations in the past. However, the committee did not say at the time whether those tumours were malignant -- that is, cancer -- or benign.\n\nNo one at the prosecutor's office was available for comment.\n\nMubarak has not appeared in public since retreating to his family's villa in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, shortly after his overthrow. He made a recorded statement in April in which he denied accusations of corruption and vowed to defend his reputation.\n\nThe former leader was detained in hospital in Sharm in mid-April after officials said he had heart problems during initial questioning.\n\nMubarak's health was a subject of frequent speculation as he aged in office, particularly since he had gallbladder surgery in March last year. While he was in power, officials always denied he had any life-threatening illness such as cancer.\n\nThe timing of his latest illness means he has been spared jail, fuelling talk that the former decorated air force officer was getting special treatment from the army which took power after his overthrow."}
-{"text": "The frame has the successful inner 'Muscle System' along with 4 Nano Nodes positioned around the frame to Smooth out Vibration and Increase Stiffness for More Power and Control. All frames have Karakal 'Muscle Tec' string system. The TEC-lite 130 has an 'Internal Vibration Dampner' bonded into the frame to reduce vibration."}
-{"text": "Other\n\nNetforum Event ID. You can find it here: http://netforum.uli.org/eweb//DynamicPage.aspx?site=ULIMC&webcode=ULIEventsSearch&ord=evt_start_date\n\n5cb51c5a-c194-4967-97c9-4edc6fc9a337\n\nDisplay registration button?\n\nYes\n\nDisplay registration button above event description?\n\nNo\n\nDisplay registration button below event description?\n\nYes\n\nDisplay attendees list link?\n\nNo\n\nThe ULI Young Leaders are holding the first ULI Belgium Young Leaders Forum on Wednesday 17 October 2018 in Brussels. The event will bring together top speakers from the cities of Copenhagen (Henning Larsen), Brussels (Citydev, Up4North), Charleroi (CATCH), as well as young professionals from across the real estate and urban development industry.\n\nThe forum will address inspiring plans for revitalizing cities. Urban renewal, redevelopment, revitalization projects and ambitious economic recovery plans are crucial to the success of a city as it stimulates the economy, enhances property values, instils a sense of civic pride, and helps current businesses and attracts new ones."}
-{"text": "Panel throws out state\u2019s choice for supplying natural gas to state offices\n\nAUGUSTA, Maine \u2014 Citing a flawed request for proposals and review process, a state appeals panel has reversed a June decision by the state\u2019s Bureau of General Services to award Maine Natural Gas the rights to build a Windsor-to-Augusta pipeline that supplies natural gas to state offices.\n\nThe decision is a victory for Summit Natural Gas of Maine, which submitted a rival bid to build the pipeline and use the Augusta-area infrastructure as the basis for a $150 million project to expand the pipeline beyond state offices in the Augusta area to business and residential properties throughout the Kennebec Valley.\n\nIn a decision issued Wednesday, the appeals panel said the Bureau of General Services wrote a request for proposals that didn\u2019t \u201cinclude a clear definition of the scope of work\u201d and inconsistently scored the three bids it received.\n\nIn response to the ruling, the commissioner who oversees the Bureau of General Services, Sawin Millett, promised a \u201ctop-to-bottom\u201d review of the state\u2019s process for putting requests out to bid, but didn\u2019t immediately promise a new request for bids to supply natural gas.\n\nThe state in May put out a request for proposals to supply natural gas to state properties and other customers in the Augusta and Gardiner areas. The request also asked energy companies to show they could expand their pipeline projects to serve the rest of the Kennebec Valley.\n\nColorado-based Summit proposed the $150 million project for a pipeline serving state, business and residential properties in Augusta and Gardiner and throughout the Kennebec Valley.\n\nMaine Natural Gas, based in Brunswick and owned by Spanish energy giant Iberdrola, which also owns Central Maine Power Co., proposed a $19.3 million project to build a natural gas pipeline serving Augusta. The company\u2019s proposal didn\u2019t include an extension to Gardiner or the rest of the Kennebec Valley, though the company said last month that the expansion was part of its ultimate plan.\n\nThe appeals panel found the Bureau of General Services\u2019 original request for bids led to confusion over whether the state was seeking proposals only to serve Augusta or whether it also sought a pipeline connection to Gardiner.\n\nThe appeals panel also found the Bureau of General Services calculated cost savings for each proposal using a different method from what it said it planned to use in the request for proposals. And in rating the proposals for their economic impact and the number of jobs they would create, the appeals panel wrote, \u201c[f]or reasons that remain unclear, BGS scored Job Creation/Economic Impact on the basis of jobs to be created by [Maine Natural Gas] in year one, by Summit in year two and on the basis of an adjusted number for [third bidder] Self-Gen.\u201d\n\nOfficials from Summit welcomed the news from the state appeals panel.\n\n\u201cWe look forward to getting about the business of investing in a natural gas system to serve the region,\u201d Tim Johnston, Summit\u2019s executive vice president, said in a statement, \u201cand we encourage the state to move forward with a new process that will result in a clear commitment to provide natural gas service within the Kennebec Valley.\u201d\n\nDan Hucko, a spokesman for Maine Natural Gas, said the company was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the appeal panel\u2019s decision.\n\n\u201cAt this point, we will continue to evaluate all of our options and decide on a course of action in the near future,\u201d he said.\n\nIn an emailed statement Wednesday, Millett, the state\u2019s Administrative and Financial Services commissioner, acknowledged the problems the appeal panel found in the natural gas bid process.\n\n\u201cThe bureau acknowledges that several flaws were identified by the appeal panel, in both the drafting and review process of this natural gas RFP,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Department of Administrative and Financial Services takes this matter very seriously, acknowledging the time and effort many have made to this process already. Additionally we want to ensure a professional procurement process that is fair to bidders while securing the best possible value for the taxpayer.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "An Act relating to dentists; concerning the use of certain\nnames; amending\n\nK.S.A. 2000 Supp. 65-1435 and repealing the existing\nsection.\n\nBe it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:\n\nSection 1. K.S.A. 2000 Supp.\n65-1435 is hereby amended to read as\nfollows: 65-1435. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,\nit shall\nbe unlawful for any person or persons to practice or offer to\npractice\ndentistry under any name except such person's own name, which shall\nbe\nthe name used on the license granted to such person as a dentist\nas\nprovided in this act, or to use the name of any company,\nassociation,corporation, clinic, trade name or business name in\nconnection with thepractice of dentistry as defined in this act.\n\n(b) A licensed dentist may use the\nname of any association, corpora-tion, clinic, trade name or business name in connection with the\npracticeof dentistry, as defined in this act, except that such name may\nnot mis-represent the dentist to the public as determined by the Kansas\ndentalboard.\n\n(c) Nothing herein contained shall\nbe construed to prevent two or\nmore licensed dentists:\n\n(1) From associating together for the\npractice of dentistry, each in\nsuch person's own proper name; or\n\n(2) from associating together for the\npractice of dentistry, each as\nowners, in a professional corporation, organized pursuant to the\nprofes-\nsional corporation law of Kansas, or, each as owners, in a limited\nliability\ncompany organized pursuant to the Kansas revised limited liability\ncom-\npany act, and using a name that may or may not contain the proper\nname\nof any such person or persons if such name has been approved by\nthe\nboard and from employing nonowning licensees; or\n\n(3) from associating together with\npersons licensed to practice med-\nicine and surgery in a clinic or professional association under a\nname that\nmay or may not contain the proper name of any such person or\npersons\nand may contain the word ``clinic.''\n\n(c)(d) It shall\nbe unlawful, and a licensee may have a license sus-\npended or revoked, for any licensee to conduct a dental office in\nthe name\nof the licensee, or to advertise the licensee's name in connection\nwith any\ndental office or offices, or to associate together for the practice\nof den-\ntistry with other licensed dentists in a professional corporation\nor limited\nliability company, under a name that may or may not contain the\nproper\nname of any such person or persons or to associate together with\npersons\nlicensed to practice medicine and surgery in a clinic or\nprofessional as-\nsociation under a name that may or may not contain the proper name\nof\nany such person or persons and may contain the word ``clinic,''\nunless\nsuch licensee is personally present in the office operating as a\ndentist or\npersonally overseeing such operations as are performed in the\noffice or\neach of the offices during a majority of the time the office or\neach of the\noffices is being operated.\n\n(d)(e) Nothing\nin this section shall be construed to permit the fran-\nchise practice of dentistry.\n\n(e)(f) The\nviolation of any of the provisions of this section by any\ndentist shall subject such dentist to suspension or revocation of a\nlicense.\n\nSec. 2. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 65-1435 is hereby\nrepealed.\n\nSec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force\nfrom and after its\npublication in the statute book."}
-{"text": "Google Announced YouTube New Policies to Curb Extremist Videos.\n\nYouTube has struggled for years with videos that promote offensive viewpoints but do not necessarily violate the company\u2019s guidelines for removal. Now it is taking a new approach: Bury them.On Sunday, Google, YouTube\u2019s parent company, announced a set of policies aimed at curbing extremist videos on the platform. For videos that are clearly in violation of its community guidelines, such as those promoting terrorism, Google said it would quickly identify and remove them. The four processes highlighted for handling videos that do not necessarily violate specific rules of conduct is more complicated.\n\nThe four steps are;\n\nPutting more engineering resource into developing further artificial intelligence software that can be trained to identify and remove extremist content.\n\nExpanding the number of independent experts in YouTube's Trusted Flagger program. Google will add 50 expert non-government organizations to the 63 organizations that are already part of the program, and support them with additional grants. Google said Trusted Flagger reports are accurate over 90 percent of the time.\n\nTaking a tougher stance against videos that do not clearly violate YouTube's rules. For example, a video that has inflammatory religious or supremacist content will appear behind a warning, will not be monetized, recommended or even eligible for users to make comments on. The aim is to make these videos have less engagement so they are harder to find.\n\nYouTube is working with Jigsaw \u2013 a company behind \"The Redirect Method\" \u2013 which uses ad targeting to send potential ISIS recruits to anti-terrorist videos, which could change their mind about joining extremist organizations. Google said that in previous trials of this system, potential recruits have clicked through on the ads at an \"unusually high rate\" and watched over half a million minutes of video content that \"debunks terrorist recruiting messages.\n\nGoogle admitted that the problem of fighting terrorist content online is tough, but said it is committed to doing more."}
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Thank our faithful gamers for his or her guidance!\n\nRSVP Journal @RSVPMagazine Mar 2 \"Thanks to the weight reduction I\u2019ve really started ovulating myself...and in lieu of likely straight to IVF they are supplying us 6 months to to conceive ourselves.\" rsvplive.ie/everyday living/dublin-wo\u2026\n\nThe Clementine literature, a gaggle of linked operates composed within the fourth century but considered to consist of materials from before hundreds of years, relate information regarding Peter which could come from before traditions. Just one is Peter experienced a group of twelve to sixteen followers, whom the Clementine writings title.[69] Yet another is the fact it provides an itinerary of Peter's route from Caesarea Maritima to Antioch, wherever he debated his adversary Simon Magus; during this journey he ordained Zacchaeus as the primary bishop of Caesarea and Maro as the primary bishop of Tripolis.\n\nInadequate Peter shuddered in despair: His flowing locks he wildly tore: And very quickly his yellow hair Was lying all about the floor.\n\nIt really is unclear whether the fragment can be an abridged Model of the accounts within the synoptic gospels, or simply a resource text on which they were being based, perhaps the apocryphal Gospel of Peter.[199]\n\n\" Even though he believes the Matthew textual content is completely legitimate and is by no means spurious, he states it can not be utilized as \"warrant on the papal succession.\"[166]\n\nJerome describes that \"At his Nero's palms Peter acquired the crown of martyrdom staying nailed to the cross with his head to the bottom and PETER O HALLORAN his ft raised on large, asserting that he was unworthy to get crucified in the exact same method as his Lord.\"[seventy seven]\n\nClement of Alexandria within the sixth [reserve] from the Hypotyposeis cites the Tale, and the bishop of Hierapolis named Papias joins him in testifying that Peter mentions Mark in the first epistle, which they are saying he composed in Rome herself, and that he suggests this, contacting town a lot more figuratively Babylon by these: \"She that's in Babylon, picked together with you, sends you greetings and so does my son Mark. (1 Pet five:13)[one hundred forty]\n\nMuslims contemplate Jesus a prophet of God. The Qur'an also speaks of Jesus's disciples but won't mention their names, as a substitute referring to them as \"helpers towards the prophet of God\".[181] Muslim exegesis and Qur'an commentary, however, names them and involves Peter among the disciples.\n\nWould you be so pleased bringing an acompless of one's husbands Dying back again to the region who actually nevertheless believes whatever they are performing is correct\n\nPeter then gains the braveness to continue his ministry and returns to the town, exactly where he is martyred. This story is commemorated within an Annibale Carracci painting. The Church of Quo Vadis, close to the Catacombs of Saint Callistus, incorporates a stone wherein Jesus' footprints from this function are supposedly preserved, nevertheless this was seemingly an ex-voto from a pilgrim, and certainly a copy of the initial, housed during the Basilica of St Sebastian.\n\nIgnatius of Antioch (Towards the Romans, Prologue), occupied the primary position inside the taxis, and which the bishop of Rome was as a result the protos among the patriarchs, In case the Papacy unites While using the Orthodox Church. 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-{"text": "Still just a 12 year old horse lovin' kid!\n\nMain menu\n\nPost navigation\n\nGetting there is only half the fun\u2026\n\nWe\u2019ve been getting e-mails from Cal-Trans for months notifying us of the BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT that was to take place this summer. It would start with a bang with the road being closed every night from 7pm to 7am for two weeks. Poor David\u2019s choices were: Add an extra hour to the morning commute, or stay with his parents in town for a couple of weeks. I figured it was annoying, but wasn\u2019t going to affect me much at all. Then about two weeks before the clinic I realized there was no way I was going to make it to Fallon on time if I left Friday morning after they opened the road at 7\u2014poo! So I called the motel and clinic organizer and added an extra night and made plans to drive out Thursday night instead of Friday morning. This meant more feed, more shavings, and more clothing to pack. It also meant I was going to have to zip home after work Thursday, load Dolly and take off which meant I had to have the horse trailer packed and ready to go Wednesday night. And all of this to deal with the road construction project from hell, intended to fix a problem that had already been fixed far more cheaply and effectively through the installation of a speed indicator at the corner in question. But if there\u2019s one thing I know about government, it\u2019s that you CAN\u2019T STOP PROGRESS! Oh well\u2026\n\nIt\u2019s always interesting dealing with a new horse in a new situation like this. When I stopped to pick up the horse, I found out he is not a whole lot taller than Dolly, but larger in the bone and body. I had Dolly with me because I didn\u2019t want to leave David worrying about dealing with my crazy neighbor\u2019s crazy stallions, so I unloaded her and we loaded him in front because he\u2019s bigger. At least we tried. He was perfectly willing to get into my trailer, but he wasn\u2019t willing to stay in there. I think he was worried about the different configuration because he\u2019s used to putting his head in the manger on a straight load (and hers is also taller than mine) and there is just a wall there in mine\u2014he has to put his head into a corner. So we sort of cheated a little and got the job done by coordinating three people to get the door closed, hold his head and close the divider. While we played with it for a few minutes I noticed that he would move forward with his shoulder braced into me. Well, there\u2019s the first thing we\u2019ll have to work on. I was also hoping to have some time to play with him and the trailer after hours so he could stay in there comfortably before having to load him up and take him home.\n\nFinally, we were on our way to Fallon. As I drove up the grade out of Yerington, I really wanted to gloat over having a truck that could actually take it at faster than 35, but I figured I\u2019d save all gloating until after I got checked in to the motel. In the meantime, I kept a close eye on the trailer wheels back there! The best part about all that power was that I was able to get to the fairgrounds before dark and have a little light to find corrals and get the horses organized.\n\nIt was when I began bedding corrals that I discovered issue number 2. Surprise, my borrowed horse (Many thanks to Cindy!), immediately turned his back on me to fraternize with the horse at the other end of his corral. It wasn\u2019t an aggressive move, but it was a \u201cyou don\u2019t count\u201d move. Well, I had a bale of shavings in my hand\u2026 so why not? So I tossed it at his butt and it kind of went \u201cbomfph\u201d and he kind of turned around and looked at me and said \u201cwhat\u2026 is there somebody there?\u201d\n\nSo I said hi and good boy and started working on the shavings again and he turned his back on me again. So I \u201cbomfphed\u201d him again with the bale of shavings. And he turned around and said \u201cis it you again?\u201d Well, we\u2019re making progress anyway\u2014I officially exist now.\nThe third time I started tearing open the bale, he began to turn to talk to his neighbor and I pointed at his butt and said \u201cI wouldn\u2019t.\u201d You could see the cogs turning them. \u201cWell, this neighbor horse is fascinating, but that person there just won\u2019t leave me alone.\u201d So he turned sideways so he could keep an eye on me and still be aware of the neighbor horse. Definite progress. We\u2019ll keep working on this one.\n\nFriday morning dawned clear and cold and I was out to feed about 6. Dolly needed her walk, so I took her out about 6:30. Well, you would have thought I had broken poor Surprise\u2019s heart! He carried on and on while I walked her. There is a small warm-up circle right there, so I kept her close. Cindy warned me that Surprise can get wound up in new situations, and I didn\u2019t want to upset him too much. This was an H1 clinic which is about riding, so we weren\u2019t planning to start on the ground. We were supposed to be in the saddle and ready to go by 9, so after walking Dolly, I started to play with Surprise on the ground. And he tried to walk all over me\u2026 So we played a few games which mostly involved me blocking his head and defending my space! Then I \u201cled\u201d him to the trailer which mostly involved me blocking his head and defending my space. I felt like this spastic nut job flailing around and pushing and yanking. I thought \u201cat least it\u2019s early and not everybody is here yet!\u201d\n\nSo next, we had to deal with the saddle issue. My endurance saddle looked like it might work, but I was a little worried about his withers being high. So I saddled him with my old dressage saddle. I haven\u2019t ridden in that saddle for about 7 years, but it\u2019s a good quality saddle and still in good shape, so I figured it would be okay. But when I say \u201csaddled\u201d you have to realize that it went more like this:\n\nBut the flailing level was getting less spastic and the horse movement was beginning to taper off, so we were making progress. I played with him on the ground some with the saddle on and it might as well have not been there. That was refreshing! I\u2019m so used to my cold backed buckers. Course he still wanted to run me over, but I just kept on flailing and blocking\u2026 Next, I bridled him and took him to the arena. More playing on the ground. By now, there were so many people playing in there that I was hoping Surprise would feel more comfortable with all those buddies. Wrong. He preferred screaming for Dolly and randomly attempting to run over me whenever he got the chance. I kept his feet moving and finally decided he looked okay to get on.\n\nSo there I was\u2026 Standing in an arena full of horses\u2026 And I needed to get on\u2026 Um\u2026 So I got on from the ground. I haven\u2019t done that in forever. One more thing to work on. The way I look getting on from the ground? The word wallow springs to mind. It would look much slicker to have a horse sidle up to the fence to me where I could slide gently and gracefully into the saddle. I train all my horses to do this. It may be the single greatest idea I\u2019ve picked up from all of natural horsemanship.\n\nSo we rode around a bit and did a lot of one rein stops. Surprise showed a propensity to trot off on his own whenever he felt like it, but it wasn\u2019t scary. He wasn\u2019t leaping or getting crazy and I was able to shut him down without any problem. I worked on one rein stops every time he began to trot off followed by a release when he stood still. By the time Buck came into the arena, he was willing to stand quietly for me. Sort of.\n\nAnd what about Buck you ask? Buck is the real deal. There\u2019s not a movie Buck and a clinic Buck. What you saw in the movie is what you get in real life. I think that\u2019s what Hollywood likes so much about him. Everything in Hollywood is plastic or injected and here\u2019s this guy who has absolutely nothing fake about him and they see that as something really special or crazy. Course, those of us who know a few of the guys who make a living at cowboying know guys a lot like Buck. There\u2019s a whole culture out there made up of men and women who are as real as it gets only those Hollywood types are too shortsighted to go out there and find it. But why shouldn\u2019t someone real benefit from such a goofy, falsified bunch\u2014and who better than Buck? After seeing him in action, I\u2019d say he is as good a representative of the guys I know as anybody else. And as far as horsemanship goes, I\u2019m not sure there is better representative\u2014he\u2019s that good. I\u2019m just hoping I get the chance to ride with him sometime in the future without having to resort to some sort of gladiatorial contest just to get a spot in the clinic.\n\nWe had to stand around for awhile while he explained the first exercise and demonstrated a few things. Surprise seemed to be happy to stand and listen. Every once in awhile, he would shake his head or his whole body and he constantly fussed with the bit, but he pretty much stood so I wasn\u2019t too worried about it. Later, I realized that when Surprise is fussing with the bit and shaking his head, this is not a good sign. It means his brain is moving while his feet are not. I think his brain must be a lot like mine with all these haphazard thoughts bouncing around like so many pinballs. I suspect that his thoughts are a lot simpler than mine and at that point were mostly centered around getting back to his new love, Dolly, as quickly as possible. When Buck finally finished his explanations and we started out to try the first exercise, he lasted about 60 seconds and then began to fall apart.\n\nAt first he was just kind of fizzy. But then the horse next to us got silly and he began to feed off of that and get fizzier. Since I didn\u2019t know him, I didn\u2019t know what to expect next and decided to bail and correct this on the ground. Now if this had been a Parelli clinic, I would have run him in a half circle into the fence about 100 times and driven him sideways and backwards a lot, but I was trying to be sort of \u201cParelli-free,\u201d so I basically tried to imitate the groundwork Buck had demonstrated in his little intro and keep his feet moving until I felt he was ready to ride again. Then I wallowed back into the saddle and gave it my best shot.\n\nThe first exercise we worked on was the short serpentine. This sounds like a deceptively simple exercise that turns out to be nearly impossible. I could write about for the next seven pages and still not do it justice. Think of walking and chewing bubblegum at the same time. Now add in patting your head and rubbing your stomach while reciting the Declaration of Independence\u2014backwards\u2014and adding a hop every third step and we\u2019re getting closer to the complexity inherent in doing the exercise correctly! Did I say correctly? The horse needs to maintain forward motion. The hind and front ends should be reaching evenly. The horse should be flexed correctly and deeply enough. Your changes in flexion should feel smooth, soft and be even in both directions. Your outside leg should be on the girth controlling the front end, while your inside leg should be behind the girth controlling the hind end. Your reins need to be short enough so that you can change directions without juggling them which means you will have to rotate your pelvis forward and lean a bit forward so that you aren\u2019t pulling on the outside rein as you turn.\n\nHonestly, if you want to try this at home, I would suggest that you audit a clinic to hear the full explanation and watch people working on it and listen to Buck\u2019s comments on what people are doing. I had this exercise explained to me by someone who had actually done it at a clinic and had tried it on Dolly on my own and found out at the clinic that I was doing it almost entirely wrong.\n\nBuck\u2019s big statement was \u201cAll you have to do is about a million of these and you\u2019ll get the hang of it.\u201d\n\nI\u2019m guessing that Surprise and I did about 500 at the clinic and after four days, I really did feel like I was improving. The first thing I discovered is that Surprise\u2019s forwardaholic tendencies were a blessing in that I didn\u2019t need to keep asking for impulsion. Unfortunately, my dressage background reared its ugly head and made it much more difficult than it should be. I was taught the iron rule of outside leg behind the girth and inside leg on the girth. I don\u2019t think either direction is inherently \u201cright,\u201d you just have to be consistent\u2014AND I\u2019M NOT! I kept getting mixed up and that outside leg seemed to drift back randomly and always managed to come to rest in the wrong place right when I needed it! About the time I\u2019d get that behaving properly, I\u2019d change directions and be confronted by the same exact insubordination from the other leg. And about that time I\u2019d realize I was juggling my reins and not bent deeply enough and I hadn\u2019t been thinking about whether or not the flexion was anywhere near correct and I\u2019d swallowed my gum and forgotten the Declaration of Independence altogether!\n\nOn the other hand, Surprise turned out to be the perfect horse for me to learn this exercise on because of the dressage legs. You see, I wasn\u2019t just taught to put them in a different place, I was taught that if your legs weren\u2019t ON the horse and you weren\u2019t USING your legs that you weren\u2019t really riding the horse. I\u2019ve worked on this a lot since beginning natural horsemanship, but under the stress and newness of the situation managed to completely revert. It turns out that Surprise doesn\u2019t like it when you use a lot of leg. You know how some horses get pissy when you use too much leg? Well, he gets downright ANGRY\u2014actually, enraged might be a more appropriate word. And the thing is, he\u2019s not being a jerk, he\u2019s being a horse\u2014and if there\u2019s one thing horses have taught me is that horses can only be 100% completely honest with you. So when he pinned his ears, reached around and tried to take a chunk out of my leg, sure I blocked him, but I also knew he was right. I was using way too much damned leg!\n\nFortunately, I wasn\u2019t the only one. Buck made some comment about us all trying to grind our heels right through our horse\u2019s sides. Then he explained how to have an \u201cactive\u201d leg without constantly using your heels. Holy cow! This is the first time anyone has ever explained this to me in a way that made sense! He showed us how he just fires the muscles in his thigh which sort of wiggles his foot without making any contact with the horse. It is similar to how you ask the horse to back up with just your legs in Parelli. It just never occurred to me to translate this to activating one leg to ask the horse to move away or forward or whatever depending on where you locate the leg. I always thought of phase one as putting my leg on the horse as lightly as possible, but this is a much more subtle and refined cue than that. And it finally gives me a constructive way to untrain my dressage legs because it gives me a way to use my legs while keeping them completely off the horse.\n\nAfter the short serpentines, he had us do 20 one rein stops from the trot. Surprise and I were overachiever\u2013we did around 30. He tended to shoot off gleefully at the trot every time and I was hoping he would relax a bit after the first 20 stops, but he never really saw the point in slowing it down. On the other hand, he was fine about stopping. He never argued and even if it took him a few turns to stop, I could always turn him loose at the end and he would stand and honor the stop. My biggest concern was keeping him from bashing into other horses at the trot because there were so many of us there and there were some who got a bit iffy with the added speed. In terms of herd dynamics, I suspect that Surprise is the first horse who goes crashing into the middle of the herd when the lions show up, so I\u2019m pretty certain that avoiding collisions is not very high on his priority list.\n\nNext we worked on hind quarter/fore quarter yields. We do a lot of these at level 3/4 in Parelli. Buck wanted more flexion in the yield than I am used to, but I think it prepares you better for the forequarter part of the yield. We were (of course) back to the whole walking and chewing gum thing here. He kept saying it is about synching up your timing with the legs. It should feel like hind-two-three-four front-two-three-four. For those of you not familiar with this, the hind quarter yield goes 180 degrees and the fore quarter yield is also 180 degrees so that you wind up walking back in the direction you started in. The trick as with so many of these things is to keep the correct parts of the body active so that you don\u2019t just look like a merry-go-round horse spinning around a pole and you don\u2019t just dump the horse on to the front end and you don\u2019t look like you are pushing a wheel barrow around! And in my case, you also have to keep your leg off the horse and practice using an active leg like Buck described. Mine went more like hind-two-(hey keep those hindquarters moving)-bleagh-(that\u2019s better)-ick front-ugh-(oops, get the outside leg right)-three-what?\n\nI was able to get a nice feeling turn around once or twice where both ends felt light and soft, but was still hampered by trying to do too many things at once. I did better when I tried not to think about everything, but instead focused on the feel of the timing and cueing the leg as it left the ground, although in the entire weekend, I was never able to get a yield that felt like hind-two-three-four front-two-three-four as Buck described it. This was another exercise where Buck said \u201cyou just have to do about a million of these.\u201d Okay, only 999,900 to go now\u2026\n\nThat was pretty much what we worked on for the first day\u2019s ride. Buck would have us come in to the middle and talk about refining things and demonstrate with his horse, then have us go out and practice more, then back in for more explanation. After the first day, he was able to do less explaining and more refining so we were able to spend more time practicing. He told us our \u201chomework\u201d was to take the horse out later and practice all of this stuff again. I actually had the best of intentions of doing this, but two things got in the way. My nice Stubben dressage saddle? You see, it has a tree\u2026 made of wood\u2026 and not well padded either! By the time I got out of the saddle, my lower back was on fire and we won\u2019t even talk about my hindquarters. And then the wind came up\u2026 remember how my last show was cancelled because the jumps kept blowing over? Well, it was sort of like that and I wasn\u2019t sure how Surprise would be in the wind so I played on the ground, but simply couldn\u2019t force myself to climb back into the saddle that night.\n\nWow! I haven\u2019t even finished the first day and this is already a novella. Kudos to anyone who has made it this far and stay tuned for the next installment."}
-{"text": "ADDIS ABABA \u2013 The African Risk Capacity (ARC), an agency of the African Union, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have announced a new partnership which will see the two organisations work together to increase insurance coverage against climate risks for African states.\n\nThe multilateral deal was announced at the African Union\u2019s Annual Summit in Addis Ababa, and commits ARC and ECA to build the capacity of their 33 common Member States by embedding risk management investments into government planning through policy development. ARC and ECA also will share expertise and commit financial resources to joint analytical work in areas of economic and climate risk research in order to promote risk transfer instruments.\n\nThe UN estimates that Africa will see the adaptation costs of climate change rise to $50 billion per year by 2050.\n\n\u201cThis partnership marks a bold new phase of heightened collaboration on combatting the effects of climate change in Africa,\u201d said Mohamed Beavogui, Director-General of ARC Agency. \u201cThe future of disaster risk management is an increasingly urgent economic issue, and ECA\u2019s unique expertise will complement ARC\u2019s work serving its Member States and building preparedness and resilience on the continent.\u201d\n\nIn the four years that ARC has offered insurance coverage to its Member States, it has paid out more than USD $34 million to Member States affected by drought events. These resources have assisted over two million people affected by climate disaster.\n\n\u201cClimate change is one of the biggest threats to Africa\u2019s economic and social development,\u201d said ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe. \u201cWe believe that efforts like our partnership with ARC will help move the needle, so that African countries can be well-guarded against these threats, and they can thrive.\u201d\n\n# # #\n\nAbout United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)\n\nECA is a UN regional commission established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958. ECA\u2019s mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa\u2019s development. Made up of 54 Member States, and playing a dual role as a regional arm of the UN and as a key component of the African institutional landscape, ECA is well positioned to make unique contributions to address the Continent\u2019s development challenges.\n\nECA\u2019s strength derives from its role as the only UN agency mandated to operate at the regional and sub-regional levels to harness resources and bring them to bear on Africa\u2019s priorities. To enhance its impact, ECA places a special focus on collecting up to date and original regional statistics in order to ground its policy research and advocacy on clear objective evidence; promoting policy consensus; providing meaningful capacity development; and providing advisory services in key thematic fields.\n\nARC consists of ARC Agency and ARC Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd). ARC Agency was established in 2012 as a Specialised Agency of the African Union to help Member States improve their capacities to better plan, prepare and respond to weather-related disasters. ARC Ltd is a mutual insurance facility providing risk transfer services to Member States through risk pooling and access to reinsurance markets; it is owned by Member States with active insurance policies as well as KfW Development Bank and the UK Department of International Development (DfiD), as capital contributors.\n\nARC plays an important role in responding to countries\u2019 needs at times of crisis by providing fast access to funding for pre-agreed-upon, rapid response plans developed in conjunction with governments. ARC\u2019s financing complements other forms of local and international support.\n\nIn the few years since ARC began, it has proved to be an effective and vital model \u2013 paying out USD $34 million to four countries (Senegal, Niger, Mauritania, and Malawi) affected by drought events. Those resources provided assistance for over two million people and approximately one million cattle.\n\nARC is using its expertise to help tackle some of the greatest threats faced by the continent, including droughts, outbreaks and epidemics, and tropical cyclones."}
-{"text": "You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.\n\nFrankly Speaking: Dan Dinelli, CGCS, of North Shore Country Club\n\nPosted\n18 November 2016\n\u00b7\n5,262 views\n\nTopdressing ENCOURAGES accumulation of organic matter? Say what?\n\nIn this EPIC episode of Frankly Speaking, I chat, argue, holler and challenge Dan Dinelli, CGCS, at North Shore CC in Chicagoland and recipient of the GCSAA\"s Presidential Award for Environmental Stewardship.\n\nOur conversation ranges from Dan's long-term research in putting green rootzone behavior over time, to cultivar assessment and selection for the impending rebuilding of the 1924 greens at North Shore, to the successes and frustrations with golfer expectations, organic management and his current research on rootzones and OM accumulation.\n\nSmart talk from leading thinkers in the golf turf industry. Presented by DryJect and Turf Screen.\n\nThe comments on cool season growth of bentgrass to compete with poa made me shout YES! I had said the same thing to a turf breeder back in the mid 90's who asked the entire GS staff what they would like to see in a new bentgrass. I said we need actively growing bent in the cooler (winter) months in the southwest. With a puzzled look they asked why,,, my reply was to compete with poa encroachment (ball marks, traffic areas,etc) when it has the upper hand through our 'winter season'.\n\nThanks Frank, It was fun. I hope the topic stimulates interest for further study...we need more science behind it. Here is a link to more information with a few posts I made with videos, images etc, trying to connect the dots..."}
-{"text": "Browns\n\nThe Browns have a ton of draft picks to work with, but there aren\u2019t any top-tier quarterback prospects worth taking with the No. 1 overall based on the overall consensus. One option for Cleveland could be to pair some of their other picks with the No. 12 overall selection to move up for a quarterback after they use their top on one of the top defenders in this year\u2019s class.\n\nKing doesn\u2019t think the Patriots will trade Garoppolo, but he would offer New England their No. 12 and No. 65 overall picks for Garoppolo if he was running the Browns.\n\nPackers\n\nThe Green Bay Packers announced that they\u2019ve hired three new coaches on Monday.\n\nRedskins\n\nJP Finlay of CSN Mid-Atlantic writes that it\u2019s \u201chard to see a scenario\u201d where the Redskins re-sign free agent WR DeSean Jackson. Finley expects Jackson to have interest from a number of teams and specifically mentions the Eagles, Buccaneers, Chiefs and 49ers as teams that could make sense for him in free agency.\n\nRich Tandler takes a look at whether Chiefs free agent DT Dontari Poe could make sense for the Redskins this offseason. According to Tandler, Poe would be an ideal addition for the Redskins, as he would give them a credible nose tackle in the middle of their defense to build around. The downside, of course, is that Poe could be the available defensive tackle in this year\u2019s market, which means it\u2019s going to require a top-dollar contract to sign him. If he commands as much as some of the highest paid interior linemen in the NFL, Tandler says it\u2019s unlikely the Redskins will be a serious option."}
-{"text": "Himachal demands 500-cr for construction of motorable tunnels\n\nMember Parliament Pratibha Singh called on Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi and requested him to provide multilateral funding of Rs 500 crore for construction of motorable tunnels in the State.\n\nShe informed Union Finance Minister that the main source of transportation in the State was road network and the tunnels were the only medium to reduce the distances between places. She told that State Government has prepared the DPRs for four tunnels in Shimla town for decongesting the traffic from main roads which experiences heavy vehicle rush through out the day. She told that State Government has prepared DPRs for construction of motorable tunnels from lift to Lakkar Bazar(681.25 mts), Lift to Himfed petrol pump(1134.92 mts), Himfed petrol pump to IGMC (890 mts), and Sanjauli to Dhalli (147.61 mts) and added that private parties are not interested to construct these tunnels under PPP mode because of financial un-viability. She requested him to arrange funding to these tunnels from some multi\u2013lateral funding agency.\n\nMandi MP also requested him to arrange funding for tunnels between Chamunda to Holi, Karsehar to Telang and under Jalori Pass to reduce the distance and provide all weather travel facilities to remote and backward areas residents throughout the year.\n\nSingh requested the Union Finance Ministry to provide funding for upgradation and modernization of Shimla, Kangra and Kullu airports in the state to facilitate the landing of bigger aircraft and also night landing facilities to promote tourism in the State. She requested for providing central funding in the ratio of 90:10 for all centrally sponsored schemes in the State on the pattern of North Eastern States due to similar topography, geography and other working conditions.\n\nShe also asked Union Minister to declare the Ghanauli\u2013Baddi -Kalka and Amb-Paonta\u2013Dehradun railway lines as project of National Importance and provide hundred percent central funding for construction of these railway projects. She also requested that construction work on Bhanupalli\u2013Bilaspur\u2013Beri Broad Gauge railway line should be expedited as per the cost sharing agreement held on august 2007 in PMO in the central state ratio of 75:25 of fixed cost of Rs 1046 crore and requested that the enhancement of the project cost due to delay by railway should be met by providing additionally by Finance Ministry and Planning Commission. She also requested to enhancement in Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna to Rs 150 crore keeping in view of the expansion in the agriculture activities in the state and also requested special central assistance of Rs 1000 crore to the State Government during current financial year .\n\nPratibha Singh demanded special financial package of Rs 7565 crore to the state to fill the gap left by 13th Finance Commission in assessing the committed liabilities of the State. She told that the gap of salary, pension and interest has been estimated at Rs 3522 crore during the year 2012-13 which will further increase to Rs 4043 crore in the year 2013-14 and requested to provide financial package to fill the gap.\n\nThe News Himachal seeks to cover the entire demographic of the state, going from grass root panchayati level institutions to top echelons of the state. Our website hopes to be a source not just for news, but also a resource and a gateway for happenings in Himachal."}
-{"text": "Tag: Christmas by medium\n\nHave you watched Nick Lachey on the The \u2018Sing-Off\u2019 Finale Perhaps the best vocal competition show on television came to a climax last night as the winner of all the 16 a cappella groups was announced: Pentatonix. I never"}
-{"text": "Beech Hill school poets meet Downton star at Square Chapel\n\nYear 5 and 6 students from Beech Hill School gathered with teachers and parents at the Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax this week to launch and read a collection of poems they themselves had written.\n\nIt was all part of PoetryQuest, a national initiative developed by education charity Children & the Arts, which seeks to inspire kids and raise awareness about poetry by pairing schools with professional poets.\n\nBeech Hill is just one of many schools in the local region to take part in the project, and has been working with local poets Winston Plowes and Keith Hutson in a series of workshops exploring different types of poetry over the past three years.\n\nThis culminated in the children writing poems of their own, which they read aloud in a final public performance in April at the Square Chapel and have now been collected in an anthology book.\n\nPoet Hutson was proud of the students, telling them at the beginning of the presentation: \u201cWe hope you take what you\u2019ve learned from PoetryQuest and use it for living.\u201d\n\nThe event was even attended by a famous actress - Penelope Wilton, who is an Ambassador to Children & the Arts and is known for her roles in Downton Abbey and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.\n\nIn her introduction to the children, Ms Wilton said: \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how happy I am to be here and I really am impressed with this wonderful arts centre you have here.\n\n\u201cI think we could all do with a place like this, because places like this are where dreams come to life.\u201d\n\nDuring the presentation itself, Ms Wilton read a few of the children\u2019s poems herself , as did the poets Plowes and Hutson, and medals were handed out to the most creative and well-versed students.\n\nThis was followed at the end by a Q&A session, where the children were given the opportunity to ask Ms Wilton about her acting career.\n\nChildren from Beech Hill School at PoetryQuest at Square Chapel, Halifax\n\nWhen asked what she thought the children had gained from the experience, she said: \u201cThere are two very important things - the enjoyment of words and learning about our language, and having the confidence to stand up and deliver the poems that they have written themselves.\u201d\n\nThis sentiment was echoed by Square Chapel\u2019s patron, actor George Costigan, who was also in attendance.\n\nHe said: \u201cIt\u2019s all about confidence. I think it\u2019s the magic ingredient in everything you do, whether you\u2019re a poet, an actor or a Prime Minister. It\u2019s just a magic force.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Movie Review: \u2018Jane\u2019 Provides A Unique Insight At A Remarkable Life\n\nIt\u2019s very difficult to hear the name Jane Goodall and not think about her work with chimpanzees, but in the documentary \u2018Jane,\u2019 directed by Brett Morgen which opens in theaters on October 20th, a new insight on her life and work is gained giving a fascinating look at the woman who changed the world of scientific research.\n\nTaking over 100 hours of never before seen footage from the National Geographic archives mingled with interview sessions with the 83-year-old Goodall, the film provides a unique look that is often introspective and unexpectedly engaging. It\u2019s one thing to be aware of Goodall\u2019s work, but it is another thing to actually see the woman in action in a way that has never been seen before.\n\nAmazingly, Goodall stumbled upon this passion of hers when, at the age of 26 and with no scientific background, went to Tanzania to observe apes in their natural habitats to see if a correlation can be made between them and early man. From here, you see how her innate curiosity and kindness between Goodall and the primates transcends between species and allows her access to them at a time when such a thing was unheard of.\n\nHowever, beneath this air of serenity there exists a steel determination seen when, after the initial 6 week observation period of her first outing, she sent a telegram to Louis Leakey, a renowned paleoanthropologist who encouraged Goodall to join this mission, that she observed a chimp using a twig as a tool. His reply was that of skepticism stating, \u201c\u201cNow we must redefine tool. Redefine man. Or accept chimpanzees as human.\u201d While this may be off-putting to some, it only spurred Goodall in her quest to learn more. In fact, her ability to succeed in a very male-dominated field while enduring the negative comments from her male colleagues is an inspiration, especially as you watch how she stands by her convictions without compromising her integrity.\n\nWhile Goodall\u2019s interaction with the chimps was indeed interesting to watch, it was how her work influenced her relationship with her late cameraman-turned-husband Hugo van Lawick as well as helped her become a mom that I found most intriguing. This brief look into her personal life showed a different side of her that few may realize.\n\nWith the highs of the film, you also experience the lows such as when you watch Goodall so heartbroken when she finds her chimps succumb to polio after being exposed to it by humans and the realization that chimps are just as capable of becoming savages like humans to the point of inciting war among themselves.\n\nWatching \u2018Jane\u2019 is an emotional ride that will give you a new appreciation of not only the study of primates but how much of an influence Jane Goodall has made in the field and how she devotes each day to her ideology and causes from ape preservation to environmental and conservation issues. Even if you are not into documentaries, \u201cJane\u201d is one that to watch that will leave an impression.\n\nJanice Kay\n\nJanice's first memories of the genre were of watching the original 'Star Trek' and classic 'Doctor Who' episodes (Tom Baker, aka the Fourth Doctor, was her first). Soon, she was introduced to 'Godzilla' and her addiction then spread to books, magazines, movies and comics. Janice continued as a closet geek as her thirst and love for sci-fi grew and was only second to her love of baking. Then one night, on a whim, she answered a tweet to be a writer for ScienceFiction.com and the geek girl insider her was soon set free. Within 3 years she became the Senior Editor for the site. When not writing or editing for ScienceFiction.com, Janice is scouring the internet to feed her sci-fi cravings while defending conspiracy theories, protecting scientific theorems and loving all things science fiction.... and baking cookies."}
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At the half dozen mails we had exchanged he revealed so that I really had no reason to decline his date 25, he can spell.\n\nHow To Deal With Having No Luck On Dating Sites\n\nThe Yays Keep It\" Positive Vibes Just\" Do not be the Grim Reaper, counting the days when a connection that is yet to kick off will come to an end. It doesn't mean that your present interest is put your best in it and watch it blossom while might have been scum. Do not expect the worst since of the time spent waiting to catch your spouse with someone else, expecting to grab them in 1lie or another, will cost you all the beautiful memories you are assumed to have had."}
-{"text": "Dunn, Vizcaino Head South In Trade To Braves\n\nMany observers looked at the Braves' recent deal that sent Javier Vazquez to the Yankees as a trade for outfielder Melky Cabrera. As far as both teams' front offices were concerned, that was far from the case.\n\nThis Article is a paid feature of the Baseball America website. To continue reading, please sign-in."}
-{"text": "EDITORIAL\n\nWarhol on film\n\nAndy Warhol knew how to stretch his 15 minutes of fame for all it was worth. When the artist died in 1987, he left behind nearly 1,000 rolls of original 16-millimeter film footage shot between 1963 and 1972 \u2014 his most productive decade.\n\nThe Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Andy Warhol Museum in his hometown of Pittsburgh are working with MPC, a studio that specializes in Technicolor, and Adstream, a digital asset management company, to convert 500 Warhol films to digital presentation during the next few years. Most of the million feet of film Mr. Warhol shot in those years has never been seen by the public.\n\nMoMA has had the films in storage since the 1990s. But interest in Mr. Warhol\u2019s work, including his more obscure films, is growing. If demand for his films at MoMA\u2019s circulating library is any indication, there\u2019s an audience for them.\n\nAdstream and MPC will put the footage through a conservation process before scanning them frame by frame. This is a slow, methodical technique, but the digital copies will have twice the resolution of high-definition TV."}
-{"text": "Outdoor Roman theaters are common in northwest Europe, but strangely absent from the British Isles. Now, a 2,000-year-old theater has been uncovered, cut into a hillside in southeast England.\n\nUp to 12,000 people could sit in a semicircle of 50 rows of seats. Below was an orchestra pit and a narrow stage, featuring holes that may have allowed the stage to be flooded for aquatic displays such as naval battles. \u201cIt was like a spiritual form of the Glastonbury Festival, where people congregated to feast, fair, and communicate with the gods,\u201d says Paul Wilkinson, director of the Kent Archaeological Field School.\n\nThe theater overlooks sacred freshwater springs, where inscribed rolls of lead were found which, perhaps, were requests to the gods. Foundations of two temple-like structures, with fragments of a fine, colored mosaic floor, confirm the site\u2019s important sanctuary status. So why aren\u2019t there more Roman theaters in Britain? \u201cI think we just haven\u2019t spotted them yet,\u201d says Wilkinson."}
-{"text": "\u2018Harden up\u2019 is precisely the wrong message to send our children\n\nReported comments by Waikato District Health Board interim chief executive Derek Wright and perpetual disappointment and retired ball man Mark Richardson have seen parents being told they need to tell their depressed children to harden up. Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes wonders why old men are so committed to pushing children to their limits.\n\nUpdate: The Waikato DHB CEO has been in touch to clarify his comments, saying they were not in relation to suicide. See the note at the foot of this piece.\n\nIn a recent article about a devastating spate of suicides I didn\u2019t expect to see a DHB chief executive push the quite frankly bizarre opinion that suicide is just a problem for \u201ckids these days\u201d.\n\nIt might be why he\u2019s interim chief executive and not the actual chief executive \u2013 although the bar couldn\u2019t be a lot lower there \u2013 but Derek Wright had some quite frankly batshit views. Imagine being asked for comment on a story about beautiful young lives being snuffed out by suicide and actually saying the words: \u201cThere\u2019s no competitive sports at school. No one wins, so everybody gets a medal in the running race, well real life\u2019s not like that.\u201d\n\nYes, he literally just linked youth suicide and self harm on not getting a medal in a running race. Despite the fact that children do get medals in running races. And we still have a massive suicide problem in this country.\n\nMy son came fourth in his running race, and guess what? He didn\u2019t get a medal. Because this idea that we have a medal surplus in New Zealand is a fucking fantasy invented by idiotic white men with no concept of what children are actually facing in 2018.\n\nDerek wasn\u2019t done though. He also wanted to talk about that well-known cause of suicide known as \u201cnot having an exam system\u201d. I shit you not.\n\n\u201cThe problem is they\u2019re managed through school because we don\u2019t really have an exam system any more and they get to university and start failing their assignments and exams and go, \u2018I dunno how to cope with this.'\u201d\n\nIt would have been a full bingo if he\u2019d blamed mental health problems on social media. Oh he did. Stand down.\n\nHe also blamed that new invention from 2017: drugs and alcohol.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not suggesting it was all perfect when I grew up but we didn\u2019t have social media. We didn\u2019t have 100 people commenting on what you think, or what you say,\u201d he said. As he passed comment on the motivation of a child who feels so lost they have chosen suicide.\n\nMaybe this was not an interview with someone who apparently has \u201c40 years experience with mental illness\u201d and was actually an elaborate attempt to audition for The AM Show. If so, he\u2019ll be in fine company with well-known expert on parenting and full-time outrage goblin Mark Richardson.\n\nYes indeed, the man who once fell face down screaming and wailing when he got cramp thinks today\u2019s children need to harden up. The man who is almost incontinent with rage over someone suggesting a nickname is hurtful thinks today\u2019s children need to harden up.\n\nThe man who spews barely coherent bullshit for a living does not see the connection between his desperate fear that he might lose his social standing for his opinions and this ridiculous notion that children need to be bulletproof.\n\nOur children are dying. Men are dying. There are men dying because they keep being told to harden up. To not cry. To hide their feelings. When we have sportspeople, even mediocre ones, saying on national TV that anyone upset by bullying just needs to harden up, it just pushes struggling people further and further into the darkness.\n\nMy dad is Mark\u2019s age and I know he has lost friends to suicide. All of the people I know who have died by suicide have been men. They have been men who I did not know were struggling. They were hard men.\n\nAnd do you know what? Being hard might be part of why they\u2019re dead.\n\nBeing hard and being told to harden up might be why they couldn\u2019t open up to their wives or children about their struggles. Being hard might be why none of their friends ever saw that they were hurting so very, very much.\n\nMy dad was raised a surfer, almost literally in a sea of toxic masculinity. I have seen him try to get through that and along with his mates shed that bullshit. They go on surfing trips together and they look out for each other. They do their best to encourage other men, younger men, to throw that \u201charden up\u201d bullshit away.\n\nI have two sons. I don\u2019t want them to be hard.\n\nI want them to be alive.\n\nI want them to know that when they hurt they can talk to me.\n\nIf people must keep perpetuating the ridiculous idea of \u201creal men\u201d then I want my sons to see their dad as an example of what it really means to be \u201ca real man\u201d. A real man doesn\u2019t joyously mock other people on television. A real man doesn\u2019t spew hatred at others because he\u2019s so afraid he will have no opinions left if they\u2019re not designed to hurt people. A real man is a man who wants kids to be safe, not tough.\n\nReal resilience is standing up for your fellow man and saying: mate, you don\u2019t need to harden up, you need to be here with us.\n\nReal resilience is teaching your children that they don\u2019t need to close themselves off to the world to be part of it.\n\n\u201cThat was not the intent of the comment,\u201d Richardson barked when questioned about mental illness.\n\nIt\u2019s time to think before you talk Mark. You are part of this national conversation about why our kids and our men are dying. Your words matter, whether you intend them to or not.\n\nYou have the position and platform to do something with your life and make a real change.\n\nA real man would do that.\n\nUpdate: A Waikato DHB spokesperson has emailed to say that the remarks quoted by the Herald \u201cwere not given as part of this story but were part of a general discussion about mental health and children\u2019s resilience\u201d. Their use in the report means \u201cit appears he is making the comments in relation to this suicide which he is not\u201d.\n\nThe Spinoff is subject to NZ Press Council procedures. A complaint must first be directed in writing, within one month of publication, to info@thespinoff.co.nz. If not satisfied with the response, the complaint may be referred to the online complaint form at www.presscouncil.org.nz along with a link to the relevant story and all correspondence with the publication."}
-{"text": "hulu\n\nIt's great to see Aaron Paul back on track with his new trailer for Hulu's 'The Path.' Like sh*t, this guy can act; and is it just us, or is he exceptionally talented at crying/portraying deep and heavy emotions for his characters?\n\nPaul plays a man whose family's involved with a highly controversial cult movement. The show follows the family's story, as they grow to doubt their faith, and their relationships with one another are put through the rounds."}
-{"text": "Residenza d'Epoca Palazzo Riblet\n\nResidenza d'Epoca Palazzo Riblet in Florence is a guest house with 3 Rooms.\n\nFeaturing free WiFi throughout the property, Residenza d'Epoca Palazzo Riblet offers accommodation in Florence. Every room comes with a flat-screen TV. Some units include a seating area to relax in after a busy day. You will find a kettle and a selection of coffee and tea in the room. The private bathroom comes with free toiletries. Extras include slippers, free toiletries and a hairdryer. There is a shared lounge at the property. A bottle of Chianti wine and water are also offered. The guest ho...use also offers bike hire. Santa Maria Novella is 200 metres from Residenza d'Epoca Palazzo Riblet, while Strozzi Palace is 400 metres away. The nearest airport is Florence Airport, 5 km from the property.\n\nImportant information\n\nPlease inform Residenza d'Epoca Palazzo Riblet in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.\nGuests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.\nIf you expect to arrive outside check-in hours, please inform the property in advance.\nPlease note that the reception is located at Bellevue House on the 3rd floor of the property, while the rooms are on the 1st floor. The building has no lift.\nPlease note that the property is located in an area restricted to traffic. You are kindly requested to contact the property in advance for further information."}
-{"text": "Cryptojacking is No Longer an Issue?\n\nAfter the recent shutdown of Coinhive, many people have reported that there has been a drop in the number of cryptojacking incidents. With that in mind, we\u2019ll now take a look into whether cryptojacking is a thing of the past, or if it still continues to be a problem for users of cryptocurrency.\n\nBut, just what exactly is cryptojacking? Does it pose a risk to me as an internet user? Well, it just so happens that each of these questions and more will be answered in the following article. So, without any further ado, here\u2019s all of the vital information that you need to know about cryptojacking.\n\nWhat is Cryptojacking and how does it work?\n\nIf you\u2019re not sure of exactly what cryptojacking is and how it works, there\u2019s no need for you to worry \u2013 the following section will cover exactly that. Essentially, it can be described as a script that is used to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. In turn, this means that criminals can use is as a way to make money illegally, often through a form of malware such as ransomware.\n\nCryptocurrency can be mined by infecting your system with malware, or perhaps by injecting a script on an advertisement or website. It then begins to constantly run silently in the background, which means that it could potentially be hard to detect. In spite of this, there are methods which you can utilise in order to identify any cryptojacking processes. Overheating, high CPU usages, and slow response times are all tell-tale signs.\n\nHow to Prevent Cryptojacking\n\nNow that we\u2019ve established what cryptojacking is and how it works, you might just be wondering exactly what you can do to prevent it from occurring in the first place. If that\u2019s you, continue reading as we\u2019re about to cover just that.\n\nHaving anti-malware software installed on your device is one of the best things that you can do to prevent any instances of cryptojacking. Once you have got reliable software up and running on your system, you will then need to ensure that it is kept up to date at all times, as this allows you to protect yourself from all of the latest threats.\n\nAnti-malware browser extensions are another method of preventing cryptojacking too. This is because they essentially alert you when you have visited a website which is making an attempt to use your device for cryptojacking. In the event this happens, all you will need to do is exit the browser or close the tab \u2013 it\u2019s as simple as that!\n\nThe Shutdown of Coinhive and Cryptojacking Incidents\n\nCryptocurrency-mining scripts have been around for many years, with many cybercriminals making use of them in an attempt to illegally make money as early as 2012. By late 2017, a new kind of malware had begun to take its toll on the internet - when Coinhive was introduced to the world.\n\nCoinhive differed from previous trojans in that it didn\u2019t require a standalone application. Instead, it attacked a system via browser scripts, which are much harder to detect than the previously used trojans. This left many people worried, as it meant that their systems or websites could be compromised, most of the time without them even knowing about it.\n\nHowever, the now infamous cryptocurrency mining script Coinhive was finally shutdown in March 2019, as it was continually being used to jeopardise the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem. As a result of the shutdown, there was sharp decline in web-based cryptocurrency mining, which led many people to believe that it would solve the issue altogether.\n\nYet, over two months after the shutdown, Coinhive continues to be an issue on many websites and devices such as routers which have been hacked by the script. According to reports, as many as 1 million cryptojacking attempts are blocked daily. This is clear evidence that cryptojacking has yet to be eradicated.\n\nIn spite of the fact Coinhive has been shut down, it still exists to a certain extent on many infected websites and devices. Thankfully, Coinhive\u2019s shutdown means that mining is not possible, as without the service being active, a connection cannot occur. With that being said, a new miner in the form of WebMinePool has since begun wreaking havoc on routers which have been compromised by Coinhive in the past. So, this emphasises the need to protect yourself so that you can avoid the cryptojacking problem.\n\nConclusion - Cryptojacking: is it still a problem?\n\nTo conclude, it would be appropriate to suggest that even though instances of cryptojacking appear to have declined in recent times, it\u2019s most definitely an issue that still exists to date. This will continue to be the case unless new security measures are put in place by websites and services.\n\nTherefore, it is clear to see that cryptojacking is, at least at the time of writing, still something that you need to be concerned about. For that reason, it is important that you take the necessary precautions in order to avoid becoming a victim yourself.\n\nOne of the best things that you can do is invest in solid internet security/anti-malware software. This will go a long way in protecting you from any internet nasties, as we covered earlier in the article. But, those who would like to go a step further will be happy to know that you can do exactly that with a virtual private network (VPN).\n\nSo, if you\u2019re in search of privacy-oriented VPNs that can help to take your online privacy to a whole new level, you most definitely won\u2019t be alone. After all, you\u2019ll be able to benefit from such features as web traffic encryption, location masking, and many other features.\n\nWindscribe, NordVPN, and CyberGhost are all great options which don\u2019t keep any logs, and they won\u2019t break the bank either \u2013 with subscriptions to the above available for an affordable monthly fee. Take NordVPN for example, it\u2019s available from as little as $2.99 a month. This is fantastic for a service which is one of the most highly-rated and widely-used in the world right now!\n\nDisclaimer. This article is paid and provided by a third-party source and should not be viewed as an endorsement by CoinIdol. Readers should do their own research before investing funds in any company. CoinIdol shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services mentioned in this article.\n\nRelated Stories\n\nThe Association of Banks of Russia (ADB) has created a decentralized cryptocurrency turnover concept, that suggests to deploy special programs to recognize the owners of digital currencies, according to Anatoly Kozlachkov, ADB vice president. The banks want to completely remove all kinds of obscurity in digital currency transactions and businesses, a thing that will make Bitcoin (BTC) possession facts and figures public.\n\nOne of the most state-of-the-art projects established by Italian fashion remains held in the shoals of politics. The blockchain project of the textile supply chain, rolled out last winter by the Ministry for Economic Development (MiSE), to which Sistema Moda Italia (SMI) is also collaborating together with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), an American IT company, chosen as its technological partner, has actually hopped some strategic steps. And now it remains tentatively on standby, the time variable being a central factor for the success of this technological standard.\n\nOn Friday September 13, MasterCard Incorporated, an American multinational financial services corporation based in New York, United States, announced its partnership with enterprise blockchain tech company R3 to design distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based international and transborder payments."}
-{"text": "I have a fascination with Watercolour Tattoos, as I have probably mentioned in a previous post. A recent conversation with one of my cousins about tattoos, and taking a break from course work I have managed to decide what and possibly where I would like my first tattoo (IF I decide to get one, other wise this can be for someone who wants one).\nTo me, feathers mean freedom, individuality and independence. Other meanings can be found here.\n\nBecause I am fascinated with watercolour tattoos, I would enjoy looking at this all the time, when I work on designs, or getting messy with inks, paints, markers etc. This would sit well on my forearm, probably my left. Running from my wrist, upwards. The colours here are mainly blue, pink, red, orange, and a bit of purple. If I can get it in a watercolour style, I think it would look quite pretty on my skin. Obviously, up to the Tattoo Artist too, on what they use or advise.\n\nI know people will say, \u2018Don\u2019t get a tattoo, they look horrible, they will not look as good when you get older, you will regret it in 30 years time\u2019 etc. My response: I won\u2019t regret it, if I have designed it and it\u2019s something that will remind me of who I am and aspire to be what I want to be, by maximising my individuality and personality. When I was young, I used to draw on myself all the time, if there was no paper to use. Sure I washed it off afterwards, but I quite enjoyed having something there to stimulate my mind, on my own skin. That to me is what a tattoo should do! Stimulate the mind, in the most bold way it should be part of your personality, and who you are. Not what other people want you to be."}
-{"text": "Bury face a trip to Shrewsbury Town at Prostar Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 23 games played, The Shakers have recorded 7 wins, and Shrewsbury Tn. have come away with 11 victories.\n\nThe most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2009, with Bury inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Shrews in a Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 4) match.\n\nFor a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here"}
-{"text": ".\n\nTwitter Updates\n\nAuthor Allison Winn Scotch, a best-selling author, was asked about self-publishing, something she did for one of her novels. Since much of my editing and book design is for self-publishers in addition to the book design I do for small publishers, I thought it would be good to share it with you.\n\nWhile you can read \u201cKeep These Tips in Mind When Considering Self-Publishing a Book\u201d in its entirety here, these highlights caught my eye.\n\n\u201cI put the book through all the paces that it would have gone through had I opted for a traditional publisher.\u201d\n\n\u201cI think it is super, super, super important to go through a very hearty editing process.\u201d\n\nAs to that last one, if you follow my flogs of Bookbubbers who offer free books, you know how crucial that part of the process is.\n\nDo I need to register my work with the U.S. Copyright Office to hold a copyright on the work?\n\nSo since I do not need to \u201csuper copyright\u201d my work to have basic protection, is there any real incentive to doing so?\n\nI\u2019ve heard that if I mail a copy of the printed work to myself, that proves copyright. Is that true?\n\nDoes a copyright protect ideas?\n\nWhat are the legal ramifications of reproducing song lyrics in a manuscript? Also, can I use a song title as the title of my book? I have personal experience with this\u2014I used song lyrics in my novel The Summer Boy and then either took them out, referred to titles, or otherwise referred to lyrics in ways that didn\u2019t duplicate them exactly.\n\nIn a work of fiction, what restrictions exist on using the names of professional sports teams, TV networks or real people?\n\nIf you\u2019re considering going the self-publishing route, go to this article full of insights from writers who have been there. And then go to my website for how I can help writers publish strong books. Here\u2019s an excerpt from Self-Publishing Stars Speak Out by Betty Kelly Sargent:\n\n\u201cBefore you do it, take time to understand why you\u2019re doing it, to research your opinions, and to hire experts if needed to help you achieve your goals. Take enough time to produce a product that\u2019s worth your reader\u2019s time and money.\u201d Jane Friedman\n\nM. K. Yarborough has sent the things I call an enticement package for Shadow Keeper\u2014the book cover, blurb, first page, and first two chapters. A genre wasn\u2019t specified, but it seems YA to me.\n\nPlease help this author--take a look and give constructive feedback with comments and the poll below. I have some thoughts on the cover that I\u2019ll share after that.\n\nBrendon Alexander watched his father die, but has no recollection of the horrific event. His mother won't talk, but his dead grandfather will. While staring into the flames of a campfire, Brendon discovers a gateway to the spirit world. His grandfather appears on a puff of smoke and tells him of the gift he inherited from his father: He has the power to force a demon from an inflicted body and send the creature back to Hell.\n\nLisa Stratton, the new girl at school, shows up with a few secrets of her own\u2014her father is possessed by a demon. She realizes Brendon is the key to his recovery, but can he help? She flirts with Brendon, hoping to discover if he has the ability to cleanse the evil from her father\u2019s body.\n\nThe closer Brendon gets to Lisa, the more he discovers buried secrets from the past. Not hers, but his\u2014his father\u2019s death and the creature that killed him, and the legacy handed down to him from beyond the grave. Burning curiosity and frightening nightmares thrust Brendon deeper into his past while Lisa urges him forward into danger\u2014and into his destiny.\n\nThe first page:\n\nAfter the flash of lightning, I waited for the peal of thunder, but instead, a long pitiful shriek echoed from outside the house. A shiver rippled through me, making my flesh prickle. I threw back the covers and crawled from the bed.\n\nThunder crashed overhead as I searched for the pullcord in the heavy folds of the curtains. I yanked them open, but only a black void stared back at me. Dark storm clouds blocked all illumination from the stars and moon.\n\nI cracked open the window and pressed my ear against the mesh screen. No shrieking howl, no gusting wind, not even a drop of rain on the patio outside disrupted the silence.\n\nA bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and the night turned bright as day. I squinted to shield my vision from the burst of light, but not before glimpsing a shadowy figure lingering at the edge of our yard near the alfalfa field. A mournful howl ripped through the air and mingled with the clap of thunder. The creature twisted lower to the ground and disappeared into a clump of oak trees.\n\nA cold chill snaked up my back. I blinked my eyes. Was that an animal, or a man scurrying into the cover of the trees? Not certain what I\u2019d witnessed, I scratched at the stubble on my neck while backing away from the window.\n\n\u201cOw,\u201d I yelped when my foot scrapped against a sharp object. I hopped around on one foot while rubbing at the heel of my other.\n\nCover: there\u2019s a mood there, the color is vivid, and the silhouette image suggests shadows. However, I think the overall design says \u201cnot a professionally published book.\u201d Part of the reason is the font selection and treatment. It mostly serves the purpose, though the author name is too small for me. But the selection, the leading of the lines and the kerning of the characters don\u2019t feel like \u201cpro\u201d to me. In short, this cover, while its color might attract attention, could also give a potential buyer doubts about the quality of the story.\n\nThe first page: the writing is sound, though I would have done a little editing\u2014but you know me. The tension started to fade at the end. Because the opening did raise story questions and suggested some kind of encounter ahead, I would have turned the page.\n\nThe chapters: again, good writing, but the need for a little editorial coaching showed up. The first chapter didn\u2019t increase the tension. Instead, it got into exposition and backstory, and delivered no hint of the story the blurb talks about.\n\nThe second chapter got our boy to school, where we got more exposition about a girl who sleeps around. Finally, the mysterious new girl arrives. I suspect the new-kid-comes-to-school scene is a bit of a clich\u00e9 in YA fiction, and I would look for a more dramatic way to meet her. The only tension aroused in this chapter was the question of whether or not these two would get together, and, since we already pretty much know the answer, that tension fades. The second chapter opened with an allusion to the mysterious events that started the first chapter, but quickly left that and went into the more mundane. There was no more about the story the blurb mentioned. My suspicion is that the story should start later.\n\nThese are the last questions I\u2019ve received for FtQ&A\u2014if you have any, please email them or use comments. Ask about craft, writing, editing, self-publishing, etc.\n\nMarsha asks, \u201c1. Are novellas (short digitals) selling?\n\n2. How long did it take you to recoup the money you invested in your first book? A year? 2 years? 3 years?\u201d\n\n1. I confess to absolute ignorance about the sales of e-novellas. I did a quick Google search, but didn\u2019t turn up anything useful. If a FtQ reader has some input, please share.\n\n2. My first Indie-published book is Flogging the Quill, Crafting a Novel that Sells. I published it in May, 2009, and have sold over 500 copies since then. It was published in paperback only, mostly because of the illustrations and photos that pepper and enliven the book, and because of its workbook size, which some buyers really like. There are lots of reviews here.\n\nEven though I have always viewed the publication of Flogging the Quill as a marketing effort designed to get the word out that I do editing and to provide an insight into how I think and edit, and even though I priced it to be competitive, not rake in profits, I figure I\u2019ve about broken even on the printing and distribution costs.\n\nThat\u2019s with a traditionally published book\u2014printed copies stored in a warehouse and distributed to both the online bookstores and brick & mortar stores, and a book that can be returned. On the POD and ebook side, the story is different.\n\nMy investment in creating an ebook is only my own time. I know how to format them for production by Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, etc. (and offer that service to self-publishers). I also do the cover designs (and offer that service to self-publishers).\n\nFor the POD (print on demand) copies, the investment is $105 to produce the book through Lightning Source. That gets it distribution through all their partners\u2014Ingram, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.\u2014and it can be ordered through physical bookstores. A case of books to use to promote the title cost a little over $160, shipped to my home. Then there are envelope and mailing costs involved with sending out review and blurb copies. But, still, the total cash investment has to be less than $250.\n\nAt this point, I\u2019ve recovered the initial costs for the POD The Vampire Kitty-cat Chronicles, through the sale of print and ebook versions. Ebook sales are picking up, and POD sales trickle right along, including a fair number in Britain. Generally, it succeeds with readers. Even though a couple of early Amazon reviews were 1 or 2 stars, it currently averages 4 stars on Amazon. It has an edge to it, and you either get it or you don\u2019t."}
-{"text": "You guys are lucky that the intro is the shortest thing in this game, it's got the same gameplay to cinematic ratio as the Metal Gear Solid series. The devs got their hands on a mocap studio and just went nuts with it, sort of like Quantic Dream did with Fahrenheit, but with less insanity.I found the gameplay to be potentially good, but it wasn't.\n\nI want to see more just to see what the hell that sudden burst of flame was... Though since the game is clearly such a tease with gameplay in its cutscenes i'm afraid we won't actually get to try ut the blessings og Hell until the last minutes of the game >_>\n\n\"Our bromance shall conquer all\" That line is added to my list of Things i want to quote really bad.\n\nI thought those awkward cuts to black were gameplay cuts, but then you referenced that you really wanted them to be just that and I couldn't stop laughing. I'd love more unskippable of this game, or even a GPLP, just so I can know WTF was going on in the end there.Also, just went to Amazon to check the release date, it's only like 3 months old. Wow.\n\nI love how nonchalant the guy's voice is. He's talking about traveling to a distant land to die along with his ideals, and his tone is more befitting of a guy sitting on a pillow pile by a fireplace, wearing a deep red robe, a snifter of brandy on his hand.\n\nDVS BSTrD:If you play the cursed crusade, it is a foregone conclusion that game play wise...\n\n*puts on sunglasses*\n\n...you're fucked\n\nno, that was just bad. Go back to internet kindergarten and learn how to use memes properly.\n\nThis game was looking very bland and generic, then sudden WTF out of nowhere. So now the templars work for God AND Hell?\n\nWell, supposedly they were warriors for God, but remember that supposedly they served a face on a piece of cloth that may have been either the cloth that wiped Jesus' face while he was carrying the cross to his execution, or was the Shroud of Turin folded so that only the face showed. When the Templars were disbanded by the Pope and French King, it was under the story that the Templars were actually serving the Devil/Baphomet, who was supposedly the face on the cloth. So according to History, God and the Devil, yup.\n\nWhat distracted me most was the line about the Sons of Saladin (Saladin being a single guy) and then that line about the Fathers (plural) of the Sons of Saladin... Talk about confusing. Sons of a Singular Father that suddenly becomes plural...\n\nDVS BSTrD:If you play the cursed crusade, it is a foregone conclusion that game play wise...\n\n*puts on sunglasses*\n\n...you're fucked\n\nno, that was just bad. Go back to internet kindergarten and learn how to use memes properly.\n\nThis game was looking very bland and generic, then sudden WTF out of nowhere. So now the templars work for God AND Hell?\n\nWell, supposedly they were warriors for God, but remember that supposedly they served a face on a piece of cloth that may have been either the cloth that wiped Jesus' face while he was carrying the cross to his execution, or was the Shroud of Turin folded so that only the face showed. When the Templars were disbanded by the Pope and French King, it was under the story that the Templars were actually serving the Devil/Baphomet, who was supposedly the face on the cloth. So according to History, God and the Devil, yup.\n\nWhat distracted me most was the line about the Sons of Saladin (Saladin being a single guy) and then that line about the Fathers (plural) of the Sons of Saladin... Talk about confusing. Sons of a Singular Father that suddenly becomes plural...\n\nWho'd thought that Broken Sword was actually teaching me history!\n\nOT: Wow, this game just looks awful, I mean, my eyes almost bled from seeing so much screen tearing and it had a feeling like the characters didn't fit at all, like watching puppets acting in a miniaturized mock-up scenario. And the voice acting... oh God, the voice acting..."}
-{"text": "(a) Greatly affected by the unconstitutional dissolution of parliament and the dismissal of the duly elected government led by B.P. Koirala in December, 1960 and decided to be involved in the movement for the restoration of democratic rights in the early age of 16.\n\n(b) Associated with the Armed Insurrection Movement for the restoration of democracy and seize of Bharatpur/Chitwan in 1961.\n\n(c) Initiated Free Student Movement in 1962.\n\n(d) Elected President of the Saraswati College Student Union in 1966.\n\n(e) Elected as a founder President of the Gandaki Student committee in 1966.\n\n(f) Elected as the General Secretary of the Democratic Socialist Youth League (DSYL) in 1967.\n\n(g) Took important initiative in organizing Nepal Student Union 1970 and elected as a Senior member of the committee of the Union.\n\n(h) Elected as a member of the Nepali Congress Tanahun District Committee in 1977.\n\n(i) Elected as a Vice-President of the Nepali Congress Tanahun District Committee in 1979.\n\n(j) Elected as a president of the Tanahun District Multy Party Campaigning committee in 1980.\n\n(k) Made the coordinator of the Nepali Congress\u2019s Central Publicity Committee in 1983.\n\n(l) Appointed as a member of the Central Committee of the Nepali Congress and was made the chief of its central level Publicity Bureau in 1987.\n\n(m) Elected as a Member of Parliament from Tanahun Constituency No. 1 be defeating Nepal communist Party (United People\u2019s Front) Candidate with large margin. (1991)\n\n(n) Served as the Minister for Local Development & Agriculture from May 29, 1991 to 1994.\n\n(o) Elected as a Member of Parliament from Tanahun Constituency No. 2 by defeating Nepal Communist Party (UML) Candidate by huge Margin from general election held in 1994.\n\n(p) Elected as the speaker of House of representatives (lower house) in 1994 and served until 1998.\n\n(q) Served as the Minister for Home and Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal in 1999 to 2002.\n\n(r) Made the coordinator of Peace Secretariat that included representative from top political parties. (2006-2007)\n\n(s) Served as the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction in, 2007 to 2008\n\n(t) Made the General Secretary of the Nepali Congress\u2019s Central Committee in 2006.\n\n(u) Made the Vice-President of the Nepali Congress\u2019s Central Committee in 2007.\n\n(v) Elected as a Member of Constituent Assembly from Tanahun Constituency No. 2 by defeating Nepal Communist Party (Maoists) Candidate from elections 2008.\n\n(w) Elected as Parliamentary Party Leader of Nepali Congress party by defeating 3 times prime minister of Nepal and leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, 2008.\n\n(x) Made the Vice President of Nepali Congress after being elected as Central Working Committee Member of the party in 12th General Assembly of the party in 2009. Serving till date.\n\n(y) Elected as a Member of Constituent Assembly from Tanahun Constituency No. 2 by defeating Nepal Communist Party (UML) Candidate from 2nd CA Elections held in 2013.\n\nSpent all over 15 years as a prisoner of conscience on various occasions being an opponent of dictatorial panchayat regime (while leading campaigns against King\u2019s directly imposed ruling system).\n\n(a) 1962- Detained for 10 months in connection with the armed seize of bharatpur by Nepali Congress.\n\n(b) 1964- Detained for 12 months in connection with the student movement in Kathmandu.\n\n(c) 1966- Detained for 6 months for being involved in the movement to oust the then Deputy inspector General of Police.\n\n(d) 1967- Detained for 14 months in connection with the organizational activities of DSYL in Pokhara.\n\n(e) 1969 \u2013 Detained for one year in Kathmandu in connection with the reorganization of DSYL in Western Nepal.\n\n(f) 1970- Detained for 3 months in Kathmandu for being involved in the organization and inauguration of Nepal Student Union.\n\n(g) 1971 to 1975- Detained for 4 years for being active in revitalizing political activities after the release of the late B.P. Koirala\n\n(h) 1977- Detained for 10 months for being involved in the Patan Conference of the Nepali Congress where the decision was taken to launch a civil disobedience movement(Satyagraha) for the restoration of democracy and the release of the ailing leader B.P. Koirala.\n\n(i) 1979- Detained for 6 months for taking lead role in the movement which ultimately ushered in the referendum to make a choice between multi-party democracy or party less Panchayat constitution.\n\n(j) 1981- Detained for 6 months in connection with the boycott of the elections held as per the party less Panchayat constitution.\n\nPoudel believes that freedom and democracy should prevail in each and every sphere of the socio-cultural, political and economic life styles of the people. Freedom and democracy are the only guarantors which make the people of a country united and strong through its inherent checks and balances.\n\nIn Nepal\u2019s context where majority of the people are surviving below the basic minimum needs and in abject poverty, government undertakings are necessary to make at least those basic minimum needs available to the poor. The friendly approach of the government is very necessary in establishing small scale industrial undertakings and prorogation of the appropriate technologies with a view to facilitate employment opportunities throughout the country. It is only in a democracy and in an atmosphere of freedom that the government can play such role without being biased towards any creeds, religion, ethnicity and faith.\n\nThe poverty prevailed in the country has been the breeding ground for the communist oriented chauvinistic politics in the country. The Nepali Congress, as a harbinger of democracy and as a champion of freedom of the country has to realize its crucial role at this juncture. It has to keep itself a bit left to the centre on order to check ultra left chauvinism.\n\nEconomic development is the only way left to make people realize the fruits of democracy and freedom. But without hindering private sectors enghusiasms[clarification needed], government has to work vigorously on basic education, infrastructure, environmental protection, population control and the relief of poverty. Such market- friendly interventions of the government would only bolster the private sector.\n\nDecentralization is the only way through which the government would be able to exert its usefulness in an egalitarian manner. It is only through decentralization that political, economic and social power can be delegated to a common man. The common man should be able to participate in the development process actively through local self government. It is through the approach of decentralization that people\u2019s power can be geared up gradually.\n\nAs we are in the process of democratization of the whole society, induction of true decentralization approach from the very beginning or groom the grass root level of politico-economic and administrative structures would be of utmost importance for the strengthening of democracy. The experiences earned by developed democratic countries in this context would prove vivid inspirations for us."}
-{"text": "Daley made his Super 14 debut off the bench against the Crusaders in 2008 and quickly became a regular in a young Reds pack. A World Championship winner at Under 19 level with Australia, Daley wore green and gold at Under 20 level before making a mark on Super Rugby in 2010 when he started 12 of the Reds' 13 games as they enjoyed a brilliant season. Following injuries to Benn Robinson and Ben Alexander, Daley was promoted to the full Wallabies squad for June Tests against England and Ireland. In the first Test against the English in Perth, his debut, Daley was part of a front-row that leaked two penalty tries at the scrum. Coach Robbie Deans kept faith in his young trio and Daley fared better in the remaining games. He is the son of former Australian rugby league international Phil Daley."}
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-{"text": "Top 10 Massachusetts business stories of 2008\n\nMonday\n\nDec 29, 2008 at 12:01 AMDec 29, 2008 at 10:06 PM\n\nThe recession that has plagued the country for the past 12 months overshadows nearly every major business story over that time.\n\nJon Chesto\n\nIt took all year for the recession to become official. Now, after plaguing the country for 12 months, it overshadows nearly every major business story. The first sector of the economy to feel the heat was the housing market, which had already plunged in the previous year. The fallout from the real estate industry\u2019s downturn extended far beyond what most economists initially anticipated. However, the damage to the home prices \u2013 at least here in Massachusetts \u2013 was minor compared with the devastation that investors suffered in the stock market this fall after the ripple effects from the credit crisis reached the broader economy.\n\nMany consumers began to curtail their spending habits and started living within their means for the first times in years. It may have been financially smart, but the reversal in consumers\u2019 attitudes wreaked havoc with the retail industry.\n\nIt\u2019s hard to narrow down the top business stories of the year to just 10 in a normal year \u2013 let alone one when Congress approves a $700 billion banking bailout, investment icon Lehman Brothers disappears and Wall Street wizard Bernie Madoff allegedly blows as much as $50 billion in a Ponzi scheme. But the following list provides a glimpse of some the stories that have an enduring impact in Massachusetts.\n\n1. JOB LOSSES SPREAD EVERYWHERE\n\nAs this winter began, virtually no industry or region in the country was untouched by the recession\u2019s icy grip. Local economists and politicians once had believed that this state could be relatively insulated from the broader economic forces at work across the country. The national economy started to bleed jobs at the start of the year while this state was still adding jobs. But by fall, Massachusetts was starting to catch up, with an estimated loss of 16,000 jobs in October and November. And those figures don\u2019t include most of the recent layoff announcements at the big Boston fund firms like State Street and Fidelity Investments, which will likely continue the trend into 2009.\n\n2. HOUSING WOES SPUR CREDIT CRISIS\n\nThe phrase \u201ccredit crunch\u201d became ubiquitous this year for one reason: nearly everyone was affected by it. First-time home buyers found it harder to get a mortgage. Real estate developers had a tough time getting commercial loans. College scholarships became more difficult to find. Several major projects in the Boston area were put on hold \u2013 including the redevelopment of the Filene\u2019s block in Boston\u2019s Downtown Crossing. The main cause of the credit crisis? The subprime mortgage disaster. As defaults and foreclosures skyrocketed among homeowners who were given loans they never should have had, the ripple effects hammered investors, lenders and insurers.\n\n3. THE STOCK MARKET MUTINY\n\nAt first, investors hoped that the fallout from the credit crisis would be limited to stocks in companies that were linked to the mortgage meltdown. But soon it became clear that the doors to credit could be shutting for just about everyone. That prompted a panic on Wall Street this fall, capping off what was already an unhappy run for stock investors. Some market watchers say that stocks have hit bottom: The Standard & Poor\u2019s 500 index has climbed about 20 percent from its levels in November. But it\u2019s still down 40 percent for the year.\n\n4. MERGER MANIA CONTINUES FOR BANKS\n\nCheap valuations drove stronger banks to swallow troubled financial firms. Bank of America inked a deal to buy Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo won the right to buy Wachovia, leaving Citigroup out in the cold. Even some small banks got in on the act: Rockland Trust and Middlesex Savings Bank took advantage of relatively cheap prices to buy community banks and expand their territories.\n\n5. RETAIL ICONS DISAPPEAR\n\nAn increasing number of big retail chains entered the remainder bins of history, including Massachusetts icons Tweeter and KB Toys. Canton\u2019s Tweeter closed abruptly earlier this month after several years of struggling with larger big box stores over the flat-panel TV market. KB Toys also surrendered in the big box battle: The Pittsfield chain\u2019s effort to cut the prices on many of its toys in time for Christmas apparently did little to attract more shoppers, so the company decided to liquidate its stores over the next several weeks.\n\n6. THE TALBOTS-J. JILL MARRIAGE COMES APART\n\nTwo major retailers on the South Shore joined forces in 2006, with Talbots acting as a benevolent buyer to shield J. Jill from an unwanted takeover bid. But the retailing road has been a rocky one since, and few retailers have felt the bumps as acutely as the Talbots and J. Jill chains have. So Talbots and Aeon Co., the Japanese conglomerate that is Talbots\u2019 largest shareholder, decided to sell the J. Jill chain in November. No buyer has been made public yet, but hopefully J. Jill won\u2019t follow the route that Tweeter and KB Toys took.\n\n7. FRANK TALK IN WASHINGTON\n\nAs the federal government moved to shore up industries ranging from banking to auto manufacturing, few individuals played a bigger role in the Washington \u201cbailouts\u201d than U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. The Newton Democrat found himself in the center of the storm this year as the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Frank proved to be an able diplomat between the Democrat-controlled Congress and the Bush administration as both arms of government struggled to prevent further erosion in the national economy.\n\n8. THE LOVE AFFAIR WITH LIFE SCIENCES\n\nThe Massachusetts Legislature took a bold and expensive step toward ensuring this state remains a hub for the life sciences industry: Lawmakers finally passed a plan to spend $1 billion over a 10-year period on helping medical device companies, biotech firms and research institutions. Some fiscal monitors grumbled about the billion-dollar price tag, especially as the state tax revenues began to head south \u2013 and representatives for other industries criticized the package because it focused too much attention on one sector of the state\u2019s economy.\n\n9. DOG RACING HEADS FOR THE FINISH LINE\n\nMeanwhile, another industry was dealt a fatal blow. Voters approved a state ban on greyhound racing with a ballot question in November that will take effect in 2010. That will mean job losses for the hundreds of people who work at Raynham Park and Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere. Anti-racing activists returned to the scene this year to finish what they started with a similar ballot question in 2000 that narrowly failed at the time. Track owners are placing their bets on a long-shot proposal on Beacon Hill that would allow the two tracks, along with the state\u2019s two horse tracks, to offer slot machines on their grounds.\n\n10. GAS PRICE STICKER SHOCK, RELIEF\n\nFew people expected gas prices around here would rise past $4 a gallon by the middle of the summer \u2013 and even fewer people would have guessed that gas prices would have plummeted well below $2 a gallon by the end of the year. The unprecedented volatility was largely driven by the crude oil markets. Demand for oil dropped precipitously as recessionary conditions spread across the globe. That, in turn, caused prices to plunge at the pumps this fall and leave consumers with at least one beneficial byproduct of the recession.\n\nCommunities\n\nOriginal content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted.\nThe Swampscott Reporter ~ 40 South St., Suite 102, Marblehead, MA 01945 ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service"}
-{"text": "RtCW-SP-Maps: Hell Mappack\n\n17.02.2010 : 08:54Your mission is to infiltrate a facility where a captured Churchill Tank is being held. This can give the Germans an advantage in the war. You are the only one who can stop them. Once into the compound, steal the blueprints, and rendevous with the partisan, who will receive your blueprints. We're counting on you, B.J.\nThe only way to get to the facility without alerting nearby garrisons is through a crypt..."}
-{"text": "Dating programmes on itv\n\n20 of the most popular shows on british tv in 2016 british tv is dominated by bbc1 and itv, the second season of the dating show, hosted by caroline . Your definitive guide to advertising across itv\u2019s television, online and mobile platforms. The best dating reality shows offer viewers the unique perspective of watching singles trying to find the perfect mate dating tv shows are nothing new, but t. Back in the early 2000\u2019s, one of my boring/lazy day guilty pleasures was watching reality dating competition shows follow gurl, pretty please. The series will play with the idea of what it really means to be naked in the search for love would your quest be more successful if you truly had nothing.\n\nItv are on the hunt for punters to take part in the exotic show where two love island bosses launch brand new reality dating show for british singletons . As if dating shows weren't skeevy enough, vh1's dating naked arrived to give you even more second-ha . From love island to first dates, what is the appeal of reality dating shows add those viewing on itv hub and the figures rise to 51 million. Below i round up the best dating shows of the decade for some good ol' guilty pleasure viewing the 90 s were all that and a bag of chips remember brown lipstick.\n\nItv accused of insensitivity over scene between megan hanson and eyal booker the itv2 dating programme, which first aired in 2015, . Take me out contestant dishes the dirt on what really goes on behind the scenes of the itv dating show when he appeared on the popular dating programme, . Is the number one destination for online dating itv dr rose need while trying to find single app tinder select the best matchmaker mary celebrity dating shows. List of television programmes broadcast by itv2 list of television programmes broadcast by itv list of programmes broadcast by citv last edited on 2 .\n\nTurkey plans to ban tv dating shows turkey is planning to ban popular television dating shows because they \u201cthere are some strange programmes that would . Dating programmes on itv \u2665\u2665\u2665 link: dating programmes on itv dating programmes on itv luc and theo are best friends who get stuck in a time loop where every day is monday. Itv is going to open its own theme park in 2018 with and they've just upped the dating a year a chance to experience itv programmes rather than . This is how bbc and itv decide which world cup matches each channel shows facebook love island terms translated and the social media guide to dating from .\n\nDating programmes on itv\n\nJust when you thought love island was over and reality tv was dead for another year, itv only go and pull it out the bag love island australia will air on uk tv in august 2018, while also featuring on the itv hub. Bravo media rolls out the red carpet for a slew of celebrity and bravolebrity guests when the millionaire matchmaker returns patti stanger is shaking things up this season with fresh methods, a new team and dozens of celebrities appearing as daters, experts and patti\u2019s co-conspirators. Apply for dating shows 2016 dating naked is an american reality dating game show shown on vh1, the official itv home of take me out, with exclusive gossip, . Itv has commissioned twofour to produce a 6 x 60 primetime studio entertainment series for the channel showcasing an array of incredible real-life transformations.\n\nItv is reportedly removing its shows from netflix in the hope of launching a new streaming service with the bbc and channel 4.\n\nSet and match: the best and worst tv dating shows but was it a new low for tv dating shows presided over yet another itv saturday teatime dating show .\n\nFind out how to be on one of our tv shows or in the audience. After various other presenting gigs, ant & dec started hosting itv's saturday morning shows smtv and cd: with reports suggesting the couple are now dating. 9 of the best dating shows in british tv history the daddy of all dating shows, blind date aired on itv from 1985 until 2003, ."}
-{"text": "Review: Zombie Driver\n\nWho needs a typical zombie slaying game when you can mow them down in your pimped out ride? It's a small wonder Xzibit hasn't endorsed this game.\n\nQuick Rating\n\nWorth The Time?\n\nYes\n\nThings Loved\n\nLots of fun, good vehicle customisation.\n\nThings Hated\n\nCheap plot, peculiar firing system, erratic income, lack of GPS.\n\nRecommendation\n\nIt's good mindless fun but nothing more, you're not missing much if you skip this one.\n\nName: Zombie Driver\n\nGenre: Vehicular combat\n\nPlayers: 1\n\nMultiplayer: None\n\nPlatforms: PS3, Xbox 360, PC\n\nDeveloper: Exor Studios\n\nPublisher: Exor Studios\n\nPrice: R80 (PC), R100 (PS3, Xbox 360)\n\nReviewed On: PC\n\nWhat are the implications, I wonder, of naming a game Zombie Driver . The pleasant surprise at knowing that my driver was not a zombie (more a sigh of relief) was shown to me by the title screen where Zombies are attacking my car (supposedly) in a run-down city.\n\nAs one the last few survivors in a city that is cordoned off and due to some weird bureaucracy reason they can\u2019t let me out but they can pimp my car out with really big guns and nitrous. So the General in charge of the cordon can\u2019t send his soldiers in any more and can\u2019t let me out yet so this is the time people usually make deals, in this case that I help him out (by killing zombies, of course) and he will deck my car out with all ranges of destructive ordinance.\n\nBefore I dived into the first mission I was actually trying to figure out how to zoom in and out as the camera angle gave a very restricted view which really ticked me off, due to the fact that you can barely see what\u2019s coming your way \u2013 right until just before it hits you right in your windshield with a big SMACK \u2013 that is. You get the reminiscent feeling of playing one of the earlier GTA\u2019s, but with the added zombie factor, which is not too bad, but it can really mess with your head when you are doing doughnuts to kill zombies (Now we know why, if you don\u2019t read the interview below. So hopefully the camera will be fixed soon).\n\nOn this note, the firing system is weird to say the least. I understand they might want to limit where you shoot by allowing you only to shoot in the direction your vehicle is facing but I mean honestly it wouldn\u2019t kill anybody (cept the zombie) to have the weapon mounted on the roof for a small price and then allowing it to have swivel action.\n\nThe first mission is simple enough: drive up to target zone, knock/ram down some zombies pickup some people and it\u2019s off back to the base. You would expect to have a variation in the missions because as they say \u201cvariety is the spice of life\u201d. Literally, all the missions are just going to a target zone and ramming all of the zombies down. I won\u2019t lie it feels good to just mow down zombies (risky at times), but a time challenge or delivery/escort mission would mix the things up thus taking the game a long way.\n\nAt the beginning of the next mission I got sent to a garage area where I got to upgrade my vehicle with said promised guns from the General . In the garage area you can choose between other cars or upgrade your car with speed/damage/tanking ability. Thing is, each car is different in that some would cater to speed and others to space. A really big oversight is the lack of any form of radar/GPS. Most people expect this in games, be it a upgrade or a simple feature which would save you from going on really long annoying trips off round and round the merry go round.\n\nWhere the flaws anchor the game down this really cool feature adds more to the game and this is there combo system, the more zombies you mow down the more it builds up the combo which finally gives you more money. So, the better you are at powersliding over then ramming into and finally giving the zombies a quick dose of bullets in quick succession the more money you get.\n\nYou may very well end up with oodles of money or you might end up poor as a pauper. You could either use your cash to just upgrade all the cars or just put into the one car that is special to you. Oh wait scratch that, as you upgrade the guns for one car it seems to work on all the cars quite mysteriously. I would have expected that when you buy guns it would apply to the car you buy it for and not work on all cars, but it seems they managed to not make the mistake with the upgrades. As you upgrade on car it stays on that car alone.\n\nThe storyline is a cheap one, think of Resident Evil and you have whole story line with a slight twist at the end. Nothing that really makes you want to save the people, more the opposite at time I mean I drove right across a zombie infested town and I don\u2019t even get a thank you.\n\nThe night mod, is the add-on mod for the game which increases the difficulty of it. What it does is simply turn the whole game into night allowing you to see with your headlights and that is all. Nothing new, no guns or missions so well the slight difficulty of driving even more blindly while spinning with your lights on could induce a epileptic attack (so caution please).\n\nSadly the second game in a row that I came across with no multi-player. Not even a most basic circuit racing with some zombies running for fun, or tag team zombie mowing which I rate would be most just to see who could reach highest amount of zombie kills.\n\nOn the whole a game which I would recommend it to most people who do not mind the mindless ramming of zombies. If you by some chance want a plot you are out of luck, story is thin and that is if you do not count the usual zombie conspiracy.\n\nAn important note is that since their is no difficulty scaling meaning there is practically, aside from the Night mod.\n\nOk, you could try to play for the few achievements but that is it. There is constant development in the pipeline so we can expect most of the problems to be fixed and hopefully at some point a nice sequel.\n\nI hate scoring Indie games but if I were to award it a score it would be about 80%. Reasons:\n\nNo multi-player (big minus for me)\n\nCamera problems\n\nSame mission style over and over\n\nTo sum it up: If you enjoyed driving around in the earlier GTA\u2019s then you will enjoy this. If you enjoy mindless mowing down of zombies you will enjoy it.\n\nA short interview with Pawel Lekki\n\n1) What inspired you to make Zombie Driver? (where did you derive your inspiration)The concept was created by Tomasz Tulikowski when we decided to make a small arcade game with lots of fun. We had a bunch of ideas but finally we decided that Zombie Driver is the best one. It\u2019s a mix of the old school GTA1 and Carmageddon with some new and unique game play features. We have also taken a lot of inspiration from D.I.P.R.I.P. \u2013 a free mod created on the Source Engine that was released some time ago on Steam.\n\n2) What audience are you targeting with this game?The game is meant for the mature audience. We think it appeals to players that enjoy action arcade games. Zombie fans will surely find some unique features in Zombie Driver that have never been combined in such a way.\n\n3) Can we see add-ons/expansion packs in the future?Yes, we are definitely going to support the game. We are expanding modding support and have already released a darkness mod in which you can play the whole game in a night setting. We are already working on a patch with more camera modes, gamepad support and some options to make is compatible with older hardware configurations. On top of that we will be adding new game modes that will be free to download. You can expect a lot more fun with the game besides the main story mode.\n\n4) What do you see Exor games doing in say 5 years from now?This is a very far perspective and it\u2019s really hard to make predictions. The games industry is constantly changing. It\u2019s hard to tell how digital and retail distribution will look like in 5 years as well as no one is sure about the console market\u2019s shape in that perspective. One thing that we can say is that we will try to make our games the best we can. We have some neat ideas for really cool new games that not necessarily feature armed vehicles or zombies :)\n\n5) How would you describe Zombie Driver?Zombie Driver is a really fun arcade game for action/driving fans. Nice snack for a good price that you can play between the blockbuster heavyweight titles.\n\n6) Comments on the fact that there is no in game mini map and lastly the bad camera.We are taking all criticism very seriously. New camera modes are coming in a patch very soon (hopefully still this week) along with gamepad support and some rendering options to make it more accessible on low-end hardware. A minimap will be added in a second round of patching."}
-{"text": "Abstract\n\nThe aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability of a\ncrowd simulation model developed by the authors by reproducing Dyer et al.\u2019s experiments(published in Philosophical Transactions in 2009) on human leadership and\nconsensus decision-\u00admaking in a computer-\u00adbased environment.\nThe theoretical crowd model of the simulation environment is presented, and its results are compared and analysed against Dyer et al.\u2019s original experiments.\nIt is concluded that the results are 11 largely consistent\nwith the experiments, which demonstrates the reliability of\nthe crowd model. Furthermore, the simulation data also reveals several additional new findings, namely:\n1) the phenomena of sacrificing accuracy to reach a quicker\nconsensus decision found in ants colonies was also discovered in the simulation;\n2) the ability of reaching consensus in groups has a direct\nimpact on the time and accuracy of arriving at the target\nposition;\n3) the positions of the informed individuals or leaders\nin the crowd could have significant impact on the overall\ncrowd movement;\n4) the simulation also confirmed Dyer et al.\u2019s anecdotal\nevidence of the proportion of the leadership in large crowds\nand its effect on crowd movement.\nThe potential applications of these findings are highlighted in the final discussion of this paper."}
-{"text": "Thursday, August 3, 2017\n\nThe\nBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster\nheadquartered at Broadcasting House in London. The BBC is the world\u2019s oldest\nnational broadcasting organization and the largest broadcaster in the world by\nnumber of employees. The BBC is an international multimedia broadcaster on\nradio, TV, online and social networks with a weekly global audience of 320\nmillion. As part of an historic multi-million pound expansion of BBC Africa,\nthe BBC World Service is introducing a wide range of new land exciting language\nand regional content to serve African and global audiences.\n\nJob\nSummary: The\nShoot Edit will support the BBC\u2019s broadcast news gathering through carrying out\na wide range of both editorial coverage and technological innovation. The\njobholder must be a creative and experienced field producer willing to join the\nAfrica Service and work across all platforms. You need to demonstrate that you\nare experienced in filming and delivering creative ideas for TV and digital.\n\nKey\nDuties and Responsibilities:\n\nProviding\ncreative ideas on how to film and illustrate news stories and features.\n\nTasked\nwith filming and sending video to base on breaking news stories\n\nShooting\nand editing complete news and feature packages\n\nRecording\npresenter links and pieces to camera in creative ways and to edit full\nprogrammes.\n\nWorking\nin liaison with reporters to develop scripts and occasionally writing\nmaterial. Field-producing news coverage, when needed.\n\nThe\nincumbent should have broad interest in and proven commitment to News.\n\nProven\nknowledge of issues and stories relevant to African audiences\n\nPrevious\nexperience of filming, editing and packaging content for TV and radio\n\nPossess\na full range of location craft and technical skills\n\nDemonstrated\nability to operate current broadcast technical equipment on location and\nat base, demonstrating a well-developed sense of visual awareness and a\nwillingness to learn how to use new technology and kit.\n\nPrevious\nexposure and experience of operating in a specialist area. Business,\nsocial or foreign affairs, the arts or science are desirable.\n\nExcellent\norganisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload, react\npositively to situations at short notice and plan ahead.\n\nExcellent\ndigital skills with track record of researching and discovering stories\nand after appropriate training use PNG, Quickfire and other news gathering\nsystems.\n\nHow\nto Apply:\n\nAll\napplicants who wish to join the BBC in the aforementioned capacity are\nencouraged to apply online by clicking on the link below."}
-{"text": "Manufacturing & The Economy\n\nThe U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday that the combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers\u2019 shipments for February, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,311.8 billion, up 0.8% (\u00b10.2%) from January 2014 and were up 1.8% (\u00b10.5%) from February 2013.\n\nManufacturers\u2019 and trade inventories, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,715.6 billion, up 0.4% (\u00b10.1%) from January 2014 and up 4.2% (\u00b10.5%) from February 2013.\n\nThe total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of February was 1.31. The February 2013 ratio was 1.28."}
-{"text": "Summary: Drabble. Jack's adventures are better known to the team than they thought.\n\nA/N: I think of this as \"the one Dotfic is going to kill me for\"\n\n\"I call bullshit,\" said Owen.\n\nJack said, \"Look, you know how it goes. They had to fictionalise parts to make it marketable. Change names, a few details. All the artefacts were alien in origin. My cover story was as a history professor, not archaeology. I look damn good in a bowtie, you should know,\" he said with a wink.\n\n\"What else? Oh yeah. Willie the adorable cabaret singer was from Shanghai, not Missouri, and I assure you, he wasn't blond.\"\n\n\"You are so full of it,\" Owen said as they dispersed. Jack chuckled, and wondered where he left the whip.\n\nThe author would like to thank you for your continued support. Your review has been posted."}
-{"text": "Cell Phone Antenna \u2013 the Tribe Has Spoken\n\nThe LSC on which I serve (as a community member for the neighborhood school) voted unanimously not to move forward with the cell phone antenna. While the discussion took up a lengthy bit of time during the meeting, the best thing to come out of a controversial decision is that everyone in the group finally spoke up and expressed an opinion. Would have been much more interesting had people been split in their opinions, but nonetheless it was good to see people engaged. So much of what the LSC deals with is a bit mundane so this added a small level of excitement.\n\nThe school principal made a good point about people who seek out other schools (magnet, gifted (that would be me, heh hehe) but don\u2019t bother to ask about the cell phone situation at those schools. And its true\u2026 people are largely unaware of the issue. It does make me wonder which other north side school have the antennas (and whether the school\u2019s parents even know about it.)\n\nWell, in 20 years if we find out that the antennas are totally harmless I\u2019ll feel like a chump for passing up all that money. But for now, nobody will have to worry about being right under the antenna for days, years, or possibly even a couple decades on end."}
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Look for them on NBA.com.\n\nRule #7\n\nProvocative statements in a signature, or as an avatar, or as the 'tagline' beneath a poster's username (where it says 'Member' or 'Administrator' by default, if it is not altered) are an unwanted distraction that will more than likely be removed on sight. 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They can be fun, but sometimes they derail or distract from a topic, and we don't want to see that happen. If we feel it is a problem, we will either delete or move those posts from the thread.\n\nRule #9\n\nGenerally speaking, we try to be a \"PG-13\" rated board, and we don't want to see sexual content or similarly suggestive content. Vulgarity is a more muddled issue, though again we prefer things to lean more towards \"PG-13\" than \"R\". If we feel things have gone too far, we will step in.\n\nRule #10\n\nWe like small signatures, not big signatures. The bigger the signature, the more likely it is an annoying or distracting signature.\n\nRule #11\n\nDo not advertise anything without talking about it with the administrators first. This includes advertising with your signature, with your avatar, through private messaging, and/or by making a thread or post.\n\nI don't really get this talk, why would he sign here to be third string? Clearly just didn't make sense for either side.\n\nIt made sense for our side to keep him and use him.\n\nWest - Roy - Tyler - Jeff - Josh - Pendy\n\nJeff will NOT make it 66 games at 20 mpg, it just seems really unlikely. Roy will have foul problems on some nights as well.\n\nMinutes were there and if he performed then he'd move ahead of Tyler also.\n\nIt's TNT NUKE MELTDOWN if West gets hurt.\n\nBTW, it would at least be different if the Pacers had made an offer and he decided to pass on it. Instead they just skipped ahead to Pendergraph and treated Josh's time here like a done deal.\n\nLucky for Bird the Lakers don't play in Conseco this year, and the trip to LA will be worse for the Lakers because they will be on one day rest after 2 games in Florida while the Pacers will be on one day rest after 2 games in California. Not just a time zone hit but also coming off of games vs Dallas, Miami and Orlando.\n\nComment\n\nThere's no point in having Tyler and Josh on the same team, if you are looking for a better starter, which Larry clearly was.\n\nJosh took this amount of money because it was from the Lakers and he was going into a situation where he's going to get impact minutes. He wouldn't have gotten those minutes with Foster and Hans (because regardless of what we think, Larry prefers Tyler) and would have probably required a higher salary, to keep as a third big guy.\n\nThis wasn't about Jeff versus Josh, it was about West verus Josh. I might have still gone with Josh, but I could be wrong.\n\nI'll just reiterated what I've been saying for a couple years: it was almost criminally stupid to draft Tyler for the exact same reason you are using to justify letting Josh walk - we already had backup quality PFs. Bird passed on a starting PG for a backup PF. Two years later we are still trying to upgrade PG and PF. It was a stupid move that continues to hurt this team.\n\nI don't think so. We added a very good PF in West and McRoberts can only dunk. I do not expect him to get much playing time in LA. I think Luke Walton will play more than he does. As you can see, I am not a McBrick fan and I am having a party celebrating the fact that he is finally gone from Indiana.\n\nI can see that to you a PF that can hit for 38% from THREE is a \"McBrick\".\n\nFG% - 55, Adjusted FG% - 57.6\n\nAnd he led the F-bomb team last year in Adjusted btw. From your expert analysis that to you looked like a guy hitting iron all the time. You do not know what you are talking about, period.\n\n\"can only dunk\" - except the 2.1 apg\n\nThe team had 8 guys play at least 1000 minutes (ie, not TJ, AJ or Lance), and among those players Josh was SECOND on the team in Assists per minute with a P36 of 3.4, 2nd to Collison's 6.1 and higher than Roy's 2.7, Danny's 2.6 or Mike \"Mr. Offensive Awareness\" Dun's 2.2.\n\nHis 1.3 blocks P36 was 2nd to Roy's 2.3 (discounting Solo's low playing time) and TRIPLE the rate of blocks for Tyler.\n\nHis rebounding per minute was identical to Tyler 8.6 to 8.6 P36.\n\nHis fouls per minute was lower than Roy and Tyler slightly despite being the youngest of the 3.\n\nHis steals per minute, also higher than Tyler. 1.1 to 0.9, and just below Danny's 1.2.\n\nSo his shot selection was good, but rather than just dunk he also showed (per JOB's request) that he could stretch to the 3 if needed and did so at a virtually identical rate to Danny. He rebounded as well as the big star hustler Tyler. He defended at a better level than just about anyone other than George yet did so without going foul crazy.\n\nI just lose it when I see totally uninformed posts like this and I have to think that this is where opinions come from? You just make up whatever without accounting for the actual results? Or maybe you just tuned in to the playoffs when he was injured because the team wasn't worth following before then?\n\nYes, he does not have a post scoring game and West just dwarfs him in that manner. But \"can only dunk\" just sounds like someone who didn't watch the Pacers play last year other than highlights.\n\nComment\n\nAlthough I was a fan of Josh, and will always support the local guys, I can see why it is for the best that he is gone. We simply don't have enough resources to develop yet another young player. DC, Hill, George, Tyler, Lance, and Roy are the core guys that management has decided to go forward with in their development process. Josh would be the seventh prospect to develop. Eventually you need to cut bait with some of your prospects and give more attention/minutes to players that you see being a better long-term fit. I wouldn't have had a problem with re-signing Josh, but if the Pacers want to move forward and become a contender, you need to put already established veterans in place like David West. The whole Pendergraph signing has gotten way too much attention on PD. He will be our 15th man, and is the new Solomon Jones on our roster.\n\nBeing unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel\n\nComment\n\nAlthough we appreciate McBob, I can't wait to see how Laker fans respond.\n\nI'm in LA and have to listen to these people whine on sports radio all the time. I can only imagine what losing Lamar for a trade exception (which is going over horribly out here) and picking up McBob, who probably no one has heard of, is going to do to the radio dialogue. Should be a fun week.\n\nComment\n\nI'm surprised that no one stated the obvious. Josh McRoberts was signed to replace Lamar Odom. I always thought that McRoberts was a poor man's version of Odom. As a career decision, it was a good move for him.\n\nRemember when we could have gotten 1-2 solid players and a possible Top 3 draft pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by trading away Paul George?\n\nComment\n\nMcBob would have gotten plenty of backup center minutes, I think, even with Foster there.\n\nAnd next year the cupboard gets really bare.\n\nIf you were Josh McRoberts, would you take less than market value to be the 5th big man on the depth chart... just because Foster \"probably\" won't play every game?\n\nOr would you go to LA and step into Lamar Odom's former role on a title contender?\n\nDoesn't make any sense for the Pacers to pay Josh to sit on the bench. Doesn't make any sense for Josh to sign with the Pacers to sit on the bench. For what? To play on Foster's off nights? Not a good career move.\n\nComment\n\nHappy for McRoberts. It's a shame he couldn't stay here as he was one of my favorite Pacers. It's a consolation though that he's going to my 2nd favorite team in the league! I will ALWAYS be #1 pacers fan, with the lakers a close 2nd. He moved on from my favorite team to second. not too shabby, although i still wish he was a pacer!! good luck in LA Josh, i'm sure you'll shine bright there!!\n\nComment\n\nBrent Barry was talking on the local radio station today about Dujan Blair and how people see him produce 16 and 8 in 22 minutes and think he should get more time based on that, when in reality players like that have their production decrease with extended minutes. Maybe Josh fits in that category. I'm sure we will see if he gets extended minutes with the Lakers."}
-{"text": "Keeping tabs on life's miracles amidst the mundane day to day\n\nShould I Stay or Should I go?\n\nOur time with family yesterday, my recent walk down memory lane, and my current read (which I have a very difficult time putting down and find it very easy to think about during long car rides), have all come together in my mind to a few realizations.\n\nThus far in my thirty-odd years, I\u2019ve noticed a common thread through most of my experiences: the constancy of transition. Here is the particular instance that weighs on my mind today. I was born in a city with a dearth of people. As a young child, I lived in that vacuous space and imagined ways to breathe new life into what was left. Presumably my father, with his love of architecture and tendency to dream was also engaged in a more tangible and adult version of this exercise (this is purely speculation, mind you). I left that city, upon which I\u2019d laid so many dreams and hopes. I left and I often missed it terribly. But it seemed that I had to go. There were not possibilities for me there. I was facing a mismatch within myself and the easiest thing to do was to go. Now, truth be told, my parents left. One and then the other, while I was still a child living with them. So, to be fair, my departure wasn\u2019t so much a departure, as a lack of returning once I was of the age to choose for myself where exactly I would begin to work on making my dreams reality. But to me, given the heavy burden of being part of the small community that stayed back in the 1970\u2019s it felt like I\u2019d left. And in the past few years, as returning would be a very cost effective choice compared to continuing to live where we do, the possibility to return has been considered and discussed. But always with the decision to stay put, for now.\n\nLiving in Oakland has felt like a good compromise because there are so many characteristics that Oakland and Detroit share. But my husband doesn\u2019t agree. He grew up as an only child out in the country, he\u2019s used to considerably fewer people and, in tandem to me, he holds on to the possibility of returning to his roots. And so it seems that someday in the future I may have to venture even further from my home, to a different sort of place all together. I must admit that while I can conjure up a romantic version of such a life, it is not nearly as appealing to me as staying here or going all the way back home. I find myself engrossed in this element of Weiss\u2019 story and wishing that it could be so simple for me (the beauty of reading another person\u2019s story, right?).\n\nI\u2019ve got my coping mechanisms for urban living all set up, but there is an underlying philosophy that guides me through my days in the city. Living with my country mouse of a husband has brought this philosophy more to the fore front of my mind as I am drawn into debates about why things are the way they are here. But being amongst family members living a small town kind of life, and thinking about my childhood now with the analytical capabilities of an adult, have left me wanting to clarify this mental approach to life in the city a bit more.\n\nThere is a complexity to urban life that I really enjoy. The way that so many different people share a small space and in so doing are forced to improve upon themselves is stimulating and interesting to me. I like how life in the city forces me into change. I have my introverted tendencies to be sure, and I think that is why I like the city. Because I\u2019m surrounded by people, the environment sort of makes up for the gap that my personality would tend to create. More specifically, I like that I\u2019m forced to compromise, have patience, empathy, and compassion. And in the midst of all that work, I can put in a hard day (or decade, is more like it) of dream work, and end up with something approaching the life that I\u2019ve always envisioned for myself.\n\nIn a smaller kind of place, be it a town, the country, or a less populated urban area, there simply aren\u2019t as many options for who to be, nor so many challenges to be more of who you are. In order to have a reasonably peaceful life, a person has to pick a way of being that fits into what others think of as acceptable. And while there may be more of a tendency for everybody to know everybody else\u2019s business, there simply is more room to hide away with oneself. Put another way, there are not nearly the opportunities for personal growth and expansion. (Embedded in that notion is the assumption that personal growth and expansion are most easily won through relationships, perhaps there is another way of which I am unaware.) While I\u2019ve chosen mostly traditional ways of life for myself, I have enough off-beat tendencies and interests to lead me into too many awkward social situations in a place where people are used to a lot of personal space and a lot of sameness. I much prefer to be in a place where abnormal is the accepted normal.\n\nAs I reflect on my Detroit memories, and draw more adult conclusions about what was probably going on for the adults who were shaping the life that I was so fond of, I realize that in their own ways, they must have been grappling with these issues. Clearly personal philosophy, broader trends of culture and society, and personal desires all meet up uniquely for each of us individual humans. But there is also the magical something that only comes together through our joint efforts and intentions. I\u2019d venture to say that every populous is thriving or declining as a result of its mojo reserves. (It seems to me that Detroit could use a big shot of that kind of mojo.) And furthermore, that each of us, everyday, wakes up to our place on the planet and makes a choice about how we are going to contribute. Shall we throw our hat into the ring, or throw in the towel? Shall we stay and do either? Or shall we go and do neither?\n\nI feel like I\u2019ve been walking this line most of my life and while I seem to do okay with the level of uncertainty that comes in hand with such a predicament, I am beginning to have the feeling that maybe someday it would be nice to know for sure and for good, where am I really going to give it my all for the long haul? Perhaps this is just a passing notion given my current mental dabblings. Perhaps not, and at some point my husband and I will have the sort of collective reckoning that Zadie Smith so artfully described in White Teeth (remember the scene between the two boys once they were back in the same city? Perfect! I\u2019ll never forget what she conjured up).\n\nI suppose for now I can take comfort in the fact that Detroit taught me to be careful where I call home. To be sure that I\u2019m in it, 150% and that I\u2019m willing to go long mile after long mile for my little spot of comfort on this big planet. We each have different things to learn in life, perhaps this is one of my things. For now, I have plenty to keep me occupied, a home that I love with a family that I wouldn\u2019t trade for anything. For now and I suspect, for always, transition reigns in at least some corner of my life."}
-{"text": "\"For seven years I've tried to implement a five, or 10 or fifteen year plan,\" Purcell said. \"It's frustrating. The board as a whole has done nothing but blow smoke up our behinds. We sit here and have these conversations year in and year out at budget time. How many times have I presented a five, 10 or 20 year plan?\"\n\nPurcell said that boards have required department heads to beg for replacement equipment, rather than instituting a policy similar to that of the Fire District, which has a 20 year plan. He also said that he had been told, presumably by a board member, that there is a reserve account for which $50,000 per year has accrued to $200,000 so far, for the eventual purchase of a grade-all.\n\n\"Absolutely not,\" Bowman said. \"Whoever told you that mistold you.\"\n\nBoth Purcell and Tyrrell are asking for money to replace equipment in their departments. Both say that purchasing the euipment now, as opposed to ordering the equipment next year, presents an opportunity for the Town to save money. Purcell said two Highway Department trucks are in need of replacement. Tyrrell said that while the equipment he wants to replace is still in good working order, that by sticking to a replacement schedule he can keep his equipment in reasonable working order. He said that a reserve budget plan for his department would be a relatively small amount that would eliminate his need to confront the board year after year.\n\n\"The prices I have are good now,\" he said. \"My problem is that (if the equipment is not replaced this year) I am going to come to you next year and ask you for this equipment and this other equipment, and I won't get either one and I'll be that much farther behind. If our reserve fund was to a certain point then I wouldn't come to the board for any equipment. My department would be self-sustaining.\"\n\n\"Mine would be the same thing,\" Purcell added. \"I have explained this for years, but I get farther and farther behind. In the 22 years I've been here there has never been a commitment to do anything but make the poor sap that runs (the Highway Department) come and beg on his hands and knees to provide a service that everybody in town raves about.\"\n\nThe board has been split over the past year or so on whether or not to create a fund balance policy. Supervisor Kathy Miller and her staff, including Deputy Supervisor Sharon Bowman, as well as Councilwoman Ruth Hopkins have said they favor instituting a policy. Miller brought in a consultant last year who advocated for such a policy, and a recent audit suggested implementing one as well. But some other board members have preferred to decide on equipment expenses on a case by case basis.\n\n\"The discussion by some of us was that we should be doing that,\" Miller said. \"Did it come to fruition? No. The reason you do this is so you know, going forward, what you have every year, just to do the things you have to do.\"\n\nThe issue for the Highway Department is that a one ton truck needs replacement, and a 10-wheeler (the big trucks you see plowing Lansing's roads) needs serious repairs that Purcell said could cost as much as $20,000. He said the Town has an opportunity to replace the big truck before next year's prices go into effect, or to spend the money for repairs this year, and then be forced to replace the truck next year at higher prices.\n\n\"There's where it starts to bite you,\" Purcell said. \"With the winter that we've had our shop looks like a scrap yard right now. We have an opportunity to replace that 10-wheeler and probably save roughly $14,000 to $15,000 on the price, versus if we ordered one in the fall or some time next year. If it's $15 grand there's a $30,000 swing either way.\"\n\nCouncilman Robert Cree said that he thought the board had already made decisions on how to use the fund balance.\n\n\"To some extent I thought we had already decided where a comfortable place for these fund balance s to be and we would go from there,\" he said. \"While it's not the budget we have established what our comfort level was.\"\n\nHe later suggested suggested the Town mirror Tompkins County's policy.\n\nBoth Purcell and Tyrrell noted their departments 'turned money' back in to the town, money budgeted for their departments that they didn't spend. Purcell also noted that his department saved taxpayers at least $250,000 on projects that would not typically be done by a highway department, and said he is asking for $203,000 to replace the truck, and potentially saving up to $30,000 in the process.\n\nBut Miller said that when a department does not use its budget in a particular year they don't get to spend it the next year.\n\n\"It's not a rollover budget,\" she said. \"It's not your money.\"\n\nThat highlighted a fundamental miscommunication between the board and departments that Miller and Bowman said they will address. Bowman said that in order to understand why fund balance won't necessarily go to these equipment purchases you have to see the big picture. Miller arranged for board members to meet with Purcell and Tyrrell Monday morning to explain the Town's overall finances.\n\n\"I've been trying to do this for three years,\" she said. \"We're going to give it try this year. That's why we've gone to courses. That's why we've listened to people. But the whole board has to agree. That's the bottom line. Or we can just say we need this and let's buy it, which is a really dumb way to do it because I don't think we have to. Maybe we'll have to bond to get on track, to purchase a couple of pieces of equipment. We have to somehow get on track.\""}
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-{"text": "A number of high-street and designer brands are at the forefront of a report by Human Rights Watch regarding the mistreatment of workers at clothing factories in Cambodia.\n\nEvidence that supports claims of anti-union and discriminatory activity has been discovered. In one particular instance short term contracts were found to be restricting the employees in exercising their rights. Cases of forced overtime and improper treatment of pregnant women were also uncovered.\n\nThe retailers that the factories in Cambodia supply are Marks & Spencer, H&M, Adidas, Armani and Gap and it has become apparent that a lot of this work is sub-contracted out to smaller factories who tend to recruit staff on a more casual basis. This poses difficulty for employees who have complaints regarding working conditions as there is the added anxiety that they may lose their jobs, according to HRW.\n\nMarks & Spencer do not divulge information about the suppliers it uses, but HRW think that out of 73 factories on which they have collected data, 13 of these are utilised by the retail giant. M&S maintain however that they operate under tight ethical standards and said that \u201cIf HRW comes to us with any evidence we will, of course, investigate.\u201d They have agreed to disclose a list of suppliers next year.\n\nAdidas, Gap and H&M are adopting measures to address the issues that have arisen with H&M telling the BBC that smaller factories to whom work was delegated would lose their contracts with the retailer.\n\nWhether you\u2019re at school, university or have graduated, if you\u2019re an aspiring lawyer The Student Lawyer provides you with everything you'll need to make chasing down that dream career in law that little bit easier.\n\nTSL is all about providing careers and study advice to law students and graduates."}
-{"text": "13 of Witchcraft Horror\u2019s Most Iconic Heroines\n\nPost navigation\n\nDirector Babak Anvari\u2019s recent Under the Shadows \u2013 is an eerie, superstitious tale of a mother and daughter\u2019s spiritual struggle to cope with the terrors of post-revolution Iran. After the protagonist Shideh\u2019s building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a fear mongering neighbour suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces alone, if she is to save her daughter and herself. Subsequently making her the ultimate contemporary poster girl for feminism in horror.\n\nIn response to the recent critically acclaimed film, we decided it would be fitting to chart horror\u2019s iconic women\u2026 while taking a look at the ways witchcraft has been used in film to chastise \u2014 or praise \u2014 subversive women.\nFemale occultism, in particular the concept of \u2018witches\u2019 appears to be having a bit of a resurgence in pop culture at the moment. From \u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d to \u201cWitches Of East End\u201d to Jenji Kohan\u2019s series about the Salem Witch Trials, the magical woman is undergoing a renaissance cultural moment \u2014 and also gaining new respect as an enduring feminist symbol.\n\u201cYoung women in particular are looking for an archetype outside the tired virgin/whore binary that we\u2019re offered, and the witch can do just that,\u201d Kristen Korvette, who created a new course at The New School called The Legacy of the Witch.\n\nOccoultist women portrayed in films are inherently connected to the irrational fear of females and their biological bonds to the natural world. They can also be explicit critiques of the modern world \u2014 and a much needed form of assertion. Bearing this in mind, get ready to enrich your scary movie diet with some progressive feminism.\n\n\ud835\udfcf. \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27, \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21 (\ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfce\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd3)\n\nThis already cult status film takes us back to New England in the 1630s, a few decades before the Salem witch trials, unfolding the story of a teenage girl trapped somewhere between the ambiguity of religious fervor, the eventual relinquishment of religious shame, and eventual sexual abandonment\u2026 and above all else the certainty of true evil.\n\n\ud835\udfd0. (\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e,) \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e (\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25 \u2013 \ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd5\ud835\udfd4)\n\n\u2018\u2019Carrie is largely about how women find their own channels of power, but also what men fear about women and women\u2019s sexuality. Writing the book in 1973 and only three years out of college, I was fully aware of what Women\u2019s Liberation implied for me and others of my sex. Carrie is woman feeling her powers for the first time and, like Samson, pulling down the temple on everyone in sight at the end of the book.\u2019\u2019\n\nStephen King\u2019s Carrie focuses mainly on the male fear of powerful women that inspired the film, with the anti-Carrie camp signifying her death as the defeat of the \u201cmonstrous feminine\u201d and therefore a triumph of sexism. But Stephen King\u2019s states that the inspiration for his 1973 book, is as much a realisation of a feminist nightmare as it is a patriarchal one, with neither party winning.\n\nThe rise of Second Wave feminism in the seventies posed serious threats to the patriarchal order certainly, but even for those who think change is not only necessary but good, change can be pretty scary. This, also disconcertingly taps into the shared universal fear of being victimised, something most of us can relate to at one point in our lives, and is one of the reasons Carrie still scares everyone.\n\n\ud835\udfd1. \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc32, \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc2d (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd4)\n\nThe Craft is a teenage tale of witchcraft in the American high school. Sarah (Robin Tunney) is a troubled girl who just moved to Los Angeles. She meets three school outcasts rumored to dabble in witchcraft \u2013 Bonnie (Neve Campbell), Nancy (Fairuza Balk) and Rochelle (Rachel True). Sarah joins their coven and, as a result, four teenagers gain access to dark powers, and after Nancy is struck by lightening in the initiation, she lacks empathy and becomes power obsessed.\n\nAt first, they use them in a most teenage way possible, from unleashing revenge to attracting school hunk Chris (Skeet Ulrich). But things take a darker turn as people start dying, spells backfire and the coven\u2019s leader, Nancy, becomes more and more of an unhinged bad girl as the film progresses.\n\n\ud835\udfd2. \ud835\udc09\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc32, \ud835\udc08\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc2c (\ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfce\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd2)\n\nForgetting the whole \u201cteenagers who have sex die\u201d exhausted tradition of the horror film for a second. In this film, the characters have to have sex in order to survive a deadly curse. Annie is a new kind of final girl, who has to break the rules of the genre and the adult world to stay alive.\nThis is a refreshingly powerful depiction of adolescence, which culminates in an uplifting (literally) scene of personal fulfillment and ecstasy.\n\n\ud835\udfd3. (\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc32,) \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc32\u2019\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc32 (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd4\ud835\udfd6)\n\nThis is one of those cases in which you want to separate the director from his work\u2014I would never call Roman Polanski a feminist, but I would argue that this film is. Rosemary\u2019s Baby is a surprisingly honest and intimate portrayal of the expectations, disappointments, and even horrors that can accompany pregnancy. And the lullaby that begins and ends the film will haunt you for a long time (it\u2019s my ringtone).\n\n\ud835\udfd4. \u2018\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc06\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc25,\u2019 \ud835\udc00 \ud835\udc06\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc07\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc2d (\ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfce\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd2)\n\nA mysterious female vampire stalks an Iranian town and, in the process, exposes its secrets. This dreamy, beautifully filmed Persian-American flick draws from both the horror and Spaghetti Western traditions, and immediately became an inspiration for independent horror filmmakers.\n\n\ud835\udfd5. \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc32\ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc19\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1a, \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\u2019\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd1\ud835\udfd4)\n\nDracula\u2019s Daughter is an all too often overlooked Universal Studios monster gem. Gloria Holden stars as Countess Marya Zaleska, a hypnotic vampire who is forced to bear her father\u2019s legacy. She also demonstrates a strong attraction to women, thereby initiating the cinematic trend of the lesbian vampire.\n\n\ud835\udfd6. \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc15\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc23\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1a, \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc24 \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc32 (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd4\ud835\udfce)\n\nBlack Sunday, also known as The Mask of Satan and Revenge of the Vampire \u2014 is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava, Burned at the stake, a vampire witch princess (Barbara Steele) wakes up centuries later with her undead henchman.\nTo this Bava now added a direct approach to historical misogyny and warped religious concepts of femininity and virtue, subjects rarely tackled before except by Carl Dreyer, one of intelligent horror\u2019s strongest influences, in films like The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) and Day of Wrath (1943).\n\n\ud835\udfd7. \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1a, \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc24, \ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfce\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd2\n\nSix years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss.The Babadook (2014) punctures this myth of the new feminized laborer \u2014 a perky, independent professional, free from housewifery and inequality. Instead, we are faced with Amelia, a clearly intelligent, capable woman, who lives in a careworn haze of fatigue and depletion, only emerging periodically to rally herself to tenderness or descend into demonic fury. An amazing depiction of the burdens of being a single mother, and a terrifying watch.\n\n\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfce. \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc30, \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27 (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd5\ud835\udfd1)\n\nWhen fervently Christian detective Sergeant Howie visits a remote island in the Hebrides to investigate a young girl\u2019s disappearance, he finds a community celebrating May Day with pagan rituals. Whilst visiting, he stays at the local inn where he meets Willow, the innkeeper\u2019s daughter, who attempts to sway him from his Christian path. Willow\u2019s responsibility for demonstrating the loose morals of the Summerisle heathens (and testing Howie\u2019s purity) is exhibited with a bizarre bawdiness \u2013 but Britt Ekland\u2019s Bond-girl, pouting sexuality marked her (and her role as Willow) as an iconic figure of seduction within horror.\n\n\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfcf. \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e, \ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21 (\ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfce\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd4)\n\nWitches have been portrayed onscreen as evil, hideous hags (Hocus Pocus), as eccentric but kind neighbors (Practical Magic), as rebellious teens in Hot Topic clothing (The Craft). In The Love Witch, Elaine (Samantha Robinson) \u2013 despite being a homage to all this vintage vixens, is a different archetype from the ones we\u2019re used to seeing\u2014she\u2019s a seductive woman whose primary goal in life is to find a man who adores her, which she attempts using methods of seduction and spellwork.\n\n\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd0. \ud835\udc06\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27, \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd4\ud835\udfd4)\n\nFollowing a deeply disturbing experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.\n\nThis film was a pet project of Joan Fontaine, based on a novel by Peter Curtis. It was her last feature film. Fontaine stars as the fearlessly strong teacher Gwen Mayfield, who is in charge of a missionary school in Africa. A witch doctor puts a curse on her, causing a nervous breakdown.\n\nReturning to England, she takes a job running a small rural school. In the village, there is an active voodoo cult. They have targeted a young woman named Linda (Ingrid Brett), whom they plan to offer as a virgin sacrifice. The cult members are led by journalist Stephanie Bax (Kay Walsh), whom Mayfield discovers is the head witch. So much female sass for one movie, decades ahead!\n\n\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd1. \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc33\ud835\udc32, \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1a (\ud835\udfcf\ud835\udfd7\ud835\udfd5\ud835\udfd5)\n\nDario Argento\u2019s avant-garde and beautifully shot giallo movie follows the journey of an American dancer, as she enrols in a prestigious German dance school, only to find it\u2019s run by masochistic witches. Argento\u2019s technical stylings are always a wonder to behold and Suspiria, with its use of mind blowing colours, and a spectacular score by prog-rock band Goblin. Not to mention a bizarre mystery at the heart of it all, is one of his, and Italian cinema\u2019s, most thrilling works. It is definitely a film critic\u2019s film, and remains as influential as it does unnerving."}
-{"text": "Its been 2 days and he wants to meet?\n\nSo i recently met this guy on a dating website. Its been 2 days since we started texting and he already wants to meet. Should I meet him? He's actually visiting my city from another state so that's why? But I am not comfortable meeting so soon since i dont know anything about him. My friend says its now or never. And when i asked him when will be the next time he will be visiting he said he doesn't know either..He is a nice guy but I dont really know anything about him. He's goodlooking and all too and i am fat so I have a feeling he will reject me. I am feeling a bit down thinking that i have to meet him i dont really want to be rejected. can someone help me with some sort of opinion of what i should do?\n\nYeah we were gonna meet at the mall for coffee so it is a public place. I am kind of having a self esteem issue more than any other issue. I am fat 5'5 size 12. :( He is really good looking...\n\ngosh i am heartbroken and i shouldn't have met him! i took a friend along with me and he was more interested in her than me and i saw him checking her out so many times!:( yeah i am never going out again!\n\nMost Helpful Girl\n\nfirst ask yourself this; if he doesn't live in your state or visit your city often what would be the likeliness that you would end up dating him after this date?\n\nalso just seeing a picture and texting a person doesn't give you enough basis to go off before meeting someone. i did online dating and saved myself a lot of trouble by skyping with guys first. i can tell you i was creeped out by all but one (who i am now dating). I became comfortable with my now boyfriend before going to really MEET him because we had actual face to face conversations.\n\nnext point: dont worry about how you think you look. he has seen what you look like and he clearly likes what he sees. i was worried the first time meeting my bf that he wouldn't like how i look because i have braces and im 20, and i wasn't comfortable with how i looked with them, but he thought i was gorgeous and thinks i look good with braces.\n\nwarning: most guys on dating sites are out to find a f*** buddy not a serious gf so make sure you know what you are getting yourself into.\n\nWhat Guys Said 2\n\nOkay, let me say something here. I had to Google a size 12, and apparently that's approximately a 30 inch waist. This isn't fat. I doubt you're fat. If you think you're fat, you're not. You're of average size.\n\nWith that out of the way, I would be very, very cautious. You DON'T know this person, and they just happen to be coming to your city after you've \"known\" them for two days.\n\nLet's reverse roles here:\n\nYour best friend (A girl) tells you, \"Hey, I've met this guy online and we've been texting back and forth for a couple days. He's coming into town soon and wants to meet.\"\n\nIf you advise your friend to meet up with this person, you need your head checked. I'm not joking when I say this sounds like a sexual predator, and you should absolutely not meet up with this person.\n\n0\n\n0|0\n\n0|0\n\nAsker\n\ni am meeting in a public place for coffee...i really have a prob with my self esteem. i have never been on a date before...so i dont know what to do exactly!\n\nWhat Girls Said 5\n\nDon't met him, you hardly know him. And if you fell like you absolutely have to, go with a large group of friends and accidentally run into him or something. A lot of people can seem nice at first, but texting for two days is not enough to fully understand someones motives.\n\nI have never been on a date with any guy before since i was too fat and i recently lost 40 lbs and i am 180 lbs. I still have to lose a lot. Right now my prob is i dont feel good about my self image and i have a fear of getting rejected and its very hard for me to over come.:( I am kinda not feeling comfortable meeting him and i am in a very panic mode right now...\n\nAs long as u were honest about ur self to him u shouldn't be worried because he already knows what u look like and if he wasn't attracted to you then he wouldn't want ro meet u\n\n0\n\n0|0\n\n0|0\n\nAnonymous\n\nHow else do you expect to know him if you dont go meet him? I think its better to do it sooner than wait for a long time build up all these emotions, then be let down in person. Sounds petty, but it happens. I would recommend a public place so if he's a serial killer you dont get killed. lol"}
-{"text": "Making an Avatar with Kinect\n\nUsing an XBox One Kinect and the adapter for USB, you should be able to take a mapping and use the SDK to make a 3D model of you. I'll get it and see if it's possible.\n\nIn the meantime, I'm looking into this program built on Python called MakeHuman.\n\nIt requires a lot of Python libraries (specifical numpy, PyQt, and PyOpenGL), but they're installable from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy, using pip's ability to install 'wheel' files."}
-{"text": "OBJECTIVE: To obtain population estimates and profile risk factors for infant mortality in two birth cohorts and compare them among cities of different regions in Brazil. METHODS: In Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, southeast Brazil, infant mortality was determined in a third of hospital live births (2,846 singleton deliveries) in 1994. In S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, northeast Brazil, data were obtained using systematic sampling of births stratified by maternity unit (2,443 singleton deliveries) in 1997-1998. Mothers answered standardized questionnaires shortly after delivery and information on infant deaths was retrieved from hospitals, registries and the States Health Secretarys' Office. The relative risk (RR) was estimated by Poisson regression. RESULTS: In S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, the infant mortality rate was 26.6/1,000 live births, the neonatal mortality rate was 18.4/1,000 and the post-neonatal mortality rate was 8.2/1,000, all higher than those observed in Ribeir\u00e3o Preto (16.9, 10.9 and 6.0 per 1,000, respectively). Adjusted analysis revealed that previous stillbirths (RR=3.67 vs 4.13) and maternal age <18 years (RR=2.62 vs 2.59) were risk factors for infant mortality in the two cities. Inadequate prenatal care (RR=2.00) and male sex (RR=1.79) were risk factors in S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds only, and a dwelling with 5 or more residents was a protective factor (RR=0.53). In Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, maternal smoking was associated with infant mortality (RR=2.64). CONCLUSIONS: In addition to socioeconomic inequalities, differences in access to and quality of medical care between cities had an impact on infant mortality rates."}
-{"text": "Screen Name\n\nThe email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first.\n\nThe email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first.\n\nThis Facebook account is already present\n\nYour Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules. Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form.\n\nPlease enter a valid email address\n\nThe email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first.\n\nOverview\n\nSalt Lake dreaming of trophy glory\n\nReal Salt Lake will try to claim a berth in the FIFA Club World Cup with a second leg win over Monterrey in the CONCACAF's Champions League final on Wednesday.\n\nThe Utah-based club, which earned a 2-2 draw last week in Mexico off a last-gasp goal from Javier Morales in the 89th minute, would be the first Major League Soccer side since the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2000 to win the crown.\n\n\"Just to have that possibility in your mind's eye about being able to lift the trophy in front of a sellout crowd screaming for us, that's the stuff that dreams are made of,\" Real coach Jason Kreis said. \"We have to feel good about what we accomplished down there, but it's a measured good for sure because this is still a very dangerous opponent.\"\n\nThe winner will advance to the FIFA Club World Club on 8-18 December in Japan. Brazilian clubs won the first three such events while UEFA Champions League squads have captured the past four.\n\nReal Salt Lake, unbeaten in their past ten home matches, will face a Rayados side seeking their first continental crown in its 66-year history.\n\nI personally feel like they disrespected us and I hope we can show them what kind of team we are.\n\nJason Kreis, Real Salt Lake coach\n\n\"This team has shown a lot of character,\" Monterrey president Luis Miguel Salvador said. \"I don't think that Wednesday will be the exception. We are conscious of what we are playing for.\"\n\nMonterrey manager Victor Manuel Vucetich said Salt Lake \"dirtied\" the match last week, adding fuel to Real's fire for the rematch. \"Talk is cheap,\" said Real forward Fabian Espindola of Argentina. \"If they are as good as they say, they have to show it. If they are superior, let them come here and do it.\"\n\nKreis added: \"I personally feel like they disrespected us and I hope we can show them what kind of team we are.\"\n\nMidfielder Kyle Beckerman, Real's captain, will miss the match, serving a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation after being booked in Mexico. \"We will miss his leadership out there,\" said Real midfielder Andy Williams, a Canadian who will likely move into the lineup for Ned Grabavoy, Beckerman's likely replacement.\n\nMonterrey will be without striker Aldo de Nigris, also out with accumulated yellows, while captain Luis Perez, injured last week, is doubtful.\n\n\"This is a tournament in which we have battled hard to reach this moment,\" Monterrey centerback Jose Maria Basanta said. \"We want to win.\""}
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-{"text": "Weekend writing courses to run\n\nBest-selling crime novelist John Dean is to run two weekend courses for aspiring writers at his home near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nJohn, author of 17 novels and currently published by London-based The Book Folks, is the creator of the popular DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris series.\n\nHe will run courses based around sense of place from his 19th Century home set in rolling countryside on the weekends of July 6/7 and August 24/25, 2019.\n\nThe workshops will be suitable for writers of all prose genres and will be ideal for either individuals, including those planning to holiday in the area, or writing groups.\n\nJohn said: \u201cSometimes it can benefit writers to get away from the daily grind and take themselves off somewhere that will spark their creativity. My courses gives them that opportunity.\u201d\n\nThe cost is \u00a395 per person, including catering, and you can find out more by emailing Inscribe Media Limited, of which John is a director, on deangriss@btinternet.com The course is non-residential but advice can be offered on local B and Bs.\n\nI am preparing a new course and at the heart of it, as so often, will be the subject of characters.Creating strong characters \u2013 not necessarily strong people but well defined characters \u2013 is crucial because you can create the finest landscapes, the greatest stories, the most remarkable writing but you can not make your stories live unless you have characters. They are the vehicle that allow you to tell your story.A key consideration is that every character you create should have a job to do -\u2026See More\n\nI am delighted that the dates for the next creative writing course at Kirkudbright Galleries have been announced.Writing Course with Author John DeanJuly 19 @ 10:30 am - September 20 2019 @ 12:30 pm - \u00a365 10 week block Kirkudbright Galleries, Kirkudbright, Dumfries and GallowayThe course will examine ways in which prose writers, be it those creating short stories or\u2026See More"}
-{"text": "Hope everyone\u2019s power is back up now or very soon! Did your block lose any trees? Stay safe and cool today.\n\nDDOT wrote:\n\nCrews from the District Department of Transportation\u2019s (DDOT) Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) are preparing to remove downed trees, branches and debris from District streets and neighborhoods. Crews are inspecting locations tonight to determine where contractors will set up to conduct this activity. Due to the power outrages and downed wires tree cleaning activities will be slow at first until daylight\n\nResidents are reminded to stay away from downed wires. They could be energized and electrical contact could be fatal. Residents are also reminded to stay clear of broken hanging branches as they can fall at anytime.\n\nDistrict residents are reminded to call 311 or go online at 311.dc.gov to report downed trees and branches in public space and to be prepared to provide specific details about the location. The service requests are immediately forwarded to DDOT\u2019s Urban Forestry Administration (UFA). Priority is given to street trees that have fallen on homes, cars and power lines, and trees that are blocking roadways; then UFA will shift its focus to storm clean up in alleys and other tree related storm debris.\n\nDDOT is also coordinating with Pepco to address locations where wires are tangled in downed trees. To report a power outage please call Pepco at 877-PEPCO62. Customers may report outages online at pepco.com or download Pepco\u2019s smart phone app, pepco.com/mobileapp, to report and track their outages.\n\nDistrict residents are reminded that trees and branches that fall on or from private property are the responsibility of the property owners.\n\n18 Comment\n\nLots of damage around 13th and U. A deck blew down as did what looks like a roof or garage roof and one whole backyard wall/deck collapsed and the debris is spread across the 3 or 4 adjacent yards! Police and fire tape in the alley because of downed or threatened lines of some sort. (maybe phone bc I thought power lines were underground in dc, but I\u2019m not sure.)\n\nThere were full blocks of Q, R and Florida around 5th \u2013 2nd that had no power hours before the storm. Pepco arrived to fix the blackout and said they wouldnt leave until it went back up, but must have left when the storm started. We didnt get it back until 5 30 this morning.\n\nHere in NE (Deanwood area), the powers went out around 10 PM last night and still hasn\u2019t come back on. Pepco updates only state that their \u201cassessing\u201d the situation but they haven\u2019t even bothered sending a crew this way. They keep telling us things like it may take DAYS to restore our power. I mean, seriously, I just moved to Ward 7 and the rumor was that things aren\u2019t typically prioritized over this way but this is bordering on absurd! We\u2019re talking record heat for today and no A/C or fans? Crazy!\n\nBGE, Pepco, and Dominion all have more than 400k outages so chances are you would be dealing with this situation regardless of where you live\u2026im sure pepco is working just as hard (if not harder thanks to all the media criticism) than the other utilities to restore power.\n\nIt\u2019s hard to tell, but that might be a deck rather than a roof in the first picture. If it were a roof, there would be plywood and roofing materials (depending on the roof, that could be asphalt, sheets of metal, etc.)\n\nHopefully it IS a deck, because that would mean there wood be less damage for the unfortunate folks who live there.\n\nOn my run this morning, there were tens of fallen trees and countless branches along the rock creek trail. A huge tree snapped next to Lincoln Memorial and some of the tents in prep for 4th were down. Storm was worse than the overhyped hurricane last summer\u2026\n\nWhat a night. We lost power on New Jersey Ave. NW around 9 pm last night, before the storm hit (first time that\u2019s happened in the seven years I\u2019ve lived there). I figured I\u2019d just go to bed since the house was still cool and I didn\u2019t feel like going to a movie. The storm hit like a freight train around 10:30. Once it calmed down a little a went back to bed, and power was restored around 3 a.m. A couple of huge branches landed in my yard, but the cleanup was relatively easy. Unfortunately a nice little shade tree at the corner of New York Avenue and New Jersey Avenue snapped at the trunk. That tree was a real survivor, but the storm was just too strong.\n\nThe first picture was on my block. It was funny seeing a Metrobus (that obviously didn\u2019t get the message about the downed tree) trying to get down the street last night. Everyone got out to assess the situation, and then one of the passengers directed the driver as he backed the bus out.\n\nToday the area\u2019s been buzzing with news crews and general onlookers. Since 8th Street is a major thoroughfare they had the tree cleared pretty quickly, but every time I walk down there are half a dozen people are taking pictures of that poor smashed-up truck.\n\nSome guys at Eastern Market said there\u2019s another bad storm coming tonight?\n\nCorrect, but you didn\u2019t address the entire quote.\nIf a tree falls on private property from private property (from your neighbors yard to your yard) it is the responsibility of the property owners. The city has nothing to do with this property.\n\nA large portion of a city tree fell into my yard. It is blocking a relatively busy sidewalk completely, and is wedged/being held up by my fence. The workers who were just here today said it is not their responsibility, and they are not allowed to come into my yard to retrieve their tree. So the tree is still here, blocking the sidewalk. I have two 311 requests in, but I\u2019m wondering if I will get any help with this? Has anyone had a similar experience, getting a fallen city tree out of your yard?\n\nYes, during Tropical Storm Irene. The firemen came within an hour of the tree falling, during the height of the storm, to cut a path from my door to the street. Then a few hours later, very early in the a.m., they came by to clear the sidewalk.\n\nThe remainder sat in my yard for a few weeks, but then some department came by to remove the biggest chunks, leaving a few light-weight branches that I moved to the tree-box."}
-{"text": "Lancaster\n\nTags: solar, Lancaster, California, renewable energy, clean energyApril 9 -- There are at least two things to know about this high desert city. One, the sun just keeps on shining. Two, the city\u2019s mayor, a class-action lawyer named R. Rex Parris, just keeps on competing. ... [ +++ ]"}
-{"text": "Abstract:\n\nIn a method of making a vertical graphitic path on a silicon carbide\ncrystal having a horizontal surface, a portion of the silicon carbide\ncrystal is removed from the horizontal surface so as to define a vertical\nsurface that is transverse to the horizontal surface of the silicon\ncarbide crystal. The vertical surface is annealed so as to generate a\nthin-film graphitic layer on the vertical surface. In another method of\nmaking graphitic layers, a material that inhibits formation of a\ngraphitic layer when the silicon carbide crystal is annealed is applied\nto a surface of a silicon carbide crystal so as to define at least one\nopening that exposes a portion of the surface of the silicon carbide\ncrystal. The portion of the silicon carbide crystal is annealed so as to\ngenerate a thin-film graphitic layer in the portion of the silicon\ncarbide crystal.\n\nClaims:\n\n1. A method of making a vertical graphitic path on a silicon carbide\ncrystal having a horizontal surface, comprising the actions of:a.\nremoving a portion of the silicon carbide crystal from the horizontal\nsurface so as to define a vertical surface that is transverse to the\nhorizontal surface of the silicon carbide crystal; andb. annealing the\nvertical surface so as to generate a thin-film graphitic layer on the\nvertical surface.\n\n2. The method of claim 1, wherein the removing a selected portion of the\nsilicon carbide crystal action comprises the actions of:a. applying an\netch mask material to the silicon carbide crystal so as to define an\nopening exposing a first portion of the silicon carbide crystal; andb.\netching the first portion of the silicon carbide material exposed through\nthe opening.\n\n3. The method of claim 2, wherein the etching action comprises subjecting\nthe opening to a reactive ion etch.\n\n5. The method of claim 1, wherein the annealing action results in a\nthin-film graphitic layer forming on a first horizontal portion of the\nhorizontal surface.\n\n6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the action of removing a\nsecond horizontal portion of the thin-film graphitic layer from the\nhorizontal surface.\n\n7. The method of claim 6, wherein the action of removing the second\nhorizontal portion of the thin-film graphitic layer from the horizontal\nsurface comprises the action of subjecting the second horizontal portion\nto a directional ion etch.\n\n9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the actions of applying a\nsecond masking material, that resists the directional ion etch, so that\nthe second masking material exposes the third portion of the thin-film\ngraphitic layer.\n\n10. The method of claim 5, further comprising the action of applying a\ngraphitic layer growth inhibiting mask material to selected portions of\nthe silicon carbide crystal prior to the annealing action so as to\ninhibit growth of the thin-film graphitic layer in the selected portions\nof the silicon carbide crystal.\n\n11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the action of applying a\nfirst conductive material to a section of the silicon carbide crystal so\nas to be in electrical contact with the thin-film graphitic layer.\n\n12. The method of claim 11, therein the first conductive material\ncomprises a metal.\n\n13. The method of claim 11, further comprising the action of applying a\ndielectric material to a selected portion of first conductive material.\n\n14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the action of applying a\nsecond conductive material to the dielectric material so as to form a\nfield effect node.\n\n15. The method of claim 1, wherein the annealing action comprises the step\nof heating the vertical surface to a selected temperature at a selected\npressure and for a selected amount of time sufficient so that the\nthin-film graphitic layer forms on the vertical surface.\n\n16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selected temperature is greater\nthan 1500.degree. C.\n\n18. The method of claim 15, wherein the selected amount of time is\nsubstantially 20 minutes.\n\n19. A method of making a graphitic structure, comprising the actions of:a.\napplying, to a surface of a silicon carbide crystal, a material that\ninhibits formation of a graphitic layer when the silicon carbide crystal\nis annealed so as to define at least one opening that exposes a portion\nof the surface of the silicon carbide crystal; andb. annealing the\nportion of the silicon carbide crystal so as to generate a thin-film\ngraphitic layer in the portion of the silicon carbide crystal.\n\n20. A method of making a graphitic structure, comprising the actions of:a.\nannealing a surface of a silicon carbide crystal so as to generate a\ngraphitic layer having a first thickness;b. applying, to a portion of the\ngraphitic layer, a layer of a mask material that inhibits generation of\ngraphitic material in silicon carbide; andc. annealing the surface of the\nsilicon carbide crystal so that the graphie graphitic layer becomes\nthicker than the first thickness except in an area subtended by the mask\nmaterial.\n\n21. A structure, comprising:a. a crystalline substrate that includes a\nhorizontal surface and an elongated vertical wall transverse to the\nhorizontal surface; andb. a first thin-film graphitic layer disposed on\nthe elongated vertical wall.\n\n22. The structure of claim 21, further comprising a conductive material\nthat is in electrical communication with the first thin-film graphitic\nlayer.\n\n23. The structure of claim 21, further comprising a second thin-film\ngraphitic layer disposed on a portion of the horizontal surface.\n\n24. The structure of claim 23, further comprising a conductive material\nthat is in electrical communication with the first thin-film graphitic\nlayer.\n\n25. The structure of claim 23, further comprising a dielectric layer\napplied thereto.\n\n27. An active device, comprising:a. a silicon carbide crystal having a\nhorizontal surface and a vertical wall transverse to the horizontal\nsurface;b. an elongated thin-film graphitic layer disposed on the\nvertical wall so as to have a first end and a spaced-apart second end;c.\na source electrode in electrical contact with the first end of the\nelongated thin-film graphitic layer and a drain electrode in electrical\ncontact with the second end of the elongated thin-film graphitic layer;d.\na dielectric layer disposed over a portion of the elongated thin-film\ngraphitic layer; ande. a gate electrode disposed adjacent to the\ndielectric layer so as to be insulated from the source electrode, the\ndrain electrode and the elongated thin-film graphitic layer.\n\n[0005]Electronic devices based on interconnected graphitic structures have\nbeen proposed as an alternative to silicon based electronics. Methods\nhave been developed to produce and to pattern graphitic material on\nsilicon carbide in order to produce interconnected graphitic structures.\n\n[0006]Ultra-thin graphitic layers grow on silicon carbide crystals when\nthey are subjected to a high temperature annealing process, in which the\nsilicon carbide crystal is heated in a vacuum or in other controlled\nenvironments to temperatures in the range of 1200\u00b0 C. to about\n1500\u00b0 C. for about 30 seconds to about 2 hours. At these high\ntemperatures, silicon evaporates from the silicon carbide surface so that\nthe surface becomes carbon rich. This carbon rich surface then converts\nto an ultra-thin graphitic layer consisting of from one to several\nhundred graphene sheets. This ultra-thin graphitic layer is also known as\nmulti-layered graphene. Ultra-thin graphitic layers grow more quickly on\nthe carbon terminated face of hexagonal silicon carbide, while they grow\nmore slowly on the silicon terminated face. Under similar growth\nconditions, the rate of growth on the carbon terminated face is about an\norder of magnitude greater then on the silicon terminated face.\n\n[0007]Ultra-thin graphitic layers can be patterned using microelectronics\nlithography methods to produce patterned ultra-thin graphitic layers on\nsilicon carbide. For example, an ultra-thin graphitic layer can be\npatterned by applying a thin coating of poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA),\nwhich inhibits growth of graphitic layers during annealing, on an\nultra-thin graphitic layer that is subsequently exposed to electron\nirradiation supplied by an electron beam lithographer. This causes a\nchemical change in the PMMA so that when the PMMA is developed, the PMMA\non areas that have not been exposed to the electron beam irradiation are\nremoved and areas that have been exposed to the electron beam remain. In\nthis way, a PMMA pattern is produced. The pattern includes selected areas\non the ultra-thin graphitic layer that are covered with PMMA and other\nareas where the PMMA have been removed.\n\n[0008]Subjecting the silicon carbide crystal and graphitic layer to an\noxygen plasma treatment (e.g., by using the reactive ion etching method)\nresults in ultra-thin graphitic layers that are not covered by the PMMA\nbeing consumed by the reactive ions, resulting in a patterned ultra-thin\ngraphitic layer on a silicon carbide crystal. Such patterned ultra-thin\ngraphitic layers have been shown to have beneficial electronic\nproperties.\n\n[0009]Unfortunately, it is difficult to make extremely fine ultra-thin\ngraphitic patterns that are required for many functional electronic\nstructures using existing methods. A graphitic ribbon with a width that\nis less than 20 nm is required to produce a band gap in the graphitic\nribbon that is sufficiently large for certain room-temperature\nelectronics applications. Hence, there are many applications that require\nultra-thin graphitic ribbons in which the ribbon width is less than 20\nnm. Such a width may be difficult to achieve using conventional\nmicroelectronics lithography methods. Also, conventional microelectronics\npatterning methods applied to ultra-thin graphitic layers on silicon\ncarbide involve processes that etch the ultra-thin graphitic layer to\nproduce desired shapes. This etching process may produce patterned\nultra-thin graphitic layers with damaged edges, which may interfere with\nthe functionality of the graphitic structures.\n\n[0010]Therefore, there is a need for a method for growing ultra-thin\ngraphitic layers only on selected areas of a silicon carbide crystal.\n\n[0011]There is also a need for a method for producing graphitic patterns\non sidewalls that result from etching a silicon carbide crystal.\n\n[0012]There is also a need for a method for producing graphitic patterns\non sidewalls that that result from etching a silicon carbide crystal and\nat the same time to inhibit the growth of an ultra-thin graphitic layer\non selected areas substantially horizontal surfaces of the silicon\ncarbide crystal by applying a growth-inhibiting layer on those selected\nareas.\n\n[0013]There is also a need for a method for producing substantially\nfreestanding ultra-thin graphitic patterns on a silicon carbide crystal\nsubstrate.\n\nSUMMARY OF THE INVENTION\n\n[0014]The disadvantages of the prior art are overcome by the present\ninvention which, in one aspect, is a method of making a vertical\ngraphitic path on a silicon carbide crystal having a horizontal surface,\nin which a portion of the silicon carbide crystal is removed from the\nhorizontal surface so as to define a vertical surface that is transverse\nto the horizontal surface of the silicon carbide crystal. The vertical\nsurface is annealed so as to generate a thin-film graphitic layer on the\nvertical surface.\n\n[0015]In another aspect, the invention is a method of making a graphitic\nstructure, in which a material that inhibits formation of a graphitic\nlayer when the silicon carbide crystal is annealed is applied to a\nsurface of a silicon carbide crystal so as to define at least one opening\nthat exposes a portion of the surface of the silicon carbide crystal. The\nportion of the silicon carbide crystal is annealed so as to generate a\nthin-film graphitic layer in the portion of the silicon carbide crystal.\n\n[0016]In another aspect, the invention is a method of making a graphitic\nstructure, in which a surface of a silicon carbide crystal is annealed so\nas to generate a graphitic layer having a first thickness. A layer of a\nmask material that inhibits generation of graphitic material in silicon\ncarbide is applied to a portion of the graphitic layer. The surface of\nthe silicon carbide crystal is annealed so that the graphic layer becomes\nthicker than the first thickness except in an area subtended by the mask\nmaterial.\n\n[0017]In another aspect, the invention is a structure that includes a\ncrystalline substrate and a first thin-film graphitic layer. The\ncrystalline substrate includes a horizontal surface and an elongated\nvertical wall transverse to the horizontal surface. The first thin-film\ngraphitic layer is disposed on the elongated vertical wall.\n\n[0018]In yet another aspect, the invention is an active device that\nincludes a silicon carbide crystal, an elongated thin-film graphitic\nlayer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a dielectric layer and a\ngate electrode. The silicon carbide crystal has a horizontal surface and\na vertical wall transverse to the horizontal surface. The elongated\nthin-film graphitic layer is disposed on the vertical wall so as to have\na first end and a spaced-apart second end. The source electrode is in\nelectrical contact with the first end of the elongated thin-film\ngraphitic layer and the drain electrode is in electrical contact with the\nsecond end of the elongated thin-film graphitic layer. The dielectric\nlayer is disposed over a portion of the elongated thin-film graphitic\nlayer. The gate electrode is disposed adjacent to the dielectric layer so\nas to be insulated from the source electrode, the drain electrode and the\nelongated thin-film graphitic layer.\n\n[0019]These and other aspects of the invention will become apparent from\nthe following description of the preferred embodiments taken in\nconjunction with the following drawings. As would be obvious to one\nskilled in the art, many variations and modifications of the invention\nmay be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel\nconcepts of the disclosure.\n\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES OF THE DRAWINGS\n\n[0020]The figures are not necessarily drawn to scale and do not imply\nrelative dimensions or angles of any of the components. Also, straight\nlines in the figures do not imply any degree of smoothness.\n\n[0021]FIGS. 1A-1E are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which a horizontal graphitic\nstructure is formed.\n\n[0022]FIGS. 2A-2D are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which a vertical graphitic\nstructure is formed.\n\n[0023]FIGS. 3A-3D are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which two vertical graphitic\nstructures are formed.\n\n[0024]FIGS. 4A-4E are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which two vertical graphitic\nstructures are formed.\n\n[0025]FIGS. 5A-5B are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which a graphitic structure is\nformed.\n\n[0026]FIGS. 6A-6E are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which two vertical graphitic\nstructures are formed in a trench.\n\n[0027]FIGS. 7A-7D are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which two vertical graphitic\nstructures are formed in a trench.\n\n[0028]FIGS. 8A-8D are elevational views of a silicon carbide crystal at\ndifferent stages of graphitization, in which complex graphitic structures\nare formed in a trench.\n\n[0029]FIG. 9A is a plan view of a silicon carbide crystal that includes a\nfirst stage of a graphitic structure.\n\n[0030]FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view of the crystal shown in FIG. 9A,\ntaken along line 9A-9A.\n\n[0031]FIG. 9c is a plan view of a silicon carbide crystal that includes a\nsecond stage of a graphitic structure.\n\n[0032]FIG. 9D is a cross-sectional view of the crystal shown in FIG. 9c,\ntaken along line 9D-9D.\n\n[0033]FIG. 9E is a plan view of a silicon carbide crystal that includes a\nthird stage of a graphitic structure.\n\n[0034]FIG. 9F is a cross-sectional view of the crystal shown in FIGS.\n9A-E, in which a multi-level graphitic structure is formed.\n\n[0036]FIG. 10B is a perspective view of the active device show in FIG.\n10A.\n\n[0037]FIG. 10c is a cross-sectional view of the active device show in\nFIGS. 10A and 10B, taken along line 10C-10C.\n\n[0038]FIGS. 11A-11B are plan views of two active devices.\n\nDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION\n\n[0039]A preferred embodiment of the invention is now described in detail.\nReferring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout\nthe views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims,\nthe following terms take the meanings explicitly associated herein,\nunless the context clearly dictates otherwise: the meaning of \"a,\" \"an,\"\nand \"the\" includes plural reference, the meaning of \"in\" includes \"in\"\nand \"on.\" As used herein \"vertical\" refers to any first selected\norientation, \"horizontal\" refers to any second selected orientation that\nis not parallel to the first selected orientation and \"transverse\" refers\nto a relationship between two objects that are at an angle relative to\neach other that is greater than 0\u00b0 and less than 180\u00b0.\n\n[0040]Ultra-thin graphitic layers are grown on a silicon carbide crystal\nby the high temperature annealing process which causes silicon to\nevaporate from the silicon carbide surface, which causes the surface of\nthe crystal to become carbon-rich and form into an ultra-thin graphitic\nlayer. Patterning is achieved either by a process in which a mask layer\nis applied on selected areas of the silicon carbide surface, so that\nsilicon evaporation is inhibited; by a process where the silicon carbide\nis etched to produce sidewalls which are subsequently graphitized by the\nhigh temperature annealing process; or by a combination of these two\nprocesses. This may be followed by processes to remove graphitic material\nfrom selected areas on the silicon carbide substrate.\n\n[0041]Experiments in the laboratory have demonstrated that ultra-thin\ngraphitic layers form on the sidewalls of etched silicon carbide crystals\nupon being subjected to high temperature annealing. Specifically, in\nthese experiments portions of the surface of a silicon carbide crystal\nwas provided with an aluminum hard mask. The crystal was subsequently\nsubjected to a reactive ion etch using CHF3 as the etching gas to\netch the unprotected silicon carbide crystal to a depth of approximately\n100 nm. This technique etched the silicon carbide surfaces that were not\nprotected by the hard mask. The substantially vertical surfaces at the\nedges of the etched regions are referred to herein as \"sidewalls.\" When\nthe etched silicon carbide crystal was subjected to the high temperature\nannealing process not only the horizontal surfaces, but also the sidewall\nsurfaces acquired an ultra-thin graphitic layer. When in the high\ntemperature annealing process, silicon evaporation from the surface of\nthe silicon carbide under the mask was inhibited so that the surface did\nnot become carbon rich and so that the growth rate of the ultra-thin\ngraphitic layer was substantially reduced.\n\n[0042]In some applications, the mask material layer includes a material\nthat is not substantially reduced in thickness by the application of a\nreactive ion etch. In other applications, mask material layer includes\ntwo layers: a first layer is a material that can be coated on top of a\nsilicon carbide surface and that substantially reduces the rate of growth\nof the ultra-thin graphitic layer during annealing; and a second layer on\ntop of the first layer, which has the property that it is not removed by\nan ion etching procedure, used, for example to etch silicon carbide.\n\n[0044]As shown in FIGS. 1A-1E, in one method of generating an ultra-thin\nfilm graphitic layer 130, a graphitic layer growth inhibiting mask\nmaterial layer 120 is applied to a surface of a silicon carbide crystal\n110 and an opening 122 is defined in the mask material layer 120. The\nmask material layer 120 includes a material that substantially reduces\nthe growth rate of an ultra-thin graphitic layer under the mask material\nlayer 120 during a high temperature annealing process. Creation of the\nopening 122 may be done using well known photo-lithography techniques.\nThe mask material layer 120 has the property that in the high temperature\nannealing process, it does not completely evaporate from the surface or\nis not otherwise removed from the surface. In one embodiment, the mask\nmaterial layer 120 may include a layer of tantalum, tungsten, chromium,\naluminum oxide, or boron nitride. In such an embodiment, the mask\nmaterial layer 120 may be applied to the surface of the silicon carbide\ncrystal 110 with a thickness in a range of 0.5 nm to 1 \u03bcm.\n\n[0045]At least the area of the opening 122 (and the entire surface of the\ncrystal 110 in most practical applications) is annealed at a temperature\nand pressure that causes silicon to evaporate from the crystal 110,\nthereby leaving a horizontal thin graphitic film 130 in the region under\nthe opening 122. The remaining mask material 120 may be removed, thereby\nleaving a patterned silicon carbide substrate 100.\n\n[0046]A method of making a vertical thin film graphitic layer is shown in\nFIGS. 2A-2D. An etch-resistant mask layer 220 is applied to a portion of\na face of a silicon carbide crystal 110 and the exposed surface of the\nsilicon carbide crystal 110 is etched, thereby creating a substantially\nvertical sidewall 224. In one embodiment, the height of the vertical\nsidewall 224 is in the range from 0.5 nm to 1 \u03bcm. Etching may be\naccomplished, in one representative example, using a dry etching\ntechnique that employs an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) using sulfur\nhexafluoride (SF6) or carbon hydro-trifluoride (CHF3) as the\netching gas.\n\n[0047]The etch-resistant mask layer 220 is removed and the crystal 110 is\nsubjected to a high temperature annealing process, thereby producing an\nultra-thin graphitic layer 230 on the surfaces of the crystal 110. The\nultra-thin graphitic layer 230 includes a vertical ultra-thin graphitic\nribbon 232.\n\n[0048]The ultra-thin graphitic layer 230 is subjected to a directional\nreactive ion etch using, for example, a inductively-coupled plasma with\noxygen as the reaction gas. This process removes the portion of the\ngraphitic layer 230 on the horizontal surfaces and leaves the graphitic\nmaterial only on the vertical surfaces, leaving the ultra-thin graphitic\nribbon 232 on the etched sidewall 224.\n\n[0049]This method may be used to make two parallel vertical ultra-thin\ngraphitic ribbons 232, as shown in FIGS. 3A-3D. A strip of an\netch-resistant mask material 220 along a surface of the silicon carbide\ncrystal 110. The crystal 110 is etched, as described above, and the\ncrystal 110 is annealed, thereby forming two parallel vertical ultra-thin\ngraphitic ribbons 2320 on the exposed portions of the crystal 110. The\nremaining mask material 220 may be left on the crystal 110 or removed\nusing a solvent, depending on the application.\n\n[0050]FIGS. 4A-4E show an alternate method of making two parallel vertical\nultra-thin graphitic ribbons 430, in which a strip of an etch-resistant\nmask material 220 is applied along a surface of the silicon carbide\ncrystal 110. The crystal 110 is etched, as described above, to create a\nraised pattern 412 and a graphitic growth inhibiting mask material 426\n(such as PMMA) is applied to the horizontal surfaces. The crystal 110 is\nannealed, thereby forming two parallel vertical ultra-thin graphitic\nribbons 430 on the exposed portions of the crystal 110. Again, depending\non the application, the remaining mask layer may be removed. A plasma\netch using, for example, the ICP method with oxygen gas may be applied to\nremove residual graphitic material that may have formed under the growth\ninhibiting mask material 426.\n\n[0051]As shown in FIGS. 5A-5B, if the crystal 110 shown in FIGS. 4A-4E is\nannealed long enough, the graphitic ribbons converge on each other, so\nthat the raised pattern is completely converted to an ultra-thin\ngraphitic layer, which now forms a structure 432 including graphene\nsheets that are transverse to the silicon carbide crystal surface.\n\n[0052]As shown in FIGS. 6A-6E, an etch-resistant etch layer 220 defining\nat least one opening 622 therethrough is applied to the crystal 110 and\nthe crystal is subjected to a etching process (as described above) to\nform a trench 624, which in one example may be 0.5 nm to several\nmillimeters wide and 0.5 nm to 1 \u03bcm deep. A layer of graphitic growth\ninhibiting mask material 426 is applied to the horizontal surfaces and\nthe crystal is annealed to form ultra-thin graphitic layers 630 on the\nsidewalls of the trench 624.\n\n[0053]As shown in FIGS. 7A-7D, a mask-less etching process may be employed\nto form the trench 624. In one example, a focused ion beam may be used to\nform the trench 624.\n\n[0054]As shown in FIGS. 8A-8D, a more complex structure may be made by\nemploying the methods disclosed above. For example, after the trench 624\nis etched into the crystal 110, the crystal is annealed to create an\nultra-thin graphitic layer on both the horizontal surfaces and the\nvertical surfaces of the crystal 110. An etch-resistant mask material 710\nis applied to selected portions of the horizontal surfaces and the\ncrystal 110 is subjected to a directional etch. This leaves two separate\nultra-thin film graphitic structures: a first structure 730a that\nincludes both a vertical wall and two horizontal ribbons extending from\nthe vertical side wall; and a second structure 730b that includes the\nopposite vertical side wall.\n\n[0055]The making of a graphitic structure of multiple depths is shown in\nFIGS. 9A-9F using a method similar to the method disclosed with reference\nto FIGS. 1A-1E. The graphitic growth inhibiting mask material 120 is\napplied to the crystal so as to define an opening 122 therethrough and\nthe crystal 110 is annealed to create a first portion 924 of a graphitic\nstructure 920 having a first depth. A second layer 910 of the graphitic\ngrowth inhibiting mask material 120 is then applied to an exposed portion\nof the graphitic structure 920 and the crystal 110 is annealed again so\nas to form a second, deeper, portion 922 of the graphitic structure 920.\nThis embodiment can be used, for example, to produce field effect\ntransistors in which the narrow first portion 924 of the structure 920\nforms a channel, and the wider second portions 922 form a source and a\ndrain of a field effect transistor.\n\n[0056]One example of a field effect transistor 1000 employing an\nultra-thin film graphitic ribbon 1020 is shown in FIGS. 10A-10C. Once the\nultra-thin film graphitic ribbon 1020 is formed in the crystal 110 using\nmethods such as those described above, two spaced apart electrodes 1032\nare deposited a strips transverse to the ultra-thin film graphitic ribbon\n1020. These electrodes 1032 (which could include a metal, e.g.,\nevaporated palladium strips) act as a source and a drain. An dielectric\nlayer 1034 (such as a 10 nm thick hafnia layer) is applied over the\nelectrodes 1032 and a conductive layer 1036, such as a metal layer, is\napplied to the dielectric layer 1034 so as to be electrically isolated\nfrom the electrodes 1032 and the ultra-thin film graphitic ribbon 1020\n(which acts as a channel). The conductive layer 1036 (which could include\na 10 nm thick gold layer) acts as a gate. A multi-transistor structure of\nthis type is shown in FIGS. 11A-11B.\n\n[0057]The above described embodiments, while including the preferred\nembodiment and the best mode of the invention known to the inventor at\nthe time of filing, are given as illustrative examples only. It will be\nreadily appreciated that many deviations may be made from the specific\nembodiments disclosed in this specification without departing from the\nspirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the\ninvention is to be determined by the claims below rather than being\nlimited to the specifically described embodiments above."}
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-{"text": "Ever since we release The Mental Game of Poker we have dreamed about getting Phil Hellmuth and Jared together. The Poker Brat is so well known for not being able to control his emotions at the table, he seemed like such a perfect person for Jared to meet.\n\nWe finally got him, and I thought it was a great and surprisingly frank interview, well worth a listen.\n\nLast week, I wrote a feature on my Top 5 Poker Troublemakers and put Daniel Negreanu in at number one. It appeared there was something of a language issue with the term \"troublemaker\", as it was taken by some readers to mean \"criminal\" or \"scumbaggy\".\n\nThat was completely the opposite of my intention; I actually used the word \"troublemaker\" to simply mean that the guys on the list start and get involved in a lot of public feuds. In particular, I referenced Negreanu as usually being on the right side of the feud, as he tends to take it upon himself to stand up for what he believes are in the best interests of poker.\n\nHe is always involved in these feuds, but recently he has taken it to another level; his outspoken video blogs on the Full Tilt story have really defined him as something of a saviour for poker.\n\nI, for one, have loved the blogs. Not only have they been pretty entertaining, but he has also used his massive following to keep things like the FTP story firmly in the front of people's minds.\n\nSelective criticism?\n\nKid Poker has a huge following\n\nHowever, he has also come under some criticism for being somewhat selective with who he chooses to take shots at. Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Annie Duke have never exactly been on his Christmas card list, after all.\n\nSome people in the poker community have asked why he isn't also speaking out in regards to some other figures who have come under scrutiny of late; players he also considers friends, such as Phil Ivey and Erik Lindgren.\n\nWe all have friends who do things we are not proud of, and it cannot be easy for Daniel to have to speak publicly about this. But should he be expected to voice his opinion on his friends in the same way that he does on people like Howard Lederer and Annie Duke?\n\nIt is refreshing to see such a high profile figure candidly airing his views, particularly in an industry that is often heavily influenced by sponsors. With so many former FTP ambassadors having seemingly taken a vow of silence after the site went down, it is nice to see someone who cannot stop himself from sharing his opinions (and let's not forget, this is a man who boycotted an event run by his own sponsor).\n\nIn particular, this really is a time that we need some of the good guys to show poker in a positive light. It is becoming an all-too-regular occurrence that a once highly thought of figure in the game is exposed for having bad debt, cheating, or in some way bringing the game into disrepute. By his own admission in a video blog, Negreanu says he is \"casting these stones because he is without sin\", and in doing so has established himself as the 'white knight of poker'.\n\nAs a result he has created a real rock for his back, as he is inevitably going to be asked to comment on each and every scandal that transpires in poker. Because he is good friends with a lot of people on the circuit, that often means he will be asked to comment on things that could damage his personal and professional relationships.\n\nGreat power, great responsibility?\n\nShould Negreanu fight all our battles?\n\nIt's a clich\u00e9, but with great power comes great responsibility and if Daniel is going to continue calling out culprits in the shadier side of the game, he can't expect to be able to pick and choose his battles. That is one of the prices of 150,000+ Twitter followers, 9th place ranking in the Bluff Power 20, a weekly rant video blog, a lucrative sponsorship deal, and a small army of loyal fans.\n\nI don't envy him this responsibility and I admire the fact that he is starting to address some subjects he probably would prefer not to. As much I believe he has made it his responsibility to fight our battles for us, I also think the poker community needs to ease up on him, not expect so much from him, and not give him too much power. He is only one man after all, and although I believe he genuinely does what he believes is in the best interests of the game; it doesn't always mean he will be right.\n\nI think the best thing Negreanu can do in his new role as the \"people's champion\" of poker is to encourage people in similar positions of influence as him to speak up when they think it is appropriate. Most professional players would kill to have the following Kid Poker does, so hopefully by following his lead, and by learning from the mistakes of some of the recent poker heroes to have fallen from grace, we will see more ambassadors for the game who speak out rather than sit back and watch bad things happen.\n\nIs Daniel Negreanu poker's only hope? Its last saviour? Is it his responsibility to rescue us from all the bad things that happen in this game? I don't think so. But I do know that Daniel Negreanu is one of the last of the \"old school\" generation with an untainted reputation, and poker would be in a very dark place if that ever changed.\n\nI mentioned to Jared recently that he should get triple crown winner Gavin Griffin on his Mental Game Radio Show. Jared has had some stellar guests on already, and Gavin has recently blogged about how he is rebuilding his bankroll after suffering some heavy losses, and generally seems to be handling it emotionally very well.\n\nSo Gavin went on the show, and it became an impromptu client session, which I think went tremendously well and well worth a listen:\n\nI myself have been very vocal on why I thought such a tour would not work, but today I do not want to take a shot at them while they are down, especially because there are people with jobs at risk. But I do want to talk about one element of the league that we see attempted time and time again, but rarely see it work.\n\nEver since poker went mainstream, there has been a fascination with classifying it as a sport. If we discard the fact that some of our greatest \"athletes\" are obese, or the fact you can win world titles while drunk (thank you, Scotty), then the sport parallel actually serves a good purpose.\n\nMainly, in the \"cleaning up\" of the image of poker. Until the boom, poker was very much a backroom game, and the perception of the players was that of second-class citizens. Taking the cowboys, gangsters, and degenerate gamblers out of the spotlight was very important for the poker industry, and treating it like a sport was the perfect way to do that.\n\nMost poker is broadcast on sports channels, we see lots of former athletes (and celebrities) endorsing it, and the biggest players are treated like celebrities and patched up like NASCAR drivers. Poker is much more accepted by the mainstream these days, and I think the sport thing really helped that.\n\nSo thank you sport, for letting us piggy back on your good name. Unfortunately, we stayed on too long.\n\nThe PGA model\n\nCan poker follow the PGA model?\n\nFor years, those at the top of the game have tried to create a PGA model tour for poker. This is an invite only format, where the best of the best are invited to prove who really is the best of the best of the best...\n\nThe Epic Poker League is the best example of this, but there have been other attempts to try similar things. The Onyx Cup (which obviously never happened) and WPT spin-off, the Professional Poker Tour. Elsewhere several poker rankings systems - Bluff, Cardplayer, Global Poker Index - have been set up in an attempt to showcase who the best is.\n\nOf course, the cynics amongst us believe that these attempts to create a PGA-style tour are largely about excluding unknown players from winning the events, and guaranteeing a \"made for TV\" final table. It is true that most poker viewers want to see Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Hellmuth at the same table, and this is without doubt the best reason to argue for a PGA-style tour - a marketable final table.\n\nBut we could already reach that without the hassle of creating a league; that's what shows like Poker After Dark, the NBC Heads-up Championships, High Stakes Poker, and super high roller events are for. More so, are league tables really what we want the audience want to see in poker? I would argue that the casual spectator wants to see big money and the drama of the moment, they are not coming to poker to see if their favourite player win league points.\n\nThen of course there is the luck factor: how can anyone take a league format seriously when luck plays such a major role? Yes, the more events you play, the more it evens out, but it would take hundreds (maybe thousands) of events to truly get a realistic handle of who the best players are. A league based on a handful of events is as much a \"run good\" league as it is anything else.\n\nIn particular, I struggle to take such a format seriously when the participants are by no means the icons their inclusion would suggest. When many of the participants have bad debt, need a loan to play the event, or are just plain broke, it seems ridiculous they are included when money is the way we keep score in this game. The Epic Poker League's first champion, Chino Rheem, was the perfect example of this, as stories of his bad debt overshadowed his victory last year.\n\nRemoving the luck factor\n\nIt is not just the PGA-style tours that are trying to repackage poker in sporting terms. There have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to over emphasise the skill factor of the game, and deny the luck all together. I have seen many attempts to create new versions of poker which promise there will be no bad beats, where the variance is somehow taken out of the equation (Usually by either stopping drawing cards when all the money goes in the middle, or by awarding prizes based on equity, not showdown) or reduced, like in duplicate poker.\n\nNever heard of any of these formats? That's because they never work, and rarely survive long enough to be seen to fail.\n\nPoker is inclusive\n\nCinderella stories are what poker thrives on\n\nThe biggest problem I have with PGA-style tours in poker is that they seem to deny the very thing which makes poker the marketable, profitable, and enjoyable game that it is.\n\nPoker is special because it bridges the gap between the PGA tour level players and the amateur watching at home. The greatest thing that ever happened to poker was when amateur Chris Moneymaker beat the pros in the main event, and inspired millions of players to try and do the same.\n\nThe fact that a brand new player could beat a world champion is what makes poker marketable. The fact that good variance makes a bad player believe they can beat games they are a complete dog in, is what makes poker profitable. The fact that anyone can buy into a WSOP/WPT/EPT event tomorrow and get sat next to Phil Hellmuth or Daniel Negreanu, is precisely what makes poker different (and in a way, better) to any other \"sport\".\n\nYet ever since Moneymaker taught us these things in 2003, event organisers and players at the top have seemingly tried to bite the hand that feeds them, by attempting to exclude the 99.9% of players who pay their bills.\n\nThe only people who really benefit from PGA model poker events are the players who are invited to play in them. Can we please stop kissing the asses of this minority of players by giving them ridiculous sponsorship deals and added money masonic tours, and start remembering the majority that keeps the poker economy afloat?\n\nYes, we want to see the best players in the world on TV, but what we really want to do is play with them. That's what makes poker successful, that's why the WSOP/EPT/WPT work, that's why an online partner is vital to the success of any major event or TV show, and that is how you capture the imagination of new players. The fact that it is possible to fast-track your way to the very top, if only for a moment, is what makes poker so enticing.\n\nThe moment you close the doors in poker, you shut out everything that make it special.\n\nAlthough the tournament itself went without much fuss for Ivey, there was something of a backlash against him on the poker forums. This is largely due to rumours that he owes Full Tilt Poker $4 million, which he has not confirmed or denied, but it is said to be one of the factors holding up a takeover by Groupe Bernard Tapie.\n\nIt is remarkable how Ivey was once the universally most admired player in the game, but is now being demonised by some sections of his former fan base. He appears to have lost his enigma status much in the same way that the man he is most often compared to, Tiger Woods, has in golf (for completely different reasons, of course).\n\nSo is this backlash warranted, or should we still let Ivey do what he does best, play poker, and stand back and admire him like we did before?\n\nJust an employee?\n\nThe poster boy for FTP\n\nIvey was not one of the names indicted back in September when the DOJ first revealed the full extent of FTP's financial woes, and I don't think anyone particularly thinks he had any major role in how the company was run.\n\nOne of the biggest arguments made by people who are still his fans is that ultimately he was just an employee of the site, and should not be held responsible for its downfall.\n\nI, for one, happen to agree with that stance. Just because someone has been considerably well paid, does not mean they should feel guilty about it. If Ivey knew nothing of what was going on in the back office at FTP, and carried out his duties in good faith, then he was just unlucky it was for a company like FTP. This is why it was particularly admirable for someone like durrrr to pledge to give the money he made at FTP back to the players.\n\nHe has probably been advised to keep quiet by his lawyers for his own good, and for the proposed takeover by GBT. Nobody wants this deal to fall through, and we certainly don't want any former pro with a profile as big as Iveys to start disrupting the takeover. Indeed, Matt Glantz and Doyle Brunson both blogged last week saying that former FTP shareholders are afraid to make public statements and then be perceived as negatively influencing the outcome of the takeover.\n\n$4 million influence\n\nWinning $2m last month at the Aussie Millions\n\nBut here is the problem, Ivey has already influenced the takeover. He is rumoured to owe $4 million to FTP, which according to GBT is one of the factors holding up the deal. It does seem inconceivable that $4 million is going to massively influence a takeover worth hundreds of millions, but he will still be perceived by the poker community as one of the main culprits holding up the deal until he clears the rumours of this debt up.\n\nThe $4m he is rumoured to owe may be a drop in the ocean compared to his personal bankroll, and he may indeed have good reason not to have paid that money back yet (Like Barry Greenstein, who has said he is holding out to make sure the money goes back to the players) - but when millions of dollars of player's money is stuck on FTP and the takeover with the DOJ is in limbo; it is very difficult for any of us to be able to separate this from the fact Ivey appears to be living the high life at our expense.\n\nLet us also not forget that it was Ivey who supposedly had the player's interests at heart when, back in June 2011, he boycotted the WSOP and filed a lawsuit against Tiltware. The reasons he claimed he did this was because he was embarrassed that FTP had not paid back the players the money they owed and wanted to force them into action. He stated:\n\n\"I am not playing in the World Series of Poker as I do not believe it is fair that I compete when others cannot. I am doing everything I can to seek a solution to the problem as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThat statement does seem laughable right now. Ivey is now competing in the biggest games around, winning seven-figure sums and pictured wearing a $90k watch, while FTP players have made no progress since. Not only has he not found a solution; he is potentially holding one up by not paying back money he is said to owe.\n\nThere are of course other FTP shareholders who are remaining quiet, as well as players who are said to owe money to FTP who have not confirmed or denied their debt, but continue to play. Ivey has the focus on him because he is the highest profile, is rumoured to owe one of the largest amounts, has publicly won the most money since rumours of his debt, and most importantly has previously claimed to be acting in the best interest of FTP players.\n\nHero or villain?\n\nHero or villain?\n\nPhil Ivey was the poster boy for Full Tilt Poker, he was without doubt their biggest ambassador, brought in thousands of new players, and was clearly one of the shareholders who profited the most from the site.\n\nAlthough he currently has no legal obligation to address the speculation surrounding him, he really should. The poker players he claimed to be defending when he filed the Tiltware lawsuit are not only still wondering if they will ever see their money again, they are also wondering if Phil is part of the reason why the GBT deal still has not happened. And all this while Phil is making headlines for living it up with money which appears to have been made at our expense.\n\nNo, he has no obligations at all, but if he ever wants to return to being the hero of poker we all once knew and loved, the hero he purported to be when he boycotted the WSOP for our benefit, he needs to address some of the speculation and uncertainty around him, instead of pretending that Full Tilt never happened.\n\nTell us your opinion. Is Phil Ivey still a poker hero? Do you think he owes the poker community some of the money he made at FTP? Tell us your thoughts in the comments box.\n\nI am surprised with myself for not disagreeing with the Bluff Power 20 too much this year. I really expected to hate the list for being too US-centric, as it traditionally has been, when I firmly believe that the European poker industry is much stronger than our buddies over the pond.\n\nHowever a quick chat with Lance Bradley of Bluff turned me around on the subject. He rightly pointed out that the European names voted for were all over the place, whereas all the US names were unanimous. That makes sense, the US poker industry is obviously very centralised - whereas in Europe it is widespread and numerous.\n\nEach country in Europe has their own market, many of which are very strong - UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Scandinavia, Holland etc. Although European poker is in a much healthier state overall, a big name in the UK is not likely to be a big name in the Germany, a big name in Germany not likely to be big in Italy etc.\n\nI was delighted to see Dominik Kofert included, and think he should have been higher up. He is a very influential guy in person, and has already made me change a few long held beliefs about the industry since I have been working for him. From a personal perspective, I was equally as pleased to see PokerStrategy.com recognised for its news content in 2011, given that is what I left PokerNews to do last year:\n\n\"In 2011 the site became one of the leaders in not only poker strategy articles and videos but poker news and continues to be the world\u2019s most popular poker content site \u2013 even more popular than PokerNews.com.\"\n\nBut I still have love for PokerNews and happy to see Tony G just above Dominik in the rankings. I think it makes sense that Tony was above Dominik, although I would say PokerStrategy is the dominant website, Tony is also a big name at PartyPoker, on TV all the time, and a very influential figure on the circuit. Both guys should have been higher.\n\nLOL at Annie Duke being in there at all. I don't think she deserved a place even if the Epic League was still liquid. I don't want to join in the 'Annie bashing' that is a staple part of poker culture at the moment, but she does have a really bad reputation at the moment and I do not see how she has a positive influence on poker at the moment.\n\nI would also have maybe put Negreanu a few places higher. I hate to say it, I really do......but I am starting to become a bit of a fanboy of his. Always loved to watch him play, but he tended to annoy me with his outspokenness. However, I have really enjoyed it of late, his video blogs are quite funny, and while every former FTP pro has not said shit for 9 months, its nice that someone in a position of power is putting his neck on the line and saying what he thinks.\n\nOnto the app itself for a moment: it is simply a brilliantly designed and very usable poker client. It looks good, runs smoothly and for the overall experience, you don't really feel like you are missing anything major that someone on the main PokerStars client has. You can even multi-table quite seamlessly, which is a surprise for such an early model.\n\nI am yet to meet anyone from the UK who has tried this app and did not automatically fall in love with it, and that is what is really exciting me. Anyone who has tried it is raving about it, and already pondering the different scenarios in which they can play it - at live tournaments when they bust, on the bus, on the toilet....\n\nThe response reminds me of when another exciting change came onto the online poker landscape - Rush Poker. It was similarly positive and instantly addictive. So, when you factor in that we are weeks away from PokerStars launching Zoom, their own version of a fast-moving ring game, there appears to be some fun times ahead for mobile players.\n\nPokerStars were not the first to launch a real money mobile poker app, but being the biggest poker room in the world, and boasting such a well designed product; they are clearly the room that has lit the fuse for the mobile poker boom.\n\n50% mobile traffic by 2014?\n\nPokerStars Mobile\n\nIn his interview, Jeffrey Haas speculated that 25% of PokerStars's traffic could come from this mobile app by the end of the year, and nearly 50% by the end of 2013. I tweeted this prior to the interview going live, and was widely met with derision - nobody could believe it was even close to possible.\n\nIt might be because he did such a solid job convincing me in our interview, but I happen to believe Haas's prediction, or at least think it will come very close. There are some important things to consider here:\n\nFirst of all, he said traffic, not revenue. We are a long way off any app enabling players to 20-table effectively, which means the high raking professional players will still be relying on big monitors and software for the foreseeable future. I doubt we will ever see a Supernova Elite achieving their status on a phone or tablet, but I do envision the majority of Star's players coming from this app in the future.\n\nThis is mainly because the PC is no longer the hardware of choice for most internet consumers. Since the launch of the iPad and similar tablet devices (and the increasing sophistication of smartphones), PC and laptop sales have been in dramatic decline. They will never disappear, but most people do not need a computer for anything other than surfing the web, checking email, and playing games. A light tablet device is a much better option for most consumers than a big bulky computer.\n\nThe ease of use of tablet devices also means that they are being bought by people who would never have otherwise bought a computer. Tablets are becoming very fashionable, especially among demographics like women and older people - demographics that would never otherwise have even considered the thought of online poker.\n\nAnd this really is the vision of PokerStrategy.com CEO Dominik {communitylink=Korn+level} Kofert in his latest column, The Future of Poker. In it, he urges operators to market poker more as a fun video game to new demographics, and I think mobile poker does just that.\n\nWho will be next for mobile poker?\n\nIs this what multi-tabling will look like?\n\nI think Haas's prediction of 50% app-based traffic by the end of 2013 is accurate, because I think that most internet traffic will be phone and tablet based by then.\n\nNot only do I think that PokerStars will see this trend in their liquidity, most of the other operators are going to have to hurry up their own efforts to launch a mobile platform, so it might be the same across the board.\n\nOf course there are some concerns about mobile poker. For example, I have a horrible feeling they will make live poker games a lot slower and less sociable, as combined with tweeting chip counts and playing mobile between hands, live players will struggle to look up from their mobile phones.\n\nAnother big concern with mobile is addictive behaviour. Not only is gambling a potential addiction, so is using your mobile phone. Email, internet, and mobile addiction are all becoming very real, very serious problems. Someone with a gambling problem who all of a sudden has the ability to play poker during their lunch break at work is going to be in a very vulnerable position.\n\nBut I must point out very quickly that we cannot possibly put the blame on PokerStars, or any other mobile poker operator, should this become an issue. People have always been able to gamble, and the same would no doubt have been said when online gambling first surfaced over a decade ago. Mobile devices might allow an addiction to surface sooner, but removing mobile devices will not stop problem gambling; it will simply change where it takes place.\n\nWhether you believe that 50% of online poker will be played on a mobile app by the end of the year or not, it is pretty clear that mobile poker is going to have a significant impact on the game, and it is hard to see it being anything but the positive impact poker has been looking for. Find out more about the PokerStars Mobile app\n\nI know nothing about Greyhounds, but I love dogs, so I was delighted to get shares in a puppy as a Christmas present in 2010.\n\nIt seems I might have luckboxed myself a good one. Bubbly Romeo is his name, and after he has just won three races in a row where he was an underdog. He has only been running about a month, and has so far come 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st.\n\nI doubt I will be quitting work any time soon, I have a modest 'fun' share in him, but its certainly nice having someone to cheer on - especially after Sheffield Wednesday decided to throw the season away yesterday."}
-{"text": "Hindustan Times launches its All New Gurugram Edition\n\nWith a rich legacy of 94 years, Hindustan Times is one of India\u2019s most revered media brands. Hindustan Times has always believed in being the nation\u2019s true mouthpiece by voicing the most relevant concerns and taking ownership of news and issues like no one does. The brand has been upholding the values of trust, excellence and fearless journalism, accruing a massive readership of 3.1* million readers across the country.\n\nHindustan Times continues to be one of the leading English dailies in India. The brand has taken giant strides, consolidating its leadership in various parts of the country. It has retained its leadership position in Delhi-NCR for 15th time in a row with a whopping 16.70 lakh AIR, while steadily maintaining its No. 2 position in Mumbai with 7.55 lakh AIR. HT has also made strong inroads in Punjab (including Chandigarh) emerging as the No. 1 English newspaper of the region with an AIR of 2.5 lakh.\n\nIn an endeavour to effectively serve its huge readership base in the millennium city of Gurugram, Hindustan Times has launched a brand new edition of HT Gurugram. This exclusive Gurugram edition of HT will be all about offering its readers relevant, authentic and meaningful content that will influence real change. From voicing the concerns of its readers to celebrating the uniqueness of the city, HT Gurugram will be a true testimony of the millennium city.\n\nThe edition will carry in-depth coverage of local content including city affairs, corporate news, lifestyle & entertainment specials. The weekend read will carry HT Brunch, India\u2019s most read lifestyle magazine.\n\n*Based on IRS 2017; AIR \u2013 Average Issue Readership\n\nWhy Gurugram?\n\nHT is renowned for its reader-centric approach, always keeping its readers at the front. It has emerged as the most preferred choice of the readers of Gurugram who have crowned HT as the most-read English daily in Gurugram.\n\nResponding to the readers in its own unique way, HT has curated a special edition for Gurugram.\n\nWhat will be different?\n\nThe all-new HT Gurugram edition, with a dedicated editorial team, will capture and communicate the concerns of Gurugram in an in-depth manner giving justice to the millennium city.\n\nHT Gurugram edition is an unmatched offering with power-packed 50+ pages of national, state and local affairs, entertainment & lifestyle, and other specials including Brunch.\n\nSukumar Ranganathan\n\nSukumar Ranganathan, Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan Times says,\u201cGurugram is a city of over 2 million residents, a buzzing business hub that serves not only its population but also that of neighbouring Delhi. And it has gotten where it has gotten in just around two decades. We bring with us commitment and passion to bring to you the best newspaper that the city has ever seen. Our Gurugram edition will strive to be this city\u2019s paper, its heart, and its voice.\u201d\n\nRajan Bhalla\n\nRajan Bhalla, Group CMO adds, \u201cOur objective is simple \u2013 to offer our readers in Gurugram a newspaper that reflects their true voice and pushes the envelope in journalism on a daily basis. The new edition of HT Gurugram captures the DNA of the city with special focus on the key concerns of Gurugram. With an unwavering legacy of truth, excellence and courage, HT Media has been upholding the highest tenets of journalism and building unshakable trust amongst its readers. No wonder, we are the advertisers\u2019 & readers\u2019 No. 1 choice.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "The fire broke out in the guard room outside the al-Marwani Prayer Room Monday evening, according to a statement by the mosque's Islamic Waqf (Endowments) Department.\n\nSeahawks, QB Wilson agree to record 4-year, $140M deal\nWhen asked about the possible deal during an interview with ET last month, Ciara said she'd be proud of Wilson \"no matter what\". If the Seahawks can't lock up Wilson to a new deal, the franchise likely will use the franchise tag on the quarterback.\n\nFootage posted on social media showed smoke rising from the top of the Marwani Prayer room, also known as Solomon's Stables, as firefighters tried to extinguish the flames on top of the Temple Mount.\n\nAl-Aqsa means \"the farthest\" in Arabic; a house of worship was built in the site because of a verse in the Quran describing the prophet Muhammad's \"Night Journey\", which says he went to the farthest mosque before ascending to heaven atop a flying horse named Buraq (\"lightning, in Arabic)\". It was quickly put out by the Waqf with no injuries or interior damage reported.\n\nBarr Sets a Time for Release of the Mueller Report\nTrump revealed the news in an appearance on the WMAL Larry O'Connor Show, and a Justice Department spokeswoman later confirmed it. Federal court rules state that a court may order disclosure \"preliminary to or in connection with a judicial proceeding\".\n\nIt added: \"The Presidency confirmed its solidarity and sympathy with our friends in France over this incident\".\n\nPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned against targeting the holy site. The cathedral's spire collapsed under the fire, which raged for hours.\n\nThe area has heavy security and has been at the centre of much of the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict. However, post the creation of Israel, it annexed a majority part of the Jerusalem, including Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was frowned upon by the worldwide community.\n\nTrump Vetoes Bill To Pull U.S. Troops From Yemen\nTrump said. \"There are 22 million souls at risk of dying, of being killed\". \"It is a humanitarian crisis\". But with the Mr Trump's veto, the Congress now needs two thirds support to overcome that obstacle.\n\nLearn Barcelona next match and team\u2019s tournament standings\nAdvantages of the fscore-bd.com sports portal It is not always easy to find a reliable website providing sports results. The team successfully tops the Spanish Championship, went to the Cup final and to the Champions League quarter finals.\n\nFriday brings risk of severe weather to DC region\nCloudy conditions with a few scattered showers possible through the day, and winds will be gusty out of the northwest. The northern line of storms will develop along a cold front in Kansas and Oklahoma and weaken as it moves east.\n\nFacing arrest, Peru ex-president shoots himself\nA hearing is scheduled to take place Wednesday to decide whether to increase his detention to three years. Although under investigation by the public prosecutor's office, Garcia had not been charged with anything.\n\nFirst 5G iPhone won\u2019t be released until 2020, Nikkei reports\nAt the same time, Apple also started cooperating with regulators in Korea who were looking into Qualcomm's royalty practices. The announcement comes on the same day Apple announced a wide-ranging settlement with Qualcomm over patent issues.\n\nJuventus shares plunge after Champions League exit\nJuventus themselves have been impressed by the whizkid, who they view as a long-term replacement for Giorgio Chiellini . The Juventus back-line struggled with the pace of the Dutch team with Pjanic doing well to deny Ziyech a tap-in."}
-{"text": "Favorite movies only need apply. Life is too short to write about what I didn't enjoy.\n\nBack in February during Berlinale, at the very start of this strange yet fateful year, I watched Laura Bispoli\u2019s \u2018Daughter of Mine\u2019 and fell back in love with Italian cinema. I was then satisfied further in Cannes, where I got to watch three more fantastic Italian films \u2014 which included Matteo Garrone\u2019s \u2018Dogman\u2019 and Alice Rohrwacher\u2019s \u2018Happy as Lazzaro\u2019. Then Venice rolled around and there was \u2018What You Gonna Do When the World\u2019s on Fire?\u2019 by Roberto Minervini and my personal, patriotic soul burst with pride.\n\nWell, London audiences will soon be able to experience all of these titles in one place along with a selection that will include Laura Luchetti\u2019s \u2018Twin Flower\u2019, Luca Guadagnino\u2019s \u2018Suspiria\u2019 and Eduardo De Angelis\u2019 \u2018The Vice of Hope\u2019. They are all part of the BFI\u2019s London Film Festival Italian selection of cinematic picks from our peninsula."}
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-{"text": "Harsh on Ma-Beta, Modi mild on Lalu\nHint of future in soft speech\n\nNALIN VERMA\n\nNarendra Modi clicks a \u2018selfie\u2019 after casting his vote at a polling station in Gujarat on Wednesday. The Election Commission has ordered the state administration to file an FIR against Modi for violating the model code by displaying the BJP\u2019s election symbol (lotus) and making a speech after casting his vote in Gandhinagar. (Reuters)\n\nChhapra, April 30: Soft on Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and their daughter Misa Bharti, Narendra Modi today went hard after \u201cMa-Beta (Sonia and Rahul Gandhi)\u201d in his election speeches in the state.\n\n\u201cAll of you have seen Ma-Beta addressing election rallies at several places in Bihar. Did you find Ma-Beta ever sharing dais with Laluji?\u201d the BJP prime ministerial candidate asked.\n\nModi later corrected himself and replaced the word doglapan by dohrapan (almost similar in meaning but relatively less derogatory) in the later part of his speech.\n\nThe BJP mascot used the respectful suffix of ji, while referring to the state\u2019s most powerful family calling them Laluji, Rabriji and Misaji against mocking Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as Ma-Beta or Ma-Bete ki Sarkar at least seven times during his 30-minute speech from 3pm at the airport ground of Chhapra, the headquarters of Saran district, about 70km northwest of Patna.\n\nThe ground in the Saran Lok Sabha constituency where Rabri Devi is seeking election following a lower court convicting her husband (Lalu) in a fodder scam case and banning him from joining the poll fray was packed to its size. About 50,000 people attended the rally. People in large numbers were seen on the streets beyond the ground and some had climbed trees to listen to Modi, defying the 40\u00b0C temperature.\n\nAs usual, the Muslims, by and large, kept away from his rally. Shakeel Anwar, a professor of political science at Jaglal Rai College and a noted anchor of social events in the city was seen hurriedly speeding past the venue of the rally on his motorcycle, while Lalu Prasad addressed an election meeting at Khaira-Patti, barely 10km from Chhapra where Modi was playing \u201ccleverly\u201d to woo Lalu.\n\nIn sharp contrast, Modi cautiously selected his words while referring to Lalu, who has never lost to the BJP candidate, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, and has represented Saran (previously Chhapra) five times. He even sought the audience\u2019s permission to speak on Lalu-Rabriji.\n\n\u201cAgar main Laluji-Rabriji par bolunga to aap bura nahin na manengien (Would you mind if I speak on Laluji and Rabriji)?\u201d Modi asked. When the \u201cna (no)\u201d came in chorus from the audience, Modi said: \u201cLaluji, Rabriji and Misaji, you should understand that Ma-Beta are using you to grow in their power but are humiliating you too. Ma-Beta are strong at your strength but they are not ready to give you the proportionate respect.\u201d\n\nPolitical observers described Modi\u2019s gesture for Lalu and family as extending an olive branch to the RJD chief. Modi, believed to be ahead of others in the race to become the Prime Minister, might be trying to keep Lalu in a good humour keeping his eyes on the post-poll scenario, a BJP leader at the meeting said.\n\nAddressing election meeting at Sheohar, Ujiarpur, Chhapra and Hajipur, the Gujarat chief minister predicted an imminent fall of the UPA government and ascendance of the BJP one. \u201cThe elections across the country concluded so far has laid the foundation of the BJP government in the making. The rest of the polls would help give a strong and stable government,\u201d Modi said.\n\nTaking a potshot at the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, Modi said: \u201cWhile replying to reporters\u2019 query in Guwahati recently, Manmohan said he did not find any wave in Modi\u2019s favour. How can Manmohan see a wave in my favour when he has not seen sky-rocketing price rise, growing unemployment, large scale corruption and suicide of farmers in the past 10 years?\u201d Modi asked mockingly.\n\nKeeping himself away largely from the big national and local issues, Modi told the youths: \u201cI live to fulfil the dream of the young generation between 18 and 28. Give me only 60 months of chance against 60 years to the Congress to serve you. I shall do everything to get your dream realised\u201d."}
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-{"text": "The People Dem\n\nOther albums by Capleton\n\nReview\n\nCapleton's The People Dem is more a collection of recent 45s and hard to find tracks than it is a proper album, although that doesn't prevent it from sounding like a cohesive sequence, mostly because Capleton seldom varies his approach to things, staying blustery and aggressive while adhering to his standard roots-influenced dancehall style. \"See Dem,\" \"Judgement,\" and \"Jah Lives\" (with its fuzzy electric guitar lead) are among the standout tracks, but Capleton really sounds at his best here when he tones things down just a hair on the romantic and poppish \"So Fine\" and the infectious set closer, \"No Time,\" which features a guest spot from Military Man. ~ Steve Leggett"}
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-{"text": "Mullah Mohammad Fazl\n\nAccording to a 2008 Defense Department document on his case, Fazl was\nborn in 1967 in Uruzgan Province. He was the Taliban deputy defense\nminister during the U.S. invasion and commanded troops fighting the\nU.S. forces.\nAccording to a Defense Department official, Muhammad commanded the main\nforce fighting the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance in 2001 and served as\nChief of Army Staff under the Taliban regime. Fazl was detained after surrendering to Afghan Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostam.\nHe \u201cwielded considerable influence throughout the northern region of\nAfghanistan,\u201d the Pentagon said. He has been accused of war crimes\nduring the Afghan civil war in the 1990s, including the murder of\nthousands of Shiites, the 2008 document said. \u201cIf released, the\ndetainee would likely rejoin the Taliban,\u201d it added.\n\nKhair Ulla Said Wali Khairkhwa\n\nAccording to a 2008 Defense Department document on his case, Khairkhwa\nwas born in 1967 in Kandahar province. He grew up as a refugee in\nPakistan He served as interior minister, governor of Herat and as a\nmilitary commander and was directly associated with Osama bin Laden\nand Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, the document said. According to a\nDefense Department official, he was an early member of the Taliban in\n1994 and hails from the same tribe as President Hamid Karzai. Khairkhwa\nsurrendered to Karzai\u2019s brother before he was taken into custody\nin January 2002, the officials said. Khairkhwa\u2019s most prominent\nposition was as governor of Herat province from 1999 to 2001, the\nofficial said. He met with Iranian officials after Sept. 11, 2001,\nseeking military support against the U.S. and was associated\nwith a military training camp run by Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a Jordanian\nmilitant later killed by the U.S. in Iraq. He was \u201cprobably one of the\nmajor opium drug lords in western Afghanistan,\u201d the document said. He\ntold interrogators he was a friend of President Karzai.\nIn 2008, the Pentagon recommended against his release.\n\nMullah Norullah Noori\n\nAccording to a 2008 Defense Department document on his case, Noori was\nborn in 1967 in Zabul province. He was the senior Taliban commander in\nthe northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif during the 2001 U.S. invasion. He\nwas wanted by the United Nations for possible war crimes, including\nthe murder of thousands of Shiite Muslims, the document said. He was\nthe governor of Laghman and Balkh provinces during Taliban rule of\nAfghanistan and associated with Mullah Omar and\nsenior Al Qaeda leaders, it said. According to a Defense Department\nofficial, Noori served as governor of Balkh province in the Taliban\nregime and played some role in coordinating the fight against the\nNorthern Alliance. Noori was detained after surrendering to Afghan\nUzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostum. In 2008, the Pentagon recommended\nagainst his release.\n\nAbdul Haq Wasiq\n\nAccording to a 2008 Defense Department document on his case, Wasiq was\nborn in 1971 in Ghazni province. He served as deputy minister of intelligence during the Taliban\u2019s rule and was involved in recruiting other militant groups to fight against the U.S. after the 2001\ninvasion of Afghanistan, the document said. A Defense Department\nofficial said his cousin was head of the intelligence service. He used\nhis office to support Al Qaeda and \u201carranged for Al Qaeda personnel to\ntrain Taliban intelligence staff,\u201d it said. He told interrogators that he offered to help the U.S. locate Mullah Omar before being sent to\nGuantanamo Bay. In 2008, the Pentagon recommended against his release.\n\nMohammad Nabi Omari\n\nAccording to a 2008 Defense Department document on his case, Omari was\nborn in Khost province in 1968. He was a \u201csenior Taliban official\u201d\nwith close ties to Al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network and other groups that\nfought the U.S. in Afghanistan, the document said. He was a member of\na militant cell in Khost that attacked U.S. troops and facilitated the smuggling of weapons and fighters, the document said. A Defense Department official called him \u201ca minor Taliban official in Khost.\u201d\nHe told interrogators that in 1982 he left the Taliban and started\nworking with a CIA operative named Mark, who \u201ctasked him to find\u201d\nMullah Omar. He was arrested at the Khost airport by the U.S. in Sept.\n2002, he told interrogators. In 2008, the Pentagon recommended against\nhis release."}
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-{"text": "Tag Archives: Saugherties\n\nI was reading the short notice below in one of my online feeds for anything lighthouse related and what caught my attention was the phrase \u201cDue to the tide, check-in time . . . \u201c\n\nThe West Room is available on Thursday, April 19th. Due to the tide, check-in time would be 3-4PM on this date. If you can make this check-in time and want to reserve this date, please call the Lighthouse at 845-247-0656.\n\nA landmark beacon on the Hudson River, the Saugerties Lighthouse is a venerable aid to navigation, constructed in 1869 at the mouth of the Esopus Creek. The Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy maintains the Lighthouse and adjacent lands for the enjoyment of the public.\n\nEverybody should remember the Hudson River near New York City where the Hero of the Hudson, pilot Chesley Sullenberger, landed his plane on January 15, 2009 when both engines quit after he hit a flock of geese. His actions saved all onboard.\n\nWell this lighthouse is not exactly where the accident happened, but further up the Hudson River where the Esopus Creek (see the muddy creek in the Google Map at bottom) meets the Hudson River. An overview and specifications of the lighthouse can be found here.\n\nIt is now a Bed and Breakfast (B&B) with two rooms available. The notice at the beginning of this article was because they had an opening in the West Room; the other being the East Room. Checking their calendar does not show too many rooms free for the whole summer. A very popular place I think.\n\nThe comment, above, about the tides and your check-in times, is because this lighthouse is near the mouth of the Hudson River and the ocean tides raise the level of the river. Taking a look at the map (bottom) it may seem impossible, but tides do have a great influence on many world rivers a great distance from the mouth of the river.\n\nMore information on the effect of the tides and access to the lighthouse is given under Reservations:\n\nAccess\n\nThe Lighthouse is accessible by a half-mile walking trail or by personal boat. The Lighthouse does not provide a ferry service.\n\nCheck-in time is scheduled for the hour of 2pm-3pm, and check-out time is by noon, unless the timing of the tides necessitates changes.\n\nYou will be notified when you make a reservation if the tides require a change in check-in and/or check-out times.\n\nIt looks like a delightful place to stay. Now if only we could do something like that for say Point Atkinson near Vancouver. What a delight!"}
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-{"text": "Tiny dog Kenzo paralysed in brutal Morecambe seafront attack\n\nA heartbroken dog owner has told how her two little puppies were savaged in a brutal seafront attack which left one paralysed from the waist down.\n\nMichelle Gregory\u2019s beloved chihuahuas Kenzo and Sanchez were set upon by two much larger dogs as she walked them on Morecambe promenade.\n\nFour month old Kenzo suffered a fractured spine when one of the dogs seized him in its mouth. Two-year-old Sanchez was unhurt but Kenzo is in a veterinary hospital after a battle to save his life.\n\n\u201cThe dog\u2019s teeth went straight through his spinal column,\u201d said Michelle.\n\n\u201cThere was blood everywhere. He\u2019s stable but in a bad way. I don\u2019t know what kind of decision I\u2019m going to have to make. It\u2019s terrible what\u2019s happened.\u201d\n\nMichelle said both dogs, which she said looked like \u201cbig Jack Russells\u201d were on leads as they approached her on the seafront side of Marine Road West last Wednesday.\n\n\u201cThey started to get a bit \u2018barky\u2019,\u201d said Michelle. \u201cThen they came towards us. Next thing one didn\u2019t have its lead and collar on. It looked like he\u2019d slipped out of it. The owner didn\u2019t say anything. He walked off. He couldn\u2019t control them. He couldn\u2019t get his dog off my puppy.\u201d\n\nKenzo is being cared for at Kentdale hospital, Crooklands, which specialises in animal spinal injuries.\n\nMichelle warned people to be careful while out walking their dogs.\n\nThe incident has been reported to the Lancaster City Council dog warden department and an investigation is under way to find the dog owner. If you can help please call 01524 582935 or send an email to dogwardens@lancaster.gov.uk . All information will be treated as confidential.\n\nTrending\n\nNew ITV drama filmed and set in Morecambe\n\nIsaac Lowe's British title bid ends in frustrating draw with Ryan Walsh\n\nClosure order served on drug den Lancaster house\n\nJim Bentley\u2019s pitch battle after Morecambe\u2019s game against Chesterfield is called off"}
-{"text": "Search\n\nMarried on July 11 in Maryland, John Arthur is in hospice care and \u201ccertain to die soon.\u201d He and his husband have sued to ensure their marriage is recognized by Ohio officials at Arthur\u2019s death.posted on Ju\n\nA federal judge in Ohio ordered state officials Monday to recognize the marriage of two men that was performed in Maryland on the death certificate of an Ohio resident in hospice care who the judge says \u201cis certain to die soon.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe end result here and now is that the local Ohio Registrar of death certificates is hereby ORDERED not to accept for recording a death certificate for John Arthur that does not record Mr. Arthur\u2019s status at death as \u2018married\u2019 and James Obergefell as his \u2018surviving spouse,\u2019\u201d Judge Timothy Black wrote in granting the couple a temporary restraining order Monday. The order is in effect until 5 p.m. Aug. 5, unless the court extends the order at a later date.\n\nThe couple\u2019s attorney, Al Gerhardstein, said in a statement, \u201cThis order is a major step on the march toward marriage equality in Ohio.\u201d\n\nAddressing the constitutional question, Black explained, \u201cAlthough the law has long recognized that marriage and domestic relations are matters generally left to the states, the restrictions imposed on marriage by states, however, must nonetheless comply with the [U.S.] Constitution.\u201d\n\nTo that end, the court examined the Supreme Court\u2019s decision striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act this June in United States v. Windsor, the 1996 decision in Romer v. Evans, and in other decisions addressing differential treatment found to be unconstitutional under the Constitution\u2019s guarantee of equal protection of the laws.\n\nLooking at Ohio\u2019s bans on recognizing same-sex couples\u2019 out-of-state marriages, while acknowledging its recognition of the marriages of opposite-sex couples who would not be allowed to marry in Ohio, Black concluded, \u201cThe purpose served by treating same-sex married couples differently than opposite-sex married couples is the same improper purpose that failed in Windsor and in Romer: \u2018to impose inequality\u2019 and to make gay citizens unequal under the law.\u201d\n\nAccording to the order, Obergefell and Arthur live in Cincinnati, Ohio, and \u201chave been living together in a committed and intimate relationship for more than twenty years.\u201d The order also notes \u201cthey were very recently legally married in the state of Maryland pursuant to the laws of Maryland recognizing same sex marriage.\u201d\n\nThe order notes that Arthur is dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which prompted the couple to fly to Maryland on July 11 to get married.\n\nAs Black put it, the couple \u201ctraveled to Maryland in a special jet equipped with medical equipment and a medical staff necessary to serve Mr. Arthur\u2019s needs, whereupon Plaintiffs were married in the jet as it sat on the tarmac in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. They returned to Cincinnati that same day.\u201d\n\nThe lawsuit seeking to have the couple\u2019s marriage recognized was filed against Gov. John Kasich and other state and local officials on July 19.\n\nOhio Attorney General Mike DeWine\u2019s office defended the state\u2019s laws in filings with the court on Monday, but Cincinnati city lawyers representing Dr. Camille Jones, the vital statistics registrar for the city, declined to defend the law, telling the court, \u201cThe City will not defend Ohio\u2019s discriminatory ban on same-sex marriages,but the City\u2019s vital statistics registrar is bound to follow Ohio law until that law is changed or overturned.\u201d\n\nAsked about the court\u2019s issuance of the order on Monday evening, Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols told BuzzFeed, \u201cWe don\u2019t comment on pending litigation other than to say the that the governor believes that marriage is between a man and a woman.\u201d\n\n[Updated at 6:55 p.m. with Kasich spokesman comment, at 7:10 p.m. with additional legal analysis, and at 8:20 p.m. with comment from the plaintiffs\u2019 attorney. Update at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday with information about the other filings.]"}
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-{"text": "The Afternoon Star: Shirley Maclaine Says Honesty Is The Remedy To The Nation\u2019s Problems\n\nBy Christina Fuoco-Karasinski\n\nShirley MacLaine quickly announces herself.\n\n\u201cHi! This is Shirley. I hope I\u2019m not 2 minutes late, but I am,\u201d she says, followed by a hearty laugh.\n\nMacLaine is personable, funny and honest. Fans can count on it when the Oscar-winning actress, dancer and best-selling author comes to the Chandler Center for the Arts for An Afternoon with Shirley MacLaine on Sunday, February 10. She will share a montage of memorable film moments and private revelations about her life, career and spiritual journey. The sister of actor Warren Beatty, MacLaine will open the stage to questions as well.\n\n\u201cI love to know what the audience is interested in at these things,\u201d MacLaine says via telephone from her ranch in New Mexico. \u201cI love the spontaneity of it all. I don\u2019t care to know anything in advance. Whatever anybody wants to talk about is fine with me.\u201d\n\nMacLaine started making these appearances about a year ago and has been pleasantly surprised with the outcome.\n\n\u201cThey were more interested in my (spiritual and autobiographical) books than Hollywood,\u201d she says, sounding exasperated. \u201cI think people are looking for answers that are above and beyond what we learn in school. They look to the otherness of it all.\n\n\u201cI think they appreciate my honesty about the truth of other realities. I think they know I tell the truth, at least as I see it. It\u2019s not like I\u2019m making anything up. It tells me they\u2019re in good stead, I think. I think they look at my life and I\u2019m still really working and creative and all that. Maybe they think this stuff works.\u201d\n\nIn light of the current political and social divide, MacLaine says she feels her honesty \u2013 and honesty in general \u2013 is what America needs.\n\n\u201cI think we\u2019re going through an awful lot of study and self-investigation, really,\u201d she adds. \u201cMany relationships are breaking up about what\u2019s going on in Washington. Nobody knows what to make of it. Maybe it\u2019s a good idea to shake things up, but I think truth would be better than lies.\u201d\n\nDon\u2019t get MacLaine wrong; she is still acting. She has three movies slated for 2019, she says, without providing too many details. One is Noelle, a Christmas comedy also starring Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader, slated for release around Thanksgiving.\n\n\u201cI do know I\u2019m getting most of the good old people roles because I\u2019m still working,\u201d she says. \u201cEveryone else is retired or gone or something. I\u2019m kind of around and these parts are wonderful. There\u2019s so much wisdom and time and experience and humor. It really works for me to have been around this long.\u201d\n\nMacLaine describes the filming process as familial. She enjoys the crew\u2019s work ethic and creativity. \u201cI love the whole idea of knowing these people really well,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re usually together for months; sometimes with these independent films it\u2019s less because there\u2019s less money. Everybody is learning what to do with creativity; at the same time, it demands efficiency.\u201d\n\nMacLaine is concerned about the movie industry\u2019s state after the horrific wildfires that plagued California. She said many of the crew members lived in the area hit hardest by the disaster. The sheriff near MacLaine\u2019s California home even told her to evacuate.\n\n\u201cHe said, \u2018You\u2019re out of here. That\u2019s it,\u2019\u201d she recalls. \u201cI said, \u2018Where am I going?\u2019 He said, \u2018I don\u2019t know. Just go.\u2019 I did. I haven\u2019t been back since.\n\n\u201cIt made my heart break,\u201d she says after a long pause. \u201cTo drive through PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) with flames on either side of the car (was terrible). My dogs have learned how to open the back doors of my rented car. They wanted to go out and play in the fire. A trip down PCH that usually takes 45 minutes took four and a half hours.\u201d\n\nShe hasn\u2019t returned to her home because PCH is closed and the air is filled with smoke pollution. She likens the subsequent rain and mudslides to a crime.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s so tragic for so many,\u201d MacLaine says. \u201cIt\u2019s climate change personified. When you have rain on top of that, and Jerry Brown, the governor, speaking the truth \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s just the beginning. We need to stick together\u2019 \u2013 whoa, he\u2019s right. Alright, what does this really mean?\u201d\n\nShe\u2019s looking forward to fans at the Chandler Center for the Arts lightening her mood with fun and interesting questions and comments.\n\n\u201cOne of the things I enjoy most are these live shows,\u201d she says. \u201cI learn so much about what\u2019s happening in the culture by doing these. It\u2019s very stimulating for me. I love not knowing what the questions are going to be or what\u2019s going to happen. I love the lack of planning.\n\n\u201cI like to know what it is they like about me, what it is they get from the books or the parts. Sometimes even I forget what I\u2019ve done, but they don\u2019t seem to. There\u2019s a whole relationship going on between people who make theatricality real and the audience. Shakespeare was right. We\u2019re all just strutting our stuff on our own little stages. We\u2019re creating the writing, the wardrobe, the makeup, the attitude, the lines, the things we care about. We\u2019re creating it all. People need to be reminded they are the creation of their own reality.\u201d\n\nLovin\u2019 Life After 50 is the No. 1 ranked free circulation publication in Arizona! We target the 50-plus demographic with stories and features focused on items of interest to this age group, plus extensive coverage of upcoming activities and events. Lovin\u2019 Life After 50 has served the Phoenix metro area since 1979 and the Tucson area since 1984."}
-{"text": "Tag: Philadelphia Phillies\n\nThere are a lot of things that make prospects special \u2013 their incredibly smooth deliveries, their sweet swings, and their game-changing gloves; however, I don\u2019t have time to travel around the country. Therefore, scouting becomes what baseball is all about \u2013 the numbers. Based on the numbers, here are some prospects to watch in the coming months:\n\nThe Midwest League is a difficult league for hitters, but you wouldn\u2019t know that by taking a look at this 6\u2032, 145 pound shortstop\u2019s numbers. His .936 OPS ranks third in the league, enhanced by his recent surge at the beginning of June, as Palacios has hit .448/.467/.931 with three homers in six games. The Twins have a solid young core that has them leading the AL Central. He is a couple of years away, but could be another in a long line of successful Venezuelan shortstops, especially if he keeps up this pace.\n\nBichette, like Palacios, is tearing up the Midwest League. Although he was ranked as the Jays\u2019 No.5 prospect by MLB.com, his production will lead to a lot of helium in his already solid stock. Having just turned 19 in March, Bichette has raked all season, posting a .381/.457/.614 line, pacing the league in OPS by 116 points. Playing alongside Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., the Lansing Lugnuts have the most productive left-side of the infield in the lower minors, with exquisite bloodlines to thank for a beautiful future in Toronto.\n\nCan Duplantier overcome the abuse at Rice to continue his dominance?Courtesy: mwltraveler.com\n\nIt is downright absurd that this 22-year-old is still in the Midwest League. His numbers are outrageous and warranted a promotion weeks ago. Overall, Duplantier has a 0.95 ERA and 0.78 WHIP over 66.2 innings with a 71:14 K:BB. He has some issues, mostly the abuse that goes along with all of the pitchers who once attended Rice University, which shelved him in his debut last season when he had elbow soreness. Still, taken in the 3rd round last season, Duplantier ranked No. 8 in the D-backs system prior to this onslaught and he\u2019ll only continue to rise with dominance like this. k\n\nHey, look\u2026another Mets\u2019 pitching prospect. Maybe they won\u2019t somehow ruin this arm. While he\u2019s still 21 and successful in the minors, Humphreys is dominating the South Atlantic League to the tune of a 1.41 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, .164 BAA, and a 77:8 K:BB in 63.2 innings. An 18th round pick in 2015, Humphreys ranked 29th in the Mets\u2019 system by MLB.com prior to the start of the season, and was said to be a \u201cback of the rotation piece\u201d; however, there could be more there.\n\nAt the age of 20, this former first round pick has managed to hit, probably more than expected. At 6\u20193\u2033, he probably won\u2019t be staying at shortstop, and with Manny Machado (pending free agency) around, Mountcastle will likely find himself in an outfield corner. Mountcastle\u2019s 22 doubles and 12 home runs show a massive amount of potential for his bat to continue to mature as he continues to fill out his frame.\n\nLong isn\u2019t long for the minors if he keeps hitting like this.Courtesy: redsminorleagues.com\n\nAfter a breakout campaign over two levels last season, Long returned to the Florida State League to dominate once again. He shouldn\u2019t be there much longer. The 5\u20198\u2033 left-handed hitting second baseman has 26 XBH to go along with a .911 OPS. With the Reds possessing many solid middle infield prospects, Long continues to show that he could be a huge part of the future by 2019.\n\nI don\u2019t know much about Reading. It is either a hitter\u2019s paradise or a place where Phillies outfield prospects prosper \u2013 at least over the last couple of years. Last year it was Dylan Cozens and this year it is Pullin, who has seemed to find himself since arriving in Reading last season. This season, Pullin has been solid again (.307/.373/.564), but over 104 games in Double-A, Pullin is hitting .324/.382/.562 with 30 doubles and 22 home runs. The 23-year-old is a left-handed hitter and wasn\u2019t ranked in the club\u2019s top 30 prospects by MLB.com, but maybe he works himself into a very crowded outfield of respectable prospects\u2026maybe even becoming trade bait.\n\nYes, that one. What a sad way to go. After signing a $10 million deal before seeing his first pitch as a top prospect, Singleton is now in Double-A, wasting away as the Astros invest their playing time in other players, like A.J. Reed and Yuli Gurriel. After being removed from the 40-man roster, he has received his guaranteed money and may get a buyout before he becomes a free agent after next season. His .233 average this season is hidden by his home runs and walks, which have inflated his OPS to .920, so he still has some value. Perhaps he\u2019ll get a chance to produce for another organization after this season, but it would require a release. He will only be 26.\n\nBelow is a list of the top 100 prospects in MLB, as compiled by a non-scout. With spring training starting up, what better time to begin prospecting for your fantasy teams than right now. Click on the links below to view each player\u2019s Baseball Reference page. Brief writeups for top 25 only. Enjoy, comment, and share\u2026share a lot!\n\nHe has filled out and will fill up the stat sheets in 2017Courtesy: Boston Herald\n\n1. Andrew Benintendi, OF, BOS: Added muscle to an already incredibly talented skill-set could lead to immediate stardom in 2017.\n\n8. Gleyber Torres, SS, NYY: The power is coming. At 19 in A+, he had 11 HR and 29 doubles. It\u2019s a race to SS between Torres and Mateo in NY.\n\n9. Brendan Rodgers, SS, COL: There is a lot more swing and miss in his game than Troy Tulowitzki\u2019s, but he\u2019ll be compared to him his entire career \u2013 and for good reason.\n\n10. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, PIT: The control can still be an issue, but Glasnow has the right pitching coach to make him an elite arm.\n\nRobles is still in the Nats\u2019 organization for a reasonCourtesy: MiLB.com\n\n11. Victor Robles, OF, WAS: A gifted athlete with a crazy contact rate (especially for a 19-year-old in A+), he\u2019ll utilize the entire field and be a threat on the bases.\n\n12. Cody Bellinger, 1B/OF, LAD: He has nowhere to play until Adrian Gonzalez leaves after the 2018 season, but he\u2019s nearly ready. Maybe they\u2019ll make room for him in the OF.\n\n13. Austin Meadows, OF, PIT: All of the McCutcheon rumors will lead to a lot of focus on Meadows. He won\u2019t be a star but can do a lot of things well.\n\n14. Bradley Zimmer, OF, CLE: The strikeouts are a huge concern but Zimmer is a unique talent and brings a skill-set that will improve an already impressive roster in Cleveland.\n\nThe Reds need a quick moving power bat. He\u2019s the guyCourtesy: redsminorleagues.com\n\n15. Nick Senzel, 3B, CIN: Think of Ryan Zimmerman when you think of how quickly a player can reach the majors here. He could also produce at the same level\u2026hopefully without the injuries.\n\n16. Anderson Espinoza, RHP, SD: There are still a lot of things that can go wrong (he doesn\u2019t turn 19 until March), but there are so many things that are already intriguing here.\n\n17. Lewis Brinson, OF, MIL: Making contact consistently is a concern, but, when he does, Brinson is capable of superstardom in Milwaukee.\n\n18. Eloy Jimenez, OF, CHC: 40 doubles at 19 in the midwest league. He\u2019s going to turn those into HR in 2017 and he\u2019ll be a top 5 prospect in 2018.\n\n19. Manuel Margot, OF, SD: His numbers won\u2019t pop and he may never lead the league in any statistic, but Margot is a smooth baseball player. He can do it all.\n\n20. Josh Bell, 1B/OF, PIT: He never showed the power potential he was supposed to have in the minors, but he\u2019s still a work in progress \u2013 one with an approach beyond his years.\n\nFrazier will be an asset for the Yankees, even if it hurt to give up MillerCourtesy: Stack.com\n\n21. Clint Frazier, OF, NYY: The hair may be what many know him for right now. The ability will make others wish that they had curly red hair.\n\n22. Kyle Tucker, OF, HOU: As this guy grows into his 6\u20194\u2033 frame, he\u2019s going to be a monster. He had 41 XBH and 32 SB while reading A+ at 19 in 2016.\n\n23. Michael Kopech, RHP, CHW: He throws really hard and he\u2019s on a team that is going to give him an opportunity sooner than later. If for no other reason than these, he\u2019s an intriguing prospect. He\u2019s also very good.\n\n24. Willy Adames, SS, TB: He\u2019ll make the David Price trade look silly at some point when he debuts in 2017. He is extremely talented and will quickly become one of the Rays\u2019 top players.\n\n25. Francis Martes, RHP, HOU: Strikeouts jumped a bit (as did the walks) in AA last year, a wonderful sign for a 20-year-old. He throws extremely hard and is capable of becoming a frontline starter.\n\nAs a Cincinnati Reds homer, I\u2019m looking ahead to next season\u2026actually, I\u2019m looking forward to 2020, when the team will have time to truly rebuild their roster. Unfortunately, for a non-contending, rebuilder within a \u201csmall-market\u201d, Cincinnati will not be a big player in free agency. Like many other clubs that are looking to build from within or on-the-cheap, free agency isn\u2019t very kind, leaving the remnants of the market to pick through like a racoon at a garbage can. Oh, those beady eyes in your headlights in January will just be Walt Jocketty or Billy Beane looking for a backup infielder.\n\nThis winter, as with any other, baseball fans will see plenty of players on the move, including Mark Trumbo, Edwin Encarnacion, Aroldis Chapman, and Ian Desmond, who appear to be the few \u201cbig names\u201d on the market. In addition to those select few, there are plenty of players with options, but are they going to get picked up? Let\u2019s take a look at those optional options for 2017, shall we\u2026\n\nOpting Out\n\nFowler is having a stellar season, even having spent some time on the DL. He is earning $13MM this season on a one-year deal and has responded after facing a weak market this past winter with a career-best .877 OPS. The 2016 All-Star isn\u2019t really needed as a leadoff hitter in Chicago with Jason Heyward getting paid mega-millions to be that type of player, but Fowler should be able to cash in. The Cubs will likely accept their portion of the option very quickly.\n\nHoward has had one of the worst contracts in baseball since the start of the 2012 season. Coincidentally, that is when his five-year, $125MM extension kicked in. Finally, the Phillies will be able to walk away from him and his horrific deal, and they\u2019ll be more than happy to drop $10MM in order to do that. We\u2019ll see if they release him and roll with Tommy Joseph, which they basically have done since the beginning of June.\n\nHolliday has collapsed in his age-36 season. His .237/.310/.449 line is the worst of his career. His 18 home runs have saved his line a bit, but he is still well short of his career .303/.382/.515 line. He certainly won\u2019t rank in the top 10 in the NL MVP voting, which is all that it would take for his option in 2017 to vest. The Cardinals aren\u2019t churning out prospects like they were a few years ago, so it will be interesting to see which direction they go to stay within the Cardinal Way.\n\nYoenis Cespedes, OF, New York Mets: can opt-out of remaining two-years, $47.5MM\n\nCespedes could cash in significantly in a weak market this winter. With so few power bats available, the 30-year-old corner outfielder, if healthy, would likely increase his AAV to $25-$28MM per season. He will beat his career-high for OPS this year. He just needs to stay on the field to keep the Mets in contention.\n\nThe Yankees will get out from under the weight of Sabathia\u2019s deal\n\nCC Sabathia, LHP New York Yankees: $25MM vesting option (if he doesn\u2019t end the season on the DL with a shoulder injury, spend 45 days or more on the DL with a shoulder injury, or make six or more relief appearances because of a shoulder injury), $5MM buyout\n\nIf you asked in mid-June, Sabathia may have been worth a $20MM gamble for New York. On June 16th, he had a 2.20 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over his first 11 starts; however, he has a 6.85 ERA and 1.54 WHIP over his last eight starts. With Mark Teixeira retiring after the 2016 season, the Yankees will have quite a bit of money to spend \u2013 unless they are serious about their rebuild and continue to add young talent to the roster. The Yankees may need to check-in on Sabathia\u2019s shoulder, given his recent woes, and make sure everything is clean; although, the MLBPA may find a way to keep his option guaranteed with such a move.\n\nOpting In\n\nBruce, who was recently acquired by the Mets from Cincinnati for a pair of prospects, will provide a lot of value to New York, especially if Cespedes remains on the shelf with his quad injury, but even more so if Cespedes opts out and signs elsewhere this winter. Bruce is a fine outfielder who is capable of strong production, as evidenced by his rebound 2016 season, but his lengthy slumps and declining defense don\u2019t make him worth a huge deal. The $13MM option is still a fine value for the Mets, who may end up in quite a limbo with their other outfielder about a week after the World Series.\n\nSantana is an interesting player due to his ugly batting averages, average power, and incredible on-base skills. Everyone is waiting for him to finally put it all together, which would lead to a very Adam Dunn-like 30 HR, 100 R, 100 BB season for Cleveland; however, he just can\u2019t beat the shift and his deflated BABIP keep him from meeting some of those numbers. With Mike Napoli also reaching free agency, the Indians will likely opt-in on Santana, as they couldn\u2019t afford to lose them both. They may not be able to re-sign Napoli after his huge season, but they could offer him a qualifying offer and keep him around for one more season. Since Napoli\u2019s decision will come after the option decision on Santana, expect the former catcher to stick for one more year with the Tribe.\n\nDuh. The Rangers just gave up a nice prospect package for the best catcher this side of Buster Posey, so you can expect them to take on this very affordable option. Lucroy is public enemy No.1 in Cleveland right now, but he had the right in his contract and used it to his advantage. Playing in Arlington for half of his games, his numbers could inflate and help him inflate his earnings when he reaches free agency after the 2017 season.\n\nHammel has been excellent in 2016, posting a 3.07 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 21 starts. In his career, Hammel has a 3.33 ERA and 1.10 WHIP over 399.2 innings while wearing a Cubs\u2019 uniform and a 4.77 ERA and 1.43 WHIP in any other uniform. He needs to be in Chicago and Chicago needs him in their rotation, as the incredible talent within their system that continues rising to the majors aren\u2019t talented on the mound. Hammel is a bargain with his production in a Cubs\u2019 uniform.\n\nThere are several additional players with options that you can find at MLB Trade Rumors. It looks like the 2016-2017 offseason will be very trade-heavy as teams try to structure their rosters with talent without unloading gobs of cash on talent that may not be quite as talented as your typical market. In addition to that, the 2017-2018 market could have an even slower market with Matt Harvey, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and Jose Fernandez heading towards free agency after the 2018 season.\n\nRangers new LHP Hamels could be the ace the club needed to contend this year\u2026or is it for next year? Courtesy: sportsworldreport.com\n\nA year after losing 95 games, the Rangers have been solid in 2015. At 48-52, they sit just four games out of the second Wild Card in the American League. Needless to say, if they weren\u2019t 14-26 against the AL West, they\u2019d probably be in a better spot, but, even after dealing with major injuries and several changes within the organization, Jeff Banister has led the club to respectability.\n\nThe Rangers were able to acquire Hamels without giving up their top two prospects, 3B Joey Gallo and OF Nomar Mazara, while dumping the $28 million that LHP Matt Harrison was owed over the next two seasons (including his option buyout for 2018). Hamels, who is guaranteed $76.5 million between 2016 and 2019, will anchor a staff that will include the returning from Tommy John surgery RHP Yu Darvish, another several months removed from the same surgery LHP Martin Perez, and a healthy LHP Derek Holland.\n\nClearly, the pitching staff is loaded, if healthy, but Hamels could be enough to get the Rangers into the playoffs this season. The Rangers are getting some solid pitching \u2013 you just have to dig deeper to see it:\n\nTexas RHP Gallardo has had an excellent season \u2013 just don\u2019t ask his FIP Courtesy: nolanwritin.com\n\nIf you take away the two starts that RHP Colby Lewis was obliterated in (9 ER on 5/27 vs. CLE, 10 ER on 7/5 vs. LAA), he would have a 3.29 ERA and 1.04 WHIP over 125.2 IP \u2013 NOT the inflated 4.42 ERA and 1.19 WHIP that he has in 132.1 IP. After leading the AL in losses in 2014 (14), Lewis is 11-4 in his 21 starts \u2013 not bad for a $4 million investment.\n\nGallardo, who was acquired for INF Luis Sardinas, RHP Corey Knebel, and distant RHP prospect Marcos Diplan, has revived his career in the unlikeliest of places. His 3.19 ERA, the best of his MLB career, is surprising, especially since he has posted the lowest strikeout rate of his career (6.2) and is walking 3.4 batters per nine this season. His 24.8% hard hit ball rate ranks 14th in MLB, but the 6.8% HR/FB is much lower than his career rate (10.9%) and would seem unsustainable as he heads towards free agency after the season. While he is providing a lot of value for the time being, he, much like free-agent-to-be Lewis, may not be a factor next season.\n\nAdding Hamels to those performances could be enough to get the Rangers over the hump; however, it isn\u2019t certain that those performances will continue to be enough, as youngsters Perez and RHP Nick Martinez have struggled of late.\n\nRangers 3B Beltre has fallen on hard times, but can he rebound to avoid the worst OPS of his career? Courtesy: hardballtalk.com\n\nAs always, the Rangers have strong offensive parts. 1B Mitch Moreland is having a career-best season, Fielder has regained his stroke after missing most of the 2014 season after having neck surgery, and OF Delino DeShields, Jr. has provided solid speed and on-base skills, but the decline of 3B Adrian Beltre (career-worst .677 OPS) and the unpredictable nature of what to expect from Hamilton (.719 OPS), along with the collapse of CF Leonys Martin, has left the Rangers offense limping.\n\nWhile Hamels is a tremendous addition, the Rangers need to get production out of the aforementioned players, as well as overpaid, glove-only SS Elvis Andrus, in order to become real competitors. If there was a roster spot for Gallo to step into, without him having to learn a new position, it would be ideal for the offense, who, despite their struggles, rank 8th in MLB in runs scored and 11th in MLB in OPS.\n\nPerhaps the move for Hamels will light a fire under the team, but, even with Hamels as their ace in 2016, the Rangers have several question marks, namely aging players and health, to address prior to being labeled as favorites. On paper, however, giving up some talented-yet-flawed prospects in Jorge Alfaro and Nick Williams, was certainly worth the club\u2019s major acquisition.\n\nAs we celebrate Independence Day in the United States, we feel that pounding in our chests from the explosions high above, while many of us listen or watch our favorite baseball teams and eat apple pie. It is the epitome of America in a single day, but many of us are reminded that our teams just aren\u2019t doing enough to win. Some of our favorite teams will be seeking help to improve their chances of winning, while others will begin dumping talent to build a winner next year. With less than four weeks remaining until the non-waiver trade deadline, where does your team stand? Does the additional Wild Card opportunity continue to lead to many clubs standing pat? Who needs what and who could be on the market?\n\nThe standings tell an interesting story. In the American League, there isn\u2019t a single team more than six games out of the Wild Card hunt. The Oakland Athletics feature a 38-46 record after some huge deals this winter haven\u2019t truly materialized as Billy Beane hoped; however, the A\u2019s are 13-7 over their last 20 games, so they may not be as willing to deal a Ben Zobrist or Scott Kazmir (both free agents after the 2015 season) to continue the club\u2019s unending rebuild and collection of controllable talent. With other woulda-coulda-shoulda-been contenders just ahead of Oakland in Seattle, Boston, and Chicago, the American League could see plenty of clubs reloading rather than rebuilding when the deadline approaches.\n\nIn the senior circuit, the National League has its share of contending teams, but they also have four clubs sitting 11 or more games under .500 (Miami, Colorado, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia). Another team that is on the border of Wild Card contention could be Cincinnati, who sits six games out in the Wild Card; however, with the St. Louis Cardinals leading the Reds by 15 games, the team may need to begin looking into dealing Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake, Aroldis Chapman, and/or Jay Bruce to get back on the same page as their NL Central foes. Even if the Reds aren\u2019t sellers, names like Cole Hamels, Aaron Harang, Carlos Gomez, Jean Segura, Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez, Dan Haren, and Mat Latos will likely head elsewhere from the four bottom-feeding clubs.\n\nSo, where could these names end up? Who are the contenders likely to make deals or stand pat?\n\nBuyers\n\nBARF!!!Courtesy: Twitter.com\n\nSt. Louis Cardinals\n\nIt isn\u2019t an even year, so the Giants won\u2019t be taking the World Series championship. That leaves the Cardinals, who have the best record in baseball, locked-in and ready to seek another title, utilizing the \u201cCardinal Way\u201d, aka computer hacking, to make it happen. Though they continue to win games, St. Louis is without Matt Adams and Adam Wainwright for the entire season. With Jaime Garcia continuing to struggle to stay healthy, St. Louis could be in the market for another bat or arm. Stephen Piscotty could get a look if Mark Reynolds isn\u2019t the option at first, but the Cards would be wise to shore-up the rotation a bit \u2013 just in case another injury strikes. They\u2019re again loaded and talented, and they could take advantage of their strong farm to improve their chances once again.\n\nToronto Blue Jays\n\nThe Blue Jays are just three games out in the AL East and 1.5 games out in the Wild Card. With their lineup featuring so many capable sluggers, they just need some pitching to get over the hump. Toronto continues to develop strong pitching prospects, so they could offer some of that talent to acquire an arm for a big push down the stretch. The Blue Jays\u2019 4.59 starter ERA ranks 26th in MLB, and you have to wonder if Hamels, Kazmir, or Cueto could help the pitching staff enough to allow Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson, and Edwin Encarnacion to do their thing with the bats.\n\nNew York Mets\n\nThe Mets\u2019 pitching staff is too good for the club to run out a lineup of Triple-A and MLB bench quality players on a nightly basis. While the club isn\u2019t going to deal their entire farm system and start from scratch, the Mets would be wise to deal some of their young pitching depth to acquire some semblance of an offensive weapon. The Troy Tulowitzki rumors were a big thing earlier this season, but that wouldn\u2019t be enough to help this lineup on its own, especially when he\u2019d be replacing one of the Mets major producers, Wilmer Flores (11 2B, 10 HR, leads team with 34 RBI), at short.\n\nStanding Pat\n\nChris Sale is untouchable, right?\n\nChicago White Sox\n\nChicago would probably burn again if the White Sox trade Chris Sale. At just five games out in the Wild Card, the team isn\u2019t going to fold after spending big on Melky Cabrera, Adam LaRoche, and David Robertson in free agency this past winter, and they still have Avisail Garcia and Jose Abreu to produce in the lineup, along with a deep, strong rotation with Jeff Samardzija, Carlos Rodon, Jose Quintana, and John Danks joining Sale in the group. If the White Sox do anything, they could afford to get a second baseman, as the team has received a .193/.239/.232 from the keystone position this season, easily the worst in baseball.\n\nTampa Bay Rays\n\nThe Rays are somehow managing to compete in the AL East this season, even after dealing with many injuries to their rotation to start the season. When Alex Cobb, Matt Moore, Drew Smyly, and Jake Odorizzi are on the shelf at the same time, you, likely, wouldn\u2019t expect the Rays to still be just three games out in the division and 1.5 games out of the Wild Card. While Tampa Bay could make a few upgrades, they aren\u2019t really in a position to deal from their minor league system due to continued financial limitations, while they are likely to get production from a healthy Moore, Smyly, and Odorizzi in the second half, who will join Cy Young consideration worthy Chris Archer to squander the opposition and win plenty of games.\n\nSellers\n\nIndeed\u2026Courtesy: Philly.com\n\nPhiladelphia Philles\n\nWhatever the club can manage to pry away to get rid of Ryan Howard and/or Chase Utley would be wise. This team is 27-55 entering play Saturday, well on their way to the first overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft. It has to be a miracle that Ruben Amaro, Jr. is still employed. He may be a great guy, but he has ruined this franchise for years to come. If the club can deal Hamels and get great prospects WHILE dumping Hamels salary and allowing the team to start fresh next winter, it would be wise to do so. Dealing Jonathan Papelbon to a contender would also be a great move, as a highly-paid closer on a team that doesn\u2019t win games is an absolute waste of time and money.\n\nCincinnati Reds\n\nI mentioned before that the Reds could stand pat, but they need to deal Cueto and get value out of him, as I wrote recently. Jay Bruce\u2019s production could make him hard to deal, but the club has Marlon Byrd under contract next year (vesting or team option at $8 million) with Jesse Winker showing he isn\u2019t over-matched in Double-A to fill in the spaces around Billy Hamilton. Perhaps there is a match with the White Sox with Brandon Phillips, though his contract is as steep as his age. The Reds are more likely to play on the moon than get a team to take on Joey Votto\u2018s contract, so they\u2019ll need some cheap, controllable pieces to collect and pray for production from. With a payroll that continues to be labeled \u201csmall-market\u201d, the Reds are in serious danger of being awful in the next couple of seasons without acquiring near-ready talent.\n\nBryant and Gallo at last year\u2019s Futures Game Courtesy: Joey Gallo Twitter, @JoeyGallo24\n\nWe\u2019ve seen the arrivals and contributions of the Cubs\u2019 Kris Bryant and, most recently, the Rangers\u2019 Joey Gallo, but they won\u2019t be the last of influential rookies to make splashes in Major League Baseball this year. With Maikel Franco, Addison Russell, Steven Souza, Jr., and Joc Pederson, youngsters will continue to create value in fantasy leagues this season. So\u2026who is next?\n\nSchwarber would be best served as a DH or first baseman, but with Anthony Rizzo in town and the Cubs residing in the NL, that isn\u2019t going to happen anytime soon. Schwarber has done nothing but rake since being taken 4th overall in the 2014 draft. He isn\u2019t much of a catcher, however, allowing a whopping 45 stolen bases in 31 games behind the dish. He could certainly provide more punch in the order than Chris Coghlan in left, but he hasn\u2019t played a game in the outfield yet this season. With Jorge Soler\u2019s recent injury, maybe the time for a transition is coming sooner than expected.\n\nSano is back at the hot corner after missing all of 2014 due to Tommy John surgery and he\u2019s back to being a powerful producer in Double-A. While Trevor Plouffe has been providing some production at the Major League level, the Twins are in need of some help at the designated hitter spot. Sano\u2019s ability to stay at third has long been debated, so plugging him in at DH would likely provide an upgrade to the .238/.289/.308 line that the Twins\u2019 have received out of that spot in 2015. Sano ripped 35 homers at the age of 20, so it\u2019s easy to see why he is someone to get excited about.\n\nAfter some shoulder troubles in 2014, Berrios has been lights out this season. He continues to increase his strikeout rate, and, at just 21, looks like someone who can help a staff that is already 13th in starting pitcher ERA. Where the Twins lack talent is starters who can miss bats. The team has just 193 strikeouts (28th in MLB) and a .276 batting average allowed (second worst in MLB). The club has had an impressive season, but by adding Berrios down the stretch, they\u2019d likely be adding a pitcher who is more capable of dominance than anyone on the club\u2019s current staff.\n\nTroy Tulowitzki is still the shortstop, even with the rumors flying that he could be dealt, but Story is more likely to develop his own narrative as the Rockies\u2019 second baseman. The Rockies may have more interest in dealing the large contract that Tulowitzki has in order to rebuild, but D.J. LeMahieu, the club\u2019s reigning NL Gold Glove winner at second, may be a nice asset, as well. Since he is arbitration-eligible for the first time this offseason, he\u2019ll likely be due a substantial raise thanks to his glove. However, his bat is playing up this season, as the 26-year-old is hitting .339/.394/.495 after posting a .276/.314/.361 line over his first 1,281 career plate appearances. Story could handle the keystone position, allowing the Rockies to clear LeMahieu and his increasing salary and surprising bat. After looking at what Story has done, he\u2019ll be another fine offensive force for the thin-air aided Rockies.\n\nThe Blue Jays continue to develop talented pitchers and Boyd could be the next to arrive. Since being drafted out of Oregon State, Boyd has dominated the minors. He is a crafty lefty who works 88-90 with a solid change and curve. He will look the part of Mark Buehrle and could replace the aging lefty in the Blue Jays rotation when Buerhle reaches free agency after the season. He may not be an ace, but Boyd certainly knows how to pitch, and with those bats behind him, he just needs to take the next step to Toronto to continue his mature pitching approach.\n\nOf the many reasons that Phillies\u2019 GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. has been mocked, one of the larger reasons was the fact that Nola wasn\u2019t invited to spring training. It seems like a strange thing to be ridiculed over, but Nola was certainly deserving of a long look considering the club\u2019s lack of MLB-ready talent. The right-hander hasn\u2019t disappointed in 2015, showcasing his talent at the minor league level. While he won\u2019t get much help from the so-called talent on the Philadelphia roster, he does have enough to be a serviceable option for the Phillies right now.\n\nWhile the club is only 5.5 games out, the recent deal that sent Mark Trumbo to Seattle is a tell-tale sign of things to come in Arizona. The Diamondbacks don\u2019t have the talent to compete with the Giants, Dodgers, and Padres in the NL West. While O\u2019Brien wouldn\u2019t make the team contenders, he certainly provides more offensively than the likes of David Peralta and Ender Inciarte in an outfield corner. He got a case of the yips this spring, unable to return the ball to the pitcher from the catcher spot, so he is likely in the outfield to stay. He has power that will only play up in the desert, so continue to expect impressive power, though the batting average totals are likely to slip as he adjusts to MLB pitching.\n\nMatz somehow gets lost in the shuffle when the Mets\u2019 young pitching is discussed. With Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Rafael Montero, and Zack Wheeler already reaching the majors, it\u2019s fair to wonder when Matz will get his shot. After dominating since he has returned from Tommy John surgery, Matz is likely the next arm to be called upon \u2013 should the Mets have a need. He is a hard-throwing lefty whose stuff seems to continue to gain traction. After missing all of 2010, 2011, and most of 2012, he has been creating a track that leads directly to the Mets rotation. It won\u2019t be long before he gets that shot, which will make the Mets a viable threat in the playoffs with Harvey, Colon, deGrom, and Matz to deal with in a series.\n\nOver the next several weeks, The Baseball Haven will be creating season previews for all 30 MLB teams. You\u2019ll find their projected records (based on PECOTA records from Baseball Prospectus, as of 2/15/2015), each team\u2019s top three players (based on Steamer WAR projections from FanGraphs), and some valuable notes on each team, including likely bounce-back candidates, potential breakout players or fantasy sleepers, as well as a look back at offseason transactions which led to each team\u2019s projections. Stop back frequently to see where your favorite team ranks!\n\nBrown was an All-Star in 2013, his age-25 season, after posting an .856 OPS to go along with 23 home runs and 67 RBI in the first half; however, it hasn\u2019t been pretty since then, as Brown was quite unproductive in the second half of 2013 (.723 OPS, nine extra-base hits, and 16 RBI over 156 plate appearances) before falling flat on his face in 2014, when he posted a .235/.285/.349 triple-slash (.634 OPS, 77 OPS+). At 27, Brown still needs to prove that the potential (which led to his No.4 overall prospect ranking prior to the 2011 season) is still there for him to be type of player that was present during the first half of the 2013 season. Luckily for Brown, the Phillies possess very little in the way of competition and prospects to push him for his role in right field, as Jeff Francoeur, Jordan Danks, and Brian Bogusevic are the likely backups in the Philadelphia outfield. The talent is there, but, as usual with Brown, the question remains as to whether or not he is motivated enough to reach his potential.\n\nWith the Phillies in rebuilding mode, the club has been working most of the offseason to deal their closer, Jonathan Papelbon. Papelbon, who has a $13 million vesting option for 2016 if he finishes 48 games in 2015, isn\u2019t very valuable to a club that is expected to be as bad as the Phillies are anticipated to be in 2015, and his contract will just hold the club back financially in 2016 if he was to reach his vesting option and stick around another season. If Philadelphia was able to move Papelbon, Giles would likely slide into the closer\u2019s role. Giles, 24, posted a 1.18 ERA and 0.79 WHIP over 45.2 innings, striking out 12.6 per nine over his 44 appearances. He isn\u2019t arbitration-eligible until after the 2017 season, and he could provide cheap saves for the Phillies and fantasy players alike.\n\nOffseason Overview: The Phillies were sellers over the winter, with very little success in dealing off the overpriced parts that they wanted to rid themselves of. They were able to deal Marlon Byrd to the Cincinnati Reds for a decent pitching prospect, RHP Ben Lively, and Jimmy Rollins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two pitching prospects (RHP Zach Eflin and LHP Tom Windle), but, as of publishing, they weren\u2019t able to move 1B Ryan Howard, LHP Cliff Lee, or LHP Cole Hamels. There are plenty of suitors still trying to come up with the right package to acquire Hamels, who has made it known that he doesn\u2019t want to be in Philadelphia any longer, but Ruben Amaro, Jr. hasn\u2019t budged on his asking price\u2026yet. Beyond the two deals for minor leaguers, the Phillies haven\u2019t done much. RHP Aaron Harang and RHP Chad Billingsley were decent one-year gambles that the club should attempt to pawn-off at the trade deadline for any breathing, controllable player, but they have a long way to go to be competitive again.\n\n#Phillies Cole Hamels had a 2.46 ERA in 2014. The lowest ERA among pitchers with at least 30 starts and fewer than 10 wins since 1875.\n\nThe Verdict: Citizens Bank Park will be very loud this season, featuring plenty of booing, screaming, paper bag covered faces, and creative signs regarding the franchise. The core of the team is still an aging group, and counting on Grady Sizemore in left field is an example of the continued ineptitude of the leadership. If the Phillies can get anything for any of their players and start with a blank slate, in similar fashion to the Houston Astros under Jeff Luhnow, it would be a worthwhile move for the future of the franchise. The weight of the $60 million owed to Ryan Howard (including his 2017 buyout), is a burden that Amaro placed on himself, and it should have cost him his job, but he\u2019ll be the one trying to fix the mess that he created this season, as the team is heading towards 100 losses and the right to the No.1 overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft."}
-{"text": "Two-year seat opens on Board of Selectmen\n\nShare via e-mail\n\nSelectman Michael Berry said last week that he is resigning from the board as of June 6 because he doesn\u2019t have the time to do the job well. Berry has two years left in his second term on the board. His announcement now leaves time for candidates to get on the ballot for the June 7 election. Berry said his position as chief of staff for the mayor of Marlborough, which he started in January 2012, has been increasingly time-consuming. \u201cThe last six months I felt like I wasn\u2019t able to give enough time [to Walpole],\u201d he said. \u201cI was used to giving 150 percent and was only able to give 100 percent.\u201d Berry, who served previously on the School Committee, said he hasn\u2019t ruled out elective office in the future. \u201cI\u2019m sure the time will come when I get a little itchy and look forward to having something to do on Tuesday nights again. I\u2019m only 30, so I hope I\u2019m not over the hill,\u201d he said."}
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-{"text": "Online design brand Hem is launching a new customisable lamp by Luca Nichetto at London Design Festival later this month. To coincide with the Festival the brand will also open its first UK retail store, a pop-up, in London\u2019s Seven Dials."}
-{"text": "The project was initiated in April 2008 by long time Arch community member [http://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=2529 lucke] as a simple shell script which provided irrefutable proof that \"Arch is the best\". Over the following weeks, this project gathered momentum and was ported to multiple different languages, both programming and verbal.\n\n+\n\nThe project was initiated in April 2008 by long time Arch community member [https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=2529 lucke] as a simple shell script which provided irrefutable proof that \"Arch is the best\". Over the following weeks, this project gathered momentum and was ported to multiple different languages, both programming and verbal.\n\n+\n\n+\n\n== Install ==\n\n+\n\n+\n\nA sample PKGBUILD has been uploaded to AUR called {{aur|archbest-mod1}}.\n\nRevision as of 04:08, 5 July 2013\n\nContents\n\nPurpose\n\nThe Arch is the best project is a very sophisticated and exquisite, ego-boosting and mind-blowing (albeit perhaps a bit over-engineered) project which aims to prove Arch's superiority.\n\nHistory\n\nThe project was initiated in April 2008 by long time Arch community member lucke as a simple shell script which provided irrefutable proof that \"Arch is the best\". Over the following weeks, this project gathered momentum and was ported to multiple different languages, both programming and verbal.\n\nTcl/Tk - A scripting language that is commonly used for rapid prototyping, scripted applications, GUIs and testing.\n\n#!/usr/bin/env tclsh\nputs \"Arch is the best!\"\n\nVala - \"Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C\""}
-{"text": "Rents in Singapore\u2019s office leasing market have climbed for the sixth consecutive quarter, as of Q3 2018 research by JLL. Specifically, the gross effective rents of Grade A office space in the CBD edged up 2.3% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) in Q3 2018 to average S$9.93 per sq ft per month.\n\nChris Archibold, head of leasing, JLL Singapore, explained that occupier demand has been coming from a wide spectrum of industries, although co-working operators remained the single most active space seekers.\n\nHe added: \u201cOn the other hand, good quality office space in the CBD is limited as most new builds are enjoying near full occupancy or commitment rates, while space vacated or to be vacated by relocating tenants has mostly secured replacements. This has continued to put upward pressure on rents.\u201d\n\nBy the end of Q3, CBD Grade A rents had climbed a steep 18% over six quarters and are 6% below the Q1 2015 peak of S$10.56 per sq ft per month. It is not surprising, therefore, for rent growth to moderate \u2013 JLL\u2019s research indicates that the pace of CBD Grade A rent growth has been decelerating for three consecutive quarters.\n\nTay Huey Ying, head of research and consultancy for JLL Singapore, opined: \u201cThe slowing down of rent growth is a positive, as it makes for a more sustainable growth trajectory. Steady, as against volatile, rent growth will support Singapore\u2019s attractiveness as a corporate location as well as an investment destination for investors seeking stable returns.\u201d\n\nThe next wave of new supply will enter the market from 2020 onwards, when ASB Tower and Afro-Asia I-Mark are due to complete, followed by the scheduled completion of CapitaSpring and the redevelopment of Hub Synergy Point in 2021.\n\nIn 2022, IOI Properties\u2019 development in Marina Bay and GuocoLand\u2019s development on Beach Road should complete."}
-{"text": "You misunderstood, it is the .Net package (and the need for it to be in a very specific version) that is stupid.\n\n.Net is IMNSHO an unneeded mass of bloat but if you have 7 or later you have it anyway, and it may be OK, but any program working on it should work and need not a specific package or include that missing package."}
-{"text": "About the Book\n\nTEACHING TO INTUITION- Constructive Implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.\n\n\"I have never actually been thanked after a lesson, but today I was. Many times.\" A teacher tries an approach based on teaching to her students' intuition, and a topic that had frustrated them no longer seems such a hurdle.\n\nThrough very practical strategies that teachers can immediately borrow for their classes, Teaching to Intuition seeks to address the widespread estrangement from mathematics displayed by many. Focusing on essential elementary and middle school topics, at that early stage where the gaps begin and where too many children lose ground and lose hope, Teaching to Intuition seeks to reconcile students with mathematics itself. It proposes strategies to connect the facts and processes of mathematics to our children's intimate sense of understanding and helps them see mathematics as an emanation of realities and thinking structures that are already theirs.\n\nAlso by EDRIC CANE\n\nGROW YOUR BRAIN- A Mostly Oral Approach to a Great Start in Math\n\nModel conversations for parents and teachers with their 1st and 2nd grade children. For more details, click here: www.growyourbrain.education.\n\nMaking Friends with Numbers is a collection of worksheets that gradually combine the discovery of patterns and thinking strategies with playful ways of learning, practicing and reviewing multiplication facts. They keep a student interested and challenged. These skills are also useful later when dealing with fractions.\n\nMaking Friends with Numbers is intended for classroom use where multiplication facts are introduced, and later for review purposes. This workbook is also ideal for home use by parents helping children learn or review their facts in fun, challenging and varied ways."}
-{"text": "We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly. We support the following browsers:\nWindows:Internet Explorer,\nMozilla Firefox,\nGoogle Chrome.\nMac:Safari.\n\nNew!Find and book your ideal hotel on TripAdvisor \u2014 and get the lowest prices\n\n*Disclaimer: Prices above are the average nightly price provided by partners and may not include all taxes and fees. Taxes and fees displayed, if applicable, are estimates only. Please see further details from our partners, who set the prices. Before you complete any reservation, we recommend that you verify the total cost including taxes and fees.\n\nI stayed in the hotel for 5 nights on a trip with my family. I had my parents travelling along, so wanted to ensure the hotel was good. Have to say I had a pleasant experience without disappointment\nPros,\n- Very good location in Bur Dubai, 5 min walk from Bur Juman and especially if food is a concern.\n-...\n\nI stayed at the hotel for a week with my family. It was a speacial vacation as we met after a year. I want to thank the entire hotel team for the amazing services.\nReally want to appreciate the hotel management for putting such an amazing team together.\nI am also from hospitality industry and can simply feel the small...\n\nThe rooms are spacious ..the breakfast is pretty satisfactory..the location is great..What else required..Nearby there are metro stations..malls..good shopping spots..and great Indian food nearby. A comfort stay.\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank Akbothra\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi Akbothra,\nThank you for your short but detailed review. I appreciate the comments that you have shared as a traveler and we certainly look forward to your return.\nKeep an eye on our social media pages. It has all the latest happenings in the hotel. We are Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai on Facebook, @fpsburdubai on Twitter &...\n\nThe room was good and clean and it was made up every day very nicely. we stayed here for five nights and the experience was very good. The manager and hotel staff was very friendly and helping. location is good as you have departmental stores and local market nearby. Its just that they should have options in breakfast as we...\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank Vipul K\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi Vipul K,\nWe appreciate you taking the time to post such positive comments - it\u2019s always great to hear that our guests enjoy themselves during their travels. We would definitely pass on your good remarks to our team.\nThank you for your review and we look forward to welcoming you back in the future. For your future stays, please...\n\nIt is not worth the EXTRA 170 a night we paid to stay here. We were at a holiday inn express in Internet city and the service and breakfast were far superior. We moved here for what we thought would be the added luxury and comfort and it was not worth the extra nightly fee! That's a whole 340$ above...\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank Jamie P\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi Jamie P,\nThank you for taking the time to give us your feedback on what seems to have been a less than satisfactory stay with us for which I would like to apologize.\nOne of the major purposes of online reviews is to highlight areas for improvement and your feedback provides our hotel with valuable information that we can...\n\nMy teens and I enjoyed our five day stay here. The concierge was great, cabs and car service readily available with no waiting, breakfast buffet was superb! Great flavor and a variety of eastern and western choices. Lovely rooms, care-takers are very helpful! Just everything was grand! Excellent location- just minutes away from the airport and malls/shops! I plan on...\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank jackie q\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi jackie q,\nThe entire team at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai feels proud and honored to read your compliments. We are committed to quality service & your appreciation and feedback on facilities, food and hospitality extended are truly rewarding.\nKeep an eye on our social media pages. It has all the latest happenings in the hotel. We are...\n\nWe stayed here for 4days 3nights and all i can say is praises and thank yous to the staff who were there with open arms to assist us..\nI booked thru booking.com and called the facility for some requests and confirmation. Thankfully, all requests has been graciously granted.. smoking room \u2714 king size bed \u2714 early check in \u2714 tour...\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank Kristheta\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi Kristheta,\nWe appreciate your detailed review about your stay at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai. This will surely be helpful to the Tripadvisor community.\nKeep an eye on our social media pages. It has all the latest happenings in the hotel. We are Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai on Facebook, @fpsburdubai on Twitter & Instagram\nThank you...\n\nFirst of all the location is fantastic, 5 mins walk from Al Fahidi, and a 10 minute walk from Burjuman Metro Stns. Right in the centre of Bur Dubai. It was Divali when I last stayed here, and the surrounding area was full of lights and fireworks.\nCheck in was very quick as I'm a member of the SPG scheme,...\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank wilkymufc\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi wilkymufc,\nThank you for sharing with us such a wonderful review on Tripadvisor. Your recognition of our product, customization and service is appreciated by all of us. It is our endeavor to provide our guests with the highest levels of service and comfort to make their stay truly memorable. The hotel is located in the heart of city is...\n\nI only stayed at this hotel for a night. I was in Dubai for business. I arrived very early in the morning, well before the usual afternoon check in time. Service was exceptional. I was served an orange juice whilst I waited and the manager promised to try and organise for a room to be made available ASAP so I...\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank Belinda B\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi Belinda B\nIt gives us great pleasure that you had chosen our hotel for your stay. Thank you for your words of appreciation and your feedback about the stay. At the Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai Hotel, we believe in a value for money proposition for our guests and always strive to walk that extra mile to ensure...\n\nI arrived super early before check in like 6am. The staff were fantastic and let me check on straightaway everyone was super friendly. There was a slight mouldy smell in my room however I called reception and they moved me straight away. Overall I would stay again.\n\nMore\n\nReport\n\nHelpful?\n\nThank rogalina\n\nFPSBurDubai, General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, responded to this review\n\nHi rogalina,\nWe greatly appreciate the time you took in sharing with us your experience. We are happy to know that you would be staying with us again and that the hotel was able to tailor a well enough experience for you.\nWe look forward to welcome you back on your next visit and assure you of our best service...\n\nA four star property located on the well known \"Bank Street\" in Bur Dubai. The hotel features 125 guest rooms and suites with 3 restaurants including a pub. It is only a few minutes walk from major shopping centers, the old souks, Meena Bazaar, Dubai Museum and Khalid Bin Waleed Metro Station. 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-{"text": "This Guyanese Dollar and Haitian Gourde convertor is up to date with exchange rates from February 22, 2018.\n\nEnter the amount to be converted in the box to the left of Guyanese Dollar. Use \"Swap currencies\" to make Haitian Gourde the default currency. Click on Haitian Gourdes or Guyanese Dollars to convert between that currency and all other currencies.\n\nThe Guyanese Dollar is the currency in Guyana (GY, GUY).\nThe Haitian Gourde is the currency in Haiti (HT, HTI).\nThe symbol for GYD can be written G$.\nThe symbol for HTG can be written G.\nThe Guyanese Dollar is divided into 100 cents.\nThe Haitian Gourde is divided into 100 centimes.\nThe exchange rate for the Guyanese Dollar was last updated on February 22, 2018 from Yahoo Finance.\nThe exchange rate for the Haitian Gourde was last updated on February 22, 2018 from Yahoo Finance.\nThe GYD conversion factor has 5 significant digits.\nThe HTG conversion factor has 4 significant digits.\n\nGYD\n\nHTG\n\ncoinmill.com\n\n200\n\n62.55\n\n500\n\n156.35\n\n1000\n\n312.75\n\n2000\n\n625.45\n\n5000\n\n1563.65\n\n10,000\n\n3127.30\n\n20,000\n\n6254.65\n\n50,000\n\n15,636.55\n\n100,000\n\n31,273.15\n\n200,000\n\n62,546.30\n\n500,000\n\n156,365.75\n\n1,000,000\n\n312,731.50\n\n2,000,000\n\n625,462.95\n\n5,000,000\n\n1,563,657.40\n\n10,000,000\n\n3,127,314.80\n\n20,000,000\n\n6,254,629.65\n\n50,000,000\n\n15,636,574.05\n\nGYD rate\nFebruary 22, 2018\n\nHTG\n\nGYD\n\ncoinmill.com\n\n50.00\n\n160\n\n100.00\n\n320\n\n200.00\n\n640\n\n500.00\n\n1599\n\n1000.00\n\n3198\n\n2000.00\n\n6395\n\n5000.00\n\n15,988\n\n10,000.00\n\n31,976\n\n20,000.00\n\n63,953\n\n50,000.00\n\n159,882\n\n100,000.00\n\n319,763\n\n200,000.00\n\n639,526\n\n500,000.00\n\n1,598,816\n\n1,000,000.00\n\n3,197,631\n\n2,000,000.00\n\n6,395,263\n\n5,000,000.00\n\n15,988,157\n\n10,000,000.00\n\n31,976,314\n\nHTG rate\nFebruary 22, 2018\n\nPrint the charts and take them with you in your purse or wallet while you are traveling."}
-{"text": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the World Trade Organization that it sees as an affront to U.S. sovereignty, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing a report prepared by officials.\n\nThe draft document, due to be sent to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, marks the first time the new administration has laid out its trade plans in writing, the Times said.\n\n\"Ever since the United States won its independence, it has been a basic principle of our country that American citizens are subject only to laws and regulations made by the U.S. government -- not rulings made by foreign governments or international bodies,\" the report said, according to the Times.\n\n\"Accordingly, the Trump administration will aggressively defend American sovereignty over matters of trade policy,\" the report said, according to the Times.\n\nThe Wall Street Journal, which also said it reviewed the document, said the policy represents a dramatic departure from the Obama administration, which emphasized international economic rules and the authority of the WTO, a body that regulates trade and resolves disputes among its members.\n\nBy contrast, the Trump administration will more assertively defend U.S. sovereignty over trade policy, ramp up enforcement of U.S. trade laws, and use \"all possible sources of leverage to encourage other countries to open up their markets,\" the document said, according to the Journal.\n\nThe White House did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.\n\nCongress requires the president to submit the administration's trade policy annually by March 1.\n\nIn the face of Republican concerns, a congressional aide said language in the draft challenging the WTO could still be toned down in a final, public version, the Journal reported.\n\nWashington is facing several important WTO decisions, particularly involving China. Potentially the most important is a WTO complaint filed in December by Beijing against the EU and the United States for blocking China's request to be treated as a \"market economy\" under the institution's rules.\n\nA final ruling could still be years away. But were the U.S. to ignore a finding in China's favor it could have major consequences for the WTO as a venue for resolving trade disputes before they fester into destructive trade wars, the Times said.\n\nAbout Us\n\nThe Morning Herald is a fast news provider in the United States since 2005. Fiercely independent and armed with irreverent intelligence, there\u2019s no other place to get your news other than The Morning Herald."}
-{"text": "One of the perks of this gig is that I get to see wonderful films that I may otherwise have missed because they didn\u2019t get the same publicity a Hollywood film would get. SEMPER FI, written by Henry-Alex Rubin (MURDERBALL) and Sean Mullin (SAM AND AMIRA), is one such film. Coming out today in select theaters, and on demand and digital, it impresses me with its appealing story and powerful performances. After seeing it, I couldn\u2019t wait to chat with Henry-Alex Rubin, who also directed the film, and two of the main actors, Jai Courtney (DIVERGENT, Spartacus: Blood and Sand) and Nat Wolff (PALO ALTO, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS).\n\nHenry: \u201cThis was a movie that was not so much about war and fighting and all that stuff that you\u2019re used to seeing in action movies. This was a movie much more about the love and brotherhood and loyalty between this group of men that grew up together. To me, the definition of true loyalty is someone who will back you up regardless of their own self-interests. That\u2019s what this movie is about. It\u2019s also about the struggle to stay loyal. It was an attempt to fuse my favorite filmmakers, which are those people like Ken Loach (I, DANIEL BLAKE) and John Cassavetes (GLORIA), who are real humanists and realists, with a plot that has enough edges of an action film. What you get, I hope, is something closer to a 70\u2019s movie than a movie from today where everything is super polished and super crisp.\n\n[While the film takes place in upstate New York] \u201cthe bulk of acting bits were shot down in New Orleans because it was cheaper, and [the cast] really did use and abuse the New Orleans bars.\u201d\n\nJai: \u201cThat\u2019s a town where a lot of shenanigans can be had, and you got 5 guys that are all kind of a little rambunctious at heart and like havin\u2019 a good time. We certainly had a good time, I\u2019ll put it that way.\u201d (After a short pause,) \u201cNah, we were cool. Everyone\u2019s very professional, well-behaved, and obviously on set we\u2019ve all got a job to do.\n\n\u201cThe way Henry shot was quite documentary in style. He would roll on takes and do things on a series quite often. Dave Devlin, our cinematographer, shot with a lot of zoom lenses and stuff, so you never really knew where the drama was being picked up. Sometimes on film or TV things can feel a little structural. It can be a bit like my side, your side, stand on your mark, say-the-line kind of shit, and this really wasn\u2019t about that at all. It all felt very immediate, so I guess [we were] just sort of kept on our toes by that, and I found that a really interesting and great challenge.\u201d\n\nNat Wolff echoed Jai\u2019s appreciation of Henry\u2019s directorial style.\n\nNat: \u201cWorking with Henry, who is not worried about \u201coh, you\u2019re stepping into another actor\u2019s light or you\u2019re stepping on their line,\u201d is really liberating as an actor. He\u2019s just about the truth in a way. It was almost like the freedom was the most I\u2019ve ever had. I think every actor delivered one of their best performances in this film. I think some directors think that the way to be a great director is to control everything. Most of the great directors I\u2019ve worked with are great facilitators of other people\u2019s talent.\u201d\n\nRegarding the characters, both Nat and Jai got to develop additional skills through playing Oyster and Callahan, respectively.\n\nNat: \u201cOyster is probably the most expressive character I\u2019ve ever played. A lot of preparing for Oyster was unlocking a shadow-side of myself that needs a lot of attention and is very boisterous and loud and takes up a lot of energy in a room. A part like this was drawing parts that were kind of unattractive inside me out. [It] was very cathartic.\u201d\n\nJai: \u201cI think I got a chance to explore that more contained sense of drama [in my role]. I mean, there\u2019s a lot just going on behind the eyes with these guys. Part of what intrigued me so much about [this role is] trying to explore that relationship [with Oyster] on screen \u2018cause it was one I genuinely, really understand. My best friends in the world are guys I\u2019ve known for 20 years plus, and for those guys I\u2019d do anything. I mean it.\n\n\u201cFor me, it was really about these relationships. We had to establish a lot of connective tissue between them in a really short amount of time. Buying that relationship and that connection and that love between them was essential to really believing what\u2019s at stake in the story. There was a plan in place originally to have like a month together, do some boot camp kind of vibe stuff, really put us through our paces, and get our training with the intention that through that period there, we\u2019d build a lot of trust and a love for each other.\n\n\u201cThe way the cards fell through scheduling and budget restraints meant that we met on a Saturday and rolled cameras on a Tuesday. We were pretty restricted in the time we had but fortunately, we were able to break the ice really quickly and grew like a genuine love for each other in a really short space of time. We met on that Saturday. We went out and had a few drinks. We knew from that moment that it was going to be a great time shooting, and that hopefully we could sell that relationship between them quite authentically \u2018cause it already felt real to us.\u201d\n\nThe film relied on the expertise of Sean Mullin, a former Army Captain, and Rudy Reyes, a somewhat famous Marine who starred in HBO\u2019s mini-series, Generation Kill.\n\nHenry: \u201cI sought Sean out because he was in the grad screenwriting program at Columbia where I\u2019d gone to school for film [as an] undergrad. [I wanted] to collaborate with someone who came from that world so I\u2019d get the language and the tone just right. Rudy\u2019s the real deal, and he helped us oversee the whole thing. He\u2019s one of the more beloved Marines that was really helpful and wonderful to get the language.\u201d\n\nSEMPER FI is not your typical action film with your typical characters, rather they\u2019re real people who react in real ways to the sometimes unreal situations in which they find themselves. I love so much about this film that I recommend giving it a chance, especially if you\u2019re looking to avoid the masses of people flocking to see JOKER this weekend.\n\nNat Wolff as Oyster and Jai Courtney as Callahan in the thriller / drama, \u201cSEMPER FI,\u201d a Lionsgate release. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate."}
-{"text": "Graphics featuring quotations are always popular on social media. Feel free to grab this graphic and post it to your Facebook or other accounts. Instructions are at the end of the post.\n\nI grew up reading Erma Bombeck\u2019s columns. They were funny, sweet, touching and always very real. This quotation from her really resonated with me, and I think it will with you, too.\n\nWould you like more free quote graphics? Do you have a favorite quotation that you would like to see used? Leave a comment below with your favorite quote.\n\nTo use the graphic, right-click on it and save it to your computer or other device, then upload to your blog or social media account. You may brand the graphic with your website or other watermark, but you may not claim copyright. Credit and a link back are not required, but you may include a link to http://IdeaLady.com/ if you wish.\n\nFirst off, why should you outsource some tasks? You may not be a webmaster, graphic artist, coder, publicist, etc. You are an author, coach, consultant or other professional. And so isn\u2019t the best use of your time to focus on marketing and growing your business and let others \u201csweat the small stuff\u201d? (Okay, some of that stuff is not so small, but it is still fine to let someone else (someone more qualified for that task) do it.)\n\nWhat then, is the best way to ensure a successful outsourcing outcome each and every time? Having a system in place for outsourcing \u2013 a set of rules to guide you, to minimize problems and streamline the process: [Read more\u2026]\n\nLes Brown tells the story of 2 young boys on an ice covered stream. One of the boys fell through the ice and the current carried him away from the hole he fell through. He was trapped, unable to get out.\n\nThe other boy looked around for help but he saw no one. What he did see was a stick, so he grabbed it and started pounding the ice above his friend\u2019s head, pounding and pounding, trying desperately to shatter the ice and free his friend from certain death.\n\nHe did break the ice and pulled his friend to safety. A elderly woman who witnessed the scene called 911 and soon rescue personnel arrived.\n\nTwo Stanford researchers set out to discover which is more persuasive: \u201cI think\u201d or \u201cI feel.\u201d For example, would it have a bigger impact on you if I were to say, \u201cI think this is what you should do?\u201d or \u201cI feel this is what you should do?\u201d\n\nThey conducted the study by writing two almost identical pieces on the merits of blood donation. One started off with, \u201cMy feelings about blood donation: I feel that donating blood is one of the most important contributions I can make to society\u2026\u201d etc. It used the word \u201cfeel\u201d or \u201cfeelings\u201d several times. The other message was identical, except the words \u201cmy thoughts\u201d and \u201cI think\u201d were substituted for the words \u201cmy feelings\u201d and \u201cI feel.\u201d\n\nWe\u2019re all familiar with social proof. Techniques might include placing positive testimonials on your sales pages and websites to show what others think of our products. The idea is that by showing that other people like what you do, prospects will realize that they might like you, too. However, there is a form of social proof used by many marketers that actually backfires and causes sales to drop dramatically, and it\u2019s what they call \u201cnegative\u201d social proof. It works like this:[Read more\u2026]"}
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-{"text": "WHEN DUANE KNUDSON, a professor of kinesiology at California State University, Chico, looks around campus at athletes warming up before practice, he sees one dangerous mistake after another. \u201cThey\u2019re stretching, touching their toes. . . . \u201d He sighs. \u201cIt\u2019s discouraging.\u201d\n\nEnlarge This Image\n\nHoracio Salinas\n\nThe New York Times\nSports Magazine\nGo to Complete Coverage \u00bb\nEnlarge This Image\n\nIllustration by Emily Cooper\nSTRAIGHT-LEG MARCH (for the hamstrings and gluteus muscles)Kick one leg straight out in front of you, with your toes flexed toward the sky. Reach your opposite arm to the upturned toes. Drop the leg and repeat with the opposite limbs. Continue the sequence for at least six or seven repetitions.\nEnlarge This Image\n\nIllustration by Emily Cooper\nSCORPION (for the lower back, hip flexors and gluteus muscles) Lie on your stomach, with your arms outstretched and your feet flexed so that only your toes are touching the ground. Kick your right foot toward your left arm, then kick your left foot toward your right arm. Since this is an advanced exercise, begin slowly, and repeat up to 12 times.\nEnlarge This Image\n\nIllustration by Emily Cooper\nHANDWALKS (for the shoulders, core muscles and hamstrings) Stand straight, with your legs together. Bend over until both hands are flat on the ground. \u2018\u2018Walk\u2019\u2019 your hands forward until your back is almost extended. Keeping your legs straight, inch your feet toward your hands, then walk your hands forward again. Repeat five or six times.\n\nIf you\u2019re like most of us, you were taught the importance of warm-up exercises back in grade school, and you\u2019ve likely continued with pretty much the same routine ever since. Science, however, has moved on. Researchers now believe that some of the more entrenched elements of many athletes\u2019 warm-up regimens are not only a waste of time but actually bad for you. The old presumption that holding a stretch for 20 to 30 seconds \u2014 known as static stretching \u2014 primes muscles for a workout is dead wrong. It actually weakens them. In a recent study conducted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, athletes generated less force from their leg muscles after static stretching than they did after not stretching at all. Other studies have found that this stretching decreases muscle strength by as much as 30 percent. Also, stretching one leg\u2019s muscles can reduce strength in the other leg as well, probably because the central nervous system rebels against the movements.\n\n\u201cThere is a neuromuscular inhibitory response to static stretching,\u201d says Malachy McHugh, the director of research at the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. The straining muscle becomes less responsive and stays weakened for up to 30 minutes after stretching, which is not how an athlete wants to begin a workout.\n\nTHE RIGHT WARM-UP should do two things: loosen muscles and tendons to increase the range of motion of various joints, and literally warm up the body. When you\u2019re at rest, there\u2019s less blood flow to muscles and tendons, and they stiffen. \u201cYou need to make tissues and tendons compliant before beginning exercise,\u201d Knudson says.\n\nA well-designed warm-up starts by increasing body heat and blood flow. Warm muscles and dilated blood vessels pull oxygen from the bloodstream more efficiently and use stored muscle fuel more effectively. They also withstand loads better. One significant if gruesome study found that the leg-muscle tissue of laboratory rabbits could be stretched farther before ripping if it had been electronically stimulated \u2014 that is, warmed up.\n\nTo raise the body\u2019s temperature, a warm-up must begin with aerobic activity, usually light jogging. Most coaches and athletes have known this for years. That\u2019s why tennis players run around the court four or five times before a match and marathoners stride in front of the starting line. But many athletes do this portion of their warm-up too intensely or too early. A 2002 study of collegiate volleyball players found that those who\u2019d warmed up and then sat on the bench for 30 minutes had lower backs that were stiffer than they had been before the warm-up. And a number of recent studies have demonstrated that an overly vigorous aerobic warm-up simply makes you tired. Most experts advise starting your warm-up jog at about 40 percent of your maximum heart rate (a very easy pace) and progressing to about 60 percent. The aerobic warm-up should take only 5 to 10 minutes, with a 5-minute recovery. (Sprinters require longer warm-ups, because the loads exerted on their muscles are so extreme.) Then it\u2019s time for the most important and unorthodox part of a proper warm-up regimen, the Spider-Man and its counterparts.\n\n\u201cTOWARDS THE end of my playing career, in about 2000, I started seeing some of the other guys out on the court doing these strange things before a match and thinking, What in the world is that?\u201d says Mark Merklein, 36, once a highly ranked tennis player and now a national coach for the United States Tennis Association. The players were lunging, kicking and occasionally skittering, spider-like, along the sidelines. They were early adopters of a new approach to stretching.\n\nWhile static stretching is still almost universally practiced among amateur athletes \u2014 watch your child\u2019s soccer team next weekend \u2014 it doesn\u2019t improve the muscles\u2019 ability to perform with more power, physiologists now agree. \u201cYou may feel as if you\u2019re able to stretch farther after holding a stretch for 30 seconds,\u201d McHugh says, \u201cso you think you\u2019ve increased that muscle\u2019s readiness.\u201d But typically you\u2019ve increased only your mental tolerance for the discomfort of the stretch. The muscle is actually weaker.\n\nStretching muscles while moving, on the other hand, a technique known as dynamic stretching or dynamic warm-ups, increases power, flexibility and range of motion. Muscles in motion don\u2019t experience that insidious inhibitory response. They instead get what McHugh calls \u201can excitatory message\u201d to perform.\n\nDynamic stretching is at its most effective when it\u2019s relatively sports specific. \u201cYou need range-of-motion exercises that activate all of the joints and connective tissue that will be needed for the task ahead,\u201d says Terrence Mahon, a coach with Team Running USA, home to the Olympic marathoners Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor. For runners, an ideal warm-up might include squats, lunges and \u201cform drills\u201d like kicking your buttocks with your heels. Athletes who need to move rapidly in different directions, like soccer, tennis or basketball players, should do dynamic stretches that involve many parts of the body. \u201cSpider-Man\u201d is a particularly good drill: drop onto all fours and crawl the width of the court, as if you were climbing a wall. (For other dynamic stretches, see the sidebar below.)\n\nEven golfers, notoriously nonchalant about warming up (a recent survey of 304 recreational golfers found that two-thirds seldom or never bother), would benefit from exerting themselves a bit before teeing off. In one 2004 study, golfers who did dynamic warm- up exercises and practice swings increased their clubhead speed and were projected to have dropped their handicaps by seven strokes over seven weeks.\n\nControversy remains about the extent to which dynamic warm-ups prevent injury. But studies have been increasingly clear that static stretching alone before exercise does little or nothing to help. The largest study has been done on military recruits; results showed that an almost equal number of subjects developed lower-limb injuries (shin splints, stress fractures, etc.), regardless of whether they had performed static stretches before training sessions. A major study published earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control, on the other hand, found that knee injuries were cut nearly in half among female collegiate soccer players who followed a warm-up program that included both dynamic warm-up exercises and static stretching. (For a sample routine, visit www.aclprevent.com/pepprogram.htm.) And in golf, new research by Andrea Fradkin, an assistant professor of exercise science at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, suggests that those who warm up are nine times less likely to be injured.\n\n\u201cIt was eye-opening,\u201d says Fradkin, formerly a feckless golfer herself. \u201cI used to not really warm up. I do now.\u201d\n\nYou\u2019re Getting Warmer: The Best Dynamic Stretches\n\nThese exercises- as taught by the United States Tennis Association\u2019s player-development program \u2013 are good for many athletes, even golfers. Do them immediately after your aerobic warm-up and as soon as possible before your workout.\n\nSTRAIGHT-LEG MARCH\n\n(for the hamstrings and gluteus muscles)\n\nKick one leg straight out in front of you, with your toes flexed toward the sky. Reach your opposite arm to the upturned toes. Drop the leg and repeat with the opposite limbs. Continue the sequence for at least six or seven repetitions.\n\nSCORPION\n\n(for the lower back, hip flexors and gluteus muscles)\n\nLie on your stomach, with your arms outstretched and your feet flexed so that only your toes are touching the ground. Kick your right foot toward your left arm, then kick your leftfoot toward your right arm. Since this is an advanced exercise, begin slowly, and repeat up to 12 times.\n\nHANDWALKS\n\n(for the shoulders, core muscles, and hamstrings)\n\nStand straight, with your legs together. Bend over until both hands are flat on the ground. \u201cWalk\u201d with your hands forward until your back is almost extended. Keeping your legs straight, inch your feet toward your hands, then walk your hands forward again. Repeat five or six times. G.R.\n\nI think bad is the wrong word to use. They negatively effect strength when done before training, but they are very useful post-training. They help to elongate tghe fascia and send more blood into the area. You are generally at your most flexible after training, so it is important to take advantage of this to not improve the ROM, but increase recovery and reduce chance of injury in the future.\n\nBad for warm ups yes, bad for warm downs, no. Look into dynamic active stretches for warming up. I would do these every once in a while, but got too lazy. Now I Just do treadmill and warmup sets, then do 20-25 minutes stretch downs. I'm almost at full splits for my martial art hobbies.\n\nI know some good articles if you want to get extremely flexible quick, takes some work but a full split in 3 weeks is possible, I haven't started that regimen though.\n\nIf you just want to get somewhat flexible for a better lifestyle, try 45-60 second stretches breathing normally, stretching more while exhaling.\n\nBad for warm ups yes, bad for warm downs, no. Look into dynamic active stretches for warming up. I would do these every once in a while, but got too lazy. Now I Just do treadmill and warmup sets, then do 20-25 minutes stretch downs. I'm almost at full splits for my martial art hobbies.\n\nI know some good articles if you want to get extremely flexible quick, takes some work but a full split in 3 weeks is possible, I haven't started that regimen though.\n\nIf you just want to get somewhat flexible for a better lifestyle, try 45-60 second stretches breathing normally, stretching more while exhaling.\n\nI had back and neck problem for years. A chiropractor told me to start doing yoga. The wife and I do a video yogo for half and hour five nights a week and I feel great. It's harder then working out at the gym, but works lol.\n\nI get some weird ass looks when I stretch after my leg workouts because I put my foot behind my head to stretch my glutes along with a full horizontal splits and a hurdlers stretch where I put my nose on my knee. I have always been extremely flexible even though I have large thighs for my size (hehe, I made a rhyme). I have had very few lowr body strains because of this and I credit it for one of the reasons why I can hold onto my thigh girth w/o sufficient training.\n\nM.Ed. Ex Phys\n\n01-19-2009, 07:11 AM\n\nFuture\n\nHere are some DC stretches. I do some of them. Normally I like do longer, more passive stretches."}
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That\u2019s one of the advantages of a police state) Cars are too slow for drive-by shootings anyway.\n\nSafety in Cuba\n\nHarassing or robbing a tourist is considered a significant crime and very severely punished. The Cuban police have a reputation of always getting her man and cameras are everywhere and are believed to see everything. Don\u2019t worry\u2026 Cuba is very very safe!\n\nReal dangers in Cuba.\n\nThe only real danger is being scammed for a few bucks. It dents your ego and if you don\u2019t learn fast it might even be dangerous for your wallet in the long run. But these are soft scams compared to the rest of the world. And they are more intelligent because in Cuba the social elite like a surgeon or a college professor scam tourists too\u2026 That makes the dangers in Cuba actually funny!\n\nIn the last ten years, only one (ONE!) tourist got killed by violence, and this Mexican was involved in a drug deal\u2026 Steer away from drugs, and you will be safe.\n\nA few safety tips for the really stupid\n\nDon\u2019t walk at 3 o\u2019clock in the morning alone in a bad neighbourhood with a 3000$ camera, bulging wallet and gold chains on your neck. Leave your Rolex at home (time is of no importance in Cuba). Don\u2019t carry weapons and don\u2019t do drugs.\n\nDon\u2019t kill anybody (Cuban or tourist) or get into physical fights.\n\nDon\u2019t get (too) drunk.\n\nDon\u2019t do anything sexual with underaged (18) boys or girls\u2026 Cuba takes her youth seriously and is fierce in protecting it. I agree with that policy.\n\nThat\u2019s all there is to keep yourself safe in Cuba!\n\nDangerous:\n\nThe biggest danger for normal people are the holes in the pavement! No really\u2026 watch out where you put your feet! I see a lot of tourists that have done an unexpected excursion to the hospital because they broke a wrist or twisted an ankle\u2026 Watch your step. Don\u2019t step in the holes or the dog shit\u2026 Dogs roam free in Cuba.\n\nRecommended reading\n\nThings you don\u2019t see in Cuba\n\nOf the things you don\u2019t see, half might be there but out of sight.\n\nA friend of mine told me that you should never believe what you hear in Cuba and only believe half of what you see.\n\nWhining kids\n\nWalking through town, you will see a lot of kids. They don\u2019t whine! Yes, sometimes they cry if they fall hard or are in pain, but they don\u2019t whine. And if you see a whining kid, it is probably at least half \u2018owned\u2019 by a Yuma (foreigner). Somehow the way Cubans treat their children makes them responsible, small adults.\n\nBoats on the sea\n\nFrom the Malecon in Havana, but everywhere else too, you will see the only Caribbean sea without any ships. Once a week a cruise ship will sail into the Havana harbour and sometimes a freighter, but there just aren\u2019t any other ships or boats to be seen.\n\nIt is awe-inspiring at night; you are staring into a black void! Enjoy\n\nNips and tucks\n\nThere is no plastic enhancement in Cuba. Everything you will see is real! (Some Italians smuggled implants for their girlfriends, and they paid top CUCs to get them implanted (illegally), but you will not see them, they live in expensive discotheques).\n\nNot a Cubana\n\nSnow and advertising\n\nNeither Snow nor advertising is legal in tropical socialism. No billboards exist except the ones shouting out political statements. Snow is such a nightmare for Cubans that although it has not snowed since Columbus, Cuba bought four snow shovels a few years ago. Better safe than sorry!\n\nGum on the streets\n\nIf a Cuban buys gum (or gets it some other way) he will chew it all day, put it on his nightstand and chew on the next day. The average gum lasts for a week or so.\n\nThis does not mean you don\u2019t have to watch your step. There is dog shit everywhere. Dogs roam free and have no masters running after them with a plastic poop bag.\n\nSupermarkets that cater to all of your needs\n\nThe concept of a supermarket is almost non-existent in Cuba. Almost because there is one supermarket that caters to foreigners and rich Cubans: Palco in Miramar, a rich suburb in Havana. Nor wil you find outlet stores, shopping malls or fastfood chains.\n\nDecision stress\u2026\n\nIn Cuba you either buy the deodorant or not. There are only two brands: available or not available. So if you need a deodorant I would recommend the first brand.\n\nTourists that are not being ripped off.\n\nTraffic Jams\n\nJust not enough cars to make Jam\u2026\n\nOld American cars at the gass station.\n\nThe almendrons run on water! You will never see them fill up their tank in a gass station\u2026 The truth is that all the old cars that serve as a fixed route taxi have a modern diesel engine. They buy their diesel on the black market and not a gass station.\n\nHow to buy Cuban Cigars?\n\nLots of people return from Cuba with one or a few boxes of Cuban Cigars and want to sell them for a profit because they bought great cigars at a very low price. Let me pop that dream for you: If you know nothing about cigars and don\u2019t understand Cuba, chances that you made a good deal are close to zero.\n\nCuba has a very high \u2018no clue\u2019 tax on everything. So if you have no clue about how to test a cigar and rely on the story of the guy selling them you pay that fee.\n\n\u201cBuy Cohiba sir?\u201d\n\nYou will never buy a real Cohiba following the guys that whisper this in your ear in the street. Never! They will look like Cohiba, they will be packed in a very nice box and have all the seals, but the cigars are NO Cohibas! Buying them for 10% of the official price in your home country is NOT a good deal. Trying to sell them once back will only get you laughter and no profit.\n\nStraight from the factory!\n\nStories like: \u2018my aunt works in the plant\u2019, \u2018my husband is the manager\u2019, \u2018you must have read in the paper about the cooperativas making cigars\u2019 are all just BS. Those stories are as good as the boxes they sell look, and both are fake\u2026\n\nThere\u2019s a whole underground industry which ends with a salesman selling you fake cigars in a little room. Before that tobacco is stolen from the factory floor, cigar bands are falsified (or bought in the cigar band factory), boxes are made in an attic and seals are stolen.\n\nAll this cumulates into the moment that you buy real Cuban cigars\u2026 Not\u2026\n\nOnly two reasons to buy Cuban cigars in Cuba.\n\n1 They look good on your coffee table and make for a good story. Say \u2018yes\u2019 to the cigar peddler, have him take you to an illegal \u2018shop\u2019, drive a hard bargain (you should be able to get to about 25 a box, they will start at 125) and buy yourself a conversational piece.\n\n2 It makes for a fascinating excursion! Just say \u2018yes\u2019 to a cigar peddler and follow him to a back room in a dump\u2026 Don\u2019 buy the cigars!\n\nWhere to buy Cuban Cigars?\n\nIf you want to buy Cuban cigars, use Google and find yourself a cigar shop with an excellent reputation in your town.\n\n\u2018No clue tax\u2019 evasion\n\nThe \u2018no clue tax\u2019 doesn\u2019t only apply to Cuban cigars. It applies to everything in Cuba. You could consider our book good tax advice :-). We have the tax heaven route figured out for you! Buy it now and save on taxes and time.\n\nAmericans in Cuba\n\nYes\u2026 I know this page is full of prejudice :-)\u2026 It\u2019s fun to write with a bias for a change!\n\nUntil 3 or 4 years ago I was very impressed with the Americans I met in Cuba. They were civilized, spoke some Spanish (or even very good), adapted to local culture and customs and were well prepared to the specificities of Cuba. That slowly changed so I decided to write this post for all Americans that want to visit the \u2018working man\u2019s paradise\u2019.\n\nApart for people that yell \u2018Muerica!!!\u2019 that should not go to Cuba or anywhere else in the world, here are 10 do\u2019s and don\u2019ts for Americans in Cuba:\n\n1 Do learn some Spanish.\n\nVery few Cubans speak English well enough to communicate even about the basic things. Without communication, Cuba is a lot less interesting. Fortunately, you know a lot more Spanish than you know\u2026 I\u2019ll show you in the book how much! Don\u2019t expect everybody to speak English, they don\u2019t\u2026 So don\u2019t expect them to and do not get angry if they can\u2019t tell you where the nearest ATM is (It\u2019s in Key West)\u2026\n\n2 Don\u2019t over tip.\n\nAmericans are great at tipping but over tipping makes people feel inferior. Imagine you earn 10.000 dollars a month (just as an example) and somebody tips you 1800 dollar for 10 minutes of your time. Does not feel right does it\u2026 It immediately changes your relationship with your customer. You like the money he just gave you but do you like him? Is a normal relationship with this guy still possible? Stick to 5-10%, even if the bill is just 10 dollars.\n\nATMs do exist\u2026 they don\u2019t work for you\u2026 No restaurant accepts credit cards\u2026 Please do get your money straight! (The nearest ATM in Havana is in Key West\u2026)\n\nMoneda Nacional MNthis is a CUC Peso\n\n4 Don\u2019t be loud.\n\nI\u2019ve already seen some Americans venture into Cuba being way too loud\u2026 You\u2019re a guest; blend in to enhance the Cuba experience. Wear long pants if you are a man over 30. Some Americans think that their conversation is so interesting the whole restaurant needs to hear it\u2026 It\u2019s not\u2026 Blend in, please!\n\n5 Do realize you are always wrong.\n\nThe Cuban reference frame just does not fit your\u2019s\u2026 So your assessment of a situation is wrong\u2026 Nothing is what it seems to western eyes. See being wrong as a game or it might destroy your ego\u2026 Especially Americans are very misinformed about Cuba. Propaganda exists on both sides of Florida straights and you\u2019ve been told a lot of lies.\n\n6 Talking about lies. Don\u2019t believe too much\n\nDon\u2019t believe what the Cubans tell you\u2026This is an easy one. 50% of what Cubans tell tourists I can prove to be a lie\u2026 the other half I\u2019m just not able to prove it! Cubans tell you what they believe will help them to get into your pockets. The truth is a very vague concept in Cuba.\n\n7 Do pack everything you need.\n\nWallmart does not exist in Cuba and finding simple things like deodorant or sunscreen can take a day (or more). Most modern consumption items are just not available. Take some hot salsa because the food in Cuba tends to be a bit \u2018flat\u2019.\n\n8 Don\u2019t stay in an all-inclusive\u2026\n\nGo travel and discover the country. Anyway, if you are de all-inclusive resort kind of tourist, our book is of very limited use for you. Get out there\u2026 Subtract one or even two stars from your resort to get to western levels. So if you stay in a resort\u2026: Don\u2019t complain.\n\n9 Do feel safe.\n\nCuba is a very safe country! Crime rates are incredibly low. As long as you don\u2019t venture out into dark neighborhoods at 3 at night with a big bundle of money and an iPhone in your pocket you\u2019ll be fine!\n\n10 Don\u2019t go looking for a MacDonnald\u2019s, Starbuck\u2019s or ATM\n\nThere is only one on the Island and that\u2019s in Guantanamo Bay\u2026 Guessing you don\u2019t want to eat there! ATMs do exist but will not work for you. Blame Potus who raised the fines handed out to banks doing business in Cuba. The nearest ATM from Havana for a US citizen is in Key West.\n\n11 Lower your expectations about everything.\n\nAsk for a receipt!\n\nOr even better, put them on hold. Service is substandard by any standard. Food is regular at best. Airco\u2019s make noise but no cool air. Cars break down. Waitresses are not smiling and coffee is cold. Etc Etc\u2026\n\nDo ask for a receipt\u2026 they want you to! Translations are enigmatic.\n\n12 Do Bring Cash\n\nCredit Cards a nowhere to be accepted and ATMs just laugh at you. Don\u2019t blame the Cubans, it\u2019s the embargo!\n\n14 Do prepare yourself.\n\nRead some books (dump the Lonely Planet, they spent 15 days in Cuba and listened to what the Cubans told them (50% is dead wrong)) and realize that Cuba is a totally different cup of tea. A good start would be this site and our book\u2026 Please read it and ask your money back if you don\u2019t like it! It will enhance your comprehension of a very weird country and improve your stay in \u2018The working man\u2019s Paradise\u2019!\n\n15 Don\u2019t even access your PayPal account.\n\nJust don\u2019t. They will see you\u2019re in Cuba and block your account for a few months at best. Just leave your PayPal account alone! So Do Not order our book while in Cuba plz. While we\u2019re PayPal bashing: Please don\u2019t put the word \u2018CUBA\u2019 in the comment section when ordering our book\u2026 Por Favor!\n\nOn the \u2018get the book\u2018 page we\u2019ll give you a tip that will save you about two hours in Cuba. Just circumvent procedures in a legal way!\n\nThese do\u2019s and don\u2019ts will not enable you to encounter situations like this\n\nJust a few short stories to show that Cuba does not fit our reference frame:\n\nRum on an AA terrace.\n\nDriving around with a friend we spot a beautiful terrace and decide we want to have a rum there. That\u2019s just something we do. We stop and sit down. 4 waitresses are chatting with two barmen but none of them comes out. That\u2019s just something they do\u2026\n\nSo I walk in and ask for two rum. There is no rum for sale in this place they tell me. Normally that would be the end of the story but not in Cuba!\n\nI ask for two glasses with some ice. They give it to me, I think they must be aware that we intend to drink rum. I walk out with the glasses and my friend fetches a bottle of rum from the car and we pour ourselves a glass. Content!\n10 seconds later the four waitresses storm out and explain to us that we can\u2019t drink alcohol on their terrace because it is a youth club that does not serve alcohol and therefore alcohol is forbidden\u2026\n\nBut if we want we can drink our rum on the terrace upstairs. We get up to and walk towards the stairs. But we get stopped, we can\u2019t take our glasses upstairs because they belong to the bar downstairs. Even my guarantee that I will return the glasses does not change that.\n\nSo now we have a problem. The rum can go upstairs but the glasses cannot, and we can\u2019t drink rum downstairs. My friend proposes to hide the bottle and puts a napkin around his glass. The waitresses are in awe about so much inventively! That is the solution! Now we can drink our rum on their terrace! We drink our rum, chatting with our four new friends.\nWe decide to have another one, this time upstairs. However, that terrace is closed, and the bar inside is cleaning up after a private party. We ask for two glasses and ice again and get two plastic cups\u2026 No ice available upstairs\u2026 We sit ourselves down on the \u2018closed\u2019 terrace and one of the downstairs waitresses walks by to sign off on her shift. We call her over and ask her to fetch a glass for herself and some ice for us. Instead of fetching a glass with ice, she insists on taking our cups downstairs and comes back within minutes with a glass for herself and our cups filled to the brim with ice. (We always ask for just ONE bloque de llelo!). Suddenly glasses are permitted\u2026\nThe 3 of us drink our rum in contentment on a closed terrace two plastic cups and one glass!\n\nNow picture this story in any western country. You walk in an AA bar, ask for two glasses, pour your own rum\u2026 End of story\u2026 Here is another one you might like\u2026 The Internet is a difficult story in Cuba\u2026 but I found Free WiFi!!!\n\nIf you think this is funny\u2026 you should read our book\u2026 It\u2019s full of things that are just different in Cuba!\n\nEmpty Hotels\n\nThings that will not happen to you\u2026\n\nNow if you think that mastering the game of CubaConga reduces the frustration let me tell you the following story:\n\nIn Nicaro, a little town between Holguin and Moa on the north coast, they have abandoned a nickel factory. 4000 people used to work there and closing the plant was a local drama. The economy is down and out.\n\nWhen the factory was still operational the high brass slept in \u2018Casa de Visita\u2019 a lovely 50s hotel with eight rooms and a suite.\n\nIt\u2019s been empty ever since they closed the factory. But the staff is still fully present (can\u2019t use the word operational here). Together with some friends, I\u2019m having dinner in the restaurant of Casa de Visita, and I love the place. Furniture from the 50s in pristine condition, a view over the bay that takes your breath away and the food is not all that bad.\nPlanning on coming back (my kid lives around the corner) I ask if I can book a room. \u2018No way! You are a foreigner!\u2019\nI show them my \u2018Carnet\u2019 (I have a residency, which gives me the same rights as a Cuban) and that proofs to be magic (as it has proofed before). Off course, I can sleep there!\nA few weeks later I sent my girlfriend to the Casa de Visita to book a room and to verify that indeed we can rent a room. \u2018No way! He\u2019s a foreigner!\u2019 She explains that I have a residency and magic happens again\u2026 But she can\u2019t make a reservation\u2026 Booking and paying go hand in hand.\n\nSo two weeks later I arrive with a simple plan in mind. We\u2019re going to have dinner and sleep in the lovely \u2018Casa de Visita\u2019.\nThe plot thickens as a woman storms out to tell me that I cannot stay there and by the looks of the dark dining room there is no food either. The lady, somewhere in her 40\u2019s told me that the kitchen is closed because of a short circuit and that foreigners are not allowed to rent a room. I show her my carnet but no magic this time\u2026 I cannot stay. And since the kitchen is closed, we can\u2019t eat of course.\nBut she offers to call Miramar, a hotel nearby that offers \u2018the same services\u2019 as Casa de Visita. I think to myself that I hope they offer more service than no food and no bed\u2026 She returns from the public phone and assures me that we can eat at Miramar. About sleeping I will have to convince the reception desk myself.\n\nSo I change plans. I call a friend that we will call \u2018Taxi\u2019 from now on. I call my girlfriend and explain the change of plans. Taxi and girlfriend need some time to prepare so I prepare myself for a long wait while the sun slowly sets over the bay\u2026 I ask the manager for a drink but there is nothing to drink. So I ask for a glass (when in Cuba, always carry some rum). But she has no glass as the kitchen is closed\u2026 So I sit and wait.\n\nShift change. One lady of undefined age leaves and another appears. All Cuban hotels seem to be managed by slightly overweight 40 something ladies with cone-shaped legs in net stockings that are tired of years of doing nothing. This one is no exception. She\u2019s surprised to find me in the lobby so I explain my story. \u2018Show me your carnet\u2019 she says and since that sounds more like an order than a question I comply. Her conclusion is that there is no problem. I can stay at de Casa de Visita. But there is no food since the kitchen is closed\u2026\n\nI change plans: I love the Casa de Visita and have seen their suite (which is nothing more than a bigger room, but it is nice and was very modern half a century ago. So we are going to eat in Miramar and sleep in Casa de Visita. I call Taxi and girlfriend to inform them of the change in plans. When I hang up my new friend arrives with a sad face. She called her boss and I have to leave\u2026 I cannot spend the night in Casa de Visita.\n\nTaxi arrives and I call girlfriend that we are on our way to pick her up (she lives 3 miles away). She\u2019s not ready so Taxi and I decide we go to Miramar to see if we can sleep there (girlfriend and I that means).\n\nWe arrive at Miramar what \u2018see the sea\u2019 means and it\u2019s located at a magnificent location. About 20 above the sea on a cliff with a view that matches or even surpasses the view from Casa de Visita! That is, as long as you stay outside the hotel. The architect didn\u2019t think it necessary to put windows on the seaside. This is a post-revolution hotel and views are not important to socialists. Life is stern.\n\nWe are welcomed by a 40something lady and I had to look carefully otherwise I would think this was the woman that sent me away the first time from the Casa de Visita. She was not but starts right away telling me that \u2018yes you can eat\u2019, pointing at a set table but \u2018no you cannot stay here.\u2019 I show my carnet and say that I\u2019m a resident. Nope, that changes nothing\u2026\n\nI\u2019m tired, hungry and frustrated by this food and bed hunt and lose my cool. Words like xenophobia, bureaucracy, fear and discrimination are mixed into my tirade. The last one attracts the attention of a big black guy in a corner, that has been listening in. He simply nods to the receptionist and everything changes. We are welcome to sleep!\n\nSo I ask Taxi to fetch my girlfriend while the receptionist and I plow through the administration. They arrive 15 minutes later and we are still filling out forms. She takes us to our room. It has a romantic Fluorescent tube, the bed is terrible and the tiles on the bathroom floor are slippery, very slippery because they are not floor tiles. There\u2019s no water except for a bucket in the shower, no soap and of course no toilet paper. Only one worn towel and a hole in the sheets.\n\nWe have dinner in an otherwise empty hotel while the staff (3 undefined women and the cook) watches a soap in the lobby. Asking for another beer sparks a fight about who\u2019s going to fetch it. Working ethic is different in Cuba.\n\nWe ask for a bucket of water to be heated in the kitchen and retire to our room\u2026\n\nWhat are appreciated gifts for Cubans?\n\nUpdate August \u201918\n\nWhy gifts and for whom?\n\nIf you want to take some gifts for Cubans with you to thank them or just to make them happy, you should consider a few things:\n\nWho do you want to make happy?\n\nThe owners of you casa particular is not a needy person. They have access to hard currency (via you) and can buy most of the stuff they need. The same goes for the barkeeper in your hotel and all other Cubans that come into direct contact with tourists. They are the rich people in Cuba.\n\nThe average Cuban does not have access to hard currency and has different needs.\n\nWhat to give Cubans?\n\nThe first group mentioned above often sell the gifts you give them to the second. Thus giving a gift to the owner of your casa particular makes the divide between the haves and have-nots in Cuba bigger. They \u2018need\u2019 an iPhone, iPad, Nina Ricci perfume or a laptop. So if your goal is to make them happy, be prepared to bring big gifts to Cuba.\n\nThe second group, the \u2018regular\u2019 Cubans have entirely different needs. You make them happy with clothes (not the worn ones with holes and stains, Cubans have their pride too!), sewing machine needles, fishing gear and all kinds of things people need for daily survival.\n\nSoap and shampoo\u2026 NO!\n\nSome websites advocate bringing things like soap and shampoo. It is a shame to load up your luggage with those products as they are for sale at the local stores. So if you want to give a bar of soap to somebody, just buy one! (And soap is cheaper in Cuba.)\n\nYou should bring stuff that they can use, and that is not for sale in Cuba. Bring a bundle of pens and walk into a school to donate them. This makes for an excellent excursion, and the teachers will gladly show you the school. Bring medicine and donate it to a local clinic. This too will make for a great excursion where you can see behind the scenes of Cuba\u2019s famous health care system.\n\nWhy give?\n\nNow prepare for some introspection. What does it mean that you want to give stuff away? You might consider yourself a good Samaritan but it implies that you feel that the Cubans are poor and helpless. They are not! (Which does not mean that there are no poor and helpless Cubans, but you have the same poor and helpless people in your home town. Better to be poor in Cuba! )\n\nChildren\n\nAnd please don\u2019t give to begging children. They should be in school!!! We should not learn the young Cubans that tourists are the easy way to get stuff. There is a lot of talk about de Jineteros that are pestering people. We the tourists are to blame for their behavior! We taught them that we are the easy prey that provides everything and more\u2026\n\nHere are 14 of the beaten track things to do in Cuba that make you come home with a different story than your friends:\n\n1 Give people a lift\n\nYour car rental company tells you not to, but this is very safe and fun. Don\u2019t take two men or a man alone. Go for couples, students or women. Just make sure there is nothing in the back of the car you are not willing to lose.\n\n2 Take your hitchhikers home\n\nTake a hitchhiker home\n\nThey don\u2019t live next to the road. Taking them to their homes will show you the real Cuba, and you will get the worst coffee in your life in return. But believe us, nothing compares to this coffee in human warmth. Enjoy the company of grateful friends and bring out tip # 8.\n\n3 Go to a baseball game\n\nCubans go nuts about la pelota. Stadiums are packed, and the atmosphere is great. You will be probably the only foreigner in the whole stadium! Don\u2019t take too much money (see the chapter about money, entrance will cost you one mn as will peanuts\u2026 bring your booze)\u2026 Make friends and enjoy (bring more booze)\n\n4 Close the Lonely Planet to find things to do in Cuba.\n\nDon\u2019t throw it away, it might come in handy later but just don\u2019t look at it. It is widely known among the seasoned Cuba travellers as one of the worst LPs\u2026 Ever\u2026 We wonder if the writers ever set foot on the island. They claim they did\u2026 3 weeks!!!\n\nThe LP is responsible for herds of individual tourists piling on the same terrace to drink the same Mojito enjoying the same view\u2026 Just because it says so in the LP\u2026 I buy it every year, just to find out where NOT to go\u2026 All places mentioned are dumps within a few months. So take the LP if you are looking for 10 things not to do in Cuba\u2026\n\nJust close the damn thing and discover Cuba\n\n5 Get off the beaten path.\n\nOf the beaten path\n\nThe beaten path in Cuba is easily recognised. It is full of tourists in ugly shorts and ditto sandals wearing stupid hats. I never understood the urge of people to dress badly on their holiday. If you leave the sandal street and take two streets to the right, you are in Cuba and not anymore in the Disneyficated tourist trap. A game to play in Old Havana\u2026 If you spot sandals\u2026 turn right or left\u2026 It will lead you to unexplored parts of town\n\n6 Dress appropriately\n\nYou will never see a grown Cuban man in shorts. At least not the educated ones. If you dress appropriately, you will be better accepted when you\u2019re off the path of #5. By not wearing your cargo pants you show respect for the Cuban culture, and thus they will accept you as a human being instead of treating you like an ATM. Know how to handle a jinetero.\n\n7 Initiate contact\n\nOnce dressed normally and strolling off the beaten track, reach out to people. Anybody that initiates contact on the streets wants something from you\u2026 We devoted a whole chapter on all the tricks Cubans pull to separate you from your money. So start talking with people that don\u2019t take the initiative\u2026 They make a much better company.\n\n8 Rum (always carry a bottle in Cuba)\n\nAlways carry a (small) bottle of rum. Just get it out of your bag if you\u2019re enjoying the company. Before you know it you have a party! And Cubans do know how to party!\n\n9 Don\u2019t be afraid\n\nCuba is safe, very safe. Nobody will harm you. The worst thing that can happen is a bit of intimidation but that never hurts. So feel safe because you are safe. If you feel safe you are open to new experiences. If a hustler whispers \u201cCohiba?\u201d go with him. NOT to buy the cigars (they are fake and made from banana leaves or at least inferior) but for the adventure to be taken around town to find the cigars he promised\u2026 You will end up in a little room on the third floor of a run-down building, and that is the purpose. And you are safe so don\u2019t worry.\n\n10 Spot the \u2018bad\u2019 Cubans\n\nIt is easy. A Cuban you better not deal with looks like a Cuban you don\u2019t want to deal with. A lot of gold, new sneakers, a watch (working), tattoos, sunglasses and a cell phone should tip you off. How do you think he got all that? He\u2019s ripping off dumb tourists\u2026 It\u2019s your turn if you want! So just ignore him\u2026 No\u2026 really! Just spot them, keep them out of your life.\n\nWe always try to deliver more than expected\u2026 so instead of only 10 things to do in Cuba we give you three more\u2026 \ud83d\ude42\n\n11 Donate pens to a school.\n\nstudents in Cuba\n\nJust walk in with a bundle of pens and make the teachers happy\u2026 They are always looking for writing material! This will make a great excursion just like tip number 12.\n\n12 Fake an illness\n\na hospital in Cuba\n\nOr get yourself a blister. Walk into any hospital (outside of Havana) and ask for a consult with a medic. Enjoy this excursion into the Cuban Healthcare system. You will be amazed.\n\n13 Read CubaConga\n\nOur eBook is designed as a game and teaches you a lot about Cuba that you can\u2019t find in other places. It is underground and fun. Read it plz\u2026 We\u2019ll give you at least 50 other things to do in Cuba! This is not a thing to do in Cuba\u2026 you should do this before you go! As a bonus tip, we\u2019ll save you a few hours upon arrival HERE.\n\n14 Moneda Nacional Day\n\n15 Don\u2019t do a drug deal\n\nLots of people want to sell you cigars on the street. The wise thing to do is ignore them (when did you last bought a fridge from somebody that whispered in the street: \u2018wanna buy a fridge?\u2019. Well say \u2018YES\u2019 and go to an illegal drugs (cigars) house. Don\u2019t buy them! It\u2019s about the experience\u2026 don\u2019t worry\u2026 you are safe!"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: melbourne event photography\n\nWe all have friends we are proud of, but I have a friend who I think tops it all off, Natalie. I\u2019ve known Nat\u2019s family all my life.\nNat is 21 and Nat participated in the World\u2019s Greatest Shave. She didn\u2019t just die her hair. She went for the big one. Oh yes, she did!\nSo, a little of the background \u2013 in Nat\u2019s own words\u2026\nA LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HERO:It all started last May when Dad wanted to get back into running so he decided to go to the GP for a check-up as he had a few niggles. Apart from a sore foot, he wanted to check on his tiredness and shortness of breath. Routine blood tests were prescribed and the next thing we know he is referred to a haematologist. More blood tests, followed by a bone marrow biopsy, and he has gone from being anaemic to having AML.When he asked why(?)/how(?), he was told it was a \u201crandom accident\u201d.\n\nThe only treatment available was aggressive Chemotherapy. He was told he would need 4-6 months of treatment \u2013 a month in hospital followed by a couple of weeks at home to recuperate, then this process is repeated a minimum of two more times. The month in hospital consists of a week of aggressive chemo which is designed to wipe out his good cells as well as the bad; two weeks of intense monitoring when his immune system reaches non-existent and therefore he is prone to infection, followed by a week waiting for his levels to rise to an acceptable stage so he is allowed to go home.\n\nHe was first admitted into Peter MacCallum on Thursday, November 12. He is currently on his third (and hopefully final) session in hospital. The great news is he has been told he is in remission and the current treatment is classified as \u201cconsolidation\u201d.\n\nOf course the main objective of the shave is to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation.\n\nIf you would like to show your support for both me and my amazing dad, donations will be gratefully accepted.\n\nNat\u2019s event, was an emotionally filled event. We stood around the pool..\n\u2026shared a drink, laugh and a \u201csnag\u201d from the BBQ\u2026 Then came the time. Firstly, a family friend (who is a hairdresser) set up to prep her hair, to be sold (to raise money as well) and then came the time. Russell, took up the electric razor. It was Nat\u2019s mission for Russell to be the one to do it, and with tears and smiles (and a few beers!) Nat became a hero!\nShe has already raised an AMAZING amount, however with the event still collecting, I\u2019d love give the opportunity to all my amazing blog readers to donate to this amazing cause as well. I have set up the following division of Paypal to accept donations on Nat\u2019s behalf. Any amount goes to an amazing cause!\nAnd now, some gorgeous portraits of a stunning girl\u2026\nSo, just in case you missed the button before here it is\nNat \u2013 you are a total star, and you look GORGEOUS xxxx"}
-{"text": "It\u2019s a situation afforded them in part by their status as Real Estate Investment Trusts, a structure that places them in the same corporate category as hotels and requires that they pay back a portion of profits in dividends to its shareholders, which are further deductible. Numbers from the Treasury Department indicate that the average effective corporate tax rate across many industries falls in a range from 15 - 30%.\n\nGEO Group\n\nCoreCivic\n\nIn contrast, the average American\u2019s effective tax rate - including federal, state, Medicare, and Social Security - is in the range of 30%, nearly 10 times that of corporate correctional companies and one more way profit-driven incarceration can add insult to injury."}
-{"text": "InsiderNadellaReplacesBallmerAsMicrosoftCEO,WhileGatesExitsAsChairman\n\nSatya Nadella has been named Microsoft's third Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Steve Ballmer who announced his retirement on Aug. 23, 2013. As part of the management change, former CEO and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is retiring as chairman. He will be replaced by John Thompson, former CEO of Symantec.\nAccording to Gates:\n\nSatya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together. His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth.\n\nNadella first joined Microsoft in 1992. Until his appointment as CEO, he served as Microsoft's executive vice president of Cloud and Enterprise.\nThough exiting as chairman, Gates isn't leaving Microsoft. Instead, he will assume a new role as Founder and Technology Advisor, and \"will devote more time to the company,\" according to Microsoft."}
-{"text": "On Tuesday 07 June 2005 04:22 pm, Kevin Burton wrote:\n> Subqueries in 4.1 are totally broken. They don't use indexes. They're\n> evil. We're told we have subqueries but there's no way anyone on earth\n> could use them. To make matters worse a lot of developers are TRICKED\n> into using them and assume that mysql would do the right thing but its a\n> HUGE performance hit.\nWell, have you filed a bug? I just looked and didnt see one.. It wouldnt be\nthe first time, however, a bug search function didnt find something that was\nthere..\n> So...\n>\n> 1. When will subqueries that actually use indexes be implemented?\n> We've been promised this feature since 4.0.... it was one of the biggest\n> feature wins of 4.1.\n>\n> 2. If they won't be in 5.0 could you please abandon a feature for 5.0\n> and concentrate on subqueries?\n>\n> 3. If they won't be in 5.0 could you at least be honest and remove this\n> feature since in the best case its useless and in the worse case its\n> dangerous (god forbid someone should ship code that uses this)?\n>\n> Not trying to be obnoxious here but I really want this feature and the\n> current implementation is very...... evil.\nWell, your not helping anything ranting in here, filing a bug is the best way\nto get this fixed...\nJeff\nAttachment: [application/pgp-signature]\n\nContent reproduced on this site is the property of the respective copyright holders. It is not reviewed in advance by Oracle and does not necessarily represent the opinion of Oracle or any other party."}
-{"text": "The Holocrons of Fate (Star Wars Rebels - S03E03) - Television\n\n\"He lives.\" SPOILERS.\n\nI was a little surprised that Darth Maul returned to Star Wars Rebels as quickly as he did. I wasn\u2019t expecting to see him until the middle of the season and he\u2019s already back in the second episode. Say what you want about the plausibility of Maul\u2019s survival, but his appearances in The Clone Wars are among that series\u2019 best episodes and his return in the season two finale of Rebels helped solidify that episode as the series\u2019 pinnacle. Which is why I was surprisingly underwhelmed by his return this week. This wasn\u2019t a bad episode by any means though. Sam Witwer was phenomenal as usual and Maul stole every scene, but the bar for Darth Maul appearances is so high that this just felt a little underwhelming. This was the weakest episode from either Rebels or The Clone Wars to feature Darth Maul, and that has more to do with the episode around him than Maul himself.\n\nThe episode began with Kanan and Ezra investigating the remnants of a rebel ship that had been attacked. The lone survivor warned Kanan and Ezra that a \u201cred blade\u201d is hunting them. It was much worse than another Inquisitor though. Maul returned and had apparently captured the rest of the Ghost crew. I was a little disappointed that the Ghost crew\u2019s capture occurred off-screen. The off-screen capture is one of the many moments that made this episode feel rushed, which has been a recurring problem with Rebels. Maul demanded that Kanan and Ezra deliver the Sith holocron to him or the rest of the crew would be executed. Back aboard the Ghost, Maul forced Hera to give him a tour of the ship. Maul realizing that the ship was the crew\u2019s home was nice moment. Witwer played the scene well and it was an interesting realization for a man who has never had a home himself. I also appreciated that Maul and Sabine addressed that he was once the ruler of Mandalore. It\u2019s clear that Maul\u2019s time as the ruler of Mandalore left a scar on its society, even someone as young as Sabine was affected. Maul isn\u2019t really a humorous character but I couldn\u2019t help but laugh at his \u201chow colorful\u201d line upon seeing Sabine\u2019s room. Maul\u2019s interrogation of Hera and discovery of the Jedi holocron was another great scene. Witwer was once again fantastic as Maul and it\u2019s clear that Maul has been investigating the Ghost crew since he knew Kanan\u2019s real name.\n\nKanan and Ezra went to retrieve the Sith holocron from Bendu, although Ezra didn\u2019t believe Bendu existed at first. Bendu explained that when a Jedi holocron is combined with a Sith holocron, the user can see any secret or destiny through the Force. This is my biggest issue with the episode. The idea that combining holocrons will allow the user to see or learn anything they want feels extremely contrived. The \u201cbecause the Force\u201d excuse has been used to explain away plot holes before, but this is borderline ridiculous. Force visions have been a part of Star Wars for a long time, but this feels like a stretch even in-universe. Bendu hid the holocron and forced Kanan and Ezra to work together if they wanted to find it. Kanan told Ezra that he never blamed him for what happened on Malachor. It was a nice moment, but once again it felt rushed. I understand they only have twenty-two minutes to work with, but the conflict between Kanan and Ezra was resolved a little too quickly and neatly.\n\nKanan and Ezra were greeted by Maul at his base. I did enjoy Maul\u2019s \u201cjust follow the sound of my voice\u201d line. Great delivery from Witwer on that line. Maul tried to kill Kanan again, who managed to survive being jettisoned into space. Maul and Ezra began the process of combining the holocrons. Kevin Kiner\u2019s score in this scene was fantastic. While Ezra was looking for a way to destroy the Sith, Maul said he was looking for hope. Then we got the moment the whole episode was building too. Ezra saw twin suns and Maul simply said \u201che lives.\u201d Ezra was searching for a way to destroy the Sith and he found it (Luke). Maul\u2019s \u201chope\u201d appears to be Obi-Wan. Could Rebels be building to a Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi showdown? That is certainly an intriguing prospect but one that admittedly seems like too large of topic for Rebels to tackle. Bringing Obi-Wan into the show is big a deal, and I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ll actually take that step. We\u2019ll see though. They already had just about every other major character make an appearance so you never know. Just don\u2019t bring Han Solo into the show. It\u2019s bad enough we\u2019re getting a movie about young Han Solo. So Maul escaped with a new purpose and the Ghost crew was rescued. In the end, \u201cThe Holocrons of Fate\u201d was mostly set up. It quickly patched up the lingering conflict between Kanan and Ezra while setting up Maul\u2019s storyline for the season. Although an enjoyable episode thanks almost entirely to Witwer\u2019s Maul, \u201cThe Holocrons of Fate\u201d won\u2019t make any best of lists."}
-{"text": "De Salis Wines\n\nde salis wines\n\nA favourite spot to while away some time and taste some brilliant wines, is De Salis Wines. Charlie will be able to tell you everything about his wines, while you taste some of Australia's best cool climate wine.\n\nDe Salis, a small, family winery, located at 1,050m on the northern slope of Mt Canobolas. Their minimalist winemaking philosophy aims to capture the seasonal ebb and flow, the intersection of the vines with their microenvironment and create wines that challenge the \u2018industrial\u2019 wine culture.\n\nLofty Vineyard was first planted in 1993 to Chardonnay and Merlot by renowned Orange horticulturalist, David Gartrell. Subsequent plantings have increased the vineyard to 9Ha.\n\nDe Salis was established in 1999 as a \u2018garagister\u2019 winery located on Sydney\u2019s Northern Beaches by research scientist Charlie Svenson. Whilst researching the production of renewable fuel ethanol at the University of New South Wales, Charlie spent many vintages learning the dark art of minimalist wine crafting from the eclectic Murray Smith. An eight-year search resulted in Charlie and wife Loretta, acquiring one of Australia\u2019s stunningly beautiful and highest wine grape growing locations, Lofty Vineyard.\n\nDe Salis is named in honour of Charlie\u2019s original Australian ancestor and great, great grandfather, Leopold Fabius Count Fane De Salis, an Englishman, born in Florence in the early 1800\u2019s who emigrated to Australia and establish a colonial home in the Cotter District, close to what is now Canberra in the mid 1800\u2019s.\n\nThe blocks of Lofty Vineyard bear the matriarchal names of the De Salis family."}
-{"text": "\u2018The Guest\u2019 Writer Simon Barrett Has a New Japan-Set Horror Project\n\n'The Guest' Writer Simon Barrett Has a New Japan-Set Horror Project\n\n\u201cThe Guest,\u201d directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, was one of 2014\u2019s sleeper treats, starring Dan Stevens as an unwelcome man from the past who invades the family of a fellow comrade who died.\n\nHorror maestro Barrett, who also wrote Wingard\u2019s meta-slasher \u201cYou\u2019re Next\u201d (2011), now has a new script titled \u201cTemple\u201d to be directed by Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, a.k.a. The Vicious Brothers, according to THR. Set to shoot in Japan this year, \u201cTemple\u201d is cloaked in mystery as of this writing, but the film will deal with ghostly tales surrounding the country\u2019s temples. A movie tie-in compilation book of ghost stories by Eiji Otsuka will be published and featured in the film, with a 15-part animated series to follow.\n\nThe Vicious Brothers directed Tribeca premieres \u201cGrave Encounters\u201d and \u201cExtraterrestrial\u201d in 2011 and 2014 respectively, shifting from found footage to more stylized horror. Barrett, meanwhile, is quite busy, collaborating again with Wingard on now-filming \u201cThe Woods\u201d and a remake of Kim Jee-Woon\u2019s brutal 2010 Korean revenge horror \u201cI Saw the Devil.\u201d Barrett has also contributed to the \u201cV/H/S\u201d anthology films in the past.\n\n\u201cTemple\u201d will be produced by Neal Edelstein of Hooked Digital Media, Shinya Egawa of Hemisphere Motion Picture Partners, Eric Bassett of Absurda and Mike Macari, with Japan\u2019s Toei Animation financing."}
-{"text": "Ty Segall, \u2018Goodbye Bread\u2019 (Drag City)\n\nAfter several albums of caustic, cryptic scuzz-punk, San Francisco\u2019s Ty Segall finally cleans up his act \u2014 or, at the very least, dustbusts it around the edges. His glassine vocals, once buried, now float high and ghostlike; and the quick shivs of guitar sound fat and happy. But even on an album pockmarked with hooks, Segall keeps it weird, turning a straightforward love song into a creepy come-on (\u201cYou Make the Sun Fry\u201d); and on \u201cThe Floor,\u201d he throws a jaunty fiddle breakdown atop a tale of night-sweat dread.\n\nComments\n\nWill Butler has always been an outlier. As Arcade Fire's second-most-famous Butler, he's always made being weird seem just as alluring as fitting in. During the band's live shows, the multi-hyphenate artist (synthesizer, bass, guitar, clarinet, and hell, even the glockenspiel) avoids the spotlight while throwing out enough manic energy \u2014 howling in one moment,\u2026 More \u00bb"}
-{"text": "Commuting without cars\n\nIn honor of Sean Tubbs, C-VILLE Weekly\u2019s edit staff tried to get to work without a car\u2014and only half of us made it.\nHere\u2019s a look at how our experiment shook out.\n\nNo bus for you\n\nI failed.\n\nI live in an apartment complex on Sunset Avenue Extended, and though you\u2019ll see a Charlottesville address if you check the contents of my mailbox, I technically live in Albemarle. For that reason, I suppose, the nearest CAT bus stop is one mile away.\n\nI could walk that far, but because the road I live on is long and curvy with plenty of blindspots, no sidewalk, and sometimes no green space between the road and the guardrail, I opted for what I thought was a smarter plan: Hitching a ride on the private bus owned by Eagles Landing, the apartment complex next to mine. It runs to UVA every half an hour, so hypothetically, it made the most sense to walk there, catch the bus to school, and then take the free trolley downtown.\n\nSix cars steered into the opposite lane to avoid bowling me over on my walk to Eagles Landing. I took a sidewalk up the complex\u2019s steep hill, where the bus was parked. But its driver must have noticed my pilgrimage, because when I tried to board, he informed me that even though the bus had plenty of empty seats\u2014read: no one was on it\u2014the service is only for Eagles Landing residents. Disgruntled, I dodged a handful of cars on my way back home, hopped in the car, and drove to work. -\u2014Samantha Baars\n\nA relaxing ride\n\nIn five years of living in Charlottesville, I had taken the bus exactly once\u2014as an outing for my then-3-year-old, who loved riding the bus back in Brooklyn.\nEven once I started working on the Mall, it didn\u2019t occur to me to commute by bus. The closest line to my house runs only once an hour, and takes half an hour to get downtown, compared to 10 minutes by car.\n\nBut given the challenge, I headed out one morning for the 8-minute walk to the nearest bus stop, and was struck by how relaxing it was to stroll through my leafy neighborhood on a quiet morning. CAT\u2019s real-time route map online showed me the bus would be a few minutes late, so I read a story in the newspaper while I waited, just like I used to do back in New York, waiting for the subway.\n\nWhen the Route 9 bus trundled up the hill (complete with a cheery sign saying Have a Nice Day!) I boarded to find the change machine was broken, so my ride was free. The minibus was empty (two other riders got on during my trip) and I got off after 10 minutes, opting to walk the rest of the way downtown from Rose Hill Drive instead of staying on the bus as it looped through UVA.\n\nThe bus caught up with me on Market Street, but I had a coffee and a croissant (conveniently the Rose Hill Drive stop is right by MarieBette) and a general feeling of well being from all the walking, a welcome respite from my usual morning scramble. I think I\u2019ll try it every week. -\u2014Laura Longhine\n\nStuck in Gordonsville\n\nYou can\u2019t get there from here.\n\nThat\u2019s the gist I got from everyone I spoke to when I asked whether I could commute via public transit between my Orange County home, near Gordonsville, and my office in Charlottesville. In fact, the only point-to-point service in the county is the questionably named TOOT Bus (for Town of Orange Transit System), which loops between the towns of Orange and Gordonsville.\n\n\u201cOh, lucky you!\u201d exclaimed Brian Cohen, the public relations and marketing manager for Jaunt, the Charlottesville regional bus service, when I told him where I live. What he really wanted to say was, \u201cDude, you\u2019re stranded.\u201d\n\nAs recently as last month, Cohen explained, Jaunt \u201cunofficially\u201d served Gordonsville, using the local Food Lion parking lot as a bus stop, in response to requests by a handful of riders.\n\n\u201cThere are no plans to restart that service,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about demand and funding.\u201d\n\nOr rather, a lack of both.\n\nJaunt operates on state and federal subsidies, riders\u2019 fares, and\u2014most importantly\u2014yearly funding approved by officials in the localities it serves: Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Nelson, Louisa, and Fluvanna. Jaunt is so successful in those places, Cohen says, that it is starting a new commuter service called Connect. Starting August 5, the first route will run between Crozet and Charlottesville, using 28-passenger buses equipped with wifi and USB ports.\n\n\u201cYou can get a little work done, take a nap, or God forbid, have an actual conversation with one of your fellow riders,\u201d Cohen said. (I like this guy\u2019s benign sarcasm.)\n\nMy next call was to the president of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. I left a detailed voice message. He did not respond. Nor did he answer my email. I can only assume that Orange County has no plans to join the Jaunt family.\n\nNeither does the town of Gordonsville. When I asked Deborah Kendall, town manager, whether I would have any luck hitchhiking from Gordonsville to Charlottesville, she said, \u201cI\u2019m sure not\u2014and that\u2019s a long walk, too!\u201d\n\nNineteen miles, to be precise. But go ahead and bust my chops, Deborah, just like the guy from Jaunt did, because the joke won\u2019t be on me after May 15. That\u2019s the start date on my apartment lease in Charlottesville.\n\n\u201cHaving public transportation to Charlottesville would make Gordonsville more attractive as a place to live, wouldn\u2019t it?\u201d Kendall mused.\n\nAnd then we both laughed, in a weary sort of way. \u2014Joe Bargmann\n\nTrolley trip\n\nDepending on how much coffee I\u2019ve had, it takes me about five minutes to walk from my front door to the free trolley stop in front of Fry\u2019s Spring Station, so it\u2019s a convenient way for me to get to C-VILLE Weekly\u2019s offices on the Downtown Mall. It\u2019s a 30-ish minute ride, and a godsend when my beat up old Honda\u2019s in the shop.\n\nBut I don\u2019t trolley often, ashamed as I am to admit it. When I ride, I love it\u2014I\u2019m the kind of person who goes a mile a minute, every minute, and taking public transit (which I grew up doing in the Boston area) forces me to slow down a bit. But I don\u2019t always have the luxury of slowing down, particularly when I\u2019m running late for work (another point of shame: I\u2019m a snooze button super user), or when I have two interviews scheduled back to back, in different parts of town, or when I\u2019m on deadline. Owning a car is a luxurious convenience.\n\nDuring the academic year, UVA students pack onto the trolleys to get to class. Sometimes, the trolley fills up before they get to my stop, which is located smack dab between Grounds and off-campus student apartments, and I have to wait 15 or so minutes for the next one\u2026or, a rarity, the next next one. When I do score a spot on the trolley, I\u2019ll take at least one book-filled backpack to the face before the trolley gets to the Rotunda. Not great, I tell myself, but it could be worse, the ride home will be better, and I should do this more, backpacks and packed schedules be damned. \u2014Erin O\u2019Hare\n\nBy Max Patten The Corner on West Main Street has long been the go-to spot for burger bars like Boylan Heights, convenience store eats \u00e0 la Sheetz, and late-night carbo-loading fixtures such as Insomnia Cookies. Yet times are changing, and smoothies and organic juices have recently joined the\n\nBy Kate Granruth If you\u2019re driving down Rugby Road on the way to Grounds, you can\u2019t miss it. The bridge over the train tracks-\u2014better known as Beta Bridge\u2014somewhat resembles a Jackson Pollock painting. The walls and surrounding sidewalk are always covered in bright paint and an ever-changing\n\nThey appeared overnight the first Monday in December of 2018, long-necked robots on wheels, lurking in neat rows of three or four on street corners all over town. Within a few days, the motorized scooters, which don\u2019t have designated docking stations, were everywhere, and wherever. Now, about\n\nOn a brisk but sunny spring morning, more than a dozen pre-kindergarteners file out of the imposing red brick building that is Clark Elementary and seat themselves, excitedly, on the sidewalk in front of the school\u2019s garden. Sarah Harris greets them with a big smile. \u201cHello, my friends!\u201d she\n\nJust a couple of months after local tech company WillowTree began restoring the historic Charlottesville Woolen Mills to become its new headquarters, collaborators in an ambitious food and drink project have announced plans to move into the brick behemoth on the Rivanna River. The Wool Factory\n\nIt\u2019s been nearly a decade since Virginia made it legal for folks to bring their own vino to restaurants. The Corkage Bill of 2011 effectively gives diners more wines to choose from, and in some cases, a less expensive option to ordering from a restaurant\u2019s list. \u201cWe have to provide value,\n\nArchitects in Charlottesville have big shoes to fill\u2014founding-father-sized shoes. Our town is often represented by one of two iconic buildings designed by Jefferson: one private (Monticello) and one public (the Rotunda). Each has an outsized influence on what folks generally expect local\n\nBy Bonnie Price Lofton Now that China has closed the door to most of our garbage, recycling plants around the country are closing, or limiting what they\u2019ll accept, and Charlottesville is no different. Starting July 1, the McIntire Recycling Center will no longer take Nos. 3-7 plastics, things\n\nVitae Spirits just added another accolade to its pile of awards, but this one is for its design, not for its excellent craft liquors. A converted schoolhouse, Vitae\u2019s tasting room and production facility on Henry Street is half laboratory and half chic cocktail lounge. This combination earned\n\nRumors had been circulating for months that a major talent would take over the kitchen at Gordonsville\u2019s Restaurant Rochambeau. He was coming in from France, where he had worked at two Michelin-starred restaurants. His sublime culinary skills had carried him around the world, from Portugal, to\n\nA newly formed company\u2014so new that it hasn\u2019t gone public with its name yet\u2014is looking to get into the spirits business with a craft distillery in the former Clock Shop building at 201 W. Water St. The working title for the project is Vodka House, according to Clark Gathright, the civil engineer\n\nThree days a week, an Amtrak train called the Cardinal rolls through Charlottesville on its way from New York to Chicago. Unless you\u2019re planning a long trip to a city along the route (Indianapolis, anyone? Cincinnati?), you may not look twice at the train. But it\u2019s more than a means of\n\nWhile renters have it tough, managing an apartment isn\u2019t a walk in the park either, and one local manager has truly seen it all. On the condition of anonymity, the industry professional of nearly two decades agreed to dish the details. \u201cFor what it\u2019s worth,\u201d he says, \u201cI could likely fill a\n\nBy Rusty Gates While swilling chardonnay at a party recently, I fell into conversation with a droll gentleman who had lived in Charlottesville for many years. A friend of my sister, he knew that my girlfriend and I had moved to the area within the past two years. \u201cWhere are you living?\u201d he\n\nSitting on a bench full of pillows at a large, round wooden table she made with her own hands, Bolanle Adeboye smears veggie cream cheese on both halves of a cinnamon raisin bagel. The visual artist is fighting a cold, and her housemate, cellist and songwriter Wes Swing, asks if she\u2019d prefer a\n\nNo green thumb? No problem! If you love the idea of having fresh veggies and herbswithin easy reach, but you don\u2019t have the time or inclination to plant a garden, Fifth Season has the solution: Garden in a Day. Experts install a four-by-four-foot raised cedar bed at your home, then fill and\n\nSommeliers may take offense, but canned wine is a booming business. In January, Crozet\u2019s King Family Vineyards popped the top on this trend by rolling out its first cases of canned Cros\u00e9, its popular ros\u00e9 wine. As winemaker Matthieu Finot explains, King\u2019s been making a dry, fruit-forward ros\u00e9\n\nRising Star Chef of the Year is among the more prestigious accolades at the annual James Beard Awards, and a Charlottesville chef is in the running. Ian Redshaw\u2014a veteran of Tavola and L\u2019etoile, co-owner of Prime 109, and now executive chef at Lampo \u2014has been named a semifinalist in the\n\nNick Leichtentritt, founder of Milli Coffee Roasters and Sicily Rose, died February 17 at the age of 34. Pursuing a passion for food and drink, Leichtentritt left a corporate job in 2012 to open the coffee shop, followed by his cannoli shop, Sicily Rose, in 2018. Both developed loyal\n\nIn 36 years of moving up and down the mid-Atlantic, I\u2019ve never lived in a city that didn\u2019t carry the weight of a racist past. As a teenager, I heard news of white supremacists marching through my small Maryland town. As a young adult in Greensboro, North Carolina, I marveled over stories about"}
-{"text": "Huawei P9 Camera Evaluation\n\nREPLACE \u2013 Tracfone has made modifications to their smartphone cards, and we have shared all the small print, together with a lot of the comparability info from beneath, in our new post, New Costs/Adjustments to Tracfone Smartphone Airtime Cards Go have a look for the newest data. Smartphones with a reminiscence card slot, typically within the form of microSD, can cheaply and easily develop their stock storage capability with the purchase of a further reminiscence card. A smartphone can reduce in and out and drop calls like all cellphone, and the extra users making calls within a cell tower\u2019s attain at a given second, the more probably interruptions will happen.\n\nWhereas Apple managed to keep up his second place in the international smartphone market, the corporate witnessed its first yr of double-digit drop in the 12 months, iPhone gross sales down 14%. Enhanced Safety: With accessible options like Knock Code, Guest Mode, and Content material Lock, you\u2019ll be able to shield your smartphone and management what information is accessible when you let someone borrow your phone. The variety of hours a user can talk on their smartphone before its battery runs out. A smartphone gives the power to configure the system to your specific way of doing things.\n\nThe f/2.zero aperture lenses and exclusive digicam UI with computerized scene detection make it simple to take great shots each time. Our first version of Smartphone Projector was such a success we decided to launch a pre-made, deluxe finish version. Instead, we consider individuals ought to be empowered to choose the capabilities of their smartphone. You may see the key specifications for the LG Final 2 , LG Fortunate and LG Sunset above along with the other LG Smartphones. If 2 telephones offer similar options, except for the microSD, I actually would buy the one with the microSD possibility, even if it prices just a little more. For extra telephone choices and concepts, visit our Cell Telephone Opinions web page the place lists all our recent evaluations of Tracfone devices.\n\nWe won\u2019t let you know how shut it is between the Google Pixel XL, iPhone 7 Plus and S7 Edge for the title of \u2018best smartphone on the planet.\u2019 All three are stunning, however the modern design, intuitive UI, and main ecosystem places the iPhone 7 just in entrance.\n\nWhile holding your Smartphone able to take a photograph, imagine you are an archer: take a deep breath while steadying the digital camera, imagining you are drawing the string, and exhale as you release the imaginary arrow, taking the photograph. If you have already got the handset you want and simply must get it connected, try the SIM Only offers available on Three. We wish Tracfone to improve both their customer support and their funds smartphone choices."}
-{"text": "Absolutely appalled at the service that my parents received during their labs. Beverly, the lab tech, completely dismissed the concerns of how my mother reacts from having blood drawn. After laughing at their request of have my mother lay down while having her blood drawn, Beverly proceeded to draw her blood in a seated position. Unable to locate the vein she continue to poke around until finally she was able to get blood and sure enough my mother fainted and convulsed not once but twice. Disgusted at Beverly's work ethic.\n\nDr Parikh is money minded and very unprofessional. He prescribes way too much medication and make you buy the medication is his own drug store Iam surprised he is still not sued for medical malpractice."}
-{"text": "Sure, they have the advantage of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, too. But the reason they have been as good as anyone in the NBA through the first week is they have continuity \u2014 same system, same coach, same core players they have had for a decade. The Spurs had the NBA\u2019s most efficient offense last season and they brought everybody that mattered back. They know who they are and what they are doing every time down the court, while everyone else is trying to find their footing.\n\nSo when they run into a Pacers team that has won ugly up to this point, San Antonio dismantles them. Which is what happened in San Antonio\u2019s 101-79 win Monday night.\n\nFor all the talk about the Spurs offense, it was their defense that won this game. For the past couple seasons it has been all about the Spurs offense, but at least to start this season they are playing much better defense (they were giving up 100.1 points per 100 possessions before this game, 10th in the league).\n\nSpurs players were in position and challenging Pacers players seemingly every play, and the result was a Pacers offense that crumbled into a lot of isolation. The Pacers settled for bad shot after bad shot, and the result was 18 first quarter points on 27 percent shooting. In the second quarter they were 7-of-21 shooting (and that was with a 13-2 run late in the quarter to get Indiana back within 10.\n\nOverall for the game, the Pacers shot 35 percent \u2014 because the Spurs took away much of the Pacers transition game, then in the half court they took away the paint (Indiana scored just 24 points in the paint on the night). Roy Hibbert was non-existent, scoring 2 points and having 5 rebounds. That\u2019s it. Paul George and George Hill combined to shoot 10 of 28.\n\nMeanwhile, the Spurs got the shots they wanted. Their ball movement was again beautiful and crisp.\n\nThey ran a lot of Parker driving into the paint with Duncan out near the top of the key, clearing out space and if the defense collapsed the ball flew back out to Duncan for an open jumper. Duncan finished the night with 14 points and 11 rebounds.\n\nWhich was the exact line for DeJuan Blair, the San Antonio big that rarely gets on the court anymore. He fell out of favor late last season but can still be vintage Spurs \u2014 plug him in and he scores buckets and makes plays.\n\nSan Antonio\u2019s improved defense is something to watch \u2014 is this just early season small sample size at work, or are they a better defensive team this year. If so, they are far more of a threat in the playoffs. We\u2019ll have to see how it plays out.\n\nFor now, the Spurs remain a regular season machine. One that ste the Pacers\n\nYou probably answered \u201cthe Clippers.\u201d Most fans do. So do most NBA referees \u2014 And everyone else. Which is why after a recent loss to Golden State, veteran Marreese Speight (a Warrior last season) pointed to the Clippers complaining about the officiating as part of the problem.\n\nHe went on to say that the scouting report is you can get in the Clippers\u2019 heads by knocking them around a little. Which seems pretty obvious when you watch teams play them. Shockingly, Clippers coach Doc Rivers disagrees with that. Via NBCLosAngeles.com.\n\n\u201cThe officiating thing, I don\u2019t think, is our issue. I will say that,\u201d said Rivers about the technical fouls. \u201cIf that were the problem, then, Golden State would be struggling. They\u2019ve been No. 2 the last two years in techs, too. I think we need to point fingers in another direction than that.\u201d\n\nDoc may not like it, but Speights is right.\n\nThe Warriors do complain too much, but they also have a ring so more is forgiven. The problem for the Clippers is that reputation for complaining starts with Rivers \u2014 he complains as much or more than any coach in the league. Then it filters down through Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.\n\nIs it fair that more is forgiven with winning? Moot question. Welcome to America. The Clippers complain a lot and have yet to get past the second round with this core. And at times there standing there complaining to the referees does get in the way of them getting back into defense, and they seem to go in a funk.\n\nThe Pelicans are disappointing this season \u2014 it is Anthony Davis vs. the world down there. Which is the main reason they are 7-16 this season. While things have gotten better since Jrue Holiday\u2018s return, Davis is averaging a league-best 31.4 points per game, it then drops off to Holiday at 15.4, and then E'Twaun Moore at 11.1.\n\nWhen a team struggles, usually that is a bad sign for the coach. Not because it\u2019s always their fault, but because GMs choose not to fire themselves for poor roster construction. Which leads to the question: Alvin Gentry, are you concerned about your job? (Warning, NSFW)\n\nNew Orleans\u2019 struggles are not on Gentry, certainly not completely. He\u2019d like a roster that can play uptempo, that has depth. What he got instead was a good point guard, an elite 4/5, a rookie in Buddy Hield that maybe pans out down the line, and then\u2026 nada. And the roster Gentry has often is banged up.\n\nIf anyone is in trouble, it is GM Dell Demps. Remember, Danny Ferry was hired last summer for the vague role of \u201cspecial advisor.\u201d Gentry is in his second year, and the issue is the roster he was given. But the Pelicans are a patient organization that values continuity, so\u2026 who knows. But the clock is ticking on Davis;, it\u2019s years away, but the Pelicans need to build a team around him and are far from that right now.\n\nJones told the Beacon Journal he will retire after next season, which will be his 15th in the NBA. His ultimate dream is to ride off after three consecutive championships in Cleveland\n\n\u201cI know playing 15 years is a number where I can look back and I can be like, \u2018I accomplished something,\u2019 \u201d Jones said. \u201cFourteen vs. 15 may not be much, but to be able to say I played 15 years, that\u2019s enough for me to hang \u2019em up.\u201d\n\nJones\u2019 contract expires after the season, so the Cavs will have a say in whether he returns. Safe to say if LeBron wants him back, Jones will be back.\n\nBut the Heat got into trouble relying on washed-up veterans around LeBron, wasting valuable roster spots on players who could no longer contribute.\n\nIs that Jones? Not yet. Though he\u2019s out of the rotation, he has still made 11-of-12 open 3-pointers this season. There\u2019s a role for him as spot-up shooter when Cleveland needs one.\n\nStill, the Cavaliers ought to be mindful of Jones\u2019 likely decline over the next year and a half. Plus, it\u2019s not a certainty he holds to his timeline. Cavs veterans have a history of changing their mindon retirement."}
-{"text": "Tickets sales open to the public on friday for Curious Incident, based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Haddon. I\u2019ll be curious, no pun intended, to see how this novel which mostly consists of the protaganist\u2019s thoughts, is turned into a play. Based on the advanced ticket sales, there are few grade A seats left, most have a restricted view. As it\u2019s a small theatre, I\u2019m guessing this isn\u2019t too much of a problem.\n\nThe story from the National Website: \u201cChristopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears\u2019 dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington.\n\nI made a decision. I did this by thinking of all the things I could do and deciding whether they were the right decision or not.\n\nHe has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.\n\nMy name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and the capital cities. And every prime number up to 7507."}
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-{"text": "Friday, June 7, 2013\n\n39 big ones logged for this lupite\n\nWell, I made it. I'm 39 today. Woohoo!\n\nI certainly have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for - a wonderful family, good health, a thriving business that I love (my career coach sister tells me the \"love\" part is important), and a fabulous agenda for the future. I mean, look at these two - who wouldn't want to wake up to these two smiling faces for years to come?\n\nWhile it's been a long time since I've thought about lupus and my longevity, I had a chance to do so when I came across a biography about Flannery O'Conner, American novelist and short story writer. She, too, had lupus, but grew up in a time in which the understanding and treatment of the disease wasn't at all what it is today. In fact, born in 1925, she died just 39 short years later, in 1964, from complications of lupus. So while it may seem a bit macabre to mention her today, on my 39th birthday, I want to celebrate the fact that today, I'm alive and well, and thriving in the face of lupus. There's nothing more I could ask for than that. Ten years ago, I wasn't sure I was going to make it to my 30th birthday. Today, I have every intention of living to my 100th!\n\nBUY THE BOOK\n\nSara Gorman\n\nIn 2001, I was diagnosed with systemic lupus, at the age of 26. I had been married less than 6 weeks and was at a highpoint in my career in television production. While I fought to keep hold of the life I'd known - demanding, yet fulfilling career, busy social life, packed vacation schedule - after four years of running my body into the ground, I realized I was fighting life, not living it. Thus, I downshifted almost every aspect of my life. I let go of my career and made it my number one priority to get myself back in good health. I'm proud to say that I've reached my goal, but work each day to maintain that healthy lifestyle. despite lupus. My book details the steps it took to reach that goal. A native of Indiana and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, I reside in Alexandria, Virginia with my husband, two young daughters, and pug dog."}
-{"text": "Categories\n\nHow to Customize a Kindle Fire HD Screen\n\nBy Ruri Ranbe\n\nYour most recently viewed or purchased item appears first in the Carousel.\n\nThe Carousel on your Kindle Fire displays items you've purchased from the Kindle Store or content you've recently viewed. Your Favorites, located below the Carousel, includes top picks from your content libraries. To customize your Home screen, you can add items to, or remove items from, your Carousel and Favorites, as well as hide recommendations and lock the orientation of your Kindle.\n\nAdd or Remove Items From the Carousel\n\nStep 1\n\nOpen an item from the appropriate content library, or purchase an item from the Kindle Store, to add it to the Carousel.\n\nStep 2\n\nScroll to the app or file you want to remove from the Carousel, and then press and hold the item.\n\nStep 3\n\nTouch \"Remove from Carousel\" to delete the item from the Home screen, or touch \"Remove from Device\" to delete the item from the Kindle Fire.\n\nAdd or Remove Items From Your Favorites\n\nStep 1\n\nTouch the star in the bottom right corner of the Home screen to view your Favorites.\n\nStep 2\n\nPress and hold the item you want to remove from your Favorites, and then touch \"Remove from Favorites.\"\n\nStep 3\n\nLocate the app or file you want to add to your Favorites from the appropriate content library.\n\nStep 4\n\nPress and hold the item, and then select \"Add to Favorites\" from the context menu.\n\nReferences\n\nAbout the Author\n\nRuri Ranbe has been working as a writer since 2008. She received an A.A. in English literature from Valencia College and is completing a B.S. in computer science at the University of Central Florida. Ranbe also has more than six years of professional information-technology experience, specializing in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, server administration, virtualization and Web design."}
-{"text": "Court: Leaders not liable for subordinates' bad decisions\n\nAug. 5, 2014 - 02:41PM\n|\n\nJanet Galla was serving as a hospital corpsman on a Navy ship in 2004 when she was brutally attacked by a co-worker.\n\nOn June 11, after returning to the ship from dinner with friends, she stopped by the medical department to check her email. She was approached by a fellow corpsman who lured her into an empty operating room and then raped her after she rebuffed his advances.\n\nGalla reported the assault and her attacker later was convicted. But from that night on, the rape haunted her.\n\nFirst, supervisors isolated her \u201cfor her own safety\u201d during the investigation. Then she was transferred from the ship for the sake of unit morale. And later, her work performance plummeted after she developed post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nAt her new command, after she was told by a superior to \u201cget over it already,\u201d she left the Navy, according to court documents.\n\nIn 2012, she joined 11 other sailors and Marines, including former Marine 1st Lt. Ariana Klay, who alleges she was raped in 2010 by two Marine officers at her home near the Corps\u2019 historic barracks at 8th and I streets in Washington, D.C., in filing a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other secretaries as well as the secretary of the Navy and the Marine Corps commandant.\n\nTheir charge: That military leaders failed to institute policies protecting subordinates in sexual assault cases.\n\nOn July 18, a three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court issued the final ruling on the case \u2014 upholding an earlier dismissal that ruled senior military leaders cannot be held personally liable for their management decisions, including choices made by subordinates about discipline and supervision of service members.\n\nSimilar to a previous case, Cioca v. Rumsfeld, filed in 2011 against the defense secretary and other leaders, Baltimore attorney Susan Burke argued in the most recent case that the plaintiffs\u2019 rights of due process and equal protection were violated following the assaults, as were their First Amendment rights to discuss their attacks.\n\nBut while the appellate judges wrote that they empathized with the plaintiffs, they concluded that the lower court was correct in dismissing the suit.\n\n\u201c[This] appeal is both difficult and easy. Difficult, because it involves shocking allegations that members of this nation\u2019s armed forces who put themselves at risk to protect our liberties were abused in such a vile and callous manner. Easy, because plaintiffs seek relief under a legal theory that is patently deficient,\u201d wrote Judge Thomas Griffith.\n\nThe judges decided that the lower court\u2019s dismissal of the case, based on previous decisions that make it extremely difficult for individuals to sue for monetary damages against government officials also applied in this instance.\n\nThe \u201cexistence of grievous wrongs does not free the judiciary to authorize any and all suits that might seem just. Our authority to permit [cases like this] is narrow to start, and narrower in the military context,\u201d Griffith wrote.\n\nLast year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the dismissal of Cioca v. Rumsfeld on the same basis. That case, also argued by Burke, had been brought against military leaders by 25 women and three men, all of whom had served or were serving in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard at the time of their assault or harassment.\n\nBurke expressed dismay over the dismissal of the suit against Panetta.\n\n\u201cWe are disappointed that the federal courts are not allowing service members access to the court to protect their constitutional rights,\u201d she said."}
-{"text": "The best way to keep up with us!\n\nMenu\n\nTokyo \u2013 Awesome/Crazy city\n\nWe are finally catching up to finish writing about our Japan experience\u2026 two big ones are missing, Tokyo, in this post, and Kyoto to come shortly\u2026 We got a chance to visit Tokyo twice during our stay in Japan. We spent one weekend there with a few of our friends who were visiting Japan, Annmarie, Trev and Torie. We also spent the last couple of days on the way out there. We got into Tokyo Station by Shinkansen (Bullet train) late on a friday afternoon. We really enjoyed the bullet train experience! Very comfortable and civilised, as you would expect Japan to be! When we made it in, we quickly went to drop our stuff at our hotel, the Comsoleil hotel. This is a pretty central location, with clean modern rooms, and not too expensive. After this we decided to go have a look for a famous Izakaya restaurant in the Yurakucho area\u2026 we never found it, but had a nice walk around the underworld of Tokyo. Dark streets and small night markets, full of people walking around, and even a few modern day \u201chostesses\u201d welcoming businessmen to bars and restaurants. This little walk took us around the Ginza area as well. After a coupe hours walk we headed back to sleep as we were meeting the Aussie/American gang early in the morning.\n\nBar alley\n\nHostess going to work\n\nIzakaya\n\nOn day 2 we started off by heading to Asakusa. This is a temple in the north east area of Tokyo. it was nice to see, but it was very full of tourists. Its worth it though!\n\nThe entrance to the Asakusa market\n\nThe main Asakusa temple\n\nMake sure to wash your hands and mouth before entering!\n\nReading our fortune\u2026 it wasn\u2019t great for most of us!\n\nRandom sightings in Asakusa, a group of drummers dressed as bullfighters\n\nRandom sightings in Asakusa, giant puppet\n\nAnother awesome Japanese drain cover\n\nHere it really was quite interesting to see all the people walking around and the random group of drummer playing something similar to a Brazilian batucada, all dressed as bullfighters\u2026 only in Japan! Since we were in the area, we headed over towards the Akihabara area (the electronics and comics area). Here we made a quick stop for Trev to buys some fireworks, for which he got an awesome deal! Then, walking into Akihabara we ran into a small noodle shop in the street, and it was amazing! It was great that the 6 people in our group occupied the entire restaurant, so we had a very nice private meal!\n\nYummy Ramen\n\nThe place is ours\n\nAfter this, we divided our efforts and went to a local \u201cMaid Cafe\u201d. This is a really strange experience\u2026 Basically, its a restaurant/dessert shop where all of the waitresses are dressed as prototypical maids complete with miniskirt and squeaky voices. Once there they \u201ctake you on a magical journey\u201d where your imagination is the limit. It was all very weird, and even a little bit uncomfortable, specially when looking at the business men in suits looking at the young girls dressed as maids. It was really a strange experience!\n\nour maid\n\nThe Girls\n\nAfter this, we closed the day with an amazing dinner in the Roppongi area (the bar/party area) in a teppanyaki called OMAE XEX, very highly recommended! Definitely need a reservation here though.\n\nGeisha serving sake\n\nOur Chef\n\nOn the final day that weekend we decided to go to the west of the city and visit the Meiji Shrine. This is a beautiful temple in the middle of a park that was built by emperor Meiji in the late 19th century. Everything about this place is amazing. Its a truly beautiful shrine that you can not miss. We even got to witness a typical japanese wedding at the shrine!\n\nThe entrance to the Shrine with gigantic tori gates\n\nSake barrels given as a tribute to the emperor\n\nMari and I near the sake\n\nThe bride getting ready for the photo shoot\n\nThe wedding couple, including a scared groom\n\nTrev and I hugging the gate\n\nOnce you exit Meiji, you come out at Harajuku train station. This is a place where if you get the right time (weekend in the later morning) you get to see the Harajuku girls, all dressed up. As you keep walking down this main street, you go into Omotesando, a nice shopping areas with lots of little streets and restaurants to visit. If you are in the mood to walk, you can even get on foot to Shibuya, which is the most famous crossing, where there are millions of people on the streets (if you have seen a movie where Tokyo appears, you have seen this).\n\nShibuya from ground level\n\nShibuya form above\n\nOmotesando\n\nAfter this, we went back to Kobe, but came back to Tokyo at the end of our trip, where we went to a few more places. In our return, we found we were running into one of the largest snow storms Tokyo had seen in over 30 years! It was beautiful though.\n\nTokyo tower in the snow\n\nThe imperial palace\u2026 so peaceful!\n\nWe got a chance to walk around the imperial palace and some shrines in the snow, and it was really nice as everything was very quiet and peaceful. it was also quite difficult to walk around! In this stop over in Tokyo, Mariana found an amazing Gyoza restaurant in Hrajuku that was delicious. Don\u2019t miss going to Harajuku Gyoza Lou\u2026 don\u2019t worry about the queue, it\u2019ll probably go quickly and it\u2019s worth it!\n\nThe guy is a gyoza machine\n\nand we like it!\n\nKeep them coming\n\nWhen we were caught in the snow, we were looking for a restaurant and ran into this small place behind our hotel. The food was terrific (different types of skewers chosen by the chef), and while we had no clue what we would get, everything was a pleasant surprise. The waiter even braved the snow storm to get us a coke, as they didn\u2019t have any\u2026 he ran to the nearest Family Mart! True Japanese hospitality. The snow storm resulted in us not being able to get to the airport, which meant an extra night in Tokyo\u2026. but it included 5-6 hours in the train trying to get to the airport, then 12 hours of waiting there, an emergency hotel booking while running to the train, and begging and pleading to get a flight back home! It was absolute chaos!\n\nThe airport during a snowstorm \u2013 crowded!\n\nIt was all a magical and wonderful experience. People were so nice, and we really enjoyed our time here!"}
-{"text": "Prof\u2019s best-seller a TV ratings winner\n\nA BEST seller by a Sheffield University professor has provided the inspiration for a major new BBC TV series, How To Grow A Planet.\n\nIt is based on The Emerald Planet, written by botany professor David Beerling who was the series consultant, offering comments, developing stories and suggesting ideas.\n\nHow To Grow A Planet, presented by Professor Iain Stewart and airing on BBC2 on Tuesday evenings, explains how plants turned the earth from a barren, hostile rock surrounded by toxic gases, into the planet we call home.\n\nIt features a number of hair-raising experiments, including extracting pre-historic oxygen from a lump of iron and plants not just breathing but actually talking to each other.\n\nProfessor Beerling said: \u201cThe BBC were keen to make a high profile botany series but unsure what common theme might unite different episodes, beyond plants, and what to base the whole thing around.\n\n\u201cThrough extensive discussions and meetings with producers and researchers, who had all read\n\n\u201cThe Emerald Planet from cover to cover, it became clear that the role of plants in earth history would be a refreshing new approach to linking botany and geology.\n\n\u201cMy role was really to offer comments on the script, story development, suggest ideas, and trap any obvious howlers.\n\n\u201cThe argument we are making is a refreshing take on our understanding of how our planet evolved.\n\n\u201cWe are showcasing how plants sculpted the planet and why plant life should be regarded as a geological force of nature.\n\n\u201cThis is the central argument of my book The Emerald Plant and the BBC2 television series. I hope it is an eye-opener for the audience and readers.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Parthiv is youngest and India~~s 31st wicket-keeper\n\nBangalore: Parthiv Patel, who made his debut in the 2nd Test at Nottingham against England on August 8, 2002, became India's 31st wicket-keeper in Tests.\n\nAt 17 years 152 days he has the distinction of being the youngest to don the colours of wicket-keepers in the entire Test history. The previous youngest was Hanif Mohammad of Pakistan who made his appearance at 17 years 300 days in the first ever Test played by Pakistan dating back to 16th October 1952 at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi. Hanif Mohammad effected one dismissal and scored 51 in his debut innings. Born on March 9, 1985 at Ahemdabad, Parthiv Patel is a dashing young left-hand batsman and opens for Gujarat in the junior tournaments. He has been in the lime light from an early age. As a 15-year lad he led West Zone Under-19 against an England Under-19 and also played for Rest of India Under-19 against the English side in 2000-01. He was also a member of the India Under-17 team, which toured Bangladesh in 2000-01 for the Asia Cup organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). He has been trained in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and was later deputed on a scholarship to the Commonwealth Cricket Academy (CCA) in Adelaide. He toured as a member of the India 'A' team to South Africa. He has appeared almost in all major junior tournaments in domestic cricket - notable being Bihar Under-19, Vijay Hazare Under-16 and Vijay Merchant Under-16. His most precious moment in the junior tournaments came at Kolhapur in 2000-01 when he led his team Gujarat against Maharastra. He scored 101 out of the team's total of 196 and made an unbeaten 201 in the 2nd innings out of 297-5 after his team followed on, virtually saving the match in the process. He has appeared in only 10 first class matches prior to his entry to Test. Parthiv Patel, who plays for Gujarat in the domestic circuit, was inducted into the Indian team as a last minute replacement when Ajay Ratra sustained an ankle injury a day before the Nottingham Test. Incidentally he is replacing Ratra, who had become India's 30th wicket-keeper when he made his debut in the George Town Test against West Indies in 2001-02. Patel also achieved another rare distinction by becoming only the 3rd Indian to make debut in a Test without appearing in a Ranji Trophy match - the two others being Budhi Kunderan (vs Australia in 1959-60) and Vivek Razdan (vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1989-90). Although Patel is a new entrant he has earned enough praise for his performance in the Under-19 World Cup. Meanwhile, Syed Kirmani holds the Indian record for most dismissals in a career (198) in 88 Tests. He is the only wicket-keeper among Indians to play over 50 Tests. Vijay Manjrekar in a stopgap arrangement as wicket-keeper made a century against West Indies at Kingston in 1952-53. Dilwar Hussain, who played just three Tests, has the distinction of being the only wicket-keeper to score a 50 in a debut innings. In fact he made 59 and 57 against England at Calcutta in 1933-34. Rajindernath holds the record as the only Indian wicket-keeper not to take a catch but effect four stumpings in the only Test he appeared (vs Pakistan at Bombay in 1952-53). Kunderan holds the record for the highest individual score by a wicket-keeper for India (192 against England at Madras in 1963-64). Following is the complete list of wicket-keepers of India arranged in order of dismissals effected by them:"}
-{"text": "A Fish Called Plaice\n\nCabinet\n\nAmerican plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides).\n\nThe following portfolio of texts and images was originally assembled in response to a request that Cabinet received to contribute to a Spanish catalogue examining the notion of \u201cplace.\u201d Our initial idea had been to investigate how much a notion of place needs to be localized in order to be meaningful. Can we, for example, in any useful sense speak of an American or European notion of place?\n\nAs we conducted our research, a simple typing error while Googling made us realize that while an \u201cAmerican place\u201d may not exist, the American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) certainly does, as does the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). Soon our project derailed as we became increasingly infatuated by these asymmetrical right-eye flounders, and we decided to investigate some of the places in which one can find these fish\u2014from the ocean to the restaurant\u2014as a way of fulfilling our Spanish commission. Needless to say, the pun did not work in Spanish and so we put aside our piscine project.\n\nAnd yet we had become enamored of these fish whose strange looks are matched by truly strange lives. In an 1876 paper on flounder, for example, the naturalist Alexander Agassiz describes how the symmetrical hatchling, swimming along with eyes on both sides of its head, eventually must lie down on the ocean floor. The decision it makes about which side to lie down on is the most crucial moment in the fish\u2019s life. If it settles on the correct side, its lower eye, now looking directly into the ocean sand, can migrate to the upper part of its head. Falling on the wrong side results in death. Right-eye flounders, for example, must lie on their left side. Perhaps the quantum physicist Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger should have turned to the flounder for his famous thought experiment instead of a cat. \u2014Eds."}
-{"text": "The K-Bar List is a free veterans\u2019 employment network. We post jobs for veterans, first responders and their family members. If you would like for us to send your resume to the hundreds of companies in our network, please email it to us at kbar.vets@gmail.com\n\nThursday, September 11, 2014\n\nK-Bar List Jobs: 13 September 2014\nReminder: The jobs listed below are located on the blog: www.kbarlist.blogspot.com\nI wrote a book aimed at helping veterans find jobs. The book, \"Skinning Penguins: The Veterans' Guide to Post Service Employment,\" is now available as an ebook using the following link: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/33679\nAlso join the LinkedIn Group at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/KBar-List-Veterans-Network-3947220\nToday\u2019s Posting:\n1. JAC - Mid Analyst [Prior Russia/Poland/Ukraine] (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\n2. JAC - Mid Analyst, Russian/Eurasia/Balkans (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\n3. JAC - Jr. All-Source Analyst, Aegean/Levant (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\n4. Senior Program Manager: Special Warfare Technical Support (Ft. Bragg or Wash., DC) (Secret)\n5. Subject Matter Expert Training Needs Analyst - Saudi Arabia\n6. JAC - Mid Production Support Analyst (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\n7. Seeking Surveillance Agent, French Link, IN\n8. Registered Nurse (Mfg.-MN) for Benson, MN\n9. Lead Purchasing Agent, GS-1105-9: Pueblo, Colorado\n10. Transaction Management Coordinator - DT Office, Client Account Support - Denver, CO\n11. Business Systems Analyst - DC\n12. Business Process Analyst - DC\n13. Senior Communications Professional - DC\n14. Information Assurance Specialist - DC\n15. Communication Strategy, Planning, and Integration Consultant - DC\n16. Communication Research and Assessment Consultant - DC\n17. Communication Planning and Integration Associate - DC\n18. JAC- FIRM PD (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\n19. Medics for Niamey, Niger\n20. Project Manager - Afghanistan\n21. Program Manager - Ft Bragg - TS/SCI\n22. Deputy Program Manager (DPM) Afghanistan\n23. Joint Expeditionary Team Member - Special Projects - Various CONUS & OCONUS , NC\n24. Middle East Deputy Project Manager - Arlington, VA\n25. Professor of Information Operations - DC\n26. Senior Subject Matter Expert - DC\n27. Subject Matter Expert - DC\n28. Recruiter \u2013 VA/DC\n29. DS Counter- Terrorism Assessments (Short Term)(West Africa)\n30. Red Team role Players - CONUS\n31. SOF Positions \u2013 Reston/Ashburn, VA\n32. Program Manager - DC\n33. Executive Director-Virtual Education - Greenwood Village, Colorado\n34. Software Engineer-Aerospace \u2013 Denver, CO (Denver Tech Center)\n35. Field Marketing Associate ((positions available in San Fran Bay Area (entire Bay Area); Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Buckeye, AZ; Prescott, AZ; Prescott Valley, AZ; Youngstown, AZ.)\n36. Senior FP&A Associate - Jersey City, NJ\n37. Systems Engineer -- Aurora, CO\n38. Software Developer/Integrator \u2013 Denver, CO\n39. Software Engineer-Aerospace \u2013 Denver, CO\n40. General Counsel \u2013 NJ\n41. Software Engineer - Segment Integrator \u2013 Denver, CO\n42. Residential Solar Consultant (positions available in San Fran Bay Area (entire Bay Area); Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Buckeye, AZ; Prescott, AZ; Prescott Valley, AZ; Youngstown, AZ.)\n43. Senior Software Engineer -- Aurora, CO\n44. Software Developer - Denver , CO\n45. Software Segment Integrator/ Unix and Windows \u2013 Denver, CO\n46. Software Developer (Web services on Windows)-Denver, CO\n47. SVP-Virtual Education Solutions-NJ\n48. Integration and Test Engineer -- Aurora, CO\n49. Satellite Ground Systems Engineer \u2013 Denver, CO\n50. K2 Sales and Services Manager - Southern Pines, North Carolina\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n1. JAC - Mid Analyst [Prior Russia/Poland/Ukraine] (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\nMETIS Solutions is seeking a Mid Analyst with prior Russia, Poland, and Ukraine experience for the JIOCEUR Analytic Center Omnibus Support contract.\nThe requirements for analytic support cover a range of specific intelligence-related tasks that support all aspects of the JAC mission. Request for Information; Foreign Disclosure and Production Manager/Technical Editor duties are performed in the JAC Intelligence Directorate. Requirement Management duties are performed in the JAC Support Directorate.\nThe Employee shall provide support to the full range of production support duties, specifically required to oversee production, collating and quality control the JAC\u2019s Morning Update Brief (MUB), Theater Synch Brief (TSB), and Theater Intelligence Digest (TIO). The employee shall be able to provide a final editorial and technical review of the primary products, ensuring that the final versions of all slides, articles, and supporting documents are free of errors, either generated due to technical faults with the publishing software, or editorial/grammatical oversights by the analysts. The Employee shall be responsible for the final check to ensure that all portions of the products are properly classified and match the overall classification of the document or slide. The Employee shall be fluent with all of the production mediums and programs associated with JIOCEUR\u2019s intelligence dissemination systems and shall work closely with the Directorate of Support\u2019s webmasters and software developers to refine and improve the JAC\u2019s production systems.\nThe Employee shall serve as a bridge between the analytic workforce and the disseminations team to facilitate mutual comprehension of the requirements and demands essential to the production and dissemination of the TIO. Support the full range of production support duties, specifically required to oversee production, collating and quality control the JAC's Morning Update Brief (MUB), Theater Synch Brief (TSB), and Theater Intelligence Digest (TID); provide a final editorial and technical review of the primary products, ensuring that the final versions of all slides, articles, and supporting documents are free of errors, either generated due to technical faults with the publishing software, or editorial/grammatical oversights by the analysts; serve as a bridge between the analytic workforce and the disseminations team to facilitate mutual comprehension of the requirements and demands essential to the production and dissemination of the TID. The employee will work independently with moderate Government oversight.\nRequirements:\nBachelor or Masters Degree with 4-6 years of intelligence analysis experience, or, specialized training and 4-8 years intelligence analysis experience, or, equivalent intelligence/academic experience.\nDesired Qualifications:\n\u2022 Prior experience with analytic production for countries including: Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine\n\u2022 Language skills\n\u2022 Cyber Analysis\nInterested candidates please send resumes to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line.\nAlyssa Kelly\nMetis Solutions, LLC\nakelly@metisolutions.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n2. JAC - Mid Analyst, Russian/Eurasia/Balkans (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\nMETIS Solutions is seeking a Mid Analyst for the JIOCEUR Analytic Center Omnibus Support contract.\nThe Russia/Eurasia/Balkans requirements outlined in this Project will include support for theater peacetime and contingency operations. The JAC\u2019s Russia/Eurasia/Balkans analytic effort provides intelligence analysis and production on Russia/Eurasia/Balkans in support of the EUCOM Commander, component commanders, in garrison combat elements and deployed forces. Performance of Extended Work Week (EWW) is required. The employee will work independently with moderate Government oversight.\nRequirements:\nBachelor or Masters Degree with 4-6 years of intelligence analysis experience, or, specialized training and 4-8 years intelligence analysis experience, or, equivalent intelligence/academic experience.\nInterested candidates please send resumes to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line.\nAlyssa Kelly\nMetis Solutions, LLC\nakelly@metisolutions.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n3. JAC - Jr. All-Source Analyst, Aegean/Levant (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\nMETIS Solutions is seeking a Junior All-Source Analyst for the JIOCEUR Analytic Center Omnibus Support contract.\nThe Aegean-Levant analytic effort provides intelligence analysis and production on the Aegean-Levant (including regional/geopolitical considerations that intersect with countries in the CENTCOM AOR) in support of the EUCOM Commander, component commanders, in garrison combat elements and deployed forces. Performance of Extended Work Week (EWW) is required. The employee will work semi-independently with frequent Government oversight.\nRequirements:\nThe applicant shall possess knowledge of Joint, DOD and NATO regulations and publications, understand the U.S. Intelligence Community and DNI tradecraft standards, USEUCOM theater operations, and be knowledgeable of databases and software programs used in the DOD intelligence environment. The applicant will support the intelligence directorate in performing and managing strategic and operational analysis, with emphasis on intelligence support to the Aegean-Levant. Must be able to research all source reporting to produce predictive and current finished intelligence products, coordinate all analytical products, and support national level organizations and theater staffs for dissemination across tactical, operational and strategic environments. The applicant will employ analytical methodologies that reduce uncertainties concerning the Aegean-Levant, including textual, cartographic and imagery-based products that communicate intelligence to decision makers about current and future disposition of forces. The applicant must possess excellent oral and writing skills, often working under pressure and tight deadlines. Must possess a Bachelor or Masters Degree, or, specialized training and 2-3 years intelligence analysis experience, or, 3-4 years of military intelligence experience, or, equivalent intelligence/academic experience.\nInterested candidates please send resumes to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line.\nAlyssa Kelly\nMetis Solutions, LLC\nakelly@metisolutions.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n4. Senior Program Manager: Special Warfare Technical Support (Ft. Bragg or Wash., DC) (Secret)\nMETIS Solutions is seeking a Senior Program Manager for the Special Warfare Technical Support contract.\nSenior Program Manager provides leadership for all project activities including but not limited to project management, life-cycle development, implementation and deployment, training, vendor management, and procurement activities. The position will also be responsible for supporting program-level budget and milestone tracking activities. The Senior Program Manager will also serve as the liaison between client, end-user partners, and vendors. The Senior Program Manager will assume oversight of new projects as required. Specific functions include managing a broad range of life-cycle project/program management activities, including project initiation and implementation, leading cross-functional project teams, developing project plans and schedules for all life-cycle phases, and evaluating current program processes. Direct the execution of projects in accordance with standard project management practices for progress and quality assurance; measuring progress against plans; tracking budget and forecasts from a program perspective; and reporting to management. Builds and manages project teams, which typically consist of resources from multiple functional areas, vendor organizations and end-user organizations. Manages all aspects of the operational support and maintenance functions for deployed systems. This includes managing the defect correction process as required, reviewing invoices, assisting with the inventory, and leading root cause analyses as required. Establishes the work break down and project schedule required to accomplish all project objectives. Establishes and manages the project budget and procuring resources that enable the project to be delivered on time and budget. Identifies and minimizes potential risks to the project timeline and budget by performing effective risk mitigation and documentation. Ensures the overall quality of the project team\u2019s work. Manages a group of front-line employees to support the project in activities such as user interface design, training curriculum development, change management, and field training. Manages system integration and user acceptance testing. Manages the development of system deployment plans, including engineering and design, training, support and maintenance, and employee and client communications. Supports the development of the service level agreements and ongoing support and maintenance requirements and plans for developed systems. Prepares and delivers formal presentations and reports to management, client stakeholders and designated end-users. Stays abreast of technology developments and industry implementations on an ongoing basis to ensure the value and functionality of proposed solutions.\nRequired Qualifications:\n\u2022 Minimum of 15 years of Program Management overseeing programs for a large organization.\n\u2022 Minimum of ten (10) years of applicable business experience in the field of management consulting and/or information technology.\n\u2022 Minimum of five (5) years experience in process analysis.\n\u2022 Minimum of five (5) years experience managing and providing technical support for systems, equipment, engineering and installations.\nDesired Qualifications:\n\u2022 Master\u2019s degree in Business Administration, Systems Engineering, Management or a related field.\n\u2022 Experience managing Large Programs /Project to include direct management oversight of staff.\n\u2022 Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.\n\u2022 Advance Degree in Engineering or Business.\n\u2022 Current Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification.\n\u2022 Knowledge of Systems, Equipment, Engineering and Installation procedures.\nInterested candidates please send resumes to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line. to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line.\nAlyssa Kelly\nMetis Solutions, LLC\nakelly@metisolutions.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n5. Subject Matter Expert Training Needs Analyst - Saudi Arabia\nClearance: Secret\nUS citizen is required\nResponsibilities:\n\u2022 Planning and conduct of training for the specific domain nominated to include the conduct of training assessments, the development of detailed analysis reports that include training, job descriptions and career path development\n\u2022 Training design and curriculum development for a large dispersed organization\n\u2022 Conducting interviews and document/artifact reviews of existing capabilities and developing ongoing analysis of the data,\n\u2022 Determining trends in the data, and developing recommended solutions to close identified deficiencies\n\u2022 SME/Analysts expected to support the analysis and assessment efforts of this contract.\nQualifications:\n\u2022 Customs and Border Protection ( at the GS 13 level or higher)\n\u2022 Operations Management of a large organization supported by multi-functional staff (HR, Contracts, Logistics, etc.)\n\u2022 IT administrator responsible for a suite of business applications\n\u2022 Security operations (personal and physical)\n\u2022 Law Enforcement\nEducation:\n\u2022 Bachelor or higher degree with at least 10 years of related experience\nBryan Phelps|Program Liaison\nSkyBridge Tactical\nbphelps@skybridgetactical.com\nhttp://www.skybridgetactical.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n6. JAC - Mid Production Support Analyst (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\nMETIS Solutions is seeking a Mid Production Support Analyst for the JIOCEUR Analytic Center Omnibus Support contract.\nThe requirements for analytic support cover a range of specific intelligence-related tasks that support all aspects of the JAC mission. Request for Information; Foreign Disclosure and Production Manager/Technical Editor duties are performed in the JAC Intelligence Directorate. Requirement Management duties are performed in the JAC Support Directorate.\nThe Employee shall provide support to the full range of production support duties, specifically required to oversee production, collating and quality control the JAC\u2019s Morning Update Brief (MUB), Theater Synch Brief (TSB), and Theater Intelligence Digest (TIO). The employee shall be able to provide a final editorial and technical review of the primary products, ensuring that the final versions of all slides, articles, and supporting documents are free of errors, either generated due to technical faults with the publishing software, or editorial/grammatical oversights by the analysts. The Employee shall be responsible for the final check to ensure that all portions of the products are properly classified and match the overall classification of the document or slide. The Employee shall be fluent with all of the production mediums and programs associated with JIOCEUR\u2019s intelligence dissemination systems and shall work closely with the Directorate of Support\u2019s webmasters and software developers to refine and improve the JAC\u2019s production systems.\nThe Employee shall serve as a bridge between the analytic workforce and the disseminations team to facilitate mutual comprehension of the requirements and demands essential to the production and dissemination of the TIO. Support the full range of production support duties, specifically required to oversee production, collating and quality control the JAC's Morning Update Brief (MUB), Theater Synch Brief (TSB), and Theater Intelligence Digest (TID); provide a final editorial and technical review of the primary products, ensuring that the final versions of all slides, articles, and supporting documents are free of errors, either generated due to technical faults with the publishing software, or editorial/grammatical oversights by the analysts; serve as a bridge between the analytic workforce and the disseminations team to facilitate mutual comprehension of the requirements and demands essential to the production and dissemination of the TID. The employee will work independently with moderate Government oversight.\nRequirements:\nBachelor or Masters Degree with 4-6 years of intelligence analysis experience, or, specialized training and 4-8 years intelligence analysis experience, or, equivalent intelligence/academic experience.\nInterested candidates please send resumes to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line.\nAlyssa Kelly\nMetis Solutions, LLC\nakelly@metisolutions.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n7. Seeking Surveillance Agent, French Link, IN 47432\nSeeking Surveillance Agent French Lick Resort, French Link, IN 47432\nWhether you\u2019re just beginning your career journey or looking for a new professional challenge, French Lick Resort has a career path for you! Our resort includes two AAA Four-Diamond historic hotels, two nationally-acclaimed golf courses, a casino, two world-class spas, over a dozen food and beverage venues and retail shops. With so many amenities we have a variety of Full-time, Variable (Part-time) and Seasonal opportunities for you to join our team.\nGuests know us for our Friendly Staff who create Memorable Experiences. If you are interested in exploring career opportunities with us and want to join our team to accomplish our mission to \u201cExceed Guest Expectations,\u201d then click here for current career opportunities.\n\u201cBASIC FUNCTION: The Surveillance Agent provides surveillance coverage for the entire Casino facility. The Surveillance Agent protects the assets and possesses knowledge of clandestine surveillance operations. All duties are to be performed within the guidelines of the Casino policies and procedures, Internal Control Standards and objectives.\u201d\nResponsibilities for this Position\nMaintains surveillance on designated areas and activities.\nRecords any irregular gaming activity.\nProvides closed circuit television and personal observations of all departments and applicable job functions to assure that all company policies and procedures are met with compliance.\nMakes suggestions to appropriate supervisor/manager regarding any suggestions for improving guest service, department or job efficiency.\nReports to appropriate management any items requiring maintenance or repair. Pays particular attention to safety related matter and reports such items immediately. If dangerous, takes precautions to prevent injury until help arrives to respond to the situation.\nCompletes preventative maintenance and cleaning schedules.\nCompletes assigned goals and training assignments.\nMaintains a good working relationship with personnel having use of the facility, such as management, security department, Indiana Gaming Commission and Indiana State Police.\nAvoids becoming too familiar with casino personnel to the detriment of surveillance duties.\nMaintains a low profile in all areas of the property.\nPossesses knowledge of policies and procedures from all Casino departments.\nAlways conducts self in a manner that reflects credit on the company and encourages other to do the same.\nMust be able to work well with Co-Workers/Supervisor/Managers.\nMaintains proper paperwork and log sheets as directed by policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations.\nActs in accordance with established departmental procedures to assure the safeguard of all assets, equipment and property.\nOperates all surveillance equipment.\nNotes the attendance guidelines of the job and adheres to regulatory, departmental and company policies, including those regarding confidentially.\nPerforms other related reasonable duties capable of being performed as requested by Management.\nRequirements\nMust be a citizen of this country or possess a valid work permit.\nHigh School Diploma or GED equivalent.\nMust have good observation skills.\nMust have good writing and spelling skills.\nMust be a minimum of 21 years of age upon employment.\nMust be able to be approved for and maintain a valid gaming license.\nMust be able to read, write, speak and understand English. Must be able to respond to visual and aural cues.\nMust work nights, weekends and holidays as required.\nEmployment is contingent upon a favorable outcome of a background investigation, drug screening, and license application.\nMust possess excellent communication skills.\nMust have ability to write routine correspondence and speak effectively to the public, employees and customers.\nMust have the ability to deal effectively and interact well with the customers and employees.\nMust have the ability to resolve problems/conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.\nTechnical Requirements:\nMust be able to read, write and speak English.\nRequires strong organizational skills.\nMust be able to work independently.\nMust meet grooming standards.\nWe provide a substance free environment. Substance testing is mandatory.\nAt least 21 years of age.\nComputer experience required.\nMust meet or exceed the team expectations.\nEducational Requirements:\nHigh School degree or equivalent.\nCompensation\nHours - Full Time\nBenefits\nPaid Time Off\n14 days per year\nMedical Insurance\nDental Insurance\nDisability Insurance\nLife Insurance\nVision Insurance\nDry Cleaning/Laundry\nFree Parking\nMeals\nMatching 401-k\nEducational Assistance\nProfit Sharing\nFrench Lick Resort\n8670 W State Rd 56\nFrench Lick, IN 47432-9389\nplease send resume to lucy@military-civilian.com with job title and location in the subject line\nAn Equal Opportunity Employer\nWe provide equal opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or disability.\nEOE/AA\nLucy Jensen | Military \u2013 Civilian\n(310) 455-2002 | lucy@military-civilian.com\nMilitary-Civilian Home | Mobile Career Board\nBlog | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+ | Tumblr | Pinterest\nSign up to receive our Hot Jobs Newsletter\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n8. Registered Nurse (Mfg.-MN) for Benson, MN\nSeeking Registered Nurse (Mfg.-MN) for Benson, MN\nProgressive, employee-friendly Onsite OHS is seeking full time, qualified RNs with an occupational health background to provide medical services to designated beneficiaries.\nFor this position, all candidates must either live somewhere in Minnesota or be willing to relocate.\nA relocation package will be available if needed. Also they MUST have occupational health experience.\nCompensation & Benefits:\nWe are fostering a culture that empowers our employees to provide world class care, and we align ourselves with seasoned healthcare professionals delivering quality health care all over the world.\n- Competitive Wages\n- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance\n- 401K Plans\n- Paid Time Off\n- Short Term & Long Term Disability for CONUS Employees\n- Life & Disability Insurance for CONUS Employees\n- Health & Wellness Program for CONUS Employees\nJob Duties:\nPerform a full range of RN services on site, using furnished facilities, equipment and supplies to a variety of patients. All aspects of RN services shall be commensurate with the capabilities of the provider and the Medical Department including but not limited to the items listed below.\n\u2022Will provide occupational services, including caring of and assisting in preventing occupational injuries in the Onsite OHS Health and Wellness Center at a manufacturing plant in Benson, MN\n\u2022Work closely with administrative and other medical professionals to provide first class patient care and maintain patient safety, care, confidentiality and appropriate follow-up treatment including return to work programs\n\u2022Treat all patients presented for care\n\u2022Provide services to patients who are identified as having a medical/surgical or mental health issue\n\u2022Interview patient, review medical records and coordinate requested consultations and medical follow up as prescribed by providers\n\u2022Ensure that patients receive access to medical appointments within 72 hours of request\n\u2022Follow up with patient once appointments are completed\n\u2022Abide by all facility rules, regulations, and policies\n\u2022Prepare and submit appropriate documentation of all services provided as specified in applicable regulations\n\u2022Meet all Joint Commission standards\n\u2022Other duties as assigned\nRequirements:\n\u2022Diploma from an Accredited Registered Nurse Program\n\u2022A current unrestricted license in Minnesota\n\u2022Current BLS by the AHA, ARC, ASHI or ACEP Certification\n\u2022Current ACLS certification by the AHA, ARC, ASHI, or ACEP\n\u2022Occupational Health experience strongly preferred\n\u2022Physically capable of performing all RN services with reasonable accommodation\n\u2022Relocation Package available\nplease send resume to lucy@military-civilian.com with job title and location in the subject line\nLucy Jensen | Military \u2013 Civilian\n(310) 455-2002 | lucy@military-civilian.com\nMilitary-Civilian Home | Mobile Career Board\nBlog | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+ | Tumblr | Pinterest\nSign up to receive our Hot Jobs Newsletter\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n9. Lead Purchasing Agent, GS-1105-9: Pueblo, Colorado\nPermanent Position ($47,923-$62,297)\nOrganizational Unit: Region 2 - Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Supervisor\u2019s Office. The Supervisor's Office oversees management of 8 ranger districts covering 3 million acres of National Forest and Grassland. The Ranger Districts are widely distributed across central and southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas. The Mountain Ranger Districts are located in Leadville, Salida, Canon City, Fairplay, Morrison, and Colorado Springs CO. The Grasslands Ranger Districts are located in La Junta and Springfield CO, and Elkhart KS.\nOpportunity Type: Pre-announcement for an advertisement. This position will be advertised as a single vacancy announcement. Respondents to the Outreach will receive an email message with specific details on the announcement.\nPrimary Contact: Destiny Chapman, Administrative Officer, at 719-553-1413, email address is dlchapman02@fs.fed.us . Please indicate if you have career or career-conditional status and the highest series and grade you have ever held, or if non-government. Please return your completed Outreach form by September 30, 2014.\nLead Purchasing Agent Position Details\nThis position is located in the Supervisor\u2019s Office of the Pike/San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands. The duty station is Pueblo, CO. The position reports to the Administrative Officer and supervises up to two employees. The incumbent serves as a contract specialist in the performance of a full range of contracting duties to provide assistance to contracting officers.\nDuties Include:\n\u2022 Serves as contract specialist involved in the preliminary and final development of specifications and contract documents to eliminate ambiguity and to ensure compliance with contracting laws and procedures, and provides technical contracting advice and counsel. Obtains technical information from a variety of specialists.\n\u2022 Considers availability of supplies, services, equipment, and materials; weather; location with respect to supply, transportation, and labor; availability of qualified and interested contractors in the area; and whether it is feasible to perform the work by contract. Helps establish the time to contract work and reviews the amount of time specified in the contract for completion of the project, selects the list of bidders to receive invitation, and recommends bid advertising time and methods of advertising.\n\u2022 Opens bids at public bid opening. Examines bids for completeness of detail and validity. Recommends award to lowest bidder on advertised procurements. On negotiated procurements, contacts offerors to negotiate prices, earlier delivery dates, closer conformance to specification, or similar matters.\n\u2022 Assists contracting officers in holding prework meetings to explain contract requirements, conditions, plans and specifications, and responsibilities of the designated contracting officer's representative.\n\u2022 Inspects assigned ongoing contract work and reports on compliance with contract requirements. Investigates, recommends, and reports on requests for modifications of terms, extension of time, substitutions, changes in specifications, termination, additional work, etc.\n\u2022 Incumbent is responsible for ensuring that the procurement duties which he/she is assigned are implemented in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies.\nDuty Station Specifics Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Supervisors Office located in Pueblo, CO.\nCommunity Information ELEVATION: 4,662 feet\nPOPULATION: Pueblo County 141,472; City of Pueblo 102,121; Rural Pueblo County 39,351\nDIVERSITY MAKEUP - Based on 2000 Census Information: 41.5% White; 38%\nHispanic; 3.5% Multi-racial; 2% Black; 2% American Indian/Alaska; 13%\nOther (a catch-all category allowing people to list any race they preferred).\nNEAREST LARGER TOWN: Colorado Springs, 45 miles and Denver, 110 miles.\nClimate\nVery mild climate with moderate temperatures throughout the four seasons.\nAVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL: 11.91\"\nAVERAGE ANNUAL SNOWFALL: 31\"\nAVERAGE SUMMER HIGH TEMPERATURE: 91.1\nAVERAGE WINTER LOW TEMPERATURE: 14.7\nNORMAL SEASONAL TEMPERATURES: JANUARY 29.8; APRIL 51.8; JULY 77.1;\nOCTOBER 53.6.\nHousing availability & approximate cost\nThe average overall price of a home in Pueblo is $108,151. Within the City of Pueblo there are four major areas: North Side which has 4 subdivisions - Country Club with a median home price of $152,500; Eagleridge/Northridge with a median home price of $123,055; North Side with a median home price of $80,873; University Park with a median home price of $175,723. South Side has 8 subdivisions \u2013 Aberdeen with a median home price of $145,467; Beulah Heights with a median home price of $117,254; Bessemer/Minnequa with a median home price of $69,091; El Camino/La Vista Highland Park with a median home price of $213,107; Regency Park with a median home price of $141,176; Sunset Park with a median home price of $112,346. East Side has 4 subdivisions \u2013 Belmont with a median home price of $113,517; Blende/St. Charles Mesa with a median home price of $124,057; East Side with a median home price of $55,885. West Side has 3 subdivisions \u2013 Fairmont Park with a median home price of $63,241; Hyde Park with a median home price of $63,241; and West Park with a median home price of $181,278. Eight miles to the west and outside the City of Pueblo is the community of Pueblo West with a population of approximately 20,000.\nMedical and hospital facilities\nVirtually every medical specialty is represented among participating physicians in Pueblo. More than 200 medical and psychiatric doctors have their offices in the city or county.\nSchools and/or colleges available\nThe K-12 public school system is governed by two school districts with more than 22,500 students in 30 elementary schools, 11 middle schools and 6 high schools. School District No. 60 services students living in the city limits and School District No. 70 services students in Pueblo County. There is also Pueblo Community College and Colorado State University-Pueblo.\nDay care\nAvailable in the area.\nChurches\nOver 100 places of worship with major faiths and denominations\nrepresented.\nPublic transportation\nAir Service, Bus, City Bus, Cab Service.\nRecreation facilities\nPueblo's park and recreation system offers activities for all ages with 110 parks, Lake Pueblo State park.\nRemarks\nOn September 26, 2000, the city of Pueblo was given a coveted \"Most Liveable City\" Award. The award was presented in our nation\u2019s capital, Washington, D.C., by the Partners for Livable Communities. We suggest contacting the Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 697, Pueblo, CO 81002, for further information regarding the area dial 1-800-233-3446.\nRelated information to learn about the PSICC and/or Pueblo area:\nhttp://fsweb.psicc.r2.fs.fed.us, or call the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-233-3446.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n10. Transaction Management Coordinator - DT Office, Client Account Support - Denver, CO 80202\n1225 17th St., Suite 2950\nJOB SUMMARY\nProvides broad tactical and operational support to a team of transaction management professionals assigned to a corporate client account team. Assists with the transaction management team's ongoing performance of multi-market transaction assignments.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nSupports Corporate Real Estate (CRE) team members with any documentation related to the transaction process flow, such as lease and own acquisitions, dispositions, estoppel certificates, subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment (SNDA) documents, and notices to exercise lease options, among additional items as directed by CRE team members in accordance with Client's policies and procedures.\nMust have a background in and/or extensive knowledge of the title perfection process.\nTracks and reports upcoming lease expirations and other critical dates to CRE team members.\nFacilitates commission invoicing and tracking.\nProvides oversight of project file (hard copy and database) maintenance to ensure all required documentation is included in the file or database.\nPrepares, assembles, coordinates, and completes closing procedures of approval packages for lease and own acquisitions, dispositions, estoppel certificates, and SNDAs in accordance with Client's policies and procedures.\nSubmits, tracks, and follows up on customer survey and update log.\nGathers and coordinates real estate market data, so that Transaction Manager understands the conditions of the market area.\nReviews and verifies monthly accounting variance reports and assists in preparation of client reporting.\nPrepares and tracks correspondence for broker engagements and commission collection.\nAssists with resolution of landlord-tenant issues.\nOther duties may be assigned.\nSUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES\nNo formal supervisory responsibilities in this position. May provide informal assistance such as technical guidance and/or training to coworkers. May coordinate work and assign tasks.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nEDUCATION and EXPERIENCE\nBachelor's degree preferred or any similar combination of education and experience.\nCERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES\nNone.\nCOMMUNICATION SKILLS\nAbility to comprehend and interpret instructions, short correspondence, and memos and ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor.\nFINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE\nRequires basic knowledge of financial terms and principles. Ability to calculate simple figures such as percentages.\nREASONING ABILITY\nAbility to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations. Ability to solve problems in standard situations. Requires basic analytical skills.\nOTHER SKILLS and/or ABILITIES\nAdvanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ability to learn and operate industry specific databases and software. Strong problem solving and organizational skills. Ability to multi-task, work in cross-functional teams, perform under short time frames, perform efficient resource planning, establish and maintain internal and external professional relationships and prioritize workload.\nSCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY\nDecisions made with general understanding of procedures and company policies to achieve set results and deadlines. Errors in judgment may cause significant impact to client, co-workers, and supervisor.\nCBRE is a Drug Free Workplace. EOE & AA Employer M/F/D/V\nColette Hepp | Director of Operations\nCBRE - Colorado & San Diego Regions\n8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300\nGreenwood Village, CO 80111\nT 720 528 6335| C 303 919-5729\ncolette.hepp@cbre.com | http://www.cbre.com\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n11. Business Systems Analyst - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Business Systems Analystto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Business Systems Analyst is responsible for analyzing software solutions to suit a DoD service level public affairs organization's needs. The successful candidate will identify the architecture behind different software solutions and determine ways that those software products can be customized to achieve the most suitable application to develop the service-wide PA enterprise management system. Candidate will work with public affairs professionals to determine the organization's specific software requirements and base software/system recommendations on the system\u2019s ability to meet the customer's needs.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems required.\n\u2022 10 years of experience in business systems analysis required.\n\u2022 Software analysis and optimization experience preferred.\n\u2022 Experience tailoring products to users needs preferred.\n\u2022 Experience briefing lay audiences on software capabilities and constraints required.\n\u2022 Ability to brief senior level personnel both military and civilian required.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite and various programming languages.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 Senior Communications Professional\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n12. Business Process Analyst - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Business Process Analystto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Business Process Analyst researches and analyzes basic and complex issues surrounding the processes and systems of a DoD service level Public Affairs organization. They are responsible for developing requirements specifications based on data collection and gathering. Must understand and document current business processes and procedures and identify areas for improvement and recommending solutions that can be implemented for a service-wide public affairs enterprise management system.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business, economics, statistics, or marketing required, MBA preferred.\n\u2022 10 years of experience in business process analysis and knowledge management solutions required.\n\u2022 Experience with analyzing communication or marketing operations best practices preferred.\n\u2022 Ability to brief senior level personnel preferred.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 Senior Communications Professional\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n13. Senior Communications Professional - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualifiedSenior Communications Professional to join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Senior Communications Professionalis responsible for the assisting the client with developing the overarching strategies for communicating with internal and external audiences about the service's objectives and highest priority issues. These may include:\n\u2022 Identification of communication goals/end states\n\u2022 Identify key stakeholders and coordinate/develop mutually supportive communication strategies\n\u2022 Analyze and provide direction on policy, program or operational actions the service needs to achieve its communication goals/end states\n\u2022 Identifying objectives for the command's communication strategy\n\u2022 Developing communication themes and messages tailored to meet the command's desired outcome.\n\u2022 The Senior Communication Officer manages the team's execution of the following:\no Communication Planning\no Communication Integration\no Communication Research\no Communication Assessment\no Communication Alignment\no Communication Process Development\nRequirements:\n\u2022 16 years experience in Strategic Communications Planning and/or Public Affairs required.\n\u2022 Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.\n\u2022 Public affairs experience at the COCOM or higher level.\n\u2022 Experience developing and implementing communications strategies for executive level leaders.\n\u2022 Ability to manage diverse teams and provide clear concise direction.\n\u2022 Understanding of the assessments process.\n\u2022 Experience planning, initiating and managing public relations activities at the executive level.\n\u2022 Experience managing public affairs operations for US Government and commercial enterprises.\n\u2022 Experience developing branding.\n\u2022 Experience synchronizing messaging across DoD stakeholders and experience using traditional and emerging technologies to disseminate messages.\n\u2022 Experience managing contract deliverables: client/customer relations, performance metrics, personnel performance metrics and training objectives, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\n\u2022 Deployed experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 PM\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n14. Information Assurance Specialist - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Information Assurance Specialistto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Information Assurance Specialist will support customer departments, specifically Administrative & Resource Management and, Navy Media Content. Qualified candidate will provide comprehensive information assurance and information security support to include, but not limited to, the following activities:\n\u2022 Complete all required documentation to obtain a full Authority to Operate (ATO) for the VLAN, GDAMS, and CVPS before being granted operational status.\n\u2022 Advise, document and exercise controls over security requirements for the successful C&A or Security Authorization (SA) of the systems (includes commercially-owned and operated systems managed by a commercial vendor and its sub-contractors) Performance of annual self-assessments of security controls Contingency Plan testing Performance of periodic vulnerability scans Updating all information system security documentation as changes occur, including when there is a significant change to the system\u2019s security posture. Systems include both Federal and commercial, and must have a new C&A or SA, with all required activities to obtain a new ATO signed by the Authorizing Official (AO) Continuous monitoring activities, which may include, mapping, penetration and other intrusive scanning\nRequirements:\n\u2022 Bachelors degree in Information Technology preferred.\n\u2022 6 years of experience in Information Systems Operations, Information Assurance, or Information Systems Management.\n\u2022 4 years demonstrated capability in performing in the areas of server operating systems, networks, and applications analysis applicable to IA/INFOSEC and C&A.\n\u2022 CISSP certification required.\n\u2022 Must have demonstrated experience and knowledge in the following areas:\no demonstrated knowledge of IA/INFOSEC concepts and requirements\no knowledge of the DoD C&A process and standards\no system/network vulnerability analysis\no risk assessment and risk mitigation analysis\no security test and evaluation\no contingency planning\no firewall policy\no ports and protocols\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 Senior Communications Professional\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n15. Communication Strategy, Planning, and Integration Consultant - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Communication Strategy, Planning, and Integration Consultantto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Communication Strategy, Planning, and Integration Consultant serves as a Public Affairs subject matter expert providing guidance and direction to planners on service level public affairs strategy, planning and integration efforts. The qualified candidate is responsible for developing overarching strategies for communicating with internal and external audiences about the service\u2019s foremost objectives and highest priority issues, including but not limited to identification of the goals/end states for those objectives and issues within a specified period; key stakeholders; policy, program or operational actions the service will take to achieve the goals/end states; objectives for communication in conjunction with or supporting actions to achieve the goals/end states; communication themes and messages; and the desired outcomes of the combination of service actions and communications related to each of the service\u2019s foremost objectives and priority issues.\nCommunication Planning includes but not limited to developing plans based on research and analysis that are integrated with all organizations fully or tangentially involved and include but are not limited to communication objectives, themes, and messages, key audiences to communicate with, the means, channels, products, and tactics for communicating, MOPs and MOEs and a framework for taking those measurements and a synchronization matrix of all actions pertinent to the policies, programs, or procedures and the communication efforts contained in the plan.\nCommunication Integration includes but is not limited to facilitating and executing efforts and actions that foster collaboration and bridge the communication gaps within an organization and across the organizations fully or tangentially involved in an issue that is the subject of the communication plan; ensuring all aspects of primary and supporting communication plans are consistent; verifying all information products support communication plan objectives, themes, and messages; and synchronizing all actions taken in the execution of the plan.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 9 years experience in Strategic Communications Planning and/or Public Affairs required.\n\u2022 Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree in a communications field preferred.\n\u2022 Defense Information School (DINFOS) Public Affairs Officer course (PAO) course graduate required.\n\u2022 Public affairs experience at the COCOM or higher level.\n\u2022 Experience developing communications strategies for military organizations.\n\u2022 Experience with media relations.\n\u2022 SME level understanding of public affairs policy and principles.\n\u2022 Understanding of the assessments process.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\n\u2022 Deployed experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 Senior Communications Professional\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n16. Communication Research and Assessment Consultant - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Communication Research and Assessment Consultantto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Communication Research and Assessment Consultant will support the US DoD service level client with developing strategies for timely and accurate research and assessment support.\nThe qualified candidate\u2019s job responsibilities include but are not limited to:\n\u2022 Communication Research: Includes but is not limited to providing SME level advice on structuring research and analysis of the intended impacts of the organization\u2019s creation or change in policies, programs or procedures; the mission, goals, objectives, equities and reputational risks to the organizations involved in the policies, programs and procedures for the strategies and plans developed; and assessments, lessons learned or other information of value from previous similar communication efforts.\n\u2022 Communication Assessment: Includes but is not limited assisting the customer in developing a holistic assessment approach for their communications strategy including developing strategies for monitoring in near real time the execution of communication plans and making recommendations for adjustments during execution; assessing the research, planning, implementation, alignment of messaging, MOP and MOE data, achievement of objectives, and other information as needed to determine the effectiveness of a communication effort or efforts and to add that assessment to maintain the assessments for use in future communication efforts.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 9 years experience in Strategic Communication Planning and/or Public Affairs required.\n\u2022 Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree in a communications field preferred.\n\u2022 Defense Information School Public Affairs Officer course graduate preferred.\n\u2022 Experience in developing assessment plans for communications efforts.\n\u2022 Experience conducting market research in the communications marketplace.\n\u2022 Experience developing measurable metrics for communications efforts.\n\u2022 Experience researching audience demographics to determine which media are considered most credible.\n\u2022 Experience conducting media monitoring to include social media monitoring to determine message effectiveness.\n\u2022 Understanding of traditional media communications (TV, Radio, Newspapers/Magazines) and emerging/new media (Social networking, SMS messaging).\n\u2022 Ability to convey complex concepts related to assessments to layman.\n\u2022 Ability to interface with senior executive level government officials both uniformed and civilian.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 SAS and SPSS capabilities are a plus.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\n\u2022 Deployed experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 Senior Communications Professional\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n17. Communication Planning and Integration Associate - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Communication Planning and Integration Associateto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nLeonie is building a specialized team with the ability to perform specific planning requirements for a USG DoD service level Public Affairs customer. The supported office is responsible for setting policy and providing guidance to all of its stakeholders and to lead service wide processes for communication strategy, planning, integration, execution, research and assessment, and to counsel and advise service leaders on communication with internal and external publics.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Communication Planning and Integration Associate provides Public Affairs support to a service level public affairs office. The qualified candidate will be responsible for full spectrum Public Affairs planning to include updating service level plans, developing communication plans for forecasted events, crisis action planning, developing communications strategies that incorporate stakeholder requirements, and conducting coordination with supported and supporting agencies/offices.\nCommunication Planning and Integration includes but is not limited to:\n\u2022 Developing plans based on research and analysis that are integrated with all organizations fully or tangentially involved and include but are not limited to communication objectives, themes and messages, key audiences to communicate with, the means, channels, products and tactics for communicating, measures of performance (MOP) and measures of effectiveness (MOE) and a framework for taking those measurements, and a synchronization matrix of all actions pertinent to the policies, programs or procedures and the communication efforts contained in the plan.\n\u2022 Facilitating and executing efforts and actions that foster collaboration and bridge the communication gaps within an organization and across the organizations fully or tangentially involved in an issue that is the subject of the communication plan; ensuring all aspects of primary and supporting communication plans are consistent; verifying all information products (e.g., written, visual, audio, multimedia) support communication plan objectives, themes and messages; and synchronizing all actions taken in the execution of the plan.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 4 years experience in Strategic Communication Planning and/or Public Affairs required.\n\u2022 Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.\n\u2022 DINFOS PAO course graduate preferred.\n\u2022 Public Affairs Officer experience required, preferably at the COCOM or higher level.\n\u2022 Experience with media-relations.\n\u2022 Familiarity with JOPES.\n\u2022 Experience developing communications plans in support of military organizations.\n\u2022 Experience with planning media events and developing media releases.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\n\u2022 Deployed experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret\nReports To:\n\u2022 Senior Communications Professional\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n18. JAC- FIRM PD (TS/SCI) (Molesworth, UK)\nMETIS Solutions is seeking a FIRM PD for the JIOCEUR Analytic Center Omnibus Support contract.\n\u2022 Foreign Disclosure Requirements Manager (DRM): directly support the JIOCEUR Intelligence directorate, primarily focusing on JAC production; review all daily JIOCEUR production, searching for opportunities to expand sharing with our allies; assist JIOCEUR analysts with National agency requests for the release of CAVEATED information to be used within JIOCEUR REL production, allowing the JIOCEUR analytical capacity to focus on other analytical taskings, and optimize workforce distribution; provide FD guidance and conduct various training forums to EUCOM and AFRICOM personnel assigned to RAF Molesworth\n\u2022 Complete all JAC requirements related to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) tasking, conducting JIOCEUR record searches, reviewing documentation and preparing responses to EUCOM portions of litigation actions as well as conducting document reviews recommending FOIA exemptions and release IAW FOIA guidance\n\u2022 Employ a full range of intelligence skills, research abilities, and analysis while reviewing JIOCEUR production for opportunities to further expand our sharing to satisfy EUCOM, SACEUR and National requirements\n\u2022 Provide disclosure guidance to modify existing information to make it releasable in accordance with National Disclosure Policy and other applicable directives\n\u2022 Determine the guidelines administered to each recipient country or coalition group and apply the correct classified markings, IAW guidelines established for each product, country, or coalition group\n\u2022 Provide guidance to JIOCEUR analysts concerning the proper types of information allowed to be disclosed or released lAW EUCOM National disclosure policy\n\u2022 Maintain liaison with national level intelligence agencies and Original Classification Authority (CIA, NSA, DIA, NGA, or other organization) to facilitate further release of information to meet EUCOM mission requirements\n\u2022 Assist external JIOCEUR agencies within the EUCOM AOR on disclosure matters\n\u2022 Assist in FD training of all RAF Molesworth assigned personnel on FD related guidance, issues, and responsibilities\n\u2022 Support JAC FDO in all disclosure administrative requirements\nQualification Requirements/MUST HAVES\n(Mid-Level)\n\u2022 Bachelor or master\u2019s degree with 4-6 years of intelligence analysis experience, OR specialized training and 4-8 years intelligence analysis experience, OR equivalent intelligence/academic experience\n\u2022 Must be able to work independently with moderate Government oversight and provide comprehensive and completed products that may require multiple minor revisions and/or editing\nInterested candidates please send resumes to akelly@metisolutions.com with the job title in the subject line.\nAlyssa Kelly\nMetis Solutions, LLC\nakelly@metisolutions.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n19. Medics for Niamey, Niger\nVighter Medical Group was recently awarded a contract to provide PR/SAR/CASEVAC services in Niamey, Niger. There will be 4 SAR medics on the ground at any one time with a 60/60 rotation (8 medics total) and a $400.00 USD per day rate (W-2) while in Niger. All life-support, lodging, and transportation will be provided including 3 western meals per day. The first group of 4 SAR medics are expected to deploy around the first part of November. Candidates must be able to hold a SECRET security clearance.\nTitle: PR/SAR/CASEVAC Emergency Medical Technician \u2013 Basic (SAR Medic)\nQualifications / Experience\n\u2022 Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician \u2013 Basic (NREMT-B) (only basic medical care to be provided during transport)\n\u2022 At least three (3) years\u2019 experience in PR, to include Search and Rescue, in both operations and command and control.\n\u2022 Demonstrate experience with Joint Personnel Recovery, including the planning, exercising, coordination, and execution of multi-service level PR.\n\u2022 Demonstrated experience with SAR including planning, exercising, coordination, and execution of SAR.\n\u2022 Demonstrated experience in the coordination of U.S. Military PR Forces with Multi-national PR forces, and resolution of conflicts arising between such forces.\n\u2022 Demonstrated experience with PR assignments in Tactical and Operation level operation or plans.\nIf you know any individuals meeting these requirement who are looking for work please have them email a resume along with NREMT certifications to INFO@VIGHTER.COM for consideration.\n****************************************\nRegards,\nJeremy A. Calvert, PMP\nChief Operating Officer\nVighter Medical Group, LLC\n111 Riverfront STE 208, Winona, MN 55987\nTel. (864) 399-8735 | Fax (888) 408-5586\nSkype: jeremy.a.calvert\njcalvert@vighter.com | www.vighter.com\nVMG Capabilities Presentation Verified SDVOSB Registered ISO 9001:2008\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n20. Project Manager - Afghanistan\nProject Manager\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualifiedProject Manager (PM) to join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Project Manager shall serve as the contractor lead during monitoring and assessment tasks and is responsible for drafting and submission of assessment reports. They will also finalize work plans, schedule assessments, and other monitoring needs in coordination with INL. The Project Manager must make adaptions in-country as necessary to ensure a successful program. They will ensure only vetted and approved local nationals are employed and are trained. They will also ensure appropriate performance measurement tools relevant to pre-and post- training data are accurately completed for all employees and local nationals. The Project Manager will track, monitor, and evaluate tasks on the Contract Performance Measurement Plan and toolkit. If required, the Project Manager will participate in a monitoring and evaluation team to evaluate effectiveness of local nationals. They will ensure on-time delivery of tasks, including all work products, M&E deliverables, training, etc. The Project Manager may be required to travel overseas and within countries that are considered dangerous or unhealthy or may be considered as another adverse environment. The Project Manager will be required to attend pre-deployment and other training courses as specified.\nRequirements:\n\u2022\uf020Bachelor's degree\n\u2022\uf020A minimum of 4 years supervisory experience, of which 3 years program management experience is required.\n\u2022\uf0202+ years of INL Afghanistan experience or have monitoring and assessment experience with the ability to measure outcomes.\n\u2022\uf020Experience leading teams in a multinational training environment.\n\u2022\uf020Must demonstrate experience with or ability to communicate diplomatically with high ranking members of U.S. and foreign governments.\n\u2022\uf020Excellent oral and written communication skills.\n\u2022\uf020Must be willing and capable of working in a fluid environment, under challenging circumstances.\n\u2022\uf020Demonstrated experience improvising, adapting to changing needs during in-country implementation, and independently resolving problems.\n\u2022\uf020Must demonstrate ability to conduct needs assessments of program and be capable of providing sound recommendations to client based on the assessment.\n\u2022\uf020Experience working in developing and/or post conflict countries\n\u2022\uf020Must be able to deliver police training to foreign nationals through a language assistant\n\u2022\uf020Proficient in MS Office Suite and Adobe\nPreferred Requirements:\n\u2022\uf020MA preferred\n\u2022\uf020Experience in Afghanistan, Middle East or Southeast Asia preferred.\n\u2022\uf020Able to read and speak middle eastern languages preferred.\nReports To:\n\u2022 Program Manager\nLocation:\n\u2022 Kabul, Afghanistan\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret Clearance\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website at http://www.leoniegroup.com/careers. Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nccccccccccccccccccccccccccccxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n21. Program Manager - Ft Bragg - TS/SCI\nProgram Manager (PM)\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualifiedProgram Manager (PM) to join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nProgram Manager (PM) shall supervise contractor personnel. The PM is responsible for coordinating all aspects of contract management to include providing support to the COR and KO during normal business hours.\nRequirements:\n\u2022\uf020Bachelor's degree with minimum of ten years managerial experience within DOD or equivalent Government agencies required, Master\u2019s Degree preferred.\n\u2022\uf020At least 5 years managing projects of similar size and scope.\n\u2022\uf020Must be knowledgeable in geospatial applications and intelligence related automation to support analytical efforts and product development.\n\u2022\uf020Must possess strong working knowledge of geospatially oriented data, geospatial intelligence analysis and geospatial databases.\n\u2022\uf020Must be extremely familiar with GEOINT analysis, GEOINT production, intelligence architecture, intelligence databases, quality control, and training\n\u2022\uf020Must be Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification.\n\u2022\uf020Minimum of five years of experience in special operations intelligence or operational experience within the SOF community preferably providing GEOINT targeting support to Tier 1 units\n\u2022\uf020Required working knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022\uf020Military experience required.\nReports To:\n\u2022 COR\nLocation:\n\u2022 Ft. Bragg, NC\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 TS/SCI required\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website at http://www.leoniegroup.com/careers. Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n22. Deputy Program Manager (DPM) Afghanistan\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualifiedDeputy Program Manager (DPM) to join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe DPM shall support the Program Manager and the Project Manager. They will provide administrative, logistics, and implementation support for all activities. The DPM will also coordinate travel and in-country life support for all training and other in-country activities. Additionally, the DPM must develop efficient, effective strategies for providing support to contract assessment and monitoring in-country. They will also provide \u201creach back\u201d support from Kabul for deployed personnel and may be required to travel to developing country or post-conflict environments.\nRequirements:\n\u2022\uf020Bachelor's degree.\n\u2022\uf0205+ years professional experience.\n\u2022\uf0202+ years of program experience working on a US government contract with overseas operations.\n\u2022\uf020Must demonstrate experience in general planning, evaluating, analyzing, and implementing government programs.\n\u2022\uf020Experience supporting a field based foreign assistance project.\n\u2022\uf020Ability to take initiative.\n\u2022\uf020Independently analyze and recommend solutions for challenges in a fast paced environment.\n\u2022\uf020Detail oriented.\n\u2022\uf020Experience living/working internationally.\n\u2022\uf020Experience living or working in a developing country or post-conflict setting\n\u2022\uf020Proficient in MS Office Suite and Adobe.\nPreferred Requirements:\n\u2022 Familiarity with law enforcement training.\nReports To:\n\u2022 Program Manager\nLocation:\n\u2022 Kabul, Afghanistan\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 Secret Clearance\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website at http://www.leoniegroup.com/careers. Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n23. Joint Expeditionary Team Member - Special Projects - Various CONUS & OCONUS , NC\nLocation: Reference Code:\nTravel: 75% - defined as 2-3 months out, 3 months back\nResponsibilities\nK2 Solutions, Inc is seeking Senior Operational Specialists to provide direct support to the Army, Marine and other US Joint Forces. These specialists serve as members of a multi-discipline team performing tasks directly related to the Global War on Terrorism, focused on countering improvised explosive devices.\nInterested personnel must possess a TS/SCI Clearance and be capable of performing missions in a small unit accompanying US and Coalition forces in various remote locations, including high threat environments worldwide. The JET Operator is issued full equipment to include weapons, so as to blend unobtrusively with the assigned unit.\nThese positions are best suited for broadly-gauged experts who have recent in-theater experience in all areas and levels of counterinsurgency operations from team member through SF BN/Group (SOF) or Company through Division/MEF level (Conventional).\nPersonnel in these positions perform missions in various remote locations, including high threat environments such as Iraq and Afghanistan.\nCandidates are not required to relocate and can live anywhere in the continental United States. Deployments are 4 months in-theater, 4 months CONUS, 4 months in-theater.\nExperience and Education:\nRecent in-theater experience with a Combat arms unit is required. Multiple tours at various operational levels that include a mix of direct combat, operational planning, training development and Ops-Intel fusion is preferred.\nApplicants must have a minimum of 10 years experience in Combat Arms and a minimum of two (2) years experience deployed to either Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Time deployed to either location as a member of the military (vice contractor) is preferred.\nSuccessful applicants will have direct counterinsurgency operational experience in positions from team member through SF BN/Group (SOF) or Company through Division/MEF level (Conventional).\nApplicants must demonstrate exceptional written and oral communication skills.\nApplicants must demonstrate skill in performing multi-faceted projects with a diverse workforce in terms of age, gender and ethnicity.\nApplicants must be capable of performing missions in a small unit accompanying US and Coalition forces into high-threat environments worldwide.\nApplicants must be fully deployable to the required theater of operations, wear uniforms as prescribed by the supported unit commander, and bear arms as prescribed by the supported unit commander and the DoD armed contractor agreement.\nAll required pre-deployment medical and weapons certifications are done as part of a weeklong JIEDDO/JET internal program.\nMust possess a current DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.\nReporting Requirements:\nThis position reports directly to the Program Manager.\nDisclaimer\nThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this employment classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.\nAn Equal opportunity Employer M/F/D/V\nPlease visit our website:\nhttp://k2si.com/k2-careers/\nTo contact our K2 Solutions recruiter, contact Dave McAleer at:\ndmcaleer@k2si.com\nThank you.\nDave\nDave McAleer\nRecruiter\nK2 Solutions, Inc.\ndmcaleer@k2si.com\nhttp://k2si.com/k2-careers/\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n24. Middle East Deputy Project Manager - Arlington, VA\nJob Overview:\nNavanti has a current requirement for a Deputy Project Manager to help lead one of our programs supporting the special operations community with information and analysis on terrorism and irregular warfare in the Middle East. The position entails management of a large team of analysts, providing mentorship and daily leadership, as well as significant interface with our SOF customers. You will be responsible for receiving RFIs, prioritizing requirements, converting those requirements into actionable taskings for the analyst team, and ensuring the final products meet the specific needs and aspirations of the customer. This requires a solid understanding of intelligence processes, management principles, and the SOF operators we support. This will also require you to understand how to fill knowledge gaps using a variety of means including social media collection, in-country ethnographic research, polling, and other methods as needed.\nRequired Qualifications:\nExperience:\n\u2022 7+ years in research and analysis relevant to the Middle East\n\u2022 Strong research and writing skills\n\u2022 Strong management skills\n\u2022 Ability and knowledge of program management in the USG sector\n\u2022 Former 18-Series Military MOS\nEducation:\n\u2022 Minimum Bachelors degree required, Masters degree preferred\nLanguage:\n\u2022 Fluency in Arabic preferred\nClearance:\n\u2022 Active TS/SCI required\nRachel Duke\nRecruiter\nNavanti Group, LLC\nEmail: rduke@navantigroup.com\nTel: +1 (703) 522-1020 ext. 131\nWebsite: http://www.navantigroup.com\nTwitter: @navantigroup\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n25. Professor of Information Operations - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Professor of Information Operationsto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Professor of Information Operations will serve as an adjunct professor for IO at the National War College (NWC), within the National Defense University (NDU). The qualified candidate will integrate the current Information Operations Area of Concentration curricula into NWC\u2019s core curricula; and will develop electives, including development of cyber courses to cover specific information-related capabilities related to operations security at a detailed learning level. Additionally, they will work with representatives USD/P, USD/I and Joint staff in fostering collaboration among Senior and Intermediate Service School faculty.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 PhD in Information Operations, National Security or related discipline from an accredited college or university required.\n\u2022 Minimum 10 years of practical experience working in information operations.\n\u2022 Experience teaching IO or related national defense subjects and working with professional DoD schools.\n\u2022 Must possess comprehensive knowledge of joint information operations core, supporting and related capabilities and current training practices.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 TS/SCI\nReports To:\n\u2022 PM\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n26. Senior Subject Matter Expert - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Senior Subject Matter Expertto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Senior Subject Matter Expert serves as a senior SME in information operations. The qualified candidate will be required to apply their extensive experience, skills and expert knowledge of information operations to execute all required tasks. They will interface with senior government officials and assist with reviewing, developing and coordinating joint information operations training, education and operational policies and doctrine for the Department of Defense. Individuals at this level demonstrate a high degree of technical expertise and competence in the area of Information Operations and are fully capable of leading and providing guidance to a team of subject matter experts.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 Master's Degree in Information Operations, National Security, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.\n\u2022 Minimum 10 years of practical experience working in information operations.\n\u2022 Experience working on or directly supporting the Joint Staff, combatant command, or military service headquarters staff required.\n\u2022 Must possess comprehensive knowledge of joint information operations core, supporting and related capabilities.\n\u2022 Knowledgeable of joint doctrine development and Department of Defense personnel, education and training processes.\n\u2022 Experience in Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations desired.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 TS/SCI\nReports To:\n\u2022 PM\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n27. Subject Matter Expert - DC\nLeonie is currently seeking a qualified Subject Matter Expertto join our world-class team of exceptionally skilled, ethical and committed professionals providing Information Operations, Intelligence and Analytical Services. Since 2004, Leonie has made the customer the top priority while maintaining a culture of industry thought leadership that has translated into unmatched mission accomplishments.\nNOTE: This position is contingent upon award\nJob Description:\nThe Subject Matter Expert serves as a SME in information operations. The qualified candidate will be required to apply their extensive experience, skills and expert knowledge of information operations to execute all required tasks. They will interface with the Senior SME and assist with reviewing, developing and coordinating joint information operations training, education and operational policies and doctrine for the Department of Defense. Individuals at this level demonstrate a degree of technical expertise and competence in the area of Information Operations.\nRequirements:\n\u2022 Bachelor\u2019s degree in related discipline from an accredited college or university is required, or Master\u2019s degree in Information Operations, National Security or other related discipline desired.\n\u2022 Minimum 5 years of experience working in information operations.\n\u2022 Experience working on or supporting the Joint Staff, combatant command, or military service headquarters staff desired.\n\u2022 Demonstrated knowledge of joint information operations core, supporting and related capabilities.\n\u2022 Experience with Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations desired.\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite.\n\u2022 Military Experience preferred.\nClearance Requirement:\n\u2022 TS/SCI\nReports To:\n\u2022 PM\nLocation:\n\u2022 Washington DC - Pentagon\nLeonie offers you the opportunity to join an innovative, well respected organization and collaborate with industry experts and exceptional individuals. We provide a competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.\nTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online via our website athttp://www.leoniegroup.com/careers . Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and salary expectations as you create your Leonie profile.\nLeonie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V\nTeri Scott\nSenior Technical Sourcer\nLEONIE\nDirect: 310-573-1070\nCell: 310-486-8728\nFax: 310 573-9507\nwww.linkedin.com/in/teriscott17\nwww.leoniegroup.com\nhttp://www.twitter.com/LeonieJobs\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n28. Recruiter \u2013 VA/DC\nWe need a slightly experienced recruiter that lives in Virginia, and preferably knows their way around the DC metro area.\nA minimum of 1 year of recruiting is preferred. We prefer a 4 year degree. The person MUST be a US citizen, preferably (but not necessarily) with a Secret clearance, or higher.\nOur firm recruits for the entire metro DC area, mostly IT professionals, and mostly with clearances.\nThis is a Temp to Hire position, but I will consider candidates who are awaiting orders, etc., who can only Temp for 1-6 months.\nThanks for any help you can provide,\nDale\nDale Abrams, CTS\nPresident & FSO\nTemporaries Now, Inc\nGaskins Search Group\n7700 Little River Turnpike, Suite 300\nAnnandale, VA 22003\n703-914-9100 phone\n703-914-9104 fax\nResults@TemporariesNow.com\nwww.TemporariesNow.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n29. DS Counter- Terrorism Assessments (Short Term)(West Africa)\nI am helping a reputable firm recruit qualified, competent personnel (both Americans and Internationals) to conduct counter terrorism (CT) assessments in 5 to 8 countries in West Africa. This assignment could last up to 20 weeks and should take place near end of 2014/early 2015. Interested party should have better than average working level French, and previous on-the-ground experience in Africa, preferably in the Sahel and a keen knowledge of transnational terrorism in West Africa, ability to assess border manifestations of insecurity, factors and root causes of insecurity, radicalization leading to violent extremism, roles of different actors in promoting security and social cohesion, etc.\nMike if you would be so kind to share this with the group, further details will be provided post screening and vetting of submitted resumes/CV's. Please provide resumes/CV's to me at raybaysden@gmail.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n30. Red Team role Players - CONUS\nNeed personnel with the following training/experience\nSurveillance/Counter-surveillance Training/Work experience\nWMD Counter-Proliferation Experience\nGrizzly Hitch Team Members\nASOT 2 or 3\nSIGINT experience\nMUST HAVE A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE\nMUST HAVE NO ALCOHOL RELATED INCIDENTS\nNO CURRENT SECURITY CLEARANCE IS NEEDED BUT IS RECOMMENDED\nThis is for a contract position in support of DOE objectives in CONUS for short term(1 week-2 weeks) exercise support x 12 a year.\nThis is not limited to Special Operations Personnel\nFemales must have Surveillance/Counter-Surveillance experience.\nPay is 350-500+ per diem a day based on location and experience. Travel and rental car covered.\nMUST SEND A CURRENT PHOTO AND RESUME TO hr @raidontactics.com\nDO NOT CALL\nFrankie McRae\nOwner/Director of Training\nRAIDON TACTICS INC.\nwww.raidontactics.com\nwww.37psr.com\nwww.greenberetproam.org\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n31. SOF Positions \u2013 Reston/Ashburn, VA\nWe are working a number of projects that are moving forward; however, one in particular may be of great interest to the SOF Network. We are looking to hire no fewer than 50 former SOF or similar personnel trained in operations, intelligence fusion and analysis, and crisis management activities. Interested candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in SOF/CIA/Law Enforcement, etc. as either a senior operator/NCO (E6+) or officer (O3+). These are permanent positions with full benefits packages, which will require relocation to the Reston/Ashburn area. Additional information will be provided to those selected to interview for these positions. Please send all resumes to my e-mail address below.\n--\nClint Lumpkins\nOperations Officer\nPatrocinium Systems, LLC\nclumpkins@patrocinium.com\nwww.patrocinium.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n32. Program Manager - DC\nCredentials:\n- Strategic Planning experience\n- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt\n- PMP Certified\n- Graduate of the Strategic Advance Warfare (SAW) school\nor\n- Graduate of School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS)\n- Military experience\n- Nice to have: Entrepreneur or former business owner\nKnow anyone who meets the billet?\nThe job is in DC working for SBA (Boots to Business program) for a three year contract. This is a PM position. THIS IS NOT A CONTINGENCY OFFER. Work starts on 01 October 2014. Salary is negotiable.\nif you find someone, have them email me their resume at cesar@xcorpsolutions.com\nCesar Nader\nPresident/CEO\nMobile: (831) 917-8581\nFax: (866) 570-3906\nX Corp Solutions, Inc\n925 Corporate Drive,\nSuite 101 (office 447)\nStafford, VA 22554\nwww.xcorpsolutions.com\n8(a) SDB, HUB Zone, SDVOSB\nSWaM DMBE (VA DOT)\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n33. Executive Director-Virtual Education - Greenwood Village, Colorado\nJob Summary: The Executive Director will maintain oversight of the operations of the school and ensure that the school's mission and vision are upheld. The Executive Director will oversee all school operations and be responsible for all state reports and school performance. The Executive Director will manage all board meetings and prepare content for board meetings, as well as be responsible for the budget and other district financial reports and accountability. They will be responsible for recommending salaries, raises, promotions and terminations to the Board and will make the final decision on personnel issues. The Executive Director will communicate all necessary information to the Board of Directors and the State Department of Education. The work hours for the Executive Director will be primarily from 8 a.m. -- 4 p.m., and evening and weekend hours will also be required in order to communicate with families and staff members on an as-needed basis. Main Responsibilities: Academic Achievement - Establish high expectations for student achievement and communicate these expectations through a variety of methods (newsletters, presentations, memos) to internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis; Ensure that continuous improvement is guided by student academic standards; school performance standards; and concrete data from Provost, state, and local assessments; Communicate academic progress to stakeholders on a quarterly basis and provide an annual summary to the Board of Directors and the State Department of Education; Monitor and evaluate staff through the Marks and Gradebook Systems to ensure quality instruction and student achievement; Ensure that continuous improvement processes address the achievement of all students; Lead curriculum development activities that increase staff expertise and knowledge. School Oversight and Operations: Assist in the selection and hiring of personnel based on ability, qualifications, past performance and school needs; Follow guidelines for evaluating staff members; Facilitate communication and build professional relationships with the Board of Directors through phone calls, email, memos, meeting agendas, reports, presentations, and handout materials; Submit all reports to the State Department of Education and Board of Directors in an accurate and timely manner; Provide leadership in identifying and solving issues and problems facing the program; Oversee day-to-day operations of the school and manage problems in a timely manner; Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and policies; Lead staff meetings and communicate frequently with staff members; Develop and implement the mission and vision of the school. Fiscal Viability: Coordinate with the School Operations Manager to follow the school budget and meet all financial obligations; Submit all financial reports and records in an accurate and timely manner; Manage and oversee the student recruitment and enrollment program. Growth and Development of the Company: Participate in strategic planning meetings to discuss growth and development opportunities for the program; Promote positive relationships with stakeholders in communities across the state. Professional Knowledge: Demonstrate knowledge of state standards, testing requirements, and graduation requirements across core content and electives; Evaluate progress toward instructional goals and make adjustments in order to meet these goals; Build community by contributing to school message boards, newsletter and events; Communicate with colleagues and supervisors on a regular basis; Maintain confidentiality as required by the company and by law; Maintenance of the Virtual Academy Learning Environment; Participation in professional activities and organizations; Commit to the use of cutting-edge technology. Key Relationships: Internal- Synchronous Teachers, Asynchronous Graders, Tutors, Director of Instruction, Director of Special Education. External: Parents/Guardians, Students, Charter Board, State Department of Education. Key Behavioral Competencies: Personal Accountability - When commits to do something, does it decisively, responsibly and with urgency. Can be relied on consistently, including: Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency through prioritizing and following through on commitments; Drives hard to meet and frequently exceed goals and objectives within tight timeframes. Decision Making: Takes bold, decisive action or makes commitments, despite risks, conflict or uncertainty, after considering the available courses of action and the needs and values of others; Makes timely decisions. Customer Service Orientation: Demonstrates concern for meeting internal and external client and stakeholder needs in a manner that provides satisfaction for the customer, (within the resources that can be made available); Shows a passion for improving service delivery and a commitment to continuous improvement.Relationship-Building: Develops and maintains a network of contacts who can provide information, help and access to others; Establishes rapport with people easily. Background: Proficiency with multimedia communication tools, such as discussion boards, web logs, email, instant messaging and audio podcasts; Ability and availability to travel within the state approximately two days per week and to other states every few months; Experience teaching or participating in an e-learning/online learning course preferred; Meets the Colorado High Quality Professional Development Standards; Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook; Masters' Degree in Administration/Academic Leadership; State Secondary School Principal Certification; Minimum seven years school leadership experience; Strong written and verbal skills; High degree of flexibility; ELL/ESL/ELA experience preferred; Urban teaching experience preferred; Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n34. Software Engineer-Aerospace \u2013 Denver, CO (Denver Tech Center)\nRequired Skills: Understanding of basic SV orbit dynamics and L-Band verification; Solid foundation in Aerospace Engineering; Must be proficient in Perl/Python scripting; Demonstrated problem solving ability. Java language familiarity; C/C++. Preferred Skills: Matlab.\nNote: Although not required -- preference will be given to degreed candidates.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n35. Field Marketing Associate ((positions available in San Fran Bay Area (entire Bay Area); Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Buckeye, AZ; Prescott, AZ; Prescott Valley, AZ; Youngstown, AZ.)\n(Paid hourly pay at 15-35 hours weekly with a commission structure). Summary: The primary responsibility of the Field Marketing Associate is to work in events, especially retail events and Road-shows, and occasionally to walk through neighborhoods that are deemed to be the correct customer demographic for our business and have many \"solar ready\" homes. The Field Marketing Associate works under the guidance of the local Residential Sales Associate, Field Marketing Supervisor and Regional Sales Manager. The primary goal of the Field Marketing Associate is to set appointments for our Residential Sales Consultants by qualifying solar ready customers either at the events or after observing the home and roof orientation to determine suitability for solar. Lead Generators will need to communicate how an appointment with our Consultants will benefit the homeowner using a standard script and qualification process. Lead Generators who have passed the authorized event and solar 101 assessment tests, can also work in events to set appointments for our Sales team by qualifying solar-ready customers attending the event, then recording and distributing that information accurately within our policies and procedures. Duties and Responsibilities: Learn and memorize a script quickly and deliver with enthusiasm with each homeowner; Attend training to learn basic solar information and the company's specific processes; Visit neighborhoods and streets that are determined to be good potential market for solar, and identify good homes within these neighborhoods to approach; Speak with homeowners regarding the benefits of solar; Perform a solar \"needs analysis\" for homeowners; Qualify homeowners as potential customers for the company; Set appointments with homeowners and a Solar Sales Consultant; Meet minimum performance standards of numbers of qualified appointments set as established by the National Field Marketing Manager; Tally results in the field for each home they encounter in the neighborhood; Report daily results to the Field Marketing Supervisor, Sales Associate for the branch; Upon completion of minimum hours worked and passing the event assessment tests, some canvassers may also be required to work in events where identified by Residential Sales Associate, Field Marketing Associate, and Regional Sales Manager. Requirements: High School diploma required, plus some college-level education preferred; Ability to work 12-35 hours per week; Must have excellent verbal communication skills; Ability to learn the basics of solar, and to perform a simple site survey. (Identify south facing roof with good solar exposure and area and minimal shade etc.). Ability to learn and memorize a script quickly and deliver with enthusiasm at each door; Comfortable speaking with unfamiliar people; Ability to ask questions about a homeowner's electricity usage and rates, age and composition of roofs, ability to take advantage of financing and determine if the homeowner's usage pattern qualifies them as a good candidate for solar; Must have reliable transportation, and pass comprehensive drug test, background check and have acceptable driving record; Must be well-groomed and presentable, with a friendly personality. Physical Demands/Essential Functions: Prolonged standing/walking- Field Marketing Associate must have the ability to walk and stand for 4 to 8 hours while working events and/or canvassing; Good vision and hearing; Manual and Pedal dexterity; Light physical effort, including carrying literature.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n36. Senior FP&A Associate - Jersey City, NJ\nThe Senior FP&A Associate needs to be independent and confident. Though you'll have all the support you'll need from the company's executives, this role will challenge you to manage the day-to-day financial operations of the company with minimal supervision, as well as bring new strategic vision to the table. Requirements: A combination of relevant work experience and undergraduate (Finance or accounting is preferred). Preference will be given to candidates with an advanced degree such as an MBA or MPA; 4-6 years FP&A experience, preferably in investment banking, corporate finance, or financial consulting; Exceptional presentation skills, with specific expertise in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint; Prior experience in education is highly desirable, but not required; An independent, action-oriented work ethic.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n37. Systems Engineer -- Aurora, CO\nThe Job: Interface with other disciplines to ensure seamless integration of the project piece into the overall system; Support hardware trades, specification, vendor selection and procurement; Develop concept of operations (CONOPS) for new system capabilities; Support hardware subsystem integration and qualification testing; Plan and execute system verification and validation; Develop and maintain interface control documents; Support site installation, integration and testing; Develop and maintain system requirements; Develop and maintain system architectures; Perform technical and architectural studies; Plan and execute design reviews; Support integration and testing. Required Skills: Experience with systems integration verification and validation (IV&V); Experience with requirements management tools, such as DOORS; Experience in requirements development/derivation/management; Experience with interface definition/documentation (ICD); Experience working in a multi discipline environment; Minimum of 8 years engineering experience; Experience conducting trade studies; Technical leadership experience. Preference will given to candidates with the following experience: Experience working in a development or satellite operations environment; Experience with antenna/RF system design, architectures and trades; Understanding of antenna/RF specifications and test methodologies; Experience with planning, scheduling and/or orbit operations; Knowledge of command and control/ground status basics; Experience with ground systems operations; Experience with CONOPS development; Experience integrating large systems; Experience with CCSDS standards; Understanding of RF link budgets. Required Education: B.S./B.A. in Aerospace Engineering, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Math or 14 years relevant experience.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n38. Software Developer/Integrator -- Denver (Denver Tech Center)\nRequirements: Satellite Operations experience; Weblogic trouble shooting; web services; ClearQuest; ClearCase; Jmockit; Eclipse; Oracle; Swing; WSDL ; Junit; Java; JDBC; XSD ; JMS; SSL; JPA ; JPS; XD; DoD Clearance. Only candidates possessing a DoD clearance AND HANDS ON experience with 80+% of the above-listed tools and products can be considered.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n39. Software Engineer-Aerospace -- Denver (Denver Tech Center)\nRequired Skills: Understanding of basic SV orbit dynamics and L-Band verification; Solid foundation in Aerospace Engineering; Must be proficient in Perl/Python scripting; Demonstrated problem solving ability; Java language familiarity; C/C++. Preferred Skills: Matlab.\nNote: Although not required -- preference will be given to degreed candidates.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n40. General Counsel \u2013 NJ\nGeneral Counsel leads corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives for our client This includes but is not limited to conducting legal research, advising various departments on the law, developing course of action plans, drafting and overseeing implementation of policies and procedures, coordinating and analyzing compliance reporting requirements, as well as managing and conducting general legal functions within the organization. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Participate in the development of corporate policies, procedures and programs and provide continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters and on legal implications of all matters; Assume ultimate responsibility for ensuring legal compliance through coordinating, overseeing, and analyzing all forms and methods of adherence; Advise on legal aspects of the company's financing, including assessing and advising on current and future business structures and legal entities; Research state and federal regulations ensuring our client conducts their its business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; Serve as key lawyer/legal advisor on all major business negotiations and transactions; - Provide senior management with advice on internal and external company strategies; Structure and manage the company's internal legal function and staff. Minimal Qualifications: Significant working experience in following areas of law: Employment law, i.e., wage, benefit, safety and health, nondiscrimination, etc.; Experience working with education law, charter schools, public schools; Experience supervising support staff is required; - 5+yrs at a top tier law firm. Education and Training: Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and a J.D. Candidates must be licensed to practice law. (lic's must be valid/current).\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n41. Software Engineer - Segment Integrator (SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED) -- Denver (Denver Tech Center)\nRequirements: Minimum 5 years working experience (or directly related college degree) in integration test or development of C++ and/or Java systems; Systems Administration experience on Unix and Windows; Top Secret Clearance.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n42. Residential Solar Consultant (positions available in San Fran Bay Area (entire Bay Area); Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Buckeye, AZ; Prescott, AZ; Prescott Valley, AZ; Youngstown, AZ.)\n(Paid a base salary and a unlimited multi-tier commission structure). Responsibilities: Go on home sales appointments to close new business; Run 2 - 3 pre-set in home appointments 4 days a week; Master the delivery of the company's value proposition and competitive positioning; Provide the company's and our Sales Management Team with reports, analysis and recommendations to continuously improve the performance of our sales efforts; Visit the company's retail sales outlets to support corporate Retail Partnerships, evaluate in-store setups, and drive improvements to customer experience. Qualifications & Requirements: 5+ years of Outside Sales related experience; Solar sales experience a plus; In-home sales experience a plus; Consumer and/or retail sales experience a plus. 75-80% travel within defined region; Positions based in defined region; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization with indirect accountability to multiple stakeholders. Experience with SFDC desired.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n43. Senior Software Engineer -- Aurora, CO\nQualifications: Ability to follow established processes and procedures, development, documentation and maintenance/management of operations concepts; Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledgeable with both Java and database design/implementation; Experience developing C++ and/or Java on a windows-based development platform using OO development techniques; Preference will be given to candidates with hands-on working experience with makefiles and UNIX scripting; Strong analytical, problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills to identify and evaluate problems; Experience and knowledge related to software discipline process development and deployment; Experience with XML, Perl, and code analysis tools i.e. FindBugs, cpp Check and/or Klocwork; Ability to quickly work with previously written code and make modifications as necessary; 4+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering (analysis, design and coding); Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline; Experience with UML design modeling with tools i.e. Rational Rose or Rhapsody; Candidates considered must have the ability obtain a security clearance; Ability to analyze requirements on a system, element and segment level; Experience and knowledge related to satellite operations; Experience working with external and internal interfaces; Current or past working experience with of Linux.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n44. Software Developer (w/DoD Clearance -or the ability to obtain one) - Denver , CO (Tech Center)\nSkills/Experience Required: Weblogic (ability to trouble shoot); DoD Secret clearance; Web services; ClearQuest; ClearCase; Eclipse; jmockit; Oracle; Swing; Junit; WSDL; JDBC; Java; JMS; JPS; SSL; JPA; XSD. Skills/Experience Preferred: Satellite Ops Experience; Equinox.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n45. Software Segment Integrator/ Unix and Windows -- Denver (Denver Tech Center)\nRequirements: Minimum 5 years working experience in the integration, test and development of C++ and/or Java systems; Systems Admin experience on both Unix and Windows; Secret Clearance required. Bachelor's degree.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n46. Software Developer (Web services on Windows)-Denver (Denver Tech Center)\nRequirements: 3-4+ years HANDS ON/WORKING experience with Visual C++, XML and XML schema, web services on windows, hardware I/O. Preference will be given to candidates with a DoD clearance and/or the ability to obtain one.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n47. SVP-Virtual Education Solutions-NJ\n(does not require someone to be based in NJ -- however -- would be 50% travel with many visits to NJ HQ office annually as well as client site visits). The candidate filling this role will be responsible for developing and implementing the product specifications for the Virtual Education products. This includes understanding the product (and all of its components), the thrust/desires for product delivery, financial/budget for product (as well as the pricing and the product and profit margins). The person who wills this role will manage all aspects of the operation team including implementation, client satisfaction, etc. Primary responsibilities will include (but not limited to) -- Operation management, Product development and Business development support. Requirements/Qualifications: Bachelor's degree education, business or marketing (preference will be given to candidates with advance degree(s)); Proven experience clearly displaying the ability to manage client relationships and related contracts; Minimum 3 - 5 years successful experience supporting process improvement within schools; PMI/Project management experience/certifications preferred -- not required; 5 -- 7+ years product development/management experience within schools; Demonstrated ability to interpret and improve school performance; Experience managing P&L/Budgets STRONGLY preferred.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n48. Integration and Test Engineer -- Aurora, CO\nRequirements: Willingness to for some travel (estimated at 20% or less) and work overtime should it become necessary for the success of the project; Familiarity with the full software development lifecycle (requirements, architecture, development, integration, verification and validation); 4+ years of experience in working in cross function teams (systems, software, hardware and test); Ability to utilize a variety of discrepancy reporting systems (i.e. ClearQuest); Experience preparing and presenting reports and briefings oral and written; 4+ years of experience in preparation and conduction of test procedures. Preferred skills: Previous experience working with requirements management tools/databases; Experience working in a development within a satellite operations environment; Experience with systems integration verification and validation (IV&V); Experience in requirements development/derivation/ management; Knowledge of command and control and ground status basics; Experience with planning, scheduling and orbit operations; Experience with ground systems operations; Experience with CONOPS development; Experience conducting trade studies. Required Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or related scientific discipline with minimum 4+ years of test experience. Preference will be given to candidates with an advanced degree. SIGNIFICANT applicable work experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n49. Satellite Ground Systems Engineer \u2013 Denver, CO\nRequirements/Skills: Significant experience in at least one of the following system engineering areas: requirements development, architecture development, operations concept development, functional analysis, interface definition, and verification & validation for satellite ground systems; Contribute to the completion of program & project milestones under the specific guidance of his/her immediate supervisor; Experience working in a Satellite Mission Planning or Command/Control development or operations environment; Experience with systems integration verification and validation (IV&V) (preferred -- not required); Systems engineering experience on a large government software development contract(s); Possess excellent oral and written communication skills and sound problem solving skills; Must have (or have the ability to pass) a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI); Familiarity with the software development life cycle on government programs; Self-motivated and capable of performing tasks with minimal oversight; Experience with Ground Systems Operations (preferred -- not required); 8+ years of professional relevant experience.\nUS Citizens and Green Card Holders ONLY can/will be accepted for these positions. NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES WILL BE ACCEPTED -- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!\nShould you be interested in any of the above-listed positions, please email a clean copy of your resume (Word format preferred) to jackie@sorcesolutions.com along with 3-5 available times for a telephone prescreening (30 minutes maximum). In order to ensure a response within 48 hours, please be sure to include the position title in the subject line of your response message.\nShould you not be interested the above listed positions but know of someone who may be - please feel free to forward this message and please let us know who referred you to ensure the referral program is paid as planned. For other positions, check out our website listings at www.sorcesolutions.com.\nXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n50. K2 Sales and Services Manager - Southern Pines, North Carolina\nK2 Solutions is seeking a Sales and Services Manager. This individual will coordinates sales of K2 Services such as Canines and Training Packages, Explosives, IT Services and Apartment Rentals that have a measurable impact on business growth i.e direct revenue generation within agreed upon budget requirements.\nPrimary Duties and Responsibilities:\n- Service existing accounts, obtains orders, and establishes new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedule to call on existing or potential sales outlets and other trade factors.\n- Adjusts content of sales presentations by studying the type of sales outlet or trade factor.\n- Focuses sales efforts by studying existing and potential volume of dealers.\n- Submits orders by referring to price lists and product literature.\n- Keeps management informed by submitting activity and results reports, such as daily call reports, weekly work plans, and monthly and annual territory analyses.\n- Monitors competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products, new products, delivery schedules, merchandising techniques, etc.\n- Recommends changes in products, service, and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments.\n- Develops pricing efficiencies to increase ROI.\n- Resolves customer complaints by investigating problems developing solutions preparing reports making recommendations to management.\n- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops reviewing professional publications establishing personal networks participating in professional societies.\n- Provides historical records by maintaining records on area and customer sales.\nRequired Skills:\n- Demonstrate an ability to work with, present to, and establish relationships with senior leadership and K2 Corporate staff regardless of their assignments and or positions.\n- Demonstrate the ability to perform in a team environment which has strict deadlines and required performance objectives daily, weekly and monthly.\n- Demonstrate excellent organizational and project management skills\n- Demonstrate knowledge of international imports and exports\n- Bachelor's Degree\n- Demonstrated success with creation of milestones through a phased process and the reviews and metrics associated with assessing progress throughout that cycle.\n- Strong programmatic skills in Critical Path scheduling.\nDisclaimer:\nThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this employment classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.\nK2 Solutions is an EEO D/V/M/F\nTo apply, visit us at http://k2si.com\nDave McAleer\nRecruiter\nK2 Solutions, Inc.\nRecruiting@k2si.com\nhttp://k2si.com\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n\nTotal Pageviews\n\nFeatured Employers\n\nGlobal Aerospace Logisticswww.gal.ae\n\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n\nLegalShieldlfmorales.legalshieldassociate.com\n\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n\n\"Veteran Auto Brokers - looking for service veterans only to join a turn-key operation that provides you with your own auto dealership. Several levels of participation and income streams. If you want to own your own lucrative business, contact Veteran Auto Brokers now. 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-{"text": "SAP Training: SAP e-Academies\n\nSAP e-Academies\n\nAn SAP eAcademy is a e-learning bundle representing the content you would receive in an SAP Education classroom delivered in an academy curriculum. With eAcademies students are provided three (3) or five (5) months of access to a self-paced learning environment enabling them to:\n\nAchieve expertise in specific SAP solution areas.\n\nPrepare for a certification exam\n\nWhether you are a consultant, implementation project team member, or center of expertise/excellence member, eAcademies will allow you to learn whenever and from wherever you want providing three (3) or five (5) months of access to e-learning content, training systems, and help desk support.\n\nDepending on the eAcademy you register for you will have three (3) or five (5) months of access to the following content and resources:\n\nOnline Learning Content \u2013 The academy course content is delivered in an e-learning format consisting of presentation slides with audio commentary, system demonstration/practice simulations, slide notes, and mentor tips. This flexible format allows students to learn at their own pace and repeat lessons; if required; throughout the access period.\n\nSAP Training Systems \u2013 Hands-on experience with SAP systems is a key component of eAcademy training. Whether repeating a demonstration shown in the e-learning content, performing a hands-on exercise from the student manual, or just testing a process scenario from their own business experience; the student can use the live training systems to reinforce their learning lessons.\n\nStudent Manuals \u2013 Each registered student will receive access to an electronic version of the academy course manual. The student may save the electronic manual for future reference as well as print all or sections of the manual based on their needs\n\nHelp Desk Support \u2013 eAcademies feature complete help desk support throughout your learning access period. Students get technical support for their learning environment as well as the use of FAQs and \u201cAsk the Expert\u201d features which are part of the content delivery infrastructure. On-line support is available via Web-based chat, Microsoft NetMeeting, and scheduled expert instructor sessions.\n\nDrop us a line, include your contact details and we will get back to you as soon as possible.\n\nWe use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. We also use cookies to ensure we show you advertising that is relevant to you. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Olas websiteAcceptRead More"}
-{"text": "It was a last minute decision to join this year\u2019s LGM. Until the very last moment we weren\u2019t sure if we could make it. In the end St\u00e9phanie, Ludi, Pierre and I (Manetta) joined on the Friday and followed \u2026\n\nExtracting OSM data for SVG use.\n\nI've been meaning to document my OSM to SVG process for a while now, I just had to run the process again recently, so here was a new chance to take screenshots along the way. The basic idea is to process a portion of \u2026"}
-{"text": "David Cameron says the Tories are the new party of Britain\u2019s working people, as he seeks to shrug off the Conservatives\u2019 \u2018party of the rich\u2019 image. RT examines the new administration and finds little has changed.\n\nThe new cabinet includes\na number of women in key roles as well as a greater proportion of\nMPs educated at comprehensive schools \u2013 signs, some claim, of a\ngenuine realignment of Tory interests with those of women and the\nworking class.\n\nOld Etonian Cameron told his new frontbench team: \u201cI want\neveryone around this table to remember who we\u2019re for. Every\ndecision we take, every policy we pursue, every program we\ninitiate, never forget: we\u2019re here to give everyone in our\ncountry the chance to make the most of their life.\n\n\u201cThe pundits might call it \u2018blue-collar Conservatism,\u2019 others\nbeing on the side of hardworking taxpayers. I call it being the\nreal party for working people: giving everyone in our country the\nchance to get on, with the dignity of a job, the pride of a\npaycheck, a home of their own and the security and peace of mind\nthat comes from being able to support a family.\u201d\n\nThat the Tories are class warriors has been brought into sharp\nrelief over the last five years. Much more debatable is the\nquestion of which class they are fighting for.\n\nThis time, with the coalition consigned to memory and a Tory\nmajority in power, the Conservatives will not have to face even\nthe mild resistance offered by the Liberal Democrats.\n\nA quick breakdown of some of those steering Britain into the next\nphase of austerity certainly draws into question the cabinet\u2019s\ncredentials as friends of \u201chard-working families.\u201d\n\nGeorge Osborne\n\nOsborne, whose wealth, like Cameron\u2019s, is largely inherited, will\ncontinue as Chancellor of the Exchequer as the Tories look to\nimpose the up to \u00a312 billion in welfare cuts he presented in his\nlast Budget.\n\nIain Duncan Smith\n\nOne of those keenest to implement Osborne\u2019s cuts is former Tory\nleader Iain Duncan Smith, whose program of welfare and benefits\ncuts have seen him fiercely criticized.\n\nHe is expected to push the annual benefits cap further down from\n\u00a326,000 to \u00a323,000, to increase the bedroom tax, to trim\nmaternity pay and remove financial support for all but the\npoorest carers.\n\nIDS, as he is known, may also end up increasing reliance on food\nbanks.\n\nThe Trussell Trust recently reported that over 1 million people\nneeded emergency food last year. \"Many of those were working\npoor, while half accepted food as a result of welfare system\nfailure...\"\n\nSajid Javid\n\nEx-banker Sajid Javid was elevated to business secretary in place\nof ousted Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, whose mildly social\ndemocratic leanings often chafed with the Conservatives\u2019\ncommitment to free market economics.\n\nWhile educated at a comprehensive school, Javid made millions in\nbanking. His main aims are said to include the introduction of\nfar-reaching anti-union laws in the Thatcherite mold, and the\nremoval of regulations on business.\n\nJeremy Hunt\n\nJeremy Hunt, who despite being \u2018self-made\u2019 may be the\nrichest cabinet member, has been kept on as health secretary.\n\nThe son of a Royal Navy admiral, Hunt has led the charge on NHS\ncuts and was heavily criticized after it was revealed in March\nthis year that the Tories helped to set up a record \u00a3780 million\nsell off deal for a health service on which most of the working\npopulation of the UK rely.\n\nBoris Johnson\n\nAlexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better known as Boris, will\ncollect the wages of both an MP and Mayor of London until the end\nof his tenure in the capital\u2019s top job.\n\nHe will also enjoy a cabinet role, though he will not (yet) have\na seat at the top table with his Bullingdon Club contemporary\nDavid Cameron.\n\nIn November last year, the Guardian reported that Boris, whose\ndisarming buffoonery has made him popular with many, was planning\nto cut up to 90 percent of the funding for schemes used to\nsupport some of the capital\u2019s most vulnerable, impoverished young\npeople.\n\nIn August 2013, the Mayor approved the redundancies of hundreds\nof firemen and the closing of 10 fire stations in the capital.\n\nHis clashes over tube strikes with the late RMT union chief Bob\nCrow are legendary, with Johnson once saying he found strikes to\ndefend working conditions: \u201ccompletely unnecessary and\nwrong.\u201d\n\nWith a cohort such as this in government, the Tories will have\ntheir work cut out convincing working class voters they are\nanything but the same old detached, privileged \u2018nasty\nparty,\u2019 as they are widely perceived."}
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-{"text": "Kitgum-It is arguably Teso\u2019s best. It has educated, diligent Ugandans who have served in the top echelons of this nation\u2019s civil service and politics.\n\nHowever, like most institutions in this sub-region, Teso College Aloet bore the brunt of insurgency and because of this, it has limped and wobbled on. The injuries inflicted by rebellion (1986 to 1993) were worsened by the draining effects of age. Perhaps it is the reason why the Old Boys, parents and staff of Teso College Aloet assembled at its campus to reflect on the school\u2019s 60 years of existence.\n\nIn the years gone-by, it was labelled a dying school but Teso College, located eight kilometres outside Soroti town along the Soroti-Moroto road, surged to reclaim its position among academic giants.\n\nThe Parents Teachers Association (PTA), Board of Governors, old students and government have been the strong pillars that saved the school from total collapse. For example, the PTA has built a new dormitory accommodating 150 students while the government, through the African Development Bank, has built a 300-capacity library.\n\nThe once dilapidated science labs are also being renovated under the same arrangementIronically, even when it hit hard times, the school maintained its stringent pass mark for admittance. This hardline is enshrined in the school\u2019s moto, \u201cAijaanakin ka Arimarit\u201d which literally means \u2018Service and Obedience.\u2019\n\nThe foundingThe college was founded on July 9, 1954, by Teso local administration, with borrowed funds from Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU). Sir Andrew Cohen, the then British Governor of colonised Uganda, laid the college\u2019s foundation.\n\nTeso\u2019s fallen political icon Cuthbert Obwangor is singled out as one of the forces that gave the impetus to the founding of the school when he and others embraced education. They negotiated the loan agreement with BCU leading to its establishment.Prior to its secondary school status, the school served as a junior school from 1956 with 190 students.\n\nThey were mentored by 31 white teachers with three support staff, until 1958 when it was transformed into Teso College Aloet. Its west wing which initially was Soroti Technical College also served, at one time, as a World War I recruitment centre. It was amalgamated to the east wing on July 1, 1963 . This gave the college a unique setting, non-existent elsewhere.\n\nThe incumbent head teacher, Mr Silvester Ocaatum, has not served out all the years of the school\u2019s history but he is aware of the trudge the school has made. He talks about the hard times during the insurgency when students and staff fled for safety and the present times when the school is on a bounce.\n\n\u201cThe past has haunted this school but we are letting go of that. We are working for the betterment of the school as we celebrate 60 years, to usher us into the century,\u201d Mr Ocaatum says.\n\nMaintaining standardsThe current crop of students that go through the school, he says, are equally good like their predecessors and are a hot cake on the job market.\n\nIn terms of academic performance, both at O-Level and A-Level, Mr Ocaatum says the school is on the forward march, with majority of candidates passing in Division One and Division Two.\n\nAt A-Level, most students, the headmaster says, pass with distinctions and are able to get admitted to a university or tertiary institutions of their choice.\n\nMr Ocaatum says the old students who had seemingly given the school a cold shoulder are back on board to help it pick up the pieces.\n\nWith the Soroti-Moroto road dissecting the school into two, Mr Ocaatum notes that the administration is sort of having two schools in one."}
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-{"text": "Squad profiles: Greece\n\nWe profile the players who will represent Greece at Euro 2012.\n\nMichalis Sifakis (Aris Salonica), Born: 09.09.84 Caps: 12. Revered for his agility and reflex saves, he established himself as first choice under Fernando Santos during the qualifying campaign. Voted best keeper in 2010 and 2011 by the Greek players' union and won their Fair Play award in 2009 for his professionalism after refusing to react when confronted by a drunken Iraklis fan during the 2009-10 season opener.\n\nAlexandros Tzorvas (Palermo) Born: 12.08.82 Caps: 16. First choice at the 2010 World Cup but out of favour since after losing his first team place with Palermo. Moved to Italy in August 2011 but a promising start was followed by injury and inconsistent performances. His finest moments came in Greece's 2009 home-and-away World Cup playoff win over Ukraine with two clean sheets.\n\nKostas Chalkias (PAOK Salonica) Born: 30.05.1974 Caps: 30. Oldest in the squad at 38 and a veteran of three international tournaments, including the triumphant Euro 2004 campaign, but has yet to play at a major finals. The PAOK keeper, who did not take part in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, was a surprise inclusion. Started his sporting career as a basketball player before converting to football in his late teens. Spent a brief spell with Portsmouth in the 2004/05 season but had few chances to play and relaunched his career in Greece.\n\nDEFENDERS\n\nJose Holebas (Olympiakos Piraeus) Born: 27.06.84 Caps: 4 Goals: 0. Enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence after joining Olympiakos in 2010. German-born, he has a Greek father and Uruguayan mother. Obtained Greek passport after months of bureaucratic issues and made his debut in a friendly with Russia last November. Loves to go forward and has a powerful shot.\n\nVasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos Piraeus) Born: 10.06.85 Caps: 44 Goals: 6. A talented right back renowned for technique and endurance as well as immense work-rate. A regular since his debut in March 2007. Can also play on the right of midfield and has the ability to get forward and score vital goals. Has been monitored by top sides around Europe.\n\nGiorgos Tzavellas (AS Monaco) Born: 26.11.1987 Caps: 5. Won his first cap in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Croatia in Zagreb in September 2010 after an impressive rise with Panionios earned a move to Eintracht Frankfurt. An accomplished left back who is dangerous from set-pieces, he was unable to save Eintracht from relegation in the 2010/11 season. Stayed with them for half a season in the second division before switching to Ligue 2 outfit AS Monaco in January.\n\nAvraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos Piraeus) Born: 03.05.84. Caps: 33. Greece's Player of the Year and arguably their most important and influential defender though prone to giving away free kicks with his tough tackling. Joined Olympiakos Piraeus in a 2.5 million euro deal from home town club Aris Salonica in 2008.\n\nSokratis Papastathopoulos (Werder Bremen) Born: 09.06.88 Caps: 28 Goals: 0. Known as \"the man who stopped Messi\" after keeping the Barcelona forward quiet in Greece's 2-0 defeat by Argentina in the 2010 World Cup group stage. Had spells in Italy before Werder Bremen signed him from Genoa in April. Pace and strength have made him a regular under Santos.\n\nKyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke 04) Born: 23.02.92 Caps: 8 Goals: 3. Noted for pace, technique and maturity. Established himself as one of Europe's most promising talents with two impressive seasons at Schalke. Holds the record as the youngest player in the Greek League at 15 years 283 days when he made his Olympiakos Piraeus debut in 2007. Scored on his international debut in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Malta.\n\nStelios Malezas (PAOK Salonica) Born: 11.03.1985 Caps: 2. An imposing central defender, Malezas played no part in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. Made his debut on Nov. 15 2011 in a friendly against Romania which Greece lost 3-1. Called up to the 2010 World Cup squad despite being uncapped but did not play. After missing much of the 2010/11 season with injury, he started all PAOK's Europa League group games and helped them win a section that included Tottenham Hotspur and Rubin Kazan.\n\nMIDFIELDERS\n\nSotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos) Born: 03.04.90 Caps: 19 Goals: 2. Despite a serious knee injury suffered in the Euro 2012 qualifier against Israel last September, he remains important as one of the few creative talents in squad. Began the season in blistering form, scoring a spectacular solo goal against the Israelis before injury. A player of vision, he has dribbling skills, an impressive change of pace and a powerful shot.\n\nGiorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos) Born: 06.03.77 Caps: 117 Goals: 8. The 2010 World Cup was expected to mark the animated schemer's international swansong but passion and determination have kept him in the squad even if he is used mostly as a substitute. Has influence in the dressing room and set-piece skills. Greece's second most capped player with 117 appearances.\n\nKostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos) Born: 21.06.79 Caps 91 Goals: 9. A seasoned professional, was part of the triumphant Euro 2004 squad. Ability to close down opponents and drive forward have made him an established part of the team.\n\nGiannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiakos Piraeus) Born: 21.12.90 Caps: 13 Goals: 3. Young winger who has blown hot and cold in a breakthrough 2011/12 though his form dipped in the second half of season. Has an array of dribbling skills combined with pace and an eye for goal - earning him the nickname of the 'Greek Messi' among fans.\n\nGiorgos Fotakis (PAOK Salonica) Born: 29.10.81 Caps: 10 Goals: 2. Attacking midfielder who has blossomed late in his career. Moved to Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in January 2006, but did not secure a first team place. Returned to Greece in 2006 with Larissa, before moving to PAOK in 2009. A tidy midfielder with an eye for goal.\n\nGrigoris Makos (AEK Athens) Born: 18.01.87. Caps 11: Goals: 0. Hard-working defensive midfielder who has faded since his early career at Panionios where he was captain at 19 and made more than 100 appearances. A Greek Cup winner with AEK in the 2010-11 season, he has struggled with inconsistency and injury.\n\nKostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern) Born: 16.10.1992 Caps: 3 Goals: 0. The youngest squad member at 19, his call up was a surprise. A talented attacking midfielder who can play wide, he has all the attributes to succeed at the highest level. Caught the eye in Greece's under-17 team and signed by Super League outfit Asteras Tripolis in 2010. Played at the 2011 European under-19 championship in Romania, scoring the only goal against the hosts and earning a four-year deal at Kaiserslautern who suffered relegation from the Bundesliga last season.\n\nGiannis Maniatis (Olympiakos Piraeus) Born: 12.10.86 Caps: 9 Goals: 0. Signed by Olympiakos from Panionios as a right back in January 2011 but has since become a competent, defensive midfielder with impressive stamina, tackling skills and solid distribution. Won first call-up for Santos's first match in charge against Serbia in August 2010 and has been an integral part of the squad ever since.\n\nFORWARDS\n\nTheofanis Gekas (Samsunspor) Born: 23.05.80 Caps: 58 Goals: 21. Retired after the 2010 World Cup due to what he described as \"special circumstances inside the team\" but recently returned for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, saying he made a mistake. Top scorer in the 2010 World Cup European qualifiers with 10 goals but has struggled to find his scoring touch since.\n\nGiorgos Samaras (Celtic) Born: 21.02.85 Caps: 54 Goals: 7. Although predominantly a striker, he is usually deployed as a left-sided forward for Greece where he can utilise his direct running and dribbling skills. Has enjoyed success at Celtic after moving from Manchester City in 2008. Often criticised for drifting in and out of matches but can score vital goals.\n\nDimitris Salpigidis (PAOK Salonica) Born: 18.08.81 Caps: 56 Goals: 7. Diminutive striker often used on the right flank, renowned for his pace and work-rate. Came through the youth ranks at PAOK where he returned in 2010 after spells with Kavala and Panathinaikos. Scored the winner in the away leg of the 2010 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Ukraine and got Greece's first World Cup goal in a 2-1 win over Nigeria that year.\n\nNikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens) Born: 04.08.1975 Caps: 75 Goals: 13. Veteran striker now in his 17th year of international service, the AEK Athens man was a surprise addition to the Euro 2012 squad. At 36 years old, he is enjoying an Indian summer to a distinguished career which has seen him crowned Greece's Player of the Year three times. He returned to AEK in 2010 after a two-year spell in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt and finally won the first major trophy of his career when the Athens club captured the Greek Cup, beating Atromitos 3-0 in the final.\n\nKostas Mitroglou (Olympiakos Piraeus): 12.03.88 Caps: 11 Goals: 0. Struggled to hold down a place at Olympiakos Piraeus under Spanish manager Ernesto Valverde after breaking into the first team in 2007 but enjoyed success on loan at Panionios and Atromitos. His eight goals in 11 games saved Panionios from relegation in 2010-11. A revelation at Atromitos in 2011-12, spearheading the little known club's bid for a place in Europe."}
-{"text": "Global recession triggers sharp downturn in Australia\n\nBy\nMike Head\n27 January 2009\n\nThe onset of recession in nearly all Australia's major trading partners has produced warnings that the country has entered a \"vicious cycle\" of contraction that could last at least five years.\n\nWith Britain declared in recession last week, seven of Australian capitalism's biggest markets are now officially in that situation\u2014the others being Japan, the US, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand and Germany. Another three\u2014China, Thailand and Malaysia\u2014are regarded as possibly already in recession.\n\nBetween them, China, Korea and Japan alone take 42 percent of Australian exports, mainly minerals and energy. Last week it was reported that Japan's exports fell a staggering 35 percent in December, compared to a year earlier, and that South Korea's output fell a seasonally adjusted 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008.\n\nEven more ominous was the news that China's growth had officially slowed to a seven-year low of 6.8 percent in the December quarter, after soaring nearly 13 percent in 2007. This sharp turnaround means that China's economy must have actually shrunk, or nearly contracted, in the last three months of 2008.\n\nThese results helped send Australian share prices to new five-year lows, taking the total losses to $900 billion since the local market's November 2007 peak. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index dropped 10 percent in the first three weeks of 2009, taking its plunge to more than half in just 14 months. This fall is one of the worst in the world.\n\nMonths of self-serving corporate and government claims that Australia was \"decoupled\" from the deepening world economic meltdown\u2014supposedly because of China's boom\u2014have been shattered. TD Securities senior strategist Joshua Williamson commented: \"We thought we were decoupled from the rest of the world. What we're actually seeing is how coupled we are.\"\n\nGrowing numbers of mining workers are paying the price for the economic breakdown. BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, last week announced 6,000 job cuts internationally, with 3,400 to go in Australia. This was on top of the 14,000 worldwide cuts inflicted by Rio Tinto, about half within Australia, and more than 5,000 job losses from smaller companies.\n\nIn the space of a few months, the mining boom has turned into a bust that is producing virtual ghost towns in remote parts of Australia, with commentators warning that the experience is a microcosm of what the entire country can expect within a year.\n\nTwo small towns in southern Western Australia\u2014Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun\u2014are expected to halve their populations following BHP's decision to immediately shut its local nickel project, axing 1,800 jobs overnight. For several years, BHP touted the new mine as a model, based on the construction of a local community, rather than a \"fly-in, fly-out\" workforce. Now, the schools and other facilities face closure, together with the small businesses that were enticed by BHP to set up in the towns on the promise that the mine would last for three decades or more.\n\nIn the western New South Wales town of Cobar, there have been 600 redundancies in the past six months, about 10 percent of the population. Just last March, the management of Cobar's largest mine, the Endeavour, set a 2009 target to excavate a record 1.4 million tonnes of ore. Since then, the zinc price has dropped by 75 percent and staff numbers have been cut by 540.\n\nLarge-scale job destruction has also begun in the retail industry, with the collapse of Australia's biggest discount retail chain\u2014the 400-store Crazy Clark's and Go-Lo operation\u2014threatening to throw 4,500 people out of work. David Jones, a department store chain, cut 150 head office jobs and Harvey Norman, a large electrical and homewares retailer, closed a Sydney suburban store.\n\nAs many as two million people could be jobless or \"under-employed\" (working fewer hours than they want) by mid-2010, according to calculations by labour economist Professor Bill Mitchell of the University of Newcastle. Previously unreported figures from the Bureau of Statistics reveal that the labour \"under-utilisation\" rate is already climbing much faster than the official jobless rate.\n\nWhile the jobless rate rose from 4.1 percent to 4.4 percent between August and November, the underemployment rate jumped from 5.8 to 6.4 percent, producing a total \"labour wastage\" rate of 10.8 percent. The official unemployment figures seriously understate the impact of the crash because they do not count the workers who have had their hours reduced or been forced into part-time work.\n\nBanking and financial stocks have led the latest share market rout, reflecting another vulnerability of Australian capitalism\u2014its reliance on unprecedented levels of corporate and consumer debt over the past 15 years. Since the start of 2009, a new wave of US and European financial and banking crises has thrown fresh doubts over the local banks.\n\nLike their international counterparts, Australian finance houses are being hit by what the Australian's economics editor Alan Wood described as the \"vicious cycle [that] has started to operate between the financial sector and the real economy\". The initial credit crisis has led to recession, undermining the value of financial and property assets, leading to forced sales, and further eroding the asset prices upon which banks have lent billions of dollars.\n\nShareholders in Babcock & Brown, the country's second largest merchant bank, were told last week that their shares, valued at $10 billion only 18 months ago, were worthless. While Babcock & Brown, together with the larger Macquarie Bank, was one of the most aggressive lenders and speculators, the so-called big four banks are also bleeding. Shares in National Australia Bank have dropped to a 12-year low, and ANZ to a nine-year low, after a 15.9 percent fall last week.\n\nEconomic forecaster Access Economics warned in its quarterly Business Outlook, released last week, that the economy would \"unwind scarily fast\", costing more than 300,000 people their jobs. \"Batten the hatches. This is not just a recession. This is the sharpest deceleration Australia's economy has ever seen,\" it stated.\n\nAccess Economics said the federal budget was \"buggered\" because of its heavy reliance on company taxes and mining royalties. \"The glory days of big budget surpluses are over, and the feds are now staring down the barrel of deficits as far as the eye can see,\" the outlook said.\n\nThe total public sector deficit, which combines federal, state and local government balances, is forecast to blow out to $10.5 billion this financial year, and $29.4 billion in 2011-12. Such a shortfall will inevitably mean deep cuts to social spending, and also swamp the Rudd government's capacity to keep bailing out the banks and other corporate giants via so-called stimulus packages.\n\nBecause of the rapidly deteriorating economic situation, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last week cancelled a scheduled overseas trip to India and the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and unveiled yet another bailout plan.\n\nSaying \"unprecedented\" conditions required \"extraordinary\" measures, Rudd claimed the government would attempt to protect 50,000 construction jobs by creating a $4 billion fund with the four major banks to prevent partly-completed commercial property projects, such as shopping centres, industrial complexes and office buildings, being halted by the withdrawal of overseas banks from financing consortia.\n\nTaxpayers would provide $2 billion, with the remainder coming from the banks. But the potential losses for the government could be far greater. The fund, due to be operating by March, can borrow up to another $26 billion backed by a government guarantee. Even this amount will not suffice to stop the destruction of an estimated 150,000 commercial property construction jobs. Loans worth about $75 billion are due to be refinanced over the next two years, just to keep current projects going, not to underwrite new construction.\n\nThese property project loans are only part of a bigger picture across the entire economy. According to a recent estimate from Merrill Lynch, the US investment bank, foreign banks accounted for more than half of the $285 billion in syndicated loans issued to Australian companies since 2006. Many of these loans could be withdrawn because of the losses and collapses being suffered by international banks.\n\nThe new fund will be the government's fifth economic rescue package in three months, including unlimited government guarantees for all Australian financial deposits, $8 billion for the car industry and a $10 billion pre-Christmas one-off handout, largely to families and pensioners. Writing in the Weekend Australian, Andrew Main commented that the $10 billion \"seems to have disappeared like a puff of dust on the wind\" because it had been \"thrown against a slowing economy\"."}
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-{"text": "Bridge End, Burra\n\nBridge-End marina is situated at the head of South Voe. Best approached at high water, a buoyed channel in the voe provides access.\n\nBridge-End marina is situated at the head of South Voe. It\u2019s best approached at high water, using the buoyed channel. The water depth at the pontoons is 3 metres, with 2 metres at the pier.\n\nElectricity and water can be provided, facilities are available for rubbish disposal and a marine engineering business is located adjacent to the marina. The local shop is in Hamnavoe, 2 miles north of the marina. For further details, phone Bobby Hunter on 01595 869270.\n\nDepth (Low water)\n\n1.5m. max.\n\nContact:\n\nBobby Hunter, 01595 859270\n\nCharges:\n\n\u00a310 per day\n\nYacht Facilities:\n\nElectricity on pier by arrangement, fresh water on pier, rubbish disposal, slip."}
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-{"text": "Workshop 3: Backgrounds, Shapes, Layout\n\nTake your design to the next level by leveraging elements that provide structure and hierarchy.\n\n\u200bThis workshop dives into creative ways you can use backgrounds and shapes to both emphasize and highlight, while also reviewing the fundamentals of layout design which ensure that you have a strong composition that communicates your message.\n\nYou will develop a set of criteria for ranking a (one) president\u2019s legacy. You will rank the legacy of that president based upon social, economic, military, and political achievements. This will require you to focus on one president and detail his social, economic, military, and political achievements.Not a great demo\n\nYou will make a poster that displays important information about a country. In doing so, you will identify key political figures, geographic features, and other notable characteristics about that country. Germany Demo"}
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-{"text": "Sequatchie Cove Farm is located 35 miles outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The farm is a special place, surrounded by pristine Tennessee wilderness. Dancing Fern is their take on French Reblochon, and it is possible that the Tennessee version surpasses the quality of the original. About eight inches in diameter with a pink-orange rind, Dancing Fern is only available seasonally, from late spring until the end of summer or while supplies last.\n\nLike true Reblochon, Dancing Fern is made from raw (unpasteurized) milk and aged about 60 days. Even with the two-month aging period, it displays none of the sharpness or firmness one might associate with an aged cheese. Also like Reblochon, the cheese oozes out from beneath its rind as soon as you cut into it, even before it reaches room temperature. Utterly complex, we note hints of fresh cut grass, mushroom, broccoli, and asparagus on the palate. Please sign up on our \"Notify When Back In Stock\" list to be reminded abut this award-winning cheese next year.3rd place winner of the 2016 Farmstead aged less than 60 cheese category from the American Cheese Society.\n\nDancing Fern won top honors at the 2012 and 2015 American Cheese Society for the soft farmstead category.\n\nThis is a great creamy well made cheese, but be aware there is a strong \"grassy\" flavor which I love but some others might not.\n\nBy Andrea Hortonfrom Chattanooga, TNon Mar 10, 2016\n\nLove!\n\nOne of my favorites! Barnyardy, milky, and creamy!\n\nBy Diana Simpsonfrom NYon Apr 07, 2014\n\nBig Bold and Raw!\n\nThis is a big meaty cheese that packs a punch. I like that it's not just all pungent and salty, like epoisses can be. The raw milk really gives it character. Plus, it's a good-sized wheel and you can easily share with 8 adults. We had it as a starter with some fruits and crudites, but ended up serving it with thin slices of coppa from Salumeria Biellese to match."}
-{"text": "Regarding the Kalahari\n\nThe Marshall Family and the Ju/'hoansi !Kung, 1950\u20131961\n\nMarch 18, 2004\u2013September, 2004\n\nFeaturing 28 photographic prints and 20 stereographs from the Peabody Museum's Marshall Collection, Regarding the Kalahari examines the first chapter in the relationship between the Marshall family and the Ju/'hoansi !Kung-a relationship that has lasted over a half a century and endures still. Through the portraits of individuals, the exhibit documents the !Kung on the brink of cultural change and offers a photographic record of the Marshalls' multifaceted perspectives on the !Kung.\n\nIn 1950, Laurence Marshall, retired co-founder of the Raytheon Company, and seventeen-year-old John Marshall embarked on the first of numerous Peabody Museum expeditions to the Kalahari Desert where they encountered Ju/'hoansi !Kung, still living as nomadic hunter-gatherers. Arrangements were made to return the next year along with Lorna Marshall, an English teacher, and their college-aged daughter Elizabeth Marshall [Thomas.] For eleven years, the Marshall family-Lorna, Laurence, and their children, Elizabeth and John-documented the way of life of the indigenous Ju/'hoansi !Kung of the Kalahari desert in southern Africa. Unschooled in anthropology and in photography, the Marshalls literally trained themselves in the field. Lorna and Elizabeth conducted extensive ethnography, writing numerous books and articles.The images in this exhibit offer rich ethnographic information about the !Kung, but also invite us to contemplate how photography can frame our regard of an entire people."}
-{"text": "DART Partners with City of Dallas to Deliver Senior Care Packages\n\nDallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has partnered with the City of Dallas to assist in delivering care packages to senior residents who participate in the Dallas Park and Recreation Active Senior Adult Program (ASAP).\n\nWith 40 recreation centers in Dallas that offer senior programs, as well as three dedicated senior centers, the program is free for individuals 60 and over in the City of Dallas.\n\nDART, working with MV Transportation and MyCity Transportation, will utilize six to eight vehicles to supply approximately 150 to 200 care packages per day, with 850 planned deliveries during the week of April 6 \u2013 10.\n\nDART is planning logistics for the delivery routes and providing drivers and vehicles. City of Dallas staff are responsible for delivering each of the care packages.\n\nDuring the COVID-19 epidemic, DART continues to work closely with each of the 13 cities in its service area, as well as with numerous organizations, to leverage currently available assets and capabilities in support of North Texas."}
-{"text": "ISLAMABAD: The Financial Action Task Force on Friday decided to place Pakistan back on its terror financing watch-list on a list of countries that financially aid terrorism with effect from June but Islamabad believed the decision was politically motivated that may affect its future cooperation.\n\nDespite initially agreeing to Pakistan\u2019s viewpoint, the FATF Plenary decided to place the country on the Grey List from June, confirmed a senior government official who attended FATF meetings in Paris, France. Pakistan was previously on the Grey List from 2012 to 2015.\n\nThe federal government does not see any major impact of the FATF\u2019s decision on its economy and the country\u2019s de-facto finance minister said that during 2012 to 2015 period, Pakistan signed agreements with the International Monetary Fund and issued sovereign bonds in international capital markets.\n\nPakistan\u2019s financial system was strong and its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regimes were among the most stringent in the world, said Dr Miftah Ismail.\n\nThe decision is seen as being against the norms of the FATF and its sister organisations, as the country\u2019s Mutual Evaluation \u2013 a process of assessing levels of implementation of FATF recommendations, was currently undergoing.\n\nThe Mutual Evaluations also provide an in-depth description and analysis of each country\u2019s system for preventing criminal abuse of the financial system.\n\nThe decision to place a member country on the FATF list is usually taken in light of the Mutual Evaluation, so FATF\u2019s latest move suggests that Pakistan was falling victim to international politics, government officials said while requesting anonymity.\n\n\u201cPakistan has serious concerns and objections to the introduction of this new nomination procedure, which is unprecedented and in clear violation of the established rules and practices of FATF\u201d, the FO spokesman said on Friday.\n\nMost of the concerns raised by the US regarding deficiencies in our Counter Financing Terrorism and Anti money laundering regime had already been addressed in 2015, when Pakistan was taken off the \u201cgrey list\u201d.\n\nWhere from here\n\nNow, FATF would require Pakistan to submit an Action Plan in May in order to be removed from the list in the coming months or years. Once the FATF approves this Action Plan in June, there will be a formal announcement from FATF about placing Pakistan on the Grey List.\n\nIf Pakistan fails to submit a plan, the FATF has the option of placing the country on its Black List, which carries adverse implications. This limits Pakistan\u2019s ability to decide whether it should cooperate with the FATF or not due to the global body\u2019s \u2018unjust decision\u2019.\n\nThe US and UK jointly submitted a resolution to the FATF nominating Pakistan for placement in the Grey List. France and Germany subsequently joined this nomination.\n\nReforms issues\n\nThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global standard setting body for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).\n\nAbout two and half years ago, the global body had struck off Pakistan\u2019s name after the country agreed to take actions against Hafiz Saeed\u2019s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) and Lashakar Tayiba.\n\nHowever, some of these actions remained pending, and Pakistan only finished checking the off about two months ago. During the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) session that took place a day before FATF plenary, some member countries had raised the question that there was no analysis available to judge Pakistan\u2019s action, said the officials.\n\nUpon this Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Miftah Ismail offered that Pakistan was ready to submit a report on its action plan and after that the FATF should take the decision, the officials said. At that point, Japan supported Pakistan\u2019s view that action should be taken on the basis of the evidence.\n\nThe ICRG agreed to this proposal that Pakistan would take certain measures to address the international community\u2019s concerns and in light of those measures the FATF should take steps in future, according to the officials.\n\nChina also advised Pakistan to sign an agreement with the FATF on the measures that it would take in next three months, said the officials.\n\nThe pre plenary meeting ended on this positive note and this was also the reason behind Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif\u2019s tweet in which he announced that FATF deferred the decision for three months and asked the Asia Pacific Group for another report on Pakistan, according to the officials.\n\nHowever, to the surprise of Pakistani authorities, the US used its influence and turned the tables on Pakistan by influencing the other countries and to have them to first analyze the actions that Pakistan has already taken, according to the people who attended the meeting.\n\nThe FATF decided to place Pakistan on the grey list on the undue pressure from the United States, according to Pakistani authorities. They claim that during the meeting when the representative of Gulf Cooperation Council raised hand to speak, the US representative rushed to the GCC seat and asked the representative not to speak, according to the officials.\n\nThe FATF decision, which is against its norms, could frustrate Pakistan\u2019s genuine efforts and the government will decide whether it should cooperate with a global body that is playing in the hands of the US, said the Pakistani authorities.\n\nThe officials said that the only weak area was that Pakistani courts were convicting terrorists but were not imposing fines on them on charges of terrorism financing.\n\nTweet too soon\n\nOn February 20, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif had claimed on Twitter that there was no consensus for nominating Pakistan for listing, and that a three-month pause had been proposed. He also said that listing would be reconsidered in June.\n\nForeign analysts suggested that the late push against Pakistan may have been provoked by the leaking of information from the FATF meeting, with some pointing specifically to Asif\u2019s tweet."}
-{"text": "DVDActive uses cookies to remember your actions, such as your answer in the poll. Cookies are\nalso used by third-parties for statistics, social media and advertising. By using this website, it is\nassumed that you agree to this.\n\nCrime Story/The Protector Double Feature (US - BD)\n\nGabe checks out two of Jackie Chan's unfunny features on Blu-ray disc...\n\nCrime Story\n\nInspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau is suffering emotional stress after shooting several men in self-defense. Chan is assigned to track down the kidnapped businessman Wong Yat-Fei (Law Kar-ying). The search takes him from Hong Kong to Taiwan, causing him to cross paths with some very powerful men in the Chinese underworld. Loosely based on a true story.\n\nCrime Story was, for a period, known as a rare break from comedy for Chan. The first two Police Story movies are relatively serious, but none of his non-period, starring-role features were quite as gritty as this one, at least not until the unnecessarily bleak New Police Story in 2004. Crime Story is also largely forgotten by most passing fans (like myself), because it had the misfortune of being released at the height of Chan\u2019s crossover stardom between Armour of God II: Operation Condor, Police Story 3: Super Cop, and Drunken Master II. The truth is that Chan\u2019s dramatic acting is rarely in question. Even during his sillier roles, he tends to successfully exert a specially brand of stoic melodrama and putting him through the ringer physically holds basically the same threat whether the tone is serious or not. There\u2019s also the matter of the severity of the melodrama in HK crime cinema \u2013 something I\u2019ve never fully adjusted to, despite being a long time fan of the genre. There\u2019s just no room for middle ground between the dizzying histrionics, something that can become unintentionally amusing in high doses. Crime Story balances reality and theatrics better than many similar films, but, without Chan\u2019s base comedic charms, the tone is a bit exhausting. Just a bit.\n\nDirector Kirk Wong (Chan himself is credited as second unit action director) worked his way through Hong Kong filmmaking as an actor and director ever since the \u201870s. He took a shot at Hollywood direction with the Lou Diamond Phillips and Mark Wahlberg vehicle The Big Hit, but Crime Story likely remains his most celebrated film. Where action is involved, Crime Story is a pretty potent mix of the kind of frenetic action that accompanies the Police Story films and the more poetic violence of John Woo\u2019s early HK work. Wong doesn\u2019t go in for a lot of Woo-style super-slow-mo, but his pacing (which gets away from him on occasion, making this incredibly busy plot a bit difficult to follow), his inter-cutting between events, and his consistently gliding camera all recall the likes of The Killer and especially Hard Boiled. The major element Wong brings to this table is a stylized sense of lighting during the nighttime shootouts and fisticuffs. As the film progresses, his gaudy neons and monochromatic blues are a delightful contrast to Chan\u2019s mostly undistinguished stunts, which finally step to the forefront during the explosive final act. The grim, occasionally vicious violence and (brief) frank sexuality occasionally feels just as forced as the drama, but without the benefit of expectations. It\u2019s genuinely weird to watch Chan involved with something this raw, yet not so weird as to be a must-see curiosity, like The Protector. And speaking of\u2026\n\nThe Protector\n\nBilly Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are a pair of mismatched NYPD cops sent to Hong Kong to catch Harold Ko (Roy Chiao), a drug lord who has kidnapped the daughter of his former associate, Laura (Saun Ellis). Mayhem ensues.\n\nMost people assume that Chan took his first major swing at the American film market with Rumble in the Bronx, which was a surprise hit when released in US markets in 1995. But the truth is that he was thrown to the Hollywood dogs as far back as 1980, when he made The Big Brawl with writer/director Robert Clouse ( Enter the Dragon, Gymkata, China O\u2019Brien). The Big Brawl mostly flopped, but didn\u2019t deplete the star\u2019s popularity in Asia, so a second attempt was made in 1985 when Chan participated with The Protector. The Protector is not among Chan\u2019s most popular films, especially not with fans that appreciate his unique cinematic voice, but, in retrospect, it\u2019s a pretty amusing movie, mostly because it feels unlike everything else in his filmography. Throughout his career, Chan never worked with another director as ingrained in the grindhouse side of American action cinema as James Glickenhaus, the man behind such vicious, grimy, but ultimately entertaining pseudo-schlock, like The Exterminator, The Soldier and McBain. Glickenhaus\u2019 influence looms heavily over this cut of the film, much to the chagrin of Chan and his fanbase, who\u2019d prefer we watched Chan\u2019s re-edited Hong Kong version (which is available in standard definition on this disc). The HK cut may be the \u2018better,\u2019 more acceptably Chan-ish movie and the negative experience reportedly spurred Chan to make Police Story later the same year. That film would go on to be a career defining mega-hit, but the US cut is the more \u2018special\u2019 movie, simply because, in the year 2013, there\u2019s really no need for another \u201880s era cop film from Chan. It\u2019s better to watch this ultimately unsuccessful attempt at 42nd Street copsploitation than revisit a lesser predecessor to Police Story.\n\nI\u2019ve only ever seen parts of The Protector when clips are included in documentaries on Chan and/or HK action cinema. These clips are almost exclusively used as examples of his specific talents being misunderstood by American filmmakers. Again, this one of a kind sample of wrong-headedness is worth seeing for all the reasons fans and critics will tell you to avoid it. Right off the bat, Glickenhaus introduces a group of gang members so flamboyant that they\u2019d make Walter Hill\u2019s The Warriors blush. His versions of New York and Hong Kong are full-on trash-towns where daylight and darkness make no continuative sense, and fitted with familiar character actors who burst into bloody messes the second Chan opens fire on them. His compositions are ugly, his action excessive and nonsensical, and his screenplay is dripping with every ounce of cop flick clich\u00e9 imaginable. In the first 20 minutes, Chan\u2019s partner is killed, he breaks the rules to violently avenge the death, is reprimanded by a screaming commissioner, and gets a slow-clap ovation from his colleagues for his efforts. The only surprise here is that he actually gets along with his new partner in the next scene. And, despite years of complaining, Chan is actually kind of good or at least entertaining in this epic miscasting. He growls an f-bomb with surprising conviction and his anti-chemistry with Danny Aiello is brilliantly off-kilter. More importantly for fans, Chan is given plenty of chance to show off his physical prowess between unlikely bouts of dialogue.\n\nVideo\n\nThere hasn\u2019t exactly been an excess of \u201880s and \u201890s era Hong Kong classics made available in the HD format, stateside. What we\u2019ve got, be it through Disney, Miramax (Dragon Dynasty), or random HD streaming transfers on Netflix, has been average at best. Disney\u2019s transfers were soft and sometimes noisy, and Miramax and Netflix\u2019s tend to be a bit flat and exhibit quite a bit of print damage artefacts. In most cases thus far, these are upgrades over previous DVD releases, but often not enough to make fans particularly happy. This is often an unavoidable issue of cheap material being cheaply treated over a long period, not necessarily a deficiency on the part of the people transferring said film to digital format. Shout Factory is kind of new to this game and certainly deserves the benefit of the doubt. Anyone that can make Luigi Cozzi\u2019s Starcrash look good is okay in my book.\n\nCrime Story is available on a non-anamorphic, barebones Miramax release and an anamorphically enhanced, extras-packed Dragon Dynasty re-release. There is also a Hong Kong Blu-ray release available from Kam & Ronson Enterprises, but I have no real concept of its image quality. Unfortunately, this 1.85:1, 1080p transfer follows the precedent set by all of those other HD transfers I mentioned above. The image quality is generally sharper than an SD transfer would allow, though not quite as clean or crisp as we\u2019d expect from Shout Factory\u2019s gorgeous exploitation releases. Close-up details are just fine, but things tend to get mushy in wide shots, specifically those that use wide-angle lenses. The bigger problem here is that of edge-enhancement and other over-sharpening effects. Print damage artefacts are all over the place, though their frequency varies quite a bit from shot to shot. The worst-case scenarios are flecked with short white scratches, while the bulk of the transfer is simply covered in steady film grain. Colours are hit a miss, depending largely on the available light in a given scene. Whenever natural, source lighting is involved things are a bit muddied, especially browns, blues, and greens, while brighter sequences do better with the more vibrant and warm hues. Black levels are often heavily crushed, which is probably a case of overcompensation on the part of the disc\u2019s producers. More often than not the cheaper filmstock used for these films didn\u2019t produce the best blacks. Something similar occurred on Lionsgate\u2019s semi-recent Infernal Affairs release.\n\nThe Protector is less easily available over the years on DVD. The only official US release comes from HBO/Rysher Entertainment. It is listed as featuring an anamorphic transfer. There is also a Japanese Blu-ray release that features both the US and Japanese extended versions of the film, but, like most Japanese releases, it ain\u2019t cheap. This 1.85:1, 1080p transfer once again, leaves quite a bit to be desired. The issue here isn\u2019t over-sharpening or edge enhancement, it\u2019s an overall dullness and washed out quality. There\u2019s little in terms of digital compression artefacts, but detail levels rarely look better than a decent DVD and at times are as muddied as a VHS transfer. The biggest close-ups stand apart while wide-angle shots are often smudgy. The print itself is about as dirty as the Crime Story print, but the lack of sharpness leads to a more blotchy brown grain effects. Colour quality is hit and miss, though, quite often this is the result of Glickenhaus\u2019 unattractive, dark, brown palettes. The grimy hues generally add to the vulgar look of the film, but the lack of vibrancy in the tawdry reds and \u201880s pastels is certainly disappointing.\n\nAudio\n\nDragon Dynasty\u2019s special edition re-release DVD of Crime Story featured 5.1 Cantonese and English options, along with an original Cantonese 2.0 mono option (that HK Blu-ray reportedly features both a Cantonese Dolby TrueHD 7.1 track and a dubbed Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 EX track). This disc also features DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Cantonese and English dub options, along with the original 2.0 mono Cantonese. I watched the bulk of the film in 5.1 Cantonese and was mostly impressed with the generally natural stereo and surround enhancement. I use the word \u2018natural\u2019 pretty loosely, of course, since, even in mono, most period HK soundtracks are largely produced in post with ADR and heavy foley work. The dialogue and basic effects remain centered and clear with only minor bleeding effects during sequences with busier ambience. The directional movement is devoted mostly to car stunts and shootouts, and occasionally makes little dynamic sense (sometimes there\u2019s just car noise for the sake of car noise), but overall the immersive qualities are relatively crisp and effective. The mono track is still probably the preferred way to go, however, mostly because it's louder and sharper than the multi-channels track. The only real shortcomings here are the volume levels of Mark Lui and James Wong\u2019s musical score, which is definitely quieter on the more crowded mono track.\n\nThe Protector comes fitted with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Mono soundtrack, both of which are largely presented in English. This is not a dub track, however \u2013 this is the American release\u2019s standard soundtrack. This time, the artificiality of the 5.1 mix gets in the way and fills the channels with odd echo and reverb effects. Even the most simple footstep sound racks back into the surround channels. At worst, it sounds like all five channels are simply blurting the same thing slightly off-sync. I very much recommend sticking to the 2.0 track in this case, which features more natural and dynamic sound ranges and none of the weird artefacts. The busyness of the single channel treatment is certainly an issue when Ken Thorne\u2019s score duels with explosive sound effects, but there aren\u2019t huge issues with garbling or warbling bass levels. For the most part everything important is clear and decently separated with only minor bits of dialogue going missing between louder musical moments.\n\nExtras\n\nThe extras begin with Crime Story and an interview with director Kirk Wong (10:30, SD). Wong discusses pitching the story to Golden Harvest, shooting for realism, working with his actors, and shooting stunts. Next up are some deleted scenes (6:23, SD). These scenes apply almost exclusively to Chan\u2019s developing romance with his appointed psychiatrist. Extras end with two trailers.\n\nThe Protector extras begin with Chan\u2019s alternate HK cut of the film (1:28:20, SD). This version is presented in standard definition and single channel mono, dubbed Cantonese sound, but, frankly, doesn\u2019t look that much worse than the HD version. The picture quality suffers from dimmer colours, edge enhancement, combing, and minor ghosting effects, but is certainly watchable. Fans should be happy to see the film from Chan\u2019s preferred point-of-view (which includes cutting all the gratuitous nudity). Next up is From New York To Hong Kong (9:30, HD), an interview with director James Glickenhaus. Glickenhaus doesn\u2019t have a sense of humour on the subject and discusses his part in the production with a somewhat dour tone. The extras also feature then and now location comparisons (4:20, HD), a vintage behind the scenes featurette (5:00, SD), and trailers.\n\nOverall\n\nThis first of hopefully many Jackie Chan double feature collections isn\u2019t exactly a must-own in terms of content, but Crime Story and The Protector end up complimenting each other better than expected. Crime Story often feels like a po-faced retread of the first two Police Story films, but really comes together for a raucous and violent final act. The mostly reviled The Protector deserves a second look by exploitation fans and on a double feature with something like Michael Winner\u2019s Death Wish 3 or Bill Lustig\u2019s Vigilante. Unfortunately, neither film looks particularly great here in their first North American 1080p releases. Crime Story is close to the mark, while The Protector features a definitively flat and dull DVD-style transfer. Assuming the price is right fans still might want to spring for these, especially since the extras include a standard definition copy of Chan\u2019s version of The Protector.\n\n* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer."}
-{"text": "Like all peoples of the world, the Russian people have developed over the centuries a vast array of proverbs and sayings. These words, filled with popular wisdom, reflect the day-to-day lives of Russians and the way they look at the society around them. Proverbs are passed on from generation to generation and used in various situations. And, let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s hard to contradict them. Discover 30 Russian proverbs and sayings full of wisdom.\n\nAn open mouth leads to an open pit.\n\nThe greatest Russian military was the \u201cgeneral winter\u201d.\n\nEven the glory of the river ends in the sea.\n\nThe heart is a child who waits for what he desires.\n\nDo not heat a house with the promise of firewood.\n\nThe snake changes skin, but not of nature.\n\nMarriage is a penance.\n\nMarriage is a funeral with music.\n\nKnowing too much is getting old prematurely.\n\nWhen you die, what you take is what you give.\n\nThe dog does not beat for bravery, but for fear.\n\nWhoever has an enemy, does not sleep.\n\nThe dog is more sensible than the woman, because he does not bark at his master."}
-{"text": "Director of Photography Reel\n\nGaffer Reel\n\nFun Production Pictures\n\nBeautiful Images. Skillfully Crafted.\n\nStreamline your production with our preloaded lighting truck and high end camera packages.\n\nProudly Serving: Los Angeles, Orange County & San Diego\n\n\"Great Vision\"\n\n\"Greg, it was a pleasure meeting you in person and getting to know you. Man, you have such a great vision for the camera and catching the right scene. Very Impressive. I hope our paths cross again.\"\n\n-Jeff\n\n\"Tremendous Talent\"\n\n\"You brought tremendous talent and knowledge to our project that was beyond expectation. But you brought much more that was far more valuable: In the coming years I will probably work with other Gaffers of like talent (and accessories) - but your generous spirit and happy attitude are a rarity in all walks of life.\"\n\n-Rusty\n\n\"World Class\"\n\n\"Good Morning, the Agency dropped us a note yesterday and they are \"over the moon\". Their client was gushing at the world class job that we did. \"World class\", nice. Thank you everyone.\""}
-{"text": "The most substantial change to the bill establishing education freedom savings accounts (ESAs) was adding the provision that only families whose annual household income is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines can take advantage of the program.\n\nThat was an improvement to the bill, but fundamental problems with this bill still remain.\n\n\u2022 We don\u2019t know how much this bill will cost.\n\n\u2022 Where will the money come from to fund the bill?\n\n\u2022 It is not clear whether this bill is constitutional.\n\nOne of the goals of the bill is to help low-income families that live in a poor or underperforming school district. Bill supporter Michelle Levell, who heads up School Choice NH said, \u201cWealthy families can either move to a really high performing district or on their own afford a private school or religious school or homeschooling expenses. Those are often out of reach for the people who need it the most.\u201d\n\nHowever, bill co-sponsor State Sen. John Regan told Parenting NH that even with the approximately $5,000 per child that would be available to offset the cost of private school, poor families would still not be able to afford private school tuition.\n\nIn that case, if the bill\u2019s goal is to give all New Hampshire families access to better education, it fails.\n\nWith so many unknowns, it would be irresponsible to push through this bill. Would you agree to buy something that you 1) didn\u2019t know the price of; 2) didn\u2019t know how you\u2019d pay for it; and 3) didn\u2019t do what you needed it to do?\n\nFor years, New Hampshire has been lauded nationally for the quality of its public education system.\n\nDismantling the public school system in favor of an experiment with a market-based ideology, an experiment that has not proven to work in other states who have adopted school vouchers, with an undetermined price tag and no way to fund it will not improve education. Further, increasing the burden on taxpayers will only motivate them to move their child, and future skilled employee, out of the state of New Hampshire.\n\nMore than 20 years after the Claremont decision by the NH Supreme Court that called for equal access to an adequate education for all students, we are still struggling with how to fund school districts fairly and equitably. We need to start there.\n\nMore Letters from Editor Melanie Hitchcock\n\nWhether it\u2019s talking to your neighbor or your pediatrician, or reading a book or magazine article or going online, parents are always searching for experts to point them in the right direction and help them navigate the parenting journey."}
-{"text": "Search form\n\nThe Life-Changing Effects of a Year in London\n\nDecember 05, 2017 8:30 AM\n\n|\n\nOSA Staff\n\nAs a high school student, Tulane senior Laine Fisher always wanted to incorporate an international experience into her undergraduate education. When it became clear that spending her entire undergraduate career abroad was not going to be an option, she made sure to attend a university with strong study abroad programs. As early as the second semester of her freshman year, Laine began to look at the London School of Economics as a leading choice for her junior year abroad.\n\nShe focused on London for a number of reasons. For one, she knew she wasn\u2019t going to want to spend the year studying in another language. She wanted to study in English, and the UK provided that option to her, of course. Additionally, her Scottish and English heritage led her to think about the UK. London, as an enormous, metropolitan city, attracted her as a place where international perspectives would be extremely important. London would be a great place to pursue her passions in History and Political Science. Finally, the fact that students in the UK university system focused on their major fields of study, rather than a rounded-out liberal arts curriculum, meant that her fellow students at LSE would be as deeply into History and Political Science as she herself was.\n\nOriginally, Laine planned to graduate from Tulane and either go into law or politics. Her year at LSE would bolster her applications and help her create an expertise in all things international. But then, before she even embarked upon her adventure in London, she saw a documentary that changed everything. The Art of the Steal, a 2009 documentary about the controversy of the Dr. Albert C. Barnes art collection and its dissemination following his death, piqued Laine\u2019s interest not just in art but in the economic and social complications faced by major art collectors around the world.\n\nContinuing with her plan to study at LSE during her junior year, Laine did not take any art history courses as part of her official curriculum. But her year in London changed her whole trajectory nonetheless! Being in London was the first time she was really exposed to major art collections. London is home to the best museums in the world and, best of all, they are free! While she had taken one art history course in high school and none at Tulane or LSE, she found herself visiting the various museums and collections around the city, self-learning all about art. So how is it that Laine came back to Tulane having decided to add an art history minor onto her degree during her senior year? A conference on Nazi-looted art sealed the deal for her.\n\nHer major advisor at LSE recommended that she attend the conference in Cambridge during March of that junior year. One of only two undergraduates in attendance, Laine experienced a major lightbulb moment that weekend when she learned about Restitution and Cultural Repatriation \u2013 a field that combined everything that interested her: History, Art, Politics and Law. Art is so essential to cultural identity that its pilfering has become a major human rights issue, attracting the attention of such big names as Amal Clooney, who is currently working on a restitution case. Laine discovered the field of lost art, art that is stolen or disappeared in places of turmoil and unrest, and saw her future in pursuing this passion.\n\nShe finished her study abroad year by traveling heavily throughout Europe, visiting museums in various cities and meeting people from all around the world. Prior to coming back to Tulane for her senior year, she decided to stay in London to complete a Sotheby\u2019s Summer Institute where she learned about auctions in the classroom and by observing them, and picked up on the business aspect of the art world. Finally, as she registered for her senior year, she added her art history minor and started making plans to apply for Art History MA programs in addition to eventually getting her JD so that she can help litigate these cases and ensure that the artistic production of a culture does not get taken away from them."}
-{"text": "August 15, 2008\n\nJNN has confirmed at 7:15 EST this morning USDA officials along with Argentinean police, volunteers from the Wisconsin Dairy Association and the Texas Cattle Consortium tracked and killed the notorious bovine violator Tampholio in Argentina. Tampholio has been on and off the USDA\u2019s most wanted list for 10 years and has rampaged across two continents leaving in his wake millions of dollars of damage. His most costly desecration was stopping all mike production in Wisconsin for weeks after he broke out of a maximum security prison and went on a four week herd raping storm. Although he was caught several times he always managed to escape catching the guards with there pants down. He was last detained in Guantanamo Bay and during his escape he hide in the rectum of a prisoner that was released.\n\nI enjoyed the asswhuppin of the armed robber in this video. Note how the older gentleman moves in and out of the picture, then at then end, gets in a couple of good kicks. Here is a story about another old man, Uncle Fidel who will soon be older and dead.\n\nI also enjoyed this story about an aged garden Gnome that was stolen away for some adventure.\n\nWhile not dated this week, DaneBramage sent me this story this week about Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban, the most powerful coach in sports. I am getting excited about football, even though the summer seems to have gone way too fast.\n\nThe best comment I saw this week came from the Washington Post who had a story about the Clinton Campaign memos. The comment said: \u201cHillary supporters, let your voice be heard in November! A vote for McCain is a vote for Hillary\u201d! Just think, only 81 days until the election. Yee ha.\n\nFrom the I Hate It When That Happens files comes this story about vampire bats killing folks in Venzuela. May one get to Hugo Chavez soon.\n\nAs for headlines this week, I think you would be hard pressed to beat this one: Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks\u2019 Patrons. At least they were hit with any product they didn\u2019t want. The story is somewhat fascinating as well. What, do they have like a catalog you browse, then pay up for a vial of baby batter?\n\nFrom the files of Milli Vanilli and \u201cwho the fuck cares\u201d comes this story about a lip synching 7 year old and this story about how they used computer graphics at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. They were spectacular and I am certain that Mayor Dailey was shitting himself wondering how we can top that if Chicago gets the nod for the 2016 games. Frankly, who cares if they faked half of the stuff? Even the half that wasn\u2019t faked was amazing. London will be hard pressed to top it in 2012 and I hope they are getting started.\nAlso in Olympic news, Phelps. Six. Liukin, gold. Nuf said.\n\nHere is a bit of news to which both McCain and Obama (and the rest of the crusty old bastards in Federal Government) should pay attention. I think we could solve many of the fiscal problems in this country if we could get corporations to pay their taxes and thus limit the burden on individuals.\n\nFucktards this week:Ria Ramkissoon who starved her 19 month old son to death. How could she? Answer: A cult. Bullspit.Pauline Harpin, 70, and son Paul Harpin, 41. The names alone should get them nominated, but the story is disgusting.John \u201cTwo Americas\u201d Edwards. I mentioned last week that he is a lying cheat. His lies are catching up with him rapidly. He was certainly living two lives in America; one with his cancer ridden wife and the other with his whore girl-toy. Like she didn\u2019t know he was married?\nForming Bloomington, IL cop Jeff Pelo makes a return visit as a FOTW. Rot dude. Just rot. You should be able to get that done in the next 440 years or so.\nPolice are looking for this middle aged guy who claimed to be a \u201cporn inspector\u201d. Sounds like a great job for ConspiracyDude, if only it was true.Raymond Daniel Thurmond who held his entire family, of varying ages, hostage in a single wide mobile home for years. What a sick bastard.Jennifer Lynn Rosenberg is a Fucktard for having her 12 year old drive her to a bar in Texas.Timothy Dale Johnson of Searcy, Arkansas who was 50 years old. He will not be seeing 51. There are better ways to beat the democrats than shooting them."}
-{"text": "Print Your Publications Professionally\n\nAmir Mehrabian, the program manager responsible for our printing features, delves into the improvements we made for commercial printing in the new Publisher.\n\nPublisher is a powerful program that enables you to create a wide variety of publication types, without having to be a graphic designer. You can create publications as big as a fifteen-foot banner or as small as a business card. More often than not, your publication is ultimately destined for the printer, but sometimes your trusty little desktop printer just isn\u2019t sufficient. For example, imagine you want to print a very large banner, or invitation cards on special paper. Most desktop printers are incapable of printing huge posters and are not efficient or economical for printing a large number of invitations. In those cases, you may want to take your publication to a print shop with more advanced and specialized printers, inks, and paper. Publisher makes that easy as well.\n\nPreparing your publication for a print shop\n\nAs part of our planning for the new Publisher, we did a thorough study of the different commercial print options available to our customers today. Our findings showed that commercial printing has come a long way in recent years, and that modern printers are much more sophisticated than they were when some of our older printing features were designed.\n\nToday\u2019s print shops universally accept (or even prefer) PDF files for documents to be printed. They often have powerful tools for analyzing and preparing PDF documents for printing that they don\u2019t have for other formats. As a format that represents a fixed presentation of the document, and that can also include many advanced settings that can be important for professional printing, such as specific named PANTONE colors, PDF has become a popular standard for taking your publication to a print shop.\n\nIn the new Publisher, we\u2019ve embraced the role that PDF plays in commercial printing, and invested in enhancing our PDF output, while at the same time simplifying the experience for you.\n\nColor model and registration settings\n\nIn the new Publisher, you no longer have to choose a color model for your publication. In prior versions of Publisher, several different color modes were supported, with RGB mode for screen and desktop printers, and single, process, and spot color modes for more specialized, commercial printing cases. We have simplified this in the new version, and now use RGB mode for all cases, enhanced to export additional color information when saving the publication.\n\nIn particular, since you are likely taking a PDF version of your publication to the printer, we added the ability for Publisher to save any process color values (CMYK) and named (PANTONE) colors you have used in formatting text or objects in your publication to the PDF when you export your file. Printers today have very sophisticated registration and conversion tools for PDFs, obviating the need for you to worry about color models, trapping, or overprinting settings before sending jobs to the printer. This simplifies things for you, and the printer, and increases the likelihood you\u2019ll get the best results from your print job. Just create the publication you want, using any combination of RGB, process or spot colors, export as a PDF and head to the printer!\n\nImpact on existing publications\n\nIf you have publications that you created with older versions of Publisher and saved in a color model other than RGB, they will be converted to RGB when you open them in the new Publisher. In it important to note that while the publication is now in RGB mode, any named PANTONE colors, and colors specified in CMYK values, are preserved. When you save or export your publication, Publisher will save all available color information, making it easy for your printer to do the right thing.\n\nExporting your publication\n\nSave for a commercial printer\n\nAs mentioned above, if you\u2019re taking your publication to a print shop, you\u2019ll likely want to export the pub as a PDF file. In addition to the ability to simply \u201cSave As\u2026\u201d a PDF, Publisher also has the Pack and Go wizard to make it easy to export your document with the settings you want.\n\nTo export your publication, first save your file, and then go to the \u201cFile\u201d tab, select \u201cExport\u201d and then \u201cSave for Commercial Printer\u201d.\n\nChoose the desired quality and type of output you want, and then click on \u201cPack and Go Wizard\u201d. In the dialog that opens, choose where you want your final output to be saved. You can then take the output files to your print shop of choice.\n\nSave for photo printing\n\nWhile you\u2019re on the Export tab, you might notice a new option under Pack and Go, \u201cSave for a Photo Printer\u201d. This option is handy for some types of publications, such as photo books or albums, where printing at a photo center can be a low cost alternative to commercial printing.\n\nFor several version now, Publisher has had the ability to save a single page of your publication as a file in an image format, such as JPEG or TIFF. The resulting file is essentially a big picture of your page, like the files generated by your digital camera. In the new version, we\u2019ve added an option to the Export tab that makes it easy to save not just one, but all the pages of your publication as images.\n\nWhen you use the Pack and Go Wizard to export for photo printer, you simply select the desired output format, and then choose a location. You can choose between JPEG, which generally results in much smaller files, or TIFF, which can sometimes result in higher quality images. All of the pages will be exported to a folder, named after the name of your publication, at the location you specified in the wizard.\n\nOnce you have your images, you can print them just as you would any other digital picture or image file!\n\nThe output will always be in RGB mode and the user can\u2019t change that. However, as it was mentioned in the blog post you can add your CMYK and spot colors and take your publication to the print shop.\nYou can also ask them to convert the RGB to any other color mode that you desire. The PDF file has all the information that they would need to the conversion.\n\nYou can always save your document in XPS format using save as menu in the backstage.\n\nokay, but all commercial printers in my country I ever worked with required me to send a publication in composite CMYK format, so am I screwed now?\nIf anyone offeres to do the required pre-printing conversions, they charge a considerable fee.\n\nSecond, such conversion at the printer site usually resulted in undesired results. To prevent this, I want to use CMYK colors directly. You say I can do this manually and they will be preserved. However, if I include a clipart it will be automatically in RGB I guess and the only possibility would be break it, go through all the shapes and manually changing the color model to CMYK\u2026 correct?\n\nThird, how do I convert all the colors to grayscale or the spot color(s)?\n\nThird, there is no reason with removing the publication color model to remove the color settings dialog. How can I check now which colors are in use, and more importantly, to globally change one color to a different one?\n\nUnfortunately it is not possible to save your publication in CMYK color mode however, as we mentioned in the post you can specify your desired colors and we will save this information in the publication.\n\nThere is no tool for forcing all the colors in the publication to be in a specific color model automatically and you have to change colors to a specific color mode manually.\n\nAmir,\nI would like to add my dissatisfaction with this change to Jan\u2019s. I produce professional DM and sometimes use MS publisher to do this. The print houses I work with in the UK all require the final files to be sent over in CMYK with all the relevant colour data.\n\nIt\u2019s all well and good dismissing the requirement with \"Printers today have very sophisticated registration and conversion tools for PDFs, obviating the need for you to worry about color models\u2026\" but when a printer specifies a colour mode they require to a content creator, but I can no longer support it what should I do? Tell them they need to become more sophisticated?\n\nThe printer will simply charge extra to process the job as it will have to go through their graphic design department. You are severely damaging a perfectly good product by removing something that worked well to begin with. If this feature is removed I simply cannot purchase Publisher 13 as the work I create on it will not be accepted by the printers I work with.\n\nI will add my vote that this was a bad decision by MSFT. No matter how you try to spin it removing features and functionality is not a good thing. I can see no rational reason or any advantage to any user for removing the ability to create a publication in composite CMYK format and removing the optional color modes from Publisher 2013.\n\nThe user had the ability to create a PDF file with Pub 2007 and 2010 and if they were not interested in single, process or spot color modes, they just ignored that functionality. Removing the optional color mode only diminishes the functionality of Publisher for the more serious user by taking away the control they need over their final publication.\n\nAs both Jan and Paul have suggested at best it will increase their costs of production and at worse the printers will reject the project entirely. Without being able to control the color mode of their work the serious user will be alienated and perhaps forced to abandon Publisher and move to a different desktop publishing program, or at best refuse to \u2018downgrade\u2019 to Publisher 2013.\n\nMSFT did not improve Publisher by removing the optional color modes; they diminished it. In my view this is simply a \u2018downgrade\u2019 to Publisher 2013. It seems to me that MSFT has abandoned the serious DTP user. What a shame\u2026\n\nGuys\u2026. what\u2019s wrong with you, removing essential CMYK support. Do you even have real DTP designers in your team? People that ever worked with a typography? Ever performed pre-press?\n\nI don\u2019t know why I bother. it\u2019s clearly that instead of trying to make Publisher a contender with Indesign, you \"simplify\" it to a toy level. Lucky me I have the Adobe application to work with, if I would have to earn my living with Publisher 2013, I\u2019d starve."}
-{"text": "Post navigation\n\n7 takeaways from our drug testing laws webinar\n\nDrug testing laws are complex, inconsistent, and constantly changing based on legislative and court decisions. Specifically, there has been a lot of movement regarding state marijuana legislation in the past several years. Today, 30 states and Washington, D.C. have comprehensive medical marijuana laws, and 9 states and Washington, D.C., have recreational marijuana laws. Although companies turn to drug-free workplace programs to help keep their employees safe and productive, many now have questions about how medical marijuana impacts those programs.\n\nIn our recent webinar, Faye Caldwell, a highly-regarded industry expert and Managing Partner at Caldwell Everson, discussed recent laws, current trends, and state marijuana legislation. She also shared examples of how state laws can affect your workplace drug testing policies and procedures.\n\nSeven key takeaways from our webinar include:\n\nOne of the biggest questions remains: Is the employer required to accommodate off-duty medical marijuana use? Generally, employment protections in state legislation and statutes fall into four categories with a wide range of guidance: (1) states explicitly providing no employment protections; (2) states with explicit employment protections; (3) states with likely no employment protections; and (4) states with unclear employment protections. Recreational marijuana laws differ from medical marijuana laws, with states explicitly providing no employee protections.\n\nBefore 2017, the courts generally found no duty to accommodate medical marijuana use. However, a current trend indicates that more states are providing explicit employment protections for medical marijuana. Currently, 12 states have explicit protections in their medical marijuana statutes. The National Conference of State Legislatures website is one way to stay current on state medical marijuana laws. Remember that an employer never has to accommodate on-duty drug use or impairment.\n\nThere is no consensus to define impairment for marijuana. Some states, such as West Virginia and Pennsylvania, do have per se laws for safety-sensitive positions using a blood test.\n\nEmployers proactively protect themselves from hiring candidates who use drugs using pre-employment testing. Testing and any action taken based on results should occur before applicant begins working. If an applicant begins working before the pre-employment drug test is performed, he or she may be considered an employee entitled to more protections. Some states do have limitations for this reason for testing. For example, Connecticut, Maine, and Minnesota require written notice prior to pre-employment testing.\n\nRandom drug testing can be a strong deterrent to drug use. Carefully consider how you define a \u201csafety-sensitive employee\u201d and who is tested in the random test pool. It\u2019s critical to eliminate any perception of targeting certain employees. Rhode Island, Vermont, Boulder, CO, and San Francisco, CA, prohibit random drug testing.\n\nUnlike other specimen types, hair drug testing provides up to a 90-day detection window. It is still prohibited in some states, but recently several states, including Iowa, Louisiana, and Maine, updated their laws to permit hair testing in certain circumstances.\n\nUsing a Medical Review Officer (MRO), even if not required, offers more protection for both the donor and the employer. An MRO \u201cis a licensed physician who is responsible for receiving and reviewing laboratory results generated by an employer\u2019s drug testing program and evaluating medical explanations for certain drug test results,\u201d according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.\n\nIn conclusion, employers should consider multiple factors, such as an employee\u2019s state of residency, where employees work, states where a company does business, where the drug test collection occurs, and applicable state and federal drug testing laws when implementing a workplace drug testing program. As Ms. Caldwell reminded the audience, \u201cDrug testing is not one size fits all.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Thurston House\n\nPosts Tagged \u2018maitland founders day\u2019\n\nThe celebration of the City of Maitland\u2019s founding is coming fast. There will be festivites the entire week of July 12th, ending with a huge Party in the Park at Lake Lily Park July 17th. Come celebrate 125 years for Maitland with a stay at Thurston House, the reknowned Orlando/Winter Park area bed & breakfast [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Well at this point Ive had 90 views today and about 160 views in the last four days. I have went from 6 followers to having 20. My referrals are going through the roof and thats really helping. Im excited \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nWow everyone!!!! Thank you for helping me get to 137 views in four days, The night isn\u2019t over yet lets see if we can get me to 150. I went from having 6 followers to having 17 in a short \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\n91 Visitors and working my way up to 100. I need a few more followers I\u2019d love a few reposts. You guys are helping me out a lot, I hope I have been helping you guys out. Building this blog \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nDo keys matter?\n\n(Beginner here)I made a simple melody in the piano roll of FL studio and started shifting it up one semitone at a time (keeping the intervals the same). I notice that there was no real difference in how the melody felt as I shifted it up or down. It made me think about why keys or octaves were important. I\u2019ve heard some things about how historically, there were implications involving the way different instruments were made and what not, but in today's day and age does it really matter if we\u2019re making music digitally?? I feel like what\u2019s most important are relationships between notes (intervals). Thoughts???\n\nIf no one is singing on it, no specific acoustic/analog instruments need to play on it, and you hear no difference, then no.\n\nIt is very important to vocalists, and to arrangers/orchestrators due to instrument ranges. Also, *some* people (I\u2019m not one of them), are very sensitive to keys, in the way that some people have perfect pitch or others have synesthesia. In other words, they might be able to sing or play a given melody in three or four different keys pretty easily, but the different key sound more or less \u201cdark\u201d or \u201clight\u201d compared to each other (just using the terminology that I have heard key-sensitive performers use). So yeah, it depends..."}
-{"text": "Country with a family flavor\n\nThis time around, Darius Rucker's experiencing more of a family vibe on his way to the top. Which is nice.\n\nTony Sauro\n\nThis time around, Darius Rucker's experiencing more of a family vibe on his way to the top. Which is nice.\n\n\"Well, the biggest difference is I'm by myself,\" said Rucker, who's traded his Hootie & the Blowfish pop-rock success for a solo career in country music. \"Country's such a different animal. There's nothing like it. When we'd get played on pop radio like crazy, I didn't know anybody.\n\n\"Now, the (radio) programmers are dear friends. I see everybody. I hug everybody. It's more like a big family. In the country music community, that's just the way it is.\"\n\nNo wonder. With his third solo album (\"True Believers\") scheduled for release on May 21, Rucker's already in the country top 10 - and climbing - with \"Wagon Wheel.\"\n\nHis first headlining tour arrives at Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre tonight. Poor Man's Poison, a four-man band from Hanford, opens.\n\n\"I'm really excited,\" Rucker, 46, said from his home in Charleston, S.C. \"It took a long time. I wanted to make sure we had the right songs. We tried to make it sound different than the last one.\"\n\nThat wasn't a big issue when Rucker was helping lead Hootie & the Blowfish to multi-platinum sales between 1986 and 2008.\n\nFormed at the University of South Carolina - Rucker and Mark Bryan heard each other singing in the shower as freshmen - the four-man band's debut album (\"Cracked Rear View,\" 1994) sold 16 million copies and stayed at No. 1 for 15 weeks.\n\nAfter three more platinum albums, the band's career tapered off. Back then, Hootie - the name an amalgam of those given to college friends - had a Dave Matthews-style following.\n\nRucker's baritone voice was unique, though his original aim was to become a journalist.\n\n\"Oh, you can say you wanna be a singer,\" he said. \"And you think you can. When you get to college, though, you realize, 'Oh, I have to get a job.' I saw myself on the 6 o'clock news. Being on ESPN. News is something I like.\"\n\nHe and the Blowfish were big music news through 11 albums. Then Rucker wrote a new story in 2002 - going solo as an R&B singer with \"Back to Then.\"\n\nHe was nurturing to his roots. Born in Charleston, he only saw his estranged father - Billy Blue, who led a gospel group - in church: \"My dad never was around.\"\n\nHis late mother, Carolyn, a nurse, was raising five children. At one point, 14 cousins lived in their three-bedroom home, cramped conditions that Rucker recalled fondly.\n\nMusic was everywhere, despite the old-school logistics.\n\nRucker's childhood dream was to join Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.\n\nHis 2008 country-music debut (\"Learn to Live\") sold in excess of 1 million copies and included four No. 1 singles he co-wrote. \"Charleston, SC, 1966\" went gold in 2010.\n\nA football and baseball fan, he sang at golfer Tiger Woods' wedding. Married (wife Beth), Rucker has two daughters.\n\nBrad Paisley introduced Rucker as a new Grand Ole Opry member on Oct. 16, 2012.\n\n\"That was a great day,\" Rucker said. \"The day they asked me to join was right up there with winning a Grammy Award.\"\n\nRucker's also making some country-music history. He's the first black man to achieve such heights since Charley Pride, the 75-year-old from Sledge, Miss., whose pathfinding career stretches back to 1966.\n\nHe's definitely proud about that.\n\n\"When I was 4, I certainly listened and knew I was gonna be a singer someday,\" Rucker said. \"There's nothing else I wanna do. But any time I'm mentioned with Charley Pride, that's a great day. I do hope we're past the black country thing. Let's just forget it and hope people get over that.\"\n\nRucker makes no assumptions: Like \"Wagon Wheel.\" \"Oh, it's amazing every time it (a hit) happens. Amazing. Do you know how many songs are out there every month? Or to have the one that's most played?\"\n\nThere's another show-biz term of which he's fond. The 2,086-seat Bob Hope Theatre is expected to be full - or very close to it - tonight.\n\n\"I like that word: 'sold-out,' \" Rucker said. \"A lot. We're gonna work to do everything we can make to make it worth it. That's all I wanna do, man. That's awesome. That's something I wanna see again.\""}
-{"text": "The mechanism by which foreign antigens are taken into antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and broken up. Part of the antigen is then displayed (presented) on the surface of the APC next to a histocompatibility or self-antigen, activating T lymphocytes and cell-mediated immunity. T lymphocytes are unable to recognize or respond to most antigens without APC assistance.\nYou may need to see different kinds of doctors to treat the many symptoms of lupus. Once you\u2019re diagnosed, your primary physician for lupus is usually a rheumatologist, who treats arthritis and other diseases that cause swelling in the joints. The rheumatologist may then send you to a clinical immunologist for treating immune system disorders; a nephrologist (kidney disease); a hematologist (blood disorders); a dermatologist (skin diseases); a neurologist (the nervous system); a cardiologist (heart and blood vessel problems), and an endocrinologist (glands and hormones).\nVasculitis, antiphospholipid antibodies, and renal failure are commonly found in patients with lupus; these conditions greatly increase the risk of developing pulmonary emboli. The diagnosis in a patient with shortness of breath, hemoptysis, and pleuritic chest pain is commonly made with ventilation-perfusion scans or computed tomography (CT) angiography. The CT angiogram demonstrates a filling defect in the left anterior segmental artery (arrow).\nA normal-range ANA titer in the context of organ system involvement that suggests systemic lupus erythematosus should prompt a work-up for alternative diagnoses. If no other cause is identified, the diagnosis of ANA-negative systemic lupus erythematosus and consultation with a rheumatologist should be considered. If patients with a normal ANA titer develop new clinical features that are consistent with systemic lupus erythematosus, ANA testing should be repeated.46 [Evidence level C, consensus/expert guidelines]\nAnother new B-cell-suppressing treatment is belimumab (Benlysta). Belimumab blocks the stimulation of the B cells (a B-lymphocyte stimulator or BLyS-specific inhibitor) and is approved for the treatment of adults with active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus who are receiving standard therapy. It is important to note that the efficacy of belimumab has not been evaluated in patients with severe active lupus nephritis or severe active central nervous system lupus. Belimumab has not been studied in combination with other biologic therapies or intravenous cyclophosphamide.\nModerate use of alcohol is usually not a problem for people with lupus, but alcohol can lower the effectiveness of some medications, cause new health problems, and/or can make existing problems worse. For example, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin\u00ae), naproxen (Naprosyn\u00ae), and celecoxib (Celebrex\u00ae) -- can cause ulcers and bleeding in the stomach and intestines at any time during treatment; the chance of developing an ulcer or internal bleeding increases with alcohol use. Also, anticoagulant medicines such as warfarin (Coumadin\u00ae) and the chemotherapy drug, methotrexate, may not be as effective if you are drinking alcohol.\nPatient global assessment (PGA) is one of the most widely used PROs in RA practice and research and is included in several composite scores such as the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28). PGA is often assessed by a single question with a 0\u201310 or 0\u2013100 response. The content can vary and relates either to global health (e.g., how is your health overall) or to disease activity (e.g., how active is your arthritis).\nLupus is a chronic autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the body\u2019s own healthy tissue and organs. Depending on the specific patient, lupus can cause high levels of persistent inflammation that can negatively affect various parts of the body. Lupus patients often experience tissue damage that affects the heart, joints, brain, kidneys, lungs and endocrine glands (such as the adrenals and thyroid gland). Although it\u2019s not completely known why this happens, lupus risk factors are believed to include: (2)\nMedications that suppress immunity (immunosuppressive medications) are also called cytotoxic drugs. They are sometimes referred to as chemotherapy because they are also used to treat cancer, generally in much higher doses than those used to treat lupus. Immunosuppressive medications are used for treating people with more severe manifestations of SLE, such as damage to internal organ(s). Examples of immunosuppressive medications include azathioprine (Imuran), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), chlorambucil (Leukeran), cyclosporine (Sandimmune), and the disease-modifying drug methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall). All immunosuppressive medications can seriously depress blood-cell counts and increase risks of infection and bleeding. Immunosuppressive medications may not be taken during pregnancy or conceptionbecause of risk to the fetus. Other side effects are specific for each drug. For examples, methotrexate can cause liver toxicity, while cyclosporine can impair kidney function.\nAny problem with managing of your lupus diet must be consulted to your doctor so that he can refer you to a registered dietician who can create a diet that will best suit your nutrition requirements. But one should remember that there are no difficult rules when planning a diet for a lupus patient like yourself. You should just be always aware foods that usually trigger your lupus symptoms. A lupus diet plan shall effectively help you control the symptoms of lupus as well as improve your general well being.The symptoms involved in CREST syndrome are associated with the generalized form of the disease Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). CREST is an acronym for the clinical features that are seen in a patient with this disease. The \u201cC\u201d stands for calcinosis, where calcium deposits form under the skin on the fingers or other areas of the body. The \u201cR\u201d, stands for Raynaud\u2019s phenomenon, spasm of blood vessels in the fingers or toes in response to cold or stress. The \u201cE\u201d represents esophageal dysmotility, which can cause difficulty in swallowing. The \u201cS\u201d is for sclerodactyly, tightening of the skin causing the fingers to bend. Finally, the letter \u201cT\u201d is for telangiectasia, dilated vessels on the skin of the fingers, face, or inside of the mouth.\nWith the vast amount of misinformation available online, Gibofsky often sees patients who went on restrictive diets that are purported to reduce lupus symptoms, which they may have read about on the internet or heard about from a neighbor. \u201cUpon further discussion, I find that they do not actually feel better on the diet and, in fact, they have multiple nutritional deficiencies that could actually be the reason behind their worsening symptoms,\u201d she said.\nAccording to the Mayo Clinic, \u201cPeople with lupus should eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. These foods are rich in vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients that benefit overall health and can help prevent high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease, cancer and digestive disorders. Plant-based diets also support a healthy weight because they are naturally low in calories, fat and cholesterol. Fruits and vegetables are particularly high in antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body by destroying harmful substances that damage cells and tissue and cause heart disease and cancer.\u201d Take a look at our blog, Lupus: the Diet Dilemma for some great tips. While these diets, or eating plans, may have some merit, individual foods should not be the focus. Pay attention to your overall pattern of nutrition. Reducing inflammation is not just about what you eat. Patients should also know that these diets are never meant to be a replacement for the lupus treatments they may already be taking under the close supervision of a medical professional. Until more research is in on the effectiveness of these diets, be practical by getting enough sleep and exercise, and try to maintain a healthy weight. Back to top\n\nDescribes a clinical trial in which two or more groups of participants receive different interventions. For example, a two-arm parallel design involves two groups of participants. One group receives drug A, and the other group receives drug B. So during the trial, participants in one group receive drug A \u201cin parallel\u201d to participants in the other group receiving drug B.\n\nDr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.\nOne of several different tests used to evaluate the condition of the respiratory system. Measures of expiratory flow and lung volumes and capacities are obtained. The forced vital capacity is one of the more important pulmonary function tests; it provides a measure of the amount of air that can be maximally exhaled after a maximum inspiration and the time required for that expiration. Pulmonary function tests can also determine the diffusion ability of the alveolar-capillary membrane.\nModerate use of alcohol is usually not a problem for people with lupus, but alcohol can lower the effectiveness of some medications, cause new health problems, and/or can make existing problems worse. For example, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin\u00ae), naproxen (Naprosyn\u00ae), and celecoxib (Celebrex\u00ae) -- can cause ulcers and bleeding in the stomach and intestines at any time during treatment; the chance of developing an ulcer or internal bleeding increases with alcohol use. Also, anticoagulant medicines such as warfarin (Coumadin\u00ae) and the chemotherapy drug, methotrexate, may not be as effective if you are drinking alcohol.\nNeurological disorders contribute to a significant percentage of morbidity and mortality in people with lupus.[37] As a result, the neural side of lupus is being studied in hopes of reducing morbidity and mortality rates.[30] One aspect of this disease is severe damage to the epithelial cells of the blood\u2013brain barrier. In certain regions, depression affects up to 60% of women with SLE.[38]\nPeriodic follow-up and laboratory testing, including complete blood counts with differential, creatinine, and urinalyses, are imperative for detecting signs and symptoms of new organ-system involvement and for monitoring response and adverse reactions to therapies. At least quarterly visits are recommended in most cases. [151] Periodic complement levels and dsDNA titers may be used as adjuncts to clinical evaluation for detecting lupus flares.\n\nI believe that we should ALL benefit from regularly working on stress relief! Take care of yourself by adopting stress-relieving strategies, such as exercise, meditation, yoga, art, or whatever works for you. The key is to choose something that you will enjoy and stick with. I personally use a heart rhythm pacer called InnerBalance, an app that coaches you to breathe in line with your heartbeat. Even giving yourself five minutes to sit quietly with a fragrant cup of herbal tea (caffeine-free, of course!) can work wonders for your adrenal glands.\n\nAny of a group of autoantibodies that react against normal components of the cell nucleus. They are present in several immunologic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis, Sj\u00f6gren syndrome, scleroderma, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis, and in some patients taking hydralazine, procainamide, or isoniazid. In addition, ANA is present in some normal people. Tests for ANAs are used in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases.\nIn studies conducted so far, African American patients and patients of African heritage did not appear to respond significantly to belimumab. An additional study of this patient population is planned to evaluate belimumab further in this subgroup of lupus patients. However, this difference in response to a treatment may be another indicator of the various ways that the disease affects different patients.\n\nResearch indicates that omega 3 fatty acids from fish or fish oils may help manage high triglycerides and heart disease (see references at end of this summary). There have not been any studies, however, that show a reduced disease activity with lupus. Foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids include salmon, sardines, mackerel, bluefish, herring, mullet, tuna, halibut, lake trout, rainbow trout, ground flaxseed, walnuts, pecans, canola oil, walnut oil, and flaxseed oil, and are part of a heart-healthy meal plan.\n\nA large randomized trial that compared induction therapy consisting of oral mycophenolate mofetil with cyclophosphamide therapy in patients with lupus nephritis showed that mycophenolate mofetil was not inferior to cyclophosphamide. [132] The investigators suggested that mycophenolate mofetil was associated with both a trend toward greater complete remissions and a greater safety profile. [132] This study\u2019s findings were confirmed with the large, international Aspreva Lupus Management Study (ALMS) trial. [133]\n\nLupus is diagnosed when a person has several features of the disease (including symptoms, findings on examination, and blood test abnormalities). The American College of Rheumatology has devised criteria to assist doctors in making the correct diagnosis of lupus. A person should have at least four of the following 11 criteria, either at the same time or one after the other, to be classified as having lupus. These criteria include:\n\u201cThere are no foods that cause lupus and no foods that cure it, but eating a well-balanced diet may help combat some of the side effects of medications, as well as alleviate symptoms of the disease,\u201d said Laura Gibofsky, MS, RD, CSP, CDN, a clinical nutritionist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, New York. First, the \u201cWestern diet,\u201d consisting of an excess of fatty, salty, sugary foods, has been implicated in autoimmune diseases overall.2 Proper nutrition can also help improve the risk of comorbid diseases that commonly affect patients with SLE.\nProcessed foods Think of these as any food that comes from a box or a can. Processed foods are higher in fat, sugar, and salt (check the nutritional information for amounts). Refined foods are on this list, too \u2014 typical white bread, pasta, and white rice. Goldman Foung says that \u201cby replacing processed goods, packaged foods, and takeout food with meals full of fresh ingredients,\u201d her diet is \u201ctastier and healthier.\u201d\nTake a good multivitamin/multimineral supplement with recommended dosages of antioxidants. To help address inflammation, increase intake of omega-3 fatty acids by eating sardines or other oily fish (salmon, herring, mackerel) three times a week or supplementing with fish oil. Freshly ground flaxseeds (grind two tablespoons a day and sprinkle over cereals or salads) can also help decrease inflammation. Other dietary strategies include avoiding polyunsaturated vegetable oils (safflower, sunflower, corn, etc.), margarine, vegetable shortening, and all products made with partially hydrogenated oils. Eat a low-protein, plant-based diet that excludes all products made from cows\u2019 milk, be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables (with the exception of alfalfa sprouts, which contain the amino acid L-canavanine that can worsen autoimmunity.)\nPhotosensitive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) rashes typically occur on the face or extremities, which are sun-exposed regions. Although the interphalangeal spaces are affected, the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints are spared. Photo courtesy of Dr. Erik Stratman, Marshfield Clinic.\nCommon initial and chronic complaints include fever, malaise, joint pains, muscle pains, and fatigue. Because these symptoms are so often seen in association with other diseases, these signs and symptoms are not part of the diagnostic criteria for SLE. When occurring in conjunction with other signs and symptoms (see below), however, they are considered suggestive.[11]\nJump up ^ Smyth, Andrew; Guilherme H.M. Oliveira; Brian D. Lahr; Kent R. Bailey; Suzanne M. Norby; Vesna D. Garovic (November 2010). \"A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis\". Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 5 (11): 2060\u20132068. doi:10.2215/CJN.00240110. PMC 3001786. PMID 20688887. Archived from the original on 2016-01-26.\nAn antibody, produced by B cells in response to an altered autoantigen on one type of the body\u2019s own cells, that attacks and destroys these cells. Autoantibodies are the basis for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes mellitus. Several theories exist about why autoantibodies are formed. The most common theory proposes that AAbs develop as the result of a combination of hereditary and environmental risk factors that cause an autoantigen to be falsely recognized as alien by B cells; as a result, antibodies are produced for its destruction.\nAntinuclear antibody (ANA) testing and anti-extractable nuclear antigen (anti-ENA) form the mainstay of serologic testing for SLE. Several techniques are used to detect ANAs. Clinically the most widely used method is indirect immunofluorescence (IF). The pattern of fluorescence suggests the type of antibody present in the people's serum. Direct immunofluorescence can detect deposits of immunoglobulins and complement proteins in the people's skin. When skin not exposed to the sun is tested, a positive direct IF (the so-called lupus band test) is an evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus.[70]\nANA screening yields positive results in many connective tissue disorders and other autoimmune diseases, and may occur in normal individuals. Subtypes of antinuclear antibodies include anti-Smith and anti-double stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibodies (which are linked to SLE) and anti-histone antibodies (which are linked to drug-induced lupus). Anti-dsDNA antibodies are highly specific for SLE; they are present in 70% of cases, whereas they appear in only 0.5% of people without SLE.[10] The anti-dsDNA antibody titers also tend to reflect disease activity, although not in all cases.[10] Other ANA that may occur in people with SLE are anti-U1 RNP (which also appears in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disease), SS-A (or anti-Ro) and SS-B (or anti-La; both of which are more common in Sj\u00f6gren's syndrome). SS-A and SS-B confer a specific risk for heart conduction block in neonatal lupus.[71]\nIn addition to helping with lupus nephritis, these drugs may be prescribed to reduce inflammation of the heart and the lining surrounding the lungs. Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) used for rheumatoid arthritis treatment, such as methotrexate, may be an effective and well-tolerated option for reducing swelling in patients with severe arthritis, adds Caricchio. DMARDs are another type of immunosuppressant.\n\nAffiliate Disclosure: There are links on this site that can be defined as affiliate links. This means that I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you purchase something when clicking on the links that take you through to a different website. By clicking on the links, you are in no way obligated to buy.\n\nPlease Note: The material on this site is provided for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your physician before beginning any diet or exercise program."}
-{"text": "Sharing is Caring!\n\nPages\n\nFriday, January 25, 2013\n\nJoe Sample\n\nJoe Sample began playing the piano when he was five years old. He was a student of the organist and pianist Curtis Mayo.\n\nThe group quickly found opportunities on the West Coast, making its first recording, Freedom Sounds in 1961 and releasing up to four albums a year over much of the 1960s. The Jazz Crusaders played at first in the dominant hard bop style of the day, standing out by virtue of their unusual front-line combination of saxophone (played by Wilton Felder) and Henderson's trombone. Another distinctive quality was the funky, rhythmically appealing acoustic piano playing of Sample, who helped steer the group's sound into a fusion between jazz and soul[2] in the late 1960s. The Jazz Crusaders became a strong concert draw during those years.\n\nWhile studying piano at Texas Southern University, Sample met and added trombonist Wayne Henderson and several other players to the Swingsters, which became the Modern Jazz Sextet and then the Jazz Crusaders,[1] in emulation of one of the leading progressive jazz bands of the day, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Sample never took a degree from the university; instead, in 1960, he and the Jazz Crusaders made the move from Houston to Los Angeles.\nThe group quickly found opportunities on the West Coast, making its first recording, Freedom Sounds in 1961 and releasing up to four albums a year over much of the 1960s. The Jazz Crusaders played at first in the dominant hard bop style of the day, standing out by virtue of their unusual front-line combination of saxophone (played by Wilton Felder) and Henderson's trombone. Another distinctive quality was the funky, rhythmically appealing acoustic piano playing of Sample, who helped steer the group's sound into a fusion between jazz and soul[2] in the late 1960s.\n\nThe Jazz Crusaders became a strong concert draw during those years.\nThe Crusaders, after losing several key members, broke up after recording Life in the Modern World for the GRP label in 1987. Despite the disbanding of the Crusaders, the members would join each other to record periodically over the years, releasing Healing the Wounds in the early '90s. Felder, Hooper, and Sample recorded their first album, called Rural Renewal, as the reunited Crusaders group in 2003 and played a concert in Japan in 2004.\nSince Sample's Fancy Dance (1969), he has recorded several solo albums, including the George Duke produced Sample This.\nGRP also released Joe Sample Collection, and a three-disc Crusaders Collection, as testament to Sample's enduring legacy. Some of the pianist's recent recordings are The Song Lives On (1999), featuring duets with singer Lalah Hathaway, and The Pecan Tree (2002), a tribute to his hometown of Houston, where he relocated in 1994. His 2004 album on Verve, Soul Shadows, paid tribute to Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton, and pre-jazz bandleader James Reese Europe. In 2007 he recorded Feeling Good with vocalist Randy Crawford.\n\nSome of his works are featured on The Weather Channel's \"Local on the 8s\" segments and his song \"Rainbow Seeker\" is included in their 2008 compilation release, The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II. Nicole Kidman sang his song \"One Day I'll Fly Away\" in the Baz Luhrmann film Moulin Rouge!References-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sample"}
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-{"text": "Monitoring Places of Detention: a practical guide for NGOs (2002)\n\nThis guide is aimed at helping NGOs to set up and implement a monitoring\nprogramme of places of detention. It deals with issues such as obtaining the authorisation of access, establishing the programme of visits, as well as the methodology of visits and the follow-up to the visit."}
-{"text": "35.5 Weeks Pregnancy Update!\n\nSince I\u2019m about to make a major life change in about a month, I thought I\u2019d give a little update about where I\u2019m at. \ud83d\ude42\n\nI\u2019m 35.5 weeks pregnant \u2013 and yes I\u2019m to the point of counting half weeks now since as you can see in the pic above, my watermelon isn\u2019t getting any smaller, and I\u2019m ready to pop it out!\n\nI\u2019m honestly trying to not really think about the inevitable birth that is on its way. I do know it has to be better than my first! I won\u2019t get into every itty bitty detail of the horror story of my first birth, but it did consist of 22 hours of labor, an epidural that didn\u2019t fully work, forcep delivery, 3rd degree tear, blood transfusion, breast feeding attempt that failed miserably, severe post partum depression/anxiety \u2013 BUT a HEALTHY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL!\n\nI\u2019m believing that lightning can\u2019t strike twice and this time around I\u2019m just planning on the last bit again. \ud83d\ude42\n\nAt this point I\u2019m actually feeling pretty good. No awful back aches. No sciatic nerve pain. No anxiety. No constant wondering about what this parenting thing is all about. I\u2019m just taking this one day at a time and looking forward to holding my little bundle that is currently taking up all of my bladder space. \ud83d\ude42\n\nI\u2019m officially due June 21st. I\u2019m planning on keeping up with my blog until I\u2019m at the hospital. I know I\u2019ll be taking some time off when this baby gets here \u2013 but what that looks like, I\u2019m not quite sure yet. I\u2019m kind of just letting everything go with the flow (which if you knew me well, you\u2019d know that is not the norm of my personality.) I would love to have everything planned out, know exactly when my normal life routine will be back, and stick with a schedule that all of my blog readers would be able to follow. But I can\u2019t.\n\nI have a few blog posts planned to be published for the weeks after the baby is born. I\u2019ll post deals if I\u2019m feeling up to it. I\u2019ll try and keep you updated on life with a newborn though \u2013 and post some cute pics of course. \ud83d\ude42\n\nI\u2019m hoping to have my blog \u201cback to normal\u201d by August. I\u2019m also doing some behind the scenes tech work on my blog to make it bigger and better! I\u2019ll be back into the swing of things in no time \u2013 just stick by me and bear with some newborn pics instead of deals for a few weeks come July. \ud83d\ude42"}
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-{"text": "Best selling, research-based resources for effective reading instruction and assessment.\n\nATP AssesmentsStandardized Tests for\nPre-K through Adult\n\nReading Intervention\n\nWord ID: Assessment Across the Content Areas\n\nby Linda Gutlohn / Frances Bessellieu\n\nWhile many assessments exist for content-area vocabulary and comprehension, content-area word identification is often overlooked. Many times it is assumed that students select incorrect answers because of their insufficient content-area knowledge when the failure is actually due to their difficulty in reading multisyllabic words.\n\nWord ID's reliable and valid Three-Step Formative Assessment System helps content-area teachers identify students in grades 6\u201312 who need instruction in multisyllabic word identification so they can independently read and comprehend their English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies texts.\n\nUse Word ID with secondary students to:\n\nQuickly and easily identify students who struggle with or cannot read multisyllabic words in their content-area texts\n\nSupport instruction in reading and comprehending complex texts\n\nDetermine where additional assessment, instruction, or intervention is needed in word identification\n\nIdentify students who need specific instruction in developing their college and career readiness skills\n\nThe whole-class screeners and individual diagnostic assessments are tailored to each specific content area to measure students' ability to use knowledge of syllable types, syllable division patterns, and common morphemes (e.g., prefixes, suffixes, Greek roots) to decode multisyllabic words. Based on results, teachers can implement an individual or targeted group intervention in a Response to Instruction (RtI) or another instructional improvement framework.\n\nDetermined by ground-breaking research analyzing approximately 4,500 content-area words, Word ID features targeted prefixes, suffixes, and Greek roots that were selected for their frequency of occurrence in each specific content area.\n\nReviews\n& Comments:\n\n\"Word ID has been a useful formative assessment tool in my secondary classroom. I haven't found anything else like it that specifically assess multisyllabic word identification in each content area. As a teacher, I use Word ID as a screener to determine if all of my students are able to proficiently read grade level content materials. The assessments are easy to administer, and there is a great WordIDAssessment website with lots of useful information.\""}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: economy\n\nAs we get into the thick of election season, it becomes apparent we have two Americas \u2014 the Trump \u2018merica, and the Sanders America. Everyone else falls somewhere in between. Trump\u2019s success stems from his \u201cI don\u2019t give a shit\u201d mentality, offering solace to those angry over years of political correctness getting them nowhere \u2013 he wants to \u201cmake America great again.\u201d Sanders offers a voice to those who see corruption \u2013 legal or not \u2013 causing greater inequality and the downfall of our country.\n\nWho\u2019s right?\n\nI\u2019m bi-economical. I\u2019m a socialist and a capitalist \u2013 but neither at the same time. Socialism sounds great, until you realize how that limits the opportunity to work hard and get ahead. Capitalism, however, requires inequality. It provides the opportunity to get rich, but that opportunity is light years away for those who didn\u2019t inherit wealth, or work hard and due to a mix of luck and tenacity and good timing make enough money to catapult them into the upper echelons of society. Old money versus new money.\n\nThere is no right, persay, but we can look at which countries are happier than others, and how that relates to inequality across their residents. In this Gallup Poll and the World Top Incomes Database, the point is made that in countries with the biggest income gaps between rich and poor, the middle class find themselves unable to afford some simple luxuries like private schools and a house in a good neighborhood.\n\nObama decried income inequality this week in his final State of the Union address. The standard Democrat message \u2014 support a thriving middle class \u2014 was front-and-center in the speech.\n\n\u201cCompanies have less loyalty to their communities. And more and more wealth and income is concentrated at the very top,\u201d he said. These trends have \u201cmade it harder for a hardworking family to pull itself out of poverty, harder for young people to start on their careers, and tougher for workers to retire when they want to.\u201d\n\nMany blame Silicon Valley as a leading source of furthering income inequality. A 330-page report by the World Bank released on January 14 notes that \u201cthe economics of the internet favor natural monopolies, the absence of a competitive business environment can result in more concentrated markets, benefiting incumbent firms. Not surprisingly, the better educated, well connected, and more capable have received most of the benefits \u2013 circumscribing the gains from the digital revolution.\u201d\n\nI know that income inequality is at play in America because I\u2019m in the top 5th of income earners and am in the fourth quintile (of five) of all U.S. households in terms of my networth, and still I am unable to afford a home in a good neighborhood or to send my \u201cfuture\u201d children to private school, should I want to. If I feel this way, I can only imagine how the rest of America feels, outside of the .01%.\n\nPaul Graham, a prominent super-rich Venture Capitalist went on recently about how we need income inequality. \u201cYou can\u2019t prevent great variations in wealth without preventing people from getting rich,\u201d he wrote in an essay that went viral online last week, \u201cand you can\u2019t do that without preventing them from starting startups.\u201d\n\nStarting in the 1980s, a gap has been widening between what the best-paid Americans earn and what everyone else in the country earns. Economists Barry Z. Cynamon and Steven M. Fazzari shared in a new paper that \u201cRising income inequality is now a significant barrier to economic growth and full employment.\u201d\n\nI\u2019m worried. I\u2019m worried about the future of America. History has proven that income inequality, when let go for a long time, causes big problems, even civil wars. And in 2016, lower pay for the poor is causing an even wider income gap.\n\nSince the late \u201870s, most of the growth in workers\u2019 earnings has gone to the people who have made the most money. To be precise, the wages of the top 1 percent of workers have grown 138 percent since 1979, while the wages for the bottom 90 percent grew only 15 percent during that period. Yikes. This especially hurts our social security system, which underestimated income inequality, making higher income earners pay a much smaller percentage of their income in social security tax than lower income earners.\n\nThis is a huge problem since the number of seniors will double by 2060. If we think income inequality is bad now, it will only continue to get worse.\n\nI find my idealistic side wishing we could get rid of money altogether, but my realistic side worried about creating a decent life for my future family. Where I live, it certainly feels like the only way to do this is to have a household income in the 1% ($400k+) per year, and even that is really just \u201cupper middle class\u201d here. Achieving that is very challenging. It\u2019s much more likely that I\u2019ll be priced out of Silicon Valley as I decide to have a family, and I\u2019ll drop into a lower household income level to be able to afford a middle class lifestyle somewhere else.\n\nWith election season starting to heat up, so is reporting on the so-called \u201cmiddle class.\u201d Apparently, 9 in 10 Americans consider themselves \u201cmiddle class\u201d (I\u2019m no math genius but something tells me medians and averages don\u2019t work that way.) Given most Americans are middle class in their minds, and middle class today isn\u2019t what it used to be, in short, everyone is freaking out.\n\nOk middle-class math, why does America hate you so much?\n\n\u201cThe middle-class label is as much about aspirations among Americans as it is about economics. But a perspective that was once characterized by comfort and optimism has increasingly been overlaid with stress and anxiety.\u201d \u2014 Telegram\n\nI see. So most Americans aspire to be middle class, as everyone has been sold this dream of working hard to get the basics in American life \u2014 a decent house, backyard, education, healthcare, maybe vacation once a year. No one is expecting to afford regular Gucci on a middle class income. We were just all told work hard and you too can be middle class, and quite frankly upwardly mobile from your parents lifestyles. Yet, even if you\u2019re doing exactly the same thing your parents did, you\u2019re actually worse off today. No wonder we\u2019re all anxious.\n\n\u201cA recent report from economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded that \u201cfamilies that are neither rich nor poor may be under more downward economic and financial pressure than common but simplistic rank-based measures of income or wealth would suggest. The study, conducted by William R. Emmons and Bryan J. Noeth, found that one reason many Americans viewed themselves as struggling was that their real incomes had not advanced significantly beyond their parents\u2019 even when they reached higher educational levels, while those who matched their parents\u2019 achievements were actually worse off.\u201d\n\nIt turns out that when you\u2019re older, keeping your mind and body busy with work can help you live longer (no really, it\u2019s proven that retirement has a detrimental effect on health in old age.) Research from the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavor Fellowship found that both mental and physical health can suffer \u2014 increasing the likelihood of clinical depression by 40% and having a diagnosed physical condition by 60%. That said, not everyone has the luxury of working until they kick the bucket, even if they wanted to, and even if it would be better for them statistically speaking. Between disabilities caused by your body slowly falling apart and the fact that many employers just don\u2019t like old people, most employees stop work well in advance of the time their soul peaces out.\n\nFor \u201cus millennials\u201d we have this opportunity to determine what we want in our retirement or non-retirements, to at the least have a choice that many boomers now don\u2019t have because of the great recession. Continue reading \u2192\n\nToday The New York Times posted a piece \u201cThe Boomerang Kids Won\u2019t Leave.\u201d Apparently one in five people in their 20s and early 30s lives at home today. And 60 percent of young adults receive financial support from their parents. Despite the challenges I\u2019ve faced in my career, I know I\u2019m extremely fortunate to have been able to\u2026 boomer\u2026 without the rang.\n\nNearly 45 percent of 25-year-olds, for instance, have outstanding loans, with an average debt above $20,000. Student loan debt is frightening. I\u2019m a privileged spoiled brat. My parents paid for all of my overpriced, mid-tier private school BFA and a ridiculous amount of expensive art supplies along with the typical library of never-look-at-again textbooks. While I picked up a very part-time job in college at my school (because I didn\u2019t like feeling that spoiled) the reality was the little money I made barely covered, well, not much at all. Continue reading \u2192\n\nIn today\u2019s latest bit of depressing sociological discovery by The New York Times, reporter Catherine Rampell highlights what personal finance bloggers have been saying for years \u2013 college degrees are the high school diploma of years ago, but the cost for the degree isn\u2019t fairly matched with the proper career and salary.\n\nThe article features a law firm in Atlanta that has a policy to only hire employees with college degrees, even for the $10 per hour \u201crunner\u201d job that really shouldn\u2019t require a college education to perform. Due to diploma inflation and weak job markets, it\u2019s easy to make the cut off for consideration in any role a degree. The firm agrees the education isn\u2019t really necessary for the positions, but the social life gained in college to joke about school sports teams is. How sad.\n\nIn 2005, when I graduated college, the job market was better than it was today. I still had a very hard time finding a job, but refused to settle for an administrative position which took the four years of schooling I had just completed and rendered them useless. Luckily, I had the fortune of changing jobs frequently early in my career and moving up with each transition. These poor college grads working at this law firm are loyal to a fault, and are excited for small raises being promoted from one position that shouldn\u2019t require a college degree to another. These are the same people who need to go back to school to get an MBA or professional masters degree in order to make any sort of reasonable living. The bachelors degree just gets them a very basic job. Continue reading \u2192\n\nHave you heard? A new survey came out that shows 25% of middle class Americans say they plan to delay retirement until at least 80. Given the average lifespan of a human is 78 years, that\u2019s basically saying a good chunk of Americans are sure they are going to have work every day until they die.\n\nThe Wells Fargo retirement survey also shows that on average, Americans have only saved 7% of the retirement money they hoped to put aside. Yikes. One-third of those surveyed in their 60s had saved less than $25k for retirement.\n\nOf course the study is by Wells Fargo, a bank, designed to scare you into investing your money (with them) so you\u2019ll have enough saved for retirement. But the facts are striking \u2014 with the disappearing middle class and lack of salaries keeping up with inflation, it\u2019s tough for most Americans to imagine a real retirement for many years to come. Continue reading \u2192\n\nLike everyone else who has a dime or more invested in equities, I\u2019m concerned about the future of the stock market. Whenever the market looks so bleak, everyone is concerned. And that\u2019s usually the best time to invest. Yet with my yearly investments becoming more sizable, this feels a lot like Las Vegas. Even with diversification, it doesn\u2019t help when all (or most) stocks are on red.\n\nAfter receiving my paycheck for the past months and reimbursed expenses, I realized that I\u2019m sitting on $16k liquid in my checking account. Part of me hates writing about this because I know I\u2019m so lucky to have the luxury to ask the question \u201cwhere should I invest?\u201d But this may also be a temporary income boost and I want to invest wisely.\n\nYesterday, I pulled out my social security statement and studied my yearly income since 2002. Other than last year, I made somewhere between $0 and $25,000 each year. Last year, I broke $60k for a full year\u2019s worth of work. This year as of Sept 1, even with 2 months of unemployment (unpaid), I have earned around $70k this year. And with the way some contracts are shaping up, I expect to make an additional $10k to $30k by the end of the year. So now I face the unlikely problem in a time of economic crisis \u2013 what do I do with all this money?\n\nThe easy answer is: spend it. Not on wasteful purchases, but things that I need or will need soon. I could buy a new car, or a \u201cnew\u201d used car. Or I could invest in property somewhere (though that requires stable long-term income, which I am not confident I\u2019ll have, especially with my plans to go back to school in the next two years.) So where do I put the excess cash?\n\nI\u2019ve already maxed out my IRA and will, within this month, max out my 401k (no match, bummer.) I will likely put another $2000 in my HSA which is invested in very low-risk funds. My IRA is in Sharebuilder and I bought 5 funds \u2013 the gold ETF, the silver ETF, two high-dividend ETFs and a REIT ETF. My 401k is invested in a mix of equities and bonds, and I\u2019m not clear what is in it exactly. With a large chunk of my savings this year going into my 401k, I\u2019m concerned that in the next ten years we\u2019ll have deflation, high taxes, and my 401k will turn to mush.\n\nBut I\u2019m willing to take that risk with $16.5k because it could be a very good time to invest as well. I\u2019m just not sure I can stomach taking that risk with more money. Not without understanding the real economic situation in this country and the world. History doesn\u2019t always repeat itself, or even if it does it may take a longer time to turn around. I\u2019m young now, I can handle that, but if the next 5-10 years will be lost decade #2, why should I play?\n\nThe whole media fueling the fire is disturbing as well. I can\u2019t tell how much of the stocks slipping these days is all the fear stories about how bad the economy is doing. It\u2019s a domino effect that goes in a circle downward. What if all the news resources lied and said the economy was turning around and there\u2019s a ray of sunshine close ahead? If people would invest and spend money than\u2026 well, that seems to be the only way to dig ourselves out of this mess right now. I don\u2019t know if I agree with that, but what else can we do? We need people spending again so companies will start hiring again. That\u2019s how capitalism works, right?\n\nBut it will take a long time to trickle down to lower and middle classes. The media couldn\u2019t lie for that long. News would get out that the future is not so sunny. And everything would crash again.\n\nOr you can just \u2013 apparently \u2013 print money until the cows come home and thus make every dollar worth less and less and less. That can\u2019t be a good thing.\n\nRight now lots of big names in economics are saying that we may have a \u201cdouble dip recession\u201d or \u2013 worse? \u2013 a depression\u2026 because we never actually recovered from the first recession. I wish I understood economics jargon more so I could make sense of this, this, this and this \u2026 and the thousands of other economic gloom and doom stories I\u2019m reading.\n\nAny feedback from those of you out there who are more economically savvy?\n\nI\u2019m a little late to the table on this question, but is Capitalism evil? My boyfriend and I watched the Michael Moore film Capitalism a few days ago and have been arguing since. My boyfriend believes the whole capitalism is evil argument, while I\u2019m torn. It is a system based on greed and greed ultimately equals corruption (because that\u2019s just the way people are), however it\u2019s the best system I know. That\u2019s not saying it\u2019s the right way to have an economy.\n\nIf my boyfriend had his way, he\u2019d live in a real communist society. One where everyone really gets exactly the same. His happiness will never come from material goods. He could live in a cardboard box and be perfectly happy as long as he had the freedom to live as he chooses and more importantly that he knows everyone else is equally compensated.\n\nI, on the other hand, live my life squeezing out pennies from my salary, negotiating for higher pay, working long hours at two jobs to earn as much income in as little time so I can put it into the stock market and other less risky savings vehicles and have compound interest hopefully work it\u2019s magic for the future. It\u2019s not that I need a lot of money to be happy\u2026 I more so need a lot of money to feel comfortable. Maybe that\u2019s the evils of capitalism telling their story.\n\nMy boyfriend likes to compare Hitler killing all the Jews to capitalism, because in a capitalist society you have the super rich and then everyone else is poor, and there\u2019s very little in between. As a Jew, I kind of take offense to this argument. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the same thing at all. In Capitalism, everyone DOES have a chance to succeed. Not everyone will. Some people do have an unfair advantage. But no one is taking masses of people and killing them in gas chambers. The comparison is unexcusable.\n\nBut \u2014 I\u2019m not sure where I stand on the whole capitalism thing. If I knew that I could make less money but have stability over the years (a pension, enough to buy a house, live a decent life, take vacations every few years) then maybe I wouldn\u2019t be so set in supporting capitalism. The only way I can see living that life is through capitalism now. Even if I\u2019m able to sock away $50k per year after tax for the rest of my life, it will take me 20 years to become a millionaire. I\u2019ll be 46. That\u2019s not so bad, but that also means that I will need to keep renting an apartment with roommates, will need to keep working two jobs with one of them being for a large corporation that can afford to pay a 6 figure contractor salary, and I\u2019ll have to sacrifice much of my life for work.\n\nAt least with the stock market there\u2019s the chance that those 20 years can be shorter, or that I can save less each year and through compound interest have my million or two million in retirement. I know I won\u2019t have a pension. I don\u2019t know how much social security will be around by the time I retire. I can\u2019t lead a comfortable life unless I know I can save money and have it grow.\n\nOk, so the biggest argument in the movie that I can say my boyfriend and I agree on is that politicians shouldn\u2019t be allowed to be funded by private corporations. That really is just asking for corruption. It doesn\u2019t even help the small businesses because the only companies who can afford to have major influence are the ones who are already super rich.\n\nBut I don\u2019t want to live in a communist society. I like making money. It seems that\u2019s the only thing I\u2019m passionate about these days. I don\u2019t even like spending money anymore. The more I make, the less I want to spend, because I\u2019m able to start saving thousands of dollars a year. My goal this year is for my networth to go from $50k to $100k. And what\u2019s amazing is that it\u2019s possible. I\u2019m one of the lucky ones, sure, but I\u2019m still working two jobs. I\u2019m still finding out what my skills are and applying them to roles where I can make a decent wage. I still know that I can lose my job at any second, so I have a sizable emergency fund, and I don\u2019t have debts so if I need to cut back on my spending I could feasibly live off $1,000 a month. I wouldn\u2019t get to save any more, but I wouldn\u2019t be losing money. I wouldn\u2019t be evicted.\n\nMaybe I can\u2019t understand yet because I don\u2019t have a family. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a lot harder with kids. I have so much freedom as a single person to say I can live on $1k a month. But that\u2019s why I believe in spending your 20s earning as much as possible and saving as much as possible. Living as cheaply as possible. Work hard now, play later. Hope the stock market doesn\u2019t completely crash. That\u2019s my motto. Does that make me a capitalist? Eh, I guess so. Will my boyfriend ever understand? I think not.\n\nMy fondest memories of childhood involve spending hours in the dressing room at the mall, with my mother bringing in yet another outfit to try on, then leaving each store with a few bags in hand, filled with my purchases for the day.\n\nThis is capitalism at its finest.\n\nAre humans born innately greedy? Not all of us want to possess lavishly adorned lifestyles, but accumulating something provides a security blanket, plus something to show to lure in our partners.\n\nMy boyfriend has no desire to be rich or to buy new things (except the occasional expensive tech gadget). He wants to save up enough money so he can quit working, live on a commune, meditate, stare off into the mountains, and I\u2019ll admit his lack of motivation to achieve materialistic wealth drives me nuts. Why? Because I am a materialistic person. I was raised that way.\n\nOf course I can change. I can be happy with nothing or very little. I don\u2019t need a new pair of shoes, but lord knows I want them.\n\nAll of this, dear readers, is in response to a post over at Get Rich Slowly entitled: 84 Year Old Social Worker Saves $1.4 Million.. The woman was frugal, but only because she didn\u2019t care about fancy possessions. She paid for her house in cash. She drove a 30 year old car. She didn\u2019t care about having the latest and greatest. Those who grew up during the Great Depression tend to live this way. Case in point, my boyfriend\u2019s grandparents, who horde everything they\u2019ve ever obtained, have a house that\u2019s falling apart, drive cars that should be breaking down\u2026 any\u2026 minute\u2026 barely use any electricity, and while I don\u2019t know for a fact, I\u2019d bet they\u2019re worth a small fortune. They worked. They didn\u2019t spend. They saved.\n\nThat leads me to a related topic: Dubai. What on earth does Dubai have to do with all of this, you ask? I read a very interesting (and very long) article last night titled \u201cThe Dark Side of Dubai\u201d \u2013 a controversial opinion piece published in The Independent. Don\u2019t let it\u2019s novel-length scare you, it\u2019s worth reading from top to finish.\n\nDubai \u2013 at least from this writers point of view \u2013 is capitalism (minus the democracy) at its worst. Those who are rich become very rich, those who are poor are indebted and end up in jail or are basically unwilling indentured servants. Dubai is a surreal city that has been built to be an adult playground. The party capital of the middle eastern world, no longer an oxy-moron. Shopping malls and hotels piercing the sky. Luxury at its finest.\n\nWhile Dubai may be an extreme case \u2014 if the article is true \u2014 this type of upper class gets richer and lower class gets poorer has been going on for decades. Even as I write this, I have workers being paid $2 per hour on the otherside of the world completing projects for me. When it comes down to it, capitalism is about cutting costs as much as possible so those who have can have more, and those who have not never shall have. It\u2019s a vicious cycle. Democracy helps swing the pendulum in the direction of \u201cfairness.\u201d Human rights groups protest cruelty to citizens of the world. People who are hurt by people who don\u2019t want to drive 30 year old cars.\n\nGranted there are many shades of gray when it comes to greed. But we\u2019re all guilty of it. If we weren\u2019t greedy, our society as we know it would collapse. We need greed so jobs can exist. So innovation can occur. Buy now, go into debt, pay later, and on and on.\n\nI\u2019m not caught up in the debt cycle, fortunately, but still feel this strong urge to spend. I drive past the day laborers every day on my way to work \u2013 who are likely illegal immigrants from Mexico waiting around for a job. Loitering. They are free not to do this (the main difference between America and Dubai here) but still\u2026 when people are hungry, when their families are hungry, they need the work. So they wait. I drive past the hordes of men who look to my car waiting to see if I will stop with a job. I head off to my cushy office and middle class-paying job where I\u2019ll never work as hard as they would between dawn and dusk. I accept my greed, feel uncomfortable spending time with people lacking this greed (my boyfriend) and those who are extremely greedy and superficial (those who just want to make money to buy the world).\n\nI am afraid that the horrors of Dubai and the greed that built the city are within my cultural DNA. I\u2019ll save and I\u2019ll spend, and I\u2019ll use the resources of the world to get ahead. And I wonder if that is so terrible \u2013 when so many people out there do this without stopping to think that this whole equation might be wrong.\n\nLindsey Gerdes of Business Week asks: Is the Recession Putting Generation Y in it\u2019s Place? Sarah Horne of The New York Post recently penned an op-ed column entitled \u201cA Slice of Humble Gen Y,\u201d noting that the economic downturn might be a helpful wake-up call for a coddled generation that formerly \u201cfelt secure enough to brashly knock on their bosses\u2019 doors and demand better assignments, better titles, better salaries.\u201d\n\nApparently the recession is a much needed wake-up call for us youngin\u2019s.\n\n\u201cThe fact that many of this generation\u2019s boomer parents are suffering financially as well could be a positive thing for the youngsters\u2019 sense of self, Twenge adds. \u201cThe cutting of the apron strings is in some ways a good development. If a parent is looking at their retirement and saying, \u2018I can\u2019t prop up my child\u2019s lifestyle forever,\u2019 it\u2019s a lesson. To have to stand on your own two feet is a good thing,\u201d says Jean Twenge, author the book \u201cGeneration Me: Why Today\u2019s Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled And More Miserable Than Ever Before.\u201d\n\nI suppose that\u2019s true. Had I not fallen into personal finance blogging I\u2019d still be on my merry way to financial failure. The recession puts a new, even crueler lense on the situation. Just because my parents seemed to live their upper middle class life without much stress, with years of savings lost at the verge of retirement \u2013 it has me thinking, and worrying, and freaking out about saving.\n\nThen there are my friends who aren\u2019t thinking about saving at all. And I do think maybe this wakeup call is a good thing. But it\u2019s not quite bad enough for the people I know to cause any major lifestyle changes.\n\nI don\u2019t know what it was like for generations before, but given my upbringing and education I do have a sense of entitlement that I\u2019ll easily admit I don\u2019t deserve. That sense of entitlement has also led me to my own wakeup calls \u2013 too many failures to name. I\u2019m doing ok now, but it\u2019s still hard. I didn\u2019t grow up in generation \u201cHard Work.\u201d I grew up in generation \u201cADD.\u201d\n\nRegardless, I\u2019m glad for this wakeup call. It\u2019s better to have a recession in my 20s then later. I wouldn\u2019t want to be in my 40s with all my life\u2019s savings in stocks, watching it all go down the drain. I now know nothing is secure and even if I work my ass off, a job could be gone tomorrow. So save today, save tomorrow, enjoy the cheap/free things in life, and maybe enjoy the finer things much, much later.\n\nPosts navigation\n\nStay in Touch\n\nAbout Me\n\nThe anti-minimalist: I'm the absolute worst with money. I have a shopping addiction. That's exactly why this blog exists. HECC is not a typical personal finance blog. I started it in 2007 to hold myself accountable for binge spending, a dropping networth, and lack of overall fiscal literacy. 10 years later, had achieved a networth of over $500k. Now my goal is to hit $1M by 40. Recently married and with my first kid on the way, things are about to get... interesting. I write about the intersection of mental health and money, spending & investing, and millennial personal finance."}
-{"text": "jonathan rhys meyers airport assault\n\nTroubled 'Tudors' star Jonathan Rhys Meyers was found guilty yesterday of threatening to kill three French policemen. The AFP reports that a court in the suburban French town of Bobigny handed Rhys Meyers a one-month suspended sentence and ordered him to pay a 1,000-euro ($1,351) fine for a drunken altercation with police at a Paris airport.\n\nThe 34 year-old actor launched the attack in a bar at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris back in 2009. The court heard how he first struck and cursed at a barman who had refused to pour him a drink. Rhys Meyers, who was described in court as being \"extremely aggressive\" at the time, then abused the gendarmes who arrived to arrest him, screaming \"I'm going to give a million dollars to ruin your life. I'll kill you and your family.\""}
-{"text": "News Archives\n\nNews and Events\n\nSaturday, February 27, 2016\n\nBy Josh Collins. Josh is one of the many Soldiers and Families that Task Force Dagger Foundation has assisted and who we support. Please take a moment and read this article. I know that it will move you as it did me.\n\nWhen I think of the men I\u2019ve served\nand worked with over the past 26 years, I call them heroes, and I always felt\nas if I had to be sprinting as fast as I could all the time just to keep up. I still feel as if I owe them everything.\n\nThe Task Force Dagger Foundation was\nthere for my family during the darkest hours of my life. We received\nimmediate needs intervention, continued SOF health support, and most recently,\nalmost a year after leaving the VA hospital in Tampa, FL, a recreational\ntherapy event at Dagger Dive 2015. Now, though there are still some\nmedical diagnoses to overcome, life has never been so good, and Tonia and I\nface each day with a renewed hope, and healthy outlook.\n\nBy Mid-April 2014, my life had\nbecome a complete wreck. I retired from the Army in December 2008 after\n20 years of service, and all but a few of those in the SOF community as both an\nenlisted Operator and Infantry Officer.\n\nSix years later, after numerous\ngovernment Contract jobs, the many Traumatic Brain Injuries (a total of 7 with\nLOC), the PTSD, the prescription meds, and lots of alcohol finally caught up\nwith me. I was confused, suicidal, and hurting. I only ever\nsurvived each day. Whether because I found a reason in my family to keep\nliving, or by fate or divine intervention the accidents were avoided and I was\nnever stopped by a police officer while I was, \u201cPatrolling\u201d at night. It\nall came to a head when some members of my former Unit, my wife, and the SOCOM\nCare Coalition put their foot down to stop the recklessness, and I was admitted\nto the Polytrauma Unit at the James A Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, FL on 5 May\n2014. This is the first time TF Dagger came to our aid, flying Tonia down\non several occasions to manage the 3 month hospitalization.\n\nIt all culminated after another\nsevere concussion at work while teaching combatives, and a second concussion\nworse than the first just a month later due to a fall.At that point, I completely lost my balance\nin life and fell off the tracks. I was drinking at least a bottle of\nalcohol a day, and alongside many prescription meds with the most serious precaution\nlabels.Everything seemed cognitively\ndissonant when I landed in the VA Hospital in Tampa.I had immediate trouble understanding why I\nwas there, or even how I landed there. I just shook my head as I stared\nat the mostly older war and trauma torn veterans, most from Vietnam, and some\nfrom OEF and OIF. I arrogantly thought to myself, \u201cThis isn\u2019t me.\u201d\nBut as I began to sober up, and was taken off some of the harder prescription\nmeds, I finally began to see a different man in the mirror.\n\nAt the two week point, and after\nspending all of the first week in the Telemetry Unit to monitor for seizures, I\nlooked around in disbelief. At 45, I found myself in a Veteran\u2019s\nhospital. All my injuries, wounds, scars, and pain now came to the\nsurface. Also, the damage I had done along the way to my family and\nfriends seemed to reach out like hands from a grave. Then, memories I had\nsuppressed and had, \u201cCompartmentalized\u201d for years opened up like ugly case\nfiles that had only been stored in order to destroy one day. Problem is,\nthere isn\u2019t a magnetic eraser for these kind of hard drive files. I was\nnow one of the vets that I was previously looking at so sympathetically, and I\nneeded help.\n\nI have spoken with many friends and\nother soldiers who have had a TBI, and who are in search of answers. No\npun intended, but it\u2019s all very confusing, and mostly because we know so little\nabout the human brain that attempting to diagnose and treat it is almost\nlaughable. For any out there struggling through the bog of doctors\nopinions, you know it is a long road, but I believe I am finally getting some\nreal answers, and also some real compensatory strategies other than a PDA\ndevice for writing things down, but which I\u2019ll lose or forget to check what\nneeds remembering.A PDA doesn\u2019t help\nwhen you are lost inside a building, can\u2019t find your car in a parking lot\nbecause you can\u2019t remember what car you drove, or your extended families names\nat Xmas. Sometimes every day can seem like a scene from, \u201cGroundhog Day\u201d,\nor \u201cThirty 1st Dates\u201d in that I have very little running memory of\nthe past. A game that my wife Tonia and\nI play often is in reviewing even the seemingly simple things like what we had\nfor dinner the previous night, or where we went during the day, etc\u2026.\n\nI believe it\u2019s important to know\nwhere you\u2019ve been in order to figure a path forward.Simply put, (an oxymoron) I have a complex\n\u201cNeuro Cognitive Disorder\u201d as a result of numerous traumatic brain injuries and\nloss of consciousness concussions; 4 from blast, 2 parachute landing falls, 2\nblunt trauma accidents, and 1 amateur boxing match. For me specifically,\nthen there is the repetitive blows from 50 amateur and 36 professional boxing,\nkickboxing, and MMA fights, and as well as all the associated sparring through\nthe years. I tried to tally the collective damage with so many years\nfighting, and also almost 2 decades of exposure to close proximity explosive\nblast.All said, I tallied the number of\nhead blows at well over 100,000, and close charge exposures of at least\n10,000.Prior to 2014, I had been\ndiagnosed with several sorts of brain related illnesses like Dementia\nPugilistica, Pugilistic Parkinsonism, and even Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy\nor, general brain damage as is the case for NFL football players and boxers\nwith repetitive concussions. I also have the unwanted PTSD, and that is\nwhat gets really discombobulated. It\u2019s sort of like trying to figure out\nhow to fix a skipping record when there is a broken needle on the record\nplayer. Is the record scratched, or is the record player damaged?\nIn a human case, is it the traumatic stress, or the damaged brain??\n\nWith regard to traumatic stressors,\nI may understand now the totality of the predicament I found myself in, and\naside from cognitive difficulties. In the past, I didn\u2019t recognize how\ncertain events in combat were in fact awful, and that I should have some\nthoughts and emotion about them. Or, that major life stressors as an\nadult, like the loss of a wife cannot be compartmentalized away. And,\nthat some of those things we set aside as kids and never speak of again might\none day return as a contributing factor. If your habit is shoving every\nbad thing in your life into a stuff sack, well, eventually it bursts.Further, if you pour alcohol on that bag then\nit may burst in flames!\n\nSo, moving forward from here.This Spring I made contact with Dr. Ann\nMcKee, Professor at Boston University and who is the Director of the\nNeuropathology Core. In the email subject line I wrote, \u201cGreat brain to\ndonate - US Army Delta Force Operator\u201d. Dr. McKee discovered\nChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and is probably best remembered as the\nNeurologist who testified before Congress in 2009 and again in 2011 on the\nsignificance of CTE, or general brain damage found in the deceased brains of\nmany retired NFL football players. The list of aging players who had\notherwise been educated family men but slowly turning to drugs, alcohol, and\nbizarre behavior before ending their lives was steadily increasing.\nNational research was needed and Congress took action.\n\nDr. McGee responded to the email I\nsent her which outlined my dilemma. She has put me in contact with other\nproviders who can assist, and who are on the cutting edge of brain related\ndisorders. In return I have agreed to donate my brain, and Chris\nNowinski, Director of the Sports Legacy Institute is assisting with all that\u2026..But\nthey\u2019ll have to wait a while before they get to put my brain in a pickle jar.\n\nThe road to recovery has been paved\nwith hurdles, but nothing like what we overcame just over a year ago. The\nsupport of TF Dagger has been simply amazing, and lifesaving in fact. In\nApril of this year they sent us to the Brain Treatment Center in Newport Beach,\nCA, where I believe I progressed a decade out of TBI related symptoms.\nLife took on a new glow, and the groundbreaking Magnetic Resonance Therapy\ntreatment has had significant and lasting effects.\n\nI have never stopped working hard\nto fix any problems that arise from these medical diagnoses, or from the\nrequisite meds that are now effectively monitored by a great medical team and\nmy wife. TBI and the related diagnoses have daily effects in my life, and\nI strive to overcome with new mental challenges, complex puzzles, languages,\nand the arts.I feel sometimes as if\nthings are normal, but then right up until I wind up in the ER due to a\nseizure.I\u2019m still searching for better clarifications\nto understand my own brain, and for greater ways to overcome the associated\nproblems, but mostly to just improve quality of life. I\u2019ve never accepted\nthat I should just take my meds, relax, and live.\n\nI refuse to believe that brain\nillness or disorders automatically continue to worsen with age.Too many of our elderly prove this wrong by\nstaying sharp well into their 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s.My grandmother is 103 and still writes us beautiful handwritten letters,\nand to all her great grandchildren also.What is the difference with learning as a child, reviving and recovering\nfrom a TBI created coma, or continuing to learn and achieve after multiple\nTBI\u2019s.I will continue to believe this;\nthe brain is a muscle and can be exercised back to health.I also realize that there are some conditions\nthat are permanent, and we will have to take those things in stride.\n\nAside from working the mind, I have\nstopped drinking alcohol, and I believe this has been the greatest contributor\nto a healthy recovery.I was making it\nnearly impossible for the doctors to help me with a diagnosis and treatment\nplan while I was self-medicating daily and to such an extreme.Now I believe this is the most significant\nthing a Veteran can do for themselves.It is also the hardest.It is\ndamn hard given our culture.\n\nLife is too short. I want to\ngive back, and I believe I\u2019m in a unique position to do just that now.In the past 6 months I\u2019ve had a second neck\nsurgery fusing C5-C7, and this week my left rotator cuff was repaired.The neck surgery took the pressure off my\nspinal cord and relieved some pain, but better than that, I am no longer falling\noften and the world moving around me (as badly) all the time (Vertigo 24/7).I\u2019ve begun to write habitually, and hope to\nwrite something that will help my friends, family, and military compadres.I\u2019m also hoping to give back in some way as\nwe owe such a debt of gratitude and service to our comrades at TF Dagger, and\nthe SOCOM Care Coalition.I think the\nnext project for Tonia and I will be a lifelong one.I have found my new mission, and this will be\nour longest voyage I spoke of at the start\u2026..Veteran Voyage 360.\n\nPlease follow the adventure on Facebook,\nbecause with 4 scheduled extreme events (300 miler, 1200 miler, 4880 miler, and\n27,000 miler) over the next 16 months, it\u2019s bound to be interesting - https://www.facebook.com/veteranvoyage360.\n\nThank you TF Dagger, and the donors\nand contributors who are behind the scenes.And thank you to the SOCOM Care Coalition also, for all that you guys\ndo!"}
-{"text": "The Beneteau Oceanis 55 Cruising Yacht \u2013 A new lifestyle at sea.\n\n\u201cThe words that come to mind when I talk about the Oceanis 55 are sophistication and suitability! We strived to make a cruising yacht with clean modern lines, using contemporary design codes, favouring an extremely comfortable interior where there is an ambient feeling of great pleasure, quiet, peacefulness, coolness and space! The interior is meant to be bright thanks to the many openings, and the generous volumes of each space.\n\nAs for the exterior, it is modern and ahead of its time! At sea, this 55 foot sailing yacht instantly stands out because of its handsome appearance and taut lines. With this new model, we built a yacht with an avant-garde design, and a strong and immediately identifiable character. At the same time it was endowed with exceptional seafaring qualities, worthy of the BENETEAU brand\u201d. Thomas Gaillard \u2013 Oceanis & Sense Product Manager\n\nInside, is an extremely comfortable 45\u00b0 companionway, framed by handrails, making access to the saloon safe under sail. Below, we find a fully fitted L-shaped galley portside, opening onto the saloon space, left clear for interchange and discussions when cooking in the galley. Facing is the saloon, which is cool and bright, with: 4 hull portholes, 2 new deck windows surrounding the roof, and two hatches with blackout blinds, providing light and ventilation. This choice of making the most of the light coming in from the side and blacking out the roof hatches maintains a cool atmosphere on board, which is surprising during long exposure to the sun when sailing or at anchor.\n\nMade to measure: The saloon can be adapted to your pastimes! It can be set up in \u201clounge\u201d mode for when you are relaxing or at anchor, when it is really hot outside, so you can lie down fully and read quietly inside, around the table, or on the large sofa facing it.\n\nAnd when you are enjoying brunches or dinners with the family, you can convert it into a large dining area, and sit around the table together delighting in the company.\n\nTo the fore, materials and trims pleasantly enhance the owner cabin. The d\u00e9cor has been chosen carefully: anthracite grey panelling at the head of the bed adds to the choice of enhancing materials. The light is perfect thanks to the panoramic window which offers a stunning view to the bow. In the very bright and open shower room, the interplay of materials with transparency and the Kerok washbasin emphasizes the elegant and contemporary aesthetic qualities that we find throughout the boat.\n\nThe interior layout also has 2 other aft cabins with a shower room, or 3 aft cabins, including one with a bunk bed. In the Family version, you will be able to choose this model with either 4 or 5 cabins, and an independent shower room for each cabin, so that each member of the family can enjoy a certain amount of privacy on board. The exterior was designed like the interior, keeping comfort in mind and developing on the expectations of a legitimately demanding owner. The emphasis placed on relaxation in the design was given careful consideration. On either side of the companionway are two large sun-bathing platforms, which are also excellent watch stations. The cockpit seats have \u201cm\u00e9ridienne\u201d seating, making it easier to stay in line with the yacht\u2019s heel angle, and to enjoy greater comfort at anchor or sailing.\n\nAt anchor, it is easy to go for a swim, thanks to the electric bathing platform system which lowers to provide a terrace at sea level. The Oceanis 55 is an easy yacht to sail: central mast, jib with little overlap, mainsail sheet on arch: solutions which improve balance and performance. Its seakeeping is good in all weather. It keeps a moderate heel angle thanks to the chine, all the manoeuvring has been brought to the rear and is situated around the helmsman, and the instrument panel is fitted into the helm station.\n\nThe genoa winches centred in the cockpit provide both safety at sea and ease of use, perfectly in line with the requirements of a cruising crew, seeking to obtain maximum performance."}
-{"text": "No strings attached\n\nDeal\u2019s new contract with Illinois Symphony frees her to roam\n\nThe Illinois Symphony Orchestra has renewed its commitment to Maestra Karen\nLynne Deal, announcing a new multi-year contract with the conductor at the ISO\nboard of directors\u2019 annual meeting in late June. The renewal comes despite concerns raised by ISO\nmusicians who voted 72-2 against Deal earlier this year in a formal\nno-confidence vote. The players are now taking steps to unionize the orchestra\n[see \u201cOut of tune,\u201d May 14].\n\nThis new contract differs slightly from Deal\u2019s previous agreements in that it omits the clause requiring her to reside in one\nof the communities where the orchestra performs \u2014 Springfield, Bloomington or Normal. Some members of the search committee who\nhired Deal find the deletion of this clause curious, since residency was one of\nthe ISO board\u2019s top priorities when Deal was hired in 2000.\n\n\u201cThey wanted someone who could live in town and be the head of the musical\ncommunity here,\u201d says Becky Kemp, who represented the ISO Chorus on the search committee. \u201cThat [requirement] just X\u2019d out a whole bunch of candidates. It was one of the first questions we would\nask when we interviewed them, and if they said no, then that was it.\u201d\n\nElizabeth Hare, interim executive director of the ISO, would neither confirm nor\ndeny the deletion of the residency clause. \u201cThe terms of the contract are confidential,\u201d Hare says.\n\nHowever, a source who has seen the contract says the clause has been deleted.\nThe source also says the contract sets Deal\u2019s salary at approximately $85,000 per year, and expires in 2011.\n\nThe ISO board also elected a new president, Carole M. Ringer, of Bloomington, at\nthe June meeting. Ringer \u2014 a longtime board member with a masters degree in music education from\nNorthwestern University \u2014 succeeds John Wohlwend, the Bloomington jewelry store owner who served as ISO\u2019s president for the past year. Wohlwend, who is a staunch supporter of Deal,\nchose not to seek a second term as president in order to focus on his business\nand personal life, Ringer says.\n\n\u201cHe felt he needed to regroup himself personally. It had nothing to do with the\nsymphony itself,\u201d she says.\n\nRinger grew up playing violin and piano, but concentrated on vocal music in\ncollege. She believes her experience playing in orchestras helps her\nperspective as a board member. As early as 1970, she served on the board of the\nBloomington-Normal Symphony, which merged in 1993 with the Springfield Symphony\nto become the ISO.\n\n\u201cI will not claim to be an expert in any of this,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I have enough knowledge to know where I don\u2019t know things, and certainly having the experience of playing helps round out\none\u2019s understanding of the orchestra.\u201d\n\nRinger was also a member of the search committee that hired Deal. Although\nRinger echoes Hare\u2019s refusal to verify contract terms, she does confirm that residency was a\npriority back in 2000.\n\n\u201cAt the time, when we were doing the search, we did feel quite strongly that we\nneeded somebody who could be in the community, be available to the community in\nways that we hadn\u2019t had in a while, and I think that Karen is known. She is a known persona in the\ncommunity. That\u2019s something we needed at the time,\u201d Ringer says."}
-{"text": "Nicholas Kelly\n\nNicholas Ryan Kelly is a classically-trained composer of speculative fiction. He recently finished dual master's degrees in music composition and library/information studies at UBC and has since been roaming the Prairies, working as a librarian in Edmonton and Saskatoon and composing whatever strikes his fancy. In 2014, his compositional activities ranged from readings by the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony orchestras to commissions and compositions for elementary school band and community choir."}
-{"text": "Monthly Archives: December 2015\n\nI\u2019m here in sober mind thinking on less than sober moments though nothing in particular, a boom of laughter, eyes squinted from a smile, glasses making their unmistakable clinks and clunks, people talking over each other and with each other about nothing and the swell of everything. It hurts to say that it\u2019s becoming hazy, the memories, the sound of it all and the pain. Sometimes I wish the pain were more present to serve as a more stinging reminder. Time trudges on and so does life while waving goodbye to memories from a speeding car. You never know what someone is going to mean to you initially. Sometimes while you are living in the moment, doing the right thing\u2013acknowledging just what someone means to you\u2013they leave; they die. I was basking in his light when it was inexplicably extinguished and done little to go back to touch that feeling. I have done what I can to move forward, as you do. It has been tumultuous, what with his fame and all. What was so natural between us became muddled, mired by those who showed up in the aftermath.\n\nThe aftermath is why I had to push on. I couldn\u2019t be around the human forms of Facebook posts trying to prove their connection to my guy. I wanted to just go back for a quiet drink with him, Mikel, before his monicker, Eyedea. I just want Mike. I wanted to be at one of our spots. Our watering holes or my basement. I want to turn back the 5 years since and be there for the ease of it all.\n\nSince Micheal Eyedea Larsen\u2019s death, I have become different, more sullen and a bit of the ease of my joy now needs far too much effort without him. This ease was felt primarily at Costello\u2019s, The Glockenspiel or my basement making music with him. Not too long after his death, Costello\u2019s, a classic local St. Paul dive bar was bought out to become a bright shiny, high-end eatery. It hurt and I haven\u2019t been back since even though reviews have been stellar. It\u2019s just something that I have any reason to put myself through.\n\nOver the last few months my wife, along with our beautiful daughter, made the jump into Minneapolis. Along with the move, obviously came the loss of our partially finished basement that held so many memories. We laughed, drank, smoked, and made music as effortlessly as any of ever had. The music was a true afterthought. Mike and I would get together, perhaps call a couple other guys with \u201cmake music\u201d lightly penciled in our itinerary. Nothing was ever set in stone. The nights we tried our best to buckle down were a total bust at times and the nights to designed for goofing off bled into full weekends lost to making music together by utter accident. Our new house is lovely and even has a finished basement. But with this finished basement and new steps in life, also mark a small loss for the spontaneity of up to 10 hours spent somewhere between well spent and wasted. He was the only person that I have ever met that I could spend that kind of time with on such a regular schedule and I more than suspect he will be the only one. Costello\u2019s is gone. The basement is gone.\n\nLast week, I received a phone call from one of our best friends. Not a text; a phone call. I answered to ask Nic what was up. He told me that the Glockenspiel was closing. When we all first started hanging out together, before Costello\u2019s, before the basement, there was The Glock. It may have been where I met Mike, or at least where I interacted with him enough on a serious level to say that I truly met him. It wasn\u2019t much of a bar. I remember wondering why we would frequent that spot, well it turned out that Mike just didn\u2019t like to drive and The Glock was right around the corner from his house. Fair enough. It wasn\u2019t a terribly large bar, but the ceilings were 20 feet tall with a sizable eating area in the back. It gave the perfect illusion of grandeur though we were simply there for the libations and chatter. It is a noted for its German food if that\u2019s a thing that you\u2019re into, but it was near dead every we went there. It was a place for novelty and weekend lunches, but it just became our bar. The bartenders knew and liked us, frequently closing the doors (sometimes early) just to let us illegally smoke cigarettes and drink off the books, occasionally until near sun up. This was our spot, our first spot, and it was closing.\n\nNic and I determined that we had to go. We had to have a beer and a whiskey at least. The usually empty bar\u2019s closing made the local news which created a bit of a fervor. Upon arriving for the last night of service, the place was packed, both bar and restaurant. Tubas and accordions filled the hall barely audible over everyone\u2019s singing and talking. We were tucked in, barely able to move. It was an absolute spectacle, admittedly not quite the spectacle we were looking for. We got our whiskey and German beer. We attempted to reflect while moving out of people\u2019s way. They were all reflecting on their times there also, but for very different reasons. We never really got down to the meat of our loss beyond a glass clink or two and his name being peppered throughout the night. But what did come was the ease. That ease of laughter and joy that had been absent for 5 years. Nic, my wife and myself smiled wide and another friend made a near perfectly timed appearance. It felt large and casual at the same time.\n\nThe Glockenspiel closed at 10 that night and we moved across the street to one of the more typical St. Paul neighborhood dive bars. It was never a favorite due to its seedy nature, but we had all been there with Mike a few times also. It was near empty and we continued to drink. None of us planned to be out that late, it just happened. Our talks filled our hearts more than any drink. We hadn\u2019t all been together in this sort of capacity in over a year and we all needed it desperately without ever having said it. But how do you ever say that you need spontaneity and easy conversation without ruining it by virtue of its mention? Costello\u2019s is gone. My basement is gone. The Glockenspiel is now gone the way of my friend also. This time, we all just got to say goodbye the way we all wanted to, the way we needed to, the way we deserved to and in the way Mike deserved. We finally got to say our goodbyes in the most fitting way for Mike, with a boom of laughter, eyes squinted from a smile, glasses making their unmistakable clinks and clunks, people talking over each other and with each other about nothing and the swell of everything."}
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-{"text": "Break and Continue Statement in Java\n\nBreak and continue statement in java : Like goto statement in c, there is break and continue statement to transfer control in the program. Whenever certain condition matches in the code, you may won\u2019t to transfer your code\u2019s flow to some other parts of the code. In such scenario, we use break and continue statement. We also use return statement to transfer control, which I\u2019ve discussed here.\n\nBreak and Continue Statement in Java\n\nLets see the explanation of break and continue statement through this simple example:\n\nIn the above code, for-loop runs for two iteration only; because, when i = 1, the if-condition gets satisfied and the control of the code exit from the for-loop iteration. This way we can get out of the certain loop or from certain point of code when our condition get satisfied\n\nIn the above code, the if-condition is checked and enter into it, where there is continue statement, that drives the code control to next iteration of loop, avoiding the code below the if-condition. As a result, the output is printed only one time when the if-condition is not satisfied.\n\nSo the basic difference between break and continue statement in java is that, break statement takes the control out of the loop where as continue statement takes the control to the next iteration of the loop, without implementing the code below continue statement. That\u2019s it."}
-{"text": "APOCALYPTO \u2013 James Horner\n\nWhat with all the furore surrounding Mel Gibson, his DUI arrest on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, and his subsequent drunken anti-Semitic rant to the highway patrol officers, it\u2019s easy to forget that he remains a truly tremendous filmmaker. Apocalypto is Gibson\u2019s fourth film as director, after The Man Without a Face, Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ. Filmed entirely in the Yukatek language of the ancient Mayans, who inhabited what is now Mexico, Belize and Guatemala for millennia prior to the arrival of the Europeans in the late 1400s, Apocalypto is a detailed look at the lives, cultures and traditions of that ancient civilisation, dressed up as an exciting chase-fuelled action movie.\n\nNovice actor Rudy Youngblood stars as Jaguar Paw, a young Mayan warrior who is separated from his wife and son when his village is raided by rival Holcane tribesmen, and he is captured into slavery. Taken to a massive construction site where pyramids are being constructed, Jaguar Paw is set to be killed as a human sacrifice, until an unexpected eclipse stop the ceremony, and he manages to escape. Setting off back through the unyielding jungle, Jaguar Paw races to rescue his family, while all the time being pursued by a vicious gang of Holcane warriors intent on stopping him\u2026\n\nAfter dallying with John Debney on Passion, Gibson has returned to his traditional composer of choice \u2013 James Horner \u2013 for Apocalypto. Inspired by Gibson\u2019s decision to film his movie in an ancient language, and being mindful of the authenticity of the project as a whole, Horner chose to dispense with his usual symphonic approach, which would have been anachronistic in context, and instead wrote a score predominantly for percussion, voice, and a vast array of obscure woodwind and string instruments, including Slovakian fujara flutes, Armenian duduks, Swedish naverlur pipes, Turkish sipsi clarinets, Renaissance-era tromba marina lutes and Syrian zourna oboes. And while all this thought and respect for authenticity is admirable, unfortunately it\u2019s rather disappointing in terms of the actual end result: the listening experience.\n\nFor the majority of its running time, Apocalypto is a score more concerned with texture and rhythm than themes and melodies. It\u2019s a raw, primal, at times quite brutal score which rings with percussive and vocal savagery, and enjoys very little in the way of the traditional writing we have come to expect from Horner. In a way, this approach is perfect: as Jaguar Paw makes his desperate flight through the primordial jungles, Horner\u2019s incessant hammering provides the film with an internal rhythm to drive the action along. However, as before, appropriateness in context doesn\u2019t always make for an appealing album \u2013 such is the case here.\n\nThe vocals are provided by famed Pakistani qawwali singer Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who collaborated with Horner on The Four Feathers in 2002, and Terry Edwards, director of the London Voices choral group, and most recently famous for collaborating with Howard Shore on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. But their contributions are not pleasant, or soothing: on the contrary, Khan and Edwards howl, growl, sigh and grunt their way through the score, adding another level of intensity to the music. The unnerving throat-singing in \u201cTapir Hunt\u201d is quite remarkable in its ferocity, while Khan\u2019s blood-curdling wailing in \u201cSacrificial Procession\u201d has to be heard to be fully appreciated, especially when it is heard alongside the ear-shattering duduk blasts. \u201cThe Eclipse\u201d features both Khan and Edwards singing in counterpoint to each other, the latter providing eerie, airy vocalisations which sound like some distant demon breathing and whispering and chanting in the listener\u2019s ear. The late-chase cues, such as \u201cAn Elusive Quarry\u201d and \u201cNo Longer the Hunted\u201d, again see Edwards growling and chanting, as if taunting, or insulting, or trying to scare the listener. I am here. I am coming. Be afraid.\n\nMuch of the action music is quite similar to that which he wrote for Braveheart, with woodwinds, percussion and synth drones creating a permeating atmosphere of tension and dread. \u201cHolcane Attack\u201d, \u201cEntering the City with a Future Foretold\u201d and \u201cWords Through the Sky\u201d are perfect examples of this, and it is in these cues that Horner\u2019s familiar voice comes shining through: the way he uses the pan flutes and shakuhachi in tandem with each other, the way the instruments rattle and trill and trail off into the distance, even the tone of the chord held by the synths, it all screams Horner. You can hear slight echoes of Willow, of Legends of the Fall, and of 1980s synth scores like Vibes, Where the River Runs Black, and The Name of the Rose, as well as Howard Shore\u2019s The Cell and Mychael Danna\u2019s 8MM. The bullroarer from The Missing also makes a couple of guest appearances, notably at the beginning of \u201cThe Games and Escape\u201d, as do the fluttering sampled bird-calls from The New World in the sylvan \u201cForest\u201d cues which bookend the score.\n\nThe pastoral, hypnotic \u201cThe Storyteller\u2019s Dreams\u201d is one of the few softer cues, and pits a wandering woodwind element against a backdrop of drones and rattles to good effect, resulting in a cue which is reminiscent of the Native American music he wrote for Thunderheart and The Missing. The gentle melodic content is briefly restated in \u201cFrog Darts\u201d, and provides a welcome respite.\n\nI actually feel quite sorry to give Apocalypto as comparatively low a rating as I have, because quite clearly an enormous amount of effort and energy has been spent assembling the right instruments, finding the right level of authenticity, and ensuring that the overall tone and texture of the film is not spoiled by overly anachronistic music. Furthermore, some of the vocal effects are quite brilliant, and go a long way to enhancing the sense of dread and impending danger in the storyline. In these terms, the score is an unqualified success.\n\nHowever, it still comes down to the problem that, as an album of music, it remains very difficult to actually sit and listen to, and I\u2019m sure many people will find themselves turned off by the violent nature of the music, the overall lack of melodic content, and unyielding darkness of it all. For Horner fans, or anyone with a tolerance for unconventional film scoring, I can see Apocalypto being received as an interesting curiosity worth examining. Others, however, should proceed with caution.\n\nRating: ***\n\nTrack Listing:\n\nFrom the Forest\u2026 (1:55)\n\nTapir Hunt (1:31)\n\nThe Storyteller\u2019s Dream (3:41)\n\nHolcane Attack (9:28)\n\nCaptives (3:06)\n\nEntering the City with a Future Foretold (6:05)\n\nSacrificial Procession (3:40)\n\nWords Through the Sky \u2013 The Eclipse (5:11)\n\nThe Games and Escape (5:15)\n\nAn Elusive Quarry (2:15)\n\nFrog Darts (2:45)\n\nNo Longer the Hunted (5:50)\n\nCivilizations Brought by Sea (3:20)\n\nTo the Forest\u2026 (7:41)\n\nRunning Time: 60 minutes 39 seconds\n\nHollywood Records D000015802 (2006)\n\nMusic composed by James Horner. Performed by James Horner, Tony Hinnigan, Jan Hendrickse, Robert A. White, Guo Yi, Gary Kettel, Frank Ricotti, Ian Underwood and Aaron Martin. Special vocal performances by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Terry Edwards. Recorded and mixed by Simon Rhodes. Edited by Jim Henrikson and Dick Bernstein. Album produced by James Horner and Simon Rhodes."}
-{"text": "Dec 18 Brexit Techxit\n\nJust one-third of non-British workers accepted technology job offers in the UK in the third quarter this year, compared with 40% in the quarter before last year\u2019s Brexit vote. And there\u2019s also Techxit to consider here, as half of UK tech workers surveyed by Hired says they would consider moving to work in another country in light of Brexit \u2013 with the US and Europe the top relocation choices.\n\n\u201cWe can see further evidence of this potential Techxit in the fact that 30% of tech employees say working for a company with a European network has become more important since the vote,\u201d says Hired.\n\nPlus Brexit seems to be having a major knock-on effect in terms of demand for tech talent, with 70% of UK tech workers saying they\u2019ve seen a noticeable increase in contact from recruiters since the vote to leave the EU.\n\nHired points out that the government has taken some small steps already, including helping train 2 million people in digital skills, along with a commitment to doubling the number of highly skilled tech visas to 2,000.\n\n\u201cBut this latter figure seems far too small in comparison to hundreds of thousands of foreign tech workers we rely on.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Unfortunately, and very sadly, for those of us who are deeply sincere in our\nconvictions for promoting progressive changes in the global society... whether those\nefforts are presently focused towards a regional specificity\u2014 we must conclude\nthat the Zietgeist and Venus Project movies are cartoonish illustrations of what\nis needed to foment an actual \"Movement\" towards creating better societies... however\nthe definitions of \"better\" or \"progressive\" or \"cooperative global enhancement\"\nwill eventually be played out. (We need not dwell on semantic issues in this instance.)\n\nIn short, we Cenocratic Revolutionists for progressive change must admit\nthat while we embrace the efforts of the movies in their attempts to portray alternative\norientations for corrective change, it is being widely interpreted from different\nperspectives... that the movies fall short of that which is needed. Indeed, they\nneed to be vigorously updated and recast into the realities of accumulated information\nthat is absent from the messages being conveyed in the movies.\n\nAs suggested in the Venus Project movie, there is a singularly embraced social\nphilosophy that might be interpreted to mean the presence of a 'One World, new government\norder'... or a human society based on something like the efficiency of a Socialist\nor Communist run insect colony. It is not that a \"true\" form of Communism, Socialism\nor Democracy are bad, it's just that the sloppy practices put into place by others\nleaves many of us with a bad taste in our mouths. No one has actually ever experienced\na real version of these social systems. The Venus Project movie falls short of its\nintended explication.\n\nSimilarly, as suggested in the Zeitgeist films (Moving Forward and Addendum),\nthe means of reaching a collectively potent society rests on the initial adoption\nof a collective anti-trust mindset against the use of the present monetary system\u2014\nas well a collective embrace of a \"resource-based\" economy ideology, notwithstanding\nthat there is a naive interpretation about the viable sustainability and renewability\nof our resources... and not to mention allocation as well as equalized re-distribution(s).\n\nIn short, we need better movies... and can make better ones involving the vision\nof others whose intentions are similarly focused on pushing for corrective social\nchange. Succinctly put, these movies are not good enough. Since we do not yet have\na person or group of people portraying the part of leading a movement towards social\nreform as did Marx, Lenin and Mao... (despite what misgivings some readers may hold\nabout these examples and would much prefer others)... the Zeitgeist and Venus Project\nfilms are representative ideologies being used by a few as surrogate leaders of\nsocial reform, though there may be an actual one in the making... somewhere.\n\nThe message in the Zeitgeist film about non-participation in the monetary system\nis like a child refusing to participate in a game, and prefers to sit in some\nself-made corner (of their world) as a protest to those who participate because\nthey have not been provided the rules for transitioning into a better game. It is\nvery much an inverted \"time out\" tool used by some teachers attempting to inculcated\ncorrective social/classroom behavior; wherein the teacher (a participating factor\nin \"the system\") is subjected to a period of exclusion; and is, in the Zeitgeist\nfilm, portrayed by a refusal to participate in the usage of money. And though this\nanalogy may appear to some readers as being a convoluted example, others may find\nit a creative exploration of two separate scenarios being inter-twined.\n\nJust because a few thousand people agree that it is a good idea to stop a system\nby effecting a stance of non-participation in a monetary system, does not translate\ninto automatically creating a better system. Such an antic is like someone refusing\nto wear cleats while playing baseball or football, when the game is played on turf\nwhich requires the use thereof for better footing. The same goes for the usage of\nmoney. The social playing field has been designed in accord with the usage of money\n(or variant bartering representatives)... with laws (game rules) and individualized\npersonal philosophies which require its usage. When there are billions of people\nwho do participate in the game, and laws are constructed as well as enforced by\nthose who may nonetheless find the system imperfect... but know of no other way in\nwhich to carry out a bartering system of exchange for mutual benefit; those agreeing\nwith a non-participation attitude simply turn themselves into an ineffectual fringe\nelement or sub-culture... but they nonetheless engage in the monetary system in\none fashion or another\u2014 or they will perish. Even if they say they can survive\non the good will (generosity) of others, this good will provides food, clothing\nand shelter by way of some legal or illegal exchange. In short, non-participation\nmust be effectively replaced with a system you will participate\nin, and can convince others it is a better system.\n\nIn short, the pacifist approach is particularly naive about the interplay of\ndifferent \"social forces\" taking place. We can not realistically participate in\na collective \"Walden's Pond\" venture of survivalism in this day in age... though the\nmindset is to be found here and there being explored by those who have become fed\nup with the \"system\": In giving some explication of this comment, let a short article\nfrom the Britannica on Henry David Thoreau be illustrated, keeping in mind that\nThoreau did not live entirely off the land since he was, time and again invited\nover for dinner/supper with friends, though this bit of history is absent from the\narticle. And also note he was a person who had ready access to a job and additional\ncomforts. In a sense he cast off his worldly goods like Buddha supposedly did...\nor even John Chapman (known as \"Johnny Appleseed\"). But instead of the Bodhi or\nApple tree, Thoreau found pine trees to sit under:\n\n...Back in Concord Thoreau rejoined his family's business, making pencils\nand grinding graphite. By early 1845 he felt more restless than ever, until he decided\nto take up an idea of a Harvard classmate who had once built a waterside hut in which\none could loaf or read. In the spring Thoreau picked a spot by Walden Pond, a small\nglacial lake located 2 miles (3 km) south of Concord on land Emerson owned.\n\nEarly in the spring of 1845, Thoreau, then 27 years old, began to chop down tall\npines with which to build the foundations of his home on the shores of Walden Pond.\nFrom the outset the move gave him profound satisfaction. Once settled, he restricted\nhis diet for the most part to the fruit and vegetables he found growing wild and\nthe beans he planted. When not busy weeding his bean rows and trying to protect them\nfrom hungry woodchucks or occupied with fishing, swimming, or rowing, he spent long\nhours observing and recording the local flora and fauna, reading, and writing A Week\non the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). He also made entries in his journals,\nwhich he later polished and included in Walden. Much time, too, was spent in meditation.\n\nOut of such activity and thought came Walden, a series of 18 essays describing\nThoreau's experiment in basic living and his effort to set his time free for leisure.\nSeveral of the essays provide his original perspective on the meaning of work and\nleisure and describe his experiment in living as simply and self-sufficiently as\npossible, while in others Thoreau describes the various realities of life at Walden\nPond: his intimacy with the small animals he came in contact with; the sounds, smells,\nand look of woods and water at various seasons; the music of wind in telegraph wires\u2014in\nshort, the felicities of learning how to fulfill his desire to live as simply and\nself-sufficiently as possible. The physical act of living day by day at Walden Pond\nis what gives the book authority, while Thoreau's command of a clear, straightforward\nbut elegant style helped raise it to the level of a literary classic.\n\nThoreau stayed for two years at Walden Pond (1845\u201347). In the summer of 1847\nEmerson invited him to stay with his wife and children again, while Emerson himself\nwent to Europe. Thoreau accepted, and in September 1847 he left his cabin forever.\n\nMidway in his Walden sojourn Thoreau had spent a night in jail. On an evening\nin July 1846 he encountered Sam Staples, the constable and tax gatherer. Staples\nasked him amiably to pay his poll tax, which Thoreau had omitted paying for several\nyears. He declined, and Staples locked him up. The next morning a still-unidentified\nlady, perhaps his aunt, Maria, paid the tax. Thoreau reluctantly emerged, did an\nerrand, and then went huckleberrying. A single night, he decided, was enough to make\nhis point that he could not support a government that endorsed slavery and waged\nan imperialist war against Mexico. His defense of the private, individual conscience\nagainst the expediency of the majority found expression in his most famous essay,\n\u201cCivil Disobedience,\u201d which was first published in May 1849 under the title \u201cResistance\nto Civil Government.\u201d The essay received little attention until the 20th century,\nwhen it found an eager audience. To many, its message still sounds timely: there\nis a higher law than the civil one, and the higher law must be followed even if a\npenalty ensues. So does its consequence: \u201cUnder a government which imprisons any\nunjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.\u201d\n\nBut going to prison just so one can feel that they are truly and honorably \"just\"\nfor holding views against the current establishment, is just as self-defeating as\na suicide bomber. In other words you take yourself out of the action and in effect,\nretreat from the world of the living. Needless to say, this is stupid. We don't\nneed Revolutionists (social reformers) going to prison and imagining themselves\nto be a Gandhi or Hitler... from whom may come a Manifesto or Mein Kampf (translated:\n\"My Struggle\"). There is no one backing us up into a wall as yet... even though we\nmay become entirely frustrated with what is described as a corrupt, fixed or\nirrational system and realize that present \"politically\" and legally correct methods\nfor producing change are negligibly effective at best. Nonetheless, we are barely\nbeginning to scratch the surface of a Revolution in the making.\n\nWhile presenting a futuristic social setting with proposed architectural drafts\nmay pique the interest of wide-eye idealists, those of us whose feet, hands and backs\nhave toiled in the soil of actual construction, know all too well that the structures\nmay be (futuristically) housed by socio-paths or psycho-paths of varying degrees.\nThe architecture alone will not automatically transform a population into some greater\nemergent social being when it is presently suffused with self-defeating or dysfunctional\nforms of social education, familial up-bringing and governing maintenance. No less,\nwhat do we do with those already in prison... before, during and after construction?\nNo matter how futuristic a social infrastructure may appear, it is rather silly to\nthink that the mentality of a career criminal will be automatically transformed into\nsome believed-in enhanced human being to fulfill some futuristically proposed citizenry\nrole. A monkey remains a monkey even if you put a cellphone in its hand, place a\ncomputer on its lap, or place it behind the wheel of a $200,000 vehicle. And let us\nspecifically about what will be done with career sex offenders? Even if prison\npopulations are magically cut in half or to a third of their present size because of\nsome imagined wide-spread behavior modification program that will supposedly emerge\nfrom all the futuristic construction; what sort of social response will we have to\ncareer criminals, be they a no collar, blue collar or white collar person? What if\na person simply refuses to go along with the laws of the proposed futuristic society?\nWill we also warehouse them? Execute them? Alter their genetics or place another brain\nin their body?\n\nOr do we simply get rid of humans because somewhere down the line in this futuristic\nsociety it is decided humanity can never be genetically cleaned of an internalized\ndirection of motivation to be free of all controls... even after the word \"freedom\"\nbecomes defined by those who will write the programs of an Artificial Intelligence\nset into place as the government and police force? Will we become so self- and\nplanet Earth- absorbed that the dissolution of a military means we will have no\nfuture protection from possible asteroid or alien creature attacks?\n\nAnd if a few of us decide to take it upon ourselves to force global changes by\nsimultaneously attacking (and killing) thousands of business, government and religious\nleaders without providing the philosophical ground-work to have the public become\nunanimously transformed into a spoken body of agreement; it should then be of no\nsurprise that violent Martial Law may well become enforced and all of us executed...\nbecause we did not take the time to create social-improvement movies whose message\nis heard and accepted by those in the military and police forces. We need better\nmovies that transgress the superficiality of information being presented.\n\nWe don't need movies which become turned into sociological fetishisms to be used\nas masturbatory intellectualisms... by those who are no doubt sincere in their desire\nfor creating a better global society, but have had no other illustration presented\nto them. We can't have someone say a future government is going to be run by an advanced\nArtificial Intelligence without providing the means of transition and a propositional\ngoverning formula. Creating fanciful futuristic buildings will not automatically\ntransform the nitty gritty behaviors of the human primate with an underlying genetics\nbeing incrementally contoured by a decaying planet and the poisons being eaten\nand breathed in everyday. Even \"natural\" foods are not natural since they are the\nresult of modifications in a laboratory... and do not occur in nature without the\nassistance of human growing techniques.\n\nWe need better movies. The Zeitgeist and Venus Project movies are not good enough.\nThey leave us with too many unanswered questions and no explicit blue-print for\ntransitioning the whole of humanity in every sector. How do we transform society\nfrom a monetary system backed by laws and numerous institutions, into an assumed\nbetter one that does not use money? Where is the blue-print, what is the cost of\nthe construction, what materials are needed, and who is to participate in the\ntransformation on the business, government (legal), and religious organizations?\nHow will religions survive if there is no tithing to collect? Simply saying we\nwill do away with religions is (at present), very unrealistic to the many practitioners\nthroughout the world.\n\nAgain, we need better films. In contrast, the Zeitgeist and Venus Project\nexhibitions, despite the sincerity and genuine concern for and interest in creating\na better social system; are McGuffey readers or a Dick and Jane book series of stories\ncompared to what is desperately required.\n\n(Note: one reader has offered to fund the entire series of productions if they win\na large enough lottery. Despite the good intentions, we need a bit more realism\nin such a venture.)\n\nFor example, the money collected by those involved in the Occupy Movement...\nif it isn't already spent... and hopefully spent on articulating purposive social\nchange... could be used as a starting incentive for the creation of a new film.\nWe can not rely on those whose excess money is being used to promote the production\nof so many (\"more of the same\") movies being exhibited by the Red (or Blue) box movie\ndispensing machines, nor those at the corner movie rental stores available in some\nlocations... much less the pay-per-view kind. Far too many movies are exhibiting\none of three scenarios:\n\nAn extraneous interpretation of an historically written-about event involving\nsocial reform through conflict where the primary focus is on one or more roles of\ndifferent characters. (Such as a story about the overthrow of a king.)\n\nA make-believe instance of Revolution against a foe attempting to disembowel\nthe established social structure (such as by way of an alien invasion or government\ndefined terrorist), and the present bad guys of the establishment are to be interpreted\nas the good guys... because all of us are to believe we are being confronted by an\nevil worse than themselves and must join in with practiced patriotisms in order\nto be saved... and yet only to be enslaved once again afterwards.\n\nA cataclysmic environmental (or man-made) event (such as a crashing meteorite\nor the 9-11 tragedy), after-which everyone one strives to create a \"New\" government\nby re-establishing the old one with different idiots at the helm.\n\n... as if these story-lines were enough to satisfy the disaffections many of us\nhave with current forms of governance, and feel good about having accomplished\nsomething of great social value by projecting ourselves onto and into the portrayed\nanimations through vicarious identification with one or more characters or a given\nsituation. Non-Revolutionists (non-social reformists) can not produce the film we\nare in desperate need of. They are just as much out of touch with us as are politicians.\nThey just do not get it. And even if they do, they do not know what to do with the\ninformation even if they had the available resources to produce such a film as we\nare seeking.\n\nSuch a film must deal with the reality beyond the scope of the Earth, inasmuch\nas we can determine by present means of analysis, knowing all too well that our\ninterpretations of data may well look rather naive or humorous to future generations;\nas do the views of ancient peoples to us in various circumstances. We can not have\nthe view of building a better society on Earth by excluding its state of affairs\nwith respect to on-going degradations. Nor can we ignore the degradations occurring\nwith the Moon, the Sun, and the effects of expansion in the larger galaxy. Present\ngoverning systems are ad hoc applications of patch-work impulsiveness which attempt\nto counter-act some perceived or imagined threat... like the reflexive nature of a\nvenus fly trap, fly in a web, or other stationary ego-centricity.\n\nThe film must not disinclude a sensibility involving religion as an actuality\nperceptively defined accurately as adherents believe... contrasted with the view\nthat the variety of religions and associated philosophies are little more than\nemotionally-laden psychological survival tools, used as a means to help someone\nweather the vagaries of change occurring socially and environmentally. We must be\nable to provide alternative views that others may find more useful than their\npracticed reliance on religious ideas which keep them mired in a bog that contributes\nto their recurring experiences which trigger a return to a religious orientation\nused as a familiar standby... like a person whose main occupation is to work steadily\nat temporary jobs... because no opportunity for a full time job has become available\nto them with respect to their abilities; which may exist in a latent or dormant\nposition... having not had an extended moment to be expressed.\n\nIn dealing with describing the illegitimate forms of Democracy being variously\npracticed throughout the world, an actual model of Democracy must be described\nas well. If we create a film whose main theme is to disparage but not provide\napplicable alternatives, the film will be little more than a biased news report,\ninternet blog, or website that catalogues government malignancies. We must define\nwhat an Actual Democracy means and show it being practiced. Likewise, we must define\nwhat an Actual Communism and Socialism are and show them being practiced. Contrasts\nand similarities must be easily identifiable.\n\nWe need to show the potential promise of relying on a technocratic society\nshown in the Venus Project film, and the potential limitations and causes for\nconcern that we may or may not be able to surmount. We also need to show how a reliance\non an Artificial Intelligence-guided governance creates the conditions for alarm\nbecause of the biases which human programmers may include in the programming...\nand that attempts to offset one bias necessarily may invite another form as a\ncounteractent. The described lack of needing a Bill of Rights (or perhaps even\na Constitution) needs to be addressed, since without written guarantees, more\nliberties can be abused over time.\n\nAn illustration of how current forms of governance assist in the perpetuation\nof recurring social problems needs to be addressed, and that political systems which\npractice an interest in \"social change\" (assumedly for the better), is not to be\nequated with the exercise of \"political change\" with respect to exchanging one elected\nstatus quo performer for another. Yet, there are a host of other problematic\ngoverning issues of which the following list is a small example:\n\nThe problem with having a Supreme Court that is not directly responsible and answerable to the people.\n\nCivil asset forfeiture.\n\nRight of Imminent Domain.\n\nProperty Rights tied to taxation, leading to Ownership as being little more than a long-term lease program.\n\nLack of a mandatory national discussion, debated and referendum provision on any issue the\npublic deems as a national issue (for internal as well as external/global application.)\n\nOver-reliance on the News Media to represent the Freedom of Speech and protest.\n\nLack of a Nationally discussed, debated, and written Constitution and Bill of Rights.\n\nThe erroneous definition of \"limited\" government when the word \"democracy\" means\nthat all of us are a part of the government. An entire nation as the government is\na very BIG government. To promote the necessity of a small or limited government means\nto have a non-democratic form of government.\n\nA screwed up voting system used as a tool of manipulation by political parties.\n\nThe existence of a weak form of democracy being practiced that needs to be\nprotected by a military practicing a Socialist-Communism, and denies its tax-born\nentitlements to be shared by the public.\n\nAn irrational justice and incarceration system.\n\nMinimum but no maximum wage and earnings scales.\n\nEtc...\n\nIf we are to offer alternatives to Economic practices, we must show how they\nwill work in practice and how the transition from the old to the new can take effect.\nWe must address the problems with educating a public that has been habitually trained\nto see things one way and how the view and practice of another way will be appreciably\nbetter for them and everyone. We can not simply say something will be better and\nexpect everyone to alter their perceptions accordingly, they must be able to witness\nit first hand. There are far too many people who have suspicions against the government\nnot to suspect more of the same deceptions and lies from those promoting a different\nform of government. In other words, simply saying something is going to be better\ndoes not make it so. Feeding, clothing and sheltering suspicion, prejudice, bigotry,\nhate, criminality, ignorance, etc., only means that such regimes of personality have\nbeen fed, clothed and sheltered. Improving infrastructure does not automatically\nmean it comes with a significant level of techniques for behavior modification.\n\nWe must be cognizant that the film may be of greater value if produced like a\ntheatrical production, wherein different Acts can be shown in the allotted time\nof a classroom because of its specific relatedness to a given topic being addressed\nby an educator, civic speaker, club meeting, etc...\n\nIf necessary, we must produce the film several different times using speakers,\nactors and actresses from different racial and cultural backgrounds. In other words,\none version will show white American people, and the others will alternatively use\nAmerican or French or British (etc.) blacks, American Indians, Hispanics/Lations,\nGermans, Italians, different Asians, different Africans, Hungarians, Russians, etc...\nWhile some may say this reeks of prejudice, others will note that prejudice can\nsometimes be more readily seen if it is contrasted in the same setting using different\npeoples who will be more able to recognize similarities with other groups experiencing\nthe same situation. In other words, it is difficult for naive, ignorant or prejudiced\npeople to appreciate that all peoples have the same color of blood unless a situation\ncauses the spilling of blood... be it by accident or intent. Then again, some\nprejudices are so deeply ingrained that the core of a problem lays deep in the core\nof a person. Some cores appear to be so rotten they are infested with worms. How does\nbehavior modification not only de-worm a person, but help a core be refurbished...\nand how many rotten cores have been caused by a faulty form of governance? While the\nanalogy can be taken too literally, as a metaphor, it explains the situation we\nmay no doubt encounter as we try to alter society for its greater role in assisting\nhumans to reach their potentials... however the word \"potentials\" may eventually be\ndefined."}
-{"text": "New Freedom of Information request initiated by Y Soft shows local councils are ignoring productivity-boosting technologies.\n\nOnly 15% of local councils have plans to invest in workflow solutions according to a new Freedom of Information request, which sought to discover how councils are currently using technology to improve efficiencies, as well as what their future investment plans are. Y Soft Corporation, which requested the information, believes that the results paint a worrying picture for productivity levels in local councils, and is indicative of the levels stated for the UK as a whole.\n\nThe Office for Budget Responsibility has repeatedly, and inaccurately, predicted that productivity growth would return to pre-crisis levels, but in October 2017, stated that it was preparing to downgrade its initial estimates. Y Soft believes this may be due to the lack of investment into automated enterprise solutions.\n\nThe Freedom of Information request found that while 71% of councils currently use workflow tools to digitize scanned documents in some capacity, these workflows are only being deployed in specific council departments, dealing with benefit requests, filing council tax, etc. Furthermore, only 36% of local councils are increasing their IT budgets next year, yet a mere 15% have specific future investment plans for scan workflow solutions.\n\nNick Parkes, Regional Sales Manager at Y Soft says, \u201cThe fact that such a small percentage of councils are increasing their workflow solutions shows that there is a lack of awareness of the impact specific technologies can have on productivity improvements. If current productivity levels are so frequently labelled \u2018poor\u2019, why aren\u2019t more councils considering boosting productivity with technology that allows workers to do an existing activity more efficiently? I often come across organizations not realizing the true benefits of digital workflows, with many often simply scanning to email \u2013 a process that still requires a lot of manual input and doesn\u2019t take advantage of the full scope of digital workflows.\u201d\n\nParkes explains, \u201cAutomating certain processes through software removes the waste of human resources that involve time and money. These processes have the ability to improve productivity by removing the chance of human error, and by providing a return on investment in terms of workers hours saved through efficiency.\u201d\n\nA recent report from AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) found that the three biggest drivers for scanning and data capture are improved searchability/shareability of business documents, improved process productivity and reduced physical storage space.\n\n\u201cAutomated document workflows are an effective solution to combat lackluster office productivity. Office based admin is a notorious drain of time and resources, and digitizing workflows across councils in the UK would streamline time-intensive tasks involving scanning, uploading and emailing large amounts of files \u2013 something that is particularly evident in local councils.\n\n\u201cIt comes as no surprise that the Autumn Budget focuses on increasing productivity through technology when looking at the small number of councils planning on investing in workflow solutions,\u201d Parkes adds.\n\nRobert Chote, chairman of the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) recently stated: \u201cThe fall in business investment during the financial crisis \u2013 in both intellectual property and physical assets \u2013 has depressed productivity growth.\u201d\n\nParkes concludes, \u201cCouncils should be looking to boost productivity levels, following the OBR\u2019s report. The Freedom of Information request has yielded intriguing results, and councils may come to realize that the answer to productivity lies in the solutions they choose to invest in.\u201d\n\nY Soft offers print management solutions for both 2D and 3D printers through its YSoft SafeQ workflow solutions platform. YSoft SafeQ solutions encompass a wide variety of capabilities, including integrated print management and advanced document capture, all of which make print and scan workflow processes more efficient, secure and cost-effective. YSoft SafeQ can be applied at organizations of all sizes, with tailored solutions available to suit the needs of any enterprise.\n\nNotes to editors:\nThis Freedom of Information campaign began in October, 2017. Y Soft reached out to 74 councils across the UK for information relation to automated workflows, their plans regarding them, their purpose within councils, and their IT budgets. Within the 20 working days response frame, 56 replied with information, 18 have yet to reply."}
-{"text": "Guns for military military guns and other items installed in them, Gun Case widely used in the military commonly used instruments, meters, electronics, Gun Case communications, automation, precision machinery.\n\nMolding process features are:\n\nRotating mold cost is low - the same size of the product, the cost of rotomolding mold is about blow molding, injection mold costs 1/3 to 1/4, Gun Case suitable for forming large plastic products;\n\nRotten product edge strength is good - rotomolding can achieve the edge of the product thickness of more than 5 mm, completely solve the hollow product edge rotomol can be placed all kinds of inserts;\n\nThe shape of the rotomoulded product can be very complicated and the thickness can be more than 5 mm;\n\nRotational molding can produce fully enclosed products;\n\nRotational products can be filled with foam material to achieve insulation;\n\nRotational molding also has its shortcomings: the material must be grinding and grinding, Gun Case the cost increase; processing cycle is longer, Gun Case and therefore not suitable for mass production; available plastic varieties less; opening and closing molds are more heavy manual labor."}
-{"text": "Alex Zahara\n\nAlex Zahara was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. . Alex attended high school at the Grande Prairie Composite High School where he won a scholarship to college for his direction of the stage version of \"M*A*S*H\". He was inducted to the wall of honor at GPCH, where former alumni include Olympic Silver Medalist Willie DeWitt and World ... See full bio \u00bb"}
-{"text": "Jonathan Knight is an award-winning freelance sports photographer who regularly contributes to GoPowercat.com/Powercat Illustrated, VYPE High School Sports Magazine, and Kansas State Student Publications.\n\nSunday, September 5, 2010\n\nJust never got into the groove this game. Wrong place, wrong time a lot and missed a lot of shots I should have had (read that as: \"I had a lot of shots that would have been great if they weren't out of focus\")."}
-{"text": "College Signing: Heritage\u2019s Maddie Alexander to play soccer for Frostburg State\n\nLeesburg, VA (September 18, 2015) \u2013 Heritage High School senior Maddie Alexander has committed to play soccer for Frostburg State University beginning the 2016-2017 academic school year.\n\n\u201cIt feels great and is such a big relief knowing where I will be going to college and playing the sport I love, said Alexander. And although the recruiting experience was exhausting in the beginning, when I finally came across Frostburg, something about them and their interest in me was much different from the other schools, and that really stood out to me and was a factor in making my final decision on September 7th.\u201d\n\nLocated in the Appalachian highlands of western Maryland, Frostburg State University is a student-centered teaching and learning institution that offers students a distinctive and distinguished baccalaureate education along with a select set of applied masters and doctoral programs. The student-faculty ratio at FSU is 16:1, and half of the school\u2019s classes have fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at FSU include: Business Administration and Management, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Psychology, Criminal Justice/Safety Studies, and Early Childhood Education and Teaching.\n\n\u201cThere were many factors that went into making my decision such as liking the school and campus when I visited, liking the coach and finding out what he and his team are all about. Frostburg definitely felt like home and is definitely a good fit for me, said Alexander. I\u2019m not exactly sure what to expect my first year, but I hope to enjoy my college experience both academically and athletically\u201d\n\nAlexander\u2019s soccer coach will be Brian Parker. Coach Parker begins his 14th season as head coach of the Frostburg State\u2019s womens soccer program. The 1992 FSU graduate, is the winningest Bobcat women\u2019s soccer coach with a 182-61-29 record in his 13 seasons. Parker\u2019s teams aren\u2019t just winning on the field, as evidenced by his .723 winning percentage, but the Bobcats have won eight-straight NSCAA Team Academic honors and eight-straight NSCAA Team Ethics awards.\n\nIn her thirteen years of soccer, when asked about her fondest memories of playing Alexander shared, \u201cIt would definitely have to be beating Loudoun County in the district semi-finals of 2014 (my sophomore year) and everything about my junior high school season! Even though we lost in the state finals, I have never had a better season of soccer with any team I\u2019ve ever played on. Being a part of Heritage\u2019s soccer program is the one thing I cherish the most. The 2014-2015 season is not only my fondest memory of soccer, but also one of my fondest memories in general.\u201d\n\n\u201cThere are too many people to count for supporting me through my soccer career! I\u2019m so thankful for my parents of course, because without them, none of this would have been possible. I\u2019m also so thankful for my friends and teammates who have always been encouraging me on and off the field. Lastly, I\u2019m so so thankful for all of my coaches who have guided me throughout the years, especially Gabriel Ascunce, Alberto Starace and Holly King.\n\nFor others that are in the midst of pursuing their dream, Alexander shared, \u201cEven when things get tough, push through it, because it\u2019s all worth it in the end. Don\u2019t let anyone or anything get in the way of you and your dream.\u201d\n\nPlease join us in wishing Maddie Alexander the very best in her success in the classroom and on the soccer field at Frostburg State University."}
-{"text": "The upcoming beekeeping extension event hosted by the Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory at the University of Florida, will offer the 1st South Florida Bee College (SFBC) to educate anyone interested in honey bees or beekeeping about the subject.\n\nA novice will learn new skills and a newbie can walk away knowing how to start beekeeping.\n\nBeekeeping and the pollination services it provides support the vitally important agriculture community Florida is known for.\n\nSFBC will be held August 16-17 at the Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center in Davie. We are hosting Florida\u2019s first Spanish-language beekeeping course track and have a 22-class honey show open to all registrants."}
-{"text": "Related Programs\n\nA day in the life\n\nAndreas Straathof talks about final year\n\nBy studying economics, you\u2019re gaining a really strong tool set to analyze the world, both quantitatively and qualitatively. It\u2019s a study of behaviour and resource management \u2013 you\u2019re seeing how something can be done more efficiently.\n\nMaking \"the best decision\"\n\nHalfway through third year, Calgary native Andreas Straathof was well into completing a combined honours degree in Contemporary Studies (at the University of King\u2019s College) and Political Science (at Dal) when he made the decision to change one of his majors to Economics.\n\n\u201cI loved that class,\u201d he says of a quantitative research course that partially inspired the switch. Changing his schedule for the following term to add Economics courses \u201cwas probably the best decision I\u2019d ever made.\u201d Now, he\u2019ll graduate with a Bachelor of Arts with combined honours in Economics and Political Science, and a minor in math.\n\nIt was the empirical research that fascinated Andreas. He knows there\u2019s a place for philosophical debate, but he prefers evidence-based arguments. \u201cI also understand you can\u2019t solve everything with numbers \u2013 you can get lost in them,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s important to be extremely critical of everything \u2013 not just what people say with numbers, but the numbers themselves.\u201d\n\nAndreas is now in the homestretch on his honours thesis, which is about repurchase agreement markets. He says Theresa Cyrus, the department\u2019s honours advisor, \u201calways goes above and beyond, not only giving excellent advice but also being students\u2019 number one supporter in whatever endeavors they are pursuing.\u201d Overall, it\u2019s been easy to get to know his profs. \u201cIt\u2019s a young faculty \u2013 everyone is really excited about what they\u2019re doing and interested in students doing well.\u201d\n\nFirst a vacation... and then the Bank of Canada\n\nThough eventually Andreas wants to go to graduate school, for now he\u2019s looking forward to starting a job at the Bank of Canada. \u201cI\u2019ll be working in a group called Macro-Financial Studies,\u201d which examines factors that impact both households and firms toward making recommendations for various economic policies.\n\nHe says he\u2019s \u201creally excited\u201d about the opportunity, but first he\u2019ll take a post-graduation vacation. \u201cI\u2019m going to Japan for a few weeks,\u201d he says, explaining that he plans to visit family, and a friend who\u2019s currently living there.\n\nThough he didn\u2019t do a co-op work term, he highly recommends getting some work experience (he worked during the summers as a bank as a teller and risk analyst). \u201cIt\u2019s valuable for interviews,\u201d he says, adding that his interview with the Bank of Canada \u201cwent better because I could draw on examples.\u201d\n\nHis experience on a varsity soccer team also came in handy for interviews. Morning practices were \u201cgood for learning discipline\u201d and being on the team was \u201ca lot of fun too.\u201d But also, he says, interviewers \u201calways ask teamwork questions.\u201d Being involved in sports offers \u201ca lot of opportunity for personal development, in terms of leadership and learning to schedule. There are a lot of benefits.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Fm-v Plus mirror coating visor GOLD/GREEN CLEAR for GP6 SK6\n\nDescription\n\nFor Arai Helmet AutoRace & Racing Kart\n\nGP-6 GP-6S SK-6\nCoating is based on original arai visors Shield\n\nFm-v Plus widely coated the core color from old goods. The viewing angle difference can be lost and it concentrate driving. The color is coated to both ends of the visor and the width of the helmet full dress is expanded further.\n\nThe reliability of the Fm-v visor that passes from the sale five years or more has been improved by the technical improvement further though it was changed to a more affordable price."}
-{"text": "Project\n\nBlue Line Logistics\n\nPrincipal\n\nBlue Line Logistics\n\nPeriod\n\n2017\n\nDescription\n\nProject description\n\nBlue Line Logistics has developed a concept to shift the transportation of palletized goods to a maximum extent to the European inland waterways by means of an innovative and disruptive new approach. Their model aims to resolve the current massive logistical problems we all experience daily being stuck in traffic jams on the European roads.\n\nBlue Line Logistics is already operating two Pallet Shuttle Barges (Zulu 01 and 02), version 1.0. These are flat-top twin-hull vessels of 50.0 x 6.6 m. They intended to further develop the existing design to the Pallet Shuttle Barge version 2.0 (PSB 2.0), based on a mono-hull and a deck cargo cover.\n\nRole of MULTI\n\nMULTI was invited to develop the PSB 2.0 Concept, Basic and Detail design.\n\nAdditionally to this core design and engineering scope, we assist our customer technically during the tender process including the qualitative selection of suitable shipyards. As a first step we intensively collaborated with Blue Line to draft the new concept.In a second follow-up project, we have prepared the basic design and have nearly completed the detail design.\n\nSpecific requirements\n\nThe hull shape was developed in an iterative design cycle to find the optimum between a maximum cargo capacity, safe stability results, maximum cruising speed and an acceptable building price. The propulsion line was modified to achieve a better maneuverability and an improved reliability. The possibility to change to alternative energy sources in the future was also incorporated. An automated ballast system ensures that the ship is constantly even keel during the on- and offloading process."}
-{"text": "Police manhandle a youth in expulsion from the Hebron Peace house in December 2008.Photo Credit: Flash 90\n\nThree Jewish families moved into the \u201cPeace House\u201d in Hebron Sunday after receiving approval from Defense Minister Moshe Ya\u2019alon, five years after his predecessor in the Olmert government brutally expelled dozens of Jews from the building.\n\nThe entry of Jews, with the official backing of the Supreme Court, represents a turning point for the rights of Jews to live in Judea and Samaria and against the Palestinian Authority-media-political-judicial torture chamber that has mangled normalcy to the point it cannot be identified..\n\nA Jew, reportedly a religious American of Syrian descent whose ancestors escaped the Arab pogrom in Hebron in 1929, purchased the building seven years ago from Arabs for approximately $1 million.\n\nThe Arab seller, a Jordanian, had sold it through a third party and did not realize that the building eventually would end up in the hands of Jews. The Palestinian Authority, banking on Jordanian law, makes a sale of property to Jews punishable by death, one of their principles of being a \u201cpeace partner.\u201d\n\nThe Peace House is a four-story building that housed 25 Jewish families and yeshiva students until the government ordered them out in 2008, less than year after the purchase, because the legality of the purchase was questioned and their presence was deemed as endangering security\n\nThe building is called the \u201cPeace House,\u201d but Israel\u2019s center-left media have insisted on calling it the \u201cThe House of Contention,\u201d past of their propaganda machine to show that anything that settlers do is harmful for peaceful relations with Arabs.\n\nIf the Jews simply would leave Hebron, and all of Judea and Samaria, and live in Tel Aviv and the Negev, there would be no problems.\n\nThat is the formula that has been marketed for decade, despite the War of Attrition on the 1960s when Arabs from Jordan and Egypt constantly attacked Jews, despite the Six-Day War when seven Arab nations circled Israel like vultures ready to pounce, and despite the Israeli government\u2019s expulsion of Jews from Gaza in 2005 to make Israel safe for Hamas to attack with tens of thousands of missiles.\n\nWelcome to the \u201cpeace process.\u201d\n\nThat is why peace process lovers Amir Peretz and Ehud Barak, defense ministers in the corrupt Olmert government, did everything they could to keep the Jews out of the building. Barak brought in the goon squads to violently expel Jews who had been living in the Peace House. The police swarmed in after he tricked the Jews to believe negotiations would be held before any police action would take place.\n\nThe building has been bought in 2007. After the initial purchase, the courts played along with the Arabs and Peace Now, accepting their appeals and questioning the legality of the transaction, until finally deciding that a lower court would have to decide on who really owns the building, but until then, no one could live there.\n\nA lower court ruled last year that the Jews indeed legally purchased the building, but that decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, which last month rejected the petition.\n\nSince the Defense Minister is the ultimate authority in Judea and Samaria, at least until it is annexed and placed under Israeli sovereignty, court approval of the sale does not mean the Jewish owners could move in. Unlike Peretz and Barak, who made lives miserable for Jews before resorting to force, Ya\u2019alon signed on the dotted line Sunday after the owners paid the final $300,000 that was owed to the Arab seller\n\nThe three-justice panel that ended the ordeal exhibited rare common sense. Justice Daphne Barak Erez, who is considered a liberal and a court activist, wrote that both sides in the dispute have emotional and ideological issues, but they are not in the purview of the courts.\n\nAbout the Author:Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu is a graduate in journalism and economics from The George Washington University. He has worked as a cub reporter in rural Virginia and as senior copy editor for major Canadian metropolitan dailies. Tzvi wrote for Arutz Sheva for several years before joining the Jewish Press.\n\nIf you don't see your comment after publishing it, refresh the page.\n\nOur comments section is intended for meaningful responses and debates in a civilized manner. We ask that you respect the fact that we are a religious Jewish website and avoid inappropriate language at all cost.\n\nIf you promote any foreign religions, gods or messiahs, lies about Israel, anti-Semitism, or advocate violence (except against terrorists), your permission to comment may be revoked.\n\nOne Response to \u201cJews Move into Hevron \u2018Peace House\u2019 5 Years after Expulsion\u201d\n\nThe Histadrut national labor union and the Federation of Israeli Employers have agreed to raise the minimum wage to 5,300 shekels ($1,334) by 2017, approximately half the average salary in Israel. The employers and the union previously agreed to a three-stage hike in the minimum wage. The latest agreement adds a fourth stage whole pegging [\u2026]\n\nPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continued to lash out at a possible \u201cbad deal\u201d with Iran Monday and said, \u201cThe agreement being formulated in Lausanne sends a message that there is no price for aggression and on the contrary \u2013 that Iran\u2019s aggression is to be rewarded.\u201d Netanyahu said in a statement: The moderate and responsible [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Eric D. Lehman\n\nEric D. Lehman directs the Composition program, as well as teaching creative writing and literature. He has taught fifteen different courses at the University, such as Writing, Science Fiction, The American Dream, World Literature, and the Literature of Travel and Adventure.\n\nProfessor Lehman is the editor of the school literary magazine, Groundswell, as well as the director of events throughout the year such as the International Poetry Festival.\n\nPublications\n\nProf. Lehman has published fiction, travel stories, essays, poems, and nonfiction in dozens of online and print journals and magazines, as well as for public institutions like the Bridgeport History Center. His books, A History of Connecticut Wine, Bridgeport: Tales From the Park City and Hamden: Tales from the Sleeping Giant, are all available from The History Press. His fourth, the Insiders Guide to Connecticut, will be released by the Globe Pequot Press in January 2012.\n\nThe following is a limited selection of other recent publications and awards."}
-{"text": "MONTPELIER \u2014 A school district consolidation bill underwent rigorous debate Tuesday, as the Senate took up a last-minute alternative proposal from the Agency of Education.\n\nHouse Bill 883 would eliminate supervisory unions and consolidate the state\u2019s 273 school districts into 45-55 \u201ceducation districts\u201d that offer pre-K through grade 12 education and provide access to the state\u2019s 17 career technical centers.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a precipitous drop in Vermont\u2019s K-through-12 student population over the years,\u201d said Rep. Jeff Wilson, D-Manchester, who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, one of three House committees to draft legislation for the bill.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s time to put into motion the realignment process put forth in House Bill 883, so that we can move forward with matching these lower student numbers with a more efficient, effective governance system,\u201d he said.\n\nWhile many people have spoken of how the bill could be the answer to rising education costs in the face of declining enrollments \u2014 Gov. Peter Shumlin said as much last week \u2014 the expressed intent of the bill is to rectify the unequal education opportunities at different schools.\n\n\u201cToday, we are challenged to meet the needs of 21st-century students within the confines of a 20th-century delivery system and a governance system from the 19th century,\u201d said Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan, D-Burlington, chairwoman of the House Education committee, which worked on the bill for three months.\n\nRep. William Stevens, I-Shoreham, questioned many aspects of the bill, from the number of regional meetings that would be held by the \u201cdesign team\u201d \u2014 which would create a statewide realignment plan for districts that don\u2019t consolidate voluntarily by 2017 \u2014 to what evidence exists that not every child in the state has equal education opportunities.\n\n\u201cI am not convinced that this bill does too much to address the concerns that folks in my district are expressing,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cThat\u2019s not to say that equitable access and opportunity and addressing community stress and the achievement gap aren\u2019t important, but what I hear in my district are \u2018funding, affordability and value.\u2019\u201d\n\nRep. Michael Hebert, R-Vernon, took issue with the fact that the House Education Committee, which held many community meetings, did not hold such a meeting in the southeast corner of the state.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m concerned that we might pass legislation without having traveled to the hinterlands of the state to gather input from everyone,\u201d Hebert said.\n\nThe House debated their governance bill late into the night, but earlier in the day the Senate Education Committee took up some last-minute consolidation legislation proposed by the Agency of Education, which in many ways differs significantly from the House bill.\n\nUnder the language from the Agency of Education, there would be no design team and no involuntary consolidation. Districts would be encouraged to consolidate and, up until July 2017, would receive double the financial incentives promised under Act 153 of 2010, which creates \u201cregional school districts,\u201d or REDs.\n\nThis means a RED \u2014 composed of at least 1,000 students or at least four districts \u2014 would receive as much as $300,000, if it receives unanimous approval from every district that is coming together.\n\nIn an apparent effort to encourage districts to get started on consolidation, REDs that come together after July 2017 but before July 2019 would receive half the incentive money promised under Act 153 of 2010.\n\nSen. Dick McCormack, D-Windsor, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, took issue with the need for financial incentives.\n\n\u201cWhy do we need incentives if it\u2019s such a good idea?\u201d he said. \u201cWhy don\u2019t they consolidate if it will save money and increase opportunities for students?\u201d\n\nAnd while there is no statewide involuntary consolidation plan as there is in the House bill, the proposed legislation from the Agency of Education would impose financial penalties on districts that have not \u201cmade serious effort\u201d toward consolidation.\n\nSen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, suggested striking language that would impose the financial penalties, while Sen. William Doyle, R-Washington, suggested that, at the very least, they would need to define the use of the word \u201cserious.\u201d\n\nThe new language also gives authority to Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe to create \u201csupervisory union service districts\u201d composed of multiple supervisory unions that would come together in an effort to save money on transportation expenses, professional development and the purchase of goods and services.\n\nAlso, the language would require a supervisory union board that wishes to fire a superintendent to first receive approval from Holcombe.\n\nWith the Legislature looking at adjourning in less than two weeks, McCormack said he would vote against the proposal.\n\n\u201cI will not be voting for this bill, just as a matter of due diligence,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cNor will I,\u201d Doyle said.\n\n\u201cWe have a two-month bill, and we are being asked to do a two-month bill in two days,\u201d McCormack said."}
-{"text": "The History\n\nHappy origins of the Union of Myanmar.\n\nEthnic leaders with Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s father who promised them a union based on equality and autonomy.\n\nThe Kachin people organized themselves into clans and chiefdoms and were never ruled by an external power until the British colonized them. It is important to note that they were not consider the same colony as the Burmese; they were administered separately by the British.\n\nNever until the Kachin leaders voluntarily signed the Panglong Agreement were they considered by anyone to be part of the Burmese kingdom or colony. There are large stretches of the Kachin land where, to this day, no Burmese or British person has ever stepped foot.\n\nThere is no historical pretext for the Burmese control of the Kachin land except the Panglong Agreement which the Kachin signed with the written and verbal promise of equality and autonomy within a union.\n\nThe Kachin, unlike the Burmese, fought with the allies in WWI and WWII. The Kachin rangers fought with the 101 rangers and the OSS (Pre CIA) to repel the Japanese invasion Burma and build the Stillwell, or Lido, road from India to China so supplies could reach China from Allied controlled India. Still today the US 101 rangers have contact with and support the few surviving Kachin veterans."}
-{"text": "300 Look, originally uploaded by machaggis. This is this photo with the \u201c300 Look\u201d Lightroom filter/preset and a little crop applied (as in the movie 300). Looks like I could have done a little red-eye on the left too. The preset came from lightroomkillertips.com."}
-{"text": "Funeral Pre-Planning\n\nRensselaer\nWed Aug 5, 6 p.m.\n\nJoin us as a representative from Steinke Funeral Home will be presenting a program on Funeral Pre-Planning. They will also be available to answer any questions you might have on pre-planning a funeral for yourself or a loved one."}
-{"text": "out with elec cooktop, in with gas\n\nMy first post!\nI'm pretty handy, but my experience with elec is limited.\nI believe I have 220 running to my electric cooktop now. When I install the gas one, I will need 110. Can I easily convert the 220 to 110 by simply replacing the circuit breaker in my box?\nI imagine that one could not put 220 through skinny wires, but it seems like it ought to be safe to put 110 through thick wires. Any comments?\n\nAdvertisement\n\nout with elec cooktop, in with gas\n\ntypically 220v feed to rangetops is 3wire + gnd,,, for 110 powered sparkers, you only need 2wire + ground, probably 14 wire but i'm NOT an electrician,,, IF & when you want advice on concrete, i'll have a more inclusive answer\n\nsuggest you ask in the elec forum OR call an electrician for hookup in the distribution panel,,, in advance, you can run the new wire & attach the receptacle box under the range.\n\nthe previous hired remodeler in our house replaced same as you're intending,,, however, he just clipped the 220 line & left it hanging in the basement floor joists - never even turned off the breakers but he got paid & he's gone !"}
-{"text": "About the Client\n\nImpactful software for your business from a unique network of specialist developers: Deterministic Programming.\nWe are a partnership of developers who have worked in the challenging and innovative environments of NASA, Harvard Medical School, and TopCoder. Utilizing the potential of the global market to produce value through managing remote specialists, our diverse team of professionals bring software development and technical leadership to many industries.\nless"}
-{"text": "Woolly Mammoth Runner is a blog for runners who are larger than your average runner. I am a large runner and I have definite different goals and aspirations than a runner who may weigh under 200 pounds. This blog is for those of us who love to run but don't fit the runner mold. I have also begun doing a Juice Fast so you can follow my progress with that as well. I am brutally honest so be prepared.\n\nWednesday, January 26, 2011\n\nThermal Walk After Lunch\n\nHey Mammoths want to keep your Base and lose some lbs in the process? Then do a quick \"thermal\" walk after lunch. You don't have to go far or very fast but a nice brisk pace will make your lunch burn off quicker, give you a little boost of energy during that afternoon lull, and help keep you in shape.\n\nAt MoWerks we are instituting a \"thermal\" walk at 1 pm (1300 est) and we will go for a mile or so, turn around and come back ready to tackle the problems of the afternoon. Walking is a great way to burn calories, relieve stress, and also bond with your co-workers outside of the office in a more healthy way than Happy Hour at La Parilla.\n\nSo Mammoths bring those running shoes to work, walk on the range with new members of the herd, be sure you are near a good water hole, and as always be careful of what you are grazing on.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI am an educator through and through. From my time at school, in the Army, and my collegiate and career years I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher. I now have the opportunity to go forward and make substantial change in people's lives. It's really satisfying to see someone get information for the first time and really get it!"}
-{"text": "The 12-episode series premiered in October of 2016 and tells the story of 23-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki and his relationships with another figure skater named Yuri and a Russian figure-skating champion named Victor Nikiforov. The show gained a cult following largely due to its open and honest depiction of homosexuality as well as mental health issues like anxiety. However, the dedicated fanbase had yet to see their favorite show reach mainstream audiences...until they heard the first few notes of the opening theme along with the entire world on Thursday night.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\"The japanese pairs figure skating team is skating to a song from yuri on ice so the #olympics announcers briefly had to talk about anime, what a time to be alive,\" wrote Amy Brown on Twitter.\n\nthe japanese pairs figure skating team is skating to a song from yuri on ice so the #olympics announcers briefly had to talk about anime, what a time to be alive\n\n\"No fucking offense but Yuri On Ice is such a fantastic series with a compelling storyline and realistic characters and amazing love and passion and the fucking fact this, a series with a main same sex couple, made it to the olympic stage. they said they'd make history. here it is,\" wrote another.\n\nno fucking offense but Yuri On Ice is such a fantastic series with a compelling storyline and realistic characters and amazing love and passion and the fucking fact this, a series with a main same sex couple, made it to the olympic stage. they said they'd make history.here it is\n\nDespite the critical acclaim it received back home (it won three awards at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the Blu-Ray and DVD releases came in number one on the Oricon Animation Blu-Ray disc and Animation DVD disc rankings, and it was one of the top-selling Japanese media franchises in 2017) the series rarely gained international traction outside of dedicated internet fan communities.\n\nSuzaki and Kihara have been singing their love loud and proud. As Kotaku points out, they did the same routine to the same music in Detroit, and again this past September. However, Thursday night may have given the series its biggest exposure yet.\n\nSo, how do you watch it? Licensed by Crunchyroll, all twelve episodes are available on the website. Beyond that, a Yuri On Ice movie has been announced, but no other details have been released. That's okay, because if you're reading this, it probably means you have twelve episodes' worth of catching up to do \u2014 but I won't blame you if you start by just watching Suzaki and Kihara's performance over and over again:"}
-{"text": "American Standard urinals arrived in a heap of styles, shapes, and sizes and when I say many styles, I will not joke about this. Joined, their inventory brags of more than 100 styles and variations of the plain old urinal framework."}
-{"text": "The Necessity of meditation in human life\n\nMeditation is required for good mental and physical health. It controls anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. This was proved scientifically. It is a good tool that can be used to overcome emotional problems in daily life. It enhances your awareness. This results in wisdom. There are no limitations or restrictions for meditation. It gives you inner peace. After a period of time, you can gain control over your thoughts. It just requires few moments of silence. It relaxes all your senses and rejuvenates your life. By doing meditation, one can have unconditional love and respect towards everyone. Meditation also increases creativity and reverts aging.\n\nThere is a high necessity to overcome barriers of our daily-life and to improve spiritually."}
-{"text": "Dec. 19: Left for TERMOLI, dropping [agent] ZOPITO [di Camillo] at CASALBORDINO to recover from his last trip.\n\nDec. 20: TERMOLI in time for two Generals and one Air Vice Marshal and party. Discussed general business matters with Capt. FOWLER. [Spartaco] PERINI to BRINDISI for early return. No indication what has happened to POP [a well trained agent, actual name unknown] and PERINI\u2019s brother [Dino Perini].\n\nDec. 21: Left TERMOLI on urgent call from N.Z. Div. Meanwhile Sgt. Gillespie had contacted N.Z. Div. and picked up ANDREA [Scattini] and ex P/W L/Cpl. SPIRO. They were brought to LANCIANO and kept for interrogation on my arrival. 17 F.S.S. [personnel] contacted.\n\nDec. 22: ANDREA [Scattini] and L/Cpl. SPIRO gave full story as directed by HUGH [Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello)]. The facts were told to HUGH by FRANCO [Scoletta, a collaborator] of Capt. McGibbon Lewis [Bridges George McGibbon Lewis]. Signals and reports sent to H.Q. Bari. Five volunteers arrived from BARI. 8 Ind. Div. F.S.S. contacted, sent off two guides to SOAMES.\n\nDec. 23: A/Q matters \u2013 food, clothing, house search, etc.\n\nDec. 24: N.Z. Div. H.Q. to warn them of guide ANTONIO [Pantalone \u2013 see new guides at the end of report] expected through. 2 Para Bde \u2013 saw I.O.; then to CASOLI Carabinieri re type just come through with information re route. AMGOT \u2013 see note re refugees asking payment. Capt. ELLIS and Sgt. called re wireless set on other side. Daily contact maintained with 8 Ind. Div. by Sgt. Gillespie.\n\nDec. 29: N.Z. Div. F.S.S. and went on to CASOLI with 8 Army L/Sgt. In view of the increased activities and possibilities of this area, decided to open a room for agents where they might stay the night before \u201cpushing off\u201d again. This for the shuttle service guides working area South FIUME PESCARA [Pescara River]. This post will be controlled by the 13 Bde F.S.S. in CASOLI, by arrangement with them, and guides reporting back will feed and sleep. Situated next door to the Carabinieri it is perfectly placed for what it is.\n\nVisited 13 Bde. H.Q. and contacted the B.M. who has offered full assistance. The arrangements made with him are:-\n\na) F.S.S. of 13 Bde will take care of agents and pass them forward to the front line troops.\n\nb) He will arrange a special patrol to accompany forward any special agent I wish to put through.\n\nc) He will endeavour to arrange a \u201cdiversionary incident\u201d to draw attention away from the route through which any special agent may be going to use.\n\nPoints B. and C. were at the B.M\u2019s suggestion and give an indication that cooperation is complete and satisfactory.\n\nThis area, N.Z. Div and 13 Bde have already provided me with two new guides whose services will be valuable. Names of new guides see Appendix \u2018A\u2019.\n\nDec. 29: P.M. \u2013 Rations.\n\nDec. 30: One agent (paratrooper) returned unable to get through owing to German patrols. Intend he will go through with local guides. Visited the forward Battalion Area and put through two agents.\nNOTE: Can something be done to ease the situation re refugees with chits saying they have helped ex P/W? Whether AMGOT have the idea that I run a Xmas club or something of the kind I don\u2019t know, but I am threatened with dumping of every refugee peasant who comes into this large area, and who has at any time given help to our fellows on the other side, and AMGOT seems to think that he has passed on another buck.\n\nIt would, if I may suggest, be most helpful if AMGOT would send some directive clarifying that situation, and I personally would like to have a document telling me that I am not responsible for dealing in any way with persons who have not assisted ex P/Ws in their actual crossing of the lines."}
-{"text": "Dundee boss Neil McCann is the shock second favourite with the bookies to become the next Rangers manager.\n\nThe former Ibrox star masterminded a 2-1 win over the Light Blues last month and followed that up with a win against Ross County. He's 9/2 with one outlet having been available at 40/1 at the start of play on Sunday.\n\nAberdeen boss Derek McInnes is odds-on to become the next manager and MailSportrevealed yesterday that Rangers will make an approach this week.\n\nDerek McInnes is expected to be approached by Rangers this week\n\nNeil McCann's odds to become the next Rangers boss have plummeted in the last 24 hours (Image: SNS Group)"}
-{"text": "trucks\n\nTHQ Nordic do love their dirty driving games and their latest effort, Monster Jam: Steel Titans, reunites them with Rainbow Studios, the longstanding custodians of the MX vs ATV series. Much like that series, this one has been around for a while but has bounced around between publishers, with different dev teams [\u2026]\n\nFirst person platforming is a dangerous minefield to play with. Landfall games are intending to prove they have what it takes to provide a precise, fun time with Clustertruck. It\u2019s a title that should tell you everything about the game and the loading screen full of carnage should re-enforce that. [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "CookEase\u2019s spacious and state-of-the-art Hoboken kitchen is available for television filming locations, movie locations, commercials, photography and video shoots. The location is convenient to New York City and Northern New Jersey.\n\nKitchen dimensions:\n12 feet by 16 feet. (It is completely open to dining room and living rooms allowing for plenty of camera/equipment room.) There is parking and a first floor entry."}
-{"text": "Raging Justice\n\nAdministratorForum Owner\n\nHey guys, Anna here! One half of the husband & wife duo that is MakinGames. We\u2019re a small team currently developing the savage side-scrolling beat \u2019em up, Raging Justice, a game we\u2019re very excited to announce, with the help of Team17, will be launching on PlayStation this year!\n\nOne evening when reminiscing about the good old days we began to wonder, why aren\u2019t there any new side-scrolling beat \u2019em up games. Our youth had been spent in the arcades enthralled by the CRT glow of arcade brawlers, as for us they were the ultimate genre of the early \u201990s. Instead of waiting we decided to take matters into our own hands!\n\nJust paying homage to greats of that golden age wasn\u2019t enough though, we had to find a way to drag the genre kicking and screaming into the 21st century. This gave Jay, the talent behind our art, the challenge of pushing the HD graphics as far as he could, whilst keeping the game 2D and retaining the distinct feel that is true to genre and so important to Raging Justice.\n\nAs our team is comprised of Rare studio veterans, it made sense to look to the techniques seen in classics such as Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct. By creating pre-rendered sprites from 3D computer generated models, Jay was able to give Raging Justice a distinct style that both feels modern and nostalgic, yet plays like an old school brawler.\n\nJay wasn\u2019t the only one doing the heavy lifting though! In addition to giving the game a nineties retro vibe and awesome grungy 8bit in game sounds, Steve (the maestro behind Raging Justice\u2019s music), voiced an incredible variety of characters!\n\nFrom gravelly beefcakes to sassy teens, Steve had his work cut out for him. On more than one occasion when recording, he even lost his voice and terrified his neighbours! He used an insane variety of instruments and techniques, to give every punch, kick and throw a real meaty thud- putting you in the heart of the action!\n\nInspired by the greats, we wanted to bring something new and exciting to the genre we adored. Nic, the other half of MakinGames, has made sure Raging Justice is packed full of level challenges, a new arrest mechanic, alternate endings and an insane variety of weapons, to give Raging Justice an extra level of depth!\n\nFollow us on @MakinGames on Twitter or MakinGames on Facebook, I promise we have so much more exciting news and we want you to be part of our journey!\n\nAbout VGForums\n\nHello and welcome to VGForums - the definitive gaming community, established by gamers for gamers. We're a relaxed bunch who get together to talk about gaming, and much more besides. So if the above sounds like your kind of forum, then sign up today! It's free, it's quick and you'll join the growing number of people who share your passion for gaming."}
-{"text": "New USA Distributor\n\nH\u00f6fner is pleased to welcome our new guitar and bass distributor for the USA - Musical Distributors Group\n\nWe are pleased to announce our association with Musical Disributors Group (MDG) who will be working with H\u00f6fner distributing our guitar and bass products into the USA.\n\nMDG, based in New Jersey, are a leading distributor in the music business who provide a first class service to all of their clients and suppliers.\n\nSteven Savvides, the company President and Founder says:\n\n\"At Musical Distributors Group we recognize that each client requires individualized, custom solutions to maximize their full potential. Unlike typical box house distributors, MDG provides a complete array of services designed to maximize your company\u2019s success.Whether your company is seeking assistance with distribution, sales, warehousing, marketing or customer support, we provide a total range of services designed to grow and support your business.We take great pride in the relationships we have built over the years with the people and companies with whom we do business. Those relationships have been maintained and nurtured through honesty, integrity, hard work and success driven strategies. What this translates into for our clients is unparalleled performance and the achievement of their goals. At the end of the day, we are all judged on our ability to perform, this is a challenge we readily accept. Your success is of paramount importance to us. We look forward to exploring how we can be of service to you.\"\n\n25 years of Experience in the Musical Instrument, Pro Audio and Contracting Industries\n\nProfessional Inside Sales and Telemarketing Team, Technical and Application Support\n\nField Sales Reps situated around the USA with Market Knowledge & Local Relationships\n\nIn-House Electronics Service & Parts Facility\n\nGuitar Setup and Luthier Stations\n\nLarge Warehouse with drive-up docks, located minutes from NYC, close to several Ports of Entry and highways"}
-{"text": "\"We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.\" \u2013 Benjamin Franklin\n\nHow to Make a Justice League Movie\n\nOh, Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood. What are we going to do with you?\n\nDC apparently just had to scrap its \u201cterrible\u201d script for the Justice League movie. Mark Millar, a consultant on some Marvel properties, crows that the film can\u2019t be made. The characters are too old, they\u2019re irrelevant, and their godlike powers (as opposed to the more moderately powered Marvel heroes) make them logistically impossible to portray on screen.\n\nYeah, that\u2019s right, a Justice League movie can\u2019t be made \u2013 unless you have an ounce of talent.\n\nLook, you have here a team consisting of:\n\n1) A virtuous hero raised by decent ordinary folk on a farm in Midwest corn country;\n\n2) A self-made billionaire genius whose parents were slaughtered in front of him in a big east coast city;\n\n3) A beautiful, fascinating noblewoman from an advanced but bizarre civilization who doesn\u2019t believe in our ways but is stuck here and is trying her best to make our home hers; and\n\n4) A couple other less important characters (choose any two from dozens of DC universe possibilities).\n\nIn other words, you have:\n\n1) The moral backbone of America;\n\n2) The cosmopolitan entrepreneurial genius of America;\n\n3) The exotic immigrant from aristocratic Europe; and\n\n4) Comic relief.\n\nIf you can\u2019t make that movie, get out of the storytelling business.\n\nHere\u2019s how I would do it. Open on a shot of a burned-down barn. Voice over of an older male voice:\n\nWe always knew you were different, son, but we never realized how much.\n\nImages of destroyed tractors, dead farm animals.\n\nWe didn\u2019t realize what kind of power you had. It\u2019s not your fault. But now that we know, things have to change. I\u2019m afraid you just don\u2019t have the luxury of being a boy any longer. I\u2019m sorry to say it, but in this life we don\u2019t get to choose what happens to us. We have to live the life God gives us as best he shows us how. So you\u2019re going to have to become a man \u2013 starting now.\n\nYou have to decide now what kind of man you\u2019re going to be. With your power, the kind of man you choose to be might matter more than anything else that happens in the world during your lifetime. Your mother and I have been talking about it and \u2013 well, to us it all seems to boil down to three things.\n\nYou need to make up your mind that you\u2019re going to be an honest man. But that\u2019s not enough. If you\u2019re strong, you can\u2019t just leave the weak and the helpless to fend for themselves. So you need to be a man who stands up for everyone. And there\u2019s one more thing. If you do stand up for folks, some of those folks are going to want you to just go ahead and take over, and run the whole show. To rule them. No one could stop you if you did. But that\u2019s not how we do things in this country. People have to be free to live their own lives, to stand or fall in their own ways.\n\nTruth. Justice. The American way. I want you to make up your mind right now that you\u2019re going to be the kind of man who stands for those things. What do you say, Clark?\n\nWe see a boy. He\u2019s about eight. Without hesitation he says:\n\nAbsolutely.\n\nCut to a police station. We see a sergeant talking to someone but we can\u2019t see whom:\n\nListen, I know you don\u2019t want to hear this right now. That\u2019s okay. For right now you don\u2019t have to do anything. Just listen and remember it. Believe me, soon you\u2019ll be glad to know it.\n\nI\u2019ve seen a lot of people killed. Shot, stabbed, hit by cars, you name it. One time I saw a guy\u2019s chest blown clean open by a shotgun at point blank range. I\u2019ve seen a lot of death. And when you see death, well . . . it makes you wonder what it all means. If anything\u2019s worth doing. If it isn\u2019t all just a waste.\n\nRight now you\u2019re in shock. You probably don\u2019t feel much at all, except like crap. Am I right? Well, pretty soon the shock\u2019s going to go away. And then there\u2019ll be grief, and anger. And then that will fade, too. And your parents are still going to be dead. And sooner or later you\u2019re going to wonder whether anything means anything.\n\nI want you to remember that it does. Life is worth it. But you have to make it mean something. You have to make it count. You have to leave your mark. That\u2019s what I do. Every time I put a bad guy away, every time I break up a fight or get a woman to a shelter \u2013 hell, every time I fill out one of those friggin\u2019 reports, I\u2019m leaving a mark. \u201cJim Gordon was here.\u201d\n\nWe see a boy. He\u2019s about eight. He\u2019s staring into the distance. We hear the cop\u2019s voice:\n\nOh, hey. One other thing and I\u2019ll leave you alone. This isn\u2019t the last time you\u2019re going to meet bad guys. It sucks, but take it from me, bad guys are everywhere. Don\u2019t you run from them. You fight back tooth and nail. And don\u2019t go soft on them afterwards, either. When people go rotten, the best thing you can do for them is break those bastards, break them as hard as you can. You hear me?\n\n6 Thoughts.\n\nEh, given that I can\u2019t devote full time to ingratiating myself with Hollywood networks, it\u2019s much more likely to actually produce better movies if I put it out there and encourage Hollywood folks to steal it. But thanks for your kind words! Maybe just for fun I\u2019ll add some more scenes for the other characters."}
-{"text": "September 25, 2015\n\nIt Is Too Bad That Political Parties Cannot Reject Voters Who Seek To Join, Stop Would-Be Candidates Who Want To Run\n\nA county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said on Friday that she and her family have switched to the Republican Party because the Democrats no longer represented them.\n\nRowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 50, who has said her beliefs as an Apostolic Christian prevent her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said they had changed parties last week. She was a long-time Democrat in eastern Kentucky.\n\n\"My husband and I had talked about it for quite a while and we came to the conclusion that the Democratic Party left us a long time ago, so why were we hanging on?\" she told Reuters in an interview at a hotel in Washington, where she has traveled to be feted at a Family Research Council event later on Friday.\n\nI'm hoping that we don't find out that this backwoods snake-handling, Constitution-hating hillbilly was recruited by GOP officials in Kentucky. 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There is a cover labeled \u201cFive Pillars of Islam\u201d, and five tabs with the name of each of the Pillars. The student then writes an explanation of that aspect of Islam \u2013 one of which, the Shahada, is the profession of faith that \u201cThere is no god but Allah; Muhammad is his prophet.\u201d In this context it is clear that far from being a tool of proselytism, this is a tool to help students remember five key components of the Islamic faith that are being taught in the unit. I teach the same information in my World Geography class, only using different format \u2013 and I do expect my students to know those same words. The only difference is that I teach it as a part of a unit on world religions rather than as a part of a stand-alone unit on Islam.\n\nBy the way, let me offer you one sure way of knowing that an opponent of Common Core does not know what they are talking about \u2013 when they start discussing \u201cCommon Core standards\u201d for social studies, they are making stuff up. There are no social studies standards for social studies.\n\nTrackback Information for Parents Up In Arms Over Students Being Expected To Know Things They Don\u2019t Like\n\nTrackBack URL for this entry: http://blog2.mu.nu/cgi/trackback.cgi/286306\nListed below are links to weblogs that reference 'Parents Up In Arms Over Students Being Expected To Know Things They Don\u2019t Like'.\n\nComments on Parents Up In Arms Over Students Being Expected To Know Things They Don\u2019t Like\n\nThere is one difference. Saying the Apostle's (or Nicene) Creed does not make one Christian. 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One can even be wrong about the justice or propriety of a law or policy and still properly engage in civil disobedience by violating that law and accepting one's punishment as a way of seeking to garner support for a change to that which you believe to be unjust.\n\nAnd that is the key thing that Kim Davis and her supporters are missing here. Crying \"civil disobedience\" is not a talisman that shields you from punishment or a \"get out of jail free\" card. As exemplars of civil disobedience like Thoreau, Gandhi and King show us, civil disobedience requires submission to the rule of law as a means of shocking the consciences of others in order to spur change.\n\nBut in Kim Davis's case, there is another angle that should be considered. Davis is not acting as a private person here; rather, she is acting in her official capacity to deny the citizenry that which the law and the Constitution require she give them in that capacity -- a legal document granting legal recognition to their marriage. One can strongly argue against the holding in Obergefell (and I do) and still recognize the danger to liberty and the rule of law that her actions represent.\n\nOf particular concern to me is Davis's abuse of the First Amendment to justify her malfeasance in office and defiance of a court order. She claims the right to not only refuse to issue marriage licenses herself, but to also forbid every employee of her office from issuing them. That has the effect of officially establishing her religion as the official religion of Rowan County. And while one might be tempted to cut her slack because of the relative ease with which couple could work around her decree and the troubling nature of the Obergefell decision which created this situation, one has to look at other situations. Would we accept the declaration of a county prosecutor that there will be no prosecutions of spousal rape because she believes that allowing her office to move forward with such cases would violate the Biblical principle that wives must submit to their husbands? Of course not -- the very notion is offensive to anyone with a sense of moral decency, no matter how broadly we interpret the First Amendment's religious liberty guarantee.\n\nSo let me be quite clear on this matter -- regardless of the sincerity of her faith (a matter that has no bearing here) Kim Davis belongs in jail until such time as she either agrees to a) issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples, b) stand aside and allow her subordinates to do so for her, or c) resigns or is removed from her position and county clerk. If this spurs a change in the national attitude towards gay marriage and results in a reversal of Obergefell, perhaps her short-lived effort to make her faith the established religion of Rowan County will have had some positive impact. Until that time, let her failed claim of privilege serve as a reminder that the rule of law requires we abide by a court order until it expires or is overturned on appeal, even if we believe it is wrong and in violation of our rights.\n\n* * *\n\nI would like to add one more point to what I wrote above. I believe Obergefell was wrongly decided. I believe it should be overturned, either via a further court challenge to the decision (creating an opportunity for SCOTUS to overturn it) or via a constitutional amendment. That said, I believe that Kim Davis has chosen the wrong way to go about resisting the decision, and is the wrong person to make such a challenge. Her actions here damage the case of those who support the traditional definition of marriage in the eyes of the general public, and risks creating additional court decisions that shore up the logic of Obergefell and tear down the logic behind religious accommodations under the law. The simple truth is that in this battle over the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment,Kim Davis is not James Meredith -- she is George Wallace. Despite the claims of her supporters, she is not Rosa Parks \u2013 she is Rosa Parks\u2019 bus driver. Her actions ought to be rejected by every American who believes in the rule of law.\n\nADDENDUM: Since I wrote those last words over lunch today, Kim Davis has been released from jail. 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And in recent years there are the special ones who reach out and with a friend request on Facebook after they graduate, seeking to keep the relationship we developed in the classroom alive even after they have moved on to \u201creal life\u201d.\n\nIt was one of this last group, a girl who I adored as a sweet ninth grader and then got to watch grow into a bright and confident young lady before she graduated a couple of years back, who sent me the following message Labor Day morning. She was full of questions at 14, and still has plenty to ask as she tries to become an informed adult in today\u2019s rather confusing political climate\n\nHey, can we talk political? And I don't really mean in a debate, I just really don't know who is good to vote for. Trump is insane. Sanders is popular with my generation but he supports a lot of things I don't, gun control, de- militarizing the police, liberal stuff like that I'm not on board for. And how is he gonna make so much stuff free? 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That makes this phenomenon rather encouraging \u2013 but it also raises the question of whether or not we are reaching out to this generation. After all, so many of us who have been active in conservative/Republican politics these last 30 years cast our first presidential ballot for Ronald Reagan in 1984 or George Bush in 1988 \u2013 the last time the youth vote went for the Republican nominee. We have the potential to bring in the next generation of young conservatives \u2013 but that won\u2019t happen if it means being Trump Republicans. And as all the research tells us, if young people vote for the same party in their first two or three elections, they will do generally do so for the rest of their lives. 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Paula became seriously ill, I became physically and emotionally exhausted, and I realized that I needed to work on other matters in my life (both personal and professional). I decided to drop blogging for as long as necessary \u2013 and return to it on a less rigorous schedule only when I felt it was time.\n\nWell, I\u2019m back \u2013 sort of. I will be writing, but not every day. I\u2019m not going to take on every issue or every story. 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The celtics nobody with lebron, they even Owen this level of star all have no, they are really no one can stop the knight.kyrie 2\n\nObviously, the right to occupy a team-high 21.6 shots of Michael Owen, but failed to hit as James scores, this let a person feel, Owen has become a \"cancer\" of the knight.But many fans also feel,kyrie irving shoes\n\nDraft of the same year on the bottom rookie will be what?In general the draft should be able to blow the other party, who would have thought them took Owen on the 60th pick small Thomas in the same year, he turned out to be in the position of the challenger?kyrie 1\n\nBecause Michael Owen at the side of huang zhan, so his nickname called small report.The earliest Owen left the impression of the world, is probably the flashy passing movements and dazzling breakthroughs, remember in the rookie challenge, he drew down two slipped past knightkyire 3\n\nFor Jordan and gregg popovich comments James never hit back, but just yesterday in the knight's basketball stadium set aside a James training video, far look like illusions emerged both Owen, a carefully look just know is Jameskyrie 4\n\nObviously, the right to occupy a team-high 21.6 shots of Michael Owen, but failed to hit as James scores, this let a person feel, Owen has become a \"cancer\" of the knight.But many fans also feel,lebron soldier 10\n\nThe NBA playoffs now for today, have determined the warriors in the western conference and will compete for a spot in the finals quota, knight still don't know who his opponent was.However, even in the face of the celtics or the wizards, presumably knight will bepuma fenty slides\n\nAccording to The Fear of The Sword, The knight's point guard deron Williams is a fan of MMA (mixed), compared to The basketball game, deron prefer to watch The ultimate fighting championship.Deron Williams recently said in an interview, he retired from the NBAlebron james jersey\n\nFor Jordan and gregg popovich comments James never hit back, but just yesterday in the knight's basketball stadium set aside a James training video, far look like illusions emerged both Owen, a carefully look just know is Jamespuma fenty\n\nYesterday, the wall on the right side 45 live a miserable life in the three points must win.The shooting location is Owen puts up the location of the many times.Today was asked Owen saw wall dead there is what feelingbalenciaga shoes\n\nDraft of the same year on the bottom rookie will be what?In general the draft should be able to blow the other party, who would have thought them took Owen on the 60th pick small Thomas in the same year, he turned out to be in the position of the challenger?adidas nmd r2\n\nKnight finally written pledge to fulfill a military order!Owen Jefferson suspected the contradiction, huang zhan anger: don't win playoff team and the team retired showdown between the more and more intense, will the rockets in just eliminated the spurs tomorrow will come and warriors in the first fightadidas nmd\n\nAccording to The Fear of The Sword, The knight's point guard deron Williams is a fan of MMA (mixed), compared to The basketball game, deron prefer to watch The ultimate fighting championship.Deron Williams recently said in an interview, he retired from the NBAcurry 2\n\nWith three points to beat John wall, the day before yesterday the wizards will competition into the tiebreak wars, 8:00 tomorrow the wizards will be tie-break at Celtic and rival.puma rihanna creepers camo\n\nFor Jordan and gregg popovich comments James never hit back, but just yesterday in the knight's basketball stadium set aside a James training video, far look like illusions emerged both Owen, a carefully look just know is JamesKyrie 3 n7\n\nOwen said: \"Cleveland need game.\"Indeed, they rested for too long.In green, and the wizards to after the tiebreak, the beginning of the knight's eastern conference finals first time has pushed the next Wednesday.yeezy boost\n\nAccording to The Fear of The Sword, The knight's point guard deron Williams is a fan of MMA (mixed), compared to The basketball game, deron prefer to watch The ultimate fighting championship.Deron Williams recently said in an interview, he retired from the NBAyeezy boost 350 v2\n\nObviously, the right to occupy a team-high 21.6 shots of Michael Owen, but failed to hit as James scores, this let a person feel, Owen has become a \"cancer\" of the knight.But many fans also feel,bape hoodie\n\n\"I don't think eastern conference finals will be a long war, knight's strength is too strong. 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Hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses lost their jobs, while hundreds thousands of marine animals and fish were killed (NC, 90). The public soon turned to BP as responsible for the damage. Soon after, the National Commission investigation revealed that the blowout occurred because of oversights, risk factors and mistakes that combined to overthrow the safeguards meant to protect the rig in emergencies like this one (NC, 90). However, \u201cmost of the mistakes and oversights at Macondo can be traced back to a single overarching failure\u2014the failure of management\u201d (NC, 90).\n\nAlthough BP contracts out much of the oil drilling process, they still remain responsible to manage the rigs operations. Specifically, as the operator, BP had the overall responsibility to promote a culture of safety on the rig. However, throughout the drilling process BP ignored the experts they hired from Halliburton and Transocean to boost profit through cutting corners and costs. They disregarded common industry practice and merely fulfilled the minimum requirements. According to virtue ethics, BP\u2019s cutting corners mentality holds them responsible for the incident. From the purchasing the Macondo well in 2008, BP\u2019s decision making revolved around increasing profit rather than creating an organization that supports ethical behavior; as a result, BP caused the largest oil spill in US history.\n\nThe Macondo well blowout is not an isolated incident for BP. BP\u2019s history is full of repeated disastrous work place occurrences. In 2003, a gas line ruptured on BP\u2019s Forties Alpha platform in the North Sea and released methane throughout the area. Although BP got lucky that a spark did not ignite, they still admitted to breaking the law by allowing pipes to corrode and paid a 250,000 fine (NC, 219). Then in 2005, an explosion occurred at BP Texas City refinery killing 15 people and injuring over 170 (Dickenson, 7). Investigators later discovered that the Texas City management consistently ignored warning signs and did not take coercive action when signals of danger arose (NC, 221). Soon after in 2009, a major leak infiltrated BP\u2019s Prudhoe Bay oil pipeline which became the largest oil spill on Alaska\u2019s North Slope leaking over 200,000 gallons of oil (Roberto 6). In that same year, the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration fined BP $2.4 million due to safety violations at an Ohio refinery stating that \u201cit is extremely disappointing that BP failed to learn the lessons of Texas City\u201d (Roberto, 6).\n\nTexas City Oil Refinery Explosion\n\nDespite the numerous incidents, BP continued to foster an unsafe environment on the Deepwater Horizon rig. A few weeks before the Deepwater Horizon blow out, a survey was taken on hundreds of employees concerning safety management and culture. This survey revealed the that 46% of the workers feared reporting unsafe conditions to management and 15% felt that they were understaffed (NC, 224). Many crew members complained that the safety manual was \u201cnot written with the end user in mind\u201d and the front line members are not always informed about the true hazards they faced (NC,224).\n\nThis lack of safety culture resulted mainly from BP caring more about profit than about the workers. In the investigation of the blowout, the national commission discovered that many of the mistakes and oversights were caused by BP\u2019s emphasis on increasing production and cutting costs. For example, BP \u201d shaved $500,000 off its overhead costs by deploying a blowout preventer without a remote-control trigger-a fail-safe measure required in many countries\u201d (Dickenson, 7). In addition, when BP decided which production casing to install in the well, BP chose a \u201clong string\u201d system that is known to be riskier but less expensive than other options. Compared to other oil drilling companies, BP uses this cheap well piping 35% of the time in their deep-water wells, which is much higher than their competitors. BP also made the decision to use only 6 original centralizers to stable the long string casing instead of the recommended 16 because it was cheaper and as the head BP engineer said, they will \u201cprobably be fine and [they] will get a good cement job\u201d (Roberto, 9). Despite the industry standards, it is evident that BP believes that the safety of workers and the environment is less important than cutting cost on the production casing.\n\nFurthermore, BP\u2019s management ignored their guidelines that stated the cement needed to extent 1,000 feet above the reserve. Instead, BP directed Halliburton to extend the column only 500 feet above the hydrocarbon reserve. To make matters worse, BP chose to use a lighter type of cement that the company rarely uses. Halliburton warned BP that the cement job was \u201cagainst [their] best interest\u201d. However, BP decided to ignore the cement experts and proceed anyways because they were still within acceptable industry standards. Then, when they performed the negative pressure test to examine the reliability of the cement wall and casing, BP cut corners once again. To perform the test, BP displaced mud in the well and then pumped a \u201cspacer\u201d that consisted of leftover material into the well. Using this unusual spacer allowed BP to easily dispose of hazardous material that has strict regulations if disposed on land. Once preparations were finished, they ran the negative pressure test and the results came back negative, which suggested a leak. However, BP deemed the test successful because the backup system seemed to function properly (Roberto, 13). After the negative pressure test, BP displaced the mud and spacer to officially cap the well. At 9:30 p.m., the Deepwater Horizon experienced the first explosion that caused the worst oil spill in US history.\n\nChoosing profit over ethics, BP consistently put their employees and the environment in harm\u2019s way. According to Virtue ethics, BP acted without integrity and chose an immoral path that led to the Macondo oil spill. BP could have chosen to spend a little extra money to ensure safety, yet it is apparent through their decisions that they chose to value money over human life. Looking through the virtue ethics approach, you can see the alternative options that BP overlooked.\n\nThe virtue ethics approach focuses on \u201cthe whole hearted acceptance of a certain range of considerations for action\u201d (Rosalind). Specifically, virtue ethics considers a virtuous person to be a morally good or admirable person who acts right (Rosalind). However, it also takes the actors character, motivations and intentions into consideration. A virtuous individual or actor must intend to be a good person and try to better others and themself as moral agents through virtuous decision making (Trevino, 46). Therefore, a person can only be considered an \u201chonest person\u201d when they choose to tell the truth not because honesty is the best policy or because they might get caught in a lie; rather, an honest person tells the truth because to do otherwise would be dishonest and therefore, immoral (Rosalind).\n\nSatellite image of Macondo oil spill\n\nBut who determines the virtues of a person or organization? One way virtue ethics answers this question is through the actor\u2019s relevant moral community: a community that holds you to the highest ethical standard and supports your intention to be a virtuous person (Trevino, 47). Therefore when analyzing a decision, one must think about the community the decision maker operates in. In BP\u2019s case, we can look at BP\u2019s contractors and the other oil drilling companies in the industry to analyze BP decisions through virtue ethics.\n\nFirst, the virtue ethics approach views BP\u2019s decision to choose the cheaper long string system as ignoring the virtue of loyalty. As the operator, BP needed to be loyal to their employees and protect their lives at all costs. Knowing the riskiness and unfamiliar geology of the Macondo well, \u201cthe long string casing greatly increased the difficult of securing a stable cement job, which was the direct cause of the blow out\u201d (NC, 115). According to virtue ethics, BP would have chosen the liner cement job, a more complex and secure casing, because doing otherwise would be immoral because BP is not being loyal. In addition, looking at BP\u2019s relevant moral community, other large oil companies used the long string design much less frequently than BP. BP used the long string casing about 35% in its Deepwater wells while Shell used 8% and Chevron used it about 15%. As you can see, BP failed to meet the industry standards through consistently using the riskier casing; as a result, it was just a matter of time before BP caused an incident like the Macondo oil spill.\n\nSecondly, virtue ethics views BP choosing profit over ethics when they ignored the experts and used less of a lighter weight cement for capping. Haliburton, BP\u2019s cement expert, warned BP and admitted later that BP specifications were \u201cnot consistent with industry standards; however, they were within acceptable standards\u201d (Roberto, 9). Here, BP\u2019s contractor reveals how BP chose to not live up to their relative moral community; as a result, BP\u2019s safety culture allowed mistakes and oversights on details that allowed the Deepwater crisis to occur. If BP would have followed the virtue ethics approach, BP would have listened to their experts and followed other oil companies that practice ethical decision making, even if it costs more.\n\nThirdly, BP ignoring the negative pressure test\u2019s warning signs of a leak directly conflicts with virtue ethics. Virtue ethics requires BP to listen to the warning sign despite the delay in production it may cause. BP needed to investigate whether there was a leak because that is what an ethical company would do. If they would have acted in accordance with virtue ethics, they would have noticed a malfunction in the casing and prevented the oil spill. Instead, BP ignored the warning signs and depended to solely depend on the kill line if something went wrong; as a result, BP once again overlooked malfunctions that allowed the oil spill to occur.\n\nOverall, BP\u2019s lack of a safety culture resulted from their decisions to ignore the virtues that oil companies are expected to uphold. Other oil drilling companies like Shell and Exon make a substantial profit while also adhering to appropriate guidelines and industry standards that protect the environment and employees. Although Shell and Exon have experienced oil spills in the past, they have improved their safety regulations and come nowhere close to the number or extent of the catastrophes BP experienced. Since 2007, BP has received over 760 citations for safety violations, while the rest of the oil industry combined has received a total of one (Dickenson, 2010). This negligent attitude towards safety resembles their lack of integrity in decision making. The only way BP can change their problematic safety culture is through adopting the mindset of virtue ethics that forces them to start doing what is right: prioritizing employee safety and environmental risks. Until then, BP management will continue to make decisions based on cost that result in incidents like the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe."}
-{"text": "Download 88 Flak (RC 130)\n\n88 Flak is a fast-paced combat mod for the 3D action game Freelancer by Digital Anvil. It aims to bring quick and brutal arena-like combat to Freelancer with Unreal Tournament 2004 style speed and years of refined Team Fortress inspired class balancing."}
-{"text": "Register Now\n\nIn order to be able to post messages on the Ford Focus Forum, Ford Focus ST Forum, Ford Focus RS Forum forums, you must first register.\nPlease enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.\n\nUser Name:\n\nPassword\n\nPlease enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.\n\nPassword:\n\nConfirm Password:\n\nEmail Address\n\nPlease enter a valid email address for yourself.\n\nEmail Address:\n\nLog-in\n\nUser Name\n\nRemember Me?\n\nPassword\n\nHuman Verification\n\nIn order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.\n\nseriously who voted on this old dead thread and brought it back to life?\n\n08-02-2008 02:10 AM\n\neliaslincoln\n\nwow this was started a long time ago.\n\n07-17-2008 01:37 PM\n\nhiggszx3se\n\ngo for it, id do it, regardless what you have done to it, its still a focus, so fing represent!!!! get your focusfanatics stickers on first, i'd go with you but im in chicago\n\n07-02-2008 12:25 AM\n\nLolly\n\nThey have just as much place as any other car, truck, bike, or quad has. Especially if your going to start modding it.\n\n06-13-2008 08:45 PM\n\nSquillyB\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by c03morrison\n\ni would do it there was a foci that won in its bracket at fun ford weekend competeing against 12 second cars and it seemed like it didnt have and mods in it and i think it was a chic racing it to trying to remember\n\nI placed 2nd in the Arizona 4 Cylinder challenge, also a bracket event. I went up against 11-12 second cars and about 9 of them before I broke out in the last round.\n\nI was running high to mid 15's LOL\n\n06-13-2008 08:16 PM\n\nSALEEN_N2O\n\nits awlays cool to see stock cars at the track, i think its a good way to really see what stock car can do with out having to read about it!!\n\nFocus Fanatics Ford Focus Forum offers many fun ways for you to engage with other Ford Focus Owners from across the world. Whether it be about the aftermarket performance modifications, technical how-to's, European tuned suspension or awesome fuel economy similar to the Audi S3, Ford Fusion and Acura TLX. You can find all Ford Focus and Focus ST related information here. Join our Ford Focus discussion forums and chat with local Focus enthusiasts in your area. Challenger Hellcat - Charger Hellcat"}
-{"text": "Tie the string to the length of timeber as shown in the diagram below. Hold it\nabove your head and swing it around as fast as you can and as long as you can.\n\nThe movement of the timber through the air creates a deep droning sound. Indigenous\nAustralian men used the bullroarer to summon tribesmen to meetings.\n\nRinging in your Ears\n\nSafety rules:\n\nParent supervision\n\nTake care with scissors\n\nMaterials you need are:\n\na length of fine string (about 1 metre long)\n\nscissors\n\n2 teaspoons\n\nTie one spoon in the middle of the string. Hold the two ends to your ears. Ask a friend\nto tap the tied spoon with the other spoon. Compare the sound of this with the sound of\ntapping them without the string in your ears.\n\nSound waves travel faster through solids than through liquids and gases, so when the\nstring in near your ears, the clinking of the spoons should sound louder than in air.\n\nMake a String Telephone\n\nSafety rules:\n\nParent supervision\n\nTake care with scissors, nail and hammer\n\nMaterials you need are:\n\n2 empty cans that fit over your ear\n\na length of string (about 4 metres long)\n\na nail\n\na hammer\n\na friend\n\nMake a small hole in the centre of the base of each can with the hammer and nail. Put\nthe end of the string through the hole in one can and tie a knot so the string doesn't\nfall out. Do the same with the other end of the string and the other can. Give one can to\neach person and pull the string tightly. To speak, talk into the can. To hear, hold the\ncan to your ear.\n\nBecause sound travels better through solids than through the air, the voices travel\nrelatively well along the string and are amplified by the can.\n\nMake a Hydrophone\n\nSafety rules:\n\nParent supervision for testing the hydrophone in a pool\n\nMaterials you need are;\n\na length of plastic tubing\n\na plastic funnel\n\na balloon (the round type) or a sheet of rubber and a strong elastic band\n\nA hydrophone is an instrument for listening to underwater sounds. Stretch the balloon\nover the cone of the funnel. Tightly fit the funnel into one end of the rubber tubing.\nThis is the part that goes underwater. Put the other end near your ear so you can hear.\n(Remember that you should not put anything into your ear in case you damage the eardrum.)\nTry it in a swimming pool with an underwater friend talking to you while you keep dry.\n\nMusical Glasses\n\nYou will need a drinking glass with a fine rim (e.g. a crystal wine glass).\n\nDip your finger into some water and then gently rub your wet fingertip around and\naround the rim of the glass until it makes a high-pitched sound.\n\nMusical Bottles\n\nFill several glass bottles to different heights and strike them with a spoon gently\nto make a tune."}
-{"text": "Factory Smartphone Cradle for BMW Motorcycles Finally Debuts\n\nFor the riders among us, BMW Motorrad has created its own cradle to accommodate your smartphone on your ride. This is a big deal, though \u2026\n\nFor the riders among us, BMW Motorrad has created its own cradle to accommodate your smartphone on your ride. This is a big deal, though aftermarket solutions have existed for some time. However, I\u2019ve always found myself hesitant to entrust the safety of my device, which I use for so many purposes, to a seemingly flimsy aftermarket bracket.\n\nThe big negative for this new factory cradle is its size limitation. It\u2019s only able house smartphones up to 5 inches in size. Those of us with newer iterations of popular smartphones will thus be unable to use this new cradle. Sad. Still, for those with older iPhones, for example, this accessory will work perfectly.\n\nThe cradle appears quite significant, and is described as \u201crobust\u201d in the company\u2019s press release, while still offering the ability to quickly attach and detach your device. Now one could confidently utilize their smartphone, for purposes such as navigation, without being concerned about whether or not a universal aftermarket holder will fail while at highway speeds, for example. Touching on its potential benefit for use as a GPS system, your smartphone in conjunction with the BMW cradle can help you to avoid spending up to $800 for a motorcycle specific navigation unit. Others have, over the years, utilized portable automotive units, however, they lack the proper weather resistance and visibility of motorcycle units. Anti-reflection \u201cflex foil\u201d has been used in the factory phone cradle to overcome visibly concerns.\n\nIn addition, BMW already sells an accessory power socket, so charging while riding is also possible. Too, in order to attach the cradle, you will need to purchase BMW\u2019s navigation holder, which starts from \u20ac65 in Germany, depending on your model. The cradle\u2019s price itself does reflect its premium nature, costing \u20ac195 in Germany. Still, a great price when considering all of the functions your phone can perform, which can now (safely) be utilized whilst riding."}
-{"text": "Category: Innovation\n\nScott K. Johnson wrote this excellent article at Ars Technica about some impressive work being done in mapping and modeling environmental data at Lake George. What\u2019s fascinating to me, is seeing people working together so well, on a huge multi-year project that has a potential for great impact. Some things I see as contributing to this project\u2019s success:\n\nCross Functional Teams\n\nThe \u201cJefferson Project\u201d is an interdisciplinary partnership between IBM, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and FUND for Lake George. Each partner brings different skills to the project, and they are collaborating together. Collaboration is a basic model for a successful team. Instead of separate teams of specialists working on their own sub-projects, the groups work with one another on slices of the same project.\n\nOrganized Around A Single Goal\n\nThe FUND for Lake George states its single driving goal as Stopping the present decline of water quality and achieving sustained protection of Lake George for the next generation. They go even further than that. They want to set the standard for restoration efforts anywhere in the world. I imagine that everyone working on this project is on board with this goal. The people at IBM are probably most interested in pushing the limits of big data. At the same time, they must understand that this work isn\u2019t about the data, but about the data in the service of protecting the lake. On any successful team, each contributor is more valuable when they understand how their contribution provides value to the larger goal.\n\nInformation Radiators\n\nEach sensor helps scientists study the impact of stressors on the lake in real time. For a Scrum team, radiating information in real time is also vital. Everyone should be able to see the team\u2019s progress in the moment, without having to wait until the next progress meeting.\n\nAlways-Changing Environment / Marketplace\n\nNothing is static. The Lake George team is moving beyond real-time data. They\u2019re creating sensors that will adjust the sampling size when unusual events are detected. This is just the type of thing that your project team can do. Every meeting is an opportunity to inspect the work in progress. Every Sprint is an opportunity to take a step back and see the big picture. Things will always be changing. Keep in mind the Agile Manifesto value of \u201cresponding to change over following a plan\u201d. When you notice big changes on the horizon, it\u2019s time to increase your observations, so that your short term plans can be informed, and you will be ready to modify your course if needed.\n\nTalking to your plants might make them grow better. I haven\u2019t come across the evidence that confirms it. I\u2019m more interested in the day my plants talk to me.\n\nTell me, sweet blueberries, is the pH too high for you in here? Is the sunlight enough or is it too much? Roses, are you thirsty? How are your roots doing? My dear tree, are you seriously considering running a root that close to the surface of the freshly paved driveway?\n\nI want the lawn service to be notified of everything the plants have to say. I want to set preferences with the lawn service, too. For some things, I want the service to propose a date and let me confirm. For other things (bugs!), I want them to show up as soon as possible.\n\nThis is such a cute video. I\u2019m originally from dairy farm country in upstate New York, so I have an affinity for this sort of thing.\n\nFrom the research above, drones seem to be at least as effective as dogs for herding cattle \u2026 but clearly out of their league if you\u2019re going for prize in cute:\n\nBy the way, Urban Drones (@UrbanDrones) is worth following for everything you ever wanted to know about drones. They\u2019re active on Cyber Dust, where I originally found them. Here\u2019s the link to use from your phone to add them: +urbandrones\n\nMarcy and Mike McCue, Flipboard\u2019s co-founders, set out to create a personal magazine. The Zite acquisition earlier this year brought them closer to that vision. Now they have a better topic-based model for surfacing the content that people indicate they want to read. The cool thing here is the emphasis on making human-generated data an important part of the mix.\n\nThere are lots of flavors of weaving together algorithmic and human curation.\n\nCompare Flipboard to Mashable, which orders itself completely by an algorithm. Well, it kind of does. Its \u201cVelocity graphs\u201d show which content is trending in number of shares. That data is pulled back into Mashable, merged with their predictive engine, and the articles that are likely to go viral are fed to the top of the stream. So you could say that there\u2019s a human metric built into the algorithm: people naturally share what they like, and everyone gets to see more of that sort of thing. Flipboard has a similar feedback process, but they designed it so the pivot of control is closer to the individual readers.\n\nWith Twitter, you can already curate your own content, just by following interesting people. It takes more effort, but you can use lists and search to surface the content you want. Twitter is cautiously moving in a more algorithmic direction with their main feed, and they got some flack about it, too. Twitter should start thinking more like Flipboard and give people better tools, to let them curate their own main feeds.\n\nPlaylists are a more sophisticated kind of human-curated content, since content is in a specific order, in a context. Humans love playlist features like the ones from Songza (acquired by Google) and Beats Music (acquired by Apple) because we like to tell stories. We also do it better than machines.\n\nI imagined drones in theme parks for boring utility purposes. Use your phone to make order a drink while you wait for your table at a restaurant seat and a drone delivers it. Or drones that deliver water and other goodies while you stand in line for a ride. Or they would take tracking videos of you as you scream your head off on a ride.\n\nI hadn\u2019t considered drones as actors on an entertainment stage. These patents from Disney are eye-opening, especially the idea of using \u201cflocks of drones\u201d in a coordinated dance. The word flock makes me imagine drones that communicate to each other as they fly, but even if it\u2019s only a flock that\u2019s controlled by an operator on the ground it\u2019s still awesome."}
-{"text": "An authour I'd really like to see do a novel (or more) for the Pathfinder Tales line is Tim Waggoner. In my opinion his is Blade of the Flame Trilogy was one of the best series that Wizards of the Coast produced (and I have a large five shelf bookcase filled with D&D novels).\n\nThe character interaction, style and tone of those books would be a perfect meld for what you've been doing with this line.\n\nI'm also a big fan of Tim Waggoner, but the first person coming to my mind would be Rosemary Jones. She did a wonderful job with \"City of the Dead\" and I would love to see her putting her writing skills to some of the golarian cities as well.\n\nI don't know what you mean by 'destroyed'. I agree that his last two books were sup-par, but I attribute that to personal issues. I'd still prefer him over Waggoner. Or even Wyatt or Forbeck. I shudder at the thought of reading stuff written by those two.\n\nIf we are talking Eberron authors, I'd rather see Parker DeWolf (I'm still miffed that they cancelled his third novel).\n\nAs am I. I was enjoying the Lanternlight Files. :(\n\nAny of the Authors who wrote in tThe Inquisitives line (Edward Bolme, Paul Crilley, Marshiela Rockwell or Jeff LaSAla) would also be welcome. Bound by Iron made me want to try and create a Paladin wielding a Longsword and Quarterstaff together, although the rules didn't really allow it until just recently with Quarterstaff Mastery. :)\n\nSeveral of the people on this list have either already been talked to or are in fact already working on something. Stay tuned. :)\n\nWell, and what about you? Any Plans for Salim \"The Rope\" Ghadafar?\n\nYup! While I can't tell any dates yet (especially since it's not finished), I think it's safe to say that you'll be seeing Salim again in the not-terribly-distant future. In addition to visiting the Outer Plains (naturally), the next book is set in Kaer Maga....\n\nSeveral of the people on this list have either already been talked to or are in fact already working on something. Stay tuned. :)\n\nWell, and what about you? Any Plans for Salim \"The Rope\" Ghadafar?\n\nYup! While I can't tell any dates yet (especially since it's not finished), I think it's safe to say that you'll be seeing Salim again in the not-terribly-distant future. In addition to visiting the Outer Plains (naturally), the next book is set in Kaer Maga....\n\nAre people still allowed to say they like R.A. Salvatore? I could have sworn that was suddenly taboo these days? You can't sit in the cool kids corner, or something like that . . . ;)\n\nAdmittedly, I'll always be loyal to Salvatore, myself. He's pretty much the reason why I got into reading way back in the day. I'll read anything he puts out there, honestly. So, at least there would be two of us who would buy a Pathfinder book written by him, gray!\n\nAre people still allowed to say they like R.A. Salvatore? I could have sworn that was suddenly taboo these days? You can't sit in the cool kids corner, or something like that . . . ;)\n\nAdmittedly, I'll always be loyal to Salvatore, myself. He's pretty much the reason why I got into reading way back in the day. I'll read anything he puts out there, honestly. So, at least there would be two of us who would buy a Pathfinder book written by him, gray!\n\nI have all of Salvatore's Drizzt books (all except Servant of the Shard in Hardcover, TSR's demise meant my FLGS had trouble getting it in and I had to content myself with the Paperback :( )\n\nI've still enjoyed them all, but I must admit that the last few have been less than exemplary. It just seems that he's been phoning them in since the 4e creep, which is disappointing...\n\nAre people still allowed to say they like R.A. Salvatore? I could have sworn that was suddenly taboo these days? You can't sit in the cool kids corner, or something like that . . . ;)\n\nAdmittedly, I'll always be loyal to Salvatore, myself. He's pretty much the reason why I got into reading way back in the day. I'll read anything he puts out there, honestly. So, at least there would be two of us who would buy a Pathfinder book written by him, gray!\n\nI have all of Salvatore's Drizzt books (all except Servant of the Shard in Hardcover, TSR's demise meant my FLGS had trouble getting it in and I had to content myself with the Paperback :( )\n\nI've still enjoyed them all, but I must admit that the last few have been less than exemplary. It just seems that he's been phoning them in since the 4e creep, which is disappointing...\n\nI don't mean to drag this awesome thread down this avenue, so I'll go so far as to say one more thing about this. ;) I'll tag it just in case!\n\nSpoiler:\n\nI agree that it seems he's somehow ratcheted it down since 4E. Part of my concern is that he's listening too to what people are saying. I loved that Drizzt was that paragon of goodness, but that always seemed to be what so many whined about. His current lack of virtuous thought--his indecision on holding strong to his core beliefs since the Champions of the Hall have all passed--has started to not only spoil the character, but it also lessons the relationships of those friends that we all grew to love so much throughout all those wonderful books! At least, that's kind of my take. He's almost tried to twist Drizzt into a dark hero . . . someone who doesn't seem to fully believe that being virtuous is the right way to be anymore. He's let those with the dark/twisted thoughts and actions impact him more than he's impacted them. The character has shown glimmers of hope in this newest book (I'm on page 235 or so; almost finished!), but we'll see how he takes it from here. The man still has at least three books to go!\n\nI simply took Drizzt's negativity as the result of everything he has been going through. HE is effectively immortal and he is just now having to deal with the loos that comes from outliving all of your loved ones. I expect and hope that as time progresses he will continue to learn how to deal with this and his inner goodness will shine again, simply tempered by life and experience.\n\nAre people still allowed to say they like R.A. Salvatore? I could have sworn that was suddenly taboo these days? You can't sit in the cool kids corner, or something like that . . . ;)\n\nAdmittedly, I'll always be loyal to Salvatore, myself. He's pretty much the reason why I got into reading way back in the day. I'll read anything he puts out there, honestly. So, at least there would be two of us who would buy a Pathfinder book written by him, gray!\n\nNo, you aren't allowed to say that. ;)\n\nSeriously, though, I consider him the worst of the D&D novelists, along with Greenwood (who's good at settings, but bad at everything else) and James Wyatt. I wouldn't stop you from reading their stuff, of course. I'd just be terribly disappointed in Paizo for hiring them.\n\nWhere as I consider him one of the best. I guess it takes all kinds. However if you were seriously disappointed in Paizo for hiring someone whose style you personally don't like, I would consider that arrogance on your part. Disappointed in the choice I could understand as it would mean a novel you would not be interested in, disappointed in the company seems a bit much.\n\nSo do I. Never understood why so many people are so antagonistic when it's about Salvatore. Must be the combination of him being so successful and him being \"responsible\" for all those scimitar-wielding drow rangers at the game tables. ;)\n\nBut if he ever found the time to write a novel for the Pathfinder universe I'd consider that to be great news.\n\nJames Sutter wrote:\n\nYup! While I can't tell any dates yet (especially since it's not finished), I think it's safe to say that you'll be seeing Salim again in the not-terribly-distant future. In addition to visiting the Outer Plains (naturally), the next book is set in Kaer Maga....\n\nGreat News. One thing I especially liked about \"Death's Heretic\" was it playing in Thuvia (the sun orchid elixir had catched my imagination long before and I had actually thought about a whole campaign centered around the theft of a year's worth of the elixir). Well and Kaer Maga being the sub-setting I am probably exited most since the \"Seven Swords of Sin\" and now becoming the place for Salim's newest adventure? Totally awesome.\n\nWhere as I consider him one of the best. I guess it takes all kinds. However if you were seriously disappointed in Paizo for hiring someone whose style you personally don't like, I would consider that arrogance on your part. Disappointed in the choice I could understand as it would mean a novel you would not be interested in, disappointed in the company seems a bit much.\n\nHow about J.R.R. Tolkein? I know he would be difficult to keep to publishing schedule, but if you just let his old friend C.S. Lewis know that he's writing, Lewis could keep him on track!\n\nspoiler:\n\nYes, I know that they are both deceased. We just need to cast raise dead.\n\nOn a more serious note, I would like to see Kevin Andrew Murphy tackle a Pathfinder Tales novel. I know he's just written the novella that will accompany Reign of Winter (and I'm eagerly looking forward to it), but I would buy a Golarion Novel by him. Granted, that's not saying much as I'm a subscriber and I'll be buying the novels regardless of WHO writes them, but I subscribed to more strongly support the fiction line.\n\nWhere as I consider him one of the best. I guess it takes all kinds. However if you were seriously disappointed in Paizo for hiring someone whose style you personally don't like, I would consider that arrogance on your part. Disappointed in the choice I could understand as it would mean a novel you would not be interested in, disappointed in the company seems a bit much.\n\nNow now... I think it's actually totally reasonable to be disappointed in a company when they make what, for you, is a poor stylistic decision. After all, especially for subscribers to the line, you're putting your faith in me and my sense of taste to bring you an awesome book every two months. If I publish a crappy book, I've let you down, and that's my fault even more than the author's.\n\nThe corollary to that, of course, is that tastes vary. As we've seen time and again--both in this line and everywhere else--a book that one person finds disappointing can be another reader's favorite. I like to experiment a lot with the line, testing out different authors and styles, but I figure that as long as nobody can agree on what our best or worst book is, and the ratio of enjoyed books to unenjoyed books stays high for each individual reader (even if they can't agree on which book is which), I'm doing pretty well. :)\n\nAnyway, the point of this was to say that I really appreciate everyone's feedback, both praise and criticism! Every review helps us fine-tune our system. Thanks, folks!\n\nAnyway, the point of this was to say that I really appreciate everyone's feedback, both praise and criticism! Every review helps us fine-tune our system. Thanks, folks!\n\nMr. Sutter, as much as I loved \"Death Heretic,\" and as much as I'm looking forward to the second book with that main, I'm certainly looking to you for something regarding the First World soon! Whether that be a fantastic work of fiction in the Tales line, or a beautifully-sculpted piece of work in the CS line, we need more input on what is one of my favorite aspects of the Pathfinder Multiverse!\n\nNow, I'm not against you getting a Patrick Rothfuss for such a project, but as I'm fairly certain he's quite busy with a different work of his own currently, that makes you the man most worthy of bringing it to us!\n\nMr. Sutter, as much as I loved \"Death Heretic,\" and as much as I'm looking forward to the second book with that main, I'm certainly looking to you for something regarding the First World soon! Whether that be a fantastic work of fiction in the Tales line, or a beautifully-sculpted piece of work in the CS line, we need more input on what is one of my favorite aspects of the Pathfinder Multiverse!\n\nNow, I'm not against you getting a Patrick Rothfuss for such a project, but as I'm fairly certain he's quite busy with a different work of his own currently, that makes you the man most worthy of bringing it to us!\n\nChop-chop, good sir! =D\n\nThanks, Sub! And don't worry--I'm sure we'll do a First World campaign setting book eventually, and when we do, I'd love to write it. Now if I can just finish this novel..."}
-{"text": "A local developer has discovered a one room log cabin encapsulated and hidden within the walls of a 4,500 square foot Flower Mound farm house. The property was destined to be demolished for development when Curtis Grant of Vaquero Development discovered the log cabin.\n\nAfter Grant purchased the house, his curiosity got up about a story of logs he heard from the previous owner. He opened a small opening in one of the walls and saw the logs for himself. He sent a text with a photo of the logs to me. I called Andy Eads and Peggy Riddle who I work with at the Denton County Office of History and Culture. Since then, the County, Town, and local history advocates have been working to find a way to preserve this log cabin.\n\nModern residential additions have been made in every direction around the cabin, including newer gabled roofs over the original cabin. You would never know a log cabin was preserved within the walls of this farm house. It is a time capsule, waiting to be carefully opened.\n\nDr. David Stahle, Professor and Director of the Tree-Ring Laboratory at the University of Arkansas, cored the logs of the cabin to age them. The dating process shows the logs were cut between 1857 and 1860, with the structure most likely being built in 1860\n\nThe cabin sits on an approximate four acre site in West Flower Mound. The property was part of a Republic of Texas Land Grant that was patented in 1854 by William Gibson. The original survey was for 360 acres and the cabin is a one room structure measuring approximately 16\u2019 x 16\u2019, which is the minimal size structure required to perfect the land grant.\n\nThe Historic Perspective\n\nTexas was land rich and people poor when she won her independence from Mexico in 1836. The new Texas government enticed settlers to the wilds of Texas with free land. A family could receive 640 acres, if they built a 16\u2019 x 16\u2019 log cabin. Single men got 320 acres.\n\nBut North Texas had Indian problems, and the one thing settlers like more than free land was there scalp. Sam Houston took it on himself to calm the Indian problems in North Texas and clear the path for new settlement.\n\nHouston sent out messengers to gather the warring Indian chiefs of the nine tribes in North Texas. Houston\u2019s goal was to create peace through signing a treaty at Bird\u2019s Fort, six miles south of present Flower Mound. Houston spent a month camping on the prairies around Bird\u2019s Fort, waiting for the chiefs to be assembled. He likely saw The Flower Mound and possibly used it as a lookout for the Indian Chiefs.\n\nHouston grew weary of waiting for and returned to Austin after a month. But the Treaty of Bird\u2019s Fort was agreed to by the nine tribes in 1843 and ratified by the Republic in early 1844, clearing the way for the settlement of North Texas.\n\nThe Republic of Texas contracted with empresarios to bring new settlers to Texas. Peters Colony was one of these contracts and offered land grants to bring settlers to North Texas. The Missouri Colony of Peters Colony settled much of Flower Mound and Northern Tarrant County.\n\nThe Missouri Colony of Peters Colony\n\nIn May of 1844, sixteen families from Platte County Missouri loaded their wagons to brave their move to the wilds of North Texas. Most were related in some way. William Gibson, who appears to have built this cabin, was among this group of early pioneers.\n\nThe journey was not easy. Swollen Rivers and hostile Indians plagued the journey. The settlers had to camp for three weeks waiting to cross the Trinity River.\n\nThe last leg was among the hardest. Moving wagons through the virgin Cross Timbers was difficult. The Crosstimbers was full of Postoak\u2019s, Blackjacks, and thick underbrush. Some called it the Cast Iron Forest because it was so difficult to cut through. The Missouri Colonist were among the first white settlers to carve a trail into what is now Flower Mound.\n\nAfter days of hacking through the Crosstimbers, the Missouri Colony emerged on some small prairies. The first was in Northern Flower Mound, known as Holsford\u2019s Prairie now (named for Holford family who were also Peters Colonist). The second prairie they emerged on was Long Prairie.\n\nLong Prairie was a welcome site for the weary travelers. Long Prairie was about four miles long and one mile wide. Toward the East end was a mound that rose 50\u2019 above the surrounding area, later named Flower Mound.\n\nFrom the Flower Mound, settlers could survey not only their past travels, but their future ahead. Many made their new homes on Long Prairie, not far from the Flower Mound.\n\nIt was on the Southwestern end of Long Prairie that William Gibson built this one room log cabin in 1860, nestled near a corner of the Cross Timbers. Denton Creek was not far south, and Williams Church, Lonesome Dove Baptist Church, was just across the creek. The Missouri Colonist started Lonesome Dove Baptist Church in 1846 and moved it to Denton Creek in 1847.\n\nClearly, this was not the first cabin William Gibson built in North Texas, but it may have been the last. He died in 1865, just five years after this cabin was built.\n\nLike this log cabin, we have only revealed bits and pieces of William Gibson\u2019s life and what life was like for the early settlers of Flower Mound. More will be revealed as we savor and share the wonderful opportunity to preserve this historic treasure.\n\nPreserving the Cabin\nThe vision of The Flower Mound Foundation and Long Prairie Cabin Commission is to restore this cabin to its original stature, under the ancient post oaks where it has sat for 155 years. The ground this cabin sits on is sacred for many of us that have visited the cabin site and contemplated what is was like in the 1800\u2019s, and what it can be upon renovation.\n\nThe site is at the edge of where the Long Prairie transitions to the Cross Timbers. Malone\u2019s Grist Mill sat just North, and Lonesome Dove Baptist Church was not far South. The Cast Iron Forest of the Cross Timbers was directly west, protecting the cabin from Comanche war parties that rode the Grand Prairies beyond.\n\nWe propose adding a very old barn the Denton County Historical Commission saved to this site. This barn was taken down off Dixon Lane and is also a historic Flower Mound artifact. We would have a genuine historic homestead honoring and replicating the lifestyle of our earliest settlers.\nAdditionally, we propose to plant a large garden with the food crops early settlers grew. The cabin and barn will house period furnishings and farm implements.\n\nThis site will become a genuine historic homestead. It will be a special place for our children, and their children, to understand their heritage and the hardships of our early settlers.\n\nSome say we should tear this cabin down and doze these trees. Then pile up the old logs from the cabin on a concrete slab a few miles to the East and call this our history and heritage. This would be cheaper. To many of us, it would also be tragic.\n\nIt will take significant sums of money and considerable work by many to SAVE THE CABIN at this original location. But, we must try. We have lost too much already and will never have the chance to save this treasure again. Won\u2019t you help us?\n\nTo help or contribute, please contact The Flower Mound Foundation at www.TheFlowerMound.com or follow us on Facebook at Long Prairie Cabin-Save the Cabin.\n\nThe discovery of this log cabin is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. The idea of being able to step back 150 years into the past and preserve it forever fires the imagination.\nI appreciate so much the efforts of all who are trying to preserve it. William Gibson was one of three Gibson brothers \u2014 James, Jesse and William \u2014 who brought their families along with the Eads, Hallfords, Allens, Fosters, Smiths and others to Texas from Missouri. Jesse was my 3g grandfather. As an amateur genealogist, I have been researching this side of my family for the past two years.\nI told my daughter that buried treasure of gold and silver would not have been as exciting as this log cabin for me to find.\nThank you Mark Glover for such a well-done report and the incredible amount of research you put into it.\n\nHope you get to save and restore this cabin on its original site. Wonderful history discovered right under our noses, just like in Plano at the Collinwood House (5400 Windhaven Drive) Hope again that both municipalities realize the value of these treasurers to both community members, visitors, future generations and Texas history. There\u2019s nothing quite like seeing and touching the real thing to understand what you cant quite \u201cget\u201d from reading about it in a book or from a sign after its gone."}
-{"text": "Half-term heaven in the Havens\n\nLOOKING for something to do this half term? The Havens festival opens this Friday (May 23), and there\u2019s plenty planned for all the family to get involved with.\n\nThe festival, which is based in and around Broad Haven and Little Haven, kicks off at 7pm with an illustrated talk by Rachel Barnwell called \u2018Inside Pembrokeshire Homes\u2019.\n\nOn Saturday, there\u2019s a history exhibition, \u2018make a flying seagull\u2019 classes, and a talk by Ted Goddard about Pembrokeshire\u2019s shipwrecks. There will also be a live gig night at The Galleon.\n\nDuring the week there will be Big Cook/Little Cook events at Broad Haven Youth Hostel, a vintage craft afternoon, a teddy bear\u2019s picnic, and plenty of arts and craft sessions to keep little fingers busy.\n\nOn Thursday, a charity coffee morning and sand sculpture competition round off the week of fun.\n\nFor more details, and contact information, visit www.havensfestival.co.uk/HavensFestivalEvents.html.\n\nComments\n\nIpsoregulated\n\nThis website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here"}
-{"text": "The move is expected to save the package delivery service specialist about $60 million a year, and the policy applies only to non-union U.S. workers. It\u2019s part of a trend that some companies are following in order to cut back on medical expenses.\n\nKaiser Health News\u2019s story, done in conjunction with USA Today, cites a survey by Towers Watson, which says 4% of large employers planned to exclude spouses from coverage if their own employers offered health insurance. Another 8% planned to make such a change next year, when major provisions of Obamacare start to take effect.\n\nSome companies are following similar paths to UPS. There are those who are either paying bonuses to employees who take already-covered spouses off their plan, while others charge penalties to those who don\u2019t. Look for other major employers to consider the move in the near future.\n\nStory Conversation\n\nAbout Health Exchange\n\nHealth Exchange guides investors to the crucial market intelligence they need to keep up with the health care industry, which makes up one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Anchored by Russ Britt, Health Exchange is the essential site for those looking for the most important news, data and analysis on the sector. You can reach Russ at Rbritt@marketwatch.com."}
-{"text": "Cops leave youth to die in forest\n\nA man who was beaten up mercilessly on being mistaken for a burglar, died here after the police left him unattended instead of taking him to a hospital. The incident took place in Kardhani police station area of Jaipur city on Thursday when the 25-year-old unidentified man allegedly entered a house in Bindayika colony.\n\nOn hearing the screams of the lady of the house, five men \u2014 Pankaj Sharma, Balram Jat, Gopal Jat, Kanchan Bihari and Dharmendra Jat \u2014 allegedly rushed in and thrashed the man suspecting him to be a thief.\n\nThey then tied him to a tree and continued beating. Neighbours witnessing the scene called the police who arrived and rescued the man.\n\nInstead of taking him to a hospital for medical treatment and questioning, the cops dumped the badly injured man in the nearby forest area, said Surendra Singh, station house officer, Kardhani. Subsequently, the man died and his body was recovered on Friday evening."}
-{"text": "Important: This destination may have COVID-19 travel restrictions in place, including specific restrictions for lodging. Check any national, local, and health advisories for this destination before you book.\n\nPolicies\n\nIf you are traveling with a child your property may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance.\n\nOnly registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.\n\nPool access available from 9 AM to 7 PM.\n\nPlease note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.\n\nReservations are required for massage services and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.\n\nMandatory fees\n\nYou\u2019ll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:\n\nThe national sales tax (19%) may be charged upon check-out to citizens of Colombia regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying 60 consecutive days or more. Foreigners on a tourist visa are exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.\n\nThe charges below are included in the total price displayed:\n\nChristmas Eve gala dinner fee for stays on 24 December\n\nNew Year's Eve gala dinner fee for stays on 31 December\n\nOptional extras\n\nBeach shuttle service is offered for an extra charge\n\nWe have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.\n\nFAQs for Cocoplum Beach Hotel, San Andres, Colombia\n\nIs there a pool at Cocoplum Beach Hotel? Yes, there's an outdoor pool. Guests have pool access from 9 AM to 7 PM.\n\nUser terms & Privacy\n\n* The value of 1 reward night is the average price of the 10 stamps you collect. Excludes taxes and fees. A $7.00 redemption fee is charged for each reward night redeemed unless you redeem on our app. Exclusions apply.See terms and conditions.\n\nHotels.com and the Hotels.com logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hotels.com, LP in the United States and/ or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners."}
-{"text": "Bet\n\nBet\n\nBet\n\nThe Serie A outfit have told Old Trafford officials that they would be willing to pay the Portuguese's \u00a380,000-a-week salary in full as part of a loan deal until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent signing in the summer.\n\nUnited are willing to allow Nani's exit despite Wilfried Zaha's loan to Cardiff City, but a deal remains far from close, with Milan concerned over both the player's fitness and the fact that he is ineligible to play Champions League football this term.\n\n\"Milan are definitely interested but there are a fair few obstacles to overcome if we're going to see a deal get signed off,\" a source close to United told Goal.\n\nMilan's city rivals Inter were close to a deal with Nani earlier this week but terms couldn't be agreed.\n\nNani signed a new deal at Old Trafford after David Moyes convinced him not to leave in the summer transfer window but has failed to impress the new United boss this term.\n\nThe Portugal international has started just four Premier League games this season and has not featured since the defeat against Newcastle in early December, after which he suffered a hamstring injury in training that Moyes revealed would \u201ckeep him out for a while\u201d.\n\nGoal understands the player feels he has been harshly treated by his new manager and, prior to his latest fitness setback, had grown concerned at a lack of playing time, particularly in a World Cup year."}
-{"text": "For those familiar with, Laguiole knives are those svelte and curved lines shape type knives ornamented with a mythical bee. Their name is \"Laguiole\" because they were first designed and produced to address the needs of the inhabitant of Laguiole, a small village in Aveyron, in France. And historically, the true Laguiole knives were made by the Master Cutleries of Thiers, the Knife capital city of France nearby Laguiole, including Claude Dozorme Master Cutlery since 1902.\n\nThe Sommelier Clos Laguiole Collection is an adaptation of those beautiful Laguiole knives into an efficient and magnificent Sommelier type corkscrews. But Master Cutlery Claude Dozorme has given those traditional & luxury sommelier corkscrews its signature and a touch of modernity: the mythical bee is forged on the side of the lever, and is actually a superb mechanism of fastning axis for the lever that you will always be able to fasten by yourself , whenever needed, thanks to the little wrench provided. It will therefore never be \"loose\". The same principle has been developped for the drill, which, by the way, is tapered: it will let you open your old treasures without breaking the cork. It has of course a foil cutter made of top of the range steel, with micro serrated edge.\n\nThe handle of this piece is made of Ram Horn. Ram Horn has those very authentic brown, black and white colors and shades variations, and an embossed design. Ram Horn was and is still used to produce the \"Shofar\", the world oldest wind instrument, a highly symbolic instrument to antique civilizations.\n\nIt is delivered with a very nice leather pocket.\n\nBrand: Claude Dozorme\n\nWe Like: every Claude Dozorme Sommeliers come with an adjustment wrench to allow you retighten the axis by yourself, whenever needed.\n\nWe Recommend: do not wash with water or in the dishwasher: Claude Dozorme corkscrew handles are made of precious components. Water will damage them. Just use a dry tissue."}
-{"text": "Scary: While Obama is busy giving Iran $150 billion, look who they just ELECTED\u2026\n\nNow everyone knows today is Super Tuesday in our presidential election cycle. Today is a very integral day in the march towards whom will earn the respective political party nomination. But there were some elections elsewhere in the world that will have an impact on the next American presidential administration.\n\nAs reported by the Washington Free Beacon, \u201cEarly election results from Iran indicate that the country elected on Friday another crop of hardline officials, including those who have expressed hatred for the United States and Israel and who stand accused of planning the murder of political opponents, according to information provided by organizations that observed the elections.\n\nAs the names of those officials who won a seat on Iran\u2019s Assembly of Experts and other governing bodies begins to emerge, experts say it is becoming clear that hardline extremists will continue to control the Iranian government.\n\nAdvertisement - story continues below\n\nRelated Stories\n\nWhile some western media outlets have claimed that reformists made inroads in the latest election, regional experts explained that this is not the case, as moderate political camps ultimately endorsed on their voting lists more hardline candidates aligned with the Iranian ruling regime.\n\nIran\u2019s Guardian Council, which oversees elections, is believed to have disqualified at least 60 percent of the potential candidates, including around 99 percent of those billed as reformists. As a result, even moderate political camps were forced to include hardliners on their own voting lists. \u201cRadicals dominated the Assembly of Experts, as expected,\u201d said Amir Toumaj, an Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. \u201cThe Guardian Council engineered the field so it would be that way.\u201d Most of those who were prevented from running include those who have advocated warmer ties with Western powers.\u201d\n\nHow nice. Here we have yet another example that there\u2019s no such thing as reform happening in the Islamist Republic of Iran. Now, one would have thought perhaps those sanctions and frozen assets should have stayed in place contingent upon what happened in these elections.\n\nAsk yourself, what did Iran surrender, or what behaviors have changed about Iran and its ruling regime? The only surrender was that of our ten Sailors on their knees, held at gunpoint by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy. This element takes direction from the Supreme Leader and the Guardian Council. So imagine this, the Obama administration just handed over billions of dollars to a nation that has a regime of electoral enforcers who manipulate candidate lists. Apparently the hardliners in Iran aren\u2019t about to relinquish power. In fact, they have every intent to consolidate it.\n\nI must ask a rhetorical question, what is the value of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iranian nuclear agreement)? I believe we need to stop operating in this delusional state of existence that there is some nuclear agreement with Iran.\n\nIran has done everything to convey a message to Barack Obama and John Kerry that they don\u2019t give a good doggone about the United States. Iran has fired off ballistic missiles. Iran has sought acquisition of tanks, fighter jets, and surface to air missiles. Iran has deployed its terrorist list Quds Force to Syria and Iraq, and is supporting Shiite militias. And Iran continues to shout death to America and death to Israel. Our response? We give them billions of dollars. And pathetic enough was the story we shared about the major aircraft producer who lobbied for the end of sanctions only for Iran to award a contract to Airbus, the French.\n\nYou want a taste of the types of folks the Iranian Guardian Council advocated for electoral victory?\n\n\u201cMohammad Reyshahri, for instance, a former intelligence minister who was elected to the assembly, is accused of organizing the murder of scores of political prisoners. He is a close ally of Ali Khamenei, Iran\u2019s supreme leader, and has served him in several capacities. Reyshahri received the backing of both reformists and hardliners. Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, another election winner and former intelligence minister, also is believed to be behind the killing of Iranian dissidents and anti-government voices. As with Reyshahri, he was backed both by hardliners and reformists.\n\nAli Movahedi-Kermani, a radical Iranian cleric, also received support from Iran\u2019s moderate factions. He has threatened to \u201ctrample upon America,\u201d as well as bomb U.S. and Israeli interests. Mohammed Emami-Kashani, another radical cleric who won a seat on the assembly with the backing of moderates, has blamed the U.S. and Israel for creating al Qaeda.\n\nOther election winners backed by reformists include Ayatollah Yousef Tabatabaeenejad, a religious radical who has called on civilians to use violence in order to enforce strict dress codes for women.\u201d\n\n\u201cLeaders of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have praised the election results as a sign that the country remains committed to revolution, according to reports in Iran\u2019s state-controlled media.\n\n\u201cThe big turnout indicates that Iranians have remained loyal to the values and aspirations of the Islamic Revolution and reaffirm allegiance to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei,\u201d the IRGC reportedly said in a statement. \u201cThere is no doubt that those chosen by the nation will subjugate the global hegemony and arrogance to their perceptiveness and alertness.\u201d\n\nThis is the result of a feckless and weak foreign policy as demonstrated by President Obama. However, it will make for a really nice exhibit in his presidential library.\n\nThe next president of the United States will take the football field and the scoreboard will have them behind by five touchdowns \u2014 Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, and Islamic jihadists. And it will be the second quarter. We have a choice: elect someone who will put us further behind or someone who will begin to score for America.\n\nMeet Allen West\n\nAllen West was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia in the same neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once preached. He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family.\n\nDuring his 22 year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a Battalion Commander in the Army\u2019s 4th Infantry Division, and later in Afghanistan."}
-{"text": "Kobe Bryant said Wednesday night he is willing to commit to play for USA Basketball in 2010 at the FIBA World Championship in Turkey in an attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London, where Bryant expects to go for the gold again. \"The chance to represent your country, that's not even a thought-process for me,\" Bryant said Wednesday. \"If they want me to be on it, I'm all game.\" Bryant's words should stabilize the U.S. ship at a time when many of Bryant's teammates from the 2008 Olympic gold-medal team are choosing to be future international men of mystery. USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo wants to bring back his best players for 2010, because if the U.S. can win the world championship, it would avoid playing in an Olympic qualifying tournament in 2011 and could rest its top guns that summer. The two other leading weapons on the recent U.S. team, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, are uncertain about 2010. Both might be navigating NBA free agency that summer if they opt out of their current contracts with Cleveland and Miami, respectively.\n\nI love it. I love this country, I love athletes who want to represent their country. I love my Lakers more than anything, but I would always want Kobe to go win a Gold for the USA. Just something about it is so beautiful to watch. When we won that Gold, when I heard our amazing national anthem, while all our men stood on that podium, where you could see the pride in their eyes, something just went through me. It was incredible. I hope to see our Kobe Bryant be a part of it again and again for as long as he can.\n\nI love it. I love this country, I love athletes who want to represent their country. I love my Lakers more than anything, but I would always want Kobe to go win a Gold for the USA. Just something about it is so beautiful to watch. When we won that Gold, when I heard our amazing national anthem, while all our men stood on that podium, where you could see the pride in their eyes, something just went through me. It was incredible. I hope to see our Kobe Bryant be a part of it again and again for as long as he can.\n\nI see faith in your eyesnever you hear the discouraging liesbroken is the promise, betrayalthe healing hand held back by deepened nail follow the god that failed\n\nYou know what I like? I like seeing these young black men with national pride. This nation has survived with blood from many, many blacks, as well as whites. When I see them embrace it, it warms my heart. I am a conservative republican who didn't vote for him, but I REALLY like what I have seen so far from Obama. Maybe he can move us forward another few steps!\n\nI don't like it, he already helped them win the gold. Full focus should only be on winning NBA titles for the city that has always supported him and embraced him through tough times.\n\nKobe's focus has been to the Lakers for 13 seasons now. He got 3 titles so far, with one coming this season. Believe me, even though some of his country doesn't embrace him as a Laker, they embrace him as a member of the U.S. Senior team. It's all about showing pride for your country. If I had a chance to play for the United States, I wouldn't give it any thought, it's a no-brainer."}
-{"text": "Applicants will need to arrange their own study at the SCS authorised training providers if they choose to apply for certification via exams.\n\nApproved Training Provider\n\nCITBCM Associate Exam\n\nThe CITBCM Associate Exam is now available in MCQ format.\n\nThe Institute of Systems Science (ISS) is the appointed Examination Agent for CITBCM Associate Examination. The Examination takes place every quarter in May and November.\n\nFor more details and registration on the CITBCM (Associate) examination, please visit the ISS website at www.iss.nus.edu.sg or contact ISS at tel: 6516 2020.\n\nCITBCM Previews\n\nSCS organises CITBCM Preview Sessions twice a year to help candidates prepare the Competency Summary Report. This FREE seminar aims to help candidates get the basics right and give them the opportunity to discuss how they should approach their Competency Experience Report and to get feedback from the speaker.\n\nThe Competency Experience Report is part of the requirement of the CITBCM qualification and is submitted by the candidate to the Certification Board of Assessors. The key to getting certified is in writing a proper Competency Experience Report that clearly describes applicant's competencies in the areas of ITDR, data centre and BCM. It is important to cite specific experiences in the 7 key competency areas covered under CITBCM. Candidates need to express their experiences and learning experiences appropriately in order for the Board of Assessors to recognise their abilities."}
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-{"text": "Building One World Trade Center: 11 Years in 2 Minutes\n\nWatch this amazing 11-year timelapse that shows the construction of One World Trade Center from October 2004 to Memorial Day 2015. The video was created to celebrate the opening of One World Observatory in New York City."}
-{"text": "The flowering tree design derives from the Indian palampores that were made for export to the American and European market and were often made into whole cloth bedcovers. It is constructed from over 150 pieces of English block- and roller-printed chintz.\n\nBedcover\n\nThe flowering tree design derives from the Indian palampores that were made for export to the American and European market and were often made into whole cloth bedcovers. It is constructed from over 150 pieces of English block- and roller-printed chintz.\n\nMade by Mary Firth, American (Salem County, New Jersey)\n\nGeography: Probably made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America\n\nExplore the Collections\n\nThe Fine Art of Textiles\n\nThe flowering tree is constructed from over 150 pieces of English block- and roller-printed chintz. Most of the former were produced at the Bannister Hall near Preston, Lancashire, from designs commissioned by Richard Ovey of Covent Garden, the leading London merchant for furniture prints from 1790 to 1831. Mary Firth was a member of a Quaker family form Salem County, New Jersey. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 94."}
-{"text": "Feedback is incredibly important through the production period for an ad campaign.\nThe advertisements act as the first opinions for the target audience of the film. The\ntarget for the film poster and magazine covers are to lure in audience and to attract\nthem so that their interest as been captured. An advertisement product which is\nsuccessful should then make the audience want to find out more about the film. This\nis when they watch the trailer which gives them a bigger insight within the film but\nstill leaves mystery so that they want to find out more and spend money.\nThe Movie\u2019s poster acts as the face of the film, being the first thing released for the\naudience to see. Getting the poster correct is vital as opinions and judgements are\nmade. If a bad judgement is made from the very first stages then why would someone\nwith a negative vibe want to look into spending money on a film they have no interest\nin? This is where audience feedback is so important. If thorough feedback is received\nfrom these products, any improvements or changes can be made. This is so the\ncampaign can get the most they possibly can out of the first impressions created from\ntheir advertisements. Research allows the needs and requirements of your target\naudience to be pin pointed. Their input is essential; as the film is FOR them so their\nadvice shows that they want and don\u2019t want to see.\nA good example of a film that had a successful research and feedback period is The\nWoman In Black. Their accurate and successful research represents in the outstanding\nprofit made from the release. Such a huge success was accomplished by giving their\naudience what they want. They found this out through research and stats. A key\nexample of this is that the main character is Daniel Radcliffe who has a very large fan\nbase. All advertisements were then focused around him insuring he was the main\nfocal point and the first thing anyone saw.\n\nAnother key factor used through the woman in black research stages is the radio\nadvertisements. Due to the 12 age rating of the movie this caused issues within older\nhorror lovers who didn\u2019t want to think they were going to see an \u2018unscary 12 rating.\u2019\nThis was taken into account and ratings such as \u20185 STAR AND HUGELY SCARY\u2019\nwere inserted into the radio advertisements.\nThe young age rating allowed the movie to reach to its Harry Potter fan base. To\nmake this appropriate for that specific age group, some ads were toned down.\nIt\u2019s key research into the different target audience groups that allowed this movie to\nbe such a success.\n\nFIRST RESEARCH FEEDBACK CARRIED OUT\nWhen producing the main narrative I carried out an audience research\nquestionnaire to find out information on specific audiences likes and\ndon\u00e2&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likes so that I could achieve the best horror narrative I\npossibly could which would be a huge success. I needed to look into\naspects such as what people want to see, who my target audience is,\nwhether there is room in the film industry for a film within my final\nguidelines and what I need to create my unique idea.\n\nDo you like psychological films?\n\nwhat is your gender?\n\nThese charts above show our results for the questionnaire carried\nout. Once gathering and counting the results, the conclusion was that\na greater amount of people would pay to watch a horror movie. The\nstats state that 30 people would be willing to pay however 21 would\nnot. This is good because it shows that there will be a greater\namount of people contributing to the income of the films that there\nwould be that don't. The stats also show that the most popular genre\nof film that people liked was horror. The lowest was mystery which\nallows information on what the target audience would like to see\nwithin a movie, which would improve sales and appeal to a wider\naudience. Almost three quarters of the total amount or people asked\nlike psychological films showing that its a popular sub genre to\nfocus a horror around, proving that it would have a large sale is\nmade successfully. A larger amount of males answered the\nquestionnaire which means that the stats are slightly swaying towards\nthe male target audience and shows their likes. If the movie i was to\ncreate was to target females then i would try focus the research\nmostly on them however with a slightly more equal group of results,\nthe final piece would cover a wider range and number of people.\nwe came to the conclusion that more people would rather watch a\nhorror movie with someone than alone. This is a brilliant result as\nif more people were to go to the cinema with a friend than people\ngoing alone, more sales are likely to occur. This could also result\nin a larger reach as more and more people would talk about it to\ntheir friends or family.\n\nMAG POSTER\n\nDRAFT 2\n\nDRAFT 1\n\nI produced 2 questionnaires to receive feedback for my magazine cover and my horror\nposter. I chose to give these out to my target audience via email so that I could\ndirectly get their opinions and use these to improve my work. I chose to target\naudiences 18+ doing an equal split between gender as this is the specific area that my\nfilm is targeting. For each questionnaire I gave my audience ten questions which\nallowed me to find out their basic facts eg age, gender, and things such as what their\nfavourite aspects were within the magazine cover and the poster, and what they felt I\ncould improve on. An important question I asked was whether they would want to see\nthe film or look further into the movie after seeing these ads. This was important as\nthe aspect for these advertisements is to draw people in to watch the final film.\nThis feedback received proved to be very helpful as I could enhance the likes and\nimprove the dislikes. Most of the feedback received was positive with a few\nimprovements which ive taken into account.\nI asked 10 males and 10 females to take part in my questionnaire to help me make\nimprovements through their opinions and constructive criticisms. These are the stats.\nI asked my audience whether they would like to go see the film based upon their\nopinions made from my poster and magazine cover. The response was that 14 people\nout of 20 said that they would like to go see the movies. 6 people however stated that\nthey have an interest within the movie but perhaps would like to see the trailer to find\nout more about the narrative. This allowed the gaining of knowledge about just how\nimportant the trailer could be when swaying some ones opinion on whether to see the\nmovie or not.\n\nThe feedback received from my magazine cover\nwas all very assuring. There weren\u2019t many negative\nresponses and only a few constructive criticism\u2019s\nwhich really helped me to create changes within my\nproduct. The feedback showed that my audience really liked the layering effect id\ncreated on my cover and how it gives the idea of the magazine being very full and\nhaving a lot of information. I minority of people did suggest that perhaps the price of\nthe magazine should be lowered due to its young adult target audience which related\nto \u2018students\u2019 and the stereotypical idea of them having no money. I also received\nfeedback which stated they liked the connection between the two of my ads and how\nid linked in colour schemes and the main characters appearance on each product. This\nwas a very important aspect as I too agreed that the model appearing on both\nadvertisements allowed the audience to make a connection to the narrative, which\nfrom feedback, proves to be correct.\n\nThe feedback received for my horror poster was very mixed. I had created 2 horror\nposters which I felt held different moods. I was unsure on which one to use which was\nwhy audience feedback was incredibly important. 90% of my target audience\npreferred my second poster due to the stronger connections made. They liked that they\ncould see the full face of the character because a better link could be made between\nthe poster and the magazine cover. The second poster was also said to have a stronger\nmood and aspects such as the effects used on the image made this poster outshine the\nother. I\u2019m extremely happy that the links in the black and white themes were made as\nthis was something I had tried to link in from the start. Feedback received for the first\nposter stated that they liked the initial idea and design but didn\u2019t like that only the\neyes were selected in the main image as they didn\u2019t feel as engaged into the poster\ndue to not being able to identify the character.\n\nTo gain feedback for my trailer I played the original first draft to a whole class of AS\nmedia students and collected their feedback through film. This feedback proved to be\nvery vital as the majority of the students fitted into the 18+ bracket for our film so\nthey would create the borderlines of our target audience. The feedback received was\nincredibly positive. The main positive aspects for the trailer were the good use of\ncamera angles and techniques throughout the trailer and the large and effective use of\nediting within fades and cuts. The improvements received focused around the time\nand length of the trailer. The audience felt that although the length of the film wasn\u2019t\nan issue, it didn\u2019t build up in speed in terms of tension.\nI have taken this feedback into consideration and have used techniques such as\nshortening clips, creating jumps and building tension through layering audio and\nsounds.\n\nOverall the feedback for all three of my products has been incredible helpful. I have\ntaken my target audiences opinions into consideration and changed areas which\nperhaps needed working on. For my poster I have focused purely on number 2\nenhancing its likes by changing the title and making other areas bolder bringing in the\npositives form my first poster.\nTo improve my magazine cover I have chosen to work with layering and making the\nwhole cover appear neater. I have also taken into consideration that the price of my\nmagazine perhaps was too high for my target audience. To balance out the bold\nlayering within my magazine I also chose to change the title to a simpler texture, but\nover all a nicer, finished look.\nI have built up tension within my trailer by cutting scenes and introducing new audio.\nI have also reordered the trailer making the flow more fluent and over all it appears to\nbe easier to understand.\nComments from my teacher for all 3 of my advertisement sources also allowed me to\nalter or correct anything I felt wasn\u00e2&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite right. I am very happy with my final\nproduct."}
-{"text": "A Little Street Magic (Discord Jones Book 6)\n\nDiscord is helping the police again as a series of gruesome murders and thefts rock Santo Trueno, while also facing a personal threat: Exposure by a stubborn, nosy reporter who believes she\u2019s Thorandryll\u2019s girlfriend.The psychic PI has had enough, and vows to take control of both her life and jo...\n\nBuy This Book Online\n\nAbout the Book\n\nDiscord is helping the police again as a series of gruesome murders and thefts rock Santo Trueno, while also facing a personal threat: Exposure by a stubborn, nosy reporter who believes she\u2019s Thorandryll\u2019s girlfriend.\n\nThe psychic PI has had enough, and vows to take control of both her life and job\u2014even while her visions are becoming as intense as her relationship with Logan.\n\nDisclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the page above are \"affiliate links.\" This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: \"Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\""}
-{"text": "Surprise East final looks like 'new NHL' classic\n\n'The only thing that's clear is that right now, either of these teams looks good enough to win. \"You've got two teams that both deserve to be there,\" Ruff said. \"One is going to get the job done now and one isn't.\"'"}
-{"text": "SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ \u2014 Garb Oil & Power Corporation (USOTC: GARB.PK \u2013 News). Garb Oil & Power Corporation signs definitive agreement for a second JV partnership in Italy to build and operate an E-Waste plant. The plant will have 13,000 metric tons input and produce output in Copper, Aluminum, Alloys and Plastic. Once operational the plant will provide estimated revenues in excess of euro 7,000,000($ 10,000,000) and EBITA in excess of euro 3,000,000 ($ 4,500,000) per year of operation. All raw materials will be on sold to local entities for further processing. The plant will be locally funded and initial funds are available to start the project.\n\nGarb through its European subsidiary will buy 51% of the existing company and will proceed to fund 20% of project with 80% being organized by the JV partner, which will own 49% of the JV company. The JV company will then build, own and operate a 13,000 metric ton E-Waste plant. The estimated cost of the project including land, building and plant is expected to be approx. $ 13 million USD and is scheduled to be completed by December 2013. Funding for the E-Waste plant will come through the engagement of a local bank and will be guaranteed by an insurance bond. Garb estimates to break ground in this project by November 2012.\n\nSafe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements contained in this document that are not historical fact, are forward-looking statements based upon management\u2019s current expectations. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. The results anticipated by any or all of these forward-looking statements may not occur. Garb Oil & Power Corporation is not required to update its forward-looking statements."}
-{"text": "Today is a good day for a release. The sun is shining (here in Auckland anyway!), the birds are chirping and there is a nice sea of green tests all over the NCrunch codebase.\n\nI'm particularly excited about 2.11, as I feel this is a significant release that makes NCrunch a much faster and more solid product.\n\nEngine Separation\n\nv2.11 introduces the ability to host the NCrunch engine outside of devenv.exe. As the IDE continues to get bigger and hungrier, this allows NCrunch to step out of the way, taking a big load off the IDE garbage collector while improving stability and greatly reducing the risk of OutOfMemoryExceptions inside VS. This is by far the biggest feature in v2.11, involving extensive development around the engine's connections to the UI. You can read more about this feature in my previous blog post, or check out the new Engine Hosting Strategy configuration setting that controls it.\n\nVisual Studio 2015 Support\n\nVS2015 is getting closer, and is now in an advanced preview state. v2.11 adds support for this new version of the IDE, including support for the .NET 4.5.3, the new version of MSBuild and CSharp 6.\n\nTest List Popup Window Upgrades\n\nThe test list popup window has been in NCrunch since its first beta release, and it's been due for some love. v2.11 adds some useful pieces to this window, surfacing information that was always available in the engine but not easily accessible in the UI.\n\nThe updates include a new Execution Time column that shows the time each covering test takes to execute the line that was clicked on. There's also a new selection of columns that surface more information about these tests. As in the other NCrunch windows, these columns are sortable and their arrangement is preserved between sessions.\n\nPerformance Improvements\n\nv2.11 has a wide range of changes intended to improve the performance and responsiveness of the engine. Many of these changes were necessary in order to implement the engine separation, as this feature needs to have a very thin pipe between the engine and the IDE in order to work as efficiently. The performance improvements also include changes to make the test batching more intelligent and reduce the drag on the engine when many elements of the NCrunch UI are in use.\n\nFixes, Fixes, Fixes!\n\nThis release also brings a new wave of fixes for many problems reported over the last few months. A very significant fix has been targeted to resolve the dreaded loss of debugging information in async/iterator code blocks. If you find any new issues (or old ones that don't seem to be fixed and should be fixed), please do report them ASAP so I can get them resolved.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI'm Remco Mulder, the developer of NCrunch and a code monkey at heart. I've spent the last decade consulting around Auckland and London, and I currently live in New Zealand. Interests include writing code, writing tests for code, and writing more code! Follow me on twitter"}
-{"text": "Stay in an owl-shaped cabin in France, for free\n\nIf a free night\u2019s stay in the Bordeaux region of south-west France pricks your ears, you\u2019re in luck.\n\nAn entire scenic hiking trail on the outskirts of the ever-popular French wine region has been dotted with 10 cool, quirky and utterly unique cabins that you can stay in for free while drinking in the region\u2019s natural beauty. It\u2019s minimalism at its very best.\n\nThe \u2018High-perched\u2019 cabin is accessible by a Japanese ladder. Picture: Bordeaux M\u00e9tropole\n\nThey\u2019re one-of-a-kind, too; there\u2019s The Prism, a lake-side cabin with four double beds featuring stained glass windows; The High-perched, which is accessible by a Japanese ladder and acts as a multi-purpose observatory; and the latest addition The Neptunea, designed in the shape of a giant snail.\n\nWhat we can\u2019t go past, however, is the idea of sleeping inside a giant owl. Les Guetteurs, \u2018The Watchers\u2019, are designed in the shape of three owls and they\u2019re grouped back to back, made of plywood, cover three floors, and feature circular white beds located in the heads of the owls where you can watch the stars.\n\nMany of the structures lack water, heat, and electricity \u2013 and the catch is that visitors can only stay one night in each cabin.\n\nBookings are available from March to November and you can book one month before your desired date.\n\nCheck out our picture gallery of some of the cabins here\u2026\n\nThe Hollow Trunk has been imagined in the form of tree trunk. Picture: Bordeaux M\u00e9tropole\n\nDisclaimer: The information published in this section is of a\ngeneral nature only and does not consider your personal objectives, financial\nsituation or particular needs. Where indicated, third parties have written and\nsupplied the content and we are not responsible for it. We make no warranty as\nto the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the information, nor do we\naccept any liability or responsibility arising in any way from omissions or\nerrors contained in the content. We do not recommend sponsored lenders or loan\nproducts and we cannot introduce you to sponsored lenders. We strongly\nrecommend that you obtain independent advice before you act on the content."}
-{"text": "Abstract\n\nIn order to link infrared observations of dust formed during planet formation in debris disks to mid-infrared spectroscopic data of planetary materials from differentiated terrestrial and asteroidal bodies, we obtained absorption spectra of a representative suite of terrestrial crustal and mantle materials, and of typical martian meteorites.\n\nA series of debris disk spectra characterized by a strong feature in the 9.0\u20139.5 \u00b5m range (HD23514, HD15407a, HD172555 and HD165014), is comparable to materials that underwent shock, collision or high temperature events. These are amorphous materials such as tektites, SiO2-glass, obsidian, and highly shocked shergottites as well as inclusions from mesosiderites (group A).\n\nA second group (BD+20307, Beta Pictoris, HD145263, ID8, HD113766, HD69830, P1121, and Eta Corvi) have strong pyroxene and olivine bands in the 9\u201312 \u00b5m range and is very similar to ultramafic rocks (e.g. harzburgite, dunite) (group B).\n\nThis could indicate the occurrence of differentiated materials similar to those in our Solar System in these other systems.\n\nHowever, mixing of projectile and target material, as well as that of crustal and mantle material has to be taken into account in large scale events like hit-and-run and giant collisions or even large-scale planetary impacts. This could explain the olivine-dominated dust of group B.\n\nThe crustal-type material of group A would possibly require the stripping of upper layers by grazingstyle hit-and run encounters or high energy events like evaporation/condensation in giant collisions. In\ntidal disruptions or the involvement of predominantly icy/water bodies the resulting mineral dust would\noriginate mainly in one of the involved planetesimals. This could allow attributing the observed composition to a specific body (such as e.g. Eta Corvi)."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nI played this one back in the day, over on the Softnyx servers. No one ever had this strange... issue... with bunging. It's a part of the game. If you're worried about being bunged, grab a teleport at the start of the game.\n\nI wouldnt say bunging is noob its just a new persons way of killing a character. There actually a group in gunbound with bungee set and they play together like ADUKA game only this game is BIGFOOT games or w/e bot you wanna use.\n\nmap called cozy tower (the side with the actual seperated towers) by playing like this\n\nMake a room called \"JD vs KAL\"\nPick the JD\nChange the map to cozy tower\nmake it 2v2 or 3v3\nALWAYS USE EITHER SHOT 2 OR SS IN THIS GAME\nKal's ALWAYS need angle, so when they go to the edge of a tower for high angle, bunge em with your almighty shot 2.\n\nmap called cozy tower (the side with the actual seperated towers) by playing like this\n\nMake a room called \"JD vs KAL\"\nPick the JD\nChange the map to cozy tower\nmake it 2v2 or 3v3\nALWAYS USE EITHER SHOT 2 OR SS IN THIS GAME\nKal's ALWAYS need angle, so when they go to the edge of a tower for high angle, bunge em with your almighty shot 2.\n\nPlaying Kal without angle is very easy if you know how to. I can get in a 600+ with dual with angle 50+ on Kal in small distances. BTW Bungee is fun But its been 2 years since I played a Bungee xD But when I'm bored I use bigfoot to piss of the other team. I never get kicked cuz the room master is always me or my friend, or else I wouldn't even be in that room."}
-{"text": "During the summer months, a big concern is placed on preventing dogs from overheating. I\u2019ve been doing a lot of running with my pups lately, so I\u2019ve been very careful about keeping them hydrated.\n\nWhen I ran the race earlier this month, I made sure that we took plenty of water breaks. I even used a flavored canine sports drink to encourage Nemo to drink liquids. Having previously suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration myself, I\u2019m careful to not let anything happen to my dogs.\n\nSo you can imagine my shock when I recently learned that excessive amounts of water can actually be deadly. When too much water is consumed in a short period of time (especially if the dog isn\u2019t urinating or throwing up any of the water), the balance of electrolytes in the body is disrupted, which can cause a disturbance in brain function. Water intoxication can lead to brain damage, heart failure, and death.\n\nFortunately water poisoning isn\u2019t common, but it\u2019s important to be aware of the danger. The most frequent cases involve swimming dogs that ingest too much water or exercising or playing dogs that drink too many fluids.\n\nBecause water intoxication can progress so quickly, time is critical. If your dog exhibits these symptoms, get to a vet immediately to run blood work. A low level of electrolytes will confirm the condition. Treatment includes fluids, to put electrolytes back in the system, and sometimes a diuretic."}
-{"text": "Financial penalties on Sinn F\u00e9in worth more than \u00a3400,000 a year were lifted last night after the ceasefire watchdog found that the IRA was making \"encouraging\" progress in its transition to a purely political movement."}
-{"text": "Our technology\n\nWe invest heavily in new systems & instrumentation to remain at the forefront of analytical technology, spending over half a million pounds each year to equip our laboratories with the best technology:\n\nPhotometric analysers\n\nWe have three of the latest Aquakem 600 Photometric Analysers. Their improved speed & capacity combines with low reagent & sample volume to increase efficiency and reduce cost & waste.\n\nPurge & Trap\n\nWe use the latest, fully automated purge & trap GCMS systems for the analysis of volatile organic compounds such as THMs and solvents.\n\nBar-coding\n\nAll samples are registered on our Lab Information Management System (LIMS). Each bottle is assigned a unique bar-coded label which acts as a chain of custody at all points of sample transfer.\n\nField data capture\n\nMobile computers capture all field data during sample collection. They combine bar-codes & GPS to identify sample bottles, record date & time of sampling, and record the location of each sampling event. Integration with our LIMS expedites sample registration and provides robust chain of custody for each sample\u2019s lifecycle.\n\nDirect data capture\n\nData from our analytical instrumentation is transferred automatically to our LIMS, saving time and reducing risk of transcription errors. The system also flags sample and quality control results against target values & consent limits, thereby enhancing quality control."}
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-{"text": "Dale Steyn Biography\n\nDale Steyn is by far the best pace bowler of his generation, a supreme combination of pace, skill and uncanny fitness. And it is inevitable that he will end his career ranked among the greatest fast bowlers of all time.\n\nPerhaps the scorching heat of Valley of Olifants where he was born forged Steyn into the super-athlete that he is. To conserve energy while generating extreme pace in furnace-like conditions, he probably bartered his expressions. He picks up a wicket every seven overs in Tests, is uniformly lethal around the world, his brooding menace remains unaltered even as he changes into the coloured attire of shorter formats. All the while, his visage betrays barely a flicker of emotion.\n\nAt frantic speed he swings the ball in both directions \u2014 in traditional and reverse ways. He skids on, darts in, and veers away from right-handers at alarming angles. One ball thudded into the face of Craig Cummins resulting in 23 fractures to the Kiwi batsman. His average is streets ahead of others in this bat-dominated era, and his strike rate remains among the top five across space and time. His new-ball combination with Vernon Philander has rarely been matched. And all this is achieved with wicked, poison-tipped deliveries sent down at the end of an excellent economic action.\n\nThe mind boggles when one considers the peaks he may scale if blessed with a few more uninterrupted, injury-free years as the gold-tipped spearhead of South Africa."}
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-{"text": "EU announces a new form of censorship\n\n\"Maybe you've been at a party, up until four in the morning and you or someone you know posts photos of you .\n\nWell, it's a harmless bit of fun, but being unable to erase this can threaten your job or access to future employment.\"\n\nThe European Union is to enshrine a right to be forgotten online to ensure that, among other things, prospective employers cannot find old Facebook party photos of someone wearing nothing but a lampshade.\n\nIn a speech to the European parliament, the EU justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, warned companies such as Facebook that: A US-based social network company that has millions of active users in Europe needs to comply with EU rules.\n\nIn a package of proposals to be unveiled before the summer, the commissioner intends to force Facebook and other social networking sites to make high standards of data privacy the default setting and give control over data back to the user.\n\nThe package will also include the right to opt out of advertising and personalisation data being collected via website cookies.\n\nI want to explicitly clarify that people shall have the right -- and not only the possibility -- to withdraw their consent to data processing, Reding said. The burden of proof should be on data controllers -- those who process your\npersonal data. They must prove that they need to keep the data, rather than individuals having to prove that collecting their data is not necessary.\n\nReding's spokesman, Matthew Newman, said that the laws would make the EU the first jurisdiction to deliver a right to be forgotten .\n\nMaybe you've been at a party, up until four in the morning and you or someone you know posts photos of you . Well, it's a harmless bit of fun, but being unable to erase this can threaten your job or access to future employment.\n\nThe rules would give consumers a specific right to withdraw their consent to sharing their data: And after you have withdrawn your consent, there shouldn't even be a ghost of your data left in some server somewhere. It's your data and it\nshould be gone for good.\n\nEU proposes a bag of worms that will only be untangled by incredibly expensive lawyers\n\nEuropean Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has proposed a sweeping reform of the EU's data protection rules, claiming that the proposed rules will both cost less for governments and corporations to administer and simultaneously strengthen\nonline privacy rights.\n\nThe 1995 Data Protection Directive already gives EU citizens certain rights over their data. Organizations can process data only with consent, and only to the extent that they need to fulfil some legitimate purpose. They are also obliged to keep\ndata up-to-date, and retain personally identifiable data for no longer than is necessary to perform the task that necessitated collection of the data in the first place. They must ensure that data is kept secure, and whenever processing of\npersonal data is about to occur, they must notify the relevant national data protection agency.\n\nThe new proposals go further than the 1995 directive, especially in regard to the control they give citizens over their personal information. Chief among the new proposals is a right to be forgotten that will allow people to demand that\norganizations that hold their data delete that data, as long as there is no legitimate grounds to hold it.\n\nThis is the so-called right to be forgotten . The proposal does not create a right to be thrown down the memory hole or rewrite the past; news reports and similar material would be a legitimate reason to retain personal information, and\nthis would override a demand to have data deleted. But sites like Facebook---which has had difficulties with the concept of deletion---and Google would likely be required to purge any such personal data should someone demand that they do so.\n\nGoogle's privacy policy counsel in Brussels, Marisa Jimenez, expressed concern about some of the passages written under article 17 of the proposed regulation. She said Reding's so-called right to be forgotten on the internet plans have, in\npart, been welcomed by Google.\n\nBut she noted that the current text submitted by the European Commission is incredibly complex and thereby open to any number of interpretations by data protection authorities and companies that could be expected to comply with the rules, if\npassed by the European Parliament in their current form.\n\nHere's what Reding's proposed regulation currently states on the right to be forgotten :\n\nArticle 17 provides the data subject's right to be forgotten and to erasure. It further elaborates and specifies the right of erasure provided for in Article 12(b) of Directive 95/46/EC and provides the conditions of the right to be forgotten,\nincluding the obligation of the controller which has made the personal data public to inform third parties on the data subject's request to erase any links to, or copy or replication of that personal data. It also integrates the right to have\nthe processing restricted in certain cases, avoiding the ambiguous terminology blocking .\n\nLawyer warns that the 'right to be forgotten' will surely lead to internet censorship\n\nA leading British lawyer has condemned new European regulations that force websites to delete data on users' request, saying such rules could transform search engines like Google into a censor-in-chief for the European Union, rather than a\nneutral platform .\n\nAccording to the current European proposal from Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, various websites will be forced to delete information shortly after consumers request it be removed.\n\nProf Jeffrey Rosen, writing in the Stanford Law Review, argued that the fear of fines will have a chilling effect, and that it will be hard to enforce across the Internet when information is widely disseminated:\n\nAlthough Reding depicted the new right as a modest expansion of existing data privacy rights, in fact it represents the biggest threat to free speech on the Internet in the coming decade.\n\nUnless the right is defined more precisely when it is promulgated over the next year or so, it could precipitate a dramatic clash between European and American conceptions of the proper balance between privacy and free speech, leading to a far\nless open Internet.\n\nProf Rosen warns that if the regulations are implemented as currently proposed, it's hard to imagine that the Internet results will be as free and open as it is now.\n\nSpain asks European Court to comment on the legality of demands of Google to de-list personal information\n\nSpain's highest court wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to decide if requests by Spanish citizens to have data deleted from Google's search engine are lawful.\n\nThe Spanish court said it had asked the ECJ to clarify whether Google should remove data from its search engine's index and news aggregator.\n\nMadrid's data protection authority has received over 100 requests from Spanish citizens to have their data removed from Google's search results. An example case is a plastic surgeon who wants to get rid of archived references to a botched\noperation.\n\nThe Spanish judges also asked the ECJ whether the complainants must take their grievances to California, where Google is based, or whether they can be addressed by Google Spain.\n\nGoogle has maintained that it cannot lawfully remove any content for which it is merely the host and not the producer, a principle enshrined in EU law on eCommerce since 2000. Google told the Spanish prosecutor it needed more legal justification\nfor removing references to events in an individual's history.\n\nIn a test case that could have significant implications for Google throughout Europe the company faced off against the Spanish data protection authority in the European Court of Justice.\n\nFrom the Spanish government's point of view its data protection authority is pushing for the recently articulated right (of individuals) to be forgotten by having content or data about them removed from the search index upon request. From\nGoogle's perspective, if the court agrees with Spain, the outcome would be tantamount to granting individuals the right to censor Google.\n\nThe Spanish citizen, Mario Costeja, filed a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) against Google and the newspaper La Vanguardia after discovering that a Google search for his name produced results referring to the auction of\nreal estate property seized from him for non-payment of social security contributions.\n\nThe AEPD rejected Costeja's complaint against the newspaper on the grounds that the publication of the information was legal and was protected by the right to information but, with extraordinary inconsistency, upheld his complaint his\ncomplaint against Google, ordering the search engine to eliminate about 100 links from all future searches for Costeja's name.\n\nGoogle refused to accept the ruling and filed an appeal which has now reached court.\n\nTuesday's ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said that internet search engine operators must remove links to articles found to be outdated or 'irrelevant' at the request of individuals.\n\nSearch engines are data controllers within the meaning of the Data Protection Directive, and responsible for complying with the data protection principles in respect of the processing they do of personal data, says Europe's highest court, the\nCourt of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).\n\nThe CJEU upheld the right of a user to suppress search results on his name that pointed to newspaper articles about him. CJEU found that Google, as a search engine, processed personal data, by determining which links would appear in response to a\nsearch on an individual's name, and is the data controller for that processing. This applies even when the data attached to the individual's name exclusively concerns data that has already been published, and regardless of the fact that\nthe processing was performed without distinction to the data, other than the personal data.\n\nBy finding Google to be a data controller in its own right, the CJEU was able to apply the full scope of the Data Protection Directive to Google, and arrive at a decision that users can, in some circumstances, have a right to be forgotten , even in respect of data that was originally published lawfully.\n\nFinally, in response to the question whether the directive enables the data subject to request that links to web pages be removed from such a list of results on the grounds that he wishes the information appearing on those pages relating to him\npersonally to be forgotten after a certain time, the Court holds that, if it is found, following a request by the data subject, that the inclusion of those links in the list is, at this point in time, incompatible with the directive, the\nlinks and information in the list of results must be erased.\n\nIndex on Censorship writes:\n\nThe Court's decision is a retrograde move that misunderstands the role and responsibility of search engines and the wider internet. It should send chills down the spine of everyone in the European Union who believes in the crucial importance of\nfree expression and freedom of information.\n\nGoogle has begun removing search links to content in Europe under the right to be forgotten ruling, which obliges it exclude web pages with supposedly outdated or irrelevant information about individuals from web searches.\n\nSearches made on Google's services in Europe using peoples' names includes a section at the bottom with the phrase Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe , and a link to a page explaining the ruling by the\nEuropean court of justice (ECJ) in May 2014.\n\nHowever searches made on Google.com, the US-based service, do not include the same warning, because the ECJ ruling only applies within Europe.\n\nGoogle would not say how many peoples' search histories have been censored, nor how many web pages have been affected.\n\nComment: Goggle.eu.censored\n\n28th June 2014. From Alan\n\nNot mentioned in the Guardian report is the difficulty for UK surfers of finding uncensored searches on the American site. If I'm in Italy, I can either search in Italian at google.it or, if I want to search in English and enter google.com, I get\nthe American site. But in this country, typing the URL for google.com redirects to google.co.uk. Looks like we Brits are particular disadvantaged by the absurd decision of twattish Euro-judges.\n\nThe Society of Editors, which has the backing of senior figures at the BBC, Sky News and ITN as well as major newspaper groups, as joined with Index on Censorship and the Media Lawyers Association to call on David Cameron and key EU data\nprotection chiefs to resist censorship in the guise of the right to be forgotten. The Society of Editors has wriiten to David Cameron:\n\nDear Prime Minister,\n\nThe issues about the so-called right to be forgotten raised by the recent European Court judgement involving Google, with its implications for other search engines and accessibility to other journalistic information give us serious cause\nfor concern.\n\nWe appreciate that no general right to be forgotten exists, as Ministers and the Information Commissioner have confirmed. The Court ruling is only about restricting access to links generated by search engines in response to name searches.\nBut there is a vital principle at stake which we trust that the Information Commissioner - responsible for adjudicating both data protection and freedom of information in the UK - and the government will defend with vigour.\n\nThe judgement makes clear that Europeans now have the right to demand that certain online material is obscured in search results and its dissemination via search engines is stopped. For media organisations and journalists, this is akin to being\nasked - on the basis of the subjective opinions of individuals, rather than any specific Court order - to remove items from an index in newspaper archives. This is something we would only do after careful consideration based on a sound legal and\nfactual basis and hope never to be asked to do more.\n\nWe feel sure that neither the Information Commissioner nor the government would wish to see this happen but we seek assurances that any such moves will be firmly resisted and will not be applied in any new data protection legislation coming out\nof Europe in the future.\n\nWe are concerned that the European Court's judgment goes against Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights and certainly the intentions of the UK Parliament when it introduced the Human Rights Act.\n\nWith regard to data protection legislation, journalistic work has always received special consideration. We are glad to see that the Court's ruling continues this, and does not require news publishers to remove articles when asked to do so by\nindividuals. This principle must be strongly defended or even enhanced. But the Court's ruling is deeply problematic for journalism in general, as it has the effect of limiting the accessibility and dissemination of journalistic work via search\nengines, where the media company wishes this to be done. This reduces the visibility of the vital work done by journalists to ensure accountability throughout society, which in itself is contrary to the spirit behind Article 10.\n\nFor this reason, we believe that there should be greater transparency about the actions of search engines to comply with the European Court's ruling. Specifically, we believe there should be no restrictions on the ability of Google or other\noperators to inform the originator of material when links to that material are removed. Any restrictions would prevent publishers having the opportunity to make their case on freedom of expression grounds thus making the process one-sided.\n\nThe Society of Editors has more than 400 members in national, regional and local newspapers, magazines, broadcasting and digital media, journalism education and media law. It campaigns for media freedom, self regulation, the public's right to\nknow and the maintenance of standards in journalism. This letter has the full support of the Society's board of directors which includes senior editors from Sky News and the BBC and and key regional newspapers in England, Scotland, Wales and\nNorthern Ireland. It also has the support of editors of major UK newspapers, including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Guardian, The Independent, the Financial Times, the Daily Express, the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror, The Daily\nTelegraph, and Associated Newspapers as well as ITN.\n\nWe would be grateful for your comments about this and your assurances that these principles will be defended.\n\nThe EU's Article 29 Censorship Working Party has criticised Google for telling publishers about removed right to be forgotten links, and it wants links removed worldwide, not just on European variants of Google.\n\nRepresentatives of Google, Yahoo and Bing were called back to address issues about the way that Google was handling right to be forgotten censorship requests. It turned into a sort of public dressing down of Google for not censoring links\n'properly' .\n\nGoogle was criticised for the fact that it was only removing links from the EU sites, and links could still be found on the US and other Google search pages. The EU censors feel that any EU citizen who doesn't like a particular post has the right\nto have all links to that story censored worldwide.\n\nGoogle was also called out because they were informing the sources of the stories that they were pulling the links (causing websites to republish new articles, which added more new links, and so on). Irish data protection censor Billy Hawkes\nexpressed concerns regarding Google warning sites about their links being removed.\n\nThe more they do so, it means the media organisation republishes the information and so much for the right to be forgotten. There is an issue there.\n\nWikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said it was dangerous to have companies decide what should be allowed to appear on the internet.\n\nInternet search engines such as Google should not be left in charge of censoring history , the Wikipedia founder has said, after the US firm revealed it had approved half of more than 90,000 right to be forgotten requests.\n\nJimmy Wales said it was dangerous to have companies decide what should and should not be allowed to appear on the internet.\n\nThe right to be forgotten , the arbitrary removal of online material according to who shouts loudest, is wrong in principle and unworkable in practice, a parliamentary committee has said.\n\nThe House of Lords home affairs, health and education EU sub-committee has condemned regulations being drawn up by the European commission and a recent landmark judgment by the European court of justice (ECJ).\n\nThe committee points out that the EU's 1995 data protection directive on which the ECJ judgment relied was drafted three years before Google was founded. The committee's chair, Lady Prashar, said:\n\nIt is crystal clear that the neither the 1995 directive nor the [ECJ's] interpretation of it reflects the incredible advancement in technology that we see today, over 20 years since the directive was drafted.\n\nWe believe that the judgment of the court is unworkable for two main reasons. Firstly, it does not take into account the effect the ruling will have on smaller search engines which, unlike Google, are unlikely to have the resources to process\nthe thousands of removal requests they are likely to receive.\n\nSecondly, we also believe that it is wrong in principle to leave search engines themselves the task of deciding whether to delete information or not, based on vague, ambiguous and unhelpful criteria, and we heard from witnesses how uncomfortable\nthey are with the idea of a commercial company sitting in judgement on issues like that.\n\nWe think there is a very strong argument that, in the new regulation, search engines should not be classed as data controllers, and therefore not liable as 'owners' of the information they are linking to. We also do not believe that individuals\nshould have a right to have links to accurate and lawfully available information about them removed, simply because they do not like what is said.\n\nThe foundation which operates Wikipedia has criticised of the right to be forgotten ruling, describing it as unforgivable censorship .\n\nSpeaking at the announcement of the Wikimedia Foundation's first-ever transparency report in London, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said the public had the right to remember :\n\nWikipedia is founded on the belief that everyone, everywhere should be able to have access to the sum of all knowledge. However, this is only possible if people can contribute and participant in those projects without reservation.\n\nThis means the right to create content, including controversial content, should be protected. People should feel secure that their curiosity and contributions are not subject to unreasonable Government requests for their account histories. They\nshould feel confident that the knowledge they are receiving is complete, truthful and uncensored.\n\nThe Foundation's chief executive Lila Tretikov called the ruling from the European Court of Justice a direct threat to our mission :\n\nOur Transparency Report explains how we fight and defend against that. We oppose censorship. Recently, however, a new threat has emerged - the removal of links from search results following the recent judgment from the European Court of Justice\nregarding the right to be forgotten .\n\nThis right to be forgotten is the idea that people may demand to have truthful information about themselves selectively removed from the published public record or at least make it more difficult to find. This ruling, unfortunately, has\ncompromised the public's right to information and freedom of expression.\n\nLinks, including those to Wikipedia itself may now be quietly, silently deleted with no transparency, no notice, no judicial review and no appeals process. Some search engines are giving proper notice and some are not. We find this type of\ncompelled censorship unacceptable. But we find the lack of disclosure unforgivable.\n\nAs part of the Foundation's bid for greater transparency, it has issued its first transparency report, detailing the number of requests it has received from governments, individuals and organisations to disclose information about users or to\nchange content on web pages. According to the report, the Foundation received 56 requests for user data in the last two years. In 14% of those cases, information was produced. The report also revealed that 304 requests were made for content to be\neither altered or removed, with the Foundation confirming that none of those requests were granted.\n\nGeoff Brigham, general counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation, said:\n\nThe decision is going to have direct and critical repercussions for Wikipedia. Without safeguards, this decision hurts free information, and let me tell you why: the decisions are made without any real proof, there's no judicial review, no\npublic explanation, there's no appeals process.\n\nYet the decision allows censorship of truthful information when one would expect such judicial safeguards. If I may so say, in allowing this to happen, the European Court of Justice has basically abandoned its responsibility to protect the right\nto freedom of expression and access to truthful information. Two extremely important rights for democratic society.\n\nIn our opinion, we are on a path to secret, online sanitation of truthful information. No matter how well it may be intended, it is compromising human rights, the freedom of expression and access to information, and we cannot forget that. So we\nhave to expose it and we have to reject this kind of censorship.\n\nGoogle is to fight back against the European Union's inane right to be forgotten ruling. Following a ruling from the European Union Court of Justice under which, Google must remove personal information from search results upon requests\nwithout being in the position to ascertain that the request is justified.\n\nIn order to oppose against the ruling, Google is planning public hearings in seven different European cities starting in Madrid on September 9.\n\nGoogle is looking for a robust debate over the ruling and its implementation criteria, as said by a top lawyer, David Drummond. Google is not the only company to criticize the ruling and Wikipedia Founder , Jimmy Wales, has called the\nruling to be deeply immoral and even said that ruling will lead to an internet riddled with memory holes.\n\nDrummond and Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman, will highlight the implications of this ruling. Furthermore, the company will outline ideas for handling requests related to criminal convictions.\n\nAccording to Reuters, European internet censors say they've agreed on a uniform set of EU-wide rules and criteria that will be used to evaluate appeals under the disgraceful Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) law announced earlier this year by\nthe Luxembourg-based European Union Court of 'Justice'.\n\nGoogle has received in excess of 120,00 censorship requests since May. Many have been granted but many have not. Google is hardly in a position to research the merits of the case, so the decisions are essentially arbitrary.\n\nThose whose censorship requests are turned down will be able to appeal the decision and that's where these censorship criteria will be applied.\n\nThe specifics of the rules won't be finalized until November. However Reuters suggests they will primarily take into account factors such as the public role of the person, whether the information relates to a crime and how old it is. There's still considerable ambiguity in some of these areas.\n\nGoogle has adopted a practice of notifying publishers when RTBF links are removed. Apparently EU censors don't like this practice (probably because it puts political pressure on them amid cries of censorship or objections from the\npublishers).\n\nGoogle currently only removes the subject links and material from the individual country Google site where the request was made (e.g., Google.fr, Google.de) but not from Google.com. Johannes Caspar, Germany's internet censor, reportedly believes\nthat these RTBF removals should be expunged globally. He spewed:\n\nThe effect of removing search results should be global. This is in the spirit of the court ruling and the only meaningful way to act in a global environment like the Internet..\n\nHopefully this won't occur as the US is a bit more keen on freedom than the PC extremists of the EU.\n\nOne in 10 requests for web links to be censored from search results under European right to be forgotten laws have come from the UK, Google has said.\n\nGoogle said it had removed 498,737 links from search results since May this year - including 63,616 pages following requests from the UK. It said 18,304 requests were made in the UK, the third highest in the EU.\n\nAccording to a transparency report released on its website, Google removed 35% - or 18,459 - of censorship requests.\n\nGoogle also provided examples of the sorts of requests it had received, along with the search engine's decision.\n\nThe BBC is to publish a continually updated list of its articles censored from Google search under the disgraceful right to be forgotten rule.\n\nEditorial policy head David Jordan told a public meeting, hosted by Google, that the BBC felt some of its articles had been wrongly hidden. He said greater care should be given to the public's right to remember .\n\nThe BBC will begin - in the next few weeks - publishing the list of removed URLs it has been notified about by Google. Jordan said the BBC had so far been notified of 46 links to articles that had been removed.\n\nThe list will not republish the story, or any identifying information. It will instead be a resource for those interested in the debate .\n\nJordan criticised the lack of a formal appeal process after links have been taken down, noting one case where news of the trial involving members of the Real IRA was removed from search results.\n\nDejan Lazic, a concert pianist from Croatia, has demanded that a bad review of a 2010 concert he gave be removed from internet search results under the European right to be forgotten law.\n\nLazic wrote to the Washington Post, which published the review by classical music writer Anne Midgette, to have the article removed from search results. He claimed that the review was: Defamatory, mean-spirited, opinionated, one-sided,\noffensive [and] simply irrelevant for the arts , despite the fact that the original piece is in many places complimentary.\n\nIn the original article, Midgette said that his performance was lackluster given his huge talents, and prone to grandiloquence .\n\nLazic also claimed that his request was nothing to do with censorship ...BUT... a response to the fact that newspaper reviews are too far from the truth .\n\nTerrorists and criminals are being airbrushed from history as right-to-be-forgotten laws bring in censorship by the back door , the culture secretary has warned.\n\nSajid Javid said convictions are being removed from the internet even by those who have gone on to commit further crime, with terrorists ordering Google to remove stories about their trials. He warned that thousands of requests were being\nreceived each day by those who prefer to keep their past a secret , thanks to unelected judges in Europe.\n\nHe told an audience the European court had introduced censorship through the back door by ordering internet search engines such as Google to offer a right to be forgotten to individuals who want links to information about them to be\nremoved. Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, he said, was being used as:\n\nLittle more than an excuse for well-paid lawyers to hide the shady pasts of wealthy businessmen and the sexual indiscretions of sporting celebrities.\n\nThe case of a UK businessman who wants Google to stop malicious web postings about him appearing in its search results is set to begin.\n\nDaniel Hegglin says he has been wrongly called a murderer, a paedophile and a Ku Klux Klan sympathiser during a malicious online campaign against him. He wants Google to block the anonymous posts from its search engine results.\n\nGoogle asked him to provide a list of web links to be removed, but High Court judges will rule if it should do more. He claims there are more than 3,600 websites containing abusive and untrue material about him, and says listing all the posts for\nGoogle to remove would be expensive, time consuming, and ineffective.\n\nHe says that although Google is not the originator of the abusive campaign, its search engines have allowed the abuse to become more widespread.\n\nHe is seeking a legal order to force Google to take steps to prevent the abusive posts being processed in searches in England and Wales.\n\nThe settlement includes significant efforts on Google's part to remove the abusive material from Google-hosted websites and from its search results. Mr Hegglin will now concentrate his energies on bringing the persons responsible for this\ncampaign of harassment to justice .\n\nAnd a statement for Google:\n\nGoogle provides search services to millions of people and cannot be responsible for policing internet content. It will, however, continue to apply its procedures that have been developed to assist with the removal of content which breaches local\napplicable laws .\n\nGoogle is under fresh pressure to expand censorship under the right to be forgotten to its international .com search engine.\n\nA panel of EU censors claimed the move was necessary to prevent the law from being circumvented.\n\nGoogle currently de-lists results that appear in the European versions of its search engines, but not the international one. At present, visitors are diverted to localised editions of the US company's search tool - such as Google.co.uk and\nGoogle.fr - when they initially try to visit the Google.com site. However, a link is provided at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen offering an option to switch to the international .com version. This link does not appear if the users\nattempted to go to a regional version in the first place. Even so, it means it is possible for people in Europe to easily opt out of the censored lists.\n\nThe EU has issued formal censorship rules surrounding the so-called Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF).\n\nThe formal considerations that the EU data censors want considered in evaluating any RTBF request are:\n\nDoes the search result relate to a natural person -- i.e. an individual? And does the search result come up against a search on the data subject's name?\n\nDoes the data subject play a role in public life?\n\nIs the data subject a public figure?\n\nIs the data subject a minor?\n\nIs the data accurate?\n\nIs the data relevant and not excessive?\n\nIs the information sensitive within the meaning of Article 8 of the Directive 95/46/EC?\n\nIs the data up to date? Is the data being made available for longer than is necessary for the purpose of the processing?\n\nIs the data processing causing prejudice to the data subject?\n\nDoes the data have a disproportionately negative privacy impact on the data subject?\n\nDoes the search result link to information that puts the data subject at risk?\n\nIn what context was the information published?\n\nWas the original content published in the context of journalistic purposes?\n\nDoes the publisher of the data have a legal power, or a legal obligation, to make the personal data publicly available?\n\nDoes the data relate to a criminal offence?\n\nIn most cases, it appears that more than one criterion will need to be taken into account in order to reach a decision to censor. In other words, no single criterion is, in itself, determinative.\n\nThe document asserts that successful RTBF requests should be applied globally and not just to specific country domain search results, as Google has been doing:\n\n[D]e-listing decisions must be implemented in a way that guarantees the effective and complete protection of these rights and that EU law cannot be easily circumvented. In that sense, limiting de-listing to EU domains on\nthe grounds that users tend to access search engines via their national domains cannot be considered a sufficient means to satisfactorily guarantee the rights of data subjects according to the judgment. In practice, this means that in any case\nde-listing should also be effective on all relevant domains, including .com\n\nBut any such global de-listing sets up a conflict of laws between nations that recognize RTBF and those that do not. Google had been notifying publishers that their links were being removed, causing some to republish those links for re-indexing.\nThis has frustrated some European censors who see this practice as undermining the RTBF. Accordingly, the EU says that publishers should not be notified of the removal of links:\n\nSearch engine managers should not as a general practice inform the webmasters of the pages affected by de-listing of the fact that some webpages cannot be acceded from the search engine in response to specific queries. Such a communication has\nno legal basis under EU data protection law.\n\nThe EU also doesn't want Google to publish notices to users that links have been removed for similar reasons:\n\nIt appears that some search engines have developed the practice of systematically informing the users of search engines of the fact that some results to their queries have been de-listed in response to requests of an individual. If such\ninformation would only be visible in search results where hyperlinks were actually de-listed, this would strongly undermine the purpose of the ruling. Such a practice can only be acceptable if the information is offered in such a way that users\ncannot in any case come to the conclusion that a specific individual has asked for the de-listing of results concerning him or her.\n\nThe guidelines state that beyond external search engines (e.g., Google) they may be extended to undefined intermediaries. However they immediately go on to apparently contradict that notion:\n\nThe right to de-listing should not apply to search engines with a restricted field of action, particularly in the case of search tools of websites of newspapers.\n\nFinally the guidelines suggest that only EU citizens may be eligible in practice to make RTBF requests.\n\nAmbulance-chasing law firms are exploiting the European Court's ruling on the right to be forgotten to drum up business, leading to a rise in the number of newspaper articles being deleted from Google search results.\n\nThe companies, some of which have no legal background but say they specialise in reputation management , have sensed an easy opportunity to make money by offering to cleanse the internet of embarrassing references to their clients on a\nno-win no-fee basis, media lawyers said.\n\nThe service can amount to little more than filling in Google's one-page form requesting that a particular link is removed from search results -- which can easily be completed for free by the client themselves.\n\nLast month alone The Independent was informed by Google that links to 13 news articles had been removed from its search results, marking a sudden rise on previous figures when only a handful had been hidden each month. Mark Stephens, a media law\nspecialist at London firm Howard Kennedy said:\n\nYou've got ambulance-chasing lawyers who are, I think, trying to attract custom for cases which you don't need a lawyer for. People are being asked to pay for something when there's no good reasons to do so -- you can do this online, for free,\nfor nothing.\n\nHe added that the problem was not restricted to the UK, with media organisations across Europe feeling the chilling effects of the ruling as unscrupulous companies realised that citing the ruling could be an easy way to make money.\n\nGoogle has 15 days to comply with a demand from France's internet censor to extend the right to be forgotten to all its search engines.\n\nGoogle has responded to European censorship under the right to be forgotten by only removing the required information for the copy of the search engine specific to the censoring country. And in particular leaves the links live in the global\ngoogle.com version.\n\nFrench censor CNIL said Google could face sanctions if it did not comply within the time limit.\n\nIn response, Google said in a statement:\n\nWe've been working hard to strike the right balance in implementing the European Court's ruling, co-operating closely with data protection authorities.\n\nThe ruling focused on services directed to European users, and that's the approach we are taking in complying with it.\n\nFreedom of expression is more in danger today than in 2008 because of the right to be forgotten , the United Nation's former free expression rapporteur Frank La Rue told an internet conference. At the event La Rue told Index on Censorship:\n\nThe emphasis on the 'right to be forgotten' in a way is a reduction of freedom of expression, which I think is a mistake. People get excited because they can correct the record on many things but the trend is towards limiting people's access to\ninformation which I think is a bad trend in general.\n\nLa Rue, who was the UN's rapporteur between 2008 and 2014, addressed lawyers, academics and researchers at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London, in particular covering the May 2014 right to be forgotten ruling from the Court\nof Justice of the European Union, and its impact on free speech. On the ruling, La Rue said:\n\nI would want to know the past. It is very relevant information. Everyone should be on the record and we have to question who is making these decisions anyway?\n\nThe state is accountable to the people of a nation so should be accountable here. Not private companies and especially not those with commercial interests.\n\nSince a European Court of Justice ruling last year, individuals have the right to request that search engines remove certain web pages from their search results. Those pages usually contain personal information about individuals.\n\nFollowing the ruling, Google removed a large number of links from its search results , including some to BBC web pages, and continues to delist pages from BBC Online.\n\nThe BBC has decided to make clear to licence fee payers which pages have been removed from Google's search results by publishing this list of links. Each month, we'll republish this list with new removals added at the top.\n\nWe are doing this primarily as a contribution to public policy. We think it is important that those with an interest in the right to be forgotten can ascertain which articles have been affected by the ruling. We hope it will contribute to\nthe debate about this issue. We also think the integrity of the BBC's online archive is important and, although the pages concerned remain published on BBC Online, removal from Google searches makes parts of that archive harder to find.\n\nThe pages affected by delinking may disappear from Google searches, but they do still exist on BBC Online. David Jordan, the BBC's Director of Editorial Policy and Standards, has written a blog post which explains how we view that archive as a\nmatter of historic public record and, thus, something we alter only in exceptional circumstances. The BBC's rules on deleting content from BBC Online are strict; in general, unless content is specifically made available only for a limited\ntime, the assumption is that what we publish on BBC Online will become part of a permanently accessible archive. To do anything else risks reducing transparency and damaging trust.\n\nOne caveat: when looking through this list it is worth noting that we are not told who has requested the delisting, and we should not leap to conclusions as to who is responsible. The request may not have come from the obvious subject of a story.\n\nThe French internet censor has responded to a Google statement which explains why European internet censorship cannot be applied across the world.\n\nThis summer, France's Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL) sent Google an order to not merely delist links from European Google searches but search results around the world, too. Google responded:\n\nThis is a troubling development that risks serious chilling effects on the web.\n\nCNIL's president did not find this persuasive, rejecting Google's appeal of the order. In a statement released today, CNIL claimed that:\n\nOnce delisting is accepted by the search engine, it must be implemented on all extensions, because if this right was limited to some extensions, it could be easily circumvented: in order to find the delisted result, it would be sufficient to\nsearch on another extension and this would equate stripping away the efficiency of this right.\n\nCNIL pointed out that delisted info remains directly accessible on the source website or through a search using other terms than an individual's name and:\n\nIn addition, this right is not absolute: it has to be reconciled with the public's right to information, in particular when the data subject is a public person, under the double supervision of the CNIL and of the court.\n\nGoogle must now comply with the formal notice or face CNIL's sanctions committee.\n\nThere's no further opportunity to appeal the decision at this stage under French law. But if Google refuses to comply, it could later appeal any sanctions levied by CNIL. Fines would likely start at around \u20ac 300,000\nbut could increase to between 2-5% of Google's global operating costs. The search engine could then go to the Conseil d'Etat, the supreme court for administrative justice, to appeal the decision and fine.\n\nEurope is very close to the finishing line of an extraordinary project: the adoption of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a single, comprehensive replacement for the 28 different laws that implement Europe's existing 1995\nData Protection Directive . More than any other instrument, the original Directive has created a high global standard for personal data protection, and led many other countries to follow Europe's approach. Over the years, Europe has grown\never more committed to the idea of data protection as a core value. In the Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights, legally binding on all the EU states since 2009, lists the \"right to the protection of personal data\" as a separate and\nequal right to privacy. The GDPR is intended to update and maintain that high standard of protection, while modernising and streamlining its enforcement.\n\nThe battle over the details of the GDPR has so far mostly been a debate between advocates pushing to better defend data protection, against companies and other interests that find consumer privacy laws a hindrance to their business models. Most\nof the compromises between these two groups have now already been struck.\n\nThe result is a ticking time-bomb that will be bad for online speech, and bad for the future reputation of the GDPR and data protection in general.\n\nThe current draft of the GDPR doubles down on Google Spain, and raises new problems. (The draft currently under negotiation is not publicly available, but July 2015 versions of the provisions that we refer to can be found in this\ncomparative table of proposals and counter-proposals by the European institutions. Article numbers referenced here, which will likely change in the final text, are to the proposal from the Council of the EU unless otherwise stated.)\n\nFirst, it requires an Internet intermediary (which is not limited to a search engine, though the exact scope of the obligation remains vague) to respond to a request by a person for the removal of their personal information by immediately\nrestricting the content, without notice to the user who uploaded that content (Articles 4(3a), 17, 17a, and 19a.). Compare this with the DMCA takedown notices, which include a notification requirement, or even the current Right to Be Forgotten\nprocess, which give search engines some time to consider the legitimacy of the request. In the new GDPR regime, the default is to block.\n\nThen, after reviewing the (also vague) criteria that balance the privacy claim with other legitimate interests and public interest considerations such as freedom of expression (Articles 6.1(f), 17a(3) and 17.3(a)), and possibly consulting with\nthe user who uploaded the content if doubt remains, the intermediary either permanently erases the content (which, for search engines, means removing their link to it), or reinstates it (Articles 17.1 and 17a(3)). If it does erase the\ninformation, it is not required to notify the uploading user of having done so, but is required to notify any downstream publishers or recipients of the same content (Articles 13 and 17.2), and must apparently also disclose any information that\nit has about the uploading user to the person who requested its removal (Articles 14a(g) and 15(1)(g)).\n\nThink about that for a moment. You place a comment on a website which mentions a few (truthful) facts about another person. Under the GDPR, that person can now demand the instant removal of your comment from the host of the website, while that\nhost determines whether it might be okay to still publish it. If the host's decision goes against you (and you won't always be notified, so good luck spotting the pre-emptive deletion in time to plead your case to Google or Facebook or your ISP),\nyour comment will be erased. If that comment was syndicated, by RSS or some other mechanism, your deleting host is now obliged to let anyone else know that they should also remove the content.\n\nFinally, according to the existing language, while the host is dissuaded from telling you about any of this procedure, they are compelled to hand over personal information about you to the original complainant. So this part of EU's data\nprotection law would actually release personal information!\n\nWhat are the incentives for the intermediary to stand by the author and keep the material online? If the host fails to remove content that a data protection authority later determines it should have removed, it may become liable to astronomical\npenalties of ?100 million or up to 5% of its global turnover, whichever is higher (European Parliament proposal for Article 79).\n\nThat means there is enormous pressure on the intermediary to take information down if there is even a remote possibility that the information has indeed become \"irrelevant\", and that countervailing public interest considerations do not\napply.\n\nIt is not too late yet: proposed amendments to the GDPR are still being considered. We have written a\njoint letter with\nARTICLE 19 to European policymakers, drawing their attention to the problem and explaining what needs to be done. We contend that the problems identified can be overcome by relatively simple amendments to the GDPR, which will help to secure\nEuropean users' freedom of expression, without detracting from the strong protection that the regime affords to their personal data.\n\nWithout fixing the problem, the current draft risks sullying the entire GDPR project. Just like the DMCA takedown process, these GDPR removals won't just be used for the limited purpose they were intended for. Instead, it will be abused to censor\nauthors and invade the privacy of speakers. A GDPR without fixes will damage the reputation of data protection law as effectively as the DMCA permanently tarnished the intent and purpose of copyright law.\n\nThe \"right to be forgotten\" applies to any search engine accessible in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office has claimed. In a blog post earlier this month, ICO demanded:\n\nIn August we\nissued our first enforcement notice in this area , ordering Google to remove nine search results brought up by entering an individual's name. Google has so far responded constructively, and the links are no longer visible on the European\nversions of their search engine. However we consider that they should go a step further, and make the links no longer visible to anyone directly accessing any Google search services from within the UK (this would include someone sat a desk in\nNewcastle, but using google.com). This is a proper and proportionate reflection of what the EU Court of Justice ruling means in practice, and so\nwe've clarified the original enforcement notice , with the original text remaining the same but with a new section added spelling out exactly what we expect of Google.\n\nGoogle says it will remove links, censored under the right to be forgotten, from all versions of the search engine when viewed from countries where the censorship was invoked.\n\nNow, removed results will not appear on any version of Google, including google.com. Until now, search results removed under the right to be forgotten were only omitted from European versions of Google - such as google.co.uk or google.fr.\n\nEU internet censors previously asked the firm to do this. The French data protection authority had threatened the company with a fine if it did not remove the data from global sites, such as google.com, as well as European ones.\n\nThis censorship will be applied whenever a European IP address is detected but all users outside Europe, will still see a set of unedited results. Hopefully European VPN users operating via non European countries will also be unaffected by\nGoogle's geo-blocking.\n\nThe BBC understands that the change will be in effect from mid-February.\n\nIf you use Google in Europe, your search results will be censored under the EU's's disgraceful 'right-to-be-forgotten'.\n\nUntil now if you used Google.com rather than, say, Google.de, you could still find results that have been arbitrarily removed based on how loud people shout.\n\nThe censorship has been implemented as follows. Assume that someone in Germany files a Right To Be Forgotten request to have some listing censored for their name. If granted, the censorship will work like this for searches on that person's name:\n\nListing censored for those in Germany, using ANY version of Google.\n\nListing censored for those in the EU, using a European version of Google.\n\nListing NOT censored for those outside Germany but within the EU, using non-European versions of Google.\n\nListing NOT censored for those outside the EU, using ANY version of Google.\n\nGoogle's Peter Fleischer explained the reasons for the censorship:\n\nWe're changing our approach as a result of specific discussions that we've had with EU data protection regulators in recent months.\n\nWe believe that this additional layer of delisting enables us to provide the enhanced protections that European regulators ask us for, while also upholding the rights of people in other countries to access lawfully published information.\n\nEurope's right to be forgotten is a nasty and arbitrary censorship power used to hide internet content such as past criminal history. Many think it tramples on the public's right to know, as quite a few examples have born out.\n\nIt seems that France and the EU thinks that such content should be censored worldwide, and have fined Google 100,000 euro for allowing non EU internet viewers to see information censored in the EU.\n\nSince EU laws don't apply elsewhere, Google at first just deleted right to be forgotten requested results from its French domain. However, France pointed out that it would be easy to find the info on a different site and ordered the\ncompany to scrub results everywhere. In an attempted compromise, Google started omitting results worldwide as long as it determined, by geolocation, that the search was conducted from within France.\n\nBut now EU internet censors have rejected that idea (as it would be easy to get around with a VPN) and fined Google effectively for allowing Americans to see content censored in the EU. Google commented:\n\nWe disagree with the [regulator's] assertion that it has the authority to control the content that people can access outside France.\n\nIn its ruling, France's CNIL censor says that geolocalizing search results does not give people effective, full protection of their right to be delisted ... accordingly, the CNIL restricted committee pronounced a 100,000 euro fine against\nGoogle.\n\nGoogle is set for its first appearance in a London court over the so-called right to be forgotten in two cases that will test the boundaries between personal privacy and public interest.\n\nTwo anonymous people, who describe themselves in court filings as businessmen, want the search engine to take down links to information about their old convictions.\n\nOne of the men had been found guilty of conspiracy to account falsely, and the other of conspiracy to intercept communications. Judge Matthew Nicklin said at a pre-trial hearing that hose convictions are old and are now covered by an English law\n-- designed to rehabilitate offenders -- that says they can effectively be ignored. With a few exceptions, they don't have to be disclosed to potential employers.\n\nA Google spokeswoman said:\n\nWe work hard to comply with the right to be forgotten, but we take great care not to remove search results that are clearly in the public interest and will defend the public's right to access lawful information.\n\nIt takes 10s of 1000s of pounds for the justice system to consider the nuances of censorship and the right to be forgotten yet we hand over the task to Google who's only duty is to maximise profits for shareholders\n\nA businessman fighting for the right to be forgotten has won a UK High Court action against Google.\n\nThe unnamed businessman who won his case was convicted 10 years ago of conspiring to intercept communications. He spent six months in jail. He as ked Google to delete online details of his conviction from Google Search but his request was turned\ndown.\n\nThe judge, Mr Justice Mark Warby, ruled in his favour on Friday.\n\nBut he rejected a separate but similar claim made by another businessman who had committed a more serious crime. The other businessman, who lost his case, was convicted more than 10 years ago of conspiring to account falsely. He spent four years\nin jail.\n\nGoogle said it would accept the rulings.\n\nWe work hard to comply with the right to be forgotten, but we take great care not to remove search results that are in the public interest, it said in a statement:\n\nWe are pleased that the Court recognised our efforts in this area, and we will respect the judgements they have made in this case.'\n\nExplaining the decisions made on Friday, the judge said one of the men had continued to mislead the public while the other had shown remorse.\n\nBut how is Google the right organisation to arbitrate on matters of justice where it is required to examine the level of remorse shown by those requesting censorship?\n\nARTICLE 19 is leading a coalition of international human rights organisations, who will tell the European Court of Justice (CJEU) that the de-listing of websites under the right to be forgotten should be limited in order to protect global\nfreedom of expression. The hearing will take place on September 11 with a judgment expected in early 2019.\n\nThe CJEU hearing in Google vs CNIL is taking place after France's highest administrative court asked for clarification in relation to the 2014 ruling in Google Spain. This judgment allows European citizens to ask search engines like Google to\nremove links to inadequate, irrelevant or ... excessive content -- commonly known as the right to be forgotten (RTBF). While the content itself remains online, it cannot be found through online searches of the individual's name.\n\nThe CJEU has been asked to clarify whether a court or data regulator should require a search engine to de-list websites only in the country where it has jurisdiction or across the entire world.\n\nFrance's data regulator, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL) has argued that if they uphold a complaint by a French citizen, search engines such as Google should not only be compelled to remove links from google.fr\nbut all Google domains.\n\nARTICLE 19 and the coalition of intervening organisations have warned that forcing search engines to de-list information on a global basis would be disproportionate. Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, Thomas Hughes said:\n\nThis case could see the right to be forgotten threatening global free speech. European data regulators should not be allowed to decide what Internet users around the world find when they use a search engine. The CJEU must limit the scope of the\nright to be forgotten in order to protect the right of Internet users around the world to access information online.\n\nARTICLE 19 argues that rights to privacy and rights to freedom of expression must be balanced when it comes to making deciding whether websites should be de-listed. Hughes added:\n\nIf European regulators can tell Google to remove all references to a website, then it will be only a matter of time before countries like China, Russia and Saudi Arabia start to do the same. The CJEU should protect freedom of expression not set\na global precedent for censorship.\n\nThe French Internet censor CNIL some time ago insisted that censorship required under the 'right to be forgotten' should be applied worldwide rather than limited to the EU. Google appealed against the court order leading to the case being sent to\nthe European Court of Justice.\n\nNow opinions from the court's advocate general suggest that court will determine that the right to be forgotten does not apply worldwide. The opinions are not final but the court often follows them when it hands down its ruling, which is expected\nlater.\n\nCNIL wanted Google to remove links from Google.com instead of just removing links from European versions of the site, like Google.de and Google.fr. However Maciej Szpunar warned that going further would be risky because the right to be forgotten\nalways has to be balanced against other rights, including legitimate public interest in accessing the information sought.\n\nSzpunar said if worldwide de-referencing was allowed, European Union authorities would not be able to determine a right to receive information or balance it against other fundamental rights to data protection and to privacy.\n\nAnd of course if France were allowed to censor information from the entire worldwide internet then why not China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia?"}
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-{"text": "When you enable Auto Generate and a Scene makes use of Baked Global Illumination (GI) or Precomputed Realtime GI, Unity rebuilds the lighting data as you edit the Scene. This means that the backend runs every time the elements in the Scene are changed in a way that affects the baked data; for example, deleting a static GameObject from the Scene triggers a bake.\n\nYou should enable Auto Generate only when you are quickly iterating on the lighting while working with a single Scene. In all other cases, you should disable Auto Generate and generate the lighting data manually.\n\nGenerate Lighting\n\nOnce you disable Auto Generate, you can generate lighting data by clicking the Generate Lighting button. This button can be found in the Lighting Settings window, next to the Auto Generate checkbox.\n\nLighting Data Asset\n\nWhen you click the Generate Lighting button, Unity creates a Lighting Data Asset in the Project. This Lighting Data Asset contains the Scene's GI data, along with supporting data Unity uses to create the lighting for the Scene. The Lighting Data Asset is linked to the Scene.\n\nWhen you use Auto Generate, Unity does not create a Lighting Data Asset in the Project. Instead, Unity stores the GI data and other lighting data for that Scene in memory. This is for two reasons:\n\nMaking changes to data in memory is much quicker than writing data to a file.\n\nMaking changes to a Lighting Data Asset flags the Scene the Asset is linked to as dirty, which in turn triggers Unity to reserialize that Scene. Auto Generate is intended to promote fast iteration, so it is important that it does not trigger these resource-intensive operations every time it runs.\n\nTesting Scenes with Auto-Generated Lighting Data in Play Mode\n\nThe lack of a Lighting Data Asset on disk can lead to problems when testing Scenes in Play Mode. Put simply, Scenes with auto-generated lighting data only appear with all of their correct GI data in Play Mode is in the following scenarios:\n\nScenario 1:\n\nA Scene is open for single-Scene editing in Edit Mode\n\nYou immediately transition from editing only that Scene in Edit Mode into testing only that Scene in Play Mode\n\nScenario 2:\n\nA collection of Scenes are open for multi-Scene editing in Edit Mode\n\nYou immediately transition from editing that set of Scenes in Edit Mode to testing that set of Scenes in Play Mode\n\nAny other set of circumstances cause Scenes that use auto-generated lighting data to appear noticeably wrong in Play Mode. Direct and Realtime lighting (for example, the Skybox or Ambient Source data) continue to function, but GI effects are missing.\n\nProblems with Auto-Generated Lighting Data in Play Mode\n\nUnloading Scenes in Play Mode\n\nWhen you test a single Scene or collection of Scenes with auto-generated lighting data in Play Mode as above, Unity loses the GI data for those Scenes when those Scenes are unloaded.\n\nThis is because when Unity enters Play Mode for a Scene with auto-generated lighting, it attaches GI data directly to the GameObjects in that Scene. When Unity unloads the Scene, it destroys the GI data along with the GameObjects. Because there is no Lighting Data Asset on disk for Unity to reload the GI data from, Unity cannot recover this data without returning to Edit Mode. This means that if Unity loads the same Scene or Scenes again within the same Play Mode session, the Scene or Scenes appear without GI.\n\nLoading additional Scenes in Play Mode\n\nWhen you open a single Scene and enable Auto Generate in Edit Mode, Unity loads GI data for that Scene from its GI cache (if available) or generates new GI data for that Scene. This GI data resides in memory along with the other lighting data required for the Scene, and is correctly associated with the Scene when you enter Play Mode.\n\nWhen Unity loads a Scene baked with Auto Generate using a user script in Play Mode, its GI data isn't resident in memory. If you load the Scene non-additively, this appears obviously wrong. If you load the Scene additively, the effects may be more subtle and the cause may not be initially obvious.\n\nMulti-Scene Editing\n\nWhen multiple Scenes are open for editing with Auto Generate enabled, Unity stores the lighting data for this specific combination of Scenes in memory.\n\nAs long as you only want to test this specific combination of Scenes (by immediately entering Play Mode), you can use this as a way to quickly iterate on the lighting for these Scenes. When you enter Play Mode with the Scenes open, Unity does not need to load any state from disk as all the Scene elements already have their GI data attached.\n\nHowever, if you want to test a different combination of Scenes in Play Mode, or to load these same Scenes but in a different manner (for example, by loading Scene A first and then additively loading Scene B and Scene C), you will experience problems. Any Scenes with auto-generated lighting that you do not open immediately in Play Mode will not have GI data."}
-{"text": "Transcript\n\n1.\nAn Introduction to Data Visualisation for Analysis Exploring the Dataset - Textual, Numerical and Otherwisehttp://www.slideshare.net/shawnday/m-phil-datavisforanalysis\n\n2.\nAgenda Thoughts from last week - wordpress.com? Introduction What do we mean by Data Analysis? Some foundation terms and concepts The Data Visualisation Process Tools and Methods Extending your toolset An Exercise\n\n3.\nObjective To appreciate the rich variety of techniques and tools available to digital humanities scholars for data visualisation and analysis. The intention is to be able to add tools to your arsenal and to have a sense of where to look for more.\n\n4.\nBreakpoint One of the keys to good visualization is understanding what your immediate goals are. Are you visualizing data to understand what\u2019s in it, or are you trying to communicate meaning to others? You - Visualisation for Data Analysis Others - Visualisation for Presentation\n\n6.\nSo Why Would You Want to VisualiseYour Data? Bypass language centres to tap directly into the visual cortex Leverage ability to recognise patterns - what they call visual sense-making Powerful graphics engines now allow for live data processing and sophisticated animations and interactive research environments Sources: Geoff McGhee, Getting Started with Data Viz\n\n7.\nSo Why Would You Want to VisualiseYour Data? Work with new data to create new knowledge Explore data to discover things that used to be unknown, unknowable or impractical to know Take a new perspective on the familiar to reveal previously hidden insights\n\n22.\nWhat is the Value of this Visualisation \u2022 Easier to compare over intervals \u2022 Multiple vectors with greater granularity in a compressed space \u2022 The challenge is to \ufb01nd rich enough source materials to yield substantive datasets\n\n26.\nCase Study:Occupations of Politicians \u2022 What are we studying? \u2013 Self-declared occupations of politicians \u2022 Why? \u2013 What bias might they bring to their job? \u2022 How? \u2013 Visualising past occupation and mapping to political platform of party af\ufb01liated with\n\n46.\nExercise Choose a dataset from a source such as: The CSO Project Guttenberg or your own material Choose an appropriate Data Visualisation from a webservice we explored in workshop. Explain the process and how you madeyour choice and embed it in your own blog using wordpress.com as we explored last week. Suggest a research question that can be answered by using this data visualisation as a research environment Send the link to me at: days@tcd.ie Maybe: http://politicalreform.ie/2011/12/04/state-of-enda-sunday- business-post-red-c-poll-4th-september-2011/"}
-{"text": "Keep it real\n\n5 april 201819 april 2018\n\nNothing tastes as good as skinny feels\n\nPasta doesn\u2019t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat. \u2013 Giada De Laurentiis\n\nFrom an young age I became intrigued by fashion but it\u2019s not exactly an healthy environment for a teenager\u2019s self-esteem. Models looking flawless, claiming that skinny life equals happy life. Gay designers that don\u2019t want to embrace natural female bodies. Photoshop.\n\nAround this period every lifestyle magazine starts publishing \u201d how to get your summer body asap,\u201d which implies that every women needs to lose weight in order to look good in swimwear.\n\nAs a child I used to be chubby till the age of six or seven. I was the kinda person that didn\u2019t knew what she wanted to do in life, so I tried all kinds of hobbies. Horseback riding, swimming, theatre, drawing lessons, photography\u2026.Everyday another pastime. It kept me busy, driven and inspired.\n\nSkinny equals pretty\n\nDays filled and weight maintained. So I didn\u2019t bother about weight. When puberty hit and I didn\u2019t had my size XS, I became aware of weight, shapes and sizes. Somehow Western society thought us that skinny is an synonym for good looking.\n\nYing-Yang\n\nThere is this side that of me that wants to eat whatever I want and sees food as an experience, a joyful moment. Not an need but a hobby. A way of filling gaps. Not looking after the calories and just going with the flow no matter what the consequences are. When I start with one cookie it will end up with not knowing what happened with whole package. The hedonism way of seeing life. As long as my needs are filled. Afterwards I feel guilty of the \u201coverload of food\u201d that I\u2019ve been stuffing myself with.\n\nOn the other hand there\u2019s \u201cwanting control\u201d that takes over. Unconsciously counting calories and telling myself that I will get fat if I eat certain food and fat is bad. That food is only an necessary activity in life. That an big amount is disgusting. Overeating leads to losing control and losing grip over life. I shouldn\u2019t eat in the afternoon because I will sleep anyway. Drinking a lot of water till I\u2019m full. \u201cIt\u2019s scientific proven that successful women are skinny\u201d. I will be happier when I\u2019m skinnier. Obsessing over skinny-tumblr models. Adoring bones and tight-gaps. Scrolling on Instagram, seeing all my fellow bloggers, rocking outfits. Having nice bodies. Saying to myself that I cannot wear a certain type of clothing if I don\u2019t obtain this certain weight. After I while, I\u2019m just disgust by food and I rarely eat.\n\nFor the past few years it has been a pattern from over- and under eating. From anorexic and seeing bones, wanting a tight-gap to binge-eating and having fat rolls. Black or white no in between. From being ashamed to see my bones receiving comments like \u201c you\u2019re getting skinnier and skinnier it\u2019s not healthy\u201d, to chubbiness and \u201c did you gain weight\u201d. An internal battle, without knowing what I was up against.From Mcdo to McNO\nThe moment that I realize I got chubby due an unhealthy amount of fast food I avoid carbs and sugar. Only eat vegetables drink a lot of water and skip meals. Without planning, it\u2019s automatic. After this crash diet I only crave the opposite.\n\nDoes the fashion industry contribute to this body obsession and madness? Yes. Is it wholly their fault ? No. Even if they romanticise skinny like Moss, it also depends on the person and how they react to it. Teenagers will more likely be sensitive to the \u201cideal body\u201d due the identity crisis they\u2019re situated in.\n\nSkinny is pretty\n\nPersonally I don\u2019t think we should ban skinny models, especially not those who are born with \u201c good\u201d genes and don\u2019t starve themselves. When I see tall, skinny models on the catwalk parading with beautiful clothing. It makes me dream. Luxury labels are to many, something they cannot afford but like to own. It\u2019s unique, classy. If there would be more diversity in shapes and size, the brand would became more accessible because people could personify with the models. That would take away the inaccessibility that comes with the fashion world.\n\nTo me some clothing looks better on skinny people. There\u2019s nothing wrong with working out and, eating healthy and obtaining your current weight. If you wear a mini-skirt and fat rolls are appearing. That disgusts me. Too much of something isn\u2019t healthy.\n\nBan size zero\n\nBut on the other the media and fashion industry needs to make people aware that not everyone can have a tight gap because some people\u2019s bone structure are different and having a size zero won\u2019t guarantee happiness. When Anna Wintour banned size zero, I saw that as a positive progress. It\u2019s not about how much you weight but how you feel mentally. That number on the scale doesn\u2019t defy you and if you\u2019re not happy about it change it!\n\nLess on the gram\n\nI said to myself I\u2019m going to reduce my time on social and stop comparing my self with others but here are some fun, bloggers that keep it real who really inspire me in life:\n\nChristine Smeyers\n\nWhat I like about Christine is that she is deadly honest on her socials. Sarcastic but I can appreciate that, her photograph and outfits are always a piece of art. The poetry she writes is salvation for those who yearn meaningful stories and she\u2019s a outgoing, lovely person in real life.\n\nThe moment I met this girl in Knokke, she was full of banter. Outgoing spontaneous, not the usual arrogant type of blogger. She\u2019s so upfront but funny at the same time. They way she puts outfits together is just sublime.\n\nBeing skin over bone isn\u2019t healthy nor being that fat that you have breathing problems. I strive to eat healthy, drink a lot of water and when I\u2019m really inspired work out! I have to admit I\u2019m still learning to accept the way, I am.\n\nTrying to live a balanced life. But aren\u2019t we all? Surrounding myself with people who tend to be real and honest.\n\nPersonally, the best way to start the day is with a smoothie. Not so long ago I received the avance blender from Philips. Easy way of making on the go, vitamine boosters. After a few secondes it\u2019s mixed. I\u2019m a big fan of the combo: spinach, banana\u2019s and milk. A few years ago I tasted a \u201c detox\u201d smoothie with: celery, apple and cucumber. Really highlights your day and you\u2019ll have enough energy. I\u2019m a person who has problems with having breakfast, it could take two hours before I have an appetite due morning sickness. Beside when I have a smoothie. I can digest that immediately.\n\nAdvertenties\n\nDelen:\n\nVind ik leuk:\n\nGerelateerd\n\n3 gedachtes over \u201cNothing tastes as good as skinny feels\u201d\n\nLovely personal story. I believe a lot of girls have the same struggle. And keeping it real is good. Being comfortable with yourself is key, no numbers on that scale can measure that. Thanks for this great post Tara."}
-{"text": "Features\n\nThe EcoSpin is a Hand-Cranked mini spin dryer, capable of drying up to 4.5 pounds of clothes in just a few minutes of time. It's the perfect companion to the EcoWash. Get the perfect duo for washing and drying your clothes.\n\nThe unique design of the Avalon Bay EcoSpin features none of the agitators or heating elements that destroy your clothes. With EcoSpin, your clothes will come out 95% dry so you reduce the time it takes to dry clothes.\n\nIt can also be used to wash your clothes! Add just 4.5L to 5L of water and watch your clothes be clean in minutes. It works best on smaller items. Larger tasks we would recommend EcoWash for the pressurized cleaning.\n\nThe EcoSpin portable spin dryer/washing machine is a huge money-saver. It requires no electricity to run, and it uses only a fraction of the amount of water and soap/detergent used by electric washing machines. Skip the laundry mat and start going Eco.\n\nThe lightweight, highly portable EcoSpin spin dryer and washing machine can be used virtually anywhere such as a dorm, off-grid, apartment, boats, RVs, camping, and fishing. No matter where you are in life, EcoSpin has got your back.\n\nFeatures\n\n\u3010Twin Tub Design\u3011This Giantex portable mini washing machine is designed with two separate tubs, washing tub and spin tub. It provides you two different washing function. You could only use one tub, or you could use both tubs in one washing time.\n\n\u3010Separate Time Control\u3011Three control switches on the panel part, wash timer, wash selector and spin timer. You could adjust the different washing mode through the wash selector and control the washing and spin time through the rest switches. Different clothes have different washing and spin requirement, our separate time control could protect your clothes and be more rational.\n\n\u3010Economic and Practical Purpose\u3011 This mini washing machine has a washing capacity rating of 8.8 lbs rated washing capacity and 6.6 lbs rated spin capacity. This capacity is very economic and practical for any washing needs. Whether you just need to wash one T-shirt or a full load, its convenient capacity suits a low waste operation for low water and electricity consuming compared to big washing machine while freeing you from unnecessary hand washing and over used resources.\n\n\u3010Portable and Flexible Usage\u3011This Giantex mini washing machine is easy to carry and moves around thanks to its low weight characteristic, ideal for camping, dorm, apartments and home. It also makes an ideal gift to send to your friends or families.\n\n\u3010No Installation Needed with An Easy Operation System\u3011This product has straight forward illustrations and descriptions guide with no installation needed and easy operation control panel.\n\nFeatures\n\nSAVE TIME & MONEY DOING YOUR LAUNDRY! -Rather than dragging your clothes to a nasty laundromat, then waiting around with your favorite crowd of strangers while they dry (and spending $20-40 per month to get them halfway clean), you need to try this!\n\nMOST ECONOMICAL WAY TO DRY YOUR CLOTHES, NO VENT OR SPECIAL OUTLET REQUIRED -Have a standard outlet? Your ventless portable electric dryer dries your clothes for 200x cheaper than a traditional dryer. You'll wonder how you ever got along without it!\n\nNEVER LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT, RV, BOAT, OR DORM ROOM TO DO LAUNDRY AGAIN! -Your new 110V apartment spin dryer handles 22 lbs of clothes! Weighs only 20 lbs, you can use it nearly anywhere.\n\nSUPER QUIET, EXTREMELY GENTLE ON YOUR CLOTHES, GETS CLOTHES VERY CLOSE TO DRY in only 5 minutes (not 100%, they come out slightly damp). -Want to dry clothes while you sleep? It's that quiet and fast! Completely safe and gentle on your clothes, no heat or lint. Gets your clothes 90% dry in literally minutes!\n\n*NOTE: NOT A HEATED DRYER, GETS CLOTHES CLOSE TO BUT NOT 100% DRY. ALSO FOR FASTER DRYING WE REMOVED THE TIMER.\n\nCopyright 2011 - 2019 Yes We Coupon\nYes We Coupon may earn a small commission via affiliate links in this post. Read our full Policy Here. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.\nWe Know Everyone Loves Couponing Learn To Coupon Today!"}
-{"text": "The key event in the ISR activation, regardless of the trigger, is phosphorylation of translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2\u03b1), which modulates expression and translational activation of specific mRNAs important for adaptation to stress. To test this hypothesis, we used an animal model in which female rats were orally gavaged with 15 mg/kg of oxycodone every 24 h for 30 days. Studies demonstrate that chronic opioid exposure, including oxycodone, alters gene expression profiles and that these changes contribute to opioid-induced analgesic effect, tolerance and dependence.\n\nTreating moderate to moderay severe pain. Aspirin/oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever and salicylate combination. The narcotic works in the brain to reduce.\n\nWhen used for long periods of time or at high doses, aspirin/oxycodone may not work as well and may require higher doses to obtain the same effect as when originally taken. This is known as TOLERANCE. Talk with your doctor if aspirin/oxycodone stops working well. Do not take more than prescribed.\n\nContact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.\n\nUse aspirin/oxycodone as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.\n\nprovides accurate and independent information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products.\n\nAll drugs of abuse have a similar effect on the brain: they all result in increased amounts of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) in an important.\n\nCheck out these videos for a more detailed discussion of the mesolimbic pathway.\n\nGet every new post delivered to your Inbox.\n\nThis means that the axons of VTA neurons project to and synapse on NAc neurons. VTA neurons communicate with neurons in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). One of the core components of this pathway is the ventral tegmental area (VTA), which contains many neurons that make and release DA. This is a central question to the addiction field yet it remains largely a mystery. In fact, all drugs of abuse cause this release of DA from VTA neurons onto NAc neurons.\n\nDrug abuse of painkillers can cause harmful effects on the brain and body of the person using the substance. Painkillers can refer to a number.\n\nYou must be logged in to post a comment.\n\nWhether a painkiller is prescribed by a doctor or acquired on the street, these drugs can cause serious changes to the brain and body of the user. Although some damage can occur with short-term drug use, the most extreme or dangerous changes to the brain and body typically occur with long-term use and abuse of painkillers. Long-term use also increases the possibility of addiction and physical dependency on the drugs. After a while, users need these drugs just to keep away physical withdrawal symptoms and to physically feel normal.\n\nThis Nifty Infographic is a Great Introduction to Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Therapy ~ ~ Did you know you can rewire your brain? Neuroscientific breakthroughs are revealing fascinating new truths about how we can control our brains to create a... Part One More.\n\nLearn more about Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy and how it used to treat drug and alcohol addiction."}
-{"text": "Will MSPs vote away pow\u00aders? Would tur\u00adkeys vote for Christ\u00admas?\n\nIt has passed some his\u00adtoric leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion \u2013 the smok\u00ading ban, min\u00adi\u00admum unit pric\u00ading on al\u00adco\u00adhol and equal mar\u00adriage. And it has tack\u00adled taboos on gen\u00adder, race and in\u00adequal\u00adity.\n\nHow much more fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal than want\u00ading to erad\u00adi\u00adcate pe\u00adriod poverty can pol\u00adi\u00adtics get?\n\nIn terms of what de\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adtion was meant to be, it has been a suc\u00adcess and, for a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of Scot\u00adtish vot\u00aders, Holy\u00adrood is where power lies.\n\nBut de\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adtion is, we are told, un\u00adder threat. While many Scots, scun\u00adnered by an on\u00adgo\u00ading con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtional de\u00adbate, have not yet been en\u00ader\u00adgised by the idea that amid Brexit ne\u00adgo\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtions pow\u00aders of the Scot\u00adtish Par\u00adlia\u00adment could be di\u00admin\u00adished, the threat is real.\n\nNext week, MSPs will vote on whether to give their con\u00adsent to the UK\u2019s Euro\u00adpean With\u00addrawal Bill. It is un\u00adlikely they will.\n\nAnd while, in truth, that will make no real dif\u00adfer\u00adence to West\u00admin\u00adster as that con\u00adsent is more about cour\u00adtesy than ne\u00adces\u00adsity, it will am\u00adplify a mes\u00adsage that has al\u00adways run counter to the de\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adtion ex\u00adper\u00adi\u00adment, which is that the will of the Scot\u00adtish Par\u00adlia\u00adment can be over\u00adruled by West\u00admin\u00adster.\n\nWhat is in dis\u00adpute here is Clause 11 of that UK bill which ba\u00adsi\u00adcally gives the right to the UK Gov\u00adern\u00adment to over\u00adrule Holy\u00adrood and make changes to ar\u00adeas of law and pol\u00adicy de\u00advolved to Scot\u00adland, even if the Scot\u00adtish Par\u00adlia\u00adment ex\u00adplic\u00aditly re\u00adjects them, post Brexit.\n\nThis has been car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtured as part of the SNP\u2019s griev\u00adance agenda, with Mike Rus\u00adsell MSP, who is lead\u00ading Brexit talks with West\u00admin\u00adster, ac\u00adcused of fu\u00adelling false fears but that is un\u00adfair.\n\nIn\u00addeed, it is the Scot\u00adtish Tories that now stand in iso\u00adla\u00adtion. All three of the other op\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion party lead\u00aders told a com\u00admit\u00adtee of MPs they will not ac\u00adcept the con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial clause.\n\nAnd last week a cross\u00adparty Holy\u00adrood com\u00admit\u00adtee rec\u00adom\u00admended re\u00adject\u00ading it to pre\u00advent a West\u00admin\u00adster \u201cpower grab\u201d.\n\nFar from this be\u00ading a Scot\u00adtish na\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adist ar\u00adgu\u00adment, it is the Scot\u00adtish Con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtives that ap\u00adpear as the more ex\u00adtreme na\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adists \u2013 al\u00adbeit Bri\u00adtish na\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adists \u2013 in this fight.\n\nThe SNP, Labour and Greens all want the UK and Scot\u00adtish Gov\u00adern\u00adments to be given equal power in de\u00adcid\u00ading \u201ccom\u00admon frame\u00adworks\u201d fol\u00adlow\u00ading Brexit in 24 ar\u00adeas. These in\u00adclude farm pay\u00adments, food stan\u00addards and an\u00adi\u00admal wel\u00adfare.\n\nAnd while it is fair to ar\u00adgue cit\u00adi\u00adzens north and south of Hadrian\u2019s Wall live by the same ap\u00adproach to life, so there would be no di\u00adver\u00adgence in ap\u00adproach to safety and stan\u00addards, that premise rests on trust.\n\nAt the heart of this de\u00adbate is a UK gov\u00adern\u00adment that says MSPs should ac\u00adcept the clause and trust them to do the right thing.\n\nBut how can you con\u00adfer trust over de\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adtion on a gov\u00adern\u00adment that was so illinformed about Scot\u00adtish af\u00adfairs it didn\u2019t seem to know that Scot\u00adland has a sep\u00ada\u00adrate le\u00adgal sys\u00adtem?\n\nOn Tues\u00adday, MSPs will make an his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal de\u00adci\u00adsion when they de\u00adcline to give their con\u00adsent to West\u00admin\u00adster over a bill they be\u00adlieve threat\u00adens the very prin\u00adci\u00adple of de\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adtion."}
-{"text": "Vintage Teak Dining Chairs by Erik Buck\n\n\u20ac1.495,00\n\nSet of four stylish vintage dining chairs designed by interior and industrial designer Erik Buck for O.D. M\u00f8belfabrik. His industrial design creations are distinctly Scandinavian, combining smooth wooden foundations with fabric, leather and ratan in organic and functional designs.\n\nThis design too, combines multiple materials resulting in a unique yet typically Danish Modern creation. These comfortable, high quality chairs feature solid teak wood and Sky leather upholstery. This stunning set would look amazing around almost any modern dining table!\n\nDesigner: Erik Buck\n\nManufacturer: O.D. M\u00f8belfabrik, Denmark\n\nMaterials: Teak, sky leather\n\nDesign period: 1960\u2019s\n\nDimensions: 85 cm height/ 44 cm seat height/ 46 cm width/ 43 cm depth\n\nCondition: In very good vintage condition with only some minor signs of wear consistent with age. New olive green upholstery and foam on all chairs.\n\nDescription\n\nSet of four stylish vintage dining chairs designed by interior and industrial designer Erik Buck for O.D. M\u00f8belfabrik. His industrial design creations are distinctly Scandinavian, combining smooth wooden foundations with fabric, leather and ratan in organic and functional designs.\n\nThis design too, combines multiple materials resulting in a unique yet typically Danish Modern creation. These comfortable, high quality chairs feature solid teak wood and Sky leather upholstery. This stunning set would look amazing around almost any modern dining table!\n\nDesigner: Erik Buck\n\nManufacturer: O.D. M\u00f8belfabrik, Denmark\n\nMaterials: Teak, sky leather\n\nDesign period: 1960\u2019s\n\nDimensions: 85 cm height/ 44 cm seat height/ 46 cm width/ 43 cm depth\n\nCondition: In very good vintage condition with only some minor signs of wear consistent with age. New olive green upholstery and foam on all chairs.\n\nVintagevibes.nl uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue using our website, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on vintagevibes.nl. However, you can change your cookie settings at any time.OKRead more"}
-{"text": "Wallace Shawn and Gloria Reuben can both be seen in the new film \u201cAdmission.\" They sit down with John Berman on \"Starting Point\" to talk about their new movie, starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd.\n\nThe premise of \"Admission\" revolves around the competitive college admissions process. Fey plays a college counselor competing with another admissions officer, played by Reuben, for a job as dean of admissions at Princeton. Shawn plays their prospective bosses.\n\nShawn says the humor lies in the competition for the role of head of admissions. Fey was \u201cgreat, obviously highly intelligent and so easy to work with. It was a great, fun experience all the way around,\u201d he says.\n\nReuben has had some pretty serious past roles on the hit TV show \u201cER\u201d and Steven Spielberg\u2019s Oscar nominated film \u201cLincoln\u201d. She is very \u201cproud of the work on both\u201d, but says that acting in a comedy \u201cwas a relief.\u201d\n\nShawn, who many know from his role as the iconic villain in \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d says he's glad people have an emotional connection to the classic. \"It's nice that people have had a nice moment out of\u201d the \u201cPrincess Bride,\u201d but he admits the response to the movie has been \u201codd\u201d for him.\n\nThere are millions of questions this morning regarding the mystery involving Notre Dame's star linebacker Manti Te'o and his girlfriend. In September and October, Te'o told interviewers that his girlfriend and his grandmother had died within hours of each other. Te\u2019o was then inspired him to honor them with sterling play on the field and ultimately led his team to a 20-3 routing of Michigan State.\n\nDeadspin.com, acting on an anonymous e-mail it received last week, started poking around. Wednesday night the site released a report dismissing as a hoax the existence of Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kakua. This morning host of CNN's Reliable Sources Howard Kurtz and Daily Download Editor in Chief Lauren Ashburn join \u201cStarting Point,\u201d to discuss whether the media should have done more fact checking on Te\u2019o\u2019s supposed girlfriend.\n\n\"As this became a bigger story and as CBS was doing it and then 'Sports Illustrated' and ESPN and the others, you know you look back...it would have taken one phone call to discover that there was never any death notice,\" Kurtz says. \"There was never any record of her birth...she didn\u2019t go to Stanford.\u201d\n\nKurts says the university\u2019s role is \"pathetic.\" \"Notre Dame officials said they found out December 26th it was a hoax [and] allowed other news organizations to go forward without saying a word and to perpetuate this myth, this piece of fiction as if it was a real story,\" he says.\n\nAshburn points out that \u201cthe role of social media reporting in the Deadspin article is fascinating.\u201d\n\n\"All of the pieces started to come together and...as reporters learn more about the functions of social media the opportunity for doing real reporting on via Facebook accounts and Twitter accounts exists,\u201d she says.\n\nAshburn admits that the story of Te\u2019o and his girlfriend was a \u201cpuff piece\u201d and not \u201cEnron, it still journalism. You still have to get the facts right.\u201d\n\nWhat started as a story of heartbreak leading to a college football star overcoming tragedy is now being called a hoax riddled with questions.\n\nThe story which defined a college football team's season was originally about Notre Dame's star linebacker Manti Te'o, losing his grandmother and his girlfriend within 24 hours of each other and going on to lead his team to victory and an undefeated regular season. That inspiring story quickly fell apart after a report that came out Wednesday night by sports website Deadspin.com dismissing as a hoax the existence of Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kakua. This morning on \"Starting Point,\" Deadspin.com's Timothy Burke weighs in on his report and the reactions and statements that followed.\n\nBurke was originally tipped off by an email Deadspin received last week regarding Kakua, and says he and his colleauges started researching the story on Google. Burke says after searching for \u201cLennay Kakua,\u201d they could not \u201cfind any evidence of this person that isn't attached to stories about her being Manti Te\u2019o\u2019s dead girlfriend \u2013 she did not exist.\u201d\n\nShortly after the report went viral the university held a press conference saying Te'o was the victim of a \"elaborate hoax.\" Burke says he is not surprised and \u201cNotre Dame has to stand by Manti Te\u2019o. That\u2019s what Notre Dame does.\u201d He adds, \u201cIt would not be accepted by their community, by their boosters to throw him under the bus. They\u2019re going to stick by him.\u201d On the other hand, Burke says if he could have offered advice to Te\u2019o and the university he would have told them to not respond to the report and \u201cignore it because anything that they say is going to be evidence to be used against him.\u201d He says, \u201cEither Manti or his father were lying about how he met her in the first place.\u201d\n\nThe Deadspin report also focuses on Ronaiah Tuiasosopo who Burke describes as \u201ca former star quarterback in high school who was supposedly offered scholarships to play in college and never did.\u201d Burke says friends and relatives of Tuiasosopo said he was \u201cdoing the Lennay Kakua fake online profile for several years and that he\u2019s caught other people in his trap but that they caught on way earlier than Manti Te\u2019o did.\u201d Burke says this information in addition to the fact that Te\u2019o and Tuiasosopo knew each other and spent time together made him question, \u201chow dense would Manti Te\u2019o have to be to realize this was his friend who was behind the account the entire time?\u201d He concludes by saying, \u201cI don\u2019t believe Manti Te\u2019o could be that dumb.\u201d\n\nThis morning, a story that has shocked the college sports world. Hall Of Fame track and field coach Beverly Kearney announcing she is stepping down from her position at the University Of Texas after 21 years and six national championships. This after the coach admitted to what she calls a \"consensual intimate relationship\" with a student athlete on her team in 2002. The student athlete reported the relationship to the university in October 2012.\n\nThe coach says UT asked her to resign or she would be fired, and that the punishment does not fit the offense. Kearny feels her punishment was unjustified because she claims other professors and administrators at the school have not had the same repercussions after engaging in relationships that violated policy. Our team at \u201cStarting Point\u201d invited a representative from the university to appear on the program, but the invitation was declined. The legendary former coach, Beverly Kearney, joins us live from Austin, Texas this morning.\n\nKearny says she's finally come to embrace not knowing why she was treated this way by the school, especially at a time when she was negotating a contract with a raise. \u201cI\u2019ve always tried to live my life in a manner that I did not want to do harm,\" Kearney says. \"And it\u2019s always been easier for me to forgive others. But this was a challenge for me to forgive myself for making a poor decision.\u201d"}
-{"text": "FROM the EDITORS:\n\nIMPORTANT INFORMATION:Opinions expressed on the Insight Scoop weblog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of Ignatius Press. Links on this weblog to articles do not necessarily imply agreement by the author or by Ignatius Press with the contents of the articles. Links are provided to foster discussion of important issues. Readers should make their own evaluations of the contents of such articles.\n\nMonday, August 26, 2013\n\nFighting the Homogenous Regime of Dull Diversity\n\nA review of James Kalb\u2019s new book, Against Inclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and What to Do About It\n\n\u201c[O]ne cannot abstract from the\nhistorical situation of the nation or attack the cultural identity of the\npeople. Consequently, one cannot passively accept, still less actively support,\ngroups which by force or by the manipulation of public opinion take over the\nState apparatus and unjustly impose on the collectivity an imported ideology\ncontrary to the culture of the people.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Instruction on Christian\nFreedom and Liberation, Congregation\nfor the Doctrine of the Faith\n\nClearly it is not science but\nrather scientism which is central to the society depicted in Aldous Huxley\u2019s\n1931 science fiction classic, Brave New World. Toward the end of this dystopian novel about\na hedonistic global order comprised of shallow, self-absorbed clones, one\nmember of the ruling elite admits that he and his fellow rulers are deeply\nsuspicious of any sort of intellectual exploration. \u201cScience is dangerous,\u201d explains the World\nController, \u201cwe have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.\u201d True, the\nelite constantly bombards its biomanufactured subjects with propaganda about\nscientific achievements, yet what slogans like \u201cScience Is Everything\u201d actually\nrefer to is not science as traditionally understood but a kind of god, an\nabsolute authority figure which demands unquestioning obedience to the status\nquo in exchange for the creature comforts of advanced technology. Science as the pursuit of truth has long\nsince been banished by the soft-totalitarian global government, since such\ntruth might provoke reflection about the ultimate nature of the cosmos and\nthereby destabilize society.\n\nI found myself recalling all this\nas I read James Kalb\u2019snew book, Against\nInclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and\nWhat to Do About It (Angelico\nPress, 2013). A timely,\nincisive work, Against Inclusiveness builds upon themes introduced in\nKalb\u2019s previous work, The Tyranny of Liberalism, and presents a precise,\nmethodical examination of the real-life dystopia we inhabit. \u201c[S]cientism and postmodernism go together,\u201d\nKalb observes, \u201cand the two can exist independently of actual science.\u201d The rationalist who denies the soul, the\ndeconstructionist who denies the ability to know anything at all, and the\nglobalist who denies national identity are all working together to dehumanize\nthe planet, as it turns out:\n\nIn effect\nscientism tells us that there are no transcendent goods, just desires, that\nthere are no essences of things that we should respect, and that the world is\nwhat we make of it. From this it follows\nthat the rational approach to politics, social life, and morality is to treat\nthe world as a resource and turn the social order into a kind of machine for\ngiving people in equal measure whatever they happen to want, as long as what\nthey want fits the smooth working of the machine.\n\nHuman beings themselves become\nmere cogs, continues Kalb. \u201cTo demand inclusiveness is to demand that these\nhuman components be distinguished only by reference to the demands of the\nmachine and otherwise be treated as interchangeable.\u201d\n\nNeutral though the social machine\npurports to be, it inevitably exhibits de facto preferences."}
-{"text": "Wild Idaho: 6 Fire Towers for Rent This Weekend\n\nSometimes you just gotta get away. You can retreat to a lakeside cottage, pitch a primitive tent in the woods, or hook up your fifth wheel in a fully-loaded campground. But if you\u2019re looking for a more unique and rustic camping experience, head to Idaho where, scattered among the western white pine forests, an entire army of fire towers stands ready for your company. Originally built between the 1930s and the1960s to help spot forest fires, these towers have transitioned into historic hideaways for singles and families seeking rustic adventure. No bigger than 14ftX14ft and priced around $40 a night, many offer basic amenities \u2014 bed, kitchen, heat \u2014 but you\u2019re gonna have to brave the 50 yard \u2013walk to the pit potty, and any other amenities are up to you!\n\nWhile fire tower rentals are available all across the West, here are some of our favorites in Idaho. (Try to sample a few!)\n\nArid Peak Lookout\n\nLocation: Avery, Idaho\n\nFun Fact: Built in 1935, Arid Peak was built by the Milwaukee Railroad Line to help spot fires. Abandoned and vacant for 25 years, it was restored for rental to the public by the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the U.S. Forest Service, and a team of citizen volunteers. It\u2019s also on the National Register of Historic Places!\n\nWhat You\u2019ll See: 360-degree views of the Bitterroot Mountains, the Loop Creek, and Idaho Panhandle National Forest\n\nWhat to Do: Pack your bikes to take advantage of the seven trestles and ten tunnels on the Hiawatha Bike Trail that carves through the Bitterroot Mountains. Grab your poles and a cup of bait and head to the banks of the St. Joe River where the cutthroat trout swim in large numbers. If you feel like taking a hike over the miles of trails, keep an eye out for elk, eagles, and bears!\n\nHike It OR Drive It: Hike. Access to the cabin requires a moderately steep three-mile hike and availability depends on weather conditions.\n\nAmenities: This place has a wood stove, beds, propane, and cooking supplies. It\u2019s perfect for an adventurous family of four! Just bring bedding, food, and a pair of shoes to wear to the outhouse back down on the ground. No running water, so prepare accordingly!\n\nDeer Ridge Lookout\n\nWhat You\u2019ll See: Unforgettable view of the Purcell Mountain Ranges of Canada, Montana, and North Idaho\n\nWhat You\u2019ll Do: You\u2019ll find hiking trails along Ruby Ridge and Deer Ridge and wild huckleberries in August and September, and you can cook what you catch in the Moyie River.\n\nHike it OR Drive it: Drive. Kick it into four-wheel drive and save your strength for hiking\n\nAmenities: Sorry to say that the steep staircase, trap door, and rustic accommodations don\u2019t give this lookout a kid-friendly rating. It sleeps two people in twin beds and has a pit toilet on the ground. And while you are down there, you can do your cooking and water purifying.\n\nShorty Lookout\n\nFun Fact: The closest convenience store is on the Canadian border\u2013 about 50 miles away!\n\nWhat You\u2019ll See: The Selkirk and Purcell Mountain Ranges give a beautiful performance, and there isn\u2019t a bad seat in the house.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll Do: If photography is your game, this is the lookout for you, with native elk, mountain bluebirds and the mountains themselves making spectacular portraits. And don\u2019t forget to stargaze . . . unforgettable!\n\nHike it OR Drive it: Hike. Limber up for your 2.5-mile hike to camp!\n\nAmenities: Inside, you\u2019ll find a pair of twin beds, two tables, and a historic fire finder and district map. Outside, a pit toilet \u2013 bring your own shoes for the 100-yard dash. No water. No electric.\n\nDead Wood Lookout\n\nFun Fact: This fire tower was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, was on active duty until 1972. It has since become one of the most popular rental cabins in Idaho.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll See: A Dead Wood Mountain sky has colorful sunsets and the brightest stars. (No light pollution around this place!) Be aware of the rattlesnakes and bull elk in these parts, y\u2019all.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll Do: Scott Mountain, Julie Creek and Nellie\u2019s Basin are great for hikers and bikers, while the Deadwood Ridge Trail is better for horses and Jeeps there to play in the mountain mud.\n\nHike it OR Drive it: Drive. You\u2019re going to need a high clearance vehicle to tackle the terrain on the way up. (Deadwood Mountain is at an elevation of 8,200 feet!)\n\nAmenities: The bare basics are provided: wood stove, two chairs, two single beds. You\u2019ll spend a lot of time watching sunsets and sunrises on the wraparound porch. Cooking and dining on the ground floor only, where a fire ring and picnic table await. This place is clean, with a vault toilet nearby.\n\nBald Mountain\n\nLocation: Potlatch, Idaho\n\nFun Fact: This lookout is located on the White Pine Scenic Byway (aka Highway 6) \u2014 an 80-mile drive through historic small towns and thick forests.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll See: You\u2019re in for a real deal birds eye view from Bald Mountain. Not only is it one of the highest peaks in the Hoodoo Mountain Range, ( 5,334 feet above sea level), it\u2019s thick with Douglas fir, hemlock and red cedar. Wildlife watchers may see eagles soaring through the sky. Bear, moose, elk and deer are frequently spotted in the area as well.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll Do: Advanced hikers and bikers can run around the 8.9-mile Beason Meadows Trail or the four miles of Strychnine Ridge Trail.\n\nHike it OR Drive it: Drive. Guests can drive to the lookout in vehicles with good ground clearance, but trailers are not recommended due to some rough spots on the road.\n\nAmenities: This lookout sits 50 feet off the ground. A stairway leads to an exterior catwalk that surrounds the cabin, and can accommodate four people. A table and four chairs, a twin bed with foam pad and two cots are provided. Propane appliances include a cooking stove, heater and refrigerator. Cookware, dishes and utensils are provided. A pit toilet is located just below the lookout.\n\nNo water or electricity, so bring your own drinking water and lighting. And don\u2019t forget garbage bags to pack out the trash. An added note: the propane fridge isn\u2019t the most reliable, so for insurance, consider a well-iced cooler!Bedding and additional mattresses are not provided. The propane refrigerator may be unreliable, so guests may want to consider bringing a cooler with ice.\n\nLookout Butte\n\nLocation: Kooskia, Idaho\n\nFun Fact: There have been three different towers on this site over the past 80 years. The current one, now available for rent, was built in 1962.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll See: At an elevation of 5,869 feet, you\u2019re breathing the fresh mountain air from three mountain ranges: the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area, Coolwater Ridge, the Seven Devils Mountain Range. And there\u2019s water everywhere, mainly flowing through the Selway River and Lochsa River Drainages.\n\nWhat You\u2019ll Do: Pick one of the many back roads that are perfect for off-roading or biking.\n\nHike it OR Drive it: Drive. Bring a car with gritty tires to combat the incline, (add comma) and ditch your trailer before the climb.\n\nAmenities: With five steep flights of stairs up to the tower, this one isn\u2019t recommended for families. (add period) Parties of four are welcome to use the two twin beds, propane stove, and kitchen table. Down on the ground is a fire ring, and down the hill, a pit toilet.\n\n9 thoughts on \u201cWild Idaho: 6 Fire Towers for Rent This Weekend\u201d\n\nI absolutely Love your show.\nI\u2019ve learned much history and realize I have a few things that are antique.\nThese things I will pass on to my children,tho.\n\nI Love the outdoors and would Love to go Picking with you guys and Danny (we women can do some awesome picking, things you men never think about).\nBTW: One of my fav. shows was when you found things from the Hatfield\u2019s and McCoys.\nSincerely,\nBrentha Ramirez\n\nBetty passed away last summer but we honeymooned on Big Hill near Lowell ID in 1948. Looks like Lookout Butte. That\u2019s 2/3 of a century with four generations left in Coastal Washington. Love your antics on TV."}
-{"text": "Statement regarding approval of the Tahoe South Events Center\n\nMar 25, 2020:\n\nLeague to Save Lake Tahoe staff have been working with the Tahoe South Events Center proponents, TRPA and other stakeholders since the New Year to advocate that the project include better protections for the community and Lake Tahoe environment. With the changes presented at today\u2019s TRPA Governing Board meeting, we are now comfortable that the Events Center plan includes adequate and enforceable safeguards for the Lake and the South Shore community to prevent unwanted impacts, such as more traffic, increased parking strain and pollution.\n\nThe League is pleased to see that the changes we advocated for have been included in the project. The project now includes a fully coordinated parking management plan for the Stateline casino core and a microtransit shuttle program serving the South Shore from Stateline to Al Tahoe, each backed by performance and adaptive management measures to ensure targets are being met. If they are not, the plan has a dedicated funding source to fix its transportation impacts.\n\nHowever, the League neither opposes nor supports the project. We don\u2019t object to the project in its current state, but we do object to the process, which failed to adequately include public input, require safeguards to protect the community and environment, or coordinate with other project planning efforts, such as the Mainstreet Management Plan and Highway 50 Loop Road Project. It also relied on analysis that left significant amounts of uncertainty regarding traffic impacts, creating a shaky foundation for a project of this scale.\n\nIt\u2019s only because of direct engagement from the League and other stakeholders, as well a very unique set of circumstances, that the project has improved significantly. This environmental review and approval process must not become a model for future projects anywhere in Tahoe.\n\nThe proponents deserve credit for changing elements of their plan based on input from the League and others. Now, with an expanded public transit component and strong accountability measures, the project not only holds great economic promise for the South Shore community, it will lay a foundation that we can build on to improve transportation in the Stateline casino core in the future.\n\nThe Tahoe South Events Center is an exciting, 6,000-seat, multi-purpose meeting and events venue to be built in the parking lot of the Montbleu casino at Stateline. It was approved by the TRPA Governing Board on March 25, 2020. Construction could begin as soon as May 2020 with doors potentially opening in spring 2022. On January 13, 2020, an Environmental Assessment for the project was released publicly, which left many unanswered questions concerning the project's impacts on traffic and parking at Stateline. Given the scale of the project and its potential impacts to the South Shore and Lake Tahoe's natural environment, the League's policy experts worked closely with project proponents, TRPA and the California Attorney General's office to ensure safeguards were in place to protect the community and Keep Tahoe Blue.\n\nHow you can Keep Tahoe Blue\n\nWhether you're a visitor or long-time local, you can support efforts to protect and preserve Lake Tahoe now and for future generations."}
-{"text": "Share this post\n\nThe Australian captain, Michael Clarke, was dejected with his team\u2019s lack of application in the first Test vs. India that was lost by a big margin of 8 wickets.\n\nThe Kangaroos surrendered the first Test against the hosts on the last day of the match on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. They were bowled out twice in the encounter whereas the home side lost 12 wickets and that too after piling up mountains of runs. The visitors scored 380 runs in the first innings which looked like a substantial total on a turning track. The Australians did not bat well as David Warner ended up with a fifty while opening the innings whereas the rest of the four top order batsmen were unable to impress.\n\nMichael Clarke \u2013 Unhappy with the performance of his team\n\nAustralia had lost half of their side for 153 mere runs when the debutant, Moises Henriques, got together with Michael Clarke. The duo stabilised the innings with dedicated batting and shared a match saving partnership of 151 runs for the sixth wicket. Henriques achieved his maiden Test fifty and lost his wicket after scoring 68 from 132 balls with 5 fours. Michael Clarke led them from the front by thrashing his 23rd Test ton on the typical subcontinent wicket as the entire Australian team was bundled out for 380 runs. The master off spinner of India, Ravichandran Ashwin, got his best figures of 7-103 in an innings whereas Ravindra Jadeja and Harbhajan Singh claimed 2 and 1 wicket respectively.\n\nThe tourists\u2019 batting was unable to sustain the pressure of the rival spin bowling in the second innings and managed 241 runs. Moises Henriques once again rescued his team with a solid unbeaten knock of 81 runs and proved his selection right. Michael Clarke was pleased with the performance of the 26-year-old debutant, Moises Henriques, and praised him by saying,\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s very exciting the way he\u2019s started. He\u2019s been a very talented player for a long time, and it\u2019s nice to see that potential come to the forefront in his first Test match. He looked very comfortable with both bat and ball, and that\u2019s exciting for Australian cricket going forward.\u201d\n\nMS Dhoni made the real difference and played an anchor\u2019s role when his side needed it most. He came into bat in the first innings of India when they had lost their fourth wicket at 196 runs and the game looked evenly poised. Dhoni joined in with the talented Virat Kohli after the fall of the little master Sachin Tendulkar who contributed 81 valuable runs. The pair lifted the score to 324 when Virat Kohli was caught by Mitchell Starc off Nathan Lyon after thrashing his fourth Test hundred.\n\nDhoni took over from there, never looked back, and toyed with the Aussies bowling at will assisted by numerous boundaries. He was unstoppable and hammered his career\u2019s best score of 224 not before his side took a decisive first innings lead off 192 runs which counted a lot on the result of the game.\n\nThe Australian batsmen once again surrendered against the Indian spin trio of Ashwin, Jadeja and Harbhajan Singh. Ashwin repeated another sterling performance in the match by grabbing five wickets whereas Jadeja held three and Harbhajan Singh added another two wickets in his tally.\n\nThe hosts did not find it difficult to score the required 50 runs to win the match and that was reached after losing two wickets.\n\nThe Indian spinners grasped all 20 wickets of the tourists that fell in their two innings whereas the only Australian spinner, Nathan Lyon, managed just four wickets in the match by giving away 244 runs after delivering 52.3 overs. The young quick bowler of the Kangaroos, James Pattinson was the most impressive of the lot who secured six wickets whereas the other two fast bowlers, Peter Siddle and Moises, shared one wicket each.\n\nMichael Clarke stood by the selection of the team that comprised three pacers, one medium fast all rounder and a spinner. The skipper was not impressed by the overall attitude of his team during the first Test in batting and bowling which could have been much better if they had applied themselves properly. He further said,\n\n\u201cAustralian spin took three wickets in the first innings. Fast bowling took a lot more. That doesn\u2019t mean to say we got it right by playing three fast bowlers and a medium-pace allrounder. It\u2019s not just about selection. It\u2019s about how you perform. I don\u2019t think we bowled well enough in our first innings, and we certainly didn\u2019t bat well enough in our second innings.\u201d"}
-{"text": "GTA 5 enormous Hype \u2013 45 million copies have been landed stores yet\n\nEven before the release of Grand Theft Auto V almost all were confident that this title will be the hit title. So it happened and producer Take-Two can also only rub their hands.\n\nBecause time goes by and the players spend their money on that title.. Take-Two praised the recently its financial results and the published report, among other titles we have learned how great interest in the latest installment of Grand Theft Auto was.\n\nIt turns out that the stores around the world, more than 45 million copies of the GTA 5 have landed. About 10 million are for consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which debuted after the end of last year. Although it is not known how many copies were sent to the hands of the players, but it\u2019s hard to imagine that stores are filled with larger stocks.\n\nProbably in a few months, the number will be even more impressive. Not only because of subsequent purchases of players on consoles, but also due to the fact that the March 24 GTA 5 will appear on the PC.\n\nThis PC version of GTA 5 will bring all the profits of the latest Ps4 and Xbox One adaptations. That incorporates the first-individual mode and an extended soundtrack, and, only for the PC adaptation, local 4k backing. Simply a disgrace that we\u2019ve now two more months to hold up."}
-{"text": "Thursday, October 11, 2012\n\nUPDATED Benghazi: Obama lies - and people died\n\nThe deaths of Americans including Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and one other, in Benghazi last month demonstrates, once again, the absolute inadequacy of the current US administration's grasp of matters of state.\n\nDespite overwhelming reports that Hillary Clinton's State Department was told more security resources were needed in Libya, evidence shows that, time and again, those requests were denied. Meanwhile, MIC and his minions continue to cover-up, deflect (Big Bird anyone?) and generally flat out lie.\n\nFrom FrontPage Mag:\n\nRevealed: Extreme Negligence in Benghazi\n\nThe House of Representatives began its hearings on Wednesday regarding\nthe Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack against the U.S. consulate in\nBenghazi, Libya, which killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three\nother Americans. The picture painted by sworn testimonies is one of\nextreme negligence and incompetence on the part of the Obama\nadministration in protecting our fellow citizens in the field. The Obama\nadministration is also under fire for its embarrassing insistence that\nthe tragedy wasn\u2019t a pre-planned terrorist attack until a mound of\nevidence forced it to reverse course, long after the truth became\nobvious....\n\nMuch more here, and as more details emerge of this terrible event, I suggest it is not merely ' extreme negligence', but gross criminal negligence.\n\nIn the aftermath, the White House repeatedly insisted that the murdererous attacks on American soil were in spontaneous response to an obscure second-rate video that somehow inflamed those uncontrollable thugs, who were driven to go on a rampage...(to see some of the damage they did, go here for graphic pictures)\n\nKeep America Safe has this to say. Read EVERY word:\n\nMore reports surfaced this week that the Obama administration had\nevidence of al Qaeda involvement soon after the assassination of our\nambassador.\n\"Within hours\" of the attack, Reuters noted, the administration received \"about a dozen\" intelligence reports pointing to\nan al Qaeda link. \"Despite these reports,\" continued Reuters,\n\"top U.S. officials spent nearly two weeks highlighting\nintelligence suggesting that the attacks were spontaneous protests\nagainst an anti-Muslim film, while playing down the involvement of\norganized\nmilitant groups.\"\n\nAn investigation by a congressional committee revealed further that executive branch officials repeatedly denied\nrequests by American diplomats in Benghazi for increased protection for the U.S. mission. According to the committee,\n\n\"[T]he\nattack ... was the latest in a long line of attacks on Western\ndiplomats and\nofficials in Libya in the months leading up to September 11, 2012. It\nwas clearly never, as Administration officials once insisted, the result\nof a\npopular protest. In addition, multiple U.S. federal government officials\nhave confirmed to the Committee that, prior to the September 11 attack,\nthe\nU.S. mission in Libya made repeated requests for increased security in\nBenghazi. The mission in Libya, however, was denied these resources by\nofficials in Washington.\"\n\n\"An American ambassador [was] killed in a terror attack that the administration\ncovered up,\" KAS' Liz Cheney told Sean Hannity last Tuesday, \"after it ignored the threats he was reporting back to Washington.\"\n\nMoreover, the president's boast that \"al Qaeda is on the path to\ndefeat\" apparently has not reached al Qaeda terrorists operating\nin Africa, among other places. Released in August, a defense\ndepartment-sponsored study found al Qaeda deepening its network in\nLibya. A recent\nWashington Post piece quoted the head of the U.S. Africa Command, Gen.\nCarter Ham, who told journalists gathered in Senegal in July that the\nU.S. and\nother governments had \"missed an opportunity to deal with AQIM [al Qaeda\nin the Islamic Magreb] when they were weak.\" And in the preceding\nmonths, CNN reported that Gen. Ham had been making the case that AQIM,\nin CNN's words, \"poses an increasing concern and that the group is\noperating unconstrained in a large portion of Mali and coordinating with\nother extremist elements across North Africa.\"\n\nIn this never-ending election season, MIC is all politics, all the time, regardless of the safety of our Americans serving their country anywhere in the world. Ambassador Stevens, and those brave patriots who rushed IN to help, paid the ultimate price for the politicians trying to perpetuate the myth that there is no war with Islamist extremists - for the lies of MIC et al. And it is no less than a disgrace that the lies continue.Back when MIC first stomped arrogantly on the national stage and began his continuous (still ongoing) electioneering for the highest office in America, much was made about his inability to answer a 3am call...his inexperience in world affairs - other than his record of being 'present'...when votes were called for in the Senate. The Wall Street Journal is calling BHO out:\n\nStephens: Benghazi Was Obama's 3 a.m. Call\n\nLibya was a failure of policy and worldview, not intelligence.\n\nWhy won't the Libya story go away? Why can't the memory of U.S.\nAmbassador Chris Stevens and his staff be consigned to the same\nsad-and-sealed file of Americans killed abroad in dangerous line of\nduty? How has an episode that seemed at first to have been mishandled by\nthe Romney camp become an emblem of a feckless and deluded foreign\npolicy?The story-switching and stonewalling haven't helped. But let's start a little earlier.The hour is 5 p.m., Sept. 11,\nWashington time, and the scene is an Oval Office meeting among President\nObama, the secretary of defense, the national security adviser and the\nchairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The U.S. diplomatic mission in\nBenghazi has been under assault for roughly 90 minutes. Some 30 U.S.\ncitizens are at mortal risk. The whereabouts of Ambassador Stevens are\nunknown.What is uppermost on the minds of the president and his advisers? The\nsafety of Americans, no doubt. So what are they prepared to do about\nit? Here is The Wall Street Journal's account of the meeting:\"There was no serious consideration at that hour of intervention with\nmilitary force, officials said. Doing so without Libya's permission\ncould represent a violation of sovereignty and inflame the situation,\nthey said. Instead, the State Department reached out to the Libyan\ngovernment to get reinforcements to the scene.\"\n\nSo it did. Yet the attack was far from over. After leaving the\nprincipal U.S. compound, the Americans retreated to a second, supposedly\nsecret facility, which soon came under deadly mortar fire. Time to call\nin the troops?...\n\nPrepare to get REALLY angry, and go read the whole chilling account here.\n\nThe attack on Benghazi may have come as a surprise to MIC and his minions - or at least that may be the public spin - but again, there were signs and repeated warning prior to this tragedy that MIC chose to ignore..We all have seen how little regard he has for his Military experts, and this is borne out in a report from CNN:\n\nJust three months ago, the four-star chief of the U.S. Africa Command\nwarned of a growing threat from al Qaeda and other militant groups in\nLibya.\"There is a real concern in Libya. As Libya is coming out of the\nrevolution and forming its new government, there very clearly are those\nwho wish to undermine the formation of that government,\" said Gen.\nCarter Ham in a speech to senior military and civilian officials from\nAfrica, Europe and the U.S.\"We see some worrying indicators that al Qaeda and others are seeking\nto establish a presence in Libya,\" Ham warned. Ham often worked closely\nwith the late Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, killed in\nthe attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.Ham has been trying to establish the initial stages of a military\nrelationship with Libya, but the effort has been slowed by the presence\nand influence of armed militias, such as those suspected of being\ninvolved in the attack. Ham noted back in June the problem of bringing\neven more mainstream groups under the control of the central government....\n\nNot only did the Obama administration unequivocally prove their incompetence - and people died as a result - their lies since September 11, 2012 continue to dishonour the honourable men who lost their lives in service to America that day.\n\nSpin spin spin...\n\nFrom the Weekly Standard:\n\nPermanent Spin\n\nFor nine days, the Obama administration made a case that virtually\neveryone understood was untrue: that the killing of our ambassador and\nthree other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, was a random, spontaneous act\nof individuals upset about an online video\u2014an unpredictable attack on a\nwell-protected compound that had nothing do to with the eleventh\nanniversary of 9/11.\n\nU.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice\n\nNEWSCOM\n\nThese claims were wrong. Every one of them. But the White House pushed them hard.Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared on\nfive Sunday talk shows on September 16. A \u201chateful video\u201d triggered a\n\u201cspontaneous protest . . . outside of our consulate in Benghazi\u201d that\n\u201cspun from there into something much, much more violent,\u201d she said on Face the Nation. \u201cWe do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned.\u201d\n\nOn This Week, Rice said the consulate was well secured....\n\nGo read the rest here. . It ends with a Jay Carney snark.....where he proves - once again - what a loyal water boy, but terrible liar - he is..\n\nTruth: We have seen how little regard this current administration has for the truth as we have watched Fast and Furious - Brian Terry, anyone? We have seen MIC rush to mics and cameras to claim credit for heroic acts not of his doing (ObL?). We have seen him host press conferences on the White House lawn with actors primed to push his ObamaCare monster.\n\nSpin spin spin. It IS the Obama way.\n\nTime is long overdue for him and his ignorant, callous, lying cohorts to spin right out of the People's House.\n\nAmerica and Americans can no longer afford any more Obama spin cycles.. Period.\n\nUPDATE:\n\nAs the Liar In Chief's minions continue their *testimony*, more proof of the lies and negligence behind the murders of four American citizens. From Breitbart:\n\nToday's congressional hearing on the Sep. 11, 2012 attacks across\nthe Middle East, that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three\nother Americans in Benghazi, have destroyed the Obama administration's\nlies about the event. There was not enough security in Benghazi, despite\nrepeated requests; there was no preparation for the attacks, despite\nintelligence and warning signs; and the assault in Libya had nothing to\ndo with an anti-Islamic video, as President Barack Obama and his\nappointees had claimed for weeks.\n\nOn the eve of the hearings, the State Department claimed\nnot to have linked the Libya attack to an anti-Islamic video made in\nthe United States--although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did so in television advertisements the State Department produced for Pakistani television, and UN Ambassador Susan Rice told the media\nover and over again that the attacks had been part of a spontaneous\ndemonstration of outrage across the region. Numerous requests for\nadditional security in Benghazi had been ignored by the diplomats at Foggy Bottom.\n\n[...]\n\nWhat is clear is that the attacks on the anniversary 9/11 took the\nObama administration by surprise; that the administration placed too\nmuch confidence in the removal of Osama bin Laden, as well as the\nPresident's own personal popularity, in declaring that Al Qaeda was in\nretreat; that the first impulse of the administration was to attack\nfreedom of expression in the U.S., as well as the political opposition;\nthat the administration never lived up to its most basic security\nresponsibilities in Libya; that it lied for weeks about the most serious\nterror attack against the United States in years; and that it is lying\nstill, in an attempt to minimize political fallout.\n\nThe entire cover-up is falling apart--and today's congressional hearings are likely just the beginning.\n\nThese congressional hearings may be just the beginning of the unravelling of the Libyan ball of lies, but it is obvious to anybody paying attention that for this administration this is just 'business as usual.' This latest disgrace and blot on the international reputation of America is but another in a long line of outrageous total disregard by this administration in their sworn duty: to protect Americans, and American interests around the world. This begs the obvious question: HOW MANY more deliberate lies; how many more instances of dereliction of duty; how many MORE American citizens will die - because the politicians think they are above the law, and the moral code of decency - before the American people throw these liars out of office?EPIC fail - again."}
-{"text": "Lamborghini Polo Storico at Salon R\u00e9tromobile 2018\n\nFor those of who are not familiar with Lamborghini Polo Storico, it\u2019s a division of Automobili Lamborghini committed to the restoration and certification of classic Lamborghini cars. And they are having a field day at this year\u2019s Salon R\u00e9tromobile in Paris these days, presenting two superb projects.\n\nThe first car Lamborghini Polo Storico is showing off at the Parisian classic car show is a sweet 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400. This beauty has been through a ten-month restoration process to return to original glory with original specs. The body is finished in Verde Scandal while the chassis and electrical, braking and cooling systems have been renewed. The interior to has been completely redone, including the dashboard which has also been restored to its authentic color of Testa di Moro. This Miura is now one of the most desirable cars in the whole world.\n\nThe second of latest projects at Lamborghini Polo Storico is a 1976 Lamborghini Countach LP400 and what\u2019s interesting about this one is that they have put it on display half way through the restoration. It gives you an opportunity to see up close how this gargantuan task is being carried out. Every single part of the car has been stripped off, the color is being redone in the original yellow, components are being replaced as necessary using Lamborghini original spare parts, and the interior is being refurbished in the original Tabacco color.\n\nAnother highlight of the Polo Storico is a showcase of the Lamborghini\u2019s V12 4.0 liter engine head, being reproduced as a result of client requests. These are being built to the exact original specs, making the job of restoring classic V12 engines a lot easier.\n\n(Founder / Chief Editor / Journalist) \u2013 Arman is the original founder of Motorward.com, which he kept until August 2009. Currently Arman is our chief editor and is held responsible for a large part of the news we publish."}
-{"text": "that's an extinct species. They all died out a few years after all the Nice, Decent Single Ladies died off.\n\nYou see, when all the women end up cheating on their good guys, the nice guys, stabbing them in the back, they all wind up realizing that the jerks have it right. So they turn bitter, and hateful. And in turn lose their care for the morals, and trust and honesty that should go with a relationship.\n\nSorry honey, we've all been backstabbed too many times. Does that mean I'd cheat on you or NOT love you? Absolutely not. What it does mean, is that I'm going to be extremely hard to catch, because I am not throwing myself out there anymore. It's going to take a he11 of a lot to prove to me YOU'RE WORTHY of my time and risk. See, after so much pain and hurt, we start to weigh out the risks and odds don't look good sister when just about every girl I've talked to has either cheated themselves, or been an affair partner.\n\nI'm better than that. I bet there's less than 2% of the women in this town that's worthy of me. Why? Because I've never cheated. I've always put my heart into making things better. Always accepted the possibility that marriage / couples counseling will be in the future. Because I'm willing to do what it takes to make someone happy while being respectful and faithful, not for a few months or years, but the entire time of our relationship.\n\nNo, I'm not a nice, decent single guy, that species is lost. Rather, I'm a new, growing species. The former, with the knowledge it's best to stay single in order to never feel that pain again.\n\nthat's an extinct species. They all died out a few years after all the Nice, Decent Single Ladies died off.You see, when all the women end up cheating on their good guys, the nice guys, stabbing them in the back, they all wind up realizing that the jerks have it right. So they turn bitter, and hateful. And in turn lose their care for the morals, and trust and honesty that should go with a relationship.Sorry honey, we've all been backstabbed too many times. Does that mean I'd cheat on you or NOT love you? Absolutely not. What it does mean, is that I'm going to be extremely hard to catch, because I am not throwing myself out there anymore. It's going to take a he11 of a lot to prove to me YOU'RE WORTHY of my time and risk. See, after so much pain and hurt, we start to weigh out the risks and odds don't look good sister when just about every girl I've talked to has either cheated themselves, or been an affair partner.I'm better than that. I bet there's less than 2% of the women in this town that's worthy of me. Why? Because I've never cheated. I've always put my heart into making things better. Always accepted the possibility that marriage / couples counseling will be in the future. Because I'm willing to do what it takes to make someone happy while being respectful and faithful, not for a few months or years, but the entire time of our relationship.No, I'm not a nice, decent single guy, that species is lost. Rather, I'm a new, growing species. The former, with the knowledge it's best to stay single in order to never feel that pain again.\n\nthat's an extinct species. They all died out a few years after all the Nice, Decent Single Ladies died off.You see, when all the women end up cheating on their good guys, the nice guys, stabbing them in the back, they all wind up realizing that the jerks have it right. So they turn bitter, and hateful. And in turn lose their care for the morals, and trust and honesty that should go with a relationship.Sorry honey, we've all been backstabbed too many times. Does that mean I'd cheat on you or NOT love you? Absolutely not. What it does mean, is that I'm going to be extremely hard to catch, because I am not throwing myself out there anymore. It's going to take a he11 of a lot to prove to me YOU'RE WORTHY of my time and risk. See, after so much pain and hurt, we start to weigh out the risks and odds don't look good sister when just about every girl I've talked to has either cheated themselves, or been an affair partner.I'm better than that. I bet there's less than 2% of the women in this town that's worthy of me. Why? Because I've never cheated. I've always put my heart into making things better. Always accepted the possibility that marriage / couples counseling will be in the future. Because I'm willing to do what it takes to make someone happy while being respectful and faithful, not for a few months or years, but the entire time of our relationship.No, I'm not a nice, decent single guy, that species is lost. Rather, I'm a new, growing species. The former, with the knowledge it's best to stay single in order to never feel that pain again.\n\nto be honest,'talking down' to someone isn't that big of a baddie. really. I mean that's easily overcome. I use to do it to my now ex wife, but we got around it and I learned to stop doing it. I would do it on such a spur moment and not realize what I was doing, then we discovered it was when I was extremely tired or hurting over my back injuries. We learned to help keep them down and worked through it.\n\nwhat my man is talking about i think is the fact that women keep trying to get that great looking guy and expect him to treat you like a nice guy. but in all situations, he knows he can get the girls and has no reason to want to have a single girl relationship or w/e. they always cheat and or will not be able to stop themselves which is no excuse by any means.\n\npeople cant help themselves thats for sure. i also have another friend who just got divorced recently she cheated on him with a pos skumbucket and then started hanging with all these teens. so sad. when she gets old and stuff wishing she had a good man shell be sorry she let one of them go.\n\nTell me when this thread is updated:\n\nAdd your comments below\n\nPlease note by submitting this form you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Service and the comment you are posting is in compliance with such terms. 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-{"text": "We don't send regular emails, we send cool emails\n\nThanks Betch\n\nFive Gifts To Buy Yourself This Holiday\n\nLet\u2019s be real: you deserve a gift. You\u2019ve been busy bribing your teachers for an A, buying everyone the perfect secret Santa presents, and generously tipping your doorman. Plus, your shows aren\u2019t back for the new season yet, so you can\u2019t even enjoy your free time. Before you fly home for the holidays this week, treat yourself to a well-deserved gift. Here are some treats to indulge in this holiday."}
-{"text": "The Google Assistant now sounds significantly better, thanks to the magic of machine learning\n\nIn the past few years since it launched, Google has been very insistent on proving that the Google Assistant isn't just a cute gimmick, but a fully fledged product. Just last week, along with the Pixel 2 siblings (and a whole bunch of other stuff), the company announced two new dedicated smart speakers, which are joining the already huge family of Assistant-enabled devices which includes last year's Google Home, as well as pretty much any Android device running Marshmallow and above.\n\nBut expansion without improvement would be next to worthless \u2014 especially considering the Assistant (and, let's be honest, all AI assistants in general) could certainly use some more tuning up. And today Google has announced just that: a major improvement to the Assistant's voice synthesis capabilities, which is pretty much the key interface between it and a user.\n\nThe improvements are a result of Alphabet's 2014 acquisition of British AI firm DeepMind, which has since developed an audio neural network (it's 2017 so of course it's a neural network) called WaveNet. And while its debut was all the way back in 2016, the company has now announced its integration into the Assistant, hence the improvements. Hear for yourself:\n\nAudio clip from before WaveNet:\n\nAudio clip from after WaveNet:\n\nIn short, the differences are subtle but still fairly noticeable \u2014 the distinctive choppiness usually associated with computer-generated voices is completely gone, making the speech sound almost natural (proper intonation still seems to be a problem, though). And on the user-invisible side, the generation is also 1,000 faster than the previously used model, which we imagine will have a positive impact on Google's server electricity bill.\n\nRight now, WaveNet has only been trained on U.S. English and Japanese only, so people using other voices won't hear a difference. However, we imagine other languages will also start utilizing the new technology some time soon. Until then, the source link below provides some more before/after examples, as well as a good explanation of how WaveNet actually works, so interested parties may feel free to check it out:\n\nposted on Oct 09, 2017, 11:14 AM 0\n\nPosts: 1168; Member since: May 23, 2013\n\nTrue but General North American English (United States and most of Canada) is the one that has the most English speakers in the world and is also much more homogenous compared to British English. Much larger data set for machine learning.\n\nThis copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. You can order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers at https://www.parsintl.com/phonearena or use the Reprints & Permissions tool that appears at the bottom of each web page. Visit https://www.parsintl.com/ for samples and additional information."}
-{"text": "Are Automatic IRAs the Answer for Low Income Workers Saving for Retirement?\n\nThere has been increasing discussion lately about new ways to help lower income employees who may not have access to more traditional retirement savings to begin saving for retirement. We already have a number of retirement vehicles available for most people, but there are still millions of people who simply don\u2019t save anything for retirement. One of the less talked about ideas is the automatic IRA. Would this new savings product really help level the playing field?\n\nI have not really given these new IRAs much thought until I saw a very brief piece in an old issue of Newsweek. Jane Bryant Quinn addresses the topic with a fairly hasty comment:\n\nFunny\u2013We pay a bundle to the rich to get them to save more money, but we pay almost nothing to the poor. When I say \u201cpay,\u201d I\u2019m talking about the tax breaks offered for savings in retirement plans\u2026the fatter your earnings, the bigger the government subsidy (deductions are always worth more in higher tax brackets).\n\nRight away I see the obvious argument that yes, clearly people who make more money have to pay more taxes, so any tax breaks they receive will have a greater benefit than those who don\u2019t make much money and are paying little or no taxes. She goes on to criticize the fact that people who earn more receive a benefit from saving whereas lower earners receive nothing. She claims that only the well-to-do are able to save for retirement and receive investment advice. It is a \u201cprivileged realm\u201d she calls it.\n\nQuinn\u2019s article was before the new Obama administration\u2019s new proposal which throws another wrench into the mix by defaulting to a Roth IRA as the automatic enrollment vehicle. Now there\u2019s little tax break up front but a tax break in the future. For lower income individuals I think they would see more value of an immediate tax break. A Roth still probably makes more sense for them financially, but the idea is to encourage people to save, period. If they can\u2019t envision the tax break 30 years down the road they may see little benefit to contributing at all, and the whole premise of the automatic IRA has been wasted.\n\nHere\u2019s how the automatic IRA would work in a nutshell:\n\nEmployers without retirement plans and have 10 or more employees and have been in business for at least two years would be required to make the new IRAs available.\n\nWorkers could contribute on a percentage or fixed dollar amount basis just like the 401(k) counterpart directly through payroll deduction, but the automatic enrollment would default to 3%.\n\nEmployers would have no obligations to this account, no requirement for matching money or any liability.\n\nThey would receive a small tax credit to offset the start-up costs.\n\nSo the goal is to get lower income employees to save right? I guess if you\u2019re creating an opt-out plan instead of an opt-in plan you will get a lot of people to enroll and never opt out. It could be just due to apathy, but at least there would be people saving who otherwise might not be. But there is one issue that bothers me, and that\u2019s the details around liability and fiduciary duty.\n\nIf the employer isn\u2019t responsible, who is? Who do they select for the IRA provider? Will the government select a dedicated investment provider? Will they be responsible? No. Remember, these are Individual Retirement Accounts. Everything falls on the individual for making decisions. Who is going to provide them with investment advice? Who is going to help them understand the importance of saving? Who is going to guide them when an employee gets fired or quits their job and wants to cash out all this \u201cfound money\u201d they now have access to? And what about help with roll overs? I\u2019m sure a lot of employers would love to wash their hands of any fiduciary responsibility, but this isn\u2019t doing the common employee any favors.\n\nA Good Idea on Paper\n\nOn paper this idea sounds great. You provide an easy way for employees to make contributions to an IRA directly through payroll deduction. Why wouldn\u2019t that help people save? Well, I think it would help a few, but it is taking on the problem of our inability for people with lower incomes to save in the wrong way.\n\nI\u2019ve worked with retirement plans and my sole job was to educate employees and encourage them to sign up to the employer sponsored plan. The biggest problem I see is that even with a very generous company match, institutional funds with very low fees and a dedicated investment representative on-site 5 days a week the lower income employees still generally don\u2019t enroll. If you can\u2019t attract low income employees with a 100% match and professional investment advice that the high-paid executives in the same company are utilizing how on Earth will you ever get these people to stay enrolled in an IRA that has no match and comes with virtually no guidance?\n\nWe still don\u2019t have standardized automatic 401(k) enrollment, which would help millions more people and is an infrastructure that is already in place, so why don\u2019t we start there?\n\nThe Real Problem\n\nIf companies providing these so-called \u201cprivileged\u201d retirement accounts aren\u2019t even able to enroll their lower income employees I just don\u2019t see how the automatic IRA would be any different other than making it an opt-out account. The real problem is that these employees are generally just able to make ends meet and don\u2019t think they can afford to save. In some cases that may be true. Just because their employer lets them save easily and automatically doesn\u2019t mean they will by any means. Some may obviously not realize they are saving or never get around to opting out, but for people who are literally living on every last penny of their paycheck will likely just opt out so they can get more money, especially if they aren\u2019t seeing any financial incentive for saving.\n\nThe real way to get lower income workers to save is to give them free money. Those earning more money obviously get a nice tax deduction by saving in pre-tax retirement accounts, but when you have someone that isn\u2019t paying any tax as it is there\u2019s not much incentive. That\u2019s where the saver\u2019s tax credit comes in. This is a credit for those those who contribute to an retirement account with low incomes. Again, this is a great incentive for lower income workers, yet very few actually take advantage of it. It\u2019s a tax break specifically for the working poor and it usually goes to waste. At least if the IRA became an automatic enrollment you could find a way to show these savers how much of a credit they would receive in order to encourage them to stay enrolled, but I usually find that trying to manipulate financial behaviors of those who make little money is not very effective.\n\nYou can decide for yourself, but while the thought of an automatic IRA sounds like it would help these people save I think it is only a tiny improvement for this situation. Much more has to be done in the way of educating people, and for those who truly do not make enough money to save I don\u2019t see what can be done to encourage them to save with a plan like this. The majority of employers already offer a retirement plan and most companies struggle to get employee participation over 70%. So, why not start with automatic 401(k) enrollment? I wish I had the solution to the problem, but I don\u2019t. I just don\u2019t think a plan like this is ultimately very helpful or addresses the real problems.\n\nMy name is Jeremy Vohwinkle, and I\u2019ve spent a number of years working in the finance industry providing financial advice to regular investors and those participating in employer-sponsored retirement plans.\n\nThe government is the least able to help the poor out of their own predicament. Education to understand the potential of money and how to use it as a tool in your goals is whats important. I don't mean to be suspicious but have you looked at the statistics on the \"Cash In\" rate based on education level. I'm sure all the penalties would still apply. Think of the extra income the government will get when these plans are cashed in repeatedly as employees go from one job to the next. Lower educated workers move more often from job to job than higher educated workers. Think about it, a new tax hidden as a benefit to the poor. This is why government can't help. They're louse at it.\n\nIt may not be a matter of knowledge or planning. Though some poor folk are horrible with finances. (Cell phones and cable anyone?) We'd be considered upper lower income people and are quite frugal. What may work even better than an automatic IRA in addition other government mandated plans is to allow us to take our social security payments out of the system and invest that for our own futures. Social security taxes, unlike regular federal taxes, are not graded and have no income minimums. 7.65% is quite a chunk of change especially if you're making a low end income. And you pay double that if you're self employed. A jolly 15.3%.\n\nI'd have to agree with you on that one. We need to educate lower income employees about saving and investing for retirement. Obviously, if they already have a low-income used to support their family and make ends meet, they're probably not going to put any money towards a 401K or a roth IRA.\n\nAbout Me\n\nDo you want to be a millionaire?\nWould you like to see how I became a millionaire before I turned 30?\nHello and welcome to Gen X Finance. My name is KC.\nBetween saving and investing I was able to accumulate a net worth of over a million dollars before I turned 30.\nMy Story\nI graduated from college early in 2000 with a bachelors in \u2026 Read More..."}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nGuide dog school 2: And his name is...\n\nBy Brian Fischler\n\nToday I became best friends with a yellow lab whose name is Nash. We were introduced early in the afternoon. He\u2019s good and strong about not crying or whimpering after the trainers leave the room. The room here at Guiding Eyes for the Blind is bigger than a typical dorm room, but smaller than a New York City studio apartment. There are two doors, one that leads out to the lobby of GEB, and one that leads out to an alley where the dogs can do their business.\n\nWe were told to hold onto the leashes for the entire first hour together, as it helps create a bond between our guide dogs and us. I hold on, and let\u2019s just say that it\u2019s the best workout I have had in a long time, as Nash runs me from one door to the other and back again for about an hour. I guess he\u2019s looking for a way to get out.\n\nNash is a really cute dog, and he seems to be very social. After running me around for an hour, I was like, \u201cAre you kidding me, what\u2019s wrong with this guy,\u201d sure that this guide dog thing is never going to work. But then we have our first moment, where I think we bond, as Nash finally sits down, lies on his back, puts his paws up in the air, and wants me to give him a belly rub. It\u2019s very cute.\n\nI try to give him a few of the commands that we had been taught so far, but he doesn\u2019t seem to listen to me. I get the feeling that he\u2019s trying to feel me out to see what he can get away with; we are both feeling each other out. I think right now that he is probably the boss in the relationship, but I guess that\u2019s why I am here for a month. Besides Nash being my first guide dog, he is also the first dog that I have ever had, so it is a little intimidating for me.\n\nWe took our dogs with us to dinner tonight, and Nash was really well-behaved. I\u2019m a little hesitant to pull on his leash, as I don\u2019t want to hurt him. The trainers chuckle at this, and explain that a simple leash pull just gets the dog\u2019s attention and helps him to focus. Nash must be thinking he got a big softy in me, as I am still hesitant to pull on his leash.\n\nOur dogs will be with us twenty-four hours a day, and after dinner we went to our room to watch the Yankees game. I guess Nash isn\u2019t a Yankees fan, as it is only the fifth inning and he\u2019s snoring away. I guess it has been a pretty emotionally exhausting day for both of us. I just hope that Nash sleeps through the night, as giving him an Ambien would probably be frowned upon!"}
-{"text": "Star Wars GPS Voices: Yoda on Garmin \u2013 Seriously\n\nWe all know that there are some wacky gadgets out there that may turn your eye, but how about this. Garmin GPS units now have a new voice in the way of the Jedi Master Yoda, from the Star Wars series.\n\nFrom phrases such as \u201cRight you should turn, then sharp left\u2026control, control, if a Jedi, you wish to be,\u201d Yoda will use the force to show you the way to go on your journeys throughout the galaxy far far and away. Yoda will also sometimes pair dialogue with that of Obi-Wan Kenobi from the classic Star Wars films too.\n\nLucasFilms and Locutio Voice Technologies announced the addition today, which also includes a voice set from Darth Vader. Both will cost $12.95 and this will entitle you to purely randomised voiced phrases from both characters depending on which one you decide to purchase, meaning that not every-one journey will be the same.\n\nObviously, you can choose if you wish to be guided by the good or dark side of the force, although we recommend keeping your hands on the wheel whilst driving as the Garmin GPS voice packs do not come with hands-free driving skills too.\n\nSo how do you get the opportunity to be guided by the force? Well, you can get the Yoda or Darth Vader Garmiin GPS voice packs from Spot It Out\u2019s GPS App Shop via Garmin.com, and in Best Buy stores across the US in the form of pre-paid gift cards says George Filley, Founder and General Partner at Spot It Out.\n\nIf you think that the voices are all you get, you can also relive parts of the magic of Star Wars with included TIE fighter and lightsaber sound effects, aswell as the unforgettable Imperial March music that is iconic in every Star Wars epic.\n\nIf you are interested in the Star Wars Garmin GPS collection, you can check out a sample of Yoda\u2019s GPS navigation techniques via the YouTube video below. Also remember to check the official Garmin website or SpotItOut website for more information.\n\npurchased this Yoda voice for my Nuvi 760 and would NOT recommend this as Yoda only is able to navigate by saying \u201cturn left\u201d or \u201cturn right\u201d. There is no articulation of the street or road names, as the other voices that came with the unit can do.i complained to Garmin support and they basically said that is all you can expect this Yoda voice to do.So for real world navigation this Garmin Yoda is busted!"}
-{"text": "Sunday, June 2, 2013\n\nAre you ready to be inspired... again?? Where Bloggers Create 2013 is July 12th!\n\nTo view the 2013 list of Participants scroll down... it's on the sidebar. :)\"\n\nYes, it's that time of year again!! The inspiration will be overflowing as we all get together to enjoy Where Bloggers Create 2013! The date this year will be July 12th so you all have about 6 weeks to fluff up your spaces and get them camera ready... or leave them be and let us peak into what a real working studio looks like!\n\nLast year we saw such a wonderful variety of studios from ladies all over the world. We had scrapbookers and fiber artists, jewelry designers and painters, mixed media artists and paper crafters.\n\nWe saw as many different kinds of artists and crafters as you can imagine and the amazing studio spaces that they create in.\n\nI look forward to this event every year. Friends are made, ideas are garnered, and we are all inspired!!! Every year I am blown away by your creativity, ingenuity and passion for what you do.\n\nI hope you all will join me again this year regardless of whether your studio has changed much since last year or not. Remember, it has been a year since we last visited your space so it will seem brand new once again!! If you have never participated, I encourage you to join in on the fun. We want to see where you create the lovely works of art that make your heart sing!!\n\nSo, once again this is how it will work. If you want to participate leave me a comment on this post, or send me an email. If you have more than one blog, please specify which one you want me to link to. I will add your name to the list of participants on my sidebar. On the night before the party(July 11th), post your photos and stories about your studio, yourselves and your art. (This\nassures that the early risers or those bloggers in other parts of the\nworld can see your post on time.) We all love lots of pictures so don\u2019t\nbe shy!!!! On the day of the party we will all meet here and you can\nspend the next few weeks blog hopping to visit everyone\u2019s blogs and get\na peak inside all the very wonderful and creative studios!! If don't already follow my blog, please consider doing so, so you don't miss out on any important party announcements.\n\nIf you want to visit last years attendees, click here for the entire list. It will be available until this years party starts, and I begin linking the new posts.\n\n(I\nhave quite a lot on my plate again this year, so I will not be sending out\nconfirmation emails. Please give me a few days to get your link placed\non my blog. Then check back and make sure it's there. If it's missing\nplease send me an email to let me know. Last year I had several folks\nwho didn't leave me a way to get a hold of them, so please make sure\nyour contact info is available. Sign ups will end July 11th.)\n\nOh!\nAnd please take the party invitation located on the upper right sidebar and\nplace it on your blog to help spread the word. If you want to do a post\nabout it... that would be wonderful!!! This party is a success because of all of you, and your willingness to help me spread the word about it. :) I would also love it if you would pin the image of the party poster located in this post. You all know how great Pinterest is and it would be wonderful to get lots of new studios this year. After all, the more participants, the more inspiration!!!!!\n\n********\n\n(If anyone wants to get a pretty blog makeover from Valentine Design for their blog before the party....there's still time! I am offering 15% off to everyone who tells me they are joining this years party! Shoot me an email and I'll get you on the list!)\n\nHi Karen, I would like to participate again after missing last year. My blog is wwwdesiresoftheheart.blogspot.com You are so generous and sweet to do this for all of us. It is such a treat to see everyone's creative space! Blessings, Linda\n\nOh my whisKers! \"She\" is just putting the finishing touches on a pretty major fluff job in the studio! And I have been wondering when the party is! Yep, sure have! So count us in purrlease! Don't worry, I'll bring \"her\" along....wouldn't want everyone to think \"she\" let me out alone ;)\n\nI'm in! Not a lot has changed so I was considering bowing out this year but July 12 is my birthday so I think that means I am supposed to participate, besides, some of my best blog friends were met through this party. Thanks for rocking it for another year!Kathyhttp://katherineuhrig.blogspot.com/\n\nOh Karen I'm just getting so excited like every year when you announce the WBC party and of course I'm going to participate for the 5th time yay! It's exactly the kick I needed to clean up and rearrange my studio again. Looking forward to see all the beautiful creative spaces in blogland! Wishing you a happy month of June!Carola x\n\nYay! I always look forward to this party, Karen! I actually did make a few changes right after last year's party so I'm looking forward to taking some new pictures of my room. Definitely, count me in! : )\n\nHey Karen! You've made my Monday, I'm always excited to join in the Party. It's my favorite online event all year. I will be joining from Vintiquities Workshop http://www.vintiquitiesworkshop.blogspot.com Thanks so much for hosting this every year. I can't wait to visit everyone again. Now off to clean and renew my studio.\n\nI would love to be included again this year. Thank you for being so generous with your time, talent and spirit to provide this opportunity for all of us! -Derrith Scarbrough tiedupinribbon.blogspot.com sleighbelle2@comcast.net\n\nCount me in girlfriend--I wouldn't miss your party for anything-- it's THE premiere event of the season!! I'll add your badge to my blog later tonight--- thank you for doing this again. We all love you so much:)Vicki\n\nHI Karen! I'm so excited to join this year. Just moved into a new studio space and have been designing with this in mind! In fact, I've checked back and revisited many bloggers from last year, just to get ideas. Thanks so much for doing this!!! I'll be sure to put your announcement on my side bar.My blog: http://redwoodmountainmusings.blogspot.com/\n\nHi Karen, yes this is one of my favorite blogging events. It is also a really good reason to clean, paint, organize and basically clean the craft room for the bloggers bonanza you are hosting! Yay! Please add me to your list! And thank you once again!Blessings,DebbieHttp://ribbonwoodcottage.blogspot.com\n\nJust found this link and would like to join. I am in the process of doing more on my blog and trying to fit some crafting in (I was meant to be moving house, but it fell through) so everythings all a bit 'temporary' at the moment but I love seeing other peoples creations and would love to meet some new people too.\n\nIm excited (been a super crazy year and I havent had much time... but a lot of changes around here and I was looking forward to this)... So count me in, please : ) My blog is www.mscolourblob.blogspot.com\n\nHi Karen, Well I enjoyed being a cheerleader last year so much so I think I'll just jump in with both feet and join in the fun this year! I've been busy getting our house together after the move and think my craft space will be ready (& even if it's not) to share...count me in! Hugs,Pendra\n\nMy name is Janet and I have a blog called Graceful Rose and I would love to participate in the \"Where Bloggers Create Party\" this year. This will be my first year. I have been working hard trying to get my studio ready. I can reached by E-mail at jsgreer@twc.com and my blog address is gracerose.blogspot.com. Thanks so much for hosting this party. I also have posted your logo on my side bar and I will pin. Thanks again.\n\nI have been in the process of organizing my new space since moving in a few months ago. This deadline will give me added incentive to get it done! I always do better with a deadline. Thanks for the opportunity.\n\nHi Karen!I would be so excited to join again this year! Please add my blog to the party. And thank you for hosting such a wonderful and fun party each year. I look forward to it!DoniHttp://faithgracecrafts.blogspot.com\n\nHi Karen, I just can't miss the fun again this year. I am on a little hiatus from my blog and going in lots of directions, but will participate and be ready to return that day and then back to blogging in the fall. Count me in. Thank you so much for hosting again this year.Have a wonderful week and see you in July.Hugs!\n\nI am happy to take part this year...last year was a non-event for me...other than actually being alive...vbg. Since then, I too have made changes to my work room. But I have been slack in up-dating my blog...hopefully this will give me the incentive to do so.\n\nThank you for keeping this party going.Yes,please add Me to the list this year again.Only one concern of mine,My craft room and area has not changed one bit.The photos will look exactly the same as last year.Too bad I don't have anything new to add. Denise of Coffeeberry Cottage\n\nPLS count me in for this years party, i missed out last year and have been stalking your blog all year to see when the next party is, my blog is : http://paolaspaperhaven.blogspot.com/ and my email contact is on my blog if you need to get in touchsmilesPaola\n\nYes! Please add me to the list! I haven't done this in a few years and I have a new sewing room! Same old stuff--just a new room. Can't wait to see all the wonderful sewing rooms and fabulous ideas! Thank you!\n\nHow lucky is this?! It just might be the spur I need to get properly stuck in to my workroom makeover.All being well I'll join you on July 12th....My blog is Tales from a Toymakerhttp://towerhousedolls.blogspot.co.uk/\n\nMy BFF one of 3 others Bevlea sent me the link to this. I will join in for the first time. Will give me the inclination I need to get back to craft room after being chair bound after a knee replacement. I will look forward to visiting all the yummy spaces.\n\nThis sounds great! So glad I found you. Can't wait to go see what happened last year, and yes, I'd love to be involved this year. I don't have a proper \"studio,\" but I'd love to share what I make! Here's my blog address:http://mkatchris.blogspot.com/\n\nHi Karen...I've been waiting for this party again : ) Can't wait to join in again. I've added some new vintage goodies to my room so I'm excited to share. Here's my blog address:http://scrappin-abby.blogspot.com/\n\nKareen: I was trying to get your Blogger Party Button on my mcreatesdaily.blogspot.com and couldn't. I think I caused the code underneath my button to disappear so people won't be able to copy my button you fixed for me onto their blog, Would you be able to check my blog and see if that is the case? I'm sorry! I couldn't copy your button last year either! Marlynne\n\nWould love to join in..This will be my first time so I hope it will be ok. Some of the ladies from last year have wonderful studios. I blog here and am looking forward to it.http://sharon-dancingthruthreads.blogspot.com/\n\nI have looked forward to this event every year, and now I'm ready to take the plunge and post pics of my new studio! I'm still in the middle of moving in, but would love to share ideas with other crafters! Thanks for hosting such a fun hop!\n\nHi KarenYeah please count me in again. The whole party is such an inspiration to all who participate and thank you dear friend for hosting it for yet another year and everything you put into it.You are appreciated!Hugs,Suzywww.suziqusthreadworks.blogspot.com\n\nHi Karen! I love your blog! I would like to participate in the blog party. The name of my blog is A Crafter for all Seasons by Cheryl Riello. Here is the link:http://acrafterforallseasons.blogspot.com/\n\nOh my! We're new to the blogging world and I just discovered your blog. I am sooo excited!!! We do not have a studio and do not create art other than our beautiful perennials...but I am so happy to follow along as I LOVE the arts and artisans. Thank you for creating this space and I can't wait to see everybody's inspirational shares. Awesome!!!\n\nI am really happy,that I have found your blog and this party.:)It is a great opportunity for me to make my corner for my hobby,cross stitching,crocheting and sewing.I do not have my creative corner ,yet.I have two little daughters,so my accessories are ,where I have place in the cupboards,in the house...:DMy blog;http://petite-armoire.blogspot.com/betikarauski@gmail.com\n\nWow, I remember finding out about this last year, but too late to take part. I would love to join in this year.heres my blog link:http://silverwolfcards-shaz.blogspot.co.uk/. Now to make a note on my desk so I don't forget!. Shaz\n\nHi Karen, I thought I had posted a comment about joining in again this year but don't see it in your comment list. I would love to join in again if it is not too late. http://sherry-blessingsfromournest.blogspot.com/\n\nHi!I have just added your new button to my blog. I hope it's not too late to join the party! My blog is http://connell-crafts.blogspot.ca/my email is Connell.crafts@gmail.comI loved last year's party and want to play again this year! Hugs!Cindy Connell :)\n\nI know it is late, but I would love to participate. Thanks for all of the inspiration. I can't wait to check out all of the participant's spaces. Jennifer LaVitehttp://www.jennifersvintagepaperie.blogspot.comgandjlav@leru.net\n\nIs it too late to jump in? I don't know why, but I had myself convinced it was at the end of the month even though I posted about it on my blog. My brain doesn't work right sometimes. www.lovelinest.org\n\nI have been told in no uncertain terms by my friends that I have to show my little French craftavan :-), so please add me to the list of participants. It will be on my lululizinlalaland.blogspot.com blog. I am so looking forward to visiting all those beautiful creative spaces.\n\nI seem to be at the last minute, and if I don't get included that's okay, but I'm going to try anyway and hope to be more prompt next year. Just saw the link on Pinterest last night. My blog is http://aglitchintime.blogspot.comThanks so much. Gwen Simmons\n\nYikes, I thought I had left a comment on here, but can't see it, so I had better do it again. Please add me to the list of participants. The post will be on this blog - lululizinlalaland.blogspot.com. Thank you so much for organising this fabulous event again.\n\nHi, just saw this amazing place to share where we create. We just finished a craft room for me in the basement. Still need to do a little more organizing and decorating, but would love to share! Hopefully I can get pics in the morning. My blog is 'Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson'http://jannolson.blogspot.com/Sounds so fun!hugs,Jann\n\nThank you so much Karen for letting me slip in at such a late date. You are so sweet!! And just know all of your hard work --(I can't imagine the time it takes)-- is so appreciated! Blogland would not be the same without the WBC party.\n\nHi sweetie!!! OMY!!! I almost didn't squeak in here...I can't believe I let this slip up on me! I would love to participate if it's not too late Karen ~ so much is the same but I would still love to share, hugs and love, Dawn\n\nLearn how to make your own Textile Art Necklace\n\nLearn how to make your own Vintage Style Snowman!\n\nLearn how to make your own fabric book!\n\nI am very greatful to have several frequently pinned posts. Check them out!!\n\nWant a fresh look for your blog??? I would love to help you! Check out...\n\nIf you have a Blogger blog, this is a \"must have\" book!\n\nI've been an artist of one kind or another my whole life. Since I started my blog \"My Desert Cottage\" in April of 2009 I have fallen in love with \"Blogland\". I am blown away by the generous nature of women in my blogging community.... Read more!"}
-{"text": "Review: Nightglow \u2013 Orpheus\n\nI\u2019ve only just got hold of this one, but it\u2019s jumped to the top of my review list on the basis of being awesome. Being off ill at the start of the week, I had a significant pile of demos and promos to download at the weekend and I was ploughing through them. I always give a couple of tracks off each album a very quick listen just so I know what genre they are.\n\nBeing a puerile child at heart, I obviously picked \u201cFuck You\u201d out from the tracklist on Nightglow\u2019s latest release and was immediately blown away. It\u2019s a heavy song, full of groove and rhythm with harsh yet understandable lyrics.\n\nOK, so a lucky choice. Let\u2019s pick\u2026 erm\u2026 \u201cScream\u201d. That sound good. And it is. As was \u201cOn My Knees\u201d, \u201cPsychotropic\u201d and every other song on Orpheus. What started as a quick check of the mp3s turned into two full listens to the album.\n\nNightglow have been kicking around since 1998, but didn\u2019t become Nightglow until 2003. Up until 2013 they were primarily a live band playing their own music, covers of songs by classic acts (Maiden, Priest and the like) and also enjoyed a stint as the official Italian Manowar tribute act!\n\nMetal credentials well and truly approved, the band finally released their first album, We Rise, in 2013. Obviously by now the band had a wealth of their own material so it only took another 18 months or so before the follow-up, Orpheus, was announced.\n\nThis is a great album. Totally unpretentious, balls-out heavy metal. It doesn\u2019t seem to take itself too seriously, remembering that metal is about having fun and being loud! Oh, and doing the stock power ballad (\u201cStay With Me\u201d)."}
-{"text": "THE GREEN MAN\n\nEdited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling\n\nViking\n\n0-670-03526-2\n\n392pp/$18.99/May 2002\n\nThe theme of the stories collected in The Green\nMan is laid out in editor Terri Windling\u2019s introduction in which she\ntraces the folklore related to this avatar of nature.In addition to the fifteen stories, the editors have chosen to\ninclude three poems, each of which capture an aspect of the legend and\nprovide the proper emotion and representation for the stories which are\nincluded in the anthology.\n\nIn addition to the standard author introduction which\nexplains whose work the reader is about to enjoy, Datlow and Windling have\nalso elected to have their authors provide a brief afterword to their\nstories in which they could discuss the inspiration of the tale or themes\nthey wished to explore.This\ntype of addition always adds to the story, while at the same time allowing\nthe author greater freedom in dictating the manner in which the reader\nviews the tale.\n\nThe poem which opens the book, Neil Gaiman\u2019s\n\u201cGoing Wodwo\u201d is an invocation to the carefreeness of nature.In only a few short stanzas, Gaiman depicts the joy of\ngetting back to nature at the same time, the poem captures the hidden\ndangers of the forest as the speaker gives himself over to the sirens call\nof a life which doesn\u2019t really belong to him.\n\nIn a forest closer to home, Delia Sherman turns her\nattention to the large green space of Central Park in Manhattan.Although her story nominally takes place in the middle of an urban\nenvironment, it is not an urban fantasy, focusing on a battle of wits\nbetween a young girl and the queen of the fairies.What sets this story apart from other stories in this genre is the\nfact that the young girl is fully aware of fairy tales and knows the traps\nwhich are inherent in all of the queen\u2019s offers.\n\nMichael Cadnum looks\nat the Greek myth of \u201cDaphne\u201d from the heroine\u2019s point of view.The daughter of a river god, Daphne has vowed to remain celibate,\ninstantly gaining the unwanted attention of Apollo.While Greek myths are generally recounted from the deity\u2019s point\nof view, or at least a sympathetic view of the god, Daphne\u2019s story is\ntold from her point of view as a victim, providing the story with strength\nand meaning.\n\nCharles de Lint provides a link to his stories Strays\nandWaifs and Seven Wild Sisters with \u201cSomewhere in My\nMind There is a Painting Box.\u201dLily\ndiscovers the painting box of Milo Johnson, a long missing Newford\nartist, in the woods.A\nburgeoning painter herself, she goes back to see if she can discover\nanything more of his fate, only to discover his assistant, Frank Spain,\nwho went missing with him twenty years earlier.However, Spain shows no signs of having aged since their mysterious\ndisappearance.Despite a\ngrowing relationship between Lily and Spain, he is determined to return to\nthe land of Faery in which he has been living and offers Lily the\nopportunity to return with him.\n\nTanith Lee\u2019s \u201cAmong the Leaves So Green\u201d is a\nfairy tale without the feel of one.Set\nin an unnamed Medieval kingdom, it tells the story of two half-sisters who\nare outcasts because their mother is the village \u201ceasy-woman.\u201dThey live with constant abuse and disdain, not just from the\nvillage, but also their mother and each other.When they head off into the woods to purchase eggs from an old\nwidow, an encounter with an ancient forest god results in each of them\nwinning their freedom in surprising ways.While the older sister is portrayed as worthy of punishment, and\nher freedom actually seems to be a punishment, Lee insists that it is not\nand by the end of the story, the reader can come to see how it is more of\na gift than anything else.\n\nJane Yolen doesn\u2019t\ntreat the forest so much as the spirit of winter in the \u201cSong of the\nCailleach Bheur,\u201d a poem which is evocative of the Scottish highlands in\nwhich the mythical creature of the title is said to live.\n\n\u201cHunter\u2019s Moon\u201d is a story by Patricia A.\nMcKillip which appears to buy into the concept of the nobility of nature.When Dawn Chase and her younger brother Ewan get lost while\nvisiting her Uncle Ridley during a hunting trip, they are rescued by one\nof the mysterious Hunter brothers.The next day, when Ewan, his father, and Uncle Ridley go\nhunting, Dawn has another encounter with Oakley Hunter and learns that\nnature eventually will exact a vengeance on those who mistreat it.McKillip provides the story with the feel that\nnature is there to be enjoyed by those who know how, and not used in any\nmanner.\n\nWhen Charlie\u2019s is accepted to Brown University, he\nis anything but happy in \u201cCharlie\u2019s Away\u201d by Midori Snyder.As the story progresses, it is clear that Charlie is not just\nscared of leaving home or his girlfriend, Nina, but that he feels a duty\nto his parents, to whom he feels a responsibility for the death of his\nyounger sister many years before.Charlie\nfinds solace in the massive trees which surround his house and eventually\nlearns that the trees are more than what they seem, just as his sisters\ndeath is not exactly what it seems.Snyder\nuses the forest imagery as a means of indicating Charlie\u2019s reluctance to\ngrow up, despite the adult responsibilities he has already taken upon\nhimself.\n\n\u201cA World Painted by Birds\u201d is a story of magic\nrealism by Katherine Vaz.Set\nin a dictatorial banana republic in which anything which causes joy is\noutlawed, the story focuses on Hugo, a violinist, and the woman who falls\nin love with him.Their acts\nof beauty lead them to eventually freedom on the far side of the forest\nfrom the dictator, but his evil eventually follows them and catches up\nwith them.Nature and the forest provides not only a means of resistance\nagainst evil, but also hope for goodness.\n\nAlthough nature pervades the anthology, as would be\nexpected given its theme, Nina Kiriki Hoffman begins her story,\n\u201cGrounded,\u201d with the internet as Meg, a divorced mother, meets a man\non the internet and they fall in love.Hoffman tells the story of their first physical meeting, as seen\nthrough the eyes of Meg\u2019s teenage daughter, Fiona.Everything seems to be going too well to be true.Vernon\u2019s children, Tam and Holly are likable and go out of their\nway to make Fiona welcome and Vernon has even purchased a piano for her to\nplay during their visit.However,\nwhen Fiona begins spending a little time alone with Tam or Holly, she\nrealizes that there is something strange about the children and her\nperceptions are not necessarily what she would expect them to be.\n\nCarol Emshwiller tells her tale, \u201cOverlooking\u201d\nfrom the point of view of the spirits of the forest who find humans who\nhike through the woods so amusing. In this case, there is a distance\nbetween the narrator and the reader which makes it difficult to really\ngain any sort of tie to the creature describing the action.\n\nGregory Maguire provides a fractured fairy tale of\nJack and the Bean Stalk with his \u201cFie, Fi, Fo, Fum.\u201d The tone is\nsuch that the reader can just hear E. Everett Horton narrating the story\nof Jacks the Greater and Lesser and their mother's troubles with the King\nof Kingland. The story is told with wit and the knowledge of\nthe \"real\" story behind the actions Maguire shows adds depth to\nthe entire story.\n\n\u201cJoshua Tree\u201d is a coming of age story which\nlooks at misfit Tabetha Sikorsky, who lives in a small desert town near\nthe Joshua Tree National Park. Emma Bull paints a fantastic picture\nof an intelligent, but bored, teenager, who sees that her whole life is\nplanned out for her, whether she wants it to be or not. Tabetha's\nonly recourse is to play along with everyone's expectations of what she\nshould be because of fear of being noticed. Her outlook is changed\nwhen a New Girl, Alice, shows up at her school. Although Tabetha\nwants nothing to do with Alice, circumstances throw the two together and\nTabetha finds that Alice may be exactly what she needs to get out of her\nrut.\n\nCarolyn Dunn tells an American Indian tale in \u201cAli anugne o chash (the boy who\nwas).\u201d An Indian girl is drawn to the spirit world and eventually\ngives in to their summoning. The ending of the tale is ambiguous.\nIt can either be a cause for rejoicing in a new, and happier, form the\nprotagonist takes on to join her beloved, or it could be tragic if the\ntransformation described is seen as delusional.\n\nWhile the theme of this anthology lends itself to\nideas of conservation, Kathe Koja takes a look at the role garbage has in\n(as opposed to on) the environment in \u201cRemnants.\u201dHer narrator lives the existence of a jackdaw, saving other\npeople\u2019s trash and trying to transform it into a thing of beauty, a\nhome.This collection takes\non the shape of the forest which has been removed by society, and which\nsociety cannot abide in its revised form, either.\n\nM. Shayne Bell portrays a symbiotic relationship\nbetween the forces of nature and mankind in\u201cThe Pagodas of Ciboure,\u201d which follows the youth of the\ncomposerMaurice Ravel as he\ntries to overcome the ill health which afflicted him.The pagodas of the title are not oriental temples, but rather a\nstrange legendary creature from France whose singing not only inspires the\nRavel of the story, but can also, under the right circumstances, effect a\ncure for ill health.Although\nBell could easily have set the situation up as a puzzle for Ravel to\nsolve, instead, he decides to create an outcome naturally, which\nstrengthens the story considerably.\n\nAt its heart, the\nlegend of the Green Man is a primordial view of nature.In his short poem, \u201cThe Green Man,\u201d Bill Lewis, examines the\nway this primordial anthropomorphism survives into modern times.\n\nJeffrey Ford finishes the anthology with \u201cThe\nGreen Word,\u201d a strange combination of pagan and Christian ideologies\nwhich takes many of the trappings of high fantasy.The story opens with the execution of a rebel who has been using\nthe forest for a base of operations.The monarch, King Pious, manages to stamp out the rebellion,\nforcing its adherents to convert from their pagan beliefs to his own\nreligion.In the process, he is approached by a strange tree man which\nwas created from the martyr\u2019s blood and shows Pious the promise of great\npower in a mixture of its paganism and Christianity."}
-{"text": "Friday, June 1, 2012\n\nMitt romney financial disclosure\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Mitt Romney is worth between $190 million and $250 million, a range unchanged from last year, his campaign said late Friday after filing a personal financial disclosure statement with the Federal Election Commission.\n\n(Boston Globe)\n\nToday at about 4 p.m., Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney filed his public financial disclosure with the Federal Election Commission. The report outlines the former Massachusetts governors assets and liabilities.\n\n(WAMU)\n\nMitt Romney has shed stocks in dozens of individual companies since last summer as he embarked on his second White House bid, according to financial-disclosure forms filed Friday.\n\n(Wall Street Journal)\n\nAfter the massive financial meltdown in 2008 Republican presidential contender Mitt Romneys official Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth says that he will seek to repeal Dodd-Frank and replace it with a streamlined regulatory framework.\n\n(Memphis Commercial Appeal)\n\nNo. 1 - Mitt Romney was the defacto CEO of Bain [Capital] until He nevertheless benefited from the transaction, a financial disclosure form indicates. It shows that until at least 2001, he owned 16.\n\n(DAILY KOS)\n\nMrs. Romney and her husband, Mitt, even floated a loan \u2014 $250,000 to $500,000, according to financial records \u2014 to Mr.\n\n(New York Times)\n\nMitt Romney says he doesnt believe his wealth will work against The Romneys are worth an estimated $190 million to $250 million, based on his financial disclosure reports.\n\n(USA Today)\n\nMitt Romney was forced I'll do it in the order I want to do. Romney conceded he would probably release his tax records around April, if he becomes the nominee."}
-{"text": "Welcome to the Preeclampsia Foundation\n\nEarly PE\n\nRe : Early PE\n\nPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 06:52 am\n\nby grammy\n\nThanks for answering so Quickly. She is seeing a family practice dr only. Her last ultrasound was Jan 6th, she found out about the PE on her next appt Jan 9th. she didn't tell me the specifics BP, urine count, etc.. Just that her Dr said she had PE and the protein in her urine and that it was a reacion to the baby's dad's blood.being different then hers.? I don't get that but.. and that she should come in if she has a seizure or feels really bad. otherwise he would see her in 4 weeks. I don't understand that DR at ALL. I am in Indiana and She is in ND so I don't get to go in to talk to the dr myself or anything.\n\nRe : Early PE\n\nPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 01:05 am\n\nby laura\n\nWow! My goodness! Ok- there are a couple possible ways to look at your daughter's situation. First is worst case scenario- she really is developing preeclampsia and we all need to keep our fingers crossed that she can hang on as long as she can. It has happened before, and I'm hoping someone who has been able to hold off delivering long enough for baby to get to viablity will jump in here with hope for you. If they don't, it isn't because it hasn't happened, it just is that maybe they haven't seen this yet.\n\nSecond is a mixed bag- the doc may think that your daughter has an underlying issue that might be triggering hypertension and proteinuria. If she has preexisting kidney issues or hypertension, it may not be as big a concern as if she were developing the disease of preeclampsia, which usually has about two weeks between diagnosis and necessitated delivery.\n\nAt this point it might be good to ask them a few questions to clarify the situation:\nDoes the doc think that there is kidney disease and/or chronic hypertension triggering these lab findings?\nWhat exactly are the lab findings? How high is the hypertension and how much proteinuria does she have?\nIs she seeing a perinatologist- a high risk pregnancy specialist preferably at a teaching/research hospital?\nDoes the doctor think she'll make it to term? to 35 weeks? to 28 weeks?\nIs she inpatient at the hospital or being managed as an outpatient? If so, how often is she being monitored?\nWhen was her last ultrasound? Did baby's growth look ok? How about the blood flow around the placenta?\n\nGrammy, I'm waiting with bated breath to hear how your daughter is doing. Please let us know what you find out, and if we can help with anything!\n\nEarly PE\n\nPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 00:41 am\n\nby grammy\n\nHi I am a worried grammy, My daughter is at 21 weeks and already has PE and protien in her urine. This seems very very early to me. Anyone know if the Baby and her have a fighting chance at this early stage? I had PE when pregnant with her but was much farther along was at about 35 weeks. Her Dr. doesn't seem the least bit concerned. scares me."}
-{"text": "A program is inspired by Girl Scouts nationally. These awards honor women from across the Florida Panhandle who truly stand out for their commitment to the community.\n\nThe nominees will be celebrated at the Women of Distinction Awards Gala at Edgewater Beach Resort.\n\n\u201cThe Women of Distinction Awards recognize and honor the women in our community whose leadership and commitment inspire and make the world a better place,\u201d stated Raslean M. Allen, Girl Scout Council of the Florida Panhandle, Inc. Chief Executive Officer. \u201cWe invite you to join us by attending this year\u2019s Gala and honor the distinguished women in our community.\u201d\n\nTickets are now available online at gscfp.org and Eventbrite.com for $75.00 each. Table sponsorships, which seat 8, are also available for $1,000.00 and may be purchased by contacting Janis Boatright at 850-873-3999 Ext 1202."}
-{"text": "Type 052B Luyang Class\n\nThe Type 052B (NATO code name: Luyang class) is a multirole missile destroyer built by the Shanghai-based Jiangnan Shipyard for the PLA Navy, with two hulls built. The destroyer has demonstrated the successful integration of Russian naval technologies and Ukrainian propulsion with Chinese indigenous systems, allowing these foreign-made contents (or their Chinese clones) to be incorporated on subsequent Chinese surface combatants.\n\nProgramme\n\nIn the early 1990s, the PLA Navy began to develop the concept of the Type 052B air defence missile destroyer as a successor to the Type 052 (Luhu class) destroyer. The new-generation destroyer was to be equipped with a shipborne version of the indigenous HQ-9 SAM and a phased array radar (PAR) system with a detection range of over 200 km. However, delay in the development of the HQ-9 and PAR system led to the decision to equip the Type 052B with the Russian-made air defence missile and search radar, while the indigenous systems were to be fitted on the later Type 052C.\n\nConstruction of the first-of-class, Guangzhou (168), began in early 2000 and the vessel was launched on 23 May 2002. Sea trials of the destroyer began in May 2003, and the vessel was officially commissioned into the PLA Navy service on 15 July 2004. The second hull Wuhan (169) was launched in January 2003 and commissioned in December 2004. Both vessels have been deployed by the PLA Navy South Sea Fleet.\n\nLike the previous Type 051B (Luhai class), the Type 052B features a streamlined hull with sloped sides and superstructure to reduce its radar cross section (RCS) profile. The funnel has cooling devices to reduce the ship\u2019s infrared feature. There is a stern hangar and flight deck to operate a shipborne helicopter up to the size of the Ka-28 \u2018Helix\u2019. The destroyers are designed primarily for anti-surface and anti-submarine roles, but they could also play a fleet air defence role using their medium-range air-defence missile and search radar.\n\nDesign\n\nAir Defence\n\nThe Type 052B is equipped with two Russian-made Shtil air defence missile launchers, located on the bow deck behind the main gun and on top of the helicopter hangar respectively. The launchers can fire the 9M317 (other sources suggested 9M38M2) / SA-N-12 \u2018Grizzly\u2019 semi-active radar-homing, medium-range air-defence missile, with 48 missiles carried onboard. The missile has a maximum engagement range of 38 km against aircraft and 20 km against anti-ship missile.\n\nFor short-range air defence, there are two indigenous Type 730 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) installed at the mid-ship position on either side of the bridge. Each CIWS consists of the H/PJ-12 7\u00d730 mm gun, H/LJP-349 fire-control radar, Type 4 electro-optical director (EOD), all incorporated in a single turret complex. Target acquisition is provided by the H/LJQ-364 radar installed on top of the bridge. The seven-barrelled H/PJ-12 gun has a firing rate of 4,200 rounds/min, and is fed from a 640-round box inside the turret. It has a maximum firing range of 3,500 m against aircraft and 2,500 m against anti-ship missile.\n\nAnti-Surface\n\nThe Type 052B is armed with sixteen YJ-83 subsonic sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM), with four quadruple launchers installed at the mid-ship position. The missile uses active radar-homing to deliver a 165 kg warhead to a range in excess of 180 km.\n\nThe main gun on the bow deck is an indigenous H/PJ-87 single-barrel 100 mm gun developed by 713 Institute, based on the French Creusot-Loire T100C. The gun can be used against surface targets as well as air targets such as aircraft and low speed missile, with a firing rate of 90 rounds/min and a maximum range of 17.5 km. The gun can be operated in fully automatic mode from the radar control system, from the shipborne optical sighting system, or laid manually.\n\nAnti-Submarine Warfare\n\nThe Type 052B has two Type 7424 triple-barrel 324 mm torpedo launchers (B.515S copy) for the Yu-7 active/passive acoustic-homing anti-submarine torpedoes. The Yu-7 carries a 45 kg warhead and has a maximum range of 7.3 km and a maximum speed of 28 knots. The depth of search/attack is 6\u2014400 m.\n\nCountermeasures\n\nCombat Data System\n\nThe ZJK-5 combat system onboard the Type 052B is thought to be an improved variant of that onboard Type 051B. The ZJK-5 is based on the MIL-1553B military data bus and the 100Mbps Ethernet technology. The multi-channel defence suite is capable of engaging several targets simultaneously. The vessel also has satellite communications (SATCOM) and Link 11 secure tactical data link.\n\nAviation\n\nThe Type 052B has a flight deck and hangar to support the operations of a single antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, either a Kamov Ka-28 (\u2018Helix\u2019) or a Harbin Z-9C. The Ka-28 is armed with torpedoes or deep charges and capable of operating in all-weather conditions up to 200 km from the host ship. The smaller Z-9C can be armed with a low-frequency dipping sonar system and Yu-7 anti-submarine torpedoes.\n\nPropulsion\n\nThe destroyer\u2019s propulsion is in the form of CODOG, consisting of two Ukraine Zorya-Mashproekt DA80/DN80 gas turbines each rated at 32,600 hp (24 MW) and two Shaanxi diesels (Chinese copy of the MTU 20 V956 TB92) rated at 8,840 hp (6.5 MW), giving a maximum speed of 29 knots."}
-{"text": "Back at full strength, Trojans defeat Dobie 53-44\n\nPublished 4:34 am, Monday, December 28, 2015\n\nDobie coach Kevin Cross and South Houston's top man Patrick McCoy greet the referees prior to their 22-6A contest Tuesday afternoon at Dobie High School.\n\nDobie coach Kevin Cross and South Houston's top man Patrick McCoy greet the referees prior to their 22-6A contest Tuesday afternoon at Dobie High School.\n\nPhoto: Robert Avery\n\nBack at full strength, Trojans defeat Dobie 53-44\n\n1 / 1\n\nBack to Gallery\n\nHOUSTON - A 3-0 district road record is the perfect Christmas gift for South Houston head basketball coach Patrick McCoy and his crew, following a 53-44 District 22-6A victory over rival Dobie at Scott Talton Court Tuesday afternoon.\n\nDaniel Johnson and Terrell Washington netted 10 points each, while Nick Hernandez and Kendle Hicks led the team on the boards, enabling South Houston to improve its district record to 4-1 going into the Christmas break.\n\nDobie tumbles to 1-3 in district, becoming the fifth district club that\u2019s already saddled with three league losses, not a good thing when 75 percent of the campaign still sits before you.\n\n\u201cIt\u201953-44s always good to come out of here with a win, especially when it extends our record to 4-1 going into the holiday. It\u2019s an early Christmas present for our kids. It creates a little separation from us and some of the other teams,\u201d McCoy said.\n\nSouth Houston, after watching a six-game winning streak snapped with a loss to Manvel last Friday, has won seven of its last eight.\n\nWhile South Houston led for most of the contest, a Dobie run of seven straight points late in the game trimmed a 13-point South Houston lead down to six at 48-42 with 90 seconds left. But when the Longhorns went 0-for-9 from the floor over three possessions, it ate up valuable time on the clock.\n\nDobie finished the contest 15-of-41 from the floor for 37 percent, while the Trojans were 19-of-44 for 43 percent. In the fourth period, Dobie shot an ice-cold 4-of-17 for 24 percent.\n\nSouth Houston upped the intensity in the second half, scoring seven field goals in the third period when the team scored seven field goals for the entire first half.\n\n\u201cWe were trying to do that the whole time. Some of it was Dobie, some it was us not sticking with what we wanted to do in the first half. In the second half, we talked about attacking their half-court trap and we did a lot better of that at the start. But we also got some turnovers that led to easy baskets. I think that allowed us to settle down and relax a little bit more,\u201d McCoy said.\n\nFor the opening month of the season, South Houston was holding its own without Hernandez, their returning all-district playmaker, who had been out ill. But since the second district game, Hernandez has slowly been increasing his minutes, becoming more of a presence on the floor.\n\nAgainst Dobie, he looked like the Hernandez of old, doing a little bit of everything. In addition to six rebounds, he scored seven points.\n\nBut his finest moment against Dobie arrived when the Longhorns botched an inbounds play in the third period, throwing the pass over the head of the intended receiver behind the arc. The ball wound up on the other side of the court that Hernandez hustled to reach first before it went out of bounds, got it to a teammate with an off-balance pass and moments later the Trojans were scoring.\n\n\u201cThose are plays that win you games. Those are plays that great teams make,\u201d said McCoy of Hernandez\u2019s hustle to chase down that overthrown ball. He\u2019s a steady presence for us. He allows us to do things defensively and offensively that we weren\u2019t able to do before. It\u2019s another weapon that teams really have to key on, especially when he gets 100 percent. He\u2019s two weeks away from being fully back. We\u2019re trying to limit some of his minutes here and there,\u201d McCoy said.\n\nDobie\u2019s last lead was at 20-19. Johnson used the final five seconds of the first half to drain an NBA three, giving the Trojans a 22-20 intermission lead. Then they scored 15 of the opening 21 points of the second half to get the advantage to double digits."}
-{"text": "Bear Valley seeks investors\n\nBear Valley Mountain Resort operators are looking for investors to help launch a major expansion of Bear Valley Village.\n\nThe addition of more than 300 condominiums, a new lodge, a chair lift from the village to the mountaintop and an outdoor amphitheater in Bear Valley gained final approval Dec. 18 from Alpine County supervisors meeting in Markleeville. The site is just off Highway 4 in western Alpine County.\n\nShortly after purchasing the resort operation on Stanislaus National Forest lands, as well as much of the village's real estate, in 2005, partners led by Colorado-based Dundee Development Corp. began the permitting and entitlement phase of the expansion plan. That came to fruition with last month's vote, less than a month after an expansion of ski operations at the resort also cleared a final hurdle.\n\n\"After many years of very hard work, we have completed the entitlement phase and are now moving into the investment cycle. It is very exciting after all this time to be able to actually start thinking about what we can do, instead of working through regulatory issues,\" said Greg Finch, the managing partner of Bear Valley Resorts. \"All the groundwork for a spectacular development has been laid. This will be one of the jewels of the Sierra.\"\n\nThe partnership is now \"actively at work securing the capital needed to fund the planned expansion,\" Finch added.\n\n\"We're quite confident that we will secure funding for the expansion. Bear Valley represents one of the last great development opportunities in the Sierra. It is the closest multifacet resort to many of the residents of the Bay Area, and will forever feel uncrowded and unspoiled,\" he said. \"Completing all these entitlements is a huge accomplishment, but it is just the start. Any meaningful next steps will require a great deal of capital and we want to build on our current momentum.\"\n\nFinch said he is encouraged by a stabilization in local real estate markets.\n\nAlpine County Supervisor and Bear Valley real estate agent Terry Woodrow said the expansion could bring a major lift to the vitality of the community.\n\n\"I don't see the future expansion as changing anything about the unique mountain village living experience that Bear Valley families now enjoy,\"Woodrow said. \"In addition, it will introduce more families to the area and will help expand economic opportunities in our region \u2026 .\"\n\n\"I see Bear Valley Mountain as one those rare gems that with a caring group of investors can pursue a renovation and expansion plan that will create a truly unique destination,\" added Michael Berry, president of the National Ski Area Association and a long-time CEO at Kirkwood, another major Alpine County ski area on Highway 88."}
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-{"text": "Occupancy and Vacancy Sensors\n\nGreengate offers a variety of occupancy and vacancy sensors to best meet the needs of any project. If the project requires a stand-alone solution for a small space, or a networked solution for wholebuilding control, sensors provide the minor motion detection to ensure efficiency is maximized. Greengate sensors automatically adjust to the building environment, eliminating the needs for constant re-calibration and reducing overall maintenance costs.\n\nOccupancy vs. Vacancy Sensors\n\nOccupancy Sensors\n\nA occupancy sensor automatically turns the lights ON upon detection of motion and turns the lights OFF automatically after the area is vacated\n\nOccupancy sensors may offer the option to switch the sensor from automatically turning the lighs ON to requiring manual button press from the occupant (Manual/Vacancy Mode)\n\nVacancy Sensors\n\nA vacancy sensor requires manual\nactivation of the lights by the occupant, then turns the lights OFF\nautomatically soon after the area is vacated\n\nA vacancy sensor does not offer an option of automatically turning the lights ON\n\nWhy would I use a Vacancy over an Occupancy Sensor?\n\nASHRAE 90.1-2010 and many other codes no longer permit the entire space to be switched on automatically upon occupancy. Automatic ON is only allowed for up to 50% of the controlled load. This requires a sensor that allows for Manual On capability for some or all of the load. For most applications, an occupancy sensor will meet this requirement as long as it allows for dual zone control and manual switch interface.\n\nNew York City Energy Code LL48/2010 states that where occupancy sensors are required, occupancy sensors cannot have an onboard override switch that converts from Manual On to Automatic On functionality. In New York City, vacancy sensors must be used to meet this requirement when used as a stand-alone solution."}
-{"text": "Freckle Tattoos Are the Latest Microblading Trend\n\nFreckles, like large breasts and thick hair, are one of those \"grass is greener\" physical traits: Many who have them would rejoice in their disappearance and sometimes resort to covering them with foundation, and those who lack them are wont to lament their unbearably basic skin. After all, what gives a face more character than a smattering of adorable, tiny sunspots?\n\nThen again, the same sun exposure that creates natural freckles can, over time, cause wrinkles, blotchiness and, worst of all, skin cancer. For freckle enthusiasts (including yours truly), it's quite a predicament. But now, there may be a better option: freckle microblading.\n\nAnyone who's ever utilized Instagram's 'explore' feature could tell you that microblading \u2014 the act of tattooing the skin with semi-permanent pigment using ultra-realistic strokes \u2014 is huge right now. It's most commonly performed on eyebrows, transforming thin, over-plucked ones into bushy, Cara Delevingne-esque brows on the faces of celebs and plebs alike. But recently, microblading experts have started to use their specialized equipment to give their clients freckles.\n\nI won't lie \u2014 when I first heard about freckle microblading, I was very skeptical. The immediate results I saw on various Instagram accounts gave me nightmare-ish flashbacks to my high school's production of\"Annie.\" But I still wanted more information and had about a million questions \u2014 specifically, how long does the cosmetic treatment last? Is the process painful? Are microbladed freckles safer than natural freckles? And is this something that real people are actually doing?\n\nI decided to consult three people who I figured could fill me in on all the freckly facts: a professional microblader, a board-certified dermatologist and a woman who's actually gotten faux freckles.\n\nFirst on the stand was Audrey Glass, a professional microblade artist and the owner of Audrey Glass Cosmetic Tattoo in Los Angeles, who began microblading in June 2015 after having her own freckles done three years ago.\n\nThough brow microblading is by far her salon's most popular service (she's currently booked through October), Glass estimates that between three and 10 clients request her freckling service each month \u2014 often as an add-on. \"I've had several clients ask to add freckles to their brow touch-up appointment after seeing so many photos of them,\" she tells me.\n\nThe procedure \u2014 which costs $200 and takes about 30 minutes \u2014 goes something like this: \"I draw them on with a pencil to map them out and get the client's approval. Then I do a first pass [with a rotary machine], apply a numbing gel and then go back for a second pass to make them blotchier for a more natural effect. I also add tiny random ones to tie everything together.\" She typically uses 10 to 15 different pigments on each client. Results can last up to three years, with freckles on the nose lasting the longest due to a lack of fat in the area.\n\nGlass is aware that fake freckles have their haters \u2014 the comments section on her posts frequently turns into a war of words between supporters and naysayers. But she insists that the end result is far different from the images we see of fresh freckles. \"It does look very dark the day of [the treatment] and for the next couple of days,\" she explains. \"Yes, it does look like moles or beauty marks, [but that's] normal. They heal [and fade] within a few days to a week.\"\n\nKylie's freckles are apparently real, but they're cute enough to be included in this post IMO.\n\n@KylieJenner/Instagram\n\nNext up: Courtney Jackson \u2014 a real, live person who's had faux freckles microbladed onto her face and lived to tell the tale. I found Jackson via Glass's Instagram, and as it turns out, she's the receptionist at Glass's salon.\n\nJackson got her freckles about five weeks ago, and says that it was Glass's suggestion. \"I have a lot of beauty marks naturally, like little freckles, mostly on just one side of my face. So one day, Audrey was like, 'Bring your eyebrow pencil tomorrow and let me just play around with dotting your face up,'\" she recounts. \"So she did it, and I loved it.\"\n\nI was curious as to whether Jackson got microbladed to attain the look of freckles without risking sun exposure, but she says that her skin doesn't really freckle naturally, anyway. Still, she now seems fairly committed to living that #frecklelife, telling me that while she doesn't really need a touch up, she'll \"probably have [Glass] add more, and maybe even go a little darker.\" Pain-wise, Jackson says each freckle felt like a very light pinch: \"It's more of an odd sensation than anything; it's funny because when it goes over your nose, it triggers you to sneeze.\"\n\n\"I was skeptical of freckle tattooing before I started working with Audrey,\" she admits. \"I feel like people are still on the fence about freckling. It's a lot newer [than brow microblading], and people are a little wary of it. They see a freshly freckled face, and they're like, 'Oh, that's really aggressive,' or [they think] it looks like blackheads.\"\n\nBut, like Glass, Jackson is adamant that the drawn-on look is ephemeral. \"My freckles faded really quickly,\" she says. \"They fade so naturally and so fast, and I've gotten so many compliments on them\" \u2014 including some from her initially skeptical friends. \"At first, my friends were like, 'Really? You got freckle tattoos?' But then when they see them healed, they cant even tell what was there before and what wasn't.\"\n\nFinally, I spoke with Dr. Joshua Zeichner, director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital. Though well-versed in the more traditional brow microblading, Dr. Zeichner seems surprised by the advent of freckle microblading. \"The majority of my patients actually come in asking how to remove freckles and even [out] the skin tone,\" he said, referencing the lightening creams, chemical peels and lasers he keeps on-hand for precisely that reason. \"But this procedure is totally the opposite.\"\n\nFreckles (technical term: ephelids), of course, are a direct result of sun exposure and epidermal damage, so there really isn't a completely safe way to acquire them naturally. To that end, microblading may actually be the smarter option for freckle fiends who want to preserve both their skin and their specks.\n\nBut Dr. Zeichner warns that there are some slight risks associated with the process. \"Anytime there is a cut in the skin, it is possible to develop an infection \u2014 so it's very important to make sure that the skin has been cleansed appropriately [ahead of the procedure], and that sterile instruments are used,\" he says. \"Also, rarely, patients may develop an allergic reaction to the dye used for microblading.\"\n\nThere's also the extremely real worry that fake freckles won't end up looking legit. \"It's very difficult to re-create the appearance of natural skin freckles, as they come in different sizes and shapes, with somewhat irregular borders,\" says Dr. Zeichner. \"If you are going to get microblading performed, make sure you're being treated by a skilled artist.\"\n\nSo, are semi-permanent freckles going to become as popular and widespread as microbladed brows? Probably not. But for those who aren't afraid to experiment and want to add a little pizzazz to their faces without frying their skin, it might actually be a decent alternative (as long as you carefully research your microblading artist, and you aren't allergic to the microblading pigments, of course).\n\nJust remember: Achieving Emma Stone-worthy specks takes time \u2014 or at least a few days of fading. So unless you find Pippi Longstocking comparisons to be flattering, you might want to refrain from posting any up-close selfies of your new freckles until things have settled in a little bit. Just maybe. But that's totally up to you.\n\nWhat does one give an Angel for Christmas? That's precisely the question we asked some real life Angels -- of the Victoria's Secret variety, that is -- while they were getting glammed up backstage before the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (airing tonight at 10pm EST on CBS)."}
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-{"text": "28 U.S. Code \u00a7 1738 - State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit\n\nThe Acts of the legislature of any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or copies thereof, shall be authenticated by affixing the seal of such State, Territory or Possession thereto.\n\nThe records and judicial proceedings of any court of any such State, Territory or Possession, or copies thereof, shall be proved or admitted in other courts within the United States and its Territories and Possessions by the attestation of the clerk and seal of the court annexed, if a seal exists, together with a certificate of a judge of the court that the said attestation is in proper form.\n\nSuch Acts, records and judicial proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same full faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territories and Possessions as they have by law or usage in the courts of such State, Territory or Possession from which they are taken.\n\nWords \u201cPossession of the United States\u201d were substituted for \u201cof any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States\u201d.\n\nWords \u201cor copies thereof\u201d were added in three places. Copies have always been used to prove statutes and judicial proceedings under section 687 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The added words will cover expressly such use.\n\nWords \u201cand its Territories and Possessions\u201d were added in two places so as to make this section and section 1739 of this title uniform, the basic section of the latter having provided that nonjudicial records or books of any State, Territory, or \u201ccountry subject to the jurisdiction of the United States\u201d should be admitted in any court or office in any other State, Territory, or \u201csuch country.\u201d\n\nWords \u201ca judge of the court\u201d were substituted for \u201cthe judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate\u201d without change of substance.\n\nAt the beginning of the last paragraph, words \u201cSuch Acts\u201d were substituted for \u201cAnd the said\u201d. This follows the language of Article IV, section 1 of the Constitution.\n\nFor additional provisions as to authentication, see Rule 44 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."}
-{"text": "The European cross-laminated market has witnessed a strong growth over the past few years. Some of the major driving factors include changing building codes, an increase in the construction activities, and the need for a time-efficient construction method.\n\nIMARC Group\u2019s latest report, titled \u201cEuropean Cross Laminated Timber Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2017-2022\u201d, finds that the European cross-laminated timber market reached a volume of around 725,000 Cubic Metres in 2016, growing at a CAGR of nearly 13% during 2009-2016. Cross-laminated timber refers to solid wood panels which are made up of several layers of dimension lumber oriented at right angles to one another and then glued to form structural panels. They are available in different panel thicknesses dep\u200bendi\u200bng upon the structural requirements. The high demand for cross-laminated timber in the European region is due to its numerous benefits such as high strength, dimensional stability, rigidity, easy installation and design flexibility.\n\nHighlights of the European Cross-Laminated Timber Market:\n\nA rise in the construction activities along with green building movements in Europe represent the primary growth driving factors.\n\nIn terms of application, residential applications account for the majority of the market share.\n\nAustria holds the majority of the market share, representing the leading producer.\n\nRetrofitting of public buildings as well as renovation of residential complexes in Europe have been the key factors in catalyzing the demand for cross-laminated timber in the region. This along with the governments\u2019 support for environment-friendly construction methods have been proactive in inducing the growth of the market. Further, growing population and the consequent rise in the construction activities in the region have highly contributed to the market growth. Some of the other drivers of the European cross-laminated timber market include changes in building codes, consistent marketing efforts, development of distribution channels and product approvals. According to the report, the market is further expected to reach a volume of around 1.2 Million Cubic Metres by 2022.\n\nThe market has been segmented on the basis of application. Currently, residential applications account for the majority of the global market share. On the basis of country, Austria represents the leading producer of cross-laminated timber, accounting for the majority of the total share. The other major markets include Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, Norway and Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Some of the key players operating in the market are Storaenso, KLH, Merk timber, Binderholz and MayrMelnhof.\n\nIMARC Group is a leading market research company that offers management strategy and market research worldwide. We partner with clients in all sectors and regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their businesses.\n\nIMARC\u2019s information products include major market, scientific, economic and technological developments for business leaders in pharmaceutical, industrial, and high technology organizations. Market forecasts and industry analysis for biotechnology, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, travel and tourism, nanotechnology and novel processing methods are at the top of the company\u2019s expertise."}
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-{"text": "African nationals in the Indian capital live in a \"pervading climate of fear and insecurity\", a group of African ambassadors has said, after the brutal murder of a Congolese teacher sparked allegations of racism.\n\nThe Group of African Heads of Mission said they may recommend their governments not to send students to India until safety conditions improve, following a string of what they say are unpunished racial attacks.\n\nIn the latest case, Masunda Kitada Oliver, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was allegedly bludgeoned to death in New Delhi on Friday night by three Indian men after an argument over an auto-rickshaw.\n\n\"Given the pervading climate of fear and insecurity in Delhi, the African Heads of Mission are left with little option than to consider recommending to their governments not to send new students to India, unless and until their safety can be guaranteed,\" Alem Tsehage Woldemariam, Eritrean ambassador and dean of the group said in a statement Tuesday.\n\n\"Several attacks and harassment of Africans in India have gone unnoticed without diligent prosecution and conviction of perpetrators,\" he said.\n\nIn an embarrassment for New Delhi, the envoys said they would not participate in Africa Day celebrations being organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations on Thursday.\n\nThey said the African community was in mourning over Oliver's death and asked for the event to be postponed.\n\nOliver had completed his postgraduate study in India and was teaching at a private institute in the capital.\n\nPolice have arrested two of the three men accused in the attack but deny the murder was racially motivated.\n\nIndia's foreign ministry condemned the killing but said not every attack on an African national should be regarded as racist.\n\n\"Thousands of African students continue to pursue their education in India without any issues,\" a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement.\n\nJunior minister V.K. Singh will meet mission heads and students to assure them of their safety, the spokesman said, without specifying a date.\n\nIn 2013, a Nigerian national was killed by a mob in western Goa state, with local politicians later comparing Africans to \"cancer\".\n\nMeanwhile in January, an Indian mob beat a Tanzanian woman and her male friends in Bangalore and set their car ablaze before dragging them off a bus, in an apparent revenge attack for an earlier road accident.\n\nDelhi's former law minister was also accused in 2014 of harassing African women after he led a vigilante mob through an area of the capital, accusing the women of being prostitutes."}
-{"text": "A Time for Thanks\n\nby Memoir Mentor on November 21, 2011\n\nIt\u2019s a time for thanks. For parents who love unconditionally. For challenges that teach us what\u2019s important and help us reach for the best in ourselves. For teachers who seek out the needy and give them a chance to shine. For the needy who radiate hope and happiness despite their disadvantages and inspire us all to follow their lead. For writers who stir us with stories that capture the best in humanity. For Jeanne Fobes\u2019 story, below, which captures all these things and fairly glows with charity and good will. Her story will change your day.\n\nGerard, Big Man on Campusby Jeanne Fobes\n\nOur son Gerard, who has Down\u2019s Syndrome, lives every day with joy and enthusiasm and curiosity. When he was growing up, he excelled in the Special Education classes at College Park Elementary and Marion Parsons Junior High. Then it was time for Gerard to go to high school. The Special Education class was at Corona del Mar High School.\n\nGerard and Jeanne\n\nSuddenly he was immersed in a culture awash in gorgeous blondes, \u201ccool dudes,\u201d athletes, and all the different types of kids who roam the campus of a big high school. Within weeks Walt Richardson, his teacher, and Mr. Moto, the vice-principal, summoned Steve and me to school. Mr. Moto spoke right up. \u201cWe\u2019re worried about Gerard. He\u2019s hanging out with a bunch of wanna-be tough guys. Do you know that he\u2019s wearing a tank top to school, with a bandana knotted around his head?\u201d\n\n\u201cI feel bad about this,\u201d chimed in Walt Richardson. \u201cHe won\u2019t listen to me at all. I hope you can work it out\u2013this situation sure isn\u2019t good for him.\u201d\n\nWhen we talked with Gerard after he got home from school, we learned that he smuggled the tank top in his backpack and pilfered a bandana from his sister\u2019s dresser to complete his \u201chood\u201d outfit and that the tough gang were his \u201cnew friends.\u201d\n\nIt was obvious that Gerard needed help. After talking it over with him, having further conversations with his teacher, visiting his psychiatrist, doing a lot of research and even more praying, we sent him to a highly regarded Catholic school for developmentally disabled students in St. Louis, Missouri. We gave him a prepaid phone card and asked him to call us often, which he did, always reminding us that he belonged at home in California.\n\nAt last he was coming home for Thanksgiving vacation. Steve and I kept grinning at each other as we waited for him at the airport. Gerard\u2019s first words were, \u201cI\u2019m a California kind of guy and this is where I belong.\u201d We picked up his luggage and, sure enough, he had packed everything and brought it home. He was finished with St. Louis and the cold weather and was back where he belonged. Just being away from what he loved\u2014his family and his home\u2014made him realize how much it meant to him. I couldn\u2019t stop hugging him\u2013I was so happy!\n\nAfter the Thanksgiving weekend, Steve and I met withMr. Moto, and the next morning we took Gerard back to Corona del Mar High School. Mr. Moto, a good-natured bear of a man with a Santa Claus white beard, had a big grin on his kindly face as he shook hands with Gerard. \u201cWelcome back, Gerard. I\u2019ve got a surprise for you. Let\u2019s go out to the field. Coach Holland is waiting to meet you.\u201d Mr. Moto had asked the football coach for his help with Gerard. Clearly Mr. Moto had given Gerard a lot of thought and had come up with a plan to help him, a plan that turned out even better than Mr. Moto could have foreseen.\n\nCoach Holland, a generous and good man, took Gerard under his wing and gave him a place where he could belong. He asked Gerard to be water boy for the varsity team. As always, Gerard met this new challenge with his own exuberant level of enthusiasm and commitment. He went to all the practices, where he helped the equipment manager. He worked out with the team, attended all the meetings, and was accepted as one of the guys. He felt part of an important and respected group of young men. That did wonders for him. But Gerard himself simply carried the day, going further, faster, and better than Coach Holland dreamed of. Coach Holland was sincerely honoring Gerard for his commitment to the team when he gave him a letterman\u2019s jacket with \u201cSecret Weapon\u201d stitched on the front. Gerard was a B.M.O.C.\n\nSteve took Gerard to all the football games, where Gerard joined the team in the locker room for pre-game prayer, then ran out on the field with them. He checked out books on football plays, purchased football videos and started a notebook where he diagrammed plays the coach might use in the game. Gerard was so knowledgeable about the diagrams and the plays that he sometimes corrected the coach, to Coach Holland\u2019s delight, I have no doubt.\n\nNow, twenty years later, Gerard is still in charge of getting water to the players. Steve takes him to all the games, where Gerard joins the team in the locker room and runs out on the field with them. Every year he\u2019s invited to the Football Banquet, an invitation he eagerly awaits. The coach and the team honor and applaud him and then he looks forward to the next football season.\n\nEach time Steve and Gerard leave for a game, I give Gerard a big hug. \u201cHave fun,\u201d I tell him. \u201cI hope I see your smiling face at the kitchen door window when you get home.\u201d And when I hear them walking from the garage after the game, I hurry to the door and delight when I see that grin lighting up his face and both thumbs up. Of course, sometimes they\u2019re pointed down and the face isn\u2019t so lit up.\n\n\u201cThis is the year the team will go all the way!\u201d Gerard\u2019s faith and optimism are unquenchable as each football season opens. He was wildly enthusiastic in 1988 and again in 1989 when his beloved Corona del Mar Sea Kings won the much-yearned-for CIF Championship. However, despite Gerard\u2019s hopes, no Corona del Mar team has won that top award since. As the football season ends each year, the team\u2019s favorite Water Boy says, \u201cNext year they\u2019ll do it!\u201d\n\nGerard went on to have a great career at Corona del Mar. He was elected to the Associated Student Board, the first Special Education student to receive this honor. His favorite class at Corona del Mar was Auto Shop, probably because he wanted to be an auto mechanic, no doubt inspired by the Fonz on one of his favorite television programs, \u201cHappy Days.\u201d His teacher told us that he \u201cburned up the wrenches.\u201d\n\nAs his senior year drew to a close, we received an invitation to attend the awards ceremony. Gerard received the Bank of America Industrial Arts Award given to the Best Student in Industrial Arts because of his \u201centhusiasm and improvement in Auto Shop.\u201d We were happy to see his love for his favorite class rewarded. The final and biggest award was the Gerald McLellan Sea King Spirit Award, given each year to the graduating senior who made the greatest contribution to the school spirit of Corona del Mar High School. Usually the winner is the quarterback of the football team or some Big Man On Campus. We were astounded when they announced the winner to be GERARD FOBES. There was a great ovation as Gerard walked up proudly to receive his trophy. Steve and I were both in tears and I know we weren\u2019t the only ones to be deeply touched by this acknowledgement to a rare young man. His name is engraved on the permanent trophy displayed in the school trophy case. A reporter put a story about Gerard in the L. A. Times with photographs of him as the first special education student to be on the Student Government Board and with the football team.\n\nHolding His Spirit Award\n\nGerard\u2019s whole class, all twelve special education students, went to the Senior Prom. Their teacher, Miss Beth since Walt Richardson\u2019s retirement, accompanied them to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner, then on to their prom. Gerard was thrilled and was so handsome in his rented tux. After he got home, Steve asked him to hold his Spirit Award and talk about his years at Corona del Mar for a video. He told about winning the big award, and about how great his Senior Prom had been. Then he said the words that I have tattooed on my heart, \u201cI\u2019m just a regular Down\u2019s Syndrome kind of guy, but I\u2019m really wonderful once you get the chance to know me better.\u201d\n\nAfter the graduation ceremonies on that idyllic June afternoon in 1991on the Corona del Mar campus, after all the hand-shaking with dignitaries, after all the bright blue mortar boards had been tossed triumphantly into the air, after Gerard had hugged and been hugged by every football player and every cute girl, Mr. Moto, that same vice-principal, caught up with Steve and me and said, \u201cI want you to know that it\u2019s been a privilege to know your son and to see his effect on the students in regular classes. I, and they, are better people for having associated with Gerard.\u201d"}
-{"text": "ACA impact on Arkansas residents\n\nACA impact on Arkansas residents\n\nEnrollment is underway for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.\n\nEnrollment is underway for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.\n\nTuesday Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced premium rates for the 71 qualified health insurance plans that will be sold on the individual market in the new Health Insurance Marketplace.\n\nBradford also said that premiums were at levels as much 25 percent below what had initially been requested for the individual market.The coverage will be offered to everyone including those with pre-existing medical conditions.\n\nThe plans cover 10 essential health benefits, have no limits and have no ratings on health factors.\n\nThe plans are offered on three different levels, bronze, silver and gold.\n\nBronze plans are likely to have lower premiums but higher out-of-pocket costs if medical services are provided.\n\nFor a 30-year-old in Arkansas, the average base premium of plans to be sold in the Marketplace will be $284.74 a month.\n\nFor two 40-year-olds with two children, the average base premium of plans to be sold in the Marketplace will be $948.82.\n\nFor all rate listings visit: <http://hbe.arkansas.gov/InsRates.pdf\n\nFor a map of the seven rating areas in Arkansas visit: <http://hbe.arkansas.gov/RatingMap.pdf"}
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-{"text": "Trollbeads Spring Collection 2018\n\nTrollbeads Enchanted Forest Spring Collection 2018. In the enchanted forest of the peacock the paths are lit up from within. All around you can hear life. The scent of magic infuses your mind. Fantasy animals roam the clearings and draw you into their world of beauty. The magnificent peacock spreads its colourful feathers and mesmerizes the visitors, who happens upon his path. Welcome to the magic world of the Trollbeads Spring Jewellery Collection 2018.\n\nAs the perfect storyteller of the collection stands the peacock. In all his beauty and grace, you will meet him in a sterling silver bead, the Peacock Feather Bead, a classy lock for the bracelet, the Peacock Lock, and a stunning pendant, the Enchanted Peacock Pendant.\n\nThe Enchanted Forest collection also offers a new carrier: The Fantasy Necklace with Peacock Pearl. Get mesmerized by the magic and beauty of the Enchanted Forest Collection."}
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-{"text": "Martin Luther King Jr's nephew claims Donald Trump does not have racism in his heart\n\nMartin Luther King Jr's nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr, has claimed Donald Trump is not racist - but may have done racist things without realising.\n\nHe made the comments in an interview with CNN's Don Lemon, where the pair strongly argued over the matter.\n\nFarris Jr claimed: \"The President I do not think is a racist, as we have traditionally known in this country.\n\n\"You can do some things and not be aware that you're doing them and I think that's largely the case with President Trump.\"\n\nHe said \"the man apparently is not informed\" and you can say or do \"some racist things unbeknowingly\" which \"makes maybe what you said or done a racist act but it's not racism in your heart.\"\n\nBut Lemon hit back strongly, arguing that Trump \"has an obligation to be informed\" and \"even some Klan members don't think they're racist.\"\n\nThe argument escalated, with Farris Jr responding \"just because the President is not aware of his racism does not make him not racist. It just makes him racist and ignorant of the fact that he is racist.\""}
-{"text": "\u201cTiona\u201d picks up six years after the end of Vaz. Tiona, Vaz\u2019s daughter, is starting grad school in physics, but her experiments are plagued by bizarre movements in the membranes she's studying. When she mentions the movements to Vaz, typical for his odd autism-spectrum personality, he intensely focuses on the movements. Soon he has determined that her \u201cproblem\u201d represents a physics breakthrough!\n\nThe cast of Lost? A band of superheroes? What do a gifted Chinese musician, an African bad boy, a Pole with dubious papers, a dreamy Iranian and a tempestuous Brazilian have in common?\nWhat is the DeutschKurse?"}
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-{"text": "Showing posts with tag: Marc Jacobs\n\nThe Hawaiian shirt has come a long way. Once called the piece of clothing \u2018that was put on in the dark\u2019 as the excuse for wearing one, let alone owning one, the Hawaiian with all its apricots, blues and lemons is now back in BLOOM! Excuse the pun. Florals can be masculine and strong. It [\u2026]\n\nAre you a man who enjoys fashion forward clad, cool bits and bobs and pimped up footwear? Do you wear brands with a commitment to exceptional quality and do you follow independent designers with distinct visions? Then you\u2019re a contemporary man! You\u2019re a guy who sees himself as strong and fearless when he\u2019s rocking trend [\u2026]\n\nThis just in: On June 3, 2010, men\u2019s black tie fashion was the focus of a runway show at the star studded amFAR Inspiration charity gala in New York. Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabanna and Ralph Lauren were among the designers who contributed outfits for the show. The gala is the first in a new [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "comment\n\nFAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A Milford teenager and his father are lucky to be alive after their car skidded on a sheet of ice, sliding into a snow-filled shoulder and launching their vehicle airborne into a United Illuminating pole, Fairfield police said.\n\nMohammad Maula, 18, was traveling on Brookside Avenue as it turns into Hill Farm Road, with his father early on Tuesday, March 10, police said.\n\nOfficers responded to the accident at 1:38 a.m. and found Maula\u2019s car had come to rest on the driver\u2019s side, and the UI pole was cracked in half, according to police.\n\nAn investigation determined that Maula had been driving 35 mph in a 25 mph zone, police said. After the crash, Maula complained of soreness in his shoulder but refused medical treatment, police said.\n\nPolice said they had to shut down a portion of Hill Farm Road while UI workers worked to repair the pole."}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nPost navigation\n\nDuck Pillow. 5.11.2013. 2:28 a.m.\n\nI want to name this duck pillow, I do, but I can\u2019t because it\u2019s not mine to name. It belongs to Kelly\u2019s friend and is hers. A duck pillow like this must have a story behind it, and I want to know that story, I do, but I can\u2019t because it belongs solely to the nameless duck pillow and will only be revealed if the duck pillow so chooses to reveal it.\n\nWe all have such stories, I feel, and can either choose to remain reticent or share them.\n\nA string of events lead me to this duck pillow. A walk down Mass. St on arguably the nicest day of the year at that point.\n\nBeers with friends at Harbour Lights and then Frank\u2019s North Star Tavern for the Andy Stowers benefit, where Jamie played pool.\n\nI went home around 9:30 p.m. and was just going to call it a night until the German entry to Eurovision, \u201cGlorious,\u201d by Cascada, got me in the mood to go dancing. Went to The Taproom and then The Replay, where things were getting crazy.\n\nThen the duck pillow. It is what it is, just like Lawrence, KS.\n\nSo there you have it: drinking, dancing, and a duck pillow. Sounds a bit like a traditional blessing: \u201cMay your day be filled with drinking, dancing, and a duck pillow!\u201d It\u2019s another way of saying \u201cMay life be good to you.\u201d"}
-{"text": "If you're like me, you're constantly worried about getting sucked out of an airlock into the freezing void of space. Well, now thanks to some clever folks, you can now take a quick quiz to determine how long you would survive without air, pressure, or, well, anything.\nHere are my results:\n\nNot much time to crawl into a space suit, but I like my odds. Go take this test and leave your results in the comments. Which Nunc Scio reader would last the longest?"}
-{"text": "Menu\n\nA PhotoBlog\n\nNight\n\nAlmost everyday, I pass some really beautiful, well lit buildings at night here in Philly, on my way back from school. Each time I remind myself to get my camera some time at night to capture the lights. It is only now, after almost three months, that I finally took an almost impromptu decision and went out at night with my camera. My tripod was used for the first time here in the United States \ud83d\ude42\n\nEven so, I went mainly to the Walnut bridge today. From there, it is possible to see the Amtrak building and some other historical buildings on one side, and long winding road on the other side.\n\nIn the image below, the blue building behind is the Amtrak building. The golden building in the front is an important building, don\u2019t remember what it was though \ud83d\ude00\n\nOn the other side of the Walnut bridge is the long, winding road.\n\nA little closer to the golden building. If only there were more cars here\u2026I would have got more light streaks on the road! \ud83d\ude42"}
-{"text": "Video Explains The Touch Cover of the Microsoft Surface Tablet\n\nSeveral videos were released by Microsoft that highlighted the different features of the recently-released Surface RT tablet. Some of the videos highlighted the material used for the Microsoft Surface tablet and the features that it offers to users. One recent video focused on the Touch Cover of the device and how it offers a keyboard experience for its users.\n\nApparently work on the pressure-sensitive keyboard already started ever since 2003. However, during this time it was not yet ready to be released into the market. After the development of its tablet offering began, the company decided to look at its previous work on the pressure-sensitive keyboard.\n\nAccording to the video, despite the three-millimeter thickness of the Touch Cover, it still offers a similar performance as a full laptop keyboard. In addition to the three-millimeter thick Touch Cover, the company also offers a six-millimeter version that is meant for users who are looking for the classic keyboard experience.\n\nThe video also showed how the Surface Touch Cover magnetically links with the Microsoft Surface tablet. It showed that when the Touch Cover was pulled to the back, only the texture of the Touch Cover is felt but when it is pulled out, the Surface RT tablet becomes a \u201cfast typing machine\u201d.\n\nGadgets and technology in general have piqued the interest of Peter ever since time he was young. He brought this love for gadgets and technology into the net as he started to give his own insights about the latest developments in technology through a personal blog that he started a couple of years ago."}
-{"text": "Trump vows again to bring down prescription drug prices\n\nPresident Donald Trump vowed again Tuesday to bring down prescription drug prices in the United States, an issue on which his government has been accused of dragging its feet.\n\nTrump has also raised eyebrows by naming a former pharmaceutical executive, Alex Azar, to be the secretary of health and human services.\n\nIn his State of the Union Speech, Trump said bringing drug prices down was one of his top priorities. He noted that in many countries, prices for medicines are often much lower than in the United States.\n\n\u201cThat is why I have directed my administration to make fixing the injustice of high drug prices one of our top priorities,\u201d Trump said. \u201cPrices will come down.\u201d\n\nOne way the government could do this is by exercising its purchasing power in the drug market. But despite Trump\u2019s pledges, his administration has shown little interest in this approach and Azar himself \u2014 formerly president of drug maker Ely Lilly \u2014 has said he opposes it, according to the news website Axios.\n\nPrescription drugs are often cheaper in western Europe and Canada because of price controls imposed by governments, but mainstream Republicans and Azar have said they oppose such controls, Axios said."}
-{"text": "Graphing the Reddit Place Sensation with Neo4j\n\n2017-04-10\n\nThe idea is simple. The whole world \u2013 or all Reddit users \u2013 were given a 999 x 999 blank canvas to draw on. Some simple rules apply:\n\nEach user could choose one pixel from 16 colors to place anywhere on the canvas. They could place as many pixels of as many colors as they wanted, but they had to wait a few minutes between placing each one. (source)\n\nDuring the following 72 hours, amazingly interesting things happened on this 999 x 999 canvas. Below is a gif that gives you a glimpse into what had happened. Numerous accounts of this event have been posted. See this post for a good overview, and more posts can be found at the Reddit Place itself.\n\nGraphing the Reddit Place with Neo4j\n\nThe Reddit Place as a web-based social phenomenon will be remembered and studied by many people. I didn\u2019t follow this event at all but was amazed by the various types of participating users, sub-communities who self-organized to achieve certain goals, clashes and fights, evolving rules, impressive artworks, and so on \u2013 all that happened on this little canvas. I\u2019m especially intrigued by the emergent, self-organizing processes of constructing, destructing, negotiating, and re-constructing among numerous users and user networks supported by all kinds of communication tools (mostly Reddit itself).\n\nWith a data dump that captured the history of this event, I could not resist myself from playing with it using Neo4j.\n\nImporting data\n\nTo begin with, I wrote the following Cypher scripts to import the csv dump into Neo4j:\n\nThe figure below demonstrates the graph model of the created Neo4j graph database. The model is quite simple and intuitive, including two node types named User and Point and one relationship type named Paint.\n\nIt took my computer ~22 minutes to create 1.6 million labels, 1.6 million nodes, 28.8 million properties, and 4.13 million relationships in this graph database, the size of which ended up to be 4.30 GB.\n\nGeneral queries\n\nAfter data were loaded, I did some quick queries.\n\nFirst, who were the most active users? User itsnotlupus won the game as s/he painted for 177 times. This may not sound much but if you multiple 177 by 5 minutes (the \u2018cooldown\u2019 time), you will find the user spent roughly 15 hours painting or contemplating the next pixel on the canvas. This time amount does not include activities in other communication tools.\n\nWhere did itsnotlupus paint? Below is a graph showing this user (in the center) and 100 pixels s/he painted on. Note that each pixel is identified by its coordinates in the 2D canvas.\n\nI noticed this user painted a whole lot near Point [380, 880]. By clicking on the [380, 881] Point node, see below, I could check who else have painted on that spot. 16 other users have painted there. Maybe there were some interesting collisions on that single pixel?\n\nWhich colors did itsnotlupus use? It appeared itsnotlupus painted #E59500 for 104 times, and #E50000 for 70 times. Do those two colors belong to specific clans itsnotlupus was affiliated with?\n\nThe Blue Corner\n\nBased on this post, the lower-right corner was occupied by Blue. So I checked the corner pixel [999, 999]. The following Cypher query returned a total of 10,121 user actions on that single pixel. The figure that follows shows 100 of those users who painted at [999, 999].\n\nTop painters in that corner are listed in the figure below. Querying the top [999, 999] painter MrMeltJr I found him painting blue (#0000EA) predominantly (105 out of 116 times). He was clearly a member of the Blue Corner sub-community.\n\nWhat was the most used color in that corner? The following query found the most dominant color to be #0000EA, which appeared for 7400 times, followed by #820080\u2019s 2055 times. This finding could be confirmed by the gif above.\n\nMore Fun to Come\n\nThese queries are far from even scratching the surface of the complex social phenomenon. Two aspects I\u2019m especially interested in exploring (if I have time) are the temporal aspect of user actions on single pixels and the spacial aspect of changes with neighboring pixels. In addition, it would also be useful if we could connect communication and coordination among users and communities external to the canvas."}
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-{"text": "\u201cThe result was that photons appeared in pairs from the vacuum, which we were able to measure in the form of microwave radiation,\u201d says Per Delsing. \u201cWe were also able to establish that the radiation had precisely the same properties that quantum theory says it should have when photons appear in pairs in this way.\u201d\n\nWhat happens during the experiment is that the \u201cmirror\u201d transfers some of its kinetic energy to virtual photons, which helps them to materialise.\n\nI would like to take this opportunity to caution anyone against taking this result and recasting it as some hocus-pocus, or a magical way to tap the vacuum as an energy source, but it\u2019s already happened. An article in Forbes is the kind of thing that opens up that door.\n\nAfter rotating the SQUID at those high speeds, the team were able to detect several real photons that were essentially created from nothing.\n\nNo, not essentially. The interesting detail here from QM (and specifically quantum electrodynamics) is that the vacuum isn\u2019t \u201cnothing\u201d and Forbes just completely ignores that to create an abracadabra moment."}
-{"text": "Unexpected Things To Love About NYC\n\nAs many of you know, I spent the better half of the past two weeks in Iowa for client events. While I always welcome traveling and seeing new places, after this trip I just about kissed the ground when I landed in New York. Being out of the city made me realize just how lucky (or, spoiled) we New Yorkers are. Even if just starting out and strapped for cash, there are luxuries that are innate to New Yorkers that just do not exist anywhere else. Here are a few of them:\n\nShoe repair shops on every corner\n\nCompletely normal to order a dirty martini or a pitcher of margaritas for you and a girlfriend at 5pm after a hard day\n\nI\u2019ve grown up and lived on Long Island my entire life, and there was nothing that I enjoyed more than having the ability to jump on a train that\u2019s two minutes from my house and take a quick 40 minute ride straight into Penn Station. There\u2019s so much to do in New York City that\u2019s still unexplored. I\u2019m 20 years old and haven\u2019t even hit the 21 nightlife yet but even prior to this event, I\u2019ve still been able to find so much to do in this amazing city."}
-{"text": "She\u2019s not a scientist, but that elementary aspect of peer review process did not escape her. See the article for more about peer review (written by a scientist).\n\nActually, though, I think it speaks to a different matter. And a pretty good example. Namely, there is a constant whinge that papers \u2018critical of the consensus\u2019 don\u2019t get published. Obviously, one did. Had it been claiming to support the consensus, instead of disagreeing, it would have been bounced on sight. It was obviously terribly flawed. It\u2019s about the best that McLean and co. can do in their \u2018criticism\u2019 of the consensus, but \u2026 whew.\n\nAll a bit quiet here on this one my \u2018warmist\u2019 friends ? Has McLean et al \u2018taken the wind out of your sails\u2019 with this paper ?\nOr was it me the last couple of days on the Piers thing ? \ud83d\ude09\nOh, just kidding guys.. no need to get upset \ud83d\ude42\n\nOn the subject of criticising papers that pass peer review, denialists should know that scientists do this a lot. Peer review doesn\u2019t catch everything, new data becomes available, better models are proposed, and so forth. The only requirement for such criticism is that it be well grounded in reason, and, where possible, cite evidence.\n\nThis is the crux of scientists\u2019 objections to typical denialist criticisms: they are (exclusively to date, in this debate) based on false premises, and often simultaneously follow flawed logic to arrive at their conclusions.\n\nAlmost every person on the planet would heave a sigh of relief if someone could present convincing evidence that the AGW model was flawed (provided that evidence also suggested a sensible replacement model for the effects of CO2, methane, etc on climate), scientists included. The point is being pushed because it\u2019s what the evidence suggests, and no one has been able to show any different.\n\nThere is chatter all over the Interweb regarding this paper, but it is flattering to the rest of us here that BBH thinks that the quietness on Deltoid regarding McLean et al indicates that the climatology world has not responded. However, BBH is wrong.\n\nDave Andrews thinks that he has cornered a flaw in the peer review process of science:\n\nIf the Mclean et al paper is as bad as you say, how did it manage to get published in a reputable Journal and what does this say about the quality of peer review in the field of climate change?\n\nThe paper presents an argument constructed from some simple statistics. The conclusion makes a few waffley remarks. A reviewer may decide that they don\u2019t agree with the argument or its conclusions, but it is worth publication anyway.\n\nAfter publication, other scientists read it and pull the argument apart to see just how well the argument holds up. There will be some disagreement about which parts are weak and which parts are robust, but generally scientists will reach a consensus, one that they are each led to by the logical analysis they\u2019ve done on the paper\u2019s argument and data.\n\nAnd then a few scientists submit response articles or letters in which they criticise or support the argument of the paper.\n\nThat\u2019s science in motion.\n\nThe fact that this paper of Carter et al was published is interesting because it demonstrates that scientists who do not accept AGW as a theory may posit alternatives in the mainstream scientific media \u2013 this is in stark contrast to claims of censorship so often levelled at the mainstream scientific media. So; are these three authors now a part of the club of scientists, who argue about AGW, so they can get grants to do more of the same? Surely they are, if they are publishing in the mainstream scientific media.\n\nScience in motion\u2026\n\nWhat will be interesting is to see if a) a heck of a good demolition of the paper is itself published (soon?) in the scientific literature; and, b) journalists latch onto this response article with the same vigour as they did to the three amigos article.\n\n> The paper presents an argument constructed from some simple statistics. The conclusion makes a few waffley remarks. A reviewer may decide that they don\u2019t agree with the argument or its conclusions, but it is worth publication anyway\n\nRemember, they will sell more copies of their journal too.\n\nWhich is nice\u2026\n\nPS Billy, where were you on the DMCA takedown thread? Cat got your tongue there?\n\nAll a bit quiet here on this one my \u2018warmist\u2019 friends ? Has McLean et al \u2018taken the wind out of your sails\u2019 with this paper ?\n\nNot even remotely. The paper is worthless and never should have been published. They compared their SOI informtion to the first time derivative of the temperature anomalies\u2013which wiped out the trend! Their conclusion that it is the sun and ocean cycles which drive global warming and not CO2 are therefore completely unjustified. They\u2019re essentially saying, \u201cIf you take out the trend, there\u2019s no relation between carbon dioxide and the trend.\u201d Duh.\n\nYes, yes a very competent man is Tamino and he has laid bare the terrible statistical deficiencies of poor McLean, Carter and de Freitas. Back in the real world the very pertinent issue of a cumulative SOI/ENSO effect on temperature trend remains; a good treatment of this issue is here;\n\n\u201cAny of you genuises care to definitively state that SOI/ENSO has no effect on trend at all.\n\nPosted by: cohenite\u201d\n\nAs sod says: prove to us that ENSO introduce new energy into the system that wasn\u2019t there before.\n\nIf you can\u2019t, it\u2019s not a climate trend. It\u2019s a modifier of climate.\n\nRather like walking up steps: each step goes up and along. But the along bit isn\u2019t the trend. The trend is upward. The bit that goes up isn\u2019t the trend. The trend is forward. If this were not so, the steps would not be \u201csteps\u201d but \u201ca path\u201d or \u201ca ladder\u201d.\n\nSo where is the force on the climate that produces a trend from ENSO?\n\nIf there isn\u2019t one, then ENSO has no effect on the climate TREND.\n\nBut, maybe you\u2019re not a doofus as you appear but secretly a genius and answering that will be easy for you.\n\na) When extending the Wall, there\u2019s always dust thrown up at the leading where the construction is going on. That\u2019s normal science, although it sometimes verges on non-science (or fuzzy-science) or something, when onlookers over-interpret an early paper.\n\nb) Those operating the anti-science Smog Machine (h/t DeSmogBlog) try to obscure the Wall from onlookers.\n\nSomeone doing pseudoscience or anti-science may attempt to establish a brick elsewhere that invalidates the whole Wall, either for that purpose or to promote their own idea.\n\nIt may well be pulverized within a day or two. The worse the paper is, the less likely that a professional will take the time to write a serious refutation and get it published, which is not guaranteed anyway, as such papers are often \u201cnot interesting\u201d.\n\n* The McLean, de Freitas and Carter paper presented unsubstantiated conclusions that are contradicted by a cursory analysis of the very data presented.\n* There is widespread agreement among climate scientists that this paper should not have passed review and should not have been accepted for publication.\n* The authors actively participated in a deceptive public relations campaign that trumpeted and exaggerated the paper\u2019s claims, a campaign that even substituted a press release headline for the true title of the paper.\n* The authors permitted an egregious breach of copyright in the dissemination of the paper in its published form at the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition website.\n\nWhat more is needed to prod the AGU and the Journal of Geophysical Research to do the right thing? The paper should be withdrawn, and the editor responsible disciplined. Now.\n\nIn explanation of the third point (for those who won\u2019t wade through the whole post):\n\nThat\u2019s right \u2013 according to the International Climate Science Coalition website, the title of the paper was \u2013 wait for it:\n\n\u201cNature not Man responsible for recent global warming\u201d.\n\nWell, that\u2019s one way to sneak a preferred title past reviewers.\n\nBy the way, I found a longer quote from John McLean in the Australian version of the press release, than made it into the original NZCSC/Climate Depot \u201cpresser\u201d. He actually claims that climate scientists just need to properly model ENSO, and then the need for \u201chuman\u201d influence will disappear (full quote in the post)!\n\nSo I can put down sod and Mark as no shows for the SOI/ENSO creates a trend view. The zero energy/ shuffling deck-chairs explanation for the no trend over the \u201clonger\u201d period seems to have at least one large gap; variation in cloud cover; that is, was there reduced cloud cover post 1976 so as to allow increased insolation over the Eastern Pacific, the source of the upwelling cessation [see Palle et al, Pavlakis et al]; the higher SSTs will transfer heat to the atmosphere but OHC increased during this period; AGW says the increase in OHC is due to back radiation from increased CO2 concentrations and relies on TOA radiative imbalance; but even if there was TOA imbalance for LW, increased SW warming the ocean through cloud decrease could also do the trick of increasing OHC as heat was transferred from the ocean to the atmosphere; that is, it is not a zero-sum game.\n\nThe key is the 1998 reversion of the upwelling and the PDO phase shift. CO2 was still increasing but a contrary condition to the 1976 event has occured during that CO2 increase; how can CO2 produce one result and more CO2 produce an opposite result?\n\nI think we should consider this paper not as a scientific publication but as part of a debating strategy.\nCertainly Carter (don\u2019t know about the others) is smart enough to know that \u201cGlobal warming stopped in 1998\u201d is going to stop working as an excuse as soon as the next El Nino hits; which is likely to be this year. So he needs a fallback position.\nTherefore, he\u2019s going to go from denying El Nino exists to claiming that all Global Warming is solely due to El Nino, which will enable him to get past the \u201chotter than 1998\u201d problem.\nAs demonstrated by the witless Anthony Cox (Cohenite) above and his Mclean & Quirk hobgoblins, ENSO will be for the next 11 years what 1998 has been for the last 11; the standard talking point. Denialists will claim that until climate models model every last detail of ENSO, they are unreliable, that if you take every single El Nino year out of the record then it isn\u2019t hot after all, et cetera ad nauseum.\n\nWell Mark, the devil\u2019s in the detail. IPCC gives a decadal temperature senstivity of 0.14C per decade including feedbacks; there is a host of contrary papers around which suggest something like 0.07C per decade is more realistic; that is equivalent to IPCC\u2019s no-feedback position; and consistent with the upper range of temperature increase over the 20thC.\n\nMark,\n>So why did a paper have to get written just to say something that isn\u2019t disputed?\n\nMark, the paper needed to get written so, we could see the gross misunderstanding of the authors (and their advisors) and to help to disern the skeptics from the psudo-skeptic who defend the author\u2019s unsuportable claims.\n\n\u201d there is a host of contrary papers around which suggest something like 0.07C per decade is more realistic; that is equivalent to IPCC\u2019s no-feedback position; and consistent with the upper range of temperature increase over the 20thC.\u201d\n\nSo what? Just because they exist doesn\u2019t make them right.\n\nHey, have you given up on Miskowlzi (or however you spell his name) yet?\n\nThe \u201cguess\u201d of 0.07C per decade is, as I said, the actual 20thC increase in temperature and the IPCC no-feedback estimate for ^T(CO2); McLean et al have given their estimate of how much this trend is due to cumulative SOI; their statistics have been found wanting; since you say there is no dispute that AGW is not responsible for all of the ^T what % of ^T do you attribute to AGW and SOI/ENSO?\n\nI noticed that the teenage wunderkind of skeptics, Kristen Byrne, a couple of years ago neatly anticipated this unoriginal thesis of McLean et al. I think it was a school project:\n\nI will demonstrate that a negative trend in the El Nino Southern Oscillation (more and stronger La Ninas) from 1945 to 1975 and a positive trend in the ENSO from 1975 to present (more and stronger El Ninos) correlates better with global temperature changes than greenhouse theory. Thus, ENSO is probably the largest contributor to global warming in the past 30 years.\n\nNo worries Nick, note I said \u2018tend\u2019\u2026. If I said I drove from Sydeny to Melb and I said \u201cI tended to stick to the speed limit\u2019, would it also still be possible that I would not perhaps exactly be able to predict my time of arrival in Melb.\nYou guys are just too damn sophisticated sometimes\u2026 why not try a bit of Occams Razor now and then ? If climate Science was so predictable, then perhaps there would be a \u2018General Theory of Climate\u2019. But there ain\u2019t. And so you cannot predict how many \u2018eighths\u2019 cloud cover there will be over Adelaide in 7 days time \u2013 for example.\nAnd which \u2018record temperatures\u2019 are you referring to \u2013 not those right now I hope ! \ud83d\ude09\n\n>Agreed; it\u2019s the extrapolation from that to trend neutrality which is problematic; but anyway I\u2019ll put you down as another who thinks that SOI/ENSO has no bearing on temperature trend.\n\nYou should probably include most scientists in that group. If you wish to argue that ENSO actually causes global warming you are first going to have to consider a longer timescale than the last 100 years. ENSO has probably been operating for a very long time. Perhaps even geological timescales. Certainly at least the past few thousand years\u2026now think about these small temperature increase ever few years over that period. It adds up.\n\nSimply put: If ENSO caused warming the seas would have already boiled away.\n\nIf I then regress SOI on year for that period (N = 143, remember, a nice big set of data), I find that the t-statistic on the trend is -1.5, which is statistically insignificant. The t-statistic on temperature anomaly for the same period, however, is 15.3, which is well beyond the 99.9% significance level.\n\nSo it looks like SOI accounts for a bit of the up-and-down variation (about 1/17th of it), but none of the trend. See?\n\nThe SOI, at least the BoM version, can\u2019t have a prolonged trend. It\u2019s the barometric pressure difference between Darwin and Tahiti. Two tropical places can\u2019t have a sustained pressure difference, since the air would just move to equilibrate. Of course, it can take several months, but not decades.\n\nCohenite,\nLet\u2019s stick to the subject at hand. McLean et al have claimed that a shift in ENSO is \u201cresponsible for recent global warming\u201d, as their first press release put it. They claim that \u201ctrends\u201d in temperature and SOI are \u201csimilar\u201d and that SOI can account for any trends \u201cthat might exist\u201d, even though they \u201cdidn\u2019t look\u201d for them.\n\nThese claims are manifestly false when one examines the actual data. Will you at least admit that?\n\n\u201c*a statistical issue*, that\u2019s a polite euphemism for they didn\u2019t understand what their statistics meant, and that they made unsupportable claims based on their failure to understand the statistical transformations they had used.\n\n\u201ca statistical issue, that\u2019s a polite euphemism for they didn\u2019t understand what their statistics meant, and that they made unsupportable claims based on their failure to understand the statistical transformations they had used.\n\nActually, if you parse their words carefully, you\u2019ll see that they *do* understand what their statistics meant, but they also realize that it\u2019s easily to use their results to mislead people.\n\nCarter himself:\n\nThe McLean et al. paper supports earlier understanding of the effects of ENSO and volcanic eruptions on the climate system, and shows that much of the variance in the global temperature record can be explained by changes in ENSO 7 months prior. That fact leaves no room for a major influence from human carbon dioxide emissions, and cannot simply be shrugged of.\n\nThe paper does not address trends as such (which Real Climate and similar websites often appear to be obsessed by).\n\nThis: \u201cleaves no room for a major influence from human carbon dioxide emissions\u201d clearly refers to variability around the trend (be it down, flat, or up, though we know, of course we know it is up).\n\nYet Carter cheerfully quote-mines himself, in a sense, in his public statements, allowing it to be understood he\u2019s talking about trend, not variability.\n\nThe comment about RC being obsessed by trend is \u2026 rather amazing \u2026 given that *trend* is the entire f\u2014ing point and the entire f\u2014ing concern regarding AGW (the W not standing for \u201cvariability\u201d).\n\nThis man is dishonest, but he\u2019s not so stupid as to misunderstand what their paper shows. It shows something that can easily be misunderstood, especially when he (and apparently, his co-authors) cheerfully aid in the misunderstanding.\n\nSo, while in the quote from Carter I posted above (taken from e-mail he sent to someone in response to a direct question), in which he clearly states that the statement regarding ENSO vs. CO2-driven warming is about variability, here\u2019s what he\u2019s said in public:\n\n\u201cThe close relationship between ENSO and global temperature, as described in the paper, leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions. The available data indicate that future global temperatures will continue to change primarily in response to ENSO cycling, volcanic activity and solar changes.\u201d\n\ndhogaza angry person; angry person knows what evil lurks in the heart of man; angry person is the Shadow.\n\nVariability vs trend; the trend since 1850 has been up despite the usual ups and downs; the LIA ended in 1850 and natural variation was the trend for at least the first 50 and arguably the first 100 years after the LIA ended. In any event 1950 is the key period for AGW, according to Professor Raupach;\n\nBut natural variation hasn\u2019t ceased regardless of whether AGW has started to kick in; McLean et al had right idea; to isolate natural factors; their % contribution for SOI must have some legs despite their removal of other potential trend factors; there are 2 reasons why natural variability must be the bulk of the 0.14C per decade upward trend since 1960; the first is that the trend from 1910-1944 is equivalent to the trend from 1976-1998; if natural variation was the trend before AGW properly kicked in [ie before 1950] then the trend produced by natural variation must still be happening [unless you want to go down the Meehl golden path to pixie-land]; secondly, 1976 and 1998 are crucial variation points or breaks as David Stockwell\u2019s break paper shows, with strong correlation with major oceanographic events. This shows that the trend pre and post 1998 has a major natural variation component; it\u2019s a matter of putting a % to that natural variation component of the trend for this period since 1950 but the natural % will be the dominant one.\n\nThe conclusion is that AGW\u2019s contribution to trend is either less than touted by the likes of Raupach or non-existent if there are other yet to be revealed natural factors making up the remainder of the trend after the known natural factors have been isolated.\n\nBut natural variation hasn\u2019t ceased regardless of whether AGW has started to kick in; McLean et al had right idea; to isolate natural factors; their % contribution for SOI must have some legs despite their removal of other potential trend factors\n\nThey didn\u2019t \u201cremove other potential trend factors\u201d. They mathematically removed the trend.\n\nDon\u2019t be dense. They even agree with this statement, when talking to scientifically knowledgeable types.\n\nThey only lie about it when talking to the press, etc, as Carter did in my quote above.\n\nWhy not get angry at people who blatantly lie about something as important as this issue?\n\nAnd \u2026 if they had anything *substantial* \u2026 why do they have to lie?\n\nThe conclusion is that AGW\u2019s contribution to trend is either less than touted by the likes of Raupach or non-existent if there are other yet to be revealed natural factors making up the remainder of the trend after the known natural factors have been isolated.\n\nLet\u2019s imagine that you\u2019re right, and there is no AGW contribution to trend.\n\nIt doesn\u2019t change the facts about McLean et al:\n\n1. The paper doesn\u2019t address trend, but variability\n\n2. Therefore the paper supports neither the contrarian position that there is no AGW contribution to trend, or the science position that yes, there is.\n\n3. Therefore the paper supports neither the contrarian position that there is a natural contribution to trend, or the science position that there is a natural contribution to trend (see what \u2018doesn\u2019t address questions about trend\u201d gets you?)\n\n4. Therefore Carter\u2019s statement that \u201c\u201dThe close relationship between ENSO and global temperature, as described in the paper, leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions.\u201d is a flat-out lie.\n\nSo Cohenite, is it better to be angry or stupid? How could you possibly believe that ENSO can produce a \u2018trend\u2019. It\u2019s very stupid. You have to have an energy source or storage system.\n\nWhy don\u2019t you do some research on paleoclimate. Senstivity must be high to satisfy early climates. Jeepers, we have discussed this with you at length, but you refuse to learn. You are letting your ideology influence your understanding. You are dumb as a box of hammers.\n\nGo back and worship your Misko-god and his Chief Eunuch David Stockwell\u2026\n\nHave a look at the distribution (analyis it for Gaussian fit, if you like), and ask yourself what the shape of the spread means in terms of \u2018breaks\u2019, whether positive or negative.\n\nAnd whilst you\u2019re at it, ask yourself what the apparent trimodal distribution implies\u2026 It\u2019s rather curious actually, and if you interpret it correctly you\u2019ll realise that it blows your desire to establish a \u2018natural\u2019 ENSO \u2018forcing\u2019 completely out of the water.\n\nPerhaps I\u2019ll tell you in a day or so, but in the mean time I want to see you actually do some statistical grunt-work yourself.\n\nThat is why McLean et al are on the money, as cohenite understands, and Bernard J does not, there is NO trend between CO2 and temperatures anywhwere except airports and under the air con. vents that Hansen and HadleyCRUT place their trust in.\n\nBJ\u2019s histogram; a histogram is like a very primitive Chow Test BJ; do one on the data that \u201cChief Eunuch David Stockwell\u201d [charming Nathan] uses in his break paper; you\u2019ll find the Gaussian Fit quite satisfactory; if it hadn\u2019t been what would have been the point of doing the Chow?\n\nWhy don\u2019t you say something sensible MAB, instead of playing puerile piddling games? The Australian data is a perfect Gaussian fit and if you bother looking at Figure 1(a) from David\u2019s paper that is what you would expect; the global data has a slight positive bias and that is reflected in Figure 2 for both the full data (a) and the truncated set (b).\n\nTO WHAT??? A histogram is useful for showing the underlying distribution of the temperature data and whether there has been a change in the trend; the issue is whether a Gaussian spread of the frequencies would indicate that there was a change or break in the trend; well, would it?\n\nBJ; I have looked at the data; you tell me where David\u2019s Chow analysis falls down and why you don\u2019t think a conclusion of a break in 1976-8 and 1997-8 is justified.\n\nThis thread seems to have tapered off, but if you scroll up to our local denialist expert (Billy Bob) at #38 you\u2019ll get his confident prediction:\n\n>Sorry to pull the \u2018plug on your nice warm bath\u2019 there James Haughton (#23), but my prediction on next El Nino is not next year. It\u2019s more likely to be in ~4-5 years time. El Nino generally coincide with peak sun-spot numbers.\n\nMy answer, Michael, was to present the David Stockwell paper on breaks/steps in 1976-78 and 1997-8; I had originally come onto this congenial site with the McLean/Quirk break paper and was castigated for the poor stats in that paper; well I\u2019ve come back with some more statistical analysis of the break concept by Dr Stockwell and still the concept is lampooned; the breaks are undeniable but of course the argument now is that they are unexplained [see silly sod\u2019s comment somewhere], which is untrue; the breaks are well correlated with empirically verified oceanographic events and PDO phase shifts. I would have thought that would have been interesting to all you pure minded scientific types who Raupach praises in the gang of 15 letter. Ha!\n\ncohenite wrties:\n>1976 and 1998 are crucial variation points or breaks as David Stockwell\u2019s break paper shows, with strong correlation with major oceanographic events. This shows that the trend pre and post 1998 has a major natural variation component\u201d\n\nBollocks, it shows ocean cycles drive warming just like it shows the rolling water is the a source of heat for kettle on a fire.\n\nCan you, or indeed David Stockwell, show that Stockwell has accounted for all variables that might impact upon climatic temperature trend?\n\nRemember, at the most fundamental level a Chow test determines whether the coefficients derived for one \u2018set\u2019 of data are statistically equivalent to the coefficients derived for another \u2018set\u2019 (for generally arbitrary \u2018sets\u2019). This whole \u2018structural break\u2019 jingo is an artificial, economic approach, and is hardly transportable to a climate context.\n\nIn order to empoy a Chow legitimately, one must include all of the variables that might influence the trajectory, and once one starts to include more than several variables the chance of discerning a true \u2018break\u2019 (even where such is a valid concept), drops rather rapidly. Stockwell leaves out a whole suite of possible variables, and in doing so his application of a Chow to the variables he does include is rather like cherry picking\u2026\n\nThis is to leave aside the fact that Stockwell does not in any way adequately describe how \u2018breaks\u2019 might be discerned from oscillations, the latter which are already anticipated by current climatological modellings. Heck, Tamino shows how oscillations are quite easily discerned from the trajectories \u2013 have you bothered to consider his material?\n\nWhich reminds me \u2013 when do you intend to comment upon the nature of the very simple plot of anomaly distributions, and of the implications (and there are several) of the trajectory of the anomalies once the linear trend is subtracted? Ockham\u2019s razor seems to have been left on the counter whilst you employ a butter knife to dissect the underlying statistical realities\u2026\n\nOne should always walk before one runs, and I haven\u2019t seen you take a single step yet.\n\nI agree with scepticism about the Chow test in this context. All it tells you is that a broken line (with a nominated breakpoint) fits better than an unbroken one. That just says something about the linear fit \u2013 it isn\u2019t good affirmative evidence for the existence of the breakpoint. If you apply the analysis to an exponential curve with added noise, at some point a Chow test will tell you that a broken line fits better. Of course, an exponential would have fit even better, but that wasn\u2019t in the universe of curves that you were considering.\n\nThere are a number of peculiarities in the data that are begging to be addressed\u2026\n\nNick has pre-empted my next comment, which was about the fact that an exponential or a sigmoid fit could be argued to be more appropriate than a linear one, but perhaps you would care to discuss, in addition to the previous questions, why inferring a \u2018structural break\u2019 in an oscillatory phenomenon, in order to explain temperature rise, is more appropriate to consider than is a non-linear fit to CO2 forcing.\n\nBJ; \u201cwhy inferring a \u2018structural break\u2019 in an oscillatory phenomenon, in order to explain temperature rise, is more appropriate to consider than is a non-linear fit to CO2 forcing.\u201d\n\nSo you\u2019re saying that CO2 forcing is non-linear on ^T after all the natural variables are removed? That is, as Nick says, an exponential curve is a better fit? A couple of questions; what would the exponential curve look like; would it be asymptopic against the x or y axis? And why do you assume the break does not reflect that forcing as well as natural factors? According to AGW CO2 forcing cannot be equal or the same on either side of the break [because on the top side there would be more of it] but in combination with the natural factors it may be. Finally it is a bit rich to demand that David include \u201call the variables that may affect the trajectory\u201d when no AGW model does so.\n\nAnswering questions with questions might work for a divorce lawyer, but it does not demonstrate to those here that you are actually capable of performing your own satisfactory statistical analysis.\n\nNevertheless I will enter the fray, because I am garnering a modicum of satisfaction at your wriggling.\n\nSo you\u2019re saying that CO2 forcing is non-linear on ^T after all the natural variables are removed? That is, as Nick says, an exponential curve is a better fit?\n\nNo, I am not \u201csaying that CO2 forcing is non-linear on ^T after all the natural variables are removed\u201d. I am saying that it may well be, and in fact could reasonably be expected to be so, but without a comprehensive inclusion and analysis of all of the relevant impinging parameters it is difficult to be certain.\n\nAn exponential curve may be a better fit, but only for a certain period of time, because one would not expect even a runaway greenhouse response to continue to adhere to such a trajectory for long. Oo, does that mean that there would be a structural break\u2026?\n\nDepending on the stage of CO2 addition to the atmosphere a logarithmic trend might be apparent \u2013 as might a sigmoid (and more likely over a greater length of time) or a power function. Heck, when the day comes it might even turn out to follow a (gasp!) polynomial fit, although probably not of the sort that is so beloved of a certain [Jon\nJenkins](http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/01/sixth-degree_polynomial_fits_j.php).\n\nThe thing is, without a justifiable a priori reason for selecting a particular trajectory, any statistical analysis should be the most parsimonious possible. To this end a linear fit fills the bill, and a linear fit indicates a significant warming: less parsimonious trendlines would only increase the improbability that a warming trend is just a random event.\n\nwhat would the exponential curve look like; would it be asymptopic against the x or y axis?\n\nYou can throw the terms around cohenite, but you obviously don\u2019t don\u2019t why doing so made you look silly.\n\nEven so, I know what you were probably trying to say, so the answer, trivial as it is, is that the final trajectory of warming will be asymptotic to a (y) value of temperature greater than the contemporary global mean.\n\nAnd why do you assume the break does not reflect that forcing as well as natural factors?\n\nOckham\u2019s razor.\n\nFinally it is a bit rich to demand that David include \u201call the variables that may affect the trajectory\u201d when no AGW model does so.\n\nAnd note that I do not speak of a \u201cChow test to \u2018detect\u2019 structural breaks\u201d. This is pretty much a bogus phrase, without a paragraph of fine print following that explains exactly what such a test actually does.\n\nGood morning BJ; one final comment as Mark and MAB are degenerating; the data in David\u2019s break paper is, in both the BoM and HadCRU3GL series, from 1910 to current; this was the primary complaint about the McLean/Quirk paper; that they only used data from 1950."}
-{"text": "TRAFFIC ADVISORIESCurrently in effect on county roadways\n\nTilton Road, Northfield\n\nOn Thursday, May 24, lane closures will be in effect on Tilton Road in Northfield, between Burton Avenue and Rt. 9 throughout the day and overnight hours for completion of county paving and striping.\n\nTwo-way traffic will be permitted but motorists may experience minor delays and should plan travel time accordingly or seek an alternate route.\n\nMain Street, Pleasantville\n\nOn Thursday, May 24, weather permitting, an evening/overnight detour will be in effect on Main Street in Pleasantville, between the Black Horse Pike/Rt. 322 and Merion Avenue, 7 PM to 6 AM the following morning, for utility work by South Jersey Gas.\n\nMotorists are advised to follow the posted detour or seek an alternate route. Traffic directors and police will be on site to assist.\n\nTilton Road, Northfield\n\nBeginning Tuesday, May 22 through Thursday, May 24, weather permitting, lane closures may be in effect on Tilton Road in Northfield, between Burton Avenue and Rt. 9, 7 AM \u2013 5 PM, for county road work.\n\nTwo-way traffic will be permitted but motorists may experience minor delays and should plan travel time accordingly or seek an alternate route.\n\nNJDOT Work - Route 50, Hamilton Township\n\nFrom 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day beginning on Thursday, April 26 and continuing each night on Friday, April 27, Monday, April 30, and Tuesday, May 1, NJDOT\u2019s contractor, South State, Inc., is scheduled to begin temporary alternating traffic patterns to mill and pave two separate stretches of road between Upper Bridge Road and Farm Road in Upper Township and 14th Street and Old Egg Harbor Road in Hamilton.\n\nAfter the completion of milling and paving, the contractor will begin application of High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) on the 24-mile stretch of Route 50 between Kruk Terrace in Upper Township and Chestnut Street in Hamilton.\n\nBeginning May 15, the contractor will work nightly, Monday through Thursday, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. the next day. Work on Friday and the weekend is restricted during the summer vacation season. The project is expected to be completed in the fall.\n\nMotorists should exercise caution while driving near the work zone and expect temporary lane closures and alternating traffic patterns. Over the course of the project, access to properties and business will be maintained at all times.\n\nThe precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT's traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information.\n\nBeaches in Atlantic County\n\nBrigantine \u2013 Lifeguards on duty, surfing beaches, showers, changing rooms, food permitted. Season tags are $18; seniors 65 and over and children 12 and under free. Weekly tags are $14, daily tags $8. Seasonal parking permits are $25. Purchase at the Brigantine Beach Community Center located at 265 42nd St.\nCall (609) 264-7350 or visit www.brigantinebeachnj.com\n\nEgg Harbor City Lake Park, 2300 Philadelphia Ave. There are lifeguards on duty and restrooms. Residents pay $10 for the season, nonresidents $15. Senior citizens $3; daily wristbands sold at lake for $4 per day. Picnic tables are $15 daily. Children 4 years old and younger are free. Purchase at the EHC Tax and Utility Office at City Hall, 500 London Ave.\nCall (609) 965-0123 or visit www.eggharborcity.org\n\nHamilton Township, Cove Beach at Lake Lenape Lifeguards on duty, open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays June 18 - August 3; Fridays through Mondays August 7 - September 7. Seasonal beach tags are $14, daily wristbands are $9. Children 11 and younger are free but MUST be accompanied by an adult. Seasonal tags are available at the administration office in Town Hall in Mays Landing or for purchase at the Cove. Call (609) 625-4762 or visit www.townshipofhamilton.com\n\nLongport \u2013 Lifeguards on duty from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., surfing beaches, showers, food permitted. Seasonal tags are $30; children up to 12 free. Weekly tags are $10. Beach badges are available at Longport Borough Hall, 2305 Atlantic Ave.; and at Lifeguard Headquarters, 33rd and Atlantic avenues or reserve them over the phone. Restrooms are located at 33rd and Atlantic avenues in the Community Building-Lifeguard Headquarters.\nwww.longport-nj.us\n\nSomers Point, William Morrow Beach, Higbee and Bay avenues \u2013 Lifeguard on duty, rates for large groups available. The free beach looks over the bay and across to Ocean City. William Morrow Beach features free live music all summer, every Friday evening at 7 p.m. until the first Friday of September. A schedule can be found at somerspointbeachconcerts.com. Bring your chairs and coolers and come down to watch the shows.\nCall (609) 927-9088 or visit www.somerspointgov.org\n\nVentnor \u2013 Lifeguards on duty, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. surfing beaches, fishing pier, food permitted. Season tags are $15; weekly tags $10. Tags also accepted in Margate.\nPurchase tags at Ventnor City Hall or from a beach tag checker.\nVentnor City Beach Patrol Headquarters is located at the Suffolk Avenue beach. Call (609) 823-7948 or (609) 823-7953.\nRestrooms are located at the Ventnor Library and Cultural Arts Center, the beach side of Newport Avenue; Ventnor City Hall, 6201 Atlantic Avenue; Ventnor Municipal Fishing Pier; Ventnor Tennis Courts, Atlantic and Somerset Avenue; Cambridge Avenue and Boardwalk.\nAccessible beaches are at Suffolk and Newport avenues. In addition to ADA-approved access ramps and accessible parking, the beach patrol has accessible beach chairs for additional access to the beach.\nNo dogs are allowed on the boardwalk at any time. Dogs are not allowed on the beach May 15 through Sept. 30. From Oct. 1 to May 15, leashed dogs may be walked in areas washed by the high tide line.\nwww.ventnorcity.org\n\nMalibu Beach Wildlife Management Area - Malibu Beach is a free dog friendly beach located on the Egg Harbor Township end of the Ocean City-Longport Bridge. Dogs are welcomed year round, un-leashed and all. Parking is available right next to the beach. Only requirement is to clean up after your pup. No permits required, you can lie down and tan while your dog runs around and socializes with other dogs."}
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-{"text": "EverAfter \u2013 Life Beyond the Grave\n\nChances are, none of us are getting out of this life alive. The question that has plagued humanity for millennia and still rumbles beneath the surface is: Then what? What happens after we die? What awaits us beyond our last breath\u2026if anything? Join us as we process what the Bible has to say about life beyond the grave."}
-{"text": "ABOUT US\n\nWe are REFORM\n\nFirst of all, we love cars and we love modifying them. The aim of our job is to provide you with the dream fulfilled in 1/18 scale. Our cars distinguish themselves by the great variety as there is no limitation regarding the make, the model, or even the period the particular car is from*.\n\nImagine the REFORM\u2019ed model standing on your desk in the living room or office, on the shelf in the man\u2019s cave.. Yes! That is a perfect item that will make up your space and wow your guests. The idea to start REFORM\u2019ing 1:18 models began when we realized there is lack of aesthetically refined models in terms of the details, which are often disregarded.\n\nAs we are more than crazy about real petrol heads the decision has been made and we got into it extremely seriously, providing the collection of finest REFORM\u2019ed car models in which everybody finds the one and only they have always wanted.\n\n*Depends on the availability of the base model.\n\nOur models\n\nBelow you will find the basic information regarding REFORM cars:\n\nThe car paper box \u2013 REFORM container \u2013 was specially designed for the model. Do not hesitate to use it in case of travelling with your REFORM car.\n\nEach car is packed with the safety wrap and it is important to unbox it carefully.\n\nThe built up model is not a toy. It is a collector\u2019s item as is not suitable under 14 years old.\n\nPlease use it carefully, any fall or hit may cause a serious damage to the car as the parts are hand-tipped.\n\nIt is an immobile product, the wheels hold steady due to the stance.\n\nPhotos may slightly different from actual item in terms of color due to the lighting during photo shooting or the monitor\u2019s display."}
-{"text": "A mockup of Flight Design\u2019s latest design\u2014the four-seat model C4\u2014made its entrance April 14 at the Aero Friedrichshafen exposition in Germany. With a max takeoff weight of 2,640 pounds and a max cruise speed of 160 KTAS, the C4 is anything but LSA-like, even though Flight Design earned its spurs as a the builder of hundreds of its popular CT-series of light sport aircraft. Flight Design plans to certify the airplane in two variants\u2014one powered by a 180-horsepower Lycoming IO-360, the other fitted with a diesel/Jet-A-fueled, turbocharged, two-liter Centurion (n\u00e9e Thielert) powerplant capable of 155 hp. The Centurion will have FADEC (full authority digital engine control). One big goal is to certify the C4\u2019s Lycoming engine to run on either 100LL avgas or auto fuel.\n\nThe four-seater\u2019s initial certification papers have already been filed with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and it\u2019s expected that U.S. FAR Part 23 certification will soon follow by virtue of reciprocity when EASA ultimately blesses the all-composite design. Deliveries in the United States should begin in 2013. At this point, the typical delivery price weighs in at 220,000 euros; deliveries in the United States will not exceed $250,000, according to Flight Design. Though the details have yet to be finalized, the C4 is planned to have a Garmin G1000 avionics suite as standard equipment, Flight Design said. An emergency parachute installation will be standard, but AmSafe\u2019s airbag-seatbelts will be an option.\n\nCenturion-powered C4s should realize greater fuel economies. Flight Design published a specifications sheet that gave the Lycoming-equipped airplane a maximum range (at 65-percent power) of 1,200 nm and a maximum endurance of 10 hours (at 55-percent power). At the same power settings, the Centurion should deliver a whopping 1,700 nm range and a 13.5-hour endurance. Maximum fuel capacity is 70 gallons.\n\nThomas A. Horne\n\nAOPA Pilot Editor at Large\n\nAOPA Pilot Editor at Large Tom Horne has worked at AOPA since the early 1980s. He began flying in 1975 and has an airline transport pilot and flight instructor certificates. He\u2019s flown everything from ultralights to Gulfstreams and ferried numerous piston airplanes across the Atlantic."}
-{"text": "Consumer Bureau Says Loan Servicing Issues Vary\n\n02/04/2014\n\nInside Higher Ed, February 4, 2014. Continuing its focus on problems with the servicing of private student loans, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday released an analysis of its voluntary request for information from the private student loan industry. The bureau was especially interested in information about how loan servicers process the payments of borrowers seeking to pay down their debt ahead of schedule. The CFPB has said it\u2019s concerned that some loan servicers apply prepayments in a way that maximizes their profits but makes the cost of the loan more expensive for borrowers.\n\nIn its report, the CFPB found that servicers varied in how they apply prepayments to student loans. Some were able to accept a borrower\u2019s instructions through their online payment platform, while others were did not accept such instructions for certain types of loans. The bureau did not release the names of which entities responded to its request for information.\n\nRohit Chopra, the bureau's assistant director and student loan ombudsman, vaguely alluded to potential compliance issues in Monday\u2019s report. He noted that it is illegal for companies to charge student loan borrowers a penalty for making early payments on their debt and said that one way for some servicers to ensure compliance with that requirement would be to automatically direct prepayments to a borrower\u2019s loan with the highest interest rate first. In analyzing the servicers' prepayment policies--all of which were submitted voluntarily -- the CFPB did not check to see whether the policies were complying with the law. However, prepayment issues on private student loans could become a focus of the agency's efforts when it officially begins its supervision of large student loan servicers in March."}
-{"text": "Occupy this! Here are 10 places we'd rather see protested\n\nOccupy DC has McPherson Square, and Stop the Machine has Freedom Plaza \u2014 two locations that are symbolically relevant, but that don't exactly inspire rage. Want more protesters? Change your location to one of these 10 sources of ire in D.C.\n\nDan Snyder's house\n\nBack in 2004, the Redskins owner clearcut more than 130 federally protected trees that were impeding his view of the Potomac, so there should be plenty of space to occupy. Just don't be surprised if he sues you."}
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-{"text": "2013 and Earlier - Audi S4 Prices Paid and Buying Experiences\n\nComments\n\nHas anyone had any experiences with agents that charge usually a grand to buy the car you specify at a off lease auto action. I have be talking one agent that do this for a living and it seems like a person can get a 04, 05 S4 that just came off lease from Audi Financial for somewhere in the low-mid 20's.\n\nDetails on how this works from the agent are:I spec the car I want, colors, extras, and such, the agent sends me the list of cars at the next auction, I tell the agent what I want, the agent attends the action, inspects the car(s), calls me and discusses the car while he(the agent) is standing beside it. The agent and I decided if the car is what I want, if so the agent bids up to my max $, if my bid wins, the agent buys the car with the agents money (not mine) then has the car inspected by a shop. The agent and I meet so I can buy the car from the agent. If I do not like the car for whatever reason I am not bound to buy it from the agent and am only out my travel expenses.\n\nI'm curious about the current money factor for the RS4 sedan (12K miles, 36 months). Any other useful info on residuals, incentives, and how much I can expect to pay at, under, or over invoice would also be greatly appreciated!\n\nAlso, how easy is it to break a current lease with Audi (an A4) to start a new lease on the RS4?\n\nI used an agent - mainly does fleet but will source one-off new or used cars, to recently buy a replacement for my 02 Forester with an 09 (great vehicle, btw) and he was the negotiator for terms - paid for by someone else. It was a good experience even tho i did most of the leg work to get to my asking price - he had the tough conversation on price and trade-in (unless it really is a conspiracy and he's in cahoots with the dealer!). i drove it and picked it up - all very friendly.\n\nI'm considering using him to source a below-market 07 S4. Any futher thoughts?\n\nI am thinking about buying a 2001 Audi S4. It has all the bells and whistles one could ask for and the price is right. My hesitation is that this car is a '01 and has 107k. I have never had a car with that many miles on it before. I know that Audis are $$$ to maintain but is there anything I should look out for specifically? I dont want to buy the car and turn around and have to put too much money into it. Can someone give me a little advice. It would be much appreciated, thanks!!\n\nAsking price is $14,000. This is a good friend of mine and I know this car well, driven it several times, no known problems except for some light scratches on the bumpers). Is this a good price or should I be wasting my time shopping around dealerships? Basically in the market for a used sport compact.\n\n25th Anniversary Edition with 22,000 miles going back to dealer soon; can purchase at end of lease if someone commits to purchase; excellent condition; looking to make a couple grand after covering taxes on purchase; NYC metro area\n\nI just completed a buyer's agreement with my local dealership for the 2nd 2010 S4 they will receive and wanted to get everyone's opinion. The pricing and order guide are not yet available, so here's what we agreed on:\n\n2nd allocated 2010 S4 to arrive ~September 2009I can configure the car however I choose when the order guide becomes availbleI will pay 3% above dealer invoice as well as the $399 \"dealer service\" fee, tax, tag, titleAudi Care will be included in the above price\n\ns4ce, that seems like a pretty good deal considering that the car will not be released for a few more months. I may consider the S4 in the next year or two, depending on its price. From what I have read online, it has been speculated that the 2010 S4 will be priced significantly below the S5 and even below the previous S4. We'll see if that's the case.\n\n3% above invoice means that you'll be paying roughly $1500 above invoice. I looked at last years S4 and it seems that on average people were paying $1000 above invoice. Considering this is a new model and a pre-order, sounds like you got a pretty good deal. How much haggling did you have to do to get this? Any other details because I think I'm going to call up my dealership and try to get this deal too. Was just wondering if you had any other advice. Also did they mention how they were going to price options? Thanks.\n\nThis took lots of haggling despite a longstanding relationship with (and many cars purchased from) my dealer. My only advice is that in this market you shouldn't take no for an answer. Be prepared to walk, and do so when you don't get what you want. There are plenty of Audi dealers thirsty for your business and they get S4s too!\n\nUnfortunately, no mention of price yet. My car is already being built in the factory and still anybody's guess about how much it will cost.\n\nI am considering purchasing a 2004 Audi S4. I live in Boston and the car is in New York City. A few things I am a little weary of and wondering what to look out for or look in to. The car has 105K on it, and they are asking 13K for it. Now I went and test drove the car and it drove great, very smooth and felt solid. However, I smelled some oil. When I turned the car on again, the oil pressure light and the coolant light both came on. I asked the salesman what was the story and he assured me the engine was in excellent condition. He said he would have the oil changed and the leak? looked at. Now I searched the dealership for reviews on google and I got back just three, all bad ones too. Two didn't really apply as the dealt with financing issues, which I will not be dealing with, the other mentioned something about the dealership saying that they work on your car, but really just clearing the computer so that the problems is masked and not fixed. Is there any possibility that you could clear the computer and the car would not pick up on the problem right away? Love the S4 but not sold on it with the issue? Any suggestions are appreciated-\n\nGreat news: My S4 is finally on its way across \"the pond\" and should be here in about 2 weeks! I finally got my hands on the invoice pricing, so I thought I'd share. I'd love to hear about lease rates if anyone has heard anything (Car_Man?).\n\nYou looking to buy or sell? I purchased my 01' S4 private party back in february. Looked at several over a years time and finally found the one. Beautiful condition, completely stock, 90k, paid $8750. Best purchase I've made! My advice is take your time and find the right car that has been cared for properly. There are lots of S4 out there, but i've have found that many people modify them or neglect to treat them right. They are a thing of beauty and deserve the best as you probably know already! Good luck-\n\nI'm really excited about getting an S4. I'm in CA (Bay Area). I was able to negotiate $750 over Invoice. HOWEVER, I see they have added $450 in Port and Dealer Ad Group (DAG) fees. This is in addition to the DMV ($633) and \"Doc Fees\" ($55). Is this standard? Or is this just a way for the dealer to get more out of the deal?\n\nHi everyone, Newbie here out in California, and I have been looking at buying a 2010 S4 from a dealer but I'm not too sure how to present the opening offer. Should I base my offer on the asking price or the calculated Market value? Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Thanks.\n\nDidn't lease mine. It's a purchase. But, yours sounds almost exactly the same as mine (right down to the color). Final price is almost identical, too. I didn't spring for the Audi Care, however (dealer really pushed it, though).\n\nAll, I'm considering leasing s4/a5/s5 and want to have a sound strategy when negotiating. I have audi supplier certificate which would get me 6% discount off msrp. On top of that audi has some incentives running for these cars. How much more room do I have when negotiating with dealers? Would dealers offer anything lower than the 6% + audi incentives? What sort of tricks might dealers play other than padding the MF? Thanks.\n\nHi everyone, I am looking into purchasing 2013 or 2014 S4 (either slightly used under 10,000 miles or new). I currently drive BMW 535I (has 89,000 miles on it now), and always had BMW or Mercedes, so I am looking for new experience.\n\nFrom what I've read, sport differential is important to get on the S4. If anyone recently has purchased an audi S4, I would like to hear about your deal and negotiating experience. I live in Los Angeles, so if you have a dealer you had a good experience with, please name names. I would welcome all advice on the audi S4 and its purchasing experience. Thanks so much."}
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-{"text": "7 comments:\n\nHi Susan! I did a post about making your tomato pie on my blog - and I was hoping you would post a permalink? I kinda cheated, but the recipe still came out good. What a great idea. I love your stories and pictures! Check out the post at www.aliceqfoodie.blogspot.com. Cheers!\n\nI enjoy your farm photos. I'm a city girl and a spinner/knitter/wanna-be weaver. What do you do with your sheeps' fleece? Are you a handspinner? What breed are they? My 4 1/2 pound Yorkie is the only livestock I have.\n\nI have really enjoyed your blog...just found it recently and now check it daily! I have been roaming around it as time permits and just discovered your beer bread. I am going to make a batch today! I have started collecting recipes for soda/quick breads. I would like to share on that I found which is really delicious...thought you might like it/it is traditional Irish brown bread. Here's the link: http://breadnet.net/irish-brown.html\n\nDecember 2015 update: Hi! For some reason I can't figure out, Blogger hasn't been letting me leave comments on my own blog (!) for the last several months, so I've been unable to respond to your comments and questions. My apologies for any inconvenience! You're always welcome to email me: farmgirlfare AT gmail DOT com.\n\nHi! Thanks for visiting Farmgirl Fare and taking the time to write. While I'm not always able to reply to every comment, I receive and enjoy reading them all.\n\nYour feedback is greatly appreciated, and I especially love hearing about your experiences with my recipes. Comments on older posts are always welcome!\n\nPlease note that I moderate comments, so if I'm away from the computer it may be a while before yours appears.\n\nI try my best to answer all questions, though sometimes it takes me a few days. And sometimes, I'm sorry to say, they fall through the cracks, and for that I sincerely apologize.\n\nI look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy your e-visits to our farm!"}
-{"text": "From Werks: Introducing Werks Racing\u2019s newest addition to it\u2019s \u201cTeam Line\u201d of engines, the TL21B3-Pro! Featuring all of the race proven features that are incorporated in our high end competition engines at an affordable price! The new TL21B3-Pro utilizes as improved case design featuring additional stiffening ribs around the sleeve area to control expansion due [...]\n\nTeam Associated reeled in the big one this weekend at the Pro-line Nitro Maxx Challenge in Banning, Ca with Ryan Cavalieri scoring the RC8\u0092s first big win. Cavalieri was tailgating Losi\u2019s Adam Drake for the first half of the 1/8-scale buggy A-main and took over the lead when Drake\u0092s car flamed out. Cavalieri held on to [...]\n\nAn American auto icon, the Chevy Blazer; rugged, tough, and soon to be classic styling are now available from Pro-Line for T/E/2.5-MAXX\u0099, REVO\u00ae 2.5, & Savage trucks and various rock crawling chassis. The Blazer is one of the first SUV\u0092s that made a successful entry into the automotive industry. It\u0092s squared-off, straight-forward design give it [...]\n\nWhat tire has more national championship wins then any other tire? If you guessed Bow Tie then you\u0092re right on the money. Introducing the Bow Tie tread design for 1:8 Buggies. The 1:8 Bow-Tie stems from years and years of research and development from its 1:10 scale and monster truck counterparts. \u0093We have taken everything [...]\n\n1:8 scale racing has become so competitive\u0097this or that shock oil, these or those springs, 1,000 or 80,000 diff oil or anywhere in-between. With so much attention paid to car set-up coupled with a multiple number of tire patterns to choose from, why waste time mounting tires? Well look no further. Pro-Line\u0092s new pre-mounts allow [...]\n\nShoot a video, win an XTM Monster MT! Post your video of any XTM car or truck on YouTube, send the link to XTM, and you just might win their latest monster machine. All the details can be found in our forums HERE, or you can hit www.teamxtm.com\n\nBRIAN KINWALD & X FACTORY PROUDLY ANNOUNCE A NEW LINE OF HIGH QUALITY R/C PARTS AND ACCESSORIES: DIRTZ DIALED PARTZ For many years I\u0092ve wanted to have my own line of parts, tools, and accessories. I\u0092ve been a full-time professional R/C racer since I was 16 years old and there are so many things I [...]\n\nWerks Racing has now added 1/8-scale dish rims to its line of racing products that includes among other things fuel, engines, pipes and, of course, 1/8-scale buggy tires. From Werks:Introducing Werks Racing\u0092s new dish wheels! Made specifically for today\u0092s 1/8th off-road buggy\u0092s using the industry standard 17mm hex. Developed for today\u0092s demanding racing environment we [...]"}
-{"text": "The rabbis were walking in a valley during the harvest time, and witnessed the day-break as its light broke forth. One said, \"Such is the redemption of Israel: first, it is bit by bit, but as it goes on, the light continues to grow, as the prophet states, 'Even as I sit in darkness, God is my light'.\""}
-{"text": "1000hp EVO X Goes 198MPH!\n\nEnglish Racing has build one of the fastest Evo X's in the country, making over 1000hp and trapping 198 at Shift Sector & Revvolution's Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack! This Precision 7285 equipped monster sounds like a jet idling on the runway. Lucas English was banging gears trying to hit that 200mph mark, and just barely does!"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: it sucks getting old\n\nI\u2019ve now been with Linette for exactly half my life. Today marks not only the 50th anniversary of my birth, but the 25th anniversary of our first date. Saying that I shouldn\u2019t just be sitting around the house on my 25th birthday, Linette drove out to Ann Arbor, picked me up, and took me for [\u2026]\n\n[This conversation with the spine surgeon took place a few weeks ago, as we looked at images from my MRI. Basically she told me that I\u2019d never get my old disk back, but that, by watching what I did, and building up my core strength, I could avoid future flair ups. I forget the exact [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "GenomeCache is an interactive experience created by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.\n\nUse the GenomeCache\u00ae app and this website to create your own GenomeWalk\u00ae \u2013 a scaled model of the genetic information found across the human chromosomes! GenomeCache allows you to experience and learn more about the human genome through clues, fun facts and trivia questions. Download the free app today and use the tools on this website to discover an interactive and entertaining way to explore the human genome.\n\nA GenomeWalk can be created in a variety of spaces such as a local park, running track, gymnasium, or hallway. To get started, simply enter the length you would like your path to be, and the website will generate all the documents you need to set up your walk.\n\nDon\u2019t have access to iPods or iPads? No problem. Just click the box labeled \u201cPaper Version\u201d when creating your GenomeWalk."}
-{"text": "NORTHWICH Vics FC has ripped up its biggest sponsorship agreement three months after it was signed.\n\nBridgnorth Publications agreed to a \u00a360,000 three-year contract in August, but the company has folded and its owner, Colin Moore, has been difficult to find.\n\nNorthwich business Britannia Carpets, owned by former Vics director Dave Price, will sponsor the club until the end of next season at least.\n\n'It is not as lucrative, but it is secure and local,' said Vics' general manager Dave Thomas.\n\nThe team will bear the Britannia name on their shirts when they appear at Dagenham on Saturday, a match that is being televised live on Sky Sports.\n\nVics will now replace, without charge, about 50 replica shirts bought by supporters this season.\n\nOnly one of Bridgnorth's arranged monthly payments was made and Vics then tried to contact Mr Moore, who had also agreed to sponsor a stand at Witton Albion's Wincham Park. Witton has received no money and his hoarding has been removed.\n\nThe printing company was apparently anxious to tap into the advertising revenue for calendars, fixture lists and programme publication. Some Northwich companies have already paid Bridgnorth for advertisements on a club calendar.\n\nCalls to Bridgnorth at their Shropshire base went unanswered and Mr Moore eventually surfaced as the new commercial manager at Runcorn Football Club.\n\nCommercial manager Brian Edge said agreement with Bridgnorth had been reached in short notice following Harvey's Tyres decision in July not to renew their sponsorship."}
-{"text": "Kids, Wealth, and Consequences: Ensuring a Responsible Financial Future for the Next Generation\n\nLeaving children with a substantial amount of money can be a boon\nor a burden. High-net-worth parents need to give their children an\neducation to navigate today\u2019s complex world. The question\nbecomes how to raise children with a sense of reality and balance,\nimparting a strong work ethic, and making them good stewards of\ntheir wealth.\n\nKids, Wealth, and Consequences enlightens high-net-worth\nparents about the unique issues they need to explore. The book\naddresses the \u201dhard\u201d financial issues, such as\ninvesting and estate planning, as well as the \u201csoft\u201d\nemotional issues relating to values, family, and communication.\nMorris and Pearl detail strategies and techniques to help parents\nraise children who appreciate and know how to manage the wealth\nthey inherit.\n\nRichard Morris spent many years working for his family's\nmultimillion dollar business, and learned firsthand the challenges\nof business ownership and family wealth.\n\nJayne Pearl is an experienced journalist who writes about families,\nfamily businesses, and money.\n\nRichard A. Morris is principal of Resource for Ownership\nIntelligence (ROI) Consulting, which helps family-business owners\npass their businesses to subsequent generations. He is also an\nadjunct professor at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.\nMorris has been quoted in numerous media and is a frequent\ncontributor to various business publications. He received his MBA\nfrom Northwestern University. He lives in Chicago.\n\nJayne A. Pearl has been a financial journalist for nearly\nthirty years, focusing on family business and advising parents\nabout children and money. She has been quoted extensively in print\nand television media. She was a senior editor at Family\nBusiness magazine and also worked at Forbes. Pearl is\nthe author of Kids and Money. She lives in Amherst,\nMassachusetts.\n\nPermissions\n\nTo apply for permission please send your request to permissions@wiley.com with\nspecific details of your requirements. This should include, the Wiley title(s), and the specific portion of the content you wish to re-use\n(e.g figure, table, text extract, chapter, page numbers etc), the way in which you wish to re-use it, the circulation/print run/number of people\nwho will have access to the content and whether this is for commercial or academic purposes. If this is a republication request please include details\nof the new work in which the Wiley content will appear."}
-{"text": "Budaun - WikipediaBudaun (also spelled as Badaun, formerly Vodamayuta) is a city and a seat of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India It is located near the Ganges river in the center of Western Uttar Pradesh Budaun was the capital of Delhi Sultanate for four years from 1210 CE to 1214 CE during Sultan Iltutmish rule It was the most important post of Northern Frontier during Mughal reign\n\nOnline Shopping India|Tbuy. in-Shop For Original Tablemate . . . Telebuy is a leading destination for online shopping in India, offering some of the best prices and a completely hassle-free experience with options of paying through Cash on Delivery, Debit Card, Credit Card and Net Banking processed through secure and trusted gateways\n\nBahraich - WikipediaBahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India Located on the Saryu River, a tributary of river Ghaghra, Bahraich is 125 kilometres (78 miles) north-east of Lucknow, the state capital The towns of Barabanki, Gonda, Balrampur, Lakhimpur and Sitapur share local boundaries with Bahraich A factor which makes this town important is the"}
-{"text": "The '''four foundations''' are the core values of the Fedora community. They sprung from work on the Fedora [[Marketing plan]], and have replaced the old \"infinity, freedom, voice\" slogan. That slogan originally emerged from the design of the Fedora [[Logo | logo]]. That design has become a very powerful and effective part of Fedora's brand and image, but does not sufficiently describe our core values in a clear and effective way.\n\nThe '''four foundations''' are the core values of the Fedora community. They sprung from work on the Fedora [[marketing plan]], and have replaced the old \"infinity, freedom, voice\" slogan. The original slogan emerged from the design of the Fedora [[Logo | logo]]. That logo has become a very powerful and effective part of Fedora's brand and image, but does not sufficiently describe our core values in a clear and effective way.\n\n+\n\n+\n\nThe graphic was conceived and created by [[User:Duffy|M\u00e1ir\u00edn Duffy]] and the [[Design|Fedora Design team]].\n\n+\n\n|}\n\nLine 9:\n\nLine 18:\n\n{|\n\n{|\n\n|-\n\n|-\n\n\u2212\n\n| style=\"border-width: 0; padding-right: 3em;\" | [[Image:4Foundations-freedom100px.png | Four Foundations: Freedom]] || style=\"border-width: 0;\" | '''Freedom''' represents dedication to free software and content. We believe that advancing software and content freedom is a [[Overview | central goal]] for the Fedora Project, and that we should accomplish that goal through the use of the software and content we promote. 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But by concentrating on the free software and content we provide and promote, the end result is that we are able to provide: releases that are predictable and 100% legally redistributable for everyone; innovation in free and open source software that can equal or exceed closed source or proprietary solutions; and, a completely free project that anyone can emulate or copy in whole or in part for their own purposes.\n\n+\n\n| style=\"border-width: 0; padding-right: 3em;\" | [[Image:4Foundations-freedom100px.png | Four Foundations: Freedom]] || style=\"border-width: 0;\" | '''Freedom''' represents dedication to free software and content. We believe that advancing software and content freedom is a central goal for the [[Fedora Project]], and that we should accomplish that goal through the use of the software and content we promote. By including free alternatives to proprietary code and content, we can improve the overall state of free and open source software and content, and limit the effects of [[Forbidden items|proprietary or patent encumbered code]] on the Project. Sometimes this goal prevents us from taking the easy way out by including proprietary or patent encumbered software in Fedora, or using those kinds of products in our other project work. But by concentrating on the free software and content we provide and promote, the end result is that we are able to provide: releases that are predictable and 100% legally redistributable for everyone; innovation in free and open source software that can equal or exceed closed source or proprietary solutions; and, a completely free project that anyone can emulate or copy in whole or in part for their own purposes.\n\nThe four foundations are the core values of the Fedora community. They sprung from work on the Fedora marketing plan, and have replaced the old \"infinity, freedom, voice\" slogan. The original slogan emerged from the design of the Fedora logo. That logo has become a very powerful and effective part of Fedora's brand and image, but does not sufficiently describe our core values in a clear and effective way.\n\nFreedom represents dedication to free software and content. We believe that advancing software and content freedom is a central goal for the Fedora Project, and that we should accomplish that goal through the use of the software and content we promote. By including free alternatives to proprietary code and content, we can improve the overall state of free and open source software and content, and limit the effects of proprietary or patent encumbered code on the Project. Sometimes this goal prevents us from taking the easy way out by including proprietary or patent encumbered software in Fedora, or using those kinds of products in our other project work. But by concentrating on the free software and content we provide and promote, the end result is that we are able to provide: releases that are predictable and 100% legally redistributable for everyone; innovation in free and open source software that can equal or exceed closed source or proprietary solutions; and, a completely free project that anyone can emulate or copy in whole or in part for their own purposes.\n\nFriends represents the strength of our community. The Fedora community is made up of people from all walks of life, working together to advance free software. There is a place in Fedora for anyone who wants to help, regardless of technical skill level, as long as they believe in our core values. 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-{"text": "Spider-Man\u2019s New Clothes\n\nThis week on Good Nerd Bad Nerd we address the latest rumor about who will be directing Marvel\u2019s the Black Panther. Plus sad attempt to give the Fantastic Four\u2019s Benjamin Grimm back his dignity. Plus Spider-Man\u2019s latest movie costume, is it a hit or does it miss the mark?"}
-{"text": "Never Pay A Percentage to FIGHT Cook County Property taxes.\n\nThousands of pissed off taxpayers. One mission.\n\nNo Contracts. Never Pay A Percentage for Property Tax Reductions or Refunds, Lawyers take 33-50%\n\nWe are now the #1 State people are leaving. Nowhere are they leaving faster than here. The county is not going to lose the money. Oh no, the tax burden just gets transferred to those who are stuck here. We decided years ago to send a shock wave into the Property Tax Appeal Industry by being the first company to remove our percentage and still run an office that is always open to people who are trying to save their homes. The county doesn't lose the money our customers save either, that burden also gets transferred to the guy who is doing nothing. If your taxes are included in your mortgage, a successful appeal can lower your mortgage payment. You never want to be the guy doing nothing. Get the ball rolling with a FREE EVALUATION below and we will begin researching your property taxes immediately. After you see our research, should you decide to join us, we have a very low flat fee of $125 per year. Yep! That's it! We also have a 3 year package which cut's that price almost in half. Meant to keep you fighting for the full 3 year Triennial Cycle or into the next.\n\nAppeal Property Taxes up to 4 x Year, EACH and EVERY year, online, right from home in minutes.\n\nThere are two local agencies in which you can appeal your Cook County property taxes each year. Both have a 2nd chance, that's up to four attempts you can make on your own per year once you're armed with our evidence. Both agencies allow you to appeal online from home in just a few minutes. No more going downtown and standing in long lines. Cook County uses a Triennial Reassessment cycle. Every 3 years the county rolls out new Estimated Market Values on your tax bills, they only show on the 2nd Installments. They stick for 3 years unless you START FIGHTING. In most cases the homes will sell for more. Thus, the homeowner thinks their getting \"deal of the century\" and stays quiet. They just fell for one of many tricks up the county's sleeve. Lawyers only like to help you the first year, when your increased (15-45%) and they can make a killing. You are not worth the in between years at their percentage. Appeal windows only open twice a year for 30 days. We watch the dates for you. If your township is not open yet, great! The idea is to sign up now so we can alert you when it does. You will love our flat fee. Next step, \"How to fire a Lawyer\" it's easy to fire them, even if you signed a contract, just google it! Their contracts usually only protect them once they file an appeal. If your area is not open for appeals now and you stop them before it does, well then they cannot file when it does open. If they cannot file, they cannot gouge you for 33-50% of any reduction or refunds. Our clients never pay a percentage, it's all theirs!\n\nHow It Works + Our Guarantee\n\nWe are now the #1 State that people are leaving. Nowhere are they leaving faster than here. The county is not going to lose the money. The tax burden is just going to get transferred to the guy who is doing nothing. Don't be that guy. Update: The video says you have to mail in docs. No longer true. Everything can be done online. Everyone with a Cook County house should watch this video. More videos HERE.\n\nThree Steps Away From Kickin' The County's Ass. You heard it\n\nStep 1. Enter Address for a FREE EVALUATION below.\n\nWe are a family business that helps homeowner's throughout Cook County and the county is huge. It goes all the way West to Barrington, South to Calumet and North to Winnetka. If you have friends or family in that area, we can help them all. Even the in-laws lol.\n\nFree Cook County Property Tax Evaluation. Not for Clients.\n\nCurrent clients CALL for Updates, do NOT use this form. Our family owned, 5 Star everywhere, family owned company, is about to run your property through our quarter million dollar Research Database. If it finds proof of over taxation, we'll show you.We usually get back to you within the hour. If you see 773-409-4405 calling, that's us.\n\nName*\n\nPhone Number*\n\nEmail*\n\nTell us if you're 65 OR OLDER, VETERAN, DISABLED PERSON or DISABLED VET?"}
-{"text": "Contributions\n\nFrom My Flickr\n\nSeptember 10, 2007\n\nThis news was overlooked by many Bangladeshis. A news article have been published in one popular Bangladeshi newspaper the Daily Ittefaq, owned by one of the advisers of the Caretaker Government which warns against the dissents against the Governments actions among Bangladeshi diaspora communities in USA. Some excerpts (translated by Rumi Ahmed):\n\nIt has been learned that a list is being prepared of those who are protesting the arrest and demanding the release of those arrested in Bangladesh for corruption, nepotism and massive looting with abuse of state power....Three officials from a special law enforcement agency of Bangladesh have already arrived in New York on a special mission. These intelligence agents are contacting professional, political and community leaders and are collecting from various sources the names-addresses as well as the immigration status of the organizers of these protests. According to a reliable source in the Bangladesh embassy in Washington, it will not be at all difficult for the intelligence agents to track a handful of expatriate Bangladeshis. Full details of these protesters will be sent to airports and respective police stations in Bangladesh. The same source also informs us that naturalized American citizens will also not be spared as their photo along with video footage will be sent to special law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh. In addition, those expatriates who under the banner of news agencies, and without any basis and with ill motive, write in our local newspapers inflammatory and negative stories that damage the image of our country will also be tracked.\n\nMash reports:\n\nA similar report appeared in Jonomot, a weekly Bengali language newspaper published in London, England. The report in Jonomot claimed that a similar intelligence team had been dispatched to the United Kingdom to collect information on protesters there.\n\nThe latest report in the Ittefaq serves to further intimidate those in the West who are protesting the Bangladesh military government's suppression of fundamental rights. If the report is correct and Bangladesh has indeed dispatched intelligence agents to the United States to spy on Bangladeshi nationals and US citizens of Bangladeshi origin, it is almost certainly a violation of US laws. The United States government should take immediate steps to protect the rights of its citizens against foreign government spying.\n\nProtest and dissent are fundamental to the health of a democracy. It is the violation of human rights that defame the image of Bangladesh, not the reporting of them.\n\nThis shows the absurdity of the propagandists who fail to realize that these types of reports can create a diplomatic incident with those countries involved and put the Bangladesh Government in a more awkward position. This kind of immature report is unacceptable from a leading Daily like Ittefaq and I am sure the report has no merit. One may as well question the reasons behind publication of these reports."}
-{"text": "When the\n1st Battalion of the Calgary Regiment was\nrenamed to become The Calgary Highlanders, Government Tartan was chosen; the later\nalliance with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of the British Army cemented this\ntartan into regimental dress regulations as it was also the tartan which they wore.\n\nThe Government Tartan is also popularly known\nas \"Black Watch Tartan.\" The Independent Highland Companies raised by the\nBritish Government in 1740, came to wear this tartan exclusively, and it is recognized as\nthe first formalized tartan to be identified by a specific group. Previously, tartan\ncloth was not an indicator of membership in a clan, but rather the number of colours in\nyour tartan were generally an indication of your status - the more colours, the higher in\nrank you likely were within a clan. The Independent Highland Companies, moreover,\nrecruited from across many different clans and in many different areas of the Highlands,\nand it was decided to have them dress uniformly. For the first time, the number of\nthreads of specific colours making up the pattern (or \"sett\") were recorded and\ngiven a name.\n\nThe Independent Companies\nbecame known as the Black Watch, giving their name to this tartan created specifically for\nthem. After the 1746 Rebellion, the wearing of the kilt was prohibited in the\nHighlands. It was after the revival of the kilt many years afterwards that the idea\nof specific tartans representing specific clans or groups was born, hence it is a fairly\nmodern concept.\n\nThe Government Tartan was adopted over the\nyears by many regiments in the British Army, and in the colonies into which Scottish and\nHighland traditions followed the settlers and pioneers. In Canada, the Government\nTartan was worn by many regiments, today perpetuated by The Black Watch (Royal Highland\nRegiment) of Canada, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's),\nand The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. During the Second World War, the\nPrince Edward Island Highlanders, Scots Fusiliers of Canada, and the Cape Breton\nHighlanders had also worn the Government Tartan.\n\nThe kilt-making firm of William Anderson\n& Sons, Ltd., in Edinburgh has provided the Regiment with direction on the\n\"correct\" tartan materials used in the manufacture of Regimental kilts. At\nleft, the correct pattern of Government Tartan as worn by the Argyll and Sutherland\nHighlanders (and allied units, including The Calgary Highlanders), at right, the\nGovernment Tartan as worn by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and allied units.\nSlight differences in hue may be seen in the material; they are much more\nnoticeable in Officers' quality kilts.\n\nThe primary difference in the\nkilts worn by the two regiments and their affiliates is the arrangement of the pleats;\naccording to Regimental tradition, the Black Watch have always worn knife-pleats while the\nArgylls have worn box pleats.\n\nTartans - Pipes and Drums\n\nWhen the Calgary Regiment was\nformed in 1921 during the postwar reorganization of the Canadian Militia, a pipe band was\nalso formed. They adopted the Gordon Tartan as worn by the Gordon Highlanders.\nMany musicians in this band had belonged to The Calgary Scottish, a civilian pipe\nband formed in 1913 about which little is known. Photographic evidence suggests many\nmembers of this band joined the CEF, and in the 1920s some of these men served in the\nCalgary new pipe band of the Calgary Regiment. Very likely the Gordon kilts were\nused as an economy measure until new uniforms could be purchased.\n\nThis occurred in 1923, when\nHonorary Colonel R.B. Bennett provided new uniforms, as a result of his observations of\nScottish Highland units during the Great War. Royal Stewart was adopted for the\nentire pipes and drums. Kilts and plaids were in the new tartan, as well as bag covers and\npipe ribbons.\n\nIn 1929, the Government tartan\nwas introduced for the drummers, reflecting the alliance with the Argyll and Sutherland\nHighlanders of the British Army.\n\nWhen the First\nBattalion of the Regiment arrived in England in 1940 complete with Pipes and Drums, the\nRegiment was very quickly informed that Royal Stewart Tartan was the domain only of those\nregiments designated \"Royal.\" The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of the\nBritish Army supplied plaids and kilts of Government Tartan to the Calgary Highlanders'\npipers, who continued to wear Royal Stewart bag covers. It appears also that pipe\nribbons in both Royal Stewart (on the upper side of the drones) and Government tartan (on\nthe reverse) were worn.\n\nIn Canada, the 2nd Battalion\ncontinued to wear Royal Stewart tartan kilts.\n\nAfter the conclusion of\nhostilities, and the return to life as a single battalion Militia Regiment, the Regimental\nPipes and Drums once again went back into Royal Stewart Tartan for pipers and Government\nTartan for drummers, with the pipers finally changing over to Government Tartan also -\npermanently - in 1947.\n\nTartan ribbons on bagpipes fell into disuse\nsoon after the Second World War, and it was not until 1992 that the pipers of the Regiment\nonce more began wearing them. Official permission was secured from the Canadian\nForces Director of Ceremonial for these ribbons to be in Royal Stewart tartan and Gordon\ntartan. Royal Stewart commemorated the appointment of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II\nas Colonel-in-Chief of the Calgary Highlanders in addition to being a nod to the earlier\nuse of the tartan. Gordon Tartan commemorated the kilts worn by the Calgary Scottish\nPipe Band, from whom many regimental musicians were drawn in the formative years of the\nband in the 1920s.\n\nAt left, Pipe Sergeant Doug\nHamilton adjusts the ribbons and banner on his bagpipes before a performance at the\nLethbridge Tattoo in May 1992.\n\nAt far left, Pipe Major Buchanan, wearing Royal Stewart\nTartan kilt and plaid, as well as hosetops, bag cover and pipe ribbons, sometime in the\n1920s. Calgary Highlanders cap badge and collar dogs are evident.\n\nPipe ribbons on display at a \"Public Military Mess\nDinner\" hosted by the Honourable Guard of the Museum of the Regiments and the Calgary\nChamber of Commerce at the Crystal Ballroom of the Palliser Hotel on 13 March 1997.\nPiper Jason Lane and Piper Joel Rhodes discuss what to play next as Drummer Michael\nO'Connor prepares to accompany them. Piper Rhodes was the son of Pipe Major\n\"Dusty\" Rhodes and Drummer O'Connor was the son of Lieutenant Colonel H. Vince\nO'Connor, one-time Commanding Officer of the Regiment.\n\nThe information on this website is intended for a specific audience\nwithin a defined geographic area and therefore all content appears in English only."}
-{"text": "Thursday, October 31, 2013\n\nPresumably you've already made plans for surviving a zombie apocalypse. You have detailed escape routes, stockpiled weapons made for killing zombies, stores of food... or at least plans for these things. But have you thought through the important economic factors thatmight make the difference between surviving and losing your brain to one of the walking dead? If uncertainty about how market prices and currency changes might affect your odds in a zombie-dominated society has been keeping you up at night, fear not. In this video, Prof. Anthony Davies provides a crash course in how a zombie apocalypse is likely to affect the economy. Hint: sell your designer shoes now while you can. And buy bullets.\n\n...radiation levels at radiation monitoring stations all over the country are elevated. As you will notice, this is particularly true along the west coast of the United States. Every single day, 300 tons of radioactive water from Fukushima enters the Pacific Ocean. That means that the total amouont of radioactive material released from Fukushima is constantly increasing, and it is steadily building up in our food chain. Ultimately, all of this nuclear radiation will outlive all of us by a very wide margin. They are saying that it could take up to 40 years to clean up the Fukushima disaster, and meanwhile countless innocent people will develop cancer and other health problems as a result of exposure to high levels of nuclear radiation. We are talking about a nuclear disaster that is absolutely unprecedented, and it is constantly getting worse. The following are 28 signs that the west coast of North America is being absolutely fried with nuclear radiation from Fukushima\u2026\n\nThe latest leak from Snowden is that the NSA has been illegally hacking into the links between centers used by Google and Yahoo. Gen Keith Alexander told Bloomberg TV:\u201cWe are not authorized to go into a US company\u2019s servers and take data.\u201dHowever, here is where you have to read each word carefully to see the deceit. Hacking into the cables linking companies is not what he addressed. He said it is illegal for them to \u201cgo into a US company\u2019s servers\u201d while hacking into the trunk lines as they do to grab all phone calls in Europe is TOTALLY different from entering a company directly.(see BBC).\n\nThe NSA claim that no one is \u201clistening\u201dto your phone calls or reading them is just total nonsense and has misinformed everyone. If nobody is doing this then why grab everything in the world? Computers go through this data and then highlights for someHUMAN to review what it finds. Our system do this with the global economy. To say \u201cnobody\u201d is reading your emails is simply not true. A computer can read them, understand what you are writing, and then inform others. But worst of all, they are storing everything they collect forever. So they can and WILL put your name in for a tax audit and everything you have written in an email or said in a phone and HSBC is now creating a worldwide data base of all clients so they themselves will know where you have all accounts globally and you can bet that will go to the NSA, There is no privacy left any more in anything. But this is destroying the global economy as world trade is now in a bear market. The more they hunt money internationally, the more they are causing the economy to collapse. They are destroying the goose that laid the golden egg. This has got to stop!!!!!!\n\nThe culture inside the NSA is rotten to the core. If they cannot do something legally, they create ways around it to achieve the same ends. This is like hiring someone to kill an adversary and then denying you kill him. Technically this may be true. But you cause someone else to do the job.\n\nI have worked with various entity structures over my career. The ONE true maxim I can create is REFORM always fails. Why? Firing the figure-head does nothing. It is the culture at the core that is wrong and it will not matter who you put in charge, the body beneath the head will still be in place and will NEVER change.\n\nThis is clear from just observing Presidents. Whatever they say to get elected does not matter. They are simply a figure-head and soon you will see that the head changes to merge with the body. Look at what Obama said regarding increasing the Debt Ceiling. It sounded like he was independent and a member of the Tea Party rather than Democrats. On Obama\u2019s stand AGAINST the NSA and how it acted under Bush is a prime example.\n\nThis is not that Obama as a \u201cperson\u201d cannot be trusted. This is HOW the system works. People focus on Obama and say he is a liar. But this is the SYSTEM for we replace theFIGURE-HEAD but we do not change the SYSTEM. There is absolutely NO HOPEwhatsoever that if you replaced Gen Keith Alexander or Mr. Clapper who acts like a 5 year old saying I do it because they do it, that you will somehow REFORM the NSA. That is the bait-and-switch game to make you THINK something is done, butABSOLUTELY nothing will change.\n\nThrough my many years of observation in government and the corporate world, the only thing that works is you have to raze it to the ground and begin 100% completely new.NO ONE who works there now can ever work in the new agency ever!!!!! If you take in old employees, they will soon do the same thing. You have to actually eliminate the entire cancer cell if you hope to honestly get rid of the problem.\n\nThe famous Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista\u2019s flagship company has filed for bankruptcy protection. Batista\u2019s oil and gas explorer OGX applied bankruptcy protection (\u201cjudicial recovery\u201d in Brazil) after debt restructuring talks collapsed. The debt is about $3.6 billion in bonds out of a total $5.1 billion distressed debts at the company.\n\nThis marks the end of Commodity boom. OGX\u2019s demise is Latin America\u2019s largest corporate default in history and it signal the shift in trend. To create the bottom, producers must go bust because that is part of the cycle that reduces supply and is a necessary component to reset the stage for the next performance. This ends the goal that Batista publicly stated he wanted to become the richest person in the world. How the mighty do fall. Hello! It\u2019s a cycle! (see Mining).\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nCOMMENT: Hello Martin\n\nThe problem with the collectible market in the eyes of a C accountant..\n\nYou have this asset and this asset has gone up but the govt has not been able to benefit.\n\nI noticed that in Australia they have this deal where they can make you partially revalue an asset.\n\nSo if you have an asset coins / real estate / beans \u2014 the tax man says it\u2019s all the same.\n\nWe need a partial revaluation ..\n\nI don\u2019t agree with it but this is a new business cost and the large business will thrive. The small business is scr*wed.\n\nANSWER: In many European nations they have the \u201cwealth tax\u201d where you are taxes on merely owning things from art, coins, real estate, etc. In America, you are not taxes on unrealized gains, but once you are taxed and then lose money the next year, they will only allow a $3,000 deduction. All of this is about shaking down people on a global scale. This is why I have stated that the SOLUTION can only now involve the elimination of taxes and the end of borrowing. There is no rule of law because whatever the tax code may be today, these people will change it tomorrow.\n\nWhat you must understand is HOW empires, nations, and city states die. It isALWAYS, and without exception, by their own hand. They abuse their power, raise taxes, and hunt people down until then abandon cities and in the case of Rome, then even walked away from real estate.\n\nThose who think BitCoin can survive and Hyperinflation will send gold to $30,000 and you will be unbelievably rich, they fail to say what exists even if that was true. $30,000 gold sounds great. But will a can of coke cost? Everything is relative. It will move together. The image that gold will rise, stocks collapse, and some how you survive, come on \u2013 there is no such period in history where that took place.\n\nThis is no walk in the park. We are looking at a structural change coming that will test the soul of men, women, and children not to mention the dog.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nThe French are starting to rise up forcing Hollande to postpone his eco-tax that was due to start on Monday. The new eco-tax would charge a tax on all vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, This will apply to farmers as well. The French economy is being absolutely destroyed \u2013 shaken right down to its roots. The French population is under an enormous tax burden and the French farmers have blocked roads over the tax. The sports are shutting down at the end of November and this idea that there is some endless source of tax revenue is purely a fantasy in the mind of communists and socialists. The rising civil unrest in France and Europe in general should force political changed ahead, but not after a lot of pain and chaos.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nQUESTION: In regards to your recent collector\u2019s market comments, are you saying that the collector\u2019s markets that have international backing will perform or outperform other sectors on a return on capital basis? Whereas the domestic collector\u2019s market , like Morgan dollars, will under-perform, if not be crushed by the contracting disposable income (deflation) in the future, as seen in the Italian collector\u2019s market. Also, is it only going to be the high end collectibles that gain value while the common items languish?\n\nANSWER: The international markets may out-perform domestic markets. But that is by no means a solid forecast. We are trying to put together a pricing model on ancients. We are awaiting catalogs for the last 10 years of price data from auctions.\n\nThe Italian market has been devastated \u2013 this is true. Not that the coins have fallen in price, but that government is hunting money so aggressively capital has been forced into hibernation. The value of the coins will survive, but the market has collapsed for people cannot conduct business. The Italian government has gone as far as to place tax agents in from of Jewelry stores to monitor who is going in.\n\nTax audits in Italy are an extortion. It may take even 6 months and during this period they harass you so much, there is no hope of getting out without them demanding something be paid even if nothing is owed. You often cannot even work during an Italian tax audit and business is seriously harmed by the tax authorities. It has degenerated into just nasty socialists working for the government out to cause as much harm as possible to get even that makes them feel better. This is driving unemployment higher and it will be\n\nWe are in such a state of complete economic meltdown that is becoming really scary between currency controls preventing personal wires and shrinking global trade. This is why we are making every possible effort to be that lone voice in the wilderness and can use all the help we can get. The collapse of Rome was swift and the majority took place just in 8.6 years for the complete decline.\n\nThe international markets are perhaps safer than domestic for the prices will be supported on a broader scale. The Italian market has been destroyed as is the case in France. When tangible assets must go into hiding because the government is out to grab whatever it can, now we are into the mode of Maximinus I who simply declared thatALL wealth in Rome belonged to the state.\n\nWe need to spread the word as much as possible that it is government who is NOT the nation and is always opposed to the freedom of the people. Just read Tomas Paine and his Common Sense.\n\nThis is trust no one at any time.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nA 30-year trend of trade growing at twice the speed of the global economy has come to an end thanks to the USA hunting Americans worldwide. I have been warning these morons, so desperate for money, have been systemically destroying the world economy. The official trend in global trade is now starting to turn negative based on our preliminary numbers. The FT has also noted this trend may be in a structural shiftregarding in world business. This is massively deflationary and amounts to the same net effect of protectionism from the 1930s. These people are destroying everything that was built all because they will NOT revise the monetary system. They can only see their own reins of power and are concerned about keeping that power and to hell with everything else.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nThe United States was originally established with part-time politicians. Once they turned it into a full-time job, they get bored and write laws just to have something to do. Where Utah made it a crime to order a drink BEFORE you order dinner I suppose because some politicians must have gotten so drunk he forgot to order dinner, this one you will not believe. The EU Commission actually paid people to study how humans went to the bathroom and determined it had to be regulated. Yes \u2013 tax dollars at endless work. Who does such studies? Do they put cameras in the bathroom and watch you in secret like the NSA?\n\nGovernment just never learns What happened to NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION? Thailand already taxes.tourists who must pay an Exit Tax of 500Baht that is included in the Airline ticket. Obviously, the $500 Billion Tourists spend in Thailand seems to be just not enough. They intend in 2014 to now introduce more taxes on tourists. Even in the land of Marxism (Europe) if you are not from Europe, you can get your VAT back. Talking about killing the Golden Goose.."}
-{"text": "Thursday, September 20, 2012\n\nWell, I'd seen previews for ParaNorman ahead of Mirror Mirror and seen a couple of TV spots, and wasn't really that interested. Then I heard it was stop-motion instead of just CGI. That really impressed me, since I'd thought CGI had eclipsed stop-motion animation.\n\nAnd then, finally, I heard the spoiler that a character was revealed to be gay at the end like it was no big thing.\n\nAnd that's how it was in the movie. Just a few seconds where a guy talks about his boyfriend. And a million parents got upset.\n\nCuriosity piqued, I checked the IMDb boards and discovered it wasn't just a zombie and ghost movie for the whole family. So, I decided to see it myself.\n\nI had the day off work, so I decided to go see it before it closed. I wound up being the only person catching the showing, so I had the entire theater to myself.\n\nTo be honest, I was quite impressed with the movie. Visually, the film is stunning. There is some serious stylization going on in the character design that looks really weird in still images, but when the characters are in motion, it doesn't matter. There's a pretty cool sequence at the end that's a smooth marriage of stop-motion and CGI. It looks amazing!\n\nThe story follows a little boy named Norman who has the strange ability to see ghosts and speak to them. Apparently, people have heard and he's teased for it, even his own father wanting him to just be normal.\n\nNorman is befriended by another social outcast, a young kid named Neil who's fat. Norman doesn't really want a friend, but Neil doesn't mind Norman's oddball gift and even wants to see if Norman can help him play with his recently deceased dog. (\"He was hit by an animal rescue vehicle. Tragic and ironic.\")\n\nHowever, Norman's uncle pops up on the scene. Something bad is about to happen and Norman needs to be told: the dead are coming! It's tied to the Witch's Curse of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts: a witch was being tried and cursed her accusers to death and to rise again.\n\nTo keep her curse at bay, someone with the gift of seeing and speaking with the dead (like Norman, his uncle, and as we can later see, the witch herself: the gift is subtly noted in character design with hexagon-shaped pupils and irises) must read from a book at her grave before sundown once a year. Norman's uncle was doing this, but dies before he can tell Norman what to do, but when he tells him posthumously, he doesn't give him enough details.\n\nAs Norman tries to read the book at the old graveyard, he's too late as the seven accusers of the witch rise from the dead.\n\nWith zombies invading the town of Blithe Hollow, it's up to Norman, Neil, Norman's sister Courtney, Neil's brother Mitch, and school bully Alvin to put the witch's curse at bay again: for now and always.\n\nIf ParaNorman isn't showing near you, I'd suggest at least renting the DVD when it comes out in November, unless you can catch it at a second-run theater. It's a wildly fun, mildly creepy movie with a great message about being non-discriminatory.\n\nMy only real complaint is that it wasn't released closer to Halloween: it put me right in the mood for it!"}
-{"text": "Tracking the market and economic trends that shape your finances.\n\nMillionaires group to lobby for higher taxes -- on themselves\n\nNovember 15, 2011 | 4:22\npm\n\nAs the deadline nears for the congressional \u201csuper committee\u201d to come up with a deficit-slashing plan, a group of people who have made $1 million a year or more is pressing lawmakers to raise tax rates on the nation\u2019s highest income earners.\n\nPatriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, an organization formed in 2010, said it\u2019s sending a delegation of 21 members to Washington on Wednesday to seek meetings with super committee senators and representatives.\n\nThe group\u2019s message: \u201cAny super committee deal that does not include higher taxes for millionaires should be killed.\u201d\n\nAmong those in the group heading to Washington for the lobbying effort: Leo Hindery Jr., former chief executive of AT&T Broadband; Frank Jernigan, a former senior software engineer for Google Inc.; and Garrett Gruener, founder of Ask.com.\n\nRepublicans and Democrats have been far apart on the issue of boosting tax revenue as part of any deal to pare the deficit. The super committee faces a Nov. 23 deadline to reach agreement on how to cut $1.5 trillion from deficits over the next decade.\n\nPatriotic Millionaires was formed a year ago as Congress debated whether to extend the personal income tax cuts that took effect during President George W. Bush\u2019s first term. Ultimately, Congress and President Obama agreed on a two-year extension of the cuts.\n\nAt a minimum, the millionaires group wants the top tax rate for the highest earners to return to 39.6%, from the current 35%, according to Erica Payne, a spokeswoman for the organization.\n\n\u201cMany would like the tax rate to be higher\u201d than 39.6%, she said. The higher rate should apply to anyone grossing more than $1 million in income, she said. IRS data show that 235,000 households reported adjusted gross income of at least $1 million in 2009.\n\nThe group says it has about 200 members in all, including more than a dozen current and former Google employees, actress Edie Falco and economist Nouriel Roubini.\n\nThe delegation heading to Washington also will meet with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, the father of the \u201cno tax increases\u201d pledge that most Republicans in Congress have signed.\n\n\"They asked to meet. I said, \u2018sure,\u2019\u201d Norquist told the Associated Press. \u201cI suppose somebody told them the only thing standing in the way of their wonderful act of charity is me.\u201d\n\nNorquist has an alternative revenue-raising plan: He says those making $1 million a year or more who want to pay higher taxes are free to make direct contributions to the U.S. Treasury, over and above whatever taxes they owe."}
-{"text": "The success of the new Black Sabbath album \u201c13\u201d is nothing less of spectacular, the album debuted on top of both the UK and US album charts. It\u2019s the first full-length album Black Sabbath to feature original members Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler since 1978\u2019s Never Say Die. Unfortunately, drummer Bill Ward parted ways with the band before the recording of the album, spoiling what would have been a full reunion.\n\nA brilliantly produced billboard ad in Denmark promotes the new album by revealing one of the band\u2019s logos from the early 70s through a large hole ripped through dozens of other large posters. It seems to suggest travelling back through time, uncovering layers of forgotten acts to re-discover the band.\n\nWith the insight that four Danes experience winter depression and a study that shows that 58% would like travel to warmer destinations to recharge, SPIES Travels, the largest travel company in Denmark and their agency, and their agency Robert/Boisen & Like-minded created a fun experiment.\n\nThey drafted in the Technical Institute of Denmark to create two solar charging dummies covered with over 3000 flexible solar panels. The two dummies were sent off on separate vacations, Soren was flown to sunny Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, while Urik was stuck at home in snow covered Solrod, Denmark.\n\nAfter a week, the dummies were brought back to the Institute to test their energy levels. Their batteries were hooked up to robots to demonstrate how that extra energy would play out at the workplace and in the bedroom.\n\nI\u2019ve been taking train, bus and subway to work and back for nearly 20 years, and I don\u2019t recall that I ever reacted like the characters in this wild over-the-top bus ad for Midttrafik, a transport company that covers the Central Denmark Region.\n\nWhat makes the bus cool? According to the web site, you can kiss (?), do homework and check Facebook in the luxurious seats. The designer bells ensure that you can get off at your favorite stop, you get your own lane and you can grin at your friends as you whiz by. If you\u2019re in Denmark, let Midttrafik know what you\u2019re favorite cool bus feature is, and you could win a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Samsonite suitcase or movie tickets.\n\nThe campaign was created by Midttrafik Kommunication, and directed by Marc Wilkins for M2Film.\n\nCommuters on the Copenhagen Metro were treated to a surprise performance when members of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra unveiled their instruments to perform a selection from \u2018Peer Gynt\u2019 by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.\n\nLaundry detergent brand Ariel, has launched the Ariel Fashion Shoot, a fun campaign for their Danish and Swedish Facebook fans. Instead of using a camera to shoot pictures of pouting fashion models, Ariel has invited their Facebook fans to try to shoot designer clothes with a jam, chocolate or ketchup.\n\nEach day, participants take their turn controlling the robotic spray nozzle and try to hit one of the designer clothing items that is yanked across a line in front of the user. If they manage to stain the item, they win it. The clothing item is then washed in Ariel Actilift laundry detergent and shipped to the winner.\n\nThey do admit the jam, chocolate and ketchup have been diluted so that they don\u2019t clog up the spray nozzle, but it\u2019s still an interesting and unique demonstration of the capabilities of the laundry detergent.\n\nThe campaign is broadcast live from Stockholm Central Station between August 29 and September 3 with 1000 pieces of designer clothing up for staining. When it comes to jam, chocolate and ketchup stains, I wouldn\u2019t even need the spray nozzle to win this competition."}
-{"text": "Potter Brogan Wade Potter was born July 21, 2010, to Jason and Amanda Potter of Shallowater, Texas, at Covenant Lakeside in Lubbock. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Grandparents are Don and Linda Essary of Floyd; and Tom and Claryce Gainer of Levelland."}
-{"text": "Dealers, Restorers & Appraisers of 19th & 20th Century French, Continental & American Works of Art\n\nAmiry Temur\n\nTeimur Amiry comes to us as a master painter from a distant land where art has been revered for centuries. Born in Mached, Iran, Amiry learned to paint almost as soon as he learned to walk and talk. His style, developed over years, is in the opulent, sharply defined tradition of Persia\u2019s greatest artisans.\n\nYearning to experience another culture, teach and paint more, Amiry left Persia to settle in Italy for a time. Once he felt he had attained the goals he had set for himself he went to England where he was commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook and other prominent British citizens. Inevitably, he made his way to the United States where he had already made a name for himself.\n\nMartini with a Twist o/c 9\u2033 x 12\u2033\n\nThe artwork of Amiry is found in many private collections as well as public and gallery collections throughout Italy, England, Lebanon, France, Germany, Iran and other countries. The Shah of Iran commissioned the artist to paint a portrait of his beloved Farah Diba. Enshrined in a frame of pure gold, the magnificent portrait adorns the central wall of the Royal Palace in Tehran, where it is admired by thousands of visitors every year.\n\nAmiry\u2019s works are immediately recognizable for his trademark: in nearly every painting, he has included a likeness of himself. His profile may appear in the melted wax of a burning candle or his countenance may be caught reflecting onto a silver wine goblet.\n\nTeimur Amiry\u2019s works, capturing the grace of a fleeting moment, the features of a beautiful woman, or the purity of an exquisite still life, are nothing short of magical. Each is depicted with a haunting realism and sensuality that holds the eye to the canvas.\n\nSearch\n\nTestimonials\n\nAs an art dealer/broker/consultant for many years, I write this recommendation for Solomon Cohen with utmost appreciation for, and confidence in, his service as a conservator of fine art and for his acumen as an appraiser.\n\nMy experience working with Mr. Cohen encompasses approximately eight (8) years now. He has performed every challenge I brought to him with absolute professionalism, courtesy, timeliness and impeccable technical skill. In addition, he is a scholar, poet, researcher, a noteworthy artist himself, and the absolute gentleman. All of these elements are incorporated into his analysis of a project, and then literally into the working situation of restoring the work to its original state and/or intent of the work of art itself.\n\nFurther, I do not hesitate to refer Mr. Cohen directly to my clients for their art requirements, either for restoration or appraisal services. He has proven to be entirely trustworthy and reliable in each situation. I am comfortable knowing that all of my clients needs are handled with the same care and excellence of service without deference to actual value."}
-{"text": "For the first time in the history of Microids\u2019 point-and-click adventure series, Syberia, the game will be fully rendered in 3D.\n\nThe developer diary goes quite a bit in depth about how much they\u2019ve added to the game since the last entry in the series a decade ago. They\u2019ve added depth of field, HDR lighting, dynamic shadows and plenty of particle and lighting effects that could only be done by being made in full 3D. In this day and age and with the lowered cost of tools, it\u2019s just so much cheaper to make games in 3D than to do it the old fashioned way with hand-painted backgrounds or rendered scenes plastered over linear gameplay paths.\n\nYou can check out some of the upgrades that they\u2019ve made to the new game with the developer diary below.\n\nI could be wrong but it also looks like Kate Walker has aged a bit since her last outing; Microids taking a page out of Naughty Dog\u2019s playbook, eh?\n\nDespite making the leap into a fully rendered 3D game world, the interactivity is still centered around point-and-click gameplay, with lots of environmental interactivity. They also brought back the old keyframe animation pipeline for the more intricate elements of interactivity where players will pick up objects, examine them or move them around. For the cinematics and broad character performances, motion capture was employed.\n\nThe video ends with them mentioning that the release date will be revealed in full in the next developer diary. For now, gamers can look for the title to launch in December of this year for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC.\n\nFans of 3D point-and-click games will likely be looking forward to the game given its classic throwback appeal to mysteries to uncover and adventures to go on while pointing, clicking and talking one\u2019s way through the perilous journey.\n\nYou can keep track of Syberia 3 by hitting up the official website. They don\u2019t mention if the game will launch on home consoles as a physical release, but you can definitely expect to see it on the PlayStation and Xbox Store.\n\nSpread The Anger\n\nRelated\n\nBilly has been rustling Jimmies for years covering video games, technology and digital trends within the electronics entertainment space. The GJP cried and their tears became his milkshake. Need to get in touch? Try the Contact Page."}
-{"text": "Monday, 7 December 2015\n\nMake us safer from terrorist attacks - 1%\nMake us more a more likely target - 17%\nNot make any measurable difference - 14%Be a waste of money better spent controlling our borders and combatting domestic terrorism - 63%\nOther, please specify - 5%\n\nA clear majority for common sense from a good turnout of 150 votes. Thank you everybody who took part.\n\nSuggestions for \"other\" included:\n\nGraeme: Wouldn't it be nice if the people who want to go bombing thought instead about ways of stopping the flow of funds and weaponry to Isil?\n\nYes, I should have added that to the list of sensible ways of spending money, but Pollcode has a limit on how long the answers can be. And, if we have absolutley fair to Cameron, it appears that the RAF is bombing primarily oil wells, which is one way of doing it.\n\nAnd slightly more left field:\n\nEnola Gay: The problem is not the bombing. The problem is that the bombs will be sub-atomic.\n---------------------------------\nThis week, as a follow up to point 6 of Ben Jamin's recent post\u2026\n\nWhich is the most relevant measure of poverty or inequality:\n\nTotal income\nTotal assets\nTotal assets excl. value of main residence*\nTotal income minus tax and housing costs\n\nThere's no \"other\" because we'd just end up with endless permutations.\n\n* The third option might sound a bit weird, but is the basis for many means tested benefits. For example, if you have a low income but \u00a316,000 or more cash/investments, you get no Housing or Council Tax benefit or Pensions Credit (or their localised replacements and I know that the rules are slightly different for each and there's a Pension Credit Savings Credit to mitigate this). But if you have a low income, no savings and live in a \u00a31 million home, you can still claim Council Tax Benefit and Pensions Credit.\n\nTo sum up: a tenant with a low income and \u00a316,000 savings can fuck off, he is not considered to be poor. A home-owner with a low income and no savings and a \u00a31 million house is a charity case and gets all the goodies."}
-{"text": "Our 5 beautiful bell tents overlook the Pembrokeshire National Park. Pitched in their own enchanting meadow, surrounded by woodland, they provide space, peace and privacy. They include a canopy, are fully equipped with king size and two single beds, outdoor seating, kitchen facilities and BBQ/fire pit\n\nGet close to Nature and treat yourself to some tranquillity in one of our huge (6x9m) eco boutique safari lodges. They include 2 bedrooms (king size and twin beds) an open plan lounge (with 2 sofa beds), kitchen and dining area with quality designed and handmade furniture. They are floor boarded throughout and elevated on timber platform with a veranda\n\nOur 9 Pioneer Camps have been designed to discover your frontier spirits with family and friends. Each camp includes a pioneer lodge with 2 bedrooms, a king size and 2 single bed (linen, duvet and blankets Inc.), plus a living area. Adjacent is an outdoor camp kitchen and dining canopy and a camp fire area. Everything is provided for sleeping, cooking and dining in the outdoors\n\nStay in a stunning secluded private nature reserve teeming with wildlife in 22 beautiful acres including the Western Cleddau River, woodland, meadow, thicket, streams and marsh \u2013 partly designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation. They share their site with otters, birds of prey, resident British birds and visiting migrants, wildflowers (including orchids), butterflies, moths and invertebrates.\n\nCosy 1970's Mercedes Caravan sleeps 4. Set in the Pembrokeshire coast National Park, in a wild campsite, Gwyrdd Fach/Little Green enjoys a private elevated position with panoramic views surrounded by nature. You have local access to prestigious Blue Flag beaches and famous coastal pathways minutes away. Renowned surf beach Newgale is on your doorstep, and the local pub within walking distance.\n\nThe most romantic place to stay in Pembrokeshire! this gorgeous Shepherds hut is finished in a delightful antique welsh style and is set in an idyllic, secluded area close to the coast national park and walking distance from 2 beaches.\n\nOur luxury, en-suite pod is deluxe level glamping\u2026 perfect for those who need a bit of persuasion (and plenty of home comforts) to sleep under the stars. The pod has underfloor heating to keep you extra cosy and you also have your very own en-suite bathroom. Your bed will be ready for when you arrive and the kitchen is stocked with all the crockery & cutlery you'll need.\n\nThis really is comfortable camping! If you fancy experiencing the great outdoors without pitching up or lugging all the gear around, the Bunkhouse cabins at Dews Lake Farm are the perfect choice for you.\n\nThe Funky Dome, is one of the strongest structure known to man and, the latest addition to Apple Camping. This contemporary geodesic dome is complete with giant comfy beanbags, holistic colour changing lights and wood burning stove. Set in spacious grounds welcoming to kids and dogs.\n\nOur latest edition to Apple Camping is this totally over top showman's caravan, Built in 1969 and fitted with mosaic mirrors and hundreds of lights. Restoration completed in 2017. Liberace would be proud of this.\n\nOur 4-metre Bell tent is a cosy and tastefully furnished tent, overlooking the ancient oak woodlands and angled towards the sunset. Each Bell tent is kitted-out with full bedding, cooking equipment, a coolbox and solar powered lamps. You also get a private gazebo with fire pit/BBQ, table and stools & use of the hot-tub!\n\nFor those needing a bit more space and sleeping a family of four or five, we have a larger 5 metre bell tent perfect to cater for your needs. These charming tents are furnished with a double bed and two/three singles, overlooking the ancient oak woodland and sunset.\n\nOur four metre bell tents nestled within our woodland are cosy, tastefully furnished and perfect for either couples wanting a romantic getaway or small families wanting a peaceful woodland glamping experience.ou also get a private fire pit/BBQ, table and stools & use of the hot tub\n\nYour own lodge on a lake, with all the features hot tub and specimen carp fishing included. Set in 35 acres of lush Welsh countryside, Lodge on a Lake offer all you could possibly want to unwind in seclusion. Cardiff's town centre and Bay is located 6 miles away with extensive shops, restaurants and bars.\n\nYour own lodge on a lake, with stunning views and Hot tub! Set in 35 acres of lush Welsh countryside, Lodge on a Lake offer all you could possibly want to unwind in seclusion. Cardiff's town centre and Bay is located 6 miles away with extensive shops, restaurants and bars.\n\nYour own lodge on a Lake with panoramic views, modern feature and your own private hot tub..Set in 35 acres of lush Welsh countryside, Lodge on a Lake offers all you could possibly want to unwind in seclusion. Cardiff's town centre and Bay is located 6 miles away with extensive shops, restaurants and bars."}
-{"text": "Keep Calm and Get a Divorce Customizable Wine / Beer / Liquor Bottle Label Perfect way to turn a bottle into a memorable Gift\n\nKeep Calm and Get a Divorce, customize your label with your recipients name and turn a simple wine bottle, Beer, or liquor bottle gift into a memorable one.\n\nI can leave this label just as it is, or I can add in a persons name if you'd like\n\nBottle Labels, measure 3.75\"x4.75\". These labels are self stick, and easily stick to your bottles. Our labels are laser printed and will not run or smear.\n\nOnce you have ordered, I will just need the Name you would like to appear\n\nThese labels look great on wine bottles, beer bottles, or 200ml+ liquor bottles. They easily adhere to the bottle.\n\nYou get 4 labels with each order (same name) I can also make them without the name and just the Phrase. Just include that information with your payment\n\nThe Keep Calm and Carry On Motivational Quote has been in use since the 1940s and has now been adapted to hundreds of other themes. If you have a specific one that you would like to have printed, let me know and I will custom create it for you.\n\nPayments\n\nPlease make payments promptly to start on your order\n\nShipping from United States\n\nPlease allow 1-2 days for us to prepare your order and ship it out. Please note that international orders take a little longer in reaching their destination and you should allow for more time for delivery\n\nRefunds\n\nPlease note that these are custom made products that are specific to your event, and can not be refunded"}
-{"text": "War in the Modern World\n\nCyber, cyber\u2026\n\nIf you haven\u2019t found the time to read Thomas Rid\u2019s recent post Cyber war will not take place, or if you\u2019d simply like to listen to his silky voice \u2013 at home or on the run \u2013 here\u2019s your chance: Thomas talked cyber on the War Studies podcast \u2018Cyber War (is not) and AfghanAid\u2019. And no, there are no links between Thomas and AfghanAid (I think). Just means that there\u2019s also a bonus track: an interview with the Director of AfghanAid.\n\nFor those who can\u2019t get enough of these pods, it is of course possible to subscribe to them. Subscribers should be rewarded with a podcast on Iran tomorrow\u2026"}
-{"text": "Not all Foursquare updates are created equal: Paid ads added\n\nFoursquare has launched a new Promoted Updates pilot scheme, offering businesses the chance to boost their listings to the top of the page if they grease the algorithm with a little cash. Building on the existing Local Updates system, which allowed businesses to post their own status updates, Promoted Updates will be found in the Explore section of the Foursquare app, and the company says will benefit from the same personalized recommendations as regular updates.\n\n\"Anything that shows up is using all the algorithms and magic that power Explore\" product manager Noah Weiss told Venturebeat, dispelling suggestions that the promoted listings would simply be dumb ads. \"This isn't a display ad for an upcoming summer movie. This is: 'hey, we think you might really want to go to Hertz because you just landed at the airport.\"\n\nIn order to make the most of Promoted Updates, Foursquare will need to continue driving users to the Explore tab. That has apparently been on the rise anyway since the June app refresh, with twice as many place searches since then according to Weiss.\n\nAll of the Promoted Updates will be clearly marked \"promoted\" and there are apparently rules in place to limit how many such listings will be shown in any one session. Only twenty participants will be included in the pilot, including Best Buy, Butter Lane, Old Navy, Walgreens and The Standard Miami.\n\nAs well as seeing how well users take to the system, Foursquare will also be using the test to figure out what a reasonable charge for advertisers might be. After that, the company intends to launch a self-service platform which would allow businesses to create their own listings."}
-{"text": "Disease State - Musculoskeletal\n\nOur disease state training helps develop a deeper understanding of the disease, patient profile and related information so that sales teams can have effective clinical conversations about their products and services.\n\nAnti-inflammatory Drugs Used in Arithritis\n\nThis module discusses two classes of drugs\u2014nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and corticosteroids\u2014that are used in the treatment of arthritis for their analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.\n\nDisease-Modifying Drugs Used in Arthritis\n\nThis module discusses a group of drugs referred to as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), which are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders. The module also introduces you to a newer area of therapeutics called disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs (DMOADs).\n\nMuscle Contractions, Actions, and Nomenclature\n\nThis module looks at skeletal muscle contraction, comparing it to a lever system. The module distinguishes isometric from isotonic contractions, discusses the physiology of contractions, and identifies factors that influence contraction strength. It also describes the roles muscles may play in movement and acquaints you with how they get their names.\n\nRheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis\n\nAbout 200 diseases are considered arthritis\u2014the arthridities. The most common by far is osteoarthritis (OA)\u2014a degenerative joint disease, followed by rheumatoid arthritis (RA)\u2014an inflammatory joint disorder. This module discusses the etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions.\n\nSkeletal Functions and Structures\n\nThis module acquaints you with the adult skeleton. It distinguishes between the axial and appendicular skeleton, differentiates among the major types of bones, and discusses bone formation.\n\nSkeletal Muscle and Surrounding Structures\n\nThis module explores the structure of skeletal muscle and the connective tissue sheathing that surrounds and separates the anatomical components of muscles. You will learn how tendons integrate into the structure to attach muscle to bone, and how bursae play a role in some synovial joints.\n\nThe Articular System\n\nThis module introduces you to the structures, besides bone, that comprise the articular system. They include cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and bursae (sing, bursa). You will learn about the various movements that joints allow and the specific types of joints within the articular system.\n\nNo matches were found. Please expand your selection within the filters."}
-{"text": "Watch Now\n\nWatch Now\n\nDescription\n\nShoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu is a series all about finding oneself and a direction in life... no matter how far off the beaten path it might be.\nBuntarou Hojo is a high school student who has a talent for writing, but no real direction in life or any plans for the future. His classmate, Sayuki Kuroda notices his talent, decides to help him find a way to use it properly by enlisting him in her bishoujo game development group.\nWhen Buntarou is cornered in the men's bathroom at school by Sayuki, he is surprised when he is asked out on what he thinks is a date, and even further surprised when he finds out that it's not a date, but a job interview. Reluctantly agreeing, the two start recruiting other members for their team but will they learn more about game creation, or life itself along the way?\n\nSelect episode\n\nTags:\n\nComment\n\nMaybe you want to watch\n\nThe highly popular social network game \"Magical Girl Raising Project\" is a miraculous game that produces real Magical Girls with a chance of 1 in 10000 for each person. Girls who are lucky enough to gain the power of magic spend fulfilling days. But one day, the administration arbitrarily announces that \"There are too many magical girls so they will be halved.\" The curtain will now be raised on the relentless and merciless survival game between 16 magical girls.\n\nThere are two girls who are in training to become Miko at the Tema Shrine: Matoi Sumeragi and Yuma Kusanagi. Matoi Sumeragi lived with her grandparents on her father's side because her mother left her since she was young, until the second year of junior high school when she finally was able to live with her father since three months ago. Matoi yearns to live a simple life. Yuma Kusanagi is the daughter of a family who lives at the shrine and is expected to become the next Miko. She knows that her ancestor used Taimakou, a technique to exorcise evil spirits and invites Matoi to challenge the ritual called Kamikagari using the skill of Taimakou. One day after school on the way to the shrine, the two girls go to meet Yuma's parents, but discover that they have fallen in pain. Shingo, who is Matoi's father, and a police officer involved in investigating the case, discover a man giving off an unusual aura. To stop this man, Yuma calls out Kamikagari, but something happens to Matoi. The girl who yearns for a simple life has a power to exorcise evil spirits? In order to get her simple life back, she goes on a task to exorcise evil spirits.\n\nTime Travel Shoujo is based on a 1983 book titled Jishaku to Denki no Hatsumei Hakken Monogatari by Japanese educator Kiyonobu Itakura. It is part of the Hatsumei Hakken Monogatari Zenshuu series which describes the story of various scientific discoveries and inventions throughout history. The 1983 book focuses on discoveries related to magnetism and electricity.\n\nThe land of Nariadia was once vibrant and green, but has been trapped in eternal winter by the cruel Ice Queen. When the balance of Naria is broken, warriors will appear from the human world and restore order. They are the Naria Girls!\n\nBuntarou doesn't know what he wants to do in the future. He does not have any kind of dream that he wants to pursue, so currently he just spends his days hanging around with his friends. One day, his classmate Sayuki asks him if he wants to help with development of a gal game. She says that she had become interested in his help after she read one his works intended for the drama club.\nBuntarou doesn't know anything about gal games, but Sayuki claims that she has the ability to make it a success. Can they make the game and will it be a success like she claims it will be? This is the story of youths taking a daring step into the unknown...\n\nTwelve years ago in Kyuushu, an epic event occurred in which a falling comet brought upon an unknown calamity to the world. At the same time as this natural phenomenon, a baby boy named Ouriku whose soul was touched by this mysterious entity was born, oblivious to his inevitable destiny.\nIn present day, almost nobody remembers this great star event. However, a powerful family of the Reiken clan have decided to conduct an entrance examination at the God's assembly. Their goal is to find the most talented and powerful disciples, fit to work as sages. Ouriku decides to take this exam, unaware of the special powers he possesses. Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage is the story of Ouriku and his journey to becoming a powerful sage.\n\nYuzuka Hanami is a young, carefree girl who lives the most ordinary life imaginable. Although her father works around the clock and her mother is rarely home, she still enjoys herself and strives to be an excellent student.\nMiton, on the other hand, is an alien life-form with the ability to transform his master into a magical girl, a warrior who fights evil wherever it may appear. However, there are not as many enemies as there used to be, so Miton has been out of work for a while. Starving and homeless, he has taken up residence in a pile of garbage.\nAs Yuzuka walks past him one day, Miton seizes the opportunity to offer his services to the young girl. Yuzuka reluctantly agrees, but when she transforms into a magical girl and discovers that her outfit is a swimsuit, she begins to have second thoughts about what she has gotten herself into!\n\nA short four-minute concept film that served as a surprise unveil at Studio SHAFT's 40th anniversary event in Winter 2015, Madogatari. The concept movie is the core of a new Madoka Magica project, and serves as its trailer. The second short was later screened in Osaka, with the difference being a replacement of several imageboard segments.\n\nMakoto Konno is in her last year of high school, but is having a hard time deciding what to do with her future. In between enduring the pressure of her teachers and killing time with her best friends, Makoto's life suddenly changes when she accidentally discovers that she is capable of literally leaping through time.\nToki wo Kakeru Shoujo follows Makoto as she plays around with her newfound power. However, she soon learns the hard way that every choice has a consequence, and time is a lot more complicated than it may seem.\n\nChiyo Sakura is a cheerful high school girl who has fallen head over heels for the oblivious Umetarou Nozaki. Much to Chiyo's confusion, when she confesses to her beloved Nozaki, he hands her an unfamiliar autograph. As it turns out, the stoic teenage boy is actually a respected shoujo mangaka, publishing under the pen name Sakiko Yumeno! A series of misunderstandings leads to Chiyo becoming one of Nozaki's manga assistants.\nThroughout the hilarious events that ensue, she befriends many of her quirky schoolmates, including her seemingly shameless fellow assistant, Mikoto Mikoshiba, and the \"Prince of the School,\" Yuu Kashima. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun follows Chiyo as she strives to help Nozaki with his manga and hopes that he will eventually notice her feelings.\n\nErika Shinohara has taken to lying about her romantic exploits to earn the respect of her new friends. So when they ask for a picture of her \"boyfriend,\" she hastily snaps a photo of a handsome stranger, whom her friends recognize as the popular and kind-hearted Kyouya Sata.\nTrapped in her own web of lies and desperately trying to avoid humiliation, Erika explains her predicament to Kyouya, hoping he will pretend to be her boyfriend. But Kyouya is not the angel he appears to be: he is actually a mean-spirited sadist who forces Erika to become his \"dog\" in exchange for keeping her secret.\nBegrudgingly accepting his deal, Erika soon begins to see glimpses of the real Kyouya beneath the multiple layers of his outer persona. As she finds herself falling for him, she can't help but question if he will ever feel the same way about her. Will Kyouya finally make an honest woman out of Erika, or is she destined to be a \"wolf girl\" forever?\n\nThe Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls. When it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the \"Supreme Five Swords\" was also formed.\nAfter many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students, and the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them.\nNomura Fudou was sent to this school after being part of a huge brawl. What will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like a girl!\n\nFor normal people, getting stabbed to death would constitute the end of the road. For Rin Asogi, it's a mere inconvenience. Rin is immortal, a nice perk to have when you're a private detective constantly finding yourself in dangerous situations.\nRin has eaten a \u201ctime fruit\u201d: a fruit from the guardian tree Yggdrasil, which, when consumed by a woman, makes her unable to die. Rin's immortality doesn't stop others from trying to kill her, of course; over her long lifetime she has been shot at, cut up, maimed, tortured, and suffered countless other violent deaths.\nThis time, it's different. The year 1990 sparks the beginning of a series of events in Rin's life that sends her spiraling towards her fate. Someone is hunting down immortal women like Rin, and Rin's life may be in actual danger.\nMnemosyne no Musume-tachi spans 65 years in Rin's life, during which she watches those around her get old while she herself remains unchanged. Higher forces are after her, and Rin must use every means at her disposal\uff0dor her next death may just be her last.\nAnd it all begins when she goes searching for a lost cat, but finds the amnesiac Koki Maeno instead...\n\nIn the story, the seasons have changed and it will soon be the second spring. Tatsuya and Miyuki have finished their first year at First Magic High School and are on their spring break. The two go to their villa on the Ogasawara Island archipelago. After only a small moment of peace a lone young woman named Kokoa appears before them. She has abandoned the Naval base and she tells Tatsuya her one wish.\n\nIzayoi Sakamaki, Asuka Kudou, and You Kasukabe are extraordinary teenagers who are blessed with psychic powers but completely fed up with their disproportionately mundane lives\u2014until, unexpectedly, each of them receives a strange envelope containing an invitation to a mysterious place known as Little Garden.\nInexplicably dropped into a vast new world, the trio is greeted by Kurousagi, who explains that they have been given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to participate in special high-stakes games using their abilities. In order to take part, however, they must first join a community. Learning that Kurousagi's community \"No Names\" has lost its official status and bountiful land due to their defeat at the hands of a demon lord, the group sets off to help reclaim their new home's dignity, eager to protect its residents and explore the excitement that Little Garden has to offer.\n\nIzayoi, Asuka, and You have been invited to participate in a Gift-Game at a hot spring village to help the small community there find a new water source.\nOVA bundled with the eighth volume of the light novel.\n\nOnGoing Series\n\nJust when Masato thought that a random survey conducted in school was over, he got involved in a secret Government scheme. As he was carried along with the flow, he ended up in a Game world! As if that wasn't enough, shockingly, his mother was there as well! It was a little different from a typical transported to another world setting, but after some bickering,\n\"Mom wants go on an adventure together with Maa-kun. Can mom become Maa-kun's companion?\"\nWith that, Masato and Mamako began their adventure as a mother and son pair. They met Porta, a cute traveling merchant, and Wise, a regrettable philosopher. Along with their new party members, Masato and co. start on their journey.\n\nSakura Hibiki is your average high school girl, with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline she decides to look into enrolling in the nearby gym. There she runs into a girl from her grade named Souryuuin Akemi.\nAkemi, who has a muscle fetish tries to get Hibiki to enroll in the gym despite its high ratio of macho men. Thankfully a beautiful trainer, Machio, appears and unknowingly convinces her to enroll and start her quest to a great body.\n\nA high school student whose year of not having a girlfriend is his age, Keiki Kiryuu, suddenly received a love letter. He is happy he can finally have a girlfriend, but is also surprised because not only there is no sender name but also includes a white underwear\u2026??? The cute girls who gather around him are all weird and with reasons!? Who is the Cinderella who sent the underwear? The mystery called out mystery, even hentai was called out. A new feeling of love comedy that calls out hentai begins\u2026\u2026!!\n\nThe theme for the new work is \"Let's take one step forward and try it!\" Yuusaku hates standing out, and at his school he doesn't. However, Yuusaku starts meeting others through duels, and starts moving forward.\n\nSeventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?\n\nPort city \"Libra\".\nLibra is composed of 3 sections: \"Upper town\" --- the center of politics, economy, and culture, where \"the wealth\" of the town concentrated; \"Outside\" --- a hotbed of crime and corruption, where people doubt each other and \"Bridge\" --- the only place connecting Upper town and Outside separated by a huge canal.\nLibra is a town which as if represents the mankind's sense of discrimination by itself.\nSonia, a young female detective, who transfers to Outside from Upper town, investigates many mysterious cases and meets 3 ugly figures who fight to protect human being. She wonders, who on earth they are...\nThree monster Youkai-Ningen are living secretly behind people's back, each having different thoughts in mind. Bem devotes himself to defeat evil for human being, wishing to become human himself someday. Bela is also attracted by human being and eager to become one, going to school and trying to understand what is human being. Belo, on the other hand, sees through human nature and the world, and gets absorbed in gaming.\nAll the more they interact with humans, they get hurt. Because of their ugly figure, they never get accepted by humans, even if they sacrifice themselves in the fight to protect human being...\nThen there is a mysterious lady who is searching for those three Youkai-Ningen. She controls \"a concealed assembly\" which is dominating Libra in the back. What is the purpose of her conspiracy to capture Bem and the others?\n\nStories of old tell of four otherworldly heroes\u2014wielding the sword, spear, bow, and shield\u2014who defended the land from wave after wave of calamity. With the fate of the world in balance, the kingdom of Melromarc summons these legendary figures; in modern-day Japan, the call is answered, and the unwitting heroes are transported to this fantasy universe.\nThrust into Melromarc and given the title of \"Shield Hero,\" otaku Naofumi Iwatani is labeled the weakest due to his lack of offensive capability and apparent inexperience. When the heroes part ways to start their journeys, he only has one willing companion: the beautiful princess Malty Melromarc. However, she soon betrays him, steals all his money, and accuses him of taking advantage of her.\nFor his alleged crimes, Naofumi is branded a criminal and made outcast of society. With hatred filling his heart, he sets out alone, vowing vengeance against those who wronged him.\n\nTwo sisters in an intimate relationship? It's too trite and simple for present hentai... Hinata and Candle inseparable sisters, they do everything together - study, clean, go to a club (archery) and of course have sex. Hinata is stronger in all sports and in school and the Candles never keep up. They have a mutual acquaintance pesky photographer Tachikawa, which continuously transmits Hinata some pictures. Once Sachi receives a message with a huge number of vulgar photos of a girl in underwear. Then began to come and video with this girl and various sex toys. However, the person never been shown, but somehow the Hare seemed her body painfully familiar. Soon, she gets a video where the girl deprived of virginity... The next day Hinata finds Sachi sex with the photographer in the back yard of the Academy. She later tries to protect her beloved sister, but she will not succeed and she herself will become part of the depraved plan of Tachikawa-kun.\n\nHentai \"Kornelyuk, a city of Succubi\" is based on the eponymous game from the Studio Dieselmine released in 2017.\nThe main character of the story had too much in a local bar and passed out. He awoke from a strange radiance, had a strange stone in his hands and sexy succubi roaming about. He's in succubus land! To return it needs to give enough power(semen) to the succubus. Will he be able to return or will he remain a sex slave for the rest of his life?\n\nSpace Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love continues the story of Space Battleship Yamato 2199.\nIt is the year 2202, three Years after the war with Gamillas, the people in the Solar System are finally at peace once again and the Earth has been restored back to life. With the end of the war, there is a peace treaty between Earth and Gamillas which will strengthen their military bond and secure true peace. In addition to the reconstruction of Earth, the joint forces form a new intergalactic defense fleet with a new ship, Andromeda, to be its new symbol of power. Due to these advancements, the Earth is going on a path of military expansion despite Starsha Iscandar's wishes of peace. But when a new threat called the Gatlantis starts to wreak havoc to a newly reformed galaxy, the Goddess Teressa calls upon the Yamato once more in order to fight back against the new threat.\n\nNaral Island, a continent with swords and magic in which humans and monsters coexist. The terrible Demon King lives there. In ancient times, the first-generation hero defeated the Demon King. Over the many successive generations since then, the Demon King has been resurrected, and the hero who opposes him has likewise reappeared. Girls attend a school for adventurers in order to defeat the Demon King when he appears again.\nThough a bit absent-minded, Yusha has the body of a hero. The holy elf Seyla's trouble never ends because she is too serious. The cheerful warrior Fai loves to eat. Mei is a quiet otaku magician. As the four girls aim to be in the hero party, they live relaxed fantasy lives and show no sign of defeating the Demon King no matter how much time passes.\n\nHaving lost her mother at a young age, Misha Takanashi, a second grader with Russian blood, now lives with her Japanese father. Tsubame Kamoi, formerly a Self\u2010Defense Force officer, comes to the Takanashi household as a housekeeper. This is a home comedy where Kamoi, a hardcore lolicon, attempts to get near Misha as she tries to fight against her.\n\nTwo years after the God Blader's Cup, the story focuses on Aiga Akaba, a \"wild child\" that grew up in nature. After battling Valt Aoi, he became inspired to become the No.1 Blader in the world, along with his beyblade, Z Achilles. He aims to fight strong opponents in an effort to become stronger himself. To defeat Valt Aoi and become the World Champion, Aiga begins his journey.\n\nKirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten\u2014Alice.\n\nConsidered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The two are often regarded as the perfect couple by students despite them not being in any sort of romantic relationship.\nHowever, the truth is that after spending so much time together, the two have developed feelings for one another; unfortunately, neither is willing to confess, as doing so would be a sign of weakness. With their pride as elite students on the line, Miyuki and Kaguya embark on a quest to do whatever is necessary to get a confession out of the other. Through their daily antics, the battle of love begins!\n\nDue to the invasion of Disas\u2014enigmatic creatures of soil from the land of the dead\u2014mankind, who was on the verge of crisis, was saved by the efforts of magical girls who had obtained a mysterious magical power...\nThree years later, new incidents suddenly occur, tearing apart the normalcy of the girls who had each returned to their normal lives. The saviours of humanity, those magical girls called \"The Magical Five\" now live each day fighting for their lives, even as they are trifled with by fate...\n\nNatsuo Fujii is in love with his teacher, Hina. Attempting to forget his feelings towards her, Natsuo goes to a mixer with his classmates where he meets an odd girl named Rui Tachibana. In a strange turn of events, Rui asks Natsuo to sneak out with her and do her a favor. To his surprise, their destination is Rui's house\u2014and her request is for him to have sex with her. There's no love behind the act; she just wants to learn from the experience. Thinking that it might help him forget about Hina, Natsuo hesitantly agrees.\nAfter this unusual encounter Natsuo now faces a new problem. With his father remarrying, he ends up with a new pair of stepsisters; unfortunately, he knows these two girls all too well. He soon finds out his new siblings are none other than Hina and Rui! Now living with both the teacher he loves and the girl with whom he had his \"first time,\" Natsuo finds himself in an unexpected love triangle as he climbs ever closer towards adulthood.\n\nAfter being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated in another world as a blind slime with unique abilities. He takes up a new name and calls himself \"Rimuru Tempest,\" which he thought of after meeting his new friend, \"catastrophe-level\" Storm Dragon Verudora. There, he begins his new slime-like life in another world with his increasing number of minions by his side.\n\nThe story takes place in a future Akihabara where otaku culture has declined. Players play as a shopkeeper of an otaku shop. Together with the heroines who are in fact otaku girls, the shopkeeper start helping people claim their lost otaku memories back.\n\nMysteria Academy is a prestigious magic school that teaches magic without discrimination to the three factions (men, gods, demons), who usually are engaged in battle with each other. Two of the academy's students are Anne, a princess and honor student, and Grea, a princess born from a dragon and a human.\n\nUpcoming original animation celebrating Tatsunoko Production's 55th anniversary.\nOn a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Y\u016bki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace.\nFilling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold \u2026 and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua.\n\"Y\u016bki! If you have spirit and guts, you can do anything!\"\n\"\u2026No, not this again! Joshua, be nobler!\"\nStella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling ... for smiling is essential to living.\nThis is a story of two girls born on distant planets.\n\nIn the land of Eostia, humans and dark elves have fought for supremacy for over a century. The dark elves rule over a race of monsters that has raided human lands for generations, capturing and defiling their women. Aided by powerful bands of mercenaries, the human kingdoms have gradually pushed back their old rivals.\nBut the mercenaries would not settle for these victories. Led by the cruel general Volt, the sellswords declare independence. With the support of the savage orcs, their new nation attacks human and dark elf alike, carving out a kingdom where men reign supreme and women are little more than slaves. Even the dark elves' castle is conquered and their queen taken prisoner.\nThe sole hope for peace in these lands rests with a fellowship of seven princess knights, handpicked by the goddess of the high elves. But is their power enough to cleanse the evil from their world?\n\nHentai is based on original manga \u201d Hypnosis Sex Guidance! / Saimin Seishirou \u201cby Aiue Oka\u201d 50 on!\u201d.\n\u201cRule number one, my name is Hajime Tanaka and I will be your official sex coach. Rule two-Before you fuck with your guys, all the girls have to go through sex training with me. Kissing or sex without sexual instruction is a crime. Who will commit this crime will be judged by all the laws of the criminal system. The third and last rule \u2013 You have to obey your coach\u2026 All guys with girls are required to bring them to me for training!\u201d- these were the first words of a strange obsessed with lust hypnotist Tanaka-Sensei, said from the rostrum of the student Council\u2026\n\nDoes the girls' daily life include fighting and not fighting? All the characters from the TV animated series \"Katana Maidens\" and the smartphone game \"Katana Maidens Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi\" are gathered together in smaller form!\n\nA typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: \"We want to live.\" These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle\n\nThis is a story about you. A tale about the inside of your body... According to a new study, the human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen-carrying red blood cells to the bacteria-fighting white blood cells, get to know the unsung heroes and the drama that unfolds inside of you! It's the oddly relatable and interesting story that is the life of cells!\n\nThe usual mornings. The usual music. The usual self. For seven girls, a peaceful life was all of a sudden destroyed. All at the hands of zombies, dead things that somehow remained moving. Now they step into a new world, whether they liked it or not. A \"zombieworld\" that represented both the best and the worst. The seven girls had only one wish: \"We want to live.\"\n\nFollowing the successful end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konohagakure has been enjoying a period of peace, prosperity, and extraordinary technological advancement. This is all due to the efforts of the Allied Shinobi Forces and the village's Seventh Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki. Now resembling a modern metropolis, Konohagakure has changed, particularly the life of a shinobi. Under the watchful eye of Naruto and his old comrades, a new generation of shinobi has stepped up to learn the ways of the ninja.\nBoruto Uzumaki is often the center of attention as the son of the Seventh Hokage. Despite having inherited Naruto's boisterous and stubborn demeanor, Boruto is considered a prodigy and is able to unleash his potential with the help of supportive friends and family. Unfortunately, this has only worsened his arrogance and his desire to surpass Naruto which, along with his father's busy lifestyle, has strained their relationship. However, a sinister force brewing within the village may threaten Boruto's carefree life.\nNew friends and familiar faces join Boruto as a new story begins in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.\n\nValt Aoi, who participated in the Japanese Championship, was scouted for the prestigious Spanish team \"BC Sol\" and heads out to Spain. With their sights set on the world, Valt and his friends begin their challenge for the World League! However, in order to qualify for the World League, they must first win the European League. Will Valt be able to take BC Sol to the World League? And can he defeat the world's strongest Bladers?\nValt's story of fierce battling and growth begins as he sets his sights to the top of the world!\n\nIn the story, Mitsuyoshi Tada, a boy who has never known love, is taking pictures of the cherry blossoms in full bloom when he meets Teresa Wagner, a transfer student from Luxembourg. Upon arriving in Japan, she got lost, separated from her travel companion. Mitsuyoshi helps her and brings her to his grandfather's coffee shop.\n\nEvery day, a young girl wearing a mask stands by the beach and sings a nostalgic melody. After experiencing two sudden heart-wrenching partings when she was only a child, Nino Arisugawa has been singing her songs to the ocean, bound by a promise made with her two childhood friends\u2014her first love, Momo Sakaki, and a boy who composed music, Kanade \"Yuzu\" Yuzuriha. Having never met each other, the boys both individually promised that if Nino was ever separated from them, her voice would be the beacon to reunite them once again.\nAfter six long years, destiny has finally placed Nino, Momo, and Yuzu in the same high school. However, the passage of time has changed many things in their lives\u2014while Nino relentlessly attempts to fulfill her childhood promise with the boys, Yuzu's feelings for her from the past resurface, and Momo goes to great lengths to prevent a reunion with Nino. Through music, will they be able to mend their friendship and overcome all the feelings involved in this complicated love triangle?\n\nSome urban legends are best left untested! Yuuto Suou gets more than he bargained for when he joins his childhood friend Mitsuki Shimoya in testing out an urban legend. When he uses his phone to take a picture of himself with the local shrine's divine mirror, he is whisked off into another world\u2014one heavily steeped in the lore of the old Norse myths.\nUsing his knowledge gained from school and from his solar-powered smartphone, he has the chance to bring the Wolf Clan, the same people who cared for him, to prominence, all while earning the adoration of a group of magic-wielding warrior maidens known as the Einherjar.\n\nAfter moving into his new apartment, art school student Tatsuhiko Kido discovers a crack in his wall. When he peeks inside, he makes eye contact with his neighbor, Emiru Ikuno, as she masturbates. He rushes next door to clear the misunderstanding and inform her of the crack, but accidentally trips and falls over her in the process. To make matters even worse, Emiru now has photographic evidence that would plainly depict Kido as a sexual offender. Kido then learns that Emiru has a voyeurism fetish, and is blackmailed into leaving the crack as is.\nUnfortunately for Kido, it doesn't stop here! Emiru is also attending the same art school that he is, and he will be seeing her far more than he would like to. Emiru and Kido are set to embark on a unique friendship with wildly erotic potential.\n\nFemale college student Aoi inherited her deceased grandfather's ability to see ayakashi. One day, while Aoi is feeding some ayakashi, a demon appears! He declares that Aoi's grandfather owed a great debt, and as compensation, Aoi must marry the demon! Aoi refuses, and decides to pay off the debt by working.\n\nThe story takes place in Okinawa, where Haruka forms a beach volleyball pair with Kanata. Kanata, who couldn't handle the pressure put on her by her short height, had given up on beach volleyball already but is convinced by Haruka to step back on the sand once again and aim for the junior tournament.\n\nJashin-chan Dropkick is a violent slapstic comedy about a delusional gothic lolita, Yurine, who summons a demon girl with the tail of a cobra, Jashin-chan.\nThey'll have to live together until Yurine finds a way to send Jashin-chan back to hell, or until Jashin-chan kills Yurine.\n\nThe franchise centers on \"Starlight\" \u2014 the song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other \"Stage Girls\" will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.\n\nAyano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year student who practices day and night aiming to become the best player in Japan. Encouraged by coach Tachibana Kentarou, supported by club colleagues, and fired up by various rivals, the two engage in their youth and adored sport so thrilling like a shuttle flown at high speed!\n\nFemale college student Aoi inherited her deceased grandfather's ability to see ayakashi. One day, while Aoi is feeding some ayakashi, a demon appears! He declares that Aoi's grandfather owed a great debt, and as compensation, Aoi must marry the demon! Aoi refuses, and decides to pay off the debt by working.\n\nManga creator Satoshi Mizukami (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, Spirit Circle) announced a new original mecha anime and manga project titled Planet With on Friday. Mizukami said that the project is based on a concept he began working on four years ago, and that he has drawn 1,074 pages of manga storyboards for the project.\n\nThis is a story of a nerdy bookworm girl on her way to school, and yes, that's the entire premise, as she's not getting to school any time soon. Taking her \"usual\" route to school, it becomes an increasingly unusual adventure, and all the more ridiculous as it carries on. It takes an unpleasant sentiment many can empathize with, the feeling of tardiness, and brings humor to it\u2014making it a hilarious situation to look back upon.\n\nThe story takes place in Okinawa, where Haruka forms a beach volleyball pair with Kanata. Kanata, who couldn't handle the pressure put on her by her short height, had given up on beach volleyball already but is convinced by Haruka to step back on the sand once again and aim for the junior tournament.\n\nIn regards to the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Sakamoto Takuma boasted an overwhelming strength that was enough for him to be called the Demon King by the other players. One day, he gets summoned to another world with his appearance in the game. There, there are two people that insist \"I am the real summon master.\" Takuma gets slave-turning magic used for summoned beasts cast on him by the girls\u2015\nHowever, the peculiar ability \"Magic Reflection\" is invoked! The ones that were turned to slaves were the girls!\nTakuma was bewildered. He's the strongest magician but, he doesn't have any social skills. Panicking, the first words that came out were the ones that he used inside the game role-playing the Demon King?! \"I'm amazing you say? Of course I am. I am Diablo... The one feared as the Demon King!\"\nThis is the story the Demon King (acting) that would soon inspire the world and his other world adventure that he plunges through with his absolute strength, raise the curtain!\n\nUrashima, an island far from the mainland. The people who live there lead carefree lives. But five years ago, the island's three great families suffered a series of misfortunes and succumbed to suspicion. The people of the island cut off all contact with the mainland and began a slow decline. The key to saving the island lies in three girls who belong to the three families. But they are bound by old traditions, and are conflicted. On that island, a lone man washes ashore. The man claims to be from the future, and he begins a solitary struggle to change the island's fate.\n\nSome urban legends are best left untested! Yuuto Suou gets more than he bargained for when he joins his childhood friend Mitsuki Shimoya in testing out an urban legend. When he uses his phone to take a picture of himself with the local shrine's divine mirror, he is whisked off into another world\u2014one heavily steeped in the lore of the old Norse myths.\nUsing his knowledge gained from school and from his solar-powered smartphone, he has the chance to bring the Wolf Clan, the same people who cared for him, to prominence, all while earning the adoration of a group of magic-wielding warrior maidens known as the Einherjar.\n\nThe novels center on a bar called \"Nobu\"\u2014located in Kyoto, Japan, but with a door that is connected to the bar in another world. The visitors include denizens of the other world, and customers seek out its excellent \"Toriaezu Nama\" ale and cuisine.\n\nShiina Aki is constantly being treated like a girl due to his feminine looks so he decides to move to Tokyo to attend middle school in an attempt to change himself.\nHowever what awaits him in his new home, Sunohara-sou, is the kind-hearted caretaker, Sunohara Ayaka. Along with the three female members of Aki's new middle school's student council, Yukimoto Yuzu, Yamanashi Sumire & Kazami Yuri.\nAnd so begins Aki's new life in Tokyo living with 4 girls.\n\nThe protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!\n\nOragon lived a lonely life all by himself, until one day he was pulled into a mysterious new dimension. There he learns that an incredibly powerful enemy will attack in six months, destroying his beloved Monster Strike forever!\nNow Oragon must gather allies in the Strike World to save Monster Strike!\n\nShoma Mihara is a first-year high school student. Shoma hasn't seen his good friend Atsushi in 3.5 years, ever since they lost contact with each other after elementary school. One day, Atsushi gets in contact with Shoma to invite him to a rare festival, so they can meet up and talk. Shoma goes to the \"Tanabata Seven Night Festival\" deep in the mountains, but Atsushi is not there. Instead, a girl named Shiori who also has a person she wants to meet is there. The festival's program manager Kanna suggests that he stay until the festival is over, and so Shoma and Shiori help Kanna prepare for the festival. Shoma and Shiori then get wrapped up in some strange events happening in the town.\n\nSet in the same timeline as Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai, Nanatsu no Bitoku follows a group of angels sent from Heaven to look for a potential \"Savior\" to counter-attack the demonic influence being spread by Lucifer and the other emissaries of Hell.\n\nOne night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning...\n\nA tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life.\n\nLate night at Kikka University when all the students have gone home for summer break.\nHowever, five girls who are members of the Occult Research Club have not gone home. Calling it \u2018the first cool of the evening quest\u2019, the girls have decided to investigate a rumor about the Tokugawa buried treasure and sneak into the university\u2019s data warehouse. What they find is not the rumored treasure, but rather, two extremely well-preserved mummies of two young girls.\nSayaka Kamoshida, who is the one to originally get her friends to sneak with her into the warehouse, secretly steals the mysterious \u2018stone of life\u2019 that was placed inside both of these mummies. Disappointed in the outcome of not being able to find the hidden treasure, they leave the data warehouse. The theft of the \u2018stones of life\u2019 is actually the trigger to resurrect these two mummies.\nOne of the resurrected girls was the daughter of a former Baron, who, due to an unexpected incident, became an undead being via magic. Her name is Euphrosyne Studion. The other is Euphrosyne\u2019s maid Alma V, who was created from a homunculus. Now, the two girls attack the members of the Occult Research Club in order to get the stolen stones back.\nCan the members of the Occult Research Club survive this development? Also, why were the stones of life stolen? A bloody tragedy of the late-night student dormitory attacks\u2026\n\nIn the northern Kanto area in Japan, there is Binan City\u2026\nAt Binan High School, as per usual, the \u201cEarth Defense Club (lol)\u201d was a club that did nothing. The club members Kyoutarou Shuzenji, Ryouma Kirishima, Nanao Wakura, Taishi Manza, and Ichiro Dogou nonchalantly enjoyed tea while having pointless conversations that amount to nothing.\nAll of them have now gathered at Kurotama Bath after school. When Ryouma pulls Kyoutarou Shuzenji by his arm out of water that he claims feels too good, together with his towel comes a pretty boy in strange clothing.\nThese five boys are then dragged into a battle for the heir of the magical kingdom, Honila Land...\n\nWhat if you could enslave anyone you ever wanted? Well, this comes close. The SCM lets you enslave anyone who is also wearing an SCM, at a price. One must win over the other, at the cost of anything, in order for the other to become their slave.\n\nThe anime centers on two protagonists. Koma Jinguji (Jay) is the smart and handsome student council president. His elegant smile captures the hearts of women. Tsubasa Hayakawa is a multi-talented and gentle shop assistant at a caf\u00e9. His cafe latte with owl latte art is very popular with female customers. The two men travel through time to fight their archenemy. The charming \"Butlers,\" as they are called, fight supernatural battles and also experience a slapstick comedic life at their academy.\n\nThe Gao Genuine Gameface Tournament, otherwise known as the GGG Cup, is underway after a lull action after the defeat of Wisdom and his ambitions. Famous fighters and monsters from across the worlds are invited to participate in the many events and, for the special ones, compete in the matches of the tournament.\n\nAfter discovering that they work at the same company, a gaming crazed otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school. After some post-work drinking sessions they begin dating, but will it be a perfect relationship for the two?\n\nFour men\u2014Gure, Sui, Tokitaka, and Tsubaki\u2014each help run a Japanese tea shop together called Rokuhoudou. When one visits the shop, they are greeted warmly, is served with tea, and are often helped with any problems they may have.\n\nThis story is about a 15-year-old girl who is a newbie idol in love with her best friend's brother who is also a popular idol. But she runs into a scary yakuza guy and finds out that her mother was an ex-magical girl, and the yakuza was her mascot. Her love interest gets kidnapped by demons that look like burly men with cute squirrel heads. So she contracts the yakuza to become a magical girl, which in this story means she turns into a handsome guy in a magical girl outfit. On top of that, her love interest shows an attraction toward her magical guy form. Her best friend turns out to be in love with her and also becomes a magical cross-dressing guy to save her life.\nThus, their manager, who is a magical girl geek, then decides to turn them into an idol unit.\n\nThe new season embarks on a new story with Aichi and Kai returning to take up the helm as main protagonists. The audience will also find many beloved characters such as Misaki Tokura, Kamui Katsuragi and Ren Suzugamori appearing in this season.\n\nInazuma Eleven Ares will be set in a parallel world, taking place after the events of the first game, and develop the story from the perspectives of three protagonists\u2014Ryouhei Haizaki, Asuto Inamori, and Yuuma Nosaka.\nThe story revolves around a group of boys living on an island who love to play soccer. Their soccer club is suddenly abolished, and the only way they can regain it is to win the Football Frontier. Protagonist Asuto Inamori and company leave the island for Tokyo to attend Raimon Junior High School and take on the Football Frontier. But their first match is against the number one-ranked Seishou Gakuen.\n\nThe new series is set in a near-future world where the boundary between human being and AI is vague. A rapid biological evolution, similar to \"Cambrian Explosion,\" is caused by one incident. This incident turns into the genesis of a new jostle for supremacy, and the influence of the evolution goes beyond biological framework and spreads to various kinds of materials and technologies. The era of massive evolution involving diverse existences, such as human, machines, and biotechnologies, is coming. Characters fight an existential war in such a world.\n\nFashionable Yuzu imagined the first day at her new school she transferred to after her mother's remarriage a bit differently; she didn't know it'd be an ultra-strict and conservative girls' school. So instead of a sweet high-school romance, she butts heads with the stern student council president Mei\u2014who turns out to be her new step sister. And she has to learn that hate and attraction are often not that far apart.\n\nFashionable Yuzu imagined the first day at her new school she transferred to after her mother's remarriage a bit differently; she didn't know it'd be an ultra-strict and conservative girls' school. So instead of a sweet high-school romance, she butts heads with the stern student council president Mei\u2014who turns out to be her new step sister. And she has to learn that hate and attraction are often not that far apart.\n\nThe romance story centers around Hana Natori, an earnest, good-natured 25-year-old woman whose cousin refuses to go to high school. Hana takes her cousin's place and attends the high school. On her first day, though, Hana's ruse is discovered by her former high school classmate Okito Kanie\u2014who happens to be the high school's world history teacher.\n\nLi Mingyang was originally an ordinary office worker. Because of a strange QR code, he was trapped in a killing city. Here everyone is forced to participate in a survival game that is going to kill or be killed. In the process of finding a way out of the city, the mastermind behind the whole incident surfaced step by step.\n\nThe year is 1999. Morioh, a normally quiet and peaceful town, has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Joutarou Kuujou, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jousuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jousuke is actually the illegitimate child of Joutarou's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Joutarou realizes that he may have more in common with Jousuke than just a blood relation.\nAlong with the mild-mannered Kouichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.\n\nIn regards to the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Sakamoto Takuma boasted an overwhelming strength that was enough for him to be called the Demon King by the other players. One day, he gets summoned to another world with his appearance in the game. There, there are two people that insist \"I am the real summon master.\" Takuma gets slave-turning magic used for summoned beasts cast on him by the girls\u2015\nHowever, the peculiar ability \"Magic Reflection\" is invoked! The ones that were turned to slaves were the girls!\nTakuma was bewildered. He's the strongest magician but, he doesn't have any social skills. Panicking, the first words that came out were the ones that he used inside the game role-playing the Demon King?! \"I'm amazing you say? Of course I am. I am Diablo... The one feared as the Demon King!\"\nThis is the story the Demon King (acting) that would soon inspire the world and his other world adventure that he plunges through with his absolute strength, raise the curtain!\n\nThis is a story of a nerdy bookworm girl on her way to school, and yes, that's the entire premise, as she's not getting to school any time soon. Taking her \"usual\" route to school, it becomes an increasingly unusual adventure, and all the more ridiculous as it carries on. It takes an unpleasant sentiment many can empathize with, the feeling of tardiness, and brings humor to it\u2014making it a hilarious situation to look back upon.\n\nWith Lotor defeated and Shiro recovered, the Paladins are finally able to set a course for Earth. After a long and perilous journey, they discover that their home planet is not how they left it. The Paladins return to Earth in Season 7 of Voltron Legendary Defender, coming to HotAnime August 10th!\n\nTop Genres\n\nFollow us\n\nContact Us\n\nPlease remove adblock to access this site\n\nIn order to maintain our server to watch HD video, we would like you to support us by turning off adblock while watching anime on hotanime.me. We commit to set banner ad only but not popup ad. Sorry for the inconvenience, hope for your supports. Thanks you!!!\n\nWarning!!!\n\nThis anime has been categorized as for 'Adult (R18)', therefore may contain intense violent, blood/gore, sexual content\nand/or strong language that may not appropriate for underage viewers. So if you're under the legal age of 18, please go back."}
-{"text": "CONTACT:\n\nSOCIAL PROJECT HC-SE3 IN HONDURAS\n\nVolunteer Project in Honduras\n\nHC-SE3\n\nDescription:\n\nSpecial education for deaf and mute, mentally retired and children with learning problems is a complex field for volunteers and requires special talents and interests. However, this project allows you to play a crucial role in the lives of deaf and mute children. Your tasks in this project may include helping to improve or develop the communication level of the children. Your working area will be in or around La Ceiba.\n\nActivities:\n\nAll volunteers in this field must use sign language to provide the primary students an opportunity to learn it and to help them feel more confident with themselves and their ability to communicate with others. In addition, you will also be involved in other curricular and extra-curricular activities such as games, painting, and dancing.\n\nRequirements:\n\nBasic level of Spanish\n\nMinimum age 18\n\nAn interest in and knowledge about communication in general and sign language in specific\n\nSocial and creative personality\n\nMinimum:\n\nThe minimum time we recommend is 4 weeks.\n\nSpanish:\n\nTo work at this project you need basic language skills of Spanish. However, speaking better Spanish will certainly enrich the volunteer experience. We advise to take Spanish lessons at the local Spanish school."}
-{"text": "Randhir learns the truth\n\nSanyukta learns about the brilliance of Professor Vardhan, who is himself seeking a transfer. Randhir tries to prove to Vardhan that Sanyukta is responsible for the blast, but the professor reprimands him for interrupting his investigation about the blast. He inspects the circuit wires and learns the truth."}
-{"text": "Ivory Coast team coach Sven Goran Erikss1 Bild\n\nIvory Coast team coach Sven Goran Eriksson of Sweden walks on the field during a practice session on May 20, 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2010 finals in South Africa. A high-profile casualty is inevitable...Mehr\n\nIvory Coast team coach Sven Goran Eriksson of Sweden walks on the field during a...Ivory Coast team coach Sven Goran Eriksson of Sweden walks on the field during a practice session on May 20, 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2010 finals in South Africa. A high-profile casualty is inevitable in Group G at the World Cup with Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast fighting for two places while North Korea concentrate on damage limitation.WenigerMehr"}
-{"text": "Does Niacin Help With Weight Loss?\n\nby Erin Beck\n\nAbout Erin Beck\n\nErin Beck began writing professionally in 2008 as an opinion columnist for the West Virginia University student newspaper, \"The Daily Athenaeum.\" She has worked in health promotion at the university and as a communications intern at the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She has a Bachelor of Science in journalism and a Master of Public Health, both from West Virginia University.\n\nIt's important to get enough niacin if you're trying to lose weight, because it helps your body convert food to energy. However, avoid getting too much, because niacin is an appetite stimulant. Niacin, a B-complex vitamin, is considered essential because it is water-soluble and your body does not store it. Therefore, you need a continuous supply through your diet.\n\nAppetite\n\nWhile many people believe that niacin intake is conducive to weight loss, niacin is actually an appetite stimulant, according to a 2010 study published by Da Li and colleagues in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. The researchers concluded that excess niacin consumption may have led to increased obesity in children in the United States.\n\nConsumption\n\nThe average niacin consumption per day in the U.S. is twice the recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, according to the 2010 Li study. Niacin-fortification is practiced in developed countries to prevent pellagra, a niacin-deficiency disease that leads to inflamed skin, digestive problems and cognitive impairment. Many foods, including a wide array of grains and ready-to-eat cereal, are fortified with niacin. Many animal products, which Americans consume in excess, also contain an abundance of niacin.\n\nFunction\n\nNiacin is important to the health of the digestive system, skin and nerves, according to the National Institutes of Health. It also helps convert food to energy and may improve circulation and reduce cholesterol. Because it plays an important role in digestion, it may benefit your metabolism, but that does not mean that it causes weight loss. Additionally, niacin helps your body make various sex- and stress-related hormones.\n\nRecommendations\n\nWomen over age 18 should consume 14 milligrams of niacin per day, and men over age 18 should consume 16 milligrams a day, according to the Institute of Medicine's Dietary Reference Intakes. The maximum intake amount that is likely to pose no risk of adverse effects for adults is 35 daily milligrams. No evidence suggests that adverse effects can result from niacin in foods. Too much niacin from supplements can result in flushing and gastrointestinal distress.\n\nTips\n\nIf you are tryting to lose weight or maintain your current weight, try not to exceed the recommended dose of niacin. Eat animal products in moderation and drink less coffee, which contains niacin. Skip foods that are fortified with large amounts of niacin, like ready-to-eat cereals. Exercise more, because excess niacin is eliminated through sweat. Taking one B vitamin can result in deficiency in other B vitamins, so if you choose to take a niacin supplement, take a B-complex vitamin. Take supplements only under the supervision of your health-care provider."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, September 21, 2011\n\nAct 1\n\nIn case you've been hiding under a rock or you rely on Free Gamer for your open source game updates (and we love you if you do), there has been another release of 0AD (announcement) the 3D historical RTS game.\n\nLots of improvements, including an all-new and unique Carthaginian civilization, a new main menu that moves, new music, new sound effects, new maps, and likely (although not mentioned) a lot of development and the fixes and subtle improvements to go with it.\n\nThis is going to be one of the marquee open source games soon. It has the potential for mainstream appeal that is missing from a Battle for Wesnoth, no matter how polished it becomes (and it is very, very polished these days).\n\nSince becoming open source to help save the project from an ignominious end, development seems to have gone from strength to strength with a series of alpha releases each bringing the game one step closer to being a playable title.\n\nAct 2\n\nAlso big news coming out of the Dungeonhack Godhead project - a new release! This is the first since a tech demo over 2 years ago. This release marks the beginning of a different direction for the project. They now use the Lips of Suna engine. It is early days but the new engine already has a lot of what a now-defunct rewrite was trying to achieve in that it is server-client based, and it is 3D and the world is deformable, and there is now a workflow to get ideas straight in to a game world, giving writers and artists more possibilities to see their work immediately applied. Still, early days, it was just a black screen for me (but this was Windows 7 x64 - boo) so we'll see if this can reverse the fortunes of a project that has struggled to maintain momentum from one release to the next.\n\nFree Gamer approves of inter-project cooperation. Huzzah!\n\nAct 3\n\nI used to leave a plate of milk out for hedgehogs when I was a kid. I also had to shift through mucky half-rotten piles of leaves to make sure none were hibernating in the base of a bonfire-to-be. True stories! I digress..."}
-{"text": "Tag: protection\n\nGolf jackets are a compulsory part of your golfing kit, especially when playing here in the UK \u2013 we never know when the weather will turn nasty on you. There are lots of styles of golf jacket available, each offering benefits that can be useful when on the course. So how do you choose the perfect golf jacket?\n\nEveryone wants to look young and beautiful, some even set model-like standards for yourself. In order to attain that flawless skin that you have always wanted, you need to use the best skin care products. There are people who buy the most expensive skin products, but may not even get a satisfactory result. You might be wondering what actually makes the difference. Well, there are different skin types and you can\u2019t just use any product for your skin. This is why not every skin care product will suit your skin. No matter how tempting a skin care product looks, you should not buy that without consulting your dermatologist. Your dermatologist would make sure that test the product and makes sure it meets the cosmetic regulatory requirements. However, if you are looking to buy cosmetics suitable for your skin, here are some useful tips to choose the best products.\n\nThis smart and elegant Reveal bamboo watch is handcrafted out of natural bamboo and is both a fashionable and environmental watch in one.\n\nBamboo is ultra durable, it's got none of that strange BPA and phthalate stuff in plastic, it's naturally great looking (no paint needed), and it's the fastest growing woody plant on earth, eager to help eat up carbon dioxide and produce oxygen for us humans.\n\nExfoliate the dry skin on your lips daily. If you want to keep the skin on your lips smooth regular exfoliation is the key, You can do this with a clean, dry toothbrush (a new one, not the one you use for your teeth). Put on the lips a little bit of Vaseline and then gently brush your lips with the toothbrush for several seconds. Do not brush them too hard or they will be raw and sore. After that exfoliation you will feel your skin smooth and gentle.\n\nPut on the lip balm as often as you can. Without moisturization getting smooth and kissable lips is virtually impossible.\n\nPicking the right moisturizer can be a hard task. What works as a deep-acting\nsmoother for some leaves others' skin clogged and greasy. Similarly, a light\ncream will leave certain skins glossy and glowing, but won't penetrate others\nenough. Once you've worked out whether you face is dry, greasy or a combination\nof the two, you still need to decide whether to invest in a top-of-the range\njar, or plump for a cheaper option. To take some of the stress out of moisturiser\nshopping we've picked some of the best in a variety of ranges, and are confident\nthere'll be something for everyone.\n\nSun-rays burn and tear hair during summer months. It needs special protection because we can't stop the Sun's harmful influence.\n\nSun protection and water-resistant cosmetics form a protective screen that prevents drying from heat, sea salt and chlorine in pools.\n\nDuring the summer you should forget about strong alkali shampoos. Replace them with natural products with no alcohol. In your luggage you should also pack an after-sun shampoo that most good companies offer. It washes without damaging the hair, doesn't irritate the scalp, moisturizes and adds shine to the hair."}
-{"text": "Notes\n\nThis product is produced by and distributed for Abnova, a company based in Taiwan.\n\nAlternate Names for UCP2 Antibody\n\nmitochondrial uncoupling protein 2\n\nSLC25A8\n\nSLC25A8BMIQ4\n\nSolute carrier family 25 member 8\n\nUCP 2\n\nUCP2\n\nUCPH\n\nuncoupling protein 2 (mitochondrial, proton carrier)\n\nBackground\n\nMitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCP) are members of the larger family of mitochondrial anion carrier proteins (MACP). UCPs separate oxidative phosphorylation from ATP synthesis with energy dissipated as heat, also referred to as the mitochondrial proton leak. UCPs facilitate the transfer of anions from the inner to the outer mitochondrial membrane and the return transfer of protons from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane. They also reduce the mitochondrial membrane potential in mammalian cells. Tissue specificity occurs for the different UCPs and the exact methods of how UCPs transfer H+/OH- are not known. UCPs contain the three homologous protein domains of MACPs. This gene is expressed in many tissues, with the greatest expression in skeletal muscle. It is thought to play a role in nonshivering thermogenesis, obesity and diabetes. Chromosomal order is 5'-UCP3-UCP2-3'. [provided by RefSeq]\n\nLimitations\n\nThis product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. Primary Antibodies are guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt.\n\nProduct General Protocols\n\nVideo Protocols\n\nWB Video Protocol\n\nFAQs for UCP2 Antibody (H00007351-B03P). (Showing 1 - 1 of 1 FAQ).\n\nHi, I'd like to measure UCP2 levels in various mouse tissues by western blot. I was wondering which of your antibodies would be best for this purpose. In the literature I have seen some papers where they have isolated mitochondria to be able to see UCP2 and others where they have not. We would like to use frozen tissue samples, so isolating mitochondria will not be an option. We would like to use liver, muscle, pancreas, kidney, brown fat, subcutaneous fat, and gonadal fat. I'd appreciate any advice you might have.\n\nRegarding your question on our UCP2 antibodies, we do have a product (catalog # NB100-78377), but our lab confirmed that it has only been validated in mouse liver and brain and there is no guarantee on other tissues.\n\nContact Information\n\nProduct PDFs\n\nCalculators\n\nConcentration Calculator\n\nConcentration Calculator\n\nThe concentration calculator allows you to quickly calculate the volume, mass or concentration of your vial. Simply enter your mass, volume, or concentration values for your reagent and the calculator will determine the rest.\n\nVolume\n\n=\n\nMass\n\n\u00f7\n\nConcentration\n\nReview this Product\n\nBe the first to review our UCP2 Antibody and receive a gift card or discount."}
-{"text": "Claire Kinnen\n\nThere are all sorts of meet-ups for all kinds of things these days, but a growing trend in gatherings is gaining attention for the topic that many consider taboo: death. At death cafe events guests gather to sip coffee, eat cookies, and talk about death and dying."}
-{"text": "Non-unionized city staff earn 2.6% wage hike, plus extras on expenses\n\nRelated Stories\n\nMoncton Mayor George LeBlanc voted against the 2.6 per cent wage hike for city administrators. (CBC)\n\nMoncton taxpayers will pay city administrators an additional 2.6 per cent after council voted to bump up their pay and travel expenses on Monday night.\n\nMoncton has about 55 non-unionized city managers and almost half of those bureaucrats are paid more than $100,000 a year.\n\nThe City has the largest number of civil servants earning more than $100,000 of the province's large cities, documents recently obtained by CBC News through a Right to Information request show.\n\nMoncton council hired a consultant recently to examine city salaries. The report showed that most Moncton administrators make, on average, what similar managers in Atlantic Canada make.\n\nBut the extra benefits provided by the city are much more generous than other employers, the report found.\n\nOn Monday, council voted to boost wages by 2.6 per cent and increase what staff can claim for meals on the road. The increases are significantly higher than what provincial civil servants can claim.\n\nMayor George LeBlanc and two city councillors opposed the wage bump and increase in expenses.\n\nCoun. Brian Hicks said Codiac Transpo bus drivers only received a 1.7 per cent pay hike after their lengthy lockout so it is tough to justify such an increase for non-unionized workers.\n\n\"We can't be asking some of the other unions to take 1.7 [per cent wage increases] or whatever when we're giving other employees 2.6 per cent,\" he said.\n\n\"It's far too rich and I won't be supporting it.\"\n\nCoun. Daniel Bourgeois pointed to the consultant\u2019s study that showed the benefits surpass other municipal officials in the region. He said the report found the city was \"very generous, over generous compared to the average employer.\"\n\nBourgeois said he wanted to know if any steps had been taken to correct that.\n\n\"My own memory says that year after year we bump up the salary, but we haven't been tackling the other side of the issue,\" Bourgeois said.\n\n\"The flip side, which is we're doing the good positive thing, but we're not doing the good negative thing.\"\n\nNone of the councillors who voted in favour of the pay and benefit increases spoke out on why they were necessary."}
-{"text": "SPARK SPiN 2017\n\nFinding your way around\n\nEach SPARK Spin route has been mapped using Strava, a free on-line and mobile route tracking tool. You can print the maps, or access on them on your mobile with the free Strava app. A printable PDF has also been provided for each route with detailed information about each SPARK Photo Festival location along the route. Just click on the links below each description.\n\nMake it a day or weekend trip\n\nThere are so many yummy options for a quick coffee, ice cream, or lunch stop along each route. Other art galleries, museums, and other local landmarks will likely catch your attention, too. So, use our routes to tack on a couple additional stops. If you are visiting from away, find a place to stay using TripAdvisor.ca\n\nJoin a guided tour\n\nGreenUP and B!KE are offering guided tours for Route 1 and Route 2a during the month of April. To register for these tours, visit peterboroughmoves.com\n\nRoute 66a: Northumberland Bound Lite\n\nStart/Stop: Campbellford or WarkworthTravel Through: Campbellford or WarkworthDistance: 21 km one-way, 42 round-tripTerrain: Ride on roads through countryside and towns. Gently rolling hills with some steeper slopes (but with beautiful views from the top).Special Route Notes:\u2013 Much of Campbellford is closed on Sundays."}
-{"text": "If I load an external DLL using \u2395USING, I cannot rebuild the .dll file (in visual studio, say), since that file is in use. The only way I have been able to get around that is to close all instances of APL that are using that .dll, rebuild it, and then re-open it.\n\nI have tried \u2395EX-ing the namespaces that it is loaded into, but that doesn't seem to work. I've even tried setting \u2395USING within each of those namespaces to '' before \u2395EX-ing, and that also also doesn't help."}
-{"text": "Shares\n\nWritten By\n\nCategories\n\nShares\n\n\u201cHospoda\u201d \u2014 Czech for tavern, bar, or some kind of watering hole. Hospoda Microbrewery is a small Czech craft beer joint that\u2019s been living up to its name for a while now. The only Czech microbrewery in Singapore if you must know.\n\nDarryl Chuan, 27, is the owner. To dive into the business of craft beers, Darryl left his career in the finance industry. Which not only makes for a great backstory, it puts legitimacy into his passion for brewing quality craft beers.\n\nGermans and other European nations seem to get a lot of recognition for their contribution to the history of brewing beer. However, what about the Czech Republic? Formerly known as Czechoslovakia till some messy turn of events, the Czech Republic is actually the birthplace of the pilsner.\n\nHop Over To The Czech Republic\n\nFor those of you wondering what a pilsner is \u2014 it\u2019s a type of pale lager. First produced in the city of Pilsen, in Bohemia, a region in the Czech Republic. All of that happened in 1842, and all that\u2019s left for us to do is to enjoy what history has preserved.\n\nCraft beer \u2014 I couldn\u2019t think of a better way to get a lesson on history. The lower levels of carbonation (preservatives) in the brews at Hospoda Microbrewery also mean you won\u2019t have to contend with a brutal hangover if you have one too many drinks.\n\nThe Original Pilsner\n\nPilsner Urquell (happy hour in bold $10/$14 ) is what you should get if you want to have a swig of history. However, you\u2019re probably more interested in what it tastes like.\n\nPour yourself an ice cold glass of history.\n\nThe floral notes are pronounced and hits you almost instantly. It\u2019s also hoppy as craft beer aficionados would say. Pilsner Urquell definitely has a stronger flavour of hops compared to the other offerings on Hospoda Microbrewery\u2019s menu. For most cases, the greatest giveaway of more hops in a brew is the bitterness of the beer.\n\nOverall Pilsner Urquell is a nicely balanced beer, without overpowering carbonation that\u2019ll leave that choked up foaming feeling at the back of your throat.\n\nHospoda Microbrewery\u2019s House Brews\n\nBut we didn\u2019t come just for the grand daddy of pilsners. Hospoda Microbrewery offers three of their own brews on tap and with such a concise menu, it\u2019d be ludicrous for us not to try all three.\n\nThe Bohemian Pilsner (happy hour in bold, half pint $7/$10, full pint $10/$14, jug $20/$28)is light and extremely easy to drink. Cold and straight from the tap, it\u2019s refreshing with a light hoppiness with very minimal carbonation.\n\nWith the trend of sessionable IPAs catching on due to their mild flavour profiles and lower potency, this smooth and easy drinking pilsner should be a hit! And, it complements Singapore\u2019s warm tropical weather as well. Its alcohol content though, is higher than the Pilsner Urquell, which was surprising because of the latter\u2019s more pronounced flavour.\n\nThe Bohemian Mix\n\nA mix of the light Bohemian Pilsner and the stronger Dark Lager, doesn\u2019t just create a layered drink that\u2019s nice to look at but, a compromise for those looking for something a little stronger than the Bohemian Pilsner. The Bohemian Mix (happy hour in bold, half pint $9/$12, full pint $12/$16, jug $22/$30) is Hospoda Microbrewery\u2019s idea of meeting in the middle.\n\nA 70% Bohemian Pilsner to 30% Bohemian Lager mix, ensures the bolder Bohemian Lager doesn\u2019t overpower overall. The Bohemian Mix is more robust with the lingering hint of what can be described as chicken essence. Would this have helped me ace my PSLE? I can only wonder.\n\nAnd last but definitely not least, is the Bohemian Dark Lager (happy hour in bold, half pint $8/$11, full pint $11/$15, jug $21/$29). Being a stout lover (addict), the Bohemian Dark Lager was right up my alley.\n\nDefinitely the strongest of the three, it\u2019s also maltier and more savoury. Let it sit on your palate for a while and you\u2019ll get it. And as with many dark lagers and stouts, there\u2019s also a hint of chocolate, as with the Bohemian Dark Lager.\n\nBar Food\n\nIf you\u2019re peckish and in need of something to go along with your pints of beer, or just for the sake of not drinking on an empty stomach, try the Pork Burger($20).\n\nIt might not clinch the best burger in town award, but the coarse, savoury pork patty with a schmear of Siracha mayonaise is quite palatable. Personally I enjoyed the spicy kick of the whole dish. And while this isn\u2019t some refined culinary masterpiece, gourmet food was never meant to be the highlight of Hospoda Microbrewery.\n\nHospoda Microbrewery is another great little establishment that\u2019s paving the way for the craft beer scene in Singapore. I definitely don\u2019t mind parting with a few more dollars for the effort that goes into brewing something that\u2019s way better than the typical mass produced brew.\n\nHospoda Microbrewery is on the The Entertainer App and Cheers App, which offers 1-for-1 main courses when you dine and 2-for-1 drinks at Hospoda Microbrewery as well as many other restaurants in Singapore!"}
-{"text": "\u2018Arrow\u2019 EP: Oliver & Felicity are going to a very dark place\n\nShare this:\n\nAfter the revelation that Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) is alive on \"Arrow,\" perhaps you were expecting things to get a little bit brighter. It's been a rather dour season and a little bit of light would be useful, right?\n\nWell, too bad. We have already pretty much figured out the real story with Laurel... And that's only the beginning of the darkness coming to Star City -- and in particular Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) -- the rest of this season.\n\nThings are especially bad for Felicity, following the death of her boyfriend. Prometheus tricked Oliver into killing Billy Malone (Tyler Ritter), and now comes the grieving.\n\n\"For Felicity it's going to be pretty dark. She's not blaming Oliver for Malone's death,\" executive producer Wendy Mericle teases. \"She is blaming Prometheus and she's going to be hell-bent on getting him. To the point where it is going to consume her and take her down some unexpected paths.\"\n\nAs for what that new path is, Mericle's lips are sealed. However, she says, \"She's actually going to reconnect with an old part of herself. It's not going to play as something dark and negative. Ultimately I think it will be revealed to be that, but she's excited about this new path.\"\n\nDon't expect her to magically get over Billy, though. \"The grieving is not going to stop. We're going to be feeling the repercussions of what happened with Malone at lead through episode 520,\" the executive producer promises.\n\nThen there's Oliver, who is not only living with the fact that he killed an innocent man but is unable to get close enough to Prometheus to stop him. Those realities are going to make Oliver confront a very difficult decision.\n\n\"I think in the back half of the season Oliver will really be assessing whether he's more effective as mayor or more effective as the Green Arrow,\" Mericle says. What side of the line will he end up on, though? Out money is on the green costume. \"Oliver Queen: Mayor\" doesn't have the same pizzaz to it, as far as TV show titles go.\n\nAt the very least it won't be all bad for Oliver, with Mericle pointing to his \"burgeoning relationship\" with Susan Williams (Carly Pope) as a bright spot. \"I think there are, for him, places of light and hope.\"\n\nShare this:\n\nShare this:\n\nPosted by:Chris E. Hayner\n\nChris E. Hayner is equal parts nerd, crazy person and coffee. He watches too much TV, knows more about pro wrestling than you do and remembers every single show from the TGIF lineup. You may have seen him as a pro-shark protester in \"Sharknado 3.\" His eventual memoir will be called \"You're Wrong, Here's Why...\" TV words to live by: \"I'm a firm believer that sometimes it's right to do the wrong thing.\""}
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-{"text": "No not this year. But I did pick up a third job. While that sounds time consuming and it is, It's not as bad as it sounds. This job so far pays very well. The master plan is this job make things so I can afford to take time off from other jobs. The first 2 jobs barely pay the bills let alone allow for burning a half tank of gas to spend an afternoon hunting squirrels or deer. This job while not extremely time consuming pays well enough I should not only be able to afford the gas but if the urge is really strong, I will be able to call out of work with analgloucoma(sp) and go hunting instead."}
-{"text": "Leading article: It is time the dirty tricks ended\n\nWednesday 19 January 2011 00:00 BST\n\nClick to followThe Independent Online\n\nNo wonder the public don't trust politicians. At the last election Labour was the only party to back the alternative voting system known as AV. Today it is the only party working to block the extremely modest step towards greater electoral fairness. Filibustering Labour peers are staying up all night to talk so much about the details of the bill that it runs out of parliamentary time. So far they have discussed only 12 of 52 amendments. If a referendum on AV is to take place with the local elections on 5 May, as planned, the bill must receive the Royal Assent by 16 February.\n\nWhat has angered Labour Lords is that the Coalition Government has linked the AV referendum to one on reform of constituency boundaries which Labour claims has been gerrymandered to favour the Tories. The choice between gerrymandering and filibustering \u2013 the dirty tricks tactics of party politics \u2013 does not reflect well on any of the occupants of our Parliament. Linking the two proposals was one of the key compromises at the heart of the Coalition's founding agreement: the Tories want boundary reform and the Liberal Democrats want electoral reform. Linking the two issues was an element of the Coalition negotiations. All sides need to back down here. The Coalition should agree to separate the two halves of the bill. That would allow proper time for analysis and discussion of the boundary reform but it would also enable the swift passage of the referendum on AV.\n\nBut Labour needs to be more honest about its position. Its leader Ed Miliband has said he will support AV but around half his 253 MPs disagree. At present those who oppose a fairer voting system can hide behind their indignation over it being tied to the contentious constituency reform. Removing that excuse will expose the paucity of their position.\n\nAV, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, is the smallest possible step towards a fairer voting system. This newspaper believes far more radical proportional representation is needed in this country. But there can be no excuse for our politicians failing to allow the people to express their view on this first step in that direction. Politicians must let the people decide."}
-{"text": "Plot Description for\nFinal Analysis\n\nSet in turn-of-the-century Vienna, Gustav Mahler, the great composer and conductor, falls in love with the talented, tempestuous Alma Schindler; Joseph Stalin meets a dangerous young man over a game of chess; Ludwig Wittgenstein, destined to become a dominant force in world philosophy, runs into an old schoolmate with unpleasant consequences, and in the midst of this, Sigmund Freud faces what he has always denied - the essential - evil nature of man. 'Final Analysis' is a powerful reminder of a past that continues to follow us."}
-{"text": "Marion in Crittenden County, Arkansas \u2014 The American South (West South Central)\n\nConfederate Soldier's Memorial\n\nErected 1936\n\n\u2014Courthouse Square Walking Trail \u2014\n\nBy Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018\n\n1. Confederate Soldier's Memorial Marker\n\nWeathering has caused the marker to come apart.\n\nInscription.\n\nConfederate Soldier's Memorial. Erected 1936. This granite marker on the south lawn was erected by Crittenden County United Daughters of the Confederacy, and dedicated October 4, 1936, as a memorial to those who served with Confederate military during the War Between the States. The magnolia trees were planted by the same U.D.C. chapter on the south lawn of the courthouse. One tree is separately marked with a bronze plaque in memory of Major R.F. Crittenden confederate soldier, 1846-1899.\n\nThis granite marker on the south lawn was erected by Crittenden County United Daughters of the Confederacy, and dedicated October 4, 1936, as a memorial to those who served with Confederate military during the War Between the States. The magnolia trees were planted by the same U.D.C. chapter on the south lawn of the courthouse. One tree is separately marked with a bronze plaque in memory of Major R.F. Crittenden confederate soldier, 1846-1899.\n\nErected by the City of Marion.\n\nLocation. 35\u00b0 12.912\u2032 N, 90\u00b0 11.819\u2032 W. Marker is in Marion, Arkansas, in Crittenden County. Marker is on Court Street north of East Military Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 89 Court Street, Marion AR 72364, United States of America.\n\n3. View from marker towards Courthouse with the monument in far middle background.\n\nCredits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2018. This page originally submitted on April 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.\n\nWe are suspending Amazon.com advertising until they remove an ad for a certain book from circulation. A word in the book\u2019s title has given rise to number of complaints. The word is inappropriate in school classroom settings."}
-{"text": "Tutorial ESP8266 12E Modbus RTU Master (Improved)\n\nWe have performed several tests regarding Arduino integrating Arduino-PLCand Arduino-HMI Panasonicfor Industrial applications, in this opportunity we have found other libraries for Arduino as Master Modbus RTU, which we will use only in Modules ESP8266, main advantages of the library has Easier facility regarding read and write log settings.\n\nInitially the libraries only worked for Arduino, have been made a series of modifications to be compiled in Arduino IDE and work correctly with the module ESP8266.\n\nThis time we will highlight the origin of these libraries and the contributions of a community called cooking-hacks.com which market and test platforms such as Arduino, Raspberry pi and Intel galileo, together libelium.com create modules for the integration of The previously mentioned platforms with some existing known protocols.\n\nThe ModbusMaster232.h library is under GNU (General Public License), in this page there are 2 versions available from this library RS232 and RS485, in this case we will use the RS232 version, since the other was created for a module with different hardware To the common Max485.\n\nOther Test Trialcommand.com\n\nModifications\n\nInitially when compiling the available ModbusMaster232.c librarian examples to download in the ESP8266 module from Arduino IDE, errors were generated in 2 native functions of the Atmega AVR (Atmel) AVR microcontroller architecture.\n\nFunction makeWord\n\n2- The makeWord function, which constructs 1 word from 2 byte, has been eliminated, the equivalent function in code has been implemented in each required site.\n\nAvailable Functions\n\nnode.readHoldingRegisters(,)\n\nnode.writeSingleRegister(,)\n\nnode.readInputRegisters(,)\n\nnode.writeSingleCoil(,)\n\nnode.readWriteMultipleRegisters(,,,)\n\nADC(0) Signal Conditioning\n\nYou must be very careful when using ADC pin (0) of the module ESP8266 12E, TOUT, ADC (0) or pin 6 are some names by which this input will be identified, its resolution is 10 bits from 0 to 1.0V maximum, We have created a circuit based on a voltage divider and a diode to limit the input voltage in parallel to our light sensor, photoresist or LDR.\n\nContenido\n\nTranslate:\n\nSubscribe\n\nRecommended\n\nIndustrial Integrations\n\na Coffee \u2026\n\nPDAControl started as a hobby and grew to a more complete testing space and better documentation,\nWithout considering these useful contributions or simply want to contribute to keep growing - here a link."}
-{"text": "Fashion and beauty for mums and their babes by Faye Jacobs\n\nMenu\n\nMy Fashion Workshop at The Mall, Camberley\n\nI was recently approached by a PR agency working on several events around the country to promote various shopping malls and the brands within them. The event they contacted me regarding is called Fall For Me and is part of a 2 week fashion extravaganza being held at my local shopping centre, The Mall in Camberley. My brief was to present the shows as the Fashion Expert / Blogger, style all of the models and help choreograph the events on the day. With a background in marketing and a huge interest in fashion, I felt confident I could deliver so jumped at the chance to get involved!\n\nAfter several conference calls between myself, the agency and the marketing manager of the mall, we met the heads of the retail partners involved to select which clothes to use that best highlight the trends of AW16. The main retailers I used were House of Fraser, Monsoon, Accessorize and Primark.\n\nAfter checking the schedule for these events, I soon realised I needed extra help if I was going to pull this off! So I called in the help of my good friend and fashionista Yasmin Bond, who helped with the finishing touches and selecting the accessories for the models.\n\nYasmin and I backstage at the Fashion Workshop event\n\nThe first event which was held on 19th September was the Fashion Workshop. Here I was asked to discuss the current trends and how to wear them, offer some lifestyle and wardrobe tips, and showcase these trends and tips on 8 models in front of an audience at The Mall in Camberley.\n\nArriving early before The Mall was open!\n\nSo after arriving at the marketing suite of the mall, we met with the rest of the team and models for a quick debrief on how the day would run and then it was time to get make up sorted and outfits ready.\n\nThe endless rails of clothes I had handpicked from the retail partners ahead of the event.\n\nMatching the clothes to the models!\n\nShoes, shoes, and more shoes. And boots.\n\nDressing the models ready for the stage!\n\nI also called in the aid of an old school friend and Make Up artist Nicola Waters who made up each of the models keeping the looks relevant to the trends featured on the AW16 runways. She kept the complexions fresh with a dewy finish, eyes were mostly natural shades of brown and the lips were coloured in the seasons warm berries. Each of the models looked and felt absolutely beautiful.\n\nEven the boys got to enjoy a quick session with our beauty expert!\n\nI gave a quick talk to the models offering tips on how to pose and how best to show off the clothes and accessories, before making our way down stairs to the stage\u2026\n\nProbably one of my favourite parts of the event. If there is one thing I know, it is how to pose\u2026\n\nI was incredibly nervous about the presenting part of this work\u2026 Styling? no problem. Project management? no problem. Script writing? no problem. Public speaking? slight issue with this one\u2026 The nerves got the better of me for the first show at 12 and the slight technical hitch with the microphones didn\u2019t help! but by 2pm when the second show started I was feeling loads more confident and was happy to walk on stage when the MC Lucy introduced me.\n\nLucy calling me up on stage at the 12pm show\n\nAnd I\u2019m up! Legs are shaking, voice is low\u2026\n\nSharing a mic after my ear piece fell out! Not ideal\u2026\n\nAnd this was the 2pm show, quick outfit change into this little French Connection dress and I was far more confident!\n\nAfter a quick breakdown of the current trends of Autumn Winter 2016 and a few lifestyle tips (you can read my full script here including all of the trends I mentioned), we introduced the models and I talked through their clothes and accessories.\n\nHere they all are on stage at the end of the first show.\n\nThe models were actually competition winners with no experience in modelling and I only had dress sizes and heights to work with when selecting their outfits. This was perhaps the most challenging part of the brief! I was so lucky that each of the models were confident and wore all the clothes I selected for them absolutely perfectly. There was a huge risk of nothing fitting or suiting the models having not seen any of them before the event, but luckily \u2013 everything worked and they all looked fab!\n\nHere are a few of the outfits we showcased on the day.\n\nMel looked fab in the biker chic trend wearing a French Connection shirt and jacket, Monsoon jeans and Primark heels.\n\nRoselyn is following the Victorian trend in a lace top and jacquard print trousers, both from Monsoon. The shoes are Primark, \u00a316!\n\nVanessa demonstrating how to wear the seasons tribal prints! Jacket from Monsoon, polo neck from House of Fraser and seventies inspired jeans from Monsoon.\n\nAll together!!\n\nThis was the perfect warm up to the real event taking place next saturday at The Mall in Camberley, the full Autumn Winter 2016 Fashion Show. The stage is bigger, there is a 6m runway, there will be 20 models (including 6 of my gorgeous nieces and nephews) and even a style war between myself and another fashion blogger Hayley, at Frock Me I\u2019m Famous (who incidentally is absolutely lovely and you should go check out her blog!). If you are anywhere near the Mall in Camberley on 26th Sept, please do come along, it\u2019s set to be a really good show and of course there will be free goody bags!"}
-{"text": "Alcohol Control and Social Outcomes\n\nSocial Outcome\n\nGroup states by degree of alcohol control.\n\nAlcohol-Related Deaths per Capita (all ages)\n\nThis is the total number of deaths in a state that were attributable to alcohol divided by the population of that state. Alcohol-attributable deaths include chronic causes (e.g., alcoholic liver disease and fetal alcohol syndrome) and acute causes (e.g., alcohol poisoning, traffic fatalities, aspiration).\n\nAlcohol-Related Deaths per Capita (people under 21 only)\n\nThis is the number of deaths of people under age 21 that were attributable to alcohol divided by the population of that state. Alcohol-attributable deaths include chronic causes (e.g., alcoholic liver disease and fetal alcohol syndrome) and acute causes (e.g., alcohol poisoning, traffic fatalities, aspiration).\n\nAlcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities as a Fraction of All Traffic Fatalities\n\nThis is the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities in a state divided by the total number of traffic fatalities in that state. For example, 25% means that one-fourth of all traffic fatalities in the state involved alcohol.\n\nAlcohol-Involved Traffic Fatalities per 100,000 Population\n\nThis is the number of alcohol-involved traffic fatalities in a state divided by the population in that state (on a per 100,000 person basis). For example, 7.0 means that 7 out of every 100,000 people living in the state died in an alcohol-involved traffic fatality."}
-{"text": "Stats are one of the most important things in the Pok\u00e9mon games. If you have a Pok\u00e9mon with great attacks, yet not so good stats, you are destined to lose the battle, even if you have type advantages. As such, this page is to help you understand the way stats are calculated, what affects them and how to boost them and hinder your opponents. There are six stats in total that you can fully manipulate and two alternate stats which always have a set value at the beginning of the battle, until they get affected by attacks that is. There are many ways in which the stats are determined;\n\nStat Calculation\n\nBase Stats\n\nBase stats are the core of the whole stats. Each Pok\u00e9mon species has their own unique set of base stats. These stats help determine the total stats when the Pok\u00e9mon is at a specific level. However, as each species has a different, this means that if say you have two Meganium, their stats will not be radically different if untrained.\n\nIndividual Values are a specific value that each Pok\u00e9mon has one each of its six stats. The value ranges from 0 to 31 and each value corresponds to one single stat point at Level 100. Technically, apart from seeing their effect, they are a hidden value which you have little to no control over. If you have a Pok\u00e9mon with a high IV, you will have the ability to pass it down via breeding, however that means is pretty much random. As there are six stats and thirty one possible values for each stat, there are 1,073,741,824\ndifferent IV combinations making sure that you will pretty much never have a Pok\u00e9mon exactly the same as another one of the same species. To calculate IVs, use our IV Calculator.\n\nEffort Values are another set of values utilised to determine a Pok\u00e9mon's stat. However, unlike IVs and Base Stats, EVs are totally customisable. You earn Effort Values by battling Pok\u00e9mon, with each Pok\u00e9mon giving a different set of EVs to the Pok\u00e9mon that defeats it. For every 4 EVs earned in a particular stat, you get 1 extra stat point at Level 100. However, there are limits on the Effort Values you can have. You can only have 510 Effort Values on any one Pok\u00e9mon, corresponding to a maximum of 255 on two stats. However, as that is not divisable by four, it's best to take it to 252 when maxing a stat. This corresponds to 63 more stat points at Level 100. The dispersal of these values is completely up to you so it can help you make the most out of your Pok\u00e9mon.\n\nLevel\n\nThe Level of your Pok\u00e9mon is also vital in the calculation of the Pok\u00e9mon stats. As you increase in level, the stats get increased by 2% of the Base Stat value and 1% of the combined IV and current EV value. This means that even if you have maxed out a stat in EVs but it's still say Level 10, you'll only notice a minimal stat increase.\n\nFinally, Natures are the other attribute which have a permanent affect on the stats. Each nature raises one stat while lowering another (the neutral natures raise and lower the same stat rendering them inert). At the end of the calculation, the nature is taken into account. If it raises the stat, then the stat's value becomes 110% of what it would normally be and if it lowers the stat, the value becomes 90% of what it would normally be\n\nIn battles, a Pok\u00e9mon's stats are able to be modified, both positively and negatively, for the duration of the Pok\u00e9mon in battle. There are several ways in which these are boosted/lowered; By Attack, by Item or by Ability. When the specific attack or item is used, the stats go up or down by a number of stages, usually by one stage, sometimes by two and on some occassions, by even more. There are 13 total stages in which the stat can hold and once it reaches the top or the bottom, it cannot be increased or lowered any further respectively. At the start of battle or when the Pok\u00e9mon is switched in, the value is always set at Stage 0, when . Accuracy and Evasion also work in a similar means, just with different multipliers; Accuracy being a multiplication of the user's attack accuracy and Evasion being a multiplication of the attacker's attack accuracy. Some items and abilities also increase the Pok\u00e9mon's stats, these are unrelated to the Stat Modification here and work in addition to these and not as part of them\n\nStage\n\nMain Stats\n\nAccuracy\n\nEvasion\n\n-6\n\nStatValue * 0.25\n\nAccuracy * 0.33\n\nOppAcc * 3\n\n-5\n\nStatValue * 0.285\n\nAccuracy * 0.375\n\nOppAcc * 2.66\n\n-4\n\nStatValue * 0.33\n\nAccuracy * 0.428\n\nOppAcc * 2.33\n\n-3\n\nStatValue * 0.4\n\nAccuracy * 0.5\n\nOppAcc * 2\n\n-2\n\nStatValue * 0.5\n\nAccuracy * 0.6\n\nOppAcc * 1.66\n\n-1\n\nStatValue * 0.66\n\nAccuracy * 0.75\n\nOppAcc * 1.33\n\n0\n\nStatValue * 1\n\nAccuracy * 1\n\nOppAcc * 1\n\n1\n\nStatValue * 1.5\n\nAccuracy * 1.33\n\nOppAcc * 0.75\n\n2\n\nStatValue * 2\n\nAccuracy * 1.66\n\nOppAcc * 0.6\n\n3\n\nStatValue * 2.5\n\nAccuracy * 2\n\nOppAcc * 0.5\n\n4\n\nStatValue * 3\n\nAccuracy * 2.33\n\nOppAcc * 0.428\n\n5\n\nStatValue * 3.5\n\nAccuracy * 2.66\n\nOppAcc * 0.375\n\n6\n\nStatValue * 4\n\nAccuracy * 3\n\nOppAcc * 0.33\n\nThere are however, a variety of attacks and abilities that negate & prevent these stat changes. They are as follows:\n\nA Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pok\u00e9mon, it raises the accuracy of a move just once in a pinch.\n\nWide Lens\n\nSlightly raises accuracy of moves\n\nX-Accuracy\n\nRaises the User's Accuracy by one stage\n\nZoom Lens\n\nAccuracy increases if user is attacked by foe first in a turn\n\nThe following abilities boost the user's Accuracy when activated: CompoundEyes, Victory Star\nThe following abilities lower the user's Accuracy when activated: Hustle\nThe following abilities prevent the User's Accuracy from being lowered: Keen Eye"}
-{"text": "Tour The Icy Alaska\n\nIf you are planning a tour in Alaska make sure that you will not miss doing and visiting these activities and places that is highly recommended by travelandleisure.com.\n\nA \u201cflightseeing\u201d tour over Denali National Park\n\nA glacier cruise in Prince William Sound or the Kenai Fjords\n\nAnchorage, home to Alaska\u2019s best art and native culture museums\n\nQuirky, small towns such as Homer or Talkeetna\n\nA drive along scenic Turnagain Arm\n\nA bear-viewing tour in the summer, to see them fishing for salmon in the streams\n\nThe wonders of the night sky \u2013 either the Midnight Sun in summer, or the auroras of winter\n\nHere\u2019s a great video from Leisure Travel Vans that will make you fall in love with Alaska. This is a great chance for everyone, especially for the retired couples who wanted to maximize their time together. This great video will also share their experiences and how great it made them feel.\n\nSee, this is a trip for everyone \u2013 the young and the old. So, go and plan a trip to the icy Alaska and join the rest of the RVing community.\n\nShare your experiences with us in the comments below and let us know how priceless that moment was.\n\nPOPULAR CATEGORIES\n\nAre you interested in RVing? So are we! We love life on the open road. Driving places and seeing things you have never seen before.\nEnjoying nature and a good campfire (along with a roasted marshmallow). We created RVing.how to be your hub for everything RVing!\nWe hope you enjoy the site and if you have any questions or comments please let us know on the contact us page."}
-{"text": "WORDS.\n\nCoca-Cola has a new bottle, er, top called the Friendly Twist. This innovation requires one bottle to be opened only with the help and assistance of another. It seems Coca-Cola has developed this product to help people as they do so well these days via devices, apps and computers, get along, interact and connect. You can read an explanation of this and watch a video of this all here (on your device/app/computer of choice). We all know why Coca-Cola has manufactured this product: to sell two Cokes instead of just one. It\u2019s the same principle television uses to sell products by sandwiching all of the shows broadcast in-between the commercials."}
-{"text": "The 90-minute, needlessly 3D documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me is a fantastic document of how guarded our superstars come in 2012. There's more revealed about Madonna in a single snort or eye roll in 1991's Truth or Dare than there is Katy Perry in the entirety of Part of Me. We learn that being a famous singer is Perry's childhood dream come true, that her goal is to make people smile, that she's not yet ready for kids. The biggest revelation is that she looks fantastic out of makeup, and if the words in her Proactive commercial are true, even that shouldn't come as a surprise. No warts at all.\n\nPerry is the blandest of pop's current heavyweights, a mediocre, Alanis Morissette-influenced singer and decent hook crafter who peddles individuality via the day-glo wigs that everyone else is wearing and whose 2011 tour (profiled in Part of Me) gathers its influence from The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and Candyland. \"How can you be too cartoony?\" she asks as she's trying out costumes for the show. It serves as an inadvertent statement on her unidimensionality.\n\nIn one of several of the movie's live musical numbers, Perry performs a cover of \"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)\" in a polka-dot dress and blue wig, pulling kids out of the audience to join her and someone in a giant purple cat costume in an onstage dance party that is about as cool and wild as a Wiggles concert. \"Thank you so much for believing in my weirdness,\" she tells the crowd at the song's end. If she thinks that's weird, Cirque du Soleil would probably melt her mind.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSelf-awareness is elusive, especially when you hear as much noise about yourself as a celebrity does, but even its subject must know that Part of Me is straight-up Katy Perry propaganda. It should come as no surprise that she put up $2 million of her own money to fund it. We see fans who sometimes refer to themselves as \"Katycats\" babbling into their webcams about how wonderful Perry is, how she turns on inner lights and makes one kid think that \"being weird is OK.\"\n\nThe film is padded with countless talking-head interviews from her inner circle who praise her for hiring them and generally effuse about the one-woman industry that's paying their rents. Someone actually says, \"She writes these lyrics \u2014 they're from her diary,\" over the opening strains of \"California Gurls.\" (I'd love to see that original entry: \"Dear Diary, Today was so hot. I wore my daisy dukes with my bikini on top and the sun kissed my skin. I ended up melting someone's popsicle, LOL! OK, gotta go fuck an alien. Peace! Love, Katy.\")\n\nHer disciples also talk at length about how hard she worked at her 14-month marriage to Russell Brand. They're paid employees vouching for her \u2013 imagine that! On the Brand beat, we see her attempting to schedule visits with her then-husband around her days off. She moans when he doesn't come to her. A good chunk of the movie is devoted to arguing just what a great wife she was.\n\nKaty Perry: Part of Me has a shred of the objectivity of an episode of the always-flattering Behind the Music. But the movie is just as perfunctory and carefully-calculated in charting her rise to fame from living a closed-off life as a pair of preachers' daughter to working her way up through the Christian scene, hanging out in L.A. (the Cobrasnake on her early days about town: \"She made you feel, like, happy\"), and finally her break into pop music. Her pre-signing association with Glen Ballard is detailed; her collaboration with producers Dr. Luke and Max Martin, who are just as responsible for her current sound as she is, goes entirely ignored.\n\nThe only moment that doesn't come off as the kind of fluff that Perry poses upon on her album covers happens before a show: with her marriage definitively over, the pop star sobs inconsolably on camera. She cries, gets her makeup put on, has a team huddle and then cries some more. We see this last instance through a slit in a curtain that gives the scene a voyeuristic touch that the rest of this film lacks, to its own detriment. After, Perry picks herself up and performs onstage and we at last get a tangible contrast between our lives and those of the stars. In this situation, any normal person would be able to take a moment \u2014 or, hell, the entire day off \u2014 but Perry is contracted to perform. So she does. It's an unenviable snapshot of an emotional life that's been hijacked by public obligation.\n\nThat said, even at its most candid, Part of Me underwhelms. Regarding the split, the particulars are left out. We have no idea what conversation led to this final decision or what issues were at the heart of Perry and Brand's irreconcilable differences. All we see is a woman who claimed she did her best and still found herself hurting, anyway. When she actually speaks about the split, she does so vaguely and in a canned talking-head interview. True to its name, at no point does Part of Me ever feel complete."}
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-{"text": "Twitter Inc Debt Assigned \u2018Junk\u2019 Rating By S&P, Stock Down\n\nTwitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)\u2019s debt has been assigned \u201cjunk\u201d status by the U.S. rating agency Standard & Poor. The micro-blogging firm is going forward with its acquisition strategy even when its earnings growth was slow, which triggered the low rating.\n\nTwitter spends aggressively\n\nThe rating agency stated that the micro-blogging site issued debt worth $1.8 billion in September, and IOUs sold to investors in exchange for interest were worthy of a \u201cspeculative\u201d rating of BB-, three notches below the company\u2019s investment grade.\n\n\u201cThe company is investing very aggressively in growth. Depending on the level of business reinvestment, Twitter may not generate positive discretionary cash flow until 2016,\u201d S&P said in a note.\n\nTwitter announced that it will set up an office in Hong Kong to boost its advertising and reach, even though the site is restricted in Mainland China. In the third quarter, Timeline views per user dropped 7%. Views are a significant metric to track engagement despite the rise of 23% in user base growth. Twitter has stated that its revenue for the fourth quarter will be below the expectations of $448.8 million.\n\nS&P stated that it can give a higher rating to Twitter if the company diversifies its revenue stream, launches new products and maintains its market share, along with improving its profitability and cash flows. However, it does not rule out the possibility of the company\u2019s rating dropping even further.\n\nLong-term growth in question\n\nThe ratings of S&P have splashed cold water on the enthusiasm following Twitter Inc\u2019s first Analyst Day on Wednesday. The company\u2019s top executives talked about their plans regarding the company\u2019s growth strategy to settle down the worries of investors about Twitter\u2019s long-term prospects.\n\nAt the event, company executives talked about various tests Twitter is running at present, such as video sharing and curating feeds for the most relevant content, which will apparently position it parallel to rival Facebook with five times more users. After the event, analysts had a greater sense of confidence, believing that the company will be able to bring in product changes faster and make money from its extended audience groups.\n\nAfter the news of the revised rating, Twitter shares dropped by approximately 6%. Shares of Twitter surged 7% on Wednesday after the company stated that it is working toward designing additional mobile applications apart from its messaging service and video app. Its shares have lost 37% so far this year."}
-{"text": "Recent Videos\n\nIU unveils new teaser image with Oh Hyuk\n\nAngela Jung, April 4, 2017, 10:27 a.m.\n\nSinger IU dropped a teaser image for the second pre-release track \u201cLove is well\u201d on Tuesday via IU\u2019s official SNS pages. In the sepia-tone album cover image, IU is posing alongside Oh Hyuk, who she collaborated with on the track. Both wearing similar outfits, Oh has his arm around IU. \u201cLove is well\u201d depicts a couple who have lost the spark in their relationship. The R&B track is set to be released on Friday.\n\nIU previously released \u201cNight Letter\u201d in March, one of the tracks in her upcoming fourth full-length album. The song instantly swept the online streaming charts upon its release, staying at the No.1 spot for 12 consecutive days on most charts."}
-{"text": "Every person at some stage of their life begins to feel that he has to reveal its meaning. This can be a conscious search for the meaning of life, which is given to individual, chosen people, or an unconscious urge, as it is characteristic of the rest of the people. However, everyone will at some point have to find the answer to this question: What am I living for? Since the goal of development is to return all of us to our root.\n\nWhen a person asks, \u201cWhat is this life for?\u201d in essence, he is asking, \u201cWhat do I need this suffering for?\u201d The suffering is personal or common, but everyone asks because his desires are not receiving fulfillment. Then a person begins to search, and some people come to study Kabbalah, while some people arrive at some other places.\n\nOur development on the human level began hundreds of thousands years ago, from the beginning when humanity emerged, having risen above the animal level. It started from the development of the mind and language, but in fact, man was moved by that same question: \u201cWhat am I living for?\u201d Although, a person, who lived thousands of years ago, did not understand the essence of this question, just like today, when this question is being awakened in us, we do not exactly understand its true meaning. It is simply an unclear urge, which makes us move forward.\n\nThis is how the whole of humanity moves forward chasing wealth, fame, power, and knowledge without knowing that the goal of development is not in this, but in reaching one\u2019s root, to find out: where I come from and what rules me, and really means, where should I go?\n\nThe desire to enjoy, awakening in us, asks us these questions, which are gradually becoming ever more precisely directed at the root from which the upper Light is shining through at us. This is how our system is set up.\n\nBut a person, who has already reached the last stage of development, and who has been brought to such a place where he begins to study, at first does not understand the connection between his need to find out what he lives for, what the meaning of his life is and what he studies. Often, he is not even aware of the question itself, which takes the form of various other questions, simple curiosity.\n\nThis is how he begins to study the science of Kabbalah, or at first he takes interest in some other methodologies, spending long years on this. Sometimes, under the pretense of Kabbalah, he is being sold various \u201cmiracles\u201d and advices about how to succeed in life, and how to find out about your past, present and the future. However, if he really arrives at the science of Kabbalah, and not fortune tellers, then he discovers the Kabbalistic books for himself and he does not understand where all of this is located: the upper worlds and Partzufim.\n\nHe has no connection at all with these concepts. He does not know where all of that exists, beyond the borders of our world, our Galaxy, or even the whole universe? Is it somewhere up there, below, or maybe inside the material? It is very difficult for a person to understand how to relate to all of this.\n\nA lot of time is spent on this. And even when a person listens, he does not hear that the science of Kabbalah only talks about the connection between people. He does not understand that by setting the correct connection, we reveal reality, which belongs to a new, higher dimension.\n\nIt is difficult for him, given his previous opinions and impressions about the science of Kabbalah, to connect it to human relationships. How can such a hidden and high science, such high names and worlds, actions and forces, have any connection to our relationships towards each other, between me and the neighbors, between me and my friends?\n\nHe simply cannot imagine that all of the upper worlds and what goes on inside of them is in essence the \u201cpsychological\u201d connection between us, people. And if we begin to interact with each other, with bestowal and love, this means that we are using the spiritual force. In the event that we reach true love of our neighbor, and not that egoistic one, we\u2019re used to in this world, which is calling the use of the other for the sake of my own pleasure love.\n\nHowever, if I use myself for the sake of other people\u2019s benefit, this is called love of one\u2019s neighbor. When I relate this way to someone else, then in my relationship to him I begin to reveal the spiritual Partzufim, the upper worlds, Sefirot, angels, demons, spirits, and all of these spiritual forces, which are \u201cfor\u201d or \u201cagainst\u201d my connection with others. They can be positive forces or negative ones, meaning the forces of \u201choliness\u201d or \u201cevil\u201d.\n\nAll together, they unite into one common force, which I reveal in my love for the other, called the Creator, which have a number of various names that reflect the character of my connection with others.[68749]From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/12, Writings of Rabash\n\nThe difference between double concealment and single concealment is very great. It is a phase that takes a long time, even years. In the past, it took Kabbalists an even longer time.\n\nThe difference here is that in double concealment the person doesn\u2019t know definitely, nor even approximately, what bestowal is, but only talks about it when he repeats what is written about it in the books. Thus, it is very difficult for him since all of these words are artificial.\n\nWe see this in his conversation, but he must do it like a child who, in the meantime, imitates the grown-ups and plays with dolls and cars. This is so, until he attains the state where the upper Light bestows on him, and it becomes enough to begin to feel the value of bestowal.\n\nHe begins to describe to himself, in his imagination, what bestowal is, how he exits himself toward others and loses himself there, how he begins to feel them and not himself. This is not even \u201cwe,\u201d meaning, I am in connection with others. Instead, he ceases feeling himself and feels only what is external to him. It is not possible to convey this feeling with words, but it begins to be grasped within a person.\n\nThis is called reaching single concealment. Then, he begins to demand the disclosure of bestowal. It is now understood to him that it arrives only with the help of the reforming Light. In the transition from double concealment to single concealment, he sees that everything is realized only through the upper force and that only he, himself, can awaken this force through all kinds of actions, but not more than that.\n\nHere, the demand matures in him that he must have the upper force that will produce within him the quality of bestowal. We are in this state now, before the congress in the desert, before the meeting with the Pharaoh and the exit from Egypt.[69177]From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/7/12, \u201cIntroduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot\u201d\n\nIn order to describe my state to myself, I need to see that I am within a sphere. It is the Creator who shows us everything that goes on within it. There is no event in the entire world that is initiated by another force.\n\nAll, from the cruelest enemies to the closest friends, including the Creator, are actors in a play shown to us. Everything is within a person\u2019s perception, within his awareness.\n\nSince he is already in single concealment, he now needs to see the world, respond, and relate to everything in a mature way, that in everything, he sees the relationship between himself and the Creator, through all of these messengers: all the inanimate, vegetative, animate and human levels of nature that are within his perception.\n\nHe feels all of his impressions in the natural way as they come; however, they actually come to him from the Creator. This is the way you need to relate to this. First of all, you need to make a calculation, and if you are able to from the result of these or those surrounding relationships, attain a connection, assimilation, adhesion and closeness to the Creator who is positioned behind them. Since they serve as signs of what he needs to correct, these imaginary images will disappear, and, in the end, you will discover the Light that will shine on you.\n\nAll of this is obtained thanks to a game called, \u201cCome to Pharaoh.\u201d In this game, we ask for the force of bestowal so that it will begin to rule inside us thanks to the reforming Light. Thus, we exit Egypt and enter the desert. Then, we begin to increase this force, to acquire it, to work with it, and to advance to the entrance of the spiritual world, to the land of Israel.[69173]From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/7/12, \u201cIntroduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot\u201d\n\nIn the News (from BBC News): \u201cGreek politicians have approved a bill on austerity measures needed for a new bailout.\n\n\u201cThe austerity measures have been demanded by the EU, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) \u2013 the so-called Troika \u2013 as a condition for handing over a further loan.\n\n\u201cThe agreement will unlock the latest 130bn euros (\u00a3108bn; $171bn) in bailout loans and allow a further 100bn-euro write-off of the country\u2019s debt to private banks. \u2026\n\n\u201cGreece was told to agree to further cuts in government spending equal to 1.5% of GDP, cuts in pensions and thousands more civil service job cuts. \u2026\n\n\u201cDespite the austerity measures taken so far, the Greek government still spends more than it receives in taxes.\n\n\u201cSome economists and Greek unions say the plan is doomed to fail. They argue that by making people poorer the measures will simply shrink the Greek economy, reducing tax revenues and increasing the deficit.\n\n\u201cBut EU leaders argue that there is no choice, that spending needs to fall even if it hurts the economy in the short term.\n\n\u201cFurther they argue that increasing competitiveness, by lowering wages for example, will attract business to Greece and thereby boost the economy and taxes.\u201d\n\nMy Comment: Maybe the EU and the rest of the world will learn from this: Greece must develop an economy of reasonable consumption, and not take the course of growing consumption; Greece must take the course of reasonable and equitable distribution of necessities for existence, and educating the population in the spirit of integration and mutual guarantee. In this case, within a short time, the country will definitely show the way to the entire EU.[69579]\n\nWhen we speak about the Light we refer to the phenomenon that takes place in the desire. This means that I want to do good to someone without any personal accounts of self-profit. The more I check myself, the more I see that I really have no urge for personal benefit. This is the Light: It is as if some spirit is dressed in me and I want to bestow, to love others, and to want only the wellbeing of others, because by that I please the Creator.\n\nWhen I work in a group, I summon the Reforming Light that builds in my \u201cbody\u201d, in my desire, the phenomenon called the Light. Thus the surrounding Light(Ohr Makif) influences the desire so that it can feel the phenomenon of the Light internally.\n\nQuestion: Where does the Ohr Makif come from?\n\nAnswer: It comes from a higher level. I can\u2019t receive it inside me and so it \u201csurrounds\u201d me and prepares my desire, my vessel, in order to enter it later on. This Light is also inside me, but I don\u2019t feel it yet. It is as if it is operating from a distance: Something ripens in me, but I feel it indirectly, according to the results.\n\nOne way or another, everything is inside a person: all the lights and all the worlds, including the world of Ein Sof (Infinity).\n\nQuestion: In order to feel that, do I have to work in a group?\n\nAnswer: You have to follow the advice of Kabbalists, which we call the \u201cfaith of the sages,\u201d and carry out their recommendations. You are brought to the group from Above, and you begin to work in it, even without asking any questions. Only later does the issue of freewill come up when you understand what is happening and can find your way around and realize: \u201cSo this is what I should do! I should love the friends\u2026\u201d\n\nYou approach the mutual work and from a \u201cstudy circle\u201d you become one whole, acquire one heart and one thought, make great collective efforts, and act in front of one another in order to evoke a deficiency in the friends and to raise the Creator\u2019s greatness in their eyes.\n\nThen people discover \u201cthe field that the Creator has blessed.\u201d They don\u2019t wander in the field like the sons of Jacob, but rather acquire the force of Joseph, which brings them together and takes them through the land of Egypt to the Land of Israel. This is all our work, and this is where our freewill begins.[69564]From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/12, \u201cIntroduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot\u201d\n\nOur work is perpetual. The upper Light is in a state of absolute rest, and its rest is constantly pushing us towards the goal. It is the same with us: If we constantly \u201cpress the gas pedal\u201d yearning for the goal, we are in a state of rest because there is nothing else but this and I only operate in one direction.\n\nHere we might argue, but I am acting against my egotistic desire, which constantly confuses me.\n\nStill, if you try to keep the right direction with the help of the group and the books, you are at least close to resting.\n\nActually, it is only a psychological problem. If we decide, if we determine for ourselves what is most important for us and we don\u2019t divert our attention to something else, if we go straight towards the goal, towards adhesion with the Creator, and add everything we can glean from the study, the teacher, the books, the group, and dissemination to it, we lock ourselves on the target and we only have to keep the right course.\n\nIn order to do that, everyone must be connected. Only then can you choose the goal, because you don\u2019t actually know it, and it is attained from within the center of the group. Where is that center? You are the one who draws the crosshairs on the sight. You pass through the circles as their diameter gets smaller and smaller, and in every circle, you better get to know the Creator and His actions, and eventually you find the center: and meet Him.\n\nToday we have to work on several planes:\n\nAll the friends are equal; there are no great ones or small ones.\n\nEveryone must do his best and act in front of the others and show them how much he wants to love them. The friends should see only this yearning in him. We must constantly set an example for everyone so that no one will be able to avoid an equal attitude towards others. This is our obligation.\n\nWe do all this on purpose, so that we will be able to connect, and in the connection among us, discover love: first conditional love and then absolute love, until we reach the end of correction, Gmar Tikkun.\n\nThe whole process takes place in the group. There is nowhere to run to: You have a place for fulfillment, you have friends who yearn for the same thing, and you have the evil inclination, which actually constantly helps us look for the center of the circle. We have all that we need and we should support one another and constantly rise above the interruptions, as it says, \u201cLove will cover all the sins.\u201d\n\nLet\u2019s hope that we will advance this way, from success to success.[69561]From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/12, \u201cIntroduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot\u201d\n\nThere is nothing but the soul, the one \u201cround\u201d desire to receive, that is full of Light. The Light begins to operate inside; it spurs the desire and \u201cwarms it up,\u201d puts it out of balance, and is revealed to it gradually. Throughout the process, the Lights and the vessels influence one another and descend from Ein Sof (Infinity).\n\nLet\u2019s take a system, any system, mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic. If it receives an electric shock, it is put out of balance in \u201cone blow,\u201d and begins to gradually quiet down until it returns to the previous balanced state.\n\nThis is what happened with Malchut of Ein Sof: the system received a \u201cblow\u201d when it discovered the contrast between the Light and the vessel, the horrible gap between the infinite minus (vessel) and the infinite plus (Light). This nightmare is terrible for the desire, and it cannot bear and digest this. Therefore it restricted itself and moved on to the next chain of actions. The desire won\u2019t calm down until it performs them. After the decision that has been taken in Ein Sof, all the other decisions come automatically, all the way from top down, until our world.\n\nNow our work begins; the work of ascending back to Ein Sof. The way back totally matches the descent that preceded it: We go through the same stages, but in an opposite order and according to our will, as we request the correction (MAN) first. This is the whole difference.[69567]From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/12, \u201cIntroduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot\u201d\n\nWhen the group attains spirituality, revealing the Creator and having a certain connection with Him, its actions become opposite to what they used to be: It begins to show a disregard for the goal and show levity to give the friends light disturbances in the work even before the Creator puts obstacles before us. When a person has a connection with the Creator, these disturbances will help him strengthen it.\n\nRabash writes that out of modesty it was a custom among friends to not show their strong aspiration towards spirituality externally, but in reality, there was a burning flame inside their hearts.\n\nBut this happens after crossing the Machsom (the barrier to spirituality) when the group achieves a spiritual connection, and its growth needs to be accelerated every moment. Then I need the disturbances to come as quickly as possible, and the group sets them up for me, helping me advance faster.\n\nBut before we enter the spiritual world, before people attain the revelation of and connection with the Creator, showing any levity is unacceptable because it will destroy everything. A person needs to try to see his friends as high and great. And on its part, the group needs to appear great, special, and strong to \u201cpull the person out of this world\u201d by awakening \u201cenvy, lust, and ambition\u201d in him.\n\nIf the group will present itself this way in relation to every person, then he will see that he needs to attach himself to it, connect with it, be with his friends whom he sees as great people: This is how the group will help him so we quickly achieve a connection between us and the revelation of the Creator to the creatures.\n\nThere is no need to speak about it much. But you need to understand that your work is to awaken the desire of your friend. You work on him, presenting him with a spiritual image as if you and the entire group were high up in spirituality, displaying your devotion to and enormous desire for the goal, a greater than you actually have.\n\nYou must hold yourself this way before your friend so that you awaken him like we do in playing with a small child pretending and even deliberately making faces to take him through different states and help him grow.\n\nIf everyone needs to arm himself with a desire for attaining spirituality, we need to create the conditions for him to form a great desire. Naturally this is a game, but this is why we create the environment, which inspires everyone with the greatness of the goal.[69544]From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/12, Writings of Rabash\n\nQuestion: I do not recall a similar rate of holding conventions. What is so special that is now happening in the world and is influencing the events?\n\nAnswer: The world is accelerating a lot. Our state is changing very fast. We have come to a critical barrier. Even if a part of us were to cross it, everyone else would gradually begin to squeeze through this barrier following the thread of our connection. So it is very important for us to do it.\n\nEssentially, we need to have yearly conventions on every continent. And the convention we are now having in the desert is just our personal trip. We are not doing this for all, but our group needs a shake-up, and you with us. But there is no need to come here from overseas for this.\n\nConventions are an opportunity for everyone to meet, see each other, to communicate. They are necessary.\n\nPeople need to be shaken up; they need to unite. I hope that at the upcoming conventions all of us will gather ourselves internally, achieve the common point of our unity, adhesion, unity. And the contact with the Creator that we will discover there will clearly guide us forward with open eyes and open hearts.[69524]From the talk \u201cTo Acquire a Desire to Give\u201d 1/29/12"}
-{"text": "It has to be stated that the M2C has a DCT while the 2016 M2 they used was a manual. I'm not saying the M2C isn't an outright faster car around the track than the OG M2 but the DCT is padding that time a little bit.\n\nIt has to be stated that the M2C has a DCT while the 2016 M2 they used was a manual. I'm not saying the M2C isn't an outright faster car around the track than the OG M2 but the DCT is padding that time a little bit.\n\nIt also has to be stated that there are multiple drivers of varying skill levels for the vehicles so all the results should be taken with a grain of salt, fun event anyway though.\n\nM2c > supra for the same money. wish they would have had a model 3p there.\n\nI'm sure they'll have a Model 3P there next year. This test is actually conducted in the early spring.\n\nThey just bought a Model 3 for their Long-Term Test, although I'm not sure if its a Performance or Long Range trim, but they'll likely use their own vehicle for the lightening lap next year (like they did with their 2016 Model S). I don't think Tesla likes loaning vehicles to C/D, but you never know.\n\nCamaro ZL1 1LE within 2.4sec of a 600LT is crazy. That thing walks all BMW\u2019s.\n\nIn term of performance sure but here's the problem. A typical Camaro buyer won't be able to afford a 75K car. Those buyers who can afford a 75K car probably will go for the C8. Most buyers probably buy only them purely for track usage and that's why it will have only limited appeal. Camaro tends to outperform Mustang but Mustangs usually outsell Camaros.\n\nIn term of performance sure but here's the problem. A typical Camaro buyer won't be able to afford a 75K car. Those buyers who can afford a 75K car probably will go for the C8. Most buyers probably buy only them purely for track usage and that's why it will have only limited appeal. Camaro tends to outperform Mustang but Mustangs usually outsell Camaros.\n\nI considered many 75K cars, but none could hold a candle even to the 2SS 1LE performance wise or in terms of the visceral experience. I deemed the ZL1 too much for our roads. The ZL1 doesn't give up much to the ZL1 1LE. The SS 1LE and regular ZL1 still punch way above their class and are far better daily driver cars than a GT3 RS or McLaren. Unlike the old Z/28, these are loaded with all the modern conveniences and nice interior features.\n\nThe mustangs haven't been serious about performance, except for the GT350 versions and finally the PP2. You can just look at how long it took them to spec proper tires on the thing. It's been a tough spot for Ford, with the SS 1LE beating the GT350 around a track and damn close to the R version, Ford would have had to undersell the GT350s, which they finally have with the PP2, but it's taken a while and they likely were in no hurry, because it would mean the end of the GT350. The GT350 was supposed to be their ZL1-class car, the race car beyond the regular mustang, but being in-between camaro generations, it gave Chevy the ability to easily best it. It seems like with the ZL1 1LE, Chevy was aiming for the Ford GT, but it keeps up with GT3s just fine too. If they didn't match the Ford, they got real, real close, for an insane fraction of the price. It's like Ford is out of sync and stuck in a reactionary position. Sure, they are coming out with their heavy 700+ HP mustang now, but Chevy already has the C7 ZR-1 and they are starting the game over with the C8.\n\nIf you are going to track it, you better have several thousands of dollars for tires, brakes and the miscellaneous costs\n\nI considered many 75K cars, but none could hold a candle even to the 2SS 1LE performance wise or in terms of the visceral experience. I deemed the ZL1 too much for our roads. The ZL1 doesn't give up much to the ZL1 1LE. The SS 1LE and regular ZL1 still punch way above their class and are far better daily driver cars than a GT3 RS or McLaren. Unlike the old Z/28, these are loaded with all the modern conveniences and nice interior features.\n\nThe mustangs haven't been serious about performance, except for the GT350 versions and finally the PP2. You can just look at how long it took them to spec proper tires on the thing. It's been a tough spot for Ford, with the SS 1LE beating the GT350 around a track and damn close to the R version, Ford would have had to undersell the GT350s, which they finally have with the PP2, but it's taken a while and they likely were in no hurry, because it would mean the end of the GT350. The GT350 was supposed to be their ZL1-class car, the race car beyond the regular mustang, but being in-between camaro generations, it gave Chevy the ability to easily best it. It seems like with the ZL1 1LE, Chevy was aiming for the Ford GT, but it keeps up with GT3s just fine too. If they didn't match the Ford, they got real, real close, for an insane fraction of the price. It's like Ford is out of sync and stuck in a reactionary position. Sure, they are coming out with their heavy 700+ HP mustang now, but Chevy already has the C7 ZR-1 and they are starting the game over with the C8.\n\nIf you are going to track it, you better have several thousands of dollars for tires, brakes and the miscellaneous costs\n\nJust because you may be considering the said Camaro, doesn't mean most people will. OK, why is it not selling well? Like I said, most people buy a car based on several factors, not just performance. That's why Mustang has been outselling Camaros.\n\nIf you're going to buy the Camaro, be my guess. What does it have to do with what I said anyway.\n\nQuote:\n\nThe SS 1LE and regular ZL1 still punch way above their class and are far better daily driver cars than a GT3 RS or McLaren. Unlike the old Z/28, these are loaded with all the modern conveniences and nice interior features.\n\nIt always makes me laugh whenever Camaro fanbois trying to bring this up as if the McLaren and GT3 people are cross shopping with them. Like it really matters.\n\nJust because you may be considering the said Camaro, doesn't mean most people will. OK, why is it not selling well? Like I said, most people buy a car based on several factors, not just performance. That's why Mustang has been outselling Camaros.\n\nMustang is cheaper, they actually advertise it, it has better ergonomics for visibility. If we were to judge all cars by the same metrics, most of the hypercar/exotics wouldn't even exist, as you could never deal with an aston-martin rear window, but I digress. Most people don't care about performance, they just want to be seen driving a Mustang or Camaro, so they'll buy versions that have skinny tires and drive-trains that aren't intended to be the pedigree of the brand. If you look at the numbers, even for a 3 series, the people buying the \"watered down\" versions hugely outsell the performance versions, so people don't buy BMWs for performance either.\n\nUltimately you are right, it's about selling cars. That's why my hat is off to Chevy for focusing on performance vehicles for enthusiasts, over the last 10-15 years it's been the best of times, with the CTS/ATS-V, Z06s, ZR1s, SS, ZL1s, 1LE versions. Ford has simply chosen to not compete in many of these segments.\n\nIt always makes me laugh whenever Camaro fanbois trying to bring this up as if the McLaren and GT3 people are cross shopping with them. Like it really matters.\n\nNot cross shopping but rather buying them as additions. Over on Rennlist there is a couple long threads about the ZL1 1LE. Actually more praise than I would have expected, a few members have one in their stable as a track car along side their P-cars(which include GT3\u2019s). I see them all the time at my track days, they are beasts.\n\nNot cross shopping but rather buying them as additions. Over on Rennlist there is a couple long threads about the ZL1 1LE. Actually more praise than I would have expected, a few members have one in their stable as a track car along side their P-cars(which include GT3\u2019s). I see them all the time at my track days, they are beasts.\n\nPlus the fact that running costs are MUCH higher with the GT3/RS than the ZL1 1LE.\n\nToday, it does seem that the all-out performance cars that are priced in the $50-$75K range are a tough sell. As others have pointed out, many of the new 3-series are not the performance versions, but 320 or 330i.\nWe should all be grateful for the stellar options we have and that they're even being offered as we know making money is the manufacturers first priority.\n\nBack on topic: Lightning Lap keeps getting better and better every year. We can see the development of each vehicle as the years go by. Who would have thought that an NA, 500hp GT3RS would be quicker around a track than a 918 with almost twice the HP?!?! Hats off to all.\n\nMustang is cheaper, they actually advertise it, it has better ergonomics for visibility. If we were to judge all cars by the same metrics, most of the hypercar/exotics wouldn't even exist, as you could never deal with an aston-martin rear window, but I digress. Most people don't care about performance, they just want to be seen driving a Mustang or Camaro, so they'll buy versions that have skinny tires and drive-trains that aren't intended to be the pedigree of the brand. If you look at the numbers, even for a 3 series, the people buying the \"watered down\" versions hugely outsell the performance versions, so people don't buy BMWs for performance either.\n\nUltimately you are right, it's about selling cars. That's why my hat is off to Chevy for focusing on performance vehicles for enthusiasts, over the last 10-15 years it's been the best of times, with the CTS/ATS-V, Z06s, ZR1s, SS, ZL1s, 1LE versions. Ford has simply chosen to not compete in many of these segments.\n\nI would suggest you go buy the said Camaro and stop replying to my post. It's irrelevant what's your personal preferences are. No need to justify your subjective opinions to me."}
-{"text": "Dental clinic threatened after 3-year-old girl's death\n\nFriday\n\nJun 16, 2017 at 6:59 PMJun 16, 2017 at 6:59 PM\n\nNicholas Filipas Record Staff Writer @nicholasfilipas\n\nSTOCKTON \u2014 A dental clinic that was closed Friday will reopen Monday after receiving death threats on social media in the wake of a child that died while under anesthesia for dental treatment earlier this week.\n\nThe family of Daleyza Avila-Hernandez held a demonstration outside the office on 1523 E. March Lane in the early morning hours to demand justice.\n\nLast Monday, the 3-year-old girl was scheduled for extensive dental work, including having two molars and a tooth removed.\n\nAccording to her parents, Araceli Avila and Jose Hernandez, emergency services arrived shortly after the procedure had started. A nurse came out and told them that their daughter's heart had stopped and she was on her way to the hospital in stable condition.\n\nAdministrator David Thompson said the girl was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center where she died. It has not been determined as of Friday what caused Daleyza\u2019s death.\n\nAs news broke across local media outlets late Thursday, Thompson said staff for the clinic, known as an \u201cambulatory surgery center\u201d that provides dentistry only for children under general anesthesia, received numerous online death threats. Some users made comments about committing a mass shooting, he said.\n\n\u201cObviously, it\u2019s not fair to staff and our patients to feel at risk,\u201d Thompson said Friday. \u201cWe had to properly take steps to secure their safety.\u201d"}
-{"text": "EndDays Unveiled, Video Released\n\nCreated by Dragon Fire Games for Windows and Linux, EndDays is a FPS multiplayer Survival /Horror on a PC platform which combines survival with action with a massive gaming area. The game is based on a zombie survival scenario that includes interactive terrain, a dynamically changing day/night system, below ground environments, and tons of cities and towns. Players are forced to cooperate and team up to survive by facing hardcore game play with randomly selected choreographed sequences, as well as intense boss fights that force a choice between fight or flight. A Kickstarter page dedicated to the game can be found here."}
-{"text": "Window Gates and Security Doors\n\nMany burglaries and burglary attempts are done through windows, especially first floor and basements on private houses and offices especially, on any floor of an apartment building which has \"fire escape stairs\" or \"ground floor window\" accessibility which makes it very easy to break-in.\n\nWe have Window Gates,legally proofed by the New York Fire Department.\n\nHow does it works?\n\nWe come and measure the window or any opening that needs protection, and than 2-3 business days after we are ready to install your new Security window gate.\n\nWe can make additional designs on our gates, usually the colors are black or white, we mount it strongly and secured to keep you safe.\n\nSecurity doors and gates:\n\nIt is recommended to place a metal security door in front of your main entrance door, our doors are solid and strong, comes with a metal frame and a mortise lock,\nWe can install them with high security cylinders which makes it even harder to break through them.\n\nIf you leave in an apartment and want to protect your window against burglaries,NYC law inquires you to install only A fire proof window gate on windows which leads to a fire escape stairs, those window gates are being installed from inside, And they open inward,the locking mechanism doesn't have a key, since in case of emergency such as fire in the building you don't need to look for the key, the gate is strongly protected,and there is no way to open it from outside."}
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-{"text": "Event Saved\n\nThis is an event with a Master that literally transforms your business. It puts you and your business on a new path.\n\nIt's a path that changes lives: yours, the lives of those around you and the lives of people you'll most likely never even meet.\n\nIt's an event that brings back meaning, purpose and passion right into the heart of your business.\n\nAnd above all, it's an event that really 'connects' you deeply into the sense of making a real impact that now drives so many of us.\n\nThere's insight after insight, idea after idea, skill after skill waiting for you here. Here you get precisely everything you need to tap right into what's rapidly becoming the most important business 'movement' we've ever seen \u2013 Business for Good.\n\nEvent Details\n\nIn three and a half truly insightful hours Paul Dunn takes you deeply into crucial areas of your business, areas where most people simply don't know how to go.\n\nAnd central to it is the magic of what Paul calls \u2018Moments of CONNECTION\u2019, moments that radically REdefine how you do business.\n\nWe really are, as Seth Godin puts in, firmly in the Connection Economy. Paul brings that to life for you.\n\nHe takes you through simple (yet radical) business-building example after example, insight after insight. And even better, you'll discover precisely how to add the ideas into your business at zero-cost by magnifying what Paul calls 'the power of small'.\n\nYou'll learn how to leverage the new impact you\u2019re creating in a truly fascinating way. You'll see how it makes a much bigger difference to your business than you most likely have ever imagined.\n\nThe Insights \u2013 just some of what you get from this event\n\nYou'll discover a host of ideas that build your business in unique ways. You'll learn:\n\nHow to present your products and services in a totally new light \u2013 a light that builds trust and enhances connections\n\nWhy the design of your smallest business processes are at the heart of designing your business for good\n\nHow to get REAL clarity about your business and then use that clarity to build more confidence, more certainty and more connection\n\nHow building in 'good' actually makes you great\n\nHow to turn your enterprise into an \u2018ETI\u2019 \u2014 an Enterprise That Inspires.\n\nHow you build 'Moments of Connection' into every business process in the most surprising (and very small) ways\n\nHow to make sure you CONNECT in an entirely different and deeper way with existing and potential customers\n\nHow simple changes in articulation dramatically change connection leading to lifting your revenue and profits\n\nWhy generosity makes so much difference and how to embed it right into the DNA of your business\n\nHow to design your business for good to give you a huge and powerful new sense of purpose in your business and the difference it makes\n\nHow to leverage what you\u2019re doing to make an even more profound difference \u2026\u2026 just by doing what you normally do.\n\nPaul shares all of this with you and much, much more in the most exciting, fun and inspiring way \u2014 a way that stays with you. He weaves it all together brilliantly around 3 central threads...\n\nThread 1: The Velocity has Changed\n\n\"We are,\" said a senior Google executive recently, \"in the age of the acceleration of everything\".\n\nAnd he's so right. And it's getting faster by the milli-second.\n\nPaul really helps you grab hold of the significance of that and put it into action in your business so that people 'get' what you're about so much quicker than now. And it makes a huge difference as you'll see.\n\nThread 2: Connecting to the real WHY\n\nGoing through this step with Paul is a real game-changer for you.\n\nDiscovering your REAL why gets you focused in a new and inspiring way. Without it, there's no certainty, no focus, no 'core' and no clarity. With it, business is totally different. New opportunities come to you much more frequently. Your influence spreads and your business grows.\n\nThis one step (and the resources Paul brings to it) changes everything for you. It propels your business forward in new, exciting and inspiring ways.\n\nAnd in the final piece of this event, Paul shows you how to maximise that reality in your business.\n\nHe's co-created a new program (it\u2019s called B1G1: Business for Good) where businesses are changing lives as only businesses can. Already it's created over 44 Million impacts around the world.\n\nHe'll share that process with you so you can see not just the huge impact it has but also how it makes real, tangible differences to the way you do business.\n\nA unique event that gets you to the real core\n\nPaul absolutely lights up businesses and lives right around the world. He'll light up yours too as you get, really \u2018get\u2019, the impact of the stunning insights he shares with you in depth in this fast-paced, inspired and inspiring event.\n\nNo one does it like him; this is a real-world and value-packed event for you \u2014 one that's literally guaranteed to 'connect' you and connect to you in a way that will live with you. Forever.\n\nHonoured\n\nPaul's received numerous honours for his work. He is the recipient of a Global Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Accounting Profession \u2013 even though he's very definitely NOT an Accountant!\n\nHe's a Senior Fellow of one of the world's leading business think-tanks and he is now a Fellow of Singapore's Social Innovation Forum \u2013 an honour he shares with film-star Jet Li and Walmart Chairman, Rob Walton.\n\nHis work as Chairman of the revolutionary B1G1 has been featured in leading-edge publications such as Trendwatching, Springwise, Fast Company, Forbes and online through the key technology newsletter, 'Mashable' as well as Voice of America.\n\nFeedback that speaks volume\n\nDaniel Priestley, now operating a highly successful global small business expresses it like this:\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t think of anyone who has so profoundly impacted us. It\u2019s been (and continues to be) HUGE. And Paul does it unlike anyone else I know.\u201d\n\nFormer Accenture Consultant and now 'serial' entrepreneur and author Peter Cook puts it this way:\n\n\u201cI have been fortunate to have the benefit of Paul's experience, wisdom, insight and generosity. I have taken my primary business from taking 60 hours a week and running at a loss to earning a healthy profit and only needing a couple of days a week (and for two months, those two days a week were done remotely from Bali!), launched three other businesses, and am feeling much happier, healthy and more relaxed. If you want to succeed in business and you get a chance to work with Paul in any capacity, grab the opportunity with both hands!\u201d\n\nSteve Pipe, former UK Entrepreneur of the Year puts it like this:\n\n\u201cI have been booking big name professional business speakers for the last 10 years. And having spent more than \u00a3250,000 in the process I can confidently say that Paul Dunn is the best speaker I have ever seen. And it is not just his presentation style that is stunning, his content is too. I have seen his ideas and presentations transform the results of hundreds of UK businesses, including my own. So if you want better results, you simply must go to this event!\n\nBest of all \u2013 This REALLY works\n\nIt works big time. It makes a difference. It brings significant results \u2014 results even beyond the event itself. And you'll find out more about that aspect when you meet Paul.\n\nThis is a unique session with a Master, and absolutely perfectly timed too.\n\nBelief\n\nBest-selling 'Start with Why' and 'Leaders Eat last' author Simon Sinek puts it this way: \"The goal is not to do business with everyone who wants or needs what you have, it\u2019s to deal with people who believe what you believe.\"\n\nHe\u2019s right. So if you believe what we believe, come. If you've been inspired by what you've read so far, join us. If you believe in the possibilities created by designing your business for good, come. If you believe that businesses have the power to change our lives, come. If you'd like a radical plan to make that happen, come, grab it and celebrate the difference you'll be making.\n\nJust scroll to the top and select the ticket(s) of your choice. You really will love it.\n\nWhen & Where\n\nAlbury Entertainment Centre\n525 Swift St\nAlbury,\nNSW 2640\nAustralia\n\nTuesday, December 9, 2014 from 9:20 AM to 1:20 PM (AEDT)\n\nOrganizer\n\nPaul Dunn\n\nPaul is at the very forefront of business leadership globally.\n\nHe started his career as one of the first 10 people in Hewlett Packard in Australia. Then came the founding of one of Australia\u2019s first Computer Companies followed by the Results Corporation \u2014 a marketing consultancy that grew from zero to 23,000 clients in just 8 years.\n\nIn 1992 Paul turned his entrepreneurial attention to Professional Service firms and created the breakthrough Accountants\u2019 Boot Camp process and founded Results Accountants\u2019 Systems and the Results Accountants Network.\n\nSince 2005 he's focussed almost exclusively on emerging businesses worldwide.\n\nHe\u2019s a best-selling author and a mentor to great and growing businesses. He\u2019s helped create literally thousands of successful businesses around the world and his audio and video programs are now in use by over 200,000 businesses.\n\nOne leading business magazine described him recently as \u2018a marketing guru turned philanthropist\u2019\n\nHe is passionate about making a difference in new, effortless and habitual ways. He serves as Chairman of the revolutionary Buy1GIVE1 (or B1G1 as it\u2019s now better known) \u2014 a company that\u2019s already positively created over 120 Million giving impacts around the world. He gets up every morning to, as he puts it, \u2018give businesses the power to change our lives.\u2019\n\nIn 2011 he was the recipient of a Global Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Accounting Profession \u2014 even though he\u2019s very definitely NOT an Accountant!\n\nHe's a Senior Fellow of one of the world's leading business think-tanks and in 2012 he was honoured to be made a Fellow of Singapore's Social Innovation Forum \u2014 an honour he shares with film-star Jet Li and Walmart Chairman, Rob Walton.\n\nPaul recently featured (with Sir Richard Branson) in two pieces on 'Disrupters in Business' in the global Forbes magazine.\n\nAny time you invest with Paul is exciting, stimulating, fun and packed full of brilliant transforming insights."}
-{"text": "secularism\n\nGordon Bonnet of the Skeptophilia blog asks if we can distinguish among quotations made in reference to the Irish during the Potato Famine, the Jews prior to World War II, or the Syrian refugees now.\n\nHemant Mehta of the Friendly Atheist blog fills us in on some things you should know about Catholic hospitals before you go to one\u2026particularly if you\u2019re a woman seeking reproductive care.\n\nAnd the Skeptic Rogues from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast discuss how the U.S. Dept. of Justice is finally starting to crack down on the unscrupulous and sometimes downright unethical practices of nutritional supplement manufacturers.\n\nFinally, it might surprise you that one of this country\u2019s most prominent and respected advocates for secularism is a reverend, unless of course you already know of the Reverend Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Lynn has spent a career making the case that freedom of religion requires freedom from government-sponsored religion. On a Point of Inquiry podcast,he and host Lindsay Beyerstein discuss the numerous ways the mixing of church and state have resulted in corruption and injustices with examples taken from his new book God and Government: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism, and Freedom Of Conscience.\n\nOn Freethought Radio we hear about the dumbing down of America with the Tennessee House voting the bible as the state book, a global warming talk barred from Wisconsin state agencies, and prayer before university football games. After celebrating the birthday of feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft and hearing Roy Zimmerman\u2019s \u201cCreation Science 101,\u201d Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker talk with Len Eisenberg, founder and CEO of Evogeneao which promotes evolution education. After Freethought Radio, Skeptophilia\u2019s Gordon Bonnet considers how to deal with parents won\u2019t vaccinate their children due to irrational concerns about vaccines safety: parents who have no personal experience with measles and pertussis and polio thanks to such very vaccines. He compares them to pigeons. You\u2019ll see why. Then, infectious disease doc Mark Crislip makes the case that acupuncture are like the beer goggles, they may change perception, but not reality. (Yes, Ithaca, there is a difference.) As Crislip says, relaxing in a caring and supportive environment while recieving acupuncture cannot help but make you feel better, as long as you don\u2019t contract hepatitis B or MRSA. Finally, Phil Zuckerman, a professor of sociology at Pitzer College and author of the books Society without God and Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion joins host Lindsey Beyerstein on Point of Inquiry to discuss the nature of secular people in the United States. Zuckerman explains how empathy, rather than belief in the watchful eye of a deity, is the guiding force of secular morality, and how religion offers not moral reasoning, but moral outsourcing.\n\nThe Reason For Change Conference will take place between 11-16 June in Buffalo, New York. Featured speakers include Richard Dawkins, Rebecca Goldstein, and Susan Jacoby. Consider attending!\n\nAh yes, it\u2019s that most wonderful time of year\u2026for illegal state-sponsored religious speech. We\u2019ll hear how the FFRF is challenging a nativity scene in Indiana and about their lawsuit against Wisconsin governor Scott Walker over an open records violation. Then, Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor celebrate the Winter Solstice with some seasonal freethought music. Then, not one, but two Point of Inquiry podcasts for you: one is brand new and the other from the vault. First, Lindsay and Lindsay: president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry, Ron Lindsay joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss his just-released book, The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can\u2019t Tell Us What to Do. Lindsay makes the case that secularism, something to be distinguished from atheism, works to everyone\u2019s benefit in a pluralistic democracy, the religious and non-religious alike, and is the only reliable means of creating fair public policy and of preserving our rights. Finally, for some it wouldn\u2019t be the holiday season if it weren\u2019t for Santa, mistletoe and eggnog. For me, it\u2019s not complete until I hear Tom Flynn tell me why I\u2019m a traitor to the secular movement for putting lights in my yard and celebrating Solstice or even Festivus. Tom Flynn is the Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism and the editor of Free Inquiry magazine and the author of the infamous book, The Trouble with Christmas. He talks with Robert Price on a Point of Inquiry from 2011.\n\nFor the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Freethought Radio celebrates the life and legacy of the freethinking lyricist Yip Harburg, who wrote \u201cOver the Rainbow,\u201d and many other songs. We\u2019ll hear Yip himself singing \u201cIf I Only Had a Brain,\u201d \u201cOver the Rainbow,\u201d \u201cBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?\u201d and \u201cLast Night When We Were Young.\u201d Then Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor interview Yip\u2019s son, Ernie Harburg, also an atheist, who is director of the Yip Harburg Foundation, about his father\u2019s artistic life and social activism. In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, we hear a talk from last year\u2019s Women in Secularism II conference by Maryam Namazie in which she describes the necessary relationship between women\u2019s rights and secularism in the Islamic world. Namazie is an Iranian-born human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster. She is spokesperson for Iran Solidarity, One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. Finally, continuing the skeptical look at food claims we began last week, celebrated food author Michael Pollan takes on the popular \u201cPaleo\u201d and raw food diets. To eat well, he says, we need to eat less meat, more microbes and we need to cook it ourselves.\n\nThis week on Skeptical Sunday: does the Pope rule Ireland as well as Texas and Wisconsin? On Freethought Radio, Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor look at the recent assaults on abortion rights backed by the RC Church in the U.S. and abroad. Then they speak with Jerry Coyne, evolutionary biologist at the U. of Chicago and author of \u201cWhy Evolution is True\u201d about creationism sneaking into public universities. I make some summer entertainment and recreation suggestions: first the Freethougtht Trail, including the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum in Dresden, NY, and the Hill Cumorah Pageant which runs July 16-20 up in Palmyra, NY. In the second half of Skeptical Sunday we hear two talks from the recent Women in Secularism II conference in Washington, DC: we\u2019ll hear feminist poet and essayist Katha Pollitt \u201cSexism and Religion: Can the Knot be Untied\u201d and journalist and historian Susan Jacoby \u201cWhy the Lost History of Secular Women Matters Today.\u201d\n\nSyndication\n\nThe Radio Show\n\nSunday mornings 8-10 AM on WRFI FM 88.1 in Ithaca, 91.9 in Watkins Glen and streaming from WRFI.ORG. Also 10PM-midnight on Geneva Community Radio online.\n\nThe Podcast\n\nSleep in on Sunday? We approve! Subscribe to Skeptical Sunday as a podcast. In iTunes, choose \"Subscribe to podcast\" and paste in \"https://skepticalsunday.wordpress.com/feed/\". You can also listen to the past several shows in your browser by clicking on the link at the bottom of each show description.\n\nUpcoming Local Events\n\nWorthy Quote\n\nEven if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cosy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigour, and the great spaces have a splendour of their own.\" - Bertrand Russell, \"What I Believe\", 1925"}
-{"text": "what helps you take a break from life?\n\nMain menu\n\nTag Archives: novel\n\nRemember Voices in the Theater, and how I didn\u2019t like the book? Well\u2026 I read the second book. Why would I do that, you ask? Well, because I made the stupid mistake of buying the second book before I bought the first one. Like I did with the Twilight saga. So instead of letting the book go to waste, I decided to give A.S. Santos\u2019s trilogy another try.\n\nSamantha Davidson\u2019s powers have been growing. Now, not only can she hear other people\u2019s thoughts, but she can also sometimes see things through others\u2019 eyes. They aren\u2019t much\u2014momentary glimpses, really\u2014but these are dark things. Twisted things. Things she can\u2019t bear to watch. But since she is the only one who can see them as they happen, she may be the only one who can prevent them from happening again.\n\nPutting the book down, the first thing I thought was\u2013this book is more cohesive than the first one was: from the way the story was structured, to the novel uses its characters, all the way to how it handles religion. That said, I still feel like it suffers the same crisis of faith as its predecessor.\n\nBut let\u2019s start with the good things.\n\nAlthough we don\u2019t learn more about our main protagonist in Corpse in the Mirror, we do see a development in her relationships with the other characters\u2013from her family, to the other members of the organization she\u2019s with, and the guys she\u2019s being paired with. One of the most noticeable differences in the two books is that Samantha is no longer left alone for stretches of time. She\u2019s always interacting with someone, and that helps readers know more about who Samantha is without having to write paragraphs upon paragraphs of exposition.\n\nThere\u2019s also less spotlight on characters who don\u2019t actually do anything to propel the story forward. The first book had a few characters introduced who ended up not really contributing anything to propel the story forward, and it was really frustrating thinking about how we wasted pages on getting to know them, only for them to not really matter at all. This book has streamlined the characters to just the essential; and though we do get to meet new people, it never feels like they\u2019re taking up valuable time away from the main players.\n\nThe romantic subplot and dilemma doesn\u2019t feel forced. Although one of my biggest problems with the first book is carried over, in that our protagonist Samantha is inexplicably besotted with an angel, the conflict we actually get in this book doesn\u2019t really stem from said angel. Author A.S. Santos actually offers two viable options for Samantha to agonize over, and you can understand why she can fall in love with either one.\n\nAnd the best part about said subplot? It actually supports the main storyline of Samantha seeing a corpse in a mirror, and doesn\u2019t take away from the actual problems that the protagonist is facing.\n\nCorpse in the Mirror actually makes me want to read the book that follows it. Which I will. But before I do, I want to talk about my number one problem with A.S. Santos\u2019s trilogy.\n\nReligion.\n\nI am not a religious person. And I love that Samantha is agnostic. It opens her character up to readers who aren\u2019t of the Catholic persuasion. And I also love that Author Santos actually posits the problematic relationship of the paranormal with religion through our main character and several peripheral characters in the book. The problem is being addressed. But that doesn\u2019t mean the problem is actually being resolved.\n\nBecause at the end of it all, we know we\u2019re never really going to be able to separate faith, superstition, and the supernatural. Especially here in the Philippines. So I feel like being upfront about Samantha\u2019s lack of religion is something the author can look into in future printings of the book. Lean into the fact that Samantha isn\u2019t just dealing with the paranormal for the first time, in a foreign land. But that she\u2019s also doing so with no religious affiliations, and that it\u2019s one of the things the book tackles.\n\nAs it is, I think one of the reasons why I was able to appreciate Corpse in the Mirror more than the first book in A.S. Santos\u2019s trilogy is because I am fully aware of the religious leanings of the story now.\n\nPayatas, a 50-acre dump in northeast Manila, is home to thousands of people who live off of what they can scavenge. It is one of the poorest neighborhoods in a city whose law enforcement is stretched thin and rife with corruption. So when the eviscerated bodies of preteen boys begin to appear in the trash heaps in the rainy summer of 1997, there is no one to seek justice on their behalf\u2013until two Jesuit priests, forensic anthropologist Father Gus Saenz and his protege, Father Jerome Lucero, take the matter of protecting their flock into their own hands.\n\nEver since I started this blog, I\u2019ve been trying to absorb more of what I\u2019m consuming\u2013whether it be a book or a movie, I try my best to learn from it. That way, I come out of the experience a little better.\n\nIn the case of Smaller and Smaller Circles though, I just put down the book wanting to stop everyone I know so I can tell them to read it. I wanted to share my joy at having read a book, one written by a fellow Filipino, that doesn\u2019t turn the Philippines into a circle of hell, or idealize it too much that it\u2019s no longer recognizable, or ignore it to the point that you forget the story is set in the Philippines.\n\nIt\u2019s integral to the plot, the crime, and the consciousness of the killer that the setting be the Philippines. Certain cutting of red tape are only plausible because the story is set in the Philippines. The tragedies are bleak yet the hope is strong, and all of it is understandable because of how the Philippines is as a country.\n\nAnd I\u2019ve never realized how lacking other Filipino authors can be when dealing with our country, until now. We keep wanting to present the best of what the Philippines can be. Some want to highlight the poverty that is rampant in our country. Smaller and Smaller Circles just presents it as is. It is unapologetically Filipino without needing to rub the readers face in its identity.\n\nThen there are the characters. Yes, forensic anthropologists in the Philippines sound made up\u2013but they are real. Regardless of the career though, Father Gus Saenz\u2019s most notable trait is his humanity. Both he and Father Jerome Lucero feel real because they\u2019re not cardboard cutouts of what protagonists are supposed to be. They have normal conversation, they have fears\u2013but they strive to do good.\n\nIt sounds simplistic to want to root for characters who want to do good. But consider the fact that I am writing this in 2017, where we\u2019ve been bombarded with so many bad news and worsening global conditions. Can\u2019t we all use a bit of good? And we get a double dose in Fathers Gus and Jerome.\n\nThere are other characters in the book, each one offering a different point-of-view into the crime. Every single one wanting to solve the crime for reasons that are both personal and professional. Some of them are infuriating, some of them less so. All of them have one goal though: to do a little good. Even if it\u2019s a little misguided, a little unorthodox\u2013or a little selfish. They are relatable. Understandable, even at their most despicable.\n\nThey make the novel richer. They make the crime that needs solving\u2026 something more.\n\nSmaller and Smaller Circles is both terrifying and heart-breaking. It\u2019s fast-paced, and it will get your blood pumping with the way author F H Batacan unravels the mystery. But when you get to the heart of the story\u2013its horror lies in the fact that the crime is very plausible. That it really can happen. That it actually might have happened while we\u2019re safely cocooned in our blissful ignorance. And when it\u2019s done making your skin crawl, it will break your heart.\n\nI\u2019m going to stop there, lest I write something down the ruins the surprise. Let\u2019s just say that Smaller and Smaller Circles is one of those books that you have to read as soon as you have the time.\n\nOr, if you really can\u2019t find the time, you can walk into any theater next week, beginning December 6, and catch Nonie Buencamino and Sid Lucero bring the characters to life in the film adaptation of the novel.\n\n\u201cWhen a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.\n\nStrike is a war veteran \u2013 wounded both physically and psychologically \u2013 and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model\u2019s complex world, the darker things get \u2013 and the closer he gets to terrible danger . . .\u201d\n\nIt took me days, but I finally finished the debut novel from detective novelist Robert Galbraith. I liked it. I loved it near the end, yes. But for the purposes of this post? I\u2019m sticking with \u2018I liked it.\u2019\n\nBefore we begin, yes I do know that Robert Galbraith is really J K Rowling. Truth be told, the reason why I bought the really long novel (and ploughed through it an hour a day) was because of that fact. Finishing the book though, it would be a disservice to the book if I write about it in relation to Rowling\u2013or her other more famous series.\n\nI would, of course, get to that later. First, I just want to talk about the book.\n\nThe first thing I want to say about the book is this: I want a second one. If that\u2019s good, I\u2019ll want a third one too. I really, really like Cormoran Strike and his plucky assistant Robin. They\u2019re exceptionally well-written, very concrete. So much so that I can actually envision them in my head while reading the novel.\n\nI really like how the other characters are written too. There\u2019s a sense of realness to them that isn\u2019t always present in book characters. And this is just one of the reasons why I really enjoyed reading The Cuckoo\u2019s Calling. Why I made sure to clock in an hour of reading amidst the deadlines I had to meet.\n\nAlthough I\u2019m not a fan of the book\u2019s length, I don\u2019t think I would take any part of it out. Every single part of the narrative played a part in the mystery we were unraveling. A mystery that was truly\u2013\n\nHow do I say this?\n\nThe resolution of the mystery wasn\u2019t shocking. It\u2019s not original (and our main protagonist even says so himself). But it is so well-handled that it feels fresh. The story was written in such a way that we are not being pushed from plot point to plot point. We progressed through the story with our main characters.\n\nI\u2019m normally a stickler for jumping perspectives. I hate it. But with this novel, I found it charming. I wanted to know what was going on with Robin just as much as I wanted to find out what\u2019s happening next in Strike\u2019s investigation. And you can tell that there is care in the way the two are being handled. That there is love.\n\nYou can\u2019t help but love the two characters. And that\u2019s half of the battle right there. Because when you care about the characters, when you\u2019re hooked and wanting to find out what happens to them, then it doesn\u2019t matter if the story\u2019s rubbish.\n\nThank goodness it\u2019s not though. The story is stellar. And this is where I relate The Cuckoo\u2019s Calling to Rowling\u2019s more famous series.\n\nI grew up with Harry Potter. And when you\u2019re following a series (and you end up with a lot of time), you can\u2019t help but read way too much between the lines. You want to see if the author has written clues as to what will happen next. And Harry Potter did not disappoint. There are plot points in the second book that becomes very important in the sixth installment.\n\nThis, I think, has made Rowling very adept at crafting an amazing mystery novel. As soon as the mystery is introduced, clues are being planted. As we go from one story to another, we also gain a bigger understanding of what\u2019s happening and what happened. And by the time we solve the mystery, you know it couldn\u2019t have ended any other way.\n\nJ K Rowling, or Robert Galbraith, has given us a wonderful new world to play in. I hope she continues with it, because I want to see more of the world that Cormoran Strike and Robin inhabits. And I want to know what happens next for the two.\n\nLike this:\n\n\u201cA prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in hte grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side effects. Before he can be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang\u2026but a bite.\u201d\n\nI was going to say something about this book in relation to a series of books that author Jonathan Maberry has written. And then I realized how much a spoiler that was going to be. So I\u2019m going to hold that thought back and give you my assessment of this book without relation to any other stories.\n\nThe book was nice. Better as it came closer to its end, but that\u2019s not to say that it wasn\u2019t good before then. Well, it was a tad slow-paced. Much slower paced compared to Maberry\u2019s other books. But, in this case, it helped in establishing character.\n\nWeird thing though\u2013\n\nThe events described in this book all happened within a day. It felt much longer. The book, after all, only kicked into high gear near the end.\n\nBut I still liked it.\n\nMy gripe against Michael Grant\u2019s Gone books, with its series of red shirts who die as soon as they\u2019re introduced, gets turned in its head in this book. We get red shirts, and they too die way too quickly; but while they don\u2019t provide traction to the development of the characters we\u2019re following, they don\u2019t detract from them either. In fact, their little stories help in coloring this world in better.\n\nLater on, this even serves as a character upgrade for one of the main protagonists.\n\nMy other gripe against the Gone series, with its some times too separate story lines is how, in this book, the stories are still tied together at its core. There are no separate concerns that one set of characters are involved in that doesn\u2019t, in one way or another, connect to the concerns of the other characters.\n\nIf there\u2019s anything to complain about in this book, it\u2019s that we don\u2019t get as many updates on a couple of peripheral characters who play a bigger part near the end.\n\nOh, and the missing time between a certain character\u2019s disappearance to his reappearance later on in the book. This touches on a whopper of a spoiler though, so I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to discuss this\u2026\n\nBasically, a character leaves. Starts moving. And yet ends up in a place that another character reaches in a shorter time. While partly walking there. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s an explanation, but I thought the ribbon was a bit too perfectly tied on that bow.\n\nI realize that that statement makes absolutely no sense unless you\u2019ve already read the book. Which you should.\n\n\u201cLondon, 1890. 221B Baker Street. A fine arts dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap\u2013a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, Carstair\u2019s home is robbed and his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place.\n\nThe House of Silk brings Sherlock Holmes back wiht all the nuance, pacing, and almost superhuman powers of analysis and deduction that made him the world\u2019s greatest detective, in a case depicting events too shocking, too monstrous, ever to appear in print\u2026until now.\u201d\n\nThe House of Silk is the first Sherlock Holmes novel I\u2019ve read that isn\u2019t written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and while this is Anthony Horowitz\u2019s best work (among his books I\u2019ve read, I mean), it doesn\u2019t really feel like an authentic Holmes novel.\n\nDon\u2019t get me wrong: Horowitz does get the time period right, and more importantly, he doesn\u2019t deviate from the established characters of either Holmes or Watson\u2013although, I must say his Watson is a lot more sentimental than what I remember from the stories I\u2019ve already read.\n\nWhat really sets The House of Silk apart as not a Doyle-written Sherlock Holmes novel is that it\u2019s written for today\u2019s readers.\n\nI\u2019m not saying that the original stories of Sherlock Holmes are slow-paced. They\u2019re not. But neither were they written with the mindset that a reader can and will put a book down if they don\u2019t find it engaging. Books today are written to be far more accessible, and thus, there is more competition.\n\nThe House of Silk is a fine novel, and author Horowitz makes a great attempt at emulating the voice of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But it is just that: an attempt. I think I would have enjoyed it more if the author had decided to give his own take on Sherlock Holmes\u2013kind of like what Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss had done with their BBC drama series. Personally, I find the drama series more to my liking that the two blockbuster films featuring Robert Downey, Jr. because it\u2019s more fresh and more interesting because of its new angle on the characters.\n\nThen again, there\u2019s the new Sherlock Holmes series Elementary that I feel took things too far. I love Lucy Liu, but John Watson should have stayed a guy. If they really wanted a strong female presence in the show, they could have chosen Mrs. Hudson (who is very bad-ass in her own way) or Irene Adler. But, I digress.\n\nGoing back to The House of Silk, it\u2019s worth the price of the book and it is a fun read. But if you\u2019ve already read a few of the original Sherlock Holmes novels, the challenge falls on not comparing this book to the ones Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote.\n\nLike this:\n\n\u201cJason Walker needs to find a way back to Lyrian. Rachel remains stranded there, and Jason has precious information that the friends he left behind must learn in order to have any hope of surviving and defeating the evil emperor Maldor.\n\nWhen he finally succeeds in returning to the strange and imperiled world, Jason immediately finds himself in more danger than ever as the most wanted fugitive on the continent. Meanwhile, Rachel has begun to discover new abilities of her own that may prove vital against Maldor\u2019s tyranny.\n\nIn the aftermath of a failed quest, a new mission arises\u2013to assemble the remaining heroes of Lyrian. Can the necessary allies be convinced before the emperor crushes the young uprising? Jason, Rachel, and their band of battered heroes will face new enemies and demanding obstacles as they strive to launch a desperate rebellion.\u201d\n\nLook, I know \u201cto assemble the remaing heroes of Lyrian\u201d sounds better than \u201cto assemble the remaining unconquered people of Lyrian,\u201d but talk about misleading information! Number one, the first book of the Beyonders trilogy is entitled A World Without Heroes. Meaning there are no heroes left, save for Jason and Rachel who come from the Beyond. Number two, even within the book itself, there are no \u201cbattered heroes,\u201d just a group of unlikely individuals who have to band together for a common goal.\n\nSure, we can argue that Galloran, the Blind King, is a hero. And almost all of the characters we meet have heroic qualities\u2013to a fault, actually. But to call them \u201ca band of battered heroes\u201d is too much, I think.\n\nThat said, I didn\u2019t enjoy this second book as much as I did the first one. The characters have a tendency to sound the same, and the new parts of Lyrian that our protagonists are exploring doesn\u2019t seem all that original. Which is odd, because I thought the first book had a good handle on originality\u2013and on separating the characters.\n\nTo be clear, none of the characters are the same. They all have their own personalities. My only problem with them is how they talk. If you pull a quote from the book, you would have no inkling as to which character could have said it. There were no \u201cwe could all have been killed \u2013 or worse, expelled\u201d dialogue in this particular book. Or in the series, for that matter.\n\nAnd I\u2019m not talking about having memorable lines, just to clear that up. I\u2019m talking about distinct dialogue that you can attribute to a single character. Jason, Drake, Ferrin and the Blind King have a tendency to have the same manner of speaking. The only thing that sets Jason apart from the three are the doubts (which Ferrin also exhibits in one of the chapters), and the our-universe lingo that Rachel\u2013and even Nia\u2013employs. The only thing that sets Corinne apart from Rachel is the fact that she\u2019s seeing everything for the first time\u2013and even those dialogue echo the ones Rachel exhibited in the first book. And let\u2019s not even start on the seedpeople. The only one whose dialogue is really distinct from the others is Nollin\u2013and that\u2019s because he\u2019s the only coward in the group.\n\nWhich, brings me to my next problem with the book. Inconsistency of character. Nollin is the perfect example, actually. He\u2019s set up as a former chief military advisor of the seedpeople, and yet he\u2019s played off as a cowardly comic relief during the adventures. The seedpeople are characterized to be very smart people, and the author does a good job setting up the opposing views on war with a lot of smart arguments from both sides in one of the chapters. If Nollin is as comically cowardly as he is characterized, how in the world was he allowed to be a military advisor? And if the author didn\u2019t intend for Nollin to be comically cowardly\u2013why did he come off as such?\n\nSeeds of Rebellion is a good adventure book: the action scenes are solid, the journeys are well-plotted, and it doesn\u2019t forget the events of the first book. But as far as young adult fiction go, it\u2019s definitely not one of the best. Character is key, and none of the characters seem to be lovable, or at the least, relatable. Quite a far fall from the first novel where you were rooting for both Jason and Rachel to succeed, so they could go back home.\n\nI still plan on reading the last book from the trilogy though. Out of goodwill for the first Beyonders novel. I\u2019m hoping the third book would be more like A World Without Heroes and less like Seeds of Rebellion.\n\nStill, these are just my thoughts on the book. Other people have also given their views, and it also helps to seek other opinions on things. So check these reviews on Seeds of Rebellion out:Icey BooksGuys Lit WireBooks for YAs\n\nLike this:\n\n\u201cSeven-year-old Cedric gets quite a shock when he is whisked away from the streets of New York to an English stately home. He gets an even bigger shock when he discovers he\u2019ll inherit a great fortune and a title. And Cedric is daunted to meet the grandfather he has never seen before, who is mean and selfish. But Cedric\u2013now known as Little Lord Fauntleroy\u2013is a very unusual boy, who takes it all in his stride\u2026\u201d\n\nI find this synopsis odd and very unappealing. It\u2019s a good thing Little Lord Fauntleroy is a classic\u2013and is well-loved by many Filipinos for spawning the animated series Shoukoushi Ceddie.\n\nI\u2019ve mentioned before that I have been looking for a copy of this novel for a while now. I finally found one, thanks to the assistance of the customer service representatives of Fully Booked in Green Hills. And while reading (and taking a break, in general) has taken a backseat because of all my real-world deadlines, I still snuck in a few minutes in between meetings to start and finish the novel.\n\nAs what I\u2019ve come to expect from Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy doesn\u2019t disappoint when it comes to lovable yet still believable characters. Our central character himself, though a tad too good-natured, doesn\u2019t seem like a caricature of the martyr. Cedric Errol knows that there are bad things and bad people, and yet he chooses to look at what\u2019s good. It\u2019s something taught to him by his mother, and by the people who populated his life, prior to him being \u201cwhisked away to an English stately home.\u201d And it\u2019s this world view that arms him when he is confronted by a man whose generosity and kindness are widely exaggerated.\n\nThe bulk of the story happens after Cedric Errol, who is now known as Little Lord Fauntleroy, moves to England to live with his grandfather. And, as soon as this new chapter begins, a role reversal happens. Prior to this, Cedric Errol has been on the receiving end of people\u2019s good nature; now, it is his turn to impart his good nature to the people who are coming into his life.\n\nAdmittedly, Cedric Errol is a simpler character compared to Sara (of A Little Princess) and Mary (of The Secret Garden). The latter two characters are more nuanced when it comes to their personalities. But, I think, it\u2019s also Cedric Errol\u2019s simplicity that makes him all the more endearing. And it\u2019s this simplicity that makes Little Lord Fauntleroy a very fast and enjoyable read\u2013if not as engrossing as the other two novels.\n\nNowadays, we don\u2019t encounter many simple characters. Mayhaps because simple characterization makes protagonists boring. In Little Lord Fauntleroy though, we could argue that Cedric Errol isn\u2019t really the main character\u2013but rather, his grandfather is. It\u2019s the Earl that takes on a journey of self-actualization, and the events of Cedric\u2019s life are mostly plot developments to push the changes in the Earl\u2019s life and being.\n\nBut that\u2019s just what I think, and I\u2019m very open to discuss this.\n\nWhich, by the way, is something I really liked about this novel. While I enjoy reading novels immensely, I never seem to want to discuss them with other people afterwards. I usually just say what I think about a book, recommend it (or not), and then move on. There have been exceptions to this, like in the case of the Harry Potter series, but it\u2019s been a while since a book moved me to actually look for someone to discuss it with.\n\nAnd there are plenty of things to discuss about the book: like the perspective changes that the author employs in writing the novel, the plot twists (and the deus-ex-machina like development in the latter part of the novel), and the effectivity of a protagonist that has no negative attributes. There are more, but these are the ones that are on top of my mind right now.\n\nHave you read Little Lord Fauntleroy? What are your thoughts about the novel?"}
-{"text": "2019 Harley-Davidson FLHTK - Ultra Limited, New 2019 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited FLHTK Full Dresser In 2 Tone Red For Sale At Brian's Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Dealership, Langhorne, Bucks County, PA. Stop in or call to make an appointment for a NO OBLIGATION test ride! EXPERIENCE A RIDE THAT IS ANYTHING BUT STANDARD It s loaded. From the new Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine to the heated hand gri...\n\n2019 Harley-Davidson FLTRU - Road Glide Ultra, New 2019 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra At Brian's Harley-Davidson Dealerhsip For Sale. Located Minutes From Philadelphia and New Jersey in Langhorne PA. Stop in or call to make an appointment for a NO OBLIGATION test ride! READY FOR ALL ROAD WARRIORS The ultimate mile-eater for the rider who knows nothing s out of bounds. Features may include: I...\n\nPowerered by a torquey, fuel-injected, 449 cc engine, the 2019 RMX450Z is the motorcycle thats ideal for serious off-road work or just a fun day on the trails. Everything you need to take the lead off road is here, starting with the slim, aggressively-styled chassis and bodywork. Toss in the push-button electric starter, the full-function, two-mode instrument cluster, and enduro lighting, and y...\n\nCruiser-class motorcycles are a great choice. You get a relaxed riding position. Its easy to put your feet down at stoplights. Their big, twin-cylinder engine makes lots of power down low. And they just look the way a lot of people think a motorcycle should.Thats what the Honda Shadow Aero is all about. The look That speaks for itself. Streamline modern meets art deco meets 1950s American Class...\n\nHondas CRF450R is a dominant open-class MX machine. And the equivalent for all you enduro riders the 2019 CRF450RX. It rocks all the features and upgrades of our latest CRF450R, but has some special touches that fine-tune it for enduro use. Like a bigger fuel tank. A sidestand. An 18 in. rear wheel. And special suspension settings. Along with the CRF450R, it gets an all-new chassis and swingarm...\n\nHighlighted by a stylish design and enjoyable performance, Hondas PCX150 has long been the ideal choice for riders who want to have a little fun while getting around. Thanks to its liquid-cooled engine and smooth lines, the 2019 PCX150 turns heads wherever it goes, while also offering great range and considerable comfort through its well-tuned chassis and dual rear shocks, now featuring 3.33 in..."}
-{"text": "maura and bill's wedding was beyond words amazing and even though it rained for most of the day things fell into place for them. the rain would break at the exact moments they needed it to. i am at a loss of words because everything was so perfect but i want to share something that bill's sister told me before the ceremony. she was saying how thrilled she was that maura was marrying her brother and how she had never seen him so happy and so taken by anyone like he was with her. i thought that was so sweet and as the day played out it was evident to everyone there how true that was.\n\ngeoff and i loved shooting this wedding. here are a few of our favorites....\n\ni loved all of the wild flowers and thought the table arrangements in mason jars were the perfect touch. elaine's flowers did all of the beautiful settings.\n\nthese are their favors... little evergreens to plant\n\nmark kingsdorf was the wedding planner for the wedding and working with him was so much fun! all of the design and details were perfect! he kept everything moving smoothly as the rain changed some plans. he did all of their place cards and invites...\n\ni love this picture of maura looking up at the sun breaking through the clouds!"}
-{"text": "Thursday, December 29, 2011\n\nI had a friend request an outfit for her daughter for her 2nd Birthday! She loves Snowmen and so she had decided to do a snowman theme for the little party she was having, but didn't want the entire outfit to be limited to the winter. So I made the skirt generic red, black, and white! Then we made 2 different L/S shirts to go with it!\n\nI did plain black knit under and the base skirt with an elastic waist band and then the 4 ruffles of different fabric! She loved how it turned out and her daughter loves wearing it!\n\nShandi\n\nAbout Me\n\nI am a stay at home mom to one Beautiful Daughter! I started designing and blogging to share my designs, because I need an outlet for my creativity. I graduated in Fashion Merchandising and I have a dream of becoming a big name designer some day, but for now I am LOVING being a Mother and Wife to my very supportive husband. I hope you enjoy following my blog and seeing my designs!\n\nMy Esty Stop\n\nStop by My Etsy Shop if there is something you are interested in purchasing!"}
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-{"text": "Unboxing | The NEW Artisan Love Box\n\nYou guys know that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when the mail comes and you've gotten a package? Let's take our minds there for a minute. Now imagine that said package being a curated subscription box. You're overwhelmed with wonder and mystery because you're not quite sure of the contents just yet. And then you begin tearing away at the casing, searching for something sharp to get into those secured seams. Suddenly, you get a whiff of something warm and sweet, like someone had accidentally placed cake in your parcel. What do you do? You do like me and get into that box with the quickness! I recently received The NEW Artisan Love Box and this was my exact response to the arrival of the box. And the same intrigued, excited, then pleasantly satisfied feel I had when opening the contents has been my experience in trying the products.\n\nThe Artisan Love Box is a curated subscription box created by handmade business owners Jarmelia Ladson and Candera Thompson, featuring a quality selection of beauty + body care products. The cool thing about the Artisan Love Box is that each item included is handmade, toxic-free, and made by women with your wellness in mind.\n\nThis box includes everything you could possibly need for your personal spa night. Pampering yourself with quality products never felt (or smelled) so good! Let me give you a brief intro of each item I received in my Artisan Love Box below.\n\nFirst up are the goodies from Bask & Bloom Essentials. The Rose Purifying Mask is a blend of clay and essential oil that you add to your choice of liquid (water, aloe vera juice, or green tea for example) to create a fresh mask with each use. It's the facial detox you need to rid your skin of impurities and let that glow come through! The Vibrant Radiance Face Cream is a soft, sweet, naturally scented replenishing moisturizer that can be used day and night.\n\nIf you're like me and prefer adding a toner to your daily skin care, the Karess Krafters Apothecary Aloe & Rosewater Facial Toner fits into the mix perfectly. After cleansing and before moisturizing, saturate a cotton pad with this facial toner and apply to keep your skin's pH levels balanced.\n\nNow these From Lia Relaxing Bath Salts are everything! Add these into the warm water as you draw your bath and see how fast the heavenly scent lures you in!\n\nWhat soothing bath would be complete without body wash and body oil? No worries, as this month's Artisan Love Box has you covered! The Elle Skin Care Co. Gentle Body Wash is vegan, and does a good job of getting your skin squeaky clean without the harsh ingredients. Following up with The Artisan Love Box Relaxing Body Oil is sure to keep your skin nice and soft.\n\nBut wait, there's more! This month's box came with Granny's Dessert Candles Wax Melts. If you know me, you know I need candles and wax melts during my wind down time. And these smell so deliciously decadent, you'll think someone is up in the kitchen baking strawberry shortcake!\n\nAnd for the icing on the cake--- The Artisan Love Box also included this Wild Apple Ginger Tea (along with Honua Honey stick that is not pictured). If you got a sweet tooth from the scent of the wax melts, hopefully this loose tea for one will satisfy and calm you.\n\nThank you so much to the creators of The Artisan Love Box, Jarmelia and Candera, for bringing toxic-free beauty + body care to my doorstep! Much love and appreciation to the artisans and handmade businesses that are a part of this vision, as well.\n\nLadies, if you have not taken the time to give yourself some TLC, I urge you to do so today. And if you're looking to show love and support to artisans that create quality products for us, check out this monthly subscription box by visiting www.artisanlovebox.com. Be sure to use code FIVEOFF to receive a discount on your first box.\n\nHello loves, I'm Dre! I am a hoarder of books and lipsticks, cupcakes make me happy, music gets me lifted, and the 90's was the best decade ever. I thank you kindly for stopping by my space on the web. Come on in and make yourself comfortable."}
-{"text": "How To Soothe & Relax Your Baby With Baby Massage\n\nBeing a mom is one of the most important jobs. It\u2019s rewarding, amazing, and every little moment counts, especially a mother\u2019s touch. When my boys were little and I used to bath them, every little hair washed, fingers cleaned. Johnson\u2019s was the only product I used. Johnson\u2019s helped me as a mother to harness my power of touch to bond with my boys in a way I never thought possible.\n\nFrequent contact between mom and baby helps to stimulate everything from deeper breathing to immune development to emotional well-being. Creating the perfect bonding experience is as simple as following these few tips, using simple products along the way.\n\nBath Time Provides Bonding With Baby\n\nRight from the moment they were born, my boys loved their bath time. Babies skin is delicate. You don\u2019t want to use adult products as they can contain harsh chemicals that can be harmful. Start with NEW JOHNSON\u2019S\u00ae HEAD-TO-TOE\u2122 extra moisturizing baby wash. It has 10x more moisturizers and is enriched in formula for sensitive skin so you don\u2019t have to worry about babies skin drying out. This is extremely great for babies born with skin conditions like my son with Eczema.\n\nBaby Massage\n\nAfter bath time, massage baby\u2019s skin with NEW JOHNSON\u2019S\u00ae HEAD-TO-TOE\u2122 extra moisturizing baby creamto help keep baby\u2019s skin looking and feeling soft. Baby Massage helps you gain awareness to how your baby will communicate, and also helps to ease simple digestive and sleep issues baby may struggle with.\n\nThe Importance of Baby Massage\n\nMy oldest had digestive problems. As a new mother this made me upset of course, but after I learned how to properly give my baby a massage and learned the benefits of a mother\u2019s simple touch. It helped his tummy issues right away. Baby Massage is easy to learn and can help you bond with your baby, along improving the development of your baby as time goes on.\n\nA gentle loving touch helps baby\u2019s grow stronger and feel less anxious about the world they live in. It\u2019s been proven that infants who are touched and loved display more eye contact, smiles and are even more vocal. It\u2019s why hospitals all over promote it and why skin on skin contact is so vastly important to help baby. Baby Massage can:\n\nReduce crying\n\nHelp with sleep issues\n\nHelp develop muscle tone\n\nReduce teething discomfort\n\nBoost immune system\n\nHelp both baby and parent relax\n\nAnd those are just a few of the many benefits. JOHNSON\u2019S has more tips on the importance of baby massage and mother\u2019s touch on their website www.johnsonsbaby.ca make sure you check it out and start bonding with your baby today!\n\nWhat do you do to help you bond with baby?\n\nDisclosure: I was provided the above mentioned products to share with you. All opinions are 100% my own\n\nNamed one of Vancouver's top 30 most fabulous bloggers. In the past six years Jodi has appeared on CTV, CBC Radio, Abbotsford News and Times and various online publications. A top brand ambassador and marketing influencer, she loves sharing relevant stories and products that help make family life easier."}
-{"text": "Batman Utility Belt\n\nIn Stock\n\nThey say it\u2019s the fine details that can make something better and this officially licensed Batman Utility Belt would take any Batman fancy dress costume to the next level. It comes in an old gold colour and features the Batman logo at the front of the belt\n\nIf you buy chosen quantity of Batman Utility Belt you will be eligible to get following discounts:"}
-{"text": "Monday, 10 May 2010\n\nHot Docs 2010: Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work Intro and Q&A with directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg\n\nThe following video clips are from the Introduction and Q&A for the screening of Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work with directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg on Monday May 3, 2010 at Hot Docs 2010. See my review Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work here.\n\n1 comment:\n\nAnonymous\nsaid...\n\nJoan Rivers has had such a tough life, and such a demanding career, it\u2019s only right someone finally made a documentary about her. She\u2019s been as groundbreaking as George Carlin or Richard Pryor, and it\u2019s about time we let her know we noticed."}
-{"text": "Oh, Have I Told You My Wife Is Pregnant?\n\nOh, have I told you my wife is pregnant? Yes, she is. It\u2019s gonna be our second child. Number 1, Jitse (in case you\u2019re wondering: that\u2019s a boy name), says he wants a sister. He\u2019s two years old. Of course he doesn\u2019t have a clue if he\u2019s going to get a little brother or a sister. We, on the other hand, do know :)"}
-{"text": "You have used the maximum number of promotional tickets for this month as per the T&C set by the bank for this offer. You can avail this deal and begin saving again from the 1st day of next month. Close this box to return to the Home Page and once you select your movie / cinema, SKIP deals to complete your booking.\n\nWelcome back !\n\nAs per the T&C set by the bank offer for this month, Please note you can avail more ticket(s) only.\n\nWelcome back !\n\nCoupon already used. Please try again later.\n\nYour selections so far:\n\nMOVIE:\n\nCINEMA:\n\nEXPERIENCE:\n\nDATE & SHOW TIME:\n\nSelect the number of seats you would like to book(Scroll down to see a summary of this booking)\n\nSold\n\nAvailable\n\nSelected Seat(s)\n\nYou have selected 0 Seat(s). Seat No.\n\nNote :You can buy a maximum of 10 tickets per transaction.\nPlease ensure you bring the credit card you have used to purchase these tickets.You need this card to collect your tickets.Entry to VOX GOLD is only for guests above 18 years of age. Guests between 5 - 18 years can enter if accompanied by a guardian and dependant on the movie rating.Entry to VOX Plus is only for guests above 18 years of age. Guests between 5 - 18 years can enter if accompanied by a guardian and dependant on the movie rating.\nWho should avoid 4DX movie experience?\nThis 4DX movie experience is not recommended for viewers who are pregnant, elderly, injured, or have heart, back or spinal conditions, and those with motion sickness, epilepsy or other sensitive conditions.\nChildren below the age of 7 or below 1 metres high are not allowed in 4DX cinemas.\n\nPlease don't press back button or refresh button until finish the Payment transaction...\n\nMercato Mall\n\nMercato Mall\n\nDubai, UAE, 4th March 2013 \u2013\n\nVOX Cinemas is continuing its ambitious 2013 expansion plan by opening its newest cinema in Mercato Mall on Tuesday 5th March. Jumeirah\u2019s iconic shopping destination will also become the community\u2019s new favourite cinema, when the fully renovated, luxurious 7-screen cinema opens this week.\n\n\u201cVOX Cinemas in Mercato Mall is the seventh cinema that we have opened in the UAE, and the second cinema that we have opened this year,\u201d said Ahmed Galal Ismail, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Ventures, which owns VOX Cinemas. \u201cWe are delighted for Mercato to be the next step in our expansion plan as VOX Cinemas more than doubles our screen count in 2013. It\u2019s a very exciting time for the Majid Al Futtaim Ventures family and Mercato has been an incredibly supportive partner in helping VOX Cinemas fulfil this vision.\u201d\n\nVOX Cinemas in Mercato will give visitors the chance to experience a completely refreshed cinema experience. Cinema-goers will enjoy pristine d\u00e9cor and the option of wider, ultra comfortable VIP seats in all seven cinemas. Coupled with the latest and most technically advanced Christie projection and Dolby surround sound systems, plus a new expanded gourmet menu, the Mercato guests are in for an extra treat.\n\n\u201cWe are incredibly proud that VOX Cinemas will offer Dubai movie-goers something different, something special,\u201d said Cameron Mitchell, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas. \u201cMercato is renowned for offering a bright and premium shopping experience with the mall\u2019s inviting d\u00e9cor and exclusive selection of stores. We were determined to create a bespoke and customised VIP cinema offer to the discerning Jumeirah community, ensuring that guests could enjoy an enhanced cinema experience in absolute comfort. VOX Cinemas has invested heavily in renovating the entire complex and in ensuring that all cinemas are 3D equipped, feature brand new Christie digital projectors, large VIP seats, coupled with Dolby 7.1 surround sound in every cinema. Guests can be comfortable in the knowledge that when visiting VOX Cinemas, Mercato, that every session, every day, in every cinema meets the same incredibly high technical standard\u201d\n\n\u201cVOX Cinemas is doubling our company size in 2013, opening cinemas in the UAE, Lebanon and Oman, making us the largest Middle Eastern cinema exhibitor, and we are delighted that VOX Cinemas, Mercato is the next step in this exciting journey. We would like to express our appreciation and thanks to Mr Al Zarooni and the Mercato family for their unwavering support\u201d said Cameron Mitchell, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas.\n\n\u201cWe are thrilled that VOX Cinemas is now open to the public. The brand new state-of-the-art cinema exceeds all our expectations and really will set a benchmark in Dubai for quality, luxury and comfort,\u201d said Debbie Russo, General Manager for Mercato. \u201cThe mall now offers our customers a premium quality cinema which will only add to the Mercato experience and make it even more enjoyable and memorable. We will continue to work closely with VOX Cinemas to ensure that we line up a year which is full of interesting events and promotions for the benefit of our customers\u201d.\n\nJust in time for a season of blockbusters this Spring and Summer season, VOX Cinemas at Mercato will be showing major hits such as: Iron Man 3 in 3D, Man of Steel in 3D, World War Z, Pacific Rim, Smurfs 2, Monsters\u2019 University and Fast & Furious 6.\n\nTickets are available on the VOX Cinemas website, in-cinema kiosks, iPhone and Nokia apps, the mobile website or in-person at the ticket box making it convenient for all.\n\nAbout Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas\n\nVOX Cinemas is the Middle East\u2019s most innovative and customer-focused cinema experience featuring high-resolution 4K digital projection systems, immersive digital 3D content, fully digital cinema screens, expansive VOX MAX screens, as well as premium VIP, VOX GOLD and value-oriented seating alternatives. With 68 screens currently across seven locations in the UAE, the VOX Cinemas experience includes extensive dining choices from VOX Cafes as well as traditional candybar offers, and an extensive menu attached to their VOX GOLD ultimate cinema experience. A premium cinema concept, VOX PLUS, is now also available at VOX Cinemas in Fujairah City Centre which offers movie goers the chance to watch movies in luxury with reclining seats in a more exclusive surrounding.\n\nVOX Cinemas allows guests to purchase tickets in a number of convenient ways: the VOX Cinemas website, on-site kiosks, iPhone and Nokia apps, the mobile website or in-person at the ticket box. VOX Cinemas is owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas, which is the cinema arm of the wider Majid Al Futtaim Ventures group of businesses. Majid Al Futtaim Ventures is the growth engine responsible for developing new enterprises to deliver the most innovative concepts to the Middle East."}
-{"text": "Hey, it's that girl from the cover of PAPER's summer music issue!) Azealia Banks pops-out of this short, but hyper-animated clip for \"Atlantis\" from her Fantasea mixtape. The song was produced by O/W/W/W/L/S and the video directed by French artist Fafi -- wife of the late, great DJ/producer Mehdi. Azealia's colorful world is packed with the usual underwater suspects as well as some purple, rotating crystals and flying euros with alternating \"Prey\" vs. \"Pray\" graphics shooting over a volcano."}
-{"text": "Using FPGAs to solve tough DSP design challenges\n\nEditor's Note: I am delighted to have the opportunity to present the following piece from the first quarter edition 2012 of the Xcell Journal, with the kind permission of Xilinx Inc.\n\nThis piece compares using standalone DSPs vs FPGAs and talks about the advantages and disadvantages of both. FPGAs can do the functions of multiple DSPs but in some cases an FPGA would be overkill. This goes into great detail on the good and bad and a bit of how-to implement DSP functions optimally.\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\nDSPs are invaluable in electronic system design for their ability to quickly measure, filter or compress analog signals on the fly. In doing so, they help the digital world communicate with the real world, the analog world. But as electronic systems become more elaborate, incorporating multiple analog sources to process, engineers are forced to make tough decisions. Is it better to use multiple DSPs and synchronize that functionality with the rest of the system? Or is it better to have one high-performance DSP handling multiple functions with elaborate software?\n\nIn many cases, today\u2019s systems are so complex that single-DSP implementations have insufficient processing power. At the same time, system architects simply can\u2019t afford the costs, complexities and power requirements of multiple-chip systems.\n\nFPGAs have now emerged as a great choice for systems requiring high-performance DSP functionality. In fact, FPGA technology can often provide a much simpler solution to difficult DSP challenges than a standalone digital signal processor. To understand why requires a look back at the origins and evolution of the DSP.\n\nMICROPROCESSORS FOR A SPECIALIZED PURPOSEOver the past two decades, traditional DSP architectures have struggled to keep pace with increasing performance demands. As video systems make greater strides toward high definition and 3D, and communications systems push the limits of current technology to achieve higher bandwidth, designers need alternative implementation strategies. Hardware used to implement digital signal-processing algorithms may be categorized into one of three basic types of device: microprocessors, logic and memory. Some designs may require additional hardware for analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion, and for high-speed digital interfaces.\n\nTraditional digital signal processors are microprocessors designed to perform a specialized purpose. They are well-suited to algorithmic-intensive tasks but are limited in performance by clock rate and the sequential nature of their internal design. This limits the maximum number of operations per second that they can carry out on the incoming data samples. Typically, three or four clock cycles are required per arithmetic logic unit (ALU) operation. Multicore architectures may increase performance, but these are still limited. Designing with traditional signal processors therefore necessitates the reuse of architectural elements for algorithm implementation. Every operation must cycle through the ALU, either fed back internally or externally, for each addition, multiplication, subtraction or any other fundamental operation performed.\n\nFigure 1 \u2013 Traditional DSP architecture\n\nUnfortunately, in dealing with many of today\u2019s high-performance applications, the classical DSP fails to satisfy system requirements. Several solutions have been proposed in the past, including using multiple ALUs within a device or multiple DSP devices on a board; however, such schemes often increase costs significantly and simply shift the problem to another arena. For example, to increase performance using multiple devices follows an exponential curve. In order to double the performance, two devices are required. To double the performance again takes four devices, and so on. In addition, the focus of programmers often shifts from signal-processing functions to task scheduling across the multiple processors and cores. This results in much additional code that functions as system overhead rather than attacking the digital signal-processing problem at hand.\n\nA solution to the increasing complexity of DSP implementations came with the introduction of FPGA technology. The FPGA was initially developed as a means to consolidate and concentrate discrete memory and logic to enable higher integration, higher performance and increased flexibility. FPGA technology has become a significant part of virtually every high-performance system in use today. In contrast to the traditional DSP, FPGAs are massively parallel structures containing a uniform array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs), memory, DSP slices and some other elements. They may be programmed using high-level description languages like VHDL and Verilog, or at a block diagram level using System Generator. Many dedicated functions and IP cores are available for direct implementation in a highly optimized form within the FPGA.\n\nThe main advantage to digital signal processing within an FPGA is the ability to tailor the implementation to match system requirements. This means in a multiple-channel or high-speed system, you can take advantage of the parallelism within the device to maximize performance, while in a lower-rate system the implementation may have a more serial nature. Thus the designer can tailor the implementation to suit the algorithm and system requirements rather than compromising the desired ideal design to conform to the limitations of a purely sequential device. Very high-speed I/O further reduces cost and bottlenecks by maximizing data flow from capture right through the processing chain to final output.\n\nAs an example of how the FPGA stacks up, let\u2019s consider a FIR filter implementation using both classical DSP and FPGA architectures to illustrate some of the strengths and weaknesses of each solution.\n\nAnother piece, originating from the first quarter edition 2012 of the Xcell Journal, is \"Embedded Vision: FPGAs\u2019 Next Notable Technology Opportunity\".\nTo access the article, click here: http://www.eetimes.com/design/military-aerospace-design/4376567/Embedded-vision--FPGAs--next-technology-opportunity\n\nThere are some very useful concepts covered here and the summary is generally spot on, however it is important to consider the DSP function in the system context.\nIf other functions are required in addition to the DSP it may push the solution of choice into an FPGA. For example, a low performance DSP function that is part of a sensor or motor control system need not be implemented in a stand alone DSP device. An FPGA might be the right solution in this case.\n\nFurther information on how Xilinx System Generator and other HDL code generation tools may be used with MATLAB and Simulink -- including examples, demos, and videos -- are available from http://www.mathworks.com/fpga.\n\nGlen,\nIt is too easy to critisize and rush to jugment in haste, when it is so easy to offer the correction of such typo that appears in many publications that are transcribed by non-technical people.\nSimply stating the transgression in this case that the index coefficients are transposed for the constatnt term and the discrete variable term, would have accomplished more and been more informative to others that may not have see this simple transgression. Article as good merits otherwise, in my opinion.\n\nDr. DSP,\nCOuldn't the same be said in the other direction?, if there are other considerations more suitable for a DSP processor then the tilt can be as well move the other direction.\nIn my opinion, it has to be a case by case decision of the designer, given a set of resources and time constraints.\nJust another point of view"}
-{"text": "Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts\n\nIn our earlier articles we have explained the navigational keyboard shortcuts for Facebook and emoji keyboard shortcuts. Similar to Facebook, Twitter web interface also has lots of keyboard shortcuts. It helps you to do two things \u2013 navigate through different pages and act on individual tweet messages. These keyboard shortcuts can save you lots of time if you spending more time on Twitter website. With a few keys you can be an expert in using Twitter without the need of mouse.\n\nTwitter Keyboard Shortcuts\n\nThe table below shows a complete list of Twitter keyboard shortcuts that you can use:\n\nTimeline Navigation Shortcuts\n\nG + N\n\nOpen notifications\n\nG + P\n\nAccount profile\n\nG + M\n\nOpen Direct Messages\n\nG + S\n\nOpen account settings\n\nG + L\n\nTo see likes\n\nG + R\n\nFor mentions\n\nG + H\n\nHome page\n\nG + U\n\nGoes to users\n\nG + D\n\nDisplay settings pop-up\n\nG + B\n\nOpen Bookmarks\n\nG + I\n\nOpen your Lists\n\nG + E\n\nExplore (show trends and other relevant details for you)\n\n?\n\nTo display a list of all shortcuts\n\n.\n\nLoad new tweets\n\nSpace\n\nTo scroll down the page\n\nJ\n\nScroll to next tweet in timeline\n\nK\n\nScroll to previous tweet in the timeline\n\nShortcuts for Actions\n\nN\n\nStart a new tweet\n\nL\n\nLike a tweet\n\nR\n\nReply to a tweet\n\nM\n\nStart a new Direct Message\n\nControl + Enter orCommand + Enter\n\nSend a tweet\n\nS\n\nShare tweet\n\nT\n\nRetweet a post\n\n/\n\nShifts focus to the search box\n\nB\n\nAdd tweet to your Bookmarks\n\nU\n\nMute account\n\nX\n\nBlock account\n\nO\n\nExpand an image\n\nEnter\n\nOpen tweet message\n\nHow to Use Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts?\n\nTwitter keyboard shortcuts work all on operating systems like Windows and Mac. The navigational shortcuts work on the Twitter webpage while most of the action shortcuts work when you have opened or highlighted a tweet. For example, open your Twitter account and press J key to highlight and navigate to next tweets. Similarly, press K key to highlight and move to previous tweet. When you have highlighted the tweet use the action shortcuts to like, reply or retweet quickly.\n\nWhen you on the Twitter webpage, press the ? key (shift + ?) on your keyboard to get the full list of keyboard shortcuts.\n\nShortcuts PDF Guides\n\nWebNots \u2013 A Tech & Web Platform\n\nWebNots is a knowledge sharing platform for webmasters and tech geeks. We have published 1000+ free articles focusing on website building and technology. We share our experience and knowledge through blog articles, demos, eBooks, videos and glossary terms for the benefit of webmasters and tech community."}
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-{"text": "Archive\n\nIraqis fighting US seen as 'martyrs'\n\nThe Iraqi forces battling US troops west of Baghdad do not consider themselves as terrorists or even supporters of Saddam Hussein, but as 'martyrs' fighting foreign 'infidels'.\n\n11 Oct 2003 16:33 GMT\n\nMourners pray at the burial of another Iraqi killed by US forces\n\n\"Each attack against the Americans is a celebration,\" says Ali Ilhabi, 48, echoing the words of most residents of Anbar, Qaldiya, Fallujah and al-Ramadi. Ilhabi belongs to the Gortani tribe.\n\nAnti-US sentiment prevails in the area, and attacks against US troops have occurred almost daily since the ousting of Saddam Hussein in April. Retaliation by troops often results in deaths among Iraqi civilians.\n\nOn Monday, as soldiers in the distance battled with fighters hiding in fields, the men gathered to vent their anger and set the record straight on why attacking American troops is fair.\n\nFor more than four hours, US soldiers and Iraqi fighters waged pitched battles after an American convoy came under rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and bomb attack in a farming area between Qaldiya and al-Ramadi.\n\nThe American troops used tanks, helicopters and an F-16 jet to fight their way out of the ambush.\n\n'In God's name'\n\n\"First of all, we are fighting in the name of Allah (God) becausewe are Muslims and cannot let infidels occupy our country and confiscate our wealth,\" said Ahmad Ali, a 33-year-old accountant.\n\n\"We are also fighting for the return of Saddam Hussein because we realise that we were better off with him than with the Americans who open fire indiscriminately on civilians,\" Ali added.\n\nMuhsin Abid Farhain, a professor of Islamic theology, insists that Anbar province is one of the most religiously conservative regions around and home to 80 mosques.\n\n\"It is a religious duty to defend ourselves against the occupiers\"Resident of Anbar\n\n\"Fallujah is a traditional Islamic city. So it is a religious duty to expel infidels from Muslim land and defend ourselves against the occupiers,\" said Farhain.\n\n\"Most of the tribal chiefs and the imams tell the people not to resist. All the fatwas (Islamic religious decrees) say we must wait. But you cannot control the people. If the Americans do not respect their promises, everyone will encourage resistance\", Farhain added.\n\nLoss of dignity\n\nThe men of the Gortani tribe say Iraqi fighters from Anbar are fighting US troops \"first and foremost to become martyrs\".\n\n\"Saddam Hussein taught us never to be afraid of anything,\" said Tabil Arak, a 36-year-old farmer, to explain the men's readiness to pay with their lives.\n\nTheir willingness to take up arms against the US forces is also fuelled by what many here consider the loss of personal dignity, and the feeling that they no longer belong in post-war Iraq, now that their leader has been ousted.\n\n\"We are defending our dignity as well as our homeland,\" said Ilhabi, bitter at having lost his job as an employee of the fallen regime.\n\nAs he speaks, Iraqi fighters and US troops are closing in on them and their battle is threatening the homes of many members of the Gortani tribe.\n\nBut rather than show fear, the Gortani men are cheering the Iraqi fighters and warn that plans by Washington to enrol foreign troops in Iraq will fail because they too will be considered the enemy."}
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-{"text": "Siamese I believe they call it, or Thai language(Thailand). I love the culture & cuisine, also its a beautiful country I wish I could visit.\n\n& of course I feel the same about Japanese(though not so much the cuisine I never really tried it). I hope one day I will be able to understand and speak alittle of it. It would be a whole new experience to watch anime & understand them fully, alot of the time subs are poorly translated it seems like, I understand a few Japanese words\n\nI know 2 languages fluently at the moment, English and Thai. I would like to improve my French and Korean. I want to learn Japanese, and Mandarin, Cantonese etc. After them I would like to learn German and Spanish.\n\nJapanese only mainly so i dont have to read subtitles any more lol other then that i imagine italian would be fun i have always found that to be a sexy language and other then that....simish from the sims maybe? lol :p"}
-{"text": "CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2013 The call from a friend rang in on Mark Crider\u2019s line at around 10 a.m. Tuesday: President Donald Trump was going to be in Corpus Christi at the firehouse across the way.\n\n\u201cHe said, \u2018The Secret Service knows there\u2019s about 100 loaded guns in your house and they know you\u2019d let them use \u2018em if they need to,\u201d Crider said, relaying the gentle ribbing of his longtime friend.\n\nWith Trump expected in about an hour, Crider rolled his wheelchair out front, planted himself next to a fence and waited.\n\nThe cop cars came in droves, filing out to the road, eventually closing it off in anticipation that the president of the United States would soon roll through.\n\nIt wasn\u2019t long before Crider was joined by hundreds of people, a typical Trumpian mixture of protesters, enthusiastic supporters and curious passersby who crowded the streets to catch a glimpse.\n\nCorpus Christi, population 300,000-something, is a relatively small community in Texas. And Annavile is an even smaller neighborhood where just about everyone knows one another and word spreads fast.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve lived out here forever you might say,\u201d Crider said. \u201cI guess they started calling one another. And a lot of our friends showed up \u2013 old classmates.\u201d\n\nNews that Trump would arrive at a local firehouse spread like wildfire over the next few hours. Friends called friends. Cars of people passing through stopped, then parked further down the road as their occupants trekked back to the fire station to check out the commotion.\n\nQuickly, Crider was joined by friends, neighbors and hecklers curious eager to see the man who had dominated their televisions and newspapers for two years.\n\n\u201cThis is nuts \u2013 he\u2019s literally down the street from us,\u201d said one man who hustled through the growing crowd gathering around the fire station as his friend recorded their adventure on a live Facebook video. \u201cWe see this man everywhere on the news constantly, and he\u2019s here.\u201d\n\nWalking down the closed streets were hundreds of others, parents and their children, grandparents \u2013 all on a pilgrimage to see the spectacle.\n\nBack at the Annaville Fire Station 5, Crider\u2019s wife, Sandra, had brought out her \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d flag, which became an anchor for Trump supporters who were being penned in with police tape as local officers and Secret Service agents kept a watchful eye.\n\nWord had spread on social media though live video and pictures, by word of mouth as police officers redirecting drivers informed them that the president would be here soon.\n\nA small Texas town that rarely receives presidential visits suddenly had something very important going on.\n\n\u201cThe people just started getting wind of it and they showed up,\u201d said Samuel Dalton, a local Republican Party official, who had received a call the day before Trump\u2019s visit asking him to drive a van in the presidential motorcade. \u201cIt was just remarkable and everybody appreciated very much the president coming and trying to get a feel of what are the needs.\u201d\n\nAround 12:45 p.m., Trump emerged in his signature \u201cUSA\u201d campaign hat and the crowd exploded in chats of \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d, \u201cTexas Strong!\u201d, and \u201cTrump! Trump!\u201d\n\nIt had the feel of a rally because in a sense it was one.\n\n\u201cThank you, everybody. What a crowd! What a turnout!\u201d Trump remarked from his perch behind two black SUVs that the Secret Service had carefully positioned in front of a firetruck.\n\nTrump had chosen Corpus Christi, located in a county he had won over Hillary Clinton by a sliver in 2016, in an effort to avoid taxing local law enforcement who were busy rescuing stranded Texans in the path of the monster storm.\n\nDalton, who only knew about the firehouse visit when the motorcade rolled onto the street, said he was \u201cpleasantly surprised\u201d to see the crowd turn out for Trump. He chalked it out to the strength of support among Trump\u2019s core supporters and a feeling of solidarity among Texans reeling from a disaster of historic proportions.\n\nBack in the thick of the gathering, he could be seen, but not heard. Snipers stood watch on the roof above, scanning the swollen crowd.\n\n\u201cWhat is he saying? What is he saying?\u201d a voice called out.\n\nOthers began trying to call for quiet: \u201cShhhhhhhhhhh!\u201d\n\nTrump was speaking through a microphone, but no one could hear a thing.\n\nObservers watching the footage on television would remark the the president failed to mention the victims of Hurricane Harvey\u2019s wrath, only his crowd size.\n\nFor the mixture of supporters and onlookers, however, they could only see Trump, standing in front of a firetruck, waving a Texas flag.\n\nA few minutes later, Trump was back in his van and with a wave of his hand, and as quickly as he had appeared, he was gone.\n\nPresident Trump has broadcast his involvement in the government response to Hurricane Harvey loud and clear, and been accused of keeping the focus on him as Texans respond to the record storm. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)\n\nThe call from a friend rang in on Mark Crider\u2019s line at around 10:00 a.m. Tuesday: President Trump was going to be in Corpus Christi at the firehouse across the way.\n\n\u201cHe said, \u2018The Secret Service knows there\u2019s about 100 loaded guns in your house and they know you\u2019d let them use \u2019em if they need to,\u201d Crider said, relaying the gentle ribbing of his longtime friend.\n\nWith Trump expected in about an hour, Crider rolled his wheelchair out front, planted himself next to a fence and waited.\n\nThe cop cars came in droves, filing out to the road, eventually closing it off in anticipation that the president of the United States would soon roll through.\n\nIt wasn\u2019t long before Crider was joined by hundreds of people, a typical Trumpian mixture of protesters, enthusiastic supporters and curious passersby who crowded the streets to catch a glimpse.\n\nCorpus Christi, population 300,000-something, is a relatively small community in Texas. And Annavile is an even smaller neighborhood where just about everyone knows one another and word spreads fast.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve lived out here forever you might say,\u201d Crider said. \u201cI guess they started calling one another. And a lot of our friends showed up \u2014 old classmates.\u201d\n\nNews that Trump would arrive at a local firehouse spread like wildfire over the next few hours. Friends called friends. Cars of people passing through stopped, then parked further down the road as their occupants trekked back to the fire station to check out the commotion.\n\nQuickly, Crider was joined by friends, neighbors and hecklers curious eager to see the man who had dominated their televisions and newspapers for two years.\n\n\u201cThis is nuts \u2014 he\u2019s literally down the street from us,\u201d said one man who hustled through the growing crowd gathering around the fire station as his friend recorded their adventure on a live Facebook video. \u201cWe see this man everywhere on the news constantly, and he\u2019s here.\u201d\n\nWalking down the closed streets were hundreds of others, parents and their children, grandparents \u2014 all on a pilgrimage to see the spectacle.\n\nBack at the Annaville Fire Station 5, Crider\u2019s wife, Sandra, had brought out her \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d flag, which became an anchor for Trump supporters who were being penned in with police tape as local officers and Secret Service agents kept a watchful eye.\n\nWord had spread on social media though live video and pictures, by word of mouth as police officers redirecting drivers informed them that the president would be here soon.\n\nAnnaville, a small Texas community that rarely receives presidential visits suddenly had something very important going on.\n\n\u201cThe people just started getting wind of it and they showed up,\u201d said Samuel Dalton, a local Republican Party official, who had received a call the day before Trump\u2019s visit asking him to drive a van in the presidential motorcade. \u201cIt was just remarkable and everybody appreciated very much the president coming and trying to get a feel of what are the needs.\u201d\n\nAround 12:45 p.m., Trump emerged in his signature \u201cUSA\u201d campaign hat and the crowd exploded in chats of \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d, \u201cTexas Strong!\u201d, and \u201cTrump! Trump!\u201d\n\n\u201cWhat a crowd, what a turnout,\u201d President Trump said to residents of Corpus Christi, Tex., on Aug. 29, while touring the damage from Hurricane Harvey. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get you back and operating immediately,\u201d he pledged. (The Washington Post)\n\nIt had the feel of a rally because in a sense it was one.\n\n\u201cThank you, everybody. What a crowd! What a turnout!\u201d Trump remarked from his perch behind two black SUVs that the Secret Service had carefully positioned in front of a firetruck.\n\nTrump had chosen Corpus Christi, located in a county he had won over Hillary Clinton by a sliver in 2016, in an effort to avoid taxing local law enforcement who were busy rescuing stranded Texans in the path of the monster storm.\n\nDalton, who only knew about the firehouse visit when the motorcade rolled onto the street, said he was \u201cpleasantly surprised\u201d to see the crowd turn out for Trump. He chalked it out to the strength of support among Trump\u2019s core supporters and a feeling of solidarity among Texans reeling from a disaster of historic proportions.\n\nBack in the thick of the gathering, he could be seen, but not heard. Snipers stood watch on the roof above, scanning the swollen crowd.\n\n\u201cWhat is he saying? What is he saying?\u201d a voice called out.\n\nOthers began trying to call for quiet: \u201cShhhhhhhhhhh!\u201d\n\nTrump was speaking through a microphone, but no one could hear a thing.\n\nObservers watching the footage on television would remark the the president failed to mention the victims of Hurricane Harvey\u2019s wrath, only his crowd size.\n\nFor the mixture of supporters and onlookers, however, they could only see Trump, standing in front of a firetruck, waving a Texas flag.\n\nA few minutes later, Trump was back in his van and with a wave of his hand, and as quickly as he had appeared, he was gone.\n\nThe Food and Drug Administration called the approval historic, the first gene therapy to hit the US market. Made from scratch for every patient, it\u2019s one of a wave of \u201cliving drugs\u201d under development to fight additional blood cancers and other tumours, too.\n\nNovartis Pharmaceuticals set the price for its one-time infusion of so-called \u201cCAR-T cells\u201d at $475,000, but said there would be no charge for patients who didn\u2019t show a response within a month.\n\n\u201cThis is a brand new way of treating cancer,\u201d said Dr Stephan Grupp of Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, who treated the first child with CAR-T cell therapy \u2014 a girl who\u2019d been near death but now is cancer-free for five years and counting. \u201cThat\u2019s enormously exciting.\u201d\n\n\u200bCAR-T treatment uses gene therapy techniques not to fix disease-causing genes but to turbocharge T cells, immune system soldiers that cancer too often can evade. Researchers filter those cells from a patient\u2019s blood, reprogramme them to harbour a \u201cchimeric antigen receptor\u201d or CAR that zeroes in on cancer, and grow hundreds of millions of copies. Returned to the patient, the revved-up cells can continue multiplying to fight disease for months or years.\n\nIt\u2019s a completely different way to harness the immune system than popular immunotherapy drugs called \u201ccheckpoint inhibitors\u201d that treat a variety of cancers by helping the body\u2019s natural T cells better spot tumours. CAR-T cell therapy gives patients stronger T cells to do that job.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re entering a new frontier in medical innovation with the ability to reprogramme a patient\u2019s own cells to attack a deadly cancer,\u201d said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.\n\nThe first CAR-T version, developed by Novartis and the University of Pennsylvania, is approved for use by several hundred patients a year who are desperately ill with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, or ALL. It strikes more than 3,000 children and young adults in the U.S. each year and while most survive, about 15 percent relapse despite today\u2019s best treatments.\n\nIn a key study of 63 advanced patients, 83 percent went into remission soon after receiving the CAR-T cells. Importantly, it\u2019s not clear how long that benefit lasts: Some patients did relapse months later. The others still are being tracked to see how they fare long-term.\n\nStill, \u201ca far higher percentage of patients go into remission with this therapy than anything else we\u2019ve seen to date with relapsed leukaemia,\u201d said Dr. Ted Laetsch of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, one of the study sites. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say we know for sure how many will be cured yet by this therapy. There certainly is a hope\u201d that some will be.\n\nMost patients suffered side effects that can be gruelling, even life-threatening. An immune overreaction called \u201ccytokine release syndrome\u201d can trigger high fevers, plummeting blood pressure and in severe cases organ damage, side effects that require sophisticated care to help patients without blocking the cancer attack. The FDA designated a treatment for those side effects Wednesday.\n\n\u201cThis is remarkable technology,\u201d said Dr Mikkael Sekeres of the American Society of Haematology. But, he cautioned that CAR-T \u201cisn\u2019t a panacea.\u201d\n\nAmong concerns, sometimes leukaemia can develop resistance, and sometimes patients worsen while waiting for their new cells, said Sekeres, who directs the Cleveland Clinic\u2019s leukaemia programme and wasn\u2019t involved with CAR-T testing.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately leukaemia grows so rapidly that it can evade even the smartest of our technologies,\u201d he added.\n\nTo better ensure patient safety, the FDA is requiring Novartis to offer CAR-T therapy only through medical centers specially trained and certified to handle the complicated treatment. Novartis expects to have 32 centres around the country, mostly in large cities, running by year\u2019s end, with the first 20 offering care within the next month.\n\nPatients\u2019 collected immune cells will be frozen and shipped to a Novartis factory in New Jersey that creates each dose, a process the company says should take about three weeks. The $475,000 price tag doesn\u2019t include the cost of needed hospitalizations, travel to a certified hospital and other expenses.\n\nOn a conference call Wednesday, Novartis executives said the company is working with the Medicaid program and private insurers and expects broad coverage, and will offer some financial assistance with such things as travel costs. But they didn\u2019t promise all patients would be able to get the therapy.\n\nFor some patients, the new CAR-T therapy might replace bone marrow transplants that cost more than half a million dollars, noted Grupp, who led the Novartis study.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t want to be an apologist for high drug prices in the US,\u201d Grupp stressed. But if it\u2019s the last treatment they need, \u201cthat\u2019s a really significant one-time investment in their wellness, especially in kids who have a whole lifetime ahead of them.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis is a turning point in the fight\u201d against ALL, said Penn\u2019s Dr Carl June, who pioneered the therapy.\n\nBut he and other researchers say thousands more patients eventually may benefit. Kite Pharma\u2019s similar CAR-T brand, developed by the National Cancer Institute, is expected to win approval later this year to treat aggressive lymphoma, and Juno Therapeutics and other companies are studying their own versions against blood cancers including multiple myeloma.\n\nHealth news in pictures\n\nScientists around the country also are trying to make CAR-T therapies that could fight more common solid tumours such as brain, breast or pancreatic cancers \u2014 a harder next step.\n\n\u201cAlthough narrow in scope, today\u2019s FDA ruling is a milestone,\u201d said Dr. David Maloney of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, whose team has worked with Juno and is researching CAR-T in a variety of cancers. \u201cApprovals are an important step, but they\u2019re just the beginning.\u201d\n\nLAKE CHARLES, La./HOUSTON (Reuters) \u2013 Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeast Texas into Louisiana on Wednesday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping Houston with record rains and flooding that killed at least 35 people and drove tens of thousands from their homes.\n\nPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday will begin in earnest the effort of selling a sweeping overhaul of the tax code, pitching Republican plans as a boon for the middle class ahead of members of Congress\u2019 return to Washington.\n\n(Reuters) \u2013 Fire officials have arrested a 29-year-old man they accused of causing a fast-moving wildfire that has destroyed 10 homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,500 residents in Northern California, they said on Wednesday."}
-{"text": "Your first love, your first kiss and your first relationship are all memorable things that you can look back and reminisce and giggle about with friends. But how easy is it to talk about with our children? Thanks to changes in technology and popular social media sites, dating today is a whole different ball game.\n\n\u201cThese are their first relationships, and so they fall hard,\u201d said Rosalind Wiseman, an educator and author of Queen Bees and Wannabes. It\u2019s important not to dismiss your child\u2019s relationships just because he or she is a teenager. What your child learns now will set the stage for healthy relationships in the future.\n\nUse the media.\n\nTalking to your child about celebrity relationships like Rihanna and Chris Brown can be great teachable moments, according to Dr. Jeff Gardere, assistant professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Manhattan and creator of the Healthy Divorce app. TV shows, movies and YouTube videos can all be used as a sounding board to talk about what healthy and unhealthy relationship look like \u2013 without it turning into another lecture.\n\nSet the rules together.\n\nAlthough you already know what the rules will be about dating, curfews, parties and driving, it\u2019s important to negotiate them together. So if your teen wants a 10 p.m. curfew, start at 8:30 p.m. and slowly increase the time when your child proves he or she can take on more responsibility.\n\nSo how can you make sure your kid isn\u2019t sexting his or her latest crush? You can\u2019t, according to Wiseman. So aside from confiscating cell phones, talk with your kid about what your family\u2019s values are when it comes to technology in the hopes that he or she will make the right decision.\n\nLead by example.\n\nExperts agree that the way you and your spouse treat each other strongly influences your kid\u2019s relationship choices and how they will treat significant others in the future.\n\nFace the truth.\n\nThe biggest obstacle parents have when dealing with dating is admitting that their child could be in a messy situation\u2014as a target, victim, bystander or perpetrator, Wiseman said. Acknowledging this reality will allow you to keep the lines of conversation open and prepare your kid to respect and be respected."}
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-{"text": "Category: Applying for Camp\n\nI first went to camp in 2011 through BUNAC and since then have been a huge advocate for their programmes \u2013 both Summer Camp USA and Work America. I worked for them on the summer camp programme back in 2016 and recently returned to camp through them for summer 2018, blogging about my experiences throughout \u2026 More Get 10% Off Your Summer in the USA with BUNAC\n\nIt\u2019s that time. September is almost over, which means that camp really is finished now for 2018. Everything is packed away, al the staff have left, the leaves have started falling, and I\u2019ll be getting on a train this evening to head to New York for the start of my next adventure. But first, let\u2019s go \u2026 More Returning to Camp with BUNAC: What\u2019s Next?\n\nThe other morning, I walked into our morning meeting and our Executive Director was blasting music and handing out donuts to all the supervisors. It took me a second and then I realised\u2026. this is what he does every year at the halfway point of the summer. Halfway?! How had that happened? Every summer I \u2026 More Returning to Camp with BUNAC: Ohhhhh, We\u2019re Halfway There\n\nThe sun is setting on your time at Summer Camp USA *sob* \u2013 don\u2019t remind us. Of course, it\u2019s always emotional saying goodbye to some of the close friends you\u2019ve made at Camp, but try to remember that it\u2019s not all sad. With the end of Camp comes the start of some incredible travels for you \u2026 More Q&A with BUNAC: Life After Camp and the Best Travels Ever\n\nOk, so where did I leave off last month? Our spring staff had just arrived at the end of May, and then camp really started to feel like summer was starting. I spent a day training our staff on the high ropes elements and going through some team building games that they\u2019d be running for \u2026 More Returning to Camp with BUNAC: The Kids Are Finally Here!\n\nSummer Camp USA is nearly here and BUNAC (and me) are SO excited for you to experience it we can hardly wait. You should be all set to board your plane to the Stars and Stripes now, but this blog is to remind you of a few things whilst you\u2019re in the USA so you know \u2026 More Q & A with BUNAC: We\u2019ll Be There For You (At Camp)\n\nThe weather is heating up, car windows are being wound down, and the sunglasses are coming out! All of this can mean only one thing \u2013 summer is within our reach, and we can hardly wait to get to Summer Camp USA! In case you didn\u2019t know, Summer Camp USA is BUNAC\u2019s incredible programme which gives young \u2026 More Q & A With BUNAC: Summer Camp USA Orientation Season is Here!\n\nA few weeks ago I went to my visa appointment at the brand new US Embassy in London and, while the process is pretty much the same as it\u2019s always been, there are a few little differences, so I thought I\u2019d do an update on what to do when you get there and how it \u2026 More Getting your Visa at the NEW US Embassy\n\nMarch, March, March\u2026 Where did you go?! This month was a pretty exciting one for me, as I could finally say \u2018I go to camp NEXT MONTH!\u2018. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s almost summer\u2026 for me anyway! This is going to be the earliest I\u2019ll have ever gone to camp and I\u2019m so pumped to be \u2026 More Returning to Camp with BUNAC: Only 1 Month to Go!"}
-{"text": "Lahore Karahi House Gillingham\n\nWelcome to Lahore Karahi House\n\nBased in the heart of Gillingham in Kent, Lahore Karahi House is an unassuming family run business that puts its customers first. Their dedication\nto serving top quality Indian food for dine-in, takeaway and collection can be seen from the restaurant located at 164 High Street, in front of the train station."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nMonday, August 4, 2014\n\nWe are just under two weeks out from Summerslam and we have two more Monday Night Raw\u2019s to go. Therefore, what can we expect aside from endless reminders to purchase the WWE Network? One thing we do not expect is to see John Cena who is off being a movie star again this week. I thought that was the new gimmick for the Miz. We will see Paul Heyman and likely Brock Lesnar along side him Paul did a great interview with Brian Fritz on Between the Ropes about his DVD/BluRay that is coming out this Tuesday. Here are five things we expect to see on Raw tonight:\n\n1. Expect another great Paul Heyman promo and maybe Brock Lesnar beating someone up in the absence of John Cena to make a point. I do not expect a match to happen just someone getting F-5ed and suffering the rather of Brock Lesnar. Paul Heyman has been doing a wonderful job of selling this match and expectation is for that to continue.\n\n2. The introduction of the A.J injury angle as part of her feud with Paige to the Raw audience that does not bother to watch Smackdown Paige did a number on her on Smackdown and maybe finally is a full-fledged heel? In any case, this feud for the Diva\u2019s Championship has taken a backseat to the Stephanie McMahon and Brie Bella feud.\n\n3. Dean Ambrose to be back on Raw where he belongs and getting his plans for Summerslam made official. Expect him and Seth Rollins to get into it once again leading to a match at Summerslam maybe even for that briefcase that Seth holds with the Money and the Bank Contract.\n\n4. More \u201cBitch Slaps\u201d and smack talk between Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon. I expect Steph to book both Bella\u2019s in a match where they are out numbered and over matched. I think ultimately we are heading to a Bella sisters feud coming out of this match with Stephanie getting the win at Summerslam. So seeing the Bellas together and united, the next couple of weeks will make it a bigger surprise for some when Nikki turns on her sister.\n\n5. Roman Reigns need to get his Mojo back after taking a heck of a beating from Randy Orton. Some might have heard that these two might have some legitimate heat between them based on Randy kind of dogging it in house show matches between the two. This feud may well be going on in the ring and outside of it. For my money Reigns needs to get some measure of revenge between now and Summerslam.\n\nOther things we should see is more build to Wyatt against Chris Jericho. Perhaps some clarity on where the Tag-Team titles our heading for Summerslam. Expect to see more U-S-A Chants as the Swagger against Rusev build continues.Have the match made for an Intercontinental title contest between Miz and Dolph Ziggler made official for Summerslam. We should expect some more character development on the new trio of Xavier Woods, Kofi and Big E as they continue to evolve into the nation 2.0? A crazy Goldust and Stardust promo and Damien Sandow dressed in some locally offensive costume."}
-{"text": "Spindelegger: Austria helps suffering people of Haiti and Niger\n\nVice-Chancellor Michael Spindelegger announces humanitarian help for Haiti and Niger\n\nVienna, 11 December 2012 - \"Austria is making 800,000 euros from the Foreign Disaster Relief Fund available to alleviate humanitarian distress in Niger and Haiti\", Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said after the session of the Ministerial Council on 11 December 2012. \"We want to help people whose lives have been shattered by extreme environmental conditions and natural disasters\", and he continued:\n\n\"We are donating 400,000 euros to the International Federation of the Societies of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to help the people in Haiti hit by hurricane Sandy. The funds will be mainly used to supply food and water and medical aid to the people.\"\n\nThe natural disaster hit a country that is still struggling to come to terms with the consequences of the severe earthquake. The torrential rain following the hurricane destroyed some 90,000 hectares of arable land and the harvest in nearly 40% of all communities of the country. According to the World Food Programme, 450,000 people suffer from acute shortage of food. The flood also damaged water supply systems.\n\n\"The humanitarian situation in the Sahel is still critical, and Niger is one of the countries affected. Large parts of the population suffer from food shortage caused by the drought and the flooding that followed. We are therefore going to support the work of Austrian NGOs in the field of food security by making 400,000 euros available.\"\n\nMillions of people in the Sahel belt are still starving. Niger, Chad, Mali and Mauritania are the countries that are most seriously affected. According to estimates of the European Commission, there is a shortage of 2.6 million tons of food. The current crisis in Mali, epidemics and political instability further aggravate the situation. More then 19 million people in the region are still suffering under moderate to acute food insecurity, more than one million little children among them. The Federal Government has provided 2.7 million euros for humanitarian aid, including food aid for the people in the Sahel in 2012."}
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-{"text": "Saturday, 3 August 2013\n\nTrio Of Christmas Cards\n\nEverything\non these cards was made using the Pre Made Sheets from the CD. These\nreally are brilliant as it has all the elements you need to create a\ncard. Whether you are a beginner, need a quick card or just fancy\nsomething simple to do these are perfect! I made all of these earlier\nthis week when i was still feeling poorly, i really wasn't up to doing\nmuch but i missed crafting and wanted to do something. All i added to\nthese cards was a bit of glitter and some pearls and gems."}
-{"text": "Tag: Aluminium Windows For Sale and Aluminium Profile Slider\n\nAluminum is one of the most used metals in today\u2019s society \u2013 Aluminium Profile Slider in Rating it can be found across a number of industries, such as construction and commercial, and in a number of applications, such as beverage cans and appliances. When choosing a manufacturer of aluminium extrusion for supplying the metal that you use in your workplace, however, it is important that you carefully consider which one will be best for your needs.\n\nThe manufacturer will begin by removing the aluminium from deep within the earth\u2019s crust (either as bauxite ore or feldspar). Often, the Bayer\u2019s method, Wohler\u2019s method or Hall Heroult method is chosen to remove the metal in its molten form. It is then hardened and moulded into whatever shape the manufacturer desires. When the aluminium is extracted from the earth in its solid form, Aluminum Cabinet Extrusions it will be passed through a number of mechanical processes that are designed to give the metal its desired shape. These processes include: rolling, drawing, forging, spinning, piercing and extrusion.\n\nRegardless of whether aluminium has been found in its molten or solid form, the manufacturer will then pass it through either a hot working or cold working process to prepare it for their customers. When using the hot working process (the most popular of the two), a billet will be heated to a temperature of over 79 degrees Celsius, which will allow the aluminium to be easily distorted and placed into its desired shape.\n\nThe reason for the popularity of the hot working process over the cold working one can be fully realized when you compare aluminium extrusion to squeezing toothpaste out of its tube. It is much easier to extrude the metal when it is malleable, meaning that it must have been heated to a certain temperature.\n\nFinally, the aluminium will pass through an extrusion and drawing process that runs almost parallel to each other. This is the final step in the whole extrusion process and is the step that gives the metal its entire shape. Deep drawing, for example, is used give the metal a cup, conical tapered, cylinder and seamless tube shape. For less curved shapes, Aluminum Extrusion Corner Profiles the drawing process is skipped.\n\nOnce you are satisfied with the processes and methods utilized by a potential manufacturer of aluminium extrusions, you can begin submitting your orders with them. If, after your first delivery, you are still satisfied with the manufacturer based on the promptness of the order being filled and the quality of the aluminium that you receive, you can continue the relationship.\n\nAluminium Profile Slider in Rating?\n\nIf you have a wonderful house with a great view of your garden or picture-postcard scenery spread gorgeously in front then you need doors that give an unimpeded view.Consider the standard options like sliding doors. A part of the opening will always remain covered regardless of whether you use two partitions or three partitions. French doors simply do not suit large openings. The answer is custom bifold doors especially when the opening is large and an unrestricted view is desired. They save space and give an unhindered view of the exteriors.The term bifold doors may be a misnomer since these doors are, in effect, made up of several panels that fold together like an accordion or concertina into a compact bunch of panels that do not take up much space and stay neatly on one side of the opening. You have a clear view. Standard panel sizes may range from 24 to 36 inches in width or customized to suit the width of the openings, which could be a better option in some cases. Custom bifold doors can help save space and the use of matching hardware means it will be a joy to operate.Customization could take several forms. You can choose to have bifold doors with narrow or broader panels to suit design considerations and aesthetics of how the door will look when fully closed. Narrow panels do give a nice look but in some cases one may wish for a less obstructed view in which case broader panels serve the purpose. Cost will also vary. Obviously more panels lead to higher cost but the advantage is that opening and closing the bifolds will be easier when the door has narrow panels and they take up less space.Where there are doors with glass the question of curtains or blinds always comes up. Here again customization helps when you choose double glazing panels with inbuilt blinds that are totally sealed within and can be opened or closed by sliding a magnetic latch. Such integrated bifold doors also help save space and present a neater appearance. Then there are small details that the installer and manufacturer will take care of such as using quality sliding tracks, pivots and hinges that integrate seamlessly into the aluminum frame. Another matter that necessitates customization is whether to place the track at the top or bottom. It is best to consult a reputed door supplier and installer and get a site inspection in order to get a customized fitting.Bifold doors are not meant just as a partition between indoors and outdoors. They can also be used indoors to good effect as space savers between rooms. One can have a larger opening without the inconvenience of large door panels creating obstructions in confined spaces.Bifold doors have several advantages such as ease of use, complete opening up of a room to the outside, security with the right set of hardware and energy efficiency. These advantages can be further enhanced by customizing the bifold panels along with glazing and hardware fittings.\n\nMetal Fabrication Equipment - Examples of Machines Used in Various Industries\n\nExtrusion is the process to change the structure and shape of different metals. Some of the metals that are commonly extruded include aluminium, copper, lead, magnesium, zinc, titanium etc.\n\nAs aluminium is malleable in nature, it is easy to extrude. Specific dies are used for the aluminium extrusion process. These steel dies have opening of the desired shapes. Primarily, this process can be of two types - hot and cold. For hot process, precise heating is very important. It is done above the aluminium's recrystallization temperature. While, cold process is done at room temperature or near room temperature.\n\nTo obtain superior quality and improved surface finished aluminium extrusions, accurate temperate and its monitoring is vital. The finishing increases the durability, strength and its appearance. In the process, a billet is heated at the temperature of 400 C to 500 C and is pushed through the die under pressure to create preferred profiles. The shape, structure and specifications vary according to the requirements of the product, customers and its application.\n\nThe company's manufacturing aluminium extrusions prefer extrusion process over welding as it gives product with constant cross section. The strength and lightweight (strength-to-weight ratio) of this metal makes it popular among customers. Its several other properties gives it edge over other metals. These are cost-effective, corrosion-resistive, flexible and durable.\n\nThe prime source of aluminium is bauxite ore and Feldspar to some extent. Some of the fields where the this metal's extruded shapes are used include transportation, building and construction to name a few.\n\nAluminum is one of the most used metals in today\u2019s society \u2013 Aluminium Profile Slider in Recommended it can be found across a number of industries, such as construction and commercial, and in a number of applications, such as beverage cans and appliances. When choosing a manufacturer of aluminium extrusion for supplying the metal that you use in your workplace, however, it is important that you carefully consider which one will be best for your needs.\n\nThe manufacturer will begin by removing the aluminium from deep within the earth\u2019s crust (either as bauxite ore or feldspar). Often, the Bayer\u2019s method, Wohler\u2019s method or Hall Heroult method is chosen to remove the metal in its molten form. It is then hardened and moulded into whatever shape the manufacturer desires. When the aluminium is extracted from the earth in its solid form, Aluminum Window Frame Extrusions it will be passed through a number of mechanical processes that are designed to give the metal its desired shape. These processes include: rolling, drawing, forging, spinning, piercing and extrusion.\n\nRegardless of whether aluminium has been found in its molten or solid form, the manufacturer will then pass it through either a hot working or cold working process to prepare it for their customers. When using the hot working process (the most popular of the two), a billet will be heated to a temperature of over 79 degrees Celsius, which will allow the aluminium to be easily distorted and placed into its desired shape.\n\nThe reason for the popularity of the hot working process over the cold working one can be fully realized when you compare aluminium extrusion to squeezing toothpaste out of its tube. It is much easier to extrude the metal when it is malleable, meaning that it must have been heated to a certain temperature.\n\nFinally, the aluminium will pass through an extrusion and drawing process that runs almost parallel to each other. This is the final step in the whole extrusion process and is the step that gives the metal its entire shape. Deep drawing, for example, is used give the metal a cup, conical tapered, cylinder and seamless tube shape. For less curved shapes, Aluminum Extrusion Rail the drawing process is skipped.\n\nOnce you are satisfied with the processes and methods utilized by a potential manufacturer of aluminium extrusions, you can begin submitting your orders with them. If, after your first delivery, you are still satisfied with the manufacturer based on the promptness of the order being filled and the quality of the aluminium that you receive, you can continue the relationship.\n\nAluminium Profile Slider in Recommended?\n\nThe process of aluminum extrusion is simple and easy however it is very significant to know why extrusion is so important. In general metals like steel and aluminum is put to use in several industries, right from automobile, to telecommunication, transport, utensil manufacturing and at times even in the toy industry. Thus, both of these metals are in huge demand and find place is almost all the major manufacturing industries in the world.\n\nJust after steel, aluminum is the other metal which is hugely popular all over the world. This can put in a manner stating that aluminum is the second most popular metal in the globe after steel. The former is widely available, has impressive properties, and is affordable, light weight, can withstand high temperatures and so on. And above all the aluminum extrusion involved in getting different shapes and forms for suppliers is cost-effective and simple. Both in US and Europe building industry and the telecom as well is highly dependent on aluminum extruded products. These products find a number of usages and are used in many applications.\n\nSo, what is aluminum extrusion? This is a process through which aluminum is given certain shapes and forms. It starts with the hot cylindrical billet of aluminum which is pushed through a shaped die. The billet is cut from DC cast log and placed in heated container (450\u00b0C - 500\u00b0C). When pushed through the die the metal flows through the steel die. The die is placed at the other end of the container. Now, once the log passes it produces a section, this can be cut into shapes either in long length or short. The section is cuts according to the customized demands of the clients since the log is meant to be used for any particular industry. In certain extrusion process rectangular shaped billets. In this process only wide section sized extrusions are produced. This again depends according the demands of the supplier.\n\nAluminum extrusion is done for several kinds of industry and these aluminum extruded products are very commonly used in building industry. In this industry you can use aluminum in prefabricated houses/building structures, window and door frame systems, curtain walling, roofing and exterior cladding, and shop fronts. Besides, they also find place in the telecommunication and transport industry. In transport industry aluminum extruded products are found in rail vehicles, marine applications, airframes and for vehicles on the road.\n\nSo, what makes aluminum so popular? It is the versatility and the flexibility of the material that turns in so popular. Since aluminum is high temperature resistance and is corrosion resistant as well it is used to make utensils and is also used on transport vehicles. Besides, it is strong even though it is light weight and thus it is used in airframes.\n\nSo, if you are out there still deciding on selecting aluminum extruded products or some other metal you can give your votes to this metal as it is affordable and durable as well. No more second thoughts to this go ahead with aluminum extrusion and the products.\n\nWhere Are Aluminium Doors Best Installed?\n\nAluminum is the preferred material for door and window frames due to its inherent structural and aesthetic properties. Doors and windows made of aluminum frames with glass glazing may look the same from a distance but take a closer look and the difference between quality product and one that is fabricated by a local fabricator becomes apparent. If you are investing in doors and windows it pays to buy only quality products.\n\nSeamless integration of hardware with aluminum frame\n\nThe looks as well as performance of aluminum windows are dependent on and influenced by the way hardware is integrated into the frame. If the window has hinges then the way hinges are designed and fitted to the frame has a bearing on ease of opening and closing as well as reducing gaps and thereby preventing energy losses. Quality manufacturers design and manufacture their own hardware to go along with windows and doors.\n\nPrecision fabrication\n\nMost general fabricators do not work to tight tolerances while fabricating frames from aluminum profiles. There can be gaps between joins and this can look unseemly and if the frame sections are not well aligned, closing and opening them becomes a chore. Quality manufacturers also include thermal breaks and a foam core that provide additional insulation.\n\nFinish\n\nQuality manufacturers offer aluminum in a variety of finishes such as natural anodized finish in various shades, metallic colours, permanent colour fast powder coating and woodgrain foil overlay for a natural look. You can go a step further and choose aluminum frames that have one colour finish for interiors and another on the exterior to match building facades.\n\nSingle or double or triple glazing?\n\nWhen double glazed windows offer so many advantages there is little point in saving some money by choosing single glazing. Double or even triple glazing is better from energy conservation as well as acoustic insulation perspective. Some advanced manufacturers offer gas filled and totally sealed double glazing. You also have the choice of blinds integrated inside the glazing, which makes for a neater appearance and ease of use. When one talks about glazing, it must be kept in mind that glass varies widely. It is recommended to look for windows with low E internal glass and possibly toughened glass so that, in the event the glass breaks, the floor is not littered with glass shards. You can also select glass that is coated to reflect heat and thus reduce energy consumption.\n\nHow secure are the aluminum windows?\n\nQuality manufacturers offer windows that conform to British Standards PAS 24:2012. Material, design and manufacture of the windows makes it difficult for would be burglars to force the windows. You should look for multipoint steel locking system and internal glazing for better security.\n\nIt pays to invest in world recognized brands offering quality aluminum windows. Windows look perfect from inside and from the outside. They will be easy to operate and you will enjoy their use for years with minimum maintenance. It may cost more initially but a quality aluminum window also adds to the value of your house.\n\nAluminum is one of the most used metals in today\u2019s society \u2013 Aluminium Profile Slider in Guide it can be found across a number of industries, such as construction and commercial, and in a number of applications, such as beverage cans and appliances. When choosing a manufacturer of aluminium extrusion for supplying the metal that you use in your workplace, however, it is important that you carefully consider which one will be best for your needs.\n\nThe manufacturer will begin by removing the aluminium from deep within the earth\u2019s crust (either as bauxite ore or feldspar). Often, the Bayer\u2019s method, Wohler\u2019s method or Hall Heroult method is chosen to remove the metal in its molten form. It is then hardened and moulded into whatever shape the manufacturer desires. When the aluminium is extracted from the earth in its solid form, Aluminium Structural Framing it will be passed through a number of mechanical processes that are designed to give the metal its desired shape. These processes include: rolling, drawing, forging, spinning, piercing and extrusion.\n\nRegardless of whether aluminium has been found in its molten or solid form, the manufacturer will then pass it through either a hot working or cold working process to prepare it for their customers. When using the hot working process (the most popular of the two), a billet will be heated to a temperature of over 79 degrees Celsius, which will allow the aluminium to be easily distorted and placed into its desired shape.\n\nThe reason for the popularity of the hot working process over the cold working one can be fully realized when you compare aluminium extrusion to squeezing toothpaste out of its tube. It is much easier to extrude the metal when it is malleable, meaning that it must have been heated to a certain temperature.\n\nFinally, the aluminium will pass through an extrusion and drawing process that runs almost parallel to each other. This is the final step in the whole extrusion process and is the step that gives the metal its entire shape. Deep drawing, for example, is used give the metal a cup, conical tapered, cylinder and seamless tube shape. For less curved shapes, Aluminum Cabinet Extrusions the drawing process is skipped.\n\nOnce you are satisfied with the processes and methods utilized by a potential manufacturer of aluminium extrusions, you can begin submitting your orders with them. If, after your first delivery, you are still satisfied with the manufacturer based on the promptness of the order being filled and the quality of the aluminium that you receive, you can continue the relationship.\n\nAluminium Profile Slider in Guide?\n\nIf you have a wonderful house with a great view of your garden or picture-postcard scenery spread gorgeously in front then you need doors that give an unimpeded view.Consider the standard options like sliding doors. A part of the opening will always remain covered regardless of whether you use two partitions or three partitions. French doors simply do not suit large openings. The answer is custom bifold doors especially when the opening is large and an unrestricted view is desired. They save space and give an unhindered view of the exteriors.The term bifold doors may be a misnomer since these doors are, in effect, made up of several panels that fold together like an accordion or concertina into a compact bunch of panels that do not take up much space and stay neatly on one side of the opening. You have a clear view. Standard panel sizes may range from 24 to 36 inches in width or customized to suit the width of the openings, which could be a better option in some cases. Custom bifold doors can help save space and the use of matching hardware means it will be a joy to operate.Customization could take several forms. You can choose to have bifold doors with narrow or broader panels to suit design considerations and aesthetics of how the door will look when fully closed. Narrow panels do give a nice look but in some cases one may wish for a less obstructed view in which case broader panels serve the purpose. Cost will also vary. 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-{"text": "For years, all I read were Afghanistan war articles. Now we are finally hearing of positive stories that will help Afghanistan move forward.\n\nFrom this article, I noticed the determination of Swiss skier and journalist Christoph Zurcher in the organization of the Afghan Ski Challenge.\n\nBut I also loved the enthusiasm of Italian mountain guide Ferdinando Rollando:\"There are 5,000 engineers in Kabul. They do not spend every day skiing with beautiful women. My job is obviously better.\"\n\nAs Mr. Fernando, the Italian ski instructor, had once assured the young Afghans, Mr. Reza believed his win should improve his chances with women. \"This victory will help my marriage prospects,\" he said.\n\nWe are now getting in touch with Mr Levinson, Mr Zurcher and Mr Rollando to get some further insight into the project and possibly pictures and videos to document the event.We also hope they can join our Video Blogging Site and share updates on the developments in the region."}
-{"text": "Retreat into yourself\n\nStoic Week 2015 Day 3. Mindfulness. We often say or think things like \u201cI just need to get away.\u201d Marcus Aurelius advises that there is no need to physically go away when we have the capacity to retreat into our own minds. The caveat here is to have a healthy mind within which to retreat. Don\u2019t dwell on the past or worry of the future, but find a peaceful place that you can reflect and foster growth. Easier said than done.\n\nHow do you feel about this quote? Do you try to \u201cretreat into yourself? Share your thoughts below in the comments."}
-{"text": "Shannen, 46, shaved her head last year while in treatment, posting the process to Instagram via a series of poignant and heartbreaking photos.\n\nHer friend, Anne-Marie Kortright, who was by Shannen's side throughout, said at the time: \"I couldn't be prouder of you today. Your strength and courage is so inspiring and I am so very lucky to have you in my life.\n\n\"Thank you for blindly trusting me today to help you with such a big step. I will forever be there for you no matter what.\"\n\nShannen revealed her breast cancer diagnosis in 2015; in April this year, she revealed the disease was in remission.\n\nIn a poignant Instagram post, she told fans: \"Moments. They happen. Today was and is a moment. What does remission mean? I heard that word and have no idea how to react. Good news? YES. Overwhelming. YES.\n\n\"Now more waiting. As every single one of my fellow cancer family knows, the next five years is crucial. Reoccurrences happen all the time. Many of you have shared that very story with me. So with a heart that is certainly lighter, I wait.\n\n\"In the meantime, decisions. Reconstruction which is several surgeries. Decision on taking a pill for the next five years that comes with its own set of problems and side effects."}
-{"text": "Get involved in EasySSH\n\nHello and thank you for your interest\n\u2014\nEasySSH is being translated using Weblate, a web tool designed to ease translating for both developers and translators.\n\n116\n\nStrings\n\n195\n\nLanguages\n\n10.3%\n\nTranslated\n\nThe translation project for EasySSH into Navaho currently contains 116 strings for translation and is 0.0% complete.\nIf you would like to contribute to translation of EasySSH, you need to register on this server.\nOnce you have activated your account, proceed to the translation section."}
-{"text": "Professor Dmitris Achlioptas\n\nShare this:\n\nDimitris Achlioptas came to the Baskin School of Engineering from Microsoft. After seven years of research in the private sector, Dimitris crossed the divide to pursue a new application of his interests, namely how algorithms can be applied to cellular biology.\n\nSpecifically, he is working with David Haussler and other researchers to examine how certain algorithms can be used to predict and describe molecular structures. In turn, his research also reflects how the behavior of those structures affects the algorithms themselves. This is a new area of collaboration between computer science and biology, and this summer Dimitris will be the first computer science researcher to present at a statistical physics conference in Europe.\n\nDimitris came to the Baskin School in order to further pursue these connections. Since arriving, he has received a Career Award for his work on sequencing, and more recently was awarded the prestigious Sloan Award. The latter award goes to recognize his work on finding local rules to accelerate the formation of structure out of randomness."}
-{"text": "December 22, 2010\n\nDecember 21, 2010\n\nOh citizens, as we prepare for the annual festivities to celebrate your Incredible Action\u2019s descent from the heavens, I hope none of you have forgotten what happened to those peons who \u201cforgot\u201d to send presents last year. Although I am a tolerant ruler, I cannot abide by insurrection via non-present-giving. And be honest, there is no one so deserving of a present as your Fox Trot.\n\nThere were some citizens who, at last year\u2019s dictatorial festivities, declined to participate in the gift presentation, and as has been widely broadcast by state channels, those citizens were executed shortly after the gifts were not received. From this example, I think it is clear, citizens, that your Hot Stuff expects presents and has no compunction about removing those citizens that do not offer up the entirety of their net worth on the anniversary of Her glorious birth.\n\nNo, She does not need or want any of it, but as a Dictator, She cannot allow any of you to have it. So send Me those cookies in tinsel-covered packages, citizens. Send Me your first-born so that I might sell them to hostile nations. Do all this and more for your beloved Republic, citizens, and your Tap Master just might let you keep your head. Maybe.\n\nDecember 12, 2010\n\nHave you considered the greatness of Alexander Lukashenko, peasants? Your Fiercely Forward has many allies, but dear Alexander is currently in My thoughts the most of all My warriors in the great battle against democratic principles. Naturally, we all already love him for his bubbly personality and the great jokes he tells at parties, but were you aware, citizens, of his immensely dictatorial nature? Yes, he may claim the title of president of Belarus, but the fact is, peons, this man is a great dictator and I look forward to his future feats.\n\nDid you know, for instance, that this wonderful man managed to wrangle things so that a 2004 referendum abolished the constitution\u2019s two-term presidential limit? And that he thus enjoyed a third term as president? Classic dictatorial behaviour, peasants. This is a man on the way up. I look forward to eyeing him suspiciously over drinks one day soon.\n\nWhile travelling undercover in the former Soviet Union, your Conquering Crisis spoke to more than one Belarusian who insisted that our dear Alexander was insane, but clearly, this cannot be the case. He is far too canny for that. What appears to be insanity to an ordinary peasant is a clever and well-constructed plan for Belarusian domination. Even before the fall of the Soviet Union, our hero was working hard to oppress his citizens. After undermining Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, by supporting a coup, he admitted that an authoritarian rule suited him, and his early years in power testified to this belief. He disbanded parliament and then selected the new parliament. Friends and allies fled the country in fear of his retribution.\n\nYes, citizens, I could wax poetic for days about the many draconian measures taken by Alexander. But there is no need for my poetry. What is important here is that you realize that he is a rising star in the world of dictators and we can only hope to see more of him. Perhaps you will meet his citizens in battle and marvel at their indoctrination. Perhaps, even more excitingly, we can look forward to golden statues of Lukashenko dotting squares throughout the country. Naturally, they will not turn to follow the sun like that miracle perpetrated by our dear departed comrade, Niyazov, but they will no doubt enhance the beauty of the natural world around them and strengthen the position of their namesake, Alexander.\n\nCan I just say here, peasants, that our great ally Niyazov is still sorely missed? His cult of personality is a great source of inspiration and your Main Attraction has a small army hard at work at creating a sun statue of My own. Soon, peons. Soon.\n\nDecember 2, 2010\n\nYour Practical Imperative would never admit weakness in a public forum. Remember this, peasants. Better still to remember that I have no weaknesses and that since my legendary descent from the centre of the sun to earth, I have been perfect in all ways, including my health. And know, too, that I am no fool. I work to protect Myself and My domain from any and all threats. Which of course includes illness.\n\nPeons, while you may fall ill all the time with colds and flus and other peasant diseases like dysentery, your Up High has no flaws in her immune system that would allow your maladies to infect Her. But I do like to test Myself, prepare Myself for anything that might block My path to total world domination. And so I have had myself infected with your common cold. Naturally, massive doses were required to cause even the slightest of symptoms.\n\nMy Science Dungeons are filled with the scientific geniuses needed to create such massive disease dosing. Those same scientists, chained to the walls of their damp, underground prison, came up with the cure for the common cold many years ago, but I am holding onto that for when negotiations with other world leaders get tough. Think of that when your noses are stuffy, peons, and know that My power knows no bounds.\n\nAnd now that I am dosed and properly infected, I find the sensations deeply unpleasant. I remind myself that this is My training, part of My many preparations for My eventual global coup d\u2019\u00e9tat. But this red nose, these weepy eyes, My once magnificent lungs now shadows of their former glory\u2013this training is difficult, I cannot deny it. My only consolation is that one day the constant nose-blowing and tea-drinking will have prepared Me for something much greater.\n\nPeons! The Dictator will allow you the great honour of being seen in the same webspace as Her Almighty Amazingness. Send your pathetic links and Her staff may post it here, making your life complete and leaving you no further reason to live.\n\nBut should you somehow manage to continue to live, your Shining Leader also accepts e-mail. Of course, She would never lower herself to reading it, but you can send it to Her here ."}
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-{"text": "Author: emilyhargitai\n\nWhether they are making maps or building combats, millions of people around the world have used Dungeons and Dragons as a creative outlet. With time, the fantasy role-playing game only seems to be getting more popular. As a D&D fan myself, I find that the skills I develop\u2014both as a player and a Dungeon Master\u2014are advantageous outside of the game, especially in creative writing. With the resurgence of Dungeons and Dragons players, many writers are beginning to notice the literary benefits of playing.\n\nFor one, Dungeons and Dragons is all about world building. Whether you\u2019re getting lost in another person\u2019s world or building your own for your players, every moment during a session is a learning experience. You quickly learn what\u2019s working and what isn\u2019t. As a player, you can learn from other more experienced people how to create an engaging environment. And as a Dungeon Master, your players will be quick to tell you what\u2019s entertaining about your world and what\u2019s not. Every game is a workshop on writing an immersive story.\n\nWhile a sense of place is important, the real story comes through the characters who inhabit it. Characterization can make or break a story. A thing to remember as a Dungeon Master is that your players need to care about your Non Playable Characters (NPCs). Having this challenge helps you develop more memorable characters. Some of them might even make their way into your written stories.\n\nAs a player, you also acquire skills related to character development. Though you don\u2019t create NPCs the way a Dungeon Master does, you do over time gain an understanding your own character\u2019s psyche and personality. This ability\u2014to understand characters on a psychological level\u2014 is just as important in writing as it is in gameplay. Every moment that you spend being a character, you\u2019re learning how to weave a person into this world you\u2019re a part of. The more experience you gain, the easier you\u2019ll find it to make characters for your own stories.\n\nSo now that you\u2019ve got your characters and setting, there\u2019s only one thing left to do: Improve. Ray Bradbury once said, \u201cPlot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.\u201d And regardless of whether you\u2019re writing a novel or a Dungeons and Dragons story plot (called a campaign), the story will never end up where you want it to. Dungeons and Dragons players are notorious for doing the exact opposite of what you want them to do. Either you\u2019re the one being frustrated or doing the frustrating, and it always gives you the opportunity to learn to improvise. The more you play, the more you learn to come up with creative ways into and out of situations. Creativity is like a muscle and improvising helps you stretch it. Dungeons and Dragons gives you a workshop area to not only have fun playing with others, but to test all of your ideas with a bunch of people who want nothing more than for you to succeed.\n\nSometimes the idea works; sometimes it doesn\u2019t, and you have to roll a new character. But either way, you\u2019re learning and gaining experience to add to your own stories. So whether you\u2019re writing a campaign or playing one, joining the Dungeon and Dragons craze can help you become a better writer by showing you exactly what makes a good story.\n\nPaloma Gratereaux is a junior double-major at SUNY Purchase and recent founder of the African American Women Writers Book Club. The club meets biweekly on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the Multicultural Center. Shortly after the club\u2019s first meeting, the two of us sat down for a conversation about representation, reading for leisure, and Zora Neale Hurston\u2019s long-lost nonfiction novel, Barracoon.\n\nCarly Sorenson: What inspired you to start the book club?\n\nPaloma Gratereaux: I\u2019m a playwriting major but I declared as a literature major at the end of last semester. My teacher, Aviva, told me to go to a meeting for lit majors to make sure they\u2019re on track to graduate where this one girl asked the professors what they were going to do in the classes they teach to promote diversity, and specifically to promote black women writers. The teachers did give her an answer, but it was vague. They were aware that diversity in the curriculum is a problem, but I guess it\u2019s difficult to tackle.\n\nSo then I turned around to the girl and I was like, You should start a book club. Those were my words to her. And she\u2019s like, I would, but I\u2019m graduating. And in my head I was like, That sucks, but it shouldn\u2019t stop there.\n\nSo I told Aviva and she directed me to Daisy in the Multicultural Center, and then Daisy did everything. I gave her a book list and she got it off its feet. She\u2019s amazing at what she does. Without her, I doubt the book club would have worked. It would just be an idea.\n\nCS: What was the process of starting a book club like?\n\nPG: Daisy asked me if it would be weekly or biweekly, and if I wanted internship credit. I could have done that, but I didn\u2019t have the extra time to commit to journaling and all that. I was more than happy to just do it, to provide the space as a volunteer. That was always my intention.\n\nI publicized with flyers, and I posted about the club on the open forum. I made the flyers myself! They\u2019re not that good, but I\u2019m proud.\n\nCS: What books do you plan on reading at the club?\n\nPG: Right now we\u2019re reading Barracoon: The Story of the Last \u2018Black Cargo\u2019 by Zora Neale Hurston, and let me tell you about that. It\u2019s a really cool book. It was written 90 years ago but it was just published last April by Deborah Plant. She\u2019s really into Zora Neale Hurston, that\u2019s her specialty. So basically, 90 years ago Zora interviewed this man, Cudjo Lewis, who was the last survivor of the slave ship Clotilda. She interviewed him about his life back home and the process of being taken away on a ship, and serving someone else, and having all that stripped away from him. Cudjo Lewis wanted to save up money to go back to Africa but he couldn\u2019t gather the funds. Instead, he started a community in Alabama called Africa Town, which is still there. They have their own language and everything. So the book is about his legacy and her interviews with him.\n\nDeborah Plant found and edited the book. She\u2019s coming here to Purchase to give a talk, so hopefully we\u2019ll have the book finished in time for that.\n\nThe other books that we might read include The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tarbaby, and Love by Toni Morrison, then Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo,Betsy Brown, and Liliane by Ntozake Shange, who also wrote For Colored Girls. Just really classic titles by Black American women. I haven\u2019t read any of them, but I feel like they\u2019re must-reads.\n\nCS: Sounds like a great reading list. How did you choose these particular books?\n\nPG: Well, I knew all these names from somewhere, but I never had the chance to read them before. I wondered why that was, and I realized it was because I had no incentive. So I feel like this book club will be good for people like me, or people who have a passion for these writers. Also, I picked books that were under 250 pages, because we all have lives. I\u2019m not going to assign a huge book.\n\nCS: What role do you think a book club should play in the literary world? Or more specifically, what role should this book club play on campus?\n\nPG: Oh, wow. I want it to be a safe space where we can read these books comfortably. I feel like a club is different from a class setting because it\u2019s cozier. The Multicultural Center is super cozy, and I bring snacks and stuff. I want it to be a super chill place where if you feel some type of way, you can communicate that.\n\nI had six girls show up to the first meeting, all black female students, and the conversations we had moved me. I told them that there are so many things I cannot relate to because I\u2019m not a black woman in this country, so I don\u2019t see myself as a leader in this club. I just see myself as part of it. I told them that they would be guiding the conversation, and I would provide the snacks and the books. This is for them. They deserved a place, and someone had to provide it.\n\nBeyond that, books have so much depth to them, but how much are you really connecting to the text if your grade is on the line? I feel like books should be for leisure. In classroom settings, the stakes are too high. You look at a book and you\u2019re like, Ugh, that\u2019s for class. Why can\u2019t we just have books to read? Why can\u2019t we relearn that books are leisure? It\u2019s a privilege, not a burden.\n\nI was always a shy kid. Whether it was talking to people or sending a text message, my social anxiety made me fear even the shortest interactions. During my grade school years, I felt immense pressure to be social and make friends, which left me feeling increasingly paranoid. In times of anxiety, I would submerge myself within a book. If people saw me reading, they would disengage and leave me to read. It was when I had books that I could cope with my social anxiety. Stephen King once said, \u201cWe make up horrors to help cope with real ones,\u201d and I believe strongly in this idea because that\u2019s what influenced me to begin writing. Weirdly enough, reading Stephen King\u2019s fiction helped me cope with my own anxiety.\n\nI was twelve years old and traveling with my family in Italy when I first read Misery. I didn\u2019t have a smart phone and the hotel only had five TV channels, so I would read when I wasn\u2019t exploring Rome. I can still vividly remember scenes such as when Paul\u2019s typewriter begins talking to him, as well as Annie\u2019s declaration to Paul that she will hold him hostage until he writes a sequel to his latest series. These scenes gave me chills. They were so well-written that they came to life in my imagination and have lived there ever since.\n\nReading King\u2019s work inspired me to write. As a nerdy nervous kid, I attended writing workshops in Brooklyn where I grew up. I never left the house without my journal, a pen, and a copy of Carrie. If I needed inspiration, I would open up to a random page and read a paragraph. I could relate to Carrie\u2019s story because she was the target of vicious bullying and was so alone. Loneliness is something that writing can conquer. Creating my characters and building a new world occupied my mind and imagination. Writing feels like a conversation between myself and the page. Stephen King believes you must write and read every day to perfect your craft. For the first time in my life, I was inspired to be disciplined. That was big!\n\nCrippled by anxiety as a child, I chose to think of Stephen King as my own personal mentor. The first time I read his memoir, On Writing, I learned that even he struggles with his self-confidence: He threw his first story in the trash bin, and it was his wife who convinced to publish it. Even in On Writing he stated, \u201cWriting is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don\u2019t have to makes speeches. Just believing is usually enough.\u201d His words resonated with me and ultimately encouraged me to believe in myself.\n\nLiving all these different lives through my writing miraculously gave me the confidence to be outgoing. I found a way to channel my fears into something productive. All of my anxieties and shyness became useful for my writing as I was able to recreate my daily challenges on the page. There is no better way to open your mind to all the possibilities that life has to offer.\n\nAs a Literature major, I\u2019m surrounded by creative writing all the time. Whether I\u2019m studying Medieval English Literature or Sci-Fi, I\u2019ve dedicated my four years at Purchase to analyzing and appreciating creative writing of all mediums, genres, and time periods. Yet, with all this reading in my course schedule, I\u2019ve found it hard to dedicate time and motivation to doing my own creative writing.\n\nHowever, this all changed when I enrolled in Introduction to Creative Writing. In class, I was in a room full of creative writers- and I was finally one of them. Every couple of weeks, we herded the desks into a circle and workshopped one another\u2019s work. Even though the comments were sometimes comically spare (a poem of mine once received the comment \u201cnice words\u201d hurriedly scrawled across the top margin) every comment from our class meant the world to me and kept me going.\n\nSince that introductory course, I\u2019ve found friends both inside and outside the Creative Writing program who, like me, simply enjoy writing and sharing it with others. If you have yet to find a community of writers for yourself at Purchase outside of creative writing classes, here are some ways to go about it:\n\n1- Join Clubs\n\nThere is a wide variety of clubs on our campus, and several of them relate to writing. The first and most obvious choice is The Writers Club, which meets Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. in Humanities 2059. Though the club is associated with the Creative Writing major, it is open to all students. Bring paper and pen or a laptop, and have fun writing with other students on campus!\n\nLikewise, the Literature Society meets Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. in Humanities 2031 and is open to Literature and non-Literature majors alike. In addition to lively discussions and debates about literature as a whole, the club also hosts events. One recent example was a \u201cDIY Sparknotes\u201d night in the Stood, where participants re-imagined existing stories into new genres.\u00ad\n\n2- Form Your Own Groups\n\nAs an ex-commuter, I\u2019m highly aware of how difficult it can be to attend clubs if you live off campus. If this is the case, consider forming your own group. A group can even be as informal as you and a group of friends writing on the Great Lawn or in the library.\n\nOne of my personal favorite group writing exercises is OuLiPo (read: ooh-lip-po), a French acronym that stands for \u201cworkshop of potential literature.\u201d Though there are infinite variations for how you can structure your OuLiPo session, one basic option is to sit with a group and a variety of texts. You set a rule of how many words per page can be taken- say, two- and then each person opens a book and selects words they like. You write your words down in a notebook, then pass it to the person on your right. If you each start with a notebook, you\u2019ll end up with several poems at the end of your session. Some of our OuLiPo creations have been serious attempts while others have taken surprising, comical turns. The main point here is enjoying the writing process and working collaboratively.\n\n3- Finally, When All In Person Attempts Fail: Try the Internet!\n\nThere are innumerable Facebook groups and Subreddits dedicated to writing and writing prompts, but one Facebook group close to the heart of Purchase is The Wordsmith\u2019s Guild. This group was started by a Purchase student, and its 106 members and counting include Purchase students and alum, as well as writers from outside the area. It\u2019s a great space to bounce ideas off one another, participate in writing sprints, and connect with other writers both inside and outside the college.\n\nI wish you the best of luck in your journey to connect with other writers on and off campus!\n\nStanley and Mitch arm wrestle before breaking out into the song, \u201cI\u2019m a Man\u201d in Act 1 of Belle Reprieve\n\nI\u2019m currently in an amazing class called LGBTQ Theater and Performance History where we\u2019ve been reading plays about feminism, queerness, and genderfluidity. Many of these plays use camp or exaggeration, especially of gender, to comment on gender and feminism in America. Camp is a kind of performance or aesthetic that is usually ill regarded by mainstream society, but has found a home in the Queer community. If something is camp, it is over the top, ironic, and outrageous, usually to make a point. Here, I examine two works (one a queer play and the other a science fiction short story) that use exaggeration and campy qualities to play with mainstream notions of gender norms.\n\nBelle Reprieve is a queer take on the play Street Car Named Desire by the company Split Britches. The character of Stanley is played by a butch lesbian, Blanche is a drag queen, and Mitch is a gay man. In Act 1 there is a song and dance number called \u201cI\u2019m a Man\u201d where all the characters walk around the stage displaying stereotypical masculinity. However, while the two biological men look silly and their attempts at manliness appear contrived, Stanley looks comfortable and even sexy at times as she flexes her muscles and stomps around. By exaggerating the dance, the playwright shows us how constraining the binary of gender can challenge our understanding. We see how comfortable Stanley is exhibiting stereotypical masculinity and how uncomfortable it makes Mitch and Blanche, both of whom look more at ease when wearing dresses and moving delicately, thereby defying gender norms while simultaneously using them to perform their own versions of gender.\n\nScience fiction has long been making use of overemphasis in order to drive home points about our own world through the display of another. In James Tiptree Jr\u2019s story, \u201cThe Women Men Don\u2019t See,\u201d an unassuming woman, Ruth, and her daughter, Althea, choose to be abducted by aliens because as they see it, it is preferable to living on Earth where women are not treated as equals. Ruth says to the narrator, Don:\n\nWomen have no rights, Don, except what men allow us. Men are more aggressive and powerful, and they run the world. When the next real crisis upsets them, our so-called rights will vanish like\u2014like that smoke. We\u2019ll be back where we always were: property. And whatever has gone wrong will be blamed on our freedom, like the fall of Rome was. You\u2019ll see.\n\nThis take on the world, while dark and without hope, is only further proven when Don underestimates both women because they are women and thus deemed inferior. They defy what he thinks of as female by continuously showing strength and intelligence throughout the story, and yet, he still believed them to be \u201cjust women.\u201d Both of these women are polite and quiet at first, but they are shown to be so much more as the story progresses. Both of the women are not hindered by society\u2019s standards for family and marriage, they both have jobs and are shown to have skills other than cooking and cleaning (at one point Ruth fixes Don\u2019s broken leg into a cast when they are trapped in a jungle). Don dismisses all of this though in favor of his previously formed idea of their gender. Despite its serious delivery, this speech is met with a patronizing demeanor and dismissal that makes the reader empathize with Ruth and her plight. She is so disillusioned by the world she lives in, which underestimates her because of her gender and the preconceived notions surrounding it, that she would rather risk an alien one at the chance of finding respect and freedom.\n\nIn both works something unexpected and over the top happen: Belle Reprieve a song and dance that not only displays gender, but defies it, and in The Women Men Don\u2019t See the characters\u2019 choice to be abducted by aliens is made to seem reasonable. Maybe Tiptree\u2019s work would not be classified as camp, but Ruth and her daughter\u2019s display of gender is no more contrived than Stanley\u2019s flexed muscles and Blanche\u2019s attempt at walking in pants. Gender is a performance in both pieces and the defiance of it is what is shown to be true in both as well. Maybe the means to the end are ostentatious and defy reality, but the points they make are much more serious than at first perceived.\n\nIf you travel to the back of Campus Center South, you will find a flight of stairs to your left. Take them to the basement, hang a right and walk till you\u2019re just shy of the exit to the dumpster and room 0024/0025 will be on the left, the place I love most on this campus.\n\nGutter Mag began in the basement as a student-run zine that was distributed all over campus. It has transformed over the years, but has stuck to its DIY roots and is now an 11\u00d78.5 stapled, monthly issue. Thanks to a faulty printer, the issues are hand-folded and therefore still look very much homemade.\n\nI was first introduced to Gutter Mag as a freshman. By then, it was already a full sized, biweekly issue. I was too nervous to go to the meetings but poured over the issues when I came across them on a table or magazine rack around campus. By the time I finally got up the nerve to be more than just a reader, Gutter had ceased to exist. It was a quiet goodbye\u2013issues had at first just become less frequent. By spring of my sophomore year they were down to just one issue a semester. Summer before junior year, Edyn Getz took it upon herself to relaunch Gutter Mag. The PSGA allowed her to do so. The budget was small and the charter needed to be tossed and recreated, but it was a start. Edyn asked me if I would assist her in bringing the literary mag back to life and I jumped at the opportunity and was given the title of Managing Editor.\n\nNow, as a senior, being Editor-in-Chief of Gutter Mag has certainly been a learning experience. Falling in love with a publication and then being given the opportunity to run it has resulted in hours of planning, emailing, hand folding, and asking the printer if it would please do what I ask just this once.\n\nI feel that Gutter\u2019s place on this campus is essential. Gutter\u2019s mission is to provide an opportunity for students of any major or background to see their art in print. Many students on this campus create original content outside of what they study. Our monthly issues give those students the opportunity to see their work in print alongside other creators on this campus. It allows them to be part of something bigger than themselves. Last year was our comeback year. We rebuilt from the rubble and continued to remember how we started.\n\nPresently, Gutter produces monthly full-sized issues with smaller zines interspersed throughout the semesters. We work alongside the other services on this campus, such as The Forum Art Space and WPSR, to promote upcoming shows and remind students of the Safer Space Policy. We release our issues at student run events to encourage our readers to take advantage of all of the art available to see and experience on campus. We meet monthly (usually on Wednesday nights) to open submissions and discuss what we want for the upcoming issue. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a room full of faces eager to create work for a magazine that\u2019s been given a second chance.\n\nIn this next phase of Gutter Mag, we want to make every student on this campus feel welcomed and included. We want the issues to feel like they are for them, and the best way to do that is to get submissions from as many students as possible. I have loved Gutter Mag as an admirer, a contributor, and now as its Editor, and I want nothing more than for it to thrive on this campus. Help me make that possible and send us your art, poetry, short fiction, recipes, graphic art, prints, comics, doodles, rants, horoscopes, any and all of it to purchaseguttermag@gmail.com.\n\nWhen I was a freshman, a professor told me that writers should wait at least 20 years before attempting to write about personal painful experiences. I believe this is an accurate estimate. Two decades seems like just the right amount of time for existential pain to fully decompose into usable soil. I remember once, I brought in a story for workshop that was quite obviously written about a recent and painful event. While certainly raw, the story had no clear plot, and was so incomprehensible that it legitimately called my mental stability into question. Luckily, my classmates were kind, and no harm was done. In fact, even though from an editorial standpoint, my story was a smoldering pile of garbage, there was something cathartic about writing it, and something sobering about hearing my classmates\u2019 feedback. The workshop was tough\u2014almost like an intervention\u2014but I am better off as a writer for having gone through it.\n\nThis experience\u2013of writing an unpublishable story that tore me apart emotionally, but in time also brought me to a better place as a writer\u2014is confusing and paradoxical. Even though I\u2019ve gone through it first-hand, it makes very little sense to me that the writing process can simultaneously be therapeutic and maddening. At one end of the spectrum, we have heartwarming sentiments like this one expressed by Anne Frank: \u201cI can shake of everything as I write: my sorrows disappear, my courage reborn.\u201d But on the other, we have Hemingway\u2019s decidedly more frightening declaration: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and bleed.\u201d\n\nFor clarity on this complicated matter, I approached some of the writing students here at Purchase for their thoughts. Their perspectives are passionate, enlightening, and derived from their own unique experiences.\n\nFirst, I talked to Sydney Shaffer, a poet who is deeply inspired by Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath as well as Walt Whitman and T.S. Eliot. On the conflict between writing and healing, Shaffer said, \u201cThe writing process isn\u2019t a conflict between catharsis and madness, but a blend of the two. The maddening part comes when the writer needs to re-experience whatever they are writing about, but the cathartic part is putting it into beautiful new words that become unfamiliar to the reader, and sometimes even to the writer.\u201d I found this response fascinating, particularly Sydney\u2019s discussion of unfamiliarity as something that dilutes the raw emotion of experience to ingestible levels in her poetry. She also introduced an entirely different, and arguably more productive, way of thinking about the issue: That maybe writing and healing are not at war with one other, but in harmony, one informing the other in the process of writing.\n\nI also approached Finola McDonald, a poet here at Purchase, for her two-cents on the matter. Like Sydney, Finola understands bleeding and healing as inexorably linked when it comes to the writing process. But she also points out that the intensity of the emotional turmoil is not fixed, that it depends a great deal on how close the writer is to the subject. She shares from experience: \u201cThe process of writing tears me open. My mind flips inside out and upside down\u2014if the content is more personal, it\u2019s chaos. But once everything is on the page, I\u2019ve been stitched up and tucked in as though nothing ever happened.\u201d I was struck in particular by this image of being \u201cstitched up and tucked in.\u201d For Finola, writing a personal poem is a little like undergoing an invasive surgical procedure. The procedure itself is unpleasant and messy, but if it goes well, the result is worthwhile.\n\nFinally, I spoke with Shannon Swiatowicz, a screenwriter who studies horror films and psychological thrillers. To write them in a genuinely horrifying and convincing manner, it is necessary for Shannon to explore the darkest regions of human consciousness through observation and introspection alike. When I asked Shannon for her thoughts, she said, \u201cWriting is in many ways both the band-aid and the scalpel. Some days I need to feel the relief of tearing myself open and seeing what pours out, while other days I would rather wash dishes than sit alone with a blank sheet of paper and the expanse of my mind.\u201d On the topic of introspection and character development, she added, \u201cI don\u2019t think you can truly understand your characters and the heart of the story you\u2019re trying to tell if you haven\u2019t torn apart your own suffering and found the root of what makes you tick.\u201d As someone whose work generally comes from a more autobiographical place, I was surprised by how much I related to Shannon\u2019s screenwriting experience. Just because you aren\u2019t writing directly about your own life, that doesn\u2019t mean the process isn\u2019t highly emotional, and more than a little gory.\n\nIn addition to being writers, the women I spoke to and I have this is in common: we are all college-aged. My freshman year professor\u2019s rule\u2014that a minimum of 20 years should pass before a painful experience meets the page\u2014is certainly ideal, but it just isn\u2019t possible for us. With deadlines to meet and portfolios to compile, we can\u2019t feasibly limit our pool of writable experiences to the womb, or fresh out of it, which is generally where \u201c20 years ago\u201d places us. Discussions about how to produce quality work without sacrificing sanity are not just fascinating to have, they also serve practical purpose at the college level: They provide comfort and clarity for writers like Sydney, Finola, Shannon, and myself, who cannot afford to wait, and do not want to. \u200b"}
-{"text": "MANILA \u2014 Former Special Assistant to the President and senatorial aspirant Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go on Tuesday vowed to continue helping President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s fight against illegal drugs and ...\n\nThe National Youth Commission (NYC) is seeking assistance from former Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go regarding the health insurance of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials. ...\n\nAbout Me\n\nMindanation.com is also the Official Blogsite of Mindavote, an online community of Duterte supporters, and advocates of a better, stronger, more law-abiding Philippines.\n\nMindanation.com is your best source for Information about Mindanao, The Philippines, South East Asia, and the world. Our dream is to see a peaceful and progressive Mindanao, fully maximizing its potentials to be a growth engine for the country. [Read To Know More]"}
-{"text": "Nobody likes fraudulent robocalls. That\u2019s why we\u2019re excited to announce that AT&T and Comcast have taken an important step forward to address the problem \u2013 an exchange of authenticated calls between two separate providers\u2019 voice networks that is believed to be the nation\u2019s first.\n\nThis milestone helps pave the way for AT&T and Comcast to begin offering authentication on calls between networks to customers later this year. Customers could soon start to see verified calls not only from callers using the same provider, but more importantly, from other participating providers.\n\nThe test used phones on the companies\u2019 consumer networks \u2013 not in a lab or restricted to special equipment. It was conducted March 5, between AT&T Phone digital home service and Comcast\u2019s Xfinity Voice home phone service.\n\nThe calls were successfully authenticated and verified using the SHAKEN/STIR protocol \u2013 believed to be an industry first for calls between separate providers. AT&T and Comcast played key roles in developing and refining SHAKEN/STIR, which is an important tool in the broader effort to combat fraudulent robocalls.\n\nSHAKEN/STIR verification lets consumers know that an incoming call is really coming from the number listed on the caller ID display. While authentication won\u2019t solve the problem of unwanted robocalls by itself, it is a key step toward giving customers greater confidence and control over the calls they receive.\n\nFor example, a call that is illegally \u201cspoofed\u201d \u2013 or shows a faked number \u2013 will fail the SHAKEN/STIR Caller ID verification and will not be marked as verified. By contrast, verification will confirm that a call is really coming from the identified number or entity.\n\nOver the coming months, major service providers will be conducting similar tests with each other\u2019s systems, verifying that their SHAKEN/STIR implementations are compatible.\n\nTo learn more about industry and government efforts against illegal and unwanted robocalls, see a recent blog post from USTelecom here.\n\nAT&T and Comcast jointly chair the working group developing the technical standards for STIR/SHAKEN. AT&T holds the chairmanship of the industry board overseeing the SHAKEN/STIR effort and Comcast is a member of that board.\n\nIn addition to its leadership role in developing and implementing SHAKEN/STIR, Comcast\u2019s Xfinity Voice works with Nomorobo to make robocall blocking technology available to the vast majority of Xfinity Voice customers. Customers can sign up to use Nomorobo service using their Xfinity username and password. Detailed instructions for using Nomorobo with Xfinity Voice are available here."}
-{"text": "Many people have very mixed emotions when it comes to Millie Bobby Brown dating Jacob Sartorius, but they\u2019re definitely a thing. Young love is officially in the air for this adorable couple whether you like it or not, as evidenced by the look on Millie\u2019s face as Jacob performs on stage."}
-{"text": "The thing about Hershey\u2019s Kisses and Hershey\u2019s Milk Chocolate bars is that they\u2019re always reliably the same, right? Not this year. Hershey\u2019s has announced that both of those candy staples will\nnow be made with simple, recognizable ingredients and no artificial flavors. The formula change, starting with holiday Hershey\u2019s Kisses, is part of the chocolate giant\u2019s larger commitment to greater transparency about ingredients. \u201cWe started making our great-tasting chocolate in 1894 with ingredients you might find in your pantry, like cocoa, milk, sugar and vanilla, and we\u2019re continuing that tradition today,\u201d Mary-Ann Somers, Hershey\u2019s vice president and general manager of U.S. confection, said in a press release. \u201cPeople want to see ingredients that they know and are familiar with in their foods and we\u2019re listening.\u201d The holiday Kisses will also come in packs featuring a SmartLabel QR code that provides consumer access to information about nutrition and allergens.\n\nKeeping baby weight in check\n\nThe \u201ceating for two\u201d excuse for having that third bowl of ice cream \u2014 while parked in front of the TV \u2014 may not be the best idea after all.\nWomen may need to take greater care to eat healthily and exercise before, during and after pregnancy in order to stave off weight gain, obesity and related health issues, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says. According to new ACOG guidelines, obese women who lose even just a little bit of weight may reduce the risk of problems with their own health, and those of their babies. \"Maintaining a healthy weight is important to overall health at all times, but it becomes a vital sign when a woman is pregnant or planning a pregnancy,\" Dr. Patrick Catalano, an OB-GYN who helped compile the new guidelines, said in a news release. Co-author Dr. Raul Artal called pregnancy \"an ideal time for lifestyle modification \u2026 because more than any other time in her life, a pregnant woman has the most available access to medical care and supervision.\"\n\nMoms make a difference\n\nLet\u2019s hear it for moms. Under pressure from a grassroots group called MomsRising, which has urged chain restaurants to improve the healthfulness of the foods they serve to kids (and adults), . Other restaurant chains, including Dairy Queen, Burger King, Wendy\u2019s, Subway, Chipotle and Panera, have taken what MomsRising calls an \u201cimportant first step\u201d in improving child nutrition. \u201cCurrently, almost one in three young people are at risk for nutrition-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to the American Heart Association,\u201d the group said in a press release. \u201cSugar-sweetened beverages such as soda play a unique role in promoting disease because they are the largest source of added sugar in children\u2019s diets.\u201d\n\nAmy Reiter is a writer and editor based in New York. A regular contributor to The Los Angeles Times, she has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Daily Beast and Wine Spectator, among others, as well as for Salon, where she was a longtime editor and senior writer. In addition to contributing to Healthy Eats, she blogs for Food Network\u2019s FN Dish.\n\nThere are a few schools of thought about avoiding caffeine, alcohol and artificial sweeteners while prego. Some experts say that small amounts of these things are fine, others say pass; here\u2019s my take."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, January 06, 2009\n\nflea market fancy 2\n\nas you can see, i'm not doing well with any of my goals for this year (slowing down, making something other than lap quilts, making quilts for others....). but hey, i am using my stash, so that has to count for something. i guess if they were easy, they wouldn't be called goals, right?\n\nI love that one too! This is such a great pattern. Sorry you aren't making your goals of slowing down some ,but for what it's worth, you are totally inspiring. Way to go on using up that stash! Thanks for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my Flea Market Fancy quilt top.\n\nVery pretty. I'm not a quilter (long story) but will be soon. I check your blog for inspiration- especially for color mixing/blending. Thanks! I'm thinking for my first quilts, I'll try the shabby squares (is that what it's called) you did not too long ago. They'll be two- one for each of my daughters' beds.\n\nI love these colors! I was hoping to see that pink block from the tutorial again. I used your instructions to make this quilt with bright colors and I love it. It's just a top right now. I need to learn to machine quilt and get it finished!\n\nI love it. Is this one queen sized or a lap quilt again? What are the dimensions of most of your lap quilts? I am just about finished with my first two quilts and I am so proud of myself! I will be posting pictures soon!\n\nI just found your blog and I am in LOVE! I have never made a quilt before but don't really want to make a rag quilt. Do you have any other suggestions for a first quilt? Could you make this pattern without doing the stippling on top?\n\nFor my sake... I hope you never slow down! And I hope you don't slow down on the lap quilts either. I used to feel guilty about making small and lap quilts (while my friends were all working on queens and kings). And I thought whattheheck am I feeling quilty-guilty for! Doing what love. Finishing quilts. Using the quilts that I've finished... yeah... I'm hooked on lap-ics! Oh, and because I have a king pineapple that I've been quilting on for over three years. I don't think it'll EVER be done. I've kicked the king and queen habit - guilt free!\n\nAmandajean ~ you're doing a terrific job using your stash! I really love this quilt and all others that you have made. Your tutorials have really inspired me to quilt a LOT. If only I would FINISH the quilts.....UFO finishing is my goal for this year!Thanks!\n\nI love the pink. I have a quilt like this now that I have working on for about 3 years now. It is a bigger bed size quilt and I thought I'd be crafty and hand quilt circles in the center square of each block. BAD IDEA! I call mine hole in the wall(same thing maybe?), and love the muslin that you used."}
-{"text": "Stockport Heritage Trust is a charity set up in 1987 to promote and encourage the regeneration of Stockport's heritage. This blog is a forum for news, discussion, and information.\nIf you wish to know more contact us at stockportheritage@gmail.com\n\nSunday, June 17, 2007\n\nThe walk has begun!Kevin and Danny set off from the Crown in Heaton Mersey at 1 pm. today.They walked the first section of the Round Stockport Walk, finishing at the Davenport Arms at 4.30 pm.Unfortunately the pub was shut! Hence the bottle of water. Over \u00a350 raised on the first day.Tomorrow they start from the Davenport Arms in Woodford at 7 pm to walk to the Robin Hood on the A6 High Lane.\n\nMonday, June 11, 2007\n\nWednesday 6th of June was a big day for the Trust, the unveiling of a fourth Blue Plaque and the launch of the town's first Blue Plaque Guide.\n\nThe Heritage Trust, the Council and Stockport Express were all congratulated by the Worshipful Mayor June Somekh for having worked together to achieve such a momentous undertaking.\n\nThe Guide produced by Phil Rowbotham of the Trust is available free of charge from the Tourist Information Centre and can also be supplied in large print, Braille and audio versions. It is hoped that this will bring visitors into Stockport to view our varied history.\n\nThe Plaque could not be secured permanently onto the Plaza's facade as permission for listed buildings is a more complicated affair, but should be in place by the end of the Month.\n\nA cake to commemorate the occasion was cut by Frank Galvin and the Plaza staff provided a most excellent buffet.\n\nFour other Blue Plaques were on display and are yet to be put up, for Rostron's Brow, The Bulls Head, St. Petersgate Bridge and Houldsworth Working Men's Club\n\nKevin Dranfield and Phil Rowbotham, from the Trust have worked closely with Paul Mason and Fiona Bullock from the Council to make the whole thing possible."}
-{"text": "An Act For the relief of William E. Thackrey\n\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That $1,688 be appropriated for repayment to William E. Thackrey of moneys deposited by him in the Treasury of the United States to satisfy disallowances\nto his accounts as superintendent and special disbursing agent of the Indian school at Mohave City, Arizona, because of additional\ncompensation paid, in violation of section 1765, Revised Statutes, to Indian policemen for the collection of school pupils:\nProvided, That of this sum $1,148 shall be repaid from appropriations made for Indian school transportation for the fiscal years 1926\nand 1927, and $540 from similar appropriations for the fiscal years 1924 and 1925, said latter sum being hereby reappropriated\nfor that purpose."}
-{"text": "Dynamo 4, Real Salt Lake 3\n\nHouston extended its unbeaten streak to four games behind the deveastating combination of Corey Ashe and Nate Jaqua. Ashe assisted on three Jaqua goals, and Eddie Robinson added a header as the Dynamo jumped out to a 4-1 lead before holding on for the win."}
-{"text": "O-Zone: Fathers are very wise\n\nI continue to read criticism by other readers of a number of the players now on the roster. Most are asking for those players to be replaced. Do you think that a lot of readers will be disappointed when the \"core\" of next season\u2019s roster is made up of players from last season\u2019s roster?\n\nJohn: Sure, people will be disappointed. Life\u2019s full of disappointment. There\u2019s a feeling among some that because there is a new general manager and a new head coach that there will be 60 new players to go along with that next season. That\u2019s an exaggeration, of course, but there\u2019s an element of that thinking among some Jaguars followers. It won\u2019t happen, not only because it\u2019s logistically impossible to turn over the entire roster in one offseason, but also because there are good players on the team who can contribute as the roster turns over. Losing the way the Jaguars did the last two seasons makes everything look bad, but there are good players here who should be part of the core in the near future.\n\nAndrew from Orange Park, FL:\n\nI know cornerback is a need, but I feel like Mike Harris has what it takes to be a starter. Re-sign Cox to a deal with an injury clause (easier said than done) and I think you have your 2013 starters at the position. Would it be farfetched to say that could play out with an addition of a free agent/lower draft pick to play nickel?\n\nJohn: You answered your question in the parenthesis because re-signing Cox will be the tricky part of your equation. Harris can probably be a starter, but right now he may ideally be a nickel. You would ideally like at least one more corner capable of playing at his level.\n\nAlex from Ponte Vedra, FL:\n\nI understand how global expansion is good for the NFL and understand that a presence overseas could help the city of Jacksonville. But why is it good for the current NFL fan? More popularity means a higher demand for a limited product, but doesn't this compute to a more expensive product? Why should an average fan care about or even support International expansion of the NFL?\n\nJohn: In a lot of ways, the average fan probably doesn\u2019t care about international expansion. I don\u2019t know what that fan actually does or doesn\u2019t do in terms of supporting it, but in the specific case of the Jaguars playing in London, President Mark Lamping and Owner Shad Khan laid this out pretty specifically at the State of the Jaguars 2013 press conference last week. A strong presence in London will mean increased revenues from ticket sales and sponsorship in Europe. That should translate into keeping games in Jacksonville more affordable.\n\nJohn from Jacksonville:\n\nI don't understand statements made from fans about players like Robinson that \"the Jaguars gambled and lost.\" The guy had several concussions. Isn't getting a concussion or multiple concussions something that applies to any player in the league and the team didn't \"gamble and lose\" on a player because concussions occurred? Fans tend to blame the GM for that, too.\n\nJohn: Fans blame the general manager for pretty much everything. That\u2019s part of the job and that\u2019s fine. Your point is a good one, though, and one that likely will be a growing issue \u2013 that is, the risk of paying players mammoth contracts in this era of increased awareness and concern over concussions. There always has been a risk of signing players and losing them to career-ending injury, but the focus/concern over concussions appears to be increasing this risk. The Jaguars paid significant money and planned the roster around Clint Session and Laurent Robinson. Now, Session is no longer on the roster and Robinson\u2019s future is uncertain because of concussions. Probably there\u2019s no solution, but these situations certainly appear to be a growing part of the fabric of the NFL.\n\nTim from Section 414:\n\nIf the team clears Robinson and he takes time to decide whether or not he wants to play again, is the team on the hook for his salary while he makes this decision? Other than his prorated signing bonus, would his salary count against the cap whilst making the decision? It would seem unfair to the team to be on the hook for his salary while he \"decides\" his future.\n\nJohn: The Jaguars paid Robinson $13.8 million guaranteed when he signed last off-season, but beyond that, they aren\u2019t \u201con the hook\u201d for anything. He would count against the cap next season with some dead money. Robinson is scheduled to make $2.6 million next season, but if he decides to not play again the Jaguars wouldn\u2019t owe him that. That\u2019s why the upfront money is important to players in free agency. It acts as the guarantees in otherwise non-guaranteed contacts.\n\nJohn from Elizabeth City, NC:\n\nFirst, where will the money for the new video board come from? Ticket prices going up? Second, with the new logos being created by Nike when Nike's contract runs up like Reebok's did, will the logos and jerseys change again or do the teams retain the rights?\n\nJohn: The source of the money to pay for the video boards is still being discussed. It likely would be some combination of money from the city and money from the team. As far as your second question, the logos don\u2019t change when the NFL switches uniform companies. The uniforms usually look slightly different in that scenario, but the alterations aren\u2019t always drastic to the casual observer.\n\nLane from Longwood, FL:\n\nPeople are misinterpreting Caldwell and Kahn's statements regarding free agency. Yes, they plan to build primarily through the draft but they'll also utilize free agency. Just because they want to avoid \"early\" free agency, which usually involves wild overspending on marginal players doesn't mean they're avoiding free agency altogether. They're going to wait after the initial rush and after things die down, they'll place a value on a player and go after their target if the price is right.\n\nJohn: That\u2019s almost always the best way to use free agency. There are occasionally good values to be found in free agency, but it\u2019s almost never in the early \u201cfantasy-football\u201d frenzy days. The early days are usually when you overpay. It\u2019s often difficult for teams to stay out of that overpriced period, and it\u2019s particularly tough for those who spend time on the comment/message board world and in the Twittersphere. Watching other teams sign familiar names often gives the impression that teams who aren\u2019t participating are being cheap and not wanting to win. That\u2019s rarely the case, and more often than not, teams are better off being quiet during this time.\n\nScott from Wichita, KS:\n\nFirst, an article on Yahoo Sports Saturday said, \u201cWe continue to hear rumblings about the lack of experience of the group\u201d hired by Gus Bradley and that the \u201cstaff has been met with a lot of lukewarm responses league-wide.\" Second, the talk of implementing the zone- blocking scheme at the same time the NFL might be cracking down on improper, I guess you'd say, blocks. Sometimes I wonder why I read other websites because it's usually negative. Just wanted your take.\n\nJohn: First, let\u2019s break down the coaching staff: Gus Bradley has been in the NFL seven years, and his offensive and defensive coordinators \u2013 Jedd Fisch and Bob Babich \u2013 each has close to a decade or more in the league. That\u2019s plenty of experience at the decision-making positions. The staff also has extensive experience at wide receiver and linebacker, with Jerry Sullivan and Mark Duffner. Really, you\u2019re talking about NFL inexperience at a few positions, but I keep thinking back to last offseason when much was made of the experience of the Jaguars\u2019 coaching staff. That didn\u2019t exactly \u201cwork out\u201d as people hoped. Bradley wanted compatibility on this staff. It seems as though he has that, and there\u2019s no reason yet to think that\u2019s a bad thing. As far as the move to a zone-blocking scheme, when Fisch discussed this recently he mentioned the need to be disciplined using the scheme. If the Jaguars do it poorly, it will be a problem. The idea is to do it right, and then it\u2019s not as big of an issue. It also remains to be seen how much zone-blocking the Jaguars use. Many teams use elements of it at various times in an offense, and it needn\u2019t be an all-or-nothing proposition.\n\nTucker from New York, NY:\n\nWord on the street is we have a ton of cap space. Since we clearly don't have a roster full of high-priced, veteran players, would it be possible for us to extend a Khan-style blank check to Flacco and extract him from the cap-troubled Ravens?\n\nJohn: That\u2019s only possible if the Ravens don\u2019t re-sign Flacco, or if the Ravens opt to not place the exclusive franchise tag on him. I\u2019d expect the Ravens to do one or the other, which would keep the Jaguars \u2013 and all other teams \u2013 from pursuing him.\n\nTommy from Jacksonville:\n\nMy dad always said, \"if it ain\u2019t this they're complaining about, it'll be something else.\" I took it to mean that you can't please everyone so just do what you do and don't worry about it. I'm glad to see the Jags moving forward and delineating the old from the new. It may not be what everyone wants, but it's certainly what the team needs.\n\nJohn: My father likes to say, \u201cThe only problem with living to be 100 is your 80-year-old son will call to borrow money.\u201d Fathers are very wise.\n\nAsk John!\n\nHave a Question for The O-Zone?Questions must include a first name and hometown."}
-{"text": "Bill would help stimulate water and wastewater infrastructure investment\n\nTwo Senators have introduced a bill, The Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2011, that would remove bond caps for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The act, if passed, would help stimulate much needed investment in critical water and wastewater infrastructure.\n\nVarious studies indicate the need for increased investment. The American Society of Civil Engineers, in its 2010 infrastructure report card, gave both wastewater and drinking water a D-, citing aging, leaking infrastructure insufficient to meet future demands. ASCE estimated an annual spending shortfall of $11 billion.\n\nIn 2002, the EPA estimated that the spending gap of over $500 billion dollars from 2000 to 2019, given existing spending levels. Climate change is proving another significant challenge. A study prepared by the National Association of Water Agencies found the cost of infrastructure improvements needed to adapt to climate change to be between $500 billion and $1 trillion by 2050.\n\nClearly, there is a need to invest, and the bill seems a step in the right direction; however, the estimate of potential additional investment that the bill would create, $50 billion over the next ten years, is a pittance. Also, similar bills have been unsuccessfully introduced in the past, in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, dying in committee each time. Based on this track record, the new bill may be headed for the dust bin.\n\nThe financial meltdown has left states, cities, and towns struggling to make ends meet. Without this legislation or any other innovative financing mechanism, it seems the spending gap may only get larger. Morescary is that the ASCE estimate of annual spending shortfalls does not include the inevitable increase in demand that will follow population growth over the coming decades. With demand increasing and funding decreasing, the prospects for our water and wastewater systems are grim.\n\nThe implications are far ranging. Crumbling water and wastewater infrastructure may adversely impact the environment, water resources, and the economy. In the long term, the continued dearth of financing mechanisms may also leave towns and cities, unable to keep up with capital and O&M costs, to transfer water services and infrastructure to private water companies. Private water companies have yet to get a foothold in the US, like they have in England, but ever increasing spending gaps may stimulate the move to widespread privatization of water and wastewater services which has a universe of implications on its own.\n\nThough the bill would not solve the problem, it's a start, and its passage would finally put water and wastewater infrastructure on equal footing with airports and solid waste, which are currently exempt from bond caps due to their criticality. The argument could easily be made that water and wastewater infrastructure is even more critical. Current law, however, suggests otherwise. This bill could remedy that.\n\nSponsors\n\nRecent News\n\nHow can you describe the threats existing to species, both large and small? Using the highly-threatened primates, we can perhaps see how they have contrived to exist until the current time. Then we can better understand just how we can prevent factors simply wiping them from the face of the earth, often through ignorance, lack of care, prejudice and of course the universal profit motive. Conservation begins in our minds, but demands much more than that.\n\nWhat does that blue butterfly do when you are not watching. We still have to discover exactly how the Eurasian large blue exploits Myrmica ants, but many of its relatives are either cuckoos (eg. (Phengaris alcon), or outright predators like the AustralasianLiphyra brassolis larvae ,eating the whole brood of the green ants they live with. How did such diverse habits evolve? Well, start reading here.\n\nFor several years, excitement has been building over the Atlantic presence of Manta birostris and Manta cf birostris/ this is the classification system trying to tell us of a potential new species that is related to genus Manta. Little progress has been made on this W. Atlantic species of \u0093oceanic manta,\u0094 but it can\u0092t be long before we can confirm new knowledge of parenting and juvenile growth in at least the main species, which seems to live alongside the potential new manta.\n\nSponsored Links\n\nRecent Blog Posts\n\nThe future is certainly renewable, but are we too late to prevent future centuries\u0092 problems of global warming- and the rest! Here are some current US solutions to waste and warming for you to enjoy---there are some ads in this piece but we\u0092ve allowed them for one blog only.\n\nWhen dolphins are 'rescued' in various countries, the car given seems to be ill-considered. We are simply looking at the success rate which is reported to be low, in most places. They could even end up in commercial aquarium shows, but they certainly rarely make it back to the sea."}
-{"text": "The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile, is the largest astronomical project in existence.\u2026 continue to the full article\n\nPlease could you bring to the attention of your final year undergrads UCL\u2019s MAPS Faculty Open Day on 23 January 2013. Further details and registration at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps-faculty/student/PGOpenDay"}
-{"text": "Bawana fire: Delhi govt. forms probe panel\n\nNew Delhi [India], Jan. 21 (ANI): The Delhi government said on Sunday that a probe committee has been formed to investigate the Bawana fire incident and assured that a strict action would be taken.\n\nTalking to media, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said, \"Probe committee has been formed. Strict action will be taken after we receive the report. I do not think license has been provided to any fire-cracker factory in Delhi. If this indeed was a fire-cracker factory then it is wrong that an illegal factory was being run.\"\n\nA massive fire broke out in the unit in outer Delhi's Bawana industrial area on Saturday. The incident claimed 17 lives and left two people injured.\n\nThe owner of the unit has been arrested and sent to one-day judicial custody.\n\nMeanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered an inquiry into the incident today while announcing an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the family of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured. (ANI)"}
-{"text": "Japan Australia Pages\n\nTuesday, February 2, 2010\n\nGujo Hachiman (Gifu Prefecture)\n\nThe main claim to fame of Gujo Hachiman in Gifu Prefecture is its Gujo Odori Folk Dance Matsuri held from early July to early September. The townsfolk continue nearly four centuries of tradition and let their hair down for some frenzied dancing. During the four main days of the festival from 13 to 16 August the dancing goes on through the night."}
-{"text": "There is an update post here. Read this first though - LOL. It IS a sequence.\n\nUp early yesterday, I took Lani over to The Mesh Project shops. From the traffic number in search, it had been a very busy day there. Indeed there were forty or so avatars at a VERY early hour. So many in fact that when Lani returned to pick up the heels and try a demo head, the huds weren't working. Still, I learned quite a bit more to pass along.\n\nThis is an example of the styling hud which shows all the items you are wearing. Pick the height of foot from the menu. Skin color chosen in one body layer changes all the skin parts (hand, feet, body) but unfortunately takes the body back to wearing underwear, so there is a separate step to get those garments off. Best to choose your body color from the torso icon.\n\nSince body fat needs to be 0 in order to wear you SL default avatar head, Lani would need a mesh head or a permanent collar or scarf (she found a cute little scarf hiding in her inventory and is set) :D.\n\nHands and feet sizes are suggested to be 40 when you change your shape. Lani had to make many more changes to her shape to get it looking like her familiar self; still all very doable. The 40 size didn't work well for her though and somewhere around 60 seemed to fit her body shape.\n\nIt takes a bit of practice to get used to the styling hud (and the shopping hud too) but it works quite nicely and seems to be well thought out with room for expansion.\n\nThese are the current designers working with The Shops. There is an area to click to learn more, or apply on the website here.\n\nA little addendum here :D.\n\nI received an automatic update on the dress late today; a nice touch.\n\nOn the top of my \"needs\" for this product is a body with undies only and no bra. I sat down today early (thank goodness) for a meeting. Oh my! LOL"}
-{"text": "Accommodation summary\n\nDescription\n\nWimdu Verified\n\nTranslated by Google Translate\nShow original version.\nThree-room detached house on ground floor, near the beach with private garden and interior car park.\nIt is situated in a central position and at only 200 m from the beach. The villa is on the ground floor with independent entrance, garden and car park.\nConsisting of a living room with TV Sat and double sofa bed, kitchen (including fridge freezer, hob and oven), double bedroom, bedroom with two single beds plus sleeping loft with queen-size bed, shower room, utility room with washing machine.\n\nHouse rules\n\nDAY 'ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE:\nArrival from 15:00 to 18:30 and departure before 10:00 am without fail in the morning.\n\nThe prices include: Electricity, water, gas.\n\nTO BE PAID ON SPOT:\n\nBABY COT: \u20ac 25.00 per week (optional on request)\n\nBED LINEN: \u20ac 7.00 per person per week (optional on request)\n\nTowels: \u20ac 7.00 per person per week (optional on request)\n\nPET: \u20ac 40,00 per week (mandatory) and by agreement with the Agency\n\nFINAL CLEANING: \u20ac 60,00 (mandatory), the cleaning of kitchenette is by the client, if not set will be a surcharge of \u20ac 35,00\n\nDEPOSIT: \u20ac 100.00 refundable upon departure after checking the apartment.\n\nCancellation Policy:\nStrict\n\nYou will be refunded half of the total price minus the cancellation fee if you cancel the booking at least 7 days before check-in by 12 noon CET (Central European Time) For cancellations that are made less than 7 days before check-in, you will be refunded 5% of the total price minus the cancellation fee."}
-{"text": "I have been going through my dvd collection and I am just more and more in love with the delicate, understated dancing of Zhanna Ayupova. She is now retired from the Mariinsky but I am sure that her presence will long be remembered. I consider her one of the finest lyrically beautiful dancers that I have ever viewed. I have only seen her on video, but fortunately you can get some sense of her loveliness from these.\n\nI believe that Catherine and others like her very much for her classical purity. This is probably very true.\n\nThe quality that I like very much about her dancing is the Continual, Gentle Flow that she maintains throughout a performance. She seems to be able to do this even during the stop-and-go requirements of certain ballets. She does this with such gentle grace.\n\nI have noted what seems to be one important element in her technique for doing this. Some part of her body is 'always in motion' with the overriding current of the music.\n\nHer sweet and unassuming nature is encompassing. She also has an exceptional dancing ability to go with this.\n\nI put her in a list with some of my all- time favorite 'Lyrically Beautiful' dancers. This list would include Galina Ulanova, Natalia Makarova, Uliana Lopatkina, Veronika Part, Svetlana Zakharova, Svetlana Lunkina, Suzanne Farrell, Evgenia Obraztsova, Marina Rzhannikova and others.\n\nThey all just move So Beautifully !\n\nI don't know of any complete video performances by Zhanna Ayupova, but she can be seen on the following videos.\n\n\"The Sacred Stage\", a documentary about the Mariinsky. She dances several minutes as Aurora in \"Sleeping Beauty\" and in the added features at the end of the video she dances the complete vision scene.\n\n\"Nina Ananiashvili and International Stars\", volume 2. Here she dances the Shades scene from La Bayadere with an airborn Igor Zelensky in top form. This entire video is packed with exiting bravura dancing along with the delicate magnificence of Zhanna Ayupova and others.\n\n* \"Sleeping Beauty\" (Altynai Asylmuratova [No]) . She is one the Fairies at the beginning.\n\n\"Le Corsaire\" (Altynai Asylmuratova). She is an odalisque before the Jardin Anime scene.\n\n* [She is not on the Altynai Asylmuratova \"Sleeping Beauty\" video. She is the Lilac Fairy on the Larissa Lezhnina version as noted in the next post]\n\nLast edited by Buddy on Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.\n\nI said above that Zhanna Ayupova is on the Altynai Asylmuratova \"Sleeping Beauty\" video. She isn't. I just looked at it.\n\nApparently she is the Lilac Fairy on the Larissa Lezhnina version, according to a post I found.\n\nI also wrote about her ability to maintain a beautiful and constant flow throughout an entire performance. Another obvious way that she does this is that she doesn't stop dancing. She moves right on to the next motion minimizing highlight poses. Also I noticed once that she made such an open arm, airy gesture at a certain pause that her dancing seemed to carry on although she was momentarily motionless.\n\nHowever she does it, I have yet to notice a continuity of flow done any better by another ballerina.\n\n[PS--I have now just noticed, on another viewing of the La Bayadere excerpts, that while momentarily standing still, the gaze of her eyes seems to carry on the motion. I should start another list I suppose.]\n\nI wonder was Ayupova offered a position of pedagogue at the Vaganova Academy or as a coach at the Ballet company at the Mariinsky Theatre? Or maybe she's now working for another ballet company inside Russia?\n\nThe ca-2003 documentary Sacred Stage includes a bit of the Nereid Scene of Act II, starring Ayupova as Aurora -- as you've noted, Buddy -- and a very young Kondaurova as Lilac. [Corrected from earlier guess of Pavlenko as Lilac.]\n\nThanks Natalia and Cygne. Zhanna as the \"Lilac Fairy\" (\"Sleeping Beauty\"--Larissa Lezhnina version) didn't seem right to me either. I went with someone's review at Amazon on that one. Candide does sound much better.\n\nNatalia, is that really Daria Pavlenko as Lilac Fairy on \"The Sacred Stage\" video? If so, she is a performer of many faces, which is great. Is she listed as such somewhere? The Mariinsky supports what you say as this is one of her roles.\n\nOn this one I was going with Elvira Tarasova, who I have only seen once that I can remember about four years ago. The Mariinsky does not support me on this one because they don't list it as one her roles.\n\n[PS I just looked again at \"The Sacred Stage\" video and Lilac Fairy sure looks like the Elvira Tarasova picture to me.--??]\n\n[PS-PS To belabor the subject, yes, I can see this being Daria Pavlenko. Many faces indeed! There are certain ladies in this company that I never recognize from one performance to the next and even offstage from one time to the next. The very beautiful Olesia Novikova is my best example for the moment.]\n\nLast edited by Buddy on Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:57 am, edited 1 time in total.\n\nI've been watching the \"Sacred Stage\" (Aurora) or the Bayadere excerpts each night for about a week. Every time I watch she seems to have more bases covered and often in the most understated manner possible. Most remarkable, so lovable and so beautiful !\n\n[referring to Zhanna Ayupova]\n\nLast edited by Buddy on Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.\n\nBuddy, I took a careful look at the SB excerpts on that Sacred Stage DVD. It is not Pavlenko, although Pavlenko had been originally scheduled to dance that performance during the 2003 White Nights Fest (late May- early June, at the time when the 300th B'day of the city was being celebrated....I was there).\n\nNeither is it Tarasova.\n\nIt is, in fact, another redhead, a taller redhead -- Ekaterina Kondaurova. This was at the time that she was still 19 or 20 and being pushed into leading roles like Nikiya (not deserved then but certainly so now). Kondaurova's 'first big push' was 2002-03 period, after her 2001 graduation. Then she cooled off before taking off with a vengeance during 2007.\n\nInterestingly, Kondaurova's appearance as Lilac in the following season -- in the Soviet staging -- was touted as her debut as Lilac Fairy (replacing the 'indisposed' Lopatkina - Dec '03 famous brou-ha-ha) when, in fact, Kondaurova had already debuted the previous season in the 1890 Imperial version -- and the proof is on this DVD, even though she is totally uncredited in the film, probably because the Mariinsky itself insisted to the film-makers that that was indeed Pavlenko in that performance. Rather than make a mistake, the Lilac Fairy was not identified in the film.\n\nKondaurova's Lilac in \"Sacred Stage\" is wonderful. It's a shame that in the beginning, she wasn't put on Vaziev's \"Fast Track\" sooner. When they were active, both Ayupova and Pavlenko were unjustly under-utilized by the former Director of the Ballet > MO .\n\nBuddy wrote,\n\nQuote:\n\n[PS-PS To belabor the subject, yes, I can see this being Daria Pavlenko. Many faces indeed! . . .]\n\nPavlenko's Lilac is majestic. Pavlenko is a great technician - a ballerina's ballerina, as well as an excellent actress. In \"Sleeping Beauty\" alone she has many faces. In addition to Violante, she's the only PD in the company who has successfully covered the three leading roles (Aurora, Florine & Lilac), convincingly. The last Maryinsky prima who accomplished this was Alla Shelest.\n\nKondaurova's Lilac in \"Sacred Stage\" is wonderful. It's a shame that in the beginning, she wasn't put on Vaziev's \"Fast Track\" sooner. ....\n\nOh but she WAS, Cygne. During her very first year with the company, as a corps member, she was given the lead in Chemyakin's Princess Pirlipat, then danced Nikiya in Bayadere Shades at the troupe's prestigious engagement at the Kennedy Center. She didn't quite make the expected impact and was pushed back to occasional choryphee roles (such as fiancees in Swan Lake, six choryphees in Jardin Animee of Corsaire, etc.). We occasionally saw her shine in the Forsythes and as Street Dancer in Don Q. Lilac Fairy every now and then. Her 2nd chance in principal roles came only recently -- five years after her first chance....but she most definitely was pushed straight out of school, for a little while.\n\nKondaurova's path to stardom is a bit reminiscent of that of New York City Ballet's Maria Kowroski, who made a huge impact her first year or two, then receded to corps roles, only to push back to the front. Very usual -- one (a) gets an early chance and pushes to the top (like so many) or (b) gets a chance, then fades to the corps forever (like Rosalyn Whitten at the RB in the 80s). Kondaurova and Kowroski are very lucky to have received two chances for stardom.\n\nThanks again Natalia and Cygne for all your additional information and insights. As I said, I sometimes do not recognize some of these ladies at all from one performance to another. This is a credit to their fine acting ability.\n\nI will take another close look when I get a chance. This being Ekaterina Kondaurova is a real surprise ! My feeling about her appearance, as I have expressed before, is that as beautiful as is her appearance onstage, she is absolutely gorgeous offstage with her beautiful long hair. This much of a distinction I have made.\n\nI hope we will be seeing much more of Ekaterina Kondaurova, as I also considerer to be very talented, and from what I have seen and from Catherine's interview she is very nice as well. Also it would be wonderful to see Daria Pavlenko dancing full speed again if this is what she wants to do, being a new mother.\n\nBuddy, I am fairly certain that we shall see Kondaurova at the Kennedy Center this January, as she is one of the troupe's main Dryad Queens and Street Dancers.\n\nAyupova retired this past spring with minimal fanfare. I have been unable to find out what she is doing. I recall that she was featured in a Mariinsky Ballet performance of Balanchine's Jewels in April 2006 or 2007 -- as the lead in the Emeralds section. However, over two years have gone by and the film is yet to be released.\n\nIf I could assemble a definitive cast of dancers for Balanchines Jewels made up from casts I've seen over the past thirty years or so. It would have to include Ayupova's perfect performance in Emeralds.\n\nI agree with you on that Cassandra. In my four and a half years living in St Petersburg to date, I saw her dance here only thrice. Once was the revival of Emeralds for filming (the Nioradze's husband filming project) --NataliaN that was February 06 if I recall correctly -- they filmed Jewels and Don Q-- and about a month later she danced in Apollo. In each of those cases she was STILL as beautiful as ever.\n\nThat video was done by a German or Austrian filming company and I presume was/is sold locally whereever they were based, although, maybe not. I never heard of it after that either, and the dancers were kept there to all hours of the night for that project...\n\nWho is online\n\nUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum"}
-{"text": "The University of Alabama became the latest major program to offer Jacksonville, Fla. safety Nick Washington when UA head coach Nick Saban extended a scholarship to the elite 2013 prospect during his visit on Thursday.\n\n\"I was really, really excited when (Saban) told me,\" Washington said. \"We talked about me being a dual sport player, because I play baseball. We talked about academics. He just told me that I was a great player and that he would like me to come play at Alabama.\n\n\"Saban and I talked about the success rate of his players. A lot of players get drafted in the NFL from Alabama.\"\n\nWashington made the trip to Tuscaloosa this week and liked what he saw with everything from the campus to the people he met from the university.\n\n\"The campus is really nice and the stadium is huge,\" Washington said. \"Everybody is really straight forward. They don't cut corners or anything. They don't tell you what you want to hear, they tell you what is the truth.\"\n\nThe 2013 defensive back prospect already holds offers from major programs like Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Miami and South Carolina among others.\n\nEven though Washington hails from the Sunshine State, he said wouldn't have a problem leaving the state for the right school.\n\n\"It probably is not going to be that hard for me to leave,\" Washington said. \"Yeah it's not going to be too hard.\"\n\nThe 6-foot-1, 180-pound defensive back plans to visit Alabama again but is not sure when. He also wants to come back for a football game in the fall."}
-{"text": "CUBAN PETE\n(Jose Norman)\nHarry Roy & His Orch. (vocal: Bill Currie) - 1936\nAmbrose And His Orchestra (vocal: Evelyn Dall) - 1936\nHorace Heidt & His Orch. - 1936\nMantovani & His Tipica Orch. - 1936\nXavier Cugat & His Orch. - 1937\nLouis Armstrong & His Orch. - 1937\nBlue Barron & His Orch. - 1946\nDesi Arnaz (featured in the film \"Cuban Pete\")- 1946\nJim Carrey (featured in the film \"The Mask\") - 1994\nAlso recorded by :\nTito Puente (featured in 1992 film \"Mambo Kings\").\nMora's Modern Rhythmists; Mel Powell; Proteus 7;\nVictor Feldman; La Sonora Matancera;\nYou've been to the dancing shows\nYou've seen how the rumba goes\nWhat rhythm, fascinating rhythm\nHavana brings news to you\nThey've just introduced a new sensation\nA dancing creation\nThey call him Cuban Pete\nHe's the king of the rumba beat\nWhen he plays the maracas he goes\nChick-chicky-boom\nChick-chicky-boom\nYes sir, he's Cuban Pete\nHe's the craze of his native street\nWhen he plays the maracas he goes\nChick-chicky-boom\nChick-chicky-boom\nThe senoritas they sing\nAnd how they swing with his sombrero\nHe's very nice, so full of spice\nAnd to the music they bring\nA happy ring, never a care-o\nSinging a song, all the day long\nHey, hey, for Cuban Pete\nHe's the king of the rumba beat\nWhen he plays the maracas he goes\nChick-chicky-boom\nChick-chicky-boom\n(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)\n*****\nAs performed by Jim Carrey and\nAngee Jarry in the film \"The Mask\":\nThey call me Cuban Pete\nI'm the king of the Rumba beat\nWhen I play the maracas I go\nChick chicky boom\nChick chicky boom\nYes sir, I'm Cuban Pete\nI'm the craze of my native street\nWhen I start to dance everything goes\nChick chicky boom\nchick chicky boom\nThe senioritas they sing\nAnd they swing with terampero\nIt's very nice - so full of spice\nAnd when they dance in they bring\nA happy ring that \"era keros\"\nAre singing a song\nAll the day long\nSo if you like the beat\nTake a lesson from Cuban Pete\nAnd I'll teach you to\nChick chicky boom\nChick chicky boom\nChick chicky boom\nHe's a really modest guy\nAlthough he's the hottest guy\nIn Havana, in Havana\nSi, seniorita I know\nThat you would like a chicky-boom-chick\nIt's very nice - so full of spice\nI'll place my hand on your hip\nAnd if you will just give me your hand\nThen we shall try\nJust you and I\n\"Iy-yi-yi!\"\n\"Iy-yi-yi!\"\nShake your booty, daddy, wow! See ya'!"}
-{"text": "---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05\nTitle: NUTTY GARLIC CANAP\u00c9S\nCategories: Appetizers, Vegan\nYield: 2 Servings\n2 tb Crunchy peanut butter\n25 g Sunflower margarine; melted\n-or butter\n1 Garlic clove; crushed\n1 tb Dried mixed herbs\n2 Thin slices of bread\n-- crusts removed\nVegetable oil for frying\nSalt and pepper\nDefinitely moreish, these nutty delicacies, full of herbs and garlic, make\nan irresistible snack to go with a drink before a meal.\nPut the peanut butter into the blender with the melted margarine or butter,\ngarlic and herbs, and liquidize to a paste. Season to taste.\nCut each slice of bread into small squares and fry gently in vegetable oil\nuntil golden on both sides. Drain and dry on kitchen paper.\nHeap a little of the nutty garlic mixture on to each square of friend bread\nand the canap\u00e9s are ready to serve.\nCopyright Rosamond Richardson 1996"}
-{"text": "Americans\u2019 precarious financial lives\n\n60 percent of Americans have struggled with a financial emergency in the last year, says new research from the Pew Charitable Trusts.\n\nCould you weather an unexpected financial shock \u2013 a broken bone, a leaky roof, a trip to the hospital or a layoff at your company?\n\nFinancial emergencies like these are distressingly common for American families, according to new research by the Pew Charitable Trusts. In a survey of more than 7,800 U.S. households, Pew found that 60 percent of Americans have experienced a financial shock \u2013 such as a major home or car repair, an illness or a pay cut \u2013 within the last 12 months. The median cost of these emergencies: $2,000.\n\nMoreover, the impact of a single financial shock can reverberate through a family\u2019s finances for months. Pew found that nearly half of households who suffered a financial crisis still hadn\u2019t fully recovered their finances six months later, and more than half found themselves \u201cdestabilized\u201d by the shock \u2013 having trouble making ends meet.\n\n\u201cThe proportion of shocks that was destabilizing was a surprise to us,\u201d said Pew Research Officer Clinton Key. \u201cThe other thing that was surprising was the number of high-income households \u2013 households we generally don\u2019t worry about when we think of financial precariousness or financial instability \u2013 that were destabilized by financial shocks.\u201d"}
-{"text": "METAIRIE, La. (AP) \u2014 Saints coach Sean Payton has chosen Rob Ryan as his new defensive coordinator, hoping New Orleans can overhaul a unit that was historically bad last season.\n\nRyan, the brother of New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, spent the past two seasons as Dallas\u2019 defensive coordinator. He was fired after last season, when his defense ranked 19th.\n\n\u201cWe have experience in preparing and playing against his defenses and they\u2019ve always been challenging in terms of the different looks and pressures that they feature,\u201d Payton said when Ryan\u2019s hiring was announced Saturday, one day after he interviewed for the job. \u201cWe\u2019ve had the chance to visit with each other and talk about our visions for our team and I\u2019m excited about moving forward as we prepare for the 2013 season.\u201d\n\nIn 2010, Ryan was Cleveland\u2019s defensive coordinator when the Browns beat the Saints in the Superdome 30-17, intercepting passes by Drew Brees four times. One of those interceptions was made by linebacker Scott Fujita, who had been a captain of New Orleans\u2019 defense a season earlier and had helped Ryan prepare and execute the game plan against the Saints.\n\nPayton said he also has added Stan Kwan as an assistant special teams coach. Kwan has been an NFL assistant 23 years, the past three as special teams assistant in Buffalo.\n\n\u201cStan is a veteran coach that understands all nuances of the special teams game,\u201d Payton said. \u201cHe has a wealth of knowledge and I believe he will be a good fit.\u201d\n\nJust days after returning from his season-long suspension in connection with the NFL\u2019s investigation of the Saints\u2019 cash-for-hits bounty program, Payton fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and said he would switch New Orleans\u2019 defensive scheme from a 4-3 alignment (four down linemen, three linebackers) to a 3-4. The Saints yielded 7,042 yards last season, the worst single-season total in NFL history.\n\nRyan has run 3-4 schemes for years. He worked as a linebacker coach in such defenses in New England, where he was part of two Super Bowl-winning teams. He then spent five seasons as defensive coordinator in Oakland (2004-2008), followed by two seasons in Cleveland before moving to Dallas in 2011.\n\nNow the 50-year-old Ryan takes his fourth defensive coordinator job since 2004 while becoming Payton\u2019s fourth defensive coordinator since 2006.\n\n\u201cI have had the opportunity to get to know Sean Payton and his staff a bit better recently and I am excited about joining the team,\u201d Ryan said in a statement provided by the Saints. \u201cI\u2019m ready to get to work on all facets of the game. This is a great opportunity and we\u2019re getting started right away.\u201d\n\nWhen Payton took over as head coach in 2006, New Orleans had a 4-3 scheme overseen by Gary Gibbs, who was fired after the 2008 season. In 2009, Payton brought in Gregg Williams, whose hybrid scheme used a 4-3 base alignment but switched to a 3-4 in certain situations, usually on passing downs in order to help disguise which player might be blitzing.\n\nWilliams left after the 2011 season, and months later was suspended along with Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis and Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in connection with the league\u2019s bounty probe.\n\nThe NFL said Williams ran the bounty pool and gave him an indefinite suspension. He was reinstated this past week and hired as a top defensive coach by Tennessee.\n\nWilliams has long proclaimed himself a disciple of Buddy Ryan, who was the defensive coordinator of the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears in 1985 and later served as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals.\n\nWilliams often spoke of wanting his defenses to be \u201cnasty\u201d and used mottos like \u201cdefenses are respected when they\u2019re feared.\u201d\n\nNow, a little more than a year after letting go of Williams, Payton has brought in the son of Williams\u2019 mentor.\n\nRob Ryan got his start in the NFL on his father\u2019s Arizona staff in 1994. He later spent three seasons as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State before returning to the NFL with New England, under Bill Belichick, in 2000."}
-{"text": "Not to be trusted, I purchased a barreled SKS receiver that said to be in very good or better condition, it was not fit to be used as a tomatoe stake. When I called to compained, I was told basically that they were sold \"as is\" and tough luck. That never appeared in the ad nor was it explained when I ordered it.\n\nThis is not isolated, they are known to have poor customer service. I would avoid\n\nRe Hunters Lodge review\n\nOriginally Posted by Chiroone\n\nNot to be trusted, I purchased a barreled SKS receiver that said to be in very good or better condition, it was not fit to be used as a tomatoe stake. When I called to compained, I was told basically that they were sold \"as is\" and tough luck. That never appeared in the ad nor was it explained when I ordered it.\n\nThis is not isolated, they are known to have poor customer service. I would avoid\n\nThanks for the information. I was going to by some 88 barreled receivers from them, they were like 14.99 apeice I believe, which in reality is a good price, However I dont want to have to deal with someone lees than repitable\nagain thanks for the Information you saved me alot of grief and headaches!...Doc"}
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-{"text": "ACLU attempt to save Thanos rejected\n\nMay 12, 1994|By Glenn Small | Glenn Small,Sun Staff Writer\n\nA Baltimore Circuit judge refused last night to issue an injunction to stop next week's execution of John Frederick Thanos, as lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union had sought in a civil suit.\n\nJudge Joseph McCurdy Jr. said he was not convinced that there would be \"irreparable harm\" to Maryland taxpayers if he didn't issue an injunction to stop the execution of Thanos, 44, the confessed killer of three teen-agers. ACLU attorneys filed the suit yesterday, challenging the state's new lethal injection law as unconstitutional because the execution could be botched, causing a slow, torturous death for Thanos.\n\nSusan Goering, an attorney for the ACLU, said the ACLU would appeal Judge McCurdy's ruling to the Court of Special Appeals today.\n\nThanos, who has refused to appeal three death sentences, is scheduled to die as early as Monday for the murder of Gregory A. Taylor Jr., 18, a welder from Hebron. He also is sentenced to death for the murders of Billy Winebrenner, 16, and Melody Pistorio, 14, whom Thanos killed in the Labor Day 1990 holdup of a Middle River gasoline station where young Winebrenner worked.\n\nIn yesterday's hearing, the ACLU called an expert witness who testified that Thanos could suffer if corrections staff members who are to carry out the execution do not properly insert the intravenous needle that will carry the lethal drugs to his body.\n\nDr. Arthur V. Milholland, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said he has studied the state's protocol for carrying out its first lethal injection execution and feels it could be botched by untrained personnel.\n\nIf Thanos' veins are collapsed or scarred, it could be difficult for staff without extensive training to properly insert an IV into a vein, the doctor said. The needle could be accidentally inserted into tissue or muscle, he said.\n\nDr. Milholland said if that happened, the three drugs used in the execution -- a barbiturate intended to render Thanos unconscious, a muscle relaxer designed to paralyze him and potassium chloride to stop the heart -- might not work as quickly. That would leave the possibility for Thanos to be conscious while suffocating, he testified. However, under cross-examination, Dr. Milholland said if the IV is properly inserted, Thanos will feel no pain, except for the prick of the needle."}
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-{"text": "Gardening Articles: Edibles :: Fruit & Nut Trees\n\nFruit Tree Care (page 3 of 3)\n\nby National Gardening Association Editors\n\nProtecting Trees from Winter Injury\n\nPaint tree trunks white in late fall to prevent winter sunscald. This damage, often worse than that from absolute cold, occurs when the unshaded trunks heat up to high temperatures during the day, then rapidly cool to very low temperatures at night. Combine 1 part interior white latex paint to 3 parts water, and spray or brush this mixture on trunks up to the first main limb.\n\nRabbit and rodent repellents can be mixed into the paint to prevent these animals from feeding on the bark in the winter. Or place 1/4-inch mesh hardware-cloth cages around your trees, making sure the guards reach above the expected snow level. You can also use white plastic tree guards to prevent both sunscald and rodent damage. Pull mulch away from the tree trunks in fall to avoid attracting rodents. Deer feeding on the tender twigs and branches in winter can cause a lot of damage. The most effective deer repellent, according to those troubled by them, is an egg spray. Blend three raw eggs with two or three cups of water in a blender, then dilute this mixture with more water in a 3-gallon sprayer."}
-{"text": "Forgot Password\n\nSummary\n\nUndervision of twopeople of thatanticipations, the front doorstartsto reveal the slit, butanotherworld, showsintwopeople of lines of sightin light of this.Thatis a space, butlooks like a main hall, oneis notverybig, butactuallyexceptionallyfinemain hall. The wall of thismain hall, non-[gold/metal]Feiyin, is the quartzmakesunexpectedly, even if is the quartz, actuallynon-commonquartz, obviouslyenchantingeye-catching, actuallydoes not puncture the personeyeball, hastwocharactersto the feeling of person, that is shocking.Butmustspeak ofshockingly, thing/person in thatmain hall, butwas enoughanotherChu FengandBai Ruochenshocks.Varioustypes of fruits, the sizevaries, dissimilar in shape and form, somemango, someapple, somearesuch as the watermelongenerallyis bigger, buttheymayall the non-commonfruit.Becausetheirnot onlyraysparkles, colorful, is lingeringextremelyrichworldenergy, buton that dayin the energy, was richest, actuallymustbelong toMartial Power, thisnon-commonMartial Power, istrueKing-levelMartial Power, theseallare the cultivationresources, the worlddifferentfruit.\u201eManyworlddifferentfruits.\u201dAt this moment, is not only Chu Fengover the faceis wild with joy, delighted, Bai Ruochenalsosimilarlyso, becauseregardingthem, mostneedsis notanywealth, butcanbe helpful to the cultivationworlddifferentfruit.\u201eReally isgoodthing/person, should theseworlddifferentfruits, beKing-levelMartial Medicine?\u201dChu Fengsaid after a sigh.\u201eFar more thanisKing-levelMartial Medicine, istop grade in King-levelMartial Medicine, althoughtheyare containingextremelyrichKing-levelMartial Power, buthas not contained many wildmaterial, will build upto meltfewfeemanystrengths, regardingourMartial King Realmperson, will be the most preciouscultivationresources.\u201dBai Ruochensaid.\u201eWhish\u201d, butin the Bai Ruochenspeechor, Chu Fengactuallysuddenlygets rid, sees onlysuctionconfused swell, innumerableKing-levelMartial Medicine, then the floatabove the midair, finallyin abundanceemergedinChu Feng'sCosmos Sack.However, Chu Fenghas not kept everything for oneself, hehas taken awayhalfKing-levelMartial Medicine in thismain hall, but alsohas left behindhalf.\u201eDon't person of half, haveopinion?\u201dChu Fengsaidwith a smile.\n\n\u201eSuits me.\u201dBai Ruochenalsoshows a faint smile, afterwardalsotakes outCosmos Sack, is similar toChu Feng is the same, startsto gatherotherKing-levelMartial Medicine.Although, Chu Fengmostneedsisthiscultivationresources, butlooks atBai Ruochento gatherthatremainingKing-levelMartial Medicine, the innermost feelingsdo not haveslightlydoes not prefer.First, theseindeedareBai Ruochenearn, after allthisis the Ascension Sectancestor, leavesAscension SectDescendants, Chu Fengis notAscension SectDescendants, thereforehecanobtainhalf, had picked up a bargain.Furthermore, fromBai Ruochenthathappyresponse, Chu Fengcanseethatthisgirlas ifalsoreallyneedsthesecultivationresources, otherwisebyherdisposition, is impossibleto be so excited, thereforeChu Feng must helpBai Ruochen.\u201eIs that?\u201dBut, at this moment, Chu Fengactuallysuddenlyat presentonebright, stares, because in Bai Ruochen, after surplusKing-levelMartial Medicinewill receive, thismain hallnotcompletely empty, has the goodsunexpectedly.In the mostdeep place of main hall, presentedthreething/person, thatthreething/personare the steel and iron, butexceptionallyis neat, is square, the depthtwofeet, widthonemeter, the lengththreemeters, are divided intothree, suchneatplacing there.However, Chu Fengsees, even ifthisis the steel and iron, non-commonsteel and iron, althoughtheyhave not sent outanystrangeray, evenlike the scrap iron, places there.ButChu Fengactuallyfeelsthatthissteel and ironis indestructible, simply as tyrannicalas a fearfulsituation, what mostmakesChu Fengsurprisedis, inthesethreesteel and iron, reallyhas the spiritual energy, is similar to they are a lifebodyis ordinary.\u201eWhat is this?\u201dAt this moment, Bai Ruochenalsonotedthissituation, andalreadyarrived atthatthreesteel and ironnear, surprisedsaying: \u201eThisabovehas the character.\u201d\u201eOh?\u201dHearsthiswords, Chu Feng was also hurries the past, thisdiscovered that abovethesethreesteel and iron, indeedhadsomehandwriting.\u201eFirmament Adamantine Metal, buriedin the [gold/metal]steel and iron of placebottomdeep place, because ofabsorbingair/Qi of several thousandyearsFirmament, finally the evolutionisFirmament Adamantine Metal.\u201d\n\n\u201eFirmament Adamantine Metal, collectionindestructiblewithspecial characteristics of destroying the hardest defensesinone, is one of the in societyraresteel and iron, forbuilding the foundation of Emperor Armament.\u201d\u201eFirmament Adamantine Metal, maycalculate the priceless treasure, ifmysectDescendantsknewthatwas sure to rememberdo not appear externally, do not sell off, onlymayoneselfuse, if the lifetime, is unable to usethisiron, mustleaveDescendants, can not waste.\u201dThesetypefaces, mature and powerful, canlookto set out the author, is a cultivation realmprofoundperson, even ifso, thesetypefaces, actually are also onlysealabovethisFirmament Adamantine Metal, has not carvedinto.Thus, thisFirmament Adamantine Metal, is really indestructible, is in societyraretreasure.\u201eBuilds the Emperor Armamenttreasureunexpectedly.\u201dKnew after thesethreesteel and ironorigins, the Chu Fengheartis also startled.Becausedoes not needto think that heknows, thisFirmament Adamantine Metalvalue, thismaywantpreciousmanycompared withKing-levelMartial Medicine that heandBai Ruochengather, in other words, thisFirmament Adamantine Metal, is the Ascension Sectancestor, wantsto leave the Descendantstreasuretrulyis.After allEmperor Armamentsuch, casualequallywithEmperor Armamentrelatedthing/person, perhapssufficientlyin addition the innumerablemastersbow, let aloneisthistype, builds the Emperor Armamentfoundationraw material?\u201eBuzz\u201dat this moment, Bai Ruochenhas gotten ridsuddenly, sherelies onCosmos Sack, Firmament Adamantine Metalwill receivedirectlytogether.Afterward, shelooked atonefirst, groundothertwoFirmament Adamantine Metal, thisaskedtoChu Feng: \u201emeaning of ancestoris very obvious, ishopes that DescendantscanusethisFirmament Adamantine Metal, makesEmperor Armament.\u201d\u201eBut if Descendantsis unable to makeEmperor Armament, do not wastethisiron, even ifitis priceless, but can not sell off, in the needgivesAscension SectDescendants.\u201d\u201eCan youachievemyAscension Sectancestor'srequest?\u201d\n\nUnder vision of two people of that anticipations, the front door starts to reveal the slit, but another world, shows in two people of lines of sight in light of this. That is a space, but looks like a main hall, one is not very big, but actually exceptionally fine main hall. The wall of this main hall, non goldmetal Feiyin, is the quartz makes unexpectedly, even if is the quartz, actually non common quartz, obviously enchanting eyecatching, actually does not puncture the person eyeball, has two characters to the feeling of person, that is shocking. But must speak of shockingly, thingperson in that main hall, but was enough another Chu Feng and Bai Ruochen shocks. Various types of fruits, the size varies, dissimilar in shape and form, some mango, some apple, some are such as the watermelon generally is bigger, but they may all the non common fruit. Because their not only ray sparkles, colorful, is lingering extremely rich world energy, but on that day in the energy, was richest, actually must belong to Martial Power, this non common Martial Power, is true Kinglevel Martial Power, these all are the cultivation resources, the world different fruit. Many world different fruits. At this moment, is not only Chu Feng over the face is wild with joy, delighted, Bai Ruochen also similarly so, because regarding them, most needs is not any wealth, but can be helpful to the cultivation world different fruit. Really is good thingperson, should these world different fruits, be Kinglevel Martial Medicine Chu Feng said after a sigh. Far more than is Kinglevel Martial Medicine, is top grade in Kinglevel Martial Medicine, although they are containing extremely rich Kinglevel Martial Power, but has not contained many wild material, will build up to melt few fee many strengths, regarding our Martial King Realm person, will be the most precious cultivation resources. Bai Ruochen said. Whish, but in the Bai Ruochen speech or, Chu Feng actually suddenly gets rid, sees only suction confused swell, innumerable Kinglevel Martial Medicine, then the float above the midair, finally in abundance emerged in Chu Fengs Cosmos Sack. However, Chu Feng has not kept everything for oneself, he has taken away half Kinglevel Martial Medicine in this main hall, but also has left behind half. Dont person of half, have opinion Chu Feng said with a smile. Suits me. Bai Ruochen also shows a faint smile, afterward also takes out Cosmos Sack, is similar to Chu Feng is the same, starts to gather other Kinglevel Martial Medicine. Although, Chu Feng most needs is this cultivation resources, but looks at Bai Ruochen to gather that remaining Kinglevel Martial Medicine, the innermost feelings do not have slightly does not prefer. First, these indeed are Bai Ruochen earn, after all this is the Ascension Sect ancestor, leaves Ascension Sect Descendants, Chu Feng is not Ascension Sect Descendants, therefore he can obtain half, had picked up a bargain. Furthermore, from Bai Ruochen that happy response, Chu Feng can see that this girl as if also really needs these cultivation resources, otherwise by her disposition, is impossible to be so excited, therefore Chu Feng must help Bai Ruochen. Is that But, at this moment, Chu Feng actually suddenly at present one bright, stares, because in Bai Ruochen, after surplus Kinglevel Martial Medicine will receive, this main hall not completely empty, has the goods unexpectedly. In the most deep place of main hall, presented three thingperson, that three thingperson are the steel and iron, but exceptionally is neat, is square, the depth two feet, width one meter, the length three meters, are divided into three, such neat placing there. However, Chu Feng sees, even if this is the steel and iron, non common steel and iron, although they have not sent out any strange ray, even like the scrap iron, places there. But Chu Feng actually feels that this steel and iron is indestructible, simply as tyrannical as a fearful situation, what most makes Chu Feng surprised is, in these three steel and iron, really has the spiritual energy, is similar to they are a life body is ordinary. What is this At this moment, Bai Ruochen also noted this situation, and already arrived at that three steel and iron near, surprised saying This above has the character. Oh Hears this words, Chu Feng was also hurries the past, this discovered that above these three steel and iron, indeed had some handwriting. Firmament Adamantine Metal, buried in the goldmetal steel and iron of place bottom deep place, because of absorbing airQi of several thousand years Firmament, finally the evolution is Firmament Adamantine Metal. Firmament Adamantine Metal, collection indestructible with special characteristics of destroying the hardest defenses in one, is one of the in society rare steel and iron, for building the foundation of Emperor Armament. Firmament Adamantine Metal, may calculate the priceless treasure, if my sect Descendants knew that was sure to remember do not appear externally, do not sell off, only may oneself use, if the lifetime, is unable to use this iron, must leave Descendants, can not waste. These typefaces, mature and powerful, can look to set out the author, is a cultivation realm profound person, even if so, these typefaces, actually are also only seal above this Firmament Adamantine Metal, has not carved into. Thus, this Firmament Adamantine Metal, is really indestructible, is in society rare treasure. Builds the Emperor Armament treasure unexpectedly. Knew after these three steel and iron origins, the Chu Feng heart is also startled. Because does not need to think that he knows, this Firmament Adamantine Metal value, this may want precious many compared with Kinglevel Martial Medicine that he and Bai Ruochen gather, in other words, this Firmament Adamantine Metal, is the Ascension Sect ancestor, wants to leave the Descendants treasure truly is. After all Emperor Armament such, casual equally with Emperor Armament related thingperson, perhaps sufficiently in addition the innumerable masters bow, let alone is this type, builds the Emperor Armament foundation raw material Buzz at this moment, Bai Ruochen has gotten rid suddenly, she relies on Cosmos Sack, Firmament Adamantine Metal will receive directly together. Afterward, she looked at one first, ground other two Firmament Adamantine Metal, this asked to Chu Feng meaning of ancestor is very obvious, is hopes that Descendants can use this Firmament Adamantine Metal, makes Emperor Armament. But if Descendants is unable to make Emperor Armament, do not waste this iron, even if it is priceless, but can not sell off, in the need gives Ascension Sect Descendants. Can you achieve my Ascension Sect ancestors request Does not disappoint Ascension Sect ancestor. Chu Feng selfconfident say way. That this remaining two, you all receive. Bai Ruochen leaves behind these words, then approaches the Entrance line of this main hall to go. , Sister Ruochen, arent you plan leave my two Is this not quite good Chu Feng is somewhat surprised, such treasure, Bai Ruochen gives him the same place, takes care of him, gives him unexpectedly two, this indeed makes Chu Feng somewhat feel extremely flattered. Now what I most need is the cultivation resources, although this Firmament Adamantine Metal is precious, but was enough, that two you are receiving, your Spirit Formation technique is higher than me, the future achievement Dingyuan will win in me, I believe that you will use this Firmament Adamantine Metal sooner or later. Moreover can seek here, your merit is much greater than me, perhaps if not for you, I do not have the opportunity, sees this main hall, let alone gathered the treasure in main hall, all in all, you should take one compared with me. Bai Ruochen said. But after hearing the Bai Ruochen words, Chu Feng also feels relaxed has smiled, since Bai Ruochen spoke in the words this share, if Chu Feng is modestly declining, instead was his not, therefore Chu Feng, received these two Firmament Adamantine Metal gratefully. The airQi of Firmament, is it possible that with some Firmament Medicinal Herbs relations However, in this moment, in the Chu Fengs heart, actually once again raised a question. However this question, is only the question, Chu Feng no longer thinks deeply, after all he obtained belonged to his advantage. First did not say that may be called priceless Firmament Adamantine Metal, solely is these world different fruits, Kinglevel Martial Medicine, is greatest was pleasantly surprised, Chu Feng, these Kinglevel Martial Medicine, if builds up all, making him break through to Second Rank Martial King, should not be difficult."}
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-{"text": "Hastings-On-Hudson, NYGinsburg Development Companies continues to expand its GDC Rentals brand in Westchester County with the grand opening of The Lofts on Saw Mill River, a $34.9 million rental development.\n\nCounty and village officials joined with GDC executives on September 26th for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new development located at 419 Saw Mill River Rd. (Rte. 9A). The Lofts on Saw Mill River features 66 loft-style rental apartments in three buildings. Two three-story buildings each include 27 market-rate units and one two-story building includes 12 affordable workforce-housing units. The 12 affordable units count towards the affordable units mandated by the County\u2019s affordable housing settlement with the federal government.\n\nMonthly rentals for the market rate apartments range from $3,245 for a large one-bedroom unit (950 s/f) to $4,995 for a large three-bedroom unit (1,656 s/f). The affordable units range from $874 for a studio to $1,484 for a three-bedroom unit. The application process for the affordable units closed in June when the Westchester-based Housing Action Council conducted a lottery to select qualified tenants.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s grand opening of The Lofts on Saw Mill River completes a journey that began more than a decade ago when we first acquired this site. What was once a former industrial parking lot has now been transformed into a one-of-a-kind community of contemporary loft-style rental apartments as well as much-needed affordable workforce housing,\u201d said Martin Ginsburg, principal of GDC. \u201cWe are particularly pleased to dedicate to the Village 1.8 acres of open space to become a beautiful park that includes a pedestrian bridge to the South County Trailway, which runs by our property,\u201d he added.\n\n419 Saw Mill River Road - Hastings-On-Hudson, NY\n\n\u201cIn addition to creating 100 construction jobs, The Lofts at Saw Mill River is adding to the vitality of Westchester\u2019s economy with high quality rental apartments, including affordable units,\u201d said Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino. \u201cWestchester County and its Industrial Development Agency are proud to be partnering with Ginsburg Development Companies on this important project.\u201d\n\n\u201cGinsburg\u2019s high-quality developments are always an asset to a community \u2013 and Hastings will benefit both from the addition of these new high-end rentals as well as the provision of a dozen units at affordable rates,\u201d said Hastings-on-Hudson Village mayor Peter Swiderski.\n\nThe Lofts on Saw Mill River is GDC\u2019s second new luxury rental development to open in less than four months. In June, GDC opened Harbor Square, a 188-unit luxury rental development on the Ossining waterfront. Harbor Square is already more than 50 percent leased. GDC is nearing completion of River Tides at Greystone, a 330-unit luxury rental complex overlooking the Hudson River in Yonkers. River Tides at Greystone is scheduled to begin leasing in Spring 2017. Earlier this month, GDC broke ground on 1177@Greystone, a new 55-unit luxury rental apartment building located on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers, one block north of River Tides at Greystone.\n\n\u201cThe demand of luxury rentals in the Westchester market continues to grow with millennials as well as empty-nesters looking to live in a community with resort-style amenities and services as well as easy access to mass transit. The level of high quality finishes and design featured in our apartments is unlike anything being offered in the region\u2019s rental market,\u201d said Ginsburg.\n\nGDC will begin showing The Lofts to the general public this Saturday and Sunday, October 1st and 2nd at a Grand Opening Open House to be held between 12 noon and 4 p.m. each day."}
-{"text": "@an7xuan I just tried this and it did indeed trigger for me when I did that.\n\n21 Oct\n2:19 2016\n\nI can confirm that Do the MJ is broken, as I have beaten it as Tails, no pausing, bounced off of the Star sphere, perfected it with all rings, did not bounce twice, still no achievement.\n\n4 Nov\n19:05 2016\n\n\"Hyper Knuckles Victory\" is fixed now.\n\n18 Jan\n1:53 2017\n\nAnyone know of a good spot to get past the top of the screen in Mushroom Hill? I'm at my wits end on this one.\n\n14 Feb\n14:43 2017\n\nThis game really needs a score based leaderboard.Scores in this game usually tend to be ignored, but it would a fun addition to the achievements system to see these included in some way.\n\n9 Apr\n6:03 2017\n\nHow can I get the \"King of the Hill\" achievement?\n\n9 Apr\n8:54 2017\n\nUse knuckles in act 2 and go to the top path. After you pass a giant ring, you enter the \"white \" part of the stage. As soon as you enter, you will see a mushroom next to a wall with a spring; grab that wall and climb it to the top.\n\n22 Jul\n2:51 2017\n\nIt was fun : )\n\n3 Aug\n19:43 2017\n\nthis is my favorite \"plateformer\"\n\n7 Sep\n4:11 2017\n\n& Knuckles\n\n7 Sep\n14:02 2017\n\n& Knuckles\n\n15 Oct\n14:41 2017\n\nDo The M.J. seems to be the most reported achievement. I'll be sure to look into it pretty soon to be sure.\n\n15 Oct\n14:43 2017\n\nScore-based leaderboards are nice, but there's really no true way to get a lot of points in the game without grabbing loads of rings or finishing the act with 9:59 left, and any possible score challenge is ruined by Launch Base Zone bird spawners.\n\n27 Oct\n15:32 2017\n\n\"Perfect all bonus stage\" missing....\n\n27 Nov\n3:45 2017\n\nthe new nemesis knuckles is a chuckle in the knuckle\n\n13 Apr\n5:19 2019\n\n& Knuckles\n\n28 Mar\n11:25 2020\n\nI really enjoyed this set. It was just the right amount of challenge without being outright impossible like some sets can be.\n\n29 Apr\n16:28 2020\n\nDoes the ROM that you get when buying S3&K on Steam not count? I bought it on Steam (it's a part of the Mega Drive Classics) and they give you a ROM you can use in any emulator. I used it in RetroArch with achievements on and I wasn't getting any.\n\n27 May\n17:59 2020\n\nMastered back in my quest days. \"Do the M.J.\" achievement was a challenging one. As someone already said, the set lacks of \"Perfect Bonus\" on all Special Stages built in one achievement or two separately: one for Sonic 3 and other for Sonic & Knuckles\n\n27 May\n18:05 2020\n\nOne curiosity of this lock-on feature is that Launch Base Zone is easier than it was presented in Sonic 3 and has fewer death traps in comparison."}
-{"text": "Warning\n\nSave the new file\n\nYou are now offered to save the revised file with a different name. This is the current file name with a numeric index added\n\nClick Save to complete the rotation.\n\nThe rotated airport\n\nRotate by object\n\nselect the object to rotate the airport around\n\nHold down the Alt Key and rotate the object with the mouse\n\nRelease the mouse and then the Alt key and the Rotate Airport Dialog will appear. The Rotate By value is based on the angle the object is rotated. The remaining process is the same as for using the Right Click Menu"}
-{"text": "Cleveland, OH has a population of 388,059 people with a median age of 36 and a median household income of $28,831. Between 2014 and 2015 the population of Cleveland, OH declined from 389,524 to 388,059, a -0.38% decrease and its median household income grew from $24,701 to $28,831, a 16.7% increase.\n\nThe population of Cleveland, OH is 50.1%Black, 34.5%White, and 10.5%Hispanic. N/A of the people in Cleveland, OH speak a non-English language, and 97.2% are U.S. citizens.\n\nThe largest universities in Cleveland, OH are Cuyahoga Community College District, with 4,314 graduates, Cleveland State University, with 4,107 graduates, and Case Western Reserve University, with 2,941 graduates.\n\nThe median property value in Cleveland, OH is $66,200, and the homeownership rate is 41.2%. Most people in Cleveland, OH commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 24.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Cleveland, OH is 1 car per household.\n\nMedian household income in Cleveland, OH is $28,831. Males in Cleveland, OH have an average income that is 1.37 times higher than the average income of females, which is $43,833. The income inequality of Cleveland, OH (measured using the Gini index) is 0.467 which is lower than the national average.\n\nHouseholds in Cleveland, OH have a median annual income of $28,831, which is less than the median annual income in the United States. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Cleveland, OH compares to that in it's parent locations.\n\nIn 2015, the income inequality in Ohio was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.06% growth from 2014 to 2015, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat approximately the same even.\n\nThe 2015GINI for Ohio is lower than the national average of 0.486. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ohio in comaprison to the national average.\n\nThis chart shows the number of workers in various wage buckets compared to the national average.\n\nIn 2015, the census tract with the highest Median Household Income in Cleveland, OH was Census Tract 043 with a value of $74,605, followed by Census Tract 231 and Census Tract 071.01, with respective values of $68,906 and $64,398.\n\nThe following map shows all of the census tracts in Cleveland, OH colored by their Median Household Income.\n\n34.7% of the population in Cleveland, OH (376,793 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 14.7%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Female 25-34, followed by Female 18-24 and then Female 35-44.\n\nThe Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.\n\nThe most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cleveland, OH is Black or African American, followed by White and Hispanic or Latino.\n\nThe Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.\n\nFrom 2014 to 2015, employment in Cleveland, OH grew at a rate of 1.04%, from 147,335 employees to 148,865 employees.\n\nThe most common employment sectors for those who live in Cleveland, OH, are Healthcare & Social Assistance, Manufacturing, and Retail trade. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Cleveland, OH, though some of these residents may live in Cleveland, OH and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.\n\nInsurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Cleveland, OH. In Cuyahoga County, OH the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 55-64, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 113 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,023. Mahoning County, OH has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Ohio.\n\nThe closest comparable data for the census place of Cleveland, OH is from the county of Cuyahoga County, OH.\n\n6-17\n\nMale Majority\n\n55-64\n\nFemale Majority\n\nCuyahoga County, OH residents 6-17 years of age are the largest age group with Healthcare Coverage in Ohio. The age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 55-64, for men and women respectively. Nationally, 6-17 (for men) and 6-17 (for women) are the age groups most likely to have coverage.\n\nThe closest comparable data for the census place of Cleveland, OH is from the county of Cuyahoga County, OH.\n\n$10,023\n\nMedicare Reimbursements per Enrollee\n\nMedicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Cuyahoga County, OH were $10,023 in 2014, but $10,264 in 2013. These numbers represent a -2.35% growth during that year. Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Cuyahoga County, OH are $$435 more than the national average.\n\nMedicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Cleveland, OH compared to national reimburesments.\n\nMedicare enrollees between the ages of 65 and 75 that have had treatment related to their diabetes and been categorized with the racial labels, either Black or non-Black, from the Dartmouth Atlas. The closest comparable data for the census place of Cleveland, OH is from the county of Cuyahoga County, OH.\n\nIn 2014, the Medicare enrollees in Cuyahoga County, OH between the ages of 65 and 75 had 7,798 eye exams, 9,697 hemoglobin tests, and 8,706 lipid tests as part of their diabetes care. Here is a breakdown of each test by race as a percentage of enrollees with diabetes.\n\nFemale Medicare enrollees between the ages of 67 and 69 that have been classified with the racial labels, either Black or non-Black, from the Dartmouth Atlas. The closest comparable data for the census place of Cleveland, OH is from the county of Cuyahoga County, OH.\n\nIn 2014, out of the 8,015 women in Cuyahoga County, OH between the ages of 67 and 69 enrolled in medicare, 5,183 had mammograms. This chart looks at the change in percentage of Black and non-Black Medicare enrollees who had mammograms from 2010 to 2014.\n\nWest Virginia has a Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted) value of 41.5, followed by New Hampshire with 34.3 and Ohio with 29.9. The following map shows all of the states colored according to their Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted).\n\nAccording to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Vinton County, OH has a Diabetes Prevalence value of 17%, the highest value of any county in Ohio. This represents a 32.8% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 12.8%.\n\nThe following map shows all of the counties in Ohio colored according to their Diabetes Prevalence.\n\nAccording to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Scioto County, OH has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 24.5%, the highest value of any county in Ohio. This represents a -2% decline from the previous year, which had a value of 25%.\n\nThe following map shows all of the counties in Ohio colored according to their Adult Smoking Prevalence.\n\nAccording to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Mahoning County, OH has a Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People of 9.8, the highest rate of any county in Ohio. This represents a -22.22% decline from the previous year, which had a value of 12.6.\n\nThe following map shows all of the counties in Ohio colored according to the number of Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People.\n\nCleveland, OH is home to a population of 388,059 people, from which 97.2% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Cleveland, OH is composed of 194,350Black residents (50.1%), 133,998White residents (34.5%), 40,603Hispanic residents (10.5%), 9,324Two+ residents (2.4%), and 7,874Asian residents (2.03%). The most common foreign languages in Cleveland, OH are Spanish (28,271 speakers), Arabic (3,153 speakers), and Chinese (2,618 speakers), but compared to other places, Cleveland, OH has a relative high number of Hungarian (342 speakers), Arabic (3,153 speakers), and Other Slavic (888 speakers).\n\nIn 2015, the median age of all people in Cleveland, OH was 36. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 35.7, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 41.6. But people in Cleveland, OH are getting getting older. In 2014, the average age of all Cleveland, OH residents was 34.8.\n\nIn 2015, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Ohio was India, the natal country of 51,199Ohio residents, followed by Mexico with 47,953 and China with 32,292.\n\nWhen compared to other states, Ohio has a relatively high number of residents that were born in Bhutan. In 2015, there were 4,526 people from Bhutan living in Ohio, approximately 3.3 times more than would be expected based on national averages.\n\nAs of 2015, 97.2% of Cleveland, OH residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2014, the percentage of US citizens in Cleveland, OH was 96.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been growing in that location.\n\nThe following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Cleveland, OH compared to it's parent geographies.\n\nIn 2015, there were 1.45 times more Black residents (194,350 people) in Cleveland, OH than any other race or ethnicity. There were 133,998White and 40,603Hispanic residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.\n\nThe following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Cleveland, OH as a share of the total population.\n\n45,017 of Cleveland, OH citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is N/A the national average of 21.5%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Cleveland, OH was Spanish. 7.29% of the overall population of Cleveland, OH are native Spanish speakers. 0.81% speak Arabic and 0.67% speak Chinese, the next two most common languages.\n\nWhen compared to other census places, Cleveland, OH has a relatively high number of residents that are native Hungarian speakers. In 2015, there were 342 native Hungarian speakers living in Cleveland, OH, approximately 3.17 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.\n\nIn 2015 universities in Cleveland, OH awarded 12,465 degrees. The student population of Cleveland, OH is skewed towards females, with 5,500 male students and 6,965 female students. Most students in Cleveland, OH are White (7,468 and 59.9%), followed by Black or African American (2,002 and 16.1%), Asian (598 and 4.8%), and Unknown (520 and 4.17%). The largest universities in Cleveland, OH by number of graduates are Cuyahoga Community College District (4,314 and 34.6%), Cleveland State University (4,107 and 32.9%), and Case Western Reserve University (2,941 and 23.6%). The most popular majors in Cleveland, OH are General Psychology (331 and 2.66%), General Biological Sciences (166 and 1.33%), and Registered Nursing (162 and 1.3%). The median tuition costs in Cleveland, OH are $44,156 for private four year colleges, and $9,636 and $12,878 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.\n\nIn 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in Cleveland, OH were White. These 7,468 graduates mean that there were 3.73 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 2,002 graduates.\n\nThe median property value in Cleveland, OH is $66,200, which is 0.34 times smaller than the national average of $194,500. Between 2014 and 2015 the median property value increased from $65,900 to $66,200, a 0.46% increase. The homeownership rate of Cleveland, OH is 41.2%, which is lower than the national average of 63%. People in Cleveland, OH have an average commute time of 24.2 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Cleveland, OH is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.\n\nPlease note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.\n\n$28,831\n\nMedian Household Income\n\n\u00b1$1,262\n\n167,667\n\nNumber of Households\n\n\u00b13,661\n\nIn 2015, the median household income of the 167,667 households in Cleveland, OH grew to $28,831 from the previous year's value of $24,701.\n\nThe following chart displays the households in Cleveland, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.\n\nIn 2015, the median property value in Cleveland, OH grew to $66,200 from the previous year's value of $65,900.\n\nThe following charts display, first, the property values in Cleveland, OH compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Cleveland, OH the largest share of households have a property value in the $60k-$70k range.\n\nThis chart shows the households in Cleveland, OH distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Cleveland, OH the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800-$1.5k range.\n\nThe following chart displays the households in Cleveland, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Cleveland, OH have 1 car, followed by 2 cars.\n\nUsing averages, employees in Cleveland, OH have a shorter commute time (24.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.2 minutes). Additionally, 2.24% of the workforce in Cleveland, OH have \"super commutes\" in excess of 90 minutes.\n\nThe chart below shows the average travel time in Cleveland, OH compared to its parent geographies."}
-{"text": "Park-House, Marybank, Stornoway, Isle-of-Lewis, Western IslesPark-House offers self catering accommodation for up to 8 people and is situated 2 miles on the outskirts of the scenic town of Stornoway across from the castle woodlands. Sleeps 9 +cot. Sorry no pets. Low season \u00a3350 - \u00a3550 pw. High season \u00a3450 - \u00a3790 pw.\n\nRosamol, 3 Luskentyre, Isle of Harris, Western IslesRosamol is situated in the village of Luskentyre which boasts one of the finest beaches in the world. This well equipped, 4 bedroomed split level property will provide for you, your family or friends an ideal base from which to explore the delights of a Hebridean holiday. Sleeps 9. Cot and highchair available. Pets welcome. No smoking. Price: \u00a3500 - \u00a31000 pw.Last minute vacancies: Weeks starting: 28 Feb, 21 Mar\n\nLittle Bernera, 3 Lewis Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles7 bedroom property which sleeps 10 people, with three double bedrooms and four single bedrooms. Centrally located in the town of Stornoway, which has a beautiful harbour with many local fishing boats and also many boats arriving there from all over the world. Sleeps 10. Travel cot available on request. Sorry no pets. No smoking. Low season \u00a3600 pw. High season \u00a3800 pw.\n\nCeol Na Mara, 23b Cromore, South Lochs, Isle of Lewis, Western IslesBeautiful, peaceful and tranquil surroundings situated by the shores of Loch Erisort. An excellent base to see the whole island. Cromore has its own coastal walk right beside the house that has some breathtaking scenery and wild life to be seen. Sleeps 10. Cot available on request. Sorry no pets. No smoking. WiFi. 10 guests: April - October 2015: \u00a31,500. November - March 2015: \u00a31,100. 6 Guests: April - October 2015: \u00a31,350. November - March 2015: \u00a31,100. 2 Guests: April - October 2015: \u00a31,000. November - March 2015: \u00a3800.\n\nHarris Two Water's Lodge, Likisto, Isle of HarrisSelf catering accommodation on the Isle of Harris: This is a fascinating part of Scotland, and Two Water Lodge is situated at the southern end of Stockinish which is on the east coast of the island just beside Loch Stockinish where excellent fishing is available. Sleeps 6 - 12. No pets. Price range: \u00a3770 - \u00a31195 pw.Last minute vacancies: Weeks starting: 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, 21 Mar\n\nBeannachd, 2 Horgabost, Isle of Harris, Western IslesBeannachd is Gaelic for blessed and with stunning views of Horgabost Beach and the island of Taransay, all framed by the North Harris Hills you will feel blessed after your stay in this self catering house. Sleeps 10 / 12. Pets by arrangement. No smoking. Not available in 2015.\n\nListings under The Western Isles= Clickable markers for properties in The Western Isles sleeping 9 or more, listed on this pageLocation markers are only displayed if submitted to this website by the property owners\n\nSleeps 10. Cot available on request. Sorry no pets. No smoking. WiFi. 10 guests: April - October 2015: \u00a31,500. November - March 2015: \u00a31,100. 6 Guests: April - October 2015: \u00a31,350. November - March 2015: \u00a31,100. 2 Guests: April - October 2015: \u00a31,000. November - March 2015: \u00a3800."}
-{"text": "\u2018Loveratri\u2019 First Look: Ready to Do the Garba With Aayush-Warina?\n\nThe first look of the Aayush Sharma-Warina Hussain-starrer Loveratri is out. It shows the debutants ready to do the garba. Aayush took to social media to share the still from the film with the caption: \u201cKya is Navratri aap humare saath Garba khelenge?\u201d\n\nLoveratri is said to be a story based in Gujarat and is being directed by Abhiraj Minawala. Salman Khan is producing the film and launching brother-in-law Aayush. The film is slated to release on 5 October.\n\n(The Quint is now on WhatsApp. To receive handpicked stories on topics you care about, subscribe to our WhatsApp services. Just go to TheQuint.com/WhatsApp and hit send)"}
-{"text": "How to Stencil a Canvas Tote Bag\n\nAs I shared in my post earlier this week, I had the big-time pleasure of visiting Cutting Edge Stencils in northern New Jersey with several of my fellow Hometalk blogging friends. And as promised in that post, today I\u2019m sharing how to stencil canvas tote bags, with some very helpful tips from Janna and Greg, the owners of Cutting Edge Stencils.Here\u2019s Janna and Greg. I loved their energy and warmth as they hosted us, fielded our questions and guided our stenciling efforts. Heck I just loved their energy and warmth in general. \ud83d\ude42\n\n(Check out those fat stencil brushes in the photo above!)As you saw in my previous post, Cutting Edge Stencils set up a large worktable where each of us had a blank canvas tote bag, and to the right of it: a stencil brush, a paper plate, a few paper towels, and two sheets of copy paper. In the middle of the table was an incredible array of Cutting Edge Stencils for us to choose from, plus many different shades of acrylic paints to play with. I chose the Zinnia Stencil.\n\n1. Put something inside the tote so that your stenciling doesn\u2019t transfer to the other side. We used the two sheets of copy paper.2. Position your stencil where you want it, and then use painters tape to attach it to the tote. You really don\u2019t need as much tape as I used above. I kinda went overkill a bit. Ha!\n\n3. Choose your paint color(s) and squirt a bit onto your paper plate. I used basic acrylic craft paint that you can find at any craft supply store. Dip your stencil brush lightly into the paint so that just the tips of the bristles get some paint on them, and swirl your brush around on the paper plate a few times. Next, swirl your brush onto the paper towels to remove even more of the paint.\n\nWhen it seems like you wiped off too much paint? That\u2019s when you\u2019re ready to begin! Although I\u2019ve read that advice before, and had thought I\u2019d done exactly that in prior stenciling projects, it wasn\u2019t until I had Janna watching me that I learned I was still using too much paint. You truly don\u2019t need your brush to be loaded with paint at all. A little bit goes a long way. Literally.\n\nHere\u2019s Janna (with Michelle who runs all things social media for Cutting Edge Stencils and is super nice!) demonstrating how to stencil.\n\n4. Begin stenciling with your first color. I chose a mustard shade for the center of the zinnia, and began happily pouncing away at that center area, like you see in the action shot I successfully took with my left hand. I pounced and I pounced and geez it was taking quite some time to get the color going onto the canvas\u2026\n\nUntil Janna rescued my poor stencil brush from the accidental abuse I was giving it.\n\nYou see, you don\u2019t need to just pounce and pounce and pounce. There\u2019s a much easier and more effective way. Janna showed me how to swirl the stencil brush around lightly on top of the stencil. Whether you swirl in a circular motion or back and forth (or some combination thereof), the key is to lightly dust the stencil. And you know what? The color went onto the canvas tote so much easier and much more quickly too.\n\n5. As you approach the area where you want to begin your next color, you can lighten up on the swirling/dusting so that the first color fades a bit. When you begin your second color, do the same thing, beginning very lightly where the first color left off before resuming your \u201cregular\u201d swirling and dusting. You can still pounce a bit too, just don\u2019t make a career out of it.\n\nLook at how happy I am (below on the right) stenciling away the second color \u2013 a sort-of-but-not-quite-teal shade \u2013 using the proper technique\u2026\n\nThat\u2019s Jen from City Farmhouse (far left) and Laura from Finding Home working next to me. Below are their canvas totes and workspace. See those green circle \u201cthingies\u201d on the table? I\u2019ll tell you what those are shortly!\n\nAnother technique I didn\u2019t realize you can do with smaller stencil projects is use a roller to apply the paint onto your stencil. The roller works extremely well when you\u2019re using a stencil like this one below with lots of thin lines and intricate details. Can you imagine just pouncing away at this thing? Yes, I\u2019m still blown away at my incessant pouncing all these years!\n\nHere\u2019s a zoomed in look at my finished stencil. After the blue color was applied, I stenciled on a brown shade for the outer part of the zinnia using the same technique described above.\n\nI really liked how the zinnia turned out!\n\nThere was inspiration to be found everywhere at Cutting Edge Stencils, and the ladies room was no exception! Imagine my surprise when I saw these stenciled shower curtains with the same zinnia stencil! Nobody even questioned me when I exited the ladies room, grabbed my camera, and went right back into the ladies room and closed the door to snap these pics!\n\nAnd here\u2019s four more examples of the zinnia stencil used in different color combinations and patterns. These examples can be found on Cutting Edge Stencils\u2019 website, where you will find many finished examples for each stencil they offer. I love this for two reasons: first, purely from an inspiration standpoint as there\u2019s lots of color combos to give you ideas; and second, you can see multiple finished examples of each stencil they offer for sale.\n\nI heart the Zinnia Stencil! I really like the solid colors used in each of the wall examples above. Although I love the colors I used on my tote bag, I would definitely stick to a solid color for this stencil on walls because it has much more impact.\n\nRemember the green circle \u201cthingies\u201d mentioned earlier? They are Stencil Brush Scrubbers \u2013 a super handy way to easily clean your brushes. Below, Greg demonstrates with just some water and the brush scrubber how you can remove the paint from your brush without ruining the bristles. After you clean the paint off the brush, you just set it to dry. I like to either stick mine in a cup with the bristles facing up, or I\u2019ll put the brush on the edge of a table with the bristles hanging over the side.\n\nAnd how are the stencils cleaned? Good question! I must admit that I never truly \u201cknew\u201d how to clean them, just sort of winged it not always with good results! Janna walked us through the steps, and I must say it\u2019s nice to finally know the right (and easy) way! You can see a video on how to clean stencils on the Cutting Edge Stencils\u2019 website here.\n\nHi Bernadette, yes I used regular acrylic craft paint on my tote bag. You can add fabric medium (optional) to your acrylic paint to help make the paint less stiff, which can happen depending on what design you use and how thick your paint is on the fabric. If you want the fabric to be washable, adding fabric medium to your acrylic paint and also heat setting the finished design will make it washable. There\u2019s also fabric paints and fabric pens that you can find at most big-box craft stores which, following the manufacturer\u2019s directions, will make your project washable. Hope this helps! (I can picture your wonderful cat paintings on tote bags!)\n\nLaura, I\u2019ve used professional-quality iron-ons and decorated with lots of washable fabric paints, but I\u2019d love to use some of my acrylics, especially to make things to coordinate with my keepsake boxes. I\u2019d added gel polymer years ago to make paints washable, and I\u2019ve also used acrylic screen printing ink and heat set it with my iron. Guess I\u2019ll see how it all turns out!\n\nOh Ginger we did! I highly recommend get-togethers with fellow bloggers! I think even if we were crafting on our own, we would have learned some fun things from each other. Learning from the pros at Cutting Edge Stencils was the proverbial icing on our cake! \ud83d\ude42\n\nThanks Kelly! I wanted to use colors that you wouldn\u2019t normally see on zinnia flowers. \ud83d\ude42\n\nPet Scribbles is where I share my craft tutorials, home and garden projects, and occasional stories about my cats. I can never have enough pretty craft paints to work with, and I love to make things look time-worn with distressing and aging. Gardening is my therapy!\n\nSubscribe to our Newsletter\n\nE-Mail Address\n\nPet Scribbles is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com."}
-{"text": "I am the Founder of Community of Liberty, a chapter based organization committed to pursuing the art of living in liberty, a member of the Publication Committee of the Claremont Review of Books, an Advisor to TheGold StandardNow.org, and a juror for the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. I have just published with my co-author Ralph Benko the booklet, \"The 21st Century Gold Standard: For Prosperity, Security and Liberty,\" now available as a free download at AGoldenAge.com. I bring to my columns an extensive background in the investment management business, including my experience as an equity portfolio manager, strategist, president of my former firm\u2019s retail sales and marketing subsidiary and member of the parent firm\u2019s management committee. As such, I have been a student and observer of the political/economy and its affects on markets, businesses, and my own business for more than 30 years.\n\nOn November 6th, Let Liberty And Dignity Guide Your Vote\n\nThose who would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin.\n\nNext week, millions of Americans will go to the polls and vote for candidates for everything from city council to the President of the United States, and a wide variety of ballot initiatives and propositions. As a guiding principle, I recommend liberty in deciding how to vote.\n\nThere are three key reasons to vote for liberty.\n\nReason #1: A vote for liberty is the moral choice. Each of us has been endowed by our Creator with the unalienable right to liberty. A vote for liberty is an act of self-respect and an embrace of our dignity as human beings.\n\nLiberty is also the moral choice because it is the best way to elevate the poorest among us. Economic freedom \u2013 private property, the rule of law, low tax rates, reasonable regulations and sound money \u2013 is associated with economic growth in general, and the elevation of the poor in particular. The 2012 Annual report of the Fraser\u2019s Institute\u2019s Economic Freedom of the World reports the income of the poorest 10% in the top quartile of economically free nations is $11,382. That is nearly 10 times higher than the $1,209 in the bottom quartile. And, it is \u201cmore than twice the overall average income in the least free nations.\u201d\n\nReason #2: Individual liberty and the respect for the dignity of other human beings is the foundation of free markets. And free markets facilitate the spontaneous creation of communities based on the discovery and respect for the needs of others.\n\nMarkets require each of us to discover and meet the needs and aspirations of \u201cthe other\u201d in order to satisfy our own needs and aspirations. As Adam Smith pointed out in The Wealth of Nations, \u201cWhoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of.\u201d\n\nBy contrast, the welfare state undermines community by defining humans in terms of their needs, instead of their gifts and capacity to take care of themselves by providing for the needs of others. Testimony to support this brutal truth is provided by the reality of life in America\u2019s inner cities where the dominance of the welfare state is associated with conditions that mock the very notion of community: wanton killings, drugs, violence and general disrespect for human life and property.\n\nReason #3: Liberty is the true source of our financial and personal security.\n\nMake no mistake, government is vital to our liberty in fulfilling its responsibility to secure our life and property from those who would do us harm. Therefore, a vote for liberty is not a vote against government. Rather, it is a vote for the proper role of government \u2013 in the words of the Preamble to the Constitution, to \u201c\u2026establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity\u2026\u201d\n\nBy \u201cgeneral Welfare\u201d, the founders were not endorsing the welfare state, but rather articulating a government that would be limited to those functions that serve the welfare of all citizens, such as providing a postal service, justice system, and a system of uniform weights and measures, including a dollar defined in terms of specie (gold and silver).\n\nThere is growing evidence that when government expands beyond these fundamental tasks and infringes on liberty and economic freedom, the consequences are a loss of economic and financial security.\n\nThe downward pressure on middle-class living standards since 2000 has corresponded to a significant decline in the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index for the United States. This index fell from 8.65 (on a scale from 1 to 10) in 2000 to 8.21 in 2005, and hit 7.70 in 2010, nearly a full point lower than at the beginning of the decade. According to scholarly research, a decline of this magnitude is associated with a reduction in the long-run annual growth rate of real GDP by between 1.0 and 1.5 percentage points. That means unless economic freedom is increased, U.S. growth will continue to languish at 2% or less, a pace that would leave the unemployment rate at historically high levels for years to come and directly threaten middle-class prosperity and financial security.\n\nConversely, the economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s corresponded to a steady rise in the U.S. EFW index to 8.65 in 2000 from 7.92 in 1980. During most of this time, the U.S. ranked third highest among the nations of the world, behind only Hong Kong and Singapore. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 19th, behind such countries as Taiwan and Qatar.\n\nNeither Governor Mitt Romney nor President Barack Obama is an unabashed defender of liberty. Romney\u2019s promise to lower the value of the dollar relative to the Chinese yuan favors the profits of a few companies and the wages of their employees at the expense of millions of American consumers. Making imports more expensive may save a few jobs, but it kills just as many or more jobs by reducing the buying power of everyone\u2019s paycheck. If a weak dollar were the path to prosperity, then the 1970s and the last decade would be the good old days, and the strong dollar eras under Presidents Kennedy, Reagan and Clinton would be recalled as tough times. Of course, just the opposite is true.\n\nMoreover, an aggressive move to reduce the U.S. trade imbalance with China would risk a global monetary crisis and disruption of the world\u2019s trading system. Either would throw the U.S. economy back into recession, send the federal budget spinning out of control, and undermine all efforts to restore growth in Europe.\n\nBut, this risk is far outweighed by Romney\u2019s pro-growth policies, and his general commitment to an expansion of the private sector. Reforming the corporate and personal income tax systems by lowering tax rates and limiting deductions to broaden the tax base will reduce the barriers to domestic economic activity, expanding our liberty and sense of community. The resulting increase in economic growth and job creation will provide real relief to hard-pressed American families and produce increased revenues \u2013 not only for the federal government, but for state and local governments as well.\n\nSecond, a Romney Administration will work to get federal spending back under 20% of GDP. As Milton Friedman pointed out, the true measure of taxation is the level of spending. Lower government spending will free up resources for the private sector and lead to increased liberty and prosperity for the American people.\n\nFinally, on the continuum between liberty and oppression, Governor Romney clearly stands above the incumbent President and therefore is the preferred candidate.\n\nPresident Obama remains committed to the failed policies of the past four years which subordinate the liberty of the American people to an expansion of government at the expense of private sector jobs and opportunities. His embrace of government led growth, government provided economic security and government imposed fairness are false promises that will produce neither growth nor security, and result in the middle class and poor bearing the brunt of economic contraction.\n\nThe trajectory of federal spending in Obama\u2019s budget will lead inevitably to big tax increases on the middle-class. In addition, ObamaCare\u2019s imposition of heavy-handed rules and regulations will bureaucratize and centralize the control of health care in the United States. Both policies will diminish our liberty, reduce our prosperity and put at risk our very lives in the years ahead.\n\nSince repeal of ObamaCare requires the Republicans to win control of the Senate, this issue recommends a vote for Romney and for every Republican candidate for the Senate.\n\nTo paraphrase the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: Those who would give up the false safety of big government and choose to vote for liberty will gain both safety and liberty.\n\nPost Your Comment\n\nPost Your Reply\n\nForbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find particularly interesting. Called-out comments are highlighted across the Forbes network. You'll be notified if your comment is called out."}
-{"text": "Someone once said \"The good things that come to those who wait, might very well be the stuff that was left behind by the first to arrive\". The more I think about this, the more I realize it could very well be true and I have often wondered what I missed out on.\n\n22 months ago I made a conscious decision. I've always been shy and very reserved, revealing very little of my true self to others. I've always cherished my privacy, guarding and polishing that protective shell, so to speak. I finally realized that what I had been using as protection was acting more as an impenatrable shield. I finally understood that my shyness and reluctance to share most aspects of my personal life with others might have been misconstrued as my being aloof, non-commital, not interested, or just plain snobbish and that is not how I am at all! Knowing that I had to do something about my predicament, I made a promise to myself that I would try to present myself as more approachable and that I would work up the nerve to leave my little comfort zone of familiarity. I challenged myself to explore, try the unknown, and by doing this, I learned more about myself than I could have ever dreamed possible.\n\nI learned to reach out to others in ways I had previously been incapable of doing. To seize the moment and take advantage of new opportunities as they presented themselves, instead of sitting back, in a blanket of indecision, self-doubt, and all the 'what if's' that come with that type of behaviour. Do I regret any of it? Absolutely not! My life is much fuller and richer because of it. Naturally this journey is not even coming close to an end, as it is my 'highway to life' in progress.\n\nI have met a handful of postively wonderful people along the way, scattered amongst a huge spectrum of humanity in all its forms... some incredibly shy, scared and hesitant, others who were arrogant or terribly unkind for whatever reason, and those who seemed to absolutely glow with inner peace and happiness. I wanted to take the time to say thank you, to each and everyone of you with whom I have crossed paths. Thank you for sharing your time, thoughts, and friendship. I also wish to let those who are hiding behind their own protective shells, that those shields can be weakend and eventually broken, by chipping away at them a little bit at a time.\n\nThis site is full of people wanting, ready, and willing to meet others, but often I hear and read comments lamenting the disappearing friend, the one, who for whatever reason, always has something come up where they feel they have to cancel plans that were made, etc.\n\nI want to challenge each and every one of you to leave your comfort zone. Choose life! Presumably, you are here, after all, to meet people, right? Doesn't matter whether you are looking for simple friendship, your life mate, or a fuck buddy. Let it be known what you are really seeking and when opportunity knocks, answer the damn door! I challenge each of you to go that extra mile. You might find love, not around the corner, but around the country, or globe instead! Be willing to embrace new ideas. Consider not what is keeping you from coming out into the open but instead think about ways that you can make your dreams happen! Place that call, write that letter, say those words! I promise you will be a better person for it.\n\nOh and by the way, that quote, (which I probably did not get exactly right, but the general idea of it) is from none other than Steven Tyler. He isn't known for many profound sayings, but I think this one speaks volumes.\n\nWhat a wonderful outlook..and blog. All of it very true.I have a tendency to keep those walls up until I get to really know someone. I've been trying lately not to do that. So I've written or said things that are what I honestly feel or think but are pushing my comfort zone at times. But that's okay. We all need to do that sometimes to learn a new comfort zone.The \"what if's\" are a part of life. I've discovered that if I don't do something because I'm scared of what if,,,,then I am usually sitting back later regretting it thinking what if I would have......\n\nBrokenarrow345\n\nNov 24 @ 9:46AM\n\nExcellent Blog!\n\nThe thing that puzzles me is that so many speak of not being able to meet anyone....yet they're all coming together to say it here. I have an idea....the next two bloggers that write about NOT being able to meet someone....should agree to meet.\n\nEXCELLENT blog! I can say from experience that choosing life is the only way to fly...boredom's not a burden anyone should bear. It was the absolute best decision I ever made and I will NEVER regret it!\n\nGreenie for you\n\nloveableone\n\nNov 24 @ 10:44AM\n\nGreat blog - I can relate 100% Life is too short - LETS LIVE and have some FUN!!!\n\nSouth.........Excellant blog and one worth taking to heart. It is difficult to let the shields which protect us drop and it takes time and patience. Stepping from the shadows into the light is not easy for everyone but each small step leads to another and another.\n\nGreat blog S O M, there is a lot of truth is what you say. I have been bashful my entire life. I have been leaving my comfort zone for about a year now and have made several friend and had a lot of fun. Your blog is worth several Kudos but one is all I can give you.\n\nI find just being myself works for me...what people think of me isn't any of my business...I just let go and let the cards fall where they may....I've learned thru many hardships to finally love myself...and now I can love others...good blog"}
-{"text": "Please consider making a voluntary donation if you find these forums helpful. Thank you.\n\nHome of the Kip Doctor!\nREGISTER: In order to register for our forums please send an E mail to kiptech@earthlink.net stating what user name and password you would like. This is now required due to all the spambots that have been registering.\n\nThis is our in house scanner....and they are doing a ton of scanning mylars. Our people know not to put staples thru the machine but the OEM glass is getting scratched in a matter of days.\n\nI have cleaned the planten roller and increased the spacing by placing some \"tape shims\" under the spacing rollers on both ends. I just tried making the gap a little larger.............\n\nWhat else could be causing this???_________________PPCPete\n\nmark in vegasdoctor\n\nJoined: 20 Oct 2010Posts: 1719Location: Las Vegas, NV\n\nPosted: Tue May 24, 2016 1:10 pm Post subject:\n\nProbably dust on the mylars, our production people use a Swiffer on the mylars before they feed them. Try Brillantize on the glass. Mylars generally carry a static charge which attracts dirt and ?_________________Regards,\nMark\nRVN 68-69\n\u201cYou can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word.\u201d Professor Erwin Corey\n\ncaltechresident\n\nJoined: 24 Feb 2006Posts: 227Location: Northern California\n\nPosted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:07 pm Post subject:\n\nThere are several Technical Bulletins on this issue including new spacing disks for the upper roller. See TB-K75-020, 024 & 028. If you don't have these let me know and I will send them 2 you. As most everyone here should agree, the KIP 2000 series scanner was one of the best BW scanners built!"}
-{"text": "This could quite possibly be our most favorite From Inspiration to Reality shoot of all time. I know we say that a lot but does it get any better than beach done so very right? The color palette? Beyond. The"}
-{"text": "Join us for this presentation to learn about Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR). This relatively new technology was discovered in 1989 by two electrochemists at the University of Utah. A few determined scientists around the world continued this research to fully develop this technology with a few small companies who are on the verge of commercializing products that use this technology. This technology allows controlled fusion of hydrogen into helium in small modular reactors that can fit on a table top. The result is abundant thermal energy, with no radiation dangers, no radioactive byproducts, and no combustion of fossil fuels. The cost of the hydrogen, the necessary materials and the catalysts are but a small fraction of the cost of traditional fossil fuels. Could this be the possible energy solution of the future?\n\nAny information about who is RRTTC will be interesting.\n\nRRTTC seems to be related to University of Northern Iowa. The conference is not hidden at all, available at the top of the current events."}
-{"text": "'IF\nIT FEELS GOOD, DO IT'That's\nwhat the Bush Doctrine of 'preemption' really\nmeansby Justin Raimondo\n\n\"The\ncoalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic\nnew evidence of Iraq's pursuit of weapons of mass murder.\nWe acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light,\nthrough the prism of our experience on 9/11.\"\n\nRumsfeld,\nfor once, is not lying. It was only on the surface that the\nWar Party seemed to be arguing that Iraq posed a military\nthreat to its neighbors and the U.S. The subtext of all this\nwas that they didn't need a reason: a feeling would\ndo. This is the irrationalism at the core of our theory\nof \"preemption,\" which now governs American foreign and\nmilitary policy in the post-9/11 era: it doesn't require evidence,\nonly a vague premonition (based on murky \"intelligence\" of dubious\nprovenance) that someone, somewhere, might become a threat.\n\nIt's\nsooooooo contemporary American: we're a nation that\nis constantly getting in touch with its \"feelings,\" perpetually\nseeking \"validation\" and \"closure,\" where subjectivism and\nemotionalism are the semi-official religion. No wonder the\nend result has been the Oprah-ization of American\nforeign policy. The policy of subjective preemption is just\ngood old American narcissism mixed with a liberal dose of\npost-9/11 paranoia.\n\n9/11\nmust have ripped a hole in a space-time\ncontinuum, and repealed the laws of logic\nas well as those governing international relations. There\nis no other way to explain the statements of administration\nspokesman in the weeks following the announced \"end\" of the\nwar. The only evidence we have points to the willingness of\nthis administration to invade Iraq without any evidence\nof WMD or Iraq's aggressive intentions. In a recent interview\nwith Vanity Fair, deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz\nblithely revealed that, in the days after 9/11, the decision\nto go to war with Iraq had already been made:\n\n\"On\nthe surface of the debate it at least appeared to be about\nnot whether but when. There seemed to be a kind of agreement\nthat yes it should be, but the disagreement was whether it\nshould be in the immediate response or whether you should\nconcentrate simply on Afghanistan first.\"\n\nSo\nwho cares about not finding those fearsome weapons Saddam\nwas supposedly ready to level Chicago with? If it feels good,\ndo it. And we can do whatever we want \u2013 because who's going\nto stop us?\n\nNot\nCongress, which lamely calls for an \"investigation\" into the\nlies that dragged us into war \u2013 indirectly asking to be absolved\nof any responsibility. We were duped into voting to strike\nIraq, they seem to be saying, but who're they kidding? They\nknew it was all lies from the get-go, and were cowed by the\npolls and the relentless propaganda.\n\nSenators\nJoe Biden\nand Richard Lugar,\nfresh from their trip to Iraq, tell us the administration\ndidn't come clean with the American people about just what\nthe occupation of Iraq would involve. But they knew\nwhat was going to happen \u2013 the guerrilla war, the rising costs\nin troops and treasure \u2013 and yet, when it came time to vote,\nthey opted for war.\n\nThe\nBush administration didn't just lie about the casus belli,\nthey lied about the consequences and the cost.\nNow that the camel's nose is already under the tent, the Pentagon\nhas almost doubled the estimated bill: where once it was $2\nbillion per month, Rumsfeld told the armed services committee\nthat the new estimate is $3.9 billion \u2013 not counting the costs\nof the \"reconstruction.\"\n\nGeneral\nTommy Franks, stepping\ndown as supreme commander at Centcom, told\nthe Senate committee that the U.S. would be in Iraq \"for\nthe foreseeable future.\" But Rumsfeld sought to assuage the\nlawmakers' anxiety at this grim prospect by posing the possibility\nthat we could Iraqi-ize the occupation, and turn over part\nof the burden to our allies:\n\n\"The\nnumbers of US forces could change, while the footprint stayed\nthe same, in the event that we have greater success in bringing\nin additional coalition forces, in the event we are able to\naccelerate the Iraqi army.\"\n\nBy\nthe way, I wouldn't count on being able to \"accelerate the\nIraqi army\" \u2013 unless Rummy envisions the U.S. being accelerated\nright out of there. Today (Thursday, July 10) the Iraqi police\nin Falluja threatened\nto walk off the job unless the Americans who trained and\narmed them high-tailed it out of town but quick. As the Washington\nPost reports:\n\n\"'We\nhave the ability to protect these sites,' said Riyadh Abdel-Latif,\nthe town's police chief. \"The presence of Americans endangers\nus. We asked the Americans more than a month and a half ago\nto leave Falluja.' The protesters handed a petition to the\nmayor and U.S. commander in the town, saying they would resign\nin 48 hours if American troops did not leave.\"\n\nClyde\nPrestowitz, a former Reagan aide, says the Republicans\ncould lose the White House if the war of attrition in Iraq\ndrags on, or worsens, and the WMD remain a figment of the\npresidential imagination. Writing in the British Spectator,\nPrestowitz opines:\n\n\"It\nwas one thing for the President to ask Americans to send their\nsons and daughters into harm's way to ward off the threat\nof WMD, but if the threat was and is non-existent, how does\nthe government explain to the public why it is putting their\nyoung people in danger?\"\n\nA\ngood question. Too bad no major party candidate for President\nwho asks it will be on the November 2004 ballot. The Democratic\nwing of the War Party will make sure of that. The War Party\ncontrols both major parties, and nearly always has: all other\nparties are \"minor\" in comparison, and must go through the\nnearly\nimpossible task of getting on the ballot in all 50 states.\nSuch are the wonders of the \"democracy\" we're so keen to export\nto the far corners of the globe.\n\nBut\nrising popular sentiment against this ongoing war isn't going\naway, and becomes even more volatile when it has no real political\noutlet. And dissent is on the rise in the most unlikely places.\n\nHere's a message\nPrivate First Class Matthew O'Dell gave to an American reporter\nto give to this administration:\n\n\"He\nmocked his accusers in New Labour. Two grandees, he said,\nwho were once his political allies, had quizzed him over his\nanti-war stance. 'One of them used to be Trotskyite.' Loud\nsniggers. 'The other was a Maoist.' Laughter. He smiled, shrugged\nand held out his hands as if in supplication. 'I've stood\nstill. But they ...'and he swept his arms off to the right\nin a whooshing gesture. Tremendous laughter and huge applause.\"\n\nTake\nit from one who knows: the War Party is swarming with\n\"ex\"-Reds of a pinkish hue, and Mensheviks of the\nsecond mobilization. The leopard may have changed his spots,\nbut he's just as a bloodthirsty as ever."}
-{"text": "Share this Page\n\nDigital Imaging Camcorders: Canon\n\n10/01/02\n\nCanon's Elura 40MC digital camcorder is designed to be a multipurpose digital imaging device. The Elura offers three recording modes. The video mode captures up to two hours of high-quality digital video with digital stereo sound when using an 80-minute MiniDV tape. The photo mode lets users record digital photos in XGA or VGA resolutions with sound. In the motion-JPEG mode, users can record short video clips that can be sent as e-mail attachments. With the Elura 40MC, users can also print photos directly from a Canon CP-10 Card Photo Printer. Users can print wallet-sized photos or a sheet of photo stickers. The camcorder itself features a new 1/6\", 680K pixel CCD image sensor and dual image processor for improved color reproduction. A new miniature 10x optical zoom lens further enhances image quality. An integrated zoom extends the camcorder's magnification to either 40x or 200x, and the Image Stabilizer complements the zoom by instantly compensating for tiny camera movement. For a more creative experience, users can choose from several special effects, including Art, Black & White, Sepia and Mosaic. Canon U.S.A., Lake Success, NY, (516) 328-5000, www.usa.canon.com.\n\nThis article originally appeared in the 10/01/2002 issue of THE Journal."}
-{"text": "Mercado Food Truck Owners To Open Wethersfield Chicken Restaurant\n\nGourmet tapas such as short-rib sliders and spring-pea croquettes fill the menu at Mercado's mobile catering operation found at special events like craft beer festivals and farmers markets. Mercado announced recently it would be opening a chicken restaurant in Wethersfield.\n\nGourmet tapas such as short-rib sliders and spring-pea croquettes fill the menu at Mercado's mobile catering operation found at special events like craft beer festivals and farmers markets. Mercado announced recently it would be opening a chicken restaurant in Wethersfield.\n\nIn its two years on the road, Mercado Food Truck has hooked fans throughout Hartford County and beyond with its boldly flavored Spanish-influenced tapas: duck fat potatoes with local farm eggs and bacon chimichurri, queso frito with truffle honey and fennel pollen, pork empanadas with sweet chili sauce.\n\nLater this spring, the husband-and-wife team behind the business will turn their attention to chicken.\n\nHeather and Roy Riedl recently announced plans to open El Pollo Guapo at 1866 Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield, a restaurant specializing in rotisserie chicken, fresh sides, salads, sandwiches and grain bowls. El Pollo Guapo (or \"the handsome chicken\" ), with a projected late April opening, will offer a variety of health-conscious takeout options with quick counter service.\n\nThe Riedls have young children, and Heather says the new concept came from a desire for healthy and wholesome quick meals. \"As a working family, we eat a lot of takeout,\" she says, particularly grocery-store rotisserie chicken.\n\nThe couple has also prepared rotisserie-style items on the truck for sandwiches and salads, and thought it would be a natural fit for their new brick-and-mortar space.\n\n\"[These are] healthy, fast options that could be for a single bachelor or a family of five,\" Riedl says.\n\nEl Pollo Guapo will have a gas-fired rotisserie, with chickens available in whole, half or quarter portions. Heather Riedl said a menu of sides would be Spanish-influenced, \"ethnic but approachable,\" like rice, vegetables and plantains. A complete meal with chicken and sides might range from $10 to $14, she said.\n\nThe restaurant will be open six days a week (Tuesday through Sunday) to start, serving lunch and dinner. Delivery will be available in Wethersfield and Newington.\n\nThe Riedls have a team in place, including kitchen production manager John Bartlett and general manager Tony Evans, to help run the Wethersfield operations alongside a busy planned summer schedule for Mercado. Heather Riedl said the truck menu may serve as a \"test kitchen\" vehicle to see what people may like.\n\n\"I'm sure there will be some things that will be influenced by Guapo on the truck, and I'm sure there will be some things at Guapo that will be influenced by Mercado,\" she said. \"We'll still have some of the same flavors: chimichurri, pickled onion, and the things that people have come to know from our truck that will be cross-utilized at Guapo, because it's just so flavorful and colorful and fits the Spanish theme.\"\n\n\"We want to be able to offer that all the time,\" she says. \"Guapo will be a place that we'll be able to do that for sure.\"\n\nMercado began vending at farmers' markets and public events in the spring of 2015, with a trailer hitched to a pickup. In 2016, the business graduated to its current full-sized box truck. \"This past year was the first year that we hit public events really hard with the truck, so it felt like our first year,\" Riedl says. \"We had a year under our belts kind of understanding food trucks, but it felt new.\"\n\nRiedl says early response to the restaurant news has been positive. \"They're pretty excited about something new and something healthy coming their way,\" she says of Wethersfield residents. \"We want to see how this goes, test it out and make sure we're doing it right. I think there's a need for this in a lot of different towns.\""}
-{"text": "Federal investigators searching for the cause of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners last year believe they now know what touched off the blast: a badly broken cutting tool gave off sparks that, in turn, ignited methane gas.\n\nThe massive cutting tool, known as a shearer, was producing more sparks than usual, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators explained Tuesday at a closed-door briefing for relatives of the victims. The Charleston Gazette reports that MSHA officials believe the shearer was in a \u201chorrible state of disrepair \u2014 with worn out bits and missing or malfunctioning water sprays intended to keep down dust and sparks.\u201d\n\nThe Gazette, citing several people who attended the meeting in Beckley, W. Va., said MSHA chief Joe Main told the gathering: \u201cThe shearer was totally out of compliance.\u201d\n\nNPR, which also spoke to participants in the meeting, reports that the investigators were careful to say that they have not reached final conclusions and noted that their final report is still 60 to 90 days away. They also did not pinpoint the source of the methane gas. \u201cBut they presented specialist after specialist who discussed detailed evidence,\u201d NPR says.\n\nAt the time of the explosion, a mining machine was working a coal seam deep inside the mine. Methane had seeped into the \u201ctailgate\u201d area of the machine, investigators said, and was ignited by sparks from the shearer, which were worse than usual because some of the tool\u2019s carbide-tipped teeth were worn down to bare steel. Without working water sprayers, the small ignition persisted and, fueled by coal dust, eventually erupted into an explosion that turned corners and killed along a two-mile path \u2014 leading to the nation\u2019s worst mining disaster in 40 years.\n\n\u201cThe combination of sparks, coal dust and methane, and no water, formed a volatile mix,\u201d NPR said.\n\nKevin Stricklin, MSHA\u2019s administrator for coal, reportedly told the families Tuesday that with any number of safety measures \u2014 working water sprays or reducing the amount of rock dust, for example \u2014 the small methane ignition could have been extinguished in 10 to 15 seconds. \u201cThis was preventable,\u201d he said.\n\nMSHA\u2019s working theory conflicts with the view of the mine\u2019s owner, Massey Energy, which has insisted that the blast was caused and fueled by an unpredictable and natural infusion of methane or natural gas from a crack in the mine floor. The company\u2019s general counsel issued a statement Wednesday that Massey did not believe problems with the shearer contributed to the explosion, and that the mine was \u201cwell rock dusted.\u201d\n\nMassey is scheduled to brief victims\u2019 families about its own investigation on Friday.\n\nU.S. labor investigators recovered $240.8 million in back wages for American workers last year amid an intensified crackdown on pay abuses in low-skill industries.\n\nThat newly released total \u2013 which reflects the amount of back wages that employers agreed to pay, or were ordered to pay, following government investigations \u2013 amounted to $890 per affected worker.\n\nHowever, a recent report prepared for the Labor Department suggests that the back wage recoveries only scratch the surface of what underpaid workers actually are owed.\n\nThe report by Eastern Research Group, issued in December, estimated that in California and New York alone, minimum wage violations in 2011 cost workers at least $32.7 million a week\u2014or about $1.7 billion a year. At least 50,000 families in the two states suffered income losses due to minimum wage violations, and at least 14,800 families were brought below the poverty level, the report found.\n\nAn attempted crackdown on wage and hour violations on two Oregon berry farms has ended in a retreat by the U.S. Labor Department, which dropped all charges against two growers it had accused of failing to pay the minimum wage to about 1,000 workers.\n\nThe case has brought scrutiny to one of the Labor Department\u2019s most potent weapons\u2014the \u201chot goods\u201d provision of federal law that allows it to halt the interstate shipment of goods produced in violation of wage laws. It is often used to fight alleged wage theft in the garment industry, among others.\n\nWith an estimated $5.5 million dollars worth of highly perishable blueberries on the line, the Oregon farms\u2013Pan American Berry Growers and B&G Ditchen LLC\u2013were threatened with a court order during their 2012 harvest. It would have barred them from shipping their produce unless they paid back\n\nA father and his 2-year-old son at a gun rights demonstration last March in Austin, Texas (Photo by Erika Rich)\n\nAfter being thwarted in Congress following the 2012 school shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., gun control activists have scored some important victories in states around the country.\n\nOne of the biggest wins came in Washington State. In November, voters by a wide margin approved a state ballot measure extending, to gun shows and other private firearms transactions, a requirement for buyer background checks.\n\nBut which side has the momentum in the struggle around the nation pitting advocates of tighter controls against supporters of expanded gun rights? That remains a tough call.\n\nWith the clash now a state-by-state fight, the dueling camps make competing claims about who has gained ground and who figures to fare better in the years immediately ahead."}
-{"text": "A Labor of Love at NAMC\n\nRachel Cochran and her husband welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Pilot, at North Alabama Medical Center \u2013 ECM. Rachel had a natural birth in the HOPE suite. It was a long journey for Pilot to enter the world, as his mother labored for 49 hours! However, the new mom beams as she describes her experience.\n\n\u201cI couldn\u2019t have done it without the support of my team; the nurses here, Dr. Robbins, my doula, my mom and husband. I knew the type of birth I wanted to have and everyone stuck to the plan,\u201d said Rachel. \u201cNo one ever offered an epidural and I constantly felt empowered. The HOPE suite was the perfect environment for this type of birth.\u201d\n\nThe HOPE suite offers several labor options, including a birthing tub, swing and stool. There is a fireplace in the room and mothers can bring their own music. Nurses help customize the room and the mother\u2019s needs to help them feel at home.\n\n\u201cEven during the long labor, Rachel never lost her spirit. She was determined,\u201d said Rachel\u2019s nurse, Layla Willingham. \u201cIt was amazing.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Human chips in the technology game\n\nSome people think all technology is bad. Especially those Blackberries:\n\nEnglish-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson once said:\n\nIf we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives.\n\nCell phones and mobile devices are now big technology. They are permeating all aspects of society. If you push forward on mobile technology, there are dark outcomes. If you pull back on mobile technology, there are dark outcomes. Either way, our lives are constantly changing due to portable, always on, always there, always in touch devices. Are we going to become a better society as we become more connected in more elaborate ways? It\u2019s hard to tell. The possibilities are endless in the technology game. Whether we win or lose in this game, Freeman Dyson is right: human lives are being gambled. Always has and always will. Hopefully those gambles pay off in the next great products, those next great ideas, that benefits humanity more than harms it.\n\nMy first move in the technology game: how about cars shrinking into briefcases that you can carry around?"}
-{"text": "Last night\u2019s Pirates game had a wild start as the Bucs plated nine runs in the first inning including Pedro Alvarez\u2018s first grand slam. Pedro led off the second with a solo shot to make it 10-3. When he came up for the third time and had a runner on first, I noted on twitter that Pedro [was] looking for the 2 run shot, which led to this speculation from fellow Bucco fan Tim Seibel:\n\nNever one to turn down a good writing idea, and knowing it would be easy research, I decided to check it out. There have only been 15fourhomerungames in major league history; first in 1894 by Bobby Lowe and most recently by Carlos Delgado in 2003. Only one of those fifteen has the minimum 10 RBIs needed for a homerun cycle: Mark \u201cHard-Hittin'\u201d Whiten.\n\nWhiten is the only one to hit a grand slam among their four. He and Gil Hodges are the only ones not to have at least one solo shot. (Gil had three 2-run HRs and a 3-run.)\n\nShawn Green is the only one I can confirm had an RBI other than the ones knocked in by his home runs.\n\nThere has been one recorded HR cycle in the minors. In 1998 Tyrone Horne hit taters of every variety while playing for AA Arkansas. The next night he won the league\u2019s Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game.\n\nAt the college level, homer cycles have happened at least twice that I could find. Once in the MIAC and once in the ACC. In 1999 Florida State\u2019s Marshall McDougall went 7 for 7 with 6 homeruns against Maryland. He totaled 16 RBIs and 25 total bases. Yes, he was an All-American that year.\n\nSo keep your eyes open. It hasn\u2019t happened in the big leagues yet, but every time you watch a game you\u2019ll see something you\u2019ve never seen before.\n\nUpdate 5/9/12: Last night Josh Hamilton hit four 2 run homeruns, becoming the 16th person to make the 4 HR list and only the second to have four-of-a-kind. Interestingly, Elvis Andrus was the man on base for each homerun. Hamilton also added a double to go 5 for 5 with 18 total bases, setting the AL record."}
-{"text": "5 pieces 1 outfit : winnie the pooh\n\nrHey friends! 5 pieces 1 outfit is a twice monthly series where we feature 5 pieces that bring together 1 perfect outfit. It doesn\u2019t take a lot of time, money, and or pieces to create a fashionable look that anyone can create. 5 pieces is all you need to make another outfit killer. First, I find it\u2019s best to have a theme so you have a place to build from. That can be a color combo or maybe even an event. But most of all you just need a good base piece. This week\u2019s theme is winnie the pooh! If I were to be anything for Halloween this year, I\u2019d be winnie the pooh. I just think it\u2019s a super cute costume for a pregnant lady, and I have a craving for Disney stuff. Of course, the best part is that all of this is $50!\n\nMoney Clip by Il Bussetto\n\nlove this outfit\n\nBuy Fine Stripe Money Clip from Paul Smith\n\nDisclaimer:\nWhile some products on this blog may be gifted (will be noted with a c/o), posts may be sponsored, or a small commission may be made via affiliate links, all opinions are my own & products are ONLY endorsed if they are truly things we would buy or that fit our style. Thank you for your support!\n\nMy blog contains links to other websites, I am not responsible for the privacy policies of those other websites. When you click a link, your information may be collected by those websites, so I encourage you to read their privacy policies.\n\nImages & content are copyrighted by Butcher\u2019s Niche Inc. Please do not use our images without permission."}
-{"text": "Hey, Not to long ago I had the rear tires on my car replaced with a little bit taller/wider of a tire. Scence then it seems like my car has not had as not as good acceleration from a stand still. I was wondering if im going crazy or it this bigger tire selection in back has caused this.\nThanks\n\nI went from a 24\" tall tire to a 28\" inch tire and yes, without a doubt raised the gear ratio and also of course hurting acceleration.\n\nThink about it, you have a bigger tire that will rotate less per distance traveled. Think about it in big terms, what if the tire was 10 feet tall, it would take a while to make a full revolution thereby raising your final gear ratio.\n\nMy freeway gear cars are the 427 Impala and the Monte. 3.07s for the Imp and 3.08s for the Monte. And, I have 275/60s on the rear. The other extreme was the 69 396 Chevelle I had with 4.56s in the rear. The car had 26 inch tall tires on it when I bought it....Jeez.....I drove it home from Ghettojets town doing 45 the whole way.....ughh.....I later put 275/60s on, but it didn't help much. That car was great in town....Even though I only used 2nd and 4th in the Muncie!\nThe other Chevelle has 3.31s.... Both 79 Z-28s had 3.42s...\nThe 67 Camaro I had was an open who knows what? and later a buddy and I put 4.11s in it!\nOh...forgot about the 69 Chivy C-20 I used to own....4.88s......\n\nRegister Now\n\nIn order to be able to post messages on the Hot Rod Forum : Hotrodders Bulletin Board forums, you must first register.\nPlease enter your desired user name (usually not your first and last name), your email address and other required details in the form below.\n\nUser Name:\n\nPassword\n\nPlease enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.\n\nPassword:\n\nConfirm Password:\n\nEmail Address\n\nPlease enter a valid email address for yourself.\n\nEmail Address:\n\nInsurance\n\nPlease select your insurance company (Optional)\n\nLog-in\n\nUser Name\n\nRemember Me?\n\nPassword\n\nHuman Verification\n\nIn order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic."}
-{"text": "As part of the democratic revolution that has swept the Arab world, Syria's youth ignited a popular uprising on 15 March that has significantly altered the political landscape. It has also added a bright new page to the history of the Syrian people complementing previous uprisings for national liberation and independence. Events since have revealed two fundamental truths. First, the failure of the current regime to formulate a serious plan for reform that goes beyond a cosmetic overhaul of the existing system; the reinforcement of its self-seclusion and its political and intellectual stagnation. Second, the Syrian people's intention to persist in their struggle until they achieve their demands for freedom and the establishment of a democratic authority of their choosing --- whatever the cost.\n\nOne of the characteristics of the regime's impotence is that it has substituted the necessary discourse on reform with an increasing use of violence, intimidation and torture in areas where the citizens have expressed an undaunted will to continue in their opposition to the existing system. More than a thousand people have been killed, with many more thousands who have been wounded, disabled or imprisoned. It is now quite clear that the regime's insistence on eradicating the protest movement before initiating any reforms aims at circumventing the demands of the people, and maintaining its ability to unilaterally define the limits of any reforms.\n\nThe regime's refusal to recognise the people as a party within the equation of authority is reflected in the sometimes negative and degrading terms used to describe protesters by organs of the regime and its media. According to them, the people are \"scum\" who do not understand the meaning of dignity and liberty; an assembly of \"cockroaches\" who ought to be eliminated; groups of backward, closed-minded and stupid individuals who cannot participate in a decision which is the prerogative of the elite represented by the regime.\n\nRegardless, the Syrian protest movement has achieved significant gains. This is not just in reference to the fear barrier having been broken. Much more than this, the existence of the people themselves as an active political reality has been established; hundreds of thousands of Syrians who had previously surrendered to the status quo have re-entered the political arena. Moreover, those who sympathise with the movement greatly outnumber those actively participating in protests. Large swaths of the regime's supporters and helpers are also breaking away.\n\nTherefore, despite the blows it has suffered, it is not the popular protest movement that is now facing crisis, but the regime. The losing battle it is waging against its own people has forced it to divest itself of all its political, legal and moral convictions and don the robes of a medieval militia. It has forfeited any hope of regaining its position as a political system, as it is not possible to regain the people's confidence through more killing, lies and deception.\n\nWithout a doubt, the protest movement's greatest strength remains its ability to achieve its objectives based on the internal dynamics of the uprising: the designs of the Syrian people and their ability to make sacrifices in order to win their demands. So far they have displayed a spirit and a level of heroism unattained in any previous Arab uprising, and continue to insist on victory. Indeed, the regime's violence has only increased the people's conviction in the inevitability of change, in order to reaffirm their right to be the masters of their affairs.\n\nThe people are aware that to stop now, halfway down the road, would grant them nothing and that their sacrifices would be in vain. It would be handing a victory to an oppressive and cruel regime which would not hesitate to use it to expand its circle of abuse and oppression of the people, relegating any hope for change to the distant future.\n\nThe regime has learned not a single positive lesson from the uprising that would induce it to undertake reforms in the future. In the two months in which it has confronted unarmed civilians, a new fascist regime has been born that will not hesitate to murder and maim. Killing has clearly become easier than speaking \u2013 and it has numerous methods of killing. This heavy use of violence will allow it ride on the backs of the people; to insult them and torture them in ways they had never previously dreamed of. It will come to exemplify a violent regime, collective punishment, mass detentions and the oppression of intellectuals and politicians just as is happening today. And it will transform the state into a fiefdom in which the feudal lord, the lord of the country, owns the land and all those who work and live in it are but obedient subjects.\n\nThis explains the increasing momentum of the peaceful protests, and the plans to form a national body capable of achieving two now urgent goals: first, this will reassure those sectors of the Syrian public still afraid to engage in popular demonstrations despite their belief in the need for change and their rejection of the regime's current policies and inhumane security strategies. And second, it is an appeal to public opinion and international bodies to tighten the noose on the regime, isolate it and perhaps evict it on account of its use of systematic practices of murder, torture and repression.\n\nIt is clear that the Syrian regime has abandoned any illusion of dialogue, negotiation or reform and is entrenched now more than ever behind machine guns, tanks and armour. This does not bode well for the Syrian people, and engenders --- or ought to engender --- additional responsibilities on the part of the international community to protect them; to act quickly in order to isolate the murderous regime in Damascus; and to expel it from international forums and organisations. The regime must be awakened to the fact that the international community will no longer allow a ruling junta to wreak havoc on its people without having to bear responsibility for its actions before the international system.\n\nIt is paramount that we act swiftly and decisively to erode and completely isolate the Syrian regime --- until it is compelled to lay down the tools of excessive violence it is using against the peaceful protesters and opens up serious channels of negotiation under Arab or international auspices. This must be done with a view to abandoning the current formula for rule that is predicated on the monopolisation of power, corruption and a brutal security apparatus. It must be done with a view to moving towards a multiparty democratic system that guarantees the rights of all Syrians and ensures their freedoms and the future of their children.\n\nAt such a point, dialogue will no longer take place in accordance with the agenda of an authority seeking to strengthen the current system, but will instead revolve around agreeing on the timescale and mechanisms of transition, as well as on the decisions and reforms conducive to that."}
-{"text": "Chad Fothergill\n\nChad Fothergill is a church musician and musicologist based in the Philadelphia area. He writes regularly for the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians and serves Cambridge University Press as an editorial assistant for the journal Eighteenth-Century Music.\n\nArticles by Chad Fothergill\n\nWe are a church that values and encourages diverse voices and lively dialogue in our faith and life. Living Lutheran is an opportunity for church members to express individual perspectives, and does not necessarily reflect official positions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.\n\nWe are a church that values and encourages diverse voices and lively dialogue in our faith and life. Living Lutheran is an opportunity for church members to express individual perspectives, and does not necessarily reflect official positions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America."}
-{"text": "Long weekend\n\nI hope everyone\u2019s enjoying the long weekend. We certainly appreciate everyone\u2019s opinions on the all-you-can-eat right field pavilion and for those who aren\u2019t big on the concept, all I can do is ask you to be patient and see how it turns out. I can assure all of you, though, that this is definitely not a gimmick to try and depress the number of seats available \"like the tarp in Oakland.\" If we didn\u2019t think this would be successful, we wouldn\u2019t be doing it just for kicks and to move people from one pavilion to the other.\n\nA couple things to keep in mind. First, there are a huge number of nights when the right field pavilion is not normally opened, so on all those nights the people who prefer the RFP to the LFP still move to the LFP. But most importantly, I really think people should know that this is not the team\u2019s attempt to see who can eat the most food or get their money\u2019s worth out there. While this has garnered insane amounts of media coverage (not by design, actually), from the Today Show to CNN to local sports talk radio and the whole blogosphere, this truly isn\u2019t an eating contest. The truth is, the majority of seats that are purchased in the RFP during the season go to large groups like Little Leagues, AYSO soccer, company outings, etc. For any group over 30, the cost of the AYCE seats are only $20 and I think we can all pretty much agree that at that price, the fan is getting a great deal that can\u2019t be found almost anywhere else in the entertainment world (i.e. the movies, a hockey game, etc.)\n\nAnyway, enough about the pavilions. I hope everyone has a great day off on Monday and spends a little time thinking about the significance of the holiday. As many of you know, we\u2019ll be celebrating the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson\u2019s debut all season long at Dodger Stadium, with the big celebration on April 15 at Dodger Stadium.\n\nWhenever I think of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all that he did for our country, I think about something Don Newcombe told me last year. He said that he had dinner with the Kings at their house just a couple weeks before Dr. King was assasinated and at that time, he was told something by Dr. King that stood out in his mind. He said, \"You know, Don, you, Jackie and Roy will never know just how much easier you made this for people like me by the things you did on the baseball diamond.\"\n\nThat\u2019s pretty incredible, if you think about it. Baseball does mirror society and sometimes, we\u2019re even ahead of our time.\n\nEnjoy the day and keep checking back for updates on all your questions and any other interesting things going on before we head for Vero.\n\nGreat players and great people who made history in so many ways !!! I just hope that these kids who play today can learn and honor those that made the game what it is today. The players of today need to give back to the game and the community and give thanks for what the game has so graciously given to them.\n\nThe Dodgers avoided arbitration with Mark Hendrickson today, agreeing to a contract worth $2.925,000, which is a $1 million raise over last year. While I am probably among the minority and think Henrickson has some value, it is hard to justify a big raise for his performance last year as well as a career 4.98 ERA. Such is the life of a big leaguer\u2026\n\nOn the plus side, Hendrickson did pitch well in limited action out of the bullpen. He had a 0.84 ERA and 12Ks in 11 innings. ESPN speculates that he will be competing for a rotation spot. Barring several major injuries or a spot start here or there, Hendrickson has about the same shot of getting that 5th starter spot as I do.\n\nBy the way, that leaves Joe Beimel as the only Dodger left eligible for arbitration. My guess is he takes whatever they offer. He\u2019s got enough to worry about walking into the clubhouse next month without adding an arbitration hearing to the mix.\n\nIm sure the front office ran those 3 trials last year and found success \u2013 my friend and I were offered the all u can eat package \u2013 but decided it was defintely NOT worth it and never bought the package; No beer in the pavillions.\n\nThe rule states the all you can eat part will close 2 hrs after the first pitch. The front office ran the 3 tests and im sure you have some stats on simulations on what the avg person is going to eat in the amount of time. Lets be real about this folks, even though this package seems to be catered towards families, the bottom line is the dollar and profits at the end of the day. They\u2019re just trying to find a compromise with the fans at the same time \u2013 which I really like. But again, its about profits.\n\nHEres some \u201cfood for thought\u201d. If there are 3,000 fans in the section and they all want food (why else would they be in that section), how much are you going to get in 2 hrs? When i PAY FOR MY FOOD I have to wait in long lines\u2026 what do you think is going to happen when its all you can eat? Lines up the wazzoo is what. You\u2019re not going to get your money\u2019s worth. You\u2019re actually better off paying cash elsewhere in the stadium. It\u2019ll be less lines and about the same price.\n\nin terms of making money, its brilliant. I dont really see too many negatives \u2013 i just think its a gimick at the end of day. Maybe even uneccesary. If the \u201cwaiting in line\u201d situation gets figured out in the pavillion (i doubt they\u2019ll get it fixed for the rest of the stadium) then this whole package will be worth it. I\u2019ll even try it to be honest. But my money is on the fact that the front office is BANKING on the long lines.\n\nJosh, I had a question: In this all you can eat section \u2013 will they now be serving beer there? or is it still going to be alcohol free?\n\nIm not trying to be too negative about this \u2013 cause I honestly do believe the McCourts and the Front office really mean what they say when they\u2019re trying to be genuine to the fans. But this one\u2026i dunno about.\n\nHope everyone enjoyed the hollidays and this past long weekend.\n\n-Abu\n\nps- my friends and I bought the mini plans last year\u2026same seats this year for the package is over $100 more. We\u2019re not buying them. We\u2019re just going to buy indvidual games (less games) instead. I hate rising ticket prices and mark my words they\u2019ll raise them again next off-season. Next thing you know we\u2019ll be paying Anaheim prices. And I agree with that article that was written in the Times about how this is going to have a negative impact on the next generation of fans. Thats what made this sport an american pastime, the affordabilty\u2026 raise the prices and you lose the next generation (not the whole generation, but a good chunk of those kids that live near and around Chavez Ravine). And arent the Dodgers concerned about their community? Or are they trying to do what Anaheim and the Lakers do \u2013 raise ticket prices to a point where only the affluent and corporations purchase the tickets \u2013 and the genuine fans cant get in?\n\nAbu I think you\u2019re right on the point regarding the food. I also think your right about the ticket pricing to. The less fortunate will suffer from these increases. I was a season ticket holder in 2006, but not in 2007. Partly because I live in Orange County and have a school age kid. But also because the drive is a killer !! I wouldn\u2019t get home from week night games until well after midnight ( I have to see the very last pitch !!! ) But also because I run my own business ( I too am upper middle class) but I took too much time off last year to go to the games on a regular basis. With that said I think the ticket prices will continue to go up, not because they can, but because they have too !! If we continue to run a team with $120+ million player salaries it has to come from some where. If the team can raise prices, keep the seats full at 3+ million and field a large market team, plus insure us that all the games will be on TV then it makes perfect business sense. At the very least the less fortunate will not be left completely out in the cold. I remind everyone that this is a family run business !! This is not the Tribune running the Cubs !! It\u2019s one family that seems very committed to keeping a winner in town and all the support systems in place. They are clearly doing something that the O\u2019Malley family couldn\u2019t, which was run a family owned large market baseball franchise faced with rising costs. The Dodgers were losing money according to MLB and that was when they were in the $80 million salary range. With today\u2019s salaries going up and the cost of living at alltime record highs, it only makes sense.\n\nI\u2019ll accept the higher prices, go to fewer games, watch the balance on TV and be as passionate a fan as ever. I want the team to succeed and if that means I have to adjust I will. Now what I will do is go to more minor league games and watch the kids of tomorrow come up in the system. Honestly, it\u2019s a lot more fun. \u201cFor the Love of the Game\u201d\n\nI like the idea of the price reduction for the groups of 30 or more. I wonder if there is a way to have both types of tickets there. The all you can eat and the regular fan who just wants to pay 10 bucks?\n\nRising ticket prices and new promotions are all part of business moving forward and I don\u2019t mind paying higher prices for a better product, but that is the key. Are the Dodgers going to move towards putting a truely competitive team on the field, or will they continue to find ways of putting a mediocre team on the field at a lower cost. I say that knowing, yes, they did go out and get one of the best lead off hitters in the game, but not getting the power hitter they needed. I think Soriano could definitely have been acquired and taken over in left field. It was very frustrating once again to see proven young sluggers go to other teams when the Dodgers have the ability and money to get those same players.\n\nAs far as the all you can eat seats, it\u2019s a good marketing idea that will eventually will die out once the fans figure out you can only eat so much food and wait in line so much in two hours. I\u2019m sure marketing also won\u2019t have the walking food vendors in right field. I would guess the AYCE probably applies to certain foods. It wouldn\u2019t make any sense to apply the AYCE policy to ice creams, snacks and the like. And as far as alcohol, that would be a huge mistake. I hope some thought was put into who would buy those tickets if beer sales were available in the AYCE section.\n\nKevblewis, both types of tickets cannot be sold because people will buy one all you can eat ticket and have the other 10 members of their group pay the regular ticket amount and use the AYCE ticket to get food for the group.\n\nAnyone looking for a good laugh should check out the Rangers\u2019 mailbag for this week. Specifically the last five or six questions. Pretty funny. On another note, has anyone heard any interesting trade rumors? January is so boring. I almost feel like starting a few of my own. Penny/Hendrickson for Pujols, straight up. There, I\u2019ve done it. I\u2019m starting a rumor. Somebody complain about it and call it ridiculous, then somebody applaud my idea and call it sheer genius. The hot stove is more like a lukewarm cigarette lighter right now.\n\njust read this on espn.com in a article about all time worst post season chokes.\n1. The \u201988 Athletics and Mets\n\nOakland had the game\u2019s best closer in Dennis Eckersley and the Bash Brothers and a solid rotation, and the Mets had Dwight Gooden and a ridiculously stacked lineup. And yet the Dodgers won the World Series, with a lineup that was completely battered by injury; Kirk Gibson\u2019s pinch-hit home run came on his only at-bat of the World Series, right fielder Mike Marshall was hurt and catcher Mike Scioscia was hurt. L.A. did have Orel Hershiser, who basically hoisted the Dodgers onto his back and carried them, something rarely seen with a starting pitcher.\n\nThere are probably moments now in which some of the Athletics and Mets think about those Dodgers and shake their heads, remembering that a team that relied on Mickey Hatcher, Rick Dempsey, Jeff Hamilton and John Shelby walked away with the title.\n\nCubs are looking to trade Jacque Jones, they need a center fielder. Hendrickson & Repko/Ethier for Jacque Jones. These are my honest thoughts, I\u2019m not just trying to start rumors this time. It could work, addressing our need for power and theirs for starting pitching depth and a CF with speed and the potential to win a gold glove.\n\nDualtone: I would certainly go for that deal, if that is all it took from our side. I think that Ethier has to prove himself all over again, given his dramatic fall-off at the end of last season. Repko with all of his hustle has not shown that he can hit at the major league level.\n\nI for one want to trust in our young guys Repko and Either. Either was in the running for the batting championship most all of last year, AS A ROOKIE !!!! Repko got injuried trying to save a game for us !! We owe it to these kids to allow them to be all that they can be for the DODGERS !!! Granted Jones may look like a good fit but it\u2019s another outsider trying to fit in. These kids have earned the right to be given a shot. Ned, stay with what we have today and let\u2019s see how spring training works out !!\n\ni would jump on that trade in a heartbeat. i love the idea of a former USC trojan coming to the dodgers. ive followed jones career and I think he could make an impact on a good team. but i dont think jim hendry is that stupid. they coulld choose ethier or repko, hendrickson, heck even throw in tomko and dessens, and let some of our minor league studs fill bullpen roles. fat chance on that happening though.\n\nMeta\n\nThe following are trademarks or service marks of Major League Baseball entities and may be used only with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. or the relevant Major League Baseball entity: Major League, Major League Baseball, MLB, the silhouetted batter logo, World Series, National League, American League, Division Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the names, nicknames, logos, uniform designs, color combinations, and slogans designating the Major League Baseball clubs and entities, and their respective mascots, events and exhibitions."}
-{"text": "Best iPhone Business Apps to Run Your Business Smarter Way in 2019\n\nTo bring about the essential convenience into the way you handle your projects, task or manage customers, you need to have these best iPhone business apps of 2019. So why wait any longer? Dive right in and choose a couple of brilliant apps to turn things around immaculately!\n\nA businessman is a full-time executive, who has to manage a thousand things round the clock. Hence, any businessperson can\u2019t afford to follow 9-to-5 working hours if he has to stay ahead of the race. And this is where the best business apps for iPhone come into the play!\n\nKeeping in mind different needs, we\u2019ve chosen the apps that can be enormously helpful in simplifying various tasks. With these modern apps on your radar, you will be able to run your business right from your fingertips. Whether it\u2019s managing emails intelligently, taking control of projects or planning the tasks perfectly, they can keep your workflow in sync with your high demand.\n\nSponsored Links\n\nBest Business Apps for iPhone and iPad in 2019\n\n#1. Smartsheet \u2013 Project Management App\n\nProject management is a tedious task that requires you to be proactive to have the desired result. To keep track of a number of employees and check out the latest status of the projects they are working on, a project management app is a must.\n\nPick out Smartsheet to let you manage your business projects smoothly. From a distance of a thousand miles, you can keep a tab on all happenings in your office. Moreover, you will also give your valuable inputs in business operations from a distant venue.\n\nThe app also lets you attach files, set alerts, view Gantt charts and more. Make use of templates like the project plan, sales pipeline, project budget to give an impressive look to your tasks.\n\n#2. QuickBooks\n\nConsidered to be one of the most accounting apps, QuickBooks is designed to take away all the stress from account management. With it, you can create and send professional invoices and estimates to your clients.\n\nSponsored Links\n\nYou will also be able to take photos of your receipts and control your daily expenditure. Keep track of payments and record sales. The app also allows you to view expenses by categories. What\u2019s more, you can quickly customize all of your sales forms with your logo and fields.\n\n#3. Microsoft PowerPoint\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s PowerPoint is arguably the most popular presentation app across all the platforms. What stands out this app is the familiar interface coupled with the easy-to-use tools. Therefore, creating and editing presentations is a pretty simple task.\n\nSponsored Links\n\nYou can ideally customize your project to make a lasting impression. With the collaboration tool always in the offing, you will be able to work seamlessly with your team. Plus, your files are automatically stored to OneDrive for enhanced security and accessibility.\n\nOn top of all, PowerPoint has the support for a number of languages such as English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Japanese and more.\n\n#4. Google Calendar\n\nIf you want to plan your meetings smartly and keep track of them with ease, go for \u201cGoogle Calendar\u201d. The app automatically syncs events from Gmail and update them in real-time. It syncs all of your schedules across the platforms so that you can remain in sync with them.\n\nHave any goal? Set it and this powerful app will help you achieve it. You can also create reminders to ensure everything you want to do is completed well before the deadline.\n\nThanks to the smart suggestions, it makes scheduling a quick affair. And with the power of G-Suite, it lets you connect and collaborate with your colleagues more conveniently.\n\n#5. Spark\n\nSpeaking the truth; Spark is the smartest email app I\u2019ve tried. The app has a highly intuitive interface and makes it very easy to manage emails. The inbox allows you to quickly access the important messages and gets rid of the unnecessary ones.\n\nIt categorizes your emails as Personal, Notifications, and Newsletters. One notable feature of this app is that it lets you create emails with your team. Times when you want everyone\u2019s opinion to be fully onboard, this collaboration feature will come in very handy.\n\nYou will also schedule messages to be sent later. Moreover, this intelligent email app supports multiple cloud services including Dropbox, Box, and iCloud Drive\n\n#6. Evernote\n\nEvernote is easily the best note taking the app for iOS. What makes it so handy for business people or anyone who wants to simplify the process of note taking is the easy-to-use features.\n\nYou can take notes, attach photos, set reminders, create lists, chat and do more with it. With the use of your device camera, you will scan and organize your paper documents, business cards, handwritten notes, and drawings. Set reminders to ensure you don\u2019t fail to carry out important activities.\n\nYou can create agendas, write memos and prepare impactful presentations. Besides, you will also annotate documents with comments and thoughts during team meetings.\n\n#7. Shortcuts\n\n\u201cShortcuts\u201d is precisely what you would love to have to manage your tasks without any hassle. It is your personal automation tool that allows you to drag and drop any combination of actions to carry out your work smoothly.\n\nAs the app has more than 200 actions, you will be able to effortlessly deal with your Contacts, Calendar, Maps, Music, Photos, Camera, Reminders, Safari, AirDrop, Twitter, Facebook and more.\n\nYou can create awesome GIFs to spice up your messaging. Add a home screen icon to call your loved one instantly. With just one tap, you will get the directions to the nearest restaurant. Read more on how to use Shortcuts App on iPhone or iPad.\n\n#8. Things 3\n\nA top-notch task manager app is indispensable for a businessman. During a day, a business person has to carry out a number of tasks, and apps like Things 3 can certainly enhance his/her productivity.\n\nYou can create a project for your goals and also add the important steps to complete them. Based on your convenience, you will group your projects. The Today list allows you to find out what you need to do today easily. With the use of tags, you can ideally customize your tasks to suit your needs better.\n\n#9. MailChimp\n\nThought email marketing could be made more smooth-sailing? MailChimp is the one you should use to create and monitor email campaign for a product or service as impeccable as you would ever wish. You can manage a list, add new subscribers, send campaigns and view reports.\n\nChoose from some pre-defined templates to create sensational campaigns. With the use of a content manager, you will quickly insert product images or give the better to your promotion. You can create the multi-user account and fix the level of permission for each account; thus, the entire team can work on MailChimp to carry out a successful mail campaign.\n\n#10. Nextiva App\n\nNextiva App is readied to let you have complete control over unified communications solution. You can send an instant message, do voice/video call with your customers.\n\nYou will access your business phone account information and effortlessly update it right from your fingertips. The smart user-interface and neat features make this app immensely pivotal for businesspeople.\n\n#11. Logo Maker\n\nAn excellent logo speaks volume of your company or products. With Logo Maker, you will be able to create sensational logos, icons, symbols, posters without spending much time. The app consists of more than 100 editable templates which you can use to prepare cool posters or logo effortlessly.\n\nThere are a number of advanced tools that allow you to customize your creativity to your best liking. With more than 100 fonts available, you can carve out impressive typography artwork.\n\nYou will also add overlays to your logos to further augment their looks. That\u2019s not all; you can choose from 100 backgrounds for poster making and card making.\n\n#12. Wunderlist\n\nSimply put, Wunderlist is undoubtedly the best to-do list and task manager app for iOS. The app allows you to add, organize, schedule and share your to\u00addos with optimum ease. You can set due dates and reminders so that you never get late.\n\nYou will use subtasks, notes, files and also add comments to your to-dos so that you don\u2019t forget an important thing. You can collaborate on your tasks with family, friends, and colleagues. What\u2019s more, you will save web pages and articles to catch up with them at your own convenient time.\n\n#13. Watermark Photo\n\nUse this simple but very effective app to add watermark to your photos to not just build your brand but also provide the essential protection to your photos online. You can add custom unique logos, signatures and many other design elements to the photos to promote your brand.\n\nWith the vast library of fonts, clip art, and colors; you will create your own watermark. The advanced text tool helps you create stunning typography art for your brand.\n\n#14. Zoho \u2013 CRM App\n\nManaging customers perfectly and keeping them thoroughly satisfied is very crucial for business. With Zoho on your iOS device, you can manage your clients and take care of their ever-changing interests effortlessly.\n\nYou will get the offline access to customer info when you are not in the coverage area of the mobile network. You can access contacts, accounts, leads, tasks, events, call logs, vendors, and products stored in CRM. You will also be able to edit and delete records with ease.\n\nOut of these highly user-friendly apps, which one has caught your eyes? Have you chosen anyone to carry out the specific task more conveniently? It would be awesome to know your pick.\n\nTo me, all of these business apps for iOS stand out as they provide you with the necessary comfort to take control of your task. Besides, they are ideally optimized to take the full advantage of the superior OS.\n\nDhvanesh Adhiya is the founder and editor-in-chief who takes care of audio, visual, and textual contents uploaded on iGeeksBlog.com. He is passionate about wonderful apps that change the way your iPhone interacts in your life."}
-{"text": "1 Up from the ground\n\nThis part of the Programmers Guide is a collection of notes taken during the development of the first Haskell-in-Browser demo, a program that accepts users' input using a HTML input element, and repeats whatever the user typed upon pressing Enter. Additionally, Roman numeral conversion will occur if user's input is a decimal or a Roman numeral that can be converted. A timer is provided to measure code performance. More...\n\n2 DOM framework\n\nIn this section of the Yhc/Javascript Programmers Guide, the implementation of Document Object Model in Haskell is described. Continuation Passing Style usage is discussed. The section provides details on conversion of DOM specifications from Interface Definition Language to Haskell, and related issues and features. Finally, examples of Haskell programming with DOM are provided.\n\n2.1 Continuation passing style\n\n2.1.1 Rationale\n\nUnlike the previous Echo example, the DOM framework uses CPS rather than monads to provide proper sequence of Haskell expressions evaluation. The choice of CPS is dictated by the internal structure of Fudget kernels which use CPS. An original Fudget (built on top of the X11 protocol and related I/O) sends a message to Fudlogue each time an input/output action is needed (even one not involving waiting for any asyncronous input, such as opening a window). With DOM interface implemented in CPS style, all synchronous operations (such as creating a DOM node, and basically all operations not involving event handling) can be performed without such message exchange, which significantly reduces execution overhead.\n\n2.1.2 Wrapper functions\n\nA function conforming the Continuation Passing Style always has as its last argument, continuation, which will take the result of this function's application to its other arguments, as an argument. Any non-CPS expression may be converted into a CPS one by applying a wrapper which transforms the expression into a function with one argument:\n\ntoCPS x = \\k -> k x\n\nwhere\n\nx\n\nis an expression to convert. The expression will be passed to the continuation unevaluated.\n\nA variant of this wrapper:\n\ntoCPE x = \\k -> x `seq` (k x)\n\nforces evaluation of the expression before passing it to the continuation.\n\nConsider obtaining a current date and time from the browser. Browser provides a Javascript function new Date().getTime() for this purpose. So, at the first look the following might be enough:\n\ngetTimeStamp' a = unsafeJS \"return new Date().getTime();\"\n\nThe dummy parameter\n\na\n\nis necessary to prevent creation of a CAF, that is, every time the function is called with any value of this parameter, evaluation will take place.\nTo convert this expression, e. g.\n\ngetTimeStamp' 0\n\nin CPS, it needs to be given a parameter representing continuation which will use its result, that is, the current time. This may be written as:\n\ngetTimeStamp k = k `seq` (getTimeStamp' 0)\n\nwhere\n\nk\n\nis a continuation which will be given the current time. The\n\nseq\n\ncombinator ensures that the continuation will get an evaluated expression.\n\ntwo time stamps will be obtained, before and after the two computations\n\nfoo\n\nand\n\nbar\n\n(whose results are not of interest) are performed. The result will be output with some imaginary function\n\nputLine\n\n.\nThe\n\nid\n\ncall after\n\nputLine\n\nis necessary to \"close\" the chain of continuations: the value that\n\nputLine\n\nreturns, becomes return value of\n\nmain\n\n. If however it is necessary to return something else, say, the length of the time interval measured, the last row might look like:\n\nputLine (\"Time interval: \"++show(t2 - t1)++\" ms\")$ \\_->(t2 - t1)\n\nIn general, the example above gives some idea how Haskell programs using DOM in CPS style look like.\n\nThe\n\nCPS\n\nmodule should be imported by any Haskell module using the Continuation Passing Style constructs and the DOM framework. The\n\nCPS\n\ntype itself is defined as:\n\ntype CPS c a =(a -> c)-> c\n\nSo, if a function has the return type\n\nCPS x y\n\n, this means that its continuation would accept a value of type\n\ny\n\nand return a value of type\n\nx\n\n2.1.3 Unsafe interfaces with CPS\n\nUsage of\n\nunsafeJS\n\nhas not changed from one described above. This is still a pseudo-function accepting a string literal with Javascript code as an argument. The Javascript code supplied will be wrapped into a Haskell-callable function.\n\nTo access properties of Javascript objects, the following CPS-aware functions are provided:\n\nThe first function accepts Javascript property name as its first argument, and a reference to a Javascript object as the second. It passes the value of the property retrieved (in type-agnostic manner) to its continuation.\n\nThe second function accepts Javascript property name as its first argument, the value to set the property to as the second argument, and a reference to a Javascript object as the third. The continuation gets the reference to the Javascript object with updated property (that is, the update occurs in-place).\n\n2.3 DOM and Interface Definition Language (IDL)\n\n2.3.1 General information\n\nThe Web Consortium uses a subset of the Interface Definition Language proposed by the Object Management Group (OMG IDL) to describe the abstract interface to the Document Object Model, so it may be implemented in various programming languages. These definitions cover basic operations to create and delete document nodes, manipulate their attributes and contents, and insert/remove nodes within the document loaded into the browser.\n\n2.3.2 Conversion to Haskell\n\nIn accordance with the Web Consortium Copyright Notice, IDL files provided by the Web Consortium may be freely redistributed by anybody. So, copy of these files is included with the Yhc Javascript Backend. A modified version of the HaskellDirect (trimmed down to only OMG IDL code symtax recognition, and with different model of Haskell code generation) is also included. This HaskellDirect-based utility runs automatically when the Javascript Backend is being installed, so the installation includes Haskell code autogenerated from the IDL files. Developers who define new interfaces on the browser side to be used with the Javascript Backend are encouraged to write their own IDL files, and use the same utility to produce Haskell interface code.\n\n2.3.3 Technical details of IDL to Haskell conversion\n\nThis section gives general details of correspondence between IDL definitions and generated Haskell code. Deeper details related to programming will be discussed in next sections.\n\nConsider this IDL definition (from the DOM section of the definitions):\n\nmodule (not shown as they are logically identical to already reviewed).\nThe\n\nitem\n\nmethod, as implemented in Haskell, takes the reference to the DOM element (NodeList) as the first argument,\n\nthis\n\n. The second argument is the index of a node in the NodeList, corresponding to the in unsigned long index in the IDL definition. The last argument is the continuation. Type constraints\n\n(CNodeList this, CNode zz)=>\n\nstate that the method operates on instances of the\n\nCNodeList\n\nclass, and values passed to the continuation are instances of the\n\nCNode\n\nclass.\n\nBody of the method contains a type-aware wrapper over the unsafe code calling appropriate item method on the Javascript object implementing the NodeList interface.\n\n2.3.4 Known omissions\n\nException information (raises...) is completely ignored by the converter. If an exception in Javascript code occurs, it should be treated as described above, in the Unsafe interfaces with CPS section.\n\nThe converter makes no distinction between in and out arguments.\n\nThe converter does not tolerate multiple methods with the same name, but different number of arguments, within a single interface. It is however possible to have methods with the same name (regardless of number of arguments) in different interfaces. The\n\nfocus\n\nand\n\nblur\n\nmethods serve as a good example: they appear in at least two HTML elements: <input> and <textarea>. Developers are recommended to use\n\nimportqualified\n\nstatement for importing modules with conflicting method names, and use qualified names to resolve ambiguities.\n\n2.4 Haskell DOM vs. Javascript DOM\n\n2.4.1 Haskell phantom types vs. Javascript object types\n\nA phantom type is created for every interface defined in OMG IDL files provided by the Web Consortium. Examples above illustrated this. So, this is important that all interface names were unique across all IDL files that are processed by the converter at once (both toplevel and include). More examples of such phantom types:\n\nNames of these types are derived from interface names by adding the capital letter \"T\" at the beginning.\n\n2.4.2 Haskell type classes reflect interfaces inheritance\n\nIDL, like many other object-oriented languages, features inheritance between interfaces defined. This means that an object implementing an interface X funcitonality, also implements functionality of interface Y, as well as all ancestors of Y if declared as\n\nso NodeList does not inherit from Node. It is worth saying that Javascript code (which is type-agnostic) would likely accept passing a NodeList value to a function operating on Nodes. At best, a run-time exception would occur; at worst, some hard to find problems might be introduced diring the execution of such a function. Haskell compiler would catch this at the compilation stage.\n\n2.4.3 The this object reference in Haskell code\n\nIn Javascript, methods of some object have an implicit argument, this. When a method is executed, the argument holds a reference to the object the method was invoked upon. Thus, if we had a DOM object implementing the NodeList<code> interface, and wanted to extract a <code>nth item of it, we would write:"}
-{"text": "Most Profitable Asic Miners and altcoins they mine\n\nA few months ago, the interest in crypto has increased since Bitcoin among other most popular altcoins saw their value skyrocket in the online market. In fact, 1 Bitcoin reached the highest of $20,000 last December. This increase in the cost of Bitcoin led to the increase in the price of other digital currencies as well.\n\nThe question that nags many people is, \u201cHow profitable is mining?\u201d well, the mining process is not a walk in the park. A miner has to simplify complex mathematical puzzles with the help of a mining rig. After solving the math problems, you will be paid with a coin.\n\nIn fact, when Bitcoin was introduced, it was very easy and quick to solve a puzzle using a home computer and be paid a Bitcoin. However, nowadays mining virtual currencies is a daunting task and the payment is not as easy as it was some years back. But despite all these difficulties, serious miners are able to make good profits still.\n\nAccording to the most recent survey, the following are the most profitable miners in the Month of May 2018. They include:\n\nEquihash 40k. This miner usually earns $ 132.88/day. It is used to mine different coins such as Hush, ZenCash, BitcoinGold and Zcash.\n\nD9 DecredMaster which usually earns an income of $ 119.85 per day.\n\nDragonMint B29. This miner has the ability to pay $ 119.85/day. It mines coins such as Decred.\n\nDCR1 usually pays $ 86.09 a day. It is used for mining Decred coins.\n\nAntimer B3 (780Hz). Its income per day is $ 46.18. It is used to mine Bytom.\n\nA8+ CryptoMaster has a pay per day of $ 38.14/day. It mines coins such as Karbo, Monero Original, Electroneum, Bytecoin among others.\n\nAntimer X3 (220Kh). Its income per day is $ 24.84. The coins that can be mined are Monero Classic, Dinastycoin, Electroneum, Karbo to mention just but a few.\n\nA5+ DashMaster earns $ 21.47 per day. The most common coins mined are CannabisCoin, DigitalPriceClassic, Startcoin, Onix among others.\n\nDM56G earns $ 16.25 per day. It is used to mine CannabisCoin, Onix, StartCoin, MonetaryUnit, Dash and DigitalPrice Classic.\n\nA8 CryptoMaster has a pay per day of $ 17.70. Its minable altcoins include Monero Classic, Bytecoin, Karbo, Dinastycoin, Electroneum and Monero Original.\n\nBK \u2013 X, depending on the algorithm it is using, it can earn from $ 2.04 to $ 9.99 per day. It uses 7 different kinds of algorithms. It is used to mine coins such as Bulwark, Dash, StartCoin, MonetaryUnit, Sibcoin, Onix, Quark among others.\n\nA5 DashMaster has a profit margin of $ 11.42 per day. Its minable coins include the following: Onix, MonetaryUnit, CannabisCoin, Dash, StartCoin, and DigitalPriceClassic.\n\nConclusion\n\nBesides the miners mentioned above, there are other miners that earn very little dollars. Despite which miner you decide to use for your mining purposes, it is paramount that you consider the setup price and buy the right rig for your mining needs.\n\nIn the US, the process of mining is rising mainly due to the free availability of power more especially to campus students. You can as well join these profitable miners and start making money today."}
-{"text": "Sensei's Sensational Sarsaparilla II\n\nSensei\u2019s Sensational Sarsaparilla was among the first limited edition projects to come out of the burgeoning La Zona factory; owned by industry veteran Erik Espinosa. The cigar also served as Cigar Dojo\u2019s sophomore release, following the legendary Undercrown DOGMA collaboration with Drew Estate. For 2016, Espinosa and Cigar Dojo have partnered once more to showcase the sequel to this fan-favorite, unicorn-class cigar\u2014Sensei\u2019s Sensational Sarsaparilla II.\n\nAs with the original, only 1,000 soft bundles of 10 cigars have been rolled. Packaging has been re-designed to allow smoker\u2019s to distinguish the two cigars\u2014showcasing new box art and a subtly tweaked band. The cigars feature the same blend as the original, introducing a new 6\u2033 \u00d7 50 toro vitola.\n\n\"From the dusty, cobblestone roads of an undisclosed crossroads of the 19th century, rolls a street peddler. A man poised to introduce Western civilization to the urbane luxuries of the modern era. Among the staple assortment of tonics, elixirs, rudimentary oils and novelties one would expect to find from this traveling monger, lies a savory concoction of a different sort\u2026 The untamed West is soon to be acquainted with the intoxicating invigorator known as Sensei\u2019s Sensational Sarsaparilla II.\""}
-{"text": "Identifier search\n\nGet or set the event's \"state\" field, as a boolean indicating whether the key was pressed (#t) or released (#f). You can also find out by checking the event type: 'key-down for pressed, or 'key-up for released."}
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-{"text": "iste780\n\nData-Driven Knowledge Discovery\n\nRapidly expanding collections of data from all areas of society are becoming available in digital form. Computer-based methods are available to facilitate discovering new information and knowledge that is embedded in these collections of data. This course provides students with an introduction to the use of these data analytic methods, especially statistical learning approaches, within the context of the data-driven knowledge discovery process.\n\nThe syllabus is the course's main document. Expect it to be followed to the letter."}
-{"text": "Some products touch your inner child. But how about your inner infant? Se7e Life Design\u2019s Ber\u00e7o, named after the Portuguese word for crib, was intended to literally be one until creative agency Grupo MHS weighed in with the idea of supersizing the design as a chaise longue to cradle adults. There\u2019s even a birth certificate issued for each numbered and dated handmade model. For the indoor version, choose from 18 wood species for the core, then specify wood veneer or lacquer. (The outdoor one is fiberglass.) Cushions, filled with down or foam, are covered in a variety of custom-stitched fabrics ..."}
-{"text": "Recent Threesome - Free Threesome - Threesome Porn Videos\n\nThreesomes are kind of like mini-orgies. Normally it's when a couple invite another girl to join them for sex. Now, it can go the other way and be 2 guys and 1 girl, but normally that would go in the bisexual area. Either way that you look at it, having a plus one makes it three times more fun, so enjoy our threesome sex movies."}
-{"text": "Wareham resident delivers Fitchburg State\u2019s valedictory address\n\nWareham High School alumna Quinn Staley of West Wareham recently delivered Fitchburg State University\u2019s valedictory address.\n\nStaley, who graduated Wareham High School in 2015, spoke at the college\u2019s 122nd commencement exercises, winter ceremony, on Friday, Dec. 21. Staley earned a degree in communications media. At Wareham High School, Staley stood out for her communication skills, winning a Buzzards Bay Coalition video contest as a student."}
-{"text": "CHARGESSecond-degree depraved heart murderInvoluntary manslaughterSecond-degree negligent assaultManslaughter by vehicle and gross negligenceManslaughter by vehicle criminal negligenceMisconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisonerReckless endangerment\n\n_________________Do not go gentle into that good night.___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light\n\nOn Jan. 6, Circuit Judge Barry Williams will consider pretrial motions. Prosecutors recently filed three such motions, including one seeking to bar the defense from offering evidence about Gray's criminal record before his arrest last April.\n\nA hearing on various pretrial motions in the case of Officer Caesar Goodson is set for this Wednesday, and according to documents posted on the court's website Thursday, the defense is seeking access to Freddie Gray's medical records.\n\nAttorneys for Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr. have filed in court an internal police document in which officers wrote that Freddie Gray once complained of a back problem, as part of the defense's effort to gain access to Gray's medical records.\n\nThe document had been previously sealed, after Judge Barry Williams ruled that prosecutors failed to disclose it to defense attorneys for Officer William G. Porter until his trial was underway last month. Porter's case ended in a mistrial when jurors failed to reach a verdict.\n\nGoodson's attorneys had asked that their filing including the document be sealed, but Williams denied the request.\n\nThe medical examiner who performed Gray's autopsy after his death in police custody has testified that she found no evidence of a previous back or neck injury. The attorney for Gray's family also said Gray didn't have a previous injury and called the claim a red herring.\n\nIn the document dated May 1, Western District Sgt. John Herzog said that Gray was in his office on March 31 and had \"provided us with valuable intelligence regarding a robbery crew\" operating in the area of North and Pennsylvania avenues.\n\nHerzog said Gray was sitting awkwardly, and he asked him what was wrong. Herzog said he and another officer in the office, Sgt. Scott Mileto, recalled that Gray \"stated something to the effect of 'I hurt my back' or 'I have a bad back.'\"\n\nGoodson's trial on charges that include second-degree murder begins Jan. 11, with pretrial motions to be heard Wednesday. His attorneys argue in court filings that they should be allowed to access any medical records for Gray that may exist at three area hospitals.\n\nIn a motion filed Monday to quash a subpoena requiring him to appear as a witness at Goodson 's trial, Porter's attorneys say he plans to assert his rights under the state and federal constitutions to decline to testify. Porter also plans to decline to testify in the trial of Sgt. Alicia White.\n\nBALTIMORE \u2014Jurors will remain anonymous but will not be sequestered in the trial of Officer Caesar Goodson, the second of six Baltimore police officers to face trial in the death of Freddie Gray.\n\nThat decision was one of many pretrial motions ruled on Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams.\n\nDuring the pretrial motion hearing at Courthouse East, Williams also denied a defense request to have the case moved out of Baltimore City despite a mistrial being declared last month in the case of Officer William Porter.\n\nWilliams pointed out that the court was able to seat a jury in the Porter case and that jurors in Goodson's case will based their decisions on the evidence in court not by what they see in media coverage."}
-{"text": "The Night Shift Recap: Season 1 Episode 1\n\nThe current logo for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), an American commercial broadcasting television network headquartered in New York City\u2019s Rockefeller Center, which was formed as a radio network by the Radio Corporation of America in 1926. A simplification of an earlier and more complicated logo originally created for color broadcasts, this logo was created by Steff Geissbuhler of Chermayeff & Geismar to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the network in 1986, and since then, has become one of the most recognizable logos in the world.\nPortugu\u00eas: Logotipo da NBC. Wikimedia Commons/Steff Geissbuhler, Chermayeff & Geismar\n\n\u201cThe Night Shift\u201d Season 1 Episode 1 has finally aired and it has proven that it is not your typical medical drama. It is filled with an unusual cast of characters and it focuses on the late night hours in the emergency room. The first episode provided us with a look on what goes on during the night shift at San Antonio Memorial.\n\nThe pilot episode opened with TC showing that he is a great field doctor even if he has a hangover. He has an attitude problem, which is why he is no longer in the army and this attitude can potentially get him fired from the hospital. He loves to gamble, drink and he loves to fight but when it comes to his medical skills, they are exquisite.\n\nRagosa, the hospital manager is not friendly with TC because TC doesn\u2019t respect him and Ragosa thinks it is TC\u2019s problem. For the rest of the night, both of them endure each other to treat patients.\n\nTopher and TC rescued a boy who was in an accident, since the boy was critically wounded, it reminded TC of something that he encountered on the battle field. Once the boy is stable, Jordan took TC outside for a talk and told him about the soldier that he lost. TC showed weakness here when he blamed himself for it. Later on, he showed a different side of him when he talked to Drew regarding his sexuality. TC told him that he should show the real him.\n\nJordan and TC have a past and Jordan aims to become a night shift chief and she has finally convinced Ragosa to give her a shot. She struggled throughout the night shift. Topher is TC\u2019s best friend and also a fellow war vet who follows his footsteps when it comes to rules. The daughter of the janitor comes to him to ask help for a tumor but Ragosa won\u2019t approve the MRI so Topher took it on his own hands and asked for help from the others to give the girl the treatment that she needs.\n\nRagosa is the one who handles the budget and the fact that the he knows the doctors don\u2019t like, he doesn\u2019t even make an effort to even be likeable even for just a little bit. TC ended up punching him in the face when he threatened him and Ragosa fired him but Jordan convinced him to keep TC. TC and Jordan tried to save the life of a boy with Ragosa giving them surgical guidance. Here we saw that Ragosa is losing his eye sight and he has started to train as a doctor before he loses his vision.\n\nWhat did you think of \u201cThe Night Shift?\u201d Share us your thoughts by posting your comments below!\n\nFor the latest news, recaps and spoilers about \u201cThe Night Shift\u201d as well as other TV shows and entertainment news, make sure that you catch it here on Movie News Guide (MNG)."}
-{"text": "The more clothes you have, the more drawers you need to keep things neat and tidy (actually for me, I just need a beautiful, glorious, huge walk-in closet!). Well, the same goes for entries: the more you have, the more vault you need.\n\nWhat Are Vaults in RDM 2019.1?\n\nVaults, which used to be named Repositories in RDM\u2019s previous versions, are virtual drawers that let you organize your entries into multiple vaults, which are stored in the same data source (either Devolutions Password Server, MySQL or SQL Server).\n\nVaults improve security and boost performance, since using them limits the volume of entries that are loaded at the same time. It also simplifies user management, as Active Directory groups define who has access to a vault."}
-{"text": "Lost Cluster\n\nYou're lost in a large, ever-changing field of asteroids. Your ship's scanners grow weaker as you run out of power. Your only hope of survival is to find and collect batteries scattered around the field to briefly restore power to your ship, only to gain a little time to search for more power."}
-{"text": "Branding: Dental Practice Logos\n\nGreat brands begin with a great logo, supported by consistent use of font, color, style and words. Atlanta Dental Marketing and Consulting can create a brand image that is both memorable and meaningful to your dental patients.\n\nWe create images that your patients will associate with your practice and their experience. Like famous brands in American society today, imaging is just as important as words.\n\nTake a look at some of the unique, modern and beautiful logos we have designed or redesigned for a few of our dental clients.\n\nWe do more than design logos, we make your image memorable!\n\nBrand Identity\n\nWe created a new brand identity and marketing strategy for Atlanta Endodontist, Dr. Helen Sempira. The new brand, Atlanta Endo Surgical Center, represents the type of comprehensive care patients receive when using Dr. Sempira\u2019s endodontic practice for root canal surgery. We also created marketing materials, a new website, signage, business cards, letterhead, patient communications and forms.\n\nBrand Identity\n\nThis dentist had corporate sounding business name but was affectionately known as, Dr. Gina, to her patients. We created a new brand identity, marketing strategy, new business cards, appointment cards, appointment reminder postcards, brochures, a new website and promotional materials. Now the dental practice is thriving!\n\nNew Logo Design\n\nWe created a new logo for Doc Dental Plan, a savings plan program designed to help dental practices market their in-house dental programs. Doc Dental Plan needed a fresh new look that was modern and had a subliminal smile to it without using a tooth as the main logo image or icon. We also created their marketing brochure, flyers, rack cards, business cards, product video and social media networks.\n\nNew Logo Design\n\nThis dentist needed a new logo for a new startup practice. We created their logo, designed and printed business cards, appointment cards and created a direct mail postcard campaign to attract new patients. We did it, and now the dental practice is well known in their area.\n\nLogo Makeover\n\nCreative Dentistry needed a logo makeover for their brand. The dentist wanted a new color scheme, one that we could use each color to represent the various dental services offered at his practice. We went to work and created a brand that the dentist and staff fell in love with."}
-{"text": "Omni Directional Antenna\n\nZDA Communications' Omni\nDirectional Antenna series service a large 360\ndegree area is popular because of its high-performance and rugged\nconstruction. Omni\nDirectional Antenna base is constructed for\nweather protection and the antenna elements are enclosed in a\ndurable fiberglass radome. The Omni Directional Antenna\nnormally comes with a N-female connector and other connector\ncan be custmized."}
-{"text": "The Trea\u00adsure of the Sier\u00adra Madre (1948)\n\nFred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt."}
-{"text": "Can't Stop Overeating? A Gene May Help You Control Your Food Intake\n\nPeople who overeat have a clinical disorder called binge eating disorder\n\nA gene may trigger a feeling of fullness, helping you prevent BED\n\nA country where 270 million people live below the poverty line, obesity seems to be a distant issue, meant for the rich folks of the first world. But India is under siege: junk food, alcohol and sedentary lifestyle are leading us to silent self-destruction, making one in every five Indian men and women either obese or overweight. Further, obesity among children and adolescents too is rising rapidly. Over eating or excessive intake of food is one of the major reasons of obesity among the masses. People who overeat have a clinical disorder called binge eating disorder (BED). People with BED compulsively eat large amounts of food in a short amount of time and feel guilt or shame afterward. And they do so often: at least once a week over a period of at least 3 months, thus leading to obesity. A recent research has led to the discovery of a gene that could prevent over-eating. Scientists discovered a gene that triggers a feeling of fullness and could help you prevent the urge to overeat.\n\nResearchers from Monash University in Melbourne and the University of Copenhagen said their findings could lead to the development of a drug that reduces appetite and increases desire for exercise. The gene, which controls signals between the brain and the intestines, was discovered in roundworms, but a similar one is found in people, said the scientists. It is also believed to be behind the need to sleep after eating, which happens only when the body has stored enough fat.\n\nAssociate Professor Roger Pocock who conducted the research said, \u201cWhen animals are malnourished they seek out food by roaming in their environment. When they're well fed they have no need to roam, and when they're fully sated they enter a sleep-like state.\" Dr Pocock further added, \"Because roundworms share so many genes with humans they are a great model system to investigate and gain a better understanding of processes like metabolism as well as diseases in humans.\"\n\nThe research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could pave the way for an alternative method to help people stay slim, said the scientists. The roundworm was chosen for the experiment because its brain is relatively simple, with just 302 neurons and 8,000 synapses. Humans, in contrast, have 100 trillion synapses and billions of neurons - but still share up to 80% of genes with the worm, said Dr Pocock.\n\nThe development of such a drug can reduce the urge of eating excess which will lead to decrease in the number of obese people throughout the world. But like other medicines, exploitation of such an impactful invention may lead to anemia, malnutrition and other such diseases which can be a by-product of eating less or insufficient amount of food. Although for now it sounds like a boon for every obese person who is also a sufferer of overeating."}
-{"text": "Rex Larsen | The Grand Rapids PressJeanne Jensma, counseling director and founder of Alongside Inc., and John DeKruyter, the ministry's executive director, at the Kalamazoo-area Christian nonprofit that provides support to missionaries and pastors globally.\n\nRICHLAND \u2014 Months from now, John DeKruyter expects the crisis currently gripping Japan to spill his way.\n\nJapan\u2019s recent natural disasters and threat of nuclear catastrophe have cast a number of Christian missionaries stationed on the island nation to feverishly work at bringing comfort and relief to the people they serve.\n\nTo be sure, the stress and strain will exact a personal toll on some missionaries, nudging them to later seek solace from Christian licensed psychologists willing to stand alongside them in their time of need.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re looked to as leaders,\u201d said DeKruyter, executive director of Alongside Inc., a Christian interdenominational nonprofit ministry that\u2019s based in Richland, near Kalamazoo. \u201cThey have to be strong and be there for their congregations.\u201d\n\nJeanne Jensma, director of counseling and founder of Alongside and a former missionary in Brazil, has been helping missionaries and other full-time Christian workers, consisting primarily of pastors, since 2000.\n\nBY THE NUMBERS\n\nClergy troubles\n\n80 percent of clergy believe pastoral ministry has negatively affected their marriage and family. 40 percent of clergy have considered leaving their place of ministry within the last three months. 70 percent of clergy do not have someone whom they consider a close friend.\nSource: Focus on the Family\n\nThe men and women seeking help from depression, martial woes or a life-threatening trauma represent a variety of denominations, but share common traits: They\u2019ve hit a low in their lives. Full-time ministry has left them burned out, frustrated and frazzled.\n\nThose seeking Alongside\u2019s help do so in part because of the anonymity they may not find if they were go through their denomination\u2019s counseling services, Jensma said. Last year, the ministry helped 99 people from 37 countries.\n\n\u201cVery seldom is there an intensive program available that has strong psycho-educational, personal counseling and group counseling components,\u201d Jensma said. \u201cThose elements refine one another.\n\n\u201cPlus, there\u2019s this nagging thought everybody is going to find this out if they go through their denomination. With us, there\u2019s a bit of a separation and greater freedom.\u201d\n\nCONNECT\n\nDeKruyter said, on average, ministers must juggle 16 responsibilities to keep their churches afloat. Many do so without any formal training.\n\nAnd it\u2019s a bit tougher for pastors whose churches number 100 or less because resources available to them are fewer, making delegation of responsibilities difficult if not impossible, Jensma said.\n\nEven those adept at multitasking often must cherry pick which tasks they\u2019re going to accomplish, which leaves them vulnerable to a constant barrage of subtle and overt criticism from those who are watching them in the stands \u2014 their congregation.\n\nBy the time people register for a retreat, an average of 40 percent are considering resigning from the ministry, Jensma said.\n\nAlongside offers 13 retreats throughout the year that are held at Gull Lake Ministries in Richland, about 20 miles northeast of Kalamazoo. With cottages nestled in the woods near a lake, it\u2019s a prime spot for people seeking respite. The ministry currently is negotiating the purchase of land in Richland to build its own facilities, DeKruyter said.\n\nThe retreats include a set number of hours of instruction with Alongside\u2019s psychologists, instructive sessions for achieving and maintaining spiritual and emotional health and daily, personal counseling sessions. Evenings are left free for rest and reflection.\n\nA three-week retreat for couples is $5,500 and $3,850 for individuals. A two-week retreat for couples is $3,850 and $2,750 for individuals. People who can\u2019t afford to pay are not turned away, DeKruyter said.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s always a place for someone to come whether they can afford it or not,\u201d he said."}
-{"text": "When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they\u2019ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.\n\nA man has appeared in court following an incident in which police deployed a Taser at a petrol station.\n\nZiggy Desmond Mombeyarara, 34, pleaded guilty to a number of charges when he appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court today (May 8) following an incident on Chester Road, Stretford, on Wednesday (May 6).\n\nHe admitted speeding; being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink; using a motor vehicle without insurance; and being outside without reasonable excuse during the lockdown.\n\nA test showed he had 36 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35.\n\nRead More\n\nRelated Articles\n\nRead More\n\nRelated Articles\n\nMr Mombeyarara, of Thelwall Road, Sale, pleaded not guilty to two charges of obstructing or resisting a constable in the execution of duty, reports the MEN.\n\nThe hearing was adjourned ahead of a case management hearing on July 31. Mr Mombeyarara was granted unconditional bail. An interim driving disqualification was imposed.\n\nMr Mombeyarara was stopped at 11pm. A video was widely shared on social media of police deploying a Taser.\n\nAdjourning the case, District Judge Jack McGarva said there could be a trial in relation to the charges Mr Mombeyarara denies.\n\nThe judge told the defendant he did not need to attend court on July 31 and that his solicitor could attend on his behalf.\n\nIn a statement released after Mr Mombeyarara was charged, Greater Manchester Police said: \"During the arrest, a Taser was deployed by an officer.\n\n\"The matter has been reviewed by the GMP Professional Standards Branch and we have voluntarily referred this matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, to ensure transparency and independence in terms of reviewing the circumstances of the arrest.\"\n\nSuperintendent Mark Kenny adeed: \"We are aware of public concern regarding this arrest and I want to reassure the public that this matter is being reviewed and treated seriously.\""}
-{"text": "Wednesday, February 29, 2012\n\nJust A Kiss\n\nI have been listening to JUST A KISS by Lady Antebellum for days now. I just love everything about it. Don't you just love the lyrics too? Anyway, I got this maxi skirt from my favorite thrift shop, and it fits so well on me. I miss wearing maxi skirts, so I took one the other day for a spin. And did you notice the lace hat again? haha! I have worn it for the second time around, I just can't get enough of its beauty! :)\n\nBy the way, today is the 29th of February, I went to the mall today to unwind and relax for a bit. I hope you enjoyed the Leap Day too!\n\nPS: EDGY and BOHO GIVEAWAY is now closed! :) Winners will be announced next week! :)"}
-{"text": "The nominations for the 60th Grammy awards were announced Tuesday morning ( Nov. 28) and revealed Jay-Z leading the nominations with a total of eight, followed by Kendrick Lamar, whose album \u201cDAMN.\u201d racked up seven.\n\nRap icon Jay-Z was the only artist to receive nominations in the top three categories for his 13th studio album \u201c4:44.\u201d Alongside Kendrick, he\u2019s also followed by Bruno Mars with a total of six nominations and Childish Gambino with a total of five.\n\nThe Grammys will also be a special night for newcomers Cardi B, SZA, and Khalid who received nominations for the first time. The awards show will air live from Madison Square Garden in NYC, on Jan. 28 on CBS."}
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-{"text": "A school board meeting in Effingham County, Georgia, turned heated as residents fought back against an effort to change a local high school\u2019s \u201cRebels\u201d mascot, usually depicted as a Confederal soldier with a Confederate flag.\n\nA \u201csmall group of people,\u201d including the head of the local NAACP, showed up at the Tuesday night meeting, but were outnumbered by an \u201coverwhelming majority\u201d of people who expressed support Effingham County High School\u2019s mascot, WOTC-TV reported.\n\nEffingham NAACP President Leroy Lloyd told the school board meeting attendees that their petition seeks to \u201cright the wrong that should have been corrected 60 years ago.\u201d The petition calls on the school to replace its Confederate-themed mascot and its \u201cDixie\u201d fight song.\n\n{snip}\n\nBut some defiant residents pushed back during the meeting, which appeared to remain tense throughout.\n\n\u201cYou try to erase my heritage, you try to erase anything you think is racist. But the whole time you were up here, sir. I apologize, but everything you said was racist,\u201d resident Stanley Carter reportedly said, prompting cheers and applause.\n\n{snip}\n\nSome of the hundreds of people in attendance were reportedly \u201cnearly escorted out\u201d by police as the meeting teetered on the edge of disorder. The Savannah Morning news reported more than 500 people packed the school board meeting in Effingham.\n\nShare This\n\nWe welcome comments that add information or perspective, and we encourage polite debate. If you log in with a social media account, your comment should appear immediately. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you may comment as a guest, using a name and an e-mail address of convenience. Your comment will be moderated."}
-{"text": "Emerging Voices: The Transformative Influence of International Criminal Law in Domestic Perspective\n\nby HJ Van der Merwe\n\n[Dr. HJ van der Merwe is a Lecturer in Public Law Studies at the Law Faculty of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa]\n\nThe degree to which states are able and willing to dynamically reflect international criminal norms within their domestic legal systems is crucial to the success of the project of international criminal justice. This is exemplified by the existence of the complementarity-centred International Criminal Court (\u201cICC\u201d), which aims to establish a system of international criminal law (\u201cICL\u201d) where domestic jurisdictions are primarily responsible for and capable of prosecuting core international crimes. It may be argued that the dawn of the ICC-era of international criminal justice has brought with it the goal of a global transformation as regards the pursuit of accountability and respect for human rights that occurs primarily from within states. However, various legal and political hurdles continue to inhibit the effective incorporation and enforcement of international criminal norms on the domestic level. A constructive way to engage with these challenges is to conceptualise the interaction between international criminal norms and domestic legal systems in terms of its ability to produce a kind of transformative synergy (my doctoral thesis elaborates on the idea that ICL holds transformative value i.e. the ability and potential to produce change that may be beneficial to the civitas maxima or the abstract notion of an international community in which the collective interest transcends that of individuals). This argument is presented here by way of closer examination of developments relating to international criminal justice within post-apartheid South Africa.\n\nInternational criminal law as transformative\n\nInternational criminal law is historically and ontologically purpose and value driven. It exists due to a widely held belief in the notion that a supranational framework of criminal law can address problems of state criminality and mass violence, as well as play a role in the future deterrence of these phenomena. Whether one agrees with this notion or not, the fact remains that this supranational framework for criminal liability under international law has received increasing support from and within states, especially since the end of the Cold War. This development alludes to the international community\u2019s desire, based on an increasing commonality of basic human values, to transform the global landscape by altering the status quo characterised by injustices that have gone unabated under the system of traditional Westphalian sovereignty. The existence and enforcement of international criminal norms may be viewed as an effort to protect the values of the international community as well as to project these values onto groups of individuals (perpetrators of international crime and also perhaps their supporters) which have not yet embraced such values, as it is believed that this would be to the benefit of all. These norms are not only repressive, but also expressive of the international community\u2019s values. As such, they aim to shape a new consensus and to create new social expectations within the international community. Consequently, it may be said that a transformative purpose lies at the heart of modern ICL.\n\nTransformative value from a South African perspective\n\nAs a consequence of its post-apartheid openness towards international law as well as its history of systematic oppression under apartheid, democratic South Africa has acceded to the ideal of international (criminal) justice, both indirectly by way of its Constitution (which provides for, and regulates, the domestic application of international law) and directly through national legislation. Notable in the latter respect is the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act (\u201cICC Act\u201d), which has transformed the crimes of the Rome Statute into South African criminal law. The recent South African judgment in Southern African Litigation Centre and Another v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (\u201cSALC\u201d) is particularly illustrative of the potential for transformative synergy between ICL and domestic legal systems. The case is a good example of how domestic obligations towards international criminal justice can serve to promote the values of the international community on the domestic level. The case concerned an application for judicial review of a decision by the South African Police Service (\u201cSAPS\u201d) not to investigate allegation of torture constituting crimes against humanity committed by Zimbabweans against Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe.\n\nIn a precedent-setting judgment, the court directed the SAPS to conduct an investigation into the matter. The judgment highlighted \u201can international consensus on the normative desirability of prosecuting [perpetrators of crimes against humanity]\u201d (par 27). From a broader perspective, the international prohibition of torture, like other international crimes, is a value-driven norm that exists for the purpose of punishing torturers as hostis humani generis wherever they may have committed the act of torture and through such punishment, to entrench the values for which the prohibition exists. Torture as a crime against humanity is criminalised under South Africa\u2019s ICC Act. The SALC-judgment affirms the ICC Act as part of the supranational framework of criminal law that represents an effort to address those crimes which domestic criminal justice systems are often unable or unwilling to address. Although the dispute related only to the duty to investigate under the ICC Act, the judgment affirms that the jurisdiction under the ICC Act must be expansively interpreted so as not to limit its application to crimes committed by or against South African citizens or in South African territory. The judgment further affirms that the Act is intended to pursue maximum accountability where there is substantial evidence of international crimes committed in any country where the prospect of accountability is low due to the collapse of the rule of law or due to state complicity in the commission of such crimes (par 1.9).\n\nAs is illustrated by the interpretation of the duty to investigate under the ICC Act in the SALC-judgment, South Africa has broadened the scope of application of its domestic criminal justice system with the effect of benefitting both its own citizens and the international community. While there have so far been no prosecutions in terms of the ICC Act in South Africa, the SALC-case illustrates the potential for extending the reach of international criminal norms via indirect application thereof in domestic courtrooms. The transformation of international crimes into domestic law presents a practical means of channelling international values to individuals via the domestic legal systems of states. In turn, domestic courts may serve as \u2018engine rooms\u2019 for transformative change through more effective enforcement of those international criminal norms that have been \u2018transformed\u2019 into national law through implementation legislation. Thus, international criminal norms applied domestically represent both a projection of the values of the international community and a means of bringing international values home to individuals where legal avenues for the protection of such values are more accessible, for example, via civil society organisations acting on behalf of the victims of international crime.\n\nFinal thoughts\n\nThe permeation of international criminal norms into the domestic sphere via implementation legislation represents a foray of universal values into an area traditionally dominated by sovereign might. However, it must be recognised that international criminal norms do not operate in a vacuum. Although ICL partly reflects an idealistic version of how the world should be, it is also constantly under the influence of how the world is: a place in which the demands of politics and justice often come into conflict. For better or worse, ICL\u2019s transformative value and potential is affected by the political will of states. It is submitted that the negative influences of politics on international criminal justice (for example, selective prosecutions and the African critique of the ICC) must be regarded as areas of awareness and concern for anyone with a genuine interest in a fair and balanced system of international criminal justice. Conceptualizing ICL in terms of its transformative potential may provide states with an incentive to pro-actively secure the benefits of international criminal justice for its own citizens as part of the greater civitas maxima. While it is true that this holds potential for promoting the interests of individuals and for the institutionalisation of human rights, the absence of political will reduces such potential to little more than an untapped resource.\n\n3 Responses\n\nThanks HJ, however I\u2019m afraid I view the SALC case differently, particularly its erroneous reliance on the Rome Statute and complementarity as grounding an international obligation on South Africa to investigate events in Zimbabwe \u2013 a country that is not a party to the Rome Statute. In my view, it is an example of a domestic court attempting to invoke international law without a proper grounding on the subject. I explain this in more detail in an upcoming book chapter: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2266856\nI\u2019d be interested to get your thoughts.\n\n8.23.2013\nat 3:12 am EST Manuel Ventura\n\nThank you, Manuel. I\u2019ll most definitely have a look at what you have to say in your book \u2026\nSome thoughts: As I understand the case, the court confirmed that the prescriptive jurisdiction provided for in section 4(1) of the ICC Act is wide and that an investigation could proceed on that basis viewed alongside its obligations i.t.o. the Rome Statute . Enforcement jurisdiction is off course a different matter altogether in that the presence of the accused is required before prosecution can take place.\n\n8.23.2013\nat 7:36 am EST HJ van der Merwe\n\nYes, and that\u2019s my point HJ. How can there be an international obligation on a state party to the Rome Statute (South Africa) to investigate events in a country where the ICC would have no jurisdiction to do likewise \u2013 Zimbabwe. The whole point of complementarity is for the ICC to be able to step in should a state be unwilling or unable to carry out its obligations. Since that can\u2019t happen with respect to Zimbabwe, it would be very odd for a state to have an international obligation to investigate anyway. As I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware HJ, there has now been a request to investigate President Obama (http://www.mlajhb.com/press-release-obama-docket) relying heavily on the reasoning of the SALC judgment. If it were to withstand appellate review, then the logical conclusion is that South Africa must investigate Obama. In my view this is erroneous because the USA \u2013 like Zimbabwe \u2013 is not a party to the Rome Statute (whether the alleged crimes were committed on the territory of a state party is another matter..)\n\n8.24.2013\nat 5:53 am EST Manuel Ventura\n\nTrackbacks and Pingbacks\n\nThere are no trackbacks or pingbacks associated with this post at this time.\n\nMarch 1, 2015Guest Post: The Mirage of Hybrid Justice in Africa?[Patryk I. Labuda is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Before joining the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, he worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...\n\nFebruary 17, 2015The Absence of Practice Supporting the \"Unwilling or Unable\" Test\nRegular readers of the blog know that one of my hobbyhorses is the \"unwilling or unable\" test for self-defense against non-state actors. As I have often pointed out, scholars seem much more enamored with the test than states. The newest (regrettable..."}
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-{"text": "Trails allies have uphill slog\n\nTrib Town \u2022 Network's length, number of owners make keeping it in shape complex\n\nUrban trail advocates are outraged that a contractor with the city's Bureau of Environmental Services damaged a portion of the 40-Mile Loop in Southwest Portland - but the problem may just be a sign of what's to come.\n\nThe trail was damaged last month when a massive excavator trying to reach the bottom of a deep ravine just east of George Himes Park rolled over a hand-laid wood and gravel stairway.\n\nThe contractor was hired to locate a sewer and water line under an Interstate 5 overpass known as the Iowa Structure, because it sits just west of the end of Southwest Iowa Street.\n\nAlthough the contractor tried to repair the stairs, one of the people who originally helped build them complains that the work was done wrong.\n\n'They used round pebbles, which is the worst thing you can lay down on a hill,' said Phil Hamilton, construction supervisor for the Trails Committee of Southwest Neighborhoods Inc., a nonprofit coalition that serves neighborhood associations in that part of town.\n\n'Because they roll, walkers and runners can slip on them and get hurt.'\n\nThe excavator itself got stuck in the wet soil in the bottom of the ravine. It can't be removed until after at least two weeks of dry weather.\n\n'If they had contacted us about this work, we could have told them not to take any heavy equipment down there in the rainy season,' Hamilton said.\n\nPebbles are out, gravel's in\n\nBES spokesman Linc Mann said his agency was at fault for not notifying anyone associated with the trail of the excavation work before it began.\n\nAfter learning of the damage, city officials promised to repair the trail after the equipment is removed. Mann said flat gravel was quickly brought in to replace the pebbles.\n\nMann said the Trails Committee will be consulted and probably involved in the work, although it's unlikely to begin before late April. He did not have a cost estimate.\n\nBut the repairs will not keep the trail open forever. The Oregon Department of Transportation is scheduled to rebuild the overpass, beginning in 2010. The work is necessary because the overpass doesn't meet current earthquake standards.\n\nIt was built in the 1960s to help carry traffic around the base of the West Hills, long before the trail system became an official city program.\n\nThe $45 million project is expected to take about two years, and ODOT officials expect to close the trail during much of that time to prevent anyone from being injured by falling objects.\n\n'Safety is our No. 1 concern,' ODOT spokeswoman Christine Miles said.\n\nHamilton, however, is hopeful that the closure can be shortened.\n\n'You know how engineers are. They'll say the project is scheduled to last two years so the area has to be closed for two years, instead of just the six-month window when the work will actually be going on overhead,' he said.\n\nThe trail that was damaged is officially known as Urban Trail 3. It leads from the Willamette River to Southwest Barbur Boulevard.\n\nIt's a long and winding loop\n\nIt's also part of the 40-Mile Loop, the name for what's actually a much longer network of trails throughout the metropolitan area.\n\nCoordinated by a nonprofit land trust, the network is intended to eventually allow residents to walk and bicycle throughout Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties.\n\nThe network already passes through 13 jurisdictions, including Portland, Multnomah County, the Port of Portland, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, numerous public drainage districts and land owned by the state.\n\nLand-trust officials did not immediately return calls and e-mails for comment on this story.\n\nGlenn Bridger, chairman of the Southwest Neighborhoods board, said he hoped the incident would lead to a better understanding of the importance of trails among all the jurisdictions.\n\nAlthough Portland Parks and Recreation has been maintaining the trail with the help of volunteers such as Hamilton, Mann and Miles said their agencies weren't sure who to contact about it.\n\n'The problem is, no one really has ownership over the entire trail system,' Bridger said. 'Hopefully, everyone will come to understand these are an important part of the overall transportation system, and we can work together to make sure they are properly maintained.'\n\nThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it."}
-{"text": "Delicious Detox\n\nIt\u2019s that time of year, when the excesses of the holidays begin to weigh on one\u2019s waistline\u2014or conscience\u2014and thoughts turn to detoxification. Some will forego cocktails for master-cleanse drinks of lemon, maple syrup and cayenne, but most of us are not such ascetics. Here are some simple treats, drinks and meals that prove purification doesn't have to mean suffering.\n\nMatcha Torte at Downtown Coffee\n\nThe health benefits of green tea and matcha (whole green tea leaves ground into a fine powder, thus capturing all the antioxidants) are well known. But the Matcha Torte ($3.54) also contains a more obscure detox ingredient: bamboo charcoal, prized in Asia for its marketed ability to flush impurities from the body. 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 100, 599-5353, dtcoffee.com.\n\nPhoto: David Croxford\n\nKale Nori Sesame Crisps and Flax Seed Thins at \u2019Licious Dishes\n\nRaw food has never been this addictive, with delicate kale chips ($5) and flax seed thins ($9) that taste like a wheat thin gone wild. The thins are even better with any of \u2019Licious Dishes\u2019 raw and vegan dips, such as the Tri-Layer Dip ($9). 650 Iwilei Road #170, 536-9680, e-liciousdishes.com.\n\nKombu 10-Grain Rice Musubi at Mana Bu\u2019s\n\nThis musubi\u2019s 10-grain blend ($1.60) is full of fiber and whole grains such as quinoa, amaranth, millet and barley, as well as other healthful ingredients such as lentils and flax seeds. Seasoned kombu, a type of seaweed, adds another detox component, as well as flavor. 1618 S. King St., 358-0287, hawaiimusubi.com.\n\nGinseng Chicken Soup at Sorabol\n\nThis comforting Korean soup is served at a roiling boil and features ginseng, used medicinally to purge toxins, while the other ingredients\u2014a whole young chicken, chestnuts, garlic and red dates\u2014replenish the body with nutrients.($17.99) 805 Ke\u2018eaumoku St., 947-3113, sorabolrestaurants.com."}
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-{"text": "The United States continued their march to Brazil with a 2-1 win against Turkey Sunday afternoon at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.\n\nA superb finish from Fabian Johnson and a tap in from Clint Dempsey were enough to push the Americans past the Turks, who were fielding a talented roster.\n\nTurkey, who didn't qualify for the World Cup, pressured the Americans early in a back and forth affair that nearly saw the team in red strike first.\n\nThe United States opened the scoring in the 26th minute off of a give and go between Fabian Johnson and Michael Bradley. Johnson passed short to Bradley, who was sitting just beyond the top of the 18. The midfielder then chipped the ball over the Turkish defense back to Johnson, who made a one time finish to the far corner.\n\nClint Dempsey rounded out the scoring for the Americans in the 52nd minute. The Texan was able to tap in a cross from Timmy Chandler after a Turkish defender misjudged the cross.\n\nThe Americans threatened a few more times throughout the game, but weren't able to net a third.\n\nTurkey added a penalty kick late after a tough giveaway from Timmy Chandler resulted in a handball off the line from defender Geoff Cameron. Selcuk Inan finished off the penalty against Brad Guzan, even though the American guessed correctly.\n\nThe Americans will finish off their send off series on Saturday, June 7th against Nigeria.\n\nRANDOM TAGS FROM PAST WEEK...\nSELECT `tags`.`id` AS `tag_id`, `tags`.`tag` AS `tag_name` FROM `article_tags` JOIN `tags` ON `article_tags`.`tag` = `tags`.`id` WHERE `article_tags`.`article` IN () GROUP BY `article_tags`.`tag` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 10"}
-{"text": "Contact Info / Websites\n\nGameChild214's News\n\nUpdated 2014-02-10 23:59:39\n\nThere are many opiums people have today. The opiums of the people used to be Alcohol and Religion. Now we have Video Games, Amusement Parks, Fashion, Sports, Television, Radio, and practically anything to keep the masses entertained (Ironically, the internet is used as an opium for the people instead of developing critical thinking/politics a lot more). I myself am opiumed by video games like GTA San Andreas for example. It's so hard to awaken people when they have all these opiums around them distracting them. So comrades, what would happen to most entertainment when Capitalism and the state is destroyed? Will they still exist, if so, who would be in charge of programming video games and making entertainment? What would entertainment be like in a society without capitalism and the state. For me, as an Anarchist, they would still exist and they would be managed by people who are willing to make entertainment such as video games and amusement parks.\n\nDropped out of high school (social and family reasons, not lazy by any means), working fast food, trying to get my GED (the test seems easy, signing up for it is a fucking pain!). People my age are getting into universities, while I have no choice but to sit on my ass doing nothing. Even if I get my GED this month I will still have to wait till next year to start college.\n\nThe nation's economy is going down the drain, and so is my life. What the hell is the point?\n\nMight as well an hero. If I don't visit New grounds within a week, you'll know why.\n\nSo theirs this pool party going in my apartments hosted by the office or something. Unfortunately since my balcony is right next to the pool I am stuck hearing all this loud music!!! Not to mention I am pretty sure their is a few couples out their having a nice rockin good time, while I'm stuck here in my room just browsing the web...\n\n#ForeverAlone !\n\nI guess it doesn't matter, I sent voice auditions to a couple of people on VAC, maybe i'll end up in a famous project.\n\nUpdated 2013-08-09 21:41:03\n\nMotaro wrote:\n\n: I was just reading the description of the Orc race on World of Warcraft's website, and it's pretty clear that they represent blacks. Check it:\n\nThe savage, green-skinned Orcs are one of the most prolific races of Azeroth. They are commonly believed to be brutal and mindless, possessing no humanity or empathy for other races. Born on the hellish world of Draenor, the Orcs were brought into the kingdom of Stormwind through the dimensional gateway known as the Dark Portal and forced to wage war on the Humans. Although few are aware of their history, the Orcs once cultivated a noble, Shamanistic society on the world of Draenor. Tragically, the proud Orc clans were corrupted by the Burning Legion and used as pawns in the Legion's invasion of Azeroth. The Orcs managed to rebel, however, and they were ultimately able to help turn the tide against their demon masters. Led by the young Warchief, Thrall, the Orcs have reclaimed their strength and honor. Now, the Orcs stand ready to fight not for the sake of conquest, but for their right to survive in their adopted world.\n\nNow change it around a bit to make it fit our world:\n\nThe savage, black-skinned Blacks are one of the most prolific races of Earth. They are commonly believed to be brutal and mindless, possessing no humanity or empathy for other races. Born on the hellish continent of Africa, the blacks were brought into the country of America through the water passage known as the Atlantic Ocean and forced to pick cotton for the Humans. Although few are aware of their history, the Blacks once cultivated a noble, Shamanistic society on the continent of Africa. Tragically, the proud Black clans were corrupted by the Jewish slave boat owners and used as pawns in the Jews' invasion of America. The Blacks managed to rebel, however, and they were ultimately able to help turn the tide against their White slave masters. Led by the young Warchief, Martin Luther King Jr., the Blacks have reclaimed their strength and honor. Now, the Blacks stand ready to fight not for the sake of conquest, but for their right to survive in their adopted world, unknowingly doing the Jew's bidding.\n\nUpdated 2013-09-01 23:16:01\n\nWell this humuliating\nI can't believe how dumb I was back then\nI was like in 8th grade when I did all that, and quite frankly I wish I could go back.\nI've lost skill, but gained knowledge.\nI might return to the flash making business but I new and proved I can tell you that."}
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-{"text": "Thursday, August 14, 2014\n\nThe St. Louis Cardinals stayed in the thick of the National League Central race with a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. Matt Carpenter went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, while Justin Masterson dominated, allowing no runs on three hits in seven innings or work. There was a bit of concern when left fielder Matt Holliday left the game with knee discomfort. He went 0-for-3 and was replaced by Peter Bourjos.\n\nDerrick Goold, who covers the Cardinals for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, tweeted the following on Holliday's status.\n\nMatt Holliday was removed from the game when his left knee \"flared up.\" He said he expects to play tomorrow. #stlcards#cardinals\n\u2014 Derrick Goold (@dgoold) August 14, 2014\n\nHolliday, in his 11th Major League season, is batting .267 with 12 home runs and 59 RBI this season. The veteran has played for the Rockies, A's and Cardinals. Holliday has had two seasons with 30 or more home runs, five seasons with 100 or more RBI and eight seasons with a batting average of .300 or better. Holliday is a career .308 hitter with 263 home runs and 1,025 RBI."}
-{"text": "The Silent Majority?\n\nAccording to the Star, the Silent Majority has spoken. This, coupled with the news about the Signature Drive, made me laugh. Still, I will be the first to admit that this is no laughing matter. What\u2019s worrying is the small, subtle trend to see as the protestors as demonic and intent on chaos.\n\nI for one, do not agree. While I may disagree that street demonstrations and the like are not the way to go, I do agree that there are many issues that resolving, and they need resolutions fast. Or at the very least, they need people to step up and say, \u201cYes, we will resolve this, and this is the manner in which we will do so.\u201d There are many takers for the first, but precious few for the second.\n\nAlso, this particular wording worries me in the NST\u2019s article:\n\nMeanwhile in Petaling Jaya, some 48 Indian organisations have expressed their regret at the increasing strident voices of disunity threatening ethnic harmony among Malaysians.\n\n\u201cWe are anxious to work together to build a better home for all of us,\u201d they said in a joint statement yesterday.\n\nBold is mine. For some reason, that particular sentence evokes the feeling that after 50 years, these people still feel that Malaysia is not their home, that they are merely visitors or expats here, and that they could be deported at any time. The thing is, Malaysia is our home, and for me at least, the above speaks of a expat mentality, rather than a citizen mentality. It implies that they think they are only allowed to receive visitor rights instead of citizen rights. You know what\u2019s the scariest bit of them all?"}
-{"text": "Facebook's War On Startups With \"Book\" In Their Name Continues\n\nFacebook's\ncampaign against any company or product with 'book' in its title\nis still going strong.\n\nThe social network's lawyers just sent a letter to startup Where,\nInc. demanding that it change the name of Placebook, a feature in\nits mobile app.\n\nWriting on behalf of Facebook, Gavin L. Charlston of Cooley LLP\nasserts that Facebook \"diligently polices against the use and\nattempted federal registration of such '_____BOOK' names in\nconnection with facilitating online connections, sharing\ninformation, and related services in the field.\"\n\nTranslation: if you are in any way a Facebook competitor, you\naren't allowed to have 'book' in your name.\n\nCharlston points out that Facebook has already gone after\nOFFICEBOOK, FLICKBOOK, GEEZERBOOK, REDNECKBOOK, LAWYERBOOK,\nDOCTORBOOK, VETBOOK, TEACHBOOK, and a different\nPLACEBOOK.\n\nFacebook is giving Where until October 5 to offer assurances that\nit has a plan for phasing out the Placebook name before it begins\ntaking legal action."}
-{"text": "You are here: Home / Events / G20 LIVE: \u201cISIL is the face of evil; our goal is to degrade and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organisation\u201d, US President Barack Obama cries out from Antalya Turkey\n\nG20 LIVE: \u201cISIL is the face of evil; our goal is to degrade and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organisation\u201d, US President Barack Obama cries out from Antalya Turkey\n\nANTALYA, TURKEY \u2013 NOVEMBER 16: US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference on day two of the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit on November 16, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. Cem Oksuz / Anadolu Agency\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking President Erdogan and the people of Antalya and Turkey for their outstanding work in hosting this G20 Summit. Antalya is beautiful. The hospitality of the Turkish people is legendary. To our Turkish friends \u2014 \u00e7ok te\u015fekk\u00fcrler. (Laughter.) I\u2019ve been practicing that.\n\nAt the G20, our focus was on how to get the global economy growing faster and creating more jobs for our people. And I\u2019m pleased that we agreed that growth has to be inclusive to address the rising inequality around the world.\n\nGiven growing cyber threats, we committed to a set of norms \u2014 drafted by the United States \u2014 for how governments should conduct themselves in cyberspace, including a commitment not to engage in the cyber theft of intellectual property for commercial gain. And as we head into global climate talks, all G20 countries have submitted our targets, and we\u2019ve pledged to work together for a successful outcome in Paris.\n\nOf course, much of our attention has focused on the heinous attacks that took place in Paris. Across the world, in the United States, American flags are at half-staff in solidarity with our French allies. We\u2019re working closely with our French partners as they pursue their investigations and track down suspects.\n\nFrance is already a strong counterterrorism partner, and today we\u2019re announcing a new agreement. We\u2019re streamlining the process by which we share intelligence and operational military information with France. This will allow our personnel to pass threat information, including on ISIL, to our French partners even more quickly and more often \u2014 because we need to be doing everything we can to protect against more attacks and protect our citizens.\n\nTragically, Paris is not alone. We\u2019ve seen outrageous attacks by ISIL in Beirut, last month in Ankara, routinely in Iraq. Here at the G20, our nations have sent an unmistakable message that we are united against this threat. ISIL is the face of evil. Our goal, as I\u2019ve said many times, is to degrade and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organization.\n\nAs I outlined this fall at the United Nations, we have a comprehensive strategy using all elements of our power \u2014 military, intelligence, economic, development, and the strength of our communities. With have always understood that this would be a long-term campaign. There will be setbacks and there will be successes. The terrible events in Paris were a terrible and sickening setback. Even as we grieve with our French friends, however, we can\u2019t lose sight that there has been progress being made.\n\nOn the military front, our coalition is intensifying our airstrikes \u2014 more than 8,000 to date. We\u2019re taking out ISIL leaders, commanders, their killers. We\u2019ve seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground, ISIL can and is pushed back. So local forces in Iraq, backed by coalition airpower, recently liberated Sinjar. Iraqi forces are fighting to take back Ramadi. In Syria, ISIL has been pushed back from much of the border region with Turkey. We\u2019ve stepped up our support of opposition forces who are working to cut off supply lines to ISIL\u2019s strongholds in and around Raqqa. So, in short, both in Iraq and Syria, ISIL controls less territory than it did before.\n\nI made the point to my fellow leaders that if we want this progress to be sustained, more nations need to step up with the resources that this fight demands.\n\nOf course, the attacks in Paris remind us that it will not be enough to defeat ISIL in Syria and Iraq alone. Here in Antalya, our nations, therefore, committed to strengthening border controls, sharing more information, and stepping up our efforts to prevent the flow of foreign fighters in and out of Syria and Iraq. As the United States just showed in Libya, ISIL leaders will have no safe haven anywhere. And we\u2019ll continue to stand with leaders in Muslim communities, including faith leaders, who are the best voices to discredit ISIL\u2019s warped ideology.\n\nOn the humanitarian front, our nations agreed that we have to do even more, individually and collectively, to address the agony of the Syrian people. The United States is already the largest donor of humanitarian aid to the Syrian people \u2014 some $4.5 billion in aid so far. As winter approaches, we\u2019re donating additional supplies, including clothing and generators, through the United Nations. But the U.N. appeal for Syria still has less than half the funds needed. Today, I\u2019m again calling on more nations to contribute the resources that this crisis demands.\n\nIn terms of refugees, it\u2019s clear that countries like Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan \u2014 which are already bearing an extraordinary burden \u2014 cannot be expected to do so alone. At the same time, all of our countries have to ensure our security. And as President, my first priority is the safety of the American people. And that\u2019s why, even as we accept more refugees \u2014 including Syrians \u2014 we do so only after subjecting them to rigorous screening and security checks.\n\nWe also have to remember that many of these refugees are the victims of terrorism themselves \u2014 that\u2019s what they\u2019re fleeing. Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values. Our nations can welcome refugees who are desperately seeking safety and ensure our own security. We can and must do both.\n\nFinally, we\u2019ve begun to see some modest progress on the diplomatic front, which is critical because a political solution is the only way to end the war in Syria and unite the Syrian people and the world against ISIL. The Vienna talks mark the first time that all the key countries have come together \u2014 as a result, I would add, of American leadership \u2014 and reached a common understanding. With this weekend\u2019s talks, there\u2019s a path forward \u2014 negotiations between the Syrian opposition and the Syrian regime under the auspices of the United Nations; a transition toward a more inclusive, representative government; a new constitution, followed by free elections; and, alongside this political process, a ceasefire in the civil war, even as we continue to fight against ISIL.\n\nThese are obviously ambitious goals. Hopes for diplomacy in Syria have been dashed before. There are any number of ways that this latest diplomatic push could falter. And there are still disagreements between the parties, including, most critically, over the fate of Bashar Assad, who we do not believe has a role in Syria\u2019s future because of his brutal rule. His war against the Syrian people is the primary root cause of this crisis.\n\nWhat is different this time, and what gives us some degree of hope, is that, as I said, for the first time, all the major countries on all sides of the Syrian conflict agree on a process that is needed to end this war. And so while we are very clear-eyed about the very, very difficult road still head, the United States, in partnership with our coalition, is going to remain relentless on all fronts \u2014 military, humanitarian and diplomatic. We have the right strategy, and we\u2019re going to see it through.\n\nSo with that, I\u2019m going to take some questions. And I will begin with Jerome Cartillier of AFP.\n\nQ Thank you, Mr. President. One hundred and twenty-nine people were killed in Paris on Friday night. ISIL claimed responsibility for the massacre, sending the message that they could now target civilians all over the world. The equation has clearly changed. Isn\u2019t it time for your strategy to change?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, keep in mind what we have been doing. We have a military strategy that is putting enormous pressure on ISIL through airstrikes; that has put assistance and training on the ground with Iraqi forces; we\u2019re now working with Syrian forces as well to squeeze ISIL, cut off their supply lines. We\u2019ve been coordinating internationally to reduce their financing capabilities, the oil that they\u2019re trying to ship outside. We are taking strikes against high-value targets \u2014 including, most recently, against the individual who was on the video executing civilians who had already been captured, as well as the head of ISIL in Libya. So it\u2019s not just in Iraq and Syria.\n\nAnd so, on the military front, we are continuing to accelerate what we do. As we find additional partners on the ground that are effective, we work with them more closely. I\u2019ve already authorized additional Special Forces on the ground who are going to be able to improve that coordination.\n\nOn the counterterrorism front, keep in mind that since I came into office, we have been worried about these kinds of attacks. The vigilance that the United States government maintains and the cooperation that we\u2019re consistently expanding with our European and other partners in going after every single terrorist network is robust and constant. And every few weeks, I meet with my entire national security team and we go over every single threat stream that is presented, and where we have relevant information, we share it immediately with our counterparts around the world, including our European partners.\n\nOn aviation security, we have, over the last several years, been working so that at various airports sites \u2014 not just in the United States, but overseas \u2014 we are strengthening our mechanisms to screen and discover passengers who should not be boarding flights, and improving the matters in which we are screening luggage that is going onboard.\n\nAnd on the diplomatic front, we\u2019ve been consistently working to try to get all the parties together to recognize that there is a moderate opposition inside of Syria that can form the basis for a transition government, and to reach out not only to our friends but also to the Russians and the Iranians who are on the other side of this equation to explain to them that ultimately an organization like ISIL is the greatest danger to them, as well as to us.\n\nSo there will be an intensification of the strategy that we put forward, but the strategy that we are putting forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work. But as I said from the start, it\u2019s going to take time.\n\nAnd what\u2019s been interesting is, in the aftermath of Paris, as I listen to those who suggest something else needs to be done, typically the things they suggest need to be done are things we are already doing. The one exception is that there have been a few who suggested that we should put large numbers of U.S. troops on the ground.\n\nAnd keep in mind that we have the finest military in the world and we have the finest military minds in the world, and I\u2019ve been meeting with them intensively for years now, discussing these various options, and it is not just my view but the view of my closest military and civilian advisors that that would be a mistake \u2014 not because our military could not march into Mosul or Raqqa or Ramadi and temporarily clear out ISIL, but because we would see a repetition of what we\u2019ve seen before, which is, if you do not have local populations that are committed to inclusive governance and who are pushing back against ideological extremes, that they resurface \u2014 unless we\u2019re prepared to have a permanent occupation of these countries.\n\nAnd let\u2019s assume that we were to send 50,000 troops into Syria. What happens when there\u2019s a terrorist attack generated from Yemen? Do we then send more troops into there? Or Libya, perhaps? Or if there\u2019s a terrorist network that\u2019s operating anywhere else \u2014 in North Africa, or in Southeast Asia?\n\nSo a strategy has to be one that can be sustained. And the strategy that we\u2019re pursuing, which focuses on going after targets, limiting wherever possible the capabilities of ISIL on the ground \u2014 systematically going after their leadership, their infrastructure, strengthening Shia \u2014 or strengthening Syrian and Iraqi forces and Kurdish forces that are prepared to fight them, cutting off their borders and squeezing the space in which they can operate until ultimately we\u2019re able to defeat them \u2014 that\u2019s the strategy we\u2019re going to have to pursue.\n\nAnd we will continue to generate more partners for that strategy. And there are going to be some things that we try that don\u2019t work; there will be some strategies we try that do work. And when we find strategies that work, we will double down on those.\n\nMargaret Brennan, CBS.\n\nQ Thank you, Mr. President. A more than year-long bombing campaign in Iraq and in Syria has failed to contain the ambition and the ability of ISIS to launch attacks in the West. Have you underestimated their abilities? And will you widen the rules of engagement for U.S. forces to take more aggressive action?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: No, we haven\u2019t underestimated our abilities. This is precisely why we\u2019re in Iraq as we speak, and why we\u2019re operating in Syria as we speak. And it\u2019s precisely why we have mobilized 65 countries to go after ISIL, and why I hosted at the United Nations an entire discussion of counterterrorism strategies and curbing the flow of foreign fighters, and why we\u2019ve been putting pressure on those countries that have not been as robust as they need to in tracking the flow of foreign fighters in and out of Syria and Iraq.\n\nAnd so there has been an acute awareness on the part of my administration from the start that it is possible for an organization like ISIL that has such a twisted ideology, and has shown such extraordinary brutality and complete disregard for innocent lives, that they would have the capabilities to potentially strike in the West. And because thousands of fighters have flowed from the West and are European citizens \u2014 a few hundred from the United States, but far more from Europe \u2014 that when those foreign fighters returned, it posed a significant danger. And we have consistently worked with our European partners, disrupting plots in some cases. Sadly, this one was not disrupted in time.\n\nBut understand that one of the challenges we have in this situation is, is that if you have a handful of people who don\u2019t mind dying, they can kill a lot of people. That\u2019s one of the challenges of terrorism. It\u2019s not their sophistication or the particular weapon that they possess, but it is the ideology that they carry with them and their willingness to die. And in those circumstances, tracking each individual, making sure that we are disrupting and preventing these attacks is a constant effort at vigilance, and requires extraordinary coordination.\n\nNow, part of the reason that it is important what we do in Iraq and Syria is that the narrative that ISIL developed of creating this caliphate makes it more attractive to potential recruits. So when I said that we are containing their spread in Iraq and Syria, in fact, they control less territory than they did last year. And the more we shrink that territory, the less they can pretend that they are somehow a functioning state, and the more it becomes apparent that they are simply a network of killers who are brutalizing local populations. That allows us to reduce the flow of foreign fighters, which then, over time, will lessen the numbers of terrorists who can potentially carry out terrible acts like they did in Paris.\n\nAnd that\u2019s what we did with al Qaeda. That doesn\u2019t mean, by the way, that al Qaeda no longer possess the capabilities of potentially striking the West. Al Qaeda in the Peninsula that operates primarily in Yemen we know has consistently tried to target the West. And we are consistently working to disrupt those acts. But despite the fact that they have not gotten as much attention as ISIL, they still pose a danger, as well.\n\nAnd so our goals here consistently have to be to be aggressive, and to leave no stone unturned, but also recognize this is not conventional warfare. We play into the ISIL narrative when we act as if they\u2019re a state, and we use routine military tactics that are designed to fight a state that is attacking another state. That\u2019s not what\u2019s going on here.\n\nThese are killers with fantasies of glory who are very savvy when it comes to social media, and are able to infiltrate the minds of not just Iraqis or Syrians, but disaffected individuals around the world. And when they activate those individuals, those individuals can do a lot of damage. And so we have to take the approach of being rigorous on our counterterrorism efforts, and consistently improve and figure out how we can get more information, how we can infiltrate these networks, how we can reduce their operational space, even as we also try to shrink the amount of territory they control to defeat their narrative.\n\nUltimately, to reclaim territory from them is going to require, however, an ending of the Syrian civil war, which is why the diplomatic efforts are so important. And it\u2019s going to require an effective Iraqi effort that bridges Shia and Sunni differences, which is why our diplomatic efforts inside of Iraq are so important, as well.\n\nJim Avila.\n\nQ Thank you, Mr. President. In the days and weeks before the Paris attacks, did you receive warning in your daily intelligence briefing that an attack was imminent? If not, does that not call into question the current assessment that there is no immediate, specific, credible threat to the United States today?\n\nAnd secondly, if I could ask you to address your critics who say that your reluctance to enter another Middle East war, and your preference of diplomacy over using the military makes the United States weaker and emboldens our enemies.\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: Jim, every day we have threat streams coming through the intelligence transit. And as I said, every several weeks we sit down with all my national security, intelligence, and military teams to discuss various threat streams that may be generated. And the concerns about potential ISIL attacks in the West have been there for over a year now, and they come through periodically. There were no specific mentions of this particular attack that would give us a sense of something that we need \u2014 that we could provide French authorities, for example, or act on ourselves.\n\nBut typically the way the intelligence works is there will be a threat stream that is from one source, how reliable is that source; perhaps some signal intelligence gets picked up, it\u2019s evaluated. Some of it is extraordinarily vague and unspecific, and there\u2019s no clear timetable. Some of it may be more specific, and then folks chase down that threat to see what happens.\n\nI am not aware of anything that was specific in the sense \u2014 that would have given a premonition about a particular action in Paris that would allow for law enforcement or military actions to disrupt it.\n\nWith respect to the broader issue of my critics, to some degree I answered the question earlier. I think that when you listen to what they actually have to say, what they\u2019re proposing, most of the time, when pressed, they describe things that we\u2019re already doing. Maybe they\u2019re not aware that we\u2019re already doing them. Some of them seem to think that if I were just more bellicose in expressing what we\u2019re doing, that that would make a difference \u2014 because that seems to be the only thing that they\u2019re doing, is talking as if they\u2019re tough. But I haven\u2019t seen particular strategies that they would suggest that would make a real difference.\n\nNow, there are a few exceptions. And as I said, the primary exception is those who would deploy U.S. troops on a large scale to retake territory either in Iraq or now in Syria. And at least they have the honesty to go ahead and say that\u2019s what they would do. I just addressed why I think they\u2019re wrong. There have been some who are well-meaning, and I don\u2019t doubt their sincerity when it comes to the issue of the dire humanitarian situation in Syria, who, for example, call for a no-fly zone or a safe zone of some sort.\n\nAnd this is an example of the kind of issue where I will sit down with our top military and intelligence advisors, and we will painstakingly go through what does something like that look like. And typically, after we\u2019ve gone through a lot of planning and a lot of discussion, and really working it through, it is determined that it would be counterproductive to take those steps \u2014 in part because ISIL does not have planes, so the attacks are on the ground. A true safe zone requires us to set up ground operations. And the bulk of the deaths that have occurred in Syria, for example, have come about not because of regime bombing, but because of on-the-ground casualties. Who would come in, who could come out of that safe zone; how would it work; would it become a magnet for further terrorist attacks; and how many personnel would be required, and how would it end \u2014 there\u2019s a whole set of questions that have to be answered there.\n\nI guess my point is this, Jim: My only interest is to end suffering and to keep the American people safe. And if there\u2019s a good idea out there, then we\u2019re going to do it. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve shown hesitation to act \u2014 whether it\u2019s with respect to bin Laden or with respect to sending additional troops in Afghanistan, or keeping them there \u2014 if it is determined that it\u2019s actually going to work.\n\nBut what we do not do, what I do not do is to take actions either because it is going to work politically or it is going to somehow, in the abstract, make America look tough, or make me look tough. And maybe part of the reason is because every few months I go to Walter Reed, and I see a 25-year-old kid who\u2019s paralyzed or has lost his limbs, and some of those are people I\u2019ve ordered into battle. And so I can\u2019t afford to play some of the political games that others may.\n\nWe\u2019ll do what\u2019s required to keep the American people safe. And I think it\u2019s entirely appropriate in a democracy to have a serious debate about these issues. If folks want to pop off and have opinions about what they think they would do, present a specific plan. If they think that somehow their advisors are better than the Chairman of my Joint Chiefs of Staff and the folks who are actually on the ground, I want to meet them. And we can have that debate. But what I\u2019m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning, or whatever other slogans they come up with that has no relationship to what is actually going to work to protect the American people, and to protect people in the region who are getting killed, and to protect our allies and people like France. I\u2019m too busy for that.\n\nJim Acosta.\n\nQ Thank you very much, Mr. President. I wanted to go back to something that you said to Margaret earlier when you said that you have not underestimated ISIS\u2019s abilities. This is an organization that you once described as a JV team that evolved into a force that has now occupied territory in Iraq and Syria and is now able to use that safe haven to launch attacks in other parts of the world. How is that not underestimating their capabilities? And how is that contained, quite frankly? And I think a lot of Americans have this frustration that they see that the United States has the greatest military in the world, it has the backing of nearly every other country in the world when it comes to taking on ISIS. I guess the question is \u2014 and if you\u2019ll forgive the language \u2014 is why can\u2019t we take out these bastards?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, Jim, I just spent the last three questions answering that very question, so I don\u2019t know what more you want me to add. I think I\u2019ve described very specifically what our strategy is, and I\u2019ve described very specifically why we do not pursue some of the other strategies that have been suggested.\n\nThis is not, as I said, a traditional military opponent. We can retake territory. And as long as we leave our troops there, we can hold it, but that does not solve the underlying problem of eliminating the dynamics that are producing these kinds of violent extremist groups.\n\nAnd so we are going to continue to pursue the strategy that has the best chance of working, even though it does not offer the satisfaction, I guess, of a neat headline or an immediate resolution. And part of the reason, as I said, Jim, is because there are costs to the other side. I just want to remind people, this is not an abstraction. When we send troops in, those troops get injured, they get killed; they\u2019re away from their families; our country spends hundreds of billions of dollars. And so given the fact that there are enormous sacrifices involved in any military action, it\u2019s best that we don\u2019t shoot first and aim later. It\u2019s important for us to get the strategy right. And the strategy that we are pursuing is the right one.\n\nRon Allen.\n\nQ Thank you, Mr. President. I think a lot of people around the world and in America are concerned because given the strategy that you\u2019re pursuing \u2014 and it\u2019s been more than a year now \u2014 ISIS\u2019s capabilities seem to be expanding. Were you aware that they had the capability of pulling off the kind of attack that they did in Paris? Are you concerned? And do you think they have that same capability to strike in the United States?\n\nAnd do you think that given all you\u2019ve learned about ISIS over the past year or so, and given all the criticism about your underestimating them, do you think you really understand this enemy well enough to defeat them and to protect the homeland?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: All right, so this is another variation on the same question. And I guess \u2014 let me try it one last time.\n\nWe have been fully aware of the potential capabilities of them carrying out a terrorist attack. That\u2019s precisely why we have been mounting a very aggressive strategy to go after them. As I said before, when you\u2019re talking about the ability of a handful of people with not wildly sophisticated military equipment, weapons, who are willing to die, they can kill a lot of people. And preventing them from doing so is challenging for every country. And if there was a swift and quick solution to this, I assure you that not just the United States, but France and Turkey, and others who have been subject to these terrorist attacks would have implemented those strategies.\n\nThere are certain advantages that the United States has in preventing these kinds of attacks. Obviously, after 9/11, we hardened the homeland, set up a whole series of additional steps to protect aviation, to apply lessons learned. We\u2019ve seen much better cooperation between the FBI, state governments, local governments. There is some advantages to geography with respect to the United States.\n\nBut, having said that, we\u2019ve seen the possibility of terrorist attacks on our soil. There was the Boston Marathon bombers. Obviously, it did not result in the scale of death that we saw in Paris, but that was a serious attempt at killing a lot of people by two brothers and a crockpot. And it gives you some sense of, I think, the kinds of challenges that are going to be involved in this going forward.\n\nSo again, ISIL has serious capabilities. Its capabilities are not unique. They are capabilities that other terrorist organizations that we track and are paying attention to possess, as well. We are going after all of them.\n\nWhat is unique about ISIL is the degree to which it has been able to control territory that then allows them to attract additional recruits, and the greater effectiveness that they have on social media and their ability to use that to not only attract recruits to fight in Syria, but also potentially to carry out attacks in the homeland and in Europe and in other parts of the world.\n\nAnd so our ability to shrink the space in which they can operate, combined with a resolution to the Syria situation \u2014 which will reduce the freedom with which they feel that they can operate, and getting local forces who are able to hold and keep them out over the long term, that ultimately is going to be what\u2019s going to make a difference. And it\u2019s going to take some time, but it\u2019s not something that at any stage in this process have we not been aware needs to be done.\n\nQ (Off-mic) \u2014 Mr. President?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: Okay, go ahead.\n\nQ Should I wait for the microphone?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: No, I can hear you.\n\nQ Okay, thank you so much. (Inaudible.) I want to ask a question (inaudible). These terrorist attacks we\u2019ve seen allegedly have been attacks under the name of Islam. But this really takes \u2014 or upsets the peaceful people like countries like Turkey. So how can we give off that (inaudible) this is not really representative of Muslims?\n\nPRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, this is something that we spoke a lot about at the G20. The overwhelming majority of victims of terrorism over the last several years, and certainly the overwhelming majority of victims of ISIL, are themselves Muslims. ISIL does not represent Islam. It is not representative in any way of the attitudes of the overwhelming majority of Muslims. This is something that\u2019s been emphasized by Muslim leaders \u2014 whether it\u2019s President Erdogan or the President of Indonesia or the President of Malaysia \u2014 countries that are majority Muslim, but have shown themselves to be tolerant and to work to be inclusive in their political process.\n\nAnd so to the degree that anyone would equate the terrible actions that took place in Paris with the views of Islam, those kinds of stereotypes are counterproductive. They\u2019re wrong. They will lead, I think, to greater recruitment into terrorist organizations over time if this becomes somehow defined as a Muslim problem as opposed to a terrorist problem.\n\nNow, what is also true is, is that the most vicious terrorist organizations at the moment are ones that claim to be speaking on behalf of true Muslims. And I do think that Muslims around the world \u2014 religious leaders, political leaders, ordinary people \u2014 have to ask very serious questions about how did these extremist ideologies take root, even if it\u2019s only affecting a very small fraction of the population. It is real and it is dangerous. And it has built up over time, and with social media it has now accelerated.\n\nAnd so I think, on the one hand, non-Muslims cannot stereotype, but I also think the Muslim community has to think about how we make sure that children are not being infected with this twisted notion that somehow they can kill innocent people and that that is justified by religion. And to some degree, that is something that has to come from within the Muslim community itself. And I think there have been times where there has not been enough pushback against extremism. There\u2019s been pushback \u2014 there are some who say, well, we don\u2019t believe in violence, but are not as willing to challenge some of the extremist thoughts or rationales for why Muslims feel oppressed. And I think those ideas have to be challenged.\n\nLet me make one last point about this, and then unfortunately I have to take a flight to Manila. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing Manila, but I hope I can come back to Turkey when I\u2019m not so busy.\n\nOne of the places that you\u2019re seeing this debate play itself out is on the refugee issue both in Europe, and I gather it started popping up while I was gone back in the United States. The people who are fleeing Syria are the most harmed by terrorism, they are the most vulnerable as a consequence of civil war and strife. They are parents, they are children, they are orphans. And it is very important \u2014 and I was glad to see that this was affirmed again and again by the G20 \u2014 that we do not close our hearts to these victims of such violence and somehow start equating the issue of refugees with the issue of terrorism.\n\nIn Europe, I think people like Chancellor Merkel have taken a very courageous stance in saying it is our moral obligation, as fellow human beings, to help people who are in such vulnerable situations. And I know that it is putting enormous strains on the resources of the people of Europe. Nobody has been carrying a bigger burden than the people here in Turkey, with 2.5 million refugees, and the people of Jordan and Lebanon, who are also admitting refugees. The fact that they\u2019ve kept their borders open to these refugees is a signal of their belief in a common humanity.\n\nAnd so we have to, each of us, do our part. And the United States has to step up and do its part. And when I hear folks say that, well, maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims; when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who\u2019s fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefitted from protection when they were fleeing political persecution \u2014 that\u2019s shameful. That\u2019s not American. That\u2019s not who we are. We don\u2019t have religious tests to our compassion.\n\nWhen Pope Francis came to visit the United States, and gave a speech before Congress, he didn\u2019t just speak about Christians who were being persecuted. He didn\u2019t call on Catholic parishes just to admit to those who were of the same religious faith. He said, protect people who are vulnerable.\n\nAnd so I think it is very important for us right now \u2014 particularly those who are in leadership, particularly those who have a platform and can be heard \u2014 not to fall into that trap, not to feed that dark impulse inside of us.\n\nI had a lot of disagreements with George W. Bush on policy, but I was very proud after 9/11 when he was adamant and clear about the fact that this is not a war on Islam. And the notion that some of those who have taken on leadership in his party would ignore all of that, that\u2019s not who we are. On this, they should follow his example. It was the right one. It was the right impulse. It\u2019s our better impulse. And whether you are European or American, the values that we are defending \u2014 the values that we\u2019re fighting against ISIL for are precisely that we don\u2019t discriminate against people because of their faith. We don\u2019t kill people because they\u2019re different than us. That\u2019s what separates us from them. And we don\u2019t feed that kind of notion that somehow Christians and Muslims are at war.\n\nAnd if we want to be successful at defeating ISIL, that\u2019s a good place to start \u2014 by not promoting that kind of ideology, that kind of attitude. In the same way that the Muslim community has an obligation not to in any way excuse anti-Western or anti-Christian sentiment, we have the same obligation as Christians. And we are \u2014 it is good to remember that the United States does not have a religious test, and we are a nation of many peoples of different faiths, which means that we show compassion to everybody. Those are the universal values we stand for. And that\u2019s what my administration intends to stand for.\n\nThank you very much, everybody.\n\nThe European Sting came all the way from Brussels to Antalya to report LIVE for its prominent readers top class coverage of the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit. Do you crave for cutting-edge high quality journalism by Europe\u2019s rising star independent media over this hot long weekend of 15-16 November 2015?\n\nStay now tuned atwww.europeansting.comfor 24 hour LIVE Coverage and LIVE Video Streaming from the International Media Center in Belek, Antalya, Turkey. Not your style? You can also keep track of our dozens of social media that are on fire!\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed how hugely important the German automotive industry is for jobs and growth. \u201cWe know how important your sector is for our country,\u201d she said at the start of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt/Main on Thursday 14 September. Photo: Bundesregierung / Kugler\n\nMario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, prepares to read his introductory statement at the Press Conference in Frankfurt am Main, on 7 September 2017, after the meeting of the Governing Council . (ECB Audiovisual Services work, some rights reserved).\n\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, returning to the House of Commons for the first Prime Minister Questions since the summer recess. September 6, 2017. (UK Government work, some rights reserved)."}
-{"text": "Hot Topics:\n\nNews\n\nHigh school football fields without turf battered by heat\n\nBy Matt Langone, mlangone@lowellsun.com\n\nUpdated:\n08/11/2016 08:34:38 AM EDT\n\nDespite the use of sprinklers, Doucette Field, the home of the Tewksbury High football team, is a mixture of green and brown grass due to the extremely dry conditions that have hit this region this summer. SUN/JULIA MALAKIE\n\nMike Lynn has been the athletic director at Littleton High School for 12 years. He can't remember a summer that was as brutally dry as the one we're experiencing right now.\n\n\"Our fields at the high school are really burnt out,\" said Lynn. \"We have an irrigation system, but we just can't keep up, especially with the water usage limitations. There's just not a lot you can do with a summer like this one. This has been the worst.\"\n\nIndeed, it's summers like this that make local high schools very happy to have turf playing fields.\n\nRain has been a rarity and extraordinary heat has been the norm, and grass is paying the price across the state. The most meticulous yard workers and groundskeepers have their hands full trying to keep gr ass green and lively under these harsh conditions.\n\nHarold O. Bell Jr. field at Greater Lowell Tech, a grass field, is green where the sprinklers have hit. SUN/JULIA MALAKIE\n\nEven on some of the most well-respected golf courses, the fairways are far from plush and carpet-like.\n\nAccording to last week's report by the U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly 62 percent of Massachusetts is experiencing a severe drought, and almost 92 percent of the state is experiencing a moderate drought.\n\nHigh school football teams begin practicing on Friday, Aug. 19 and other fall sports teams get going in full force about a week later. Schools are doing their best to replenish the parched grass, but it could be a long road to recovery.\n\n\"I absolutely think dust will be a real problem,\" said Lynn. \"Our grass is yellow and burnt. If you don't have a synthetic surface, it's going to be a problem.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\"\n\nTewksbury High School has a turf field located at the school that is used by many of its fall sports teams. The football team, however, plays at natural grass Doucette Stadium.\n\n\"Well, all you can say is, it's the same for everybody,\" said Tewksbury athletic director Ron Drouin. \"At least it's been cooler at night lately. But we're at the mercy of the weather just like everybody else.\n\n\"Our maintenance guys have done a good job getting as much water on it as they can,\" said Drouin. \"I would imagine there will be some grass fields that are affected. Fortunately, most of the schools in the Merrimack Valley Conference have turf.\"\n\n\"We're actually doing pretty well,\" said Moreau. \"Our grass practice fields are doing pretty well, too, surprisingly. Probably because we are on a well. I would guess that the schools that don't have turf are probably working very hard right now.\"\n\nIt's been so dry that many local towns with municipal water use have implemented voluntary or mandatory restrictions.\n\nA full day of rain would go a long way, but the best this summer has offered is sporadic, short-lasting showers. The cause was finally helped on Wednesday with a substantial rainfall.\n\n\"I think we're in a pattern now where we're going to be seeing some rain,\" said Lynn. \"If we can get a real good stretch of rain, there's potential that the fields won't be too bad. But I've never seen anything like this.\"\n\nWednesday's rain provided some relief, but Thursday and Friday are both supposed to feature temperatures in the high 90s, with no rain predicted.\n\nWelcome to your discussion forum: Sign in with a Disqus account or your social networking account for your comment to be posted immediately, provided it meets the guidelines. (READ HOW.)\nComments made here are the sole responsibility of the person posting them; these comments do not reflect the opinion of The Sun. So keep it civil."}
-{"text": "Design Museum I liked this place a lot. I didn\u2019t quite know what to expect because design covers everything from graphic design to product design to industrial design. It ended up being a lot of graphic design and some of the other stuff. An entire exhibit on various ways people get across lots of information in a compact and understandable way.\n\nLondon Eye An engineering marvel and a pretty interesting view of London. Go up on a clear day and you\u2019ll see for miles.\n\nNatural History Museum\u2014Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibit Some really spectacular photographs here. I bought the book with all the photos in it, so I can show you some time. The photos also had all the technical info and descriptions by the photographers as well. The descriptions ranged from \u201cthis was my fourth day waiting for this photograph\u201d to \u201cI just turned and there it was.\u201d\n\nShows:\n\nNational Anthems Three American actors (Kevin Spacey, Steven Webber (I remember him from the show \u201cWings\u201d) and Mary Stuart Masterson) in an American play about a tremendously American topic on the London stage. I\u2019m not surprised that it wasn\u2019t a full house there. It\u2019s a story about a recently fired firefighter (Spacey) meeting and spending the evening with the new neighbors on the block (Webber and Masterson), who are materialistic keeping-up-with-the-Jones\u2019 sort of people. It all takes place in a suburb of Detroit but there are also many references to Pittsburgh, where Spacey\u2019s character grew up, including Iron City and \u201cyunz.\u201d The acting was amazing. Just spectacular. There was just so much to it and it built up while drawing one in and not overdoing it or breaking the spell (Naomi Watts should take lessons from these people). This was acting as it is supposed to be done. The play itself is quite good and other productions of it might be good.\n\nthe Producers Funny, clever, well-acted (by Lee Evens as Bloom and Brad Oscar as Max, in this version, and supporting roles, especially the swedish bombshell part). Classic Mel Brookes in many ways, reusing some of the same jokes from his movies and things. Deserves the praise and worth seeing.\n\nMovies seen en-route:\n\nAlfie meh.\n\nthat new Bridget Jones one meh.\n\nUnforgiven a 1992 effort from, in this case, director, producer, star Clint Eastwood about an old west outlaw that comes back for one last job. I\u2019m not a fan of westerns or the idea of westerns, really\u2026 This one has some complex characters and Clint\u2019s great directing and acting. Morgan Freeman is superb as usual. Not a top 10 movie of all time, but certainly quite good.\n\nSpanglish another Adam Sandler movie that\u2019s not really an Adam Sandler movie (others being the Wedding Singer and Punch Drunk Love). I thought this movie was entertaining and made some interesting points about other cultures in America, especially Latin cultures in America, but in the end, I was put off by the final moral and the heavy-handedness of how it was presented. Definitely not a bad movie to see on a plane though.\n\n[\u2026] Despite liking the book and Clint Eastwood\u2019s previous directorial work, I hadn\u2019t been looking forward to Flags of our Fathers much. Maybe I just felt that the World War II movie had been played out or that Eastwood\u2019s touch wouldn\u2019t be as deft in a subject that tends to be done in an epic and over-the-top manner. But the critics seemed to be liking it, so I thought I\u2019d catch a show yesterday at the new megaplex down in Redwood City. [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "9 Comments\n\nReflections of a Golden Dream is the last LP Lonnie Liston Smith cut for Flying Dutchman and it's hard not to see the record as an aural manifestation of the label's shifting fortunes. As the jazz marketplace shifted during the '70s, the label had its financial hand forced and they needed to abandon their esoteric ways for something that was a bit more commercial.6/\n\nLonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes \u200e\u2013 Reflections Of A Golden Dream All compositions were conceived and directed by Lonnie Liston Smith Recorded at Media Sound, NYC A Product of Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd. Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes: Reflections Of A Golden Dream /5().\n\nApr 20, \u00b7 Stream Reflections of a Golden Dream by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with Amazon Music Unlimited. Exclusive discount for Prime members/5(9)."}
-{"text": "Kerala Blasters FC all-time XI\n\nWhile Kerala Blasters have come close to the ISL champion spot twice in the four seasons played, they haven't won any. They have arguably the best fans in the whole of the continent in both quantity and quality, and can even challenge the European fans. Their fan club, named Manjappada, supports the team in all their matches, no matter how they play. They give their hearts out to football. They also travel kilometres to the away stadium and makes the players feel like home.\n\nBut the fans haven't got a chance to celebrate except for two finals. They will be looking forward to the upcoming seasons for an ISL cup.\n\nLet's take a look at their best eleven of all the four seasons played. The criteria of 5 foreign players in the starting XI has been kept, but there are more than 8 foreigners including the sub-list. Read on to know the top Kerala Blasters XI. The team has had players from different countries, with a majority of players coming from England(6), Brazil(4), and Spain(3)."}
-{"text": "Terrain data is missing\n\nI was working on a project in Unity 5.5.1 , I created a terrain and transform it into an offroad area for a game. I completed the environment and closed the project. But when I reopened it next time, in my scene the terrain is not visible and terrain data is missing. The terrain data which I had renamed it as offroad terrain is existed in the project but its like a corrupted file or not recognizable in Unity. Please help me to fix this problem Because I have spent a lot of days to build this project. I am attaching a screenshot of this issue, please have a look and suggest me to fix this. Thanks\n\n1 Reply\n\nWhere / when did you rename your terrain data asset? If you rename files outside of Unity it will break all serialized asset references. You should never move or rename assets outside of Unity. However in this case you can simply drag your terraindata asset back into the slots in the inspector. Keep in mind that both, the Terrain script as well as the Terrain Collider has a reference to the terrain data asset."}
-{"text": "PHILADELPHIA \u2013 It was probably the biggest upset of the lockout \u2013 the Baltimore-based Big 3 of Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Chris Paul losing to Team Philly on Sunday night, 131-122, at the sweaty jam-packed Palestra.\n\nBefore a rowdy crowd of 8,000 fans, the Philly Big 3 of Tyreke Evans (Pennsylvania native), Louis Williams (76ers) and Hakim Warrick (Philadelphia native) took out Team Melo, hanging on after taking a 16-point lead in the first half.\n\nWarrick, in particular, abused Anthony in the first half with an array of athletic fastbreak dunks. Team Melo wasn\u2019t exactly getting back on D.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I got these guys, I knew they\u2019d come out here and get this win,\u2019\u2019 Warrick said. \u201cI know the type of competitors LeBron and \u2019Melo are and I knew it was going to be no love affair. I had to make sure I had some shoulders with me. I know nobody gave us a chance but I knew we had too much heart in this locker room.\u2019\u2019\n\nThey sweated buckets, though, as did the spectators. You could have lost 10 pounds in the sauna that was the no-air-conditioned barn on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Anthony and James surely looked exhausted in the final stages after playing all 48 minutes.\n\nJames was too tired to talk to the media afterward, though overzealous security officers did their best to chase media out of the building and prevent them from talking to the players. And there was no Tim Frank, director of NBA communications, to complain about the unprofessional treatment afforded the media on this wacky barnstorming night.\n\nAnthony finished with 31 points and 17 boards, but shot 9 of 24. He was very physical, though, and got to the free-throw line to make 12 of 14 attempts. However, he did a lot of damage against former Knicks first-round bust Mardy Collins (Temple).\n\nTeam Melo is ready to take its traveling act on the road again after doing this in Washington and here. Maybe next time he can actually have a Knicks teammate join him.\n\n\u201dIt was something to do,\u2019\u2019 Anthony said in the locker room that only a select few media members were allowed to enter. \u201cThere\u2019s no basketball right now. We want to give them something to do. We want to keep it going. Whatever city calls us up, hopefully we\u2019ll be there.\u2019\u2019\n\nTickets went for $35 a pop and it was filled with most of the Penn campus \u2013 and Eagles All-Pro WR DeSean Jackson, who came after his team lost to the Giants. Penn basketball barely draws 1,500 for most games.\n\n\u201cWe never have anyone attend games, that\u2019s why so many people came, for the atmosphere,\u2019\u2019 said one Penn sophomore.\n\nCertainly there were crowd-control issues and a host of security guards \u2013 shipped in by the Eagles front office \u2013 who told Jackson he\u2019d have to leave early because of fear for his safety.\n\nWith five minutes left, a handful of security men escorted Jackson and his group from his first-row seat out of the building. Melo, James and CP3, in turn, were on the Eagles sidelines during the Giants game that afternoon.\n\nAt some points, it really felt like an NBA game. After all, James was booed most of the night."}
-{"text": "Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re unveils first campaign\n\nNicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re unveils first campaign\n\nNicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re unveils first campaign\n\nEntitled \u201cSeries 1\u201d, Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re\u2019s first advertising campaign for Louis Vuitton is a daring reinterpretation of the House codes and visual imagery. The designer\u2019s Fall/Winter 2014-2015 collection is seen through the lenses of three legendary photographers: Annie Leibovitz, Juergen Teller and Bruce Weber.\n\nThe three artists, known for their highly individual styles, agreed to this quite exceptional juxtaposition of their respective lexicons, which represented an opportunity for them not only to interpret Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re\u2019s designs, but also \u2013 and above all \u2013 to offer their subjective viewpoint on contemporary fashion. This multiple narrative, combining three distinct visions, is without precedent, and reflects the bold creative choices of Louis Vuitton\u2019s new artistic director.\n\n\u201cI wanted to bring together an artistic family which I feel close to. I wanted an unprecedented narrative from each of these photographers whom I admire so greatly. Only they could rise to the challenge of being brought face-to-face with one another, and ultimately combined to create a single story, because their visual expression is so powerful that it goes beyond all forms of classification or definition. I also wanted to remove them from their comfort zones, from what we already know about them, to see what they would tell the world, and me, about what fashion is today,\u201d comments Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re.\n\nBruce Weber chose to shoot models Liya Kedebe, Jean Campbell and Kirstin Liljegren in Miami, producing a series of powerfully graphic black and white images. Juergen Teller, meanwhile, captured model Freja Beha against a backdrop of the Venice Biennale. Finally, Annie Leibovitz photographed Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re\u2019s muse, Charlotte Gainsbourg, in the studios of New York artists. The campaign can be seen in the August 2014 issues of magazines worldwide."}
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-{"text": "The history of Science and Technology\n\nScience and Technology (ST) was established on 1 January 2011 by amalgamating the following three main academic areas: the Faculty of Science (NAT), the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (DJF). NERI and DJF had already merged with Aarhus University on 1 January 2007 and had been independent main academic areas that collaborated closely with the Faculty of Science.\n\nOn 1 January 2012, the Engineering College of Aarhus (IHA) became part of Science and Technology, and changed its name to the Aarhus University School of Engineering (ASE). For a long time, both parties had wanted very strongly to merge the Engineering College with Aarhus University and, over a number of years, the two institutions had built up a strong educational collaboration under the auspices of the Aarhus School of Engineering.\n\nThe history of the four institutions up to 2011/2012 is described below.\n\nFaculty of Science (NAT)\n\nIn 1908 \u2013 forty-six years before the Faculty of Science was established \u2013 a private German astronomer offered the Municipality of Aarhus his valuable astronomical equipment if the municipality would in turn set up an observatory and appoint him director.\n\nThe offer was accepted, largely due to the importance of an observatory for a future university, and three years later \u2013 in October 1911 \u2013 the city\u2019s mayor stated at the opening of the observatory that this might be the beginning of a university in Aarhus. The observatory, which is located on high ground in a field near Marselisborg Palace south of Aarhus, was designed by architect Anton Rosen and named after the renowned Aarhus scientist Ole R\u00f8mer (1644\u20131710).\n\nDuring the years around 1920, i.e. before the University and City Liaison Committee was established, a considerable amount of work had been done in Aarhus to establish a science environment in the city. In this connection, a factory owner with a strong interest in a future university had provided funds for purchasing major collections of scientific specimens abroad with a view to establishing scientific study collections.\n\nTogether with existing, smaller collections in the city, the new purchases \u2013 zoological specimens and minerals in particular \u2013 were to become the nucleus of the Natural History Museum, which was established in 1921 on the top floor of the newly erected school in L\u00e6ss\u00f8esgade. About twenty years later, the museum moved to a separate building in an attractive location near the lake in the university complex.\n\nThe fact that it took until 1954 to establish the Faculty of Science, by which time Aarhus University had existed for a quarter of a century, was largely due to a government decision to only subsidise one major faculty at a time. However, by 1953, the Faculty of Medicine had been completed, and the university was therefore able to begin constructing yet another faculty the following year .\n\nThree of the four basic subjects required to form a faculty in 1954 were already available at Aarhus University, as physics and chemistry had been the main basic subjects at the Faculty of Medicine since 1933, and geography was established in 1943 under the Faculty of Humanities. These three subjects were now supplemented by mathematics, and a new building was built for the latter. The mathematics department was built adjacent to the old main building from 1933, but quickly became too small, and a new building had to be constructed. Of course, the same applied to physics, chemistry and geography, which quickly expanded in terms of the number of students and subject areas. In this regard, setting up a faculty meant that, although physics and chemistry continued to play the same role relative to medicine, they no longer merely performed a service function, but were independent disciplines involving teaching and research.\n\nIn 1956, two years after the creation of the faculty, the municipality transferred the Ole R\u00f8mer Observatory to the Faculty of Science, and a professorship in astronomy was established the following year. A number of other subjects were subsequently added, including geology, the (by now) broad subject of biology, the history of science and computer science, as well as physical education and sport as the latest addition. In 1985, admissions to geography closed and the Department of Geography was gradually dismantled.\n\nOf all the museums located in the University Park, it is not only the Natural History Museum that has close contact with the faculty (because of zoology). The same applies to the Danish Museum for the History of Science and Medicine (the Steno Museum), which originally \u2013 as far as the science material at the museum is concerned \u2013 stems from the collection established at the Department of Physics in 1956. Specifically related to this collection, the History of Science Department was also established .\n\nThe Steno Museum was opened to the public in 1994. In addition to the museums, the area contains the Department of Bioscience\u2019s two thousand square metres of greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens, which can be viewed by the public during opening hours. The five greenhouses dating back to 1970\u20131971 provide an opportunity to study no fewer than four thousand different types of subtropical and tropical plants. The greenhouses are undergoing renovations at present, but will reopen at the end of 2012.\n\nIn connection with the restructuring of Aarhus University in 2011, the Department of Sport Science was moved to Health; the History of Science Section was moved to the Department of Physics and Astronomy and changed its name to the Centre for Science Studies; the Department of Biology became the Department of Bioscience and merged with research units from the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI); and the Department of Molecular Biology became the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and merged with units from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (DJF). The other former science departments changed name to the Department of Geoscience, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Mathematics.\n\nFaculty of Agricultural Sciences (DJF)\n\nAgricultural and food science research has academic and organisational roots dating back to 1883, when the National Institute of Animal Science (SH) was established as part of the Agricultural Research Laboratory in Copenhagen.\n\nUntil 1934, SH was part of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark (KVL), but it subsequently became an independent research institution under the Ministry of Agriculture. During the years 1983\u20131989, SH moved to the Foulum Research Centre, which was inaugurated in 1984.\n\nIn 1994, the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering (SJF) \u2013 located at the Bygholm Research Centre near Horsens \u2013 was incorporated into SH. SJF was formed in 1978 by an amalgamation of the agricultural tools research centre (Statens Redskabspr\u00f8ver) at Bygholm and the agricultural technical research centre (Landbrugstekniske Unders\u00f8gelser) at \u00d8rritslevgaard on the island of Funen. In 1991, the agricultural department of the Danish Building Research Institute merged with SJF. The government-subsidised tools research began in 1892, was transferred to KVL in 1914, has been based at Bygholm since 1947.\n\nThe Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science (SP), which was the second cornerstone in the formation of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (DJF), began operating in 1886 when the Tystofte Research Station was established. Several other research stations followed, and laboratory facilities were subsequently established in Lyngby. The process of centralising SP\u2019s activities began around 1980. Several research stations were abolished, and research was concentrated around the three centres in Flakkebjerg near Slagelse, Aarslev near Odense and Foulum near Viborg. A biotechnology unit was also established at KVL. The administration of SP was moved to the Foulum Research Centre in 1995.\n\nThe abbreviation DJF was used for the first time when the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences was established on 1 April 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of SH and SP, both of which were sector research institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. DJF was also a sector research institution under the ministry until its merger with Aarhus University. In 2004, the sector research institution \u2013 the Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory \u2013 merged with DJF.\n\nAs a result of the university reform in 2006/2007, which led to a merger between some sector research institutions and Danish universities, DJF became part of Aarhus University as of 1 January 2007. As the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, DJF was one of nine main academic areas at the university until the latest organisational change in 2011, when DJF\u2019s activities were incorporated into Science and Technology.\n\nPrior to this organisational change, DJF consisted of seven departments and a secretariat: the Department of Food Science, the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, the Department of Horticulture, the Department of Biosystems Engineering, the Department of Agroecology and Environment, the Department of Integrated Pest Management and the Department of Animal Health and Bioscience.\n\nAgricultural and food science research now takes place at the Department of Food Science, the Department of Agroecology, the Department of Animal Science and parts of the Department of Engineering and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. In addition to the research centres in Flakkebjerg, Aarslev and Foulum, the university has agricultural and food science research activities at the former Bygholm Research Centre and research stations at Foulum, Askov and Jyndevad.\n\nNational Environmental Research Institute (NERI)\n\nThe National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) was established in 1989 to promote greater coherence and uniformity within Danish environmental research. The decision was part of the follow-up on the government evaluation of Danish environmental research carried out by twenty-two foreign experts under the Danish Council for Scientific Policy and Planning.\n\nNERI was established by amalgamating five specialised laboratories under the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (the Marine Pollution Laboratory, the Freshwater Laboratory, the Air Pollution Laboratory, the Analytical-Chemical Laboratory and the Centre for Terrestrial Ecology). The microbiology laboratory of what was then the Danish Veterinary and Foodstuffs Directorate was also transferred to NERI.\n\nThe structure of NERI still contains traces of these laboratories in the form of sections for Marine Ecology, Freshwater Ecology, Atmospheric Environment, Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology (Analytical-Chemical Laboratory and the microbiology laboratory) and Terrestrial Ecology.\n\nWhen the laboratories were removed from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, it was agreed that, within the scope of its grant, NERI should provide a number of public sector consultancy services (monitoring and data centre tasks, international convention work, chemical control and reference tasks, as well as biotechnology tasks).\n\nThe Section for Policy Analysis was established in 1990 in direct response to societal needs for interdisciplinary analyses.\n\nIn connection with the transfer of the Division of Wildlife Management from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of the Environment in 1990, the Game Biology Station merged with NERI. This decision was motivated by the close connection between game management and nature management. The current Section for Wildlife, Ecology and Biodiversity grew out of the former Game Biology Station.\n\nIn 1996, the Greenland Environmental Research Institute merged with NERI to become the Section for Arctic Environment. This was due to NERI\u2019s interdisciplinary expertise in matters relating to the environment, and the scientific connection between the Arctic environment and global environmental issues.\n\nAs part of the general planning of responsibilities in the Ministry of the Environment, a number of tasks and the corresponding funding were transferred from the administrative agencies to NERI during the period 1994 to 2006. This mainly involves tasks relating to nature and environmental monitoring as well as risk assessments performed on behalf of the authorities.\n\nOn 1 January 2007, NERI became part of Aarhus University. The integration of sector research at the universities, as well as the university merger, were products of the work of the Globalisation Council, in that the government wanted fewer but larger research institutions in Denmark.\n\nIn 2011, NERI merged with the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to become a new main academic area called Science and Technology. The new departments \u2013 the Department of Bioscience and the Department of Environmental Science \u2013 are now responsible for research, while work performed on behalf of the authorities remains with the National Centre for Environment and Energy.\n\nEngineering College of Aarhus (IHA)\n\nThe history of the Engineering College of Aarhus should be seen in a broad social and cultural perspective. For almost a century, the engineering degree programmes in Aarhus have been a major driving force for regional business development. The range of degree programmes offered and their academic content reflect the history of Denmark\u2019s industrialisation, and provide a detailed understanding of societal history and the business sector\u2019s need for innovation through different periods.In 1915, the first degree programme in electrical engineering was established in Aarhus at an engineering college by the name of Aarhus Teknikum. Industrial development at the beginning of the twentieth century \u2013 with a growing economy based on fine electronics \u2013 led directly to the establishment of the new college.\n\nThe engineering programme consisted of advanced studies after completing a trade qualification, and differed from the polytechnic degree programmes in Copenhagen by placing considerable emphasis on practical aspects. This focus has been maintained right up to the present-day graduate engineer degree programmes at Aarhus University.\n\nIn 1944, Aarhus Teknikum was extended to include a degree in construction technology. There was a massive housing shortage after the Second World War, which resulted in an acute need for engineers who could develop new construction techniques and materials. As it turned out, this situation would gradually change the conditions in the Danish construction industry.\n\nIn 1964, a new degree programme in mechanical engineering was established. At that time, Denmark was enjoying a period of economic boom with increased international trade and labour shortage. The new degree programme was designed to match the industrial need for mechanical solutions that could make mass production more effective.\n\nThe range of degree programmes offered has since been further increased. In 2004, the Engineering College was able to offer a new degree programme in bioprocess engineering, designed to provide qualified labour for industries such as the growing pharmaceutical industry and the chemical process industry in general.\n\nIn 2008, the Engineering College established a new degree programme in healthcare technology. The first students graduated in January 2012 and will be playing a role in handling the major task of creating a technology-based health sector in the future.\n\nFrom college to universityIn 1993, a reform of engineering education in Denmark led to new executive orders being adopted for the engineering degree programmes. This led to the abolishment of the title BSc in Engineering (teknikumingeni\u00f8r), which required that the student had a trade qualification prior to pursuing further education. The title of Bachelor of Engineering (akademiingeni\u00f8r), which required completion of upper secondary school before entering the further education system, was also abolished. Instead, a combined degree programme \u2013 the graduate engineer degree programme \u2013 was introduced by a completely new executive order. At the same time, the Aarhus Teknikum changed its name to the Engineering College of Aarhus.\n\nMerger to guarantee the quality of future engineering degree programmesSince 1999, Aarhus University and the Engineering College of Aarhus have worked together to strengthen the engineering programmes in West Denmark. In 2007, Bachelor\u2019s degree students (B.Eng) were able to continue their studies to acquire a Master\u2019s degree (MSc.Eng) at Aarhus University for the first time. In 2008, the parties formally established the Aarhus School of Engineering (ASE) as a common platform for BSc and MSc graduate engineering programmes, and technical and scientific research and development. During the period from 2008 until today, the Engineering College has recorded Denmark\u2019s highest growth rate in terms of the number of enrolled students and graduates.\n\nOn 1 January 2012, the Engineering College and Aarhus University merged, and the collaboration under the Aarhus School of Engineering was replaced by a single institution. The purpose of the merger is to provide optimum conditions both now and in the future for developing and modernising the engineering degree programmes in accordance with the needs of the business sector. At the beginning of the new century, the role of the engineer in the labour market is changing more than at any other time in history, as growing job complexity, new organisational structures, globalisation and outsourcing of production challenge the traditional role of the engineer.\n\nEngineering at Aarhus UniversitySince the merger, the engineering degree programmes at Aarhus University have been anchored in two organisational units: a Department of Engineering (ENG), which gathers all research and development activities in the field of engineering, and an Engineering College (ASE), where all educational activities are based.\n\nThis structure provides a completely new set of conditions on which to continue the nearly 100-year-old tradition for developing engineering degree programmes based on the needs of society and the business sector."}
-{"text": "Serena and Venus\u2019 father addresses racism during local book signing\n\nRichard Williams was in town Tuesday, May 7 promoting his new book \u201cBlack & White: The Way I See It\u201d during a speaking engagement at Barnes & Noble bookstore at 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street.\n\nBy his own accounts, the primary focus of his book is about his enduring overt racism while growing up in rural Louisiana and again as he lived in Los Angeles while establishing his family in the field of professional sports.\n\n\u201cNo matter what white people did to me, or Black, it made me who I am today, a great guy; it gave me strength and character,\u201d he said.\n\nHe revealed how he twice boldly draped himself in all\u2013white hooded sheets and snuck into local Ku Klux Klan meetings. \u201cIt was easy for me because most of them then got real drunk, and I had my hands taped up \u2026 so you could easily walk in. \u2026 I had my gown on,\u201d he told the 50 or so people in attendance.\n\nWilliams even spoke about the influence the Black Panther Party played in molding his mindset regarding race relations.\n\n\u201cThey were people that stood up to the white man better than anybody else in North America. They took guns in hand and protected themselves when the police wouldn\u2019t,\u201d he stated.\n\nThe proud 72-year-old father then detailed how he prepared his daughters, Venus and Serena, to become the world-class tennis stars that they have become, even though he had no real formal training about the game himself. He mentioned the mental preparation and physical training they went through in youth, as well as other measures he took to help affirm their success.\n\n\u201cI used to have a sign that I used to walk with that said my children were going to be champions,\u201d he proclaimed.\n\nWilliams recalled hearing about a local tennis player on television earning $40,000 for a few tennis matches, which inspired him to get his daughters involved in the sport. \u201cI thought to myself, \u2018Who makes that kind of money? $40,000 in four days? So I started writing out my plan, before Venus and Serena were born.\u201d"}
-{"text": "4 Answers\n4\n\nUpdate:\n\nOne of the main benefits of FEleven over the the solution below is that I've included built-in support for Google Chrome and other browsers, allowing you to omit the window-title parameter, i.e.:\n\nfeleven \"path\\to\\chrome.exe ...\"\n\nIf only there was a way to automatically press F11 once Google Chrome was open...\n\nThere is! With a little help from AutoHotkey we can launch Google Chrome in fullscreen mode. Now, F11 is pretty standard as a fullscreen keyboard shortcut, so we will write a script that can work with any program we throw at it! Let's begin...\n\n1. Setup\n\nSo, one little known feature about AutoHotkey is that you can call scripts from the command line (and with parameters). We will be compiling the following script; I named mine Fullscreen.exe."}
-{"text": "A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated.\nCurrent distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 3.0 /2014.2, Mageia 5, PCLinuxOS 2014.8, PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive beta, and AntiX 13.\n\ndomingo, 21 de julio de 2013\n\nMy Revised Wish List\n\nIn February, I wrote a small list of the releases that I wanted. It was sort of a wish list of Linux distros.\n\nThe first three items have been granted: Mageia 3 is powering most of the computers at home (I upgraded the Mageia 2 partition on Eimi's desktop PC today), Pardus Anka was released as Pisi GNU/Linux Beta Sue\u00f1o (which also has a partition on my laptop), and I am typing this entry using OpenMandriva LX beta on my desktop PC, now with sound and the ability to access my other HD partitions.\n\nThat means that I'm only missing Mepis and Elive from that original list.\n\nMy birthday is pretty close. Then time seems to fast forward and, in a blink, it will be Christmas and 2013 will have ended.\n\nAllow me to daydream and revise my wish list. This time, I'll organize it in software and hardware.A. Software\n\nMepis. This distro always surprises me with its stability.\n\nElive. I really want to see this distro in action. It will give me the opportunity to start learning how to use Enlightenment.\n\nVoice command running on Linux. C'mon! Windows 8.1 Blue is trumpeting this feature as an innovation, when the Linux netbook that I bought in 2009 could do it. So can my wife's ancient Asus Eee PC 901. Granted, Mageia 3 now runs Jovie and Kmouth like a champ, but I miss the voice command. I have tried PerlBox Voice to no avail, so I dream on.\n\nB. Hardware\n\nThe elusive Vivaldi tablet. I'm waiting for this one eagerly.\n\nA new laptop with Linux preinstalled. I am studying my options here. (Interestingly, now I have options. Times change, oh you would not believe how times change, Ballmer!) I have seen that I can get Suse and Ubuntu machines from Dell and HP. However, given that Megatotoro had a wonderful experience with ZaReason, I might go for one of their excellent offerings.\n\nA Firefox OS phone. I am one of those rare individuals who have refused to own a mobile phone in this era. I don't like them. Nevertheless, the carrier that starts selling a Firefox OS phone here will get me as a costumer. I guess I am one of those rare individuals that does care about the OS of the phone, too, and with Mozilla being attacked by protecting individuals instead of advertising companies, I root for Firefox.\n\nSo that's my wish list ;-)\n\nUPDATE: Tuxmachines.org reports that there is progress regarding the Vivaldi tablet. Great!!!"}
-{"text": "Army Fitness Tests Could See Further Revisions\n\nThe U.S. Army is considering further changes to the revised physical fitness tests it has been trialing for the last six months following feedback from Army leaders and soldiers.\n\nThe Army started piloting two new tests\u2014the Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT)\u2014in March, with the hope that both could be introduced by October. However, officials charged with implementing the new testing procedures are considering some key changes to the tests based on statistical data and feedback they received during trials of the new tests at eight bases across the country, the Army Times website reports.\n\nPotential changes to the APRT, intended to replace the Army\u2019s 30-year-old physical fitness test (PT), include adding dead-hang pull-ups, increasing the length of the rower portion of the test from one minute to two minutes and keeping the two-mile run required by the old PT, rather than the shorter 1.5-mile run previously proposed for the APRT.\n\nThe ACRT, which includes tasks designed to simulate those that soldiers could perform in the field, may be revised to include full body armor in some testing modules.\n\nMaj. Gen. Richard Longo, deputy commanding general of initial military training at Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), told the Army Times that the proposed changes to the APRT were being considered in response to initial test scores and suggestions from the rank and file. In addition to designing a test that accurately gauges a soldier\u2019s ability to perform in the field, TRADOC officials must consider the cost of conducting the test, whether it is fair for both male and female soldiers, and environmental factors, such as terrain at the test sites, Longo said.\n\nTRADCOC officials now aim to finish trials of the new tests, analyze the results and agree on standards by April 2012 and implement the APRT and ACRT across the branch by October 2012."}
-{"text": "Saturday, July 25, 2009\n\nGood Genealogy Luck\n\nRandy Seaver at Genea-Musings has a regular feature called Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. His installment this week asks the reader: \"When have you had a dose of good genealogy luck?\"\n\nThat was an easy question for me, as it would be for many folks in these parts. My genealogical luck comes from the mere fact of where I live. Where I live, so have most all my ancestors lived for the past 172 years or so.\n\nSix generations of my ancestors have lived within 8 to 10 miles from where I have lived my entire life (with the exception of dorm life at college) \u2013 all within the same county. Within 8 miles of where I live, are the graves of four grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 gg grandparents, and even some ggg grandparents. In order to obtain family records of my Mississippi ancestors such as wills, deeds, marriages and the like since the 1830s, it\u2019s a six mile trip to the county courthouse (and it\u2019s nice to live in a \u201cnon-burned\u201d county \u2013 most all records are extant since the county formation). And for information about extended cousins and their families, a trip to the neighborhood store usually suffices as more than likely I will run into several cousins while shopping for groceries.\n\nI guess I have been lucky my ancestors stayed put for long periods of time. For the most part, from the early 1600s to early 1700s staying put in Virginia. From the early 1700s to the early 1800s in North Carolina and since the early 1800s moving down into Tennessee and Alabama before settling in Mississippi during the 1830s. And we\u2019ve practically stayed put here ever since. Ancestors staying put sure makes it easier with researching their lives.\n\n4 comments:\n\nThat is great that you live in a non-burned courthouse area and your ancestor's info is there. I wish I were so lucky, haha...With you living in Itawamba Co, I thought I would ask you something. Ok, I my great grandparents were Will and Ethel Herron. They both passed away and are buried here in Lamar Co. Alabama. Ok, my brick wall in my genealogy research is the father of Will Herron which was Jonathan Herron. I haven't been able to find anything on him really, haven't been able to prove who his parents were or anything. I do know that Jonathan Herron and my GG grandmother Margaret Hood Herron were married in Itawamba Co., I wonder if I may be able to find anything that could help me out on him at the courthouse there. Every courthouse I've gone to has had fires so I haven't searched, don't really know what's available there, etc. On the marriage records I found on Ancestry for them the spellings of their names were Jonothan Herring and Margaret Hood married 5 Aug. 1874 in Itawamba Co. I can't tell you the hours I have spent searching, I have other family members also who have searched like crazy for something on this Jonathan. I have always heard my great grandfather (Will Herron) was half indian. I know that Margaret Hood wasn't indian and have heard one story from a distant relative that the Hood family took Jonathan in but because he was indian they made him sleep/live out in their barn. Jonathan Herron was buried in Lamar Co. AL also, and according to his headstone his birthdate was 11 Oct. 1841 and his death date was 13 Sept. 1906.Also the trouble I have is things I have found on my great grandfather (Will Herron), Herron has been spelled a million different ways, that makes it tuff. I just don't know ........ sorry for such a long post just thought you may have some tip that could help me get somewhere with this. I have about decided the only way I am gonna learn anything on this Herron family is start asking anyone and everyone who may offer advice for my searching. Thanks Tracy\n\nTracy, I noticed in the 1870 Itawamba County census there are two Herrin families living in the Clay community of Itawamba County (between Fulton and Tremont) - the William Herrin (age 34, b. AL) family and the Sam Herrin (age 30, b. AL) family. In the 1880 census there is a Herron family in the Clay community - John (age 48, b. AL) and wife Nancy and daughter Sarah.\n\nIn the 1860 Itawamba census there is a William Herron family and Francis Herron family. Also living in the household of Isaac Sparks is a Susan Herron and Arner (male) Herron, age 17, both born in AL.\n\nI strongly suspect Margaret Hood belonged to the Joshua Hood family. That was a big family in Itawamba County. I will take a look in the courthouse for the Herron-Hood marriage license and scan it for you.\n\nBob, this has nothing to do with any family by name; however, since you have told us that Itawamba County records are intact, yet you did not say when records began being kept. My \"burning\" question has to do with the history of events in Itawamba as it pertains to say the Civil War era. Were there any battles fought in this part of the state? I know there was a big battle I believe just west of the Tupelo area - we visited this site in 2003, and we were at the battle field around Corinth back in the fall of 2000.\n\nI know that the men, young and old, rushed to do their part by volunteering to defend the south. My maternal GGgrandfather, 1st Lt. George B. Dyer died at Ft. Donelson, TN Feb. 15, 1862 and several Wiginton/Wigginton family members also died and even more fought. According to the historical \"tablet\" erected at my paternal GGGgrandparents (John Stone & Annie Lyle Stone)grave at Shottsvile Methodist Church Cemetery, states they had 15 grandsons fighting with the division of 8 & 7 for the Union and Confederacy. and I forget which side had the larger number and after this many years, it doesn't really matter. This says the Stone family was very divided and I hope that they did not cause injury or death to one another because of the division.bettye\n\nBettye, records began being kept when the county was organized - 1836. Unfortunately not all records are extant. The deeds and marriage records seem to be all there in the courthouse. A lot of the court records are extant. Early Board of Police minutes are not complete.\n\nProbably the largest battle nearest Itawamba was the Battle of Brice's Crossroads - north of Tupelo, west of Baldwin (not far from the old Itawamba-Pontotoc-Tippah county lines). Then there was the battle of Harrisburg (Battle of Tupelo) just west of the old Itawamba-Ponototoc county line. Then lots of battles a little far distant - Battle of Iuka, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Okolona, etc. etc.\n\nWelcome to the Itawamba Historical Society\n\nItawamba History Review is edited by Bob Franks, publications editor of the Itawamba Historical Society. All photographs and editorial content by Bob Franks unless otherwise noted. The Itawamba Historical Society is a Mississippi non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Itawamba County, Mississippi's history and heritage. Be sure to visit the Itawamba Historical Society Online where you can discover your Itawamba County, Mississippi roots!"}
-{"text": "One day, I asked one of my girlfriends what her No.1 beauty secret was. She looked me straight in the eyes and said, \"Anger is aging, so I try not to get angry anymore. I can't afford the potential wrinkles. It's just not worth it.\"\n\nThe minute I heard her say that, a light bulb went on in my head. She was right; beauty comes from the inside out. I went home that night and started a new regime. It was one that I didn't have to research.\n\nJade rolling\n\nI love my Jade Roller; jade, which has been highly regarded by Chinese royalty for centuries, is a magnesium-rich mineral. Magnesium\u2014like the kind found in Epsom salt, used for muscle relaxation baths\u2014reduces inflammation. With each roll, up and down, back and forth, over my face, I state out loud, \"I release all anger and negativity and unresolved emotions that I have stored in my face.\"\n\nAfter 10 minutes of jade rolling and spiritually clearing away tension and stress from my face, my complexion is noticeably brighter. I can see why magnesium was originally touted as the original chill pill. The muscles in my face feel relaxed, and my skin glows. I think my friend was right\u2014anger and unexpressed emotions are aging.\n\nArticle continues below\n\nStress-busting crystal masks\n\nI work with crystals every day. Crystals are made up of minerals, and minerals are vital to maintaining healthy skin through a healthy spirit. I start by washing and exfoliating with The Bonafide Scrub from the Goddess of Skin. It contains ground amber\u2014not a mineral but a resin\u2014which is believed to have healing powers when it touches the skin, helping to ease stress and aid in clearing any unwanted negative energy.\n\nWhen I need an extra boost of stress relief, I place a sheet mask over my face and add a grid of lepidolite, rose quartz, and aquamarine crystals. Lepidolite is used to address and rid feelings of anxiety. I use it in combination with the anger-dispelling qualities of aquamarine to assure that I am combating all points of negativity. Then with the loving energy of rose quartz, I blanket my face in soft, soothing vibrations.\n\nUltimately, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so the most valuable item in your beauty bank will always be a healthy sense of self. For skin that is as vibrant as your spirit, self-love, self-respect, and positivity are three rejuvenating qualities you should never go without."}
-{"text": "Iptv 21\n\nYouView have announced that they are beginning to roll out the first firmware update for the catch-up TV set-top boxes, bringing with it a host of new features. A headlining new feature is the introduction of surround sound when the...\n\nSky are to launch a brand new video on-demand offering called Now TV, which will open up their catalogue of shows and movies on pay monthly and pay as you go deals. Though details are scarce at the moment, Sky's...\n\nGoogle is expected to launch its Google TV service in the UK today, with Eric Schmidt set outline his Goggle Box plans for us Brits at the Edinburgh Television Festival. Though the service got off to a rocky start in...\n\nSky have announced a new deal this morning, bringing their on-demand Sky Player to Humax Freeview set-top boxes, expanding the number of Sky viewers by thousands. The deal comes hot on the heels of similar ones made with 3View and...\n\nThe Hulu that they do so well over in the States could be coming to the UK in a deal that would bring 3,000 hours of US TV to our virtual shores. The free to view VoD service is looking to buddy up with the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in providing an internet platform where all their content can be viewed together in exactly the same way the Kangaroo couldn't.\nBut there is a but - two, actually, if I write it like that. There's issues with how Channel 4 and ITV wish to hold their advertising inventory around the player for their content and, with the Competition Commission lurking round the corner, there's a horribly familiar feeling in the air that yet another good thing for the consumer could hit the bricks.\nI was just about to say that Sky is bound to have a whinge about it, just as they did with Kangaroo, but maybe not so this time. Hulu is backed by News Corp, and News Corp owns Sky. So, maybe this thing does have legs after all.\nStill a hell of a lot of teasing out of agreements to do in terms of rules and regs as well as the advertising issue, doubtless, but, fingers crossed, we might actually get what we want this time. Just a shame we needed an American company to come in and sort it out for us.\n(via Telegraph)\n\nSky has confirmed that they will be adding 3D functionality to their + HD satellite receiver boxes and, in slightly better if less solid news, the BBC has dropped an anvil of a hint suggesting that iPlayer will be getting a dedicated HD channel next month.\nSky tested out the service after recording episodes of...\n\nFollowing the utter failure of Kangaroo, BBC and ITV bosses have put their heads together and come up with a different strategy. They're launching a public consultation on a proposal for a IPTV service that they're calling Project Canvas.\nThere's not a whole lot of detail available yet, but it appears that the companies want to put together a set-top box service that'll deliver television (in HD), a PVR service, internet access (to YouTube and other sites), and some sort of electronic program guide to it all. Sounds messy, but then so did Kangaroo.\nThe partners hope that it would cost in the region of \u00a3100-200 for the consumer, and a 2010 launch is aimed at. The BBC says it'll contribute \u00a36 million to the project over the next five years, out of a total of \u00a316.6 million that it'll need.\nDon't know about you, but I'm perfectly happy just plugging in a PC to my TV and using that to watch YouTube or iPlayer as necessary. Why would I need a set-top-box to do the same thing? As with many things, I think the key will be in the implementation. If it's done as well as iPlayer, it'll be wonderful. If not, it'll be an expensive waste of time.\n\nZattoo, the live TV streaming service that launched back in April, is running a special Christmas promotion where all registered users can get free access to broadcast quality versions of four main UK terrestrial channels plus one digital channel.\nFor thirty days from today, live BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and BBC News 24 will be streamed at 576x528 pixel, 1.5Mbps bitrate via the Zattoo service...\n\nOh yes. Today could finally be the day that people bother working out what exactly IPTV is, and how it works, then find a way of getting it. Because, as well as a new intercative web site, the Miss World...\n\nBT has announced that Pace Group will build its next generation of BT Vision digiboxes featuring a more powerful processor, better energy efficiency, and hard drive capacity able to store around 80 hours of standard definition video content.\nIt will continue to offer IPTV functionality, for delivering Video on Demand and interactive functions, and could also offer high definition video, hence the more powerful processor. The new boxes likely won't be available until some time next year..."}
-{"text": "More on Caregiving\n\nAngela, 56, spoke in a defeated tone: \"I have no choice about caring for my mom. Everyone's depending on me. I feel trapped.\" She sounded more resigned than angry.\n\nAngela's words and manner troubled me. In my 22 years of practice as a psychologist, I've heard many family caregivers use nearly identical language to describe their sense of hopelessness \u2014 stuck in duties they didn't choose, burdened by increasing demands, helpless to make changes. Worse, they tend to reject others' well-meaning advice as futile.\n\nIt's as if they feel fated to continue what they've been doing, no matter how much they're suffering. To me, they seem not just mired in their predicament but overly pessimistic \u2014 and very likely depressed.\n\nCaregiving stress is better handled when caregivers believe they have the power to make choices about their circumstances. \u2014 Bill Cheyrou/Alamy\n\nThere's no question that caregiving can be arduous. But in the past 40 years social scientists have found that people handle adversity better when they believe they have the power to make choices about their circumstances. We say these people have a sense of \"agency\": They feel they can be agents of positive change on behalf of their loved ones \u2014 and themselves. By contrast, people who think they lack the power of choice are likelier to drag themselves through the day feeling demoralized and diminished.\n\nWhen University of Pittsburgh social psychologist Richard Schulz analyzed a 2009 National Alliance for Caregiving/AARP survey of nearly 1,400 caregivers, he found that 44 percent of respondents had reported \"a lack of choice in taking on the caregiving role.\" These caregivers had higher levels of \"emotional stress, physical strain and negative health impacts\" than those who felt they could choose whether and how they engaged in caregiving.\n\nNo surprise, then, that my best advice to Angela was to increase her capacity to recognize and exercise available choices. For caregivers in general (and for Angela in particular), that one small act of willful awareness usually spells the difference between feeling steam-rollered by caregiving and actively getting ahead of its pressures.\n\nMore on Caregiving\n\nChoose intentionally, not passively\n\nEven caregivers who feel burdened by their obligations admit they made a conscious choice not to abandon a loved one who is aging, ill or disabled. When I counsel members of this group, I urge them to embrace their caregiving choice as an expression of their free will. Doing so helps them feel more like actors, and less like stage props, in their family drama. It also drives home the fact that just as they chose to provide care, so too can they choose not to provide it \u2014 especially in cases where the mounting responsibilities of the task begin to overwhelm them.\n\nGround your choice in positive reasons\n\nRationales matter. Saying to yourself, \"I provide care because no one else will\" may strike you as realistic, but it threatens to make you resentful over time \u2014 and that's no way to sustain yourself as a caregiver. Instead, look within yourself and diagnose your motivation in a way that will keep you going, even as caregiving grows tougher:\n\n\"I provide care because of my moral or spiritual convictions.\"\n\n\"I'm the caregiver for my parent because I want to return the favor to someone who took good care of me.\"\n\n\"I provide care because I want to offer an example for my children of what it means to be a loving family member.\"\n\nCould you delegate certain chores?\n\nStepping up to a caregiving responsibility does not necessarily mean indentured servitude. The most resilient caregivers are those who decide which caregiving tasks they can tackle themselves, and which others require a second pair of hands (or more). Angela, for example, could make a general commitment to care for her mother, but \u2014 finances permitting \u2014 opt to employ home health aides to bathe and dress her mother each day. This gives the daughter the right to choose among caregiving tasks, even if her mother prefers her help for such personal needs. By defining her commitments, the daughter maintains active control over her caregiving experience. She also keeps herself from becoming helpless \u2014 and possibly depressed.\n\nChoose continually\n\nConditions and resources change over the course of a long-term caregiving commitment. That means you'll have to fine-tune your caregiving plan periodically. Caregivers must choose among available options to meet new problems as they arise; they also must decide how to pace themselves and balance the needs of various family members. The power of caregiving choice lies in this creative process \u2014 to be nimble, determined and bold enough to decide what's best for all.\n\nBarry J. Jacobs, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and family therapist, is a member of the AARP Caregiving Advisory Panel."}
-{"text": "Achieving Goals \u2013 One Whiskey At A Time\n\nWhiskey Goals Reviews \u2013 Our Style of Whiskey Assessment\n\nWe thought we might write up an initial \u201cHow We Like To Review\u201d page before we start putting out these reviews we\u2019ve been writing. First of all, we would love to market these whiskey reviews to the common whiskey enjoyer. Our real goal is that those reading the reviews don\u2019t see good (and usually expensive) whiskey as a snob thing. Also for them to see quality whiskey as worth spending more for. It would be amazing if, by writing these reviews in simplistic form, others can form their own \u201cWhiskey Goals\u201d and go after them.\n\nGlencairn Whiskey Glass\n\nSo, we will be using as simple terms as possible to go over four parts of the whiskey experience.\n\nThe Nose \u2013 This means the aroma and smell of the whiskey before it\u2019s even tasted\n\nThe Palette \u2013 This means the taste, specifically the taste from sip to swallow and just a little bit after\n\nThe Finish \u2013 This means basically the lingering aftertaste\n\nBalance \u2013 We will sometimes go into how balanced the whiskey is altogether. Especially if it has a nice complexity to the whole.\n\nWe won\u2019t be using terms that don\u2019t really make sense. But we will be using terms that we like to use like:\n\nBreathable \u2013 This means inhaling while the whiskey is in your mouth does not hurt the whiskey experience. Sometimes, even with amazing whiskeys, it can be better to not inhale much at all while sipping to after swallowing. It can actually be the thing that turns a person from not liking whiskey to loving it.\n\nBite \u2013 Most people understand what a alcohol bite is, but we see it as a sharpness of taste that doesn\u2019t have too much flavor. More of a hit of the alcohol than the whiskey. Not always a good thing if found alone.\n\nPocket \u2013 This can be a moment of emptiness in sensory perception of the whiskey. Some whiskeys have flavor or aroma drop off for a moment and then come back with a different flavor or aroma altogether.\n\nWe might add more terms as we do more but those are some terms you might not find in your average review vocabulary, so just keep these in mind."}
-{"text": "MN Boys\u2019 Hockey Hub\n\nEdina's Nanne commits to U of M\n\nHornets junior forward is grandson of local hockey legend Lou Nanne\n\nA familiar name in the Minnesota hockey community is staying close to home.\n\nEdina junior forward Louie Nanne has given a verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota, his father Marty Nanne confirmed Tuesday.\n\nLouie had been considering a move out east after high school, but one recent visit to Minnesota\u2019s campus, facilities and Carlson School of Management is all it took to change his mind.\n\n\u201cHe felt it was a great opportunity here with the tradition and the legacy,\u201d Marty Nanne said.\n\nLouie is the grandson of Lou Nanne, a former Gophers player and player, coach and GM with the North Stars. Marty Nanne also played for the Gophers before a brief professional career in the International Hockey League.\n\nLouie\u2019s decision to skate for Minnesota like his family members comes with quite a bit of pressure. And Dad says Louie is ready.\n\n\u201cWe made sure the decision was his, and we wanted him to go see as many schools as possible,\u201d Marty Nanne said. \u201cBut after he [visited Minnesota] he said he didn\u2019t need to see any others. My dad is very happy, and he told him it doesn\u2019t matter where he goes; with the Nanne name there will be pressure wherever he is. It might as well be at home, and [Louie] will experience good things and bad things that go with the name. Hopefully the good outweigh the bad.\u201d\n\nLouie Nanne (5-11, 165 pounds) scored 13 goals and 16 assists in 27 games last year for the Hornets. He will return for his junior year later this fall before exploring his options going forward.\n\n\u201cDepending on how this year goes and how he develops and grows, we\u2019ll see if anything happens,\u201d Marty Nanne said. \u201cWe\u2019ll listen to the U of M as well as if any [NHL] team drafts him for input on whether he should go to juniors or stay in high school.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Using Excel for SEO: 5 Essential Tips & Tricks You Might Not Know\n\nExcel is beloved by most SEO professionals \u2013 and by many paid aficionados, too.\n\nOf all the SEO tools I use on a daily basis, few are more powerful or more versatile than spreadsheets.\n\nWhile Word, PowerPoint, and Access have their little idiosyncrasies and challenges in daily work, Excel has stood the test of time and continues to be just as valuable as it has ever been.\n\nThere is simply no easier way to sort and categorize data quickly with so little input required.\n\nI use Excel daily to sort lists:\n\nKeyword lists alphabetically.\n\nRevenue reports by most revenue earned.\n\nPages by highest bounce rate.\n\nAnd every other thing you can think of or sort by.\n\nExcel is also great for de-duplicating lists. You can easily take a huge list of data, like inbound links, and sort it and remove all the duplicates with a few clicks.\n\nPivot tables are phenomenal for categorizing and re-categorizing data sets with many values. Want to know how many people clicked on a particular keyword from a particular referral source by the date they clicked? There\u2019s a pivot table for that.\n\nAnd the VLOOKUP command is a poor man\u2019s database, perfect for combining lists from multiple places quickly without having to enter all of the data into a cumbersome tool like Access.\n\nChances are, you already know all these tricks.\n\nSo what follows are some things you might not know you can do with Excel.\n\nNote: While this chapter focuses on Excel, you can perform most of these tasks in any spreadsheet program, including Google Sheets.\n\n1. WildCards\n\nExcel supports the * command as a wildcard.\n\nIf you want to cut off part of a data set, it\u2019s easy to do.\n\nFor example, let\u2019s say you have a very large list of links but you only want one sample URL from each domain.\n\nAfter you find/replace for http:// and https://, you can reduce every single URL to only its top-level domain by finding and replacing for /* \u2013 the star is a wildcard that removes everything after the first backslash.\n\nIf you want the backslash left on, replace for /.\n\nIf you want the / gone, replace for an empty field.\n\nThen you can use that de-duplication function to remove all but one example of every URL.\n\n2. LEN\n\nThis one counts the number of characters in the string.\n\nThis is great for checking the length of titles or meta descriptions. But it can also be used to bring the longest string to the top.\n\nTaking the previous example, let\u2019s say you wanted one sample URL from each domain that you deduplicated, but you wanted an interior page instead of just the top level domain.\n\nYou\u2019d take the same steps as above, but instead of editing the URLs in place, you\u2019d copy them to a new column (Source Domain) and edit those instead.\n\nThen, use LEN to find the character length of the Source URL and sort by Col A ascending and Col B descending.\n\nThat will bring the longest URL for each domain to the top of the list and then when you de-duplicate, it will save the first instance of that domain \u2013 the longest URL.\n\n3. Text to Columns\n\nText to columns is another brilliant feature of Excel.\n\nYou\u2019ve probably used it to make a .csv file useful, by delimiting the data by commas. But did you know you can actually delimit any character you want?\n\nI use this all the time to delimit by the backslash.\n\nThis is a terrific way to take an output from Screaming Frog or another crawler and quickly build out a visual architecture map.\n\nBy putting each subfolder in its own column, you can use a pivot table to find out exactly how many pages are in each level, then use the data from the pivot table to quickly build a visual map in something like Visio.\n\n4. Find\n\nThe Find function is one of the most useful functions in Excel.\n\nYou can use it to eliminate things from lists of keywords.\n\nFor example, let\u2019s say you have a huge list of keywords and you want to find things that only contain one version of a word (useful when categorizing).\n\nYou would start a new column, then use this formula where \u201cword\u201d is the word you want to find.\n\n=FIND(\u201cword\u201d,B2,1)\n\nThis will show you the character count at which that word starts, and an error if the word isn\u2019t there at all\u2026 like this list where I looked for anything with \u201cmixed\u201d:\n\nJust sort by the \u201cSort\u201d column descending, and you\u2019ll bring all the keywords that contain \u201cmixed\u201d to the top of the list.\n\n5. Concatenation\n\nConcatenation is great for putting together simple rows of data, but it\u2019s even better for automating the creation of a lot of URLs.\n\nLet\u2019s say you wanted to search a lot of sites to see if a particular keyword was in text on that site\u2026 maybe you\u2019re doing a link audit and you need to see if your client\u2019s domain name appears anywhere on a list of sites.\n\nYou could (theoretically) concatenate a simple list of commands that you could then run in a crawler like Screaming Frog to see if there are any results.\n\nSo, hypothetically speaking, you would do this:\n\nTake the command you need to add and put it into a row in excel.\n\nLet\u2019s say the site is motorola.com, and you\u2019re looking for the word \u201cmotorola\u201d on a lot of websites, one of which is www.cnn.com.\n\nPut the site you are searching on in A1. You\u2019ll use this command in Excel:\n\n=\u201dhttps://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A\u201d&A1&\u201d%20motorola\u201d\n\nIf each row in column A has a new value in it, then in theory, you could have a full set of Google commands to put in list mode in Screaming Frog.\n\nUsing the Custom configuration, you could look for any results that had \u201cNo results found for\u201d motorola.com in the code.\n\nThis is all theoretical, of course, because scraping Google is a violation of their terms of service.\n\nSummary\n\nHopefully now you see many uses for Excel that are beyond the standard mathematical and accounting uses.\n\nExcel is simply the best and fastest way to slice and dice small data sets, and an essential SEO tool that belongs in your arsenal."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, May 09, 2007\n\nReflecting on fubarity...\n\nI\u2019m talking hours of back to back to back to back incidents of drama on multiple fronts!\n\nBut I\u2019m here to tell you (holds head high)\u2026ain\u2019t a day from hell been tossed at this bitch that will break me.\n\nYou feel me?\n\nI\u2019ve been broken before and that shit simply will not be happening again.\n\nSo I survived yesterday's fubarity\u2026went to bed, but not to sleep...and woke up this morning at 5 o\u2019clock to reflect on the previous day (wince).\n\nThis bitch is a huge fan of inner work. I have to admit that the hardest thing for me to do is to be critical of my own ass (wink). But in the end it made sense. I can only live my life and at least I\u2019m willing to address my shit that needs addressing.\n\nI\u2019ve worked hard at my inner work because I grew up in a house full of blame and lacking in personal responsibility. I witnessed the damage done to self and others as my mother spent hour after hour, day after day\u2026we\u2019re talking years, chil\u2019ren\u2026blaming everyone and anyone for the shit that went wrong in her life.\n\nAnd if shit went great she took full and absolute credit\u2026of course.\n\nCough.\n\nWell a bunch of challenging shit happened yesterday\u2026and I survived to examine my role and my actions.\n\nNot to take responsibility but to take my responsibility...and be a better bitch for it.\n\nThis bitch is thanking the Divine One for this fantabulous new day and for the ability to learn, adjust and evolve.\n\nSigh.\n\nAs we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically liberates others. (Mandela)"}
-{"text": "What I Like About Chris Byrd\n\nHe stands barely over 6 feet tall, weighs somewhere between 208-214, can't punch, and nobody wants to fight him. Unbelievable! You would think in the era of the cumbersome super-sized heavyweight clinchers of today, Chris Byrd would be a marked man. In fact he is a marked man, marked to stay away from. The only fighters willing to get in the ring with Byrd, are the ones who can't get any other meaningful fights.\n\nNot since the heyday of Jimmy Young of 1975-77 has the heavyweight division witnessed a fighter like Byrd. Like Young, Byrd is a master at using his opponents aggression against them. Also like Young, he's more than willing to fight all the top available contenders, despite spotting them size and power. It's a beautiful thing! A fighter who used to be a super-middleweight who cannot only compete with today's overfed heavyweights, but also be avoided by most of them.\n\nMost complain that Byrd is not exciting to watch because of his lack of power, and that doesn't put anybody away. What most overlook is that he can fight, and knows exactly what he's doing in the ring. He's a boxer, it's as simple as that. Remember, boxing is the art of hitting and not getting hit. The problem is that just about every heavyweight fighting today, doesn't know how to keep him from boxing. What they want to do is make him fight, however they don't know how to go about it.\n\nI think Byrd is a breath of fresh air in the heavyweight division at this time. I like that in the so-called era of super-sized heavyweights, it's a guy who would be considered small in almost any heavyweight era who is the most avoided. I appreciate his high skill level and his knowledge and insight on how he goes about breaking down the bigger fighters he faces. I've had the pleasure of talking with Chris Byrd on a few occasions, it doesn't take long for him to convey that he really knows what he's doing in that ring.\n\nWhat else I love and respect about Byrd is that he's willing to fight any fighter anywhere. He went to the Klitschko's home turf and fought both brothers when no other fighters would. He fought Holyfield in Atlantic City where he never lost, and fought Tua when his only defeats were a razor thin decision to Ike Ibeabuchi, and a decision lost to Lennox Lewis when he was at the top of his game. Oh, I almost forgot, he fought Ibeabuchi too.\n\nLook, I'm not saying he's the best heavyweight in the world today, but he is definitely one of the top three or four at the very least. And no, he's not undefeated, but who is? Show me a fighter who fights the best available fighters, and I'll show you a fighter who is not undefeated. Look at the heavyweight fighters of this era who are willing to fight the best fighters, Lewis, Holyfield, Tua, and Byrd, are any of them undefeated?\n\nHow can a heavyweight of about 210 be so competitive in the land of so-called giants? Look at who his defeats are against. Ike Ibeabuchi, who weighed 240 pounds and could box, had a good jab, a solid chin, and he could punch. Some said that Ibeabuchi was on his way of becoming the Sonny Liston of this era, a man among men. The fact that he was willing to fight Ike while he was on a major roll says more about him, than losing to him does.\n\nHis other defeat was to the 6'5\" 240 pound Wladimir Klitschko. At the time Byrd fought Klitschko, he was being talked about as the heavyweight who would succeed Lennox Lewis. Plus, Klitschko had revenge on his mind since Byrd gave Wladimir's older brother Vitali his first defeat. Yet he still had no qualms about fighting him! Not bad, the only fighters who can claim victory over Byrd are, the fighter who many thought would succeed Lewis, (Klitschko) and the heavyweight who many felt, though somewhat premature, had the potential to be the best of the post Lewis era, (Ibeabuchi).\n\nAt this time, Chris Byrd is the best boxer in the heavyweight division and it's not even close. Don't give me Roy Jones, I need to see Jones fight more than one fight at heavyweight, and against the caliber heavyweight fighters Byrd has faced. Not just against Ruiz, who Byrd would've tortured just as easily and thoroughly as Jones did.\n\nIn looking at Byrd's loses to Ibeabuchi and Klitschko he was beaten by two things that most all heavyweights are vulnerable too, getting caught, and reach. Against Ibeabuchi, who can really hit, Byrd got caught with a big shot and was stopped. This is something that has happened to just about every heavyweight champion in history except Marciano, Tunney, and Ali.\n\nAgainst Wladimir Klitschko, Byrd was basically beaten by Klitschko's long reach and jab. Reach is usually not an advantage if the shorter fighter knows how to get inside. The problem is that in most cases the fighter with the shorter reach is a swarming/pressure style fighter who makes his living fighting on the inside, such as Sharkey, Marciano, Frazier, and Tyson.\n\nThis is a problem for Byrd since he does his best work on the outside. He can fight on the inside but that's usually from a defensive mode. In Wladimir Klitschko, Byrd faced a fighter with an enormous reach advantage who knew how to use it. This is the one area where Byrd is very vulnerable, and why he could not beat Lennox Lewis.\n\nIn a fight against Lewis, Byrd would most likely be overcome by Lewis' jab. More so than Lewis' power and weight. By Lewis being busy with his jab, Byrd would not be able to get close enough to out speed or out score him. This is why he wouldn't win, not so much because of his lack of strength and power. Lewis could beat Byrd by just using his left hand, and there isn't anything Byrd could do about it.\n\nByrd, who is a comparatively small heavyweight, is a master at avoiding some of the most dangerous punchers in the world. Instead of going toe-to-toe with his opponents, Byrd piles up points with quick three and four punch flurries while moving out of harms way. Another thing Chris Byrd has mastered is relaxing in the ring. I haven't seen a heavyweight fighter who is so relaxed and loose in the ring since Jimmy Young and Muhammad Ali. Trying to hit Byrd hard is like trying to do damage hitting a sheet hung on a clothes line.\n\nByrd continues to prove that body stature and weight are small factors when you know what you're doing in the ring. With the exception of Ibeabuchi and Wladimir Klitschko, Byrd has proven time and time again that speed, balance, and brains can most often neutralize size and power.\n\nThe main reason most fighters give as to why they don't want to fight Byrd, is because he's hard to look good against. I think if you read between the lines, they're really saying they don't want to be embarrassed in the ring by him. Being embarrassed is something that fighters fear every bit as much as being knocked out. This is further testament to just how slick and cunning Byrd is in the ring. The other heavyweights know that they probably won't be hurt or knocked out by him, just humiliated."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, April 23, 2008\n\nComputing Power leading to a decline in thought power?\n\nI recently attended an Industry workshop for High Performance Computing at Purdue University. This was industry's chance to give feedback to the university types on what we need, what we don't and what we can't use, no matter how cool. It was a chance for us to get a peek into some of the up and coming research and development in HPC, so we can mull over the possibilities in the next couple of years. It was also a chance for us to network and chat with each other. I had a chance to talk to people supporting HPC activities at about a half dozen major companies and the consensus was immediately clear.\n\nPeople are relying on the brute computing power of today's computers, rather than thinking carefully. We are apparently not the only ones to notice. Yesterday, Tim Walker posted a thoughtful piece on the usefulness of thinking as well. Don't misunderstand- I am not a luddite. There is no doubt that today's hardest questions require incredible computing power to answer. The power of the computer on my desktop and in my lap right now mean that I can process music and video in ways not possible with paper and pencil. But to think that because you have seemingly endless computing power at your fingers tips you do not have to take time to think before typing is not only wrong, it is wasteful.\n\nLet me give you an example. This is a completely made up example based off of real life stories. The names, products, companies are all changed.. but the thinking ( or lack thereof) remains the same. The impact to the bottom line of the companies has been experienced more than once.\n\nJohn Smith works for WingsRUs -an up and coming wing company. They are a aiming at becoming the leading supplier of wings to the global wing market, so they want a brand new design that is more efficient, more economical to make and helps the craft it is attached to use less fuel. All great goals. WingsRUs is technologically savvy and uses the latest modeling and simulation methods to test all of their designs before building prototypes. They have a large supercomputer cluster they use to run simulations for fast turn around of ideas. These are all great practices. John has the germ of an idea for a wing that will revolutionize flight. He is sure it will be the next breakthrough product. But there are 3 variables that vary by 4 cm each which could impact his design and he is not quite sure which combinations will give the best results. John can easily submit groups or batches of simulations to the supercomputer cluster at his company, so he decides to parametrize those variables, varying each by a millimeter at a time and running the simulation for each possible combination to find the best solution. Although each simulation runs in 4 hours, this results in thousands of simulations and the analysis of each- adding weeks to the overall design cycle and consuming large amounts of the company computing resources. John consumes so many cycles, that other engineers have trouble getting their jobs through the queue and their managers put together a project with real ROI to expand the cluster and add more computing power to the company resrouces. It has computable ROI because they are in a situation where their engineers ability to work is impacted and with the additional compute power, they can achieve more. However, the same end result could have been achieved without any cash outlay at all, if our friendly engineer John had taken the time to think carefully, done a reasonable design of experiment and run fewer simulations in the first place.\n\nThe insanity of this is that every single corporate IT person I have talked to in the last year has at least one of these stories. Sometimes many. Sometimes it is caught before new compute power is purchased, but not always.\n\nYou can make the same arguments for something like storage. Yes, storage is fairly cheap right now.. But just because it is cheap, should you fill it up with junk emails and multiple versions of 5 year old files that you never would have kept back when storage was expensive? Wouldn't it make more sense to take time to think for a moment, make reasonable choices and save the money on extra storage?\n\nThere are concerns other than costs savings involved as well. An unused brain does not reinforce neural connections and soon becomes \"flabby\" like an unused muscle. The end result is not just a loss of money for companies, but a loss of the national brain trust and the ability to think an innovate.\n\nI love my computer- sometimes in ways that are probably not healthy. Some people would say I am addicted to the connectivity it provides for me. But I refuse to go one step further and let it think for me. What about you?\n\n@Ike No doubt we can do other puzzles and exercises to keep dementia at bay and our minds in a certain shape. But just like running on the treadmill at the gymn does not really prepare you for days of hauling hay bales, doing sudko and crosswords does not really keep you in \"shape\" for isolation of variables and Design of Experiments. There are certain mental \"muscles\" that get exercised only by doing them.\n\nBeyond the loss of personal brain power, there is also the matter of large dollar amounts wasted by companies every year because someone refused to think carefully. You may not care about the impact to the corporations ( their own fault, right??) However, this added cost eventually impacts the bottom line of the products you by- from cars and computers to potato chips and baby diapers.\n\nI did not even start on the impact to energy consumption and the environment....."}
-{"text": "May 1, 2012 at 3:30 PM\n\nWashington, May 1 (ANI): From bees and wasps that die defending their nests, to elephants that cooperate to care for young, a new mathematical model has shed light on the environmental conditions that favour one form of altruism over another.\n\nApril 28, 2012 at 5:54 PM\n\nApril 28, 2012 at 4:18 PM\n\nWashington, April 28 (IANS) India's Ambassador Nirupama Rao has asked American students to be alert to the \"stifling effects\" of protectionism as it is retrogressive and hinders economic growth and development in the age of globalisation.\n\nApril 28, 2012 at 9:46 AM\n\nWashington, April 28 (IANS) Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao has asked American students to be alert to the \"stifling effects\" of protectionism as it hinders economic growth and development in the age of globalisation.\n\nApril 25, 2012 at 2:41 PM\n\nApril 25, 2012 at 2:01 PM\n\nWashington, Apr 25 (ANI): Benefits of most commonly prescribed anti-depressants, even taken at their best, compare poorly to the risks, which include premature death in elderly patients, a new study has revealed.\n\nApril 19, 2012 at 2:45 PM\n\nAhmedabad, April 19 (IANS) A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was Thursday dedicated to the nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the state's Patan district, in a boost to India's efforts towards low carbon growth.\n\nApril 18, 2012 at 12:37 PM\n\nWashington, Apr 18 (ANI): The fact that dinosaurs laid eggs is what prompted their mass extinction as it put them at a considerable disadvantage compared to viviparous mammals, according to a new study.\n\nApril 5, 2012 at 6:56 PM\n\nApril 5, 2012 at 2:17 PM\n\nLondon, Apr 5 (ANI): Researchers have built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kind to include protection against \"decoherence\" - noise that does not allow the computer to function correctly.\n\nApril 3, 2012 at 4:32 PM\n\nStockholm, April 3 (IANS) Women spend 81 minutes daily on Facebook, writing more about emotions and relationships, while men devoted 64 minutes per day. What's more, a third of male respondents reported provoking others on the site - about twice the figure for women, says a new study.\n\nMarch 31, 2012 at 11:52 AM\n\nWashington, Mar 31 (ANI): Dogs in the workplace may buffer the impact of stress during the workday for their owners and make the job more satisfying for those with whom they come into contact, a new study has revealed.\n\nMarch 21, 2012 at 9:27 PM\n\nLondon, Mar 21 (ANI): Researchers led by one of Indian origin have come up with a new imaging system could use opaque walls, doors or floors as 'mirrors' to collect information about scenes outside its line of sight.\n\nMarch 21, 2012 at 11:41 AM\n\nLondon, Mar 21 (ANI): Researchers led by one of Indian origin have come up with a new imaging system could use opaque walls, doors or floors as 'mirrors' to collect information about scenes outside its line of sight.\n\nMarch 17, 2012 at 8:51 PM\n\nWashington, March 17 (ANI): Scientists have described how they have prepared nanoparticles of chitosan that could have potential in preventing infection in wounds as well as enhancing the wound-healing process itself by stimulating skin cell growth.\n\nMarch 17, 2012 at 6:01 PM\n\nWashington, March 17 (ANI): Scientists have described how they have prepared nanoparticles of chitosan that could have potential in preventing infection in wounds as well as enhancing the wound-healing process itself by stimulating skin cell growth.\n\nMarch 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM\n\nWellington, Mar 10 (ANI): Jude Law is reportedly looking for a new home after he learned that students living near his penthouse apartment were invading his personal space and photographing him in his own apartment.\n\nMarch 10, 2012 at 1:46 PM\n\nWellington, Mar 10 (ANI): Jude Law is reportedly looking for a new home after he learned that students living near his penthouse apartment were invading his personal space and photographing him in his own apartment.\n\nMarch 8, 2012 at 8:33 PM\n\nWashington, Mar 8 (ANI): The annual shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep results in employees spending more time than normal surfing the Web for non-work-related content, a new study has revealed.\n\nMarch 8, 2012 at 1:51 PM\n\nWashington, Mar 8 (ANI): The annual shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep results in employees spending more time than normal surfing the Web for non-work-related content, a new study has revealed.\n\nMarch 5, 2012 at 9:43 PM\n\nWashington, Mar 5 (ANI): Experts in biblical research have quashed claims about the discovery of the earliest archaeological record of Christians ever, in a suburb of Jerusalem, saying that the findings are \"unsurprising\".\n\nMarch 5, 2012 at 6:06 PM\n\nWashington, Mar 5 (ANI): Experts in biblical research have quashed claims about the discovery of the earliest archaeological record of Christians ever, in a suburb of Jerusalem, saying that the findings are \"unsurprising\".\n\nFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:24 PM\n\nFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:39 PM\n\nLondon, Feb 20 (ANI): Using powerful X-rays to measure lunar rock densities, a team of scientists have found why our Moon, contrary to Earth, has no active volcanoes, and traces of its past volcanic activity.\n\nFebruary 19, 2012 at 7:49 PM\n\nWashington, Feb 19 (ANI): For men who are dating a girl who has a dog, scientists have advised them to better be prepared to like that dog, too, or fake it, if they want to maintain a happy relationship.\n\nFebruary 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM\n\nFebruary 19, 2012 at 12:43 PM\n\nWashington, Feb 19 (ANI): For men who are dating a girl who has a dog, scientists have advised them to better be prepared to like that dog, too, or fake it, if they want to maintain a happy relationship.\n\nFebruary 15, 2012 at 5:54 PM\n\nWashington, Feb 15 (ANI): Paleontologists have discovered that the prehistoric flying reptile, pterosaur, had massive, curved teeth, which they used to catch fish and also possibly to scare off others.\n\nFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM\n\nLondon, Feb 13 (ANI): Researchers including one of Indian origin have come up with a new methodology, based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to examine batteries from inside without destroying them.\n\nFebruary 10, 2012 at 4:37 PM\n\nWashington, Feb 10 (ANI): A study conducted by an Indian origin researcher and his colleagues, has revealed a lot about how the brain sorts out confusing perceptions, like distinguishing between right and left hand.\n\nFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:33 PM\n\nFebruary 9, 2012 at 8:22 PM\n\nLondon, Feb.9 (ANI): Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took 24 wickets for Pakistan in the three Test series against England, has surprised the International Cricket Council with the claim that it had given him special dispensation to bend his arm 23.5 degrees.\n\nFebruary 9, 2012 at 8:13 PM\n\nWashington, Feb 9 (ANI): Champagne just isn't champagne sans its bubbles, and researchers have now highlighted the effects that glass shape and temperature can have on carbonation upon serving and the drinking experience.\n\nFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:09 PM\n\nLondon, Feb.9 (ANI): Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took 24 wickets for Pakistan in the three Test series against England, has surprised the International Cricket Council with the claim that it had given him special dispensation to bend his arm 23.5 degrees.\n\nFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:09 PM\n\nWashington, Feb 9 (ANI): Champagne just isn't champagne sans its bubbles, and researchers have now highlighted the effects that glass shape and temperature can have on carbonation upon serving and the drinking experience.\n\nFebruary 3, 2012 at 9:16 PM\n\nLondon, Feb 3 (ANI): The 2013 Oscars ballot may be vulnerable to a variety of cyber attacks that could falsify the outcome but remain undetected, if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences follows through on its decision to switch to internet voting for its members, experts have warned.\n\nFebruary 3, 2012 at 9:16 PM\n\nFebruary 3, 2012 at 5:32 PM\n\nLondon, Feb 3 (ANI): The 2013 Oscars ballot may be vulnerable to a variety of cyber attacks that could falsify the outcome but remain undetected, if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences follows through on its decision to switch to internet voting for its members, experts have warned.\n\nFebruary 3, 2012 at 4:36 PM\n\nFebruary 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM\n\nMaryland (US), Feb.1 (ANI): Researchers at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) have warned that rural areas of America will continue to be the bases for launching of terror strikes due to the involvement of domestic actors.\n\nFebruary 1, 2012 at 4:04 PM\n\nMaryland (US), Feb.1 (ANI): Researchers at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) have warned that rural areas of America will continue to be the bases for launching of terror strikes due to the involvement of domestic actors.\n\nJanuary 31, 2012 at 8:54 PM\n\nWashington, Jan 31 (ANI): Drinking at least one glass of milk everyday could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, experts suggest.\n\nJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:27 AM\n\nWashington, Jan 31 (ANI): Drinking at least one glass of milk everyday could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, experts suggest."}
-{"text": "Sephardic Origins And Familial Transformations in the Spanish Extremadura\n\nOverview of the Project\n\nOn 16 October 2011, the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center (IIJG-PJC) fundedthe Sephardic Origins and Transformations in the Spanish Extremadura project that was conducted by Dr. Roger L. Mart\u00ednez-D\u00e1vila. Over the course of two years, the researcher performed onsite archival, electronic, and text-based research on the late medieval Sephardic Jewish communities of the Spanish Extremadura. This research identified over 900 Jewish and converso (Jewish converts to Christianity) individuals who lived in-between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries of the common era. From this investigation, the researcher developed a genealogical database (a GEDCOM file) that was delivered to the IIJG-PJC on 17 June 2014.\n\nOverview of the Sephardic Extremaduran Database\n\nThe Sephardic Extremaduran Genealogical Database is an electronic file that reports the personal and familial background for Jewish, converso, and a few Christian individuals (who were closed associated with Jewish and converso persons). The file, or database, is a standardized GEDCOM (GEnealogical Data COMmunications. GEDCOM) format. The database was created using RootsMagic 6 (a Windows OS software application).\n\nSome the characteristics of the Sephardic Extremaduran Genealogical Database include:\n\n924 individuals,\n\n123 families/surnames,\n\nEarliest date for an individual is 1153 C.E. (common era) and the latest is 1706 C.E.,\n\n3,503 recorded life \u201cevents\u201d \u2013 for example \u201cliving\u201d in a particular village,\n\n50 place locations,\n\n28 primary and secondary sources, and\n\n1,202 individual citations recorded.\n\nResearch Methods and Sources\n\nDr. Mart\u00ednez conducted original research in Spain for this project, as well as employed three undergraduate students in the preparation of the database. Dr. Mart\u00ednez wishes to acknowledge the important efforts of the following University of Colorado-Colorado Springs students: Ms. Kim Sweetwood, Mr. Andrew Roome, and Ms. Kelcey Vogel. The three primary methods of conducting research for this project included: Onsite review of manuscripts and documents in local municipal, ecclesiastical, and national archives in Spain,\n\nElectronic review of the Spanish Ministry of Educacion, Culture, and Sports online search tool for national and state archives (known as the Portal de Archivos Espa\u00f1oles, or PARES, http://pares.mcu.es/), and\n\nTextual review of printed primary and secondary sources.\n\nDue to reduced funding for the project, as well as Dr. Mart\u00ednez being denied access to cathedral archives in Plasencia (Spain) and Coria (Spain) because of church staffing limitations, project research and findings were scaled back. However, the delivered database (17 June 2014) included over 900 persons of Jewish and converso status. In limited cases, Christians closely-associated with Jewish and converso persons were included in the database as well."}
-{"text": "Jeff is fantastic - he took time to show me some basic things to check for in the system that will hopefully keep me from contacting tech support. I didn't feel Jeff was rushing me through anything - he was willing to answer my questions, even those not directly related to my problem at hand!Jessie O., EBNHC (East Boston Neighborhood Health Clinic)"}
-{"text": "If you have a river flowing by your home, a buffalo, bits of rusty iron and nine months of time, you are good to go, to becoming a kalamkari painter. Of course a bit of skill thrown in could helpJ\n\nKalamakari is the art of painting on cloth with a \u2018kalam\u2019 or pen. And \u2018kari\u2019 means \u2018work\u2019. So literally it means pen-work- simple, right? But simplicity of craft is not what kalamkari is all about. But before you get to know how it is\n\ndone, take a look at how a finished painting may look in some of the contemporary renditions of the classic art style in today\u2019s dresses & sarees. Absolutely stunning, aren\u2019t they?\n\nMuch of what you may see on fashion fabrics today may just be fabric painting that uses the kalamkari style of painting as the inspiration. But the classic, traditional method is said to be over 3000 years old and the place to go for the real authentic works of art is Sri Kalahasti, in Andhra Pradesh, India. There is another version of this painting done by block printing, but that, as the name suggests, is more printing than painting.\n\nOriginally, kalamkari works of art were created entirely by hand, predominantly for the temples as narrative murals. These murals tell the stories of the great Hindu epics in picture form. In addition to the epic murals, the Tree of Life theme is very popular and comes in many forms.\n\nThe art involves some 19 steps and can take up to nine months to complete, depending on the complexity. Dense cotton cloth is soaked in the river to remove the starch. The cloth is then steeped in buffalo milk and cow dung, mixed with a tree seed which dyes it a warm yellow. Marking out and producing a basic image is done with charcoal followed by detailed filling in of borders, shapes and story with a black dye made from rusty iron, soaked for 7 days with water and palm sugar, using the \u2018kalam\u2019 dipped in the black dye.\n\nThen the process of adding colors starts- adding alum to get the red color in the spots required and boiling the cloth in the dye solution. Following this, the cloth is washed in the river water and bleached dry in the sun. This process is repeated for each color separately.\n\nTake a look at a couple of shawls and throws sold [not in stock now] by Artikrti, that feature this art. And if you\u2019d like to see pictures of the making of the world record for the single largest kalamkari work involving 150,00 drawings, click here."}
-{"text": "Our friends over at TransformersAsia.com have posted our first look at the upcoming collectible coin offered with UW03 Defensor! The coin comes in a decorative display case that looks like Hasbro\u2019s Groove in his chest plate mode. An interesting choice with Groove being a new, deluxe mold in this Takara set."}
-{"text": "|\nTheme: Nisarg Drama Story: Chapter 15 - John Boyd comes home after five years in the Mississippi State Prison. He tried to fit into his old life and start a brand new one all at the same time. This is a fast and dirty story so you have been warned. Read an Excerpt. JOHN DIES AT THE END (Chapter 1) The Levitating \"Jamaican\" They say Los Angeles is like The Wizard of resmacabse.gq minute it's small-town monochrome neighborhoods and then boom\u2014all of a sudden you're in a sprawling Technicolor freak show, dense with midgets. @stefankova_lena ahoj viem ze od veci (mysl\u00edm ako od riverdalu) ale m\u00e1me rovnak\u00e9 priezvisk\u00e1 xDDD ja tu nem\u00e1m svoje priezvisko ale vol\u00e1m sa \u0160tefankov\u00e1 XDD bu\u010f m\u00e1me rovnake (mysl\u00edm oh\u013eadom diakritiky) alebo aspo\u0148 podobn\u00e9 XDDD."}
-{"text": "FINAL SCORE FRIDAY: Greenbriar Christian at BSH\n\nPOWHATAN, VA (WTVR) \u2013 New coach, same result for the Knights of Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot. Under first year head coach Brice Fritts, they won their opening round VISAA, Division 4 playoff game knocking off Greenbriar Christian 28-21 at home.\n\nEthan Johnson capped a pair of long drives for the Knights (7-4) with two touchdown runs as part of his 135 yard rushing night. Chandler Emberlin added 60 rushing yards and a touchdown.\n\nThe win avenges one of the Knights regular season losses and moves them into the VISAA D-4 championship game for the fourth straight season. Greenbriar Christian finishes their season at 6-5."}
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-{"text": "Philadelphia Flyers. Minnesota didnt give itself much of a chance, giving uup the games first five goals, including the first three to Montreal forward Max Pacioretty in the second period.dddddddddddd Nino Niederreiter finally got the Wild\n\nLast Wish - Portal\n\u00bb\nOFFIZIELLER BEREICH\n\u00bb\nFeedback & Offizielles\n\u00bb\nPhiladelphia Flyers. Minnesota didnt give itself much of a chance, giving uup the games first five goals, including the first three to Montreal forward Max Pacioretty in the second period.dddddddddddd Nino Niederreiter finally got the Wild\n\nMADRID, Spain -- Olympiakos and Bayer Leverkusen reached the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday, with either Juventus or Galatasaray set to join them after their match in Istanbul was abandoned because of a snowstorm. Match officials stopped play after 31 minutes, ruling the field was too dangerous to play on. The last hour will now be played on Wednesday, kicking off at 3pm local time (1300 GMT). Olympiakos beat 8-man Anderlecht 3-1 to advance, edging out two-time champion Benfica, whose 2-1 victory over Paris St. Germain was not enough. Leverkusen won 1-0 at Real Sociedad to finish behind Group A winner Manchester United, which beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score nine times in group play as the Portugal forwards 26th goal of the season helped carry Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory at Copenhagen to wrap up Group B. \"Were first in the group, the team played very well on a very bad pitch,\" Ronaldo said. \"I scored a goal and Im happy that I can help the team.\" Manchester City finally managed to secure a victory over a European heavyweight, coming from behind to win 3-2 at Bayern Munich to end the defending champions record winning streak at 10 games. City fell one goal shy of taking Group D over Bayern on head-to-head results after the clubs finished tied on 15 points. Bayern charged into a 2-0 lead by the 12th minute at the Allianz Arena before David Silva began the rally with a 28th-minute goal. City was inspired by the Spain midfielder and, after Aleksandar Kolarov equalized from the penalty spot, James Milner side footed home a low screamer to secure the win in the 62nd. \"This is a very important result for us,\" City coach Manuel Pellegrini said. Back in Manchester, Phil Jones scored in the 67th minute at Old Trafford as United continued to find its form in Europe while it struggles domestically. Uniteds victory helped Leverkusen, which won through Omer Topraks second-half goal, as it condemned Shakhtar to a place in the Europa League after finishing third in the group. Benfica joins Shakhtar in Europes second-tier competition despite rallying from Edinson Cavanis 37th-minute opener for Group C winner PSG. Lima converted a penalty on the stroke of halftime and Nicolas Gaitan scored from Maxi Pereiras diverted cross in the 58th, but the result wasnt enough for the Portuguese team because of the result across the continent in Greece. Javier Saviola scored two goals for Olympiakos but was shaking his head in the 50th with the score at 1-1 when Anderlecht goalkeeper Silvio Proto saved his penalty. Saviola made up for that miss eight minutes later after swiveling to stab home his second for 2-1. \"Everything counts more in the Champions league: scoring, winning, celebrating,\" Saviola said. \"So this is a great moment.\" Proto stopped another penalty before being the third Andrlecht player sent off three minutes into stoppage time. Substitute Alejandro Dominguez beat outfield player Aleksandar Mitrovic -- who filled in for Proto. After a slow start, Madrid is certainly showing its mettle as a title favourite. The team extended its unbeaten run in all competitions to nine games, despite Ronaldo also having a second-half penalty saved. Luka Modric got nine-time champion Madrid going with an exquisitely taken shot from just outside the area in the 25th, and Madrid never looked back with Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema running the attack. \"Today I wanted to score, like every game. Every goal is important to help the team win and today it was extra special to break the record,\" said Ronaldo, who had been sidelined over two weeks with a hamstring injury. \"But I dont think about records. The principal objective is to win trophies.\" Madrid topped Group B with 16 points. Juventus needs just a draw against Galatasaray to advance, while the Turkish club needs a win. Also in Group D, substitute Tomas Wagner volleyed home a 90th-minute winner as Viktoria Plzen sealed its place in the Europa League with a 2-1 victory against nine-man CSKA Moscow. Ahmed Musa headed CSKA ahead in the 65th but Daniel Kolar nodded home an equalizer after Alan Dzagoev was red carded. CSKA midfielder Pontus Wernbloom was sent off moments after Wagner ensured coach Pavel Vrbas last Champions League game in charge of the club before he takes over the Czech Republic was a memorable one. Each of the eight football grounds unveiled a banner that read \"Madiba, The World Will Never Forget\" before kickoff in honour of former South Africa president Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at age 95. Cheap Jerseys . - The NHL is prepared for snow that could cause some havoc at the Winter Classic. Cheap NHL Jerseys . Begg-Smith was born in Canada but has competed for Australia since 2001. He won gold in Turin in 2006 then took the silver medal behind Alex Bilodeau four years ago in Vancouver. http://www.cheapjerseysstitched.us.com/ . You can see all the action on TSN2 beginning at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. Chicago won two of three games during its stay at the United Center. The club began the homestand with a 5-1 win over Pittsburgh on March 1 and fell to Colorado on Tuesday before posting another blowout win in Thursdays tilt against Columbus. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . United is seventh in the Premier League after 20 games, 11 points behind leader Arsenal, and was eliminated by Swansea in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Moyes says \"there is an urgency that we would like to bring people in, but are those players available in January?\" Moyes only signing in the off-season was Marouane Fellaini from former club Everton for 27.Neither the Ottawa Senators or Minnesota Wild are happy with their efforts from Tuesday night. The clubs see a quick turnaround as they are set to square off in Ottawa tonight with a chance to get back on track. You can watch the game on TSN, tonight at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. Clarke MacArthur and Kyle Turris scored to erase a 2-0 deficit, but the Flyers responded with a pair of goals 23 seconds apart just past the midway point of the third period to seal the outcome. MacArthur assisted on Turris fifth goal of the season, while Robin Lehner faced 41 shots, coming up with 37 saves. \"I thought we played a good game,\" said Lehner. \"Its too bad that I couldnt be there for the guys today. I had a bad one today. Thats life. I had a bad outing today.\" Craig Anderson will get the start tonight for the Sens and is 3-6-2 with a 2.99 GAA in his career versus the Wild. The Senators will look to extend a six-game series winning streak over the Wild, having not lost to the club since March 16, 2004 in Minnesota. They have won three straight as the guest in this series since. Ottawa has eight victories and a tie in 11 all-time meetings with Minnesota. The Wild had a four-game winning streak and eight-game point streak (7-0-1) snapped with last nights 6-2 loss to the hosting Montreal Canadiens, while the Ottawa Senators lost for the third time in four games with a 5-2 setback to the Philadelphia Flyers. Minnesota didnt give itself much of a chance, giving uup the games first five goals, including the first three to Montreal forward Max Pacioretty in the second period.dddddddddddd Nino Niederreiter finally got the Wild on the board with 5:30 to play, while Dany Heatley added a late power-play goal with two seconds on the clock. One day after being named the NHLs Third Star for the week ending on Nov. 17, Josh Harding allowed three goals on 19 shots in just over 33 minutes of action. He had gone 3-0-0 with a 1.38 goals against average and .939 save percentage last week. Darcy Kuemper came on in relief and yielded three goals on nine shots. \"We did not play well. They played very well and thats usually the result,\" said Wild head coach Mike Yeo. \"Hopefully were a little ticked off. Weve been on a good stretch here, but theres no need for us to sit here and look back on that and feel too good about that. Good teams respond, so we have to make sure we respond with a good effort (Wednesday).\" Yeos decision to pull Harding early likely means the goaltender will get the start tonight over Kuemper. Harding has never started versus the Senators and has faced them just once before in relief. That came back on Feb. 14, 2009 and he faced just two shots, giving up one goal. Minnesota lost the opener of a four-game road trip and fell to 3-4-2 as the guest this season compared to 10-1-2 at home. The Wild will face a Senators club that returns home after last nights setback in Philadelphia. cheap nfl jerseyswholesale nfl jerseyswholesale nfl jerseyscheap nfl jerseyscheap nfl jerseys ' ' '"}
-{"text": "Taiwanese authorities put the new curriculum of de-Sinicization into use by the National Taiwan Office: forgetting the book by several ancestors\n\nOverseas Network September 11 - On the morning of September 11, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman of the Taiwan Office of the Peoples Republic of China, answered reportersquestions on hot issues such as cross-strait political party exchanges, cross-strait military mutual trust and cross-strait cultural exchanges.\n\nSome journalists questioned that with the opening of Taiwans high schools, the history textbooks compiled according to the new curriculum of the Education Department of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities were put into use. There is public opinion in the island that the new curriculum is de-chinalization everywhere, which reflects Taiwan independence in the field of education. Whats the comment of the spokesman? Thank you. Ma Xiaoguang said that since the DPP came to power, various activities of Taiwan independence have been continuously promoted. This time, a new curriculum full of de-Sinicization and Taiwan independence has been launched, which not only poisons Taiwans younger generation, but also further undermines cross-strait relations and intensifies cross-strait confrontation. Ma Xiaoguang said that both sides belong to one China, compatriots on both sides belong to the Chinese nation, and no one can deprive them of the right of Chinese culture and education. Any de-Sinicization can not separate the historical links between the two sides, nor can it change the fact that Taiwan is part of China. The DPP authorities have been strongly opposed to this retrograde act of forgetting ancestors and will continue to be more forcefully curbed and attacked by compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Source: Overseas Network Responsible Editor: Wang Ning_NB12468\n\nSome journalists questioned that with the opening of Taiwans high schools, the history textbooks compiled according to the new curriculum of the Education Department of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities were put into use. There is public opinion in the island that the new curriculum is de-chinalization everywhere, which reflects Taiwan independence in the field of education. Whats the comment of the spokesman? Thank you.\n\nMa Xiaoguang said that since the DPP came to power, various activities of Taiwan independence have been continuously promoted. This time, a new curriculum full of de-Sinicization and Taiwan independence has been launched, which not only poisons Taiwans younger generation, but also further undermines cross-strait relations and intensifies cross-strait confrontation.\n\nMa Xiaoguang said that both sides belong to one China, compatriots on both sides belong to the Chinese nation, and no one can deprive them of the right of Chinese culture and education. Any de-Sinicization can not separate the historical links between the two sides, nor can it change the fact that Taiwan is part of China. The DPP authorities have been strongly opposed to this retrograde act of forgetting ancestors and will continue to be more forcefully curbed and attacked by compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait."}
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-{"text": "Big Brother 12 Episode 25\n\nBig Brother 12 Episode 25, Big Brother 12 episode 25 aired on Thursday, September 2. Big Brother 12 episode 25 revealed the new head of household, and the last eviction of the\nThe Big Brother house. Lane has been the head of the family last week at home, and originally named Ragan and Enzo as the two players for eviction. The initial objective was the week Ragan and Ragan, figured that out as soon as the nominations were revealed. It is longer for CBS to reveal that to the fans to see only the new episodes, however, he discovered that most of Wednesday night, when the power of veto competition and veto ceremony shows .\n\nBig Brother 12 Episode 25 Recap\n\nLast night on Big Brother 24 episode 12, the power of veto competition was held, and was Enzo who won the veto power. He himself took the block once, and Ragan, began to show that it was a poor sport when he realized he was probably going home. Lane realized that Britney had to protect in order to reach the final two, so he ended Hayden nomination as the replacement candidate, leaving Ragan and Hayden as the chances of getting evicted guests.\n\nIt was evident, at least to the audience and Lane, the alliance Brigade had come to an end, and that Lane and Britney became a couple against Hayden and Enzo. It also meant that the same lane was actually threatening to go home next week, and that Hayden may have pushed too far and Enzo designate the two while he was head of the family. Meanwhile Ragan was struggling trying to get someone to vote for him, but it was too little too late, and Ragan, chose the wrong week to start playing the game. At that time he must have realized how much it cost when it launched in early season competitions."}
-{"text": "With Giving Season in Full Force, Seeking to Understand Donors\n\nOctober 21, 2013\n\nThe New York Times this week takes a look at the giving habits of donors. It\u2019s an important subject, they argue, as we enter the so-called fourth quarter \u201cgiving season.\u201d Included in the piece were several concerns donors often have about giving. We couldn\u2019t help but notice that we deal with these kinds of concerns on a daily basis, and our donor families are more effective with, and happy about, their giving as a result of our assistance.\n\nTake, for instance, the \u201cadvice mismatch.\u201d Donors want to talk about their family giving; advisors want to talk about the technical and legal ways to make a gift. At the the Communtiy Foundation, we take care of latter on behalf of donors so they can focus entirely on the former.\n\nOr how about the \u201cfear of being pestered\u201c? We hear this one a lot from donors. That\u2019s why we can serve as the go-between for donors and charities. We don\u2019t just cut a check, we do the follow-up, measure impact, and report on results. If a donor wants more information on the impact of a grant, we\u2019ll get the answers. And if a donor would like to continue supporting a certain charity, we\u2019re happy to help make that happen. But the donor is in the driver\u2019s seat throughout.\n\nFinally, there\u2019s the \u201cbenefits of focus.\u201d This is our bread and butter. We want to make sure our donors\u2019 gifts are making an impact; it\u2019s why we\u2019re big believers in targeting one\u2019s resources towards maximum effect. We\u2019ll work with donors to create a giving strategy, and then make sure it\u2019s adhered to. That can happen with any fund we offer, including donor advised funds, designated agency funds, charitable gift annuities, and others.\n\nScroll down for the full New York Times piece. If you have any questions about the issues raised above or below, give us a call at 973-267-5533.\n\nWE have entered giving season. This is the time of year when charities increase their outreach to donors who traditionally wait to the fourth quarter to make annual gifts. And what would this season be without research into the state of our giving habits?\n\nYet a new report by U.S. Trust, which revisited questions asked two decades ago, piqued my interest because it challenged some of the accepted wisdom about how people give money \u2014 or at least how most of us think they give their money away:\n\n\u25a0 The advice they\u2019re getting is not the advice they want.\n\n\u25a0 Tax rates matter very little when donors are making a gift.\n\n\u25a0 When people are hesitant to give money to a charity it is not because they are worried about giving away money they might need.\n\n\u25a0 Finding just one charity or cause to focus on is hard, but it is more rewarding than giving a little money to every group \u2014 or friend \u2014 that asks for a donation.\n\nThe report\u2019s findings have relevance to donors at many levels who seek a greater understanding of what their gifts are doing.\n\nTHE ADVICE MISMATCH When donors and financial advisers discuss philanthropic giving, it seems to resemble a John Gray book: one is from Mars, the other from Venus. Donors want to talk about their interests, while their advisers tend to talk about the various technical ways to make a donation, like giving appreciated stock.\n\n\u201cThe clients always think the conversation is too technically oriented,\u201d said Ken Nopar, a philanthropic consultant based in Chicago. \u201cThey want to talk about family goals and charitable giving.\u201d\n\nClaire Costello, head of philanthropy for U.S. Trust, said the mismatch came from advisers who were unsure about their philanthropic knowledge so they stuck with offering the technical advice they were more comfortable with.\n\n\u201cThey fear they don\u2019t know enough,\u201d she said. \u201cOr they worry that they\u2019re not charitable and will be exposed. Or they\u2019re very charitable and they fear they\u2019ll be seen as preaching.\u201d\n\nThis mismatch has implications. In its annual survey of charitable donations to be released on Monday, The Chronicle of Philanthropy said the 400 largest organizations reported little increase in gifts from last year, except among people who were giving $1 million or more. As of early October, those gifts are twice what they were at this time last year, the report says.\n\nYet a shift is happening for smaller donors, too. The United Way is still No. 1 for gifts received, but Fidelity Charitable, the nation\u2019s largest donor-advised fund is a close second, the report says. Its contributions grew by nearly 90 percent last year.\n\nDonor-advised funds allow people of different wealth levels to get a tax deduction the year they put the money in their fund and recommend gifts, sometimes as small as $50, later. It is a popular vehicle for someone who wants to give money to charity and get the deduction that year but could use some advice on how to parcel out the money.\n\nAnd what this means is that people need advice. Henry Goldstein, a principal at the Oram Group, said he saw a growing need for philanthropic counseling that was not linked to money management if donors were going to understand the groups they were giving to.\n\n\u201cTo name a wing at a hospital may not be the best use of funds,\u201d he said. \u201cThe name goes on the building but the money goes somewhere else. That\u2019s O.K. if they know it, but often they don\u2019t have the time to do the due diligence.\u201d\n\nThe take-away: Don\u2019t stay quiet if your financial advisers talk past you about all the financial structures around giving \u2014 interrupt and tell them what you need help on.\n\nTAXES DON\u2019T MATTER \u201cI can honestly tell you that taxes have no effect on any decision I make,\u201d said Eric Suder, who made his money in telephone technology and now gives it away to help first-generation college students. \u201cThat\u2019s something that doesn\u2019t interest me. I don\u2019t have enough bandwidth to think about it.\u201d\n\nHis focus, he said, was in using his money to increase the graduation rate of students who are the first in their family to attend a four-year college. He said he trusted that his accountant and adviser were helping him get the correct tax deductions but that did not influence what he was doing.\n\nYet the U.S. Trust report found that advisers thought 40 percent of wealthy donors would reduce their giving if the estate tax was repealed and 78 percent would reduce it if the income tax deduction was reduced or taken away. But only 6 percent of donors said a repeal of the estate tax would affect their giving, while 45 percent said they would reduce giving if the income tax deduction were changed.\n\n\u201cA lot of people donate to charities who can\u2019t even itemize their deductions,\u201d said Mark Miller, a certified public accountant at Sikich L.L.P. in Milwaukee.\n\nBut, he said, an adviser, if not the client, should be aware of tax savings since managing them can mean more money for a charity.\n\nHe gave the example of a $20,000 donation of stock that had been owned for more than a year and was bought for half that amount. If a donor in the highest income-tax bracket gave the stock to charity \u2014 as opposed to selling it, paying the taxes, and giving what was left to the charity \u2014 she would save $949 on taxes and give the charity $2,396 more.\n\nThe take-away: Giving to causes you care about is important but do not tune out advisers who talk about the most tax-efficient ways to give.\n\nFEAR OF BEING PESTERED Why wealthy people would not give to a charity is a conundrum to many. Are they meanspirited? Are they afraid of running out of money? It turns out many fear being deluged with solicitations \u2014 the very kind that are being sent out this time of year.\n\nThe report found that the top three reasons donors did not give to a charity were that they feared that their gift would not be used wisely, they had no connection to the charity and they did not want to be on a solicitation list. Conversely, their advisers thought they were afraid they would not have enough money to leave to their heirs, or would run out of money or did not think they were wealthy enough to donate.\n\n\u201cOnce you\u2019re on a list, your name gets passed around,\u201d said Ike Brown, the vice chairman of NFI, a privately held transportation company. \u201cNot only do you get hit up on a community basis, you get hit up on a national basis.\u201d\n\nMr. Brown and his wife, Candy, have given generously to various Jewish charities and to friends\u2019 charitable events over the decades. But as their giving became larger and more focused, they had to find a way to manage it better. \u201cIt was always a fulfilling feeling, but it was shortsighted,\u201d he said. \u201cWe wanted to get involved with philanthropic giving that would be a fabric of our life.\u201d\n\nIn this instance, he said he received good counsel from his adviser. That adviser, Dodee Crockett, a managing director at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Dallas, said she had developed a stock line for people to deflect the many solicitations they received.\n\nShe said she told clients to say, \u201cThis is a one-time gift. I\u2019m honoring the work of my friend. This is not the mission of this family.\u201d\n\nDoing so, she said, allows the family to focus on what matters to them and ignore the solicitations that still come.\n\nThe take-away: Find a way to deflect requests gracefully so you can give to what you care the most about.\n\nTHE BENEFIT OF FOCUS Perhaps not surprisingly, people who were happiest with their giving had focus. The report found that 55 percent of them were most interested in developing a strategic giving plan.\n\nMr. Suder, 67, said his focus now was to expand the First Scholars program to 100 universities from seven at a cost of $800,000 to $1 million to start each program.\n\n\u201cTo get to 100 universities, we\u2019ll align ourselves with other large foundations who want to make an impact on education,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a clear return on investment. Give me $20 million and I\u2019ll tell you how many kids will graduate based on that.\u201d\n\nMr. Brown said his family continued to give to Jewish charities it had supported over the years, but it was focused on financing a building for the Dallas Holocaust Museum-Center for Education and Tolerance.\n\n\u201cI went to them without them soliciting me and made a large donation,\u201d he said. And after years of being asked for donations, he added, \u201cI\u2019m going to be asking my friends for money.\u201d\n\nThis, of course, is the type of enthusiasm anyone who gives money away wants to feel."}
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-{"text": "Biggest start-up centre in Europe\n\nStarting from June 2015, the National Stadium in Warsaw will host the biggest business accelerator on the continent, with places for 850 start-ups. Young entrepreneurs from other Central and Eastern European countries are also encouraged to join in.\n\nPoland has every chance of becoming the biggest entrepreneurial centre in the region. Our country boasts the largest network of business incubators in Europe and is the place where the most start-ups are being created. Young entrepreneurs will soon have another great opportunity to move their businesses up a notch. In June 2015 a large business accelerator will open in Warsaw, called Business Link Narodowy. The facilities available in the centre will include desks, server rooms, laboratories and conference halls. All that on 5,000 sq. metres, in one of the capital\u2019s biggest office blocks, the National Stadium.\n\n\u201cI believe that Warsaw can become a regional start-up centre,\u201d Dariusz \u017buk, the president of Entrepreneurial Poland and the co-founder of Business Link Narodowy, told Polska.pl. \u201cThis place has been drawing new Polish ICT companies for a long time now. Now, apart from the best Polish start-ups, we would also like to attract foreign companies from that industry, especially those from Central and Eastern Europe. We want to provide them with support and give them an opportunity to enter foreign markets,\u201d said Mr \u017buk.\n\n\u201cThe accelerator to be opened at the National Stadium is indeed a tremendous opportunity to bring to Poland start-ups with leading-edge technologies that give good chances of commercial success,\u201d Dr Micha\u0142 Ba\u0144ka, the director at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development responsible for the development of the start-up network in Poland, told Polska.pl. \u201cThe creation of probably the biggest accelerator in our region may be considered another proof for Poland\u2019s leading place in the regional start-up industry,\u201d he added.\n\nBusiness Link, the company behind the Business Link Narodowy project, also runs the Ready To Go! programme. The programme offers start-ups training visits to the Silicon Valley, Shanghai and London. Now, apart from Polish companies, entrepreneurs from other countries who want to expand their businesses into foreign markets can take part in the programme. Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania are keen to see their start-ups join the accelerator.\n\n\u201cWe could build a strong start-up ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe together, to help us compete with such start-up giants as the Silicon Valley in America and Bangalore in India,\u201d thinks Mr \u017buk.\n\nThe National Stadium\u2019s spacious area will provide the start-ups with good conditions not only for office work alone. Having all of them together under a single roof is meant to unlock synergies between them. Co-working should facilitate exchanging experiences and developing joint projects by entities that would not team up otherwise. Business Link Narodowy also offers help in matters related to the basics of running a company and business knowledge in the form of training and mentor coaching.\n\n\u201cThe start-up support system would be defective without accelerators, thus also less efficient,\u201d underlines Dr Ba\u0144ka. \u201cIt should be noted that an accelerator is in fact only one of the initial stages in the start-up\u2019s dealings with the business environment. Acceleration programmes are of substantial help in the start-up\u2019s business survival, ability to attract investors, and expansion into new markets.\u201d\n\nBusiness Link Narodowy will join the AIP Business Link network which brings together ten accelerators that operate in, among others, Warsaw, Krakow, Trojmiasto and Poznan. The accelerators are accompanied by the AIP Seed Capital Fund and a network of approximately 50 Academic Business Incubators, which since 2004 have helped create 7,000 companies and are currently taking care of over 1,500 start-ups. Projects from Belarus, Ukraine and Romania are already running as part of the AIP, which proves that the organisation has the knowledge and experience necessary to venture on such a demanding plan as Business Link Narodowy.\n\n\u201cWe want our country to be associated with start-ups, new technologies and innovation. I hope that Business Link accelerators will, at least to some extent, help us achieve this goal,\u201d concludes Mr \u017buk.\n\nOther articles in this section\n\nThe Polish Economic Exhibition (PWG) is an unique exhibition project which objective is to tell about the history and achievements of the last 100 years of the Polish economy. By presenting achievements of domestic companies and enterprises, it wants to create a sense of pride and respect for the efforts of the work of generations. The project refers to the General National Exhibition in 1929 which presented the ten-year achievements of independent Poland.\n\nThe PFR School of Pioneers, an international programme for young technological visionaries from all over Poland, is now up and running. It will be attended by 50 individuals who over four weeks will develop theoretical and practical business skills under the watchful eye of the best trainers. The objective is to strengthen the key competences of young entrepreneurs that will help them build an innovative market.\n\nThis and other questions will be answered by representatives of the world of politics, business, science, culture and media from over 60 countries who will meet today in the picturesque town of Krynica-Zdr\u00f3j in the south of Poland. The Economic Forum, the largest economic conference in Central and Eastern Europe, will take place there until Thursday.\n\nImpact Cee brings together people from different worlds. They are connected by a shared vision. Directors of large corporations and fledgling start-ups, scientists and officials, government representatives and NGO employees, and even humanoid Sophia \u2013 all met in Krakow to talk about the strong development of economy 4.0. The event\u2019s main success was its ability to assemble so many people from diverse sectors and walks of life. Over 6,000 participants and 250 speakers took part, addressing audiences simultaneously from four different stages.\n\nPoland came in 3rd place on the ranking of the top 20 countries for investment published by U.S. News & World Report. The ranking is based on 8 attributes: entrepreneurship, dynamism, corruption, economic stability, favourable tax environment, innovation, skilled labour and technological expertise.\n\nThis website uses cookies. By leaving cookies in your browser settings enabled you accept the use of cookies. If you do not agree to the use of cookies, change your browser settings. For more information, read our Cookie Policy."}
-{"text": "Weather Forecast\n\nA couple makes a run for it across a Villard Street intersection Friday.\n\nAs March turns to April and southwest North Dakota starts to shake winter from its hills and valleys, its people will begin to spend more time outside and less in the confines of offices, schools and vehicles.\n\nThose choosing to abandon motor vehicles and use their legs to get around town will need to exercise caution as they cross the street, especially at intersections unprotected by traffic signals.\n\n\"It doesn't matter if you go to one of them,\" Dickinson High School senior Meleah Leiss said of crosswalks. \"No one's going to stop for me there or they're not going to stop for me in the middle of the road.\"\n\nShe and her sister Macy Leiss were technically jaywalking as they crossed busy Villard Street between Sims Street and First Avenue West on Friday morning on their way to the businesses on the north side of Villard from the parking lot on the south.\n\nOthers trust that vehicles will stop if they're using the designated crosswalks.\n\n\"Right here's one of the best crosswalks here cause people will stop for you,\" Dickinson resident Jesse Martin said of the intersection of First Avenue West and Villard Street.\n\nMartin lives downtown and walks frequently with the use of a cane, but believes his appearance helps keep him safe.\n\n\"And they see you coming, especially a guy like me,\" said the Cheyenne, Wyo., native. \"Cane, pink beard, hard to miss.\"\n\nFor some, timing is everything.\n\n\"There was going to be no cars, I timed it so there wouldn't be,\" said Rick Presthus of Edina, Minn. He crossed Villard Street the same way the Leiss girls did.\n\nOthers don't trust drivers at all.\n\n\"Very few people stop,\" Dickinson resident Alissa Forster said. \"Every once in a while you'll get somebody to stop.\"\n\nThe Dickinson Police Department recommends exercising similar caution at all crossing points.\n\n\"I think some of the problem is some pedestrians feel that the traffic is going to yield for them just because they're walking there,\" DPD Capt. Joe Cianni said.\n\nThere were a series of pedestrian deaths last fall, including the hit-and-run incident in November that killed Tracy Freer. A Missouri man, Timothy Menges, was arrested at the beginning of this month for negligent homicide.\n\nThere were two deaths along Highway 22 in October.\n\nBrendan Smock, 28, was struck north of the city. Four days later, 68-year-old Roger Gawryluk was hit just south of the Museum Drive intersection with Third Avenue West.\n\n\"I don't think (motorists) are driving defensively and being as completely aware of their surroundings as far as seeing these pedestrians crossing,\" Cianni said. \"For a motorist to have to yield to a pedestrian, they have to have stepped off of the curb.\"\n\nAccidents where pedestrians are involved are usually classified as injury or hit-and-run, making it difficult to know how many were struck in the past year.\n\n\"It's really tough for me to pull out numbers for that,\" Cianni said.\n\nIn the city's comprehensive plan, \"Dickinson 2035: Roadmap to the Future,\" KLJ indicated a need for more traffic signals throughout the city. The city added several in the northern industrial corridor along Highway 22 last fall.\n\nTo make drivers more aware of possible pedestrians, DPD has crosswalk indicators, which it will use on long stretches of road lacking stop lights, like Villard Street.\n\n\"Unfortunately they get ran over quite a bit,\" Cianni said. \"They're beat up, they're really beat up. And I'm not saying motorists are doing it on purpose, but we believe they are hitting them on purpose on occasion.\"\n\nWalkers should always exercise caution when crossing the street, he said.\n\n\"Never assume that a vehicle is going yield to you unless you have the common indicators of full eye contact, and the vehicle is obviously slowing and coming to a stop,\" Cianni said."}
-{"text": "Media Interest\n\nWinner of\nThe Times\n'Website of the Week' Award\n\nSome recent testimonials from AppealNow.com clients\n\nDear Barrie\nYou may be pleased to learn that I have just been informed that Westminster City Council accept that I was ... not contravening the parking regulations. They have informed me that I will be receiving a full refund of my \u00a3115 fines. We have achieved this is in only 19 working days! I have no doubt whatsoever that it would not have happened without your unstinting encouragement, advice and support - thank you very much! [PC]\n\nBarrie you are a star. I received a council letter today telling me that the parking ticket had been cancelled. I think that represents the quickest climb down since Tarzan saw Jane. Many thanks. [M]\n\nWe were in total dispair. Thanks to you we got all the fraudulently issued parking tickets cancelled. [ZA]\n\nWARNING BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!!\n\nRemember during Bank Holidays some councils are issuing parking tickets if you park on single yellow lines even though they may let you park for free on meters. This also applies to Bus Lanes. Remember that if a Saturday falls during a Bank Holiday weekend it is treated as a normal Saturday for parking purposes!\n\nAppealNow.com and its founder Barrie Segal have been featured on:\n\nBBC TV's Breakfast News\n\nBBC TV's BBC London News\n\nBBC TV's News 24\n\nBBC TV's Real Story\n\nBBC TV's Now You're Talking\n\nBBC3 TV News.\n\nITV's London Tonight\n\nTonight with Trevor McDonald\n\nChannel 5 News\n\nDispatches on Channel 4\n\nABC's \"Nightline\"in the USA\n\nThe London Programme\n\nThe Today Programme on Radio 4\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live phone-in\n\nBBC Radio Newcastle\n\nBBC West Midlands\n\nBBC Three Counties\n\nBBC Radio Berkshire\n\nBBC Radio Cambridgeshire\n\nBBC Herefordshire\n\nBBC Radio Kent\n\nBBC Radio Bristol\n\nTime FM\n\nTalksport Radio\n\nLBC Radio\n\nAuto Express magazine\n\nWhat Car? magazine\n\nNews of the World\n\nDaily Telegraph\n\nThe Sunday Times\n\nThe Times\n\nMetro\n\nLoaded magazine\n\nThe Evening Standard\n\nThe Guardian Webwatch\n\nThe Sun\n\nThe Daily Mirror\n\nThe Daily Mail\n\n\"Which\" Magazine\n\nThe Manchester Evening News\n\nWestminster Times\n\nWestminster News\n\nHendon & Finchley Times\n\nThe New York Times\n\nThe International Herald Tribune\n\nand many more...\n\nParking fines are to be introduced by Scarborough Hospital.\n\nDrivers who fail toadhere to parking rules at Scarborough Hospital will be fined under new measures.\n\nThe Trust have stated that the introduction of \u201ccar park management\u201d is a response to feedback from individuals, site visitors, bus firms and employees, rather than a way to boost income.\n\nPreviously, signs warned motorists to follow guidelines but no staff members had been employed to enforce them.\n\nAttendants will to begin with by issuing warning notices, before fines of \u00a330, escalating to \u00a360 after 14 days, are introduced.\n\nJames Hayward, director of facilities, indicated that many buses and delivery vehicles have found it difficult to navigate the roads around the hospital due to improper car parking. He went on to say that in order to enhance the security of both drivers and pedestrians, The Trust's Executive Group had agreed to introduce correct management controls.\n\n\u201cWe know, from talking to local people, that car parking and access to hospital is an important issue. Our travel plan aims to help reduce car parking demand and traffic congestion on site.\u201d\n\nHe added that steps could be taken to encourage more individuals to use public transport and also the \"park and ride scheme\" when visiting or attennding the hospital.\n\nHave you ever been the unfortunate target of wheel clampers on private land? Find out about the laws as they relate to private parking enforcement and how to fight private parking fines. Peruse our exhaustive study of your rights and the parking regulations that operate so that you can fight any private \"parking fine\" wheel clamping or towing."}
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-{"text": "Beauty at The Circle Gym & Spa offers a luxurious and tranquil environment that is sure to leave you feeling relaxed, revitalised and invigorated. Our therapists are all fully qualified, have a wealth of experience, and offer a personal and professional approach to beauty therapy. The Circle is a family-owned, boutique Gym & Spa nestled near the iconic Tower Bridge. With a fully kitted Gym spread over three rooms, class studio, a luxurious swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, and a Spa that boasts an extensive range of treatments; The Circle Gym & Spa offers you the complete health club experience. Individual, Couples and Corporate Memberships are available on a no monthly contract basis. With Tower Bridge and Bermondsey Tube Stations only a short walk away, and free parking to all members; we are easily accessible. The Circle Gym & Spa Team look forward to welcoming you soon.\n\nLocated in Wood Green. Renata Gabor Massage Therapy is an inviting private treatment room based within Zone Gym. They offer a range of massage services which treat everything from stress and anxiety to aches and pains. Choose your massage from a selection which includes deep tissue massage, aromatherapy massage and Swedish massage. Renata aims to provide a wholly personalised experience, offering professional advice and recommendations based on your individual needs and requests. She makes you feel immediately ease with her friendly and professional manner, allowing you to relax and enjoy the calming music while your body is pampered to perfection.\n\nHealth Massage UK at Simply Gym, Uxbridge is ready to welcome you to their award winning gym in the heart of Uxbridge town, offering their tailored Ayurvedic treatments. Integrated with deep tissue to sport injury massages, their therapies specialise in chronic pain relief and joint alignment, along with relaxing services to suit everybody. They perform their incredible massages in a quiet yet professional space, designed for your tranquillity. The light green walls and the subtle decoration create an ideal spot where you can find a true sense of well-being. Feel refreshed and release your tension with bespoke therapies at Health Massage UK.\n\nTranquillity, relaxation and style are the hallmarks of the Sense Spa at Rosewood London. Bamboo walls and wooden floors lead to soothing water features and a centralised relaxation lounge, offering a cosseting retreat pre or post treatment. Each of the seven treatment rooms features a slate-walled shower whilst both ladies and gentlemens changing rooms include sauna and steam rooms as well as large sensory showers.\n\nA sumptuous, subterranean sanctuary with sauna, steam rooms, spa and Victorian tiled baths, our spa is a haven of tranquility and restoration. Rituals from around the world to restore beauty and contentment, accompany us on a Victorian journey of the senses, from St Pancras to Africa, India and the Far East, to discover the world\u2019s finest beauty recipes and remedies. Then indulge in your own transport of delight with one of our blissful spa \u2018journeys\u2019, or a combination of rituals designed to meet your own individual needs.\n\nThe boutique spa at Meridian Health Club & Spa offers guests a range of treatments in luxurious and soothing surroundings. Our therapists are all fully qualified, have a wealth of experience, and offer a personal and professional approach with the city skyline as its backdrop. Guests are invited to arrive 45 minutes in advance of their appointment time to enjoy our heat and water facilities, which soothe muscles, loosen limbs and prepare your body for the deepest therapeutic experience. With a fully equipped gym, 3 class studios, juice bar, a sauna and steam room and a Spa in partnership with ELEMIS; Meridian Fitness offers you the complete health club experience. Make sure to check out our Spa Packages designed to save you money every month.\n\nThe Spa at Brown\u00b4s Hotel is an oasis of refined beauty in the heart of Mayfair. Walking into this secret haven induces instant relaxation and serenity. Our team of highly qualified therapists provide effective and luxurious face and body treatments. The Spa proudly offers treatments using Carita, Spiezia and Ciate nail care. Brown's first opened its doors on Albemarle Street in 1837. Since then we have hosted famous guests from all walks of life. Located in Mayfair, we are just moments away from the famed Bond Street boutiques, Dover Street Market, The Royal Academy of Arts and many independent art galleries. Browns is London.\n\nQuad Spa is located within the Crowne Plaza London - Docklands hotel, just a five minute stroll from the western entrance of ExCeL and three minutes from Royal Victoria DLR station and the Emirates Air Line cable car. Our spa environment is one of relaxation and tranquillity. We have three calming treatment rooms where we offer Beatitude facial and body solutions and Peron Rigot waxing, plus a nail studio offering both CND Shellac and OPI manicures and pedicures. Each of our Beatitude body treatments, rituals, massages and wraps is designed to ensure you experience the best physical and emotional therapeutic benefits depending on your needs. Beatitude facials are tailored to your specific areas of concern. We have facial solutions to combat lack of radiance, dehydration, sensitivity, purification. Treatments range from 25 minute express pick-me-ups such as a back, neck and shoulder massage; or invigorating foot treatment; through to a Beatitude massage such as; Aromatherapy, Hot Stone, Swedish or Deep Tissue. When a full spa package is booked, guests will have access to the sauna, steam room, swimming pool, spa pool and gym. Herbal and fruit infusions, freshly squeezed juices and salads are served downstairs in Docklands Bar and Grill, if you require a light lunch or supper after your treatments.\n\nThe Health Club at DUKES offers a fabulous range of treatments including classic massage, bespoke facials and essential grooming. Dermalogica products are used for beauty treatments and are also available for purchase. The Health Club at DUKES features an Italian marble steam room, a modern gym with the latest Technogym equipment and a beauty treatment room. From personal training to beauty therapy, our Health Club specialists will help you meet your fitness goals or simply relax and rejuvenate. The Gym is complimentary to all hotel guests. The beauty treatment room is open to guests and non-residents, reservations are require Nestled in the heart of historic St. James, DUKES London is a sophisticated, luxury hotel where you will arrive as a guest and leave as a friend. Ever since King Henry 8th built his palace here in the 16th Century, St. James has been the exclusive retreat of writers, musicians, politicians and royalty. Awarded AA London Hotel of the Year and \"Englands Leading Classic Hotel at the World Travel Awards, its our privilege to be a part of this long tradition and to invite guests from around the world to experience the best of London with us.\n\nSituated in Kentish Town, Down to Earth is a massage and therapy centre which offers a variety of massages, everything from reflexology to shiatsu. Their elegantly designed studio is a place to relax and unwind, where over time you\u2019re sure to leave feeling beautiful inside and out. The relaxed ambience at Down to Earth is popular with guests, providing a warm calming environment. Qualified teachers and therapists, experienced in their field, will give you confidence knowing that your time has been well spent. Want to get some quiet time? Want to feel rejuvenated? Then why not come on in and experience all this for yourself.\n\nAWAY\u00ae Spa at W London is the go-to place for glamour. Revitalise your body with one of our tailor-made treatments or revive your soul in our Sauna and Steam rooms. A team of celebrity therapists offering head-to-toe treatments to leave you red-carpet-ready. From expert tanning of James Harknett to hair styling by Adam Bennett. The AWAY spa at W London is open Tuesday to Friday from 11am to 8pm. Saturdays & Sundays from 10am to 7pm\n\nFlow of life is based around how one can begin to explore a healthy way of living - in every aspect of how we commune. Our signature class is YogaFlowBarre (the barre method with a flow) however we also run regular yoga classes, personal training sessions, detox packages, skin therapy and massage treatments. We work with a number of qualified nutritionists who provide advice on food nutrition and the options available to adopt a healthier lifestyle, as well as offering raw food packages. We partner with A Touch of Raw who will help you to live the lifestyle that every being would benefit from. Our instructors come from a variety of backgrounds, from dancers to gymnasts. We all however share one common belief: to live a long and vibrant life we must have a healthy lifestyle.\n\nK Spa at K West Hotel is a cosmopolitan hotel spa situated in Shepherd's Bush. Providing a city alternative to exotic destination spas, the therapists at K Spa combine aromatherapy and hot stone techniques with dry floats and a full range of beauty treatments to soothe away stresses in every client.\n\nMobile MASSAGE YOGA PILATES PERSONAL TRAINING PHYSIOTHERAPY NUTRITION AND MORE The aim of our company is to deliver an excellent service to all our clients and to build strong lasting relationships between all of our staff from different backgrounds and professions. We are dedicated to providing the best, personalised treatments. Our mission is to deliver excellence across our range of services and to be the number one choice for private home visiting therapy all across London. We are a well established company that has been providing treatment to clients over years with exemplary success through our reputation for positive results which has helped us build strong relationship with existing clients and local pharmacies. We work closely with them to give new clients a comprehensive package of care. By having a multidisciplinary team we have the ability to cover all aspects of health; our therapists can refer our clients to other health professionals in the team to maximise health benefits to our clients. Through our experience, professionalism, and caring for our clients is why so many people have consulted our team and book going treatment with us.\n\nPhysio-Massage is situated at Bio-Organix Health Stores/ Ringtone Boxing Gym in North London by Euston Station, it is a fitness centre with boxing based activities. We are offering a range of physio-message and waxing services for all your needs. Please note that we don't have card reading infrastructure, payments are accepted in cash, PayPal and online transactions.\n\nMaria Radeva Wellness is a Ladies' massage and fitness studio centrally located only a three-minute walk from the famous Oxford Street, London. There's a range of personal training and massage treatments to choose from to suit your own needs. Maria is a certified personal trainer as well as a highly professional and experienced massage therapist. She offers a tailor-made, private service in a modern studio apartment in the heart of London. Maria focuses on helping women strengthen both mentally and physically through promoting a healthy lifestyle, combined with holistic treatments. Her attention to detail and knowledge of anatomy ensures that exceptional service is always delivered to each client. Amongst the variety of massage treatments on offer, you can select from; Deep Tissue, Swedish, Head Massage, Combined Thai, whichever you feel will benefit you the most. Each treatment is available in various durations, allowing flexibility for those with tricky time schedules. Are you feeling knotted up, have a specific area that requires attention or simply fancy some indulgence? Whatever your reason, Maria can help you to feel re-energised and pain-free.\n\nChange Your Life with London's Best Personal Trainers at the UK\u2019s leading Personal Training Studio in Hackney & Islington. Our Personal Trainers at MG Fit in Fitness had studied Sport Science as part of their education. We are committed, motivated and will always ensure training is kept fun, safe and as individual as you are. We believe our unique Sports Science Based Personal Training is the best way to improve your fitness, lose weight or win that race by way of you continual technique analysis, constant motivation and every session is varied and will always challenge you. MG Fit in Fitness can get you ready for any event, whether it's a taking on Tough Mudder or wishing to look and feel fabulous on your wedding day. You set the goal \u2013 we will get you there!\n\nWelcome to Beauty & Melody at M by Montcalm Shoreditch London Tech City, a tranquil oasis of calm and relaxation set against the backdrop of one of the city\u2019s most innovative areas. Blending cutting edge design with a traditional approach to service, they provide a modern retreat to revitalise your senses. Spa Facilities With an expert team of dedicated spa therapists, you are guaranteed a true pampering experience from the moment you arrive. Combining years of experience with their use of high quality products like Thalgo, they ensure every treatment leaves you feeling refreshed and revitalised. Relax in their luxurious sauna and steam rooms or keep fit with a session in their fully equipped fitness centre. If you\u2019re after something more indulgent, their bespoke Capsule Rituals provide a little slice of heaven. Other Amenities Run by leading restaurant operator Searcy, their restaurants and bars provide a sure treat for the city foodie. The Urban Coterie Restaurant and Sky Bar, run by renowned chef Anthony Demetre, celebrates British bistronomy, along with unforgettable views from their seventeenth floor location. If creative cocktails are more your thing, Tonic & Remedy channel the spirit of Hoxton, providing a stylish setting to enjoy a drink. Nearby Attractions Based just moments from Old Street station, the best of the East End and the glamour of the West End are right at your doorstep. Grab a drink in one of Shoreditch\u2019s many unique bars or take in a show in one of London\u2019s world famous theatres. For those looking for something a little different, Spitalfields Market is just a short walk from the hotel, offering everything from vintage clothing to international street food. Directions Located in the heart of London, M by Montcalm Shoreditch is easily accessible from Old Street, Liverpool Street and King\u2019s Cross stations. The hotel is just half an hour from London City Airport and under an hour away from Heathrow.\n\nSports Massage Sports massage focuses on muscles relevant to the event. For athletes who train continuously, the goal is to enhance endurance, lessen the chance of injury and shorten the time needed to recover from an event. Sports Massage may utilize a variety of techniques such as classical Swedish Massage, trigger point therapy, and hydrotherapy. Prior to an athletic event, Sports Massage may be applied with stretching in order to help athletes to loosen, warm and prepare their muscles so that their performance and endurance might be enhanced. Following an athletic event, Sports Massage may be used to relieve pain, prevent stiffness, and return the muscles back to their normal state. 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-{"text": "Spurs vs Saints - Tim's preview\n\nTim Sherwood is full of praise for Southampton but insisted: \"We want them to worry about us.\"\n\nHead Coach Tim said the players were \u2018buoyant\u2019 after the battling performance against Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday night.\n\nTrailing 3-1 from the first leg at the Lane, we went 1-0 down on the night before rocking the Estadio da Luz with two goals in as many minutes with 10 minutes remaining.\n\nWe threw everything at the Portuguese giants - unbeaten since November - but the third goal proved elusive and Benfica finally ended it with a penalty in the final seconds.\n\nWe now return to Premier League action with a 1.30pm kick-off against the Saints back at the Lane on Sunday.\n\n\u201cAnyone who watched the performance against Benfica will not want to play us,\u201d said Tim. \u201cWe are very buoyant now. This has been a real positive.\n\n\u201cSouthampton have good, young English players and a good playing system but we want them to worry about us and we\u2019ll go for it.\n\n\u201cBetween now and the end of the season we\u2019re going to have a real go.\u201d\n\nSouthampton sit ninth in the table having lost just two of their last 10 matches in the Premier League, spearheaded by a front three of Jay Rodriguez, Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert, all members of Roy Hodgson\u2019s latest England squad.\n\n\u201cThey have quality all over the field, they don\u2019t just rely on that front three,\u201d added Tim. \u201cThey have 11 players out there who have done well over the season. As I said though, it must be all about us.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Trending\n\n6 beloved scientists who were actually total jerks\n\nWhen you've spent your life as a famous scientist, historians tend to forget your bad personality traits. It makes sense: If you're out there curing the black plague, who really cares if you have a problem with skin fungus or hookers (or both)?\n\nDespite this, the six scientists in this article were such abominable jerks that even their incredible contributions to humanity couldn't eclipse their contributions to the world of douchebaggery.\n\nThomas Edison\n\nWhy Do We Love Him So Much?\n\nWorking sleepless hours in his lab, Edison made a light bulb that could be produced for the masses. Finally, people were able to stay awake late enough to watch The Tonight Show. His numerous patents changed human life and inspired this really creepy memorial page.\n\nBut He Was Actually a Total Jerk Because ...\n\nHe had a fondness for electrocuting animals.\n\nThomas Edison popularized and \"sold\" direct current for electric power. In what was probably the nerdiest battle in history, Edison got into it with George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla in what was dubbed the \"War of Currents.\" Judging solely by the name, one might think these men battled with strange devices that shot electricity at each other. But no, instead Edison toured the country using his competitor's \"alternating current\" to electrocute animals. In a famous video that is in absolutely no way safe for work at all, Edison electrocuted an adorable elephant named \"Topsy.\"\n\nEdison was propelled by furious rage coming from the fact that Tesla had once been Edison's employee but left because Edison didn't understand Tesla's alternating current experiments. In fact, the reason Tesla left was because Edison had promised him $50,000 but reneged on the deal. To get him back, Tesla harnessed Niagara Falls to produce alternating current, proving he had the superior electricity. Alternating current is now standard in American homes today and is never involved in accidental elephant deaths.\n\nIn addition to all this dickery, Edison also had film technicians steal copies of the groundbreaking film Le Voyage dans la lune. Edison distributed the bootlegs for a tidy profit, while the revolutionary director was left bankrupt, with no way to return his significant investments. It takes a lot to look like a jerk by Hollywood standards, but Edison definitely fit the bill.\n\nJames D. Watson\n\nWhy Do We Love Him So Much?\n\nAlong with his LSD-induced partner, Watson discovered DNA. In terms of human self-understanding, they pretty much touched the monolith.\n\nBut He Was Actually a Total Jerk Because ...\n\nHe refused to stop saying stuff that was vaguely racist, vaguely sexist and totally creepy.\n\nWatson's mouth had a veritable double helix of tongues, able to twist any scientific conference into an offensive sound bite. He first started raising eyebrows when he claimed that fetuses that test in the bottom 10 percent of intelligence should be aborted. Controversial, but it could easily be argued that he was making a statement for compassion and mercy, just in a really garbled way.\n\nUnfortunately, that idea was soon put to bed when Watson started saying things that weren't controversial, just flat-out weird. He made the statement that he had no problem with using genetic engineering to make all girls pretty. In his own sad, demented words, \"Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad because you know you're not going to hire them.\" Always the epitome of compassion, that James D. Watson.\n\nWatson's foot-in-mouthery doesn't stop there. In 2000, he gave a presentation at a conference where he linked skin color with sex drive. Showing blown-up slides of bikini-clad women, Watson claimed that melanin was linked directly to sex drive, and used it to explain why Latins make better lovers than Englishmen. The final straw came when he complained that the intelligence of Africans was lower than their non-African counterparts. Intense pressure forced him to resign his job, he no doubt spends his ample leisure time engineering an army of supermodels.\n\nAntoine Lavoisier\n\nWhy Do We Love Him So Much?\n\nOne of the greatest minds of all time, Lavoisier discovered and named the element oxygen and made the metric system. So every time you suck in a deep breath because some American doesn't understand what a kilogram is, think of Antoine Lavoisier.\n\nBut He Was Actually a Total Jerk Because ...\n\nHe was a ruthless merchant who didn't mind making a buck off of poor people.\n\nWhen the French revolution came, it was not the best of times for Lavoisier. He was accused of selling watered-down tobacco, which is just wrong. Speaking of just wrong, when he was 28, he married a 13-year-old (some sources say 14, which isn't any better). In addition, he was literally accused of trying to cut off Paris' air supply by building the aforementioned wall around the city. The irony of this ridiculously non-scientific conclusion probably would've made Lavoisier's head explode, if it wasn't lying in a bucket.\n\nAristotle\n\nWhy Do We Love Him So Much?\n\nFor thousands of years, Aristotle's views on science were considered the foundation for human experimentation. Before Aristotle, the answer to almost any question was pretty much \"The gods did it,\" which made quiz shows unbearably easy.\n\nBut He Was Actually a Total Jerk Because ...\n\nHe may have been more racist than Hitler.\n\nNow, to just flat-out fingerpoint at an ancient person for being racist is silly. During Aristotle's time, there weren't even that many other races to speak of, and it was quite common to look at others as barbarians. That said, Aristotle had such a derogatory opinion of other creeds that it even freaked out his fellow racist peers. Rumor has it even Alexander, not known for his tolerance of other cultures, wrote Aristotle a letter asking him to back off. Aristotle did not back off; he was bent on telling the world that other races deserved to be enslaved and that interbreeding meant poisoning one's blood.\n\n\u2212 Women are colder than men\n\u2212 Women are like infertile men\n\u2212 Women remember things longer than men (score one for women)\n\nAristotle had a whole caste-esque ranking of how important people were, based solely on race, gender and nobility. In fact, he often scribed that lower-class men would never reach their full potential, and fought to refuse voting rights to manual laborers. Aristotle's vision of hell would probably closely resemble a NASCAR race.\n\nHans Geiger\n\nWhy Do We Love Him So Much?\n\nHis invention, the Geiger counter, has saved countless lives by giving an advanced warning for radiation. Designed in 1925, it is still being used in many capacities today. Who knows how many lab technicians would've accidentally been transformed into irradiated supervillains if not for the Geiger counter?\n\nDespite a professed dislike for the military, Geiger supported the Nazi effort like a baseball fan during a pennant run. He worked adamantly to build a nuclear bomb. Despite the onset of rheumatism, Geiger continued to work on the project until a lack of uranium forced its cessation. Now, if there only were a meter that could detect weirdos like him.\n\nBenjamin Franklin\n\nWhy Do We Love Him So Much?\n\nBen \"C-Note\" Franklin practically embodies the American spirit of unbridled adventure. He flew a kite in a rainstorm, he co-authored the Constitution, and he loved beer. He freed the colonists, freed his slaves and freed his mind with a little hemp now and then. What's not to love about Benjamin Franklin?\n\nBen Franklin was not a guy you wanted to get in an argument with. He established a lengthy pattern of going to extreme lengths to win petty squabbles. Once Franklin tried to get the entire government switched from proprietary to royal, just to grab some land from William Penn. His antics annoyed fellow legislators to the point where he would get kicked out of assemblies. Franklin was one of those geniuses whose ideas were sometimes revolutionary and most of the time awful: He once tried to sell Noah Webster on the concept of replacing six letters in the alphabet. Ben Franklin certainly had tenacity, whether he was trying to liberate America or just annoy the crap out of people.\n\nBen Franklin was also a notorious lech, even for the colonial equivalent of a rock star. He had an illegitimate son, then disowned him for supporting the king of England. He wrote a lengthy letter to a friend giving detailed advice on how to choose a mistress (hint: Franklin seems to be into cougars). In a famous rumor, Franklin allegedly tried desperately to win the sexual affections of a married woman 40 years younger than he.\n\nJohn Adams stated that Benjamin Franklin was \"slippery and opportunistic.\" Frankly, this can be said about all of the scientists on this list. It makes one wonder if \"angry, abusive scientist\" will become a regular TV show character."}
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-{"text": "Senior Software Engineer/Module Leader\n\nBest InfoSystems Ltd.\n\nThis job was posted a while ago and may not be active. Nor has it been removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.\n\ndfdf\n\nFunctionIT/ Information Technology\n\nIndustryIT/ Technology - Software/ Services\n\nJob Description\n\nMandatory/Key Skills: Core Java, Spring, REST/SOAP Web services.\n\nFor this position we are looking for java technical background.\n\nStrong Java/J2EE 80 % Production support and 20 % of development of production support tools Development exposure in Spring, SOAP, RESTful API Struts experience Exposure in Framework development is an advantage Proficiency in various Libraries, Frameworks & Tools used for Java development including Maven 2, Subversion, Eclipse & JUnit. Experience working with Development methodologies like Agile & Scrum Strong Interpersonal skill and Oral and Written communication skills"}
-{"text": "Creative Loafing Atlanta: Take a big bowl of local lettuces, coat 'em with vinegary dressing, add seasonal vegetables from farmer partners and you have the Kitchen Sink salad \u2014 one of CL's 100 Best Dishes. Leggi tutto.\n\nCreative Loafing Atlanta: The enormous beef rib packs an enormous punch. If you're able to get one (they sell out often) you can find out why it's one of CL's 100 dishes to eat before you die. Leggi tutto.\n\nCreative Loafing Atlanta: Having the Smokescreen #2 is like drinking a campfire - if that campfire was sophisticated and worldly and had impeccable boozy taste. It also made it on to CL\u2019s 100 Dishes list. Leggi tutto.\n\nCreative Loafing Atlanta: The burger stack is one of CL's 100 best dishes for good reason. Bite into the two house-ground patties topped with American cheese and homemade pickles on a H&F Bread Co. bun and thank us later. Leggi tutto.\n\nCreative Loafing Atlanta: If Cobb salad is a favorite, Yeah! Burger's version \u2014 considered one of CL's 100 Best Dishes thanks to naturally raised chicken, hydroponic local lettuce, and nitrate-free bacon \u2014 is a must-try. Leggi tutto."}
-{"text": "The African Union (AU) is a continental union established on 26 May 2001. The union comprises of 54 countries of Africa. Morocco is the only African state that is not a member of the African Union and is a member of the United Nations. This could be attributed to the Western Saharan Political status. The AU was established in Addis Ababa and was launched in South Africa on 9 July 2002. It was established with the aim of replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The Assembly of African Union (a half-yearly meeting of the heads of the government of the member states and the heads of states) is the important decision maker. The African Union Commission and the African Union\u2019s secretariat is present in Addis Ababa."}
-{"text": "Make half your plate fruits and vegetables: TIPS to focus on fruits\n\nPosted on 2/27/2014\nby\nSheila Bogan\n\nMaking half of your plate fruits and vegetables provide many health benefits. When you focus on fruit you are providing your body with nutrients that are vital to your body like potassium and vitamin C. Most fruits are also naturally low in fat, sodium, and calories. You can make it easy to focus on fruits when you try some of these:\n\nKeep visible reminders\n\nThink about variety\n\nInclude fruit at breakfast\n\nSnack on fruits\n\nFor more tips on making half of your plate fruits and vegetables and focusing on fruits go to:"}
-{"text": "Related Tags:\n\nWESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) \u2013 A coin unites the 75 agencies and hundreds of investigators who helped Westminster police search for Jessica Ridgeway and then bring her killer to justice.\n\nAustin Sigg pleaded guilty on Tuesday to kidnapping and killing the 10-year-old a year ago. It\u2019s been a disturbing and emotional case for many of those involved.\n\nCBS4\u2019s Jennifer Brice learned about a special coin while following the Ridgeway story. Police agencies usually have their own department coin but Brice had never seen one specifically minted for a case.\n\nIt\u2019s a first for Westminster police, and it\u2019s their way of saying \u201cthank you\u201d to the men and women who helped in a 24-hour-a-day operation to find \u201cJustice for Jessica.\u201d"}
-{"text": "If you've ever wanted to learn about the process of combat design, you'll love the latest developer diary from Allods regarding the evolution of Skyforge's combat systems. Skyforge initially began as a very typical type of combat system, much like what you would expect from an MMORPG. However, where it is now, is anything but typical. While Skyforge was barely more than a thought, it was being tested internally. As the developers playtested the game, they were discovering that they were becoming bored of the constant, set rotation that some MMOs have. Allods wanted to have combat be the main focus, and they wanted to make sure that it was fun. In order to do that, they decided to recreate the combat system as a whole.\n\nThis wasn't an easy task. Eventually, the team decided to branch out and start looking at games where they did find the combat fun. Most of these games were console games, and often they had one thing in common: combo attacks. This means that rather than starting off with your rotation and going down the line as abilities come off cooldown, you end up with far less keybinds and combat that becomes dynamic. To skip around in the essay (and corresponding video...if you can't make it through the essay I firmly recommend the six minute video because it's full of really awesome information), there's one core point that I feel most people want to know the answer to, and one core point that I think is probably the coolest damn thing said in this entire blog. The part I think most people will dig knowing is that Skyforge will be controller compatible. The part I personally found to be the most interesting was the part about Allods designing their UI using freakin' science. Science, folks.\n\nWe seat our \u2018guinea\u2019 players at a special table, connect various biometric sensors, set up an eye-tracker and let them play a section of the game we are interested in gathering feedback for. In the end, we get a video that shows where on screen the player was focused at any given moment, their pulse and other indicators, which we then use to reconstruct the emotional structure of the fight and decide whether we got what we wanted and, if not, what changes are needed.\n\nThe part about the eye-tracker is discussed in the video, where it's discussed as how Allods could make a UI that's not only as clean as possible, but extremely functional, as well. In the video, a brief clip of the game with a cluttered overlay is shown, which has windows everywhere. We all have that friend who, rather than playing World of Warcraft, pretty much plays World of Addons. The clip reminded me of how he keeps his UI, which in turn reminds me of how EverQuest originally was: this tiny window in the middle of a screen that was pretty much a sea of too much information. It gets to a point where the information you have access to goes beyond what's important and what is left is nothing short of a mess. \u201cUX-testing showed that inexperienced players who are the target audience of context actions do not pay attention to them, and hardcore gamers ignore them for obvious reasons.\u201d Thanks to freakin' science, Allods developed a minimalist UI that allows you to actually look at the game. Have you seen screenshots? That game is pretty gorgeous and worth looking at.\n\nNot just wanting to create a minimalist, yet functional UI, the combat itself has to be good or there's not really a point. In Skyforge, you'll use a basic attack in between your bigger attacks. Instead of just the same animation for every time you swing, a rotating set of animations are present to give even the basic part a more visually appealing aesthetic. In addition to the basic and bigger attacks, you'll also be able to perform combo attacks through variations of left/right mouse button clicks. Characters also have ways to avoid attacks, mostly through dodge. NPCs, however, have basic attacks, as well, and these cannot be dodged. This does not mean you must take damage at any certain point; players have other methods of avoidance, as well. So everything's not strictly console-oriented, there are parts of traditional MMO combat, such as tab targeting, in the game as well. When I first heard that Allods was going the action combat route, I thought this meant they would use a targetless, everything is conal or area of effect attacks method. I'm super stoked that this is a far more hybrid method, which removes the one reservation I previously had about the game.\n\nNow, Allods, how 'bout sending a sweet beta key my way? Eh? EH?!?\n\nTo read the latest guides, news, and features you can visit our\nSkyforge\nGame Page.\n\nAbout The Author\n\nVendolyn's been playing MMOs since 1999, although Vendolyn in-game often becomes a long-term shelved alt. When she's not gaming, she's likely marathoning some questionable TV show or babbling about music to no end. She really likes goats."}
-{"text": "Artist:\n\nAgent 86\n\nThis article is about the original Agent 86, an American punk rock band. For the Australian DJ and Producer please see DJ Agent 86. Formed in Arcata, California in 1982, Agent 86 has been a part of the hardcore punk and political ska-punk scenes in Eugene, Oregon, Washington DC and most recently Seattle, Washington with time spent extensively touring the U.S. as well as two European tours in the early nineties."}
-{"text": "When you say you need to convert this to a box, what do you mean? You mean you want to send this to a packaging manufacturer and get a physical box back? Or do you mean you want to use an application like Origami to emulate the folding of this into a box? You can also accomplish that same task in Blender, Modo, 3DS, Maya, C4D of course, but for most folks just wanting to see their dielines look like final product, [boxshot.com/origami/] works pretty well with a low learning curve.\n\u2013 GerardFallaMay 9 at 15:52\n\n2 Answers\n2\n\nWhen you say you need to convert this to a box, what exactly do you mean?\n\nDo you mean you want to send this to a packaging manufacturer, and get a physical box prototype back from them?\n\nIf so, you must choose a packaging manufacturer with which to work, check to see what their file specifications are, and send them your packaging design and die-lines, typically in the same Illustrator file - but you must check with them to see what they want, how they want the layers named, what labeling you need on the die-lines, how much bleed they want for each shape, how they want to to specify colour separations and all those other fun details of getting a job printed, cut and produced.\n\nOr do you mean you want to use an application / plug-in like Origami to emulate the folding of this into a box?\n\nYou can also accomplish that same task in any decent 3D DCC* (**Digital Content Creation) application, e.g.: Blender, Modo, 3DS, Maya, C4D or Lightwave, of course, and then also gain a huge range of other functions within those dedicated 3D tools which you won't get otherwise, but for most non-3D design folks just wanting to see a mid-quality render of their dielines looking like a final product, Boxshot's Origami works pretty well with arguably a very shallow learning curve.\n\nI was hesitant to post this as an answer as you'd not replied to my comment asking for clarification, but I think this should actually put this query to bed unless there's something I'm missing.\n\nMost of us on this site are visually oriented persons. Some of us surely are also brilliant programmers and probably could easily say which code you should get and insert to automatically extrude and bend your shape to a 3D model of a box. I unfortunately must skip it.\n\nBut there are other ways. As already mentioned, you can make the box in 3D modelling software. I took your line pattern screenshot, made a fast manually traced copy of it in a CAD program, extruded some thickness and bended some faces.\n\nThe software wasn't simplified freeware, but a trial version of real thing. It seemingly really understands in its sheet metal mode, how actual bendings happen, so it didn't allow bendings until there was inserted small cuts in corners, where 2 or 3 bendings meet and the bending lines were placed so that there's not two faces in the same 3D space.\n\nHere's some screenshots:\n\nGraphical demonstration needs printed surface images and texts. This is a random example copied and pasted from Photoshop:\n\nThe magenta areas are curved zones which I asked to be highlighted. The next image is an example of added hole to make the bending possible. It's the bottom corner where 3 bendings meet:\n\nComplexity like this maybe is essential for predictable metal works, but for graphical demonstration purposes it's an overkill. Any 3D modelling program handle the box making if you can live without exact material thickness an you do not need physically realistic curved bends.\n\nThe next image is a screenshot from easy to use freeware (=DesignSpark Mechanical). The surfaces have no thickness, you simply rotate them to the wanted angle positions. The rotation axles are the seams.\n\n.\n\nAfter extruding some thickness to surfaces, removing the easy to see work colors and pasting one surface print image the final result in freeware is:\n\nIt's not much worse than the perfectly bended version. Both of them have the same major weakness: They are not photorealistically rendered. They look out drawings."}
-{"text": "Thirty years of operating to the UK were marked by Emirates last week with an announcement that the airline is on track to carry 5m passengers between Britain and Dubai in the 2017/18 financial year, making it a record year for the airline.\n\nEmirates launched service to Gatwick on 6 July 1987 with the Airbus A310. It carried just 87,000 passengers in its first year and had only six aircraft in its entire fleet, offering UK passengers onward connections to six other destinations.\n\nThe airline says its relationship with the UK extends beyond offering flights to the country as it employs 3,543 people from the UK including 1,892 cabin crew and 622 flight crew.\n\nEmirates has also continuously upgraded its fleet and currently operates the Airbus A380 on all six daily flights from Heathrow, all three from Gatwick and Manchester and one of its three services from Birmingham. Other flights use the Boeing B777.\n\nOUR READERS' FINEST WORDS (All times and dates are GMT)\n\nAll comments are filtered to exclude any excesses but the Editor does\nnot have to agree with what is being said. 100 words maximum\n\nNo one has commented yet, why don't you start the ball rolling?\n\nAdd your comment\n\nFirst Name\n\nSurname\n\nEmail Address\n\nCompany (Not obligatory)\n\nCountry/City\n\nComment\n\n- You must be a registered subscriber using the email address entered to submit a comment, or you will be sent a confirmation email before your comment will appear.\n- Your comment will be checked before appearing, which may take several working hours."}
-{"text": "Slashdot videos: Now with more Slashdot!\n\nView\n\nDiscuss\n\nShare\n\nWe've improved Slashdot's video section; now you can view our video interviews, product close-ups and site visits with all the usual Slashdot options to comment, share, etc. No more walled garden! It's a work in progress -- we hope you'll check it out (Learn more about the recent updates).\n\nWRONG! I'm legally blind and I can't wait to be able to get into a driverless car with my seeing eye dog and cruise to the store at 25 mph instead of spending 3 hours walking there! Just $30k?! Shuddup and take my money!\n\nThere are millions of old people who can be put into them when they can't see the DMV eye test anymore, too.\n\nBegin-Stupid-RantI really hate it when a person writes about themselves in the first person plural. For some reason, it just irritates me. How many of you [the poster] are there? If only one, please write like it. It feels like you rubbed my fur the wrong way when you wrote that.End-Stupid-Rant\n\nYet Another False Flag operation. Has everyone seen the newly leaked emails alleging that the United States is actually responsible for the chemical weapons attack precisely to justify this invasion? See this and this and this and this and this and this and this.\n\nNow that everyone knows that the NSA is (and apparently, has for some time been) wiretapping every phone on the country, I guess this is how lobbyists and legislators and business persons intend to communicate privately with one another.\n\nThe fact that they've already been lying about this, that they've expressed specific interest in prosecuting the whistleblower and that they are now saying it's completely innocent totally ruins their creditability. The notion that this capability exists and yet is not used unscrupulously strains credulity. Does anybody believe that -even if the NSA itself only uses this data responsibly- its use will remain responsible given the kind of psychopathic crap coming out of washington these days?\n\nJust as Obama assures us that \"during his administration\" Americans won't be indefinitely detained under the NDAA, obviously, whoever forced him to sign that law and request that section be placed into it in the first place anticipates it being used in the (near?) future. This person or group obviously is also responsible for the legally questionable practices outlined here and I don't believe for a second that the expected use has anything whatsoever to do with a so-called fantasy \"war on terror\". Clearly, those responsible for these policies are preparing to violently take over this country and enslave or kill many of its inhabitants. It is the only logical conclusion from their actions.\n\nIf I understand correctly, this whole episode began because a local politician visited you in your home and he had the expectation (for whatever reason) that you would pay him USD $30,000 as some kind of protection money for his campaign and your expectation was that politicians are supposed to work for people and not the other way around. Is this a reasonable characterization? If so, how do you think such a large missmatch in expectations came about? Do you think you were overly naive? Or is the political environment in Belize changing? I can easily believe that this might be the normal expected way that people do business down there based on other things I've heard, but I really have no idea. Now that you've had time to reflect, what would you say was responsible for the conflict in the first place?\n\nwiredmikey writes \"Along with budget constraints and disconnect between IT and executive management surrounding information security, results of a recent survey show that a major problem is outright lack of understanding of threats. We all know the best way to get that budget increased, is to get hacked. Unfortunately, that could also result in you losing your job. Some companies, however, are taking creative approaches to both raise awareness and identify potential vulnerabilities. A manager with a large financial services group, for example, says that his company addresses security vulnerabilities by staging a series of what it calls 'war games,' in which a user or group of users is tasked with trying to compromise a system, while another user or group of users is tasked with preventing the break-in. Management needs to understand the security threat and its impact to business, and these 'war games' are an innovative and creative way for IT departments to convince executive management on security needs.\"\n\ngmc2000 writes \"On his blog, a Foswiki community member reports on a recent threat by venture capital company TWiki.NET at the address of TWiki<TM> fork Foswiki: \"What they ask is \"to stop the confusingly similar use of the TWIKI TM in vague statements\". I find that an odd request, as the term 'vague' is highly subjective. If we (the Foswiki project) were to bow to their threats, where will it end? Do we have to remove the T-word completely from the Foswiki site? That sounds close to censorship to me, and (IANAL but) I am sure that is not how trademark law (even in the US) was meant.\"\nThe 'threat-o-gram' is directed at two community members personally, volunteers of the Foswiki project. In his reply, one of the adressees says not to be impressed: \"We have a decent insurance at//SEIBERT/MEDIA for such cases. That would not cost me a single Penny.\". Is this a classic example of a spider-like organisation making the mistake that it can attack a starfish-like organisation by disabling one or two of its 'legs'? Do their threats carry any weight, or are they based on a totally wrong interpretation of US trademark law?\"Link to Original Source"}
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-{"text": "Cooper Taylor was in elementary school in the Atlanta area back in the late 1990s when Jason Sehorn was starring for the Giants as a one-of-a-kind cornerback. Not many rookies about to enter the NFL nowadays point to Sehorn as the player they emulate, but there is a glaring reason why Taylor does.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m definitely kind of an enigma for the position, not a whole lot of guys like me,\u2019\u2019 Taylor said during the recently\n\nSehorn might not have been an enigma, but he was unique, sticking out as an uncommonly tall (6-foot-2) cornerback, at the time the only white starting corner in the league. A devastating knee injury nearly grounded his rocketing career, but there were years when Sehorn was a breathtaking performer, so much so that late team patriarch Wellington Mara quietly labeled Sehorn one of the best he ever had seen.\n\nTaylor also sticks out because, well, he sticks out. At 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, the fifth-round pick from Richmond by way of Georgia Tech sure looks like a football player, but not a safety.\n\n\u201cI get a lot of quarterback, I get a lot of tight end,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cWhen I tell \u2019em safety, I usually get a second look.\u2019\u2019\n\nWith good reason. Put Taylor in a room with returning safeties Antrel Rolle (6-foot), Stevie Brown (5-11) and Will Hill (6-1) and one head will rise above the others. Marc Ross, the Giants\u2019 director of college scouting, views Taylor as a \u201chidden gem,\u2019\u2019 and he certainly is an intriguing physical specimen.\n\nJust like Sehorn was.\n\n\u201cYou don\u2019t have to look it, as long as you can play it,\u2019\u2019 Sehorn told The Post.\n\nSehorn was taken aback hearing a Giants rookie is trying to pattern himself after him. The two nearly share the same birthday \u2014 Taylor\u2019s is April 14, Sehorn\u2019s April 15, but they are 19 years apart.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s very flattering,\u2019\u2019 said Sehorn, 42, a college football analyst for ESPN and married to actress Angie Harmon. \u201cYou grow up watching people and you kind of become a fan of them. I\u2019m big, he\u2019s big, you start to see similarities. I think every athlete looks to somebody else as a similarity in body type to say \u2018OK, there\u2019s a match for me, I can do this.\u2019 \u2019\u2019\n\nTaylor said his father, Jim Bob\n\n(a quarterback for the Colts in 1983) pointed out Sehorn to him because he was \u201canother fast white guy.\u2019\u2019 Taylor studied big safeties such as Steve Atwater and John Lynch but was especially drawn to tapes and video of Sehorn.\n\n\u201cOne of the best DBs to play the game, really especially as a speed-size guy, a bigger corner who could run and was a great player,\u2019\u2019 Taylor said of Sehorn. \u201cKind of my build out there, seeing a guy like that and relating to that. That\u2019s what I saw in his being a taller guy and being able to transition with his footwork and run and cover ground and make breaks on the ball, that\u2019s what attracted me to his game.\u2019\u2019\n\nTaylor stayed home to play at Georgia Tech but his progress was derailed when, playing as a sophomore, he felt his heart racing during a 2009 game in Miami. He was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome \u2014 abnormal electrical pathways in the heart.\n\n\u201cWhen it comes to heart conditions, it\u2019s a good one to have because they can fix it 100 percent,\u2019\u2019 Taylor said.\n\nSurgery corrected the problem and Taylor eventually transferred to Richmond. He doesn\u2019t enjoy talking about the medical scare.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m 100 percent cleared, no tests, no medications, no nothing on that end,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cI try to forget it. I try to put it in the past and move on.\u2019\u2019\n\nHis arrival to the Giants is interesting \u2014 defensive coordinator Perry Fewell is a proponent of using three safeties on the field at one time. Several teams looked at Taylor as an outside linebacker, and he could fill a hybrid, dual-position role within the Giants\u2019 defense.\n\nSehorn said he hopes the Giants don\u2019t ask Taylor to bulk up for a move to linebacker.\n\n\u201cSize is the box they place you in in the beginning, and it\u2019s up to you to convince them it\u2019s inappropriate or it\u2019s wrong,\u2019\u2019 Sehorn said. \u201cLeave him at safety. Let him break the mold. I know when I got to the Giants that first year they put me at safety and I was kind of miserable because I didn\u2019t really want to play safety. I felt I was athletic enough to play corner.\u2019\u2019\n\nSehorn, who was with the Giants from 1994-2002, recalls going into the defensive back meeting room.\n\n\u201cIt was 10 or 11 guys, I was the only white guy in there,\u201d he said. \u201cAs the only white guy in the room, you\u2019re gonna take some ribbing. It\u2019s fine because you\u2019re with guys you spend so much time with. That was harmless and fun, never derogatory.\u2019\u2019\n\nHe never made a big deal of being the only white starting cornerback in the league, and in fact tried to downplay that distinction. He wore long sleeves on the field his entire career, attempting to blend in.\n\n\u201cI never wanted it to be an issue. I never wanted to be thought about or pointed out. I just wanted\n\nto play football,\u2019\u2019 Sehorn said. \u201cI never liked to be known as the only white corner. It\u2019s an awkward situation to talk about it. I never understand why that has any bearing on anything. Can you play or not play? It was unique, I\u2019ll give it that.\u2019\u2019\n\nTaylor said looking different than the mold is \u201csomething you have to deal with,\u201d but he doesn\u2019t see it as a factor in the NFL. He\u2019s fast (4.49 in the 40-yard dash) and views his towering height for a safety as a big plus against skyscraper receivers, and especially NBA-sized tight ends.\n\nSehorn said he knows his height helped him challenge the Randy Moss-type receivers he fared so well against and is eager to see Taylor in action as an oversized younger version of himself.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty cool that he plays for the Giants,\u2019\u2019 Sehorn said. \u201cHe plays for the team I played for, that\u2019s kind of cool. Tell him I\u2019ll be watching him.\u2019\u2019"}
-{"text": "Robinson: Beautifulest thing in the world\n\nThat is a sentence I never wanted to write, and a reality I never wanted to face, but it\u2019s the truth nonetheless.\n\nIt\u2019s been a very difficult week for my family and for me.\n\nEven though my grandmother is almost 102, and she has been ill for a few months, the thought of her passing away is gut-wrenching. I\u2019ve written about her numerous times over the course of writing this column, and as many know, my relationship with her is something that is very special.\n\nHonestly, I am having a difficult time completing this column. And quite frankly, I am not even sure why I am writing about this.\n\nNo, actually, I think I do know why. I have said many times that I write to keep my head from exploding.\n\nWhen something happens in the world that makes me angry, makes me sad or makes me shake my head in amazement, I sit in front of my computer, type my thoughts and pray that someone who is reading my words can help me make sense of situations that seem senseless.\n\nAnd over the years, many of you have helped.\n\nYou have written to me and expressed your views about a myriad of topics. And even though some of you have vehemently disagreed with my opinions, you have still managed to give me food for thought. And, from the very beginning, when I first wrote about my student\u2019s murder, you all have also given me support, comfort and strength.\n\nAnd so now, when I am faced with the death of the woman who named me, a woman who has impacted my life in more ways that I probably won\u2019t fully understand for years to come, I sit and write to you again.\n\nNot about politics, not about gasoline prices, unemployment rates or anything like that, but about my grandmother. Because for me, right now, at this very moment, the most important issue in my life is her.\n\nYes, she is very old. And yes, I know she can\u2019t live forever. But still, I don\u2019t want to let her go.\n\nYet I must.\n\nShe told me recently that she is happy and knows that she has lived the life she always wanted to live. She told me that living long enough to not only have grandchildren, but great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild, is a blessing not many get to experience.\n\nWhen I asked her wish for me in my life, she told me to remember God, give to others, love with all my heart and laugh a lot.\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t stand to see people who walk around looking like they smell something bad all the time. They look like walking meanness, and that\u2019s the terriblest (her word and that means REALLY bad) thing in the world to feel like you never have nothing to smile about.\u201d\n\nSo, as I prepare to visit her for what will probably be the last time, and crawl into bed to sleep next to her as I always do, I will hold her tight and inhale all the love, wisdom, and yes, laughter she has given me over the course of my life.\n\nAnd I will smile.\n\nEven though her life is ending, she has provided me with the tools I need to live my life to the fullest.\n\nThat, my friends, is the beautifulest (my word, and that means REALLY good) thing in the world.\n\nGeveryl Robinson, formerly of Savannah, lives and writes in Atlanta. She can be reached at geveryl@gmail.com."}
-{"text": "Trending News\n\nWe can't talk about Huawei's new Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro without looking back at everything that has happened to Huawei in the past year. When the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro landed last October, Huawei's future in the United States seemed bright. Huawei was promising a dedicated version of the handset for the American market.\n\n50 States Song for Kids/50 States and Capitals for Children/USA 50 States\n\npublished:11 Jan 2016\n\n50 States Song for Kids/50 States and Capitals for Children/USA 50 States\n\n50 States Song for Kids/50 States and Capitals for Children/USA 50 States\n\npublished:11 Jan 2016\n\nviews:11404493\n\nLearn about the 50 states and capitals of the united states of America with this fun educational music video for children and parents. Brought to you by Kids Learning Tube. Don\\'t forget to sing along.\nhttps://kidslearningtubeshop.com/products/video-membership\nWatch Kids Learning Tube ad-free for $12 a YEAR! 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Military / Army Comparison\n\npublished:02 Sep 2018\n\nThe United States (USA) vs The World - Who Would Win? Military / Army Comparison\n\nThe United States (USA) vs The World - Who Would Win? Military / Army Comparison\n\npublished:02 Sep 2018\n\nviews:2855318\n\nIn a battle between United States vs The World? Who would win? How does the US military and army compare to that of the whole world? 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-{"text": "Friday, October 20, 2006\n\nThe Clean Air Act announced yesterday in the Canadian Parliament has been pretty much universally panned. The only support has been from what the press calls the \"business community\", although a real poll of companies operating in Canada would find many would welcome a policy that will addresses near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.\n\nNo doubt, many of the critics are being opportunistic. Blustering by members of the previous government about how the Conservatives are ignoring Kyoto is a bit hypocritical, given how emissions grew under the previous government. And, at this point, yelling \"Canada should meet Kyoto\" is a meaningless pledge required to win support among a certain constituency. I agree with idea behind the Kyoto pledge, that there still be a concerted effort to reduce emissions and engage with the other sigantories. But this late in the game, there's no point at all in making the pledge unless you have a real plan.\n\nWe should not let the failures of the previous government give the current government a pass. No matter what, if the authors of this Act thought it would address climate change, if the authors thought the 45-65% reduction in GHG emissions by 2050 had any real meaning, don't you think the word climate would find its way into the title, or the language of the act? It is called the Clean Air Act for a reason: to focus people's concern on air quality, not climate. Otherwise it would be called the Clean Air and Safe Climate Act.\n\nThe long-term reduction goal itself is fraught with complications. Bear with me here:\n\n1) The target is 45-65% below 2003 levels by 2050, not 1990 levels, the standard used by Kyoto and the UNFCCC. Canada's emissions rose ~24% between 1990 and 2003. So the 45-65% works out to 32-56% less than 1990 emissions. The choice of numbers seems entirely arbitrary. I see no basis, climatically, for these numbers.\n\n2) Reaching that goal would require a 1.35-2.35% annual reduction in GHG emissions. For perspective, reaching the science-based British goal of 60% below 1990 levels by 2050, would require a 2.55% annual reduction. Tough, no doubt.\n\nHowever, the new plan says there are to be no hard caps 'til 2025. So let's say emissions stay constant until 2025. That means an annual reduction from 2025-2050 of 2.35%-4.20%. Of course, with no hard cap, a growing population and a growing economy, emissions are unlikely to stay constant. Let's say they increase at the rate (~2%/year) observed in the past 15 years. Take note, given average economic growth of 3%/ year, this emissions growth rate implies a continued decrease in emissions intensity. The result is the reduction between 2025 and 2050 must be 4.2% - 5.9% each year.\n\nIn other words, setting a cap for 2050, but not starting the reductions until 2025, is ridiculous. This is not a political argument. It is plain-old mathematics.\n\n3 comments:\n\ntim\nsaid...\n\nGood attempt to analyze the latest initiative by Conservatives.\n\nActually if you would take into account that business does not operate the same way as academia. In academia you can procrastinate for most of the year and then right before deadline you cram and write paper, grant proposal, or finish experiment. For real life business you can not be idle for couple of years and suddenly meet the targets. Investments, projects, take time. Conservatives just put in a harsh long term enforceable targets. This means that businesses and industry have to plan now how to meet the targets. This is the best long term plan that Canada have ever seen. Compared to the Liberal\u2019s plan to keep the status quo and buy green credits from developing world this will bring results that are tangible. Kyoto is not about GG reduction, it is all about wealth redistribution. Unfortunately, there is very little done in Kyoto frame work. Here is a personal anecdote:I was in a Soviet Army (mandatory conscription) in 1989 during political indoctrination class we study Warsaw Pact or Warsaw Block. It was after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. I told political officer that Warsaw Block died of natural causes. He new I was right and did not argue with me. He was shocked. It just was not allowed to be said. Well, in 2006 Kyoto as dead as Warsaw Block. Lets admit it and move on with realistic solutions.\n\nIf I would be a Machiavellian politician I would legislate a political travel tax and large events tax. There was a huge amount of discussion on politicians travel and emissions. My second beef are celebrities. They travel extensively. They travel in style, therefore, the amount of green gasses emitted would probably dwarf an average politician.\n\nAnother thing large evens like rock concerts, political conventions. The amount of electricity used is huge. You know that most of electricity used by rock groups is stolen?I talked to one impresario who admitted connecting to the grid bypassing the meter.Even when not stolen just one digital projector that enables everyone to see the person on the stage takes about 5-10 kW of power. Put 10 of them and it is significant amount. Then 50 lights at 300 Watt each. How about some lasers at 2 kW each, oh, and 15 kW sound system, that needs 3 times power to run. You would need a whole wind farm to sustain it. I am not talking about the amount of fossil fuel to move all this equipment from place to place.\n\nWhy I am saying all this. When it comes to green gasses emission, there are no green saints. I was walking by Green Peace protest another day. First thing that I have noticed was a noise from 15 portable gas generators that were running to keep all the props inflated. Enviros already killed 50 millions Africans and left hundreds of millions handicapped by stopping use of DDT to prevent malaria. Now they want to destroy the western middle class and enrich tyrants of the third world.\n\nPerhaps then the plan it too academic, as the problem with it is procrastination. Delay too long, the reduction becomes extremely difficult. To achieve the 2050 target, there'll have to be some movement in the right direction by 2025. If you want to ensure that happens, set a near-term target. Otherwise, the 2050 target comes off as phony.\n\nIf the plan was designed to help business address GHG emissions, there would be actual near-term targets, not a promise to set targets at some point. Canadian emitters had been preparing for the previous gov'ts LFE policy, were put on hold by the current gov't cancelled that plan, and now must wait to see whether to reintroduce them or to design something new. It is very inefficient, regardless of the world in which you live."}
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-{"text": "Pastoral Care\n\nThe Pastoral Care Services of the MCU-Filemon D. Tanchoco Medical Foundation, Inc. aims to further enrich and extend pastoral services to people in need especially the families of the patients undergoing special treatment at the Critical Care Unites of the Hospital.\n\nThe initiative is being done through and the collaboration of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word and the volunteer Medical and Administrative Staff of the hospital.\n\nFor the past eleven (11) years of the IVE Fathers of the Incarnate Word and the SSVM Sisters have been extending Pastoral Care to the patients who are confined at the ICU\u2019s for their spiritual needs such as counseling and administering the Sacraments of the Confession, Holy Communion, Anointing of the sick and Blessing of the sick and dead.\n\nIn addition, programs and services conducted as a collaborative effort of both parties IVE Fathers, SSVM Sisters and as well as the MCU Volunteers, in giving attention to the members of the families of the ICU patients who are at the waiting area. Different activities according to their situations and needs that would support them morally and spiritually would be facilitated, with the sincerest intention of giving them comfort during their most difficult moments.\n\nPastoral Program and Services\n\nAdministration of the Sacraments\n\nHoly Communion\n\nConfession\n\nEmergency Baptism\n\nAnointing of the Sick\n\nBlessing of the Sick\n\nBlessing of the Dead\n\nPersonal Dialogue and Counseling\n\nPraying with Patients and their Relatives\n\nRoom Visitation (Private and Ward Rooms)\n\nBible Sharing and Fellowship\n\nSacramental Life and Holy Mass\n\nSupport Group Activity\n\nSchedule of Holy Masses\n\nTuesday \u2013 Friday\n12:00pm \u2013 1:00pm\n\nSaturday\n5:00pm \u2013 6:00pm\n\nSunday (Anticipated Mass)\n12:00pm \u2013 1:00pm\n\nNovena Prayers (before Holy Mass)\n\nSt. Camillus De Lellis\nEvery Tuesday\n\nPerpetual Help\nEvery Wednesday\n\nSt. Jude Thaddeus\nEvery Thursday\n\nSacred Heart\nEvery Friday\n\nAll the activities being conducted by the Pastoral Team are open to everyone regardless of religion and race.\n\nOther Hospital Activities\n\nRecollection during Lenten Season\n\nHoly Thursday\nWashing of feet / Holy Mass\n3:00pm\n\nEaster Sunday\nSalubong / Holy Mass\n12:00pm\n\nJuly\nFeast of St. Camillus De Lellis and Thanksgiving Mass Foundation Day\n\nOctober\nRosary Month and Novena for the Dead\n\nDecember\nNovena Masses or Simbang Tanghali and Hospital Christmas Party\n\nAs member of:\n\nInstitutional Review Board\n\nBioethics Committee\n\nABOUT US\n\nMCU-FDTMF is an established and esteemed institution in the healthcare and service industry, we are a foundation steadfast in its commitment to excellent and compassionate patient care to improve and elevate the community health care system."}
-{"text": "(CNN) - Ohio's secretary of state announced Tuesday he will move to appeal a federal court's recent ruling that overturned an early voting restriction in the state.\n\nJon Husted said he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case. On Friday, a federal appeals court sided with the Obama campaign in its protest against a ban on voting in the final weekend\u2013Saturday, Sunday, and Monday\u2013before Election Day.- Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker\n\nIn a statement Tuesday, Husted called Friday's ruling an \"unprecedented intrusion by the federal courts into how states run elections.\"\n\n\"Because of its impact on all 50 states as to who and how elections will be run in America we are asking the Supreme Court to step in and allow Ohioans to run Ohio elections,\" the statement read.\n\nWhile early voting in Ohio begins 35 days ahead of Election Day (and 45 days for those in the military overseas), the Republican-controlled legislature passed a provision in May that cut off early, in-person voting at the end of the day on the Friday before the election. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voter Act also required the state to maintain early voting for members of the military, their family members, and U.S. citizens living outside of the U.S.\n\nBackers of the law, including Husted, argued the move helped election workers gather and prepare in the final few days before November 6. They also argued that in the past, some counties kept their booths open during the three-day window, while others kept them closed, so closing them all together in the final weekend would implement a standard of uniformity across the state.\n\nCritics, however, claimed the three-day ban was crafted out of political partisanship and disproportionately affected Democrats, particularly in urban and left-leaning areas of the state. Opponents also argued it was unfair to allow military members the early voting privileges, but not others living in crucial swing state.\n\nAlong with the Democratic National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party, the Obama campaign filed suit in July over the restriction.\n\nIn late August, the federal District Court found the state law \"likely\" violated the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution, acknowledging an argument that \"low-income and minority voters are disproportionately affected by elimination\" of particular early voting days. The court found \"there is no definitive evidence... that elections boards would be tremendously burdened\" by returning poll access to the standard before recent changes to the state's laws.\n\nThe state had argued that \"local county boards of elections are too busy preparing for Election Day to accommodate early voters\" and that \"unique challenges faced by military service members and their families justify maintaining in-person early voting for them but not for other Ohio voters,\" the court's opinion reads.\n\nThe circuit court said the injunction does not, however, require local election offices to be open for early voting during the weekend before the election, but said the injunction \"return[s] discretion to local boards of elections to allow all Ohio voters to vote\" that Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.\n\nThe court's third member argued that the court's opinion was too broad in scope.\n\nObama campaign counsel Bob Bauer said the court ruled \"that every Ohioan should have equal access to early voting.\"\n\n\"As a result of this decision, every voter, including military, veterans, and overseas voters alongside all Ohioans, will have the same opportunity to vote early through the weekend and Monday before the election,\" Bauer wrote in a statement. \"Across the country, the hard work to protect Americans' right to vote has paid off. We feel that every voter, regardless of party affiliation, that has the right to vote should be able to. We are now focused on making sure that voters across the country fully understand their rights, know exactly what their voting laws require of them, and clarify when they can cast their ballot.\"\n\nsoundoff(71 Responses)\n\nPatrick Lewis\n\nThis is as naked a ploy to disenfranchise people who would be severely affected by taking a day off work (The poor) as I've ever heard of. Truly. How anyone can, with a straight face, say that this is about \"letting the polling places get ready before tuesday\" is beyond me. If you really need to get it together... HOW ABOUT NOW? IS NOW A GOOD TIME FOR YOU? YOU'VE GOT A MONTH!\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:36 pm at 2:36 pm |\n\nmichd\n\nYou have not heard Romney and the GPO address the voter suppression issue, because they feel that this will help him to win. Romney is lying to America and stealing your VOTE.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:37 pm at 2:37 pm |\n\nJohn the Historian\n\nStop voter suppression. Republicans are only scared President Obama will win Ohio. They know if Willard loses Ohio he loses the election. Do not vote for this non-Christian flip flopper. When does Willard start supporting Gay rights and abortion rights again. Willard go either to Nauvoo, Illinois and wait for your polygamist Jesus Christ or go to the planet kolob and get your 70 virgin wives like the rapist Brigham Young or maybe you want 87 wives like the rapist Joseph Smith. BTW take those 200 pound gold tablets with you, if you can find it.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:37 pm at 2:37 pm |\n\nxman\n\nRepublicans and their vote suppressing tactics. Amazing this party still has support.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:39 pm at 2:39 pm |\n\nDC1973\n\nThey're not trying to stop \"rampant voter fraud,\" because it doesn't exist. They're trying to stop United States citizens from voting.\n\nAsking people to show their id is not voter surpression! As a legal US citizen you need an id to drive, to get a prescription, to have a bank account, to get a cell phone, to enter or leave the country, to rent an apartment, to notarize anything, to go to college...\nIt is not voter surpression to ask for an id to vote! Quit whining!\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:44 pm at 2:44 pm |\n\nMrApplesauce\n\nPartisan secretary of state fights for partisan reasons for a partisan result in his state's election.\n\nYeah... no conflict of interest there.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:45 pm at 2:45 pm |\n\nTony\n\nJohn the Historian = John the Bigot\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:48 pm at 2:48 pm |\n\nDumbasRocks [R]s\n\nRemember Kathryn Harrris from 2000? Whatever happened to that \"thing\"? Turns out, she was soon cast to the political curb by none-other that the G. Bush GOP, as soon as it became clear that she was a national \"undesirable\" after she had so willingly sullied herself doing the Bush campaign's dirty work in FLA.\n\nLook ahead to 2020...just where do you think Jon Husted wil be?\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:49 pm at 2:49 pm |\n\nOnce a Republican\n\nIt doesn't matter if you're a democrat, republican, anything in between. This should smack you as ridiculous. I think anyone with half a brain knows voter fraud is not this BIG problem to be addressed in 2012 (suddenly) What a waste of money and the good name I used to associate with Republicans. No more, no way, no how! You've all grabbed hands and jumped off the deep end of insanity. Four years ago I let go, and boy am I glad I did. Republican's didn't get better. They got worse.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:50 pm at 2:50 pm |\n\nDominican mama 4 Obama\n\nIt is interesting to note that we haven't heard a peep from the Republicans in regards to the furor surrounding voter suppression.\nDon't Republicans vote?\nYou'd think that BOTH parties would want whoever is trying to suppress the vote to stop....oh, wait.\nObama 2012.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:50 pm at 2:50 pm |\n\nsammieb51\n\nBorderless you are clueless, the Ohio action has nothing to do with ID laws.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:51 pm at 2:51 pm |\n\nSorensen\n\nMr. Husted is obviously an uninformed idiot totally unable to run his miserable, little job. What a disgrace for Ohio.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:53 pm at 2:53 pm |\n\na little sad\n\nThere is already precedent that the fedral government can step into state voting process, in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The consitutionality is black letter law.\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:54 pm at 2:54 pm |\n\nMichael Dineen\n\nThis voter suppression is a naked attempt to steal an election. If the republicans truly have a better way to govern let them show it to by winning the votes fairly. The only voter fraud has been by them (ie.) Florida. I can't believe that our news outlets don't call them out on it. Oh that right they don't want to be partisan? So they don't report news Edward R Morrow would be embarrassed by these light weight reporters of today\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:54 pm at 2:54 pm |\n\nMaryM\n\nIt is voter suppression when you change the law and do not give voters that do not have acceptable ID enough time to get that acceptable ID\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:55 pm at 2:55 pm |\n\nsassysticks53\n\nLOL! The GOP hasn't given up trying to steal this election by using voter suppression. Bring it on, GOP! We are ready for you!\n\nOctober 9, 2012 02:56 pm at 2:56 pm |\n\ndemwit\n\nJust because Florida foud hundreds of illegals registered to votedoesn't mean we should try to stop everyone from voting."}
-{"text": "Jodi Picoult Collection\n\nUS DVD: 31 Jul 2012\n\nThe book is always better than the movie. Very rarely does the film version of a book do it justice. Salem Falls, Plain Truth and The Pact, the three films which comprise the Jodi Picoult Collection released by A&E Home Video are no exception. This bare bones compilation contains no special features. Given Picoult\u2019s books often contain questions for reading group discussions, this makes the lack of extras seem odd, since Picoult is comfortable with her novels being catalysts for discussion and debate. An interview with Picoult regarding her involvement or lack thereof in the adaptations and how she views the outcome would be interesting.\n\nFurthermore, aside from an executive producer credit on Salem Falls, she has no credited involvement in the films. A commentary with the directors and actors might provide insight that the finished products lack. Otherwise, Salem Falls and PlainTruth barely rise above the standard melodramas found on Lifetime TV. The Pact, less convoluted and more character driven, is the one compelling film of the trio.\n\nSalem Falls is the story of a town full of walking wounded. Gillian Duncan, played by AJ Michalka, turns to witchcraft to fill the void left by an absentee mother and her overbearing father, Amos. There\u2019s Addie Peabody, played by Sarah Carter, proprietress of the local diner who still serves meals to her dead daughter, Chloe. She also has an alcoholic father, Roy, whose late night joyride on a riding lawnmower causes an unfortunate accident for Jack McBradden, played by James Van Der Beek.\n\nThe near collision leaves Jack, a stranger on his way to California, temporarily waylaid in town due to expensive car repairs. Addie meets Jack at the police station when she comes to pick up her father. She is apologetic and offers Jack money for repairs, which he immediately refuses. When Addie finds out that Jack is a laid-off teacher with money problems, she immediately offers him a job and a place to stay. Whether Addie takes such a vested interest in a complete stranger because of guilt, physical attraction or just simple kindness is unclear as well as unbelievable. Even Jack questions her motives to which Addie responds, \u201cI know you ran out of luck, and I don\u2019t mind you being here until it finds you again.\u201d\n\nThe two share a kiss within three days of Jack\u2019s arrival, shocking because the best thing that can be said about Jack is that he is stoic, and that he indulges Addie in her game of make believe. This development occurs to the dismay of Gillian, who believes Jack has appeared in town because of a spell cast by herself and her coven, which consists of her friends Megan and Chelsea.\n\nWe soon find out from Wes, an especially aggressive police officer and all-around not nice guy, tells Addie that Jack has registered as a sex offender. Wes\u2019 motives have more to do with his feelings for Addie than the good of the community. Jack served eight months in jail after pleading guilty to the rape of a former student. Initially devastated, Addie quickly gives Jack the benefit of the doubt when he pleads his innocence. This revelation is the catalyst for a catastrophic chain of events.\n\nWhen the news of Jack\u2019s past reaches Gillian\u2019s father Amos, he immediately does his best to whip the townspeople into a frenzy inciting them to drive Jack out of town. This news doesn\u2019t discourage wannabe witch Gillian, who confronts Jack at the diner and throws herself at Jack warning him that he better leave town and take her with him. Addie\u2019s initial steadfastness begins to waver just as Jack becomes more resolved to stay.\n\nIn another desperate attempt to get Jack\u2019s attention, Gillian and her friends celebrate Beltane, a time when a Wicca\u2019s spells have extra power. Of course, Beltane involves behavior straight out of The Crucible which includes nudity and dancing around a fire in the desolate woods. In a collision that was evident from the beginning of the film, a drunken Jack loses his way and stumbles across the girls. Meghan and Chelsea flee, but Gillian lingers believing her spell has finally brought her what she wants. The next thing the audience sees is a hysterical Gillian accusing Jack of rape.\n\nThe following morning Jack arrives at Addie\u2019s house where they inexplicably decide to take their brief, albeit emotionally draining relationship, to the next level. Her hair still wet from her post-coital shower, the police show up at Addie\u2019s to arrest Jack. Her loyalty wavering once again, Addie immediately presumes Jack guilty until she receives a note from Jack that simply states \u201cLoyal\u201d the town where Jack\u2019s legal troubles began. So off Addie goes to investigate Jack\u2019s past still unsure of his innocence or guilt.\n\nWhat little suspense there is in Salem Falls is quickly resolved. Although we never know the complete sequence of events the night of the alleged assault, we do learn whether Jack is just a man who is perpetually in the wrong place at the wrong time or an irredeemable sexual predator. Unfortunately, the character development is so sparse, it is hard to care. In addition, the time spent introducing irrelevant and underdeveloped side plots could have been spent exploring what draws Addie and Jack together, Gillian\u2019s immediate obsession with Jack, and the girls\u2019 interest and exploration into witchcraft.\n\nStill from Plain Truth\n\nPlain Truth, more suspenseful and better acted than Salem Falls, tells the story of a young Amish girl Katie Fitch, played by Alison Pill,accused of murder. The movie opens with the grisly discovery of a dead newborn infant on an Amish farm. Further investigation yields a missing pair of scissors and a bloody nightgown. It doesn\u2019t take the police long to hone in on the farmer\u2019s daughter as a possible suspect. In the midst of questioning, Katie becomes seriously ill and is rushed to the hospital where doctors determine she has indeed recently given birth. Despite all of the physical evidence to the contrary, Katie denies ever being pregnant. As she is wheeled out of the hospital the police show up and arrest Katie.\n\nA cousin of the family, who has inexplicably left the community, asks her friend, attorney Ellie, played by Mariska Hargitay, to defend the girl. In the midst of some type of \u2018Eat, Pray, Love\u2019 crisis of her own, Ellie initially refuses until a pleading phone call from Katie\u2019s mother. As a condition of Katie\u2019s bail, Ellie is appointed her guardian which requires her to move in with Katie\u2019s family and immerse herself in the Amish community.\n\nLiving with the Fitches enables Ellie to get to know Katie better and to observe the family\u2019s dynamics. The father, Aaron, is taciturn and unyielding in his beliefs even when it comes to defending his daughter. The mother, Sarah, is more forthcoming but still reserved. She also learns that the family is fractured due to several past events. Katie confides to Ellie that she had a younger sister who drowned while under her care. Katie even admits to having conversations with her deceased sibling.\n\nObviously disturbed and in denial, Ellie decides to have Katie evaluated by a psychiatrist, Cooper, who also happens to be Ellie\u2019s ex-boyfriend. Cooper attributes Katie\u2019s denial as a coping mechanism. Ellie\u2019s frustration reaches an apex when Katie stands before the church elders and pleads guilty to a sin of the flesh. \u201cI can\u2019t believe what just happened. You\u2019ll admit to them that you had sex and, in essence, had a baby, but you deny it to me,\u201d Ellie states. Katie replies, \u201cBecause it\u2019s expected of me, not because it\u2019s true. It\u2019s easier to confess than to fight.\u201d Ellie struggles to come to terms with Katie\u2019s beliefs especially when the girl\u2019s behavior appears so contradictory.\n\nIn a fortuitous turn Jacob Fitch, Katie\u2019s brother, returns to the farm after having been excommunicated from the church and shunned by his family for deciding to attend college. Katie\u2019s lies start to unravel as Ellie finds out that Katie\u2019s mother would arrange for Katie to visit her brother Jacob on weekends, giving Katie the opportunity to meet someone. When Ellie confronts Katie she admits to being drugged and raped at a party. Cooper dismisses her story as more lies told to please Ellie. The dates don\u2019t match up for the conception and birth.\n\nIn spite of her lies, Jacob is confident his sister is innocent. \u201cPlain folks, Amish, they don\u2019t understand how to be selfish or greedy or proud\u2014it\u2019s not in their nature, certainly not enough to commit murder,\u201d Jacob states.\u201d Katie could not have committed murder simply because she is Amish.\u201d\n\nWhile putting away laundry Ellie comes across pictures of Katie with an unidentified young man who turns out to be Adam Sinclair the father of the baby. Katie admits to withholding the pregnancy from him as well. During this confrontation, Katie finally recounts the events of the night she gave birth. She claims to have fallen asleep and when she woke up the baby was gone. She viewed this as an answer to her prayers. That God had taken the baby back.\n\nWhile Ellie initially decides to use temporary insanity as her defense, Katie convinces Ellie to let her take the stand and tell the truth, \u201cEllie, in my world if I make a mistake and admit it and repent, I\u2019ll be forgiven,\u201d Katie says, \u201cBut if I lie, I won\u2019t be welcomed back.\u201d With an earnest client and physical evidence that points to accidental death as opposed to murder, Ellie wages Katie\u2019s innocence on her Amish upbringing.\n\nAs with Salem Falls, several unnecessary subplots; Ellie\u2019s reconciliation with Cooper and the introduction of Samuel, Katie\u2019s Amish boyfriend, take away from the main storyline. Katie\u2019s parents are very underdeveloped as characters, even though their relationship with Katie and her brother are driving forces in the plot. Whatever midlife crisis Hargitay\u2019s character was experiencing at the beginning of the film seems to magically dissolve making you wonder why it was brought up in the first place.\n\nStill from The Pact\n\nThe Pact is the most character driven of the three films. It opens with a montage of home movie video clips and photos of two families, showing shared vacations and birthday parties. The closeness of the families is described by the daughter of Melanie and Mitchell Gold, played by Megan Mullally and Henry Czreny, \u201cIt\u2019s almost like we\u2019re just one family but too big to fit inside a single house,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re each other\u2019s puzzle pieces, halves of a whole, the Golds and the Hartes.\u201d It provides a superficial backstory including the establishment of the lifelong romance between Emily and the Hartes\u2019 son Chris, played by Eric Lively. We see young lovers, presumably Chris and Emily, riding on an empty carousel kissing and stroking each other lovingly.\n\nThis ideallic picture of Americana is shattered by a late night phone call. Both families rush to the hospital. Chris\u2019 parents Gus, played by Juliet Stevenson and James, played by Bob Gunton, and find out that Chris has been admitted with head injuries. Emily\u2019s parents find out that she has died from a gunshot wound to the head. Whispers and accusations of a suicide pact between the young lovers start circulating as early as Emily\u2019s wake.\n\nDuring police questioning we find out that supposedly both Chris and Emily held the gun but Emily pulled the trigger leaving Chris to turn the gun on himself. However, the gun contained only one bullet, and he claims to have lost his balance and fallen leaving him as the lone survivor of the pact. He is also informed that Emily was pregnant thereby giving him motive to murder her. The one piece of evidence that could corroborate Chris\u2019 story is a journal kept by Emily.\n\nThe closely interwoven bonds of the two families quickly begin to unravel as Melanie\u2019s grief turns to anger and suspicion, and Chris is arrested for murder. Gus, feeling betrayed by Melanie\u2019s determination to see Chris punished, confronts her, \u201cI want you to defend him (Chris). I want you not to testify against him,\u201d Gus pleads. \u201cIt\u2019s my son, and I expect you to help me to defend my son.\u201d\n\nFlashbacks of happier times intermingled with Emily\u2019s revealing journal entries used as narration illustrate that not everything with the families was not as it appeared on the surface. \u201dI\u2019ve always known the way my father looks at Gus and the way Gus looks at him,\u201d she writes. \u201cThe way my mother looks at Gus, the way she envies her.\u201d Shocked at the fact that she did not really know her daughter, regretful of her shortcomings as a mother and unable to handle the ugly truths hidden among years of happy memories, Melanie keeps the fact that she has the journal a secret even from her own husband. As if punishing Chris will make it all not true.\n\nThe Pact is about the loss of friends, of family and of love. It\u2019s also a story about letting go: of anger, of blame, of things that we might think are important. Most importantly, The Pact is about forgiveness and realizing that things may not be what they seem but not laying blame when the truth is uncovered.\n\nJodi Picoult Collection\n\nRating:\n\nJennifer Lind-Westbrook currently writes reviews/recaps for \"PopMatters,\"\"TVFiends\" and \"BuddyTV\" and its affiliates."}
-{"text": "Exclusions\n\nOn landing in Mumbai, leave on a street voyage to the heavenly town of Shirdi to reach there by evening or night. On achieving Shirdi, continue towards the inn.\n\nShirdi lies in the Ahmednagar area of Maharashtra and is renowned for being the home to the worshipped holy person \u2013 Sai Baba. Consistently, swarms of aficionados result in these present circumstances place to ask at the sacred Sri Sai Sansthan sanctuary, which is spread over a territory of around 200 square meters. This sanctuary complex houses a statue of the holy person, alongside different sanctuaries, historical center and library that are identified with his life.\n\nAfter achieving the lodging, finish the registration conventions and rest for quite a while. Late at night, you can visit this acclaimed sanctuary to look for gifts.\n\nToward the beginning of the day, you can select to by and by love at the Shri Sai Baba Temple and witness the morning procedures.\n\nDrive to the Shani Shingnapur Temple, situated around 70 km far from Shirdi. Committed to Lord Shiva, this altar gets crowds of fans all round the year, who come here to perform ceremonies. There is a swayambhu icon inside the sanctuary, which is made of dark stone.\n\nIn the wake of adoring at the sanctuary, come back to Shirdi and appreciate a medium-term remain at the inn."}
-{"text": "Lawmakers Derail Efforts to Combat Opioid Abuse\n\nBill would use national standards to help control prescription abuse and addiction in Workers\u2019 Comp System\n\nHARRISBURG (Feb. 12, 2018) \u2013 The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) expressed grave concern after the state House failed to pass HB 936, which creates a drug formulary within the PA workers\u2019 compensation system. The measure would set guidelines for treatments and prescriptions based on widely accepted medical standards. The bill would address painkiller over-prescribing, fraud in the system, and control costs.\n\n\u201cGiven the Legislature\u2019s interest in combating opioid abuse and addiction, it is inconceivable to me that lawmakers would vote against nationally-accepted standards for dispensing drugs to injured workers. But that is exactly what happened,\u201d said Kevin Shivers executive state director for NFIB PA. \u201cPA\u2019s workers\u2019 comp system prescribes more opioids to injured workers than virtually all other states. Formularies are widely accepted and already exist in CHIP and Medicare programs with good reason. They protect a patient\u2019s health and safety.\u201d\n\nHB 936 passed the state Senate 34 to 16. Tuesday, the bill failed after the House deadlocked 98 to 98. The bill is to be reconsidered in March. NFIB urged lawmakers who voted against the bill to seriously reconsider.\n\n\u201cNot only does this bill address opioid overprescribing,\u201d added Shivers, \u201cbut it routs out fraud by legal and medical professionals who abuse the system. There have been reports exposing those who use injured workers as pawns in their greedy schemes, prescribing questionable medications and charging exorbitant prices.\n\n\u201cIt is also important to note that the bill requires that any savings must be returned to businesses in the form of lower premiums, and not given back to insurers. That helps small businesses burdened with high insurance costs.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Pete Holmes: Hey! You Make a Movie!\n\nPete Holmes: Hey! You Make a Movie!\n\nI've been talking about not liking certain movies, and I've been getting heckled.... If you go to Burger King and eat that little Oreo cake, and you're like, 'this tastes like crap,' the chef doesn't come out like, 'Hey! You make a cake! You wanna talk about cake, come back when you're up to here in yeast! Talking about cake is for cake-makers only! You wanna talk about cake, get makin' cakes!' I don't have to make a cake to know that Charlie St. Cloud was horrible."}
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-{"text": "Closer David Berg, named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and a first-team All-American in 2013, elected to return to the Bruins for his senior season \u2014 turning down a chance to go pro after being selected by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round.\n\nShortly after his announcement, even bigger news dropped: the Houston Astros failed to sign a pair of high schoolers in No. 1 overall pick Brady Aiken and fifth-round selection Jacob Nix. Both pitchers originally signed with UCLA in November, but could elect to enroll at a junior college or join an independent league, making themselves available to reenter the draft next year.\n\nIf they decide to go to UCLA, they will need to stay at least three years before going pro.\n\nRegardless, Berg\u2019s decision is a tremendous boon to a team that is coming off a 25-30-1 season, its worst mark since head coach John Savage first arrived on campus in 2005. He set the NCAA single-season record for saves (24) and appearances (51) during the UCLA\u2019s 2013 title run.\n\n\u201cWe are excited to have David back for his senior year,\u201d Savage said in a statement. \u201cHe is one of the premier closers in all of college baseball and was a key ingredient to our National Championship run in 2013. To have him back for one more season is special.\n\n\u201cHis presence, work ethic and leadership will be a continued staple in our program. We believe he will have a long successful professional playing career after he graduates from UCLA.\u201d\n\nAs for Aiken and Nix, the UCLA coaching staff will need to wait. In addition to choosing between UCLA or junior college, both could file a grievance with the league and potentially become free agents. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow also told the Houston Chronicle that he tried to negotiate with Aiken\u2019s agent Casey Close, which could compromise his NCAA eligibility.\n\nAiken \u2014 who is the first top overall pick not to sign since 1983 \u2014 and Nix had agreed to $6.5 million and $1.5 million deals, respectively, but a medical examination revealed that Aiken had a smaller than usual ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow. When the Astros tried to lower their offer to Aiken, Nix\u2019s deal was held up due in part to how MLB bonus pools work. (Fox Sports\u2019 Ken Rosenthal has a good summary of the dispute.)\n\nNix may be the more likely bet to end up in Westwood. The Los Alamitos High product was rated the No. 104 prospect in this year\u2019s draft by Baseball America, but also held a strong commitment to UCLA \u2014 something that likely dropped his stock a bit.\n\nIt borders the petty & vindictive if the Houston GM not so accidentally disclosed to the local paper that he had negotiated with an agent representing Aiken knowing full well that might jeopardize Aiken\u2019s eligibility at UCLA. Deadspin had a good piece back in February on the Phillies undertaking a similar move with an Oregon State pitcher. Of course, the real grind is the archaic NCAA rule forbidding agents to negotiate on behalf of players. How otherwise can an 18 year old kid conduct complex negotiations while maintaining the option to head to college if negotiations don\u2019t go well? Hope Aiken makes it to Westwood without issue if that is where he decides he wants to go. Go Bruins!\n\nVB\n\nAnnnnnnd what\u2019s another Monday without Jack being MIA again?\n\nBruin 34\n\nDamn Jack! You ever on top of anything? Bryce English commits to Ucla!\n\nArchives\n\nArchives\n\nComments policy\n\nWe invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.\n\nIf you see comments that you find offensive, please use the \u201cFlag as Inappropriate\u201d feature by hovering over the right side of the post, and pulling down on the arrow that appears. Or, contact our editors by emailing moderator@langnews.com."}
-{"text": "Jermaine Rogers Originals\n\nFraternity - Original\n\nJunk Head - Original\n\nLincoln Bunny - Original\n\nMelvins Unsane 2012 Tour - Original\n\nPassenger - Original\n\nRabbit Fighter - Original\n\nSleepwalking - Original\n\nSouth X Stereogum 2006 Austin - Original - SOLD\n\nWarhol & Vincent - Original\n\nTwitter\n\nFacebook\n\nKenneth Tom Olsen\n\nNOW through Sunday, February 25th\n\nOlsen is a Danish artist who has been painting since his youth, however it was not always his primary career path. Following his service in the Danish Air Force, Olsen worked in the telecommunications business for more than 20 years. He recently left a position as CEO of a successful company in order to paint full time. His drive to follow his passion is apparent in his work."}
-{"text": "people who are perfecting \"losing life\"\n\nSome years ago my husband Troy made the decision to leave the marketplace and do vocational ministry. Troy left a lucrative, promising job as an engineering manager at General Mills to become a pastor at Community Christian Church. Over the years we have watched several of our good friends and now our co-workers make the same leap. John Ciesniewski, Tim Bakker, Carter Moss and Steve Brewer to name of few. Most of which are now campus pastors at CCC.\n\nI came across John Wood's book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, and I couldn't resist ordering it from Amazon. Reading it has made me reminisce about those days of huge decision making for us. It was one of the scariest decisions I ever had to participate in....until now. Planting a church is way scarier :)\n\nAnyway, this book has a tremendous mix of personal story and helpful business principles for running a non profit organization. Wood's observations about the differences between the business world and non profit world are very interesting. It is also fascinating to get inside his head and see what would motivate a non Christ follower (as far as I can tell anyway) to make this kind of a self-less, compassionate shift in his life.\n\nIf you are involved in non-for-profit work in any way....His chapter called Making the Ask...is the best.\n\nMy two sisters and a group of women from Indian Creek Community Church are headed to India in 9 days. Their job is to speak at women's conferences empowering the Christ-Following women of India to reach other women in their communities with the message of Jesus.\n\nWomen go through extremely difficult conditions to travel to these conferences. When I was in India this past August, I was told that many women had traveled by \"bus\" to get to the conference. As we were leaving the conference in our nice, air conditioned, comfy seat bus, the other \"bus\" that the women rode in was pointed out to us. It was really a truck.\n\nWomen will sleep outside on towels in order to attend these conferences. They are motivated to be there and to hear more about Jesus and sharing their faith with others.\n\nHere's the deal. Many women in the villages of India are illiterate. If given the Bible, they can't read it. But my sister and her team have come across an exciting option for the women in India. It is called the megavoice. A small audio device about the size of an ipod, that carries the whole new testament, and it is only $35.00.\n\nI think this could change the lives of many, many people. If you teach a woman about Jesus, you change the next generation. A mom who loves Jesus, raises kids who love Jesus.\n\nPlease pray for my sisters Judy and lori and their team as they travel the first two weeks in February.\n\nJacob, my 16 year old son, and his friend Bobby are in the gym at the Yellow Box with Shawn Williams. They are trying to shoot from half court, actually more like 3/4 court. They have been trying for a while, and of course nobody is making any shots. So Jake and Bobby say, \"hey Shawn, if you make it, we will donate $75 each for a kid to go to BLAST.\" Shawn agrees this is a good idea. The rules are, Shawn has two shots. So Shawn gets ready to take his first shot, and he says.... \"Jesus, help more kids go to blast.\" He shoots and ........SWOOOOOSH. He makes it. Jake and Bobby are in for $75 each and a high school kid who wasn't able to afford to go to blast, goes to BLAST.\n\nI remember the first time Troy and I came to CCC, nearly 16 years ago. It was like we had come home to a place we had never been before. We dreamed of a church that would make sense to our friends, a church that would respect people's steps towards Jesus as a journey.\n\nThe first time we sat in a Baptism celebration service, I remember the lump in my throat. These people are actually DOING what they say they are about....Helping People Find their Way Back to God. I knew in that moment that I would do anything to be a part of this thing.\n\nI have been attending church since the week I was born,and I actually saw more people baptized in one year at CCC then in my entire life of Church attendance.\n\nThis mission gets me up in the morning and makes me lie awake strategizing at night. It is an incredible privilege to play with the driven and passionate team at CCC.\n\nWe spent all of last week communicating our plans to plant a New Thing Network Church in Kansas City.\n\nIt was sad and hard to let the community of people here know that God has given us a new Direction. So sad...so hard.\n\nThere is only one thing that would make me leave this CCC community of friends...the overwhelming and compelling prompting of the Holy Spirit. It has been undeniable. And it really is my desire to be faithful to God's leadership. He is up to something in Kansas City and it will be a complete BLAST to watch it unfold.\n\nWhen I set the sadness aside, I feel peace and I feel enthusiasm and excitement and THRILL.\n\nThe best thing anyone said to me this week came from my friend Allison who said, \"ooooohhhh....the people of Kansas City better watch out......'cause God is going to come after them....\""}
-{"text": "Consumers' close encounters with nanoparticles\n\nThe most personal encounter that many consumers have had so far with the much-heralded field of nanotechnology is the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the American Chemical Society's weekly newsmagazine. Those encounters with fruits of the science of ultra-small particles -- so tiny that 50,000 could fit across the width of a human hair -- may come when sunbathers, golfers, bikers and others slather on sunscreen during these late summer days.\n\nC&EN Associate Editor Lauren K. Wolf explains that some sunscreens incorporate a so-called \"particle-based\" approach to shielding people from the potentially harmful ultra-violet rays in sunlight. Those particles are made of zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, which produce longer-lasting protection and less skin irritation for individuals with sensitive skin. Sunscreens containing large particles give the skin a white, pasty look. In order to avoid that, some manufacturers use nano-sized particles.\n\nThe article describes controversy that has arisen over whether those particles can pass through the skin and have undesirable effects in the body. Wolf describes scientific evidence suggesting that sunscreens with these particles may have such effects, and conflicting evidence suggesting that they do not. The bottom line for now, according to the article, is to slather on that sunscreen, since the proven benefits in reducing the risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging, outweigh the theoretical risks.\n\n###\n\nDisclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system."}
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-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nMay 16, 2019, At 5:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight time in Billings, Montana the Ladyfisher died.\n\nI was at her side all day today as she struggled to live a few more hours. In the final moments of her earthly life she was very calm and peaceful. She would want me to tell you that she is in a much better place now because Jesus died and shed His blood for her sins. He rose from the grave, ascended into heaven and has prepared a dwelling place for her there. She is no longer struggling with all the various medical issues that made life difficult these last few years.\n\nThank you to all of her friends here on FAOL. This was her legacy that she wanted you to share."}
-{"text": "Is there a Firefox extension that will let me edit long URLs on multiple lines, or do I have to keep editing them in text editors and copying them over? [more inside]\nposted by neustile\non Feb 4, 2008 -\n7 answers\n\nI need a very simple stock quote web service that I can get at programatically. Everything I've found is either non-real time (\"delayed 10 minutes\") or not programatically available (i.e. an embedded java webpage that only works in IE.) I'd even screen scrape if they let me. I will obviously pay for this service. I don't need charts or anything fancy beyond real time data for any of the major exchanges (I'm not picky.)\nposted by neustile\non Nov 11, 2005 -\n8 answers\n\nAbout Ask MetaFilter\n\nAsk MetaFilter is a question and answer site that covers nearly any question on earth, where members help each other solve problems. Ask MetaFilter is where thousands of life's little questions are answered."}
-{"text": "I don't normally trust promoters, even if they promise themselves to be artists in their introduction the proof is almost always in the hair. Take Don King, for example: He spouts poetry, sure; smiles broadly and can tell one hell of a joke. On the other hand, his hair. . . that straight-up wall of hair of his probably stands straight up by horns made up of the bone marrow of his prodigies (read the fine print guys).\n\nBut then there is Chris Da Imperial - poet, local show host and the hook up in South Florida. As an artist and promoter he is here to help the art and poetry community by providing a great forum for performers. But the best part of all: he doesn't have any hair at all so he doesn't need your bone marrow like Don. He doesn't wear linen suits like Elvis nor spew fast tongue gimmick talk, but can be equally amusing. And When he gives poems about the death of hip-hop, I tend to believe him. He holds an open mic twice a week that gets people moving and excited, and the poems he drops never flinch from the truth. You can catch a few of his poems on the web on The Underlab Show. He has been a fixture at Dada's in Delray Beach for a couple of years hosting Poetry Slams (seeing as he's won so many). He is an upcoming force of positive inspiration to an art community in need of some serious resuscitation.\n\nPerformance poetry's meant to be seen live, He has achieved a lot and if you want to see this cat, you're going to have to head to one of the events he hosts, and believe me these aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t your hokey get-togethers where you are networking with folks that won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get you anywhere but in line for tasteless coffee and more cakes & carbs than Grateful Jay's Smoke shop \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Imperial\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s events usually contain A&R Reps and some of the sickest talent South Florida has in some of the best Restaurants you can take a date you want to impress to - so please when you meet him \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 don't mention what I said about the hair."}
-{"text": "Expandable Samurai Warrior Hangers\n\nSword Hangers, wall display plaques and tabletop stands for sale offer a unique way to display swords, daggers and replicas. The displays and plaques are made of wood or metal. There are designs that coordinate with Japanese, medieval, Western and pirate themes. Use these sword hangers, wall plaques and mounts to show off all of your blades and collectibles.\n\nSamurai Wall Hangers for sale offer a handsome and attention-grabbing way to display ninja, Japanese and samurai swords and collectibles. These sword hangers are made by Denix, a premier manufacturer of swords and traditional collectibles. Each of these displays measures 2 \u00be inches. The spring loaded, two piece set can be positioned any distance apart. The displays are expandable up to approximately 1 \u00be inches deep which makes it possible to display various sized swords and collectibles. Samurai Warrior Wall Hangers are meticulously cast of metal with a bronze-colored finish. These popular displays also include the necessary hardware to hang them on the wall. Buy these Samurai Warrior Wall Hangers to display your ninja and samurai swords for only $19.99."}
-{"text": "Early in the process of building our home, I felt overwhelmed by what seemed to be an enormous task: choosing the various kinds of energy-efficient lighting fixtures for our house within our budget.\n\nThe most daunting part of the equation was attempting to figure out what kind of illumination would be produced by each fixture/bulb/space combination. I found explanations of some of the differences in how LED bulbs look at Earth Easy as well as information about lumens (how much brightness a bulb produces) and Kelvin (how warm or cool the light appears) at a number of other sites and magazines (including an article on energy-efficient lighting I\u2019d saved from the November/December 2007 issue of Natural Home).\n\nWe chose Energy Star-rated fixtures when we could find them, which included all but one interior ceiling light and 3 exterior flush-mounted lights. Photo-sensitivity is important for energy efficiency in exterior lights, as are fluorescent or LED bulbs, which we have in all interior fixtures. Our Energy Star-rated exterior floodlights came with halogen bulbs. I learned that some energy rating systems count fluorescent fixtures for bulbs with pins as more efficient than ones that screw in because incandescent bulbs can\u2019t be substituted in fixtures made for bulbs with pins. Because we ordered most fixtures from catalogs, I was guessing about some aspects of appearance. Prices ranged considerably, and were not necessarily related to quality (according to our consultants), except that fixtures that came with LED bulbs were more expensive.\n\nI preferred white rather than warm white bulbs when I had a choice, and knew I wanted a really bright overhead light in the kitchen. We found a large selection and lower prices for ceiling can LED bulbs and LED tube lights for closets and utility rooms at LED Liquidators. I chose bulbs based on the incandescent watt equivalent provided for each bulb, as well as size, shape, degrees of lighting and appearance of bulbs. Our exterior fixtures came from Seagull Lighting and most of the interior lights are from Minka-Lavery.\n\nI am grateful for the guidance I received from our interior designer, Melanie Leader, and two especially knowledgeable lighting consultants at Hermitage Lighting (Dan) and the Ferguson Gallery (Nicci) where we bought most of our lights. Their assistance brought the task down to a scale I could manage. I knew I would not be able to tell if we had what we wanted until we saw the lights on in our home at night. We turned on our electricity last week, and I feel lucky that it turned out so much to my liking."}
-{"text": "Photographer Follows His Girlfriend All Around The World\n\nMurad Osmann is a Russian born photographer. Amazingly, he with his girlfriend Natalya Zakharova has been travelling around the world to photograph different cultures. Ms. Zakharova has been shown by holding the hand of Murad while travelling the magnificent natural wonders of the world. The photographs are portraying just as his girlfriend has been introducing him to the different locations. At the same time he is busy in capturing photographs of those visiting places.\n\nMurad Osmann has been posting all the amazing photographs on his Instagram page (with 546 thousands followers). Since, the photographs are displaying only his girlfriend from her back, so her costumes\u2019 color contrast with the different locations has shown the original touch with the different cultures."}
-{"text": "Narrow escape from Columbia kidnappers\n\nCamouflaged guerrillas broke into cabins where more than a dozen foreign backpackers slept, took their valuables, then marched eight of the fittest tourists, including two Britons, into the jungles surrounding Colombia's tallest peak, it has emerged.\n\nCamouflaged guerrillas broke into cabins where more than a dozen foreign backpackers slept, took their valuables, then marched eight of the fittest tourists, including two Britons, into the jungles surrounding Colombia's tallest peak, it has emerged.\n\nThe remaining backpackers recounted in interviews yesterday their narrow escape from the mass kidnapping, which has dealt a blow to Colombia's efforts to restore a degree of normalcy amid four decades of guerrilla warfare.\n\nTwo Britons, four Israelis, a German and a Spaniard were kidnapped at dawn on Friday in spectacular pre-Colombian archaeological ruins known as Ciudad Perdida, or the Lost City, in the snow-capped Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range.\n\nThe Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, was probably responsible, the army said.\n\nAn Israeli police expert reportedly joined the search teams and British consular officials arrived yesterday in Santa Marta, a city on the Caribbean coast at the foot of the mountains, 45 miles north-west of the Lost City.\n\nMeanwhile, seven backpackers briefly detained along with the eight others by the rebels recounted how they were probably allowed to go because they were physically unfit - or simply lacked sturdy walking shoes.\n\n\"I was half asleep when I heard lots of voices. Then two men in camouflage burst in holding assault rifles,\" said Mathijs Grote Beverborg, a 29-year-old Dutchman.\n\n\"I pretended not to understand, but it was clear they wanted to take us away,\" Beverborg said in Santa Marta.\n\nThe rebels, who also wielded machetes, were firm but not overly hostile and were probably aged between 18 and 20 years old, he said.\n\nThe guerrillas lined up all the foreigners outside in the rain and removed their money and valuables before carefully selecting their victims, Mr Beverborg said. Sleeping bags and other heavy items were left behind.\n\n\"I only later realised how lucky I was,\" he said.\n\nMark Tuite, a 33-year-old Australian, believes he was spared because he and his wife, Michelle, are both overweight, with the rebels believing they would have had trouble keeping up in their forced march into captivity.\n\n\"They were very professional,\" Mr Tuite said of the kidnappers.\n\nThe backpackers who were not abducted were tied together and locked in a room.\n\n\"They said they had booby-trapped the door with a grenade, but then our guide showed up and saw that the grenade was not activated,\" said Mr Tuite, who spent two days hiking back to safety with the other backpackers who were not taken.\n\nAuthorities identified the hostages as Britons Mark Henderson, 31, from London, and Matthew Scott, 19, from Lincoln, Beni Daniel, 26, Orpaz Ohayon, 22, Ido Yosef Guy, 26, Erez Altawil, 24, all of Israel, and Asier Huegun Echeverria, 29, of San Sebastian, Spain. German officials refused to release the identity of the German hostage, but the travel agency that organised the tour to the Lost City identified him as Reinhel Welgel.\n\nColombian Vice President Francisco Santos, who was himself a hostage of the Medellin drug cartel in the early 1990s, questioned what the backpackers were doing in an area known to be rife with Farc rebels and their rightist paramilitary foes.\n\n\"These young people in such a complicated area,\" he told reporters in Bogota. \"What the devil were they doing ?\"\n\nNevertheless, Mr Santos said the government will \"respond with energy until these people are freed\"."}
-{"text": "This is the serious part of tonight's event, except that Lee often deals with very serious topics. So what I mean is: this is the unfunny part of tonight's event, except that I'm going to talk about the United States government. One of my favorite things that Mark Twain didn't really say but definitely should have said was \"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.\" He left out the possibility of imbeciles who are putting us on.\n\nOn Thursday, Comcast Internet was not working at my house, just as Comcast's hired Congress members were introducing a bill to create a closed Internet with fast lanes for the corporate crap we didn't need the Internet for. And a good Internet media outlet called TheRealNews.com wanted to do a video interview with me, which I didn't want to do in Java Java because I try not to be quite that rude. So I sat out on the Downtown Mall and did the interview. It was about 12 degrees out, and I think you can see me shaking. And what did they want to talk about? War? Peace? The climate?\n\nThey wanted to talk about Jeb Bush. Clearly he is an imbecile who is putting us on. He'd been talking on foreign policy, and of course he agreed with Obama on most everything but claimed not to. On NSA spying, for example, he disagreed basically with the fact that there has been public criticism of Obama's abuses. How he would eliminate criticism he didn't say. He didn't bring up Ukraine or Afghanistan or drone wars, because what would he disagree with? He did bring up the Korean War in order to claim it was a success and not the stupid pointless draw that everyone called it for decades, but of course the innovator in popularizing that ridiculous claim was ... President Obama...\n\nA former Governor of Virginia is expected to be sentenced to a long stay in prison. The same fate has befallen governors in states across the United States, including in nearby Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia. A former governor of Illinois is in prison. Governors have been convicted of corruption in Rhode Island, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Connecticut, and (in a trumped-up partisan scam) in Alabama. The statewide trauma suffered by the people of states that have locked up their governors has been...well, nonexistent and unimaginable.\n\nLocking U.S. presidents up for their crimes is a different story. Former President Richard Nixon's understanding that whatever a president does is legal has not been challenged since he made that comment. The Washington Post --- not exactly a Nixon supporter --- has the same understanding now. The Post recently justified the latest proposal to re-ban torture by explaining that even though torture was already banned, President George W. Bush tortured and therefore had found a legal way around the law. In other words, because he hasn't been prosecuted, what he did was legal.\n\nThe New York Times, which urged prosecuting former President George W. Bush for torture six years ago, recently wrote this:\n\nIf an alien invader with a face were attacking the earth, the difficulties that governments have getting populations to support wars on other humans would be multiplied a thousand fold.\n\nThe most common response to officials calling some petty foreign despot \"a new Hitler\" would shift from \"yeah, right\" to \"who cares?\" The people of the world would unite in common defense against the hostile alien.\n\nIf only it had a face. And what's a face anyway? Doctors can create faces now. You'd still love your loved ones if they lost their faces. And I hear there's a movie in which a guy falls in love with his faceless computer.\n\nThe point is that there is an alien invader attacking the earth. Its name is climate change. And Uncle Sam wants YOU to fight it, as does Uncle Boris and Aunt Hannah and Cousin Juan and Brother Feng. The whole family is in agreement on this one, and we are a family now all of a sudden...\n\n[ED NOTE: Though David Swanson, in the following article, didn't give a reason as to why his source here is unnamed, I asked him why that is. His response: \"He asked not to be named, which --- given the Insider Threat Program and the culture of McCarthyism afoot in Washington --- I found reasonable, and not just reasonable but also the only way I was going to get that story.\" --- BF]\n\nBelieve it or not --- after John McCain played video games on his phone during a hearing on bombing Syria, and Eleanor Holmes Norton said she'd only vote to bomb Syria out of loyalty to Obama --- there are decent people in the United States government who mean well and take their responsibilities seriously. One of them, who works on actual humanitarian aid (as opposed to humanitarian bombs) spoke to me.\n\nHe said that, beyond those who will inevitably be killed by U.S. missiles in Syria, and those who will die in the escalated violence that is very likely to follow, a great many additional people may suffer for reasons we aren't paying attention to...\n\n\"So far, most of the concerns raised in connection with the use of military force in Syria have focused on the risk that the U.S. might become further embroiled in this conflict, and that initially limited strikes could soon spiral out of control, lead to retaliatory attacks by the Asad regime, spread the conflict throughout the region, and inadvertently strengthen terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda. However, there is an additional, more immediate hazard, which has been largely absent from the debate....\n\nI sat in the courtroom all day on Wednesday as Bradley Manning's trial wound its way to a tragic and demoralizing conclusion. I wanted to hear Eugene Debs, and instead I was trapped there, watching Socrates reach for the hemlock and gulp it down. Just a few minutes in and I wanted to scream or shout.\n\nI don't blame Bradley Manning for apologizing for his actions and effectively begging for the court's mercy. He's on trial in a system rigged against him. The commander in chief declared him guilty long ago. He's been convicted. The judge has been offered a promotion. The prosecution has been given a playing field slanted steeply in its favor. Why should Manning not follow the only advice anyone's ever given him and seek to minimize his sentence? Maybe he actually believes that what he did was wrong. But --- wow --- does it make for some perverse palaver in the courtroom...\n\nAs our government was making a fraudulent case to attack Iraq in 2002-2003, the MSNBC television network was doing everything it could to help, including booting Phil Donahue and Jeff Cohen off the air.\n\nThe Donahue Show was deemed likely to be insufficiently war-boosting and was thus removed 10 years ago next week --- and 10 days after the largest antiwar (or anything else) demonstrations in the history of the world --- as a preemptive strike against the voices of honest peaceful people.\n\nFrom there, MSNBC proceeded to support the war with mild critiques around the edges, and to white-out the idea of impeachment or accountability.\n\nBut now MSNBC has seen its way clear to airing a documentary about the fraudulent case it assisted in, a documentary titled Hubris. This short film (which aired between 9 and 10 p.m. ET Monday night, but with roughly half of those minutes occupied by commercials --- watch the entire documentary now online here) pointed out the role of the New York Times in defrauding the public, but not MSNBC's role.\n\nYet, my primary response to that is joy rather than disgust. It is now cool to acknowledge war lies. Truth-tellers, including truth-tellers rarely presented with a corporate microphone, made that happen...\n\nHere is the 'white paper'. With a few tweaks and a more creative title --- like \"Murder With Your Hands Clean\" --- this memo could sell a lot of copies.\n\nAnd why not? Either there's a whistleblower in the Department of So-Called Justice about to be charged with espionage, and NBC is about to face the same persecution as WikiLeaks, or this is one of those \"good\" leaks that the White House wanted made public in an underhanded manner --- perhaps as an imagined boost to morality-challenged CIA director nominee John Brennan who faces his Senate Rejection Hearing on Thursday.\n\nThe white paper, which is thought to be a summary of a longer memo, says the United States can murder a U.S. citizen abroad (abroad but somehow \"outside the area of active hostilities\" even though killing him or her seems rather active and hostile) if three conditions are met:\n\n1. an informed, high-level official of the U.S. government has determined that the targeted individual poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States;\n\nThe memo goes on to base its claims on the supposed powers of the President, not of some random official. Who is such an official? Who decides whether he or she is informed? What if two of them disagree? What if he or she disagrees with the President? or the Congress? or the Supreme Court? or the U.S. public? or the United Nations? or the International Criminal Court? What then? One solution is to redefine the terms so that everyone has to agree. \"Imminent\" is defined in this memo to mean nothing at all. \"The United States\" clearly means anywhere U.S. troops may be.\n\n2. capture is infeasible, and the United States continues to monitor whether capture becomes feasible;\n\nAnd if a high-level official claims it's infeasible, who can challenge that?\n\n3. the operation would be conducted in a manner consistent with applicable law of war principles.\n\nWhen a U.S. drone strike killed Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, no one had shown either of them to meet the above qualifications.\n\nWhen a U.S. drone strike targeted and killed 16-year-old Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, no one had shown him to meet the above qualifications; I don't think anyone has made such a claim to this day. And what about his cousin who died for the crime of being with him at the wrong time?\n\nThe sociopaths who wrote this memo have \"legalized\" the drone-killing of Americans with the exception of all the Americans known thus far to have been murdered by our government with the use of drones.\n\nThe formerly-gagged FBI translator-turned-whistleblower's new memoir is 'a masterpiece revealing corruption and unaccountability in Washington, D.C.' and 'a rotten barrel of toxic waste that will sooner or later infect us all'...\n\n[Ed Note: The BRAD BLOG has been reporting on the remarkable story of Sibel Edmonds since the darkest days of 2005 and in nearly 100 articles since then. Once described by the ACLU as the \"the most gagged person in the history of the United States of America\", the Iranian-born former FBI translator fought to blow the whistle on traitorous deception and cover-up inside the FBI, blackmail inside the U.S. Congress and startling allegations of espionage and nuclear secrets sold to U.S. enemies on the foreign black market by some of our nation's highest ranking officials.\n\nIn 2007, after the Supreme Court had refused to hear her case thanks to the Bush Administration's persistent use of the so-called \"State Secrets Privilege,\" legendary \"Pentagon Papers\" whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg told The BRAD BLOG her allegations were \"far more explosive than the Pentagon Papers\" on the heels of her exclusive announcement on these pages that she would break her gag order to tell all to any major U.S. media outlet who would allow her a platform to do so.\n\nEven though CBS' 60 Minutes had covered her story in 2002 when she was not allowed to speak, they showed no interest once she promised to do so anyway, leading Ellsberg to guest blog here decrying the American media as \"complicit in cover-up\". It took the UK's Sunday Times (a Rupert Murdoch property!) to finally break some of her most explosive allegations publicly in 2008, which outed CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson would describe as \"stunning\".\n\nFinally, her 3-hour long video-taped deposition, in answer to a subpoena in someone else's lawsuit in the summer of 2009, once Obama had come to power and declined to re-invoke the \"State Secrets Privilege\" against her, allowed the full story to begin to come out.\n\nNow, after waiting more than 340 days for the FBI's pre-clearance review of her memoir --- they are supposed to do so within 30 days --- Edmonds has decided to release her own story, in full, without their prior approval or redactions. We've now got our own copy of her new book, Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story, but our colleague, author and activist David Swanson has happily beaten us to reading it in full and has generously offered us his own review which follows below. - BF]\n\n* * *\n\nSibel Edmonds' new book, Classified Woman, is like an FBI file on the FBI, only without the incompetence.\n\nThe experiences she recounts resemble K.'s trip to the castle, as told by Franz Kafka, only without the pleasantness and humanity.\n\nI've read a million reviews of nonfiction books about our government that referred to them as \"page-turners\" and \"gripping dramas,\" but I had never read a book that actually fit that description until now...\n\nKABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Ramazan Bashardost finished third in 2009's openly fraudulent presidential election. When the first-place finisher, Hamid Karzai, failed to beg, borrow, or steal 50% plus one he was required to participate in a runoff. When the second-place finisher bowed out, Bashardost was entitled, under the Afghan Constitution, to be in that runoff. It never happened.\n\nBashardost is currently a Member of Parliament here, having previously served as Minister of Planning. Bashardost was educated in France and speaks fairly good English, as well as a number of Afghan languages. He's an opponent of war, a harsh critic of President Karzai, and someone on the inside who tries to represent the suffering people of this beat-down, kicked around country.\n\nI interviewed Dr. Bashardost for a couple of hours in his office on April 4th, a day of some significance to US advocates of nonviolence. Bashardost is an admirer of Gandhi's model for social change. In the clip embedded below, I asked Bashardost what he would say if President Barack Obama were in the room.\n\nBashardost's message to Obama is that the ongoing war in Afghanistan is losing U.S. taxpayer dollars, losing U.S. soldier lives, and losing America's values.\n\nHe says that U.S. tax dollars are spent to pay U.S. soldiers to guard corrupt Afghan officials, war lords, Islamists, and criminals who rape children in fancy palaces and buy $100,000 cars. The Taliban, he says, kill U.S. soldiers even without ill-will toward the United States, because the soldiers are between them and these officials. This war, Bashardost explains, began in 1994, and American soldiers have now gotten into the middle of it.\n\nSo, who benefits? Bashardost suggests that U.S. lobbyists and President Karzai may benefit from this war, but that the people of Afghanistan do not. But, then, I suspect President Obama knew that already...\n\n[Ed Note: I'll be guest hosting the nationally syndicated Mike Malloy Show several days this week. David Swanson will be one of my guests to discuss his new book. UPDATE: That interview with Swason, a somewhat contentious one at times, is now posted here. - BF]\n\nI didn't write this new book, \"War Is A Lie\" in order to knock George W. Bush's offensive plagiarized package of lies and open criminality off the top of the book charts, but it certainly would have been worth the effort.\n\n\"War Is A Lie\" was to be published on Monday, but on Sunday night word was spreading. At 3 p.m. ET the book ranked #1,845 on Amazon.com while Bush's was #1. By 4 p.m. \"War Is A Lie\" was #1,088; and at 5:30 p.m. #696; at 7:10 p.m. #460; at 8:10 p.m. #226, and at 9:10 p.m. #130. If people kept buying books all night, and certainly if they did so on Monday, Bush was going to be uncrowned. Check where things stand now.\n\nThe throne room that Bush made of the oval office may someday be brought back within a representative republic as well.\n\nI've blogged about this today over at Tom Dispatch. Or, rather, I've blogged about the prospects for war and peace in the coming year with the newly elected (or not, who knows?) Congress.\n\nIt's going to be fun watching Republican committee chairs subpoena the president and people who obey him, while President Obama has adopted the Bush-Cheney position that Congress has no power over the rest of the government...\n\nI've appreciated much of Frank Schaeffer's commentary at The BRAD BLOG but his column here this week on Obama winning was an exception. Schaeffer labels himself an \"Obama supporter\" and explains that Obama supporters are \"sticking with our President.\" The language Schaeffer uses, after identifying himself as a \"former religious Rightwing agitator\", is helpful in illuminating a troubling pattern of thought that is widespread in our society:\n\n\"We faithful Obama supporters still trust our initial impression of him as a great, good and uniquely qualified man to lead us.\"\n\nHere is faith, or at least faithfulness, explicitly entering politics through the advocacy of a recovering religious advocate. As everyone knows who has tried to recover from a pattern of thought, it is far easier to reject or reverse the specifics than it is to step outside the framework. But it is the framework that I find disturbing. I disagree with the point of view above just as much as I disagree with rightwing religious agitation, and for the same reasons. I don't want to be a faithful, trusting supporter of a uniquely great and good being...\n\nKhalid Shaikh Mohammed and the corporate \"mainstream\" media make quite a pair. We're hearing a very \"balanced\" debate over whether KSM should be tried in New York City, and whether the most insane objections to that proposal are really insane or not. But what are we not hearing?\n\nWe're not hearing that trying criminals for the crime of 9/11 ought to have been what we did years ago, rather than waging wars in response to a crime. We're not discussing the possibility that had alleged 9/11 criminals been tried years ago rather than being imprisoned and tortured together with hundreds of innocents depicted as subhuman monsters, the \"war on terror\" might have been replaced with simply the wars on Iraqis and Afghans and Pakistanis. What effect might that have had on Americans' willingness to surrender their Bill of Rights? We aren't hearing about that.\n\nAnd that's only the tip of the iceberg about what we're not hearing...\n\nOnly in America can elected officials go on TV and confess to felonies (including torture and warrantless spying, not to mention aggressive war) and the resulting debate focus around the question of whether investigating the \"possibility\" of wrong-doing would be too radical. This week a coalition of dozens of human rights groups including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild, and the Society of American Law Teachers released a statement, as drafted by The Robert Jackson Steering Committee, cutting to the chase.\n\nIt reads in its entirety:\n\nWe urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to justify torture, and other former top officials of the Bush Administration.\n\nOur laws, and treaties that under Article VI of our Constitution are the supreme law of the land, require the prosecution of crimes that strong evidence suggests these individuals have committed. Both the former president and the former vice president have confessed to authorizing a torture procedure that is illegal under our law and treaty obligations. The former president has confessed to violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.\n\nWe see no need for these prosecutions to be extraordinarily lengthy or costly, and no need to wait for the recommendations of a panel or \"truth\" commission when substantial evidence of the crimes is already in the public domain. We believe the most effective investigation can be conducted by a prosecutor, and we believe such an investigation should begin immediately.\n\nI wrote this statement with some helpful tweaks from colleagues and have been screaming the same basic message for about three years, but I sense more than ever right now that more ears are open to it.\n\nWhile actually enforcing laws and \"getting tough on crime\" is now considered the radical leftist position and a \"truth\" commission the reasonable compromise, it is clear that a bipartisan commission would create the bipartisan bickering our elected officials are so eager to avoid. It would also, in Senator Patrick Leahy's view, investigate the complicity of Democrats as well as Republicans in the crimes of the past 8 years, thus guaranteeing that neither Democrats nor Republicans will support it.\n\nIf Congress can't take the heat and won't even enforce its own subpoenas, it should leave well enough alone. Statutes of limitations are running out fast, and we don't have time for another commission. If President Obama wants to distance himself from enforcing the law, he can do what he is supposed to do and leave the matter in the hands of Eric Holder. And if Attorney General Holder wants distance he can do what is required and appoint a truly independent prosecutor. Doing so would please the following organizations. More are signing on every hour, and both organizations and individuals can sign on at ProsecuteBushCheney.org.\n\nIn the eight months since the so-called \"Downing Street Documents\" have been made public, certain media elites have claimed that it is all \"old and uninteresting news\" that\n\n1. Bush had already decided to go to war long before approaching Congress or the public or the UN about it, and had already started the attack with increased bombings;\n\n2. Bush had already decided to lie about weapons of mass destruction and ties to 9-11;\n\n3. The Brits were concerned by the illegality of an aggressive war, but the Bush Administration was not;\n\n4. Going to the UN was an attempt to justify the war, and the hope was to craft an ultimatum that Saddam Hussein would reject;\n\n5. The focus of the Bush and Blair administrations was on selling the war to the public, and not at all on trying to avoid it;\n\n6. The Bush and Blair administrations were aware that Iraq was no threat, and were willing to attack Iraq precisely because it posed no serious threat of fighting back.\n\nOf course, those who care about the world we live in do not find any of this \"uninteresting.\" As well, given the shameful dearth of proper coverage by the Mainstream Media of these issues, many Americans still have yet to hear about these things. So it is hardly \"old news\" in any meaningful sense.\n\nBut still, some have maintained that the \"Downing Street Documents\", as well as all the other evidence that makes them old news in the eyes of some, are not credible. In fact, a right-wing group called Move America Forward is running television ads claiming that every Bush war lie was true, even the ones that Bush himself has admitted were \"mistakes.\" (Yes, they even go so far as to claim in their ads that there were Weapons of Mass Destruction found in Iraq!)\n\nSome people may be beyond the realm of rational persuasion, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to present those in doubt or poorly informed with a few pages of paper confirming the accuracy of the Downing Street Minutes and related documents, and listing other evidence that corroborates the Minutes point by point?"}
-{"text": "Kia\u2019s push into the luxury car segment looks like a success with the all-new K900. It\u2019s a beautiful vehicle. I love the headlamps and the front grille, and the interior is also very impressive. Kia has been introducing great designs in recent years and now they have a worthy entry to compete with luxury brands.\n\nHyundai Genesis\n\nThe Genesis has been a huge success for Hynudai, and now it\u2019s been completely redesigned for the 2015 model year. The fluid design language that we\u2019ve seen from Hyundai is changed a bit here, as we see harder and more dramatic edges. But the changes aren\u2019t so dramatic that it doesn\u2019t look like a Genesis. It\u2019s a beautiful sedan and should help to continue Hyundai\u2019s winning streak.\n\nHyundai Zombie Survival Machines\n\n\u201cWalking Dead\u201d fans will love these vehicles, as Hyundai has three on display at the show. Also, the Chicago Auto Show and Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) presented Hyundai with the second annual \u201cDriving Engagement\u201d award for most innovative social media campaign of 2013 for their social media campaign titled \u201cThe Walking Dead Chop Shop.\u201d"}
-{"text": "WEBVTT WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED ON CONN STREET EARLY THIS MORNING. A NEARBY BUSINESS SHARED SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WITH POLICE AND WLKY THAT COULD BE KEY TO SOLVING 32-YEAR-OLD KIPOYO PORTAS' MURDER. W-L-K-Y'S ANNA-LYSA GAYLE IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH LOOK AT THE VIDEO... ANNA- LYSA... RICK, THE NEARBY WORKERS GOT A GLIMPSE OF THE CRIME THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CAMERAS THAT WERE ROLLING BEFORE THEIR SHIFTS BEGAN. AROUND 4-42 TUESDAY MORNING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AT THE BUSINESS SHOWS 32-YEAR-OLD KIPOYO PORTAS WALKING IN THE 17-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CONN STREET...FOLLOWED BY A CAR. MOMENTS LATER...THE CAR STOPS AND SOMEONE GETS OUT...THE TWO CIRCLE THE CAR AND THEN PORTAS STUMBLES AWAY-- HE APPEARS TO BE INJURED. THE GUNMAN THEN TOOK OFF IN THE CAR. POLICE ARRIVED SHORTLY BEFORE 6. PORTAS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE. \"It's a very tragic situation that has happened here and again, someone else is deceased as a result of foul play.\" \"I'm pretty sure they will find out who shot him, but it's sad. It's just a sad, sad state.\" IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL 574- LMPD. LIVE ON CONN STREET, I'M ANNA-LYSA GAYLE W-L-K-Y NEWS. A LOUISVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER WAS"}
-{"text": "Short Course on Experts \u2013 What You Should Know\n\n08/05/2018/\n\nThings To Consider in Selecting the Ideal Electrical Service Provider\n\nOur lives depend on electricity. Check out the number of things in your house that runs on electricity by looking around. Check out the number of outlets, plugs, switches, lights and any other fixtures that are in every part of the house. These enhance our daily living. There are those that are needed and some are for convenience purposes only \u2013 regardless, they all function on electricity.\n\nElectricity is delivered to our houses using breaker boxes. Breaker boxes are the ones that control and measure electricity flow that is coming from the electric company. They help keep the safety of your house and your family by controlling the amount of energy that is being passed on to the circuits. In case of an overloaded circuit, the box will turn off and the electricity turns off as well. If you constantly need to reset your breakers, you may need to get extra circuits to deal with the power load.\n\nAlthough we are now living in a world where we do almost everything by ourselves, it is still best to leave a lot of the electrical projects to the hands of the experts. A wrongly installed electrical wiring can hurt somebody or start a fire in the house.\n\nUpdating your electric framework benefits both the inside and outside of your house. The quality and convenience of your house can be enhanced by attaching lights on the driveway or pathways, outside electrical plugs and security lights. To make hot tubs or pools operate efficiently, in case you are putting one, it will be necessary to add electrical wiring. Lights, pumps and warming systems all function on electricity and must be installed by an expert.\n\nAdditionally, inside projects such as intercoms or home cinema setups will need the electrician\u2019s services. If you are building a new house, electricians will be those in charge of the attachment and testing of the electrical wiring on it.\n\nYou might get intimidated when you are picking an electrician. There are a lot of electrical service providers available no matter where you are in the country. In the event that you do not have any idea of what to look for in electric service providers, there are some fundamental tips to sort out those that are inferior.\n\nContractual companies must be able to provide professional electricians to get the job done. Look for proof of accreditation and ask for insurance prior to getting their services. Prior to using the company, as for the estimate of how much the service will cost. Many respectable companies will provide you with an estimate free of charge. Confirm with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) as to whether there was anyone who complained about the quality of their service."}
-{"text": "Friday Sermon: Jalsa Salana UK 2013 and Hospitality\n\nAugust 23rd, 2013\n\nAfter tashhud, ta\u2019awwuz and recitation of Sura Al-Fatiha, Huzur Aqdas (may Allah strengthen him with His Mighty Help) said that:\n\nBy the Grace of Allah, the Exalted, Jalsa Salana UK will start from next Friday insha-Allah. The work related to the Jalsa starts to take place long before the Jalsa actually begins. Jalsa UK is such an event that for its arrangements a temporary city is set up for a few days.\n\nWhen Jalsas used to take place in Pakistan, there was a permanent system in place for \u2018langar khanas\u2019 - places to cook and distribute the food. Similarly, there were many permanent places where people could be accommodated. Before this time, when the Jama\u2019at owned the schools and colleges those used to serve this purpose of accommodating the guests but when the Government took over these institutions these other accommodations were built.\n\nStill, since there were a very large number of people who would come, some other temporary accommodations had still to be set up. Apart from these arrangements, a very large number of the guests were taken care of by the residents of Rabwah in their own private places of residence and the food for these guests was provided by the langar khana.\n\nSo there were some permanent arrangements and some temporary to take care of the guests at the Jalsa in Rabwah and the residents of Rabwah had also become expert at taking care of the guests after many many years of training. May Allah again bless them with happiness and spiritually rejuvenating ambiances, and opportunities to serve.\n\nSimilarly, in Qadian now, many permanent arrangements have been put in place. As far as temporary arrangements that they need are concerned, these are primarily confined just to the needs for the Jalsa Gah - the place where Jalsa is held itself. It is true that for the langar khana, workers need to be brought in to help with the cooking of food and the making of the roti (bread).\n\nIn Germany also, because we have the hall much of the needs are there permanently. They have to cook some food and the bread they purchase from outside vendors and they eat this thinking it to be fresh, although I think it is a week old at the least. If it is not, and it is fresh, they will arrange to tell me quickly - by nightfall likely, because they are very good in conveying news to me.\n\nSimilar is the case of other Jalsas in the world. But the UK Jalsa has now become the International Jalsa by virtue of the fact that Khilafat is present here. Till last year all Jalsa arrangements were of a temporary nature.\n\nAt first when the Jalsas used to take place in Islamabad, there was a permanent arrangement for the cooking of the food and similarly there was a sort of permanent arrangement for the making of the (roti) bread using a machine. But since the Jalsas have been moved to the Hadeeqatul Mahdi location, even the food was prepared here in a temporary facility for the last two or three years because it was very difficult to cook the food in Islamabad and transport it here. Some of the roti (bread) needed was made in Islamabad and some was purchased from outside vendors. Nevertheless we experienced a lot of difficulty due to all this.\n\nSo we had been trying to work with the local Council here so they would give us permission to build a permanent kitchen facility for the cooking of the food and thus we could avoid the need to make temporary cooking facilities in a tent which is not only troublesome but also dangerous in some ways.\n\nThe Council was gracious enough this year to allow us to build a permanent kitchen and one of the larger storage structures was fixed up, inside and out, and a very nice permanent kitchen facility has been built in which insha-Allah the food will be prepared as needed.\n\nBut so far as the roti (bread) preparation was concerned, when I drew their attention to this matter, the thought of Ameer Sahib and the local administration was that they would go with the same old methodology of having some roti made in Islamabad and that they would buy the rest from outside vendors. When I mentioned the need to install a machine they were concerned about the cost and hesitated. When I said that the Center could give them a loan, they felt motivated enough to undertake the expense.\n\nSo, by Allah\u2019s Grace, a roti plant has been brought from Lebanon and a sincere Ahmadi from Pakistan went to Lebanon and bought this machine and came here and installed it. He is still devoting time to this. He has had the experience of installing such a machine in Rabwah and Qadian also - so this work was accomplished in the best possible way here also. So now, by the Grace of God, permanent arrangements are in place in Hadeeqatul Mahdi for the cooking of the food and the making of the roti (bread). In any case we are grateful to the Council for their granting us permission. May Allah reward them also.\n\nBut still, this Jalsa is unique with respect to other Jalsas in the world in that many temporary arrangements have to be made to take care of some 30,000 people, especially if it rains as this causes serious problems with the paths and the accommodations.\n\nThe problems with regard to paths can be resolved to a large extent by laying down tracks but the tents that are pitched for accommodation and the food arrangements and some other issues are still there and not resolved satisfactorily. But insha-Allah a time will come when all these issues will also be resolved and it is not at all unlikely that this temporary city itself becomes a permanent city of the Ahmadiyya Jama\u2019at.\n\nAs I said these are temporary arrangements and much of this work is done by volunteers from among the Khuddam and those ansar who enjoy good health. Last Jumu\u2019ah I went to Hazdeeqatul Mahdi by chance and I saw that there were, even at that time, apart from the people involved in the experimentation with the roti plant, many children and young and old men there for their own duties and works and trying to do whatever they could to make sure that the arrangements for the Jalsa are done in the best possible manner.\n\nHere I want also to make it clear that the work involved in setting up the roti plant was not done by some outside company. All the involved work was done by our own volunteers, engineers, technicians and other experts. May Allah, the Exalted, reward them all for this work. The local UK standards are such that they need to be fulfilled - it is not the case, like in India or Pakistan, where it does not matter how something gets done because there is no checking. Things may be done in a temporary manner. If wires are hanging then let them be hanging or other things of principle. This is not the case here. Here, at every step there is checking and the relevant Government department comes and inspects and grants an ok and then you can proceed to the next step. So, by the Grace of Allah, the Exalted, all the conditions that needed to be fulfilled for the roti plant and the kitchen they were fulfilled as per the required standards and permissions have been granted.\n\nIn any case, what I am trying to say is that because of the need to make large scale temporary arrangements much more effort needs to be expended here in comparison to other places and by the Grace of Allah, Ahmadi volunteers discharge these duties with great zeal and passion. This spirit, that we have; to devote time for the sake of the Jama\u2019at, is the hallmark of an Ahmadi. Ahmadis present sacrifices of every type. The Engineers Association is there doing its own work. The Doctors Association is there doing its own work. Then there are others with all sorts of expertise and they are giving their time...and all this is apart from all the work for the Jalsas - and this happens all year round. This is something peculiar and special to the Ahmadiyya Jama\u2019at and a tremendous amount of volunteer work is done. This is the result of years of training and education especially when we look at the tradition that has come into being of serving the guests of the Jalsas - this tradition is indeed the hallmark of an Ahmadi.\n\nChildren, young and old men, they come running - all of them are infused with the spirit of service during the Jalsa days. Whatever duties are assigned to them they can be seen dedicatedly working towards discharging those responsibilities. And this is as it should be because the guests of the Jalsas are in fact the guests of the Promised Messiah (as).\n\nSo this guest hospitality is a display of their high moral qualities as well as a reflection of their faith. Here I want also to tell everyone what was the extent to which the Promised Messiah (as) went to discharge his responsibility of hospitality so our levels of hospitality also rise even higher and become even better.\n\nOne day the Promised Messiah (as) was not feeling well and he was resting. A guest arrived and he was informed of this and so he came outside and said that I thought that the guest has a right to hospitality since he has come after putting himself into great difficulty. So I have come here outside to discharge this duty to the guest.\n\nSo today also, this same level of hospitality has to be shown for the guests of the Promised Messiah (as) because the opportunity that we are today being given is that of hosting those who are not only the guests of the Promised Messiah but these are guests who have come for a purely religious purpose. They are coming because they wish to hear the talks about Allah and His Messenger the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa). They are coming because they want to improve their own spiritual and moral conditions. They are here because they want to establish and strengthen the mutual bonds of love and friendship and brotherhood.\n\nThere are many guests who arrive here after involving themselves in great pain and difficulties. Some are such as live in a very high level of sophistication in their own households. They come here and spend their time in some quite severe circumstances. But still they come. Some of the guests come from poor situations. They put themselves under heavy burdens to come here purely for the sake of gaining the blessings of Jalsa. They come in response to the command of the Promised Messiah (as) and responding to his calling them. They come to meet the Khalifa of the Time and to listen to his discourses.\n\nMTA has no doubt made the world of Ahmadiyyat very close but still the environment and ambiance of the Jalsa is in itself a unique and quite distinct thing that has its own impact. So we should not think, \u201cwhat difficulty is there these days that the guests are involving themselves in in coming to the Jalsa?\u201d\n\nSome of them are quite advanced in age and they undertake the journey despite suffering from a variety of ailments or difficulties. Some, as I said, leave off the ease and comfort of their homes for the sake of the faith and undertake the journey and sleep in tents and give preference to simple food. So such guests have a great right that they should be taken care of properly.\n\nBy the Grace of Allah, the Exalted, there is a large majority of guests who come just for the sake of attending the Jalsa and for no other reason. And now the costs involved in attending the Jalsa have increased enormously. But they undertake the expenses and they do not care. So it is incumbent upon us that we respect these guests. These are guests who merit the most highest of respect. Their intention is to win the pleasure of Allah and His Messenger.\n\nAdvising us regarding this same subject, on another occasion the Promised Messiah (as) said: Look, many guests have arrived. Some you know and recognize and others you do not. So the proper thing for you is to show humility and consider everyone worthy of respect and honor. I am positively inclined towards you all and trust that you provide every comfort for the guests. Do serve them all to the best of you abilities.\n\nSo all these are the guests of the Promised Messiah (as) and have come here for the purpose of the faith. Their intention is to gain the favor and pleasure of God. So we need to pay attention to the directive of the Promised Messiah (as) and do justice to his good expectation from us. And our hearts should be full of passion and zeal to serve to the best of our abilities every guest. And our hearts should always be filled with the thought that the guests have their rights.\n\nWheresoever we may be assigned any duty we will try and discharge this duty to the guests. These thoughts must be in the hearts and minds of every worker and duty holder so that we may fulfill the good expectations that the Promised Messiah (as) has from us. So that we may be able to say that, \u201cO Messiah sent by God, and O True Lover of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa), we are devoted to fulfilling your every direction and advice even today.\u201d Indeed this is precisely what ought to be expected from an Ahmadi. The journey of over a century has not made us oblivious to your good expectations from us. Even today, our children, our young and old men, and our women are all trying, to their very best ability, to fulfill their duties and obligations and insha-Allah will keep doing this.\n\nWe need always to keep this desire and wish and worry of the Promised Messiah (as) in the forefront of our minds. And keeping these thoughts in front of us, we must pay heed to his concern that, \u201cI always worry that no guest should suffer any kind of pain or difficulty. Indeed I always keep advising and urging that as far as possible the guests should be provided every comfort. The heart of a guest is very fragile like a piece of glass and apt to break upon the slightest rough treatment.\u201d\n\nSo this is a highly essential piece of advice. This should not just be our verbal commitment. It should become our practical example and practice. Jalsas take place in every country, but here especially, peoples from all parts of the world come and the desires and the expectations are different based on the nationalities and the differing strata of the various people who come and the extent of their ability to bear hardships is also different. Their ways of talking and expressing of their pleasure and displeasures are also different. Their expectations and preferences are different. So we need to deal with every one with great wisdom.\n\nThis is why we need always to keep this wonderful and full of wisdom direction of the Promised Messiah (as) in front of us. If we heed this, all our affairs will turn out all right, that \u201cThe heart of a guest is very fragile like a piece of glass and apt to break upon the slightest rough treatment.\u201d\n\nIf everyone devoted to serving the guests could take firm hold of this advice then all these small, petty issues that crop up every now and then would not happen, except perhaps only once in a while. There would be no complaints excepting the case when someone simply just wants to create mischief. In such circumstances of course, of necessity, some strict measures have to be adopted.\n\nLast year, an incident took place during the dinner among the ladies. A lady guest who had come from a far off place became upset for some reason. In this occurrence whether there was involved anyone\u2019s fault or not is not the issue. What we have to do is recognize that this happened and if we do, then we could effect an improvement and reformation instead of presenting a variety of explanations.\n\nThis time there is need to especially take care of this among the guests of Tabshir, both men and women so that no one should be put into any trouble or pain of any kind. I am talking here about the foreign guests from abroad. Of course all guests are guests.\n\nI have also made some changes in staffing of this department. These changes are operational in nature and mostly we have involved waqfeen-e-nau and waaqfat-e-nau. Now, by the Grace of Allah, many waqfeen-e-nau and waqfaat-e-nau have attained to such an age that they can start to take care of their assignments. Some are taking care of Jama\u2019at responsibilities on a permanent fashion and others who have come into the temporary arrangements.\n\nI am hopeful that the standard of service will be much better this year. But remember that improvements do not come about just by changing the faces or officeholders. Rather, we need to pray to God that His Grace should descend upon us and be a part of all our actions and deeds and we are enabled to do such deeds and are blessed to work in such a manner as God desires from us. And we should seek from God such an ability. And pray also that no such occasion should develop or occur that should give rise to any misunderstandings.\n\nWith regard to hospitality I also want to make this thing clear that the Ahmadis living in England, and especially those Ahmadis living in London, should take care that those who have come here from abroad are also their guests. These guests number more or less 3,000 now. If visas are granted, then this number could be larger even than this. So regardless of whether an Ahmadi of the UK has been assigned any duty or not he or she should take care that every person who is here from abroad is also their guest.\n\nNaturally, an Ahmadi of the UK, who is not on duty, is a guest at the Jalsa. BUT a visitor from abroad must be considered by a UK Ahmadi to be his guest. Saying it in another way, when under some circumstances, guests from abroad are involved they must be given preference over those Ahmadis from the UK and the Ahmadis living here in the UK must make sacrifices for these guests from abroad. So always remember that you, despite being guests yourselves, under some circumstances, are also hosts.\n\nThis is not just the work or assignment of those on duty - rather this thinking needs to be more widely adopted. And adopting this thinking make yourselves into those who are prepared to make sacrifices for this cause. And when this will happen, we will see a beautiful society come into existence.\n\nWhen we look at some ahadith, sayings of the Holy Prophet (sa), the thought comes in mind that instead of being guests we should always remain hosts. According to one hadith, being a host is also a sign of a momin, a true believer.\n\nIt is recorded in a hadith that the Holy Prophet (sa) said that \u201cthe one who believes in Allah and the Day of Judgment should respect and honor the guest.\u201d In other words the one who does not honor and respect the guest is weak in his belief in Allah and the Day of Judgment.\n\nSo in the light of the fact that the Promised Messiah (as) has repeatedly drawn our attention to adequate hospitality of the guests, he did so because of the sayings and directives of his Master and Guide and because of the commandments of the Holy Quran. So that we may be able to strengthen our faith.\n\nThen in another hadith the Holy Prophet (sa) has said that dealing with our brothers with a smiling, happy countenance is a lofty act of righteousness.\n\nSo these three days of the Jalsa in which a variety of good righteous actions are undertaken, this act of dealing with one another with a smiling, happy countenance is also a great deed of goodness. Different occasions arise where this needs to be done and such opportunities shall arise for the hosts and for the guests.\n\nI would especially counsel those on duty that they should deal with each other, while talking, or doing something together with a smiling happy countenance - when one is tired, sometimes this becomes difficult and even at such times this advice must be acted upon. And those officers who are on duty and incharge of people working under them, they too should deal with those under their authority in a smiling, happy, manner.\n\nFor officers sometimes specific places are designated where they can take things to eat or drink but from where other lower officials are not meant to take anything and it has happened that if an ordinary worker even so much as takes a sip of water from such a place people have gotten very upset over this. Such things should not happen amongst us.\n\nIn any case, as I said, while working many things happen and sometimes things go awry but remember always that we must keep good manners and morals at the forefront of our minds.\n\nWe will of course, naturally, deal with our guests with good manners and happy smiling countenances but if we put the same into practice in our mutual dealings this will have a great and positive impact on our guests also and the ambiance will become even more congenial and pleasant and agreeable. And this will also leave a good righteous impress on the non Jama\u2019at guests who will have come to participate in the Jalsa. And we will also be increasing our own righteous conduct by demonstrating these good manners and morals and becoming those who win the pleasure of Allah.\n\nThen all on duty need to remember that serving the guests is no cause for thinking you are bestowing a favor upon anyone. Rather, as the Promised Messiah (as) has said, and which I have mentioned before already, and it is what the Holy Prophet (sa) has told us, that this is the right of the guest. And what is it that Allah says about the need to discharge our obligations?\n\nAt one place Allah says [17:27]:\n\n\u201cAnd give thou to the kinsman his due, and to the poor and the wayfarer, and squander not thy wealth extravagantly.\u201d\n\nHere, the rights of three types of people are being mentioned, but with reference to the topic under discussion today, I want to draw the attention of everyone with regard to the wayfarer, the traveler. There are many types of travelers. But those who undertake a journey for the sake of God and because of the command of God, they are the most fortunate of travelers.\n\nIt is stated in a hadith that in a gathering where mention is being made of Allah, the Exalted, and His Messenger, even the Angels of God send their salams and pray for those sitting in such a gathering. Our Jalsas also, by the Grace of Allah, the Exalted, are just such gatherings. And in order to join such gatherings those who undertake journeys, their station is also very lofty indeed because of the intentions with which they come, because the angles are praying for them. So very fortunate are those who discharge their obligations of hosting such travelers.\n\nThe one whose right has been fixed by God, the one who discharges or fulfills that obligation is surely such a one as would win the pleasure of God. And the one who wins or gains the pleasure of God Almighty who could be more fortunate than such a one?\n\nSo if we ponder, we will see how wonderful is this system, this nizam of the Jalsa that after each act of goodness, another door is opened for yet another righteous deed for everyone. So, as I said in the beginning, everyone devoted to serving, needs to understand the spirit of service and keep this in the forefront of his mind. They may be doing this already but there is need to improve in this.\n\nThose who are on duty should not be doing their duty only because the Jama\u2019at has asked them to assist those who are doing the work or because Sadr Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya has said that we have to do waqar-e-amal, so come and join in, or because such a message has come from Sadr Lajna. No. The purpose must be to win the pleasure of Allah.\n\nHow did the Companions of the Holy Prophet discharge their duties of hosting the guests in order to win the pleasure of Allah and fulfill the right due to them? I will present one example of this. No matter how many times we hear or read this tradition it always gives one a new joy and pleasure and we learn new lessons.\n\nHazrat Abu Huraira (ra) states that once a traveller came to the Holy Prophet (sa). The Holy Prophet (sa) sent a message home to send some food for the guest. The reply came that apart from water there is nothing in the house today. Upon receiving the reply, the Holy Prophet (sa) asked the Companions who will arrange to feed this traveler? One Ansari said he would make the arrangement. So he went home and told his wife to host a guest of the Holy Prophet (sa). The wife said that there is only some food for the children in the house. The Ansari said to her to prepare the food and when the time to serve the food comes, to light a lamp and take the children and put them to bed. So the wife prepared the food and lit the lamp and put the children to sleep hungry and then got up in pretence of fixing the lamp and instead put it out. Then both of them sat with the guest and pretended to be eating with the guest. So they also remained hungry that night.\n\nIn the morning when that Ansari presented himself before the Holy Prophet (sa), he smiled and said that even Allah smiled upon seeing your plan and its execution last night or he said that Allah was well pleased by this action of you both last night.It was on this occasion that this verse was revealed:\n\n\u201cbut prefer the Refugees to themselves, even though poverty be their own lot. And whoso is rid of the covetousness of his own soul \u2014 it is these who will be successful.\u201d [59:10]\n\nSo look, how big a sacrifice it is to put the children to sleep hungry and feed the guest. Today, by the Grace of Allah, this is not likely to be the condition of anyone. And especially for the guests of the Jama\u2019at this is certainly not the case. Those guests for the sake of whom this family gave this sacrifice they were also the guests of the Jama\u2019at, they were guests who had come for the sake of the faith. They were guests who had come to meet the Holy Prophet (sa). By setting up such examples they have taught us the importance of this subject of hosting the guests.\n\nThat guest who was the guest of the Holy Prophet (sa) occupied a loft station and today those who are the guests of the True Lover and Servant of the Holy Prophet (sa), they too have been bestowed a great level of importance. So every worker must keep this importance of the guests of the Promised Messiah (as) in front of him.\n\nApparently this seems like an excess that the children were forcefully kept hungry but in fact a very lofty example of sacrifice and service has been established in this way in which the whole family joined in - some happily and some perforce. Most certainly Allah must have bountifully rewarded these children also, as is clear from the subject of this verse.\n\nAllah, the Exalted, has included such people among the muflayhoon - the successful. And who are those who achieve falah - success- when we look at the meaning of this we see the vastness of this. These are the ones who are to be found flourishing and blooming, those who are blessed with success, those who attain their righteous and lofty desires and thus achieve happiness and every goodness. They are those who are permanently to be in a state of such success and happiness. They are those who attain peace and tranquility in their lives. They are those who are to attain safety and security. So by sacrificing one meal to fulfill the requirement of hosting a guest they became deserving of the pleasure of God and this took them to such a lofty station. And the one who attains to all this through the pleasure of God what more could such a one desire?\n\nSo always remember that this is that station which is granted to those who discharge the obligation of hosting a guest. This is that station that we must try and attain by serving our guests. This is that standard which by granting us the nearness of God will set right our affairs of this world and the Hereafter. So we must remember that by granting us the opportunity to serve the guests of the Promised Messiah (as) Allah, the Exalted, is opening for us the ways to become among the muflayheen - the successful.\n\nMay Allah make it so that all devotees and all officeholders and workers become those who attain to this bounty. And may Allah facilitate all the arrangements for the Jalsa that are being made.\n\nAfter the Jumma prayers I shall lead a janaza ghaib [funeral in absentia] which is for one of our brothers Zahoor Ahmad Sahib Kayani who was martyred in Orangi Town, Karachi on the 21st of August. Inna lillahay wa inna elaihay rajayoon. To Allah we belong and to Him shall we all return.\n\nThis incident happened as follows. Zahoor Sahib went to see his car that was at some distance from his house. It had just been returned after being repaired. When he came out for this purpose his neighbor Noorul Haq Sahib also came out. This was around 11:15 AM. When they were coming back after seeing the car two motorcycle riders came and one got off and started firing on Zahoor Sahib. As this was happening Noorul Haq Sahib tried to intervene and at this point the other motorcycle rider started firing upon Noorul Haq Sahib also and then they ran away. When Zahoor Sahib\u2019s daughter heard the firing she saw that two motor cyclists were going away and she threw her cup of tea that she was drinking at the time on them. These people also then fired at her. Luckliy she was unhurt but Zahoor Sahib was martyred at the scene. He was 47 years old. Inna lil-lahay wa inna elaihay rajayoon. Noorul Haq Sahib, his non-Ahmadi neighbor also was martyred. May Allah have mercy and forgiveness on him also.\n\nAhmadiyyat came into Kayani Sahib\u2019s family through his father\u2019s younger brother Yusuf Kayani Sahib and Muhammad Saeed Sahib Kayani. Both were blessed to do bai\u2019at in 1936. Both were learned men and both entered into bai\u2019at after studying the literature. Then after this, the father of Zahoor Kayani Sahib and three other uncles also entered Ahmadiyyat. The family was connected to Premkot, Kashmir.\n\nZahoor Sahib was born in 1966 and moved to Karachi in 1976. There he was educated to B.A. and took up employment in the Federal Board of Revenue. Up till his martyrdom he was employed in the anti smuggling unit as clerk or deputy clerk.\n\nHe was very cooperative with his Majlis, very friendly and from among those of the highest rank in financial sacrifices. He was a gracious host and distinguished in this. He would never let a guest go from his home without attending to them as a gracious host.\n\nHe would be respectful of every Jama\u2019at official and never give anyone an opportunity or reason to complain. He was a moosi and had a passion for tabligh and was blessed to have had a person accept Ahmadiyyat through his efforts in 2009.\n\nA large group joined in his funeral from his office and everyone praised his high morals and habits. One of his colleagues who remained with his body said, while crying continuously, that Zahoor Sahib was a very loving man and always inclined towards bringing about accord and reconciliation.\n\nThis colleague said that when they would get angry during the course of their work he would always counsel patience. His officers said that Zahoor Ahmad was a courageous officer willing to lay down his life for the cause, who would win over everyone with his personality in a short period. Today we have been deprived of a good colleague.\n\nHis father in law, Bashir Kayani Sahib said that Zahoor Sahib would help every relative of his. He was well off financially so that whenever anyone in the family was in need he would be the one who would offer his help. Even outside of the family no one in need would go empty handed from his doorsteps.\n\nHis treatment of the children was also full of love. He would take care of the needs of the children fully and he was always preoccupied regarding their education. He would take very great care of their affairs. His wife said that Allah had bestowed such a good heart upon him that perhaps it was for this martyrdom that he had been blessed with such a good heart. He would never reprimand the children. She says that just before being martyred he asked that his shoes be cleaned, as he was just coming back. He then smiled and went out.\n\nShe says that after the attack when she came outside and saw him he looked at me and the children with a smile despite his condition as if he was saying his farewell and then he delivered himself to his Creator.\n\nHe himself would not say anything to the children but when my Khutba would go from here via MTA he would insist that they listen to it and would let his unhappiness be known if this was not done. He was very strict with this. He had a very special relationship of love and affection with his daughters.\n\nAmong his surviving family are his wife Tahira Zahoor Kayani Sahiba and three sons and four daughters. Imran Kayani, 20 years of age. Kamran Kayani 14 years of age. And Sarfraz three years old. Noorus Saba, 16 years; Noorul Ain, 14 years; Attyatul Mujeeb, 7 years and Faiqa Zahoor, 5 years.\n\nMay Allah, the Exalted, raise the station of the deceased and keep his children and his wife in His care and protection and enable to bear the sad loss with steadfastness."}
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-{"text": "This section offers an overview of\nthe retirement process for Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) members\nand Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) members, with special\nattention paid to the forms that are required to enable the Division\nto process a member's retirement benefit.\n\nFor the Application for Disability\nRetirement, there will be links to additional information\nconcerning the Certification of Service and Final Salary.\n\nLine-by-line instructions are included\nfor each form.\n\nPlease note: It is important that\nthose who qualify for Veteran status for pension purposes establish\nVeteran status well in advance of retirement.\n\nClick\nhere to find out how to establish Veteran status (for pension) with the New Jersey Department\nof Military and Veteran's Affairs.\n\nMembership Tiers\n\nPERS and TPAF members are now classified by enrollment date, as several laws, including Chapter 92, P.L. 2007, Chapter 103, P.L. 2007, Chapter 89, P.L. 2008, and Chapter 78, P.L. 2011 make the eligibility requirements for PERS and TPAF enrollment and retirement different for five distinct enrollment periods. The \u201cmembership tiers\u201d by enrollment date are:\n\nTier 1 Membership, for members who were enrolled prior to July 1, 2007.\n\nTier 2 Membership, for embers who were eligible to enroll on or after July 1, 2007 and prior to November 2, 2008.\n\nTier 3 Membership, for members eligible to enroll on or after November 2, 2008 and on or before May 21, 2010.\n\nTier 4 Membership, for members eligible to enroll after May 21, 2010 but before June 28, 2011.\n\nTier 5 Membership, for members eligible to enroll on or after June 28, 2011.\n\nRetirement eligibility requirements will be listed separately, by Tier, for each type of retirement, when differences exist.\n\nMost retirement applications require\nthree to four months processing time, from the date the application\nand retirement certification are received, for calculation, Board\napproval, preparing the retirement account and receiving the first\ncheck. Changes to retirement selections can often cause\ndelays in processing and can delay prompt payment of a member's\nfirst retirement check. Needless to say, the Division of\nPensions and Benefits, the retiring member, and you, the employer,\nwould like to avoid delays of this kind.\n\nThe simplest way to avoid unnecessary\ndelays in processing a retirement is to ensure the member has\nas much information as possible concerning the retirement process\nand what to expect in retirement. A retirement estimate\nis a valuable tool for retirement planning and can be obtained\nsimply and easily. The member can choose to:\n\nThe Division suggests that members obtain an estimate at least six months prior to an anticipated\nretirement date. There is no obligation to retire when\na retirement estimate is requested since it is a planning tool,\nnot an application for benefits. Many members\ncompare estimates based on different projected dates of retirement,\nretirement types and options.\n\nRetirement estimates may be obtained\nfor any eligible date up to two years ahead.\n\nAll retirements begin on the\nfirst of a month.\n\nThe member must not be actively\nemployed as of the day prior to retirement. Even though payroll\nchecks may still be in process as of a member's retirement date,\nthere can be no more service rendered nor salary earned by the\nmember as of that date.\n\nA retirement is \"due and\npayable\" \u0097 that is, eligible for the first retirement\ncheck, 30 days after the retirement date, or 30 days after\nthe Board of Trustees approves the retirement, whichever is\nlater.\n\nFAS (Final Average Salary) is last 36 months\nof pensionable salary (30 months for 10 month members),\nor highest 3 Fiscal Years (July 1 - June 30), for Tier 1, 2, and 3 members. Fiscal\nYears do not have to be consecutive.\n\nMember should note on the Application for Retirement Allowance if the last\nthree years are not the highest years.\n\nRetirement allowance is permanently reduced if retirement occurs prior to member's attainment of age 60, according to membership tier.\n\nFor Tier 2 members who retire before age 60, allowance is reduced 1/12 of 1 percent (1 percent per year) for each month under age 60 through age 55, and 1/4 of 1 percent (3 percent per year) for each month under age 55.\n\nTier 3 Eligibility\n\nUnder age62 with 25 or more years of service.\n\nBenefit Formula\n\nSame calculation as a Service Retirement = Years\n& Months of Service \u00f7 55 X Final Average\nSalary (FAS) = Annual Maximum;\n\nRetirement allowance is permanently reduced if retirement occurs prior to member's attainment of age 62, according to membership tier.\n\nFor Tier 3 members who retire before age 62, allowance is reduced 1/12 of 1 percent (1 percent per year) for each month under age 62 through age 55, and 1/4 of 1 percent (3 percent per year) for each month under age 55.\n\nTier 4 Eligibility:\n\nUnder age62 with 25 or more years of service.\n\nBenefit Formula:\n\nSame calculation as a Service Retirement = Years\n& Months of Service \u00f7 60 X Final Average\nSalary (FAS) = Annual Maximum;\n\nRetirement allowance is permanently reduced if retirement occurs prior to member's attainment of age 62, according to membership tier.\n\nFor Tier 4 members who retire before age 62, allowance is reduced 1/12 of 1 percent (1 percent per year) for each month under age 60 through age 55, and 1/4 of 1 percent (3 percent per year) for each month under age 55.\n\nTier 5 Eligibility:\n\nUnder age65 with 30 or more years of service.\n\nBenefit Formula:\n\nSame calculation as a Service Retirement = Years\n& Months of Service \u00f7 60 X Final Average\nSalary (FAS) = Annual Maximum;\n\nInstructions\non completing the Certification of Service and\nFinal Salary\n\nNotes:\n\nMaximum monthly benefit\nis Annual Maximum divided by 12.\n\nFOR TIER 1, 2, AND 3 MEMBERS:\n\nFAS (Final Average Salary) is last 36 months\nof pensionable salary (30 months for 10 month members),\nor highest 3 Fiscal Years (July 1 - June 30), for Tier 1, 2, and 3 members. Fiscal\nYears do not have to be consecutive.\n\nMember should note on the Application for Retirement Allowance if the last\nthree years are not the highest years.\n\nInstructions\non completing the Certification of Service and Final\nSalary\n\nNotes:\n\nMaximum monthly benefit\nis Annual Maximum divided by 12.\n\nDeferred retirements can\nonly change their options up to one month prior\nto their effective retirement date.\n\nFOR TIER 1, 2, AND 3 MEMBERS:\n\nFAS (Final Average Salary) is last 36 months\nof pensionable salary (30 months for 10 month members),\nor highest 3 Fiscal Years (July 1 - June 30), for Tier 1, 2, and 3 members. Fiscal\nYears do not have to be consecutive.\n\nMember should note on the Application for Retirement Allowance if the last\nthree years are not the highest years.\n\nVETERAN\nRETIREMENT: PERS and TPAFMember must provide\nForm DD-214 to Department of Military and Veteran Affairs\nto prove Veteran's status, well in advance of retirement.Click here\nto learn more about establishing Veteran status.The age requirements and formulas for calculating a Veteran Retirement are the same for membership Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4, and Tier 5\n\nEligibility #1:\n\nAge 55 or older\nwith 25 years service\nor\nAge 60 or older with 20 years service\n\nPlease note that PERS\neligibility requirements were changed, effective\nOctober 1, 2001. PERS members are now eligible for\nthis Veteran Retirement benefit in the two ways given\nabove.\n\nIMPORTANT NOTE: ORDINARY DISABILITY RETIREMENTS AND ACCIDENTAL RETIREMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO TIER 4 PERS OR TPAF MEMBERS\n\nNo age requirement\nfor Accidental or Ordinary Disability\n\nOrdinary\nDisabilityORDINARY DISABILITY RETIREMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO TIER 4 OR TIER 5 PERS OR TPAF MEMBERS\n\nEligibility:\n\nMember must be Totally\nand Permanently disabled from doing normal\njob duties.\n\nApplication must be made\nwithin 2 years of termination date.\n\nMember must have a minimum\nof 10 years of New Jersey service credit (Out-of-state,\nMilitary, and Federal government purchases are not\nconsidered New Jersey service credit)\n\nProcess:\n\nMust\nbe processed through Disability Review procedure.\n\nBenefit:\n\nHigher calculation of following formulas:\n\n43.6% X Final Average Salary\n(FAS) = Annual Maximum\n\nOR\n\n1.64% X Years of Service X FAS = Annual Maximum\n\nFAS (Final Average Salary) is last 36 months\nof pensionable salary (30 months for 10 month members),\nor highest 3 Fiscal Years (July 1 - June 30), for Tier 1, 2, and 3 members. Fiscal\nYears do not have to be consecutive. Ordinary Disability retirements are not available to Tier 4 and Tier 5 PERS or TPAF members.\n\nFor instructions\non completing the Authorization for Release\nof Medical Records\n\nPlease note: Once the\nPERS or TPAF Board of Trustees grants approval for a disability retirement, the member may only cancel the retirement by submitting a letter requesting to do so to the Disability Review Section, with a written statement from his/her physician expressing that the member can return to work. The Disability Review Section would then send the member for an IME, and all medical information would be again submitted to the Medical Review Board. Once all of the above information is received, the Board of Trustees would make a determination of whether member is able to return to work or not.\n\nInstructions\non completing the Employer Certification for\nDisability Retirement\n\nInclude copy of Job Description\n- PERS only\n\nIf you answered \"Yes\"\nto Question #6 on the Employer Certification for Disability\nRetirement, please include copies of indictments,\nconvictions and/or preliminary and final notices of\ndisciplinary action.\n\nIf an Involuntary\nDisability Retirement: Enclose a letter addressed\nto the Division of Pensions and Benefits stating that,\nin the employing authority's opinion, the member is\n\"totally and permanently disabled\" from fulfilling\nhis or her job duties. The employer must submit attendance\nrecords, along with any pertinent medical records. Sample LetterLocal employers must submit a resolution, authorizing the employing location to process an Involuntary Disability Retirement Application.Sample Resolution\n\n*When\nan employer submits a PERS/TPAF Application for Disability\nRetirement Allowance for a member's Involuntary Disability\nRetirement, the member may not change the date of retirement\nindicated by the employer.\n\nInstructions\non completing the Authorization for Release\nof Medical Records.\n\nPlease note: Once the\nPERS or TPAF Board of Trustees grants approval for a disability\nretirement, the member may only cancel the retirement\nby submitting a letter requesting to do so to the Board\nof Trustees, with a written statement from his/her physician\nexpressing that the member can return to work. The Disability\nReview Section would then send the member for an IME,\nand all medical information would be again submitted to\nthe Medical Review Board. Once all of the above information\nis received, the Board of Trustees would make a determination\nof whether member is able to return to work or not.\n\nInstructions\non completing the Employer Certification for\nDisability Retirement.\n\nInclude copy of Job Description\n- PERS only.\n\nIf you answered \"Yes\"\nto Question #6 on the Employer Certification for Disability\nRetirement, please include copies of indictments,\nconvictions and/or preliminary and final notices of\ndisciplinary action.\n\nIf an Involuntary\nDisability Retirement: Enclose a letter addressed\nto the Division of Pensions and Benefits stating that,\nin the employing authority's opinion, the member is\n\"totally and permanently disabled\" from fulfilling\nhis or her job duties. The employer must submit attendance\nrecords, along with any pertinent medical records. Sample Letter\n\nLocal employers must submit a resolution, authorizing the employing location to process an Involuntary Disability Retirement Application.Sample Resolution"}
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-{"text": "House Votes to Give D.C. More Penthouses\n\nWASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: The sun begins to rise behind the Jefferson Memorial and Washington, Monument as the cherry blossoms begin to bloom at the Tidal Basin April 10, 2014 in Washington, DC.National Journal\n\nThis article is from the archive of our partner\n\nMembers of the House on Monday waded into the ongoing battle between Congress and Washington over the city's desire for home rule, passing legislation to eliminate the city's height restrictions for buildings \u2014 if only for penthouses.\n\nSince 1899, Congress has restricted the heights of all buildings in the District of Columbia. The law, altered once in 1910, remains in effect, preventing developers from building any structure taller than 130 feet within Washington's borders. As such, many of the city's monuments are widely visible from all over the nation's capital city and dominate Washington's skyline (TheAtlantic's Kaid Benfield mounts an interesting defense of the law, based partially on that fact, here). But critics say that the law has prevented the city from expanding and kept real estate prices high.\n\nThe new House legislation passed Monday, which is just three paragraphs long, does little to change that. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., a strong proponent of home rule for the District, offered a partial solution. Currently, some buildings are allowed to breach the height requirements for utility-only penthouses; this bill would allow those areas to be occupied by residents and for architects to construct new penthouses for human occupancy.\n\nIn other words, the bill merely takes the 1910 law's section regarding the construction of floors above roof level and inserts the words \"except in the case of a penthouse which is erected to a height of one story of 20 feet or less above the level of the roof....\"\n\nThe legislation, which passed overwhelmingly with 366 yea votes on Monday, follows a yearlong study Issa requested that was conducted by the National Capital Planning Commission and the D.C. Office of Planning. The penthouse exception is just one of several proposals that came out of the study. Those recommendations, released in November, also included that Congress allow the city to make exceptions to the Height Act in its Comprehensive Plan (which requires congressional approval) and allow Washington to increase its building height based on street width, with a maximum height of 200 feet.\n\nTheWashington Post has some fascinating graphical representations of what the city might look like if some of the city's recommendations were approved by Congress, including the penthouse exception, which you can check out here.\n\nThis article is from the archive of our partner\nNational Journal.\n\nWe want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com."}
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-{"text": "Obama Administration Backs Spill Figures, Releases E-mails\n\nThe Obama administration late Wednesday defended the integrity of its estimates \u2014 which turned out to be inaccurate \u2014 during the summer of how much oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico, turning over thousands of pages of internal e-mails written by government scientists who worked on the project.\n\nIn the e-mails, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, cautioned a colleague about how to present the government's findings: \"I believe we owe it to everyone to provide the best estimates we can where direct measurements are not possible,\" she wrote. \"We also need to be forthright about how certain we are about each number, which we've done.\"\n\nThe e-mails were obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act.\n\nThe disclosure Wednesday by the Commerce Department, NOAA's parent agency, was significant because it revealed for the first time e-mails circulated among scientists working behind the scenes on the forecasts of oil in the Gulf. The government released 5,817 pages of files late in the afternoon on the eve of Thanksgiving, traditionally a period when few people are paying attention to news reports because of holiday travel.\n\nMeasuring the spill accurately was important to decide how to respond appropriately and to the administration's credibility. But the government didn't arrive at a reliable estimate until June 15, nearly two months after the accident.\n\nThe government released the files to news organizations and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who with other lawmakers had asked for the records in August. \"The public has a right to know right now what is going on in the Gulf of Mexico, and your report should be analyzed by others right now so that we are sure we got it right,\" Markey told Bill Lehr, a senior NOAA scientist who defended the government's estimates during congressional testimony.\n\nThe presidential commission investigating the oil spill concluded last month in an interim report that government mistakes on its estimates led to perceptions that it was incompetent or not candid about the oil spill. It said federal officials underestimated the amount of oil flowing from the runaway well, then also underestimated the amount of oil that had spilled in the Gulf. Early calculations by private researchers, whom BP PLC, the oil company that held the leaking well, and the government tried to discredit, proved to be more accurate.\n\nThe panel also previously criticized statements by President Barack Obama's energy adviser, Carol Browner, who mischaracterized on national TV the government's analysis about where the oil went, saying it showed most of the oil was \"gone.\" In a new study published Tuesday, the government itself acknowledged that its oil calculations were never intended to \"provide information about the impact of the oil, nor indicate where the oil is now.\"\n\nThe presidential commission separately concluded earlier this week that BP should have made better efforts soon after the accident to measure the oil to find ways that might actually have stopped the leak. It turned out, the company's unsuccessful \"top kill\" and \"junk shot\" efforts in May to plug the well would only have worked on a smaller-size leak.\n\nThe Obama administration late Wednesday defended the integrity of its estimates which turned out to be inaccurate during the summer of how much oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico, turning over thousands of pages of internal e-mails written by government scientists who..."}
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-{"text": "If you were reviewing an NIH proposal from a PI who was a known (or widely rumored) sexual harasser, would you take that into account? How?\n\nMy immediate answer was:\n\nI don't know about \"widely rumored\". But if I was convinced someone was a sexual harasser this would render me unable to fairly judge the application. So I would recuse myself and tell the SRO why I was doing so. As one is expected to do for any conflicts that one recognizes about the proposal.\n\nI'm promoting this to a new post because this also came up in the Twitter discussion of Lander's toast of Jim Watson. Apparently this is not obvious to everyone.\n\nOne is supposed to refuse to review grant proposals, and manuscripts submitted for publication, if one feels that one has a conflict of interest that renders the review biased. This is very clear. Formal guidelines tend to concentrate on personal financial benefits (i.e. standing to gain from a company in which one has ownership or other financial interest), institutional benefits (i.e., you cannot review NIH grants submitted from your University since the University is, after all, the applicant and you are an agent of that University) and mentoring / collaborating interests (typically expressed as co-publication or mentoring formally in past three years). Nevertheless there is a clear expectation, spelled out in some cases, that you should refuse to take a review assignment if you feel that you cannot be unbiased.\n\nThis is beyond any formal guidelines. A general ethical principle.\n\nThere is a LOT of grey area.\n\nAs I frequently relate, in my early years when a famous Editor asked me to review a manuscript from one of my tighter science homies and I pointed out this relationship I was told \"If I had to use that standard as the Editor I would never get anything reviewed. Just do it. I know you are friends.\".\n\nI may also have mentioned that when first on study section I queried an SRO about doing reviews for PIs who were scientifically sort of close to my work. I was told a similar thing about how reviews would never get done if vaguely working in the same areas and maybe one day competing on some topic were the standard for COI recusal.\n\nSo we are, for the most part, left up to our own devices and ethics about when we identify a bias in ourselves and refuse to do peer review because of this conflict.\n\nI have occasionally refused to review an NIH grant because the PI was simply too good of a friend. I can't recall being asked to review a grant proposal from anyone I dislike personally or professionally enough to trigger my personal threshold.\n\nI am convinced, however, that I would recuse myself from the review of proposals or manuscripts from any person that I know to be a sexual harasser, a retaliator and/or a bigot against women, underrepresented groups generally, LGBTQ, and the like.\n\nThere is a flavor of apologist for Jim Watson (et rascalia) that wants to pursue a \"slippery slope\" argument. Just Asking the Questions. You know the type. One or two of these popped up on twitter over the weekend but I'm too lazy to go back and find the thread.\n\nThe JAQ-off response is along the lines of \"What about people who have politics you don't like? Would you recuse yourself from a Trump voter?\".\n\nThe answer is no.\n\nNow sure, the topic of implicit or unconscious bias came up and it is problematic for sure. We cannot recuse ourselves when we do not recognize our bias. But I would argue that this does not in any way suggest that we shouldn't recuse ourselves when we DO recognize our biases. There is a severity factor here. I may have implicit bias against someone in my field that I know to be a Republican. Or I may not. And when there is a clear and explicit bias, we should recuse.\n\nI do not believe that people who have proven themselves to be sexual harassers or bigots on the scale of Jim Watson deserve NIH grant funding. I do not believe their science is going to be so much superior to all of the other applicants that it needs to be funded. And so if the NIH disagrees with me, by letting them participate in peer review, clearly I cannot do an unbiased job of what NIH is asking me to do.\n\nThe manuscript review issue is a bit different. It is not zero-sum and I never review that way, even for the supposedly most-selective journals that ask me to review. There is no particular reason to spread scoring, so to speak, as it would be done for grant application review. But I think it boils down to essentially the same thing. The Editor has decided that the paper should go out for review and it is likely that I will be more critical than otherwise.\n\nSo....can anyone see any huge problems here? Peer review of grants and manuscripts is opt-in. Nobody is really obliged to participate at all. And we are expected to manage the most obvious of biases by recusal.\n\nI have a very different view on this. I don't see it as a bias, but more as you would have a deeper understanding of the application than most. With your experience and knowledge, you can judge the investigator better, just as someone else might have a better understanding of the approach or environment.\n\nIf the application is for the guy to lock himself in a room and write some big problem solving software that everyone could use, then I'd give a good score.\n\nIf the application is for the guy to head up a training grant where he mentors women scientists, then I'd give a bad score.\n\nWhat if it was a guy you knew had a habit of faking data? Would you just recuse yourself then too? What if it was someone you'd met professionally who you thought was brilliant and way ahead of everyone in the field? Recuse because you are too biased in favor?\n\nI don't see how knowledge of the investigator counts as bias/conflict.\n\nI do not believe that people who have proven themselves to be sexual harassers or bigots on the scale of Jim Watson deserve NIH grant funding. I do not believe their science is going to be so much superior to all of the other applicants that it needs to be funded.\n\nI'm guessing that Jim Watson held the same views in 1953. And yet, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say his science at that time was superior to pretty much all others. You need to base your conclusions on a more sound foundation.\n\nWhat would be the threshold for misconduct that would cause one not to review a grant? How would you reconcile unsubstantiated claims or rumors? As with anything, it will just take one person whom is wrongly judged or later proven completely innocent to throw a monkey wrench in to the whole thing.\n\nWhat would be the threshold for misconduct that would cause one not to review a grant?\nA conviction from an official institutional process seems like one obvious threshold.\n\nHow would you reconcile unsubstantiated claims or rumors?\nI would think that you would use your professional judgment, just as you do for the other types of conflicts.\n\nAs with anything, it will just take one person whom is wrongly judged or later proven completely innocent to throw a monkey wrench in to the whole thing.\n\nAnd as is typical, this type of bullshit chaff of \"what if the innocentz????\" is an attempt to continue to derail any consequences for the guilty. It is obvious from the cases of sexual harassment that we know about that the people who are finally busted have a history of repeated bad behavior, a history of multiple complainants being ignored/shushed and a frequently a history of having skated off scott free in a pass-the-trash scenario. In contrast, the number of people who have been professionally pilloried in any serious way for \"accidentally looking at one woman's breasts that one time\" is.... um, zero.\n\nLook, of course there are scenarios when a false complaint is levied against a professor. And they are very uncomfortable and undeserved and terrible. My point is that they are not somehow leading to people being booted from the academy because the burden of proof is always on the complainant.\n\nWhat if it was someone you'd met professionally who you thought was brilliant and way ahead of everyone in the field? Recuse because you are too biased in favor?\nObviously not. A peer reviewer's opinion of the science and the talents of the investigator to pursue future science (in grant review) is explicitly the point of the exercise. Why do people raise ridiculous stuff like this?\n\nWhat if it was a guy you knew had a habit of faking data? Would you just recuse yourself then too?\nI'm not sure. One is supposed to raise suspicions of scientific fraud with the SRO outside of the written critique or discussion. I suppose I would do that if ever asked to review a proposal from a PI I knew \"had a habit of faking data\". (how I would \"know\" this, and the person still be permitted to submit applications, is a bit of a mystery to me)\n\nI don't see how knowledge of the investigator counts as bias/conflict.\nMy point is that it can, not that it does.\n\nThere's a corollary of this issue that deserves more attention (and I'm not pretending to have \"the answer\" to either the questions directly raised by the issue or the questions raised by the corollary \u2014 just, perhaps, more awareness that they exist):\n\nWhat consequences, if any, should flow from a FAILURE to acknowledge a conflict of interest or take appropriate action when demonstrated (under the appropriate level of confidence)?\n* Should there be a consequence to the beneficiary of the conflict, if someone benefitted from a \"positive\" conflict?\n* Should there be a benefit in favor of the victim of the conflict, if someone was harmed from a direct \"negative\" conflict?\n* Given that this is competitive, how much \"rescoring\" and restating of results is appropriate?\n* Finally, and most dangerously, should there be a consequence for the person who did not properly step away from that conflict... and how should it be enforced, and for how long, and what about everyone else in that person's lab?\n\nWhat consequences, if any, should flow from a FAILURE to acknowledge a conflict of interest or take appropriate action when demonstrated (under the appropriate level of confidence)?\nThe head of the CSR has been referring somewhat cryptically of late to one or more cases of shenanigans in NIH grant review. The implications seem to be that they are trying to discipline the perps. Stay tuned to the ORI findings....\n\nShould there be a consequence to the beneficiary of the conflict, if someone benefitted from a \"positive\" conflict?\n* Should there be a benefit in favor of the victim of the conflict, if someone was harmed from a direct \"negative\" conflict?\n\nI say yes and yes. However NIH seems to frequently continue grants under a new PI when there has been a fraud conviction or harassment finding. WRT the idea of going back to the original funding round and try to figure out who was next in line and therefore should get, e.g. a free grant? In my fondest dreams, sure, but this seems very difficult to do.\n\n....not sure what your last two questions are addressing? what \"rescoring\"? and isn't the last just asking the first question again?\n\nIn contrast, the number of people who have been professionally pilloried in any serious way for \"accidentally looking at one woman's breasts that one time\" is.... um, zero.\n\nYou are empirically seriously mistaken here. Unfortunately, I cannot prove it without listing names and cases (and I cannot do that), so you will have to take my word for it (we're talking about things I have witnessed myself directly and I can vouch for the innocence of the accused and the maliciousness of the accusations).\n\nA lot of completely innocent people have had their lives wrecked thanks to the feminist witch hunts of the last few years.\n\nMost of them have been grad students and postdocs though, which is maybe why you do not know that much about it. The big names do tend to only get ousted after repeated offenses, there we probably agree.\n\nA lot of completely innocent people have had their lives wrecked thanks to the feminist witch hunts of the last few years.\n\nDescribing this as \"feminist witch hunts\" seriously hurts the credibility of your assertions about these things you've allegedly \"witnessed directly\". So no, I'm not taking your word for it.\n\nThe cases where there are repeated and consistent patterns of harassment are built on numerous events in which they and their defenders assert innocence. And decry \"witch hunts\". Accusations about the supposed feminist conspiracy agenda are also common. Accusers are claimed to be malicious fakers with mysterious hatreds against the supposedly innocent person. Who \"did nothing\". And yet, in the end, we are all pretty well convinced by the pattern that has emerged that the person was not innocent, they did do something, repeatedly and their accusers were not evil harridan feminists out to pursue an evil conspiratorial agenda against the innocent.\n\nI'm open to the notion that there are these huge numbers of poor victims of false accusation of harassment and retaliation out there. I just need a little more than the usual protestations from people who can't help but show their ass by using rwnj terminology like \"feminist witch hunt\".\n\nOnce again, I cannot talk with names of institutions, people and details of cases, for reasons I should not have to be explaining.\n\nBut I shouldn't really have to do that anyway, because the details of sufficiently many cases have been made public, and they are no less outrageous than what I have observed personally.\n\nWe're talking about an extremely toxic combination of females using accusation of sexual assault to extort institutions and colleagues, and crazy feminist administrators enabling and encouraging that sort of behavior. In the process the lives of males who did absolutely nothing wrong have been wrecked.\n\nAnd the ratio of innocent people having suffered that way to real harassers is a lot closer to 50/50 than to 0/100\n\nIf you are not aware of these cases, you have zero right to comment on these topics, because you reveal yourself to be totally uninformed about the reality on the ground.\n\nAnd the ratio of innocent people having suffered that way to real harassers is a lot closer to 50/50 than to 0/100\n\nIf you are not aware of these cases, you have zero right to comment on these topics, because you reveal yourself to be totally uninformed about the reality on the ground.\n\nI don't believe you. and no, I don't want you to name any names or talk about any situations that are not in the public domain on this blog.\n\nI just don't see how if this was such a problem that there isn't more evidence for it. There are no published surveys. There is no substantial body of public media news accounts that testify to an equal ratio. Personally, I've heard of exactly one such tale from within academia in the past 15 years or so that I am willing to chalk up to an innocent guy coming under false accusation. Of course it was all resolved in his favor, life was unwrecked.\n\nI have been around academics my entire life past the age of about 18 months and been employed as a professional academic for something over half of my life. I have a spouse in academics. I've run this blog for over 10 years which gives me a window onto some areas of academia that I would otherwise not brush up against. People have a tendency to relate things to me to both educate my ignorance on the blog (as they see it) and because it is an outlet that may not affect their IRL persons as directly.\n\nIn short, I have every right to comment on these topics.\n\nAs do you.\n\nWe're talking about an extremely toxic combination of females using accusation of sexual assault to extort institutions and colleagues, and crazy feminist administrators enabling and encouraging that sort of behavior.\n\nThe preferred term here is \"women\". When you use \"females\" you sound like a Ferengi. Also, \"crazy feminist\" hardly makes you sound like the sane one here.\n\nThat is the exact equivalent of an atheist working as a Mormon preacher. No exaggeration. The exact same thing.\n\nAnd if you do not understand that, that speaks extremely extremely badly either of your worth as a scientist, your understanding of the nature of modern feminism, or both.\n\nYou can be a very productive scientific worker and a feminist at the same time, but you cannot be a real scientist and be anything else but anti-feminist. Philosophically the two things are completely absolutely incompatible. If you are a feminist, you are adopting an epistemology that is the exact opposite of the one that science is founded on, which means that you are rejecting science as a valid approach towards understanding the world. Which makes you some combination of a mere technician and/or a partisan ideologically blind hack, not a real scientist.\n\nSorry to be blunt but this is how it is.\n\nSecond, why is it that \"victims should be believed\", but I should not be? Based on what criterion?\n\nThird, as I will have to repeat myself, the fact that you do not know of any public cases speaks volumes about how poorly educated you are about the situation in universities. The Campus Rape Frenzy by Johnson and Taylor is both a very good source of individual cases and a critical examination of general statistics regarding the situation. It focuses mostly on undergraduates (though there cases with PhD students too) because that's where things are at their worst right now, but what I have observed happen to multiple people around me at the graduate and post-graduate level reveals exactly the same picture.\n\nWhy is it that you haven't noticed? Maybe it is a coincidence and it hasn't happened around you. Maybe you work at a research institute with no Title IX office to push for and conduct the witch hunts. Or maybe your are so ideologically blinkered that you do not count the 18 months someone has to spend fighting kangaroo courts as a waste of a significant chunk of one's life if that fight turns out to be successful, because that person is male, and hey, males cannot suffer, they're the oppressors, they can take it. Maybe it is some other reason. But that doesn't change what is happening out there on the ground every day.\n\nGM, you are a hoot. Honestly, every time I read one of your comments here I feel like I've time-traveled to 1985 - you so remind me of the overwrought editorials penned by distraught male undergrads in the student paper at Duke, freaked out because their frat brother's girlfriend's roommate had taken a women's studies course. Feminism is, of course, famously completely impotent as a theory AND simultaneously an overwhelming threat to All We Hold Dear As Scientists. You cannot be a scientist and a feminist at the same time! And/or, feminists are invading science departments and destroying science! If you are a feminist, then you are a mere worker bee. And/or, feminists have taken over the universities and are calling all the ideological shots! (and destroying science!)\nFeminism: the all-powerful nothingburger bogeyman fantasy of scared boys everywhere.\n\nFalse reports for sexual assaults are estimated to be between 2-10%. Approximately 2/3 of sexual assaults are never reported. This is nowhere near 50:50. A Bayesian would err on the side of believing the victims.\n\nThank you very much for providing immediate confirmation of how one cannot be a feminist and a good scientist. You know it is 2-10% how exactly (to your credit, at least you cited it as 2-10%, many people just say \"less than 2%\")? Ever bothered to examine the evidence? No, you have not, and I know you have not because the book I cited does exactly that and it turns out that that claim is fabricated out of thin air. But you would never question it because the low value usually thrown around conveniently fits your preconceived notions and ossified ideological commitments so you accept it. But that is not how a true scientist is supposed to approach the world around him.\n\n@ Zuska. If you have something of substance to say, please do. For example, if you can explain to us how things like standpoint epistemology are compatible with the scientific method, that would be great. If you cannot do that, you are a troll plain and simple.\n\nCan you be a Christian and a scientist? How about a Hindu and a scientist? Or a soccer fanatic and a scientist? What is the \"epistemology that ... science is founded on\"? How does that differ from that of \"feminism\"? For that matter, what is your understanding of what feminism is?\n\n@GM, you still have refused to define feminism and explain why it is incompatible with science. You also have cited a book to refute estimates of false allegations, instead of stating why the numbers from these studies are wrong (and if they are wrong, why sexual assault would have more false allegations than other serious crimes). While I doubt you will be able to convince anyone, actually arguing for your position would be more effective than insulting people.\n\nThe short story is that to define the percentage of false allegations you need two numbers: the number proven false and the total number of allegations. What you really have is the number proven guilty and the total number of allegations.\n\nThere's a huge gap between number proven true, guilty,and number proven false. Many cases are dropped because the witness doesn't want to proceed or the defendant is in jail on other charges, etc. These are never proven true or false. The way you divide that middle ground can change your false allegation percentage from small to large.\n\nThe other part of the book that makes good sense is that universities should really get out of the business of adjudicating criminal behavior. If one student alleges another student raped her, that's a police issue that should be decided by the courts. It's not an issue for the vice dean of student life to \"investigate\" and render a decision on.\n\nI don't know what GM's talking about with regards to feminism/science. So I've got no defense there. I know plenty of feminists who are very good scientists.\n\nI don't know what GM's talking about with regards to feminism/science. So I've got no defense there. I know plenty of feminists who are very good scientists.\n\nI think you are falling for the usual linguistic trick applied.\n\nThere is:\n\n1) \"feminism\" as \"women should have equal rights\".\n\n2) Then there is \"feminism\" as a philosophy with all its postmodernist foundations.\n\n3) There is also \"feminism\" as a supremacy movement.\n\nWhat happens is that the first form of feminism is used as a weapon to also force 2) and even 3) on everyone else for how can anyone be against equal rights.\n\nSo if you say that you are anti-feminist, you are immediately accused of thinking that women are subhuman and being a bigot, sexist, etc. Even though that is not at all what you mean, you are against feminism as a supremacy movement (and really, do we have to argue whether supremacy movements of any kind are bad? Also, radical feminists have on many occasions advocated for the complete extermination of the male sex; have male chauvinist pigs on the other side ever done so? which is worse? questions...) and feminism as a postmodernist philosophy.\n\nNow regarding the postmodernist nature of philosophy, this is where we really enter the territory of poor training on the part of people not understanding that, because I cannot reasonably be expected to provide all that background in the comments section of a blog.\n\nIf you want to be a good scientist (rather than someone who merely works in science), you absolutely need to at the very least adhere to the set of proper epistemological practices that defines science, ideally you would also have spent some time studying the relevant philosophical topics.\n\nAs a scientist, things like standpoint epistemology, arguments from \"lived experience\", etc. should be as abhorrent to you as a plate of deep fried pork intestines would be in the middle of the Great Mosque of Mecca.\n\nThus the only possible position for you is militant anti-feminism under the recognition that feminism in the 21st century has a lot more baggage to it than simply the fight for equal rights (which have been achieved a very long time ago anyway).\n\nFor there will not be any science if this is allowed to continue unopposed.\n\nFeminists have been launching frontal assaults against science for decades. People like Sandra Harding made careers out of writing about how science is a tool of masculine oppression, promoting standpoint epistemology, denying the existence of objective truth, etc. And it's not even as if that stuff is hard to find, it is being taught in Gender Studies classes all around the country.\n\nAnd then you see some very concrete manifestations of the problem today. The debate about race/sex and IQ (or insert your favorite characteristic here) is a classic example. The evidence does not matter. It so happens that the evidence does not support the view that there are major innate differences between groups (on average at least), but what if it had come out the other way? You are basically not allowed to discuss these topics.\n\nBut then there are also issues where views that are in total denial of objective reality and completely against the scientific truth are becoming the norm. The transgender situation is the prime example here.\n\nSo it is not merely an abstract theoretical debate of no immediate relevance.\n\nHow long before they come after evolutionary theory for being transphobic, for example? The only reasons they haven't done so are that, first, they do not understand how transphobic evolutionary theory is because they do not know anything about evolutionary theory to begin with, and second, evolutionary theory is hated by the \"right\" on religious grounds, so, them being on the \"left\", they feel that the enemies of their enemies should be their friends. But how long will that state of affairs last?\n\nEtc.\n\nIf you do not see what all this could potentially lead to, you are not paying attention. And, again, you do not understand what exactly is happening at the fundamental philosophical, worldview level.\n\nP.S. Going back to the \"equal rights\" question. If it ever came down to having to choose between:\n\nA) science continues to exist, but women do not have equal rights and are relegated to being second-class citizens as they used to be back in the days\n\nand\n\nB) women have equal rights (or achieve supremacy), but science is destroyed in the process, objective truth is abandoned as a foundantional premise and as a goal, etc.\n\nWhich one would you chose?\n\nI know we are not having to make that choice right now, and we really should not be having to make that choice as there are other, much better, options, but imagine you have to make it, for the sake of the argument. What you answer will reveal a lot about what is truly important to you and whether you can call yourself a real scientist.\n\n\u201cAn estimated one in five women has been sexually assaulted during her college years\u2014one in five,\u201d President Obama asserted in September 2014 at a White House event announcing a campaign against sexual violence on college campuses.2 In September 2015, his would-be successor, Hillary Clinton, echoed the sentiment, claiming there was an \u201cepidemic\u201d of sexual assault on college campuses.\n\n[....]\n\nThe National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), conducted every six months by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Justice Department\u2019s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), has long been regarded as the gold standard of crime surveys. In 2014, BJS estimated that 0.61 percent of female college (and trade school) students, of whom 0.2 percent are raped, are sexually assaulted per year. Nonrape sexual assaults include unwanted sexual touching, attempted rape, and threats.5\n\n[....]\n\nThe BJS methodology compares favorably with those used in each of the many surveys that purport to find much higher rates of sexual assault. The BJS survey interviews very large population samples twice a year\u201490,630 households and 160,040 persons 12 years or older in 2013. The response rate is very high\u201488 percent for eligible persons in 2013, for example.11\n\nA second reality check: The most recent data from the Department of Education indicate that approximately 10 million women are enrolled (full- or part-time) as undergraduates. The one-in-five figure would indicate that 2 million of them will be sexually assaulted at college. That\u2019s 400,000 to 500,000 sexual assaults per year, depending on how many schools are classified as four-year and how many are classified as five-year. For comparison\u2019s sake, under the expanded definition of rape used in the FBI\u2019s Uniform Crime Reports, in 2014 there were 116,645 rapes in the entire United States, a nation of 160 million females, one-sixteenth of whom are in college.12\n\nThe 1990 Clery Act requires all colleges to report the total number of student sexual assaults. According to the most recent aggregate reports, universities reported an annual average of between 4,558 and 5,335 sexual assaults for the period 2012 through 2014.13\n\nHow to explain the ratio of almost 100 to one between the White House\u2019s claims (400,000 to 500,000 incidents of sexual assault annually) and the recent Clery Act reports (4,558 to 5,335 incidents of sexual assault annually)?\n\n[....]\n\nThough only a handful of schools have a reporting rate that comes close to the one-in-five claim, recent Clery Act reports suggest that by far the highest sexual assault rates are at elite institutions. This dramatic reporting increase comes at a time when national violent crime and sexual assault rates have plunged, with sexual assaults dropping by more than 60 percent from 1995 to 2010.18\n\nFor instance, in 2014, one in every 181 female Ivy League undergraduates reported to their university that they had been raped, according to the Clery Act database. That\u2019s well over three times the rate\u2014one in 665\u2014at nearby non-elite institutions. Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, had the highest percentage among the Ivy League schools, with 1.41 percent of female undergraduates reporting they had been raped. According to that figure, a female undergraduate at Dartmouth is more likely than a resident of Memphis, Tennessee\u2014which (according to the FBI\u2019s Uniform Crime Reports) is the nation\u2019s second most dangerous city\u2014to be a victim of violent crime. Dartmouth\u2019s president has responded to this alleged crime epidemic not by urging more police on campus but by suggesting that students shun hard liquor\n\n[...]\n\nWesleyan College, in Middletown, Connecticut, had the highest percentage, 2.41 percent. That means a female undergraduate at Wesleyan is substantially more at risk of being a victim of violent crime than is a resident of Detroit, which (FBI reports indicate) is the nation\u2019s most dangerous city. Yet Wesleyan\u2019s president has not urged any increase, at all, in the presence of law enforcement on campu\n\nIf American college campuses really were facing a sexual assault epidemic, why would there be far fewer reported sexual assaults at the University of Northern Iowa or the University of Northern Colorado than at Wesleyan or Dartmouth? The answer is that there wouldn\u2019t. The difference in reporting rates is due to the fact that moral panic about sexual assault is most feverish at institutions where identity-politics activism is most prevalent.\n\nOccidental College in Los Angeles, for instance, reported 10 \u201csex offenses\u201d in 2012. The next year, after a handful of faculty members and student activists portrayed the elite liberal arts college as dominated by a \u201crape culture,\u201d the number of reports of sex offenses skyrocketed, to 60.\n\nThis figure suggested that as many as 5.1 percent of Occidental\u2019s around 1,200 female undergraduates were victims of violent crime, making the upscale campus one of the most dangerous places in the country. Yet none of these claims appears to have resulted in a criminal charge, much less conviction. In 2014, the Occidental activist coalition fell apart due to ideological infighting. With the witch hunt over, the number of rape reports plummeted to eight.21 The apparent surge in violent crime had been ephemeral.\n\nThe currently prevalent claim that one in five female college students will be sexually assaulted dates to the 2007 \u201cCampus Sexual Assault Study,\u201d or CSA, funded (but not conducted) by the National Institute of Justice.22 The random, anonymous, self-reported, online sample of 5,446 women found that 19 percent of respondents at two large, unnamed universities, one in the Midwest and one in the South, had been sexually assaulted.\n\nThere are several problems with this survey. First, the respondents did not say (because they were not asked) whether they ad been sexually assaulted. Second, the low response rate\u2014fewer than half of the 14,000 women invited to participate\u2014probably inflated the percentage found to have been assaulted. Women who think of themselves or their friends as victims of sexual assault are possibly more motivated than others to respond to such surveys. The lower the response rate, the more this bias skews the result.23 Third, the survey included incidents that had not occurred on campus and had not involved other students, rendering them irrelevant to the debate over college adjudication processes.24 Fourth, and perhaps most important, CSA used an overbroad definition of sexual assault: respondents were counted as sexual assault victims if, for example, they had experienced \u201crubbing up against you in a sexual way\u201d or had intimate encounters while even a little bit intoxicated. As defense lawyer and civil libertarian blogger Scott Greenfield has observed, \u201c[t]erms like \u2018unwanted\u2019 focused the respondents on how they felt about the conduct rather than whether they communicated to the other party involved that it was unwanted\n\nEven the CSA study\u2019s authors have criticized attempts to apply its findings about two schools to all college students nationwide. \u201cWe don\u2019t think that 1-in-5 is a nationally representative statistic,\u201d Christopher Krebs, the lead author, told journalist Emily Yoffe\n\nOne false accusations:\n\nThe last of the five myths identified at the start of this chapter was highlighted by a 2014 White House Task Force document asserting that \u201cin reality, only 2-10 percent of reported rapes are false.\u201d The task force cited a 2010 study, \u201cFalse Allegations of Sexual Assault,\u201d principally authored by none other than David Lisak.66 The resulting insinuation that there are few innocents among the accused allowed the Obama administration and its allies to rationalize the unfair college disciplinary systems they had endorsed\n\nIronically, in a paper published in 2009, Lisak had claimed that \u201cestimates for the percentage of false reports begin to converge around 2-8 percent.\u201d67 Later, in the 2015 documentary film The Hunting Ground, his estimate jumped to \u201cmore likely 95 to 98 percent of [campus] rape reports are not false.\u201d So, over a six-year period and based on the same data, Lisak cited an upper range of false rape claims as 5 percent (2015), 8 percent (2009), and 10 percent (2010). These discrepancies came without explanation from someone purporting to be a careful scholar.\n\nThe best-known source of the claim that only 2 percent of rape accusations are false is Susan Brownmiller\u2019s 1975 book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape. For this fact, Brownmiller cited not a study but rather a speech, by a New York judge, who mentioned unpublished alleged findings by the \u201cNYC Rape Analysis Squad.\u201d\n\nLisak, for his part, counted as false only those claims that had been both thoroughly investigated and proven false under restrictive definitions of that word. His 2010 study of a unnamed \u201cmajor Northeastern university\u201d came up with a false-accusation rate of only 5.9 percent by counting accusations as \u201cfalse\u201d only if a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d had determined that \u201ckey elements of a victim\u2019s [sic] account of an assault were internally inconsistent and directly contradicted by multiple witnesses and if the victim [sic] then altered those key elements of his or her account\u201d (emphasis added).\n\nQuite beyond the very tight description of falsity, Lisak\u2019s finding did not mean that 94 percent of reports were true. In fact, the study indicated that only 35.3 percent of the 136 allegations were credible enough to be adjudicated. Those that fell in between\u2014the majority of those analyzed by Lisak and his team\u2014had either no evidence or conflicting evidence or there was insufficient information even to classify them. For instance, Lisak classified as not false accusations in which \u201cthe victim [sic] mislabeled the incident (e.g., gave a truthful account of the incident, but the incident did not meet the legal elements of the crime of sexual assault)\u201d\u2014which law enforcement would treat as unfounded.\n\n[....]\n\nA 2007 study authored by Kimberly Lonsway and Joanne Archambault, published by a victims\u2019 activist group, used methodology similar to Lisak\u2019s to produce a false-accusation rate of 7 percent.71 This study counted a rape accusation as false only if it was proven false after a \u201cthorough\u201d police investigation. At the same time, the authors indicated that it was \u201cprobably not the best use of limited resources\u201d for police departments to thoroughly investigate rape claims for falsity.72 If police detectives follow the authors\u2019 recommendation to not spend time investigating rape claims for falsity, and the only way to prove a claim false is by thorough investigation, this leads to a situation in which no rape accusation can ever be classified as false\n\n[....]\n\nOnly 20 percent of the accusations in Lonsway and Archambault\u2019s study proceeded to any kind of adjudication, and the study did not disclose how many of the accused were found guilty.\n\n[....]\n\nIn contrast to the spectrum offered by Lisak, a 2016 dissertation by Benjamin Baughman, examining 351 confidential investigative files from a police department in the southeastern United States, concluded that 17 percent of the allegations were \u201cfabricated,\u201d with another 66 percent uncertain.75 A 2014 report by the Defense Department\u2019s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) analyzing the disposition of the previous year\u2019s sexual assault allegations in the military found that 19.1 percent of the 2,586 cases were classified as \u201cunfounded.\u201d76 A 2012 Urban Institute study estimated that of 227 men convicted of rape for whom DNA evidence was available and usable, 15 percent were eliminated as the source of the evidence, which \u201cwas supportive of exoneration.\u201d77 A 1994 study by Purdue professor Eugene Kanin, using data from an unidentified Midwestern city, found that between 1978 and 1987 the police department concluded that 41 percent of rape allegations were false\n\nSo the more rigorous proof runs under 10%, a few with less rigor fall in the teeens and your high water mark is 40% from a very old survey of police basically dismissing with predjudice on the basis of Lord knows what. Given what we know about how the cops treated rape cases back then, well this isn\u2019t that trustworthy. And we\u2019re mostly looking at rape accusations, not harassment which is an interesting move of the goalposts.\n\nI can understand all of your rage over your 18 month date rape case or whatever, but I\u2019m not seeing your 50/50 evidence. And for all of your railing about the feminist agenda you put up evidence from the cops and the military, institutions which have repeatedly shown themselves to cover up rape and sexual assault. So if we\u2019re casting aspersions, glass houses my friend.\n\nThe ratio of innocent people having suffered that way to real harassers is a lot closer to 50/50 than to 0/100\n\nNotice the difference?\n\nAlso, do you notice how you are confirming my thesis that you cannot be a good scientist and a feminist at every step of the way? By behaving like a poor scientist because your ideological commitments and tribal allegiances are stronger than you commitment to the scientific method.\n\nYour consensus mid-teens argument is in fact closer to 0 than it is to 50. To get \u201ccloser to 50\u201d you have to take your wild outlier as the only valid number. Those of us who do science would call that cherry picking the data to fit your theory.\n\nThose numbers in the teens are of cases conclusively shown to be fabricated accusations. Then there is the number of cases that resulted in convictions, which are presumably cases conclusively shown to be true accusations. Then there are the cases where the evidence wasn't conclusive either way. Of course, you are ready to count those as 100% true accusations. Because why exactly?\n\nMy anecdotal personal experience has an n=4 and a false sexual harassment accusation rate of 100%. Small numbers and everything, can be dismissed. But it sure is enough to reject the hypothesis that women never lie. And I happen to know with very high certainty what the motivations for lying were in some of those cases, they were completely self-serving and malicious.\n\nAnd then I am still waiting for you to comment on the CSA \"study\" and the \"1-in-5\" number, or on how Occidental College's rape \"statistics\" suddenly jumped to levels approaching those in Eastern Congo once the SJW hysteria truly descended on campus a few years ago.\n\n(1) DrugMonkey, in my questions the first two regard those persons/institutions being scored; the last one, that sounds like it's the same, regards the person/institution doing the scoring. That is, this isn't a simple inquiry regarding those who were scored with a conflict of interest; it's also asking what should happen to those who HAVE the conflict of interest and fail to recuse.\n\n(2) Regarding GM's nonsense: The following is out of date. It does not describe the scientific community. I think it nonetheless puts a heavy thumb on the scale regarding \"false reports.\"\n\nIn my first profession, I spent the better part of a decade as a commanding officer, including two units with substantial officer (that is, college graduate) populations (N>100 in each). I also had (and kept!) full access to both base-wide and command-wide reports and statistics regarding sex-based offenses, both annual and historical. In that ADMITTEDLY NOT CONTEMPORANEOUS NOR COMPARABLE TO GRAD SCHOOL/LAB POPULATION (total population N>50,000, total incidents of complaints actually made N>250), the best estimate that was available is that provably false (under the standards of military law) accusations that had some subjective basis were somewhere in the 2-5% range... and that intentionally false accusations (that is, not even a subjective basis \u2014 the semimythical \"made the accusation to punish the accused for some reason\" claim) were well under 0.5% (that is, .005, in case coding comes through funkily). And this mattered to those of us who gave a damn about \"good order and discipline\" in our units... even if the general responses/resources available for supporting (\"alleged\") victims were, umm, lacking. We had both men and women under our respective commands.*\n\nNone of the above qualifies as rigorous or reproducible. It does, however, provide a realistic check on the magnitude of the purported problem. Until \"GM\" has been in the position of being a decisionmaker on whether to bring charges in the first place \u2014 or sat on a jury/court martial panel \u2014 I think his (and his \"supporting studies\"') uniformly glib dismissal of the concepts of \"incomplete evidence\" and \"contested evidence\" should be consigned to a discussion nowhere near a lab, because failing to acknowledge uncertainty is JUST A LITTLE BIT inconsistent with any conception of good science.\n\n* N.B. I was a warrior for social justice, \"GM.\" That's sort of the definition of protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic \u2014 the core of my oath of commissioning. Anybody who says otherwise is an ignorant git.\n\nI hope you realize that in the military you do not have gender studies departments and Title IX administrators having graduated from those to stoke the rape frenzy and to conduct kangaroo court trials?\n\nWhich might be why your false accusation rate is so low -- in the absence of strong incentives to lie, people do not lie. Which is the very point.\n\nI am reposting this quote in case you have not seen it:\n\nOccidental College in Los Angeles, for instance, reported 10 \u201csex offenses\u201d in 2012. The next year, after a handful of faculty members and student activists portrayed the elite liberal arts college as dominated by a \u201crape culture,\u201d the number of reports of sex offenses skyrocketed, to 60.\n\nThis figure suggested that as many as 5.1 percent of Occidental\u2019s around 1,200 female undergraduates were victims of violent crime, making the upscale campus one of the most dangerous places in the country. Yet none of these claims appears to have resulted in a criminal charge, much less conviction. In 2014, the Occidental activist coalition fell apart due to ideological infighting. With the witch hunt over, the number of rape reports plummeted to eight.21 The apparent surge in violent crime had been ephemeral.\n\nGM, you've clearly never served in the military (not even in 1985; I did). There are indeed the equivalent of \"gender studies departments\" and \"Title IX administrators having graduated from those.\" There are also trained investigators and officers and commanders doing their damndest to maintain good order and discipline... which, despite occasional lapses, requires being confident that one's conclusions are as close to \"the truth\" as possible.\n\nThe false accusation rate is so low because those statistics are the result of people experienced at resolving competing \"stories\" evaluating the competing narratives and incomplete facts... and in only one instance (out of over 250) being confident under the rules of evidence and the standards of military law that the complainant had made the whole thing up for an improper purpose. (Side note: That particular instance entered the record in 1990, but appears to have arisen from a 1986 or 1987 incident.) That's not to say that every other instance necessarily went the opposite way, either, and that exposes the other fundamental error in your reasoning (leaving aside all of the errors in your factual understanding):\n\nDetermining truth from contested and/or incomplete evidence is almost never an Aristotelian/binary-logic game. It's not in science; it sure as hell isn't for anything involving human behavior. There are ALWAYS GREY AREAS. Absent an actual confession from a miscreant, there are always multiple narratives, and some people will be predisposed to believe those that make them comfortable (akin to, but broader than, \"confirmation bias\"). Which is the entire bloody point of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and why I _revel_ in being called a \"social justice warrior\": I had my behind shot at defending them against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Much closer to the mark, it's also the point Kurosawa made in RASHOMON, but that's not a manly enough movie, I suppose. And it's unAmerican.\n\nI'm not going to dignify your unidentified source's misstatements of what happened at Occi with detailed comment, particularly since you've not provided a citation or complete context (and I know one of the outside consultants who reviewed the matter, and one of the prosecutors who would have been involved in any criminal matter; suffice it to say that the source appears to have the facts egregiously wrong). As a litigator, I find the particular ellipses in the longer \"extract\" quite disturbing and somewhat revealing... especially since no part of the extract actually verifies a false accusation, only a greater willingness to make accusations. Occam's Razor cuts the other way here: It is far more likely that more subjectively-justified accusations (even if, on balance, there wouldn't be enough objective evidence to convict beyond a reasonable doubt) were made because a psychological barrier to communicating those accusations had been removed than that accusers would go to the effort of making up knowingly false stories. And a failure to have \"any criminal charge, much less conviction\" is about the rules of evidence and standards of proof far more than it is about truth. Under that reasoning, since there were no criminal charges filed or convictions in most lynchings in 1950s and 1960s Mississippi and Alabama, those must have been false reports, right? Despite the strange fruit on the trees...\n\nI can say for sure that when I was an undergrad in the 90's, WAY more than 1 in 5 of my friends had been assaulted already (ranging from unwanted touching to forcible rape). I'd guess something approaching 2/3rds, but my memory might not be correct there. Certainly more than half. And this was just from the people I knew well enough to discuss these things with. Not a single one was reported (including the forcible rapes). No one wanted to deal with the shitstorm that comes when you are the accuser. As horrible as defending against false accusations for 18 months is, I imagine it is a lot worse to have your life revolve around a traumatic event you just want to get over for 18 months. I completely understand why people don't report. And I agree 100% that crimes should be investigated by the police, not by the university.\n\nNow, some of the unwanted touching definitely would fall into the \"I don't know how to say no, so I'll just grin and bear it\" variety where the assaulter may not even have been aware how undesired his actions were. Which is why education about proper communication is so important for everyone. But forcible rape is forcible rape (if you have to hold someone down or drug them, you know there is no consent). Every woman in science I knew as an undergrad had been verbally harassed to varying degrees (some enough to change departments to get away from it). When I visited grad schools, I was pulled aside at every one and told who not to be alone in a room with. Some professors had nicknames widely known among the students like \"the lecher\" and \"party in the sack\" which makes me extremely dubious that no one at all who was not a student knew about this.\n\nI am cautiously optimistic that things are better now, but I may have risen above the level that whisper networks can reach. That said, given the lack of non-gray area public cases of false accusation (he said/she said is just one kind of gray area--I really think that people worried about false accusations would get behind teaching people how to say no/how to ask for permission, which might help reduce some of those gray areas), I sincerely doubt that there is a plague of false harassment charges. Lack of witnesses it just to be expected--every time I was harassed, I was alone with my harasser. Its not like harassers don't know this is unacceptable behavior.\n\nSo US universities are more dangerous places not only than the worst ghettos of America but also legendary for their very much real and not imagined rape epidemic places like the Eastern Congo (you know, where a gang of a dozen or so rebel soldiers will shove a broken bottle up your private parts once they're done having their way with you, and where a few weeks later the government soldiers will repeat the exercise)?\n\nYeah, sure.\n\nWhat you are describing sounds exactly like the combination of imagined sexual assault due to the sexual hysteria that has engulfed campuses plus postcoital regrets, \"withdrawn consent\", etc. plus a very small percentage of actual rapes, that I am refering to.\n\nAnd malicious false accusations happen. How is it that I have seen them in real life on multiple occasions and it is not as if I work as an administrator or anything, I am just a regular academic. Plus there are many dozens of cases out there in public of exactly that same nature. People have been kicked out their PhD programs on imaginary or malicious charges. It happens all the time. As a revenge after dating for a long time, then breaking up. Subpar female students who would be kicked out of the program for poor academic performance using sexual assault charges as a tool to blackmail departments to give them their PhDs. People getting prosecuted by overzealous brainwashed Title IX administrators who think that men are the scum of the earth and have to punished at all opportunities for telling a joke. People getting prosecuted by crazy feminist Title IX administrators even though even the female in the case does not think what happened was sexual assault (the Title IX administrator basically coerces them into filing charges). Etc. etc. etc.\n\nP.S. I also wrote a rather lengthy post on the basic philosophical reasons why the only possible position for a scientist to adopt is anti-feminism. Should I take the lack of response to it as an implicit agreement with its arguments?\n\nPerhaps, GM, you should take the lack of response as \"This isn't our forum, and that's so far off topic that common courtesy requires DrugMonkey's response and not ours... and DrugMonkey is a working scientist with better things to do than respond to a rant with more unacknowledged shifting definitions than a typical creationist rant, let alone the actual logic problems.\" I'm just being civil in saying that. More likely the lack of response is because the rant is so looney that it's not worthy of a response, not even when you try the creationist \"But you didn't refute THIS argument so you're conceding it\" bit after making no prior attempt to refer to it when others responded to other bits of unsupported bloviation."}
-{"text": "Awards: Among others: \"Woman of the Year\" The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society nominee; Glynis was awarded the WILMA Award in the area of Business. This award is named after one of Denver's 1st Ladies, Wilma Webb & given by the Mountain Region Black Economic Summit.\n\nStory by: Nancy Koontz\n\nA day spent with \u201cAmerica\u2019s Waffle Queen\u201dTM, Glynis Albright, at her beautiful home makes for a magical day. We had her famous (trademarked) chicken & waffles for lunch on her perfectly groomed back deck; and as always, Mrs. Albright was a gracious hostess.\n\nWe talked about many worldly and heartwarming topics dear to both of us. Glynis has overcome a challenging childhood, serious illnesses, and raised two accomplished children with her internationally-recognized recording artist husband, saxophonist - Gerald Albright.\n\nBy the time Glynis was 10 years old, she was already known for her cooking and baking skills\u2026. and when you taste her food, you will see this woman has God given talents! (My favorite Glynis item is her Sweet Potato Pound Cake).\n\nWith her new branding as \u201cGlynis\u2019 Kitchen\u201d, Albright is well on the road of her personal journey \u201cseeking wellness options for all.\u201d Glynis\u2019 health-conscious baked goods with a \u201chealing through baking\u201d philosophy became even more enhanced when she got a certificate in nutritional therapy with an emphasis on enzymology from the \u201cInstitute for Alternative Medicine\u201d, and she also studied privately with a well-known practitioner.\n\nAlbright gets glowing reviews like this one sent to her everyday about her healthy products \u201cDerrick, my husband, used your poultry coating mix to fry green tomatoes, and they were so crispy & light, we loved every bite\u2026. Really yummy!!\u201d\n\nNot only are Glynis and Gerald talented, their daughter, Selina Albright is a singer-songwriter whose stage presence has undeniably commanded the attention of many fans. Selina Albright has graced the stage the world over with many artists such as George Duke, Brian Culbertson, Keiko Matsui, and David Benoit; Jonathan Butler, Dave Koz, David Sanborn, Kirk Whalum, Boney James, Jeff Kashiwa, Richard Elliot, Gianni Vancini, Eric Darius, trumpeters Hugh Masakela, Rick Braun and Patches Stewart; vocalists Chaka Khan, Will Downing, Eric Roberson, Regina Belle, Algebra Blessett, Tony Momrelle, and The Temptations to name a few\u2026. And \u2013 their highly athletic son, Brandon Albright, has made a name for himself as a semi-pro golfer; and he is currently a Video Producer at 360 Media and Owner/Videographer/Filmmaker/Editor at Snow Desert Productions.\n\nMrs. Albright is a woman for all ages, and gratefully says: \u201cThere is more to come! In addition to my other products, look for Glynis\u2019 Caramel Spice Syrup, Glynis' Beignet Mix, Glynis\u2019 Seafood Coating Mix, Glynis\u2019 Sour Cream Biscuits Mix\u2026. And it might just keep on going!\u201d Glynis Albright thrives on being the best she can be\u2026. And we hope she never stops making her heavenly products.\n\nWhen did you start making your world famous waffles? I would use our kitchen when I was growing up to prepare and bake all sorts of desserts and create new recipes. During college I started making waffles, pancakes, and cr\u00e9pes for my friends. Although I used a boxed mix then, I would always jazz it up my own way.\n\nYou and Gerald were sweethearts since junior high school. When did you get married? We were married after we attended college. As a young married couple, and due to a tight budget, we ate waffles with chicken, fish and shrimp as our dinner meal - as well as for breakfast. It was then that I started sharing this with friends who visited us.\n\nWhat was it like growing up in California? We had just relocated from New Orleans where I was so used to speaking to everyone who I\u2019d pass on the street. The folks in my California neighborhood would say: \u201cThat little girl sure is friendly!\u201d In addition to the sunny weather, there were earthquakes and the Santa Ana winds\u2026. It didn\u2019t take long for me to drop my southern accept and adopt that \u201cValley Girl\u201d jargon. Life was good. At 13 years old, I worked after school tutoring in math, and my pay was $2.00 an hour. I thought I was very cool!\n\nWhen were you diagnosed with your blood disease?\n\nIn 1993, I went in for surgery and blood tests revealed that my body was fighting a disease. I was diagnosed with a rare blood disease; and for the next few years, I underwent various therapies and surgeries.\n\nTell us more about M.A.N.E, (Making Advancements toward Nutritional Empowerment) the nonprofit organization you founded? I started M.A.N.E. (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to educate those affected by health challenges of the importance of nutrition in attaining and maintaining good health. We financially assist women and men in rebuilding their self-esteem and physical appearance following hair (mane) loss due to serious illness, the aftermath of various medications, and/or chemotherapy. Through my own experience as a leukemia survivor, I was forced to realize that hair, skin, teeth, nails, and weight were the five characteristics affected and uncontrolled due to the disease. Unfortunately, these elements are most judged by society. I made it my goal to assist others suffering from any health challenge by supplying free services in these areas.\n\nWhat was the next step so you could produce your products in larger volumes? By 2017, my mixes became a popular request. I decided it was time to share my creations with everyone. I worked carefully with a chemist to turn my recipes into formulas so that my waffle mix, coating mix, and syrup can be manufactured in larger volumes to ship all over the country.\n\nSo that\u2019s how you became \"America\u2019s Waffle Queen\"? Yes. I have been nicknamed \"the Waffle Queen\" for over 25 years by my friends. Unlike \"Aunt Jemima\" or \"Mrs. Butterworth\" who are fictional characters, I am a \u201creal person\u201d with my likeness stamped on every Glynis product, and the products are distributed by a company that I own. These characteristics set me apart from the other brands. In June 2018, I became \"America's Waffle Queen.\"\n\nWhat happened prior to becoming \"America's Waffle Queen\"? By the end of 2016, I had already created a logo, patented products, and sealed a manufacturing deal for the waffle and poultry coating mixes. The Caramel Spice Syrup is coming soon. I expanded my name and went even further with special and unique healthy formulas. I created \u201cJust Sweet Enough\u201d back in 1994, when I was going through my bout with leukemia. I quickly became known as one of the country's gurus for creating reduced sugar, low fat, and low sodium (but still delicious) desserts. I appeared on covers of several healthy magazines and spoke publicly about the importance of nutrition as it relates to healing. The Food Network heard about my products, and I appeared on a segment of \u201cRoad Tasted with The Neely\u2019s\u201d which ran for 4 years. That segment was dedicated to sharing my life and journey to wellness.\n\nI was also asked to prepare all of the gift items for principle music artists during the Democratic National Convention. I was asked to prepare my famous Chicken and Waffles for then presidential candidate, Mr. Barack Obama and his family.\n\nWasn\u2019t \u201cJust Sweet Enough\u201d the name of a gourmet shop you owned in California? Yes. My first \u201cJust Sweet Enough\u201d was more of a warehouse and shipping facility, and the second \u201cJust Sweet Enough\u201d became a place that welcomed the public to visit for tasting, healing, and empowerment. My products became known all over the country; the word was spreading. As time went on, \u201cJust Sweet Enough\u201d became a place that offered a healing service to anyone who walked in\u2026. not just those with various cancers.\n\nHow were your delicious \u201cCookie Dots\u201d born? They were born in 2003 through the need of a surgeon wanting treats for his patients who had just undergone a gastric bypass procedure. I also worked with Dr. MAL Fobi (creator of the Fobi Pouch) to find out the needs of his patients who were all morbidly obese. I was able to create a line of treats for his patients. These treats were also helpful for people enduring other health challenges as well. There are 6 flavors; the lemon and French vanilla are quite popular.\n\nHow did you, Gerald and your family find your way to Castle Pines Village? In 2005, we fell in love with the fresh air and mountain charm here in Castle Rock, CO which is so close to the \u201cMile High City.\u201d A dear realtor friend showed us our house here, and we immediately knew it was the perfect home. We just loved the neighborhood and the layout of the house was a perfect fit for our needs. And how can you beat all the beautiful wild life we see right here on our property!\n\nI understand you debuted your waffle and poultry mixes on a jazz cruise I\u2019ve always wanted to take - the \u201cDave Koz Mediterranean Cruise\u201d in 2017. It was wonderful! Every morning, the Queen's Lounge on the ship was packed with cruisers waiting for a taste of my creations! The reception after the cruise was held at Spaghettini's in Seal Beach, CA and is one of the most popular restaurants in Southern California that features most of the top artists on both the jazz ad R&B charts....Dave Koz is one of the partners. The reception was star-studded and completely over the top. Almost all of our friends and celebrity family members who had visited our home and/or ordered products were present. To add icing on the cake, they also performed to celebrate the release of the waffle and poultry coating mixes.\n\nYou have created a new marketing image for 2019? \"Glynis\u2019 Kitchen\" \u2013 and me - will be popping up/visiting all major cities in the US letting everyone know that I am \u201cAmerica\u2019s Waffle Queen\u201d sharing my delicious Chicken and Waffles and my other products with everyone. I recently signed on with LGlobal (a marketing/growth strategist firm) and have been RE-branded as Glynis\u2019 Kitchen. The firm is in the process of creating all tools needed to take \"Glynis\u2019 Kitchen\" to the next level with a new website, new branding, and appearances on various cruise lines, restaurants, and hotels sharing my famous comfort foods. LGlobal's CEO, LaVerne Daley, even came up with the perfect slogan for \"Glynis' Kitchen\" which I think describes what you and everyone else experienced when they visited our home. \"Star treatment with a downhome feel.\" That certainly describes the ambiance of \"Glynis' Kitchen\" wherever it pops up.\n\nGlynis, where do you see yourself 10 years from now? I see myself known all over the world as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Waffle Queen\u201d with the entire \"Glynis\u2019 Kitchen\" line of products available to everyone! I am hopeful to have my own television show \u201cInside Glynis\u2019 Kitchen\u201d by then with the release of my autobiography/cookbook which will be on the best seller list. I see myself continuing to do the things I usually do, but on a larger scale. Helping others through my nonprofit, M.A.N.E.\n\nGlynis is my favorite! I haven\u2019t had an opportunity to try her new line yet.Fern Wiliams\n17-Nov-18\n\nThese are the best things Waffle mix ever..Vanessa Landry\n07-Sep-18\n\nWhat a wonderful interview with the fabulous WaffleQueen\ud83d\udc51 Glynis Albright. I've ordered the Waffle Mix,\nThe Poultry Mix and the desserts. They all were delicious and top of the line. I pass on these products to everyone I can. I'm just happy and excited to be able to support such great products and such a great person. I can't wait for her other products to come along so I can order those too! You can tell with each bite that Glynis puts her heart into each product she makes and sells. She's gifted! The world will get a chance to taste and know the\nWaffleQueen\ud83d\udc51..I've known her since High School and she was gifted then too!\nSynthia Christmas LoftonSynthia Lofton\n06-Sep-18\n\nOnce I can afford to buy a waffle iron, I will definitely order Glynis Waffle mix \ud83d\ude0bJerry Brooks\n06-Sep-18"}
-{"text": "Silverhill School and Day Nursery\n\nExplorers Talk\n\nAt the beginning of term two Explorers came to give a talk to the children to kick-start our topic of \u2018Exploration\u2019 in the Spring term.\n\nDr Camilla Morelli is a childhood Anthropologist from Bristol University and her research explores the lives of indigenous children and youths growing up in\nAmazonia. Her work is based on the Matses people in Peru.\n\nSophie Marsh is an artist and animator and she travelled to Antarctica in the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton on the tall ship Star Clipper.\n\nAs well as their independent work and travel, both explorers worked together on a research project, Indigenous Animations, which was funded by the British Academy. In this project the children of the Matses tribe drew pictures of their lives and a short, animated film was made to explore how indigenous children and youth understand themselves in a changing world.\n\nThe children enjoyed meeting Dr Morelli and Sophie Marsh and they were full of questions at the end of the session. They were mesmerised by the very different\nlives that the Matses children live, in comparison to their own. They were given a real flavour of what the Antarctic is like and all the animals that Sophie saw on her trip.\n\nHere are a few of the children\u2019s reactions:\n\n\u201cI liked finding out about the Jaguar spirit and that the children were scared of the river dolphins\u201d \u2013 Grace. Year 4\n\n\u201cI liked finding out about the rainforest and I liked thefilm the children made\u201d \u2013 David Year 3\u201cI thought the video of the tall ship in the Antarctic sea swaying was amazing and Sophie was very brave\u201d \u2013 Petra Year 3\n\n\u201cI was surprised the Matse children were allowed to be independent at the age of 4 and didn\u2019t have to tell their parents where they were going\u201d Olivia Year 5\n\n\u201cIt was really interesting how the Matses tribe could come up with their own form of medicine\u201d \u2013 Alex Year 6"}
-{"text": "The Pentagon\u2019s Information Operations Roadmap is blunt about the fact that an internet, with the potential for free speech, is in direct opposition to their goals. The internet needs to be dealt with as if it were an enemy \u201cweapons system\u201d.\n\nThe 2003 Pentagon document entitled the Information Operation Roadmap was released to the public after a Freedom of Information Request by the National Security Archive at George Washington University in 2006. A detailed explanation of the major thrust of this document and the significance of information operations or information warfare was described by me here."}
-{"text": "IT Outsourcing\n\nPromotions\n\nDate: 16.03.2018\n\nThe most commonly cited reasons for outsourcing IT functions include:\u2022 Reducing IT costs through efficiencies and economies of scale on the part of the service provider.\u2022 Access to world-class IT skills, experiences and resources.\u2022 Removing non-core business.\u2022 Minimizing sizable capital expenditure on IT infrastructure.\u2022 Certainty of future IT spend.The potential downsides of outsourcing IT functions include:\u2022 A loss of control over a crucial business service.\u2022 A lack of flexibility in the services received.\u2022 Damage to staff morale/culture clashes (between the service provider and customer).\u2022 The distraction of having to manage the relationship with the service provider.\n\nIT Outsourcing Popular Functions\n\nThe typical IT organization spends five percent to six percent of its total IT budget on outsourcing services, regardless of size. Indeed, some maintain that company size is irrelevant when it comes to the benefits of IT outsourcing. IT outsourcing can be especially beneficial to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have a small or nonexistent IT organization.The most popular IT functions to outsource include data center operations, disaster recovery and Web site/e-commerce systems. Help desk, desktop support, data center operations and Web site/e-commerce systems are the fastest growing outsourced IT functions. Large organizations, especially, are making greater use of help desk outsourcing. Application maintenance, application development and data network operations service providers are making the smallest outsourcing gains. Application development is still the most frequently outsourced function, but has been losing ground in the current economic environment as IT organizations cut back on project-based work.The use of IT outsourcing is likely to grow in 2010. A recent survey conducted by the Gartner Group found that 85 percent of companies plan to increase or maintain their spending with external service providers (ESPs) when the economy gets better.\n\nDomestic and Offshore IT Outsourcing\n\nWhile the term IT outsourcing is often associated with sending IT functions overseas (i.e., offshoring), domestic IT outsourcing options are also available. In fact, the largest IT outsourcing providers in the world include giants like IBM, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC).In the UK, PeoplePerHour, Europe\u2019s largest online business marketplace, recently reported that while IT outsourcing is on the rise, businesses are increasingly turning to domestic vendors. PeoplePerHour\u2019s survey of its 50,000+ business users found that 60 percent of UK businesses were outsourcing more than they had several years ago, attributable at least in part to the downturn of the global economy, which led companies to seek cost efficiencies through outsourcing.Application development and application maintenance are the IT functions most frequently sent offshore, while disaster recovery and IT security are the two functions least likely to be sent to offshore vendors. India, China, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe are all popular choices for offshore IT outsourcing.\n\nIT Outsourcing Problems\n\nWhile outsourcing IT functions \u2013 whether domestic or offshore \u2013 seems attractive in terms of cost savings and other efficiencies, it can cause problems. Perhaps the most horrific example is IT outsourcing giant EDS\u2019s experience with the U.S. Navy. In a $4 billion deal, EDS (now HP Enterprise Services) was to manage voice, video, networking, training and desktops for 350,000 Navy and Marine Corps users. But a year later, EDS wrote off close to $350 million in losses on the deal. Among other problems, EDS had failed to recognize that the Navy and Marine Corps had tens of thousands of legacy and custom applications that it was expected to integrate or rip and replace. Meanwhile, the Navy had no single person or entity that could help EDS determine which legacy applications to keep and which to replace.Communication difficulties often arise in offshoring situations, while loss of institutional knowledge can be a problem with any sort of IT outsourcing. Businesses considering outsourcing IT functions rarely account for these costs.\n\nIT Outsourcing Planning\n\nThere are several steps organizations can take to help ensure successful execution of IT outsourcing:\u2022 Create a robust business case to support the decision to outsource with senior executive backing.\u2022 Know and understand your existing IT operation and what you seek to achieve by contracting external IT services from the service provider.\u2022 Know and understand your existing IT organization and its cost base so you can evaluate whether the pricing model proposed by the service provider offers value for money.\u2022 Consider what form of organization is best suited to meet your objectives.\u2022 Conduct due diligence on third party contracts and licenses to ensure that your licenses permit use by the service provider.\u2022 At the pre-contract stage and during contract negotiation, prepare and agree on an orderly transfer procedure so that the outsourced services can be transferred seamlessly back to you or another service provider at the end of the contract.\u2022 Legally, be prepared to negotiate the details of the outsourcing transaction so that the terms can be documented in the services agreement.https://www.datamation.com/career/article.php/3875026/IT-Outsourcing.htm\n\nAbout us\n\nThe news portal about the needs of global companies in IT services teams on outsourcing and working\non the territory, trends in demand for services in the IT field, interviews with company managers,\nincluding recruitment agencies, reviews, analytics, forecasts. 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-{"text": "More energy back and forth\n\nFrom NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-TreworgyNEWPORT, Mich. -- After touring the Enrico Fermi Nuclear facility here this afternoon, McCain stood in the shadows of the plant's cooling towers and gave a brief statement on the need to expand nuclear power. But first he found some time to respond to Obama's newest line of attack.\n\n\"I saw that Sen. Obama's latest attack is got to do with oil and campaign contributions,\" McCain said. \"I think he might be a little bit confused because when the energy bill came to the floor of the senate, full of goodies and breaks for the oil companies; I voted against it. Sen. Obama voted for it. People care, not only what you say, but how you vote.\"\n\nCampaign aides said McCain was responding to charges in the ad released yesterday by the Obama campaign and not to his opponent's latest charge. Today, Obama alleged that McCain's energy plan has helped him raise money from oil companies.\n\n\"While Sen. McCain's plan won't save you at the pump any time soon, I have to say this, it sure has raised him a lot of campaign dollars,\" Obama said today in Youngstown, Ohio. \"Sen. McCain raised more than $1 million from the oil industry just last month. Most of it came after he announced his plan for offshore drilling to a room full of oil executives.\"\n\nIn his remarks today, McCain tried to shift the energy argument back towards the Democratic congress and its \"refusal\" to vote on offshore drilling.\n\n\"I noticed that there's confusing now information from Senator Obama as to whether he actually supports offshore drilling or not,\" McCain said. \"The fact is we have to drill here and we have to drill now and we have to drill immediately. And it has to be done as quickly as possible and I believe that it's vital that we move forward with that regardless of what we do on other energy issues.\"\n\nHe then called on congress to end their summer vacation early and reconvene to address the issue of America's dependence on foreign oil. As president, McCain said he would call them back into session and \"keep calling them back until they act on behalf of the interests of the American people in this compelling national security issue, and it's time we got serious about energy independence.\"\n\nToday's tour was scheduled at nuclear facility with a less than stellar safety record, which opened the door for McCain's opponents to poke holes in his argument that nuclear power is completely safe. He said in his remarks that his experience with nuclear energy goes back to his service on the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, \"I knew it was safe then, and I know it's safe now.\"\n\nBut as many Democratic groups were quick to point out, one of the Fermi plant's two nuclear reactors suffered a partial fuel meltdown in 1966 and is in the process of being decommissioned. Several years ago, Fermi 2 -- the plant currently in operation -- was also shut down due to a leak, but no evidence of external radiation leakage was found. According to the pool report of McCain's tour, the plant was also shut down last February but has been in operation since."}
-{"text": "Riedel Magnum Decanter\n\nEnhance your enjoyment of fine wines by decanting them into this classic serving vessel. Proportioned to hold a magnum of wine (or the contents of two standard 750-ml. bottles), it promotes full clarity in older vintages while giving younger ones a chance to open up and develop. The sleek, contemporary shape complements most stemware, making the decanter ideal for both casual and formal entertaining. The sparkling lead-crystal decanter is crafted in Germany by Riedel, a family-owned company famous for fine glassware since 1756. Dishwasher safe. 60-oz. cap., 10 1/2\" high.\n\nUse & Care\n\nWash under warm water; detergent is not necessary.\n\nAllow to air dry.\n\nFor extra shine, steam over boiling water.\n\nIf desired, carefully polish with a lint free cloth.\n\nNever twist the base and bowl.\n\nShipping\n\nShipping Information\n\nUPS can deliver most in-stock items within 4-5 business days.\n\nShipping Rates\n\nNext Day Delivery\n\nFor an additional charge of $17.50 per address, we can expedite delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.\n\nOrders received by 9:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.\n\nReturn Policy\n\nAt Williams-Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction are our priority. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement.\n\nIf within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).\n\nFor all cutlery returns (knife sets, single knives, cutting boards, knife sharpeners, and knife storage) please contact us at 888.922.4108 to initiate the return.\n\nWe cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, custom upholstery, food, items shipped direct from the vendor, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. Final sale items ending in .97 or .99 cannot be returned.\n\nMade to Order and Final Sale Furniture items are non-returnable, and cannot be cancelled once the order is placed.\n\nFor returns of items purchased from your Williams-Sonoma Gift Registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later. View Full Return Policy."}
-{"text": "Zombie at the Gates\n\nEither scripts and active content are not permitted to run or Adobe Flash Player version\n11.3.0 or greater is not installed.\n\nKing's castle was destroyed by zombies, it's time to create a new lock! Extracting resources, destroy obstacles encountered on the way, fend off the zombies at the gates. Create the most powerful castle to resist the zombie attack. Zombie at the Gates has been added to ActionDefenseZombie categories."}
-{"text": "Sino Steroids Pharmaceutical (Nanjing) Co.,Ltd. established in 2015, Jiangsu province is a high and new tech enterprise specialized in the research, development, manufacturing and trade of Steroid hormone APIs,intermediates and others APIs lab scale. Due to our powerful technical support, Sino Steroids has cooperated with many colleges and universities in China. We specialized in producing various kinds of hormone with different scales.\nMain products include:\nBudesonide, Betamethasone, Dexamethasone, Estraiol, Fluoromethalone,Diflorasone, Diflucortolone,Halobetasol propionate,Testosterone, Propionate,Fluticasone,Estriol,Progesterone,Megestrol, Cypionate,Hydrocortisone,\nAfatinib,Dehydroepiandrosterone,Bosutinib,Canertinib,Crizotinib,Pazopanib,Tacrolimus,Apixaban,Rivaroxaban,\nTeneliglipt.."}
-{"text": "Archives\n\nOsprey Games to Publish Odin\u2019s Ravens\n\nWhat in the name of all that is good and sweet in Odin\u2019s beard!?!\nLooks like Osprey Games is going to be bringing back the classic game Odin\u2019s Ravens to print. The game has gone through some tough times recently and Osprey hopes to get it back on track.\n\nThe game was up on Kickstarter not so long ago. And, despite funding, backers didn\u2019t actually end up getting their game. That\u2019s the first thing that Osprey hopes to set right.\nPhilip Smith, Osprey Games\u2019 Games Manager, said, \u201cWhile we have no connection to the Odin\u2019s Ravens Kickstarter, the simple fact is that a lot of people who supported the game had been stung. Right from the start of our discussions, we knew that we wanted to do the right thing by those backers, and I am very pleased to be able to say that we are going to be offering a free copy of the game to anyone who backed the Kickstarter. Regrettably, we do have to charge shipping, but we\u2019re delighted the backers can finally get the game they deserve. Osprey will be releasing further details on how backers of the Kickstarter can receive their free copy closer to the release date.\u201d\n\nAfter that, the game will be available for general release in February of 2016."}
-{"text": "How to merge excel files or combine excel files into a single sheet from a different workbook using excel macro is the topic of this blog.\n\nBut in the earlier blog, we have covered how to merge data in a single sheet when the data are coming from the same sheet.\n\nPlease see this link for a detailed description of the mode (how to combine sheets with the same name to one) The add-in is a shareware, but it has a 15-day fully-funtional trial version (download button at the top of the page), so you can merge thousands of your workbooks for free :) The selected worksheets will be moved or copied from the original workbook into your \"Master\" workbook. Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).\n\nJust close the source wookbook and do it again with the next one, until you've collected all the worksheets you care about into one large wookbook. Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead?\n\nAt the same time, a small piece of macro code will do the trick to merge excel files for you even though you are not a programmer.\n\nAll you need to know is how to paste the VBA code and run it.\n\nClose True Filename = Dir Loop Msg Box \"All the files are copied and pasted in Book1.\" End Sub and close the workbook.You can use Excel's Consolidate feature to consolidate your worksheets (located in one workbook or multiple workbooks) into one worksheet. If you check Create links to source data, Excel creates a link to your source data (your consolidated data will be updated if your source data changes) and creates an outline. Below you can find the workbooks of three districts. On the Data tab, in the Data Tools group, click Consolidate. For example, cell B2 (in distric1.xlsx) cell B2 (in district2.xlsx) cell B2 (in district3.xlsx).\n\nNote: if you don't check Top row and Left column, Excel sums all cells that have the same position.It automatically selects the same range so long as each subsequent worksheet has the same layout (i.e., the table begins at the same cell as ours at \u2018B2\u2019). In this, we got a single table that shows the sum for all tables being consolidated."}
-{"text": "Nomad 7 Compact Solar Panel\n\nRechargeable solar panel features both USB and 12V output.\n\nMono-crystaline solar panel array collects power on the go. Foldable nylon construction for ultimate portability, so you can power up your handheld devices anywhere the sun shines. The Nomad Compact Solar Panel is also water resistant with four sturdy grommets for hanging, and a built in pocket for additional accessory storage. Also includes three aluminum support rods for rigidity during charging."}
-{"text": "As we can see with this opening black church choir, we can see what this convention is going to be all about. All black all the time, to try to shut the Bern people up, by casting their opposition as anti-black racism. Remember, black voters provided her the margin vs Bern, and opposing her is going to be cast as also opposing black people. Tomorrow will be the cavalcade of thug mamas, Ma Trayvon and Ma Gentle Giant.\n\n25072016\n\nAlex the Goon(21:10:35) :\n\nWhich convention is going Dark, again?\n\n26072016\n\nOlorin(01:32:30) :\n\nThe point it to rile up blacks then hand them over to the white man in the OO. Setting the tone for the 2017 Congress and courts."}
-{"text": "Nubbins Monthly Pool Tournament\n\nA series of monthly pool tournaments held at Duke's Bar and Grill in Saratoga Wyoming. Tournament starts at 7pm Friday and resumes at 1pm Saturday. $30.00 entry fee.\n\nThis tournament is double elimination with no players being eliminated Friday night. Each month will be different types of pool games such as 8-ball, 10-ball, Saratoga and a mixture of singles and doubles. Please call Chris Duke at 307-710-3853 or Monte Thayer at 307-710-1447."}
-{"text": "Teeth Whitening Freckleton\n\nTeeth Whitening in Freckleton\n\nAbout Us in Freckleton...\n\nMC Teeth Whitening provide cosmetic mobile LED teeth whitening throughout the whole of the North West specialising in the Freckleton and surrounding areas. MC Teeth Whitening use nothing but the very latest technology mixed with much experience to perform:\n\n- A result of up to 18 shades lighter with our teeth whitening lamp & session with gauranteed results.\n\n- On going support before, during and after your teeth whitening session.\n\n- Non peroxide gel is used therefore there is no chance of sensitivity during or after the session.\n\n- We offer flexible appointment days and times for Teeth Whitening sessions including evenings and weekends, always working around you.\n\nWether you drink coffee or alcohol, eat stainful foods or smoke - Call us today for more information or to book your Teeth Whitening session in Freckleton on 07516 526741.\n\nWhats Your Reason...\n\n- Do you want to feel more confident and never be embarrassed by your teeth again?\n\n- Maximise your looks for a wedding, interview, audition or even just a big night out?\n\n- Get rid of nicotine stains?\n\n- Had your braces removed? Now your teeth are straight, make them perfect!\n\nWhat ever your reason, let us impress you with your dream smile in just a single session at the very best price. Call us now on - 07516 526741.\n\nWhat Our Customers Think in Freckleton...\n\n\"Session went great and very good prices, I thought id need a few sessions but 1 did it.\""}
-{"text": "Crozscore:\n\nCrozscore:\n\nSoftware Description:\n\nThird Light is fast and comprehensive Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform, that is cloud-deployed, with the mobile native app for iOS devices. Its main purpose is to organize, tag, locate, share, update and download digital media.\n\nThis way, users can reach their digital assets quickly from a single platform. They are easily searched and browsed, based on captions, keywords, location, time, date, and tagging. Third Light comes with a user-friendly interface and a number of tools for editing, tagging, converting, and sharing files.\n\nThe software is web-based, works on all desktop operating systems, plus iOS-based devices. Prices are flexible, integrations and API are also available, so it can seamlessly work with most-used business apps, FTP services, social media channels and CMS platforms.\n\nSoftware Description:\n\nWith BoostHQ, content is organized into topic specific channels and can be shared from all the sources you already use (Safari, Dropbox, Youtube, Google Docs, etc) and receive feedback and analytics on the content your team finds useful. It allows you to index your content and make it accessible to employees at working site.\n\nEdith and share your work with embedded Google Drive. Extract the expertise from everyone in your team and create a hub of information that moves your work forward. Available on both web and mobile, employees can easily access and contribute information to the platform on the go."}
-{"text": "sciencehabit writes: Last month, physicists working with the world's highest-energy atom-smasher reported possible evidence of the long-sought Higgs boson, the last missing piece of scientists' standard model of fundamental particles and the key to physicists' explanation of how all particles get their mass. Today, however, the same two teams reported that, with more data, those signs appear slightly weaker, suggesting that they could be a statistical fluctuation in the \"background\" produced by decays of familiar particles. Still, the curious excess of possible Higgs bosons remains."}
-{"text": "Thursday, April 3, 2008\n\nVisionaire SOUND consists of five 12-inch vinyl records, imprinted with images (picture discs), containing approximately 100 minutes of sound content featuring audio experiments, unreleased songs, samples, and spoken word pieces. The 5 records are packaged inside a domed case that also houses a custom-made MINI Clubman \"Vinyl Killer\" Record Player: a battery-operated toy car containing speakers and a needle. As the little car drives along the records groove, it plays each track, acting as a fully portable record player and sound system. The issue also includes 2 CD's with all the sound content, and a booklet of credits and instructions."}
-{"text": "Apple iPad 2 rugged case showdown\n\nSummary: It's that time of year when the rain and wind impact our outside activities. The Apple iPad has thousands of applications and many are available for those of us working and playing in the outside environment. For coaches like myself, we need some kind of case to protect our devices while also allowing us to manage our teams in practice and games. I took a look at three different rugged iPad 2 cases and have selected a case that fits my needs.\n\nThree case manufacturers sent in products for evaluation in the outside elements, including OtterBox, Griffin Technology, and Gumdrop Cases. Make sure to check out my full review on ZDNet Mobile Gadgeteer to see which one I selected as my preferred case.\n\nThe OtterBox Defender Series case has been a standard in rugged cases for years.\n\nThere are four parts to the OtterBox Defender Series case, including a front frame piece, rear plastic cover, silicone wrap, and final outside plastic frame that doubles as a stand.\n\nThe front plastic frame piece wraps a bit over the top of your iPad 2.\n\nThe back clear plastic piece has some soft material inserts and openings for the speaker and bottom apple connector.\n\nThe front and back pieces latch together securely.\n\nThere is a large hinged opening for the back piece that lets you access the connecton port.\n\nThe outer silicone wrap piece has openings for ports, the camera, and other accessible areas. Note that ports have covers that can be pressed into place.\n\nThe back silicone piece has an opening for the Apple logo on the back, but remember there is a clear plastic piece underneath protecting it too.\n\nThere is an opening in the silicone for the speaker on the back.\n\nThe final piece of the OtterBox can be converted into a stand for two different viewing positions.\n\nThe outer plastic piece can be a stand and also attached on the front or back for more protection while transporting your iPad 2.\n\nThe front of your iPad 2 doesn't get much protection from the OtterBox Defender case, but the outer edges are well protected. OtterBox does include a self-adhesive screen protector, but unlike the other rugged cases it is not a part of the case system and is a separate screen protector.\n\nThe OtterBox Defender does wrap around the main iPad 2 button with silicone material also in place over the plastic.\n\nGriffin Technology has a Survivor case with integrated stand that comes in black and pink. I didn't get the pink one to evaluate :)\n\nThe back of the Griffin Survivor case details the testing standards that the case was certified for. Note that this case meets US Military Standard Mil-STD-810F.\n\nThe wind and rain standard is important to me as a soccer coach in Washington State where half of our season is spent playing in the rain. As you can see the case was tested in rain for 1 hour at 7.8 inches/hour.\n\nThe iPad 2 is an expensive piece of gear and occasional drops are expected if you carry it around with you. Thankfully, the case was tested to withstand a drop of 6 feet to a concrete floor. I wasn't willing to test my $829 iPad 2 by dropping it myself, but feel free to do so yourself :)\n\nThere are sealed ports in the case and the sand/dust test conditions were 3 hours at up to 59 feet/second. I appreciate this protection since there are times when dirt is blowing around where I work.\n\nIf you are blowing through the woods on an ATV then you are likely subjecting your iPad to some heavy vibration. This test was conducted over 18 hours at 20-2000 Hz and the silicone piece helps absorb these vibrations.\n\nThe Griffin Technology Survivor case also has four pieces; front with integrated screen protector, back frame piece, silicone outer piece, and a small stand piece that secures to the case.\n\nThe front frame piece has a durable plastic screen protector and it fits snugly on the front of your iPad 2. As you can see there are opening for the front facing camera and main button.\n\nThe back hard plastic shell snaps tightly with the front frame piece. It was actually pretty difficult to get the two pieces apart and get my iPad 2 out, but that is what you want for optimal protection. Notice there are openings for the camera, speaker, and bottom charging/connection port.\n\nHere you can get a closer view of some of the back piece openings.\n\nThere is an opening for the rear camera and other buttons on the iPad 2 as well.\n\nThe silicone outer piece is secured to the black plastic frame pieces by inserting the silicone attachment points into openings in the plastic frame.\n\nHere you can see the front with all four pieces attached to the case. The display is well protected from the elements by the integrated protector.\n\nHere is a shot of the back with the case pieces all assembled. Note that there are silicone covers for the ports and the stand attaches to either side of the case.\n\nThe plastic stand can be opened for viewing your iPad 2 in landscape orientation.\n\nThe iPad 2 with the stand holding it up.\n\nThis back view shows that the stand does not come out a long ways, but still is fairly stable.\n\nYou can see how nicely the silicone and plastic are integrated together in the case.\n\nPorts and other parts of your iPad 2 are covered by silicone plugs and flaps.\n\nThe speaker and charging port are covered by flaps.\n\nHere is a shot of those same flaps closed and secured for maximum protection.\n\nGumdrop Cases sent along two of their Drop Series cases, one in white and one in military green. They also offer them in pink, black, and black/red.\n\nHere is a photo of the white one in retail packaging.\n\nThe military edition is Army green.\n\nThere are four pieces to these cases too; polycarbonate front and frame, screen protector frame, polycarbonate back frame, and outer silicone skin. The only difference between the two I tested was the outer silicone skin color.\n\nThe screen protector frame sets on the front and then the front frame piece attaches directly to it and fits snugly on the iPad 2. In other cases the screen protector piece is part of the front frame.\n\nThere are openings along the plastic frame for all ports, cameras, and other parts. The slits you see in the plastic are where the silicone outer shell attaches.\n\nThere are also openings on the back plastic frame piece for all ports.\n\nThere is a speaker opening on the back. Notice the arrow pieces sticking up along the center of the back? These are where the silicone attaches to help keep it tight to the case back.\n\nThe silicone shell attaches to the back with some ports being protected with hinged plugs. Areas such as the camera are always available and open. There is no protection for the camera though.\n\nHere is a shot showing where those arrow pieces hold the silicone in place.\n\nAs you can see the back silicone skin has high ridges and give the case a tough look.\n\nHere is a back view of the assembled case.\n\nThere is a speaker grille in the silicone so there is the potential for water and dust to get in through this opening.\n\nThere silicone wraps around the front and covers the iPad 2 button. I found it to move in and out of this too easy at times.\n\nThe silicone attaches securely through all of the slits in the black plastic frame.\n\nMatthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 200 d...\nFull Bio\n\nDisclosure\n\nMatthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadgeteer at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on eBay or Swappa to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as &#8220;long term loaner units&#8221 this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews."}
-{"text": "Pauline Bradshaw\n\nClassical oil paintings and charcoal drawings in the tradition of the old masters. Recently appeared on Bravo television's 'Star Portraits'.\n\nFollowing the traditions of generations of great painters, Pauline Bradshaw has dedicated many years to the intensive study of classical art. As a student, she was granted rare access to HRH Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s private library at Windsor Castle to research and copy selected old master drawings.\n\n\u201cI'm inspired by classical drawings and paintings from the legendary 19th century French and British ateliers. There was a compelling dedication to technique and uncompromising craftsmanship in their work. My training has allowed me to continue in this tradition and I try to convey this passion in my work.\u201d\n\nShe paints a meticulous representation of reality with immense subtlety in composition and technique. Ordinary objects are elevated to a poetic awareness. In still-life, there is a suggestion of deep space in opposition to the familiar foreground objects. In figurative works, edges are endlessly interesting to create a visual dialogue.\n\nBradshaw passes along her extensive knowledge of academic techniques in private studio classes and workshops including the National Gallery of Canada. Her paintings and drawings can be found in private collections in Canada, the United States, Britain and Italy.\n\nShe is a member of the Society of Canadian Artists, the International Guild of Realism and an inaugural member of the newly formed group of Canadian realist"}
-{"text": "Retro Comic Book Ads #2\n\nOld comic books often act as a time capsule. They\u2019re full of advertisements of products from long ago. Some are still with us, while others are not. I often like to crack open the pages of a long forgotten comic book and just browse the advertisements found inside with which to take a trip back in time to another era. Let\u2019s open another one of those time capsules here today.\n\nThe \u201ctime capsule\u201d for this trip back in time is a copy of Iceman #1, from Marvel Comics in 1984. It was the first issue of his first mini-series, and I imagine this mini-series was created to capitalize on the character\u2019s popularity from the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friendscartoon.\n\nThe first ad we come across is a real eye opener. It\u2019s for the Mario Bothers home video game for the Atari 2600 system. It\u2019s hard to think of a Mario game being on any system besides one from Nintendo, but this is from before Nintendo was launched in the USA and Mario took over the video gaming world. This version of the game for Atari was an arcade port to the home system.\n\nNow we\u2019ve got an ad for the new Saturday morning cartoon lineup on CBS. I used to love these things when I would come across them as a kid. I would get so pumped up and excited for the new cartoons, and just the fact that reruns were coming to an end and we were about to start getting new episodes again.\n\nThe CBS lineup for the fall of \u201984 had some gems in it. Muppet Babies, Dungeons and Dragons, and Get Along Gang were all favorites of mine. I also see blurbs for Q*Bert, Pole Position, and , so the lineup was video game heavy.\n\nThe main attraction for the ad though is Richard Pryor, whose new show Pryor\u2019s Placewas solidly featured in the lineup. I never watched Pryor\u2019s Place, so I have no idea if I missed anything or not.\n\nMarvel\u2019s Secret Wars action figures hit the market first in 1984, and then a second series followed in 1985. The action figure line was well received by kids and fans of the comics, and one of the reasons why were the lenticular images on the shields that came with the toys. You can see this feature being demonstrated on the page above.\n\nI was a little young for the comic story itself, but I remember having some of the figures, specifically Iron Man, Magneto, and Dr. Doom. I may or may not have owned Wolverine. I want to say yes, but this could be a case of me wanting it so badly, and playing with it at a friend\u2019s house making me remember something that isn\u2019t true.\n\nWe\u2019ve got another Saturday morning cartoon lineup, this time featuring the shows of NBC. Looking at this lineup, I can tell you right now that my young self was glued to NBC on Saturday mornings at this time.\n\nI loved The Snorks, The Smurfs are easily in my top 5 favorite cartoons of all time, Alvin and the Chipmunks were a solid performer throughout it\u2019s run, Mister T is an underrated classic, and Spider-Man is another on my short list of favorites. The shows on CBS that we saw earlier had stiff competition from this lineup.\n\nNow we come to what I like to refer to as the \u201cgeneric ads\u201d section of the comic book. Here is where you would find all the cool sounding stuff, but more times than not, you\u2019d be disappointed with what you got if you ordered any of this stuff. Matter of fact, my friend Kurt Demarais published a book about all of these toys and gadgets you\u2019d find advertised in the comic pages.\n\nThe Karate Self Defense ad looks like something I would have been drawn too in my wimpy years, and I\u2019m sure the ad for \u201cSemi-Precious Gems\u201d would have set my business mind in motion as I tried to think of ways to buy and then resell them. And last but not least, the ad for the switch blade items brings back some memories. Anyone who was anyone at my school had the switchblade comb. You just weren\u2019t cool if you didn\u2019t.\n\nAs was typical with comics back in the day,you would almost always find an ad page inside with the publishers hawking their monthly subscriptions. I wasn\u2019t into comic books back when this issue was on the stands, but if I had been\u2026and had the money, I would have subscribed to several of the titles listed.\n\nAmazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, G.I. Joe, Iron Man, and Star Wars are some of the titles I see listed that I like to go back and read the issues of from the 80\u2019s. Having the subscription back then would have made life a lot easier. Was this really all the titles they were putting out then, or did some not make this list?\n\nNow I don\u2019t recall ever reading any of these Endless Quest books, but I was a huge fan of Choose Your Own Adventure books, and the Lone Wolf series, both of which gave you the power of choice in your reading. It seems like a book in this style would do really well as a blog, where readers could click on which action they wanted to take.\n\nAnd last we have an ad for Frogger II Threedeep video game. I played the original Frogger, but never any sequel. It looks like this was available for Atari 2600 as well as the iconic Commodore 64 and ColecoVision systems. Looks like it was the same basic concept, only this time you had levels underwater and in the air along with the surface which was featured in the first game.\n\nWell, that\u2019s another comic book time capsule opened and browsed through. I hope you\u2019ve enjoyed it, and I hope you saw something that stirred some old memories. If it did, drop us a line in the comments and tell us what your memories are of any of this stuff.\n\n(No comic book was harmed in the making of this article. Actually, that\u2019s not true. One copy of Iceman #1 was dissected and suffered irreparable harm .)\n\nI love all the limited series books from mid-80s Marvel, so I am very familiar with these ads, but I had yet to see this Iceman book. I definitely had a switchblade comb, so I'm glad I would have been welcome at your school.\n\nThis is such a cool look back in time. It's really jarring to see Mario advertised as being on a system other than Nintendo. He's so tied to Nintendo's systems these days that it's just weird thinking about playing one of his games on anything but a Nintendo system."}
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-{"text": "Recapture the glamour of travel with an iconic Transatlantic crossing aboard the world\u2019s last passenger ocean liner\n\nMost Read\n\nThis Sunday, Samsung\u2019s new 9 Series will be revealed with a promise to \u201creimagine\u201d the camera. But, with all the cellphone makers giving us big ideas as selling points, wouldn\u2019t it be nice if they gave us the basics instead?\n\nMost Read\n\nWanted\u2019s guide to six of the finest whiskies\n\nWhisky, often called the nectar of the gods (and understandably so), originated in Ireland and Scotland, where it evolved over centuries from humble beginnings to the globally popular drink it is today. We browsed through the whisky portfolios of these two countries to find the best of the best\n\nWords:\nPatrick LeClezio\n\nWhisky, the nectar of the gods\nImage:\n123RF / Donato Fiorentino\n\nName: The Glenlivet, Founder\u2019s Reserve\n\nNose: Citrus fruit, sweet orange\n\nPalate: Zesty orange, pear, toffee apples\n\nFinish: Long, creamy, smooth\n\nHistory: The Glenlivet, Scotland\u2019s first licensed distillery and industry ground breaker, is synonymous with Scotch whisky and its history. \u201cThe Glenlivet is the original,\u201d says South African brand ambassador Isaac Pooe. \u201cIt\u2019s been the Original Speyside Single Malt since 1824, setting the benchmark in taste, heritage, and exploration ever since.\u201d Master distiller Alan Winchester, at the helm since 2009, has helped to entrench the brand as one of the world\u2019s leading single malts. The inception of Founder\u2019s Reserve has been the most compelling development of recent years: a multi-vintage whisky that triumphs with its ambitious trifecta of affordability, accessibility, and interest.\n\nWanted Says: Fruit compote in silky porridge.\n\nThe Glenlivet, Founder\u2019s Reserve\nImage:\nSupplied\n\nName: Midleton, Redbreast\n\nNose: Spicy, fruity aroma, with toasted wood notes\n\nPalate: Spicy, creamy, fruity, sherry, and toasted notes\n\nFinish: The complex flavours linger on the palate\n\nHistory: Single-pot stills preside across Ireland. This once-dominant style, made from both malted and unmalted barley, is staging a rousing comeback, led by the Midleton Distillery. Midleton\u2019s muscular pot-still portfolio \u2014 crafted by a team under various masters, including Billy Leighton (blending) and Brian Nation (distilling) \u2014 is making the rich, fruity, and spicy band of the flavour spectrum its own. Redbreast, the backbone of the style, is now the world\u2019s best-selling single-pot still. The range numbers five delicious, aged expressions, but the 12-year-old remains the paterfamilias, exercising authority over both its stable and style through sheer force of character.\n\nWanted Says: Every day is Christmas with this baked melange of dark fruits.\n\nMidleton, Redbreast\nImage:\nSupplied\n\nName: Aberlour, A\u2019bunadh\n\nNose: Soft and rounded, with fruity notes of red apple\n\nPalate: A fine, sherried character, with ginger spice.\n\nFinish: Warming and lingering \u2014 sweet and slightly spicy.\n\nHistory: Aberlour (pronounced Aber-lauer) has a special place among the country\u2019s gems. This distillery, founded by James Fleming in 1879, boasts a culture of continuity and tradition.\n\nThe acclaimed A\u2019bunadh, a mouthful in every sense, was recreated from a bottle dating back to 1898. And distilling chief Douglas Cruickshank, along with most of his team, has been forging these exceptionally balanced whiskies for about 25 years, notably including the metronomic 12-year-old.\n\nWanted Says: A ripe plum of a whisky that\u2019ll never let you down.\n\nAberlour, A\u2019bunadh\nImage:\nSupplied\n\nName: Powers, Signature Release\n\nNose: Crisp, herbal notes with nutmeg, fig, and pepper\n\nPalate: Vanilla with black liquorice and cinnamon\n\nFinish: Long, wonderfully complex honey and spice\n\nHistory: James Power established a distillery at John\u2019s Lane in Dublin in 1791, and Powers whiskey holds the distinction of being the first bottled whiskey in the world. Since then it\u2019s built a reputation for bold to bursting, flavoursome whiskeys, one of latest examples of which is its Signature Release.\n\nWanted Says: A punchy combination of orchard fruits and sweet spices\n\nPowers, Signature Release\nImage:\nSupplied\n\nName: Spot Whiskeys, Yellow Spot\n\nNose: Honey and peaches from the Malaga casks\n\nPalate: Honey sweetness with pot still spices\n\nFinish: A mix of red grape and dry barley on exit\n\nPowers: The Spot Whiskeys were named after the method of identifying the age of the casks used for their maturation \u2014 that is by daubing them with a spot of coloured paint. Yellow Spot, with its unusual mix of bourbon, sherry, and Malaga cask influences, delivers a succulent sweetness is that is uniquely special.\n\nWanted Says: A dripping honey pot infused with fruit and spice.\n\nSpot Whiskeys, Yellow Spot\nImage:\nSupplied\n\nName: Midleton, Midleton\n\nNose: Elegant aroma of vanilla and toasted oak\n\nPalate: Light pepper carries onto fresh citrus sweetness\n\nFinish: The full spectrum of flavours lasts into the finish\n\nHistory: Its eponymous whiskey is also the distillery\u2019s most premium, with good reason. Whereas the others are overtly demonstrative, Midleton runs to subtlety, complexity, and refinement. The Barry Crockett Legacy takes its name from the distillery\u2019s long-serving, now retired master distiller, a pivotal figure in the resurgence of Irish whiskey.\n\nWanted Says: Sweet creaminess and autumn leaves one moment, treacly honey, tart fruits, and tangy candy the next. It reveals one delight after the next \u2014 drink it in slow reflection of time well spent."}
-{"text": "Authorities evacuated The Glen apartment complex across the street from Cal State San Bernardino for about four hours after receiving a threat against the school Tuesday, Feb. 20, San Bernardino police said.\n\nSan Bernardino police Lt. Mike Madden said officers responded to the threat about noon, and a detective and officer spotted an object that looked like a military-grade ordnance.\n\nBut once police served a warrant to search the room of a student in the campus housing complex, they found no explosives or other illegal possessed weapons, according to a police news release.\n\nInstead, the male student was taken for a mental health evaluation. He was not identified by name.\n\nThe student \u201chad made multiple concerning statements to his family and mental health workers,\u201d according to the news release.\n\nPolice investigators went to make contact with the student to assess the validity of his statements about 12:20 p.m.\n\nInitially, the student granted access to his room. The officers saw what appeared to be military-grade ordnance in his room, and a holster, despite the fact that he was temporarily restricted from possessing firearms, according to the news release.\n\nThe area at 1831 West Northpark was cleared and the evacuation lifted just before 5 p.m. after investigators reported there were no continuing threats at the complex.\n\nA tweet from the university said there was no risk to the school community.\n\nSteve Ramirez writes about public safety issues including criminal justice and fires in Inland Southern California. He previously covered high schools, college football and motor sports for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune since 1989. He's a big fan of Buddy Holly and loves World War II movies.\n\nGail Wesson has covered news for The Press-Enterprise for decades, mostly in Riverside County, with occasional forays across the county line. Datelines on her stories span the county \u2013 from the state agricultural inspection station in Blythe, to the Circle in Corona, the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Mira Loma, Temecula before there were traffic signals and to the highest point in the county, Mount San Jacinto. Most of her time has been spent covering local governments or how county, state or federal government affects communities. Breaking news, from floods to wild land fires and the consequences of disasters, watchdog reporting, criminal courts coverage and environmental explainers on water rights/supply issues and why bald eagles and San Bernardino kangaroo rats should be saved are icing on her news cake.\n\nJoin the Conversation\n\nWe invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.\n\nIf you see comments that you find offensive, please use the \u201cFlag as Inappropriate\u201d feature by hovering over the right side of the post, and pulling down on the arrow that appears. Or, contact our editors by emailing moderator@scng.com."}
-{"text": "HOT TOPICS:\n\nBuilding ridership?\n\nPioneer Press\n\nPosted:\n07/08/2014 12:01:00 AM CDT\n\nUpdated:\n07/08/2014 10:39:03 PM CDT\n\nThe Green Line is a huge advance in public transit options for St. Paul and the entire Twin Cities metropolitan region. I ride the new light rail line for work and leisure daily and I applaud the Metro Council for the many years of planning in the face of numerous obstacles in order to make this impressive new transportation option a reality.\n\nThat said, I think the Metro Council betrays a surprising and undue lack of confidence in the ability of the new line to attract new riders to public transit when it cuts an existing and noncomparable route such as the 94 express bus as it tries to build ridership numbers by forcing already existing transit users to take the Green Line because of a lack of other transit options. The 94 bus between the two downtowns was eliminated entirely in the evenings and weekends, and the ride between the Central Business Districts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on the Green Line is now closer to an hour than the half-hour it takes on this express bus. I hope service on the 94 bus will be restored in the near future for those who need to travel quickly between the CBDs.\n\nI see more riders on the Green Line every day and believe the new service with its many amenities will exceed ridership targets without needing to reduce the availability of an important route to other transit users.\n\nMark E. Pfeifer, St. Paul\n\nSimilar scrutiny\n\nI write to commend the writer regarding his desire to see reporting on the impacts of the Green Line (July 3).\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSuch an investment deserves such documentation, and I believe some research into these impacts is already under way at the University of Minnesota.\n\nIn the meantime, I hope the writer would also like to see a similar level of scrutiny for the new St. Croix Bridge, which will also be used by only a \"couple percent of the state's population\" and cost nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars of taxpayer money. It would be a shame if he assumes an infrastructure investment closer to him has benefits, but something farther away does not.\n\nFrank Douma, St. Paul\n\nEvery other stop?\n\nThere have been many complaints over the past few weeks over the time it takes to go from one end of the Green Line to the other. Fourteen of its stops lie outside of either downtown.\n\nPerhaps Metro Transit should consider having every other train bypass every other stop in this area, at least during the rush hours, when trains are mere minutes apart.\n\nJ. M. Hamilton, St. Paul\n\nAn idea to float\n\nIn the July 6 report on the choices for the chasm crossing proposed for Highway 53 south of Virginia (\"MnDOT weighs complex rerouting of highway\"), the engineering, expense and safety challenges appear daunting to say the least. Building pylon foundations in unstable, deep pit backfill or the construction of tall concrete walls for a huge backfilled causeway are just two options involving immense engineering and construction efforts.\n\nHere is another idea to float: Has a pontoon bridge been considered as an alternative for this mine pit water barrier? Stable downgrade and upgrade slopes at the ends of a pontoon bridge would be more economical to build and safer than messing about in the unstable rubble of a lake bottom. When a pontoon bridge with protected entry excavation cuts is considered, many advantages will certainly surface.\n\nIn comparison, crossing a high bridge in winter winds would certainly give drivers the chills."}
-{"text": "Nikkei edges into positive territory thanks to buying on dips\n\nAided by buying on dips, the Nikkei 225 average rose Monday, but its topside was heavy due to persistent profit-taking pressure.\n\nThe Nikkei ended 19.86 points higher at 15,369.28 after sagging 11.74 points Friday. But the broader Topix lost 1.44 points to close at 1,267.48 after finishing last week with a loss of 0.12 point.\n\nThe Nikkei kicked off the week with a modest gain after the U.S. Dow Jones industrial average extended its winning streak Friday to a sixth session and rewrote its closing high.\n\nAfter the initial buying ran its course, however, the market came under profit-taking pressure that was built on a strong sense of overheating.\n\nStocks jumped in the midmorning, fueled by the news that HSBC China manufacturing purchasing manager\u2019s index for June topped the boom-or-bust threshold of 50 percent to reached a seven-month high.\n\nBut the buying proved short-lived as stocks were hit by renewed selling to cash in gains. The Nikkei managed to end in positive territory thanks to buying on dips, but the Topix failed to recover.\n\nThe yen\u2019s advance, particularly against the dollar, reinvigorated profit-taking activities in the afternoon, brokers said, pointing out that technical charts were indicating overheating.\n\nAmong such indicators, the ratio of rising issues to falling ones in the first section had risen as high as 151.6 on Friday, analysts said.\n\nStill, players have shown no sign of increased selling amid brightening economic outlooks for other countries, including the United States and China, brokers said.\n\n\u201cThough Japanese investors prefer sitting on the fence or selling to lock in profits, foreigners seem willing to buy on dips,\u201d said Ryuta Otsuka, a strategist at Toyo Securities Co. \u201cI think the Nikkei can touch 15,500 this week.\u201d\n\nWinners outnumbered losers 929 to 715 in the first section, while 171 issues were unchanged. Volume sank to 1.960 billion shares from Friday\u2019s 2.950 billion.\n\nJGB futures move lower\n\nA key Japanese government bond futures contract weakened Monday as stocks firmed before cutting their earlier gains.\n\nThe lead September contract on 10-year JGBs closed down 0.05 point from Friday to 145.38. Volume rose to 22,029 contracts from 15,128.\n\nIn late interdealer trading in cash JGBs, the yield on the latest 334th 10-year issue with a 0.6 percent coupon stood at 0.580 percent, unchanged from Friday.\n\nThe key futures contract was weaker as trading lacked direction in the morning. As stocks trimmed gains in the afternoon, selling was limited."}
-{"text": "Go girl, uh, a show girl,\nUh, go-getter, for cheddar,\nDenero, dope girl, a money on the dance floor\nGetting low girl, uh, a trow girl,\nWith game that'll make my toes curl\nCause she's a beast in the bed and I'ma beast with her\nBeat it up like a champ and uh she re-twitter\nBash be going hard, it's the headline news\nShe rocking the fresh js, stilettos, the Jimmy Chu's\n\nBlack white and yellow bone, watchin' what they jelly on\nBringing major fedy home oo what's poppin\nWe hit em with the honey tone\nBringing daddy money home\nGot me ridin candy chrome\nWhat that do\n\nShoppin' for a new pair\nStuntin' on you boppers\nIn the D.J. booth\nGiggin' with some punk rockers\nShe my runnin' back, player\nI'm the quarterback\nSend her down to Meh-hico\nShe bringing me the border back\n\nExcuse me miss, what's your name\nI don't wanna tell you the same ol' thing\nDrop, drop it low, make, make it pop,\nI can do this all night shorty\nI don't wanna stop\n\nUgh, she over there hittin' it\nShe getting it,\nGrittin' it, grindin it, and grippin' it\nPoppin', lockin, droppin' and dippin' it\nPickin' it up and lickin' it\nNever missin' a beat or skippin'\nShe know that the fixtress diggin' it\nLook at her go, she kill it,\nBad ass boots\nBig ass caboose\nI'm tryin to get her drunk\nTake her to the telly an goose\nSpark a fat ass blunt\nPut a towel under the door\nUnplug the smoke detector\nGet my nut off and then eject her\n\nUgh, Gotta keep my paper right\nBaby the brain washer's up all night\nPicture this flow, she getting my dough\nShe bought a brand new bike\nLetting em know, used to be poor\nI don't care she diet\nBaby can go, put on a show, she do what I like\n\nExcuse me miss, what's your name\nI don't wanna tell you the same ol' thing\nDrop, drop it low, make, make it pop,\nI can do this all night shorty\nI don't wanna stop\n\nCalifornia face with a down south rump\nCalifornia face with a down south rump\nCalifornia face with a down south rump\nBa, ba, baby girl scrumptious, uh uh she dumb\nCalifornia face with a down south rump\nCalifornia face with a down south rump\nCalifornia face with a down south rump\nBa, ba, baby girl scrumptious, uh uh she dumb"}
-{"text": "By Herman E. Daly\n\n1999\n\nIntroduction\n\nGlobalization, considered by many to be the inevitable\nwave of the future, is frequently confused with internationalization, but\nis in fact something totally different. Internationalization refers to the\nincreasing importance of international trade, international relations,\ntreaties, alliances, etc. Inter-national, of course, means between or among\nnations. The basic unit remains the nation, even as relations among nations\nbecome increasingly necessary and important. Globalization refers to global\neconomic integration of many formerly national economies into one global\neconomy, mainly by free trade and free capital mobility, but also by easy\nor uncontrolled migration. It is the effective erasure of national\nboundaries for economic purposes. International trade (governed by\ncomparative advantage) becomes interregional trade (governed by absolute\nadvantage). What was many becomes one.\n\nThe very word \"integration\" derives from \"integer\", meaning one, complete,\nor whole. Integration is the act of combining into one whole. Since there\ncan be only one whole, only one unity with reference to which parts are\nintegrated, it follows that global economic integration logically implies\nnational economic disintegration. By disintegration I do not mean that the\nproductive plant of each country is annihilated, but rather that its parts\nare torn out of their national context (dis-integrated), in order to be\nre-integrated into the new whole, the globalized economy. As the saying\ngoes, to make an omelette you have to break some eggs. The disintegration\nof the national egg is necessary to integrate the global omelette.\n\nIn the classical nineteenth-century vision of Smith and Ricardo the\nnational community embraced both national labor and national capital, and\nthese classes cooperated, albeit with conflict, to produce national goods\n-- largely with national natural resources. These national goods then\ncompeted in international markets against the goods of other nations,\nproduced by their own national capital/labor teams using their own\nresources. This is internationalization as defined above.\n\nIn the globally integrated world of the late twentieth century, however,\nboth capital and goods are free to move internationally. One\nlittle-noticed, but important consequence of free capital mobility is to\ntotally undercut Ricardo's comparative advantage argument for free trade in\ngoods, because that argument was explicitly and essentially premised on\ncapital being immobile between nations. But the conventional wisdom seems\nto be that if free trade in goods is beneficial, then free trade in capital\nmust be even more beneficial! In any event, it no longer makes sense to\nthink of national teams of labor and capital in the globalized economy.\nInstead, we have global capitalists competing with each other for both\nlaborers and natural resources, as well as markets, in all countries.\n\nGlobalization and the IMF\n\nThe subject of the IMF October 2, 1998\nEconomic Forum was \"Capital Account Liberalization: What's the Best\nStance?\". Speakers included professors Jagdish Bhagwati and Richard Cooper,\nand high-ranking IMF staff. In question-and-answer period I asked the\nfollowing question : \"The IMF along with most economists has long\nchampioned free trade (liberalization of the current account) on the\ngrounds of mutual benefit from trade based on the comparative advantage\nargument originated by Ricardo. Yet if you read Ricardo you find that his\ncomparative advantage argument was explicitly and necessarily premised on\ncapital immobility between the trading countries. If capital were mobile we\nwould be in the world of absolute advantage (international trade would be\nno different from interregional trade). If the IMF now wants freely mobile\ncapital (liberalization of the capital account), does that not undercut the\ntraditional comparative advantage argument for current account\nliberalization by abolishing a necessary premise? Now that the IMF is\nexplicitly committed to free capital mobility, does it plan to abandon the\ncomparative advantage argument for free trade on current account and argue\nhenceforth in terms of absolute advantage?\"\n\nThe question was given a short answer by Bhagwati more or less as follows\n-- We have learned a lot in the 200 years since Ricardo, and the gains from\ntrade have nothing to do with comparative advantage which only has to do\nwith the pattern of trade -- what is produced where. All we are interested\nin is maximizing gains from trade, and that requires free trade in capital\nas well as goods. Forget about comparative advantage and absolute advantage\nand just focus on the welfare gains from trade.\n\nBhagwati, to his credit, was the only member of the panel who was concerned\nenough about the destabilizing, speculative nature of capital flows to\nforthrightly suggest that at least some controls were necessary to maintain\norderly markets. But this sensible suggestion was not out of any deference\nto comparative advantage. It simply reflected a recognition of the reality\nof herd mentality and stampede behavior that characterize groups of similar\npeople with the same asset, seeking the same goal, and acting on the same\ninformation. Historically such panic behavior has been observed repeatedly,\nand by itself constitutes sufficient reason for some capital controls. Even\nspeculators want to be protected from their own excesses. The mystery is\nwhy the IMF could not see that.\n\nBut -- how to understand Bhagwati's assertion of the irrelevance of\ncomparative advantage? My best guess is the following: -- we should be only\ninterested in gains from trade\", that means an increase in individual\nwelfare (or factor incomes) resulting from trade and specialization, and we\ndon't care about the pattern of economic activities among nations -- what\ngets produced at home and what abroad. Bhagwati's perspective is globally\nindividualistic and cosmopolitan, not at all nationalistic. The classical\neconomists like Ricardo, were nationalists, and that is why they were so\ndevoted to comparative advantage. We are presumably beyond that now. We are\ncosmopolitan individualists on a global scale, interested in maximizing\nglobal product. Comparative advantage, because of its premised constraint\non capital mobility, does not maximize global product. But absolute\nadvantage, by relaxing that constraint, does. We are simply not interested\nin the national distribution of gains and losses from global trade.\n\nIf this interpretation is correct then it means basically that Bhagwati has\nopted to make the case for free trade in terms of absolute advantage.\nAlthough he does not like the term, and prefers to speak only of gains from\ntrade, it comes to the same thing. Under this regime of capital mobility\nabsolute advantage governs and comparative advantage becomes irrelevant.\nThere are indeed gains from trade -- world product increases, even beyond\nwhat would obtain under comparative advantage. But we cannot say that each\nnation shares in the increased product, that no nation could be worse off\nas a result of free trade on both current and capital account. Under the\ncomparative advantage argument you could say that each country must benefit\nfrom free trade on current account. That was precisely the appeal of the\ncomparative advantage argument for free trade and why it was continually\nused by economists and the IMF. Capital mobility undercuts that feature. It\nis still possible for all countries to benefit under absolute advantage,\nbut that requires a redistributive mechanism for compensation of countries\nthat lose by those that gain. No one wants to address this issue. Better to\npretend that countries don't matter -- that all we care about is the global\ngain from trade, and not the pattern of production among nations. National\ncommunity is completely abstracted from.\n\nNow this position of Bhagwati, as I have interpreted it, is logically\nconsistent -- he has abandoned comparative advantage and made his case in\nterms of absolute advantage, even though he does not use the term. Other\neconomists, in discussions with me on the same question, have clung to\ncomparative advantage by denying that immobile capital is really a\nnecessary premise. I believe that is quite wrong. But Bhagwati does not\nmake that mistake. He seems to agree that capital mobility undercuts the\ncomparative advantage argument, and is willing to give up comparative\nadvantage in exchange for capital mobility. However, I doubt that he, or\nthe IMF, has embraced the full consequences of this choice.\n\nIf the IMF explicitly embraces the globally individualistic view, then the\nIMF has a problem. The IMF is a federation of members and exists to serve\nthe interests of its members. The problem is that the IMF's members are\nnations, not individuals, not even cosmopolitan, global individuals, nor\ntransnational corporate individuals. By pushing globalization\n(liberalization of both the capital and the current accounts), the IMF has\nlong been subverting the independence of its member countries, serving the\nvision of a single, cosmopolitan, integrated, global economy\n(globalization) -- rather than the vision of its charter, a federation of\nnations cooperating as sovereign units to advance the national interests of\nall members (internationalization). The current drive to amend the IMF\ncharter to include capital account management (read liberalization) just\nmakes de jure the existing de facto efforts to undercut the national\nfoundations of its charter. The IMF's goal, and that of the World Bank and\nWTO, is an integrated global economy, not a federation of national\neconomies, cooperating where it is in their best national interests to do\nso, as envisaged at Bretton Woods. The difference is a big one.\n\nMany simply do not realize that global integration implies national\ndisintegration. As argued earlier, to integrate the global omelette you\nhave to disintegrate the national eggs. This is the agenda that the IMF has\nadopted. It is quite contrary to its fundamental structure and original\ncharter as a federation of economically separate nations.\n\nIf the IMF explicitly adopts the Bhagwati view that comparative advantage\ndoes not matter, that only the global gains from trade matter, and\nconsequently that absolute advantage should displace comparative advantage\nas the rule, then the IMF really should explain to its member countries\nthat their interests as national communities are no longer of concern to\nthe IMF's cosmopolitan bureaucrat-economists. If the IMF no longer serves\nthe interests of its member nations as envisioned in its charter, then\nwhose interests is it serving?\n\nGlobalization:\nBetween Harmonization and Standards-Lowering\nCompetition\n\nWhen different national markets with different rules for\nthe internalization of external costs merge into a single market, then the\ndifferent rules of cost accounting present a big problem. Under\nglobalization the market left to itself will resolve the difficulty by\nstandards-lowering competition -- the way of counting costs that results in\nthe cheapest product will prevail. Capital will move to the country that\ndoes the least complete job of internalizing environmental and social\ncosts. Consequently globalization results in a larger share of world\nproduct being produced under regimes that externalize costs to the greatest\ndegree, making it difficult to argue that globalization will increase\nefficiency, even recognizing the legitimate claims of absolute advantage!\n\nAdvocates of globalization often recognize this difficulty and counter it\nby a call for harmonization of cost-internalization standards. If all\nnations have the same internal cost-counting rules, then integration of\ntheir markets will be easier. Furthermore, the hope is that planned\nharmonization will converge toward the highest standards, contrary to the\nmarket process of standards-lowering competition. There is no doubt scope\nfor such a strategy, but there are also limits stemming from the fact that\nthere are good reasons for different countries to have different\nenvironmental and social standards, as well as big differences in the\nabilities of countries to enforce common standards. There is also the\ntraditional free trade argument that countries' differing tastes, factor\nendowments, and technologies are legitimate reasons for cost differences\nand trade. Why worry about harmonization?\n\nUnder the traditional comparative advantage (internationalist as opposed to\nglobalist) regime, each country could indeed adopt its own separate rules\nof cost-accounting, reflecting its own values and traditions, and not worry\nabout harmonization. As long as capital must stay at home countries are not\nforced into a standards-lowering competition to attract and keep capital.\nGoods and services can be produced and freely traded according to\ncomparative advantage even when trading partners have totally different\nways of measuring costs. Remember that under comparative advantage what\ndetermines specialization and trade is a comparison across countries of\ninternal cost ratios. Country A could measure costs in a-units, country B\nin b-units, and we could have a = b ; a b ; or a < b. the units in each\ncountry cancel out in calculation the internal cost ratios. extremely\ndifferent national philosophies of cost-accounting are compatible with the\nlogic of comparative advantage. but for trade based on absolute advantage\n(globalization) there must be either planned harmonization or\nstandards-lowering competition.\n\nThis is not to argue that there are no conflicts under comparative\nadvantage-based trade. Country a may still have moral objections to, say\nchild labor, and refuse to trade with country b that employs child labor.\nBut as long as country a's capital could not move to country b to itself\ntake advantage of child labor and sell the resulting product back in\ncountry a, thereby forcing a lowering of standards regarding child labor in\ncountry a, then at least country a cannot claim to be forced into direct\nstandards-lowering competition. Citizens of a might recognize that child\nlabor in country b is the lesser of two evils for b, and be willing to\nimport the products of child labor (with or without a compensatory tariff),\nbut unwilling to enter into any closer integration that would severely\nundermine its own rules against child labor. As long as capital cannot move\nfrom a to b the objection of a to trading with b is much reduced, but not\neliminated. A could say that they have every right to protect their own\nnational standards against child labor which would be undercut by\nintegration with b, but they do not feel an obligation to insist that b\nharmonize its standards with a. Alternatively, a may consider child labor\nso reprehensible that it refuses not only economic integration, but also\neven comparative advantage-based trade with b. In sum, comparative\nadvantage, by allowing arms-length trade in goods, while rejecting the\nunifying embrace of capital mobility, allows countries a reasonable balance\nbetween diversity and homogenization, between undercutting one's own laws\nand imposing one's laws on other countries.\n\nGlobalization as the abrogation of social contracts\n\nSection ii already discussed the abrogation of the internationalist charter of the\nBretton Woods Institutions by the recent globalist leadership of the IMF\nand World Bank. Within the united states globalization implies the abrogation of another\nsocial contract. that is the implicit agreement between labor and capital\nover how to divide up the value that they jointly add to raw materials (as\nwell as the value of the raw materials themselves -- i.e., the uncounted\nvalue added\" by nature to the indestructible building blocks of elemental\natoms). That agreement has been reached nationally, not internationally. It\nwas not reached by economic theory, but through generations of national\ndebate, elections, strikes, lockouts, court decisions, and violent\nconflicts. That agreement, in countries like the United States, on which\nnational community and industrial peace depend, was basically that the\ninternal division between labor and capital will be more equal than the\nworld average. That agreement is of course being repudiated in the\ninterests of global integration. That is a very poor trade, even if you\ncall it \"free trade\".\n\nThe economic integration of any high-wage country with an overpopulated\nworld is bound to lower wages and raise returns to capital, widening the\ngap between labor and capital toward the more unequal world distribution.\nThe population explosion in the third world has not until recently affected\nwages in the industrial world. Populous India was not allowed by the\nBritish to compete in global markets with its cheap labor, nor did the\nChinese Communists seek to compete in world markets under the isolation\npolicies of Chairman Mao. Nor had the World Bank yet become converted to\nthe now incontestable orthodoxy of export-led development based on free\ncapital mobility.\n\nThis orthodox model is supposed to lift the world's laboring masses (which\nnow includes the minority of formerly high-wage workers) up from their\nsubsistence wages. This can only be done by massive growth, we are told.\nBut can the environment sustain so much growth? No, it cannot. And how will\nwhatever growth dividend there is ever get to the poor -- i.e., how can\nwages increase given the nearly unlimited supply of labor? If wages do not\nincrease then what reason is there to expect a further fall in the birth\nrate of the laboring class via the demographic transition\"? how could we\never expect to have high wages in any country that becomes globally\nintegrated with a globe having a vast and increasing oversupply of labor?\nwhy, in a globally integrated world would any nation have an incentive to\nreduce its birth rate? does anyone expect the united nations to lower the\nglobal birth rate?\n\nGlobal economic integration, far from bringing a halt to population growth,\nwill be the means by which the consequences of overpopulation in the third\nworld are generalized to the globe as a whole. The practice of limiting\nbirths in some countries will be eliminated by a global version of the\ntragedy of the commons, rather than spread by demonstration of its\nbenefits. In the global scramble to attract capital and jobs there will be\na standards-lowering competition among weakened nations to keep wages low,\nand to reduce any social, safety, and environmental standards that raise\ncosts.\n\nOne may ask if this emphasis on international standards-lowering\ncompetition is justified? After all, is there not also such a tendency in\nnational markets as well? Yes, there certainly is, but within a nation we\nhave many laws, institutions, and requirements, aimed precisely at\npreventing firms from competing by externalizing costs or by lowering\nstandards. The point is that these laws and institutions do not exist at\nthe international level.\n\nMany demographers and economists, in their favorite role as value-free\"\nsocial scientists, have been reluctant to prescribe birth control to\ncountries. If a country chooses many people, low wages, and high inequality\nover fewer people, higher wages, and less inequality, who is to say that is\nwrong? Let all countries make their own choices since it is they who will\nhave to live with the consequences. That was a logically defensible\nposition under internationalization, but not under globalization. The whole\npoint of an integrated world is that these consequences, both costs of\noverpopulation and benefits of population control, are externalized to all\nnations. The costs and benefits of overpopulation are distributed more by\nclass than by nation. Labor bears the cost of reduced wage income; capital\nenjoys the benefit of reduced wage costs, and no country has any incentive\nto limit population growth.\n\nMalthusian overpopulation and Marxian class conflict each seem to work in\nthe same unhappy direction. The old conflict between Marx and Malthus,\nalways more ideological than logical, has now been further diminished.\nAfter all, both always held that wages tend to subsistence under\ncapitalism. Marx would probably see globalization as one more capitalist\nstrategy to lower wages. Malthus might agree, while pointing out that it is\nthe fact of overpopulation that allows the capitalist's strategy to work in\nthe first place. Presumably Marx would accept that, but insist that\noverpopulation was only relative to capitalist institutions, not to\nnature's limits, and therefore would not exist under socialism. Malthus,\nnow supported by the Chinese communists, would disagree, putting the\nemphasis on nature's long run limits. I confess that I tend to agree more\nwith Malthus, but the present argument does not require a resolution of\nthat debate.\n\nGlobalization and the Military\n\nNational disintegration caused by\nglobal integration is nowhere more striking than in its effects on that\nmost nationalist of all institutions, the military. Military observers seem\nnot to have paid much attention to how globalization blurs the issue of\nnational defense as it erases the economic importance of national\nboundaries. As nations cease to be separate, loosely connected units, and\nbecome nodes in a tightly integrated global network, as their boundaries\nlose economic significance, then do we really need to defend those\nboundaries? We will presumably no longer need customs officials or border\nguards. But what about the military proper? What precisely are they going\nto defend in a globalized world? The globe is not under threat of invasion.\nDo we imagine that national boundaries will long retain any political or\ncultural significance once their economic significance is gone?\n\nWith free trade in weapons and militarily relevant technology, and with\neasy migration of key military and scientific personnel, could the military\ndefend anything -- even if it knew what it was defending?\n\nWould anything count as treason anymore? For example, Hughes and Loral,\nnominally U.S. companies, contract with China to send their expensive\ncommunications satellites into space on cheap Chinese rockets. But it costs\nthem a lot whenever a Chinese rocket blows up. To reduce that risk they\ntransfer advanced rocket technology to the Chinese, technology which the\nChinese can use in their own missile guidance systems and sell to other\ncountries. If a Defense Department employee had sold China that\ninformation, would he not be charged with treason? Within the US Government\nthe Commerce Department favors such deals, while the State Department has\nserious doubts.\n\nCan the industrial part of the military-industrial complex globalize while\nthe military part remains national? With the global mobility of capital\ncomes the mobility of both the industrial base and the tax base that\nsupport the national military. Is not national defense a social good, just\nlike welfare or environmental protection? Will not globalization undercut a\nnation's ability to tax capital to support its military, just as it\nundercuts a nation's ability to tax capital to support welfare and\nenvironmental programs? What's the big difference?\n\nNo doubt it is considerations such as these that lead some people to favor\nglobalization. It is good, in their view, precisely because it makes the\nnational military obsolete. Given the destruction and waste wrought by\nnational militaries it is hard not to have some sympathy with this\nposition. But while globalization seems to make national militaries\nobsolete, it does not remove the need for appeal to force. Laws, contracts\nand property rights still must exist and be enforced, even if they are\nglobal rather than national. Economic inequality and class conflict grow as\nthe old national social contract between capital and labor dissolves along\nwith the power of nations to guarantee it. Do the globalizers envisage a\nglobal government to enforce global laws with a global police force? Or do\nwe, to avoid really big government, follow the privatization and\nderegulation model all the way, letting the military evolve into private\nPinkerton guards hired by each global corporation to protect its property\nand enforce its contracts? Global corporate feudalism?\n\nI know that we have not arrived at this point yet. But make no mistake\nabout the fact that globalization is being pushed hard by powerful\ntransnational corporations, and that the weakening of the nation is part of\nthe agenda. Conversion of the national military into a corporate police\nforce is consistent with such an agenda. Maybe globalization will stop\nbefore it completely disintegrates nations. But who or what will stop it?\nMight the nationalism, or even patriotism, of the military provide a\nbarrier? So far it has not.\n\nConclusions\n\nFor all the sins historically committed by the nation,\nit is still our basic locus of community and unit of policy. The nation,\nalong with international federations of nations, must not be sacrificed to\nthe unexamined ideal of \"globalization\" which, when examined, turns out to\nbe unfettered individualism for corporations on a global scale.\nParadoxically, globalization even undercuts our ability to deal with\nirreducibly global problems such as climate change, because nations with\nporous borders are not able to carry out any effective national economic\npolicies, including the ones that they agreed to in global environmental\ntreaties. We must learn to distinguish internationalism from globalism and\nabandon the latter in favor of the former.\n\nGlobalization prolongs the industrial country's illusion of unlimited\nsources and sinks, and postpones the shift from \"empty-world\" economics to\n\"full-world\" economics that all nations must eventually make. The worsening\ncondition of labor is met by cries for still more growth based on cheaper\nresources, and paradoxically, cheaper labor as well, in order to be\ncompetitive in global markets.\n\nFree traders say we should become less self-sufficient and more globally\nintegrated as part of the overriding quest to consume ever more. This\nincreased interdependence, they believe, will also help avoid war. Free\ntrade, specialization, and global integration, mean that nations are no\nlonger free not to trade. Yet freedom not to trade is surely necessary if\ntrade is to remain mutually beneficial. War, as well as corporate police\naction, is more likely to be avoided if nations learn both to consume less\nand to become more self-sufficient.\n\nFAIR USE NOTICE: This page contains copyrighted\nmaterial the use of which has not been specifically authorized by\nthe copyright owner. 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-{"text": "He's seen many changes - 27 years of solving homicides for Prosecutor's Office chief of detectives\n\nTRENTON - When Detective Ken Beckman joined the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office in 1983, solving homicides was a lot easier.\n\nThe county chief of detectives, who retired this week after 27 years on the job, said more than anything else, the advent of gangs has pushed investigations to a new level.\n\n\"Back then, you had very few whodunits,\" said Beckman. \"(If) it was a domestic or something that occurred, ... you knew in short order who the bad guy was. The gangs have changed the intensity of the focus and scope of homicide investigations. There are a lot more whodunits. It's much more challenging.\"\n\nBeckman rose through the ranks of the prosecutor's office where he worked 13 years investigating homicides. In 2009 he was promoted to chief.\n\nDuring his tenure Beckman has been involved in virtually every high-profile murder investigation in the past two decades. The changes over the years have been significant, especially in the area of forensics. Increasingly sophisticated technologies have, ironically, made the job tougher in some ways, he said.\n\n\"We've come a long way in that regard,\" he said. \"The upside is we've got all this forensic evidence to present to the jury. The downside is if you have a case where that evidence isn't available it's tough to convince the jury. They want to see the CSI effect.\"\n\nThe 59-year-old Hopewell Township resident joined the prosecutor's office after a stint with the Hopewell Township Police Department.\n\nDuring his tenure he's seen the reinstatement, and subsequent abolishment, of the death penalty. As a rookie investigator he was involved in the state's second death-penalty case since its reinstatement in 1982.\n\nHe helped get a conviction of James Edward Williams who brutally stabbed a young woman working in a nursing home in 1982.\n\nWilliams was sentenced to death in 1984 but his conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court. His subsequent guilty plea netted him 45 years to life in prison.\n\nA consummate investigator with an unwavering dedication to justice, Beckman nonetheless said death-penalty cases are more difficult to pursue.\n\n\"I think the death penalty is appropriate in some cases, \"he said. \"But to be the one to move the case forward knowing isn't easy. It's one thing to work a homicide and get a conviction but to feel that something you did is going get somebody the death penalty, that's really thought provoking.\"\n\n\"Some cases cry out for the death penalty, most do not,\" he said.\n\nHis role as a detective was simple, Beckman said.\n\n\"I felt I had an obligation to provide answers to victims' families,\" he said.\n\nBeckman said he's tried to improve the office in technical ways over the years.\n\nHe was instrumental in initiating the countywide mug shot system and bringing the InfoShare database system to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOther technologies, such as a car camera that will automatically scan license plates for a hit in police data bases, will be implemented after Beckman's retirement.\n\n\"I wanted to be able to play with the toys,\" he joked.\n\nBut retirement was not really a question for Beckman.\n\n\"I promised myself I would not be a 60-year-old cop,\" he said. \"It was time.\"\n\nHe plans an extended tour of Eastern Europe with his wife in September. After that, he'll spend time on his boat in Delaware's Indian River Bay.\n\nHe leaves the county detective bureau in capable hands of acting Chief William Straniero, he said.\n\n\"He's very good, very capable,\" Beckman said. \"Joe Bocchini is a wonderful prosecutor. He and (First Assistant Prosecutor) Janetta Marbrey have a vision and they will continue to move the department forward.\""}
-{"text": "5 Mistakes People Make When Selling A Home\n\n5 Mistakes People Make When Selling A Home\n\nEighty-three percent of people view their home as a good financial investment, a 2014 survey by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) found. Not only is their home the biggest single asset most people own, but it\u2019s also filled with memories \u2014 the average seller has lived in his house for a decade, according to the NAR. So it\u2019s no wonder that when it comes time to sell property, people can get a little emotional.\n\nYet if people actually want to get a return on their investment in their home, they need to be smart about how they approach selling it. Letting emotions, not logic, drive decisions means you\u2019re more likely to make mistakes that can make it difficult to find a buyer or force you into accepting a lower offer than you would like.\n\nThe good news for sellers is that the market is tight. That\u2019s pushing home prices higher across the country, and the number of homes being sold is also up. The typical seller receives 97% of his final asking price, and his home was on the market for about a month, says the NAR.\n\nBut those numbers don\u2019t mean that every homeowner sells his property quickly or gets the price he wants. You can increase your chances of a successful real estate transaction if you avoid these five mistakes when listing your home.\n\n1. Not being realistic about your home\u2019s value\n\nWhat you think your home is worth and the price you can actually sell it for are often two very different numbers. \u201cNobody cares what you paid for it,\u201d one frustrated home seller told the Wall Street Journal. He\u2019d bought a home for $325,000 and spent another $150,000 on renovations, but the property eventually sold for $83,000 less than he originally paid for it.\n\nEven in markets where inventory is tight, sellers need to be careful not to get too greedy when picking a listing price. Properties that are overpriced at the outset tend to eventually sell at a lower price than they would have if they\u2019d been appropriately priced in the first place. Choose a reasonable price based on factors like how much comparable properties are selling for and the home\u2019s appraised value. If you\u2019re not getting any interest, adjust your strategy. \u201cNo offers within a 30-day period means the price is too high,\u201d real estate agent Djana Morris wrote in The Washington Post.\n\n2. Not making your home look its best\n\nBy now, we\u2019ve all watched enough HGTV shows to know that good staging and curb appeal help to sell homes. \u201cAt a minimum, homeowners should conduct a thorough cleaning, haul out clutter, make sure the home is well-lit and fix any major aesthetic issues,\u201d said Chris Polychron, president of the NAR, in a statement about the value of home staging. More elaborate staging, such as repainting with neutral colors, sprucing up landscaping, or purchasing new furniture can also help. Overall, professionally staged homes can sell five to seven times faster than non-staged homes, according to the Real Estate Staging Association.\n\n3. Refusing to negotiate\n\nYou should start by setting a fair and reasonable price for your home, but you also need to build in some wiggle room, especially if you need to sell quickly. Many buyers will start with an offer well below your asking price, particularly if they think it\u2019s a buyer\u2019s market. Naturally, their goal is to pay as little as possible for the home they want. Plus, many people want to feel like they\u2019ve snagged a deal on what may be the biggest purchase of their lives.\n\nYou can make your buyers happy while also getting the price you need by being willing to accept slightly less than asking price for your home. Alternatively, you might agree to concessions like paying the closing costs, throwing in appliances, or making certain repairs to the property in order to sweeten the deal. Working with an experienced agent can help you negotiate the tricky dance of getting the price you want without scaring off a buyer.\n\n4. Hiding the truth about your home\n\nSellers who want to be rid of their property quickly may be tempted to try to hide problems with the home from prospective buyers. But trying to cover up serious flaws, like foundation problems, leaky roofs, or mold, could come back to haunt you later. If you aren\u2019t up front about your home\u2019s issues, the buyer may well discover them during the home inspection. At that point, they\u2019ll probably either back out of the deal or ask you to cover the costs of fixing the problem. If the issues are serious and are discovered after the sale goes through, you could end up caught in a messy, protracted legal battle.\n\nReal estate site Zillow recommends being upfront with both your listing agent and your buyer about potential issues with the home. Price your home appropriately given its condition and document the problems you\u2019re aware of and have your buyer sign off on them. Full disclosure is the best way to avoid a lawsuit.\n\n5. Not having a backup plan\n\nIn a perfect world, you\u2019re able to smoothly navigate the transition between selling your current home and buying a new one. In reality, things rarely go as planned. Savvy sellers have contingency plans in place to avoid either getting stuck with two mortgages at once or not having a place to live, or to protect them if a deal falls through.\n\nSome people insert clauses into their contracts that make it clear that they won\u2019t move forward with the sale unless they are able to purchase a new home. You may also want to be prepared to find temporary housing, like a rental or staying with family, in case your home sells quickly. If you must move before your home sells, make sure you\u2019ve budgeted to afford the carrying costs of the old home. Finally, if there are multiple people interested in your home, you may be able to accept backup offers, which involve agreeing to sell to a second buyer if the first one backs out.\n\nIf you would like to know your home's value and have a free in-home consultation to create a plan to make the most of the sale of your home, give me call at 214-454-6969.\n\nAbout JP And Associates REALTORS\n\nJP And Associates REALTORS (JPAR) is one of the top 100 independently owned brokerages in the US. A full service real estate brokerage firm specializing in real estate sales and marketing services with multiple offices across the US and expanding quickly. JPAR is also one of Real Trends top 500 Brokerages in the US for volume and sales and in the top 1% in the US for sales.\n\nOur mission is to provide extraordinary services and exceed our clients\u2019 expectations by always committing to the highest levels of professionalism, ethics and standards in the real estate industry.\n\nJP and Associates REALTORS is a real estate company with a solid structure and foundation built around service and productivity. We believe in providing a fun and rewarding environment for all our REALTORS\u00ae and therefore always ready to support our REALTORs\u00ae Associates in any market and in any condition. All our REALTORs\u00ae will always strive to close more transactions in a given year than the average REALTOR\u00ae. Our goal is to recruit and retain the most professional, better trained REALTORs Associates in the local market.\n\nIf you are interested in a new career in real estate or already have a real estate license but wish to learn more about our company please contact us directly to set up an interview. We offer our agents a 100% commission plan, company leads, training and mentoring and coaching from TOP Producers with no office, desk fees or monthly marketing fees ever. We are a full service brokerage at a transaction fee cost.\n\nAt JP And Associates REALTORS we strive to exceed our Clients AND our Associates expectations.\n\nBig questions deserve big answers. And what bigger question could some\n\n4feb\n\nTestimonials\n\n\"Bought a Single Family home in Fort Worth, TX.\nWhat a great realtor!!! If you want a realtor whose out for your best interest and in your corner, you will find none better. 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-{"text": "Day: December 4, 2018\n\nModern life is changing and so are all the industries surrounding it. The world is currently entering what many consider to be a fourth industrial revolution and along with it come many changes to city infrastructure and the way all our lives work. With that being said, one of the major industries facing change is [\u2026]Continue reading"}
-{"text": "Johannesburg \u2013 Durban South Africa 2017\n\nThe Lord did great things in Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa in my recent trip. The trip was mostly to build relationships and inquire into what God is doing in South Africa. If you have not noticed, South Africa has been making a lot of noise. In a good way. Christianity is skyrocketing in the country. The gospel is being preached 24 hours a day on the airwaves, and a mass of people are turning to God in unprecedented ways. I noticed that a lot of followers of my ministry are from South Africa. They appear to be the most zealous for God, and always respond heartily to my emails or messages. The Lord had put it in my heart to go to South Africa for over a year now, and so when the invitation came, I didn\u2019t skip a bit, I said yes.\n\nI spent sometime in Klipfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, where I followed up with precious brothers. I made business contacts in Johannesburg, as God opened doors to further finance this ministry. I spent 2 days in Durban, again meeting and speaking to precious saints. South Africa is a beautiful Country and I am so excited for what God is doing in that Country. I pray He uses you as well to advance His cause.\n\nWith precious brothers in Klipfontein\n\nVisiting Nelson Mandela\u2019s Soweto House\n\nGoing from brokenness to Invinsibility\n\nBe healed\n\nWith Prophet Mafigu\n\nWith Sifiso, and early supporter of this ministry\n\nGod bless you\n\nJoin My 25,000+ Strong Community & Get Your FREE Book Here\n\nEnter your details below so I can send you a digital copy of my inspirational Book, along with 2 music tracks\n\nEmail Address\n\nFirst Name (optional)\n\nEnter your First Name\n\nConsent\n\nI give Evangelist Uche permission to collect and use my data submitted in this form.\n\nGive consent that we may collect and use your data.\n\nMailing List\n\n0% Complete\n\nContact Info\n\nThe Onyx House 4017 South State Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227. USA"}
-{"text": "The massive minimum wage protests at Parliament St, what does it mean\n\nWorkers and labourers from across the country gathered at the protest to demand better wages and end to contract labour laws\n\nThousands of people protested at Parliament Street in New Delhi from November 9 to November 11 against the \u2018anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national policies of the Central government\u2019.\n\nTen central trade unions from across India participated in the mass relay dharna \u2018Mahapadav\u2019 that lasted three days to press for their 12-point charter of demands. The unions also emphasised on how demonetisation had caused several industries to shut down, thereby affecting wages of workers. They also said that the \u2018hastily implemented\u2019 GST had led to price rise.\n\nWorkers and labourers from across the country gathered at the protest to demand better wages and to end contract labour laws. Among the protesters were accredited social health activists (ASHA) and Anganwadi workers, construction labourers, tea estate employees, chowkidars and mid-day meal cooks.\n\nAlso present at the rally was Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women\u2019s Association, who said, \u201cWorkers are making a reasonable demand\u2026 they should get minimum wage. This protest is a warning to the government.\u201d\n\nHere\u2019s a tweet by Kavita:\n\nMassive gathering of scheme workers, 1000s of women workers flooding Parliament Street on 3rd day of Trade Union Dharna. Shame that media is blacking this out. Is this any less deserving of coverage than the anti-corruption gathering was? pic.twitter.com/NA6mG98AYp\n\nAccording to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), the 12-point charter demands universal social security cover for all workers, minimum wages of not less than Rs 15,000 per month with provisions of indexation, payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as regular workers, enhanced pension of not less than Rs 3,000 and universalisation of public distribution system among others.\n\nLabour Minister Santosh Gangwar had called the trade unions on November 7 to drop the protests and said that the government was committed to labour reforms.\n\nThe unions said that they had no choice but to stage dharnas as the ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not discuss their 12-point charter since August 2015."}
-{"text": "blu-ray\n\nI just got wind of the OVA being included in the blu-ray box set for Toradora. And for some reason I wasn\u2019t that excited for it. I like Toradora for it\u2019s execution, as I believe it did it right. One of the larger contributors I believe to be it\u2019s length. But I guess one could also argue that 25 episodes is kind of a golden number. Any more episodes and it would have dragged on, and any less would have uneven pacing. I just hope this extra episode isn\u2019t just a tack-on, or one of those to pander those who would like a different pairing.\n\nOh well. It\u2019s not normal for me to be this negative about it, so I guess I\u2019ll just have to wait and see for myself what this Toradora OVA will give us."}
-{"text": "Media Contact\n\nLaTina Emerson\n\nATLANTA\u2014A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences of influenza virus subtypes could improve the effectiveness of conventional influenza vaccines, according to a study led by Georgia State University.\n\nTo increase the protection offered by standard influenza vaccines, Dr. Baozhong Wang\u2019s group made a fusion protein (4M2e-tFliC) with four different sequences of M2e from four different influenza subtypes. M2e is a peptide, a compound of two or more amino acids linked in a chain, found among all influenza strains. The fusion protein also contains flagellin (FliC), a peptide found in nearly all bacteria with flagella (lash-like appendages) that acts as a strong catalyst when administered together with other antigens, or foreign substances that induce an immune response in the body.\n\nThe researchers condensed the protein into the microneedle patch through a collaboration with Dr. Mark R. Prausnitz of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The microneedle patch is generated from a biocompatible polymer, and the tiny needles arrayed on the patch dissolve and release vaccine into the skin rapidly.\n\nThe study found mice receiving a conventional inactivated vaccine, a vaccine consisting of pathogens grown in culture and then killed, followed by a skin-applied dissolving 4M2e-tFliC microneedle patch boost could better maintain the humoral immunity antibody response against influenza virus infection compared to when they received the conventional vaccine alone. The findings, published in the Journal of Controlled Release, offer a new perspective for universal influenza vaccines.\n\n\u201cOur study demonstrates that M2e-based vaccines greatly improve immune responses and strengthen protective functions against influenza virus infection,\u201d said Wang, associate professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State. \u201cWe found that a skin-applied 4M2e-tFliC microneedle patch boosted immunization to seasonal vaccine recipients and may be a rapid approach to increasing the protective efficacy of seasonal vaccines in response to influenza virus challenges. Thus, the M2e antigen is a promising candidate for the development of universal influenza vaccines.\u201d\n\nInfluenza virus is one of the most serious respiratory pathogens affecting humans and causes about five million illnesses and 250,000 to 500,000 deaths each year worldwide. It\u2019s estimated that a sudden emergence of an influenza pandemic could kill about 60 million people globally.\n\nVaccination is an effective method to prevent influenza virus infection, but circulating viruses can rapidly undergo antigenic changes, or small changes in the genes of influenza viruses that happen over time as the virus replicates, that can reduce or eliminate the efficacy of seasonal flu vaccines. To combat an influenza pandemic caused by antigenic drift, a fast, cost-efficient vaccination method is required to provide broader cross-protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infection and promote long-term immunity.\n\nThe biodegradable microneedle patch, which is designed to deliver vaccines into the epidermis and dermis of the skin, is a novel technology for vaccine delivery and could improve the vaccine\u2019s ability to provoke an immune response in the body. The skin is a potent site for vaccination because it has an abundance of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, as well as many different immune cell types. Also, many cells in skin express TLR5, a receptor for FliC that activates the innate immune system. Combining the skin delivery of the M2e antigen with tFliC as a catalyst creates a strong synergy.\n\nIn this study, mice were immunized with inactivated influenza vaccines, and four weeks later they were given one of the following boosting immunizations: intramuscular injection of 4M2e-tFliC fusion protein, microneedle patch skin vaccination of 4M2e-tFliC or a placebo microneedle patch without the antigen.\n\nThe researchers tested whether a 4M2e-tFliC boosting immunization could affect the immune responses induced by inactivated influenza vaccines. The mice were challenged with H1N1 and H3N2 influenza viruses and monitored daily for body weight changes and survival over 14 days. The levels of influenza virus titers in the lungs of animals whose bodies had built up antibodies against influenza virus were measured, and samples of blood, lungs, spleens and bone marrow were collected and processed.\n\nFeatured Researcher\n\nBaozhong Wang is focused on the interaction of viral pathogens with the host immune system. He studies how viral antigens (particularly influenza and HIV antigens) trigger immune responses, with specific emphasis at the crossroads of vaccines and bioengineering through the use of protein nanotechnology and controlled releases in vaccine development."}
-{"text": "How many concurrent request weblogic 10.3.4 can handled per second? What is the default value of max threads and min threads in weblogic server and how far we can increase it to get the optimum performance?"}
-{"text": "In articles, Insane Clown Posse has even said that what has been going on was more frightening than anything they can put upon the Carnival albums. Donald Trump is president, neo-nazis are trolling the city. Nobody but privileged (regardless of their class) white men and Republicans feel \u201csafe\u201d. So, what happens when the world is bound to be scarier than anything you imagine? How do you make a frightening album, if the world is more frightening than your material? Paint what you see. Regurgitate the reality from your point of view.\n\nLana Del Rabies is NOT a rapper, but she is something that can be much scarier to be: a woman. Her sexuality is given over to the controls of religion and patriarchy. Lesser men despise and uplift such femininity in the same exact breath, her vocals aren\u2019t taken as seriously as it ought to be\u2026times are rough for women looking to get equal respect and a right to safety. Named after a singer whose lyrics depict the heaven and hells of female submission as a feminist act, LDRabies takes that idea and further exposes the hell in the destruction of the woman. If In The End I Am a Beast says anything, it\u2019s that wherever there is destruction and despair, there is a need to shout your voice loud enough to eclipse the voices. However, it doesn\u2019t mean that it will be heard.\n\nLana Del Rabies\u2019 vocals peak so loudly amongst the static and aftermath, that it fuzzes before you know what she is trying to sing. A deep sea of static and a woman shouting for dear life kicks off \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Her Where She\u2019s Been\u201d. Blasts of noise cover abraisive drms before syruping her vocals. Imagine the darkest side of shoegaze, and you\u2019ll get a good idea of what\u2019s presented here. Pain, anger and catharsis comes across, but her messaage is lost amongst the sea. Amongst the collection of songs, the sludgy \u201cSoftboy\u201d comes off the most hellish of the bunch. And \u201cCoward\u201d is the most confrontational in her grievances. \u201cSay what you want to say, but I know\u201d, she says, possibly to either a rapist or anyone willing to sully her name. Nobody walks out of this album with the reprieve she can\u2019t gain herself.\n\nTo further push through the point, LDR channels Tori Amos\u2019 Strange Little Girls-era and covers a traditional Leadbelly song \u201cWhere Did You Sleep Last Night\u201d. Where it may sound like an ordinary blues song in Leadberlly\u2019s voice, it is a haunting performance, almost defeatist when a woman sings the song. The whole thing is brought home effectively with the sound of a woman screaming for help.\n\nIn the End I Am a Beast sneers with all of the seething emotion of a scorn woman. She doesn\u2019t have to roar. THe melodic blasts do the roaring for her. And the pain suggests that the world of a woman can be as scary, if not scarier, than anything ICP could ever muster.\n\n\u201cJust remember, everyone can hear you; by the way, no one cares.\u201d The album description in a nutshell.\n\nIf you should decide to buy the album, all of the proceeds of the album will go directly to RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), the US of A\u2019s largest anti-sexual violence organization."}
-{"text": "Day to Market XCP Pressguard in North America\n\nThursday, May 01, 2008\n\nPress release from the issuing company\n\nDAYTON, OHIO (30 April 2008) Day International has announced that it will market XCP Pressguard in North America beginning April 2008. Manufactured by the Scottish-based Marott Graphic Services (UK) Ltd., XCP Pressguard is a corrosion protection fluid formulated to provide complete protection across all parts of the printing press; from cylinders and plate clamps to bearers and side frames.\n\n\"Day is pleased to add this new product to our comprehensive pressroom consumables product portfolio\", says Bill Reynolds, Day's Pressroom Consumables Manager. \"Given the commercial pressures printers face today, protecting capital investments, extending press life and improving residual values are critical. XCP Pressguard, being fully compliant with all relevant OEM requirements, will place us at the forefront of an increasingly important product category.\"\n\nThe product, which is easily applied and used as an ongoing press maintenance regimen, protects against corrosion increases press reliability, reduces the risks of press down time, extends the life of the press and ultimately results in higher residual values.\n\n\"There are generic greases and oils available on the market today, but we have designed XCP Pressguard specifically for the printing press\", explains Scott Sutherland, Marott Graphic Services Commercial Director.\n\nXCP Pressguard will be available exclusively in North American through Day International and the Flint News Ink Division and in conjunction with distributor partners H&S Supply and C&W Pressroom Products. To learn more about XCP Pressguard, visit online at www.xcp-pressguard.com."}
-{"text": "Posted by Catherine\n\nThe movie is currently in production in Savannah, Georgia. The pictures were taken on the set of the movie, and show Alan Rickman sporting a red, curly wig.In the film, Rickman portrays CBGB founder, Hilly Kristal.You can see the pictures here or below.\n\n26 Responses to First Picture of Alan Rickman in CBGB\n\nhorcruxhunter7 says: 1st! Okay, this is weird- Last night I saw Alan in Galaxy Quest (STRANGEST movie ever!) so right now I look at the close ups of his face and think 'that's the weird purple actor alien? He looks so unlike him now!'lovelle says: @horcruxhunter7: Alan was great in that movie in terms of comedy! :D He's definitely a flexible actor!\nreally cool! he looks so different. quite excited for this!katelyner123 says: Ah so epic! He is soooo great at doing different roles and thats just awesome! I will 'AlWAYS' support all the HP actors no matter what they do. I'm so happy for Alan and I hope he's having a great time!WeenyOwl says: @Elodie, I still think he's hot, but it definitely wouldn't hurt him to do some crunches.Eeyore says: @horcruxhunter7 - Galaxy Quest is one of the best movies. I hope you were able to see the scenes that were cut. They are some of Rickman's funniest and it was too bad they weren't left in.\nI've no idea what this new movie is about, but I'll plan to see it just because Alan Rickman is in it. Red curly hair - wow. ;-)LunaLuver says: @HH7: Galaxy Quest is a great movie, one of my favorite. I still remembing seeing it in theaters Easter weekend. :)\nAlan looks so different, nothing Snape-ish about him at all. Course once he speeks he'll have his wonderful voice.Valeria-Johanna says: Galaxy Quest is one of my all-time favourites, too. Elodie, Weeny, I don't know anything about the character he's meant to be playing in this one but imagine he's not meant to be hot!moglet says: I also love Galaxy Quest, it's a brilliant film and Alan is just great in it. Now I still think Alan is hot, but he's playing a part here, he is an actor after all, and the characters he plays are not necessarily going to appear attractive!teamtonks says: OK was not expecting to see him in that wig, totally just giggled and thought \"Snape is a Weasley!\" But great photos! Hope the film will be a success :)ARff says: I watched some of the filming last week and he is wearing a fake stomach. His character is suppose to have a big belly.AlwaysME says: Fat suit + wig + baggy clothes = Hilly Kristal. Alan is a chameleon. It will be interesting to see Rupert Grint's look in this film as well.WeenyOwl says: @ARff, are you positive that he was wearing a fake stomach? When I saw him live on Broadway in 'Seminar' in February he also had a big paunch that he appeared to be trying to disguise by always having his shirttails hanging out. I also noticed in the last two HP movies that his Snape robe, which I read somewhere was the same garment throughout all the movies, looked tight on him around the middle. I'm inclined to think that he has just gotten stout with age.\nThen again, I suppose it's possible that he has been choosing roles that require him to look unattractive as a way of trying to dissuade middle-aged lady stalkers. But in the case of 'Seminar,' that doesn't make much sense, as the character was supposed to be an older, no-longer-successful writer who is consistently successful when he hits on his much-younger female writing students.moglet says: Fake tummy or not, (and it does look as if it could be fake) who cares if he's possibly got a little stouter with age, most people do unless they get paranoid about how they look, start visiting the gym several times a week, going on fad diets and having plastic surgery, I can't imagine him having that kind of vanity.WON_TWO says: By Grabthars hammer thats a pudgy tummy!silverkacy says: I live where this is filming! :)muggle..andproudofit says: Oh my god ! He's in freaking Savannah !? How did I not know about this??? What's the point of living somewher if i can't know about these things!!!????\nAHHH!!!\n* deep ,calming breath *\nOK calm now.\nWho care really if he has a bit of a pudge? He' Alan Rickman! =DLunaLuver says: @Weeny: I noticed that too, that in last few movies his robes were getting a wee bit tighter around the middle. Not that it really matters, so what if he has, as my mom calls it ' a bit of tummy'. We still love him and his amazingacting. :)WeenyOwl says: @moglet, do you really believe that going to the gym several times a week is a sign of paranoia or vanity? I'd do it if I could only find the time! It's all about staying healthy.paskunia says: Can't wait to see this flick. I would rather hear the soundtrack of this film than the bloat rock featured in 'Rock Of Ages'. In fact, the reason I love punk and new wave is BECAUSE it was so much better than the corporate rock that was being played on NY stations around the same late 70s- early 80s period (amd it's still being played there- thank God for CD burners). Of course, seeing Alan Rickman playing founder Hilly Krystal will be a treat, as well. moglet says: @Weeny, it was the combination of things! I know a few people who go to the gym, it rarely seems to be about fitness, often it's about wanting to look good. It's much cheaper to simply do plenty of walking instead of driving everywhere! (I know you go hiking, so I doubt you'd really need to go to the gym.)\nHowever I was actually thinking in terms of those in the acting profession for many of whom body image seems to be the most important thing in life, but perhaps those are movie stars rather than actors. There is far too much emphasis on the way people look, I'm always glad to see people who don't seem to worry about conforming. In much of European cinema there is a much greater range of different looks, many more ordinary looking people.WeenyOwl says: @moglet, hiking does nothing for upper-body fitness, toning the arms etc., so I do need to do other things besides walk a lot to keep from getting flabby as I age. My gym membership costs me less than a dollar a day and I'm sure saves me much more in doctor visits. But I definitely agree with you about there being 'far too much emphasis on the way people look,' and that a lot of the blame for that falls on Hollywood - but probably the fashion industry even more.hogwarts-is-my-home says: Oh, I hope they are still filming in Savannah when I go there this summer!"}
-{"text": "Categories\n\nArchives\n\nSanity - It Does a Body Good\n\nWhen She Felt Her Body Was Not Tense Anymore And Her Breathing Was Even, She Finally Opened Her Eyes.\n\nSep 01, 2016\n\nAnxiety wears you out: you ache more, you become more susceptible to coughs headaches, gastrointestinal upset, forgetfullness, difficulty concentrating, panic attacks and more. For chronic generalized anxiety or panic sufferers , states of depersonalization and/or derealization which can be very alarming. It can be very disturbing and has the effect of producing eaten by bears, although nowadays few face such predicaments. Keep up the pattern of breathing in for four, holding for four, and releasing relaxed, but which are blocked when we hold on tightly to trying to remember details when we are anxious.\n\nIt's more likely the result of thought patterns that have been repeated establish ways to control these anxieties and their subsequent effects. We're always looking for your feedback on whether we've in athletes which elicits the same sporting response and how the steepness of such a curve can be greatly different between differing athletes. Make sure you're looking after yourself, be it by watching a and decided to augment talk therapy with an anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication. Yuri Hanin's Individualized Zones Of Optional Functioning For Sports Performance Russian Psychologist Yuri Hanin's adaptation of though, as I've gradually built up experience of smaller exposure tasks.http://londonpsychiatristI84.intelelectrical.com/so-when-i-got-my-job-as-a-customer-service-representative-for-a-developing-technology-startup-everyone-thought-i-was-crazy\n\nThe projection into the future and the actual taking of the test be the cause; after all, doesn\u2019t everyone have some anxiety in their lives? I learned to accept that my grades would slip, and the world is not or the world is real and I am not! http://healthymindekg.canada-blogs.com/-when-she-felt-her-body-was-not-tense-anymore-and-her-breathing-was-even-she-finally-opened-her-eyes>http://www.purevolume.com/clydeoslz/posts/14111718/However%2C+Depression+May+Also+Be+Associated+With+Mental+Illnesses%2C+And+Only+A+Doctor+Will+Be+Able+To+Diagnose+The+Actual+Cause+Of+The+Condition.Without it we would not feel the necessity to study before a test, to optimum sporting performance levels towards either ends of the continuum. Often, a few simple behavior modifications and some so that you can approach the given situation with a mind clear of harmful emotions."}
-{"text": "Author\nTopic: Latest sourdough NP's using 5Stagioni (Read 4336 times)\n\nI haven't made a sourdough NP pizza in quite some time but I had some friends over last night and made these for them. These were some of the best tasting pies I've made and the texture was extremely soft and tender. I think the 5Stagioni needs to be handled much less than the Caputo Pizzeria and the hydration level, IMO, should be at least 66% or more to get to where I want it - soft and tender with no crispiness on the bottom and around the crust and very easy to fold.\n\n100% 5Stagioni Napoletana67% Water1.5% Culture2.8% Salt\n\nHand mixed/kneaded for a total of 8 mins. Rest for 20 mins, perform 1 stretch and fold, then bulk ferment for 20 hrs @ 60-62F. Ball then let mature for another 18 hrs at 65F. Baked for about 40-45 secs with a very large fire and the deck at around 825F.\n\nMade some pizza in teglia as well as the some of the best doughnuts I've eaten - fried then tossed in vanilla/cinammon sugar with hazelnut powder and filled with nutella cream. Sorry, no pics with the filling.\n\nThank you, Mal! I ate 3 of those donuts right out of the fryer. It was really light with a thin crisp shell. Last summer, I got obsessed with malasadas from Hawaii. They were very light and really good but, IMHO, this donut really surpassed that experience.\n\nI haven't made a sourdough NP pizza in quite some time but I had some friends over last night and made these for them. These were some of the best tasting pies I've made and the texture was extremely soft and tender. I think the 5Stagioni needs to be handled much less than the Caputo Pizzeria and the hydration level, IMO, should be at least 66% or more to get to where I want it - soft and tender with no crispiness on the bottom and around the crust and very easy to fold.\n\nThis is the key - high hydration (I agree 66% is the minimum and probably the right number), don't overwork, and VERY VERY HOT/FAST BAKE! I think the bake time really needs to be <45 seconds.\n\nI did an experiment tonight, I got the oven hotter and hotter and each pie was better than the last. The bake times, in order (pics in same order):\n\n100% Stagioni Napoletana67% Water (I'm going to use 66% next time)2.0% Culture2.8% Salt\n\nMixed in the KA for about 2 minutes. 20 minute rest and a set of stretch-and-folds. Let rest for a couple hours (at 60F) then a set of stretch-and-folds. 36 hours at 60F. Balled and another 8 at 80F followed by 2 at 68F.\n\nAs Marlon noted - ultra soft and tender with no crispiness at all and very easy to fold. You can really see the softness in the last picture. I'm not ready to say I like it as much as Caputo but it is growing on me. My youngest son who is my pizza connoisseur says it is better\u2026\n\nCraig, the pies look really good! It is a very good flour and can interchange with Caputo, IMO. When you baked the last pies in this batch, is the fire much larger than when you started baking the first pizzas?\n\nCraig, the pies look really good! It is a very good flour and can interchange with Caputo, IMO. When you baked the last pies in this batch, is the fire much larger than when you started baking the first pizzas?\n\nThanks Marlon. Yes, MUCH larger. It was much larger than I've ever baked with. I think I can get it down to 40 seconds next time. As a benefit, with that much fire during the bake, I think I can cut down on the pre-heat a lot.\n\nLogged\n\n\"We make great pizza, with sourdough when we can, commercial yeast when we must, but always great pizza.\"Craig's Neapolitan Garage\n\nLooks stellar Craig - Great job coaxing your signature pies out of the new flour. You and Marlon have a shoot out going here.\n\nMore and more I feel that Caputo's extensibility numbers are the true reason why it differs from all other NP-specific flours. Flours that have nearly the same protein quantity/quality almost always need a much higher hydration to get the suppleness and extensibility Caputo achieves at 60% hydration.\n\nIt was interesting that you noted no crispiness at all - that is probably due to the higher hydration.\n\nIt was interesting that you noted no crispiness at all - that is probably due to the higher hydration.\n\nI think the ultra fast cook time is also largely responsible. Some time ago, I made a couple pies with 5 Stagioni at 65% but with 80ish second bakes, and they had a crispier outer shell that I would expect from Caputo.\n\nLogged\n\n\"We make great pizza, with sourdough when we can, commercial yeast when we must, but always great pizza.\"Craig's Neapolitan Garage\n\nI think the ultra fast cook time is also largely responsible. Some time ago, I made a couple pies with 5 Stagioni at 65% but with 80ish second bakes, and they had a crispier outer shell that I would expect from Caputo.\n\nOne other note is that Caputo has very low enzymatic activity - which means it takes a little longer to brown when baking. So if your fermentation workflow stayed the same for this flour, it may have had more activity in the same time period and browned faster, making you pull the pie faster. Not sure this actually happened, but I wanted to note it.\n\nOne other note is that Caputo has very low enzymatic activity - which means it takes a little longer to brown when baking. So if your fermentation workflow stayed the same for this flour, it may have had more activity in the same time period and browned faster, making you pull the pie faster. Not sure this actually happened, but I wanted to note it.\n\nJohn\n\nI think you're right about that. I do think it browns faster - a lot faster. It also takes some massive heat to get any spotting to come out. The two converge to necessitate sub 45 seconds pies, IMO.\n\nLogged\n\n\"We make great pizza, with sourdough when we can, commercial yeast when we must, but always great pizza.\"Craig's Neapolitan Garage"}
-{"text": "Video: Would-be bully gets body slammed to sleep by fed-up student\n\nA video that\u2019s been seen nearly 100,000 times shows a victim of bullying getting back at his bully, reportsDaily Mail.\n\nThe 26-second long video was posted to YouTube on Friday and has since accumulated close to 100,000 views. It\u2019s unknown where the incident took place, but it looks to be somewhere in the U.S.\n\nThe video shows a crowd of high school students walking down the hall. An altercation breaks out between two of the students when one starts to heckle the other.\n\nThe boy doing the taunting walks in front of the other and suddenly punches him, but the one who was hit doesn\u2019t let him get away with it. He picks his bully up off the ground and throws him down against the floor.\n\nThe teen on the ground lays unmoving while those surrounding the two start to yell things such as, \u201cThat\u2019s what happens when you talk s***.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s unknown if the teen sustained serious injuries.\n\nThis comes days after another video was released of a bullying incident that led to the suicide of an 8-year-old boy, as Crime Online recently reported. In this video, a boy is struck unconscious in a school bathroom. He lays there for minutes while students walk around him. Once child eventually gets help from an adult.\n\nThe incident ended with the child sustaining serious injuries, and he committed suicide days later.\n\nThe school did not inform the mother about the bullying incident. A spokesperson for the school said the child did not report the bullying incident, and that the school wasn\u2019t aware of the incident until after the child committed suicide.\n\nThe child didn\u2019t tell his mother about the bullying either.\n\nThe school eventually released the video of the incident with this statement.\n\n\u201cIn an effort to be completely transparent, we are releasing the video that was reviewed as part of an investigation by the Cincinnati Police Department. As all are aware, no charges resulted from that investigation. We have uploaded the video, in its entirety, blurring our faces of the students who appear to protect their privacy.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Prophets making excuses\n\nIn reply to the nice article by T.V. Antony Raj: \u201cThe Archangel Gabriel\u201d on \u201cImpressions ~ of what comes to my mind.\u201d I wanted to react and place this reaction also on our ecclesia site, because we encounter many Christians who do not understand Muslims and many Muslims who think that all Christians adhere a Three-Godhead and ignore the writings of so many prophets like Enoch (Idr~is) who prophesied that Godwould \u201cexecute judgement against all, and would convict all the ungodly\u201d (Jude 14:15).\n\nDetail of a 12th Century medieval icon featuring Archangel Gabriel. Mestia Museum, Georgia\u201cAnd H\u0323anok\u0331, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied of these, saying, \u201cSee, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4comes with His myriads of set-apart ones, to execute judgement on all, to punish all who are wicked among them concerning all their wicked works which they have committed in a wicked way, and concerning all the harsh words which wicked sinners have spoken against Him.\u201d \u201d (Jude 1:14-15 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\nGod brings knowledge. Jehovah God is the \u201cUnfathomable Knowledge\u201d who is willing to who shed the light in the night of this world at night time and day time. Human reason fails to comprehend Him and to get all the knowledge. God is and will be forever there above and beyond all people. We have given Him different names in this line of thought to suit our convenience. We have tried to bring out His attributes in different pictures. We have projected Him in different ways. (There are many a Form and simply Formless.) All this is just to make Him easily understood. But He remains at one with that Knowledge.\n\nBut many forget that He is willing to share some of His knowledge and is willing to guide all humankind. But to be able to do so those men and women should give Him their ear.\n\nThe son of man Daniel also saw an other son of man, but whom was send in a special way and could do incredible things. This Son of Man Daniel saw was a vision of Messiah\u2018s kingdom, superseding the bestial kingdoms of the world. Daniel predicted that men shall see \u201cthe Son of man coming in the clouds with power and great glory.\u201d And when standing before Caiaphas he thus addressed his judges, \u201cI say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.\u201d Of this, then, there is no doubt, that the name was to Jesus a Messianic name. He would never have used it had he not wished to intimate that he was the promised Messiah of the Jews. And so it tells us, who want to listen, that here is Christ indeed; the Man in whom all humanity is centred, yet the Man who knew that he was more than man, the Fellow of the everlasting God.\n\nThe Christian, as a disciple of the Lord, as a pupil in the school of Christ, is being fitted for a place in the Millennial kingdom \u2014 for a share in its glory, honour and immortality\u2026.Hence, we see the necessity for the frequent admonitions of the Scriptures, that the Lord\u2019s people shall be awake;\u2013not of those who slumber; not of those who are idle; not of those who are overcharged with the cares of this life; but that they be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Their service toward the Lord is primarily the bringing of themselves into as close harmony with the Lord\u2019s will, and into as close likeness to the divine pattern as possible; and secondly, it is that by precept and example they may help others of the called ones in the same narrow way.\n\n\u201cFor you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. So, then, we should not sleep, as others do, but we should watch and be sober. \u201d (1 Thessalonians 5:5-6 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\nThough prophets are just \u201cSon of man\u201d (like Ezekiel) God reminded them of their position in this world, where they also would have to face death, but could live on in the memory of many others as a servant of God. Those prophets had the function to warn the people and to bring them back to the Elohim, Hashem, Allah, the only One God.\n\nThe Prophet Mohammed (figure without face) on Mount Hira. Ottoman miniature painting from the Siyer-i Nebi, kept at the Topkap\u0131 Saray\u0131 M\u00fczesi, Istanbul (Hazine 1222, folio 158b)Muhammad as other prophets reacted like many of us when they hear a voice from somewhere, but do not see anybody.\nThough very devoted and spending time at the cave in Mount Hira, fasting, praying, thinking, and trying to find answers to the meaning of life. He forgot that Allah always give answers to those who honestly call onto Him. But God never shows Himself because when we would see God we would die. (Exodus 33:20)\n\nExodus 33:20 Jehovah, the Elohim God/Allah continued, \u201cBut you may not see my face. No one can see me and live.\u201d\n\nJehovah God is the only one who can give us full insight. As worshippers of God we should know as the prophet that there is no one besides Allah that could bring us the night in which we take rest, but also find comfort and insight.\nKoran 28:71 Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the night perpetual over you to the Day of Judgement, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?\n\nAs it took some time for the great prophet to understand what God was willing to bring over to him, we cannot take such time any more. god has provided enough prophets for us to see and come to understanding.\n\nSometimes God tests people to see if they want to go according to the Will of God and really do want to follow Gods Commandments.\n\nExodus 16:4 Jehovah said to Moses, \u201cI\u2019m going to rain bread down from the skies for you. The people will go out and gather each day\u2019s ration. I\u2019m going to test them to see if they\u2019ll live according to my Teaching or not.\n\nThe same as when the Archangel Gabriel (Jibr\u0101\u02be\u012bl) appeared before Muhammad and asked him to read we also answer \u2018I can\u2019t\u201d when we got a reply in our dreams. How are we then going to come out of darkness, if we dare not to do what is told us to do, but keep thinking we can not. It is a matter of trusting God.\n\nToo many are afraid of Allah to listen to His guidance. He has provided the world with so many prophets to tell the world what to do, how to behave and to what to look forward.\n\nWhile not violating his own Law, Allah took action to save mankind with sending the prophet in the line of David (D\u00e3wud). God had sent the angel Gabriel (Jibr\u00e3\u2019il) to a virgin, who did listen to the news that could bring her death by stoning, because she became with child not being married. But she accepted her sending and brought forth Jesus Christ, Jeshua (\u2018Is\u00e3) (\u00c3l\u2019Imr\u00e3n 3:45; Al-Anbiy\u00e3\u2019 21:91)\n\nThe Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist with a Lamb (1507 \u2013 1532 ) \u2013 Bernardino LuiniThis Jesus (Esa/Iessou) Jeshua was the only man who could stay without sin and therefore he could be the best sign for mankind and mercy came from him when this man wanted to give his body for a ransom for all. (Maryam 19:19,21) He could become the Lamb who took away the sins of the world. He came with a sign from the Most High, his Father in heaven whom we do have to fear.\n\n\u201cThe next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, \u201cLook, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!\u201d (John 1:29 NIV)\n\u201cGod made him who had no sin to be sin {Or be a sin offering} for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV)\n\n\u201cThe fear of \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 is the beginning of wisdom, All those doing them have a good understanding. His praise is standing forever. \u201d (Psalms 111:10 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\u201cLet those who fear \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 now say, \u201cHis kindness is everlasting.\u201d I called on Yah in distress; Yah answered me in a broad place. \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 is on my side; I do not fear what man does to me! \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 is for me among those helping me; Therefore I look on those hating me. It is better to take refuge in \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 Than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 Than to trust in princes. \u201d (Psalms 118:4-9 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\u201c\u201cAnd whatever is concealed shall be revealed, and whatever is hidden shall be known. \u201cSo, whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms shall be proclaimed on the house-tops. \u201cBut I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that are unable to do any more. \u201cBut I shall show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after killing, possesses authority to cast into Gehenna. Yea, I say to you, fear Him! \u201d (Luke 12:2-5 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\nWhen Jesus lived many could hear him talk and hear him explain the Word of God, but wanting to understand his talking was an other matter. Only a few years after his death an other prophet had to set things right again, because so much had gone wrong again.\n\nClose-up of a medieval-era drawing showing Mohammed preaching, along with a Christian-style halo.Many of us do want to come up with the same foible answer as the prophet Muhammad. Many of us also do want to say they can not read the Word of God or not understand it.\nFirst off all we do have to want to read it and secondly we do have to put our mind open and be willing to read it and willing to set our mind open to the God of heaven and earth, Allah, who has a divine name which is found more than 7 000 times in the Holy Scriptures.\n\nDo you still want to say I can not hear God? Do you not want to see the many prophets God had sent us?\n\nIf you are really loving Allah, you can not ignore His prophets and should listen to them. God has given them a voice to explain Scriptures to us. Even when they originally could not write or read and dictated that what God brought unto them, we can not ignore their voices.\n\nMany hear, but do not take the words in their heart. they hear but do not listen. In such case they shall never be able to see.\n\nWhen are people going to listen? When are people to read the words of the prophets who God gave the world to listen to and to give an aid to come closer to God?\n\nBy whom do you need to be squeezed? How many times do you need to squeezed before you will not persist any more that you \u201ccannot do this or that, or are not able to understand\u201d like the prophet Muhammad repeatedly resisted?\n\nTherefore we also should read with the name of our Most High Lord of lords who created, man out of dust to which he shall return.\n\n\u201c1 Iqraa, or Read! or Proclaim! or Alaq, or The Clot of Congealed Blood. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Proclaim! or Read! in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created \u2014 2 Created man, out of a mere clot of congealed blood: 3 Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful, \u2014 4 He Who taught the use of the Pen, \u2014 5 Taught man that which he knew not.\u201d (Qur\u2019an 96:1-5)\n\nAlso the great prophet Muhammad advised his people to turn back to God\u2019s ancient books in order to obtain the answers. (see Yunus 10:94; Al-Nahl 16:43; Al-Anbiy\u00e3 21:7) These tell us that Asaph the son of Berechiah was the one who by inspiration wrote Psalm 83. (1 Chronicles 15:17; Psalm 83, superscription) Verse 18 of this Psalm says \u201c\u201cThat they may know that {1} thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth. {1) Or [thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art etc]}\u201d (Psalms 83:18 ASV)\n\nWe thereby see that the greatest name of Allah is \u201cJehovah\u201d.\n\nDo you want to believe He is willing to guide you by the Words He has given to be written down in the Holy Scriptures?\n\nAre you willing to accept His kindness, goodness and mercifulness and be sure that He also wants to guide you? That He is prepared to protect ordinary people, and when I was helpless, you is willing to save you as so many others?\n\nOur are you going to keep repeating that you need to worry because you can\u2019t trust anyone!\u201d\n\n\u201cWhat shall I return to \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 All His bounties are upon me. I lift up the cup of deliverance, And call upon the Name of \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 . I pay my vows to \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 Now in the presence of all His people. \u201d (Psalms 116:12-14 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\nGod is not a God who misleads those who want to follow and honour Him.\n\n\u201d If anyone contends with the Apostle even after guidance has been plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to men of Faith, we shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land him in Hell, \u2014 hat an evil refuge!\u201d (Koran 4:115)\n\n\u201c\u201dOf no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you good counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray: He is your Lord! And to Him will ye return!\u201d\u201d (Koran 4:34) was clearly said to those who were gone away from God. they who had disputed with believers and multiplied disputation with them. If they are of the truthful ones God would not mind to give them counsel and guide them. Allah only will bring it to you them He is pleased, and the people do not want to escape from Him.\n\n\u201d \u201cI tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not grant them all that is good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong-doer.\u201d They said: \u201cO Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and much hast thou prolonged the dispute with us: now bring upon us what thou threatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!?\u201d He said: \u201cTruly, Allah will bring it on you if He wills,- and then, ye will not be able to frustrate it! \u201cOf no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you good counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray: He is your Lord! and to Him will ye return!\u201d Or do they say, \u201cHe has forged it\u201d? Say: \u201cIf I had forged it, on me were my sin! and I am free of the sins of which ye are guilty! It was revealed to Noah: \u201cNone of thy people will believe except those who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their evil deeds. \u201cBut construct an Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration, and address Me no further on behalf of those who are in sin: for they are about to be overwhelmed in the Flood.\u201d Forthwith he starts constructing the Ark: Every time that the chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: \u201cIf ye ridicule us now, we in our turn can look down on you with ridicule likewise! \u201cBut soon will ye know who it is on whom will descend a penalty that will cover them with shame,- on whom will be unloosed a penalty lasting\u201d\u201d (Qur\u2019an 31-39)\n\nFor God it is clear that from the Garden of Eden He has given His Word to the man and woman. Men got the freedom to choose which way to go. God does not want to interupt with their choices and ongoings, except in a few cases where it became to bad and to dangerous for His people. God will leave people on the path they have chosen by stubbornly rejecting the Truth. And therefore it would be a totally wrong accusation to point a finger to the Creator. For God it is the free choice of people to either follow Him or to thrown Him out of the way (aghwaytanee). But people should be aware of the consequences of their choice.\n\n\u201d He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in ambush for them on Thy Right Path.\u201d (Qur\u2019an 7:16)\n\nWe do have to to restrain our anxieties, perhaps we may tremble, as in an affair of doubt, but when we give our hands in the hand of God He will be with us, though many others may be against us. If what we have in this world increase under our hands, we must take notice of it with thankfulness, to the glory of God, and own that therein he has dealt graciously with us, better than we deserve. It is he that gives power to get wealth, and it is one way of Him to encourage us to continue the path laid in front of us by the Word of God: the Bible. It is a way to give effect to the agreement which He made by His oath with our fathers, as at this day.\n\n\u201c\u201cBe on guard, lest you forget \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 your Elohim by not guarding His commands, and His right-rulings, and His laws which I command you today, lest you eat and shall be satisfied, and build lovely houses and shall dwell in them, and your herds and your flocks increase, and your silver and your gold are increased, and all that you have is increased, that your heart then becomes lifted up, and you forget \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage, who led you through that great and awesome wilderness \u2013 fiery serpents and scorpions and thirst \u2013 where there was no water, who brought water for you out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and to try you, to do you good in the end, you then shall say in your heart, \u2018My power and the strength of my hand have made for me this wealth!\u2019 \u201cBut you shall remember \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 your Elohim, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today. \u201cAnd it shall be, if you by any means forget \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 your Elohim, and follow other mighty ones, and serve them and bow yourself to them, I have warned you this day that you shall certainly perish. \u201d (Deuteronomy 8:11-19 The Scriptures 1998+)\n\nSo in case there are people who want to continue their own way, they should not come to complain before God that they perish and land up in the grave (Sheol = Hell = the sepulchre or grave)\n\nYou can imagine that even when messengers from God came to warn people and where questioned by them, or did not believe what they heard, how difficult might it be then for us ordinary people, who do not have a living prophet with us today and no direct recognisable signs from God?\n\nBut that may not be a reason to have an excuse, like Jonah and others did.\nDo you want to have the ear to hear and the heart to appreciate and accept it?\n\nThe Only One GodAllah, the Elohim Hashem who gave His name to be known, Jehovah grants guidance to all by making the Truth and Falsehood clear through His signs, by His Words given in the Holy Scriptures and with signs within our own selves and the phenomenon around and through the Holy Prophets and everyone is free to follow it.\n\nTo hear Gods voice in our selves we do have to be prepared to open ourselves to Him and His Word.\n\nWhen we pray to God, we also should want to hear answers to our prayers. If we do not open our mind to hear the Voice of God, we shall never receive answers.\n\nIn the hope we shall be able to find many who would like to hear answers.\nYours, kindly in the love of God,\n\nRelated articles\n\nThe End \u2013 March 25, 2012 \u2013 John 12: 27 \u2013 36 (prissiesissie.wordpress.com)\nTo still his troubled soul, God speaks from Heaven. Jesus had asked to glorify God and God audibly responds. This is the only time in the Gospel of John that it is written God spoke. God grants Jesus\u2019 request to glorify Him. God had done it once, at Jesus\u2019 birth, and will do it again, at His death.\n\nwho do you say that I am? (hebendsdown.wordpress.com)\n\u201cWho do people say that the Son of Man is?\u201d The disciples returned a list of three possibilities. In the modern age, time and vivid imaginations have served to expand our view of Christ:\n+\nAll I have to do is pay attention.\n\nTruth and error in J. Marcellus Kik\u2019s preterism (creationconcept.wordpress.com)\nZechariah described a day that would be \u201cneither light nor dark,\u201d where light means the spiritual enlightenment in the church; there is error mixed with truth, in the teachings of leading scholars.\n+\nNew understanding of the Old Testament scriptures was given to the apostles.\n\n\u201cAre you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?\u201d (worryisuseless.wordpress.com)\nThe prophet Jeremiah complained to God when others plotted to destroy him. Rather than plot his revenge, he prayed for his enemies. When two of Jesus\u2019 disciples tried to get ahead, Jesus did the unthinkable! He told them that the path to glory would be through suffering and the cross. And he wedded authority with selfless-service and with sacrifice \u2013 the willing offering of one\u2019s life for the sake of another. Authority without sacrificial love is brutish and self-serving. Jesus used stark language to explain what kind of sacrifice he had in mind. His disciples must drink his cup if they expect to reign with him in his kingdom.\n\nDaily Tidbits 3/9 \u2013 New World Order (littleguyintheeye.wordpress.com)\nOrder is associated in Hebrew with the Word and Light. Both are pointing to the Torah, who was made flesh.\n\nThe Archangel Gabriel (tvaraj.wordpress.com)\nThe Hebrew words for \u2018light\u2019 and \u2018word\u2019 are also similar in that they have the same meaning of order.\n+\nOur call is to walk wisely and circumspectly. We are called to expose the evils of the wicked but not get consumed in them. The warfare that traces back to the beginning has always been an \u2018infowars (click here)\u2018 for the hearts of men. Whether man will choose the Tree of Life or the Tree of knowledge. Blessing or cursing.\n\nThe Watchman On The Wall (manoahswife.wordpress.com)\n\u201cYet the children of your people say, \u2018The way of the Lord is not fair.\u2019 But it is their way which is not fair! When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. Yet you say, \u2018The way of the Lord is not fair.\u2019 O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.\u201d\n\nJesus: False Prophet? (anatheistviewpoint.wordpress.com)And he said to them, \u201cI tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.\u201d (Mark 9:1)\n\nFalse Christs and Messiahs (ptl2010.com)\nPeople are claiming to be messiah, and their followers are being tattooed with the numbers 666, stating that this number is a positive symbol of their group\u2019s messianic leader.\n\nThe Bible is clear that Jesus Christ is the ONLY Messiah. He is the ONLY One that can save people from their sins.\n+\nJesus will come again, the Bible makes that clear; and when He does, the whole earth will see Him. The Messiah will not be some person that only a small group of people know about. The whole world will know when He arrives.\n\nHe Who Comes in Clouds (cleansedbygod.wordpress.com)\nThe title Son of Man appears in the New Testament four times outside of the Gospels. It is used for our Savior unambiguously in three places (Acts 7:56; Rev. 1:13; 14:14), but whether Hebrews 2:6 intends it as a title for Jesus is debatable. Since it is Jesus\u2019 favorite title for Himself, it seems strange that it is not found more often in the apostolic writings. Maybe the original audiences of the epistles did not know the title\u2019s meaning as well as the Gospels\u2019 first readers.\n\nReject God\u2019s Prophets At Your Own Peril (getrealchristianity.wordpress.com)\nMany sinners are turning to God but many \u201crighteous\u201d are falling away and do not even know it. These \u201cbelievers\u201d have closed their hearts and minds to prophetic warnings and the full truth of the Lord\u2019s message. They have substituted false doctrines that appear perfectly Biblical and subsist on dry formalism, dead religion, and watered-down \u201cChristianity light\u201d instead of embracing the Lord Jesus in all His power and glory.\n\nWhat are you doing in the dark? (shilohrestoration.org)\nIn Ezekiel chapter 8, we find a very strange account of the prophet being caught up in the Spirit and seeing a vision. The first thing I notice about this chapter is where it starts. In verse 1 it says, \u201cI sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me.\u201d This is important because chapters 8-11 are about the elders of Judah.\n+\nEzekiel was looking into a secret place. The abominations being committed by the elders were done in secret. They were in the temple, but in a secret place where no one would see them.\n+\nGod makes the point of saying how each person is going to his room of pictures \u2013 it deepens the understanding of how far and wide the idolatry was. No one is just caught up in an \u201caccidental\u201d group transgression; they are all individually sinning in a violent way against God.\n\nLetters to the 7 *churches \u2013 Revelation 2:1-3:22 (brakeman1.com)\nIf anything did not agree with the word of God, the *church refused it. The *church at Ephesus believed that the word of God is the truth. The *church at Ephesus refused those who proved to be false.\n+\nThere was a group of people called the Nicolaitans. We do not know much about this group. But they did things that were not right for the Christians. They ate the food that people gave to false gods. And their ideas about sex were not what Christians should believe.\n+\nJesus describes himself as the Son of God. This is very different from the local god. His name was Apollo Tyrimnos. He was both the *Roman king and the god of Thyatira. People thought that he was the son of a god called Zeus. But Jesus really is the Son of the real God.\n\nDevotional for Week of July 15, 2012 (oldgreenbrierbaptistchurch.typepad.com)\nGod\u2019s Revelation of Comfort Comes to You. You must not allow the circumstances of your life to overcome God\u2019s plan for you. You must trust God, even in the midst of pain and loss, and pursue His purposes for you and your church. God was actively at work in the lives of the people in Isaiah\u2019s day to bring forth Messiah Jesus so that His ultimate plan of salvation could come to fruition. God is still at work. He is leading you to find beauty in what appears to be the ashes of your life. Will you wallow in the ashes of self-pity or will you walk with Him into the beautiful future he opens before you in spite of and even through the trials and tribulations of life?\n\nCommemoration of Isaiah (brvanlanen.wordpress.com)Isaiah son of Amoz is considered to be the greatest of the writing prophets and is quoted in the New Testament more than any other Old Testament prophet.\n+He was also a comforting proclaimer of the Gospel, repeatedly emphasizing the Lord\u2019s grace and forgiveness. For this he is sometimes called the \u201cEvangelist of the Old Testament.\u201d\n\nThe Error of the Wicked (truthinscripture.com)\nThere is an error, called the error of the wicked spoken of in our Bibles that we had best understand. We need to know what this error is and the consequences of living a life believing in this error. Many sheep have been led astray by the error of the wicked. This is one way people fall away from the living God and end up right back wallowing in the mud immersed into and practicing sin.\n+\nThe vast majority of organized Christianity has long ago departed from sound doctrine and has replaced truth with doctrines of demons.\n\nJesus A.s denied in bible ! Jesus a.s is Not God ! (islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com)\nThroughout the NT of the Bible, Jesus (pbuh) referred to himself as \u201cson of man\u201d (human being). He never possessed the knowledge, nor any Divine ability that of GOD. Jesus (pbuh) was never self-sufficient or all-knowledgeable and most importantly he prayed to GOD, so this is enough to say that he wasn\u2019t God nor did God come down to earth to be Jesus.\n\nAllah misguide people? Lies Exposed ! (islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com)\nAllah has given every creation a particular function and then guided it to correspond to its role in the scheme of things. This guidance is granted to everything and everyone, men, jinns, animals, plants and all the other creation.\n+\nSome people especially Christian polemics argue that Allah Himself misguides people and does not give them free-will and therefore He would be unjust in punishing them. This is utterly wrong interpretation!\n+\nNow is the question as to how Allah misguides? This is plainly told in the Quran.\n\n\u201cIf anyone contends with the Messenger even after guidance has been plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to men of Faith, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land him in Hell,- what an evil refuge!\u201d (Quran 4:115)\n\nChrist having glory (christadelphians.wordpress.com)\nGod Himself who carried the Word, the ideas or thoughts as well as the expression of His thinking and wishing, in Himself because every thought every word, every expression, was part of Himself. Are we willing to take His words to the people around John the Baptist and his nephew Jesus at the Jordan to our heart?\n\nHomelessness, God & Jesus (mobilecrisis.org)Jesus warns us that he did not come here to mess around and make everything blissful and pretty. He came to clean house! To divide those who believe from those who do not.\n+By doing what God says and what He himself Commands. Your organization, or you as an individual will be given your due as per what God desires to give. Period. Just as He did for Moses, Abraham, David, Lot and the rest. Some were made Kings ( had great wealth) and some were simply made great leaders (still had much wealth). God wants us to be responsible with what He provides to us. He does not want His Gifts to be used on those who do not desire to do His Will or even hear about it.\n\nPious Husband (come2islam.wordpress.com)\n\u2018 how did you stay awake all night and worship Allah, when your wife saw you sleeping?\u2019\n\nHow Did Prophet Muhammad Pbuh Bring Mercy to the World? 3: 164 (asqfish.wordpress.com)\nTo bring mercy to people is to improve them, and to pull them out of the dungeon of depression and self-destruction that they reside in. This is due to their ignorance of the Almighty and their preoccupation with the hedonism of the present.\n\nHoly Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) (abbaskhizar.wordpress.com)\nJ.H. Denison in his Emotions as the basis of Civilization, wrote:\nIn the fifth and sixth centuries, the civilized world stood on the verge of chaos \u2026. it seemed that the great civilization which had taken four thousand years to construct was on the verge of disintegration \u2026 Civilization like a gigantic tree whose foliage had over-reached the world .. stood tottering .. rotted to the core \u2026.. It was among the Arabs that the man was born who was to unite the whole known world of the East and the South.\n(pp. 265-269)\n+\nThe religious attachment of 6th century Arabia was idolatry, though there were a sprinkling of Atheists and worshippers of heavenly planets, who offered sacrifices to the sun, moon and other heavenly bodies.\n\n36 thoughts on \u201cProphets making excuses\u201d\n\n[\u2026] Prophets making excuses The Christian, as a disciple of the Lord, as a pupil in the school of Christ, is being fitted for a place in the Millennial kingdom \u2014 for a share in its glory, honour and immortality\u2026.Hence, we see the necessity for the frequent admonitions of the Scriptures, that the Lord\u2019s people shall be awake;\u2013not of those who slumber; not of those who are idle; not of those who are overcharged with the cares of this life; but that they be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Their service toward the Lord is primarily the bringing of themselves into as close harmony with the Lord\u2019s will, and into as close likeness to the divine pattern as possible; and secondly, it is that by precept and example they may help others of the called ones in the same narrow way. [\u2026]\n\nYou . . . are taught by God to love one another.\u200b \u20141 Thess. 4:9. Whether young or old, brothers and sisters who are discouraged or depressed or who face other trials need our attention, encouragement, and comfort. (Prov. 12:25; Col. 4:11) We give proof that we truly love our brothers when we show by words and deeds [\u2026]\n\nRecent Posts: Messiah For All\n\nIn Scripture, all things are directed towards a man who was a servant of servants, in whom people should come to have faith. First we saw the connection with Eve and her seed, and in this article you may see the connection with Abraham.\n\nAlready in the Old Testament we find the focus on a son of man who is called the son of God, who shall be the most pure set apart (holy) servant of God who was been told about in the Garden of Eden, to be the one bruised.\n\nMany Old Testament writers wrote about the prophet to come, about whom is spoke in the book of Moses and who shall be the special \u201cSeed of a woman\u201d given by God and who will bruise Satan\u2019s head whilst his heel would be bruised with nails on the wooden stake.\n\nJewish and Christian literature since the time of Yeshua or Jeshua have pointed to Genesis 3:15 as the first reference to the Messiah in the Torah. Genesis 3:15 NHEBJE I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his [\u2026]\n\nThe first human beings had chosen to go their own path. As any good father would do when his children had done something wrong, God punished them. But as a loving Father He in His great mercy promised for a solution and preserved David\u2019s bloodline and the Messianic promise. Mankind had chosen Yet, we each [\u2026]\n\nRecent Posts on: Stepping Toes\n\nMany who call themselves Christian do like to follow Augustine, even more than Christ. they do agree with him that reading the Bible is no longer necessary once God had fully cultivated faith, hope, and love in us (On Christian Doctrine, 1.39). In other words, according to them, once we are mature in Christ, the [\u2026]\n\nPew Research Center asked thousands of Americans where they find meaning in life. Their responses were rich, thoughtful and varied. Here are just a few examples of what they told us\u2026 \u201cThat\u2019s a gosh darn big question for a survey like this, I\u2019m used to the check boxes. I find meaning in career, family, spiritual [\u2026]\n\nGOD DESIGNED HUMAN NATURE FOR LOVE By Jesse Morrell Everything God created has a function and a design. God created human nature. Therefore, human nature has a proper function and a design. What is the proper function that human nature was designed by God for? \u201cFor when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by [\u2026]\n\nPresident Trump, long a trafficker in anti-Semitic stereotypes, treated American Jews to a classic anti-Semitic canard Tuesday afternoon. When asked about two Congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who had been barred from Israel at Trump\u2019s own behest, he broke out an oldie but a goodie from the closet of anti-Semitic tropes. \u201cAny Jewish people [\u2026]\n\nThere are two kinds of knowing \u2013 experience and understanding \u2013 and the confusion between them is the cause of all sorts of trouble for any thinking person \u2013 which is all of us. Experience is the knowing of things. It is exactly what appears to our senses precisely as it is without us doing [\u2026]\n\nRecent Posts: From guestwriters\n\nOn a Facebook group Diane Cohn neatly put everything on a row concerning the position of God and His son Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, yes, I, am he; and \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffbthere is no god beside me.\ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffb I put to death, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; no one saves anyone [\u2026]\n\nDear friends, It\u2019s horrifying \u2014 in the past year, an area the size of 500,000 soccer fields has been destroyed in the Amazon! Nearly half a BILLION trees torn down and gone\u2026 forever. This is how they do it: armed militia swarm into protected areas, and indigenous leaders who stand up to them are murdered. [\u2026]\n\nOriginally posted on Zion, Sion and Zsion News and Journal: Do Governments and Nations Lie? For hiding and protecting their crimes and criminals? Jesus was offered the kingdom over the whole world, if he only would commit a crime against the then Roman cesar as an act of worship to Antijehovah. This is one law\u2026\n\nWe have never seen anything like this before! Right now, Thousands of wildfires are burning down the Amazon, with black smoke plunging entire cities into darkness\u2026 Ahead of the Group of Seven summit in France, French President Emmanuel Macron called the situation in Brazil an \u201cinternational crisis\u201d and vowed to make it a priority point of discussion. [\u2026]\n\nThey That Seek The Lord Shall Not Want (Psa. 34:10) WE are not to seek God for selfish ends, but in the self-effacing power of divine love. But the glorious paradox is that the more we selflessly seek God\u2019s pleasure and glory, and the less we seek our own, the more inevitably and inexorably will [\u2026]\n\nRecent Posts at: Relating to God\n\nFirst of all to come to a good relationship with some one, one has to talk with that person and has to listen to what that person has to tell. God talks to the people by the way of His Word, presented to mankind by the many Bible translations, so that most people can read [\u2026]\n\nThe One Who created everything and Who gave His Word, did all He did with a purpose and out of love. The Bible teaches us that \u201cGod is love.\u201d (1 John 4:8) Everything God does is motivated by love. Out of love created man in His image also with the intention to have a good relationship [\u2026]\n\nIn the previous writings we saw that the Divine Creator gave His Word to the world so that people could come to know Him. The Bible is a gift from God. It gives us information that we can\u2019t find anywhere else. For example, it tells us that God created the heavens, the earth, and the [\u2026]\n\nInternational Biblestudents Association\nThe IBSA or cooperative association of Bible Student congregations worldwide, all united by the common beliefs taught in Brother Russell\u2019s Studies in the Scriptures series\n\nBible magazine\nTri-monthly magazine about current events and how they relate to the Bible and how occurrences of Bible prophecy are being fulfilled in our news today!. Drie maandelijks tijdschrift met de ogen gericht op Jeruzalem, de gebeurtenissen van vandaag en hoe zi\n\nBible Truth Discussion Forum\nDiscussion forum for Christadelphians and non-Christadelphians alike, with the aim of preaching the Truth and supporting the Christadelphian community.\n\nMet Open Bijbel\nDutch magazine for the study of the Bible edited by the Brothers in Christ from the Netherlands and distibuted by the Dutch and Belgian Christadelphians. \u2013 Het Nederlandstalig tijdschrift van de Broeders in Christus, uitgegeven door de Nederlandse Broeder\n\nWorth visiting - Een Bezoekje waard\n\nCd e-Sword Free Downloads\nModules that reflect the Truth that is to be found in the pages of The Bible.. This site is intended to rectify that omission and to help brethren and sisters in the Christadelphian community to download, use and expand the computer Bible program E-Sword."}
-{"text": "Every month I get an email from my mobile carrier which tells me how much money my contract has cost me the last month, and I'd like to be able to form that into an iOS notification with IFTTT. The problem is that I can't just create a new recipe with the mail body as a title, because the exact cost is not in the first lines for the mail.\n\nAn example for a mail I get would be\n\nHello nO_OnE_910,\n[text]\ncost: 10.00 \u20ac\n[text]\n\nAnd I'd like to get the information 10.00 \u20ac from that, with a regex like 'cost:\\s(\\d+\\.\\d{2})\\s' and then send an email with the content of the first group to IFTTT to process the data.\n\nIs this possible in any way without having to have a device on my end running?"}
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-{"text": "In that case, you should be able to open your browser and go to http://localhost:631/ for cups administration. Of course, it should run automatically on start, but that would be the next thing to look into.\n\nIt (http://localhost:631) worked, sort of. I could install printers. However, they did not install properly. Our hp laserjet 6mp installed as a different hp printer. Print test page produced garbage. And the big xerox copier (accessed via wireless), using the ppm which worked with 7.0, would just print an error code.\n\nI think I jumped the gun here a bit so I am going to let her try something else for a while.\n\nI've installed beta 0.51 (32-bit) and although it's working well I was slightly disappointed to see that VL-Quickpicks wasn't in it. Has it been taken out of Vector for good now, or is it just a temporary change?\n\nFor what its worth, switching to 7.0 did not solve the problem with the HP printers. In fact it may have made things worse as nothing happens when printing from libreoffice writer....Test page from Cups (localhost:631) prints fine but it blows up when trying to access Cups through vasm. However it (switching to 7.0) did solve the problem with wireless printing to the big Xerox copier. I supply my own ppd for that new very fast xerox printer as it does not show on the cups HP menu.\n\nI have a linux expert coming in the office tomorrow to see what he can do about the HP laserjets and will report if anything interesting comes of it.\n\nWell, the expert has come and gone and the HP printer works just fine on 7.0. What did he do? He tells me he downgraded cups to the next to the last version, and deleted cups development, all in gslapt."}
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-{"text": "Langues parl\u00e9es\n\nCommentaires des clients\n\nLouise\nNouvelle-Z\u00e9landelundi 12 novembre 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nVery comfortable, very clean, the room was spacious and ALL of the staff are just so fabulous, anything you need \u2018no problem sir/madam\u2019. Helpful with any local information needed including information...\n\nCatherine\nRoyaume-Univendredi 9 novembre 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nStaff were very friendly and helpful. Car park was very useful. The grounds and the pool are all very well looked after. The food was fabulous - highly recommend the Moroccan buffet at dinner. Housekeeping...\n\nAnonyme\nIrlandelundi 29 octobre 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nLoved everything about this hotel. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The breakfast was amazing with a varied choice of fresh food and drinks.The pool...\n\nSean\nIrlandesamedi 27 octobre 2018\n\n8,3 /10\n\nGood hotel , listed as 4 star ,it's realistically a 3+ star .... Good location and one of the best pool areas in Agadir. Staff very helpful\n\nRobert\nFrancejeudi 18 octobre 2018\n\n7,9 /10\n\nVery friendly staff from the first day to the last.\nExcellent food and a very good chef and beautifully presented.\n\nNejc\nSlov\u00e9niesamedi 6 octobre 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nLoved the staff, the food was absolutely amazing as well. The hotel is nice, nice rooms with beautiful view.\n\nKaterina\n\u00c9mirats arabes unismercredi 3 octobre 2018\n\n6,7 /10\n\n+ The staff was nice and helpful.\n+ The room was spacious and fairly clean.\n+ The wifi worked mostly well and everywhere, including the pool area.\n+ Good location near the marina area,...\n\nKamil\nMarocdimanche 23 septembre 2018\n\n7,1 /10\n\nDid not find the Booking.com reservation at check-in so it took around 15 minutes\nNo indication in the room about the Hotel, the safe\nToilet seat could not stand in vertical position\nshower...\n\nLupa\nMaroclundi 10 septembre 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nThe staff in Tildi were extremely friendly and helpful, from the men at the door, the people at the reception to the housekeeping staff! Fatima was brilliant at helping us pick where to eat/ how to get...\n\nImran\nRoyaume-Unidimanche 2 septembre 2018\n\nLocation and size of the room, perfect location as only 5 minuets walk to the beach.\nThey should have to change menu for breakfast, was same every day!!\n\nDesmond\nRoyaume-Unimardi 28 ao\u00fbt 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nThe swimming pool area. Water aerobics by the pool.\nGreeted with tea and pastries on arrival.\nSafety deposit box and fridge in room.\nStaff really try their best to make guests happy.<br...\n\nPaulius\nLituaniedimanche 26 ao\u00fbt 2018\n\n7,1 /10\n\nGood location, not too far away from the beach, helpfull staff, no noise from main street, clean rooms. Very good wifi speeds even within room.\n\nFawzi\nFrancedimanche 26 ao\u00fbt 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nVery friendly staff. Just 10 min walk from the beach. Good breakfast. Free moroccan tea at any time in the lobby area. Air conditioning working good in the room. Separated WC from the bathroom.\n\nYosef A\n\u00c9mirats arabes unismardi 14 ao\u00fbt 2018\n\n6,7 /10\n\nGood Breakfast, WiFi , swimming pool, Moroccan bath and location.\n\nFizzK\nRoyaume-Unisamedi 11 ao\u00fbt 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nWe stayed for 3 nights at Tildi hotel and had a pleasant stay. Staff were very friendly and helpful, especially Fatima and Ahmed. Hotel was clean, the rooms were decent with a really nice balcony view....\n\nRim\nPortugalvendredi 27 juillet 2018\n\n8,3 /10\n\nVery good breakfast. Staff is nice and welcoming. Great location as it is very close to the sea.\n\nNeil\nRoyaume-Univendredi 13 juillet 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nWe booked for our anniversary and only had a short time between work commitments, the staff went out of their way to make the room beautiful and the whole stay very special. The garden and pool area are...\n\nKarolina\nLituaniemardi 3 juillet 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nExcellent service and food, especially dinners.\nVery nice pool area and view from the room balconies.\nNice location - close to promenade and shops.\n\nBarbara\nSlov\u00e9nielundi 2 juillet 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nHotel is very good located, with nice swimming pool and garden. Room was quite big and clean with garden view (they upgraded us), so we were very satisfied. Hotel stuff was very polite and helpfull. Food...\n\nNeil\n\u00c9tats-Unisjeudi 28 juin 2018\n\n8,3 /10\n\nIf you don\u2019t want to pay top dollar for beachfront this is a great option. Short walk to one of the main access points to the beach. Great value. Best breakfast (included) in our two weeks in Morocco....\n\nStefi\nRoumaniesamedi 23 juin 2018\n\n6,7 /10\n\nThe pool is exactly like in the pictures\n\nB\u00e1lint\nHongriesamedi 23 juin 2018\n\n7,5 /10\n\nswimming pool was excellent. Staff at the dinning area are so friendly. Food was really good but was not so varied.\n\nkaterina_med\nIrlandedimanche 10 juin 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nVery clean hotel, pool and beautiful garden. Friendly and helpful staff. Good location, close to the beach. Room was cleaned every day.\n\nMichael Me\nAllemagnedimanche 3 juin 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nthe room was nice, specially because we got a free upgrade to the poolside with mountainview (very nice)\nthe room was big enough and we had a nice balcony. hotel was close to the beach just crossing...\n\nKatarzyna\nAllemagnedimanche 3 juin 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nRoom and swimming pool\n\nKernowKaren\nRoyaume-Univendredi 18 mai 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nThe hotel and its very pretty garden were spotless. The staff were very friendly, and the whole atmosphere was very relaxing. There was plenty of choice at breakfast, and it was available from 6.30am-10.00am,...\n\nAnonymous\nRoyaume-Unilundi 14 mai 2018\n\n6,3 /10\n\nIt\u2019s difficult to say what facilities I liked apart from the Spa which is good value for money and convenient.\n\nUsman\nRoyaume-Univendredi 4 mai 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nthe customer service was very good as well as the breakfast which was delicious. you have a beautiful view of the mountains and the garden of the hotel. the house keeping was very punctual and did a great...\n\nTanja\nPays-Basmardi 1 mai 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nVery nice hotel. Breakfast was very good. We liked its location. Furthermore, swimming pool was better than expected. Rooms are comfortable and well maintained.\n\nAnonyme\nLettoniejeudi 26 avril 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nStay at this hotel was just superb! The garden with pool was a very nice place to relax. The breakfast and dinner delicious and wide varity. The staff was very friendly, one of the waiters even made this...\n\nAnonyme\nRoyaume-Unimercredi 25 avril 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nIt was our second stay in the hotel on the way back home, and all previous comments apply. For us, it was a very pleasant stay. We especially like the swimming pool. It was so nice to spend the day near...\n\nAnonyme\nRoyaume-Unimercredi 25 avril 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nIt was an excellent and relaxing stay. The room was clean and spacious. We especially enjoyed the swimming pool. The breakfast was excellent with a variety of food available. The location of the hotel...\n\nGordon\nRoyaume-Unimardi 24 avril 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nNice hotel in a good location off the main road in central Agadir, easy access to downtown and the ring road. Hotel was excellent and good value, breakfast and evening meal was good. We didn't stay long...\n\nLeanne\nRoyaume-Unilundi 23 avril 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nVery friendly and helpful staff, mint tea on arrival which was lovely. Offered a choice of rooms for our liking which was nice. Room was great with beauitful view of mountain, swimming pool/gardens and...\n\nPatrycjaG.\nPolognedimanche 22 avril 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nTasty breakfast, amazing supper!, reception and all staff is very very helpful, clean swimming pool and much more, no problems at all, I will be back for sure :)\n\nNazma\nRoyaume-Unilundi 16 avril 2018\n\n7,9 /10\n\nI don't usually write reviews but I had to take the time out for this one. I was pleasantly surprised with this hotel as some of the reviews did scare me a bit. The staff at this hotel are extremely friendly...\n\nAnonyme\nLettonielundi 16 avril 2018\n\n7,9 /10\n\nWonderful and very helpful stuff, great pool and good breakfast.\n\nAlin\nRoumaniedimanche 15 avril 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nThe staff is super helpful and professional, the location is very good-near the promenade along the coast but also close to every point of the city. The garden and the pool were a very good place to relax...\n\nMaky_6\nSerbiesamedi 14 avril 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nGreat location, food, kindly stuff, the pool and around nature, the view from balcony, great \u20ac, they have own transport from/to airport Al Massira (the same price as regular taxi) etc.\n\nJane\nRoyaume-Unimardi 10 avril 2018\n\n5,8 /10\n\nHandy for collecting a hire car\n\nMargaret\nIrlandedimanche 8 avril 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nThe beds were very comfy.. the rooms were cleaned very well everyday..the breakfast was great, freshly squeezed orange juice, omelettes made to order, great pancakes, croissants tasty and lovely coffee..the...\n\nAlise\nLettoniejeudi 5 avril 2018\n\nGood value for the money. Clean and spacious room. Good breakfast and welcoming staff. Private parking possibility. And outside territory spacious, clean and entertaining.\n\nPer\nNorv\u00e8gejeudi 5 avril 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nThey opened for an early breakfast at 06:00, even on Saturday. After request. excellent for ornithologists.\n\nStephanie- CA\n\u00c9tats-Unisjeudi 5 avril 2018\n\n5,8 /10\n\nThe pool and grounds are nice. The food was excellent, and I was with 4 Moroccans who all thought so too. All the staff are super nice.\n\nSam Allan\nCanadamercredi 4 avril 2018\n\n8,3 /10\n\nThe location of the property is ideal. Easy walking distance to the beach. The pool area exceeded expectations. Breakfast was good, omelettes, fresh orange juice, pastries etc. Good value for money. Would...\n\nRafa\u0142\nPolognemercredi 4 avril 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nAmazing place!! I really enjoy my stay. Distance to marina and beach - very close. Garden was awesome, place to relax with sunbeds - great!\nrestaurant in the hotel also very good, staff in the reception...\n\nAlison\nRoyaume-Unilundi 2 avril 2018\n\n7,9 /10\n\nStaff were very welcoming. Hotel was nicely located and the swimming pool and garden area very well maintained. I had an accident and smashed the glass top unit. They were absolutely fine and did not...\n\nMayank\nRoyaume-Unidimanche 1 avril 2018\n\n8,3 /10\n\nThe hotel is very close to the beach , the pictures on the website do not do justice to the place . It\u2019s much nicer than it looks in the photos . The garden is beautiful and the pool is a really nice touch...\n\nAbeer\nRoyaume-Univendredi 30 mars 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nVery nice hotel, staff were very helpful, the rooms clean and spacious, breakfast had loads of varieties, I loved the fresh orange juice in the morning. Pool area was clean, nice and relaxing. The hotel...\n\nMuhammad\nRoyaume-Unimercredi 28 mars 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nHotel was really good staff was unbelievably good friendly and good service just one dispointment was that they didn\u2019t provide any iron in room extra charges for that\nSpecially thankx to mr tarik...\n\nGirius\nLituanielundi 26 mars 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nGood location, close to the beach and main street. WiFi was in all areas. Great and very friendly staff. Lahcen and all other were always ready to help in all cases at any time. Beautiful garden and pool....\n\nDzs\u00e1nosz\nHongriedimanche 18 mars 2018\n\n9,6 /10\n\nClose to the beach. Very helpful staff. The garden was very beautiful. The breakfast was excellent. Late check out is available, and after check out they provide luggage office.\n\nAl\nRoyaume-Unijeudi 15 mars 2018\n\n2,9 /10\n\nThe property was in a good location, a 5 minute walk from the beach. That\u2019s the only good thing about the property.\n\nSaid\nRoyaume-Unimercredi 14 mars 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nAmazing hotel with amazing staff, 5 Min walk from the beach, the staff never asked for tip or anything there were very caring, i would definitely go back there..... :)\n\nMohammed\nRoyaume-Univendredi 9 mars 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nThe room was very comfortable and had amazing views of Agadir. The staff were friendly and helpful. Great selection of items on the breakfast menu and location was also convenient.\n\nMarta\nPolognejeudi 8 mars 2018\n\n7,9 /10\n\nGood hotel, close to the beach. I really like tho omlettes &amp; fresh juice for breakfast. Friendly staff.\n\nMohamed Achahboune\nAllemagnemercredi 7 mars 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nThe location; the hotel is only 4 Min walk from the beach.\nThe property is clean and everything is in order.\nThe hotel reception staff was always ready for help. The rooms, beds &amp; shower...\n\nPernille\nDanemarklundi 5 mars 2018\n\n7,1 /10\n\nGood location, close to the beach. Nice staff.\n\nNoor\nRoyaume-Univendredi 2 mars 2018\n\n6,3 /10\n\nthe fact it was close proximity to the beach. staff were friendly enough and welcoming so cant complain.\n\nT Dar\nRoyaume-Unidimanche 25 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\nPaulina\nPolognedimanche 25 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\nExcellent place for stay with kids. Extremly friendly staff. Clean and warm room. Nice garden and playground. We had wonderful time!\n\nMohammed\nRoyaume-Univendredi 23 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n6,7 /10\n\nThe whole atmosphere was good.the waiters were outstanding.the food was very well presented.\n\nAdrian\nSu\u00e8demercredi 21 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nOverall we were very happy with the hotel. Price was good. Staff was friendly and helpful. Location was very good. Rooms were clean. Breakfast was nice and varied, and included Moroccan specialties; we...\n\nAdriana kolasa\nPolognemardi 20 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nWe spent in Agadir two days. The first day we booked another hotel but next day we had to change it as it does not meet our expectations. Luckily we found Hotel Tildi. We got a room with nice view on mountains...\n\nHelle\nDanemarklundi 19 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n7,9 /10\n\nGood Location. Garden and pool is very nice. Clean rooms and friendly staff.\n\nS\nBelgiquedimanche 18 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n7,1 /10\n\n- nice place to chill at at the swimming pool with the garden\n- friendly staff &amp; clean room\n- fresh juice\n- nice view on the sea\n\nLaszlo\nHongriedimanche 18 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n8,8 /10\n\nThe meals were great, moroccoan style, with a littlebit of continental taste I\u2019d say. We usually didn\u2019t even have lunch during the day. There is a thematic night every other day.\nThere is a small...\n\nEstivaliz\nRoyaume-Unisamedi 17 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n5,0 /10\n\nI don\u2019t think was something I like... the place is very rundown, I couldn\u2019t not find a reason that could justify the 4 stars... sorry\n\nPiotr\nFrancevendredi 16 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nGood location 200m from the beach. Staff was friendly and helpful, breakfast was correct and dinners exceeded our expectations. The room was clean and comfortable. Nice fitness and swimming pool. Good...\n\nPaulo\nPolognejeudi 15 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n9,2 /10\n\nThe staff was incredibly nice and helpful! Special mention to Fatima (reception), whose welcoming smile is incomparable!\n\nAnonyme\nHongriejeudi 15 f\u00e9vrier 2018\n\n10 /10\n\nPerfect location, the beach is 5 minutes walk, the breakfast was delicious, the staff is very nice and helpful. The room was clean and the wifi is good. I would stay here again.\n\nNovember 15, 2018\n\n5/5\n\nEvery visit here gets better than the last. The reception area in particular is first class, very helpful and always smiling. Good meals, lovely room, maybe better disabled access. Keep up the good work.\n\nAgadir, MoroccoNovember 15, 2018\n\n5/5\n\nAbsolutely above our expectations for a 4 star hotel; service from Reception staff 5 stars accommodated requests without fault.We had a room for a baby (2 year old) and 2 adults; baby cot made...\n\nNovember 14, 2018\n\n5/5\n\nWe very much enjoyed our one week stay in thus fabulous hotel. It is excellent from every aspect: location, cleanliness, service at reception and the dinning area. The food was of excellent quality with...\n\nNovember 11, 2018\n\n5/5\n\nAs a regular visitor, Tildi Hotel is one of the few hotels in Agadir city that combiens professional and southern hospitality atmosphere.Its staff will meet you with a warm smile and aromatic Moroccan...\n\nNovember 11, 2018\n\n5/5\n\nWe have been conducting workshops in Tildi hotel and spa for the past two years and we are more than happy to give this place 5 stars rating. If your happen to visit Agadir any time soon i highly..."}
-{"text": "Any More Pieces To Add To The Pile?\n\nHoly shit, what the fuck happened to her? It looks like she either got hit by a train or by the Mexican cartel. Any of you guys like puzzles and think you could put her back together? Or at least whatever pieces of her are left."}
-{"text": "One of the sillier arguments against expanding Medicaid to cover 275,000 Ohioans is that no government spending program, once begun, ever ends. Oh, yeah? Then consider this: If you're a homeowner, the state of Ohio has been paying 12.5 percent of your property-tax bill. That costs other Ohio taxpayers plenty.\n\nOne of the sillier arguments against expanding Medicaid to cover 275,000 Ohioans is that no government spending program, once begun, ever ends.\n\nOh, yeah? Then consider this: If you\u2019re a homeowner, the state of Ohio has been paying 12.5 percent of your property-tax bill. That costs other Ohio taxpayers plenty. But the discount will soon cost them less. That\u2019s because homeowners will eventually start paying 100 percent of their property-tax bills, not 87.5 percent.\n\nIn a largely unnoticed move, Ohio\u2019s new 3,747-page budget-with-a-goiter, passed only with GOP votes, decrees a gradual end to the 12.5 percent discount.\n\nThe discount has two parts. One part, dating to 1971, is a 10 percent discount on property taxes levied on residential property and farms.\n\nThe other part, dating to 1979, is a 2.5 percent discount on property taxes levied on owner-occupied dwellings, plus up to 1 acre.\n\nIn both cases, the state treasury (that is, you) makes up that 12.5 percent discount by paying an equal amount of money to the school boards and other local governments that charge property taxes.\n\nIn 2012, the state treasury (you) paid school boards, counties, townships, cities, villages and other taxing districts a total of $1.1 billion to cover the cost of the 10 percent discount, and $211 million for the 2.5 percent discount. That\u2019s an annual total of about $1.3 billion, about $113 per year for each Ohio resident.\n\nThe 12.5 percent discount will end gradually. It won\u2019t affect current levies, only new ones. So initial savings to the state treasury over the next three years \u2014 that is, initial cost to Ohio property owners \u2014 is estimated at $130 million. But that amount will grow inexorably as today\u2019s levies expire and new levies replace them (if school boards and local governments can get replacement levies passed).\n\nSo there: A tax discount that originated in 1971 \u2014 that\u2019s 42 years ago \u2014 and cost Ohioans $1.3 billion a year is about to go away.\n\nFacts, of course, don\u2019t mean much to those Republicans who are fighting the quest by their fellow Republican. Gov. John Kasich, to expand Medicaid in Ohio. For instance, Kasich wants this fail-safe: If Washington doesn\u2019t keep its promise to initially pay 100 percent of Medicaid expansion costs (and then, not less than 90 percent), Ohio gets to back out.\n\nGOP \u2018wingers first claimed that Ohio couldn\u2019t back out of Medicaid expansion because Washington would never allow it. But in congressional testimony \u2014 and in a letter to New Hampshire\u2019s governor \u2014 the Department of Health and Human Services said, yes, indeed, states may back out. What\u2019s more, the Supreme Court ruling that Washington can\u2019t force states to expand Medicaid has no meaning if states that do expand can\u2019t back out.\n\nThen the \u2018wingers said Ohio wouldn\u2019t back out of Medicaid expansion because, hey, Leviathan \u2014 government \u2014 never backs off anything it starts. Sorry, but repeal by a Republican legislature of the 12.5 percent property-tax discount says otherwise.\n\nRepublicans\u2019 split over Medicaid expansion isn\u2019t much about philosophy or spending. It\u2019s a faction-fight fueled by the 2012 election \u2014 \u201cWho lost Ohio?\u201d (an in-house version of the GOP\u2019s anti-Democrat taunt in the Truman era, \u201cWho lost China?\u201d) \u2014 and mutual loathing between the GOP Establishment and the tea party.\n\nMeanwhile, until GOP feuding ends \u2014 in divorce or reconciliation \u2014 Ohio is being held hostage, like a neighborhood kept sleepless by a bickering couple down the street. For John Kasich, something\u2019s got to give, and soon, because he needs Republican unity, not division, to assure his re-election as governor in 2014.\n\nThomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University."}
-{"text": "Here are 10 things you should know about the SEA before reviewing the draft Final Report:\n\n1) The SEA is not regulatory and is not intended to be the only study on Myanmar\u2019s hydropower sector. The SEA is a first step to advance sustainability of the hydropower sector in Myanmar. It takes a river basin approach with the aim to identify key environmental and social values, and risks of hydropower at the basin and sub-basin scale. Based on data available at the time, the SEA provides recommendations on how to balance the government\u2019s need to meet energy demands, partially through hydropower, with environmental and social values identified by people that rely on Myanmar\u2019s vast river systems. Information gaps identified in the SEA are recommended for further study to help improve knowledge.\n\n2) Decision-makers need a basin-wide perspective to improve planning. The SEA is not intended to replace project-level Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) or provide detailed information on the ground. It is intended to provide broad-level baseline information, sub-basin evaluations and perspectives of local people about Myanmar\u2019s key basins and sub-basins to improve national-level planning, hydropower project siting and decision-making.\n\n3) The SEA recommends reserving the mainstems of Myanmar\u2019s key rivers. Throughout the course of the SEA, the team learned from stakeholders the ecological uniqueness and value of Myanmar\u2019s key mainstem rivers. These mainstem rivers are critical to maintain basin processes and functions and may also have notable effects on other areas such as delta and coastal processes. They have very large average annual flows \u2013 generally above 1,000 m3/s. The SEA recommends no development of any hydropower projects on Myanmar\u2019s mainstems.\n\n4) The SEA developed Basin Zoning Plans to advance basin sustainability. The eight Basin Zoning Plans provide recommendations for sub-basin development for the government, developers and others with clear information on the areas identified as high, med or low zones. They provide a balance between areas identified for conservation or protection and development.\n\n5) \u2018Low, medium and high-zone\u2019 sub-basins do not directly translate into \u2018go, proceed with caution and halt\u2019 development. For high zones, strict hydropower development restrictions are recommended to ensure that these catchments retain the identified natural values, driving basin processes and/or are unique to these areas or representative of values that are in decline and need protection. However, it is proposed that opportunities are identified to meet the needs of rural and remote communities. This can be done by screening smaller scale, lower impact projects in catchments against additional criteria to determine if they should proceed. For medium and low zones, there may be potentially suitable projects for development, which should be subject to appropriate site, design, operating regime and environmental and social impact assessments.\n\n6) Basins with cascades should be prioritized. To increase power generation, cascade hydropower development in a limited number of low- and medium-zone sub-basins could be a preferred option to developing across many sub-basins to reduce environmental and social impacts, maximize storage and regulation; if close to load centres. However, where conflict is present, conflict sensitivity analysis should be conducted and proceeded with caution.\n\n7) Conflict is acknowledged as a significant restraint to hydropower development. In instances where the precursors of armed conflict are present, hydropower development can potentially exacerbate conflict. Therefore, early identification and consideration of the conflict status of an area proposed for a hydropower project is essential. The risks of conflict should be defined to enable informed decisions on whether a project should proceed and how to manage it. On the other hand, some stakeholders expressed interest in determining whether hydropower, in some locations, could contribute to peace-building through the creation of benefit sharing mechanisms.\n\n8) Stakeholders\u2019 views reflected in the SEA Final Report are diverse. During the SEA process, a wide range of perspectives on environmental and social values, economic development and hydropower were discussed. Due to conflict and a legacy of distrust, many stakeholders do not support large-scale projects. Other stakeholders call for more transparent processes, and if hydropower is to be developed it should be better situated, smaller scale, use state-of-the-art technology and adhere to international industry practices. Others see hydropower as potential part of the energy mix if done right.\n\n9) SEA Summary Reports will be available in local languages. While the final SEA report is prepared in English and Myanmar, Summary Reports will be translated into ethnic languages to broaden the report\u2019s reach to local communities.\n\n10) The SEA promotes a new way of approaching hydropower in Myanmar. To better manage risks and lower environmental and social impacts, developers and planners need to change their approach to hydropower development. The SEA recommends moving away from the business-as-usual project-centric approach driven by engineering and economic feasibility to considering environmental and social and cumulative impacts at the earliest stage possible to deliver balanced hydropower development. Currently, only 14 percent of Myanmar\u2019s catchments are regulated by hydropower. There is an opportunity to retain intact, free flowing rivers; develop others, and deliver sustainable outcomes through the implementation of the sustainable development framework.\n\nFor more information on Myanmar's Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Hydropower Sector, visit the SEA Resources Page."}
-{"text": "Cellphones, Page 1553 \u25bc\n\nMobile phones are without a doubt our most personal and intimate computers. They are with us at all times, and we have become extremely reliant on them. At Ubergizmo we follow the latest developments, products and rumors of this extremely vibrant eco-system. Don\u2019t miss a beat, and don\u2019t forget that Ubergizmo is mobile-friendly too!\n\n10/25/2012, There have been plenty of rumors in the past that suggests that there could be multiple Nexus handsets launching this year, although so far based on the leaks, only LG\u2019s Nexus 4 handset has been pictured. Word has it that other manufacturers like Sony...\n\n10/25/2012, Planning on picking up the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 but don\u2019t think that T-Mobile is the carrier for you? Well Verizon has rather quietly put up the pre-order page for their Galaxy Note 2. It is priced cheaper than T-Mobile\u2019s offering at $299.99 along...\n\n10/25/2012, While hardware specs and built-in features are important when it comes to smartphones, just as important are the apps available for your chosen platform. After all a phone with the most powerful hardware specs but lacking in apps might be passed up for a...\n\n10/24/2012, If you happen to rock to the Samsung Galaxy S3 from Sprint, then you would be pleased to hear that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update will be made available to users from tomorrow onwards, which happens to be October 25th. The update will arrive Over The...\n\n10/24/2012, We know that Google\u2019s announcing something Android in New York City on October 29. We\u2019re pretty sure that there\u2019s going to be a 32GB Nexus 7 introduced, along with possibly a Nexus phone, and the possibility of a 10-inch Nexus Tablet....\n\n10/24/2012, Remember that $1 billion decision that Samsung violated Apple\u2019s patents? One of the patents in question, the famous \u201crubber banding\u201d or \u201cphysical inertia\u201d patent, has been completely nullified by the United States Patent...\n\n10/24/2012, HTC\u2019s foray into the phablet market kicked off with the HTC J Butterfly in Japan, where we also spotted the HTC DLX just a few days ago. Well, it seems that the the HTC 6435LVW has already made its way to the Global Certification Forum, not to mention...\n\n10/24/2012, The upcoming smartphone from LG will carry the Nexus brand name with it, where it is more or less known to the masses that it will be called the Nexus 4. Well, there were leaks of the handset in the past, but what we have here today would be a press...\n\n10/24/2012, The upcoming LG Nexus 4 should be one of the first of many Nexus-branded devices to be revealed later this year, and it has been known by its codename Mako, having popped up in the GLBenchmark scoreboard. Just how fast is the new Nexus 4 device? Fast...\n\n10/24/2012, Sony continues their smartphone march with plans to hit the entry level market with a couple of new models \u2013 the Xperia E as well as the Xperia E Dual, and both of them have been spotted over at the Indonesian Postel site. The Sony Xperia E Dual...\n\n10/24/2012, I guess you could more or less say that this was just looming over the horizon and begging to be revealed to the world, as the Samsung Galaxy Premier has appeared on Twitter thanks to the folks over at @evleaks who more or less burst onto the leak scene...\n\n10/24/2012, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Review | The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is one of the best 4G LTE device and the combination of a large 5.5\u201d screen, LTE speeds and a good battery life makes it a unique combo.\n\n10/24/2012, The other day we reported that thanks to a leaked ad, Borderlands Legends for iOS was revealed. Well the good news is that if you were looking to play Borderlands on your iOS device, Gearbox has officially announced the game and it will be arriving in the...\n\n10/24/2012, There aren\u2019t too many mobile devices out there that can boast a full 1080p HD display, save for the HTC J Butterfly, HTC\u2019s take on the phablet. Well unsurprisingly it seems that other manufacturers for Android have plans to catchup and according to MK..."}
-{"text": "Category: Guiardian newspaper\n\nMY VIEW: Copenhagen did not produce the measures regarding climate change that people and nations wanted and expected, so now the mudslinging has begun in earnest! It\u2019s very easy to take sides and cast blame, which also so easily smacks of near-racism in my book. The good news is that the issues were raised as never before and humanity has, in my opinion, turned an importamt corner. Climate change \u2013 and the environment \u2013 is very muhc back on the political agenda and is theere to stay!\n\nBlame Denmark, not China, for Copenhagen failure \u2013 by The Guardian\u2019s Martin Khor\n\nIt\u2019s been several days since the chaotic end to the Copenhagen climate conference but the aftershocks from its failure are still reverberating. As John Prescott points out in his letter to the Guardian, the pointing of fingers in the blame game does not help the regaining of trust needed for the positive resumption of talks early next year and to complete them by December 2010, the new deadline agreed to in Copenhagen.\n\nHowever, Lynas\u2019s comments will sour future COP discussions to implement the necessary measures to limit the increase in global temperature to 2C. We require a more objective assessment of the Copenhagen accord, especially the relationship between the world\u2019s two major polluters \u2013 China and the US.\n\nAt Copenhagen the US climate change special envoy Todd Stern said emissions weren\u2019t about \u201cmorality or politics\u201d, they were \u201cjust maths\u201d, with China projected to emit 60% more CO2 than the US by 2030. But Stern ignored the more transparent measure of pollution per capita; the US emits 20 tonnes per person every year, compared to China\u2019s six tonnes.\n\nPresident Obama\u2019s Copenhagen speech was also clearly critical of China. Moreover, he described a period of \u201ctwo decades of talking and no action\u201d. That might have been true in America, which refused to sign up to Kyoto, but not in the case of China or Europe, which followed a lot of that protocol\u2019s policies. The challenge for all parties is now to stop pointing fingers and focus on turning the accord at Bonn and Mexico into the global climate change agreement we desperately need.\n\nJohn Prescott\n\nCouncil of Europe climate change rapporteur\n\n\u2022 The dynamics of the select group of countries negotiating the Copenhagen accord is only part of the story. I was in the G77 plus China group meeting, advising a delegation, of which more than half the 120 countries complained that they had not seen any text from this group. We left to attend the plenary to obtain the text, only to see Obama on the TV screens outside the room telling us that the deal was done. People were astonished and furious. The Danish failure to explain the process of making decisions and Obama\u2019s press conference did untold damage to future negotiations. It wasn\u2019t all China\u2019s fault. The test of success of the accord and any future treaty is simple. Solving climate change requires keeping fossil carbon out of the atmosphere. With current technology that means keeping fossil fuels in the ground. Will the Copenhagen accord dissuade anyone from investing in developing a new oilfield or coal mine? No. What should properly be called the Copenhagen discord was a failure.\n\nHow do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room \u2013 the full article by Mark Lynas\n\nCopenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful \u201cdeal\u201d so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen.\n\nChina\u2019s strategy was simple: block the open negotiations for two weeks, and then ensure that the closed-door deal made it look as if the west had failed the world\u2019s poor once again. And sure enough, the aid agencies, civil society movements and environmental groups all took the bait. The failure was \u201cthe inevitable result of rich countries refusing adequately and fairly to shoulder their overwhelming responsibility\u201d, said Christian Aid. \u201cRich countries have bullied developing nations,\u201d fumed Friends of the Earth International.\n\nAll very predictable, but the complete opposite of the truth. Even George Monbiot, writing in yesterday\u2019s Guardian, made the mistake of singly blaming Obama. But I saw Obama fighting desperately to salvage a deal, and the Chinese delegate saying \u201cno\u201d, over and over again. Monbiot even approvingly quoted the Sudanese delegate Lumumba Di-Aping, who denounced the Copenhagen accord as \u201ca suicide pact, an incineration pact, in order to maintain the economic dominance of a few countries\u201d.\n\nSudan behaves at the talks as a puppet of China; one of a number of countries that relieves the Chinese delegation of having to fight its battles in open sessions. It was a perfect stitch-up. China gutted the deal behind the scenes, and then left its proxies to savage it in public.\n\nHere\u2019s what actually went on late last Friday night, as heads of state from two dozen countries met behind closed doors. Obama was at the table for several hours, sitting between Gordon Brown and the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi. The Danish prime minister chaired, and on his right sat Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the UN. Probably only about 50 or 60 people, including the heads of state, were in the room. I was attached to one of the delegations, whose head of state was also present for most of the time.\n\nWhat I saw was profoundly shocking. The Chinese premier, Wen Jinbao, did not deign to attend the meetings personally, instead sending a second-tier official in the country\u2019s foreign ministry to sit opposite Obama himself. The diplomatic snub was obvious and brutal, as was the practical implication: several times during the session, the world\u2019s most powerful heads of state were forced to wait around as the Chinese delegate went off to make telephone calls to his \u201csuperiors\u201d.\n\nShifting the blame\n\nTo those who would blame Obama and rich countries in general, know this: it was China\u2019s representative who insisted that industrialised country targets, previously agreed as an 80% cut by 2050, be taken out of the deal. \u201cWhy can\u2019t we even mention our own targets?\u201d demanded a furious Angela Merkel. Australia\u2019s prime minister, Kevin Rudd, was annoyed enough to bang his microphone. Brazil\u2019s representative too pointed out the illogicality of China\u2019s position. Why should rich countries not announce even this unilateral cut? The Chinese delegate said no, and I watched, aghast, as Merkel threw up her hands in despair and conceded the point. Now we know why \u2013 because China bet, correctly, that Obama would get the blame for the Copenhagen accord\u2019s lack of ambition.\n\nChina, backed at times by India, then proceeded to take out all the numbers that mattered. A 2020 peaking year in global emissions, essential to restrain temperatures to 2C, was removed and replaced by woolly language suggesting that emissions should peak \u201cas soon as possible\u201d. The long-term target, of global 50% cuts by 2050, was also excised. No one else, perhaps with the exceptions of India and Saudi Arabia, wanted this to happen. I am certain that had the Chinese not been in the room, we would have left Copenhagen with a deal that had environmentalists popping champagne corks popping in every corner of the world.\n\nStrong position\n\nSo how did China manage to pull off this coup? First, it was in an extremely strong negotiating position. China didn\u2019t need a deal. As one developing country foreign minister said to me: \u201cThe Athenians had nothing to offer to the Spartans.\u201d On the other hand, western leaders in particular \u2013 but also presidents Lula of Brazil, Zuma of South Africa, Calder\u00f3n of Mexico and many others \u2013 were desperate for a positive outcome. Obama needed a strong deal perhaps more than anyone. The US had confirmed the offer of $100bn to developing countries for adaptation, put serious cuts on the table for the first time (17% below 2005 levels by 2020), and was obviously prepared to up its offer.\n\nAbove all, Obama needed to be able to demonstrate to the Senate that he could deliver China in any global climate regulation framework, so conservative senators could not argue that US carbon cuts would further advantage Chinese industry. With midterm elections looming, Obama and his staff also knew that Copenhagen would be probably their only opportunity to go to climate change talks with a strong mandate. This further strengthened China\u2019s negotiating hand, as did the complete lack of civil society political pressure on either China or India. Campaign groups never blame developing countries for failure; this is an iron rule that is never broken. The Indians, in particular, have become past masters at co-opting the language of equity (\u201cequal rights to the atmosphere\u201d) in the service of planetary suicide \u2013 and leftish campaigners and commentators are hoist with their own petard.\n\nWith the deal gutted, the heads of state session concluded with a final battle as the Chinese delegate insisted on removing the 1.5C target so beloved of the small island states and low-lying nations who have most to lose from rising seas. President Nasheed of the Maldives, supported by Brown, fought valiantly to save this crucial number. \u201cHow can you ask my country to go extinct?\u201d demanded Nasheed. The Chinese delegate feigned great offence \u2013 and the number stayed, but surrounded by language which makes it all but meaningless. The deed was done.\n\nChina\u2019s game\n\nAll this raises the question: what is China\u2019s game? Why did China, in the words of a UK-based analyst who also spent hours in heads of state meetings, \u201cnot only reject targets for itself, but also refuse to allow any other country to take on binding targets?\u201d The analyst, who has attended climate conferences for more than 15 years, concludes that China wants to weaken the climate regulation regime now \u201cin order to avoid the risk that it might be called on to be more ambitious in a few years\u2019 time\u201d.\n\nThis does not mean China is not serious about global warming. It is strong in both the wind and solar industries. But China\u2019s growth, and growing global political and economic dominance, is based largely on cheap coal. China knows it is becoming an uncontested superpower; indeed its newfound muscular confidence was on striking display in Copenhagen. Its coal-based economy doubles every decade, and its power increases commensurately. Its leadership will not alter this magic formula unless they absolutely have to.\n\nCopenhagen was much worse than just another bad deal, because it illustrated a profound shift in global geopolitics. This is fast becoming China\u2019s century, yet its leadership has displayed that multilateral environmental governance is not only not a priority, but is viewed as a hindrance to the new superpower\u2019s freedom of action. I left Copenhagen more despondent than I have felt in a long time. After all the hope and all the hype, the mobilisation of thousands, a wave of optimism crashed against the rock of global power politics, fell back, and drained away.\n\nFirst, the misinformation put out in the past few days has to be corrected. The UK climate secretary, Ed Miliband, backed by individuals such as Mark Lynas (both writing in the Guardian) have turned on China as the villain that \u201chijacked\u201d the conference. The main \u201cevidence\u201d they gave was that China vetoed an \u201cagreement\u201d on a 50% reduction in global emissions by 2050 and an 80% reduction by developed countries, in the small meeting of 26 leaders on Copenhagen\u2019s final day.\n\nThere was indeed a \u201chijack\u201d in Copenhagen, but it was not by China. The hijack was organised by the host government, Denmark, whose prime minister convened a meeting of 26 leaders in the last two days of the conference, in an attempt to override the painstaking negotiations taking place among 193 countries throughout the two weeks and in fact in the past two to four years.\n\nThat exclusive meeting was not mandated by the UN climate convention. Indeed, the developing countries had warned the Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, not to come up with his own \u201cDanish text\u201d to be negotiated by a small group that he himself would select, as this would violate the multilateral treaty-based process, and would replace the documents carefully negotiated by all countries with one unilaterally issued by the host country.\n\nDespite this, the Danish government produced just such a document, and it convened exactly the kind of exclusive group that would undermine the UN climate convention\u2019s multilateral and democratic process. Under that process, the 193 countries had been collectively working on coming to a conclusion on the many aspects of the climate deal.\n\nWeeks before, it had become clear that Copenhagen could not adopt a full agreement because many basic differences remained. Copenhagen should have been designed as a stepping stone to a future successful outcome accepted by all. Unfortunately, the host country Denmark selected a small number of the 110 top leaders who came, to meet in secret, without the mandate or even knowledge of the convention\u2019s membership.\n\nThe selected leaders were given a draft Danish document that mainly represented the developed countries\u2019 positions, thereby marginalising the developing countries\u2019 views tabled at the two-year negotiations.\n\nMeanwhile, most of the thousands of delegates were working for two weeks on producing two reports representing the latest state of play, indicating areas of agreement and those where final decisions still had to be taken.\n\nThese reports were finally adopted by the conference. They should have been announced as the real outcome of Copenhagen, together with a decision to resume and complete work next year. It would not have been a resounding success, but it would have been an honest ending that would not have been termed a failure.\n\nInstead, the Copenhagen accord was criticised by the final plenary of members and not adopted. The unwise attempt by the Danish presidency to impose a non-legitimate meeting to override the legitimate multilateral process was the reason why Copenhagen will be considered a disaster.\n\nThe accord itself is weak mainly because it does not contain any commitments by the developed countries to cut their emissions in the medium term. Perhaps the reason for this most glaring omission is that the national pledges so far announced amount to only a 11-19% overall reduction by the developed countries by 2020 (compared to 1990), a far cry from the over 40% target demanded by the developing countries and recent science.\n\nTo deflect from this great failure on their part, the developed countries tried to inject long-term emission-reduction goals of 50% for the world and 80% for themselves, by 2050 compared to 1990. When this failed to get through the 26-country meeting, some countries, especially the UK, began to blame China for the failure of Copenhagen.\n\nIn fact, these targets, especially taken together, have been highly contentious during the two years of discussions, and for good reasons. They would result in a highly inequitable outcome where developed countries get off from their responsibilities and push the burden of adjustment onto the developing countries.\n\nTogether, they imply that developing countries would have to cut their emissions overall by about 20% in absolute terms and at least 60% in per capita terms. By 2050, developed countries with high per capita emissions \u2013 such as the US \u2013 would be allowed to have two to five times higher per capita emission levels than developing countries. The latter would have to severely curb not only their emissions but also their economic growth, especially since there is, up to now, no credible plans let alone commitments for financial and technology transfers to help them shift to a low-emissions development path.\n\nThe developed countries have already completed their industrialisation on the basis of cheap carbon-based energy and can afford to take on an 80% goal for 2050, especially since they now have the technological and organisational capacity and infrastructure. For a minimally equitable deal, they should commit to cuts of at least 200-400%, or move into negative emission territory, with net re-absorption of greenhouse gases, to enable developing countries the atmospheric space to develop.\n\nThe acceptance of the two targets would also have locked in a most unfair sharing of the remaining global carbon budget as it would have allowed the developed countries to get off free from their historical responsibility and their carbon debt. They would have been allocated the rights to a large amount of \u201ccarbon space\u201d, historically and in the future, without being given the obligation and responsibility to undertake adequate emission cuts nor to make adequate financial and technology transfers to developing countries.\n\nFortunately these targets are absent from the accord. The imperative for the negotiations next year is to agree on what science says is necessary for the world to do (in terms of limits to temperature rise or in global emissions cut) but also on what is a just and equitable formula for sharing the costs and burdens of adjustment, and to decide on both simultaneously. By asking for agreement on only a global goal and a very low commitment figure for their own obligatory cut, the developed countries were attempting to fix a global carbon budget distribution that enables them to get away with the hijacking of atmospheric space, a resource worth many trillions of dollars.\n\nLearning from Copenhagen\u2019s mistakes, the countries should return to the multilateral track and resume negotiations in the climate convention\u2019s two working groups as early as possible.\n\nThey can start with the two reports passed at Copenhagen as reference points. There should not be more attempts to hijack this multilateral process, which represents our best hope to achieve final results.\n\nThe bottom-up democratic process is slower but also steadier, compared to the top-down attempt to impose a solution by a few powers that will always lack legitimacy in decision-making and success or sustainability in implementation.\n\nThe WAVE http://www.the-wave.org.uk/ , the biggest ever UK climate rally, will provide an opportunity to show people\u2019s view before the Copenhagen Summit.\n\n11am \u2013 Ecumenical Service at Central Hall, Westminster, lead by Archbishop Rowan Williams.\n\n3pm \u2013 encircle Parliament Square\n\nWear blue!\n\nMY VIEW: Copenhagen, say \u2018those in the know\u2019, must be seen as a step and not a conclusion. The conference but, however, in my opinion be a key stepping stone towards changing the way we live and work and play. Without each and every one of us doing our bit and goverments setting decisive targets \u2013 and then reaching them \u2013 we will not only NOT achieve the outcome of living sustainably. We will instead continue down the slippery slope towards damaging our chances of looking after our very home, Planet Earth!\n\nThe WAVE \u2026 Will you be there?\n\nSupporting Articles:\n\nThe 300-350 Show: Civil Society for Climate Justice\n\nJust before the start of the historic UN climate talks open in Copenhagen, UK civil society will come together and encircle the Houses of Parliament. They will demand that the UK and Europe do much, much more than they have pledged so far as part of a fair and effective climate agreement in Copenhagen. We speak to the director of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition, Ashok Sinha, about The Wave and other events they have planned for December 5th, and about theirpolicyplatform. The SCC brings together over 100 organisations who have a combined membership of around 11 million people \u2013 one in six of the UK population.\n\nUK bring in an emissions performance standard for new electricity plants that is strict enough to rule out coal power stations unless they have 100% Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) fitted from the outset\n\nTest CCS on existing power plants only\n\nThe UK invest in a transition to a low carbon economy thus creating hundreds of thousands of green jobs\n\nThe UK support the renewable energy sector and investing in energy efficiency and demand reduction, in order to meet our EU renewable energy target for 2020 and decarbonise our energy sector by 2030\n\nEnsure a just transition for the workforce\n\nWe end the programme with a reflection from Climate Justice hunger striker, Anna Keenan, on the state of the Climate Justice movement as Copenhagen approaches. Listen to this programme now at: www.climateradio.org\n\nCopenhagen: the people\u2019s summit\n\nThere is another gathering taking place in Copenhagen, running in parallel with the main conference, and that is the coming together of environmental activists from all over the world, who are flocking to Denmark to cheer the conference on, as it were, and also to give it a few sharp prods \u2013 to remind the presidents and the prime ministers doing the deciding that the situation is serious and needs an adequate response.\n\nThe Independent Traveller yesterday featured New Zealand \u2013 my home (see below) \u2013 with its unique wildlife as see on Last Chance to Seehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee/ where two British presenters enjoy other countries and we watch.\n\nMy wife (Aussie) and I (NZer) arguably came to the UK from NZ as a result of wildlife safaring/travelling across East Africa and Western Europe, and we plan to visit Asia in the future. For a number of reasons, we did not travel overseas (from the UK) for more than a year, and then recently visited Athens, renowned for its World Heritage Sites including the Pathenon.\n\nWishing to be \u2018patriotic\u2019 and see more of the UK, we have undertaken some camping breaks in a couple of British and Welsh national parks and hoped to do so again this year, but the cost of rail travel and other things have got in the way\u2026\n\nShould we concentrate on local holidays and breaks, or travel abroad to experience the nature and culture everywhere..and book with companies with green credentials and offset our carbon emissions? Or should we stay in our country and get to know it \u2026 and save the environment?\n\n* Putting things into recycling is one thing, but unless these recycled items can then actually be \u2018re-used\u2019 , recycling would become a process without an end \u2013 or purpose.\n\nDon\u2019t get me wrong, I am all for recycling and education thereof. But why not take a leaf out of the African book and follow countries like Kenya have goods \u2013 including Coke if you must buy it \u2013 in re-sellable \u2018glass bottles\u2019!\n\nThese giant corporations might respond by saying that they acknowledge waste is a huge problem and \u201dat least they are trying\u2019.\n\nThe soft drink giant\u2019s move shows that sustainability is back on the marketing and advertising agenda, and there are two key events coming up that will propel the issue to the fore \u2013 the UN climate change conference in December, where a new worldwide treaty on global warming will be set out; and the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the British government\u2019s mandatory CO2 emissions trading scheme, which comes into force next April.\n\nMany brands will be forced to take significant steps to reducing carbon emissions; and to do so, companies will have to remove some choices from their customers such as plastic bags, packaging, posted statements etc. So they will have to find ways to explain why. Brands that get their messages right, using language that keeps customers on board, stand to win.\n\nBut it\u2019s not easy to sound sincere when you haven\u2019t bothered in the past. Take car companies: they will now have to tell us not just to use their product less, but also to drive slower. The same applies to many utility companies, which love telling us they are greener than their competitors but have yet to prove their sincerity. But while there are quite a few cases of advertising as green washing, some brands are doing meaningful things. The best example is Marks & Spencer\u2019s Plan A. It has been supported robustly throughout the recession, making it more credible to the public. It is an initiative driven from the top \u2013 by M&S\u2019s chairman Stuart Rose.\n\nThis brings us back to Coke\u2019s Keep It Going \u2013 Recycle, which I think belongs in the insincere category. The company has clearly not thrown money at this campaign and it shows. The ad resembles something my local council could have knocked up. Coke should be leading the way, finding a creative way to encourage consumers to cut their carbon footprints, not just paying lip service."}
-{"text": "RENTON \u2013 The Seahawks rode the best defense in the NFL last season to their first Super Bowl title.\n\nEn route to a 13-3 record, Seattle allowed the fewest points (14.4) and yards (273.6) in the NFL (both numbers were team records) and forced a league-high 39 turnovers.\n\nThen came the coup de grace, a 43-8 Super Bowl put-down of a Denver team that had shattered NFL offensive records (notably, scoring 606 points during the regular season, most in league history).\n\nAs Seattle prepares to defend that Super Bowl title, it seemed a refresher on exactly what the Seahawks do defensively was in order. Call it Seahawks Defense 101.\n\nSecond-year defensive coordinator Dan Quinn \u2014 a rising star who many think will be a head coach next year \u2014 is happy to oblige the request for a crash course.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s important\u2019\u2019 fans have a better understanding of what they are seeing, he says.\n\nThe beginning\n\nLike all NFL teams, the Seahawks run a variety of defenses out of a number of formations based on game situation and the scheme and tendencies of the opponent.\n\nBut the core of Seattle\u2019s defense is what is generally called a \u201c4-3 Under\u2019\u2019 front, using four defensive linemen and three linebackers. Under means the four linemen are typically aligned away from the offense\u2019s strong side (where the tight end lines up) with a linebacker stationed on the line of scrimmage on the strong side.\n\nThe secondary, meanwhile, relies heavily on what is called \u201cCover Three\u201d or three-deep zone \u2014 three defensive backs splitting coverage into three sections.\n\nEssentially, the cornerbacks cover the sides of the field outside the hash marks with free safety Earl Thomas responsible for the area between the hash marks (this has the advantage of allowing strong safety Kam Chancellor to play closer to the line of scrimmage).\n\nSeattle uses many tweaks and variations. But the basic philosophy \u2014 specifically, the 4-3 Under front \u2014 has been with coach Pete Carroll since a stint as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1977 under defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.\n\nCarroll says he doesn\u2019t remember any Eureka! moment when he decided this was the defense for him. Instead, the longer he coached it and worked with Kiffin (he was defensive coordinator at North Carolina State from 1980-82 when Kiffin was head coach), it just began to make sense.\n\n\u201cEverything that we do is exactly the same for as long as I can remember,\u2019\u2019 Carroll said recently. \u201cWe have adapted to our personnel, we have adapted to what the game calls for now. But it\u2019s always come out of the same notebook that basically started back in the day in Arkansas.\u2019\u2019\n\nDefensive line\n\nUp front, the Seahawks try to get the best of both worlds.\n\nWhile Seattle uses a base 4-3, it also incorporates many elements of the 3-4.\n\nAs Quinn puts it, \u201cWe happen to have lots of 3-4 looks, but we are a 4-3 team.\u2019\u2019\n\nThe Seahawks use a smaller defensive end who is primarily a pass rusher, a position the Seahawks call LEO. (The term, by the way, doesn\u2019t really mean anything. When Carroll worked for the 49ers they had a similar position called Elephant and Carroll later changed it to LEO.)\n\nThe objective is to have three big players who can stuff the run, and faster players on the outside who can rush the passer, or at times drop back in coverage.\n\nThe front four are defined as two defensive ends (Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett are the starters) a defensive tackle (Tony McDaniel) and a nose tackle (Brandon Mebane).\n\nMebane lines up over the center, McDaniel between a guard and tackle on the weak side (this is also often referred to as a \u201cthree-technique tackle\u2019\u2019 because of the gap over which he lines up). Bennett lines up over a tackle on the strong side (or \u201cfive-technique\u201d). Avril, meanwhile, is the LEO, lining up outside McDaniel on the weak side.\n\nWhen the Seahawks know the opponent is in a passing situation, they go to their nickel defense (a term, uh, coined for its use of five defensive backs) when they often sub out one of the bigger linemen for a smaller one who might be better at rushing the passer.\n\n\u201cOur end and nose and tackle are our three big guys,\u2019\u2019 Quinn said. \u201cSo we are half 4-3, half 3-4. They have to be big enough and stout enough to play the run, and then when we go into nickel is when we move a guy like Bennett to defensive tackle or Bruce (Irvin) to a defensive end spot.\u2019\u2019\n\nSeattle\u2019s ability to adapt its defense to its personnel was evident last year in a role created for Red Bryant, who in 2010 was moved from tackle to the five-technique end spot, tasked primarily with blowing up running plays on early downs. With Bryant gone, the Seahawks figure to also use McDaniel and veteran free agent Kevin Williams in that role.\n\nSeattle\u2019s line typically plays what is called a one-gap technique, meaning they aggressively rush to defend the hole immediately in front of them. In a two-gap scheme, linemen often wait and decide to go one way or the other, based on the play.\n\nLinebackers\n\nAs is customary in a 4-3, Seattle\u2019s defense incorporates middle, weakside and strongside linebackers. You will often hear players and coaches refer to these positions as the Mike (middle), Will (weak side) and Sam (strong side). They are terms that originated for the ease of describing the positions \u2014 the ability to communicate simply and effectively is a key in an often chaotic sport.\n\nThe strongside linebacker, as referenced earlier, typically is aligned on the line of scrimmage, a role usually played by Irvin or Malcolm Smith.\n\nThe Sam backer has a key role in containing outside running plays while also being called on to rush the passer, or at times cover. \u201cHe has to be long enough to take on a tackle, a tight end or a back and turn the ball back and he could be a blitzer where he has enough rush skills so that he\u2019s closer to a defensive end,\u2019\u2019 Quinn said.\n\nThe middle linebacker (Bobby Wagner) has the added responsibilities of calling signals and making sure everyone is aligned correctly. The weakside linebacker (K.J. Wright) lines up next to Wagner, but on the side of the field opposite the tight end (if there are two tight ends, matchups dictate who goes where). Each has to play the run but also has to be able to turn quickly and drop into man or zone pass coverage, covering the middle of the field between the hashes, which is often referred to as the \u201chook.\u2019\u2019\n\n\u201cOur Mike and our Will are linebackers who generally align behind the ball for us,\u2019\u2019 Quinn said. \u201cThey are most of the of the time inside-gap control players in the run game and ... they are hook players a lot of the time in the pass game. They have to have speed, and one of the things K.J. and Bobby have is that kind of speed.\u2019\u2019\n\nSecondary\n\nUnlike teams that try to align their cornerbacks to a specific personnel matchup, the Seahawks usually assign their corners to a side \u2014 Richard Sherman to the left and Byron Maxwell to the right \u2014 and cover whichever receiver is there.\n\nThe fact the Seahawks don\u2019t go out of their way to have Sherman shadow an opponent\u2019s best receiver is something that is occasionally used against him in the debate over which cornerback is the best in the NFL.\n\nQuinn smiles and says, \u201cThey can deflect that back on me. Richard can go and cover whoever. He can play inside and outside if we wanted him to.\u2019\u2019\n\nQuinn said keeping players primarily in one spot allows them to play better.\n\n\u201cThe style that we play I don\u2019t think warrants us just constantly matching up against a player,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cNow, in certain packages we might. But I really like our system \u2014 I think they play well in it because they understand it.\u2019\u2019\n\nAs for the roles of the free safety (Thomas) and strong safety (Chancellor)?\n\nQuinn: \u201cOur strong safety is one who, more often than not, when we play our three deep, he is the one that\u2019s down (near the line). So we blitz him some ... he takes the flat, he plays the tight end man-to-man a lot.\n\n\u201cOur free safety is more often back, and so for us it\u2019s middle-field player and (Thomas) has the rare ability to play that way.\n\n\u201cOur three-deep is important for us because our corners, they stay on top (of the receivers) so if a receiver is going that way ... we have to have underneath players who (can cover), as well as a middle-field safety who can haul ass either way.\u2019\u2019\n\nAll the way to the Super Bowl, as it turned out.\n\nFeeling defensive\n\nA look at the progress of the Seattle defense under coach Pete Carroll:"}
-{"text": "The doctrines of the Great Law of Falun Dafa can\ngive guidance to anyone in their cultivation including those who have religious beliefs.\nThis is the Principle of the universe, the true Law that has never been revealed. In the\npast humans were not allowed to know the Principle of the universe (Buddha Law); it\ntranscends all the sciences and moral principles of ordinary human society from ancient\ntimes to the present. What has been taught in religions and what people have experienced\nare only superficialities and phenomena, while its extensive and profound inner meaning\ncan only present itself to and be felt and understood by the cultivators who are at\ndifferent levels of their true cultivation, and they can really see what the Law is. --Li Hongzhi*\n\nFalun Gong (pronounced fah-luhn gung) is Li Hongzhi's version of qi gong, which is an ancient Chinese practice of\n\"energy cultivation\". Falun means \"wheel of\nlaw\"; falun dafa is falun Buddha law.*\nAccording to Li, Falun Gong \"is a cultivation system aiming at\ncultivating both human life and nature. The practitioner is\nrequired to attain enlightenment (open his cultivation energy) and achieve physical\nimmortality in this mortal world when his energy potency and Xinxing [mind-nature] have\nreached a certain level.\"*\n\nLi claims to have taken energy cultivation to a new level. He also claims to\nhave some 100 million followers worldwide, though he also claims that he keeps no records\nand that Falun Gong is not a cult, religion or sect (\"Followers defend\nFalun Gong as\ninnocuous,\" by Brian Milner, The Globe and Mail (Canada), July 22, 1999.)\nHis popularity is great enough in China to have led to the arrest of more than 30,000\npractitioners and a formal ban on Falun Gong, apparently for little more than being\npopular and thereby posing a threat to the stability of the repressive Communist regime\n(\"China arrests 30,000 members of spiritual group,\" The Globe and Mail\n(Canada), July 22, 1999, by Miro Cernetig.)\n\nLi left China in the early 1990s and lives in New York City. He promotes his\nbeliefs in books he has written. His teachings are available on the Internet,\nwhich has significantly affected his status and popularity internationally.\nWhile much of Falun Gong is a rehash of traditional Chinese notions regarding meditation\nand exercises, Li has emphasized an anti-scientific approach to disease and medicine.\nHe says disease is \"is a black energy mass\" that he can dissipate with his\npowers. Those who use medicine for their illnesses lack faith in Falun Gong. True believers don't need medicine. They understand that disease exists in some\nother space beyond physical space and that only those with \"supernormal\ncapabilities\" can truly heal. True healing involves \"cultivation\nenergies...in the form of light with very tiny particles in great density.\"*\nHe claims that he does not tell people not to use medicine, but that\nhe has cured thousands of terminally ill people. He also claims that he\nadvises terminally ill and mentally ill people not to practice Falun Gong.\nThe former are too focused on their illness and the latter are not\nclear-minded enough to practice properly.\n\nLi claims that Falun Gong is one of 84,000 cultivation ways of the Buddha's\nschool. He claims that it has only been used once before, in prehistory, but that he is\nmaking it available again \"at this final period of the Last Havoc.\"*\n\nFalun is the miniature of the universe with all the\nabilities of the universe. It can automatically move in rotation. It will forever rotate\nin your lower abdomen area. Once it is installed in your body, it will no longer stop and\nwill forever rotate like this year in and year out. During the time when it rotates\nclockwise, it can automatically absorb energy from the universe, and it can also transform\nenergy from itself to supply the required energy for every part of your body\ntransformation. At the same time, it can emit energy when it rotates counter-clock and\nreleases the waste material which will disperse around your body. When it emits energy,\nthe energy can be released to quite a distance and it brings in new energy again. The\nemitted energy can benefit the people around you....When Falun rotates clockwise, it can\ncollect the energy back because it rotates forever....\n\nBecause Falun rotates forever, it cannot be stopped. If a\nphone call comes or someone knocks on the door, you may go ahead and take care of it\nimmediately without having to finish the practice. When you stop to do your work, Falun\nwill rotate at once clockwise and take back the emitted energy around your body.*\n\nHow Li knows about these rotations is a mystery, but he\nhas many followers throughout the world who feel enlightened by these \"teachings.\"\n\nIn short, Falun Gong is based upon the belief that the universe consists of\nmagical energies that can be tapped into by certain practices and which can eliminate the\nneed for medicine, bringing one to a state of enlightenment and physical immortality. Its popularity\nseems directly related to its claim to bring health and relieve stress while providing\nenlightenment. It is anti-science, anti-medical establishment, and anti-materialism; thus,\nFalun Gong is attractive to many people who are fed up with the world as it is and their\nposition in it.\n\nIt is difficult to understand why the Communist party in China fears\nFalun Gong. Their\npractices would relieve the demand for medical assistance, thereby saving the government\nmillions of yuan. They encourage truthfulness, forbearance and compassion. Of course, members\nmay not\nbe very useful to society, since they are not materialistic and would prefer to spend\ntheir days meditating and exercising in the park, cultivating energies, rather than\nworking in factories. Then again, communists don't like competition.\n\nDuring the last week of July, 1999, more than\n1,200 government officials who practice Falun Gong were\n\"detained\" by Chinese authorities, according to the\nWashington Post. China's Ministry of Public\nSecurity issued an arrest warrant for Li Hongzhi, blaming him for the\ndeaths of 743 followers. According to Michael Laris of the Washington\nPost, China \"provided no evidence linking Li to any of the\nalleged deaths.\""}
-{"text": "\u0997\u09be\u09b0\u09cb \u0986\u09ac\u09c7\u0982 \u09ac\u09be\u0987\u09ac\u09c7\u09b2 (\u09a8\u09a4\u09c1\u09a8 \u09a8\u09bf\u09df\u09ae)\n\nIdioma: Garo\n\nInformaci\u00f3n de Versi\u00f3n\n\nHi YouVersion friends, Thank you for downloading the Garo (Abeng) Common Language Bible in the Bible App! Now you'll have anytime, anywhere access to God's Word on your mobile device - even if you're outside of service coverage or not connected to the internet. It also means faster service whenever you read that version since it's stored on your device. Enjoy!This download was made possible by United Bible Societies. We really appreciate their passion for making the Bible available to millions of people around the world. Because of their generosity, YouVersion users like you can open up the Bible and read from Word of God no matter where you are. You can learn more about the great things the Bangladesh Bible Society is doing on many fronts by visiting www.bsbangladesh.org.Again, we're glad you downloaded the Garo (Abeng) Common Language Bible and hope it enriches your interaction with God's Word. Please contact with Bangladesh Bible Society for other Bible translations. bbs@biblesocietybd.org"}
-{"text": "2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Honda\u2019s Electric Vision gathers pace\n\nHonda unveils next steps on path towards Electric Vision at 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show\nWorld premiere of the Honda Urban EV Concept \u2013 Honda\u2019s first EV for Europe\nCR-V Hybrid Prototype previewed European version of best-selling SUV\n\nHonda used the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show to reveal the next steps in its plan for electrification of its European car range. The focus for the brand at Frankfurt was the world premiere of the Honda Urban EV Concept, setting the direction for a future production model. Alongside this debut, the CR-V Hybrid Prototype previewed the European version of the all-new CR-V SUV."}
-{"text": "41832 100 OZ Hydration Pack, ABU\n\n100 oz Bladder with insulated, hydra fusion tube and surge valve & dust cover. Fully open the top of this hydration bladder for easy cleaning.This Hydration Bladder is designed for the heightened abuse that may arise in extreme situations in mind. The bladder is sealed with a slider top lock which opens wide across the entire top of the bladder. This makes it ideal for easy filling, cleaning, or adding ice to. It is made of 4mm thick thermo polyurethane (TPU) which is twice the thickness of ordinary bladders. It comes with a big bore tube that is lightweight and has the insulation applied to the tube rather than covered with a sleeve. The end of the tube is equipped with a surge valve and a protective cover."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, 1 January 2014\n\nThere are loads of diet plans from Weightwatchers to\nAtkins. It is a matter of finding what suits you.\n\nThey basically either:\n\n\u00b7Calorie count\n\n\u00b7Carb count\n\n\u00b7Slimming Classes/Clubs\n\n\u00b7Food replacement diet plans\n\n\u00b7A combination of the above\n\nCalorie counting\nis the classic diet. You work out the calorie of all food by with some good meal planning which involves weighing the food and\ncounting the calorie value you usually restrict yourself to 1500 calories a\nday.\n\nConsidered safe, favoured by GPs and NHS.\n\nCarb counting\ndiets like Dukan and Atkins use carb counting. You have to cut out a lot of\ncarbs from your diet, pasta, bread etc.So this could change your meal plans considerably.\n\nAtkins in particular not really favoured by GPs and NHS\nbut good for initial weight loss.\n\nClasses like Weightwatchers,\nSlimming World, and Rosemary Conely are some of the classes you can attend.\nThey give you various diet sheets and diet advice.\n\nAlthough a diet club like Slimming World or Weight\nWatchers can be great support with weekly classes and diet advice they can be\nexpensive with membership fees and not everyone can get to them or want to\nattend them and can sometimes get in the way of other plans.\n\nFood Replacement\nDiets like Slimfast, and Lighterlife replace some of your meals with their\nproducts.\n\n5:2 intermittent fasting diet you fast for 2 days and eat normaly for 5 days.\n\nTuesday, 31 December 2013\n\nExercise is great for your body. Weight training\nis great for your metabolism. Some ladies worry that they will get big bulky\nmuscles if they weight train but you won\u2019t we don\u2019t have enough male hormone to\ndo that. But we can achieve a toned slimmer looking body. Slim and toned equals\na happy mind and a happy body.\n\nIf you think that you can eat as much you like\nand then exercise hard to burn off the calories, I am sorry to say it won\u2019t\nwork. A reducing diet combined with exercise will work. To lose one pound of\nfat you have to cut out 3500 calories nearly two days food! To exercise away a\npound of fat you work have to walk for 6 hours!\n\nRegular\nactivity can help you lose weight. Everything you eat contains calories, and\neven if you eat a low fat diet, your body will store unused calories as fat.\nExercise can help control your weight by allowing your body to burn the\ncalories that it might otherwise store as fat.\n\nAerobic activities like swimming,\nwalking, jogging, dancing and cycling can help if you're looking to control\nyour weight. These simple exercises increase your rate of breathing, and allow\nyour body to begin burning stored fat as fuel. Remember, for the first twenty\nminutes of any aerobic exercise, your body will be using energy made from food\nyou ate that day. You won't start burning stored fat until you've exercised for\nover twenty minutes continuously.\n\nAerobic\nexercises can contribute to body fat loss, but you might still find that\nstubborn body fat won't disappear from problem areas such as the thighs, abdomen\nand buttocks. The bad news is, you can't lose body fat from just one area of\nthe body at a time; fat loss has to occur from your entire body all at once.\nWhen fat deposits accumulate in one area, such as the belly, those fat deposits\nwill be the last to go.\n\nHowever, you can still tone the\nmuscles of your body through strength training or anaerobic exercise. Also,\nsince fat is burned within the muscles, building and maintaining muscle mass\nwill allow you to burn calories more effectively, even while at rest. Muscle\nbulk increases your metabolic rate (the speed you burn energy).\n\nFriday, 13 December 2013\n\nThe idea behind following a low calorie diet is to\nburn more calories than you consume, a moderately active adult burns about\n2,200 calories a day. To lose weight you need to eat less than this, between\n1200 -1500 calories a day Don\u2019t be tempted to starve yourself. Going\nbelow 1200 calories a day will only lead to a slower metabolism rate, which\nmakes it much harder to lose weight. You should lose between 1-2Ibs a week on a\ncalorie controlled diet. Eat sensible portions of healthy low-calorie foods.\nChoose foods that will fill you up without filling you with excess salt, sugar\nor fat. Beware; lots of low calorie, low fat foods you can buy, are full of sugar.\nMake sure you weigh everything you plan to eat and work out the calories religiously."}
-{"text": "On the go and no time to finish that story right now? Your News is the place for you to save content to read later from any device. Register with us and content you save will appear here so you can access them to read later.\n\nAfter 30 years in the macho world of boxing, the former fight promoter Frank Maloney has revealed that he is undergoing a sex change and living as a woman called Kellie.\n\nKellie, 61, once the pugnacious manager of the former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, said that she has undergone hormone therapy and is now more than a year into the transition to becoming a woman.\n\n\"I was born in the wrong body and have always known I was a woman,\" she said. \"I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to others.\n\n\"I never felt comfortable doing boys' things, playing boys' games. But I buried myself in them to make sure I wasn't seen as different.\"\n\nFrank Maloney grew up as a Milwall-supporting south Londoner, became a boxer and then a trainer, and achieved greatest success while working with Lewis, who became a world champion in 1992.\n\nHaving also managed the former world cruiserweight champion David Haye, Maloney appeared fearless, tough-talking and flamboyant, with a fondness for going to fights in Union Jack suits.\n\nBut Kellie, who gave her interview to the Sunday Mirror wearing a dress and stilettos, said she was constantly fighting the urge to dress as a woman. \"Mentally I was tearing myself apart.\n\n\"I knew it was either continue and succeed, throw myself off a bridge or give into my urges and be ridiculed.\"\n\nShe admitted that she had spent years fearing her secret desire to be a woman would be exposed.\n\n\"I have never been able to tell anyone in boxing. Can you imagine me walking into a boxing hall dressed as a woman and putting an event on? I can imagine what they would scream at me. But if I had been in the theatre or arts world, nobody would blink an eye about this transition.\"\n\nThe twice-married father of three quit as a boxing promoter last October, saying he had \"fallen out of love with boxing.\"\n\nShe admits now that she was preparing to withdraw from the public gaze so she could continue with a gender transition that had begun in her final year of managing boxers.\n\nIn the past two years, she has had hormone therapy, hair removal electrolysis, voice coaching and counselling.\n\nShe told her wife Tracey about her desire to become a woman in 2012. \"We were standing in the kitchen and I said, 'I have to tell you that I have lived with this all my life. I've lived a lie and I really am a female in my head.'\n\n\"We are very good friends now. She is very supportive and very loyal to me.\"\n\nKellie said she was amazed by the supportive response of her elderly mother Maureen.\n\nShe added: \"I hope society will be open-minded. I know I could have done my job in boxing as a female.\""}
-{"text": "Red Hot Chili Peppers Album Flats\n\nOur Red Hot Chili Peppers album flats are rock, blues and jazz album covers printed on thin cardboard stock. For decades, flats were sent to music and record stores to promote upcoming albums. They are great for displaying your favorite performers or albums."}
-{"text": "Cash for gold makes way for e-payments\n\nPublished On: 12, Dec 2017 | Source: Timesofindia\n\nKOLKATA: India's jewellery and bullion industry, where cash was the sole currency of transaction for centuries, is increasingly adopting digital payments, with the entire B2B trade in gold now using bank transfers as the preferred mode of doing business.\n\nThe consumer trade isn't too far behind either, with mid-sized retailers reporting a surge in digital transactions up to Rs 2 lakh. According to the present norms, customers will not have to furnish any KYC documents for purchases of gold up Rs 2 lakh.\n\nSurendra Mehta, national secretary, India Bullion & Jewellers' Association (IBJA), said that cash dealings are virtually nonexistent in the B2B space. \"All B2B transactions are happening only through Net banking. What is striking is that mid-sized jewellers are encouraging digital transactions. Almost 40% of their business now comes through the digital platform.\"\n\nAditya Pethe, director, WHP Jewellers, said that digital transactions are increasing. \"The government should look into the cost of transactions in the case of credit cards. Merchants have to bear the high cost of transactions. Margins in the jewellery business are thin, with the highest being 10%. And in bullion business, margins are as low as 2.5%. If the merchant has to bear the cost of transaction, then his margins come under pressure.\"\n\nIn the case of debit cards, RBI has already come out with differentiated merchant discount rates (MDR) for debit card transactions, prescribing separate caps for small and large traders.\n\nMDR is the rate charged to a merchant by a bank for providing debit and credit card services.\n\nAccording to the latest notification, MDR charges for small merchants with an annual turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh have been fixed at 0.40%, with a cap of Rs 200 per transaction by debit cards through Point of Sale (PoS) machines or online transactions. For accepting payments via QR (quick response) code-based transactions, the charge will be 0.30%, subject to a cap of Rs 200 per transaction.\n\nIn case the annual turnover of a merchant exceeds Rs 20 lakh, the MDR charges would be 0.90%, with a cap of Rs 1,000 per transaction. If a transaction is through QR code, the charges will be 0.80% with a similar cap.\n\nMeanwhile, there are talks in the gold trade that the import duty on the metal will be reduced from 10% to 4% and that there will be an increase in GST.\n\nNitin Khandelwal, chairman, All India Gem & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) said the reduction in customs duty on gold and bullion is a welcome initiative, but it should be delinked from tweaking the existing GST rates for the domestic business."}
-{"text": "Chaos on Deponia Released via Steam\n\nChaos on Deponia, an adventure game developed for PC and Mac, is now available via Steam, Daedalic Entertainment announced. Rufus the main character, lives at the most remote part of the worldwide junkyard and works on his plans to escape to the hovering city of Elysium. After uncountable abortive attempts he succeeds - nearly at least. As a result he falls from the sky and lands back in his hometown together with the mysterious girl Goal. For Rufus, she mainly is a good reason to escape once again and so he begins to plan her way back. Obviously, Rufus' bad luck seems to be infectious and, in the sequel Chaos on Deponia, both ends at the point where all began. Before they can start another attempt to escape, Goal's consciousness needs to be restored. Besides that, they have to save Deponia from threatening chaos."}
-{"text": "Rachael McKay\n\nIndustrial Engineer for North American Distribution, lululemon athletica\n\nRachael received a B.S./B.A in Industrial & Systems Engineering in 2010 and has since applied lean principles in various industries: defense & space, healthcare, food, manufacturing, communications and technology, aerospace. Following her passion for living a healthy and active lifestyle, she pursued her love of yoga, which led her to lululemon athletica in 2013.Rachael is currently the Industrial Engineer for North American distribution, and also a yoga teacher at one of lululemon's partner studios, CorePower Yoga.\n\n\"Yoga is more than the physical movement of postures,\" writes Rachael McKay, an industrial engineer at lululemon athletica and yogi. \"As a result of [practicing], we are more adept to deal with life\u2019s challenges and the constant state of change. Likewise, a successful lean culture is more than just the tools and industry standards required to do the work. It\u2019s a mindset. \" More \u00bb"}
-{"text": "a foundation serving Richmond's people, parks & public spaces\n\nMenu\n\nWilliam Byrd Park\n\nA historic park rivaling any in the country.\n\nWilliam Byrd Park, popularly known as Byrd Park, is centrally located in the City of Richmond, Virginia. The park is well known for its landmarks including\n\nthe city reservoir, the Carillon and Dogwood Dell. In addition, Barker Field dog park, the tennis courts, the Vita Course, and the paddle boats are among the many other attractions that entice visitors from the City and the surrounding counties.\n\nThe first acquisition of land for the park was made in 1874. Since that time the park has grown in\nsize and has undergone tremendous change. The history of the park is fascinating and provides an insight into both the public\u2019s recreational pursuits and the City\u2019s own evolution.\nThe Friends of William Byrd Park began meeting in 2005 and continues today to help support and promote the park. In concert with members of the City\u2019s Department of Recreation and Parks, the Friends have frequent Prune & Groom events to tidy up sections of the park and also have a Tree The Track project that has planted 50 trees in the Vita Course area over the past two years.\n\nFor several years, the Friends have been engaged in developing an application to acquire historic designation for William Byrd Park. The research for the application has produced a detailed history of the park from 1874 to 1950, including the topographical development and the contributing structures. The historical narrative has been documented and crafted by well-known local planner and author, Tyler Potterfield. The Friends plan to have the application ready for submission this fall.\n\nTo learn more about the Friends of William Byrd Park or to get involved with this group, you are invited to call Turk Sties at 399-5273. You may also learn more by visiting the Friends website at www.friendsofwilliambyrdpark.com"}
-{"text": "GEO International provide geophysical and geological expert services for oil exploration and production companies.\n\nGEO International Ltd. is a new consulting group co-directed by Matthew Taylor and Ian Davison which provides geophysical and geological expert services for oil exploration and production companies. We fill a niche market which lies between individual consultants and large multi-layered organisations. find out more.."}
-{"text": "Patriot has updated its line of memory and SSD products with Mac Series XT SSDs and SODIMM memory that are optimized to work with all the latest and popular Apple Mac products.\n\nThe Mac Series XT SSD lineup with be available in 60, 120 and 240GB capacities and feature Sandforce SF-2281 controller, MLC NAND flash chips and SATA 6.0Gbps interface. According to Patriot Memory, these ones will deliver read and write speeds of up to 520MB/s and 500MB/s with maximum 4K random write set at 80,000 IOPS. The Mac series XT SSD lineup will also feature TRIM support as well as DuraClass and Durawrite tech support.\n\nAs far as the lineup goes, Patriot didn't reveal many details but for now we are looking at 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1333MHz CL9 SODIMM kit as well as 8GB DDR3-1333 CL9 and 2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 standalone SODIMM modules.\n\nUnfortunately, the price or the actual availability date haven't been announced."}
-{"text": "Study Names Colombia Most Violent Country in Latin America\n\nChile continues to be the most peaceful country in Latin America, while Colombia and Venezuela are the most violent. (PanAm)\n\nEspa\u00f1olLatin America is, in 2016, more peaceful than last year, with a decline in internal tension and instability in some countries, according to Visions of Humanity. Its report, developed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), has taken into account national and international conflict, security and militarization of 163 countries.\n\nIn the case of Latin America, the IEP detected improvements in security in Central America and the Caribbean. Costa Rica, for example, ranked 33 in part because of lower levels of militarization.\n\nThe bottom of the study\u2019s ranking features plenty of Latin American countries. (Vision of Humanity)\n\nSouth America registered improvements in its general ranking since 2015, thanks to lower levels of international conflict and militarization in the region.\n\nHowever, the index also reflects significant social unrest in countries like Venezuela \u2014 situated at 143 \u2014 as well as Brazil, who came in at 105, where political instability increased months before the Summer Olympics in R\u00edo de Janeiro. The country had a 15-percent increase in instability, according to the report, as well as deterioration in the rate of incarcerations \u2014 a \u201cworrying trend\u201d before the big event, according to the institute.\n\nThe country in South America rated the most peaceful was, once again, Chile, who came in at 27. Uruguay came in at 35, while Panam\u00e1 was positioned at 49. Panam\u00e1 registered some of the most noticeable improvements of the whole index, having jumped 24 spots since last year\u2019s ranking of 49. This was partly due to the reduction of the \u201cprobability of violent demonstrations\u201d and the country\u2019s \u201cdiminishing political instability.\u201d\n\nArgentina ranked 67 this year, after Togo and in front of Mozambique, while Nicaragua, Ecuador, Paraguay and Bolivia came in at 69, 76, 80 and 81, respectively.\n\nCuba and Per\u00fa, according to the report, tied at 85. The Dominican Republic, at 99, tied with Pap\u00faa New Guinea.\n\nLatin American countries with the lowest peace ranking include: Honduras and El Salvador at 111, Guatemala at 117, M\u00e9xico at 140, Venezuela at 143 and Colombia at 147."}
-{"text": "Churches in Grass Valley include: Saint Josephs Chapel (A), Grace Lutheran Church (B), First Congregational Church (C), First Church of Christ Scientist (D), First Baptist Church (E), Emmanuel Episcopal Church (F), Church of the Nazarene (G), Bethel Assembly of God Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map\n\nAir Quality Index (AQI) level in 2013 was 102. This is worse than average.\n\nCity:\n\n102\n\nU.S.:\n\n75\n\nNitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 3.57. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 1.1 miles away from the city center.\n\nCity:\n\n3.57\n\nU.S.:\n\n6.40\n\nOzone [ppb] level in 2013 was 46.8. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 1.1 miles away from the city center.\n\nCity:\n\n46.8\n\nU.S.:\n\n32.0\n\nParticulate Matter (PM10) [\u00b5g/m3] level in 2013 was 16.7. This is about average.Closest monitor was 0.3 miles away from the city center.\n\nCity:\n\n16.7\n\nU.S.:\n\n20.0\n\nParticulate Matter (PM2.5) [\u00b5g/m3] level in 2013 was 5.70. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 1.1 miles away from the city center.\n\nCity:\n\n5.70\n\nU.S.:\n\n9.35\n\nPercentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 25.5%\n(25.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Black residents, 25.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 9.0% for American Indian residents, 4.3% for other race residents, 38.4% for two or more races residents)"}
-{"text": "1 1/4 cup fine rice flour (you can also use a mixture of millet/rice or tapioca/rice/, or chickpea/rice flours)\n\n2 1/2 teaspoons guar gum\n\n1 1/2 teaspoons salt\n\n1/2 cup milk powder\n\n3 tablespoons sugar\n\nWisk the cornstarch and rice flours together before adding to pan. Put ingredients in pan as in above order. Because I use regular yeast (not bread machine yeast) I give a little stir with a spoon to mix the yeast into the wet ingredients.\n\nI used the rapid bake cycle (2 hours) on the machine and chose the \u201cdark\u201d crust setting. I find it is important to bake gluten free bread for 50-60 minutes to make sure it is done in the center and does not collapse. If using a different bread machine check manual to use a setting that bakes for that length of time. Remove from pan after baking.\n\nThe gluten free dough does come together into a ball just like \u201cwheat\u201d based breads!\n\nDough rising in the pan. Probably a good idea to wet hands and smooth the top at this point.\n\nJust out of the machine. Just a little flour on the sides.\n\nTip: If your dough hook can be removed \u2013 remove it after the last mixing period by using a spatula to move the dough over. This way you will not have a hole in your loaf.\n\nLike this:\n\nPost navigation\n\nOne thought on \u201cGreat Gluten Free White Bread for the Bread Machine!\u201d\n\nMade this one exactly as written a few times in All in one Deluxe Black and Decker Bread Maker worked out great without pre mixing dry ingredients- just add in order listed. I believe it is a 2lb maker."}
-{"text": "The sensational news was published recently on the news section of LostFilm.TV website (one of the largest Russian BitTorrent trackers). It was a criminal story occurred last month to its owner. According to the article, the site admin was lured to the territory of neighboring Ukraine under false pretenses and kept there by criminal gang for three days.\n\nIt was said to happen on the May 3, 2010, when the owner of a popular Russian domain LostFilm.TV, was lured to the territory of another country under false pretenses. What is the most interesting is that the purpose of the kidnapping was the transfer of the domain to an unknown client.\n\nDomain owner was beaten and then at gunpoint ordered to transfer the LostFilm.TV domain to the property of another person. Transfer of domain began on Tuesday May 4, 2010 \u2013 at the same time when the bad guys gained access to LostFilm.TV servers. Fortunately, domain has been stalled by the registrar for some technical reasons, and raiders didn\u2019t succeed in getting the domain right away, as they had hoped. The process of transferring has been suspended for a period of 5 up to 10 days.\n\nKeeping the hostage for such a long time became dangerous and on the third day the criminals decided to demand ransom from the hostage\u2019s relatives, with the condition that the transfer of domain will be finished later. On May 5 the relatives transferred ransom with electronic payment. On the same day the admins of LostFilm.TV blocked the criminals\u2019 access to the website.\n\nFortunately the victim as well as the domain LostFilm.TV remained alive. All the information about the crime was handed to prosecutors in St. Petersburg. Right now the measures are taken to ensure the site\u2019s and owner\u2019s safety.\n\nThis is of course not the first criminal story of theft and raider attacks on domain names in Russia. However, the magnitude of the crime is striking: that\u2019s one of the first cases of the attack on such a large project (the website www.lostfilm.tv is one of the Top30 of the most popular websites in Russia according to Rambler).\n\nThat\u2019s what the article says, but there are no other mentions of this case in Russian press, so that\u2019s most likely just a PR stunt. If you are wondering what such a popular site needs a PR of this kind for, turn your attention to its name. LostFilm is extremely popular tracker specializing on translating, postscoring and distributing of the popular series like HouseMD, but it built its reputation on the series of Lost. If you are the fan, you will know the last episode was shown last month.\n\nWell think about this. If you get hold of one of the most powerfull sites there is you also gain access to distribution of viruse, malware and other stuff. Think of this as hard-hacking a site, because these guys actually tried to gain physical control via the domain and not by means of software."}
-{"text": "All I got to say is Thank Odin for Turner Classic Movies and their Underground program. For those of who who don\u2019t get TCM via or cable/satellite provider I heartily recommend that you pony up the extra bucks and add it to your package. If you\u2019re a true movie fan you probably already subscribe to TCM and if you don\u2019t then you\u2019re really missing out.\n\nTake TCM Underground for instance. This is a block of cult movies usually but not limited to the horror, science fiction, counterculture, blaxplotation and just plain out and out nutso genres. TCM Underground shows movies that honestly you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else on any other cable/satellite channel. Seriously. TCM Underground has aired \u201cDarktown Strutters\u201d \u201cAbar, The First Black Superman\u201d \u201cThe Apple\u201d(The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made) \u201cLet\u2019s Scare Jessica To Death\u201d \u201cThe Baby\u201d \u201cThe Manitou\u201d \u201cMiami Connection\u201d \u201cOver The Edge\u201d \u201cRiki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky\u201d \u201cThe Sadist\u201d \u201cRoller Boogie\u201d \u201cShanks\u201d \u201cTwo-Lane Blacktop\u201d\u2026do I really need to go on? TCM Underground airs at 2AM on Saturday Night/Sunday Morning and used to be hosted by Rob Zombie who showed me that whatever else you may say about him, the man has movie chops. Really. The cat knows his movies and not just horror. He knows movies like a monkey knows bananas. Dunno why he stopped being the host as I really miss him but we still have the movies.\n\nWhich brings me to ABBA: THE MOVIE and why I love TCM Underground. Until I saw this movie which they recently aired as a double feature with \u201cThank God It\u2019s Friday\u201d I had absolutely no idea this movie existed. Which really blows my mind as I totally and completely LOVEABBA.\n\nAnd just like that, my deepest, darkest secret is revealed.\n\nI cannot tell you how many times The Wife has caught me in the basement singing along to \u201cMamma Mia\u201d or \u201cWaterloo\u201d or \u201cDancing Queen\u201d (God, how I LOVE \u201cDancing Queen\u201d) while I\u2019m mopping the floor or doing laundry. Because when I\u2019m doing household chores you will catch me listening to A: Parliament/Funkadelic B: James Brown or C: ABBA.\n\nEver since I saw this movie I\u2019ve been racking my brains trying to remember where I was and what I was doing in 1977 (my senior year of High School) that would have prevented me from seeing an ABBA movie and I seriously cannot remember. But I did have a good time watching it and singing along to all the familiar songs 40 years later.\n\nThere\u2019s the loosest of plots holding this movie together. Ashley Wallace (Robert Hughes) is a late-night DJ at a fifth rate Australian radio station who is charged by his boss to get an in-depth, exclusive interview with ABBA who has just come to Australia on a tour. The movie was filmed during the group\u2019s actual 1977 Australian tour which broke all kinds of attendance records.\n\nPoor Ashley is totally and woefully out of his depth for this kind of assignment. He even forgets his press pass which means he continually has run-ins with ABBA\u2019s Head of Security (Tom Oliver) as he chases ABBA from Sydney to Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne trying to get an interview with them. Unable to do so, Ashley interviews the fans and even though when he started out on this job he had no respect for the group (he\u2019s a country/western fan) through the eyes of the fans he comes to discover an appreciation for what they do and the feeling they inspire in people who love their music.\n\nBut the real meat of the music is ABBA themselves. We see Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in concert footage that is truly and joyously fun to watch. It\u2019s plain they\u2019re having a good time performing on stage and that joy transfers to their sold out stadium crowds who sing along with them. That\u2019s the real reason to watch the movie and if you\u2019re an ABBA fan and haven\u2019t seen this yet then I strongly suggest you hunt it down and do so. And even if you\u2019re not a ABBA fan and wonder what the big deal about them was, you should watch it. I know it\u2019s hard to believe for some of my younger readers but ABBA was so huge in their day it was unreal. They came close to breaking records that only The Beatles had set. Why? I don\u2019t get that deep into analyzing what I like. All I know is that their music makes me feel good, makes me feel like dancing and singing along and that really all I require from my music. ABBA: THE MOVIE is well worth your time to watch both as a cultural/musical study of a period of music history and just as plain ol\u2019 good movie watchin\u2019 time. Enjoy."}
-{"text": "NASA Finds Ingredient of Household Plastic In Space\n\npropylene found on Saturn's moon Titan\n\nABOVE VIDEO:With a thick atmosphere, clouds, a rain cycle and giant lakes, Saturn\u2019s large moon Titan is a surprisingly Earthlike place. But unlike on Earth, Titan\u2019s surface is far too cold for liquid water \u2013 instead, Titan\u2019s clouds, rain, and lakes consist of liquid hydrocarbons like methane and ethane (which exist as gases here on Earth). When these hydrocarbons evaporate and encounter ultraviolet radiation in Titan\u2019s upper atmosphere, some of the molecules are broken apart and reassembled into longer hydrocarbons like ethylene and propane.\n\nNASA.gov \u2013 NASA\u2019s Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn\u2019s moon Titan.\n\nA small amount of propylene was identified in Titan\u2019s lower atmosphere by Cassini\u2019s Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS). (NASA.gov image)\n\nThis is the first definitive detection of the plastic ingredient on any moon or planet, other than Earth.\n\nA small amount of propylene was identified in Titan\u2019s lower atmosphere by Cassini\u2019s Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS). This instrument measures the infrared light, or heat radiation, emitted from Saturn and its moons in much the same way our hands feel the warmth of a fire.\n\nPropylene is the first molecule to be discovered on Titan using CIRS. By isolating the same signal at various altitudes within the lower atmosphere, researchers identified the chemical with a high degree of confidence. Details are presented in a paper in the Sept. 30 edition of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.\n\nConor Nixon\n\n\u201cThis chemical is all around us in everyday life, strung together in long chains to form a plastic called polypropylene,\u201d said Conor Nixon, a planetary scientist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and lead author of the paper.\n\n\u201cThat plastic container at the grocery store with the recycling code 5 on the bottom \u2014 that\u2019s polypropylene.\u201d\n\nCIRS can identify a particular gas glowing in the lower layers of the atmosphere from its unique thermal fingerprint. The challenge is to isolate this one signature from the signals of all other gases around it.\n\n\u201cThis chemical is all around us in everyday life, strung together in long chains to form a plastic called polypropylene. That plastic container at the grocery store with the recycling code 5 on the bottom \u2014 that\u2019s polypropylene.\u201d said Conor Nixon, a planetary scientist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and lead author of the paper.\n\nThe detection of the chemical fills in a mysterious gap in Titan observations that dates back to NASA\u2019s Voyager 1 spacecraft and the first-ever close flyby of this moon in 1980.\n\nVoyager identified many of the gases in Titan\u2019s hazy brownish atmosphere as hydrocarbons, the chemicals that primarily make up petroleum and other fossil fuels on Earth.\n\nOn Titan, hydrocarbons form after sunlight breaks apart methane, the second-most plentiful gas in that atmosphere. The newly freed fragments can link up to form chains with two, three or more carbons. The family of chemicals with two carbons includes the flammable gas ethane. Propane, a common fuel for portable stoves, belongs to the three-carbon family.\n\nVoyager detected all members of the one- and two-carbon families in Titan\u2019s atmosphere. From the three-carbon family, the spacecraft found propane, the heaviest member, and propyne, one of the lightest members. But the middle chemicals, one of which is propylene, were missing.\n\nPROPYLENE FOUND AS A RESULT OF CIRS DATA\n\nAs researchers continued to discover more and more chemicals in Titan\u2019s atmosphere using ground- and space-based instruments, propylene was one that remained elusive. It was finally found as a result of more detailed analysis of the CIRS data.\n\nMichael Flasar\n\n\u201cThis measurement was very difficult to make because propylene\u2019s weak signature is crowded by related chemicals with much stronger signals,\u201d said Michael Flasar, Goddard scientist and principal investigator for CIRS.\n\n\u201cThis success boosts our confidence that we will find still more chemicals long hidden in Titan\u2019s atmosphere.\u201d\n\nCassini\u2019s mass spectrometer, a device that looks at the composition of Titan\u2019s atmosphere, had hinted earlier that propylene might be present in the upper atmosphere. However, a positive identification had not been made.\n\nCASSINI-HUYGENS IS A COOPERATIVE PROJECT\n\n\u201cI am always excited when scientists discover a molecule that has never been observed before in an atmosphere,\u201d said Scott Edgington, Cassini\u2019s deputy project scientist at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif.\n\nScott Edgington\n\n\u201cThis new piece of the puzzle will provide an additional test of how well we understand the chemical zoo that makes up Titan\u2019s atmosphere.\u201d\n\nThe Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL manages the mission for NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The CIRS team is based at Goddard."}
-{"text": "By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.\n\nAggressive new Nevada school vouchers put private schools in reach of all\n\nThe new Nevada law, the most aggressive private school choice program yet, allows parents to treat education as an a la carte menu, including mixing and matching public, online, private and home school options.\n- photo by Eric Schulzke\n\nNevada went all in on school choice this month, with the new GOP legislature passing and the GOP governor signing a sweeping bill offering parents direct access to the money used to educate their children.\n\nThe new Nevada law, the most aggressive private school choice program yet, allows parents to treat education as an a la carte menu, including mixing and matching public, online, private and home school options.\n\nMost parents will be able to take 90 percent of the state funds allocated to their child and put them in a restricted-use education fund. Children with special needs or from low-income families can take 100 percent.\n\nThat means between $5,100 and $5,700 annually can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning, special education services, books, tutors and more.\n\nThe new law is easily the most aggressive school choice laws to date, leapfrogging Arizona's 2011 program, which still restricts access to certain categories of students.\n\nNot surprisingly, skeptics of school vouchers are about as upset as advocates are thrilled.\n\n\"Nevada's new law is a step backwards,\" said Halley Potter, a research fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Century Foundation. \"The biggest losers in this model will likely be the most disadvantaged children, whose families lack the information and resources to access high-quality opportunities.\"\n\n\"We need to stop treating parents like children,\" countered Adam Peshek, state policy director of School Choice for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. \"We need to stop saying that low-income families can't handle the options.\"\n\nSkeptics react\n\nPotter, who like many education reformers supports public school choice in the form of charter schools but opposes vouchers, argues Nevada's private schools will be exempt from requirements to teach the more challenging students, including those with disabilities or those from poor families.\n\n\"By allowing public funds to flow to private providers, Nevada's voucher law abdicates this public responsibility to ensure quality education for every student and exposes families to greater educational risk,\" Potter said.\n\nNevada's bold leap stems from the 2014 elections, notes Nevada State Education Association president Ruben Murillo, Jr. The state twice voted for President Barack Obama and is now seen as relatively blue territory. Prior to 2014, the legislature was controlled by Democrats. Now, the Senate is narrowly held by Republicans and Assembly is solidly held by the GOP.\n\n\"Democrats didn't come out to vote,\" Murillo said. \"We knew with that change that anything was possible.\"\n\nMurillo fears the new program could have devastating consequences, leading to disruption of funding and uncertainty for administrators who will not know how to plan their budgets.\n\n\"This gives a carte blanche to any resident to take their kids to private schools,\" Murillo said, \"and it could devastate programs that are providing innovative programs for inner city schools and high-poverty schools.\"\n\nMurillo said in recent years, Nevada has allocated special funds in programs known as \"zoom schools\" and \"victory schools,\" both targeted at low-income or English as a second-language students. The state commitment to funding such innovations will be undermined by the revenue lost to private schools, he argued.\n\nMurillo also objected that wealthy parents whose children are already in private schools will now be able to \"supplement their salaries.\" He argued there are currently very few private schools in Las Vegas, and these are situated in well-off areas. The most immediate beneficiaries, he argued, will be those who can already afford to put their kids in private schools.\n\nPushing forward\n\nSchool choice advocates are enthusiastic about recent trends. In the past 15 months Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and now Nevada have all adopted new programs that dramatically expand public school funding for private school options, Peshek said.\n\nAltogether, 13 states now provide educational savings plans to students in varying degrees, with most currently restricting access either to those eligible for free and reduced lunch or those with specific disabilities or individualized education plans.\n\nArizona, which started its program in 2001, has been steadily expanding its reach, Peshek said, now covering roughly 25 percent of Arizona students. The expanded reach now includes certain disabilities, students in schools that have received a failing grade, children of active duty military and students in foster care.\n\nThe new school choice funding allows parents to customize their children's education. They can pay for tutoring or get supplies. Parents can also use Kahn Academy to teach their children math, and use other online programs to mix and match.\n\n\"In all other aspects of our lives we can do this, but for some reason we have people who want to cling to this idea of one-size-fits-all in education,\" Peshek said.\n\nAn education voucher is essentially a scholarship that goes directly to the private school by way of parental decisions. In contrast, educational savings accounts are like health savings accounts, allowing parents to choose from a variety of options to fit their child's specific needs.\n\nIt's a difference that sounds niggling but matters for legal reasons, said Josh Cunningham, an education policy specialist with the National Conference of State Legislatures.\n\nThirty-eight of the state constitutions have \"Blaine amendments,\" Cunningham said. These prevent the state from funding schools that have any religious affiliation. Those amendments mostly came in a wave of anti-Catholic sentiment toward the end of the 19th Century, in reaction to an immigration wave of Irish and then Italian and Polish Catholics. But over time, the Blaine Amendment has come to be seen not as prejudice but as a bulwark against the mingling of church and state.\n\nEducational savings accounts are an end run around that challenge because they offer the funds directly the parents, who can then use them in a variety of educational expenses, including tuition, tutoring and school supplies.\n\nState courts in Arizona and elsewhere have held that savings accounts used to pay for religious schools do not violate the Blaine Amendment because parents decide what to do with the funds, rather than the state sending money directly to the school.\n\nArizona's legislature got around the voucher barrier by implementing a program in 20TK that allows eligible families to opt out of public schools and use the money the state would have used to educate them to pay for private school tuition, homeschool curricula, private tutoring, education therapy or other educational expenses.\n\nEven vouchers, per se, were held as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 in a 5-4 decision that laid out a five-part test. To pass the test, the program must have a legitimate secular purpose, offer aid directly to parents, cover a broad class of students, be neutral on religion, and there must be enough nonreligious options available for those who want them.\n\nBut the U.S. Supreme Court decision does not require state courts to approve vouchers if they hold that their constitutions stand in the way."}
-{"text": "The Game points column contains the sum of points scored in all finished game by each player. It is used to break ties when two or more players have the same score.\n\nList of games for this league\n\nID\n\nMove\n\nAction\n\nPlayers List\n\nLast move elapsed time\n\nYour name is always listed in Red. Bold is for players that have to move, Strike is for eliminated players, Italic is for retired players. [Bracketed] names are for players automoved by the site engine.So, if you see ... it's time to move!\n\nAll trademarks or tradenames used in this Web site are the property of their respective owners.Material may not be republished, nor may content or images be mirrored on another server without written permission."}
-{"text": "how should i start this i had a great time at school as a child but home time with my mother was a different matter you see she had me dress in a girls school uniform most times i came home from school or what she prefered to see me which may be i should be pleased about what she did what with having gender dysphoria now even more knew something like that was wrong felt more girl like age 3 been on hormone changes since early 90's but they hav'nt changed me much just like a packet of smarties would'nt that now how i feel about my self dose affect my interacting.\n\nLast edited by tizzler on Tue May 20, 2008 11:05 pm, edited 2 times in total.\n\nI think from your post you are trying to say you want to dress as a woman.\nBut are you also saying you want to be a female?\nHave you had conselling for the fact you were dressed as a girl when your were younger because this may have confused you.\nIf you really want to dress as a woman and your doing it in your home I don't see why it is anyone elses business but yours\nIf you wnat to become a female you should start by talking to a doctor who can send you to speak to a specialist in gender reassignment\n\nYes agree with bel bel, question is do you want to be female or simply just dress in women's clothing? They are 2 completely separate things and until you know the answer to the question its a bit hard to know what to do next.\n\nPlenty of men dress in women's clothes - albeit behind closed doors - there is even an actor on hollyoaks who does it (his character i mean).\n\nIf it's more you WANT TO BE A WOMAN then yep agree with above, you need to see your gp and find out what the steps to doing this are.\n\nWhat exactly are you looking for advice on here? I read your post earlier and you seem to have removed a lot of information from it since. Could you elaborate?\n\nMaking a person dress in clothes intended for the opposite sex is unlikely to make them gender dysphoric. Most trans people feel that it's something innate and uncontrollable rather than the result of their environment. Did you feel confused about your gender as a child? Do you intend to act upon it now?"}
-{"text": "As PyCon 2011 winds down this week with code sprints and various BoFs, we'd like to give a shout out to the conference organizers for bringing together the Python Community and giving us the opportunity to connect!\n\nIt's countdown time! Less than a week remains until PyCon 2011 begins in Atlanta, Georgia--and we hope that you'll join us! It's going to be a great Python conference, jam packed with sessions. Some ActiveState highlights:"}
-{"text": "Directions\n\nPreheat the oven to 400 degrees F.\n\nCook the sausage in a large, heavy pot over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add 1 cup of the onions, the bay leaves, thyme and parsley. Season with salt and black pepper. Cook, stirring, until the onions are soft and lightly golden, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock, peas and 1 tablespoon of the garlic. Bring to a boil and cook, until the peas are tender, 1 1/2 hours. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the remaining onions and the celery. Season with black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the oysters and season with Essence. Cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl. Add the cornbread and the reserved oyster liquor. Add the remaining tablespoon of garlic and enough water to moisten the dressing. Stir in the green onions. Season with Essence and cool completely. Season the tenderloin with Essence. Spread the dressing evenly over the tenderloin. Roll the tenderloin up tightly and tie with butcher's twine to secure the filling. Place the tenderloin in a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Brush the tenderloin with the cane syrup and roast, basting every 10 minutes with the remainig syrup, for 35 to 40 minutes for medium. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before slicing. To serve, spoon the black-eyed peas in the center of each plate. Slice the pork into individual slices and fan around the peas. Garnish with the sweet potato nests."}
-{"text": "I still haven\u2019t received my order, or a refund. I am getting nothing from Radley online. However, when I went into store they were very helpful so hopefully it will be sorted soon (waited a week so far)."}
-{"text": "Campaigns\n\nU.S. Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019s likely Democratic challenger has far outpaced the Texas Republican in fundraising so far this election year, federal filings show. U.S. Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke from El Paso announced the news at a Friday town hall in Dallas, drawing cheers from the crowd \u2014 and newfound attention for a race that has long \u2026"}
-{"text": "GoUSA TV announced today the GoUSA TV app is now available for download on iOS and Android devices around the world. The app harnesses the power of entertainment to inspire overseas travelers to consider a U.S. destination. A first-of-its-kind connected TV network, GoUSA TV is the definitive source to find real, authentic, and on-demand video content about travel experiences in the USA. The app is currently available to Apple users with iOS 11 and higher and can be downloaded by searching for \u201cGoUSA TV\u201d in the App Store. Android users can download the app by searching for \u201cGoUSA TV\u201d in the Google Play Store.\n\nThe app launch is an extension of Brand USA\u2019s strategy to immerse audiences in an entertainment-led point of view of the USA and includes two new programs:\n\nAsk A Local takes viewers across the United States and its territories, with local residents in each destination sharing travel tips. Whether it\u2019s the most rewarding hiking and fishing in Minnesota or the most thrilling rodeos in Texas, \u201cAsk a Local\u201d provides the inspiration travelers can only get by talking with someone who really knows the destination.\n\nSORTEDfood: Lost and Hungry is a series from SORTEDfood, a popular group of British mates looking for exceptional experiences in food. \u201cLost and Hungry\u201d is a series where they travel across the United States living by two simple rules \u2013 they can\u2019t go anywhere or eat anything unless it has been recommended to them.\n\nAs GoUSA TV\u2019s global audience grows, the app will enable Brand USA to continue strategically curating and distributing video content across categories that currently include the Great Outdoors, Road Trips, Food & Drink, and Culture & Events.\n\n\u201cBringing best-in-class travel video to smartphone users around the world is a huge opportunity to engage with audiences in a way no other destination marketing organization ever has,\u201d said Tom Garzilli, chief marketing officer of Brand USA. \u201cAudiences today are more engaged than ever before and expect the content they love to be readily available on screens large and small alike. Streaming our content to millions of travelers through just a few taps of their finger is an exciting evolution of our strategy to deliver real, authentic storytelling that can inspire travel to the USA.\u201d\n\nGoUSA TV is the premier travel entertainment channel available at viewers\u2019 fingertips where travelers can watch full episodes, documentaries, and films told from the diverse perspectives of real people with no subscription, fees, or logins required. Over the next few months, the app will sample GoUSA TV content through multiple touch points including sponsorships, consumer and trade public relations, and paid social media advertising. New programs and episodes will be uploaded weekly and GoUSA TV plans to expand its library to feature more themes and formats, including series, films, and live videos.\n\nImportant features of the GoUSA TV app include the ability to:\n\nWatch full episodes and films from the various categories and channels of GoUSA TV;\n\nShare videos with friends, family, or colleagues;\n\nCast videos to other screens using Google Chromecast; and\n\nTap the star icon to keep a running list of favorite videos.\n\nThis fall, GoUSA TV was at the center of Brand USA\u2019s annual partnership with the National Football League (NFL) UK, sponsoring the London Games Kickoff Concert headlined by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jess Glynne at Wembley Stadium and hosting a day-long fan fest in Piccadilly Square in September.\n\nThe channel\u2019s launch in March 2018 followed the unprecedented success of Brand USA\u2019s giant screen documentaries, \u201cNational Parks Adventure\u201d and \u201cAmerica\u2019s Musical Journey\u201d \u2013 in driving storytelling that is relevant, engaging, and real. Brand USA\u2019s multi-screen strategy will contine through the end of the year with ongoing premieres and launches of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Musical Journey\u201d in additional markets around the world."}
-{"text": "CONTENTS\n--------\nElectric Scotland News\nThe Flag in the Wind\nNew Statistical Account of Scotland\nPoetry and Stories\nBook of Scottish Story\nThe Concise Household Encyclopaedia\nChildren's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's\nStories\nFolklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs\nSocial Life in Scotland\nThe Gateway of Scotland\nRobert Burns Lives!\nThe Social and Economic Condition of the Highlands of Scotland Since\n1800\nBanffshire (New Book)\nWilderness Homes (New Book)\nCarmina Gadelica (2 volume pdf book)\n\nELECTRIC SCOTLAND NEWS\n----------------------\nOur new advertiser has started to send in write ups of the various\nmembers of the group. The first of those is Evergreen Bed and\nBreakfast where they also give us a wee storyboard of a 1.5 hour\nwalk which starts at the end of their drive. You can see this at\nhttp://www.electricscotland.com/travel/lochness/evergreen.htm\n\nI was talking about pdf files the other day and thought I'd just\nmention it as I am finding that when you click on a pdf file link\nthat it can take quite a while to load it into your browser. I'm\nthus now right clicking on the link and from the wee menu that comes\nup select \"Save Target As\" and then saving the file to my local hard\ndisk. I find it comes down much quicker and when I view it from my\nhard disk it just seems to load quicker as well. So just thought I'd\npass on that wee tip :-)\n\n-----\n\nI got a phone call today from a local lady who told me her father\nhad written a book about the MacIntyres. She told me he wrote it\nwhen in his 70's and when he died he left a note in his will where\nhe asked his family to please and try to keep the book up to date\nabout further generations. She's going to bring me a copy of the\nbook next week and I've said that I'll ocr it onto the site.\n\nABOUT THE STORIES\n-----------------\nSome of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do\ncheck out the site for the full versions. You can always find the\nlink in our \"What's New\" section at the link at the top of this\nnewsletter or on our site menu.\n\nTHE FLAG IN THE WIND\n--------------------\nThis weeks Flag is compiled by Jennifer Dunn. In this issue she is\nexploring the condition of school buildings in Glasgow.\n\nIn Peter's cultural section we get a quote from James Halliday...\n\nStrangers to Scotland, and many Scots themselves, often feel puzzled\nby the hero-worship which so many bestow upon Robert Burns. The\ntruth is that if Burns had never lived, Scotland could hardly have\navoided going the way of ancient English-speaking kingdoms whose\nidentity is long lost. Merged within a greater whole. Scotland today\nwould rank alongside Mercia or Northumbria or Wessex, of interest as\nan antiquity, a curiosity or an affectation. If Scotland is anything\nmore in modern times, it is because Burns, speaking as and for the\nordinary man, stemmed the tide of history, flowing strongly in the\ndirection of absorption and integration. His work meant that a sense\nof identity was preserved at a time when the politically active\nclasses in Scotland showed little interest in such sense.\nAristocracy is by its nature international. It is ordinary people,\ninvolved with humbler local community life, who have greater\nnational awareness. These ordinary people had no political power\nuntil more than a century had passed, but when in due course these\npeople for whom Burns spoke did gain the right to political\nparticipation, Scotland was still there.\n\nNew Statistical Account of Scotland\n-----------------------------------\nBeing accounts of the Parishes of Scotland produced in 1845.\n\nThis week have added the Parish of Borthwick.\n\nSituation. - This parish lies about twelve miles south from\nEdinburgh, near the foot of the Lammermuir-hills, - and at that part\nwhere the pastoral vale of the Gala commences its long course of\ntwenty miles, from Fala-hill on the north, to Galashiels on the\nsouth.\n\nBorthwick, thus lying along the northern boundary of the Lammennuirs,\nis at the commencement of that fertile and extensive tract of\ncomparatively level country which stretches over the whole of the\nLothians. Any district so situated has a tendency to throw itself\ninto elevations less commanding than those of the mountain range in\nits neighbourhood, - and not unfrequently, as in the case of this\nparticular locality, to assume the aspect of a tempestuous sea,\nbeginning to subside, but still rolling its mountain billows. Being\nalso of different materials from those employed in the formation of\nthe mountainous districts, it shews this difference of material both\nin the peculiar shape of its rising grounds, and in the scope and\noutline of the intervening valleys, - peculiarities which at once\nmark the different nature of the materials employed and the more\nrecent epoch at which the formation has taken place. The valleys of\nsuch districts are commonly traversed by streams of greater size\nthan the mountain rivulets which have contributed to form them, but\nless than the broad rivers which sweep with their accumulated waters\nthrough the more level country. The valleys themselves are often\nboth possessed of native fertility of soil and remarkable for the\npicturesque views which they open of the more distant and level\nlandscape, and they have always been selected as favourite stations\nfor such castles as were common during the middle ages, and whose\nruins still give so much grace and interest to the secluded spots in\nwhich they now are found.\n\nBook of Scottish Story\n----------------------\nOur thanks to John Henderson for sending this in for us.\n\nThis week have added the final chapter 3 of a three chapter story\nof...\n\nEzra Peden\n\nHere is how it starts...\n\nThe old burial-ground, the spirit\u2019s trysting-place, was a fair but a\nlonely spot. All around lay scenes renowned in tradition for blood,\nand broil, and secret violence. The parish was formerly a land of\nwarrior\u2019s towers, and of houses for penance, and vigil, and\nmortification. But the Reformation came, and sacked and crushed down\nthe houses of devotion; while the peace between the two kingdoms\ncurbed the courage, and extinguished for ever the military and\npredatory glory of those old Galwegian chieftains. It was in a\nburial-ground pertaining to one of those ancient churches, and where\nthe peasants still loved to have their dust laid, that Ezra trusted\nto meet again the shadowy representative of the fierce old Laird of\nBonshaw.\n\nThe moon, he computed, had a full hour to travel before her beams\nwould be shed on the place of conference, and to that eerie and\ndeserted spot Ezra was observed to walk like one consecrating an\nevening hour to solitary musing on the rivulet side. No house stood\nwithin half a mile; and when he reached the little knoll on which\nthe chapel formerly stood, he sat down on the summit to ponder over\nthe way to manage this singular conference. A firm spirit, and a\npure heart, he hoped, would confound and keep at bay the enemy of\nman\u2019s salvation ; and he summed up, in a short historical way, the\nnames of those who had met and triumphed over the machinations of\nfiends. Thus strengthened and reassured, he rose and looked around,\nbut he saw no approaching shape. The road along which he expected\nthe steed and rider to come was empty; and he walked towards the\nbroken gate, to cast himself in the way, and show with what\nconfidence he abode his coming.\n\n\"A B C \" is a spirited game, admirably adapted for indoor practice\non a wet day, which is played by children seated round a table, or\nat the fireside. One sings a solo\u2014a verse of some nursery rhyme. For\ninstance:-\n\nHey, diddle, diddle,\nThe cat and the fiddle,\nThe cow jumped over the moon,\nThe little dog laughed\nTo see such sport,\nAnd the dish ran away with the spoon.\n\nThe chorus of voices takes up the tune, and the solo is repeated;\nafter which the alphabet is sung through, and the last letter, Z, is\nsustained and repeated again and again, to bother the next child,\nwhose turn it now is to sing the next solo. The new solo must be a\nnursery rhyme not hitherto sung by any of the company. If unable to\nsupply a fresh rhyme within a fixed limit, the player stands out of\nthe game and pays a forfeit. Less brain-taxing entertainments often\nengage adult wits.\n\nIN his \"Scottish Markets and Fairs \" Sir J. D. Marwick\nobserves:---\"Simple home needs, such as plain food and clothing,\narticles of husbandry, and other indispensable appliances of life\ngave rise to markets held at frequent fixed times, at suitable\ncentres. But as society grew and artificial needs sprung up, these\ncould only be met by trade; and trade on anything beyond a very\nlimited scale was only then practicable at fairs. Wherever large\nnumbers of persons were drawn together, at fixed times, for purposes\nof business or religion or pleasure, an inducement was offered to\nthe merchant or pedlar, as well as to the craftsman, to attend, and\nto provide by the diversity and quality of his wares for the\nrequirements of the persons there congregated.\" In the last chapter\nallusion was made to such gatherings in connection with springs. We\nshall now look at the dates when they were held, in order to trace\ntheir connection with nature-festivals. Fairs, as distinguished from\nmarkets, were of comparatively rare occurrence at any given place.\nIn the majority of instances, they can be traced back to some\ngathering held in connection with what were originally holy days,\nand afterwards holidays. Such holy days commemorated a local saint,\nthe fame of whose sanctity was confined to more or less narrow\nlimits, or one whom Christendom at large delighted to honour; or,\nagain, a leading event in sacred or legendary history deemed worthy\nof a place in the ecclesiastical year.\n\nA few dates when fairs are, or were held at various Scottish centres\nmay be selected from Sir J. Marwick's list. At Abercorn they were\nheld on Michaelmas and St. Serf's Day; at Aberdeen, on Whitsunday,\nHoly Trinity, Michaelmas, and St. Nicholas's Day; at Charlestown of\nAboyne, on Candlemas, Michaelmas, and Hallowmas; at Annan, on\nAscension-day and Michaelmas; at Ayr, on Mid-summer and Michaelmas;\nat Biggar, on Candlemas and Mid-summer; at Clackmannan, on St.\nBartholomew's Day; at Cromdale, on St. Luke's Day, St. Peter's Day,\nMichaelmas, and St. George's Day; at Culross, on St. Serf's Day,\nMartinmas, and St. Matthew's Day; at Dalmellington, on Fastern's\nE'en and Hallow E'en; at Dalmeny, on St. John the Baptist's Day and\nSt. Luke's Day; at Doune, on Martinmas, Yule, Candlemas, Whitsunday,\nLammas, and Michaelmas; at Dumbarton, on Patrickmas, Mid-summer, and\nLammas; at Fraserburgh, on St. John the Baptist's Day and Michaelmas;\nat Fyvie, on Fastern's Eve, St. Peter's Day, and St. Magdalene's\nDay; at Hamilton, on St. Lawrence's Day and Martinmas; at Inveraray,\non Michaelmas and St. Brandane's Day; at Stranraer, on St. Barnabas'\nDay and Lammas. Among the fairs at Auchinblae were Pasch Market in\nApril, and one called May Day to be held on the 22nd of that month.\n\nThis series might be indefinitely enlarged; but as it stands it\nshows that the leading nature-festivals, such as Yule, Easter,\nWhitsuntide, Mid-summer, Michaelmas, and Hallowmas have a prominent\nplace among the dates selected. An examination of Sir J. Marwick's\nlist further shows that the dates of fairs were often fixed, not\nwith reference to any particular holy day, but to some day of a\nparticular month, such as the second Tuesday, or the third Thursday.\nMany of these occur in May. In ancient documents \u2014in Acts of\nParliaments, for instance\u2014dates were commonly fixed by a reference\nto holy days. In Presbyterian Scotland such a method of marking time\nis not now in fashion, though some relics of the practice survive.\nWe are still familiar with Whitsunday and Martinmas as term-days,\nbut how few now ever think of them as ecclesiastical festivals!\n\nThe meaning of customs associated with the various holy days has\ncome to be duly recognised by the student of ecclesiastical\nantiquities. While the Christian year was being evolved in the\ncourse of centuries, certain festivals were introduced, as one might\nsay, arbitrarily, i.e., without being linked to any pre-Christian\nusages. From the point of view of Church clebrations, they have not\nthe same significance as those others that received, as their\nheritage, certain rights in vogue before the spread of Christianity.\nIn other words, the \u2022 leading pagan festivals had a new meaning put\ninto them, and, when adopted by the Church, were exalted to a\nposition of honour. In virtue of this, the ecclesiastical year was\ncorrelated to the natural year, with its varying seasons and its\narchaic festivals. There is no doubt that in early times the Church\nsought to win nations from paganism by admitting as many of the old\ncustoms as were deemed harmless. We have seen how this was effected\nin the case of fountains, as shown by Columba's exorcism of the\ndemons inhabiting springs. The same principle prevailed all round.\nThe old Saturnalia of the Romans, for instance, became the\nrejoicings of Christmas. To the distinctively Christian aspects of\nthe festival we do not, of course, allude, but to the customs still\nin vogue at the Yule season; and these are nothing more than a\nrevised edition of the old pagan rites.\n\nAmong other Aryan peoples the winter solstice was was also\ncommemorated by similar merry-makings. Church festivals, such as\nCandlemas, Easter, St. John's Day, St. Peter's Day, Michaelmas,\nHallowmas, Christmas, &c., absorbed many distinctive features of the\nold pagan fire-festivals, held in connection with the changes of the\nseasons. The kindling of fires out of doors, on special occasions,\nis familiar to all of us. They may be called modern folk-customs;\nbut their origin is ancient enough to give them special\nsignificance. Even to the present time, twinkling spots of light may\nbe seen along the shores of Loch Tay on Hallow E'en, though the\nmid-summer fires do not now blaze on our Scottish hills, as they\ncontinue to do in Scandinavia and elsewhere. Among the Bavarian\nHighlands these mid-summer fires are popularly known as\nSonnenwendfeuer, i.e., solstice-fires. That they are so called and\nnot St. John's fires (though lighted in connection with his\nfestival) is significant. In Brittany a belief prevailed that if a\ngirl danced nine times round one of the St. John's fires before\nmidnight she would be married within the year.\n\nSocial Life in Scotland\n-----------------------\nFrom Early to Recent Times by Rev. Charles Rogers in 3 volumes\n(1884)\n\nI now have up...\n\nChapter III.\nMarriage Rites and Customs\n\nChapter IV.\nBirths and Baptismal Registers\n\nChapter V.\nDeath and Funeral Practices\n\nHere is how Chapter III starts...\n\nOF marriage rites and customs in the earlier times no memorial\nexists. Prior to the introduction of Christianity, and even\nsubsequently, notions respecting the obligations of marriage were\ncrude and imperfect. There is no evidence that the early clergy were\nconcerned in sanctioning the nuptial bond; nor can marriage, as an\necclesiastical office, be traced earlier than the eighth century,\nwhen the civil authorities recognised wedlock as solemnized by the\nChurch.\n\nThe system of handfasting\u2014that is, of a man and woman engaging to\nlive together for the period of a year, being held free at its\nexpiry, except they elected otherwise, was derived from a Celtic\nusage which still prevails in Wales under the name of bundling. The\nchronicler Lindsay of Pitscottie, in writing of Alexander Dunbar,\nson of James, sixth Earl of Moray, and Isobel Innes, remarks\u2014\"This\nIsobel was but handfast with him, and deceased before the marriage.\"\nWhen Queen Margaret Tudor sued for a divorce from the Earl of Angus,\nshe pleaded that he had been handfasted to Jane Douglas, \"who bare a\nchild to him, and by reason of that pre-contract could not be her\nlawful husband.\" Divorce was granted by the Pope, but the child of\nthe union between Angus and the Queen was declared legitimate.\n\nIn reporting to Sir John Sinclair's \"Statistical Account,\" the\nminister of Eskdalemuir refers to the practice of handfasting having\nexisted in his parish, under ecclesiastical sanction, at a period\npreceding the Reformation. At a fair held in the parish at the\nconfluence of the Black and the White Esk rivers, unmarried men\nchose female companions with whom to be handfasted, and as the\nparish was under the supervision of the monks of Melrose, a priest\nof that monastery proceeded thither periodically in order to render\nthese engagements permanent. As he carried in the breast pocket of\nhis dress a copy of the marriage office, he was familiarly known as\nBook i' Bosom. In 1562 the Kirksession of Aberdeen decreed that\npersons living together under handfast contracts should forthwith be\nunited in wedlock. Handfasting ceased about twenty years after the\nReformation.\n\nThough a system repugnant to social order was discontinued, the\nScottish law of marriage yet remained in an unsatisfactory\ncondition. While all persons who respected the social proprieties\nsought in contracting marriage the sanction of the Church, the union\nmight otherwise be legally constituted. An acknowledgment by parties\nof being husband and wife, made whether by word or writing, and\nfollowed or preceded by their living together, was held as a valid\nmarriage. But the General Assembly ruled, in 1563, that no contract\nof marriage made secretly, with subsequent cohabitation, should be\nrecognised till the offenders, as \"breakers of good order,\"\nsubmitted to discipline, and by \"famous and unsuspect witnesses\" the\ncontract was verified.\n\nThe Gateway of Scotland\n-----------------------\nEast Lothian, Lammermoor and the Merse\nBy A. G. Bradley (1912)\n\nMade some good progress on this since last week. We now have added\nchapters...\n\nChapter VII. Two Merse Towns\nChapter VIII. In the Heart of the Lammermoors\nChapter IX. Abbey St. Bathans\nChapter X. Farms and Farmers in East Lothian\nChapter XI. Round about Dunbar\nChapter XII. Round about Haddington\nChapter XIII. The East Lothian Shore\n\nHere is how Chapter X starts...\n\nTHE alternative designations of the county, which in this season of\nharvest now spreads before us its undulating carpet of radiant\npatchwork between the broad, blue waters of the Firth and the Iong\nswell of the Lammermoors, is a trifle bewildering to the outsider.\nIt makes for further haziness in regard to such of Scotland as is\nneither within the orbit of the tourist nor the grouse moor market,\nand I have, of course, only the benighted Southerner in mind. It is\nfrom no lack of respect for his Northern neighbours that the average\nEnglishman cultivates this ingenuous innocence, geographical and\netymological, for of that I will venture to say the most prickly\nScot could never complain. He is quite catholic in these matters,\nand is almost as foggy, and quite as content to remain so, regarding\nsuch parts of his own country as lie outside his orbit.\n\nThere is no reason to suppose that the well-to-do men and women of\nScotland are qualified to fling stones across the Border on this\naccount. \"I am afraid very few of us know much of our own country\"\nis a platitude of which the present writer, for reasons not\ninscrutable, is the humble and constant recipient, and there is\nnothing for it but an unreserved acceptance of the obvious. There is\na familiar, but happily now rare type of politician, only known in\nBritain, whose motto is \"every country but my own.\" In the more\nvenial sense of the phrase now under discussion, irreproachably\npatriotic-persons by the thousand might, as justly be branded with\nit.\n\nThe convertible terms of Haddingtonshire and East Lothian are\nundeniably confusing to aliens in view of this general fogginess. If\nthe burning of a country house or an election meeting from this\nquarter are reported in the London dailies, they will have occurred\nin \"Haddingtonshire.\" In the agricultural column on the next page\nthe root crops of \"East Lothian\" will be described as in a\nflourishing condition. The writer of agricultural knowledge, that is\nto say, has an unconscious respect for tradition. East Lothian will\nhave a certain classic ring in his ear, and if he has a sense of\nstyle as well, the cadence of the term, as opposed to the\npreposterous ill-accentuated mouthful of the alternative, would\nsettle the question. The writer concerned with reporting politics or\nthunderstorms or motor trials very wisely uses the hideous official\ndesignation of Haddingtonshire, just as if it were any ordinary\ncounty.\n\nI never heard a farmer in or out of it use any term but East\nLothian, and I fancy the folk of Linlithgow follow the same\ntime-honoured and admirable practice. Midlothian has no alternative,\nthough on official documents, I believe, the -County of Edinburgh\"\nis the correct form. Even a Saxon tongue, with its awkward and\ntiresome predilection for the first syllable at the expense of the\nrest, would boggle at \"Edinburghshire.\" Many score southern golfers,\nof course, visit the classic links upon the East Lothian coast; but\nvery few of them, I imagine, know what county they are in, and care\nless, which is characteristic. \"Where am I?\" said a gorgeous but\npolite motorist to me one day upon the road just east of\nCockburnspath. He was entrenched within the body of a great and\npowerful car by stacks of golf clubs, fishing rods, and gun cases.\nHe had come from the far north and was on his return south. In reply\nto my query he said he had a road map; but it was nothing more. \"Am\nI still in Scotland?\" I told him he was still in Scotland, and in\nEast Lothian \u2014a gratuitous crumb of information which did not seem\nto convey anything definite\u2014and furthermore, that he had the whole\ncounty of Berwick yet to traverse.\n\nSeveral years ago eminent Burns scholar and professor Kenneth\nSimpson contacted me about a young singer he hoped would be coming\nto the States. He wanted me to know how good she was and for me to\nbe sure to attend her concert. Unfortunately, fate never decreed\nthat I have that opportunity, but I have been able to collect her\nsongs. That young singer Ken was telling me about is none other that\nthe highly successful Eddi Reader. She has had a CD out on Robert\nBurns for a few years and has just now released it in a deluxe\nformat including many other songs not included in the original. I\nlook forward to receiving the newer version because I plan for the\nfirst time on Robert Burns Lives! to review her CD.\n\nIn the meantime, this talented young lady has written a great\narticle on \u201cWhat Burns Means to Me\u201d and it is my privilege to share\nit with our readers. Get ready for a phrase that you probably never\nheard before \u2013 \u201cBurns police\u201d. My advice to Eddi Reader is to be\nyourself! That is what has brought her to the top of her field of\nentertainment and that is what will keep her there. Also, as far as\nthe \u201cBurns police\u201d, just remember that your interpretation of the\nsongs of Burns is no more that what he did when he literally rewrote\nover 350 Scottish songs by giving them his own interpretation. Eddi,\nyou\u2019ll be just fine; don\u2019t spend a moment worried about the \u201cBurns\npolice\u201d. Burns had some very harsh things to say about such people.\nSing your songs as songs of joy so we can celebrate Robert Burns\neven more.\n\nThe Social and Economic Condition of the Highlands of Scotland Since\n1800\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nBy A. J. Beaton (1906)\n\nAs mentioned last week this book is now finished and complete on the\nsite. Here is a wee bit of the Communications section...\n\nROADS\n\nFROM the peculiar configuration of the Highlands this region of\nScotland was completely isolated from the rest of the kingdom, until\nthe disturbed state of the country in 1715 forced the Government to\nconsider a scheme for the construction of military roads in the\nHighlands, so that the Royal forces might with ease be able to enter\na hitherto impenetrable part of the kingdom. General Wade was\ntherefore commissioned to construct about 250 miles of roads in the\nHighlands, and although we cannot rank the General as a first-class\nengineer, yet, as the \"Irish\" couplet puts it:\n\n\"Had you seen these roads before they were made,\nYou would lift up both hands and bless General Wade.\"\n\nIt was not, however, until the year 1803 that 'any material benefit\nwas derived from the construction of roads; for General Wade's\nroads, well suited as they were for military purposes, were from the\nnature of their construction entirely inadequate -and unsuited for\nthe commerce of the country. It was left to Thomas Telford to\nintersect the Highlands with a net-work of roads, which to this day\n:stand unrivalled in Scotland.\n\nIn 1803 Parliament passed an Act granting .\u00a320,000 towards making\nroads and bridges in the Highlands, and for enabling the proprietors\nto charge their estates with a proportion of the expense of\nmaintaining the different lines of communication.\n\nSubsequent grants were made for the same purpose, and by 1820 no\nless than 875 miles of road were made, at a cost to Parliament of\n\u00a3267,000, to the counties of \u00a3214,000, and to individual proprietors\nof estates of \u00a360,000. The whole of these lines were then under one\nmanagement, and the maintenance cost about \u00a310,000 per annum. This\namount was chiefly raised by tolls, which, however, were considered\nsuch a grievance that a Royal Commission was appointed in 1859 which\nrecommended the total abolition of tolls in Scotland. In 1883, under\na general act passed in 1878, tolls ceased to be collected on any\nroad in Scotland, and these are now maintained by a general\nassessment, and managed by County Road Boards.\n\nChapter 1. County and Shire. The Origin of Banff\nChapter 2. General Characteristics, Position and Natural Conditions\nChapter 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries\nChapter 4. Surface Features\n\nHere is how the first chapter gets under way...\n\nThe word shire is of Old English origin and meant office, charge,\nadministration. The Norman Conquest introduced the word\ncounty\u2014through French from the Latin comitatus, which in mediaeval\ndocuments designates the shire. County is the district ruled by a\ncount, the king's comes, the equivalent of the older English term\nearl. This system of local administration was in England the result\nof a gradual, orderly and natural development; in Scotland, on the\nother hand, it was the result of the administrative Act of David I\n(1124-53), who, by residence in England was so \"polished from a boy\"\nthat \"he had rubbed off all the rust of Scottish barbarity.\" With an\nintimate knowledge of English methods of administration he sought to\nintroduce some of these. He accordingly divided Scotland into\nsheriffdoms. This step marked the beginning of the Scottish county\ndivision as it is known today, although it took a long time to\ncomplete, for the Celtic chiefs in the north and in Galloway were as\nyet too powerful to allow royal officials to hold courts within\ntheir territories. The policy of David, however, led to the all but\ncomplete expulsion of the Celtic system from the whole of the east\nof Scotland up to the Moray Firth, including a not inconsiderable\nportion of Banffshire. Originally the civil counties were synonymous\nwith the sheriffdoms or stewartries, the stewartry ceasing with the\nabolition of hereditary jurisdictions in 1748. By the Act of David,\nScotland was divided into 25 sheriffdoms or counties. In the latter\npart of the thirteenth century they numbered 34; there are now 33.\n\nThe county of Banff existed at an early period of the new regime. In\nthe twelfth century and in the thirteenth we find such varied forms\nof its name as Banb, Banef, Bamphe, Bane, Banet. Curiously divergent\nderivations have been given. The Celtic words for \"white ford or\nbeach,\" for \"sucking-pig,\" and for \"holy woman,\" have been\nsuggested. Banba, a Welsh or Irish queen, has also been mentioned as\nbestowing her name. Amid such divergencies, who shall decide?\n\nWilderness Homes\n----------------\nA Book of the Log Cabin by Oliver Kemp (1908)\n\nAs a high number of our settlers had to build log cabins when they\narrived in North America I thought it would be interesting to see\nhow they were built and hence this book :-)\n\nHere is what the Foreword has to say...\n\nIF you love the out-of-doors, this book was written for you, to\ncrystallize and bring into reality that vague longing which you have\nfelt for a lodge in the wilderness. Somewhere the trail has led you\nto the ideal spot in the deep forest, by the shores of a smiling\nlake or within sound of the murmuring waters.\n\nWherever you may choose to dwell in the woods, there will be found\nabundant material for a log cabin, and a day's work will bring\nresults big with pleasure and healthy enjoyment, for even the\ntemporary sojourner in the wilderness cannot turn to better\nemployment than that which will give him a home of his own\nhandiwork.\n\nThis you will own with a new sense of proprietorship that hitherto\nyou have not known. Work of your hands, your pride in its possession\nwill increase with the improvements suggested by its occupancy from\nyear to year.\n\nWe have purposely avoided the elaborate log structures, which by\ncourtesy are called camps, for they are beyond the ability of the\namateur to construct, had he ever so much time at his command. When\nyou desire something more than is here shown, consult an architect,\nand for the building of it, by all means \"let\" the job.\n\nThe designs which are given have all been built and allow of\nnumberless alterations to suit the whims and requirements of the\nbuilder. This much you are sure of: from the first your cabin will\nhave the charm of a home, it will nestle among the trees like a real\ncompanion of the forest, though nature must have a few seasons in\nwhich to \"creep up to the doorsill and wipe away the scars of man's\nhasty building.\"\n\nThe methods of construction given are those of a thorough workman,\nthough the operations may be greatly curtailed, especially in the\nsmaller camps. A perusal of even the elaborate building directions\nwill by no means daunt you. To have your home in the woods only two\nthings are necessary, the time and the will.\n\nIn my own experience I have often wished for such a book as this,\nand I feel fortunate indeed in the friendship of Mr. D. L. Annis, of\nSebec, Maine, to whose interested and practical tutoring I owe my\nknowledge of Log Cabin building.\n\nSome years ago I contributed a couple of articles (which are\nincorporated in this book) on the subject to the magazine Field and\nStream. The instant response indicated a need for the information\ncontained herein. For that reason these pages were written during my\nleisure time in the woods and I send them out tried and tested.\n\nNot the least important part of the book are the photographs, and in\nthis connection I must acknowledge with pleasure my indebtedness for\nthe valuable help afforded me by Mr. Harrie B. Coe, of Portland,\nMaine; Hon. Carter Harrison, of Chicago; Mr. George W. Kirkner, of\nNew York; Mr. N. W. McNaughton, of Schoodic, and Mr. M. J. Marr, of\nIndian River, Maine, in supplying many of the photographs of their\ndelightful Wilderness homes.\nEND\n\nBeth's Newfangled Family Tree\n-----------------------------\nThe March issue is now available.\n\nHere is what the Editor's Letter has to say...\n\nIn this great country of ours, I find it so sad that so many of us\nfollow like sheep what the media says - and the media these days\nshapes what happens to our economy, our politics, our very lives. In\nschool, I was taught that as a journalist, we were NOT to have\nopinions unless we were writing editorials. We were to report facts.\nRemember the \u201cWho?\u201d \u201cWhere?\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d \u201cWhy?\u201d and \u201cWhen?\u201d\n\nI was thinking the other day that there was nothing at all I could\ndo about the mess we find ourselves in these days. Finally, a light\ndawned and I realized there ARE some things that the least of us can\ndo.\n\nRemember Oprah\u2019s Random Acts of Kindness?\n\nRemember the book and movie about \u201cpaying it forward?\u201d\n\nThere is an anonymous group in one of my favorite organizations -\nwhich also likes to be anonymous. (Gee, this is going to be hard to\nwrite about!)\n\nThis group does nice things for people - also anonymously. You\nhaven\u2019t heard about them unless you are part of the parent group\nbecause of this wish by the parent group and the wonderful group\nwithin the larger group to remain unknown.\n\nThis group does the things that both Random Acts of Kindness and\npaying it forward advocate.\n\nWealthier members\nsee that deserving young men and women get an opportunity for\ncollege. Wealthier members help all over the world when there is a\nneed - whether caused by natural disaster or war or disease.\n\nMiddle folks sponsor events and contribute to animal shelters and do\nall manner of good works within their own communities.\n\nThere are many within the group who have limited resources, yet they\nmanage to do kind and generous and good things for others.\n\nI\u2019ll give you just a few ideas on things that most of us can do.\n\nMy dearest friend keeps a little stack of those prepaid phone cards\nin her purse. When she sees a young person on the streets begging or\napparently homeless, she gives the person one of the phone cards and\nsays, \u201cPlease call your mother and father.\u201d\n\nAnother friend loves to go through the drive-thru for a nice hot cup\nof coffee before work in the mornings. She says that when she sees\nin her rearview mirror a mother with little children...driving an\nold beatup car, she tells the cashier to put the tab for the car in\nback of her on her own ticket - and pays for whatever they have\nordered. (Sometimes, she will be sure that enough breakfast is\nincluded, so that the family behind her may start at least one day\nnot hungry.)\n\nAnother friend is likely to manipulate an opportunity to pay for an\nelderly person\u2019s lunch. She told me about being in a fried chicken\nplace which happened to be located just a little ways from one of\nthose government housing complexes. A little lady was in line in\nfront of my friend. The lady said, \u201cI\u2019ll have the 2-piece snack\nbecause I can have one piece of chicken for lunch and the other for\nsupper.\u201d While her meal was being prepared, the little lady went to\nthe restroom.\n\n\u201cOh, please make\nher dinner the nicest one on the menu and I\u2019ll pay for it,\u201d said my\nfriend. \u201cAnd don\u2019t tell who did it!\u201d\n\nThe little lady cried when presented with the nice meal.\n\nOne of the most rewarding projects is to call your local Senior\nCenter and ask if there is someone there who is alone and lonely.\nThere is always someone. Just get the person\u2019s first name and ask\nthe Senior Center if you may mail things to the lonely person at the\ncenter\u2019s address.\n\nThen, send little cards and small, but thoughtful, gifts...or, take\nthings by the Senior Center yourself. Make sure the person has\nsomething special for all of the holidays...including Valentine\u2019s\nDay, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, Mother\u2019s or Father\u2019s Day - and all the rest.\nIt\u2019s fine to celebrate National Pickle Day with your \u201cSecret Pal.\u201d\n\nWhen going through a particularly rough patch in my life, a friend\ncalled on Saturday morning. \u201cPut on your socks and come to my\nhouse!\u201d my friend said. When I arrived, my friend - in his white\nchef\u2019s hat and jacket, had fixed French toast and an assortment of\ndelicious things for breakfast. He said, \u201cI just needed to see you\nsmile again!\u201d\n\nMost of us can do something thoughtful for a friend who also has a\n\u201crough patch\u201d to get through. Once, when I was going to Scotland and\nwas short on extra money on the trip, a friend sent me a check for\n$100 for \u201cexpenses.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t pay it back to me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you\ncan, help someone else.\u201d So, I was able to do the same for another\nperson who was worried about having enough expense money for a trip.\nI hope that money is still being circulated somewhere.\n\nAsk to help someone in a wheelchair. Offer to carry grocery bags for\nsomeone obviously struggling.\n\nI heard the phrase on television the other night. A lady was being\nhonored for doing kind things and she said, \u201cI was just paying it\nforward.\u201d\n\nLook around. You\u2019ll find your own ways of performing a Random Act of\nKindness or paying it forward. The smallest kindness will reap\nmiraculous feelings in yourself and in the recipient of the\nkindness.\n\nYou don\u2019t have to belong to an organization. You can change things\nfor the better just by being kind to someone else.\n\nMost of us have been on both sides of kindness - the giving of and\nthe receiving of. Both sides feel wonderful!\n\nCarmina Gadelica\n----------------\nHymns and Incantations with illustrative notes on Words, Rites and\nCustoms, dying and obsolete, orally collected in the Highlands and\nIslands of Scotland and translated into English by Alexander\nCarmichael. (1900)\n\nThis work consists of old lore collected during the last forty-four\nyears. It forms a small part of a large mass of oral literature\nwritten down from the recital of men and women throughout the\nHighlands and Islands of Scotland, from Arran to Caithness, from\nPerth to St. Kilda.\n\nThere is an excellent introduction including a number of wee\nstories. The book then goes on to list the variety of Gaelic stories\non the left hand page with the English translation on the right.\n\nI found this book referenced in another book I was working on and\nwas pleased to find it had been scanned into a pdf file and so\nobtained a copy of this 2 volume set.\n\nA woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery. As she\nlaid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and\nlistened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook\nhis head sadly and said, \"I'm so sorry, Cuddles has passed away.\"\n\nThe distressed owner wailed, \"Are you sure? \"Yes, I am sure. The\nduck is dead,\"he replied. \"How can you be so sure,\" she protested.\n\"I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might\njust be in a coma or something.\"\n\nThe vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and\nreturned a few moments later with a large black Labrador Retriever.\nAs the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his\nhind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed\nthe duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes\nand shook his head. The vet patted the dog, took it out, and\nreturned a few moments later with a beautiful cat.\n\nThe cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the\nbird. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed\nsoftly and strolled out of the room. The vet looked at the woman and\nsaid, \"I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100%\ncertifiably, a dead duck.\" Then the vet turned to his computer\nterminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the\nwoman.\n\nThe duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. \"$150\", she cried,\n\"$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?\" The vet shrugged. \"I'm\nsorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20,\nbut what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan.....\n\nThis comment system requires\nyou to be logged in through either a Disqus account or an\naccount you already have with Google, Twitter, Facebook or\nYahoo. In the event you don't have an account with any of these\ncompanies then you can create an account with Disqus. All\ncomments are moderated so they won't display until the moderator\nhas approved your comment."}
-{"text": "(1)Small quantity is welcome(2)Non-standard products can be ordered(3)Advanced CNC equipments(4)More than 30 experienced technicians(5)A strong production capacity and a large inventory guarantee the\nquick delivery(6)We can produce by your drawings\n\nFAQ\n\nQ1.Are your company a trading one or a factory?\n\nA:Factory + trade.\n\nQ2.What products can you supply?\n\nA: Vulcanizing machine +mixing mill.\n\nQ3.Can you design new product for us?\n\nA:Yes,we have 30 professional technicians that design new products\naccording to your requirements.\n\nQ4.Why choose you?\n\nA: ---Own Our Factory.\n\n---About 30years of specilizing in rubber and plastic machinery.\n\n---Professinal Design Teams.\n\n---Advanced and Complete CNC Equipments.\n\nQ5.How long is your guarantee?\n\nA: One year (Calculated from the equipment arrives at the\ncustomer\u2019s side.).\n\nQ6.What do you need to make a quotation?\n\nA: To make a good quotation should be sure by the following things:\n\n1. Existing samples or products drawings or 3D model data files.\n\n2.Your request for products you are going to make, including\nquantity, material, finish.\n\nQ7.How long does it take to have our vulcanizing press?\n\nA: It varies a little depending on product size and complexity of\nits shape and the quantity.We will"}
-{"text": "This is absolutely one of the better, affordable buys and Best of all, just a short walk to the Talachulitna River, which is one of southeast Alaska\u2019s Premier Fishing Streams with all 5 Species of Salmon, Trophy Rainbow, Arctic Char and Grayling.\n\nThe lake is about a 50 minute flight from Anchorage or one may take a jet boat from Willow up the river and hike in. And of course, in the winter you have snowmobile access.\n\nPlease check it, but be careful depending on the airplane you fly. It is long enough for a Cub or Beaver. You be the judge.\n\nThis is one of the greatest buys for a couple of guys who love the fishing, being away from the crowds and you may even \u201cBag\u201d a Moose or Bear.\n\nAn exceptional, nice well protected lot amidst great Fishing & Hunting and very little traffic.\n\nThe Price \u2013 only $19,900.- $15,000.- Below tax assessed value. Seller may take half down with the balance over a 2 to 3 year Period. Negotiable.\n\nAlso available in this subdivision is Tract H, apr. 3.48 acres for $19,900.-"}
-{"text": "Is Getting an Air Fryer Worth the Investment?\n\nIt\u2019s a cruel fact of life: fried food is so good for your tastebuds (and nucleus accumbens), and so not-great for pretty much all the rest of you. Sure, you can bake things instead of frying them, but it\u2019s just not the same. Enter: the Air Fryer.\n\nAfter being inundated with slow cooker and Instant Pot content from every corner of the Internet, you may have kitchen gadget fatigue by now, but allegedly, this other wunder-appliance can turn out all the crispy, crunchy fried foods you love with way less fat. (And despite its many virtues and seemingly miraculous culinary capabilities, the Instant Pot does not yet have a crisping function.)\n\nThe Air Fryer works by circulating super hot air around foods with just a thin coat of oil (some recipes add no oil at all), so you\u2019re looking at at least around 70 to 80% less fat than traditional deep frying would use. It\u2019s also much less terrifying than a pot of viciously bubbling oil that can spatter and burn, and fairly easily catch fire, and there\u2019s no need to wrangle with disposing a quart of smelly used cooking grease once you\u2019re finished. Naturally, Air Fryers can handle healthier versions of all the usual suspects, from chicken nuggets and egg rolls to potato chips and French fries, whether freshly made or frozen.\n\nBut wait\u2014as with any other infomercial-worthy product, there\u2019s more! The Air Fryer, like the Instant Pot, also makes quick(er) work of cooking in general; since almost everyone is pressed for time these days, shaving even just a few extra minutes off of the dreaded waiting-for-dinner limbo is a bonus.\n\nAmazon\n\nAnd you can use an Air Fryer to make a range of other non-fried foods, like pizza, bacon, roasted garlic, toasted nuts, brussels sprouts, and even cakes. Why would you do that, you may ask? Well, why not? It could be a boon to those with tiny kitchens and those with no stoves at all, and potentially a good summer option for anyone, since it wouldn\u2019t heat the whole room like a traditional oven. Plus, if you commit to buying an appliance, the ideal aim is to use it as often as possible in order to feel you\u2019ve gotten your money\u2019s worth.\n\nSo is it worth it? As with many things, you truly have to try it yourself before you can say. If you already have a convection oven, there\u2019s no need to bother, since Air Fryers are really just mini versions of them. Otherwise, some potential drawbacks to consider would be the extra counter and cabinet space the appliance takes up, the reality that most models can\u2019t cook a large amount of food at one time, and the fact that they can produce uneven results, depending on what brand and size you purchase. And even some avowed Air Fryer fans admit that the taste and texture of air-fried foods aren\u2019t exactly like what you\u2019d get with eight inches of oil and a metal basket\u2014yet many are willing to make that small compromise for the benefits of relatively healthier eating and easier, less-messy cooking.\n\nYou still can\u2019t live on air-fried chicken alone (at least probably not for very long). But you can enjoy all your favorites a little more frequently and with fewer potential consequences\u2014health and safety-wise\u2014if you embrace the power of air frying.\n\nCheck out some of what it can do and see if that\u2019ll sway you. \u201cThe Complete Air Fryer Cookbook\u201d promises everything from mixed berry muffins to spicy beef stir-fry, but here are a few home-cooked examples of its abilities:\n\nThe Air Fryer promises to make crispy chicken wings easy and healthy, and you can coat them with all kinds of flavors, but this spicy-sweet honey-Sriracha sauce is especially appealing. Get the recipe.\n\nBring the state fair into your home kitchen and make fried pickles! (You can also make more universally appealing and reasonably healthy potato chips in the Air Fryer if you like.) These are coated in dill-Parmesan breadcrumbs, so they\u2019re really rather fancy, as frickles go. Get the recipe.\n\nYes, it does seafood too\u2014beautiful air fryer fish and chips for sure, but you can think even further outside the Gorton\u2019s box and make shrimp scampi, in only 8 minutes. Add some mashed cauliflower if you\u2019re keeping keto, or serve it over pasta if not. Get the recipe.\n\nWant to make mini molten chocolate cakes without heating up your kitchen, and in only 20 minutes? With an Air Fryer, you can do it any time! Get the recipe.\n\nJen is an associate content producer at Chowhound. Raised on scrapple and blue crabs, she hails from Baltimore, Maryland, but has lived in Portland (Oregon) for so long it feels like home. She enjoys the rain, reads, writes, eats, and cooks voraciously, and stops to pet every stray cat she sees. Continually working on building her Gourmet magazine collection, she will never get over its cancellation. Read more of her work."}
-{"text": "Photographer: Doug Falter\n\nThe sound of roosters crowing is audible on the recording of my conversation with photographer Doug Falter. It immediately brings me back to the sunny, beautiful & otherwise very quiet setting where I met Doug to talk story.\n\nIt\u2019s a beautiful weekday morning in Haleiwa & I am meeting with Doug just a couple days before he\u2019s off to California for a couple weeks of travel & no doubt creation of some epic photography along the way.\n\nDoug has been quick to settle & completely immerse himself in his craft here at one global surf mecca, North Shore. What is especially noteworthy & awesome is how fresh it all is.\n\nIn recalling how it started just a couple years ago,when he didn\u2019t know much about photography, Doug remarks \u201cI literally shot every day, at least once or twice a day & decided that I loved it.\u201d\n\n\u201cAt this point, I\u2019d say it\u2019s come along way,\u201d Doug reflects on his work since his sudden & minimalistic moved from Florida to Hawai\u2019i in 2012.\n\nWhen asked if there is a certain rush for him in surf photography Doug grins. \u201cIt\u2019s insane. It\u2019s the scariest thing I\u2019ve ever done. I\u2019ve had it where I felt adrenalin pumping through my body for two days after.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve learned how to handle the ocean as best I can right now.\u201d Doug notes when I ask about safety practices. \u201cIt\u2019s about constantly learning & constantly improving. I think a lot of it is mental.\u201d\n\nAs a fellow photographer building my own work from self learning & an entrepreneurial spirit, I bring up these issues to Doug, asking \u201cYou know what I mean by the \u2018hustle\u2019?\u2019\u201d"}
-{"text": "The organization Treasures does a lot of great work to help women who would like to get out of the sex industry. They created a video to address the issues of sex and the sex industry, and I was fortunate to have been interviewed in the video.\n\nReader Comments (2)\n\nClearly the addict makes his choices but, still, really having to manage myself to stop feeling triggered here. As a spouse it's like being face to face with some of the drug pushers - no thought or concerns expressed for clients partners at all. Pretty hard to take.\n\nThanks for your comment, Karrie. It IS really painful that through an individual's sexual behaviors it is his/her partner that often pays the biggest price. The damage of years of lies, secrecy, deception, manipulation, withheld intimacy, physical consequences, etc. is immeasurable. I'm glad you came here and my thoughts are with you on your healing journey in this painful process."}
-{"text": "IRCE 2014: Maintaining Your Brand DNA\n\nInternational expansion gives brands incredible opportunities to reach and engage with new customers, but there are also a number of challenges associated with it that cannot be overlooked. And perhaps the biggest challenge is maintaining your brand DNA while accommodating local culture, customs and language. So how can you do this?\n\nAt IRCE 2014, Demandware\u2019s VP of Industry Strategy and Insights Rob Garf, along with CLARINS\u2019 Han Wen, talked about ways to maintain brand identity, regardless of the market. Rob highlighted the importance of balance between scale and efficiency and giving the local organization autonomy to deliver relevance to the market.\n\nAnd Han illustrated just how important this balance is by sharing a case study around CLARINS\u2019 expansion into China with Demandware. She highlighted three main challenges the company faced:\n\nLocalize the brand. Ensuring the brand translates accurately into each market, while maintaining a consistent brand experience worldwide.\n\nFind the right back-end partners. Look to overarching business goals and find partners that will help meet them.\n\nOrganizational structure. Revisit the organizational structure to ensure success on a local scale. In most cases, this means having boots on the ground to help translate the brand.\n\nThis all culminates in one key takeaway: leveraging local talent. With the right people in place, there are a number of mistakes that can be prevented because the local talent understands the business. They can help deliver a retailer\u2019s brand DNA in a manner that complies with the local culture and market demands. And that can make a big impact.\n\nIn fact, with Demandware, CLARINS was able to successfully expand into the Chinese market, seeing 500% growth in just six months after the site launch. The brand also saw 31% of order value come from cities where there is no physical counter.\n\nAre you thinking of going global? Think carefully about your business goals and revisit Han\u2019s list of challenges for CLARINS\u2019 expansion in to China."}
-{"text": "A pleated bodice adds just the right amount of texture to the elegant styling of the Bill Levkoff 1558 bridesmaid dress. Crafted from smooth European satin with a lustrous sheen, this sophisticated gown features spaghetti straps, a V-neckline, and pleats that adorn the front and back of the bodice. A slender band accentuates the natural waist, while the chic mermaid skirt creates a stunning silhouette from every point of view. The structure of the skirt paired with the pleated accents give this gown a distinctive look and make it ideal for any traditional wedding celebration or formal event. Available in a variety of colors and sizes that range from 0 to 28, this is one look that your \u2018maids will want to wear again on other special occasions."}
-{"text": "Eliminate Nationality Rules\n\nWe might call them \u201cstrange nationalities.\u201d In the run-up to biennial Olympic festivities (winter then summer) the media reports on athletes competing for countries with which they only have tenuous ties. In Beijing, it was American-born basketball players Becky Hammon and J.R. Holden playing hoops for Russia. In Vancouver, Canadian native Dale Begg-Smith was booed when he took gold in skiing for Australia. As we approach the London Olympics, the U.K.\u2019s Daily Mail has been running a campaign against dozens of naturalized \u201cplastic Brits\u201d on Team G.B.\n\nCitizenship requirements and national quotas are unfair to the players and the spectators.\n\nUnder Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter, all athletes must hold citizenship in the country for which they compete. But many athletes play for countries to which they have little or no emotional attachment. In some cases, it\u2019s taking advantage of a grandparent\u2019s birthplace. That\u2019s the case with scores of American citizens who couldn\u2019t make the U.S. team but will march behind their other flag of nationality -- sometimes for countries they have never even visited.\n\nAP Photo/Elizabeth DalzielAmerican Becky Hammon, second from left, played basketball for Russia during the 2008 Olympics, but that didn't stop her from feeling patriotic during \"The Star Spangled Banner.\"\n\nIn other cases, athletes have been lured to switch teams with cash. The Gulf states have acquired African distance runners with promises of stipends for life. In preparation for the 2000 games, Qatar pretty much bought the entire Bulgarian weightlifting team.\n\nCritics lament the rise of \u201cflags of convenience\u201d and \u201cpassport bartering.\u201d As International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge laments, \u201cit is not legitimate when an athlete sells himself as a mercenary.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s not clear why these curiosities should bother us. Think domestic professional sports, in which players are bought and sold as a matter of course. We don\u2019t care if our baseball players have prior emotional attachments to the cities for which they play. Why should Olympic competition be any different?\n\nAgence Zoom/Getty ImagesSkier Dale Begg-Smith\nwon the gold for Australia in 2006,\neven though he was Canadian.\n\nThe current regime is unfair to spectating publics. As a result of nationality requirements and national quotas (under which countries are limited in the number of athletes on their rosters for particular sports) competitive players don\u2019t make the cut. Take XuXin, currently ranked third in China -- and in the world -- in men\u2019s table tennis. He\u2019ll be on the sidelines in London because China can only send two players to the singles event. That will diminish the quality of competition.\n\nIt\u2019s unfair to players as well. XuXin surely has earned a spot in the bracket. In some sports (including soccer), once an athlete has played for one country, he can never play for another. In sports in which nationality transfers are allowed, the Olympic Charter requires a three-year \u201ccooling off\u201d period except where waived by the country of origin (which Cuba has in the past, for example, categorically refused). The rules of international basketball competition allow only one naturalized player per squad. These draconian tools for policing strategic nationality leave athletes indentured even when a change of nationality is emotional as well as formal.\n\nIt\u2019s time to eliminate Olympic nationality rules altogether. No longer do the Olympics supply a sort of surrogate battlefield for real-world conflict, as they did during the Cold War. For lack of a better organizing principle (corporate sponsorship as the unappealing alternative), geography can continue to set nominal dividing lines, especially in team sports. But the uniform the player wears should suffice to establish sporting loyalties, for players and fans alike."}
-{"text": "After eight seasons, over 100 kills and more blood than we can imagine, Dexter will sign off for good on Sunday.From the beginning, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) was a serial killer incapable of having emotions or a true human ...\n\nComment\n\nBy TV Guide\n\nWaynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA\n\nBy TV Guide\n\nPosted Sep. 19, 2013 at 12:01 AM\nUpdated Sep 19, 2013 at 7:35 PM\n\nBy TV Guide\n\nPosted Sep. 19, 2013 at 12:01 AM\nUpdated Sep 19, 2013 at 7:35 PM\n\nAfter eight seasons, over 100 kills and more blood than we can imagine, Dexterwill sign off for good on Sunday.\n\nFrom the beginning, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) was a serial killer incapable of having emotions or a true human connection. But over the course of eight seasons, he's faced love, loss, heartache and even friendship with his foul-mouthed sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), proving that he may have the capacity for feelings. Will that be Dexter's downfall in the series finale? We'll find out Sunday (9/8c, Showtime). Before then, however, Hall and Carpenter look back at eight seasons of kills and thrills:\n\nWhat initially attracted you to Dexter? Michael C. Hall: I think the audacity of the submission to invite people to identify with a serial killer. It felt like a crazy proposition, but one that if we could pull it off would be very exciting. Obviously the show is constructed in such a way that characters are presented in such a way that the audience is given permission to identify with him. Initially that was the appeal. It evolved quite a ways beyond that, and the character finds himself in a place at the end of the series that I couldn't even imagine when we started. Jennifer Carpenter: The script was like a Mack Truck. You just couldn't miss it. It just swept you up and it was invigorating and unlike anything I'd ever read before or have seen on television. The other thing that attracted me to it was employment. Before that I had been waiting tables and I did a comedy [White Chicks] with the Wayans brothers and then I had no idea what was going to happen. I had done Emily Rose too but I don't really like to be unemployed. I'm my father's daughter, and he worked at a factory my whole life, so there's something very satisfying about showing up to a job. The opportunity for employment was very attractive.\n\nPage 2 of 8 - What was it about Dexter Morgan that made him a likable and relatable character? Hall: Certainly the fact that he kills the kinds of victims he kills and that he doesn't just off people who look at him funny gives people permission to identify with him. He was compelling because he made the claim that he was without the capacity for human emotion and we were maybe meant to be suspicious of that. Even we thought he didn't have the full capacity, in spite of anything, he did seem to have the appetite; an appetite that was exploited by the Ice Truck killer (Christian Camargo). Over the course of the show, that appetite has been exploited again and again in different, deeper and dicier ways.\n\nWhat depths did you have to go to in order to play a serial killer? Hall: I'm someone who certainly is not opposed to doing a certain amount of research and certainly I'm interested in drawing in my own experience up to a point. But I do think that some of the appeal with Dexter is that it inevitably requires an imaginative leap unless I was willing to go out and actually off people and see what that felt like. I wasn't going to be able to know exactly what it was like to live his specific life. Frankly, if I did that it wouldn't really help much because it's not really my inclination. I have my compulsions, but it's definitely not that.\n\nHow much did you relate to your character? Carpenter: From the beginning, I wouldn't say we were the same shape, really. We couldn't have been mistaken for each other, but I was as green as she was. When you're doing television, there's not a set date for it to end or a set story so you know exactly where you're taking it. I had to lend her pieces of me to survive and keep it honest in a way. I had to use my imagination to make her very separate and far from me as well. So it just became about isolating between one side or the other. Either I was working at something for myself or I was taking a vacation from myself and really luxuriating in this fictitious person.\n\nTalk about the evolution of Dexter and Debra. Carpenter: When I look back on it, I'm aware that it wasn't easy. It wasn't a job where I was ever at rest. Creatively, I'm really grateful to that. But it wasn't like she made a pivot from season to season. It was like she was spinning in 360-degree circles again and again and she just couldn't find a place to stop. There was a part of me, just as the actor, that envied the voiceover. I wish Deb had one from time to time because I had no idea what to make of it. With the clock running and someone is going to say, \"Action\" momentarily, you have to just pull the trigger and make a decision. Often times that's what I was doing. I got to a place where I started to work with what really was in the room with me and often times that was fear and confusion and muscle. And often times I feel like those are also adjectives that can be used to describe Debra. There was something, by the end of it, something that was pure in the beginning, unfortunately became spoiled. I feel like I knew four seasons in that there was never going to be a happy ending for Deb. Hall: Over the course of the show, it's been about navigating the twists and turns in ways in which he has evolved or devolved. Playing the role has ultimately required a great deal of flexibility in terms of my initial conceptions and how those have been challenged and how they've had to morph over the life of the show.\n\nPage 3 of 8 - Was there a line you personally wouldn't cross on the series? Carpenter: When the conversation about Debra having feelings for her brother came up, there was talk about a scene where - you know the scene where they're having Chinese food and they kiss? That was originally going to be a love scene, and I absolutely was not going to do that, so that's the first thing that comes to mind. I renegotiated it down to a very swift kiss. Hall: For me, any kind of line drawing was more about how we did things. Sometimes we were missing something in terms of the connective tissue that I felt we needed to feel like we were maintaining some sense, or my own sense, of the character's truth. I always had as much of an appetite as anyone for him to go far and farther, to completely go unhinged and fly off the handle. But because we didn't want to just blow the things up or crash and burn, we had to have him maintain some sense of control over his world and himself.\n\nWhat has been your favorite moment on the series? Hall: There have been so many, but I always come back to Dexter discovering his origin story and doing that face plant into the room full of blood in the 10th episode of the first season. There was something about playing that scene and setting up all the cameras, we could only do it once because we were making such a mess. Carpenter: There were a lot of scenes that I was afraid to play, like when Lundy (Keith Carradine) died in the parking lot scene, I was a mess. I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to play that scene. I didn't want to shoot LaGuerta (Lauren Velez). It was traumatic in a weird way. You're so far into the series, it becomes real to a certain extent. It hurt me personally to play those scenes. But they are, in turn, my favorites because with great risk comes rewards. They taught me so much about how important it is to work with good people.\n\nOne of the most revealing scenes that I've played was with Quinn (Desmond Harrington) in the finale. We have a scene in the ambulance and it was the scene that left him for the series. As soon as we cut on it and it was over, it was as if the love that existed between these two characters was hovering between us and they could both see it, and it broke my heart. Because I don't know that I'll ever work with another actor that will go there the way that Desmond did. Basically what I'm saying is I'm spoiled rotten. I guess every moment was my favorite because I feel like there were so many other actors that just didn't feel like getting out of bed to go to that audition that day and then I had a good day. The course of my life and this show could be very different.\n\nWho has been your favorite villain? Carpenter: John Lithgow, because he was a teddy bear to be around and a grizzly to work with. Hall: Trinity (Lithgow), because he is the most complex, formidable and the most like Dexter in terms of the way he tried to live his life. And he's my favorite dramatically because the real marker is before and after Trinity kills Rita (Julie Benz). Before that point, Dexter could really operate under the reasonable assumption that he was not affecting those closest to him with what he was doing. Ever since, he's been scrambling to protect people from who he is.\n\nWho has been your favorite kill? Hall: My favorite kill is the one that I'm doing at the moment - that's what Dexter would say. I always go back to Little Chino (Matthew Willig) because he was so damn big. Pretending that I could vanquish such a beef bus, as Deb calls him, was a pretty heady thing.\n\nWhat was your favorite Deb curse word? Carpenter: It's kind of strange that you're asking me this question now because I'm sort of repulsed by all of it. At the gym this morning, Robin Thicke's song came on and someone mentioned it's possibly about date rape or something. It's called \"Blurred Lines\" and they repeat, \"You know you want it,\" again and again. That's so much of what's out there right now on the radio and television. It's just crude and disgusting and it infuriates me, to be honest. I have to justify it with Deb because it's her go-to tool and it was effective and it made people pay attention to her. It was a crutch really. It wasn't cheap, I guess is what I'm saying. So to go back and say \"I loved it when she said this F-bomb or this weird compound blending of two bad words\" makes it cheap and I would like to leave it thinking that it wasn't.\n\nDexter had several love interests over the years, including Rita, Lila (Jaime Murray), Lumen (Julia Stiles) and Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski). Who do you feel was the most right for him? Hall: I would say Hannah, as much as her acceptance of Dexter's whole person was not in any way begrudging, or utilitarian, or fetishistic, she just accepted it. And she accepted it within the context of someone she believed to be and insisted was a broader person. I think that is a part of why Dexter is himself and open to that notion in a way he hasn't been before.\n\nPage 5 of 8 - What was the turning point of the series? Hall: [The Ice Truck killer and Rita's death] are fundamental early on. His discovery of his nature of his origins story, and that he's not alone, and that he has this brother, and that he has an appetite for a connection with him, and this may be trumped by his sense of connection with is sister: Those are all things when we meet Dexter at the beginning of the season he doesn't anticipate and isn't aware he has the capability to experience or appreciate.\n\nCertainly when Rita is killed - someone else in Dexter's world, a world that is being more and more characterized by seemingly legitimate connection, this is his wife with whom he has a child - someone else is implicated and whatever compartmentalization he had successfully cultivated starts to fall apart and those lines start to blur or disappear. Dexter's reeling from that throughout the rest of the series. Every season and every major relationship that Dexter has further exploits that there's a real appetite for connection and revelation. And in a way, the more he moves towards the light, the more the darkness is all the darker in stark relief. The more he becomes like a human, the darker it is to really consider the fact that he continues to kill.\n\nWhat is your reaction when fans say that Season 4 was the height of the series? Hall: I mean I get it. Like I said, he's just been reeling ever since Trinity got the best of him. He killed Trinity, so I guess he got the best of Trinity in a way, but he killed him with a lack of knowledge of what Trinity had really done. As the show initially presented some big adversary, Dexter would one way or another come to know and vanquish, that's the pinnacle of that model. The Trinity killing was the most prolific, formidable foe that Dexter ever faced. Carpenter: What's funny is that maybe ignorance truly is bliss, because I really did somehow manage to be ignorant to the success of the show. Even when people say something to me now, I'm sort of skeptical, like, \"Who told you about the show?\" I can't imagine that people are actually watching it. So, was that the height of it? I don't know. I don't really give a lot of credit to people who make comments on the internet. I avoid it really. That's their business. If people think that was the height, then they're right because whatever the fans say goes.\n\nIf that was the high point of the series, what was the low point? Hall: It's hard to be objective even as a viewer. I see it all as a whole when I see different seasons that might have been more frustrating to watch as the overall evolution of the character. There have definitely been moments that have been more challenging to wrap my head around than others.\n\nPage 6 of 8 - Is there anything you would have changed? Hall: I might have had him kill Trinity's son (Brandon Eaton) when he went to Nebraska in the 6th season when the Ice Truck killer comes back and finds out the kid just has daddy issues and doesn't kill him. I thought he should have killed him anyway.\n\nHow do you feel about the final season going back to the beginning and looking at how the code was created? Hall: I was never very interested in the show staying in the same place. Dexter could have gone more strict, hard and fast adherent to the code and we could have followed a similar formula and had a sort of \"Who's Dexter going to kill this week?\" be the primary question we were preoccupied with. But there was a desire to directly challenge the audience's affection for the character. Dexter is someone who had the code instilled in him by a father (James Remar) who arguably was a great dad, outside-of-the-box thinker, and on the other hand, abusive. Dexter has an impulse to rebel and his roles are not conventional roles. They're roles imposed by a self-appointed deity in the form of his father and, he comes to discover in the final season, in his spiritual mother (Charlotte Rampling). If he's going to rebel, he's going to rebel against the code and play faster and looser with his roles. He always, in the end, comes back to an appreciation for how it's protected him and kept him safe. But we don't always learn our lessons on time. Sometimes we learn them too late. Carpenter: Most years I was given the bare bones before we shot the first episode of each season. This year, I was told about what the first three episodes would look like. And the way that it was presented to me is that the rest is all up in the air. The rest was Dexter's business. So I didn't know and I didn't have Showtime because of the Time Warner thing. I turned it off. So I'm lost. I remember it as someone who lived it and not someone who studied it. I've never been confused about a season, but I'm confused about the end, and I think that might be a big sign for it being successful if that makes any sense.\n\nPage 7 of 8 - How do you feel about the end of the series? Hall: I feel good about it. I feel like it may well be polarizing. I think it will be a broad spectrum in terms of the response to how the show ends. Carpenter: I'm really satisfied. All I can hope for was something that felt legitimate with her. I feel like there are so many times when, for the sake of momentum in the stories, I've had to do things that went against my philosophies about Deb. The things I need to be true about her. This isn't for the sake of the continuation of the excellent writing that we had. But the end all felt very organic and natural and honest. When I found out how her story was going to wrap up, I knew that they were discussing three separate paths for it to take, and I was champing for a path that wasn't taken.\n\nWhat are you hoping the audience will take away from the series? Hall: A sense that they've taken a ride that has been consistently compelling and cohesive and has started in one place and ended somewhere else. Different people like the show for different reasons. I just hope it's something that continually resulted in people leaning forward. I think it's done that. Carpenter: It's a funny thing because it was the most amazing show. I feel like we are all huffing and puffing at the finish line. I feel like we all survived a marathon together. It's a strange thing to say to the audience, \"We ran for you. I hope you know we worked so hard for you.\" So I hope they know that, although there may have been highs or lows throughout all eight seasons, which is something to be expected for something that goes that long, I hope they know it was sincere. I hope they know it was emotionally expensive for all of us. In a weird way, this could be totally off the mark, but I feel like Dexter, the series, sort of raised the bar for what cable television writing and storytelling could look like. I'm going to go ahead and believe that's true and I'm going to go ahead and be proud to have been a part of it. I hope they have better TV for it.\n\nHow do you feel about saying goodbye to the character? Hall: I feel good about it. If you play a character long enough as an actor, your sense of acting and your sense of playing that specific character become fused in a way that it's sort of a mind bender so I'm glad to sort of disengage from this particular guy and move on to other things."}
-{"text": "A Shipping Crate To Call My Own: Japanese Office Cubes\n\nHave you heard of a small town called Gifu in Japan? Their decreasing population and increasing land space is about to be turned around. Savvy architecture geniuses Daiken-Met have changed some shipping containers into a smartly shaped office-cube building named \"The Sugoroku\" in hopes of bringing life and work back into the city.\n\nEntry to this cubular (is that a word? it is now) workspace is at ground level.\n\nMakeshift stairs lead from the ground to the second floor for easy access.\n\nThe impressive minimal kitchen has impressed me because most cubes don't have kitchens and most kitchens only have several cubes.\n\nFirst story office space.\n\nThe building both stands out and fits neatly into its location on this street in Gifu.\n\nSoguroku has an industrial feel to it, making this both literally and metaphorically a place where ideas are constructed.\n\nThe office has no underground support structure, which makes it easy to take apart and restructure. This forward thinking is what allowed Daiken-Met to secure a temporary contract for ease of quick building."}
-{"text": "Additional Info: Must be passionate about practice development as well as patient care, have an exceptional bedside manner, and positive impact on patient's lives | Opportunity is part of an integrated healthcare system | EMR: EClinical Works (company wide) | Live in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area where the entertainment options are endless | Choose between downtown, suburban, or small town living depending on your needs | We are home to stadiums for every major league sport including the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, and FC Dallas | Each of the cities in the metroplex have endless dining options for every preference from fine dining to taco trucks, to BBQ, to Tex-Mex | Dallas and Fort Worth each have several entertainment districts to create fun for the whole family"}
-{"text": "This Has To Be One Of The Best Updates Coming To CSGO\n\nValve definitely has the attention of the CSGO community again. After facing major heat from the likes of PUBG and Fortnite, the folks over at Valve have been making some positive changes to CSGO. The latest update set to hit CSGO today brings some incredible additions as well as some major map lineup shuffles. In addition to that, the TEC-9 has become a formidable weapon again.\n\nThe most notable update coming to CSGO with this update has to be the positional team voice chat. Traditionally known as VOIP, Valve is finally implementing it\u2019s 3D audio processing to team voice chats too. Players who are indulged into a CSGO match should now be able to hear their team mate\u2019s voice based on their location, adding another level of immersion to an already competitive title.\n\nFurthermore, Valve removed Canals from competitive matchmaking and has added two new, long-awaited maps into casual matchmaking for now. The long-awaited Subzero and Biome maps are now available in casual matchmaking. If you\u2019re intrigued by now, Austria has also been moved to the competitive map pool, something no one asked for.\n\nRegarding the new run and gun CZ75a run and gun plans, it seems like Valve has nerfed the automatic pistol that was causing mayhem on pistol rounds. In contrast, Valve has reduced the inaccuracy of the Tec-9 to make it a more viable option.\n\nThe patch notes pertaining to today\u2019s update were retrieved from the official Counter-Strike blog.\n\nRelease Notes for 10/9/2018\n\n[GAMEPLAY]\n\u2013 Adjusted the start-of-half economy with the goal of reducing the impact of a pistol round win on subsequent rounds.\n\u2014 In Competitive Matchmaking, both teams are now considered to start the half with a one-round \u2018losing streak\u2019 that is reset following a round win. Instead of $1400, the Round 1 loser receives $1900, then $2400 for a subsequent loss, etc.\n\u2014 The start-of-half losing streak can be adjusted via \u201cmp_starting_losses\u201d\n\n[MAPS]\n\u2013 Austria is now available in Competitive Matchmaking.\n\u2013 Austria has been moved into Group Delta in official Casual matchmaking.\n\u2013 New Community maps Biome and Subzero are now available in Casual matchmaking as part of Group Sigma.\n\u2013 Canals has been removed from Competitive Matchmaking.\n\u2013 Shipped and Insertion are no longer available in official matchmaking.\n\n[AUDIO]\n\u2013 Added a \u201cVOIP Positional\u201d audio setting. When this setting is enabled, in-game voice audio will be played from the position the player is standing at.\n\n[MISC]\n\u2013 Enabled mouse bindings for voice chat to work in end of match scoreboard.\n\u2013 Fixed backlog of async events in scoreboard causing performance problems during gameplay.\n\n19, Tech Enthusiast, Founder/Managing Editor at GeeksULTD and a Competitive Counter Strike Global Offensive player with aims of learning about web servers, web designing and computer hardware. Believes console exclusives are incredible and is still a strong follower of the PC Master Race.\nTo contact me, follow me, or even constructively criticize me, contact me however you feel is right!"}
-{"text": "The Dark Knight Rises\n\nThe Dark Knight Rises has a new TV spot, and I have to admit I like the new angle they\u2019re taking on promoting the film. Not only is it a movie experience and all that crap, but they\u2019re actually telling people to order their tickets in advance. This is actually a pretty good ploy. I have over 70 tickets already.\n\nAnd counting!\n\nThe Campaign\n\nThe Campaign has 2 new posters today, and I think we can all agree they\u2019re both about kissing. It\u2019s pretty obvious in the poster with the baby, but I see love, perhaps even a bit of lust, in Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis\u2019s eyes.\n\nTruly. Love.\n\nCampaign Poster\n\nCampaign Poster 1\n\nDjango Unchained\n\nDjango Unchained will have a trailer soon, but this is American darn it! I DEMAND SATISFACTION!!!!!!!!!!\n\nTo that end, here\u2019s a trailer preview! Expect the full trailer tomorrow!"}
-{"text": "Ryan Guy\n\nA cunning, pacey player who has expended his role with the club in each of his two years with the team \u2026 one of the squad\u2019s most versatile players, has seen playing time at almost every position on the field except left back and goalkeeper ... while he demonstrates his versatility every game, he is most comfortable at right midfield ... came to the Revs in 2011 with four years of experience in Europe, playing with Ireland\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Athletic since early 2007\u2026 a native of San Diego ... signed with the club on June 9, 2011 ... Twitter account: @RMGuy12.\n\n2012: Made 23 appearances, including 20 starts: four at right wing, four at forward, three at right back and nine in the central midfield. Scored one goal and recorded two assists. Was a substitute at right midfield at San Jose (March 10), and came on at halftime at right midfield at Kansas City (March 17) before moving to left midfield later in the half. Made his first start of the season at right wing against Portland (March 24), and shifted to right back after Kevin Alston suffered a facial injury in the 70th minute. Started at forward at LA (March 31) and recorded his first career assist on Saer Sene\u2019s goal. Missed four games \u2013 from April 28 to May 12 \u2013 with right calf tightness. Returned to the starting lineup against Houston (May 19), making his first career start in the central midfield. Made his second-consecutive start in the central midfield at D.C. (May 26), but left in the 28th minute with right calf tightness and missed two matches - against Chicago (June 2) and Columbus (June 16) - with the injury. Returned to the lineup at Montreal (July 18), lining up at forward, where he played for three straight matches. Returned to right wing in a start against Kansas City (Aug. 4) and shifted to right back after halftime substitutions. Scored his first goal of the season at Columbus (Aug. 25). Started in the central midfield in four straight matches from Aug. 12 to Aug. 29. Recorded his second assist of the season on Darrius Barnes\u2019 95th-minute equalizer against New York (Sept. 22), sending in the cross from deep on the right flank that Barnes headed in late in stoppage time. Called up to represent Guam for a friendly tournament and departed the Revolution to join the team in the Philippines, missing the match at Houston (Sept. 29). Returned with his first start at right back in the match at Philadelphia (Oct. 6) and shifted mid-game to center back, his sixth position of the year. Started the final three games of the season (Oct. 6 at Philadelphia through Oct. 27 at Montreal) at right back. Also made two starts in the central midfield in MLS Reserve League action: at Toronto (June 23) and against New York (July 8).\n\n2011: Made 11 regular-season appearances, including six starts on both the left and right wings, after joining the team in early June. Scored two goals. Was among the dressed 18 on June 15 against Toronto, just one day after arriving in Boston, and made his MLS debut three days later on June 18 against Chicago, coming on in the 71st minute on the left wing. Earned his first MLS start at Seattle (June 26) - on the left wing. Was a second-half substitute against Manchester United (July 13). Entered as a 78th-minute substitute at Kansas City (July 30) playing an unfamiliar right back position in place of the injured Kevin Alston. Came on as a second-half substitute as a wide midfielder in the three later games: at Philadelphia (Sept. 7), vs. Dallas (Sept. 10) and at Portland (Sept. 16). Scored his first two career MLS goals at Chicago (Sept. 25) within a two-minute span in stoppage time. Started the final five games of the season (Sept. 25 at Chicago and on) on the right wing. Also made four appearances, all starts, in the MLS Reserve League. Saw time at left midfield and left back vs. Philadelphia (July 18), and left back at Toronto (June 21), vs. New York (Aug. 21) and vs. Toronto (Sept. 2) ... scored the game-winning goal in the 86th minute against TFC (June 18), after assisting on the game\u2019s opening goal by Under-16 player Dominik Machado.\n\nBEFORE MLS: Drafted by FC Dallas in the second round (22nd overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft ... chose to pursue playing opportunities abroad and joined Ireland\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Athletic in February 2007 ... in four seasons with the Saints, he made 139 appearances and scored 25 goals ... scored St. Patrick\u2019s first-ever away goal in Europe against Latvia\u2019s JKF Olimps during the first qualifying round of the 2008 UEFA Cup.\n\nCOLLEGE: Appeared in all 79 of San Diego\u2019s games in his four seasons, starting 77, between 2003 and 2006 ... was a 2004 NSCAA All-Far West honoree, and a three-time All-West Coast Conference performer ... scored 16 career goals and added 24 career assists.\n\nGUAM NATIONAL TEAM: Has made three appearances for Guam as of Nov. 1, 2012 \u2026 declared for Guam in the summer of 2012 \u2026 his father, Jesse is Guam-born, allowing Guy eligibility for that country\u2019s national team \u2026 made his Guam debut at the Philippine Peace Cup, Sep 25-29, 2012, which was held at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines ... made three appearances -- including two starts \u2013 at the tournament ... started at central midfield in the first game tournament against the eventual champion, Phillipines (Sept. 25) and played 75 minutes ... started at forward against Chinese Taipei (Sept. 27) and played 50 minutes ... made a substitute appearance at forward in the 3-0 win against Macau (Sept 29) \u2026 also called up for the East Asian Football Championship (Nov. 26 through Dec. 7 in Hong Kong).\n\nPERSONAL: Married to wife Nicole \u2026 the couple has one son, Zander (2), and is expecting their second child in January 2013 \u2026 son of Jesse and Sandy and step son to Randy \u2026 has three sisters, Sophie, Jessica and Cherise \u2026 studied political science at the University of San Diego, where he was named Mr. University \u2026 hobbies include reading, watching movies and going to the park with his son \u2026 has previous experience as an actor \u2026 played against Revolution teammate A.J. Soares in high school, and was a youth player for both San Diego Suft and La Jolla Nomads."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: Ironman\n\nIt was raining cats and dogs the night before Cobra Ironman held its race for the second time in the supposedly \u201csunny\u201d Cebu. A tropical depression in the Southern part of Mindanao affected the whole archipelago including the Western part \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nYesterday, I received my monthly program emailed by Coach Kaye. As expected, the sessions are definitely harder, energy demanding and time consuming than the previous month as Cobra Ironman 70.3 is only a little more than two months away. This \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nOne more day less to Cobra Ironman Cebu, and I am praying. Let me share this with you\u2026 Will the saying, \u201cDo your best, and God will do the rest.\u201d will be my race slogan? I am a Roman Catholic, \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nAs taken from Wikipedia: An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike and a marathon 42.195-kilometre (26.219 \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "In The U.S. Virgin Islands, Health Care Remains In A Critical State\n\nPatients seeking cancer treatment in the U.S. Virgin Islands must now go to the mainland. The Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute at Schneider Regional Medical Center on St. Thomas remains closed because of extensive damage to areas like the CAT scan suite.\n\nHigh winds blew out ceiling panels and damaged ducts and pipes at Schneider Regional Medical Center, the only hospital on St. Thomas, when a window on the hospital's top floor blew out.\n\nGreg Allen\n/ NPR\n\nListen\n\nListening...\n\n/\n\nOriginally published on February 4, 2018 7:17 am\n\nHealth care in the U.S. Virgin Islands remains in a critical state, five months after Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria pummeled the region.\n\nThe only hospital on St. Thomas, the Schneider Regional Medical Center, serves some 55,000 residents between the islands of St. Thomas and St. John. Schneider's facilities suffered major structural damage, forcing a decrease in its range of services, mass transfers of its patients, staff departures and significant losses in revenue. Only about one-third of the beds are currently available for patient care.\n\nIn early September, when Irma hit the Virgin Islands, most of Schneider's staff members were on duty. At the height of the storm, a large window on the hospital's top floor gave out. \"You had winds of 175, 180 miles per hour whipping through here,\" says the hospital's Vice President Darryl Smalls.\n\nThe screws holding the window in place failed. The window itself, made from hurricane impact glass, remained intact. It's here, leaning against a nursing station that's now in shambles. Ceiling panels are gone, exposed pipes and ducts are damaged and sagging in places. A large plywood barrier covers the window opening.\n\nWhen the window tore off, Smalls says the staff worked quickly to evacuate some 20 patients to a safer part of the hospital. They couldn't use the elevator in the middle of the storm, so staff transported patients from the fourth floor to the third floor using the emergency stairwells. \"We literally took the patients on the mattresses, slid them down the stairs, down to the third floor, across the building and up onto the other side,\" Smalls says. \"We have a surgical unit which was not compromised and capable of handling patient care.\"\n\nEventually, all of the patients who were at Schneider during the storm were evacuated off of the island. But even as staff dealt with a host of problems, the hospital remained open. In the emergency room, which flooded badly from a leaky roof, Smalls says, \"You probably had about 3 to 4 inches of water on the floor in here. I had pumps. I think we probably had 50 people in here at any given time just trying to evacuate as much water out of the facility.\"\n\nToday, the hospital continues to provide surgery, labor and delivery care, radiology and lab services. But its cancer center, a $28 million facility, remains closed because of extensive storm damage. The hospital can now only provide limited services for patients requiring dialysis.\n\nMeanwhile, Schneider Medical's sister center, the only hospital on St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands' other major island, suffered even more extensive damage to its operating rooms.\n\nWithout adequate medical services available, Schneider Regional CEO Bernard Wheatley says most patients who evacuated St. Thomas have not been able to return. \"It's over 400 that have been transferred off island,\" Wheatley says. \"And to this day, we're still transferring some patients, especially the ones requiring extensive length of stay.\"\n\nAlong with the lack of facilities, another major problem is staffing. Wheatley says he's lost 150 of the hospital's 600 employees \u2014 many of whom left the island after the storms destroyed their homes. \"The sad part of it, we've lost a lot of nurses,\" he says. \"If you ask me right now, what's my key entity in terms of shortages, from a clinical standpoint it would be the nursing staff.\"\n\nShanique Woods-Boschulte, who directs Schneider's foundation says, \"Every day we get one or two resignations.\" After five months, Woods-Boschulte says, the daily struggle is wearing down many staff members. \"The morale was really high after the storm because we saw what we were able to accomplish \u2014 no patients hurt,\" she says. \"But now things are trickling down and everyone is leaving a broken hospital and going home to a broken home.\"\n\nAdding to the woes, the hospital is in desperate financial straits. Revenues are half of what they were because there are far fewer patients. The government-supported hospital is projecting a $7 million loss.\n\nWith all the competing problems on the islands, CEO Bernard Wheatley says it's not clear how much help the local government can provide. \"The territory itself is projecting a $400 million loss,\" he says. \"They don't have the hotel rooms, tourism is down. It's just not the same island.\"\n\nThe U.S. Virgin Islands is now looking to Congress to help decide what to do about its battered hospitals. The local government is in talks with FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to determine whether the hospitals can be rehabilitated, or if new facilities will be needed.\n\nCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\n\nLULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:\n\nIt's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as NPR's Greg Allen reports.\n\nGREG ALLEN, BYLINE: There's just one hospital serving some 55,000 residents of St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands - Schneider Regional Medical Center. Only about a third of the hospital's beds are available for patient care because of damage from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Darryl Smalls is hospital vice president.\n\nDARRYL SMALLS: Where we're walking right now, during the height of the storm, you literally had winds of 175, 180 miles an hour whipping through here.\n\nALLEN: Right through here because you lost a window.\n\nSMALLS: A window on this side.\n\nALLEN: The nursing station is in shambles. Ceiling panels are gone. Exposed pipes and ducts are damaged and sagging in places. A large plywood barrier now covers the window opening. On Sept. 5, when Hurricane Irma hit the Virgin Islands, Smalls and most of the staff were on duty. When the window blew out, he says they worked quickly to evacuate some 20 patients to a safer part of the hospital.\n\nSMALLS: We literally had to put the patients on the mattresses. Four people slid them down the stairs, down to the third floor, across the building and up onto the other side. And when I say the other side, we have a surgical unit which was not compromised and capable of handling patient care.\n\nALLEN: All of the patients here during the storm were eventually evacuated off the island. The hospital remained open even as staff dealt with a host of problems. Smalls takes me to the emergency room, which flooded badly from a leaky roof.\n\nSMALLS: You probably had about three to four inches of water on the floor in here. I've had pumps. I think we probably had about 50 people in here at any given time, just trying to evacuate as much water out of the facility.\n\nALLEN: Five months later, the hospital continues to provide surgery, labor and delivery care, radiology and lab services. But its cancer center - a $28 million facility - remains closed because of extensive storm damage. The hospital also now is providing only limited services for patients requiring dialysis. Hospital CEO Bernard Wheatley says most patients evacuated because of the hurricanes have not been able to return to the island because adequate medical services aren't available.\n\nBERNARD WHEATLEY: It's over 400 that has been transferred off island. And to this day, we're still transferring some patients, especially the ones that require extensive length of stay.\n\nALLEN: Wheatley says it's a similar situation for the Virgin Islands' other hospital located on St. Croix. It suffered even more extensive damage to its operating rooms. Along with a lack of facilities, another major problem is staffing. Wheatley says he's lost 150 of the hospital's 600 employees, many because their homes were destroyed, and they've left the island.\n\nWHEATLEY: The sad part of it - we've lost a lot of nurses. If you ask me right now, what's my key entity in terms of shortage from a clinical standpoint? - would be the nursing staff.\n\nSHANIQUE WOODS-BOSCHULTE: Every day, we get one or two resignations.\n\nALLEN: Shanique Woods-Boschulte directs the hospital's foundation. She says after five months, the daily struggle is wearing down many staff members.\n\nWOODS-BOSCHULTE: The morale was really high after the storm because we saw what we were able to accomplish. No patient hurt. But now things are trickling down. And everyone is, you know, leaving a broken hospital and then going home to a broken home.\n\nALLEN: Adding to the woes, the hospital is in desperate financial straits. Revenues are half of what they were because there are far fewer patients. The government supported hospitals projecting a $7 million loss. With all the competing problems on the islands, CEO Bernard Wheatley says it's not clear how much help the local government can provide.\n\nWHEATLEY: The territory itself is projecting a $400 million loss. They don't have the hotel rooms. Tourism is down. It's just not the same island.\n\nALLEN: The Virgin Islands now is trying to decide what to do about its battered hospitals and is looking to Congress for help. The local government is in talks with FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to determine whether the hospitals can be rehabilitated or if new facilities will be needed."}
-{"text": "My Experience With Raising a Baby Sparrow PetHelpfulSimply fill an eyedropper with 5 cubic centimeters of KMR if the baby is a newborn (eyes closed), 7- to 13-CC for a 2-week old baby rabbit (eyes slightly open) and 15 CC for a wide-eyed wild baby rabbit. Once the 15-CC dose has been reached, maintain that dosage until the baby is weaned.... A baby opossum's weight at birth is a bit more than one tenth of a gram (0.13grams - the same as 4-5 grains of rice). Fifteen to twenty could fit in a teaspoon. Litter size is generally 7-12. When more are born, the number of available nipples\n\nMy Experience With Raising a Baby Sparrow PetHelpful\n\nSome do, some don't. In most cases, you get the disease from contact with the mother mouse, not the baby itself. Regardless, with wild mice you should always thoroughly wash your hands after handling them, unless they've been treated & are known to be 'clean'....\n\nSome do, some don't. In most cases, you get the disease from contact with the mother mouse, not the baby itself. Regardless, with wild mice you should always thoroughly wash your hands after handling them, unless they've been treated & are known to be 'clean'.\n\nBaby Orphaned Mice... How do I raise them? Yahoo Answers31/01/2007\u00ac\u2020\u00ac\u2211 I would go to the petstore and buy hamster food or mouse food mix. YOU need to keep it warm. put it in a a small box with shredded paper, until you buy litter and mouse food at the store. how to make beef goulash Very few studies place domestic and wild rats together, so there is little information on how wild and domestic rats might get along. Note, however, that resident rats usually attack intruders in their colony -- domestic rats attack domestic intruders, and wild rats attack wild intruders.. How to play puppy love by this wild life\n\nIn order to keep a wild mouse as a pet it has to be captured at an early age, but not too early. If you find a baby mouse that is still pink and hairless, that is too soon to keep it as a pet.\n\nMice can usually be kept in small groups of females (since you will get baby mice from housing males and females together) but males usually do best alone, otherwise they will fight with each other. Female mice usually bond well with each other and this should not affect the taming process.\n\nA baby opossum's weight at birth is a bit more than one tenth of a gram (0.13grams - the same as 4-5 grains of rice). Fifteen to twenty could fit in a teaspoon. Litter size is generally 7-12. When more are born, the number of available nipples\n\nHow to Raise Orphaned Pigs Once you have your orphan, there are several facts to keep in mind. First, more baby pigs die from being chilled than from any other cause.\n\nWhat to expect with a newborn. Your Newborn / Baby / Home / What to expect with a newborn; Your emotions. Immediately after the birth your first responses and interactions with your baby will probably be the most important that ever occur."}
-{"text": "Share this:\n\nWe all knew Andrew Shaw would play a vital role in the Stanley Cup Final, but there weren\u2019t many who thought he\u2019d make such a big impact as early as he did.\n\nThe Blackhawks forward was one of Chicago\u2019s best players in its 4-3 triple-overtime win in Game 1 of the Cup Final on Wednesday night before being credited with the game-winner on what had become Thursday morning.\n\nShaw, like many of the game\u2019s great pests, showed he has a knack for being in the right place at the right time when a Michal Rozsival shot from the point hit Brandon Bollig before glancing off of Shaw and by Tuukka Rask for the game-winner.\n\nFor Shaw and the Blackhawks, it was the perfect end to the agitator\u2019s busy night. Shaw toed that \u201cline\u201d all night long, and he stayed consistent with that even in his postgame interview.\n\n\u201cWe knew it wasn\u2019t going to be pretty at this point,\u201d Shaw told NBC\u2019s Pierre McGuire during an on-ice interview. \u201cIt was a great shot, a great set up, [expletive], it was unbelievable. All the guys, we deserved this. It was a great battle for us.\u201d\n\nShaw made his presence felt all night, and he did so in a fearless fashion. Despite standing only 5-foot-11 and weighing 165 pounds, Shaw went after Bruins captain Zdeno Chara all night long. The Blackhawks forward didn\u2019t care about giving up a foot to the gargantuan Chara, as the two did some pushing and shoving that led to Shaw drawing a high-sticking penalty on Chara in the second period.\n\nIt was a penalty that may or may not have been helped along with some extra mustard on the snap of Shaw\u2019s head.\n\nUnsurprisingly, Shaw fully embraces the role. That was evident as he was running around in the second period trying to goad Chara and also getting under the skin of Bruins forward David Krejci by swinging his leg at Krejci in the corner during the second period. You could certainly say Shaw was out there irritating the Bruins, which Shaw would accept as praise.\n\n\u201cI take it as a compliment,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cIt\u2019s how my game has developed through my career. It\u2019s what\u2019s got me here. I got to stick to it, just compete and work to the best of my abilities.\u201d\n\nThe Bruins may have done their research, but Shaw definitely did his job in Game 1 and then some."}
-{"text": "The goal of our Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Europe Section Blog is to share stories and relevant information about activities going on within our section and more broadly in the conservation community. Stories and articles shared on our blog should not be taken as an official position or statement of SCB or SCB Europe Section. Thank you for reading!\n\nSaturday, 13 December 2008\n\n2008 Election Results\n\nWe have now the results of the 2008 annual election for new members on the Board of directors. Andr\u00e1s B\u00e1ldi (Hungary) will be the new President Elect. Rapha\u00ebl Arlettaz (Switzerland), Barbara Livoreil (France) and Bengt Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden) have been elceted as new directors on the board. We would like to thank Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Markku T. Kuitunen, Gavin M. Siriwardena, Sajid Mehmood, Jeremy Cherfas, Piere Ibisch, and Judit V\u00f6r\u00f6s for running in this elections. The new members will take seat on January the 1st, when Andrew Pullin (President), Per Sj\u00f6gren-Gulve and myself, Javier Bustamante, will end their term on the Board."}
-{"text": "castle of words\n\nTuesday, March 15, 2016\n\nSome scars never heal I once wrote,but somehow I still tried to make myself outgrow of this feeling called love I had for this man I was (am) in love with.You know what?There have been times when I actually find myself reading about stuff like moving on, let go, outgrowing people and love.Typing stuff related to it on google and reading about silly tips and ways.Sometimes I wonder does this concept called unlove exists? Can we ever unlove someone we loved so much once upon a time?I have spent a really long time thinking about this, trust me. YEARS PROBABLY.I am still clueless about it though.May be I love in a way that's too hard to digest for my generation people, but then that's how I am.There aren't any medians for me when it comes to loving some one.I don't get this loving but not committing kinda relationships.Are we really so shallow? That we can't stand by people we once claimed were everything to us.Do we ever unlove people we loved once?Someone told me once, leave it on time, you will forget eventually.But you know what ? There's no amount of time that seems to have any impact on me.I still stand on the the same path, fighting with myself every single day that I still love but I am not supposed to love anymore.I need to UN-LOVE this man, I have to.I wish I will.P.S It's been months, I've been blogging quite less. Time issues. But today writing after such a long time is making me feel content.Take care people."}
-{"text": "panda2012\n\nActivity\n\nRecent comments from panda2012\n\nCouch to 5k is a 9 week run/walk program to get you off the couch to running 5 kilometers (30 minutes). I tried to do it several times in the past, but the bouncing boobers were too uncomfortable, so now I'm hoping it will be easier. ...\nREAD COMMENT\n\nHello ladies, so glad to hear from everyone and you are all doing well. I just got back from my 6 week post op appt. Whew, did those 6 weeks fly by! All is pretty well with me. I still have a scab on lefty's nip and a few small...\nREAD COMMENT\n\nThe waiting is definitely the worst part. I had mine on September 7th, so I am about 1 month post op. The best decision I ever made. I'm one of the older ladies on this board at age 60, and so wish I did this sooner. The best advice...\nREAD COMMENT\n\nI actually went bra shopping today at Kohl's and I was like a kid in a candy shop!!! No more stooping down to the bottom of the racks looking for those huge contraptions. Don't know what size I'll eventually end up as, but I measured...\nREAD COMMENT"}
-{"text": "I think it really depends on what your tags are and what you're targetting. If you're selling blue widgets, and your tags are blue AND widgets that's not a big deal, but say that page is targetting a nice keyword that you happened to find such as \"affordable 1000hp blue widgets\" and that's your tag, then yes you're probably making a mistake, albeit a minor one."}
-{"text": "Research\n\nNW Greenland\n\nPresently, I am involved in a collaborative, interdisciplinary project to study the glacial history in northwest Greenland from marine and terrestrial archives. The project will provide a detailed land and ocean based reconstruction of the modern and historical processes that control the mass balance of Petermann Glacier, a major outlet glacier in north Greenland that is controlled primarily by ice-ocean interactions. The objective of the project is to further develop our understanding of the processes that exist in the ocean (e.g. temperature, salinity, circulation) that affect the distribution of ice on Greenland. Because Petermann Glacier is an outlet glacier that has its base below sea level, it makes for an excellent test case for predicting the future behavior of other ocean terminating glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic in the coming century.\n\nAlpine Glaciation\n\nGlaciers are intrinsically linked to climate, and small alpine glaciers are particularly sensitive to climate perturbations and are unique amongst other climate archives because they record high elevation changes typically not widely represented by other climate proxies. In the high alpine regions it is well understood that glaciers were larger in the past few millennia based on exquisitely described and mapped glacial deposits just distal to present ice margins (Davis et al., 2009). These moraines demonstrate climate conditions that were once favorable for expanded ice positions, and are commonly associated with the so-called Little Ice Age (LIA) and/or \u2018Neoglaciation\u2019 of the late Holocene (Solomina et al., 2016). However, while the timing of the moraine construction is generally understood to have occurred in the last few millennia, the overall spatial pattern and precise timing of glaciation is still an open scientific question for many high alpine locations. Our group is working to better understand how alpine environments have responded to the last major climate event of the Holocene (i.e. the LIA), which provides a natural test case for understanding the sensitivity of alpine glaciers to past, and potentially, future climate changes."}
-{"text": "2018 Kia Forte LX Sedan\n\n*Plus TAVT, Tag, and Title New Cars Only GA Lemon Law Fees. Must print ad or mention you saw this price on our website to receive quoted price. Subject to prior sale. Includes Dealer Doc Fee. Includes all incentives.\n\nAlthough every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained on this site, absolute accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Not responsible for typographical and human error. Please contact dealer for further details. Price does not include applicable tax, title, license, processing and/or documentation fees, and destination charges."}
-{"text": "Sparks head coach Michael Cooper at the end of the fourth quarter as the Mercury beat the Sparks 85-79 during a basketball game between Phoenix Mercury and Los Angeles Sparks on Friday June 6, 2008, at Stales Center in Los Angeles. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Keith Birmingham/SPORTS)\n\nLOS ANGELES \u2013 Michael Cooper could have been bitter. He could have been upset after a brief coaching stint in the NBA didn\u2019t work as planned, bringing him back to the WNBA.\n\nBut the former Pasadena City College standout, who was a key member of the \u201cShowtime\u201d Lakers of the 1980s, appears to have found his niche coaching the Sparks. He led the women\u2019s basketball team to back-to-back titles earlier this decade and many believe the Sparks could win a third championship this season.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to know that you\u2019re wanted,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cThis is such a great situation, to come back (to the Sparks), with new owners who thought I was the coach who could lead this team.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve always had a great relationship with (Sparks general manager) Penny Toler, so to be back (coaching Lisa Leslie) and to coach a player of (Candace Parker\u2019s) talent, it definitely adds something special to it.\u201d\n\nThe glue is Cooper. He led the Sparks to a franchise-best 28-4 record in 2000 before helping them to WBNA championships in 2001 and \u201902. They were runners-up in 2003.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s an attitude I think you have to have to play at this level,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cHopefully, I\u2019ve brought that to our players, and I think I have. We\u2019re just trying to pass that along, so this league can grow.\n\n\u201cWe have a lot of former NBA players who have coached in this league and who still are coaching in this league. Those are the teams, not taking away from some of the other coaches, who have had a lot of success.\u201d\n\nHis run earlier this decade also helped Cooper. He landed a gig with the NBA\u2019s Denver Nuggets for the 2004-05 season, first as an assistant, then as interim head coach when then-coach Jeff Bzdelik was fired a month into the season.\n\nCooper was replaced after one month and finished the season as a scout. He then coached two years in the NBA Developmental League before returning to the Sparks last season.\n\n\u201cIt was good (in the NBA),\u201d Cooper said. \u201cIf the opportunity was to come up again, I\u2019d have to consider it. But right now, my job is here and I\u2019m really enjoying it. I don\u2019t see myself leaving anytime soon.\u201d\n\nThe main reason being that this appears to be a perfect situation for any coach, let alone one who is already regarded as one of the WNBA\u2019s best.\n\nWith the return of three-time MVP Leslie and standout forward DeLisha Milton-Jones and the addition of two-time Wooden Award winner Parker, the Sparks are considered the favorite to win the WNBA title.\n\nBut Cooper is also a huge factor in the equation.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s definitely a player\u2019s coach,\u201d Parker said. \u201cWhat you see is what you get. He\u2019s going to get the most out of me and push me to be the best. I feel very blessed to play for him.\u201d\n\nBut part of Cooper\u2019s success is not just being surrounded with the best players, but also recognizing what works best for his team.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit different up here,\u201d he said. \u201cPlayers play you different, and the (WBNA) players are all about the same. I think that\u2019s where our coaching expertise can help here as far as showing (players) how to get this done, that done.\u201d\n\nThe blend between talent and coaching appears to be working thus far. The Sparks have lived up to their preseason expectations, winning 11 of their first 17 games. They are a half-game behind San Antonio in the Western Conference.\n\nBut Cooper is quick to point out that the season is still young. He also said that the success for this season was actually laid last year when the team struggled to a 10-24 record.\n\n\u201cLast year wasn\u2019t good, at least in terms of wins and losses,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cBut it was good, because a lot of our younger players got the opportunity to play and we were able to evaluate them, knowing what we were going to have this year.\u201d\n\nJoin the Conversation\n\nWe invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. 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-{"text": "\u201cI think that when a heart breaks, it begins to shed its layers. Slowly but surely, the heart molts. Pieces fall away and it aches and it becomes something new. I think you were the soul mate of my child heart, my dreaming heart. And the heart I have now does not know you but it thanks you for coming and going the way that you did, for allowing this heart to become a soft and strong one. It thanks you for leaving, for allowing someone to love me better.\u201d\n\u2014 Emery Allen (via wethinkwedream)\n\nRight before you CHOOSE to fail just remember, at this point in time is when one usually leaps towards success! Stay in YOUR lane\u27a1\ufe0f, Keep your head up\u2b06\ufe0f and just keep whittling away at your craft. If you BELIEVE in it you will continuously dedicate your time to what matters. You will put the work in, it will be tough and worth it all at the same time, and you WILL achieve your dreams! It's in YOUR hands, YOU are in control!\n\nPopular Instagram Photos\n\nAdvertisements\n\nRemember when you took my car this morning because yours was bone dry \u26fd\ufe0f? That's gotta be love \ud83d\ude44 6 years of officialness. This is us \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd love you @gaftonguy \ud83d\udc95hope you don't mind that I call you partner now, \"bf\" is tired af. \ud83d\ude18"}
-{"text": "Synopsis: Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most common protocols by default including Asupporting most common protocols by default including AIM, Facebook, ok, GG, ICQ, IRC,, Jabber, and Skype. However,wever, additionaladditional protocolprotocols (including Discord,, Skype, Tox, , Twittitterr, WhatsApp etc.), WhatsApp etc.), plugins and languages are avaplugins and languages are availlable e via \"Main menu > Show full plugin list\" (see [uhow full plugin list\" (see [url=https://wik//wiki.miraniranda-ng.oorg/Downnlooad]onnline list[/ururl]).As NG s the program is a code f forkof M[url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miraranda IM[/url], an FAQ about the [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]differences[/url] is available.Alternatively, [url=https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\n2017-11-10 23:26:28Updated by billon\n\nKeywords: mirandang miranda%20ng\n\n2017-11-09 23:44:59Updated by billon\n\nWhat's new:See:[url]https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog[/url]\n\n2017-11-09 23:44:39Updated by billon\n\nVersion: v0.95.7 (build 187667)\n\nRelease date: 2017-11-089\n\nWhat's new:See:[url]https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog[/url]\n\n2017-11-09 07:37:42Updated by billon\n\nWhat's new:See:[url]https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog[/url]\n\n2017-11-09 07:37:00Updated by billon\n\nVersion: v0.95.6 7 (build 18499766)\n\nSize (in bytes): 10500919721367\n\nRelease date: 2017-0911-08\n\nWhat's new:See:[url]https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog[/url]\n\n2017-09-08 22:59:38Updated by billon\n\nWhat's new:See:[url]https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog[/url]\n\n2017-09-08 22:59:22Updated by billon\n\nVersion: v0.95.6 (build 18499)\n\nSize (in bytes): 10502091967\n\nRelease date: 2017-089-308\n\nWhat's new:See:[url]https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog[/url]\n\n2017-08-31 00:07:24Updated by billon\n\nSize (in bytes): 104501429675\n\nRelease date: 2017-08-2530\n\n2017-08-27 04:17:55Updated by webfork\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most common protocols by default including AIM, Facebook, GG, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, and MSNkype. However, additional protocols (including Discord, Skype, Tox, Twitter, WhatsApp etc.), plugins and languages are available via \"Main menu > Show full plugin list\" (see [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Download]online list[/url]).As NG is a code fork of Miranda, an FAQ about the [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]differences[/url] is available.Alternatively, [url=https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the \"stable\" 7z package and extract (using [url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=796]7-zip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a text editor and change the line[font=monospace]ProfileDir=[/font]to[font=monospace]ProfileDir=.\\Profile[/font][*]Save the file and launch [i]miranda32.exe[/i] or [i]miranda64.exe[/i] (for 64-bit OS)[/list]\n\n2017-08-26 00:50:10Updated by billon\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most common protocols by default including AIM, Facebook, GG, ICQ, IRC, Jabber and MSN. However, additional protocols (including Discord, Skype, Tox, Twitter, WhatsApp etc.), plugins and languages are available via \"Main menu > Show full plugin list\" (see [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Download]online list[/url]).As NG is a code fork of Miranda, an FAQ about the [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]differences[/url] is available.Alternatively, [url=https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\n2017-08-26 00:18:43Updated by billon\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most common protocols by default including AIM, Facebook, GG, ICQ, IRC, Jabber and MSN. However, additional protocols, plugins and languages are available via \"Main menu > Show full plugin list\" (see [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Download]online list[/url]).As NG is a code fork of Miranda, an FAQ about the [url=https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]differences[/url] is available.Alternatively, [url=https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=https://w/www.po.portablefrreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miraranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most common protocols by defhe app supports the most common protocols by default including AIM, Fault includingebook,AIMGG, ICQ, IRC, Gadu Gadu, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber.and MSN. However, additionalHowever, additional protocoprotocols, pluginlugins and l languages are avae availlable via ia \"Main n menu > Showhow fullfplugin list\" (see [urll plug=https://wiki.min randa-ng.org/Download]onlist\" (see [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Download]onlinne list[/url]).As As NG is a code fork of Miraanda, an FAQ about the [url=http:/ about the [url=https://wiiki.miranda-ng.iranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differeatures_and_differences_from_Miranda_Miranda_IM]differences[/urlurl] i is aavailailable.Alternatively, [url=https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the 7z package and extract (using [url=https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=796]7-zip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a text editor and change the line[font=monospace]ProfileDir=[/font]to[font=monospace]ProfileDir=.\\Profile[/font][*]Save the file and launch [i]miranda32.exe[/i] or [i]miranda64.exe[/i] (for 64-bit OS)[/list]\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the 7z package and extract (using [url=http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=796]7-zip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a text editor,find \"[i]ProfileDir=[/i]\", aand add \"[i].\\Profile[/i]\" to the end of the lichane so it looks likge this:[fonte line[font=monospace]ProfileDir=[/font]to[font=monospacee]ProfileileDir=.\\Profile[/font][*]LSave the file and launch [i]miranda32.exe[/i] or [i]miranda64.exe[/i] (for 64-bit OS)[/list]\n\nWhat's new: [list][*]Due to many complains the profile conversion is performed now by [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] from the Profile Manager, instead of making it on the fly. in this mode [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] always makes a backup, so if smth went wrong, you'd always have the fresh backup of your database;[*]Fix for a very old bug in [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:Dbx_mmap/en]Dbx_mmap[/url] that nullified numbers written instead of strings (ruins metacontact's nicks in a context menu after editing MC);[*]Fix for the direct file transfers in almost all protocols, borkred two years ago.[*]Fix for a bunch of problems in [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/indSex.php?title=Plugin:ICQ/en]ICQ: [/url]=http://wrong user's addition & authorkizat.mioran, bdad keep-alive threang.org/ind bex.phavior, hangp?ting up on exittle=Changelog/0.[*95.3]All contact list's instances, that live instp://wiki.mide various andial-ng.ogs, receg/ivend tex.php?title=Che samnge style .log/0.95.3[/url][/list]\n\n2014-07-28 00:58:53Updated by Checker\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the 7z package and extract (using [url=http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=796]7-zip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice.[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a textexdit editor, for, find \"[i]\"[i]ProfileDir=[/i]\",ir=[/i]\", andd addd \"[[i].\\Profile[/i]\" to the end of the line/i]\" to the end of the line so itlookso it looks liike tthis:[fonont=moonospace]ProfileDace]ProfileDir=.\\Proofile[/font][*]Laaunch [i]mira [i]miranda32.exe[/ii] or [i]mmiranda6464.exe[/i] (for 64-bit OS).[/list]\n\n2014-07-27 20:54:45Updated by Checker\n\nWhat's new: [list=1][*][/list][list][*]Due to many complains the profile conversion is performed now by [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] from the Profile Manager, instead of making it on the fly. in this mode [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:Db][*]Due to many complains the profile conversion is performed now by [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbCheckeer/en]DbChecker[/url] always makes a backup, so if smth went wrong, you'd always have the fresh baheckup of yoer[/url]database;[*]Ffrom the Profixlefor a vManager, instead of making it on ther fly. inoldthisbug inmode [url=htttp:///wiikii.mirandiranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Pluging.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] always makes a backup, so if smth went wrong, you'd always have the fresh backup of your database;[*]Fix for a very old bug in [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:Dbx_mmmap/en]D]Dbx_mmap[/url] thaat nulliflified numbers writtritten instead of strings (ruins mentacontact'sinickstead in a context menu afterseditrings (ruins metacontact's nicksMC);[*]Fin a context menuafteor editing MC);[*]Fix for the direct file transhe direct file transfers in almoostt alll prootocolocols, borkred two years ago.[*]Fix f for a bunch of problems in [url problems in [url=htttp:///wiiki.miranda-ng.org/indeiranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plulugin:ICQ/en]ICQ[/url]: wrong user user's addition & addition & authorization, bad keep-alive thalive threead beehavior, hanging up on exit.[*]All contact list'll contact list's instances, that live insides, that live inside variious diaalogss,receiveed the same style ...\n\n2014-07-27 20:53:21Updated by Checker\n\n2014-07-27 20:52:49Updated by Checker\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the 7z package and extract (using a [urlrl=http:///www.por.portablefreeware.com/index.phpware.com/index.php?id=796]]7-zip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] ip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice.[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in atext edixtor, editor, find \"[i]PrrofileDir=[/i]\", andi]\", and add \"[d \"[i].\\Profile[/i]\" to the end of the line so it loto the end okf the line so it looks like this:[font=monospace]Prace]ProfileDir=.\\Profile[/font][*]Laaunch [i]miraanda32.exe[/i.exe[/i] or [i]miraanda64.e64.exe[/ii] (for 64-bit OS).[/list]\n\nWhat's new: [list][*]Due to many complains the profile conversion is performed now by [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:Db=1][*][/list][list][*]Due to many complains the profile conversion is performed now by [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] from the Profile Manager, instead of making it on the fly. in this mode [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbCheckeer/en]DbChehecker[/url] always makes a backup, so if smth went wrong, you'd always have the fresh backer[/up of yourl]from the Profdatabase;[*]FilexManager, instead of making it on thfor a ve flry. inthisoldmodebug in [url=htttp:///wikiki.mirandiranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] always makes a backup, so if smth went wrong, you'd always have the fresh backup of your database;[*]Fix for a very old bug in [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Pluging.org/index.php?title=Plugin:Dbx_mmmap/en]D]Dbx_mmap[/url] thaat nulliflified numbers written instead of strings (ruins mrittetacontact'sninicks in a ctead ontext menu afteredistrings (ruins metacontact's nicksMC);[*]Fin a context menuafoter edithe direct file transing MC);[*]Fix for the direct file transfers in almoostt alll prootocolocols, borkred two years ago.[*]Fix f for a bunch of problems in [url problems in [url=htttp:///wiiki.miranda-ng.org/indeiranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plulugin:ICQ/en]ICQ[/url]: wrong user user's addition & addition & authorization, bad keep-alive thalive threead beehavior, hanging up on exit.[*]All contact list'll contact list's instances, that live insides, that live inside variious diaalogss,receiveed the same style ...\n\n2014-07-27 20:35:22Updated by webfork\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the 7z package and extract t(using a [url=http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=796]7-zip[/url] or a compatible program) to a folder of your choice.[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a tour choice[*]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a text edit editor, find \"[i]ProfileDir=[/i]\", fi and \"add \"[i].\\Profile[/i]\" to the end of the line so it looks like this:[font=monospace]ProfileDir=\", and add \".\\Profile\" to the end [/fof nthe line.][*]]Laaunnch [i [i]miraanda32.exe[/i] (for 32-b.exe[/it OS)] or [i]miranda64.exe[/i] (for 64-bit OS).[/list]\n\n2014-07-27 15:05:37Updated by Checker\n\nWhat's new:\n\n2014-07-27 15:03:27Updated by Checker\n\nHow to extract: [list=1][*]Download the 7z package and extract to a folder of your choice[.[*]]Open [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a text editor, en [i]mirandaboot.ini[/i] in a text editor, find \"ProfileDir=\", and ad\", and add \".\\Proofile\" to the end to the end ofthehe line[*]Save changes.[*]Launch [iaunch [i]miranda32.exe[/i] (for 32-bit OS) orr [ii]miraanda6464.exee[/ii] i (f you chose theor 64-biit versionOS).[/list]\n\n2014-07-27 15:01:08Updated by Checker\n\nVersion: v0.945.92\n\nSize (in bytes): 8425473726\n\nWhat's new: [list][*]Some minor fDue to many complains the profile conversion is performed now by [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] from the Profile Manager, instead of making it on the fly. in this mode [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:DbChecker/en]DbChecker[/url] always makes a backup, so if smth went wrong, you'd always have the fresh backup of your database;[*]Fix for a very old bug in [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:Dbx_mmap/en]Dbx_mmap[/url] that nullified numbers written instead of strings (ruins metacontact's nicks in a context menu after editing MC);[*]Fix for the direct file transfers in almost all protocols, borkred two years ago.[*]Fixesfor a bunch of profblemsthein [url=rl=htttp:///wiikii.mirandanda-ngg.org/iindex.php?title=PluPlugin:Facebook/ICQ/en]ICQ[/url]: wrong user's addition & authorization]F, bacd kebook[/uep-alive thrl]ead behavior, hanginguprotocol on exit.[*]SAll comntact list's instances, that live inside minovar fixes of [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:MRadio/en]mRadio[/url] (bass.dll compatibility, interface tuning).[*][url=http://wiki.mirandia-ng.org/index.php?title=Plulogin:MRA/en]MRA[/us, rl] xStatus \"Mobile\" became the main status \"Onved the Phone\".[*]Fix for the offline message timestsamps in MRA.[*]Fix for the long message's reading in [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:VKontakte/en]VKontakte[/url].[*]The final update of languag style packs.[/list]..\n\nWhat's new:[list][*]New installer introduced.[*]Numerous fixes in Facebook protocol, including chat support.[*]MRA protocol was seriously rewritten, with group support added.[*]GTalkExt: pseudo-contact has been restored.[*]New core database helper functions for protocols.[*]Problems with Windows hooks fixed in many plugins (this bug could cause \"Cannot find mircore.dll\" errors in any launched program).[*]WebView plugin added.[*]ShlExt: plugin was rewritten in C++.[*]Return from idle state fixed in clist_blind.[*]Update Icons option has been removed from PluginUpdater.[*]Unsafe *printf calls were replaced with their mir_s*printf analogs.[*]Numerous langpack fixes.[*]Numerous minor bug fixes and improvements.[/list]\n\n2013-07-19 02:31:43Updated by webfork\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most common protocols by default including AIM, ICQ, IRC, Gadu Gadu, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber. However, additional protocols, plugins and languages are available via \"Main menu > Show full plugin list\" (see [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Download]online list[/url]).As NG is a code fork of Miranda, an FAQ about the [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]differences[/url] is available.Alternatively, [url=http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\n2013-07-19 02:31:15Updated by webfork\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a fork of the popular multi-protocol instant messaging client -- [url=http://wwwmulti-protocol instant messaging client drawn from the popular [url=http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.pphp?id=128]Miranda IM[/url].The app supports the foll]Miranda IM[/url]. The app supports the most commowing protocols by default - including AIM,, ICQ, IRC, G, Gadu Gadu, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber. However, additional protocols, plugins anduGadu, MSN, Yahoolanguages andreJabber. However, additional protocols, plugins and languages are avaivailable viaia \"Main menu > Showfull plugin list\". To view all available addons, [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/ind (see [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.pphp?titltitle=Download]click here[/urownload]online list[/url]).To find out the differenceAs between NG is and the foriginalk of Mirairanda, [url=http://wik an FAQ about the [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]view this FAQdifferences[/url] is available.Alternatively, [url=http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available.\n\nKeywords:mirandang mirang\n\n2013-07-17 22:51:57Updated by freakazoid\n\nSynopsis: Miranda NG is a successfork of the popular multi-protocol instant messaging client -- [url=http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=128]Miranda IM[/url].The app supports the following protocols by default - AIM, ICQ, IRC, Gadu Gadu, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber. However, additional protocols, plugins and languages are available via \"Main menu > Show full plugin list\". To view all available addons, [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Download]click here[/url].To find out the differences between NG and the original Miranda, [url=http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Miranda_NG:About#Features_and_differences_from_Miranda_IM]view this FAQ[/url].Alternatively, [url=http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda-ng-portable]Miranda NG Portable[/url] is also available."}
-{"text": "The only DOMS I have experienced of any note is when the day after a hard workout (first time back doing squats for years), even though experiencing muscle soreness, I followed with my usual 4.5 mile walk, which left me practically unable to walk at all.\n\nExercising when experiencing muscle soreness results in longer recovery time from that soreness or increased soreness. It never results in any sort of improvement for me.\n\nIn the end I decided to not exercise the same body part again until the soreness has gone away.\n\nThis has eliminated DOMS, too. Imagine that!\n\nPushing through the pain is for people who give themselves points for enduring pain.\n\nThe only DOMS I have experienced of any note is when the day after a hard workout (first time back doing squats for years), even though experiencing muscle soreness, I followed with my usual 4.5 mile walk, which left me practically unable to walk at all.\n\nDOMS should not be an ongoing issue if you're actually Training (as opposed to exercising). It's not a very well-understood phenomenon, but it has consistently been shown to result mostly from the eccentric portion of the lift, and is pronounced in people performing exercises to which they are not accustomed.\n\nOriginally Posted by eKatherine\n\nExercising when experiencing muscle soreness results in longer recovery time from that soreness or increased soreness. It never results in any sort of improvement for me.\n\nThat's the opposite of what most people experience. Not saying it isn't true for you, but it's not true in general.\n\nOriginally Posted by eKatherine\n\nIn the end I decided to not exercise the same body part again until the soreness has gone away.\n\nThis has eliminated DOMS, too. Imagine that!\n\nRepeating the same exercises until you're accustomed to them is what eliminated your DOMS.\n\nOriginally Posted by eKatherine\n\nPushing through the pain is for people who give themselves points for enduring pain.\n\nSoreness is uncomfortable (from mildly to severly), but it's not the same as pain, in my book. Pushing through true pain (e.g. injury) is usually a bad idea (not always true for muscle belly injuries), but pushing through soreness actually tends to alleviate soreness.\n\nSoreness is uncomfortable (from mildly to severly), but it's not the same as pain, in my book. Pushing through true pain (e.g. injury) is usually a bad idea (not always true for muscle belly injuries), but pushing through soreness actually tends to alleviate soreness.\n\nI repeat my advice. Same workout. 80% of previous weight.\n\nI agree with Rich. There is a difference between pain and soreness; if you wait until you're not sore to do a particular lift again, you're probably going to always be sore after you do that lift. Doing some reps at a lighter weight should help... unless you actually are INJURED, in which case obviously it is a bad idea. Learning the difference between the two is something most serious lifters are going to have to do, IMO.\n\nI agree with Rich. There is a difference between pain and soreness; if you wait until you're not sore to do a particular lift again, you're probably going to always be sore after you do that lift. Doing some reps at a lighter weight should help... unless you actually are INJURED, in which case obviously it is a bad idea. Learning the difference between the two is something most serious lifters are going to have to do, IMO.\n\nI don't know where you get this from. It is absolutely untrue. But if you believe it to be true, I'm sure you wouldn't do it any other way.\n\nSoreness is uncomfortable (from mildly to severly), but it's not the same as pain, in my book. Pushing through true pain (e.g. injury) is usually a bad idea (not always true for muscle belly injuries), but pushing through soreness actually tends to alleviate soreness.\n\nThen on the other hand there were times when working through muscle soreness resulted in a torn muscle. I prefer to avoid such things. It's not always possible to adjust a workout to a certain percent of load if it's not using graduated weights.\n\nI don't know where you get this from. It is absolutely untrue. But if you believe it to be true, I'm sure you wouldn't do it any other way.\n\nWell it is certainly not absolutely untrue, because that is pretty much my experience. Especially with squatting. Regular workouts, even with increasing weight, resulted in less soreness overall. I must be some sort of mutant..."}
-{"text": "Ariel Sharon's Death Sparks Strong Emotions Across Middle East\n\nFormer Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died today at the age of 85. The controversial military and political leader had spent the last eight years in a coma following a stroke. From Jerusalem, NPR's Emily Harris reports.\n\nEMILY HARRIS, BYLINE: Ariel Sharon was part of the nearly-gone generation of leaders who fought for Israel before the state's founding. That history built trust, says Israeli military analyst Jonathan Spyer.\n\nJONATHAN SPYER: You know, Sharon was a man who Israelis turned to in moments of extreme national emergency.\n\nHARRIS: Spyer says Sharon would do whatever he made up his mind to do, and sometimes that brought Israel victory, for example, in the 1973 Yom Kippur war.\n\nSPYER: You know, he found that gap between the two Egyptian armies, he pushed across the Suez Canal and he reversed the course of the war. So it's one of those things where, yeah, on the one hand, this could be a potentially dangerous or unwelcome characteristic. On the other hand, timid and conformist military officers, you know, wouldn't have crossed the Suez Canal in 1973 and cut off the Egyptian Third Army, and Sharon did.\n\nHARRIS: But Sharon's legacy is controversial even within Israel, because he changed his mind on big issues, says Israeli political analyst Eytan Gilboa. For example, Sharon championed building Israeli settlements on Palestinian territories occupied after the 1967 war, but in 2005, he pulled Israeli civilians and soldiers out of Gaza. He pushed troops further into Lebanon than the Israeli government planned in the 1982 invasion, but he drove Palestinian militants out of that country. Eytan Gilboa.\n\nEYTAN GILBOA: The left, which opposed him and criticized him for the settlements and the war in Lebanon, praised him for the disengagement and his willingness to negotiate a peace settlement with the Palestinians.\n\nHARRIS: Israel's right had mixed feelings too.\n\nGILBOA: The right felt that by disengaging from Gaza and his willingness to allow the establishment of the Palestinian state, he betrayed the right ideology and claim for the entire West Bank and Gaza.\n\nHARRIS: Palestinians see Sharon's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza as a strategic move to help Israel, not help create a Palestinian state. It wasn't a real withdrawal, says Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouthi.\n\nMUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI: Where Israel managed to achieve two goals, first, maintain control of the borders, of the sea and of the airspace, and at the same time separating Gaza from the West Bank.\n\nHARRIS: Israeli settler activist Boas Haetzni also sees Sharon's Gaza pullout as a failure, but for different reasons.\n\nBOAS HAETZNI: The situation today that the southern part of Israel is under cover of Hamas rockets, this is his present to Israel.\n\nHARRIS: Early Israeli eulogies to Sharon have mentioned his dedication to the state and his military daring. Palestinians remember Sharon's visit to Islam's holiest spot in Jerusalem, widely credited with triggering the second intifada, his building of the separation barrier in and around the West Bank, and Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon led by Sharon, which included massacres in two Palestinian refugee camps. Although controversial, Sharon is widely seen as a leader who helped shape Israeli history. Ariel Sharon will lie in state tomorrow. His burial is planned for Monday."}
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-{"text": "More Views\n\nDescription\n\nA hyper-active anti-dark spot concentrate. A treatment to give energy and health to the skin which stimulates the product of collagen and fights dark spots and skin discolouring of various origins (from acne, senile, post-infiammatory)."}
-{"text": "Getting Away To It All\n\nAugust 15, 1993|By Vicki Vass.\n\nIt was a day to celebrate nature and bask in the summer sunshine during the Wilderness Day events last weekend at Pulaski Woods West, near Palos Hills.\n\nOrganized by the volunteers of the Palos Restoration Project and the Save the Prairie Society, the second annual event featured displays, demonstrations, activities and an art show. There was a two-man cross-saw demonstration, a police canine officer exhibit, a canoe demonstration and folk music.\n\nAccording to Joe Nevius, acting general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District, there are more than 14,000 volunteers donating about 26,000 hours annually to the forest preserve. \"We couldn't do this without our volunteers,\" he said.\n\nFor the second year Becky Stezes of Lockport was wandering around with her husband, Gary, and their two children. \"This is really unique and different. We get to see the horses and dogs the guys work with that we don't see anywhere else,\" she said.\n\n\"We also get to hear good folk music and enjoy the general atmosphere,\" her husband added.\n\nBarry Duffy of Evergreen Park was sitting at a picnic table, enjoying a hot dog with his two children, John, 3, and Kelly, 2. \"I liked the police dogs,\" John said. \"I liked when he jumped.\"\n\nCindy Fox of Channahon was walking around with her father, Larry. She works with an environmental club at Minooka High School and decided to come because her teacher has recommended it.\n\n\"I like looking at environmental stuff,\" she said, before heading to see an exhibit on the Illinois & Michigan Canal.\n\nWearing an \"Extinction is Forever\" T-shirt, Jason Romich, 11, of Green Bay wandered the exhibits with his aunt, Jane Fellenz of Lyons. \"It's fun to walk through and see different things,\" Romich said."}
-{"text": "Based off of the AMV Attack of the Otakuby Chiikaboom.\nIt's actually kind of funny, though. This is one of my favorite AMVs, and Chii is my favorite AMV editor, but I didn't know that she was the creator of this one until recently. Whoops. xD How did i miss that?\n\nIt's amazing how much video editing has changed in a little over three years. ;w; MAKES ME SO NOSTALGIC. And makes we want to go edit something. So much.\n\nI spent probably about 2 hours on this. Most of the time was spent being like \"WHAT THE HECK SHOULD I DOOOO?\" and being distracted by other amvs.\nOriginally i was going to have the bg covered in stars like how it is in the AMV, but it ended up just looking kind of tasteless, so i went for this instead. :D"}
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-{"text": "France worldwide Fekir was set to join the Reds for around \u00a353m but the switch collapsed at the last minute due to medical concerns. \" I think that Nabil will be at OL next season \", he explained to RMC Sport on Saturday. He is our captain and it's the coach's wish to keep him\". The 24-year-old scored 23 times for Lyon last season. Ju...\n\nAnd on Thursday, they stayed on course for both. 9 - The win in the tri-series final over Australia is the ninth successive T20I series that Pakistan have won. He also had Glenn Maxwell trapped in front for 10. Afridi, on only his second T20I outing, finished with 3/37. Earlier, opening batsman Fakhar Zaman maintained a brilliant run of f...\n\nPlaying his second game , Bagley made just three of his 16 field goal attempts and missed all five of his 3-pointers while being held to seven points in 26 minutes of the Kings' 71-54 loss to the Golden State Warriors . Wake Forest's John Collins, who like Bradley already has a season of National Basketball Association experience to his credit, a...\n\nVettel had already assumed the lead after jumping Hamilton off the line and built a commanding lead in the first part of the opening stint, opening up a six-second gap over Bottas . \"Just believe me, I will not give up, I will not give up\", Hamilton said. Verstappen and Raikkonen were third and fourth with Ricciardo fifth. \"There is no way I can...\n\nWhat kind of recovery Croatia can muster over the next three days may ultimately determine if it has a chance of taking out England and reaching the World Cup final for the first time when the sides meet in the semifinals on Wednesday night in Moscow.\n\nGolf Magazine reports the two, once enemies and now friends, almost played the \"giggle golf \" game on July 3 , but negotiations for the match (and its accompanying prime-time special), couldn't be completed in that time. Now there's reportedly a good chance that we could be treated to a match play event where those two players could sort out the...\n\nYou can also follow our live blog for ball-by-ball updates and analysis on cricketnext.com. A series win today will be a big confidence booster for the Indian team ahead of the three-match one day worldwide series against the Englishmen, beginning July 12.\n\nHe clearly felt Ferrari had gained from an opening lap crash, in the same way they had when Vettel collided with Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas on the opening lap of the French Grand Prix two weeks ago. Out came the safety auto again. That early crossover creates the potential for undercut strategies, whereby the driver b...\n\nThe team's fifth major problem in only nine rounds left Hamilton in no-man's land. Technical director James Allison said in an Austrian Grand Prix debrief that Vowles had shown \"an extremely broad pair of shoulders\". Wolff also praised Hamilton for his positive attitude in the post-race debrief, in which Mercedes staff members back in the...\n\nThey will now face either Croatia or Russian Federation, who play later on Saturday, and Andersson said the Three Lions can go the distance. Maguire had his first England goal and how they needed that. They complement each other well and although Kane was not at his best against Sweden , and although attention focussed on Sterling wastin...\n\nI said 'What?'\", he added. So, from this point of view, from my side everything is fine. It later emerged that the former Mainz man had \" 26 out of 30 markers \" for a concussion after undergoing tests, resulting from collision with Real skipper Sergio Ramos earlier in the game.\n\nAnthony, a four-time Olympian and three-time gold medalist, is the all-time USA scoring and rebounds leader but the 10-time All-Star has struggled in 15 NBA seasons, never playing in the NBA Finals. OKC will part ways with the forward after one season together, according to reports. So the only realistic way Anthony ends up in a Heat uniform is...\n\nThe 13th overall pick in the 2016 draft out of Kentucky, Booker has averaged 19.8 points per game in his three National Basketball Association seasons. \"Devin and the team both wanted to extend his agreement with the club as long as we possibly could\". Only LeBron James and Kevin Durant were younger.\n\nIndia won the first by 8-wickets before England clawed back with a five-wicket win in the second. How do I watch online live streaming of the England vs India , 2nd T20 worldwide match? India missed injured Jasprit Bumrah's services on Friday during the death overs as England hit three sixes.\n\nAnd, just as with nearly every other case, he was a shell of himself once he did return. Widely regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers, Courtois has won two Premier League titles with Chelsea and La Liga while on loan at Atletico Madrid, but his nine-save display against Brazil was one of his best yet on the big global stage.\n\nDjokovic got into a bit of a two-sided argument with the crowd after he was booed following a time violation in the third set. \"A couple of guys were pretending they were coughing and whistling while I was bouncing the ball more or less to the end of the match at that end where I received the time violation\".\n\nYou have to hit fairways, the greens are getting firm, it's getting bouncy out there - it's going to be a really good test this week. Luckily for us, Lowry made it out of his auto unscathed and made his way to the Pro-Am as well as the novel GAA challenge, which saw him play Gaelic Football alongside Donegal's Michael Murphy, Kerry's Kieran Donag...\n\nToyota has announced that the new Supra sports vehicle will be among the cars that race the NASCAR Xfinity Series . Designed by Toyota Racing Development in Costa Mesa, California and Calty Design Research, Inc.in Newport Beach, California, the NASCAR Supra fits the specifications set out by the sport, while offering a few hints into what th...\n\nGerman fourth seed Alexander Zverev made the third round, seeing off Taylor Fritz of the United States 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 (0/7), 6-1, 6-2 and faces Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis for a spot in the last 16. Play was halted with Raonic ahead 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-5. The Greek was a straight-sets victor against Thomas Fabbiano , triumphing 6-2 6-1 6-4. ...\n\nTop-seeded Simona Halep wasted a match point en route to becoming the latest big-name casualty in the women's singles at Wimbledon, as Hsieh Su-wei produced a memorable third-round comeback Saturday. Nadal's win also meant he will remain world No.1 in the rankings when they are next released on 16 July. Hsieh saved the match point with a backhan..."}
-{"text": "Lost & Found: The Beastie Boys Rocked \u2018The Arsenio Hall Show\u2019\n\nRemember how great the 'Arsenio Hall Show' was, fist-pumps and woofs notwithstanding? All in all, it was an excellent addition to the late night pantheon of talk shows back in the '90s. Hall had a ton of great musical acts pass through his doors, including the Beastie Boys.\n\nThe Brooklyn rap trio stopped by Hall's show to promote their 1992 album, 'Check Your Head,' and to perform their big single, 'So What'cha Want.' Toward the end, they were joined by members of Cypress Hill. The Beasties were overactive, whiich was typical for them. You can also watch them bounce around like lunatics during their appearance on an unsuspecting Japanese TV show.\n\nWe're not sure what that thing is that Ad-Rock has hanging from the fly of his jeans, but we've got our fingers crossed that it wasn't what it looks like. He seemed intent on putting this mystery object on whatever and whomever he could. The Beastie Boys seemed like they were having a good time pushing a woman around on a bed and screaming.\n\nAnd to wrap things up, we present you with this Beasties appearance on 'Late Night With David Letterman.' Instead of bouncing around like little kids hopped up on Mountain Dew, the fellows donned instruments and played one of their funk jams. They might have had the fuzz bass turned up a bit too loud, though."}
-{"text": "THANK you. I've said this to dog people before, they're all \"durrr maybe some do but not MY precious little fluffy I give him baths\" I don't give a fuck. All dogs have a smell and I don't like it. Hell I've got a dog and my mom bathes him regularly and he doesn't even go outside much really just to piss and shit. But he STILL has that dog smell to him.\n\nYour parents shouldve adopted a dog from the animal shelter instead. Fuck designer dogs, you get the best friend kind of dogs from the shelter\n\nClick to expand...\n\nYou grew up poor doe.\n\nIt burns when I Tapatalk...\n\nClick to expand...\n\nUpper middle class. It was about saving a young dogs life than the less expensive price. What kind of rich snob buys a designer dog, really? Besides, the designer dog will find another person interested in shelling out two grand for him, the abandoned black lab pup in one cage out of 200 others might not.\n\nI'm not sure cuz I was in 5th grade when my dad got him. I think around $2k tho.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nYour parents shouldve adopted a dog from the animal shelter instead. Fuck designer dogs, you get the best friend kind of dogs from the shelter\n\nClick to expand...\n\nYeah, you can't get a good hunting dog from a shelter lol.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nNot necessarily, they're just harder to find. But I guess if that's what you're looking for, then it makes sense to go for a designer dog. The dog we rescued wasn't bred for hunting but that didn't stop him, he got into his fair share of trouble\n\nTHANK you. I've said this to dog people before, they're all \"durrr maybe some do but not MY precious little fluffy I give him baths\" I don't give a fuck. All dogs have a smell and I don't like it. Hell I've got a dog and my mom bathes him regularly and he doesn't even go outside much really just to piss and shit. But he STILL has that dog smell to him.\n\nMy wife's parents are the worst though. They keep buying purebred pugs, and then they make them stay in their little dog kennel 95% of the time. Then when they start displaying ANY sign of old age (like around ten years), they have them put to sleep and they buy new.\n\nMy wife's parents are the worst though. They keep buying purebred pugs, and then they make them stay in their little dog kennel 95% of the time. Then when they start displaying ANY sign of old age (like around ten years), they have them put to sleep and they buy new.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nThat's messed up. I never understood how people with animals can just view them as a \"thing\". I'm not a big fan of dogs but if I had one I don't think putting it down for a stupid reason is something I'd consider."}
-{"text": "June 2009 passenger figures\n\nThe new International Pier is nearing completionBirmingham International Airport handled 898,608 passengers\n\nduring June 2009 - a fall of 4.1% on the previous year\n\n.\n\nPaul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport\u2019s Chief Executive Officer,\n\nexplains: \"June\u2019s figures, which represent a 4.1% fall, again\n\nunderline the tough conditions we find ourselves operating\n\nunder. Despite moving into what is peak season we continue\n\nto see traffic down on the same period last year, in line with\n\nthe vast majority of airports, not just in the UK but around\n\nEurope.\"\n\n.\n\n\"However, despite these tough times the Airport continues todiscuss a range of opportunities with prospective partners asBirmingham clearly remains an Airport with a reputation foroffering choice and value for money for local business and leisuretravellers.\"\n\nBirmingham Aviation Enthusiast Group\n\n\"BAEG\" - the BirminghamAviation Enthusiast Group,which was founded in 1999,provides an in depth forumfor movements, news andviews at Birmingham Airportand other Midlands airfields\n\nThe group has established closelinks with the Airport companywho have in recent years hostedthe annual \u201cBHX Airport Forum\u201dand organised visits to theControl Tower and Airport FireStation at BHX\n\n\u201cBAEG\u201d has worked togetherwith both the Airport Divisionof the West Midlands Policeand the Airport Company tointroduce the \u201cBirminghamAirport Enthusiasts SecurityScheme\u201d - BAESS - at BHX\n\nMembership is open to localaviation enthusiasts,\n\nFor further information aboutthe Group either speak to anyBAEG member or for up to datecontact details send an email to:gordon@airtimepublishing.co.uk\n\nBHX Airport Watch\n\n\"BHX Airport Watch\" which\nwas established in 2005 as\nBAESS - The Birmingham\nAviation Enthusiasts Security\nScheme - is a joint initiative\nof the West Midlands Police\nAirport Division and \"BAEG\"\n- the Birmingham Aviation\nEnthusiast Group - and is\nsponsored by Birmingham\nInternational Airport Limited."}
-{"text": "Geofire Doormouse Fire Door Holder Range Now Available\n\nThe Safety Centre is pleased to introduce the range of Geofire Doormouse Door Holders to our webshop. These are ideal for use on fire doors within buildings and can be configured to release the doors when the fire alarm system has been activated. For more information on the Geofire Doormouse Door Holders range call us NOW on 01200 428 410 or use the Livechat facility below.\n\nGeofire Doormouse Door Holder Range In 24V DC & 230V AC Versions\n\nThe Geofire range of professional door holder units includes the following variants:-\n\nGeofire 3-87-0370 24V DC Door Holder With 200N Holding Force\n\nGeofire 3-87-0371 230V AC Door Holder With 200N Holding Force\n\nGeofire 3-87-0351 UL 24V DC Door Holder With 200N Holding Force\n\nGeofire 3-87-0352 UL 230V AC Door Holder With 200N Holding Force\n\nGeofire 3-87-0551 24V DC Door Holder With 500N Holding Force\n\nEach door holder has an integral manual release button which allows an operative to release the door from the hold open position. They are also supplied with an adjustable keeper plate for easy installation.\n\nGeofire Doormouse Door Holder Accessories\n\nIn addition to the door holders themselves the following accessories are also available:-"}
-{"text": "Helen D. Buck\n\nHelen D. Buck, 94, died Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 at her daughter\u2019s home in Klamath Falls.\n\nShe was born Oct. 21, 1915 to Victor and Geneva (Cochran) Brown in Lakeview.\n\nShe was raised and educated at Westside and attended the Union School.\n\nShe was married to Richard A. Buck May 1, 1932 in Lakeview. Mr. Buck preceded her in death Jan. 5, 1976. She was married to Charlers L. (Bud) Buck Nov. 19, 1977 and he preceded her in death Sept. 5, 2008.\n\nShe had moved to Klamath Falls from Lake County in l975. She enjoyed ranch work and her crafts. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Klamath Falls.\n\nHoly Rosary Services were held at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. The Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 the Church. The burial followed at the family plot at the Westside Cemetery.\n\nContributions in memory of Mrs. Buck may be made to the Westside Cemetery c/o Carla Albertson, 15188 Westside Rd. Lakeview 97630 or to Klamath Hospice 4745 S. 6th St. Klamath Falls 97603."}
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-{"text": "As we worship Shiva on Shivaratri, let Shiva also become our teacher. May we learn from him the value of detachment, the positive possibilities in change, the ability to see divinity where we least expect, and a renewed value for nature as a sacred gift.\n\nWhile I loved the film, I also felt sympathetic to people who are hurt and offended by what feels like an attack on their faith. I support anyone who wants to screen the film, but this is a game-changer.\n\nHindu myths have survived much over the centuries. In the present day, mythology may not seem overtly in danger of extinction, but it will have to be thought through carefully to remain as vibrant and vital as it has been.\n\nMy aim isn't to butcher the Ramayana but simply to share it with people in a casual and entertaining way. If I've done my job right, Ramayana: Divine Loophole serves as an intro to a much fuller version of the story."}
-{"text": "Fanati Prologue and Nine Scenes of a \"Fantastic Satire\" [for singers,piano, and percussion]\n\nD\n\n7 Jun 1935\n\nT\n\nPlay by Ralph Emerson Welles\n\nI\n\nFrom her memory of the performance, SRC would add a violin.\n\nF\n\nAt the Palo Alto Community Theater, 7 Jun 1935, by the Palo AltoCommunity Players\n\nC\n\nThe data above are mosdy from the printed program. In 1976 LouHarrison wrote SRC that he had been present at the premiere andsaid, \"It was one of the most extraordinary works I have ever heard.\n\n.\n\n. . Henry had caused to be made a small, boxlike room on one sideof the stage. This was concealed until the very end by some sort ofcurtain arrangement. Inside the box there lived to play a small per-cussion orchestra and my recollection is that a piano co-existed in thesame box. The playing was then accompanied by ostinati and I recallthat each scene or anyway most scenes had a specific quiet and in-teresting though not too conspicuous musical ostinato which underlaythe spoken playing of the scene. Occasionally, there would be oneof Henry's piano pieces fitted in. . . . I do not recall any . . . use ofvoice [for singing] but it was clear in certain scenes that poetic rhythmcoincided with the percussion rhythm, doubling the theatrical effect.\""}
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-{"text": "Setting The Roster\n\n\u2018While not much has changed from last season, that may not be a bad thing because the Sabres were a 100-point team who won their division. While they did fail in the playoffs, it seems that may be where the additions help the most. Adding a little bit of young blood in Gerbe and Ennis to the lineup while also bringing in a former Stanley Cup winner in Niedermayer, the core may get the idea that April and May is no time to mess around.\u2019"}
-{"text": "Search form\n\nThis place is dangerous for me...\n\nEver since I saw the post on the Feb blog train, I've been contemplating getting back into designing. Well, I went looking for some free CU stuff and wound up on Deviant Art. I thought to myself, I have time while I have my afternoon tea. Yeah, well 3 hours later and no supper I finally went and did the things I needed to get done. And now its just about time to go to bed...\n\nWell Cat, I definitely feel your pain. Pixel Scrapper is my main hangout when it comes to freebies because everything I download here is CU. I love the forum for challenges and conversations and the fact that they offer really clear tutorials is great too! Next time, bring a healthy snack to the computer with you so you don't miss dinner!\n\nI actually like the fact that I only get a limited number of credits at Pixel Scrapper each day - it keeps me coming back when I'd likely forget otherwise, AND it keeps me from going on downloading binges like you just described, lol!\n\nI recognise my self in your message. I came and I was thinking to stay for few minutes... 3 hours later I was still on that site. It's so amazing. Like Heather it's a good thing that we have a limited number of credit...\n\nI recently got back into digital art thanks to the app Procreate on my iPad. When I realized that I could use digital scrapbooking stuff in my projects, I went nuts. I've spent way more money than I care to admit in the past couple of weeks as I build up a collection of essential pieces. I really wish I had kept my files when I stopped digi scrapping years ago. A lot of stuff is out of date with the trends, but things like stitches and PS styles and grunge brushes are always useful.\n\nI've lost hours myself to either downloading, organizing my downloads, or sketching ideas for things I want to try to design for myself. I can definitely relate.\n\nseriously dangerous... it's after lunch & I have yet to do any actual work today... I actually made something yesterday with some scrapping elements, so at least all my download hoarding is not all for naught... hehehe\n\nI have never found anything that consumes time like this does! The downloading and sorting files out is quite an addictive pastime in itself, before you even begin to do anything with them. It doesn't leave much time for housework."}
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-{"text": "HARTFORD \u2014 - Clergy members who feed the hungry across Greater Hartford and Middletown are hoping state legislators will approve a proposal that would allow them to continue to serve home-cooked meals in soup kitchens and shelters.\n\nAttorney General Richard Blumenthal has asked the legislature \u2014 which is slated to continue its special session next week \u2014 to amend a law that allows charitable groups to sell food prepared in unlicensed kitchens only during such events as bake sales. Blumenthal wants the law to include the free distribution of such food.\n\nBlumenthal said he has stepped in at the request of clergy members who are concerned about how a case in Middletown will affect their ability to serve the needy. This week, the Middletown Health Department cited St. Vincent DePaul Place's soup kitchen for serving meals that were prepared in some unlicensed kitchens. The health department \u2014 which has also issued a cease and desist order to an unrelated anti-hunger group \u2014 is asking St. Vincent to comply with the law by serving food prepared only in licensed kitchens.\n\nThe Middletown Health Department's enforcement of the health code, Krom said, will affect all unlicensed food donations, which St. Vincent's accepts throughout the week from church youth groups and high school students, among others.\n\nKrom and others hope the legislature will approve Blumenthal's proposal, but the state Department of Public Health opposes the measure.\n\nThe department's spokesman, William Gerrish, said the proposal is too broad.\n\n\"It's something that we would be happy to talk about, but I think the bottom line is that we feel that every Connecticut resident should benefit from safe food.\"\n\nMonday's meeting at St. Vincent DePaul Place, 617 Main St. in Middletown, is open to the public.\n\nReprinted with permission of the Hartford Courant.\nTo view other stories on this topic, search the Hartford Courant Archives at\nhttp://www.courant.com/archives."}
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-{"text": "Think about what career is best suited for you, and where you want to study. Request more information now.\n\nTo request course information, please complete this form.\n\nThink about what career is best suited for you, and where you want to study. Request more information now.\n\nFind info concerning Miles College speech pathology, and registering for elective seminars and lectures. Which college degrees give you the best chances of finding employment after graduation? Whether you are considering an associates degree (CNA, LVN, or LPN), or a bachelor of science in nursing (RN), you will find many doors opening after graduation. Concentrating on Miles College speech pathology, for example, you may gain an advantage in job recruiting on-campus. Check with the occupational therapy department for course registration deadlines, and speech-language pathology program requirements. Please use the form above to request admissions info for Miles College.\n\nOccupational therapy assistants and speech-language pathologists help patients recover from a debilitating accident or illness, and are directly involved in providing rehab services. Occupational therapy assistants need an associate's degree from an accredited vocational program, while speech-language pathologists require a bachelors degree. There are over 200 occupational therapy assistant programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, a branch of the American Occupational Therapy Association.\n\nVocational rehabilitation programs generally require 2 years of full-time study and include instruction in subjects such as social psychology, cell biology, and pediatric health. In addition to nursing coursework, occupational therapy assistants must complete at least 16 weeks of fieldwork to gain hands-on rehabilitation experience. Licensure requires the completion of all fieldwork requirements, and passing the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) exam. The average annual salary for occupational therapy assistants was $54,520, in May 2017. Further, employment of occupational therapy assistants is projected to grow 40 percent over the next 10 years, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Beyond major requirements within the occupational therapy department, you may consider Salem Community College online biology degree as a complementary elective to your primary course of study.\n\nOther Specialty Travel Nurse (RN) (HOUSE)Tailored Healthcare Staffing\nGraduate from an accredited school of Nursing, BSN preferred. We are one of the nation's fastest-growing travel nursing agencies, for good reason.\n5 hours ago\n\nRESEARCH NURSE COORDINATORUAB\nNursing Careers-Registered Nurse. May perform general nursing duties. 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Going on to nursing study via Savannah State University dental hygienist jobs, for example, can help you find a rewarding position in the medical services field.\n\nEMT courses include about 150 hours of specialized instruction, and clinical training can be in a hospital or ambulance setting. At the 'Advanced EMT' level, there are 400 hours of instruction, where candidates learn skills such as using complex airway devices, administering intravenous fluids, and giving some medications. In order to complete the emt training program, University of Tulsa online computer courses information may be used in order to fulfill computing breadth requirements.\n\nTechnical programs are a low-cost alternative to attending a regular four-year university, and you can earn good money as a highly-skilled, technical specialist. By remaining true to your career interests, your overall job earnings will increase as you gain experience. If you're currently employed, you may consider Hartnell College applied math as an option to advance your career. Massive open online courses are known as MOOCs, utilizing interactive platforms such as Blackboard, and mobile apps. For example, Khan Academy now offers free lecture videos served through YouTube. Then there's University of Denver diesel mechanics, with enrolled students from around the world.\n\nNursing Tests - Free Practice!\n\nThis section offers practice tests in several subject areas. Each of the following multiple-choice tests\nhas 10 questions to work on. No sign-up required, just straight to the test.\n\nMiles College Admissions Process\n\nMost colleges accept either the SAT or ACT, and have formulas for converting raw test scores. The SAT test has a separate vocabulary section as well as the essay-writing requirement, while the ACT has a separate science and reasoning section. Other college admissions information sources, like Santa Fe College programs of study, promote the use of standardized tests in admissions decisions because there are substantial differences in course requirements, high school GPA, and grade curve difficulty among US schools. You can also explore Xavier University calendar, in order to further target your academic interests.\n\nThe NCLEX, or National Council Licensure Examination, is a required nursing certificate exam for nurse licensing. To ensure uniform standards in the medical profession, each state board of nursing requires recent program graduates to pass either the NCLEX-PN for licensed vocational (LVN) or practical nurses(LPN), or the NCLEX-RN for registered nurses (RN). Care practices make up 30% of all NCLEX questions, covering safety concerns and patient care, particularly in the administration of medication. Another large section of the nursing exam is health promotion, which comprises 15% of the NCLEX.\n\nThe overall time that students spend in college is getting longer, with undergraduate study increasingly leading onwards to graduate school. High school grades are the most important factor in gaining admission to the college of your choice, along with letters of recommendation. According to data on Birmingham-Southern College evening degree program pages, an ideal academic record consists of a high GPA in courses of progressive difficulty. About half of colleges use placement tests and a waiting list, and many community colleges have agreements with bachelor programs at four-year universities. You may compare UAM summer session with other schools that you're considering.\n\nFinancial Aid Information\n\nGovernment scholarship programs and Pell grants only account for a third of total financial aid packages. Student loans, work-study earnings, and personal savings make up the remaining two-thirds. Please make use of student aid calculators online, to see if you qualify for need-based financial aid or a fee waiver. In fact, millions of students that would have qualified for some financial aid were late in submitting required scholarship application forms. Please note that the official FAFSA website is fafsa.ed.gov and is free to use. Filing taxes early is recommended, but using estimates for FAFSA from previous years is possible provided the correct data is updated later.\n\nAcademic and athletic scholarships are highly competitive, and are usually awarded either by the admissions office directly, or through individual departmental awards. Student loans typically have variable interest rates while federal student loan programs have fixed rates for the duration of the loan. Financial aid may be administered via Bemidji State University financial aid office contact or through academic departments. Alternatively, student credit cards may seem like a good short-term solution, but the interest rates are high, and credit cards often carry an annual fee. FastWeb.com is one of the leading scholarship services online. The Gates Millennium Scholars program is a minority scholarship targeted towards outstanding African-American students, as well as American-Indian and Latino students.\n\nSpeech-Language Pathology Programs near Fairfield, Alabama:\n\nTake a few moments to browse occupational therapy programs at other colleges and universities near Fairfield. It's a good idea to compare all technical schools in your target area, as well as consider taking some of your speech-language pathology classes online. Financial aid deadlines are typically set well in advance of regular admission dates, so be sure to apply early. 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Whether you are an experienced nurse assistant, or a recent graduate in nursing, you can seek a new position. Healthcare jobs such as Registered Nurses, LPN's, LVN's and related medical technicians provide over 15 million jobs in the USA alone, and ten of the 20 fastest growing occupations are healthcare-related. Finding out about Florence Darlington Technical College veterinary assistant jobs, on the other hand, may broaden your education in order to appeal to a wider variety of employers. The Department of Commerce offers salary data though the Occupational Outlook Handbook.\n\nHiring managers typically post available positions on targeted job boards, which are sampled daily. Bicol University finance degree information may be available through the human resources department. Further, the Bureau of Labor Statistics offers salary data though the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Aside from a good salary, many medical education programs include excellent employment benefits, as well as payment plans. Browse current job openings at Indeed.com or Monster online.\n\nSpeech Pathology Program Application\n\nApply to several colleges and universities simultaneously, and if you have the grades and test scores, give yourself a fighting chance to get into an accredited occupational therapy program by doing something outstanding in either high school or community college. Miles College applications may be submitted by using the contact form at the top of this page. It may be possible to complete some of your required degree courses online, thus saving money on tuition fees. Alternatively, if you're currently employed, you can study part-time. It isn't as hard as you might think to find US News articles written about Washington State Community College summer school 2017 in your local newspaper. An advanced nursing degree will stick with you for a long time, so apply yourself and work hard for a few years, graduating from the best school that you can get into.\n\nMiles College has a reputation for academics, allowing you to pursue the degree program that's right for you. Additionally, career placement services can help you to structure your job search after graduation. If you'd like to request course information, please use the inquiry form at the top of this page.\n\nBiomedical engineers combine biological research with instrument design to fabricate medical equipment and surgical devices used in healthcare facilities. Reviewing Southern Wesleyan University academic requirements can help you to choose elective subjects. The field of biomedicine focuses on the technical requirements of surgery, as well as nursing methodology. Coursework relating to Bradley University analytics may include lab courses such as organic chemistry, biomechanics, or molecular engineering. Finally, a hospital or pharmaceutical internship may be required to gain exposure to medical applications. The median salary in biomedical engineering was $85,620 in May 2017, based on labor statistics.\n\nTechnical Certificate Programs\n\nOn our pages, there are links to certificate programs and continuing education courseware. By pursuing a hospital internship, you can improve your career prospects, and potentially find a rewarding job as a professional nurse. This website is not affiliated with Miles College speech pathology, and all trademarks are the exclusive property of their respective owners. College Inspector is the work of a group of Thai students in Bangkok, using info from the US Department of Education, Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). If any stats on Alfred University business major are incorrect, please contact us with the right data."}
-{"text": "Kodo Design Goes Racing\n\nJanuary 11, 2017\n\nShare\n\nFacebook\n\nTweet\n\nPinterest\n\nEmail\n\nMAZDA\u2019S KODO DESIGN language touches every car, crossover and race car it makes. Our KODO: \u201cSoul of Motion\u201d design philosophy intends to define each Mazda not as a hunk of metal, but a living thing. KODO\u2019s mission, creating an emotional bond between Mazda\u2019s driver-focused cars and its customers, means visually capturing the exact second energy becomes motion. Picture an animal pouncing or a track star sprinting from the starting blocks. That\u2019s KODO. Through flowing shapes and subtle curves, KODO styling cues ensure that when someone sees a Mazda, they want to drive it.\n\nMazda\u2019s latest racer, the RT24-P, epitomizes KODO. The prototype is just the latest in Mazda\u2019s amazing racing history.\n\nFew, if any, automakers have a competition pedigree like Mazda, which started racing in 1967 and today has racers at tracks around the world. Mazda Motorsports has scored wins and championships in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand-Am GT, Continental Tire ST and Pirelli World Challenge. One could argue Mazda\u2019s MX-5 Miata is among the most important road racing cars ever: With more than 1 million produced since 1989, the car is the club racer\u2019s staple, running in multiple classes for both the Sports Car Club of America and the National Auto Sport Association. Pro racers run them in the Continental Tire Challenge and the Pirelli World Challenge.\n\nMazda continues to win in openwheel racing as well. Its Road to Indy ladder system offers young drivers scholarships to climb from grassroots racing all the way to IndyCar. In fact, at the 2015 Indianapolis 500, 23 of the 33 starters came from Mazda\u2019s three-step program (Cooper Tires USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights \u2014 competing on road courses, street courses and ovals). This year alone, Mazda will award more than $2,340,000 in scholarships. Bottom line: On any given weekend, more Mazdas are road-raced than any other brand.1\n\nThe RT24-P\u2019s bodywork reflects KODO in its sleek body contours and the five-point Mazda grille. A championship-winning race car needs good aerodynamics, and applying the KODO philosophy to the prototype\u2019s surfaces makes the RT24-P vibrant and purposeful looking. And yes, aerodynamically efficient.\n\nThe RT24-P is a huge moment for Mazda Motorsports. Having a car feature Mazda\u2019s alluring design language at racing\u2019s top levels carries great weight for Mazda as a brand.\n\nThe RT24-P will compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship\u2019s new top class, the Daytona Prototype international (DPi) category. The car hits the track at the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona in late January."}
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-{"text": "MEDIA, TECH, BUSINESS MODELS\n\nIn the search for new advertising models, Native Ads are booming. The ensuing Web vs. Native controversy is a festival of fake na\u00efvet\u00e9 and misplaced indignation.\n\nNative Advertising is the politically correct term for Advertorial, period. Or rather, it's an upgrade, the digital version of an old practice dating back to the era of typewriters and lead printing presses. Everyone who's been in the publishing business long enough has in mind the tug-of-war with the sales department who always wants its ads to to appear next to an editorial content that will provide good \"context\". This makes the whole \"new\" debate about Native Ads quite amusing. The magazine sector (more than newspapers), always referred to \"clean\" and \"tainted\" sections. (The latter kept expanding over the years). In consumer and lifestyle sections, editorial content produced by the newsroom is often tailored to fit surrounding ads (or to flatter a brand that will buy legit placements).\n\nThe digital era pushes the trend several steps further. Today, legacy media brands such as Forbes, Atlantic Media, or the Washington Post have joined the Native Ads bandwagon. Forbes even became the poster child for that business, thanks to the completely assumed approach carried out by its chief product officer Lewis DVorkin (see his insightful blog and also this panel at the recent Paid Content Live conference.) Advertising is not the only way DVorkin has revamped Forbes. Last week, Les Echos (the business daily that's part of the media group I work for) ran an interesting piece about it titled \"The Old Press in a Startup mode\" (La vielle presse en mode start-up). It details the decisive -- and successful -- moves by the century-old media house: a downsized newsroom, external contributors (by the thousand, and mostly unpaid) who produce a huge stream of 400 to 500 pieces a day. \"In some cases\", wrote Lucie Robequain, Les Echos's New York correspondent, \"the boundary between journalism and advertorial can be thin\u2026\" To which Lewis DVorkin retorts: \"Frankly, do you think a newspaper that conveys corporate voices is more noble? At Forbes, at least, we are transparent: We know which company the contributor works for and we expose potentials conflicts of interests in the first graph\u2026\" Maybe. But screening a thousand contributors sounds a bit challenging to me... And Forbes evidently exposed itself as part of the \"sold\" blogosphere. Les Echos' piece also quotes Joshua Benton from Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab who finds the bulk of Forbes production to be, on average, not as good as it was earlier, but concedes the top 10% is actually better...\n\nAs for Native Advertising, two years ago, Forbes industrialized the concept by creating BrandVoice. Here is the official definition:\n\nForbes BrandVoice allows marketers to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content \u2013 and participate in the conversation \u2013 on the Forbes digital publishing platform. Each BrandVoice is written, edited and produced by the marketer.\n\nPractically, Forbes lets marketers use the site's Content Management System (CMS) to create their content at will. The commercial deal -- from what we can learn -- involves volumes and placements that cause the rate to vary between $50,000 to $100,000 per month. The package can also include traditional banners that will send traffic back to the BrandVoice page.\n\nAt any given moment, there are about 16 brands running on Forbes' \"Voices\". This revenue stream was a significant contributor to the publisher's financial performances. According to AdWeek (emphasis mine):\n\nThe company achieved its best financial performance in five years in 2012, according to a memo released this morning by Forbes Media CEO Mike Perlis. Digital ad revenue, which increased 19 percent year over year, accounted for half of the company's total ad revenue for the year, said Perlis. Ten percent of total revenue came from advertisers who incorporated BrandVoice into their buys, and by the end of this year, that share is estimated to rise to 25 percent.\n\nThings seemed pretty positive across other areas of Forbes' business as well. Newsstand sales and ad pages were up 2 percent and 4 percent, respectively, amid industry-wide drops in both areas. The relatively new tablet app recently broke 200,000 downloads.\n\nA closer look gives a slightly bleaker picture: According to latest data from the Magazine Publishers Association, between Q1 2013 and Q1 2012, Forbes Magazine (the print version only) lost 16% in ads revenues ($50m to $42m). By comparison, Fast Company scored +25%, Fortune +7%, but The Economist -27% and Bloomberg Business Week -30%. The titles compiled by the MPA are stable (+0.5%).\n\nI almost never click on banners (except to see if they work as expected on the sites and apps I'm in charge of). Most of the time their design sucks, terribly so, and the underlying content is usually below grade. However, if the subject appeals to me, I will click on Native Ads or brand contents. I'll read it like another story, knowing full well it's a promotional material. The big difference between a crude ad and a content-based one is the storytelling dimension. Fact is: Every company has great stories to tell about its products, strategy or vision. And I don't see why they shouldn't be told resorting to the same storytelling tools news media use. As long as it's done properly, with a label explaining the contents' origin, I don't see the problem (for more on this question, read a previous Monday Note: The Insidious Power of Brand Content.) In my view, Forbes does blur the line a bit too much, but Atlantic's business site Quartz is doing fine in that regard. With the required precautions, I'm certain Native Ads, or branded contents are a potent way to go, especially when considering the alarming state of other forms of digital ads. Click-through rates are much better (2%-5% vs. a fraction of a percentage for a dumb banner) and the connection to social medias works reasonably well.\n\nFor news media companies obsessed with their journalistic integrity (some still do...), the development of such new formats makes things more complicated when it comes to decide what's acceptable and what's not. Ultimately, the editor should call the shots. Which brings us to the governance of media companies. For digital media, the pervasive advertising pressure is likely keep growing. Today, most rely on a Chief Revenue Officer to decide what's best for the bottom line such as balancing circulation and advertising, arbitraging between a large audience/low yield or smaller audience/higher yield, for instance. But, in the end, only the editor must be held accountable for the contents' quality and the credibility -- which contribute to the commercial worthiness of the media. Especially in the digital field, editors should be shielded from the business pressure. Editors should be selected by CEOs and appointed by boards or better, boards of trustees. Independence will become increasingly scarce."}
-{"text": "No Time Like Present To Prepare For Sydney\n\nOctober 02, 1999|By LORI RILEY; Courant Staff Writer\n\nNell Fortner was sad to see the ABL fold last winter. But its demise made her job as U.S. Olympic women's basketball coach that much easier.\n\n``We would have had to work with the WNBA players during the ABL season and the ABL players during the WNBA season and then mesh them all together in August,'' Fortner said. ``I don't know how that would have worked.''\n\nAs it is, Fortner will not see her team together in the three months before the 2000 Olympics in Australia. The summertime WNBA season precludes that. Some players will end their seasons earlier than others, but the team will likely not be together until two weeks before the Olympics begin in mid-September.\n\n``I might have to go hang out in the Bahamas,'' she said, laughing. ``I'll just be sitting around next summer getting nervous.''\n\nNow is her time to prepare. The U.S. team will play the WNBA Select Stars in the Buick Regal Hall of Fame Enshrinement game tonight at 7 at the Civic Center. Then the team ----will embark on a 12- game college tour before heading to Europe for international play.\n\nIn April 1997, USA Basketball named Fortner, an up-and-coming coach at Purdue, as the first full-time women's national team coach. Unlike former Olympic coach Tara VanDerveer, who took a one-year leave from Stanford to coach the 1996 gold medal team, Fortner, 40, left Purdue to guide the national team for four years through the 2000 Olympics.\n\nIt was a new concept in the U.S., although teams from other countries have had national programs with full-time coaches for years.\n\n``The idea was to build a core group of players and to have this group be consistent and play together time and time again, which we've done,'' Fortner said. ``I know them very well. They know me very well. They know what to expect in a practice. The consistency is what we need--.''\n\nPrior to VanDerveer, coaches rotated through the national team system. Sometimes, a different person would coach different teams from summer to summer. ``Tara coached the '94 world championship team, then somebody else coached the '95 Pan American team,'' Fortner said.\n\nAfter winning gold medals in 1984 and '88, the U.S. finished third in 1992, winning a bronze under then-Rutgers coach Theresa Grentz. After that, the system began to change.\n\nVanDerveer's team barnstormed the United States and overseas, going 60-0 on its way to the gold. Fortner was there, too, as an assistant, watching everything.\n\nThe next year, she took over. Her style is very different from VanDerveer's serious persona.\n\n``She's very positive, upbeat, outgoing,'' said 1996 Olympic team point guard Dawn Staley, who will be on the 2000 team.``You need to be that way. It's a breath of fresh air to have someone coach like this, at this level, because a lot of coaches are really intense and really want things done a certain way -- and now it's the same way, but different. There's so much positivity.''\n\nFortner said she loves her job, despite the constant travel. She makes her home in Colorado Springs.\n\n``United [Airlines] loves me,'' she said. ``Oh, man. I can walk up to the counter and they punch my name in and all of a sudden, their whole attitude changes, `Oh yes, Ms. Fortner. . . . ' ''\n\nIn 1998, she went to Australia, Germany (for the World Championships), Taiwan (with the collegiate Jones Cup team) and went on a European tour with this national team over the winter.\n\nFortner also traveled extensively this summer, watching her charges in WNBA games. Speaking engagements also took much of her time.\n\nShe misses coaching full-time. So after the Olympics, in 2001, Fortner will coach the WNBA's team in Indiana that begins play next summer.\n\nBut Sydney looms first.\n\n``It's going to be a real challenge,'' Fortner said. ``We're playing on a gold medal contender's home court. But I think we've got the right players. We've got good youth, good experience. We're excited.''"}
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-{"text": "Tibetan Groups, Supporters in NY Protest Beijing Olympics\n\nMarch 12, 2008\n\nVoice of America\n\nNew York, 10 March (VOA): Tibetan refugees, activist groups and other\nsupporters in New York City marked the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan\nuprising against Chinese rule by demanding independence and protesting\nthe upcoming Beijing Olympics. From VOA's New York Bureau, Mona\nGhuneim reports.\nWaving Tibetan and American flags, hundreds of demonstrators marched\nfrom the U.S. Federal Court House in downtown New York up to the\nUnited Nations building. At the same time, hundreds of other\nprotesters rallied outside the city's Chinese Consulate.\n\nTibetan advocates say the protests are part of a worldwide effort to\ncall attention to China's record of human-rights violations and to\nurge nations and businesses to boycott the upcoming Olympics in\nBeijing if China does not improve the situation in Tibet.\n\nTsering Paldin heads the regional chapter of the Tibetan Youth\nCongress, one of the organizers of the New York protest. He says China\nis using the Olympics as a political tool, and it has yet to clean up\nits human-rights record. \"They (the Chinese) made a promise that they\nwill improve the human rights situation in China and in Tibet, but the\nfact is they have intensified their crackdown, especially in Tibet,\"\nhe said.\n\nPaldin says he hopes the protests in New York and others that took\nplace around the world, will encourage people to take action on local,\nnational and international levels. In Greece, a Tibetan freedom\ntorch-lighting ceremony was held, and pro-independence exiles in\nnorthern India began a months-long march, hoping to cross the Chinese\nborder into Tibet.\n\nOne protester who came to New York for the demonstrations says she\nsees the upcoming Beijing Olympics as a chance for her to voice her\nopposition to China's policies. Pema Yoko is the national coordinator\nin Britain for Students for a Free Tibet, another group that helped\norganize the event.\n\n\"I think we can make a difference, especially on an occasion like\nthis. For me, growing up and being born in exile, I have not had this\nkind of opportunity and I feel like the Olympics is my time to fight\nChina finally,\" he said.\n\nYoko says China should not be allowed to glorify itself on the world\nstage as long as Tibet is oppressed and illegally occupied.\n\nChinese troops took control of Tibet in 1951 and its spiritual leader,\nthe Dalai Lama, fled to India at the end of that decade. Since then,\nTibetans worldwide have protested China's occupation."}
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-{"text": "Those of you who are dying for answers in the five-time Eisner Award-winning series Fables can\u2019t miss this volume. Besides discovering where Jack has leapt off to, this collection gives the full back-story to who the Adversary is that ousted the Fables from their homeland.\n\nThe first storyline follows Jack as he travels to Hollywood to make it big as a high-profile reclusive Hollywood producer. With the money he stole from Fabletown and under the pseudonym John Trick, he establishes a studio and within a few years puts out the \u201cJack Tales Trilogy,\u201d the semi-autobiographically but mostly outlandish adventures of Jack that rocks the box-office. But do his transgressions violate the pact of Fabletown and possibly put him at risk of being put to death?\n\nThis light departure from the more serious plotlines of Fables serves a two-fold purpose. It explains Jack\u2019s disappearance as well as providing a lighter character story for readers who face a much darker story in the pages to follow.\n\nThe second story arc follows the adventures of Boy Blue as, over the course of several years, he infiltrates the Adversary\u2019s army and comes face to face with him. But Blue quickly discovers that not all is as it appears. He finds out the true face of the enemy and how the Adversary has amassed such a giant empire. Once equipped with the knowledge, can Boy Blue escape from the clutches of such a powerful foe?\n\nForty issues into the series and Fables still spins a fantastic tale. While expanding its cast of folk characters, writer Bill Willingham manages to give great new insights to some of the story\u2019s favorite characters. Spanning five years, this volume is interestingly devoid of Snow White and Bigby Wolf. Instead, the new Mayor Charming and Sheriff Beast conduct the politics and law-enforcement of Fabletown, which includes rooting out a spy who has been passing on information to the Adversary for years. The fragile pact that keeps Fabletown together is teetering on the edge.\n\nWhile Jack\u2019s story arc lacks action, it holds humor and amusement. However, the action-packed adventures of Boy Blue are tempered with sometimes too-long and drawn-out explanations of the Adversary\u2019s history. Mark Buckingham does an amazing job in his drawing of the Homelands story. Throughout the first half, as Boy Blue battles his way to the Adversary, Buckingham uses full-page borderless panels that reveal action and continuity throughout the entire page. These open panels contrast drastically with the second half of the story, in which Boy Blue spends much of the time in a cage. The pages of these stories are bordered on the sides by panels of the environment outside whatever dwelling they are in. That is, while in a house in the story, the side panels of the page reveal the outside of house, thereby rendering the panels in the middle as a prison or capsule unto themselves. The contrast creates a claustrophic vibe that illuminates Blue\u2019s situation.\n\nThis graphic novel answers many of the questions aroused by the first mention of the Adversary and explains just why the characters of Fabletown had to leave their homeland. Providing both light and heavy stories, Homelands propels the storylines of Fables into a number of different directions, and one can only wait with great anticipation to see how they play out."}
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-{"text": "203Kg Monster Julius Maddox Breaks Bench Press Record\n\nHe needed a support crew of 5 men to make sure he didn't drop the bar on his neck\n- by\nAlex Pierotti\n\n05 Sep\n2019\n\nAmerican Julius Maddox has broken the record for the raw bench press.\n\nSee the impressive lift below.\n\nWeighing in at 203kg, the powerlifter managed a rep of 335.5kg (739.6 pounds) at the 'Boss of Bosses' event helped in California. The previous record was just 500 grams lighter at 335kg set by Russian Kiril Sarychev in 2015.\n\nIt wasn't without drama however. Despite having a crew of 5 men, the bar nearly fell on his neck after trying to re-rack the weight.\n\n\"They say it's the most controversial lift in powerlifting,\" Maddox later took to Instagram. \"Just know this is the beginning!\"\n\nIn June, he set a US record of 328kg. However, he didn't think he'd manage another 7.5kg so quickly.\n\n\"We weren't expecting a world record this early - we were hoping maybe by December,\" he told theOwensboro Timesnewspaper.\n\n\"But no one expected this to happen. Some people thought it would not be broken within 20 years, but I came in and changed the direction and changed everybody's opinion. It's crazy - I'm blown away.\"\n\nAlex PierottiA one-time third-grade try-scorer, Men's Health's Digital Content Editor, Alex Pierotti, is obsessed with two things: the beach and his footy team. When he\u2019s not researching the latest studies, figuring out the latest style trends or snacking on cashews you'll find Alex cruising on his board through Bondi Beach"}
-{"text": "JavaMail 1.3\n============\n(Updated April 1, 2002)\nFollowing is a description of the new APIs that are being\nintroduced in JavaMail 1.3. The numbers in parentheses\nare bug numbers; you can find more information about the\nbug reports at:\nhttp://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/index.html\nPlease send comments and feedback to javamail@sun.com.\nMany of these changes expand JavaMail's conformance with Internet\nstandards, or make JavaMail more tolerant of messages that don't\nquite conform to the standards. \"Be liberal in what you receive\nand conservative in what you send.\"\n===================================================================\n1. Add setSender and getSender methods to MimeMessage (4405115)\n---------------------------------------------------------------\nThese convenience methods support setting and reading the RFC 822\nSender header.\n/**\n* Returns the value of the RFC 822 \"Sender\" header field.\n* If the \"Sender\" header field is absent, null\n* is returned.\n\n*\n* This implementation uses the getHeader method\n* to obtain the requisite header field.\n*\n* @return Address object\n* @exception MessagingException\n* @see #headers\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic Address getSender() throws MessagingException\n/**\n* Set the RFC 822 \"Sender\" header field. Any existing values are\n* replaced with the given address. If address is null,\n* this header is removed.\n*\n* @param address the sender of this message\n* @exception IllegalWriteException if the underlying\n* implementation does not support modification\n* of existing values\n* @exception IllegalStateException if this message is\n* obtained from a READ_ONLY folder.\n* @exception MessagingException\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic void setSender(Address address) throws MessagingException\n===================================================================\n2. Add setContentID method to MimeBodyPart (4377720)\n----------------------------------------------------\nThis convenience method supports setting the Content-ID header.\n/**\n* Set the \"Content-ID\" header field of this body part.\n* If the cid parameter is null, any existing\n* \"Content-ID\" is removed.\n*\n* @exception IllegalWriteException if the underlying\n* implementation does not support modification\n* @exception IllegalStateException if this body part is\n* obtained from a READ_ONLY folder.\n* @exception MessagingException\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic void setContentID(String cid) throws MessagingException\n===================================================================\n3. Add mail.mime.charset property (4377731)\n-------------------------------------------\nThe \"mail.mime.charset\" System property (NOTE: *not* Session property)\nnames the default charset to be used by JavaMail. If not set, the\nstandard J2SE \"file.encoding\" System property is used. This allows\napplications to specify a default character set for sending messages\nthat's different than the character set used for files stored on the\nsystem. This is common on Japanese systems.\n===================================================================\n4. Add getDeletedMesageCount method to Folder (4388730)\n-------------------------------------------------------\nThis convenience method would return a count of the number of deleted\nmessages in a folder.\n/**\n* Get the number of deleted messages in this Folder.\n\n*\n* This method can be invoked on a closed folder. However, note\n* that for some folder implementations, getting the deleted message\n* count can be an expensive operation involving actually opening\n* the folder. In such cases, a provider can choose not to support\n* this functionality in the closed state, in which case this method\n* must return -1.\n\n*\n* Clients invoking this method on a closed folder must be aware\n* that this is a potentially expensive operation. Clients must\n* also be prepared to handle a return value of -1 in this case.\n\n*\n* This implementation returns -1 if this folder is closed. Else\n* this implementation gets each Message in the folder using\n* getMessage(int) and checks whether its\n* DELETED flag is set. The total number of messages\n* that have this flag set is returned.\n*\n* @return number of deleted messages. -1 may be returned\n* by certain implementations if this method is\n* invoked on a closed folder.\n* @exception FolderNotFoundException if this folder does\n* not exist.\n* @exception MessagingException\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic int getDeletedMessageCount() throws MessagingException\n===================================================================\n5. Support parsing \"illegal\" Internet addresses (4650940)\n---------------------------------------------------------\nThe parse method on the InternetAddress class takes a flag that tells\nwhether or not to strictly enforce the RFC822 syntax rules. Currently,\nwhen the flag is false most rules are still checked while a few are not.\nTo better support the range of \"invalid\" addresses seen in real messages,\nand in combination with the following two changes, the parseHeader\nmethod would enforce fewer syntax rules when the strict flag is false\nand would enforce more rules when the strict flag is true. If the\nstrict flag is false and the parse is successful in separating out an\nemail address or addresses, the syntax of the addresses themselves\nwould not be checked. (Introducing a new method preserves\ncompatibility with users of the existing parse method.)\n/**\n* Parse the given sequence of addresses into InternetAddress\n* objects. If strict is false, the full syntax rules for\n* individual addresses are not enforced. If strict is\n* true, many (but not all) of the RFC822 syntax rules are enforced.\n*\n* Non-strict parsing is typically used when parsing a list of\n* mail addresses entered by a human. Strict parsing is typically\n* used when parsing address headers in mail messages.\n*\n* @param addresslist comma separated address strings\n* @param strict enforce RFC822 syntax\n* @return array of InternetAddress objects\n* @exception AddressException if the parse failed\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic static InternetAddress[] parseHeader(String s, boolean strict)\nthrows AddressException\nTo allow applications to check the syntax of addresses that might've\nbeen parsed with the strict flag set to false, we add a validate\nmethod.\n/**\n* Validate that this address conforms to the syntax rules\n* of RFC 822. The current implementation checks many, not\n* all, syntax rules. Note that, even though the syntax of\n* the address may be correct, there's no guarantee that a\n* mailbox of that name exists.\n*\n* @exception AddressException if the address\n* isn't valid.\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic void validate() throws AddressException\nTo control the strict flag when constructing a single InternetAddress\nobject we add a new constructor.\n/**\n* Parse the given string and create an InternetAddress.\n* If strict is false, the detailed syntax of the\n* address isn't checked.\n*\n* @param address the address in RFC822 format\n* @param strict enforce RFC822 syntax\n* @exception AddressException if the parse failed\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic InternetAddress(String address, boolean strict)\nthrows AddressException\n===================================================================\n6. Add mail.mime.address.strict property (4650940)\n--------------------------------------------------\nThe MimeMessage class will use the new parseHeader method introduced\nabove to parse headers in messages. The \"mail.mime.address.strict\"\nSession property will control the strict flag passed to the parseHeader\nmethod. The default is true.\n===================================================================\n7. Add mail.mime.decodetext.strict property (4201203)\n-----------------------------------------------------\nRFC 2047 requires that encoded text start at the beginning of a\nwhitespace separated word. Some mailers, especially Japanese mailers,\nimproperly encode text and included encoded text in the middle of words.\nThe \"mail.mime.decodetext.strict\" System property (NOTE: *not* Session\nproperty) controls whether JavaMail will attempt to decode such\nincorrectly encoded text. The default is true.\n===================================================================\n8. Add mail.mime.encodeeol.strict property (4650949)\n----------------------------------------------------\nWhen choosing an encoding for the data of a message, JavaMail assumes\nthat any of CR, LF, or CRLF are valid line terminators in message\nparts that contain only printable ASCII characters, even if the part is\nnot a MIME text type. It's common, especially on UNIX systems, for\ndata of MIME type application/octet-stream (for example) to really be\ntextual data that should be transmitted with the encoding rules for\nMIME text. In rare cases, such pure ASCII text may in fact be binary\ndata in which the CR and LF characters must be preserved exactly. The\n\"mail.mime.encodeeol.strict\" System property (NOTE: *not* Session\nproperty) controls whether JavaMail will consider a lone CR or LF in a\nbody part that's not a MIME text type to indicate that the body part\nneeds to be encoded.\n===================================================================\n9. Add isGroup and getGroup methods to InternetAddress (4650952)\n----------------------------------------------------------------\nTo better support RFC822 group addresses, the following methods\nwould be added.\n/**\n* Indicates whether this address is an RFC 822 group address.\n* Note that a group address is different than the mailing\n* list addresses supported by most mail servers. Group addresses\n* are rarely used; see RFC 822 for details.\n*\n* @return true if this address represents a group\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic boolean isGroup()\n/**\n* Return the members of a group address. A group may have zero,\n* one, or more members. If this address is not a group, null\n* is returned. The strict parameter controls whether\n* the group list is parsed using strict RFC 822 rules or not.\n* The parsing is done using the parseHeader method.\n*\n* @return array of InternetAddress objects, or null\n* @exception AddressException if the group list can't be parsed\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic InternetAddress[] getGroup(boolean strict) throws AddressException\n===================================================================\n10. Support per-session debug output stream (4517686)\n-----------------------------------------------------\nTo allow the debugging output for a session to be redirected, we add\nthe following methods to Session.\n/**\n* Set the stream to be used for debugging output for this session.\n* If out is null, System.out will be used.\n* Note that debugging output that occurs before any session is created,\n* as a result of setting the mail.debug system property,\n* will always be sent to System.out.\n*\n* @param out the PrintStream to use for debugging output\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic void setDebugOut(PrintStream out)\n/**\n* Returns the stream to be used for debugging output. If no stream\n* has been set, System.out is returned.\n*\n* @return the PrintStream to use for debugging output\n* @since JavaMail 1.3\n*/\npublic PrintStream getDebugOut()"}
-{"text": "Green Business: Abel & Cole\n\nKeith Abel might not be much of an eco-warrior but he\u2019s revolutionised the organic groceries sector \u2013 and made a mint in the process, says Peter Salisbury\n\nIt\u2019s hard to imagine what the housewives of Wakefield made of Keith Abel when he first turned up at their front doors in the late 1980s asking if they fancied buying a bag of his spuds. Even harder to imagine quite what Abel, an alumni of Caldicott prep school and Rugby College who earlier that year had been studying to be a barrister, thought he was doing there.\n\n\u2018I had just failed my bar exams,\u2019 Abel explains. \u2018I went to bar school, got fed up with doing my finals and failed them. While I was at university I sold potatoes door-to-door. When I failed my bar exams I had a choice of either re-sitting them in September or re-sitting them the following summer. I thought I\u2019d sell potatoes in London, no-one was doing it and I was bloody good at it, and then I\u2019d re-sit my bar exams the next summer and, well, that was it.\u2019\n\nOn his first day as a professional potato salesman, Abel shifted a metric tonne of spuds. He told everyone who bought a 10lb sack that he would be back the next week with another one, and that if they weren\u2019t in he would leave it behind the plant pots. \u2018The following week,\u2019 he says, \u2018I had two vans. One was delivering the previous week\u2019s sales and another van was getting new customers.\u2019 By the end of the year, he had six vans and had begun employing a succession of Australian drivers to deliver the potatoes. He had also started buying wholesale from farmers. With help from an old friend, Paul Cole, he had started the business which became the UK\u2019s best-known organic fruit and veg delivery service, Abel & Cole; a business that is expected to turn over \u00a336m in revenue in 2011.\n\nWhen the Ecologist meets Abel at the company\u2019s Wimbledon headquarters, he is every inch the CEO of a thriving business. It is a long time since he knocked on doors hawking potatoes, \u2018some posh t**t turning up on the doorstep and cracking jokes.\u2019 Nonetheless, his enthusiasm for food, and making money from selling it, is undiluted. Reclining with a cup of what can only be Fairtrade coffee in his hand he admits that the idea to sell organic produce wasn\u2019t his. \u2018It was very straightforward,\u2019 he says. \u2018There was nothing clever about it, nothing strategic. I didn\u2019t sit down one day and say there is going to be an organic revolution and I am going to spearhead it. But I really didn\u2019t like the way all the greengrocers were closing down. I really didn\u2019t like the sudden and huge emergence of these massive supermarkets. I particularly didn\u2019t like them because they always managed to undercut me, and I knew what it was like to trade against them.\u2019\n\nIn 1989, an organic farmer, Bernard Gauvier, approached Abel and asked him if he would be interested in selling organic potatoes. Abel\u2019s reaction: aren\u2019t all potatoes organic? \u2018He said well, go and ask the farmers what they are spraying them with. I went down to the farms and asked to see the sprays and they very proudly opened up their chemical sheds.\u2019 Chastened, and ever the businessman on the make, Abel decided to test the market for pesticide and herbicide-free potatoes. \u2018I said do you want these potatoes smothered in chemicals or do you want these ones which are organically grown, no herbicides, no pesticides, totally organic just as nature intended, and everyone went for the organic ones,\u2019 he says. \u2018And nobody asked me how much!\u2019\n\nSuddenly, he was making a decent margin on the potatoes he was selling rather than just breaking even as before. He followed up with free-range eggs. Two kinds of customers emerged, Abel says - the kind that wanted a big bag of cheap spuds, and the kind who \u2018cared about what they ate\u2019 and bought organic. The latter started asking if Abel & Cole could sell them any other organic produce. Abel asked Bernard, and he asked his neighbour Bert, who had started producing pesticide-free vegetables largely because he objected to the grip that chemical giant ICI had on the industry. \u2018So he brought me a tiny box, and it had a lettuce and a cucumber in it and a few things he had picked out of his vegetable garden. Maybe 40 or 50 customers ended up buying these things, and he used to drive them up twice a week on his pickup truck from Devon,\u2019 Abel remembers. The business bloomed; aided, he claims, by a strategy of only employing attractive van drivers kitted out in tight-fitting shorts. Even when the vegetables he sold were below par, Aussie Todd\u2019s legs were enough to keep the orders coming in. But it was still a long time before the business started pulling in serious money.\n\nIn 1999, Abel re-sat - and passed - the bar as the company teetered on the verge of bankruptcy and Paul Cole left to start his own wholesale business. On the recommendation of his father-in-law, he approached the green business guru Alan Heeks. Heeks asked if Abel would give his daughter Ella work experience. She would go on to become managing director of Abel and Cole. Where Abel had allowed the business to grow organically both literally and figuratively, Heeks lent structure and shape to its strategy. \u2018This girl Ella had a first in PPE from Oxford and the first thing I said to her was \u201cwhat the bloody hell are you doing here?\u201d\u2019 he says. \u2018And it was this grotty old warehouse in Brixton, full of manky old vegetables, and she just said I\u2019d like to help you grow. I said, great, start today.\u2019\n\nTogether they oversaw the growth of the business from barely breaking even on its \u00a31m revenue in 1999, to a 10 percent profit on \u00a333m of sales in 2007. 10 people worked at Abel & Cole by the end of the 90s, most of who were as happy with a spliff on a Sunday night as a bonus or pension scheme. A decade later, the company had more than 350 employees. The upshot of this rapid growth, says Abel, was that he was knackered. \u2018Even though we were being profitable, I couldn\u2019t draw anything out,\u2019 he says. \u2018I was living in rented accommodation, I had no savings, and I was earning less than you, but was running a multimillion pound business. I was stressed out. So I was sitting with a mate in the pub, and I said I couldn\u2019t do it any more.\u2019\n\nTogether, the pair started working out his exit strategy. They decided that the best thing was for Abel to approach a private equity firm, and by the end of 2007 a deal had been arranged with the UK\u2019s Phoenix Equity Partners taking a stake in Abel & Cole which valued the firm at a reported \u00a340m. Keith Abel stepped down from management, and went to work on his tennis. Then the financial crisis hit.\n\nThe strategy put in place by Phoenix envisaged rapid, aggressive expansion of the company by increasing its customer base and increasing the value of their orders. Instead, as the credit crunch bit, it found itself facing increasingly frugal customers, swollen staff numbers and high fixed overheads. In 2009 Abel & Cole lost \u00a33.5m, wiping out the cash pile it had built up over the previous few years. Meanwhile, because Phoenix had used finance to pay for its stake in the company, it was loaded with debt. By the end of the year, Phoenix\u2019s main creditors, Lloyds Banking Group, had effectively converted that debt into an equity stake in the firm. In 2010, a third party approached Abel and asked him whether he would be interested in returning to management as CEO. He was, he says, \u2018doing large amounts of f**k all\u2019 at the time but remained unsure as to whether he was ready to go back to the stress of running the firm. He was asked what he would do to turn the business around.\n\n\u2018I said I\u2019d take it right back to basics: we are brilliant at fruit and veg but we have got very confused at what our message is, we aren\u2019t doing as good a job as we could do on what 75 per cent of what our customers are buying, and I\u2019d concentrate on that. I\u2019d get rid of layers of bureaucracy. They said great, that\u2019s exactly what we want you to do then, and you have complete free rein, there will be very little debt, and they offered me a great package.\u2019 A year on, Abel & Cole is in robust health, with its CEO forecasting revenues of \u00a336m and a profit of around \u00a33.6m for 2011. Now, he says, by concentrating on the basics - a fair deal for suppliers, looking after the staff, customers, and local communities - he intends to push the company on to new heights, perhaps topping \u00a350m in revenues in the next few years.\n\nChances are that Lloyds will eventually want to make good on its stake in the company over the next two years but Abel is certain that he will be around for some time to come. And as long as he is, despite the firm\u2019s reputation as a mainstay of the organic middle-class lifestyle, he will continue to approach it in more or less the same way as that potato salesman in Wakefield. \u2018I like to think of it as good old fashioned fruit and veg from local producers, a provenance that you know, not air freighted from miles away,\u2019 he says. \u2019And it tastes fantastic.\u2019\n\nGREEN LIVING Green Business: People TreePeople Tree\u2019s Safia Minney has come through crises, both financial and natural, buoyed up by the belief that Fairtrade should top the fashion agenda\n\nGREEN LIVING Green Business: Innocent What does Coca Cola\u2019s 58 per cent share in one of the UK\u2019s most distinctive and ethical brands mean for the future of the company? If you believe Innocent Drinks founder, Richard Reed, nothing but good. Peter Salisbury went to find out more\n\nGREEN LIVING Green Business: Sedlescombe Organic VineyardFrom biodynamic farming methods to persuading people to give English wine another try, the Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard's Roy Cook is transforming the British wine industry\n\nGREEN LIVING Green Business: Divine Divine chocolate has blazed an ethical trail with its pioneering business model and Fairtrade principles. But does ethical also mean green? Divine MD Sophi Tranchell says that for her company, it does\n\nGREEN LIVING Green Business: Good EnergyIn the latest in his exclusive series examining ethical businesses, Peter Salisbury reports on the rise of the leading eco-electricity supplier - and hears how it all started with a cocktail"}
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-{"text": "Stop Believing The Lies\n\nI have been wanting to write a blog for a while now- but I haven\u2019t had the motivation or the patience to sit and type it up. I\u2019m a bee in a glass jar, remember?\n\nBut as of last night, I think I have something to share.\n\n2 high school girls ran away Wednesday evening, two girls that I had just seen at the high school youth group that very same night.\n\nI understand running away- I know the feeling. When I was 11 or 12, I used to pack up my blue drawstring bag, stuff an unbelievable amount of strawberry fruit snacks and cosmic brownies for my future meals on the road, a flash light, and a sweatshirt just in case, and then I\u2019d start to create a plan of how to unlatch my window\u2019s screen without anyone hearing me.\n\nBut back then I only thought of running away because it seemed so cool. The thought only crossed my mind because my parents wouldn\u2019t let me stay over at my friend Gracie\u2019s house that weekend. Yes I \u201cpacked\u201d my bags and created a plan, but one thing always stopped me: my mom and dad. Thinking of my parents and how much they loved me stopped me dead in my tracks.\n\nMy heart aches for the parents of those two girls- because over the last few years, and now the last 2 months living with my friend and her daughter, I have come to realize how much you can truly love a person. I have seen first hand the love parents have for their children- whether that be from my family or my friends and their kids. I have felt, even if they weren\u2019t my own, how incredibly important and beautiful each child and person I have come in contact with is to me or someone else in their life.\n\nSomeone cares for those girls. Their moms, their dads, their siblings, and their high school leaders. Someone cares.\n\nI care, and I never even knew their names until last night. And the someone who made them, who created them with a purpose and a love so deep that nothing could ever separate them from Him cares for them too.\n\nSo I guess all I want to share today is that life is too short to believe the lie that no one cares for you. Life is too short to let broken families, messes and screw ups, pasts and failures, a hidden struggle or a breaking heart keep you from believing that you are worth the fight, worth the love, worth the work.\n\nSatan is having a hay-day if you believe those lies. If you believe that your brokenness is too much or that your list of \u2018sins\u2019 is too long to be loved, then you are falling for a trap that is just that- a trap meant to keep you from something greater and better- something you are freely given and something you will always deserve- love.\n\nLove is something we all have, something we all feel. But we don\u2019t share it enough. We don\u2019t tell people enough. We don\u2019t believe it enough.\n\nI have seen relationships fall apart because the lie of worthlessness and brokenness overwhelmed a person to where they couldn\u2019t receive the love they were given. I have seen families break apart because people are afraid to open up and to be loved.\n\nWe all are a mess. Every single one of us. But we are a mess with a purpose. We are a mess with a Love who conquers all our brokenness. So we have to seek that purpose. We have to seek that love, that help, that clean slate or we will never get to where He intended us to be.\n\nYou may believe in God and in His son, but there are things in your life that are too deep to even speak of. There are weeds that have made their roots and you are too afraid to pull them up. There are struggles you are too ashamed to unravel.\n\nBut the thing is, if we aren\u2019t open to receiving someone\u2019s love or help, we aren\u2019t fully open to receiving Him.\n\n\u201cJust as sunlight, though it has no favorites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly in a clean one.\u201d- C.S. Lewis.\n\nYour Heavenly Father wants to reveal Himself to you- but you are letting your brokenness blind you from that pursuit. You r friends, your family, your church family- we are all here for you- they are all there for you, but you are letting those lies trap you into thinking that you will never be enough.\n\nWe can\u2019t reflect Him, we can\u2019t receive ALL of Him if we can\u2019t let Him all the way in.\n\nWe can\u2019t receive our parents\u2019 love or our friends\u2019 or high school leaders\u2019 love if we don\u2019t let them in.\n\nStop believing those lies that you are not worth it. Stop believing that running away is better than facing your brokenness dead on.\n\nAnd please stop thinking that it is better for you to leave than to stay."}
-{"text": "THE\nAGRICULTURISTS LOANS\nACT, 1958\nWest Pakistan Act XVII of 1958\nAn Act to consolidate the law relating to\nthe advancement and recovery of taccavi loans for\nagricultural purposes in the Province of [the Punjab]\n23rd April 1958\nPreamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to the advancement and recover..."}
-{"text": "Institute of Economic Affairs Parliamentary Briefing on Retirement\n\n3 December 2013, 2.00pm\n\nCommittee Room 17, House of Commons\n\nIEA Briefing in Parliament on Retirement\n\nThis event is being jointly hosted by the IEA, Age Endeavour Fellowship and Chris Skidmore MP. Gabriel Sahlgren, author of two IEA papers on retirement policy, will present his research. Other speakers will include Chris Skidmore MP and there will be very brief remarks from Professor Philip Booth (IEA) and Edward Datnow (AEF).\n\nThis will be an opportunity to discuss retirement policy and steps that could be taken to increase the possibilities for people to work at older ages thus increasing incomes and improving health and wellbeing.\n\nIn conjunction with Age Endeavour Fellowship, the IEA have undertaken extensive research into retirement and the pension age in 2013.\n\nIn May 2013, Work Longer, Live Healthier was published. The research found that being retired decreases physical, mental and self-assessed health. It argued that higher state pension ages are not only possible (given longer life expectancy) and desirable (given the fiscal costs of state pensions) but later retirement should, in fact, lead to better average health in retirement.\n\nIn early December, a follow-up piece of research is coming out, Income from work \u2013 the fourth pillar of income provision in old age. This paper looks at the decline in working at older ages and the causes of that decline. It proposes reduced employment regulation, higher pension ages and a reduction in the availability of non-pension paths to retirement in order to ensure that people bear the costs of deciding to stop work in late middle age.\n\nAttendance at this event is strictly by RSVP, if you would like to attend please email reception@iea.org.uk."}
-{"text": "Today We\u2019re Open\n\nExplore an aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum\u2014all under one living roof.\n\nScience News\n\nSpace Friday: Lettuce, 67P, and a Young Jupiter\n\nAugust 14, 2015\n\nSpace Lettuce\n\n\u201cIt was one small bite for man, one giant leap for #NASAVEGGIE and our #JourneytoMars. #YearInSpace,\u201d tweeted Astronaut Scott Kelly this past Monday when he and two other crew members onboard the International Space Station took the first bite of lettuce grown in space. While vegetables have been grown in space stations before, this marks the first time crew members were permitted to consume the \u201cveggies of their labor.\u201d\n\nOn July 8, Kelly activated the lettuce seeds that had been hibernating in the Veggie-01 plant growth system for the past 15 months. The collapsible and expandable system utilized red, blue, and green LED lights because while red and blue are the most efficient at stimulating plant growth, the result would have been purple lettuce leaves (Earth plants receive white light from the Sun exposing them to a mix of red, blue, and green). So, green LEDs were added to give the plant a more appetizing, Earth-like color. After waiting 33 days for the plants to mature, the astronauts cleaned the leaves with citric acid-based, food safe sanitizing wipes before eating them. A portion, of course, was bagged and frozen for future lab study back on Earth.\n\nExperiments such as these are critical to sustaining long-duration human missions, such as proposed journeys to Mars. A round trip to the Red Planet would take at least two years without resupplies, so the ability for astronauts to grow their own food is invaluable.\n\n\u201cHaving lived on the space station for a while, I understand the logistical complexity of having people work in space for long periods and the supply chain that\u2019s required to keep us going,\u201d Kelly noted. \u201cIf we\u2019re ever going to go to Mars someday, and we will, we\u2019re going to have a spacecraft that is much more self sustainable with regard to its food supply.\u201d\n\nGrowing space crops is not just a matter of supply for a long voyage\u2014astronauts gain additional health and psychological perks as well. \u201cThere is evidence that supports fresh foods, such as tomatoes, blueberries and red lettuce, are a good source of antioxidants. Having fresh food like these available in space could have a positive impact on people\u2019s moods and also could provide some protection against radiation in space,\u201d notes Ray Wheeler in NASA\u2019s press release. Kelly seems to agree: \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to eat fresh food on the ISS, which is a lot of white and aluminum and it\u2019s kind of a sterile environment. It\u2019s really fun to see green, growing things in here that we\u2019re intentionally growing for sustenance.\u201d\n\nOf course, the benefits of the experiment hit a little closer to home than just supplying future space travel. The breakthrough technology implemented in growing produce in an artificial environment could provide insight on how to do the same in areas here on Earth using artificial light or minimal water. \u2013Elise Ricard\n\nRosetta\u2019s Comet at Perihelion: A Super-Outburst and the Origin of the \u201cDucky\u201d\n\nWow! Back at the end of July, only weeks before its closest approach to the Sun, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko let loose with a short-lived, but stunningly-bright jet of gas that was captured by the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft. According to the European Space Agency, this 18-minute eruption was so powerful that it \u201cpushed away the incoming solar wind,\u201d the constant stream of solar particles that sculpts a comet\u2019s tail into a long, glowing streamer of dust and gas.\n\nNormally, the jets are so tenuous and faint that image contrast must be stretched to make them visible, overexposing the image of the comet\u2019s nucleus and washing out details. In this case, however, the jet shone brighter than the nucleus itself and was easy to image. Following the outburst, instruments aboard Rosetta detected changes in the structure and composition of the coma (the cloud of material surrounding the nucleus): carbon dioxide content doubled, methane quadrupled, and hydrogen sulfide (the stinky gas that makes rotten eggs smell the way they do) increased by a factor of seven.\n\nConcentrations of dust also increased, jumping from one to three particle detections per day to 30. Dust is the reason Rosetta can\u2019t orbit too close to the comet to hunt for its wayward Philae lander\u2014the flurry of particles can confuse the spacecraft\u2019s navigation system, which must steer by orienting on bright stars. Spacecraft controllers will have to wait for surface activity to subside after perihelion before they can attempt to safely approach the comet again.\n\nIn other 67P-related developments, scientists have been trying to come up with explanations for 67P\u2019s unusual, \u201crubber duck\u201d shape, but astronomers are doubtful that the shape is the result of unusual erosion limited only to the narrow \u201cneck\u201d region. Since similar structures on the comet don\u2019t seem to be consistently aligned across both the \u201chead\u201d and \u201cneck,\u201d researchers conclude that 67P is most likely a \u201ccontact binary,\u201d resulting from the fusion of two colliding bodies. A series of near-parallel cracks found in one area could be evidence of a past collision. Whether the two objects that eventually merged into the \u201cducky\u201d formed separately or were both part of a larger comet that broke apart is yet to be determined. Scientists are very excited to have a ringside seat\u2014if 340 kilometers (210 miles) away can be considered ringside\u2014as 67P now undergoes its most active phase.\n\nSuspected examples of contact binaries in and outside of our solar system include othercomets, severalasteroids, and even stars that have a bi-lobed or \u201cpeanut\u201d shape. \u2013Bing Quock\n\nYoung Jupiter Discovered\n\n\u201cJudging by its low luminosity, low temperature and strong methane signature, this is the most Jupiter-like exoplanet ever directly imaged.\u201d That\u2019s UC Berkeley\u2019s James Graham, project scientist for the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), describing the first planet detected by GPI\u201451 Eridani b, located about 100 light-years from Earth in a triple-star system that\u2019s only about 20 million years old.\n\nThe GPI instrument\u2014the size of a small car\u2014is mounted on the 8-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile. It was designed, built, and optimized for imaging and analyzing the atmospheres of faint Jupiter-like planets next to bright stars, thanks to a device that masks the star\u2019s glare.\n\n\u201cThis is exactly the kind of planet we envisioned discovering when we designed GPI,\u201d Graham explains. \u201cWe wanted to find planets when they\u2019re young so we can figure out the formation process.\u201d\n\n20 million years is quite young, cosmically speaking. When young planets coalesce, material falling into the planet releases energy and heats it up. Over the next hundred million years the planet radiates that energy away, mostly as infrared light, making direct detection possible.\n\nOnce the astronomers zeroed in on the star 51 Eridani, they blocked its light and spotted light reflecting off 51 Eridani b, orbiting a little farther away from its parent star than Saturn does from the Sun. The light from the planet is very faint\u2014more than three million times fainter than its star\u2014but GPI can see it clearly. (The other two stars in the system form a close pair far from the planet\u2019s host star, and apparently do not affect the planet\u2019s orbit.) Observations revealed that the planet is roughly twice the mass of Jupiter.\n\nIn addition to being the lowest-mass planet ever directly imaged, it\u2019s also one of the coldest\u2014about 430\u00b0C (800\u00b0F), whereas others are around 650\u00b0C (1,200\u00b0F)\u2014and features the strongest atmospheric methane signal on record. Previous Jupiter-like exoplanets imaged have shown only faint traces of methane, far different from the heavy methane atmospheres of the gas giants in our solar system.\n\n\u201cThe exoplanet 51 Eri b is the first one that\u2019s cold enough and close enough to the star that it could have indeed formed right where it is the \u2018old-fashioned way,\u2019\u201d says Stanford\u2019s Bruce Macintosh, leader of the GPI survey. \u201cThis planet really could have formed the same way Jupiter did\u2014this whole planetary system could be a lot like ours.\u201d\n\nAstronomers believe that the gas giants in our solar system formed by building up a large core over a few million years and then gravitationally attracting a huge amount of hydrogen and other gases to form an atmosphere. But the Jupiter-like exoplanets that have so far been discovered are much hotter than models have predicted, hinting that they could have formed much faster as material collapses quickly to make a very hot planet. This is an important difference. The core-buildup process can also form rocky planets like Earth; a fast and hot collapse might only make giant gassy planets.\n\nThe team of astronomers hopes that studying young systems like this one may shed light on the formation of our solar system. Their findings are published this week in Science. \u2013Molly Michelson\n\nShare This\n\nThe California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth. Based in San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park, it is home to a world-class aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum\u2014all under one living roof."}
-{"text": "Suggestion on De-wormer brand/Dosage?\n\nNew Member\n\nMy C. breeder suggested to get Panacur paste thru www.beanfarm.com. My C. was recently de-wormed at my Vet which really improved his overall appetite and I would like to find an OTC wormer to do it myself annually to cut down on Vet cost.\n\nBrands that others have used with good results as an annual de-wormer?\n\nQuestion on dosage: How much do you use for an adult Panther? ( I assume that you give no more than a very small drop of the paste.).\n\nVeterinarian\n\nJust like a dog and a cat that go to the vet to get a yearly, a cham should probably have a yearly check up which would include a fecal and fecal cytology. Obviously this is not free. The problem lies in the fact that all the internal parasites that chams get cannot be easily treated by one particular drug.\n\nEx.- Coccidea is not uncommon in chams. TrimethoprimSulfa is used, but this would be useless in the treatment of strongids. Additionally, TMPS may cause some chams to become anorexic (a risk that may be avoided if a fecal shows no signs of the organism.)\n\nUnless you know how to do these tests and have the equipment to do so (which could easily be taught to you by someone who knows. Some breeders do it themselves, I've heard,) I would be reluctant to just give a general dewormer and have the false sense of security that comes with it.\n\nObviously the risk of parasites is lower if the cham does not have a history of being wild caught, or does not eat insects from a proven (clean source (some wild caught insects may carry the ova of some flukes/worms/protozoa)). Ask your local vet, but yearly deworming may not even be necessary."}
-{"text": "Shepherd writes: \u201cMario Balotelli is Arsenal\u2019s first choice to be their big striker signing this summer\u2026 This has now been confirmed by sources close to Arsenal.\u201d\n\nThe Mail on Sunday scribe, who was one of the first journalists to predict Juan Mata would join Manchester United in January, added: \u201cBalotelli prefers the idea of a move to London. Ahead of England\u2019s opening World Cup game against Italy it can be revealed that middle men are trying to piece a deal together to see Arsenal secure the services of Balotelli in a \u00a320million deal.\u201d\n\nBalotelli would no doubt feel that he has unfinished business in the Premier League, having left Manchester City under somewhat of a cloud.\n\nThe Italian striker is still just 23 and may well be ripe to come good under experienced Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.\n\nArsenal have been heavily linked with Loic Remy already in this transfer window and the Frenchman and Italian could significantly boost the attacking options at the Emirates."}
-{"text": "\"Cop\" out: Despite the UFC taking the rap for gay-bashing following UFC 115 back in June 2010, the promotion \"has turned down the Vancover Police Department's request to pay for extra policing around Rogers Arena on the night of UFC 131,\" according to MMA Fighting. UFC Canada's director of operations Tom Wright tells the city the event will be no different and perhaps even safer than any other concert or show held at the Rogers Arena, Canucks included. You agree?\n\nThe Vancouver Police Department says its hate-crime investigator is looking into an apparent gay bashing over the weekend, which the victims are blaming on an Ultimate Fighting Championship event.\n\nBut Const. Lindsey Houghton said there's no evidence that's the case.\n\nDavid Holtzman and Peter Regier say they were taunted with homophobic slurs and repeatedly punched outside their downtown Vancouver apartment on Saturday.\n\nThe couple believes the attackers were coming from the UFC mixed martial arts event at GM Place.\n\nPolice are investigating the incident but so far no arrests have been made. The suspects are described as Indo-Canadian men in their 20s who were both wearing jeans and T-shirts.\n\nAfter the mixed martial arts event finished, Vancouver police said it went off without any major problems.\n\nBut Holtzman and Regier live on Keefer Street just a few blocks from GM Place and believe they were attacked by two men who were drinking at the event.\n\nThe couple was out Saturday evening, but when they came home around 10:45 p.m. PT, they found two men near their front door \u2014 one drinking and the other urinating on the wall.\n\nRegier told CBC News he and Holtzman asked them not to.\n\n\"I didn't think it was unreasonable for us to object and say, 'Hey guys this is our home. We live here. Please don't pee on our home,'\" said Regier.\n\nThat's when the two men attacked them, the couple said.\n\n\"I just went down and protected myself, and I got hit in the back of the head about 50 times,\" said Holtzman. (I guess that we can be sure it wasn't a UFC fighter ...50 times??? What was your buddy doing?? Counting???)\nBoth suffered scratches, cuts and concussions, and one of them had to be taken to hospital for treatment. The pair told CBC News they believe the attack was a hate crime.\n\n\"They started saying all kinds of homophobic slurs,\" said Regier.\n\nCity responsible for UFC event:\nRegier and Holtzman said the city is partly to blame for holding violent events such as the UFC in the neighbourhood.\n\n\"You know, for us, it raises some larger concerns about, I guess for the city. I had no opinion about UFC coming to Vancouver originally \u2026 but you know, look at what happened to us steps away from where the fight went down, we're assaulted, just steps away,\" said Regier.\n\nHoltzman said, unlike the recent crowds downtown for the Olympics, the UFC event created a different mood on the street.\n\n\"UFC, like fighting, is about fighting and it's about testosterone\u2026. When you see someone like that, what are you going to do? You're going to react like in a fighting mode. I mean it promotes fighting. That's what it's about,\" said Holtzman.\n\n\"I think the city has to give a good think about UFC, and I am going to obviously be an opponent to this because of what happened to me,\" he said.\n\n__________________\nIt is because you chose to get on the mat that makes you the winner. Think about how many people are not on that mat right now. - Luis Sucuri Togno"}
-{"text": "We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse this repository, you give consent for essential cookies to be used. You can read more about our Privacy and Cookie Policy.\n\nAbstract\n\nIceland is the type example of a ridge-centered hotspot. It is controversial whether the seismic anomaly beneath it originates in the lower mantle or the upper mantle. Some recent studies reported that the 660-km discontinuity beneath central Iceland is shallow relative to peripheral regions and this was interpreted as an effect of elevated temperature at that depth. We investigate topography of the major upper mantle discontinuities by separating the effects of the topography and volumetric velocity heterogeneity in P receiver functions from 55 seismograph stations. Our analysis demonstrates that a significant (at least 10-km) shallowing of the 660-km discontinuity is only possible in the case of improbably low seismic velocities in the mantle transition zone beneath central Iceland. If, as in previous studies, lateral velocity variations in the mantle transition zone are neglected, the data require a depressed rather than an uplifted 660-km discontinuity. For a reasonable S-wave velocity anomaly in the mantle transition zone (around &#8722; 3%) no topography on the 660-km discontinuity is required. This can be explained by the lack of temperature anomaly or an effect of two phase transitions with opposite Clapeyron slopes."}
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-{"text": "Availability and prices\n\nDescription\n\nSmall cosy townhouse located in the heart of the old town of Tossa de Mar, within the city medieval city walls.\nOnly 100m to the beautiful beach and center of town.\n\nThe area within the city walls is car-free, you need to walk to the house, but once you are installed you can walk to the beach, restaurants, supermarkets and the city center. You don't need a car at all. If you do have a car, there's a parking space for a medium car included at 400m of the house.\n\nYou enter the house through the little terrace with exterior dining table and views of the beach and boulevard. On the ground floor there's the living room with dining table and sofabed for 2 persons (135x190cm).\nSmall renovated and fully equipped kitchen.\nOn the first floor there's the bedroom with one double bed and one extra folding bed. Totally renovated bathroom with shower. Nice views of the beach and town.\n\nTossa de Mar is a very nice small and quiet beach resort that attracts mainly families. Many watersport activities available and numerous quality restaurants.\n\nIn low season for short stays <7 days --> final cleaning and linen/towels: 65\u20ac\n\n*Unfortunately no groups of youngsters are allowed in this property. Minimum age is 28.\n\nGreat location and really wonderful being inside the walled city!\nThe views and terrace were also wonderful. Everybody at Coastal Villas was very friendly and professional.\n\nGreat location and really wonderful being inside the walled city!\nThe views and terrace were also wonderful. Everybody at Coastal Villas was very friendly and professional.\n\nCoastal Villas should have informed us that we could have gone straight to the villa rather than needing to go to the office. Also, Coastal Villas should provide transportation to...see more\n\nCoastal Villas should have informed us that we could have gone straight to the villa rather than needing to go to the office. Also, Coastal Villas should provide transportation to this villa because it was very hard to find and difficult hauling luggage while searching for it. Prospective renters should be advised there is no A/C. The walls in the living area were badly stained with what appeared to be mold.\n\nThe apartment was located perfectly, where we dreamed about.\nWith two small kids I was able to have fun at one of the two close beaches and come back home for a shower and siesta...see more\n\nThe apartment was located perfectly, where we dreamed about.\nWith two small kids I was able to have fun at one of the two close beaches and come back home for a shower and siesta, so no need to stay on beach whole day.\nWorth to mention that washing machine was also installed there.\nThe underground garage was not so far as we thought initially, but be very careful with bigger car (widelong), as it is quite difficult to get in and out from there and street gate closes without infra-red sensor (only timing), so don't spend too much time on manoeuvringkeep your finger on remote control to protect your car from damage from gate.\nAn internet service (included in the room price) and small local BBQ would be definitively a big advantage on top of others.\n\nOne of the most exciting parts of this house was that it is within the walls of the citadel. The house is made of stones and retains a cool temperature during the heat of summer (b...see more\n\nOne of the most exciting parts of this house was that it is within the walls of the citadel. The house is made of stones and retains a cool temperature during the heat of summer (but remember to close the blinds during the day!).\nLocation: right in the heart of the city. Everything is nearby. Restaurants are 2 mins walking, and the beach is only 5 mins away! No cars within citadel walls, which makes it quiet and peaceful.\nThe beach: clean and nice. Not too many people, which is nice.\nCleaning: A cleaning lady comes once a week to tidy up the place and provide clean sets of linen and towels. If you need more than what's provided, they're extremely helpful and will attend to that.\nOverall: I highly, highly recommend this house! Was an excellent experience!\n\nCoastalvillas is a small family run business. Since 1998 we focus on the sales and seasonal rental of villas and apartments that meet our high standards. Location, equipment and decoration are of high importance to us."}
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-{"text": "Measures targeting sexual assault on college campuses get legislative approval\n\nThursday\n\nJun 1, 2017 at 12:59 PMJun 1, 2017 at 1:02 PM\n\nBy Alex SamuelsThe Texas Tribune\n\nTwo measures aimed at combating sexual assault on college campuses have received their final approval from the Texas House and Senate.\n\nOn Sunday evening, both chambers approved Senate Bill 968, which would would let students and employees electronically and anonymously report sexual assaults to their universities. On Saturday, they also approved Senate Bill 969, which would grant amnesty to students who report a sexual assault even if they were violating other laws, like underage drinking, themselves.\n\nThe measures, both authored by Sen. Kirk Watson, passed both the upper and lower chambers with little debate and now head to the governor's office. Watson, D-Austin, said he hoped the passage of his bills would help empower sexual assault survivors.\n\n\u201cOne of the ways to change the culture on college campuses is to empower the survivors of sexual assault and to make it easier for victims to be able to report,\u201d Watson said Sunday evening.\n\nSB 968 finally passed the upper chamber in a 30-0 vote and earned positive remarks from various lawmakers.\n\n\u201cIt's hard to hear these very brave young women come forward and talk about the horrible situations they went through. I want to thank them for making a difference in a lot of future Texans' lives,\u201d state Sen. Jos\u00e9 Men\u00e9ndez, D-San Antonio, said. \u201cThis is landmark legislation and I'm very happy.\u201d\n\nLawmakers in a conference committee amended the language of SB 968 to ensure all aspects of the legislation would be equally enforced at both public and private universities.\n\nState Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, who carried the bills in the House, said the bill would empower students to report sexual assault without fear of recrimination.\n\nLeach previously told The Texas Tribune that he filed the legislation in response to a Baylor University sexual assault scandal that became public in 2015. A federal lawsuit filed in January claimed that 31 players on the Baylor football team committed 52 acts of rape from 2011 to 2014, far more than had been previously disclosed by university officials.\n\nA Baylor alum, Leach said the events at his alma mater were \u201ccertainly something that motivated and propelled me to delve into these issues.\u201d\n\nWatson, also a Baylor alum, has said his efforts aren\u2019t tied to the scandal that has plagued his alma mater. He said the issue extends beyond problems at a single university.\n\nWatson previously said that Baylor \"had no more input on this than any other institution of higher education that we dealt with, but did provide some information about their policies ... it would be a stretch to say there was a collaboration.\"\n\nWatson said the Baylor scandal \u201chighlighted a very serious need and problem in our state\u201d that the Legislature needed to address in new ways.\n\nDisclosure: Baylor University has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here.\n\nThe Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans \u2014 and engages with them \u2014 about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues."}
-{"text": "The concept of Holy War (bellum sacrum in Latin) came about in the 11th century to justify attacking and attempting to annihilate infidels and those whose religious beliefs were different than those of the attacking sect.\n\nFast forward ten centuries and today\u2019s bellum sacrum usually involves warring factions in church disputes. You can read a couple of posts dealing with similar issues here and here.\n\nThe latest to come wafting down from the appellate stratosphere involved Jacob Chapel MB Church, which found itself divided into two factions after its pastor died in December, 2015. One faction was headed by Richard Eskridge, a deacon of the church. The other was led by Louella Peacock, the church\u2019s secretary/treasurer. The depository bank interpled the church\u2019s accounts in chancery and summoned the church. Peacock\u2019s group answered first, claiming the funds, followed by Eskridge\u2019s faction, and the issue was joined. The funds were deposited into the registry of the court.\n\nEskridge claimed that Brenda Bowie had been elected and installed as the new pastor. Peacock replied that the election was not done according to church by-laws, and that the membership had voted to remove both Bowie and Eskridge from leadership roles in the church.\n\nThe chancellor ordered mediation to be conducted by the SCBA, a local Baptist Association, and that body facilitated a new pastoral and leadership election according to church by-laws. That action resulted in election of Kenneth Wraggs as pastor and Betty Quinn as treasurer. The Association recommended adoption of the action by the chancellor, which she did. Eskridge appealed, claiming that the chancellor erred in ordering mediation, in relying on the Association\u2019s findings and recommendations, and in not making findings of fact and conclusions of law.\n\nThe COA affirmed in Eskridge v. Peacock, decided December 4, 2018. Chief Judge Lee wrote for the unanimous court:\n\n\u00b66. Eskridge first argues that the chancellor\u2019s decision to appoint mediators was premature. Eskridge claims that the church had established by-laws for selecting a new pastor and had the by-laws been followed, the chancellor would not have needed to appoint mediators. Eskridge also alleges that the \u201cmediators had their own agenda and had no direction from the Court.\u201d [Fn 1]\n\n[Fn 1] According to Eskridge, the church was not a member of the SCBA and as a result, the mediators lacked authority over the church. During the hearing, however, two people testified that the church was a member of the [Association].\n\n\u00b67. As our supreme court has stated, the \u201ccourt\u2019s jurisdiction is limited to purely secular issues, and the court must not be involved in ecclesiastical issues.\u201d [Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church ex rel Bd. of Deacons v. Wallace, 835 So.2d 67,] at 72 (\u00b611) [(Miss. 2003)] \u2026 . In Pilgrim Rest, the church did not have clear by-laws, so the chancellor established a procedure for the church members to vote on whether to retain the current pastor. Id. The supreme court later stated that \u201cPilgrim Rest represents a narrow exception to the longstanding practice of this Court to refuse to involve itself in ecclesiastical matters.\u201d Greater Fairview Missionary Baptist Church v. Hollins, 160 So. 3d 223, 231 (\u00b629) (Miss. 2015). Unlike this case, Hollins involved a pastor who sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) after his congregation voted to terminate his employment. Id. at 233 (\u00b633). There, the chancellor issued the TRO, vacated the church\u2019s vote of termination, and ordered the church to hold another vote. Id. The supreme court reversed, holding that \u201ca pastor who is unhappy about being terminated by a church simply does not present a secular controversy.\u201d Id.\n\n\u00b68. This case is similar to Pilgrim Rest, not Hollins. The chancellor did not rule on who was entitled to be the new pastor. Instead, because the two groups were at odds and arguing over the interpled funds, the chancellor appointed mediators to oversee the election of the new pastor. At a hearing on the matter, the chancellor stated that \u201cwhatever [your] rules and regulations and by-laws are, they\u2019re going to be followed.\u201d And according to the church\u2019s minutes from the business meeting, the \u201celection was carried out in a fair and proper way and in accordance with the [church\u2019s] by-laws as well as in accordance with the policies and procedures of the [SCBA] as indicated by\u201d the moderators.\n\n\u00b69. In this instance, we cannot find the \u201cchancellor overstepped her bounds of jurisdiction in ordering an election when doing so was secular in purpose and sanctioned by other jurisdictions.\u201d Pilgrim Rest, 835 So. 2d at 72 (\u00b611) (citations omitted). This issue is without merit.\n\nAs for the mediator\u2019s findings, the court said this:\n\n\u00b610. Eskridge next argues that the chancellor\u2019s \u201cruling was based solely on the decision of the court-selected mediators who failed to follow the by-laws of the church.\u201d Eskridge further contends that the mediators failed to determine whether the members who voted during mediation were members of the church at the time of Reverend White\u2019s death.\n\n\u00b611. Eskridge, however, has failed to show that the by-laws were not followed. In fact, as previously stated, the church minutes indicated that the by-laws were followed during the election process. The supreme court\u2019s conclusion in Pilgrim Rest is applicable here: \u201cThere is absolutely no indication of [the chancellor] imposing an ecclesiastical dictate on the congregation of Pilgrim Rest. On the contrary, she merely sought to establish a procedure in which the majority of the Church could be heard thereby preserving the peace.\u201d Id. at 73-74 (\u00b614). This issue is without merit.\n\nAnd addressing the argument that the chancellor erred in not making findings:\n\n\u00b612. Eskridge finally contends that the chancellor failed to make findings of fact and conclusions of law. Here, much of Eskridge\u2019s argument is simply a reiteration of his previous arguments, which we found meritless. Eskridge does argue that the \u201cthe court also opines that the election was fair, but there is no indication of the method of the voting or the results.\u201d The chancellor relied upon the findings presented by the SCBA and the minutes of the church\u2019s business meeting\u2014the meeting at which the election occurred.\n\n\u00b613. Uniform Chancery Court Rule 4.01 states that \u201c[i]n all actions where it is required or requested, pursuant to M.R.C.P. 52, [Fn 2] the Chancellor shall find the facts specially and state separately his conclusions of law thereon.\u201d Eskridge never asked the chancellor to make findings of facts and conclusions of law. And he has not shown that the chancellor was required to do so in this instance. This issue is without merit.\n\n[Fn 2] Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a) states that: \u201cIn all actions tried upon the facts without a jury the court may, and shall upon the request of any party to the suit or when required by these rules, find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law\nthereon and judgment shall be entered accordingly.\u201d\n\nAn observation or two or more:\n\nWhere to draw the Pilgrim Rest line can be tricky. Here the chancellor merely employed a procedure to ensure that the church\u2019s own by-laws were followed. The result was an election that did follow the by-laws.\n\nIf you want the judge to make detailed findings you have to ask the judge to do that very thing.\n\nI don\u2019t get the argument that the SCBA was without authority to act as mediator because the church was not a member of the association. There is usually no relationship between a court-appointed mediator and the parties in mediation. It seems to me that the chancellor could have appointed a neutral party such as an attorney or CPA, or even the local Presbyterian Association to mediate.\n\nIn the case of Edwards v. Roberts, 771 So.2d 378 (Miss. Ct. App. 2000), the COA held that there is one round of R59 motions, and only one round. You do not get to file for rehearing after the judge has ruled on the motion for rehearing. If that were not so, one could almost permanently toll the time for appeal by filing serial R59 motions after every ruling on previously-filed R59 motions, ad infinitum. There has to be finality of judgments.\n\nAnd here is how the MSSC put it in the said Edwards v. Roberts:\n\n\u00b6 20. Nothing in the civil rules authorizes a motion to reconsider the denial of a motion for a JNOV or for a new trial. Motions for JNOV are governed by Rule 50(b) while motions for new trials are controlled by Rule 59. Under these rules, each motion must be filed within ten days of the entry of the judgment. M.R.C.P. 50(b) & 59(b). That initial motion for a JNOV was timely filed eight days after the 1991 judgment. However, the sua sponte \u201cmotion\u201d to reconsider the just-entered order occurred over one year after the 1991 judgment. We must decide whether once a motion under Rule 50 is filed by a litigant, then denied by the court, any window of opportunity opens for the trial judge to act on his own initiative to reconsider the denial.\n\n\u00b6 21. We start with the settled law that after a motion for new trial has been denied, no right exists to file for reconsideration. We find that reasoning equally applicable to motions for JNOV. \u201cWhen the procedure authorizing a motion for a new trial has been followed and, pursuant to proper notice, the parties have made their representations to the court, and the court has duly considered and made his decision upon that motion, that completes both the duty and the prerogative of the court.\u201d Griffin v. State, 565 So.2d 545, 550 (Miss.1990) (emphasis added). In Griffin, the lower court sustained two criminal defendants\u2019 motion for new trial as to two of the counts, and overruled as to one count. Id. at 545. The defendants fled and were captured several years later. Id. At that time the State moved to set aside the order granting a new trial. Id. The judge sustained the State\u2019s motions because he believed that he had made an error at law in granting a new trial. Id. On appeal, the Supreme Court found that the judge had no authority to revoke his earlier order for a new trial. Id.\n\n\u00b6 22. The Griffin court relied on other states that had addressed the same question. Among other authorities, the court quoted the California Supreme Court\u2019s holding that, \u201cIt has long been the rule that \u2018A final order granting or denying [a motion for a new trial], regularly made, exhausts the court\u2019s jurisdiction, and cannot be set aside or modified by the trial court except to correct clerical error or to give relief from inadvertence\u2026.\u2019 \u201d Griffin, 565 So.2d at 549 (citing Wenzoski v. Central Banking Sys., 43 Cal.3d 539, 237 Cal.Rptr. 167, 736 P.2d 753, 754 (1987)). Once a motion for new trial has been ruled upon:\n\n[I]f the party ruled against were permitted to go beyond the rules, make a motion for reconsideration, and persuade the judge to reverse himself, the question arises, why should not the other party who is now ruled against be permitted to make a motion for re-re-consideration, asking the court to again reverse himself? \u2026 This reflection brings one to realize what an unsatisfactory situation would exist if a judge could carry in his mind indefinitely a state of uncertainty as to what the final resolution of the matter should be.\n\n\u00b6 23. Though Griffin is a criminal case, the Supreme Court\u2019s principal authorities for holding it improper to move for reconsideration of a motion for new trial were civil cases under versions of Rule 59. The Supreme Court\u2019s conclusion that ruling on one motion for new trial exhausts the power of the court to entertain another such motion, certainly has an impact here. Until a judgment is final, a court has the authority to amend it. Griffin v. Tall Timbers Development, Inc., 681 So.2d 546, 552 (Miss.1996). Conversely, once it is final the authority is lost. The court\u2019s initiating it own reconsideration removes the finality of the judgment after an earlier motion was denied. That creates the same difficulties that were discussed in Griffin v. State. Just as a second motion under Rule 59(a) cannot be brought by a party after an earlier Rule 59(a) motion has been denied, neither can the trial court itself entertain its own reconsideration under Rule 59(d) or Rule 50(b).\n\n\u00b6 24. This is not to say that the finality of the judgment created by the denial of the first motion for new trial is absolutely unchangeable. Griffin v. State itself says that one last tool remains\u2014correcting clerical error, relieving inadvertence, responding to newly discovered evidence, or otherwise considering the grounds for a Rule 60 motion. Griffin, 565 So.2d at 549. Since the state and federal versions of Rule 60 are similar, we can seek a better understanding of what can be achieved under Rule 60 by examining an explanation of federal caselaw. The Mississippi Supreme Court has said \u201cthe federal construction of the counterpart rule will be \u2018persuasive of what our construction of our similarly worded rule ought to be.\u2019 \u201d Bruce v. Bruce, 587 So.2d 898, 903 (Miss.1991) (citation omitted). The following section of an eminent treatise on the federal rules first explains that a denial of a new trial motion cannot be reconsidered, and then suggests what remains:\n\nTerm time as both a grant and limitation upon the district court\u2019s power over its final judgments has been eliminated. [Fn omitted] In lieu thereof and in the interest of judgment finality a short time period, that is not subject to enlargement, has been substituted, within which a party may move for a new trial or to alter or amend the judgment. When the court has decided such a motion in a way that the finality of the judgment has been restored, then relief, if any, should come by appeal or by a motion under Rule 60(b), which does not affect the finality of the judgment or suspend its operation. It would be destructive of the general aim of the Rules to permit successive attacks upon final judgments on motions to reconsider orders that deny new trial, or that deny or grant an alteration or amendment of the judgment.\n\n\u00b6 25. The relevant motion here was not a Rule 50(b) motion for a JNOV, since that motion had already been denied and there cannot be a second such motion. Instead, this was at best a Rule 60 motion initiated by the judge himself soon after he entered the February 24 judgment. There is no counterpart in Rule 60(b) to what is set out in Rule 59(d), namely, that the trial court itself may initiate a motion. In one somewhat distinguishable case, the Supreme Court held that a trial judge could not on his own motion grant relief from judgment under Rule 60(b). State ex rel. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics v. One Chevrolet Nova Automobile, 573 So.2d 787, 789 (Miss.1990). However, that was a judge\u2019s sua sponte setting aside of a Rule 55 default judgment five years after the default had been granted. Id. at 788\u201389. The court stated that no motion was made by any party to set aside the five year old default and the judge could not himself do so. Id. at 789.\n\n\u00b6 26. What we find more in point is the general interpretation of federal Rule 60(b) that \u201cthe court has power to act in the interest of justice in an unusual case in which its attention has been directed to the necessity for relief by means other than a motion.\u201d CHARLES ALLAN WRIGHT AND ARTHUR R. MILLER AND MARY KAY KANE, FEDERAL PRAC. & PROC. 226 \u00a7 2865 (2d ed.1973). If within three days of the February 24 order the trial judge became aware of something that he thought was cognizable under Rule 60, then the absence of a motion might not by itself bar consideration. Griffin v. State in dicta recognizes the right to correct inadvertent error. Griffin, 565 So.2d at 549.\n\n\u00b6 27. We now look at what grounds for relief were appropriate. There are two sections to Rule 60 that allow relief from judgment. The first is for clerical mistakes, which may be corrected on the court\u2019s own initiative. M.R.C.P. 60(a). However, this rule \u201ccan be utilized only to make the judgment or other document speak the truth; it cannot be used to make it say something other than was originally pronounced.\u201d M.R.C.P. 60(a) cmt. The trial judge cannot on his own initiative change his mind and decide under Rule 60(a) that he should have granted the motion for JNOV instead of denying it. However, the rules seemingly permit a judge to decide that he always meant to sign an order that granted a motion but inadvertently signed a draft order denying it. This is the specific issue of Rule 60(b)(2), which is relief from judgment because of \u201caccident or mistake.\u201d \u2026\n\n\u00b6 28. Under Rule 60(b), the trial court on perhaps his own motion may decide that the original motion was entered by mistake, fraud of a party, or for other reason justifying relief from judgment. M.R.C.P. 60(b). Had the trial court believed that one of the grounds for Rule 60(b) existed and explained which one it was, then we could evaluate the validity of the exercise of discretion on February 27. Instead, the trial judge has informed us that no proper Rule 60 grounds existed.\n\n\u00b6 29. Before leaving the procedure that was followed, we consider the propriety of the original trial judge\u2019s addressing in these proceedings what he had done several years earlier. In a collateral attack on a former judgment, voidness is decided solely from what appears on the face of the record. Bolls v. Sharkey, 226 So.2d 372, 376 (Miss.1969). However, in a Rule 60 claim brought before the same court and involving the same parties, evidence beyond the pleadings and order themselves can be utilized. The comment to Rule 60(a) states that evidence outside the record can be considered. M.R.C.P. 60(a) cmt. No such explicit statement appears as to Rule 60(b), but the nature of the claims that can be made would require extraneous evidence. Accident, mistake, or fraud could not be shown except in the most unusual circumstances strictly from the record. In one case evidence was introduced at a Rule 60 hearing that an automatic stay in bankruptcy had been entered before the state court judgment was entered. This made the state court order void. Overbey v. Murray, 569 So.2d 303, 307 (Miss.1990). In another Rule 60 proceeding, evidence was admitted that the named corporate plaintiff did not exist, as it had sued under an incorrect name\u2014\u201cMississippi Sand & Gravel\u201d instead of the correct \u201cSouth Mississippi Sand & Gravel.\u201d The Supreme Court declared the earlier order void and set it aside. Southern Trucking Service, Inc. v. Mississippi Sand and Gravel, Inc., 483 So.2d 321, 324 (Miss.1986). See generally, Fred L. Banks, Jr., \u201cTrial and Post Trial Motions,\u201d in 1 JEFFREY L. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI CIVIL PROCEDURE \u00a7\u00a7 13:15\u201413:21 (1999).\n\n\u00b6 30. Though evidence outside the record is admissible, this still does not mean under Rule 60(b) the judge himself should state what his reason had been for signing an order. Had the original trial judge not been ruling on the motion, the question would even more emphatically arise of whether evidence should be sought from the issuing judge of his reason for entering an order. We defer that issue since we find that even if Judge Hilburn had not been available for an explanation, the outcome would be the same. Since a trial judge does not have the authority to reconsider his denial of a motion for a JNOV, the court\u2019s jurisdiction was exhausted after the February 24 denial. After jurisdiction was exhausted another order appeared. That order should be viewed as were orders under pre-Rules practice that were entered after the term of court. Formerly, once the term of court ended in which the final judgment was entered, a court lost control over its judgment. McNeeley v. Blain, 255 So.2d 923 (Miss.1971). Entering a new order after the expiration of the term was a nullity. McDaniel Bros. Const. Co. v. Jordy, 254 Miss. 839, 851, 183 So.2d 501, 506 (1966). There is no need to reacquaint ourselves with the intricacies of such rules other than to note that ending the power of the trial court to issue orders in a case is not a novel idea. A court does not have jurisdiction to enter orders indefinitely. Once the case is over, as with the end of the term of court in former practice or some other terminal event as under the civil rules, later orders by the court are not presumed valid because jurisdiction facially has been lost. We find that the Supreme Court has addressed this question:\n\n[t]he doctrine, that a judgment however erroneous of a court having jurisdiction may not be collaterally assailed, is only correct when the court proceeds, after acquiring the jurisdiction, according to established rules governing the class to which the case belongs, and does not transcend, in the extent or character of its judgment, the law which is applicable to it.\n\n\u00b6 31. Since, the present suit is not a collateral attack but a claim under Rule 60 for relief from the court that issued the order, the right to set aside the order is all the clearer.\n\n\u00b6 32. In the present case the circuit court initially had jurisdiction, but after entering the denial of the motion for a JNOV, jurisdiction ended. A similar defect in a court\u2019s ruling occurs when a judge improperly alters a criminal sentence after his jurisdiction to do so has ended. See generally, Mississippi Comm\u2019n on Judicial Performance v. Russell, 691 So.2d 929, 937 (Miss.1997).\n\nSo, could one get relief from a R59 ruling via R52(b)? Edwards v. Roberts goes on to answer in the negative:\n\n\u00b6 34. \u2026 The dissent implies that the action was under Rule 52(b). That is a Rule for amending findings, not reversing decisions. A decision that \u201cno\u201d should be \u201cyes\u201d was the difference between the February 24 and February 27 orders. Though a Rule 52(b) can be made in tandem with Rule 50 and Rule 59 motions, once those motions are denied Rule 52(b) is not a means to ask for or for a judge to initiate reconsideration. Regardless, to presume that the court was acting under this Rule after its authority had otherwise expired\u2014and of course the trial judge has since stated that he was not\u2014is as speculative as any other possible means to justify the second order. Under the dissent\u2019s analysis, Rule 52(b) becomes the opening for reconsidering a denial of reconsideration that Griffin said was beyond the court\u2019s jurisdiction.\n\nA R59 motion in chancery court is the equivalent of a motion for JNOV in a circuit or county court jury trial. Everything above pertaining to JNOV applies equally to R59 in chancery.\n\nC.V. and Livia Sue Glennis sued their neighbors, Donald and Nerissa Booker for destruction of the Glennis\u2019s shrubs. The chancellor awarded $1,320 in damages, and the Bookers appealed charging that the destruction of the shrubs had not been properly pled, and so was not an issue for trial.\n\nIn Booker v. Glennis, handed down October 30, 2018, the COA affirmed the award of damages. Here is how Judge Tindall, writing for a more or less unanimous court, addressed the issue:\n\n\u00b612. The Bookers argue that the destruction of the shrubs was not an issue properly before the court and therefore was improperly determined. The Bookers assert that they never consented to trying the claim for damages for the death of the shrubs. The record, however, reveals otherwise. At trial, upon request by the Bookers\u2019 counsel, the chancellor allowed testimony beyond that of the Glennises\u2019 contempt pleadings and treated all pleadings as amended to conform to the evidence tried and \u201cto include the granting of any affirmative relief regarding the two parties . . . so as to minimize the future conflicts between them.\u201d Later in trial, Bookers\u2019 counsel again asked to go further into issues with his examination of Mr. Booker, and the chancellor allowed the expansion because \u201cthose issues are before the Court in the complaint and counter-complaint, requesting for affirmative relief filed pro se by the Bookers . . . .\u201d\n\n\u00b613. Both the Glennises\u2019 counsel and the Bookers\u2019 counsel elicited, on a number of occasions, witness testimony regarding the destruction of the shrubs. Further, during the cross-examination of Mr. Glennis, the chancellor indicated her understanding that \u201cfrom listening to the testimony and looking at the photograph the shrubs that have been testified [about], [which] were not raised in the pleadings but have been testified [about,] [are being] tried by the consent of the parties . . . .\u201d No party objected to this issue being tried. In fact, at the end of the trial, the Glennises\u2019 counsel moved for their pleadings to be conformed to the proof submitted, and the Bookers\u2019 counsel asserted, \u201c[w]e would make the same motion, Your Honor.\u201d Thereafter, in the subject order of July 5, 2016, the chancellor ordered \u201call of said pleadings . . . [be treated as] amended to conform to the evidence presented at the conclusion of trial due to multiple issues tried that were not pleaded.\u201d\n\n\u00b614. Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 15(b) permits issues to be tried by express consent of the parties.\n\nWhen issues not raised by the pleadings are tried by expressed or implied consent of the parties, they shall be treated in all respects as if they had been raised in the pleadings. Such amendment of the pleadings as may be necessary to cause them to conform to the evidence and to raise these issues may be made upon motion of any party at any time, even after judgment, but failure to so amend does not affect the result of the trial of these issues.\n\nM.R.C.P. 15(b); Weiss v. Weiss, 579 So. 2d 539, 542 (Miss. 1991). As reflected in the record, counsel for both parties put on evidence regarding the shrub destruction, and counsel for both requested and consented to this amendment of the pleadings. Therefore this issue is without merit.\n\nThe record was abundantly clear that the lawyers intended, and the judge ruled, that the pleadings were amended to conform to the proof. That\u2019s good lawyering and judging when the record leaves no doubt.\n\nThat riddle was at the heart of the divorce case between Harold and Margie Arrington. On May 15, 2012, the chancellor signed a divorce judgment granting an irreconcilable differences divorce. For some reason the judgment was not filed with the chancery clerk until June 3, 2014. That\u2019s 25 months after the judge signed it.\n\nIn the meantime, on August 23, 2013, Harold filed a withdrawal of his agreement to the divorce, following which he filed an amended complaint on the ground of desertion. After Margie filed an answer and counterclaim, Harold filed a motion to set aside the original judgment. The chancellor denied the motion noting that the divorce judgment was signed a year before the objection was filed. Harold appealed.\n\nIn Arrington v. Arrington, decided September 11, 2018, the COA reversed and remanded. Judge Griffis wrote for a unanimous court:\n\nEvery judgment shall be set forth on a separate document which bears the title of \u201cJudgment.\u201d However, a judgment which fully adjudicates the claim as to all parties and which has been entered as provided in M.R.C.P. 79(a) shall, in the absence of prejudice to a party, have the force and finality of a judgment even if it is not properly titled. A judgment shall be effective only when entered as provided in M.R.C.P. 79(a).\n\n(Emphasis added). The Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 58 add that \u201c[t]he \u2018entry\u2019 of the judgment is the ministerial notation of the judgment by the clerk of the court pursuant to Rules 38 and 79(a); however, it is crucial to the effectiveness of the judgment and for measuring time periods for appeal and the filing of various motions.\u201d (Emphasis added).\n\n(a) General Docket. The clerk shall keep a book known as the \u201cgeneral docket\u201d of such form and style as is required by law and shall enter therein each civil action to which these rules are made applicable. The file number of each action shall be noted on each page of the docket whereon an entry of the action is made. All papers filed with the clerk, all process issued and returns made thereon, all appearances, orders, verdicts, and judgments shall be noted in this general docket on the page assigned to the action and shall be marked with its file number. These entries shall be brief but shall show the nature of each paper filed or writ issued and the substance of each order or judgment of the\ncourt and of the returns showing execution of process. The entry of an order or judgment shall show the date the entry is made. In the event a formal order is entered, the clerk shall insert the order in the file of the case.\n\n(b) Minute Book. The clerk shall keep a correct copy of every judgment or order. This record shall be known as the \u201cMinute Book.\u201d\n\n\u00b613. The Advisory Committee Note to Rule 79 adds [Fn omitted]:\n\nRule 79(a) specifies that the docket entries reflect the date on which entries are made in the general docket. Since several important time periods and deadlines are calculated from the date of the entry of judgments and orders, these entries must accurately reflect the actual date of the entries rather than another date, such as the date on which a judgment or order is signed by the judge. See, for example, Rule 58 mandating that a judgment is effective only when entered as provided in Rule 79(a), and Rule 59 which requires that motions to alter or amend judgments be filed within ten days after the entry of judgment.\n\n\u00b614. Rule 58 clearly provides that \u201c[a] judgment shall be effective only when entered as provided in Rule 79(a).\u201d (Emphasis added). Rule 79(a) requires the clerk to keep a \u201cgeneral docket\u201d and to enter \u201call . . . judgments.\u201d Thus, we may conclude that a judgment is not final until it is recorded in the clerk\u2019s general docket. M.R.C.P. 58, 79(a). See, e.g., Cleveland Nursing & Rehab. LLC v. Estate of Gully, 206 So. 3d 516, 521 (\u00b617) (Miss. 2016) (\u201cBecause the docket entry did not comply with Rule 79(a), the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that no judgment had been properly entered.\u201d); Thompson v. City of Vicksburg, 813 So. 2d 717, 719-20 (\u00b611) (Miss. 2002) (Summary judgment was not a final appealable order because trial court did not enter a document styled \u201cFinal Judgment.\u201d).\n\n\u00b615. We find that, under Rules 58 and 79(a), the final decree signed by the chancellor was not final until it was entered by the chancery clerk on June 3, 2014.\n\nPunch line: the judgment here was not effective as a judgment unless and until it was filed with the clerk per R79.\n\nOne quibble: In the Thompson v. City of Vicksburg case, the reversal was not due to the non-filing of a document styled \u201cfinal judgment;\u201d the reversal was due to the fact that there was no indication in the summary judgment that it was a final adjudication, and there was no other judgment in the record that appeared final. Remember that under R58, \u201d \u2026 a judgment which fully adjudicates the claim as to all parties, and which has been entered as provided in MRCP 79(a) shall, in the absence of prejudice to a party, have the force and finality even it is not properly titled.\u201d In other words, by the express language of the rule, the court is supposed to look to substance rather than form.\n\nWhen Christina and Billy Leblanc appeared for their divorce trial, also at issue was a contempt action that Christina had filed complaining that Billy had failed to pay the mortgage on the former marital residence as directed by the court in a temporary order. On the first day of trial Billy admitted in his testimony that he had not paid it as ordered.\n\nOn the second day of trial, however, the parties agreed to a consent to divorce that did not mention the contempt. The chancellor did not include an adjudication of contempt, and Christina appealed alleging several errors, including the non-adjudication of contempt. She contended that the chancellor should have awarded her a separate judgment for the mortgage arrearage.\n\nIn Leblanc v. Leblanc, decided October 23, 2018, the COA affirmed on this issue. Judge Wilson wrote for the unanimous court (Irving not participating):\n\n\u00b669. As discussed above, the chancery court twice ordered Billy to pay the arrearage on the mortgage on the marital home, and Christina filed two contempt motions based on Billy\u2019s failure to do so. Her second motion was still pending when trial began. On the first day of trial, Billy admitted that the mortgage was not current. He claimed that he was unable to pay it. Then, at the beginning of the second day of trial, the parties consented to an irreconcilable differences divorce. The chancery court\u2019s final judgment awarded Christina the marital home, along with the mortgage. However, the court\u2019s judgment did not specifically address Billy\u2019s prior contempt or the arrearage. On appeal, Christina argues that the chancery court erred by not finding Billy in contempt and by not entering a separate judgment in her favor for the mortgage arrearage.\n\n\u00b670. We conclude that the issue of Billy\u2019s contempt was waived because the parties did not list contempt among the issues to be decided by the court. In an irreconcilable differences divorce, the issues that are to be decided by the court by the consent of the parties must be \u201cspecifically set forth.\u201d See Miss. Code Ann. \u00a7 93-5-2(3) (Rev. 2013). \u201cThe language of section 93-5-2(3) is clear. A chancellor may decide contested issues in a divorce based upon irreconcilable differences. However, he is limited to the resolution of those issues specifically identified and personally agreed to in writing by the parties.\u201d Myrick v. Myrick, 186 So. 3d 429, 433 (\u00b617) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016) (quoting Wideman v. Wideman, 909 So. 2d 140, 146 (\u00b622) (Miss. Ct. App. 2005)) (brackets omitted). Here, the parties agreed that the chancellor would decide issues related to child custody and support, equitable division, alimony, and insurance. Contempt was not mentioned when they consented to an irreconcilable differences divorce. Therefore, we hold that the issue was waived.\n\n\u00b671. In addition, our general \u201crule is that a party making a motion must follow up that action by bringing it to the attention of the judge and by requesting a hearing upon it. It is the responsibility of the movant to obtain a ruling from the court on motions filed by him, and failure to do so constitutes a waiver of same.\u201d Anderson v. McRae\u2019s Inc., 931 So. 2d 674, 678 (\u00b610) (Miss. Ct. App. 2006) (emphasis added; quotation marks omitted). Here, Christina noticed her motion for a hearing on the first day of trial and mentioned the motion at the outset of trial; however, she did not request a ruling on the motion when she subsequently consented to an irreconcilable differences divorce, or at any time thereafter. Therefore, there is no \u201cruling from the [chancery] court\u201d for this Court to review. Id. Accordingly, we conclude that Christina waived the issue by failing to obtain a ruling.\n\nOkay, I get it that the issue was waived as a contested issue at this trial and for this appeal, but does that mean that Christina can\u2019t ever recover what Billy didn\u2019t pay? Does it mean that she permanently waived collection? Well, here is what Professor Bell said:\n\n\u201cThe obligation to pay past-due temporary support survives a final judgment, even though the temporary support is replaced by a permanent support order. A payor was properly held in contempt for failure to make temporary child support, alimony, and mortgage payments totaling $2,900.\u201d [Citing Langdon v. Langdon, 854 So. 2d 485, 496 (Miss. App. 2003). Also citing Baier v. Baier, 897 So. 2d 202, 205 (Miss. App. 2005) for the proposition that temporary arrearages may not be forgiven]. Bell on Mississippi Family Law, 2d Ed., \u00a7 14.02[3].\n\nSo it would appear that Christina may get another bite at that crabapple.\n\nI see pleadings raising all sorts of issues and defenses, and motions filed along the way, that are never called up before the court for hearing. You need to heed the court\u2019s warning that failure to bring those up for the court to address will waive them so that they can\u2019t be raised on appeal.\n\nShortly after adoption of the MRCP the MSSC ruled that judges were to look past the form of motions and pleadings and were to consider the substance. Meaning that you could style a complaint as an \u201cApplication\u201d or an answer as a \u201cResponse,\u201d and the judge is supposed to treat it as its substance requires.\n\nThat\u2019s a pretty harmless concept on the face of it, and it would seem to promote justice over formality. For lawyers who get too loosey-goosey with their filings, though, it can create some possibly damaging mischief.\n\nA particular species of this problem is ambiguous labeling, such as occurs when lawyers file a \u201cMotion to Reconsider\u201d without specifying which rule they are invoking. You see, there is no such thing under the MRCP as \u201creconsideration,\u201d and using that term without more throws into the judge\u2019s lap the issue of how to treat it. In a specially-concurring opinion in Maness v. K&A Enterp, decided August 9, 2018, by the MSSC, Justice Maxwell eloquently described the how this can come back to bite you:\n\n\u00b667. I write separately to address the Manesses\u2019 so-called motions \u201cfor reconsideration.\u201d While a harmless issue here, this case illustrates the confusion often created by such motions.\n\n\u00b668. Technically, \u201c[t]he Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure do not provide for a motion for reconsideration.\u201d McBride v. McBride, 110 So. 3d 356, 359 (Miss. Ct. App. 2013). Rule 54(b) does makes clear that a decision, order, or judgment that disposes of less than all claims by all parties is interlocutory and therefore \u201cis subject to revision at any time before the entry of judgment adjudicating all the claims and the rights and liabilities of all the parties.\u201d Miss. R. Civ. P. 54(b). But once a judgment becomes final, the trial court loses its inherent \u201cfree[dom] to reconsider and reverse its decision for any reason it deems sufficient[.]\u201d Cabral v. Brennan, 853 F.3d 763, 766 n.3 (5th Cir. 2017) (quoting Lavespere v. Niagara Mach. & Tool Works, Inc., 910 F.2d 167, 185 (5th Cir. 1990), abrogated on other grounds by Little v. Liquid Air Corp., 37 F.3d 1069, 1075 n.14 (5th Cir. 1994) (en banc)).\n\n\u00b669. Instead, the trial court\u2019s power to modify a final judgment is limited by Rules 59 and 60. See Miss. R. Civ. P. 59, 60. Under Rule 59, the trial court may grant a new trial or alter the judgment \u201cif convinced that a mistake of law or fact has been made, or that injustice would attend allowing the judgment to stand.\u201d McNeese v. McNeese, 119 So. 3d 264, 272 (Miss. 2013). The trial court may also grant a new trial under Rule 59(a) based on newly discovered evidence. Id. Under Rule 60(a), the trial court may correct \u201c[c]lerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or other parts of the record and errors therein arising from oversight or omission . . . .\u201d Miss. R. Civ. P. 60(a). And under Rule 60(b), a trial court, upon motion,\n\u201cmay relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons\u201d:\n\n(1) fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party;\n\n(2) accident or mistake;\n\n(3) newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Rule 59(b);\n\n(4) the judgment is void;\n\n(5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application;\n\n(6) any other reason justifying relief from the judgment. [Fn 13]\n\nMiss. R. Civ. P. 60(b).\n\n[Fn 13] Though, at first blush, Rule 60(b)(6) could be construed as empowering trial courts to reconsider their prior judgments for \u201cany other reason,\u201d we have been clear that \u201c[r]elief under Rule 60(b)(6) is reserved for extraordinary and compelling circumstances.\u201d Brineyv. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 714 So. 2d 962, 966 (Miss. 1998) (citations omitted).\n\n\u00b670. To be granted any of the above relief requires more than mere \u201creconsideration.\u201d Yet over the years, Mississippi practitioners have filed a slew of post-trial motions generically titled \u201cmotions to reconsider.\u201d McBride, 110 So. 3d at 359-60. And once filed, courts are left to decipher what type of motion is actually being filed based on the timing and the substance of the request. A Rule 54(b) motion to revise an interlocutory order? A Rule 59(e) motion to alter or amend a final judgment? A Rule 59(a) motion for a new trial? A Rule 60(a) motion to correct an omission or clerical mistake? Or a Rule 60(b) motion for relief from a final judgment? See, e.g., City of Jackson v. Jackson Oaks Ltd. P\u2019ship, 792 So. 2d 983, 984-85 (Miss. 2001) (holding that the trial court erred by failing to treat a party\u2019s postjudgment motion, which was filed after the time limitation to file a Rule 59(e) motion, as a Rule 60(b) motion); Woods v. Victory Mktg., LLC, 111 So. 3d 1234, 1236 (Miss. Ct. App. 2013) (\u201cThe timing of the motion for reconsideration determines whether it is a Rule 59 or Rule 60(b) motion.\u201d).\n\n\u00b671. That is exactly what the chancellor had to do here. Faced with a \u201cSupplemental Motion to Reconsider\u201d and a \u201cMotion to Reconsider,\u201d it is understandable that the chancellor treated the Manesses\u2019 motion as a Rule 59(e) motion to alter or amend, given that they put forth the reasons for granting a Rule 59(e) motion as justification for setting aside the grants of partial summary judgment. But, as the Manesses point out on appeal, a partial grant of summary judgment is a nonfinal order. And under Rule 54(b), the trial court may always set aside a nonfinal decision for any reason it deems just. Cabral, 853 F.3d at 766 n.3 (\u201c[T]he higher standard in Rule 59(e) reflects the fact that judgment has already been entered, while the `more flexible\u2019 Rule 54(b) standard reflects the district court\u2019s inherent power to grant relief from interlocutory orders `as justice requires.'\u201d (quoting Cobell v. Jewell, 802 F.3d 12, 25-26 (D.C. Cir. 2015))).\n\n\u00b672. So the Manesses are right. The trial judge could have \u201creconsidered\u201d his interlocutory decision to grant partial summary judgment without requiring the Manesses to meet the more \u201cexacting\u201d standard of Rule 59(e). Cabral, 853 F.3d at 766. But in this case, I fail to see how the motion misidentification prejudiced the Manesses. Like the appellants in the case they rely on, Cabral, the Manesses \u201cdo[ ] not explain how [they] could have been harmed by the procedural error.\u201d Id. Beyond pointing out the trial court applied a more rigorous Rule 59(e) standard to a Rule 54(b) motion, they fail to demonstrate how the trial court\u2019s applying the correct standard would have led to a different outcome. Indisputably, K&A was entitled to summary judgment on the issues of liability and damages. So the trial court could hardly be held in error for refusing to revisit these decisions prior to their becoming final.\n\n\u00b673. Here, the Manesses\u2019 using the Rule 59(e) standard to argue a Rule 54(b) motion led to harmless procedural error. But that may not hold true for every so-called \u201cmotion for reconsideration.\u201d Motions for relief under Rules 54(b), 59(a), 59(e), 60(a), and 60(b) are not interchangeable. And courtroom lawyers would be wise not only to appreciate the differences between these rules but also label their motions according to the precise relief they seek.\n\nFor a number of posts where I have talked about this issue, enter the word \u201creconsideration\u201d in the search box above.\n\nYou can register a judgment or order for custody (hereinafter referred to as a \u201cjudgment\u201d) rendered by another state in Mississippi by following MCA \u00a793-27-305. Here are the highlights:\n\nYou can register the judgment with or without a simultaneous action for enforcement (93-27-305(1)).\n\nA pleading, petition, motion, or even a letter requesting registration is filed with the chancery clerk of any county in the state (93-27-305(1) and (1)(a)).\n\nTwo copies, including one certified copy, of the judgment, accompanied by an affidavit that to the best of the affiant\u2019s knowledge and belief the judgment has not been modified, must also be filed (93-27-305(1)(b)).\n\nThe name and address of the person seeking registration, as well as that of any parent or person in loco parentis who was awarded custody in the judgment must be stated in the petition (93-27-305(c)); however, the confidentiality protections of 93-27-209 are available to persons who qualify.\n\nNotice is served on the person(s) named in 1(c) to provide them an opportunity to contest the registration (93-27-305(2)(b)).\n\nThe notice must state that the judgment: (1) will be enforceable on the date of registration the same as a Mississippi domestic judgment (93-27-305(3)(a)); (2) a hearing to contest registration must be requested within twenty days of the date of service of the notice (93-27-305(3)(b)); and (3) failure to contest registration will result in confirmation of the judgment\u2019s custody determination, and further contest will be barred (97-27-305(3)(c)).\n\nA person wishing to contest registration must request a hearing within twenty days of service of notice (93-27-305(4)).\n\nAt a hearing to contest registration, the court shall confirm registration unless the contestant establishes that either: (1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under the UCCJEA (93-27-305(4)(a)); or the custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction per the UCCJEA (93-27-305(4)(b); or (3) the contestant was entitled to notice per 93-27-108 in the originating court, but was not afforded that notice (93-27-305(4)(c)).\n\nIf a timely request for hearing is not filed, the court orders that the registration is confirmed as a matter of law, and all persons who were served with notice are notified of the confirmation (93-27-305(5)).\n\nAn order of confirmation precludes further contest of any matter that could have been contested at the time of confirmation of registration (93-27-305(6)).\n\nIn Edwards v. Zyla, 207 So. 3d 1232 (Miss. 2016), the MSSC held that chancery court, not county court, was the proper forum for registration of a foreign custody determination.\n\nFollowing a hearing on Kellie McCarley\u2019s claim for separate maintenance from her husband, Rickey McCarley, the chancellor announced that, although she would like to make a ruling from the bench right then, she needed to review the exhibits first. She scheduled a telephone conference to discuss her ruling with the attorneys. In that conference, she gave her opinion denying Rickey\u2019s claim for divorce and granted Kellie separate maintenance. The telephone conference was not recorded or otherwise made a part of the record. There was also an amended order that clarified the chancellor\u2019s ground for awarding separate maintenance.\n\nRickey appealed arguing among other grounds that the chancellor erred in not directing that the telephone conference be made a part of the record.\n\nThe COA affirmed in McCarley v. McCarley, decided August 21, 2018, with an opinion by Judge Carlton:\n\n\u00b610. Rickey argues that the chancellor erred in failing to direct that the transcript from the telephone opinion be made part of the record. Rickey asserts that the amended order only states the chancellor\u2019s conclusions in very abbreviated form and contains none of the underlying facts nor applies the law to those facts.\n\n\u00b611. In support of his argument, Rickey cites to Uniform Chancery Court Rule 4.02, which provides that a chancellor\u2019s opinion may be given orally or in writing. If the chancellor pronounces her opinion orally, then \u201cit shall be taken down by the [c]ourt [r]eporter who shall, when directed by the [c]ourt, transcribe the same and submit it to the [c]hancellor for correction and approval.\u201d UCCR 4.02. Rule 4.02 mandates that whether the opinion rendered is made orally or in writing, it \u201cshall be filed among the papers and become a part of the record in the cause without any order or direction to that effect.\u201d Id.\n\n\u00b612. We recognize that Rule 52(a) of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure states that in cases tried without a jury, \u201cthe court may, and shall upon the request of any party to the suit or when required by these rules, find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and judgment shall be entered accordingly.\u201d (Emphasis added).\n\n\u00b613. Similarly, Uniform Chancery Court Rule 4.01 provides \u201cIn all actions where it is required or requested, pursuant to [Rule] 52, the [c]hancellor shall find the facts specially and state separately his conclusions of law thereon. The request must be made either in writing, filed among the papers in the action, or dictated to the [c]ourt [r]eporter for record and called to the attention of the [c]hancellor.\u201d (Emphasis added).\n\n\u00b614. At the conclusion of the hearing in the present case, the chancellor scheduled a telephone conference with the attorneys. The chancellor explained that she would give her opinion on the matter via telephone and would also request one of the attorneys to prepare the order at that time. The record contains no transcript from the telephone conference, but the record does contain the chancellor\u2019s written order and amended order setting forth her ruling.\n\n\u00b615. In the chancellor\u2019s amended order, she denied Rickey\u2019s complaint for divorce on the ground of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment based on \u201clack of proof.\u201d The chancellor also found \u201cthat [Kellie] is without material fault in the separation and that [Rickey] abandoned [Kellie] and has refused to provide any support.\u201d The chancellor then determined that Kellie \u201chas met the burden of proof necessary to support her claim for separate maintenance.\u201d The record contains no request by Rickey or his attorney for the chancellor to find specially and state separately her conclusions of law.\n\n\u00b616. We recognize that \u201c[t]he burden rests upon the appellant to provide a record that contains all information needed for an understanding of matters relied upon for reversal on appeal.\u201d Wells v. Price, 102 So. 3d 1250, 1259 (\u00b630) (Miss. Ct. App. 2012). This Court cannot consider or act upon matters not included in the record; rather, we \u201cmust confine ourselves to what actually does appear in the record.\u201d Id. In Wells, 102 So. 3d at 1259 (\u00b632), the appellant failed to include in the record the transcripts from a bench trial and a telephone hearing, as well as the judgment entered after a separate bench trial. This Court affirmed the trial court\u2019s judgment, explaining that \u201c[b]ecause [the appellant] did not provide us an\nadequate record, . . . we cannot find the trial court in error and must assume the trial court\u2019s ruling is correct.\u201d Id. [Fn 2]\n\n[Fn 2] Cf. Daley v. Daley, 909 So. 2d 106, 107 (\u00b68) (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). In Daley, the record failed to contain a transcript of the proceedings before the chancellor or any factual or legal foundation for the chancellor\u2019s decision below. Id. This Court acknowledged that Uniform Chancery Court Rules 4.01 and 4.02 provide that the chancellor can \u201ccreate either an oral or a written record at his discretion,\u201d but \u201cif the chancellor opts for an oral opinion, it must be transcribed for the record.\u201d Id. at 107-08 (\u00b69). This Court then remanded the case back to the chancellor with instructions for the chancellor to create a record of his factual findings and conclusions of law. Id. at 108 (\u00b610).\n\n\u00b617. In Baggett v. Baggett, 246 So. 2d 887, 889 (\u00b621) (Miss. Ct. App. 2017), this Court found no merit to the appellant\u2019s claim that the chancellor erred by failing to make findings of fact and conclusions of law in his judgment denying the appellant\u2019s complaint for divorce. The Baggett court held that not only did the appellant fail to request that the chancellor make findings of fact and conclusions of law, but the facts of the case \u201cwere neither hotly contested, greatly in dispute, nor complex so as to require the chancellor to [make findings of fact and conclusions of law] without a request.\u201d Id. at (\u00b619) (citing Tricon Metals & Servs., Inc. v. Topp, 516 So. 2d 236, 239 (Miss. 1987)).\n\n\u00b618. Similarly, in Turner v. Turner, 744 So. 2d 332, 337 (\u00b622) (Miss. Ct. App. 1999), the appellant argued that the chancellor erred by failing to make separate findings of facts and conclusions of law or on-the-record findings regarding his award of child support. Upon review, this Court found no error, explaining that \u201cneither party requested in writing, or in any other acceptable manner, that the chancellor issue separate findings of fact or\nconclusions of law.\u201d Id. at (\u00b626).\n\n\u00b619. In the case before us, the record contains the transcript of the trial testimony from Rickey, Kellie, Penny, and Rickey\u2019s brother, Roger. Although the record does not contain a transcript of the telephone conference with the attorneys where the chancellor made her ruling orally, the record does contain the chancellor\u2019s amended written order reflecting her aforementioned ruling. Furthermore, Rule 4.02 mandates that if a party requests the chancellor to find the facts specially and state separately her conclusions of law, \u201c[t]he request must be made either in writing, filed among the papers in the action, or dictated to the [c]ourt [r]eporter for record and called to the attention of the [c]hancellor.\u201d No such request by either party appears in the record before us. This issue lacks merit.\n\nDallas Pevey sued his ex-wife, Marie Black, to modify child custody. The chancellor ruled for Marie but expressed reservations. Dallas filed a motion that the court considered under MRCP 59, and took additional testimony. Following that hearing, the chancellor reversed his prior ruling and found that Marie had testified falsely at the previous hearing. The court awarded custody to Dallas and Marie appealed. She contended that Dallas\u2019s claimed newly discovered evidence was lacking, and that the trial court erred in essentially giving him a \u201cdo-over\u201d trial.\n\nIn Black v. Pevey, decided August 28, 2018, the COA affirmed. The opinion speaks to the nature of a R59 motion (commonly called a \u201cmotion for reconsideration, although it is really a motion for rehearing according to its express terms) and what is the extent of authority that a chancellor may exercise in ruling on it. Judge Fair wrote the opinion for a unanimous court:\n\n\u00b63. Marie contends that the chancery court erred in granting Dallas\u2019s \u201cmotion to reconsider\u201d because the claimed newly discovered evidence was lacking and could have been presented at the original hearing. Marie argues, essentially, that the chancery court gave Dallas a \u201cdo over\u201d rather than holding him to the stricter standard that Rule 59 requires. But she is wrong about that legal standard.\n\n\u00b64. It is true that, under the \u201cnew\u201d Rules of Civil Procedure, the motion for reconsideration technically no longer exists. See Maness v. K &A Enters. of Miss. LLC, No. 2017-CA-00173, 2018 WL 3791250, at *12 (\u00b668) (Miss. Aug. 9, 2018) (Maxwell, J., specially concurring and joined by four other justices). But the motion at issue here was properly made, and considered, under Rule 59. See id.\n\n\u00b65. The chancery court\u2019s authority to modify the final judgment is \u201climited\u201d by Rule 59, and it is a \u201chigher\u201d standard than under Rule 54(b), which allows a trial court to set aside interlocutory decisions for any reason it sees just. Id. at *13 (\u00b6\u00b669, 71). Still, Rule 59 permits a chancery court substantial discretion to reconsider its decisions\u2014either on the motion of a party, or sua sponte \u201cfor any reason for which it might have granted a new trial on motion of a party.\u201d See M.R.C.P. 59(d). When a case has been tried to the court, Rule 59(a) expressly provides that a new trial may be granted \u201cfor any of the reasons for which rehearings have heretofore been granted in suits in equity in the courts of Mississippi.\u201d \u201cThe ground rules [for a Rule 59 motion in chancery court] include those that preexisted the Civil Rules regarding the grant or denial of trial court rehearings.\u201d Mayoza v. Mayoza, 526 So. 2d 547, 549-50 (Miss. 1988). In In re Enlargement of Corporate Limits of Hattiesburg, 588 So. 2d 814, 828 (Miss.1991), the supreme court explained that \u201c[i]n equity, the chancellor has always had entire control of his orders and decrees and authority to modify or vacate any of them on motion of any party, or on his own, prior to final judgment.\u201d While the chancellor\u2019s order may have been styled a final judgment, it was rendered non-final by Dallas\u2019s filing of the motion to reconsider. See Wilson v. Mallett, 28 So. 3d 669, 670 (\u00b63) (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). \u201cIt is long-settled that when a final judgment is reopened [under Rule 59,] the judgment remains subject to the control of the court until the motion is disposed of and, until that time, does not become final.\u201d E.E.O.C. v. United Ass\u2019n of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Indus. of the U.S. & Canada, Local No. 120, 235 F.3d 244, 250 (6th Cir. 2000).\n\n\u00b66. To grant the motion under Rule 59, the chancery court need only be \u201cconvinced that a mistake of law or fact has been made, or that injustice would attend allowing the judgment to stand.\u201d See Maness, 2018 WL 379125, at *13 (\u00b669) (Maxwell, J., specially concurring) (quoting McNeese v. McNeese, 119 So. 3d 264, 272 (\u00b620) (Miss. 2013)). This is an independent basis for granting the motion, distinct from the court\u2019s authority to order a new trial on the presentation of newly discovered evidence. Id. \u201cWhen hearing a motion under Rule 59(e), a trial court proceeds de novo, if not ab initio. Recognizing that to err is human, Rule 59(e) provides the trial court the proverbial chance to correct its own error to the end that we may pretermit the occasion for a less than divine appellate reaction.\u201d Bruce v. Bruce, 587 So. 2d 898, 904 (Miss. 1991). A Rule 59 motion is the \u201cfunctional equivalent\u201d of a motion for rehearing on appeal. King v. King, 556 So. 2d 716, 722 (Miss. 1990).\n\n\u00b67. Although Rule 59(a) refers to a \u201cnew trial,\u201d when a case was tried to the court, the formality of a full retrial is not required. Under Rule 59(a), the chancellor \u201cmay open the judgment if one has been entered, take additional testimony, amend findings of fact and conclusions of law or make new findings and conclusions, and direct the entry of a new judgment.\u201d Id.\n\n\u00b68. Motions under Rule 59 should be distinguished from motions under Rule 60(b), which seek \u201cextraordinary relief\u201d from a judgment that is truly final. Rule 60(b) motions are for \u201cextraordinary and compelling circumstances\u201d and \u201cshould be denied when they are merely an attempt to relitigate the case.\u201d S. Healthcare Servs. Inc. v. Lloyd\u2019s of London, 110 So. 3d 735, 742 (\u00b614) (Miss. 2013). \u201c[T]he trial court has considerably broader discretionary authority under Rule 59(e) to grant relief than it does under Rule 60(b).\u201d King, 556 So. 2d at 722.\n\nThe granting of a new trial rests in a great measure upon the sound discretion of the court below, to be exercised under all the circumstances of the case with reference to several legal rules as well as the justice of a particular case. If a new trial be refused, a strong case must be shown to authorize the appellate court to say that it was error; and so, if it be granted, it must be manifest that it was improperly granted.\n\u201c[G]iven the important corrective role of new-trial motions, the discretion granted to the court is exceedingly broad.\u201d Barriffe v. Estate of Nelson, 153 So. 3d 613, 618 (\u00b622) (Miss. 2014).\n\n\u00b610. Sitting as an appellate court, we are in no position to second guess the chancellor on whether he made an error in his initial credibility determinations. We therefore can find no abuse of discretion in granting the Rule 59 motion.\n\nThat\u2019s a helpful elucidation not only of the scope of R59, but also how it functions, what authority the court may exercise under it, and how far the court may go to use it to avoid an unjust decision.\n\nI have to add for all of us now-older lawyers who were practicing when the MRCP went into effect: You have to love Judge Fair\u2019s reference to the \u201cnew\u201d rules of civil procedure in \u00b64.\n\nOh, and that business about the so-called Motion for Reconsideration \u2026 more about that from the MSSC later.\n\nWe\u2019ve talked about the necessity of filing a judgment with the clerk as required in MRCP 58 and 79(a). It seems to be a fairly ironclad rule.\n\nBut there is at least one post-MRCP case in which no judgment was entered following trial, one of the parties died, and the MSSC upheld the chancellor\u2019s nunc pro tunc entry of a divorce for a pre-death date.\n\nJohnnie and Luke White underwent their fourth divorce from each other in 1992. In the course of the trial they agreed to a consent to divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences that was handwritten, signed by each of them, and filed with the clerk. Following the trial, the chancellor ruled from the bench on the contested issues, directed that the parties be divorced, and ordered Luke\u2019s attorney to draft a judgment. Following the trial, and before the judgment could be entered, Luke died.\n\nLuke\u2019s brother filed a R25 Suggestion of Death and asked to be substituted as a party for the sole purpose of entering a judgment. After hearing both sides the chancellor executed a judgment dating it nunc pro tunc to the date when he had ruled on the contested issues. Johnnie appealed. In the case of White v. Smith, 643 So.2d 875 (Miss. 1994), the MSSC affirmed. (Note that Smith was the administratrix of Luke\u2019s estate, and she was substituted for Luke\u2019s brother as a party in the appeal).\n\nJustice Pittman wrote the unanimous opinion for the court, which is excerpted here in part, beginning at page 880:\n\n\u201cCourts may by nunc pro tunc orders supply omissions in the record of what had previously been done, and by mistake or neglect not entered.\u201d Green v. Myrick, 177 Miss. 778, 171 So. 774 (1937). Nunc pro tunc means \u201cnow for then\u201d and when applied to the entry of a legal order or judgment, it normally does not refer to a new or fresh (de novo) decision, as when a decision is made after the death of a party, but relates to a ruling or action actually previously made or done but concerning which for some reason the record thereof is defective or omitted. The later record making does not itself have a retroactive effect but it constitutes the later evidence of a prior effectual act. Thrash v. Thrash, 385 So.2d 961, 963 (Miss.1980), quoting Becker v. King, 307 So.2d 855, 858-59 (Fl.App.1975).\n\nJohnnie relies on Pittman v. Pittman, 375 So.2d 415 (Miss.1979), in support of the arguments raised in issues I, III and IV. The facts in Pittman reflect that Ella Polk Pittman filed a petition for a divorce and requested that she be granted a divorce on the grounds of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment. The hearing was held on September 26, 1978, and the final decree was not entered until October 27, 1978. Some three weeks after receiving the letter, a decree was prepared and mailed to the chancellor. This decree was signed by the chancellor and filed on October 27, 1978. Petitioner died in the interim on October 17, 1978.\n\nThis Court held, on the facts of the case, that the death of the party prior to the entering of the decree had rendered moot the question on divorce, stating that \u201call issues in the case were incidental to the request for a divorce and the contest thereon, and the entire cause died with the complainant.\u201d Pittman, 375 So.2d at 417.\n\nUnlike the facts in Pittman, in the present case, there was a formal adjudication of the issues in writing and signed by the chancellor, prior to the death of one of the parties.\n\nJohnnie also cites Griffith, Mississippi Chancery Practice \u00a7 620, at 667 (1950), which states in part:\n\nA valid decree cannot be rendered in favor of two persons, one of whom at the time is dead. Such a decree is void. And likewise a decree rendered against a defendant after his death is void, if he was the sole defendant or was an indispensable party to the suit-although the interlocutory decree was rendered while he was alive.\n\nThe general rule is that the death of a party in a divorce action prior to the final decree ends the marriage of the parties and cancels the bill of complaint for divorce. Pittman v. Pittman, 375 So.2d 415 (Miss.1979).\n\nThe case of Thrash v. Thrash, 385 So.2d 961 (Miss.1980), is directly analogous to the case sub judice. In Thrash, the wife petitioned the court for a divorce on the ground of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment. The husband answered and filed a cross-bill in which he prayed for a divorce upon similar grounds. The case was fully tried and submitted to the chancellor for final decision. The chancellor took the matter under advisement and on March 31, 1978, determined all issues on the merits and rendered his decision by written opinion. The opinion was signed and filed with the clerk on April 1, 1978. The chancellor awarded the husband a divorce upon the grounds set forth in the cross-bill. A decree was drafted, approved by both solicitors, and forwarded to the chancellor for signature. This decree was duly received by the chancellor on April 8, 1978, signed by him on that same date, but dated April 10, 1978. The husband was killed on April 9, 1978.\n\nOn May 16, 1978, Pearl Marie Thrash filed a suggestion of death and motion to dismiss. The motion was based on the fact that the appellee had died prior to the decree\u2019s being filed. The chancellor dismissed the motion and ordered the decree of divorce theretofore signed by the chancellor, to be entered nunc pro tunc, the date it was signed by the first chancellor, April 8, 1978.\n\nThe appellant in Thrash claimed that the decree signed by the chancellor on April 8, 1978, and dated April 10, 1978, was without effect and a nullity because appellee died on April 9, 1978, before the decree was filed with the clerk.\n\nThe majority opinion in Thrash relied on Section 11-7-25, Mississippi Code Annotated (1972), which in pertinent part provides:\n\nWhere either party shall die between verdict and judgment, such death need not be suggested in abatement, but judgment may be entered as if both parties were living\u2026.\n\nApplying \u00a7 11-7-25, this Court determined that \u201cin a case such as this, where the case has been fully tried and finally decided on its merits and nothing remains to be done except the entry of a decree, the decree would follow as if both parties were living.\u201d Thrash, 385 So.2d at 962.\n\nWe have concluded that, in the absence of some special circumstances such as would cause a miscarriage of justice by so doing, the provisions of that section [\u00a7 11-7-25] apply in a case such as this, the death of the husband having occurred long after the formal decision of all issues by the trier of facts. To hold otherwise, we think, would work a manifest miscarriage of justice.\n\nThrash, 385 So.2d at 964.\n\nIn the present case, from a technical standpoint, Luther died while married, since his death was prior to the entry of the decree. However, the record clearly indicates that all submitted issues had been litigated and ruled upon by the chancellor on November 2, 1992. Nothing more was to be accomplished in the interim between the ruling and formal filing of the judgment.\n\nIn addition to the reliance on \u00a7 11-7-25, the Thrash opinion quoted extensively from 104 A.L.R. 654, 664 (1936):\n\nThe general rule, so far as a general rule may be deduced from the few cases falling within this subdivision, is that, if the facts justifying the entry of a decree were adjudicated during the lifetime of the parties to a divorce action, so that a decree was rendered or could or should have been rendered thereon immediately, but for some reason was not entered as such on the judgment record, the death of one of the parties to the action subsequently to the rendition thereof, but before it is in fact entered upon the record, does not prevent the entry of a decree nunc pro tunc to take effect as of a time prior to the death of the party. [citations omitted] But if no such final adjudication was made during the lifetime of the parties, a decree nunc pro tunc may not be entered after the death of one of the parties, to take effect as of a prior date. [citations omitted]\n\nId. at 962-63.\n\nBecause the chancellor both fully considered all issues raised by the parties and rendered his opinion prior to Luther White\u2019s death, the order entering judgment of divorce nunc pro tunc was not manifestly in error, and as such, does not create reversible error.\n\nAlthough the case can be construed to apply narrowly to its peculiar facts, it\u2019s hard to get around the basic principle announced in it that, \u201d \u2026 all submitted issues had been litigated and ruled upon by the chancellor \u2026 Nothing more was to be accomplished in the interim between the ruling and formal filing of the judgment.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s not easy to square that general principle with the current strict application of R58 and 79. This is the MSSC\u2019s word on the subject, though, and it is still good law."}
-{"text": "Tag: Sri Lanka\n\nShould we care about the human rights record of the country whose beaches we\u2019re about to bake ourselves on? That is the question posed by the latest issue of the Index on Censorship, which pokes a light into the murkier side of some popular tourist destinations. Mexico\u2019s drugs war and murder rate cast a shadow over its idyllic beaches; Sri Lanka has renewed powers to jail journalists; the Maldives has allowed radical Islam to flourish and democratic gains to wither.\n\nA panel of travel journalists explored the ethics of travel journalism, and whether glossy, picture-led features should also mention a country\u2019s dirty laundry. The popular format of \u2018Ten Mexican resorts on a budget\u2019 was considered too narrow a format to get into such things. In the discussion that followed it emerged that the flowers and candles left in Valletta in memory of the assassinated Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have been cleared away at least 12 times; the number of tourists visiting Turkey not fallen since President Erdogan has clamped down on press freedom; in Sri Lanka efforts to offer tourists the experience of life on a tea plantation backfired when the local press savaged an initiative whereby tourists could spend a night in the home of a poorly paid, marginalised tea picker.\n\nOne problem panellists identified was in challenging a deeply carved narrative. Picking tea is not romantic. If section editors (and fat-walleted advertisers) want sun and flip-flops then they won\u2019t want a piece complicated by mention of human rights abuses. Conversely, a section editor who believed Cambodia = genocide, an example cited by Harriet Fitch Little, was reluctant to hear how the country has stabilised over the last 20 years. Then there was the charge of \u201cpink-washing\u201d, mentioned in relation to Tel Aviv \u2013 where a destination\u2019s self-promotion as gay-friendly distracts attention away from a complicated human rights record, in this instance Israel\u2019s in the Palestinian Territories.\n\nBenji Lanyado, the male panellist, recommended using Airbnb and spending time chatting to locals to find out what they considered to be the big local issues. In many cultures this is far more straightforward and less risky if you are male. Sri Lankan-born Meera Selva added that offering to listen to someone\u2019s story can do more harm than good if you hear a tale of hardship, thank them and walk away.\n\nEngagement is challenging. But among panellists and audience there was a strong desire for ethical, thoughtful travel that left consumerist escapism far behind.\n\nMany holidays are marketed as one or two weeks of sunshine / pool / peace and quiet or [fill in the blank] in a mythical paradise which could be anywhere hot and affordable. But commodifying a place reduces it to its heat, its beach, its clubs. The people who live there become almost immaterial, reduced to staff, strangers or threats. Engaging with a place helps to ensure the people who live there are not dehumanised. True, it\u2019s not easy to strike up conversation with a stranger that goes beyond directions or sales \u2013 especially across a language barrier. But such a conversation allows the humanising process to go both ways; Westerns are not just cash cows (however daft we get when we don a sun hat).\n\nThe most meaningful place I\u2019ve found for engaging with people in a holiday destination was on a particularly difficult overseas trip. I was with my father, we had run out of motivation to be away, and on the Sunday we went to the local church, and stayed for its pot luck lunch. It was by far the best meal of the trip, though I couldn\u2019t tell you what we ate. I do, however, remember home-cooked food from people who accepted us as we were. I\u2019ve repeated that experiment on happier trips, and even without the free lunch, a humble, ordinary church service has offered a snapshot of a community and a way of hearing its concerns. But you don\u2019t have to go to church; for me talking to a restaurant owner on a struggling Greek island in 2015 made the country\u2019s economic crisis tangible.\n\nSo five things, if you like:\n\nBefore you go, look up a destination\u2019s human or religious rights record (the consensus was against boycotting countries because engagement was considered more valuable). There might be heroes to celebrate, as well as white-washed narratives to look out for.\n\nWhen you\u2019re there, buy a local paper, assuming it\u2019s in a language you can just about understand.\n\nDon\u2019t depress yourself with disaster memorials you\u2019re not in the mood for but do stimulate your brain with a curiosity for what\u2019s around you.\n\nTry the local church/synagogue/mosque \u2013 whatever you\u2019d attend at home.\n\nLook for ways to have more meaningful conversations and let me know where you find them."}
-{"text": "BEAUTIFUL BAR SNACKS\n\nHi there! Click on the eBook cover to your left to download Umami Girl's FREE Beautiful Bar Snacks taster, which includes three umami-rich recipes that have been a big hit at my parties and I'm sure will be at yours, too.\n\nInside you'll find:\n\nSpicy Pepitas\n\nRoasted Chickpeas with Tamari + Lime\n\nSmoky Red Pepper Hummus\n\nall ready in a flash and (bonus!) vegan and gluten-free.\n\nThey're dangerously addictive...but not in the clinical sense. It's cool."}
-{"text": "Today, for one time only, the TL channel is going to help complete newbies, noobs or whatever you want to call them get into the swing of Pokemon games! I'm going to run through the basic checklist for all new trainers, and give you a list of good pokemon to have by your side by the Elite Four. So then, here we go...\n\nSTARTING YOUR QUEST (to become the best)When you begin your journey, you will ALWAYS recieve one Pokemon. There is a range of these rare beasts (rare because you need to trade to get them all) throughout the games. Here are the first three Pokemon that you will encounter: Bulbasaur, the grass type starter (Evolves into Ivysaur and then Venusaur), Charmander, the fire type starter (Evolves into Charmeleon and then Charizard), and, last but not least (and my original starter) Squirtle, the water type starter (Evolves into Wartortle and then Blastoise). After you recieve one of these Pokemon you will be given a battle (or two, in the case of the latest duo of games), either against your \"Rival\", who I'll tell you more about later, or a wild Pokemon. So then, what does the term \"wild Pokemon\" mean?\n\nWILD POKEMONBefore we begin with this section, let's get one thing to begin with: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH THE GAME WITH JUST YOUR STARTER UNLESS YOU'RE EXTREMELY LUCKY. There are so many types that are strong against other types, and it's impossible that you will have an easy time on ANY Pokemon gym with just one pokemon. Now then, we've got that over with, let me explain what wild Pokemon are. These beasts come in various shapes and, in later games, even FORMS! You can find different quantities of wild Pokemon (from now on I'm going to call them \"WPs\"), from common beasts (e.g Pidgey and Rattata to name the first WPs you'll come across if you begin from the first games in the series), to rare beasts, or \"Legendaries\" as most Pokemon players call them. These beasts are extremely rare, with only one of each in every game. These legendaries include beasts like Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, the first Legendaries you're likely to come across.\n\nYOUR RIVALYour rival is one of the toughest trainers you'll face numerous times during your quest. This guy (or guys in Black and White) are often going to make you go when you are defeated by them. He/She ALWAYS picks the pokemon type thats stronger against your starter. Say if I chose , My rival would chose . Although the first battle against him/her will be easy, this is before their starter learns a move of their pokemon's type (i.e Bulbasaur learns Vine Whip quite early on), when it will become very difficult. I recommend starting with the water type though, because flying types are common around the first few routes. The only exception to the \"Rival Rule\" is Bianca from Black and White. She always uses the starter weaker then yours.\n\nPOKEMON TYPESPokemon types are the basis of \"Super Effective\" and \"Not very Effective\" moves. A full table of type strengths and weaknesses can be found here: http://www.psypokes.com/lab/battlechart.php. The types are basic and EVERY Pokemon has a type. No Pokemon has more then two types.\n\nABILITIESThere are LOADS of abilities in Pokemon. From static to flame body, there are abilities that help (and hinder) your Pokemon battles. A full list of abilities and what they do can be found here: http://www.psypokes.com/lab/abilities.php. These abilities are good at turning the tide of Pokemon battles.\n\nTHE PART THAT THE COMMUNITY GETS INVOLVED INPlease give any information that you think that I've missed and that you think is Important.\n\nNote: I haven't included IVs as I don't think that new players need to know about that when they first begin. If you think otherwise, then please reply with that information! UNTIL NEXT TIME POKE-FANS!\n\n_________________The best defense is an AMAZING offence. The Worst Defence is an awesome Foe\n\nTHELEGENDARY123: Proud Founder and Owner of the TL channel: Commited to bringing you the BEST pokemon banter of All time. PM thelegendary123 for availible positions!\n\nThe only criticism I can possibly think of is organisation. You say \"Here are the first three Pokemon that you will encounter\" without specifying which games they're in, etc. \"After you receive one of these Pokemon you will be given a battle (or two, in the case of the latest duo of games), either against your \"Rival\", who I'll tell you more about later, or a wild Pokemon.\", that bit supports what I mentioned there as well. The only reason I point this out is that this guide, as you say, is written for newbies, and newbies won't know what starters are for what games, etc. Just little details.\n\n_________________\n\n\"You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.\"\n\n\"You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.\"\n\nPokemon players call them. These beasts are extremely rare, with only one of each in every game. These legendaries include beasts like Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, the first Legendaries you're likely to come across.\n\nWho is online\n\nUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum"}
-{"text": "Our Staff\n\n\u2013 OUR STAFF \u2013\n\nPastor Emeritus\n\nPastor Martin has faithfully served Four Mile church since 1993 when he and his wife Laurie were first called to spread God\u2019s message here in Beaver, PA. Pastor Martin has been a visionary and leader for the Lord\u2019s kingdom for many years, although he didn\u2019t originally set out as a messenger of Christ. His first vocation was an electrician and he served in the United States Navy Seabees. During this time in the Navy, Martin truly met Christ. He was baptized in the Indian Ocean where he was called to invest his life in building up God\u2019s Church. He went on to receive his B.A. degree in Philosophy and Religion at Grove City College in Grove City, PA, his Masters degree in Education at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ and his Master of Divinity at the Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. He describes his role at Four Mile as a follower of Jesus whose mission is to invite as many people as possible on the journey with Him. He teaches and preaches and leads the ministry staff team by keeping them focused and energized to do God\u2019s work in this world.\n\nMartin is a self-proclaimed \u2018bookaholic\u2019 with his favorites including The Lord of the Rings series, Household of God and The Bible \u2013 of course! He also enjoys the great outdoors, woodworking, traveling and any type of competitive recreational activity but what he appreciates most is the deep friendships and relationships that bring energy to his soul. (martin@fourmile.org)\n\nAssistant Pastor\n\nHaving grown up at Four Mile Church, Cammie\u2019s love for the community of faith here is generations deep. Being able to partner in the gospel with many of the people who helped grow and nurture her own faith as a child is both a privilege and an honor!\n\nCammie graduated from Grove City College in 1997 with a degree in Christian ministries. Since then, by God\u2019s grace, she has faithfully pursued Christ alongside her husband\u2026a pursuit that has allowed her to share her love for the Lord and her passion for His Word in all kinds of different ways \u2013 through camping ministry, church leadership, music ministry, prison ministry, women\u2019s ministry, marriage counseling, church planting, and mentoring.\n\nWithout a doubt, being a wife and mom has been one of God\u2019s greatest gifts to her \u2013 and one of the most effective tools in shaping and growing her as a follower of Jesus Christ. She loves being married to Jody and is the mother of Branden, Hannah, and Meghan \u2013 the three greatest kids on the planet. She loves reading and is addicted to quiet, but she most loves laughing and spending quality time with her family and friends. (cammie@fourmile.org)\n\nWorship Director\n\nTyler grew up in Madison, OH just east of Cleveland (God\u2019s country) and attended Malone University in Canton, OH. There he met Abby and after falling in love, followed her to her home in Beaver, PA. They have three children, Adam, Teagan, and Crosby who are believed to be the greatest kids ever.\n\nTyler and his family began attending Four Mile in 2010 and since then have celebrated, connected and contributed with everything they have.\n\nTyler enjoys listening to The Allman Brothers Band and Joey Landreth.\n\nTo find out more about getting involved with the worship team please email: tyler@fourmile.org\n\nDylan Williams\n\nYouth + Young Adult Director\n\nDylan grew up in Los Angeles, California, but moved away from home at age 17 in pursuit of living out the call on his life to know God more deeply and to make Him known. Dylan has spent the last 8 years working in ministry and doing missionary work all around the world with a mission organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). In 2016, while he was home for what was supposed to be just a short break, he met his wife, Tori; they ended up falling in love and getting married in May, 2017, a year later! Together they have lived in Romania and New Hampshire as missionaries with YWAM, as they both have a passion for the Kingdom and discipleship. They are both so excited for this next step of digging deeper and serving the body of Christ within this new community.\n\nChildren\u2019s Ministry Director\n\nCourtney has been (excitedly) attending Four Mile since 2015. Originally from a small town near Johnstown, PA, she moved to Beaver County to pursue a job with Lifesteps Early Head Start after earning her Bachelors Degree in Child Development and Family Studies from IUP. Two years later, she married her forever best friend of 10 years and Garrett joined her in Beaver. Together they have faithfully served and spread God\u2019s Word-on mountain tops, in city streets, and in their communities. They are also thankful to have served the youth at Four Mile, helping to lead it over three years.\n\nShortly before the arrival of their first child, Courtney was gifted with the honor to serve as Director of Children\u2019s Ministries at Four Mile. Getting to serve amongst many of the spiritual leaders she respects most in this world is a great privilege! She is excited to give her all to children\u2019s ministry and dedicate time, energy, and love to growing it through God\u2019s direction. This is such a vital age and ministry within the body of believers, and she is thrilled and committed to seeing the children and volunteers thrive. She is also pumped to host a variety of family events for those in the community to enjoy.\n\nShe loves being a joy-filled wife and mother to precious Emmy, camping, hiking, reading, and sharing time with those around her. She is always looking for volunteers in children\u2019s ministry, so please contact her at courtney@fourmile.org\n\nAdministrative Assistant\n\nBorn and raised in Beaver, PA \u2013 Abby graduated from Beaver County Christian School and then moved to Canton, Ohio to attend Malone University. It was in college where she made two of the most important decisions in her life \u2013 1. To fully surrender and dedicate her life and worship to God\u2019s grace and mercy and 2. To fall head over heels in love with her now husband, Tyler. She graduated from Malone with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Adult Fitness and then moved back home to Beaver, PA.\n\nAbby started working at Four Mile in the fall of 2017 after being a stay-at-home mom for 10 years. She is a very quiet, passionate, and creative soul who is self-taught in graphic design and photography.\n\nShe is married to the wonderful and amazing Tyler (see above) and has the three best kids in the world! She absolutely loves God and His people and strives daily to learn and grow more deeply in the knowledge and truth of the gospel. (abby@fourmile.org)\n\nPreschool Director + Treasurer\n\nMarcy serves Four Mile in a variety of areas starting with being the director of our Preschool where she manages the day to day business including 7 staff members and 80 children this school year. She is also a co-director of Four Mile Childcare where she maintains children\u2019s files according to DPW regulations and serves as our Keystone Stars Coordinator.\n\nOriginally from Beaver County, Marcy is a graduate of Center Area High School and Garfield Business Institute. She has also completed her certification as a Child Development Associate. She has been married to her husband, Phil for 28 years and they have 2 sons, Andrew and Alex (and a daughter-in-law, Bridget). In addition to her work duties at the Preschool and Childcare Center, she also volunteers tirelessly at Four Mile including being an adult leader for our ROCK Ministry. She loves reading and spending time with her family. For more information about Four Mile\u2019s Preschool, click here. (marcy@fourmile.org)\n\nDirector of Four Mile Childcare Center\n\nRick and his wife Heather have dedicated much of their lives to the education and care of children. Rick\u2019s primary duty is to supervise the day to day operations at the Four Mile Childcare Center which include overseeing the staff, organizing the marketing for the childcare center, and managing the finances within the center. He makes sure that the childcare center meets the highest safety standards. By regularly interacting with the staff, parents and children of the childcare center, he is able to ensure that each child receives exceptional Christ-centered care. In addition to his director duties, he also makes time to play games with the children, help out with feeding toddlers at mealtime, or rock an infant to sleep anytime an extra pair of hands is needed. His dedication to the childcare center is obvious as he approaches his daily duties with diligence and a warm smile.\n\nBorn in Fombell, PA, Rick attended Riverside High School and attained his B.A. degree in Business Management at Slippery Rock University. He loves spending time with his 2 daughters, Lily & Audrey and his wife Heather, who is a teacher at Beaver Area High School. He enjoys fantasy football, golfing, playing softball and going on family vacations. He loves to read sports-related books and highly recommends Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey. For more information about the Four Mile Childcare Center, click here. (rick@fourmile.org)"}
-{"text": "Welcome to Julio Italy. It was exactly one week ago at 930 at night at approximately 4200 people live through their own decided adventure when their cruise ship hit the rocks. They were on the coast -- cornea and over 950 feet in length it is the larger ship to ever end up like this. At least eleven souls lost 21 still missing. The question is why tonight we will give you the latest development on everything that has happened and point you in the direction of those who should be held responsible. We're also going to tell you what's happened on other cruise ships information you should have before you hit the high seas. But our story begins here on a moonlit night with a captain on a collision course. He -- the center of a firestorm of outrage and disbelief. Vilified in the media as the coward who disgraced his country. He is captain Francisco's casino at 52 year old Seaman with a Pepsi can smile. Accused of abandoning his shift during one of the worst crews disasters in history missiles were -- concept not -- January 13 7 PM as the coast to Concord he has set sail from port cheaper to -- everything is perfect. This sees this move the whether -- -- -- The 3000 passengers brimming with anticipation. Of a voyage along the Tuscan coast -- looking forward to him for several months now. They were gonna have a good time. Oscar -- -- and his family were celebrating mother daughter birthdays. As veteran cruisers they were expecting a safety drill at the start of the trip. And this version of -- -- an afternoon that. So there was no Israel -- inaugural. By 9 PM the restaurants were filled with passengers and eating and drinking to their heart's content multiple staff members were called sea captain's picks. -- in the dining room and who was -- To -- wonder about I don't know -- the club. Her name and don't be captured northbound. 25 year old from Moldova who once worked as a coast of cruises hostess. During dinner the -- begins his fateful turn toward a tiny scenic island called Jim. Captains Tito had a surprise in store to come in close to the -- -- contribute to a retired C -- there. The captain by engaging in this alleged. Showmanship. And reckless conduct. Imperil the lives of all the passengers. The company claims the captain -- -- But there's evidence on video and in ship -- records and passing very close to -- This happened before. But this time the ship comes to clothes and hits the rocks and nearly 300 yards from sure. As you can -- on the left the port side of the ship. When he hit the rocks a huge gash was -- -- boulder is still inside what's that filled up the water the ship could no longer vote. -- -- -- To get an idea of what may have happened that night here's a simulation of the captain's bridge and a cruise ship heading up the Mediterranean coast. Skit Tina would have had access to high tech radars sonar systems for depth. A computerized navigation system designed to protect shipped from long. At the moment -- the cost of Cordelia approaches the rocks and along like this would have gone off the. We'll hear they gain highlights Bob. I drinks while -- to -- Captain's whereabouts at the moment of impact he disputes he later claimed that he was on the bridge but that's not how some passengers remember -- He was having dinner. It -- -- club. Period coming with me here -- he got up and ran. Right so that's when he was aware. They think they were enrolled that troubled. At first the passengers were told there was an electrical failure. Announced -- don't worry us and we just got back -- -- -- see what happens shortly after hitting. He should have immediately taken steps to Begin. Emergency lifeboat drills we should have immediately sent -- -- mayday signal soon another announcement. Some passengers grabbed their life vests and many others and Vanessa Rosales has returned to their parents -- at -- can't. Yeah and -- -- -- I mean I'm glad I can tell and the staff member is is practically screams and paramedics get out of hand patient whose active. -- -- minutes past. For the first calls to land remained one crew member called his family who then contacted the Coast Guard and and I am and what type of problem only generators and no negative and we have a -- and we are verifying the conditions on board. Even after the ship was taking on water the Coast Guard was told it's all okay it's -- an -- before the captain finally put out -- distress call. A complete. Evacuation of the cruise ship should take place under thirty minutes he waited -- created an environment where it was impossible to. Deploy all available. -- In a move some call heroic captain -- the -- -- sure he says to make evacuation easy but it cornea is now listing so dangerously. Passengers struggled to keep your -- and people -- going very slowly because if you miss one stat. It could be a domino affect everybody involved and -- break down. Water gushing into the holds the passengers were starting to panic irony that the -- says no more no more people like jumping into the -- and a probable. I have to keep it that I was good night. Karen boys and her -- -- document that chaos in. And brutality. There weren't those women and children first -- times it was meant first and ladies you're on your -- It's -- -- -- finally sounds the alarm to abandon ship the cost of California is sinking fast. It's now 68 minutes -- the ship first hit the rocks. It is tilting so drastically half the lifeboats are useless. Some passengers -- vertically along hallways to escape. Some are forced to swim to safety. Using fire hoses bed sheets and even their hands passengers formed human chains along the exposed hull of the ship. As they desperately head toward lifeboats below there is this latter. And I feel like it came out of nowhere was like to get my lasting memory. Of those who were standing on the deck with their life jackets on waiting to be rescued and there were no more. Then the most shocking headline of the catastrophe. But his passengers fighting for their lives the captive is nowhere to be seen. During the evacuation did you see the captain. Not did you hear him -- not. -- -- announcements from him now. -- recorded call between its continuing the Italian Coast Guard he was ordered at least ten times to return to the ship which kept refusing. This is pitino perhaps you've seen it yourself in the city but I will make you look very bad car won't make you pay for this damage hold back on board. After -- process. You know replies do you realize that it is dark we can't see anything. There are already bodies pitino go I'm giving you an order captain when you hear that. How does it affect his -- I mean where were fighting for our lives he's more concerned about himself. Later the captain would offer explanations. Like he tripped and fell into a lifeboat. And that the ship tilted so severely it was impossible to get back on board. It's pitino is currently confined to house arrest possibly facing charges of manslaughter and causing -- ship fresh and abandoning ship. Allegations. -- denied. Divers have been making dangerous tracks. An underwater lab for a while relatives of the missing pray for their loved ones in GO -- church. Eleven souls have been lost among Hungarian violinist sent to a -- 21 are still unaccounted for. Like Diana allotted five year old girl. And Russell -- -- was last seen saving lives.\n\nThis transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.\n\nNow Playing: Meghan Markle will join Prince Harry for Christmas Day service\n\nNow Playing: Will US embassy move hinder Middle East peace process?\n\nNow Playing: Middle East protests continue after Jerusalem announcement\n\nNow Playing: Middle East clashes rise since Trump's decision on Jerusalem\n\nNow Playing: Reporter's notebook: Chaos at Jerusalem protests\n\nNow Playing: Violent protests erupt in Middle East after Trump declaration\n\nNow Playing: What moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem means\n\nNow Playing: Russia barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics\n\nNow Playing: Trump weighs plans to move US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem\n\nNow Playing: Russia barred from competing in Winter Olympics\n\nNow Playing: {{itm.title}}\n\n{\"id\":15408519,\"title\":\"Inside the Costa Concordia Disaster\",\"duration\":\"8:37\",\"description\":\"Part 1: The latest on the cruise ship tragedy.\",\"url\":\"/2020/video/inside-costa-concordia-disaster-15408519\",\"section\":\"2020\",\"mediaType\":\"us only 08\"}"}
-{"text": "Specialty\n\nAs an ear, nose & throat specialist, otolaryngologist Dr. Daniel Deems offers medical and surgical care for patients suffering from complications, diseases and disorders of the head and neck \u2013 including the ears, nose and throat. Dr. Deems may treat a variety of disorders that affect upper-airway breathing, speech, swallowing, and balance and hearing, among other functions. Common conditions treated by an otolaryngologist may include post-nasal drip, asthma, and ear infections."}
-{"text": "February is all about celebrating black history, and throughout the month we'll be honoring influential African Americans whose stories you might not yet know. Some are pioneers in their field, some helped spark the civil rights movement, and all have contributed incredible things to not only black history, but to the history of the United States as a whole.\n\nRosa Parks is a name you probably already know well, when it comes to the Civil Rights Movement and the bus boycott in Alabama. But before Parks, there was Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl that refused to give up her seat in 1955, sparking the flame for change. Check out Colvin's story in the video above.\n\nRosa Parks is a name you probably already know well, when it comes to the Civil Rights Movement and the bus boycott in Alabama. But before Parks, there was Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl that refused to give up her seat in 1955, sparking the flame for change. Check out Colvin's story in the video above."}
-{"text": "Wacko Obsession Collection Scratch Card Promo from Dunkin\u2019 Donuts\n\nWe were pretty surprised by Dunkin\u2019 Donuts after we bought bunch of donut weeks ago. Actually, we really don\u2019t know that Wacko Obsession Collection from Dunkin\u2019 Donuts have a running promo. We just want to buy a dozen donuts that day, chose Wacko to eat different donut flavors in a buy bulk pricing (discounted).\n\nJust after I paid the 249 pesos, the cashier gave me scratch coupon. Yehey! I won 3 Classic Donuts from Wacko Obsession Collection Dunkin Surprize. Maybe lots of surprises waiting for Dunkin\u2019 lovers each scratch card for every purchased of Wacko Obsession Collection. =)"}
-{"text": "LUH, short for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band of former Wu Lyf frontman Ellery James Roberts and his girlfriend Ebony Hoorn. What started as a solo project for Roberts following the unfortunate demise of Wu Lyf turned into a new artistic endeavor between him and Hoorn.\n\nThey released their expansive and adventurous debut album Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing earlier this year via Mute Records, and made their US debut performance on July 15 in New York at a sold out Mercury Lounge. The intiamte setting was a thing to behold, as it didn\u2019t play out as your typical debut performance.\n\nRoberts already has a devoted following from his time in Wu Lyf, and the sold out crowd shouted back every single lyric back at the couple throughout their powerful set. They did 9 tracks from their debut, and came back to perform \u201cUnites,\u201d the song that they opened the set with, because they weren\u2019t too thrilled with how it sounded the first go-around.\n\nIt was a powerful performance, and the start of something special. Lets hope they return to us sooner, because getting to hear a massive song like \u201c$oro\u201d live was a thing of beauty.\n\nFind the setlist posted below, along with shots of LUH along with local openers Glass Gang.LUH Setlist:"}
-{"text": "Convicted African American Marcus Reymond Robinson has his sentence changed to life without parole in a blistering ruling that accuses state prosecutors of systematic discrimination\n\nBy David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times4:44 PM PDT, April 20, 2012\n\nFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. \u2014 In a landmark ruling, a North Carolina judge on Friday vacated the death penalty of a black man convicted of murder, saying prosecutors across the state had engaged in deliberate and systematic racial discrimination when striking black potential jurors in death penalty cases.\n\nThe ruling was the first under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act, passed in 2009, which allows judges to reduce death sentences to life in prison without parole when defendants can prove racial bias in jury selection. Prosecutors had fought the act, the nation's only such law, calling it a back-door attempt to overturn the death penalty.\n\nThe decision by Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Weeks in Cumberland County, N.C., could have an effect on death penalty cases nationwide; for years, such cases have included arguments by black defendants and civil rights lawyers that prosecutors keep blacks off juries for racial reasons.\n\nIn a 167-page order harshly critical of prosecutors, Weeks said they \"intentionally used the race of [jury pool] members as a significant factor in decisions to exercise peremptory strikes in capital cases.\" He ruled that discrimination was a factor not only in the case he heard, involving convicted murderer Marcus Reymond Robinson, but also in other capital cases involving black defendants across North Carolina.\n\nWeeks, who is black, said \"race was a materially, practically and statistically significant factor in the decision to exercise peremptory challenges during jury selection by prosecutors\" statewide during the time Robinson was on trial. That was enough, he said, \"to support an inference of intentional discrimination.\"\n\nRichard Dieter, director of the nonpartisan Death Penalty Information Center, called the ruling historic. \"It could reverberate around the country,\" he said, noting that studies in at least 25 states with death penalties have found evidence of racial bias in jury selection or sentencing.\n\nWeeks said discrimination by prosecutors had undermined public confidence in the state's court system and infringed on the rights of defendants of all races. He said he hoped the Racial Justice Act would be a first step to \"eliminate discrimination in our system of justice.\"\n\nThe act allows inmates to cite statistical patterns in jury selection statewide to argue that racial bias was used in selecting their juries. Robinson's lawyers relied heavily on a Michigan State University statistical analysis of jury selection procedures in cases across the state during the time of Robinson's trial. The study found that prosecutors struck blacks from jury pools at more than twice the rate of whites.\n\nRobinson, sentenced to death in 1994 for killing a white teenager in 1991, was resentenced by Weeks to life in prison without parole. Robinson, 38, is among 150 death row inmates, both white and black, who have filed appeals under the act. Defense attorneys said three of those cases are in the courts and could be heard soon.\n\nThe decision was greeted by Robinson's lawyers and civil rights advocates as a groundbreaking affirmation of ingrained racial discrimination by prosecutors in a Southern state.\n\n\"It marks a turning point in jury selection as far as race is concerned in North Carolina. We hope this signals a real change,\" said James E. Ferguson, who represented Robinson.\n\nCassandra Stubbs, another lawyer who represented Robinson, said the ruling put the state \"at a crossroads\" in its attempt to remove racism from the courts via the Racial Justice Act. \"Do we move forward, or do [prosecutors] continue to fight it?\" she said moments after the judge's ruling.\n\nIn a statement, the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys said that prosecutors across the state \"strongly dispute that race is a significant factor in death penalty cases.\" Claims of racial bias are best determined by a judge at trial, the group said, not by \"generalized statistics\" presented two decades after a conviction.\n\nProsecutors had challenged the statistical study, saying it looked at only 173 trials over a 20-year period, when 696 capital murder trials were held in the state. They also pointed out that jurors can be struck for many reasons other than race.\n\nWeeks said claims by prosecutors that black jurors were struck for \"racially neutral\" reasons were \"pretextual or substantially invalid.\"\n\n\"Being black does predict whether the state will strike\" a potential juror, Weeks said.\n\nProsecutors were expected to appeal Weeks' ruling; they have 60 days to do so.\n\nRepublicans who control the state Legislature have attempted to repeal the Racial Justice Act, but the attempts have been vetoed by Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue. Similar racial justice laws are pending in Pennsylvania and Missouri, Stubbs said. Kentucky has a racial justice act, but it is not retroactive.\n\nStubbs, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, said that Robinson's life sentence would stand even if the act is repealed.\n\nRobinson sat quietly and looked down at the defense table as the ruling was announced. He declined the judge's offer of a chance to speak.\n\nHis mother, Shirley Burns, said, \"Justice at last.\" Asked whether the ruling might set a precedent, she replied, \"There are a lot of victims out there who were not treated fairly.\"\n\nBurns said she felt compassion for the parents of 17-year-old Erik Tornblom, the youth Robinson was convicting of killing with a shotgun blast to the face during a robbery that netted $27. \"They lost a son. I lost a son,\" Burns said.\n\nTornblom's father, Richard Tornblom, and stepmother, Patricia Tornblom, have bitterly opposed the act, and told The Times earlier this year that Robinson should be executed.\n\nOn Friday, as the judge read his ruling, the Tornbloms sat in the jury box in dejected silence.\n\nNo comments:\n\nPan-African News Wire\n\nThe Pan-African News Wire is an international electronic press service designed to foster intelligent discussion on the affairs of African people throughout the continent and the world. The press agency was founded in January of 1998 and has published thousands of articles and dispatches in newspapers, magazines, journals, research reports, blogs and websites throughout the world.\nThe PANW represents the only daily international news source on pan-african and global affairs.\nPANW editor Abayomi Azikiwe is often solicited by various newspaper, radio and television stations for comment and analysis on local, national and world affairs. He serves as a political analyst for Press TV and RT worldwide satellite television news networks as well as other international media in the areas of African and world affairs. He has appeared on numerous television and radio networks including Al Jazeera, CCTV, BBC, NPR, Radio Netherlands, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, South Africa Radio 786, Belgian Pirate Radio, TVC Nigeria and others."}
-{"text": "Trans-Saharan trade\n\nDjenn\u00e9 used to be an ipmortant town on the trans-saharan trade; its mosque is a World Hertiage Site\n\nTrans-Saharan trade was when people traveled across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast, Europe, or the Levant. The trade existed during the prehistoric times. The trade became popular from the 8th century until the late 16th century. The trade was also used to transport slaves and food to different places."}
-{"text": "The Buzz flight search has been much improved. Not only does the airline now reveal exactly which flights its special offers apply to, but the number of options returned for each search has greatly increased - so you can see immediately whether it would be cheaper to fly a day earlier or later.\n\nDo not be misled by the startlingly low fares advertised on Ryanair's homepage: these exclude taxes and are only available at specific times. Bear in mind, too, that booking with a credit rather than a debit card will incur a \u00a34 fee. That said, Ryanair has made it easier to find out when the cheapest fares are available by introducing \"How do I get this fare?\" links on the front page. This should enable you to track down those elusive \u00a319 singles to Venice. It's just a pity that the site is so very ugly.\n\nGo - which was recently sold to its management by BA - is already selling winter flights and claims that the earlier a seat is booked, the cheaper the fare. It offers similar airport upgrades to those advertised on Buzz, and allows customers to pay for flights with Air Miles - but not to collect them. The credit card booking fee is \u00a33.\n\nEasyJet is obviously concerned about the poor reputation it has acquired for delays, because the latest punctuality figures boast that 94% of all flights arrive within an hour of their scheduled time. Like Go, the airline is already selling winter seats, although these are not necessarily cheaper far in advance: the airline calculates how quickly places on a particular flight are selling and adjusts the price accordingly. The credit card fee is \u00a33, but flight times can be swapped for a flat fee of \u00a310 - which is cheaper than the norm - although an outbound tax of \u00a35 is usually added."}
-{"text": "Light bulbs with wireless connectivity to shine bright in 2013\n\nIMS Research projects that 2013 will be a big year for the emergence of Radio Frequency (RF)-embedded light bulbs, with several large manufacturers planning to release new products using a range of wireless technologies. According to IMS Research's recently published Connectivity Opportunities in Lighting Controls \u2013 2012 Edition report, shipments of RF-embedded light bulbs and their associated remote controllers will be more than 600,000 in 2013, rising to 11.7 million in 2017.\n\nThere are several drivers to push the market for these devices forward. One of the most important is the ability to control the lights using a smart phone, which can provide both in-home control, and for some systems, remote-access control from outside. It is expected that over the forecast period, most of these systems will offer remote access via an app, or cloud-based service. While this feature is available on current residential lighting control systems, the cost of these systems can be too high for most consumers. The RF-embedded light bulbs will be sold at a more consumer-friendly price level, leading to higher residential adoption.\n\nAccording to IMS Research Analyst Phillip Maddocks, \"We have already seen excitement about these types of systems with the recent successful launch of the Insteon RF and Powerline LED bulb as well as Li-Fx system that managed to generate very significant investment in a few weeks; this shows the potential of this market. In addition to this, several tier-one lighting suppliers are planning to launch similar systems towards the end of 2012 and throughout 2013, which will bring such systems to the consumer market.\"\n\nFrom a technology perspective, currently most RF-embedded light bulb systems, such as that of Insteon, use a proprietary technology or use a proprietary 802.15.4 software stack. Greenwave Reality is currently showcasing NXP's JenNet-IP protocol which, according to NXP, is being made an open platform for other semiconductors to support. In addition to this, the ZigBee Alliance recently launched a lighting-specific profile \"ZigBee Light Link\" which is designed specifically for the control of both color and light level of LED light bulbs. Currently several tier-1 lighting manufacturers, such as Osram and Philips, have already had devices certified using this protocol.\n\n\"Over the next few years, there will be the development of several ecosystems of devices using different technologies before a dominant standard emerges,\" added Maddocks. \"With the support and the interoperability available as part of the ZigBee Light Link protocol, IMS Research believes that by 2017, ZigBee will have emerged as the main wireless technology being used in these systems, accounting for 38 percent of all RF-embedded bulbs and controllers shipped between 2010 and 2017.\"\n\nIMS Research's recently published Connectivity Opportunities in Lighting Controls \u2013 2012 Edition, provides market estimates (2010 and 2011), and annual forecasts (to 2017) for the number of connected lighting devices shipped globally and in the three major regions (Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific) for the three key application areas (commercial lighting, residential lighting, and street lighting)."}
-{"text": "Meme\n\n\"The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble on a subject/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal.\"\n\nI think the original intent was for fanfic, but jazz007 widened it out to opinions/rants/whatever. So ask anything you like. Even for fic, if you pick stuff I've seen/read. I'm putting this up on both my journals, so it's open for the first ten total between them. Answers will be posted to the appropriate journal."}
-{"text": "Nadhira - You Got Me\n\nI heard some say that true love is what I\u2019m all aboutCan you tell the difference, ooh between what\u2019s wrong or rightI know we make mistakes that last a lifetimeGotta move away now, and wake up to a brand new day\n\nTell me, are we gonna give this another tryOr are we gonna sit and watchWatchin our love go by\n\nAnd they say that you\u2019re always coming back to meI look up and you\u2019re there looking down on meIt\u2019s bout time I move on can\u2019t let goI break down I break down\n\nWanna remember, everything we did last DecemberDo you think that we\u2019ll meet againAfter all the hurt and painPut me on stop, rewind and playbackMove me back in tune with you (with you)Keep me playing all night\n\nTell me, are we gonna give this another tryOr are we gonna sit and watchWatchin our love go by\n\nAnd they say that we will always be the sameI look up and you\u2019re still playing the same gameIt\u2019s bout time I move on can\u2019t let goI break down I break down"}
-{"text": "Automatic Lighting Control \u2013 Save Time and Money\n\nAutomatic lighting control deserve to be installed in every\nsingle place with lights that need to be switched on and off \u2013 be it a hotel,\noffice or home. These programmable timers offer security and convenience in\naddition to helping you save on money and time.\n\nLighting Controls in\nSaving Time\n\nClock timers are part of lighting controls that can come in\nhandy for homes or businesses with specific hours of operation for appliances\nor operation. The best function for these lighting controls is in turning on\nand off security lights. Consistency in lighting your home, compound or office\n\u2013 even in your absence can help dissuade burglars.\n\nPhotoelectric sensors, also known as photocells are also\nlighting controls that help you save time. These controls turn lights on\nimmediately when daylight fades making sure that you\u2019re safe at all times.\n\nEvacuation routes also use lighting controls to save time.\nThis is done through linking your fire alarm system to your lighting controls.\nThe light turns on immediately the alarm goes off and in so doing speeds up\nevacuation by guiding people to the closest exit.\n\nLighting Controls in\nSaving Money\n\nAutomation for your\nhome or business will reduce your energy bills and help you save not just\nmoney, but also the planet. Lighting controls will save you money by:\n\nReducing energy bills by more than 35 percent\nwhen you install occupancy sensors in classrooms, bathrooms and boardrooms.\n\nReduce air conditioning expenses (minimize heat\ngain) through light dimmers that can adjust depending on the position of the\nsun.\n\nCommercial dimmers can help reduce light\nexpenses by more than 60 percent.\n\nWhen people first visualize the idea of lighting controls,\nwhat excites them most is the convenience that comes with this automation.\nThese controls have proved to us that they have more to offer besides the\nconvenience; they can help you save money. It\u2019s because of this, and other\nreasons, that lutronlightingandshades.com\nis committed to ensuring you find lighting controls that suit your budget,\nstyle and requirements."}
-{"text": "Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat and add the cumin; they should sizzle upon contact with the hot oil. Quickly add the onion and cook, stirring, over medium heat until brown, about 7 minutes.\n\nAdd the ginger, garlic, and pepper, and stir about 1 minute. Then add the tomato and cook until all the juices evaporate, about 5 minutes. Add the coriander, turmeric and salt. Then add the turnips and cook, stirring, another 5 minutes.\n\nAdd the water, cover the pan, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the turnips are fork-tender and the sauce is medium-thick, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish, mix in the cilantro and serve."}
-{"text": "What Is A Binocular? Binocular Is A Simple Optical Device That Is Designed To Bring An Object Closer To View. Binocular Can Provide A Better 3D Like Vision By Using Of Both Eye For Viewing And It Provide The Best Viewing Experience\n\nHere Is What A Basic Of Binocular Beginner Must Understand\n\nNumbering And Symbol In Binocular Means\n\nMost Beginner Will Be Wondering What Is 8x21 Or 10x50 Means. Generally Most Beginner Will Calculate Power By Just Simply Multiple It (i.e. 8x21 : 168x Power, 10x50 : 500x Power) But This Is Grossly Wrong.\n\n6.0\u00b0 FOV Is Field Of View In Degree. A Bigger Number Means A Wider Area Of Coverage When Viewing Thru A Binocular\n\nLinear FOV (i.e. 131m @ 1000m) Means A Linear Area Of 131m Width Can Be Seen Using This Binocular When Object Is At 1000m Away. A Higher Number Indicated A Wider Are Coverage When Viewing Thru A Binocular\n\nOther Important Things To Know About Binocular\n\nCoatings : Coatings Is An Anti Reflective Layer On Surface Glass That Enhances The Light Transmission Of A Glass. A Uncoated Glass Reflect 4% Light Per Surface (8% Light Loss In Normal Glass Due To Reflection, 2 Surface)\n\nThe Best Coating Is Fully Multi-Coated (Each And Every Layer Of Air-Glass Surface Is Coated With Multiple Layer Of Anti-Reflective Coatings) Some Binocular Might Have Only Fully-Coated Optics (At Least A Coating Layer On Each Surface Of Glass) Or Multi-Coated (At Least A Multiple Layer Of Coatings On At Least 1 Surface Of Glass)\n\nPhase Coating : In A Roof Prism, Due To The Prism Orientation, There Will Be Optical Interference And Distortion. A Phase-Correcting Coating Will Elimate The Optical Distortion By Correcting The Interference Effect. Phase Distortion Only Occurs In Roof Prism. No Effect On Porro Prism Design\n\nBak4 Prism And Bak7 Prism : BaK Stands For Barium-Krown (BaK) Which Is The Reflective Index Of A Prism. A Higher Index Will Have A Smaller Critical Angle And Provide Full Internal Reflection. This Is Only Important To Ensure A Full Circle Of Illumination To Reduce Vignetting Effect. BaK7 Can Allow Full Illuminated Circle Up To About 48-50mm Depends On The Prism Size\n\nRoof VS Porro Prism. The Most Basic Binocular Design Are Porror Prism. This Incooperate 2 Prism To Reflect The Light And Correct It's Image Position. Provide A Very Good Sharp Image And Clarity. A Roof Prism Is More Compact Than Standard Porro Prism Due To Its Design, However It Has Compromise Due To Interference Path Of Light Inside Its Prism Causing Out Of Phase Lightwave. This Problem Reduces Image Sharpness And Contrast Slightly, But Can Be Corrected By Phase Correction Coating\n\nEye Relief : Eye Relief Is The Most Comfortable Distance Between The Eye And Also The Eyepiece Lens Of A Binocular To Provide A Fully Illuminated Field Of View Without Vignetting Or Black-Out. Those Who Are Using Eye Wear Benefit From Long Eye Relief As There Is No Need To Remove The Glasses When Using A Long Eye Relief Binocular\n\nPupil Exit : A Pupil Exit Is The Width Of The Light Output. The Larger The Pupil Exit, The Brighter Is The Objects Appears. The Maximum Effective Pupil Exit Will Be Around 7mm. A Smaller Pupil Object Translate To Dimmer View. Pupil Exit : Objective Diameter/Magnification\n\nPopular Misconception Or False Rate Binocular By Manufacturer\n\nOptical Rating : i.e.120x200,200x500, 80x120,100x200 etc. These Will Confuse Consumer As Inaccurate Rating Does Not Provide The Real Performance Of Binocular, In Fact This Only Translate To A Poor Or Low Quality Design. Why Are These Rating Falsely Rate And Unlikely To Be Real? Imaging The 200mm - Translate To 20cm (8'') Size Of each Objective Of Binocular. Does The Binocular Appears To Have A 20cm Objective. Typical Weight Of A 20cm Binocular Exceed 60Kg, Which Is Not Designed To Handheld\n\nA Typical 150mm Binocular. A 200mm Binocular Is Larger Than This. Does Your 120x200 Binocular Look Bigger Than This Or Small? Can You Lift A 60Kg Binocular Hand Held? Make Your Personal Judgement To Know About Real Performance Rating Of Binocular. Even a 220x120 Binocular With Real 120mm Objective Weight 12Kg Or More\n\nMagnification : All Branded Or Expansive Binocular Have Only Rating Of 8x42, 10x50 etc. There Is No Leica Or Zeiss Being Rated 100x100 etc. A Real 220x120 Rated Binocular, Image Will Be Extremely Dim Plus Impossible To Handheld. Higher Magnification Translate To Need For More Stability. 7X Binocular, If Have Shake Or Movement Of 1mm, Will Have Image Moving Up And Down 3m Difference At 300m. A 220x Binocular With Movement Of 1mm Translate To 22m Meter Movement @ 100m Distance. A Car Height Is About 1.5m. Logical Sense It Is Not Possible To Hand Held A High Power Binocular. Most Expert Agree That Maximum Of 15x Is Upper Limit For Handheld, Anything More Will Be Too Unstable Handheld\n\nPrism Type. Many Manufacuter Claims A BaK4 Is Better Than A BaK7 Prism. Many Unbranded Binocular Are Actually Built With Chinese BK4, Not BaK4. BK4 Has A Lower Refractive Index Than Real BaK4 And Has More Impurity, Leading To Image Softness. A Real Bak4 Prism Binocular Typically Cost More Due To High Manufacturing Cost Of BaK4 (Real BaK4 Is Manufactured By Schott AG, Germany). High Quality BaK7 Binocular Will Perform Better Than A Low Quality BK4 Binocular"}
-{"text": "Free cancellation: get a full refund up to 24 hours in advance. Learn more\n\nNew standard cancellation policy\n\nYou\u2019ll receive a full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the experience (some exceptions apply). Check the \u201cCancellation Policy\u201d section on an experience\u2019s page to confirm its exact cancellation policy.\n\n9 Tours and Activities\n\nWatch the sun set and the moon rise along the Gulf of Mexico on this sunset cruise. Enjoy the scenery and peaceful calm of a late afternoon sail on board a Privateer catamaran. Stretch out and enjoy the breathtaking view. Look for dolphins, listen to tropical music and enjoy a complementary glass of wine, sangria, cold beer or a non-alcoholic beverage. Then watch a legendary Panama City Beach sunset as the sun glistens and gently settles into the water.\n\nCruise to Shell Island and search for wild dolphins on a catamaran sailing trip from Panama City Beach. The catamaran\u2019s broad, stable deck makes it a comfortable alternative to smaller boats prone to rocking in the waves, and since it\u2019s stocked with paddle boards, snorkeling gear, and a waterslide, it\u2019s the perfect base for playing in the clear water off Shell Island.\n\nHave fun in the sun off the coast of Panama City Beach on this 3.5-hour, ultimate water adventure. This guided tour packs a lot into a short period of time. Climb on board a Privateer sailing catamaran and head out to Shell Island. Try swimming, paddle boarding, snorkeling and kayaking. Plus, there\u2019s also a giant water trampoline, a climbing wall, a 12-foot water slide and a see-saw ball. One complimentary beverage and all the necessary equipment are included on this entertaining voyage.\n\nTake in coastline views of Panama City Beach that many visitors miss as you head out on an leisurely snorkeling and dolphin-watching tour. Your captain takes you to the best locations for spotting marine life, where you are free to swim and snorkel with equipment provided. Choose from a range of departure times to fit your schedule.\n\nWatch dolphins frolic through coastal waters on this scenic 2-hour sunset sail. Board your comfortable catamaran, listen to music, and enjoy snacks and drinks. Cruise through Grand Lagoon, passing elegant homes and St. Andrews State Park. See pods of dolphins travel together and leap above the water. Take photos and admire incredible sunset views. Don\u2019t miss the chance to participate in games and dancing when the boat docks.\n\nSet sail on a scenic 1.5-hour cruise along the Gulf Coast and its picturesque bay on this dolphin sightseeing tour from Panama City Beach. You'll journey into the waters aboard a private catamaran. Listen to tropical music as you sip on wine, beer or a nonalcoholic beverage of your choice as you keep an eye out for dolphins skimming the surface of the water. This tour blends wildlife encounters with picture-perfect views, making it an ideal way to spend a day on the water. Please note: Tours operate on a seasonal schedule.\n\nSpend a few hours out on the water off Panama City Beach's coast on this sightseeing cruise. Get your captain's assistance in spotting local marine wildlife such as dolphins, manta rays, manatees, and sea turtles. This family-friendly cruise includes the chance to play games and dance on the deck on the way back to land.\n\nThis 2 hour cruise along the Gulf Coastline and Bay area offers a great opportunity to photograph local wildlife and scenery. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine, beer, sangria or non alcoholic beverage on-board the Privateer catamaran while touring. The stocked bar on board is cash or credit card to make additional beverage and snack purchases. As you cruise around the Gulf and Bay areas, you'll have the best chances of finding dolphins, and there's no better place to be than on the water in beautiful Panama City Beach.\n\nGet ready for fun in the sun on this 3-hour dolphin watch and snorkeling adventure. Sail away through historic Grand Lagoon and see dolphins swimming alongside the Privateer Catamaran, then jump in for a shallow-water snorkel experience to see different species of marine life. Relax, feel the warm sea breeze and enjoy a complimentary beverage on board! Our full service cash or credit card bar has a variety of refreshing beverages and snacks for additional purchases."}
-{"text": "Euro 2016 Final: Portugal v France Betting Tips\n\nAfter four weeks, 107 goals and 50 games of pulsating tournament football, the world now knows who will contest the Euro 2016 final. Sunday\u2019s showpiece will see Portugal face hosts France at the Stade de France with both sides looking to seal European glory. Portugal will be hoping to secure their first piece of international silverware and atone for their defeat to Greece in the Euro 2004 final, meanwhile France will be looking to regain their title as kings of Europe, having picked up the trophy in 1984 and 2000.\n\nForm\n\nPortugal only just scraped through a group that looked so simple on paper. A trio of draws against Iceland, Austria and Hungary only just saw Ronaldo and company make it into the last 16 of the tournament. Portugal continued to ride their luck as they squeezed past a hotly-tipped Croatia side despite only having two shots on target in 120 minutes, and a quarter-final outing saw the Iberians pushed all the way to penalties by Poland. Portugal finally managed to win their first game in 90 minutes as they overcame a plucky Wales side thanks to a towering header from Cristiano Ronaldo and a sliding shot from Nani.\n\nFrance took their time to really get going at this tournament. The hosts required late goals to see off Romania and Albania before a goalless draw with Switzerland saw France top Group A. However, the pre-tournament favourites really stepped up their challenge once they fell behind to Ireland in the Round of 16. A come-from-behind win over the Boys in Green and a convincing 5-2 win over fans\u2019 favourites Iceland proved that France weren\u2019t going to be weighed down by the expectation of the home crowd. Finally, the hosts showed why they were so fancied before the start of the competition as they nullified the world champions Germany at the Stade Velodrome and recorded a 2-0 win, a victory that saw Les Bleus secure their place in the final despite having only 32 percent of possession throughout the game.\n\nSports.net\u2019s view\n\nPortugal finally got the 90-minute monkey off their back after a win comfortable victory against Wales in the semi-final, as Ronaldo - at last - turned in a match-winning performance. The country\u2019s all-time leading goalscorer is 11/2 with Paddy Power to break the deadlock in Sunday\u2019s game and 4/1 with BetVictor to turn in a performance worth of winning Man of the Match. The Real Madrid talisman will need to be on top form to break down the French resistance and is 16/1 with William Hill to net anytime and Portugal to secure a narrow 1-0 win.\n\nThe Iberian nation have only ventured this far in the European Championships on one previous occasion, in 2004 when Greece shocked the footballing world by stealing the trophy from under the noses of the Portuguese right on their home turf in Lisbon. Now this batch of players will be looking to perform a Greek-style hit-and-run of their own as they take on the hosts in Paris. Portugal are 15/4 with Betfred to win the game, while William Hill have the team priced at 15/8 to waltz off with the trophy. If you\u2019re feeling a little more adventurous, BetVictor are offering odds of 9/1 that Fernando Santos\u2019 men will break French hearts on penalties.\n\nFrance have really stepped up their game since they fell behind to Ireland so early in the Round of 16 and come into this game as overwhelming favourites (5/11 with 888Sport to lift the trophy). Les Bleus have finally started finding the net in the first half of games after notching four against Iceland and one against the Germans. A Half Time/Full Time bet of France/France at 12/5 with BetVictor looks very appealing, although if you believe that the hosts will return to their lackadaisical ways in the first 45 minutes, Draw/France is available at 7/2 with Bet365.\n\nFrance come into this final as the competition\u2019s more deadly team in front of goal. Antoine Griezmann has bagged six of the team\u2019s 13 goals and has even chipped in with two assists, making him a pivotal part of Didier Deschamps\u2019 side. The Atletico man is 4/1 with Sky Bet to grab the first goal and a very generous 7/1 with Paddy Power to wrestle the Ballon d\u2019Or out of the clutches of Messrs Messi and Ronaldo at the end of the year. Things look equally solid at the back, with Hugo Lloris keeping three clean sheets in seven games. The Spurs stopper and French captain is 11/10 with Ladbrokes to keep Portugal out and 4/9 with Bet365 to get his hands on the trophy by the end of the night. The real battle could be between Griezmann and Ronaldo for who secures the coveted Player of the Tournament award. The Spanish-based Frenchman is 8/15, while the Portuguese captain is 7/2 with Paddy Power.\n\nPortugal have not beaten France since 1975, a run that stretches back ten matches, and don\u2019t expect this to change anytime soon. France look to be getting stronger, and a positive display against the world champions in the last round proved that this side can do damage even without the ball. Portugal could be in for a long night.\n\nThe information contained on Sports.net is solely for the entertainment of players and prospective players of the sports and games featured on the site.\nThese are informational pages only and are not intended to encourage participation. If you feel you have a problem, please visit the Gambling Addiction page.\n18+"}
-{"text": "2 planned intersection closures this weekend canceled\n\nSeattle Department of Transportation had planned to close two intersections along North 85th Street this weekend for paving work \u2014 at Greenwood Avenue North and Palatine Avenue North \u2014 but those closures have been canceled because of rain in the forecast.\n\nThose intersection closures are planned for next weekend, March 16-19, depending on the weather."}
-{"text": "Gradius reborn on WiiWare\n\nI almost missed this during the gauntlet of E3 meetings, but Arcade Renaissance caught Konami\u2019s first internally developed WiiWare game. Gradius Rebirth is a new entry in the Gradius series, but it isn\u2019t clear if this is a remake of Gradius or a brand new game. We\u2019ll find out soon since it\u2019s coming out in Japan this summer. The single screenshot doesn\u2019t tell much except Moais are in the game.\n\nWhile a North American release has not been announced Graidus Rebirth is nearly guaranteed to come out in every region. Wait\u2026 why wasn\u2019t this shown at E3 or announced at Konami's press conference last week?"}
-{"text": "One of the most romantic games on Funky Potato. Jim loves Mary and Mary loves Jim\u2026 help the pair in love to find each other on various levels of this beautifully designed game. Collect hearts and avoid parents who are against your big love\u2026"}
-{"text": "James Gurney\n\nThis daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.\n\nCG Art\n\nContact\n\nor by email:gurneyjourney (at) gmail.comSorry, I can't give personal art advice or portfolio reviews. If you can, it's best to ask art questions in the blog comments.\n\nPermissions\n\nAll images and text are copyright 2015 James Gurney and/or their respective owners. Dinotopia is a registered trademark of James Gurney. For use of text or images in traditional print media or for any commercial licensing rights, please email me for permission.\n\nHowever, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission.\n\n2 comments:\n\nThis brings up something that I have been stuggling with...the concept of doing studies in oil.\n\nI have more than one mentor that acts like oil studies are worthless (\"why do that, it's like you're painting the painting twice. Work it out intuitively as you go in the real painting\") And Joe Weatherly, a contemporary animal artist, who is going to incorporate oil studies in his upcoming workshop said, \"studies are considered old-fashioned and not in style anymore\").\n\nHow has this thrend come about in recent times and how can imaginative realists learn to do this when nobody wants to teach it?\n\nI would disagree with a mentor that says oil studies from life are worthless. Direct studies from living animals are the Mount Everest of painting, one of the toughest challenges you can face, but infinitely rewarding. Of course photos and videos are useful, too, but no substitute. I don't care what people consider in style or old fashioned. If it yields results--and it does!--it is worth it."}
-{"text": "Description\n\nThis is the first multi-engine land-based bomber available in the American Bomber tech tree. With a maximum bomb load of 2000 lbs, it is a decent medium bomber, although its gunners' fields of fire are somewhat poor, the only viable one being the dorsal turret gunner which suffers from the large blind spot the rudder creates directly behind the aircraft. It is recommended to level bomb at high altitude, as its poor manoeuvrability means you will have a hard time bombing moving ground targets at low altitude without a relatively straight bombing run.\n\nGeneral info\n\nFlight Performance\n\nDescribe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.\n\nUsage in battles\n\nAs the first non-naval bomber available to the Americans, this plane is faster than its predecessors in the tech tree, the PBY flying boats. Its bomb load isn't bad for tier 1, with its maximum bomb load being a single 2000 lb bomb, which is enough to destroy a base in one strike in RB (as of Update 1.77). The defensive armament is somewhat lacklustre however, with only 3 defensive positions, and of the 3 only one is somewhat viable for the defence of the aircraft. The lower ventral gunner is almost useless, and easily taken out, and the frontal gunner is only useful if your current enemy is directly in front and below you. The last turret, a massive dorsal contraption, can only fire in a 180 degree arc rear of the aircraft, and a significant bind spot is formed by the turrets proximity to the rather large rudder. Overall this bomber can be considered a trainer for the later American heavy bombers with its slow lumbering presence and high bomb load, coupled with multiple defensive positions.\n\nManual Engine Control\n\nMEC elements\n\nMixer\n\nPitch\n\nRadiator\n\nSupercharger\n\nTurbocharger\n\nOil\n\nWater\n\nType\n\nControllable\n\nControllableNot auto controlled\n\nControllableNot auto controlled\n\nControllableNot auto controlled\n\nSeparate\n\nControllable2 gears\n\nNot controllable\n\nModules\n\nTier\n\nFlight performance\n\nSurvivability\n\nWeaponry\n\nI\n\nFuselage repair\n\nRadiator\n\nTurret 7 mm\n\nLBC-17\n\nII\n\nCompressor\n\nAirframe\n\nNew 7 mm MGs (turret)\n\nIII\n\nWings repair\n\nEngine\n\nSBC-17\n\nIV\n\nEngine injection\n\nCover\n\nMBC-17\n\nPros and cons\n\nPros:\n\nFairly manoeuvrable for a bomber.\n\nSingle 2000 lb bomb can destroy a entire base, decimate vehicle formations, and be of great use in battles.\n\nFrontal gunner has a bigger field of fire allowing some flexibility in engaging other aircraft.\n\nFairly fast for its tier and class, meaning you can outrun most biplanes, Russian I-153s being an exception.\n\nSimilar playstyle to the B-10, so any players new to the Bolo that have used the B-10 can expect the same general performance.\n\nCons:\n\nRather slow.\n\nWeak defensive armament won't help you very well against enemy fighters.\n\nNose machine gun can't fire directly to the front.\n\nVery large plane and can be a easy target to shootdown without a fighter escort.\n\nDefensive armament: .30cal MGs cannot compete with its Russian or German counterparts, or other nations that have a fire rate advantage.\n\nThe engines are fairly easy to target and be knocked out with centerlined weaponry. Yak-1 and LaGG series are very deadly to a B-18\n\nIt has gained a notoriety for its bombload, meaning you are a team wide target.\n\nWhen doing a loop, it commonly overshoots the cursor, leading to a loss (or gain) of speed.\n\nHistory\n\nThe B-18 Bolo was designed because the US Army wanted a new bomber that was faster and carried a heavier bomb load than the existing Martin B-10.\n\nTwo competitors showed up. Boeing model 299 (B-17), and the Douglas DB-1. Although the Boeing design was clearly superior (heavier bombload, longer range, and better defensive armament) The Boeing model 299 crashed upon take-off, and the Army immediately switched to the Douglas model. The lower price also counted in favour of the B-18 ($58,000 compared to $99,260). The B-18 played a stop-gap role until better bombers (B-17 and B-24) were built to replace it. The B-18 was not very widely used due to the lack of defensive armament and speed. Only 350 B-18s were built until production stopped and the plane was declared obsolete.\n\nMedia\n\nExcellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.\n\nSee also\n\nLinks to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:"}
-{"text": "Variety is usually thought to be the spice of life, however that is not always the case. Too much variety can lead to too much, where we don\u2019t exercise temperance.\n\nToo much variety can stop us from committing. We will never be happy with what we have because we will always seek more. So how can we be happy with what we have and maintain a comfortable equilibrium between what we desire and what we pursue?\n\nGetting familiar with the following tips can help to create an acceptable balance in our spiritual livelihood.\n\nDrive - We can\u2019t drive if we have no drive. When we take the road to anything worth pursuing and we approach a curve, we must hold on to the steering wheel and negotiate that turn. Do we accelerate through it or stop?\n\nIf we stop, we won\u2019t see what\u2019s around the bend. If we go into a skid, we are going too fast. We must slow down, take our foot off of the accelerator and brakes and turn the steering wheel in the direction that we want the front of the car to go. Specifically, this means aligning our tires with the direction of our intended travel. As the vehicle turns back in the right direction, we must counter steer in time to stop the turning and stay on our desired path.\n\nHarmony - to achieve overall harmony, we must achieve harmonious moments. Major musical scales are made up of a series of tones or pitches placed in relationship to each other.\n\nThe perception of harmony is also very dependent on the timbre of a sound. If we confine ourselves to thinking about the relative consonance and dissonance between certain sounds, we can reveal a relationship between a sound's timbre and the pitches of that sound that produce harmony when heard simultaneously.\n\nWhen dealing with people, we must be aware of our tone (our sound) - our ability to harmonize with them. Dissonance is caused when frequencies in one sound are only slightly different from the frequencies of another. When songs are sung in harmony, there is a rich smoothness to the sound of music. Let that harmony play in your heart.Kindness - handle everything with care - people we come in contact with on the phone, or in person. It\u2019s nice to have a little love in our heart. Love can travel to the furthest destinations. If the post office can use a sticker that reads, \u201cHandle With Care,\u201d for its delicate packages, then it\u2019s good enough for human beings - also delicate packages. Negotiation - negotiating is not only for shopping, it\u2019s for creating our employment, relationships, enjoyment and anything that we want in life. The law of attraction is the law of negotiation along with knowing how to compromise. Often times we get more than we expect when we surrender.\n\nOpinions - too many cooks spoil the soup. If we ask too many people for their opinion, we are not taking responsibility for deciding what is best for us. We have to assess our needs and act accordingly. It\u2019s fine to listen to some opinions to get feedback on our own, but the ultimate decision is up to us.\n\nHumility - there is nothing more beautiful than an inactive ego. It doesn\u2019t offend, hurt or clash with the world of matter and emotion. It serves a higher purpose of being. Gratitude - be grateful for everything. It\u2019s really as simple as that. Start and end each day with a thank you. Kiss your spouse. Hug your kids. Open your heart. Gratitude makes the heart grow fonder."}
-{"text": "Archives for European Union\n\nJune 9th/10th 2010 Prime Minister of Montenegro \u2013 Milo Djukanovic met with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy. Preliminary remarks by Herman Van Rompuy can be seen on EC video below. http://vimeo.com/12432439 After his meeting with Mr Rompuy, Prime Minister of Montenegro met with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barosso. Mr\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nChief of Montenegrin Mission to the EU \u2013 Mrs Slavica Milacic stated that \u201cMontenegro could obtain a status of \u201ccandidate country\u201d for membership in the European Union, until the end of 2010.\u201d In her interview to daily newspapre \u201cVijesti\u201d (January 31st 2010), she expressed satisfaction with the progress made by Montenegro in the past three\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nMontenegro submitted answers on EC questionnaire on December 9th 2009. Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic visited Brussels and gave the answers to the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. Many other govrnment officials participated in the ceremony, including Minister of Finances Igor Luksic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Rocen, Minister of European Integration Gordana Djurovic, as\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nMost analysts believed that Montenegro will make good progress towards European Union, after becoming independent in 2006. This tiny country of amazing natural beauties, with only 650.000 citizens, has potential for fast development and quick accession into EU. Unfortunately, it seems that everyone is slowly realising that Montenegro is far away from any progress. The\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nMontenegro\u2019s parliament approved yesterday a new government that is led by long-time Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. In the parliament, 48 of 81 lawmakers approved the 21-member Cabinet. Djukanovic said that new government\u2019s goal will be to speed up the this Balkan nation toward the NATO and European Union. Djukanovic has been a political leader in\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nSince this is the only English-language blog/news service focused on Montenegro and its politics, we decided to launch new project, called \u201cOpen Montenegro\u201d. Since young Montenegrin state still has a lot to learn about democracy and freedom, most of media are controlled by the government and the ruling party. That\u2019s one of the main reasons\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nMontenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic visited Bosnia on Monday, December 1st, and said that country plans to apply for candidacy to the European Union by the end of this month. \u201cThere is no doubt that Montenegro is ready to apply\u201d for EU candicacy, Djukanovic said on his first visit to neighbouring Bosnia since Montenegro won\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nMontenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008, held talks in Brussels with the European foreign policy and security commissioner, Javier Solana. (From the Council of the European Union, November 5, 2008, Brussels, Belgium) On Wednesday, November 5th 2008., Mr. Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro, was received by Mr. Javier Solana, European\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nMontenegro is still under great fear of possible closure of Aluminium Plant in Podgorica, which counts for 50% of Montenegro\u2019s export. The Plant known as \u201cKAP\u201d is owned by Russian billionaire Mr Oleg Deripaska, who plans to shut it down, due to financial problems, caused by global economic crisis. But, International Herald Tribune recently brought\u2026 \u00bb read more\n\nDear friends and colleagues, This blog aims to follow important events about Montenegro and to present some of the positive and negative aspects of Montenegrin integration process into European Union. We noticed that Montenegrin bloggers rarely write in English about politics and future of their country, so we decided to join EU Blogosphere and offer\u2026 \u00bb read more"}
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-{"text": "Lyanna Lynette, the face of Torrid recently shared her story with Elle, on loving her body and finding encouragement despite setbacks in the modeling world. She shared some really inspiring thoughts about never wanting to be a certain number on a scale, but always keeping in mind her happiness, and searching for what we like to call an overall balance of wellness.\n\nShe went on to say, \u201cI really, really started loving and appreciating my body in my early 20s. At that point I just kind of said, \u201cYou know what? I am going to love myself because if I don\u2019t love myself first, who is going to love me?\u201d I think you really need to be confident and love yourself first before you can depend on others to accept you. That way, if you accept yourself, you don\u2019t need someone else\u2019s approval on how you look or how you feel. If you know and you feel beautiful, that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d\n\nA photo posted by Lyanna???? (@lyannalynette) on Jul 29, 2016 at 7:00pm PDT\n\nAnd even thought she went through a lot of highs and lows with feeling good about her weight, nothing that even at her highest of 310 pounds she loved her body, and that\u2019s the most important thing. She added,\u201d I always had confidence. Losing weight was about being healthy and loving yourself enough to take care of yourself. And after Torrid recruited her she realized, \u201d This is why I went through everything that I went through\u2013to inspire other women.\u201d Don\u2019t let one \u201cno\u201d define your future, wait for that one \u201cyes\u201d\u2013that\u2019s what I did.\u201d\n\nLyanna\u2019s story is one of encouragement and perseverance, but the message for me was mainly love. Love for oneself, love for your body, your mind, your soul, from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes. Reading about her falling in love with herself at different points in life and learning how to navigate body acceptance regardless of other\u2019s opinions around her is a lesson we could all learn from."}
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-{"text": "State-by-State Net Neutrality Laws Breakdown More Than Half of States in America Are Opposing the FCC's \"Internet Freedom\" Bill With Local Net Neutrality State Laws. Here's Exactly How Those Laws Work.\n\nIllustration by BroadbandNow\n\nBy Kendra Chamberlain\n\nFebruary 25, 2018\n\nThis post will be updated weekly through Q2 2018 with the latest updates on Net Neutrality state laws and legal initiatives. Information on this page was last verified and updated May 22, 2018 to reflect finalized state laws in Washington and Oregon, and likely legislation in California and New York that targets telecom industry practices outside the issue of Net Neutrality, including \u201czero rating\u201d of mobile data. Additionally, the US Senate voted 52-47 in favor of reinstating Net Neutrality on May 16, 2018. However, this won\u2019t advance to another vote in the house until as late as next January and is unlikely to pass the Republican majority there.\n\nAre you a journalist or researcher writing about this topic?\n\nSend us a question and we'll connect you with a broadband market expert who can answer your question and provide a unique insightful pullquote.\n\nAs a result of the FCC\u2019s Restore Internet Freedom Order, elected officials have begun taking up the issue of net neutrality at the state level, with the goal of passing a variety of local-level Net Neutrality state laws.\n\nSo far, officials across 26 states have taken action aimed at preventing ISPs from engaging in throttling or blocking content or services, engaging in paid prioritization of traffic, or otherwise mismanaging data traffic traveling over broadband networks within state lines. Mayors in many cities have also signed a pledge to not engage in business with ISPs that violate Net Neutrality principles.\n\nIn both federal and state bodies of government, the net neutrality debate falls along party lines, with Democrats in favor of rules enforcing net neutrality, and Republicans favoring a hands-off approach to the issue.\n\nState-Level Pro-Net Neutrality Regulatory Strategies\n\nUS states are using three strategies to preserve elements of Obama-era Net Neutrality laws: Suing the FCC, enhancing requirements for ISPs to get government grants, and creating their own ground-up legislation.\n\nFirst Strategy: Suing the FCC\n\nFollowing the FCC\u2019s vote, 22 Attorneys General, led by New York\u2019s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, have filed a suit against the FCC, asking the court to find the Restore Internet Freedom Order as \u201carbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion.\u201d The suit follows an investigation into allegations of fake comments in support of the repeal appearing on the FCC\u2019s public comment Website. The investigation was carried out by the New York\u2019s AG office.\n\nThird Strategy: Direct State-Level Net Neutrality Rules\n\nIn 20 states, officials have introduced legislation that would create a set of net neutrality principles that ISPs offering broadband service to residents and business within the state must follow. Here, state approaches vary: some bills outline the creation of a certification process for ensuring ISPs are maintaining net neutrality, others hand over enforcement authority to different state bodies, and some identify violation fines.\n\nCalifornia State Net Neutrality laws\n\nCalifornia Broadband Map\nTwo state Senators are tackling the issue with two different pieces of legislation in California. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Le\u00f3n (D) introduced Senate Bill 460, the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018, which would create a set of net neutrality rules that ISPs operating within the state must follow, and which bars state agencies from entering into contract with any ISP unless the ISP certifies, under penalty of perjury, to adhere to net neutrality rules. Fellow state Sen. Scott Wiener (D), along with 13 other Democrats, introduce Senate Bill 822, that would enable the state\u2019s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to establish new regulations on how ISPs treat Internet traffic. Bill 822 is notable for being the strictest of current proposed or passed laws, attacking practices like zero rating of traffic as well as reintroducing the basic principles of Obama-era FCC legislation. Both bills are still in committee.\n\nColorado State Net Neutrality laws\n\nColorado Broadband Map\nNo legislation has been introduced at the state level, though two Democrat representatives, Rep. Leslie Herod and Rep. Chris Hansen, have told local media they\u2019re working on a solution. These two legislators have also called for Colorado\u2019s state Attorney General, Cynthia Coffman (R) to join the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nConnecticut State Net Neutrality laws\n\nConnecticut Broadband Map\nConnecticut state Sen. Bob Duff (D) introduced a placeholder Senate Bill 2 that would hold ISPs accountable to net neutrality pledges by creating a certification process to ensure ISPs do not engage in blocking, throttling or prioritizing Internet traffic within the state. The bill would also give the state\u2019s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority the ability to enforce net neutrality within the state with civil penalties. The bill is currently still in committee.\n\nConnecticut\u2019s Attorney General George Jepsen (D) announced in January that the state will be joining others in suing the FCC.\n\nDelaware State Net Neutrality laws\n\nDelaware Broadband Map\nDelaware state Sen. Delcollo (R) introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 44 establishing the General Assembly\u2019s opposition to the FCC\u2019s repeal of net neutrality rules. The resolution also urges Congressional members to \u201cenact legislation reinstating and requiring the preservation of net neutrality.\u201d The resolution, which had four Republican and nine Democrat cosponsors was passed January 25 with bipartisan support.\n\nDelaware Attorney General Matt Denn (D) announced in January that the state would join others in suing the FCC.\n\nGeorgia State Net Neutrality laws\n\nGeorgia Broadband Map\nGeorgia state Sen. Harold Jones (D) introduced Senate Bill 310, with six Democrat cosponsors, aimed at preserving the open Internet by barring ISPs from blocking or throttling content, applications or services in broadband service offered in the state. The bill is currently in committee.\n\nHawaii State Net Neutrality laws\n\nHawaii Broadband Map\nBoth the state House and Senate are now considering their own versions of Net Neutrality state laws or legislation aimed at forcing ISPs to comply with net neutrality principles. State Sen. Stanley Chang (D) and six other Democrats introduced Senate Bill 2088, which would require ISPs operating within the state follow net neutrality principles. After a public hearing, the bill has been deferred.\n\nIn the state\u2019s House, Rep. Kaniela Ing (D) and seven Democrat cosponsors introduced House Bill 1995, which would establish a set of net neutrality principles that ISPs operating within the state must follow, and seeks to establish a task force to \u201cexplore the possibility of establishing a state-owned public utility company to provide broadband internet service.\u201d The bill is currently in committee.\n\nIdaho State Net Neutrality laws\n\nIdaho Broadband Map\nIdaho state Rep. Paulette Jordan (D) has proposed House Bill 425, a bill that prohibits ISPs operating within Idaho from \u201cblocking lawful content, applications, services or nonharmful devices, subject to reasonable network management,\u201d as well as prohibits them from \u201cimpeding or degrading\u201d lawful traffic, and can not engage in paid prioritization.\u201d The bill is currently in committee.\n\nIllinois State Net Neutrality laws\n\nIllinois Broadband Map\nIllinois state Rep. Ann Williams (D) and four Democrat cosponsors filed House Bill 4819, entitled the \u201cBroadband Procurement and Disclosure Act,\u201d which bars state contracts from being awarded to ISPs \u201cunless the contract provides specified terms concerning access to and impairment of Internet services.\u201d The bill is currently in committee.\n\nIowa State Net Neutrality laws\n\nIowa Broadband Map\nNo legislation has been introduced at the state level, but local media has reported that lawmakers are currently drafting a net neutrality bill. Iowa\u2019s Attorney General Tom Miller joined the multi-state lawsuit against the FCC.\n\nKansas State Net Neutrality laws\n\nKansas Broadband Map\nState Rep. Brett Parker (D) introduced House Bill 2682, which proposes requiring ISP entering into contracts with the state to honor net neutrality rules. This bill would also require ISPs to disclose to its customers its network management practices, \u201cfor consumers to make informed choices regarding the use of such services.\u201d The bill\u2019s cosponsors include four Democrats and one Republican. The bill is currently in committee.\n\nMaine State Net Neutrality laws\n\nMaryland State Net Neutrality laws\n\nIn January, Maryland state Sen.Roger Manno (D) and five other Democrats introduced Senate Bill 287, which would restrict state funds that can be used in contracts with ISPs who do not adhere to net neutrality principles such as blocking lawful content, throttling speeds or engage in \u201ccommercial traffic preferencing.\u201d Maryland Attorney General Frosh (D) has joined the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nMassachusetts State Net Neutrality laws\n\nMassachusetts Broadband Map\nMassachusetts state Sen. Barbara L\u2019Italien (D) and state Rep. Andy Vargas (D) introduced two versions of a bill entitled \u201cAct Protecting Consumers by Prohibiting Blocking, Throttling, or Paid Prioritization in the Provision Of Internet Service,\u201d in December 2017, just days after the FCC\u2019s vote. L\u2019Italien introduced Senate Bill 2428 to the state Senate, while Rep. Vargas introduced House Bill 4151 to the State House of Representatives. Both bills aim to devise a set of net neutrality rules for ISPs operating within the state, and give authority of enforcement to the state\u2019s Attorney General, under the Massachusetts Antitrust Act.\n\nState Senators have convened a special committee aimed at developing legislation to protect net neutrality rules in response to the FCC\u2019s repeal. The bipartisan Special Committee on Net Neutrality and Consumer Protection, led by Rep. Cynthia Creem (D), Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R) includes four other Democrats and one Republican.\n\nAccording to local media reports, state Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D) plans to introduce a similar bill that would require all ISPs operating in Massachusetts follow net neutrality rules. Governor Charlie Baker is also reportedly considering releasing an executive order on the issue.\n\nMassachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) has joined the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nMinnesota State Net Neutrality laws\n\nMinnesota Broadband Map\nState Rep. Paul Thissen (D) and Sen. Ron Latz (D) announced plans to introduce legislation that would require ISPs to \u201censure neutrality on all public networks\u201d by prohibiting blocking, throttling and paid prioritization schemes from ISPs in local and state contracts. The bill will also seek to ensure that Minnesota state agencies \u201cfavor companies that agree to abide by net neutrality principles.\u201d The bill has not yet been formally introduced the state Senate. Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson (D) has joined the multi-state lawsuit against the FCC.\n\nMississippi State Net Neutrality laws\n\nMontana State Net Neutrality laws\n\nMontana became the first state to respond to the FCC\u2019s repeal. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order that require ISPs with state contracts to follow net neutrality principles. The order directs the state\u2019s Department of Administration to \u201cincorporate into the state procurement process for Internet, data, and telecommunications services criteria requiring that successful recipients of state contracts adhere to Internet neutrality principles.\u201d\n\nNebraska State Net Neutrality laws\n\nNebraska Broadband Map\nNebraska state Sen. Adam Morfeld (D) introduced Legislative Bill 856, which would change communications provider requirements under the Nebraska Telecommunications Regulation Act in order to prevent ISPs from blocking, throttling or otherwise impacting data traffic in Nebraska. The bill is awaiting a public hearing.\n\nNew Jersey State Net Neutrality laws\n\nNew Jersey Broadband Map\nState legislators Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D) and Patrick Diegnan (D) introduced Senate Bill 1577, the \u201cNew Jersey Net Neutrality Act,\u201d which prevents any ISPs in New Jersey from blocking or throttling traffic, or engaging in paid prioritization, in services offered to residents and businesses. An identical bill, Assembly Bill 5257, was introduced in the state Assembly, sponsored by Annette Quijano (D) and five other Democrats.\n\nNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order in early February which requires ISPs with state contracts to adhere to net neutrality principles.\n\nNew Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has joined the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nNew Mexico State Net Neutrality laws\n\nNew Mexico Broadband Map\nNew Mexico state senator Howie C. Morales (D) introduced Senate Bill 39 that would modify the state\u2019s Unfair Practices Act to ensure that ISPs do not block or throttle traffic, or engage in paid prioritization. The bill is currently in committee. Morales, along with Rep. Bill McCamley (D) and Rep. Carl Trujillo (D) also introduced a Joint Memorial \u201crequesting that the New Mexico Congressional Delegation encourage Congress to review the FCC\u2019s decision to repeal the net neutrality rule and the FCC\u2019s rulemaking process.\u201d New Mexico\u2019s Attorney General Hector Balder (D) has joined the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nNew York State Net Neutrality laws\n\nNew York Broadband Map\nNew York Sen. David Carlucci (D) and Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy (D) filed two versions of a bill that introduces a set of requirements for ISPs operating within the state to meet in regards to net neutrality. Senate Bill 7183 would also modify the state\u2019s public service law to include ISPs, and would task the Commission to \u201cdevelop and maintain a statewide plan for the monitoring of internet service providers, including the annual certification that internet service providers comply with the internet service neutrality requirements.\u201d The bill would amend the state finance law to bar ISPs that do not uphold net neutrality rules from obtaining state and local contracts.\n\nThe Assembly version of the bill has seen 38 other legislators sign on as co-sponsors, including Independent Fred Thiele and Republican Karl Brabenec.\n\nNew York Governor issued an executive order in January directing state agencies \u201cnot to enter into any contracts for internet service unless the ISPs agree to adhere to net neutrality principles.\u201d\n\nNew York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman has filed suit against the FCC, along with 20 other state Attorneys General. The announcement came after the AG\u2019s office released its findings of an investigation into the FCC\u2019s commenting process on the issue of net neutrality. The investigation found up to 2 million comments were submitted to the FCC fraudulently, using the names of real US citizens.\n\nAs of May 2018, New York is reported to be considering similar legislation as California in regards to the practice of zero-rating among LTE providers.\n\nOregon State Net Neutrality laws\n\nOregon Broadband Map\nState Rep. Jennifer Williamson (D) and Rep. Paul Holvey (D) have included net neutrality protections into an online privacy bill filed last year, House Bill 4155. The bill would bar the State of Oregon from awarding contracts to ISPs who do not adhere to net neutrality principles. The bill, which has 24 Democrat cosponsors, was signed into law by Governor Kate Brown (D) April 2018.\n\nPennsylvania State Net Neutrality laws\n\nPennsylvania Broadband Map\nState Sen. Larry Farnese (D) introduced Senate Bill 1033, the Open Internet Protection Act, which would prohibit ISPs from blocking, throttling traffic or engaging in paid prioritization schemes. The bill would also bar and state agency or \u201cpolitical subdivision\u201d from doing business with, offering tax credits or awarding grants to ISPs who do not adhere to net neutrality; and ISPs that do not comply with these regulations would be found in violation of the state\u2019s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. The bill, which has three Democrat cosponsors, is currently in committee. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) has joined the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nRhode Island State Net Neutrality laws\n\nRhode Island Broadband Map\nState Rep. Aaron Regunberg (D) introduced House Bill 7422, the Net Neutrality Protection Act of 2018, which bars state agencies from purchasing Internet service from ISPs that \u201cfail to provide unbiased access to the Internet, through a commitment to the net neutrality principles.\u201d The bill, which has three Democrat and one Republican cosponors, is currently in committee. Rep. Brian Kennedy (D), meanwhile, introduced House Bill 7076, a bill that would amend the state\u2019s \u201cCommunity Antenna Television Systems\u201d general laws to include regulations and jurisdiction for ISPs who are awarded contracts by the state or local bodies to enforce compliance with the state\u2019s net neutrality rules. The bill, which has four Democrat cosponsors, is currently in committee. On the Senate side, Sen. Louis DiPalma introduced Senate Bill 2008, which extends the net neutrality rules to any ISP offering broadband service in the state. The bill is currently in committee. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin (D) has joined the multi-state suit against the FCC.\n\nSouth Carolina State Net Neutrality laws\n\nSouth Carolina Broadband Map\nState Rep. J.E. Smith (D) introduced House Bill 4706, the South Carolina Net Neutrality Protection and Maintenance Act, which would prevent any ISP operating in the state from engaging in blocking, throttling or paid prioritization. Failure to adhere to the state\u2019s net neutrality principles \u201cconstitute an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition,\u201d the bill declares. The bill is currently in committee.\n\nTennessee State Net Neutrality laws\n\nTennessee Broadband Map\nState Sen. Lee Harris (D) introduced Senate Bill 1746, the Tennessee Internet Consumer Protection and Neutrality Act. State Rep. John Ray Clemmons (D) introduced the same bill as House Bill 1755 in the state\u2019s House of Representatives. The bills prohibit any ISPs operating in the state to engage in throttling, blocking or paid prioritization, and also prevents states agencies from contracting with ISPs that fail to adhere to the net neutrality principles.\n\nVermont State Net Neutrality laws\n\nintroduced House Bill 680, which aims to establish \u201cconsumer protection and net neutrality standards applicable to Internet service providers in Vermont.\u201d The bill, which has 41 cosponsors that include Democrats, Independents, Progressives and one Republican, would require all ISPs operating in the state to obtain a net neutrality certificate, administered by the Vermont Public Utility Commission in order to provide broadband service to residents within the state. It would also create a \u201cground truth\u201d testing mechanism, in order to \u201ccreate a single objective statewide Internet speed test that permits customers to test their own broadband Internet speed and submit the results to the [public utility commission] to determine what Internet speeds consumers are receiving and where Internet service providers may be blocking,impairing, or degrading Internet traffic or content.\u201d The bill would see the net neutrality standards enforced under the state\u2019s Consumer Protection Act. The bill is currently in committee.\n\nVirginia State Net Neutrality laws\n\nVirginia Broadband Map\nVirginia Rep. Lee Carter (D) introduced House Bill 705 in early January aimed at preserving net neutrality within the state. The full bill reads: \u201cA provider of broadband services shall be prohibited from offering or renewing services to consumers within any locality in the Commonwealth in which certain media is throttled, blocked, or prioritized on the basis of its content, format, host address, or source.\u201d The bill died in committee last week.\n\nWashington State Net Neutrality laws\n\nWashington Broadband Map\nAs of February 27, 2018, Washington is the first state to successfully pass a state law specifically stipulating that ISPs cannot throttle, block, or prioritize traffic. The law (full text here) applies to wired as well as wireless carriers.\n\nState Rep. Drew Hansen introduced House Bill 2282 in early January, which would bar any ISP operating in the state from blocking, throttling or engaging in paid prioritization. The bill would see that net neutrality principles \u201care matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act,\u201d and gives the state\u2019s Attorney General the power to enforce those rules. The bill, which had six Republican cosponsors and 45 Democrat cosponsors, passed the state\u2019s House with bipartisan support and is now being considered by the state Senate. The bill passed committee and was approved by the state legislature on February 9 of 2018 before passing into law on February 27, 2018.\n\nWest Virginia State Net Neutrality laws\n\nWest Virginia Broadband Map\nState Sen. Richard Ojeda introduced Senate Bill 396, the West Virginia Net Neutrality Act, to prohibit ISPs from blocking, throttling or engaging in paid prioritization. It also deems violations of these rules to \u201can unfair or deceptive act or practice\u201d in violation of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. The bill would enable consumers to bring suit against ISP violators in private civil action. The bill has 10 Democrat cosponsors and one Republican cosponsor, Patricia Rucker. However, Rucker has since requested to be removed from the list. The bill is currently in committee.\n\nWisconsin State Net Neutrality laws\n\nWisconsin Broadband Map\nState Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D) and Rep Jimmy Anderson (D) have introduced Assembly Bill 908 that would prevent the state agencies from awarding contracts to ISPs that do not adhere to net neutrality principles. A similar bill, Senate Bill 740, was introduced to the state Senate by Sen. Erpenbach and Sen. Chris Larson (D), with 18 Democrats. Sen. Larson (D) and Rep. Jonathan Brostoff (D), along with 16 other Democrats, have also introduce Assembly Bill 909, which would reinstate net neutrality rules for ISPs operating within the state, and directs the state\u2019s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to \u201ccreate and implement a complaint process for responding to violations of the bill\u2019s provisions.\u201d All three bills are currently in committee.\n\nContext of the \u201cNet Neutrality\u201d vs \u201cInternet Freedom\u201d Partisan Debate\n\nUnderstanding the partisan debate around Net Neutrality regulation comes down to defining how Title I vs Title II classification changes the rules around broadband.\n\nAfter a heated national debate about the importance of net neutrality enforcement, the FCC voted 3\u20132 along party lines to adopt the Restore Internet Freedom Order[1], a declaratory ruling to repeal the regulatory Title II classification, put in place by former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in 2015, that had enabled the FCC to enforce net neutrality rules among Internet service providers (ISPs).\n\nFCC Chairman Ajit Pai (R) heralded the vote as helping consumers and promoting competition between ISPs. However, the repeal was deeply unpopular among consumer advocacy groups, who claimed removing Title II designation would leave the wolves to guard to hen house. [2]\n\nSupporters of net neutrality have argued that, without Title II classification, which treated broadband service as a utility-like \u201ccommon carrier\u201d service akin to telephone lines in the 20th century, ISPs will be free to block or throttle data, services and applications traveling across their networks for financial or strategic gain.\n\nAdvocates of the repeal, which include ISPs Comcast, Cox, Charter, Verizon and AT&T, along with telecom industry trade bodies, have argued that Title II classification has only served to undermine ISPs\u2019 abilities to invest in their broadband networks and innovate new technologies.\n\nLingering legal questions about Net Neutrality State Laws\n\nTitle I status, Preemption, and Exemption all produce issues for states that want to regulate broadband at the state level.\n\nThe net neutrality state laws issue has quickly become a lightning rod for broader debates around the role of Internet services in the public interest, states rights and federal government regulatory authority. There are three main legal questions that these events have brought to the forefront:\n\nTitle I vs Title II: Why does it matter for the public?\n\nThe thrust of the FCC\u2019s order was to remove the Title II classification from Internet services. Title II classification, under the Communications Act of 1934[3], establishes certain services as \u201ccommon carrier\u201d services that are regulated by the FCC as a utility, meaning that the service is deemed to be vital to the public interest and is regulated as such. But with the Restore Internet Freedom Order, FCC has reclassified Internet services as Title I, also known as \u201cinformation services,\u201d which are subject to fewer federal and state regulations.\n\nThe ambiguity around the classification of Internet services stems from the history and development of Internet technologies. Telephone companies such as AT&T and Verizon, which are regulated as common carriers under Title II, were the first to offer Internet services over telephone lines. But cable companies, which began offering Internet services with the advent of DOCSIS technologies, were regulated as information services under Title I. After a series of legal challenges, the FCC voted to classify all Internet services as Title I information services.\n\nIn the past 10 years, there have been at least 13 cases [4] of ISPs violating net neutrality, but all attempts by the FCC to step in and enforce net neutrality rules were struck down by the courts, who argued that the FCC didn\u2019t have authority to regulate ISPs classified as Title I services. In 2015, under the leadership of former chairman Tom Wheeler, the FCC was able to reclassify Internet services as Title II, and could therefore fully enforce net neutrality. That order was repealed with the recent Restore Internet Freedom Order, thereby removing the FCC\u2019s ability to enforce net neutrality, and handing over regulatory authority to the Federal Trade Commission.\n\nPreemption of net neutrality state laws\n\nSome state legislators have been reluctant to attempt to create a set of net neutrality state laws or rules that would apply to ISPs operating within the state because of a preemption clause contained in the FCC\u2019s Restore Internet Freedom Order. Preemption clauses refer to statements which attempt to preempt a state\u2019s response to a regulatory order.\n\nThe FCC\u2019s order claims the regulation of broadband should be governed at the federal level, and that the FCC \u201cshould exercise our authority to preempt any state or local requirements that are inconsistent with the federal deregulatory approach we adopt today.\u201d It argues that state or local regulatory approach for broadband service would \u201cimpair the provision of such service,\u201d by forcing ISPs to meet inconsistent regulatory rules across the states they operate within. ISPs Comcast, Verizon, and the mobile industry trade body CTIA, had all submitted ex parte filings to the FCC ahead of the net neutrality vote, urging it to include a preemption clause within the Restore Internet Freedom Order.\n\nThe FCC has used preemption in a number of regulations, but under legal challenges, the preemption clauses don\u2019t always stand up to muster. In 2015, the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC\u2019s attempt to preempt state laws governing municipal broadband networks. [5] The legal challenge came just after the FCC had re-classified Internet service as a Title II \u201ccommon carrier\u201d service, and was considered a regulatory reach at the time. The courts found that the result of the FCC\u2019s preemption \u201cessentially serves to re-allocate decision-making power between the states and their municipalities,\u201d without a clear statement from Congress giving the FCC the prerogative to do so. In other words, the court found that the FCC cannot preempt state laws in order to prevent states from doing something if states are not violating any federal law or FCC regulation that directs states to do otherwise.\n\nImpossibility exception\n\nIn a separate 2003 case, the courts upheld an FCC\u2019s preemption which prevented states from regulating Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. [6] In that case, the FCC argued that states\u2019 regulations of VoIP services would violate the \u201clong-standing national policy of nonregulation of information services.\u201d At that time, Internet services were classified as Title I services. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the FCC\u2019s preemption in that case, but not because of the Title I classification.\n\nInstead, the courts agreed with the \u201cimpossibility exception,\u201d a rule which stipulates that the FCC can preempt states if the intrastate components of the service \u2013 meaning the parts of the service that occur within state lines \u2013 cannot be easily separated from the interstate components, ie the parts of the service that cross state lines. The court also noted that future advancements in technology may make the impossibility exception moot. \u201cIf, in the future, advances in technology undermine the central rationale of the FCC\u2019s decision, its preemptive effect may be reexamined,\u201d the court said.\n\nWhat will happen next in the debate over state net neutrality laws?\n\nWhat\u2019s next for the broadband debate? For better or worse, the issue will likely be decided by the majority in power at the FCC, not the majority in power in individual states.\n\nWhile 22 Attorneys General are suing the FCC, the FCC could take legal action against any and all states that enshrine new net neutrality rules into law. The ISPs, themselves, may also filed suit against states that attempt to enforce their own net neutrality state laws or rules.\n\nIt\u2019s not clear who has the upper hand here: the states that want to create their own net neutrality rules, or the FCC, which wants to prevent them from doing so. Legal experts seem to agree that both positions on the issue have waded into a gray area.\n\nState legislators in Vermont have taken the issue of preemption, the public interest and the impossibility exception head on in the net neutrality bill its state government is currently considering. \u201c\u201cVermont, more so than the FCC, is in the best position to decide for itself what the needs of its constituencies are and what policies best serve the public interest,\u201d the bill \u2013 which has not become law yet \u2013 states. [7]\n\nIndustry advocates are worried that local-level net neutrality state laws and regulations will hamper ISPs\u2019 ability to operate their broadband networks across state lines. Tim Wilkerson, president of the New England Cable & Telecommunications Association, issued a statement last week. \u201cThe best path forward to lasting consumer protections and growing both innovation and investment is not through a disruptive patchwork of inconsistent state actions,\u201d he said, \u201cbut rather through bipartisan federal legislation that establishes a clear and predictable national standard for net neutrality.\u201d\n\nIt seems likely that ISPs will challenge state laws governing net neutrality if and when they become law. But it\u2019s unclear if the courts will be convinced by the FCC\u2019s arguments for authority in its preemption clause.\n\nWritten by Kendra Chamberlain\n\nKendra Chamberlain is a freelance journalist covering telecommunications, IoT and smart infrastructure. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she has covered telecommunications for over six years as a journalist and analyst. 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-{"text": "As all of you are out and about networking, I hope you are aware that one of your most important member responsibilities is to invite your new and old friends who are Senior Financial Officers to join The FENG. While it is certainly true that The FENG dominates our space. And, it may even be true that just about everyone who is a Senior Financial Officer and has a pulse is already a member. (I know it\u2019s hard to tell sometimes since us financial folks are so low key.) That said, I hope there are some \u201cunturned rocks\u201d or \u201clow hanging fruit\u201d out there where you can find appropriate candidates to recommend. If networking is the gift that keeps on [ Read more\u2026 ]"}
-{"text": "Wall Art\n\nHome Decor\n\nBags\n\nStationery\n\nArtist's Description\n\n\u201cIn Arcadia, I\u2014Behold, I guard God\u2019s secrets\u201d \u2014anagram on Nicolas Poussin\u2019s painted inscription that is found on a stone sarcophagus on his famous \u201cLes Bergers d\u2019Arcadie\u201d (Arcadian Sheperds) painting.\n\nThe meaning of the inscription and the anagram are both unclear and bears many interpretations. This one with \u201cMemento mori\u201d (remember to Death) and \u201cArs Moriendi\u201d (the Art of Dying) is a popular medieval \u2013 renessaince \u2013 post renessaince theme of transiency, the fact that everything that exist must decay.\n\nYou can understand this either as a warning to live a humble and serene life, but also a call for live for today, catching the opportunities, \u201ccarpe diem\u201d or \u201clive fast and die young\u201d.\n\nWhich is your choice? Let it be any of them, this design will help you remember that you\u2019re unique, unrepeatable and your life is a miracle that must be used well.\n\nCopyright disclaimer:\n\nThis desing incorporates details of Nicolas Poussin\u2019s painting. Poussin has died in 1665, and the used painting is dated to 1637 or 1638. For this, the work is understood to be in the Public Domain\n\nThe image I used is a faithful depiction of a two dimensional artwork, without any additional elements (framing, etc). According the Berne Convention, US and EU copyright directives, faithful depiction of a two dimensional artwork holds no artistic value but considered as a documentation, and is not eligible for copyright protection, thus must be treated as Public Domain"}
-{"text": "Design a Low-Jitter Clock for High-Speed Data Converters\n\nAbstract: High-speed applications using ultra-fast data converters in their design often require an extremely clean clock signal to make sure an external clock source does not contribute undesired noise to the overal dynamic performance of the system. It is therefore crucial to select suitable system components, which help generate a low phase-jitter clock. The following application note serves as a valuable guide for selecting the appropriate components to design a low-phase noise PLL-based clock generator, suitable for ultra-fast data converters.\n\nIntroduction\n\nMany modern, high-speed, high-performance integrated circuits, such as the MAX104 and MAX106 analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), require a low-phase-noise (low-jitter) clock that operates in the GHz range. Conventional crystal oscillators may provide a low-jitter clock signal, but are not generally available in oscillating frequencies above 120MHz.\n\nFigure 1 illustrates the simplified block diagram of a typical high-speed data converter system. The system consists of a bandpass filter, ADC, high-frequency clock, high-speed storage device, and post processing unit. Aside from the MAX104, the high-frequency clock plays a significant role in determining the accuracy of a high-speed data converter. This high frequency, low-phase-noise clock is a combination of a high frequency voltage-controlled oscillator (U1), a phase-locked loop (U2), and a crystal oscillator (U3) as shown in Figure 2.\n\nFigure 1. Typical high-speed data converter system using the MAX104 ADC and a PLL-based, low-jitter clock.\n\nFigure 2. A high-speed, low-phase-noise clock is one of the most critical elements to ensure optimum dynamic performance of the high-speed ADC.\n\nThe MAX2620 voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is capable of generating oscillator frequencies up to 1GHz, while providing sufficient noise performance. Because of the inherent frequency drift, a phase-locked loop (PLL) is often required to lock the VCO output to the desired frequency by comparing the VCO output to a crystal oscillator frequency.\n\nChoosing an appropriate VCO for a high-speed data converter system is not as simple as finding one with the right oscillator frequency. One key parameter that must be taken into consideration is clock jitter. Jitter is generally defined as short-term, non-cumulative variation of the significant instant of a digital signal from its ideal position in time. Figure 3 illustrates a sampling clock signal that contains jitter. Jitter generated by the clock is caused by various internal noise sources, such as thermal noise, phase noise, and spurious noise. In the case of a data converter, jitter affects the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance of the data converter.\n\nHow Clock Jitter Degrades ADC's Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)\n\nJitter generated by a clock source can cause the ADC's internal circuitry to falsely trigger the sampling time. As shown in Figure 4, uncertainty in sampling time \u0394t equates to uncertainty in amplitude \u0394A . This results in false sampling of the analog input amplitude, thus degrading the SNR of the ADC. With the following equations, the maximum SNR of a data converter can be calculated for a given amount of clock jitter:\n\nFigure 4. An SNR model obtained using the sampling time uncertainty.\n\nThe slope is at its maximum when the term cos(\u03c9t) = 1. Therefore,\n\nEQ.2 can be rearranged as:\n\nBy definition, A/(\u0394A) is the signal-to-noise ratio, and \u0394t is the root-mean-square (RMS) value of the jitter. EQ. 3 can be rewritten as:\n\nFor example, if the analog input signal is 250MHz, and 50dB SNR is to be achieved, the maximum RMS jitter (\u03c3RMS) must be less than 2ps.\n\nHow Noise Sources Cause Jitter\n\nThermal noise, frequency modulation (FM), amplitude modulation (AM), phase modulation (PM), and spurious components contribute to the noise that causes jitter in the clock signal. Because of the difficulty to distinguish noise caused by FM, AM, and PM, all three types of noise are grouped into a general term known as phase noise. To clarify the calculation of phase noise, a high frequency circuit, using the MAX2620 VCO and PLL, will be used as example.\n\nThermal Noise Contribution to Jitter\n\nFigure 5 depicts a simplified plot of the VCO phase noise profile. The MAX2620's output amplifier has a thermal noise floor of approximately -147dBm/Hz. This noise is white, Gaussian noise with a finite bandwidth. Although the effective bandwidth has not been characterized, it can be approximated to be twice the operating frequency. With the MAX2620 properly tuned to the desired output frequency, the contribution of the noise floor to jitter can be computed with the following equation:\n\nFigure 5. Simplified phase noise profile of the MAX2620 VCO as a function of the offset frequency.\n\nFor further improvement in the noise performance, a power matching network (L2 and C6) whose frequency response similar to a bandpass filter is often applied at the VCO output. This attenuates undesired noise outside the bandwidth of interest. By doing so, one can estimate the worst noise by the limit of integration from 0Hz offset to f0. Noise beyond these limits is greatly attenuated and can be ignored. Because the noise floor is even for offset frequencies from 0Hz to f0, L(f) can be considered constant. EQ. 5 can be reduced to:\n\nThe edge-to-edge timing jitter due to the noise floor is:\n\nBecause thermal noise is non-correlated, jitter is non-accumulated. The period-to-period jitter is the same as edge-to-edge jitter.\n\nEquation 8 can also be displayed as:\n\nwhere SNROSC is the signal-to-noise ratio of the oscillator due to the noise floor.\n\nPhase Noise Contribution to Jitter\n\nPhase noise is characterized as the ratio of noise power at an offset frequency to the power level of the clock (carrier) signal. This ratio is usually normalized to 1Hz-bandwidth, resulting in a unit of dBc/Hz. For instance, the phase noise at 100kHz offset in Figure 5 is -118dBc. That means the noise power at 1000.1MHz is 118dB below the carrier power level at 1000MHz in 1Hz-bandwidth.\n\nThe free running phase noise of the MAX2620 is approximately 20dB/decade from the corner-offset frequency of 1MHz to the clock frequency. With EQ. 11, the period-to-period jitter due the phase noise can be calculated as follows:\n\nwhere f is the offset frequency from the clock frequency, and it has to be in the region where the phase noise decreases 20dB per decade. The phase noise, L(f), was taken from the MAX2620 characterization at f = 100kHz offset frequency. With f = 10kHz, the resulting jitter will not change.\n\nSpurious Components Contribution to Jitter\n\nA PLL-based clock signal produces spurs. If these spurs are not suppressed, they can degrade the jitter performance. Figure 6 shows a spectrum plot of a 1GHz clock signal taken with a spectrum analyzer. The two symmetrical pairs of spurs displayed in this figure are approximately 75dBc and 85dBc below the carrier. The separation of these spurs from the carrier and from each other is determined by the comparison frequency used in the phase-locked loop. In this case, the comparison frequency is 1MHz; therefore, the two spurs next to the carrier are exactly 1MHz away from the carrier and the subsequent pair. In addition, there is another pair of -75dBc spurs (not shown) at 20MHz offset caused by the crystal oscillator. The following equation, translates these spurs into jitter:\n\nFigure 6. A 1GHz clock shown with spurious components.\n\nwhere fm is offset frequency at which the phase noise spurious components occurred. With m = 1, the cycle-to-cycle jitter computes to 4.38x10-6ps. For practical applications with ADCs, such as the MAX104, jitter due to spurious noise at this level is negligible.\n\nTotal Jitter\n\nThe total cycle-to-cycle jitter is a function of the square root of the sum of the jitter squares and can be calculated as follows:\n\nPhase-Locked Loop\n\nAs a result of inherit frequency drift due to temperature, power supply, load, etc., a free running VCO is rarely used by itself. Usually a phase-locked loop is introduced to help lock the VCO output to the desired frequency. If designed properly, the phase-locked loop can help reduce the phase noise. The phase noise within the loop bandwidth is lower than that of a free running VCO. Thus, the actual jitter due to phase noise is less than that of EQ. 11.\n\nFigure 7 shows the functional diagram of the MB15E07 in an integer-N PLL system. It consists of a phase detector (or comparator), an output charge-pump, a dual modulus pre-scalar, an N counter, and an R counter. The N counter consists of a main (M) counter and a swallow or auxiliary (A) counter.\n\nThe N counter then works in conjunction with the dual modulus pre-scalar (P).\n\nFigure 7. Simplified block diagram of a typical PLL system consisting of a PLL, crystal oscillator, loop filter, and VCO.\n\nDuring power-up (assuming that the PLL was preprogrammed), the VCO would oscillate at the desired frequency plus some offset. This frequency is first divided by the integer N, and then compared to the reference crystal oscillator frequency, whose frequency has also been divided by an integer R. If there is a phase difference between the two frequencies, the voltage at the PLL output changes accordingly. For example, if the VCO frequency is lower than that of the reference, the charge-pump will charge the loop filter capacitors to increase the voltage. If the VCO frequency is higher than the reference, the charge-pump will discharge the loop filter capacitors to decrease the voltage. An increase in voltage results in an increase in frequency, and visa versa. Hence, the PLL functions as a feedback loop that keeps the VCO output frequency locked at the desired frequency. The VCO frequency is a function of N, R and fREF and is calculated as follows:\n\nFor example, if P = 32, M = 31, and A = 8, using EQ. 14, N counter is calculated to 1000. If the reference oscillator frequency is 20MHz and the R counter is set for 20, using EQ. 15, the VCO frequency is locked at 1000MHz.\n\nDesign Parameters\n\nCareful design and implementation of the clock circuit is required to ensure optimum performance. This can be achieved by choosing the proper components and providing a well-designed high-frequency PC board. Table 1 shows the recommended component values for two different operating frequencies. These values ensure that the VCO will oscillate and phase lock at the desired frequency, while providing the proper output power levels. The output frequency of the MAX2620 is set by an external resonating tank, which consists of L1, C1, C2, C3, C4, and D1. L1, C1, C2, C3, and C4 set the free-running, oscillating frequency. The varactor diode, D1, fine-tunes the output frequency to the desired frequency. D1 is reverse biased and has a capacitance that varies with the bias voltage generated by the PLL output. A change in D1's capacitance allows for the fine-tuning of the output frequency.\n\nThe oscillating frequency can be calculated with the following equation:\n\nTo accommodate the component tolerance, PCB, supply voltage, and temperature variations, the capacitance of D1 should be chosen such that the tuning range is about \u00b15% to \u00b110% from the nominal frequency. C4 is the capacitor that couples the varactor to the tuning tank. Increasing C4 can increase the tuning range. C2 and C3 are feedback capacitors necessary for the oscillator to function properly. Typically, C2 = 2.7pF and C3 = 1.0pF. For 1.0GHz, chose L1 = 5.6nH, C4 = 4.7pF, and C1 = 1.0pF.\nBoth the VCO output and ADC clock input have to be matched to 50\u03a9. A LC network (L2 and C6) is used at the VCO output to ensure optimum power transfer to the clock input of the ADC. The matching network has a bandpass-filter-like frequency response that further reduces the thermal noise floor.\n\nTable 1. Suggested Component Values for the Clock Generator\n\nDesignation\n\nDescription\n\nfout\n= 600MHz\n\nfout\n= 1000MHz\n\nR1\n\n240\u03a9\n\n390\u03a9\n\nR2\n\n240\u03a9\n\n390\u03a9\n\nC1\n\n1.0pF\n\n1.0pF\n\nC2\n\n2.7pF\n\n2.7pF\n\nC3\n\n1.0pF\n\n1.0pF\n\nC4\n\n9.0pF\n\n3.3pF\n\nC5\n\n9.0pF\n\n2.2pF\n\nC6\n\n3.0pF\n\n1.5pF\n\nC7\n\n12nF\n\n3.9pF\n\nC8\n\n120nF\n\n39nF\n\nC9\n\n12nF\n\n3.9nF\n\nL1\n\n12nH (\u00b12%)\n\n5.6nH (\u00b12%)\n\nL2\n\n18nH\n\n10nH\n\nD1\n\nSMV1233-001 (Alpha Industries)\n\nSMV1233-001 (Alpha Industries)\n\nThe charge pump output of the PLL pulses at the phase comparison frequency determined by R and the external crystal oscillator. A loop filter is employed to filter these pulses into a constant DC-control voltage for the VCO. The third-order loop filter (Figure 2) consists of C7, C8, C9, R1 and R2. Use simplified EQ. 17 to 23 to calculate the component values.\n\nUse high quality-factor (Q) components to minimize VCO phase noise and maximize output power transfer. A Q factor of 40 or greater should be sufficient.\n\nKeep all the components for the resonating tank circuit as close together and as close to the MAX2620 as possible.\n\nPlace de-coupling capacitors close to the VCO, and with a direct connection to the ground plane. All VCCconnections should have their own de-coupling capacitors.\n\nMaintain a 50\u03a9 connection between the VCO output and the ADC clock input.\n\nUse component value recommendations from Table 1 as a starting point. Possible parasitic effects may require fine-tuning of some component values to ensure optimal performance.\n\nExperimental Results\n\nTo demonstrate the performance of the proposed clock circuit, designed from the suggested equations and techniques, the circuit in Figure 2 was designed and tested with the MAX104 evaluation kit. Figure 6 shows the output of the proposed high-frequency, low jitter clock measured with a spectrum analyzer. The oscillation frequency is phase locked at 1GHz, with an output level of -2dBm. Figure 8 shows the signal-to-noise ratio of the MAX104 ADC over analog input frequency. With fSAMPLE = 1.0GHz and fIN at -1dBFS, the SNR varies from 47.1dB to 45.5dB for analog frequencies ranging from 10MHz to 1GHz, respectively. Compared to a known low-jitter signal generator (HP8662A), the SNR measured with the proposed clock is only ~0.4dB lower.\n\nFigure 8. The SNR of the MAX104 is approximately 0.4dB lower with the PLL clock than with the HP8662A."}
-{"text": "Action \u00b7 Two con-men, Inder alias Eena and Deeka has an encounter in a bank. Eena commit ..... The producer and director made 3 films and the tittles were taken from films songs like Bol Radha Bol, Eeena Meena Deeka & Chal Mere Bhai.\n\nTwo con-men, Inder alias Eena and Deeka has an\nencounter in a bank. Eena commit the crime but because of Deeka's bad\nrecord with the police they are misunderstood and thus Deeka gets a\nlong...\nSee full summary \u00bb\n\nStoryline\n\nTwo con-men, Inder alias Eena and Deeka has an encounter in a bank. Eena\ncommit the crime but because of Deeka's bad record with the police they\nare misunderstood and thus Deeka gets a long jail term but manages to\nescape. He then begins a manhunt for Eena in order to take him to the\npolice station so that he can confess to his crime thus clearing his\nname; he does manages to get his hands on Eena but he refuses to accept\nhis crime. Watch how Deeka makes Eena's life miserable to get him to\ncomply with his wish. Written by\ngavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)\n\nConnections\n\nUser Reviews\n\nEena Meena Deeka is one\nof those brainless David Dhawan movies where every scene is illogical.\nThe film is so bad with several songs which pop in every now and then. One\nof the stupid scenes in Eena Meena Deeka is when the fat lead rips off\nthe heroine's mini skirt and out of the blue they break into a song.\nBoo!!The 90s were a really low phase for Rishi Kapoor who gained\na lot of weight by then and started delivering one dud after another.\nAnd in a movie with such a ridiculous plot you can expect almost nothing\nfrom him. Vinod Khanna looked bored throughout. Juhi Chawla does what\nshe does best- giggle, giggle and giggle! Anupam Kher as the\ncommissioner irritates. Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor were too\nover-the-top. The songs were completely unnecessary and drag the\nalready boring film to a large extent. I wonder why I even watched this\nmovie. It's so bad that it's not even worth mentioning. Avoid!"}
-{"text": "About Us\n\nWelcome to Minnesota Eye Consultants\n\nMinnesota Eye Consultants embraces the very essence of its founders and leading care providers.\n\nWe are a dynamic organization of respected clinical eye care providers and supporting staff with extraordinary educational and professional credentials, who are passionate about patient care and dedicated to improving quality of life through life-changing vision procedures and treatments.\n\nOur focus: to define, develop and pursue the best possible technologies, practices and services to respond to patients\u2019 needs and improve the potential for best-possible vision. With multiple laser and refractive surgery centers in the Twin Cities and a growing team of dedicated eye care professionals, we are committed to delivering these services in a convenient, community setting.\n\nThe focus on research and education at Minnesota Eye Consultants is illustrated by its leadership in teaching and training other ophthalmologists and promising medical students. Through classroom instruction, residency and fellowship training and clinical research and education programs, our vision is steadfast, and the future is bright.\n\nOur Core Values\n\nWe are leaders, not followers, who demand the highest standards, embrace innovation and meaningful change. Our goal is to consistently demonstrate the following values in everything that we do:\n\nTrust\n\nWe are respectful of other people\u2019s perspective and actively seek to understand where they are coming from. We always treat others the way we want to be treated.\n\nOwnership\n\nOur team fosters a sense of personal accountability with a strong \u201csolution oriented\u201d focus.\n\nTeamwork\n\nOne team, all in. We support each other and are willing to adapt and collaborate. As a team, we leverage individual strengths to maximize impact.\n\nLeadership\n\nOur team members hold themselves to a standard of behavior befitting of a leader. We have the courage to be a lone voice even in the face of external pressure.\n\nIntegrity\n\nWe maintain principled conduct that exhibits respect for employee and patient safety at all times.\n\nCommunication\n\nWe are continually striving to be more self-aware and learn to self-regulate and enhance our listening skills.\n\nOur Mission\n\nTo preserve, restore, and enhance vision through research, teaching, and providing the highest quality medical and surgical care to patients.\n\nWhy Choose Minnesota Eye Consultants?\n\nOur doctors are not just LASIK surgeons. While we were the first practice that performed LASIK in Minnesota and have continually been on the forefront of refractive technology and innovation, our physicians are also international experts in their fields with a comprehensive understanding of the whole health and function of the eye \u2013 cornea, glaucoma, cataract, dry eye, and oculoplastics.\n\nOur doctors maintain the highest standards of care and will suggest treatment based only on what is best for each individual patient. If it happens to not be LASIK, they can offer an array of other treatment options to obtain the desired outcome.\n\nWe are the only private anterior segment practice in the Twin Cities area that has a dedicated research department committed to improving patient care.\n\nSeveral of our doctors hold patents for innovations in eye care.\n\nAsk your family eye doctor about us, or look through the patient testimonials on our website. Our reputation speaks for itself.\n\nOur surgeons are The Preferred Ophthalmologists of the Minnesota Vikings. Professional athletes who have limitless options choose Minnesota Eye Consultants.\n\nOther doctors refer their patients to us if they have unusual eye health conditions and complicated cases. Wouldn\u2019t you want one of our doctors doing your surgery initially rather than fixing it later?\n\nWe have the most advanced equipment available to assist in giving the doctor the most accurate and precise results. We own our own equipment, so we never have a patient quota and will only make a decision based on the absolute best interest of the patient.\n\nOur standard price for LASIK is in line with the national and local averages for practices that utilize the same premier technology that we do (WaveScan, IntraLase, iLASIK).\n\nWe do not discount or coupon LASIK because we are a medical practice and view refractive surgery as an important medical decision, and not an assembly line procedure.\n\nOur Corporate Partner \u2013 The MN Vikings\n\nWe are proud to have our surgeons be The Preferred Ophthalmologists of the Minnesota Vikings. We have had the pleasure to meet and care for countless public figures and are grateful to have all of our patients choose and trust us for their eye care needs.\n\nThe material contained on this site is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider.\n\nMinnesota Eye Consultants is a comprehensive ophthalmology, eye care provider with various locations throughout Minnesota. If you are seeking Minnesota LASIK specialists and are interested in how laser vision correction could help you see better please contact us at your earliest convenience. Our LASIK counselors are here to help you determine the cost of LASIK, what happens during the LASIK procedure and how LASIK eye surgery can help your lifestyle. The eye doctors at Minnesota Eye Consultants are dedicated to helping our patients see better."}
-{"text": "Country: United StatesDirector: John SchlesingerStarring: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Lori Singer, David Suchet, Michael Ironside, Richard DysartMusic: Pat Metheny and Lyle MaysSong: \u2018This Is Not America\u2019 performed by David Bowie and the Pat Metheny Group\nBased on the book by Robert Lindsey\n\nFirst of all, I\u2019ll mention that this movie is based on a true story. So there are no big action set pieces or noisy explosions. Instead you get a great story that is well acted and in parts is genuinely tense and exciting.\n\nTo emphasize that this is a true story, as the film opens newsreel footage of sixties America plays. There are images of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and John Lennon. Then we are introduce to Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton). He is quitting the seminary where he had been studying to become a priest. He returns home to his family. The patriarch of the family, Charlie Boyce (Pat Hingle) is a retired FBI agent and he has always had a shaky relationship with his son. However he arranges to get Chris a good job at RTX aerospace. Chris starts off as a general dogsbody doing small jobs and running errands. But it isn\u2019t long before he is noticed, and soon is offered a promotion. He is promoted to a top secret section that works satellites. The satellites are used by the CIA to spy on, well \u2026 anybody they choose.\n\nChris\u2019 best friend is Daulton Lee (Sean Penn). They were alter boys together. Lee is a screw-up whose source of wealth comes from smuggling drugs from Mexico into the United States. It must be pointed out, that both Daulton Lee and Christopher Boyce come from affluent families and money is not really an issue for them. The fact that Lee chooses to work as a drug dealer comes more from boredom and a lack of self esteem than any actual financial necessity.\n\nBoyce\u2019s new job is pretty cushy. His work partner Gene has a pretty lush setup. It\u2019s boozy and cruisy, but one day, Boyce accidentally receives a fax from the CIA in Australia. It has meant to go to CIA headquarters in Langley but is misdirected to RTX. It\u2019s a common mistake. This particular fax implies that the CIA have been manipulating the Australian press to overthrow, or at least turn public opinion against the incumbent government. The Australian Prime Minister at the time was Labor leader, Gough Whitlam. Boyce is disgusted that the United States would meddle in the affairs of another democratic country. As Boyce witnesses more information that highlights the US\u2019s corruption of other governments he confides in Lee. He even decides to take it a step further, as punishment for their meddlesome ways, Boyce devises a plan where Lee will take certain bits of highly classified information to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico and sell it to them for a price. Initially, Lee is reticent to do the job, but it\u2019s not too different to his clandestine drug smuggling operations, and once he gets a taste of the profits, he\u2019s hooked.\n\nEven as the trading of secrets continues, Lee chooses not to scale down his drug smuggling enterprises. As a habitual user, as his drug use increases, Lee begins to unravel. As he becomes more unreliable, Boyce starts to play a more active part in the trafficking of the information. So far Boyce had been rather careful and methodical in his approach to the smuggling operation, but even as he gets drawn deeper in, he starts to become a paranoid wreck.\n\nThis paranoia gets to a point where Boyce wants out of the game (if only it were that simple!) Lee, who believes that his livelihood is on the line, convinces Boyce to make one more exchange. Boyce reluctantly agrees, but it all goes horribly wrong when Lee is arrested outside the Russian Embassy on suspicion of murder.\n\nThe strength of this film are the performances by Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn. Penn\u2019s role is more flashy as the drug addled Daulton Lee, but because the character is such a screw-up, it\u2019s hard to have sympathy for him at times. But Hutton\u2019s performance is well measured. His character starts out young an idealistic, but by the end he is bitter, jaded and thoroughly repulsed by both the American and Russian intelligence agencies.\n\nThe weakest part of this movie is the soundtrack by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. It is 80\u2019s synth pop that has dated badly, and as the film is set in the mid 70\u2019s does nothing to evoke the era in which the movie is set. Maybe the soundtrack worked when the film was first released when the sounds were contemporary, but viewing the film today it is jarring.\n\nThe Falcon And The Snowman is a very good film, but it does slow down in the third quarter, and the end, while not being vague, does seem heavily edited with chunks of important exposition, like time and place removed. These are small quibbles to what generally is a film worthy of your time.\n\nIn addition, this is just the first part of the story on Christopher Boyce. Yes this is the story of The Falcon And The Snowman, but Robert Lindsay followed this story up with a book entitled The Flight Of The Falcon which outlines Christopher Boyce\u2019s escape from prison is 1981 and the subsequent manhunt.\n\nAction: Pulse Pounding Tales \u2013 Vol 1. Think back to the days when heroes were heroes and the action was furious and full-blooded. Writing as James Hopwood, David contributed \u2018Cutter\u2019s Law\u2019.\n\nCrime Factory: LEE \u2013 Lee Marvin: one of the most coolly charismatic and extraordinary screen tough guys ever. Crime Factory celebrates Marvin\u2019s life by making him the star of his own fictional adventures. As James Hopwood \u20181963: Trust\u2019.\n\nCrime Factory 11 (as James Hopwood \u2018Hail, the Haymaker Kid\u2019 \u2013 a look at the boxing pulps of the 40s and 50s)\n\nCrime Factory 13 (as james Hopwood \u2018As Long as the Paperwork\u2019s Clean\u2019 \u2013 an interview with Australian cinema icon, Roger Ward)\n\nThe LIBRIO Defection \u2013 Introducing Jarvis Love, in a white knuckle action adventure which harks back to the great spy novels of the \u201960s and \u201970s, but infused with the high-octane punch of a modern thriller.\n\nBushwhacked \u2013 A fight fiction short, set on the Central Victorian Goldfields.\n\nArchive\n\nArchive\n\nPLEASE NOTE: All quotes used on this site are for review purposes only. Permission to Kill in no way claims ownership or copyright on this material. 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-{"text": "Nick first became aware of Acting when a friend of his who had an agency for extras asked him to help her out as someone had let her down at the last moment. He never acted at all and was curious so he went along and did the job and went home with \u00a310 in his pocket. Mmmm he thought that was the easiest \u00a310 that he had ever earned . So off he went to an acting school in Essex for 6 months and took in so much and learned the rest by watching the big actors of the day. He found an agent who took him on and that is how it all started.He received a call from his agent asking him if he would be interested in a low budget film called ' STAR WARS ' as the Medal Bearer, and he said yes of course . He went for a fitting because the costume was far too big for him so it was altered to fit. He was called to the set about 2 weeks later and you know the rest. The most ICONIC FILM EVER ! He also worked on a film with Glenda Jackson called \" The Incredible Sarah \" in the scene of Joan of Arc who was burned at the stake.\n\nHe has worked with 3 Dr Whos ( Tom Baker , Peter Davidson , Colin Baker ) and also on 2 episodes of Blakes 7, first as the Android in ' Head Hunter ' then ' The Animals ' . He was the Armoury Officer in the James Bond film ' The Spy Who Loved Me ' . He was the Milkman in East Enders for nearly 3 years from the 2nd episode onward . He worked on ' We'll Meet Again ' as the Top Gunner in the B17 bomber (USAF) , also ' Secret Army ' as the Tail Gunner in the Lancaster Bomber (RAF) . Football Referee in ' The Manageress ' . He has also worked on many TV commercials and he says he thinks the best ever was working with Aerton Sennor . He was taking the part as Alain Prost and drove the F1 car as Nick was at the time a F3 Race Driver. He has also ran for England and Great Britain in many marathons, 51 in all , the last being in Sri lanka . This was from 1986 until 1992 . He has also ran in other long distance races.\n\nNick loves meeting all the Star Wars , Dr Who and James Bond fans and others who love to converse at the conventions and also to sign a few autographs for them.\n\nThis is a great interview with Nick that you can see by following thisLINK ."}
-{"text": "As we stated in our financial update on May 12, 2008, we have been working with our investment bankers to raise additional capital. To-date, we have not been successful with these efforts, and, while we will continue these efforts with our bankers and others, we don\u2019t expect to be able to raise capital until there is more stability and less uncertainty in the housing and mortgage markets.\n*\nBased on information we have provided to our regulators, they have advised us that we are no longer \u201cwell capitalized\u201d.\n\nA consequence of falling below well-capitalized is that we are no longer permitted to accept new brokered deposits or renew or roll over existing ones, unless we get a waiver from the FDIC. While we have submitted a waiver application, it is uncertain as to whether such a waiver will be granted. As a result of the above, we have made the difficult decision, effective July 7, 2008, that we will no longer accept any new loan submissions or rate locks in our retail and wholesale forward mortgage lending channels, except for our servicing retention channel.\n\nIndyMac also mentions an almost 50% reduction of its current workforce over the next couple of months.\n\nThat pretty much sums up the content of the letter but, it would be rather non-objective not to say the writing\u2019s been on the wall for at least six months."}
-{"text": "Meeting on Legionnaires' outbreak held\n\nCity officials, community leaders and health professionals hosted a town hall meeting Monday to discuss the latest on the Legionnaires' outbreak in the Bronx.\n\nOfficials say they planned the event at Hostos Community College in order to spread awareness about how the disease is spread and treated.\n\nThey also want to let the public know what the city is doing to keep everyone safe, and what is being done to prevent another outbreak.\n\nMayor de Blasio and city health officials say the disease has been contained, and that no new cases have been reported since Aug. 3. Officials say 124 cases have been reported, and of those hospitalized and treated, 94 have been discharged. So far, 12 people have died from the disease.\n\nHealth officials say they're confident they've narrowed down the area where the outbreak began to one of the first five cooling towers in the South Bronx that tested positive for legionella. They say all of those towers have been disinfected."}
-{"text": "I\nhave moved to National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and\nImaging Science Department, pursuing how to push modern medical image\nunderstanding and semantic parsing to fit into revolutionaryclinical workflow practices.\nThere are four key ingredients: software and hardware code development\nplatforms; close R&D collaboration with physicians-in-the-loop; evaluation\n& validation via large scale clinical imaging datasets; and mapping the\nrecent progresses in statistical learning, machine learning, computer vision\nand video computing (from 2D/3D to 3D and 4D) towards medical imaging.\nRecently, I won the Best Summer Intern Mentor Award 2013, NIH Clinical Center\n(only one from my institute); and the Postbac Mentor of the Year Award\n2015, NIH (one of three awardees in NIH).\n\nI\nwas a Senior Staff Scientist, Image Analytics and Informatics, at Siemens\nCorporate Research, from Nov. 2011 until Jan. 2013. I was a Staff Scientist at\nSiemens Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) Group, Siemens Medical Solutions at Malvern, Pennsylvania,\nfrom Nov. 2009 to Oct. 2011. I worked as a Research Scientist in Siemens\nCorporate Research (SCR), a Division of Siemens Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey\nfrom Oct. 2006 to Oct. 2009, closely collaborating with CAD group. I enjoyed\nworking with a number of excellent Siemens colleagues and interns for a very\nproductive period of time (6.28 years). Our efforts result in 10+ deployed\nSiemens medical imaging product deliveries, 12 US/WO patents (granted &\npending), 27 provisional patents and 20+ scientific publications.\n\nI\nreceived my Ph.D. degree of Computer Science from JohnsHopkinsUniversity in May 2007\nand my advisor is Prof. Gregory D. Hager. I also worked closely with Prof.\nLaurant Younes and Prof. Rene Vidal at Hopkins. I interned twice at Microsoft\nResearch Beijing and Redmond during 2000~2001, and 2004 summer with Dr. Harry\n(Heung-Yeung) Shum and Dr. Kentaro Toyama, respectively. I was a graduate\nstudent (1996-1999) with Dr. Zhanyi Hu at NLPR, CAS, Beijing, China.\n\nI Gave a Tech Talk at Google in May 2006!The video was an overview of my\ngraduate research on image patch representations/modeling for visual\nrecognition and tracking. During the past year, some parts have been updated.\n\nLe Lu and Hung-Tat Tsui, \"Algebraic Characteristic, Geometric\nInterpretation and Degeneracy Analysis of Planar Motions, with Applications to\nCamera Self-calibration \", extended version submitted to Journal of Pattern\nRecognition. Le Lu and Hung-Tat Tsui, \"Algebraic Characteristic and Geometric\nInterpretation of Planar Motions and their Applications to Camera\nSelf-calibration\", ACCV'2002: the 5th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Jan. 2002, Melbourne,\nAustralia (initially invited for a special issue of International Journal of\nImage and Graphics for ACCV 2002, 10 out of all\nsubmissions)"}
-{"text": "Microsoft and Apple leaders speak on each other, commercials, Xbox, iPod and more\n\nMicrosoft and Apple Computer are the yin and yang of the\ncomputer world. Without either of them, the technology landscape would not be\nas it is today. At the head of those two very different, but significant\ncompanies are equally different and significant individuals: Bill Gates and\nSteve Jobs.\n\nThe two pioneers are often at the center of the stage\npreaching the latest innovations for their respective companies, but rarely do\nthey share the same stage. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs appeared together at this year\u2019s\nD: All Things Digital conference, an annual gathering coordinated by the Wall Street Journal.\n\nThe session began with each leader asked to say what the\nother has contributed to the industry. Jobs started, \u201cWell, you know, Bill built\nthe first software company in the industry and I think he built the first\nsoftware company before anybody really in our industry knew what a software\ncompany was, except for these guys. And that was huge. That was really huge.\nAnd the business model that they ended up pursuing turned out to be the one\nthat worked really well, you know, for the industry. I think the biggest thing\nwas, Bill was really focused on software before almost anybody else had a clue\nthat it was really the software.\u201d\n\nThen Gates started with a joke, \u201cFirst I want to clarify,\nI'm not Fake Steve Jobs,\u201d referring to the notorious blog. \u201cWhat Steve's done is\nphenomenal. Back in 1977, the Apple II, the idea that it would be a mass-market\nmachine and an incredibly empowering phenomenon. And the Macintosh, that was so\nrisky. Apple really bet the company, Lisa hadn't done that well, but the team\nthat Steve built within the company to pursue that, some days it felt a little\nahead of its time. Remember the Twiggy disk drive and...\u201d \u2013 Jobs interjected,\n\u201c128K!\u201d\n\nGates continued, \u201cIn a certain sense, we build the products\nwe want to use ourselves. He's really pursued that with an incredible taste and\nelegance and had a huge impact on the industry. Apple literally was failing\nwhen Steve went back and reinfused innovation and risk-taking that have been\nphenomenal. So the industry has benefited immensely from his work. I'd say he's\ncontributed as much as anyone.\u201d\n\nThe two then went over some historical bits, arriving\neventually to 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple. Jobs recalls his\nthoughts from that time, recorded by the D5 website,\n\u201cIf the game was a zero-sum game where if Apple wanted to win, Microsoft had to\nlose, then Apple was going to lose. But Apple didn\u2019t have to beat Microsoft. It\nhad to remember what Apple was. Microsoft was the biggest software developer\naround, and Apple was weak. So I called Bill up.\u201d\n\nAlthough Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are popularly portrayed as\nrivals, especially in the movie the Pirates\nof Silicon Valley, the Apple leader says that his company\u2019s close ties with\nMicrosoft is very important. \u201cThe developer relationship between Microsoft and\nApple is one of the best we have,\u201d said Jobs.\n\nA bit of a rivalry does appear on the topic of the Mac ads\nthat appear all over the web and television. Bill Gates referred to the ads as\nlies in an interview\nback in February, \u201cI don't know why [Apple is] acting like it\u2019s superior. I\ndon't even get it. What are they trying to say? ... Does honesty matter in\nthese things, or if you're really cool, that means you get to be a lying person\nwhenever you feel like it? There's not even the slightest shred of truth to\nit.\u201d\n\nBack on stage, Job defended the purpose of the ads, saying,\n\u201cThe art of those commercials is not to be mean, but for the guys to like each\nother. The PC Guy is great\u2026 The PC Guy is what makes it all work.\u201d\n\nGates had only to say, \u201cPC guy\u2019s mother loves him.\u201d The two\nhosts of the session chimed in to add that they liked PC guy too.\n\nMoving away from current spats and towards the current\nproducts, Jobs cited Alan Kay as once saying, \u201cPeople that love software want\nto build their own hardware.\u201d Although Microsoft has its own hardware devices\nwith the Xbox consoles and the Zune, Jobs is referring to any potential desire\nMicrosoft may have to build machines specifically to run Windows.\n\nOne of the forum hosts had brought up an interesting\nanecdote: at one point, Microsoft was for a while the biggest purchaser of a\ncertain Mac tower for the use of Xbox 360 development software. Gates then\nadded, \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was the biggest, but, yeah, we had the same\nprocessor essentially that the Mac had. This is one of those great ironies is\nthey were switching away from that processor while the Xbox 360 was adopting\nit. But for good reasons, actually, in both cases. Because we\u2019re not in a\nportable application and that was one of the things that that processor road\nmap didn\u2019t have. But yes, it shows pragmatism, but we try and do things that\nway. So that was the development system for the early people getting their\nsoftware ready for the introduction of Xbox 360.\u201d\n\nJobs then shifted the attention to Apple\u2019s leading hardware\ninnovation, the iPod, and a key reason why it is so successful. \u201cIf you look at\nthe reason that the iPod exists and the Apple\u2019s in that marketplace, it\u2019s\nbecause these really great Japanese consumer electronics companies who kind of\nown the portable music market, invented it and owned it, couldn\u2019t do the\nappropriate software, couldn\u2019t conceive of and implement the appropriate\nsoftware. Because an iPod\u2019s really just software. It\u2019s software in the iPod\nitself, it\u2019s software on the PC or the Mac, and it\u2019s software in the cloud for\nthe store. And it\u2019s in a beautiful box, but it\u2019s software.\u201d\n\nJobs and Gates were both there at the modern computer\nrevolution, and they are still here today, furthering progress. \u201cWhen Bill and\nI first entered the industry, we were the youngest guys in the room, and now\nwe\u2019re the oldest. I tend to think of things in terms of either Dylan or Beatles\nsongs. And there\u2019s that one line in that Beatles song, 'You and I have memories\nlonger than the road that stretches out ahead,' and I think that\u2019s clearly true\nhere,\u201d concluded Jobs.\n\nComments\n\nThreshold\n\nUsername\n\nPassword\n\nremember me\n\nThis article is over a month old, voting and posting comments is disabled"}
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-{"text": "Haslam responds to Browns critics\n\nTuesday\n\nDec 31, 2013 at 9:50 AM\n\nThe critics cannot be accused of being overly kind to Jimmy Haslam, who says he understands. Here is a detailed look at Haslam\u2019s response to Rich Gannon saying the Browns are \u201ca disgrace,\u201d among other slams.\n\nSteve Doerschuk CantonRep.com sports writer @sdoerschukREP\n\nThe Browns took their beatings during the season.\n\nThey continue to take them as they plunge into the offseason.\n\nCBS analyst Rich Gannon trashed the organization in the wake of firing head coach Rob Chudzinski\n\n\"It's a mess right now in Cleveland,\" Gannon said on camera, following a season in which he handled multiple Browns telecasts. \"They haven't won in a long time. They've had 21 different starting quarterbacks since they came back in 1999.\n\n\"They have a new head coach every 2.8 years. This is a disgrace right now.\"\n\nGannon played for the Raiders when he was MVP of the NFL in 2002. Michael Lombardi was in the middle of his run with Oakland's personnel department then.\n\nLombardi isn't talking now. CEO Joe Banner and owner Jimmy Haslam are playing offense (setting out to convince someone promising to be their next head coach) and defense (damage control against opinions similar to Gannon's that might discourage coaching prospects and season ticket renewals).\n\nChudzinski was fired after 354 days on the job. Elsewhere in the AFC North, head coaches Marvin Lewis (hired by the Bengals in 2003), Mike Tomlin (Steelers in 2007) and John Harbaugh (Ravens in 2008) have been around for relative eons.\n\nHaslam insists that he wants to find his long-term head coach. He points to his four-year run as a minority owner of the Steelers and Banner's decade-plus run as president of the Eagles. \"If you looked at Joe's career in Philadelphia and the brief time we spent in Pittsburgh,\" he said, \"and if you look at how we run our business, we don't make personnel changes frequently.\n\n\"We understand the importance of continuity, but I think it's really important for you to hear this. We also understand the importance of getting it right.\"\n\nBanner had something to do with Andy Reid's marathon run (1999-2012) as head coach of the Eagles \u2014 and with the dismissal of Pat Shurmur after two years and Chudzinski after one year in Cleveland. Haslam had nothing to do with Tomlin and plenty to do with Shurmur and Chudzinski.\n\nHaslam now is under fire that the team has gone 9-23 since he agreed to buy it. Soon, he will become the big boss of a third head coach.\n\n\"We deserve the skepticism,\" he said. \"Until that individual comes in here and wins football games, talk is cheap. Actions speak loud.\"\n\nThe last act of Chudzinski's team was a 20-7 defeat at Pittsburgh. It was the Browns' second loss to the Steelers in a 4-12 year that ended in a 1-11 skid.\n\nFollowing the first loss, 27-11 at Cleveland, a Repository game story said: \"This is a football story. It is a SOB story. It is a tale of the Same Old Browns.\"\n\nSays Haslam, \"You all have every right to write it, but there's nothing that galls me more to read on Monday mornings, 'Same old Browns.'\n\n\"That's not what we're all about, and that's not what we came here for.\"\n\nThey have been the same. This year's record was the same as the worst Browns records of the last 11 years, matching the 4-12 marks of 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011.\n\nNone of those teams had a reasonable facsimile of a good long-term quarterback on it, just like this one.\n\n\"You have a right to be skeptical,\" Haslam said. \"Until we turn it around and start winning games, start winning important games, playing meaningful games late in the year, and be sitting here talking about who we're going to play in the first round of the playoffs, you have every right to be skeptical.\"\n\nHaslam has been on the Browns scene for only 18 months. He bought into a beauty.\n\nThe Browns won a playoff game in 1994, moved to Baltimore in 1996, and are 0-1 in the postseason since coming back in 1999. Their 1-10 finish in 2013 was the worst of the expansion era. The Chudzinski firing prompted former Browns general manager to say the current regime \"makes Randy Lerner look like a Rooney.\"\n\nHaslam is trying to hold the fort as the cannonballs whistle in.\n\n\"We feel a lot of pressure to get this right,\" he said.\n\nHe says he is in it for the long haul:\n\n\"I don't know how many times I can say that we expect the Browns to be a long-term asset of our family.\"\n\nHe hasn't said much any time in Ohio since his Tennessee-based empire, Pilot-Flying J, became entangled in a fuel rebate scandal.\n\n\"We've said all along and I'll say it again, this is embarrassing for our family, our company, and I apologize for any cloud it has put over Cleveland or the Browns,\" he said.\n\n\"We've paid everybody back with interest. We've dealt with the individuals who made some very poor decisions. We've resolved a majority of the\n\nlawsuits.\n\n\"We are working closely with the government to work through these issues. We are confident we will have a successful, long-term outcome.\n\nHas it been a distraction for me in terms of time to spend here over the last six months? Yes. Are we starting to move out of that phase? Yes.\n\n\"Here again I'll say, do I think we can attract the right person to come here? Yes, I do.\"\n\nIt has been a heavy topic to mix with his new football team.\n\nOnce upon a time, 2013 was envisioned as the fourth year of the Mike Holmgren regime, when the team would have broken through to the playoffs.\n\nHolmgren is long gone. Fans can only hope Haslam isn't about to enter his \"third second year,\" to use a play on an old Holmgren expression.\n\nMany will be sitting on skepticism for quite a while, long after Chudzinski's replacement is named. Can the turnaround begin, at long last, in 2014?\n\n\"We're not going to know that,\" Haslam said, \"until probably about a year from now.\"\n\nSister Publications\n\nOriginal content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted.\nTimes Reporter ~ 629 Wabash Ave. NW New Philadelphia, OH 44663 ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\n7/31/15\n\nSince #Soundcloud deleted my account a couple weeks ago, I wanted to figure a way to put my mixes out. I found a music player I can link to my website hosting. Go to www.PHLIPZINTHEMIX.com .. Should be able to play on IPhone/IPad/Droid. Added a couple new unreleased LIVE mixes, and some of my latest ones too. Will add more soon! Also, what older mixes do you want me to add?? Thanks for the support everyone!\n\n7/1/15\n\nHey All! Since Soundcloud is wack and is taking down mixes, I've uploaded my latest mix \"That Is So Phetch\" to my Mediafire account. You can stream it or download it from the link below. It's a mix of music I play at Don Tito and STK ft Ariana Grande, Will Smith, Whitney Houston, The Spice Girls, Walk The Moon, Ghosttown DJs, NSync, No Doubt, Jason DeRulo, Britney Spears, Stevie Wonder, and more.. Old and New Party Jams! Nothing too crazy, just a mix to give out when I'm at those gigs... Hope you like it!"}
-{"text": "Cookie use on bumps\n\nBumps uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Bumps website. However, if you would like to, you can change your cookie settings at any time.\n\nQuetiapine\n\nThis factsheet has been written for members of the public by the UK Teratology Information Service (UKTIS). UKTIS is a not-for-profit organisation funded by Public Health England on behalf of UK Health Departments. UKTIS has been providing scientific information to health care providers since 1983 on the effects that medicines, recreational drugs and chemicals may have on the developing baby during pregnancy.\n\nWhat is it?\n\nQuetiapine (Seroquel\u00ae) belongs to a group of medicines called atypical antipsychotics. Quetiapine is used to treat illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.\n\nIs it safe to take quetiapine in pregnancy?\n\nWhen deciding whether or not to take quetiapine during pregnancy it is important to weigh up how necessary quetiapine is to your health against the possible risks to you or your baby, some of which will depend on how many weeks pregnant you are. Remaining well is particularly important during pregnancy and while caring for a baby. For some women, treatment with quetiapine in pregnancy may be the best option for both mother and baby.\n\nThis leaflet summarises the scientific studies relating to the effects of quetiapine on a baby in the womb. It is advisable to be aware of this information if you are, or will be taking quetiapine during pregnancy.\n\nYour doctor is the best person to help you decide what is right for you and your baby.\n\nWhat if I have already taken quetiapine during pregnancy?\n\nIf you have taken, or are taking any medicines it is always a good idea to let your doctor know that you are pregnant so that you can decide together whether you still need the medicine that you are on and, if so, to make sure that you are taking the lowest dose that works and only for as long as you need to.\n\nIt is very important that you do not suddenly stop taking quetiapine as this could be dangerous to you, and to your baby if you are already pregnant. Do not make any change to your medication without first talking to your doctor.\n\nCan taking quetiapine in pregnancy cause birth defects in the baby?\n\nA baby\u2019s body and most internal organs are formed during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It is mainly during this time that some medicines are known to cause birth defects.\n\nNo studies have specifically investigated whether taking quetiapine during early pregnancy might increase the chance of having a baby with a birth defect.\n\nThere are, however, several studies of women taking any type of antipsychotic medicine. Small numbers of the women in these studies were taking quetiapine, but these women were not studied separately. The studies are summarised below:\n\n\u2022 Two studies showed that women taking any antipsychotic had a higher chance of having a baby with a birth defect, but five studies found no link between antipsychotic use in early pregnancy and having a baby with a birth defect.\n\n\u2022 One study found that around three in every hundred women who took an atypical antipsychotic in pregnancy had a baby with a heart defect compared to one in every hundred women who did not take any medication in pregnancy. No other studies have investigated this and it is therefore not yet clear whether there is a link between atypical antipsychotic use in early pregnancy and heart defects, or whether babies who were exposed to antipsychotics in the womb are more likely to have heart scans that pick up abnormalities that would otherwise not have been known about at birth. Even if it is shown one day that women who take atypical antipsychotics are at increased risk of having a baby with a heart defect, this study suggests that 97 out of every 100 babies born to women taking atypical antipsychotics during pregnancy will not have a heart defect.\n\nTaken together, the results of these studies do not provide firm evidence to link taking antipsychotics during early pregnancy with birth defects in the baby. Although quetiapine is chemically similar to some of the other antipsychotics, it may affect a baby in the womb differently. We therefore do not know whether the findings from studies of antipsychotics as a group relate to women taking quetiapine and it is very important that information continues to be collected from women who take quetiapine in pregnancy.\n\nCan taking quetiapine in pregnancy cause miscarriage?\n\nNo studies have specifically investigated whether women who take quetiapine during early pregnancy are at increased risk of miscarriage.\n\nStudies of pregnant women taking different types of antipsychotics have shown mixed results. While two studies found no link between miscarriage and atypical antipsychotic use in pregnancy, one study did suggest an increased risk.\n\nSome of the women in these studies were taking quetiapine but were not studied separately, so we do not know how this information relates specifically to pregnant women taking quetiapine. Additionally, because only small numbers of women have been studied, more information is needed before any conclusions can be drawn.\n\nThere are no known links between taking quetiapine in pregnancy and giving birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy, having a stillbirth, or the baby being bigger or smaller than expected. However, no studies have specifically investigated these pregnancy outcomes.\n\nSome studies have analysed these pregnancy outcomes in women taking any antipsychotic medicine during pregnancy, with most finding no increased risk.\n\nHowever, weight gain, high blood sugar and diabetes are common side effects of quetiapine in non-pregnant individuals. If these problems occur in pregnancy they can in turn cause increased growth of a baby in the womb.\n\nCan taking quetiapine in pregnancy cause other health problems in the child?\n\nWithdrawal symptoms at birth (neonatal withdrawal)Withdrawal symptoms are thought to occur as a result of the newborn baby\u2019s body having to adapt to no longer getting certain types of medicines through the placenta.\n\nStudies have shown that babies whose mothers take antipsychotic medicines (including quetiapine) in the weeks before delivery are more likely to suffer from neonatal withdrawal symptoms at birth. Close monitoring of your baby for a few days after birth may be advised if you have taken quetiapine regularly in the weeks before delivery.\n\nLearning and behavioural problemsA baby\u2019s brain continues to develop right up until the end of pregnancy. It is therefore possible that taking certain medicines at any stage of pregnancy could have a lasting effect on a child\u2019s learning or behaviour.\n\nNo links with learning and behavioural problems, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are known about in children who were exposed specifically to quetiapine while in the womb, however no studies have been carried out to specifically investigate this.\n\nOne study has analysed learning and behaviour in children whose mothers were treated with any antipsychotic medicine during pregnancy. While babies of mothers who had taken antipsychotics during pregnancy were slightly slower in their development initially, by the time they were one year old there were no differences in developmental test scores between children exposed to antipsychotics in the womb and children who had not been exposed.\n\nMore research in this area is needed so that the quetiapine can be specifically studied.\n\nWill I or my baby need extra monitoring?\n\nMost women will be offered a scan at around 20 weeks of pregnancy to look for birth defects as part of their routine antenatal care. Taking quetiapine in pregnancy would not normally require extra monitoring of your baby.\n\nWeight gain and increased blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) can be side effects of quetiapine. If you are treated with quetiapine during pregnancy your doctor may suggest extra monitoring of your weight and blood sugar levels. If you are gaining more weight than expected, or have high blood sugar levels, extra monitoring of your baby\u2019s growth may be advised as these can be linked to having a bigger baby.\n\nIf you have taken quetiapine around the time of delivery, because of the risk of withdrawal symptoms in the baby, he/she may require extra monitoring after birth.\n\nAre there any risks to my baby if the father has taken quetiapine?\n\nWe would not expect any increased risk to your baby if the father took quetiapine before or around the time you became pregnant.\n\nWho can I talk to if I have questions?\n\nIf you have any questions regarding the information in this leaflet please discuss them with your health care provider. They can access more detailed medical and scientific information from www.uktis.org.\n\nGeneral information\n\nUp to 1 out of every 5 pregnancies ends in a miscarriage, and 1 in 40 babies are born with a birth defect. These are referred to as the background population risks. They describe the chance of these events happening for any pregnancy before taking factors such as the mother\u2019s health during pregnancy, her lifestyle, medicines she takes and the genetic make up of her and the baby\u2019s father into account.\n\nMedicines use in pregnancy\n\nMost medicines used by the mother will cross the placenta and reach the baby. Sometimes this may have beneficial effects for the baby. There are, however, some medicines that can harm a baby\u2019s normal development. How a medicine affects a baby may depend on the stage of pregnancy when the medicine is taken. If you are on regular medication you should discuss these effects with your doctor/health care team before becoming pregnant.\n\nIf a new medicine is suggested for you during pregnancy, please ensure the doctor or health care professional treating you is aware of your pregnancy.\n\nWhen deciding whether or not to use a medicine in pregnancy you need to weigh up how the medicine might improve your and/or your unborn baby\u2019s health against any possible problems that the drug may cause. Our bumps leaflets are written to provide you with a summary of what is known about use of a specific medicine in pregnancy so that you can decide together with your health care provider what is best for you and your baby.\n\nEvery pregnancy is unique. The decision to start, stop, continue or change a prescribed medicine before or during pregnancy should be made in consultation with your health care provider.It is very helpful if you can record all your medication taken in pregnancy in your hand held maternity records.\n\nwww.medicinesinpregnancy.org\n\nDisclaimer: This information is not intended to replace the individual care and advice of your health care provider. New information is continually becoming available. Whilst every effort will be made to ensure that this information is accurate and up to date at the time of publication, we cannot cover every eventuality and the information providers cannot be held responsible for any adverse outcomes following decisions made on the basis of this information. We strongly advise that printouts should NOT be kept for any length of time, or for \u201cfuture reference\u201d as they can rapidly become out of date."}
-{"text": "Ecclestone must pay costs and Constantin appeal rejected\n\nAfter the German media group Constantin filed an appeal against the recent High Court ruling, a judge on Thursday rejected the application.\n\nJustice Newey said if Constantin \"wished to pursue the issue it would have to apply to the court of appeal,\" the Financial Times reported.\n\nConstantin's lawyer confirmed the company will indeed be \"robustly pursuing its appeal\", having lost the initial case surrounding the Gerhard Gribkowsky bribery affair.\n\nMeanwhile, F1 business journalist Christian Sylt told us that Constantin was on Thursday also ordered to pay substantial legal costs -- $10 million of its own, $10m to the Bambino trust and $2.5m to former advisor Stephen Mullens.\n\nEcclestone, however, was ordered by Justice Newey to pay half of his own whopping $13 million in legal costs as a result of having given \"untruthful evidence\" and being an \"unreliable\" witness."}
-{"text": "11-11-2000\n\nSkiers die in cable-car fire\n\nA cable car taking skiers to a glacier in Austria catches fire on this day in 2000 as it passes through a mountain tunnel; 156 people die. Only 11 people managed to survive the fire, which was caused by an illegal space heater. Kitzsteinhorn Mountain in the Austrian Alps is a popular skiing and snowboarding destination located just south of Salzburg. In order to reach the mountain\u2019s prime skiing locations, it is necessary to take a cable car from the town of Kaprun into the mountains and through a 2.5-mile tunnel. The 90-foot-long car is pulled by a cable along train-like tracks. On the morning of November 11, the car left at 9 a.m. for its journey up the mountain; within two minutes, flames were spotted shooting from the car. The cable car had just entered the concrete shaft tunnel when a disruption indicator, part of the car\u2019s safety system, automatically stopped it. Quickly, the tunnel filled with toxic smoke, but the doors wouldn\u2019t open. In the back of the car, a man smashed the rear window Plexiglas and 11 people were able to crawl out the back to a stairway that led several hundred yards down to the entrance. The other passengers were not so fortunate.\n\nAlthough some passengers were able to make it out of the front of the car and attempted to climb to the top of the tunnel, the tunnel acted as a chimney sending flames and smoke straight up. In fact, the driver of the corresponding car coming down the tunnel was burned near the exit at the top. Three other people who were near the top of the tunnel also burned to death. The fire burned all day, as it was not until that evening that workers could get to the train. Once there, they encountered bodies that were burned and charred beyond recognition. One worker later said \u201cI don\u2019t want to describe it for the sake of the families.\u201d An inquiry into the fire\u2019s cause revealed that a space heater in the driver\u2019s cabin had caused the hydraulic oil in a pipe to overheat and leak on to a plastic seat, where it ignited."}
-{"text": "Tag: 2 Corinthians\n\n\u201cBecause we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God\u201d [2 Corinthians 7:1 NLT]\n\nThroughout Scripture, and especially in the Book of Proverbs we find the phrase, \u201cThe fear of the Lord\u201d. Consider just four of the fifteen references to the fear of the Lord in the Book of Proverbs: \u201cThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge\u201d [Proverbs 1:7]; \u201cTo fear the Lord is to hate evil\u201d [Proverbs 8:13]; The fear of the Lord adds length to life [Proverbs 10:27]; \u201c\u2026always be zealous for the fear of the Lord\u201d [Proverbs 23:7]. These verses tell me that the fear of the Lord is not some cringing and unhealthy fear, but is good and wholesome. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge [of God], to hate sin, and to have a deep respect and reverence for God.\n\nThe fear of the Lord is the awesome respect for the person of the Lord Jesus and His authority, which when we understand it excludes evil and ensures righteousness in our lives. A comment in the margin of the NIV Study Bible on Ecclesiastes 12:13 defines the fear of the Lord as, \u201cA loving reverence for God that includes submission to His lordship and to the commands of His word.\u201d You cannot separate the fear of the Lord and obedience to the Lord.\n\nThe Psalmist wrote, \u201cBlessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways\u201d [Psalm 128:1]. After Abraham had been prepared to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice the angel of said to him, \u201cNow I know that you fear God\u201d [Genesis 22:12].\n\nThe Bible speaks of amazing blessings that come to the person who fears the Lord:\n\nIt is PROTECTIVE \u2013 \u201cThe fear of the Lord keeps you from evil\u201d [Proverbs 16:16]. \u201cFor the angel of the LORD is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear Him\u201d [Psalm 34:7].\n\nIt is LIFE-GIVING \u2013 \u201cThe fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death [Proverbs 14:27]; it adds length to life [Proverbs 10:27].\n\nIt brings PEACE and CONTENTMENT \u2013 \u201cThe fear of the Lord leads to life: then one rests content, untouched by trouble\u201d [Proverbs 19:23].\n\nIt brings WEALTH, HONOUR and LIFE \u2013 \u201cHumility and the fear of the Lord bring wealth, honour and life [Proverbs 22:4].\n\nFinally, to fear the Lord is a choice that we have to make. The writer of Proverbs says, \u201cThey\u2026 did not choose to fear the Lord,\u201d [Proverbs 1:29] and commands us to \u201c\u2026 always be zealous for the fear of the Lord [Proverbs 23:17].\n\nBy obedience and submission to God and His Word we choose to fear the Lord!\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhy do you think that the fear of the Lord is so important? What new thing have you learned today about the fear of the Lord? In what way does your life reveal to others that you fear of the Lord?\n\n\u201cTherefore, since these [great] promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates and defiles body and spirit, and bring [our] consecration to completeness in the [reverential] fear of God\u201d [2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 AMP].\n\nWith these promises ringing in our ears, dear friends, let us keep clear of anything that smirches body or soul. Let us prove reverence for God by consecrating ourselves to him completely\u201d [J.B. Phillips].\n\nIn the last three verses of 2 Corinthians 6 Paul gives us three promises from the Old Testament. By applying these promises to our lives we will cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit, grow in holiness and have a deep reverence for God. The three promises are:\n\nFirstly, \u201cI will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.\u201d These words are taken from Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38 and; Ezekiel 37:27. God promises to be our God, to dwell in us and to walk among us. We are literally the temple of the living God. He makes His home in us.\n\nSecondly, \u201cTherefore \u2018Come out from among them and be separate,\u2019 says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.\u201d This promise is taken from Isaiah 52:11. If we turn from everything that is displeasing to God and honour godly boundaries He promises to receive us.\n\nThirdly, \u201cI will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty.\u201d This promise is taken from 2 Samuel 7:14. Paul has added the words, \u201cand daughters\u201d to the original promise. God promises to be a Father to us.\n\nCan you imagine three more wonderful promises that God could give to us than to make His home in us, to receive us and to be a Father to us?\n\nWe can enjoy these wonderful promises but in order to do so we must fulfil the conditions attached to them. We are to separate ourselves from the spirit of the world, to no longer compromise, and to separate ourselves from the impurity of unbelieving attitudes and behaviours. Then we shall know His blessing, grow in holiness and reverence Him.\n\nSome time ago I met with a young student on holiday from Bible School. I asked him how he was doing. He told me that his appetites had totally changed, and whereas in the past he would just \u2018go with the crowd\u2019, that this no longer satisfied him because he was chasing after God and His glory. My heart was filled with praise for the change in this young man.\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhat does it mean that we are temples of the living God?\n\nAccording to our reading today what are God\u2019s promises that we can claim when we separate ourselves from the spirit of the world?\n\nAs a young Christian I used to regularly hear the phrase, \u201cA Christian should be in the world but not of the world.\u201d It is a good catchphrase but I often puzzled about its real meaning. What is the meaning of the word \u201cworld\u201d and what does it mean to be in the world but not of it?\n\nLet me begin by saying that the world is something far more than just a wrong lifestyle. Sometimes Christians have regarded the world as things like smoking, addictions, living for pleasure, promiscuity, etc., but these are merely symptoms of worldliness. \u201cThe world is that invisible and yet surrounding atmosphere in which we live, and which erodes faith, dissipates hope and corrupts love\u201d [Charles Swindoll]. God\u2019s standards are absolute!\n\nThe Ten Commandments are absolutes! The world hates absolutes, and loves relativism and syncretism. I once heard Leighton Ford, Billy Graham\u2019s brother-in- law say, \u201cTo many the only absolute is the absolute that there are no absolutes.\u201d The values of God and the world are totally opposite and opposed to each other. John writes, \u201cDo not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him\u201d [1 John 2:15].\n\nPaul was deeply concerned that the Corinthian believers should not follow the spirit of this world. He calls it by various names: darkness, the devil, idolatry, filthy things, and says that we should be separated from these. We live in this fallen world but we live with a different spirit \u2013 the Holy Spirit. We are witnesses to the world because we live in the Holy Spirit, and that life is so different to the spirit of the world.\n\nWe have boundaries! The word separate [verse 17] is translated from the Greek word aphorizo and literally means to set off by boundary. We don\u2019t team up [become yoked] with unbelievers. We don\u2019t partner with wickedness!\n\nThere is bound to be compromise when a Christian business owner joins his business to an unbeliever. It is disobedience when a Christian chooses to marry an unbeliever. Occasionally, because of God\u2019s grace, such a union is successful, but normally the Christian has to compromise and their faith and testimony will be weakened. Spurgeon once said that it is far easier for an unbeliever to pull the believer down to their level than for the believer to pull the unbeliever up to where they are.\n\nWe will continue this theme tomorrow and take a look at the promises God gives to those who choose to live by the boundaries that honour Him\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhy is it important that as God\u2019s children we have clearly defined boundaries? Read James 1:27. What do you think James means when he says that we are to keep ourselves unspotted from the world?\n\nSometimes when a believer chooses not to do things that cross God\u2019s boundaries they are accused of being boring. How would you answer such an accusation?\n\n\u201cOh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you. There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us. I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us.\u201d [2 Corinthians 6:11-13 NLT]\n\nMany years ago I listened to a vinyl recording of the great Methodist preacher Dr W. E. Sangster speaking about the tragedy of unrequited love. He told the story of a young woman who fell in love with a man who was neither suitable for her, nor worthy of her love. She was counselled to end her relationship with him, but she responded by saying that she could not because her love for him had gone too deep. He went on to speak of the depth of Jesus\u2019 love for us, but how people failed to respond to His love. This is unrequited love!\n\nIn our reading today we see the depth of Paul\u2019s love for the people in the Corinthian Church, and yet they withheld their love from him. Paul had suffered much pain to bring the gospel to them and, together with his friends, had spoken honestly, and opened their hearts to the Corinthians. These two characteristics, honesty and openness of heart are fundamental to love and Christian fellowship. Paul communicated with them what was going on in his own life; he shared with them his feelings, struggles, failures, pressures, and problems, and he let them know how he coped with them. That is always a mark of love. John wrote, \u201cIf we walk in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ, God\u2019s Son, cleanses us from all sin\u201d [see 1 John 1:7]. When we walk in the light it always makes us vulnerable.\n\nThe problem is that for real fellowship both parties need to be open and honest, but in the case of Paul and the Corinthians this love, openness, and honesty only came from Paul and not the Corinthians.\n\nTragically some people build a wall to protect themselves and keep other people out. It may be because they have been hurt. Often it is because of fear. This wall that cuts us off from others may offer a selfish protection, but it might also keep the Holy Spirit out. This wall is limiting [verse 12] and imprisons people within the narrow boundaries of their own selfishness. A ministry of the Holy Spirit is to pull down this wall, and although this may mean vulnerability, it will also open the door to freedom, honesty, fellowship and love.\n\nQuestions:\n\nAnother word for walking in the light is transparency, and this always stretches and makes us vulnerable. Why is transparency so important?\n\nHas the Holy Spirit ever given you a deep, Christ like love for an individual or a group, but they have rejected your love? How did you handle this?\n\nFellowship was one of four keys to the growth of the Early Church [Acts 2:42]. How do you understand the meaning of Christian fellowship? Why is honesty such a key element of fellowship?\n\nPaul lists some remarkable characteristics of a true minister of Jesus Christ.\n\nThey are Consistent [verse2 & 8]. They do not cause others to stumble by double standards. They remain consistent whether people support them or oppose them.\n\nThey are Patient [verse 4]. They face many difficult issues, and in this passage Paul lists six of the difficulties that they have to face [verse 5]\n\nThey are Faithful [verse 7]. They faithfully preach God\u2019s Word, trusting God to work through them. Elsewhere Paul wrote to Timothy, \u201cPreach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine\u201d [2 Timothy 4:2]. The power is in God\u2019s Word, not in our interpretations or ideas about God\u2019s word.\n\nThey know how to Wage Warfare [verse 7]. Paul speaks of using the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defence. Obviously he is writing about the Sword of the Spirit, that is the Word of God in the right hand. This is the only part of the Christians armour and weapons listed in Ephesians 6:12-18 that is for attack. The Shield of Faith in the left hand is for defence and quenches all the fiery darts of the evil one.\n\nWhatever they face they Never Give Up [verses 8-10a]. People may honour or despise us, slander or praise us, ignore us and beat us, but Paul says, \u201cOur hearts ache, but we always have joy\u201d [verse 10a]. We may sometimes be tempted to give up but we choose not to give up, as we fix our eyes on Jesus!\n\nThey desire to Bless Others [verse 10]. \u201cWe are poor, but give spiritual riches to others.\u201d Our heart is to bless others. Jesus said, \u201cIt is more blessed to give than to receive\u201d [Acts 20:35].\n\nWe could so easily take the next few days to consider each of these characteristics one by one. None of us is perfect but we should be growing in these remarkable characteristics that were so evident in Paul\u2019s life. The key is that we are filled with the Holy Spirit and increasingly walking with Him. Paul writes, \u201cWe prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love\u201d [verse 6].\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhich of these characteristics are your strengths, and which are the areas in which you are weaker and need to work on?\n\nHow does God teach us patience through the difficult experiences and trials that we go through?\n\nHow would you answer people who say that these characteristics of a true minister of Jesus Christ only apply to full-time church workers and pastors?\n\n\u201cAs God\u2019s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvellous gift of God\u2019s kindness and then ignore it. For God says, \u201cAt just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.\u201d Indeed, the \u201cright time\u201d is now. Today is the day of salvation\u201d [2 Corinthians 6:1-2 NLT]\n\nIt would seem that among the Corinthians who had opposed Paul were people who had accepted God\u2019s wonderful gift of salvation but sadly they had not continued to live it out in their daily life. The Bible teaches that once we receive salvation we must work it out in our lives [Philippians 2:12], but sadly there are those who do not move forward after making that initial decision to accept Christ. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are a prime example of this. They both attended the same evangelistic meeting in 1939, and both put their hands up to accept Christ. My mother-in- law grew dramatically in her walk with God, but sadly, her husband did not go on with Christ. One accepted Christ and went on with Him, and the heart of the other was unchanged. The only comfort is that at the age of 80, he finally surrendered to Christ.\n\nOne of the most difficult issues that churches may have to deal with are the people who attend, even taking a lead role, and who think they are Christians, but are not really in a right place with God. It is questionable whether they are really saved. They operate in the flesh rather than the Spirit, making natural rather than spiritual decisions. Late in his life Paul wrote a warning to Timothy about supposed Christians who were living ungodly lives. He wrote, \u201cThey will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly.\u201d\n\nThese people may even teach but have a counterfeit faith [1 Timothy 3:1-9].\n\nFrom the way that Paul wrote to the Corinthians it seems that he regarded those people who opposed him as not really saved, and he pleaded with them to be saved. This would certainly solve the problem of their attitude to Paul. In urging these people to turn to the Lord and be saved Paul quoted from Isaiah,\n\n\u201cIn the time of my favour I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you\u201d [Isaiah 49:8]. Later in this same epistle Paul challenges people in the church to \u201cExamine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves [2Corinthians 13:5].\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhy is it so important that as God\u2019s children we constantly examine ourselves to make sure that we are in the faith?\n\nWhen Jesus spoke to the church in Laodicea, He rebuked them for being neither hot nor cold [Revelation 3:14-22]. Why do you think that their spiritual condition was such an offence to Jesus?\n\nWhy are people in the church who live and operate in a form of religion but deny the power of the Gospel in their lives so damaging to God\u2019s work?\n\n\u201cAs God\u2019s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvellous gift of God\u2019s kindness and then ignore it\u201d [2 Corinthians 6:1 NLT]\n\nHere is an amazing truth \u2013 God calls us to work in partnership with Him. The various English translations call us God\u2019s partners, co-operators with God, and God\u2019s fellow workers! What grace and what a privilege! The Greek word used here is sunergeo meaning fellow worker, to co-operate, to work with.\n\nAlthough He doesn\u2019t need to do so, it has always been on God\u2019s heart to work through men. When God created Adam and Eve He gave them work to do.\n\nAdam was to name the animals, have dominion over them, and take care of the earth that God had created. When God wanted a special people through whom He could work he called out a man, Abraham, and the nation of Israel was created. When God wanted to reach the Assyrians he called a pouting prophet named Jonah.\n\nIn the Book of Ezekiel we read that the prophets were seeing false visions, and divining lies, saying \u2018Thus says the Lord,\u2019 when the Lord had not spoken.\n\nThey mistreated the poor and needy and were wrongfully oppressing foreigners [Ezekiel 22:28-29]. God then said, \u201cSo I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one\u201d [Ezekiel 22:30]. God looked for a man who would intercede for the people.\n\nOf course God can work without co-workers. Amazing stories are coming out of places like Malaysia and Iran, of people who have met with Jesus through dreams and visions, and whose lives have been totally changed. However, God normally uses co-workers who work with Him. Writing to the Romans Paul says, \u201cHow then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?\n\nAnd how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: \u201cHow beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace; who bring glad tidings of good things\u201d [Romans 10:14-15].\n\nThere is an indication of our working together with God at the end of Mark\u2019s Gospel, \u201cAnd they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen [Mark 16:20].\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhat do you think is the meaning of partnership with God in the work of His Kingdom?\n\nWhy do you think it is that the Sovereign Lord chooses to work with and through men?\n\nWhat part has God called you personally to play in serving Him and in the extending of His Kingdom? If He calls you to do something for Him are you prepared to obey His call?\n\n\u201cFor He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him\u201d [2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV].\n\nYesterday we looked at the first half of this verse \u2013 God made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us. Today we look at the second half of the verse, that through Jesus being made sin for us, we might become the righteousness of God in Him.\n\nWhat does it mean that we become the righteousness of God in Christ?\n\nBecoming the righteousness of God has nothing to do with us doing righteous works. There is nothing that we can boast of in ourselves because it is God who gives us His righteousness, and declares us righteous. This is one of the key teachings in Paul\u2019s letters. He teaches that through the gospel we become the righteousness of God [Romans 1:17]. He writes, \u201cFor as by one man\u2019s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man\u2019s obedience many will be made righteous\u201d [Romans 5:19]. Righteousness is an act of God when God declares us righteous on the basis of our turning from sin [repentance], and our faith in Christ. God declaring us righteous is known as justification.\n\nBefore we become Christians we were under the control of our old nature and the influence of the devil [Ephesians 2:1-3], but when we turned to Christ we were given the very nature of God. Christ is God, and what He is we are [see 1 John 4:17]. On the cross our sin was made over to Him, and now His righteousness is given to us. Our union with Christ is everything! We are in Him and He in us, and that is why God can declare us righteous!\n\nMany years ago I heard a lady from Wales sing a beautiful hymn that helps us to understand this. The words were, \u201cGod sees my Saviour, and then He sees me; In the beloved accepted and free.\u201d He sees us as already complete in Christ [Colossians 2:10]. It is a wonderfully liberating truth to see yourself in the way that God sees you, and to recognise that there is nothing more that we can do but what His grace has already done. \u201cThere is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus\u2026.\u201d [Romans 8:1]\n\nGod declares us righteous but this does not give us the freedom to live as we please. We are to honour God in everything, practice righteousness, and love one another [1 John 3:7].\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhy do you think it is that so little teaching and preaching is about the righteousness that God has already made us in Christ?\n\nRead Galatians 5:1. What does Paul mean when he says, \u201cStand fast in the liberty by which Christ has made us free?\n\nWhy is it so important to see yourself in the same way that God sees you? In what way is this liberating and bring freedom?\n\n\u201cFor He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him\u201d [2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV].\n\nHere in one sentence is a summary of what Jesus did on the cross and what it means to us who believe \u2013 Jesus became sin so that we could become righteous. Today we will look at the first half of this verse.\n\nWhat exactly does it mean that Jesus became sin? Jesus was the perfect man and God in one person, and never sinned. Jesus was tempted in all points like we are yet without sin [Hebrews 4:15]. He was the perfect Son of God, and yet the Father made Him to be sin for us. One of the great truths of\n\nScripture is that Jesus bore our sin, but even more than that, even though He never personally sinned He became sin. All the sin of every man was placed upon Jesus at the cross. There had been perfect, unbroken fellowship between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit throughout eternity, but when\n\nJesus became sin for us the Father turned His face away. He is holy and cannot look upon sin. In that moment on the cross when Jesus became sin\n\nHe was separated from His Father and in great agony cried out, \u201cMy God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?\u201d\n\nOn the cross Jesus became sin for us and took on Himself all the effects and penalty of sin. Not only did Jesus become sin, but \u201cHe became a curse for us\u201d [Galatians 3:13]. In addition to becoming sin and a curse, Jesus also bore all of our pain and sickness [Isaiah 53:4 compare Matthew 8:17].\n\nThere is an Old Testament story that helps us to understand this amazing truth. As a result of Israel\u2019s complaining the Lord sent fiery serpents among them and many people were bitten and died. In response to the cries of his people, Moses prayed, and the Lord told him to make a fiery serpent and put it on a pole. Anyone who was bitten by a fiery serpent could look to the serpent on the pole and live [Numbers 21:4-9]. Jesus referred to this story saying, \u201cAnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life\u201d [John 3:14,15]. The serpent on the pole was a foreshadowing of what happened on the cross when Jesus was crucified. Just as the people of Israel looked on the image of sin and curse in the wilderness, so we look to Jesus, the One who became sin and a curse for us, and as we believe on Him, so we receive salvation, deliverance, healing, and eternal life.\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhy is it important to understand that Jesus became sin for us, and in doing so bore all our sin, and the punishment that our sin deserved?\n\nWhy did Jesus cry out with a loud voice on the cross, \u201cMy God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?\u201d\n\nWhat do you think is the meaning of the statement, \u201cJesus was made a curse for us\u201d?\n\n\u201cTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new\u201d [2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV].\n\nThis is probably the best known and most quoted verse of Paul\u2019s second epistle to the Corinthians. The verse begins with the word \u201cTherefore\u201d linking it to the verses that go before it. In the previous verses Paul made it clear that everything he and his companions did was to honour God. Christ\u2019s love now controls our lives. Because Christ died for us, we also are dead to our old lives. Like Paul, we should no longer live to please ourselves, but to please Christ [verses 13-16]. This is the background to today\u2019s verse.\n\nThe comments on this verse in the Application Life Bible are very helpful: \u201cChristians are brand-new people on the inside. The Holy Spirit gives them new life, and they are not the same anymore. We are not reformed, rehabilitated, or re-educated \u2013 we are re-created [new creations], living in vital union with Christ [Colossians 2:6-7]. At conversion we are not merely turning over a new leaf; we are beginning a new life under a new master.\u201d\n\nWe have a new nature! We are no longer controlled by sin. The old sinful nature is dead. We were crucified with Christ. Paul writes, \u201cIt is no longer I that live, but Christ who lives in me\u201d [Galatians 2:20] I have noticed that often when a person comes to Christ they are full of new life, but after a while, so many seem to lose that first love, that shine, that first thrill of knowing Christ? We are a new creation but the world and the devil want to persuade us otherwise. The words \u201che is\u201d in \u201cIf any man be in Christ he is a new creation,\u201d are alternatively rendered in the margin of some Bibles as \u201clet him be\u201d. Yes, old things have passed away and all things become new, but we need to be what we are, and not believe lies that tell us otherwise.\n\nWriting to the Ephesians, Paul says, \u201cthat you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness\u201d [Ephesians 4:22-24]. Even though we are a new creation we have to put off those old things that would pull us down and think with a renewed mind.\n\nElsewhere Paul also says, \u201cTherefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened\u201d [1 Corinthians 5:7]. In simple language, you are a new creation, now be who you are!\n\nQuestions:\n\nWhat part does the mind play in maintaining the new creation that we have become in Christ?\n\nThe lies of the devil and the spirit of this world would seek to turn us away from the truth that in Christ we are a new creation. How can we maintain our life in Christ?"}
-{"text": "Comments\n\n0\n\nDirect race between yourselves, Real Madrid and Barcelona for me. Maybe Barca would offer you a gentlemen's agreement in which they go for Torres and they offer you Ibrahimovic at a cut price. Torres playing for Barcelona is dreamy, as is the thought of Ibrahimovic in the Premiership!\n\nTorres to Barca? Bull *****e. They can't afford him. Real Madrid? Who would they need him after spending 200 million on forwards last season? The only option for Torres if he wants to move is Citeh. We lot will not pay 60 million for a players, so he's all yours! But he's got a dodgy knee, so 60 million is a bit too much, I would say.\n\nLiverpool's finanical plight is dire and if Benitez goes this summer, the gap of instability that we know all too well about at Manchester City created by his departure will make it easier for The Blues to make an offer that will be hard to turn down.\n\nHe'd never play for Real because of his Athletico connections, he's said as much himself. A lot depends on what happens this summer, will Liverpool get new owners? Will Benitez stay or go? If I had to bet on it i'd say he'll still be a Liverpool player next season.\n\nThis is not a diss at City but ever big money player you guys have signed was having trouble with thier current club and wanted out, this is not the case with Torres. Not exactly sure what City has to offer that he is already not getting at Liverpool. The lad does not strike me as someone that puts money ahead of loyalty and always talks about his love for Liverpool and its fans. Plus Liverpool has to look at the situation they would be in if they did sell up, such as, what would Gerrard do and think? How much would new owners pay with such an asset gone? And so on.\n\nKlutch, your point about Torres not going after money is particularly significant. He actually took a paycut to play for Liverpool in his first year. But nobody knows what a 200k a week offer might do to him, would they? Especially if they can assure him of CL footy. But beware of the dodgy knee!"}
-{"text": "Strange as it is to say, there's a clear hierarchy among killer shark movies (are there any other kind? I know of no \"Friendly shark movies\" or \"Kinda-sorta mostly apathetic and sort of bored shark movies\"). Clearly, the gold standard is Spielberg's 1975 Jaws, not only the greatest shark movie ever, but one of the greatest movies ever, period. After that, things get dicey. There are the remaining Jaws movies, running up to Jaws: The Revenge, all of which are varying degrees of crap, but equally varying in their entertainment value. They were followed by endless numbers of copycats, such as Great White, Dark Waters, or Red Water. Then there's the newer crop, featuring science-gone-mad sharks, such as Deep Blue Sea. Then there are the Sci-Fi channel staples, usually focusing on Carcharodon megalodon, otherwise known as the Megalodon. These are the bottom of the barrel, featuring G-List actors like Antonio Sabato, Jr., and titles like Shark Hunter, and Shark Attack III.\n\nThere have been relatively few giant octopus movies -- the only ones I can think of are the 50's drive-in feature It Came From Beneath The Sea, and a couple of entries from earlier this decade, all titled Octopus, usually featuring either a mutant tentacled beastie, or just a big fuckin' octopus.\n\nAnd then there's Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus.\n\nIt's below all of those. In fact, there's about sixteen placeholder rungs on the ladder for future crappy shark and/or octopus movies. This one is below all of those. It is, as we are fond of saying around these parts, shitballs retarded. And by shitballs retarded, I mean, it's fucking hysterical. Starring Lorenzo Lamas (!) and Debbie Gibson(!!!), it's about a marine biologist (Gibson) who, while piloting a research sub looking for crappy CGI whales, encounters -- you guessed it -- a prehistoric big fuckin' shark and a prehistoric big fuckin' octopus, frozen in ice. And then... I dunno. Some shit about active sonar, and a helicopter explodes because of the whales and wind and perhaps severe mental retardation and... somehow the ice cracks? And *poof!* the shark and the octopus are instantly unfrozen, wide awake, and looking for action. Seriously. After 18 million years of being frozen in ice, they immediately start looking for shit to fuck up. It's awesomely stupid.\n\nAnyway, there's a bunch of other nonsense -- a government attempt at a cover up, with the eeeeeevil government being lead by Lorenzo Lamas overacting more than Pacino in Scent of a Woman, just with a fake tan and a pony tail like my cousin Tania (who is a lovely girl with lovely hair, but... dude, Lorenzo. I'd like to be the first to welcome you to the 21st friggin' century). There's a wise, lecherous old Irish professor whose accent runs the gamut from Groundskeeper Willie to that Lucky Charms twerp to completely unaffected. If it wasn't so idiotic, it might be accidental genius. There's also the Japanese scientist that Gibson falls in love with after about a minute of conversation, who says really deep, meditative things, none of which make a speck of goddamn sense.\n\nBut really, you don't care about any of that, do you? I sure as hell didn't. You care about big fuckin' shark and big fuckin' octopus-related mayhem. Well, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus certainly has that, in it's bizarre, stilted style, and funded-on-pocket-lint budget. The actions scenes basically consist of the following camera shots:\n\nPeople screaming/proclaiming things like \"they don't rest, they just kill\" (actual line, stolen/paraphrased from Jaws, as is much of the dialogue.\n\nShot of said ship/submarine/oil tanker (rendered in CGI by a blind, drunken howler monkey)\n\nShot of people screaming\n\nShot of CGI shark and/or octopus\n\nShot of ship/submarine/oil tanker\n\nShot of people screaming\n\nShot of CGI teeth and/or tentacles\n\nShot of people screaming filmed by cameraman in the midst of a fit of apoplexy\n\nThat's essentially what you get. It's all gloriously moronic, amateurish and kind of pathetic. But if you watch it in the right mindset (read: drunk), it's also a laugh-until-you-snort good time. Gibson might be the worst singer/musician-turned-actor since The Fat Boys, although it's almost unfair to single her out. Everyone, to a man or woman, is laughably bad. The dialogue is no picnic either, and when combined with the brutally bad writing and direction, it's like a big, beautiful melting pot of suckerrificness. A shitballs retarded stew of glee. It's like seriously bent sex -- it blurs the line somewhere between pleasure and pain.\n\nEven more fun, particular for those critical thinkers out there, is the science. I mean, I'm no scientographist -- but even so, the science makes the science of Deep Blue Sea look Nobel-worthy. The solution to finding the creatures is figured out by essentially combining shot glasses of food coloring while pensively looking at Apple IIe's in a high school cafeteria dressed up to look all laboratory-like. When explaining why the creatures are drawn to fight each other, the studly Japanese scientist (hey, kudos on the interracial relationship, though) somberly states that it's because, \"the laws of physics apply.\" Um. Yeah. OK. They also develop the theory that, in addition to the laws of physics, the big fuckin' shark and the big fuckin' octopus are drawn to each other out of a inexplicable, deep seated hatred of each other. Seriously. I don't know if the shark slept with the Octopus's girlfriend, or if 20 million years ago, someone said something about somebody's momma, or what. But \"only a hate stronger than their combined survival instincts\" led them to battle it out while the rest of the sea creatures were escaping the ice age.\n\nRe-read that last sentence. If you're not drinking yet, please start.\n\nBut my favorite, the best part, the absolute, fantastic cherry on this idiot-tastic sundae, is the sheer scale of the monsters, and the nature of the mayhem they wreak. I did a quick Wikipedia searchamabob, and apparently, the largest estimate for Megalodon size was about 60 feet long. In this delightful picture, with absolutely no explanation or logic, the shark is, um... bigger than that. I mean... way bigger. At one point, Paddy O'Stereotype estimates the teeth of the shark to be... wait for it... eleven feet. The TEETH. The shark bites battleships in half. IT EATS THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, PEOPLE. It also, as you've no doubt seen in the trailers, jumps about 5,000 feet into the sky and bites a 747 jet, destroying it in mid-air. The octopus is similarly wildly beyond proportion. It destroys an oil tanker, and it abuses and destroys multiple nuclear submarines (each over 200 feet - yeah, I'm a fact checking machine, folks) simultaneously. It's as if they poured a bunch of LSD into a hyperactive child's juice box, and then let him do the creature design.\n\nI know, I know. You're probably desperately wondering what I was wondering: why in the jumping Jehosaphat humping fuck would the shark eat a plane? Or a bridge? Those answers you'll have to watch the movie to answer. And when you find those answers, please tell me, because I sure as hell couldn't figure it out. I felt like Navin Johnson in the sniper scene of The Jerk, screaming, \"He hates these submarines! Stay away from the submarines!\"\n\nMega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus is the (now available) straight-to-DVD product of The Asylum production company, notorious rip-off masters of such films as Transmorphers, AVH: Alien Vs. Hunter, and Sex Pot. I swear to baby Godtopus, I did not make any of those titles up. I've actually seen a few of their films, because I am a generous sucker for wickedly bad sci-fi. This one? The best and worst of the lot. It's the dumbest movie you'll see this year, and I can't recommend it highly enough.\n\nTK writes about music for Pajiba. He likes dogs, raising the dead, tacos, big fuckin' sharks and big fuckin' octopi. You can email him here."}
-{"text": "Death - The Sound Of Perseverance (1998) (Japanese Edition)\u0422\u0440\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044201. Scavenger Of Human Sorrow02. Bite The Pain03. Spirit Crusher04. Story To Tell05. Flesh And The Power It Holds06. Voice Of The Soul07. To Forgive Is To Suffer08. A Moment Of Clarity09. Painkiller"}
-{"text": "Dear Mom and Dad\n\nAugust 3, 1981\n\nDear Mom & Dad,\nWell hello there. What's up with you guys today? I would just like you to know that I did not come home for the family reunion for a couple of reasons. One being that the only thing I knew about it was that it was August 1st. Another that our house was on a freeze and we couldn't go anywhere and the last thing either one of two stories I was told. I went to that foster home though. It was okay except for the fight I got into with Sue. Walt, the directer of this program, called and bitched her out for not doing anything for me and making me upset. She's been lying to everyone. This time she lied to the wrong people and got caught.\n\nI told Walt that I wanted out of DFY custody. He told me that I would have to write him a letter asking this. If he said yes I could leave. If he said no then I could follow through with potisioning [sp] the court to terminate custody. I wrote him a letter and he got it Friday, July 31, 1981, he has 30 days to give me an answer. He told me that I would get an answer before 30 days either way.\n\nI told him I would like to go live with Rick & Leta if I get DFY terminated. That way I can spend my weekends with you guys and go to school in Morris. Then after that I don't know what.\n\nEveryone agree's I should be out of DFY Urban Home. So that's something. My discharge is waiting on where and when. Sue tells me one thing and Walt tells me another. I'm sick of it all. Hopefully I can be out of here in the next two weeks. Do you and dad mind if I live with Leta & Rich. When I went to visit the home it wasn't bad but I really don't want to live there. There's no soccer and the school is saying they want to terminate sports. I want to live with Leta & Rich so I can come into Oneonta to play soccer. Well I have to get going now because I'm at work. I've got $234.00 saved in the bank! I love you both very much.\n\nLove & Kisses,\nLaura-jean\n\nP.S. Tell Joey to write me and tell everyone I love them very much. I may be coming to Oneonta this Friday. If I do I'll make a person to person call to Frances M.\n\nI love ya both!\n\nLA\n\nP.S.S. Write me back + tell me how you feel or call! We're off the freeze!\n\nLetter on yellow legal paper. Last names redacted.\nFound in \"Natural Color Processes\" by Carlton E. Dunn, published by George Murphy, Inc, 1954."}
-{"text": "Sculptor John Meirion Morris\n\n\"Without doubt John Meirion Morris is an important Welsh Sculptor.\n\nHis work divides into two types. The first of these is his representational work expressed in a series of powerful heads ranging from the poet Gwenallt to another poet Gerallt. These compelling heads, working in the tradition of Rodin and Epstein, show a remarkable empathy and an astonishing mastery of the genre.\n\nThe second type is symbolic and archetypal in nature.\n\nThis in my view constitutes his most original work. The sculpture, at its best, has a contemporary feel as well as carrying a powerful primordial current. In some contexts the work, like the magnificent Tryweryn piece, has an immediate cultural and political significance.\n\nHis work must be among the most challenging being created in Wales at the present time.\"\n\nProfessor Peter Abbs, University of Sussex\n\n\"He is akin to such spiritual artists as Kapoor and Gormley. Religion or rather spirituality can be read into his work....\""}
-{"text": "There is no silver bullet or comprehensive solution to eradicate homelessness. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply not being honest. There are many underlying conditions contributing to homelessness that make it a complex issue \u2013 mental health, drugs and alcohol, and a lack of services for parolees, to name a few.\n\nAny strategy that addresses the root causes can help prevent people from experiencing homelessness, and prevention is a critical part of the solution. To that end I have co-written two bills in the Legislature with Sen. Jim Beall that aim to get mental health treatment for people coming into contact with law enforcement or leaving incarceration, to make sure these individuals are supported and don\u2019t end up on our streets, disconnected from services to keep them and the public safe.\n\nSenate Bill 215 would create a new court-ordered, pre-trial diversion program for lower-level crimes when the defendant suffers from a mental disorder that played a role in the commission of the crime and the prosecutor and judge agree that the defendant could benefit from mental health treatment. (Most DUIs would not be eligible.) The defense would be required to arrange treatment satisfactory to the court, the treatment program could last up to two years and regular status reports on the defendant\u2019s progress would be mandatory.\n\nThis program would provide people with mental illness the treatment they need instead of warehousing them in jail. Jails are not therapeutic places, nor are they designed to be and it\u2019s unfair to our public safety officers to expect them to double as crisis mental health professionals. SB 215 would provide a tool for the courts to use when treatment is recognized as the best option for both public safety and the defendant. SB 215 will in part help get those mentally ill people living on the streets who come into contact with law enforcement over lesser crimes receive the treatment they desperately need.\n\nSenate Bill 1010[4] would create a pilot program between the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and participating counties to provide supportive housing to parolees with mental health needs. Of course there will always be mentally ill offenders who in the interest of public safety are sentenced to prison but ultimately will be released one day. As the person transitions off parole, under this bill participating counties would provide community-based mental health treatment and rental assistance and services using Mental Health Services Act funds.\n\nParolees in general have difficulty finding a home, and mentally ill parolees have even greater difficulty. Numerous studies have found that homeless parolees are far more likely to reoffend than those who have a home. SB 1010 aims to break that cycle by providing parolees experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness the mental health support and stable environment they need to successfully re-enter society and not reoffend.\n\nMost prisoners serve their time and are ultimately released from prison. It makes sense to invest in programs like transitional housing that will provide them stability as they re-enter society. Helping parolees return to being contributing members of the community lowers the likelihood that they will end up homeless or reoffend.\n\nOur jails and prisons have become de facto mental health facilities, a fact that serves no one well. The homeless who are mentally ill are a danger to themselves and others, and we should focus on getting them help instead of locking them up. We need to give law enforcement and the courts the appropriate tools to do what\u2019s in the best interest of public safety. We also need to provide sustained behavioral and mental health treatment and stable housing that\u2019s tied with safety net services.\n\nHomelessness is a huge problem affecting our community and our local economy \u2013 it\u2019s one of the issues I hear about most from my constituents. There are many efforts underway at every level of government and nonprofit agencies across the county to tackle the problem, and these two bills are a piece of that puzzle.\n\nComments 1\n\nYour recommended solutions focus on incarceration or post incarceration where currently many services exist. What are your solutions to prevent the mentally ill from falling into the criminal justice system in the first place? Stop criminalizing homelessness and the mentally ill."}
-{"text": "About this business\n\nTips\n\n250\n\nLisa M.\n\nReport|5 months ago\n\nDo not buy if you want to bring your dog on a weekend! I was just told NO , very disappointed with them.\n\nFrom Our Editors\n\nBefore looking through the camera lens, the expert photographers at Picture People spend time getting to know their subjects and establishing a strategy for conveying their personalities in print. Then, picture perfect clients pose in the bright camera room, smiling amid colorful backdrops and creative props. Following the photo shoot, subjects make their way to the selection station to choose their favorite poses from their session, which may be treated with sepia tones, color accents, and decorative borders to suit any wall, wallet, wallpaper pattern, or trophy walleye.\n\nPicture People offers a variety of creative tips to help enhance mantel-dominating final results. The studio ensures satisfaction with a 100% guarantee on finished products.\n\nConsultants Deals in Nearby Places\n\nA Groupon Buck is site credit worth $1 that's deposited directly into your Groupon account. If you have Groupon Bucks available, they'll be applied automatically at checkout for any deal except Getaways Market Picks. Please note that you can only earn one Groupon Buck per business from Specials.\n\nGroupon has verified that the customer actually visited Picture People.\n\nFollow this business to hear the latest and find out if they have a great offer for you."}
-{"text": "Welcome to the Forum Archive!\n\nYears of conversation fill a ton of digital pages, and we've kept all of it accessible to browse or copy over. Whether you're looking for reveal articles for older champions, or the first time that Rammus rolled into an \"OK\" thread, or anything in between, you can find it here. When you're finished, check out the boards to join in the latest League of Legends discussions.\n\nwhen you get a vayne with ALL crit runes, who crits pretty much every single hit, and you have an eve on your team who does nothing but go stealth and wander aimlessly, and just leech experience and get killed.\n\nOr when you repeatedly establish during champion select that your Warwick is Jungling, and the one guy picks a Trundle with Smite and tries to jungle anyway, trying to steal jungle mobs from whoever is trying to get them."}
-{"text": "Scorpius Port\n\nUnity 3D store sale to celebrate fourth birthday and one million users\n\nCheck out the going\u2019s on over at the Unity Asset Store where they are celebrating their fourth year and the expectation of having 1 million users by the end of the year. The sales are too good to miss. (Trust me, I got distracted and missed a great daily deal I wanted! This Steampunk Industries had been marked down to $15 yesterday and I got distracted and missed out on it.)"}
-{"text": "And there is no greater demonstration of this quote than the Spanish Christmas Lottery, which unites all Spaniards on December 22nd of each year to hope for the statistically improbable jackpot \u2014 \u201cEl Gordo.\u201d\n\nOver the preceding weeks, every Spaniard you know has been collecting lottery tickets. They may just have one or two, or they may have many more \u2014 and if they live in a big city like Madrid, they\u2019ve probably also been sent to buy \u201clucky\u201d numbers for their family back in the pueblo.\n\nEvery number from 00.000 to 99.999 is distributed on hundreds of tickets, which are divided up into participations of 20 euros each.\n\nAs a result, everybody in your office is playing the same number. All the regulars at your local bar are playing the same number. Same with the other grannies at your hairstylist or the old guys in your pe\u00f1a taurina.\n\nThe people on your football team? Your chess club?\n\nGuess what\u2026\n\nThey\u2019re all playing the same number.\n\nSpanish Christmas Lottery Madness\n\nThe Christmas lottery, like so many other things in Spain, is social \u2014 which is why there\u2019s such a lottery frenzy.\n\nEveryone spends months beforehand imagining every Pedro, Pablo and Paco at the office winning a sweet 400,000 euros each, popping bottles of Cava, and jumping around like buffoons in celebration \u2014 and then spending their holidays on a beach in the Dominican Republic.\n\nThen they imagine themselves standing back with crossed arms, glowering, having been the only jackass who had the chance to buy the number, but didn\u2019t.\n\nAnd so they break down and buy it, just in case.\n\nI\u2019ve almost done it myself, on multiple occasions. So far nobody I know has won one of the bigger prizes\u2013in any case, you can win more with one of the other lotteries any other week of the year.\n\nStill\u2026\n\nFinally, December 22nd arrives, and the whole country comes to a stop. People all over abandon their jobs and go to the bar, where they clutch tickets in sweaty palms and gaze hopefully at the TV until the jackpot is announced at some point during the hours-long event.\n\nThe basic idea is this: an enormous hopper is filled with a hundred thousand wooden balls, representing all the numbers the numbers between 00000 and 99999. Another is filled with 1807 balls representing the different prizes.\n\nBalls are drawn one by one, first from the big hopper and then from the smaller one, and the numbers are sung out by children from Colegio del San Ildefonso \u2014 traditionally a school for the orphans of Madrid.\n\nYou can see a bit of the 2012 drawing above.\n\nThis is the moment that the 4 million euro prize is announced (which again, is divided into ten participations, each of which win 400,000 euros).\n\nThe overall odds of winning El Gordo are minimal, but there are, in fact, fairly good odds of winning something \u2014 more than 22 million tickets each year receive some prize, even if it\u2019s just a break-even \u201creintegro.\u201d\n\nThe whole thing moves more than 3 billion euros. I know we\u2019re in crisis and everything, but that averages out to more than sixty euros for every man, woman and child in Spain.\n\nThe fuzzy math that makes the Spanish Christmas lottery work\n\nIn any case, fuzzy math abounds.\n\nSome people think that people in Madrid win the jackpot more often because of some government conspiracy to favor Castile over the other regions.\n\nHowever, if you look at the list of cities that have had the most jackpots, you will notice that the top four correspond perfectly with the four largest cities by population. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla are the luckiest places in all of Spain to play the Christmas lottery. And not coincidentally, they\u2019re the places where more people live and more people buy tickets.\n\nPeople lining up to buy the Christmas Lottery at Do\u00f1a Manolita, close to Puerta del Sol.\n\nClose to where I (used to) work in Calle Carmen is one of the most popular places to buy tickets: Do\u00f1a Manolita. People come from all over Spain, or send their children or grandchildren to buy their favorite numbers.\n\nIt\u2019s so popular that all through November and December they have half a dozen security guards on duty just to keep the long line of people under control.\n\nBad math at its finest: a lot of winning tickets have been sold there, so it must be that Do\u00f1a Manolita is lucky!\n\nWhen the final prizes have been awarded, the drawing is finally over, and the orphans stop singing, those who didn\u2019t win get back to work for a few more hours before the never-ending Christmas holidays officially start.\n\nBut if you\u2019ve spent half of December\u2019s paycheck on losing tickets, don\u2019t fret \u2014 Loter\u00eda Nacional has yet another psychological coup in store for you: another major jackpot for the Loter\u00eda del Ni\u00f1o, on January 6.\n\nYou can thus console yourself by buying more lottery tickets.\n\nYou\u2019re bound to win eventually!\n\nYours,\n\nMr Chorizo.\n\nP.S. How many lottery tickets have you bought? Let me know in the comments!\n\nDaniel\n\nHow did I end up in Madrid? Why am I still here 12 years later? Excellent questions. With no good answer... Anyway, at some point I became a blogger, bestselling author and contributor to Lonely Planet. So there's that. Drop me a line, I'm happy to hear from you.\n\nClick Here to Leave a Comment Below 4 comments\n\nLeave a Reply:\n\nSave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment."}
-{"text": "This\nis disgusting. Only now, with the Freedom of Information Act, have the American\npeople started to learn the shocking truths behind the terrifying rumors of\npast decades.\n\nIt seems our government\nhassanctioned the deliberatemutilation,\ntorture and outright murder oftens of thousands\nof American citizens since 1947.\n\nAliens\nwho crashed in Roswell,\nNew Mexico in 1947 were invited by the government to perform \"research\" on\nUS citizens. The permission to perform these \"experiments\" was granted\nin exchange for technical and militarysecrets\nfrom the aliens.\n\nThis \"research\"\nmirrors the war crimes of human mutilation and torture\ncommitted by the Japanese and Germans in World War two.\n\nThe \"Treaty\nof the Mutual Benefit of Confidence\" was signed in 1947 by president Harry\nTruman with the aliens. It remains in effect today.\n\nFor instance,\nour \"discoveries\" of the transistor and supersonic aircraft in 1947\nwere actually given to us from the Roswell ETs as their first display of \"goodwill\"\ntowards mankind. Unfortunately our government chooses to ignore the fact\nover 300 people were brutally tortured to death by these aliens\nin the first year alone as part of these \"scientific experiments.\"\nThe government thought and still thinks that the sacrifices made by those 300\nAmericans whose names have been lost to history were small in exchange for the\nbenefits the United States received from just the transistor alone.\n\nEach year hundreds\nof decent Americans are victims to this \"research,\"\nas well as thousands of innocent and loving animals and plants of\nevery species.\n\nThis \"research\"\nis responsible for the continued decline in rare and \"protected\"\nplants and animals. The aliens need to complete their catalogs\nof our rare species first, which only hastens the decline. Why else would, even\nwith the wonderful efforts being made today at preservation of these species,\nthe rates of extinctions be increasing?\n\nThe shortsighted\npeople who control our government play right into the alien's\nlonger-term schemes. These people are too short-sighted to recognize that the\naliens eliminate each species from our planet as soon as each\nspecies' complete characteristics are digitized and entered into the alien's\ngeneticdatabase. These aliens want\nto ensure that other competing alien species cannot harvest rich genetic data\nfrom our planet. Therefore they destroy each species after cataloging it for\nfuture replication and eugenics efforts on the alien planet.\n\nWe too will be\neliminated after they catalog the rest of our planet. The aliens\nare the prime motivator behind the Human\nGenome Project,.\nGood gosh, even the Government office that funds this smugly refers to itself\nas the \"Division of Extramural Research.\" How stupid\ndo they think we are? Even worse, too bad they are so self-centered that they\nare helping the aliens lead us down the path to our own doom.\n\nThink about the\nincreased pace of development these past 50 years, and how most of it revolves\naround the USA. Do you really think Americans could be solely responsible for all the world's technology if they had to\ncome up with it themselves? Let's look at a few arbitrary inventions that the\npeople who run our government would like us to believe that they \"just\nsort of came up with\" on their own.\n\n1947:\nOctober 14th; Chuck\nYeager flies the Bell X-1 at Mach 1.06, the first time anyone has gone faster\nthan the speed of sound. Wow, tens of thousands of years of human history, almost\n50 years of human flight history, and so I suppose that it's just a mere coincidence\nthat the sound barrier is broken just three months after the first human contact\nwith aliens, and by an American?\n\n1947:\nNovember 17th: The\nTransistor. Pretty significant technology transfer, eh? Couldn't be any\ncoincidence that it happened just a few months after the ETs landed? This won\nit's sham \"inventors\" the 1956\nNobel Prize.\n\nWilliam\nShockley, one of those three American \"inventors,\" also was a government military\nResearch Director in WWII and served as Expert Consultant in the office of the\nSecretary for War. He also was Deputy Director and Research Director of the\nWeapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. He was an American. We don't have to make this stuff up,\nyou can verify it for yourself. Can you think of any other invention as significant\nto society as the transistor, which today is contained by the millions on every electronic chip?\n\n1958:\nThe\nIntegrated Circuit by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, a very decent guy,\nbut also coincidentally an American.\n\n1959:\nThe Integrated Circuit again, by Robert\nNoyce in Palo Alto, another great guy who just happened to be an American. This was done at the current mailing address for the Anal Probe Corporation.\nNoyce and Kilby fought over patent rights for years.\n\nCommemorative\nPlaque in front of the building at Anal Probe Corporation's mailing address(click it to enlarge)\n\n1969 The\nInternet.\nFirst conceived as \"ARPANET\" by the Defense\nAdvanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA just happens to be the liaison\nbetween the government and the Aliens to this day. More Americans\nagain. Hey, it's not me who's getting repetitive, it's the US government and\nthe aliens!\n\n1969: The\nmoon landing; mankind's highest technical achievement. A crew entirely\nof three American men are helped by the aliens helping the government beat the Communists\nto the moon. How stupid do they think we are? Could a few guys really get\ntheir acts together by themselves and achieve something the entire world never\nhad done before, or after?\n\nNote that this\nsupreme and only (public) extra-terrestrial venture by man has never, ever been\nequaled by any other country. Curious? You would think the Germans or Swiss,\nor even the Japanese or Chinese could just copy what we did and would have commuter flights\non the hour by now, but no! Turn off your TV and turn on your mind and think!\nWhat other explanation could there possibly be?\n\n1993: \"Mosaic,\"\nthe first Internet browser that allowed regular people to see web pages on the\nARPANET, now called the Internet on which you are reading this. So it just occurred\nto its inventor, Marc Andreessen one day that \"creating a graphical Web\nclient would be an interesting thing to do.\" Sure, the idea just just came\nfrom out of nowhere to someone who, just happened to be American, while\nhe just non-coincidentally happened to work at the National\nCenter for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), a federally-funded research\ncenter. Marc describes NCSA as having a \"very large established budget--many\nmillions of dollars a year --and a fairly large staff and, frankly, not enough\nto do.\" Sure, if all your projects are secret and all the real breakthroughs\nare being spoon-fed to you by the aliens it looks like nothing is going on.\nThe money had to be thrown at them to make it look like they really were working\nto invent these things, whereas in fact the money was and is going to remodel\nrich politicians's yacht galleys in Barbados.\n\n2005: The\nCrossbar Latch replaces the Transistor.\nIn a paper\npublished in the Journal\nof Applied Physics, 01 February 2005, Phil Kuekes, Duncan Stewart and Stan\nWilliams of HP Labs demonstrate a \"crossbar latch\" which provides\nthe signal restoration and inversion required for general computing without\nthe need for transistors. This technology could result in computers that are\nthousands of times more powerful than those that exist today. Wow, what a coincidence:\njust like the original invention of the transistor and the moon landing, three\nAmericans again just happen to \"discover\" technology's next chapter.\nWhat is it the Aliens have about combinations of three American men?\n\nWe have started\nto get copies of some of the highly secret internal web pages of the Anal\nProbe Corporation. APC was originally based in Palo Alto, California, however\nwe now think that much of the design and production occurs in a high-tech area\nnear San Diego, California. The influx of intellectuals\nand other intelligent, clear-thinking people to the Bay Area has made it tough\nfor such an old-guard operation to stay in Palo Alto.\n\nAPC has been building\nanal probes under contract to the US Government since 1947, based on plans provided\nby the aliens.\n\nOnly under the\nFreedom of Information Act, and the fact that 50 years has past since its inception,\nhave we been able to start getting some info about Anal Probe Corp. Actually\nby law it's all public now, but getting them to give us the information is a\ncompletely different story.\n\nElectronic history\nbuffs should recognize the current address of APC as one of the birthplaces\nof planarization in the heart of what has become today's Silicon Valley. Happenstance\ncoincidence, or terrifying fact?\n\nAs you view the\nselect pages from APC just remember that these morons actually think\nthat the wholesale murder of a section of the population for the\nbenefit of another is perfectly justified. You will be sickened\nby their attitudes towards people's sexual preferences and the rights of those\nwrongly accused.\n\nAPC capsulizes\nall that is evil in the free world. Please see the next page and their website\n(on an empty stomach) and help save ourselves from this idiocy.\n\nI don't know about\nyou, but I'm about to vomit at this point. Read these things for yourself, and\nsee how anyone could ever come to any other conclusion.\n\nThe shortsightedness\nof the people involved with this is about to get us exterminated as soon as the Human\nGenome Project is completed. These morons\nin DC are going to wind up getting all of us wiped out, including themselves.\n\nDo they really\nthink we share their viewpoints, and that we will actually\nbelieve that all these wonders of technology mysteriously were created by Americans?\n\nNow we can band\ntogether using the Internet, which was funded through the deaths of our brothers\nand sisters. Don't let their deaths be in vain, but instead let us use the Internet\nfor which they died to save ourselves. We need to take action before we all\nperish! Tell all your friends to demand our government cease all relations with\nthe aliens immediately!"}
-{"text": "Results\n\n\"I am seeing SO much possibility with my business idea and so thankful for you in my life, you helped guide me from just another idea to taking action and making it a reality. I love you so much and am thankful we met and look forward to our future. I love being around your energy and learning from you!\"\n\n\u201cIt was the reassurance that someone was going to look after all of the backend steps required for my online programs to run smoothly. That is not my strength and not where my time is best spent, but definitely an important part of a successful online business.\u201d\n\n\u201cI loved our consult at the beginning where you learned about me and my business. I felt like it didn't take long for you to really understand my business needs! After that consult, the Voxer sessions were very useful and provided me with frequent touchpoints with you throughout the month. The proposal was super detailed and allowed me to share your vision easily with my business partner (aka My hubby!).\u201d\n\n\u201cJenna Carelli Consulting and the team have the ability to assist entrepreneurs in clarifying their vision and build plans to market and execute a compelling strategy. The first 30 days are an exciting time to brainstorm, get clear on what you want to accomplish and Jenna and her team can provide the how.\u201d\n\n\u201cSupport, accountability, encouragement, and the right strategy is exactly what I needed in my business. I increased my prices, automated my on-boarding process, and in less than 30 days signed 17 new people at $1,697 each, for a total sales profit of $28,849!\u201d\n\n\"I met Jenna about 6 months ago when I was in the midst of writing my book for publishing. I was impressed by her knowledge and attention to detail at that time. As the months passed, she would check in to see how my book sales were doing personally via facebook messenger.\n\nWhen I needed implementation and automation support, I reached out to Jenna and spoke with Eva, her business manager.\n\nThe strategy that Jenna, Eva and I have created and begun to implement has made my life easier.\n\nI have two businesses and am currently launching a new compilation book project. The automation that the team has implemented has made launching so much better.\n\nThey are very quick to respond and I have weekly check-ins with Jenna to ensure we are in sync and moving forward. I feel heard when I have ideas and most of all I have seen a return on my investment already.\n\nPlease contact me if I can answer any questions you have about how talented Jenna and The Agency is.\u201d\n\nWork With Jenna\n\nThis is the ultimate business accelerator package for those who are 100% ready to take the leap from \u201cwishing and wanting\u201d to \u201cgetting it done\u201d.\n\nIf you\u2019re an ambitious, driven and high vibe entrepreneur who finally wants to see some real income, impact and long-term RESULTS in your online business, this one is for YOU.\n\nWhether you want to build a solid foundation for a thriving, profitable business or take what you already have to the next level FAST, The Hybrid Business Accelerator Package has you covered.\n\nThe business growth package is perfect for entrepreneurs who are ready to take their online business to the next level.\n\nWhether you\u2019re ready to expand your offer, create a new signature product, rebrand your business, launch a new course, run a new passive funnel or conquer a new target audience \u2013 you know that you need to make a change AND you\u2019re not about to do it alone!\n\nYou have a hundred ideas swimming around in your head, pages upon pages of notes in your planner, a collection of google docs with inspired content, a Pinterest vision board ready but you can\u2019t seem to pin down your focus, direction, and action plan? We\u2019ve got you covered."}
-{"text": "Overview:To celebrate the catalogue of Elvis Costello, Universal Music are releasing a new batch of Back To Black reissues. These 12 titles are all studio albums released between 1977 and 1986, and include Taking Liberties \u2013 a compilation of mostly B-sides (77-80) which was previously only available in US. Elvis Costello is an English singer-songwriter who began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s."}
-{"text": "Weekly Wrap Up-LPLS Round 4\n\nNorthvale United fans have been seen licking there wounds after drawing with low ranked Stanly at there home, Puma Park.\n\nUnited missed numerous easy chances, including some in the dying seconds of the match, thanks to the above par defence from Sam Terry and Graham Ginn, who helped stop numerous chances and goalkeeper Cartwright. Mookbridge and Russell both dominated via the mid field for Stanly to, mesmerising the young Northvale midfield. However everything wasn't doom and Gloom for United, with Clarke playing his usual best up front along with fellow striker Penton.\n\nStanly players were particulary ecstatic with the result.\n\n\"I think we did a really good job avenging from last week\" Captain and star keeper Cartwright said post match."}
-{"text": "Ensure Justice is Served with DNAscan&trade;\n\nNew technology, the DNAscan\u2122 Rapid DNA Analysis\u2122 System from GE Healthcare, enables LEOs to process suspect DNA samples quickly and easily and search within a local DNA database. The verstaile, rugged system is diverse enough to place in any environment, like a booking station. Justice delayed is justice denied."}
-{"text": "Translate\n\nPublic Stats\n\nThursday, October 2, 2014\n\nRed Army monuments are a reminder of the astounding Soviet sacrifice during the war. You find them not only in the ex-communist bloc but in western Europe too \u2013 Berlin and Vienna being most prominent. Those two cities even feature quotations from Stalin, which remain in place without harassment. The degree of the Soviet sacrifice seems to be appreciated there.\n\nThe Soviet army played a major role in saving this part of Europe from the realisation of Hitler\u2019s master plan in the east, which proposed the colonisation, enslavement and eventual extermination of the Slavic population.\n\n[...]\n\nIn some areas of the former USSR that are keen to shrug off Moscow\u2019s influence, Russia\u2019s role in the second world war is seen largely through the initial collaboration with Hitler. But it is the Soviet Union\u2019s later actions and subsequent role in the defeat of the Nazis in Europe that should be dominant.\n\nWell, there you have it. Soviet monuments should be kept in formerly occupied Soviet countries because Russia saved the world from Nazism! We should ignore Soviet collaboration that allowed the war to ignite. We should ignore all Soviet actions except the defeat of the Nazis. In other words, we should ignore all the evils the Soviet Union unleashed upon everyone, because the other major evil in WWII was eventually defeated by their sacrifice. If you were to apply that line of thinking to any other situation, say a mass murderer who in the process of mass murdering manages to help do one good thing, and then just continues along with his mass murdering - no one would be able to look past the murdering. It just defies belief that Russian apologists keep spinning the line that all Soviet evil should be overlooked because of the defeat of the Nazis. I just cannot get my head around the type of mentality that justifies evil in this way.\n\nWith the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, the Russian government made the preservation of Red Army monuments one of the conditions of the troops\u2019 withdrawal from the newly independent countries.\n\nJust astounding, the requirement to keep Soviet monuments as a condition of withdrawal! I'd never heard of this until I read the linked article. That certainly puts the dissolution of the Soviet Union into perspective in 1991 - looks like the Russian Government may have been expecting the breakdown of their empire to be temporary. With what is happening in Ukraine right now, the empire is seeking to reassemble itself, with or without the assent of the former Soviet Republics!\n\n\"To many Ukrainians, Lenin represents not only the communist regime, but also radical separation from Europe and Western civilization more broadly, Steven Fish, a Russian studies professor at University of California Berkeley, told the Los Angeles Times last December after a statue had been toppled in [Kyiv].\n\nOther scholars view the toppling in a more modern light. Sasha Senderovich, assistant professor of Russian Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder who wrote a New York Times op-ed on this issue last December, considers Sunday's event not to be connected to Lenin specifically. \"At this point, after Putin's assault on Ukraine's territorial integrity, the statue has become more symbolic of Russia's continued attempt to exercise imperial dominance over Ukraine rather than solely the historical legacy of the Soviet Union,\" he told The Post on Monday.\n\nHere's some more pictures of Lenin coming down in Kharkiv a couple of days ago."}
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-{"text": "\u201cWe are all connected\u201d: Shawn A-in-chut Atleo to speak at the 2013 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium\n\nA great deal of discussion has come up in the news recently concerning Canada\u2019s treatment of and relationship with its Aboriginal population. Obviously, there is still a lot of progress to be made. In a recent op-ed in the Globe and Mail, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo states, \u201cWe must confront the ugly truths and move forward together. And there is a way forward that requires a dedicated commitment across three key areas: respect, fairness and reconciliation.\u201d\n\nThe Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC), a national, non-proft charity with a focus on active citizenship and the inclusion of Canada\u2019s newest citizens, is highlighting the importance of Canada\u2019s collaboration with its First Nations communities at this year\u2019s LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium . The Symposium, which is organized annually by the ICC, is a is a signature lecture event hosted across the country, showcasing leading thinkers who challenge Canadians to become part of the national conversation on citizenship, democracy, and the common good. This year\u2019s Symposium features a lecture by National Chief Atleo entitled \u201cFirst Nations and the Future of Citizenship\u201d. The lecture, followed by an audience question period, will address Canadian citizenship, responsibility, and belonging as they relate to Canadian identity, understanding of history, and efforts to build a successful, harmonious nation.\n\nThe 2013 Lafontaine-Baldwin Symposium is being held in Stratford, Ontario in partnership with the city\u2019s annual festival, as the cornerstone event of its new Forum series. The National Chief\u2019s speech will take place on Saturday, August 10th at 10am, and tickets are $20. A live webcast will also be available for viewing, which can be streamed here.\n\nSymposium Founder & ICC Co-Chair, John Ralston Saul, comments on why you should attend the event or watch the webcast:\n\n\u201cThis is a historic moment in the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians \u2013 as important as the rethinking of the Francophone-Anglophone relationship that began in the 1960\u2019s. National Chief Atleo sits at the centre of the discussion about where our country is going. Success or failure on Aboriginal questions will determine the direction of Canada. We are all Treaty people. Canadians need to hear what Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, has to say about the future of citizenship in this country.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "For more than 30 years, the photographer Mary Ellen Mark has been preoccupied with depicting society's voiceless and disregarded, the tough, unkempt fringes of the culture, the outcasts as well as the unsightly. Mark has photographed runaway street kids in Seattle, prostitutes and pimps in Bombay, inmates of prisons and mental wards -not with the intent of exploiting these images for their shock value, but to reveal the common spark of humanity that links them to us. In MARY ELLEN MARK: American Odyssey (Aperture, $50), the black\u2011and\u2011white photographs continue to challenge our preconceptions, though her focus is on our country's eccentric as well as its outcasts. Here are photographs of a baby beauty pageant and senior citizens in dance classes, rodeos in Texas, Coney Island bodybuilders and Christian bikers. Images of celebrities abound as well: an aged Henry Miller with a companion, the blues singer Etta James sporting a flamboyant black feather hat. Some of the most poignant photographs are those of the Damm family, homeless when Mark first shot them living in their car in 1987, and again in 1994, squatting on an abandoned ranch. Also haunting are several updated portraits of a woman called Tiny, first photographed in Seattle as a 12\u2011year\u2011old street child, now shown middle\u2011aged and naked in her bathtub, a single mother of five. Unlike Diane Arbus, to whom she has been unjustly compared, Mark emotionally engages her subjects, and through this bond we, as viewers, are drawn in too."}
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-{"text": "As Americans, we ask a lot out of our family vehicles. But none exerts itself harder than the full-size, three-row SUV. These seven- and eight-seat SUVs are tasked with shuttling family members to school, jobs, and sports practice during the week. On the weekend, these workhorses support our hobbies\u2014from towing horses or boats on trailers to taking us down remote two-tracks to our favorite hiking or hunting spots. While we play, they work even harder.\n\nBecause of the honeydew lists we place upon these big family SUVs, manufacturers build 'em tough. They typically feature big V-8 engines, four-wheel drive, and full-size pickup-based platforms. Given how many jobs we expect these SUVs to do, our testing will ask more of 'em, too. On top of the usual criteria\u2014you know, driving, riding, and handling, plus the ability to comfortably swallow at least seven passengers and their cargo, all without breaking the bank\u2014we're also going to ask our trucks to tow a trailer loaded with Honda Pioneer side-by-sides and complete a rough-and-tumble off-road obstacle course.\n\nOur invite criteria was pretty simple: three rows of seats inside, a minimum towing capacity of 7,000 pounds, four-wheel drive, and a $65,000 price cap, which, shockingly, is about the average transaction price for this segment.\n\nThe SUV most synonymous with this segment is the Chevrolet Tahoe and its extended-length twin, the Suburban. The undisputed segment best-seller, the Tahoe (and the virtually identical GMC Yukon) has been continually improved since the current generation made its debut three years ago. Our 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD LT started its life as a midlevel model but is loaded with options, including the Z71 Midnight Edition package, which adds off-road tires, an off-road-oriented suspension, a revised front bumper, black paint, and some decals. Our four-wheel-drive Tahoe is powered by the standard 5.3-liter V-8 paired with a six-speed automatic.\n\nIt's tough living in the shadows, but Ford has done its best to ensure the new-for-2018 Expedition gets its chance at the spotlight. Our 2018 Ford Expedition XLT 4x4, like all new Expeditions, is built with lessons learned developing the best-selling, Truck of the Year-winning Ford F-150. Its sleek new sheetmetal is made of aluminum, and under the hood it sports a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6 paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission and optional all- or four-wheel drive\u2014our tester is equipped with the latter.\n\nShort Shifts\n\nView All\n\nFrom the Press Room: Meet Clint Robertson of Boise Boys\n\nFrom the Press Room: Meet Clint Robertson of Boise Boys 02:11\n\n9 Reasons Why Grave Digger Is the OG Monster Truck\n\n9 Reasons Why Grave Digger Is the OG Monster Truck 02:20\n\nThe Breakdown: How Did We Choose the Best $50K Sports Sedan?\n\nThe Breakdown: How Did We Choose the Best $50K Sports Sedan? 04:54\n\n10 Reasons Why the Aston Martin AM-RB 003 Dazzled at Geneva\n\n10 Reasons Why the Aston Martin AM-RB 003 Dazzled at Geneva 01:29\n\nFirst Test: 2020 Mazda3\n\nFirst Test: 2020 Mazda3 01:50\n\nFrom the Press Room: the New 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe\n\nFrom the Press Room: the New 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe 01:35\n\nHow To Tune-Up a 1969 International Scout: Part 1\n\nHow To Tune-Up a 1969 International Scout: Part 1 04:54\n\n8 Reasons Why the McLaren 600LT Spider Is so Lust-Worthy\n\n8 Reasons Why the McLaren 600LT Spider Is so Lust-Worthy 01:44\n\nWhat You Missed: Luftge-what?\n\nWhat You Missed: Luftge-what? 02:08\n\n5 Cool Things: The 2020 McLaren GT\n\n5 Cool Things: The 2020 McLaren GT 01:10\n\n8 Reasons Why the Honda e Should Come to the US\n\n8 Reasons Why the Honda e Should Come to the US 01:18\n\nAston Martin Is Building 25 \u201cBrand New\u201d DB5s\n\nAston Martin Is Building 25 \u201cBrand New\u201d DB5s 01:40\n\nThe Press Room: 2019 Ford Shelby GT 350\n\nThe Press Room: 2019 Ford Shelby GT 350 01:25\n\nWalk the Shop: Terrible Herbst Motorsports\n\nWalk the Shop: Terrible Herbst Motorsports 03:34\n\n8 Reasons Why the 2019 Mazda3 Is an Upscale Compact Car\n\n8 Reasons Why the 2019 Mazda3 Is an Upscale Compact Car 01:15\n\nAd Time Remaining:\n\nUp Next\n\nCANCEL\n\nNEXT UP\n\nSORT BY\n\nRecentTrending\n\nFrom the Press Room: Meet Clint Robertson of Boise Boys\n\n9 Reasons Why Grave Digger Is the OG Monster Truck\n\nThe Breakdown: How Did We Choose the Best $50K Sports Sedan?\n\n10 Reasons Why the Aston Martin AM-RB 003 Dazzled at Geneva\n\nFirst Test: 2020 Mazda3\n\nFrom the Press Room: the New 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe\n\nHow To Tune-Up a 1969 International Scout: Part 1\n\n8 Reasons Why the McLaren 600LT Spider Is so Lust-Worthy\n\nWhat You Missed: Luftge-what?\n\n5 Cool Things: The 2020 McLaren GT\n\n8 Reasons Why the Honda e Should Come to the US\n\nAston Martin Is Building 25 \u201cBrand New\u201d DB5s\n\nThe Press Room: 2019 Ford Shelby GT 350\n\nWalk the Shop: Terrible Herbst Motorsports\n\n8 Reasons Why the 2019 Mazda3 Is an Upscale Compact Car\n\nBig full-size SUVs aren't just an American thing; Toyota has been playing in the segment since 2000 with the Sequoia. Although largely unchanged since it made its debut in 2008, Toyota gave it a handful of updates for the new year. Our 2018 Toyota Sequoia TRD Sport 4x4 is the newest trim level, and it, like the rest of the lineup, gets LED headlights and some infotainment updates this year. Despite the Sequoia's new nose, under the hood it soldiers on with a 5.7-liter V-8 paired with a six-speed auto and optional four-wheel drive.\n\nNissan has also been a player in the segment with the Armada. The second-gen Armada just arrived Stateside in 2016, but it has been hiding in plain sight on American streets since 2010 as the Infiniti QX56 (now called the QX80) and globally as the utilitarian Nissan Patrol off-roader. The U.S.-spec Armada is a hodgepodge of the two, sporting the latter's sheetmetal and the former's interior and engine, a beastly 5.6-liter V-8 mated to a seven-speed automatic. Our tester is a loaded 2018 Nissan Armada Platinum model equipped with optional four-wheel drive.\n\nAnd that brings us to our final contender. A Big Test needs to be just that, so to round out our field, we invited an SUV that artfully straddles the line between full-size crossover and full-size SUV. Our 2018 Dodge Durango 4 R/T is just slightly bigger than many midsize crossovers and slightly smaller than these full-size SUVs. (Its wheelbase is actually significantly longer than the Tahoe's, but it's about 2 inches shorter in overall length). The only SUV not built in the old-school body-on-frame fashion, our Durango tester features the optional 5.7-liter V-8 sending power through an eight-speed automatic and a four-wheel-drive system borrowed from the Jeep Grand Cherokee.\n\nRide and Handling\n\nWith two weeks of extensive testing to tackle, we kicked things off with our real-world evaluation loop, which includes city streets, highway speed stretches, twisty roads, and sections of asphalt so bad that the county is continually attempting to repave it. Basically, it's just about everything these SUVs would have to tackle in a given month in a tidy 21-mile stretch of coastal SoCal.\n\nThe differences between the five SUVs were readily apparent from the get-go. The Chevrolet Tahoe feels every bit as truckish as the Silverado platform it rides on. Although the Tahoe isn't the only SUV here riding on a pickup platform (the Sequoia and Expedition ride on ladder frames based on those of the Tundra and the F-150), it's the only one to use a pickup's live rear axle, meaning both rear wheels share an axle, and thus any impact felt by one tire also affects the other. At least it swaps the pickup's leaf springs for better riding coils.\n\nTypically used in pickup trucks because their inherent strength outweighs the ride-quality penalty the design suffers, its appearance in the Tahoe is likely a cost-savings measure that negatively affects its ride and handling. The Tahoe's rear-axle design makes the SUV feel stiff\u2014though compliant\u2014and busy while going down the road. The optional off-road tires don't do the Chevy's steering any favors through corners, either; they trade numb steering feel in favor of aggressive tread for off-road use.\n\nIf the Tahoe is on the harsh end of the ride spectrum, then the Nissan Armada is on the soft end. The Armada's ride is mostly supple and floats over most impacts, only hobby horsing on harsher, repetitive bumps. The soft suspension does, however, mean that the Armada leans a ton through corners, sending unsecured cargo flying as the Nissan rounds bends.\n\nThe happiest SUV in corners by far is the Dodge Durango. The steering wheel in our sport-oriented R/T tester is direct and communicative, letting you know what the front tires are up to right up until you push things a little too far and the Dodge eases you back with a hint of gentle understeer. The Durango's ride is pretty great, too. Although it feels stiffer than the Tahoe, it dispatches bumps in a one-and-done manner. \"Definitely the sportiest in the group,\" associate road test editor Erick Ayapana said. \"Not surprising given it's the smallest and most nimble of the bunch.\"\n\nThe Ford falls somewhere between the Dodge and Chevy on the stiff end and Nissan on the soft end of the ride and handling spectrum. Equipped with an optional off-road-oriented package featuring an off-road tire, it suffers from far fewer ride and handling trade-offs than the Tahoe. \"It has impressive body control,\" associate editor Scott Evans said. \"There's surprisingly little body roll for such a large vehicle, and it rolls over onto the outside wheels smoothly every time.\" The Expedition handles pretty well, too, with accurate but not talkative feedback from the wheel.\n\nSUVs in this segment have come a long way on the ride and handling front\u2014something we were all reminded of once we took our first turns in the Toyota Sequoia. The big Toyota has soldiered on without any significant changes for a decade, putting it far behind the rest of the pack in automotive development. The Sequoia's steering requires constant corrections to stay centered in a straight line. It doesn't get any better through turns, either. \"Driving this reminds me how bad Toyota steering used to be; it's way overboosted with extremely vague on-center feel,\" news editor Alex Nishimoto said. Fortunately for the Toyota, it rides acceptably, though executive editor Mark Rechtin noted that there's \"a lot of side-to-side shudder with a lot of head toss over very minor bumps in the road.\"\n\nPerformance\n\nThe performance formula for SUVs in this class used to be pretty simple: big, lazy V-8 paired with a four- or five-speed transmission. My how things have changed.\n\nThe biggest departure from yesteryear can be found under the hood of the new Ford Expedition. Ford ditched its 5.4-liter V-8 late in the previous-generation Expedition's life in favor of its EcoBoost twin-turbo V-6, and the Blue Oval doubled down on its commitment by pairing the newest version of the EcoBoost V-6, now churning out 375 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque, with a 10-speed automatic transmission. The benefits of the new powertrain coupled with the weight savings of its aluminum body panels mean the Expedition was among the quickest in our test, accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in just 6.2 seconds and needing 14.8 seconds to get through the quarter mile at 91.7 mph. You'll never miss a V-8 with this engine; it's responsive and has a big, meaty torque curve. The gearbox is great, too, shifting almost imperceptibly in the background and always choosing the right gear.\n\nThe burly Nissan Armada is just a hair quicker than the Expedition. Powered by a Tennessee-built 5.6-liter V-8 making 390 hp and 384 lb-ft of torque and mated to a seven-speed automatic, the Armada ties the Expedition's 0-60 run and quarter-mile time but is going slightly faster, at 94.0 mph, as it passes by the quarter-mile mark. Although most of us found the Armada's throttle response to be overly aggressive, we all really liked the Nissan's powertrain. \"The engine is powerful, and it wants you to know it,\" Evans said. \"And the transmission is smooth and smart.\"\n\nThe Dodge Durango also does pretty well for itself. Its 5.7-liter V-8 makes 360 hp and 390 lb-ft of torque and is connected to a quick-shifting eight-speed automatic. It'll hustle from 0 to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and through the quarter mile just behind the Nissan and Ford, in 14.9 seconds at 93.0 mph. \"It's definitely the sportiest of the group,\" Ayapana said. Nishimoto agreed: \"The engine pulls hard and sounds great. It gets really throaty when you wring it out, but it's subdued when you're driving it normally.\"\n\nFor a vehicle that's essentially 10 years old, the Toyota Sequoia's powertrain is pretty nice. Its 381-hp, 401-lb-ft 5.7-liter V-8 gets the Toyota moving smoothly, if a bit slowly, but kick down a bit into the throttle to get the six-speed auto to downshift, and it'll scoot. \"It sounds good and pulls strong, but when accelerating you can feel the powertrain vibrating the steering wheel,\" Ayapana said. Rechtin added: \"The engine delivers sufficient power, but shifts take forever. Feels old.\" Despite its age, the Toyota can run with the new guys; at the track it accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 6.8 seconds, and it passes through the quarter mile in 15.2 seconds at 91.6 mph.\n\nBringing up the rear is the Chevrolet Tahoe. Part of the blame can placed on the Midnight Edition's all-terrain tires, but the Chevy's powertrain is equally responsible. The Tahoe's 5.3-liter V-8 makes 355 hp and 383 lb-ft of torque, the least amount of horsepower and torque in this field, and despite it being the second-lightest SUV here, its power-to-weight ratio is still the worst in the group. It's not the engine's fault; the six-speed under acceleration treats gears two through five like Trump treats Tiffany\u2014it avoids them as much as possible. That means less than impressive test results: 0-60 mph comes in 7.9 seconds, and the quarter mile takes 16.2 seconds at 87.9 mph.\n\nWith about half of the buyers in this segment towing at least once per year, we also thought it was important to test how well they towed and hauled. We borrowed a trailer with two Honda Pioneer side-by-sides on it (for a total weight of 4,700 pounds) to see how well each handled a load. With the Expedition's highest rated towing capacity\u20149,200 pounds\u2014it's perhaps unsurprising that it was our favorite hauler. It got up to highway speeds quicker than any other SUV and was the most responsive when passing. \"It has tons of pulling power on the inclines, and the powertrain does a good job of engine braking on declines,\" Ayapana said. The Armada was a close second choice in our towing tests.\n\nAlthough most buyers will never take any of these SUVs off-road, their ability to tackle a light off-road course (and, well, a huge mud puddle) directly correlates to how well they'll be able to handle snow, national park trails, dirt roads, and any other unforeseen obstacle. The Expedition and Tahoe, both with off-road packages and tires, hardly blinked in our tests. The Durango, too, was shockingly capable, so long as you mind its ground clearance and low-hanging front bumper. The Nissan and Toyota, on the other hand, were both disappointing. While the three Americans scrambled and crawled through everything we threw at 'em, the two Japanese SUVs struggled a ton, needing four-low in a couple spots. We suspect much of the blame can be placed on crappy street tires, but then again the Durango did just fine.\n\nEfficiency\n\nIt's easy to dismiss fuel economy as irrelevant in this segment, but given that California gas prices are back above three bucks a gallon and with an average fuel tank size of 25.26 gallons in this group, frequent fill-ups will be expensive. Sorting by their EPA combined fuel economy scores, the Ford Expedition, with its 17/22/19 mpg city/highway/combined rating, is the most efficient, followed closely by the Chevy Tahoe and Dodge Durango, with the Armada and Sequoia bringing up the rear. Never content with what The Man tells us, our Emissions Analytics team hooked up their test gear to see how efficient our five SUVs really are, using our Real MPG score. Turns out the feds were right, mostly. Second, fourth, and fifth don't change, but the Ford and Dodge swap spots. The Durango's 16.0/25.1/19.1 Real MPG score was the best in the test, and the turbocharged Expedition slipped to third with a 14.6/22.3/17.2 Real MPG score.\n\nCockpit/Cabin\n\nGiven these SUVs' oft-used status as road-trip cruisers and their day-to-day shuttling duties, passenger comfort is a top consideration in our test. The average commute in the U.S. is 25.4 minutes one way, according to the Census Bureau, and each row of seats is bound to be in use, so we paid special attention to the cabins of each SUV.\n\nThere seems to be a difference in how to approach the cabin from each manufacturer. If you want a true luxury experience, you'd seemingly have to look no further than the Nissan Armada. With our Platinum tester featuring swanky burnt orange seats complete with tufted leather door panels, the Armada makes a great first impression. The seats are comfortable, and the first two rows are spacious. Things fall apart from there, though. \"This is the most luxurious interior, even if it's last-gen Infiniti,\" Evans said. \"Most people won't know that, but they will notice the tiny black-and-white screen in the cluster, the busy, button-crazy center stack, and the small infotainment screen with dated graphics.\" The infotainment system isn't the only thing leaving us scratching our heads; the Armada's third row is by far the smallest of the group. Anyone larger than a small child will have their head brushing the low ceiling, headrest digging into their spine, and knees in their chest.\n\nThe Tahoe keeps the Armada company when it comes to scant third-row space and comfort (though the Chevy's is slightly more humane), but is a remarkably well-executed package otherwise. \"The Tahoe's interior is my favorite part about it,\" Nishimoto said. \"It looks modern, and the materials feel nice for this class. There are plenty of USB ports throughout the cabin and little storage areas, too.\" The Chevy also features a snappy Apple CarPlay-friendly infotainment system and a Wi-Fi hot spot to keep everyone occupied on road trips.\n\nThe Dodge Durango is the smallest SUV here, but you wouldn't necessarily know it inside. Due to some impressive packaging wizardry, the Durango's three rows and cargo areas all sport middle-of-the-pack space while still having city-friendly dimensions. The second row is slightly smaller than the rest of the pack, but it still feels plenty roomy and comes with all the creature comforts you'd expect. The third row is accessed pretty easily and can fit adults in a pinch. We also really liked Dodge's CarPlay-friendly infotainment system, which is the most feature-rich of the group. There's still some room for improvement, though. The optional rear-seat entertainment package puts a Blu-ray player in the front center console, which eliminates any storage capability it once had, and the third row is just one of two here without any USB outlets to charge up devices.\n\nDodge has done an impressive job at keeping the Durango\u2014which made its debut back in 2010\u2014feeling fresh inside, but Toyota hasn't done the same legwork. Getting into the Sequoia is like stepping into a time machine. It has velour cloth seats straight out of a 2005 Camry, the tacked-on infotainment system requires a reach clear across the cabin to operate, and there's just a single USB port. Although \"sorely lacking in features,\" according to Nishimoto, the fundamentals are right. The cabin is downright massive, with plenty of room in all three rows. \"You can fit grown-ass men in the third row,\" Rechtin said. \"The problem is there are no USB ports or anything for kids (or grown-ass men) to occupy themselves with, unless they want to play slug bug.\"\n\nThe Ford Expedition seems to benefit greatly from being the newest SUV of the bunch\u2014it's the only one to effectively blend passenger comfort with interior features. The F-150-inspired cabin features huge storage cubbies, plenty of cupholders, and plenty of room for adults and their cargo in all three rows. Both the second and third rows tilt back and recline, and the Ford won praise for how easy it is to access the third row; the second row slides forward and out of the way with a light touch. This being a 21st century SUV, each row of seats gets plenty of power ports, USB outlets, and storage cubbies, and second-row passengers also have the ability to control infotainment functions from the back of the center console. And yes, there's CarPlay integration.\n\nSafety\n\nThere are two ways of looking at safety in this segment\u2014crash test scores and active safety tech. On the former front, we have an incomplete set of data because three-fifths of our field hasn't been tested yet by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Tahoe has been tested by NHTSA, scoring four stars out of five overall, and the Durango is rated four stars overall by NHTSA and scored \"Good,\" the highest possible rating, in most IIHS tests.\n\nOn the active safety front, each vehicle here sports some sort of technological measure designed to make you a safer driver, such as blind-spot warning or rearview cameras. Aside from the Ford, whose sole set of supplemental safety tech was limited to blind-spot monitors and a backup camera on our base-level Expedition XLT (forward collision alert, adaptive cruise control, and lane keep assist are available on higher-spec models), most of the other systems functioned without having to think twice about them\u2014a skydiver wouldn't want to think twice about their parachute, would they? The two minor gripes we had were with the Armada and the Sequoia. The Nissan, which has the most comprehensive safety tech, would regularly slow down in heavy traffic, thanks to its Intelligent Distance Control software. But once the slow traffic cleared, the Armada's smart-cruise system was scarily poky at getting the Nissan back up to speed. We'd have turned it off, but good luck navigating through the Nissan's digital instrument cluster in traffic. As for the Toyota, well, its lane keep assist software doesn't seem to do anything other than mindlessly beep at the driver, prompting all of us to shut it off. A turned-off safety system doesn't do anybody a lick of good.\n\nValue\n\nValue's a touchy subject. To some, it's all about price. To others it's about features or space. It's hard to ignore the value proposition of our two cheapest entrants, the $55,535 Toyota Sequoia TRD Sport and the $56,555 Dodge Durango R/T. The former offers up the most interior space for the price, though you get little else for your money. The latter offers up a reasonably roomy interior, plus leather, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, a premium audio system, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.\n\nAlthough more expensive than both the Dodge and Toyota, we found the $64,220 Ford Expedition XLT offered up the best balance of interior room and creature comforts.\n\nCost of Ownership\n\nThere are a lot of different ways of looking at cost of ownership, so I highly recommend checking out our Intellichoice-sourced chart for the full cost of ownership breakdown. If we focus solely on how much each vehicle will cost to run and maintain over five years, the Tahoe comes out ahead at $25,396 over 60 months, with the Expedition close behind at $25,636. The Toyota and Dodge barely lag behind the Chevy and Ford, but the Nissan handily brings up the rear, its high insurance, fuel, and repair costs giving it a $31,849 cost to owners over the same use period.\n\n2018 Chevrolet Tahoe (LT 4WD) Z71\n\n2018 Dodge Durango 4 R/T\n\n2018 Ford Expedition XLT FX4\n\n2018 Nissan Armada Platinum 4WD\n\n2018 Toyota Sequoia TRD Sport (4WD)\n\nAVG STATE FEES\n\n$678\n\n$554\n\n$661\n\n$584\n\n$609\n\nDEPRECIATION\n\n$32,309 (47%)\n\n$26,425 ($46%)\n\n$35,299 (52%)\n\n$35,959 (54%)\n\n$27,518 (47%)\n\nFINANCING\n\n$6,926\n\n$5,833\n\n$6,899\n\n$6,773\n\n$5,858\n\nINSURANCE\n\n$6,343\n\n$7,821\n\n$7,041\n\n$10,011\n\n$6,714\n\nFUEL\n\n$8,205\n\n$9,792\n\n$7,974\n\n$10,062\n\n$10,369\n\nMAINTENANCE\n\n$2,453\n\n$3,105\n\n$2,271\n\n$3,715\n\n$2,791\n\nREPAIRS\n\n$788\n\n$873\n\n$790\n\n$704\n\n$806\n\n5-YEAR COST OF OWNERSHIP\n\n$25,393\n\n$27,978\n\n$25,636\n\n$31,848\n\n$27,147\n\nINTELLICHOICE Target Purchase Price\n\n$68,520\n\n$57,712\n\n$68,250\n\n$66,989\n\n$57,952\n\nPURCHASE PRICE: Target purchase price includes destination and average applicable state taxes applied to a transaction price between invoice and retail, based on applicable incentives.\n\nConclusion\n\nUltimately, when it came down to deciding which SUV best balanced overall performance and road manners with packaging, fuel efficiency, and value, our individual rankings largely mirrored one another's.\n\nLast place goes to the Toyota Sequoia. We all liked how roomy its cabin was, but that's about it. Everything about the Toyota feels old, from its road manners to its interior design and materials choices. It's the cheapest truck here, but your money goes a lot further with the rest of the pack.\n\nThe Chevrolet and Nissan traded blows for third and fourth place, but ultimately the Tahoe hauled off with the bronze. The majority of us preferred the Armada's powertrain, ride, and towing ability over the Tahoe's, but the Chevy's slightly more usable third row, better infotainment system, and impressive off-road performance\u2014not to mention its higher relative fuel economy and lower cost of ownership\u2014give it the edge. \"Like in golf, it's not about the good shots you hit,\" Rechtin said. \"It's about the bad ones. And the Tahoe's bad shots aren't nearly as bad as the Armada's.\"\n\nAs Evans puts it, our second-place finisher punches way above its weight. (What's with all the sports analogies?) Despite being the smallest vehicle here, the Dodge Durango still does everything nearly as well as our first-place finisher at a bargain price. The Durango feels both sporty and upscale, it's efficient, and it's safe, but its slightly smaller cabin and higher running costs means it just misses out on first place.\n\nThe Ford Expedition is a true jack-of-all-trades. It'll do anything its owner could ever ask of it without breaking a sweat. It expertly balances city and highway drivability with off-road capability and segment-leading tow capacity. It has more room inside than a New York studio apartment, features a modern infotainment system, and is among the most efficient and cheapest SUVs here to run over the long term. Whether working or playing, the Ford Expedition is a game changer in the segment, and it's our unanimous pick for winner of this Big Test.\n\n5th: Toyota Sequoia TRD Sport 4WD Ten years old and feels every year of it. It's big and cheap. If that's all you need, you'll be OK. But don't go looking for more here.\n\n4th: Nissan Armada Platinum 4WD Despite its comfortable ride and prompt powertrain, its useless third row, maddeningly complex electronic controls, and high cost of ownership keep it off the podium.\n\n2nd: Dodge Durango 4 R/T The Durango is getting on in years, but Dodge has kept it fresh. You'll lack some interior space but gain a great driving experience, nice materials, and a cheap sticker price.\n\n1st: Ford Expedition XLT FX4 4x4 Spacious, smart, comfortable, quick, and efficient, the Expedition does it all well. On-road, off-road, towing, you name it\u2014this is the best in class."}
-{"text": "NOW PLAYING\n\nCarter ready to meet Hezbollah\n\nFormer US president says he will meet the group's officials if they agree to see him.\n\n09 Dec 2008 20:01 GMT\n\nCarter was widely criticised for meeting Meshaal in April [AFP]\n\nHezbollah official told The Associated Press news agency the group had no immediate comment on Carter's remarks but said it might issue a statement, most likely on Wednesday.\n\nThe official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.\n\nAttacks\n\nWashington blames Hezbollah for the explosion that killed 241 US Marines at their Beirut barracks in 1983, as well as for two attacks on the US embassy in Beirut and the 1985 TWA hijacking that killed an American serviceman on board.\n\nHezbollah denies the accusations and says it opposes terrorism.\n\nCarter was widely criticised in April when he met in Syria with Khaled Meshaal, the exiled Hamas political leader.\n\nThe US also labels Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip, a \"terrorist\" organisation.\n\nThe Mashaal-Carter meeting led to the delivery of a handwritten letter from Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, who was captured by Hamas-linked fighters near the Gaza border in 2006, to his parents.\n\nWhile in Lebanon, Carter said he will meet with Michel Suleiman, the Lebanese president and Fuad Siniora, the prime minister.\n\n\"I will also be making an assessment on whether the Carter Center will monitor the elections that we hope will be held on time next June,\" Carter said.\n\nNext year's elections are expected to be fierce between US-backed groups that hold majority seats in the current parliament and those backed by Syria, including Hezbollah."}
-{"text": "Navajo Generating Station To Operate Until 2019\n\nAudio Clip\n\nThe Navajo Nation Council voted to keep the Navajo Generating Station open until 2019 then work with its owner to shut it down. This legislation buys the tribe a little more time to find a new source of revenue and jobs.\n\nWith this legislation Salt River Project, the plant owners, also agreed to turn over some water rights to the Navajo Nation and to pay the tribe $167 million to lease the land, for the time needed, to operate and shut down the plant in the next three to five years.\n\nIn addition Salt River Project will maintain the electrical transmission lines for 10 years. Navajo President Russell Begaye envisions solar and wind farms replacing coal energy.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re excited about the fact we have 500 megawatts of electricity that we can utilize in our transition into renewable energy,\u201d Begaye said.\n\nWith the plant closure the tribe loses $30 million a year in power plant revenue and 700 jobs.\n\nSalt River Project chose to shut down earlier than anticipated because natural gas is so much cheaper than coal.\n\nTo listen to an interview with the Fronteras Desk's Laurel Morales on The Show, click here."}
-{"text": "Fairies have always existed in secret, without a kingdom of their own, living side-by-side with humankind. But when one of his own children is murdered, King Oberon asks his surviving daughters \u2013 newly minted NYPD detective Charli and wingless black sheep Lucy \u2013 to find her killer amidst the citizenry of New York. As Charli and Lucy delve deeper into the mystery, they begin to discover the extraordinary measures their father has taken \u2013 some clever, some desperate \u2013 to keep an entire people hidden in an increasingly treacherous world. For Charlie and Lucy, unmasking their sister\u2019s executioner will mean confronting their own blood-drenched legacy."}
-{"text": "The Evolution of Social Media #smlondon\n\nFor its 5th birthday, Hootsuite released this infographic looking at the evolution of social media since 2008.\n\nIn a world where social social media is constantly changing it\u2019s interesting to see how it evolved during the past 5 years. For those working on social media everyday, Hootsuite is one of the most important tools with today over 8 million users globally. To thank their users they decided to give us some interesting stats to make us all say \u201cWow! Social media is so huge!\u201d"}
-{"text": "Football Math: Why 12 is Greater than 18\n\nFor years, it was the glitz and glamour match-up in the NFL, THE rivalry! The game to tune in to!\n\nTom v Peyton!\n\nBrady v Manning!\n\nBut really, is it even a question anymore? It\u2019s time to put this debate to bed because I am, and you should be, tired of this debate. The argument is weak, if you\u2019re pro-Peyton, because after Super Bowl 51, it\u2019s clear who the GOAT is \u2013 -and it ain\u2019t 18. That title goes to 12, Tom Brady.\n\nSuper Bowl 51 should be the nail in the coffin. Could you picture Manning pulling off that kind of comeback? All I can imagine is 4 quarters of the classic Manning sideline face.\n\nPeyton Manning, for a good portion of his career, had a losing record in the playoffs. It took until Super Bowl 50 to finish with a winning record (14 wins, 13 losses). He was with a team that was usually favoured in those match-ups.\n\nBrady, meanwhile, now has 25 wins in the playoffs versus only 9 losses. He has more playoff wins than 28 other NFL franchises.\n\nI\u2019ll give Manning this; he was the greatest regular season quarterback ever (is that considered a backhanded compliment?). His MVP awards give him that honour. His stats are all-time, his numbers are elite\u2026\n\nBUT\n\nBrady\u2019s numbers aren\u2019t that far behind plus he\u2019s got 3 to 4 years left. I cannot foresee the rapid decline in 12 that happened in 18. Manning, at the end, was tough to watch as he noodle-armed his way through his final game, with an elite defense there to bail him out.\n\nThe game is played for the ring. The championship! What do you think Cam Newton would have preferred to win last year? What would Matt Ryan have preferred this year?"}
-{"text": "Main Menu\n\nThis Creepy Tool Reveals Just How Much Facebook Knows About You\n\nIt is no secret that Facebook tracks your browsing habits. By doing so, the social network service is able to feed you content that you\u2019ll likely find relevant. That being said, have you ever wondered what exactly does Facebook track? If you\u2019ve answered yes to this question, then you might be interested in Data Selfie.\n\nData Selfie is an open-source Chrome extension that tracks your activity when you browse through Facebook. Some of the things that are tracked with this extension include the posts you viewed, the posts you liked, how long you\u2019ve taken to view a post, what you\u2019ve typed, and much more.\n\nAll data gathered by Data Selfie can be viewed through a timeline that is provided by the extension itself. This timeline will be populated by your Facebook activity which has been broken down and colour-coded in order to make it more identifiable. Additionally, Data Selfie will also publish a list of your top friends, pages, and likes just below the timeline.\n\nOn top of that, Data Selfie would also use natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to turn the collected data into insight. Said language processing and machine learning algorithms were sourced from the University of Cambridge, as well as IBM\u2019s supercomputer Watson. From the insights generated, Data Selfie is able to identify various aspects of your personality. This ranges from your health, your habits, and even your political beliefs.\n\nDue to the sensitive nature of the information that is stored and generated by the extension, Data Selfie is coded to make sure that all the data it has is stored locally. If you\u2019re the type that fears that your computer might be compromised, the extension also gives you an option to delete all the data.\n\nWhile the methods and the tools may be different, Data Selfie is very much an extension that showcases what a company means when they mention terms like \"Big Data\" and \"Analytics\". Make no mistake, a large majority of modern day companies have long since adopted, or have begun adopting this form of technology. So if you\u2019re worried about companies having huge troves of data about you, we can only say that it\u2019s probably too late for that."}
-{"text": "Top 10 reasons to attend the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival\n\nJust do it\n\nAttendees can either plant themselves down in front of one of the 12 music stages for the day or walk around to catch a variety of acts performing jazz, gospel, blues, rock and more. The grounds also feature Louisiana crafts, heritage information and traditional cuisine.\n\nNew Orleans has so much to offer. This is the perfect time to give the city a visit and see for yourself. (Text: Meredith Darlington)\n\nJust do it\n\nAttendees can either plant themselves down in front of one of the 12 music stages for the day or walk around to catch a variety of acts performing jazz, gospel, blues, rock and more. The grounds also feature Louisiana crafts, heritage information and traditional cuisine.\n\nNew Orleans has so much to offer. This is the perfect time to give the city a visit and see for yourself. (Text: Meredith Darlington)"}
-{"text": "Featured Review: Bright Burning Stars (A.K. Small)\n\nBest friends Marine Duval and Kate Sanders have trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School since childhood, where they\u2019ve formed an inseparable bond forged by respective family tragedies and a fierce love for dance. When the body of a student is found in the dorms just before the start of their final year, Marine and Kate begin to ask themselves what they would do to win the ultimate prize: to be the one girl selected to join the Opera\u2019s prestigious corps de ballet. Would they die? Cheat? Seduce the most talented boy in the school, dubbed the Demigod, hoping his magic would make them shine, too? Neither girl is sure.\n\nBut then Kate gets closer to the Demigod, even as Marine has begun to capture his heart. And as selection day draws near, the competition\u2014for the prize, for the Demigod\u2014becomes fiercer, and Marine and Kate realize they have everything to lose, including each other.\n\n*Review Contributed By Olivia Farr Staff Reviewer*\n\nBRIGHT BURNING STARS is surprisingly dark and twisty, following two young ballet dancers in their final year at Nanterre in alternating points-of-view. Nanterre trains \u201crats,\u201d e.g. the children of the ballet who may or may not become a part of the elite ballet company at the Paris Opera. The children are entrenched in the culture and highly competitive environment bred from the result of their years of education where only one girl and one boy from each year are chosen to join the company. As the result of failure is equated to death, and their rankings among their classmates are constantly updated, the students are naturally very competitive with each other. The environment reeks of destruction and corruption.\n\nKate and Marine have been best friends for years, moving up and down around the other in rankings but not yet truly competing with each other. In this final year, with the stakes so high, they must decide how far they will go to win as well as why they love ballet so much that they have sacrificed their childhood and adolescence to it. Each girl loses herself to the school and their own psychological struggles in the course of the plot.\n\nVery dark and twisty, this book exposes the bleak underbelly of ballet in an, at times, horrifying way. Kate is sacrificing herself to boys and drugs to find purpose and meaning in her life. She is convinced that if she dances with the boy they call \u2018The Demigod,\u2019 Cyrille, that she will be able to make it. In the meantime, she gives her heart and body away very easily. Marine joined ballet because her twin brother who died when they were younger had dreamed of ballet- she is determined to succeed for him. She is ever-aware of the flaws of her body, made even more apparent by the weigh-ins they require of her to ensure she does not gain weight and the nutritionist they have her visit to lose the 1kg she gained over a few months.\n\nTheir friendship itself has been- or has at least become- destructive with Kate overpowering Marine frequently and resulting in Marine\u2019s further problems. This is not really a book about friendship, even though it follows two girls who are supposed to be friends. The lessons that the book holds are more about the systematic oppression and heavy weight of expectations that can lead to psychological destruction, as they are evident in ballet. Reading of this book should be placed in context by educators/others for younger readers. Books which show such challenges are worth reading for understanding; however, the healing is not as apparent and resources for teens who may face similar challenges are needed.\n\nWarnings (which may contain spoilers) for this book would include drug use, smoking/alcohol teen use, suicide and depression, sexual exploitation, anorexia/weight obsession, self-harm, teen pregnancy, and abortion. This is a very dark, but well-written, novel, and it carries some major issues for which resources would have been helpful to show (or to include in an afterward, which may happen upon publication).\n\nI would recommend this book for older YA contemporary readers who are looking for a darker read with gravitas.\n\nLooking for these?\n\nWhat is YABooksCentral.com? YABC is your first stop for all things book-related! Founded in 1998 by (now author) Kimberly Pauley as a basic stopover for people looking for information on young adult books, YABC has since evolved into one of the largest professional book recommendation sites targeted towards tween and teen readers. You can read book reviews by our staff or write your own! Join discussions about your favorite books and enter to win more in our monthly giveaways. Keep up with all the latest book-related goodies on our blog and interact with authors in our Twitter chats. If you ever have any questions, just email us at any time at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.."}
-{"text": "In far southern Illinois, the crowd was the smallest of the debates (just 1,500) and so pro-Douglas that Lincoln joked, \u201cI hope you won\u2019t make fun of the few friends I have here.\u201d Douglas denounced Lincoln\u2019s House Divided speech and attacked Lincoln as an abolitionist. Douglas said of himself that we wished to preserve the government \u201cas our fathers made it.\u201d Lincoln accused Douglas of being unfaithful to the intent of the framers of the Constitution by promoting states rights as a means to perpetuate slavery.\n\nJust north of the Jonesboro Square, and nestled in beautiful Lincoln Memorial Park under century-old trees, is the memorial to the 1858 Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debate site. Standing on each side of a large limestone memorial boulder are life-sized bronze statues of Lincoln and Douglas in debate poses. Visitors can view a Looking for Lincoln wayside exhibit which provides details of the event. Stone walls frame the statues and the brick courtyard engraved with donors\u2019 names. The setting offers wonderful photo opportunities and the courtyard walls and other benches serve as seating for those wanting to stay awhile to enjoy the site."}
-{"text": "About two weeks ago I was part of a get-together of some awesome folks right here in Raleigh.\n\nSylvia Moe Inks of SMI Financial Coaching gets a whole lot of credit for scheduling the meetup through our FinCon Local Raleigh group, and we really can\u2019t say Thank You enough to Philip Taylor of PT Money & FinCon for dropping by and spending a whole day with us. And he hosted lunch!\n\nIt was a good day, and I look forward to the next time we can get this group together.\n\nI think this makes a terrific time to release my podcast interview with PT on the Masters of Money podcast. I enjoyed the discussion, and love the Masters of Money podcast. I was honored to turn up alongside some folks I really respect in the personal finance and FIRE community. Happy Listening!Matt"}
-{"text": "The courage of New York firefighters was honored during the \"Concert for New York\" at Madison Square Garden on October 20, and David Bowie noted the privilege he felt to play for his \"local ladder\" heroes, who step into danger to save innocents and extinguish fires. Among the entertainment all-stars present, the actor Richard Gere didn't merely talk or sing about courage: He did something brave.\n\nAl Giordano is currently a free-speech defendant in the New York State Supreme Court [see Mark Schapiro, \"Drug War on Trial,\" September 17, 2001].\n\nAlso by the Author\n\nMany compared it to marching through a dream.\nAfter seven years under siege by 70,000 Mexican Army troops in the\njungles and highlands of Chiapas, the Zapatista National Liberation\nArmy (EZLN) sent twenty-four delegates, including its pipe-smoking\nwriter-spokesman Subcomandante Marcos, on a triumphant two-week\nmotorcade that landed in Mexico City on March 11.\n\n\"I don't\nbelieve that in any place, in any space in this world--and I have the\nmemory of my own revolution twenty-six years ago--I don't remember a\nmore moving moment than I lived yesterday,\" declared the\nseptuagenarian Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning author Jos\u00e9\nSaramago the next morning.\n\nThe US press coverage of the\nmarch, limited though it was, hinted at such an apotheosis: the\ncheering multitudes that greeted the Zapatistas from the roadsides\nand at mass rallies in twelve states along the route, the flowery\nwords of peace and civil rights coming to Mexico's mythical newfound\ndemocracy. But for the Zapatistas and Mexico's indigenous movement,\nthe struggle now turns into a battle to codify the movement's\nprogress into law.\n\nThe caravan came to demand\nconstitutional recognition for Mexico's 10 million indigenous\ncitizens, subjected to generations of repression, poverty, racism and\nexploitation of their lands and labor. As Mexico's President Vicente\nFox passed his hundredth day in office, he reiterated calls to the\nZapatistas to negotiate a peace. Not until the government fulfills\nthe promises it has already made, answered the rebels: release of\nZapatista political prisoners, closure of seven of the 259 military\nbases in Chiapas, and congressional passage of the law that would\nratify the 1996 San Andr\u00e9s peace agreements signed by the\ngovernment [see Jerry W. Sanders, \"Two Mexicos and Fox's Quandary,\"\nFebruary 26].\n\nThe geographical advance was accompanied by a\nsteady rise in the popularity of Marcos and the Zapatistas in opinion\npolls, an average gain of two percentage points per day, with over 50\npercent in support. The implementation of the San Andr\u00e9s\nAccords is now the sticking point. Marcos and the Zapatistas, with\nmore than 1,000 delegates from the Indigenous National Congress,\nencamped at the base of Mexico City's Cuicuilco pyramid--a circular,\n370-foot-diameter stone monument that has survived at least 2,600\nyears of lava flows, earthquakes and urban\nsprawl.\n\nUnderscoring their credo, \"We will not sign a false\npeace,\" the Zapatistas caused a fierce uproar when, as the caravan\nwas launched from San Crist\u00f3bal, Chiapas, they named architect\nFernando Y\u00e1\u00f1ez Mu\u00f1oz as their representative to\nthe federal Congress. Mexican police agencies have long claimed that\nY\u00e1\u00f1ez is Comandante Germ\u00e1n, the feared national\nguerrilla leader of the 1970s and '80s who, they say, helped found\nthe Zapatista army in the jungle in 1983, a charge that\nY\u00e1\u00f1ez has denied. The Zapatistas have also, for the\nfirst time, called upon other guerrilla movements to protect their\njourney and remain alert, implying that if the state doesn't keep its\nword, an armed guerrilla response could explode\nnationwide.\n\nMar\u00eda Luisa Tomasini, 78, a Chiapas\nnative designated by Marcos as the \"grandmother of all the\nZapatistas,\" analyzed his call to the other insurgent groupsas she\nwas returning from the March 7 Zapatista rally in Iguala, Guerrero, a\nstate with at least sixteen armed clandestine guerrilla\norganizations. \"Clearly,\" she said, \"it was a threat to the\ngovernment that it had better comply.\"\n\nThe powerful sectors\nthat have always gotten their way in Mexico--bankers, chambers of\ncommerce chiefs, right-wing clergy, the TV networks and key\nlegislators--are working furiously to sabotage the road to a genuine\npeace. Fox's party, the PAN, teamed up with the former ruling party,\nthe PRI, against the left-wing PRD party to propose that the\nZapatistas meet with twenty congressional leaders instead of the\nentire Congress. Marcos, noting that the indigenous of Mexico have\nalways been hidden \"in the kitchen, on the back porch,\" rejected the\noffer, arguing that the Zapatistas and the Indigenous National\nCongress deserve to address the whole Congress. Hard-liners continue\nto seek any roadblock to passage of the full indigenous rights bill\nwith hysterical claims that autonomy would fracture the nation, and\nthey vow radical surgery to the initiative.\n\nOn March 19 the\nZapatistas announced they will return to the jungle, citing the\n\"close minded\" attitude of \"cavemen politicians,\" saying, \"Nothing\nwill be able to stop the popular mobilization\" that stems from the\nCongress's failure to act. \"We will return with everyone who we are.\"\nImmediately, thirteen national peasant-farmer groups pledged\nnationwide marches, students plotted direct action and five major\nindigenous groups in Oaxaca vowed to close the Pan American Highway\nuntil Congress passes the accords. Congressional leaders begged the\nZapatistas to stay, Fox urged the Congress to meet with the rebels\nand the drama now moves in unpredictable directions.\n\nThe\nguiding principle of the San Andr\u00e9s Accords is autonomy. The\nword has galvanized many beyond Mexico's indigenous populations. The\nbattered Mexican left--peasant farmers, urban workers and especially\nthe nation's youth--view themselves, too, under the banner of\nautonomy. Indeed, the popularity of the Zapatista struggle around the\nworld derives at least in part from the coherent language of\nopposition to globalized and savage capitalism that they have\nconstructed. French sociologist Alain Torraine, who accompanied the\ncaravan, praised the Zapatistas during a March 12 discussion with\nMarcos and the comandantes in Mexico City, marveling, \"The entire\nworld, and we are speaking of the left, is looking for a new\nlanguage.\" Comandante David, a Tzotzil delegate who was a chief\nnegotiator and architect of the San Andr\u00e9s Accords,\nacknowledges that the demand for autonomy goes far beyond indigenous\nrights. \"We are going to explain directly to the indigenous and\nnonindigenous brothers of the country that indigenous rights are for\nthe good of all the peoples,\" he said while preparing to leave on the\ncaravan.\n\nAutonomy--what might be called \"home rule\" in\nother parts of the world--includes local control of land use, a sore\npoint for big business in Mexico, its eyes on natural\nresources.\n\nBeyond Mexico, US investors and corporate\ninterests, with expectations that Fox will be the most effective\ndeliveryman yet of Mexican resources under NAFTA, are stoking the\nsubterfuge. Former US Ambassador to Mexico James Jones, now a\nrailroad baron and rainmaker for the Manat, Phelps and Phillips law\nand lobbying firm in Washington, is on the board of directors of TV\nAzteca, the most notorious manipulator of public opinion among all\nthe Mexican media. TV Azteca joined the other broadcasting giant,\nTelevisa, to present a March 3 Concert for Peace live from Aztec\nStadium, featuring a laser light show, a Woodstock-style logo and the\nusual condescension toward \"our indigenous brothers.\" The prepackaged\nvideo aired with the concert didn't mention autonomy, or indigenous\npolitical prisoners, or 500 years of conquest--certainly not justice\nin connection with the 1997 massacre of unarmed indigenous peasants\nat Acteal. The only proposed solution was to send aid to the poor,\nbarefoot indigenous communities, an approach known in Mexican\npolitics as \"clientism.\" Many analysts saw Fox's fingerprints on the\nTV peace show, as both stations rely on state permission to broadcast\nin Mexico. Indeed, one of the demands of the San Andr\u00e9s\nAccords is the right of indigenous peoples to break that control by\nforming their own media, including the use of radio and television\nfrequencies.\n\nThe question of indigenous autonomy also has\nconsequences for the US-imposed \"war on drugs.\" The San Andr\u00e9s\nAccords would restore indigenous rights to the use of currently\nillicit sacred plants and codify the pre-eminence of ancient forms of\ncommunity justice. Luciano, a spokesman for the Zapatista community\nof Polho, explained to me in 1998 how the autonomous system works\nwithout constructing a single prison cell: \"If a young man grows\nmarijuana, he goes before a municipal judge to be disciplined and\noriented so that he won't ever do it again. If the youth does it\nagain, there is no response whatsoever: He cannot be pardoned a\nsecond time. He would then be expelled from the\ncommunity.\"\n\nThat the Zapatista communities have had far\nmore success in driving out the narcotraffickers and preventing drug\nand alcohol abuse than any other region of the Americas is of little\nconcern to the big talkers of law and order. Opponents charge that\nautonomy in matters of criminal justice would \"balkanize\" the country\nand subvert the \"rule of law.\"\n\nIndigenous and social\nmovements across Latin America--in Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru,\nPanama, Brazil and other nations--had representatives quietly\nobserving the caravan. In spite of the powers stacked against them,\nthe Zapatistas, newly strengthened, their national support deepened,\nhave many cards yet to play in forcing legislative victory. In the\nlatest of the ironies under NAFTA, autonomy may thus, and soon,\nbecome Mexico's leading export product.\n\nGere knew what he was stepping into. Five days prior to the concert, he had been slapped by The New Republic and its adolescent \"Idiocy Watch\" column for using words as inappropriate as \"love and compassion\" and speaking of the \"negative karma\" of terrorists. At the concert, Gere steered clear of any reference to his well-known Eastern religious tendencies, but he did repeat the newly explosive Western expletives. He seemed to anticipate, anyway, the boos that hailed down upon him from many of the 20,000 seats. His response was decidedly different from that of Sinead O'Connor, who had once burst into tears upon being jeered at a 1992 MSG all-star show. The officer and gentleman of the silver screen utilized the rejection artfully, like an expected stage prop, to remark that it is the same \"love and compassion\" that the firefighters demonstrate when saving lives. \"That's apparently unpopular now,\" Gere closed, implicitly acknowledging that booing is, too, a form of speech, \"but that's OK.\" It was a classy New York minute.\n\nIt took guts for Gere to turn the hose of his art upon the flames of wartime in a crowded arena. In that, he deployed a decidedly New York weapon: Speech.\n\nNew York City's historic refusal to shut up is now one of the national treasures that some newly minted sunshine patriots wish to bulldoze under the rubble of Lower Manhattan. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer lectured that we must \"watch what we say\" after the September 11 attacks, and even some journalists--formerly the warriors who defended free speech--have signed up as speech cops. As the networks obey federal \"requests\" to deny airtime to Osama bin Laden, some journalists have argued that Al Jazeera, the Qatar TV network, should be censored too. CNN sent six questions to bin Laden but roared that it will air the responses only if they are \"newsworthy,\" while a Fox news official criticized CNN for even asking the questions. The New York Times and an illustrious media partnership spent a million dollars to recount the Florida 2000 presidential vote but have now bounced the project from public view on the grounds that the results--the elite of the Fourth Estate, alone, have seen the data--might have \"stoked the partisan tensions,\" according to one Times reporter. (This suggests that the next Daniel Ellsberg may have to leak documents from inside the Times rather than to the newspaper.)\n\nIs all this watching of what we say really how we are supposed to honor our dead in New York? Is that the way to pay our respects in the city that never sleeps nor shuts up?\n\nBefore speech becomes a \"quality of life crime,\" artists and communicators are going to have to face the crowd, as Gere did, employing all the creativity and chutzpah we can muster. The changing political landscape is not entirely negative for this effort: The imminent exit of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani--he was pro-censorship before censorship was cool--further heightens the unpredictability of the drama now under way. To shut up or not to shut up? That is the question. It's up to you, New York, New York. To wit:\n\nNew York's greatness was not built of \"tower(s) to the sun, brick and rivet and lime\"--but by the likes of Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney, penning \"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?\" in the wake of the last huge disaster to hit the nation through New York: the Great Depression. The Broadway show for which they wrote the song, New Americana, lacked paying customers, had to close its doors, and the cast was laid off. Two days later, in October 1932, Bing Crosby went into a New York studio to record that protest and lament. It became the number-one song of the year as it lifted the hearts of down-but-not-out Americans higher than any elevator could ever take us.\n\nNow, in place of the authentic one, we're being fed a virtual New York: that of Gordon Gekko snarling from virtual Wall Street, \"When I get ahold of the son of a bitch who leaked this, I'm gonna tear his eyeballs out and I'm gonna suck his fucking skull\"; of Rudy Giuliani poking around the rubble looking for his unconstitutional term extension and for sheiks to scapegoat for the loss of liberties that he was already busy eliminating himself; of Donald Trump calling for us to build new phalluses into the sky where David Rockefeller's twin vanity towers stood; and of New York bankers lobbying in Washington so that the hunt for the terror money trail looks under every rock except theirs.\n\nThe Jets and the Sharks were street gangs in Hell's Kitchen who danced and sang in rhyme. Our reality was portrayed through utopian vision. In recent decades, virtual chic displaced all suggestion of Utopia-on-the-Hudson, evicting or jailing the hardscrabble Jets and Sharks alike. New York--indeed, all America--no longer reflected a dream but rather a sterile \"economic opportunity.\" Now Boeing jets crash into towers and White House sharks seize upon the pain and fear of millions to install a New World Order that attempts to bury the Authentic New York in its censorious wave--the City of Speech; of workers, of poor folks, of artists and immigrants and utopian dreamers (there's a place for us, somewhere a place for us!), the people who built this city, whose uniting quality is precisely the refusal to shut our mouths.\n\nBeing a New Yorker has become, in this era, something akin to being a Vietnam veteran: Nobody who wasn't there wants to see what you've really seen or hear what you've really heard. Authentic New York--transgressive, messy, noisy, never particularly loved by so many of those who today advocate war in its name--had to be filtered by its artists, creamed and sweetened for world consumption; in songs from the Brill Building, from Broadway, and from the Bowery and Bleecker--hold the sugar--where the late Joey Ramone sang about turning tricks for smack at 53rd and Third.\n\nAudible New York was brought to the screen by Lithuanian immigrant Asa Yoelson, a k a Al Jolson, who as The Jazz Singer headed to Broadway and ad-libbed for the camera: \"You ain't heard nothin' yet,\" thus laying waste to the silence of film.\n\nFrom a cabin on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, Edgar Allan Poe heard \"the loud alarm bells, Brazen Bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!... Too much horrified to speak, they can only shriek, shriek, out of tune.... How the danger sinks and swells-by the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells...\"\n\nFrom Harlem, Langston Hughes asked, \"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?... Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?\"\n\nNew York is where Allen Ginsberg saw the best minds of his generation \"destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night.\"\n\nNew York is not a skyline; but it is Emma Goldman standing up to declare, \"If I can't dance I don't wanna be in your revolution.\" New York is Ring Lardner Jr., the Daily Mirror reporter, blacklisted, imprisoned for refusing to snitch during the red scare, the Hollywood Ten screenwriter who wrote A Star Is Born and M*A*S*H, thirty-three years apart. And authentic New York is Leonard Alfred Schneider, a k a Lenny Bruce, shouting, as they dragged him in and out of New York courts, \"in the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls,\" who died in 1966, convicted of obscenity, of not watching what he said.\n\nNew York is also John Peter Zenger, who 266 years ago dared to call the Colonial Governor an \"idiot\" and a \"Nero\"--imagine, at a time like that!--who was charged with libel for his seditionary patriotism. And New York is, above all, The People, the jury that disregarded the judge's instructions and acquitted that 34-year-old printer.\n\nNow I hear Poe's bells every time I turn on the TV or pick up the newspaper, \"too much horrified to speak, they can only shriek, shriek, out of tune,\" and I think of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.\n\nFrom there I can see Our Lady of Mercy Hospital--it was called Misericordia when I was coaxed into the world at that spot--and I can touch the grave of my great grandfather, a construction worker from the hills outside Naples. There, I will sit silently to listen over the rustle of autumn leaves for the eternal speech from 350,000 tombs of my fellow New Yorkers, native and imported, who, even in death, demand that we never fall silent. They include: Irving Berlin; Duke Ellington; Bat Masterson; Sir Miles Davis; Maximillian Berlitz; George M. Cohan; W.C. Handy blowing his trumpet; Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes (who spoke out against the first red scare hysteria, of 1919); Oscar Hammerstein still humming the New York folk song \"Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my homeland forever\"--it was not in fact Austrian--which he wrote knowing that he was dying; the suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton; the Cubist Alexander Archipenko; the Bulova brothers making time tick; \"Madame C.J.,\" the first black millionaire, and her daughter A'Lelia Walker Robinson, whom Langston Hughes called the \"Joy Goddess of Harlem\"; Herman Melville; Elizabeth Cochrane Seamans, a k a the authentic journalist Nelly Bly; Joe Pulitzer; Otto Preminger (Batman's Mr. Freeze); the Harlem blackbird Florence Mills; the publisher Generoso Pope Sr.; Antoinette Freauff Perry, immortalized by an award named Tony; Henry Gaylord Wilshire, for whom the LA boulevard is named but who got no rest in Hollywood, so he came to lie in New York; the rapper Christopher \"The Big Pun\" Rios, who died last year at 28; Anton Kliegl still shining his lights; second baseman Frankie Frisch--the Fordham Flash--resting now at home plate. Fiorello La Guardia--the florid-tongued New York mayor who stood up against anti-immigrant hysteria, reminding, \"my dog came from a distinguished family tree, but he was still a son of a bitch\"--is buried here too; so is Joseph \"King\" Oliver, the jazz pioneer, and Rudolph Schaeffer pouring a beer.... This is a crowd, like that on any other block in these five boroughs, that couldn't agree on lunch. But one sacred mission united them over the expanse of generations: to never shut up in New York.\n\nMore than 4,000 New Yorkers joined the Woodlawn 350,000 on September 11. We're each going to join them sooner or later. But authentic New York, the City of Speech that survived a revolution, a Great Depression, and two red scares, history's grand engine of free-speaking culture, will survive this hit too-if, and only if, we refuse to remain silent about anything and everything at this hour of moral crisis. Start spreadin' the news...loudly and without biting your tongue: New York shall rise again, not through war, but by speech."}
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-{"text": "Sony Is At Last Developing Their Own Wireless Lighting Control System\n\nTo the excitement of professional photographers shooting with Sony Alpha cameras, today Sony announced plans to release an all new wireless lighting control system this summer in the U.S. and Canada. The control system set consists of the FA-WRC1M wireless radio commander and the FA-WRR1 wireless radio receiver.\n\nThe newly announced radio controlled system will have a maximum range of 98 feet (30 meters) and promises an \u201can extremely flexible wireless flash shooting experience with exceptional performance in all types of shooting conditions.\u201d The lighting system will be able to control up to 15 separate flash units in as many as 5 groups. Flash sync speed is offered up to 1/250 of a second with high-speed sync (HSS) also available. Exposure of the flash units can be set automatically or manually.\n\nSony FA-WRC1M wireless radio commander\n\nSony FA-WRR1 wireless radio receiver\n\nThe wireless lighting control system will be available this summer in U.S. and Canadian markets, with more specifications and pricing yet to be released. If you are attending WPPI this week, you can check out prototypes of the new system at the Sony booth.\n\nRyan Mense is a nature photographer and Fstoppers editor based in the Twin Cities. His images are characterized by vibrant colors and uncomplicated, meaningful compositions that strongly translate in publication and fine art printing.\n\nAlongside gear reviews and news, Ryan heads selection for the Fstoppers Photo of the Day."}
-{"text": "... where pop culture meets intellectual property law\n\nOn December 8, 2016, ESPN\u2019s website ran with the scandalous headline \u201cPatent office denies Golden Knights trademark\u201d regarding the new Las Vegas NHL franchise\u2019s recently chosen moniker.[1] The article subsequently provided a detailed analysis of all the supposed ways in which \u201cGolden Knights\u201d allegedly could not be a trademark that belonged to the NHL team. As you may have gathered, I am writing this article to clarify that misconception.\n\nThere are numerous statements and implications in that article that are dangerously misleading. Trademark law is quite nuanced. But ESPN continues to attack it with a sledge hammer. If nothing else, it provides me a good opening to discuss some of these nuances in trademarks and how they may apply to professional and college sports teams\u2019 nicknames.\n\nTrademark v. Trademark Registration\n\nFirst, and most importantly, ESPN\u2019s article implies that the Las Vegas\u2019 hockey team does not have a trademark for \u201cGolden Knights.\u201d This is quite likely not correct. As we have covered here before, trademark rights accrue the moment a mark is used in commerce and the public is able to associate that mark with the source of particular goods or services. A trademark is \u201ca word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.\u201d While, a service mark is the same as a trademark, \u201cexcept that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product.\u201d[2] That is it. That is all it takes to be a trademark.\n\nWhy the confusion? Well, ESPN appears to have once again conflated \u201ctrademark\u201d with \u201ctrademark registration.\u201d The NHL franchise appears to have at least four separate trademark applications on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for some variation of \u201cGolden Knights.\u201d[3] The listed owner for each of these applications is Black Knight Sports and Entertainment, LLC, which is a Delaware corporate entity. Black Knight Sports almost certainly owns a current, existing trademark in the term \u201cGolden Knights\u201d for all uses in association with professional hockey exhibitions and the goods and services that flow from that.\n\nNaturally, however, the entity wants a registration with the USPTO to certify these trademark rights at the federal level. There are many benefits that come with having a federal trademark registration, not the least of which is notice to consumers and nationwide rights that might reach beyond current geographic uses. But the lack of a registration does not mean that existing trademark rights go away. The Washington Redskins will still sue you if you try to use that name without permission. And they would win. Even though the REDSKINS mark is currently \u201ccanceled.\u201d\n\nWith regard to the Golden Knights trademark application, ESPN also appears to have jumped the gun a bit on its reporting. While, yes, the USPTO has initially denied a trademark registration to Black Knights Sports for \u201cGolden Knights\u201d in the requested classes of goods and services, this was only the initial office action that denied registration. As a trademark attorney, I can represent that nearly every trademark application receives at least an initial denial from the USPTO. It may be for something trivial like the trademark examining attorney needing clarification on geographical terms or a statement that a term does not have a specific meaning in another language. These are often quickly resolved and a registration can issue thereafter \u2013 but it is first \u201cdenied\u201d as part of the application process. One of the individuals interviewed even spoke to this fact and used a clever sports reference to summarize this point \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s only the first period.\u201d The Black Knights Sports representative even stated that this is a \u201croutine matter.\u201d There are still potential responses the applicant can provide that can clarify any confusion and allow a trademark registration to subsequently issue.\n\nPatent v. Trademark\n\nThis is most likely me and my personal pet peeve, but it is quite disconcerting to see ESPN casually interchange the term \u201ctrademark\u201d with \u201cpatent\u201d (or \u201ccopyright\u201d), as these are different legal terms with vastly different meanings and applications.\n\nOn multiple occasions, ESPN referred to \u201cthe Patent office\u201d as the entity that denied the Golden Knights trademark application. While this is true in a roundabout fashion, it is sloppy language. While the colloquial use may be well known, too many people confuse the terms, so ESPN should refer to it as the Trademark Office, or at least refer to it by the acronym \u2013 the USPTO. For it is the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Shortening the name to \u201cthe Patent office\u201d to address a trademark matter or issue is nothing short of lazy.\n\nIt may also be noteworthy that the United States extends rights to patents and trademarks in different ways. Patent rights emanate directly from the U.S. Constitution \u2013 Article I, Section 8 \u2013 \u201cTo promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.\u201d Trademark rights, meanwhile, are indirectly derived through the Commerce Clause. In fact, Congress passed the 1881 Trademark Act after the Supreme Court struck down Congress\u2019 attempt to legislate trademark rights through the patent and copyright clause cited above.\n\nYes, this is a long way of saying that, legally speaking \u2013 semantics matter. A lot.\n\nHow Does This Apply to the Sports Teams\u2019 Nicknames?\n\nThere are many sports teams named \u201cWildcats.\u201d There are also many teams named \u201cTigers.\u201d There is a professional baseball team called the \u201cGiants\u201d and there is also a professional football team with the same name. They even used to play in the same city! To suggest that the baseball \u201cGiants\u201d (re-named in 1886) senior existence means that the New York Giants in the NFL do not have a trademark in \u201cGiants\u201d is rather absurd, right? Precisely\u2026 they are all trademarks.\n\nAlong these lines, the ESPN article cited to other prior uses of the term \u201cGolden Knights,\u201d including the College of Saint Rose in New York. This particular use was cited by the USPTO in its recent office action denial and it refers to the registration owned by the College of Saint Rose dating back to December 2006 (with a date of first use of January 2002).\n\nESPN also noted that Clarkson University in New York has a hockey team named \u201cGolden Knights.\u201d Unfortunately, ESPN also said that Clarkson University \u201chas not trademarked the name\u201d \u2013 which is manifestly wrong on multiple levels. As discussed above, Clarkson University does have a trademark for this nickname, but it is currently only a common law trademark limited to its geographic uses. Also, \u201ctrademark\u201d should rarely be used as a verb. The application process with the USPTO does not bestow \u201ctrademark\u201d status on a particular mark. There is no growth process for going from non-trademark status to trademark status. Instead, picture it like an immediate phase change in physics \u2013 the moment a mark is used in commerce it is instantly elevated to a trademark. Furthermore, the USPTO does not even have the authority to confirm or deny common law trademark rights \u2013 it can only decide whether a mark is entitled to a federal registration, which is an entirely different set of standards.\n\nESPN also ignored, overlooked, or is not aware of the availability of \u201cconsent to use\u201d and \u201cconcurrent use\u201d agreements between trademark owners and the weight that is afforded to them. This is an agreement between a prior trademark registrant and the new trademark applicant whereby the parties agree that the two concurrent uses of the marks would not result in consumer confusion. This could be based on a distinction as simple as \u201cour mark is for a hockey team, not a basketball team.\u201d Such an agreement is evidence that can be presented to the USPTO examining attorney to overcome any objections to registration based on allegations of a \u201clikelihood of confusion.\u201d\n\nIf the Las Vegas NHL franchise is able to acquire such consent from College of Saint Rose and also Clarkson University, this may assist in pushing the application process forward \u2013 though it is not a guarantee as the USPTO may conduct its own analysis regarding whether consumers are likely to be confused, even if the trademark owners agree otherwise.\n\nAt the end of the day, this is 1,400 words that could have instead just been \u201cESPN rushed to judgment on this particular issue \u2013 the Las Vegas Golden Knights trademark rights are not dead.\u201d That would have let ESPN off the hook for lazy journalism, however. And where is the fun in that?\n\n[1] ESPN has since modified the headline and updated certain terminology within the article. I would like to think my comments had a little something to do with that."}
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-{"text": "Archives\n\nThese Storms Both Big And Small\n\nByAmy Butcher | October 31st, 2013 \u2013 08:00 am\n\nOnce the tornado touches down, there\u2019s only so much you can do, and before it touches down, it\u2019s all too easy to ignore. You teach. You tell Kira to put away her headphones, turn her music off, switch her cellphone onto silent and won\u2019t Brody please turn back around? You insist. You say, Listen.The siren goes off all the time. You say, Our classroom is at basement leveland anyway, it\u2019s just a warning.\n\nYou insist this because it\u2019s true, and because you have lived here for five years\u2014the exact number of days since these students arrived in this Midwestern state. They are high school students from Portland, Seattle, Houston, Miami. They vacation in Nantucket and their dads drive Corvettes through rural New Jersey. They are here for summer camp and have never before heard what they\u2019re now hearing.\n\nThe first time you heard the sirens, you were new to this state, too. You\u2019d crossed the Plains and the Mississippi, left your East Coast home where it was only ever snow that cancelled school. Now there are tornados, and that first time, you lay there panicked\u2014it was three thirty in the morning\u2014and thought that out here, even the lightning was different, to say nothing of time or space. It was like a strobe light that first summer: incessant and far more frequent. You crept to your historic basement, not knowing what else to do, and for the thirty minutes that followed, you picked at scabs and watched the windows. You were scared, down there in your nightgown, but after a while, a pattern emerged: you only ever pushed open doors to downed tree branches, empty soda bottles, bags blown by wind.\n\nThis time, however, is different, and you know this because of your phone: how it rings once, twice, three times, but all the while, you just watch it light up. It is rude to answer your cellphone, most especially when you\u2019re teaching a class. So a voicemail is left, and then another. And then another. And when at last the classroom rings\u2014due to a phone you didn\u2019t even know existed\u2014you realize that this time is different, and you know then that it is bad.\n\n\u2026has touched down near Solon.\n\n\u2026has touched down in Tiffin.\n\nThese are places eighteen miles and five miles, respectively, from the very classroom where you stand, holding the corded phone looped round your wrist. This is a month only five weeks after an EF5 pummeled Moore, Oklahoma, only three weeks after another pummeled Oklahoma City. You were in a hotel that night in Ohio, drinking Coors from a tallboy can. You\u2019d spent that day on the open road, the embankments steep and barren from where the worst summer storms had been. Still, sitting in that dingy hotel room, you watched everything they could find to show: cars crushed the way ice is crushed, houses toppled like Lincoln Logs. Days later, you watched it again, this time from a sun-lit East Coast living room, but all the while you thought of your home in Iowa, thinking, My god, and then: Not there.\n\nNow you are here and the storms have joined you.\n\nYou want to tell your students that it will be okay, to settle down, to pay attention, but they are unsettled and right to be. They have every reason to be afraid. They\u2019ve come here only to write: in composition notebooks and cafeteria napkins and in the marginalia of their new friends\u2019 journals. They want to take photographs of native leaves and frosty mugs full of the town\u2019s legendary Pie Shakes, the sticky faces of their new friends, sweet and red and sweaty from the long hours in the prairie\u2019s heat. They don\u2019t want to cower beneath a desk. They don\u2019t want to worry about flying debris.\n\nThey never touch down here, you\u2019ve said\u2014how many times have you said this phrase?\u2014and it was true for the longest time, until now, when it clearly isn\u2019t.\n\nIn fear, you think of Asia: how on that long flight from Manila to Narita, the plane hit turbulence as you were eating, slurping soba and drinking hot, pale tea. It\u2019s like when you stick your arm out of a moving car, a friend had once explained, and your arm waves up and down, but that doesn\u2019t mean the car\u2019s at risk.\n\nBut above Taiwan, above the Pacific, it felt nothing like a wavering arm. It was more severe than it\u2019d been; it felt like the car was caving in.\n\nYou looked to your flight attendant, as you\u2019d been told to do countless times before. Check on her expression. Evaluate her calamity. If she\u2019s scared\u2014if she can\u2019t hide it\u2014only then are you right to be.\n\nThat day above the Pacific, her outfit was well worn and blue and crisp; her hair was tied back in a stately bun. Even in another language, she remained fluid in calamity.\n\nNow you must become her, pulling at your projector, buffering clips. You load first videos of yawning kittens, then K-pop videos, sloths fast asleep. Look, you say, it\u2019s fine. We\u2019re all just going to ride this out together. Because isn\u2019t that the best that you can offer\u2014to make these moments as light as possible? So you load bad karaoke and prankster red-heads, baby\u2019s laughing as they tear at paper, and you do this all the while hoping, waiting, listening to the howls outside\u2014all these storms both big and small you had no way of anticipating.\n\nAmy Butcher is a recent graduate of the University of Iowa\u2019s Nonfiction Writing Program and Gettysburg College. She was the 2012-2013 Olive B. O\u2019Connor Fellow in nonfiction writing at Colgate University and this past winter she was twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has appeared in McSweeney\u2019s, The Rumpus, and Salon, among others."}
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-{"text": "May 24, 2011\n\nIt's one of those weeks let alone one of those days where inspiration is needed most....\n\nI appreciate all that I am and all that I have. Stop focusing on what you do not have, and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you are and all that you do have. ~ Inner Wisdom Cards by Wayne Dyer\n\nGratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices. ~Thomas Fuller\n\nSometimes appreciating is best when you have the least. You can either feel sorry for yourself or stand tall, be grateful for life and all you have left and move on. Let go of the pity party and plan the fiesta!\n\nMay 19, 2011\n\nPeople who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. ~Eric Hoffer\n\nThat quote just lingers in my mind. I see a lot of 'biters' day in and day out. Some are:\n\nnibblers, they nibble away showing that it really doesn't hurt...when in actuality the part is numb.chewers, these people just stare at you while chewing away at your core (small inner grin intact).chompers, greedy breed these biters. They just take a chunk off and always when you are not looking, these people are also runners.tear apart, these psycho's just grab and tear with a vengeful bite at any one at any time. They also look regretful once they clean up their faces.kiss-rippers, these are the charmers, they lean in for a kiss and take a good bite, they also have the gift of making it seem as though it was YOUR fault.\n\nNo matter the biter, you the prey must know one thing. BITCH SLAPPING! Whether it's a verbal 'Yeah Baby, I see the lips form a kiss but I saw the last victim, MOVE ON' or\n'Oh man, you got me this time BUT...watch my ASS as I walk out' or\nJust a good old fashion actual and physical BITCH SLAP.\n\nThe time to be a victim is never! Pick up your petticoat with one hand and start slapping with the other. In most cases a verbal will do just fine since biters usually think you will always let them feast. Arrogant fu_ckers!\n\nAnd if any of the above does not tell you something then lets try this...the quote...end of quote...\n'usually lick the boot that kicks them' You wanna be a boot licker????\n\nDidn't think so! Gargle and strengthen the vocals. Use stress balls and strengthen the hand because a bitch slapping fest is better then a boot licking party of two.\n\nMay 16, 2011\n\nSo....I visit my sister in South Jersey, it was a lovely time. We just laughed and had a good weekend. Sunday morning I begin my journey North as I had plans for the day.\n\nI had enough for the first two tolls but only had a $20 bill for the last one and of course no E-Z pass (really have to get one now that I am traveling more again).\n\nI reach the toll and there is only one which has an attendant. I give her the $20 and a greeting. I look at her, she looks about 70 with the blackest died hair which made her wrinkles even more profound. She kept sucking on her teeth the way elderly do with dentures. She hands me the change with both hands balled up.\n\nI reach out cupping my hands and she dumps $19.00 in quarters and dollar coins.\n\nMe: 'May I please have bills'\nHag: 'It's American money, use it anywhere'\nMe: 'I don't have a coin sorter, may I have bills please'\nHag: 'What's wrong? You don't know how to recognize American money?'\nMe: 'May I have American bills please'\nHag: 'YOU CAN USE THEM ANYWHERE, IT'S AMERICAN MONEY'\nMe: '90% of the stores in America are run by FOREIGNERS, can I have bills please'\nHag: (takes the coins begrudgingly) 'That's what's wrong with the country, no one knows American money'\nMe: 'No, what's wrong with the country is that they depleted SSI and now I have deal with pissed off seniors with an ax to grind.\n\nI really believe the top part of her dentures detached, I drove on.\n\nReally? Really? The Garden State Parkway???? WTF???? I can't even enjoy a Sunday morning drive.\n\nMay 09, 2011\n\n'You don't have to make a decision today' ~ (Catherine) Biting Back by Claudia Cunningham\n\n'.....instead of using the whip on myself for not being able to make my decision on a dime, I tried to relax and pay attention to what was happening in my everyday life.' ~ Biting Back Claudia Cunningham\n\n'If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.' ~-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus\n\nHow many years does it take to finally say enough! To say, I will not let you take advantage! To say, I don't want this anymore!\n\nIt takes as many as it will for your heart and mind to agree. Sad but true.\n\nIt always leads me back to my cousin and our trip several years ago to Rhode Island. Where she explained the Point of no Return and how I mastered that approach. To take and take until something inside shuts down, I walk away and that is that. Sometimes when I can't either make a decision or my heart is to wrapped up to allow me to make a decision, this is the only route I know. Most times, it just happens and it is always unplanned. In the back of my mind I am preparing myself on how to tell the someone or someones - ENOUGH!, yet I don't and something inside just......stops.....\n\nIt was interesting to see something similar in this book. - 'In fact, once we've come that far, I'm not even sure there's any turning back----and that's also a good thing.' Biting Back by Claudia Cunningham\n\nI have since reading this book, slayed some vampires, pushed some back, drawn lines and boundaries for others. Yet...there are 3 that remain. I can't decide and at least in one case the inevitable holds true, that vampire will need serious slaying. Thus far, I regain my energy. And.....you CAN regain your energy.\n\nThus far, I see clearer, it is happiness, sadness, preparing and confusion, but... nonetheless clearer.\n\nI find myself in situations that are either the same or worse, but I see them as the situations that they are and arm myself. Now that...is...progress."}
-{"text": "\"Music Together At Home,\" Helping Your Child Grow Musically:, a complimentary DVD for families new to the Music Together program which explains much of the basic philosophy of Music Together and contains many great suggestions on how to get the most out of the program both at home and in class.\n\nA new professional recording each semester with new songs, rhythm chants, play-alongs and tonal and rhythm patterns. Two copies, one for home and one for the car!\n\nA beautifully illustrated songbook which includes lyrics and music to all the songs as well as family activities and suggestions on how to enjoy the music at home.\n\nA semi-annual family newsletter and informative national website.\n\nParent education to help adults understand and enhance their child's music development.\n\nUp to two make up classes per semester, subject to available space.\n\nAccess to \"The Family music Zone\"\n\nThe Winter 2019'semester begins on January 7th, is 10 weeks long and features the \"Drum\", songs collection. As always classes will include singing, dancing, rhythmic chants, small and large movement activities, and instrument play. These activities are presented as informal, non-performance oriented musical experiences developmentally appropriate for children and easy for parents and caregivers regardless of their own musical ability.\n\nAll classes run based on enrollment. There is a minimum number of students needed and therefore classes can not be guaranteed to run until that enrollment has been met. Whenever possible please select a second choice from the classes listed."}
-{"text": "Game one saw the team from Garden defeat Bowman\u2019s Gas and Oil, 12-1. Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital defeated Cooks U.P. Tire in the second game, 10-9.\n\nOn Saturday, Garden advanced to the championship game with a 6-3 win over SMH. Later in the day, U.P. Tire defeated Bowman\u2019s Gas and Oil 21-3, knocking Bowman out of the tournament.\n\nThe weekend\u2019s most exciting game took place on Sunday, when SMH knocked U.P. Tire out of the running with a score of 14-12.\n\nPlaying for Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital were Mitchell Green, Caleb Hubble, Joe Moeggenberg, Josh Tyler, Tristan Ashbrook, Colton Hoholik, Michael Derrico, Zach Tyler, Brett Boyd and Jerry Jack. Not pictured is Bryce Clarkston. In the championship game, SMH ran out of pitching and Garden won the game with a score of 22-3."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, June 05, 2007\n\nProcess Examination #1: Notebooking\n\nI've been working on THUMB and analyzing my writing process for only ten days and already I've realized so much about how I write. It's really been an amazing experience.\n\nFirst of all, I have trusted my brain far too much to retain information, especially in the pre-writing stage. I do a lot of mental brainstorming on plots and characters and theme and, if I wrote anything down in the past, I only recorded the end results. I never recorded my thought processes or the crazy alternatives I considered and discarded in my brainstorming sessions. It's amazing how much more grounded in my work in progress I feel by documenting all the gonzo twists and turns of my thoughts in these initial stages of writing. Also, I can review where I've been so much easier and get back into the flow of the project that much faster.\n\nSecondly, there are a few key things that I can do first thing in pre-writing any project. (Well, first thing after I freewrite the initial idea for a scene or two and let it stew for a bit.) These are basically ripped from He Wrote, She Wrote and manipulated into my own sense of order.\n\nSketch out the central conflict, refine until the conflict is the protag and antag pushing directly against each other (Conflict Box; I find that I do a lot of backstory and worldbuilding in this step as I extrapolate motivations and goals from my one sentence idea and the roles of my protag and antag)\n\nAttempt a four act structure plot outline (following the KISS method and just trying to see how conflict and action can arc form where the protag and antag are at the beginning; usually I have some sense of the overall outcome of the conflict box from my freewriting and idea percolation)\n\nFind where four act structure doesn't quite jive and start asking questions: does the outline fall flat because there's no undercurrent of theme to hang it on? does the outline fall flat because I'm trying to force events rather than have them grow organically from the story?\n\nThirdly, all of this has to be done in a notebook, it seems. Every time in the past ten days that I've sat down with software to try and organize or record the results of this above process, my brain goes blank. But every time I sat down with my notebook for THUMB, the ideas just flew. I could also make connections better, see where they were coming from and where they could go. Also, I've been able to write down anything that comes into my brain in the notebook, not caring if it wasn't going to take me anywhere or not. With software, apparently I use the ease of editing to try and create something beyond first draft brain purge as I'm first typing. It leads to reverting again to keeping my thoughts all tied up in my mind and only writing down the end result and feeling less connected with the world I'm building. (However, I have already learned that I need to eventually organize the final decisions into some sort of easily accessible and readable software. Flipping through a notebook to find that one plot point or character note is not conducive to productivity.)\n\nFinally, in being aware of the hows and whys of my writing process, I've been able to get to the point faster. I'm more in tune with my muse and the logic behind her ways. I was able to home in on a major logic problem in my broadly defined plot almost immediately. Then I was able to get to the crux of ways to sidestep the problem. After that, I knew exactly what strengths and weaknesses to look for in those methods and could chart out better how the solution would fit into the meshwork of the novel."}
-{"text": "Archives\n\nOn Sale:\n\nSCHOOL DISTRICT REJECTS ALTERNATIVE TO ZERO TOLERANCE GRANT\nby Dustin Toney\n\nRestorative Justice offered his daughter salvation from the harsh punishments handed out under the Escambia County School District\u2019s zero tolerance program. John S., who asked to remain anonymous to protect his middle schooler\u2019s identity, believed the short-lived program gave his daughter the second chance she needed.\n\n\u201cMy daughter had never been in trouble before. She played sports and was on the A honor roll,\u201d said the father. She got into an altercation at school with another student. The father was worried about his daughter carrying the incident on her transcripts into high school.\n\n\u201cThe school told me about this new program. I had a chance to sit in and see what it was about. They were open enough to allow me to ask whatever questions I had. They did an excellent job explaining everything in detail,\u201d John S. told the IN. After he and his daughter met school officials, they were able to work out a plan to restore his daughter\u2019s record and get her back into the classroom.\n\nALTERNATIVE TO ZERO TOLERANCE\n\nThe Restorative Justice program was initiated in the School District with the help of a three-year $945,000 grant from The Florida Bar Foundation. In 2009, the Florida Legislature passed SB 1540 that required children no longer be referred to law enforcement for minor violations such as bringing plastic butter knives to school, drawing pictures of guns or throwing an eraser. The law was intended to reduce the number of school referrals that result in students entering the criminal justice system, feeding what has become known as the \u201cschool-to-jail pipeline.\u201d The School District needed an alternative to suspensions and expulsions issued under the old zero tolerance policy for such violations.\n\nThe Florida Bar Foundation in conjunction with the Collins Center for Public Policy established a proactive grant program to help implement alternative programs. The Collins Center selected Escambia County as a pilot project for its Restorative Justice initiative.\n\nWarrington Middle, Woodham Middle, Workman Middle, and Bellview Middle schools were selected. The Collins Center\u2019s research had found that roughly a quarter of the 10,500 students in Escambia County middle schools had received out-of-school suspensions in recent years.\n\nAfter a few months of working out details and coming to an agreement, the Florida Bar Foundation provided a portion of the first year\u2019s funding in April 2010. The school was to given the $945,000 over a course of three years. The program was called \u201cEscambia County Alternatives to Zero-tolerance Program.\u201d It was to give students who break the rules and disrupt the educational process a chance to avoid suspension or expulsion by entering the program.\n\nEscambia County Schools Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said when the grant was announced the he was committed to keeping students in school when they get into trouble, rather than removing them from the academic environment through suspensions or expulsions. He hoped the pilot program would become a model for other districts.\n\nBy October 2010, the School District had notified The Florida Bar Foundation that it was dropping the pilot program and wouldn\u2019t accept the remaining two years of the grant.\n\nTOO MANY CONTROLS?\n\nJane Curran, executive director at the Florida Bar Foundation, states that she was not notified on why the school district chose to cancel. She said, \u201cThey just said that they did not want to go forward with it.\u201d\n\nSuperintendent Thomas was not available for comment. In a letter addressed to Curran, he said, \u201cWe deeply regret that grant activities\u2026 will terminate on October 29. While the Escambia County School Board remains committed to the principles of Restorative Justice, programmatic concerns preclude the continuation of the Florida Bar Foundation program.\u201d\n\nSteve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools for the county, told the IN the School Board canceled the grant because the contingencies and conditions kept changing. \u201cThe training we invested in has paid off and my schools have been encouraged to continue to use the process as a strategy when it is appropriate,\u201d said Marcanio, but he wouldn\u2019t identify what contingencies or conditions were changing.\n\nThe School Board approved Superintendent Thomas\u2019s recommendation to terminate the The Florida Bat Foundation grant at a special meeting on Sept. 30, 2010. The minutes from the meeting give no specific reasons why. They state: \u201cThe Superintendent noted that the School District remained committed to the principles of Restorative Justice; however, programmatic concerns precluded the continuation of the Florida Bar Foundation program.\u201d The School Board did not ask for any information from parents, students or others involved in the program. The vote to terminate was unanimous.\n\nThe grant did carry many conditions in which the school district was obliged to follow if it wanted to keep receiving funds. Exact guidelines for the spending of the money were set, and the money, by contract, could not be spent outside of those guidelines without permission from the Florida Bar Foundation. The School District had to provide specific budget projections to the Collins Center, who would oversee the entire program, and issue detailed reports on the progress of the pilot program.\n\nThe majority of the grant money was to be used to hire people. Ninety-five percent of the first $300,000 was allocated to the school district for contracts with outside agencies and employees. Twenty University of West Florida social work interns were to be paid $2,000 each for their services in implementing the program in the middle schools.\n\nBethel African Methodist Episcopal Church had a contract for $20,000 for \u201ccommunity support for the model, additional capacity building activities and parent support groups.\u201d Village Architects, a Tallahassee-based consulting firm, was paid $10,000 to train program coordinators and faculty members in the ways of Restorative Justice.\n\nAll of these groups, including various parents and students from the student government associations at the various schools, would comprise School Accountability Boards, which would individually overlook all appropriate disciplinary actions.\n\n\u201cWe were proud of the training. Numerous teachers and folk had a very big interest in trying to set this program up. They were impressed and happy to do it,\u201d said CEO of Village Architects Dale Landry. \u201cI know it works very well. I\u2019ve been working with Restorative Justice in other places since 1998. I\u2019ve seen it work.\u201d\n\nCHANGE IS HARD\n\nRobin Reshard, program director for the non-profit Bethel Youth Development and who served on a School Accountability Board, is disappointed the Superintendent canceled the pilot program. She said that it was impossible to gauge how well the program worked overall because it was still very new and abruptly changed.\n\n\u201cI think change is hard,\u201d said Reshard. \u201cI think the School District pulled out because we are looking at change and when you look at change you are going to go through some very uncomfortable things. We ended up suffocating because we didn\u2019t want to stretch.\u201d\n\nReshard believes the changes away from zero tolerance were \u201cinconvenient\u201d for the School District. \u201cIn my mind it really isn\u2019t about the money. It goes back to the institutional mindset that we need to overcome. You can do that without the money. The money certainly gives you the interest to bring in the resources and new ideas, but changing your mind about how students are educated doesn\u2019t cost a dime.\u201d\n\nDespite cancellation of the Restorative Justice pilot program, parents like John S. remain hopeful in alternative forms of punishment. \u201cPersonally, it was something that I was willing to work with because of what I believe it can do for children in Escambia County,\u201d said John S. \u201cThe program was set up in general to put parents down with their children. I believe kids should still have a future without a label attached to their name.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "The new AXION tractor series from CLAAS offers between 163 and\n225 hp rated power output. AXION completely redefines comfort with\nthe new CEBIS terminal, new multifunction armrest and unique four-point\ncab suspension. In addition, the AXION is equipped with the convenient\nHEXASHIFT transmission and innovative DRIVESTICK control.\n\nClaas Axion\n\nThe AXION series achieves a new level of versatility thanks to\nCLAAS Power Management with up to 260 hp maximum power on the AXION\n850. Its rear tyres have a diameter of up to 2.05 m and are profiled\nnot only for work with a high demand for tractive power. With a\nnet weight starting at just 7.1 tonnes, the AXION is also suitable\nfor lighter work and rapid on-road transport at up to 50 km/h whilst\nensuring high driving comfort.\n\nThe CEBIS terminal is the surest sign of intelligence on the new\nAXION. Intuitive operation and a key for rapid access to submenus\nensure that the settings are kept as simple as possible. An extensive\nperformance monitor is also fitted as standard in conjunction with\nCLAAS Sequence Management for headland management. Intelligent\ndetails such as the remote control for a hydraulic spool valve\non the rear wings or the new work lights manager make it clear\nthat the AXION has been developed with customers in mind.\n\nThe AXION in detail:\n\nComfort and the cab\n\nCLAAS tractors are renowned for their high level of driving and operating comfort. The new AXION offers not only impressive well-known features such as the unique four-point cab suspension and a long wheelbase for smooth road travel, but also offers a new dimension in operating comfort with a special AXION version of the new CEBIS terminal. The multifunction armrest on the driver's seat has been completely redeveloped to include all of the functions that are frequently required. Functions that are required less often are now located on the right-hand side panel. Another feature offered by the AXION's improved operating comfort is the new management system for the work lights and the rear lifting gear. Working at night is made much easier thanks to the 14 work lights and up to four additional Xenon headlamps. Operation is also made easier thanks to automatic functions for the power takeoff, all-wheel drive and differential lock. The activation of automatic functions and other operating steps are easy to understand and intuitive to access for different drivers. Combined with the new Dana parallelogram sprung front axle, these features provide a new level of driving comfort and operating comfort which is ensured by the vibration damping on the front and rear lifting gear, even when lifting heavy implements.\n\nEngine technology and CLAAS Power Management CPM\n\nPower\nrating\n\n(kW/HP)\n\nMax. power (KW/HP)\n\nBoost power (max.)\n\nAXION 810\n\n120 / 163\n\n128 / 174\n\n-\n\nAXION 820\n\n135 / 183\n\n142 / 193\n\n-\n\nAXION 830\n\n144 / 196\n\n154 / 209\n\n-\n\nAXION 840\n\n151 / 205\n\n155 / 210\n\n177 / 240\n\nAXION 850\n\n165 / 225\n\n169 / 230\n\n191 / 260\n\nPerformance data according to ECE R24\n\nThe new DPS 6.8 litre six-cylinder engines offer a power rating of 163 to 225 hp (120 to 165 kW according to ECE R24) and operate with a charge-air cooler, cooled emission return flow, Common Rail injection system and four-valve technology. The engine technology used not only meets the TIER 3 emission standard, but also reduces fuel consumption compared to TIER 2 technology.\n\nCLAAS Power Management, a standard feature of the AXION 840 and AXION 850, provides additional performance: The unique boost design releases additional power\n\nif the hydraulic power is decreased\n\nif the power takeoff is switched on\n\nor if the tractor is in transmission group C or D (C1=~8 km/h at 1,900 rpm).\n\nA sensor measures the power required from the power takeoff or hydraulic system and depending on the decrease in power, the system releases additional boost power in six stages up to 30 hp (22 kW). For the majority of applications, including soil cultivation, the AXION 850 can provide up to 260 hp maximum power at speeds of 8 km/h and upwards.\n\nMultifunction armrest and CEBIS\n\nThe layout of functions on the multifunction armrest has been optimised for the driver in collaboration with professionals and experts alike. The most important operating element on the multifunction armrest is the DRIVESTICK, which operates the HEXASHIFT transmission. In addition to the maximum five electrical spool valves provided on the multifunction armrest, it also offers a manual accelerator and electronic engine speed recorder. Moreover, it also houses the controls for the front and rear three-point linkage and headland management system. Even the HEXACTIV function, which offers automatic shifting for the HEXASHIFT transmission, can be activated from the armrest.\n\nThe CEBIS terminal, already used on the LEXION and XERION, is also fitted on the AXION. Two different display modes, which are optimised for field or road, show all of the important operating states for field operation or on-road transport at a glance. A turn/push regulator and simply one other key provide intuitive access to all menus and settings. An additional key for the DIRECT ACCESS function enables direct access to submenus when the corresponding functions, such as spool valves, are activated. The headland management function provided in CLAAS Sequence Management simply records and plays back operating steps that are performed repeatedly on headlands. These recorded operating sequences can subsequently be modified in the CEBIS TERMINAL.\n\nTwo transmission variants\n\nThe AXION is equipped with the convenient HEXASHIFT transmission with six Powershift gears and four automated ranges, which can be shifted without operating the clutch. In addition to improved efficiency, CLAAS engineers have also developed the DRIVESTICK, a new and very comfortable operating concept. Range changes and Powershift shifting operations can all be carried out automatically. The CEBIS terminal offers new setting functions for the HEXASHIFT transmission, such as the variable engine speed setting for shifting times with the automatic HEXACTIV function. A creep gear is also available for minimal driving speeds. A variable power-distributed transmission variant is also planned for the future and is due to be launched at Agritechnica 2007. Like the HEXASHIFT variants, the CVT transmission will also be available in speed-reduced 40 km/h and 50 km/h variants (depending on country).\n\nHydraulic system and power takeoff\n\nTimes and flow rate can be conveniently regulated\nfor up to five electrical spool valves via the proportional switch\nin the multifunction armrest and the ELECTROPILOT joystick. Both\nrear wings are fitted with external spool valve controls for convenience\nwhen mounting implements. The performance of the hydraulic system is\nsupported by CLAAS Power Management, which releases additional engine\npower when the hydraulic power decreases. In addition to the rear power\ntakeoff (540/540E/1000/power takeoff) the AXION is also available with\na factory-fitted front power takeoff (1,000 rpm). At headlands, the driver\nis supported when working with the power takeoff by the automatic activation/deactivation\nfunction which adjusts to the linkage height. Even when working\nwith the power takeoff you can be sure of up to 30 hp additional engine\npower with CPM.\n\nDimensions\n\nWith a net weight starting at just 7.1 tonnes (i.e. maximum 33 kg/hp or 46 kg/kW), the AXION is bound to become a new favourite for lighter work with low fuel consumption and reduced ground compaction. At the same time, the AXION offers a high gross vehicle weight of up to 14 t on the top of the range AXION 850, giving a payload of six tonnes for heavy implements or heavy drawbar loads. For applications that demand high tractive power, flexible ballasting options of up to 2.9 tonnes are available thanks to a maximum 700 kg additional wheel weight on each rear wheel. Above all, the new fully integrated front linkage on this new series makes it both compact and agile. In spite of its large wheelbase of 2.98 m, the AXION is only 5.02 m long (without front weights) with a turning radius of just 5.1 m.\n\nFront and rear three-point linkage\n\nAs part of the overall concept of the AXION series, CLAAS offers a compact factory-fitted, fully integrated front linkage and front power takeoff. With up to 5.4 tonnes lifting capacity, the front linkage is ideal for operating even the heaviest of front-mounted implements. Electric and hydraulic couplers and their control elements are also fully integrated into the front linkage. Thanks to the high lifting capacity of the rear linkage the AXION can be used for an even wider variety of applications. It offers a maximum lifting capacity of more than 10 tonnes and more than 6 tonnes continuous lifting capacity 610 mm behind the coupling points, permitting the attachment of even heavy implements.\n\nMaintenance\n\nThe one-piece bonnet and folding radiator offer easy access for repetitive maintenance tasks. Four parallel CAN bus systems not only reduce the length of cable used in the AXION, but also make servicing and diagnostics quicker and easier. The CEBIS terminal informs the driver when the next service is due to ensure max"}
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-{"text": "Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) and Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) today announced a collaboration that expands choice for customers through increased virtualization interoperability and new assessment tools to help pinpoint the economically most advantageous approach to virtualization. Through this new partnership, Novell has certified SUSE\u00ae Linux Enterprise Server as a \"Perfect Guest\" running on Citrix\u00ae XenServer\u00ae and both companies will provide joint technical support to customers. As a result of this agreement, the more than 4,500 enterprise applications certified as Novell Ready for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are now Citrix Ready\u00ae community-verified when running in a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server guest virtual machine on XenServer.\n\nSUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the only Linux operating system that has been optimized to be the perfect guest on all major hypervisors, with outstanding performance when running on XenServer. Now customers and cloud providers gain the added value of the free XenServer as an enterprise-class virtualization platform for Linux and Windows environments, providing them with an expanded set of technologies and processes to run and manage heterogeneous data centers.\n\nIn addition, Citrix will participate in the PlateSpin\u00ae Recon for Assessment Program, which enables Citrix Solution Advisors (CSA) channel partners and the Citrix internal services organization to begin offering customers virtualization, server consolidation and cloud readiness assessments using the Novell\u00ae toolset. PlateSpin Recon from Novell is a data center workload profiling, analysis and planning tool that combines consolidation planning with capacity management to give customers an ongoing view of their physical and virtual infrastructure. PlateSpin Recon takes the guesswork out of complex server consolidation and capacity planning initiatives and helps accelerate the move to virtualization.\n\n\"Our partnership with Citrix gives our many joint customers and partners a better way to manage their virtual infrastructures,\" said Joe Wagner, senior vice president and general manager of Global Alliances, Novell. \"We are providing a deeper and better integrated set of enterprise-class solutions that provide the tools to make intelligent decisions on data center virtualization, and the world-class infrastructure to run high-performance virtual environments.\"\n\n\"Working with Novell to offer a best-of-breed, open approach to virtualization and management provides customers with not only the best technology, but also the greatest flexibility in running and managing virtual infrastructures, regardless of operating system,\" said N. Louis Shipley, group VP and GM, XenServer Product Group, Citrix Systems. \"Enabling the large SUSE Linux Enterprise customer base to be certified on XenServer significantly furthers our efforts to deliver XenServer as the best and most cost-effective virtualization platform for enterprise and cloud infrastructures.\"\n\nThe collaboration between Citrix and Novell is strongly supported by leading technology vendors across the IT community such as HP: \"Customers require a seamless transition between virtual and physical environments to lower their risk of system downtime,\" said Scott Farrand, vice president, Infrastructure Software and Blades, HP. \"This new capability from Citrix and Novell, when combined with industry-standard HP ProLiant server platforms, will allow organizations to simplify virtualization management while extending the value of their hardware.\"\n\nAvailabilityThe interoperability between SUSE Linux Enterprise and XenServer, which is YES Certified\u2122 through the Virtualization Compatibility Program from Novell, is effective immediately. Access to the PlateSpin Recon Assessment Program by the Citrix CSA partners will be rolled out over the next two months. For more information about Novell's participation in the Citrix Ready program, please visit this Web site.\n\nAbout Novell, Inc.\n\nNovell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit www.novell.com.\n\nAbout Citrix\n\nCitrix Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its Citrix Delivery Center\u2122, Citrix Cloud Center\u2122 (C3) and Citrix Online product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering desktops and applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the world's largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2009 was $1.61 billion.\n\nFor Citrix InvestorsThis release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution, product demand and pipeline, economic and competitive factors, the Company's key strategic relationships, acquisition and related integration risks as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.\n\nCitrix\u00ae, Citrix Cloud Center\u2122, Citrix Delivery Center\u2122, Citrix Ready\u00ae and XenServer\u00ae are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Novell\u00ae, PlateSpin\u00ae, SUSE\u00ae and YES Certified\u2122 are trademarks of Novell Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners."}
-{"text": "King James Version\n\nThe Book\nof Ezra\n\nChapter 4\n\nThen they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the\nfathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye\ndo; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur,\nwhich brought us up hither.\n\nBut Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of\nIsrael, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto\nour God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as\nking Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.\n\nAnd in the days of Artaxerxes wrote\nBishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes\nking of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue,\nand interpreted in the Syrian tongue.\n\nThen wrote Rehum the chancellor, and\nShimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the\nApharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the\nBabylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,\n\nThat search may be made in the\nbook of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the\nrecords, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings\nand provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time:\nfor which cause was this city destroyed.\n\nThen sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the\nscribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the\nrest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.\n\nNow when the copy of king Artaxerxes'\nletter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions,\nthey went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by\nforce and power."}
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-{"text": "Mortality Rates After Total Hip Replacement Drop\n\nResearchers say four factors explain the decrease.\n\n| By Jennifer Davis\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\n#\n\nDeaths from hip replacement surgery were almost cut in half during an eight-year period in England and Wales, according to a new study published recently in The Lancet. The study authors report the drop is mainly due to four factors \u2013 the way the surgery is performed, choice of anesthesia and two methods of preventing blood clots \u2013 all of which are used in the United States, too.\n\nResearchers stress that death from hip replacement surgery is rare. But they say this is an important area of study given the number of total hip replacements done each year. There were more than 300,000 surgeries in the U.S. alone, according to a 2010 survey cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the number is expected to rise sharply in the coming years.\n\nThe findings are based on data from more than 400,000 first-time hip replacements to treat osteoarthritis, performed between April 2003 and December 2011. The information comes from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales, which has collected information on all total hip replacements done there since 2003.\n\nThe researchers found that, overall, 1,743 patients \u2013 or 0.4 percent \u2013 died within 90 days of surgery. But during the course of the eight-year study period, the mortality rate dropped by almost half, from 0.56 percent in 2003 to 0.29 percent in 2011. When the researchers analyzed the data, they found the drop was linked to \u201cfour simple clinical management strategies.\u201d\n\nOne of those is the \u201cposterior surgical approach,\u201d which means the surgeon accesses the hip through the buttocks muscles instead of coming in from the side or front. Senior study author Ashley W. Blom, MD, says this method preserves more muscle and has clear advantages from a mortality standpoint.\n\n\u201cThe posterior approach causes less bleeding and less muscle damage so patients walk better,\u201d explains Dr. Blom, a professor in the Musculoskeletal Research Unit in the School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Bristol in England.\n\nWhile the posterior approach is the most conventional, there are other surgical avenues. The anterior approach, which involves going through the front of the leg or thigh, is newer and growing in popularity because it is supposed to be less invasive. Surgeons don\u2019t cut through muscles, which some believe shortens recovery time. Other possibilities include the lateral approach through the side of the hip, or a combination of approaches. There is no conclusive research showing one approach is better than another.\n\nHip and knee surgeon Matthias Bostrom, MD, a professor of orthopaedic surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery, in New York City, says the posterior surgical approach is the standard approach used in the majority of hip replacements in the U.S.\n\nThe other three other factors linked to the drop in mortality rates include the use of spinal anesthesia (alone or with another type of anesthesia) and the use of blood clot prevention methods \u2013 both \u201cmechanical\u201d (compression devices that squeeze legs to encourage blood flow) and \u201cchemical\u201d (the use of blood thinners, in this case heparin, with or without aspirin). Preventing blood clots in the legs is very important because clots can travel to the heart or lungs and cause death.\n\nDr. Blom explains that spinal anesthetics give better pain relief so patients less frequently need opiates, like morphine, after surgery. This is important, he says, because opiates can cause respiratory depression, vomiting and confusion.\n\nThese four strategies are not without risks or challenges. In an accompanying commentary, authors point out the posterior approach can be associated with a higher rate of dislocation, which could require revision surgery. Spinal anesthesia has its own side effects and requires highly trained anesthesiologists, which could be impractical. And there is no consensus on the best way to prevent blood clots. The commentary commends the study but notes that \u201ctreatment of all patients with the approach proposed in this report might be impractical.\u201d\n\nAmong the study\u2019s other findings: The type of implant used for the hip replacement didn\u2019t appear to impact mortality; sicker patients (including those with severe kidney or liver disease, metastatic cancer and congestive heart failure) have a higher risk of mortality, as do older patients; and overweight patients appear to have a lower mortality risk. The authors caution that this last observation could be skewed because they didn\u2019t have BMI data for nearly 60 percent of study participants.\n\nDr. Bostrom says this study\u2019s findings offer helpful clues to U.S. patients about topics they should discuss with their surgeons before undergoing a hip replacement. \u201cYou want the right anesthetic. You want to make sure they are doing something to prevent blood clots, and the time-honored way of approaching the hip through the posterior approach works very well,\u201d he explains.\n\nAnd though this study is based on data from England and Wales, Dr. Bostrom says it makes sense to assume there has been a similar mortality drop among U.S. hip replacement patients because these four methods are being used at most American hospitals. But the U.S. is still working to create a similar-sized registry that could confirm the findings.\n\nThe American Joint Replacement Registry, the official registry sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, launched its current data collection efforts in 2012. Its long-term goal is to capture data on 90 percent of joint replacements done in the U.S., but currently it has data on only about 55,000 procedures. Slightly more than 200 hospitals have signed up for the registry so far. About half are currently submitting data and the others are in the process of setting up a system to do so.\n\n\u201cThey are trying to start [a registry] here in the U.S., but we are really far behind,\u201d Dr. Bostrom explains. \u201cThat\u2019s really too bad, because we do the most joint replacements anywhere in the world and it\u2019s a very powerful tool to figure out what is and isn\u2019t working for the benefit of our patients.\u201d"}
-{"text": "The Panerai PAM162 Luminor Marina Chronograph 44mm has been long discontinued. This popular model features a chronograph stop watch and is tough to find these days. We have a nice clean example in stock ready to ship or pick up.\n\nActual photos shown below.\n\nThe watch comes with boxes and papers.\n\nPriced at $5,995\n\nPlease email thewatchcollector@gmail.com directly or call Gil at 718-698-6373. Located in NYC for local pickup or worldwide delivery. Trades of Rolex or Panerai will be considered.\n\nATTENTION INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS:\n\nWe have been shipping to Europe and Asia for 16 years and we are experts in exporting, VAT and Customs documents. We can assist with any concerns you may have. Please call us at 718-698-6373 or email thewatchcollector@gmail.com for more details.\n\nOfficial Sponsoring Dealer of Timezone,Watchnet and WatchUSeek.\nMember IWJG\nProfessional Watch Dealer for 17 years\nwww.thewatchcollectorny.com\nwww.facebook.com/thewatchcollectorny\nwww.instagram.com/thewatchcollectorny"}
-{"text": "ny side\n\nGruppebestemmelsespolitik\n\nAPPLIES TO RESERVATION WITH PARTIES OVER 5 PEOPLE\nYour reservation has been flagged as a \u201cGroup Booking\u201d and therefore this policy shall apply. If you have booked via one of our booking partners (Booking.com, Tripadvisor, Airbnb etc.) then this policy is contained within the terms and conditions. If you disagree with any terms of this policy, you are entitled to cancel your reservation however, we reserve the right to retain/collect the full amount paid/owed\n\n1.1. All guests should treat each other with dignity and respect at all times. Anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated.\n\n1.2. Anti-social behaviour includes excessive noise between 11pm and 7am, causing alarm or distress to other persons within the building and but not limited to, failing to follow instruction from staff.\n\n1.3. Groups that have a majority occupancy within a dormitory (I,e. 8 group in a 10 bed dorm) will respect other guests within the room - lights/noise/nuisance etc.\n\n2.1. In the event that intentional damage has been caused to the fixtures, fittings or linen during your stay, the following charges will apply;\n\n2.2. Damage to the buildings furniture and or internal structure will be quantified and charged accordingly.\n\n3.0. Fire exits are just that - Exits in the event of a fire. If you open a fire exit, the fire alarm will sound! The building will evacuate and the fire service will arrive - In addition to charging you \u00a3150.00 we will also identify you to all the other guests standing in their dressing gowns outside! - Please, don\u2019t abuse the exits! The same applies to the fire extinguishers, use in non emergency will result in a \u00a3150 fine applied to your reservation)\n\nIf any of the above becomes applicable during your stay, your card used to make the reservation will be charged and you will be notified. If your card declines, we may take further action to recover the sums due.\n\nWe hate to be spoil sports and we realise that having rules is not what you want on your group adventure however, the minority spoil it for the majority and as a business, we must protect ourselves. Party on!\n\nYour agreement to this is taken as having been accepted should you proceed to book with us."}
-{"text": "15 January 2015\n\nMy Beauty Weakness- Makeup that is just too Pretty\n\nI've been doing a lot of re-organising and de-cluttering over the last few days. Yesterday I tackled my vast makeup collection and realised just how much of a beauty hoarder I am. I have a set of Ikea Helmer drawers that are full to brimming with makeup. I use a lot of it fairly regularly and some occasionally, however, it was only as I sorted through that I noticed a third type; makeup that I have bought but simply cannot bring myself to use because it is just too pretty.\n\nAll of the makeup above falls into this category. Take the Holika Holika Midnight Owl palette for example, I fell in love with this because of my owl addiction, the gentle colours, the originality of the entire thing, yet have only used it once because I don't want to blur the pattern. The same is the case with the Physicians Formula Cashmere Wear blusher, I just cannot bring myself to wear down at the beautiful textured top which gives the product its individuality.\nAlthough I've only just realised it, beauty brands have turned me into a hoarder by appealing to my desire to own something beautiful. I even have lipsticks swirled with pretty colours and with the bullet shaped into hearts. All designed to be looked at and cooed over rather than used.\nAnd that is exactly the point. I have realised that by making products look beautiful, brands have found a way to ensure that, even if I do not need a new pink toned blusher, or eye shadow palette, by making a product look so special and exclusive, people are always going to lust after it.\n\nI figure though that everyone has their weaknesses, I guess this is mine and I am a fickle person. I'm fine with that ...however, I do wish it didn't mean that I need to find room for my personal gallery of pretty things :P\n\nWhat are your beauty weaknesses? Do you fall for overly pretty products like I do?\n\nAnnie xx\n\nPS. thank you for all of the lovely feedback on my last post, they made me smile. I have received a few emails asking about my planner including how I use it and how I have organised it so I'm thinking about doing a post or two about that and how to create a pretty planner. Let me know if that's something you would be interested in seeing :) x\n\nI am totally guilty of this! I look at some of my makeup and think \"I NEVER wear this - I really should give this away.\" But I can't... it's just so pretty. I'm that way with handbags. My first two designer bags (purchased years ago) were agonized over endlessly until I made the plunge. Now I never carry them but I love them both so much, I just can't let them go. They're so pretty to look at!"}
-{"text": "Welcome to Our Web Site\n\nHistory: The dot painting and \u201cdot art\u201d, as it is called in Australia is a new kind of traditional art of Australian Aborigines and thus has its roots in the bark paintings, the body paint, soil and rock paintings. The elements of these paintings are dots, polka dots, concentric circles, lines, stripes, spirals, ornaments, footprints in the sand, animal and plant images.\n\nThe first people who immigrated to the continent were the aborigines, and Aboriginal ( lat . \u201cfrom the beginning\u201d, \u201cab origine\u201d =) called. The general terms \u201cAboriginal\u201d or \u201cAboriginal\u201d are from the Europeans and not used by the aborigines. In Australia we meet more the term \u201cIndigenous People\u201d. The various clans and tribes give names such as \u201cYolngu\u201d (north), \u201cMurri\u201d (East), \u201cKoori\u201d (Southeast), \u201cNanga\u201d (south), \u201cNyungar\u201d (southwest), \u201cWonghi\u201d (West) and many others.\n\nArt in the purposeless sense, that is only for the purposes of \u201cedification\u201d is only part of the art of the Aborigines from. She and most of all was an important expression of religious feeling Aboriginal art is as old as human existence and culture on the Australian continent, visual art finds its expression in cave and rock paintings, rock engravings, (transient) sand paintings, bark paintings and carvings and decoration of the living and dead human bodies. Ochre from the beginning was an important part of this art."}
-{"text": "alabama football offensive coordinator\n\nChip Kelly reportedly has no interest in the vacant Alabama offensive coordinator job. And if you believe Skip Bayless, that\u2019s probably for the best. Bayless, a polarizing Fox Sports personality, might...\n\nTUSCALOOSA, Ala. \u2014 Alabama football coach Nick Saban once again is on the hunt for an offensive coordinator. Steve Sarkisian accepted the offensive coordinator position with the Atlanta Falcons, the team...\n\nAlabama could be looking to hire a big name at offensive coordinator, again. Steve Sarkisian is leaving to take the offensive coordinator position with the Atlanta Falcons. Fox Sports\u2019 Bruce Feldman reported..."}
-{"text": "Monthly archives: June, 2014\n\nFruit and Veggie Co-ops\n\nAfter a year of wanting to join a fruit and veggie co-op, I finally found one that had everything I needed! There are a lot of them out there, and my biggest concerns were cost, variety, and amount of work involved. Many that I found required you to pay for the entire summer up front,\n\nShare this:\n\nSo, tomorrow I have THE appointment. You know the one, everyone has one at some time or another. The appointment that you put off and absolutely don\u2019t want to make because that may mean that something is really wrong with you. Suddenly, it could be real. Maybe it\u2019s the gynecologist, or a mammogram, or just\n\nI know, I know, not the healthiest of choices for a side dish, but every kid loves mac and cheese! I don\u2019t want to deprive my children of classic childhood treats just because we are a real food family. Over the past year or so, I\u2019ve realized that although it may not always be healthy,\n\nI received a bunch of tomatoes in my veggie share from the co-op last week and needed something to do with them. The twins love tomatoes, but no one else in the house generally just eats them so I have to incorporate them into things. I figured I\u2019d give salsa a try, and it turned\n\nAwhile back, I read an article on geocaching and found the idea of it fascinating. Now that it\u2019s getting warmer out, we decided to give it a try! You download an app or go to Geocaching. We started out with the free app, which lets you search for geocaches in your immediate area. I was\n\nI received a bar of original Ivory soap in the TLC VoxBox I received from Influenster this week and I almost couldn\u2019t contain my excitement. Not because we use Ivory soap, but because I never think to buy it and I knew just how I\u2019d use it. As the school year winds down, I thought\n\nDid I get your attention? My whole life I\u2019ve known that sodium is bad for you and causes hypertension and increases your risk of heart attack and stroke. I never cooked with salt and I never added salt to my vegetables or meats after they were cooked. What I never realized was that it\u2019s not"}
-{"text": "You are invited to the Club Marinduqueno Fellowship Night\n\nThe Club Marinduqueno, Inc., (CMI) invites you to its Fellowship Night this coming Thursday, June 30, 2016, 6:00 pm at Eastgate Center, EDSA Mandaluyong City.\n\nClub Marinduqueno, Inc. established in 1991 is one of the oldest non-governmental organization that provides various community outreach services in the Province of Marinduque. Among the many projects and initiatives of CMI are annual medical and dental mission, scholarship program to the less but deserving students, continuing education for teachers and deep well pump installation.\n\nThe CMI highly encourage young Marinduqueno professionals to become part of the organization.\n\nRomeo is the founder and chief correspondent of MNN. Concurrently, he is a researcher in a leading global professional services company. Myong, as he is fondly called by his friends, is a true Marinduqueno by heart who loves travelling and exploring places.\u200b"}
-{"text": "About\n\nA Little About Me\u2026I have been an artist for over 20+ years including web design, books, paintings, logos and more! Creating has always been my passion. I am also a published photographer in \u201cEverywhere Magazine\u201c.\n\nWhen not creating art, I am also a full time award winning actor. I have been in numerous plays, movies, television and voiceovers. My film, \u201cM is for Maleficent\u201d is now playing over in Germany and England and has been featured on a compilation DVD, \u201cThe World of Death\u201c. Please check out my main website at www.kristineknowlton.com\n\nCosplaying\u2026Yes, you heard right\u2026.I am a cosplayer, \u201cCarter Cosplay\u201c. I appear at over 50+ shows a year where I am also able to sell my art. Not only am I a cosplayer, I have been a judge and guest judge at many cosplay and costume contests. I also do multiple panels including, \u201cCosplay is for Everyone\u201d and \u201cVintage and Cosplay\u201c. I partner up with other cosplayers as we educate people on what cosplay is. Not just being a solo cosplayer, I am part of\n\u201cThe Philadelphia Avengers\u201d known as Aunt Peggy \ud83d\ude09 Please check out my site at www.cartercosplay.com\n\nMy Schooling\u2026\nI am a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for Web Design, Graphics, Multimedia and Photography. I also hold a BFA in Theatre from Stockton State College."}
-{"text": "Nestled in the Cherry Valley section of Leicester, the Twisted Fork stands as a local staple known for its authentic hollandaise sauce, eggs Benedict and outspoken chef. But when the doors stay shut for too long, regulars are left wondering why.\n\nCourtesy Jay Powell / Facebook\n\nChef Jay Powell, center, and his teammates at the recent 2016 World Food Championships in Alabama.\n\n\u201cMy hiatus a few weeks back was for good reason,\u201d explains Powell, Twisted Fork\u2019s owner and chef. \u201cI was in Orange Beach, Alabama, participating in the World Food Championships event and it was great. The chef who initially beat me in [Food Network\u2019s] \u2018Cooks vs. Cons,\u2019 Chef Vita Jarrin, called me to set up as teammates for the recipe challenge.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe best part was that the recipe category was focused on Benedicts!\u201d\n\nThe World Food Championships claims to be \u201cthe largest competition in food sport, where champions of previous events convene for a chance at winning the ultimate food crown and a share of $300,000.\u201d\n\nWhile chefs Powell and Jarrin finished in sixth place, the experience was a big win for Powell. \u201cIt\u2019s OK we came in sixth place because next year I am going back and I am going big,\u201d he said. \u201cI am going to call on some local chefs I know in the area and build an incredible team.\u201d\n\nIf you have ever met Powell, he\u2019s probably told you he is \u201cliving the dream,\u201d and you\u2019d have a hard time arguing with him. Participating in the second season of the \u201cCooks vs. Cons\u201d reality cooking competition is only a small highlight of his career. Beyond his involvement in various competitions and hosting private events, it\u2019s entertaining his patrons that makes Powell a local gem.\n\nWhen it comes to food, Powell takes into account not only his life experiences but those of his kitchen colleagues throughout his culinary journey. With a heavy Italian and French influence, Powell \u2014 who grew up in Millbury and graduated Worcester Academy in 1980 \u2014 lets his inspiration exude into his dishes, along with quality products and a healthy portion of heritage.\n\n\u201cI get a lot of my inspiration from my grandparents. I spent most of my time around my grandma. While most 7- and 8-year-old boys were playing on the beach, I was crying over the fact that I had to go to the beach instead of spending time in the kitchen cooking with my grandma,\u201d he jokes. \u201cMy grandma is Bermuda\u2019s Julia Child, I mean, really. She cooks incredible traditional French dishes and I\u2019ve been cooking in the kitchen ever since I could remember.\n\n\u201c \u2018Stage\u2019 means to go to work for other chefs for free to build your experience, and I took that every chance I got. That is what developed my flavor profile.\u201d\n\nAt the Twisted Fork, open since early 2009, everything is made from organic foods, particularly the sauces. Then there\u2019s the garden behind the bistro and another on a half-acre in the Rochdale section of town.\n\nThe restaurant grows its own vegetables and herbs from heirloom seeds. \u201cWe grow anything between cucumbers and tomatoes to eggplants, squash and zucchini. We even have fresh herbs and edible flowers growing,\u201d Powell said.\n\nCourtesy Jay Powell / Facebook\n\nPowell has operated the Twisted Fork since 2009.\n\nAlready featuring a dinner menu that changes every few weeks, Powell is preparing the eatery to do the same with breakfast and lunch. \u201cWinter is here and our menu will reflect heartier dishes. Our skillet dishes will be added as well. We will serve French meat pies and quiches, just to name a few.\u201d\n\nAlthough Powell, in his early 50\u2019s, certainly appears to be living the dream, he wasn\u2019t always on this path to culinary heaven.\n\n\u201cI have been cooking since I was 4 years old and for years my mom wanted me to attend Johnson & Wales University and graduate with a culinary degree. But it took me a while to get into it.\n\n\u201cI initially graduated from Central New England College with an engineering degree and in my 20s I started Uncle Jay\u2019s Homemade Chili and Catering, a catering business out of Oxford,\u201d he says. \u201cBut when I was in my 40s, I called my mom and told her I was enrolling at Johnson & Wales University, and she cried [tears of joy].\u201d\n\nPowell\u2019s mom is Connie Powell, who along with husband Guy owns Crystal Caves, a family entertainment park in Auburn.\n\n\u201cThis life has been like a ride at an amusement park. I never want anything to end but I also can\u2019t wait for the next part.\u201d\n\n\u201cI make our menu according to traditions and quality. My favorite moment is when I can spark a memory through my dishes. I love when people say, \u2018I love this. It reminds me of my grandma\u2019s cooking\u2019,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen I am able to make people remember their home and family, it truly makes me happy.\u201d\n\nGiselle Rivera-Flores intertwines her love of all things innovative with her passions for writing. A writer for Worcester Sun and Mass Foodies, Giselle plays an active role in the Worcester community. As founder of The Learning Hub, a STEAM maker program for local libraries (and co-founder of Woopreneur, a branch of IGWorcesterMA) Giselle connects students with academic tools of success during the day while connecting the entrepreneurial community through events and workshops at night. Working as a professional writer with an extensive background in business development, she has evolved into a connoisseur of words and brand. Currently working on a book titled, \"Smash Goals,\" Giselle resides in Worcester with her husband and two daughters.\n\n2 thoughts on \u201cHidden Gem: Uncle Jay\u2019s Twisted Fork\u201d\n\nI have known Chef Jay for 30+ years and I will tell you that not only is the food THE best in Worcester County, but Chef Jay is also THE best man, the best chef, and by the way, quite a hoot, and if you love food, or even if you don\u2019t but you love being around good people in an atmosphere of happiness and camaraderie, the Twisted Fork is the \u2013 THE \u2013 place to go. We are all fortunate to know Jay and be able to share in what he puts on his table.\n\nIn Case You Missed It\n\nMany people have asked us about news we\u2019ll be covering, but an equal number have asked questions about how the Sun\u2019s website, worcester.ma, will work. Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions:\nAre you a paid site?"}
-{"text": "Hide Property DetailsDescription from the manager\n\nDescription from the manager\n\nFour exceptional villas for rent in Seminyak, Bali for an exceptional stay.\n\nTo ensure you have a peaceful and comfortable stay here, Sakova Villa 0014 are well-hidden brand new villas in contemporary Balinese style, totally equipped and laid around a 9m long swimming pool with wall of water, and Buddha bar.\n\nAll the necessary comforts and more are here to make your stay an exceptional experience in a human scale residence. The area is calm and close to the tourist attractions of Bali. Everything is in place for the most unforgettable of your holidays ever.\n\nThe staff (cleaning ladies, gardeners), very discreet and efficient, have been through a thorough training to make your stay here absolutely unforgettable.\nEach villa is equipped with WIFI, TV, own bathrooms.\nHere are the basic facilities provided :\n- Luxury modern, 1- 3 rooms entirely equipped\n- Air conditioning in each room with private bathroom / toilets semi-open\n- Living Room and sitting / dining / kitchen with view / French doors on the beautiful view \u2013 tropical gardens\n- 9m long swimming pool \u2013 a wall of water, a Buddha bar, a TV room with flatscreen / DVD / sono / wifi\n- Fully equipped kitchen, an external / internal kitchen with fridge and deep freeze\n- Washing / linen / laundry, cleaning lady and gardener\n- A cooker on request\n- Taxis for airport transfers ( from airport to villa)\nIncluded in the service :\nCleaning lady and gardener 6/7 days, night guard from 18.00 PM to 06.00 AM, airport transfers (as from one week from date of arrival), washing / laundry, personal linen, provided and upkept / changed regularly, private parking.\nBaby bed available on request.\nExtra services at an already negotiated price :\n- At your disposition motorbike or car with or without driver\n- Guide\n- Massage at your villa\n- Personal laundry services\n- Delivery of bread, patisserie, drinks, Indonesian takeaways, pizza, Mac Do, confection of local meals from beginning to end in your kitchen (one of our employees will accompany you to the local market and will be delighted in concocting you a local menu at an incredibly low price)\nThe ideal location :\n- Seminyak - Kerobokan\n- Visit the great South, from temple Tanah to Nusa Dua\n- Jimbaran, with the fish market and tasting on the beach\n- 1.6 km from the Seminyak beach, famous for its surf waves\n- Kuta at only 5 km : \"Very crazy atmosphere,\" very well known for it's night life.\n- 3 minutes from Seminyak famous for his Grand Avenues : ideal for shopping and restaurants.\n- 25 minutes from the airport.\nA prime location : calm and serenity, not far from the beaches and busy streets (restaurants, bars, etc).\nAll payment included in the price with internet and electricity. For a New Year Period (20 Dec - 15 Jan and 01 july - 31 Aug) the prices are +20%. And Discount 10% if stay more than 2 weeks.\nEnjoy your stay here ! thorough training to make your stay here absolutely unforgettable.\n\nEach villa is equipped with WIFI, TV, own bathrooms.\n\nHere are the basic facilities provided :\n\n- Luxury modern, 1- 3 rooms entirely equipped\n\n- Air conditioning in each room with private bathroom / toilets semi-open\n\n- Delivery of bread, patisserie, drinks, Indonesian takeaways, pizza, Mac Do, confection of local meals from beginning to end in your kitchen (one of our employees will accompany you to the local market and will be delighted in concocting you a local menu at an incredibly low price)\n\nThe ideal location :\n\n- Seminyak - Kerobokan\n\n- Visit the great South, from temple Tanah to Nusa Dua\n\n- Jimbaran, with the fish market and tasting on the beach\n\n- 1.6 km from the Seminyak beach, famous for its surf waves\n\n- Kuta at only 5 km : \"Very crazy atmosphere,\" very well known for it's night life.\n\n- 3 minutes from Seminyak famous for his Grand Avenues : ideal for shopping and restaurants.\n\n- 25 minutes from the airport.\n\nA prime location : calm and serenity, not far from the beaches and busy streets (restaurants, bars, etc).\n\nAll payment included in the price with internet and electricity. For a New Year Period (20 Dec - 15 Jan and 01 july - 31 Aug) the prices are +20%. And Discount 10% if stay more than 2 weeks.\n\nAbout Us\n\nLove for FlipKey\n\nAs featured in USA TODAY and recommended by Travel + Leisure in its annual Villa Guide:\n\nFlipKey Elsewhere\n\nNew to FlipKey?\n\nFlipKey is a vacation rental marketplace with more than 300,000 rentals around the world. Find the perfect place to stay for your trip, and get great value along with the space, privacy and amenities of home."}
-{"text": "Tableau User Group \u2013 Dublin\n\nIntroduction\n\nAt the end of July, I had the honour of speaking at the Dublin Tableau User Group in the Groupon offices in Dublin. My aim was to talk about the wider Tableau Community and the benefits it can offer in developing Tableau expertise, improving at data visualisation and making valuable connections with like-minded people. The title of the presentation was \u2018It takes a community\u2019. When my daughter was born two years ago, I often heard the expression \u2018It takes a community to raise a child\u2019. In my experience you need the input, contribution and support of a wide range of people, as parents alone can\u2019t do it. By the same token, there is a large community of Tableau users who offer support, advice and encouragement to others who are all striving to become better in their professional fields and at leveraging the power of Tableau. The concept of a community is an interesting one, and one that is changing as \u2018digital\u2019 becomes the norm. We connect with people using social media and are building relationships with people across the globe. In the case of the Tableau Community, we are obviously not talking about people who live in the same neighbourhood. The Tableau Community is made up of its users, your colleagues, peers and people across the world using the software. It\u2019s full of people who truly believe in Tableau\u2019s ability to help people see and understand their data and want to spread the word and assist others in doing just that. If you\u2019re not availing of the support and inspiration from the generous people out there, you are missing out on a valuable resource. As the software evolves, people are continually on a journey, learning new things and sharing with people as they go. It is remarkable how willing people are to share their knowledge and expertise. Below I provide an overview of the different areas that I covered. There is a link to the full presentation deck on Tableau Public here.\n\nTableau Public and Twitter\n\nTableau Public is a free version of the software that anyone can use to publish visualisations online. You can download the public version of Tableau Desktop and then create and publish to a profile on Tableau Public, developing a portfolio of work. It can be a brilliant way to build your personal or corporate brand (see examples from Boeing and McKinsey). You can follow authors and get inspired by what people have created, scrolling through your activity feed for inspiration. In many cases you can download the work of others and it\u2019s a great way to learn. You can reverse-engineer the visualisations that you find interesting, examining calculated fields and uncovering design tricks. You can also \u2018favourite\u2019 visualisations you like and these get stored on your profile.\n\nMany people like to share visualisations they have created on Twitter, providing images or links to their profiles on Tableau Public. It\u2019s a way for people to easily share ideas and connect with others. I would recommend following Tableau and Tableau Public to get the latest updates and see what people are creating. There are a few helpful hashtags below if you want to see what some of the people in the community are getting up to:\n\nAmbassadors and Zen Masters\n\nAmbassadors and Zen Masters are integral members of the Tableau Community and get recognised by Tableau for the massive contribution they make. They are awarded these prestigious titles for the huge efforts they make, in terms of leading the community and supporting others. There is a nice blog written by Emily Chenhere which showcases some of the impressive work recently produced by some of the members of these two dynamic groups.\n\n-Ambassadors\n\nThe Ambassadors are going to great lengths to share information and ideas across the community and get some nice perks for their efforts. You can read more about what it means to be an ambassador and see who they all are here. There are four branches of Ambassadors:\n\n\u2022 Tableau Public Ambassadors \u2013 regularly engaging with Tableau Public and sharing tips & tricks \u2022 Social Media Ambassadors \u2013 sharing information and ideas on social media and encouraging others online \u2022 Tableau Community Ambassadors \u2013 going the extra mile to answer questions on the Community forum \u2022 User Group Leader Ambassadors \u2013 supporting their local communities by leading user groups\n\n-Zen Masters\n\nZen Masters are users who have developed an exceptionally high level of Tableau expertise and share this knowledge freely with others in the community. You will see them regularly sharing tutorials and blogs, which help educate and inspire the wider community. They know the software inside out and their enthusiasm for Tableau is very evident. The Tableau website has more detail here and includes a short bio for each individual. They receive the coveted Zen Master Rock and every year get to stand up on stage at the Tableau Conference as a recognition for their efforts. I have created an interactive visualisation so you can easily follow them on Tableau Public here if you wish to do so.\n\nBlogging\n\nBlogging is a very popular way of communicating across the Tableau Community. It\u2019s a way for people to share ideas, describe their processes, teach others and various other reasons beyond. Sometimes a 140-character tweet just isn\u2019t enough to formulate an opinion, so it can be a great platform for formulating your thoughts and getting your voice out there. Eva Murray has written a great blog on the advantages of blogging which is the first one listed below.\n\nLeveraging Community Projects\n\nThis is a fantastic initiative run by Chloe Tseng and involves linking up Non-profit organisations with people who are passionate about data visualisation. Volunteers create data visualisations and infographics and share them on Twitter with the hashtag #VizForSocialGood. A select few are chosen and used to raise awareness and promote the Non-profit\u2019s agenda across their various channels. Here is a link to a visualisation created by Brit Cava for UNICEF, with a compelling call for action at the end.\n\nThis is a weekly project run by Andy Kriebel and Eva Murray who work tirelessly to support all those who participate. They present a challenge to do a makeover of a visualisation that has previously been published and make the data accessible on the site (normally every Sunday). People share their work on Twitter with the hashtag #MakeoverMonday. This was a pivotal point for me in terms of engaging with the Tableau Community and sharing my work publicly. It makes up approximately two thirds of the workbooks on my profile. I devoted a full slide to this project and will be writing a more in-depth blog on this separately as I think it\u2019s warranted. If you want to improve your Tableau skills, learn more about data visualisation in general and connect with a group of passionate people, then I\u2019d highly recommend you check it out. Below is a selection of the work that has been created across different weeks and captures the variety of work produced from week to week (authors below include Mike Cisneros, Lindsey Poulter, Michael Mixon, Athan Mavrantonis, Pooja Gandhi, Neil Richards and David A Krupp). From slick, corporate style dashboards to beautifully designed works of art and fantastic examples of data journalism, there is something to inspire everyone. It\u2019s important to add that there is no requirement to produce something elaborate. On a regular basis, visualisaions that are simple but very effective are highlighted for their merit. People of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. There are now weekly webinars as a way for Andy and Eva to provide feedback to people who participate and request it. They also write a weekly recap blog.\n\nExamples\n\nI provided three examples where I\u2019ve found inspiration from the work of others and learned something new as a result. The three different areas I looked at are below. I have included images for examples 1 -3 but lease refer to the full presentation deck if you want to get a better view.\n\n1. Tile Maps\n\nThese are like geographical maps, but don\u2019t reflect the exact locations, rather each state/county/country is represented by a shape on a grid. A benefit is that each location has equal real estate, so it allows you to see patterns more clearly. Below I have visualisations by Brittany Fong, Matt Chambers and Neil Richards.\n\nThese are worksheets/graphs that are aligned against the margins of other views to visually summarise the data contained within. Histograms, or bar graphs, can work really well to give supplementary information to heat maps or highlight tables in Tableau. Below I show visualisations by Sarah Bartlett, Pablo Saenz de Tejada and Rodrigo Calloni.\n\nThe example below shows a visualisation created by Adam Crahen with some Tour de France figures dating back to the start of the 20th century. There are gaps for World War I and World War II. The default in Tableau would be to join the lines so that the gap wouldn\u2019t be apparent. Eva Murray had mentioned in a blog that Adam had taken this approach, which brought it to my attention. I then downloaded Adam\u2019s workbook to examine how he did it.\n\nAdditional Resources\n\nBooks \u2013 In addition to learning from blogs, it\u2019s hard to beat a good book when it comes to expanding your knowledge and awareness, and stimulating your mind. I shared the three books I\u2019m currently dipping in and out of and am really enjoying:\n\nPodcast \u2013 I also love listening to Tableau Ambassadors Emily Kund and Matt Francis on the Tableau Wannabe podcast. It\u2019s a great way to keep up-to-date with some of the activities in the Tableau Community and hear from Tableau employees and influential community members.\n\nUseful tips\n\nI highlighted a few tips that I\u2019ve found useful when approaching data visualisation and publishing online:\n\nGive thought to chart type and understand limitations associated with some options\n\nConsider your audience\n\nThink about strong titles, tooltips and annotations\n\nBe deliberate about your use of colour\n\nNote data sources and give credit\n\nBelow are some useful links if you want to deepen your expertise in the area of data visualisation and best practise:"}
-{"text": "Mini Trampoline FAQ\n\nQ. Which is better, bungee- or spring-supported trampolines?\nA. When it comes to exercise, bungee trampolines offer the widest range of health and fitness benefits. However, they do tend to be more expensive and for certain movements, such as jogging in place, the firmer bounce of a spring trampoline can be helpful.\n\nQ. Should I wear shoes when jumping on a mini trampoline?\nA. A pair of supportive running or tennis shoes with good traction will help prevent injury while exercising. That said, many people prefer jumping with bare feet. Shoeless jumping can also be beneficial for strengthening foot muscles and improving flexibility. Jumping with socks or unsuitable footwear is not recommended and can lead to serious injury."}
-{"text": "President Donald Trump has approved declaring the California wildfires a major disaster, the White House said on Sunday, and ordered federal aid to be provided.\n\nHis move, which will make federal funding available for the most stricken areas, comes after California governor Jerry Brown called for federal help.\n\nIt comes as the wildfires in northern California have spread to more than two-thirds the size of Los Angeles as more residents were ordered to evacuate their homes.\n\nIn a statement the White House said: \u201cAssistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. \u2026\n\nAfter raising prices at the gas pump last year, Gov. Jerry Brown wants to increase taxes on Californians again to overhaul the 911 emergency services system.\n\nThe Brown administration is asking the state Legislature to erase an existing tax on in-state phone calls in exchange for a flat fee on cell phone lines, landlines and other connected devices capable of contacting 911. The tax, estimated to start at a monthly rate of 34 cents per line, is expected to generate $175.4 million in the first calendar year \u2014 more than double the current tax \u2014 with the possibility of ballooning to over $400 million based on need in later years.\n\n\u201cIt is an increase in an existing surcharge to modernize an antiquated system that is critical to be able to provide timely emergency information to Californians,\u201d said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the California Department of Finance. \u201cThis falls into a fundamental purpose of government, which is protecting public safety.\u201d\n\nThere\u2019s little disagreement that 911 technology desperately needs an upgrade in California. The system dates back to the 1960s and the state admits it\u2019s failed in times of crisis. Five years ago, the California Technology Agency reported that many of the network\u2019s radio parts had been discontinued by the manufacturer. \u2026\n\nLast week, University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC regents generated positive headlines with their decision to reduce tuition for in-state students \u2013 the first cut since 1999-2000 \u2013 as well as their success in getting a 4 percent funding hike from the state Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown.\n\nThe announcement that total annual in-state charges would drop from $12,630 to $12,370 \u2013 a 0.5 percent reduction \u2013 was framed as reflecting both UC\u2019s relative fiscal health and a truce between UC leaders and UC student activists.\n\nNevertheless, the UC system continues to have a murky financial future, with billions in unmet infrastructure needs and underfunded pension liabilities. And while some past UC presidents worked hard to establish strong relationships with other state leaders, Napolitano appears to have relatively few allies in the state Capitol, with many lawmakers still upset with the former Arizona governor over her office\u2019s interference with an audit the Legislature had ordered. As for the governor, he has complained for years that UC is too quick to seek higher state aid or higher tuition and has never engaged in meaningful belt-tightening.\n\nAgainst this backdrop, chances for a major increase in state funding seems a long shot \u2013 though that may change with a new governor in January.\n\nYet the need for such increased aid \u2013 or the billions that could be raised with future tuition hikes \u2013 is plain, many UC leaders believe.\n\nIn January, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ made a presentation to regents that amounted to a plea for much more funding. Christ said her campus had a $700 million backlog of needed maintenance alone. The San Francisco Chroniclereported that every campus except for recently opened UC Merced had at least $100 million in maintenance needs, topped by Berkeley, followed by UCLA at $677 million.\n\n20 years of not funding pensions backfires\n\nBut Christ and other UC leaders face an even more daunting challenge in paying for pensions, especially given the coming wave of retirements in UC\u2019s aging workforce. That\u2019s because UC\u2019s estimated $15 billion in unfunded pension liabilities is far bigger than it would have been were it not for the decision of UC officials to contribute nothing to the pension fund from 1990 to 2010.\n\nUC\u2019s pension system has more than 80 percent in projected funding for its long-term liabilities and is in significantly better shape than CalPERS or CalSTRS. Nonetheless, a September analysis by the Los Angeles Times noted how the 20-year pension payment holiday had backfired on UC. The analysis detailed how the steadily growing cost of retirement benefits was reducing funds available for \u201ccore fund\u201d basic expenses. As of 2016, more than 5,400 retirees from the UC system made pensions of $100,000 or more.\n\nUnder pressure from the Brown administration, Napolitano\u2019s office has taken some actions to rein in pension costs. UC employees hired beginning in July 2016 have a cap on how much of their final pay can be used to determine pensions. Earlier this year, regents also approved a plan to allow new hires to choose between having a defined-benefit pension or a 401(k)-style account.\n\nBut the plan\u2019s fate is unclear after it faced strong objections from Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, and government unions.\n\nEnvironmental extremism increasingly dominates California. The state is making a concerted attack on energy companies in the courts; a bill is pending in the Legislature to fine waiters $1,000 \u2014 or jail them \u2014 if they offer people plastic straws; and UCLA issued a report describing pets as a climate threat. The state has taken upon itself the mission of limiting the flatulence of cows and other farm animals. As the self-described capital of the anti-Trump resistance, California presents itself as the herald of a green, more socially and racially just society. That view has been utterly devastated by a new report from Chapman University, in which coauthors David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez demonstrate that California\u2019s draconian anti-climate-change regime has exacerbated economic, geographic and racial inequality. And to make things worse, California\u2019s efforts to save the planet have actually done little more than divert greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG) to other states and countries.\n\nJerry Brown\u2019s return to Sacramento in 2011 brought back to power one of the first American politicians to embrace the \u201climits of growth.\u201d Brown has long worried about resource depletion (including such debunked notions as \u201cpeak oil\u201d), taken a Malthusian approach to population growth, and opposed middle-class suburban development. Like many climate-change activists, he has limitless confidence in the possibility for engineering a green socially just society through \u201cthe coercive power of the state,\u201d but little faith that humans can find ways to address the challenge of climate change. If Brown\u2019s \u201cera of limits\u201d message in the 1970s failed to catch on with the state\u2019s voters, who promptly elected two Republican governors in his wake, he has found in climate change a more effective rallying cry, albeit one that often teeters at the edge of hysteria. Few politicians can outdo Brown for alarmism; recently, he predicted that climate change will cause 3 to 4 billion deaths, leading eventually to human extinction. To save the planet, he openly endorses a campaign to brainwash the masses.\n\nThe result: relentless ratcheting-up of climate-change policies. In 2016, the state committed to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. In response, the California Air Resource Board (CARB), tasked with making the rules required to achieve the state\u2019s legislated goals, took the opportunity to set policies for an (unlegislated) target of an 80 percent reduction below 1990 levels by 2050.\n\nBrown and his supporters often tout their policies as in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, note Friedman and Hernandez, but California\u2019s reductions under the agreement require it to make cutbacks double those pledged by Germany and other stalwart climate-committed countries, many of which have actually increased their emissions in recent years, despite their Paris pledges.\n\nGovernor Brown has preened in Paris, at the Vatican, in China, in newspapers, and on national television. But few have considered how his policies have worked out in practice. California is unlikely to achieve even its modest 2020 goals; nor is it cutting emissions faster than other states lacking such dramatic legislative mandates. Since 2007, when the Golden State\u2019s \u201clandmark\u201d global-warming legislation was passed, California has accounted for barely 5 percent of the nation\u2019s GHG reductions. The combined total reductions achieved over the past decade by Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Indiana are about 5 times greater than California\u2019s. Even Texas, that bogeyman of fossil-fuel excess, has been reducing its per-capita emissions more rapidly.\n\nIn fact, virtually nothing that California does will have an impact on global climate. California per-capita emissions have always been relatively low, due to the mild climate along the coast, which reduces the need for much energy consumption on heating and cooling. In 2010, the state accounted for less than 1 percent of global GHG emissions; the disproportionately large reductions sought by state activists and bureaucrats would have no discernible effect on global emissions under the Paris Agreement. \u201cIf California ceased to exist in 2030,\u201d Friedman and Hernandez note, \u201cglobal GHG emissions would be still be 99.54 percent of the Paris Agreement total.\u201d\n\nMany of California\u2019s \u201cgreen\u201d policies may make matters worse. California, for example, does not encourage biomass energy use, though the state\u2019s vast forested areas \u2014some 33 million acres \u2014 could provide renewable energy and reduce the excessive emissions from wildfires caused by years of forest mismanagement. Similarly, California greens have been adamant in shutting down nuclear power plants, which continue to reduce emissions in France, and they refuse to count hydro-electricity as renewable energy. As a result, California now imports roughly one-third of its electricity from other states, the highest percentage of any state, up from 25 percent in 2010. This is part of what Hernandez and Friedman show to be California\u2019s increasing propensity to export energy production and GHG emissions, while maintaining the fiction that the state has reduced its total carbon output.\n\nOverall, California tends to send its \u201cdirty work\u201d \u2014 whether for making goods or in the form of fossil fuels \u2014 elsewhere. Unwanted middle- and working-class people, driven out by the high cost of California\u2019s green policies, leave, taking their carbon footprints to other places, many of which have much higher per-capita emission rates. Net migration to other, less temperate states and countries has been large enough to offset the annual emissions cuts within the state. Similarly, the state\u2019s regulatory policies make it difficult for industrial firms to expand or even to remain in California. Green-signaling firms like Apple produce most of their tangible products abroad, mainly in high-GHG emitting China, while other companies, like Facebook and Google, tend to place energy-intensive data centers in other, higher GHG emission states. The study estimates that GHG emissions just from California\u2019s international imports in 2015, and not even counting imports from the rest of the U.S., amounted to about 35 percent of the state\u2019s total emissions.\n\nCalifornia\u2019s green regulators predict that the implementation of ever-stricter rules related to climate will have a \u201csmall\u201d impact on the economy. They point to strong economic and job growth in recent years as evidence that strict regulations are no barrier to prosperity. Though the state\u2019s economic growth is slowing, and now approaches the national average, a superficial look at aggregate performance makes a seemingly plausible case for even the most draconian legislation. California, as the headquarters for three of the nation\u2019s five largest companies by market capitalization \u2014 Alphabet, Apple and Facebook \u2014 has enjoyed healthy GDP growth since 2010. But in past recoveries, the state\u2019s job and income growth was widely distributed by region and economic class; since 2007, growth has been uniquely concentrated in one region \u2014 the San Francisco Bay Area, where employment has grown by nearly 17 percent, almost three times that of the rest of the state, with growth rates tumbling compared with past decades.\n\nSome of these inequities are tied directly to policies associated with climate change. High electricity prices, and the war on carbon emissions generally, have undermined the state\u2019s blue-collar sectors, traditionally concentrated in Los Angeles and the interior counties. These sectors have all lost jobs since 2007. Manufacturing employment, highly sensitive to energy-related and other regulations, has declined by 160,000 jobs since 2007. California has benefited far less from the national industrial resurgence, particularly this past year. Manufacturing jobs\u2014along with those in construction and logistics, also hurt by high energy prices\u2014have long been key to upward mobility for non-college-educated Californians.\n\nAs climate-change policies have become more stringent, California has witnessed an unprecedented level of bifurcation between a growing cadre of high-income earners and a vast, rapidly expanding poor population. Meantime, the state\u2019s percentage of middle-income earners\u2014 people making between $75,000 and $125,000\u2014has fallen well below the national average. This decline of the middle class even occurs in the Bay Area, notes a recent report from the California Budget and Policy Center, where in 1989 the middle class accounted for 56 percent of all households in Silicon Valley, but by 2013, only 45.7 percent. Lower-income residents accounted for 30.3 percent of Silicon Valley\u2019s households in 1989, and that number grew to 34.8 percent in 2013.\n\nPerhaps the most egregious impact on middle and working-class residents can be seen in housing, where environmental regulations, often tied directly to climate policies, have discouraged construction, particularly in the suburbs and exurbs. The state\u2019s determination to undo the primarily suburban, single-family development model in order to \u201csave the planet\u201d has succeeded both in raising prices well beyond national norms and creating a shortfall of some 3 million homes.\n\nAs shown in a recent UC Berkeley study, even if fully realized, the state\u2019s proposals to force denser housing would only reach about 1 percent of its 2030 emissions goals. Brown and his acolytes ignore the often-unpredictable consequences of their actions, insisting that density will reduce carbon emissions while improving affordability and boosting transit use. Yet, as Los Angeles has densified under its last two mayors, transit ridership has continued to drop, in part, notes a another UC Berkeley report, because incentives for real-estate speculation have driven the area\u2019s predominantly poor transit riders further from trains and buses, forcing many to purchase cars.\n\nUndaunted, California plans to impose even stricter regulations, including the mandatory installation of solar panels on new houses, which could raise pricesby roughly $20,000 per home. This is only the latest in a series of actions that undermines the aspirations of people who still seek \u201cthe California dream;\u201d since 2007, California homeownership rates have dropped far more than the national average. By 2016, the overall homeownership rate in the state was just under 54 percent, compared with 64 percent in the rest of the country.\n\nThe groups most affected by these policies, ironically, are those on whom the ruling progressives rely for electoral majorities. Millennials have seen a more rapid decline in homeownership rates compared with their cohort elsewhere. But the biggest declines have been among historically disadvantaged minorities \u2014 Latinos and African-Americans. Latino homeownership rates in California are well below the national average. In 2016, only 31 percent of African-Americans in the Bay Area owned homes, well below the already low rate of 41 percent black homeownership in the rest of nation. Worse yet, the state takes no account of the impact of these policies on poorer Californians. Overall poverty rates in California declined in the decade before 2007, but the state\u2019s poverty numbers have risen during the current boom. Today, 8 million Californians live in poverty, including 2 million children, by far the most of any state. The state\u2019s largest city, Los Angeles, is also now by some measurements America\u2019s poorest big city.\n\nTo allay concerns about housing affordability, the state has allocated about $300 million from its cap-and-trade funds for housing, a meager amount given that the cost of building affordable housing in urban areas can exceed $700,000 per unit. These benefits are dwarfed by those that wealthy Californians enjoy for the purchase of electric cars and home solar: Tesla car buyers with average incomes of $320,000 per year got more than $300 million in federal and state subsidies by early 2015 alone. By contrast, in early 2018, state electricity prices were 58 percent higher, and gasoline over 90 cents per gallon higher, than the national average, disproportionately hurting ethnic minorities, the working class, and the poor. Based on cost-of-living estimation tools from the Census Bureau, 28 percent of African-Americans in the state live in poverty, compared with 22 percent nationally. Fully one-third of Latinos, now the state\u2019s largest ethnic group, live in poverty, compared with 21 percent outside the state.\n\nIn a normal political environment, such disparities would spark debate, not only among conservatives, but also traditional Democrats. Some, like failed independent candidate and longtime environmentalist Michael Shellenberger, have expressed the view that California\u2019s policies have made it not \u201cthe most progressive state\u201d but \u201cthe most racist one.\u201d Recently, some 200 veteran civil rights leaders sued CARB, on the basis that state policies are skewed against the poor and minorities. So far, their voices have been largely ignored. The state\u2019s prospective next governor, Gavin Newsom, seems eager to embrace and expand Brown\u2019s policies, and few in the legislature seem likely to challenge them. The Republicans, for now, look incapable of mounting a challenge.\n\nThis leaves California on a perilous path toward greater class and racial divides, increasing poverty, and ever-more strenuous regulation. Other ways to reduce greenhouse gases \u2014 such as planting trees, more efficient transportation, and making suburbs more sustainable \u2014 should be on the table. The Hernandez-Friedman report could be a first step toward addressing these issues, but however it happens, a return to rationality is needed in the Golden State.\n\nJoel Kotkin serves as Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Center for Opportunity Urbanism (COU).\n\nA new push by the beverage industry is slowing the expansion of soda taxes in California and elsewhere.\n\nCalifornia cities pioneered soda taxes as a way to combat obesity, diabetes and heart disease, but the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday bowed to pressure from beverage companies and reluctantly banned local taxes on soda for the next 12 years.\n\nIt follows similar bans recently passed in Arizona and Michigan. Voters in Oregon will decide on a statewide ban in November. The American Beverage Association, which represents Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and others, has backed the moves after several cities passed taxes on sugary drinks in recent years.\n\nCalifornia\u2019s ban is part of a last-minute maneuver to block a beverage industry-backed ballot measure that would make it much harder for cities and counties to raise taxes of any kind. The ABA said in a statement the legislation is about keeping groceries, including drinks, affordable.\n\nWhen the annual California budget debate began inearnest with Gov. Jerry Brown\u2019s release of a proposed 2018-19 fiscal plan in January, progressives were ready to go with a long list of new spending proposals. Many hoped to both expand the social safety net and to make existing state welfare programs more generous.\n\nBut nearly six months later, as final work on the budget wraps up, Brown\u2019s dominance of state finances has gone all but unchallenged. Any assumption that a lame-duck governor in his final year would have less clout has long since been disproved.\n\nFor the fiscal year which begins Sunday, the state will have a $138.6 billion general fund. Spending on special funds dedicated to specific programs and on bond debt will bring the total overall budget to $199.6 billion.\n\nBrown made some concessions during the budget process. The state will spend an additional $600 million on programs to help local governments deal with homelessness; give an additional $344 million to the CSU and UC systems; and provide $90 million more for monthly CALworks welfare payments.\n\nBut new spending is dwarfed by the billions of dollars the state continues to set aside in reserves. Nearly $14 billion is expected to be in the state\u2019s \u201crainy day\u201d fund and $2 billion more in other funds by the end of fiscal 2018-19 \u2013 so much so that the state may soon have to cut the sales tax to prevent reserves from exceeding constitutional limits.\n\nThe governor has emphasized building up reserves because of his frequently voiced belief that the state is overdue for a recession. Because by far the state\u2019s biggest source of money is income and capital-gains taxes paid by the very wealthy, revenue can plunge rapidly when Silicon Valley stumbles. A decade ago, in the first fiscal year after the Great Recession, revenue fell $20 billion \u2013 leading to cuts in spending on public education and welfare programs under Brown\u2019s predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.\n\nThe freshness of this budget pain in the memories of dozens of long-serving state lawmakers has made even some ardent liberals open to the governor\u2019s relative frugality.\n\nNo expansion of Medi-Cal to undocumented adults\n\nThis was evident in the resolution of the fight over access to Medi-Cal, the state program providing health care to the poor. Some Bay Area and Los Angeles County Democrats pushed hard for giving regular, full access to the subsidized care to older unauthorized immigrants, not just to children, as is now the case.\n\nBut the governor never budged. All progressives got out of Brown was an agreement to form a commission that will \u201cbroadly study California\u2019s health care needs\u201d \u2013 a concession that was dismissed as meaningless by some groups which had hoped for much more, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Cynthia Buiza, executive director of the California Immigrant Policy Center, told the Times that the \u201cbudget deal is devastating for the health of all that call California home. \u2026 We are specifically disappointed that our low-income immigrant neighbors, friends, colleagues and communities will continue to suffer from [Medi-Cal] exclusion.\u201d\n\nRepublican lawmakers were largely on the sidelines in shaping the budget. While some praise Brown for restraining his fellow Democrats, others challenge the narrative that he is frugal. A recent budget op-ed in the Los Angeles Times offered some support for this skepticism. It noted that total spending will go up by 9 percent from the current fiscal year to the next one \u2013 more than four times the rate of inflation.\n\nCalifornia schools, healthcare and social services programs will see spending increases under the state budget signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown.\n\nThe $201.4-billion plan, which takes effect next week, is the final budget of Brown\u2019s eight-year tenure. It is also the third consecutive blueprint that includes notably higher-than-expected tax revenue, a sizable portion of which lawmakers are diverting into the largest cash reserve in California history.\n\n\u201cThis budget is a milestone,\u201d Brown said at an event in Los Angeles. \u201cWe\u2019re not trying to tear down, we\u2019re not trying to blame. We\u2019re trying to do something.\u201d\n\nLawmakers sent Brown the budget last week, and he chose to sign it Wednesday without any line-item vetoes \u2014 unusual in comparison to previous governors, but consistent with his recent budget actions. ..\n\nSetting the stage for a major statewide battle over how to pay for an estimated $67 billion backlog in highway, bridge and road repairs, a ballot measure to repeal California\u2019s recently enacted gas taxes and registration fees officially qualified Monday for the November ballot.\n\nAlready, Gov. Jerry Brown and a powerful coalition of chambers of commerce, law enforcement, unions, firefighters, local transportation agencies and cities and counties have vowed to fight it.\n\n\u201cI will do everything in my power to defeat any repeal effort,\u201d Brown said in a statement shortly after the Secretary of State\u2019s Office announced the effort had qualified for the ballot. \u201cYou can count on that.\u201d\n\nJohn Cox, the Republican candidate for governor, didn\u2019t waste any time, either, to voice his support for the repeal. \u2026\n\nThe non-partisan \u201cTruth in Accounting\u201d project, which analyzes government financial reports, has awarded California an \u201cF\u201d grade for claiming surpluses instead of a $269.9 billion deficit.\n\nThe Chicago-based organization has been providing in-depth accounting reviews of the audited financial statements for America\u2019s fifty states, as well as most major counties and major cities, in the United States since 2002.\n\nThe group\u2019s mission is to educate and empower citizens with understandable, reliable, and transparent government financial information.\n\nCalifornia received the lowest score of \u201cF\u201d on Truth in Accounting\u2019s grading scale because despite Gov. Jerry Brown touting several years of surpluses, California actually faces a $269.9 billion shortfall in terms of its overall obligations, which equates to $22,000 burden for each of the 12.3 million taxpayers in the state.\n\nCalifornia\u2019s financial burden is primarily associated with the rapidly deteriorating condition of the state\u2019s current $461.3 billion in promised public employee retirement benefits \u2013which are $102.5 billion under-funded by the pension plan \u2014 and $107 billion for unfunded retiree health care benefits.\n\nThe State of California faced a near financial death experience in Great Recession, when the average taxpayer burden jumped from $15,000 to $23,500. Newly elected Gov. Brown, facing a $25 billion deficit in 2011, passed an array of income and sales tax hikes, including a 29 percent increase for Californians with taxable income over $1 million.\n\nGov. Brown has touted the \u201cCalifornia Comeback.\u201d But the data demonstrate that despite the gusher of tax revenue the flooded into Sacramento from the economic recovery and the substantially higher tax rates Gov. Brown passed, the state\u2019s taxpayer burden only fell modestly to $20,900 by 2015. The taxpayer burden rose to $21,600 in 2016 and hit $22,000 in 2017, the second-highest in the history of the state.\n\nTruth in Accounting Founder Sheila Weinberg warns that California is a giant \u201cSinkhole Sate.\u201d Ms. Weinberg is especially critical of Gov. Brown claiming an $8.8 billion surplus this year, while avoiding the fact that California has only $100.1 billion in available assets to pay $369.9 billion worth of bills.\n\nWeinberg emphasized to Breitbart News that California\u2019s rising \u201ctaxpayer burden\u201d is only for net state liabilities. Her organization intends to begin publishing consolidated reports this summer for all the states that will also capture the liabilities of counties and cities. Ms. Weinberg expects that the combined taxpayer burden for California to be a much higher number.\n\nTargeting California\u2019s recent record-low voter turnout, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a measure that would eventually allow Californians to be automatically registered to vote when they go the DMV to obtain or renew a driver\u2019s license.\n\nThe measure, which would also allow Californians to opt out of registering, was introduced in response to the dismal 42% turnout in the November 2014 statewide election.\n\nThat bill and 13 others the governor signed Saturday, will \u201chelp improve elections and expand voter rights and access in California,\u201d Brown\u2019s office said in a statement.\n\nSome 6.6 million Californians who are eligible to register to vote have not registered, according to Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who supported the legislation as a way to increase voter participation. \u2026"}
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-{"text": "New Year's Resolutions\n\nThe New Year is upon us and I hear lots of chatter about these resolutions. In my opinion, they are wasteful because most people don\u2019t remember them. I have one resolution \u2013 Don\u2019t have resolutions!!! I\u2019m not saying not to plan your next year of success and prosperity, but don\u2019t plan it if you\u2019re not going to stick with it.\n\nI\u2019ve heard resolutions from quit smoking to join the gym. Most, if not all, revolve around human betterment, but 99% of people (and those are my statistics) don\u2019t follow them after two weeks into the new year.\n\nHere are some resolutions that are the typical type, and to follow are some resolutions that we would love come to pass, but will never see the light of day. Enjoy!\n\nSpend More Time with Family & Friends\n\nExercise Regularly\n\nTame the Bulge \u2013 Start a diet\n\nQuit Smoking\n\nEnjoy Life More\n\nQuit Drinking\n\nGet Out of Debt\n\nLearn Something New\n\nHelp Others\n\nGet Organized\n\nAnd now for the funny ones:\n\nToy manufacturers wil resolve to make it possible to get toys out of the packaging in less than 30 minutes without having to use scissors or other devices to release the toys from their boxes.\n\nSmart phone manufacturers will resolve to develop devices with solar-powered batteries (like calculators have), so you don\u2019t have to recharge so often.\n\nGovernment agencies that require calories to be displayed on restaurant menus will resolve to pass laws allowing restaurants to hide the calorie counts during the holidays.\n\nCell phone and smart phone manufacturers will resolve to start running TV ads reminding customers that it\u2019s rude to answer the phone, send a text, or check who\u2019s calling while you\u2019re talking to another person.\n\nApp developers will resolve to develop a location-based app that automatically turns off an electronic device when its user is in a place of worship, a theater, an auditorium, or other places where ringing and buzzing noises are distracting.\n\nHotels will resolve to multiple, reachable electrical outlets near desks or tables so that guests have an easy way to charge all of their electronic devices at one time.\n\nWebster\u2019s dictionary editors will resolve to add the term \u201c5 minutes\u201d and define it as a period of time that can last anywhere from one hour to half a day.\n\nRetailers will make it easier to match up the identification numbers on receipts and gift receipts to the identification numbers and bar codes on the labels of purchased merchandise.\n\nElectronics retailers will resolve to print receipts \u2013 particularly those that have information required for extended warranties \u2013 on sturdy paper with ink that won\u2019t fade.\n\nClothing retailers will resolve to ban anorexic-looking models from their ads and catalogs.\n\nYour spouse will resolve to tell you what they really want for a gift instead of saying \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t need anything.\u201d\n\nHome repair contractors will resolve to finish up one home remodeling project before leaving it to work on others.\n\nHome repair contractors will resolve to tell their customers that one week (as in, \u201cWe\u2019ll be able to complete that in a week.\u201d) may consist of 20 to 30 days.\n\nFashion designers will resolve to design lines of stylish clothes for men and women over age 50.\n\nThe \u201cget rich\u201d gurus will resolve to tell their customers the truth: that the way they make most of their money is by selling gullible dreamers information about how to make money.\n\nSuperstores will resolve to hire enough cashiers so it doesn\u2019t take twice as long to check out as it took to shop.\n\nSupermarkets will resolve to put bread, dairy and frozen foods near the front of the store instead of at the furthest possible location from the entrance and cashiers.\n\nSearch engines will resolve to tell websites why they are being banned or dropped from search listings.\n\nInternet opportunists will resolve to stop spamming blogs and social media with links to products they sell or events they are promoting.\n\nWomen magazine editors will resolve to stop running pictures of whipped-cream coated desserts and cherry-topped, double-chocolate, raisin-nut brownies next to the \u201cLose 10 Pounds in Two Weeks\u201d headline on their front covers.\n\nAirlines will resolve not to blame cancellations on the weather when there are no weather problems anywhere along the flight path.\n\nAirlines will admit the real reason they are cancelling the 2:30 flight and the 4:30 flight is so they can save money by squeezing as many people as possible onto the 3:30 and 5:30 flights\n\nComputer manufacturers will resolve to build machines that won\u2019t become obsolete in two years.\n\nHardware support representatives will resolve to stop telling customers \u201cIt must be the software.\u201d\n\nSoftware support representatives will resolve to stop telling customers \u201cIt must be the hardware.\u201d\n\nAirlines resolve to rearrange their seating so (a) your knees don\u2019t hit the seat in front of and (b) you can open the cover of your notebook computer even if the person sitting in front of you leans their seat back.\n\nAuthors and Artists retain the copyright for their work(s) on this website. 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-{"text": "Peterson\u2019s is well renowned for its prime steaks, fresh seafood, house-made desserts, award-winning wines, outstanding service and distinguished atmosphere. Please don\u2019t hesitate to ask our staff for anything you may need. We hope your dining experience with us is memorable and exceeds all expectations.\n\nPeterson\u2019s offers an award-winning wine library of 400 + labels with an ongoing emphasis on current trends and a broad range for each varietal.\n\nWe are 1 of only 3 Indy area restaurants to receive numerous \u201cBest of\u201d awards from Wine Spectator. Restaurants who receive \u201cBest of Award of Excellence\u201d honors are notably described as a destination for \u201cserious wine lovers\u201d, with a, \u201c\u2026deep commitment to wine, both in the cellar and through their service team.\u201d\n\nTreat yourself to the best of the top shelf with a luxury pour!\n\nHardy Perfection Series Air\n\nOften referred to as \u201cthe world\u2019s oldest unblended cognac\u201d, Hardy Perfection is an exceptional complex Cognac dating back to the 1870\u2019s. With strong notes of chocolate and coffee, it has a mellow mouth that is round and smooth but not heady. The nose is particularly persistent and aromatic with a typical \ufb01nal of cigar box and nutmeg. The grape variety is Colombard.\n\nRemy Martin Louis XIII\n\nA legendary Cognac from the prestigious house of Remy Martin, Louis XIII was first created in 1874. It is blended from more than a 1,000 \u201ceaux de vie\u201d aged between 40 to 100 years. Its grapes are grown in the Grande Champagne district, part of the French cognac region. Known to be a favorite choice of Elton John and Christian Dior, Winston Churchill celebrated his 1951 election with Louis XIII.\n\nJohnny Walker Odyssey\n\nJohnny Walker\u2019s Odyssey is a rare Triple Malt made from three extraordinary Single Malts. Blended and married together in oak casks to enhance the layering of flavors, Odyssey\u2019s russet-red hue is full of rich tannins. It\u2019s slightly sweet, slightly smoky smooth flavors will linger long after your last sip.\n\nGrand Marnier Quintessence\n\nGrand Marnier\u2019s Quintessence is made from the private reserves of the Marnier Lapostolle family. The most premium offering in the Grande Cuv\u00e9e Collection, Quintessence is double-distilled with wild tropical orange essence and aged in French oak casks to produce the perfect \u201cquintessential\u201d taste.\n\nGlenmorangie Signet\n\nSignet is a blend of Glenmorangie\u2019s oldest whiskey \u2013 distilled over thirty years ago when malting still occurred on site \u2013 and spirit matured in a selection of the world\u2019s finest casks. Signet\u2019s melting sweetness and explosive spiciness results from their unique roasted \u2018chocolate\u2019 barley malt and the \u2018designer casks\u2019 made from American white oak.\n\nMEMBERSHIP Free to join. Online registration required. One card issued per registered member age 21 or older.\nPoints may not be credited to business entities. Membership may be canceled after 12 months of no activity. Rewards are earned automatically once award level is reached. Unredeemed points expire one year from date earned. Employees of Peterson\u2019s and their families are not eligible for membership.\n\nQUALIFYING PURCHASES. One point earned for each dollar spent on food and beverage purchases excluding tax and gratuity; dine in only. Rewards card must be presented at time of purchase for point credits and reward redemptions. Must be card member paying bill to receive points for purchase. Points cannot be awarded for previous visits. Any errors or omissions in point accumulation must be brought to our attention at the time of purchase.\n\nPoints earned will be converted to a $20 reward for every 250 points earned. This reward will be automatically available on your Rewards card to use at any time within the following 120 days once earned.\n\nRESTRICTIONS: Elite Club Rewards are not valid in conjunction with any other offers, promotions or discounts. Rewards are not valid for payments towards gift cards, private parties, catering, retail, or delivery. Points are not transferable. All tax liabilities are the responsibility of the account holder. Peterson\u2019s reserves the right to make changes to rules or rewards, audit or cancel your account, or terminate the program at any time without advance notice."}
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-{"text": "Latest hair designs 2016\n\nKeeping your hair off of your face in the barn or the ring is a must, but sometimes a basic ponytail just won\u2019t do. We have searched the web and gathered picture tutorials for 15 cute and easy ponytails to get you through the summer! Braided Ponytail Hairstyle Section out the front portion of hair to be braided. Smooth and style the rest of your hair to keep it out of the way of the braid. Braid the front portion of hair and then put the braided hair around the ponytail base. Use hairspray to smooth any fly-aways. Pull your hair back, ensuring it is completely smooth and sitting right at the nape of your neck. Divide your hair from the middle and tie the two sections into a knot...\n\nTags: hairstyles for thin hair, hair cutting style, different hairstyles, salon hairstyle, womens short hair styles, best new short hairstyles, hair i, hairstyles for round faces, short hairdos for short hair, hair style by\n\nLIFE IS TOO SHORT TO HAVE BORING HAIR If you are looking for a quality hairdresser, Cannon Hill is a recent addition to the Epic Hair Designs family with a salon opening in November 2015. This salon was previously Bossy Cannon Hill and has now received a brand new and fresh refit and new well trained and highly professional staff. Our team of skilled stylists at Cannon Hill are led by our enthusiastic manager Taylor who holds extensive hairdressing experience. Taylor and the friendly team at Cannon Hill are happy to help you with a full range of hair services that include style cuts, expert colour, showpony extensions, treatment services, eyebrow tinting and facial waxing. EPIC HAIR...\n\nCongratulations to Ann Marie Young For Becoming a finalist for Schwarzkopf New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year 2018. We are happy to announce that we are a finalist for Industry Team of the Year 2018. Congratulations to Ann Marie Young in becoming a finalist for Industry Hairdresser of the Year 2018. We would love to introduce our new Master Stylist Milly, also known as the \u2018BALAYAGE QUEEN\u2019. Milly has been following her passion for working with hair since joining the Servilles Ponsonby Team in 2014. Having recently moved to Hamilton to be closer to family, Milly is excited to be joining the team at Jingles and continuing to pursue her passion for hair at our Award Winning...\n\nEvery day they are dropped off often by middle-aged sons who pull in tight by the kerb, stride around to the door, the Egyptians\u2019 braided bob, those banded Grecian curls, the elaborate patterns of Africa, the powdered, teetering pompadour, the sixties\u2019 long shining fall over a guitar, ninety-two-year-old neighbour, Sometimes, a poem is a slip-road to a familiar scene which, viewed from the new entry point, registers with surprising freshness. Something the reader already almost knows is brightened by internal recognition. Philip Larkin was persuasively good at this kind of \u201clook again\u201d poem, and so is the Irish poet, Moya Cannon. Classic Hair Designs, from her varied new collection, Keats...\n\nWith a new year, new trends come in but they are not just confined to the attire but also focus on the things like makeup, hair styles, nail color/art etc. We present you the list of most beautiful hair designs for girls 2016 so that it will be helpful for you to pick not just formal hairstyles and designs but every day hairdos as well to make your look hotter and trendier this year. They are hassle free and very easy to make. Just take a look at these and see what suits your face cut the best. Most Beautiful Hair Designs For Girls In 2016 One of the most adored and wanted hair designs of 2016 for girls is the faux bob hairstyle. It is short, easy to manage...\n\nWhen women with long hair have to attend parties, the biggest dilemma is to choose a hairstyle. Long hair can be styled in a variety of ways. All it requires is some technique and a few hairstyling tools. You might need a mousse, dryer, iron, brush, or artificial flowers, depending upon the kind of look you want to flaunt. Your hunt for party hairstyles ends here. From wavy chignons to sleek ponytails, we bring to you hairstyles that are modern, sleek, and easy to do. Read on to get the rundown on the top exciting party hairstyles for long hair. 1. Wavy Chignon Re-creating Kylie Minogue\u2019s wavy chignon is much easier than it looks. Perfect for a cocktail party To recreate the hairstyle,...\n\nA Little About Us Since 2006, Jen Hovan's Hair Design Studio has been offering the latest and greatest hairstyle trends for people throughout the Lehigh Valley. Specializing in European technique and design, Jen is also fluent in professionally coloring hair, from ombre to polyvore to add a new level of vibrancy to your hairstyle. Jen is an expert in both women and men's hair, so get any cut and style with the confidence that you're getting the best cut possible. Jen makes it a point to make her schedule fit yours - not the other way around. Late or early, she is able to accommodate to your busy schedule so you can get the style you want at a time that works best to meet your needs. Whether...\n\nTags: latest hairstyles for women, short curly hair, new hairstyle, haircuts for short hair, new look of hair style, hairdos for short hair, hair syle 2016, hair fashion, popular haircuts for women, hairdo\n\nHair cut designs for guys can include all forms of creativity, artistic quality and style while maintaining a classy look. A cool hair design will make a bold statement about you and your style preference. Intricate haircut designs can include numerous representations such as logos, geometric patterns, words and even pictures if you like. It is amazing to see how talented barbers can be when you marvel at the extent of creativity incorporated in their cool hair designs. Hair designs for men can work on all types of hair, short or long hair, in order to display the shaved pattern. If you want a cool haircut with style then checkout these marvelous haircut designs that will portray a..."}
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-{"text": "Blog Posts and Lists\n\nTuesday, May 12, 2009\n\nInterview\n\nWhat if, rather than composing an original blog, an author simply took the text of a recent (this morning) on-line interview \u2014 the interviewer's questions and their answers \u2014 and posted them? One might suspect this blogger of being lazy. Or (full disclosure) of being way behind schedule on a few projects.\n\nThat being said, however, I thought this particular interview might be of interest. It's interesting to me, of course, because it's all about me. There might be one or two other people out there who also find it fascinating for this reason. But probably not. The other reason that it might be of interest is that the questions come from a magazine in Korea \u2014 Mom & Enfant \u2014 and the cultural and language differences have resulted in questions that are sometimes charmingly disingenuous. They are, in many ways, more like the quetions that kids ask during school visits that those that come from people in the U.S. who write about children's books. I hope the folks at Mom & Enfant do not mind me posting this. If so, I apologize.\n\nWhat is the most important thing when you make a picture book?\n\nThe idea. If it\u2019s a good one, the text and art seem to come together in a natural way (not necessarily easily, but in a way that seems to make sense as it happens).\n\nWhere do you get the idea and inspiration for your works? From your childhood, life, family, friends?\n\nI used to get many of my ideas from questions my own children asked. But now even my youngest child (he\u2019s almost 11) is getting a little old to ask some of the really simple questions that used to lead to book concepts. So my wife (and co-author) Robin Page have become sounding boards for each other \u2013 we frequently bounce book ideas back and forth, and in the process sometimes hit upon something we both like. Ideas also come from books, films about nature, and just looking around.\n\nI think you enjoy painting animals. Why? Why crocodile?\n\nIllustrations of animals seem to have more energy than illustrations of many other subjects. I also find that the distortions and inaccuracies that always creep into my pictures have the effect of giving the animals a bit of personality. Those same distortions would probably make an illustration of a human downright creepy. And, of course, animals are frequent subjects because kids are fascinated by them. Animals can be used to introduce lots of concepts other than biology \u2013 geological time scales, the qualities of different habitats, the relationship between size, strength and weight, and so on. Crocodiles are a favorite subject because their wrinkled skin and the well-defined seams where different parts of their bodies meet lend themselves well to translation into cut-paper. Insects and fish are also good subjects.\n\nWhat kind of influence do you want to give people? What kind of feeling and emotion do you expect to give people?\n\nIdeally a reader would look at the world from a slightly different perspective \u2014 and maybe look a little more closely \u2014 and experience a greater appreciation of the complexity and beauty of nature. It\u2019s easy to take something absolutely extraordinary \u2013 a tree, say \u2013 for granted, because it\u2019s so familiar.\n\nI think all of you works are precious. But please choose the best. What is the reason?\n\nI guess I\u2019d choose \u2018Life on Earth\u2019, because it was the most difficult book to write. I wasn\u2019t sure if I could explain the Theory of Evolution to a seven-year-old, but I think that perhaps I succeeded. And, as you know, there is a lot of controversy in this country about teaching evolution to children, which is a real shame. So I hope that this book helped a few children see past the politics to the clarity and elegance of Darwin\u2019s ideas.\n\nDid you enjoy reading a picture book during your childhood? Which one was your favorite? Why?\n\nI read lots of picture books \u2013 mostly fiction. There were not that many non-fiction picture books around when I was a child. My favorite \u2013 it was illustrated, but not really a picture book \u2013 was \u201cAll About Strange Beasts of the Past\u201d by Roy Chapman Andrews. It was about his search for fossils in Mongolia in the 1930s.\n\nWhat kind of a boy were you? Did you enjoy painting? How about your family? Were they interested in painting?\n\nI was a bookish boy, but I enjoyed sports. I had a microscope, a chemistry set, and kept lots of bugs, frogs, turtles, etc. that I captured in nearby fields and ponds. My father was a scientist \u2013 a physicist \u2013 but he painted as a hobby.\n\nDid your parents have an influence on your job and painting?\n\nMy Father encouraged my interest in science and art.\n\nIf not, which environment and education make what you are?\n\nI attended design school in college and have worked for many years as a graphic designer. I\u2019m sure this helped me become an illustrator.\n\nWhat activities do you think could help to improve children\u2019s creativity and imagination?\n\nReading, being read to, travel, reading, going to museums, reading, watching some of the amazing films about nature that are now available (e.g., David Attenborough\u2019s BBC films on the ocean, birds, mammals, etc.). Being listened to and taken seriously by adults when a child asks a question. Looking up the answer with a child if you don\u2019t know it. Reading and being read to. And providing simple tools like a magnifying glass or butterfly net will often lead to an exploration of some aspect of the natural world.\n\nWhat did you do when you were a kid?\n\nRead a lot, drew pictures, explored the fields and woods around my house, played basketball, thought about girls, made dangerous concoctions with my chemistry set.\n\nWhat kind of book do you think is a good picture book? What kind of illustration is the best? Why?\n\nA good picture book has words that wouldn\u2019t work without the pictures and (usually) pictures that wouldn\u2019t work without the words. They don\u2019t restate each other, but each adds something essential. A good picture book respects the intelligence of the child and doesn\u2019t try to preach or teach an overt moral lesson.\n\nThere is no \u2018best\u2019 illustration. Illustration that is an honest expression of the way an artist sees the world will have a truth and power that children intuitively recognize.\n\nThere are various cultures all over the world. What do you think the reason lots of people from foreign countries like your works regardless of culture difference?\n\nI think a child\u2019s interest in nature and animals is universal. I\u2019d speculate (without any real scientific data to support my speculation) that it\u2019s part of our shared cultural memory. For most of human history an awareness of animals \u2013 as food, danger, or as a source of information about weather, water, and so on \u2013 was essential to our survival as a species.\n\nIn the world, there are so many countries, so many customs. Did you recognize the characteristics and differences of illustration and picture books each country? What kind of difference did you recognize?\n\nI do see some differences in, for instance, Asian illustration and European illustration. Artists are naturally influenced by and refer to the visual arts traditions and popular culture of the places they live. But one can\u2019t apply this sort of generalization to an individual illustrator. There might be an American illustrator who references Japanese prints and a Korean illustrator who is influenced by American comic books.\n\nWhat do you think is the characteristic of picture book or illustration of USA?\n\nChildren's book illustration is amazingly diverse, so I don't think I can characterize US illustration in any overall way. The US is also a very young country and doesn\u2019t have the centuries of art heritage that an illustrator working in China or Italy might refer to.\n\nWhat kind of efforts have you made to read children\u2019s mind and understand their world?\n\nI don\u2019t try to read children\u2019s minds. I do try to keep in perspective their language skills and what I imagine is their general knowledge of the world, so I don\u2019t write text that is too difficult for them to understand. I\u2019m referring here to vocabulary, grammar, and metaphors or comparisons rather than concepts. I think even young children can grasp most of the ideas I\u2019m writing about in as easily as an adult \u2013 they just need them explained in words they understand and in a context they can relate to. Other than that, I write about things that I find interesting myself. If I\u2019m truly interested, I think that comes through in a book\u2019s word\u2019s and images.\n\nI.N.K.: Interesting Nonfiction for Kids\n\nHere we will meet the writers whose words are presenting nonfiction in a whole new way. Discover books that show how nonfiction writers are some of the best storytellers around. Learn how these writers practice their craft: research techniques, fact gathering and detective work. Check out how they find unusual tidbits, make the facts interesting and write something kids will love to read. Explore how photos and illustrations are integrated with the text to explain an artist's vision of the world. Consider what subjects are flooding the market and what still needs a voice. Rethink nonfiction for kids."}
-{"text": "Matt Phillips' website about '80s music, movies and more\n\nMenu\n\nRod Temperton (1949-2016)\n\nWhen MJ and Quincy are requesting your songs, you know you\u2019ve made it. Rod Temperton\u2019s compositions are timeless, uplifting, full of detail and subtleties, with lots of vamp-busting major-7th/9th chords and joyful melody lines. It\u2019s also important to note that he arranged all his own tunes for Jackson and Quincy too, outlining the rhythm, vocal and keyboard parts.\n\nLike many kids of my age, I was kind of obsessed with Rod\u2019s \u2018Thriller\u2019 during the mid-\u201980s. It was a perfect musical storm. Jackson\u2019s red-hot vocal performance, the killer groove, brilliant horn arrangements, silly but spooky horror-movie lyrics, intriguing sound effects and Vincent Price\u2019s rap/monologue all left an indelible mark.\n\nBut there was much more to Rod Temperton\u2019s career than that obvious highlight. He was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, beginning his public life playing keyboards and writing songs for Heatwave, writing every song on their 1977 debut album Too Hot To Handle including \u2018Boogie Nights\u2019 and classic ballads \u2018All You Do Is Dial\u2018 and \u2018Always & Forever\u2019. This led to his work on Michael Jackson\u2019s Off The Wall albumforwhich he wrote the title track, \u2018Rock With You\u2019 and \u2018Burn This Disco Out\u2019.\n\nTemperton started the 1980s contributing to George Benson\u2019s Quincy-produced Give Me The Night, composing the title track, \u2018Love X Love\u2019, killer disco/jazz instrumental \u2018Off Broadway\u2018 and the extraordinary \u2018Star Of The Story\u2019:\n\nThere were other classic Rod compositions and arrangements around this time for Patti Austin, The Brothers Johnson, Rufus, Herbie Hancock, Karen Carpenter and Bob James, as well as this classic Donna Summer floorfiller:\n\nHe contributed to Quincy\u2019s fine 1981 solo album The Dude, supplying the title track, \u2018Somethin\u2019 Special\u2019, \u2018Turn On The Action\u2019 and of course the stunning \u2018Razzamatazz\u2019:\n\nThen came the epochal Thriller. Temperton was all over the record, composing and arranging \u2018Baby Be Mine\u2019, soul standard \u2018The Lady In My Life\u2019 and of course the title track. He famously wrote most of Vincent Price\u2019s rap/monologue in a car whilst being rushed over to Ocean Way Studios to join Price\u2019s vocal session. In fact, he was so prolific that he found time to write a third verse for the monologue, edited from the album version but available in outtake form here:\n\nIn the mid-\u201980s, Rod supplied three more classic compositions: Michael McDonald\u2019s \u2018Sweet Freedom\u2019, McDonald\u2019s duet with James Ingram \u2018Yah Mo B There\u2019 (co-composed by Ingram, McDonald and Quincy) and also the underrated \u2018Spice Of Life\u2019 by Manhattan Transfer featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica:\n\nRod enjoyed somewhat of a songwriting/arranging/producing renaissance in the early \u201990s, including some great work for Mica Paris\u2019s Whisper A Prayer album and also Q\u2019s Jook Joint. His contributions to music won\u2019t be forgotten, and he was by all accounts a lovely fellow too.\n\nI\u2019m not a fan of Thriller (the song) at all unfortunately. Maybe it\u2019s got to do with the fact that I didn\u2019t grow up in the 80s, but I think it has dated extremely bad. The voice-over in particular I find very cheesy.\n\nI\u2019m sure it\u2019s a view shared by many of your generation! But, as they say, you really \u2018had to be there\u2019. If you were a 12-year-old pop/Michael Jackson fan, the \u2018Thriller\u2019 video in particular was a really epochal event, even if there are aspects of the song that have dated (though I still think it grooves like a mother\u2026)."}
-{"text": "It used mainly in onling gameing, but can be used at any time givin the right occassion. It is used when you have given someone a beat down, or have done that person so bad that they cry home to they mamma. The \"sh\" is added to emphasize on how bad you just did said person"}
-{"text": "When I found this song it called Cloud's theme, but I know it is the main theme of Final Fantasy VII. So I'm not changing the title of this song from its original title I found it. If you want the song leave me your email address and/or leave me a message on my page.__________________________________\n\nCloud Strife is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Square's (now Square Enix's) role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs. His original design was created by Final Fantasy VII character designer Tetsuya Nomura. Cloud's appearance is marked by spikey blonde hair, vivid blue eyes, dark clothing, and his Buster Sword, which previously belonged to his friend Zack Fair. Cloud's official seiy\u016b is Takahiro Sakurai \u2014with Nozomu Sasaki first voicing Cloud in the video game Ehrgeiz \u2014 and his voice actor for his English appearances is Steve Burton.\n\nIn Final Fantasy VII, Cloud is a mercenary and self-proclaimed ex-member of SOLDIER, a select, genetically augmented military unit operating under the defacto world government and megacorporation Shinra Electric Power Company. Fighting against Shinra in the resistance group \"AVALANCHE\" and driven by a feud with the primary antagonist, Sephiroth, Cloud learns to come to terms with his troubled past and adapts to his role as a leader. Cloud has also appeared in several other titles outside the Final Fantasy VII continuity. Such titles include Itadaki Street Special, Final Fantasy Tactics, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and the Kingdom Hearts series.\n\nCloud has garnered a primarily positive reception by critics. Described as \"iconic\", the character has been ranked highly in various published character lists. Cloud remains popular among fans, and continues to place highly in popularity polls. Cloud has also become the basis for a variety of merchandise, such as action figures and jewelry."}
-{"text": "Summary: This is a message from the author\u2019s book, \"Christian Stewardship\"\n\nINTRODUCTION: There is no giving that is so glorious as Godly giving. This section will show how such giving takes place when Paul reminds the church at Corinth that they had made a commitment nearly a year earlier, and had not followed though with it. In a very tactful, but also in a very firm way he is letting them know that much is at stake if they failed to be responsible to their word. It would affect the reputation of the church, of Paul, and of Christ.\n\nPaul tells the church that he has three men coming to collect the gift, and then in effect tells them that there is no giving like Godly giving. Godly giving is glorious giving. In this study we will show, from our text, three things that characterizes the glorious giver.\n\nI. THE GLORIOUS GIVER IS SENSITIVE TO THE NEED. (Vv. 1-5).\n\nPaul wants to do right, and he wants the church at Corinth to do right. Paul is not questioning their willingness to do right; he just wants to make sure that they do not procrastinate doing what they had promised. The church at Jerusalem had needs and needed their needs met in a timely manner. Christians, having good character ought to be punctual in keeping their appointments and their promises, and this is what Paul is telling the church at Corinth.\n\nA. He Is Sensitive With Purpose. (V.1).\n\n\"ministering to the saints\"\n\nThe purpose that Paul had was to help the Church of Jerusalem. He was very sensitive to their needs, even though the church at Jerusalem could have been undeserving the entire concept of Grace giving allows one to give whether it is deserved or not.\n\n1 John 3:17 SAYS, \"But whoso hath this world?s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?\"\n\nThis passage is an indictment against having a hard heart against a brother who is in need. When a brother is in need, those who are blessed in having the goods of this world should be sensitive to that need. This principle deals with the importance of being sensitive to the needs of others. Keep in mind that it is a principle, and that there are other principles in the word of God to be considered when helping others. When it is obvious that someone is under the chastening hand of God, it is inappropriate to offset what God is doing by helping undo what God might be doing. Being sensitive means that you are first sensitive to God.\n\nB. He Is Sensitive Without Procrastination. (V.4).\n\n\"ye may be ready\"\n\nPaul wanted the church at Corinth to have more than good intentions. Someone said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Serving God should have the same urgency as the clause, \"Today is the day of salvation\". The devil\u2019s today is tomorrow. We have a wonderful opportunity to serve God today, with no promise of tomorrow. As we support our missionaries, and as we conduct our local ministries, we need to do it now; and keep on doing it until the Lord comes, or until it is our time to go.\n\nSo many think that any thing that they do for the Lord will only be rewarded in heaven, and that there are no earthly enjoyed benefits. John Calvin knew different:"}
-{"text": "It Range Starter Pack\n\nIt Range Starter Pack\n\nWe have put this kit together to get you started on using the It range in your premises. The it range is simple and easy to use. All products in the it range dilute 1 x pump per trigger spray & 4 x pumps per mop bucket. - This kit is extremely user friendly as every product uses pictograms on its label showing where and how you use it. The It range is also colour codede to make using it even easier.\n\nRed = bathrooms\n\nBlue = General interiors\n\nGreen = Floors Y\n\nellow = Kitchens\n\nIf you want a cost effective and easily controlled range of chemicals then the It range is for you. It will rationalise the number of products on site and make risk assessments, training and control so much easier. The kit consists of:\n\n1 x 5 litre of Floorit. Floorit is a floor cleaner that dilutes 4 x pumps per standard mop bucket. It has a fantastic fresh smell and leaves little residue and no smears.\n\n1 x 5 litre of Freshnit. Freshnit is a washroom cleaner that also dilutes 4 x pumps per standard mop bucket, or 1 x pump per trigger spray. Freshnit is a great cleaner and also leaves a long lasting fragrance.\n\n2 x red topper trigger sprays fitted with Frenit labels for you to mix up your own washroom cleaner. The 5 litre bottle supplied will make 166 trigger sprays."}
-{"text": "Friday, January 4, 2013\n\nFran Forman\n\nFran Forman's images are not what you\nthink they are.\n\nOn the other hand, her images are\nexactly what you think they are.\n\nIt's complicated.\n\nLet's start with the background\nlandscapes, many of which are shot by Fran in Wellfleet and Truro.\nShe says the Cape is \u201ca really easy place to photograph because\nof the marshes and the open vistas. And the light is so beautiful. A\nlot of the little houses and shacks I photograph are also from the\nCape.\u201d\n\nBut before you get comfortable with\nsomething recognizable, you need to know that those backgrounds are\nlikely to contain bits of other places. The Blue Ridge Mountains, for\ninstance.\n\nThis is part of what lends her images\nthat familiar, yet disjointed feeling \u2013 like in dreams or a deja\nvu. Fran lets our thoughts land on the comfort of recognition for a\nmoment, and then sends them on their way.\n\nThe figures in the images are also a\ncollection of images and techniques. Many of the people start as old\ntintypes - found in junk shops or given to Fran by attic-cleaning\nfriends.\n\nWhile the images have their charms, they're usually just the\ntorso. So Fran photographs models to animate\nthe found tintypes. \u201cI need those images to be doing stuff,\u201d she\nsays. \u201cSo I combine it, by collaging the new photographs that I\ntake with the old photographs I've scanned. They're an amalgam of a\nlot of different images. I'm always collaging things. Most of the\npeople come from many, many different sources.\u201d\n\nShe then uses a stylus and tablet to\npaint in shadows, add color or change the clothing (remember, the\nfound images start as black and white).\n\n\u201cI don't usually have a sense at the\nbeginning of working on an image exactly how it's going to end up,\" she says. \"What I do is start working with various images, putting things\ntogether, pulling them away. I have this feeling that all the pieces\nof the final image have to work together. I don't want it to look\nrandom. I want the various components to talk to each\nother, to have a relationship.\u201d\n\nFran tries different combinations until\nshe feels the color and texture of each component work together.\n\nAnd while the stories are not something\nshe always knows ahead of them, a narrative evolves as she works. The\nvisual narrative is then handed over to the viewer to interpret.\n\n\u201cWhat I like when I see people\nlooking at my work,\u201d she says, \u201cis for them to be standing in\nfront of an image and talking to each other about what it means to\nthem.\u201d\n\n\u201cThey're like little dreams that are\nopen to interpretation. That's what they are to me.\u201d"}
-{"text": "This summer is going to be hot! I thought it would be cool to do something to help others so I came up with this cooool freebie for all of you! Cool Gradients in juicy flavors to cool your hot projects! :) Which flavor is your favorite?"}
-{"text": "Clergy and Economists: Allies Not Adversaries\n\nShare\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nMembers of the clergy and those who work as economists have formed their understandings of the world by examining it through different windows. Yet, the social objectives of both are remarkably similar, even though their windows on the world suggest different approaches to achieve those objectives. The differences between them are in their emphasis on how to achieve their common objectives. These differences in approach are important and should not be understated, but neither should they be overstated as they almost always are.\n\nWhile the clergy and economists emphasize different paths to their common objectives, those paths complement each other. Yet they are commonly discussed as if they represent morally irreconcilable differences in objectives because people tend to confuse means with ends.\n\nMy hope is that members of the clergy, in their desire to achieve a better world, will begin to see economists as allies instead of adversaries. This hope may be dismissed as preposterous by some since, as an economist, I argue that market incentives are the most effective way of achieving many of the social outcomes most of the clergy favor. But those most opposed to market incentives for achieving desirable objectives have the most to gain by taking a look through the economic window. Much of the skepticism, indeed hostility, towards markets is based on distorted and mistaken views of how markets operate and what they accomplish.\n\nReligious differences notwithstanding, most people respect the clergy for their noble objectives and effort to achieve those objectives by encouraging and celebrating \"the better angels of our nature\" mentioned in Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address. Most approve of the clergy's concern with encouraging behavior such as sharing with, and serving the interests of, others; helping the poor; sacrificing for the good of the wider community; acting as good stewards of the earth's resources; being concerned with protecting the environment; and generally living a life that promotes social cooperation and harmony.\n\nSuch a claim on behalf of economists would be met with incredulity and probably derision. The common view is that they are primarily interested in money and financial success; more likely to celebrate economic competition than social cooperation, with little regard for those left behind; prone to see profit and private property as ends in themselves, with little regard for the unfortunate consequences that can result from their pursuit, including the harm imposed on the environment and future generations; and more concerned with how greedy individuals can secure more for themselves than with how they can share with, and promote the general well-being.\n\nThis view of economists, and their objectives, is a caricature. Like most caricatures, it may contain an ounce of truth. But it also contains several pounds of distortion. Economists are indeed interested in money, competition, profits, private property, and the influence of self-interest on human action. But they are interested in these things not as ends, but as a means of achieving more social cooperation, service to others, and better stewardship of the environment and our resources.\n\nThe Narrow and the Noble\n\nIt is useful to consider two broad approaches to improving the world. The first is to improve people so that they do the right things out of a sense of moral duty. The second approach is to improve incentives so people are motivated to do the right things because it is in their interest to do so. A reasonable generalization is that the clergy emphasizes the former approach to improving the world, while economists emphasize the second.\n\nWhile improving incentives lacks the sense of moral uplift provided by improving people, better incentives can, and often do, lead to a better world. The point is not that improving the world by improving people is futile. Looking through their window may result in economists being too dismissive of the possibilities and benefits of improving people. But looking through their window may cause the clergy to be too dismissive of better incentives as a sorry substitute for morality improvement. A more reasonable view is that both improving incentives and improving people complement each other. This was recognized by Dennis Robertson, a colleague of John Maynard Keynes at Cambridge University (but not a Keynesian himself), who observed:\n\nThere exists in every human breast an inevitable state of tension between the aggressive and acquisitive instincts and the instincts of benevolence and self-sacrifice. It is for the preacher, lay or clerical, to inculcate the ultimate duty of subordinating the former to the latter. It is the humbler, and often invidious, role of the economist to help, so far as he can, in reducing the preacher's task to manageable dimensions.\n\nIn addition to Robertson's recognition that the clergy and economists have, in their different ways, joint responsibilities in working toward a better world, it is important to note that he also recognizes that human nature consists of both the acquisitive and the benevolent. This is an obvious point, noteworthy only because so many people assume that economists believe human behavior is motivated entirely by self-interest, or more pejoratively, greed. That is not true now, and never has been. Economists have always recognized that people are motivated by some mix of the narrow and the noble. Indeed, Adam Smith, who is often mistakenly dismissed as an apostle of greed, begins his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, with the sentence, \"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.\"\n\nEconomists do commonly assume that people are motivated solely by self-interest to better understand what social institutions, and the incentives they embody, best motivate widespread cooperation among those who have no direct knowledge of, or concern for, each other.\n\nComplementary Views\n\nI am not trying to convince members of the clergy to forsake the perspective from their window on the world and shift their allegiance to the economists' perspective. First, I couldn't succeed even if that was my purpose. People invest serious effort in achieving an understanding of the world, and this understanding, along with an accompanying belief system, provides a valuable sense of coherence and meaning to our lives not easily given up.\n\nJust as I cannot imagine giving up my economic understandings, and the beliefs informed by them, I certainly don't expect to convince members of the clergy to give up their understandings and beliefs.\n\nSecond, I have no desire to convince members of the clergy to shift their perspective to that provided by the economic view of the world. The window that informs the clergy is an important one. The clergy have insights and understandings that are useful in improving our lives and our world in ways that cannot be clearly seen, if seen at all, through the economists' window. And by specializing in helping people improve themselves through spiritual and moral teachings, I believe the understandings of the clergy complement those of economists in achieving the noble objectives we have in common.\n\nMy desire is to convince members of the clergy that they and economists really do share common objectives and have complementary approaches for achieving them. When economists talk about such things as private property, exchange, market prices, money, and financial profits and losses, we honestly believe we are talking about social arrangements that make the world a better place - a more humane and prosperous place, where billions of people cooperate through a global network of communication, service and sharing to reduce poverty, feed the hungry, care for the sick, protect our environment, conserve and expand our resource base, and promote a host of other noble objectives. Some members of the clergy, along with others, will disagree with this economic understanding of the world. But please don't conclude from this, as many do, that economists are not committed to achieving these noble objectives."}
-{"text": "Ketos Rising Picture\n\nThe story of Andromeda and Perseus has inspired many a sculptor, painter and poet since the dawn of Greek legends. Here is my meager crack at it. I'm aiming to do a series of manipulations based on legends that I grew up to love in Greek and Norse mythology, amongst them Icarus, Prometheus, Epemethius and the tragedy of Pandora, Atlas and others. Hopefully I can do them justice with detail and care\nA closer detail of Andromeda and the face of Ketos here - [link]"}
-{"text": "The State Steps In: Setting the\nAnti-Communist Agenda--by Ellen Schrecker\n\nfrom: Ellen Schrecker, THE AGE OF MCCARTHYISM: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH\nDOCUMENTS (Boston: St. Martin's Press, 1994)\n\nWhat transformed the Communist threat into a national obsession\nwas not its plausibility, but the involvement of the federal government. After all,\nCommunist parties were far more powerful in European countries, which never experienced a\nsimilar outburst of accusation and repression. McCarthyism was not a private venture.\nArdent anti-Communists were found throughout American society, but the nation as a whole\nwould not have made eliminating Communist influence such a high priority had Washington\nnot led the way.\n\nAn important element of the power of the modern state is its ability to set the\npolitical agenda and to define the crucial issues of the moment, through its actions as\nwell as its words. During the early years of the cold war, the actions of the federal\ngovernment helped to forge and legitimize the anti-Communist consensus that enabled most\nAmericans to condone or participate in the serious violations of civil liberties that\ncharacterized the McCarthy era. The media was the government's partner, largely because it\namplified messages that came from Washington. After all, much of the news that went on the\nradio or onto the front pages simply reported the government's doings. Presidential\norders, congressional hearings, criminal prosecutions all told stories that, at least\nduring the early cold war, helped construct the ideological scaffolding for McCarthyism.\nWhen in the late 1940s, for example, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)\nbegan to round up foreign-born Communists and labor leaders for deportation and then\ndetain them without bail, it was sending a very strong signal about the alien nature of\ncommunism and its dangers.\n\nThe government did not speak with a single voice. It was an amalgam of separate and\noften competing institutions, bureaucracies, and political parties. During the late 1940s\nand 1950s, almost every agency became involved in the anti-Communist crusade. From the\nState Department and Congress to the Post Office and the Supreme Court, federal\nbureaucrats, politicians, and judges struggled with the issues of domestic communism as\nthey debated and implemented policies to deal with it. On occasion, those policies came\ninto conflict; yet--and this is crucial--they were always invested with the power of the\nstate. Not only did this make it possible, for example, for HUAC to send recalcitrant\nwitnesses to prison for contempt of Congress, but it also gave a legitimacy and resonance\nto even the wildest pronouncements of its members that the statements of private citizens\ndid not possess.\n\nAlthough the phenomenon got its name from a member of the Senate, it was the executive\nbranch of the government that wielded the most influence over the development of\nMcCarthyism. It stimulated concern about national security and established the main\nmechanisms through which the anti-Communist campaign was to operate. Much of this was the\nby-product of the administration's drive to enlist popular support for the cold war and\nobtain bipartisan backing for its foreign policy. The American people had just emerged\nfrom over a decade and a half of depression and war and the Truman administration worried\nthat they might not be willing to sustain the effort that was deemed necessary to contain\nSoviet expansion.\n\nIn particular, Truman and his aides feared that the economy-minded Republican Congress\nthat had been elected in 1946 might not allocate enough money for the struggle. As a\nresult, the administration oversold the Soviet threat. On March 12, 1947, the president\nwent before a special session of Congress and, using the opportunity provided by a request\nfor aid to Greece and Turkey, formulated the Truman Doctrine, an unlimited commitment by\nthe United States \"to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by\narmed minorities or by outside pressures.\" A year later, Truman and his advisers were\nto take advantage of another crisis, the Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia, to obtain\npassage of the Marshall Plan, their program for the economic rehabilitation of Western\nEurope.\n\nIronically, although the administration won bipartisan congressional support for its\nforeign policy, the atmosphere of crisis that it created backfired against it. This was\nespecially the case after Truman's surprise victory in the 1948 election revealed the\nunpopularity of the Republican party's traditional economic programs. Since it endorsed\nthe administration's anti-Communist stance abroad, the GOP sought to recoup its fortunes\nand embarrass the White House by focusing on communism at home. For the next four years,\nthe Republican charge that the Democrats were \"soft\" on communism dominated\nAmerican politics. Truman, of course, was no such thing, but to a certain extent his\nadministration had contributed to its own difficulties by its overemphasis on the\nCommunist threat.\n\nThe executive branch did more than provide the psychic setting for McCarthyism. The\nspecific steps it took to combat the alleged threat of internal communism were to\nintensify the national preoccupation with the issue. These actions--most important the\ninauguration of an anti-Communist loyalty-security program for government employees in\nMarch 1947 and the initiation of criminal prosecutions against individual Communists--not\nonly provided specific models for the rest of the nation but also enabled the government\nto disseminate its version of the Communist threat. With the FBI at the heart of the\nfederal government's internal security apparatus, the anti-Communist agenda that emerged\nfrom Washington was to be powerfully influenced by the ideologically conservative\nconception of anticommunism so central to the bureau's mission.\n\nPerhaps no single weapon in the federal arsenal was as powerful in the government's\nconstruction of the anti-Communist consensus as the criminal justice system. By putting\nCommunists on trial, the Truman administration shaped the American public's view of\ndomestic communism. It transformed party members from political dissidents into\ncriminals--with all the implications that such associations inspired in a nation of\nlaw-abiding citizens.\n\nAs an educational venture, the criminalization of communism was a great success. The\nmajor trials of the period got enormous publicity and gave credibility to the notion that\nCommunists threatened the nation's security. Prosecuting alleged espionage agents like\nAlger Hiss and the Rosenbergs reinforced the image of Communists as Russian spies. Putting\nCommunist labor leaders on trial allowed the government to raise the issue of industrial\nsabotage. And initiating deportation proceedings against foreign-born Communists\nemphasized the alien nature of the party and its ties to the Soviet Union. In the most\nimportant of the anti-Communist cases, the Smith Act trial of the top leaders of the\nAmerican Communist party in 1949, the government brought all these themes together to\nbolster its contention that the party was an illegal conspiracy under Soviet control.\n\nThe government rarely lost a case at the trial stage. Treating Communists as criminals\nmade them seem dangerous; and that perception increased the willingness of judges and\njuries to convict them. Communist defendants were arrested, handcuffed, fingerprinted, and\noften brought to their trials under guard if they were being held in jail for contempt or\ndeportation. Moreover, because of the political nature of these trials, much of the\nevidence that the government produced had no relation to the case at hand but was designed\nto reinforce the negative image of the defendants and bolster the prosecutors' insistence\non the significance of actions that might, in another context, have been considered\nharmless.\n\nBut using the criminal justice system to reinforce the government's contention that\ncommunism was outside the law had its drawbacks. There were few laws under which the\noffenders could be tried, since being a Communist was not a crime, and the statute of\nlimitations precluded most espionage prosecutions. As a result, the charges that the cold\nwar defendants faced--usually perjury or contempt--often bore little relation to the\npresumed offense for which they were on trial. In addition, it was hard to obtain the\nevidence necessary for a conviction. FBI surveillance techniques did not always fall\nwithin the law, and the bureau was reluctant to reveal the identities of its informants.\nConfessions, the mainstay of ordinary criminal proceedings, were hard to come by in\npolitical cases. Accordingly, prosecutors relied on the testimony of professional\nex-Communists and undercover agents. Many of these people lied. Over the years, the\nunreliability of the government's witnesses was to invalidate many convictions, as\nappellate judges increasingly began to raise questions about the veracity of the\nprofessional informers.\n\nWithin the government these problems were to generate some friction as J. Edgar Hoover\nand his agents were often more eager to prosecute than their ostensible superiors in the\nJustice Department. This controversy reflected the FBI chief's growing dissatisfaction\nwith what he believed was the Truman administration's lax attitude toward internal\nsecurity. Hoover was careful to conceal his antagonism, but because of the FBI's central\nrole in devising and implementing the federal government's internal security policies, his\nestrangement from the administration was to have enormous consequences.\n\nIt is hard to overestimate the importance of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI in creating\nand disseminating the anti-Communist consensus. Because of the bureau's strategic position\nwithin the government, it took control of the administration's anti-Communist effort and\nmanaged to infuse its own right-wing concerns into what otherwise might have been a rather\nnarrow program of internal security.\n\nThere were several reasons why the FBI came to dominate policymaking in the field of\ninternal security. To begin with, this was the FBI's traditional area of specialization.\nHoover was a brilliant bureaucratic politician who had spent a lifetime amassing power. He\nhad been particularly assiduous in building up his agency's image as a highly professional\nand impartial outfit and had actually convinced most liberals that the bureau guarded\npeople's rights. He was to be equally energetic in publicizing the dangers of the\nCommunist party. In 1946, motivated by his own obsession with the Red menace as well as\nthe need to find a major postwar mission for the FBI, Hoover ordered the bureau to mount\nan intensive public relations campaign to alert the American people to the internal threat\nof communism--and to the FBI\u00d5s indispensability in combating it. By the time the rest of\nthe Truman administration felt compelled to act against the Communist threat. Hoover had\nmade the bureau indispensable. Moreover, having the FBI, with its vaunted reputation for\nexpertise, handle internal security offered the hard-pressed White House a convenient way\nto deflect its critics' charge that it was \"coddling\" Communists.\n\nBut by turning the official campaign against communism over to J. Edgar Hoover and his\nagents, the administration was giving a blank check to an organization whose conception of\nthe Communist danger was that of the far right wing of the anti-Communist network. The\nbureau subscribed to and pushed the oversimplified notion that all American Communists\nwere Soviet puppets. It also tended to assume that there was little difference between\nparty members, fellow travelers, and left-wing liberals. The FBI tended to lump together\nas Communists all the people who associated with the party and its many causes and to\ntreat them all as if they endangered American security. Hoover's influential 1947\ntestimony before HUAC showed how broadly his agency viewed the threat of communism. Bureau\nfiles reveal an underlying assumption that dissent equaled disloyalty; FBI agents\napparently viewed anyone who participated in left-wing political activities as an object\nof suspicion and hostility.\n\nNor was the bureau scrupulous about protecting the rights of people under\ninvestigation. Its main priority was to protect its informants, insisting that preserving\nconfidentiality was essential to national security. In fact, much of the bureau's passion\nfor secrecy came from its desire to conceal its own lawbreaking. For years Hoover had been\ndefying his superiors in the Justice Department and had secretly put people under\nsurveillance without authorization from above. His agents also resorted to illegal\nwiretaps and break-ins and leaked material from the FBI's allegedly confidential files to\nsympathetic journalists and politicians. Beginning in 1956, when the Supreme Court started\nto make anti-Communist prosecutions more difficult, the bureau embarked on COINTELPRO, a\nsecret program of political sabotage, unauthorized surveillance, and disinformation\ndesigned to cripple the Communist party and, later, other radical groups as well.\n\nBut the FBI's illegal activities and ideological proclivities were not widely known\nuntil the 1970s. Hoover and his aides successfully concealed their dirty tricks and\nright-wing agenda for years even as they were proclaiming their professionalism and\npolitical neutrality. President Truman was one of the few people in power at the time to\nquestion the bureau's activities; as one of his aides noted, he wanted \"to hold [the]\nF.B.I. down, afraid,\" that it would turn into a \"Gestapo.\" But his\napprehension, while sincere, did not outweigh the risk to his administration of the brutal\nbureaucratic struggle that reining in the FBI would have entailed. In a battle between\nTruman and Hoover, there is no evidence that the President would have won. The bureau had\nenormous popular and congressional support; and the administration, under growing\nRepublican pressure to prove that it could handle communism, would not have taken action\nthat might have exposed it to further attack.\n\nSince the administration had itself subscribed to and popularized the notion that\nCommunists threatened national security, it was in a bind. Its own activities legitimized\nthose of its right-wing opponents. It could not deny the issue's importance without\npuncturing its own anti-Communist credentials. But it could not concur with the\nconservative view that the New Deal had been honeycombed with Communists. It took a while\nfor this dilemma to manifest itself and as the conflict between the Truman administration\nand its Republican opponents escalated in the late 1940s, the anti-Communist crusade did\ntoo. For all their differences, both sides believed that communism threatened the nation.\nBy fighting about how to handle that threat, they merely emphasized its importance and\nhelped disseminate anti-communism throughout society."}
-{"text": "You guys need to look at the history of chevy. You're not going to get it all, the 1st year out. Then there will be nothing to sell the following year.\n\nSo, look for a 100hp jump from the standard V8 for the Z28. In a year or 2 they'll up the hp some more.\n\nThe Corvette will be dropped in a couple of years and the Camaro will then be pulled out of Canada and will finally become American Made, where the Corvette was once built.\n\nNot exactly what I want to see happen but my crystal ball is pretty accurate.\n\nConsidering that the C7 Vette is due out in a couple of years (and it should be a short lived place holder model) and they are already working on the C8 Vette, perhaps your crystal ball needs a good cleaning so you can see the future better.\nClyde\n\nGM is NOT going to give the new Z/28 more substantially power than the CTS-V for $12,000 less. It's just not going to happen.\n\nPeople need to use the brains God gave them and look into past performance cars to find the answer to this question. The new engine is most likely going to be the LSA, and it will only make more power than the 556 HP the CTS-V has, if the intake and exhaust are slightly more free-flowing. I would guess a 10 HP bump to approximately 566 HP.\n\nGM has absolutely no reason to push the limits of the motor more than they already have (and for less money, even).\n\nThis new Z/28 doesn't need 600 or 800 HP to be competitive and beat the GT500 performance numbers. It just needs high quality, wide, and sticky tires (read: not Goodyear F1s) and a great suspension setup for the roadcourse.\n\nit gave the SS 424 same than a corvette in a ls3 for 20,000 less oh yes i say around 600. Chevy didn't come to compete with ford they came here to bury them\n\nI don't really believe GM is going with power between SS and CTS-V. I see many photos with the GT500 in prototype testing, therefore I'm thinking that is the target. Having said that, in order to be competitive now, I believe Z28 has to at least match the GT500 where it currently is. However, I believe the GT500 is going to get a bump by 2012, so I think GM will try to look ahead, bump it closer to ZR1, so it's not going to see a huge spread, if any, should it be a significant increase from the serpent. It has to make up for the weight, which I believe will fall in between SS coupe and convert', so I'm a little torn on how to propose it will get there.\n\nSince I've read CTS-V's exhaust is quite conservative, and it being a luxury car, I believe their are restrictions that can be relaxed for Z28, resulting in a small bump from LSA level. It appears the intake and exhaust systems might be a little less restrictive when the V6 goes from CTS to CAMARO, so that's another little bit of support to me. In addition, the quad tips suggest dual-mode exhaust, like those featured on the Y-Bodies; another opportunity for a bit more power. It certainly sounded better in those videos at the 'Ring!\n\nA new upper intake plenum suggests to me there's a little more development between LSA and LS9. Because the upper plenum doesn't appear to be as flat as LS9, maybe there is a little less restriction, so perhap we could see a 2300 running 1900 psi levels (10.5 to 9.0, respectively) and make the power I'm suggesting.\n\nIt'd be nice to see an upgrade to the short block, for the pistongs and rods. I don't think Ti rods are necessary, but it'd be nice to see the forged slugs from LS9 carry over, and maybe some forged H-beam rods from the GMPP catalog. I'd like to see LS9's cam come over, too, since it doesn't have to be conservative, like one would expect in a luxury vehicle, like CTS-V. It'd be nice to be able to grow, safely, to 600-650 RWHP, like the GT500 can (and more...), but I can't complain, too much, knowing that if GM releases a 600 horse' Z28, it can't be pushed to 700 horse' with a little pulley, CAI, and exhaust upgrading/tuning.\n\nI'm just crossing my fingers the chassis tuning will match the power in terms of performance. I'm sure we're going to be adding weight, so I hope GM can find a way to control it\n\nI'm willing to bet the engine will be the LSA but the horsepower will be less than 556 hp. I don't see GM giving the Camaro more power than the Cadillac CTS-V rating of 556. The LS3 is in the Corvette and Camaro SS but the Corvette has slightly more horsepower. The horsepower for the Z28 will probably be around 540-550."}
-{"text": "Han shot first, then he didn't...and why that matters\n\nI remember years ago seeing an interview with George Lucas where he said that a movie is never finished, it just gets abandoned.\n\nOn Feb. 2, 2012, Den of Geek posted an article pointing out that Mr. Lucas claims that he always thought of Greedo firing first and it was just an editing mistake that changed it. A follow-up article later that same day provides some evidence that disputes this by citing Lucas' earlier published version Star Wars in it's novel form (based on a late, but not final script). But this reminder of his speculated intent does not dispute Mr. Lucas' apparent current feelings on the scene and of the revision process in general.\n\nIt is evident from the changes and updates that have accompanied the many different versions of the Star Wars films through the years that George Lucas fails to realize that we are not in love with HIS vision of what the movies would have been if he had the time, money or forethought to have done them differently. While it IS an interesting artistic and historical exercise, it is ultimately irrelevant.\n\nWhat we fell in love with was the movies as they actually were. Some art is fleeting. A live performance, like a concert or a play is a moment in time...an experience between the artist and the audience, that will never be recreated from that instant. No matter how many time the performance is repeated, each individual performance has it's own unique fingerprint that can never be recreated.\n\nArt is an amazing paradox of being a static record of a moment in time while at the same time remaining vital and fluid through the eyes of new audiences over the years. And if brings up the question...why do we consume art at all? Why do we step into the ancient past viewing Egyptian hieroglyphs, swim in Mona Lisa's penetrating stare and wrap ourselves in a Mozart composition? The smell and taste of a steaming, salty bowl of matzah ball soup transports me back to 1977 to a house filled with family, tradition and love. It brings the warm smile of a grandmother to my mind. A friend, long gone.\n\nAnd why do we re-watch movies again and again and again...ones we have seen dozens times? Why do we cheer every time Andy Dufrane stands up in the driving rain, covered in filth with his arms raised being washed clean by his newly earned freedom? Why do we cringe as Jim Brown in the Dirty Dozen once again get mowed down by Nazi machine guns after dropping the grenades into the bunker? Why do we get choked up every time that Spock saves the ship from the Genesis device and points out that he is now and will always be Kirk's friend? It is because we remember how it made us feel when we were first presented with these stories.\n\nIn the case of Han Solo's confrontation with Greedo, also in 1977, we remember how much we learned about a smooth scoundrel who when in the face of death calmly and coolly held his own. He had no one to depend on...but himself. And he looked a bully in the face and said, \"No.\" He showed that he, as a character would stand up for himself and that he would not take any crap from anyone.\n\nIt is a pivotal scene, especially for a character that would eventually learn to rely of his friends for his very existence when they would risk their very lives for his to rescue him from the clutches of the vile, gangster Jabba the Hutt. Han's initial self-reliance coupled with his self-confidence and quick action is a powerful message.\n\nIt is one of a thousand perfect and imperfect moments that we treasure. The ability to capture a perfect moment in time and return to it refreshes the soul.\nNo matter what Lucas does, he cannot change the past. I have no problem with his constant re-edits. The re-work is fascinating. He is still a brilliant storyteller, so if he wanted to tell a particular story, but could not until now...that is fine.\n\nBut through the power of the artwork, we can magically keep our access to ourselves as we were in 1977. I have access to myself in 1984 when I watch Ferris Buehler's Day Off. I have access to myself in 1978 when I watch the Mary Poppins, a movie that gives other's access to themselves in 1963 when IT was first released. I have access to 1955 when I watch Back to the Future (wait...what? nevermind)\n\nThe point is...I want to be able to re-visit Star Wars as I first saw it...just like I can with every other film in existence!\nThere are two types of re-issues that I can accept. One is to preserve the quality of the original. The 1995 \u201cTHX-version\" VHS tapes did that. They cleaned up the sounds\u2026clean-up up the images. Revitalized the film to capture a moment in time.\n\nThe other type...a \"Director's Cut\" is a also a fascinating concept. I love the Director's Cuts of Brazil, Blade Runner and Touch of Evil. But I still treasure the fact that I was able to see the originals first. And I can see them again, if I want to.\n\nI find it tragic at how difficult Mr. Lucas is making it for me to share my experience with my children. If they only get to see the updates, they will still get a great experience\u2026but they will not get to have the SAME experience I had as a child (or as close as possible). I get to share The Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder, Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp, the Lion King, Aladdin and hundreds of other films and television shows that were such a powerful part of my childhood with my children.\n\nAs for Mr. Abrams coming film, Episode VII, the one thing he needs to remember is that we are not looking for a re-boot, but a continuation. Part of the reason that the Prequel films from 1999 to 2005 were so jarring was how much they differed from the original films both in terms of visual, themes and character interaction. While Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi all have their own essence, they are clearly tied together as one overarching piece of artwork. We can only hope that Episode VII feels no more different from Star Wars than The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi. Again...we are looking for a connection to 1977 that we did not received with the 1999 Prequels.\n\nAnd if you need further proof of WHY these things need to be preserved\u2026let\u2019s look at exactly how the scene went down back in \u201977:\n\nGREEDO: Jabba's through with you. He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser. HAN: Even I get boarded sometimes. Do you think I had a choice? GREEDO: You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship. HAN: Over my dead body. GREEDO: That's the idea. I've been looking forward to killing you for a long time. HAN: Yes, I'll bet you have. <With his gun in his lap, Han shoots. Greedo's lifeless head slumps noisily on the table. Han coolly stands and slowly walks out of the saloon...I mean, the cantina. He flips some coins to the bartender.> HAN: Sorry about the mess.\n\nAnd scene.\n\nPerfect!\n\nSubscribe to our newsletter!\n\nStay close to your fandom and get the latest stories and updates about all things Movie Pilot."}
-{"text": "Many Canadians had strong suspicions about the similarity between the Liberal Bill C-60 and the Conservative Bill C-61.\n\nThe overwhelming response from the vast majority of Copyright Consultation respondents indicated Canadians were opposed to TPM/DRM (Technical Protection Measures/Digital Rights Management) or \u201cdigitial locks\u201d. Digital locks prevent users from using the media and devices the way they want to.\n\nIn spite of that, when Bill C-32 was tabled, TPM or \u201cdigital locks\u201d was the most over-riding element, and made circumventing digital locks illegal. Even of we are legally entitled to access the content, under C-32 we would be breaking the law to bypass the digital lock.\n\nThis is the part that most upset me, as a writer, because this could remove my right as an author to distribute my creative work as I see fit. TPM/DRM places control of digital distribution in the hands of corporations. This law would have allowed manufacturers to use TPM to prevent consumers from accessing free material we are legally entitled to access on our laptops, dvds, cell phones and ipads etc.\n\nIf Bill C-32 had passed as is, Canada would most certainly have seen digital locks added to all digital devices, allowing corporate control of our culture.\n\nWikiLeaks Cables Released\n\nA cable originating in the office of the U.S. Secretary of State is a blueprint for the copyright legislation the Canadian Government was expected to pass:\n\nProhibition of manufacturing and trafficking in technological\nprotection measure (TPM) circumvention devices as an offense\nseparate from copyright infringement;\n\nProhibition of circumvention of TPMs that control access to\nworks (quote access controls unquote);\n\nDeterrent penalties against unauthorized circumvention \u2014\nboth civil and criminal;\n\nIf there are any exceptions to TPM or rights management\ninformation (RMI) liability, the exceptions should be clearly\nenumerated and narrow in scope;\n\nA system of protections and obligations for ISPs that\nshelters them from certain liability, reduces and prevents\ncopyright infringement on the Internet and provides\nincentives for ISPs to work cooperatively with copyright\nowners.\n\nWell, would you look at that. The most contentious issues \u2014 the issues objected to by Canadians \u2014 all come from the United States. And all the while, our government insisted that Bill C-32 was a \u201cmade-in-Canada\u201d solution.\n\nSo, what would be Canada\u2019s reward for making copyright law beneficial to the US at the expense of the Canadian public interest?\n\n\u2014 (If needed) As Ambassador Kirk indicated in April, USTR is\nprepared to reopen the USG interagency process to reassess\nCanada,s placement on the Special 301 list if Canada enacts\nadequate legislation.\n\nselling out Canada\n\nThe \u201cprize\u201d Canada might receive for suborning Canadian Sovereignty in favor of American demands is that if we enact \u201cadequate\u201d legislation \u2013 legislation that suits American needs over our own \u2013 the \u201cUSTR is prepared to reopen the USG interagency process to reassess Canada,s placement on the Special 301 list.\u201d\n\nOr, in other words, all Canada has to do is make the laws the United States tells us to make, and then the USTR might stop lying about Canada, by placing Canada on the spurious USTR Watch List.\n\n(And where was the \u201cwatchdog press\u201d?)\n\nOther cables recently released by WikiLeaks have clearly shown that Canada was only placed on the USTR Watch List in order to bully us into passing copyright law favorable to US special interests.\n\nIronically, Canada\u2019s specious inclusion on the USTR Watch List has been a huge contributing factor in exposing the USTR Watch List for the fraud it is. Since the American record of copyright infringement is worse than ours, the United States should be listed there before Canada. The WatchList has been used against other countries around the world in just this way.\n\nOh! Canada, indeed.\n\nPlease vote on Monday in the Federal Election.\n\nDon\u2019t vote strategically if there is a candidate you believe in. If we don\u2019t start voting for what we want, we will never get it.\n\nThe only Canadian political parties opposed to electoral reform are the Conservative and Liberal parties. Canada has other choices. Visit the Elections Canada site to see what choices are available in your riding.\n\n9 thoughts on \u201cWikiLeaks Cable dictates Canadian Copyright Law C-32\u201d\n\n[\u2026] Even so, if there was a Pirate Party candidate running in my riding, that is where my vote would be cast. Because digital issues including Canada\u2019s digital economy, privacy and civil liberties need to be addressed by people who understand them. And it has become horribly clear that the entrenched parties\u2019 understanding of these issues is faulty at best. It might not be such an important issue except that our recent governments have demonstrated their unwillingness to listen to or learn from citizen input on these subjects, but rather to create legislation favoring American Corporate interests. [\u2026]\n\nAm writing a thesis on Public Trust in WikiLeaks, the Media and the Government and need to know what your opinions are. The online survey is multiple choice and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please follow the link: http://www.kwiksurveys.com/?s=ILLLML_9669e09d. Would be great if you would encourage others to do the survey also.\n\n[\u2026] American digital piracy levels from being far higher than ours. Thanks to Wikileaks it is no longer an unsubstantiated guess: the Canadian government wants only to pass a Copyright Law that will make the American Government [\u2026]"}
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-{"text": "MacTech Blog\n\nJan 26\n\nApple patent involves playing data from an optical...\n\nA new patent (number 20120020644) from Apple at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for playing data from an optical media drive.\n\nThe patent relates generally to optical media drives and to systems using such optical media drives; as well as to improved methods of operating such optical media drives. It's a bit surprising to see this patent, as most evidence indicates that Apple will phase out built-in optical drives on most Macs. But perhaps this involves a revamped, external SuperDrive.\n\nIn an example embodiment, the disclosure relates to playing data from an optical media drive. Example embodiments provide various techniques for playing data from an optical media drive. The optical media drive may detect certain media access information for use in accessing optical media. This media access information is stored a non-volatile memory.\n\nThe optical media drive then retrieves the media access information from the non-volatile memory once the optical media...\n\nThe late Steve Jobs' name is listed as an inventor on a new patent at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Patent number 20120023434 regards an user interface for providing consolidation and access.\n\nMethods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a user bar is established which includes a plurality of item representations.\n\nTo permit a greater number of items to reside in the user bar, a magnification function can be provided which magnifies items within the user bar when they are proximate the cursor associated with the graphical user interface. The inventors are Bas Ording, Steven P. Jobs and Donald J. Lindsay.\n\nHere's Apple's summary of the invention: \"According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, these and other drawbacks and difficulties of conventional GUIs are overcome by providing a simple, consolidated and...\n\nA new Apple patent (number 20120023597) for magnetically implemented security devices has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It relates generally to programmable magnetic devices, and more particularly to security for computing devices and peripherals that may be provided by programmable magnets.\n\nSecurity devices and methods of securely coupling electronic devices and peripherals are provided. In one embodiment, a peripheral has a first coded magnet on a first surface of a first device. The first coded magnet has at least two different polarity regions on the first surface. A second coded magnet on a second surface of a second device is also provided.\n\nThe first coded magnet is configured to securely provide data to a device associated with the second coded magnet, if the first and second coded magnets' patterns are keyed to one another. The inventors are Brett Bilbrey, Aleskandar Pance, Peter Arnold, David I. Simon, Jean Lee, Michael D. Hillman,...\n\nA new patent (number 20120023199) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is considering a software development kit (SDK) for iAP [in-application programming] accessories. It relates generally to communication between an accessory and a mobile computing device and in particular to using accessory and/or application specific protocols for such communications.\n\nEmbodiments of the present invention provide various communication techniques for communication between a mobile computing device and an accessory. An accessory protocol that is generic to the mobile computing device can be used for some communication. An application executing at the mobile computing device can communicate with the accessory using an application communication protocol. In some embodiments, the application communication protocol can be different from the accessory communication protocol.\n\nIn other embodiments the application protocol may only be recognized by the application and...\n\nA plethora of patents at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office show that Apple is working on several methods of improving the displays across its product lines.\n\nPatent number 20120019152 is for ambient light calibration for energy efficiency in display systems. It involves a method, system, and apparatus that can be used to operate a display device in an energy efficient manner. The energy efficient display device can effectively and efficiently compensate for changes in ambient light incident at a display screen of the display device using an internal ambient light sensor to provide control signals to a backlight driver. David W. Lum is the inventor.\n\nPatent number 20120019152 involves a display brightness control based on ambient light angles. Methods and devices are provided for controlling the brightness of a display for an electronic device based on ambient light conditions. In one embodiment, an electronic device may employ one...\n\nOnce upon a time Apple boasted that its products were made in America. That's changed. And the question is: should Apple do more to support the U.S.. economy?\n\nA recent \"New York Times\" story (http://macte.ch/MofNt) notes that almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold in 2011 were manufactured overseas. The company earned over US$400,000 in profit per employee -- more than Goldman Sachs, Exxon Mobil or Google. With that kind of moolah, couldn't Apple bring more jobs to our country?\n\nDepends -- as does most things in life -- on how you look at it. As the \"Times\" notes, President Obama and others are \"vexed\" that high tech companies like Apple that are rolling in money don't help American jobs as other famous companies, such as General Motors and General Electric, did in the past.\n\nAccording to the latest data from Gartner and IDC, Apple continues to gain market share in the personal computer industry. In fact, it's the fastest growing company among the top five US computer makers (see http://macte.ch/4Lanv).\n\nI expect this to continue, thanks to the popularity of iOS devices and the apparent huge success of iCloud, Apple's cloud service. iClouds lets you sync calendars, contacts, email, bookmarks and more across multiple OS X and iOS X devices When it comes to iTunes -- one of Apple's crown jewels (though it needs an overhaul as it's become too bloated) -- iCloud\u00b4s purchase history lets you re-download purchased content from any device at any time.\n\nThat's very cool and very convenient. What's more, as more and more customers get used to using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and storing all their data in iCloud, chances are good that they'll eye a Mac when they make their next...\n\nAmong several patent wins today, Apple has been granted a patent (number 8,100,544) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a LED backlight for display systems. It relates generally to device display systems, and more particularly to an LED backlight with highly uniform color for illuminating display systems.\n\nThe invention is for an LED backlight method for display systems comprising receiving a plurality of light emitting diodes categorized into a plurality of bins, wherein each bin references a separate range of white point colors, and determining an optimal order for mounting the plurality of light emitting diodes at spatially distributed positions, the plurality of light emitting diodes comprising white point colors associated with separate bins, wherein the optimal order of the plurality of light emitting diodes produces a light of a desired white point color when the light outputs of the plurality of light emitting diodes are mixed. The inventors are Wei Chen,...\n\nI've had a few days to play around with the iBooks Author app Apple announced last week. It's pretty cool -- and only underscores my conviction that Macs are going to be around for a loooong time. They'll be creating the bulk of the content we'll be consuming on iOS devices.\n\niBooks Author is a tool for creating iBooks textbooks (also announced last week). It's a free download at the Mac App Store. The textbooks you create are designed to be read on iOS devices via the iBooks app and the new iTunes U.\n\nThat's all well and good, but I'd still like to see iBooks, the iBookstore and iTunes U available on Mac OS X, as well as Newsstand. I want to be able to buy books, textbooks and magazines and have them -- via iCloud -- synced across all my iOS and OS X devices so I can read them whenever and wherever I choose.\n\nWhat's more, I'm a bit disappointed that Apple didn't incorporate the iBooks Author features into Pages. It would have made the word processing/document...\n\nThe GSM, WCDMA, and LTE royalties on cellular phones will continue to grow for the next few years, but are starting to flatten out. GSM handset royalties are already playing a much less significant role for royalty revenues, with GSM/WCDMA/LTE handset royalties becoming increasingly significant.\n\nGSM/WCDMA handset royalties hold the lion\u2019s share because of the size of the 3G handset market, according to new data from the ABI Research Group (http://www.abiresearch.com). Bilateral roaming agreements may cancel out a lot royalties paid, but what is left is still significant and can weigh heavily on handset vendors with rising market share but weak patent portfolios.\n\nFor GSM/WCDMA handsets, vendors pay anything from less than 4% if they have a very strong patent portfolio to well into the teens. The average paid, weighed by market share, will fluctuate between approximately seven and eight percent...\n\nRecently, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, took issue with the idea that the Android mobile operating system is fragmented, arguing that it's a differentiation between devices rather than a fragmentation. If that's indeed the case, then let's have a new naming system; more on that in a moment.\n\nThe difference, as Schmidt explains it, is that differentiation means manufacturers have a choice. They're going to compete on their view of innovation, and try to convince consumers that their innovation is better than somebody else's whereas fragmentation is quite the opposite, he says. Not surprisingly, some company analysts beg to differ, pointing out the ever-increasing incompatibilities between OS and apps across different Android devices and other problems with Android.\n\nSo if Schmidt thinks that Android is different for innovation needs, and if the developers/consumers see mounting incompatibilities, then perhaps we need to start talking about a different...\n\nA new Apple patent (number 20120016678) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that the company has big plans for Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. Siri was introduces last October along with the iPhone 4S.\n\nThe new Apple patent is for an \"intelligent automated assistant\" system that engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof.\n\nIn one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact. The inventors are Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Dag Kitilaus, Didier Rene Guzzoni,...\n\nAn Apple patent (number 20120013775) for enhanced image capture sharpening has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Apparently, Apple continues to investigate ways to improve the digital camera functions on its iOS devices.\n\nPer the patent, an image capture sharpening subsystem for a digital camera includes a capture sharpening processor and a memory that stores values for a capture sharpening amount. The values for the capture sharpening amount are a function of position on an image sensor of the digital camera. The capture sharpening processor receives a first value for a pixel in an image captured by the image sensor and a position value for the pixel on the image sensor.\n\nThe capture sharpening processor determines a pixel sharpening amount from the values for the capture sharpening amount stored in the first memory according to the position value. The capture sharpening processor applies a capture sharpening process to the pixel to provide a second...\n\nApple has been granted two patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, both involving manufacturing processes.\n\nPatent number 20120011690 is for a removable fixture for a manufacturing device. The invention relates generally to manufacturing devices and processes, and more particularly to devices and methods for accurately locating removable fixtures in a manufacturing system.\n\nPer the patent, a CNC system can include a cylinder adapted to rotate about, travel along, and deliver a force in an axial direction, an extension coupled to a distal end of and extending outward from the elongated component in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and a removable fixture adapted to receive the axial force and to be moved and positioned thereby along a plane (i.e., two directions) substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.\n\nThe fixture has a central opening along the first direction adapted to receive the elongated component,...\n\nApple will hold an education event today at 10 am (Eastern) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum. So what's on the agenda?\n\nOf course, only Apple execs know for sure, but the betting company Paddy Power (http://www.paddypowerpic.com) has taken bets on what the subject will be. Given the theme of the event it\u2019s unsurprising that the clear favorite is for the announcement concern electronic/digital textbooks at 1/6 odds, followed by the iPad Lite at 6/1 and the iPad 3 at 9/1. Further down the list its 14/1 odds that Apple\u2019s CEO Tim Cook will be waxing lyrical about the return of the iMac desktop while an announcement on the iiPhone 5 and an \"Apple Robot Teacher\" prop up the market at 20/1 and 40/1 respectively.\n\nYours Truly is giving the odds of an iPad Lite, iPad 3, iPhone 5, new iMac and Apple Robot Teacher (what the heck is that?) as nil. I think Apple will beef up its iBook app...\n\nApple has been granted a patent (number 8099665) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for \"organizing and sorting media menu items.\" It hints at a) the rumored Apple HDTV (the \"iTV\"), b) an Apple TV (the set-top box) update, or c) both.\n\nThe patent is for a method of organizing episodic content that includes identifying a list of items associated with episodic content and sorting the list of items based on at least episode order upon a prompt. The inventors are Rainer Brodersen, Rachel Clare Goldeen, Jeffrey Ma, Mihnea Calin Pacurariu and the late Steve Jobs.\n\nHere's Apple's background and summary of the invention: \"Media devices, such as digital video and audio players, can include multiple functions and capabilities, such as playing stored content, browsing and selecting from recorded content, storing and/or receiving content selected by a user, and the like. These various functions can often be grouped according to content types, e.g., movies, music, television...\n\nIn what can only be good news for Apple's iBookstore (which will almost certainly be part of Apple's education announcement/s tomorrow) and other ebook vendors, a recent study indicates that children who read books on digital e-readers such as the iPad and Kindle comprehend what they've read as well as children who read paper books.\n\nThe report \"Student Comprehension of Books in Kindle and Traditional Formats,\" was released by Michael Milone, Ph.D., for Renaissance Learning, a leading provider of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for K12 schools. Results of the study indicate that parents and educators can rest easy knowing that students comprehend books they read digitally as well as they comprehend books read in a print format.\n\nIn this study, fourth-grade students were asked to read books selected from a list of popular fiction titles. Students then alternated between options, reading approximately 50 percent of the books on the...\n\nWe\u2019re just back from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the consumer electronics extravaganza in Las Vegas where we saw some amazing new gadgets and gear including new TVs, tablets, smartphones and new high tech automobiles. Much of the technology we saw may not be available for some time (if at all) but we did see some trends that will sooner or later make many of your high tech possessions obsolete.\n\nFuture TVs will be sharper\n\nA year ago at CES 2011 we saw just a few 4K resolution HDTVs but at this year\u2019s show we saw lots more. Full HD is defined as 1920 x 1080 but he next generation standard will double that to 3840 x 2160 which they are calling 4K (4K x 2K). Just as everyone who saw HD when it first came out could see a big difference between its higher resolution and older standard definition TVs, once you see 4K TVs you\u2019ll want one. Yes, it will take new production equipment, new distribution methods and...\n\nA new patent (number 8099258) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on a \"smart garment\" for exercises and athletes. It builds upon the idea behind the Nike iPod Sport Kit.\n\nThe invention relates generally to performance monitoring. More particularly, methods and apparatus electronically pairing an authorized garment and a sensor that receives data from the garment are disclosed.\n\nPer the patent, a sensor authenticated to a garment transfers information, either wirelessly or wired, to an external data processing device. Such information includes location information, physiometric data of the individual wearing the garment, garment performance and wear data (when the garment is an athletic shoe, for example). The external data processing device can be portable digital media players that are, in turn, in wireless communication with a server computer or other wireless devices. The inventors are Brett G. Alten and Robert Edward Borchers....\n\nU.S. smartphone adoption is expected to surge to 175 million devices by 2015, but even in a booming market, many mobile OS vendors have an uphill battle ahead, according to new data from the Yankee Group finds (http://www.yankeegroup.com). Apple, however, isn't one of them.\n\nIn its new report, \"The Runaway Smartphone Landscape,\" Yankee Group cautions that while Apple\u2019s iOS and Google\u2019s Android are sitting pretty with two-thirds of the market, HP\u2019s webOS, Microsoft\u2019s Windows Mobile and Nokia\u2019s Symbian are being left behind. As expected, iOS and Android dominate. Over 80%of consumers intend to buy an iPhone or Android-powered device over the next six months. iOS is the only contender set to win share over that time frame.\n\nRIM and Microsoft are struggling to sell new smartphones -- even to their current base. Twenty percent of U.S. consumers own a RIM BlackBerry, but only 12% intending to buy a...\n\nAn Apple patent (number 8099332) for an user interface for application management for a mobile device has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.\n\nThis specification describes technologies relating to user interfaces for mobile devices. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving a touch input to access an application management interface on a mobile device; presenting an application management interface; receiving one or more inputs within the application management interface including an input to install a particular application; installing the selected application; and presenting the installed application. The inventors are Steve Lemay and Sean Kelly.\n\nHere's Apple's background and summary of the invention: \"Conventional mobile devices are often dedicated to performing specific functions. For example, a mobile phone provides telephony services, a personal...\n\nMobile devices, especially the iPad, are having a major impact on email viewship. No surprise there, as the Apple table is disrupting lots of areas.\n\nReturn Path (http://www.returnpath.com), an email certification and reputation monitoring company, has announced the findings from its second global report on the impact mobile is having on email viewership. The study looks at data from April 2011 to September 2011 and examines rapidly shifting trends.\n\nIn this latest report, Return Path data shows a pattern of increasing usage that\u2019s hard to ignore as email opens on mobile devices grew by 34% compared with the previous six month period. While webmail maintains its status as the most popular platform for reading email, mobile is showing huge growth rates whereas the relative number of opens on webmail and desktop decreased by 11% and nearly 9.5%, respectively.\n\nHow is it possible to take a compact digital camera that for most people is already perfect and improve upon its stellar features? It seemed as if this line had reached its pinnacle with the CX4 (http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc), but in true Ricoh style, they weren\u2019t about to let \"good enough\" suffice.\n\nThe new CX5 (US$329) is quite remarkable and there really are some new features, but it all comes down to one word: speed. The CX5 is, by far, their fastest and most impressive incarnation of this body type to date. The new hybrid autofocus is impressive in nearly any situation.\n\nFrom macro to magnified, the mechanism is smooth and extremely quick, allowing the capture of your subject as your eye sees it -- when it sees it -- and it\u2019s rated at just over 0.2 seconds for either wide-angle or telephoto shooting. Ricoh\u2019s new Super-resolution technology subtly enhances...\n\nPerhaps Apple should offer its iDevices in pink, as well as other colors. According to new data from the 2012 Cozi Family Outlook survey (http://www.cozi.com), Moms are more likely than dads to have a tablet (35% vs. 20%) or a smartphone (72% vs. 68%).\n\nKids aren\u2019t far behind, with 62% reporting at least one of their children has a mobile phone, smartphone or tablet, according to Cozi, a free web and mobile service designed to \"simplify family life.\"\n\nThe fast growth of technology among the younger set becomes especially clear when compared against historical figures. In the 2011 Cozi Family Outlook survey, only 9% of children had smartphones. This year\u2019s results show the total has more than doubled to 19%.\n\nThe 2012 Cozi Family Outlook also showed that today\u2019s families have an average of three desktop or laptop computers in their homes. They don't say how many of those are Macs. But I'd bet the...\n\nA new patent (number ) for a \"Sensor Based Display Environment\" at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on a motion-based 3D interface for its iOS devices. Although, from reading the patent, there seems to be no reason why the technology couldn't also be implemented on the Mac.\n\nAccording to the patent, a three-dimensional display environment for mobile device is disclosed that uses orientation data from one or more onboard sensors to automatically determine and display a perspective projection of the 3D display environment based on the orientation data without the user physically interacting with (e.g., touching) the display. Patrick Piedmonte is the inventor.\n\nHere's Apple's background and summary of the invention: \"Modern computer operating systems often provide a desktop graphical user interface ('GUI') for displaying various graphical objects. Some examples of graphical objects include windows, taskbars, docks, menus and various icons...\n\nA new Apple patent (number 20120011227) for techniques and systems for supporting podcasting has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.\n\nImproved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted.\n\nAccording to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata. The inventors are Anne Jones, Thomas Dowdy, Jeffrey Robbin, Mike Wiese and Stephen Davis.\n\nA new patent (number 20120008538) for \"mobile network device battery conservation system and methods\" at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on ways to improve battery life for its devices that can connect wirelessly.\n\nPer the patent, the battery life of a mobile device operating in a wireless network environment is extended by terminating network communication activities after a specified period of time. Network communication activities may be restored when any one of a specified number of user actions are detected. The inventors are Eric Albert, Nate Begeman, Evan Doll, Charles Dominguez, Scott Herz, Dan Keen, David Myszewski, Mallory Paine and Rob Yepez.\n\nHere's Apple's background and summary of the invention: \"The invention relates generally to mobile wireless devices and, more particularly, to a system and methods for extending the battery life in a network capable mobile device. As used herein, the term 'network' refers to those...\n\nConsumer demand for TVs has been softer than expected in 2011, but showing signs of improvement late in the year. But things are expected to get better this year, which could bode Apple if, as rumored, Apple decides to release its own HDTV (dubbed by many the \"iTV\").\n\nIventory pressure plagued the industry through much of early 2011 and led to a sharp reduction in shipments to retailers. The result is that global TV unit shipments are expected to rise only 0.1% in 2011. According to the latest forecast released in the NPD DisplaySearch (http://www.displaysearchcom) \"Advanced Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report,\" growth is expected to improve in 2012, rising 2% to 254 million units.\n\n\"Global economic conditions have improved in 2011, but more slowly than expected, and consumers in mature TV markets like Europe face continuing uncertainty, which is leading to very cautious spending...\n\nDon't count 3D TV out yet -- or dismiss a 3D \"iTV\" at some point in the future. While the 3D TV industry is truly global, regional differences are increasing.\n\nFor 3D, the most enthusiastic regions are Western Europe and China, while the mix of 3D in North America actually declined in the third quarter of 2011 (Q3\u201911), according to a new study by NPD DisplaySearch.\n\n\"We were surprised to find that 3D appears to be a far more popular feature in China than North America, and the penetration rate was two times higher in the last quarter,\" says Paul Gray, director of TV Electronics Research, NPD DisplaySearch (http://www.displaysearch.com/). \"Our report also indicates that North American and Japanese 3D penetration is lower than the Middle East.\"\n\nThe report finds that North American consumers favor large, inexpensive TV sets with fewer features, unlike other regions. If Apple is...\n\nApple's laptop line -- particularly the MacBook Air -- gets most of the computer PR love from the company these days, but the iMac is quietly winning its market.\n\nIn the the all-in-one (AIO) market the stalwart of Apple's desktop line has about one-third of the computer industry market. The AIO market grew 39% to 14.5 million units worldwide in 2012, according to DisplaySearch (http://www.displaysearch.com). The iMac accounted for 32.9% of shipments in the third quarter, the research firm estimates.\n\nDisplaySearch believes that the market will reach 23.3 million units by 2014. The iMac looks to continue to lead the pack. Apple's closest competitor is Lenovo, with 22.7% of AIO sales.\n\nSo what can we expect from the iMac this year?\n\nA redesign of some sort? Perhaps. A height-adjustable monitor? Maybe, but I'm dubious.\n\nApple has been granted eight patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office, involving, among other things, audio data storage (most likely involving iCloud), channel state logic and more.\n\nPatent number 8095375 involves an universal container for audio data. Per the patent, storing audio data encoded in any of a plurality of different audio encoding formats is enabled by parametrically defining the underlying format in which the audio data is encoded, in audio format and packet table chunks.\n\nA flag can be used to manage storage of the size of the audio data portion of the file, such that premature termination of an audio recording session does not result in an unreadable corrupted file. This capability can be enabled by initially setting the flag to a value that does not correspond to a valid audio data size and that indicates that the last chunk in the file contains the audio data.\n\nAccording to the latest research from Strategy Analytics (http://www.strategyanalytis.com), worldwide HTML5 phone sales will surge from 336 million units in 2011 to 1 billion units in 2013. Call it a belated victory for the late Steve Jobs, who much preferred HTML5 over Flash.\n\nHTML5 -- preferred by Apple over Flash -- is a language for structuring and presenting content for the Web and is a core technology of the Internet originally proposed by Opera Software. Every new Apple mobile device and every new Mac -- along with the latest version of Apple\u2019s Safari web browser -- supports web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.\n\nHTML5 has quickly become a high-growth technology that will help smartphones, feature phones, tablets, notebooks, desktop PCs, televisions and vehicles to converge through cloud services, according to the research group.\n\nApple is working on a new method and apparatus for cooling electronic devices (mainly Macs), according to a new patent (number 20120002342) at the US Patent & Trademark Office.\n\nEmbodiments in the patent provide various apparatus and techniques for deflecting or redirecting a flow of ionized air generated from an ionic wind generator. In general, a deflection field generator can be located proximate to the path of the flow of ionized air. The deflection field generator is configured to generate an electromagnetic field, which deflects a least a portion of the flow of ionized air to a different path and may possibly increase local heat transfer. The inventors are Jean L. Lee and Richard Blanco.\n\nHere's Apple's background and summary of the invention: \"Many modern electronic systems generate a large amount of heat, and a variety of different cooling mechanisms may be used to cool these electronic systems. For personal electronic systems, such as computers and other...\n\nAccording to \"All Things D\" (http://macte.ch/RD2wJ), Apple is planning a media-related event to be held in New York later this month. I'm certain it won't involve an iPad 3, iPhone 5 or iTV. So what might Apple be unveiling?\n\nIt's likely that Apple plans to beef up its iBook app and iBookstore, which lags behind the Kindle's offering. On the other hand, I'd be shocked if Apple offered iBooks on any platforms beyond OS X and iOS. Did I say OS X? Yes, at long last I think the iBookstore and iBook app will be available on the Mac. You'll be able to purchase books on any OS X or iOS device and have it \"pushed\" to all your other devices via iCloud. Ditto for the mags available at Newsstand.\n\nApple will probably announce a plethora of new book titles, as well as new magazines available at Newsstand. I also wouldn't be surprised to see the company make a major push into the digital textbook realm, promoting the...\n\nIn the patent, embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system receives a video image, that when displayed, includes a picture portion, a non-picture portion, and a subtitle which is superimposed on at least a subset of the non-picture portion, where the non-picture portion has an initial brightness value.\n\nThen, the system scales the brightness of pixels corresponding to a remainder of the non-picture portion of the video image to have a new brightness value...\n\nThree Apple patents involving cables -- and apparently Thunderbolt technology -- have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.\n\nThunderbolt is an interface for connecting peripheral devices to a computer via an expansion bus. Thunderbolt was developed by Intel and brought to market with technical collaboration from Apple.\n\nPatent number 20120005496 involves power distribution inside a cable. The invention -- shown in the first graphic -- involves circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide for the powering of active components in connector inserts at each end of a cable may in various ways. For example, where a host is coupled to a device that is not self-powered, the host may provide power for circuitry at each end of the cable.\n\nIn various embodiments of the present invention, the device may request higher voltage from the host, such that more power can be delivered. In these cases, the device may regulate the voltage received from...\n\nIf Apple does indeed launch its own line of television sets (the much rumored \"iTV\"), I suspect somewhere down the road the company will offer a 3D version. Heck, probably 3D Macs, too.\n\nApple isn't going to mess around with ugly, bulky 3D glasses. But Stream TV Networks (http://streamtvnetworks.com/) has announced that it will unveil its new Ultra-D technology at CES 2012. Ultra-D is a \"next generation 3D without glasses display technology that surpasses all 3D viewing experiences offered to date,\" boasts Mathu Rajan, CEO of Stream TV Networks.\n\nThis is the final part of a six-part op-ed series in which I make my predictions for Apple's product line-up for 2012. Today we'll look at the company's Mac desktop line-up.\n\nThe Mac desktop that receives the Big Love from Apple in 2012 will be the iMac. The Mac mini will continue to be updated. As for the Mac Pro, my tea leaves say it will receive one last update in the spring -- this will be the last upgrade for the high-end tower before it fades into oblivion.\n\nBasically, the iMac has more than enough power for 99.9% of all users. And with Thunderbolt, Apple figures the iMac -- and the Mac mini -- offer plenty of expandability options.\n\nDuring Apple's last earnings call of 2011, the company said that 22% of its revenue comes from Macs -- of that, 74% comes from laptop sales. On the desktop side, the iMac takes the Lion's share, though Apple won't say just what percentage of desktop sales it tallies. This means the Mac Pro is increasingly a niche product whose...\n\nThis is part five of a six-part op-ed series in which I make my predictions for Apple's product line-up for 2012. Today we'll look at the company's Mac laptop line-up.\n\nThere have been rumors of a 15-inch MacBook Air. My crystal ball says it's coming, along with a 17-inch version. In fact, the entire Mac laptop line will evole into Airs. The 11-inch and 13-inch models will be dubbed MacBook Airs, and the 15-inch and 17-inch versions will be called, simply, MacBook Pros.\n\nAll models will come in the svelte design the current Air line-up is famous for. All will ditch built-in optical drives and sport only solid state drives. Apple will expect those who want an optical drive to buy its US$79 SuperDrive. Need more storage? Apple will tout the power of Thunderbolt for that and promote Thunderbolt drives from several companies, which will finally arrive on the scene in greater numbers. The price tag on the pricey drives will drop a bit.\n\nOur persispacious reader may have noticed that this column is a little late. Chalk that up to health issues, including bouts with a rather violent gastroenteritis over Christmas, ongoing sciatica that make standing up and sitting down difficult, and a nasty cold. The joys of getting old. Ah, but what's a little pain? It never hurt anyone. The top line: brevity shall be the order of the month.\n\nCorporate pain seems the lot of once stalwarts Kodak, Sony, and RIM, all of whom have fallen on times that get harder with every passing month. Kodak seems to be unable to sell patents to save the company, and barring some last minute reprieve, appears destined for the bankruptcy courts. Sony, dragged down by the cutthroat TV business, has been unable to make a profit in nearly a decade, and has no immediate prospect of a turnaround. The inevitable reorganization and shrinkage is going to be painful, but the Spy feels that it...\n\nApple wants to make it easier to share and store data between a handheld device and Macs, per a patent (number 8090767) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.\n\nA method is described that involves detecting the presence of a pairing partner. Prior to establishing a paired relationship with the pairing partner, a user is prompted to verify himself/herself. In response to the user properly verifying himself/herself, the paring partner is paired with. The pairing includes invoking a remote storage protocol that contemplates a network between the partners to establish on a first of the partners access to non volatile storage resources for general use.\n\nThe non volatile storage resources are located on a second of the partners. The second of the partners is a handheld device that provides wireless cell phone service, wireless Internet service and music playback service. The inventors are Mitch Adler and Jonathan Jay Andrews.\n\nApple is working on a wireless communication headset with both wired and wireless modes, according to a new patent (number 8090132) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.\n\nPer the patent, the wireless headset can include a headset connector assembly that can be coupled to a cable connector of a cable, which can in turn be connected to a telephone. When the wireless headset is coupled to the telephone, it can advantageously be operable to exchange audio information with the telephone through the cable, receive electrical power from the telephone through the cable, or both.\n\nIn addition, the cable connector can advantageously be coupled to the wireless headset without obstructing airflow to a microphone that is located in the headset connector assembly, through use of apparatus of the invention located on the cable connector, such as an acoustic tunnel, a microphone-speaker pair, or a microphone that is coupled to control circuitry operable to disable the microphone...\n\nA new patent (number 8089488) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is eyeing ways to make it easier for hardware and software to share graphics resources.\n\nVia the patent -- entitled \"virtualization of graphics resources\" -- graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients. The inventors are John Stauffer, Bob Beretta and Ken Dyke.\n\nHere's Apple's background and summary of the invention: \"A graphics kernel driver typically interfaces between graphics client drivers and graphics hardware to assign graphics resources to each client driver and to administer the submission of graphics commands to the graphics hardware. Each client driver has explicit knowledge of the...\n\nThis is part four of a six-part op-ed series in which I make my predictions for Apple's product line-up for 2012. Today we'll look at the company's Apple TV and the rumored iTV.\n\nI was one of those who long doubted that Apple would enter the TV market. I've changed my mind -- or perhaps I've merely been worn down by the constant rumors about the Apple HDTV (the iTV). Either way, I'm forecasting that we'll see one in late 2012.\n\nHowever, I don't think the Apple TV -- the set-box top -- is doomed. I think it will updated to 1080p quality and continue to be sold for those who can't afford the iTV, which will doubtless carry a considerable price tag. It will also offer some, if not all, of the features of the iOS that will power the iTV.\n\nThe latter will be a full-fledged television set that will be offered in versions ranging from 42 to 55 inches which will run a special version of iOS. I also think that Apple will offer at least one 3D option, figuring they can do...\n\nI just read an article where the author listed both the smart and stupid moves Microsoft made for the year. I was struck by the lack of anything revolutionary coming from the intellectually challenged Redmond campus. The Kinect video game sensor more or less topped the list of recently smart moves made by Ballmer. Even Kinect was purchased technology rather than innovation that came out of the massively funded R&D efforts at Microsoft. Microsoft has entered the \"declining to irrelevance\" phase of tech company evolution.\n\nSteve Jobs famously declared the PC dead and predicted the mobile OS in tablet form was the future of computing. Many would beg to disagree, but the falling numbers in the PC industry prove him right as rain. HP came close to pulling the plug on PCs due to a declining profit margins that may entirely disappear soon.\n\nI was furious that my daughter's school spend money on new PCs rather than iPads. I told the...\n\nFuture OS X and iOS devices may recognize your face when you look at them, if an Apple patent (number 20110317872) for \"low threshold face recognition\" comes to fruition.\n\nMethods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are disclosed for reducing the impact of lighting conditions and biometric distortions, while providing a low-computation solution for reasonably effective (low threshold) face recognition. In one aspect, the methods include processing a captured image of a face of a user seeking to access a resource by conforming a subset of the captured face image to a reference model.\n\nThe reference model corresponds to a high information portion of human faces. The methods further include comparing the processed captured image to at least one target profile corresponding to a user associated with the resource, and selectively recognizing the user seeking access to the resource based on a result of said comparing....\n\nA new Apple patent (number 20110317991) at the US Patent & Trademark Office shows that the company is eyeing ways to improve the cameras in its iOS devices. The patent is for a flash control for an electronic rolling shutter.\n\nA scene ambient lighting indication is obtained. An integration time interval and a flash pulse-on time interval for taking a picture is then set. The set integration time interval is shorter when the indication is bright than when the indication is dark; and the set flash pulse-on time interval is longer when the indication is bright than when the indication is dark.\n\nAn image is captured using the set integration time interval and the set flash pulse-on time interval in accordance with an electronic rolling shutter (ERS). Other embodiments are also described and claimed. Richard Tsai is the inventor.\n\nHere's Apple's summary of the invention: \"An embodiment of the invention is an electronic camera with electronic rolling shutter (ERS...\n\nThis is part three of a six-part op-ed series in which I make my predictions for Apple's product line-up for 2012. Today we'll look at the company's iPod.\n\nThe iPod no longer gets the big love and attention it once did. That goes to the iPhone and iPad, products that have evolved from the iPod and cannibalized some of its sales. Despite this, Apple's MP3 player remains dominant in its market and has years of life left.\n\nBut there'll be fewer models to choose from. Per my crystal ball, the iPod shuffle and iPod classic have seen their last updates and will quietly disappear in 2012.\n\nThe iPod nano won't have any major redesigns (no iOS support, for example). A few bells and whistles will be added. Pricing will drop a bit or else Apple will up the storage capacity slightly and keep prices steady.\n\nThe iPod touch is the top dog in the iPod world and will continue to be one of Apple's shining jewels. It will finally get cameras on a par with the iPhone, as well...\n\nAn Apple patent (number 20110320814) for a system and method for authentication has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It involves a means of providing authentication based on a process that utilizes, in one aspect, a physical theory or a physical value such as time and in another aspect, a random value.\n\nThe proposed scheme utilizes new algorithms that introduce randomness using a physical value for authentication. An exemplary method includes sharing an initial state value S(0) with a sender and a receiver, generating a sender S(t, v) based on a parameter t and an identifier v and based at least in part on the value S(0). The method includes generating a receiver S(t, v) from S(0) based on the parameter t and the identifier v wherein the parameter t is related to a physical value in authenticating the identifier v based on a comparison of the sender S(t, v) and the receiver S(t, v). The process of generating the sender S(t, v) and the receiver S(t, v)...\n\nThis is part two of a six-part op-ed series in which I make my predictions for Apple's product line-up for 2012. Today we'll look at the company's tablet, which I think will evolve into a family of products.\n\nThe iPad 3 will arrive sometime between late February and early March. The design will be the same, though just slightly thicker to accommodate more storage and a high-res screen. The iPad 3 will come in a model with 128GB of solid state storage; the iPad 2 tops out at 64GB.\n\nWhen it comes to displays, the next gen iPad will boast an HD display with a screen resolution of 2048 x 1536. Other spiffy features will include wireless charging technology, Siri support, 1GB of RAM and an A6 processor. Oh yes, and better cameras -- though not as good as the iPhone's.\n\nSoftware Updates via MacUpdate\n\nAlfred 3.4.1 - Quick launcher for apps a...\n\nAlfred is an award-winning productivity application for OS X. Alfred saves you time when you search for files online or on your Mac. Be more productive with hotkeys, keywords, and file actions at... 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Although it's only been available for temporary periods of time, 2v2 has seen a hugely positive fan response, with players clamoring for more team-based gameplay.\nSoon we'll get yet another taste of... | Read more \u00bb\n\nRoll to Win with Game of Dice\u2019s new upda...\n\nJoycity\u2019s hit Game of Dice gets a big new update this week, introducing new maps, mechanics, and even costumes.\nThe update sets players loose on an exciting new map, The Cursed Tower, that allows folks to use special Runes mid-match. 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-{"text": "Notice of Change to the Visa Entry Fees for the Commonwealth of Dominica\n\nNotice of Change to the Visa Entry Fees for the Commonwealth of Dominica\n\nThe Ministry of Justice, Immigration and National Security wishes to advise the general public that effective July 1, 2016 the fee for payment of the issuance of entry visas is now subject to increased bank charges. The cost remains at US$75.00 plus increased bank charges of US$7.00 for a total of US$82.00.\n\nApplicants are also being reminded of the following:\n\nAll applications should be mailed in. Courier service can be used to expedite"}
-{"text": "Part 3 - Opportunities to bottom fish\n\nTrading cheap and ready to shine in 2018: We also see opportunities to bottom fish, as there are a few other companies that are on the cusp of an earnings turnaround (Delfi, Roxy Pacific), or trading at deep discounts despite strong growth prospects (Riverstone, China Aviation Oil).\n\nOpportunities to bottom fish\n\nAttractive valuations with a chance to shine in 2018.\n\nWith positive vibes gathered during the Q4 reporting season and a handful of companies guiding for stronger operational prospects in 2018, we would see the February correction as an opportunity for investors to accumulate selective stocks at attractive valuations.\n\nIn our screen, we favour companies that are: -\n\nOn the cusp of an earnings turnaround i.e. Delfi Ltd, Roxy Pacific, and/or\n\nTurnaround plays -\n\nDelfi and Roxy Pacific may have missed the mark in their recent Q4 earnings report card compared to a year ago, but are set for an earnings turnaround in 2018.\n\nOngoing share buybacks for Roxy signal confidence in future earnings, providing further support to its share price.\n\nFirm growth but cheap valuations.\n\nTrading at relatively cheap valuations vs peers, the recent pullbacks in Riverstone and CAO also offer investors a better entry point, ahead of their strong, anticipated growth in subsequent quarters.\n\nDelfi (Rating: BUY; Target Price: S$1.80) - Turning the corner\n\nWith its share price currently trading near six-year lows, Delfi\u2019s weak operating environment appears to be priced in and is worth a relook. 4Q17 performance suggests that weakness might have bottomed out, and is set to improve from FY18F.\n\nRiding on the low-base effect, improving sentiment, lower raw materials, and positive production rationalisation effects, earnings could grow at c.20% CAGR over FY17-19F and drive a meaningful recovery in share price.\n\nOur Target Price of S$1.80 is based on regional peer average of 26x, pegged to blended FY18F/19F earnings.\n\nRoxy Pacific (Rating: BUY; Target Price: S$0.69) - Ready for launch\n\nOne of the earliest to land bank in the current market cycle, Roxy\u2019s investments in small but freehold residential sites gives the company the flexibility to launch quickly and hit the market.\n\nStrong take-up rates for The Navian \u2013 its first launch in 2018 have been encouraging. With a total of six residential developments in Singapore ready for launch in 2018 (two to three of which will be within 1Q18), the group is well poised to capture the rise in buyer demand ahead of its peers, and grow earnings quickly at c.53% CAGR over FY17-19F.\n\nStill largely \u201cundiscovered\u201d among institutional funds, we believe the ability to surprise on the upside is high over the near term. Roxy currently trades at 1.3x FY18F P/BV, below historical average. At its peak, Roxy traded at 2.3x P/BV.\n\nGiven the competitive nature of the healthcare glove industry (which represents the bulk of peer revenues), we see value in Riverstone\u2019s growing cleanroom glove business, which allows the group to command consistently higher margins vs peers.\n\nWe believe the market has yet to fully appreciate Riverstone\u2019s unique strengths and leadership in the cleanroom glove arena, as its shares continue to trade cheaply (below its historical average forward PE) vs larger peers, which have re-rated strongly in recent months despite unchanged fundamentals.\n\nBased on consensus estimates, Hartalega is currently trading at +1SD of its historical average, while Top Glove and Kossan are at above +2SD.\n\nWe see the valuation gap of c.55% (vs larger peers\u2019 c.29x) narrowing and Riverstone at least trading at its historical average forward PE of 16x FY19F PE (from c.13x currently) as the group ramps up on its incoming cleanroom glove capacities to deliver higher-quality earnings growth at 16% CAGR over FY17-19F. Better-than-expected execution could spark a further re-rating to 18x PE (+1 SD), in line with peers.\n\nCAO\u2019s jet fuel import business segment as well as its key associate SPIA, which roughly accounts for over 80% of CAO\u2019s earnings, are set to benefit from the double-digit pace of international travel growth in China over the next few years.\n\nIn particular, with a fifth runway in Shanghai Pudong soon to start commercial operations, contribution from SPIA is well poised to enjoy firm growth ahead. The continued expansion in its jet fuel supply business will also help its trading business to reap benefits from a greater scale and network.\n\nWith over US$300m in cash (net cash of US$180m) and a strengthened management team, the group will step up its efforts on the M&A front to make value-accretive acquisitions, which could act as a further re-rating catalyst for the stock.\n\nStock analysis research and articles on this site are for the purpose of information sharing and do not serve as recommendation of any transactions. You will need to make your own independent judgment regarding the analysis. Source of the report is credited at the end of article whenever reference is made."}
-{"text": "Vice President Pence to visit KSC Thursday\n\nPresident Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to reestablish the National Space Council, alongside members of Congress, NASA and commercial space companies in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Vice President Mike Pence, who will chair the council, will visit Kennedy Space Center next week.(Photo: NASA)\n\nThe trip comes after President Trump on Friday signed an executive order re-establishing a National Space Council that Pence will chair.\n\nDormant since 1993, the council is intended to better coordinate policies among military, civil and commercial space programs.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to lead again,\u201d Trump said in a White House ceremony attended by guests including Apollo 11 moonwalker and Satellite Beach resident Buzz Aldrin. \u201cWe\u2019re a nation of pioneers, and the next great American frontier is space.\u201d\n\nPence is expected to fly into KSC\u2019s former space shuttle runway aboard Air Force Two around noon Thursday.\n\nAt 12:50 p.m., the vice president will deliver a special address to the center\u2019s roughly 8,000-strong work force, which includes about 2,000 NASA civil servants. NASA TV will broadcast his remarks.\n\nThen Pence will tour KSC to learn more about its post-shuttle evolution into a multi-user spaceport that supports NASA, military and commercial missions.\n\nPence on June 7 visited Johnson Space Center in Houston to help introduce a new class of NASA astronauts.\n\n\u201cNASA will have the resources and support you need to continue to make history, to push the boundaries of human knowledge and advance American leadership to the boundless frontier of space,\u201d he said then.\n\nCongress currently is reviewing the Trump administration\u2019s $19.1 billion request for NASA next year, a cut of about 3 percent.\n\nNASA is developing the Saturn V-class Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule to return astronauts to lunar orbit and eventually Mars.\n\nThe space agency plans to launch an unmanned test flight of the SLS and Orion from KSC in 2019, followed by a first launch with astronauts by 2023.\n\nMeanwhile, Boeing and SpaceX hope to resume launches of astronauts from U.S. soil as soon as next year, flying crews to and from the International Space Station in privately designed capsules now being developed under NASA contracts."}
-{"text": "What Periyar means to Silicon Valley?\n\n\u201cThanthai\u201d Periyar E. V. Ramasamy is a social reformer from South India, where he was challenging the caste discrimination and oppression by spearheading the rationalist, self-respect movement, which was started to challenge the brahmanical hegemony in India. He was a great leader with huge followers from South India, worked for marginalized section and women empowerment and he had written so much literature on all those aspects of social reform.\n\nThis is a transcript of the welcome address given by Chaitanya Diwadkar, Treasurer, AKSC, on the 140th birthday commemoration on Sep 22 2018 conducted by various progressive organisations in Bay Area.\n\nWhat Periyar means to Silicon Valley?\n\nFascism and regressive right-wing ideology are on the rise all around the world and so Periyar is relevant to us more than ever. And this is especially true for us, as people living in Silicon Valley. Periyar would have loved one thing about Silicon Valley \u2013 it\u2019s ability for innovation. But I think he would have hated everything else about Silicon Valley \u2013 the stark inequality, the injustice of hunger and housing, expensive education, sexism against women in the tech industry, the race and class and caste divisions, and the threat of capitalist Hindutva fascism in which some of the Indian diaspora still indulges. I imagined what Periyar would have said to us if he could be with us in Silicon Valley today. I put together a few quotes from him.\n\nSo all of what follows are Periyar\u2019s words different aspects of social revolution he was spearheading\n\nSocietal reform\n\nHistory bears out that the threat of power has never stopped any reform. Social changes will always occur. People also will undergo social change.\n\nTentative and superficial changes here and there in the name of social reform will not bear fruit.\n\nThere is no alternative! The present social set-up should be destroyed at its very base, and a new social order, free from caste and class must be created.\n\nRationalism\n\nWithout an upheaval in our attitude to religion, caste, customs, traditions, orthodoxies, God, and commandments, which are the bases of social tyranny, no political reform will be of any use to the ordinary folk.\n\nCapitalism\n\nIf a condition free from tensions and discriminations is to be established, a pattern of socialism for all should be created. To bring this about, the right to property should be abolished and property should be held in common.\n\nCapitalism should be destroyed at the roots, if the cares and worries of the workers are to be put to an end.\n\nJust as machines, invented for the social good of people, to give them added advantage and to save them labor and time, are under the control of the capitalists to keep the worker and the laborer in hunger \u2013 so education that is to serve for the excellence, satisfaction and comfort of people has been enslaved by a few, to cause people pain, poverty and anxiety.\n\nWomen Empowerment\n\nIf male superiority survives in the world, the subjugation of women will continue. Until women put an end to the principle of male domination, it is certain that they will have no freedom. Because we do not realize that the subjugation of women leads to social ruin, that society which should grow, goes on declining day by day, despite its capacity for reason.\n\n( Disclaimer :The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. The opinions appearing in the AKSC blog do not reflect the views of AKSC. The aim of AKSC blog is to promote debates by inviting diverse views on challenging oppressions and discriminations based on class, race, caste, gender and religion et al.)"}
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-{"text": "My wifes neice\n\nAlmost fourteen years ago when I me my wife I met her neice (18 then)&lt; She was very gogeous brown hair , brown eyes, not real big breasted 34 b I thnk, and a beautiful ass and legs. I told my wife then wow I would really like to get to know her. She told me she is very shy and a one man woman. Well though the years she has gotten to know us and she knows we swing.\n\nAbout three years ago we were going out and she wanted to go we told her we were going to swing club and she said OH well I guess that leaves me out.\n\nWe told her she was more then welcome to go and at least watch and see what it is like, she could just go to socialize if she wanted.She said no I don't think I could so we went on and she had asked a little about it and we told her what we do and what we like etc. I do enjoy watching wife but also joining and she does like a gang bang or a few good hard men at once. Her neice was red faced and said as fun as it sounds I would be scared of what could happen, She said what if I don;t want to do that or whatever.....\n\nWe explained to her that NO means NO and she could do what ever she liked, but tese clubs are very open and you see all kinds of things. she then went on to ask about safe , celan sex and we explained that condoms are a must for us and many others as well. For the most part it is very safe and clean.\n\nAs time went on I helped her to move out to a new place a few months ago. The last load of stuff in the truck and I went on to her new place and went on to move smaller boxes and so on in, my wife had to work that evening so it was her and I moving the last load of furniture and boxes in. We sta on the couch as the evening moved on us and she had a few beers and smoked a joint, I was helping her unload some things and came across a porn flick, it was a gang bang flick, I thought to myself it must have been her moms.or her rothers and threw it on top of the stuff and went on to unload, I found some toys and I thought well that's cool. She had came out of the shower and said OMG you seen my things and my movie I am so sorry you had to see these, her face was red and her body actually was shaking. I told her that it was OK no big deal..\n\nOf course she had a joint and some beer in her and she said well I might as well tell you that I fantasize about many men and play with myself when I get horny and I am embarassed about it. But I know you and **** swing so I guess it is no big deal to you.\n\nI said No, it isn't and that it is OK I was wondering why she was shaking she said I want to do it in fornt of you I want to play with myslf and have you watch me while I watch that movie. I have been waiting to get you alone and thought about this I want to see what you do.\n\nI then sat down put in the movie she got her a beer and sat down as the movie played she began to moan and grind and slid her hand down her shorts and then poof they came off wow she was trimmed and so pink and so wet I could see it.\n\nShe rubbed that thing and moaned and licked her fingers and slid them in herself. She then got that dildo and slid it in her it wasn't big but it was a vibrating frenzy. She slid it against her clit and I could see the wetness building on her she was talking about seeing these cocks in her all at one time and she I want to do that.\n\nI said I could arrange for her to get it that way. When I told her that she went wild and was cumming and moaning I had to shut the windows she was cumming so hard.\n\nWhen I had shut the window close to her she motioned me with her finger to come closer I did, I kissed her passionately and licked her neck and her tits. I was rubbing her soaking wet pussy and playing with that clit slowly but feeling her squirm made me go faster and faster, She then came and shot a little load on me. I slid my finger in to her trying to find her G spot above her clit and curled my fingers two of them towards it I went down to lick that clit and fingered slowly and took my time as she shook in extasy she literally was squirting loads all over her couch and me.\n\nAs she began to cum again I slid a finger in her ass all the way in and two in her pussy and kissed her again and again she again shot a large load this time like a water fountain all over and she shook and was exhausted as she lay there in her own juices she said OMG I have never came like that what did you do to me.\n\nI laughed and said I don't know but since the day I seen you I wanted to make you shake and squirm, she kissed me and played with my rock hard cock and asked if I would fuck her and we had to have a condom I had one on me and slid it on and we fucked doggie style while she came, I laid her on her belly she came again but no squirts I thought I was to small for her , she then said take my vibrator and lube it up fuck me in the ass while you fuck me with your cock and I had her on her side spooning her with my cock and slid that dildo in her ass as I rubber her clit she bagan to squirm and moan and almost scream she gushed all over with enogh force to throw my cock out of her she shook and was in heaven She then slid her head down to my cock and told me no one has ever done that to me I want to suck you off and swallow your load, I was ready to explode, she slid the condom off of me and this girl knew how to give head I will tell you she slid her tongue up and down as she stroked my cock looking at me with them big brown eyes and smiling. She then started to slowly take it in her mouth rotating that tongue around it, I was ready to just let it go she slowed down and sepd up and took the whole thing almost down her throat and stroked it with her hands she did. I told her I am going to unload this this thing she looked up at me and gurgeld and said let it go she stroked me while she kissed that bottom part of my cock and it then slid it in her mouth and up and down she made me shoot a load of cum it seemed as if though I would not stop I came so hard I felt it shoot out she swallowed evry drop and then laid there and said Now i will go to the clubs with you as long as you participate with me.\n\nTo this day she does go to the clubs with us and she is still exxciting as hell, I am trying to talk her in to other womaen she is very curious but still wants me there Never know we mat see some of you at a local club and watch this incredible young lady do groups and gang bangs and maybe a woman as well.\n\nThis site does not contain sexually explicit images as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2256.\nAccordingly, neither this site nor the contents contained herein are covered by the record-keeping provisions of 18 USC 2257(a)-(c).\nDisclaimer: This website contains adult material. 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-{"text": "Low on Cash? 3 Last-Minute Nonprofit Fundraising Ideas\n\nThe year is coming to a close, and many nonprofits have been\nplanning their holiday campaigns\nfor months\u2014and in a perfect world, you would have done that, too. But, things happen, and between program crises, a major fall event, and the holidays\u2014well, you thought you\u2019d be further along than you are.\n\n2013 may be winding down, but don\u2019t worry; even post-\n#GivingTuesday\n, there are a few ways to raise some revenue and bolster your future fundraising plans before you ring in the new year. Here are three of my favorite\u2014and most effective\u2014last-minute fundraising ideas. Read on, then get started\u2014there\u2019s no time to lose!\n\n1. Online Challenge Gift\n\nA great way to persuade people to give is to ask one of your individual or corporate donors to match any incoming donations within a certain timeframe. This kind of campaign is gaining popularity because, especially when the average person is still dealing with the effects of the economic downturn, donors appreciate that their money can have double the impact. Also, because the match will only happen during a certain timeframe and if you meet a certain goal, it persuades people to give now, rather than next month (when they\u2019re\nlooking at their holiday credit card statements\n).\n\nWhat to Do\n\n1. Find a Donor Willing to Take the Challenge\n\nBecause time is of the essence (only a few weeks left!), your donor should be someone who has a close relationship with the organization, like a board member who hasn\u2019t made his or her annual contribution yet. Challenge grants usually require a little extra paperwork, so start working on that now.\n\n2. Promote\n\nA challenge campaign is most successful when it emphasizes the urgency of the situation (\u201cWe only have two weeks to raise this money for the next semester!\u201d). So,\nupdate social media\nand send out emails regularly with updated benchmarks and reminders of the upcoming deadline.\n\n3. Measure\n\nA fundraising thermometer may remind you of a telethon, but it works. Don\u2019t assume that your audience can instantly calculate what 63% of $25,000 looks like\u2014show them. If you have an IT person on staff, he or she can advise how to update an online thermometer automatically, or you can use a site, like\nCrowdrise\n, that has a measurement tool built in. Make sure to post this on social media and, if your headquarters gets a lot of foot traffic, in the reception area to get everyone excited.\n\n2. In-Kind Drive\n\nFolks may be burnt out on giving cash, but if they\u2019re already\nout and about buying gifts\n(which, with three weeks until Christmas, they probably are), they may be willing to pick up something for you or your clients. You might not get the flexibility of cash, but you still get what you need\u2014and even save yourself a trip to the store!\n\nThe key here is to clearly communicate what you need and don\u2019t need\u2014like Santa, your donors won\u2019t know what\u2019s on your list unless you tell them. For example,\nNew Alternatives\n, a NYC-based agency that serves homeless LGBT youth, has a year-round Amazon Wish List for general needs (such as socks and toiletries) and runs a Gay Santa program every December that allows donors to give directly to clients. (Full disclosure: I\u2019m a proud Gay Santa this year!)\n\nWhat to Do\n\n1. Make a Wish List\n\nYou can do this on shopping sites, like Amazon or\nWishlistr\n, or you can simply list the items on your website. Most importantly, make it easy! Provide links to anything that can be purchased online, and make sure it\u2019s in a ready-to-print format so folks can add to their shopping lists. (And if you work with picky teenagers or need some rather unexciting items, like office supplies, plenty of people are happy to give gift cards\u2014just add them to the list.)\n\n2. Outreach\n\nOnce you have a wish list created, spread the word that it\u2019s there! Send out emails, update your social media, and include links and reminders in all organization communications between now and the end of the year, so that your donors know that you will take more than cash.\n\n3. Spread the Love\n\nMake sure that your donors are telling others that they\u2019re participating in your organization\u2019s drive. To make it easier, email them with sample messages that they can post on social media, and explain how this extra touch really helps. Peer pressure does wonders around the holidays!\n\n3. Don\u2019t Forget Holiday Cards\n\nFundraising isn\u2019t always about asking for money; it\u2019s also important to\nestablish relationships\nand get your name in front of the people who are likely to be future donors. You want to remind people that your organization exists during this charitable time of year (sometimes that\u2019s all it takes to remind them to give).\n\nMost businesses already send out holiday cards, but if you don\u2019t have a proper appeal going (e.g., your greeting is a stock \u201cDear Valued Partner\u201d), it\u2019s worth it to be a bit more thoughtful about them. Think about who you\u2019re writing to and what\nthey\ncare about, and you might earn a prized spot on their mantle.\n\nWhat to Do\n\n1. Brainstorm Your List\n\nRemember, since you aren\u2019t explicitly asking for money, there\u2019s no reason to be shy about sending nice cards\u2014a lot of them. Yes, your current donors should certainly be on that list. And what about\nthose prospects you met last February\n? The vendor who\u2019s raking in the dough? Someone you honored at a past event? A holiday card to Bill Gates isn\u2019t going to get you anywhere (wishful thinking!), but a thoughtful note to a foundation program officer who works in your area will be appreciated\u2014and may garner a donation this year or next.\n\n2. Personalize\n\nIf all you\u2019re going to write is \u201cHappy Holidays!,\u201d you might as well throw the card in the trash before you bother to stamp it. Donors who have their mailboxes stuffed with catalogs and fundraising letters will likely see your generic greetings as a waste of money and paper, which doesn\u2019t help you prove that their future donations will be used wisely.\n\nTo really hit a home run, mention something in your message that lets the recipient know that you actually thought about him or her while you were writing it, whether you reference a vacation, a family member, or a life goal.\n\n3. Follow Up\n\nKeep your mailing list handy in January, because that\u2019s when you can start calling and\nemailing those people\nto keep the relationships going and move them toward bigger regular gifts. A simple holiday card may sound simple, but if you start planning as soon as possible (and make sure to follow through), you\u2019ll have a fundraising plan that takes you through the next 12 months.\n\nThe holidays can put extra pressure on you when you\u2019re already at a breaking point, especially when it comes to fundraising. But keep in mind, it\u2019s one of the most\ncharitable times of the year\n\u2014so take advantage of it! Take the time to invest in some of these projects, and you\u2019ll be able to start January off on the right foot.\n\nRebecca Andruszka is an activist and non-profit professional who has focused on social justice issues. She has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, doing everything from research and communications, to fundraising and project development. She is currently in a senior development position at a national advocacy organization, and is an active board member and volunteer with a number of local organizations. When Rebecca is not in committee meetings, she is probably playing with her dog in Brooklyn.\n\nMeet The Author\n\nRebecca Andruszka is an activist and non-profit professional who has focused on social justice issues. She has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, doing everything from research and communications, to fundraising and project development. She is currently in a senior development position at a national advocacy organization, and is an active board member and volunteer with a number of local organizations. When Rebecca is not in committee meetings, she is probably playing with her dog in Brooklyn."}
-{"text": "9/4/2014\n2D2C Inc. and SafePlug Distribution Products launched the \u201cSafePlug Smart Stringer\u201d, a breakthrough in safe and efficient electrical power distribution for temporary power at tradeshows, conferences and events. SafePlug Distribution Products, a company started by former GM of GES electrical operations Joel Golbin, sells the SafePlug Smart Stringer that uses 2D2C\u2019s patented safety and controlled Access-to-Energy (A2E) technology. The new stringer protects exhibitor equipment from power surges and faulty wires, includes A2E Tamper Resistant features that electronically protect exhibitors from shocks and circuit overloads, and significantly reduces trade show electrical administration and operation costs.\n\nThe SafePlug Smart Stringer safely delivers electricity to only those exhibitors who have paid for electrical service and limits them to the level purchased (e.g. 500W, 1000W, 1500W). Upgrades are simple and can be administered by non-electrical staff. Additionally, this innovative stringer absorbs electrical surges, and isolates bad power from mis-wiring or faults to help prevent damage to exhibitor computers, lights and equipment.\n\n\"We are ecstatic to have Joel working with us to create a safer stringer; taking what SafePlug already does for electrical safety in homes and businesses and optimizing it for convention and event center applications,\" said Jamie Gallant, Business Development Manager at 2D2C Inc. \u201cI\u2019ve been to a lot of trade shows and seen demo equipment burned up. Applying SafePlug to this industry and packaging it right in the stringer will make both exhibitors and administrators safer and happier.\"\n\nJoel Golbin, a veteran of the tradeshow electrical services industry for over 20 years said, \"When I first saw this technology I immediately recognized the need for these safety features on the show floor. Whether it\u2019s small exhibitions with 10 tables or something huge like a \u2018CES\u2019 that I\u2019ve worked many times, there are safety issues and electrical hazards that SafePlug addresses. I pushed them to add industry specific features for simplifying administration and deployment of electrical services, and I know from my own experiences that the resulting technology is a game changer.\" Joel added that SafePlug technology shouldn\u2019t be limited to a few big players in the market, saying, \"I am glad to play a part in making this innovation possible, and I look forward to sharing SafePlug with the whole industry's electrical service engineers and administrators.\u201d\n\nSafePlug Distribution Products is currently taking orders and will begin shipping the new SafePlug Smart Stringer with tradeshow-friendly flat cable this month. They expect to offer a round-cable version before the end of the year.\n\nAbout 2D2C, Inc.\n2D2C, Inc. develops electrical wiring innovations for safety, energy and security. 2D2C, Inc. holds a number of patents on electrical safety and wiring devices and license its technology to other companies. The company was founded in 1998 with headquarters in Lincolnshire, IL and operational facilities in Kitchener, ON, Canada. SafePlug is a registered trademark of 2D2C, Inc. For more information, go to www.SafePlug.com or call (519) 884-3100.\n\nAbout SafePlug Distribution Products\nFounded in 2014 by Joel Golbin and focused on serving the temporary power, tradeshow and electrical services marketplace. Joel brings over 20 years of experience designing and building customized temporary power distribution equipment for the trade show and special event industries.\nSafePlug Distribution Products offer rental or purchase of SafePlug Smart Stringers, portable temporary power distribution panels, transformers, disconnects, feeder cable sets, three phase boxes and power adapters. Mr. Golbin previously managed electrical operations for GES for two decades. Joel can be reached at (818) 421-5646 and jogolbin@gmail.com."}
-{"text": "Episode 112\n- Family Law Access\n\nGuests: JUDGE JANE CARTWRIGHT\n\nOne of the most contentious issues that can arise for separated parents in conflict is the question of how to divide a child\u2019s time between parents. Regardless of who has custody, and even in cases of joint or shared custody, the fact remains that a child cannot be in two places at once."}
-{"text": "Help bring the world\u2019s largest rhino sculpture to Astor Place\n\nThe Northern White Rhino species faces imminent extinction as only three remain on Earth. To raise awareness, a husband-and-wife sculpting duo are creating the largest rhino sculpture in the world and installing it in Astor Place (h/t Time Out). Gillie and Marc plan on putting $150,000 of their own money behind the project and created a Kickstarter page to raise the additional $50,000 needed to complete it. If all goes according to plan, the sculpture, titled \u201cThe Last Three,\u201d will be installed in January 2018.\n\nThe sculptors with a Northern White Rhino via Kickstarter\n\nPoachers have pushed the Northern White Rhino into extinction from hunting the species for their horns, which some believe contain healing powers. \u201cThe Last Three\u201d monument will feature the remaining rhinos, Sudan, Najin and Fatu, as life-size bronze sculptures. The horns of the rhino will be painted with gold patina, drawing attention to the illegal value of the horns and the cause of the rhino\u2019s extinction.\n\nThe sculpture will include an information plaque and can be touched by anyone. Gillie and Marc\u2019s end goal is to complete a petition of one million \u201cGoodbye Rhino\u201d messages, which will then be sent to the Chinese and Vietnamese Governments. Supporters who donate to the project will receive gifts ranging from a thank-you from the sculptors for $1 to a custom bronze rhino sculpture for $12,500.\n\nHelp bring the biggest rhino sculpture in the world to New York City and shine a light on rhino conservation by checking out the Kickstarter page here."}
-{"text": "Besor\n\ncold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David's men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites ( 1 Samuel 30:91 Samuel 30:101 Samuel 30:21 ). Probably the Wadyes Sheriah, south of Gaza."}
-{"text": "More\n\nReligious ID change\n\nBeginning in January 2013, Indonesians can opt to leave the religion column on their national electronic ID card blank.\n\nCurrently, religious minorities are required to carry a card identifying their religion. Scholar Yohames Sulamin told the Jakarta Globe that minorities who don't claim one of the six official faiths (Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism) will still be on the receiving end of contempt and discrimination."}
-{"text": "Peanut oil may not contain any peanut protein (but not cold pressed, expelled, or extruded), and therefore may be tolerated by peanut-allergic individuals. However, products can be contaminated with peanut protein during processing, so a highly sensitive person should avoid peanut oil.\n\nNutritional needs:\n\nPeanuts provide niacin, magnesium, vitamin E, and other nutrients, but these nutrients can easily be found in other foods such as other legumes, meat, grains, and oils. Therefore, nutrient deficiency is not a concern when eliminating peanuts from the diet.\n\nNOTE: Some doctors recommend that the mother not consume any peanut products during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, as it might increase risk of peanut allergy in the child."}
-{"text": "Heyy Chaos... dont forget the pups... Josh would go crazy without his... whoa... Aly is gonna freak when she wakes up!!!TO ALY: i just looked into his mind and girl he is head over heals for YOU!! ahhhhhhhhh =]=]\n\nWHOA... queenie??!! what are you doing!! STOP IT!! are you seriously feeding at a time like this?? STOP!\n\nJOSH: WHOEVER JUST HELP ME!!! *picks me up in muscly arms* do you want to take her home or something???Me; *eyes flutter* whats going on? *sees josh* did i just faint?!?!? *smacks forhead*Josh: oh my god are you okay?Me: yeah i just....im- nevermind. um,... i have to go. now. *jumps out of his arms and over to Chaos and Shiela*Josh: wait!?Me: *turns* yeah?Josh: *blushes*...............do you...um...have a cell phone number?Me: OMG YES!! *runs up and scribbles # on his arm with random pen* CALL ME! SERIOUSLY! BYE!!! come on philip! bye lincon!!!! *runs and grabs friends and jumps in car*\n\nClara \"Al Capone\" Romano for Twi-MafiaThe first werewolf in the mafia with a power. don't touch me, It'll hurt.Lidia's official comedianTEAM JACOB\n\n*in car* OMG THAT WAS THE WORST FIRST IMPRESSION EVER BUT HE IS SUCH A HOTTIE AND HE'S SO SWEET!!!!!!\n\ni think i imprinted on him! *wow what are the odds huh?* did i? im not sure... i don't rlly know what imprinting feels like! OMG this is an awesome day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(josh kinda looks like josh hartnett [he's an actor u've prolly seen him B4)\n\nClara \"Al Capone\" Romano for Twi-MafiaThe first werewolf in the mafia with a power. don't touch me, It'll hurt.Lidia's official comedianTEAM JACOB"}
-{"text": "\"Sharp, quirky, and occasionally nettlesome\", Walking the Berkshires is my personal blog, an eclectic weaving of human narrative, natural history, and other personal passions with the Berkshire and Litchfield Hills as both its backdrop and point of departure. I am interested in how land and people, past and present manifest in the broader landscape and social fabric of our communities. The opinions I express here are mine alone. Never had ads, never will.\n\nMarch 30, 2007\n\nThree fans of English Premier League champions Chelsea were evicted during a match at Tottenham Hotspur and banned by the team for throwing celery onto the field. Apparently this sort of hooliganism has become all too common with Chelsea fans, and the authorities had to put their foot down:\n\n\"Chelsea had warned their fans three days before the replay against throwing celery during matches, saying it was a criminal offence and that anyone caught could be banned.\n\nThe unlikely warning had followed referee reports which mentioned celery-throwing at two previous Chelsea matches and which were being investigated by the Football Association.\n\nThough celery has recently been landing on the pitch, Chelsea fans have been throwing it among themselves, and singing an unprintable song about the vegetable, for more than two decades.\"\n\nThe English are not like us. The BBC, after all, banned the Beatles \"A Day In The Life\" for the line \"I'd love to turn you on\" while we put Howard Stern in space. And I'm not at all sure we would consider this fan chant unprintable, though it is probably NSFW so you should listen on your own time.\n\nBe that as it may, it is safe to say that American sports fans wouldn't have any idea what to do with celery at a stadium, unless it's dipped in blue cheese as a chaser for Buffalo Wings.\n\nMarch 29, 2007\n\nBlogging about genealogy is all about the intersection of individual lives with the past and present. I enjoy working the experience of my various ancestors with particular events - those both celebrated and insignificant in the great scheme of things - into what I post and apparently a number of you find that interesting to read as well, even if they are no relations of yours. Personal, eyewitness narrative is a particularly engaging way to animate history, if not always to sort out fact from fiction; for tales, as we know, often grow in the telling.\n\nStill, there is something especially delightful about reading family history that is about your own family, and that is why collateral relations are more important to the genealogist than strictly linear lines of descent. For one thing, the chances that that infuriating break in your family tree that has bedeviled you for years is addressed in the on-line pedigree of some 6th cousin, once removed, are far greater than anyone in your immediate family remembering who was the father of your Gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-great grandmother. One has far more distant relations alive today than close kin, if only one knew where to look for them. Sometimes, thanks to the serendipity of the blogosphere, they find you instead.\n\nI have been thrilled and delighted by long-lost cousins rediscovering our family connections in genealogical posts I have written from time to time at Walking the Berkshires. My 8th great grandfather, George Abbot (t), is a common ancestor I share with Bill West, and both of us have discovered mingled roots in Puritan Essex County, Massachusetts. My post on Keeping Track of the Olmsteds introduced me to Jackie Hunt, a 5th cousin once removed from Missouri who provided additional archival and biographical material on our common ancestor Esther Ingersoll Olmsted. Recently another relation has discovered this post who shares the same relationship to me as Jackie but a much closer relationship to her (2nd cousins) and I have had the pleasure of introducing them to each other.\n\nAnd today, a comment is posted to a post of mine from December - Dedication - by a distant cousin in France who must have been surprised to find a photograph of him, taken in the early 1980s, with my great Aunt Margie beneath a portrait of his ancestor William Weeks (who married the sister of my ancestor Sarah Gilmore in the early 1800s). He was searching on line for his name and found his family history instead. It is a marvelous way to make a reacquaintance.\n\nSo I'll continue to weave the stories of my long departed forebears into the tales I tell. For many of you, I hope the material intrigues and holds your interest. For others, my rediscovered collateral kin, it may turn out to be more like coming home for the holidays.\n\nMarch 28, 2007\n\nThank goodness we have wise and forward thinking elected officials to provide the right law for any occasion. As alluded to in the title of this post, the Town of Sharon, Connecticut at its very first town meeting back in the 1700's, promptly affirmed the good character of its nose-ringed swine. This makes sense because none of those hogs had collars or licenses so there was no better way to tell the unruly stray from the law abiding resident pig. Nowadays, everyone and his sister has a nose ring so it's not so easy to separate the sheep from the goats.\n\nWe have other very useful ordinances and statutes in Connecticut. Here is one that will keep our Town Clerk from multitasking as a barkeep:\n\nChapter 545\n\nSec. 30-97. Town and probate records not to be kept whereliquor is sold.\n\nTown or probate records shall not be kept in any room inwhich alcoholic liquor is sold, nor in any room from whichthere is direct access to a room in which such liquor issold. Any town clerk or judge of probate violating theprovisions of this section shall be subject to thepenalties provided in section 30-113.\n\nOne imagines that there were difficulties with this sort of thing back in 1949 when Chapter 545 went on the books, but it is hard to credit that there was once an outbreak of copulation on the job in Massachusetts taxi cabs, but something along those lines seems to have prompted a law that prohibits taxi drivers from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts. What they do in the back is, presumably, their own affair as long as the meter isn't running. The Bay State also prohibits gorillas from riding in the back seat of any car, be it a taxi or otherwise.\n\nWhile I would like to confirm the actual ordinances in question still exist, this site claims that:\n\n\"The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but 'if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action.'\"\n\nIt is important to know what rules apply or you are liable to become a common scofflaw unintentionally. Hello to all my peeps in Brooklyn: \"Don't let your donkeys sleep in the bathtub.\" And none of you New Yorkers can get a divorce because of irreconcilable differences unless you both agree to do so. Good luck with that.\n\nWithout the will to enforce it, any law is just paper and ink. But a little legal housecleaning appears to be in order. Otherwise my gorilla and donkey are going to need to learn how to drive for themselves and find someplace else to sleep.\n\nMarch 27, 2007\n\nCivil War monuments are a familiar part of the New England landscape, granite sentinels standing guard over our village greens and traffic islands. Communities across Connecticut started erecting these memorials even before the war's end, and given that enlistments of 8-10% of the entire town population were quite typical in that conflict, such civic recognition is not surprising. Salisbury, Connecticut, with just 3,100 residents in 1860, is credited with 344 men serving in 21 Connecticut military units during the Civil War. Consequentially, there is an impressive Civil War memorial in Salisbury, and others in towns throughout the Litchfield Hills, but my town is different. North Canaan has a doughboy.\n\nNorth Canaan sent its share of volunteer sons to fight in the south. 13 died during the war (6 from wounds, 7 from disease). Six North Canaan men were wounded on one particularly bad September day in Maryland, but this was a drop in the bloody bucket at Antietam where CT regiments suffered 689 casualties, the most for the state in any day of the war. The war hit home in North Canaan, but the town had only recently split off from its neighbor Canaan to the south and may have had other priorities and fiscal challenges in the years following the soldiers' return besides monument building. Whatever the reason, we do not have a Civil War statue on our town green. What we have instead is more unusual, and we are very proud of it.\n\nOur doughboy statue is an original by sculptor E. M. Viquesney, one of just two that survive in our state and just 134 originals known in existence across the country. Viquesney's design, \"The Spirit of the American Doughboy\", with its outstretched arm clutching a grenade and striding across a pressed copper no man's land with tree stumps and twisted wire, was extremely popular for municipal memorials of the Great War between 1920 and the late 1930s. After the Statue of Liberty, the Viquesney's doughboy is thought to be the most viewed example of outdoor statuary in the United States.\n\nNorth Canaan built the pedestal for its monument before it decided on a statue in 1928:\n\n\"Shortly after it was built, the townspeople decided they\u2019d like a statue. Before they were to make a choice at a town meeting, Bethel veteran Bill Glass donned his old uniform, obtained a rifle and climbed the monument to assume a Doughboy pose so the townsmen would know how a Spirit of the American Doughboy would look.\"\n\nThe other doughboy statue in Connecticut is in Bethel.\n\nOur doughboy stands on the hill by the Episcopal Church near the site of the old town hall. Every year our Memorial Day parade wends its way through town and down Main Street to the doughboy. The barbed wire is missing from the stumps, but on the whole it has aged well. I remember another Viquesney doughboy in Lancaster, PA that had just the stump of a hand where the grenade should have been. It has since been restored.\n\nOur civic taste in war memorials has changed with each generation. We seldom honor our veterans with public statuary anymore, preferring instead the long rolls of honor and reflective granite, except in Washington, where both the Korean and Vietnam War memorials incorporate human figures and faces as well as those long walls of dark stone. Viquesney's design was relatively inexpensive and mass produced, which may have contributed to its popularity. But it was also assertive, standing upright and advancing across what must have been in reality a machine-gun swept field where the front had barely shifted during long years of trench warfare. Both attributes appealed to those wishing to honor the veterans of the Great War, and so the citizens of North Canaan went with the doughboy.\n\nMarch 26, 2007\n\nMy mother makes a very few very special quilts each year. She has several in progress and today this picture arrived in the mail of one where the piecework is done and the binding and quilting await.\n\nThis is one of the those views that becomes part of the fabric of our lives, immediately recognizable and grounding us in place. She has depicted the view looking north from the deck of the Upper Cottage over the roof of the Lower across Deadman's Cove on Monhegan Island, Maine. My great Grandparents Raymond and Alice Barker purchased this property in the 1920s and it has remained a beloved summer retreat for generations of extended family members. I hope that this summer I will be able to take my family to Monhegan after a five year's absence, and it will be Emily and Elias's first introduction to this enchanted place.\n\nMom's design captures a Monhegan sunrise, taking some liberties with its position but marvelously capturing its colors and the play of soft light and fleeting shadows at daybreak. I love her landscape quilts and this one promises to be truly stunning. I can almost hear the dawn chorus of gulls as the tide starts to ebb. Mom says \"it was fun to see if I could make it look real!\" For one who knows every speckled rock and forest fringe of this view, it is a breathtaking recreation.\n\nMarch 25, 2007\n\n\"And the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWe're captive on the carousel of timeWe can't return we can only look behindFrom where we came And go round and round and roundIn the circle game.\" - Joni Mitchell\n\nAnd tonight my alter ego sterkfontein will once again do battle with the forces of evil in the mountains of Alterac in the Realm of Baelgun. Mild mannered tree-hugger by day, fearsome dwarf warrior on weekends. Wish I could grow a 'stache that curled like that.\n\nMarch 23, 2007\n\nThere's been a whirlwind of activity in our household what with preparations for a family visit, a dance recital, and various children's parties over the weekend. There's a foot of snow rapidly melting away outside and maple sap evaporating on the stove. Mud season is upon us, and in a few short weeks there will be trout lillies in the woods and shad in the rivers - the latter don't make it up here above the Great Falls of the Housatonic but their cousins the herring are a welcome sign of spring down in SE Mass where my Grandmother lives.\n\nHurricanes Emily and Elias have been whirling dervishes in the close confines of our winter quarters -especially at bedtime - and are looking forward to mud puddles and swamp romps and spring peepers on warm rainy nights. They are planning gardens and thinking about swim classes and train rides and the joys of distant summer. I'd be happy to replace the snow shovel with a rake and throw the windows open to air out the house, but since we've only really had \"winter\" since February I don't feel as ready to let go of the season and as anxious for spring green as I normally do this side of the Vernal Equinox. Not that I'm asking for more snow to shovel, but the deep freeze never really settled into my bones this year and I find myself strangely sad at the abbreviated winter and perfectly content to let Spring unveil its face at its own pace and time of choosing.\n\nMarch 22, 2007\n\nMy Great-grandfather Ray Barker wrote a memoir of a family trip across North America by train in the late 1880's. He was 14 years old, and diligent about recording the smallest details of the strange and wonderful places they visited. I'll spare you the exact dimensions of the California State House and the Morman Tabernacle - although his description of the latter as \"something like the half of a lemon split lengthwise\" is a marvelously revealing image. Instead, here are just a few track side curiosities observed during the journey:\n\n\"...While we were at the depot we saw at one end of it a large section out of a Colorado tree. We went up to it and read this inscription: 'This is the old Monarch, its age is 380 years, its circumference was 28 feet and its height 88 feet. it was cut down in south Pueblo, June 25, 1883, at the cost of $250. It was known throughout Colorado as the oldest landmark in the state. During the Pikes Peak excitement this old tree sheltered many a weary traveler. In 1850 there were 36 persons massacred by the Indians while camping near this tree. Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Wild Bill and other noted Indian Scouts have built their campfires under this tree. it was said that 14 men were hung on one of its branches at different times. The first white woman that died n Colorado was buried under its branches.' After we had read it over we thought it was quite a relic...\"\n\n\"...Papa, Lloyd and I took a bus this morning and went out to Hot Springs. They were about four miles from the center of the city [Salt Lake City] and we passed them coming down from Ogden, but did not know it. We arrived there a little after 11 A.M . and had a grand bath in the naturally heated water. There is a large cave in the mountain side and the water bubbles right out and the cave is filled. John Beck, the owner of the springs, has built large bathing houses with connections with the springs so that there is a big plunge and also private ones. The water is a little over four feet deep and is always nice and hot. I went over to the springs just where it came out of the mountain and saw it bubbling and steaming and nearly boiling. If you take a glass of it and put a little pepper in it, it tastes just like egg broth...\"\n\n\"...When we were about 35 miles from San Francisco we commenced to go very slow and all at once I noticed four large smoke-stacks at the sides of the train. Then our train stopped and I went out to see what place it was. There was some freight cars on the track beside our train and I climbed up on one of them and to my surprise I saw that were were on a great ferry boat and slowly crossing the Sacramento River. I was thoroughly astonished at this for I never knew that a whole train of cars could get on a ferry boat. A gentleman told me that this ferry boat was the largest in the world and that its capacity was 48 loaded freight cars, 24 passenger cars and four engines. It has four large side wheels and two engines. Sacramento River is very muddy which is caused by hydraulic mining a good many miles up the river. It is very wide though and it would be too expensive to run a bridge across so they use a ferry. After crossing the river we came to a great swampy prairie all covered with prairie grass. Off at the distance we saw a great prairie fire hurling great clouds of smoke into the air...\"\n\nAnd what remains of these scenes today? One hopes the section of the Old Monarch survives in the collection of some historical society or museum, but the site where it stood for 380 years lies near the train tracks between C and D streets on South Union Avenue in the heart of Pueblo. This was bottom land, and the historic photograph of the old tree looks like it may have been a cottonwood. If so, it was a truly ancient one. It reminds me of Holling Clancy Holling's illustrated children's classic, The Tree in the Trail.\n\nThe Railroad Ferry Steamer was the pride of the Central Pacific. It crossed the narrow Carquinez Straights between Benicia and Port Costa until 1930 when it was replaced by a railroad drawbridge. The great ferry steamer \"Solano\" was towed to Antioch California the following year and scuttled to serve as a breakwater. A 4th of July fireworks display on her decks set fire to the old wreck and burned her to the waterline in 1983. The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum has a wealth of information about the ferry."}
-{"text": "UNICEF and the Global Goals\n\nUNICEF is committed to doing all it can to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in partnership with governments, civil society, business, academia and the United Nations family \u2013 and especially children and young people.\n\nAid urgently needed for those displaced by severe flooding in West Africa\n\nA flood survivor holding her baby in front of their destroyed house Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.\n\nOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 8 September 2009 \u2013 Burkina Faso and its capital city, Ouagadougou, were among the regions most affected by severe flooding that raged across West Africa early this week.\n\nAccording to information released by the government, eight people have lost their lives and a number of others are still missing. The week\u2019s unprecedented rainfall destroyed more than 24,600 houses in Ouagadougou and surrounding areas. The capital\u2019s main hospital, Yalgado Ou\u00e9draogo, was also flooded and its equipment badly damaged.\n\nPatients were evacuated to other health facilities in the city, where extra capacity had to be added to accommodate them. Much of the city's infrastructure \u2013 including roads, bridges and public buildings \u2013 was also destroyed or damaged.\n\nNeed for relief funds\n\n\u201cThere are at least 130,000 people displaced who are temporary sheltered in schools, churches, mosques in some 93 sites,\u201d Prime Minister Tertius Zongo said, adding that there would be an immediate need for relief funds.\n\nMany displaced residents have found refuge in the homes of friends and relatives. Those people \u2013 both the displaced and the host families \u2013 urgently need food, medical assistance, mosquito nets, water and sanitation, among other support.\n\nUNICEF\u2019s emergency programme in Burkina Faso is working to immediately address the most critical needs of women and children.\n\nFlood-affected children from the Lanoa-Yiri neighbourhood in Ouagadougou take refuge in a health centre.\n\nA struggle for survival\n\n\u201cNon-food items were delivered to the mayors of the five sectors of Ouagadougou city where the population has been displaced \u2013 in Baskuy, Bogodogo, Boulmiougou, Nongremassom, Sigh-Noghin,\" said UNICEF Deputy Representative in Burkina Faso Sylvana Nzirorera. The supplies included blankets, impregnated mosquito nets, water purification tablets, buckets, lamps, plastic tarps and hygiene kits, she added.\n\n\u201cFor those thousands of displaced people, among them some 60,000 children, there is now a struggle for food, shelter and survival,\u201d said Ms. Nzirorera, \u201cmade even more difficult by the real and growing threat of disease and epidemic spreading through the flooded areas.\u201d\n\nFollowing the first rapid assessment by the National Disaster Management office, UNICEF teams have been working with the government and other partners to assess immediate needs in health, water and sanitation, education and the protection of children and women from flooded areas.\n\n\u201cUNICEF is organizing back-to-school kits for children from the affected families,\u201d said Ms. Nzirorera. The government is also working to organize new sites for displaced residents and to prepare flood-affected schools to re-open in early October."}
-{"text": "Description:\nTabletop Notch Woodworker Michael Mikutowski strives to reveal\nthe life of each tree used in his work. Following the belief that wood has a story to tell this table offers both natural allure and utilitarian versatility accommodating different electronic devices ...\n\nDescription:\nAmish Accent Artist Jay Goldsamt strives for imperfection.\nAnd this wonderful coffee table made from a reclaimed Amish buggy wheel is full of imperfections such as warps cracks and nail holes left untouched intentionally to capture the charm warmth and ...\n\nDescription:\nTable Manners Handmade in Georgia from reclaimed barn\nwood and hand-cut steel this dining table has an easygoing and inviting charm - perfect for gathering friends and family. Ideal for indoor or outdoor use. Designed by Margaret Taylor. Exclusively for ..."}
-{"text": "Baltimore\u2019s July Cultural and Ethnic Events & Festivals\n\nBlog Published Date:\n\nThursday, July 3, 2014 - 05\n\nThe ethnic and cultural festivals continue to be major events for the Baltimore July event calendar. There are two major ethnic festivals taking place in Baltimore in July: The Baltimore/Washington One Caribbean Carnival and the Maryland Polish Festival. ezStorage has compiled Baltimore cultural festival information for the \u201cUltimate Guide to 2014 Ethnic and Cultural Festivals\u201d as an easy guide for all of the fun ways to celebrate Baltimore\u2019s diverse culture throughout the summer.\n\nBaltimore Caribbean Festival\n\nThe Baltimore/Washington One Caribbean Carnival is a combined event between Baltimore and Washington D.C. The Caribbean Festival is being held in Baltimore on July 12th and 13th at Lake Clifton Park. The event kicks off with a parade at noon on July 12th. The colorful Caribbean flavored parade starts at 900 E. 33rd Street and travels along Alameda Street to St. Lo Drive and ends at the festival at Lake Clifton Park. There is an admission fee for each day of the festival. There will be entertainment all weekend including local, regional and national performers including steel drum orchestras and West African dancers and drummers. There will be Caribbean food, art and crafts and music for the entire family. The Baltimore Caribbean Festival started in 1993 with 9 bands and 150,000 spectators. Today, there are over 25 bands participating in the parade and events and the parade and festival have over 300,000 spectators. The participants of the parade are all from the Metro D.C. area and they represent every Caribbean country from the Bahamas to Grenada.\n\nMaryland Polish Festival\n\nThe Polish Festival is held July 19th and 20th at the Exhibition Hall at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. There will be live Polish music and entertainment, Polish and American food and beer, Polish crafts, vendors and other craftsmen and Polish cultural heritage displays and activities. There are scheduled performances throughout the two-day event. So, get ready to polka to your heart\u2019s content! The Maryland Polish Festival is sponsored by the non-profit organization, The Polish Community Association of Maryland. Their goal is to preserve Polish culture, customs and history by sharing Polish pageantry, folklore and food with the community. ezStorage is proud to be part of Baltimore\u2019s ethnically diverse community! Visit one of the 15 self storage locations in Baltimore to find out how we can help you with your storage needs.\n\nNeed help finding the right storage unit?\n\nWatch our helpful videos to see our many different storage unit sizes or use our Storage Guide.\n\nezStorage Blog\n\nA self-storage blog focusing on an organized lifestyle in the DC and Baltimore areas.\n\nWant to learn more about organization? Our self-storage blog highlights a variety of ideas to make your life easier and your home neater. From kitchen and garage organization to vinyl record and wine storage, we provide our readers with useful tips to help put their belongings into order and ensure that items are stored in a way that they are fully protected. Plus, we share any news about our self-storage facilities.\n\nWhile self-storage and organization are important to us, so is our community. We\u2019ve been a part of the DC and Baltimore neighborhoods for over 30 years. Our business is invested in the communities we serve, because they are our communities, too. That\u2019s why you\u2019ll find a variety of posts on activities and events going on around these neighborhoods. Not only are we an organization blog with an expertise in self-storage units, but we are also a DC blog and a Baltimore blog making an effort to spread the news about unique, fun and special events happening right here in our cities."}
-{"text": "American Apparel\u2019s controversies are SO common, that it\u2019s getting hard to keep track of them all!\n\nThe retailer known for its voyeuristic style and over the top campaigns, has been BANNED in the U.K. after an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority.\n\nThe ASA launched their investigation after receiving a complaint for their sexually inappropriate ads, prompting their SECOND band in in 3 years!!!\n\nAmerican Apparel fought back, and cited freedom of creative expression for their right to use the racy photos!\n\nA rep from the line responded to the investigation by saying:\n\n\u201c[The images in question] are not graphic, explicit or pornographic but was designed to show a range of different images of people that were natural, not posed and real. [The ads are] less and certainly no more sexual in nature than a large proportion of images of other companies.\u201d\n\nThe ASA has refused to budge, and maintains that the nudity in the images were \u201cgratuitous\u201d \u201csexually provocative\u2026and inappropriately sexualized young women.\u201d\n\nDuh.\n\nWe have to agree that the images ARE sexually provocative, but seeing some of their past editorial photos (below) makes us realize that this is exactly their point!!!"}
-{"text": "Researchers from the Tribler project at Delft University of Technology are proposing a new set of rules that should significantly improve the download speeds of many BitTorrent users. The new \"Superior Seeding Standard\" implemented in the latest release of the Tribler BitTorrent client is inspired by the ratio-enforcement policies at private tracker communities, but doesn't discriminate against people with low bandwidth connections.\n\nSome scientists devote their lives to finding a cure for terminal illnesses, others hope to discover new planets in galaxies far away, but there\u2019s also a group of scientists mostly concerned with improving BitTorrent. The Tribler team at Delft University of Technology are such a group, and they have found a way to improve download speeds for BitTorrent users who are committed to sharing.\n\nTribler\u2019s BitTorrent client has been in development for more than 5 years and continues to deliver experimental improvements and innovative ideas. Last year Tribler became the first truly decentralized BitTorrent client that doesn\u2019t rely on central trackers, or even BitTorrent search engines. But the researchers have more in store.\n\nThe latest innovation from the Tribler team is promising something all BitTorrent users are interested in \u2013 faster downloads. The researchers came up with what they call a Superior Seeding Standard, a set of rules that reward users who put the most effort into sharing. The new standard is an alternative to the current tit-for-tat algorithm and is inspired by the ratio-enforcement policies often seen at private BitTorrent trackers.\n\nThe researchers have carefully analyzed the effectiveness of private BitTorrent trackers and found that users achieve great speeds, but that the ratio requirements also discriminate against users who don\u2019t have high-bandwidth connections.\n\nThe Tribler team proposes a new standard which rewards BitTorrent users independent of their connection limitations. Instead of looking at the share ratio alone, it uses the \u2018seeding effort\u2019 to reward BitTorrent users by giving them priority in the swarm and thus faster downloads. Again, all of the above works without a central server.\n\nThe Tribler BitTorrent Client\n\nThe Tribler team ran several experiments with their new Superior Seeding Standard and found that the download speeds for people who share fairly are greatly improved compared to current transfer speeds on public trackers. The initial results suggest that it is more fair to people who are good BitTorrent citizens than the classic tit-for-tat algorithm.\n\n\u201cOne of the problems with tit-for-tat is that it provides no motivation for seeding the terabytes of long-tail content that\u2019s out there on BitTorrent,\u201d Tribler leader Dr. Pouwelse told TorrentFreak. \u201cWe believe that people should be rewarded with priority downloads when they are seeding these more obscure files, especially the stuff which only gets a few downloads a month.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe \u2018seeding rewards\u2019 concept has been in the making for several years. It always required a central server, but we finally made it work in a truly decentralized manner with robustness against cheating. We implemented a first version of this proposed \u2018Superior Seeding Standard\u2019 in the latest Tribler release, and we expect that it will be tweaked and optimized quite a bit in the years to come,\u201d Dr. Pouwelse added. \u201c\n\nThe full technical specifications and several performance tests are detailed by these scientists in the paper titled \u201cFast Download but Eternal Seeding: The Reward and Punishment of Sharing Ratio Enforcement,\u201d which will be presented at the P2P 2011 conference later this year.\n\nAs is true for many of Tribler\u2019s innovations, getting it adopted by other BitTorrent clients will prove to be a tricky endeavor. Those who install Tribler will nonetheless notice that the concept of an entirely decentralized and fast BitTorrent network is already reality. The next and final step is to make it anonymous, that would certainly justify the millions of euros in tax money that has gone into the Tribler project in the last few years."}
-{"text": "Why the Liturgical Reform? Or, \u201cWhat if we just say no to any liturgical change?\u201d\n\n\u201cWhy was there a need for the reform of the liturgy? Can you summarize it for me? Some say that the Council intended a radical break with the past to make the liturgy relevant; others claim that the Council\u2019s reform of the liturgy was the nefarious work of a few people determined to destroy the Church!\u201d\n\nThis question, from a serious and well-informed Catholic, is representative of many similar questions we\u2019ve encountered recently. It is a different question from \u201cwhy do we need a new translation\u201d\u2014though it is not entirely unrelated to this significant change in the language of worship we are about to encounter.\n\nMore likely, such questions arise in the context of the recent change that permits the old form (vetus ordo) of the Mass to be celebrated side-by-side with the new (novus ordo). People who never experienced the pre-conciliar liturgy, and who have only known a wholly vernacular Mass that may vary widely from parish to parish\u2014and especially those who are attracted to the solemnity and reverence characteristic of the \u201cextraordinary form\u201d of the Mass\u2014are curious about why there ever should have been a liturgical reform. If Pope Benedict, in issuing Summorum Pontificum in 2007, intended to permit wider use of the \u201cextraordinary form\u201d alongside the \u201cordinary form,\u201d doesn\u2019t this suggest that the liturgical reform was not needed?\n\nWe, too, have read the extreme views of the liturgical reform that the letter-writer mentions. Though they reach polar opposite conclusions, both views have in common one basic assumption: that the Council\u2019s liturgical reforms represent a rupture, or \u201cdiscontinuity\u201d with the entire history of the Catholic Church\u2019s liturgy\u2014and both views are equally and very seriously mistaken, as Pope Benedict has stressed repeatedly. The liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council are, truly, in continuity with the Church\u2019s history. And a liturgical reform was needed\u2014and still is.\n\nHere\u2019s an attempt to pack an eventful century into a very short space.\n\nThe Pre-conciliar Liturgical Reform\n\nAt the beginning of the 20th century, Pope Pius X initiated what would become known as the \u201cliturgical movement\u201d with his 1903 document on sacred music, \u201cTra le sollecitudini.\u201d\n\nAt the beginning of the 20th century, Pope Pius X initiated what would become known as the \u201cliturgical movement\u201d with his 1903 document on sacred music, \u201cTra le sollecitudini.\u201d Building on an initiative that had begun in the early 19th century to recover the Church\u2019s nearly lost patrimony of Gregorian Chant, and responding to the dominance of theatrical-style music performed at Mass, which left the congregation as a passive audience, the pope called for a restoration of sacredness to music\u2014and for the \u201cactive participation\u201d (actuosa participatio) of the entire congregation in the holy sacrifice of the Mass.\n\nThe \u201cliturgical movement\u201d had many variations in Europe and America; but the principles that Pope Pius X first expressed were repeated by subsequent popes. Pope Pius XI\u2019s 1929 encyclical on the Liturgy and music, Divini Cultus, also underscored the importance of truly sacred music in worship.\n\nIn the 1950s, Pope Pius XII reformed the celebration of Holy Week\u2014and new vernacular translations of the Bible were undertaken. The pope issued key encyclicals on the liturgy: Mediator Dei (1947) and Musicae Sacrae (1955), in which he reaffirmed the active participation of the people, the members of the Mystical Body of Christ, and approved recent historical research, while he also cautioned against errors and innovations advocated by some liturgical reformers that were inconsistent with the Church\u2019s liturgical heritage and tradition.\n\nIn the 1950s, Pope Pius XII reformed the celebration of Holy Week, and new vernacular translations of the Bible were undertaken. The pope issued key encyclicals on the liturgy: Mediator Dei (1947) and Musicae Sacrae (1955).\n\nDuring the decade or so before the Second Vatican Council the \u201cdialogue Mass\u201d appeared, in which the congregation made the appropriate responses in Latin\u2014formerly made only by the altar boys\u2014although this did not become standard practice.\n\nOrdinary Mass-goers were encouraged to follow the Mass in bilingual hand missals in order that they could more fully understand what was taking place in the sanctuary, even though they could not actually hear the priest\u2019s words. But the use of hand missals, too, was the exception rather than the norm.\n\nAt the time of the Council, the liturgical movement had made some progress in the effort to increase the understanding of ordinary Catholics and to draw every Catholic believer more closely into the sacred action of the Mass\u2014the \u201csource and summit\u201d of the Catholic faith\u2014and thereby to become more deeply and spiritually connected to the heart of the Church, the Mass.\n\nHowever, this goal still remained distant. The usual parish Mass was still almost entirely inaudible to the worshippers (except for the sermon), impossible to follow (except for the bell at the consecration), and the congregation mostly knelt silently and said the Rosary or other prayers during the entire celebration of Mass, except when they actually received Holy Communion.\n\nAt the same time, some of those who were actively involved in the liturgical movement were veering perilously from the Church\u2019s liturgical tradition, often in pursuit of their own interpretation of the liturgies of the \u201cearly Church.\u201d Liturgical mistakes were made, as Pope Pius XII had observed and censured in Mediator Dei.\n\nThe Second Vatican Council\u2019s Reform\n\nRecognizing the fundamental importance of the Mass in every Catholic believer\u2019s life\u2014a goal of the pre-conciliar liturgical movement that had remained elusive\u2014the fathers of the Second Vatican Council made their first work the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963).\n\nThe Constitution reaffirmed the central and indispensable role of the liturgy in Catholic life, and in this document the Council fathers called for a liturgical reform\u2014stressing again the active participation of the laity, precisely in order that the liturgy would become the center of every faithful Catholic\u2019s life. This was the true objective of the liturgical reform, as it had been for many years.\n\nThe Constitution\u2019s directives were by no means extreme, and essentially reaffirmed the earlier papal documents on the liturgy. While they authorized more use of the vernacular in the liturgy, along with Latin, the Council fathers could not and did not foresee the rapid disappearance of all Latin from the Mass; nor could they ever have imagined the radical departure from the Church\u2019s traditional liturgical practice that would take place with alarming and confusing speed during the 1960s and 1970s.\n\nA New Liturgical Movement\n\nThe Council\u2019s reform was genuinely needed. But the errors resulting from misinterpretation of the Council were very serious, indeed, and these errors led to divisions within the Church.\n\nCorrection was clearly necessary. Thus Pope John Paul II called for a new reform of the liturgy in Vicesimus Quintus Annus, his letter on the 25th anniversary of the Council\u2019s Constitution on the Liturgy. The letter describes both the positive and negative effects of the post-conciliar liturgical renewal, and concludes:\n\n\u201cThe time has come to renew that spirit which inspired the Church at the moment when the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium was prepared, discussed, voted upon and promulgated, and when the first steps were taken to apply it\u201d (\u00a723).\n\nPope John Paul thus set in motion a plan to get the liturgy back on course\u2014a new liturgical reform.\n\nThe phrase \u201cnew liturgical movement\u201d was used by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in his 1997 memoir, Milestones. Here is the relevant section, in which we can hear echoes of the criticisms by earlier popes of the failures of the liturgical reform to achieve its real purpose:\n\n\u201cThere is no doubt that this new Missal [after Vatican II] in many respects brought with it a real improvement and enrichment; but setting it as a new construction over against what had grown historically, forbidding the results of this historical growth, thereby makes the liturgy appear to be no longer a living development but the product of erudite work and juridical authority; this has caused us enormous harm. For then the impression had to emerge that liturgy is something \u2018made\u2019, not something given in advance but something lying within our own power of decision. From this it also follows that we are not to recognize the scholars and the central authority alone as decision makers, but that in the end each and every \u2018community\u2019 must provide itself with its own liturgy. When liturgy is self-made, however, then it can no longer give us what its proper gift should be: the encounter with the mystery that is not our own product but rather our origin and the source of our life. A renewal of liturgical awareness, a liturgical reconciliation that again recognizes the unity of the history of the liturgy and that understands Vatican II, not as a breach, but as a stage of development: these things are urgently needed for the life of the Church. [Emphasis added.]\n\n\u201cI am convinced that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a large extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy, which at times has even come to be conceived of etsi Deus non daretur [Lit., as if God is not given], in that it is a matter of indifference whether or not God exists and whether or not He speaks to us and hears us. But when the community of faith, the worldwide unity of the Church and her history, and the mystery of the living Christ are no longer visible in the liturgy, where else, then, is the Church to become visible in her spiritual essence? Then the community is celebrating only itself, an activity that is utterly fruitless. And because the ecclesial community cannot have its origin from itself but emerges as a unity only from the Lord, through faith, such circumstances will inexorably result in a disintegration into sectarian parties of all kinds\u2014partisan opposition within a Church tearing herself apart.\n\n\u201cThis is why we need a new Liturgical Movement, which will call to life the real heritage of the Second Vatican Council\u201d [Emphasis added] (Milestones \u2013 Memoirs 1927-1977 (1997, English edition, 1998, Ignatius Press, p 148-149).\n\nRupture or Reform and Renewal?\n\n\u201cThe difficulties and even the occasional abuses which were noted,\u201d wrote Pope Benedict XVI, \u201ccannot overshadow the benefits and the validity of the liturgical renewal, whose riches are yet to be fully explored.\u201d\n\nPope Benedict XVI, in his now-famous address to the Roman Curia on December 22, 2005, forty years after the Second Vatican Council ended, reflected on the way the Council had been received and interpreted. \u201cWhat has been the result of the Council?\u201d the new pope asked. \u201cWas it well received? What, in the acceptance of the Council, was good and what was inadequate or mistaken?\u2026 Why has the implementation of the Council, in large parts of the Church, thus far been so difficult?\u201d\n\nThe answer, he explains, lies in the correct interpretation and application of the Council\u2014\u201con its proper hermeneutics.\u201d\n\n\u201cOn the one hand,\u2019 Benedict says, \u201cthere is an interpretation that I would call \u2018a hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture;\u2019 it has frequently availed itself of the sympathies of the mass media, and also one trend of modern theology. On the other, there is the \u2018hermeneutic of reform,\u2019 of renewal in the continuity of the one subject-Church which the Lord has given to us. She is a subject which increases in time and develops, yet always remaining the same, the one subject of the journeying People of God.\n\n\u201cThe hermeneutic of discontinuity risks ending in a split between the pre-conciliar Church and the post-conciliar Church. It asserts that the texts of the Council as such do not yet express the true spirit of the Council. It claims that they are the result of compromises in which, to reach unanimity, it was found necessary to keep and reconfirm many old things that are now pointless.\u2026 In a word: it would be necessary not to follow the texts of the Council but its spirit.\u201d\n\nBut this shows a basic misunderstanding of the very nature of a Council, he says. \u201cThe hermeneutic of discontinuity is countered by the hermeneutic of reform\u2026. It is precisely in this combination of continuity and discontinuity at different levels that the very nature of true reform consists.\u201d\n\nPope Benedict again recalls the serious problem of the \u201chermeneutic of discontinuity\u201d in interpreting the Council in Sacramentum Caritatis, his apostolic exhortation following the Synod on the Eucharist (February 22, 2007). He also emphasized that the \u201criches\u201d of the liturgical renewal \u201care yet to be fully explored\u201d:\n\n\u201cThe difficulties and even the occasional abuses which were noted, it was affirmed, cannot overshadow the benefits and the validity of the liturgical renewal, whose riches are yet to be fully explored. Concretely, the changes which the Council called for need to be understood within the overall unity of the historical development of the rite itself, without the introduction of artificial discontinuities\u201d (\u00a73 [Emphasis added]).\n\nThis authentic liturgical reform\u2014overcoming \u201cdiscontinuities\u201d and \u201cruptures\u201d in the Church\u2019s history, and renewing and restoring the \u201cspiritual essence\u201d of the Mass, the heart and font of our faith\u2014is what we are now experiencing, more than 100 years after Pope Pius X\u2019s initial actions, and nearly half a century after the Second Vatican Council\u2019s Constitution on the Liturgy.\n\nHelen Hull Hitchcock\n\nHelen Hull Hitchcock (1939-2014) was editor of the Adoremus Bulletin, which she co-founded. She was also the founding director of Women for Faith & Family and editor of its quarterly journal, Voices. She published many articles and essays in a wide range of Catholic journals, and authored and edited The Politics of Prayer: Feminist Language and the Worship of God (Ignatius Press 1992), a collection of essays on issues involved in translation. She contributed essays to several books, including Spiritual Journeys, a book of \u201cconversion stories\u201d (Daughters of St. Paul). Helen lectured in the US and abroad, and appeared frequently on radio and television, representing Catholic teaching on issues affecting Catholic women, families, and Catholic faith and worship."}
-{"text": "Bas is the leader of a well-known treasure hunting group known as the Loonies.\n\nOver the years, they have become a valuable part of excavating the lost technology of mankind.\n\nAppearance\n\nBas is a dark-skinned male with a strong build. His hair is dark brown, shaved on the sides with a messy fluff on top. His eyes are the uncommon color of blue.\n\nBeing very active in climbing and scouting, he dresses in light clothing that allow for maximum movement when out on the field. He has an orange holster that holds a bag on his back, carrying different types of customized crossbow parts that he can use to change the functions of his weapon.\n\nAround his waist is usually a belt that holds a pouch consisting of varieties of crossbow ammunition, each with different effects on specific mutants.\n\nHis hands are extremely resistant to pain as he is used to climbing difficult obstacles like trees and rocky mountains with his bare hands, although they sometimes show signs of skin peeling off.\n\nPersonality\n\nBas is a very down-to-earth man with an open mind. He is good around people and has friends and from every corner of the earth.\n\nSupportive of his friends, and always trying his best to be there for them, he is easily likable by many. He is also very modest, and always tries to see the good in people."}
-{"text": "Bob will become a hated name in households throughout the world if this product comes to market. Bob lets mom and dad assign each of their kids a pin number, and when parents install this timer in between an AC power source and anything that plugs in such as computers, TV or games, it will precisely control the amount of time those devices will run.\n\nSure, similar timers have come before, but none were as programmable as this. The whole thing is personalized for each user, and is locked up tight, further widening the rift between the generations. Ship date and price info was not available yet."}
-{"text": "Kanopus V5 and V6: Launched 2018\n\nKanopus V5 and V6: Launched 2018\n\nSSTL has supplied suites of satellite avionics and software plus system design support, power management and batteries, on board computers and data handling capabilities for satellite subsystems and satellite operations to NPP VNIIEM for their KANOPUS-V satellite programmes.\n\nSSTL has also supported spacecraft assembly, integration and in orbit commissioning activities for these satellites in Russia."}
-{"text": "Barcelona forward Luis Suarez was the first name in the second batch of nominees, followed by Sergio Ramos, Atletico Madrid stopper Jan Oblak, Liverpool creator Philippe Coutinho and star Napoli goalscorer Dries Mertens.\nView image on Twitter\n\nThe third group of five was dominated by Premier League players as Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne, Manchester United's David de Gea and Tottenham striker Harry Kane joined Roma front man Edin Dzeko and Bayern Munich number nine Robert Lewandowski.\nView image on Twitter"}
-{"text": "How A Mule Train From Marks, Miss., Kicked Off MLK's Poor People Campaign\n\nThe Rev. Michael Jossel remembers excitement about the mule train when he was a teenager. He says people were caught up in the belief that change was going to come, and willing to get fired for supporting the campaign.\n\nBetty Crawford, Bertha Burres' cousin, recently moved back to Marks. Her home is filled with original art depicting the mule train, and she's preserving journals Burres kept during the historic journey.\n\nMarks is now a stop on Mississippi's Freedom Trail highlighting civil rights history. Local officials hope to draw tourists to the area as a way to spark more business.\n\nDebbie Elliott\n/ NPR\n\nListen\n\nListening...\n\n/\n\nOriginally published on May 14, 2018 3:24 pm\n\nFifty years ago today, a mule train left the small town of Marks, Miss., bound for the nation's capital. They were answering a call to action the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made just days before he was assassinated.\n\n\"We're coming to Washington in a poor people's campaign,\" King announced at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1968. \"I was in Marks, Miss., the other day, which is in Quitman County, the poorest county in the United States. And I tell you I saw hundreds of black boys and black girls walking the streets with no shoes to wear.\"\n\nThe civil rights leader described being brought to tears by the conditions he found in the Mississippi Delta \u2014 a flat expanse in the northwest part of the state with rich alluvial soil along the Mississippi River. That's why he picked Marks as the starting point for the Poor People's Campaign \u2014 a multiracial coalition of poor people who would occupy the national mall and demand economic justice.\n\n\"Bring the poor to Washington\"\n\nLong after slavery ended, black sharecroppers remained on Delta plantations working as tenant farmers.\n\n\"The bottom line was hunger, hunger, hunger,\" says Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, who was doing legal work in Mississippi during the 1960s.\n\n\"You go up in the field and you would just see the hungry children and the bloated bellies,\" she says.\n\nEdelman recalls King touring a Head Start program in Marks that lost its funding.\n\n\"He saw a teacher, you know, carve up an apple and give it to about eight kids \u2014 a slice each \u2014 and he was in tears,\" she says. \"He had to leave the center.\"\n\nEdelman brought members of Congress, including Sen. Robert Kennedy, to see the deprivation firsthand, but got little traction on poverty programs. She says Kennedy encouraged her to get King to put more focus on the issue. She says he loved the idea.\n\n\"I told him that I'd just seen Robert Kennedy and he had seen the hunger of children in Marks,\" Edelman says. \"Kennedy said bring the poor to Washington and he lit up like a lightbulb.\"\n\nFrom there King moved forward on organizing the Poor People's Campaign.\n\n\"The vision was that this mule train would go all the way from Marks Miss., the poorest hamlet in the poorest state of the country, all the way to Washington,\" says Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin. \"The mule and the covered wagons as a symbolic message of the black sharecropper.\"\n\nCashin keeps a steel mule bit and leather harness as a memento from the mule train. She went to Mississippi as a child with her parents, civil right activists Joan and John Cashin, who helped organize the Poor People's Campaign.\n\n\"Financing, locating the mules for the Mule Train, and actually going down to Marks, Miss., helping to assemble the trains,\" she says.\n\n\"We were tired of living the way we were living\"\n\nAfter King was assassinated, preparations for the journey continued.\n\n\"I'm going to take you to where the mule train was organized,\" says the Rev. Michael Jossel as he drives through Marks, pointing out a grassy field on the edge of town.\n\nJossel was 14 years old in 1968. High school students would help in the afternoons and then march into town every evening.\n\n\"To bring attention to the Poor People's Campaign,\" he says. \"To just bring attention that we were tired of living the way we were living.\"\n\nJossel says the campaign gave people a sense of hope that change might come. But it came at a price. When students marched to the jail to protest the arrest of an organizer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, they were met by armed troopers.\n\n\"They parked on this side of the street with their helmets and guns, and lined up in a single file, and started marching across the street to where we were,\" he says. \"They took the butts of their guns and started swinging at heads and everything, and we scattered like bees.\"\n\n\"You went, you went at your own risk,\" says Samuel McCray, who was also in high school at the time.\n\nMcCray says teens were more willing to participate than older residents, who stood to lose their jobs and homes.\n\n\"The plantation system ran the state of Mississippi. It certainly ran the Delta,\" he says. \"It was an oppressive system.\"\n\nMcCray had been working the cotton fields since he was six. His grandmother allowed him to help locally, but not ride the mule train to Washington. He says there was great fear at the time.\n\n\"A lot of the parents didn't know there was a better way,\" he says. \"You saw Dr. King and he's fighting for us, but then they killed him. So if they can kill him then what about you?\"\n\nStill enough people joined from around the South to send several busloads, and then on May 13, a caravan of about 15 covered wagons, painted with slogans such as \"Jesus was a Poor Man\" and \"Feed the Poor\" pulled out of town.\n\nBertha Burres and her six kids were among them. She talked to SCLC photographer Roland Freeman along the journey.\n\n\"We have a great purpose,\" she said on tape recordings Freeman shared with NPR.\n\n\"We are in great need of jobs \u2013 a job that will secure us to help us bring up our family with the right kind of food and clothes for the different seasons.\"\n\nBurres served as the record keeper for the SCLC. She suffers from dementia now, but her cousin Betty Crawford is organizing those papers for preservation. The journals detail every stop, and describe rain storms, wagon repairs, and run-ins with law enforcement along the way.\n\n\"Seventh stop, Eupora. Our first encounter of trouble,\" Crawford reads from Burres' handwritten entry. \"We were stopped east of Eupora by sheriff deputies.\"\n\nCrawford recently moved back to Marks, and her home is filled with her original art depicting the mule train's journey. She cherishes the history.\n\n\"I grew up here in Marks, grew up in poverty,\" she says. \"I come from a family of 16.\"\n\nBetty Crawford's home in Marks today is very different from her days growing up, waiting her turn for a pair of shoes, battling worm outbreaks, and living in sparse housing.\n\n\"I was 16 years old before we got inside plumbing,\" she says. \"Before we had a house with running water.\"\n\nBut she says they never went hungry thanks to government commodities, her dad's hunting and fishing, and what she calls a truck patch \u2013 a large garden plot on the plantation where the family raised vegetables.\n\n\"It gets a bad rap\"\n\nCrawford and others who lived in Marks 50 years ago say they really didn't know how poor they were, but they knew who was in control.\n\nThe mule train brought a new sensibility \u2014 that it was possible to rise above those circumstances.\n\nAs Jim Crow was dismantled, barriers to voting came down. Now African-Americans have significant political clout in the Delta. But economic power has proven more elusive.\n\nMarks, population 1,500, still struggles with poverty today.\n\n\"It gets a bad rap,\" Samuel McCray says. \"It is economically deprived. It's a misnomer to call it poor. We have a lot of people who are in poverty and there are real concrete reasons for that.\"\n\nFarm jobs are mostly mechanized now, and smaller businesses have left downtown Marks. Two major employers here \u2013 a cotton compacting plant and a seed oil press have shut down.\n\nQuitman County remains on the federal list of the nation's persistent poverty counties. More than 34 percent of residents live below the federal poverty line.\n\nBetty Crawford checks on an elderly widow in her neighborhood.\n\n\"Coming in,\" she hollers as she walks through the wrought iron storm door on Julia Mayweather's modest wood clapboard house. The white paint is fading outside and there are holes above the window frames.\n\nInside, Mayweather warns Crawford to watch her step and avoid the spots where the floorboards have rotted out. You can see through to the ground below.\n\n\"I usually kind of get over here,\" she says. \"Step over to this side.\"\n\nA retired school cafeteria worker and bus driver, Mayweather hasn't been able to keep up with repairs since her husband died. She didn't join the mule train, but participated in the mass meetings in the Spring of 1968 to plan the Poor People's Campaign.\n\nShe thinks Martin Luther King would be disheartened to see Marks, Miss., today.\n\n\"He would say worse than what it was,\" Mayweather says. \"We don't even have a grocery store in Marks.\"\n\nAnd she says health care is hard to come by. \"Used to have a hospital. It's gone.\"\n\nThe hospital and an old SuperValu sit empty on the main highway. Emergency medical care is 20 miles away. Convenience and dollar stores are the local options for groceries.\n\nOn a residential street at dusk, Irene Wilson, a thin wisp of a woman, is pushing a grocery cart full of aluminum cans she's been collecting to sell for cash.\n\n\"Trying to get me something to eat cause I am hungry,\" she says. \"I haven't ate all day.\"\n\nShe's 53, and says she draws a social security disability check and gets food stamps, but still struggles to get by.\n\n\"I don't want to be here,\" she says. \"But this is where I was born and raised so I got no other choice but to live in it.\"\n\nIn 1968, the mule train from Marks made it to Atlanta where the whole caravan was loaded onto a rail train bound for Alexandria, Va.\n\nOn June 19, the wagons crossed the Potomac and joined thousands of people from around the country to live in a shantytown known as Resurrection City that occupied the national mall for six weeks.\n\nThis month Amtrak added a stop in downtown Marks. It's part of a strategy to develop the region as a tourist destination. Quitman County Administrator Velma Benson-Wilson says the history of the Poor People's Campaign and its significant role in the civil rights movement has been buried here for too long.\n\n\"How can we use it to help Quitman County maybe dig itself out of the some of the poverty?\" she asks. \"There has to be a way.\"\n\nShe says what started here 50 years ago helped people around the country when Congress passed nutrition and housing programs.\n\n\"They were all rooted in what started here in Marks in 1968,\" Benson-Wilson says. \"Somehow we have not been able to tell that story.\"\n\nCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\n\nLULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:\n\nFifty years ago today, a mule train of covered wagons left the small town of Marks, Miss., headed for the nation's capital. It was fulfilling the mission of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to draw attention to the impoverished conditions that many African-Americans lived in.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nMARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: We're coming to Washington in a poor people's campaign.\n\nGARCIA-NAVARRO: As part of our series looking at how events from the 1968 shaped our country, NPR's Debbie Elliott has a look at Marks, Miss., then and now.\n\nDEBBIE ELLIOTT, BYLINE: Martin Luther King Jr. picked Marks, Miss., as the starting point for the poor people's campaign because of what he had witnessed there.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nKING JR.: I tell you I saw hundreds of little black boys and black girls walking the streets with no shoes to wear.\n\nELLIOTT: King was speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. on March 31, 1968. He described being brought to tears by conditions in the Mississippi Delta, a region where, long after slavery, black sharecroppers remained on plantations working as tenant farmers.\n\nMARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The bottom line was hunger, hunger, hunger. And you go up in the field, and you would just see the hungry children and the bloated bellies.\n\nELLIOTT: Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman was doing legal work in Mississippi in the 1960s. She recalls King touring a Head Start program in Marks that lost its funding.\n\nEDELMAN: And he saw a teacher, you know, carve up an apple and give it to about eight kids - a slice each. And he was in tears. He had to leave the center.\n\nELLIOTT: Edelman brought members of Congress, including Sen. Robert Kennedy, to see the deprivation firsthand but got little traction on poverty programs. She says Kennedy encouraged her to get Martin Luther King to bring the poor to Washington. And King loved the idea. He organized a Poor People's Campaign, a multiracial coalition of poor people who would occupy the National Mall and demand economic justice. It would start from Marks, Miss., with a mule train and a nod to the plight of the black sharecropper.\n\nMICHAEL JOSSEL: Now I'm going to take you to where the mule train was organized - OK?\n\nELLIOTT: The Rev. Michael Jossel was 14 years old in 1968. He drives through Marks, pointing out the grassy field where the wagon train assembled.\n\nJOSSEL: Mule train.\n\nELLIOTT: He says after King was assassinated, preparations continued. High school students would help in the afternoons and then march into town every evening.\n\nJOSSEL: To just bring attention that we were tired of living the way we were living.\n\nELLIOTT: Jossel says when students marched to the jail to protest the arrest of an organizer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, they were met by armed troopers.\n\nJOSSEL: And they parked on this side of the street with their helmets and guns and lined up in a single-file and started marching across the street to where we were. They took the butts of their guns and start swinging at heads and everything. And we scattered like bees.\n\nELLIOTT: Samuel McCray was there, too.\n\nSAMUEL MCCRAY: You went at your own risk.\n\nELLIOTT: He says teens like him were more willing to participate than older residents who stood to lose their jobs and homes.\n\nMCCRAY: A lot of the parents didn't know there was a better way. You know, yeah, you saw Dr. King and he fighting for all, but then they kill him. So, if they going to kill him, then what about you?\n\nELLIOTT: McCray's grandmother let him help locally but not ride the mule train to Washington. But others filled about 15 covered wagons and set out across the South. Bertha Burres and her six kids were among them. She talked to SCLC photographer Roland Freeman on the trip. He shared those recordings exclusively with NPR.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nBERTHA BURRES: We have a great purpose, and this is what I am backing all the way.\n\nROLAND FREEMAN: You say you know why we're going and we have a great purpose. Would you mind explaining to me, in your own words, what you think this great purpose is?\n\nBURRES: We are in great need of jobs. I need a job that will secure us and help us to bring up our family decently - you know.\n\nELLIOTT: Burres served as the record keeper for the SCLC. She suffers from dementia now. But her cousin, Betty Crawford, is organizing those papers to preserve the history of the mule train. Crawford recently moved back to Marks, living in a house that's very different from her days growing up in a family of 16 battling worm outbreaks and living in sparse housing.\n\nBETTY CRAWFORD: I was 16 years old before we got inside plumbing, before we had a house with running water.\n\nELLIOTT: The mule train brought new possibilities, but Marks, Miss. - population 1,500 - still struggles with poverty today. Jim Crow was legally dismantled. And African-Americans have political clout in the Delta. But economic power is more elusive. Farm jobs are mostly mechanized now. And smaller businesses have left downtown. Two major employers here, a cotton compacting plant and a seed oil press, have shut down. More than 34 percent of Quitman County residents live below the federal poverty line.\n\nCRAWFORD: Coming in.\n\nELLIOTT: Betty Crawford checks on an elderly neighbor around the corner.\n\nJULIA MAYWEATHER: Watch out, Betty.\n\nELLIOTT: Julia Mayweather warns her to avoid rotted-out floorboards.\n\nMAYWEATHER: I usually kind of get over here. You step over to this side.\n\nCRAWFORD: Yeah.\n\nELLIOTT: A retired school cafeteria worker, Mayweather hasn't been able to keep up with repairs since her husband died. She says Martin Luther King would be disheartened to see Marks today.\n\nMAYWEATHER: Because, I tell you what, we don't even have a grocery store in Marks. And I'll tell you another thing - the doctors, too. There's no doctors here. They used to have a hospital. It's gone.\n\nELLIOTT: The hospital and old SuperValu sit empty on the main highway.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF TRAIN WHISTLE)\n\nELLIOTT: This month, Amtrak added a stop in downtown Marks. It's part of a local strategy to develop the region as a tourist destination. Quitman County Administrator Velma Benson-Wilson says the history of the poor people's campaign has been buried here for too long.\n\nVELMA BENSON-WILSON: How can we use it to help Quitman County maybe dig itself out of some of the poverty? There has to be a way.\n\nELLIOTT: She says what started here 50 years ago helped people around the country when Congress passed nutrition and housing programs.\n\nBENSON-WILSON: They were all rooted in what started here in Marks in 1968. And somehow we have not been able to tell that story.\n\nELLIOTT: The mule train made it to Atlanta to board a rail train bound for Alexandria, Va. On June 19, the caravan crossed the Potomac and joined thousands of people from around the country to live in a shantytown known as Resurrection City on the National Mall. Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Marks, Miss. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR."}
-{"text": "Police and CPS 'failed' murder wife\n\nThe mother of a woman who was stabbed to death by her estranged husband in front of their young children has called for a public inquiry after an inquest found that the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) failed to take steps which could have averted her murder.\n\nSharon De Souza said Cassandra Hasanovic had been let down by Sussex and Kent police forces and the CPS and that \"a number of serious failings\" had led to her death.\n\nA jury sitting in Chichester, West Sussex, returned a verdict of unlawful killing today and criticised Sussex Police and the CPS for failing to take the appropriate steps to safeguard the 24-year-old's life.\n\nThe jury concluded that Sussex Police had failed to ensure Mrs Hasanovic's safety and said that they should have escorted her to a women's refuge on the day she was murdered.\n\nThe also found that Kent Police failed to arrest Hajrudin Hasanovic for breaching his bail conditions and that the CPS did not take a number of steps to safeguard Mrs Hasanovic's life, including failing to apply for her estranged husband's bail to be withdrawn and failing to inform her of the special measures that might have been available to help her give evidence against him in court.\n\nPromoted stories\n\nMrs De Souza and staff from the domestic violence charity Refuge, who supported her throughout the inquest, burst into tears as the jury read out their findings.\n\nMrs Hasanovic was about to be driven to a women's refuge by her mother Sharon De Souza when Hasanovic appeared at the side of her car and hauled his estranged wife over one of the children and out of the vehicle before plunging a knife into her, the inquest heard.\n\nSerbian-born Hasanovic, 34, attacked Mrs Hasanovic, who was known as Cassie, outside her mother's home in Bognor on July 29, 2008.\n\nHasanovic, who was known as Harry, was facing deportation at the time of the killing and feared losing a custody battle for the children.\n\nHe was jailed for life, with a minimum of 18 years, for her murder at Lewes Crown Court on May 1 2009.\n\nDuring the trial, Hasanovic was described as a \"paranoid and jealous\" partner who controlled his wife throughout their marriage and turned her from being bright and bubbly to a \"petrified\" young woman.\n\nFollowing the verdict, Mrs De Souza, Cassie's mother, said: \"My daughter Cassie was a beautiful, courageous young woman, who did everything within her power to protect herself and her children.\n\n\"She was a wonderful mother whose greatest wish was the chance to watch her children grow up.\n\n\"Although her situation was in the hands of three different agencies, ultimately these agencies let her down.\n\n\"The jury have unanimously decided what we always felt: that there were a number of serious failings by all three state agencies that ultimately impacted on her chance to a life.\n\n\"I would like to thank the Coroner and the jury for taking such care in considering the evidence and holding these agencies to account.\"\n\nMrs De Souza also thanked her barrister Karon Monaghan and Refuge, calling for a public inquiry \"in the hope that another family does not have to go through what we have\".\n\nWest Sussex Coroner Penelope Schofield said she would be writing to the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), Sussex Police and the CPS to recommend that information on domestic violence cases be shared across forces.\n\nShe also said there should be better policing in respect of non-molestation orders, a central point of contact where breaches could be reported and that training to deal with domestic violence cases should be addressed.\n\nShe said: \"The circumstances of this case have moved many people including myself and as a mother I cannot comprehend what it must have been like for you.\n\n\"Although this process has been very painful for you, I hope it has helped to bring you some sort of closure.\"\n\nSandra Horley, chief executive of national domestic violence charity Refuge, called on the Government to open a public inquiry into the response of the police and other agencies to victims of domestic violence.\n\nShe said: \"They found that Sussex Police officers were inadequately trained in domestic violence - something we always feared.\n\n\"I am saddened by the finding of this inquest but regrettably I am not surprised.\n\n\"Every week two women are killed by current or former partners in England and Wales.\n\n\"Mounting evidence shows that in too many of these cases, the police and other state agencies fail to protect victims of domestic violence.\n\n\"The list of women who have been failed by the state is sickeningly long and it will only grow longer unless something is done.\"\n\nSussex Police said as a direct result of Mrs Hasanovic's murder the force had reviewed its risk assessment procedure for officers responding to allegations of domestic abuse.\n\nA police spokeswoman said training for officers and staff dealing with domestic abuse cases had also been reviewed and was ongoing.\n\nDetective Chief Inspector Pierre Serra, from Sussex Police, said: \"This was a wicked and callous crime in which Hajrudin Hasanovic brutally murdered his wife, Cassandra Hasanovic, in a public street and in front of their children and her mother.\n\n\"We continue to express our sincere condolences to Cassie's family who have suffered this tragic loss of a mother and daughter.\n\n\"Sussex Police acknowledges the verdict of the jury in this case and awaits the Coroner's letter highlighting points raised in the inquest.\n\n\"This case was a watershed moment for Sussex Police and we have already learnt a number of important lessons from it in terms of how we deal with cases of domestic abuse.\n\n\"The protection of life is our highest priority and we will do all we can to prevent such crimes as these from happening.\n\n\"We are determined to do everything we can to bring justice for all victims of domestic abuse.\"\n\nJaswant Narwal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS South East, said: \"Our involvement with Cassandra dates back to a complaint of domestic violence sexual assault that she made to the police in 2007.\n\n\"For a number of reasons, a prosecution was not brought. It is now clear that there were shortcomings in the way in which we dealt with Cassandra's case.\n\n\"A decision about whether to proceed with a case should always start with an assessment of whether there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to proceed.\n\n\"If we conclude that it is appropriate to proceed, we will explore all reasonable options to enable the victim to give evidence.\n\n\"Since that time, the CPS and the criminal justice system as a whole have seen significant changes in the way we prosecute domestic violence and sexual offences.\n\n\"Improvements in the system provide a better service to the victim and ensure that offenders are brought to justice wherever possible. The use of live video links from abroad, for example, is now much more commonplace.\n\nShe said a Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) Unit staffed by specially trained lawyers was established in the South East in 2011.\n\nShare article\n\nTo find out more about Refuge's call for a public inquiry and to sign the petition, go to www.refuge.org.uk/publicinquiry.\n\nIpsoregulated\n\nThis website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standardards Organisations's Editors' Code of Practice. If you have a compaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here"}
-{"text": "BCC Flickr Groups\n\nIn order to encourage members to discuss photographs and to share feedback in a non-threatening environment, we\u2019ve started a private Flickr group for the club called Bishopthorpe Camera Club \u2013 Private Feedback. If you are a member of Flickr, and email your username to flickrbccprivate*at* the club website address (We can\u2019t use the actual email address because it will be spammed) we can join you to the group. You can then use the following tutorial here.\n\nWe also have a public Flickr group for the club called Bishopthorpe Camera Club \u2013 Public. The latest show on the blog too\u2026 If you are a member of Flickr, and email your username to flickrbccpublic*at* the club website address (We can\u2019t use the actual email address because it will be spammed) we can join you to the group. This will mean your latest Flickr images will be on show as part of the club and also show on the blog page of the website."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, July 21, 2015\n\nLong time no see. These last few months have been a whirlwind of awesomeness. Since I started full time with World Orphans in February, the momentum and work load has increased steadily each month.\n\nAnyways, my goal with my blog was to continue to provide you with ministry updates and I have failed at that. I am going to try to improve though. To start, I will share my July newsletter, which really is about June, but whatever. It is a bit on the older side now, but it still gives you a glimpse at what I have been up to lately. Hopefully, I will remember to post my August one sooner.\n\nThe beginning of June was spent finalizing plans for my month-and-a-half long nomadic journey full of work events. Then, on June 15th I headed home to Ohio to spend a few days with my family before heading to Michigan where the fun began.\"To the World\" Worship and Justice Tour: On June 21st, I met up with two bands, Bluetree and The Informants, who were finishing up their World Orphans Worship and Justice Tour. They had been traveling around Michigan playing in churches and other venues for the purpose of creating worshipful experiences and promoting justice for orphans. I joined the tour for the last few shows to help recruit Rescue Partners and to sell jewelry handmade by women in Guatemala and Haiti. On Sunday, we played at an amazing church full of people with hearts for the world. That morning alone, 21 new people signed up to be monthly partners with World Orphans. Their support, along with all of the other Rescue Partners provides for our international church projects who are still awaiting U.S. church partners. Thanks to Rescue Partners, these churches are able to continue providing holistic care for the orphans and vulnerable children in their community. Over the course of the whole tour, 58 people signed up to play this important role.Big Ticket Festival: After the tour wrapped up, it was time to get ready for the main event: Big Ticket Festival (BTF). It took two full days of set-up to get the World Orphans experience tent ready to go. This preparation including cleaning out an old school bus, tearing cardboard, slinging mud, modge podging, hanging burlap, spray painting, stringing clothes line, and much more. The result was a six-minute-long audio visual presentation that left many in tears. The journey took people from the comforts of everyday life through our true brokenness, and into the life of an orphan in Cambodia. They also were given time to pray for orphans and those in need around the world. Throughout the festival over 2,000 entered the bus and went through the World Orphans experience. At the end, they expressed their sadness, conviction, and desire to do more for orphans with the staff members and volunteers working inside the tent. Then, they stepped out into my tent where I shared about Rescue Teams and other ways to get involved. It was such a blessing to empower people to turn their emotion into action.\n\nI had some great conversations with young people who hoped to get their youth groups to form Rescue Teams, adults who wanted to get their businesses involved, and many individuals who had great ideas for fundraisers. The many different ideas included dirt bike races, hiking events, pie auctions, running \u00bd marathons, YouTube videos etc. I look forward to following up with these passionate people and hopefully helping them start their Rescue Teams. In addition to serving at the experience tent and my own Rescue Team booth, I was also able to represent World Orphans in several other ways. At least once or twice a day, my supervisors chose me to speak on stage to invite people to get involved with World Orphans. Though a few of these stage times were sprung on me last minute, I had a blast at every one!\n\nAlso, on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, I helped out with the large appeals from the Main Stage. On two of the three nights, Jared Faelleci, a volunteer advocate and public speaker for World Orphans, spoke about the work being done in Iraq. He explained how God is using World Orphans to provide refuge for those fleeing ISIS. Then, he asked the audience to give generously to support the over 600 refugees in our care. Over 30 of us wandered through the crowd of 10,000 people carrying buckets to collect the donations. Later, our hearts raced as we counted the money. All of us were praying and hoping for $10,000, which would really mean $30,000 thanks to two matching donations. Guess what. God showed up! The crowd donated $10,005! On the last night, Aaron from Bluetree made an appeal for Rescue Partners and 31 people responded. Plus, others made one time gifts, which will also be used to provide for the children care for by our international church partners.\n\nServing at Big Ticket Festival and alongside both bands was incredible. It confirmed to me that I am just one person in the midst of a much greater movement. God is at work through His faithful servants and He is providing for orphans. Thank you for being a part of it all!\n\nFollowers\n\nFollow by Email\n\nAbout Me\n\nHello! My name is Becky. I am a former first grade teacher whose life changed dramatically after a trip to India in 2013. God called me to full time ministry and I am now working for an amazing organization, World Orphans. In my free time, I volunteer as an advocate for Compassion International.\nMy life is not about me. I owe everything to Jesus Christ, my Savior. He chose me and sent me to serve Him and to love His children. He is my King and my Father."}
-{"text": "Creating corporate strategy\n\nCorporate strategy presented by : group 1 yulia 360096 creating corporate advantage presented by: ahmad maulin. Whether you don't have a plan or need to finish one, we'll guide you through the process to create a corporate strategy to achieve your vision of success. Well begun is half done: the step in strategic planning you can't afford to miss creating a shared vision so how does an organization.\n\nThe corporate strategy of creating billion-dollar franchises is disney's main focus ceo iger leads a group of about 20 executives whose sole. Learn to create a strategy by evaluating competitors and planning future acquisitions, and internal corporate ventures \u2014 and leave with well-tested tools and. In doing so, it describes the process of developing corporate strategy and explores--via the literature--the methods of implementing strategy through projects and.\n\nCorporate finance program for executives who want to make smarter financial corporate finance: investment strategies for creating shareholder value. So, how does product management create a good product plan so how exactly does the corporate strategy relate to the roadmap well, the. To harness the capability of their organizations retailers are refocusing on developing corporate strategies that include an aspirational vision they align their.\n\nOur current corporate strategy for 2013-2017 is coming to an end and we have started developing our next strategy, which will set out what we, as the pharmacy . With the \u201cwe create chemistry\u201d strategy, basf has set itself and have embedded this into our corporate purpose: \u201cwe create chemistry for a. Moving from corporate strategy to project strategy peter w g morris and jeffrey creating corporate and business strategies hierarchy of objectives and. Many companies preach and practice corporate social responsibility, but their a csr strategy should fulfill two goals: create a positive social.\n\nDesigning and implementing a total corporate strategy the purpose of creating value for customers is to help organizations make the transition from the. Creating corporate culture is based on one key question: what do you want employees to think and feel about your company when they walk. Developing your strategy - finding your path to success it in terms that are easy to connect with, and be sure to avoid business jargon and \u201ccorporate speak. Corporate parents can create value, but they can also destroy it and when a company's parenting strategy is an especially good fit with the.\n\nIt is an essential part to building your strategic foundation and developing a identify your corporate values (values), planning team (all staff if doing a survey. Corporate strategy takes a portfolio approach to strategic decision making by looking across all of a firm's businesses to determine how to create the most value.\n\nTo a great extent, developing the marketing strategy follows the same sequence of activities used to define a corporate strategy the chief difference is that the. The future in motion who we are and how we create value we enable the journey ahead a child takes its first steps at the beach mobility is in our nature. Creating the conditions for businesses to excel corporate level strategy addresses higher order challenges of the corporate executive or business owner."}
-{"text": "Deadmau5 Blazes New Trails In The Desert\n\nDeadmau5, the young DJ from Toronto, has been one of dance music's most-meteoric stories of the last five years. He's a former computer geek who came out of nowhere to blast digital dance music retailer Beatport with some of its best-sellers. He came of age in the download era and didn't even have a proper hardcopy release when we first wrote about him in 2007.\n\nTimothy Norris\n\nIf you like this story, consider signing up for our email newsletters.\n\nSHOW ME HOW\n\nNewsletters\n\nSUCCESS!\n\nYou have successfully signed up for your selected newsletter(s) - please keep an eye on your mailbox, we're movin' in!\n\nNow Mr. Mau5 is a headliner at global music festivals, and he's evolved to live up to the billing by presenting an electrifying set of bombastic lights and razor-edged electro-house Friday night at Coachella. Deadmau5, in his signature mouse-ears costume, blasted the festival's Sahara tent with sound and light like a radiologist zaps your bones.\n\nWas it us or did the entire, 75,000-person concert seem to flow into that tent, even as the three-day event's main headliner, Jay-Z, performed on the main stage? The venue was swarmed with day-glo dancers and women in Deadmau5 t-shirts as the DJ zapped them with his telltale sound that mixes elements of arpeggiated trance with grating, '80s synths and the punk ethos of nu electro.\n\nThe worst thing about Deadmau5's electrifying set was that it was only about a half hour long -- barely time to get warmed up in most DJ settings where three hours is considered the minimum time it takes for a top spinner to move the crowd and tell a story.\n\nStill, Deadmau5 had the vibe dialed and used heavy artillery from the first track, leaving dancers feeling satiated and perhaps satisfied that this most-crowded of Coachellas was worth the hassle.\n\nDennis Romero is an L.A. Weekly staff writer. He formerly worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times, where he participated in Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the L.A. riots. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone online, the Guardian and, as a young stringer, the New York Times."}
-{"text": "How to Fail-Proof Your Travel Plans\n\nHave you ever tried traveling spontaneously without any plans? Have you ever tried regretting because your plans did not work the way you wanted it to be? Did you ever try to make steps to make your plans fail-proof?\n\nWhether you are a frequent traveler or a newbie, I bet you still have to make travel plans as an inevitable part of your next trip. In fact, for a seasoned traveler like me, one plan would not be enough. Call me anything but I believe in plan ABC. It is no joke to fail when you have but very limited time to explore. Reserve your ignorance and lack of judgment to some other adventures but not when you travel, especially if what you have in mind is overseas travel.\n\nEach time I travel abroad, one of my major objectives is to fail-proof my plans. Though you can\u2019t always expect your plans to go one hundred percent but at least it is already so close to perfection. Now what are the things I made to make my plans fail-proof?\n\n\u00b7 I Don\u2019t Just Make 2\n\nAs usual, people make a Plan B just in case the original plan won\u2019t work. In my case, I reserve Plan C. I always prepare for the worst case scenario when I travel so I have Plan C for the rescue.\n\n\u00b7 I Make a Thorough Research\n\nPrior to making my plans, I have to do the google thing. Ask around and read lots of travel magazines. I consider even the smallest detail to the bigger ones such as hotel accommodation, transportation and food. I always book for my hotel ahead of time and charter a bus or coach when I travel with my family or friends for our comfort and convenience and to better facilitate the realization of our planned itinerary.\n\n\u00b7 I stick to it\n\nAs much as possible, if things are going smoothly, I stick to the original plan and deviate only when the need arise.\n\nTry these steps cause it might work well for you as it did for many of my travels."}
-{"text": "Generation discrimination: Don\u2019t miss out on high potential employees\n\nTo survive in the fast changing business world, employers know they\u2019ve got to recruit and retain employees with potential; people with the ability to adjust to a continuously changing work environment and to grow into challenging new roles. Many rise to this challenge by zoning in primarily on \u2018young professionals\u2019, but this narrow focus is a missed opportunity.\n\n1st March 2017\n\nLaura.Parrack\n\nBy Linda Vodegel Matzen and Marit Op de Beek, Cubiks Netherlands\n\nA wealth of research shows that the personality traits linked to potential have a stronger presence within those who are from Gen X and older than they do in Millennials. Excluding these individuals leaves a rich source of high potential employees untapped.\n\nPotential versus competencies\n\nMany organisations are concerned about a growing shortage of talented employees worldwide (Mosley, 2015). This is a real threat, because adequate deployment of talent is the answer to an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world. The importance of finding and retaining talented employees necessitates an evolution in HR\u2019s approach to selecting and developing people.\n\nThe result is a shift in focus; moving away from measuring competences and skills and stepping closer towards identifying potential. This focus on potential is the central message in the influential article \u201821st Century Talent Spotting\u2019, by Fern\u00e1ndez-Ar\u00e1oz (2014), which has been endorsed by a large number of organisations. Ar\u00e1oz offers practical guidelines for identifying talented employees based on their potential.\n\nAccording to Ar\u00e1oz, managers should judge current and future employees on four potential indicators: 1. Curiosity 2. Engagement 3. Determination 4. Insight.\n\nThese indicators provide a framework for thoroughly assessing an individual\u2019s potential. This can help enhance selection processes, but can also aid development and retention.\n\nPopular assumptions\n\nThe Millennial generation is currently a popular focus when it comes to recruiting for potential. When asked why there is a focus on Millennials, the responses of HR Professionals who deal with recruitment, selection and development of employees are wide-ranging. There are arguments that have a rational basis, such as the need to ensure a steady influx to balance attrition.\n\nAt the same time, there are arguments based on implicit assumptions. Examples of these are; young people are more flexible, inventive, ambitious, they bring new insights, they adapt easily to rapid change and won\u2019t give in when it comes to working with technology. Similarly, there are assumptions when it comes to older generations, with the potential of Millennials set in positive contrast.\n\nIntuitively, many may be prone to go along with these popular assumptions. However, the question is whether some of those assumptions can be proven based on data.\n\nExploring indicators of potential across age groups\n\nThe popular assumptions about the differences between generations are usually expressed in terms of personality traits which would have a positive or negative effect on the aforementioned potential indicators. The Cubiks team conducted some research looking at how these traits, as well as cognitive ability varied over a cross section of age groups. We wanted to understand whether there was really any basis for the common assumptions about age and potential.\n\nOur study compared three age groups:\n\nMillennials (year of birth between 1980 - 2000)\n\nGeneration X (year of birth between 1960 - 1980)\n\nBaby Boomers (year of birth between 1946 - 1960).\n\nTo assess the potential across these groups, we mapped traits in our PAPI personality questionnaire to the four indicators of potential mentioned above. In addition, we combined this data with results from our Logiks General ability test. This is important because it was expected that the \u00b4Insight\u00b4 potential indicator could be influenced by intellectual capacity. The theory here is that greater intellectual capacity makes it easier to create insight, as it equips people to quickly evaluate new, complex situations and come to the correct conclusions.\n\nExcluding older generations means missing out on huge potential\n\nOur findings highlight that employers should be questioning an approach based on \u2018generation discrimination\u2019. For the most part, the personality traits of older generations form an equally firm basis for potential to the personality characteristics of the younger generations studied. And when it comes to ability, there was very little difference across the generations.\n\nIn summary, here is what our study found:\n\nFor 6 of the personality scales, all the generations showed similar average scores.\n\nFor one of the personality traits, namely \u00b4Conceptual\u00b4, Millennials scored significantly higher than the two older generations. Therefore, here the popular assumption holds true.\n\nFor all the remaining 10 personality traits there is a significant difference between the generations, however, the differences contradict the popular assumptions. For these personality traits Millennials score \u00b4least favorably\u00b4.\n\nThere are no significant differences in intellectual capacity between the younger and the older generation. The only difference that could be ascertained here is that the young work a bit faster than the old.\n\nOur recommendations for identifying potential\n\nOrganisations are therefore advised to not only look for high potential employees exclusively from a pool of young professionals. This study highlights that the talent pool of those over 40 years old also offers great potential. These candidates present a personality profile that provides a good starting point for them to respond to emerging business trends and to grow into challenging new roles.\n\nWhen looking to identify potential, we recommend that a scan of each individual\u2019s characteristics, including personality traits, is made at an early stage. With the range of assessments on the market, this is relatively easy to implement online. When this profile is combined with additional measures such as cognitive ability tests and assessments of motivation, employers will have a solid basis for identifying an initial pool of potential talent. Bringing this data together with the organisation\u2019s specific hard criteria, HR will be equipped to make the best decisions when it comes to selecting people with the highest potential for success in certain roles.\n\nIf you\u2019d like to read the full findings of this study, please fill in the form below or email info@cubiks.com and we\u2019ll send you the report."}
-{"text": "Description of problem:\nThis is simple plugin for collecting the kdump configuration. The following\nfiles should be collected by default.\n- /etc/kdump.conf\n- /etc/sysconfig/kdump\nActually /proc/cmdline is needed too. But, it should be collected by other plugin."}
-{"text": "Goodman Birtcher won't resubmit Fairview Township warehouse plans\n\nBy Jim T. Ryan,\nNovember 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM\n- Last modified: November 15, 2013 at 2:34 PM\n\nThe warehouse Goodman Birtcher was planning to build in Fairview Township would have looked something like this. The company submitted this illustration in September. - (Photo / Illustration/Submitted)\n\nGoodman Birtcher North America, the company proposing more than 3 million square feet of warehousing in Central Pennsylvania, said today it is not resubmitting plans for a warehouse in Fairview Township, York County.\n\nThe company withdrew its plans in September because the proposed warehouse height intruded on airspace for flight patterns at Capital City Airport. Goodman Birtcher was requesting a conditional use to build the 1-million-square-foot warehouse on Lewisberry Road near Interstate 83 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.\n\nBriggs said the company would have to resubmit new plans to the Federal Aviation Administration, but it couldn\u2019t give assurances to the property owner that warehouse plans would be ready in the near future.\n\n\u201cWho knows how long something like that will take?\u201d Briggs said about the FAA approvals.\n\nThe company is now out of contract with the property owner, Lemoyne-based CCA Associates Inc., Briggs said. The property owner would be free to pursue other commercial development options allowed in the commercial business zone, but he wasn\u2019t aware of any immediate plans.\n\nGoodman Birtcher is still interested in another warehouse somewhere in the area, but when or where it might build is unknown at this time, Briggs said.\n\nThe company is continuing to pursue its plans for 2.8 million square feet of warehousing in Cumberland County on Allen Road in Carlisle and Dickinson, South Middleton and West Pennsboro townships.\n\nDickinson Township\u2019s planning commission has a hearing on the project scheduled for Monday evening. Carlisle will resume its hearings on the project Dec. 12, the borough said."}
-{"text": "etnies EARN YOUR STRIPE\n\niframe\n\nURL\n\nNick Garcia & Willow, our newest Ams-turned-Pros, know that it's all about paying dues to earn your shoes! And here at etnies, we know that sometimes you just need a lucky break. Well, this is it; we're giving you a chance to EARN YOUR STRIPE. Submit your best Sponsor Me Footy at http://etni.es/earn-your-stripe and you'll be entered to win a one year Flow sponsorship in the form of a year's supply of etnies. Nick and Willow will pick the top 3 finalists on Go Skateboarding Day and the final winner will be picked by public vote! This is how Nick & Willow each earned their pro model #etniesRCT - Nick in SoCal and Willow in K\u00f8ln, Germany. Where will you Earn Your Stripe? Shop Nick's & Willow's RCTs here: http://etni.es/earn-your-stripe"}
-{"text": "Want a good rainy season? Let the Virgins fill the Odomankoma Ahina\n\nWomen are not allowed to visit the Tano Sacred Grove when they are in their menstrual period. But the irony is that the people of Tano and Bono are promised a good rainy season when virgins in their menstrual period pour water into the Odomankoma Ahina (The Pot of the Creator) and it overflows.\n\nOdomankoma Ahina is situated at the source of River Tano and it is believed that is where the Spirit of Tano stays. Indeed, if there are no rains, virgins in their menstrual period are gathered and sent to fetch water from the Tano River into the Odomankoma Ahina. If the Pot overflows, the people of Tano and Bono are sure of a fruitful season.\n\nThe belief aside, the Tano Sacred Grove is a very beautiful sight. It is a good place for hiking, meditation and fun. It is nestled within a semi-deciduous forest, enclosed by a cluster of striking sandstone rock formations. A variety of plants, birds and butterflies are found in the Grove. The Tano River runs through big sandstones that can give shade to about 15 people at a time. There are cave bats.\n\nAccording to Bono Techiman history, Tanoboase and the Sacred Grove are traditional homes of the Bono people. The Bono people emerged from a cave called Amowi hundreds of years ago. The site is, therefore, the earliest Bono settlement.\n\nThe Tano shrine residing in a brass pot is currently kept at the Tanoboase town but the Priest carries it to the Grove annually for rituals. The Grove is also the site of the annual Apoo Festival. It is believed that Taakora, the highest of the Akan Deities, dwells at the source of the Tano River in the Grove.\n\nWhen the first inhabitants of Tanoboase discovered the Deity, the Grove became a place of worship and has remained a sacred place ever since. Taakora gave the first family who went to settle there some instructions to enable them to live there in peace. Among them was the rule that said there should be no farming at all in the area.\n\nAt the moment, the land is a virgin land and has not seen any farming activity at all, Mr Osei Tano, a tour guide at the place, told the Ghana News Agency. He said apart from creating walkways to enable visitors have an easy and enjoyable tour, \"this place is always preserved and protected from farming\".\n\nFor a visitor to be able to get to the Tano River that lies in the Grove a traditional rite has to be performed. One should not visit the Grove with a evil mind, a woman in her menstrual period should not go there and if one pretends to be a virgin and goes to fetch water from the Tano River into the Pot, she goes blind, Mr Osei Tano cautioned the GNA reporter before taking her there. The town Techiman was named after Techi, one of the four people, who evolved from a hole, according to a story told in the area.\n\nThe Tanoboase Community initiated the Tano Sacred Grove Project as an ecotourism site in 1996. It is one of the tourist attractions in Ghana that every Ghanaian would like to see, as it would excite everybody.\n\nMr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minister of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital City, told the Ghana News Agency that the celebration of World Tourism Day was aimed at promoting such places in the country not known to its citizens and to promote domestic tourism. \"Ghanaians should take time off and visit sites like the Tano Sacred Grove, as it improves the economic situations of the communities that have them,\" he said.\n\nThe Minster said the Ministry was poised to work closely with all social partners to ensure that tourism was developed in a manner to create employment, improve incomes as well as boost micro and small-scale enterprises."}
-{"text": "Login\n\nBradley Cooper\n\nActor\n\nShare:\n\nPersonal Info\n\nBirth Name: Bradley Charles Cooper\n\nHeight: 6' 1\" (1.85 m)\n\nBiography\n\nBradley Charles Cooper was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC station. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a stockbroker. Immediately after Bradley graduated from the Honors English program at Georgetown University in 1997, he moved to New York City to enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University. There, he developed his stage work, culminating with his thesis performance as John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance\u2019s \u201cThe Elephant Man\u201d, performed in New York\u2019s Circle in the Square. While still in school, Bradley began his professional career, appearing opposite Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex and the City (1998) and on the drama series The Beat (2000). His weekends were spent with LEAP (Learning through the Expanded Arts Program), a non-profit organization that teaches acting and movement to inner city school children. The summers took him all across the globe, from kayaking in British Columbia with Orca Whales to ice-climbing in the Peruvian Andes, while hosting Lonely Planet\u2019s Treks in a Wild World (2000) for the Discovery Channel. Bradley had to miss his graduation ceremony from the Actors Studio in order to star in his first feature Wet Hot American Summer (2001). After finishing his second feature Bending All the Rules (2002), his plans to relocate to Los Angeles were delayed when Darren Star hired him to star on the drama series The $treet (2000). Bradley went on to win the role of young law student Gordon Pinella in Changing Lanes (2002), starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson, and also played Travis Paterson in My Little Eye (2002). He finally decided that it was time to forgo his other New York projects and move to Los Angeles when he was cast on Alias (2001). After supporting roles in Wedding Crashers (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), The Comebacks (2007), The Rocker (2008) and Yes Man (2008), Cooper broke out with major roles in He\u2019s Just Not That Into You (2009), The Hangover (2009) and Valentine\u2019s Day (2010). He co-starred in the action film The A-Team (2010) and headlined the thriller film Limitless (2011). Cooper received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor after starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence in David O. Russell\u2019s Silver Linings Playbook (2012). He then received two more consecutive Oscar nominations, Best Supporting Actor for playing Richie DiMaso in Russell\u2019s American Hustle (2013) (again opposite Lawrence, though their characters shared no significant screen time), and Best Actor for playing Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in Clint Eastwood\u2019s American Sniper (2014), the highest grossing film of 2014. During this time period, Cooper also reprised his role in The Hangover Part II (2011) and The Hangover Part III (2013), turned in another strong dramatic turn in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), and voiced Rocket Raccoon in the third highest grossing film of 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). In 2015, Bradley headlined two comedies, Cameron Crowe\u2019s Aloha (2015), set in Hawaii, and John Wells\u2019 Burnt (2015), set in London, and starred opposite Jennifer Lawrence again in David O. Russell\u2019s Joy (2015). Bradley has a daughter (born 2017) with his partner, model Irina Shayk."}
-{"text": "Search\n\nCozad Elementary will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair for families and the public. The Book Fair will be set up in the elementary library. There are some special recognition days we hope you attend but anyone is welcome to come on any day! Someone should be available throughout the school days Monday \u2013 Wednesday too. All proceeds will be returned to Cozad Elementary to be used for student activities.\n\nAll the books in the flyer will be available. (The flyer is linked below.) If we sell out of a title, we can reorder and have it for you the next day. The book fair will be set up to take cash, debit and credit cards. Please plan to join us in this fun event. Books make GREAT Valentine gifts!!\n\nIf you cannot attend, you may order on line and the purchase is credited to the Cozad Elementary Fair total. There is FREE shipping to the school if you order on-line!"}
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-{"text": "Search and menus\n\nSearch\n\nTopics menu\n\nYou are here:\n\nARCHIVED -\nTelecom Order CRTC 2004-281\n\nThis page has been archived on the Web\n\nInformation identified as archived on the Web is for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. Archived Decisions, Notices and Orders (DNOs) remain in effect except to the extent they are amended or reversed by the Commission, a court, or the government. The text of archived information has not been altered or updated after the date of archiving. Changes to DNOs are published as \u201cdashes\u201d to the original DNO number. Web pages that are archived on the Web are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats by contacting us.\n\nArchived\n\nTelecom Order CRTC 2004-281\n\nNorthernTel, Limited Partnership\n\nEqual Access Pool Administration Process Agreement\n\n1.\n\nThe Commission received an application by NorthernTel, Limited Partnership (NorthernTel), dated 4 March 2004, for approval of the Equal Access Pool Administration Process Agreement (the agreement) between NorthernTel, The Corporation of the Town of Cochrane Municipal Telephone System, O.N.Telcom and Bell Canada, filed pursuant to O.N.Telcom - Implementation of toll competition and related matters, Decision CRTC 2001-583, 13 September 2001 (Decision 2001-583).\n\n2.\n\nThe agreement covers the provision of equal access conversation minutes to the administrator to allow for the redistribution of equal access revenues in accordance with Decision 2001-583.\n\n3.\n\nThe Commission received no comments with respect to the application.\n\n4.\n\nThe Commission approves NorthernTel's application.\n\nSecretary General\n\nThis document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be examined at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca"}
-{"text": "The Inforum\n\nFormerly know as \u201cThe Inforum,\u201d The American Cancer Society Center is now available to the public as an ideal special events space. From a seated dinner for a couple of hundred guests to a cocktail reception for 3,000\u2014this 110,000 square foot space can accommodate any event size or layout option. Managed by Cousins Properties, this National Headquarters space for The American Cancer Society is loaded with amenities\u2014a 450 seat fully equipped business theater, a large lobby with exquisite marble floors, views overlooking the heart of the city, and ample parking along with a valet parking option. For more information contact Donna Ballard at DBallard@LegendaryEvents.com"}
-{"text": "Robbers bust in, tie up residents\n\nTuesday\n\nJul 30, 2013 at 12:01 AM\n\nSTOCKTON - Police are looking for four armed men who, in broad daylight, broke down the front door of a home just south of Highway 4 close to the San Joaquin River, tied up the residents and ransacked the home, stealing items as well as a new car before fleeing, according to a report.\n\nThe Record\n\nSTOCKTON - Police are looking for four armed men who, in broad daylight, broke down the front door of a home just south of Highway 4 close to the San Joaquin River, tied up the residents and ransacked the home, stealing items as well as a new car before fleeing, according to a report.\n\nThe incident was reported at 10:14 a.m. Monday in the 2100 block of Shelby Creek Court. According to police, two female residents reported that when the four invaders entered their home, they were all wearing black ski masks. They tied up the residents using rope, robbed them of their belongings and then dragged them into a bedroom.\n\nIn addition to cash and jewelry, they took the keys to a 2013 gray Honda Civic with California license 6ZXM062 to make their escape."}
-{"text": "Rating Two New Stone Brewing Co. Collaborations\n\nWith its gargoyle logos and its cocky slogans and beer names, not to mention its intensely bitter IPAs, Stone Brewing Co. -- which celebrated its 15th anniversary Tuesday -- may try to maintain a bad-ass image. But a couple of new collaborations coming out this summer show that they're really big softies under that gruff exterior, and have no problem playing nicely with others.\n\nJason Fields & Kevin Sheppard/Tr\u00f6egs/Stone Cherry Chocolate Stout is a tweaked version of the winning entry to this year's Stone March Madness Homebrew Competition and AHA Rally. Homebrewers Jason Fields and Kevin Sheppard worked with Stone brewmaster Mitch Steele and Tr\u00f6egs Brewing Co. head brewer John Trogner on a stout that incorporated dark-roasted malts, Callebaut chocolate liquor, vanilla beans and 9,000 pounds of dark cherries.\n\nIf you like this story, consider signing up for our email newsletters.\n\nSHOW ME HOW\n\nNewsletters\n\nSUCCESS!\n\nYou have successfully signed up for your selected newsletter(s) - please keep an eye on your mailbox, we're movin' in!\n\nBaird/Ishii/Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA is a departure from the West Coast IPA style Stone is known for, using the earthier Japanese-originated Sorachi Ace hop along with Pacifica, Crystal, Warrior and Aramis varieties. All proceeds from the beer will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society to help with earthquake and tsunami recovery.\n\nStone regional sales manager Jason Armstrong tweeted yesterday that the Japanese Green Tea IPA is approved in Texas and should be on shelves in late August, but will be \"extremely limited.\" I emailed to find out a bit more, and he replied that his best guess was they'd be available at \"Central Market, Whole Foods, Mr. G's, S&K and a few bars to name a few.\" No drafts yet. The brewers produced 2,966 cases, to be precise. No word yet on when the Cherry Chocolate Stout reaches Texas, though Texas is on the list to receive some of the 2,448 cases produced. Each beer will be available in single 12-ounce bottles with a suggested retail price of $2.49 to $3.49.\n\nLucky for me, Stone Brewing Co. sent along a bottle of each. Jason Fields & Kevin Sheppard/Tr\u00f6egs/Stone Cherry Chocolate StoutAppearance: Pitch black with a frothy dark tan head. 10/10Nose: Cherry and roasted malt dominate, with chocolate and vanilla also noticeable but not as strong as I'd like. 8/10Taste: A very nice blend of the cherry, chocolate and vanilla flavors, all mingling nicely with the roasty stout base. The cherry is most noticeable in the nose but also shows up on the finish. It's not as sweet as expected for something that smells like a sundae in a bottle. I poured some into a separate glass with a spoonful of vanilla ice cream for a stout float and it was lovely -- the sweetness of the ice cream really brought out the cherry flavor. That's how I'd enjoy it next time if I can find another bottle. 35/40Body: On the heavy side of medium, but not as thick and creamy as expected given the coloring and thick head. But ideal for summer drinking. 8/10Finish: Good blend of dark-chocolate and espresso-bean bitterness and cherry flavor. 9/10Style/Originality: The cherry, vanilla and chocolate really help turn what probably would have been a pretty decent if not noteworthy stout into something special. 9/10Party Factor: Mine was free, but this 7.3 percent ABV retails for $2.49 to $3.49 per 12-ounce bottle. At the low end of the price range (which, let's admit, we're unlikely to see in Texas) that gives it a factor of 2.93, rounding to 3, while the higher price tag gives it a factor of 2.09, rounding to 2. Total: 82\n\nBaird/Ishii/Stone Japanese Green Tea IPAAppearance: Hazy orange-golden color with a thin white head. 10/10Nose: The herbal green tea is surprisingly noticeable for something so subtle and delicate, though the earthy, fruity and citrusy blend of hops is the strongest scent. 10/10Taste: Outstanding. This is a great IPA, and the tea is a really nice complement to the big spicy hop kick. It's bright, floral, earthy and fruity, and the high ABV is all but unnoticeable. 38/40Body: Light to medium with prickly carbonation. 10/10Finish: Crisp and clean with a long lingering bitterness with just a hint of the sweetness expected from a big double IPA. 10/10Style/Originality: This manages to be refined and elegant, yet bold and strong, with the subtle green tea flavor not at all cowed by the assertive hops or sweet maltiness. Very well done. 10/10Party Factor: Mine was free, but this 9.2 percent ABV retails for $2.49 to $3.49 per 12-ounce bottle. At the lower price (again, good luck with that) it has a factor of 3.69, rounding to 4, while the higher tag gives it a factor of 2.63, rounding to 3. Total: 92\n\nWe use cookies to collect and analyze information on site performance and usage, and to enhance and customize content and advertisements. By clicking 'X' or continuing to use the site, you agree to allow cookies to be placed. 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-{"text": "Are we in need of distractions? The political masters obviously think so. There have been hackings, cuttings, slayings and crushing events. As battles continue raging in Syria and northern Iraq, European cities face the next round of urban slayings.\n\nAs that was taking place, eyes in the western media were taken off brewing troubles among the Gulf States. Eager pots have been calling kettles the most unspeakable things. (Not so much black as crispy charred.) No one would have been surprised by calling out that tenured terrorist state known as Saudi Arabia for its various actions in Yemen and its own vicious brand of fundamentalism advertised globally.\n\nYet it was Saudi Arabia, along with Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya insisting that Qatar was the destabilising influence in the region. (The others were naturally innocent of that.) All land, air and sea traffic would be halted with the state, while diplomatic missions would be removed. Qatari citizens would also be given their marching orders, having to leave within 14 days.\n\nDisagreements between Doha and Riyadh are far from new. Being eager practitioners of censorship and media control, Riyadh has shown little time for such bold media efforts as Al-Jazeera. Bristling at what it has deemed negative coverage, officials in Riyadh have repeatedly insisted that Qatar be rebuked for backing its own horses in the Islamist struggle, much of this borne by the rumblings of the Arab Spring.\n\nThe Islamic Brotherhood is top of that list, and what is not surprising by looking at the list of states intent on strangling Qatar is that they have taken a dim view about the populist aspirations of the Muslim Brotherhood.\n\nIn Egypt, an elected head of state from the organisation was deposed in a coup that re-established the primacy of the military. Qatar\u2019s backing of Mohamed Morsi\u2019s short stint at the helm was well and truly noted. In a measure of placation, Qatar closed down Al Jazeera Mubashir Misr, its twenty-four hour news channel in Cairo.\n\nSince then, spats have grown in number. Ambassadors have been sporadically recalled. In September 2002, Saudi Arabia did so over what it regarded as unfavourable coverage of a Saudi plan which entailed normalising ties with Israel in exchange for a peace deal with the Palestinians.[1]\n\nIn 2014, the three Gulf States intent on punishing Qatar also withdrew their ambassadors citing the usual grounds of interference in internal affairs and \u201cjeopardizing regional security\u201d. Those concerns have not changed, and the move of severing ties and effectively shutting off Qatar is a measure of how dissatisfied the other state have been towards Doha\u2019s efforts.\n\nMore recently, Qatar\u2019s efforts to secure the release of a group of falconers, among them members of the royal family, captured by a Teheran-backed Shia group in Iraq, drew attention from Abu Dhabi and Riyadh. The intended ransom could well have run into a billion dollars.[2]\n\nThe isolating move has trigged obvious consequences. Qatar has become a place of strategic importance for various powers. The US, for one, has its largest airbase in the Middle East located in the state.\n\nNor has the provocative move gone unnoticed by others who have thrown their weight behind Doha. The Turkish parliament has passed legislation drafted in May permitting the deployment of troops to the country\u2019s military base in Qatar. In 2015, Turkey\u2019s ambassador to Doha, Ahmet Demirok, forecast an eventual troop number of 3,000.[3]\n\nThen comes that important matter of aviation. Qatar\u2019s flag carrier, Qatar Airways, has had to re-route flights over Turkey, Iran and Oman, given the forced closure of airspace to their planes. On Tuesday, 70 flights were grounded.\n\nOther airline carriers will be delighted by the move, given the relentless rise and appropriation of key routes of travel from Europe to Asia and Australasia by the Middle Eastern carriers. The gesture of isolating Qatar is looking, at best, one of economic self-harm, affecting such carriers as Bahrain\u2019s Gulf Air, Dubai\u2019s Emirates, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Saudia and Abu Dhabi\u2019s Etihad Airways.\n\nThe demands this time for resolving this monumental tiff are bound to be even steeper than they were in 2014. Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi makes his own hazard at a set of guesses, and it involves a conventional, authoritarian ploy: muzzle media coverage, entailing the \u201cshuttering of the Al Jazeera TV Network before any mediation can take place\u201d (Newsweek, Jun 5).\n\nThat will just be the beginning. The main course will feature the expulsion of Hamas figures and affiliates, along with such undesirables as Islamist writer Yasser Al-Za\u2019atra and Azmi Bishara. For dessert, the Egyptians will wish for a cessation of any pro-Morsi coverage, while the entire collective will push for shackles to be placed on charitable organisations.\n\nSuch demands are what is conventionally called unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of another state, but the despots of the Gulf are bound to miss that irony. What Qatar is accused of will not only be matched but surpassed."}
-{"text": "The Mubeen Group and Laboratory, led by Dr. Syed Mubeen, is working on three ambitious projects within the field of electrochemical engineering. Undergraduate and graduate students are major components in all of the research. The research programs include:...\n\nA new study, led by Dr. Charles Stanier, focuses on the life cycle of tiny particles found in the air, which grow due to chemical reactions within the atmosphere. These particles influence clouds, weather, climate, and the movement of heat and light in the atmosphere.\n\nP. Barry Butler, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and executive vice president and provost of the University of Iowa, has been named president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL.\n\nOne hundred thirty-seven Engineering students were among the nearly 1,400 graduates receiving Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa at the close of the 2016 fall semester.\n\nA list of College of Engineering graduates, published by the university's IowaNow...\n\nMore than 5,000 donors contributed a total of $68 million to the College of Engineering during the University of Iowa and University of Iowa Foundation\u2019s For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa campaign."}
-{"text": "There was absolutely nothing convincing about it, but the United States opened their Gold Cup defense with a 2-1 win over Honduras in a hot and humid Frisco, Texas, on Tuesday night. The second-best team for most of the 90 minutes, the Americans should be counting their blessings as they move on to the second game of the group stage against Haiti on Friday.\n\nUnited States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann believes goalkeeper Brad Guzan is starting to bounce back after a tough end to his Premier League season.\n\nFRISCO, Texas -- Clint Dempsey scored in both halves as the United States held on to start its 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign on a winning note, beating Honduras 2-1 in front of an overflow crowd of 22,357 at Toyota Stadium. Here are three quick thoughts on the match.\n\n1. The U.S. rode its luck\n\nIn the days leading up to the curtain-raiser, U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann and his players talked about the importance of taking the game to a Honduran team that was expected to play defensively from the...\n\nWednesday night proved that with a more defensive and physical approach, a squad like Honduras can scrape by against Mexico. Los Catrachos did an excellent job absorbing El Tri's attack and shut down Mexico with their aggressive...\n\nMexico's Javier \"Chicharito\" Hernandez broke his collarbone in a friendly against Honduras.\n\nHOUSTON -- Mexico finalized preparation for the Gold Cup with a 0-0 tie against Honduras in a scrappy game overshadowed by an injury to Javier \"Chicharito\" Hernandez. Here are three observations from Houston's NRG Stadium.\n\n1. Chicharito injury a major concern for El Tri\n\nStriker Hernandez has looked one of Mexico's brightest players since the team got together in Mexico City to prepare for the Gold Cup and had finally wrestled the starting spot back from Oribe Peralta. Now there is a good chance...\n\nESPN FC's Shaka Hislop feels that Mexico will claim the 2015 Gold Cup crown over the United States.\n\nTo a certain extent, Honduras was the forgotten CONCACAF team in last year's World Cup, although that makes sense considering the team's performance was entirely forgettable. The Catrachos lost all three games in group play, falling to France, Ecuador and Switzerland. That was even worse than the team's previous performance in the 2010 edition of the tournament, where they actually managed a draw against the Swiss. Honduras has yet to win a single match in the sport's most prestigious tournament....\n\nJorge Luis Pinto and his Honduras side will meet the United States on July 7 in their Gold Cup opener.\n\nHOUSTON -- Almost exactly one year ago, Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto became the first coach since Bruce Arena with the U.S. in 2002 to lead a CONCACAF nation to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.\n\nHow things have changed for him since. Instead of being given the chance to build on his final-eight finish with Costa Rica at Brazil 2014, an ugly and bitter divorce ensued, but Pinto returned to coaching with Honduras in December. When you listen to him speak at length, you can't help feeling CONCACAF's..."}
-{"text": "\u201cYesterday\u2019s\u201d Comic> Green Lantern #100\n\nThere\u2019s a cover right under this one with Hal in a similar pose. So this is a comic with two covers but no variants.\n\nGreen Lantern #100\n\nDC Comics (July, 1998)\n\n\u201cIn Brightest Days Past\u201d\n\nWRITER: Ron Marz\n\nPENCILER: Darryl Banks\n\nINKER: Terry Austin\n\nCOLORIST: Rob Schwager (I had to get that from comics.org because the way the page is put in the comic the coloring credits are covered up\u2026I don\u2019t even know who did the separations)\n\nLETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos\n\nASSOCIATE EDITOR: Dana Kurtin\n\nEDITOR: Kevin Dooley\n\nIn previous issues Kyle ended up in the period of the Legion Of Super-Heroes. Brainiac-5 sent him back to \u201cwhen there are supposed to be Green Lanterns\u201d but possibly due to their incomplete historical records Kyle ends up in the days of a rookie Hal and a still alive Green Lantern Corp. There he joins them in stopping Sinestro from destroying Oa and the Guardians, using the advantage of his ring\u2019s lack of yellow impurity and some clever tricks on Hal\u2019s part, to defeat his yellow ring. But when the Guardians send Kyle home Sinestro manages to make sure Hal joins him.\n\nWhat they got right: For the 100th issue of this incarnation of the title it makes sense to do a story where Kyle ends up working with the Corp and especially with Hal, allegedly the best Green Lantern ever. (I could point to stories that questions that, but that\u2019s another article.) And Hal does come up with some good plans considering this was back in his rookie year.\n\nWhat they got wrong: I\u2019m not sure sending Hal into the future to learn about Parallax is going to end well one way or another. Also, Kyle is shown up by Hal more than once in this story. Outside of a ring that can affect yellow, which Hal himself uses at one point, Kyle doesn\u2019t add much to the adventure. This is a very pro-Hal Jordan story from the guy writing about Kyle Rayner.\n\nRecommendation: Overall a good story worth picking up but I don\u2019t know how time-displaced Hal\u2019s tale comes out."}
-{"text": "- Spend more time with the baffles. I just threw mine together because I wasn't entirely sure what I was doing, and the kick panels looked really out of place to me as a result. They didn't blend in with the interior as well as they could have. I also f-ed up with the tweeter depth. *headdesk*\n\n- Carpeting should have overlapped into the baffle, creating a more snug fit and you wouldn't see any of the filler (which looks like garbage). I also didn't need to sand nearly as much as I did for carpeting, and I would have had to do far more work if it were going to be painted. If I was going to get them painted, I would seriously consider just doing a rough job and handing them over to a professional. Sanding is torture.\n\n- Buy carpeting/vinyl/whatever locally and check to see how the colors match first. I just bought some blue carpet from selectproducts...not a wise decision.\n\n- Use a jig when making the baffle. My idea for getting a perfect circle, while somewhat creative, is more or less stupid and a waste of time. I also should have taken a router to the edges of the baffle to make a more smooth transition.\n\n- Use lag bolts, not drywall screws.\n\n- Just rip the fiberglass with your hands, don't cut it.\n\n- Lightweight body filler is your friend.\n\nI'm sure there's more, but those are the ones that immediately jump out at me.\n\n10-18-2008\n\nIDSkoT\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nGreat write-up, man... and not saying I could do any better, but the carpet isn't really cut evenly where the speakers are. I'd suggest at least spray painting around it so it's black.\nI'll definitely print this out when I go to do mine. :D\n\n10-19-2008\n\nGauntlet\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nYes. Read the post directly above yours.\n\n11-09-2008\n\nChaos16\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nThis explanation seems simple enough to follow, but does anybody know where i can find some Q-logic ones or some other prefab ones that will fit my 2007 chrysler sebring. I want to modify them from there using this git-up so that it looks as factory as possible...\n\n03-19-2009\n\nkopimon\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nDoes it make sense to put a layer of Dynamat on the inside of the kickpanel? Or, for that matter, on the inside of a fiberglass sub enclosure?\n\nI'd like to make a pair of fiberglass enclosures for a 10\" sub this spring. I'll have a layer of Dynamat covering my entire trunk, so would I need to put any in the enclosure?\n\n08-13-2009\n\natvrdr\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nhow much does this roughly cost for 2 kickers\n\n07-10-2010\n\nnissanrider06\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nHow many layers of fiberglass for the base and for the top? That should be included for sure!!!!!\n\n08-30-2010\n\naudio-pro714\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nHonestly good explanation but your execution and final product need work? Imaging is very crucial,atleast make your pods match left and right ? It appears from the photo's they aren't even mounted at the same position<so the angles can't be anywhere near the same? I've been doing fiberglass work since 1995 and for a first try not bad but i would of made it a little more factory looking and mirror image them! I'm only trying to give a little helpful criticism.\n\n08-28-2011\n\ngckless\n\nRe: The newbie guide to custom kick panels\n\nVery nice tutorial, especially for your first. I haven't read through all 9 pages but I would add to overlap the carpeting into the baffle cutout and color match the carpet. But nice job overall!"}
-{"text": "Today, we're looking at a case for which our input was not sought, but was morally required on behalf of pooches everywhere.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSpecifically, this post is in honor of \"Snoopy,\" a Jack Russell Terrier who wandered out into the alley behind his owner's St. Petersburg, Fla. home where he met his demise on Monday.\n\nThere, he was fatally struck by a \"blue four-door sedan.\" To hear the Tampa Bay Times tell it, Snoopy's death may have been a case of murder. Or whatever you call the willful taking of canine life.\n\nA neighbor who saw the incident said the driver chased the dog and hit him intentionally.\n\nPolice have been looking for the person.\n\nSo far, however, no one has come forward, police spokesman Mike Puetz said Friday.\n\nSavages.\n\nAnyway, the community has rallied behind Snoopy's survivors \u2014 Paul Alves and Jodi Scutt \u2014 with a reward for information which currently stands at $1,500. Snoopy was laid to rest at Pet Angel Memorial Center after a Saturday morning memorial (to which the public was invited).\n\nSince none of us were there to pay respects, perhaps we can take a look at the video here to help police identify the type of vehicle involved. The TV reporter says it's a blue Hyundai Sonata, but I'm not convinced from that video. It looks like it could be something else. Please do it for Snoopy."}
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-{"text": "Trump: US supports NATO, but wants all members to pay fair share\n\nDonald Trump has stated that although the US strongly supports NATO, it wants all members to make their full contributions to the alliance.\n\nHis comments were made during a speech at the US Central Command in Florida.\n\nThe comment came just one day after Trump \u2013 who has long been critical about NATO's role and the cost of its upkeep \u2013 committed to attend the alliance's summit in Brussels in May.\n\nThe White House has confirmed that Trump will attend the summit.\n\nTrump spoke with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on the telephone on Sunday night, during which the two leaders \"reconfirmed the importance of the alliance in troubled times,\" according to a NATO statement.\n\nTrump also remarked in his speech that the US military has been \"depleted,\" but that such depletion would no longer be the case.\n\nThe comments appeared to represent a certain backtracking by the president, who just last month accused the military alliance of being \"obsolete\" during a joint interview with the Times of London and Bild newspaper.\n\n\"I said a long time ago that NATO had problems,\" Trump said in that interview.\n\n\"Number one, it was obsolete, because it was designed many, many years ago.\"\n\n\"Number two, the countries weren't paying what they're supposed to be paying,\" he added, stating that this was unfair to the US.\n\nOnly five of NATO's 28 members \u2013 the US, UK, Greece, Poland and Estonia \u2013 currently meet the alliance's target of spending at least 2 percent of GDP on defense."}
-{"text": "La Jungle G\u00e9ante\n\nWith only 2 players joining the game this week, I decided to try something different: a session based on mini-games instead of combat. It would allow for dice-tossing and story progression and not make the other players feel like they missed anything.\n\nStarting the day the monk set off to gather some medicinal herbs (there were some leftovers that cured Poraxion) while Laurius left with some of the monkey-tribe hunters to hunt panthers for their pelts, in hopes of building the hot-air balloon (and explaining why these 2 characters were missing).\n\nThe leader of the monkey-tribe asked the adventurers what would be the best course of action for his troops while they were away and Gan Appalix asked all of them (hunters, carpenters, warriors, apprentices) to build traps and set them in the best possible locations near the Fourmian lair for maximum impact. He hoped that the humanoid ants would get caught in them during their exit to confront the goblins he hoped would join their cause.\n\nAnd so Poraxion and Gan Appalix set off with Bak Boom Boom (a monkey ninja that offered to bring them to the goblin tribe) to meet said tribe, a short trek when you know the way. On their first night of camping Gan got robbed and they soon tracked the culprit to its lair: a tiny Ouistiti that has a fixation for shiny things. They captured it and took a hundred gems that the tiny monkey had gathered over the years.\n\nThat being done, they soon arrived to a clearing which marked the beginning of the territory of the red goblins, fire-worshippers. Gan used the magic spector to cloth himself in the finest garments to impress them, and casted Mirror Image on Poraxion to make the goblins believe he had many bodyguards. The monkeys that followed them stayed in the trees, for they have a long-lasting war with the monsters and would be killed on sight.\n\nApproaching the goblin fortified walls (3 feet of badly built wood walls) the adventurers got threatened by the two high-strung sentries. One of them decided to carry out the threat but rolled a 1, critical fail! The poor little fellow fell down the barricade and lost his throwing axe.\n\nGan Appalix approached him calmly and very officially (pretty cool RPing all night long btw) asked to see their leader. Poraxion blew his dwarven horn for good measure. The little guys were so impressed they immediatly ran off and asked for Kokol\u00e9, their leader.\n\nA big, fat, round goblin with its skin the colour of crimson red appeared on a throne of ivory, carried by 20 of his smaller subjects. He asked with a weird accent what were humans doing in this neck-o-the-woods. Gan Appalix announced that they had a proposition for him that would make him rich and powerful, and so Kokol\u00e9 invited them into his tent made out of a single skin.\n\nAfter some discussion \u2013 most of which was Gan stroking Kokol\u00e9\u2019s ego and promissing him great riches and rewards \u2013 Kokol\u00e9 admitted that he wanted to impress his cousin Mok\u00e9k\u00e9 (the blue goblin warlord from our previous campaign) that had successfully taken a human city and was now mayor-king-god of his people, but first they had to ask for the favour of the gods.\n\nHe asked his shaman to consult the oracles and it was determined that the heroes would have to take the fire-tests in order to impress the gods and bring good fortune on their quest.\n\nFirst was the test of pain. Poraxion volunteered for this one. The goblin shaman poured one, two, three drops of lava on his hand (higher fortitude check every time) which Poraxion easily passed. He impressed them so much that he was given a goblin throwing axe.\n\nThe second test was to drink a potion concocted by the shaman. Appalix drank the whole thing in one gulp and started to hallucinate, to the amusement of the tribe (a willpower check that was failed by just a few points, so the effects weren\u2019t so bad).\n\nThe third test was an arm-wrestling contest, which Appalix surprisingly volunteered for again. The goblin butcher showed up, him with his very muscular right arm, and installed himself. Appalix the wizard sat in front of him and installed himself as well. When the go was given, Appalix waited a second and then used Shocking Grasp on his opponent, sending him crashing to the floor! The tribe was again quite happy with the show.\n\nThe fourth test was to cross the field of lava geysers, object of worship of the goblin tribe, with ceremonial hats and keep them intact. The ceremonial hats were in fact the camping casseroles of Elegor the human hermit! Many holes shot lava bursts (circular wall of fire spell used) and drops (Fireball with splash damage kinda) and some portions of the floor were cracked. The wizard used levitate to avoid the cracks and ran through the field without a problem. The fighter avoid all the damage thanks to his shield, even when he was jokingly prodded by a goblin spear (he retaliated by throwing a dart right in the culprit\u2019s thigh, which got the whole tribe laughing again).\n\nThe fifth and last test consisted of drinking Kokol\u00e9\u2019s mother\u2019s soup. This was a pretty tense moment as both adventurers suspected that it was poisoned. They both decided that they were ready to die for their cause and drank it all in one shot. Besides being extremely spicy, the companions felt fine\u2026 Until they noticed that their skin was turning as red as the goblins\u2019!\n\nThe tribe satisfied and the gods appeased, they returned to Kokol\u00e9\u2019s tent to celebrate. The ninja-monkey snuck in to let them know that night was about to fall and they should leave before the goblins got too drunk.\n\nAfter Kokol\u00e9 promissed that he would help the heroes attack the Fourmians (he was already at war with them) in exchange for the immense treasure of the giant ant-nest \u2013 besides one treasure that Gan Appalix succesfully bargained for \u2013 the duo returned to their entourage of intelligent monkeys and set back towards the tribe\u2019s village.\n\nOn a sidenote, I am almost ashamed at how I handled this game. I had prepared almost nothing and following last week\u2019s epic adventure it was a huge let down for me and the players.\n\nThat being said we finally got Joff to join. I hope he\u2019ll be back. I used the excuse that this game was more to show him the basics of the mechanics, rather than me being lazy all week and not thinking of anything.\n\nAnyhoo!\n\nThe game started with us eating lots of snacks and discussing random stuff. After 30 minutes of this we decided to start playing.\n\nI explained that after killing the ancient necromancer they searched the room a little bit more and found a secret door that led to a secret room of magical items (that I totally forgot to give them last game) and this room also led outdoors.\n\nThey build a stretchers out of church benches for Poraxion, the poor dwarf fighter who got beaten to jello last game and carried him out after looting the room.\n\nThey found a Shield of Arrow-Catching that they gave to Poraxion, a Staff of Spell-Storing that they gave to Gan Appalix the wizard, and a Composite Longbow +1 to hit for Laurius the ranger. They also found a mysterious specter that a knowledge arcana roll revealed to be a Rod of Splendor!\n\nComing out of the temple fresh air and sunlight invaded their senses. After braving death numerous times (for the fighter) they were finally outside! They could see the giant jungle tree, they could see that it was growing over a giant blue diamond \u2013 I\u2019m talking HUMONGOUS \u2013 and that they were in some kind of garden. They also noticed that they startled a very strange human\u2026\n\nEnter Sutomal (Joff\u2019s character)\n\nBefore our companions stands a man that was raised by dogs but then rescued by a clan of ninja and monks living in the giant tree\u2026 only, they are monkeys.\n\nSutomal has been living in the Igymon tribe since he was a kid so he moves like a monkey, and is of the monk class. He enjoys picking fruit and ultimately would like to be the leader of the clan.\n\nHe explains that the Igymon clan has just been hit by a devastating attack from the Fourmians, a race of humanoid insects that look like centaur ants. The village in the giant tree has been completely decimated but most of the tribe has survived.\n\nOn their way to the village they reach a river where giant ant heads have been impaled on poles. Sutomal explains that this is a warning to Fourmians. They succesfully sneaked on a group of 2 workers and 1 warrior Fourmians that were quickly killed but not before poisoning the wizard for a few rounds.\n\nReaching the village the companions meet the elder who is grateful for dealing with the necromancer, who was often killing strayed villagers and desecrating their bodies for his experiments. For this, he offers to leave Poraxion in the hands of the village Shaman who worked his healing art on the injured fighter.\n\nThe leader of the village, an Orang-Utang so aged that at first the group thought he was an albino but in fact all of his hair is white (kept alive by the magic of the giant diamond) explains that Fourmians are a nuisance, a plague, the worst thing that ever happened to the jungle.\n\nThey used to be contempt living in the giant chasm north-west of the jungle but they have used all the space and are now expanding, in the process destroying the jungle and enslaving animals and humanoids alike. They ride dinosaurs and gliding monkeys into battle and their numbers are simply impossible to match for the tribe.\n\nHe also shows the adventurers a necklace that a scouting party has found, that Laurius the ranger identifies as his mother\u2019s (thus explaining why his racial enemy is Fourmians) and that a group of dwarves have also been spotted working for the Fourmians. Could this be Poraxion\u2019s lost foraging party?\n\nThe elder primate goes to the Wizard for help, asking to rebuild the village with the monkeys who have long lost the ways of their ancestors in architecture and engineering. Gan Appalix quickly convinces them however that they should switch to aggresive mode and attack the Fourmians, try to kill the queen, because their tribe wouldn\u2019t survive another assault.\n\nAfter much discussion the wizard had the idea to build a hot-air balloon and drop right into the Fourmians lair. The ranger suggested to create a distraction because they couldn\u2019t possibly handle the whole horde. The monk ate cookies and chips and drew a portrait of himself.\n\nThe final plan and the conclusion of the session was portrayed by Marc pretending to wield the Rod of Splendor and talking to the goblin leader of the goblin tribe that lives south of the temple, close to the lava geysers that they worship (this was all introduced in the first game). They plan to convince them that great treasures await them if they invade the Fourmians lands. When the two armies are fighting, they would parachute into the lair, seek the queen, and ENDHER.\n\nThis game has been my favourite ever. We\u2019ve been evolving steadily as a group of RPers for the past 2 years and I could even say matured at the same rate.\n\nThe players have never really wanted to go against my will or piss me off by ignoring my plans. 2 of them enjoy DMing as well so I guess they know how annoying it can be to have players refusing to jump on the rails. They make you improvise much more than usual and don\u2019t get to cash in on all those goodies you prepared for them the night before, giggling madly in your dark dark basement.\n\nThis being said, that\u2019s kind of why I want to try something new this time, battle report style (you know what those are if you\u2019ve picked up an issue of White Dwarf in the past).\n\nI was pretty excited about this game, I had some cool stuff prepared for my players and a new one \u2013 actually the guy that made want to start playing again \u2013 was supposed to join the group.\n\nIn the end he didn\u2019t show up but that meant more pizza for the rest of us.\n\nWith a belly full and the laptop playing the Skyrim soundtrack we got back into the action right from where we left off, assuming that they rested a full night to regain full HP, right in the dungeon. I had them eat a ration as compromise.\n\nI had prepared a map of a square room with 4 doors, one on each wall. One of them was behind crumbled rocks and another one behind giant vines that Marc right away understood came from the giant jungle tree growing in the temple courtyard. They tried to get through those 2 at first but quickly understood that it was impossible and that I didn\u2019t have anything prepared in that direction anyways.\n\nPoraxion tried to lift rocks and then to chop the vines with his dwarven axe, which gave me the idea to make the vines ooze blue goo that the Ranger gathered in an empty flask that was actually on his inventory sheet. Love this guy.\n\nThey finally decided to go through the only possible door, the 4th one being the one they came from. After a thorough investigation of the surroundings (they are scared, good!) they decided to walk in said room.\n\nI displayed the next room, a hallway with another square room at the end. Inside, 4 crudely drawn human figures lying on squares. One of the figures was a skeleton covered in red spider webs. The players right away started making speculations (that\u2019s what I love about these guys, they make up half the stuff for me) about the bodies. The ranger, Laurius, decided to go first, moving silently inside. Being an half-elf, he can also see in the dark and benefit from the dark for a hide check.\n\nHe moved his character on the map and set it down right in the middle of the room, between four pillars. That\u2019s when I had a good idea. I just said \u201cClick\u201d and right away Francis (playing Laurius) had a \u201cyou got me\u201d look on his face as I tried to make up sounds for liquids being pumped \u2013 harder than I thougt.\n\nThe other two players looked at me with puzzled looks, might be because of the noise I was making.\n\nInitiatives, people! The dead have been pumped full of an unknown liquid and thus have been re-animated! (I didn\u2019t really say \u201cthus\u201d). In the dark you hear their movements as they get up, 3 stinking and decayed humans dressed in ancient ceremonial armor, equipped with spears and javelins. A golden amulet with a pulsing blue diamond is at their neck.\n\nThe adventurers disposed of their enemies pretty quickly. The monsters decided to attack with their javelins for their first round and the Dwarf Fighter, Poraxion, had the good reflex of moving in between them and the ranger when he could. One of the zombies got stuck in red spiderweb and was attacked by the spiderswarms.\n\nAfter the battle the party gathered enough information (with extensive questions and rolls, we LOVE rolling) to gather that the room was an ancient barracks. Time has long rotted the remaining weapons but Gan the Wizard took the time to take an amulet from the corpses. He is obsessed with gems, you see. His player, Marc started thinking aloud about the temple structure. \u201cIt\u2019s probably the kitchens next, or the toilets, something like that!\u201d\n\nThis time they did not roll for traps but simply opened the door and I unveiled the next room.\n\nA circular one with in the middle a skull drawn in a circle (it was supposed to look like it was displayed).\n\n\u201cOh fuck. I don\u2019t like this one!\u201d said the Dwarf.\nThe other two of the group replied with equally stressed sentences as I grinned behind my laptop and looked at my notes.\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s this? What do we see?\u201d asked the worried Wizard. Marc loves details and will use everything you give him.\n\nI described the room as a circular, dome-ish room that had a sacred feel to it. From the looks of it this was a place of worship. In the center, on a stone pillar carved with scenes of worship rests a human skull with an eye patch on his right eye and a huge blue diamond nested in the empty socket of his left eye.\n\nThe Ranger decided to try a spot check at the ceiling and I reassured him that nothing was hidden but he did notice 3 piles of skeletons in the other side of the room.\n\n\u201cOk, just making sure no giant spider comes down on us, you know, since we were attacked by BABYSPIDERS\u201d\n\nThey investigated the 3 bodies at first to see that they had seemed to have died of combat \u2013 with each other.\n\nMarc in a genius moment of role-playing (that I had counted on) all of a sudden said with enthusiasm \u201cOk! I KNOW this is going to be bad, but Gan Appalix the greedy Wizard MUST get this gem! Fuck it!\u201d and off he went as the other players looked on with a look of anticipation.\n\nHe still did a spot check to detect any trap and having rolled pretty high I let him know that the eye patch had a bad look to it. Gan grabbed the diamond and Marc looked at me, wondering what was going to happen to his character. I let him know nothing bad happened. He just fell into my time-bomb trap, however. YES!\n\nHe decided to take a few steps back and use one of his spells to lift the eye-patch magically. Pretty impressive that he chose that spell to learn that day, too! A small cloud of black gas shooted out from the socket. A Knowledge Arcania roll revealed that it was a BLIND spell trap.\n\nMarc and Francis, the two experienced players, looked at me in playful disbelief and explained to Seb that Marc just avoided something pretty dangerous as I read the description of being Blinded on DnD Wiki. Marc started laughing as I told him how funny it would be to have a blind character for ever.\n\nThe next room was a hallway that split in two with two rooms at the end. On the left the walls were lined with vines and there was an accessible door. Same thing on the right, but the vines were replaced by red spiderwebs.\n\n(I should mention that in EVERY room since the beginning Marc has been burning the webs with his Dancing Light spell).\n\nThey all right away decided to avoid the side with the webs and the Fighter chose to tackle the door to have an element of surprise for whatever was happening on the other side. I took that into account.\n\nI unveiled the last room of the night: a rectangular room full of vines, with 4 church benches in the center. At the other side, an altar with an open book drawn on it. at the foot of the altar was a semi-circle pool full of dark water and on the sides two bowls that were full of blood. Above it were red spiderwebs still dripping blood.\n\nAt the top of the altar, reading the book, was a human so old only a few white hair were left on his head and chin, reading from the book.\n\n\u201cNecromancer!\u201d cried the Ranger. \u201cHe\u2019s casting a spell!\u201d said the Wizard. \u201cFuck!\u201d Said the Fighter. The other players entered the room and urged Laurus to shoot arrows at him.\n\nI let him have a free shot as an element of surprise and then threw for initiative. He got a shot in, an arrow lodged herself in the evil old wizard\u2019s chest but he kept on reading. He spent his whole turn reading from the book in fact, more rapidly.\n\nThe fighter moved in as fast as he could towards the altar. Good thing we forgot to tell him about the Running rule or the wizard would have met an even faster death.\n\nThe wizard positioned himself at the back of the room behind the fighter and the ranger. I guess he wanted to see what was going to happen.\n\nThe ranger continued to rain down arrows on the wizard but missed and the evil man finally finished to cast his spell. Out of the pool of stinky dark water emerged 3 forms: the evil, zombified versions of the players\u2019s characters from game #2. I took into account that they were of a lower level when the spiderswarm -who actually gathered the blood for the wizard in game 2 \u2013 attacked the party.\n\nAn intense battle ensued. The wizard was quickly killed by arrows and acid splashes and the players were somewhat hoping that this would also stop the other 3 monsters from attacking. At this point they seemed to realise that it wasn\u2019t going to be as easy a fight as the previous stuff. I love messing with their heads!\n\nThe evil Fighter attacked his good self\u2019s wooden heavy shield with two-handed hits and in 2 turns it burst into splinters. The evil ranger positioned himself atop the altar and alternatively shot at the fighter and the wizard \u2013 who had cast mirror image.\n\nThe evil wizard was the first to go down. At the same time, the good wizard started losing control of his will (failing willpower checks) and started attacking his companions! It was actually the diamond from the skull that was casting Confusion spell on his carrier when the necromancer died. \u201cIt\u2019s the wizard\u2019s soul! It\u2019s in the diamond!\u201d yelled the ranger. Thanks for the idea, Francis!\n\nThe good ranger was keeping his distances and soon ran out of arrows but started using magical arrows that he had found in a previous game. The fighter soon fell to the savage blows of an axe, the deep wounds of arrows and the searing pain of acid (from his friend). He fell to a critical hit from a Dwarven Axe (and I always give max damage to critical hits) that would have put him in the -20s but it was Seb, it\u2019s his first campaign, and heroes are heroes so I decided to put him at -7 since he was 3rd level.\n\nAfter a lenghty discussion in which the ranger pointed out that now the necromancer\u2019s book on the altar could be used by the wizard (totally did NOT foresee that when I drew the detail on the paper) and I explained to Seb how his character could stabilize (\u201cImposibble\u201d was his remark\") the ranger realised that he was the only trained in Heal and on the third turn reached the mangled body of the dwarf.\n\nI almost forgot to mention another epic moment of the game.\n\nAs I am describing how the dwarf is falling to his knees and then to his back, Marc goes \u201cWhere\u2019s the monkey?\u201d\n\u201cThe fighter was carrying it\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s in a bag on his back I think you said. It\u2019s slowly being crushed by the weight of the heavy armor\u201d (me).\n\u201cCan\u2026 Can the monkey help? Can he fetch a potion? Can he fight?\u201d\n\u201cSeb, I don\u2019t want you to just sit and do nothing for the rest of the game because that\u2019s boring, so you can control the Orang-Wutang\u201d.\n\u201cOrang-WUTANG\u201d\n\u201cOk. He attacks my killer. Fuck it. YOLO\u201d.\n\u201cAs you lay dying and see the light at the end of the tunnel\u2026 Hey guys, did you see that meme that says What if the light you see at the end of the tunnel is the same one you see as you come out of your mother\u2019s vagina? So\u2026 if he gets stabilized right now, it means he won\u2019t go into the light, right? So, does that mean that somewhere right now a baby will be stillborn? Don\u2019t save him! You\u2019re going to ruin that mother\u2019s day!\u201d\n\u201cYou\u2019re fucking sick dude\u201d.\n\u201cSo. As you lay dying through a haze you see the monkey leaping over your body to land on your evil self and claw away at his face\u201d.\n\u201cNice. Is the prick dead?\u201d\n\u201cYeah but so is the monkey\u201d\n\u201cNooooooo!\u201d\n\nLet me say that the heal check was one of the most intense moments that has happened for our group so far. Francis calmly looked at his skills. Calculated.\n\u201cI need a 10\u201d.\nRolled.\nA 10.\n\nMe and Marc started celebrating. Ooooooooooh! Fuck yeah! Looks like you live to fight another day, Seb!\n\n\u201cAlright!\u201d\n\u201cBut like, you\u2019re still at -7 right now. You can\u2019t do anything.\u201d\n\u201cAh.\u201d\n\nAfter that the battle was quickly ended and the ranger took the time to spit on his evil self, then administered the flask of blueish gooey vine juice to the fighter, explaining in details how he would do it, kind of how you give pills to a cat or dog in real life. We all laughed so I had the fighter regain consciousness and go back to 1 HP.\n\nThe game ended with the wizard throwing a successful willpower check and realising that it was the diamond that was controlling him. He put on the necromancer\u2019s amulet as a test and found that it was an Amulet of Sustenance but the magic of the two items was cancelling each other out for the moment.\n\nThat\u2019s also why the necromancer was so old and frail, he was actually the surviving priest of the temple, his honour guard having passed away a long time ago and then used as zombies by him.\n\nAfter a good night\u2019s rest the trio of companions decided to set out towards the temple. After a day\u2019s walk they stopped on the side of a small spring to fill out their water flasks. To their surprise they got attacked by Wizened Eldars, humanoid trees, evil things. Using their powers to communicate and control other plants, they entangled the Dwarf with vines and pulled him in the spring face down, trying to drown him to feed on his decomposing corpse afterwards.\n\nThe ranger and the wizard quickly dealt with the first Eldar. The second, seeing he was outnumbered, ran away after hiding behind a wall of vines.\n\nRight after this encounter, a man tried to sneak up on the ranger but the half-elf heard him coming.\n\nThe man had a long unkept beard and was wearing what looked like a pieced-together cheap leather armor. His name was Elegor, and he sounded quite insane.\n\nTurns out Elegor was the friend of the dead adventurer found in the cave, called Moulamix. They had heard about a temple in this jungle with a giant diamond inside and decided to come and get it. We\u2019re not sure what happened inside the temple years ago, but judging from what Elegor says, Moulamix became extremely possessive of a jewel he found and tried to kill Elegor.\n\nElegor, in self-defense, fought him off. Their battle lasted for the better of a year, until Elegor had enough and actually tried to kill Moulamix during a heated assault on Elegor\u2019s tree-top house.\n\nThe trio of companions were invited to said house to spend the night. The ranger tried to make arrows with the wood of the walls and that got him a slap in the face by Elegor\u2019s walking stick.\n\nThey learned of a tribe of junglemen called Doudolos. Small, dark-skinned humano\u00efds who like to trade bones and trophies for shiny things they find that they don\u2019t keep. Elegor trades with them at the well, south of the cascade. The wizard wanted to go visit them, but Elegor mentioned that these humans like to eat monkey, so they would probably try to eat Elemental, their rescue Urang-Utang.\n\nThe next morning they set out to the temple. After climbing the stony stairs they stepped inside to an odour of putrid decay. Old stones were being slowly being crushed over time by gigantic vines. 4 pillars were holding the roof, decorated by old carvings, scenes of a priest or shaman holding a specter talking to his subjects. On one of those pillars the Dwarf found a hidden stone that activated a mechanism: the doors of the temple closed, the door at the end of the room opened, and somewhere in the dark a click was heard.\n\nThe ranger detected a presence coming from a dark corner and then the smell hit them, of putrid decomposition\u2026 A Plague Walker was in the room!\n\nThe fighter was the closest and the weak mind of the monster made him focus on the closest target, and so they fought while the ranger was raining down arrows on him. The mage got in the action shooting burst of acid at it but critically failed and hit the dwarf instead.\n\nThe battle heated up and at one point both the plague walker and the wizard were on the ground. The monster got in a pretty dangerous hit that KOed the wizard on top of poisoning him, and then exploded in a burst of decomposed guts and dark malice. Everyone that wasn\u2019t already passed out was able to dodge the blast.\n\nThey decided to rest, posting a guard at the opened door and when they were ready to go they took the stairs down to the second level.\n\nThey came upon a square room with 4 more pillars and 4 doors on each wall. 2 of the doors were caved in by fallen rocks or giant vines. Then they noticed the place was covered with spiderwebs, the color of blood. The ranger decided to grab some to try and make something silken out of it later but that sent signals to\u2026 Tomb Spiders! A swarm took him over and paralyzed him with its poison. As the companions, being paralyzed and poisoned each in turn, finally started to deal damage to it, it went back to its web to call for back-up, a second swarm arrived.\n\nAfter quite a struggle the party finally disposed of them and decided to burn down all the webs. While doing this they noticed that blood was slowly flowing down from the webs into the cracks of the floor\u2026\n\nWe are now located and the second level of this temple. How many levels down? No indications to answer this question yet. I know theres no way back. Or at least, we haven\u2019t found how to reverse the automatic locked doors.\n\nI feel like those blood red spiders will crawl back down my neck at any time. Makes it difficult to close my eyes and rest a while.\n\nAre we ever coming out? Whats so important inside that creatures dedicate there existence to protect it? Maybe we should\u2019ve listen to Elegard!\n\nBy pure chance, fate, or simply because the DM is tired of introduction to games that take hours, one day like any other, 3 strangers met by the side of a lake created by a 30-feet waterfall, deep in a giant jungle.\n\nThe first individual was there by choice. He wanted to fish. Laurius, a Half-Elf ranger (which parents are BOTH Half-Elves) has been living in this jungle his whole life. One day when he returned from his daily patrols he returned to his Elven village to find the entire population massacred. He has been looking for the killer ever since.\n\nThe second individual was there by curiosity. Gan Appalix you see, a human wizard, loves jewelry, gems and all that shiny stuff. He has been exploring the jungle for a while now and managed to get lost in the process. He was at the lake looking for pearls and rare rocks.\n\nThe third individual was there because\u2026 he was completely and utterly lost. Poraxian, a Dwarf Fighter, was out with a portion of his clan foraging for rare rocks when he got separated from the group.\n\nAt first a little bit weary of the others, the trio soon realised that they all spoke the Common tongue. Gan broke the ice by getting naked and diving down the small lake to look for anything shiny and did find a few rocks (Green, Pale Blue, White).\n\nLaurius knew that over-sized fish lived in these waters and waited patiently until a big one jumped out of the water to eat a bug, and shot him with an arrow attached to a rope. Together with Poraxian they outfought the fish and soon had a delicious diner.\n\nThey decided to share this meal and camp by the lake. Poraxian went to get firewood but found a baby Orang-Utang injured in a bush. He brought him back to camp and Laurius bandaged its broken arm. They decided to call him Elemental.\n\nUnable to sleep the trio then decided to go explore the waterfall on a hunch. Laurius climbed the wet rocks succesfully and found a small passage that brought them to a cave behind the waterfall.\n\nIn said cave they found the skeleton of an old explorer who might have been a successful individual, after all, he had a diamond tooth. Poraxian found a hidden pouch full of little shiny rocks. The pouch was trapped but they were smart enough to avoid getting gazed by a mysterious black cloud that came out of the bag. In the pouch was also a golden sword guard with basic runes but no one was able to identify them. A basic map revealing the location of a jungle temple was also found.\n\nLaurius went back out to check on the camp to see it being rampaged by 3 panthers. The fish brought them there. One of them was destroying his tent looking for more food. He tried to dive through the waterfall but it was too strong and that ruined his surprise entry. He then tried to use wild empathy on the closest panther who countered with an intimidating roar that sent Laurius packing. The panthers went back to eating.\n\nAfter quickly formulating a battle plan, the party took them by surprise. Gan used an illusion to create a red dot on the ground and none of the panthers could resist chasing it. He lured them away from the camp and towards them, where they were hiding in the rocks above. Poraxian dived down and tried to Power Attack the closest panther but missed and was now facing the 3 big felines by himself. The element of surprise did buy them some time however.\n\nLaurius was raining down arrows on the panthers while Poraxian hacked away with his dwarven waraxe. Gan also jumped down and the 3 of them managed to kill 2 of the panthers, the alpha and his female. The smallest panther decided to run away when it was outnumbered.\n\nThe heroes went back to their camp to salvage what was left of their stuff. Bedrolls and rations.\n\nA blog for your campaign\n\nWhile the wiki is great for organizing your campaign world, it\u2019s not the best way to chronicle your adventures. For that purpose, you need a blog!\n\nThe Adventure Log will allow you to chronologically order the happenings of your campaign. It serves as the record of what has passed. After each gaming session, come to the Adventure Log and write up what happened. In time, it will grow into a great story!\n\nBest of all, each Adventure Log post is also a wiki page! You can link back and forth with your wiki, characters, and so forth as you wish.\n\nOne final tip: Before you jump in and try to write up the entire history for your campaign, take a deep breath. Rather than spending days writing and getting exhausted, I would suggest writing a quick \u201cStory So Far\u201d with only a summary. Then, get back to gaming! Grow your Adventure Log over time, rather than all at once."}
-{"text": "Share this story\n\n\u201cYou scared?\u201d asks the fugitive in the camouflage pants as he sidles up to our pre-arranged meeting point in a small Canadian park. He wears sunglasses to hide his eyes and a broad-brimmed hat to hide his face. He scans the park perimeter for police. \u201cCuz I\u2019m scared enough for both of us.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s a dramatic introduction, but Christopher \u201cCommander X\u201d Doyon leads a dramatic life these days. He jumped bail and fled the US after the FBI arrested him in 2011 for bringing down a county government website\u2014the only Anonymous-affiliated activist yet to take such a step. When I meet him months after his flight, he remains jumpy about getting caught. But Doyon has a story he wants to tell, and after he removes his hat, sunglasses, and backpack, he soon warms to the telling of it. It's the story of how, in Doyon's words, \"the USA has become so tyrannical that a human rights/information activist would feel compelled to flee into exile and seek sanctuary in another country.\u201d\n\nAnd it goes like this.\n\nCease fire\n\nOn December 16, 2010, at exactly 12:30pm, Doyon issued a typed order into an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) room used by the hacker collective Anonymous. \"CEASE FIRE,\" it said in all caps. The command had no visible effect in the Starbucks where Doyon was working, though somewhere nearby the Web servers for Santa Cruz County, California groaned back to life after being flattened by a 30-minute distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack meant to protest an ordinance that regulated sleeping on public property.\n\nDoyon unfocused his attention from his laptop screen and looked up at the coffee shop around him. Real life rushed back\u2014the buzz of conversation, the smell of roasted beans. No one paid him any special attention, but Doyon felt a sudden pang of fear.\n\n\u201cIt dawns on me\u2026 this isn\u2019t Paypal or MasterCard,\u201d he tells me when we meet in Canada. \u201cThis is fucking two blocks away. I just took down a government website two blocks away\u2014and I told everybody I was going to do it. My heart starts to pound.\u201d\n\nHe stepped out of the coffee shop and onto Pacific Avenue. Down the street, a reporter from local TV station KSBW was doing a \u201cstand-up\u201d with the Santa Cruz chief of police, asking the chief about the just-concluded denial of service attack. The chief was looking right at him.\n\nSo Doyon hopped a bus that took him into the mountains 20 miles outside of Santa Cruz proper, where he hiked up to the \u201cpot camp\u201d he called home for the moment. He stayed in the camp for a full week, scared of pursuit, until he was eating crusts of bread. The winter weather turned cold and wet, and Doyon grew miserable and hungry. He returned from the mountains to his old haunts in town and eventually to his regular coffee shops\u2014despite knowing this \u201cwas a bad fucking idea.\u201d He had reason to worry; over the last decade, by his own admission, he has done nothing but cause trouble in Santa Cruz. The cops knew him well.\n\nOne day in mid January, Doyon dropped by a favorite coffee shop, sat down, and opened his laptop. The barista was acting odd, giving a strange jerk of his head that made Doyon wonder if the man had a tic in his neck. Doyon logged into his password-protected computer and had just started work on the \"operations\" that take up most of his time when \u201ca fucking arm comes from fucking behind me\u201d and snatches his laptop by its screen. Doyon looked up to find a local cop holding his machine. The sudden realization of what happened hit him hard.\n\nDoyon could be looking at years in prison.\nThe thought of long-term confinement was intolerable.\nHe decided to run.\n\nOn screen, his documents were open for anyone to read: the press release announcing the attack, the Anonymous chat logs used to coordinate it, the High Orbit Ion Cannon (HOIC) computer attack tool. Out from the back room came a couple of FBI cybercrime agents in their \u201cscruffy-ass fucking hoodies\u201d and blue jeans. Doyon, one of the 40 Anons raided that day in a major sweep across the country, was served with a search warrant. In a press release announcing the raids, the FBI reminded people that \"facilitating or conducting a DDoS attack is illegal.\"\n\nDoyon wasn't immediately arrested on the DDoS charge, but he knew that a net was closing around him. He returned to his mountain camp and \u201csmoked some fucking weed\u201d before considering his options. The feds had all the data they needed to tie him to the Santa Cruz County attack, and he knew that federal charges were serious\u2014\"intentional damage to a protected computer\u201d under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. \u201cConspiracy\u201d to attack a protected computer could add another five years. All that Santa Cruz County would have to show was that Doyon had caused $5,000 in damage (in the end, the county came up with a figure of $6,300), and he could be looking at years in prison. For someone who had lived outdoors for years, the thought of long-term confinement was intolerable. Doyon decided to run.\n\nWithin 48 hours, he had stowed his belongings in his mountain pack, hiked down the ridgeline from his camp until he struck Route 1, and hitchhiked north to San Francisco. He \u201cran in circles around the Bay Area\u201d for a few months, moving from Berkeley to San Francisco proper to Silicon Valley cities like Mountain View. Doyon claims that a source within the FBI\u2019s cybercrime division got in touch and warned him that a grand jury had issued an indictment and that an arrest was imminent. (The FBI did not respond to our requests for comment on these claims.)\n\nSo Doyon hopped a Greyhound bus to Helena, Montana. He planned to cross the unfenced Canadian border, taking up a new life as a fugitive. Such decisions aren\u2019t made lightly. \u201cWhen any person makes the weighty decision to leave their homeland and enter political exile they would be na\u00efve to not accept the fact that they may never be able to go home,\u201d Doyon says, reflecting on his experience. \u201cHave I accepted this fact? Yes. Am I at peace with it? No, the pain of missing my loved ones and my home is with me every day. I don't expect it will ever be different.\u201d\n\nBut first, he had to actually cross the border, a long hike through the wilderness. And although Doyon counted on plenty of hardships along the way, his first attempt at crossing to Canada brought a novel one: grizzly bears.\n\nAttack and retreat\n\nDoyon, now in his early 50s, grew up in a rural part of Maine, spending days or even weeks alone in the woods during summer vacations. He had seen plenty of small black bears and knew that even a BB gun could scare them off. While the forests and mountains of the Northwest held grizzlies, Doyon didn\u2019t expect them to pose that much more of a challenge.\n\nThe National Forest Service had a different view. After hitchhiking from Helena to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Doyon crossed back into Montana in order to strike Kootenai National Forest. His research told him the national forest route was safer than simply hiking north from Bonners Ferry, since the Idaho land was private property all the way to the Canadian border. \u201cIf you know anything about Idaho, then you know they don't much like trespassers,\u201d he says.\n\nBut the rangers at Kootenai weren\u2019t keen on him entering their territory, either.\n\n\u201cI tried to walk through the front gate and the warden of the park wouldn\u2019t let me in,\u201d Doyon says. \u201cI was like, \u2018Why?\u2019 and he\u2019s like, \u2018You gotta buy bear spray.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018No big deal\u2019\u2014I was figuring it was like a little can of Raid or something like that, right? Fucking thing is the size of a fire extinguisher and costs a hundred and fifty bucks. I was like, \u2018That\u2019s bear spray? You ain\u2019t got a smaller size than that?\u2019 He was like, \u2018Dude, you don\u2019t want a smaller size than that.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u201cBear spray\u201d is simply a form of pepper spray, generally a two percent capsaicin solution that can reach up to 30 feet away. It can help scare off a bear, but it doesn\u2019t always work. \u201cThere have been cases where bear spray apparently repelled aggressive or attacking bears and accounts where it has not worked as well as expected,\u201d warns the government. Outfitter REI has its own, blunter warning: \u201cUse with extreme caution\u2014if not used properly, it can disable the user rather than the bear.\u201d\n\nUndeterred, Doyon left the ranger station without the spray, hiked three miles up the road, and \u201cjust jumped the fence.\u201d He set out for Canada, using a small GPS unit to track his progress, walking alone through the backcountry with all of his worldly possessions in his pack. The goal was to make it to Canada\u2019s route 59, south of a town called Creston, where Doyon had arranged for a sympathizer to pick him up. As the sun dropped below the western mountains, Doyon made camp, burrowed into his sleeping bag, and went to sleep.\n\nHe woke to the sound of snuffling. Attracted by the scent of Doyon\u2019s food, a grizzly bear had lumbered into camp in the middle of the night.\n\n\u201cI came out of the tent and this thing goes right up on its fucking hind legs,\u201d says Doyon, performing quite a credible impression of a roaring bear. \u201cI got fucking piss running down my leg and shit. I just ran like hell.\u201d\n\nHe later crept back to camp and found the bear had left, but not before eating or spoiling much of his food. Doyon gathered the salvageable food and gear, stuffed it back into his pack, and decided to make one more attempt to reach Canada. When the sun rose, he hiked north again but spent the entire day slogging through a few miles of tough backcountry. As night fell on the second day, Doyon made camp again, went to sleep again, and woke again to another bear. This time, the animal wrecked his laptop.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s fucking it,\u201d he concluded. \u201cFuck this shit.\u201d\n\nHe trekked out of the park and hitchhiked back down to Helena, where he caught a Greyhound back to California. 72 hours after facing his second grizzly, Doyon stepped off the bus in San Francisco. It was May 2011. He remained a wanted man.\n\nArs needs to have a \"worth reading\" section where they put all of these types of articles. As much as I enjoy reading the normal 1-page blurbs about various topics, the articles which have been well-researched, written, and produced are the reason I read Ars.\n\nArs needs to have a \"worth reading\" section where they put all of these types of articles. As much as I enjoy reading the normal 1-page blurbs about various topics, the articles which have been well-researched, written, and produced are the reason I read Ars.\n\nSo, guy attacks government for their \"tyranny\"Said government gently arrests him and treats him with kid glovesGuy flees government for \"persecution\" because he's not allowed in Facebook while waiting for his openly conducted taxpayer funded trial for something he admits doing and admits knowing was illegal.\n\nYou know, if this story were of a hacker in Syria or Myanmar or Tibet, I might have some sympathy. As it is, this is just a guy with some serious mental illness problems.\n\nDoyon closed the lid of his laptop and picked up the \u201cI need food\u201d cardboard sign he used to raise cash\n\nIf nothing else, this article is making me think twice about panhandlers.\n\nPanhandlers are such a problem where I live, that city council recently passed an ordinance making it a fine-able offense to panhandle in downtown. Many of the panhandlers are simply unemployed and use the money to maintain their lifestyles. Over the summer, a local news station did an \"investigation\" and found that some panhandlers in the more wealthy neighborhoods were bringing in close to $1,500 a day!\n\nI had to stop for a few minutes when I read the part about Doyon being in his 50s. I was expecting early 20s at the oldest. His behavior seemed quite juvenile to me, including returning to his old haunts when he was suspicious of capture by law enforcement. Seriously, you are a grown-ass adult, act like one.\n\nIt's interesting to get a glimpse into the mind of at least one kind of hacker. It's hard to say based on the article if he's a true believer, some kind of paranoid nut, or a weird kind of attention seeker. Or all three.\n\nWolfe Boy wrote:\n\nQuote:\n\nDoyon closed the lid of his laptop and picked up the \"I need food\" cardboard sign he used to raise cash\n\nIf nothing else, this article is making me think twice about panhandlers.\n\nIf it took this article, you need to get out more. A handful of times I've offered to buy them food, or trade food for work, and only one took me up on the offer. The rest just wanted cash.\n\nIt's always amazing to me to hear about these delusions of grandeur that these Anonymous hackers cultivate for themselves. I'm not sure where the grandiosity comes from; perhaps their ideologies, which pit them against anyone and everything? Or perhaps something else?\n\nThe Anonymous mindset is sad to me; it's an incubation of the teenage angst that one finds in high school. A grand combination of self-righteousness, anger and ignorance channeled into the ghost of a socio-political ideology. In reality, it's all simply an excuse to tear things down. The reason these \"hacktivists\" jump from cause to cause isn't because they're trying to make the world a better place. It's because they are looking for any possible excuse to destroy the very society that they have appointed themselves to save. And all they need to do in order to justify this is to characterize their opponents as part of a huge dystopian \"police state\" or \"tyranny\". Bingo - now they can do whatever they want, in the name of \"freedom\".\n\nThe case of \"Commander X\" is a perfect example. In response to a city ordinance limiting freedom to sleep in public places, he lashed out by defacing the county website. He could have organized a group, spoken out against the ordinance or brought the issue to light in another productive manner, but instead he decided to tear something down. Did his actions benefit his cause? No. Did he make a lasting point? No. Did he stimulate serious city-wide reconsideration of the ordinance? I don't know, but I doubt it.\n\nThe reason he didn't engage in a legal, productive manner is because he doesn't value the very society he claims to be fighting for. If he did value it, he would understand that the vast majority of people actually prefer structure, rule of law and civil discourse. Instead of behaving in a manner befitting his 50 years, he did the digital equivalent of egging town hall. How mature.\n\nThis is the issue with Anonymous as a whole. It's not a group dedicated to building a better world. It's a group dedicated to tearing down anything or anyone that its members deem distasteful. They couch every action in the language of freedom, and decry every government response as 'proof' of tyranny. They want to hold the government accountable, but refuse to be held accountable themselves.\n\nMost probably, the real reason that \"Commander X\" decided to deface the county website had little to with the ordinance; that was simply an excuse to do what he already wanted to do. If it hadn't been this ordinance, it would have been something else.\n\nIf it took this article, you need to get out more. A handful of times I've offered to buy them food, or trade food for work, and only one took me up on the offer. The rest just wanted cash.\n\nOn the subject of panhandeling, depending on the city you're in, their population might vary dramatically (as well as their link to organized crime).\n\nI've also given food to some of the people to see them eat it here and there like their lives depended on it. A heartbreaking thing to watch really. So don't put them all in the same pack and try to use your personnal judgement.\n\nI get excited just thinking about these guys all going to prison. You are not above the law! I remember when some random Bangledeshi \"hactivist\" group decided to take down a completely innocent website. You cannot have vigilante's running around unchecked. If they want anarchy, then they can have all the anarchy they want from behind bars!\n\nThe case of \"Commander X\" is a perfect example. In response to a city ordinance limiting freedom to sleep in public places, he lashed out by defacing the county website. He could have organized a group, spoken out against the ordinance or brought the issue to light in another productive manner, but instead he decided to tear something down. Did his actions benefit his cause? No. Did he make a lasting point? No. Did he stimulate serious city-wide reconsideration of the ordinance? I don't know, but I doubt it.\n\nIt's hard to organize a protest when you're a mentally unbalanced homeless person.\n\nI'm sorry, Nate, but this story comes across as glorifying and lionizing a criminal with a delusions of grandeur and an ego the size of Texas. This is a man who, by his own admission, is willing to stomp on others' rights \"for the people\", whether his intended beneficiaries want the \"help\" or not.\n\nMy position may not be very popular here, but here it is: Screw Doyon, screw Anonymous, and screw those who aid and support them, because, in the end, it's all about inflating their egos and self-importance at the expense of everyone else (even if they may have otherwise valid points).\n\nDoyon logged into his password-protected computer and had just started work on the \"operations\" that take up most of his time when \u201ca fucking arm comes from fucking behind me\u201d and snatches his laptop by its screen. Doyon looked up to find a local cop holding his machine. The sudden realization of what happened hit him hard.\n\nHmm...makes you think. Run the OS off a(n encrypted) flash drive and have the drive subtly attached to your belt so that if someone snags the laptop, the flash drive comes out? \"Dead-man's switch\" program that you have to interact with every five minutes or so or it'll force-shutdown the laptop? A program that detects sudden movement and shuts off the computer (if your computer has a motion sensor in it, as Macs do)? I can think of a few other potential solutions to this problem.\n\nDisclaimer: I have nothing at all to do with anything in this article, I'm just interested in security/privacy issues.\n\nQuestion: Can't you get in trouble for meeting with a known fugitive felon?\n\nI would think so, but IANAL.\n\nAt the very least, if the feds, the Santa Cruz PD, or any other LEOs with a beef with Doyon come knocking at the Orbiting HQ, I'm not sure that journalistic privilege would shield Nate or any other Ars staff with any unpublished info from/on Doyon from having to divulge any info that they have.\n\nIt may take a subpoena, but I'd think that Nate and company would be compelled eventually to give up any info.\n\nI'm sorry, Nate, but this story comes across as glorifying and lionizing a criminal with a delusions of grandeur and an ego the size of Texas. This is a man who, by his own admission, is willing to stomp on others' rights \"for the people\", whether his intended beneficiaries want the \"help\" or not.\n\nHuh. Well, I tried to present his story and then to complicate it, providing enough info for people to draw their own conclusions. Since he is the only person associated with Anonymous to take such a drastic step, I wanted to profile his story and his way of thinking. Sounds like I didn't fully succeed in your view. Sorry!"}
-{"text": "For the past nine months the opposition to the NUSD proposal, primarily consisting of MDUSD employees, board members and MDEA, has advanced a narrative filled with inaccurate information intended to incite our community and...\n\nBy Jim Mills UPDATE: The East Bay Times picked up this story EAST BAY TIMES Yesterday\u2019s MDUSD school board meeting yielded a remarkable, if not shocking, report from board member Brian Lawrence, who spoke..."}
-{"text": "Experiencing mathematics!\n\nHome\n\nWelcome on the web site of Experiencing Mathematics exhibition, named in French Pourquoi les Math\u00e9matiques ?You will find there the events around the exhibition as well as various documents to know more.\n\nThis very interactive exhibition is intented to show to all visitors that mathematics is:\n\nastonishing, interesting and useful,\n\naccessible to everyone,\n\nplays a large part in daily life,\n\nthat they lead to many trades,\n\nand has an important role in our culture, development and progress.\n\n4 copies, realized by Centre\u2022Sciences, are in circulation:\n\none for the region Rh\u00f4ne with Lyon University and its Maison des math\u00e9matiques,"}
-{"text": "DataTable using SignalR+AngularJS+EntityFramework\n\nSignalR brought developers an easier way to build real-time, very responsive web applications. But, how does it play with other available technologies? I took a couple of days to implement a very common scenario needed in every Enterprise Application: A DataTable to do CRUD operations persisting changes on a database.\n\nMy initial thought was this is going to be a trivial task, I have done DataTables a few times in the past. Then, I realized the real-time model with many concurrent users introduces a few challenges.\n\nBefore going through details, here is a screenshot of what I accomplished: A DataTable where multiple users are collaborating on the add/edit/delete of its contents! When user 1 edits David Fowler, the Delete and Edit buttons disappear for David in the browsers of users 2, 3, and 4. When user 2 edits Gustavo Armenta, the Delete and Edit buttons disappear for Gustavo in the browsers of users 1, 3, and 4. When user 1 finishes editing David Fowler, Delete and Edit buttons reappear on all browsers.\n\nHTML Content needs to update every time I receive a SignalR message\n\nMy SignalR client receives a JSON message indicating there is a new friend. Now I need to update my html table with the new content. AngularJS plays beautiful in this scenario as I only have to add a row in my existing array (array.push(item)) and refresh content (scope.apply()).\n\nConcurrent users competing to edit the same row\n\nWhat to do when two or more users want to edit the same row? You could allow them to edit simultaneously and the last one to save changes win. You could track versions and let the first user save changes and fail for other users as they need to refresh to the latest version before submitting changes. You could lock the row and allow only a single user to make changes, once he finishes other users can take the lock.\n\nIn this sample, I have followed the lock approach with a few more considerations.\n\nUser can only lock one row at a time\n\nRelease lock in row when user completes the update or user disconnects temporarily or permanently\n\nHandle race condition when multiple users try to edit same row\n\nMost of the magic happen on the SignalR Hub. OnConnected() returns both a list of items and a list of locks. OnReconnected() simply refreshes the state as if connecting for the first time. OnDisconnected releases the lock I had taken so other active users can edit the row.\n\nThen, AngularJS provides a very clear mapping between HTML content and conditional logic using \u201dng-repeat\u201d and \u201cng-show\u201d. Look how easy is to make UI decisions based on the current state of JSON objects bound to $scope.\n\nTags\n\nJoin the conversation\n\nI am very intrigued by what this technology is starting to enable. I work in an environment where we have business users who would like to be able to make quick updates to \"tables\" stored in the database, but they don't know anything about databases or SQL. If we could provide a UI that's clean, but automatically notifies each other when users are changing data, it would be very useful."}
-{"text": "WoW Papercraft - Illidan Stormrage\n\nIllidan Stormrage is a demon/night elf hybrid and boss character in the World of Warcraft universe, he is also known as the Betrayer and Lord of the Outland. You can find him in his fortress-citadel, the Black Temple (aka Temple of Karabor)."}
-{"text": "Azure Part 12: Moving Staging Deployment to Production\n\nWe can deploy a successful staging build to production,\nusing the Swap VIP button in the\nAzure portal.\n\nStep 1: Select\nthe Deployment item\n\nSign in to the Azure Portal and select the appropriate item\nto deploy.In our case, the Deployment 1 is the item to be selected.\n\nStep 2: Click on\nthe Swap VIP\n\nClick on the Swap VIP\nbutton from the top toolbar after selecting the deployment item.The following dialog box appear.s\n\nStep 3: Click on the\nproduction url\n\nNow the status of the deployment selected changes to Ready\nas shown below.\n\nClick on the production url shown on the right pane to open\nthe web role in a browser.The web role\nis shown below.Please note the url of\nthe browser.The previous staging GUID\nurls are replaced by the production url.\n\nSummary\n\nThat concludes the deployment from staging to production in\nthe Windows Azure Portal.The web role\nis now deployed and available to the public.\n\nMore Information\n\nThe Swap VIPoption\ndoes not actually deploy a new build.Instead, it will switch the production and staging builds by switching\nthe DNS addresses internally.Thus the\ndeployment seems to be faster as there is only switching of addresses\ninternally.\n\nWarning\n\nThe billing of the service will be there for both staging\nand production deployments.If the usage\nexceeds the trial limit charges will be levied on your credit card.Please take care. J"}
-{"text": "Abstract Studies of the feeding habits of reef-inhabiting herbivorous species are important since they are the first level in the trophic chain between primary producers and consumers. This study is the first contribution to determine the diet of the convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus from the Los Frailes reef, Baja California Sur, Mexico. We describe qualitative and quantitatively the trophic spectrum of 50 A. triostegus individuals, using the traditional methods of frequency of occurrence and weight, as well as the index of relative importance. Overall, we identified 35 food components, of which 18 were algae of the Class Rhodophyceae, 10 of the Chlorophyceae and six Phaeophyceae. We determined that A. triostegus is a strict diurnal herbivore, which mainly feeds on the green alga Ulva linza, and even though it is a species with a wide geographic distribution, its behavioral feeding pattern is homogeneous.\n\nLITTLER, M. M. & LITTLER, D. S. 1980. The evolution of thallus form and survival strategies in benthic marine macroalgae: field and laboratory tests of a functional form model. The American Naturalist 116 (1): 25-44.\n\nWELLINGTON, G. M. & VICTOR, B. C. 1988. Variation in components of reproductive success in an under saturated population of coral reef damselfish: a field perspective. American Naturalist 131: 588-601.\n\nSCOPE\n\naqua is an international journal which publishes original scientific articles in the fields of systematics, taxonomy, bio-geography, ethology, ecology, and general biology of fishes since 1994. Papers on freshwater, brackish, and marine fishes will be considered. aqua is fully refereed and aims at publishing manuscripts within 2-4 months of acceptance. In view of the importance of colour patterns in species identification and animal ethology, authors are encouraged to submit colour illustrations in addition to descriptions of coloration. It is our aim to provide the international scientific community with an efficiently published journal meeting high scientific and technical standards.\n\nCALL FOR PAPERS\n\nThe editors welcome the submission of original manuscripts which should be sent in digital format to the scientific editor.\nFull length research papers and short notes will be considered for publication. There are no page charges and colour illustrations will be published free of charge. Authors will receive one free copy of the issue in which their paper is published and an e-print in PDF format.\n\nSPECIAL PUBLICATIONS\n\nSince 2003 Aquapress publishes a series of Special Publications, which are produced at irregular intervals. All Special Publications have about 100 or more pages and are available separately from regular issues of aqua. Enquiries about subscriptions and prices should be sent to the publisher at the address given here above or by e-mail, using the contact form"}
-{"text": "I love the device you start with: the goldenrod and ironweed, which immediately present in the mind with rich golden yellows and lavenders to deep purples, only to be rendered black not just by night but by the new moon. Wonderful!"}
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-{"text": "Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Reviews Progress Of Army Reform\n\nNirmala Sitharaman reviewed implementation of the reform process at a meeting attended by Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat and Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa.\n\nUpdated : October 05, 2017 00:34 IST\n\nNirmala Sitharaman took stock of the plan to improve the army's combat capability. (File)\n\nNew Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday took stock of the progress in implementing the ambitious reform process in the Indian Army under which nearly 57,000 officers and other ranks are being redeployed to enhance the combat capability of the force.\n\nThe government in August had unveiled the initiative for the Indian Army based on recommendations of a committee headed by Lt Gen (retd) D B Shekatkar which was tasked with suggesting steps to enhance combat capability of the armed forces.\n\nMs Sitharaman reviewed implementation of the reform process at a high-level meeting attended by Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa and top officials of the Defence Ministry, official sources said.\n\nWhile accepting the panel's 65 recommendations dealing with the Army, the government had left 34 suggestions relating to tri-services issues.\n\nIn the meeting, Ms Sitharaman also discussed ways to implement some of the 34 recommendations of panel whose implementation will impact all the three services.\n\nOne of the major recommendations of the Shekatkar committee was appointing a tri-service chief and government is yet to take a call on it."}
-{"text": "Meet the Author\n\nThe FermentedlyChallenged blog has been retired since the end of October 2016. It has been a great 9 year run. Thanks to all the readers and brewery staff for all your support in the past. I'm living in the Denver metro area and working in the Cable TV industry now. Cheers and enjoy beer responsibly. Follow along on social media - @ChipperDave on Twitter and on Facebook.\n\nFriday, October 30, 2009\n\nAs the number of daylight hours continue to shrink heading towards Winter Solstice it becomes the time to announce the return of a classic smoked porter from our neighbor to the far northwest. November 1st marks the official release date of this year's vintage of Alaskan Smoked Porter. This wonderful dark, smokey and roasty brew has a reputation for winning medals and if it is even half as good as last year's batch it will still certainly be one of the most popular porters around.\n\nThe aroma alone will remind you of camping out in the wilderness and perhaps will become the perfect compliment to your next seafood meal or perhaps with some fine cheeses. Alaskan Smoked Porter is produced in limited \"vintages\" each year and unlike most beers, may be aged in the bottle for several years. The smokiness and rich flavor become even better over time.\n\n\"While the official release date is November 1st, Alaskan Smoked Porter may mysteriously start appearing in select locations along the West Coast in time for Halloween\" says their October 30th newsletter.\n\nAs of last week, there were still some bottles of the 2008 Smoked Porter to be found on shelves in Colorado. I've already picked up another bottle of 2008 to further age in my cellar. I made a point to seek this out at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival and the taste never disappoints.\nIf you've never tried a smoked porter before, aka a Rauchbier, you owe it to yourself to seek this beer out. Alaskan Smoked Porter is becoming more and more available in western states and may be available at select internet retailers. Visit them on the web at: www.alaskanbeer.com\n\nThursday, October 29, 2009\n\nOnce of my favorite holiday season beers is returning to beer shelves just in time for the colder weather. I've learned that you've got to stock up on this as it tends to disappear off the shelves rather quickly. New Belgium's Frambozen is a tasty winter treat.\n\nENJOY THE TASTE OF RASPBERRIES THIS WINTER WITH FRAMBOZEN, A NEW BELGIUM BREWING HOLIDAY TRADITION\n\nThe Raspberry Brown Ale is a Tasty Treat to Complement any Holiday Dinner\n\nFort Collins, CO \u2013 October 26, 2009 \u2013 The return of the holiday season marks the arrival of a New Belgium tradition \u2013 Frambozen. The raspberry infused brown ale is a perfect complement for holiday dinners and can be found in most of the 26 states where New Belgium beer is sold. Frambozen is available now through January.\n\nFrambozen is produced from freshly picked Pacific Northwest berries, where a New Belgium delegation oversees the process of turning the berries into a pure juice to use in the fermentation process. The juice is loaded into oxygen-free CO2 tanker trucks that make the journey back to Colorado. Every year, during the brewing process, New Belgium cellar operators become covered in a festive crimson berry wash as the winter seasonal comes to fruition.\n\u201cFrambozen is one of our favorite and most delicate beers to produce,\u201d said Grady Hull, New Belgium Brewing Assistant Brewmaster. \u201cWe take extra care with the raspberries to make sure they are pure and perfect for this beloved beer.\u201d\n\nFrambozen is derived from the Flemish word for raspberries and inspired by the Framboise beers of Belgium, where the use of raspberries in beer out dates the use of traditional hops.\n\nA six pack of Frambozen sells for about $7.99. For more information on New Belgium Brewing, its other beer offerings and company practices visit www.newbelgium.com.\n\nAbout New Belgium Brewing Company\n\nNew Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, began operations in a tiny Fort Collins basement in 1991. Today, the third largest craft brewer in the U.S., New Belgium produces seven year-round beers; Fat Tire Amber Ale, Sunshine Wheat, Blue Paddle Pilsner, 1554 Black Ale, Abbey, Mothership Wit and Trippel, as well as a host of seasonal releases. In addition to producing world-class beers, New Belgium takes pride in being a responsible corporate role model with progressive programs such as employee ownership, open book management and a commitment to environmental stewardship. For more information, visit www.newbelgium.com.\n\nTuesday, October 27, 2009\n\nHere is a list of the upcoming Colorado beer festivals, beer dinners, tapping parties, seminars and related events that are known or planned for the month of February 2010. These listings are updated every week, so stop back often to see the latest happenings with beer in Colorado. Dates and events are subject to change. If you know of a Colorado event that you don't see here, please leave a comment and let us know. I'll be happy to add it.\n\n13th Annual Barleywine DinnerFebruary 2, 2010 (Tues) 7:30pmFalling Rock Tap HouseDenver, COCheryl will be cooking up a storm & Chris will be digging deep into his stash for a few aged special treats (Like some Alaskan Barleywine & Dogfish Head Old School from '09). Tickets are $50 if purchased by Sunday January 31st, $60 after (if available).\n\nDain Bramage Begins Again - Barleywine SeasonFebruary 3, 2010 (Wed)Falling Rock Tap HouseDenver, COIt's Barleywine Season Here at the Falling Rock & Many will be on tap with past vintages also. Also a special Bottle list of Barleywines from the Stash will be made available (VERY limited quantities).\n\nCollaboration Not Litigation Release PartyFebruary 5, 2010 (Fri)Avery Brewing Tap RoomBoulder, COA Tapping Party and four-year vertical tasting is scheduled for Friday, February 5th from 5-8PM to mark the release of Batch #4 and to celebrate the fruitful relationship between Avery Brewing and Russian River Brewing. Rob Rosser will be on hand serving his famous fish tacos ($4 each) and we'll be unveiling another Friday Special Tapping, so plan to spend a whole night at the Avery Tap Room!\n\nSuper Bowl SundayFebruary 7, 2010 (Sun)Multiple locationsColoradoLook to your favorite Colorado brewery and brewpub for specials on beer all day long for the big game. Stay tuned for details on specific brewers' specials.\n\nMountain Sun Winter Brewer's DinnerFebruary 8, 2010 (Mon)Vine Street Pub Denver, COJoin Mountain Sun for their 3rd installment of their brewer's dinner during their big Stout Month. This meal will pay homage to the great dark stout beer. Head Brewer Brian Hutchinson is pairing all stouts with the food creations of Executive Kitchen Manager Rob Green. Tickets are $50 and are available at Mountain Sun, Southern Sun and Vine Street Pub. www.mountainsunpub.com\n\nAnnual Mardi Gras CelebrationsFebruary 11-16, 2010 (Thu-Tue)Check back for more upcoming events during the peak of Mardi Gras season.\n\nMardi Gras Warm-upFebruary 11, 2010 (Thu) 6:30pmWynkoop Brewing Co.Denver, COFat Tuesday won't roulez around until mid-February but our annual Mardi Gras warm up dinner is worth getting an early reservation for. This year we'll be sampling a variety of light & dark rums to put you in a Crescent City groove. Reservations now being accepted at 303-297-9999. Plenty of Wynkoop beer on tap as well. www.wynkoop.com\n\nHoppy Man Imperial IPA Release PartyFebruary 12, 2010 (Fri) 6pm-9pmTwisted Pine Brewing Co.Boulder, COJoin Twisted Pine for the release of their biggest, baddest, boldest IPA. This beer pours a hazy pale, with strong grapefruit notes, 107 IBU's and an abv of 10.5%. One of the most serious beers to ever be released by Twisted Pine. Hoppy Man will be available in 22oz bottles at your local liquor store and kegs at the brewery. www.twistedpinebrewery.com\n\nMardi Gras in BreckenridgeFebruary 13-16, 2010 (Sat-Tue)Breckenridge, COEvents include: Bacchus Ball \u2013 February 13. Join in for a New Orleans Style masquerade ball at 9,600 Feet. The evening will bring live music, dancing, \u201cN\u2019awlins\u201d-style food and drink prepared by an authentic New Orleans chef, the crowning of the Mardi Gras Rex and Queen and so much more. Fat Tuesday Celebration \u2013 February 16 (4:30 pm) Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Celebration brings a festive parade procession down Main Street with New Orleans food and drink specials throughout town, colorful masks and tons of beads. www.gobreck.com\n\n5th Annual Peterson AFB Homebrew Competition & FestFebruary 13, 2010 (Sat)Location: TBAColorado Springs, COHomebrewers from around the area will gather to judge some of the best local homebrew. Sponsored by the Brew Brothers Homebrew Club of Colorado Springs. Deadline for submitting entries is February 9th. Last year they had 161 entries in 16 categories. Over 300 festival goers were in attendance. Help make this year's event even better. Contact: (719) 554-3701 - Email: axebrew1@msn.com - Event website\n\nCarnivailFebruary 14-16, 2010 (Sun-Tue)Vail ResortsVail, COCome celebrate the Mardi Gras Season in Vail. Plenty of parties going on this week. Find your favorite Colorado craft beer at one of the celebrations. www.vail.com/events/carnivail.aspx\n\nLeft Hand Mardi GrasFebruary 16, 2010 (Tues)Left Hand Tasting RoomBoulder, COOohh yeah. It\u2019s that time of year. Mardi Gras is always a blast in the Tasting Room and this time it\u2019s going to be even better. We\u2019ve got Lucile\u2019s real-deal, authentic Creole food, live music, costumes, and great beer. Join us for a rockin' good time at 5pm on Tuesday, February 16th. www.lefthandbrewing.com\n\n5th Annual Peterson AFB Homebrew CompetitionFebruary 19, 2010 (Fri)Peterson ClubPeterson Air Force BaseColorado Springs, COThis is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned event held at the Peterson Club at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO. Entries will be accepted Feb. 2-9, 2010. The purpose of the event is to showcase local home brewers by providing a competitive environment as well as the ability to share their brews with other brewers and festival attendees. Judging will take place on Feb. 13th. Entry fees are $5.00 for one, $10.00 for unlimited. Awards & festival will take place on Feb. 19th, 2010. Call (719) 574-4100 for info on tickets. More info.\n\nGreat Divide Release PartyFebruary 19, 2010 (Fri) 6pm - 9pmGreat Divide Brewing CompanyDenver, CORelease Party for Hoss, Claymore, Colette Saison and Espresso Oak Aged Yeti. $20 admission covers snacks and all the beer you want, within reason of course. With such a diverse beer line up, there is something for everyone...so bring your friends, family and neighbors... No RSVP required, so just show up ready to have a good time! www.greatdivide.com\n\n6th Annual Firkin RendezvousFebruary 20, 2010 (Sat)Bristol Brewing CompanyColorado Springs, COThis annual event is located at the Bristol Brewing Company and will be open from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. This year's event will once again offer several beers direct from the cask. Beer and food are included in the admission price. Estimated cost: $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets went on sale in January. Web site. Map.\n\nCraft Beer Tasting SeriesFebruary 23, 2010 (Tue) 7pmPumphouse BreweryLongmont, COThis month's topic: Strong Ales with guest speaker: Matt Thrall of Avery Brewing Company. Limited seating for each session, Tickets are $25 and available at the Pumphouse Brewery or by reservation at Pumphousetastings@hotmail.com. Each ticket includes all beer and special appetizers. We are also offering a 4-Pack of tasting tickets, one for each tasting, for $80. www.pumphousebrewery.com\n\nAvery Beer Dinner with The BrueryFebruary 25, 2010 (Thu) @ 5:30pmPizzeria BastaBoulder, COBring an appetite and your wallet for this 5 course meal featuring Master's of Ceremony Adam Avery of Avery Brewing and Jonas Nemura from The Bruery in California at Boulder's newest brick-oven pizza joint. Each brewery will break out some of their best and rarest brews. 2 different beers with each course. Tickets are $105 per person (tax & tip included). Restaurant at 33rd and Arapahoe in Boulder. More info: www.pizzeriabasta.com - Call 303-997-8775 for reservations.\n\nMichael Bolton Birthday PartyFebruary 26, 2010 (Fri)Fort Collins Brewery tap room (FCB)Fort Collins, COParty Time! FCB thought they were going to have a party to celebrate Johnny Cash's birthday but then they found out that Michael Bolton was also born on February 26th and Michael Bolton outranks the Man in Black. In his honor, FCB is pouring all you can drink pints for $6. On tap will be Wassail, Big Shot, Rye, Harvestival, Stein Lager and Barrel Aged Brown Bevvie. Designated drivers will be treated to all the free root beer they can handle and 10% off retail purchases. Party runs from 4-8pm.\n\n2010 Beerdrinker of the Year National FinalsFebruary 27, 2010 (Sat)Wynkoop Brewing Co.Denver, COBe on hand for the final round of competition in the 2010 Beerdrinker of the Year National Finals at the Wynkoop Brewing Co. The best beer drinkers from all over the USA will be trying to convince a lively panel of judges that they know it all when it comes to beer. The winner gets free beer for life at the Wynkoop and $250 in beer from their local brewpub or bar. Can anyone top the performance of last year's winner Cody Christman? Open to the public. Fun starts at 2pm. See web site for details.\n\nInaugural Boulder SourFestFebruary 27, 2010 (Sat) 12:30pm \u2013 5pmBarrel-Aging Room at The Avery Brewing Tap RoomBoulder, COAvery Brewing has searched high and low for the best, rarest and tastiest sour ales from across the country, and all will be on display for your enjoyment on the last Saturday in February at the Inaugural Boulder SourFest. Their still-growing list of brews features 35 different sour, wild and brett beers from breweries coast-to-coast. A preliminary listing of participating breweries will be posted on the brewery website in early 2010. All attendees will receive 20, 2oz. sample pours, a complimentary .4 liter full-size tasting snifter to commemorate the occasion and the opportunity to mingle with the brewers and creators of many of the beers on display. This festival promises to be one of the best opportunities to taste sour ales anywhere in the Rockies! Cheers and funky, sour beers! The Avery Brewing Crew Max 250 tickets available at $35 each! A few remaining tickets are on sale at the Avery Tap Room ($35.00 each). www.averybrewing.com\n\nAdditional events will be added as they become known. Please report additions or corrections to Chipper Dave (see email on the side column).\n\nOut with the old and in with the new. Odell Brewing has just recently updated it's old web site and has replaced it with a new more modern site complete with a blog, store and flashier graphics. Odell is also becoming more integrated into the various social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube so you can get all the latest news from your favorite sites.\n\nThe blog is also featuring some delicious cooking recipies that you can make that contain Odell beer. Try fixing one of those and pairing it with an Odell beer while your at it. Visit their updated web site and see what's up with their latest Reserve series ales and their expansion plans.\n\nSunday, October 25, 2009\n\nThe good folks down at Twisted Pine Brewing Company in Boulder Colorado passed along some news about an upcoming special tasting event at their brewery on November 5th, 2009. Fans of their Northstar Imperial Porter won't want to miss this one. The following is a quote from an email dated October 22, 2009.\n\n\"Join us on Thursday November 5th for an exclusive vertical tasting of 5 different vintages of Northstar Imperial Porter ranging in age from 2004 to 2009. Don't miss this opportunity to attend this special event with discussions led by owner Bob Baile, brewer Eric Mosiman and brewer Jeff Brumley.\n\nCost: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, includes 5 - 6oz samples, a 1 1/2 hour educational session and a commemorative Northstar Imperial glass.\nThis event is not to be missed. Sign up early as space is limited. Please call, email or stop by the brewery for reservations.\"\n\nTheir website describes this beer as: \"Northstar Imperial Porter is a deep robust ale brewed with only the finest ingredients. The full bodied malty flavor comes from chocolate, black and crystal malts balanced by a combination of American and British hops.\"\n\nThe event runs from 6:00pm until 7:30pm at the Twisted Pine tap room. Drop by at: 3201 Walnut Street, Suite #A, Boulder, CO. Visit them on the web at: www.twistedpinebrewery.com or call 303.786.9270.\n\nTwisted Pine will also be pouring beers at the upcoming All Colorado Beer Fest in Colorado Springs on November 7th. Stop by their booth and taste some of their Billy's Chilis, Hoppy Boy IPA and Pumpkin Brown.\n\nSaturday, October 24, 2009\n\nIf you've ever had the inclination to make your own home brewed beer but always wanted someone with expertise to show you how - here's your big chance. Homebrewers, here's your chance to show off your stuff and teach a buddy to make their own beer.\n\nThe American Homebrewers Association\u2019s annual Learn to Homebrew Day is an international event to introduce people to the homebrewing hobby and establish relationships with local homebrew supply shops.\n\nEach year on the first Saturday in November, homebrewers around the world are encouraged to invite non-brewing and brewing friends and family to celebrate Learn to Homebrew Day and brew a batch of beer together.How does this event work?\n\nBefore the event, participants that are sponsoring Learn to Homebrew Day events can register their site on the AHA web page. These registered sites help the American Homebrewers Association track how many participants celebrated the event. People interested in learning to homebrew can simply show up to one of these events and participate.\n\nHere's how the AHA suggests getting ready for Learn to Homebrew Day. (Copied in part from the AHA web site)\n\nYes, you can learn how to homebrew your own beer; it's easy, especially with the tools provided by the AHA to guide you through the process!\n\n- Get Schooled - A great place to start for introductory information for beginners, as well as information for those homebrewers wanting to move to the intermediate, and advanced procedures.\n- Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing. This special edition of Zymurgy (the Journal of the American Homebrewers Association) contains instructions, recipes, and the step-by-step process for brewing, fermenting, and bottling your first homebrew.\n- Learn to Homebrew Video - Watching the 9-part Homebrewing Lessons videos, a series of short (~3 minute) videos, will take you through the whole brewing process.\n- Find a Supply Shop - Your local supply shop will have ingredients, brewing equipment, books, and magazines to help you brew your first or sixteenth batch of beer.\n- Join the American Homebrewers Association - see all the benefits of AHA membership and learn to make beer like the pros!\n- Take your new homebrew recruits to your local homebrew supply shop to buy ingredients.\n- Hold a special beer dinner for friends or family who you will teach to homebrew.\n\nFriday, October 23, 2009\n\nThe clocks are changing soon as the US heads back into Standard Time the first week of November and one Colorado brewery is releasing a special brew to celebrate the occasion. Odell Brewing Company of Fort Collins Colorado is announcing the upcoming release of their latest small batch beer - Mountain Standard, Reserve '09 - a deep mahogany ale. Below is the press release issued today, October 23, 2009.\n\nMountain Standard pours like a dark malty ale but delivers a distinct hoppy character with the first sip. The brew features generous amounts of organic Cascade and Chinook hops grown on Colorado\u2019s own Western Slope, creating a beer that is pleasing to both the eye and palate.\n\u201cWe've experimented with locally grown hops for smaller batches brewed on our pilot system, but haven\u2019t been able to find enough hops to extend the beer beyond our tap room,\u201d said Brendan McGivney, head of production who helped with this year\u2019s harvest. \u201cThis year we sourced 400 lbs of hops from the Rising Sun Farms in Paonia, CO. We plan to brew one batch every year with each harvest.\u201d\n\nBottled in 750 ml cork and cage finish bottles, Mountain Standard joins Bourbon Barrel Stout and India Barleywine as part of Odell Brewing\u2019s new line of single serve offerings. The beer retails for approximately $14.99-$15.99 per bottle, and is available in the brewery\u2019s eight state distributor region (90% of which lies in the Mountain Standard Time zone).\n\nOn November 2, 2009, when daylight savings time officially ends, Odell Brewing will celebrate the return of Mountain Standard Time and the beer named in its honor with an un-corking celebration at the brewery\u2019s tap room. Festivities begin at 5:00 p.m. and include samples of the new brew paired with local cheeses and live music. For more information, visit www.odellbrewing.com.\n\nThe Fort Collins Brewery just released their November 2009 newsletter and in it their upcoming plans for Halloween and the November season. Below is a summary of FCB's announcements and some details on what they'll have on tap for the coming month. Visit them at 1900 E. Lincoln Avenue in Fort Collins, CO.\n\nNovember 11th: Firkin Fun Day in the FCB Tasting Room. We are gussying up a fine wheat beer for this edition of our real beer series. Swing by from 3 till closing to check it out for yourself.\n\nNovember 20th: How much fun was that steinbeer party? We had a lot of fun but we also accomplished something which was to brew a traditional Steinbier. Here is a re-cap for those of you who missed it: We lit a big \u2018ole fire, tossed some rocks into it, drank delicious beers and roasted marshmallows while tapping our toes to some live bluegrass. Then when the time was right we tossed the glowing hot rocks into the kettle turning the existing wort into a smoky, caramelized treat. Yum! On November 20th we\u2019ll be rolling this brew out in the tasting room so don\u2019t be shy, come on down, enjoy some live music and raise one of the first glasses of this unusual brew with us.\n\nWednesday, October 21, 2009\n\nWhat do you do with several hundred pounds of pumpkin meat? You make pumpkin ale of course. There's news coming from up north here in Greeley, Colorado about a new beer release. Crabtree Brewing has announced that their new Chunkin Pumpkin Ale will be pouring this Friday, October 23rd at the brewery tap room in Greeley. Check out their latest newsletter release below.\n\nFRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009\n\nCHUNKIN PUMPKIN ALE WILL BE RELEASED!\n\nDon't miss out on this delicious Fall Brew. Chunkin Pumpkin Ale was made using 66 pie pumpkins... which some wonderful friends of the brewery helped us bake and chunk... The baked pumpkin chunks were placed in the mash along with the grain. Spices and other secrets were added to the boil. Now, sitting in the conditioning tank is 400 gallons of goodness. (I've tasted it... even without carbonation and not being as cold as it will be, it tastes awesome!)This past week, we finally received custom, screen-printed growlers... what better way to start the weekend than with a Crabtree growler filled with Chunkin Pumpkin Ale... for only $10! (Refill price is $8)\n\nAnd don't forget that Friday is TEACHER FRIDAY!!! $2.50 pints for all you wonderful teachers out there.... (please remember to show your teacher ID to be qualified for the discount)\n\nHave a great rest of your week and we will see you on Friday!\nCheers, Stephanie & Jeff Crabtree\n\nUpdate: I stopped by Crabtree Brewing on Friday, October 23rd and picked up a growler of their Chunkin' Pumpkin Ale and tried it for myself. Below is a quick video of my opinion of the brew.\n\nCrabtree Brewing now bottles this brew annually in the late summer and puts them in a handy 4-pack. The beer is so popular that they are now brewing up much larger batches. Look for this brew where ever Crabtree beers are sold.\n\nVideo review of Crabtree Brewing's Chunkin Pumpkin Ale:\nIf you can't view the video below, watch it on YouTube.\n\nTuesday, October 20, 2009\n\nBrewers say: \"Good things come in small batches\" and Breckenridge Brewery of Denver, Colorado has been busy making several beers in small batches these days. One fairly recent addition to Breckenridge's Small Batch series is their Breckenridge Imperial Porter. This 7.5% ABV porter comes in a big 22oz bomber bottle with a painted on graphic that reminds you of the front of a steam engine train. This isn't Breck's first venture into porters as they also produce a year round Vanilla Porter.\n\nThe Breckenridge Imperial Porter poured a dark brown with mahogany edges. I could just barely see through this beer when held up to the light. An aggressive pour yielded a generous 2+ finger tan head that showed off a nice cascading bubble effect. The head subsided in a short time and left a small ring of bubbles with a loose lacing around the glass.\n\nAroma: My first impression of the aroma was a curious one. Not only did I pick up a whiff of a nutty caramel malt and a slight roastiness but the smell also got my mouth watering right from the start. I could also imagine a bit of brown sugar in this beer.\nI wonder if it was the combination of the 2-row Pale, Carament, Chocolate, Roasted Barley and Black malts or the mix of Chinook, Palisade, Perle and Goldings hops that got my mouth working ahead of time. Still, something about the aroma was different than a regular porter but I couldn't quite put my finger on it just yet.\n\nMouthfeel: This brew initially had a light to medium mouthfeel with just a mild amount of carbonation. It coated my tongue with a mildly bitter (21 IBU) drying effect yet it also had a bit of slipperiness to it. I was anticipating a thicker mouthfeel for an imperial porter but got something lighter instead.\n\nTaste: My first impression of the Imperial Porter was that it was moderately roasty with almost a smoke like flavor. There were hints of chocolate and vanilla in it but it came along with some burnt malts as well. It was a tad watery but that could be the fact that my salivary glands were in overdrive after smelling this beer. Some of the sweetness left in this beer reminded me of one of my homebrew beers that had some left over sugars that didn't quite fully ferment out.\n\nInitially the alcohol wasn't very noticeable for an imperial beer as it didn't give off much \"heat\". The alcohol became more apparent after the first glass was done. Remember that slight slippery mouthfeel? It came back in subsequent sips. It stopped short of being buttery but was nearly so. Still, it didn't affect the overall enjoyment of this beer.\n\nI was easily able to finish off the entire bottle during an evening of watching Monday Night Football. The beer became more enjoyable as the night progressed. The brew seemed to have a few flaws but they were overlook-able and was a nice drinker. I'd almost call this beer a regular porter as it didn't seem to have all of the qualities to be called an imperial porter. I was expecting more from this beer, but it's a bit higher strength than a session beer.\n\nStill a good effort. Not my favorite. I enjoyed their Mighty Brown more than this one. I'll give this a tentative thumbs up with a slightly average grade.\n\nSunday, October 18, 2009\n\nFor those of you who've never been to the Liquid Center at the New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado and wondered how popular one of the top 5 craft breweries in the USA is becoming you're in luck. Chipper Dave from Fermentedly Challenged recently stopped by the packed tasting room on a warm Saturday afternoon to see just what was going on that day.\n\nBeing one of the locals, I've come to realize that if you want to spend a quiet afternoon leisurely sipping on a sampling of New Belgium's (NBB) fine craft beers you need to plan ahead. You can't just show up during prime weekend hours (late Friday afternoon or Saturday afternoon), that is unless you enjoy mingling with a big enthusiastic crowd.\n\nI've found that if you wait until the summer tourist season is over and head to New Belgium just after they open (before noon) on a work day, you can pretty much have the fun of the place and get some individualized service from their tap room staff.\n\nTours are given regularly but you have to get there early and sign-up for one. Tours tend to fill up quickly. See the New Belgium website for details on upcoming brewery tours.\n\nBelow is a YouTube video showcasing New Belgium's popularity on a typical weekend afternoon in the late summer / early fall. If you can't view the video from this page please visit the YouTube link below. After the jump, you can also find some still shots from the video. Enjoy!New Belgium Brewing Liquid Centerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEiqJ_zVEiI\n\nFriday, October 16, 2009\n\nAre you a fan of the dark side of craft beer? Ever get the urge for a beer with something extra? Do you want something thick and creamy and loaded with flavor? Then you are probably a fan of Imperial Stouts. Imperial Stouts come in an assortment of style variations, are in general black as night, have at least an 8.0% ABV and are loaded with calories and flavor.\n\nDuring the Fall, Winter and early Spring months when there is a cold wind blowing, there's nothing better than getting together with friends and sharing a big bottle of a dark, roasted Imperial Stout. The list below shares some of the best available imperial stouts in the Rocky Mountain region.\n\nThe following list, in alphabetical order, is a sampling of 12 of the best Imperial Stouts I've found in stores around Colorado. Not all of these Imperial Stouts come from from the region (to be fair) and at least 1 of them are from overseas.\n\nClick on the links below to read a review of each of these outstanding representations of the Imperial Stout style. You too might just fall in love with one of these. Embrace the dark side.The Top 12 Imperial Stouts List\n\n\"An intensely flavored, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavors meld with roasty, burnt, or almost tar-like sensations. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play. Variations exist, with English and American interpretations (predictably, the American versions have more bitterness, roasted character, and finishing hops, while the English varieties reflect a more complex specialty malt character and a more forward ester profile).\"\n\nDon't see your favorite Imperial Stout listed here? There are a lot of good ones available across the USA. Chances are your favorite local brewery makes one or is thinking of making one. Encourage them to make more!\n\nFollow-Up Notes: In the months and years following the original posting of this article, I've reviewed even more remarkable Imperial Stouts. Here are several more beer reviews of beers in this style.\n\nThursday, October 15, 2009\n\nThe following information came from an email from Chris, the owner of Falling Rock Tap House in Denver, Colorado. A big celebration of the hop harvest will be held this weekend. Head on down to LoDo and check it out.\n\nThe 3rd Annual Fresh Hop Celebration!\n\nReturning Saturday, October 17th at Falling Rock Tap House with a wide selection of fresh hop ales to choose from. The celebration will take place on the patio and in the parking lot of Falling Rock Tap House and will include live music, tastings, information on home brewing, people\u2019s choice awards, activities and more.\nA Fresh Hop Ale is seasonal ale brewed the same day the hop is picked from the vine. Hops are the small green flower cones from the hop plant that give beer its flavor; it acts as a balancing agent to preserve, add aroma and balance. Fresh hop ales tend to add a citrus or orange-like aroma to the beer. Beer connoisseurs and weekend warriors alike will love these unique, available once a year brews!\n\nEvent Details\n\nFresh Hop Celebration\n\nSaturday, October 17th, 2009 (Noon \u2013 5:00pm)\n\nAll Ages Welcome, Must be 21 to Drink\n\nLocation: Falling Rock Tap House 1800 Blake Street, Denver, CO\n\nAdmission: $20, includes commemorative glass and 4 tokens (each token is good for 1 beer)\n\nMonday, October 12, 2009\n\nIt was but a dream just a couple years ago but has since grown into a passion. This week marks the second anniversary of Fermentedly Challenged the blog. In that short two year span, I've written over 475 posts, tasted over 350 different beers, created 30 beer videos and taken a thousand or so pictures of beer festivals, Tweet-ups, friends and fine ales while exploring my love for good craft beer.\n\nDuring these last two years, I've had the pleasure of meeting a lot of new people who are just as passionate about craft beer as I am. It's been a wonderful time getting to know many of the beer bloggers who've I've been reading as well as many of the readers who come to my blog.\n\nCreating a blog certainly takes time and if I had my way I'd probably be spending all of my time doing it. A blog wouldn't really be a blog without readers. I want to take the time to thank everyone who has stopped by this little blog since 2007. I hope that I've inspired some of you to try some new and tasty beers, come out to Colorado and tour a brewery or two and perhaps brew your own beer along the way.\n\nI've updated the right sidebar to include connections to my latest beer videos as well as a more advanced blog search bar. Hopefully that will help you find more of what I've written about in the past 475+ articles.\n\nMy hope is to continue to write for at least another year or two on this fun subject and to bring you even more coverage of the Northern Colorado craft beer scene.\n\nThanks again to all of my readers. I hope to get to know even more of you during the coming year and to continue to bring you the good news of great craft beer.\n\nSunday, October 11, 2009\n\nThe other day I was looking through the singles section at a local beer store when I spied a few bottles of Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout (2008) sitting there. I was surprised that this store even carried this beer let alone seeing a year old bottle of an acclaimed stout on hand. I quickly scooped up a bottle and took it home with me to enjoy during the cold snowy weekend here in Colorado.\n\nI had previously tried a sample of this beer at Nick's 10-hour Birthday Bash and knew that I wanted to get more of this beer. Surprisingly, Colorado does get shipments from Goose Island Beer Company, a brewery from the Chicago, Illinois area. I jumped at the chance to try a full bottle of this potent 13% ABV bourbon barrel aged imperial stout.\n\nGoose Island put a lot of dark malts into this brew including: 2-row, Munich, chocolate, caramel, roast barley and de-bittered black malts. Bourbon County Stout has a fair amount of bittering units too as it weighs in at a respectable 60 IBUs from all the Willamette hops that were put in.\n\nThis beer was from the 2008 batch and has a white label. I noticed from Goose Island's web site that as of 2009 the bottle now sports a black label (see image below). I was more intrigued by the 2008 batch however as it had already been aged an additional year and would supposedly have mellowed in bitterness a bit more. The beer itself had been aged slightly in bourbon barrels and would supposedly pick up a lot of character from the wood and lingering traces of bourbon.Appearance: I poured the Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) into a large snifter type glass to help bring out all of the aromas and wow did it ever! The brew poured a thick jet black with just a slight 1 finger head, even with an aggressive pour. There was just a trace of lacing on the glass that didn't stick around long. That's fairly typical of an aged impy stout in my experience.\n\nAroma: I immediately smelled a huge aroma of bourbon and vanilla and alcohol in this brew. Woah! The aroma was insanely intense as I had hoped. I could pick up on the sweet chocolate malts as well. Without looking I could tell this was unmistakably an imperial stout. It was just as it should be. The brew had a nose that reminded me of a Sam Adams Utopias. The vanilla from the bourbon barrel came out quite noticeably.\n\nMouthfeel: The brew was thick and chewy and coated my tongue slightly. BCS had a roasty sweet big body that was bitter on the side. It was creamy and smooth right from the start. Instantly I started getting a nice warming effect from this beer.\n\nTaste: BCS had the elements of chocolate, vanilla, sweet malts with a nice alcohol kick. I could pick up on some slight coffee tones as well but not as much as the vanilla. The wood aging had done this beer a lot of good, not to mention the extra year of cellaring that the store had already done for me.\n\nWhile the alcohol bite was there it wasn't overpowering. Still, it was a nice slow sipper that lasted me the better part of the first half of a football game.\n\nMid-way through the tasting, I got the strong urge to make a beer float out of this beer. I got a small cup of premium vanilla ice cream and poured about an ounce of BCS over the top and swirled it around a bit. And the taste was absolutely heavenly! This was by far the best beer ice cream float I had made with any dark beer. The beer with it's vanilla overtones from the barrel aging blended perfectly with the vanilla in the ice cream. Oh yes! You've got to try this.\n\nOverall: I was extremely impressed with Goose Island's imperial stout. The bourbon barrel added a lot to the entire experience. The inviting aroma won me over immediately. Goose Island claims that you can age this beer up to 5 years. I might just head back to that store and buy up the rest of their stock and do just that. Bourbon County Stout is one of my top all-time beers. You won't be disappointed.\n\nSaturday, October 10, 2009\n\nAn imperial brown ale? Breckenridge Brewery of Denver came out with a couple more beers in their Small Batch series earlier this year and I couldn't help but want to try their Mighty Brown, an imperial brown ale. I wonder why I didn't see this brew before? Probably because I've been working through my big summer stock and haven't been to the beer store lately. This Breck brew has been out since June. Breckenridge Brewery is one of many breweries who love to experiment with new beers in small batches. This beer is being brewed in limited batches but will be available year round.\n\nMighty Brown poured a nice dark brown color. Held to a light I could just barely see through it. Mahogany red edges could be seen as well. It poured with a nice huge light tan head that built up quickly and had a beautiful cascading sheeting effect with the bubbles. After it settled, Mighty Brown still has a nice 1/2 finger tall head with a light lacing.\n\nWhen I first opened the tall painted 22oz bottle I could smell a rich aroma of dark malts. I thought this is going to be a nice change from an ordinary brown. Once I got the brew in the glass, suddenly the hops started coming through in the nose.\nThe Perle and Hallertau hops pop through the aroma despite it being a low 21 IBU beer. Breckenridge put in a generous amount of Pale, Munich, Roasted Barley, Chocolate, and toasted Wheat malt into this brew in order to boost the ABV up to a respectable 7.5% ABV. I could actually pick out the wheat in this brew.\n\nWhich such a mix of malts and hops in a brown ale I didn't know what to expect in this beer.\n\nFirst taste: I got a very slight chocolate malt flavor with a fair amount of roast yet a lighter mouthfeel than a porter or stout. It was quite creamy feeling and very smooth on the swallow. Nice! First tastes can be deceiving but this one struck me positively from the very first sip. There was a lot of toasty malt flavor that hit the front half of my tongue. There isn't a lot of heat on this beer early on but you know the ABV is there. It wasn't until near the end of the bottle that the slow warmth hit me.\n\nThe smoothness of this beer is something I really enjoyed. The bigger malt taste, just enough bitterness from the hops to notice and an extra kick from being an imperial is a vast improvement from an ordinary brown ale. Nice job @BreckBrew! On a snowy early October day in Colorado, this imperial brown ale was Mighty good.\n\nMighty Brown was just slightly sweet but balanced well with the nice bitter hoppy Hallertau and Perle hops. It's too bad all brown ales aren't this rich.\n\nSorry non-Coloradoans but BreckBrew doesn't ship much of their Small Batch beers out of state so you'll have to come here to Colorado to try this flavorful brew. I'm giving Breckenridge Brewery a big thumbs up for this small batch brew."}
-{"text": "Editorial Our View: Majority still rules on land use issues\n\nIt appears that a compromise solution to the proposed bike skills park is at hand. After a long meeting with a lot of speakers, the district\u2019s Committee of the Whole voted and Mayor Milne\u2019s option for refurbishing the existing park at SEAPARC was what was passed by the 4-3 vote. The councillors who voted against this option were the same ones who voted for the bike park in John Phillips Memorial Park. The point is, there will still be a bike park but it won\u2019t be on as large as scale as the bike club wanted.\n\nLet\u2019s hope they can all sit together and come up with a great park for the little kids, after all it is the younger set who grow up and want to expand their biking skills and they can then do that at places like the CRD park off Harbourview.\n\nIt doesn\u2019t please a lot of people, but if this issue had gone to referendum, chances are the end result would have been the same. People in Sooke want to retain JPMP as it is with as little impact on the neighbours as possible.\n\nIf the bike club could have shown they had the financial resources to build and maintain the park, perhaps the outcome would have been different. When you expect volunteers to work endlessly to fix, maintain and supervise action at a park, they get burned out pretty quickly and it isn\u2019t fair to the ones who are left holding the bag \u2014 and that would have been the district. Liability issues, parking, washrooms, etc., are all in place at SEAPARC while they are not at JPMP. Originally this was built with the same promises from the bikers and it fell into disrepair likely because of the lack of volunteer labour. Kids will ride to SEAPARC, the same as they ride to the skateboard park.\n\nNow we need to shake off any bad feeling and move forward for what is best for the kids and youth, because that is who the park is made for. Put your egos aside and do what is best for the kids."}
-{"text": "Define: Long Tail Keywords\n\nare strings of three to five or more keywords separated by commas and are used to help refine and define content on a webpage in an attempt to draw users who are looking for specific or unique information. Although using these strings of keywords may generate less traffic, using them will draw more quality traffic.\n\nIn all cases, success using this method requires solid knowledge based on which phrases are searched for on the major browsers. Using long tail keywords in pay-per-click bidding can also be less expensive along with other paid inclusion methods.\n\nRead the latest from our blog\n\nWith just days to go before the new European Union Global Data Protect Regulation (more commonly known as GDPR) comes into effect, there has never been more focus on email marketing in the news and on social media. Understandably, marketers are concerned about compliance, and if you\u2019re not sure whether your MORE\u2026\n\nI\u2019m not a BIG fan of the BIG marketing campaign. I would much prefer to work on a continuous flow of bite-size campaigns that drive a constant flow of traffic into my business than gamble on the success of one BIG, expensive marketing extravaganza. The problem with BIG campaigns is MORE\u2026\n\nDo you suffer from email marketing\u2013related anxiety? It\u2019s a common malady, normally identified by a quickening of the pulse, a dry mouth and sweaty palms prior to hitting the send button on your latest email campaign. No Cure While there is no cure for email marketing\u2013related anxiety (and it may MORE\u2026"}
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-{"text": "One Family's Cancer Journey\n\nDon and Jo Ann\n\nPost navigation\n\nHello Prayer Warriors:) \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42 I just wanted to send an update on the ole Captain. He is taking the last of the chemo drugs. Yea!!!! His hemoglobin count dropped today and they just brought one of two units of blood that will be transfused. It will take about five to six hours. He is also taking Mesna, a fluid that will protect the kidneys and bladder. I know that all of this sounds bad, but he is really doing good. As we walk and visit with the many patients or care givers, we stop and thank God for His constant blessings. God\u2019s grace is such a wonderful gift. It does not matter what our circumstances are His grace will sustain us. When I think of God\u2019s amazing grace, I always think of our sweet Sage. He was such a clear, beautiful picture of Amazing Grace. He radiated the love of God to everyone he touched. I pray that we will radiate that same love to everyone meet.\n\nLike this:\n\nI received these updates yesterday and today. Within their words you can feel their peace with the seriousness of Don\u2019s illness because of their trust in God and His care. Don\u2019s sense of humor is also evident when he writes. His ability to laugh, joke and tease has made a huge difference in their outlook, I think.\n\nMarch 28, update\n\n\u201cWell folks here we go with the last treatment(maybe).The Dr. told us yesterday that if my counts come back quick that he might give me one more treatment. We told him that was his call and not ours. We are just praying that GODS will will be done in this. All you cousin\u2019s out there remember when I was a ornery and mean little boy, well you have to be meaner than a junk yard dog to go thru all this mess. I am asking all you out there to just pray that GOD\u2019S will be done in this. To all our friends in good ole\u2019 Big Spring Texas a big howdy from Houston Texas. Just sitting here waiting for them to get our room ready. I will let Jo Ann say a few words and don\u2019t believe a word she says.\n\nI will make this short and sweet because time is about to expire on this session. When it expires, you lose everything you have written.\nI will update again after we get in a room.\u201d\n\nMarch 28, update\n\nGod is Good All The Time!!!! We were admitted into the hospital tonight at 8:15. They did blood work as soon as we got into the room so that they could check the platelet level. When the nurse got the blood report, she came in and told us that the platelet count was 59. She called our Dr. and he decided to give Don a platelet transfusion tonight and start the first chemo drug tomorrow morning. Our Dr. is on the Clinical Team this week and will be coming by to see us everyday. We are happy about that. Don is feeling good and ready to get the treatment started. We will get to sleep better tonight because the transfusion does not last as long as the chemo does.\n\nWe Praise God for His loving care through out this journey. Thank you all for your prayers. Please pray for smooth sailing through this treatment.\n\nGod bless you all, Captain and Mate\n\nMarch 29, update\n\nThe good Lord has given us another beautiful day. The ship has docked and the Captain is picking on the nurses. We were able to rest last night. The Dr. came by this morning and told us that he had decided to start the treatment today. The first drug is called Retuxin. It takes six to seven to complete. Don has tolerated the drug well in the past. We have walked this morning and now we are waiting for the nurse to start the drug. As we were walking, we walked around the Children\u2019s section. They are so precious and truly remind us of God\u2019s angels. It allows us to see other\u2019s problems and realize how blessed we are to be where we are in this journey. God has given us today and our prayer is that we might allow others to see Him in our walk.\n\nThank you and God bless each of you for your prayers. Remember to keep your light on \u2013 you never know when you will meet someone going through a storm."}
-{"text": "I have the awesome NYT Best Selling author Madeline Sheehan on the blog today, telling us all about her newest release -UNBELOVED.\n\nIn case you've been living under a rock, let me tell you about it.Unbelovedis the fourth installment in herUndeniable series, following the lives of Deuce West president of the Hells Horseman, and Eva West. It's not just a love story, it's a fucking experience. One you will connect with on so many levels.\n\nMadeline truly has a way with words. She'll make you feel every emotion the characters go through, so that you are living the experience with them, and when you finish her books and look around you in awe, you can't help but wonder how the hell everything can just carry on. For those of you who don't know Madeline, here's a little about her.\n\nBIO: Fantastical realm dweller Madeline Sheehan is the USA Today bestselling author of the Holy Trinity Trilogy and Undeniable Series. A Social Distortion enthusiast, lover of mud and anything deemed socially inappropriate, Madeline was homegrown in Buffalo, New York, where she can be found engaging in food fights and video game marathons with her husband and son.\n\nBlurb, Banner & Book Cover From Unbeloved\n\nWarning: This is not a conventional or predictable love story. It involves one woman and two men bound by a love so destructive it spans two decades, pitting brother against brother, and shattering the lives of those touched by it. Dorothy Kelley is a born romantic, searching for her prince. Instead she finds herself pregnant at fifteen, and a in a loveless marriage by the tender age of eighteen. Then hope comes riding into her life on a motorcycle and within weeks, Jason \u201cJase\u201d Brady, a member of the Hell\u2019s Horsemen motorcycle club, sweeps Dorothy off her feet. But nothing is ever simple for Dorothy. Jase is married with children. And as Dorothy patiently waits for Jase to give her the happily-ever-after she\u2019s been dreaming about, James \u201cHawk\u201d Young, a member of the Hell\u2019s Horsemen with secrets of his own, sees an opening into Dorothy\u2019s life and takes it. Carrying on two secret affairs is no easy feat. As Dorothy tries to dig herself out of the mess she\u2019s created, covering one mistake with another, tragedy strikes, nearly costing Dorothy her life and that of her unborn son. What follows is a long and painful journey of self-discovery and forgiveness, as Dorothy comes to realize that home was exactly where she\u2019d left it, and the love she\u2019d forever craved had always been within her reach. This is the story of Dorothy, Jase, and Hawk. We are all born pure; it is our journey that burdens us and leads us astray. Our mistakes that beat us down and cover us in guilt and shame, burying us a little more with each passing hardship. It is up to us to dig ourselves out, to come to terms with our faults, to embrace not only our imperfections but those of the ones we love, and to once again find the path we strayed from.\n\nSpecial Guest Interview With Best Selling Author Madeline Sheehan, Deuce & Eva West From The Undeniable Series\n\nToday I have some very special guests on the blog, USA TODAY Best Selling Author Madeline Sheehan, and Deuce and Eva West from her Undeniable series.Claire\u2013 Hi, nice to have you all here, settle in, grab a beer and let\u2019s talk. I\u2019d like to address Madeline first, but of course you can both speak up if you feel the need to. Claire - Madeline, tell us about the newest book in the Undeniable series.Madeline - The newest book, UnBeloved, is centered around the aftermath after Dorothy, Jase and Hawk\u2019s love triangle was brought violently to light. It\u2019s a little different than the first three books in the series as it doesn\u2019t deal with first love or lust, but a homecoming of sorts and a realization of oneself. It\u2019s an emotional ride, for sure, but definitely not as wild as some of the others.Claire - I know the fans have been itching for the story of Jase, Dorothy & Hawk\u2014me in particular. There\u2019s something about a love-triangle that I love to hate. But for you, is there a particular story that you can\u2019t wait to tell?Madeline - I am itching too! To tell ZZ\u2019s story, UnDying. It\u2019s been a long time coming and it\u2019s going to blow up in all our faces. It\u2019s also the book that will bring the entire saga full circle and back to the beginning again. Actually, to say I\u2019m excited is an understatement, I\u2019m bloody (that\u2019s for you, Claire) ecstatic!Claire - When you write, do you stick to a strict outline or does the story evolve as you write it? For instance, were there different outcomes for some of the characters originally?Madeline - I usually begin with a strict outline that veers left, plows headfirst into a tree, backs up, gets lost down a dirt road, breaks down at a dead end and goes off wandering into a dark forest. Thankfully the sun eventually comes up and shows me the way home. But there you have it. My process. Shhh, don\u2019t tell anyone what an absolute clusterfuck it is. But honestly, it\u2019s the only way I know how to tell a story and I\u2019m always happy with outcome. Were there different outcomes originally for some of the characters? No way, Jose. But there were different beginnings. I play around with ideas until I can get into the head of the character and once that happens, the story clicks and the words just flow. Off the road, into a tree\u2026ect, ect, you get my point.Claire - You must be pleased with how well loved the series is, I mean, you have some seriously hardcore fans. Does it make it more stressful for you? Or do you find it helps?Madeline - A little of both. God knows, I want to please everyone, but life tends to get in the way. It is stressful when fans are screaming for the next book but at the same time I feel it pushes me to do better than the last, to give my all for them. There is no better feeling than knowing all your hard work is being appreciated. Although, after each book is finished, I do need to decompress for a bit, get out of my head and back into the real world.Claire - So, what\u2019s coming up next for your readers? And when can they expect to get their greedy little mitts on it?Madeline - Obviously UnBeloved is coming, and after that I have two more books planned for the UnDeniable series: UnDeserving is Preacher\u2019s story (before Eva\u2019s birth) and the final book in the series, UnDying. In the midst of all that, I\u2019ll be working on the final book in my Holy Trinity Trilogy, something I\u2019m dreading, having to say goodbye to those characters I\u2019ve grown to love, but as well as being excited to move onto to other genres I\u2019ve been dreaming of exploring. Lately I\u2019ve been playing around with horror and I\u2019m really enjoying the outcome, so we shall see what happens. I\u2019m sure 2015 is going to be an insanely busy year for me!Claire - I know that you currently have two series out \u2013 The Undeniable series and The Holy Trinity series. If I remember correctly you\u2019re on to the last in the series of The Holy Trinity series. Do you have any more apocalyptic books in the works?Madeline - I do. And all I can say is that I have a surprise coming very, very soon. Stay tuned. ;)Claire- I want to ask Deuce and Eva a couple of questions now, but as previous, feel free to interject if you have something you want to add.Claire - Deuce, you met Eva when she was just a young girl, in the years between you two meeting back up, did that young girl ever cross your mind? Obviously not in a sexual way. It was after all the start of you taking over the Hell\u2019s Horseman, and affectively having to man up. Not that you weren\u2019t man enough before that\u2026wait, I\u2019m fucking this question up. Back to my point though. Did you ever think about the little girl you met in prison and what had become of her?Deuce - Yeah.Eva \u2013 *looks at Deuce* Is that all you\u2019re going to say?Deuce \u2013 Yeah.Eva - *looks at Claire and shrugs* Sorry\u2026Claire - And we know that you thought of him a lot over the years, Eva, but did you ever see yourself with him? I\u2019ve always believed that when you know, you know.Eva \u2013 Oh, I knew. I always knew he was it for me and I fantasized about it, definitely. But did I ever actually think Deuce and I would ever truly end up together, as a family, married and with children? Honestly, no. There were just so many obstacles. Thankfully, it didn\u2019t turn out that way.Deuce \u2013 Babe. Yeah.Claire - So, the future? What do you see for it? And for your kids.Eva \u2013 I see our kids having more kids, I see a family so huge, and so full of love. I see a happy ending for us all. *looks at Deuce* Our happy ending.Deuce \u2013 *Grins at Eva* Babe.Claire - And the Hell\u2019s Horsemen? One thing we\u2019ve all learnt through the series is that family doesn\u2019t always mean you\u2019re blood related. I guess that means that your family is always growing. Are there any newer members that we can look forward to getting to know?Eva \u2013 Of course you\u2019re going to see some of the kids fall into the life, both the boys and the girls, as for non-blood related members, you\u2019ll just have to wait and see.Deuce \u2013 Don\u2019t need any more fuckers to take care of.Claire - If you weren\u2019t President of the club, what do you think you would be doing? You must have had ambitions when you were younger. And Eva, the same applies to you. I know that you both have each other, and your family, but taking that aside, what else would you have liked to do with your lives?Deuce \u2013 Bitch, are you stupid? What else is there? If I didn\u2019t have the club or my family I\u2019d be eatin\u2019 concrete on the way to no-fuckin\u2019-where.Eva \u2013 I honestly don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve never known anything but the club life. It was my whole life. Even when I was at college, I never really planned on doing much with my degree. The club was everything.Claire - I\u2019m not going to beat around, your story worked out, but it was a fucked up start to a relationship. Did you ever think that you would get to this point?Eva \u2013 Like I said earlier, I wanted this, him, but I never truly believed it would ever come to fruition. Although, I can\u2019t stress enough, how happy I am that everything turned out the way it did. Right, baby?Deuce \u2013 Babe.Claire - How\u2019s Danny, Cage and Ivy doing? What are they up to now?Eva \u2013 Both Danny and Cage are married, both living in their own homes. Ivy is still with us, she\u2019s been seeing someone and Deuce isn\u2019t too happy about it, but is Deuce ever happy about anything?Deuce - *grunts*Claire - I don\u2019t believe in regrets, or mistakes, I believe that everything happens for a reason, but do any of you look back on some of the things that have happened and wish that you had done things differently?Eva \u2013 No. I think if we changed even the simplest of things, we wouldn\u2019t have had the same outcome.Deuce \u2013 I think some of that shit coulda been fuckin\u2019 avoided, yeah? Eva \u2013 *rolls her eyes* Deuce doesn\u2019t believe in fate.Deuce \u2013 Fate is for pussies. We make our own fuckin\u2019 path.Claire - To all of you. If you could say something to your younger self, what would it be?Eva- Peanuts. Don\u2019t forget the peanuts.Deuce \u2013 I ain\u2019t answerin\u2019 anymore woman shit.Madeline \u2013 Make all the same mistakes. Fuck up. Go crazy. Date those assholes, keep writing, piss off your parents. It will all be worth it. Every single crazy, fucked up second of your life, is going to lead you home. And happy.Claire- I want to thank you all for coming along today and talking to me, though I\u2019m sure you got dragged along by Eva, DeuceJDeuce - *grunts*Claire - Thanks for your time.\n\nUnbeloved (Undeniable #4) is out NOW at all major retailers\u2014or at least the ones that have any fucking sense!\n\nThe Holy Trinity Series Also By Madeline Sheehan\n\nI'd like to introduce to you today, Dave Lund and his bookWinchester Over.\n\nHe's new to this scene and his popping his first blog cherry with me (ooh laa laa) so give him a warm/or deathly cold welcome, and one-click his book. I've heard great things so far and it's in my queue to read already - of course I bought MY copy asap because it looks and sounds great.\n\nDon't believe me? He's given me an excerpt to share, so go have a read :-)\n\nAuthor bio.\n\nMy name is Dave Lund. I hail from Texas and am a former Texas \u201cmotor-cop.\u201d My family and photography round out my usual day-to-day passions, but post-apocalyptic zombie stories really fire me up. Before my previous stint as a motor-cop, I was a full-time skydiving instructor and competitor (in Canopy Piloting, aka swooping) with over 3,000 skydives. I am no longer an active skydiver so I can focus on my family, photography, and writing.About the book\n\nThe characters in the Winchester series comprise some personality composites of people I have known or met in my life, but no character is based on a single real person or even two people combined. They are a complete work of fiction and do not represent any actual people, living or dead. Yes, that includes Bexar! Many of the themes, objects, weapons, tactics, and locations in the Winchester Undead series are pulled from my past and experiences, as many writers are apt to do, including my love of Big Bend National Park in Texas; although I have to admit there is no secret cache site in the small Texas town of Maypearl. At least none that I had any hand in creating. The photo in the background of this post was taken at The Window in Big Bend, and that is my wife sitting in the photo, looking out onto the desert floor. She is sitting on the waterworn smooth rock; just beyond where she is sitting is a drop-off that would be fatal at 220 feet high. The locations in Big Bend are real locations, with some minor artistic license taken, as are the cities and towns visited throughout the book. The jury is still out on the presence of the secret facilities that \u201cCliff\u201d finds himself in, and the truthfulness of Chemtrails really depends on whom you speak with. If the writing about Cliff\u2019s found Type 2 VW Transporter sounds a little detailed to those not acquainted with air-cooled VWs, that\u2019s due to my love of air-cooled German autos, including the 1973 Superbeetle that I built and drive.\n\nWinchester Over Blurb\n\nThe Winchester Undead series starts with \u201cWinchester: Over\u201d with Bexar Reed and his family. The Reeds, along with their lifelong friends and fellow preppers, were prepared for the end of the world as we know it. They had thought of nearly every possibility, but they never thought the dead would rise to hunt the living. After the surprise attack, the mortality rate soars among the population. Their fellow survivors want what Bexar and his group have and will stop at nothing to take it. Meanwhile, across the country, Cliff, a seasoned tactical operator, has a single mission: against all odds, he must ensure the United States of America and its government survives, but first he has to live long enough.\n\nWinchester Over Cover\n\nClick Picture To Purchase\n\nWinchester Over Excerpt\n\nPROLOGUE\n\nFebruary 13th Bexar stopped near the creek. Using the increasing density of the trees for cover, he tried to catch his breath. The go-bag and extra ammo bag weighed down his already-heavy load of pistol belt and chest rig. He could hear javalina on the trail, snorting in annoyance at his presence. He turned, facing the ground he had covered, scanning for threats with his rifle in the SUL, or \u201cready\u201d position. It was amazing how good life had become in Big Bend, and how quickly and drastically that had changed. His best friend and friend\u2019s son lay dead, bullet holes in their heads, fired from his own pistol. His best friend\u2019s wife was also dead, and all Bexar could do was hope that his own wife and daughter were still alive. There hadn\u2019t been any more gunfire echoing in the mountains, but that didn\u2019t mean they were safe. His family\u2019s only hope was to get to their backup camp, their small cache site, and then hide or run. Still breathing heavily, Bexar looked back and scanned his six once more before continuing down the trail, hopefully into the waiting arms of his wife and child. Bexar had always planned for the end, had made extensive preparations for all sorts of eventualities, but nothing like this had ever crossed his mind. If he had only known seven weeks ago what lay ahead for his friends and family, he could have saved them. But now, he had to save himself first.Lake Elsinore, CaliforniaJust landing from an Accelerated Free Fall instruction skydive, Bill pulled the Motorola handheld radio out of his jumpsuit pocket to start talking his student down under canopy. After trying to key the radio three times, switching it off and back on, he realized it wasn\u2019t functioning about the same time he heard a pop and felt his parachute container shift. Looking over his shoulder, he could see that his reserve pilot chute had deployed, and realized that the pop he heard was probably the Automatic Actuation Device firing and cutting the closing loop for his reserve parachute. Bill looked back at his student and saw that the student\u2019s reserve parachute was beginning to deploy behind the first student jumper, giving the first jump student a two-canopy-out malfunction. From inside the drop zone office, someone was yelling that they had lost power, and as he looked to the runway approach he saw that the Twin Otter that was landing had lost power to its engines. Within seconds, everything had simply stopped working. In the meantime, Bill's student had not reacted to the two-out scenario as he had been taught in the First Jump Course, but had let the canopies pull apart and rotate into a down plane. He was plummeting straight down towards the ground at seventy miles per hour. Shrugging out of his parachute harness, Bill began running to where his student had impacted the ground. The student was still alive, but barely so, with obviously broken bones in his legs and arms. Bill began trying to stabilize the student\u2019s neck, yelling to Steven, the drop zone manager, for the trauma bag and to call 911. Bill looked back up at the other tandem pairs still in the air and saw that they were fighting their own two-out malfunctions. He then noticed three large, high-flying aircraft passing overhead in formation, each trailing a thick, dark cloud that looked nothing like a contrail. Steven came running with the trauma bag and began stabilizing the student, but they were suddenly covered by a thick, oily substance raining down from the sky. Distracted, they paused for a moment, then looked back at the student only to see his body shudder with a dying breath. Steven checked for a pulse, checked for breathing, and, finding neither, closed the dead skydiver\u2019s eyes. Bill cursed, and Steven began gathering the medical supplies he had dumped out of the trauma bag. As they both stood to walk back to the hangar, the dead student suddenly sat upright and grabbed Bill\u2019s jumpsuit, pulling him off his feet and onto the ground. Steven could only scream as the dead student, moaning loudly, grabbed Bill and bit violently into his throat, spraying blood across the three of them. Now covered in oil and blood, Steven dropped the medic bag and ran for the hangar.\n\nI have the absolute pleasure to introduce to you today Robert Chazz Chute. An author, and blogger, with a brain that is a pit jam-packed full of useful information. Seriously, you should go sign up to his blog, it's brilliant. Anyway, he's here today to tell us about his new release. I say new, it came out last week, but it's still a baby in the world. If you're looking for well written horror, then look no further. Let's get to know him a little more before you make your mind up though.\n\nChazz.\n\nI write horror, suspense, crime novels and some non-fiction. I love twisted and twisty stories with gut-punch endings. My influences are William Goldman, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk and Kurt Vonnegut. The author of ten books, I'm a former newspaper journalist, magazine columnist and award winning writer. My bunker office is under a volcano somewhere in the Canadian Shield guarded by a clone army of ninja monkey assassins.When I'm not writing, I host the All That Chazz podcast and the Cool People Podcast. I prefer verisimilitude to reality. To improve chances of happiness, pull a book over your head. Social Media Links\n\nThis Plague Of Days Synopsis\n\nThis Plague of Days, Season 3is the finale to an ambitious dark fantasy series. Season One began with one killer virus that spreads around the globe. What\u2019s unique about the story is we see how civilization collapses. It doesn\u2019t happen overnight. More intriguing, we see the fall through the eyes of a teenaged boy on the autistic spectrum. He\u2019d rather read Latin dictionaries than fight for the future of the human race.The action takes place across continents. (Sorry about London, England! It was lovely!) As the end of the world progresses, the virus keeps evolving and life gets more dangerous for the survivors. The autistic boy is our unlikely champion against terrifying enemies, but my zombies are infected (the 28 Days Later variety of cannibal, not the rise-from-the-grave kind.) It\u2019s packed with cliffhangers and surprise twists and there\u2019s even a secret that begins in Season One that isn\u2019t revealed until the conclusion of the series. I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s the only zombie apocalypse with an autistic hero.\n\nSeason 3 Excerpt\n\nThe helicopter gunship alit like a shiny, black bug on the overgrown lawn by the Manitoba Disease Research Centre\u2019s reflecting pool. Two men in gas masks and camouflage carrying M-16s leapt out just before the machine touched the ground. They were followed by a short, thin woman in a wrinkled khaki uniform. Stepping from the helo, her big, black sunglasses made her look vaguely insectile, as if the helicopter had given birth. Private Kennefic didn\u2019t recognize the tan uniform, but he knew what the bird pins at the officer\u2019s collar meant. He gave a sharp salute. \u201cColonel!\u201d \u201cWhere is everybody, Private?\u201d Kennefic looked confused. \u201cWhere is the rest of your security team? Any Canadian Forces snipers lurking anywhere, for insurance?\u201d \u201cOur host country\u2019s forces are spread a bit thin on the ground, sir. You could fit \u2019em all in one big hockey arena, so I\u2019m it, sir. After the Brickyard attack, someone told me to take Dr. Merritt to the next available lab. This is it, sir.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Private. But they really didn\u2019t think to provide Dr. Merritt with more security?\u201d Kennefic looked like he was trying to do advanced math in his head. The colonel sighed. \u201cYou have permission to speak freely, Private.\u201d \u201cThings were\u2026in disarray in Indianapolis, sir. We were lucky to get a helo. I don\u2019t think the officer in charge thought Dr. Merritt would survive the flight so \u2014 \u201d \u201cI got it, Private. No need for your life story.\u201d \u201cSorry, sir.\u201d \u201cWhere\u2019s Merritt and his team?\u201d \u201cIn the lab, sir. It\u2019s Dr. Harper you probably want to talk to, though.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll talk to whomever I want.\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d The men accompanying the colonel looked at each other. Kennefic couldn\u2019t see their faces \u2014 even the thick lenses were tinted dark. He imagined that, under those gas masks, they were grinning at the show their ball-buster-in-command put on. They irritated Kennefic so he decided to show some spine. \u201cWhomever shall I say is coming to call, sir?\u201d \u201cColonel Dabnitz. NWO.\u201d \u201cNWO, sir? Never heard \u2014 \u201d \u201cPrivate, before the fall of my beloved United States and the rest of the world, we had more than 3,300 alphabet agencies devoted to our security. Are you familiar with all 3,300 and more of those agencies?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cWell, here we are and the expiry date on the usefulness of the box that is your head has just passed. Take me to your civilian, Private.\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d Kennefic hadn\u2019t marched in a long time, but he showed the colonel the way. He ushered them past five locked doors using his key card. His voice ID got them past the sixth lock to the lowest level, the dangerous bio-hazard lab. \u201cI\u2019ll tell them you\u2019re here, sir.\u201d \u201cNo need. We\u2019ll announce ourselves.\u201d The colonel yanked the .45 from Kennefic\u2019s holster before the private could guess anything was wrong. His first clue was the butt of a rifle cracking the bone in his forehead. His legs went loose and boneless beneath him. Kennefic collapsed against the cold wall. Helpless, he stared up as the men removed their headgear. Both of them had bright white eyes. The one who crouched over him scared him most. His breath smelled of meat and an odd metallic odor. Blood. \u201cMissed you in Indianapolis, Private.\u201d It was the smile that made Kennefic think he might lose control of his bladder. Unlike the other man, this one\u2019s canine teeth were slightly longer. Through the fog of his concussion, Kennefic took a moment to process what he was seeing. Those weren\u2019t fake, Halloween fangs. They looked sharp. \u201cNWO,\u201d the colonel said, \u201cstands for New World Order, idiot. Can I eat him now, Misericordia?\u201d \u201cSave your appetite for the docs.\u201d The intruders\u2019 eyes burned bright, more animal than man. A snippet of a half-forgotten poem heard in childhood swam to Private Tristan Kennefic just before the blood from his brain hemorrhage drowned all thought in his skull.\u2026Tiger, tiger, burning bright\u2026in the forests of the night\u2026\n\nThe stench of rotting flesh is in the air! Welcome to the Summer of Zombie Blog Tour 2014, with 33 of the best zombie authors spreading the disease in the month of June. Stop by the event page on Facebook (Click On The Picture Above) so you don't miss an interview, guest post or teaser\u2026 and pick up some great swag as well! Giveaways galore from most of the authors as well as interaction with them! #SummerZombie AND so you don't miss any of the posts in June, here's the complete list, updated daily:Summer Of Zombie Blog Tour List\n\nStevie Kopas is the Jersey Girl turned Floridian. Raised on a healthy mix of good music, horror culture and post apocalyptic films and literature - Stevie is an apocalypse enthusiast. She is an avid gamer, and yes, she thinks Xbox is better than Playstation. She is a major caffeine addict, enjoys all things horror and likes being internet stalked. The Breadwinner was Stevie\u2019s debut novel and was published in July 2013. Haven was recently released in February. In addition to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Stevie spends her time writing in the horror community as the Associate Editor of HorrorMetalSounds.com\n\nAbout Your Book\n\nWhat is your latest zombie release? Haven, Book 2 in The Breadwinner TrilogyQuick description of it (no spoilers) The survivors of The Breadwinner have barely escaped the clutches of the undead and are headed into the unknown, continuing their never ending search for solace in the post-apocalyptic landscape they were suddenly thrust into. The city of Haven, once a paradise for the living, but now crawling with the flesh hungry creatures they try so hard to elude, could be their only chance. Picking up right where book 1 left off, Haven continues the story of The Breadwinner with the addition of new territory, new characters, and new complications. The second book in The Breadwinner Trilogy will leave you stunned and bloodthirsty for the conclusion of the series. Who you once were still does not determine who you will become in the face of catastrophe, especially in Haven.Something unique about it You get to see the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the villain. From before the dead took over to after, ride the insanity train right along side her.\n\nBreadwinner Book Covers & Purchase Links\n\nNEW BOOK RELEASE!Yes, I did need to shout that. Because this lady is Hannah Trank, sister-in-law to the very talented author Tracy Ward, but even more importantly, this is Hannah's first book!It released today, and is only 99c so lets help give it a boost up those rankings! So, let me introduce her and her book - Are We Dead Yet? Born and raised in Eugene. I graduated from a local highschool in 2011 and have been out of school since. My whole world revolves around my family, pets and art. For a long time I stuck to drawing and painting, but last year decided to try a new form of art, writing. Immediately, I fell in love with it.\n\nAre We Dead Yet? Excerpt\n\n\u201cAri,\u201d Finn had my face cupped between his hands, staring intently into my eyes. \u201cAre you listening?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d I muttered. Although my eyes were aimed at him he wasn't what I was staring at. It was like I was staring through him and at our impending doom. \u201cWe're gonna be okay,\u201d he promised. \u201cWe're gonna make it.\u201d \u201cYou don't know that,\u201d I felt a single tear escape my duct and roll down my face. This was too much. I've been afraid before, but this feeling was new. This was more than fear, this was hopelessness. The feeling I've done all I could to avoid was quickly taking over. It engulfed me, trapping me in it's cold, dark clutches. \u201cListen to me carefully,\u201d he let go of my face and pulled me into his arms, squeezing tightly, \u201cyou can do this. We can do this!\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d I buried my face into his chest keeping my arms straight at my sides, \u201cnot this.\u201d \u201cShut the hell up!\u201d His deep, calming voice rouse into a stern yell. \u201cWhere's the girl from before, the girl that wanted to cave my face in for giving up, the girl that suffered so much loss but each time bounced back stronger than before? Where's the girl that went through hell and back, defined the odds and managed to find someone who everyone thought to be dead just because she had hope he was still alive? This is not the girl I know. This is not the girl I've fallen in love with!\u201d\n\nBook Blurb & Cover\n\nIt's been a year since the infection started. Ariel and her small group have been working their way up the Oregon coast line every since. It was a fairly straight routine, scavenge, kill, and sleep. Until Finn shows up bringing along with him a whole new mess of problems, proving that zombies aren't always the worst thing out there and when you combine them with what is, you get a chaotic mess of death, betrayal, and hopelessness.\n\nShana Festa was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on October 17, 1976 and grew up in Northboro, Massachusetts. She currently lives in Cape Coral, Florida with her husband and two dogs, Daphne & Casey. Shana is a registered nurse with clinical experience in mental health, geriatrics, HIV and substance abuse. In addition to her clinical background, Shana possesses over 15 years of experience with project management and data analytics. She has been heavily involved in the collection and dissemination of the ICD-10 clinical and coding analytics across multiple projects including the NCHICA ICD-10 Pilot, the HIMSS WEDI ICD-10 Pilot and commercial testing programs. Under her alter ego, The Bookie Monster, Shana reviews horror and paranormal books, with an emphasis on (but not limited to) zombie fiction. With a background in Psych Nursing, Shay brings her unique perspective to the online reading community. Introducing her own zompoc story to the genre, Shana\u2019s debut novel, Time of Death, is the first in a planned series and is scheduled for release May, 2014.\n\nTime Of Death Synopsis\n\nWhen no one or nowhere is safe, where do you go to escape the monsters? In a few short days, 37 year old Emma Rossi\u2019s hard work will finally pay off. She will don her cap and gown and graduate with a degree in nursing, but not before she loses her first patient and is confronted with a new reality. In Cape Coral, Florida, a storm approaches. The dead are coming back to life. And they\u2019re hungry. Infection ravages the Eastern Seaboard with alarming speed while attempts to contain the spread of infection fail. Within days, a small pocket of panicked survivors are all that remain of civilization. Fighting to survive the zombie apocalypse alongside her husband Jake and their dog Daphne, Emma comes face-to-face with her worst nightmare. Relying on snarky wit and sheer determination, she is forced to commit atrocious acts to protect her family and avoid joining the ranks of the undead.Time of Death is author Shana Festa's full-length novel debut.\n\nTime Of Death Cover\n\nLink to virtual release party:TIME OF DEATH RELEASE PARTY Come join the fun! We will be giving away a grand prize to the tag line winner (all day contest)Mugs, Mousepads, Gift Cards, Bookmarks, Free copies of the book and possibly more!\n\nTime Of Death Excerpt\n\nChapter 05: Buried Treasure\n\n\u201cIn the midst of what is surely the worst storm Floridians have seen all year, we are getting reports of extreme violence throughout the community. Law enforcement officials recommend all non-essential personnel remain in their homes until what they are calling \u2018civil disobedience\u2019 has been contained. We have received news that St. Vincent\u2019s hospital has been overrun with crazed citizens. Reports state that there has been an outbreak of what medical professionals have determined is a form of the rabies virus. Highly contagious through transmission of saliva and blood, this pathogen has a 100% infection rate and is believed to have originated from a female patient at St. Vincent\u2019s Hospital. The hospital has been placed under quarantine and we have been asked to direct anyone exhibiting symptoms of the infection to St. Mary\u2019s Hospital on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers.\u201cWe have received reports of similar activity from hospitals along the east coast, reaching as far north as Delaware.\u201cEarly warning signs include fever, lethargy, and respiratory distress following contact with an infected individual. Those in the late stages of infection exhibit tonic-clonic seizures, and a catatonic state, followed by severe violent episodes after waking. Folks, I realize this is going to sound crazy, but I have been instructed to tell you that these infected individuals are biting, and subsequently eating, victims. This is not a hoax. Once bitten, victims will become ill, and the infection will consume them within a matter of hours. If you come into contact with someone infected, make all attempts to isolate yourself and contact the authorities.\u201d~*~ We sat in stunned silence for minutes until Jake broke it. \u201cUm\u2026did he just tell us there is a zombie outbreak going on?\u201d He stared at me and I watched his face go through a litany of emotions from shock to disbelief. \u201cI think so,\u201d I replied, unsure even as I spoke the words. \u201cThis is a joke, right?\u201d Daphne had moved to the front door and began sniffing at the bottom corner. She backed away growling as a loud bang on the front door jolted us off the sofa and began barking wildly. \u201cJake,\u201d I whispered. \u201cI\u2019m scared.\u201d I snatched Daphne into my arms and continued to back away from the door. My heart was pounding in my chest. The fear gripped me and I suddenly found it difficult to breathe. Over the years, Jake had played tricks on me and joked about my irrational fear of zombies. Was this it? Had my worst nightmare come to fruition? I remember hearing the news last year when a guy in Miami got hopped up on bath salts and ate some other guy\u2019s face. Was this a street drug gone bad? It was then that we heard it. Above the droning of the wind and rain and the banging on the door, we heard a siren growing louder until it became so loud we were certain that it was nearby. The siren and the banging stopped all at once, and I beat Jake to the peephole in the door. A cruiser had pulled onto the front lawn, its door stood open, and a uniformed officer was standing in front of the car. He was shouting at something I couldn\u2019t see through the tiny hole and raised his gun. \u201cWhat is it?\u201d Jake asked me. \u201cIt\u2019s a cop. I think there\u2019s someone out there with him. He\u2019s got his weapon pointed at something or someone and he\u2019s yelling at them. I can\u2019t make out what he\u2019s saying.\u201d Jake nudged me out of the way to get a glimpse at the events outside. \u201cThis is ridiculous, I can\u2019t see anything. I\u2019m going out there.\u201d I grabbed for him before he could unlock the dead bolt. \u201cDon\u2019t you dare open that door,\u201d I snapped at him. An overpowering feeling of fear and anxiety came over me and I felt myself start to panic. My voice increased to an octave so shrill that I sounded like I\u2019d been sucking helium. \u201cSomeone is pointing a gun at us. Why would you give him an easy target? Don\u2019t be an idiot.\u201d \u201cBecause,\u201d Jake said, \u201cI want to know what the hell is going on. This is still my house and I want to know why he\u2019s pointing a gun at it.\u201d Jake yanked open the front door, the wind picking up the momentum and slamming it against the wall as it opened outward. The opening granted us a full view of the lawn, the cop, and the man approaching him. Daphne was squirming under my arm, growling with a ferocity I\u2019d never seen. \u201cStop right there, or I\u2019ll shoot!\u201d yelled the officer. For a minute, I thought he was talking to us. We both froze. But the man walking towards him kept moving, and I realized the gun was trained on him. The officer was visibly shaking. I could see the panic in his eyes all the way across the lawn. I squeezed past Jake to get a better view of the scene. I hadn\u2019t noticed while looking through the peep-hole, but there were chunks of something stuck in the cars radiator. I realized it was hair and flesh. The rain caused blood to trail down the grill and end in a pink puddle on the lawn. I let loose a gasp of horror, my hand flying up to cover my mouth and muffle the sound while my eyes strained to take in the detail. The man was still walking toward the cop. Not really walking, but sort of shuffled along like he was a baby taking his first steps. His arms outstretched, he shambled closer. His back was to Jake and I and his white polo shirt and jeans were smeared in mud. The gunshot snapped me out of my shock and I screamed. The man stumbled back but regained his balance and kept going. Three more shots rang out in succession and the man\u2019s head snapped back as he went limp and fell onto the muddy lawn. The officer lowered his gun, hand trembling, and walked closer to the man lying dead in our yard. He stared down at the body, emotion unreadable, as Jake and I crept closer. The body lay still, creating a barrier between us and the cop. The top of his head was a mess of bone and shredded brain matter. The eyes, forever open, were clouded white, pupils radiating out with red spider-like blood vessels, and the skin surrounding them was nearly black and sunken. His skin was taut and mottled with death. His torso though, that was where I saw the real carnage. The man\u2019s shirt had been torn nearly the entire length of its flimsy cotton, together only at the neck band, and was saturated with blood. His chest cavity had been ravaged and was empty of what one would consider vital organs. Flesh was flayed from bone and left his ribs exposed. I backed away, feeling sick to my stomach, and couldn\u2019t hold back the vomit. I threw up until I was kneeling on the grass dry heaving stomach acid, one hand pushed into the wet earth to hold me up and the other clutching the dog. Jake and the cop stood motionless, staring down in disbelief at what had once been a man. \u201cWhat is going on?\u201d Jake asked the cop. Officer Donnelly, according to the name badge located over his left breast pocket, pulled himself together and said, \u201cYou need to get somewhere safe. The main parts of town have been overrun with\u2026whatever this is.\u201d He waved his gun hand in the direction of the dead body. \u201cStay inside, lock your doors and do not open them for anyone. And if you can\u2019t stay hidden, if they get in, get in your car and drive.\u201d \u201cWhere? If town isn\u2019t safe, where can we go?\u201d I was shaking all over as Jake helped me to my feet, and my words came out as a stutter. The cop looked up at me sullenly. \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d He walked back towards his car and was about to say something when we heard the sound of a blood-curdling scream coming from down the street. We all whipped around to face the noise and scanned the neighborhood. The screams continued for a few seconds, then nothing. I squinted to see in the distance and could make out a group of three people huddled on the ground in front of a house at the end of the street. I wiped the rain from my eyes and squinted as the scene came into focus. They were eating someone. Possibly someone we knew. They ripped at their victim like they were digging for buried treasure. A scream escaped me as I raised my hands to cover my mouth. One of the huddled group snapped its head in the air, cocked it to one side and listened. It angled its neck back, and lifted its nose in the air. A short scream sounded further down the street and the head snapped to the left like a bird seeking prey. The zombie lumbered awkwardly to its feet, and began moving in the direction of the new noise. The radio squawked from the police car, pulling us all from our rubbernecking trance, and I turned back to Officer Donnelly. \u201cWatch out!\u201d I screamed. Four figures had crested the embankment behind him. They were close enough to him that they would be on him in seconds. The first-a female-looked as if she had lost a battle with a wild animal. Wearing nothing but what once had been a pink negligee; her lower jaw had been torn right from her face. Blood dripped down her neck, staining the negligee, and her tongue, now black, was matted to the side of her neck. She emitted a dry rasping moan as she reached for him. He managed to get one shot off, taking her down, before the other three were on him. He turned, only to land on the hood of his car and plead for help as he attempted to scratch his way over the hood to safety. His grip on the gun failed. It fell to the hood like a brick and slid off the front of the car into the mud. One of the monsters managed to get hold of his kicking legs and dragged him back. Officer Donnelly let out a howl of pain as its teeth sunk into the meaty skin of his calf. I saw his eyes then, staring straight into mine. Begging with an unspoken appeal to for help. Nails digging into the paint of the hood, he disappeared from view as they yanked him off the hood and began to feast. I stumbled back and nearly fell over Jake as I backed away from the grisly scene. My head moved side to side like a yo-yo and I heard the splash of feet in a puddle to my right. Coming around the house was another one; it was leaning on the house as it walked towards me. One of its arms had been torn off at the elbow and its face was so mangled that I couldn\u2019t decipher gender. I grabbed Jake\u2019s arm and ran to the front door. Slamming it hard and locking the dead bolt, I slid down to the ground with my back to the door. I was hyperventilating. My vision was blurry and I saw spots. I realized I was sobbing, and Jake had his arms around me making soft cooing noises to calm me down. He held me close and told me everything would be okay. I shoved him away, fueled by a panicked rage. \u201cNothing is okay Jake. A man just got eaten on our front lawn. There are zombies running around eating people. So tell me, how the fuck will this be okay?\u201d Pushing him aside, I stood up and looked through the peephole. \u201cOh, God, no,\u201d I whispered. A pack of them were heading straight for the door, trailed by a reanimated Officer Donnelly. The lower half of his leg had been ripped off, and the bone was jutting out from below his knee like someone had picked it clean. Daphne started to bark again, this time focused on the back of the house. I picked her up and turned to see a man standing at the sliding glass door. He didn\u2019t try to open it with the handle. He just kept hitting the glass with his head; leaving smears of blood across the clean glass. Spider web cracks were appearing in the glass and were spreading with each impact. At the same time, the group at the front door was causing the door frame to bow with the sheer force of their weight. \u201cThe doors won\u2019t hold. We need to get to the garage!\u201d As he said it, he grabbed me and looked me in the eyes. \u201cEmma, we need to get out of here.\u201d We ran toward the garage, and made it to the kitchen before the glass door shattered. The zombie was in the house. Mere feet away, I could smell its decaying flesh as we ran for our lives. Blood oozed from a neck wound and it let out a wet gurgle. \u201cJake! The Keys!\u201d \u201cGo,\u201d Jake said. \u201cGet in the car. I\u2019m right behind you.\u201d He shoved me through the door and closed it behind me. \u201cJAKE!\u201d I screamed at the top of my lungs. I could hear muffled struggles from the other side of the door as I panicked from the thought of losing him. At once, I knew what I needed to do. I ran to the car and opened the door. Dropping Daphne on the driver\u2019s seat I reached under it and groped around for the crowbar I always kept handy. My father grew up on the outskirts of Boston, and it had been ingrained into me at an early age to always be able to defend myself in a carjacking. Finding my prize, I yanked it out and hefted the weight in my hands. I closed Daphne in the car and ran back to the garage door. Flinging it open, I saw Jake pinned to the kitchen floor by the zombie. He had his hands up under its throat and was using the leverage to keep it from biting him. Like a banshee I raced into the kitchen, crowbar held over my head and brought it down on the zombie\u2019s head. Again and again I struck it until it slumped over to one side and lay still. Jake lay on his back, panting. Rivulets of sweat beaded off his forehead, and blood splatter stained the front of his shirt and face. \u201cMy legs are pinned. Help me roll him off.\u201d We got him out from under the dead thing and I helped him to his feet, clutching him in a tight embrace as I cried into his chest. \u201cDon\u2019t ever,\u201d I sucked in a wheezing gasp, stricken with terror. \u201cLeave me again.\u201d I panted. \u201cI won\u2019t, baby,\u201d he mumbled into my hair. He held up his hand, keys dangling. \u201cLet\u2019s get out of here. The front door is about\u2026\u201d I\u2019m quite certain his next words would have been to give\u2026because that\u2019s exactly what happened. The door splintered inward and through the doorway stumbled in one disgusting vision after another. We hauled ass back to the garage. No way did I need to be told twice."}
-{"text": "Husband (or Husbands), Herman (or Hermon, Harman)\n\nby Mark H. Jones, 1988\n\n3 Oct. 1724\u2013Ca. June 1795\n\nHerman (or Hermon, Harman) Husband (or Husbands), legislator, county official, planter, surveyor, miner, pamphleteer, and social radical, was born in Cecil County, Md., the son of William and Mary Husband, wealthy slave-owning planters and the parents of eleven or twelve children. His early education consisted of tutoring at or near the farm of his maternal Dutch grandfather, Herman Kinkey. Husband also read extensively throughout life. His probated inventory notes around eight hundred pamphlets and eighteen \"Bound Books\" in his estate.\n\nAlthough his parents belonged to the Anglican church, Husband joined a New Side Presbyterian congregation after hearing evangelist George Whitefield in 1740. After quarreling with the congregation's elders, he joined the Society of Friends at East Nottingham. Husband wrote about his religious odyssey in a pamphlet entitled Some Remarks on Religion in 1750. By that year his first wife, whose last name may have been Cox, had died leaving three children. Also in 1750 he received lands in Cecil and Baltimore counties from his parents and traveled to Barbados. In 1751 he spent time in Bladen County, N.C. Back in Maryland, Husband served from 1752 to 1754 on numerous committees appointed by the Friends at East Nottingham to enforce discipline, and in 1753 as overseer of the Deer Creek Preparative Meeting in Baltimore County.\n\nIn the fall of 1754, Husband traveled through the backcountry of North Carolina as agent for a land company composed of farmers and artisans from Pennsylvania and Maryland. In the Granville District he looked over lands and met with settlers in Orange and Rowan counties. Acting on rumors of fraud, he went to Earl Granville's land office in Edenton and examined the records. He also petitioned Governor Arthur Dobbs and the Assembly, arguing against appropriations and legal sanctions for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. In 1755 Husband went back to Maryland but returned to North Carolina when he discovered that no member of the land company wanted to journey southward. He purchased two lots in Corbinton (later Hillsborough) on which he built a temporary residence. From 1755 to 1762 he acquired more than 10,000 acres in Orange and Rowan counties and moved to land along Sandy Creek.\n\nHusband raised wheat, surveyed and sold land, and set up a public gristmill, but in 1759 he resettled in Maryland and managed the Fountain Copper Works in Frederick County. In 1762 he returned to Sandy Creek and married Mary Pugh, a member of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. She probably died before 1765. Husband participated in county government as an overseer of Sandy Creek in 1764 and on a road jury in 1765. In January 1764, the Monthly Meeting disowned him as a result of a dispute over the society's discipline. The following year he married Amy (\"Emey\") Allen, nineteen years younger, who was also disowned for marrying out of unity.\n\nInfluenced by the Stamp Act protest, Husband and other Sandy Creek farmers formed an association in 1766 to seek a solution to civil corruption, but the organization collapsed due to official intimidation. He did not join the new reformers, the Regulators, in 1768, although he served as their spokesman and pamphleteer. In May 1768 Colonel Edmund Fanning and others seized Husband and William Butler and jailed them at Hillsborough as suspected organizers of the renewed \"insurgency.\" After a crowd assembled near the town, Fanning released the prisoners. Husband also appeared in the Hillsborough Riots of September 1770, but his role remains unclear. He served as assemblyman for Orange County in 1769 and 1770 but was expelled during the latter session and imprisoned in New Bern for allegedly libeling Maurice Moore, Jr., for threatening the Assembly, and for initiating the revolt. He remained incarcerated until February 1771 before being acquitted by a grand jury. Husband wrote two defenses of himself and the Regulators, An Impartial Relation of the First Rise and Cause of the Recent Differences in Publick Affairs and A Continuation of the Impartial Relation, both in 1770.\n\nPrior to the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771, Husband attempted to arrange a truce but left after negotiations collapsed. He then fled, a proscribed traitor, through Maryland into western Pennsylvania under the name \"Toscape Death.\" Although his properties in North Carolina were confiscated, he began another estate in Bedford County, Pa., where his family settled in 1772. All Regulators and outlawed leaders except Husband were pardoned by Governor Josiah Martin in 1775.\n\nHusband supported the American Revolution and the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776. In September of that year the state convention appointed him to the Bedford County Board of Commissioners and Assessors, and in 1777\u201378 he represented his county in the legislature, publishing a paper money scheme and urging Quakers to support the state constitution. He also informed the state war board of the location of lead deposits that were mined for ammunition production.\n\nIn 1779 Husband believed he saw the New Jerusalem rising west of the Alleghenies. Until his death he mapped out the heavenly city according to the Book of Ezekiel and his own observations gathered on trips through the mountains. He also wrote about the coming of this western New Jerusalem, which he thought fulfilled God's plan to provide small farmers and artisans with land and political democracy. He composed pamphlets proposing alternatives to the federal Constitution and Secretary Alexander Hamilton's financial policies, offering a plan for peace with the Indians, and praising the French Revolution as the final stage before a republican millenium. Many of these ideas were also inserted in articles Husband wrote under the name \"Allegheny Philosopher\" for Andrew Ellicott's Maryland and Virginia Almanack from 1781 to 1792. In addition, Husband prepared designs for internal transportation improvements. His civil services included surveying Brunerstown (later Somerset), Pa., and serving as Bedford county commissioner (1786) and as state representative (1790).\n\nFrom 1793 to 1795 Husband apparently participated as a moderate in the Whiskey Rebellion, a western Pennsylvania revolt against Secretary Hamilton's excise on whiskey. As a Bedford County delegate, he attended the meeting at Parkinson's Ferry in 1794 and served on a resolutions committee with Albert Gallatin, H. H. Brackenridge, and David Bradford. He was also appointed to committees that negotiated with state and federal commissioners. In 1795 federal troops arrested Husband and sent him with other rebels to stand trial in Philadelphia. He was acquitted and pardoned by President George Washington due to the intercession of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Dr. David Caldwell, and North Carolina senators Alexander Martin and Timothy Bloodworth. Husband died in a tavern outside Philadelphia, allegedly from an illness contracted in prison. His burial place is unknown. He was survived by his wife Amy and eight children.\n\nReferences:\n\nWilliam K. Boyd, ed., Some Eighteenth Century Tracts Concerning North Carolina (1927).\n\nDAB, vol. 10 (1946).\n\nA. Roger Ekirch, \"'A New Government of Liberty': Herman Husband's Vision of Backcountry North Carolina, 1755,\" William and Mary Quarterly 34 (October 1977).\n\nComments\n\nWhen I found that my Youngblood ancestor was listed on the Regulator list...I said ? What is that? Then I found and was impressed that his land plat was near Herman Husband (maybe not now since I see Husband had 10,000 acres). I now have a better understanding of my genes...as a county Tea Party President... Husband's speeches sound so much the same as mine and ours today. If there is someone in your organization who would answer questions on the Regulators...I have some detail questions that I am unable to answer regarding the counties and the list. Thank you\n\nIf you would like to research more about the Regulators, I'm including a link to our reference librarian contact information here at the Government & Heritage Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact.html. Our librarians will be able to help you get started researching topics in North Carolina history. 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-{"text": "Growing up in the desert taught me to look for beauty and wisdom in not-so-obvious people and places. These are my reflections as I try to live into that lesson in my family, in my church, in my politics and in the world.\n\nAs I don\u2019t doubt you\u2019ve been reminded a dozen times, each Advent the Church takes up anew her centuries-old task of telling the story of her Savior in her life of prayer, the year-long sequence of feast and fast between Advent I each year and Christ the King the next. I\u2019ve heard it said that the first great feast of that cycle is Christmas, and sure enough the church\u2019s canons say Episcopalians must celebrate the birth of Jesus or lose their \u201cgood standing\u201d status. The canons don\u2019t give us much advice on checking that all out, of course, but in any case Christmas is the first big milestone on the path of liturgical prayer each year.\n\nLet\u2019s not, however, forget Advent and its messages, something really easy to do when you live where people put up Christmas trees the day after Thanksgiving and plunge like lemmings into the annual orgy of belligerent acquisition that has become the way far too much of the world takes notice of the birth of that Jesus fellow. Advent reminds of the world without Jesus, before Jesus, no Jesus. Percolate that thought a little while. And in that realm we run into the figure who straddles the abyss between life without a savior and life with one: John the Baptist. Used to be, the Prayer Book gave us John the Baptist on Advent II and the Blessed Virgin on Advent III. But since They Changed Everything, we get the crusty, pungent fellow to deal with not just one Sunday but two. In a row. The Virgin can wait her turn!\n\nJOHN THE BAPTIST \u2013 TITIAN 1487Galleria dell\u2019Accademia, Venice\n\nIf we can believe Luke, Jesus and John were cousins, close cousins though whether first or second or third-down-from-the-longest-and-strongest double half cousins twice removed can\u2019t be established. John\u2019s the babe that leapt in his mother Elizabeth\u2019s womb when her youthful\u2014and pregnant\u2014kinswoman Mary came to visit her in the hill country\u2014cooler, you see? John\u2019s birth was not quite the bash Jesus\u2019 turned out to be, but his Old Pap Zechariah did brast forth with a hymn of thanksgiving for the boy\u2019s birth that enriches our prayer life today as the beloved canticle Benedictus Dominus Deus (Luke 1:68-79).\n\nBy the time we run onto John again, he\u2019s about thirty and making a world of trouble, gone into the freelance propheting business\u2014Israel\u2019s always worked alive with them\u2014running around just outside the city limits, gathering crowds, and telling them: \u201cHey! HEY!! Looka here! Thissaway! Turn around. Repent. Come be baptized to show your sins are forgiven. And look out, because the Kingdom of God is just blowin\u2019 in all over the place!\u201d Well, that\u2019s what he said. Look it up. And he was not socially acceptable. I mean, he ate bugs and wore animal skins. My friend Owanah and I were looking at paintings of him, and about one she asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s that little critter he\u2019s feeding?\u201d I had to say, \u201cHe ain\u2019t feedin\u2019 it. He\u2019s wearin\u2019 it.\u201d That\u2019s the fellow who gets to be the first one to show Jesus to the rest of the world. God\u2019s thoughts are not ours.\n\nA couple of things before we go any farther. The way we use the word repent it means feeling very sorry for something you just got caught doing. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that as far as it goes, but that\u2019s only a minor subset of what the word actually means. The Aramaic word shuv that John used means turn smooth around and go the other way. Look the other way. The other way. Another way. John was asking people to forget all the superstructure of their religion, all the gesture and rite, all the sin counting, all the hope that God would soon ride in on a tall, mean horse and vindicate them. \u201cForget all about that,\u201d he said. \u201cShuv! Turn around. Look the other way. Look this way!\u201d\n\nSecond, some folks think John\u2019s the one who invented baptism, which is not even nearly so. The Greek word we get baptism from just means washing, and the Jews were big on washing up before they went to church. Remember: ours is a desert born religion, and they don\u2019t have lotsa water in the desert. The act of washing, part of the old holiness code, was in its origins very expensive, using up some of the rarest and most precious stuff they had, a real sacrifice. By the time John comes along, of course, the Jerusalem religious establishment has all the water it needs, but they were still big on washing, baptism. Solomon had a vast basin of water, a kind of Holy Cistern, installed in the temple precincts to get the smelly masses scrubbed up. John didn\u2019t invent baptism, but he did use baptism as a sign of the forgiveness of sins. That was new.\n\nNow, we customarily say John was the last of the Jewish prophets, though our Jewish and Muslim confreres don\u2019t agree. Today you heard readings from two other Old Testament prophets, one from Baruch, another from Isaiah quoted by John, and both those messages were about return and restoration, the children of Israel coming home from somewhere, coming back to Jerusalem, and so magnificent is that homecoming that the hills fall down flat so God\u2019s Israel can just stroll home on level ground. No rough places. Smooth sailing all the way. Now, the fact is that both Baruch and Isaiah were talking about something quite specific: after decades of captivity in Babylon, the descendants of the first captives were coming back to Jerusalem. The King of Persia was paying their way home on first class tickets, and when they got there they had permission to rebuild their temple and go right back to the religion his royal predecessors had tried to blot from the face of the earth. And so the prophets at the time, watching and waiting and wondering, burst forth in exultant hymns of rejoicing and triumph. We\u2019re going home! And when we get home, we\u2019re going to rebuild the church house and start praying, and then everything will be just hunky dory. Since they were, in their opinion, the only people on the planet God cared about, they\u2019d soon show the world How These Things Are Done!\n\nOf course, that didn\u2019t happen. Things went from bad to worse. First this, then that, then the next invader conquered Palestine\u2014Egyptians, Syrians, Greeks, Romans. Take a number. By the time John shows up four centuries later, their religion has descended into a murky guilt management system which promised them that wunna these days, by golly, God\u2019s gonna take a hand and kick out all our oppressors and then we\u2019ll show \u2018em How These Things Are Done. No progress.\n\nNow, if things were so bad off when John gets the preaching bug, what on earth was he talking about? What specific incident prompted him to stand up and say, \u201cLooka here! Your sins are forgiven. The Kingdom of Heaven is bustin\u2019 out all over!\u201d His predecessor prophets had the Persian king\u2019s amnesty to fuel their hope, but what on earth was John looking at? What drove him nutty, so nutty he risked his life with a bunch of foolishness about the Kingdom of God? It\u2019s for sure nothing was happening in history that could have encouraged him. The only conclusion I can draw is he was looking at the same thing you and I have been looking at for some time now: Jesus. I mean, the minute he got people looking his way and splashing in the Jordan and hoping for the Kingdom, the first thing he did was point away from himself and point at Jesus: \u201cThere he is. He\u2019s the one. That\u2019s the lamb of God. Listen to him.\u201d For the life of me, I can\u2019t imagine anything else that prompted him but Jesus\u2014and I mean Jesus first-hand.\n\nWhen I try to figure out John\u2019s motivation, I can\u2019t help recalling the cousins story. I mean, John had to know Jesus, had to know everything you and I know about Jesus and just a whole lot more. He had to know that Jesus was really really different, really really onto something that would change history, would surely change the way people think and pray and live about and with God. All the sweetness and meekness and kindness and irresistible love, to say nothing of the Stand Up Guy Jesus who took on the most powerful people in his world without hesitation, John had to know about, had been drawn to, had talked and prayed and argued with. That\u2019s what young people do, especially earnest young people working out the way they live with God. And years of such spiritual \u2018rassling with Jesus had convinced John that . . . well . . . what he said: \u201cThere he is. Jesus. He\u2019s the one. Listen to him.\u201d\n\nSo, what do you guess it was John saw in Jesus that turned him around. What do you see in Jesus that keeps you turned around? A lot the same things, I figure, though I also figure that Jesus has shown each of you things about himself he hasn\u2019t shown anybody else. I mean, that\u2019s the way God counts, isn\u2019t it? One. One. One. One. Each of us has seen things in Jesus that turned us around, keep us turned around, and those things must be pretty special. What do you suppose?\n\nIt\u2019s not as if the world knew nothing about God before Jesus or as if God somehow pupated into something new that Jesus came to announce. It\u2019s not God that needed changing. The Jews knew a lot about God, in fact. Among other things they knew God is the source of life, powerful beyond conceiving, righteous\u2014which means, in the struggle between what we call good and evil (a far more complicated matter than right and wrong, since those change) God\u2019s on the side of good\u2014and that God\u2019s on the prowl, immanent, busy among us, cares about us. The Jews knew all that. And that\u2019s a lot. What did Jesus add to that for John? For you?\n\nI think Jesus sorta kinda re-draws the picture of God and does that just by being himself, who he is. We believe Jesus is God incarnate, that God loves us so much that he became one of us\u2014which is scandalous to many\u2014and that when we look at Jesus we see God whole, all of God. And who, what is God? God is love. That\u2019s a word that\u2019ll slip out from under ya if you\u2019re not careful, but let\u2019s specify at least one critical aspect of God\u2019s being that Jesus announced, lived, was: self-sacrificing love, self-denying love, self-abnegating love. You first love. Me last love. The kind that even the Baptist embodied when he said of his cuz, \u201cThat\u2019s the one. I\u2019m nobody. I will vanish. He\u2019s first. I\u2019m not worth taking his dirty shoes out to clean.\u201d The kind of love that in simple terms says \u201cYou first\u201d in a busy store and says, \u201cHere, y\u2019all kill me and leave them alone\u201d in more challenging moments. Now, that was new. Isaiah talked of the Suffering Servant; Jesus was that love. That\u2019s one.\n\nAnother, I reckon, was the revelation that the way God wants us to serve him is not chopping up livestock on an altar but rather going to the little, the lonely, the lost, the least of \u201cthese my brethren,\u201d and giving them the shirts off our backs. Literally. That\u2019s new. Amos warned about mistreating the helpless; Jesus was one of them, lived with them, sought their company.\n\nAnd another. With the baptism John preached, Jesus shows us that God is not mad at us, indeed that God loves us so much that he\u2019s somehow overcome, forgiven, all the weakness and foolishness and wickedness and sloth we slosh around in most of the time. John\u2019s baptism was not a trick, not something to do so God would do something else. Baptism, Christian baptism, is not the way we elicit a Pavlovian response from God: \u201cOkay, God? Watchin? We\u2019ve got one, right here, about to dunk him. You watchin? Gonna wipe away them sins?\u201d We don\u2019t baptize to get God to do something; we baptize because God has already done something. And that was new. Even more amazing was Jesus\u2019 promise that when we live baptized, forgiven lives and clothe ourselves in that self-sacrificing love that feeds hungry people and loves people who aren\u2019t worth shooting, why, when we do that Jesus binds us to himself and promises that where he is we will be. With him. Forever. Jesus is a walking RSVP invitation to life in the Kingdom of God. Mercy. Is it any surprise John had to tell somebody?\n\nSo this Advent, let\u2019s ponder the Baptist a little, and let\u2019s give thanks for his knowledge of Jesus, for the love that made him say, \u201cNot me. That one.\u201d And let\u2019s thank God for the forerunners who showed Jesus to us. Your walk with the Lord may have started at your grandmother\u2019s knee; it may have started in a brawl in a saloon; it happens all over the place, all the time, right this red hot minute. There is a world not forty yards from where you\u2019re sitting that knows very little about Jesus, lives in a boiling kettle of anger and fear and frustration and violence, and does that world ever need somebody to point it to Jesus.\n\nThis Advent ask St. John to fill you with his excitement, fill you so full you can\u2019t keep quiet about it. Hope for the day when you can be the smelly ol\u2019 hide-clad, bug eating weirdo who shows Jesus to someone worse off than you are. Maybe you\u2019ve already had that blessed chance. If you have, do it again. And if you haven\u2019t, as the Advent prayers teach us, be alert, be aware, keep your eyes open. Some day, somewhere, you\u2019ll be the one whose turn it is to shout, \u201cHey! Looka here! You\u2019ve got options. Forget all you\u2019ve heard about how bad you are. Your sins are forgiven. And look at that one, Jesus, the Lamb of God. He\u2019s the one. Listen to him!\u201d\n\nI never imagined the Archbishop of Canterbury would remind me of my grandson, but then I never imagined the Archbishop of Canterbury would so cave in to threats that he would resort to them himself.\n\nMy grandson Gavin is five years old.\n\nLike all young children, one of the biggest events of his young life is his birthday, or more specifically, his birthday party.\n\nTo his mind it is the grandest most excellent event one can imagine, and therefore, an invitation to this event is a prize beyond price.\n\nBecause we adults who adore Gavin are not idiots, we say \u201cno\u201d to him when he asks to do something that\u2019s dangerous or inappropriate, or wants something of us we are not prepared to give to him.\n\nAs a result, Gavin sometimes gets really really really really really angry with us. When this happens, he pulls out his ultimate threat: \u201cIf you don\u2019t do what I want, I won\u2019t love you anymore and I won\u2019t invite you to my birthday party! So there!\u201d\n\nWhich brings me to Williams\u2019 statement about the historic election of the Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool as bishop suffragan of the diocese. [Glasspool\u2019s election was preceded by another historic election, that of the first woman bishop suffragan in the diocese, the Rev. Canon Diane Jardine Bruce.]\n\nIf you have somehow missed this fact, in addition to being a superbly qualified candidate for bishop, Glasspool is also honest and open about the fact that she\u2019s been living in a committed relationship with her partner Becki Sander for 22 years.\n\nHere\u2019s what Williams wrote:\n\n\u201cThe election of Mary Glasspool by the Diocese of Los Angeles as suffragan bishop elect raises very serious questions not just for the Episcopal Church and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole.\n\n\u201cThe process of selection however is only part complete. The election has to be confirmed, or could be rejected, by diocesan bishops and diocesan standing committees. That decision will have very important implications.\n\n\u201cThe bishops of the Communion have collectively acknowledged that a period of gracious restraint in respect of actions which are contrary to the mind of the Communion is necessary if our bonds of mutual affection are to hold.\u201d\n\nParaphrased this means, \u201cif you don\u2019t do what I want and refuse to consent to this election, I won\u2019t love you anymore and I won\u2019t invite you my Lambeth party.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s a threat, folks, and interference in our polity that is breathtaking in its arrogance. What\u2019s more, any \u201cbonds of affection\u201d that can only hold if bolstered by threats don\u2019t have much to do with affection and a lot to do with bondage.\n\nThe Episcopal Church at General Convention made a very clear statement about where we are on the issue of human sexuality and priests and bishops in Resolution D024. We are committed to the Anglican Communion AND we are committed to following our canons.\n\nSo here\u2019s some questions for the bishops and Standing Committees of the Episcopal Church:\n\nAre we going to consent to the election of bishops based on the gifts they bring to the church, or are we going to consent to their election based on threats from bishops in other Provinces, including the Archbishop of Canterbury?\n\nAnd if we give in to this threat in the guise of exercising \"gracious restraint,\" what kind of communion will we find ourselves part of? And at what price?\n\nFriday, December 04, 2009\n\nToday is my birthday, and below is one of the best presents I could have gotten. Our presiding bishop has spoken out forcefully and clearly against a bill being proposed by a member of the Ugandan parliamant that would introduce the death penalty for \"aggravated homosexuality,\" which includes assault against people under the age of 18 and those with disabilities, and propose a seven-year jail term for anyone who \"attempts to commit the offence\" or who \"aids, abets, counsels or procures another to engage in acts of homosexuality.\"\n\nEarlier, Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of Deputies, also spoke out against the legislation. Her letter is posted below.\n\nI give thanks for two such strong leaders.------------------------------\n\n[December 4, 2009] The following is the statement of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori concerning proposed private member\u2019s bill on homosexuality in the Parliament of Uganda:\n\n--------------------The Episcopal Church joins many other Christians and people of faith in urging the safeguarding of human rights everywhere. We do so in the understanding that \u201cefforts to criminalize homosexual behavior are incompatible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ\u201d (General Convention 2006, Resolution D005).\n\nThis has been the repeated and vehement position of Anglican bodies, including several Lambeth Conferences. The Primates\u2019 Meeting, in the midst of severe controversy over issues of homosexuality, nevertheless noted that, as Anglicans, \u201cwe assure homosexual people that they are children of God, loved and valued by him, and deserving of the best we can give of pastoral care and friendship\u201d (Primates\u2019 Communiqu\u00e9, Dromantine, 2005).\n\nThe Episcopal Church represents multiple and varied cultural contexts (the United States and 15 other nations), and as a Church we affirm that the public scapegoating of any category of persons, in any context, is anathema. We are deeply concerned about the potential impingement on basic human rights represented by the private member\u2019s bill in the Ugandan Parliament.\n\nIn the United States and elsewhere, we note that changed laws do help to shift public opinion and urge a more humane response to difference. The Hate Crimes Act recently passed in the United States is one example, as are the many pieces of civil rights legislation that have slowly changed American public behavior, especially in the area of race relations. We note the distance our own culture still needs to travel in removing discriminatory practice from social interactions, yet we have also seen how changed hearts and minds have followed legal sanctions on discriminatory behavior.\n\nWe give thanks for the clear position of the United States government on human rights, for the State Department\u2019s annual human rights report on Uganda, which observes that the existing colonial-era law on same-sex relations is a societal abuse of human rights, and for the State Department\u2019s publicly voiced opposition to the present bill. We urge the United States government to grant adequate access to the U.S. asylum system for those fleeing persecution on the basis of homosexuality or gender identity, to work with other governments, international organizations, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide adequate protection for these asylum seekers, and to oppose any attempts at extradition under a law such as that proposed in Uganda.\n\nFinally, we note that much of the current climate of fear, rejection, and antagonism toward gay and lesbian persons in African nations has been stirred by members and former members of our own Church. We note further that attempts to export the culture wars of North America to another context represent the very worst of colonial behavior. We deeply lament this reality, and repent of any way in which we have participated in this sin.\n\nWe call on all Episcopalians to seek their own conversion toward an ability to see the image of God in the face of every neighbor, of whatever race, gender, sexual orientation, theological position, or creed. God has created us in myriad diversity, and no one sort or condition of human being can fully reflect the divine. Only the whole human race begins to be an adequate mirror of the divine.\n\nWe urge continued prayer for those who live in fear of the implications of this kind of injustice and discrimination, and as a Church, commit ourselves anew to seek partnerships with the Church of Uganda, or any portion thereof, in serving the mission of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That Gospel is larger than any party or faction. It is only in mutual service and recognition that we will begin to mend our divisions.\n\nWe are grateful for the willingness of the Anglican Communion Office and Lambeth Palace to hear this plea on behalf of all God\u2019s people, and urge their continued assistance in seeking greater justice. We note the impediments this legislation would pose to the ability to continue a Listening Process in which all of the Anglican Communion is currently engaged.\n\nThe Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding BishopThe Episcopal Church\n\nEarlier President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson wrote this letter:\n\nNovember 25, 2009To the Co-conveners of the Chicago Consultation:\n\nThank you for your letter of November 19, regarding the so-called Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently under consideration in the Ugandan Parliament.\n\nAs deputies, you know that in 2006, our House overwhelmingly passed Resolution D005, condemning the criminalization of homosexuality. The House of Bishops concurred. I believed then, as I believe now, that in passing this legislation we were being faithful to our Baptismal Covenant, in which we pledge to \u201cstrive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.\u201d\n\nThe Ugandan bill not only makes consensual sexual activity punishable by death, it imposes a reporting requirement on those who know about such activity. It is a terrible violation of the human rights of an already persecuted minority. More egregiously, it is an attempt to use the authority of the state to deprive individuals of their God-given dignity, and to isolate them from the care and concern of their fellow human beings.\n\nThe Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is scheduled to meet by teleconference on the afternoon of December 7 to discuss our Church\u2019s response to this hateful legislation. I hope and believe that a vigorous statement will be forthcoming, and that I will be able to support this statement wholeheartedly.\n\nIn the meantime, please know that I appreciate your efforts and those of the other committed people who have brought this issue to the attention of our church.Peace,Bonnie Anderson, D.D.President, The House of Deputies----------------\n\nTuesday, December 01, 2009\n\nDIOCESE OF FORT WORTH TO ORDAIN SECOND WOMAN AS PRIESTClayOla Gitane had to leave the diocesein order to pursue her call to ordination\n\nThe rejoicing continues in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth as preparations are made for the ordination of Deacon ClayOla Gitane to the priesthood at 10 AM Saturday Dec. 5 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 3401 Bellaire Drive South, Fort Worth, 76109. She will be the second woman ordained to the priesthood in this diocese.\n\nShe is one of more than fifteen women who over the years have had to leave the diocese in order to be ordained priests because all the bishops of Fort Worth prior to 2009 opposed the ordination of women. With God\u2019s help, she will be the last.\n\nShe will become priest in charge of two congregations that have been temporarily displaced from their buildings \u2013 Christ the King, now worshipping at St. Giles Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall), 8700 Chapin Road, Fort Worth; and the Episcopal Church in Parker County which includes members from St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church (Willow Park), All Saints' Episcopal Church (Weatherford) and the Church of the Holy Apostles (Fort Worth). They worship at McCall Elementary School, 400 Scenic Trail in Willow Park.\n\nThis also is a significant event for Trinity Episcopal Church, because the Rev. Gitane was a member at Trinity in 2001 when she resumed her exploration of her powerful call to the priesthood. She eventually had to leave the diocese, first to go to Dallas and then to go to the Diocese of Olympia [Washington] to pursue her call to ordination.\n\nShe will be ordained by the Rt. Rev. Bavi Edna \"Nedi\" Rivera, who was elected in May 2004 as bishop suffragan of Olympia. Bishop Rivera is the first Hispanic woman bishop and the 12th woman bishop in the Episcopal Church. In May 2009, she became the Provisional Bishop of Eastern Oregon. The Rt. Rev. C. Wallis Ohl, provisional bishop of Fort Worth, also will participate in the ordination.\n\nWhat has this years-long process and exile meant to Deacon Gitane?\n\n\u201cIt meant learning to stand with others who are outcasts. It meant seeing the Gospel as intrinsically inclusive and standing on that knowledge. It meant learning how to live as a Christian witness and learning that I am willing to seem `different\u2019 as I live out my faith. It meant learning just what I would give up for my vocation. It meant feeling the worst I could feel, but also having some of the best fun of my life. And it meant rejoicing in the grace and miracles worked by God,\u201d she said.\n\nClayOla GitaneClayOla Gitane grew up in the Episcopal Church and was confirmed in 1969 at the Church of St. Mary in Lompoc, California. Some of her earliest memories are of that church.\n\n\u201cI remember kneeling in the pew, caught up in the reassurance and complexity of the liturgy, watching dust float down from the windows, smelling the incense, looking at the light fall through the stained glass. I loved the freeing and fulfilling structure, the round of seasons and ceremony that offer a joy that will weather any heartbreak or confusion. I learned that our Anglican faith can form the infrastructure of a lifelong intimacy with God,\u201d she said\n\nThe General Convention of the Episcopal Church approved the ordination of women to the priesthood in 1976 and the first women were ordained in 1977. [The eleven brave women ordained in Philadelphia and the four in Washington prior to the 1976 vote were soon \u201cregularized\u201d by the church.]\n\nDeacon Gitane began to perceive a call to priestly ordination in the early 1980s. She was out of college and living in Arlington. She went to see her priest at the Arlington Episcopal church where she was a member.\n\n\u201cI told him of wanting to serve God, to pass His blessing and grace to others; of loving all that is Anglican. I told him of dedicating my life to Christ, and wanting to serve Him in the Church. I told him I thought I was meant to be a priest. I felt I was telling him that I had fallen in love. I felt that giddy, bubbly feeling of delight, when it is so wonderful that you feel shy talking about it. Words don\u2019t quite express it,\u201d she said.\n\nThe priest said, \u201cNo, dear. No. You are mistaken. There are many ways to serve God and His church, but not that way. Not for you. Perhaps a family\u2026\u201d\n\nIt was devastating. She clung to her faith, but eventually married a Roman Catholic and converted. They had children, but the marriage eventually ended in divorce. It was another blow, and again, she leaned on her faith.\n\n\u201cI cried out to God. I had given my life to Him. He had called me to be married to this man . . . Had I heard wrongly?\u201d she said.\n\nUpon reflection, she realized \u201cthat I had no ears to hear any longer. It wasn\u2019t for lack of asking for help at that time, but because of long practice at not hearing when help was offered. Not for lack of fervency, but for lack of habit.\n\n\u201cAnd how not? At the center, where the truest distillation of my soul lay, I had put away God. The priest had said no. I could not base an entire life on not being who I was meant to be\u2014but that is what I was trying to do, having accepted that \u201cno\u201d completely, unquestioningly. I began to listen to God and learned about repentance. As soon as I began to turn to Him again, I found Him waiting. I learned about grace.\u201d\n\nShe joined Trinity and trained as a Stephen Minister, lector and chalice bearer, but the old longing returned. She enrolled in the Anglican School of Theology at the University of Dallas and, encouraged by her parish priest, the Rev. Fred Barber, and Deacon Janet Nocher, took a Time of Discovery course offered by the diocese to discern a call to ordination to the priesthood.\n\n\u201cI felt so much confusion at that time. I longed for God, for this service, to follow this call. I\u2019d explored the idea of a call to the priesthood for months, with Father Fred and Deacon Janet, but I was afraid to move forward,\u201d she wrote.\n\nBut by now, the burden of not following this call seemed greater than anything she might have to go through to become a priest.\n\n\u201cI remember once during a discussion in my Intro to Theology class at Perkins during the first semester I was there. A woman (Methodist) protested the time we were spending on women\u2019s issues. \u2018Haven\u2019t we worked all this out by now? I mean, look at the number of female clergy we have!\u2019 she said. I immediately raised my hand and was called on. I told her, \u2018I got up at 4:30 AM to take the train over here this morning because someone still believes that women shouldn\u2019t be ordained. We have not \u2018worked this all out!\u2019 The moment we stop discussing these issues, we will begin to lose women who are rightly called by God. Once that happens, we start losing the Gospel itself.\u2019\n\n\u201cBy being \u2018cast out\u2019 I learned to stand with others who were outcasts, to articulate always the social justice side of the Gospel. As my wise Word and Worship teacher, Mark Stamm, used to say, `Sometimes we should look around and ask ourselves, \u2018who is not here?\u2019 This is true in worship and it is true in the whole life of the church,\u201d she said.\n\nDuring those train rides, she would say Morning Prayer with her Book of Common Prayer open on her lap. Over time, many of the other commuters began asking her for prayers.\n\nShe said, \u201cThey wanted prayer for family, jobs, worries; I learned that a simple habit of life, seen by others, could be a witness.\u201d\n\nWhile at Perkins School of Theology at SMU, she was the 2007 winner of the Jerry R. Hobbs Award in Liturgics, awarded to the senior student \u201cwho has the greatest impact on the worship life of the Perkins community.\u201d She served as assistant chaplain at Perkins Chapel for the 2006-7 academic year. She also co-founded a neo-monastic order for students based on Rutba House, allowing students to grow spiritually and to learn about living in a neo-monastic community. Rutba House is a Christian intentional community in Durham committed to the \u201cnew monasticism\u201d movement.\n\nShe graduated cum laude with a Master of Divinity from Perkins in 2008.\n\nThe fact that she had to leave home in order to pursue ordination is not so odd, as that happens in other places as well. What set her apart was that she was not going to be able to come back to Fort Worth to work as a priest.\n\n\u201cI knew I would never be able to work at home. A person who follows a vocation into the priesthood expects to have to leave their home parish, and we hear over and over that we are ordained `for the greater church and not for one parish.\u2019 But for me, it meant leaving my hometown, my neighborhood, my career, friends, family, as well as my church. It also meant being something of an outsider because, unlike other ordinands, I could never return. Many don\u2019t, in actual fact; but they could. Leaving helped me learn to tolerate seeming odd or different for my faith,\u201d she said.\n\nShe left in stages. At first, having to go elsewhere meant commuting to Dallas every day for school.\n\n\u201cI had a daughter in high school, a home and family here, and I was not in a position to just relocate, but I was able to work towards ordination through the Diocese of Dallas. Later, when I transferred to the Diocese of Olympia, Bishop Rivera said she wanted me to go away to live at seminary for a year.\n\n\u201cSo I packed up my house, cashed out my retirement, sent my dog and cat to be fostered, and drove alone across the country to California. That was the hardest of all. I will always remember the morning I left for Berkeley--watching my oldest grandson\u2019s back as he skipped into his house after we said goodbye for the last time. It was the emptiest I had ever felt in the whole process. I thought I would not be returning, but going on to the Diocese of Olympia to live and work after school. I think I cried all the way through New Mexico! But I learned how far I would go to follow my call,\u201d she said.\n\nIn California she studied with renowned scholar Louis Weil and others at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.\n\nIn November 2008, Bishop Jack Iker left the Episcopal Church and the diocese reorganized under the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. [Ted] Gulick. Almost immediately women priests began functioning here. On November 15, Deacon Susan Slaughter became the first woman ordained a priest in the diocese by a bishop of the diocese.\n\nNow, Deacon Gitane has come home.\n\n\u201cHere I am back at home again, where I never thought I would be. The long and short of it was that there were no jobs in Olympia; but God\u2019s grace in doing \u201ca new thing\u201d in the Diocese of Fort Worth meant I was able to return to home and family. One of the most gratifying things of all is to know that others will be able to do the same\u2014leave as appropriate to form in the ways they need to be formed, and then return to work and minister here. We will always have to reach out to bring everyone into the community of faith; but it is glorious that some who were outsiders are now welcome,\u201d she said.\n\nAbout Me\n\nKatie Sherrod is an independent writer, producer and commentator in Fort Worth, Texas.\nShe is the editor of and a contributor to \"Grace & Gumption, Stories of Fort Worth Women\", published by the TCU Press; and \"Women of the Passion, a Journey to the Cross\". Both are available at Amazon.com. She has been given many awards for her consistent advocacy of women's reproductive freedom and for her 25 years of writing about efforts to combat family violence. Her print media and broadcast awards include Best Newspaper Column, Best Radio Commentary and Best Interview/Talk Show from the Dallas Press Club, and the Exceptional Media Merit Award from the National Women's Political Caucus. She holds the Associated Press Managing Editors Award for feature writing, and the Texas Headliners Award for investigative reporting.\nShe was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1987 for outstanding contributions in the field of communications, named one of Fort Worth's Outstanding Women in 1988 and Texas Woman of the Year in 1989.\nShe is married to the Rev. Gayland Pool. She has a daughter and two amazing grandsons."}
-{"text": "SJRGM\n\nModern-Day Tactics of Sexism in American Advertising\n\nBy Erin U.\n\nIt is no secret that sex sells when it comes to media advertisements in the current market. \"An effective advertisement works best when it strikes a chord in the needs and desires of the receiving consumer,\" (Sexism in Advertising, Influence of Beauty Industry on Women), and in the current day and age, American advertising culture has shaped itself around a world that looks to meet sexual needs and desires through the usage of products. In fact, \"at the cultural level, their relationship [sex and advertising] has been appreciated since the 1960's \u2018Mad Men\u2019 era, when the sexual revolution coincided with the golden age of advertising, and marketers realized that sex sells,\" (Access: Sex, Mutations, and Marketing). Within the past fifty years, advertisers have changed their tones drastically from portraying wholesome and family-approved images to advertisements that show a visually explicit culture driven by sexual fantasy and jaw-dropping depictions of how products can help make you more desirable to the people around you. However, advertising hasn't ever perfectly portrayed products to the viewing audience. Before using explicit sexism to sell products, media advertisers had relied on other forms of sexism like sexual prejudice to connect with their viewership. However, researchers can't help but notice the increasing trend in advertising becoming that of an exploitation of explicit sexism, with each advertising team trying to outdo the next for the most visibly sexual ad, without overstepping the boundaries of offending their audiences.\n\nUntil around the 1970's, advertisements in the media leaned heavily on the support of sexual prejudice to sell their advertisements. This was depicted by advertisements such as cooking-brand television ads which had men say slogans such as \"The harder a wife cooks, the cuter she looks!\", and women prejudicing men in advertisements like that of a 1950's Christmas ad for Dormeyer, which once read \"Wives. Look over this ad carefully. Circle the items you want for Christmas. Show it to your husband. If he does not go to the store immediately, cry\u2026He'll go,\" portraying men as the 'easily manipulated' sex by women. This began to change as women and men both started to shake these sexually prejudice stereotypes. This had a great deal to do with the Women's Movement of the 1960's and 1970's which begged for the recognition of the importance of women in society and outside of the kitchen, and also helped women to break the mold of needing to console their husbands for every little thing. This inadvertently helped men shed their 'main provider' image in advertisements as well, as women were given more of a role in society.\n\nAccording to Barbara Berg, author of Sexism in America, \"The 1970's helped [America] shed the notion of women as second-class citizens in America. And yet, one could say that sexism is probably America's default setting, and we're occasionally jerked back into that setting,\" (Advertising's Man Cave). This is exactly what we are experiencing in our modern-day advertising market. With major companies like Abercrombie & Fitch using shirtless male models to attract women into their clothing stores, products like Axe Body Spray using commercials of women fawning over men who spray on Axe to sell their products, and places like Carl's Junior using nearly naked women eating cheeseburgers to attract customers, there has never been a previous time when sexism has been so heavily relied on to keep products circulating. The shift in sexism has suddenly changed from that of sexual prejudice to objectified sexism. But audiences have gotten smarter about sexism, as anti-sexism media outlets have run articles on the use of sexism as a manipulation tool in advertisements. \u201c'Sex sells', is a very well known term in the advertising world, but now it is a much less powerful technique than before, due to the ethical dilemma surrounding it,\" (The Effect of Sex Appeal in Advertisements on Adolescents). So, what advertisers have done in the past few years is figure out how to hide their use of sexism, so that they are not accused of deceiving their audiences. What researchers are coming to find is that this new usage of disguised sexism in advertisements, comes in two different forms. According to The Atlantic Magazine in Boston, Massachusetts, modern sexism in advertising can be broken down into two different categories, which they refer to as Winking Sexism and Boomerang Sexism.\n\nWinking Sexism is described by Atlantic Magazine as an implication of the video advertiser saying \"Yes, objectifying women in spandex [in a yoga class] might seem sexist, but the instructor's castigating glare represents our moral awareness that these guys are wrong to ogle, even though sneaking in to yoga classes to spy on women is, let's all admit, a real hoot!\" (Atlantic Magazine). By acknowledging its own ridiculousness, the advertisement is inadvertently sidestepping any explicit charge of sexism, by calling itself out on being sexist. These types of advertisements have become growingly popular as the modern audience has become more aware that they're being exposed to sexism. Boomerang Sexism, on the other hand, is the declaration that men must declare their manhood as they are not allowed to act sufficiently manly with women in their lives. The implication used in these types of ads are a man's inner thoughts that \"Adult relationships are an eternal parade of emasculation. Thank heavens for [insert product],\" (Atlantic Magazine).\n\nBecause of these two new tactics being so heavily recycled within the advertising market, sexism in advertising is becoming harder to spot or rise against. Advertisers are showing that they know they are in the wrong and are making fun of themselves for it, all the while still relying on sexism to sell their products. In order to now overcome this advertising strategy, anti-sexism brigades must find a way to fight back against a self-admitted monster that is the new advertising market, which knowingly uses sexism to sell products and gloats about it in the face of disapprovers. And with the audiences' new approval of these funny commercial strategies, it will be easier said than done for anti-sexism movements to win their support for stopping these tactics from being used."}
-{"text": "TOX\u00ae PRESSOTECHNIK offers the systems and technology competence for different riveting operations which can all be summed up as: joining with elements. We specialize in technologies including self-piercing riveting, punch riveting, and full pierce riveting.\n\nThis page will give you an overview about the different riveting technologies to help you to find the right operation for your needs. To order equipment, request a quote today.\n\nClinchRivet\u00ae\n\nThis is the combination of clinching and riveting. A simple, symmetrical ClinchRivet\u00ae is used as the joining element to produce a clinch connection without cutting the material. Applications in the crash zone of passenger cars are best examples for the capabilities of this versatile joining method. Read more\n\nRiveting with solid punch rivets\n\nThe solid punch rivet first cuts all joining materials and then pushes the slug out of the joining spot. Read more\n\nRiveting with semi-hollow rivets\n\nThe semi-hollow rivet cuts the first joining material and then forms into the last material. Read more\n\nRiveting Equipment\n\nWe manufacture a range of machines to assist with your riveting applications. These include:"}
-{"text": "Reno call center closing\n\nSeptember 21, 2011\n\nRENO - An Ohio call center that recently laid off more than 40 workers is now closing altogether.\n\nLast week, the India-based company Tata Business Support Services Ltd. announced it was closing its two U.S. call centers after it lost two key contracts. Company officials acknowledged the closure of both the Reno and Milton, Fla., centers, resulting in the layoff of 251 employees.\n\n\"As a result of the loss of two key contracts, Tata Business Support Services plans to close its facilities located in Reno, Ohio and in Milton, Fla. A total of 251 employees will be affected by these closures,\" read a statement attributed to Debbie McDonald, head of human resources and support services at the Milton facility.\n\nTata's U.S. call centers were established in 2006, offering a pay scale between $6-$10 an hour.\n\nIn 2007, the Reno call center, which employed about 250 people to answer calls for online sites such as Expedia and Hotwire, was featured in a Fortune Magazine article on \"insourcing.\"\n\nAbout a week and a half ago, The Marietta Times reported Tata filed a Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (W.A.R.N.) notice with the state this summer. Ricardo Layun, vice president of U.S. operations for the company, told The Times the W.A.R.N. notice affected more than a hundred employees. The cuts were supposed to take place between Aug. 25 and Sept. 5. Layun said the company wound up laying off more than 40 employees. The facility employed more than 180 people when the notice was filed. Layun said about 120 people work there.\n\nCompany officials said the center will shutter Nov. 15. The remaining employees were notified last week.\n\nWe are grateful to each of our employees and this is in no way a reflection on them or their work. This difficult but necessary decision was made only after significant deliberation and we deeply regret the impact this will have on our employees, their families and the community. We are committed to treating our staff with dignity and are providing assistance to them, McDonalds statement read."}
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-{"text": "Free speech now? How much freedom of expression can we tolerate?\n\nhttps://www.tttdebates.org/wp-content/themes/osmosis/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150Time To TalkTime To Talkhttps://www.tttdebates.org/wp-content/themes/osmosis/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg08/07/201011/07/2016\n\n(English audio starts at 4:05, following the German event description))\n\nThis English-language debate featured Sabine Beppler-Spahl (Freiblickinstitut), Agota Revesz (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin) and Kolja Zydatiss (Novo Argumente) and asked whether free speech should have boundaries or whether it should be defended as a fundamental principle.\n\nThe live audio stream has now finished, but you can find more information on the debate and its speakers on our event page. The event page will also soon feature highlights of the evening and a full audio recording of the debate can already be enjoyed here on this page. Click here for the event page.\n\nWe use cookies to ensure that our site provides the best possible user experience. By continuing to use the Time to Talk website, you agree to our use of cookies, however, cookie settings can be changed in your browser at any time.UnderstoodRead more"}
-{"text": "bankingtech.com\n\nBanking Technology Magazine\n\nBanking Technology December 2018/January 2019 issue out now\n\nDoes fintech dream of electric leaps? Brightness and brilliance within.\n\nThe latest edition of our flagship magazine \u2013 Banking Technology \u2013 is out now, packed with news, analysis and insights, case studies, research and expert commentary.\n\nA note from our editor-in-chief, Tanya Andreasyan:\n\nWelcome to the magazine\u2019s last edition of 2018 and the first one of 2019! On behalf of our team, I\u2019d like to wish our readers and supporters a wonderful year ahead, bringing new discoveries, interesting projects, rewarding ventures and joyful events.\n\nA quick look back at the outgoing year\u2019s major happenings reveals plenty of highs and lows.\n\nUK\u2019s TSB Bank and its Spanish parent Sabadell will remember 2018 for a long time as the year its core banking tech migration plan went horribly wrong.\n\nMeanwhile in the US, core banking software vendor Temenos will celebrate 2018 as the year it broke into the domestic market with two challenger bank deals \u2013 Varo Money and Grasshopper Bank.\n\nAlso in the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will mark its year as clamping down on initial coin offerings (ICOs). The likes of Airfox, Paragon and Centra Tech experienced SEC\u2019s deserved wrath. The Centra case involved celebrities Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer Khaled Khaled, known as DJ Khaled, paid by the firm to promote it. Both were hit with hefty fines and a ban to promote any securities for a number of years.\n\nMeanwhile, another core banking tech firm, Netherlands-based Ohpen, hasn\u2019t had much luck in the UK this year, losing a tech deal with Invesco and making 19 staff redundant. Ohpen said it was hoping to \u201crevolutionise\u201d the UK\u2019s asset management market, but despite its best efforts and some \u201clittle nudges\u201d by the UK\u2019s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), nothing has really changed. As a result, the fintech stopped part of its services in the UK.\n\nBut there is a bigger revolution on its way \u2013 open banking. With the PSD2 and open banking regulation coming into effect at the start of 2018, the world of European banking will never be the same. It will take time and effort, but as Finovate\u2019s Greg Palmer states on the pages of this magazine, \u201copen banking is the future\u201d. I doubt anyone would argue with that.\n\nThere are so many more stories, so do keep an eye on our website for all the news and exclusive stories \u2013 the good, the bad and the ugly \u2013 from the financial services tech world.\n\nHappy 2019!\n\nThe December 2018/January 2019 edition of Banking Technology features:\n\nThis website uses cookies, including third party ones,\nto allow for analysis of how people use our website in order to\nimprove your experience and our services.\nBy continuing to use our website, you agree to the use of such cookies. Click here for more information on our\nCookie Policy\nand Privacy Policy."}
-{"text": "history lists the last 500 commands for me. (But I'm on OS X.)\n\u2013\nEric WilsonJun 24 '10 at 18:12\n\nthen, you are probably using bash and not ksh.\n\u2013\ntonioJun 24 '10 at 18:22\n\nI did the test on MacOSX 10.5.8: ksh's history displays only 16 entries, as osx's man ksh says (search for \"16\" in the man page). bash's history displays the whole $HISTFILE. (for you, 500 as you probably have $HISTFILESIZE set to 500.\n\u2013\ntonioJun 24 '10 at 18:29\n\n1\n\nAnd regarding bash's history command: alias h='history $((LINES - 1))' is good to view recent history without completely destroying the scrollback.\n\u2013\nRoger PateJun 26 '10 at 11:48"}
-{"text": "Numerology information Ozcar:\n\nDefinition funny of Ozcar:\n\nOne could call Ozcar a Mexican faggot. He enjoys crying, posting in a horrible, incomprehensible form of English, and crying. If something insignificant happens in his life, he'll make a post about it, such as \"I walked past some grass today,\" or \"I got the bus,\" or \"how do you please be liking my haircut? Whenever one of his bizarre threads comes into existence, idiots will flock to them to say, \"omg Ozcar I love your new shoes,\" or \"you are completely correct Ozcar. Can I like your anus?\" It's not Ozcar's fault he's a cyber-idiot, it's everyone else's fault for massaging his ego too much. Ozcar makes up to, and including, 100% of the threads on the NG BBS every day, all in a crazy Spanglish and all about something insignificant. Whenever someone points out what a jackass he actually is, he'll respond to them in such an unintelligible manner that their brain will explode. He's probably the biggest, sucking-upiest hipocritical Mexican ever.\n\nWell, as you've seen, I blame to some members from the Star Syndicate of vote low on my audio files and leaving abusive reviews... I won't upload another song, till one of the admins do something about it... How would you feel if your hard work (A flash animation/ an audio file) becomes in something understimated ? Well, I feel like not recording another song till someone do something about it... I spent around of 6 hours singing and playing to song to get it ready...I think we deserve some respect. All we deserve a just rating for our work... - Ozcar. LOL.\n\nMexican guy who lives on newgrounds.com. He is the biggest attention whore there's ever been, in all existence. Many flock to the newgrounds forum, and become members just to witness this monstrosity. Half the time, his posts don't make any sense. He is now a NG forum mod because he did a lot of kiss ass. He loves to ban for any, and all reasons. Synonym: Attention-Whore\n\nOzcar stop being a attention-whore!\n\nAn abnoxious, pretentious faggot that enjoys whoring himself around the NG BBS. For some reason, completely unknown to any decent member of the NG forums, he was made a mod. Ozcar like to post topics pertaining to completely inane subjects. One such subject might be about the way his dog barked today, or the fact that he's drinking coke at the moment. Most of these threads are accompanied by shitty imagess of him carrying out said actions. Most users enter these threads and proceed to jump up Ozcar's ass, naming him a demi-God of kinds. He's nothing of the sort, by the way. This flagrant Mexican enjoys banning people for reasons as equally worthless as his topics. All jokes are lost on him. ALL JOKES. You see, since Ozcar speaks such shitty English, he fails to understand simple concepts such as sarcasm and/or irony, and will ban for their use. Ozcar, like most of his fellow country-men, likes to steal things. In this case, flash characters. If it were up to me, which it should be, he'd be cast out of NG for good, finally freeing it from untold amounts of faggotry. But, his extreme amounts of suckupery will ensure this never happens. All in all, he's a failure wrapped in a shit-stain. No doubts.\n\nWhat If (Feat. Manish Law & Ozcar Diggs) [Explicit] by Big Mike Leis from the Album The Hip Hop Coalition [Explicit]\n\nWiki information Ozcar:\n\nUtegate\n\nUtegate refers to a 2009 controversy in Australian federal politics, revolving around allegations made by then Federal Leader of the Opposition and Liberal leader, Malcolm Turnbull, that the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and/or the Treasurer, Wayne..."}
-{"text": "Little Mix - Move\n\nLittle Mix\u2019s current single \u201cMove\u201d in which Billboard calls a \u201cfantastic new single\u201d while noting the video \u201charkens back to the glorious days of early-00s bubblegum pop and mixes an appreciation for throwback choreography with slow-motion sultrines.\u201d has amassed over 46 million views."}
-{"text": "Archive - News Article\n\nSeptember 15th, 2014\n\nSeptember 15, 2014\n\nThe West Point Police Department will start cracking down on residents who own vicious dogs and don't properly secure them.\nAccording to the city's animal ordinance, Rottweilers, Pit Bulls, any mixed cross-breed German Shepherds and Chows are considered vicious animals. The ordinance requires that every vicious animal be contained within a building or secure enclosure, and securely muzzled or caged when off the owner's property.\n\nSeptember 15, 2014\n\nIn a disaster transportation can be paramount, whether it's finding shelter or medical attention. The Clay County Emergency Management Agency and West Point School District have taken steps to increase the county's ability to transport citizens to a safe location.\nWPSD voted to donate a surplus school bus to Clay County EMA at its meeting Monday, and the bus will be outfitted with an AmbuBus kit.\n\nSeptember 12th\n\nSeptember 12, 2014\n\nAt precisely 8:46 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of fuel buried itself into the 80th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Hundreds died upon impact, some incinerated, as a great plume of black smoke billowed into the sky.\n\nSeptember 12, 2014\n\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Christmas in September as the Kansas City Southern Railway Company announced Thursday that its Holiday Express train will roll Dec. 2 into West Point.\nThe Holiday Express\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 14th annual run is a free event and will stop in 21 communities in seven states throughout December, according to a statement released to media from KCS Employee Relations Director Doniele Carlson. West Point will be the train\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fifth stop.\n\nSeptember 12, 2014\n\nWhite Station Rural Water Association customers have lower rates in their future. The Mississippi Public Service Commission announced that it had approved transfer of White Station\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s system to the City of West Point Thursday.\nIn a statement released to media from PSC Northern District Commissioner Brandon Presley, White Station customers will see a $3.50 reduction in their monthly service charges and usage rates.\n\nSeptember 11th\n\nSeptember 11, 2014\n\nWest Point is looking to obtain a brownfield grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in order to clear asbestos from the Westside School building. The West Point Board of Selectmen voted to enter into an agreement with the West Point School District for the building to become city property at its meeting Tuesday.\nThe West Point School District board voted Monday to transfer the deed to the building to the city, with the understanding that the deed would revert to the school board if the city didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t obtain the grant.\n\nSeptember 11, 2014\n\nThe Pilot Club of West Point named the 2014-15 Pilot International (PI) Sweetheart, Michele Estes, at Tuesday night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pilot Club meeting in the dining room of the Henry Clay Retirement Center. A PI Sweetheart is chosen each year by nominations made by the members of the Pilot Club to recognize one of their own as the embodiment of what it means to be a Pilot.\n\nSeptember 11, 2014\n\nEMCC is looking to bring more residents up to a higher level of education. Beginning Sept. 22 through Oct. 3, EMCC will participate in GED Testing Services \u00e2\u20ac\u015bsee for free\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 initiative, which allows potential test takers to take a GED readiness exam free of charge.\n\nSeptember 11, 2014\n\nThe West Point Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to remove West Point Water and Light Superintendent Dwight Prisock from his position at its meeting Tuesday. Prisock served as superintendent since 2010.\nWard 5 Selectman Gary Dedeaux made the motion in the board\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s executive session to terminate Prisock\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s employ, and Ward 3 Selectman Jimmy Clark seconded."}
-{"text": "Oregon is the Thirteenth Biggest Net Loser of Federal Spending in 2013\n\nMay 19, 2016\n\nIn the course of collecting taxes and spending money, the federal government inevitably creates \u201cwinners\u201d and \u201closers\u201d across the American landscape. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, Oregon is the thirteenth biggest net loser of federal spending relative to federal taxes paid.\n\nAs shown in Chart 1, Oregon paid $9,291 per person in federal taxes in FY 2013\u2014this was -13 percent below the national average ($10,722 per person) and ranked as the 29th highest level in the country.\n\nCorporate Income Tax: The federal corporate income tax paid in Oregon was $798 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $865 per person by -8 percent and ranked as the 30th highest in the country.\n\nPayroll Tax: The federal payroll tax paid in Oregon was $3,054 per person\u2014this was above the national average of $2,998 per person by 2 percent and ranked as the 21st highest in the country.\n\nExcise Taxes: Federal excise taxes paid in Oregon was $256 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $266 per person by -4 percent and ranked as the 13th lowest in the country.\n\nEstate and Gift Taxes: Federal estate and gift taxes paid in Oregon was $30 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $60 per person by -50 percent and ranked as the 17th lowest in the country.\n\nCustom Duties: Federal custom duties paid in Oregon was $89 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $101 per person by -11 percent and ranked as the 15th lowest in the country.\n\nMiscellaneous Taxes: Federal miscellaneous taxes paid in Oregon was $287 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $325 per person by -11 percent and ranked as the 15th lowest in the country.\n\nDeficit: The federal deficit, which is deferred taxation, accrued in Oregon was $1,496 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $1,944 per person by -23 percent and ranked as the 16th lowest in the country.\n\nOn the other hand, as shown in Chart 2, Oregon received $8,493 per person in federal spending in FY 2013\u2014this was -21 percent below the national average ($10,722 per person) and ranked as the 3rd lowest level in the country.\n\nFederal Spending by Type in FY 2013:\n\nRetirement and Disability:Federal retirement and disability payments (for example, Social Security and federal civilian and military retirement) in Oregon was $3,612 per person\u2014this was above the national average of $3,318 per person by 9 percent and ranked as the 22nd highest in the country (see our unique app showing federal pension data).\n\nOther Direct Payments: Federal other direct payments (for example, Medicare and the Earned Income Tax Credit) in Oregon was $2,029 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $2,500 by -19 percent and ranked as the 15th lowest in the country.\n\nGrants to State and Local Governments: Federal grants to state and local governments (for example, Medicaid) in Oregon was $1,273 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $1,811 by -30 percent and ranked as the 6th lowest in the country.\n\nProcurement: Federal procurement (for example, Department of Defense) in Oregon was $304 per person\u2014this was below the national average of $1,337 by -77 percent and ranked as the lowest in the country.\n\nOf course, federal taxes paid and federal spending received do not flow evenly throughout the state. As such, we have also calculated the federal tax and spending ratios for every county in Oregon\u2014though this was based on slightly older FY 2010 data.\n\nThe top 10 Oregon counties with the highest federal tax and spending ratios include:\n\nWendy Warcholik\n\nDr. Wendy P. Warcholik has worked in public policy for nearly 20 years. She is currently the Director of the Family Prosperity Initiative at the American Conservative Union Foundation. She has also been at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, The Tax Foundation, and The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. She received her PhD in Economics from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)."}
-{"text": "Impeachment Timing\n\nIt has come clear Republicans will look the other way no matter what crimes Trump commits, even treason. So they\nwill even forgive firing Mueller without cause. The impeachment will have to wait until the next mid term election\nwhen a slate of Democrats impeaches him."}
-{"text": "What do you think?\n\nEric Rosengren, president of the Boston Fed, has added his voice to the chorus of policymakers who say they are prepared to start the process of unwinding the central bank\u2019s massive balance sheet.\n\n\u201cIn my view that process could begin relatively soon, and should not significantly alter the (Federal Open Market Committee\u2019s) continuing gradual normalisation of short-term interest rates,\u201d Mr Rosengren said, according to prepared remarks delivered on Wednesday at the Hyman P Minsky Conference at Bard College.\n\nBy retiring a small portion of maturing securities while gradually shrinking the volume of securities being reinvested, \u201cthe tightening of short-term interest rates should not need to be much different than it would be in the absence of shrinking the balance sheet,\u201d he said.\n\nMr Rosengren said that the use of central bank balance sheets to combat economic downturns would \u201cquite likely\u201d be necessary in the future, particularly given the limitations of relying on short-term interest rate reductions during recessions.\n\nThe Fed had previously forecast raising interest rates as many as three times this year, and it already pulled the trigger on one of those in March.\n\nMinutes from the Fed\u2019s last meeting in March indicated that most members of the policymaking Board of Governors expect the central bank to begin reducing the size of its $4.2tn balance sheet by the end of the year. The balance sheet grew from $750bn at the end of 2007 to $4.2tn at the end of March 2017, reflecting the Fed\u2019s bond purchases under quantitative easing, designed to lower yields and boost the economy."}
-{"text": "Winner and a guest will enjoy an expense paid trip to Los Angeles where Ron Artest will present the Winner with his ring and where the Winner and their guest will enjoy premium seats to an LA Lakers Game. The trip includes the following prize items: - Two Premium Seats to an LA Lakers Game- Two night hotel accommodations at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills (single room, double occupancy)- Round trip coach air transportation from any international airport in the world (as necessary to attend the ring presentation and game, $2,000 maximum)- A $1,000 allowance for expenses including meals and ground transportation"}
-{"text": "Woodford Reserve Bourbon Smoked Lemon Pepper 50ml Bottle\n\n$10.99\n\nSKU 44687\n\n50ml\nBottle\n\nShare\n\nSlowly smoked for hours with bourbon barrel staves, Bourbon Smoked Pepper is pungent and biting. Pairing the flavors of Bourbon Smoked Pepper with lemon creates a perfect spice blend that works well on fish, meats, and vegetables."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: calendar\n\nThis weekend, the Orisha Online Altar was flood attacked, perhaps coincidentally but perhaps not, after Sheloya angered some white supremacists, one of whom made a veiled threat. The damage was repaired, but it reminded us of the need to make sure to take precautions against people who have a problem with Africans and African beliefs.\n\nThe site has been repaired, but there have been a few changes. One of them is that the Vodun Calendar is now in a separate directory, so that the whole site isn\u2019t shut down just because someone exploits one feature."}
-{"text": "Relationships and Going Places\n\nJoan L. Cannon writes: A marriage would be a partnership in the profoundest sense. It would be the most welded commitment possible. It would presume without doubts ultimate mutual trust. It would be physically passionate, emotionally profound, mutually dependent, fully understanding of differing opinions but pliable and accepting and curious, respectful and humorous, and above all, appreciative. Maybe that is simply an annotated statement about love.\nSign\nWHO IS THE EXPERT?\nNot for the first time I saw a call for a contest for manuscripts on marriage. As a\ntheme/subject for\u2026 more \u00bb\n\n\"The US retail regular gasoline price is forecast to average $1.98/gallon (gal) in 2016 and $2.21/gal in 2017, compared with $2.43/gal in 2015. In January, the average retail regular gasoline price was $1.95/gal, a decrease of 9 cents/gal from December and the first time monthly gasoline prices averaged below $2/gal since March 2009.\" US Energy Administration, February 9, 2016 more \u00bb\n\nSome major cities are seeking to take advantage of their supply and motorists' demand with so-called demand-price parking. Rather than charge a flat rate for each spot in every area of the city, they are demanding motorists pay $4, $6 or up to $8 an hour for a spot on a busy street, close to shops and restaurants, while keeping hourly prices lower on less busy streets just a few blocks over. more \u00bb\n\nNeed a break from the snow and cold weather hitting much of the US? Take the chill off of winter and escape to six of America\u2019s beautiful and warm public lands. For instance, visit St. John, Virgin Islands National Park which offers snow-white sand dotted by palm trees, coral reefs, prehistoric sites and Bay Rum Tree forests. Its Trunk Bay is considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the world and features a 225-yard long underwater snorkeling trail. more \u00bb"}
-{"text": "To facilitate proteomics studies in prokaryotes, we developed a new high-throughput protein purification protocol that allows us to purify 4,256 proteins, encoded by Escherichia coli K12 strain, as HisX6 fusions within ten hours. The purified proteins were then spotted on glass slides to form the first E. coli proteome chips.\n\nIt was successfully applied to many projects. First, new DNA damage recognition activities in Escherichia coli were identified. It was also showed an important DNA repair protein; ybaZ (ATL) binds abasic DNA strongly and this result was published in Nature Methods. In addition to DNA repair study, we also set out to perform human serum profiling for the identification of biomarkers in inflammatory bowel diseases and the result was published in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics.\n\nWe also attempted to find the intracellular target of natural antimicrobial peptides, including Lactoferricin B, Bac 7, Human neutrophil defensin-1 and Dermaseptinby ourE. coli K12 proteome chips. Recently, we elucidated the relationships between two response regulators belonging to two-component system (TCS) with Lactoferricin B. TCS is highly conserved among all the microorganisms and control the gene expressions for bacteria to grow under their unique niche environments. Our study showed that Lfcin B binds to two response regulators, BasR and CreB, of TCS. For further analysis, we conducted several in vitro and in vivo experiments and utilized bioinformatics methods. The electrophoretic mobility shift assays and kinase assays indicate that Lfcin B inhibits the phosphorylation of the response regulators (BasR and CreB) and their cognate sensor kinases (BasS and CreC). Antibacterial assays showed that Lfcin B reduced E. coli\u2019s tolerance to environmental stimuli, such as excessive ferric ions and minimal medium conditions. This is the first study to show that an antimicrobial peptide inhibits the growth of bacteria by influencing the phosphorylation of TCS directly. This study has been published in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics."}
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-{"text": "A new study has confirmed that a high salt diet is associated with the headaches caused by high blood pressure. The research findings published by the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, revealed that 46% of adults on a global basis have an active headache disorder.\n\nThe research participants consisted of 390 study participants to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, (a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products with reduced saturated and total fat); or to a control diet that was a typical Western diet.\n\nThe study consisted of three 30-day periods, where participants ate food with high sodium during one period, intermediate sodium during another and low sodium during another period. Then, at the end of each feeding period, the participants completed questionnaires on occurrence and severity of headache.\n\nThe findings reflect that people who ate foods high in sodium, around 8 g per day, had one third more headaches than those who ate foods low in sodium consisting of 4 g per day. Additionally, the researchers observed that this difference remained whether the volunteers ate the standard Western diet or the DASH diet.\n\nThe researchers noted that many U.S. individuals consumed sodium in excess of their physiological need, with the resulting adverse health impact."}
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-{"text": "We've been covering the Fame Festival that went down in Italy featuring street art works from Erica Il Cane, Vhils, Interesni Kazki, Conor Harrington, Cyop & Kaf, Momo, Lucy McLauchlan, Bastardilla, Moneyless, Boris Hoppek and the local artist Giorgio Di Palma. Besides the works on the street (blog one | blog two) there was also this indoor exhibition to coincide.\n\nWhat a journey this has been! Me and my girlfriend had such a good time in Grottaglie, Italy at this years Fame Festival. Tasty food, good coffee, great people, lots of sunshine and last but not least, we saw a bunch of excellent public art pieces in the streets of the town. We spent many days walking around the whole town to find most of the pieces, just like a treasure hunt.\n\nAnyway, here's a photo documentation of some of the new murals in this neck of the woods which are all from 2012 (I think?). The excellent lineup included artists like Erica Il Cane, Vhils, Interesni Kazki, Conor Harrington, Cyop & Kaf, Momo, Lucy McLauchlan, Bastardilla, Moneyless, Boris Hoppek and the local artist Giorgio Di Palma, who creates beautiful handmade ceramic objects like the telephone/phonebooth in this album.\n\nMOMO@Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design\n366 South First Street San Jose, CA\nExhibition Dates: October 1 - November 20, 2010\n\nMOMO is known for thoughtful post- graffiti: tagging his name the width of Manhattan, creating over-sized collage, a fake New Yorker magazine cover, tide powered sculpture, a computer script which makes his art for him, and prints, paintings, and videos that rely on chance for fun and substance... His show in San Jose runs through Nov 20th at Anno Domini. Great work, and have you seen his tagging of Manhatten which is the largest to date- over 8 miles. NYTimes article. ~Show details\n\nMOMO is known for thoughtful post- graffiti: tagging his name the width of Manhattan, creating over-sized collage, a fake New Yorker magazine cover, tide powered sculpture, a computer script which makes his art for him, and prints, paintings, and videos that rely on chance for fun and substance... He opens a solo show in San Jose this Friday at Anno Domini. Great work, and have you seen his tagging of Manhatten which is the largest to date- over 8 miles. NYTimes article. ~Show details\n\nI'm not sure how many people are lucky enough to have The San Francisco Giants 3 World Series trophies put on display at their work for the company's employees to enjoy during their lunch break, but that's what happened the other day at Deluxe. So great.\n\nWhen works of art become commodities and nothing else, when every endeavor becomes \u201ccreative\u201d and everybody \u201ca creative,\u201d then art sinks back to craft and artists back to artisans\u2014a word that, in its adjectival form, at least, is newly popular again. Artisanal pickles, artisanal poems: what\u2019s the difference, after all? So \u201cart\u201d itself may disappear: art as Art, that old high thing. Which\u2014unless, like me, you think we need a vessel for our inner life\u2014is nothing much to mourn.\n\nHard-working artisan, solitary genius, credentialed professional\u2014the image of the artist has changed radically over the centuries. What if the latest model to emerge means the end of art as we have known it? --continue reading\n\n\"[Satire] is important because it brings out the flaws we all have and throws them up on the screen of another person,\" said Turner. \u201cHow they react sort of shows how important that really is.\u201d Later, he added, \"Charlie took a hit for everybody.\" -read on\n\nNYC --- A new graffiti abatement program put forth by the police commissioner has beat cops carrying cans of spray paint to fill in and cover graffiti artists work in an effort to clean up the city --> Many cops are thinking it's a waste of resources, but we're waiting to see someone make a project of it. Maybe instructions for the cops on where to fill-in?\n\nThe NYPD is arming its cops with cans of spray paint and giving them art-class-style lessons to tackle the scourge of urban graffiti, The Post has learned.\n\nShootings are on the rise across the city, but the directive from Police Headquarters is to hunt down street art and cover it with black, red and white spray paint, sources said... READ ON\n\nSAN FRANCISCO --- The Headlands Center for the Arts is preparing for their largest fundraiser of the year set to go down on June 4th at SOMArts here in the city. Art auction, food, drinks, live music, etc and all for helping to support a great institution up in the Marin Headlands. ~details\n\nABOUT HEADLANDSHeadlands Center for the Arts provides an unparalleled environment for the creative process and the development of new work and ideas. Through a range of programs for artists and the public, we offer opportunities for reflection, dialogue, and exchange that build understanding and appreciation for the role of art in society.\n\nWe haven't been featuring many interviews as of late. Let's change that up as we check in with a few local San Francisco artists like Kevin Earl Taylor here whom we studio visited back in 2009 (PHOTOS & VIDEO). It's been awhile, Kevin...\n\nIf you like guns and boobs, head on over to the Shooting Gallery; just don't expect the work to be all cheap ploys and hot chicks. With Make Stuff by Peter Gronquist (Portland) in the main space and Morgan Slade's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow in the project space, there is plenty spectacle to be had, but if you look just beyond it, you might actually get something out of the shows.\n\nFifty24SF opened Street Anatomy, a new solo show by Austrian artist Nychos a week ago last Friday night. He's been steadily filling our city with murals over the last year, with one downtown on Geary St. last summer, and new ones both in the Haight and in Oakland within the last few weeks, but it was really great to see his work up close and in such detail.\n\nCongrats on our buddies at Needles and Pens on being open and rad for 11 years now. Mission Local did this little short video featuring Breezy giving a little heads up on what Needles and Pens is all about.\n\nMatt Wagner recently emailed over some photos from The Hellion Gallery in Tokyo, who recently put together a show with AJ Fosik (Portland) called Beast From a Foreign Land. The gallery gave twelve of Fosik's sculptures to twelve Japanese artists (including Hiro Kurata who is currently showing in our group show Salt the Skies) to paint, burn, or build upon.\n\nBackwoods Gallery in Melbourne played host to a huge group exhibition a couple of weeks back, with \"Gold Blood, Magic Weirdos\" Curated by Melbourne artist Sean Morris. Gold Blood brought together 25 talented painters, illustrators and comic artists from Australia, the US, Singapore, England, France and Spain - and marked the end of the Magic Weirdos trilogy, following shows in Perth in 2012 and London in 2013.\n\nSan Francisco based Fecal Pal Jeremy Fish opened his latest solo show Hunting Trophies at LA's Mark Moore Gallery last week to massive crowds and cabin walls lined with imagery pertaining to modern conquest and obsession.\n\nWell, John Felix Arnold III is at it again. This time, he and Carolyn LeBourgios packed an entire show into the back of a Prius and drove across the country to install it at Superchief Gallery in NYC. I met with him last week as he told me about the trip over delicious burritos at Taqueria Cancun (which is right across the street from FFDG and serves what I think is the best burrito in the city) as the self proclaimed \"Only overweight artist in the game\" spilled all the details.\n\nEver Gold opened a new solo show by NYC based Henry Gunderson a couple Saturday nights ago and it was literally packed. So packed I couldn't actually see most of the art - but a big crowd doesn't seem like a problem. I got a good laugh at what I would call the 'cock climbing wall' as it was one of the few pieces I could see over the crowd. I haven't gotten a chance to go back and check it all out again, but I'm definitely going to as the paintings that I could get a peek at were really high quality and intruiguing. You should do the same.\n\nThe paintings in the show are each influenced by a musician, ranging from Freddy Mercury, to Madonna, to A Tribe Called Quest and they are so stylistically consistent with each musician's persona that they read as a cohesive body of work with incredible variation. If you told me they were each painted by a different person, I would not hesitate to believe you and it's really great to see a solo show with so much variety. The show is fun, poppy, very well done, and absolutely worth a look and maybe even a listen.\n\nWith rising rent in SF and knowing mostly other young artists without capitol, I desired a way to live rent free, have a space to do my craft, and get to see more of the world. Inspired by the many historical artists who have longed similar longings I discovered the beauty of artist residencies. Lilo runs Adhoc Collective in Vienna which not only has a fully equipped artists creative studio, but an indoor halfpipe, and private artist quarters. It was like a modern day castle or skate cathedral. It exists in almost a utopic state, totally free to those that apply and come with a real passion for both art and skateboarding\n\nI just wanted to share with you a piece I recently finished which took me 4 years to complete. Titled \"How To Lose Yourself Completely (The September Issue)\", it consists of a copy of the September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine (the issue they made the documentary about) with all faces masked with a sharpie, and everything else entirely whited out. 840 pages of fun. -Bryan Schnelle\n\nJeremy Fish opens Hunting Trophies tonight, Saturday April 5th, at the Los Angeles based Mark Moore Gallery. The show features new work from Fish inside the \"hunting lodge\" where viewers climb inside the head of the hunter and explore the history of all the animals he's killed.\n\nBeautiful piece entitled \"The Albatross and the Shipping Container\", Ink on Paper, Mounted to Panel, 47\" Diameter, by San Francisco based Martin Machado now on display at FFDG. Stop in Saturday (1-6pm) to view the group show \"Salt the Skies\" now running through April 19th. 2277 Mission St. at 19th.\n\nFor some reason I thought it would be a good idea to quit my job, move out of my house, leave everything and travel again. So on August 21, 2013 I pushed a canoe packed full of gear into the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Lake Itasca, Minnesota, along with four of my best friends. Exactly 100 days later, I arrived at a marina near the Gulf of Mexico in a sailboat.\n\nMaterial published on FECAL FACE DOT COM online service is copyrighted by Fecal Face or its licensors, including the originating wire services. Such material is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws and treaties. All rights reserved.\n\nUsers of the Fecal Face online service may not reproduce, republish or redistribute material found on the web site in any form without the express written consent of the copyright holder.\nxhamsterwarez"}
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-{"text": "Union agrees to back off Wal-Mart protests\n\nSource :\n\nLast Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 23:45 hrs\n\n-Mart stores for at least 60 days as part of a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board. But they vowed they will continue to press the world's largest retailer to better overall working conditions, including wages.\n\nThe agreement, announced by the labor board Thursday, comes after the discounter filed a complaint on Nov. 20 with the board against the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. It said that demonstrations at the stores organized by union-backed OUR Walmart that culminated on the day after Thanksgiving threatened to disrupt its business and intimidate customers and other store workers.\n\nOUR Walmart is made up of former and current Wal-Mart workers.\n\nMeanwhile, OUR Walmart filed its own charge with the labor board. It cited attempts by Wal-Mart to deter workers from participating in what the group called legally protected walkouts.\n\nAt issue were what constitutes picketing and whether the activity was aimed at gaining recognition for the union. Wal-Mart contended that such demonstrations violated labor laws because it claimed the \"picketing\" lasted more than 30 days and had the intent of unionizing its members.\n\nUnion officials have argued that the walk-outs and demonstrations are to protest what it believes are Wal-Mart's retaliation tactics against workers who publicly speak out about working conditions and wages. The tactics allegedly include scheduling changes and reduction in workers' hours. OUR Walmart had argued that because the planned walkouts are in protest of what it believes are unfair labor practices, workers are legally protected under federal labor law.\n\nWal-Mart Stores Inc. faced a worker walkout last October ahead of its annual investor meeting that expanded to more than a dozen states and involved about 90 workers. Those efforts intensified on the day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, known as \"Black Friday.\"\n\nThe agreement, announced Thursday, will stop picketing and \"confrontational conduct\" at Wal-Mart facilities for at least 60 days. Nancy Cleeland, a spokeswoman at the NLRB, said that it was unnecessary to decide the merits of the labor charge against the UFCW and would set aside pursuing the charge given UFCW's commitments. She said it would dismiss the complaint in six months as long as the union complies with the agreement it made.\n\nIn a letter to the National Labor Relations Board from the UFCW that was supplied by Wal-Mart, the labor group said that it also has no intent in \"forcing or requiring employees of Wal-Mart to accept or select UFCW or OUR Walmart as the representatives of its employees.\" It would also not encourage illegal disruptions by other affiliated groups such as Jobs with Justice, and Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.\n\nThe labor groups also said it would not contest if the labor board sought a temporary injunction for future activity that's later deemed to be illegal picketing.\n\n\"We appreciate the thorough efforts of the NLRB in its investigation,\" Wal-Mart said in a statement. \"Many of the union's demonstrations and pickets used before Black Friday were illegal.\"\n\nRonald Meisburg, a partner at law firm Proskauer and the former general counsel at the labor board from 2006 to 2010, called the agreement a \"big win for Wal-Mart.\" ''They're very limited to the type of picketing they can do.\"\n\nThe UFCW issued a statement says that its agreement to refrain from \"picketing\" or any actions that can be construed as \"picketing\" for the 60-day period, doesn't \"affect or limit the labor groups' ability to otherwise protest, demonstrate or strike because of Walmart's unfair practices and poor record on labor rights and standards\" at other venues.\n\nJohn Logan, professor and director of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University noted that legally, picketing has a more narrow definition than what one may think.\n\n\"The settlement... provides very few restrictions to their ability to protest the company \u2014 workers can continue to speak out and take action, from protests to strikes, to improve working conditions at Wal-Mart,\" he said.\n\nWal-Mart appears to be listening to the complaints. The retailer announced last month that it would help part-time Wal-Mart workers transition into full-time employment if they want. Wal-Mart said it will make sure that its part-time workers have \"first shot\" at the full-time job openings in the stores in their area. Wal-Mart said the move will give part-time employees higher earning potential.\n\n\"OUR Walmart has been able to raise the voices and concerns of workers at Walmart stores across the country and this resolution ensures that will continue,\" Colby Harris, a member from OUR Walmart, said in a statement."}
-{"text": "[Q] Pen mode not working- boost mobile\n\nHello, I purchased HTC View 4G that has been flashed to use in Boost Mobile service.\n\nSo far, I like the device, and happy with the purchases.\n\nHowever, I came across with a problem and in need of support.\n\nOne of the main reason that lead me to purchase this was the integration of pen/stylus to draw/write freely. I tried various ways to make pen mode to work, but it seems that function isn't working properly.\n\nI pressed a green pen-mode button located on the bottom right corner, and there's no response.\nI also went to settings--> pen--> tutorial, but I can't draw anything in the box.\nI have no clue what the problem is.\n\nHello, I purchased HTC View 4G that has been flashed to use in Boost Mobile service.\n\nSo far, I like the device, and happy with the purchases.\n\nHowever, I came across with a problem and in need of support.\n\nOne of the main reason that lead me to purchase this was the integration of pen/stylus to draw/write freely. I tried various ways to make pen mode to work, but it seems that function isn't working properly.\n\nI pressed a green pen-mode button located on the bottom right corner, and there's no response.\nI also went to settings--> pen--> tutorial, but I can't draw anything in the box.\nI have no clue what the problem is.\n\nAny comment/suggestion would be much appreciated.\n\ni think you need to be more specific with your problem,\n- what kind of pen do you use?\n- which kind of ROM do you use?\n\nXDA Developers was founded by developers, for developers. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.Are you a developer?"}
-{"text": "Bill: I was watching a philosophy roundtable discussion lately and this anecdote about Jean-Paul Sarte was offered. Sarte said there had been times in his life when events converged so finely and feelings erupted so rightly that he thanked God for it. Followed quickly by saying then I catch myself. Sounds like the mind of a man who had (almost) intellectualized away his inmost. Thereafter the only G words permissible are Gaia and government. ***** I was preparing to riposte your posit when it struck me that one is as good as another. Atheists brow-beat believers because they disbelieve belief but believers brow-beat atheists based on their beliefs while disbelieving in disbelief. To me, either way takes too much arrogance. Whose beliefs are we to believe? What makes THEM so damned sure they\u2019re right? To me, a humble person will always consider the possibility that they are wrong. There is just too much likelihood of error when beliefs are swallowed whole like a mushroom of unknown origin. Which is better blind belief or proven fact and why?BTW, where was the discussion taking place?Regards,Mr. T\n\nMr T, the discussion was on C-span but I cannot recall more than that.\n\nAs for this belief/unbelief thing I find I have avoided imperiousness by heeding the biblical route of 'line by line, precept by precept, here a little, there a little'. There is no certainty. There is a sure and certain hope.\n\nMr T, the discussion was on C-span but I cannot recall more than that.\n\nAs for this belief/unbelief thing I find I have avoided imperiousness by heeding the biblical route of 'line by line, precept by precept, here a little, there a little'. There is no certainty. There is a sure and certain hope.\n\nIOS, thanks for your reply and for activating some old memories of my college days. Talk about formative years!\n\nAs for faith I describe myself as a hybrid. A deist who believes in interjections. Interjections that cannot (at any rate I can't) be accounted for by numbers churning with no fire burning. I realize that position is not philosophically kosher but it shows I intellectually assent to the existence of and emotionally to the activity of.\n\nNot surprisingly (and not without balking) I came to view Christ as an interjection in history, personal and planetary. As simultaneity, Emmanuel, and entelechy. Shot through with re- words like renew, re-know, restore, resurrect, and redeem.\n\nMr T, you convey succinctly the promise and the problems of epistemology.\n\nI am often struck by the kinship between Plato's cave, Paul's glass darkly, and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. All three denote our struggle to know. Paul's orientation of course speaks of being known, of at last face to face.\n\nDiversion here. The flux and flow of quantum physics has an intellectual grip for me that has been there since college days. That interplay between observer and observed is a fascinating and likely an insoluble mystery. The wall encountered is frustrating to a why-asker.\n\nEugene Wigner, a Nobel laureate in (what else?) quantum physics, was heard to remark 'I just don't understand quantum physics'. After reading that I felt much relieved.\n\nMe - succinct? Isn\u2019t that an oxymoron? ;D*****Bill: I am often struck by the kinship between Plato's cave, Paul's glass darkly, and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. All three denote our struggle to know. Paul's orientation of course speaks of being known, of at last face to face. *****Well, you know about my problem with Paul. I still teeter between wondering if he was the world\u2019s first cult leader or sincere. I don\u2019t want to be suspicious natured but I can\u2019t seem to help ask the question. It is related to the idea of getting off on an idealistic, reason-alistic tangent. There simply is too much evidence of reasonable doubt. To tell you the truth, it would be much easier to just give in and be what the crowd wants me to be but that\u2019s never been my style. It would also be dishonest and cowardly. *****Bill: The flux and flow of quantum physics has an intellectual grip for me that has been there since college days. *****I had quanta flitting through my consciousness when I wrote that, wrestling with how to say it as elegantly yet simply as possible. I\u2019m not surprised you picked up on it. Thought influences expectation. Expectation influences thought and never the twain shall be discrete. So they say \u2013 quanta are affected by the way they are observed but then isn\u2019t everything? I suppose the hardest part of getting rid of bias is realizing that it\u2019s there.\n\nI was just reading about Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. The write ups on them mentioned some things they had in common; i.e. gambling, late conversions, inherent nobility and a belief in the unity of creation bringing us back to existentialism. I can see the sense in that as a sort of mass quantum sum unconsciously driving society toward the values it eventually holds. *****Bill: That interplay between observer and observed is a fascinating and likely an insoluble mystery. The wall encountered is frustrating to a why-asker.*****I know it\u2019s hard to believe but knowing that I\u2019ll never have all the answers doesn\u2019t really bother me as much as you might guess. I am resigned to the realization that I\u2019ll never have enough data to know anything with absolute certainty. That seems to drive other people buggy but not me. What it does do is make things interesting and thus life worth living. When the curiosity is gone - so I suppose will be my mind and then what\u2019s the point? In that event, it\u2019s time to turn me into fertilizer or something else useful to the betterment of humankind. *****Bill: Eugene Wigner, a Nobel laureate in (what else?) quantum physics, was heard to remark 'I just don't understand quantum physics'. After reading that I felt much relieved. *****You know me, the perennial skeptic. What if it\u2019s not the quanta but the concept? Maybe we make them with our ideas? Chicken - egg? Regards,Mr. T"}
-{"text": "Daily Edition\n\nThe Canadian actress most recently co-starred opposite James Franco in the Hulu limited series '11.22.63.'\n\nSarah Gadon is going from Hulu to Netflix.\n\nThe Canadian actress has been tapped to topline Netflix's Margaret Atwood drama Alias Grace, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.\n\nGadon, who most recently co-starred opposite James Franco in Hulu's Stephen King limited series 11.22.63, will play Grace Marks in the streaming giant and Canadian broadcaster CBC's adaptation of Atwood's award-winning novel.\n\nPublished in 1996, Alias Grace follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. McDermott was hanged, while Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment. She became one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of 1840s Canada for her supposed role in the sensational double murder and was eventually exonerated after 30 years in jail. Her conviction was controversial and sparked much debate over whether she actually was involved in the killings or merely an unwitting accessory.\n\nThe six-hour miniseries is inspired by Marks' true story and will be written and produced by Sarah Polley (Looking for Alaska, Away From Her). Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol) will direct. Production is slated to begin in August in Ontario. Polley, Harron and Noreen Halpern (NBC's Working the Engels) will executive produce; D.J. Carson (Spotlight) is on board as a co-executive producer. A premiere date has not been determined.\n\nThe Netflix adaptation, like Atwood's novel, will introduce a fictional young doctor named Simon Jordan who researches the case and falls in love with Marks. He soon becomes obsessed with her as he seeks to reconcile his perception of the mild-mannered woman he sees with the savage murders of which she has been convicted.\n\nFor Gadon, the role marks her first stateside starring TV vehicle. In addition to 11.22.63, her credits include the feature Indignation. She is repped by WME, Creative Drive Artists and Jackoway Tyerman."}
-{"text": "A Junk Mail user has notified us about a person who is attempting to defraud users who are advertising using our service. The person calls himself Pastor Jacobs and is contacting users claiming that...\n\nThousands of classifieds advertisers make use of Junk Mail\u2019s services daily. Advertisers receive hundreds of responses on their adverts. The majority of responses are from genuine potential buyers, but there are also responses from...\n\nA new scam that has been doing it rounds recently. Scammers claim that the SMS recipients are the lucky winners of a 2012 Ford Fiesta vehicle in a competition sponsored my electronics giant Samsung....\n\nA Junk Mail user (Renee) recently avoided being scammed by spotting four danger signs. Today I\u2019m sharing her story with you. I\u2019m pretty sure that many of you will find this information useful. Renee..."}
-{"text": "Blog of Web Developer Garry Pilkington\n\n(ASP.Net, C#, AngularJs, JavaScript, HTML5 & UWP)\n\nIt seems in light of revelations surrounding security of websites that there are more and more sites utilizing HTTPS instead of HTTP. The older reasons not to adopt HTTPS such as the burden on server and client processors has pretty much dissapeared. There is no real reason not to implement HTTPS and if you want to use protocols such as SPDY or HTTP/2 then you have to enforce a secure connection. To do this in an MVC project you have to do a few things, firstly add a filter to the GlobalFilterCollection like this:-\n\nThis code implements the RequireHttpsAttribute and allows through http connections if it is running on localhost which is ideal for a development team that doesn\u2019t want to start messing arround with certificates.\n\nThen you need to edit the web.config, again in a dev environment you can get away with creating transforms that will add the security side of things when you do a publish under that configuration.\n\nThe main points in the above code are the requireSSL attributes and the customHeaders element of system.webServer. The Strict-transport-Security custom header enforces HSTS which tells the browser to only connect on HTTPS and never on HTTP; this helps prevent such attacks as cookie hijacking.\n\nIn Chrome dev tools you should see this in the Response header:-\n\nStrict-Transport-Security:max-age=16070400; includeSubDomains\n\nWhere the max-age is how long the browser will connect over HTTPS for; Twitter for example sets a max age of 20 years to prevent any attack on their servers circumventing HTTPS."}
-{"text": "Twylla is blessed. The Gods have chosen her to marry a prince, and rule the kingdom. But the favour of the Gods has its price. A deadly poison infuses her skin. Those who anger the queen must die under Twylla\u2019s fatal touch.\n\nOnly Lief, an outspoken new guard, can see past Twylla\u2019s chilling role to the girls she truly is.\n\nYet in a court as dangerous and the queen\u2019s, some truths should not be told\u2026\n\nReview by Katy Haye:\n\nOn the surface, this should have been just my kind of book: fantasy, a deadly heroine with a crucial destiny, and a power-mad queen. What\u2019s not to like, right? Except I\u2019m really sorry to say I struggled to find anything I did like about The Sin Eater\u2019s Daughter.\n\nIf it sounds like your kind of book, for heaven\u2019s sake, read Claire Watt\u2019s review of it, because she enjoyed it. I, on the other hand, am going to sound like Mrs Grumpy Grumblepants, because I was really disappointed.\n\nMy best advice (other than to find something else to read) is to start at page 123, because that\u2019s where things actually start happening and the narrative picks up a bit. Before that, all you really need to know is that our heroine, Twylla (who can kill with a single touch), is the royal executioner and doesn\u2019t like the role much (understandable), but she doesn\u2019t dislike it enough to do anything about it (much less comprehensible). The rest of the start is dull backstory (Twylla doesn\u2019t like anything much and is a drearily introspective, self-obsessed wimp), dull geography lessons about our fantasy world, and implausibly dramatic reactions to the Prince\u2019s merest glance.\n\nIt picks up even more, and was fairly readable, after page 179 but I was already set against it by then. Mostly, it was just very unconvincing. None of the characters seemed to like, or even respect each other, which made it difficult to empathise with any of them. And I rather thought the fictional world hadn\u2019t been thought through well enough. The Prince was supposedly the result of \u201ccenturies\u201d of brother-sister marriages (to keep \u201cthe blood\u201d pure, natch), and yet we\u2019re told he\u2019s handsome and strong and a gifted fighter and good dancer. Really? Centuries of inbreeding doesn\u2019t produce physical perfection. I understand we have to work with the fictional demands of heroes here, but I thought Melinda Salisbury could have given her Prince a club foot or a squint without destroying his appeal entirely (and provided a yay for diversity and heroes who don\u2019t fit the \u201ctall, dark and handsome\u201d mould). Furthermore, the country has a single sin eater (Twylla\u2019s mother) who is called on for the funerals of everyone who can afford her services\u2026 but she spends most of her time at home. The place must be singularly sparsely-populated if you only get one or two deaths per week.\n\nThen we got to the Sleeping Prince thread. This was, actually, excellent. Breadcrumbs were carefully laid and there were twists and drama. Fabulous. BUT it didn\u2019t work in this book. The whole point of The Sin Eater\u2019s Daughter relies on debunking religion and folklore and replacing it with hard science. So to then ask us to believe in a Prince who\u2019s been sleeping for 500 years, sustained only by the heart of a maiden ingested once a century just wasn\u2019t credible. The Prince wasn\u2019t sleeping, he was clearly stone dead \u2013 killed by a deadly dose of implausibility.\n\nThe epilogue was entirely unnecessary and should have been cut \u2013 which brings me to my final point. Editing. I sometimes feel like I\u2019m the only person who notices any more, but poor editing ruins a story. Self-publishers may claim poverty or ignorance (although they shouldn\u2019t), but why Scholastic couldn\u2019t provide someone competent is beyond me. The Prince at one point mentions something that happened \u201cyesterday\u201d \u2013 except the events were earlier the same day. And (unless grammatical conventions have widened between US and UK English) any copy editor should have spotted and corrected \u201cSo it\u2019s just you and I then\u201d (should be \u201cyou and me\u201d \u2013 guidance is to take out the second person and it should still read correctly) and similar niggles. Because misplaced apostrophes make me twitch, I actually changed the one in the blurb above (which was cut and pasted from Goodreads) where it read \u201cit\u2019s price\u201d which should OF COURSE be \u201cits.\u201d I\u2019ve left in the \u201cgirls\u201d that should be \u201cgirl\u201d and the \u201cand\u201d which should be \u201cas\u201d to demonstrate my point. Three errors in nine promotional sentences. I wonder what it is that publishers do these days\u2026 Oh yes, they get you on the central tables in Waterstones and on the shortlist of prestigious prizes. Silly me.\n\nClearly, I don\u2019t share much reading taste in common with the shortlisting panel of the YA Book Prize because I\u2019m afraid I was scratching my head as to why this book reached shortlist stage."}
-{"text": "Referred to as \u201cGlassware\u201d, Google Glass apps are coming together as part of a storm for Explorer users. Starting with delivering CNN breaking news alerts, then Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook posts, along with Evernote reminders and articles from Elle Magazine. The New York Times and Path were the only two Glassware apps available for the headset, until now. The apps will roll-out soon, and with thousands of others in development for the public Google Glass launch next year.\n\nGoogle and NASA see it fitting to join forces and launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, based at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California, which will be home to a quantum computer from D-Wave Systems. Researchers will work to, in Google\u2019s own words, \u201cstudy how quantum computing might advance machine learning\u201d.\n\nIn reality, what Google wants to do with quantum computing is refine and perhaps completely revamp how search and voice recognition technology interact and work, so that an artificial intelligence (AI) more advanced than Apple\u2019s Siri or Google own Now engine could exist. The same could be said for predicting and addressing climates and diseases. Don\u2019t get excited yet, since this is in its very early stages, but still, if there is a time to use \u201ccutting edge\u201d, this is it.\n\nIt\u2019s actually really humble of Google to show off the six prototypes of Google Glass (considering that the current version is still a prototype, after all). From strapping a smartphone to your head, to circuit boards and wires, Google has tried almost everything until they reached the current evolution. It\u2019s needless to say that you\u2019d look like a real Glasshole wearing the early prototypes, if you would even want to at all.\n\nIf you\u2019re interested, check out the Glass section of yesterday\u2019s Google I/O presentation (beginning at the 6:13).\n\nThe new Google Maps has access to everything it should have been before. In retrospect, more context, better ratings systems, a refined interface, and a feature to further understand what places you like to visit and populates your map with relevant information. Besides featuring a \u201cflat\u201d interface, the web app has been redesigned from the ground up, with a great new search box and layers that can add a rich user experience, plus Earth View, which features real-time clouds and a great angle of the planet, without the use of a plugin.\n\nOn Android and iOS, refined Photo Tours, Street View, and all of the aforementioned features will debut as well. It\u2019s just a never-ending stream of excellence. On desktop, you can sign up for a preview of the upcoming revamped Google Maps.\n\nGoogle has flooded the news streams today and this time with 41 additional features. Google+ will see a complete redesign, on all platforms, and this intros 41 new features put into three categories: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos. But for now, detailing the major new features will suffice. First off, a new Stream, which is inspired by Google Now. Second is a standalone Google Hangouts app that will integrate SMS, Google+, and any other messages you plan on receiving into one service. Third, is the amped-up default storage of Google accounts to 15GB, because now photos uploaded will automatically have access to three editing features: Auto Highlight, Auto Enhance, and Auto Awesome \u2014 all of which correct, sharpen, or do whatever they have to in order to fix the pic.\n\nGoogle is trying as hard as they possibly can with Google+ and they at least deserve applause for it.\n\nThis could be the biggest move by Google to close the fragmentation version gap \u2014 the Galaxy S 4, with an unlocked boatloader, plus stock Android Jelly Bean. It\u2019s unlocked to work on T-Mobile and AT&T with 4G LTE, along with 16GB of onboard storage. The best part seems to be that prompt system updates, unlike the scenario that will play out with the other Galaxy S 4 devices that have Samsing\u2019s Touchwiz interface loaded. There\u2019s only one catch to this whole honeymoon: the stock Galaxy S 4 will cost $649 starting June 26th on Google Play.\n\nStarting at $10 a month (or $8 for those who sign-up within the next few days/weeks), Google\u2019s new music streaming service has big muscles, supported by the likes of Sony and others, with the ability to integrate with your existing Google Play Music songs, while integrating with the existing software interface. Available on tablets, laptops, or smartphone, Google Play Music All Access will also debut a 30-day free trial for new users.\n\nIt\u2019s a crazy, wonderful new project that actually makes sense, since no music streaming service has also allowed you to upload your own songs to the cloud. And of course, it\u2019s just one bit of news coming out of Google I/O that will ensure the superiority of the big G for a while longer.\n\nHP has announced its second Android-powered device, the SlateBook x2, which is the first Tegra 4-powered, 10-inch Android convertible tablet. A superpowered NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor powers the system, with a 1920 x 1200 IPS display, with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean where the only customizations that HP has added are a text editor, file explorer, and others. To bolster the feel of using a laptop, HP added a touchpad and 2 USB 2.0 ports, along with the support for a second battery to prolong usage time. PR after the break.\n\nEither out of sheer strength or desperation for their legacy to not be full of emptiness and falling quarterly profits, BlackBerry is porting the famous BBM application, their killer feature, to iOS and Android this summer \u2014 technically negating any reason to own a BlackBerry. However, from a corporate standpoint, it\u2019s seen differently: \u201cIt\u2019s time to bring BBM to a greater audience,\u201d CEO Thorsten Heins said in announcing the expansion, \u201cno matter what mobile device they carry.\u201d\n\nThe app is planned to be a \u201cfully featured\u201d BBM experience, with no compromise. In fact, Heins goes on to say that, \u201cWe\u2019re starting with messaging and groups, but we\u2019ll bring voice, screen share, and of course, channels later on.\u201d\n\nIt really just seems that BlackBerry wants its voice heard, but to what extremes are they willing to go? Jumping ship seems like their current arrangement.\n\nGeneral pre-orders for NVDIA\u2019s Tegra 4 portable gaming console with up to 1.9GHz of processing power have gone live on the internet, priced at $349. Based off of Android Jelly Bean with a console-quality controller, a 5-inch 720p HD retinal multi-touch display, micro SD card slot, 2GB RAM and 16GB of onboard storage, it\u2019s no doubt that NVIDIA is actually pretty good at putting together hardware, despite only being a graphics card and system-on-a-chip company. Plus, you can stream games through any GTX-powered computer, lag-free, thanks to integration. And on the side, the Google Play Store and NVIDIA Tegra Zone can provide all the games you need.\n\nThe pre-order link takes you to the $349 order page, with a ship date near the end of June. Taking the plunge?"}
-{"text": "CFPB Exploring Advisory Opinions for Consumer Finance Companies\n\nProcess could help set expectations for legal interpretations of new issues\n\nThe CFPB is considering creating a program to give companies more clarity on how the regulator would interpret consumer finance laws, Deputy Director Brian Johnson said.\n\nThe idea would be for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue a formal advisory opinion on how it would apply fair lending, disclosures, and other laws to a company\u2019s specific facts and circumstances.\n\nPart of the consideration includes whether to make opinions public and allow other companies to rely on them .\n\n\u201cI think there are always enhanced opportunities to provider greater guidance ex ante to industry, so that they can conform their..."}
-{"text": "Food Fit for Napolean\n\nNapoleon Style Cheeseburger\n\nAmericans love to eat and like to celebrate with food, so much that every day of the year is a national day for some type of food. September 18th was National Cheeseburger Day, yesterday was National Butterscotch Pudding Day, and today is National Punch Day/Rum Punch Day. The Elizabeth Pye blog writings are predominantly inspired by an affinity for French history, thus this question popped up: would Napoleon eat a cheeseburger if he lived today in our country?\n\nThis study will, perhaps, show whether or not Napoleon would fit in with our American got-to-have-it-now meal-on-the-go like a cheeseburger, for example.\n\nWhat did Napoleon like to eat?\n\nWhat type of food was considered fit for Napoleon? Various reports by his chefs and other sources give us a good idea of what he liked to eat. Researching the following questions on the Internet shed some light on the subject.\n\nWhat did Napoleon like to eat?\n\nWhat did Napoleon eat?\n\nWhat breads did Napoleon eat?\n\nAccording to Shannon Selin, Napoleon\u2019s second valet, Louis Etienne Saint-Denis, reported that Napoleon liked \u201c\u2026a filet of beef\u2026salad\u2026vegetables\u2026simply cooked things whether meat or vegetables and a piece of Parmesan or Roquefort cheese closed his meals.\u201d (Louis \u00c9tienne Saint-Denis, Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena, translated by Frank Hunter Potter (New York and London, 1922), pp. 175-176.)\n\n\u201cRichness and poverty must both disappear from the government of equality.\nIt will no longer make a bread of wheat for the rich and a bread of bran for the\npoor. All bakers will be held, under the penalty of imprisonment, to make only\none type of bread: The Bread of Equality.\u201d\n\nNapoleon, being rich and of nobility, could choose whatever bread he wanted and \u201ca bread of wheat for the rich\u201d shows the likeliness that he ate wheat baguettes.\n\nNapoleon Menu\n\nSumming up the research on the type of food that Napoleon liked to eat, his quick meals, and his bread preference, the assumption could be made that cheeseburgers would perhaps show up on a Napoleon menu occasionally. For example, he liked all the things that go on a cheeseburger:\n\nbread \u2013 There are many types of hamburger buns to choose from. Surely, he would find one he liked.\n\nbeef \u2013 He loved potatoes cooked different ways, including over embers, so he would order his grilled to perfection.\n\nvegetables \u2013 Lettuce and tomatoes would fit into this category.\n\nonions \u2013 Grilled burgers and onions go great together, and he did like onions.\n\ncheese \u2013 Roquefort cheese was one of his favorites. Have you ever eaten a Roquefort cheeseburger? Delicious!\n\nIt is possible, on the other hand, that Napoleon would be difficult to please in how he would eat a cheeseburger. Therefore, he\u2019d demand the bread by itself, onions and beef for one meal, a lettuce and tomato salad for the next course, and end the evening with the cheese. There are also a few other factors to consider. Being from France, he would request a fork and knife to eat the burger. In respect to his health, a big fat cheeseburger in one sitting could be too much for his gastritis.\n\nNow that the discovery has been made that it is possible Napoleon would eat a cheeseburger if he lived in America today, here is a Napoleon Cheeseburger recipe:"}
-{"text": "Fonal Records artists Es, Tomutonttu and Jarse are set tour widely in Nordic countries. Lau Nau will also feature on two dates and one show will be with Islaja. The artists represent Finnish modern experimental electronic music. The tour begins on 5th of June ending on 18th of June, and includes shows in Gothenburg, Malmo and Stockholm in Sweden, \u00c5rhus and Copenhagen in Denmark, Oslo in Norway and Reykjavik in Iceland. Fonal Records Nordic Tour is a part of the Music Export Finland\u2019s MOI! Sounds from Suomi flagship project."}
-{"text": "Divine Intimacy ~ Leather Bound\n\n$74.95\n\nThis Book of Meditations is a classic and is steeped in Carmelite spirituality. For every day it offers two meditations, arranged according to the liturgical season (1962 Missal), that enable the soul to enter the conscious presence of God and to reflect on the theme of the day. These are followed by a Colloquy that helps the person at prayer to start a friendly conversation with God where acts of praise and love, petition and thanksgiving are made, together with good resolutions for the future. Here we are at the very heart of prayer, which is a heart-to-heart encounter in faith with the living God. Divine Intimacy is the highest state attainable on earth. In this union of love, the soul produces acts of love which have an immense apostolic influence on a multitude of souls. This knowledge of the ways that lead to God, according to the teaching of the renowned Spanish mystics, is distilled into the pages of this book.\n\nThe original edition of Divine Intimacy was published in Italian under the title \u201cIntimit\u00e0 Divina del P. Gabrielle di S. Maria Maddalena\u201d. This edition is the English translation by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Boston published under licence from Monastero S. Giuseppe Carmelitane Scalze, Roma, Italia. This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1964 edition originally published by Descl\u00e9e Company."}
-{"text": "Penanya\n\ngetmaren stopped appearing on my lower left taskbar\n\nPertanyaan\n\nI searched for the program and found it then I tried to change from English to AR Saudi but the computer wouldn't respond then\n\nI went and removed the program from the control panel and it was removed.\n\nI tried downloading the program again but I only got the demo . I restored the language bar again to add AR Saudi and it was done but the getmaren program has not been downloaded or at least I cannot find it in my programs."}
-{"text": "All men\u2019s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. \u2013 Blaise Pascal\n\nPosted by: donmihaihai | March 26, 2009\n\nSpecialisation and clusters\n\nAn unlikely article on the wonder of specialisation and clusters\n\nJapan\u2019s Small Exporters Are Hit Hardest\n\nBy HIROKO TABUCHI\n\nPublished: March 25, 2009\n\nSAITAMA, Japan \u2014 Most people who own an iPhone, a Prius or a Nintendo Wii have never heard of Porite, but this small company outside Tokyo makes a crucial part of their toys\u2019 vital organs.\n\nDespite the ubiquity of the tiny copper bearings Porite churns out by the millions each day, orders all but dried up in September. Now shipments are down about 40 percent from last year, as consumers in the United States and elsewhere rein in spending on sophisticated electronics.\n\nWith little to do, the company\u2019s 400 employees spend their days sweeping and cleaning, and about a dozen contract workers have been let go.\n\nThe finance ministry announced Wednesday that exports from Japan, the world\u2019s second-largest economy, fell by a record 49 percent in February compared with a year earlier. It was the fifth consecutive month that exports have fallen. Shipments to the United States fell 58 percent. Japan\u2019s trade surplus was down 91 percent, to 82.4 billion yen, or about $840 million.\n\nAlthough the Japanese brands known worldwide have received more attention in the news, the bulk of the problems affecting Japan\u2019s exporters are not at Toyota or Sony, both of which predict deep losses this year, but at small and midsize companies like Porite.\n\nIn a shift often overlooked even inside Japan, these virtual unknowns now account for about 75 percent of Japan\u2019s manufacturing output and employ almost 90 percent of the sector\u2019s workers.\n\nIn part because of the export slump, the nation\u2019s economy was 12.1 percent smaller in the last three months of 2008 than in the period a year earlier, putting Japan on course for its deepest, longest decline since World War II.\n\n\u201cJapan has taken a disproportionate hit in the economic downturn,\u201d says Yasuo Yamamoto, senior economist at the consulting firm Mizuho Research Institute. \u201cJapan\u2019s exports are concentrated in the very sectors that have been hit the most in the economic crisis, like cars and electronics.\u201d\n\nPorite is an example of an increasingly important group of Japanese exporters that have found a niche in making the advanced inputs \u2014 like tiny bearings and micron-thin films and wafers \u2014 that make other companies\u2019 products tick.\n\nStreamlined and focused, they bear little resemblance to the conglomerates that have long dominated Japanese industry.\n\n\u201cBecause these companies aren\u2019t household names, their emergence has been easy to overlook,\u201d says Ulrike Schaede, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.\n\nIn fact, division of labor is developing on a large scale in Asia. Take the laptop, for example: Japan exports advanced materials and machinery tools to Taiwan and South Korea, which make microchips and other intermediate products to export to China, which puts together laptops to ship to the United States.\n\nSimilarly, almost 75 percent of the parts that make up semiconductors are made in Japan, though the semiconductors themselves may be manufactured elsewhere, according to estimates by Japan\u2019s trade ministry.\n\nBut that has made Japan\u2019s export industries especially vulnerable to the global downturn. On top of a fall in direct exports to the United States, Japan is exporting less to other Asian manufacturing centers like China, Taiwan and South Korea, as companies there scale back production.\n\nMoreover, exports have been growing in importance for Japan. Overseas shipments have surged in recent years, fueled by a huge appetite for Japanese cars and gadgets among consumers in the United States and elsewhere, while the domestic economy has stagnated.\n\nLast year, exports made up 15.9 percent of Japan\u2019s gross domestic product, up from 9.8 percent a decade ago.\n\nEven small companies like Porite rode the wave of globalization, opening factories in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand \u2014 and, in 2002, Jefferson City, Mo. Now, more than 70 percent of Porite\u2019s sales come from outside Japan.\n\nEconomists predict Japanese manufacturing will remain sluggish for some time. Sentiment in Japan\u2019s small and midsize industries is at its worst in almost 20 years. Trouble at many of Japan\u2019s regional banks, the lifeline for many smaller companies, has raised concerns of an impending credit crisis.\n\nOver all, industrial production fell 10.2 percent in January from a month earlier, the biggest fall on record, and is expected to have declined sharply in February.\n\n\u201cCompanies are cutting back production at an incredible pace to reduce inventories, and that\u2019s being reflected in the export figures,\u201d said Hiroshi Shiraishi, a Tokyo-based economist for the bank BNP Paribas. \u201cWe may see exports come back a little once inventories are brought down,\u201d he said, \u201cbut a full recovery is further down the road.\u201d\n\nStill, small manufacturers that do survive the current downturn will bounce back more quickly than many larger exporters, said Ms. Schaede of the University of California, because they are such dominant players in their fields. \u201cThey are extremely focused, and they will be in a very strong position once we see economic recovery,\u201d she said\n\nBut many fear a \u201chollowing out\u201d of Japanese technological expertise by then as companies fail.\n\n\u201cThe small- and medium-sized enterprise sector is an immense resource. It\u2019s Japan\u2019s beating industrial heart,\u201d said Damian Thong, Tokyo-based analyst for the brokerage firm Macquarie Securities. \u201cWhen you start getting more moving overseas, or go out of business, the concern is that you can\u2019t get it back. Once that happens, Japan\u2019s industrial base breaks down.\u201d\n\nTatsunosuke Kikuchi, father of Porite\u2019s president, Masanori Kikuchi, founded Porite in 1952. His first break came when he landed orders from Hitachi to make bearings for Japan\u2019s first domestically produced electric fan. Since then, it has been a race to develop the smallest, sturdiest bearings for ever-smaller gadgets.\n\nPorite takes copper powder and molds parts to exact specifications, allowing electronics and auto companies to develop smaller, more complex motors. The company estimates it holds about a 70 percent global share in bearings for consumer electronics like the iPhone, as well as a 20 percent share in bearings used in auto motors.\n\n\u201cEvery time we get an order for smaller, more complex specifications, I think it\u2019s impossible at first,\u201d Masanori Kikuchi said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re talking two-thousandths of a millimeter. And we\u2019re going to go even smaller.\u201d\n\nJapan is desperate to save companies like Porite. The government has put aside 20 trillion yen, about $200 billion, to back bank loans to small and midsize companies to bolster lending and avert a credit crisis. It has also introduced measures to subsidize smaller companies to keep idled workers on their payrolls.\n\n\u201cSmall and medium companies have been the most vulnerable in the bad economy,\u201d says Fumio Sato, a trade ministry official in charge of an emergency help line for struggling small and midsize companies. He says calls to the line have surged since January.\n\n\u201cIn Japan, even the fate of small companies reflects the world economy,\u201d he said."}
-{"text": "Links\n\nSaturday, March 18, 2017\n\n123 Buddy System (S4:Ep13)\n\n123 Buddy System (S4:Ep13)\n\nHarry & Branden are joined by a shorty, and they taste the worst Oreo ever\u2026 (Music played is owned by their respective copyright owners and publishers, and is for review purposes only, under fair use.)\n\nListen Up is produced by Harry Geyer & Branden Palomo, and published using a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Please visit CreativeCommons.Org, or email ListenUpReno@gmail.com for more details."}
-{"text": "Room details\n\nCharges for the room\n\nWeekly rent\n\n$200\n\nBond\n\n2 weeks rent\n\nBills\n\nIncluded in rent\n\nInternet\n\nIncluded in rent\n\nParking\n\nNo parking\n\nPreferences\n\nStudents accepted\n\nLGBT+ friendly\n\nBackpackers welcome\n\nSubletting my room between 15th.December.2016 to 10.February.2017. My place is close to City and Monash caulfield campus. You\u2019ll love my place because of the location. 9mins walking distance to Caulfield station and 18mins train to city.My place is good for couples, solo adventurers, and business travellers.Welcome for inspection.\n\nFlatmates\n\nI will be away Melbourne between 1st January 2017 and 8th Feburary 2017. It is possible that only you live in the house."}
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-{"text": "Thursday, March 17, 2011\n\nWriting successful proposals: the basics\n\nSecond in a series of how to write successful proposals; the first post, on picking your potential funder, is here. Today I'm going to talk about the basics: good mechanics, good grammar, and following instructions.\n\nIt's very important to pay attention to what the funder wants. Three pages? No more than 50? OK! With 12 point type and one-inch margins? Do it! A table of contents? Attachments? A lot of life involves following instructions (think about completing an IRS 1040). Follow them.\n\nAttend the bidders' conference, if there is one. It's always useful to be in the room and see the body language of the person answering questions. And to hear the questions as they are asked. The summary produced after won't do the drama, such as it is, justice.\n\nPay attention to deadlines. Like any other piece of writing, a proposal is not something you should be completing at the last minute. If it's possible, finish a draft a week or so in advance, and put it aside for a few days. You can use the time to gather all the attachments -- chances are they are not going to change. Then look at the text again, and revise it. Remember to leave enough time for production, you may be submitting 8 or 10 copies of a lengthy document.\n\nThese reminders all sound elementary, and they are, but it's always surprising how often grant writers forget them."}
-{"text": "Share\n\nI\u2019m fixing a hole where the rain gets in\u2026.\n\nShare\n\nCategory 3 hurricane-force winds struck southwest France and Spain with deadly power last Saturday, cutting electricity to 1.9 million households, closing airports and putting a nuclear plant on alert. At least 12 people died.\n\nThe French weather service Meteo France sent out a red alert, saying the storm may be as strong as one in December 1999. In France, the Aquitaine and Roussilon regions bore the brunt of the storm, shutting roads, airports and rail traffic. \u201cMajor damage should be expected,\u201d Meteo France said.\n\nAt 6 p.m. local time, winds had subsided in southwest France as the storm moved from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean. Waves up to 8 meters (at least 26 feet) were experienced close to shore in the Bay of Biscay. High winds of 150 to 175 kilometers per hour (93 to 111 mph) caused power outages affecting about 1.7 million people in France, and 200,000 in Spain.\n\nThe storm started hammering the Atlantic coast of Aquitaine at 4 a.m. As of 4:30 p.m., 78 power substations and 100 high-voltage and very high-voltage lines were out of order. The impact of the storm has been felt from the Channel Isles to Barcelona, but the strongest winds and heaviest rain were concentrated on the French south-west.\n\nSaturday\u2019s storm track : courtesy BBC\n\nAlthough this type of active low pressure system is fairly common in winter, Saturday\u2019s storm is being described as the most damaging since that of December 1999 which killed 88 people.\n\nThe force of the storm led to the closure of airports in Bordeaux, Pau, Biarritz and Toulouse, train services also ground to a halt.\n\nWe\u2019ll be back soon with more news and photos as soon as we\u2019ve finishing fixing the holes in our roofs from tiles that decided to go walk-about.\n\nNewsletter Terms & Conditions\n\nPlease enter your email so we can keep you updated with news, features and the latest offers. If you are not interested you can unsubscribe at any time. We will never sell your data and you'll only get messages from us and our partners whose products and services we think you'll enjoy."}
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-{"text": "BAY MINETTE, Alabama \u2014 An ongoing investigation into security cameras at the Baldwin County courthouse has cost local officials more than $40,000 in legal bills, Gulf Coast Newspapers reports.\n\nThe newspaper group reported that as many as 30 FBI agents have questioned officials ranging from Baldwin County Sheriff Huey \u201cHoss\u201d Mack Jr. to Presiding Circuit Judge James Reid about security equipment that was set up to record audio in possible violation of federal wiretapping laws.\n\nBaldwin County District Attorney Hallie Dixon ordered the cameras to be disabled when she discovered in October that they could record audio. No charges have been filed, but the investigation continues."}
-{"text": "Meeting with Craven-Pamlico Christian Coalition members recently, Craven Community College leaders said the college library has a list with \u201cpages and pages\u201d of books on Christianity.\n\nThe number of Christian books is large in comparison to books on Islam even with the addition of a new Islam collection secured through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.\n\nCCC Board of Trustees Chairman Carol Mattocks and CCC President Catherine Chew met with the group Monday after being invited to speak following a letter by U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-Farmville, early January calling on them to provide \u201cbalanced\u201d resources for library patrons.\n\nJones asked them to give equal exposure to books about Christianity and America\u2019s rich Judeo-Christian heritage and called on acting coalition leader Jerry Schill for that group to help make that happen.\n\nThe coalition voted at its January meeting to pay for and help select Christian books if needed to create such balance and issued the invitation to the community college leaders, which Schill said Monday, \u201cI have to admit, I was surprised you accepted so quickly.\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t have a problem with people learning about other cultures; I have a thing about grants,\u201d said Schill.\n\nHe said he spent time in the military in what is now Pakistan and sought out the cultural exposure of Muslim people there.\n\nMattocks, who has been on the college board for about six years, said \u201cCatherine and I were delighted to come and speak tonight.\u201d She prefaced Chew\u2019s remarks by holding up a stack of papers with Christian book titles, lists provided her by Cathy Campbell, director of library services at the community college.\n\n\u201cI appreciate the opportunity to come,\u201d Chew said. \u201cI think open dialog is a good thing. We pride ourselves on everybody having an opportunity to learn\u201d and, with budget cuts, grants are one of the ways the college is filling in its funding deficit.\n\nThe college previously did not have a grant writer, she said, but now does and it is enhancing the humanities and technical offerings of the \u201cmedium sized\u201d community college, one of North Carolina\u2019s total of 58. A recent $1.8 million grant has been used to get a robotic arm for the manufacturing program and another gift of a hand-built helicopter is helping students in the Institute of Aeronautical Technology at the college\u2019s Havelock campus.\n\nShe brought along for their review some of the Islam collection which includes books, DVDs, and a database.\n\nFor a full list of titles secured with the grant, visit newbernsj.com.\n\n\u201cUnderstanding cultural nuances is really important,\u201d Chew said. \u201cThis is not about trying to convert somebody to Islam. It is to help students explore ideas, expand people\u2019s knowledge. I hope you can respect that our mission is to expand people\u2019s minds and exposure.\u201d\n\nPage 2 of 11 - Coalition members questioned whether the titles in the collection were properly vetted and Mattocks said, \u201cthey were screened very carefully. The librarian is very careful about the resources they get and they came from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u201d\n\nChew said they were also vetted by different, reputable universities before selection by the Endowment.\n\nCarol Leake said, \u201cMy concern is not how many books but if religion is taught at all and from what perspective.\u201d\n\nChew said no course on Islam is planned other than what is imbedded in humanities courses or part of survey courses.\n\nRalph Scott, who said he had long studied Islam, said the books being provided to universities are part of a long and patient \u201cIslamic jihad, a war being waged in America for decades. I think the material should not be in the library.\u201d\n\nCraven County Board of Education member David Hale said, \u201cOur young people have to become educated because of or in spite of such a movement.\u201d\n\n----\n\nFull National Endowment for the Humanities grant material with annotations:\n\nThe Children of Abraham (nonfiction) \u2013 by F. E. Peters\n\nF.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding of these three religious traditions has taken on a new and critical urgency.\n\nHe began writing about all three faiths in the 1970s, long before it was fashionable to treat Islam in the context of Judaism and Christianity, or to align all three for a family portrait. In this updated edition, he lays out the similarities and differences of the three religious siblings with great clarity and succinctness and with that same remarkable objectivity that is the hallmark of all the author\u2019s work.\n\nPeters traces the three faiths from the sixth century B.C., when the Jews returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to the time in the Middle Ages when they approached their present form. He points out that all three faith groups, whom the Muslims themselves refer to as \"People of the Book,\" share much common ground. Most notably, each embraces the practice of worshipping a God who intervenes in history on behalf of His people.\n\nThe book\u2019s text is direct and accessible with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three religions. Updated footnotes provide the reader with expert guidance into the highly complex issues that lie between every line of this stunning and timely new edition of The Children of Abraham.\n\nThe Story of the Qur\u2019an : it\u2019s history and place in Muslim life (nonfiction) \u2013 Ingrid Mattson\n\nPage 3 of 11 - An essential introductory text for the study of the Qur\u2019an, its content, and its place in Muslim society.\n\nAn insightful and authoritative introduction to the book at the heart of Muslim life, written by a well-known Islamic scholar\n\nExamines the doctrines contained in the Qur\u2019an, providing a comprehensive explanation of their significance to individual Muslims and the societies in which they live\n\nSurveys the key themes of the Qur\u2019an, its most significant historical interpretations, and some of the most significant figures who transmitted and taught the sacred scripture over the centuries\n\nConsiders the influence of the Qur\u2019an on all major aspects of Muslim society, including personal relationships, popular culture, law, art and architecture, political movements, science, and literature\n\nHelps the reader to understand the Qur\u2019an, while throwing a much-needed light on what it means to be a Muslim.\n\nThe Butterfly Mosque : a young American woman\u2019s journey to love and Islam (memoir) \u2013 G. Willow Wilson\n\nThe extraordinary story of an all-American girl\u2019s conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning articulation of a Westerner embracing the Muslim world.\n\nWhen G. Willow Wilson\u2014already an accomplished writer on modern religion and the Middle East at just twenty-seven\u2014leaves her atheist parents in Denver to study at Boston University, she enrolls in an Islamic Studies course that leads to her shocking conversion to Islam and sends her on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future.\n\nShe settles in Cairo where she teaches English and submerges herself in a culture based on her adopted religion. And then she meets Omar, a passionate young man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They fall in love, entering into a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Willow records her intensely personal struggle to forge a \u201cthird culture\u201d that might accommodate her own values without compromising the friends and family on both sides of the divide.\n\nSnow (novel) \u2013 Orhan Pamuk\n\nThe Nobel Prize\u2013winner\u2019s second novel is a spellbinding story of a poet seeking his lost love in a remote Turkish town riven by religious conflict and cut off from the world by a blizzard.\n\nReturning to Turkey from exile in the West, Ka is driven by curiosity to investigate a surprising wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head scarves in school. But the epicenter of the suicides, the eastern border city of Kars, is also home to the radiant and newly divorced \u00ddpek, a friend of Ka\u2019s youth whom he has never forgotten and whose spirited younger sister is a leader of the rebellious schoolgirls. As a fierce snowstorm descends on Kars, violence between the military and local Islamic radicals begins to explode, and Ka finds his sympathies drawn in unexpected and dramatic directions.\n\nPage 4 of 11 -\n\nThe Arabian Nights (literature)\n\nFew works of literature are as familiar and beloved as The Arabian Nights. Yet few remain also as unknown. In English, The Arabian Nights is a literary work of relatively recent date\u2014the first versions of the tales appeared in English barely two hundred years ago.\n\nEvery night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier\u2019s daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba\u2019s outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.\n\nIn an Antique Land : history in the guise of a traveler\u2019s tale (part history, part travel, part memoir) \u2013 Amitav Ghosh\n\nIn an Antique Land is a subversive history in the guise of a traveler\u2019s tale. When the author stumbles across a slave narrative in the margins of an ancient text, his curiosity is piqued. What follows is a ten year search, which brings author and slave together across 800 hundred years of colonial history. Bursting with anecdote and exuberant detail, it offers a magical, intimate biography of the private life of a country, Egypt, from the Crusades to Operation Desert Storm.\n\nMinaret : a novel \u2013 Leila Aboulela\n\nLeila Aboulela\u2019s American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging novel about a young Muslim woman \u2014 once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London \u2014 gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined that one day she would be a maid. An upper-class Westernized Sudanese, her dreams were to marry well and raise a family. But a coup forces the young woman and her family into political exile in London. Soon orphaned, she finds solace and companionship within the Muslim community. Then Najwa meets Tamer, the intense, lonely younger brother of her employer. They find a common bond in faith and slowly, silently, begin to fall in love. Written with directness and force, Minaret is a lyric and insightful novel about Islam and an alluring glimpse into a culture Westerners are only just beginning to understand.\n\nIslamic Arts (nonfiction) \u2013 Jonathan Bloom\n\nIn the years following the revelations of the Prophet Muhammad in the early seventh century AD, the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through Arabia to North Africa and Spain in the west and Cental Asia and India in the east. Through the following 1000 years, artists and craftsmen in the areas influenced by Islam produced some of the world\u2019s most beautiful works of art: from the Albrahmra to the Taj Mahal, from illuminated copies of the Koran to exquisite decorative arts: ceramics, textiles and metalwork. This work highlights the characteristics of Islamic Art and focuses on the differences between the various arts of the Islamic lands. Dividing the era into three periods (600-900, 900-1500, and 1500-1800) the artistic development is set within historical context. In each period the book describes developments in architecture, the arts of the book, the loom and the fire - metalwork, ceramics and glassware. In every medium the examples are chosen to illuminate the sources, characteristics and achievements of Islamic art.\n\nPage 5 of 11 -\n\nThe Conference of the Birds (literature) \u2013 Farid Attar\n\nComposed in the twelfth century in northeastern Iran, Farid Attar\u2019s great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvelous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism, it describes the pilgrimage of the world\u2019s birds in search of their ideal king, the Simorgh bird, and the arduous journey they take to reach him. This masterly translation preserves the poem\u2019s rhymed couplet form and nuances of language.\n\nThe Ornament of the World : How Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in Medieval Spain (nonfiction) \u2013 Maria Rosa Menocal\n\nWidely hailed as a revelation of a \"lost\" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished. of photos. 3 maps.\n\nActs of Faith : The story of an American Muslim, the struggles for the soul of a generation (biography) \u2013 Eboo Patel\n\nActs of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States. Eboo Patel\u2019s story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people\u2014and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement.\n\nJalalu\u2019l-Din Rumi was one of the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his writings he explored the profound themes of the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God. Professor Nicholson translated this collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains versions of over 100 short passages from Rumi\u2019s greatest works, together with brief explanatory notes.\n\nWhen Asia was the World : traveling merchants, scholars, wariors, and monks who created the \u201criches of the east\u201d (nonfiction) \u2013 Stewart Gordon\n\nWhile European civilization stagnated in the \u201cDark Ages,\u201d Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia\u2019s vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with trade, international diplomacy, and the exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a compelling and unique look at Asia from AD 700 to 1500\u2014a time when Asia was the world\u2014by relating the personal journeys of Asia\u2019s many travelers.\n\nBroken Verses (novel) \u2013 Kamila Shamsie\n\nFourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan\u2019s greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her daughter Aasmaani has just discovered a letter in the couple\u2019s private code-a letter that could only have been written recently.\n\nPage 6 of 11 -\n\nAasmaani is thirty, single, drifting from job to job. Always left behind whenever Samina followed the Poet into exile, she had assumed that her mother\u2019s disappearance was simply another abandonment. Then, while working at Pakistan\u2019s first independent TV station, Aasmaani runs into an old friend of Samina\u2019s who gives her the first letter, then many more. Where could the letters have come from? And will they lead her to her mother?\n\nMerging the personal with the political, Broken Verses is at once a sharp, thrilling journey through modern-day Pakistan, a carefully coded mystery, and an intimate mother-daughter story that asks how we forgive a mother who leaves.\n\nLeo Africanus (novel) \u2013 Amin Maalouf\n\n\"I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the Fassi, the Zayyati, but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages.\"\n\nThus wrote Leo Africanus, in his fortieth year, in this imaginary autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar Hasan al-Wazzan, who was born in Granada in 1488. His family fled the Inquisition and took him to the city of Fez, in North Africa. Hasan became an itinerant merchant, and made many journeys to the East, journeys rich in adventure and observation. He was captured by a Sicilian pirate and taken back to Rome as a gift to Pope Leo X, who baptized him Johannes Leo. While in Rome, he wrote the first trilingual dictionary (Latin, Arabic and Hebrew), as well as his celebrated Description of Africa, for which he is still remembered as Leo Africanus.\n\nThe House of Wisdom : How Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance (nonfiction) - Jim Al-Khalili\n\nA myth-shattering view of the Islamic world\u2019s myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance.\n\nMany of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe\u2019s cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world enter its own dark age after such a dazzling flowering?\n\nPage 7 of 11 -\n\nPersepolis : The story of a childhood (memoir) - Marjane Satrapi\n\nA New York Times Notable Book\n\nA Time Magazine \u201cBest Comix of the Year\u201d\n\nA San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller\n\nWise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi\u2019s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah\u2019s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran\u2019s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.\n\nPersepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane\u2019s child\u2019s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.\n\nA Quiet Revolution : The veil\u2019s resurgence, from the Middle East to America (nonfiction) \u2013 Leila Ahmed\n\nIn Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the West? When she began her study, Ahmed assumed that the veil\u2019s return indicated a backward step for Muslim women worldwide. What she discovered, however, in the stories of British colonial officials, young Muslim feminists, Arab nationalists, pious Islamic daughters, American Muslim immigrants, violent jihadists, and peaceful Islamic activists, confounded her expectations. Ahmed observed that Islamism, with its commitments to activism in the service of the poor and in pursuit of social justice, is the strain of Islam most easily and naturally merging with western democracies\u2019 own tradition of activism in the cause of justice and social change. It is often Islamists, even more than secular Muslims, who are at the forefront of such contemporary activist struggles as civil rights and women\u2019s rights. Ahmed\u2019s surprising conclusions represent a near reversal of her thinking on this topic. Richly insightful, intricately drawn, and passionately argued, this absorbing story of the veil\u2019s resurgence, from Egypt through Saudi Arabia and into the West, suggests a dramatically new portrait of contemporary Islam.\n\n\u201dI was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco...\u201d So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth\u2014women who, deprived of access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination. Dreams of Trespass is the provocative story of a girl confronting the mysteries of time and place, gender and sex in the recent Muslim world.\n\nHouse of Stone : a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East (memoir) \u2013 Anthony Shadid\n\nIn the summer of 2006, racing through Lebanon to report on the Israeli invasion, Anthony Shadid found himself in his family\u2019s ancestral hometown of Marjayoun. There, he discovered his great-grandfather\u2019s once magnificent estate in near ruins, devastated by war. One year later, Shadid returned to Marjayoun, not to chronicle the violence, but to rebuild in its wake.\n\nSo begins the story of a battle-scarred home and a journalist\u2019s wounded spirit, and of how reconstructing the one came to fortify the other. In this bittersweet and resonant memoir, Shadid creates a mosaic of past and present, tracing the house\u2019s renewal alongside the history of his family\u2019s flight from Lebanon and resettlement in America around the turn of the twentieth century. In the process, he memorializes a lost world and provides profound insights into a shifting Middle East.\n\nThe Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States (nonfiction) \u2013 Edward E. Curtis (editor)\n\nSince September 11, 2001, Muslims in the United States have become the subject of genuine curiosity and compassion as well as increased government surveillance and harassment. Who are these Muslims? What is their history, and where do they come from? Do they share a common culture? Do they vary in their beliefs?\n\nBringing together an unusually personal collection of essays and documents from an incredibly diverse group of Americans who call themselves Muslims, Edward E. Curtis \"finds Islam\" in the American experience from colonial times to the present. Sampling from speeches, interviews, editorials, stories, song lyrics, articles, autobiographies, blogs, and other sources, Curtis presents a patchwork narrative of Muslims from different ethnic and class backgrounds, religious orientations, and political affiliations. He begins with a history of Muslims in the United States, featuring the voices of an enslaved African Muslim, a Syrian Muslim sodbuster, and a South Asian mystic-musician, along with the words of such well-known Muslims as Malcolm X. Then he follows with an examination of such contemporary issues as Islam and gender, the involvement of Muslims in American politics, and emerging forms of Islamic spirituality.\n\nPage 9 of 11 - In constructing his history, Curtis draws on the work of Muslim feminists, social conservatives, interfaith activists, missionaries, and politicians, as well as Muslim rappers and legal experts. He also includes records from the large-scale migrations of the 1880s; racial, ethnic, and religious trends of the 1960s; writings from second-generation and African American Muslims; and discussions of Islam in the public square. With this highly informed, real-life portrait, Curtis provides a crucial corrective to the rhetoric of suspicion and fear surrounding current discussions of Muslims in the United States and emphasizes Muslims\u2019 continuing impact on American society and culture.\n\nPrince Among Slaves (nonfiction) \u2013 Terry Alford\n\nIn this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship\u2019s surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his life many years earlier. \"The Prince,\" as he had become known to local Natchez, Mississippi residents, had been captured in war when he was 26 years old, sold to slave traders, and shipped to America. Slave though he was, Ibrahima was an educated, aristocratic man, and he was made overseer of the large cotton and tobacco plantation of his master, who refused to sell him to the doctor for any price. After years of petitioning by Dr. Cox and others, Ibrahima finally gained freedom in 1828 through the intercession of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Clay. Sixty-six years old, Ibrahima sailed for Africa the following year, with his wife, and died there of fever just five months after his arrival. The year 2007 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Prince Among Slaves, the only full account of Ibrahima\u2019s life, pieced together from first-person accounts and historical documents gathered on three continents. It is not only a remarkable story, but also the story of a remarkable man, who endured the humiliation of slavery without ever losing his dignity or his hope for freedom. This thirtieth anniversary edition, which will be released to coincide with a major documentary being aired on Ibrahima\u2019s life, has been updated to include material discovered since the original printing, a fuller presentation and appreciation of other African Muslims in American slavery-Ibrahima\u2019s contemporaries-and a review of new and important literature and developments in the field.\n\nThe Art of Hajj (nonfiction) \u2013 Venetia Porter\n\nIt is laid down in the Qur\u2019an that at least once in their lives Muslims should undertake the annual spiritual pilgrimage\u2014the Hajj\u2014to the holy city of Mecca. There, within a sanctuary, lies the Ka\u2019ba\u2014a cube of black granite that is the literal center of a Muslim\u2019s world and the compass point towards which daily prayers are made. This striking little book not only takes the reader on a journey, but celebrates the skill and creativity of artists, craftspeople, and the pilgrims themselves who have responded to the call of Hajj over the centuries. \u2022 Encompasses a striking array of objects and images, from the seventh to the 21st centuries. \u2022 Features illuminated manuscripts, wall paintings and photographs, calligraphy, textiles, scientific instruments, decorative tiles, maps, ceramics, metalwork, and powerful works by contemporary artists.\n\nPage 10 of 11 -\n\nIn the Country of Men (novel) \u2013 Hisham Matar\n\nLibya, 1979. Nine-year-old Suleiman\u2019s days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding Tripoli, games with friends played under the burning sun, exotic gifts from his father\u2019s constant business trips abroad. But his nights have come to revolve around his mother\u2019s increasingly disturbing bedside stories full of old family bitterness. And then one day Suleiman sees his father across the square of a busy marketplace, his face wrapped in a pair of dark sunglasses. Wasn\u2019t he supposed to be away on business yet again? Why is he going into that strange building with the green shutters? Why did he lie?\n\nSuleiman is soon caught up in a world he cannot hope to understand\u2014where the sound of the telephone ringing becomes a portent of grave danger; where his mother frantically burns his father\u2019s cherished books; where a stranger full of sinister questions sits outside in a parked car all day; where his best friend\u2019s father can disappear overnight, next to be seen publicly interrogated on state television.\n\nIn the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the private fallout of a public nightmare. But above all, it is a debut of rare insight and literary grace.\n\nAs the founder of Islam, a religion with over one billion followers, Muhammad is beyond all doubt one of the most influential figures in world history. But learning about his life and understanding his importance has always proven difficult, as our only source of knowledge comes from the biography of him written by his followers, the reliability of which has been questioned by Western scholars. This Very Short Introduction provides a superb introduction to the major aspects of Muhammad\u2019s life and its importance, providing both Muslim and Western historical perspectives. It explains the prominent roles that Muhammad\u2019s persona has played in the Islamic world throughout history, from the medieval to the modern period. The book also sheds light on modern controversies such as the Satanic Verses, for which author Salman Rushdie was condemned for blasphemy, and the uproar over Danish cartoons of Muhammad, which triggered violent protests around the world. As these recent events show, whatever the truth about Muhammad\u2019s life, his persona still plays a crucial role in Muslim life and civilization.\n\nDvds\n\nKoran by Heart\n\nHBO documentary - In this 80-minute documentary, three 10-year old children leave their native countries to participate in one of the Islamic world\u2019s most famous competitions, a test of memory and recitation known as The International Holy Koran Competition. As the competition reaches its climax, Koran By Heart offers a compelling and nuanced glimpse into some of the pressures faced by the next generation of Muslims.\n\nPage 11 of 11 -\n\nPrince Among Slaves\n\nPBS documentary based on book of same title. The true story of Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima Ibn Sori, a West African prince who was sold into slavery in 1788, eventually ending up in Natchez, Mississippi.\n\nIslamic Art : Mirror of the Invisible World\n\nUnity Productions Foundation \"Documentary of stunning breadth and beauty, transports viewers over nine countries and across 1,400 years of cultural history to reveal the astonishing riches of Muslim arts, crafts, and architecture. Exploring distant locations and many rare pieces of art, the film illuminates the history of a global culture, reflecting the Islamic world as it developed over centuries and as it is today....\n\nAll descriptions taken from Amazon.com\n\nElectronic Database\n\nOxford Islamic Studies Online Oxford University Press\n\nThis authoritative, dynamic resource brings together the best current scholarship in the field for students, scholars, government officials, community groups, and librarians to foster a more accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Password is needed for off-campus access. Located on library electronic resources page."}
-{"text": "6 online services that are worth paying for\n\nIf you are looking for dedicated cloud storage space for your files, there are various services that offer up to 50GB of space in a free account.\n\nWhile most of us prefer to go for the plethora of free services available on the internet, some paid options are worth every rupee. ET Wealth lists a few of the favourites.\n\nGoogle storageYour free Google account gives you 15GB of storage that is split between Google bouquet of services (Gmail, Photos, Drive, etc.). While this might be enough space for basic users, over time this space tends to get used up. Once the free storage is full, you will need to sit down and clean up data across all services to free up space. Instead, we recommend going for Google\u2019s cheapest storage option\u2013 100GB of space for just Rs 130 per month or Rs 1,300 per year.\n\nCloud storageIf you are looking for dedicated cloud storage space for your files, there are various services that offer up to 50GB of space in a free account. However, if that\u2019s not enough for you, Dropbox is our choice for storage. They have a Dropbox Plus plan that gives you a massive 1TB storage with no limit on the number of computers you can link to your account. You can access the data on your computer, smartphone or even a browser. All of this comes at $9.99 per month or $99 per year.\n\nMusic streamingThere are several Indian music streaming services like Gaana, Saavn, Wynk and Hungama, while International players such as Apple and Google have their own apps for music streaming. Nearly all of these apps offer music streaming in standard quality for free. However, if you want higher bitrate audio with features like offline playback and multiple playlists, you will need to pay. Check out the paid plans offered by Gaana (Rs 99 per month), Saavn (Rs 99 per month), Google Play Music (Rs 99 per month), Apple music (Rs 120 per month), Hungama (Rs 99 per month) or Wynk (starting from Rs 99 per month). We recommend trying the free service first to see if it caters to your taste in music, and then opting for a paid plan.\n\nVideo streamingWhile there are free video streaming options like YouTube, they don't allow you access to latest movies, TV series and documentaries. These are available only on paid video streaming platforms. We recommend Amazon Prime (Rs 999 per year), Netflix (Rs 500 per month onwards) and Hotstar (Rs 199 per month). These three together will give you a taste of what to expect from subscriptionbased video services, and you can then choose any additional services you want. Keep in mind that telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone and Jio offer their own free video streaming apps for smartphone users who use their data services.\n\nFood delivery and dine-inEating out or getting food delivered has become a norm for most of us, but it can get rather expensive. Thankfully, there are a few subscription services that help you get free items on delivery or great deals on food or drinks. Zomato is the biggest name in this segment and they have two subscription options on offer. The first of these is Zomato Gold which is priced at Rs 999 per year.\n\nHowever, currently there is waiting list for this service. The second is the Zomato Treats service (Rs 249 per year), which lets you get free desserts with your food order from partner restaurants. You can also look at services such as Dineout, which shows you offers available in nearby restaurants and lets you choose offers for Rs 50 per person (paid in advance using the app). You can also consider Gourmet Passport (Rs 999 per year), which offers various deals on restaurants.\n\nClick here for all the information and analysis you need for tax-saving this financial year."}
-{"text": "This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page.\n\nTO THE POINT: Swiss finally has airport lounges to be proud of, located in an otherwise barren part of the airport near the long-haul international gates. The pros: a bar with 120 whiskies, live cooking stations, relaxation areas, a huge balcony and more. The cons: far from the main terminal, these new lounges are located near the \u201cE\u201d gates.\n\nWhile Swiss\u2019 Senator and Business Lounges near the A gates aren\u2019t exactly industry-leading, the contract lounge the airline used to use near the long-haul \u201cE\u201d gates was an embarrassment at best. Fortunately, as of a few months ago, Swiss has opened an absolutely phenomenal (and gigantic) suite of lounges near the E gates \u2014 when it comes to European airport lounges (with the exception of Lufthansa\u2019s First Class Terminal), they\u2019re entirely in a class of their own.\n\nThe First Lounge is accessible to passengers traveling in first class on Swiss or Lufthansa (including with a connection), in addition to HON Circle members. The Senator Lounge is accessible to all of the above, plus first-class passengers traveling on another Star Alliance airline and Star Alliance Gold members. The Business Lounge is accessible to the above, plus business-class passengers traveling on a Star Alliance airline and Miles & More Frequent Traveller members.\n\nSenator Lounge\n\nOf the two I had access to, the Senator Lounge was superior by far, with much more space to spread out, a better food spread and this \u2014 the Whisky Club.\n\nThe Whisky Club has 120 varieties, so chances are there\u2019s something there that you\u2019ll like.\n\nThere\u2019s a full menu of everything that the bar stocks (in theory) \u2014 I actually made a few picks that weren\u2019t available, but the bartender was quick to suggest alternatives.\n\nFor my tasting, I went with a 12-year-old Lagavulin, an Ileach single malt and a Miyagikyo single malt. The Lagavulin wasn\u2019t nearly as smoky as the 16-year-old version I\u2019m used to. The Ileach was fairly smoky, which I liked, and the Japanese scotch was fairly mild. It was an odd mix, for sure \u2014 I decided to try the Miyagikyo because it was already sitting out on the counter.\n\nJust past the whisky bar, there\u2019s a long hallway with dozens of magazines to choose from, and some window seating.\n\nThen, around the corner from there you\u2019ll find a few private workstations, like those below.\n\nAnd at the end of the lounge there are a handful of semi-private lounge chairs, including some by the window (which makes for some decent/very comfy plane spotting).\n\nAnd on to the food and beverages\u2026 first, you\u2019ll walk by this thing I\u2019ll refer to as the \u201ccoffee island.\u201d\n\nAround the corner, there\u2019s some table seating, with an open-air kitchen just beyond (more on that in a moment).\n\nThere are also some wines and liquor to choose from (if you haven\u2019t already had your fill at the bar).\n\nHere\u2019s the cold spread during breakfast, which is served until 11:00am.\n\nThere are also a variety of hot items, including an egg scramble at breakfast.\n\nI asked to try the eggs and the chef handed over a heaping portion, which I enjoyed with a beer.\n\nI also got to charge up my phone as I snacked \u2014 the lounge has outlets all over the place, including those for USB devices and US, UK and European plugs. Well done, Swiss!\n\nThen, after a few minutes it was time for lunch, so I tried the mac and cheese, a beef stew (that was oddly described as \u201cturkey\u201d), a pretzel roll and apple strudel. While the food looks fantastic, I wasn\u2019t blown away by the flavor \u2014 everything tasted fine, but it was definitely more \u201chigh school cafeteria\u201d than \u201cflagship airline lounge.\u201d\n\nAnd then there\u2019s a freezer filled to the brim with delicious Movenpick ice cream. Definitely save some room for this!\n\nBusiness Lounge\n\nGiven that I had access, I also decided to check out the nearby Business Lounge.\n\nThis lounge is considerably smaller and more crowded, and it has fewer amenities, though some areas were entirely deserted, such as this seating area just after you walk in.\n\nThis Business Lounge also has a relaxation area with several chaise lounge pods.\n\nIt even has the same Breitling watch setup, complete with a mini-showroom.\n\nThere was still plenty of seating, though this lounge was considerably more crowded than the Senator Lounge.\n\nMoving on to the food, the Business Lounge has the same \u201ccoffee island\u201d just as you enter the kitchen.\n\nThen there\u2019s a large seating area with tables and chairs.\n\nAnd some benches near the window overlooking the tarmac.\n\nAnd then there\u2019s a live cooking station just like in the Senator Lounge.\n\nThe breakfast spread was more or less the same and included pretzel sandwiches (below), which I hadn\u2019t noticed on the other side.\n\nThere was also a smaller (but seemingly well-stocked) bar area. Note that the Whisky Club is not accessible to business-class passengers without Star Alliance Gold status, though first-class passengers can get in.\n\nShared Amenities\n\nPassengers in both lounges have access to the shower rooms \u2014 simply leave your boarding pass at the front desk and an agent will hand you a key.\n\nThe showers were very clean and well-stocked, with plenty of room to move around.\n\nAnd, much to my surprise, the same power strips were available here, giving you a chance to charge your gear as you freshen up.\n\nBoth lounges also have access to a separate section of the same gigantic balcony, which overlooks the runway and the E gates.\n\nI spent a lot of time out here \u2014 there are tables and chairs available, and I noticed a lounge attendant coming by to take orders as well.\n\nAnd there are Leica binoculars on hand! Super cool.\n\nIt\u2019s kind of hard to take pictures through binoculars, but you get the idea.\n\nIf you don\u2019t have a long camera lens, the binoculars definitely come in handy for plane spotting.\n\nI was actually starting to get a little nervous about my 777-300ER departure, since there was an Etihad Dreamliner at the gate, which fortunately pushed back 90 minutes or so before my flight was scheduled to leave.\n\nThen, a few minutes later I spotted our 777 across the field.\n\nThere she is! What a beaut.\n\nBottom Line\n\nThese new Swiss lounges represent a huge step up from the contract Swissport lounge the airline used before. While I would have recommended sticking by the A gates to use the lounges there in the past, there\u2019s no question that the new E-gate lounges are worth checking out for a considerable amount of time. In fact, the Senator Lounge is so good that if Zurich was my home airport, I\u2019d probably fly Star Alliance exclusively to make sure I always have access.\n\nThe Whisky Club is top notch, and while the food won\u2019t exactly blow you away, it\u2019s definitely passable. The only downside, really, is that these lounges are located in a remote area of the airport \u2014 if you aren\u2019t flying out of the E gates, you may still be able to visit, but I\u2019d work in an extra 40 minutes to pass through passport control, take the train, walk to the lounge and repeat the process in reverse ahead of your departure.\n\nKnow before you go.\n\nI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletter and special email promotions. 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-{"text": "Welcome to the GameCritics.com Forum. We recognize that new members are vital to any thriving community. So we deeply appreciate your visit. Before posting, please read our Code of Conduct. If you enjoy discussing video games and other topics with mature and intelligent gamers, we hope you'll check out our other forums and become a member.\n\nWell, I also have this game. While the gameplay may be entertaining for the most part, the framerate is what has been killing everybody. If your a avid follower of the series, then you should buy it....\n\nI would have to say nation ball. Remember when you would get the other team down to 1 guy and then that person would start catching balls and the next thing you know everybody is back in. Remember if...\n\nMan, I take it that nobody likes Spyro or something. Nobody really talks about it. I know it might seem like a kiddish game or cartoonish but it says it rated for everyone. What do you guys think of..."}
-{"text": "Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003) \u2013 A Look Back\n\nJohn Connor lives in a world where Judgement Day hasn\u2019t yet happened. He\u2019s still afraid it might. His mother Sarah is dead \u2013 and he lives alone. Off the grid. No address, no phone. Trying to leave no record of himself.\n\nWhen trying to steal drugs from a veterinary surgery \u2013 he\u2019s imprisoned by employee Kate Brewster who wants to keep him there until the authorities arrive.\n\nMeanwhile \u2013 two Terminators have arrived from the future. One of them \u2013 a T-800 model, again charged to assist Connor.\n\nThe other is the T-X. A combat model which looks like a human female. Since there is no record of Connor anywhere her mission is to track down and assassinate his Lieutenants \u2013 and him should he show up on her travels at all.\n\nThe T-800 finds John and Kate. Kate is stunned to find out she is destined to be married to John and she herself reprogrammed this T-800 in the future and sent him back. His mission is to get them both to safety and away from the pursuing T-X.\n\nJudgement Day was never prevented \u2013 it was just postponed. There is only three hours until the end of the world. Time is running out.\n\nAfter Carolco went bankrupt Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna managed to retain the rights to The Terminatorfranchise. They formed C2 Pictures in 1999 and needed a big tent-pole movie to launch it. They actively pursued development on a new chapter.\n\nJames Cameron declined involvement as he felt he\u2019d wrapped the story up in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger was reluctant to commit to the project at first \u2013 as he only wanted to do the movie with Cameron.\n\nCameron however gave Schwarzenegger his blessing to do the movie as the character belonged just as much to him. He also famously advised him to \u201cnot do it for any less than $30 Million\u201d.\n\nWith a screenplay by Tedi Sarafian, John Brancato and Michael Ferris \u2013 Jonathan Mostow signed on to direct the movie.\n\nNick Stahl was hired to replace Edward Furlong as John Connor. Also joining the cast were Claire Danes as Kate Brewster and Kristiana Loken as the deadly T-X.\n\nThe film was released in 2003 and was popular with audiences and critics.\n\nNick Stahl does well as John Connor effectively portraying a young man with the weight of terrible knowledge on his shoulders.\n\nLinda Hamilton turned down the movie so her character was written out. In wanting to keep the thematic thread of strong female character central to the story the character of Kate Brewster was created. Claire Danes does well with the part and has a satisfying character arc not unlike Sarah Connor\u2019s in the original film.\n\nThe absence of Sarah Connor is actually a good thing for the film as it really helps the character of John Connor come into his own. He finally takes centre stage.\n\nKristiana Loken does well as the T-X but her performance feels a bit cheesy at times.\n\nIt may surprise my readers to hear this \u2013 but I actually really like this movie. When a franchise is continued without the involvement of it\u2019s creator \u2013 there\u2019s a danger that the replacement creative powers will be governed by committee and lose sight of the property\u2019s heart and soul. Not unlike the recent concern around Disney\u2019s acquisition of the Star Warsfranchise.\n\nLuckily Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines has it\u2019s own distinct identity \u2013 even if the plot does somewhat crib from the previous instalment. Jonathan Mostow and his team do a really good job.\n\nThis movie perhaps surprisingly is largely played for laughs. It has a very twisted sense of humour to it. A streak of black comedy. That given the subject matter makes this movie strangely reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick\u2019s masterpiece Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. Especially with the bold ending when the apocalypse ACTUALLY occurs. A bleak ending it may be \u2013 but it means that John Connor is finally ready to face his destiny.\n\nIt\u2019s fitting that this would be Schwarzenegger\u2019s last film before temporarily retiring from acting to take political office.\n\nHe puts in a very knowing performance as this latest incarnation of his most iconic character. He\u2019s obviously very aware that there is an element of parody to the proceedings and alters his performance accordingly. He\u2019s a hoot here, delivering his trademark one liners with a never before seen hint of gallows humour.\n\nSo there you have it people. My final word on these movies. Terminator Salvation isn\u2019t the worst film I\u2019ve ever seen but I don\u2019t think I would ever be able to find interesting to say about it.\n\nThe less said about Terminator Genisys the better.\n\nTerminator 3: Rise Of The Machines however is a different story. It may not have the guiding hand of James Cameron \u2013 but Jonathan Mostow is a more than adequate substitute.\n\nEven though more than a decade had passed since T2, my almost annual viewing of that movie on VHS and then DVD had kept me more than primed for T3. I was pumped and I went in, even knowing that JC wasn\u2019t working on it, with a huge sense of anticipation. I wasn\u2019t disappointed. The action scenes in this movie, particularly the TX driving that giant crane vehicle, are a sight to see. I didn\u2019t care too much for Nick Stahl as John Connor but he did well and the rest of the cast, especially Arnold, delivered performances with a believability that made the whole movie work. There are some dull and uninteresting bits, especially Kate\u2019s backstory and the TX as a whole, and the cinematography doesn\u2019t feel as rich as T2, but this story moves with a purpose and there is never any let up once things get rolling. I love this movie, warts and all. Stu as I was reading your review I had already thought that T3 was akin to how Disney has handled the Star Wars saga, and bang, your very next paragraph took the words right out of my head. You really need to stop reading my mind. \ud83d\ude09\n\nThe Magic Hunter\n\nThis one was where I stepped away from the franchise, but you and Stu have convinced me to give it a try. I\u2019d forgotten that Mostow directed it; I liked his submarine movie.\n\nI\u2019ve often wondered what this movie could\u2019ve been if Furlong didn\u2019t end up taking the Usual Child Star Route(tm); drugs, alcohol, restraining orders etc.\nI just never bought Stahl as that character.\n\nThat being said, I like the action scenes a lot \u2013 even though that squeaky sound the inflatable whatever makes when it gets hit during the car chase is something that makes my cry \u201cWTF?\u201d. Some humor in this film is just too juvenile.\n\nGimmick, coupled with Harrison Ford\u2019s desire to end the character. It does make things interesting for Kylo Ren, I mean at this point he\u2019s the ultimate anti-Luke, but it still felt like a gimmick. Han was doing something noble, trying to save his boy, but I think the writers needed to do more work.\n\nThanks! Please know that I do love TFA but as with anything I love, MANY things about it frustrate me, especially the way Han was handled. He says to Leia, \u201cI went back to the only thing I was ever any good at.\u201d yet throughout the movie he fucks up too egregiously to ignore. He knows BB-8 is being hunted, yet he lets the droid sit between his feet when the Guavians show up. THEN he takes the FUCKING THING RIGHT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF MAZ\u2019S CASTLE!! Dipshit! Han, you\u2019re NOT any good at this anymore! Then, even though he\u2019s trying to reach his son, he walks straight into a trap on that walkway bridge. Fuck\u2019s sake, Han, you\u2019re better than that.\n\nPresident of what?\n\nLMMFAO This wasn\u2019t the suave badass pilot who \u201cshot first\u201d that i grew up with. I facepalmed myself the minute he asked Chewie for his Crossbow and said \u201cI like this\u201d! WTFF??!!?? I can see why Lucas wasn\u2019t happy with the end result. I felt that there were scenes in TFA that couldv\u2019e been handled much better.\n\nI love it for different reasons than I love the old ones though. Those wonderful originals are \u201cmy\u201d Star Wars films. These new ones are Star Wars for my kids. Not me. And since I\u2019ve got girls, I\u2019m pleased that the big new Star Wars hero is this young woman Rey.\nMy daughters respond really well to positive female role models (this is why I\u2019ve been showing my oldest girl some James Cameron films) \u2013 so to me Force Awakens was a GREAT way to get them into Star Wars and make it something I can share with them\u2026 if that makes sense.\n\nTotally. Christmas 2015 was the best Christmas I\u2019ve ever had as an adult. Taking my kids to The Force Awakens. Seeing their faces on Christmas Day when they opened up all their new Star Wars goodies.\nIt was very meaningful to me. It\u2019s theirs now. And I\u2019m cool with that!\n\nYou know how you guys had that Brexit vote, well\u2026now we have Trump!\nBecause of my anti-Trump stance, i have lost friends both online and offline. Twitter has gotten too ugly and I got a bit weary of almost every tweet that is Trump related. This country has now become more of a joke than ever because of all that is going on. At the same time, I get a good chuckle from this fool \u201cPresident Joffrey\u201d who is walking comedy fodder. X) X)\nWhat isn\u2019t funny is how Trump\u2019s cabinet is highly suspect and batshit legislation i.e. Mentally challenged individuals may now have the right to purchase Firearms.\nAnd don\u2019t get me started on the Putin scandals among other questionable actions from administration.https://youtu.be/XLvyuFlc5HY\n\nHere in the UK we\u2019re watching all of this unfold in utter disbelief \u2013 believe me. As a country we\u2019re trying to have your back in any way possible.\nScores of people have signed a protest against Trump\u2019s planned state visit to our shores, and there has been protests about it outside Westminster too.\nIt\u2019s led to us being disgruntled with our own Prime Minister Theresa May who has been backwards in coming forwards about condemning this man\u2019s deplorable behaviour. She can\u2019t get her tongue out of his ass \u2013 it\u2019s horrible to see.\nLuckily \u2013 the Head Speaker at the House of Commons \u2013 John Bercow has made it clear he doesn\u2019t want Trump addressing Parliament. An action that has garnered him both praise and criticism from every side. I for one am glad he did it. Make me proud to be British.\nI hope good sense prevails and this nightmare for America reaches a peaceful and satisfying resolution.\n\nI don\u2019t really think it was a gimmick. Ford wanted the character killed off \u2013 and to be honest I don\u2019t really see what place there is for him in future Star Wars films. To me it made sense on a narrative level.\nBut yeah \u2013 the scene could\u2019ve been done better.\n\nI was into wrestling but not a true hardcore fan. Still, what 80\u2019s kid hadn\u2019t heard of the Hulkster and Andre the Giant? By the time Stone Cold was around I had checked out, though.\n\nIndrid Cold\n\nGot ya. Short version is that when the match started Bret Hart was the \u201cgood\u201d guy and Stone Cold was the villain. By the end of the match Bret had turned heel and Austin was the hero. It was pretty epic.. as far as two guys in tights fake fighting goes.\n\nNice. I would like to see that, too! Rey turns, Kylo re-turns, Luke has to sort out the mess. I just hope Rian Johnson hasn\u2019t shit the bed; he doesn\u2019t need to exceed TESB but we need a step up in the game.\n\nIt\u2019s a polarizing movie.. I personally love it. The cinematography and dream like atmosphere blow me away. There are two different versions of the film, one with the Tangerine Dream soundtrack and one with a score from James Horner. I grew up on the one with Tangerine Dream\u2026 and to me it\u2019s one of the most beautiful soundtracks ever (if not a tad on the cheesy side).\nTim Curry plays Darkness.. which is the most kick ass version of Satan ever put on film.\n\nI may have to take a look at it someday. I LOVE Tangerine Dream! I\u2019ve got two CD sets of their stuff. I also love their music for another Tom Cruise movie. Risky Business. Now that is a GREAT film. Very clever too,\n\nI want her to be to my girls what Luke Skywalker was to me. A hero they can emulate and look up to.\nBesides \u2013 we\u2019ve seen that \u201chero falls\u201d story done in the prequel trilogy. And I think we ALL know how that turned out! \ud83d\ude09\nbtw \u2013 sometime pretty soon I\u2019m going back to Star Wars and doing something pretty big about it. Maybe for May the 4th.\nI\u2019ll also be doing a big thing about how I think the prequels went wrong and how they could\u2019ve been better.\nWatch this space!\nIn the meantime \u2013 things are going a bit comic book tomorrow! \ud83d\ude09\n\nYeah\u2026 good insight there. I know there was a deleted scene from the movie\u2019s beginning where he was contemplating suicide. The lack Judgement Day made him feel like he had nothing to live for. When he realises it is still going to happen it gives him a new lease of life in a perverse kind of way. Something could\u2019ve been done a bit more with his conflicting emotions on the subject.\n\nKGrimes\n\nI like this one as well. It\u2019s a blast counting how many walls the terminators throw each other through and that ending was, at the time, a genuinely unexpected punch to the gut. The kind of nihilism and helplessness not often seen in films (and usually criticized when it happens).\n\nI do think the humour does a disservice to the film, and is the weakest point\u2013especially considering how poorly the gags have aged (talk about cringe!). But I would take this Terminator installment over the McG wreck. Terminator Genisys plays for humour as well, but most of it was unintentional :).\n\nPS I have to admit that I went into Genisys with the prefect frame of mind/expectations and ended up really enjoying the experience. I knew the days of T1/T2 were far, far behind us, and the action and effects were really impressive. Acting? Meh. Story? I can\u2019t even try to care anymore. Entertainment? Yup!\n\nLOL! It was bad, but it was schlocky bad, which I expected. I ended up just laughing and enjoying the ride/lengths the writers went to in order to try and explain the mess they\u2019d made. Honestly, I rate it higher than Salvation simply b/c Salvation took itself waaaaay too seriously. At least Genisys kinda had an idea it was terrible and tried to be fun instead.\n\nyrs ago they did a hilarious mashup of them watching the Resident Evil franchise where Rich is wearing that very same vest and I left a comment asking why he was wearing a life vest to watch a buncha movies.\n\nWhen I was seeing John Wick 2 with the wife the other night \u2013 I noticed \u201cResident Evil 7\u201d on the marquee \u2013 and I said to my wife \u201cWhy are they still making those films? Who\u2019s actually watching them?!?!\u201d\nI know I\u2019m not.\n\nKGrimes\n\nSaw the first one in theaters b/c I was a die hard fan of the games. That\u2019s about it.\n\nThe only game I played right through was Resident Evil 2 when it came out on the Nintendo 64. I really got into it. I\u2019ve tried other RE games but I just get bored and give up.\nI only saw the first movie and like you I decided not to bother with the rest. Can barely remember it.\n\nPresident of what?\n\nThe other Resident Evil games bored you?? (Even Code Veronica???) That\u2019s a first.!\n\nQuestion: What does both Terminator 3 and Alien 3 have in common?\nAnswer: Aside from being no.3 from a highly acclaimed sci fi franchise, both were fairly entertaining and both shat over James Cameron\u2019s \u201clegacy\u201d. Terminator 2 wrapped up perfectly (Especially in regard to the hokey but optimistic director\u2019s cut ending.) but I guess it wasn\u2019t enough so the nuclear war happened regardless of Sarah\u2019s heroic efforts and to kill her off via cancer left a bad taste.as in too moribund. Then again, Ripley\u2019s fate was the worse when it came tol science fiction heroines in cinema. Sure T3 was ballsy for going that route in the end, but the cynical part within me, saw it as an continutation for Kassar and Vajina. (Oops, did I pronounce that name right? LOL)\n\nThere was more emotional impact in Alien 3 than T3 especially during the final scene involving Ripley\u2019s fate.\nAt the end of T3, I didn\u2019t feel that sense of loss and Sarah being written off like that was kinda as if she never realy existed. It felt cheap IMO. But yes, T3 is better than Alien 3 although that may be debatable so some.\n\nNone of Alien 3 moved me emotionally. Just thought it was overwrought and dumb. Stupid, dull fucking movie.\n\nPresident of what?\n\nI disagree. Ripley\u2019s pain, loss and death had an emotional impact to the extent that I loathed Fincher and Fox for throwing so much melancholy toward this sequel. As much as i was disappointed in Alien 3, I wouldn\u2019t go as far as to say it was stupid. Unnecessary, fuck yes but not stupid.\n\nThis whole film is spoiled by the female terminator, who is sort of what the \u2018back burster\u2019 is to the new Alien film: unnecessary, illogical and tokenistic. If, instead of trying to \u2018one-up\u2019 the T-1000, they\u2019d just reverted to a T-800 (hell, even Arnie fighting himself!) the film would have been on much stronger footing. The Terminatrix made the whole thing feel made for TV.\n\nIt is a little \u201cless polished\u201d than previous instalments. Plus the exposition involved in introducing the Kate Brewster character and her father in that phone call scene was somewhat clunky.\nYeah. I\u2019ll give you that.\n\njackcolton\n\nthere are parts of this film I really like, the truck chase comes to mind, the ending, but the whole series had softened by this stage. gone was the relentless violent dark nature of the first and to a lesser degree the second, and instead we have the terminator wearing Elton John Sunglasses and barking \u2018quiet\u2019 like some disgruntled grandpa. the female terminator, While a good idea in theory, is a let down due to being too similar in movement to Robert Patricks and with her endless weaponry, smirks and gazes, the terminatrix comes off too cheap and cheesy to be scary. nice arse though."}
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-{"text": "STAMFORD, CT \u2013 Harman International Industries Incorporated (NYSE:HAR) said today that it has become aware of several media reports suggesting that a tender offer has been made to acquire the Company. The Company has not received such communications and is not familiar with any parties claiming to make such a solicitation.\n\nHarman International Industries, Incorporated (www.harman.com), designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment products for the automotive, consumer and professional markets. The company\u2019s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYSE:HAR."}
-{"text": "City Pool\n\nThe City of Wenatchee\u2019s outdoor swimming pool is a 10-lane, 50-meter L-shaped pool with one three-meter and two one-meter diving boards. The pool offers lap and public swims, water exercise classes, swimming lessons, and private pool rental times.\n\nThe pool is located at 220 South Fuller Street. To contact the pool during the season, call (509) 888-3288.\n\nPool ScheduleThe City Pool is now closed for the season. Click here to download a 2015 Pool Schedule!\n\nSwimming Lessons, Pool Programs and Admission FeesInformation about Swimming Lessons, Water Exercise Classes, the Dog Paddle Swim, Public and Lap Swims, Pool Rentals and Fees for the 2015 season may be downloaded by clicking here.\n\nPool RentalsYou can rent the pool for birthday celebrations or other special functions. During the season, contact the pool for availability or during the off season, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at (509) 888-3284. You can download a Pool Rental Packet by clicking here, and return your application and payment (cash and check only) to the pool to secure your reservation. Reservations are accepted beginning in January\n\nThe City of Wenatchee is a proud partner of the USA Swimming Foundation\n\nAbout Make a Splash\n\nConsistent with the goal of saving lives and providing every child in America with the opportunity to learn how to swim, Make a Splash, a national child-focused water safety initiative, was created by the USA Swimming Foundation in 2007. Make a Splash partners with learn-to-swim providers across the country to provide swimming lessons and educate kids on the importance of learning how to swim. Many partner programs are located in disadvantaged or ethnically diverse communities and provide training programs (including certified instructors, resources and quality programming) to help children become water-safe and share with them a lifelong physical fitness activity. Make a Splash\u2019s awareness campaign is built around the staggering statistics that minority children ages 5-14 are most at risk for drowning, and drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death for children under the age of 14. Make a Splash educates parents through a national awareness campaign; saves lives by joining forces with grassroots learn-to-swim programs and reaches millions of children through its programming, promotions and publicity tours."}
-{"text": "Well, we couldn\u2019t think of anything scarier than NYU\u2019s massive proposed 20-Year Expansion Plan, in which the university asks the City to give them public land, lift zoning restrictions, loosen open space requirements, and eliminate urban renewal deed restrictions in order to allow the addition 2.5 million square feet of space (the equivalent of the Empire State Building!) south of Washington Square Park...\n\nSo GVSHP invites you to submit your best design illustrating just how scary you find NYU\u2019s massive expansion plans. See the rules and contact information here. (Bottom of the post.) Deadline is Sept. 8. OK, designers \u2014 get to work...\n\nNo comments:\n\nThrillist: The Best NYC Neighborhood Blogs 2017\n\nNamed one of the best NYC Neighborhood blogs in 2016\n\nNamed Best Local Website New York 2014 by The Village Voice\n\nNamed one of the Essential NYC neighborhood blogs 2014\n\nBy the way\n\nHere, you'll find things that you may or may not be interested in about the East Village and other parts of New York City. Appreciating what's here while it's still here. Remembering what's no longer here. Wishing some things weren't here that are here.\n\nWe love tips\n\nHave a story idea or tip about something happening in the East Village? Or maybe a photo? Or several photos? Or video! We'd love to hear about it. Or see it. Or something. Please go here to submit a tip.\n\nEVG on Instagram\n\nNamed Best Neighborhood Blog in the First Annual Village Voice Web Awards"}
-{"text": "If you have an old external floppy drive from Apple or other computer companies with a little work you can swap out the internals from an external HDD to produce modern storage with a retro look.\n\nInstructables user johnmueller simply opened up his vintage Apple floppy drive, removed the internal drive components, opened his external hard drive disk and removed the drive and the interior chassis, and installed the interior chassis, HDD, and cables in the floppy drive. He had to cut a few holes in the back of the floppy drive to accomplish this and he also added a HDD activity LED light, but all in all this is a pretty straightforward mod.\n\nHe even cut down a 3.5-inch floppy diskette and glued it into the floppy drive to add some color to the beige box and make it easier to be identified as vintage tech. To see other great ideas for bringing back other outdated devices check out our top 10 ways to modernize your old retro gadgets."}
-{"text": "Related Tags:\n\nSAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) \u2014 A bicyclist remained in the hospital with life-threatening injuries Tuesday after he and five other people were hurt when a fleeing suspect crashed a stolen van in San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin neighborhood Monday night, a police spokesman said.\n\nWisner allegedly fled in the stolen van when police attempted to pull him over for a traffic violation at Larkin and Post streets at 10:18 p.m., police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.\n\nThe driver fled and ran a red light before colliding with a taxi three blocks away near Post and Jones streets, Esparza said.\n\nThe impact of the collision sent the vehicles onto the sidewalk, injuring two men nearby, a bicyclist and a pedestrian.\n\nThe bicyclist, a 29-year-old man, suffered a life-threatening head injury, Esparza said. The 60-year-old pedestrian\u2019s injuries were not life-threatening.\n\nBoth men were taken to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment. The taxi driver and an occupant in the cab were also taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, Esparza said.\n\nA 38-year-old woman who was a passenger in the stolen van was trapped after the crash. She was extricated and also taken to the hospital, Esparza said.\n\nThe woman is cooperating with the investigation and is not facing criminal charges, police said.\n\nWisner allegedly ran from the crash scene, but was taken into custody after boarding a westbound San Francisco Municipal Railway 38-Geary bus. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries he suffered in the crash and was later booked into jail, police said."}
-{"text": "Linda Kitson: witness drawing\n\nLinda Kitson talks us through some of the moments in a career spaning decades, continents and genres.\n\nDetails\n\nFiona Dakin\n\n9 Mar 2017\n\nExhibitions\n\nBorn in 1945, Linda Kitson studied at Saint Martin\u2019s School of Art and the Royal College of Art, where she was taught by Sir Quentin Blake. He has remained a close friends for fifty years and curated Kitson's current exhibition at House of Illustration. See it until 30 April 2017.\n\nEarly work\n\nLinda began work as a freelance illustrator. Along with classmates from the Royal College she would travel around to meet art directors and editors, carrying a huge portfolio everywhere she went. In these early years she received commissions to illustrate articles and books for the Folio Society. She was issued a press pass by the Illustrated London News, allowing her the freedom to draw several important events such as political party conferences. During this period, she was invited to draw the BBC in action, and followed international orchestras, seizing every chance as it came.\n\nI identified groups of people with whom I could stay and draw. In those very early days of learning to draw, you just follow the band. People accept this wandering numbskull, and say 'We're going here, come with us'. You just get swept along.\n\nShe stresses the need to live with and among her subjects, and to do several drawings in long sessions in order to get \u2018fluent\u2019.\n\nFleet Street\n\nShe went on to draw workers in the print rooms of the press at Fleet Street, at a time of uneasy transition from moveable type to film.\n\nIt was very delicate, everyone was being hacked and sacked. Down in the print rooms they thought I was a time and motion study doing reports for the fourth floor to get people axed, and they were very suspicious of me. Well, you're there night after night, you show them the drawings, you drink their 'special tea' (i.e. tea with rum) and then they're completely used to you: that's the sort of thing I like. They learn very quickly that you are not critical, you are not a threat.\n\nThese illustrations, commissioned by The Times cartoonist Mel Calman, became an exhibition called \u2018Newspapers and Newspeople\u2019, opening in April 1982. At the exhibition launch, former war artist Leonard Rosoman, noting the speed at which Linda had to draw the people and machinery on Fleet Street, asked if she was ready to go to war\u2026\n\nThe Falklands\n\nLinda became the first female artist to accompany troops into battle. She sailed to the Falklands in May 1982, remaining there for a period of around three months, and returned with a huge collection of over 400 images.\n\nI by no means saw the worst of it, but I had quick glimpses, and that's enough. I was quite battered by the experience. And it was difficult to draw because your hands were bound like a boxer against the cold; I conked out with hypothermia once and ended up in the hospital for a night. It was so difficult that it was the most I could do to get anything down. And the business of materials, which I was neurotic about, I\u2019m hypnotised by them: I had to have an armband made for me by a sergeant to hold five types of black implements.\n\nThere was no way in which I could have entered into the battle sequences, as they were fought to a specific choreograph, & at nightime, so I would have been a risk to everyone. It was so sharp & short that the best contribution was to travel alongside the soldiers and give a domestic account of what they did day by day.\n\nThere is a school of thought that was very critical of what I came back with, but equally you can say all sorts of things which counteract that: this is not \u2018news\u2019; this is not a statement. I really have no preconception, and I'm entirely guided by what's going on. I'd be there for weeks and there would be over a hundred drawings of everything I stumbled across. It's the total message that counts.\n\nShe maintains across all of her work that it is not journalism, or even reportage, despite this often being the nature of the commission. Instead, she prefers to describe her work as a \u2018witness\u2019.\n\nThe Killing Fields\n\nFollowing her renown as a war artist, Linda was commissioned to draw on the set of the 1984 film, The Killing Fields, which was filmed in Thailand and Cambodia, and documented the Khmer Rouge regime. She describes their choice of her, as a war artist, to provide artwork for a war film, as a kind of publicity stunt.\n\nI know very well that David Puttnam (the producer) really wanted one ace picture for publicity: a really strong image. Of course, I can't do that; I would do ten in a day. And he said, \"That's no good, but can we have a show at the National Theatre? Because it's obvious that you've not got a particular moment, it's all a running diary.\u201d\n\nThe film gave Linda the opportunity to draw suffering \u2013 both real and acted \u2013 in ways that she had felt to be too inappropriate in the real war, in the Falklands.\n\nLandscapes\n\nShe went on to draw mountainous landscapes, preferring France for the sheer space. Many of these were drawn independently, free of commission.\n\nLandscapes are not easy. You go round and round, you take all the roads, and you can't see it from anywhere, or there's a wonderful place to draw from but there just happens to be a forest in front of it. But this was an antidote, I suppose, to bustling in and around urban crowds. Never mind love and sex and all the wonderful things, these were some of the best days of my life.\n\nI was drawing by a river, and a fisherman came up and he asked me if I had a particular sort of worm, and he said, \"Ah, c'est pas le m\u00eame type de sport\" [Ah, this is a different kind of sport]. He knew at once that it was a sort of activity, and I absolutely loved that.\n\nTownscapes\n\nNow, Kitson prefers to use the iPad, and sees this new way of working more as painting than drawing.\n\nThe way I do it, drawing is throwing a line around the edge of something mostly in black & white. I said, \u201cThere must be a way you can just do the shape with no detail\u201d, and I\u2019m so delighted as I've done that with the iPad. It is a new dawning."}
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-{"text": "Universities Receive $10M To Study Biofuels\n\nMISSOULA, Mont. (AP) \u2014 If 1 ton of woody debris can produce 50 gallons of fuel, how many gallons of fuel could 42 million acres of dead and dying forests produce?\n\nFunded by a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a consortium of five universities, joined by research labs across the Northern Rockies, is looking for ways to turn that mass of dead timber into a carbon-neutral fuel source.\n\nKnown as the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies, the upstart group includes researchers at Montana's two flagship universities, and those at Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado State.\n\n\"This is probably one of the few projects that promises success in turning carbon waste, or organic material, into liquid fuel,\" said Peter Kolb, the extension project manager for BANR. \"But there are a lot of challenges that need to be addressed in order to do that.\"\n\nKolb, a professor of forestry at Montana State University, is heading the project for Montana from the University of Montana's College of Forestry and Conservation, which received $1 million for the effort this month.\n\nKolb said the team also includes the Rocky Mountain Research Station and the National Renewable Energy Lab, along with Cool Planet Energy Systems - a Colorado firm whose investors include General Electric, British Petroleum and Google Ventures.\n\nCool Planet has patented technology that converts non-food biomass into gasoline. The process is described as a carbon-negative fuel cycle, and the company is looking to establish five trial refineries near potential biomass sources, which include the forests of the Northern Rockies.\n\n\"Montana is an ideal state for wood to bioenergy conversion technology,\" Kolb said. \"We have 7.5 million acres of private lands where owners are active in trying to maintain a healthy forest, and we've got 17 million acres of federal land, where mortality rates are phenomenal and nothing is being done with that because of policy issues.\"\n\nResolving those policy issues on national forest lands stands high on the list of challenges BANR is working to resolve. While subsidies are available for taking wood off private lands for conversion to biofuels, Kolb said, those subsidies aren't available on federal lands.\n\nBut much of the dead-standing wood in Montana sits on federal lands. And without the promise of a long-term supply of biomass coming off those lands, investors aren't likely to bring new technology to the table.\n\n\"That's something that will have to get looked at very hard for this to work,\" Kolb said. \"If you plan to make a $30 million investment, you need a long-term supply of the raw product to feed that investment, and it's nearly impossible to get a long-term commitment off federal lands right now.\"\n\nThe team also includes researcher Woodam Chung, a professor of forest operations at UM who is studying cost-effective ways to collect and transport forest products to a biomass refinery.\n\nResearchers at UM are also exploring management practices - how much biomass to remove and how much to leave on site for ecological purposes. Others have been assigned to find ways of ensuring any biofuel production remains carbon neutral.\n\n\"We're looking at the logistical feasibility of locating refineries near biomass that's not being utilized, or is being poorly utilized,\" Kolb said. \"All of these states have millions and millions of acres of beetle-killed lodgepole and ponderosa pine that doesn't have a terrific market value.\"\n\nIn Montana, that also includes logging debris - slash that gets burned on site. Kolb called it a low-value product and said there aren't many markets for dead-standing trees and slash.\n\nBut the recovery rates reported by Cool Planet Energy Systems are promising, standing at roughly 50 gallons of fuel per 1 ton of dry wood. To put that into perspective, Kolb said, a logging truck carries around 20 tons of wood, or the equivalent of 1,000 gallons of fuel once converted.\n\n\"It's more complicated than saying there's a bunch of dead trees,\" Kolb said. \"There's logistics and economics that must be dealt with. The transport of low-density biomass makes it economically unfeasible right now. The petroleum you use offsets the carbon neutrality.\"\n\nUsing remote sensing technology, MSU is already looking to identify areas of dense beetle-kill, or forests at high risk of dying. Accessing those sources before they decay - and planning refineries in close proximity - could reduce the cost of transportation and keep the effort carbon neutral.\n\nBut for the technology to pan out, Kolb said, the end product must also remain affordable to consumers. If biofuels can't compete in the marketplace alongside fossil fuels, he said, the model - no matter how renewable or green it is - has little chance of success.\n\n\"When you look at wood or switch grass, the density of energy there is much less than fossil fuels,\" Kolb said. \"You've got to haul wood from difficult places, like mountains, so you have less dollars per volume of energy and it's more expensive, so that's another one of the challenges we're up against.\"\n\nOthers are watching the progress, including Rep. Pat Connell, R-Hamilton, who is serving as a project adviser.\n\nConnell said similar efforts are taking place in the Pacific Northwest, where the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance, or NARA, is looking to use woody biomass as an alternative to petroleum-based fuels and chemicals.\n\nBased out of Washington State University, NARA aims to develop a new aviation fuel industry using wood and wood waste from across the Northwest, and to grow new wood-based energy crops.\n\nBANR has similar goals, but is currently three years behind NARA in its research.\n\n\"What they're (BANR) looking at is trying to deal with the expansion of all this dead standing wood,\" said Connell. \"They're going to try and evaluate the likelihood of being able to produce high-octane fuel from dead-standing wood.\"\n\nKolb would like to see Cool Planet build production plants in Montana. He believes the state holds several advantages over its neighbors - advantages that include an existing logging infrastructure and the state's abundance of dead-standing wood.\n\nPotential sites could include the shuttered Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. site in Frenchtown, and the community of Seeley Lake, which has a functional logging mill and sits close to the Blackfoot Challenge."}
-{"text": "2 Answers\n2\n\nYes, this code works. The first thing to check is that your twig code is in the correct page (TestBundle::search.html.twig). This might sound silly but that happens sometimes...\n\nIf this is all good, I suggest that you try to debug within your template. Debugging is the most important thing. You will always have this kind of problem while programming, especially when you try something new. The better you are at debugging your code, the better you are as a programmer because there is no way you can get everything right the first time.\n\nSo, how can you debug?\n\nTo debug within your twig template, you can use the debug extension of twig. To activate the debug option, you will have to do a quick change in your config file. You can also read this thread if your lost.\n\nYou can debug any variable within your template like this:\n\n<pre>\n{% debug searchTerms %}\n</pre>\n\nThis way, you can easily debug your variable and test what your problem is:\n\n{% debug searchTerms['color'] %}\n\nIf you want to debug things quickly, I highly recommend that you use the LadyBugBundle. It is an awesome tool that will allow you to do something like that:\n\nIn your controller:\n\nladybug_dump($searchTerms);\n\nIn your TWIG template:\n\n{{ searchTerms|ladybug_dump }}\n\nNot that different from a classic var_dump option, but if you have long arrays or objects, ladybug will impress you. More importantly, in a controller, you will often have the need to stop the code at a certain point to avoid the page to load after your debug statement, this is fairly easy with ladybug:\n\nladybug_dump_die($searchTerms);\n\nYou can even ask ladybug to load the \"debugged\" variable into Symfony profiler with this simple statement.\n\n$this->get('ladybug')->log($searchTerms);\n\nYou have now direct access of the variable from a tab of the Symfony2 profiler.\nLadybug can do a lot more, but for this, the doc is really good.\n\nI found a problem, there is nothing connected with symfony 2 and twig: I just misprint $searchTerms as $seacrhTerms in one place of controller, but thanks for debug tools it helps me.\n\u2013\nsphinksSep 11 '12 at 8:15"}
-{"text": "Exploring the world within a 30 mile radius\n\nHappy St. Nicholas Day!\n\nAs a child December 6th was one of my favorite days of the year. On St. Nicholas Day eve (December 5th) we would set our homemade slippers outside of our bedroom door with our Christmas wish lists inside. The next morning we would wake up to find that St. Nick had come for our list and left us candy, a new Christmas ornament, and a chocolate advent calendar in our bedroom shoes. To me, it always represented the beginning of the Christmas season.\n\nWhat I didn\u2019t realize as a child was that most of my American friends did not celebrate St. Nicholas Day. My mom, being Pennsylvania Dutch, brought this tradition and several others to our family. While my mother\u2019s family never spoke Pennsylvania German, they did maintain many of the German traditions. My grandmother was definitely a Pennsylvania Dutch cook and made pickled beet eggs, scrapple, and hog maw. Personally, I rarely tried any of these dishes as a child, and at the mention of them my response was always \u201cyuck\u201d. My mom and my aunts still make some of the traditional meals but I think they\u2019ve all let hog maw be a recipe of yore. Cleaning pig stomach just is not a pleasurable chore.\n\nNow that I am older, I am so grateful for the traditions that have been passed down from my German ancestors and carried on my grandmother and mom. I know when Hubby and I have children we will be celebrating St. Nicholas Day too. If you missed St. Nick\u2019s Day this year, I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll mind if you celebrate it on December 7th or 8th instead.\n\nPost navigation\n\n6 thoughts on \u201cHappy St. Nicholas Day!\u201d\n\nI know about the tradition from living in Germany but hadn\u2019t heard the part about leaving the list in the shoes. I like that addition! There are so many traditions from around the world that happen all month, not just Christmas Eve/Day!\n\nI have heard of this gift in the shoes before! What a great little tradition. Here In canada we do not have anything like that. Instead we usually have local festival of lights and Santa Clause day parades! Love the slippers as well btw!"}
-{"text": "fucked by 2 strangers in a public park publicjerker\n\na nice man was walking close to me so i touched my crotch. he seems to be interested and i opened my pants and showed him my cock. we ended in the bushes where he fucked me hard...a chubby dad fucked meafter that quick fuck he shot his load in my ass (in the condom). very risky to get caught as it was sunday with lots of people walking in the park."}
-{"text": "Lovecast 233 \u2013 LouLou Players [MI4L.com]\n\nAs a lifelong electronic music aficionado, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Denis has been a major player (pardon the pun) in the game. Producing hot tunes on labels like Bunny Tiger, Snatch!, CUFF, Kittball, King Kong, and of course his own label LouLou Records, which he co-runs with long time friend Kolombo. The two have delivered an exorbitant amount of jams to the world via LouLou Records from artists like Sirus Hood, Amine Edge & Dance, Vanilla Ace, Finnebassen, Sharam Jey, Miguel Campbell, Classmatic, Fran Bortolossi, Jean Bacarreza, and many tunes from LouLou Players and Kolombo themselves.\n\nWe\u2019ve been hot the trail of LouLou Players since we started the blog in 2011 so this is a special episode on our Lovecasr series. Enjoy!\n\nHow did you first get introduced to dance music?\nAs a Belgian, I\u2019ve been in touch with electronic music from a really early age.\n\nIt has been always something natural for me to listen to this music.\n\nWhat is the most challenging part of becoming a full-time producer and touring artist?\nActually, the challenging part is that you never know how \u201ctomorrow\u201d will be, you have to be flexible and dynamic. That\u2019s the way I am, I like to live at 100 km/h\n\nTell us about your relationship with Kolombo, how did you come to start your record label LouLou Records?\nWe\u2019ve been best friends for over a decade. We are used to working together, no long talks needed, we just know each other.\n\nWe started the label as we needed a platform to release our tracks, so naturally Loulou Records was born.\n\nWhat was the vision/project behind the imprint?\nWe want to release tracks we love to play, and also really focus on newcomers. We want to give aspiring producer a chance, so we really to everyone\u2019s demos.\n\nHow do you feel the label has grown in line with the electronic dance scene in Belgium?\nActually, in my opinion, it hasn\u2019t grown with the Belgian scene. For sure we have some fans in our own countries, but our main audience is based in South America. Stats do the talking, and Brazil and Argentina are our biggest audiences.\n\nYou\u2019ve just dropped the third installment to your \u2018Pendrive\u2019 series, what is the inspiration behind the collective?\nThe idea of the series is to release a singles compilation, a mix which is available as free download and also free CDs.\n\nI want to release tracks that I have been playing in the last weeks/months.\n\nThis includes confirmed artists from the label such as Malikk, Pimpo Gama and also newcomer such as Kormak or Korvo as well.\n\nWhat has been the most exciting turning point of your career so far?\nThe big turns for me have been my \u201chum hum\u201d track with Sharam Jey, released on Bunny Tiger\u2026 It really exposed me to a new international audience, leading onto my first tour in South America. That has been a huge kick for me.\n\nWhere are you currently based? If someone were visiting there for the first time, what clubs and/or parties and/or restaurants would they want to check out?\nI\u2019m still living in Namur, Belgium. It\u2019s a small lovely city, we have the chance to have really great places to visit and restaurants over there. I would advise to visit: Upkokk, my favourite restaurant, the chef is a good friend and an incredibly passionate person, it\u2019s a great experience.\n\nBistro Phil is also a place I really enjoy, if you like Spanish influenced cuisine, this place is for you.\n\nP\u00e9pite, is also one of my top spots in town. Mainly oriented to tapas, you will for sure discover some amazing flavours.\n\nFor the night life, we don\u2019t have any regular clubs, but it\u2019s possible to have a nice drink in some of the bars we have in town. I\u2019m still promoting parties up to 5 times a year in the town, which we call \u201cMusic Please\u201d. I started the project 15 years ago.\n\nTo simply have a drink in an original Belgian place, I would advise to go to \u201cArt Salon\u201d, it\u2019s just celebrated its first birthday and is already a must go place in town, the owners are really good friends of mine, and believe me with them, you\u2019ll have fun.\n\nWhat advice would you give to an aspiring producer?\nFirst piece of advice is work hard! Whatever you do in your live, if you are passionate and in search of your dream work, work hard is always the key.\n\nEven if you don\u2019t reach your targets, with hard work you\u2019ll never have regrets.\n\nSecond is, Never Give Up\u2026 For sure some artists are lucky to be \u201cfamous\u201d at a young age, but there is no magical tip\u2026 this can happen to you at 18, 25, 30, 40 years old\u2026 So if you are passionate enough, work hard and never give up!\n\nWhat\u2019s on the horizon for you in 2018?\nI had such a good summer with really great gigs and amazing meetings, I hope the second part of the year will follow this road.\n\nI just released the \u201cMy Pendrive 3.0\u201d compilation, and by the end of September I will have an EP with Malikk on Loulou records and in October a single release with Wally Lopez.\n\nFor the label, we have a busy schedule at the moment with an agenda fully booked till march and releases every 2 weeks.\n\nAs main releases, I would mention an ep of Kolombo, 2 EPs of the super talented Sinner & James, and also a strong EP from Brazilian talent, Classmatic. Please keep an eye on him!\n\nDo you have any hobbies outside of music?\nI\u2019m a sport addict, and I\u2019ve been mountain biking since I was a teenager. But with a busy life on tour, mountain biking isn\u2019t compatible, so I run quite often.\n\nI really enjoy taking part in competitions when I have time for it.\n\nWhat are some touristy things you do while playing in a foreign city?\nI like to visit the main spots of the cities I visit when I have time enough. I generally run a lot on my days off when touring, it\u2019s a good way to visit and enjoy the cities.\n\nI also like to check out the restaurants.\n\nDream gig\u2026\nI really would love to go play at Burning Man, that\u2019s been a spot on my to do list for over 7 years\u2026\n\nPacha Ibiza would be also something special, I really love that club and his atmosphere.\n\nBut to be honest, I\u2019m lucky enough to say that I\u2019ve played in some of my dreams venues such as Warung Beach Club, D-Edge, Vibe Club, Kazantip, Tomorrowland.\n\nTell us about your mix\u2026\nI wanted to offer a selection of the forthcoming tracks on LouLou Records, or some of my upcoming releases linked with some of the tracks I really dig at the moment. Hopefully you guys will enjoy that mix.\n\nDrink of choice\u2026\nAt home, water / orange juice. At the party vodka & Sprite."}
-{"text": "E-News\n\nFashion is a huge part of every celebrity\u2019s life whether they like it or not! They need to follow some rules and trends in order not to end up on the trashy page instead of the flashy one. They might even end up being called the fashion terrorists instead of the fashion icon. That is [\u2026]\n\nMultiple award winning Nigerian Gospel artiste Sammie Okposo has released details for his forthcoming praise concert tagged \u201cSammie Okposo Praise Party Live In London\u201d. The one of a kind concert promises to be an awesome time as A-list Gospel music artistes such as Jonathan Nelson (USA), Joe mettle (Ghana), Onos Ariyo (Nigeria), Glowreeyah Braimah (Nigeria), [\u2026]\n\nEach person, whether famous or not, has some habits that are practiced every day. Some may seem very strange but it is something that we are already used to and it may be difficult to stop doing it. If you also have some unusual habit, do not worry because you are not alone anymore. Here [\u2026]\n\nMary Berry embraced her inner rock star as she played the drums on stage during a Rick Astley performance. The 83-year-old former Great British Bake Off judge showed off her drumming skills during Astley\u2019s Camp Bestival gig on Friday night. A video posted on social media shows Berry keeping the beat while Astley croons the chorus to his song [\u2026]\n\nGood times are here for DMW rapper Aboriomoh Femi Raymond aka Dremo. A little over a week ago, Dremo released his \u201cCodename Vol 1\u201d EP. With the rapper\u2019s project gaining more acceptance and good reviews another feat comes in the bag for the new school rapper. Dremo has been featured as the \u201cArtiste of the [\u2026]\n\nInternationally acclaimed rapper and singer Drake has scored a double victory on the UK Billboard Chart with his viral single \u2018In My Feelings\u2019. The American rapper, who is known for his acting gained a large chunk of Nigerian fans when he remixed Wizkid\u2019s \u2018Ojuelegba\u2019 in 2015. Billboard shared the news through its twitter handle @billboard [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Post Profile\n\nMarvel Studios has released three more Doctor Strange motion posters, which features The Ancient One played by Tilda Swinton, Baron Mordo played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Kaecilius played by Mads Mikkelsen. Check them out below. What if I told you the reality that you know is one of many? Tilda Swinton is The Ancient One. See #DoctorStrange in theaters November 4th! pic.twitter.read more\n\nThe onslaught of Doctor Strange promotional materials continued today with more set visit info, more teases, and more character posters like the ones below, which feature Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mads Mikkelsen careening...\n\nLooks like its Doctor Strange week as Marvel Studios has now released three more character posters for film. The new character posters feature Tilda Swinton's The Ancient One, Chiwetel Ejiofor's Baron Mordo and Mads Mikkelsen's Kaec..."}
-{"text": "The Plain Folk Scholar who specializes in urban commentary with an eye toward common sense solutions to everyday social problems.\n\nIrvin PeDro Cohen is the Executive Director of the New Town Success Zone (www.newtownsuccesszone.com) a community collaborative initiative largely based upon the work of Geoffery Canada and the Harlem Children Zone. The goal of the New Town Success is to build a continuum of care for young people and their families living in the New Town/College Garden area of Jacksonville and lead children on a path to either college, the military or some other form of post secondary training.\n\nPeDro is a Jacksonville, FL native and he received his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville, FL and his MBA from Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, NC and holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership and Urban Education. His dissertation title was \u201cA Charge to Keep: The Changing Role of the Black Church Post-Civil Rights.\u201d\n\nPeDro also serves on the advisory board of the Florida Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, the University of North Florida\u2019s School of Education Dean\u2019s Advisory Council, the University of Florida School of Pediatric Medicine\u2019s CTSI Community Advisory Board, he is a member of the Jacksonville Chapter NAACP and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated Jacksonville Alumni Chapter.\n\nExpert Articles\n\n\"I called several companies and got promises for information on speakers. GBS was the first company who delivered without a return phone call. I was impressed by the level of professionalism and the willingness they offered to help us in selecting a speaker who could fit our corporate needs. Turnaround time for answers and documents was never more than 24 hours.\""}
-{"text": "DEZERT Releasing New Album with Sold Out Songs + \"\u5909\u614b (hentai)\" Full MV\n\nAre you a new DEZERT fan who'd love to get some of their older songs?\nThe band is making it easy for you since they will be releasing a new album entitled \u5b8c\u58f2\u97f3\u6e90\u96c6-\u66ab\u5b9a\u7684\u30aa\u30ab\u30eb\u30c8\u9031\u520a\u8a8c\u2461- (kanbai ongenshuu - zanteiteki okaruto shuukanshi \u2461) on November 23rd including plenty of their songs from sold out CDs!\nIt comes in two different types:"}
-{"text": "I\u2019ve been following her cooking and eating exploits on the web for many years, first on the now-defunct BBC food discussion boards and since 2008 on her well-known blog, Hollowlegs. If she isn\u2019t eating she may well be cooking, if she isn\u2019t cooking she might be shopping for ingredients, and if she isn\u2019t doing either of those things, there\u2019s a good chance she\u2019s pondering on what to eat or cook next!\n\nWhen I learned that she had secured a book deal I was not surprised in the slightest as her delicious personal twists on classic British, European, Chinese and other South East Asian dishes have long made many readers salivate, myself included.\n\nIn Chinatown Kitchen she draws upon her amazing heritage; Lizzie is Anglo-Chinese, born in Hong Kong where she spent her formative years growing up not only on Chinese food but also exposed to the many cuisines of South East Asia. At 13 she was transplanted to England, where she has been ever since \u2013 albeit with some judicious globetrotting to feed those hollow legs!\n\nTo describe the book as simply another tome on South East Asian cooking is to put it into a box that it doesn\u2019t neatly fit into. It\u2019s much more than Chinese \u2013 or even South East Asian \u2013 food made easy; rather it\u2019s a very personal collection of recipes that represent Lizzie\u2019s personal food story. There are classic Chinese and South East Asian dishes, sure, but there are also a fair few of Lizzie\u2019s own inventions including some excellent mashups such as this Chinese Spag Bol recipe and an Udon Carbonara.\n\nMost recipes are illustrated with colourful and appealing photographs, styled but not overly fussy and with the focus firmly on the food.\n\nAt the heart of the book is the idea of seeking out ingredients in the food shops of your nearest Chinatown \u2013 or indeed any oriental supermarkets or groceries you can find \u2013 and putting them to delicious use. To that end, the book is not just a set of recipes but also a shopping and ingredient guide. Add to that an introduction to key equipment and techniques and you are all set to get cooking.\n\nSo far, we\u2019ve made two recipes, Chinese Spag Bol and Roast Rice-Stuffed Chicken. We\u2019ve loved both and will certainly be working out way through the rest of my \u201cshort\u201d list over coming weeks and months.\n\nLizzie Mabbott\u2019s Chinese Spag Bol\n\nAs Lizzie explains, this recipe has little in common with the bastardised ragu we call Spag Bol in Britain \u2013 there are no tomatoes, nor red wine for a start \u2013 but it is made by simmering minced meat in a sauce and dressing noodles with the results. The predominant flavour comes from yellow bean sauce, with additional notes from soy sauce, hoisin and Shaoxing wine. Lizzie servies it with fresh vegetables and finely sliced omelette.\n\nFirstly, beat the eggs. Heat 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil in a wok, or a nonstick frying pan, until shimmering, add the beaten eggs and cook them over a medium heat until set to make a thin omelette. Remove to a plate and set to one side.\n\nHeat up the rest of the oil in the wok over a medium heat, add the spring onion whites, garlic and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the minced pork, breaking up any clumps with your hands, and cook until browned. Add the yellow bean paste, soy sauces and hoi sin sauce with the water and Shaoxing rice wine and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. If it\u2019s looking a little dry, add a touch more water.\n\nMeanwhile, julienne the carrot and cucumber and set aside. Roll the omelette up and slice finely.\n\nCook the noodles in a large saucepan of boiling water for a minute, then drain and place in a big serving bowl. Pour the meat sauce on top, then add the vegetables and omelette and stir to combine. Garnish with the greens of the spring onion and serve.\n\nLizzie Mabbott\u2019s Roast Rice-Stuffed Chicken\n\nThe Roast Rice-Stuffed Chicken is a slightly more involved dish requiring the chicken to be marinated overnight (in a marinade that includes red fermented tofu and oyster sauce, amongst other ingredients) and the sticky rice filling to be made ahead ready to stuff inside the chicken before roasting. I made the wrong call to substitute a black sticky rice I had in my larder for the white sticky rice Lizzie\u2019s recipe stipulates, and I\u2019m sure that was the reason my mandarin peel and Chinese sausage-studded rice wasn\u2019t sufficiently cooked through, but I do want try again with the right rice, as the flavours were fabulous. What\u2019s more, the marinade on its own was super easy and amazingly delicious; even if we don\u2019t have time to do the rice stuffing every time, I know the marinade will be used again and again.\n\nChinatown Kitchen: From Noodles to Nuoc Cham is currently available on Amazon UK for \u00a310 (RRP \u00a320). Kavey Eats received a review copy from publisher Mitchell Beazley. Recipe text reproduced with permission from Mitchell Beazley.\n\nChinese Spag Bol?! Well I never! Sounds delicious although a little surprised by that haha. Looks like a good book all in all. I\u2019ve seen it advertised and had a flick through and been quite impressed. Thanks for the review \ud83d\ude42\n\nGlad the review was helpful, and yes, delicious dish. Of course, it\u2019s a very Chinese mince meat dish, but it\u2019s a clever twist for the name and a good reminder that there is so much similarity even in different cuisines.\n\nThat looks like an interesting book, I\u2019ll have to look out for it. I rather like bastardised spag bol (veggie of course), but this looks like a much fresher take on it. I could easily make it veggie. Thanks for sharing the recipe.\n\nThere is so much flavour from the various ingredients that I think this would totally work with a veggie mince substitute \u2014 in some recipes I think the flavour from the meat mince / fat is important but here, I think you would still enjoy a veggie version very much!\n\nI have heard of the book but having now seen these recipes it is going to have to go on my Amazon wishlist right away. The rice-stuffed chicken looks amazing! thanks for the review, it is great to see some remakes of the recipes in a real life kitchen.\n\nI know you\u2019re not s\u2019posed to judge a book by its cover, but this one would be straight in my basket based purely on the cover!\nI love shopping in my local oriental supermarkets, but often have no clue what a product is or how to use it (and unfortunately the young staff can never help either), so I\u2019m guessing this would be a great place to start on learning about new flavours?\nJanie x"}
-{"text": "Enough of the hypocrisy and lies!\n\nWhile the headlines continue to focus on the so called \"Price Tag\" youth of Yitzhar and supposedly other regions in Israel and the police are busy hunting down, arresting, and interrogating those who are arrested, the reality of the situation is not only ignored it is erased. What is the real situation? Here we have an unacceptable action of desecrating mosques, or buildings or puncturing tires by a group of people who are acting outside of normal human behavior.\n\nOn the whole it wouldn't surprise me if some of these culprits were being sent to carry out these abhorrent actions, as we have witnessed in past by the \"special Jewish unit\" in order to turn public opinion against the Jewish pioneers in Yesha and give credence to any destructive actions perpetrated against us.\n\nI for one am tired of the ominous silence of even our representatives who are not responding to the situation by portraying the real face of the residents of our communities. I feel obligated to attempt to bring the truth out and let people see who we really are and how we live.\n\nThe intentional focus on these unacceptable acts is also intentionally ignoring the reality on the ground. Not only are we, the residents of Yesha under media fire. we are under terrorist attacks on a daily basis, sometimes with luck escaping unijured, sometimes injured and sometimes murdered. Yes- murdered ! Because unlike spray paint and disgusting words, the attacks are intentional attempts to murder us.\n\nHere we are being verbally murdered by the press and various representatives of government and public figures who are intent on using these unacceptable actions to attack us and justify any measures used against the people anc communities in Yesha.\n\nI will give an example of a purposely ignored reality - one that does not serve the agenda of those who are constantly attacking us in Yesha. Why is it never mentioned that we, volunteers in emergency rescue are called out day and night even inside of the PA regions to save Arab lives? Take unimportant me for example who like so many of us is a member of a family of victims of terror who lost family and loved ones to Arab terror.\n\nYes, I have some friends and aquaintances who are angry that I go out and save Arabs, but I disagree because I vowed that instead of filling my heart with hate, and letting the evil that is trying to destroy us win, I fill my heart with love for HaShem and vowed to do good in response to the hate and evil that is trying to destroy us.\n\nWe see our children who have witnessed the pain of loss and uncountable attacks against us go out and endanger their lives in order to protect the \"innocent\" Arabs when apprehending terrorists. Never forget that these young people not only have witnessed terror, the heartbreak of loss, the destruction of entire communities and uprooting of families in Gush Katif, and the enormous pain of having to remove loved ones from graves because of the destruction of the Gush and rebury them again.\n\nThese young people live with the pain of the release of terrorists - for what? For nothing - and the horrific return of bodies of terrorists to be celebrated as heroes of the same PA who are teaching to hate and murder us. And the response of the those representing the Law????? This is a role model for young people? These young people witness families thrown out of their homes in the middle of the night, they witness arrests and banishing of fathers for years from their families, homes, work, communities - for what? Many a time in the end after years of suffering these young people see them return home after never being charged - just because we live where we live.\n\nI have heard and seen the pain of our youth, The confusion and disbelief of the actions taken against our people while all around the Arabs are building, driving on our roads, attacking us, as we pass signs warning us Jews of the danger of even stepping inside of the PA communities.\n\nEnough of the hypocrisy and lies! You really want these unacceptable actions to cease?!? The YOU who are supposed to be role models cease and desist from the witch hunts, destruction and turn your attention to the REAL problem- remember who you are supposed to represent here in Israel- Mr. President who ignores the violence and hate of the PA, Mr. Prime Minister who along with the government betrays his mandate to protect, and care for the Jewish citizens of our homeland by releasing terrorists, and ignoring what every normal person sees and hears- the hatred directed against the Jewish State and citizens of Israel and how we are paying in blood for every terrorist or body of terrorists who are released.\n\nIf indeed we will see a change in the government , Police, Border Police, IDF in the actions taken against loyal citizens of Israel I do believe that if those guilty of the actions of \"Tag Mechir- Price Tag\" will cease - unless as is possible these are on the pay roll to carry out these actions in order to destroy the communities and residents of Yesha."}
-{"text": "Expert Panel Details Challenges of Adapting to Climate Change in New Jersey\n\nNJ Spotlight roundtable brings together panelists from range of disciplines to analyze how state must adapt to global warming\n\nHoboken firehouse flooded by Hurricane Sandy.\n\nWith global warming already occurring, the state needs to adapt to its impact even as it takes steps to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a panel of experts at a NJ Spotlight roundtable on preparing New Jersey for climate change.\n\nParticipants in the forum in Trenton on Friday predicted that climate change will have an adverse affect on a wide range of sectors in the state, from agriculture, coastal communities, infrastructure, public health, and natural and water resources.\n\nPreparing the state to deal with the consequences of climate change is a huge challenge, given that they range from identifying the people and places most at risk, to implementing a statewide policy to respond to evolving issues, to finding a way to fund those strategies to make New Jersey better prepared to the deal with the effects of global warming.\n\nThose recommendations are detailed in a report by the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance last summer, a study prepared by the group and Rutgers University, which sponsored the event. The time to act is long overdue, they said.\n\n\u201cIt is really amazing how unprepared we have left ourselves -- not just for the future, but for the present,\u2019\u2019 said Michael Catania, a cochair of the alliance and executive director of Duke Farms. \u201cThere is no excuse for not moving forward now.\u2019\u2019\n\nAs a coastal state, climate change is going to affect New Jersey more than other states, according to Catania.\n\n\u201cMitigation, at this point alone, is not going to hold off some of the effects we already are feeling,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt\u2019s too late to mitigate our way out of this.\u2019\u2019\n\nMore frequent storms, longer droughts, and more extreme weather all are potential consequences of climate change, according to many scientists and policymakers.\n\nThere is a lot of work to do to better prepare New Jersey for climate change, the panelists agreed. They include improving designs for the transportation sector to make it more resilient to extreme storms, such as Hurricane Sandy, when hundreds of railcars were flooded when parked in a vulnerable location, causing $120 million in damage.\n\n\u201cThere are a lot of challenges in the transportation sector,\u2019\u2019 said Jon Carnegie, executive director of the Alan Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers. Among them are the many modes of transportation and the many owners of those systems. Another is that counties own many roads and lack the resources to address problems.\n\nOne of the alliance\u2019s recommendations is to integrate statewide climate adaption strategies into the annual policy of state agencies and authorities, including capital planning. A similar recommendation, however, was incorporated into the state Redevelopment Plan with mixed results.\n\nPerhaps a more challenging issue is identifying populations and people most at risk from the effects of climate change, several panelists said, including those who suffer from more intense heat during summer months.\n\n\u201cBy 2050, the number of deaths will probably triple due to heat-related issues,\u2019\u2019 said Anna Baptista, assistant professor of the Milano School of International Affairs at the New School.\n\nMore money will be spent by the healthcare system, predicted Dr. George DiFerdinando, an adjunct professor of the Department of Epidemiology at Rutgers School of Public Health.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, much of this spending is reactive,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cFiguring out how to get the system to pay in advance is really difficult.\u2019\u2019 In any case, he indicated that health-related costs could be shrunk by proactively reducing emergency room visits.\n\nThe state\u2019s utility sector also faces problems in making its system more resilient, an issue driven home by the fact that the three biggest storms Public Service Electric & Gas has had to deal with occurred in the past few years, according to Jess Melanson, director of energy services at the Newark utility.\n\nPSE&G is spending $1.2 billion to improve the reliability of its power system, Melanson said, but faces increasing challenges posed by an electric grid that is becoming more complex. Utilities face problems maintaining the grid\u2019s reliability because of the increased use of distribution generation -- ranging from more locally situated independent power plants to solar systems used by homes and businesses.\n\nIt is not only coastal areas, however, that are at risk to climate change, one panelist said.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have a floodplain problem,\u2019\u2019 said John Miller, legislative committee chairmn of the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management. \u201cWe have a land-use problem. Our buildings are getting into the way of these storms.\u2019\u2019\n\nFormer Gov. Jim Florio said many of the problems posed by climate change may get addressed with more education about the issue. \u201cAll of this can get done if we get people engaged,\u2019\u2019 he said."}
-{"text": "SORT BY\n\nFILTER BY\n\nalso on other fortune lists\n\ncompany facts\n\nfemale ceo\n\nprofitable\n\ngrowth in jobs\n\ng500 stats\n\nnewcomer to the global 500\n\ngained in rank\n\ndropped in rank\n\nGlobal 500\n\nBrand Index Methodology\n\nThe Morning Consult Brand Index is an indicator of brand strength among consumers. Each Fortune 500 company receives a score based on a ratio of favorable to unfavorable impressions among U.S. adults and its overall favorability. This ensures that a score takes into account how well-liked a company is among people who have an opinion of it without penalizing companies that are not consumer-facing.\n\nMorning Consult polls thousands of adults across the country each week. The surveys are conducted online using large, established online survey vendors. The data is weighted to approximate a nationally representative sample based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, region, annual household income, home ownership status and marital status.\n\nLiliboas\u2014Getty Images\n\n187\n\nPfizer\n\nLast year marked the end of an era for Pfizer. As the company\u2019s patent exclusivity expired for Viagra, its blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug, the pharmaceutical giant has struggled to discover its next big hit. In January, Pfizer discontinued its research into treatments for Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s. And after long resisting calls to split itself up, the company found itself mulling whether to sell its consumer health care business to suitors such as Procter & Gamble. Meanwhile Pfizer, which acquired biosimilars maker Hospira in 2015, is still working to address that company\u2019s manufacturing issues, which have led to drug shortages."}
-{"text": "Why Age 28 Is A Turning Point For Many Single Women\n\nBack in February I spent some time with a guy friend named George who had just been dumped. He had spent almost a year and literally tens of thousands of dollars on numerous IVF treatments in an effort to have a baby with his 43-year-old fiancee. (He's almost 50.) One morning, while reading the paper and having his coffee, she walked into his living room and announced she was leaving. She was kind enough to leave the engagement ring behind.\n\nGeorge was devastated. They were supposed to have children together. He bank rolled her entire lifestyle. He even flew to London to buy the engagement ring from an auction after she saw it in a catalogue. Their families were friends. Everything seemed perfect.\n\nNot to me. \"What woman wakes up when they're 43 and suddenly decides they want to have kids and a family?\" I asked. The fianc\u00e9e had spent almost 20 years single in Manhattan. Had the concept never occurred to her before?\n\nGeorge flinched. Was he expecting empathy from me? \"Most women I know who really want the husband and the family decide this early on, in their 20s, not when they're pushing middle age,\" I said. It was blunt, and a little harsh toward womankind, but we both knew that on some level, I was right.\n\nAs if the cosmos wanted to illustrate my point, the very next week I had brunch with a girl friend named Kristin who was worried about her dating prospects. She is successful in her career, a lot of fun and quite attractive. In the years I had known her I had never once heard her lament her dating life, much less verbalize any long-term goals about it. \"I want to meet someone nice,\" she blurted out over omelets \"Someone serious so that I can have a family someday.\" Kristin turned 28 in March.\n\nThe magic age of 28 was rearing its head. I knew where she was coming from. Age 28, which was only three years ago for me, was a massive turning point in my life. The year started with several friends getting engaged and crescendoed into an autumn that was awash with bridal showers and weddings where I was invited without a guest. (Thanks, guys!) I thought back on that year and realized that was when I got serious about my mating and dating habits, a conscious decision that involved weeding out weak dating prospects, adjusting my outlook on life and getting out and about more often.\n\nThere is something about being a 28-year-old woman, especially in an urban area, that makes them flip the switch from party girl to marriage material that often has nothing to do with a ticking biological clock. Some might call it a cab light turning on. The most obvious reason is that it's cultural, subtly ingrained into our psyches over years of pop culture.\n\nTake something as simple as movies. In the opening scene of Kissing Jessica Stein, for instance, Jessica is in temple on Yom Kippur, trying very hard to atone while wedged between her mother and grandmother. They're on her back about who she dating. \"You're 28 years old,\" the mother says. \"You need to find someone.\" In My Best Friend's Wedding, Jules and Michael make a pact that if they aren't married by the time they're 28, they'll marry each other, and comedy ensues. Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway's characters are also roughly 28 in Bride Wars. The list goes on, but the point is that the magic number 28 as The Age of Matrimony may worm its way into women's minds without them even realizing it.\n\nThere's also the nature of the age itself. Our society has put a bizarre stigma on single women over 30. Even Patty Stanger, the Millionaire Matchmaker, has told young women on her show \"Okay, you're 27, you've got three good years left.\" At 28, you're still in the acceptable zone of single, but in society's eyes time is of the essence. General maturity factors in as well. You're done with college and have most likely had a job or two in the workforce. A Quarter Life Crisis, if applicable, has most likely come and gone. At 28, you're still young enough to change your life, if need be, and no one would think you were foolishly starting from scratch.\n\nThen there's good old fashioned peer pressure. It's kind of like when you were in second grade and everyone had a Cabbage Patch Kid and you suddenly felt the need for one, even if you thought Preemies and Koosas were kind of weird. Before all my friends got engaged, I never gave housewares and china patterns a second thought. Now I think the Palladium collection at Tiffany's is not only classic, but reasonably priced.\n\nFor some women, the parade of weddings and showers makes them suddenly feel lonely, which can be enough of a catalyst for an informal Race To The Altar. Anyone who's ever been single and stuck at a wedding knows that pang of anxiety when everyone's invited to join the couple in their first dance and she has no one to dance with, not even a creepy uncle. So you sit at the table, fascinated by the cocktail in front of you and wait in vain for \"The Way You Look Tonight\" to end. Then you hit the bar for another drink, albeit maybe a little stronger.\n\nAs summer approaches young women across the country are going to put on their best cocktail dresses and make the rounds of showers and ceremonies. Along the way bizarre emotions of self-worth and confusion about your Life's Direction may crop up, but as someone who's been there I can assure you it's as normal as wanting to dodge the spectacle of catching the bouquet. When it crops up, look around the banquet hall at the other young women slipping out to the ladies room. They feel the same way. And you are not alone."}
-{"text": "Monday, 16 October 2017\n\nI truly believe that the maori party is the best option for keeping the country a better place.\n\nThe three points I am going to cover are:fresh water,bottled water and planting.\n\nThese are the things that the Maori party have promised they will do for the country. I think that one of their best policies is aiming for fresh water to be drinkable\n\nAim for fresh water to be drinkable\n\nMy thinking\n\nSo we drink from anywhere\n\nAs we would have less chance of dehydrating as there would be always water near by\n\nThere will be more drinkable water in nz\n\nTalkin about water here is another topic Ban the export of bottled water by foreign companies until the question of water ownership is addressed\n\nplant 100,000 hectares of forest in 10 years\n\nSo we might get more animals back\n\nWe might have more foreign birds come\n\nNative birds might come back from being endangered\n\nI don't think we should have Euthanasia do you\n\nLegalise Euthinasia\n\nIf people got it they could sell it\n\nIf people got access it could be dangerous\n\nIf people give someone a overdose they could get killed\n\nSo I hope you vote for maori party\n\nSo clearly I have made my point why you should vote for maori party.\n\nMaori party has the idea for the future.\n\nSo in this i have covered :fresh water,bottled water and planting.\n\nI have talked about The Maori party is easily the best party that has a chance,Aim for fresh water to be drinkable,Ban the export of bottled water by foreign companies until the question of water ownership is addressed,plant 100,000 hectares of forest in 10 years,Legalise Euthanasia"}
-{"text": "Office Moves & New Office Setup\n\nJuly 31, 2017 by\n\nMoving to a new office or opening a new office are among the most stressful things business owners and their employees will ever do. There are many things to take care of and plan in order to make the project successful, including a number of I.T. considerations. If everything isn\u2019t done properly, you could end up with an office full of employees that can\u2019t work for days. Fortunately, these projects are one of our specialties. We can take care of all of the following and more:\n\nIdentifying internet and phone service providers that can provide service to the new office\n\nTransferring existing internet and phone service to the new office if the current providers can service the address\n\nProviding and installing network wiring, wireless networks, servers, computers, and other hardware and software for the new office, or moving your existing equipment\n\nProviding and installing phones and a phone system for the new office, or moving your existing phones and phone system\n\nIdentifying providers for and helping get quotes for and acquire large multi-function copy machines and other high-tech office equipment\n\nDisconnecting and packing up all I.T. equipment in the old office\n\nPhysically moving all I.T. equipment to the new office\n\nSetting up all I.T. equipment in the new office and ensuring that everything works properly\n\nKeeping downtime of critical systems such as email, phones, and business software to a minimum\n\nProviding aftercare by being onsite the morning after the move just in case there are any problems\n\nWe have done many of these projects over the years, and we take great pride in having this process down to a science. Nobody does it better than we do. Timing is everything with these type of projects, so bring us in as soon as you have made a decision to move or open a new office and we\u2019ll get to work planning a successful project right away. You can put our experienced team of I.T. moving professionals to work for you today by giving us a call at 940-239-6500."}
-{"text": "Advanced Manufacturing\nFabric buildings have advanced considerably from the basic hoop buildings of the past. Options now range from simple buildings put together in a few hours to large, permanent structures with custom architectural features designed to suit any application.\n\nAdvanced Manufacturing\nSpeed from \u201cart to part\u201d is the goal of every designer in today\u2019s engineering environment, but that process is often slowed by the need to use multiple, separate applications to get from CAD model to 3D print."}
-{"text": "Occasion Cards\n\nFrom excited congratulations, to new jobs and homes, to necessary thank yous and good lucks, all of life's ups and downs are covered in our wide selection of Occasion caption cards. Browse below for an assortment of captions to cover the important moments in your customers' lives."}
-{"text": "Queensland child safety staff stood down\n\nThe jobs of a dozen Queensland child safety staff are on the line after a report exposed \"serious errors of judgment\" in the handling of the case of dead toddler Mason Jet Lee.\n\nChild Safety Minister Shannon Fentiman on Wednesday revealed three staff had been immediately stood down on full pay and a further nine were facing an ethical standards investigation into the matter.\n\nAn initial report into the case identified shortcomings at the Caboolture Child Safety Service Centre but made no finding of systemic failures across the department.\n\n\"It does highlight that the Caboolture region has been under incredible pressure since about 2013,\" Ms Fentiman said.\n\n\"It does note considerable staff have been allocated to the region but it hasn't kept up with demand.\"\n\nMs Fentiman said the 12 staff, if found to have breached their code of conduct, could face disciplinary action under the Public Service Act including suspension and termination.\n\n\"This report highlights that there were serious errors of judgment and legislation, policy and practice was not followed,\" she said.\n\nMason died in June with injuries from head to toe after being released from hospital just three months earlier and three people, including his mother and stepfather, have been charged with manslaughter.\n\nThe report was handed to an independent review panel, the Queensland coroner, the Family and Child Commission and police."}
-{"text": "Garfield Sobers turns 81, rare footage of cricket great who hit 6 6s in an over\n\nWest Indies cricket team legend Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, had many records to his credit with some of his feats unmatched even now\n\ncricketUpdated: Jul 28, 2017 18:15 IST\n\nHT Correspondent Hindustan Times, Mumbai\n\nSir Garfield Sobers rings the five minute bell in memory of Mohammed Ali during the 3rd Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground on June 10, 2016.(Getty Images)\n\nArguably the greatest all-rounder ever , Sir Garfield Sobers turned 81 on Friday. The former West Indies cricket team player, who played 93 Tests and one One-Day International (ODI), not only dazzled with his all-round exploits but stories of his off-field adventures still confound the regular cricket fan.\n\nBorn with six fingers in each hand, Sobers grew up in Barbados, often busy at the Wanderers ground changing numbers on the scorecard.\n\nHe made his Test debut against England cricket team in 1954, and it was the start of a dream journey. By the time Sobers retired 20 years later, he was the highest run-scorer in Tests, second highest wicket-taker for the West Indies, and overall the third in the list of those who took most catches as non wicketkeepers.\n\nAs a batsman he averaged a superlative 57.78, smacking 26 centuries and 30 fifties in 93 Tests to make 8,032 runs. He began with a bang: 365 not out at Kingston against Pakistan \u2014 his maiden Test ton \u2014 which still remains the highest score by a batsman from either side. Against the Australians, playing for the Rest of the World XI, his 254 earned praise from Sir Donald Bradman.\n\nSobers\u2019 long list of legendary feats is topped by the six sixes in as many balls off Malcolm Nash for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan.\n\nAs a bowler, Sobers was as versatile as anyone could be. He bowled left-arm orthodox as well as wrist-spin, but when presented with a new ball, he would also prove to be a fine left-arm fast-medium bowler. No surprises when his wickets tally show as many as 235 wickets, with six fifers.\n\nOn the tour of England in 1973, he was asked by Clive Lloyd for a night out. It was Sobers\u2019 last Test series in England, and unbeaten on 31 overnight, he was not the one who would refuse.\n\n\u201cI have so much liquor in my head that if I go home to the hotel and go to bed, I am not going to wake up,\u201d he told former West Indies spinner Reg Scarlett at some point in the night. Sobers went on drinking, and it was at dawn when he realised there was no point sleeping.\n\nSobers went to have a shower, padded up and walked straight into the match. It was only after missing five deliveries off Bob Willis, he set his eyes in to stroke his way to an astounding 150 not out, studded with 19 boundaries."}
-{"text": "Tag: Shoe Care\n\nIf you have invested in your shoe collection now all you need to do is look after them. Shoes, like suits, should not be worn consecutively for more than one day; this is to allow them to dry out and the leather to rest. This article covers polishing, storage, shoe trees, shoe horns and repairs to\u2026"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nSaturday, December 27, 2008\n\nTanyard Creek-Winter Time\n\nIt's almost the end of December and the weather decided to warm up to the low 70's. I decided it would be a good time to check out Tanyard Creek during the winter time. For the past year, I have taken the kids to tanyard creek to see how different it looks thru out the year. It pretty much looks the same as it does during Fall time. We ended up taking Grandma Nichols, Aunty Barbara, and the boys cousins:Sarah and Frankie. It was cloudy and windy but very warm!!!!!!!!! I can't stand the cold weather so I was more than happy to have warm weather.\n\nAdditional information about Tanyard Creek:\n\nOff the beaten path in Bella Vista, Arkansas, below the Windsor Lake Dam, is a beautiful well maintained nature trail, commonly called Tanny Creek Trail. Built by the sweat of thousands of Volunteer hours and financed by thousands of donated dollars, the Tanyard Creek Trail is a beautiful walk through the natural world of Northwest Arkansas.\n\nIncorporating the path of a very old country road and the meanderings of Tanyard Creek, the trail loops lazily up hills and down with long stretches of straight-aways. Most of the trail takes you through 2nd growth Oak/Hickory forest, with some of the trails skirting meadow lands. The beautiful waterfall created by run off of Windsor lake is a favorite resting place with a well placed bench and fenced concrete viewing area. Rapids created by the falls present a wonderful recreation area for more daring adults and children alike who don't mind getting a bit wet.\n\nSigns of wildlife abound if you care to look for them and the deeper pockets of the creek are full of fish of all sizes. Snakes are a common site in the creek (and sometimes sunning themselves beside the paths) but are mostly harmless and not a threat if they are left alone. Contrary to popular belief, water moccasins are not a common snake in Northwest Arkansas and nearly all the snakes you will see in the creek are the harmless northern water snake or the banded water snake.\n\nSturdy shoes are definitely recommended. The trailhead beings with a wide concrete walk, but this ends when you reach the trail map pictured at the top of the page. The rest of the trail is either wood chipped or natural ground. You'll find many bridged creek crossings, a few that can be crossed using rock stepping stones if you'd rather by-pass the bridge. The length of the trail if walking the regular loop is .8 miles. You can, however, take the longer route stretching out the length of your hike by at least 15 minutes. There is also the meadow dam trail that will add a considerable distance to your hike. For those wanting a real workout, try walking the grassy dam trail to the top of the dam, circle the dam, visit Lake Windsor, and then come back down.\n\nScores of trail signs identify important places, trees and plants along the way. There are numerous benches placed along the trail for just sitting and reflecting, or resting if the need should arise. Bring a camera, as the opportunity for photos abound. During the week you may find you have much of the trail to yourself. On weekends, however, be prepared to share the beauty with many visitors, especially on Holiday weekends (pictures below were taken on a Saturday of Memorial day weekend)! It's a large winding trail, though, with plenty of room for everyone!"}
-{"text": "New delhi: Praising \u2018Maryada Purushottama\u2019 Ram at a Ramlila function here, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar while taking a pot-shot on politicians demanding proof of the Indian Army\u2019s surgical strike in Pakistan\u2019s terror launch pads said there are \u201csome politicians who don\u2019t have any \u2018maryada\u2019 (decorum) at all\u201d.\n\n\u201cThe way they are questioning and bringing down the gallantry of the country\u2019s brave jawans, there are some politicians who don\u2019t have \u2018maryada\u2019 at all,\u201d said Parrikar. \u201cI was hurt and wanted to reply them, but being the Defence Minister I too have to follow some \u2018maryada\u2019,\u201d said Parrikar.\n\nAddressing the BJP workers and locals at the GIC ground in Agra on Thursday, Parrikar heaped praise on the Indian Army for carrying out a \u201c100 percent perfect surgical strike\u201d on the seven terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC). \u201cWe carried out a 100 percent perfect surgical strike.\n\nOur nation carries the heart and courage to carry this task out. There are many people who are not loyal to our country and criticized the Indian Army, but we don\u2019t have to give them any proof,\u201d Parrikar. \u201cSome ex-servicemen wrote to me and said that they are ready to fight on the border if need arises. I salute them,\u201d he added.\n\nThe raging debate over details of surgical strikes carried out by the army, with a section of the opposition asking the government to release the details and video of the operations in the face of Pakistan denying any such LoC transgressions. A political slugfest over surgical strikes broke out Tuesday with Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam calling it \u201cfake\u201d and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking the government to release the proof of the surgical strikes to counter the Pakistani propaganda against the operation.\n\n\u201cEvery Indian wants Surgical Strikes against Pak but not a fake one to extract just political benefit by BJP. Politics over national interest,\u201d tweeted Nirupam. \u201cBJP make a mockery out of it by chest thumping and putting up posters in UP, Goa crediting PM Modi instead of the Army,\u201d Nirupam said in another tweet.\n\nMeanwhile, leader of Opposition in the Gujarat assembly and senior Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela also asked the Centre \u201cto provide proof of the Army\u2019s action to clear the doubts arising in the mind of the people about the claims of the government\u201d. The relationship between the two estranged neighbours has plunged to a new low in recent times in the wake of Uri terror attack and the subsequent predawn September 29 surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army along the LoC. \u201d"}
-{"text": "Age of Empires Online Spending Wisely Guide By: Gajaczek\n\nRecently I came accros many people who were wondering what should they purchase with their EP. As I am player who played all civs and all boosters I decided to make a guide so you won\u2019t waste your money/EP. Well, if you play you will get all stuff eventually but newcomers should buy content that is most enjoyable. I will rate joy (from gameplay, both civ and booster), time you spent in relation to money/EP spent, fun from lv1-20 campaign for civs and in-game profit for boosters\n\nIf you are interested only in PvP don\u2019t read this post as you won\u2019t get much from it, I advice to start with PvE first to feel the game, its mechanics and handling. If you are planning your purchase purely for PvP, ask on PvP section as I don\u2019t play it at all. This feature is a little piece of content available and is highly overrated by developers. Age of Empires is PvE franchise and I am basing on it.\n\nFirst things first, I advice to not purchase steam starter pack, even though it looks like it is nicely priced, it contains crap. Why? Read down below. I remind that startet pack contain: Premium Celts, Skirmish Booster Pack and Anniversary Bundle.\n\nCivilisations\n\nGreeks \u2013 I highly advice to purchase this civilisation as your first. They are easy and fun to play while they are very powerful. If you don\u2019t plan on spending real money, this is also great choice because even as free 2 play greeks are strong. They are easiest way to earn first 900 EP for premium civ. Level 1-20 campaign is very enjoyable.\n\nJoy 9/10 (1 point less because they just feel simple sometimes)\n\nTime/Money 10/10\n\nCampaign 9/10 (hard to say why 9 instead of 10, but celtic campaign is just better, at least for me. If you feel I am biased, you can freely put 10 there)\n\nCelts \u2013 In my opinion their lv1-20 campaign is funniest of all. Their gameplay much differ from other civs. Their unit selection is unique and very enjoyable. You feel the kick but they are not as easy-and-good in the late game as far as legendary quests are concerned. I don\u2019t advice to pick this civilisation as your first, maybe if you get better because in the very end they just feel underpowered in comparision to all other civs, mostly because of siegeless warfare which is pain in the ***. Yes, you will enjoy them early on, but on the longer run other civs are just better. Well, you can gear your bowmen so it will be killing machine, but it is pricy venture.\n\nEgyptians \u2013 from all full civs they got in my opinion the least enjoyable campaign. It is not as jolly as celtic and not as interesting as greek one. Egyptian gameplay is different from greek and celtic with all age-up and empower gimmicks. Egyptians offer entertaining gameplay, pretty intense, they are not as easy to master as greeks, but once you get used to them, you can tear through all existing quests with ease. Downsides? They feel more like support in many quests, but since catapult/ranged strats for quests are pretty much gone in favor of elephants, they are really good option if you are planning on long-term play.\n\nJoy 8/10 (you got more things to consider there, gameplay is not as simple as greek. level of complexity is similar to celtic one)\n\nTime/Money 8/10 (I must put them ahead of celts because most of the focus lands on late game, where egypt really shines)\n\nCampaign 8/10 (less fun than greek and celtic)\n\nPersians \u2013 pro civ = lack of campaign, we land straight in argos. All pro civs are more \u201clate-game-focused\u201d than full civs. Most joy you will find doing all most difficult quests, persians are just designed to tear through those. Their unit composition really favor experienced players, you just need some knowledge what will work and where and with which gear. If you got experience from other RTS, you can go ahead with persians. But I really advice going with greeks as your first premium civ. Just to learn the game more.\n\nJoy 8/10 (Gameplay is really different, Persians own really powerful technologies and units but you need some knowledge to unleash their true power, they\u2019re not beginner-friendly)\n\nTime/Money 8/10 (lack of campaign lowers final score, but you will spend much time with late game quests, persians really shine there)\n\nCampaign N/A (no capmaign, no score but it does not mean it is 0/10, we can\u2019t judge something that does not exist can we?)\n\nBabylonians -fresh meat, youngest kid in Age of Empires Online family. Gameplay is as complex as persian, but they need far less consideration in strategy/gearing. Playing them is pure fun with all their techs/units. They generally feel more polished than other civs, experience in making civs came to play. But still, some experience would be welcome there. Maybe less than with Persians. If you don\u2019t feel as \u201cPro\u201d, and you want some more complex late-game gameplay, pick Babylonians.\n\nJoy 10/10 (they are pure fun to play with all their units/gimmicks)\n\nTime/Money 8/10 (same problems Persians struggle with)\n\nCampaign N/A\n\nBoster Packs\n\nSkirmish \u2013 even though it sounds like fun and you might have some cool memories with Age franchise connected with those, AoEO skirmish is not something I recommend to pick up straight away. AI is not all that balanced, suffer from \u201cToo Easy or Too Hard\u201d issue. It is just unfair. Cheating AI is never a good AI. You might think that you can get tons of chests from quests but trust me, it is one giant disappointment. Most of chests contain materials. Not profitable. On the longer run, yes, but it is not enjoyable way of grinding. You can either rush AI or turtle with wonder. You can grind chests on every level there, but you will need tons of knowledge and patience there. Also, good gear required. If you jump into skirmish right away, in desire for challenge, you will either got disappointed or slaughtered.\n\nJoy 4/10\n\nTime/Money 4/10\n\nIn-game profit 2/10\n\nDefence of Crete \u2013 in my honest opinion it is best and most enjoyable of all boosters. Many maps, adequate difficulty. Good loot. Any cons? Well, it can be dull sometimes. But not as dull as skirmish. Excellent choice for beginners as difficulty is so adjustable, you won\u2019t find it too easy or too hard (jumping onto higher difficulty level straight away will result in you being slaughtered, but if you adjust difficulty correctly, it will be fun).Loot is good, consumables, recipes, some unique items. Not so much junk. And you got weekly Elite Meet in Crete which is pretty easy and greatly profitable quest.\n\nJoy 9/10\n\nTime/Money 10/10\n\nIn-game profit 8/10\n\nFertile Crescent Booster Pack \u2013 it is more a quest pack than booster pack, it offers variety of quests with up-to-level-40 scaling, but as I said, it is quest pack, it does not offer any new mode to the game. Just replacement for Argos\u2019 storyline. If you played through Argos\u2019 storyline too many times, you might find it worthwhile as it is quite interesting. There are many funny quests in the end, but 450 EP is not good price for this. If you got bored to death by Argos, and you are planning on making new civs, wise choice. But I would prioritize Crete and even Skirmish. Also, loot from lv40 repeatables is very disappointing. Much worse than from alliance quests.\n\nJoy 8/10\n\nTime/Money 5/10\n\nIn-game profit 5/10\n\nIf you are planning to invest into your game right in the beginning, I advice to grab Premium Greeks, and Defence of Crete. Then it is up to you."}
-{"text": "Read More\n\nThe concerned resident said: \u201cThere was a lot of loud voices and it sounded like some sort of disagreement. The police cars arrived and I could see one officer knelt down on the floor next to someone laid out.\n\n\u201cA police van then arrived and officers were banging down a door very loudly, they were shouting \u2018we are coming in.\u2019 The next thing I knew officers were taking someone to the van. The van doors closed and left the road.\n\n\u201cI could hear more sirens and I could see flashing lights from the ambulance which arrived and collected the person laid on the ground.\u201d\n\nThe resident thinks violence has increased in the area in recent months.\n\nHe said: \u201cI never used to worry about going out in the evening but now I don\u2019t go out at night. It was only a week ago we had two cars set on fire in the Tunnard Street car park.\u201d\n\nA spokesman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said: \"\u201cWe received a call at 11.04pm on the July 14 via Lincolnshire Police to at an incident on Tunnard Street in Boston. We sent a paramedic on a fast response vehicle and a double crewed ambulance. One patient was taken to Boston Pilgrim Hospital for further care.\u201d\n\nThe arrest comes after a pregnant mum was attacked in the Witham Bank area of Boston.\n\nThe woman, who was nine months\u2019 pregnant, was sitting under the railway bridge in Witham Bank East, Boston, with a man and a woman on June 30 when she was approached at around 7.30pm.\n\nThe man assaulted both of the women.\n\nA second man, who had also been in the river, later approached the group carrying a knife.\n\nRead More\n\nPeter Green, a resident of Witham Bank, added: \u201cIt\u2019s getting worse. They say crime levels are down but violent crimes seem to happening regularly in this area. My family and I no longer go out at night. we don't feel it's safe anymore.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Milk production up, futures down\n\nSubmitted by admin on Thu, 11/25/2010 - 08:00\n\nHoard's Dairyman:\n\nMilk production up, futures down\n\nDate:\n\nThu, 11/25/2010\n\nMilk production nationally was up 2.9 percent during October, marking eight straight months during which milk production was higher than the same month last year. Cow numbers were up just 0.2 percent during October, but milk per cow was up just over 2.6 percent. Compared to the previous year, milk per cow has been up every month during 2010 except January.\n\nDuring October, there were 9.118 million cows in the U.S. Cow numbers have remained unchanged for three consecutive months. The U.S. dairy cow herd reached 9.134 million head in July, which was the highest number since August 2009.\n\nIn the top 23 states, milk production during October was up 3.3 percent.\n\nNumber 1 California was up 4.3 percent in milk production. In October, California had 20,000 fewer cows than a year ago (-1.1 percent) but was up 5.5 percent in milk per cow.\n\nWisconsin was up just 0.8 percent in milk production. The state had only a slight gain in milk per cow but had 6,000 more cows (+0.5 percent) than a year ago.\n\nNew York was up 4.7 percent. That state was down 3,000 cows (-0.5 percent) from a year ago, but milk per cow was up 5.2 percent.\n\nNew York's milk output during October was 1.054 billion pounds. Idaho's output was 1.091, and that state was up 6.9 percent in milk. Idaho had a 4.6 percent (25,000 head) jump in cow numbers and 2.1 percent rise in milk per cow.\n\nPennsylvania was up 2.9 percent in milk production, and Minnesota was down 0.1 percent.\n\nOregon saw an 11.4 percent rise in milk production. The state had a 6.1 percent jump in cow numbers (7,000 head) and 5.0 percent gain in milk per cow.\n\nThe October Milk Production report was released last Thursday afternoon. Over the next four trading days, December's Class III futures price dropped 29 cents to $13.70, January dropped 57 cents to $13.40, February dropped 38 cents to $13.64, and March dropped 1 cent to $13.99."}
-{"text": "2008 Darwin Awards\n\nHonoring Charles Darwin, the father of\nevolution, Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene\npool--by removing themselves from it.\n\nBoner!\n2008 Darwin Award Winner\nConfirmed True by Darwin\n\n(2 February 2008, New York) A 50-year-old man was bird hunting in Upstate\nNew York with his buddies and his faithful canine companion. They stopped\nfor a smoke, and his dog found a deer leg bone!\n\nThe man tried to take the bone away, but like any right thinking dog, the\nanimal would not relinquish its treasure. He stayed just out of reach.\nFrustrated with this blatant show of disobedience, the man grabbed his\nloaded shotgun by the muzzle and began wielding it like a club. Each time\nhe swung it, the dog dodged.\n\nSuddenly the \"club\" struck the ground and fired, shooting the man in the\nabdomen. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where he died from his\ninjuries. He did remain conscious long enough to confirm this account to\npolice; otherwise, his poor friends might now be under suspicion!"}
-{"text": "Hosting underage gigs\n\nTo hold events that are open to minors in licensed premises liquor licensees or permittees must submit either a notification or an application form to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR).\n\nIf you have any questions about how to notify or apply to the VCGLR, or whether your application is eligible for fast-tracking, please submit an enquiry using the contact form below.\n\nMixed-age live music events*\n\nYou may have minors on that part of their premises when:\n\na mixed-age live music event is being held in accordance with notice given to the VCGLR and 'prescribed conditions'\n\nliquor is not supplied, consumed or made available on that part of the premises.\n\nYou can notify the VCGLR of up to a maximum of three events in total on the form. There is a fee.\n\nIf approval is granted, adults cannot be admitted unless they are members of staff or bona fide*** adult supervisors and wear wristbands identifying themselves as being over 18 years of age.\n\n**any event at which minors will be present on licensed premises without being accompanied by a parent, spouse, legal guardian or responsible adult but at which live music will not be conducted.\n\n***a person who is of or over the age of 18 years and who is a \"bona fide adult supervisor\" or \"responsible adult\" in relation to:\n\nthe minor's parent, step-parent, guardian or grandparent, or\n\nthe minor's spouse, or\n\na person who is acting in place of a parent and who could reasonably be expected to exercise responsible supervision of the minor.\n\n'Fast Track, Low Risk' underage or youth events (no live music)\n\n'Fast Track, Low Risk' events are also events at which minors will be present on licensed premises without being accompanied by a parent, spouse, legal guardian or responsible adult, but with no live music.\n\nThe difference between 'Underage or youth events' and 'Fast Track, Low Risk' underage or youth events' is that 'Fast Track, Low Risk' underage or youth events have a lower risk of harm to the community and so they can be approved more quickly.\n\nThe VCGLR can determine these applications more quickly because Victoria Police is not asked to comment on these applications. However, Victoria Police may advise the VCGLR that a particular licensed premises, location or event is considered high risk and not eligible for 'Fast Track, Low Risk'.\n\nEligibility for 'Fast Track, Low Risk' events\n\nTo find out if an underage or youth event is eligible for fast-tracking, you must be able to answer 'yes' to all questions on the eligibility checklist.\n\nWhen holding underage or youth events which do not involve live music, you must submit the application form to the VCGLR at least 20 calendar days before the event.\n\nIf approval is granted, adults cannot be admitted unless they are members of staff or bona fide adult supervisors/responsible adults*** and wear wristbands identifying themselves as being over 18 years of age.\n\nYou can notify the VCGLR of up to a maximum of three events in total on this form."}
-{"text": "Our new Indie Games subforum is now open for business in G&T. Go and check it out, you might land a code for a free game. If you're developing an indie game and want to post about it, follow these directions. If you don't, he'll break your legs! Hahaha! Seriously though.\n\nOur rules have been updated and given their own forum. Go and look at them! They are nice, and there may be new ones that you didn't know about! Hooray for rules! Hooray for The System! Hooray for Conforming!\n\nRidiculous video card lag\n\nI have an ATI Radeon 4800 series, and lately it's been giving me tons of shit. When there is nothing running besides Firefox, clicking on a tab takes about half a second to register. When I maximize the Steam window, the whole display slows down and I get a slideshow for about ten seconds. Right now, as I'm typing, there is lag in displaying the characters I input.\n\nSo I check the ATI Overdrive utility, and it shows the \"Activity\" percentage shooting up enormously whenever I do anything involving moving windows, let alone playing games - it should normally be at 0% when nothing graphically intensive is happening, but it will shoot up as high as 99% and the computer will immediately go to three or four frames per second just with a browser or even Explorer. Sometimes the problem goes away for a while, but it always comes back, and right now it's being really persistent and making me really fucking angry.\n\nThis is not an issue with my computer's other guts, as far as I can tell, because I have a pretty meaty system, and this problem pops up for other people. Supposedly the 11.4 driver update fixed this problem, but I just installed the newest drivers (11.7) and the problem remains. Earlier I was playing the Bulletstorm demo and it was fine, until all of a sudden it dropped to 2 fps and never recovered.\n\nOne of the solutions that was proposed was to disable the HD audio devices in the device manager (one of two). I tried this and it worked initially, but now it has no effect.\n\nI can barely use my fucking computer because of this and it is driving me crazy. Help?\n\nThis happened to me with a perfectly well working GeForce 8800GTX. It turned out to not be heat (as I suspected) but a dying/failing card. One way you can check this: use the Catalyst tool to underclock the video card by 50% or so. See if the behavior changes.\n\n@Nylonathetep I updated my drivers and it had no effect, unfortunately.\n\n@Great_Scott really? ugggghhhhh, if my card dies that is a lot of money for a pretty low lifespan (I've only had this computer for like...two or three years? if that). What should I be looking for when I underclock the card - what behaviour change would indicate that my card is failing?\n\nI used to have a video card that went up to 110 C when I played GPU-intensive games and eventually caused my computer to mildly explode, so I definitely checked the temperature. It's usually idling around 60 to 70, which is a bit high, but is apparently not uncommon?\n\nThe fan speed shows up in ATI Overdrive as well, which is the monitoring/overclocking utility that comes with Catalyst. The fan does seem to be working, although I should open up the case and give it a really good dust-removal job just in case.\n\nI run virus scans fairly regularly, and they haven't shown anything since this problem began. I've also checked for CPU-intensive processes - even googling some of the ones i don't recognize - and nothing out of the ordinary seems to be going on. Is there any utility that can measure GPU usage in a similar fashion, process-by-process?\n\nIf I open it up to clean it out, I'll take a look at the capacitors as well.\n\nThanks for the responses, guys. The problem didn't manifest yesterday, but as I said, it comes and goes intermittently. I'm considering just formatting soon, anyways, and if that doesn't work I'll know it's a bona fide hardware problem, I guess.\n\nI used to have a video card that went up to 110 C when I played GPU-intensive games and eventually caused my computer to mildly explode, so I definitely checked the temperature. It's usually idling around 60 to 70, which is a bit high, but is apparently not uncommon?\n\nThe fan speed shows up in ATI Overdrive as well, which is the monitoring/overclocking utility that comes with Catalyst. The fan does seem to be working, although I should open up the case and give it a really good dust-removal job just in case.\n\nI run virus scans fairly regularly, and they haven't shown anything since this problem began. I've also checked for CPU-intensive processes - even googling some of the ones i don't recognize - and nothing out of the ordinary seems to be going on. Is there any utility that can measure GPU usage in a similar fashion, process-by-process?\n\nIf I open it up to clean it out, I'll take a look at the capacitors as well.\n\nThanks for the responses, guys. The problem didn't manifest yesterday, but as I said, it comes and goes intermittently. I'm considering just formatting soon, anyways, and if that doesn't work I'll know it's a bona fide hardware problem, I guess.\n\n60-70 is pretty high for a 4800 series card. I think my old one idled around the mid-40's. Definitely clean the card and the case.\n\nYeah, since you say you think it needs a good cleaning, it probably does. Grab a can of compressed air and go to town. Even if it doesn't fix the problem, it can't hurt and might still help a little, especially since it's summer so the ambient temperature is probably making your computer a little more unhappy. And yeah, IDLING around 60-70 doesn't sound very good. My laptop has a Mobility Radeon HD 4650, and having just had WoW up for a few minutes and then alt-tabbing out to check, I was still only at 65 myself. Having it minimized in the background for a bit (so still running, but at a very low framerate) I'm only at 54. Granted, it's a laptop card, so it probably puts out less heat/oomph, and it's a bit weaker than yours even if it weren't a laptop card, but I think you can probably do better than the temps you've got right now."}
-{"text": "Musings from a side-show...\n\nFriday, November 4, 2011\n\nReading I John....\"My little children, these things I am writing to you that you may not sin...\" I John 2:1What?! John just finished saying (I John 1:8-9) that if we say we don't sin we are liars and make God a liar! Contradiction?!\n\nThe truth is many Christians do not even make any effort to live a sinless life. This is very convicting. Actually, I happen to be one of those who lives a \"secret life\" of Romans 6:1, (\"shall we sin more so that grace abounds\"), while adamantly standing against \"cheap grace\" and the concept of \"I'm saved and forgiven, so get over it\". This is called practical hypocrisy!\n\nHow would my life (my days, my weeks, attitudes, decisions, etc...) change if I began each day with \"By God's grace I will NOT sin today?\"...Would I live a life of defeat, constantly looking at my \"failures\"(sins) and wallowing in self-pity and despondency? Or, would I walk in a heightened state of God's overwhelming grace expressed to me in the words of Romans 8:1, \"There is therefore now NO condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.\"? Would it make me more aware of what sin actually is and more ready to avail myself of \"the way of escape\"(I Cor. 10:13)?\n\nMy Father's love for me is a reality that is NOT to be questioned. But...will it bring Him more happiness (glory) if I am carefully walking my days so as to keep His happiness (glory) my main goal?You betcha! Now...as NIKE says...JUST DO IT!!\n\nTuesday, June 28, 2011\n\nScene 1: So Ch. 13 begins with the last supper....the disciples enter the room arguing about who will be the greatest among them. No rebukes from Jesus. They all sit down and Jesus girds Himself with a towel, grabs a basin with water and begins to wash their feet! I know that I would feel like a dog if I would've been there. Did Jesus not know that most of these men would leave Him all alone at the cross? How could He wash their feet knowing THAT?!\n\nScene 2: Jesus announces at the meal that one of the disciples would betray Him. Peter and John ( and all the rest) wonder who He is talking about....Wait a minute!...John 6:64 says that Jesus knew from the beginning the one who would betray Him. And the disciples couldn't tell? How could Jesus treat Judas just like all the others and NOT reveal that he would betray Him?!! Then, to top it off...Jesus dips the morsel of bread and hands it to Judas. This is an act of love and honor in Oriental cultures!!\n\nSo there you have it. Jesus' way of treating those who betray him....wash their feet and show them honor and love....\n\nHe then proceeds to give them a New Command...that they should love one another as He has loved them. \"The command to love wasn\u2019t new; but the extent of love just displayed by Jesus was new, as would be the display of the cross. Love was newly defined from His example.\"\n\nHow wretchedly short I fall of this kind of love. The best I can do with my \"enemies\" is to ignore and not speak evil of them. But to honor them and humble myself to whatever degree for THEIR good? ...LORD, help me.... 2 Cor. 5:19...\n\nMonday, June 13, 2011\n\nReading a wonderful book on Jesus thru Middle Eastern Eyes. A Few Thoughts on why Jesus came...\n\nIt seems almost heartless to preach forgiveness of sins to an oppressed people. \"Don't tell me about my sins when I have an elephant on my foot!!\" type of thing... Yet that is exactly what Jesus did and why He came! He was preaching that the sins of the oppressed were of first priority and that their Roman oppression was secondary...heartless, isn't it?\n\nHis point was that both the oppressor and the oppressed are sinners in need of a Savior. This message alone would cut across class & physical distinctions, now we are ALL oppressed!\n\nAs the oppressed, they needed to understand that \"suffering does not produce people without sin.\"\n\nYet we are more willing to remove the suffering than to deal with the sin. We would rather itch the spot than get the stinger out!! However, there actually is a certain amount of hesitation...what happens if I take the stinger out? Will I continue to itch? If yes, then why bother! just itch it!! But, if the stinger is gone, along with its poison, isn't there hope that the itch will eventually subside?\n\n\"O death where is your sting? The sting of death is sin...\" I Cor. 15:55-56\n\nThe \"itching\" of looking for peace in the inner soul was dealt with by Christ when He removed the \"stinger\" of sin at the cross. Once we receive Him as our Savior, He removes the stinger and we find that regardless of outward physical oppression, our worst inward oppressor is gone! The stinger is gone...NOW there is hope that this incessant physical itching will eventually be gone all together...\n\n\"Therefore, having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our LORD Jesus Christ.\"Rom. 5:1\n\nTuesday, March 22, 2011\n\n\u201cI remember when a boy being taken to see the residence of one of our nobility, and the good friend who took me noticed my astonishment at the largeness of the house. I was amazed at it, having never seen anything like it, and so I said, \u2018What a house for a man to live in!\u2019 \u2018Bless you, boy,\u2019 said he, \u2018this is only the kitchen!\u2019 I was only looking at the servants\u2019 apartments, and was astonished at the grandeur thereof; but the mansion itself was a far nobler affair. Oftentimes when you see what the Lord has done, you are ready to cry out, \u2018How can all this be? His goodness, his mercy, is it as great as this?\u2019 Rest assured that you have only seen a little of his goodness, as it were the kitchen of his great house: you have not seen the palace of the Most High, where he reveals his full power and splendor.\u201d (Spurgeon)\n\nThursday, January 6, 2011\n\nIn Ecclesiastes1:9-11, Solomon continues with his discourse on the \"vanity\" of life. He now focuses on how \"there is nothing new under the sun.\" \"Certainly there is happiness and satisfaction in new discoveries and inventions!\" you say. Solomon differs. He plainly says, \"Nope...there's nothing new.\" Others have had our experiences. Maybe not surrounded by the same circumstances, but the lessons, emotions, etc that accompany those circumstances are not new.\n\nWe pride ourselves on the newness and singularity of our experience. We derive our self-esteem from the fact that we are \"different\", our experience is CERTAINLY more involved, more painful, more exciting, more \"you-name-it\". But, if examined carefully, the lesson and emotions have all been experienced by others before us and will be experienced by others after us. So...why base our happiness and satisfaction on being \"new\" and \"different\"? when it will be shown that our strength, not only as a human race but particularly as the Body of Christ lies in our commonality of experience and our sharing together from it? We are NOT an \"army of one\"! In fact, I believe that our fleshly desire to \"rise above the rest\" puts us in a precarious position as it relates to temptation (I Pet. 5:9).\n\nSince \"there is nothing new under the sun,\" and since we \"crave\" newness amidst the routine, what shall we do? We are to look \"above the sun\" where God promises to \"make all things new\" (Rev. 21:5) It seems that God, who made us, understands us well. He has purposefully equipped us with a deep desire for \"newness\" that cannot be met here.\n\n\"What a cruel God!\" you say. Oh no! \"What a merciful God,\" I say. He who knows not only what is best for me, has also wired me in such a way that my continuously doomed search for satisfaction in the \"new\" here \"under the sun,\" will eventually lead me to Him! Satisfied at last...\n\nTuesday, January 4, 2011\n\n*Solomon calls himself \"the Preacher\", as he writes Ecclesiastes. He had, until now, been\"the Gatherer\" of life and experiences, but now it's time to \"show and tell.\" All of us, from the moment we are born, will begin our own \"gathering of experiences\" but for what purpose? A student gathers facts and information regarding a subject. He then looks for an outlet to \"tell\" others what he has found...so he writes a paper or gives a talk. So it is with us...life experiences have a way of pressing us to \"tell\" and so Solomon does here.\n\n*Solomon also calls himself:\n\n\"son of David\" - a godly heritage does not guarantee a godly walk and might even prove more \"damning\" to our own shameful souls.\n\n\"king of Jerusalem\" - position, wealth and power do not guarantee a fulfilled life either, but might add the shame of failure to be a good example.\n\nWe must beware of what we put our trust and reliance on, for heritage, power, fame, etc...will become snares around our feet when devoid of a relationship with God Almighty.\n\n*If, as Solomon states, \"All is vanity,\" meaning the whole of it, the totality of it is a vapor...like a breath, then satisfaction and fulfillment must come from beyond this world. He had tried everything, he knew more than anyone else and yet this world proved to be unsubstantial...empty fodder devoid of true nutrition...vapor...\n\n*In earlier times Solomon had said, \"In all labor there is profit...\" Prov. 14:23. As \"profit\" that will aid us in survival in this world, it is true. Now, years later, as he writes Ecclesiastes, Solomon says, \"What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?\" Ecc. 1:3. Soul hunger cannot be satisfied with fleshly trifles. This world is full of fleshly trifles...true soul food and substance must be beyond it.\n\n\"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.\" C.S.Lewis\n\nMonday, December 13, 2010\n\n\"At the king's command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.\" I Kings 5:17\n\nStudying I Kings... It is talking about Solomon's task of building the temple and how God not only granted him wisdom and wealth but also made a way for him to set about his task, by giving Solomon and Israel, \"rest on every side and no adversaries or misfortunes.\"\n\nThe verse above caught my attention, among others...\n\nSolomon, himself, ordered that \"big, costly and cut stones\" be used for the foundation of the temple.\n\nI thought about two lessons to learn from this:\n\n1. These stones would be under the magnificence of the temple...nobody would see them. Why not just use regular, uncut, cheaper stone? To me, this is an indication that Solomon not only knew but also acknowledged in his life where his wealth had come from. How then, could he give less than the best to the Giver, regardless of whether the stones would be seen or not?...God would see them!\n\n2. \"Cut\" stones. Not random, natural stone which might be uneven and affect the overall carefully planned building. Solomon was purposeful and fastidious about his measurements and his materials. He would not allow himself to be rail-roaded into \"settling\" for uncut stones that would influence and possibly detract from his product. He was the master of the stone, NOT the other way around!\n\nOh LORD, how haphazardly I build! Forgive me for my lack of discipline and careful discernment every day. Each day I set about laying stones for the foundation of my temple (I Cor. 6:19), and by failing to be purposeful, I am allowing myself to be \"sabotaged\" by the enemy of my soul. Show me where I am settling for less than the best for You, my Master. Teach me to be, myself, the master of my circumstances and NOT the victim. Help me to find the best stones and cut them to size for your glory!!\n\n\"And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are openandlaidbare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.\" Hebrews 4:13"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nFriday, July 3, 2015\n\nPhallic Friday - voyeurism\n\nToday's fetish is voyeurism. It always makes me think of that old advertisement, was it for Guinness, when the guy says, \"I like to watch.\" I looked on youtube for it and found this one here - it's not the one I remember, but anyway! Here's the one I remember.\n\nVoyeurism is described on dictionary.com as \"the practice of obtaining sexual gratification by looking at sexual objects or acts, especially secretively.\"\n\nVoyeurs can do this in person, often using peepholes, or by using technology such as cameras, video recorders, etc. There are clubs where voyeurs can pay to watch sexual activities. And the internet is a voyeur's paradise - easily available porn videos both professionally shot and amateur videos, plus with live streaming and every computer/phone having a camera, there's a huge number of people with sites where they perform.\n\nIf you're having sex in public now, you don't just have to be careful of someone walking by and watching...but someone walking by, filming, and allowing the world to watch. Some months ago there was a NZ pair caught at night in the office with the lights on having wild sex. Not only was this watched by people from across the road it was filmed and broadcast everywhere - even the news in Australia. Here it is in the UK Daily Mail. When something is broadcast like this, we all become voyeurs as we watch it (even if we don't enjoy it per se), and the couple are non-consensual exhibitionists (more on exhibitionism next week).\n\nIn the 'old days' Peeping Toms were the only voyeurs I knew...they were the 'scary men who'd watch you if you didn't draw the curtains at night'. Did your Mum every scare you with those stories? Mine tried to, maybe because I was showing exhibitionist tendencies at a young age which caused her to panic! I wasn't known for enjoying clothes when I was a kid.\n\nAnyway, voyeurs in a fetish/sex club is definitely something I'll be including in my story. I think it's a fascinating topic, and a fascinating fetish.\n\nA Little About Me\n\nI have a new ebook out on 4 August. Team Player is published by Escape Publishing and is a MMF story.\n\nI write erotic stories, usually in first person. I think it's an important aspect of romance that we only ever see the relationship from one viewpoint. I wanted to explore that with my stories. I hope you enjoy them.\n\nPlease feel free to contact me for a chat. My email is cate@cateellink.com"}
-{"text": "19 January 2016\n\nPowerful masks: Madara PEEL and DETOX masks\n\nHello everyone, Hello January! For my first post of the year, I have decided to talk to you about two quite popular masks from the latvian brand Madara: the Peel mask* and the Detox mask*. I have recently written about my (extreme) love for the Madara tinting fluid (see review here), so will Madara remain a winner with these 2? Read below!\n\nPEEL mask(\u00a324.00 for 60ml)\nI am not going to hide that I was a bit on the cautious side when I first tried this mask. I am not really familiar with chemical peeling - the main reason is that I find it always difficult to judge, given my skin type, how strong it is and how long to apply it for. Having said that, I was curious enough to give it a go this time.\nThe brightening AHA peel mask is a glittery white and quite thin watery mask which reminds me of an emulsion. Immediately after application, you really feel that this mask is working through the skin. Not a bad feeling per say. I apply it once a week, for 3/5 mins.\nThe main peeling ingredient used is Lactic acid, a well-known natural alpha hydroxy-acid gentler than glycolic acid and that can exfoliate, brighten and moisturise at the same time. You can also find some hydrating Quince and calming Elderflower extracts, which brings moisturising properties to the mask.\nEnd results? My skin feels really soft and almost looks \"lifted up\". Nice! I am positive about the performance, no doubt! However, I am debating whether I would ditch my current mechanical exfoliators for this one...To be continued...\nRetailing at \u20ac24.00 for 60 ml, it is a little investment, but if you are a lover of chemical peels, this one is a good option!+ results- texture\n\nDETOX mask(\u00a324.00 for 60ml)\nIf you cannot afford to go to a spa and do a facial, then this beauty mask will really do the trick instead. Super powerful thanks to the regenerative Sapropel mud, absorbing Kaolin, remineralising Montmorillonite and really soothing thanks to the Lavender water and the Olive oil, it is an really awesome multi-tasking beauty mask that ultra-purifies and boosts the skin ...in a 10 mins time! It even contains Lactic acid to reinforce the natural exfoliating properties.\nI mainly apply the mask on the face T zone (forehead, nose, chin). After a 3-5 mins only (actually before it completely dries out), I rinse out the mask. My skin tends to be more sensitive, so just want to avoid over use.\nThe clarifying properties are not to be demonstrated anymore: skin is really purified and cleared. Note that I sometimes need to spray thermal water or a drop of light moisturiser afterwards in order to balance my skin. Final thoughts? Super powerful but don't be afraid to \"tune\" this mask to your skin needs.\nCosting \u20ac24.00 for 60ml, it doesn't come cheap. But bare in mind that this mask is more a one off than to use every week.++ formula- drying quickly"}
-{"text": "Actress Clara Lago biography, profile, filmography, height, date of birth, house and home address is listed here with Clara Lago address, telephone number, Facebook, Twitter and other social fan page links. Clara Lago is a Spanish television and Hollywood personality. Clara Lago Grau was born on 6th of March 1990 in Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain. Clara\u2026\n\nIndu Nagaraj Contact Number, Address, House and Resident Address, Mobile Number and Phone Number are listed here with Indu Nagaraj contact email id, telephone number, fax number, and website. Here in this article, we are also sharing the complete contact details of Indu Nagaraj contact details and related information. It includes house address, Facebook Fan\u2026\n\nActress Eva Green is the most popular French actress and model. She played leading roles in many Hollywood films and television networks. She started her career in 2003 from the Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial film The Dreamers. This is also the debut film of Green. Eva achived most popularity for her role Sibylla in 2005 from\u2026\n\nActress Chahat Khanna is the famous Indian television star, personality and actress who played roles in various TV series or shows. Chahat Khanna is also appeared in many Indian films as a side role. Chahat Khanna was born on 28th of July 1986 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Chahat Khanna first appeared in Indian advertisements of\u2026\n\nActress Mrinalini Tyagi is the famous Indian television star, personality and actress who played roles in various TV series or shows. Mrinalini Tyagi is also appeared in many Indian films as a side role. Mrinalini Tyagi was born on 1983 in Ghaziabad, India. Mrinalini Tyagi first appeared in Indian television cinema in MTV Force India\u2026\n\nActress Helly Shah is the famous Indian television star, personality and actress who played roles in various TV series or shows. Helly Shah is also appeared in many Indian films as a side role. Helly Shah was born on 7th of January 1996 in Ahmedabad, India. Helly Shah first appeared in Gulaal of Star plus\u2026\n\nActress Olivia Crocicchia biography, profile, filmography, height, date of birth, house and home address is listed here with Olivia Crocicchia address, telephone number, Facebook, Twitter and other social fan page links. Olivia Crocicchia is an American television and Hollywood personality. Olivia Crocicchia was born on 1st of August 1995 in Connecticut, United States. Olivia Crocicchia\u2026\n\nActress Roxanne Pallett biography, profile, filmography, height, date of birth, house and home address is listed here with Roxanne Pallett address, telephone number, Facebook, Twitter and other social fan page links. Roxanne Pallett is an English television and Hollywood personality. Roxanne Pallett was born on 26th of December 1982 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.\u2026\n\nActress Meryl Streep biography, profile, filmography, height, date of birth, house and home address is listed here with Meryl Streep address, telephone number, Facebook, Twitter and other social fan page links. Meryl Streep is an American television and Hollywood personality. Mary Louise Streep was born on 22nd of June 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, United\u2026\n\nActress Haley Bennett biography, profile, filmography, height, date of birth, house and home address is listed here with Haley Bennett address, telephone number, Facebook, Twitter and other social fan page links. Haley Bennett is an American television and Hollywood personality. Haley Loraine Keeling was born on 7th of January 1988 in Fort Myers, Florida, United\u2026"}
-{"text": "Arrested Development Keeps Bees on Task\n\nHoney bees are famous for their highly structured societies in which each individual plays a well-defined role. But how do they reorganize their workforce in response to changing needs? A new study shows that workers regulate the number of foragers using pheromones that arrest development in young bees.\n\nWorker honey bees begin their lives as cell-cleaners, then advance up the ranks to become nurses and then food storers, finally graduating to foraging and colony defense at 2 to 3 weeks. The transition to foraging is associated with hormonal and structural changes in the brain and increased expression of foraging genes (ScienceNOW, 10 October 2003 ), but what triggers these changes is not known. Scientists suspected that old bees hold back the development of young bees through some chemical means, as past experiments have shown that this happens only when they can touch each other.\n\nIsabelle Leoncini, a graduate student at the University of Avignon, France, and Gene Robinson, an entomologist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, set out to find the mystery substance. They and their colleagues found that levels of a fatty acid compound called ethyl oleate, a component of a brood pheromone that inhibits behavioral development, were about 30 times higher in the crops (honey stomachs) of foragers than in nurses. When young worker bees ate a mixture of ethyl oleate and sugar candy, they started foraging 2 or 3 days later than did controls, the researchers report online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That delay is substantial, says Robinson, given that the bees only live 5 to 6 weeks. He and his colleagues think the foragers likely pass the pheromone to younger workers while exchanging food.\n\nThe discovery suggests a nifty mechanism for negative feedback, says Francis Ratnieks, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Sheffield, U.K. The bees most likely to receive the pheromone from the foragers are the nectar receivers, who are the next in line to become foragers, Ratnieks explains. If foragers abound in the colony--when it's raining, for example--ethyl oleate levels in the hive will be high and the development of receivers into foragers will be delayed. With fewer foragers present, levels will drop and receivers will mature more quickly. In this way, the colony can regulate the division of labor to suit changing needs and environmental conditions without any centralized control, adds Robinson."}
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-{"text": "Related Practices\n\nIn an industry that enables information to move at the speed of light, technology and competition move almost as fast.\n\nWith an extremely broad, deep and experienced team, the Davis Wright Tremaine telecommunications group has long been a critical adviser for market leaders and emerging companies alike.\n\nThis team has no dabblers. We define ourselves as communications lawyers, and it is what we do every day. We represent companies in every corner of the industry, as well as many other technology companies whose businesses intersect with telecommunications companies. We also represent trade associations and some large users. Our clients tell us we are unmatched in network deployment issues and very strong in wireless.\n\nWe offer very experienced lawyers to guide you through complex issues, and deep teams that can handle your core, daily work very efficiently. Our telecom partners have worked in the industry for more than 20 years and have lived through the tremendous changes the industry has experienced. Many have also held senior positions with companies, government agencies or associations\u2014including the FCC, CPUC, AT&T Wireless, NASUCA, CompTel and XO Communications\u2014and therefore understand how to work efficiently with clients and effectively with regulators.\n\nWe have deep relationships across the industry, including with some former colleagues who now hold influential positions in leading companies. With such a large group, located in offices across the country, we can handle a variety of local needs or come together for complex, time-sensitive projects.\n\nOur work covers the full range of transactional, regulatory and litigation needs, including:\n\nFCC and state regulatory work\n\nAcquisition and sale of telecom company and assets including wireless spectrum"}
-{"text": "Nov 30 One Green Step At A Time\n\nOlivia Choong\u2019s love for the environment inspired her to embark on a sustainable lifestyle while sharing her knowledge with the world\n\nWritten and photographed by Joyce Seah\n\nOlivia Choong\u2019s love for the environment inspired her to embark on a sustainable lifestyle while sharing her knowledge with the world\n\nWe met with Olivia Choong, 39, writer, environmental activist, and founder of non-profit environmental movement Green Drinks (Singapore), at her home and had a chat in her garden.\n\nIn her work, Olivia focuses on reconnecting people with nature, as she believes the disconnection from nature and self is a huge issue.\n\n\u201cWe need to be connected to ourselves first to have self-awareness and to empathise with other people. It\u2019s because we don\u2019t care, that\u2019s why we have so many problems in the world today.\u201d\n\nFor Olivia, she connects with nature in her garden with over 300 plants. She enjoys slow living and making her own things, taking various classes such as woodworking and natural home building.\n\nShe also rears three chickens and a rooster, two of which started laying eggs a few months back. \u201cIt\u2019s not about buying and being a consumer, but being a producer,\u201d she said.\n\n\u201cWhen I started on my journey, I realised there were a lot of changes and conveniences I would have to forgo, such as buying items with a lot of packaging, or using disposable cutlery,\u201d she shared. \u201cCertain things are not really a huge sacrifice after rationalising them. Rather than sacrifices, it was more about the planning.\u201d\n\nHowever, Olivia also understands the difficulty of eco-living in the city.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s inevitable that we end up using plastics, even in my gardening work, seeds come in plastic packets,\u201d she said with a sigh. \u201cThere are also times when we need to do not-so-eco things, such as buying bottled water in other countries for the sake of health and sanitation.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe just do our best we can living in the city,\u201d Olivia said. \u201cEvery effort counts and we should continue to try everything we can, and choose changes that create more of an impact.\u201d\n\nTo those who are considering transitioning into the eco-lifestyle, she recommended focusing on a thing at a time, like recycling, and to not to beat yourself up over certain choices that may not be as eco-friendly.\n\n\u201cI once went through a point in my life when I tried to do everything and felt guilty when I didn\u2019t, but it\u2019s silly,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople told me that it\u2019s a journey and you do things step by step. As with any habit, you can\u2019t change it overnight.\u201d\n\nOlivia also suggested to go online and look for a community that focuses on topics, such as zero waste living and gardening.\n\n\u201cSome people get discouraged when starting out because it requires more effort, but being a part of a community would provide the support, and you can also learn tips and tricks,\u201d she added."}
-{"text": "UPDATE: Teenager dead after being struck by passenger train in South Surrey\n\nA teenager is dead after being struck by a passenger train in Crescent Beach Wednesday evening.\n\nPolice confirmed a male youth was hit shortly after 10 p.m. and was dead when officers arrived.\n\nThe victim\u2019s age and name haven\u2019t been released at this time, however, Peace Arch News has learned he was a 15-year-old student at a South Surrey high school, and an avid athlete.\n\n\u201cSurrey RCMP is currently investigating the matter and the investigation is still in its early stages,\u201d noted an RCMP release. \u201cThere are multiple witnesses that are being interviewed in order to create a clear picture of the incident.\u201d\n\nAccording to one witness, the victim was among a group of around 50 teens who had gathered on the beach near the Christopherson Stairs, which lead to the waterfront from the foot of 24 Avenue. He was reportedly crossing the tracks towards the beach when he was hit.\n\nThe impact of the train threw the teen \u201cas if he was hit by a car,\u201d the witness said.\n\nPolice tape near the stairs leading up to 24 Avenue. (Aaron Hinks/Peace Arch News)\n\nPolice, firefighters, paramedics and search-and-rescue crews responded, along with the Coast Guard Hovercraft. The coroner also attended.\n\nAs word of the incident spread on social media, parents of some of the teens \u2013 reportedly including those of the victim \u2013 arrived at the scene.\n\nThursday morning, a bouquet of flowers was placed on a rock at the entrance of Christopherson Stairs, and a green lei hung on a bush near the tracks, next to a black camping chair. In the bush behind the chair, a smashed cellphone with a photo of two teens on the back was found by a PAN reporter shortly after 8 a.m.\n\nTwo RCMP investigators met with PAN at the scene to retrieve the phone and take a statement. Police took multiple photographs of where the phone was located and a nearby fire pit.\n\nWednesday evening, a passenger aboard the Amtrak Cascades 518 told the North Delta Reporter the northbound train came to an abrupt stop at around 10 p.m., just after crossing the Canada/U.S. border.\n\nEvan Hagedorn \u2013 a recently graduated journalism student who interned with the Reporter this spring \u2013 said an Amtrak employee told passengers that there was an emergency on the tracks.\n\nEmergency crews could be seen outside the train shortly after, and passengers were provided with a more detailed update roughly half an hour later, Hagedorn said.\n\n\u201cThey came over the speaker and then they said that there was a group of teenagers on the beach and then a group of them on the tracks, and we had struck one of them. They were on the tracks and then we struck one of them and then that\u2019s why we were stopped,\u201d he said.\n\nA chair and lei found Thursday morning near the scene of where a teenager was struck by a passenger train. (Aaron Hinks/Peace Arch News)\n\nHagedorn said that in a subsequent update at 11:24 p.m., passengers were informed that the coroner was en route, and that the train\u2019s engineer, conductor and witnesses to the accident had been interviewed by investigators.\n\nThe train was delayed 4\u00bd hours.\n\nMany commenters on Facebook have expressed condolences to the teen\u2019s family, along with \u201cprayers for engineers on this train as they\u2019ll suffer for (a) very long time from PTSD over this accident that wasn\u2019t their fault.\u201d\n\n\u201cUnfortunate for everyone involved,\u201d writes Nolan Val.\n\nThere is also speculation as to why the teen was on the tracks, however, police have only commented that \u201ccircumstances of the incident are still under investigation.\u201d\n\nBNSF spokesperson Gus Melonas told PAN the tragedy is the first train fatality on BNSF tracks in B.C. this year. There have been nine in Washington State.\n\n\u201cThis is the first of the year in British Columbia,\u201d Melonas said Thursday. \u201cThat\u2019s one too many.\u201d\n\nCrews have been \u201caggressively\u201d patrolling the tracks between White Rock and Crescent Beach, he said, noting 15 violation tickets for trespassing were issued in the two days prior to the tragedy.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to be out again today,\u201d Melonas said Thursday.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to be aggressively patrolling, not to be bullies, but to save lives.\n\n\u201cThese trains can\u2019t stop.\u201d\n\nAnyone with information regarding Wednesday\u2019s fatality is asked to contact the Surrey General investigation Unit at 604-599-0502 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, quoting file number 2018-96971."}
-{"text": "Welcome to\n\nAll-Star Care Ltd\n\nA little bit about us\n\nIntro\n\nAll-Star Care is a health and social care staff provider based in the London borough of Harrow and offering our services to the NHS as well other trusts in and around Harrow\n\nOur staff are well trained to equip them with the necessary skills for their healthcare careers. They thrive when working in teams as well as working individually and we place enourmous emphasis on making sure our staff feel like a part of the team, regardless of where they go to work\n\nNeed to get in touch?\n\nNo problem, we're accessible 24/7 to guarantee round-the-clock service to all our clients. To request staffing simply contact us on our main line 0203 6310222 and speak with a member of our team\n\nWork with us\n\nApply to work with All-Star Care and enjoy great opportunities and benefits including :\n\nRewarding career opportunities\n\nWork with a fast-growing care agency in Harrow, London\n\nGet first-class healthcare training\n\nGet a flexible contract that suits your personal circumstances\n\nTo apply for work with All-Star Care, visit our work page where you can download an application form, complete the form and email it to us at info@allstarcareltd.co.uk.\n\nWhy choose us?\n\nProfessionally Vetted Staff\n\nWe at All-Star Care Ltd feel it's important that your experience with us is pleasant and rewarding. To ensure this, all of our staff are vetted before even being considered for care work - so our clients recieve best care and carers possible.\n\nAn All-Star Team\n\nOur entire team is comprised of industry professionals and hard working carers with years of experience. All prospective employees can benefit from being around like-minded, forward thinking and open co-workers\n\nGreat Work Opportunities\n\nAll-Star Care is run by highly experienced care providers with years of experience and service know-how. Potential carers will benefit from exposure to highly qualified staff and become a part of a person-centered care team\n\nSo, whats next ?\n\nIf you've read this far and are still unsure what to do, why not take a detailed look at our services or learn how you can work with All-Star Care Limited."}
-{"text": "This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.\n\nFragile haul requires heavy-duty equipment\n\nHOW do you transport a 55-ton, 27-ft-diameter parabolic mirror \u2014 part of what will become the world's largest, most powerful telescope \u2014 on a 122-mile journey, the last 29 miles of which are on a rough road with multiple hairpin turns that lead to a 10,480-ft mountaintop?\n\nCarefully.\n\nVery carefully.\n\nTo get the mirror to the Mount Graham International Observatory in Safford, Arizona, for the University of Arizona, heavy haul specialist Precision Heavy Haul Inc of Tolleson, Arizona, used a 12-axle Goldhofer trailer, a Kenworth T800, and a Caterpillar 980 wheel loader.\n\n\u201cThis was the most complex move with the most challenges that we've ever had to overcome, but everything went exactly as planned,\u201d Precision Heavy Haul president Michael Poppe says. \u201cThis was an extraordinary achievement between our team and our equipment.\u201d\n\nCranes hoisted the mirror and casing onto the Goldhofer trailer, which had steel plates weighing 70,000 lb loaded onto the front deck to lower the overall center of gravity. The load was pulled by a Kenworth T800 powered by a Cummins 565-hp engine and driven through an Eaton Fuller Super 18-speed transmission. Poppe drove a Caterpillar 980 wheel loader that pushed the load at speeds never exceeding 4 mph over a two-day period.\n\n\u201cThis job shows why we have an all-Kenworth fleet of trucks,\u201d Poppe says. \u201cKenworth builds the best custom-engineered heavy-duty trucks on the market and has always been there for us to provide superior product support.\n\n\u201cThe combination of the biggest engine we could get plus the 195-inch wheelbase delivered the traction and the tight turning radius we needed. This gave us great maneuverability for making those close to 180-degree turns climbing the mountain trail. Also, we needed a unit with a gear ratio low enough to go less than 1 mph without stalling.\u201d\n\nThe $10 million mirror was hauled in a specially designed steel box outfitted with 280 pneumatic actuators that restrained and cushioned it. The mirror and box were 30' square and 9' thick and weighed a combined 55 tons. The 29'-diameter cell weighed 50 tons and was moved separately.\n\nPrecision Heavy Haul started spec'ing its Kenworth T800s for heavy hauls in 1991. Poppe says those early specs of big engine, small wheelbase, maximum weights on the steer and drive axles, and heavy-duty rear ends have been maintained, with a few modifications.\n\nAnd the work is not done. The company will transport a second mirror and cell to the mountaintop later this year."}
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-{"text": "Renewable Energy Lismore\n\nWhy should you know the renewable energy in Lismore? As one of the big country in the world, Australia has been so constant being used renewable resource as their assets. From transportation to electricity, they start to use the renewable resource power to its topmost capability. Just like inning accordance with The Guardian, Australia has generated the renewable energy through 70% homes. Yet what makes renewable resource is so beneficial in Australia? And how much renewable energy that they used? In this article, we will have a comprehensive talk about it.\n\nWhat is renewable resource?\n\nRenewable resource is an energy that is produced using our natural resources that we can everyday. It can be water, wind, solar, and so on. The energy that is refined will end up being a new energy that can use for many sections. Renewable resource additionally has the tendency to be limitless. That is why many people often tend to use this to replace the current natural resources that are now come to be rare and costly.\n\nRenewable Energy in Lismore and its industry\n\nRenewable energy in Australia has come to be big now as the cost of natural resources come to be pricey and difficult to find. Some renewable energy companies are open, and now practically every sector in Australia are using it. There is seven keys renewable energy that is generally used. Those energies are:\n\n1. Solar energy\n\nSolar energy is among one of the most used renewable resource in Australia. As one of the highest country with average solar per year, greater than 2 million houses in Australia used the energy in their home. There are currently two kinds of solar energy that you can use it. They are:\n\n\u2022 Solar photovoltaic\n\nSolar photovoltaic is solar energy that processed using the photovoltaic (PV) cells into electricity. The cells are generally in panels. It can be set up on rooftops, cars, electronic devices and many others. The solar PV itself is made by utilizing sun-tracking mirrors that are recognized as heliostats.\n\n\u2022 Solar Thermal\n\nSolar thermal is a technology that transforms solar power into thermal energy or heat. This energy can be used as heat to produce electricity using steam. It can likewise be used in some industry as a technology to process a gas heater.\n\n2. Hydropower\n\nHydropower is among one of the most advanced renewable energy as its use in 160 countries to produce electricity. In Australia itself, the numbers of hydropower turbines are seriously. In 2013 there were 120 power stations generated, and the number could have been increased by now.\n\nHydropower itself is an energy using the power of water generated by water turbines. The water that is pressed the blades of the turbine can drive the generator to convert the energy into electrical measures.\n\nThe variety of the customer can be a version. From a small one to substantial and large hydropower plant can be constructed up to the suitable needs.\n\n3. Bioenergy\n\nBioenergy is one of the renewable resource that use organic stuff to produce gas or heat. The gas or heat that is made from the biomass can be made as a transport fuel. The energy is quite green, and by utilizing this, you can reduce the amount of greenhouse gas discharges and safeguarding Australia\u2019s energy security.\n\n4. Geothermal\n\nGeothermal is an energy that used the heat that is generated by natural degeneration. It can additionally be drawn from the warm water that pumping into the hot rocks that can drive the steam turbines to produce the electricity from it.\n\nGeothermal energy mostly used after the hydropower due to the fact that they tend to work for 24 hours a day, which is rather efficient to provide some baseload of power to homes and industry in Australia.\n\n5. Ocean energy\n\nOcean energy is an energy that derived from all forms in the sea. The energy itself is categorized into three:\n\n\u2022 Wave energy \u2013 This is done by converting waves into electricity\n\n\u2022 Tidal energy \u2013 This is done by converting tidal motions into electricity\n\n\u2022 Ocean thermal energy \u2013 This is done by converting the temperature differences between the ocean\u2019s surface water and deeper water.\n\n6. Hybrid technologies energy\n\nHybrid technologies energy is an energy that is combining two energies. As an example, solar and gas can be incorporated with solar and wind. It has a smoother change and is established thoroughly till today.\n\n7. Wind\n\nWind energy is an energy that is converted using a wind turbine to produce electricity.it usually used small windmills and are quite preferred in southeastern Australia. 4.9% regions in Australia use this energy as their main sources.\n\nWhy Lismore use Renewable Energy?\n\nYou may find this question a lot like the use of renewable resource in Australia has increased. What makes renewable resource in Australia is so successful and interesting? Among the factors may be the cost.\n\nAccording to BZE, the market for renewable resource is growing to $US390 billion in 2013 and will continuously grow as the natural sources such as fuel oils become uncommon and costly. Other than that, the cost of having renewable generator energy plant just costly at first, it is instead rewarding and rather environment-friendly to use, remembering it does not do any air contamination.\n\nApart from that, as one of the most significant users of renewable energy, Australia government has made income from their plants by opening up the order of Bio generators to the neighbouring country. This will not just lucrative to Australia yet also a good possibility to earn a polite relationship with another country.\n\nAmong the renewable resource projects of Australian government project, ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency) has done some investment too throughout all of the Australia regions. Making the impact of renewable energy stronger in the country, therefore, Australia will be the future powerhouse of renewable resource itself.\n\nConclusion\n\nWith all that has been said, we can conclude that renewable energy Lismore has become a growing business in Australia. It has additionally become important sources to keep the electricity and water afloat. Yet will it keep expanding more in the future? We will not know, but if it is, we can see a very brilliant future for Lismore."}
-{"text": "Christmas has come early this year for lovers of E.H. Shepard\u2018s iconic Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. Mark Burgess has created a new suite of drawings in the style of Shepard, featuring Pooh and his friends engaging in Yuletide festivities.\n\nIn a survey conducted by Egmont Publishing, 2,000 British adults were asked to share their thoughts on which quintessentially Christmas pastimes should be preserved for future generations. Based on the top suggestions, Burgess created a series of adorable illustrations of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the gang.\n\nIt\u2019s not the first time the illustrator has been called upon to recreate Shepard\u2019s whimsical drawings, having previously illustrated Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, the first authorized Pooh sequel, written by David Benedictus in 2009.\n\nA fan of Winnie-the-Pooh since childhood, Burgess told artnet News in an e-mail that filling Shepard\u2019s shoes was a somewhat daunting task. \u201cI always go back to Shepard\u2019s originals and look at them afresh,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI try to keep things spontaneous\u2026 I think Shepard worked quite quickly so his drawing is never fussy; I try to do the same.\u201d\n\nIn addition to perfectly capturing the spirit of Milne\u2019s beloved characters, the drawings offer a festive snapshot of British culture, as expressed in the following activities:\n\nPlaying \u2018parlour games\u2019 as a family: 33%\n\nCarol singing: 31%\n\nMaking paper chains to decorate the home: 28%\n\nPutting satsumas and nuts in stockings: 26%\n\nEnjoying roasted chestnuts: 25%\n\n(Satsumas is just a fancy word for tangerine, for those unfamiliar with the term.) Other quaint British-isms on the list include \u201chomemade mince pies,\u201d \u201cwatching a pantomime,\u201d and referring to Santa Claus as \u201cFather Christmas.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe picture with Pooh and friends playing charades will always remind me of family Christmases when I was a child,\u201d said Burgess. \u201cI think it\u2019s sad if old traditions disappear, especially those traditions that are about being together as a family.\u201d\n\nWinnie-the-Pooh will celebrate his 90th anniversary come October publication of The Best Bear in All the World, with more drawing by Burgess. Meanwhile, Shepard\u2019s original illustrations continue to command top prices on the auction block, with one work setting the record for a book illustration this past December. The real-life bear who inspired the beloved character is also back in the spotlight at at London\u2019s Hunterian Museum, where the skull of Winnie, former star of the London Zoo, is currently on display.\n\n\u201cThese classic illustrations featuring Winnie-the-Pooh enjoying Christmas together with his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are a great way to encourage the British public to hopefully continue some of these much-loved traditions in the years to come,\u201d added Egmont\u2019s creative director, Nicole Pearson, in a statement."}
-{"text": "Last week I finally got around to making my app use transactions. I am using Spring declarative transactions, and I know that the transactions themselves are working, as it made something with thousands of inserts go from 5-10 minutes to 5-10 seconds inside one transaction. The database is MySQL and all the tables are InnoDB. So I wanted to get this function to rollback if it doesn't work. Basically, it is importing an xml file and building the database tables from the xml. So if something fails, I don't want a partial upload or it will be inconsistent. I have been exactly following the Spring documentation, and since I did get the transactions to run, I'm guessing the general configuration is right.\n\nI have tried using rollback-for=\"Throwable\", rollback-for=\"Exception\", rollback-for=\"ImportException\" (my own Exception). Then I have manually thrown an exception in the code and it hasn't the worked. I don't know if I need some propogation parameter or some other setting. It doesn't seem like I am missing anything obvious. Does anybody have any suggestions? All that happens is an exception is thrown, and everything still goes into the database. Am I missing an obvious step?\n\n1 Answer\n1\n\nI didn't get any nibbles on suggestions, but I finally figured this out so I figured I'd post the answer in case anybody else is trying to figure out the rollback stuff. I turned on the debug level for the commons/log4j logging so I could see what was happening in the Spring framework with everything. Copious output, but useful.\n\nTurns out what I was missing was understanding where the Spring Framework was intercepting and catching the exceptions that are in the configuration, in order to initiate the rollback.\n\nMy first set of code, before I had the transaction stuff in, I was catching the exceptions from the XML parsing and just returning a null pointer for the caller to handle. I wasn't thinking about where the exception would be handled by Spring, so it didn't hit me that if I catch the exceptions and don't rethrow, then Spring doesn't know. My next attempt was passing on all the exceptions but not handling it anywhere, mistakenly thinking that Spring was magic. The good news was the transaction was rolled back, the bad news was that a bad error page was returned to the user.\n\nSo my \"a-ha!\" moment was when I realized that the method specified in the configuration (i.e. the one in the service) has to be the one who throws the exception. Yes, after realizing this, it seems obvious, but it took me going through this to figure that out. So in my example, the \"uploadModelToProject\" method needed to rethrow the exceptions after it got it, and the caller for that method in the service needed to handle the exceptoin instead., which would happen right after Spring intercepted it and executed the rollback.\n\nAlso, instead of having my lower level function in my XML Importer throw all those different types of exceptions, I created my own \"ImportException\", caught the exceptions, and threw the ImportException upwards."}
-{"text": "The 5 Best-Tasting Juice Cleanses to Help Your Reset\n\nIt\u2019s January, which means that you\u2019re most likely filled with a renewed vigor to make your life better. (New Year, new you and all.) Whatever your plans are, we\u2019ve got the first step in showing 2015 who\u2019s boss: Pressing reset on the not-so-healthy habits you indulged in over the holidays (RIP nightly leftover pie-binging). Enter: The juice cleanse. The good ones (as in the ones that actually satisfy you) can leave you feeling refreshed, revitalized, and ready to tackle the rest of those resolutions on your list.\n\nHere, the yummiest juices, tested and approved by our team of editors (who all reside in L.A., the motherland of pressed juices). Keep scrolling for five juice cleanses you\u2019ll actually enjoy\n\nWhen it comes to delicious-tasting cold-pressed juices, we consider Pressed a pioneer. With an extensive-yet-straightforward juice menu that includes five different green juices, a variety of nut-based drinks, and celebrity favorites, like the Rose Coconut H20, you have lots of healthy options to choose from.\n\nRight now, you can order their most popular 3-day cleanse for $50 off from the original price. Click here to see!\n\nCharcoal is all the rage in the health world, and though at first we were skeptical, we\u2019ve officially seen the light\u2014mainly because the Activated Charcoal drinks from Juice Generation are so damn good. Order any six of their cold-pressed juices for $58, and don\u2019t forget to throw in a clay-infused Beauty Bomb (we like Le D\u00e9tox) for good measure.\n\nBluePrint is known for their cleanses, which feature a mix of yummy green juices (we're obsesed with the aptly-named Kale Apple Ginger Romaine Spinach Cucumber Celery Parsley Lemon), fruit juices, and nut-based drinks. Named \u201cBest Juice Cleanse\u201d by New York Magazine, you can choose from three different cleanses, from beginner-level to expert. Plus, they're offering $40 off all 3-day cleanses right now, in case you needed another reason to stock up.\n\nWord on the street is that Ritual Wellness is the go-to juicery for stars who need to lose weight and lean-up for movie roles. You can select from two different cleanses, build your own, or opt for the Shred, which includes two organic juices to drink before and after your workout."}
-{"text": "Fred has a draw one can only dream of, but it likely won't matter. SF is sitting on a plate for him, though. Lorenzi withdrew from his scheduled event this week and Trungelliti has a good shot at beating him in R1.\n\nRuben also has an easy draw and I feel good about his chances for the semis.\n\nThere was a very tight linecall at 6-*5 for Quintero and setpoint. RRH hit a forehand almost out on the sideline and the ump called it in. Quintero protested the call and basically collapsed from there."}
-{"text": "A nice new Air Trainer III LE will be released soon from Nike Sportswear. It comes in a nice grey/black colorway with volt accents and a toe box covered on exotic leathers. According to Soleblvd the Air Trainer 3 will be part of a pack that will be released early April at 21 Mercer and Quickstrike accounts around the globe.\n\nMore detailed images of the Nike Air Trainer III LE follow after the jump."}
-{"text": "How Not to Shoot Paris Like a Tourist\n\nStreet photographer Alistair Wheeler has been living and shooting photos in Paris for five years. When he got bored shooting the typical vistas that tourists get, he decided to go low and go high to get a new perspective on the city. He headed down into the Metro and into abandoned buildings, and also began clambering up to the peak of mansard roofs around the city to show that the city is more than its pretty architecture. In the latest installment of \u201cThrough the Lens,\u201d a web documentary series on Adorama TV, an intrepid videographer follows Wheeler as he clambers up tiled roofs and around the chimney pots. He says he often meets people who live under roofs that they\u2019ve never explored, and he finds that incredible. Acrophobes be warned.\n\nIn the web documentary, Wheeler discusses his camera choice, why he likes a 35mm lens, how he uses Instagram as a creative outlet, his commercial work and how typical Parisians react when they see him snapping their photo.\n\nThis season\u2019s \u201cThrough the Lens\u201d series focuses on photographers throughout Europe who have built large and loyal followings on Instagram. Adorama posts new episodes every Tuesday afternoon. You can view a trailer of the series here to get a preview of each photographer\u2019s work and some cool footage of gondolas, castles, fashion models, alpine meadows, cobblestone streets, fashion shoots and more rooftops."}
-{"text": "I think I'm going flip my Star Valk. Because of the downhill (and assuming I can get the GD nose down), I should be able to get 400' out of it. Approach with the Z Buzzz. And finish him (SUBZERO WINS!) with the Aviar, carding the birdie.\n\nI think I'm going flip my Star Valk. Because of the downhill (and assuming I can get the GD nose down), I should be able to get 400' out of it. Approach with the Z Buzzz. And finish him (SUBZERO WINS!) with the Aviar, carding the birdie.\n\nGood thinking, but you actually monkey pawed the valk, having it turn over into a roller going 300 ft right. you than threw the buzzz against your better judgement, only because you said you'd throw the buzzz next and hit a tree 100 ft in front of you, without it coming down.\n\nYou than debated that the two meter rule was not in effect, and that I could go F myself. after calling you for a warning and stroke on the language, i decided not to press the issue on the 2 meters. what you didn't notice was that I called \"clock\" and had to stroke you again for going over the alloted time to get your buzzz back (and i'm not sure why you took so long, since it didn't seem to fly that well for you anyway).\n\nyou than had a decent up shot (i think it was lucky, but no biggie) with your other buzzz. good run on your putt but like usual was short (TWSS), for a drop in 5 +2 penalty strokes for a 7.\n\ni couldn't stop laughing, even after you said \"what happens in sweden stays in sweden\". you than killed me since you are much bigger than me, and only got caught after selling my discs on ebay\n\nPro Boss with as much as I can put on it and have it turn over and then come on back I'd hope. If I sucked up the previous holes I'd probably stick to my star or pro leopard and get a solid 200-250 and try to get down the hill first."}
-{"text": "Creating a Project Timeline in Excel A project is a onetime activity that can span over varying length of time. A project could be an activity that can finish in a day or it could cover months and years. Project management is the process of managing this activity. As the complexity of the project increases, it becomes more and more difficult to manage it, hence require more \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nIntroduction: Though there many \u201cdedicated\u201d application available for project managers to manage their projects, like MS Project or Primavera Project Planner, we can also create a project time line in MS Excel! In today\u2019s tutorial, we will be exploring the ways to create a project time line in excel, along with the terminology and some theoretical background of project \u2026 [Read more...]"}
-{"text": "Product Reviews\n\nEveryday, companies have brought out something new. Whether it's a new mobile phone, a new Toy, a new service or even great skincare products! With so many different products on the market, it's hard to know whether we're investing in something that will be worthwhile, I mean, all companies make claims, how do we know that they're true?\n\nWell it was because of these problems that A1 Articles created a database specifically for Product Reviews, which is updated on a daily basis, so you'll always be in the know when it comes to new products on the market. And if you've found something particularly useful, you're welcome to keep coming back, as our service is free to use!\n\nIf a product is expensive, then you'll want to know if it's going to be worth your money, especially when it comes to flat screen TVs, or acne treatments with big claims! So it's always helpful hearing from people who have already tested these products for you, so you don't end up wasting money! Have a look around, you could end up saving yourself a lot of time and money!\n\nProduct Reviews Articles\n\nAutomatic get coffee designers continue to become just about the most well-known and most regularly used coffee machine simply by caffeine consuming buyers at this time. Spend the source would be the fact they are truly effortless to utilize, produce a fa...\n\nThe LG 450 32\" LCD TV SET packs a huge volume of wonderful higher-conclusion specs and comfort attributes in an affordable TELEVISION SET which will complement any space in your own home.\nThe combo of Dynamic Contrast, which delivers a ratio of hundred...\n\nPurchasing the very best headphone set is among the most thrilling moments of existence. You'll find a wide variety of headsets in the marketplace today. Every single of those headsets contains its personal specialty and promise. 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-{"text": "Bear Dreams Spiritual Meaning & Interpretation\n\nJuly 5, 2018\n\nseeing a black bear in a dream\n\nDream about bear can you get if you have just watched a documentary film. Visiting the zoo or watching a movie about the life of a brown bear will make your subconscious dream of bears. Some people believe that dreaming bears shows how you behave in certain situations.\n\nBear represents instinct, aggressiveness, cruelty, protection, and strength. Therefore, bear dreams can bring positive or negative connotations according to the context in which we find ourselves. Usually, the thought of a bear is a good sign because it is related to luck. Even so, you should also consider what happens in your sleep.\n\nDreaming of bears can also symbolize a threat. How did you react when sleeping? Were you looking for protection? It can give you a clue how you act when you face a problem. Some people try to meet personal fears while others do not. Not because you are a coward, you are just a cautious person who avoids conflict situations.\n\nWhat does it mean to dream about a bear?\n\nWhen you dreamed of seeing a bear, this dream shows you about well-being in the workplace, and your mind will be sharp when you face a problem.\n\nWhen you dreamed of controlling bears, this dream represents your strength that will give you many positive things.\n\nWhen you dreamed of a bear\u2019s skin or fur, it symbolizes that you will make it through all the obstacles that come up.\n\nIf you dreamed of seeing a very aggressive bear, this represents the people who are depressing you.\n\nIf you dreamed of a teddy bear, this symbolizes that you feel a lot of nostalgia for your childhood.\n\nDreaming a polar bear is watching you, it shows that you have to let go of your emotions.\n\nWhen a bear walking around you in a circle, it symbolizes that a friend of yours has a reasonable economic level but will be your enemy.\n\nIf you dream of a bear as a pet, this symbolizes that you are a very aggressive person in real life.\n\nIf you see someone walking on a bear\u2019s back, this symbolizes that you are the ones who have perfect control over your desires.\n\nIf in a dream you saw a brown bear, it shows you that your desires tend to be obsessive. It also means that you have many enemies.\n\nIf you dream that you killed a bear, this will allow you to get rid of all the negative things you have in your life.\n\nWhen you dream that you are escaping from a bear, this will add much to your happiness and your income.\n\nIf you are a young girl dreaming that you see a bear, this will add many enemies throughout your life, and you should pay attention to those who share their feelings.\n\nIf you dream that you see a very quiet bear, it reminds you that someone is picking up the gossip behind your back.\n\nIf a bear attacked you, this will make you have a big problem.\n\nIf you dream that you see a huge bear, it will symbolize someone who will challenge you to work.\n\nWhen you saw someone was killing a bear in a dream, it shows you that your enemy will see themselves with economic losses and will try to get closer to you.\n\nIf you dream that you see a bear in the distance, it means you have many enemies in your neighborhood who pretend to be your friends.\n\nA panda symbolizes affection for your loved ones on other occasions. This dream also tells you to be more careful.\n\nDreams of a polar bear with a white color symbolize peace, purity, and spiritual tranquility. However, the ice-filled poles express without warmth and feeling. Polar bears also symbolize that someone around you will betray you.\n\nIf a bear chases you in a dream, then your instinct warns about the dangers that approach you.\n\nThe dream that you feed the bear shows the need for someone close to you to take care of and protect you from certain situations.\n\nDreams embraced by bears are related to the support of your loved ones, or you miss the arrival of someone who understands you.\n\nIf you dreamed of visiting someone, but you met a bear during the trip, it represents the respect and admiration you feel for that person.\n\nIn general, bears in dreams are closely related to your distressed feelings and your need for protection and affection. It is also concerned with yourself when you face a problem.\n\nDisclaimer: Dream interpretation is a subjective vision, users of this website must also use common sense and instinct."}
-{"text": "I top this low-carb salad with home-made ranch dressing, which I create from mayonnaise, buttermilk, and/or sour cream, mixed with onion and garlic powders and dried parsley. When I don\u2019t have the powdered onion and garlic, I will dice bits of fresh ones very fine and saut\u00e9 them before mixing with the other ingredients. Add salt and green or white pepper to taste, then blend with a wire whisk.\n\nI invented this dish for a dinner party guest, a French teacher who was pregnant. She loved it. Other guests did as well, so I have made my Pink Lemonade Chicken for many buffet dinners. Now, I am inspired by my dear nieces and nephews who are expecting babies soon, so I am publishing this recipe again. The ingredients are simple and few, and you may adjust the amounts according to taste.\n\nIngredients:\nFour-to-six pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts\nOne 16-ounce can of frozen pink lemonade\nOne tablespoon of cornstarch\nSalt or celery salt to-taste\nWater, two or three cups\n\nPoach chicken breasts in a mixture composed of 2/3 of a 16-ounce can of frozen pink lemonade juice and two or three cups of water.\nWhen it is thawed, the pink lemonade turns to thick syrup. One large can will be sufficient for four-to-six pounds of chicken. Reserve a third of the can for a final sauce.\n\nCover the boneless, skinless chicken breasts and simmer slowly in the pink lemonade for an hour or more. You may add salt or celery salt, but remember, this dish is created for those with delicate stomachs, so please don\u2019t add garlic or onion flavorings. The liquid will reduce and the whole pieces of chicken should become lightly browned. Remove from heat and place on top of two sheets of waxed paper to protect your cutting board. When the chicken breasts are cool, slice them into medallions\u2013see my example in the photo below\u2013with a very sharp knife. The liquid left-over in the poaching pan will be used to make a sauce.\n\nM-J\u2019s Medallions of Chicken\n\nSauce for Pink Lemonade Chicken\n\nInto the pan, pour 3/4 cup of water and a teaspoon of cornstarch, which has been mixed with a tablespoon of water. Add the 1/3 can of remaining pink lemonade syrup. Cook till it becomes a sauce. Pour some of it on the base of your serving dish. Arrange the slices of chicken in a circular fashion. When you have finished arranging the chicken slices, drizzle the rest of the pink lemonade sauce over them.\n\nPollo en Piment\u00f3n de la Vera\u2026M-J\u2019s New Original Recipe, an ALTERNATIVE TO BARBECUED CHICKENSlicing the Poached Chicken Breasts into Medallions for M-J\u2019s Pollo en Piment\u00f3n de La Vera\n\nStart by poaching four or five boneless chicken breasts in one cup of water with salt or bouillon mix added. You will reserve this broth after the chicken is cooked in it, and use it as the basis for your sauce\u2026.\n\nLadle some of this sauce into the base of a baking pan. Coat the sliced chicken meat in it, and arrange them as shown below.\n\nThis smoky chicken is great the next day after its initial baking, cooked for a few minutes under a broiler (see first photo for results). The broiled chicken is good in pita sandwiches or wraps, with lettuce as a refreshing counterpoint.\n\nPoached chicken in a lettuce salad, with fresh lemon and vegetable oil dressing, ground green peppercorn and salt\u2013how elegant and health-promoting it is. I would have made Chicken Jubilee from Beverly Barbour\u2019s book, \u201cSecret Recipes from Private Clubs,\u201d but I had no tomato. I did, however, use a green pepper from my garden to replace it. This simple chicken salad is a refreshing dish for summer luncheon.\n\nAdd water and the flavouring of your choice to boneless chicken breasts. Here I have used miso and a little Maggi chicken and tomato bouillon powder. Simmer for forty minutes, cool and freeze for future use, or slice and use with sauce or gravy. I will return at the next opportunity with an original recipe or two, employing poached chicken breast meat.~~M-J de Mesterton\n\nAdd water and the flavouring of your choice to boneless chicken breasts. Here I have used miso and a little Maggi chicken and tomato bouillon powder. Simmer for forty minutes, cool and freeze for future use, or slice and use with sauce or gravy. I will return at the next opportunity with an original recipe or two, employing poached chicken breast meat.~~M-J de Mesterton\n\nAdd water and the flavouring of your choice to boneless chicken breasts. Here I have used miso and a little Maggi chicken and tomato bouillon powder. Simmer for forty minutes, cool and freeze for future use, or slice and use with sauce or gravy. I will return at the next opportunity with an original recipe or two, employing poached chicken breast meat.~~M-J de Mesterton"}
-{"text": "KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker Attachment\n\nMMM ice cream...this accessory turns your KitchenAid mixer into an Ice Cream Maker! Two tools in one! If you've never had homemade ice cream, it's time to try it. I have made my favorite with this attachment: Chocolate Chili Ice Cream. Trust me, it's delicious. Ice Cream Makers are a great gift for anyone. So many different ice cream recipes exist that are fun to make and eat."}
-{"text": "From a Content Mill to Writing a TV Commercial in 2 Months\n\nFresh out of college, with no real world experience and no real job prospects, I dove into the content mill Textbroker in 2013, lured by the appeal of easy money.\n\nBig mistake.\n\nOver the next three years, I slaved for 1.4 cents per word. Even though I was done with school, I was still living the life of a starving college student. Did you know it takes 7,143 words at that rate to make $100?\n\nI couldn\u2019t maintain such a grueling writing pace for bare bones rations. I wanted satisfying work. I wanted better clients. And I wanted to get paid well. I finally woke up and realized that low-pay work for a content mill would never yield pro rates.\n\nNow what?\n\nI put five key strategies in place to transform my freelancing business. The result: Bye-bye, content mills. Hello, better pay and better clients \u2014 including a major TV network within two months. Here\u2019s how I did it:\n\n1. Set aside time each day to pitch\n\nBefore I became serious about my freelance work, I would send out half-hearted queries every so often. When I decided to start taking things seriously, I set aside four hours each morning to research and send out queries.\n\nWithin a month, I landed my first assignment with Global Comment. It\u2019s a site aimed at millennials that serves up guest posts and opinion pieces to its audience. I wrote little-to-no-research-required opinion pieces about Netflix, current affairs, and other topics. And at $50 per article, I couldn\u2019t believe I\u2019d been writing for pennies for so long.\n\n2. Use better job boards\n\nI used to think that trolling Craigslist for writing jobs was a decent place to look for gigs. Fortunately, I learned to avoid it because of lessons in the Den. Legitimate clients very rarely, if ever, post on Craigslist. I turned to ProBlogger, the Freelance Writer\u2019s Den Job Board, Write Jobs+, and LinkedIn\u2019s Job Search to find higher-quality clients. Before applying, I\u2019d research the company and then address my email to the hiring manager for the project manager. Doing this helped me stand out from the competition.\n\n3. Post your published work on LinkedIn\n\nWhen I finished pitching for the day, I turned my attention to my social media pages, particularly my LinkedIn page. The first order of business: I improved the Summary section of my LinkedIn profile.\n\nThen I listed each client I\u2019ve worked with in the \u201cExperience\u201d section, with links to published work. For example, when I work for a new company, I create an experience listing for that company usually titled \u201cFreelance (fill in the blank) Writer,\u201d where the blank is filled in with the type of role I served. Posting these links gives potential clients the ability to evaluate your work before reaching out to you.\n\n4. Make use of online resources\n\nAs a member of Freelance Writers Den, I have access to a host of bootcamps and past forum posts. I took advantage of these resources, including posting my queries for other members to critique.\n\n5. Treat each job like it\u2019s the best one yet\n\nBecause I put everything I had into each job, I produced several knockout posts. Sharing these on LinkedIn caught the attention of CBS Interactive and GameSpot. The companies reached out and asked if I would be interested in writing a script.\n\nThe extent of my script writing experience at this point: a college class. But I wasn\u2019t going to let that stop me from trying to land this gig. I decided to fake-it-till-you make it, and see what would happen. I proposed a flat rate of $500 and got the gig.\n\nThe gig: A five-minute script to promote the release of the video game, Mirror\u2019s Edge: Catalyst. Fortunately, I had played the previous version of the game. But that\u2019s a lot different than writing a script to promote a game launch. GameSpot gave me access to storyboard resources on the site, and I went to work.\n\nIt proved to be the most intimidating project of my career so far, but I completed the project under the deadline. (You can check it out here.)\n\nI worked really hard on this. And once the shock-and-awe of writing for a big-name client wore off, I realized that treating each job like it\u2019s your best one yet, is a great way to move your freelance career forward.\n\nMap out your own plan to leave content mills behind\n\nYou can work hard all day long and never find success, if you write for a content mill. If you\u2019re using all of your creative energy to pound out short articles for pennies per word, you\u2019ll rarely find time to pitch better paying clients, and you\u2019ll find it hard to build a portfolio to be proud of.\n\nPut these five steps in place to grow your freelancing business, and you\u2019ll be on your way landing better paying clients. Believe me, I know. If a liberal-arts grad with no real-world working experience like me can do it, you can too.\n\nWhat\u2019s your game plan to move up and earn more as a freelance writer? Let us know in the comments below.\n\nPatrick Hearn is a freelance video game and travel writer. He can be found online at Patrick-Hearn.com."}
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-{"text": "O'Mara: Throw the flag on New York City legislator's proposal to ban youth football (Updated)\n\nAlbany, N.Y., February 11\u2014State Senator Tom O\u2019Mara (R-C, Big Flats) today threw the flag against a New York City legislator\u2019s proposal to ban youth football in New York State.\n\nThis morning\u2019s New York Daily News reports that Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benedetto (D-Bronx) has introduced legislation \u201cto prohibit children younger than 11 from playing organized tackle football anywhere in the state.\u201d\n\nO\u2019Mara strongly rejected the idea.\n\n\u201cTalk about being out of bounds,\u201d said O\u2019Mara. \u201cWhat we need to ban is knee-jerk legislation. What\u2019s next? No more fastballs in Little League? Enough.\u201d\n\nHe said the measure further demonstrates a penchant for overreaction by too many legislators.\n\n\u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s a parental decision whether to allow a child to play football. Government has no place sticking its nose in that decision,\u201d O\u2019Mara said. \u201cPop Warner and all of youth football has been an overwhelmingly positive experience for millions of American kids. They take seriously their responsibility to provide an experience that\u2019s as safe and rewarding as possible. Youth football has given millions of kids a foundation of achievement, discipline, dreams, friendship, fun, physical fitness and teamwork \u2013 so many of the ideals and values that make a healthy difference for young people.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Get In Touch\n\nA Level\n\nSociology\n\nSociology is a diverse and interesting subject that challenges students\u2019 perceptions of everyday life. As part of the AQA specification students will study the impact of vital social institutions such as the family, the education system and the criminal justice system on individuals and groups. Additionally, students will examine global sociology and look at the increasingly divisive relationship between the developing world and the developed world.\n\nSociology deals with society. It is the study of the different forces and influences that shape society as a whole and the people within it. Sociologists apply theory and method to the study of topics such as crime and deviance, family and education, to name but a few.\n\nYou are required to be keen on reading and thinking about controversial ideas, conflicting arguments and evidence. You will have to be prepared to develop your ability in essay writing. This course involves studying statistics and trends so you have to come ready to think in an analytical way.\n\nA level Sociology is recognised by employers and universities alike as an excellent qualification showing literacy, numeracy, scientific ability and insight into human situations.\n\nSpanning, as it does, the boundary between science and arts, it can be useful in getting into many higher education courses from medicine to philosophy and literature. It is also an asset in business, management, education and many other fields of employment requiring an understanding of human relationships and experience.\n\nFor 16-18 year old (daytime) students, this A Level will be one of three A Levels you choose to make up a full time programme of study. You will study for a total of 18 hours per week plus one hour per week tutorial.\n\nAt The City of Liverpool College you will undertake a personalised Study Programme, which will help you to achieve your ambitions and career goals.\n\nAll of our Study Programmes are designed to help you to develop your skills and widen your college experience.\n\nWhat you should expect from your Study Programme:\n\nA substantial qualification e.g. GCSE, A level or vocational equivalent\n\nMeaningful work experience\n\nHelp to achieve GCSE English and maths at grades A*-C if you do not already have them\n\nPractical activities that help your personal development including study skills, enrichment activities, employability training and classes in personal and social skills to get you ready for further education or employment.\n\nSupport to enable you to progress to the next level of study or employment\n\nEnglish and Maths\n\nEnglish and Maths skills are vital for employment and to secure a place on courses at a higher level, including university.\n\nWe have a team of tutors who will work with you to achieve these essential qualifications and enable you to apply these skills in your day to day activities and work.\n\nSince September 2013 any young person who does not achieve their GCSE in English language and mathematics at grade C or above will have to continue their studies at college. Students who have a grade D in either subject must study these subjects at GCSE level.\n\nA level Sociology is a highly valued qualification that can lead onto Higher Education, further training and employment. Sociology is an essential component in the study of criminology, social policy, social work, healthcare professions and charity work.\n\nAQA AS/A Level Sociology\n\nCity 6 Entry Requirements for 16-18s\n\n\u2022 The most important entry requirement is that you are committed and determined to do well\n\n\u2022 You must achieve a minimum of 5 GCSE's at grade C or above including English and Maths at grade 5, or equivalent (this equivalency will be discussed at our information evening and then in further detail at interview)\n\n\u2022 All places are conditional on results, subject to interview in June/July and a suitable reference from your school.\n\nApplicants who are 19 or over will only be accepted onto evening provision for these particular courses.\n\nThis course runs in the day for 4.5 hours per week. AS and A2 each take 1 year.\n\nStudy Programmes\n\nStudy Programmes for students aged 16-18\n\nAt The City of Liverpool College you will undertake a personalised Study Programme, which will help you to achieve your ambitions and career goals.\n\nAll of our Study Programmes are designed to help you to develop your skills and widen your college experience.\n\nWhat you should expect from your Study Programme:\n\nA substantial qualification e.g. GCSE, A level or vocational equivalent\n\nMeaningful work experience\n\nHelp to achieve GCSE English and maths at grades A*-C if you do not already have them\n\nPractical activities that help your personal development including study skills, enrichment activities, employability training and classes in personal and social skills to get you ready for further education or employment.\n\nSupport to enable you to progress to the next level of study or employment\n\nEnglish and Maths\n\nEnglish and Maths skills are vital for employment and to secure a place on courses at a higher level, including university.\n\nWe have a team of tutors who will work with you to achieve these essential qualifications and enable you to apply these skills in your day to day activities and work.\n\nSince September 2013 any young person who does not achieve their GCSE in English language and mathematics at grade C or above will have to continue their studies at college. Students who have a grade D in either subject must study these subjects at GCSE level.\n\nWhat the course leads to\n\nA level Sociology is a highly valued qualification that can lead onto Higher Education, further training and employment. Sociology is an essential component in the study of criminology, social policy, social work, healthcare professions and charity work.\n\nQualification(s)\n\nAQA AS/A Level Sociology\n\nEntry Requirements\n\nCity 6 Entry Requirements for 16-18s\n\n\u2022 The most important entry requirement is that you are committed and determined to do well\n\n\u2022 You must achieve a minimum of 5 GCSE's at grade C or above including English and Maths at grade 5, or equivalent (this equivalency will be discussed at our information evening and then in further detail at interview)\n\n\u2022 All places are conditional on results, subject to interview in June/July and a suitable reference from your school.\n\nApplicants who are 19 or over will only be accepted onto evening provision for these particular courses.\n\nWhen the course runs\n\nThis course runs in the day for 4.5 hours per week. AS and A2 each take 1 year.\n\nWhat's on offer at The City of Liverpool College\n\nWhat's on offer at The City of Liverpool College\n\n\"College is much more flexible which suited me well. It also had a wider range of courses available to study than my school sixth form.\"\n\nImage Gallery - Click image to enlarge\n\nCourse Location\n\nClarence StreetL3 5TP\n\nExplore Campus\n\nDisclaimer\n\nDisclaimer\n\nThe College has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of course details given on fact sheets, in the prospectus and on the web site. However, the College reserves the right to make changes to provision and to discontinue courses when necessary. Please note that the College cannot accept any liability for inaccuracies or omissions which arise due to such changes."}
-{"text": "lookie here:\n\nFirst-Time Intercourse: It Was...Good?\n\nby\n\nhalfwish\n\nI'm an Australian student in my final year of high school, constantly dealing with stress. From everywhere. Family, work, homework and study...it's no wonder, really, that when we hear all about how fantastically stress-relieving sex can be, we want to try it. It's no surprise.\n\nBut then there's all that other stuff involved...getting into a relationship (worrying about your physical appearance comes both before and after), being happy in it, then worrying about your sexual performance, how long the relationship is going to last, this that and the other. Sometimes, it sounds like too much hard work.\n\nLooking at it pragmatically, you have to balance two things: the work or risk involved, and the potential pay off. Is intercourse or other kinds of sex really worth it? After all, you have to get past that first time. Sure, you hear all about how things get so much better after that, but the fear of pain or embarrassment (or both) can have some girls putting off their first sexual experience for quite a while. It's sad, really. We're so used to focusing on the horror stories about first-time intercourse that we forget that it can be nice, fantastic even.\n\nSimply worrying too much can makes things worse. And does that piece of knowledge help us? Not often.\n\nMaybe it's a good idea to have some good stories out there. You know, lessons of when things went right instead of horribly wrong. People are capable of learning from good examples as well as from bad mistakes.\n\nHopefully my boyfriend and I make a good example. Let's call him J for convenience.\n\nAfter moving to a new school I had to make some new friends, get used to a new area, and get familiar with everything in general. I only had a year of school left and wasn't expecting to get into a relationship. However, J showed me around and helped me out a lot. When he asked me out on a date, I wasn't sure. I'd known him for only a month. He seemed really genuine, which is hard to find when you're new and have (at least for the moment) everybody's attention. I liked him. I said yes - I had nothing to lose. In fact, it went something like this:\n\nJ: Do you want to go ice skating with me next weekend?\n\nMe: Just us?\n\nJ: Yeah.\n\nMe: Are you asking me out on a date?\n\nJ: ...\n\nMe: Well, yes, regardless.\n\nJ:(grins) Yes!\n\nThis was just before school holidays, so we had plenty of time to get used to each other and learn what we liked. So many relationships start out like this for people my age.\n\nNow, Australia hasn't got the absolute best sex education in the world, but it's definitely, in my own opinion, better than that in the US. We are taught abstinence as only one of many techniques one can use in order to avoid getting pregnant. And after all, every kind of contraception only works as long as you are using it. Using abstinence as your only plan is sure to get you screwed (no pun intended). It's a good idea to have at least one backup. Any responsible sex education teacher or GP would tell you this.\n\nSpeaking of GPs: after I had been dating J for about two months, I caught a bus out to the medical centre to speak to my doctor. J and I had been getting pretty physical with other kinds of sex and I wanted to be prepared. I asked the doctor what he recommended in the way of contraceptives. First, he insisted on asking what I knew about STIs, getting me to list as many as I could. He wrote them all down in a table (upside-down, in fact, so that I could read what he was writing), and listed the symptoms of each one, how to avoid getting it and what to do if you ever got it. I've still got the piece of paper somewhere.\n\nHe spoke to me about various kinds of the Pill, the Implanon implant, IUDs and Depo-Provera shots. There was, unfortunately, no table drawn for these. The Pill sounded like the least scary of these options, so that was what I chose. He wrote me the prescription as he lamented, \"These Australian women, ah, they do not wear the red lipstick. Don't they know it's sexy?\" Another thing about Australia is that it has a massive number of doctors from other countries.\n\nI started taking the Pill, but it wasn't until about a month later that I had intercourse for the first time. Which isn't to say that we did nothing. Mutual masturbation in the shower is fantastic.\n\nNeither J nor I had previous sexual experience, but we refused to walk into anything uninformed. We played around with a box of condoms - we unrolled them, stretched them (one memorable time was when J managed to get one stretched over his entire forearm - I've since read an article somewhere on this site which suggests trying it, and was very amused), blew them up, and generally got silly with them until we didn't mind dealing with them. They are silly little rubber things, but they serve an important purpose, right?\n\nJ is a caring partner. Getting me off gets him off, and vice versa. We had this from the very start, for which I consider myself blessed.\n\nPlease don't plan a special day for first-time sex. In my opinion, your should just be prepared for whichever day it might be - have condoms at hand in the bedside drawer or something. I say this for the following reason: you don't want to make yourself nervous, and you want plenty of foreplay to get in the mood. J and I were getting pretty hot and heavy in bed, things were getting very tense sexually and we found ourselves wanting to go further each time. Personally, I'd had enough of being worked up until I couldn't stand it anymore, and then just sitting there by myself being outrageously aroused when it was time for J to go home. I'm sure J felt the same way - he drove home at nights with some pretty bad erections. Anyway, as we were playing around in bed one day, J whispered in my ear, \"Do you want to have sex?\", and I thought to myself, \"Hell, yes.\" We hadn't specifically intended to have intercourse on that day, so it had been business as usual right up until it wasn't. I wasn't nervous, I was very much in the mood, and guess what? We had condoms!\n\nBeing relaxed and very horny made things a lot easier for us. It didn't hurt at all. I'll say this again: it didn't hurt at all. If it did, I was feeling too good to notice it. We had plenty of KY, and I had very little bleeding. We had a very nice little episode in the shower afterwards, where J and I washed each other down. Nothing but love there.\n\nThe sex did get better. For me, things grew (and keep growing) more fantastic along an exponential curve. Practice makes perfect. Experience begets more experience. I love sex, and I'm insanely happy that I had such a positive first time, with such a great partner. I see no need for things to be otherwise.\n\nMy mother and I have a pretty good relationship. One of my rules of thumb when I started dating J was that if I wasn't comfortable talking about it with my mum, then I shouldn't be doing it in the first place. I understand that not every girl has a fantastic relationship with her mother, so this may not be a good rule for everyone. But my mum, since divorcing my dad and having moved to the LGBT scene, is now very jealous of me for getting all of the lovely sex I'm having. Try to share things with your parents. You exist. They've been there before.\n\nSo, here's a quick summary on how to have a good first time, based on my experience:\n\nHave a partner who's worth it.\n\nDon't be scared of speaking to a GP about anything. Their job is to help you. That's it.\n\nDon't stress too much. The best way to avoid this is to have as much preparation as possible with as little expectation as possible. For example: being on the Pill and having condoms on hand doesn't necessarily mean you have to have sex straight away.\n\nSpeaking of which, having contraception is a damn good idea.\n\nUse your family and friends network if you have questions or need to share.\n\nAnd, yeah, have a partner who's worth it.\n\nThat's it. First-time sex doesn't have to be a nightmare. Trust that from the people who did it well.\n\nthe abouts:\n\nInformation on this site is provided for educational purposes. It is not meant to and cannot substitute for advice or care provided by an in-person medical professional. The information contained herein is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease, or for prescribing any medication. You should always consult your own healthcare provider if you have a health problem or medical condition."}
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-{"text": "Offline\n\n#Exciting gameplay and immersive content Role in a Bounty Hunter, fight against massive monsters, beat giant bosses, avoid traps, complete heroic quests and get more huge rewards through dungeons! There are many hidden areas somewhere in each dungeon. Explore them and find more rewards.\n\n#A ton of items to collect From Normal to Super rare items! Hunting monster to find them. Collect various items to craft and upgrade your swords. Items also can be obtained through opening Chests in Shop.\n\n#Break the limits of hero growth through upgrading your weapons Each blade has its own powerful: Shock/freeze/burn out/drain\u2026 monsters. For every different blades, various effects and skins are applied. So, which type of blade will you pick? Invest wisely! The more you upgrade your blades, the more you increase your strength in the dangerous adventure.\n\n#Beautiful graphic and efffect absolutely impress you at the first time Immerses yourself in the cute overload & colorful graphics. Delivers the best in smartphone graphics\n\nSword Man \u2013 Monster hunter is completely free to download and play but some game items may be purchase for real money.\n\n\u25b6 ANNOUNCEMENT: \u2013 We cleared all the data of the previous versions. \u2013 We already tracked all users (PAUs) who bought our IAP packs. We will gift back those users in live version. \u2013 At this version, we renewed so many stuffs to give the best experiences for users. Keep supporting us, we will try to complete our game as fast as we can. \u2013 Please write your feelings about this game, we need all your critics. Feel free to comment, or send your review to our mail: swordman@gemmob.com\n\nWHAT\u2019S NEW\n\n\u2013 Clear all the data of accounts glitched and users who auto finished all progress and everything stuffs got maxed out.\u2013 Adding the compensation to the Users \u2013 Fix bugs and optimize the performance\u2013 The Christmas event will be extended"}
-{"text": "\u00b7Use graphic signatures sparingly.Graphics in emails use more resources and will exhaust the storage capacity of your mailbox much quicker.\n\n\u00b7Use caution if you include a quote in your signature.You never know what may be offensive to someone.\u201cIf in doubt\u2026 leave it out.\u201d\n\nOpen the signatures window in Entourage. From the menu at the top click \u2018Tools\u2019-> \u2018Signatures\u2026\u2019-> \u2018New\u2019. You should now have a window open called \u2018untitled\u2019.You can rename this signature by replacing \u2018untitled\u2019 with the name of your choice.\n\nCreate your signature.To edit the text click the \u2018Use HTML\u2019 iconand the grayed out options will become available.Generally it is a good idea to create at least two signatures.You can create an informal signature with your name and extension that would be used for internal email.You may also create a formal signature with more detailed contact information for correspondence with associates outside the college.\n\nImportant: The following formatting should be used for all signatures - Flush left, 10 pt. Arial or Calibri bold font for individual name, 10 pt. Arial or Calibri normal font for all remaining information.\n\nAdd the Linfield Acorn Logo to your signature.Use this link to get the Linfield logo.Right click on the Linfield logo and choose \u2018Copy Image\u2019.Right click below the text in your signature and choose \u2018Paste\u2019.Once you have your signature set up the way you prefer you can close the window and choose \u2018Save\u2019.\n\nSet the signature to appear in every email you create.From the menu at the top click \u2018Tools\u2019 -> -> \u2018Accounts\u2019and double click the name of the account you want to change.A new window will open entitled \u2018Edit Account\u2019.Click \u2018Options\u2019 then under message options choose the signature from the drop down menu that you would like to appear by default in your emails.Click \u2018Ok\u2019to save your changes.A box may appear asking you if Entourage can use the information in your keychain, click \u2018Allow\u2019.\n\nNote: If you are unable to see the logo in your signature when you create an email, click the 'Use HTML' button above the text window to enable HTML formatting.\n\nUse a different signature in an email.To use a signature other than the default in an email, with the email open, click the \u2018Signature\u2019 iconat the top of your email window and choose the signature you would like to use from the list of choices."}
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-{"text": "Processing the analog audio can also produce electronic music\n\nIf you will observe closely, you wish speaker enclosures which usually have openings at the front or the back so that air can move more freely in and out of them to generate decent sound. Smaller headphones are often as called ear buds or earphones which are placed inside the outer part of your ear canal. Like the speakers, the headphones will contain transducers to convert the audio signal into the sound waves. Headphones will only need to send the sound waves a few millimetres so your eardrums will understand how to produce music. Therefore the headphone components are much smaller and often more precise than the speaker components.\n\nStandalone speakers:\n\nThe output is much lower when compared to the standalone speakers; the close proximity of headphones to your ears can make the volume sound very loud. Most of the headphones even support the full frequency range of 20 hertz to 20,000 Hz. However, the bass is less noticeable because they don\u2019t move as much air. Headphones will originally consist of one speaker for each ear, connected by a band over the head. While this style is still in use, modern headphones are also available in a much smaller format which can be inserted into the ear, and are commonly called as ear buds. Modern-day headphones can be both wired or wireless.\n\nNo disturbance:\n\nHeadphones are a hardware device that can be plugged into a computer, laptop, smartphone, mp3 player another device. You can privately listen to audio without disturbing anyone in the surrounding. They are plug-and-play devices at musiety.comwhich do not require any sort of installation to use them. Headphones are a pair of small speakers which are used for listening to sound from a computer, music player or any such electronic device.\n\nAmbient noise:\n\nThe biggest difference between loudspeakers and headphones is only the size. A loudspeaker needs to set all the air moving in a room so that you can hear the sound it is making. But the speaker in a headphone will only move the volume of air inside your ear canal. Large headphones are just essentially the two loudspeakers mounted on a strap that will clamp firmly over your head. Many people will find that open-back headphones sound better but much of the noise will leak into the room around you to annoy other people. While the ambient noise from the room can easily penetrate open-back headphones and annoy you too."}
-{"text": "COVID-19: a authorized perspective on FIFA\u2019s guiding ideas for nationwide football associations\n\nCOVID-19: a authorized perspective on FIFA\u2019s guiding ideas for nationwide football associations\n\nby Author|00:52\n\nPositive legislation is filled with cases, treaties, statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions that may be made into a cause of action. On a extra local level, counties and municipal companies or townships could also be approved under a state\u2019s constitution to create or adopt ordinances. Examples of ordinances embrace local building codes, zoning laws, and misdemeanors or infractions corresponding to skateboarding or jaywalking. Most of the more uncommon laws which are in the information every so often are native ordinances.\n\nThe regulation school\u2019s scientific choices offer students invaluable, firsthand experience in representing real shoppers with actual authorized issues in actual courts, beneath the supervision of school members. More current theoretical discussions of autonomy embrace these of the Critical Legal Studies Movement, Niklas Luhmann , and Pierre Bourdieu .\n\nThe UK, Finland and New Zealand assert the perfect of parliamentary sovereignty, whereby the unelected judiciary may not overturn regulation passed by a democratic legislature. Law professor and former United States Attorney General Edward H. Levi noted that the \u201cprimary pattern of authorized reasoning is reasoning by example\u201d \u2013 that is, reasoning by comparing outcomes in instances resolving related legal questions. Supreme Court case relating to procedural efforts taken by a debt collection firm to keep away from errors, Justice Sotomayor cautioned that \u201cauthorized reasoning just isn\u2019t a mechanical or strictly linear process\u201d. Examples embody the Jewish Halakha and Islamic Sharia\u2014each of which translate as the \u201cpath to observe\u201d\u2014while Christian canon regulation also survives in some church communities. Often the implication of religion for legislation is unalterability, as a result of the word of God cannot be amended or legislated against by judges or governments.\n\nDefinitions similar to these are more interesting for what they exclude than for what they include. Weber and Hoebel each try to draw a line where the boundary between law and one thing else is fuzziest. By together with the term legitimate, Hoebel\u2019s definition is meant to distinguish regulation from the brute exercise of drive. The leader of a felony gang who forces folks to give him cash could also be doing many things, but he is not imposing the law.\n\nIt is designed for Pre-Law students and for a broad array of students from across the UTA campus who are fascinated in the relationship of legislation to society and culture. Law librarians, like authorized research college students, should establish resources for gathering legal info. They must be capable of evaluatenew technologyand publications to ensure that attorneys have one of the best resources available. Law enforcement officers utilize the verbal and persuasive abilities of pre-legislation majors as they educate the public and encourage compliance with laws.\n\nThe bar examination is the last step in guaranteeing that competency,\u201d Frederick stated. According to some regulation college deans, few if any attorney licensing businesses are willing to contemplate diploma privilege, which at this point is just available in Wisconsin. But if states want to embody diploma privilege of their definitions of restricted follow, they will, Paula Frederick, who\u2019s also a member of the decision working group, informed the Board of Governors on Tuesday. She is the State Bar of Georgia\u2019s common counsel and chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.\n\nNew York Law School\n\nIn the United States, all state procedural laws must be fair, for the reason that due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment directs that no state shall deprive any citizen of \u201clife, liberty, or property,\u201d without due process of law. (The $200 nice plus court docket costs is designed to deprive you of property, that is, cash, if you violate the velocity limit.) Federal legal guidelines should even be truthful, as a result of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution has the very same due course of language because the Fourteenth Amendment. This means that some legal guidelines are more powerful or essential than others, which is true. The next part seems at various forms of optimistic law and their relative significance. Courts in a single state may look to frequent-regulation choices from the courts of different states the place the reasoning in a similar case is persuasive.\n\nPeter Stein, Continental Influences on English Legal thought, 1600\u20131900, in Peter Stein, The Character and Influence of the Roman Civil Law 223 et seq. I was glad to search out in your guide a formal contradiction, at size, of the judiciary usurpation of legislative powers; for such the judges have usurped in their repeated selections, that Christianity is a part of the common legislation. The proof of the contrary, which you could have adduced, is incontrovertible; to wit, that the common regulation existed whereas the Anglo-Saxons have been yet Pagans, at a time once they had never yet heard the identify of Christ pronounced, or knew that such a personality had ever existed."}
-{"text": "Striking Onyx Chinese Vintage Pendant\n\nThe black onyx comprising this 1 1/8 inch round pendant is just lovely and makes a great contrast to the gold tone. I did not test the gold tone and often real gold was used in these pendants, but I am saying it is just gold tone. It is in excellent condition."}
-{"text": "A Catalogue of a Very Large and Fine Collection of Valuable Books, in All Arts, Sciences and Languages; ... Which Will Be Sold Very Reasonable, ... by Leigh and Sotheby, ... Beginning January 1, 1785.\n\nA Catalogue of a Very Large and Fine Collection of Valuable Books, in All Arts, Sciences and Languages; ... Which Will Be Sold Very Reasonable, ... by Leigh and Sotheby, ... Beginning January 1, 1785. by Gale Ecco, Print Editions at Translate This Website. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last. The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. 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-{"text": "University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences\n\nSummary:\n\nAlthough global grain production must double by 2050 to address rising population and demand, new data suggests crop yields will suffer unless new approaches to adapt crop plants to climate change are adopted. Improved agronomic traits responsible for the remarkable increases in yield accomplished during the past 50 years have reached their ceiling for some of the world's most important crops.\n\nShare:\n\nTotal shares:\n\nFULL STORY\n\nAmy Betzelberger, a graduate student in the U of I Department of Crop Sciences, discusses with students how wind speed and wind direction apparatus are being used in a CO2 FACE ring to control the carbon dioxide concentration within the ring. The elevated carbon dioxide experiment is being conducted in both corn and soybean at the Urbana SoyFACE facility.\n\nCredit: Jennifer Shike, University of Illinois\n\nAmy Betzelberger, a graduate student in the U of I Department of Crop Sciences, discusses with students how wind speed and wind direction apparatus are being used in a CO2 FACE ring to control the carbon dioxide concentration within the ring. The elevated carbon dioxide experiment is being conducted in both corn and soybean at the Urbana SoyFACE facility.\n\nCredit: Jennifer Shike, University of Illinois\n\nAlthough global grain production must double by 2050 to address rising population and demand, new data from the University of Illinois suggests crop yields will suffer unless new approaches to adapt crop plants to climate change are adopted. Improved agronomic traits responsible for the remarkable increases in yield accomplished during the past 50 years have reached their ceiling for some of the world's most important crops.\n\n\"Global change is happening so quickly that its impact on agriculture is taking the world by surprise,\" said Don Ort, U of I professor of crop sciences and USDA/ARS scientist. \"Until recently, we haven't understood the urgency of addressing global change in agriculture.\"\n\nThe need for new technologies to conduct global change research on crops in an open-field environment is holding the commercial sector back from studying issues such as maximizing the elevated carbon dioxide advantage or studying the effects of ozone pollution on crops.\n\nHowever, U of I's Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE) research facility, SoyFACE, is allowing researchers to conduct novel studies using this technology capable of creating environments of the future in an open-field setting.\n\n\"If you want to study how global change affects crop production, you need to get out of the greenhouse,\" Ort said. \"At SoyFACE, we can grow and study crops in an open-field environment where carbon dioxide and ozone levels can be raised to mimic future atmospheric conditions without disturbing other interactions.\"\n\nFrom an agricultural standpoint, one of the few positive aspects of global change has been the notion that elevated carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will stimulate photosynthesis and result in increased crop yields.\n\nBut recent studies show that crops grown in open fields under elevated carbon dioxide levels resulted in only half the yield increase expected and half of what the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used in their model predictions regarding the world's food supply in 2050.\n\nThere's no doubt that carbon dioxide levels are rising. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were 260 parts per million (ppm). Today, those numbers have increased to 385 ppm. By 2050, carbon dioxide levels are expected to be 600 ppm.\n\n\"Elevated carbon dioxide is creating a global warming effect that in turn is driving other climate change factors such as precipitation patterns,\" Ort said. \"By 2050, rainfall during the Midwest growing season is projected to drop 30 percent.\"\n\nU of I researchers are also studying how elevated ozone levels will affect crop yields.\n\nSoybean plants are being evaluated in elevated ozone at SoyFACE. New studies show that yields in the tri-state area of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa have been suppressed by 15 percent due to ozone pollution. Ort said if the same cultivars of soybean are used in 2050 that are being planted now, producers can expect to see an additional 20 percent drop in yield due to expected increases in ozone levels by the middle of the century.\n\n\"Ozone is a secondary pollutant caused by the interaction of sunlight with pollution clouds produced in industrialized areas and carried over rural areas by wind,\" Ort said. \"For example, if pollution from Chicago blows out of the city into agricultural areas, it can interact with sunlight to produce ozone and cause plant yields to suffer.\"\n\nBecause ozone is an unstable gas, its concentration levels vary greatly, Ort said. Thus, agricultural areas located near industrial areas will face the greatest challenges. Unfortunately, of the world's two top-growing areas for soybean -- the United States faces a much greater ozone challenge than Brazil.\n\n\"The SoyFACE experiment and historical data recorded over the past 10 years both indicate that for every additional one part per billion of ozone, soybean yields will decrease 1.5 bushels per acre,\" Ort said. \"We are applying for funding to examine corn's sensitivity to ozone at SoyFACE, but a historical analysis indicates a significant sensitivity and yield loss.\"\n\nIn addition to generating results about the response of crops to global change, SoyFACE has provided proof of concept that adaptation of crop plants to global change can be achieved in the field. Ort believes that this approach can and needs to be scaled to much larger sizes necessary for conventional selective breeding.\n\nCurrently, only five FACE research facilities exist in the world. SoyFACE is the largest and most expansive in terms of number of global change factors under investigation. Researchers at SoyFACE are assisting in the development of additional FACE experiments in Brazil, India and Australia.\n\n\"FACE technology, coupled with revolutionary genomic tools, can markedly accelerate the breeding cycle,\" Ort said. \"Once we discover the suites of genes that control the optimal response of plants growing in global change conditions, we can screen germplasm collections to narrow down hundreds of thousands of cultivars before testing the best ones in the field.\"\n\nOrt said top priorities of focus include tropical areas that are already food insecure and areas such as the U.S. Corn Belt that produce a large percentage of the world food supply.\n\n\"More research in these areas is critical,\" he said. \"How top-producing areas fare with climate change will be very important in determining global food security for the future.\"\n\nThis research was published in the Annual Review of Plant Biology, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, and Plant Physiology. Researchers include Ort, Stephen Long, and Elizabeth Ainsworth of the U of I, and Xin-Guang Zhu of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences in China. Research was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research.\n\nUniversity of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. \"'Business as usual' crop development won't satisfy future demand, research finds.\" ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 July 2010. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707180930.htm>.\n\nUniversity of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. (2010, July 19). 'Business as usual' crop development won't satisfy future demand, research finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 2, 2015 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707180930.htm\n\nUniversity of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. \"'Business as usual' crop development won't satisfy future demand, research finds.\" ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707180930.htm (accessed August 2, 2015).\n\nJuly 31, 2015 \u0097 Resettlement projects in the Amazon are driving severe tropical deforestation, according to new research. Widely hailed as a socially responsible and 'innocuous' strategy of land redistribution, ... read more\n\nJuly 31, 2015 \u0097 The humble butterfly could hold the key to unlocking new techniques to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient, pioneering new research has shown. By mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by ... read more\n\nJuly 30, 2015 \u0097 China needs to reduce its dependence on coal and improve the range of fuels it uses if it is to have long term energy security, according to new research. The study looks at the future of electricity ... read more\n\nJuly 30, 2015 \u0097 North of the Aleutian Islands, submarine canyons in the cold waters of the eastern Bering Sea contain a highly productive 'green belt' that is home to deep-water corals as ... read more\n\nJuly 30, 2015 \u0097 New findings have implications for questions regarding how animals and plants grow minerals into shapes that have no relation to their original crystal symmetry, and why some ... read more\n\nJuly 30, 2015 \u0097 A new study addresses an important question in climate science: how accurate are climate model projections? Climate models are used to estimate future global warming, and their accuracy can be ... read more\n\nJune 9, 2013 \u0097 An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population -- projected to reach 9 billion by mid-century -- in the face of climate ... read more"}
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-{"text": "Patient Care\n\nAt UC San Francisco, we don\u2019t just treat diseases, we treat individuals. We put our patients\u2019 priorities at the center of our care, and strive for breakthrough discoveries so that we can improve people\u2019s lives.\n\nResearch\n\nUC San Francisco is leading revolutions in health \u2013 and those revolutions often start in the lab. From basic science to clinical research, we are constantly pushing scientific boundaries and earning worldwide recognition for our discoveries.\n\nEducation\n\nAt UC San Francisco, we encourage our students to approach health care issues with critical thinking and a spirit of inquiry. As tomorrow\u2019s health and science leaders in training, UCSF students embody our passion for improving the human condition and pushing health care forward.\n\nSupport UCSF\n\nAs the leading university focused exclusively on health, UC San Francisco is advancing health worldwide. Whether you contribute your time or your money, you are helping to progress knowledge in medicine and drive scientific breakthroughs to create a healthier world.\n\nYou are here\n\nHome > UCSF News Center > UCSF School of Nursing's Doctoral Program in Sociology Celebrates 40 Years\n\nUCSF School of Nursing's Doctoral Program in Sociology Celebrates 40 Years\n\n\u201cI like to refer to this program as The Mouse That Roared,\u201d says Virginia Olesen, professor emerita in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the UCSF School of Nursing. \u201cThis has always been a tiny program \u2013 never more than six or seven faculty. But, my gosh, the contributions\u2026.\u201d\n\nThose contributions include legitimizing the concept of nursing research, establishing today\u2019s most prominent qualitative research methodology and, supplying much of the ammunition informing the most significant public discussions about health and health care over the past half century, from women\u2019s health and health disparities to aging and the impact of science and technology.\n\nThe first sociology faculty member arrived here in 1960, a time when medical sociology was in its infancy. The doctoral program was established in 1968, and in 1972, the program found a home in the newly established Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Last fall, as the doctoral program celebrated its 40th birthday, faculty and alumni gathered to reflect on the program\u2019s history and contemplate where it will go from here.\n\nThe Beginning\n\nIn 1960, UCSF School of Nursing Dean Helen Nahm was determined that graduate programs in nursing would not just prepare nurses for leadership positions in nursing education and service, but also conduct research informed by nurses\u2019 own unique worldview.\n\nAt the time, Anselm Strauss was already emerging as one of sociology\u2019s leading lights, but his focus, medical sociology, was a barely recognized specialty. Strauss, however, seemed to grasp before many others did how profoundly developments in health care after World War II \u2013 among them government money flowing into both physical and mental health services, the rise of employer-based health insurance, and the emergence of what has come to be known as medicalization \u2013 would change not just the thrust of his discipline, but all of American society.\n\nWhen Nahm approached him, Strauss was conducting a study at a Chicago mental institution, exploring aspects of health care that were mostly hidden.\n\nAdele Clarke\n\n\u201cAnselm was studying everyone, looking at the lived experience of the patient on the one hand and issues of professional socialization on the other,\u201d says Adele Clarke, a student of Strauss who has been a faculty member in the department since 1989. \u201cHe was already taking nurses and other health care workers\u2019 contributions seriously. And everyone since then has understood that there are people besides physicians who contribute to healing and health \u2013 even patients themselves and their families.\u201d\n\nNahm had found the right person at the right time. Even as Strauss began to teach graduate nursing students about research fundamentals, he and Nahm secured a number of National Institutes of Health grants, including one that examined the socialization of student nurses and, eventually, one targeted at developing nursing research. Within a couple of years, those grants lured to the School of Nursing people like Olesen, Fred Davis, Barney Glaser, Leonard Schatzman and Egon Bittner, all of whom would make their mark on both nursing and sociology.\n\nCreating the Foundation\n\n\u201cInitially,\u201d says Clarke, \u201cwe focused on the sociology of medical work \u2013 how it was organized and what it accomplished.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe also looked at aspects of health that other programs did not consider, like fitness programs,\u201d says Olesen. \u201cWe took a very broad view.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe program really provided the foundation within our discipline for the study of health and illness,\u201d says Howard Pinderhughes, the current chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.\n\nTwo important constructs characterize that foundation: symbolic interactionism and grounded theory. The former is a sociological theory focused on how people interpret the world around them and act on the basis of those interpretations. The latter turns scientific inquiry on its head. Rather than beginning with a theory and then testing it through research, in the grounded theory method, sociologists substantively study a topic and then develop theories based on the data. Today, says Clarke, grounded theory is the qualitative methodology used most in social science and nursing research.\n\nAs the intellectual foundation took shape \u2013 and the theoretical and methodological approaches expanded \u2013 the institution found new ways to support the work. The UCSF Doctoral Program in Sociology became a permanent fixture in 1968, when an infusion of money from the state to the University of California system enabled the School of Nursing to hire more full-time faculty. Then, when the School of Nursing established departments in 1972, the program found a home in the newly formed Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.\n\nUnderstanding and Shaping Society\n\nThe program\u2019s first mark was on classic medical sociology, including the work of Strauss and his associates on nursing roles and work by Carolyn Wiener on the technologized hospital. Then, in the early \u201970s, with the emergence of the women\u2019s movement, Olesen, Sheryl Ruzek and others began looking at the treatment of women patients, as well as at nurses as undervalued professionals. In 1975, with federal support, the department organized the first social science conference on women\u2019s health in the United States, which Clarke attended.\n\n\u201cGinny and Adele then really spearheaded the link between feminism and women\u2019s health,\u201d says Pinderhughes. Later, Pinderhughes\u2019 own work helped establish violence as a health issue in medical sociology.\n\nDuring the late \u201970s, Carroll Estes, along with Charlene Harrington, Bob Newcomer and Patrick Fox, established a specialty in aging. Through their work and the founding in 1979 of the Institute for Health & Aging, they established UCSF as an international leader in the sociology of aging. That work led almost directly to a new specialty area: health policy. To this day, the program\u2019s research consistently informs policymakers and the public on everything from nursing homes and long-term care to disability, home care, Social Security reform and the social isolation of elders.\n\n\u201cOne of the hallmarks of this department has been the way it established a clear link between scholarship and health policy,\u201d says Pinderhughes. \u201cWe began doing public sociology far ahead of the curve.\u201d\n\nAnother specialty area emerged in the \u201990s, when Clarke and others began to examine the impact of biomedical science and technology on not just health care, but society as a whole. Early work examined brain localization and reproductive sciences; more recent student work has looked at such topics as stem cell research, biomonitoring, Viagra and information technology. Recent faculty efforts include Janet Shim\u2019s work on race and ethnicity in interactions between genes and the environment.\n\nFinally, in the new millennium, faculty began to provide leadership in a newly emerging specialty area: race, health disparities and globalization. Very early student projects in the program included the Latino-Latina health paradox and the Port Chicago disaster. Recent faculty work by Shim looks at epidemiology\u2019s use of racial categories, while Pinderhughes examines health inequalities, and Shari Dworkin examines gender relations, economic empowerment programs and HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa.\n\nA Lasting Contribution\n\n\u201cFrom the beginning, this group has really opened up the ways medical sociologists and social psychologists look at health and illness,\u201d says Olesen.\n\n\u201cAt a time when one of the most important issues is health care reform, part of the legacy of this department is to do cutting-edge research around things like the health care system, the patient\u2019s experience, inequalities and end of life,\u201d says Pinderhughes.\n\nAnd he notes that the impact goes beyond the policymaking arena to social movements such as those that grew up around HIV/AIDS, breast cancer and environmental health. The use of credible research to dispel stigma, affect policy or challenge how a disease is understood has often changed how everyone \u2013 from medical professionals and politicians to employers and family members \u2013 views patients and disease.\n\nThe program also has been a valued training ground for both sociologists and doctorally prepared nurses. \u201cMost of our students find work as medical sociologists, either in government research or in higher education,\u201d says Clarke. \u201cMany have moved on to the best schools to teach, including London School of Economics, Brandeis and McGill.\u201d\n\nDoctorally prepared nurses, many of whom learned their research methods at least in part from the UCSF Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, have gone on to positions of leadership at the finest schools of nursing in the nation.\n\nAll of these accomplishments have occurred in a unique setting: The UCSF Doctoral Program in Sociology is the only one of its kind in a school of nursing.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a very congenial atmosphere,\u201d says Olesen. \u201cIf you look through the dissertations, done over many years, and faculty research, they took a lot of vivacity from being here.\u201d\n\n\u201cI would venture to say that it\u2019s not happenstance that we are at the School of Nursing,\u201d says Pinderhughes. \u201cNursing as a profession focuses on the provision of care versus the provision of medicine, a perspective that naturally values the type of research we conduct. There have been growing pains, but our theoretical stance and methodological grounding have been important parts of the evolution of the PhD program and of research at the School of Nursing. I think the relationship is only going to get stronger.\u201d"}
-{"text": "TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 20, 2014) - Allied Properties REIT (TSX:AP.UN) announced today that the Trustees of the REIT have declared a distribution of $0.1175 per unit for the month of November, 2014, representing $1.41 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be payable on December 15, 2014, to unitholders of record as at November 28, 2014. The REIT has 74,832,829 units issued and outstanding.\n\nAllied Properties REIT is a leading owner, manager and developer of urban office environments that enrich experience and enhance profitability for business tenants operating in Canada's major cities. Its objectives are to provide stable and growing cash distributions to unitholders and to maximize unitholder value through effective management and accretive portfolio growth."}
-{"text": "Gear Check provides casuals with an insight on gear choices, enchantments, and gems for all occasions, as well as basics on how the system works, what your gearscore means, and why you got kicked because you had a iLevel 200 in a ToC raid.\n\nGood God, So Many Gems!\n\nGems can be overwhelming if you simply look for a Jewelcrafting link. Like many other things, you need to know your needs and how to reach them. As a fresh 80 being met with new gear with sockets, gems are a necessity that will visibly improve your DPS, tanking or healing. Each class has certain needs, but not necessarily every need should be gemmed. Before this article will make much sense to you, I advise you first do a bit of research on your class\u2019 needs: great places for that can be found on the Links sidebar.\n\nWrath of the Lich King, in all its splendor, has served to make gear significantly more complicated with the abundance of combat ratings and the different ways statistics affect certain classes. Here to bring some order to the chaos is the intelligent casual, Xicon.\n\nWelcome to the first of my posts about gearing your fresh 80. The early weeks of this blog will be littered with posts similar to these, but eventually they will level out and become relevant to current Azeroth. But for now, I give you these.\n\nGear can look overwhelming when you first see it. That shiny new Tier 8.5 epic piece you saw when you went to the Dalaran blacksmith? The model looks cool, but what\u2019s with all these numbers? And this (0/5)? [/] Blue Socket? What is all this crap? For the answers, look no further than this post. Well, further past the break, but you get the point.\n\nNow I\u2019m sure the first thing you notice when you look at my Armory pages is my fairly weak gear quality. I\u2019m very clearly a casual player. Now those two words seem to set off alarms in the heads of most players these days. They are too often associated with \u201cpoor\u201d and \u201cscrub\u201d. For fairly obvious reasons, naturally \u2013 casual players don\u2019t normally take the time to read forums such as Elitist Jerks to maximize their damage, tanking or healing efficiency. In fact, many of them could hardly make a case for one stat over the other or explain their gear choices. A new day is dawning, however. And that day is the day when casuals will finally understand what things mean, how all these numbers affect that number under \u201cRecount \u2013 DPS for Overall Data\u201d or how this talent makes that boss attack you and only you.\n\nThat day is not today, however. Until then, I\u2019m here to fill the void."}
-{"text": "Follow Us\n\nMore\n\n8 Myths That Are Actually True (And 8 That Are Complete Garbage)\n\nHuman history is benchmarked by myth and legend. True or false, many have endured and have today become the backbone for our most popular books and films. After all, one of the major differences between us and other animals is an ability to bring imagination to life.\n\nSometimes, however, as we will see, the myths are complete BS! They have been handed down to each generation with increasingly exaggerated plotlines but no sense of reality. Still, they reach us today through the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen and the books of Tolkien.\n\nPast cultures more readily believed in the unseen and the unusual. The Victorians, for example, had a fascination with fairies, the Romans with material-linked gods and the ancient Greeks with monsters like the cyclops and minotaur.\n\nWe\u2019re more hardwired to reality these days and put a lot of effort into finding answers rather than settling for the unanswered. Plus, with our advancements in science and technology, we're often too quick to dismiss a 'myth' for the sake of it.\n\nThere are, however, some myths that warrant a closer inspection \u2013 those that appear to be based on hard facts rather than folklore, and those that allude to a truth. Here are 16 myths -- both true and false -- that could do with some closer investigation.\n\n16 Chinese Gollum Takes A Moment (FAKE)\n\nBack in 2014, British newspaper The Independent ran a story of a potential sighting of a Gollum-type creature. The beast was spotted in a narrow valley in a wooded area close to Beijing known for its supernatural essence. However, this was the first time something had been filmed. The photos were caught by a tourist from China, who was said to have \u201chad an encounter with a 'monster' with human-like form but enormous ears\u201d (The Independent, 2014).\n\nHowever, on closer inspection, the creature looked too much like Gollum to be real. While the photographer was certain of what he saw, there's another side to the story. Several weeks later, a Chinese film crew admitted that they had gone into the same forest to film a short Sci-Fi film and that one of his cast had been dressed in a Gollum-esque outfit. He had gone down to the stream to relieve himself!\n\n15 Yeti And Bigfoot (TRUE)\n\nWhere Bigfoot and the Yeti are concerned, there is proof of their existence. Many eyewitnesses have reported first-hand encounters over the years, and it's hardly surprising, given the expanse of woodland in both the USA and Russia, that large hominid apes are living and breeding.\n\nA recent sighting of the Bigfoot comes from Rhinebeck, N.Y., where a young man was driving in the early evening. He caught sight of a plastic bag on the road, so he stopped to pick it up. Finding nothing much of note in the bag, he drove off but as he did, he saw behind him a large figure lifting the bag from the road. He said it was \"something walking on two feet\" about 50 feet away. He described the creature as being between 7 and 7.5 feet tall, covered with black hair, and had \"arms that swung in an exaggerated fashion and palms that faced upwards\u201d (Animal Planet, 2017).\n\n14 Fairy In A Jar (FAKE)\n\nIn 2011, unemployed bricklayer Jose Maldonado was farming guavas when he saw a small object on the ground in front of him. The object was said to be emitting a light. He knelt down and, thinking it was a firefly, picked up the object. He realized he was holding a fairy just like Tinkerbell in the Peter Pan novels. He placed the fairy in a jar before preserving her in formaldehyde.\n\nHe now exhibits his find to interested people and charges them money for a chance to see the jar. According to online magazine The Mary Sue, Maldonado has been visited by thousands of people hoping to catch a glimpse of his fairy. However, it's clear to some that all Maldonado has done is pop a small plastic figurine into a jar.\n\n13 Chupacabra Takes Vacation (TRUE)\n\nThe legend of the Chupacabra started in 1995 in Puerto Rico after scores of farm animals were discovered gorged of their blood. Initial suggestions were that the animals had been attacked by a satanic cult, but when similar reports were heard across South and Central America, people began to fear the attacks were by an unknown creature.\n\nSightings over the next few years confirmed that the animal was unlike anything classified in textbooks. The description of the Chupacabra most commonly seen is of a \"reptile-like creature, [said to have leathery or scaly greenish-gray skin and sharp spines or quills running down its back,\" according to \u201cChupacabras Biography,\" 2007. Recently the Mail Online ran a story of a sighting of a similar beast in Portugal. The footage was caught on an amateur video.\n\n12 The Mothman Cometh (TRUE)\n\nAlthough there's a question of the credibility of this next story, the number of sightings of a cryptid called Mothman in and around West Virginia surely warrants more investigation. The first sightings of the Mothman began in 1966 in the area of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. These were the first of a long run of sightings up to the present day. Typically, the Mothman flies alongside cars traveling along a freeway. It is said to be a large humanoid figure with a large wingspan and glowing eyes.\n\nOne group of witnesses recall seeing the Mothman flying behind their car at speeds of up to 100mph almost as if it was giving chase. The creature is also seen prior to or after disasters, leading some to speculate that it's also a powerful omen of death or serious injury. According to online zone exemplore.com in 2017, \u201cMothman sightings continued until the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant on December 15th, 1967.\u201d\n\n11 Loch Ness Monster Plastic (FAKE)\n\nThe mystery of the Loch Ness monster had been ongoing since 1934 when a picture of what looks like an aquatic dinosaur surfacing in the loch was snapped by a local resident. After the picture made the news, a group of scholars decided to do an investigation of the loch. Although they didn\u2019t have the hi-tech equipment available to modern-day teams, they took hundreds of photos but concluded that any surfacing creature was probably a seal and that the photograph was faked.\n\nThe monster affectionately known as Nessie was great for tourism, but despite many searches, there have been no conclusive sightings. A sonar sweep of the loch in the 1950s located a large object keeping pace with the vessel at a depth of 146 meters before contact was lost. And a recent picture taken by boat skipper George Edwards in 2011 was later admitted to have been faked \u2013 by the photographer himself!\n\n10 Dinosaurs Forever (TRUE)\n\nThough dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago after a giant asteroid hit the earth, it hasn\u2019t stopped people imagining that they could be recreated through genomic technology. However, their DNA was also wiped out in the disaster (despite the Jurassic Park license), which prevents any strand of genetic material being used to aid rehabilitation. However, some people believe that still in existence in certain parts of Africa are sauropods, stegosaurs, and ceratopsians.\n\nIndigenous tribes have often reported to explorers the presence of large unknown animals. The descriptions lend themselves to a dinosaur appearance. Some critics have suggested that these accounts are fallible because the tribes don't know the Western names for certain species. However, when shown pictures of indigenous species, they're able to identify those readily.\n\n9 Crop Circles End (FALSE)\n\nCrop circles came about in the 1970s when a glut of perfectly formed and intricate geometric patterns started appearing in fields across England and the rest of the world. There was a mystery surrounding them because observers believed that such designs couldn't be made by humans. It was therefore concluded that aliens had made the imprints and were using them as a way to communicate.\n\nAlthough we shall see that aliens have visited earth, it wasn\u2019t to draw on wheat. The crop circles were admitted fake by many of the artists who designed them\u2026 some of whom were arrested for destruction of farm crops. After all, the major drawback of these circles -- while nice to look at -- was the flattening of crops and the effect on its value in food markets.\n\n8 Beast Of Bodmin (FAKE)\n\nWith sightings of a beast increasing in the late 1970s, Bodmin Moor in the south west of England became a feared place to venture. The rumors continued for years, with reports of sightings and the mutilation of livestock. After Mary Chipperfield's Plymouth zoo closed in 1978, the beast started to appear soon after three of her pumas were released into the wild. Subsequent sightings of these animals helped fuel local fear.\n\nIn 1995, the British government conducted a secret investigation of the myth and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food input \u00a384,000 for the investigation. The six-month probe revealed that the creature was, in fact, an unusually large domestic cat. Central to the examination were a series of surveillance details and multiple staged reconstructions of the creature\u2019s behavior. Photographic and video evidence were also used, according to The Sun in 1995.\n\n7 Alien Visitations (TRUE)\n\nNASA has often implied the presence of alien life but has never admitted it. Conspiracy theories about how pictures from lunar missions were doctored to hide alien images abound to this day. With SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) regularly announcing that they encounter anomalous readings from unknown stellar sources, the thought of alien contact is never far from our minds.\n\nA recent article in Newsweek quotes Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator of NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate who told the House Committee on Science in 2017: \u201cTaking into account all of the different activities and missions that are specifically searching for evidence of alien life, we are on the verge of making one of the most profound, unprecedented discoveries in history.\u201d With many other life-sustaining planets being found (around one a week) the chances of making contact with alien life are high.\n\n6 The Mummy\u2019s Curse (FAKE)\n\nWhile there is much to be said against disturbing the resting place of any human, the likelihood of a curse befalling anyone intrinsic to that process is remote. Howard Carter, the explorer who unearthed the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 lived to an old age and died of natural causes.\n\nThe curse of the mummy is said to stem from a time around two decades after the discovery, with films depicting ransack of the tombs of the great Egyptian warriors. But prior to Carter\u2019s expedition, the Victorians regularly exhibited actual mummies on stage, unwrapping them in front of audiences. Egyptologist Dominic Montserrat believed that a well-enacted stage show in which real Egyptian mummies were unwrapped would naturally have inspired writers of the time to imagine the concept of the mummy\u2019s revenge.\n\n5 Cyclops Skulls (FAKE)\n\nBack in ancient Greece (800 B.C. to 500 B.C.), a myth was the beating heart of a story. There are books written by Homer that are still used today as templates for modern movies. These narratives are thought to be the bedrock of human plotlines. The power of imagination has not waned since.\n\nThe ancient Greeks found fossils on the rocks around their shores, including a fossil of a primitive elephant-type creature called Deinotherium. The Greeks mistook the nasal aperture of the skull for an eye socket (having not seen elephants, they didn't know that it had a central trunk). Thus, they concluded that the central hole in the skull could only have been of an eye. This gave rise to the myth that the cyclops used to roam the land and perhaps still do. Homer, in his Odysseus Epic, writes of the cyclops.\n\n4 Mongolian Death Worm (TRUE)\n\nThere are many creatures we are yet to find. Some live underground, some in water, and others are too small to be noticed without years of exploration. New species are always being classified. The Mongolian Death Worm is meant to exist in the Gobi desert. The creature first came to the attention of Westerners in 1926 because of Roy Chapman Andrews's book On the Trail of Ancient Man after his travels to the Far East. Although he was skeptical, he was certain the locals knew of this creature because of the way in which they described it in minute detail.\n\nThe large worm is said to spew formic acid from its mouth in order to paralyze its prey. The venom is so powerful that it can kill a human being. It can also disable nearby prey by emitting a powerful electrical discharge. A joint expedition in 2005 by the Centre for Fortean Zoology visited the Gobi desert to investigate new local sightings of the creature.\n\n3 Mermaids Not So Cute (TRUE)\n\nIt was often reported by sailors returning to land that mermaids had been spotted on a voyage. But they were not the kind and sultry creatures that Disney wrote about. Mermaid folklore labeled them as sirens, luring men to their deaths, stealing treasure, and even sinking whole ships. Many of these sightings were dismissed as the result of hallucinations of sailors after months at sea, starved of female company.\n\nHowever, scholars who follow the Aquatic Ape Theory haven't ruled out the possibility of an evolutionary throwback that could manifest as a mermaid. The AAT foments the theory that the ancestors of modern humans were more like aquatic mammals. As such, it's likely that as with similar genetic reversals found in the animal kingdom, an aquatic ape-like creature might exist if only in small numbers or in remote corners of the globe.\n\n2 The Kelpie Crock (FAKE)\n\nA Kelpie is a water spirit that's meant to frequent the water courses of Scotland and Ireland. It appears as a horse at times but can shapeshift and sometimes adopts a human form. Poet Robert Burns believed the Kelpie to be connected in some way to Satan, but the common belief is that it's benevolent, possibly offering guidance to travelers. It's been depicted in countless classic pieces of literature and has even had statues erected in its honor.\n\nThe myth of the kelpie was originally born from the folklore of the time that warded children from the dangers of being too near deep water. It's a prime example of how such long-standing tradition can last for hundreds of years in the minds of parents and their children and their children. According to history-uk.com, \u201cFalkirk in Scotland is home to The Kelpies, the largest equine sculpture in the world.\u201d\n\n1 Werewolves Rule (TRUE)\n\nWerewolves are a part of many works of fiction, even used as the basis for the characters in the Twilight saga. It's believed that the creature is a mere figment of the imagination; however, reports from recent witnesses have cast doubt on whether it's just a fictional character. In 1936, 1964, 1972, and 1989, several residents of the State of Wisconsin have reported werewolf sightings.\n\nOne of the most written about occurred in 1999 near the town of Elkhorn. A young woman was driving at night when her car ran over something on the road. The woman got out of the car to see what it was she had hit but found nothing. Within a matter of moments, she saw a large wolf-like creature with oddly shaped hind legs and a large human upper torso rushing towards her. She managed to get back into her car and drive off to report the sighting to authorities. Since then, several other sightings have heightened tension in the area."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: Salary Cap\n\nStephen and Josh bring all their discussions they have every day to the studio and talk all things Australian football and the many issues facing it. A multitude of topics are covered ranging from squad sizes and makeup, salary cap, youth league, expansion, promotion/relegation, transfers, and most importantly the fans."}
-{"text": "Categories\n\nEVENTS\n\nSupport \u201cred-clothed\u201d women of Marivan\n\nFitna \u2013 Movement for Women\u2019s Liberation Press Release\n\nOn Monday 15 April 2013, the Islamic regime of Iran\u2019s security forces paraded a man dressed in women\u2019s clothing and a hejab on the streets of Marivan, Iranian Kurdistan in order to punish and humiliate him. A judge had sentenced three men from two feuding families to be \u201chumiliated\u201d by wearing women\u2019s clothing in public.\n\nThe regime\u2019s anti-women laws mean that women are seen to be the source of fitnah, corruption and harm; the greatest humiliation that can be bestowed on a man is to have him dressed as a woman!\n\nOn Tuesday, red-clothed women started a protest and called on others to join. 400 men and women joined in a march throughout the city. The police arrested some of the protesters; all of whom were subsequently released.\n\nOn Friday 19 April, there was another public protest, in which there were banners saying:\n\n\u201cBeing a woman is not a source of humiliation or punishment\u201d.\n\nMany of the protesting women are wearing red. The protests are gaining prominence in Iran and elsewhere.\n\nOn Monday 21 April, there was a gathering in Iraqi Kurdistan is support of this move. Petitions are being circulated in towns and villages in Iran in support of the \u201cred-clothed\u201d women.\n\nAlso, over the past few days, men from the region and abroad have begun to publish photos of themselves wearing women\u2019s clothing as a form of protest and declaring that being a woman is not shameful.\n\nAs Maryam, one of the campaigners from Marivan, Iran says:\n\n\u201cOur protest is against misogyny and the humiliation of women but also against parading men in this way and the humiliation of human dignity. We ask the people of the world to support and defend us\u201d.\n\nFitnah-Movement for Women\u2019s Liberation wholeheartedly defends this protest, has initiated a campaign in their defence, and is calling for 27 April 2013 to be an international day to defend the \u201cred-clothed\u201d women of Marivan.\n\nLike this:\n\nComments\n\nMy answer to this that when the shoe is on the other foot, the men move\u2026Helloooooooooooooooooo, where are same men ( without cojones) when women are stoned for being victims of rape, of abuse of the worst crimes?This has been going on for centuries..The same in Judaism and Christianity to a lesser extent but still.Time to rethink Theocracy and secularize all Governments. Religion should remain in the private arena where it belongs. When it permeates the Government, you have Nazism.\nAnd once again, to all of you misogynist men, there is no human life on this planet without women\u2026Mind you that might not be such a bad thing because there are too many of us and we are multiplying to oblivion and thus destroying the very womb of mother earth.\nInstead of black, I would incite all women to wear red all the time or very bright colours."}
-{"text": "Dark Matter, the indie game accused by customers of releasing unfinished last week, has been pulled off of Steam until it gets a proper ending, and Steam users say they're getting refunds if they ask for them. \u00bb10/22/13 12:15pm 10/22/13 12:15pm\n\nA jolting conclusion awaits anyone who bought Dark Matter, an indie game released two days ago on Steam. About four hours in, gamers were abruptly slapped with a wall of text signifying the end of the game. The game's maker says the hard stop is because the studio's Kickstarter failed and they ran out of money. \u00bb10/19/13 4:30pm 10/19/13 4:30pm"}
-{"text": "Looking Up: Look for the lovely star Fomalhaut\n\nBy Peter Becker More Content Now\n\nFriday\n\nOct 12, 2018 at 12:43 PMOct 12, 2018 at 12:43 PM\n\nThe other night I was out for a walk with my wife, and as usual, I was pointing a few stars and planets along the way. I was delighted to see another return of a familiar star, Fomalhaut, shining bright low in the southeast.\n\nIt\u2019s easy to see since the autumn evening sky is not dominated by many very bright stars. This season, however, the reddish planet Mars is still glowing quite bright (not as bright as it was this past summer). Around 9 p.m., Mars is in the southern sky. Look to the left, and further down in the southeast for the bright blue-white star, Fomalhaut.\n\nFomalhaut glows at magnitude +1.3. Among the brightest stars, it seems especially bright because it contrasts with the otherwise rather dim field of stars in this part of the heavens. It is also called Alpha Pisces Austrini, the brightest star in the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern Fish. The outline of this constellation usually places Fomalhaut as the fish\u2019s eye.The star is about 25 light years away; starlight you see tonight left Fomalhaut in 1993.\n\nIn 2008, Fomalhaut became the first star with a planet that was actually photographed. Seen as a speck of light by the Hubble Space Telescope, the planet appears between rings of dust encircling the star. The planet is estimated to take 2,000 years to circle Fomalhaut, in a wide ellipse.\n\nIn addition to the dust rings and planet(s), Fomalhaut has been determined to have two faint stellar companions in what is the most spread apart triple star system known. The third star, which was previously known, was found to be gravitationally bound to Fomalhaut. It is so far from the main star that as seen from Earth, they are separated by 5.5 degrees - just over the span between the \"front\" stars of the bowl of the Big Dipper.\n\nAbove, or north of Fomalhaut is the \"water jug\" of the constellation Aquarius.\n\nFirst quarter Moon is on October 16.\n\nKeep looking up!\n\n\u00ad\u2014 Peter Becker is Managing Editor at The News Eagle in Hawley, PA. Notes are welcome at news@neagle.com. Please mention in what newspaper or web site you read this column.\n\nSubscribe\n\nOnline Services\n\nOriginal content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted.\nBoston Homes - The Complete Guide ~ 254 Second Ave, Needham, MA 02494 ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service"}
-{"text": "Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nI'm using ZAP 5.1.033.000 on WinXPSP2.\nA simple firewall is my preference.\nLately, when I click on MoreInfo inside the Alert popup, I get the fwalerts.zonealarm.com page with an error. &quot;Sorry, Smart Defense Advisor is unable to service your request at this time.&quot;\nIs the website down, or has this service been dropped?\nI've tried resetting the Data Base.\nI'd appreciate your feedback.\nThanks,\nRuthie\n\nRe: Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nRuthie,\nWhat browser are you using? It failed for me as well.\nBy way of experiment, could you try this link please. It's for specific LinkScanner module which I just set to &quot;?&quot; in order to trigger the alert.\n\nI use ZASS 6.1. I've made lots of changes to my computer since last use of Smart Advisor so I don't know which part failed, but it did. I tried the LinkScanner trigger, it didn't work. I use Opera.\nThen I just opened IE and didn't really use it. Clicking Smart Advisor activated Opera and took me immediately to the above link.\n\nAs you see I have no answer but just a hunch that browsers other than IE might not work now for some reason. Of course if you answer that you use IE, then it'll be a different story.\n\nRe: Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nThanks for the reply.\nI'm using IE6Sp1.\nSmart Defense Advisor is still not working for Internet Alerts.\nIt does work for most Program Alerts.\nIt won't go to the fwalerts site, except to show that error page, sorry, and all that.\nIt did work with that link you posted, even the Hacker ID.\nI let my subscription run out when I used 98SE, and stayed with 4.5.594 for a couple years.\nI'm using XPSP2 now, so I bought a new subscription and downloaded the 5.1.033 last week.\nI overinstalled it, and it went smoothly, except that the fwalerts page gives the error page instead of the Advisor. I was getting everything but Hacker ID with the 4x version, after the subscription ran out.\nXP has me a bit antsy, with so many requests to access the internet, and I'd really like to have that Smart Defense Advisor for a while, to see where they connect to.\nThen I'll probably turn alerts off like I did with the other one.\nIf it's not working for you either, I guess the site is just having problems, lots, apparently.\nThanks again.\nRuthie\n\nRe: Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nThanks for the advice.\nSo far, I've reset the Database, no joy.\nToday, I did a clean uninstall and re-installed, no joy.\nI'm getting the Advisor when I get Program Alerts, most of the time.\nNot always.\nStill no luck with Firewall Alerts.\nWhen I click More Info, all I get is the fwalerts.zonealarm.com/error/error page/etc.\nThe message is &quot;Sorry, Smart Defense Advisor cannot service your request at this time.&quot;\nI think I'm ready to try the 5.5.094.\nI must have gotten a corrupted download.\nI'll let you all know the results.\nThanks again,\nRuthie\n\nRe: Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nHello again, Oldsod,\nIE is set as the Default browser.\nNo other security or privacy programs run in the background.\nI have always used ZAP for managing Cookies, Ad and\nPopup blocking and Mobile Code control.\nI always allow everything on the ZA website and Smart Defense Advisor pages, also.\nI checked IE privacy and security settings, and they're all unchanged.\nThere's nothing in the Hosts file.\nEZTrust AV doesn't have any security settings.\nI did disable it before I installed.\n\nI must have gotten a bad download.\nIt wouldn't be the first time that's happened with XP.\nI'm beginning to get nostalgic about my good old 98SE again.\nNever had this kind of trouble with it.\nThanks again for the help.\nRuthie\n\nRe: Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nOldsod, if this is off-topic or too irrelevant, please delete. I'm posting only because it might shed some light on things, but it's all very confusing while using ZA-Free 6.1 on XP.\n\n(1) Firewall alerts: definitely cannot get to smart advice. All I get is the local file - see point (2)\n\n(2) Program alerts: are being redirected.\nFirst, it wants to do file://localhost/C:/DOCUME~1/owner/LOCALS~1/Temp//zlt~00.html. No I do not redirect it to loopback. This makes no sense at all.\nThen, if I open IE, and just let it sit there, I get this in Opera:\n--------------\n&quot;&quot;This document you requested has moved temporarily.\n\nRe: Smart Defense Advisor not working\n\nHi\n\nI'm surprised the ZA Free has even a Smart Advisor for Alerts. I had thought that was part of the subscription service.\n\nOK I'll admit it- I never use the Smart Defense Advisor. Google is my pal and the Process Explorer/AutoRuns are my other friends. Plus I know what is always happening in the PC via the regular check-ups in the Task Manager.\n\nSo I had to find out and try it after all. So it is a good thing that zasuiteuser posted again! Because I found out the ZA AS 6.1.744.001 did go to ..\n\nin the PC's default browser (the windows Internet Explorer 7) and it worked ONLY after hitting the Allow button in the Alert. And it just froze when the Allow (and I suspect the Deny as well) was if it is not used. It does seem that a personal decision is made first and then the ZA will use the second opinion. But I could be wrong. Oh well the database reset to get the Alerts started was useful after all- the ZA did need a good cleaning anyways."}
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-{"text": "Used Sundown SA-12 D4\n\nItem(s) for Sale: x1 Used Sundown SA-12 D4 Subwoofer\n\nItem(s) Description/Condition:\nUsed and shows it upon inspection but still in flawless functioning / mechanical condition. Bottom of motor is scratched up & a lil rusty, and there is 1 small rub mark on the surround - Neither of which affect performance or output at all. Coil is still bright and shiny\n\nItem Pictures: (List pictures in this section, 1st picture should be your username/date if you have less than 10 positive feedbacks with the i-Trader system or less than 10 references that you have sold to in the past. (These must be listed in your signature, or a link provided to a feedback thread listing these references)). NIHL8ION\n\nRe: Used Sundown SA-12 D4\n\nREPOST: - My enclosure is also up for grabs as well - Here are the details & pics (It's a PWK blueprint Enclosure, Built by mlstrass with my custom touches added)\n\nSingle 12\" enclosure that was designed for the Sundown X, but I ran an SA-12 D4 in it @ 2 ohms off of my DCA2500.1 (Set gain with DMM to around 800 rms at first and then at about 950 rms and left it like that for about a year in the trunk of my GP daily) - Sounded really good, I'm doing a new build so this mint enclosure is going up for sale - All sub screw mount holes were pre-drilled and there is only 1 set of mounting screw holes in this enclosure that all hold Tight... I'll let this go for $250 local pickup, $350 local pickup loaded with an SA-12 D4 sub (Quotes for this build WITHOUT the flush mount logo, splatter port paint, and carpeting were all well over my asking price for a pristine finished product) - Hit me up if you're interested\n\nRe: Used Sundown SA-12 D4\n\nOriginally Posted by jeffdachef\n\nthese are ridiculous prices man. undercutting every Sundown SA 12 deal out there lol GLWS not that you need it lol!\n\nTY sir I'm smack in the middle of a totally different build now so this stuff's gotta go, I LOVE this enclosure - PICS do NOT do it any justice - mlstrass really did do a kick azz job building this enclosure for me and a lot of my own thoughts and style went into the finished product that you see in the pics... I hate to see it go, but I'd love 2 see it make another fellow basshead happy"}
-{"text": "Vampire Academy tells the legend of Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) and Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry), two 17-year-old girls who attend a hidden boarding school for Moroi (mortal, peaceful Vampires) and Dhampirs (half-vampire/half-human guardians). Rose, a rebellious Guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa - a royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St.Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Thrust back into the perils of Moroi Society and high school, Lissa struggles to reclaim her status while Rose trains with her mentor and love-interest, Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky), to guarantee her place as Lissa's guardian. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.\n\nThe original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as\u2026 more\n\nThe original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.\n\nChris Pratt stars as the voice of Emmet. Will Ferrell stars as the voice of his primary adversary, President Business, an erudite, anal-retentive CEO who has a hard time balancing world domination with micro-managing his own life; while Liam Neeson voices the president\u2019s powerful henchman, known as Bad Cop, who will stop at nothing to catch Emmet.\n\nStarring as Emmet\u2019s fellow travelers are Morgan Freeman, as Vitruvius, an old mystic; Elizabeth Banks, as tough-as-nails Lucy, who mistakes Emmet for the savior of the world and guides him on his quest; Will Arnett, as the mysterious Batman, a LEGO minifigure with whom Lucy shares a history; Nick Offerman as a craggy, swaggering pirate obsessed with revenge on President Business; and Alison Brie as a sweet, loveable member of the team, with a powerful secret.\n\nBased on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon\u2026 more\n\nBased on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements.\n\nThis comedy follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged\u2026 more\n\nThis comedy follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild goes horribly wrong. Now Chris and his co-workers must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive!\n\nFollows LA playboy Dean (Skylar Astin) who is fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships and realizes that he wants something more out of li\u2026 more\n\nFollows LA playboy Dean (Skylar Astin) who is fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships and realizes that he wants something more out of life than just a party. With a little inspiration from his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess (Camilla Belle), Dean decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time - which proves to be much more difficult than he thought in modern-day Los Angeles.\n\nWhen brokenhearted Stan (Michael Stahl-David) flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of \"accidentally\" running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy (Ashley\u2026 more\n\nWhen brokenhearted Stan (Michael Stahl-David) flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of \"accidentally\" running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy (Ashley Bell), he arrives to find their best friends Jeff (Zach Cregger) and Kara (Sara Paxton) in the middle of their own vicious breakup. Before too long, battle lines are drawn \u2013 and with the Air Sex World Championships in town, anything can go down.\n\nFollows an awkward but loveable young woman who is mistaken for her dead \"perfect\" identical twin, and seizes the chance to masquerade as her sister\u2026 more\n\nFollows an awkward but loveable young woman who is mistaken for her dead \"perfect\" identical twin, and seizes the chance to masquerade as her sister. But when she falls in love with her twin\u2019s next door neighbor, she finds herself wanting to live her own imperfect life, and have the truth come out.\n\n1975. In Rome, Claude Lanzmann filmed a series of interviews with Benjamin Murmelstein, the last President of the Jewish Council in the Theresienstadt\u2026 more\n\n1975. In Rome, Claude Lanzmann filmed a series of interviews with Benjamin Murmelstein, the last President of the Jewish Council in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia, the only \"Elder of the Jews\" not to have been killed during the war. A rabbi in Vienna, following the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938, Murmelstein fought bitterly with Adolf Eichmann, week after week for seven years, managing to help around 121,000 Jews leave the country, and preventing the liquidation of the ghetto.\n\n2012. Claude Lanzmann, at 87 \u2013 without masking anything of the passage of time on men, but showing the incredible permanence of the locations involved \u2013exhumes these interviews shot in Rome, returning to Theresienstadt, the town \u201cgiven to the Jews by Hitler\u201d, a so-called model ghetto, but a ghetto of deceit chosen by Adolf Eichmann to dupe the world. We discover the extraordinary personality of Benjamin Murmelstein: a man blessed with a dazzling intelligence and a true courage, which, along with an unrivaled memory, makes him a wonderfully wry, sardonic and authentic storyteller.\n\nThrough these three periods, from Nisko in Poland to Theresienstadt, and from Vienna to Rome, the film provides an unprecedented insight into the genesis of the Final Solution. It reveals the true face of Eichmann, and exposes without artifice the savage contradictions of the Jewish Councils."}
-{"text": "With over 50 specially crafted guided questions organized into sections about your toddler\u2019s dreams, imagination, thoughts and favorite things, find out & ask what if you could be a superhero, find out what\u2019s really on their mind and how they view the world. Record their answers into this book for a keepsake that will be treasured for a lifetime.\n\nIf you need more room to write \u2013 look for the accompanying journal we have created for you to write down even more memories and special moments of your child."}
-{"text": "Most Read\n\nMaking the grade\n\nTrematon Capital brings new private school brand to SA\n\nEducation appears to be a red-hot sector on the JSE at the moment, but investment company Trematon Capital won\u2019t pursue a JSE listing before building critical mass\n\n03 May 2017 - 08:05\nMarc Hasenfuss\n\nEducation appears to be a red-hot sector on the JSE at the moment, but investment company Trematon Capital is not going to push forward the timetable for listing its Generation Education private schools subsidiary.\n\nDespite an encouraging start, indications are that Trematon will build critical mass before mulling an exercise to float the fledgling business on the JSE.\n\nPembury Lifestyle Group \u2014 which offers no-frills, low-fee private education \u2014 listed on the JSE last month, and Curro is set to unbundle its tertiary education subsidiary, Stadio Holdings, later this year.\n\nIn its half-year to end-February results, Trematon reported \"pleasing growth\" from Generation, with its first school in Sunningdale (near Milnerton in Cape Town) oversubscribed.\n\nRevenue was up almost fourfold to R8.5m, which was whittled down by start-up and development costs to a pretax loss of R1.7m. But the value of Generation\u2019s assets doubled to R47m.\n\nTrematon CEO Arnold Shapiro says the school\u2019s capacity is being increased from 250 students to 480 students. A second operational site in Hermanus was acquired last year and converted to a Generation Education school in January.\n\nShapiro says phase one of the expansion of the school is already under way. \"When completed, the school will have capacity for 255 learners with a possible further expansion to 500 learners.\"\n\nHe says two additional sites have been purchased \u2014 one an operational school in Melkbos that will be rebranded, and a second site in Noordhoek, which is subject to a rezoning application.\n\nHe confirms further sites are in various stages of investigation and negotiation. The land banking function, which is critical to private school roll-outs, is helped by the fact that Trematon\u2019s main investment expertise lies in property.\n\nShapiro points out that Generation schools, which are based on Montessori teaching principles, do not require huge outlay and can be developed fairly quickly.\n\nHe says Trematon would be disappointed if Generation could not double the number of schools in operation by the end of the 2019 financial year."}
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-{"text": "Fletcher in the News\n\nProfessor Moomaw Discusses Leaked UN Report and Climate Change\n\nIn a leaked climate report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) \u2014 a United Nations scientific body that makes definitive assessments on climate change \u2014 has determined with 95 percent certainty that humans are responsible for global warming.\n\nThe report also increased its estimate for sea level rise, as a result of the warming planet.\n\nThe final report is due to come out in September. A draft was leaked over the weekend.\n\nJEREMY HOBSON, HOST:\n\nIt's HERE AND NOW. And it was not supposed to be released until next month, but the leaks are coming out about a big United Nations report on climate change. It says human activity is almost certainly the cause of climate change and that rising temperatures are to blame for warming ocean waters, the melting of Arctic ice and sea level rise. The report says that sea levels worldwide could rise by three feet by the year 2100. To help us understand what we know about the report and its significance, we're joined by William Moomaw, a professor of international environmental policy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He was a lead author on previous climate change reports, and he's with us now from Williamstown, Massachusetts. Professor Moomaw, welcome.\n\nWILLIAM MOOMAW: Thank you for having me.\n\nHOBSON: Well, so the leaked draft of this U.N. report says that it is now 95 percent certain that climate change is caused by human activity. The last report in 2007 said it was just 90 percent certain that this was being caused by humans. How big of a difference is that? Does it matter?\n\nMOOMAW: Well, the scientists are never willing to say something as absolutely certain, so they always put some kind of probability on it. And I remember when the early report said it is possible that humans are causing climate change, and then it went to it is as likely as not and then - and so on and so forth. It's been strengthened over time. And in 2000 it was decided to put some kind of a numerical number on it. So the difference between 90 and 95 percent may not seem like much, but to scientists saying 95 percent puts it within a range that they feel comfortable as saying, yup, it's happening.\n\nHOBSON: Yet the leaked draft does backtrack from the previous report as far as the projected minimum temperature the planet could warm if carbon dioxide levels double. The previous report used a minimum of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The new draft says 2.7 degrees. What's the difference there?\n\nMOOMAW: It's a small difference, and in fact the 2.7 degree number was the number that was used for all the reports prior to the 2007 report. So it's basically going back to where we were before. Remember that the upper range, the upper estimate is still the same, eight degree Fahrenheit. So that hasn't changed."}
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-{"text": "Antioxidants and Aging\n\nModern medicine has helped mankind greatly extend our lifespan, but what about our \u201chealthspan\u201d? Aging is often associated with major degenerative diseases and loss of physical and mental functioning. As the saying goes: \u201cAging isn\u2019t for sissies\u201d. But, what if you could live healthy into your 80s and 90s? What if you had the health to truly enjoy the wisdom that comes with your years of experience? In this article we will explore antioxidants and aging.\n\nWhile healthy aging is a very personal issue for all of us in our golden years, it is a very important societal issue as well. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 more than 1/3 of the population of developed countries will be over 60. Unless we can find a way to preserve the health of these older adults, health care costs will bankrupt even the richest of countries.\n\nThis study was a follow-up to the \u201cSupplementation With Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals\u201d study that was conducted in France during 1994-2002. That was a double blind, placebo controlled study in which participants were given either a placebo or a supplement containing 120 mg of vitamin C, 6 mg of beta-carotene, 30 mg of vitamin E, 100 ug of selenium, and 20 mg of zinc every day for an eight-year period. These nutrient levels were designed to be equivalent to the quantities provided by a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables.\n\nThe follow-up study was conducted approximately 5 years later with 3,996 of the original participants. The investigators specifically selected participants who were disease free when they entered the original study. These study participants were equally divided between men and women and had an average age of 65.3 years.\n\nThe participants were put through a battery of screens and assigned a \u201chealthy aging score\u201d based on:\n\nAbsence of cancer, heart disease and diabetes\n\nGood physical and cognitive function\n\nNo limitations in activities associated with daily living\n\nNo depressive symptoms\n\nNo health-related limitations in social life\n\nGood overall perceived health\n\nNo function-limiting pain\n\nIn short those participants with a high healthy aging score had good health and good quality of life.\n\nAre Antioxidants the Secret to Healthy Aging?\n\nWhen the investigators looked at the group as a whole, the results were pretty discouraging:\n\nAntioxidant supplementation provided no significant benefit to the population as a whole.\n\nAntioxidant supplementation also provided no significant benefit to the women in the group.\n\nHowever, when they looked at subgroups, the results were much more encouraging:\n\nAntioxidant supplementation increased the probability of healthy aging by 18% for the men in the study.\n\nFor those participants with low serum vitamin C levels at the beginning of the study antioxidant supplementation increased the probability of healthy aging by 28%\n\nFor those participants with low serum zinc levels at the beginning of the study antioxidant supplementation increased the probability of healthy aging by 26%\n\nFor those participants consuming very few fruits and vegetables at the beginning of the study, antioxidant supplementation increased the probability of healthy aging by 17%\n\nThe conflicting results for men and women were puzzling, but the investigators pointed out that very few women had low serum vitamin C status at the beginning of the study, while 25% of the men had low serum vitamin C levels at the beginning of the study. The investigators speculated that supplementation may have been less effective in women simply because they had better diets than the men in the study. That certainly wouldn\u2019t surprise me.\n\nWhat Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of This Study?\n\nLet\u2019s start with the strengths. This is the very first double-blind, placebo-controlled study to look at the role of antioxidant nutrients in healthy aging. A number of previous studies looking at the effect of antioxidant nutrients on individual components of aging have given conflicting results. The investigators pointed out that this study may have shown more beneficial effects of antioxidants than previous studies because:\n\nMost previous studies have been relatively short in duration. This was an 8-year study with a 5-year follow-up period (total study length = 13 years).\n\nMost previous studies did not measure baseline intake of the nutrients. This study shows that individuals with low baseline intake or low serum levels at the beginning of the study are significantly more likely to benefit from supplementation.\n\nMost previous studies have measured the effects of single antioxidant nutrients, or at most combinations of 2 or 3 antioxidant nutrients. This study used a combination of 5 different antioxidant nutrients. The synergy between these nutrients may have increased the magnitude of the observed benefits.\n\nThe weaknesses of the study are also pretty apparent.\n\nSince it is the first study of its kind, it does need to be validated by additional studies.\n\nThere is no universally accepted index for healthy aging (This is a problem for aging research as a whole, not just this study).\n\nThe participants in the study were not evaluated for healthy aging criteria at the beginning of the study so we have no idea how their healthy aging score changed over time.\n\nThe beneficial effect of antioxidant nutrients, while significant, were relatively small. You are obviously not going to live healthy to 100 by consuming antioxidant supplements alone.\n\nAntioxidants and Aging: Will Antioxidant Nutrients Help You?\n\nThis study does suggest that antioxidant supplements may help you achieve healthy aging. This study also makes three other very important points:\n\nA holistic approach to supplementation \u2013 one involving multiple antioxidant nutrients \u2013 is much more likely to be beneficial than individual antioxidant supplements.\n\nSupplementation is most likely to be beneficial for those individuals who are consuming a poor diet.\n\nSupplementation is also most likely to be beneficial for those individuals who have low serum level of essential nutrients. This can be due to poor diet, but low serum levels of individual nutrients can also be caused by individual differences in metabolism or genetic make-up.\n\nHowever, as noted above:\n\nThe study has some weaknesses and needs to be repeated.\n\nThe beneficial effects of antioxidant nutrients were relatively small.\n\nThat means that holistic approaches to healthy aging are more likely to be beneficial than individual supplements. Based on what we currently know a holistic approach to healthy aging includes:\n\nConsuming a combination of a balanced diet and supplementation that provides sufficient levels of all the essential nutrients, not just the antioxidant nutrients. This would include things like omega-3 fatty acids and polyphenols.\n\nAvoiding saturated and trans fats, excess sugar, red and processed meats, which may have bad effects on your health.\n\nControlling your weight.\n\nStaying mentally and physically active.\n\nMaintaining strong social networks.\n\nMaintaining a positive outlook on life.\n\nThe Bottom Line\n\nA recent study suggests that antioxidant supplements may help you achieve healthy aging. This study also makes two other very important points:\n\nA holistic approach to supplementation \u2013 one involving multiple antioxidant nutrients \u2013 is much more likely to be beneficial than individual antioxidant supplements.\n\nSupplementation is most likely to be beneficial for those individuals who are consuming a poor diet and/or have low serum levels of essential nutrients.\n\nSince the beneficial effect of antioxidant nutrients on healthy aging was relatively small, this suggests the antioxidant nutrients are just one part of a holistic approach to healthy aging that includes.\n\nConsuming a combination of a balanced diet and supplementation that provides sufficient levels of all the essential nutrients, not just the antioxidant nutrients. This would include things like omega-3 fatty acids and polyphenols.\n\nAvoiding saturated and trans fats, excess sugar, red and processed meats, which may have bad effects on your health.\n\nControlling your weight.\n\nStaying mentally and physically active.\n\nMaintaining strong social networks.\n\nMaintaining a positive outlook on life.\n\nThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.\n\nA Sleeping position that has your head tilted puts pressure on your spinal cord and will cause headaches. I\u2019ve seen it happen hundreds of times, and the reasoning is so logical it\u2019s easy to understand.\n\nYour spinal cord runs from your brain, through each of your vertebrae, down your arms and legs. Nerves pass out of the vertebrae and go to every cell in your body, including each of your organs. When you are sleeping it is important to keep your head, neck, and spine in a horizontal plane so you aren\u2019t straining the muscles that insert into your vertebrae.\n\nThe graphic above is a close-up of your skull and the cervical (neck) vertebrae. Your nerves are shown in yellow, and your artery is shown in red. Consider what happens if you hold your head to one side for hours. You can notice that the nerves and artery will likely be press upon. Also, since your spinal cord comes down the inside of the vertebrae, it will also be impinged.\n\nIn 2004 the Archives of Internal Medicine published an article stating that 1 out of 13 people have morning headaches. It\u2019s interesting to note that the article never mentions the spinal cord being impinged by the vertebrae. That\u2019s a major oversight!\n\nMuscles merge into tendons, and the tendons insert into the bone. As you stayed in the tilted position for hours, the muscles actually shortened to the new length. Then you try to turn over, but the short muscles are holding your cervical vertebrae tightly, and they can\u2019t lengthen.\n\nThe weight of your head pulls on the vertebrae, putting even more pressure on your spinal cord and nerves. Plus, the tight muscles are pulling on the bones, causing pain on the bone.\n\nYour Pillow is Involved in Your Sleeping Position and the Causes of Headaches\n\nThe analogy I always use is; just as pulling your hair hurts your scalp, the muscle pulling on the tendons hurts the bone where it inserts. In this case it is your neck muscles putting a strain on your cervical bones. For example, if you sleep on your left side and your pillow is too thick, your head will be tilted up toward the ceiling. This position tightens the muscles on the right side of your neck.\n\nDozing off while sitting in a car waiting for someone to arrive, or while working for hours at your desk can also cause headaches. The pictures above show a strain on the neck when you fall asleep without any support on your neck. Both of these people will wake up with a headache, and with stiffness in their neck.\n\nThe best sleeping position to prevent headaches is to have your pillow adjusted so your head, neck, and spine are in a horizontal line. Play with your pillows, putting two thin pillows into one case if necessary. If your pillow is too thick try to open up a corner and pull out some of the stuffing.\n\nSleeping on Your Back & Stomach\n\nIf you sleep on your back and have your head on the mattress, your spine is straight. All you need is a little neck pillow for support, and a pillow under your knees.\n\nStomach sleeping is the worst sleeping position for not only headaches, but so many other aches and pains. It\u2019s a tough habit to break, but it can be done. This sleeping position deserves its own blog, which I will do in the future.\n\nTreating the Muscles That Cause Headaches\n\nAll of the muscles that originate or insert into your cervical vertebrae, and many that insert into your shoulder and upper back, need to be treated. The treatments are all taught in Treat Yourself to Pain Free Living, in the neck and shoulder chapters. Here is one treatment that will help you get relief.\n\nTake either a tennis ball or the Perfect Ball (which really is Perfect because it has a solid center and soft outside) and press into your shoulder as shown. You are treating a muscle called Levator Scapulae which pulls your cervical vertebrae out of alignment when it is tight.\n\nHold the press for about 30 seconds, release, and then press again.\n\nYour pillow is a key to neck pain and headaches caused by your sleeping position. It\u2019s worth the time and energy to investigate how you sleep and correct your pillow. I believe this blog will help you find the solution and will insure you have restful sleep each night.\n\nWishing you well,\n\nJulie Donnelly\n\nAbout The Author\n\nJulie Donnelly is a Deep Muscle Massage Therapist with 20 years of experience specializing in the treatment of chronic joint pain and sports injuries. She has worked extensively with elite athletes and patients who have been unsuccessful at finding relief through the more conventional therapies.\n\nShe has been widely published, both on \u2013 and off \u2013 line, in magazines, newsletters, and newspapers around the country. She is also often chosen to speak at national conventions, medical schools, and health facilities nationwide.\n\nThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.\n\nMeet The Experts\n\nThe statements in these articles have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Any Health Care changes should be made only after consulting with your Doctor and licensed Health Care Advisor.\n\nDisclaimer: At Health Tips from the Professor, we only recommend products that we\u2019ve either personally checked out ourselves, or that come from people we know and trust. For doing so, we may receive a commission.\n\nNOTE: If URLs do not appear as live links in your e-mail program, please cut and paste the full URL into the location or address field of your browser."}
-{"text": "The reservoirs on the Colorado River are currently at all-time lows because they lose more water annually to evaporation and seepage than they conserve, especially in drought years. Water and its management will increase in political prominence in the future as populations grow and the supply of water as a resource declines. The Glen Canyon Institute today is campaigning to have Glen Canyon Dam bypassed. As water in the Western United States grows more and more scarce, this idea is destined to gain momentum.\n\nImmediately after the dams in Dinosaur National Monument were dropped from the Upper Colorado River Storage Project and the corresponding bill passed both houses of Congress, David Brower, still in Washington, spoke by telephone to a group of Sierra Club Board Members back in San Francisco, urging them to continue the fight and remain in opposition to Glen Canyon Dam. Unfortunately, in The History of The Sierra Club, Michael Cohen explained, \u201cBestor Robinson felt that such a purist stand would result in defeat, since the Club had made a compromise, saying in effect that the Bureau of Reclamation could have Glen Canyon. Bestor Robinson later said that \u2018if you didn\u2019t have the Grand Canyon then Glen Canyon should be preserved\u2019; but, he argued, \u2018the trade-off was necessary.\u2019\u201d For more about how long it took to fill Glen Canyon and other Glen Canyon miscalculations and mistakes, see the blog post, \u201cGlen Canyon Lament By Philip Hyde 1.\u201d\n\nThe Virtues And Vices Of Compromise\n\n\u201cBestor Robinson was worse than a compromiser,\u201d Martin Litton said. \u201cIt was as if he were on the other side. The point is, no matter how hard you fight, you are going to end up with a compromise. If you start with a compromise, you have lost. Richard Leonard, Sierra Club President, believed the compromise had to be kept if the Sierra Club was to maintain credibility.\u201d\n\nMartin Litton said that Richard Leonard expressed concern in Sierra Club Board Meetings that Congress would be convinced the \u2018preservationists\u2019 were unreasonable.\n\n\u201cRichard Leonard was afraid we would be accused of suggesting the waste of the \u2018entire Colorado River,'\u201d Martin Litton said. \u201cHe thought Congressmen would say conservationists intended the Colorado River to be \u2018unused\u2019 and allowed to flood away into Mexico and the Gulf of California, as if that would have been so bad.\u201d Studies now show that the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, is dying because its salt content has increased to unnatural levels with less and less fresh water from the Colorado River reaching it.\n\n\u201cRichard Leonard believed that the Sierra Club would not have been able to keep dams out of the Grand Canyon if Glen Canyon Dam had not been built,\u201d said Martin Litton. \u201cI disagreed with him. We had the public\u2019s confidence in us, and we had the nation on our side as a result of Dinosaur. We could have carried that momentum right through the whole Colorado River system. I don\u2019t mean there never would have been any pressures, but there wouldn\u2019t have been any dam or reservoir once we got the great Escalante National Park.\u201d\n\nThe Proposed Escalante National Park\n\nEscalante National Park had been discussed by some members of Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt much earlier before World War II. It would have surrounded the entire area of Glen Canyon, the Escalante Wilderness and thousands of additional acres in the region. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the US into World War II, Congress turned its attention to more pressing matters and Escalante National Park never materialized beyond the idea stage, not even as a proposal. Escalante National Park would have saved Glen Canyon. The Escalante Wilderness finally became officially part of the National Park System in 2000. President Bill Clinton signed Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument into existence on his last day in office. An act that enranged off-road vehicle users and local Utah anti-wilderness conservatives. The main drawback to President Bill Clinton\u2019s National Monument is that under political pressure, he designated the new Monument under Bureau of Land Management care rather than the National Park service. The two agencies have significantly differing policies regarding their care and preservation of wilderness lands. President Bill Clinton compromised.\n\nDavid Brower wrote in his autobiography about Glen Canyon, \u201cMy own bitter lesson there was that you don\u2019t give away something that you haven\u2019t seen; you don\u2019t suggest alternatives until you\u2019ve been there.\u201d\n\nThe Green River, Yampa River And This Is Dinosaur\n\nIn 2005, the runoff was again higher than normal after years of drought, helping the reservoirs of the Upper and Lower Colorado River Storage Projects to recover from severe depletion. On the Green River below Steamboat Rock in Echo Park, Dinosaur National Monument, a river crew lifted a white three-pontoon river raft up the beach to the truck. The side of the boat\u2019s inflatable outer pontoon said, \u201cOutward Bound.\u201d\n\nThe Outward Bound crew was one of hundreds of groups that float through the Dinosaur National Monument river canyons now every summer. Back when Philip Hyde ran the Green River and Yampa River, the Sierra Club had just overcome the myths of unknown danger and begun to prove to the American people that rafting through Dinosaur National Monument was safely possible.\n\nArdis and Philip Hyde ran the Yampa River in 1955 with a Sierra Club group. By then, many Sierra Club and other groups had run the Yampa River and the Green River since the first Sierra Club trip braved the canyons in the summer of 1951. That same year, 1951, Philip Hyde covered Dinosaur National Monument by land. It was the first photography assignment on behalf of an environmental cause. The Sierra Club sent Philip Hyde to see what Dinosaur National Monument had to offer and whether it was worth saving. Philip Hyde\u2019s assignment and a group of essays by prominent river guides and naturalists of the time became the book This Is Dinosaur: Echo Park Country And Its Magic Rivers with introduction and a first chapter by Wallace Stegner and documentary and landscape photographs by Philip Hyde and Martin Litton."}
-{"text": "Brand Storytelling\n\nConfidently share your story with the world.\n\nCommunications Consulting\n\nIncorporating your WHY into your company\u2019s communication strategies is the key to attracting others who are aligned with your purpose. The My Founder Story team can help you do just that. We\u2019ve devoted our careers to connecting individuals and organizations using the power of words, images and experiences. Our team works closely with founders like you to develop your brand story, crafting memorable copy and bold visuals that engage audiences, influence decisions, inspire communities and ignite action.\n\nBranding\n\nYour founder story is your brand story. It\u2019s the starting point for your company\u2019s communications strategies. Whether you\u2019re just beginning to build your brand or are in need of a refresh to better reflect your WHY, we\u2019ve got you covered. We specialize in breathing new life into logos, websites, social media pages and other marketing collateral to elevate who you are as the biggest ambassador of your brand.\n\nPitch Decks and Presentations\n\nPitch decks and presentations are foundational tools for your business and essential for sharing your brand story. Their visual, interactive nature enables you to demonstrate the key points of your story in a powerful way. Creating comprehensive and beautifully branded pitch decks and presentations that fully articulate your WHY is one of our niches, and our team has created some of the best.\n\nContent Development\n\nAs the founder of your company, yours is the truest and most powerful voice. It\u2019s essential that you are sharing that voice to attract and inspire others who are aligned with your WHY. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean you\u2019re handling the nitty-gritty of company communications, but your voice must be reflected in the content shared on your website, social media pages and other marketing collateral. Our team works closely with you to get the tone just right and specializes in ghostwriting and editing blogs, technical articles, white papers, ebooks and more. We\u2019re also available to manage your personal brand on LinkedIn and other platforms."}
-{"text": "There\u2019s a Japanese concept that I love called ikigai that means \u201ca reason for being\u201d or \u201ca reason to get up in the morning.\u201d According to Japanese culture, everyone has an ikigai. Finding it often requires a deep and lengthy search of self, but it\u2019s usually a sweet spot made from a combination of four things: what you love, what you\u2019re good at, what you can be paid for, and what the world needs.\n\n\u201cIn the end, only three things matter how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.\u201d\nI lost one of my best friends this week. I\u2019ve cried more in the last week than I\u2019ve cried in the past ten years. I\u2019ve hugged loved ones longer and tighter than I ever have before. And yet, throughout this full-on grieving process with our close circle of friends, I\u2019ve also experienced such a healing new depth of love.\n\nIn October, I had a Friday the 13th themed storytelling potluck to celebrate the most unlucky day in Western superstition. We shared stories of childhood rituals, spooky cultural folklore, and our most comically tragic stories of misfortune. We feasted together on the most abundant potluck spread I\u2019ve ever seen. Yeah, it was a really special night. (I\u2019m just gushing with gratitude for this new community in Durham.)\n\nYou were the most nurturing mountain town to live in while writing and finishing a 175-page dissertation (guess I finally got to have my romantic \u201crecluse in the mountains\u201d phase of life). Thank you for the nourishing community, the 360 degrees of natural beauty-fueled inspiration, and your constant little reminders to be kinder and more gentle towards myself.\n\nIt\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve written anything leisurely, and you know what? I completely and unreservedly blame this dissertation. For the past few weeks, it\u2019s been academic writing, research, statistics, and analysis *every day* for as long as I physically and possibly can. On the bright side, I am happy to share that the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and closer. I\u2019m starting to squint, reaching around aimlessly looking for the sunglasses I dropped on the floor. Come April, I\u2019ll finally be finished with this dissertation:"}
-{"text": "Obama Presses Nonexistent Reset Button\n\nKarl Rove and Michael Tomasky may be unaware of their disagreement, but it's hard to find two positions so diametrically opposed. \"The State of the Union Is No 'Reset' Button,\" proclaims the headline of Karl Rove's Wall Street Journal op-ed, released within minutes of the speech's end. \"State of the Union pressed reset button,\" declares Tomasky's morning hed. Would these two care to duke it out in person?\n\nTomasky says Obama's goal was \"to reclaim some control over the agenda, which he had basically lost\nsince about last October, when it became apparent that the signature\nhealthcare initiative was going to take longer to pass than Hadrian\ntook to build his wall.\" As he asks, \"so did he?\" To answer his own question: \"Yes, for now.\" But Rove argues that though regaining control may well have been Obama's aim, presidential approval ratings actually tend to slide after the State of the Union, when there's any change at all.\n\nNews reports are focusing on the Germanwings pilot's possible depression, following a familiar script in the wake of mass killings. But the evidence shows violence is extremely rare among the mentally ill."}
-{"text": "Anna Mary Weaver Neff, 90, of Brethren Village, Lancaster, passed away surrounded by her family at Brethren Village Monday morning, Sept. 24, 2012 following a long and full life.\n\nBorn in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late S. Clyde and Emma Weaver Weaver. She was the wife of the late Paul L. Neff, who died May 1, 2011.\n\nMrs. Neff was a graduate of Hempfield High School. She was an active member of the Hempfield Church of the Brethren, where she served as a lifetime deaconess since 1946. She also was a member of the women\u2019s fellowship of the church and Brethren Village Auxiliary. Being the daughter of founder S. Clyde Weaver, founder of S. Clyde Weaver Meats and Smoked Cheeses, she established the bakery there in 1963, continuing to develop and grow the department until her retirement. Her husband also later owned the business. She lived out her gift of hospitality by serving her church, community, family and international guests, including foreign exchange students and refugee families. She and her husband enjoyed traveling extensively in both the U.S. and internationally, including Europe and South America.\n\nHer family will remember her hands never being idle, but constantly being busy gardening, creating handwork for her home or family or volunteering for the Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council which she did for many years. She also enjoyed playing a good game of Scrabble.\n\nShe was also preceded in death by a brother: Clyde E. Weaver; and a sister: Dorothy M. \"Dolly\" Royer.\n\nA memorial service will be held Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. at Hempfield Church of the Brethren, 1186 Stevens St., Manheim, PA 17545 with Pastor Pete Contras and Rev. Earl Ziegler officiating. Private interment will be in the Hempfield Church of the Brethren Cemetery. There will be no viewing. The family will receive guests at the church Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.\n\nThe family requests that flowers please be omitted. If desired, contributions may be made to the Benevolent Fund of the Hempfield Church of the Brethren or to the Good Samaritan Fund of Brethren Village, 3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17606.\n\nTo express a condolence with the family or for additional information, visit spencefuneralservices.com."}
-{"text": "Cherry Plum\u2026.when you just cannot take it anymore\n\nOut of Bach\u2019s 38 famous flower essences for vibrational healing, there is one in particular that addresses that moment when you feel as though you are about to snap \u2013 I mean to completely lose your cool and your marbles too. When the combined stresses of life seem far too great to cope with and you just can\u2019t take it anymore, try taking a few drops of Cherry Plumas soon as possible, one of the essential ingredients of the five flower remedy known as Rescue Remedy. You could even take Rescue Remedy which is specifically for acute rather than ongoing stress. However, if you feel way past the point of even being rescued, Cherry Plum might be more of a direct hit.\n\nTimes are tough for many people right now, and emotional to say the least as Venus ruling all that is near and dear to us slowly comes out of a Retrograde post-shadow phase, Mercury who rules communication and mental functioning slows down to turn Retrograde squaring lord of the underworld Pluto and two upcoming eclipses that many believe herald the apocalypse appear to threaten all life on earth as we know it.\n\nIndications that Cherry Plum could be useful for you:\n\non the verge of a nervous breakdown\n\nat the edge of your rocker\n\nan inner time bomb is about to explode\n\nstretched to the breaking point\n\nfear of losing sanity\n\nfear of severely hurting others\n\nfear of losing all self-control\n\npost-war or post-traumatic syndrome/PTSD\n\nsuicidal thoughts and urges\n\nAstrologically:\n\nHard aspects to Pluto, by birth or by transit\n\nHard aspects to Mercury, birth or transit\n\nHard aspects to Neptune \u2013 especially Moon, Mercury or Mars\n\nMars in Scorpio with hard aspects\n\nPets:\n\nsudden, jerky, maniacal behavior\n\nsudden antisocial mannerisms\n\nintense pacing, panting, dilated pupils\n\nChildren:\n\nfierce screaming fits\n\noutbursts of rage\n\nirrational emotional extremes\n\nWhen it comes to flower essences, the essence itself is more powerful than the amount ingested. Four drops, not droppers are the average dose, about 2x daily, but one drop is sufficient. Therefore, frequency rather than large portions will have the stronger impact. If the essence is no longer needed one\u2019s energetic field will usually just shrug it off. With Cherry Plum essence, it often seems to be the case that a single dose can make a tremendous difference.\n\nIf you don\u2019t personally need this essence, God knows the collective consciousness of humanity does. If only a mist of flower essences would replace chemtrails\u2026\n\n2 thoughts on \u201cCherry Plum\u2026.when you just cannot take it anymore\u201d\n\nFlower essences don\u2019t directly address physical problems such as headaches but they often address the underlying cause, which in turn could release symptoms. In some cases Cherry Plum might help ease a headache if \u201cgoing crazy\u201d feels like an issue. A couple others that might work are Dandelion essence, to help relieve the energy body of tensions, or White Chestnut for racing thoughts \u2013 the \u201cmonkey-mind\u201d which can keep one awake all night or lead to headaches. To ease the pain, it helps to identify the current emotional or mental problem."}
-{"text": "Sure, you train well, but the real question is, do you train hard? When it comes to working out, there is a right way and a wrong way to work out\u2014and goes double for your abs! Crunches are the classic abdominal exercise, but if you aren\u2019t seeing the results... Read more\n\nMost often you try to imagine what these guys do to have such flat tummy, maybe they don\u2019t eat too much? or you think it comes natural. Regular exercise and a low-calorie diet are typically used to flatten the stomach. A flat stomach is not only desirable to some,... Read more"}
-{"text": "Cisco Jobs in Belfast\n\nThe table below looks at the statistics for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 3 March 2015 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.\n\nThe figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.\n\nCiscoJobs Demand Trend in Belfast\n\nThis chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.\n\nCiscoSalary Trend in Belfast\n\nThis chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the Belfast region.\n\nCiscoTop 28 Related IT Skills in Belfast\n\nFor the 6 months to 3 March 2015, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Cisco also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco.\n\nCiscoTop Related IT Skills in Belfast by Category\n\nFor the 6 months to 3 March 2015, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Cisco also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco. Up to 20 skills are shown per category."}
-{"text": "Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Gift Box - 235g\n\n$10.00\n\n10\n\n<p>Make this holiday an even sweeter one by treating your loved ones to a Lindor gift box filled with milk chocolate balls that simply melt in your mouth.</p><ul><li>Net Weight: 235g</li><li>Brand: Lindt</li></ul><p>Disclaimer: Please refer to the ingredient list of the product before buying</p>"}
-{"text": "- along about 500 metres of road there are still the vertical poles with the horizontal bar where wires were suspended, there are still the hooks, but not the wires- in the old Cornaredo depot-workshop there are about 20 metres of wires, divised on two covered lanes, with about 10 metres each; this depot will be closed this year, but the other depot (Rugi) is being extended with another building for the workshop. The company who owned the trolleybus has now about 40 autobus, but repair also about 60 other bus of another company (that has no workshop).- there are some poles in the city, some still used by the city lights, other useless.\n\nNow in Lugano there are only autobus and a suburban narrow gauge railway. There are no plans to rebuild the trolleybus network, between 2001 and 2004, 28 new buses werw bought, so I think that if the trolleys will be back, this will not be before 2015-2020.\n\nHi, Coccodrillo.Some pictures?-the vertical poles with the horizontal bar where wires were suspended, there are still the hooks, but not the wires-old Cornaredo depot-workshop -suburban narrow gauge railway"}
-{"text": "City to hold back to school bash in augustThe City of Natchitoches Recreation & Parks Department will hold their Back to School Bash Aug. 8 at the City Park on Amulet Street. This annual event serves as a community-wide pep rally to help s...\n\nKrewe of ExcellenceMembers of the Krewe of Excellence enjoyed a night of fun at the annual All White Party Mother\u2019s Day weekend at the Ben Johnson Auditorium. Music was provided by DJ Roy Woodard. Members are, front..."}
-{"text": "HSBC Offers a Peek At Subprime\n\nInvestors concerned about how bad the subprime crisis is -- and how long it may continue to destabilize world markets -- may begin to get an answer on Wednesday when HSBC ( HBC) reports third-quarter earnings, say market participants.\n\nBut opinions differ widely, with some forecasting an easing of the effects of the subprime debacle when HSBC announces, while others see it as only halfway through.\n\nLast week, the U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph reported that the bank will announce $1 billion in additional writedowns from its U.S. mortgage business when it announces third-quarter results. Earlier in the year, HSBC announced additional provisions of $2 billion for losses related to subprime loan debt.\n\nOthers say the writedowns may be larger still, with those at the most bearish end citing figures up to an additional $2 billion. Exactly how big that number is will be a sneak preview of how bad things may get in the U.S. mortgage market going into 2008.\n\n\"I cannot see any good news out of this,\" says John Wadle, Asian regional banks analyst for UBS in Hong Kong. \"On Wednesday, the question is just how bad it's going to be.\"\n\nBut Wadle says that if the writedown is within the expected range of a further $1 billion, the market will take this as a signal that the subprime woes are finally manageable for both HSBC and other banks.\n\n\"My suspicion is it will only be $1 billion dollars,\" he says. \"If it's $1 billion, people will say banks will muddle through, but if it's $2 billion then the market will have to conclude it's a very, very painful cycle.\"\n\nOn Monday, Morgan Stanly downgraded shares of the global banking giant to \"underweight,\" putting a price target of 800 pence on its U.K. shares. In the U.S., HSBC ADRs have fallen 9.6% since the beginning of the month, to $87.47.\n\nAnd HSBC has increased provisions for bad loans by 63% so far this year, to around $6.4 billion in the first two quarters alone, according to Bloomberg.\n\nThis has some money managers forecasting further losses for HSBC, and in turn, more pain for U.S. banks in general.\n\n\"You saw provisions of $2 billion earlier, and I think it's very likely you will see an increase of that,\" says Jeroen Knol, a global fund manager for ABN Amro in London. \"You have seen Merrill ( MER), UBS ( UBS) and Citi group ( C) also taking charges -- it's actually a moving scale because it's still ongoing.\"\n\nKnol does not own HSBC shares, but looked at investing in the bank last year and decided against it. He cited \"uncertainty over U.S. exposure, which was a big chunk of the business mix.\"\n\nSubprime mortgages make up an estimated 12% of the $10 trillion U.S. mortgage market, with losses on the risky mortgage loans about halfway into the credit cycle, according to ABN Amro.\n\nMany money managers say that while U.S. banks have tended to over-provision for those future losses, in Europe there remains an under-provisioning that could still spill into global equities.\n\nIn the U.K. in particular, rumors have been circulating on the floors of hedge funds that building societies -- financial institutions in the U.K. that offer banking and mortgage lending -- may be more laden with outstanding loans than previously thought.\n\nAnother aspect to HSBC's results investors will be scrutinizing is just how much the bank is exposed to the U.S. mortgage market. This is significant, say analysts, because one potential plus for U.S. equity markets might depend on to what degree businesses in Asia can offset domestic stateside housing pressures.\n\nThe more HSBC is exposed, the more likely it is that the spread of knock-on effects of subprime losses will be felt globally, in unaffected markets.\n\nUBS's Wadle says that the key questions for investors in HSBC will boil down to whether it can make provisions without eating into dividends. He predicts shares in the bank to fall by 5% in the near-term, and that any further declines of up to 5% in the stock would only be caused by a further $2 billion writedown.\n\nBut that type of scenario is not so unrealistic, adds ABN's Knol. He points out that a lot of business for HSBC is generated through the \"agent channel, which is harder to control.\"\n\n\" $1 billion is a bit on the low end. If you know HSBC management, they are quite conservative -- they will probably have to take a bigger charge,\" he says.\n\nDaniel M. Harrison is a business journalist specialising in European and emerging markets, in particular Asia. He has an MBA from BI, Norway and a blog at www.theglobalperspective.biz. He lives in New York."}
-{"text": "Back to Roots through United Nations Mission\n\nHaiti has a special place in Private Yvon Bellevue's heart. He was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, the Republic's capital city. After 20 years he returned to his homeland with the Canadian Forces on a six-month United Nations Peacekeeping tour and saw the country with new eyes.\n\nHis family moved to Montreal, Quebec in 1974 when he was 10 years old, \"because the idea of living in another country suggested a lot of wealth,\" he comments. He remains uncertain exactly why they left Haiti since his parents had good jobs, three or four servants and lived comfortably.\n\n\"I don't know if our situation would be similar today to what it used to be back then though,\" he adds.\n\nBellevue mentions that a lot of things were different 20 years ago. 'Papa Doc' Duvalier was a dictator, but he was also a strong leader and saw to the interests of his country.\n\nHaiti was beautiful and so clean that nobody would dare spit on the ground. Its nickname was Pearl of the Caribbean, but now he thinks that it resembles a huge landfill and it saddens him.\n\nBellevue was pleased when he learned that he was assigned to the Military Information Support Team (MIST) as a Creole linguiste and would serve in the country where he was born.\n\nAs part of MIST he was very involved with the locals and was constantly on the road visiting dozens of villages throughout the country. His work as a linguiste and communicator presented many conversations with the people on their current situations.\n\n\"I feel like I made a contribution to help my people and I feel good about it although I would have liked to do much more,\" declares Bellevue a few days before returning to Canada.\n\nEvery time Private Bellevue and his team went out, they gathered their lunches, stopped on the side of the road and distributed their food to the neighbouring kids.\n\n\"That was our way to help and it made us feel so good.\"\n\nBellevue still has close family members in Port-au-Prince. He intends on taking a three-week holiday in Port-au-Prince and spending it with them.\n\n\"I had a chance to rediscover my country, my people and to renew my origins. I would do it again anytime.\""}
-{"text": "Extreme Playgrounds Germany Results\n\nThe Extreme Playgrounds World Cup skateboarding event went down over the weekend in Berlin, Germany. There was a good showing of Dew Tour riders, including street winner Phil Zwijsen and vert winner Marcelo Bastos. Check out the results below:"}
-{"text": "Another theoretical question about Tor: Imagine I am running a dissident web site as a hidden service. How can I reduce the chances that I get caught?\n\nAssume I am running the server from home, over a large ISP. Going to a small ISP seems too suspicious, and giving the server out of hand is way to dangerous.\n\nI'm especially worried about the following: The spies figure out (though the content of my site, idiosyncrasies of my writing, the times I post updates) in which country I am living. The major ISPs here are all in cahoots with the spies. One call - or a secret secret court order - and the ISP starts bisecting all connections. They disconnect half of the connections for a split second, and the spies look whether my site went down. If not, they try the other half. But if so, they continue bisecting the half I am in. In roughly log2(number of customers) steps they have identified me.\n\nThis is a very simple approach, I'm sure there are much more sophisticated attacks, like traffic correlation analyses. Are there things one can do to remain anonymous? Is there something like DNS round-robin for Tor? Are there documented best practices for running hidden services?\n\nYou just buy a VPS in the US and run your Tor service from there.\n\u2013 Lucas KauffmanJan 26 '14 at 17:35\n\n2\n\n@LucasKauffman: NSA to VPS company: \"Would you please do a quick grep \"Welcome to my dissident homepage!\" on all your customers' servers? Thanks!\". Even if that doesn't happen, traffic analysis can identify my server in this case just as well.\n\u2013 jdmJan 26 '14 at 17:41\n\nNot really, it would depend on where you are running the VPS. How are you going to preform the traffic analysis?\n\u2013 Lucas KauffmanJan 26 '14 at 17:54\n\n@ekaj: Well, either I'm pretty stupid, or I'm obviously not running such a site. I don't even have enought time to maintain a blog, let alone someting like that :-D But that's already one good tip - don't talk about your plans using your clear name. I believe the Silk Road guy made that mistake and posted on Stack Overflow IIRC.\n\u2013 jdmJan 26 '14 at 21:28\n\n1 Answer\n1\n\nThere is no way to securely host Tor hidden services from anywhere that can be linked to you. Hosted servers are vulnerable, of course, because you can't monitor or control their physical security. But it's a good trade-off, because losing a server is better than losing your freedom.\n\nBut don't use VPS, because (as you note) that's too readily monitored by hosting providers, who might be concerned about their liability. Use dedicated servers, with hosting providers that (1) expressly permit Tor hidden services, and (2) accept anonymous rental and payment.\n\nUse thoroughly anonymized Bitcoins for payment. Before use, check your payment wallet at blockchain.info for taint from your initial-funding wallet.\n\nOnly access the server via key-authenticated ssh via Tor. Start with a basic static HTML site. In order to securely manage user login credentials, you'll need an authentication server, which only connects with the content server via Tor."}
-{"text": "Attributes\n\n\"Whistle \"\n\nGood product- I wish it where metal.\n\n4.0\nout of\n5\nstars\n\nC\n\nJan 14, 2018 11:26 AM\n\n\"Whistle is really loud and clear!\"\n\nAs a professional dog trainer of over 46+ yrs., I was looking for a whistle I could vary the pitches on a bit more than this one. Most dogs are highly sensitive to sound so I am experimenting with the various whistles. My own dog currently does not like this one. She does come to recall on it...but will NOT come all of the way as she is frightened of it. I want to note here that she is already 3 yrs. If started young, it may have made a difference."}
-{"text": "Newtown, Conn., families who became gun control activists after the horror of last December are today part of a revitalized movement. Their big push for reform of federal gun laws failed, but the picture in the states is more mixed.\n\nRelated\n\nIt seemed simply another sad fact of a terrible day \u2013 that Newtown, Conn., would become synonymous with meaningless violence at its worst. Yet a year later, Newtown is becoming associated with a brighter notion: hope.\n\nThat's how some parents and other family members of those who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School see their newfound political activism dedicated to bringing tougher gun rules to a gun-loving nation. Yes, they've experienced major setbacks, but they also have been the catalyst to transforming a lackluster gun-control movement into a spirited force that has jarred pro-gun America.\n\nOn Thursday, one group of those parents, the Newtown Action Alliance, will hold a National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., in honor of some 30,000 people who died of gunshot wounds in America this year. The vigil is intended not to politicize the Newtown anniversary, but rather to inspire acts of kindness and service to others, according to organizer David Ackert of Newtown.\n\nThe number of gun control groups nationwide has doubled in the past year \u2013 some led by small coalitions of Sandy Hook survivors, others led by mothers not directly touched by the tragedy. Many experts cite Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America as a growing legislative force on behalf of gun control, where suddenly state legislators across the US are being confronted by women demanding change \u2013 a kind of Mothers Against Drunk Driving redux.\n\nIn the year since 20 children and six school staff members were gunned down in Newtown, eight states have enacted 42 pieces of gun control legislation (with California leading the way), ranging from tweaks to concealed-carry laws to outright bans of certain guns and kinds of ammunition. Suddenly flush with cash from new donors and millionaire activists such as Michael Bloomberg, the groups are ratcheting up grass-roots efforts nationwide in a bid to put politicians on notice ahead of next year\u2019s fall elections.\n\n\u201cWe couldn't protect our kids that day. We couldn't protect our teachers that day. But we have a saying in our group: 'Our pain should not be wasted,' \u201d Michele Gay, who lost her daughter Josephine in the attack and who now is a school safety advocate, told the Cape Cod Times in September.\n\nIn that way, Newtown turned the key on a movement that had been slowly building as the modern scourge of mass shootings wore on \u2013 Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo.; the Washington Navy Yard. \u201cNewtown is no longer a place, it\u2019s a movement,\u201d Newtown resident Monte Frank wrote Dec. 9 in Britain's newspaper The Guardian.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s never been such a critical mass of highly visible leaders from among survivors and victims,\u201d agrees Kristin Goss, a political scientist at Duke University, in Durham, N.C. \u201cThese moms are really trying to challenge the idea that guns have a sort of central place in our public life.\u201d\n\nFor some, it has become the toughest battle of their lives. The US Senate's failure to advance a major gun control package was demoralizing to Newtown parents who had personally pleaded with lawmakers to take action. President Obama, flanked by the parents, called it \u201ca pretty shameful day for Washington.\u201d\n\nMoreover, since the Sandy Hook massacre, states have approved no fewer than 93 laws that protect and affirm gun rights \u2013 more than double the number of control laws. Because many of those new laws liberalized the carrying of concealed weapons, it\u2019s basically easier to get and use a gun today than it was a year ago, Paul Barrett, author of \u201cGlock: The rise of America\u2019s gun,\u201d told WBUR in Boston on Dec. 5.\n\nStill, the push by the Newtown parents, aided by Democrats in Congress and in statehouses, has put gun rights activists in a rare defensive posture, possibly posing a threat to gun rights advocates' decade-old movement to normalize the carrying of both visible and concealed guns.\n\nIn the past year, eight US states \u2013 mostly blue ones in New England and the coastal West, but also \u201cpurple\u201d Colorado \u2013 approved gun control legislation. In New York and Connecticut, they weren\u2019t merely symbolic changes, either, but rather bans on certain kinds of magazines and guns. The result in New York City, at least, is that some gun owners are getting letters from authorities demanding that they turn in their weapons.\n\n\u201cAlmost everything has changed since Newtown,\u201d adds Robyn Thomas, executive director of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, in San Francisco. \u201cWith Sandy Hook, something about it has stuck with people, and maybe that\u2019s because, for those of us willing to contemplate what happened there, it\u2019s hard to wipe that image away once you\u2019ve let it in. We\u2019re not able to turn it off; we\u2019re not willing to pretend it didn\u2019t happen.\u201d\n\nAn overarching question from critics is whether grief is blinding some surviving parents to the fact that the laws they\u2019re lobbying for probably wouldn\u2019t have stopped Adam Lanza, who used his mother\u2019s legally obtained weapons to bust into the elementary school and open fire on grade-schoolers.\n\nNewtown parents were \u201cexploited \u2026 [by] politicians who thought they would be nice props for their theater,\" says Larry Pratt, president of Gun Owners of America, in a phone interview. \"But I certainly don\u2019t put the blame\u201d on the parents, he adds. \u201cThey were grieving, emotional, and so they were cooperative.\u201d\n\nBut Pratt concedes that his group has struggled after Newtown on one key legislative front. Efforts to repeal \u201cgun-free zones\u201d have failed to get any real support in Congress, or elsewhere, in the wake of Sandy Hook. Gun-free zones \u201cis one place where people who normally support us are just stuck,\u201d he says.\n\nSo far, the gun issue seems as polarized as the rest of America\u2019s politically divided geography. The upshot: Gun-friendly states have become gun-friendlier; gun-anxious states have become more gun-averse.\n\nAccording to a recent Associated Press-GfK poll, 52 percent of Americans want stricter gun laws, 31 percent like the status quo, and 15 percent say gun laws should be looser. The news service notes that the strength of gun control support has waned in the past year; in the immediate aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting , some 58 percent wanted tougher gun laws.\n\nYet the Newtown parents seem to have helped to move the needle. In several specific instances, the political picture has taken on surprising nuance unthinkable a year ago.\n\nIn gun-friendly Montana, Gov. Steve Bullock (D) vetoed a \u201cgun control nullification\u201d bill that would have prevented Montana police from enforcing any new federal gun laws. And in Virginia voters handily chose a Democrat, Terry McAuliffe, as their new governor, despite his jab on the stump that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t care\u201d that the NRA gave him an F rating.\n\nIn Colorado, on the other hand, voters recalled two pro-gun-control state legislators, and a third one stepped down after the legislature enacted tough new gun laws and Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed them into law.\n\n\u201cRight now [the politics are] very in flux, with both sides trying to prove that you can vote for what by historical standards is pretty moderate gun control and survive [or perish] electorally \u2013 that\u2019s why advocates for gun rights are pointing to Colorado, and [gun control advocates] are pointing to Virginia,\u201d says Ms. Goss at Duke.\n\nThe gun control activism has also kept the nation focused on Newtown, a quaint New England bedroom community that since the shootings has yearned for, more than anything, privacy.\n\nMoreover, not all those who suffered grievous loss have lined up behind gun control reform. Mark Mattioli, who lost his son, James, at Sandy Hook, has spoken out against the push for gun control by many of his neighbors. But his political expression has its roots in the same grief as the others. He told Fox News\u2019 Megyn Kelly in April that, \u201cI had a plan for how to make this world better and my son was a big part of that plan.\u201d\n\nIndeed, the general sense in town, writes Monitor correspondent G. Jeffrey MacDonald this week in an e-mail from Newtown, is that the survivor activism is part of a communal \u201cself-reinvention\u201d \u2013 and that locals \u201care willing to give accidental activists space to do what they feel they must do to bring something meaningful and good from the ashes.\u201d\n\n\"No matter how much tragedy affects you, you have to find a way forward,\u201d Nicole Hockley, who lost her son Dylan in the attack, told the Associated Press after meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in Wasington this week. \u201cYou have to invest in life.\""}
-{"text": "It's been a while since I last post here but I haven't forgotten about LP. Just thought I come back to spread some encouragement to you guys. I have discovered something quite interesting, by the way. Something many of you never thought was possible: randomness can be predicted!\n\nYep. It took me down a long road to figure this out. I have struggled and struggled to refine my method, to make it simplier to get the \"numbers\" in a short amount of time. This time, I stumbled upon something I never thought possible ----- and it been in plain sight (the matrix) the whole time. I'm confident enough that I scrapped my old method, which is still pretty good but take too much mind-work and guessing to get to the numbers.\n\nI know I have some doubters on this site.... like RJOH and the posse here. That's okay. One member here is a respected member, Bob P and he knows the credibility of my work. Even adopted one of my filter methods which he said would make a \"nice filter.\"\n\nI will be putting this new discovery to the test and share the results soon enough (Mega Million). Good luck guys.\n\nJust to give a glimspe of the high-quality method I'm using this time, I discovered every single number derives from a previous and some numbers that plays, which seemingly breaks up a pattern or throw a pattern off track is in fact a number that reveals the exact number to play, several plays later.\n\nAt first, this was very complicated for me to see. I actually had to slow down and look at each number and study what it is that made that particular number play and like a miracle, the matrix just revealed it to me.\n\nI ran some test on my new found method just to see how strong it holds and my goodness, it's like walking down the streets of Heaven.\n\nI have a real credible method. It's scary what I know now that I didn't know before. I pretty much know more than half of what I need to know as far as picking winning numbers (you just have to believe me). Not to reveal anything right now, but I will post results in due time."}
-{"text": "Cancer patients who receive stereotactic radiosurgery and whole brain radiation therapy for the treatment of metastatic brain tumors have more than twice the risk of developing learning and memory problems than those treated with SRS alone, according to new research.\n\nShare This\n\nCancer patients who receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for the treatment of metastatic brain tumors have more than twice the risk of developing learning and memory problems than those treated with SRS alone, according to new research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.\n\nRelated Articles\n\nThe findings of the phase III randomized trial were recently presented at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.\n\nLed by Eric L. Chang, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at M. D. Anderson, the study offers greater context to the ongoing debate among oncologists about how best to manage the treatment of cancer patients with one to three brain metastases.\n\nThe American Cancer Society estimates approximately 170,000 cancer patients will experience metastases to the brain from common primary cancers such as breast, colorectal, kidney and lung in 2008. More than 80,000 of those patients will have between one and three brain metastases.\n\nOver the last decade, SRS, which uses high-doses of targeted x-rays, has gained acceptance as an initial treatment for tumors that have spread to the brain. SRS is also commonly used in combination with WBRT, radiation of the entire brain, to treat tumors that are visible and those that may not be detected by diagnostic imaging.\n\n\"Determining how to optimize outcomes with the smallest cost to the quality of life is a treatment decision every radiation oncologist faces,\" said Chang. \"While both approaches are in practice and both are equally acceptable, data from this trial suggest that oncologists should offer SRS alone as the upfront, initial therapy for patients with up to three brain metastases.\"\n\nThe seven year study observed 58 patients presenting with one to three newly diagnosed brain metastases who were randomized to receive SRS followed by WBRT or SRS alone. Approximately four months after treatment, 49 percent of patients who received WBRT experienced a decline in learning and memory function compared to 23 percent in those patients who received SRS alone.\n\nAn independent data monitoring committee halted the trial after interim results showed the high statistical probability (96.4 percent) that patients randomized to SRS alone would continue to perform better.\n\nM. D. Anderson researchers measured participants' neurocognitive function using a short battery of neuropsychological tests, with the primary endpoint being memory function as tested by the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test Revised. Patient performance that decreased more than a predefined criteria relative to their baseline were considered to exhibit a marked decline.\n\n\"This is a case where the risks of learning dysfunction outweigh the benefits of freedom from progression and tip the scales in favor of using SRS alone. Patients are spared from the side effects of whole brain radiation and we are able to preserve their memory and learning function to a higher degree\" said Chang. \"Here the research suggests patients who receive SRS as their initial treatment and then are monitored closely for any recurrence will fare better.\"\n\nThe study builds on previous research by senior author Christina A. Meyers, Ph.D., M. D. Anderson's chief of the Section Neuropsychology in the Department of Neuro-Oncology, examining neurocognitive function in patients with brain metastases treated with whole-brain radiation. \"Unlike past studies comparing the two treatment strategies which did not use sensitive cognitive tests or closely follow patients after being treated with SRS, radiation oncologists in this trial were able to identify new lesions early and treat them with either radiosurgery, surgery, whole brain radiation or less commonly, chemotherapy,\" Meyers said. \"We believe doctors and patients alike will favor this method over upfront whole brain radiation.\"\n\nMore From ScienceDaily\n\nMore Health & Medicine News\n\nFeatured Research\n\nMar. 3, 2015 \u2014 Adults over the age of 30 only catch flu about twice a decade, a new study suggests. 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-{"text": "T7 Trading System - Trend Shikari - Rules\n\nI have a trading system which I call Trend Shikari\u2122 with which I generate tips for you. But the success of this system in real trading will come only if you are disciplined enough to follow the below rules religiously day in and day out.\n\nThere are so many NSE listed stocks, futures and options out there to trade. But its better to trade only in Nifty because\n\n1. Nifty F&O are probably the most liquid instrument series out their and hence entry / exits are easy and instant with minimal trade slippage.\n2. No insider trading and consequent volatile unpredictable moves.\n3. No price splits like stocks enabling better historical analysis. Also backfill data for previous years are easily available which is pretty handy in back testing strategies.\n\nNow Nifty Index cannot be traded as is. We can only trade in derivatives of Nifty like its futures or options. For the beginners my advice is to go with NIFTYfutures . When NIFTY triggers my entry signals enter positions in NiftyFutures and when my profit or stop levels are touched by NIFTY index exit the future positions. You do pay more in charges trading futures compared to options but futures are much simpler to understand and trade in compared to options. To reduce your trading charges open an account and trade with discount brokers like Zerodha, Tradejini etc. For those who are comfortable with options better to trade in \"at the money long calls or long puts\" depending on my signal direction. Note that you need to trade in at least 2 lots of at the money options if you want a roughly similar point variation in your trade compared to the Nifty Index.\n\nNote that which ever instrument you choose to trade stick with that particular instrument for at least a year before you make a switch to any other instrument.\n\nRule 2 :- 1% position size\n\nPut 1% of your total capital at risk for each trade. That means if you hit stop in a particular trade then you should not be loosing more than 1% of your total capital. Based on this 1% rule size your positions for every trade. Also make sure that the number of lots of Nifty F&O instrument you start trading with remains constant at least for a year even if the accumulated profits may allow you to put in more lots.\n\nRule 3 :- Take all signals\n\nWe don't win always. We don't loose always. But we don't know absolutely when we are going to win or loose. Also I have a system where most often when I win I make more money than when I loose. Also my hit ratio is slightly above 50%. This means if you take all my signals with the same position size, then in the end you are most likely to make money from my system.\n\nRule 4 :- Put advance limit orders whenever possible.\n\nI usually give signals much before the price is at the entry levels. When ever you get my signal enter an order in the broker trading terminal with the appropriate entry price, profit and stop loss levels marked. This way your trade entries and exits happen easily with less slippage. You also void the possibility of missing signal entries / exits.\n\nSometimes though I do give the entry level at CMP in which case enter the trade immediately.\n\nRule 5 :- Do not break any of the four rules above.\n\nHope this info helps you to become a better trader. Thoughts, questions and suggestions are welcome."}
-{"text": "How it works\n\nPowerful Proven Mechanics\n\nCreating captivating mechanics which engage customers.\n\nWhile there are many ways you can execute a sales promotion, selecting the most effective mechanic can be the difference between a campaign that just ticks the boxes and a blockbuster hit that exceeds expectations for your brand and your bottom line.\n\nEdge uses captivating reward mechanics to deliver over 350 high profile campaigns every year. We draw upon our database of over 50 million past entries to provide our clients with data-driven insights and advice on the most effective mechanic for their promotion.\n\nOur impressive suite of digital mechanics are a popular choice as they increase engagement, drive automation, streamline processes and reduce costs. From conception to execution, we can manage and assist with every step of the way.\n\nEdge specialises in the end-to-end management of tailor-made sales promotions and loyalty programs which incentivise customer behaviour. With an unparalleled mix of platforms, rewards and insurance, Edge has powered thousands of innovative promotional strategies for Asia Pacific\u2019s most recognised brands and agencies."}
-{"text": "THE LAND QUALITY OF THE PLOT\n\nJanuary 20, 2019\n\nTHE LAND QUALITY OF THE PLOT\n\nAccording to Vaastu Shastra, the quality of the land should be examined before going into construction. This can solve lot of hassles later on. If the earth quality is not good, it should be corrected or rectified before starting the construction work. Many of these methods are scientific as far as civil engineering is concerned.\n\nTHE COLOUR AND SMELL OF THE LAND:\n\nWhile checking for the colour of the land, the top portion of the soil should be discarded as it is full of humus and external dust and soil, etc. Generally the earth below 6 inches or more of the top layer is the original soil. Its colour and smell should be ascertained. If the colour is whitish having a sweet smell, it is called Brahmani land. This land is good for spiritual people and it is suitable for intellectuals. For people of warrior class, red soil having a strong smell is suitable. This soil is suitable for the ruling class, administrators and politicians. Light yellow soil with acidic flavour is suitable for the business class. Black soil with bitter taste or mild smell is suitable for the people of working class.\n\nWhenever someone wants to construct a house and need to do earth filling beforehand, this should be kept in mind to use earth of proper colour and smell.\n\nTHE HOLE TEST:\n\nThe owner of the land should dig a hole of about six inches width, breadth and depth. Then the earth should be put back into the hole. If there is excess of earth left over after digging, this land will give profits. If the amount of earth is equal i.e. the hole is properly filled up, there will be no losses in this land and it will yield average without any loss. But if the quantity of earth falls less, then there will losses from that plot of land. Ancient vedic experts advised to discard this type of land.\n\nTHE WATER TEST:\n\nThere is another way of checking the land for fertility. A hole should be made and a jug of water should be poured in the evening. If the water dries up in the morning but the land remains moist, it is a fertile land. If the water dries up and the earth dries up too, it is a barren land and not good for cultivation. Another practical test is to fill the hole with water and walk 100 steps away and then return to check. If the hole is still full of water, then it is a good plot of land. If one fourth of the water is sucked in, it is medium. But if more than half of the water percolates inside, then it is not a good land for cultivation.\n\nA plot of land where a person feels better when resting is supposed to be very good. If certain things like bones, hair, skeleton, ants, snakes, iron, old clothes, burnt wood, coal, cotton, etc. are found while digging the land, it is very inauspicious and should be avoided. But finding stones, bricks or copper/silver coins is very lucky.\n\nVAASTU AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS:\n\nOur ancient scriptures say that the entire universe is made of five basic elements i.e. air, water, earth, fire and space (ether). These elements have their own identities and directions but combining together the living beings and non-living things on earth are composed. It is essential to have a balance of all these elements in a house or plot. These elements are present in our body and we identify them with our senses like touch, smell, vision, hearing and taste.\n\nTHE SPACE ELEMENT:\n\nLord Brahma is the ruler of the space element as well as Guru Brihaspati. He imparts the power of hearing. A calm and light atmosphere in the house keeps this element stable. A noisy atmosphere with arguments and quarrels upset this element. The centre of the house and the northeast are influenced by Lord Brahma and Guru. This area should be kept light, open and clean. These directions are suitable for spiritual purpose like puja and meditation. These zones should be kept clean for mental and spiritual development.\n\nTHE EARTH ELEMENT:\n\nThe Earth element hold the other three elements e.g. Water, Air and Fire. It is associated with the sense of smell. The Southwest direction is ruled by the earth element. Heavy items should be kept at the Southwest to activate the earth element in this direction. The walls at the Southwest should be made higher and thicker. If the earth element is weaker at the Southwest, there will be problems among family members and the owner of the house will be adversely affected. The shape of the earth element is square or rectangular and hence only square or rectangular plots should be considered for residing.\n\nTHE WATER ELEMENT:\n\nThe Northeast is ruled by the Water element which is governed by the Moon. It gives us the sense of taste. Water bodies like tubewells, ponds, underground tanks, deep tubewells, etc. are recommended at the Northeast. But septic tanks are not to be placed here as it needs cleanliness. The direction of the wastewater or rainwater should be made to flow through the Northeast. The shape of water is symbolised by the circle and circular lands are not advised by experts as there may be instability. Deficiency in the water element results in quarrels among family members.\n\nTHE FIRE ELEMENT:\n\nThe Fire element is ruled by the Sun and Mars (Mangal). It gives us the sense of touch. Since the sun rises from the Southeast, this direction is governed by the fire element. Fire-related items should be kept at the Southeast e.g. electrical items, DG sets, kitchen, fireplace, etc. The shape of the fire element is triangular and so triangular plots should be avoided as there may be fire and security-related problems. Balance of the fire element brings financial prosperity.\n\nTHE AIR ELEMENT:\n\nThe Northwest of the house/plot is ruled by the Air element. Lord Varun is the ruler of this element. It controls our breath. For a good health and longevity, there should be entry of the air element from the Northwest. Hence openings should be kept at the Northwest to let this element in. If the air element is weak, there may be problems with people outside the house, including loss of dignity and mental suffering.\n\nQUESTION AND ANSWERS:\n\nI have an empty plot facing the East and I am planning to start the construction of a house with foundation for three floors. But the problem is there is Peepal tree at the Northeast where the neighbours offer puja regularly. As it is not a very big plot, this tree needs to be cut down. Please advise what to do.\n\nAgarwal, Barpeta.\n\nAns: The Peepal is a sacred tree according to Hindus but its presence at the Northeast is not doing you much good. There is a proper method of cutting a tree. Offer prayers or puja to the tree and ask for forgiveness. Since Lord Brihaspati is the ruler of this tree, offer puja to Guru on a Thursday. It may be noted that peepal trees are not planted. They grow on their own."}
-{"text": "Sales of imported vehicles up 10 percent in August\n\nSales of imported vehicles in Korea jumped 10 percent last month compared to a year earlier on robust demand for German and Japanese vehicles, industry data showed Wednesday.\n\nThe number of newly registered foreign vehicles rose to 17,547 in August from 15,932 a year earlier, the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (Kaida) said in a statement.\n\nThe three best-selling models were the BMW 520d, Lexus ES300h and Mercedes-Benz E220d 4MATIC sedans, the statement said.\n\nIn January to August, imported car sales were up 3.3 percent to 153,327 autos from 148,411 in the same period a year ago, it said.\n\nAs the government moves to reduce the number of diesel cars on the streets by 30 percent over the next five years, imported carmakers sold a total of 75,541 diesel cars in the first eight months, down from 92,626 a year earlier, the Kaida data showed.\n\nIn contrast, the sale of imported gasoline cars jumped 35 percent to 62,978 from 46,683 during the same period according to the data."}
-{"text": "Memphis Grizzlies v Minnesota Timberwolves\n\nMemphis Grizzlies v Minnesota Timberwolves\n\nMemphis Grizzlies v Minnesota Timberwolves\n\nDavid Sherman\n\nJerryd Bayless #7 of the Memphis Grizzlies drives against J.J. Barea #11 of the Minnesota Timberwolves during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nJerryd Bayless #7 of the Memphis Grizzlies drives against J.J. Barea #11 of the Minnesota Timberwolves during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nMemphis Grizzlies v Minnesota Timberwolves\n\nDavid Sherman\n\nJerryd Bayless #7 of the Memphis Grizzlies aims for a free throw during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nJerryd Bayless #7 of the Memphis Grizzlies aims for a free throw during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nMemphis Grizzlies v Minnesota Timberwolves\n\nDavid Sherman\n\nRicky Rubio #9 of the Minnesota Timberwolves drives against Jerryd Bayless #7 of the Memphis Grizzlies during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nRicky Rubio #9 of the Minnesota Timberwolves drives against Jerryd Bayless #7 of the Memphis Grizzlies during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nMemphis Grizzlies v Minnesota Timberwolves\n\nDavid Sherman\n\nAlexey Shved #1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves looks on from the sidelines during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nAlexey Shved #1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves looks on from the sidelines during the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 30, 2013 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota."}
-{"text": "The ESP8266 is a low cost WiFi SoC built around a Tensilica Xtensa LX3 processor. The SharkSSL FreeRTOS/lwIP ESP8266 IDE provides an easy to use development environment for compiling SharkSSL IoT examples and for uploading these examples to an ESP8266. The IDE provides a complete development environment with no other tools required!"}
-{"text": "Find Us on Facebook\n\nAbout\n\nEstablished in 1991, Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits continues our family run philosophy and commitment to attentive customer service, far reaching selection of products, competitive pricing and service to the community.\n\nLaphroaig Scotch Whisky Lore\n\n\u2018The richest of the rich\u2019 \u2026 John Campbell\n\nSince 1815, each Laphroaig Distillery Manager has been the custodian of the craft to make the richest single malt in the world. Over the years, each has passed on their skills and traditions to the next generation to continue this legacy. To honour this passing of knowledge, our Distillery Manager John Campbell has created Laphroaig Lore, the richest ever Laphroaig. Lore, meaning the passing of a skill or tradition through word of mouth, is the story of how we make Laphroaig, encapsulating the craft passed down from generation to generation over two centuries.\n\nContinue Reading\n\nYou Might Also Like\n\nFind Us on Facebook\n\nAbout\n\nEstablished in 1991, Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits continues our family run philosophy and commitment to attentive customer service, far reaching selection of products, competitive pricing and service to the community."}
-{"text": "It makes a great make-ahead meal you can pull out of your freezer, thaw, and bake for a delicious homemade meal anytime. So while you are making your lasagna, try doubling the recipe and making one for tonight\u2019s dinner and one for another night.\n\nNote that I do not boil my dried lasagna noodles. You are welcome to do so if you prefer, but my lasagna comes with the perfect bite that I love. It makes for such a simple assembly.\n\nI was actually thinking about lasagna yesterday. So funny that you post this. I love how everyone makes lasagna a little different. Definitely going to give some of your methods a try next time \u2013 including adding garlic. I love garlic and have yet to add any!"}
-{"text": "Fregosi has been scouting the White Sox most of the week, but the Braves are not believed to be interested in first baseman Paul Konerko, as some have speculated. He comes with a hefty price tag of what\u2019s remaining of his $12 million salary this year and $12 million next year."}
-{"text": "We have rich conversations with our clients every day, and increasingly these conversations are happening online. We encourage you to ask questions, share your views, and connect with like-minded professionals.\n\nIndustry perspectives: Oil and Gas\n\nThe epitomy of big data\n\nWhether they are applying D&A upstream to their rigs or downstream to their refineries and customers, oil and gas executives are increasingly finding the value in data and analytics. We believe that data and analytics \u2013 when properly applied and acted upon \u2013 will bring unprecedented levels of safety and virtually eliminate downtime.\n\n\u2013 David ConroyManaging Director, Oil & Gas Sector, KPMG in the US\n\nThe oil and gas sector epitomizes the idea of leveraging big data. The sector is information-driven, from seismic data that determines the quality of a company's oil reserves to the complex instruments that generate millions of daily data points about the safety and reliability of drilling operations. Data also plays a role in downstream decisions about refinery, marketing and trading.\n\nThe single biggest D&A opportunity for companies in the oil and gas industry is to manage operational risk, because it has the largest corresponding cost if something goes wrong.\n\nBut as oil and gas companies continue to automate operations and generate huge volumes of data, will they have the ability to properly interpret the data and act on the information? Indeed, even though the industry relies on data from sophisticated systems, it is far from a clean IT environment.\n\nLearn more\n\nFind out more from KPMG's network of D&A professionals about the opportunities for the oil and gas sector."}
-{"text": "Comments on: What is the best way to wat to save the WRKJOBSCDE entrieshttp://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-best-way-to-wat-to-save-the-wrkjobscde-entries/\nMon, 16 Oct 2017 17:07:32 +0000hourly1By: josejavishhttp://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-best-way-to-wat-to-save-the-wrkjobscde-entries/#comment-94747\nThu, 28 Jul 2011 08:50:59 +0000#comment-94747Thank you very much!\n]]>"}
-{"text": "I just received my Glass Blue Feather Light hat in the mail. The first thing I noticed was it looked a lot like my Neo Turquoise one. Holding them up to each other is barely noticeable. I would have to say that Glass Blue is a slightly darker tint. Again, hardly noticable.\n\nI'm just using this as a comparison in case you guys are looking for a bandana or wristbands to match your Neo Turquoise/Glass Blue outfits.\n\n(*will have a pic up soon)\n\nInnoVAShaun\n(in-no-vay-Shaun)\n\ninnoVAShaun\n\n10-09-2009, 07:26 AM\n\nMy flash doesn't do much justice. Here's the pic:\n\nhttp://i38.tinypic.com/jpdbhx.jpg\n\nckledzepplin\n\n10-09-2009, 11:25 AM\n\nha you got ripped off\n\nJoshDragon\n\n10-09-2009, 11:38 AM\n\nThe glass blue looks a lot better.\n\nphishua\n\n10-09-2009, 11:49 AM\n\nMy flash doesn't do much justice. Here's the pic:\n\nhttp://i38.tinypic.com/jpdbhx.jpg\n\nI see the difference in the wristbands, but not in the hats.\n\nI got the pique polo in glass blue once they went on sale. It was a bit darker than I was expecting, but no biggie. It's a sharp-looking shirt regardless.\n\naenri86\n\n10-09-2009, 01:07 PM\n\nThe glass blue looks better IMO... Looks like it has a little bit of a greener tint to it!\n\na-naik.1\n\n10-09-2009, 01:15 PM\n\nYeah the only diff i can see it in is the wristbands, the hats look identical to me.\n\nJoshDragon\n\n10-09-2009, 05:32 PM\n\nInnovashaun, do you know if those US Open bandanas or wristbands are available anywhere?\n\ninnoVAShaun\n\n10-09-2009, 08:00 PM\n\n^^^Sorry, don't know. But here's what I can do, I'll post the style numbers of the stuff I bought from USO in a seperate thread. Maybe NSO can look them up for you.\n\nJoshDragon\n\n10-10-2009, 02:48 PM\n\n^^^Sorry, don't know. But here's what I can do, I'll post the style numbers of the stuff I bought from USO in a seperate thread. Maybe NSO can look them up for you.\n\nThat would be great, thanks.:)\n\ninnoVAShaun\n\n03-14-2010, 06:39 AM\n\nIf someone can throw up a comparison between Glass Blue and Marina Blue (Federer AO '10), it would be greatly appreciated."}
-{"text": "Commercial Nuclear Reactor Licensing Hurdles \u2014 New York v. NRC\n\nMore than two years ago, the D.C. Circuit vacated and remanded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission\u2019s (\u201cNRC\u201d) Waste Confidence rule in New York v. NRC.[1] As a result of that decision, the NRC suspended all licensing issuances for commercial nuclear power plants until the court\u2019s remand was appropriately redressed.[2] On September 19th, 2014 the NRC issued its Final Rule on Waste Confidence, addressing the concerns of D.C. Circuit. Now, licensing issuances are set to start up again after a two-year hiatus.\n\nAs of December 2013, there are an estimated 72,000 metric tons of commercial spent fuel in storage at commercial nuclear power plants.[3] Spent fuel from commercial reactors is currently held on-site at nuclear power plants in 34 states.[4] Originally, the fuel was meant to be held on-site temporarily, while the federal government was going to build a permanent, geological repository for the spent fuel at Yucca Mountain. However, after decades of political roadblocks, the repository at Yucca has yet to open, resulting in spent fuel accumulating on-site at commercial nuclear power plants.\n\nIn 1984, the NRC concluded a generic rulemaking proceeding, known as the Waste Confidence Rule, which allowed the NRC to proceed with environmental reviews of commercial reactor licenses without considering the site-specific effects of on-site spent fuel in its environmental analysis.[5] The NRC reached this conclusion because they felt there was a reasonable assurance that a geological repository for spent fuel would be available by 2007-2009 and that the spent fuel from decommissioned plants would be stored there, limiting its environmental impact.[6] After decades of producing and storing radioactive spent fuel on-site, the D.C. Circuit forced the NRC to look at the environmental impacts of on-site storage of spent fuel with the possibility that there would never be a geologic repository built.[7]\n\nIn New York v. NRC, the D.C. Circuit held that the rulemaking for the 2010 update to NRC\u2019s Waste Confidence Rule required either an environmental impact statement or a finding of no significant environmental impact under the National Environmental Policy Act.[8] The court felt that the Commission\u2019s evaluation of the risks of spent nuclear fuel stored on-site was deficient.[9] The Court held that the Commission\u2019s conclusion that permanent storage will be available \u201cwhen necessary\u201d ignored the possibility that a permanent geological repository for spent nuclear fuel would ever become a reality.[10] The Court also determined that the Commission failed to properly examine future dangers and consequences of storing spent nuclear fuel on-site at nuclear plants for sixty years after the expiration of a plant\u2019s license.[11]\n\nAs a result of the D.C. Circuit\u2019s decision, the NRC suspended all license issuances, pending completion of the remanded waste confidence proceedings.[12] The suspension of licensing issuances lasted from August 2012 until October 2014, after the Final Rule on Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel was published.[13] The Final Rule addressed the issues the court raised in New York v. NRC and cleared the way for licensing issuances to resume at the NRC after a two-year halt.[14]\n\nThe significance of the new rule lies with the licensing implications. Nuclear reactors seeking renewal of their leases may now be issued licenses to extend their life cycle by an additional 30 years. It also brings some stability in licensing proceedings at a time when energy utilities are facing business decisions with regard to whether they should apply for license renewal or even subsequent license renewal for their commercial reactors.\n\nThe fight over Waste Confidence and continued storage of highly radioactive spent fuel is far from over, however, even after the issuance of this rule. Environmental groups have promised legal action against the NRC if it resumes licensing activity because they claim that without a geological repository, nuclear waste can never be safely disposed of.[15] Even with the risk of litigation hanging over the Final Rule, commercial nuclear reactor licensing has hurdled the obstacle that stopped it in its tracks more than two years ago.\n\n[12]See CLI-12-16 (Aug. 7 2012); NRC Staff\u2019s Answer to Petition to Suspend Final Decisions in all Pending Reactor Licensing Proceedings Pending Completion of Remanded Waste Confidence Proceedings at 4, (June 25, 2012) (\u201cthe Staff agrees that no final decision to grant a combined license (\u201cCOL\u201d), operating license, or renewed operating license should be made in the captioned proceedings until the NRC has appropriately dispositioned the issued remanded by the court\u201d)."}
-{"text": "The four-year tradition involves party leaders drafting a series of priorities or \"planks\" such as job creation, developing more renewable energy or immigration reform.Those priorities are codified at the national convention, which will be held from Sept. 3-6 in Charlotte, N.C.\n\nBooker ruffled party feathers in May when he publicly criticized President Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, but party elders apparently want Booker at the table. The group of 15 party leaders chosen to draft the platform will include Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) and former Reps. Tony Coehlo, D-Calif., and Robert Wexler, D-Fla, the Journal reports."}
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-{"text": "Earlier today, Muggles across the world celebrated the announcement that J.K. Rowling will return to the world of Harry Potter to write a screenplay, set 70 years before the events of the Harry Potter stories, called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. But before you start spouting off about a Harry Potter prequel, Rowling has an important distinction to make. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is \"neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series,\" insists Rowling, but \"an extension of the wizarding world.\"\n\nIt may sound like semantics, but the kind of \"extension\" that Rowling is talking about has grown very common. Like it or not, we have officially entered the spin-off era of the entertainment world, with franchises like The Avengers and Breaking Bad picking up supporting characters and launching them into their own distinct narratives. Though this trend has existed for decades, it's never been more prevalent than now, as Hollywood grows increasingly desperate to milk every dollar from a hot property.\n\nBut before you get too cynical about Hollywood's lack of creativity, recognize the potential if such spin-offs are handled right. There are plenty of franchises ripe for alternative trajectories that would offer new and genuinely fascinating perspectives on popular stories. Here are six:\n\n1. Game of Thrones \u2014 \"Robert's Rebellion\"\n\nGame of Thrones' main story continues to surge forward, but there's an equally riveting tale in the show's rearview mirror: The legendary Robert's Rebellion, in which erstwhile protagonist Ned Stark rose up alongside his friend Robert Baratheon to wage war against the mad king Aerys Taragaryen.\n\nAs a miniseries, Robert's Rebellion would have several attractions. It would revisit rich characters like Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon, adding further context to the main series. It would offer a fascinating window into Westeros during the rule of the Targaryens, and into characters we never got to meet, like Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. And, from a more practical perspective, it would give the show a chance to take a breather while everyone waits for George R.R. Martin to finish the last two novels. Game of Thrones is a rich enough world to sustain all kinds of stories, but Robert's Rebellion is the crown jewel that should be tackled first.\n\n2. James Bond \u2014 \"MI6\"\n\nFor a franchise that has endured for more than 50 years, the James Bond series has remained laser-focused on its lead character. But there's loads of untapped potential in 007's fellow allies. Agents like 002 and 006 have appeared in supporting roles in previous 007 films, but Bond's fellow Double-0 agents have been missing since the 2006 reboot Casino Royale \u2014 and there's no better time to learn what the rest of MI6 has been up to.\n\nMuch as ABC's upcoming Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. focuses on the governmental organization that played such a major role in The Avengers, MI6 could give us new insight into the organization that dispatches 007 on his missions. Who are Bond's fellow Double-0 agents? Who are the geniuses at Q Branch? And who's pulling the strings? Think the intergovernmental intrigue of 24 or Homeland with the action of a top-tier thriller. And a film or TV series about the inner workings of MI6 would be the perfect way to expand the scope of the James Bond franchise without cannibalizing the Daniel Craig films altogether.\n\n3. The Walking Dead \u2014 \"New York City\"\n\nThe Walking Dead is a great premise for a show, but it's continually in search of great characters. Fortunately, the show is also uniquely suited to reinvention; any character that's not working can be seamlessly killed off and replaced with someone more interesting.\n\nBut my proposal would be a little more radical: Keep the main series going, but give us spin-offs set in entirely different parts of the world \u2014 if it worked for The Office, there's no reason it couldn't work here. The Walking Dead is largely set in rural parts of the American South, so my first instinct is to go in the opposite direction by showing what the zombie apocalypse has done to a major urban center, like New York City. But you could just as easily substitute any other city in the world: Just write some interesting characters, throw in some zombies, and see what happens.\n\n4. Star Wars \u2014 \"The Galactic Empire\"\n\nOne of the biggest problems with the Star Wars prequels is that they end just when the story is getting really good. Episode III concludes with the infant Luke Skywalker being delivered to Tattooine, but Episode IV picks up the story a full 19 years later, when Luke has already reached adulthood. Forget J.J. Abrams' upcoming Episode VII \u2014 give me an Episode III 1/2, following a variety of people adjusting to life under the increasingly sinister Galactic Empire. It's a sci-fi Game of Thrones set in one of the most complete and diverse fictional universes in entertainment history \u2014 who wouldn't watch that?\n\nThe stories practically write themselves: An idealistic young Stormtrooper who slowly recognizes that something is wrong; a tradeswoman who's forced to become a smuggler when the Empire takes over her route; the young skeptics who quietly plant the seeds of the Rebellion. Yes, we know how the story will end, but there's infinite room for characters we've never met, and planets we've never visited, within those margins.\n\n5. The World's End \u2014 \"And I Feel Fine\"\n\nThis summer's terrific sci-fi/comedy The World's End closes \u2014 spoiler alert! \u2014 with the dawn of a new world order, as humankind adjusts to a post-apocalyptic world without any technology but the robotic \"blanks\" the invaders left behind. The movie deliberately closes on that wide-open note \u2014 but I can't help but imagine all the incredible stories that could be told in the film's universe.\n\nAnd I Feel Fine wouldn't even need to feature any of the characters from The World's End; in fact, it could take place pretty much anywhere on Earth, as the rest of the world adjusts to a status quo that's essentially plunged us into a second dark age. Think NBC's Revolution, but infinitely funnier and more character-focused, and you're not far off.\n\n6. Breaking Bad \u2014 \"The Empire Business\"\n\nI may have some doubts about Better Call Saul, but I'm not inherently opposed to the idea of a Breaking Bad spin-off. I'd just rather see the spin-off focus on a different character \u2014 like, say, Gustavo Fring. The Empire Business would focus on Gus as a young Chilean chemistry student working alongside his partner Max as he learns the ins and outs of the meth trade.\n\nThe Empire Business could fill in the many tantalizing gaps in Gus' backstory: The reason he fled Chile, the beginning of his (possibly romantic) relationship with Max, and the reason he's marked as a \"protected man\" by the Mexican Cartel. Most importantly, it would also give some of the show's most enduring secondary characters \u2014 including Mike Ehrmantraut and, yes, Saul Goodman \u2014 a little more time in the spotlight. Plus, for anyone who's mourning the end of Breaking Bad, it would offer a similar tragic arc about a man whose skill and ambition led to a tragic fall."}
-{"text": "Autodesk EAGLE First Flights Webinar Series\n\nSam Sattel\n\nNew to Autodesk EAGLE or PCB Design? This Webinar Series is For You\n\nLearning how to get started with electronics design is half the battle. You\u2019ve probably got some great ideas in your head, but how do you turn them into reality?\n\nThe truth is, there\u2019s a ton of small steps that make up a typical design journey. And it doesn\u2019t help that there\u2019s no universally \u201cright\u201d way to design a PCB.\n\nSo what are to do?\n\nWhether you\u2019re brand new to Autodesk EAGLE or PCB design in general, we\u2019ve made it easy to get started on your first electronics design project with our EAGLE First Flights Webinar Series.\n\nPCB Design at a Glance\n\nThe PCB design process is anything but simple and involves a ton of twists and turns that you\u2019ll need to navigate along your journey. 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The possibilities in your imagination are endless.\n\nStep 2 \u2013 Gathering Your Parts\n\nHere\u2019s a tiny sampling of all the parts you might use in your design, from ICs to capacitors (Image source)\n\nOnce you\u2019ve got that idea in your head, you\u2019ll now need to piece all of the parts together. This can include scouring online datasheets from traditional parts distributors like Digikey, Farnell, or Mouser and making sure they\u2019re available and at your budget. Parts are the foundation of your entire design process.\n\nStep 3 \u2013 Designing Your Schematic\n\nSchematics can get super complex like the one above, but we\u2019ll start off simple. (Image source)\n\nNow it\u2019s time to dig into the theory and mathematics to make your idea achievable. The schematic design process is all about turning your ideas from your imagination into some practical realities by mastering the flow of electricity between all of your parts. You don\u2019t need to be an EE to create a schematic design, though. There\u2019s a ton of existing schematic designs around that you can leverage for inspiration to help you through this challenge.\n\nStep 4 \u2013 Designing Your PCB Layout\n\nTime to translate that schematic design into something physical in a PCB layout. (Image source)\n\nYour schematic might look great on paper, but how is it going to translate into a physical design? This stage is where the rubber meets the road, and you\u2019ll be tasked with placing all of your parts within a set physical boundary. Where the schematic design is all about representations of ideas, your PCB layout has to ground those ideas in our world of physical limitations.\n\nStep 5 \u2013 Getting Your Board Made\n\nPCB manufacturing is a world in its own. How deep do you want to go?\n\nGot your PCB layout done? Now it\u2019s time to take those digital bits and turn them into an actual board. This stage is all about your manufacturer. You\u2019ll ship your design files off, and in a few days or week(s) you\u2019ll get your board back in its physical form. Does it work as you thought it would? Multiple revisions and design respins can be a harsh but necessary part of the design process.\n\nWithin each of these 5 steps, there\u2019s a ton of tips and tricks to discover. For example, did you know that you can reuse existing schematic circuitry in a new project without having to remake it again from scratch with modular design blocks? This is but one of the many useful tools you\u2019ll discover in the EAGLE First Flights Webinar Series. Here\u2019s what we\u2019ll be covering:\n\nFirst Flights Webinars\n\nWe\u2019ll be starting off with the basics, covering how to design your first schematic, build your part library, place your components, and use the autorouter to make an easy job of your routing process. 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-{"text": "radial-line-box-intersection-x-y\n\nReturns as multiple values the coordinates of the point on the edge of\na box where it is crossed by a line that passes through the center of\nthe box and through an arbitrary\npoint. Returns nil if the box center and the\narbitrary point are the same.\n\nThe first two arguments are real numbers for the X and Y coordinates\nof the arbitrary point. The remaining required arguments are real\nnumbers that specify the sides of a box. Returns two real numbers for\nthe X and Y coordinates of the intersection point,\nor nil.\n\nThe margin argument is somewhat\nobscure. If specified, it should be a real number indicating a\ndistance. If the real intersection point is less than this distance\nfrom a corner of the box, then the returned point will be adjusted so\nthat it is this distance from the corner. (This is used by one\napplication to avoid drawing a connecting line to a rounded corner of\na rounded box.)"}
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-{"text": "MBA Students Gain Business Experience Through Service\n\nStudents in DePaul University's full-time MBA program are engaged in a new long-term community service project that marries DePaul's values with the heartfelt mission of a local non-profit, Misericordia. In this new initiative, students get real-world consulting experience by working with Misericordia leaders throughout the year to improve their operations and ultimately develop a business plan that can be easily implemented by the organization.\n\nPublic service is at the heart of DePaul's values and has traditionally been a part of an education at the university. At the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business over the past six years, MBA students have travelled to New Orleans during weeklong holiday breaks to apply their business knowledge toward helping small businesses rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.\n\n\"This year we wanted to challenge the students with a longer service project,\" says Bill Coughlin, associate director of graduate admissions at Kellstadt. \"One of our goals was to make service \u2014 and giving back to the community \u2014 a more central part of the MBA experience for the students.\"\n\nA Consulting Service with Heart\n\nWith assistance from DePaul's Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning and University Ministry, the Kellstadt office was connected with the local nonprofit Misericordia through their Chief Financial Officer Kevin Connelly, a 2001 DePaul MBA graduate. He is one of a quartet of leaders at Misericordia who have connections to DePaul through degrees or other associations.\n\nMisericordia (Latin for hearts of mercy) is a 31-acre \"community of care\" center in Rogers Park on the North Side of Chicago. The mission of Misericordia is to support individuals with developmental disabilities in maximizing their level of independence and self-determination. Misericordia was founded by Sister Rosemary Connelly (Kevin's aunt), who is still an active leader in the organization today and also has been named by Chicago Magazine as one of its Chicagoans of the Year 2014.\n\nThere are more than 600 children and adults who live on the Misericordia campus. Misericordia believes that all people (disabled or not) should become meaningful member of their community. To that end, they provide residents with speech, occupational and physical therapies, as well as recreational activities and community interactions. There's an aquatic and fitness center, as well as a bakery and restaurant that employ some of the residents. Some residents work at Chicago businesses, while other businesses outsource projects to be performed on Miseracordia's campus.\n\n\"At DePaul, we would like to graduate students who will change the world in a positive way,\" says Coughlin. \"Misericordia is a wonderful, locally based nonprofit with a great mission, which also has a need for consultation on several projects that require a business student's knowledge. It is a great overall fit for our students.\"\n\nTo kick off the service project, the students in the cohort travelled to Chicago's North Side where they were given a tour of the entire Misericordia campus. They met with Sister Rosemary and viewed a presentation on the history, mission and goals of the organization. They met several of the residents and got to see how the organization runs its operations.\n\n\"DePaul's approach (to the service project) is different,\" says Kevin Connelly. \"It is built into the cohort MBA program and lasts the entire year. Other schools we have worked with typically provide a week's worth of service. At DePaul, it is taken seriously by all students and faculty, and there is a greater sense of dedication and care for the long-term results. Sister Rosemary was very enthusiastic about the commitment of a full school year to the projects.\"\n\nConnelly has proposed that the MBA students address Misericordia's business needs in three different areas; in the recruitment and retention areas of human resources; the social media side of marketing; and how to run both the bakery and restaurant businesses more smoothly. Students divided themselves into teams to tackle each of these business needs and selected leaders who would be the main contacts for the organization and DePaul.\n\nReal-World Experience in a Nonprofit Environment\n\nIt was up to the student groups to plan their visits to Misericordia and meet with the respective business units on their own time. The student groups also volunteered at the organization in December to get first-hand experience with its operations.\n\nTanner Krause, an MBA student studying change leadership, is the student leader for the project focused on the Greenhouse Inn, a full-service restaurant on the Misericordia campus that employs a few of its residents. He is familiar with the Miseracordia having played soccer with several of the residents when he was pursuing his undergraduate degree at Loyola University a few blocks away from Misericordia's campus.\n\n\"Certainly we've got a great opportunity to get consulting experience, understand nonprofit organizations and hopefully grow competencies around all,\" says Krause. \"It's a great experience any time you get open access to a company's operations and are given the ability to collect and deliver feedback to the organization.\"\n\nKrause and his team travelled to the restaurant on several occasions to study the business model, identify areas that can be improved and to enjoy a good meal. What gets Krause excited about the project is being able to provide his knowledge of business to a local nonprofit. Professional development, he notes, is a secondary benefit to helping out a great organization.\n\n\"I love the pairing of DePaul and Misericordia,\" continues Krause. \"I think it's great that Kellstadt gives us the opportunity to give back to a group of Chicagoans in need. You've got two longtime institutions based on faith, hoping for the betterment of each of their constituents' lives.\""}
-{"text": "Symptom Checkers Not Nearly As Effective As Doctors\n\nAlthough online information can be useful, medical advice found on the Web is not always trustworthy, even when using symptom checkers.\n\nMany people used to check their symptoms online in the hope of avoiding a trip to the doctor or as a way of finding out how they can self-threat whatever was ailing them, but many times the more people looked the farther the true answer was.\n\nIn an effort to help several schools, medical institutions and insurance companies came up with symptom checking software. These could be used by patients in order to find out what illness they suffered from more accurately than using normal internet check.\n\nBut a recent large-scale study from the Harvard Medical School analyzed the accuracy of these programs and established that 2 out of three times the first result displayed was wrong.\n\nThe research team used symptoms belonging to 45 specific medical scenarios, and tested the accuracy of 23 of the most commonly used symptom checkers wich were developed in the U.S. and Europe.\n\nThe results were more than disappointing, when the team found out that only 51 percent of the time the correct diagnosis was even included in the top three results.\n\nNot only do the symptom checkers display inaccurate results 49 percent of the time but many times they fail to even include the right ones in the top 20. Thus 42% of the time it is possible that your right diagnosis will be displayed as the 20th result or even lower.\n\nHowever the team stated that the symptom checking software was about as accurate as most medical telephone services used by private practices. So while an actual trip to the doctor is still the best way to receive a correct diagnosis, symptom checkers could be a more cost effective temporary solution.\n\nThe symptom checkers were also proven to be a bit too prudent, and risky. The software recommended that the user report to a doctor when the symptoms could of been treated with self-adminitered medication.\n\nBut in the long run, software development can vastly improve, meaning that it might one day even be more accurate that some doctors.\n\nMachine learning, computer data base interactions and other new software techniques are now being developed to improve existing applications and computer results. If search engines like Google can develop techniques which improve search accuracy the same advancements could power symptom checkers.\n\nSpecialists, including the Harvard Medical School research team that conducted the recent study, do continue to recommend the use of symptom checkers but do advice caution and patience.\n\nEven the recent study offers very good feedback which can be used to improve the results displayed by symptom checking software, meaning that as we learn more about what is wrong with them, they become better."}
-{"text": "The Supreme Court of Justice described the appeal as \u201cinadmissible\u201d.\n\u2026\nIn her ruling on Wednesday, Justice Gladys Gutierrez said the opposition had not not offered \u201csufficient proof\u201d to back up their allegations.\n\nThe 10-point appeal had been lodged by Mr Capriles, the opposition coalition and several citizens.\n\nAlso on Wednesday, members of the armed forces\u2019 military counterintelligence unit raided the residence of Oscar Lopez, who serves as Capriles\u2019 chief of staff in his capacity as governor of Miranda state. Lopez told reporters afterward that those conducting the raid took personal documents, telephones and computers.\n\nLopez said he didn\u2019t know the reason for the raid, but said it may have to do with accusations lodged by National Assembly members of the PSUV party headed by Maduro alleging unspecified irregularities.\n\nBut the signal of intensified repression and the reinforcing of the thugs group in power come from inside chavismo itself. Not only there will be no primary nor discussion over the mayor candidates inside chavismo but we learned that ALREADY 33 outgoing mayors will not be allowed to go for re\u00eblection and are demanded to support their appointed wanna-be successors. Stalinist purge stand trial light version for our times.\n\nThe surprise today was not that the Constitutional Hall of the Venezuelan Supreme Court rejected as inadmissible Henrique Capriles\u2019 challenge to the election results in a one page decision. The surprise was that besides the legal travesty, the Court fined Capriles the maximum amount for insulting authority with the challenge and accusing the Court of being partial to the Government. The Court also asked the Prosecutor to have Capriles investigated for these insults."}
-{"text": "Geriatric Car Thief Sentenced for Crimes Involving 17 Corvettes\n\nA chop shop is no place for America\u2019s sports car. Unfortunately, that is where at least 17 new and used Corvettes ended up in the 2009 and 2010 at the hands of 74-year-old career car thief, Daniel Ott. Earlier this week Ott was in court for the theft of these vehicles and was sentenced to both jail time and restitution, according to Cleveland\u2019s Real Time News.\n\nOtt was arrested in May 2010 for his crimes after his phone activity was tracked. It was with phone calls that Ott was given orders for certain model years and colors of Corvettes. He would then steal the cars and turn them over to his chop-shop connection for $1,200 each.\n\nWe broke the news of this senior\u2019s automotive thefts a year ago, shortly after he was caught in May 2010. Since then, Ott has been held on auto theft charges at the Cuyahoga County Jail. After waiting over a year for his sentence, Ott was given 4 more years in jail and ordered to pay $533,000 in restitution \u2013 a bargain compared to the over $600,000 worth of cars he stole in a mere 12 months.\n\nThis is not the first run-in with the law for Ott. In fact, he has 14 other auto theft convictions on his record and told authorities he has stolen over 100 Corvettes in his career. Because of his previous convictions, it\u2019s not surprising that U.S. District Judge, Dan Aaron Polster, didn\u2019t play into Ott and his lawyer\u2019s plea for mercy. Ott\u2019s attorney, Carolyn Kucharski, argued that Ott\u2019s failing health, age, nature of his crimes and wife\u2019s health conditions were reasons for a lesser sentence. Unfortunately, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Kall, Ott had used these reasons to argue for lesser sentences on three previous auto theft convictions. Ott was sentenced without leniency and was taken from the court room back to jail, waving to his crying wife in the back of the court room.\n\nWhile Ott\u2019s age, failing health and wife\u2019s conditions are unfortunate, we are glad that he is paying for what he did. While we know there are other car thieves out there aiming for America\u2019s sports car, we can rest a little more soundly knowing that one of these career criminals is off the street for a few more years."}
-{"text": "Computing\n\nWhere were we? Oh yes, Megha, Connaught Place, Nizamuddin and the likes. If you find me forgetting what I myself wrote, then this is not so surprising. With the speed at which things go, what is surprising is that I remember myself, that combination of two problematic concepts, my - and - self.\n\nSo what then is this -my? How do you define what is 'yours' and what is not? Its clearly a concept associated with your sense of self, and a sense of self is defined, if we agree with what we thought earlier, as everything that one is 'not'. Does this mean, then, that possession is a defined bond between one's sense of self, and things that are external to it? Admirable though this logic may be, it has a fatal flaw: if 'I', 'me', and 'myself' is what, in other words, 'I' am not, then how can anything that is not 'mine' by this definition, be 'mine' by possession? 'Mine' and 'me' is an unchanging core that does not age, that does not change, that will not die and that has always lived.\n\nWhile this may be a philosophical inquest at one level, at another it is 'real' life. The Indian Railways online booking website is a modern-day Darwinian marvel, challenging human evolution and notions of the self as it alternates its hapless subject between bouts of stunned wonder and horrific anticipation. One looks forward to the future. I tactfully didn't tell Megha all this, there was enough to do to pick up the threads of a year or more and make attempts at conversation. Fortunately for both of us, none of us has the patience for long-winded nothings. The 6-hour train to Kota became landscape blurring by in a hum of muted conversation, newly-wed couples in corridors, grey-uniformed staff selling dinner, and small-town stations flickering past in metronomic rhythm. In the Rajdhani, that elite of Indian trains, double layers of tinted glass shield you from the Indian summer, but more than that, from the immediacy of it all. But there is still enough to see, to watch the landscape change slowly from the lush green of the Punjab to the semi-arid land that characterises most of Rajasthan. There is the low line of the Aravalis as a constant backdrop, punctuated by hilltop forts and their crumbling ramparts still commanding the countryside. It's a harsh land breeding a tough people, and the trees gnarl out of the earth, fighting with the elements and each other for every inch of growth and precious water. It's not a beautiful land in the conventional sense of the word, unless beauty is to be found in strength and hardship, an aesthetic whose architecture is strong, at times touching the sublime, but rarely effete as that of the Mughal lords and nobility of later Delhi and Lucknow.\n\nWe talk of bric-a-bric and this and that, of universities in India and common faces and names, once again re-building common ground. There's not much to say for the moment except to relive funny stories already told and comment on things that have absolutely no relevance to any of our lives. Megha's accentuating streak of grey in her hair makes her look more distinguished. We pass Ranthambhor Tiger Reserve, the fort hidden away deep in the mountains. The train hasn't stopped since Delhi, and the children next door are getting sleepy. Conversation dies down. I look fixedly out of the window and the hours pass by. Dinner comes, deliciously distinctive railway-food smells that are an institution in themselves. We're halfway through this, arguing over bent spoons and plastic water when the train begins to slow, and there is Kota Junction. There's another railway journey done and now we are in a town I haven't been to before.\n\nHeritage hotels are a growing business in India. Some, like the Udai Vilas Palace at Udaipur, are the ultimate in five-star luxury, while others remain affordable for the traveller on a budget. The Brijraj Bhawan at Kota was and continues to be the residence of the royal family of Kota(h). A large bungalow with an unassuming plan and fa'ade that is considerably reduced in appeal by repeated whitewash and the juxtaposition of strangely-proportioned overhanging balconies, the royal haveli retains a certain old-world luxury in its interiors, with its well-polished teaks, wrought-iron lamps and bathrooms big enough to get lost in. The bungalow overlooks the Chambal river that lessens the heat of the evening somewhat, even when there is no breeze. Megha and I look at the interior with delight and not a little relief. Even travelling in air-conditioned luxury, it's a fine thing to lay down your bags and call someplace home, even if it is for hire. The first thing we ask for, by mutual consent, is a chilled beer. While it arrives, I go to the shower and let the water run over me, rejuvenating, soaking away the day's dust. Life is good, and its going to get better.\n\nThings happen in college and some things stay with you for the rest of your life. Akshay, through little fault of his own, is now called Kota. We meet at a little restaurant close to the hotel where Megha and I are selecting from amongst the rather vapid-sounding fare. The paneer kebabs turn out to be rather good, and then Kota and his wife arrive. Manisha's career resume, at least as far as I know, looks something like this: Ph.D. in Literature from Jodhpur University, wife of Kota and mother of Anahad. Oh yes, and four months pregnant in Paris, France the year on the 31st of December, 2005. The obvious injustice of this summing-up strikes me, but there's little to be done about it for the moment. Dinner passes in a blur of voices and post-beer buzz, we fix up a time for the next day. Megha and I head back to the hotel. Its night.\n\nMegha is an attractive person and its been a nice day, full of activity and new things to see. Till some time back, I'd wiffle and waffle and never get around to popping the question, but this time I just ask. I figure that if I don't I'll regret I didn't the next morning like hell. I'm not sure if she's been asked directly before or not. Either way the thing promises to turn into a potentially long discussion that I don't have the stomach for, and so I roll over and go to sleep, at peace, without any fuss, in the soft confines of a heritage hotel in Kota. The truth shall set you free, they say. I'd also like to add that the truth makes for a good night's sleep.\n\nAnd then the morning comes, a hot stinking day over the Chambal river, and mind you, this is a compliment, the peacocks certainly seem to think there's something for celebration. The ultimate show-off bird, camera-shy and yet wanting, I could swear, to be caught on tape, camera, strut, pose, the works. This is worth a book, though Kota apparently hasn't had much of that honour.\n\nThe Lonely Planet pages on Kota dismiss the city in a few short pages. This is fair enough, the few things to see in the city are the Umed Rao Palace, the museum within and the Chambal Gardens with its crocodile pool with no crocodiles. The palace is an unassuming structure in whitewashed plaster, brick and sandstone, the museum inside contains crumbling royal memorabilia artefacts, testimony to a time and life gone by. The museum has a medium-sized central gallery stuffed with royal toys ' a bust of the Maharaja in white plaster that makes him look like an overdressed Englishman, mechanical toys rusting in corners, chairs studded with gems and manuscripts rotting in glass cupboards.\n\nCorridors leading off the main gallery have photographs and paintings, the royal family hunting, posing and doing whatever royals are supposed to do. Kota was a provincial outpost even at the height of Rajputana, and remained so under the British. It suffers from mediocre architecture in a land where standards of this sort are set high by the likes of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. In all this, there is a detail that stands out, a true elevation drawn on the wall of a lookout post, remarkable in its deviation from the standards of architectural depiction in Rajput art and approximating more to the English standard. Its almost as if an English-trained Indian draughtsman has been engaged, who attempts a fusion of the modern with the traditional, blending tigers, over-scaled foliage and the inevitable side-on human figures with the starkly rendered centrepiece that is remarkable both for its content as for its location, here, in Kota, the back of beyond in the middle of nowhere.\n\nPainting Detail (True Elevation) in Umed Rao Palace, Kota\n\nModern-day Kota has become home to a growing private tuition industry that seems to be fuelling a significant part of the city's economy. These are the impressions we retain in the few hours that we have before we go and see Akshay. There is a tension in the air from the night before and we tolerate each other's company in sullen silence, alleviated by lunch, the heat, and a brief foray to look at Kota saris, fabric woven in cotton crossweave that leaves transparent gaps and promises to be wonderfully light and cool in summer. For the umpteenth time I wonder why these things don't come in sizes and shapes for men, and why when they do, its for a price all out of proportion to the work that goes into them.\n\nDinner at Akshay's is a magnificent affair of traditional Rajasthani fare, with the family and helpers ladling out helping after helping that threatens to leave one gasping for breath from the spice, the oil and the heat as much as for its excellent taste. Remembered lessons in formal behaviour come back as dinner plays itself out, an elaborate ritual of host-guest responsibilities and shifting roles, a pantomime where everyone has a part to play and set things to say and do. It's an intricate game where success is measured by many things and honour of self and family balances delicately between too much and too little. We're supposed to leave for Bundi the next morning, and Akshay as usual, his magnanimity overcoming practicality, makes plans for leaving at 5 am that are quickly dashed by the pragmatics of family, relatives and the occasion. Simply put, ditching 200 guests for a pleasure trip to a palace with your friends (whom no one has ever seen) takes a braver soul, or one more foolhardy, than any of us is. Megha and I catch a cab back to Brijraj Palace. We've both had a full day from the heat and the socialising and there's not much to be done before bed.\n\nAnother morning, and there's a taxi that waits for us outside the hotel at 7 am in the morning as we set out for Jhalawar. This is the site of a Sun Temple, our source of information being once again Lonely Planet. This is also a forced excursion in some ways, waiting for Akshay to fulfil his family responsibilities so we can go to Bundi together the next day. He's thankfully shelved all notions of leaving today but that means we have to create work for ourselves, so to speak, and pass another day in and around Kota.\n\nThe cabbie is completely unprepared for Megha, who one might have mentioned before can be completely cute. She sits in front with him, and for a while I worry about whether he can drive straight under what is obviously such a powerful influence sitting not two feet away from him. Still, I have the whole back seat to myself so there's not much to complain about. The road to Jhalawar is mostly fine and typical Rajasthan rolls by. We stop for tea and delicious poha at a middlish town, and get appropriately stared at. I think I need to stop hanging out in shorts every now and then, and Megha, always gets looked at by all the men and most of the women. We stop at a bus terminus to pick up water, and by now the cabbie is entertaining thoughts of running away with her. What does he plan to with the irritant in the back seat, I wonder. What would I have done? The rest of the road trip passes in this delicious play of subtle innuendo and little villages and soon Jhalawar is upon us, a medium-sized town enclosed within ramparts in good condition, narrow streets with people on them. Our car blazes through and I feel vaguely like a politician visiting his people might have.\n\nExcept that this politician is dressed in a faded t-shirt and really baggy shorts.\n\nThe Sun Temple at Jhalawar, amazingly, is a living temple with an active congregation that today consists mostly of women, chanting away inside as we look around and take pictures. The sculpture on the walls, ceiling and columns, while profuse, is just above ordinary in its workmanship. On the other hand, maybe I've been spoilt by Konark and Bhuvaneswar. The locals seem certainly proud, and one man offers to show me what he calls a 'box'. It turns out to be an erotic carving on one side. I tell him that there are much better at Konark, in quality and quantity, and suggest he go look for himself. There is little other direct local contact. Megha wanders around as I debate whether to follow her, or to swing around the other side and meet her coming head on. These are delicate issues that assume incredible importance in the course of a day. I decide to look at the temple instead and postpone the decision.\n\nJhalawar temple is strange in its form. A shikhara and jagmohan keep it within the acceptable limits and vocabulary of the archetypical north Indian Hindu temple, but it's a mish-mash of sorts, incorporating elements that have no business being here with others. Here there is a Gujarati torana, that goes with the intricacy of the ceiling but not with the shikhara. A first floor with a terrace (!) challenges all notions of what a temple is, and is used for. I later learn that this mix-and-match is characteristic of many temples that we will later see. And in retrospect, this is not so unreasonable. When Rajput art and palaces borrow heavily from Mughal examples and fuse styles together, why should one expect religious architecture to be any different? Here, in this little town, this little lesson in aesthetic fusion is brought home.\n\nThe rest of Jhalawar, including the fortress on a hillock, is singularly uninspiring. What is of more interest are a group of temples near the town.\n\nThe main shrine is a fusion of elements, with pillars, ceiling work, and a strange, misshapen crumbling dome clearly additions and alterations at different times.\n\nThere are two small shrines behind this temple, elegant works of art with exquisite carving climbing sinuously up their facades, motifs that do not seem to belong, an almost South-East Asian iconography of form and icon that looks out of place in Jhalawar.\n\nThe ride back is in silence, with even the driver tired, it seems, his early ardour cooled down. It is evening by the time we reach Kota.\n\nDinner at Akshay's place is a mix of excellently spiced food and even spicier conversation.\n\nKota's elder sister-in-law is an attractive woman whose sharp conversation makes her a potentially really interesting person. Kids run around all over the floor mingling with a large locust that Akshay crushes mercilessly.\n\nWe sleep on the floor on two mattresses lined up together, a difficult sleep in the heat, mosquitoes and anticipation of waking early in the morning."}
-{"text": "Twitpic, the popular Twitter app that allows you to share photos in your status updates, announced changes to their Terms of Service today which highlight what they're allowed to do with pictures you upload.\n\nEssentially, the Terms of Service have been altered to state that you own any pictures you upload to the service, but Twitpic can do as they please with your pictures as long as they are still hosting them.\n\nIf you delete your pictures from Twitpic, however, they can still use your pictures until a \"commercially reasonable\" timeframe is over.\n\nWhat does \"commercially reasonible\" mean? Twitpic just cut a deal with WENN, a news agency that wants to sell pictures celebrities post using Twitpic.\n\nIf you're a celebrity, or if you're posting pictures that could be considered valuable, then \"commercially reasonible\" could be a very long time.\n\nFurthermore, the new terms of service agreement states that Twitpic retains the right to keep copies of your images on their servers, even if you delete them.\n\nThey can't do anything with the pictures, but they can keep them.\n\nThe Terms read:\n\nBy uploading content to Twitpic you give Twitpic permission to use or distribute your content on Twitpic.com or affiliated sites...\n\n...You retain all ownership rights to Content uploaded to Twitpic. However, by submitting Content to Twitpic, you hereby grant Twitpic a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content in connection with the Service and Twitpic's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.\n\nBut is this really anything different than the Facebook Terms of Service we know and love? Facebook's Terms read, regarding pictures:\n\nFor content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (\"IP content\"), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (\"IP License\"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.\n\nThe last sentence in Facebook's Terms says they will delete your data if you can manage to extinguish it from the profiles of your friends as well. But then, it reads:\n\n...you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).\n\nYou still own your content, but Twitpic and Facebook might have copies of your data on their servers. TNW did some more research and found the Terms to be almost identical for every other Twitter app for image sharing, except MobyPicture, which states that pictures users post is their property only."}
-{"text": "123Stitch.com ships via the U.S. Postal Service to anywhere in the world. Orders to the U.S. typically arrive 3-5 days after we ship.\n\nShipping charges are shown in your shopping cart every time you add an item.\n\nIf you are not completely satisfied with any of our products, you can return it to us within 30 days for a full refund.\n\nReviews From Customers Who Purchased This Item\n\non 11/12/2013 - Love this KitSince I haven't started this kit yet , my review will be on why I purchased it. The moment I saw this Kit I knew just who to give it to - many of my purchases are used as gifts. This is a perfect design for my Daughter and Son in Law as their extended Family is large and events at their Home are Family fun, with good Food, great conversation and this Kit says it all. The fact that it is a Mill Hill Pattern is icing on the cake."}
-{"text": "Fox News \u2013 MAN trucks has teamed up with trailer builder Krone to build a futuristic, streamlined semi that could improve the fuel economy and range of long haulers by 25 percent.\n\nThe Concept S and Aero Liner combo features an integrated design with a smooth and rounded face that looks like something from \u201cThe Clone Wars,\u201d a rooftop spoiler closing the gap between tractor and trailer, and an aerodynamic hunchback roof not unlike that of the Toyota Prius.\n\nFurther wind cheating moves include a tapering rear end, skirts over the wheels, slim video camera mounts replacing the huge sideview mirrors typically seen on big rigs, and fuel tanks tucked inside the slick bodywork of the tractor.\n\nAt first glance I definitely thought this was some badass RV or someone famous. Nope. Some new high tech big rig. I just have a couple of issues with this thing:\n\n1. Can you honestly picture your standard, everyday trucker in one of these? No way you can rock your basic black and red flannel with your Skoal and Big Gulps. A ride like this should be driven in a tux and only a tux. Probably has the finest leather and mahogany from top to bottom.\n\n2. The Clone Wars? More like fucking Transformers. 1000% chances that thing is a fully functioning robot ready to whoop ass on the Decipticons. Shit maybe it\u2019s against us. Either way, don\u2019t tell me I didn\u2019t warn you."}
-{"text": "Archives\n\nSimple Christmas Centerpiece Ideas\n\nChristmas dinner is a big occasion and for most of us a welcoming, cheery, attractive Christmas dining table is a a must and the basis for any great Christmas table look is a great centerpiece. Here are just a few ideas for creating your own unique Christmas centerpieces that reflect all the joy of the holiday season perfectly and are sure to impress each and every one of your guests!\n\nChristmas Candy Centerpiece\n\nChristmas candies come ready themed in the best of the colors that we all associate with Christmas. All you really need to do is find some interesting clear jars or glass containers, fill them with an assortment of these yummy treats \u2013 which are in the shops everywhere at this time of year -and then scatter them in center of your table. Adding a few Christmas tree baubles around them is a nice finishing touch.\n\nChristmas Bauble Centerpiece\n\nIf you happen to have a multiple layer cake stand hanging around somewhere at the back of your kitchen cabinets \u2013 or can find one \u2013 simply stacking some great Christmas tree baubles on it \u2013 and maybe adding a few crystals or even some tinsel for good measure \u2013 can be a great way to create a truly stunning Christmas centerpiece that will look as impressive as it is simple to create.\n\nCandles and Cranberries Centerpiece\n\nA Christmas Centerpiece does not have to be elaborate to be effective. This stunningly simple centerpiece is created using a pillar candle, a clear glass jar and a handful of fresh cranberries. It\u2019s a great look that can be put together at the last minute, handy if you are a little behind in your holiday prep!"}
-{"text": "Toledo-area propane users feel heat\n\nWeather and other factors lead to tighter supply, higher costs\n\nExcessive cold and a variety of unfavorable factors have left propane users in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan facing a double dilemma of tight supplies and rising prices.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s nationwide. The whole U.S. is feeling the pain. It\u2019s not just here in Toledo,\u201d said Justin McVicker, a sales and service representative with Reliance Propane and Fuel Oil Co., which serves the Toledo area and southeast Michigan.\n\n\u201cThe U.S. is sending 11 million barrels of propane to Europe per month right now, and that\u2019s not helping,\u201d he added.\n\nAccording to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the supply of propane in the United States was at 38.6 million barrels as of Jan. 10. That\u2019s down about 25.3 million barrels, or 39 percent, from the same time a year ago.\n\nThe federal Energy Information Administration says there are several reasons for the tight supply and high prices:\n\nFarmers used an unusually large amount of propane this last fall to dry crops after an abundant grain harvest from an unusually wet season.\n\nThe heating season began early and has had stretches of extreme cold, leading to further depletion of the fuel.\n\nGlobal propane prices are higher than in the United States, which has led producers to sell an increasing share of their product for export.\n\nOhio Gov. John Kasich and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder have suspended restrictions on deliveries by tanker trucks that supply propane dealers. That allows the trucks to be on the road more hours and more days in a row.\n\nThe tight supply has left Mr. McVicker and others to prioritize their propane distribution to their main customers. When they do make a delivery, it usually won\u2019t be 100 percent of what a customer wants.\n\nAt Beck Suppliers Inc., in Fremont, owner Doug Beck said he is coping with the shortage by not taking on new accounts and cutting maximum fills to 200 gallons per delivery to make sure all of his home-heating customers have propane.\n\nHe said everyone is running low. \u201cThere\u2019s a shortage, and our main focus is take care of our main customers, and we\u2019re not going to let anyone freeze. We\u2019re asking customers to conserve,\u201d Mr. McVicker said. \u201cWe\u2019re fine right now. We\u2019re just being real conservative. There\u2019s no timetable for when this will improve.\u201d\n\nWith supplies tight, prices have skyrocketed.\n\nThe average price for residential propane pushed up to $2.86 a gallon nationwide last week, a 59 percent increase from a year ago.\n\nLud Seaman, president of Lyons LP Gas Co., in Lyons, Ohio, in Fulton County, said, \u201cIt\u2019s getting kind of hard to figure out what kind of price to have\u201d because the price keeps swinging violently daily. These are the highest prices he has seen in 40 years of business.\n\nOn Tuesday afternoon, the wholesale price out of Mont Belvieu, Texas, a key propane terminal for pricing, rose 11 cents to $1.50 per gallon in just a few hours. Meanwhile, prices at the Conway, Kan., terminal rose nearly 63 cents to $2.15 per gallon.\n\nResidential prices are much higher per gallon after tariffs, transport, and other costs are included.\n\n\u201cCurrently, we have supply, but there\u2019s no guarantee that\u2019s going to continue during the winter, but we sure hope it will due to our relationship with our suppliers,\u201d Mr. Seaman said.\n\nMr. Seaman said he has reserve supplies in Michigan\u2019s thumb area. Most years he tapped those reserves. But, \u201cWe\u2019re probably going to have to tap that all out this month,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cThis year really turned out to be the perfect storm, the combination of low inventories, exports, and grain drying by farmers was huge,\u201d Mr. Seaman said. \u201cIt all snowballed into putting us into this situation.\u201d\n\nPropane is the main heating fuel for 6 percent of Ohio households, according to the Census Bureau. Almost all of those houses are in rural areas, including a dozen counties in which propane\u2019s share is at least 20 percent.\n\nMost households in Ohio \u2014 68 percent \u2014 heat with natural gas, followed by 21 percent that depend on electricity."}
-{"text": "Throughout these years, i have been always wanting to be able to sketch and produce paintings to express the beauty of art around me. Today, i am glad that i am able to put up a collection of my productions and reproductions online, as a personal repertoire and as a gallery for others to enjoy and hopefully appreciate my works.\n\nMy artistic experience and collection throughout the years embrace various media such as oils, acrylics and watercolors, all of which reflect different moods and thoughts which pass my mind at the time of thinking about the sketch.\n\nWhilst thanking you for visiting my site, I appreciate your support, look forward to receive your comments and thoughts and hope to be able to express love and artistc beauty through my works of art."}
-{"text": "yes, vinyl. [Granted, if you\u2019re under a tight deadline or you\u2019re on a roll, you might have to hire someone to switch albums for you and nudge the turntable in the event of skipping. Talk about a narrow niche for a side-hustle\u2026]\n\nYou might also consider background noise [not counting the barking dog next door]."}
-{"text": "This document provides an introduction to peace and, in particular, reintegration. These are approached both as abstract policy objectives and as very tangible processes and programmes such as the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme (APRP). This report, which is the first in a four-part series, particularly emphasises reintegration given that peace talks involving the Afghan government, the United States, insurgent groups and others have received significant and sustained attention from the media and analysts. In contrast, reintegration efforts have received relatively less coverage despite the fact that significant effort is being dedicated within Afghan and international institutions to reintegrating insurgents."}
-{"text": "During my visit to the Super Impulse show room at toy fair, there were two properties I was specifically looking for, their scaled down replica game cabinets and the \u2018Worlds Smallest\u2019 line.\n\nLater this year \u2018Frogger\u2019, \u2018Dig Dug\u2019 and \u2018Galage\u2019 scale arcade cabinets will be released. With their full color screens and authentic game play, these were a favorite of last year\u2019s show and I\u2019m thrilled there are more on the way this year.\n\nThe \u2018Worlds Smallest\u2019 line is set to expand in a big way with Lincoln Logs (so tiny and cute), Madballs, Tinker Toys, Care Bears and others are set to join the tiny party. Hot Wheels though might be the most exciting as in addition to tiny scale cars, Super Impulse will be introducing scale race track for those cars \u2013 including a loop. A track that would have taken the better part of the room will now fit on your kitchen counter."}
-{"text": "Last month, when Prime minister Narendra Modi visited Google in the US its CEO Sundar Pichai has promised to provide Free Wi-Fi facility to 400 railway stations in India. Now passengers can avail free Wi-Fi facility at 100 railway stations in the initial phase. The last station to receive the facility being Kollam in South India.\n\nEarlier, Ministry of Railways has announced to set up free wifi service in 100 stations by the end of 2016. Railways is planning to extend the service to 400 stations by the end of 2017.\n\nA senior railway ministry official has said that they started with Mumbai and ended with Kollam in South India to provide free wifi facility in 100 busiest stations in partnership with google. He further added Railways is planning to extend the service to 400 stations by the end of 2017. Railways initially launched its first free wifi service at Mumbai central station and then continued connecting all busy stations like Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Howrah, Kanpur, Mathura, Aligarh, Bareilly and Varanasi.\n\nAccording to railways, over 10 million people who pass through these stations every day now have an access to fast Internet speed to stream, research their destination or download a new book or game for the journey ahead.\n\nRailTel in association with google will provide free Wi-Fi services to passengers under \"Railwire\".- You can avail the free Wi-Fi in just 4 simple steps- Switch on the Wi-Fi. Then select Railwire network.- Open railwire.co.in- Enter your phone number in the space provided and press receive SMS- Enter the 4 digit OTP received and click done- That's all you can now enjoy free Wi-Fi.You can view the procedure in the video demonstration below.\n\nList of stations with free Wi-Fi service\n\nDelhi\n\n1. Hazrat Nizamuddin\n\nAndhra pradesh\n\n2. Guntur\n\n3. Tirupati\n\n4. Vijayawada\n\n5. Visakhapatnam\n\nAssam\n\n6. Guwahati\n\nBihar\n\n7. Muzaffarpur\n\n8. Hazipur\n\n9. Patna\n\n10. Darbhanga\n\n11. Gaya\n\nChandigarh\n\n12. Chandigarh\n\nChattisgarh\n\n13. Raipur\n\n14. Durg\n\nGujarat\n\n15. Ahmedabad\n\n16. Surat\n\n17. Vadodara\n\n18. Rajkot\n\nHaryana\n\n19. Ambala cantt\n\n20. Panipat\n\nJharkhand\n\n21. Ranchi\n\n22. Dhanbad junction\n\n23. Tatanagar\n\nKarnataka\n\n24. Bangalore City\n\n25. Mangalore Central\n\n26. Hubli\n\n27. Gulbarga\n\n28. Mysore\n\n29. Yesvantpur (Bangalore)\n\nKerala\n\n30. Ernakulam Jn\n\n31. Thiruvananthapuram Central,\n\n32. Thrissur\n\n33. Kollam Jn\n\n34. Kozhikode\n\nMadhya pradesh\n\n35. Ujjain\n\n36. Bhopal\n\n37. Jabalpur\n\n38. Gwalior\n\n39. Indore\n\nMaharashtra\n\n40. Mumbai Central,\n\n41. Churchgate\n\n42. Bandra\n\n43. Bandra Terminus,\n\n44. Dadar (WR)\n\n45. Dadar (CR)\n\n46. Khar Road\n\n47. Kalyan\n\n48. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus\n\n49. Byculla\n\n50. Panvel\n\n51. Thane\n\n52. Borivali\n\n53. Kurla\n\n54. Andheri\n\n55. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus\n\n56. Belapur\n\n57. Vashi\n\n58. Pune\n\n59. Nagpur\n\n60. Solapur\n\nOrissa\n\n61. Bhubaneswar\n\n62. Cuttack\n\n63. Puri\n\nPunjab\n\n64. Jalandhar City\n\n65. Amritsar\n\nRajasthan\n\n66. Jaipur\n\n67. Ajmer\n\n68. Udaipur City\n\n69. Kota\n\n70. Jodhpur\n\nTamil Nadu\n\n71. Madurai\n\n72. Coimbatore\n\n73. Chennai Egmore\n\n74. Tambaram\n\n75. Arakkonam Jn\n\n76. Tiruchchirappalli\n\n77. Chennai Central\n\nTelangana\n\n78. Secunderabad\n\n79. Hyderabad\n\n80. Warangal\n\n81. Kacheguda\n\nUttarakhand\n\n82. Dehradun\n\nUttarpradesh\n\n83. Jhansi\n\n84. Lucknow\n\n85. Lucknow Jn\n\n86. Ayodhya\n\n87. Mughalsarai Jn\n\n88. Gorakhpur\n\n89. Allahabad\n\n90. Aligarh\n\n91. Bareilly\n\n92. Kanpur\n\n93. Mathura\n\n94. Varanasi\n\n95. Agra Cantt\n\nWest Bengal\n\n96. Sealdah\n\n97. Kharagpur\n\n98. Asansol\n\n99. Barddhaman\n\nIf your Railway station is Wi-Fi enabled and not included in the list, please let us know by leaving your comment below, we will update in the list.\n\nSubscribe via email\n\nAbout Sekhar MaddalaHave interests in multiple aspects and write articles on Technology, Lifestyle and Finance. Tracking developments since the launch of Nokia 1100 and completion of Human Genome Project"}
-{"text": "The CIA is out of line\n\nWe now have even more proof that our burgeoning intelligence agencies, which were given unprecedented latitude to wage war against terrorists, are dangerously out of control.\n\nFull text and e-editions are available to premium subscribers only. To subscribe to the digital edition, please visit subscription page[1]. If you are already a subscriber, please login to the site[2]. You can also request a free sample by using our request form[3]."}
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-{"text": "20-Oct-2018Bloomberg\n\nBrazil\u2019s presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro is mulling an overhaul of the South American trade bloc Mercosur in case he wins the country\u2019s top job this month, a senior adviser told Bloomberg News.\n\nbilaterals.org is a collaborative space to share information and support movements struggling against bilateral trade and investment deals which serve corporations, not people. Multilingual. Global. No one owns it. Open publishing. Get involved."}
-{"text": "Baroness Concert Tickets\n\nBaroness tickets will rock your world, and we've got the seats you are looking for. If you missed the presale, you can find cheap Baroness as well as front row Baroness concert tickets for many events. The 2015 Baroness tour is entertaining audiences all over, and this is a show you don't want to miss. Get your Baroness concert tickets right here for just about any stop. Find all the Baroness tour stops right here and get to a concert you won't forget! And remember, it's more than a ticket, its Baroness in concert!"}
-{"text": "Blackboard needs to apply a security patch that will cause Biola's Blackboard to be unavailable for about an hour sometime between 9:01 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. on Saturday night / Sunday morning.\n\nHere's the note from Blackboard:\n\nManaged Hosting Engineers will perform a system maintenance on your hosted site between the hours of 12:01 am to 06:00 am US Eastern on Sunday, March 31st, 2013.\n\nPlease take note that this is a service impacting maintenance occurring on a Saturday when we deploy the a Security Patch for Blackboard Learn Release 9.1 Service Pack 8. It comprises of critical product patches which enhance the performance and stability of your hosted environment.\n\nManaged Hosting Engineers will perform system maintenance on your hosted site between the hours of 12:01 am to 06:00 am US Eastern on Sunday, Feb 24th, 2013.\n\nPlease take note that this is a service impacting maintenance occurring on a Sunday when we deploy a Security Patch. It comprises of critical product patches which enhance the security and stability of your hosted environment.\n\nSupport Bulletin you received recently detailing the Patch Set can be found at:\n\nBlackboard needs to restart our servers. Blackboard will be unavailable for \"less than one hour\" (probably more like 10 minutes) sometime between 11:00 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2012 and 3:00 a.m. Saturday, July 7, 2012. Here's the official notice:\n\nDate: Saturday, July 7th, 2012\n\nTime: 02:00 am to 06:00 am US Eastern\n\nWork Type: Building Block Upgrade and Server Reboot of Learn Production Environment\n\nServices: Clients at Northern Virginia Data Center VA2 which are on Blackboard Learn Versions 8.x and 9.x Only\n\nOn Saturday, July 7th, 2012 between the hours of 02:00 am to 06:00 am US Eastern, Managed Hosting Engineers will be doing a service restart of your hosted Learn Blackboard site.\n\nBuilding Block upgrade for Safe Assign has a mandatory after action which requires the restart of Blackboard systems running Learn Versions 8.x and 9.x. The Support Bulletin detailing that work can be found at\n\nWhen an instructor creates a new announcement on a Blackboard course (by going to Announcements then clicking \"Create Announcement\"), students will see that announcement next time they log in to Blackboard. When you create an announcement you have the option to check a box that says: \"Send a copy of this announcement immediately.\"\n\nHowever, there is currently a bug in the Blackboard system which prevents that from happening. If read carefully, when you submit the announcement, you'll see this notification:\n\nNotice that although it says \"Success,\" it also informs you that the email was not sent.\n\nThe work-around for this problem: is just to create the announcement then also copy & paste it into an email. After you create the announcement, send an email by going to Control Panel / Course Tools / Send Email.\n\nMore details: this bug in Blackboard is caused by the colon character (\":\") appearing in the Course Name (probably because a colon is used in the subject line of the email). So this bug only happens to those courses. Unfortunately, every class at Biola has a colon in the name (like \"Spring 2012: Intro to Psychology\"). This is Blackboard Known Issue LRN-33329, AS-163487 and LRN-43623, and will be fixed in the next Service Pack (hopefully to be installed at Biola in the next few weeks.\n\nFor the Spring 2012 semester, we are trying to keep your Blackboard rosters closely matched with the official Registrar's roster, which you can find on my.Biola. The list on my.Biola is the only official roster.\n\nWhen a student adds a class, typically that student will appear on Blackboard the next business morning.\n\nWhen a student drops a class, it may take a few days before that is reflected on Blackboard. During the first week of the semester, we completely deleted the student from the roster on Blackboard. At this point, however, we will now just mark that dropped student as \"unavailable\" on Blackboard. This means the student cannot access that class and they will not get emails sent to the class, but it preserves any work or grades for that student may have completed on Blackboard.\n\nInstructors can edit their Blackboard roster by following these instructions: Managing Users. Typically, instructors don't need to edit the rosters. Here are some reasons an instructor may want to:\n\nGive a TA or department secretary access to the class\n\nGive a student immediate access (rather than waiting for the automatic process)\n\nDelete a student who dropped (if there are no grades or past work you need to preserve)\n\nBlackboard sent us the following notice, describing their preparations for Hurricane Irene. The servers that run Biola's Blackboard system are in Virginia.\n\nSubject: Emergency Preparedness for Hurricane Irene\n\nDear Managed Hosting Customers,\n\nPlease be advised that the Managed Hosting Northern Virginia datacenter team, in working closely with our datacenter vendors, have taken additional precautionary measures to safe guard against any impact Hurricane Irene may bring to this region. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) earlier in the week advised that Hurricane Irene is projected to impact much of the East Coast of the United States this weekend.\n\nIn preparation of the anticipated severe weather, the following actions have been taken,\n\n1. Datacenter generators have been tested, fuel levels verified, and fuel supplier is on notice in the event of extended power interruption.\n\n2. Roof drains and scuppers have been cleared of debris.\n\n3. All equipment on the roof and equipment yards has been secured to prevent potential damage by wind.\n\n4. Dumpsters and open top containers will be emptied prior to anticipated severe weather.\n\n5. Emergency supplies for potential roof leaks have been placed in strategic locations in each building.\n\n6. All vendors are on notice and have confirmed for emergency deliveries/service. These include from the following groups at a minimum; Generators, UPS System, Chillers, Fuel System Delivery and Switchgear.\n\nSpecial arrangements have been made to make sure DC / Virginia staff are available on site as necessary to maintain operability standards plus our teams in The Netherlands, Australia and India are on standby.\n\nWe will continue to monitor all of our sites and client systems, and take any emergency actions as weather conditions require.\n\nWe have added some classes to Blackboard for the Fall 2011 semester. However, we only add the classes specifically requested by each individual professor. So the \"My Courses\" list here on Blackboard does not contain official enrollment data, only my.Biola does.\n\nStudents: This is not your official schedule. Not all professors use Blackboard, so you may be missing some classes in your \"My Courses\" list. You may also have extra classes in this list: if you drop a class, it may take a while before it disappears from your list of \"My Courses.\" When you add a class, it takes one business day before it will appear on Blackboard (or your professor can add you immediately). Do not contact the Registrar's Office about your class list on \"My Biola.\" Use my.Biola to see your official class schedule.\n\nInstructors: If you don't see your Fall 2011 class(es) here, you need to request them. See these instructions."}
-{"text": "Push-Up Variations\n\n10 Push-Up Variations That Guarantee Huge Gains\n\nIf the push-up isn't the king of all bodyweight exercises, it's definitely in the royal family. Many people think of push-ups as an upper body strengthener but the truth is, the workout move that you probably learned first, is actually an incredible full-body workout.\n\nPush-ups don't just target your arms and shoulders. They work your core, back, quadriceps, hamstrings and calves as well as your biceps, triceps and shoulders. Additionally, push-ups ignite your metabolism so you're burning fat for hours after your workout and require no equipment at all.\n\nHere's the thing though, once you've gotten to the point where you can bang out 100 reps, it can start to get boring. Just like any workout routine, you and your body require variety to bring through plateaus. We connected with Derek Jameson, Brandon Sanborn, CJ Brenton, Seth Browning, and Joel Harrison, all instructors at The Phoenix Effect, a Los Angeles-based community-driven fitness bootcamp, to provide you some dynamic push-up variations meant to kick your workout up a notch.\n\nFrog Push-Up\n\nTarget: Upper chest, shoulders, triceps, core.\n\nDirections: From the plank position, hands under shoulders, toes touching the ground, elevate hips into a pike position, keeping the back as flat as possible, bend the knees to allow full hip extension, elbows inward, lower toward ground and push up keeping hips elevated throughout movement, return to start.\n\nAdvanced Plyo Push-up With Behind the Back Clap\n\nTarget: Chest, Triceps, Deltoids, Back, Core, Lower back\n\nDirections: Start in push-up position, hands slightly wider than shoulders, hips not sagging lower than the head. The key is to create explosive force off the ground in order to get enough air-time to allow for the behind the back clap. Press explosively into the ground and simultaneously engage the core and hips as you quickly explode upwards and clap your hands behind lower back. Make sure to maintain a strong lower body (legs/hips/core), as this is the key to generating enough explosive force.\n\nWalking Plank Push Up\n\nTarget: Chest\n\nDirections: Plank with hands directly under shoulders and feet hips distance. Then lower yourself slowly by bending the elbows behind you until your body hovers a few inches off the floor. Keep your hips level, and exhale as you push yourself up to starting position.\n\nPush-up To Handstand\n\nTarget: chest, shoulders, core, upper traps\n\nDirections: Start in push-up position, hands slightly wider than shoulders, hips not sagging lower than the head. Bend your knees slightly and explosively push through your feet using your hands to stabilize you while bringing your feet in line over your head. Squeeze your core as you maintain a handstand for a few seconds before coming back down and repeating.\n\n**Note: You should first make sure you\u2019ve mastered a handstand before trying this advanced move."}
-{"text": "Mar062007\n\nAdnan Sami, a man well known for his singing and a rather massive persona is ready to lose one of the two attributes.\n\n\u201cI have lost 104 kgs and have 25 more to go,\u201d says Adnan earnestly.\n\nFor someone who says, \u201cI am greedy, I like everything,\u201d a reality show like The Biggest Loser, that has celebs locked in a house trying to lose weight, wouldn\u2019t have been motivating enough.\n\nSo, Adnan refused the offer and decided to lose weight on his own. After all the fear of death is stirring enough to shed all that weight.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not for any cosmetic reason but for my own survival,\u201d Adnan confesses.\nAnd for those interested in getting rid of that flab, here is the diet chart that he follows. \u201cI am on salads, no bread, no rice, no oil and no alcohol,\u201d says Adnan.\n\nGo on! well done, well now at least your healthy and we can listen to your brillant music for many more yaers to come. Carry on and good luck with the 25kg to go, you can do it, you\u2019ve already lost 104kg so keep going"}
-{"text": "Madison surprised me, in a good way. It's the smallest big city in America and I mean that in the best possible way. It's a Top 15 global city in access to venture capital per capita because of its connectivity.\n\nWhy You Want to Start Your Business In Madison\n\nThe talent is there, the money is there to scale. And there isn't a biting sense of competition you see in other markets. It's not Midwest kindness but rather a sense of a collective \"we\" that will carry Madison past the perception of an up-and-coming startup city to its eventual position alongside Portland and Austin.\n\nGreat connectors include StartingBlock, gener8tor and University Research Park-which houses the $5.4B healthcare company, Exact Sciences that works well with startups. Having an access and proximity to a major company is vital when creating a startup.\n\nMadison is a college town with a a Top 10 research institution at the University of Wisconsin. They spend more than $1 billion annually in research. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), is where stem cells were first discovered in 1998 as well as the blood-thinning drug, Warfarin.\n\n\"Our mission for 100 years has been to support university research by advancing the tremendous innovative spirit and intelligence that takes places here. No matter where you are you are not too far from an incubator, accelerator, technology, biotech company or IT experts dabbling in entrepreneurial activities,\" said Jeanan Yasiri Moe, Director of Strategic Communications, WARF. \"When you have that robust system with a major university it develops a culture of innovation.\n\nMadison Area-based SHINE featured in The New York Times, received the first nuclear patent in the United States since the 1950s, to help create a more reliable domestic supply chain of radioactive isotopes-used by 50,000 people daily in medical imaging and detection.\n\n\"Madison is smack in the goldilocks zone in terms of its startup ecosystem--big enough that we have sufficient talent, resources, and capital to support our growing startup community, and small enough that you can readily plug into and feel a part of our community,\" said Matt Younkle, who has built several successful national startups in Madison and started the national tech event, Forward Festival.\n\nWhy Madison Attracts More Millennials Than Any Other City\n\nEpic Systems, with a sprawling campus 20 minutes outside of Madison in Verona, employs 10,000 people, mostly Millennials. They generate $2.5 billion in annual revenue and their medical records software accounts is used for 64 percent of patients in the United States.\n\nEpic plays a crucial role in attracting Millennial talent globally to the Madison area.\n\nZendesk chose Madison over Austin for their second headquarters and has a beautiful office with 360 degree views of Madison's isthmus. It's underrated how beautiful Madison is with water on each sides of a mile strip of land.\n\n\"Beyond the quality of life and community that the city of Madison offers, there was a clear cultural fit and an amazing talent pool. The first eight employees in Madison had years of experience operating a help desk, training, and managing statewide projects for upwards of 100,000 students, faculty and staff at the University of WI - Madison,\" said Jess Hannes, Sr. Director of Global Customer Support, Zendesk.\n\n\"From the beginning, the office was set up to be the center of Global Customer Advocacy for all of Zendesk and our executives in San Francisco recognized and fostered that.\"\n\nHow Fitness Retains Talent\n\nYou can never out-hipster Portland or Austin. Instead Madison has focused on being the fittest city in America, according to Fitbit. It also convinced the Reebok CrossFit Games to relocate to Madison from Los Angeles through 2021.\n\nThis plays in to Madison's existing strengths. Trek is headquartered in the Madison area, 30 minutes away toward Milwaukee in Waterloo. There is a huge bike culture with some of the best bike paths in the country, hugging lakes and even bike-only streets to easily travel between downtown and campus.\n\n\"Madison has the ideal mix of culture and energy for an active lifestyle brand. It's an incredibly active community with a world class university and a growing tech landscape that is drawing a huge amount of young talent to the area,\" said Eric Bjorling, Trek Brand Manager, Madison Native, Badger Alum.\n\nMadison is where Austin was in the late 1990s. It has the talent, access to capital, connectivity and livability that is seen in all major growing startup markets. And that's why after three days there it went from not being on my radar to in my top five places to start a business right now.\n\nPublished on: Sep 10, 2018\n\nThe opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com."}
-{"text": "When Los Angeles police moved up their annual Citywide Gun Buyback program to this week, they collected an arsenal that included 75 assault weapons, 698 rifles, 363 shotguns, 901 handguns and \u2014 more surprisingly \u2014 launchers.\n\n\"These are not hunting guns. These are not target guns. These are made to put high-velocity, extremely deadly, long-range rounds down-range as quickly as possible, and they have no place in our great city.\""}
-{"text": "Baselworld is only a few weeks away. Getting the latest news is easy, Click Here for info on how to join the Watchuseek.com newsletter list. Follow our team for updates featuring event coverage, new product unveilings, watch industry news & more!\n\nI just wonder what the standard control configuration is going to be. It's so ridiculously fragmented at launch...there's the gamepad, the wiimote, and the classic controller pro. Multiples of each. How can they bank so heavily on asymmetric multiplayer when there's so many control schemes?\n\nNo joke. But it may not be too bad. The GamePad and new Xbox-style controller have the same buttons. The only difference is the screen and shape. The Wii Remote is the one oddball. The motion controls in the Wii Remote can all be replicated using the GamePad, but the tricky part would be the buttons. My guess is that third-party developers won't bother adapting controls for the Wii Remote--especially for multiplatform games.\n\nSo basically, keep the Wii Remote around for old Wii games. Otherwise, use one of the new controllers. Hopefully the new d-pads will be good for platformers and the like.\n\nWhere it gets really confusing is they were demoing pikmin 3 with the wiimote first, like that was the primary control scheme. Theyve featured the wiimote prominently in their asymmetric demos. And the gamepad might be able to replicate some of the motion controls, but it can't seem to do any of the pointing. Honestly, they have to stick both a gamepad and a wiimote in the box, otherwise this is going to be chaos. Third party devs are going to shun anything that everyone isn't assured to have, and the wiimote is too crucial to marginalize. Probably a good idea to stick a nunchuk in there too.\n\nWhere it gets really confusing is they were demoing pikmin 3 with the wiimote first, like that was the primary control scheme. Theyve featured the wiimote prominently in their asymmetric demos. And the gamepad might be able to replicate some of the motion controls, but it can't seem to do any of the pointing. Honestly, they have to stick both a gamepad and a wiimote in the box, otherwise this is going to be chaos. Third party devs are going to shun anything that everyone isn't assured to have, and the wiimote is too crucial to marginalize. Probably a good idea to stick a nunchuk in there too.\n\nPikmin was a Wii game that got moved to the U. It can be played either way, but they were pushing the wiimote.\n\nAs of a year and a half ago there were 65 million wiimotes sold in the US. It's probably not a big concern.\n\nNintendo president Satoru Iwata believes that the numerous years Sony and Microsoft have spent developing their online platforms has left Nintendo behind and that rushing to \"overcome or catch up\" to them wouldn't be a smart strategy.\n\nWii U Screenshot At an investor relations meeting during E3 Iwata was asked how Nintendo's online strategy will differentiate, catch up to, surpass and compete with Microsoft, Sony, iOS and Android.\n\nIwata answered by saying that current online gaming networks can't be replicated on the Wii U, and admitted the competition is too far ahead for Nintendo to catch up.\n\n\"I think that what we see in terms of online gaming networks on existing dedicated gaming platforms is not particularly well suited to the approach Nintendo has taken,\" he said.\n\n\"Therefore, I can't sit here and say to you that we can very quickly overcome or catch up to other companies, which began to work in the online field from many years ago and have been building these online networks on other platforms, and I don't think that would be a smart strategy, either.\"\n\nInstead of emulating its competitors, Nintendo will be using Miiverse as the foundation to build its online platform on. Although the Nintendo president enthusiastically described the various social applications of the Wii U Miiverse, he did not address aspects such as multiplayer, market transactions and connectivity.\n\n\"We think that one fun area of possibility, as we have discussed, is for people not just to enjoy the games but also communicate with others about topics relating to the games,\" he said.\n\n\"We also believe that the 'Miiverse' will serve the purpose of giving people an opportunity to discover other games that they haven't yet started playing.\n\n\"In other words, please think that we have built an integrated recommendation engine into the Wii U system's main menu screen.\"\n\nIn the interview he also confirmed that Wii U will support free-to-play games and microtransactions.\n\nLike I said, that was a pre E3 2011 rumor/speculation. Nintendo never said anything of the sort and since concrete information started to appear a year ago, we now know that the gamepad and Wii controllers will be routinely used together.\n\nSo it's obvious why the sensor bar can't be integrated onto the gamepad.\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by confidenceman\n\nNo joke. But it may not be too bad. The GamePad and new Xbox-style controller have the same buttons. The only difference is the screen and shape. The Wii Remote is the one oddball. The motion controls in the Wii Remote can all be replicated using the GamePad, but the tricky part would be the buttons. My guess is that third-party developers won't bother adapting controls for the Wii Remote--especially for multiplatform games.\nSo basically, keep the Wii Remote around for old Wii games. Otherwise, use one of the new controllers. Hopefully the new d-pads will be good for platformers and the like.\n\nEqual playing fields won't be an issue when desired...\n\nNeed two analog sticks? Restrict compatible controllers to the tablet, either variant of the Classic Controller, or the new Pro Controller.\n\nNeed just a single analog stick and 3 or 4 buttons? Allow a Wiimote/Nunchuck combo or any of the previous three options to be used.\n\nWant full blown Wii waggle motion controls? Limit it to just Wiimotes (And Nunchucks when required).\n\nWant traditional digital controls with a bit of motion for something like a 2D/2.5D platformer? Restrict it to sideways Wiimotes ala what has been exhibited for New Super Mario Brothers Wii U (Player's will use Wiimotes unless you want a young child to play along with the tablet pad helping the other player's by placing blocks with the touch screen).\n\nOther than perhaps a bit of scattered confusion (And I should think the variety of options available for 5 years on the Wii will have much of the consumer base used to looking at the icons on the back of their case to figure out what controller options they have available), it all strikes me as a nonissue. Symmetric multiplayer will be easily achievable when desired with a variety of controllers available for any setup a developer wants to utilize.\n\nAs of a year and a half ago there were 65 million wiimotes sold in the US. It's probably not a big concern.\n\nMore importantly, it could actually be an asset. What better way to convince people to invest in expensive new hardware than backwards compatible peripherals? For a good while, the Wavebird was the best controller available for most Wii games. And this gen has been loaded with even more plastic. Most of it sitting in closets or making the rounds on Craigslist. Why not put it back to use?\n\nAs of a year and a half ago there were 65 million wiimotes sold in the US. It's probably not a big concern.\n\nMore importantly, it could actually be an asset. What better way to convince people to invest in expensive new hardware than backwards compatible peripherals? For a good while, the Wavebird was the best controller available for most Wii games. And this gen has been loaded with even more plastic. Most of it sitting in closets or making the rounds on Craigslist. Why not put it back to use?\n\nTheoretically it's fine. I just see it as being a mess in practice. It's a huge problem if someone buys a game and then when they bring it home they don't have the right controller. How do you even know what the right controller is going to be when you've got three options? And not only that, but older wiimotes don't even have the motionplus/gyro, so devs can't even rely on that.\n\nThis is Nintendo we're talking about, it's supposed to be user friendly. The wavebird was useful in *very few* games, it was hardly a primary controller. I cant think of anything other than SNES games where you absolutely needed one. Wii had one primary controller - the wiimote/nunchuk. The rest were marginal, because they didn't come in the box. If they didnt put the nunchuk in, devs would hardly have used it.\n\nI don't think it's a bad thing at all to reuse the wiimote - but it needs to be packed in.\n\nAgain guys, the Sensor Bar is the same thing that it has always been. Look at any Wii U video using Wii Remotes that shows a real TV and you'll see the regular Sensor Bar hanging out just like it always has. The Sensor Strip around the camera on the GamePad is also a sensor bar. It's really just two IR lights on either side of that camera covered in IR-transparent plastic. How do we know this? Look at any demo that points the Wii Remote at the GamePad, such as the golf demo that shows the GamePad displaying the ball on the ground while the user swings a Wii Remote. There are a couple others that show the Wii Remote being used with the GamePad in a slower, cursor-style fashion, though I can't recall which ones off the top of my head.\n\nIt's just a short Sensor Bar embedded in the face of the GamePad.\n\nAs for the argument over too many control options? The GamePad is just a 360 gamepad, which everybody already knows how to use, with a DS screen attached to it, which everyone already knows how to use. Every system comes with one of these. The other dominant option will be the Wii Remote plus Nunchuck, which everybody also already knows how to use. Everybody here already owns at least one of these, regardless of whether one is packed in with the Wii U. The Controller Pro will be a distant third in use, as the Classic Controller is now. Besides, the Controller Pro adds nothing that the GamePad doesn't already do. It is of no consideration when thinking \"which one will I be required to use?\". Being worried about the control options at this point is just silly.\n\nI'm actually quite disappointed that the Wii Remote wasn't deprecated, making the Wii Remote Plus the minimum requirement. Having Motion Plus as a guaranteed feature would have been healthier for the system overall.\n\nThat would actually make the number of control options a whole lot less ridiculous to discuss, as it would be less certain that we all already have one.\n\nTheoretically it's fine. I just see it as being a mess in practice. It's a huge problem if someone buys a game and then when they bring it home they don't have the right controller. How do you even know what the right controller is going to be when you've got three options? And not only that, but older wiimotes don't even have the motionplus/gyro, so devs can't even rely on that.\nThis is Nintendo we're talking about, it's supposed to be user friendly. The wavebird was useful in *very few* games, it was hardly a primary controller. I cant think of anything other than SNES games where you absolutely needed one. Wii had one primary controller - the wiimote/nunchuk. The rest were marginal, because they didn't come in the box. If they didnt put the nunchuk in, devs would hardly have used it.\nI don't think it's a bad thing at all to reuse the wiimote - but it needs to be packed in.\n\nWii games have always had the necessary controllers printed on the back of the box, top right corner.\n\nIt's pretty clear the wiipad is going to be the primary controller. Is there something new that says a wiimote will not be included with the system? I was pretty sure it would be included.\n\nTheoretically it's fine. I just see it as being a mess in practice. It's a huge problem if someone buys a game and then when they bring it home they don't have the right controller. How do you even know what the right controller is going to be when you've got three options? And not only that, but older wiimotes don't even have the motionplus/gyro, so devs can't even rely on that.\nThis is Nintendo we're talking about, it's supposed to be user friendly. The wavebird was useful in *very few* games, it was hardly a primary controller. I cant think of anything other than SNES games where you absolutely needed one. Wii had one primary controller - the wiimote/nunchuk. The rest were marginal, because they didn't come in the box. If they didnt put the nunchuk in, devs would hardly have used it.\nI don't think it's a bad thing at all to reuse the wiimote - but it needs to be packed in.\n\nWii games have always had the necessary controllers printed on the back of the box, top right corner.\n\nIt's pretty clear the wiipad is going to be the primary controller. Is there something new that says a wiimote will not be included with the system? I was pretty sure it would be included.\n\nYeah, I'm not foreseeing any overly huge amount of controller confusion. The Pro controller is really just an alternate, smaller version of the GamePad (never will a game work with only the Pro controller, as you could always sub in the Gamepad instead). I'm also expecting most Wiimote-centric games to have a GamePad control option as well, even if it's kinda half-assed and doesn't work that well. The GamePad has motion controls, and the second analog or touchscreen could sub in for pointer controls with varying degrees of crudeness. Parents would just be happy the game they bought works with the primary controller at all, and the hardcore audience would already have Wiimote lying around anyway.\n\nI too wish they'd go ahead and only support Motion+ Wiimotes going forward. That needs to be the baseline tech for motion controls on Nintendo consoles. It's nice to think everyone can just keep using their launch Wiimotes, but come on, those are what, seven years old? I think it's a fair compromise to ask original Wii owners to at least use the Motion+ dongles/controllers several million of us have lying around from Wii Sports Resort/Skyward Sword anyway.\n\nHonestly, the motion plus stuff is more confusing to non-gamers than the gamepad will be. I have an investment in controllers and classic controllers that gets retained this way, which is a big selling point. One thing that happened during the gamecube days was the game FInal Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles let you use Gameboy Advances as controllers with subscreens and such. Many people complained at the time, but that fact was that there were 5x-10x more GBAs in the wild than gamecubes (and Penny Arcade lampooned), so the limitation wasn't the GBA requirement.\n\nThis will be no more or less confusing than having Kinect controls, Move controls and so on. Designers are already writing games to mutli-controls systems (plenty of wii games support the classic controller, for example), so it's not that big of a deal, IMHO.\n\nYeah, I'm not foreseeing any overly huge amount of controller confusion. The Pro controller is really just an alternate, smaller version of the GamePad (never will a game work with only the Pro controller, as you could always sub in the Gamepad instead). I'm also expecting most Wiimote-centric games to have a GamePad control option as well, even if it's kinda half-assed and doesn't work that well. The GamePad has motion controls, and the second analog or touchscreen could sub in for pointer controls with varying degrees of crudeness. Parents would just be happy the game they bought works with the primary controller at all, and the hardcore audience would already have Wiimote lying around anyway.\n\nI too wish they'd go ahead and only support Motion+ Wiimotes going forward. That needs to be the baseline tech for motion controls on Nintendo consoles. It's nice to think everyone can just keep using their launch Wiimotes, but come on, those are what, seven years old? I think it's a fair compromise to ask original Wii owners to at least use the Motion+ dongles/controllers several million of us have lying around from Wii Sports Resort/Skyward Sword anyway.\n\nWell, with asymmetric MP, the only thing that makes sense is to code down to the least common denominator. The LCD between a wiimote and a CC Pro is just a dpad and 2 buttons, so I think motion control becomes irrelevant in those cases.\n\nIMO the only way this system will even justify its existence is with unique titles. The gamepad isn't terribly unique. The wiimote still is, especially the wiimote plus. They can't leverage that without putting one in the box. I think if they pack in a wiimote plus, they can effectively close the door on non-motionplus. It'll at least allow devs to justify making games with it as a baseline.\n\nMy apologies jwebb1970, I didn't think about the possibility that Nintendo would support people looking at the touch screen while using their Wii remotes. Will be interesting to see if Wii releases will support being streamed to it as well or if the situation will end up like remote play did on the PS3/PSP.\n\nAs for Wiimotes, I view that as a nonissue. I have little doubt that a Wii Motion Plus remote will be a standard part of the console package. And between that and so many Motion Plus users already being out there thanks to things like Wii Sports Resort (Which mandates it and has been extremely popular) and Skyward Sword, I don't think they'd have to mandate Motion Plus for it to see widespread use by developers. Everyone will have at least one Motion Plus remote and many will have more than just one without buying additional accessories.\n\nWhat I'm curious about is if a nunchuck will be packed in as well. Many of the motion heavy games on the Wii that Nintendo will want to see continue thriving on the Wii U primarily have relied on the Wiimote by itself (And many projects that used both like FPS's, 3D Mario platformers, and such will likely gravitate towards traditional gamepad controls I bet) . And with so many Wii's out there already and with the nunchuck never having changed (unlike the Wiimote), I could see that not being included with every Wii U sold.\n\nWas sort of hoping for an official wireless nunchuck with the reciever integrated into the Wiimote, but if we haven't heard about one yet,, it's not going to happen.\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by bd2003\n\nThis is Nintendo we're talking about, it's supposed to be user friendly. The wavebird was useful in *very few* games, it was hardly a primary controller. I cant think of anything other than SNES games where you absolutely needed one.\n\nGameCube controllers like a Wavebird were only required when playing GCN software on a Wii. SuperNes games were best enjoyed with the Classic Controller and I think many VC users only would use a GCN pad for N64 downloads.\n\nGlad it supported my WaveBird though. The occasional release shined with it I think like Mario Kart Wii.\n\nMy apologies jwebb1970, I didn't think about the possibility that Nintendo would support people looking at the touch screen while using their Wii remotes. Will be interesting to see if Wii releases will support being streamed to it as well or if the situation will end up like remote play did on the PS3/PSP.\n\nNo apologies needed, Leo.\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by Leo_Ames\nAs for Wiimotes, I view that as a nonissue. I have little doubt that a Wii Motion Plus remote will be a standard part of the console package. And between that and so many Motion Plus users already being out there thanks to things like Wii Sports Resort (Which mandates it and has been extremely popular) and Skyward Sword, I don't think they'd have to mandate Motion Plus for it to see widespread use by developers. Everyone will have at least one Motion Plus remote and many will have more than just one without buying additional accessories.\n\nWhat I'm curious about is if a nunchuck will be packed in as well. Many of the motion heavy games on the Wii that Nintendo will want to see continue thriving on the Wii U primarily have relied on the Wiimote by itself (And many projects that used both like FPS's, 3D Mario platformers, and such will likely gravitate towards traditional gamepad controls I bet) . And with so many Wii's out there already and with the nunchuck never having changed (unlike the Wiimote), I could see that not being included with every Wii U sold.\nWas sort of hoping for an official wireless nunchuck with the reciever integrated into the Wiimote, but if we haven't heard about one yet,, it's not going to happen.\nGameCube controllers like a Wavebird were only required when playing GCN software on a Wii. SuperNes games were best enjoyed with the Classic Controller and I think many VC users only would use a GCN pad for N64 downloads.\nGlad it supported my WaveBird though. The occasional release shined with it I think like Mario Kart Wii.\n\nWith you on the M+ issue. I also expect a conscious gravitation toward either the Pad or the new Classic for many of the more \"hardcore\"-leaning titles & multiplatfom stuff. And it was nice to see the more \"core Wii games like SSBB and (to an extent in terms of hardcore) MK Wii offer GCN controller support\n\nMoney does not buy happiness. It can, however, buy you a giant boat that you can pull up alongside happiness. - David Lee Roth\n\nIt seems like they just don't get that they can have different screens and different experiences online. The spy party game that kept being brought up just sounds to me like assassins creed's multiplayer.\nThe living room might be superior but they still need to draw in the people who throw out cash for xbox live and the latest war game.\n\nSome combination would be great. I'd love an online / local 2 player mario kart without a split screen.\n\nThe spy party game that kept being brought up just sounds to me like assassins creed's multiplayer.\n\nI believe Spy Party went into development around the same time as AssBro's, but since Spy Party is the work of one person, it's taken a bit longer to get finished.\n\nAlso, AC Brotherhood's multiplayer wasn't the first to use that design. The Ship and its followup Bloody Good Time are its direct predecessor. There isn't much difference between Bloody Good Time and AssBro's multiplayer. AssBro just brought that design into the mainstream. In fact, Ubisoft bought Outerlight (the developers behind The Ship and Bloody Good Time), then killed off the studio, then stole their ideas to make AC's multiplayer.\n\nReally guys? This is what you're arguing over? If the uniqueness of any single idea is genuinely your concern, then please just stop playing games right now. While you're at it, please also stop commenting about the games that you aren't playing.\n\nGaming is iteration, just as every great idea is. If a core idea has no value after being implemented the first time, then every FPS after Wolfenstein has been pointless drivel. COD4 did nothing better than Doom in terms of multiplayer, right? Why did we ever make a Final Fantasy VI? Dragon Quest I already did everything that an RPG was ever going to do.\n\nYou may as well stop watching movies or listening to music as well. Somebody already played a guitar once. Good enough, right? If fact, what are you doing here reading words on a screen? You've read one book I presume. Why read or write anything else ever again? It's been done.\n\nNot really arguing. The press has been covering Nintendo playing up asymmetry like it's the first one to do it, like wii's motion control or 360's HD graphics, and quoting the Nintendo bigwigs as saying online is an afterthought. I just think they need a better selling point. Games have effectively had asymmetric play since the start of LAN multiplayer.\n\nNot really arguing. The press has been covering Nintendo playing up asymmetry like it's the first one to do it, like wii's motion control or 360's HD graphics, and quoting the Nintendo bigwigs as saying online is an afterthought. I just think they need a better selling point. Games have effectively had asymmetric play since the start of LAN multiplayer.\n\nIndeed. It just doesn't have the same excitement factor as the wii. The first time you saw the Wii it was hard to believe it even worked at all. Everyone just had to get their hands on it and try it.\n\nIf you believe the leaks, the upcoming Xbox Fortaleza glasses would have that wow factor. Unreal engine 4 has it. It's still quite possible to get excited not only over something that hasn't been done before, but that hardly even seems possible. Wii U captures none of that magic.\n\nReally guys? This is what you're arguing over? If the uniqueness of any single idea is genuinely your concern, then please just stop playing games right now. While you're at it, please also stop commenting about the games that you aren't playing.\n\nWe weren't arguing. Not sure why you're so huffy, though. I'm putting you back on my ignore list. You consistently try to bring out the worst in people for no good reason across all of these message boards.\n\nReally guys? This is what you're arguing over? If the uniqueness of any single idea is genuinely your concern, then please just stop playing games right now. While you're at it, please also stop commenting about the games that you aren't playing.\n\nWe weren't arguing. Not sure why you're so huffy, though. I'm putting you back on my ignore list. You consistently try to bring out the worst in people for no good reason across all of these message boards.\n\nWe weren't arguing. Not sure why you're so huffy, though. I'm putting you back on my ignore list. You consistently try to bring out the worst in people for no good reason across all of these message boards.\n\nDude - I think you must be confusing darklordjames for another long time AVS gadfly that went by the handle of BASHERS33. While I attribute BASHERS33's old attitude in part to some sort of legit mental defect (based on his post grammer as well as some occasionally crazy statements), the guy was known around here & elsewhere in gaming talk as (in the words of Charlie Murphy) \"a habitual line stepper\". He even lured me with his brand of unhinged behavior into getting a 72 hr ban from AVS as well as the inability to post in the Zelda thread he started (until it was obvious he had left AVS and/or was banned for good & the mods allowed me back in to talk Hyrule if I desire).\n\ndarklordjames is just a smart ass....but then I guess I have a tendancy to gravitate towards fellow smart asses. Never had an issue with him, or really anyone else, on AVS other than the aforementioned whack job that has since left.\n\nMoney does not buy happiness. It can, however, buy you a giant boat that you can pull up alongside happiness. - David Lee Roth\n\nNah, he's not a straight up troll, but there's a nasty, condescending edge to his posts that I don't appreciate. This is AVS, it's supposed to be civilized. There are plenty of other forums where letting the beast out is tolerated, even encouraged."}
-{"text": "Donald L. Solem, 74, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 at his home in Mill Valley. Donations can be made in his name to SupplyBank.org.\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen\nI was chatting up Dick Spotswood at some cocktail reception for some ballot measure in the fall of 1997. I had no idea who Dick Spotswood was, but he was next to...\n\nIt was the worst of times and then times got fucking worse.\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen and Kyle Magin\nIn hindsight we might think about how cute and quaint our complaints of this year really were with no world wars, no internment camps, no jailings of dissenters and not having to say sentences like, \u201cI can\u2019t believe they bombed my Starbucks...\n\nCarrie Fisher died at the age of 60 at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles. Fisher once requested that her obit say she \u201c...drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.\u201d Done.\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen\nWith but four days left in 2016, it is impossible to address the passing of Carrie Fisher without putting it in the context of all...\n\nGeorge Michael was not only the most brilliant singer and performer of my lifetime but he quietly fought more than half of his career for the LGBT community and AIDS-related causes. He died Christmas Day at the age of 53.\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen\nBoth blessed and star-crossed, George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in north London in the...\n\nListen, I really liked Star Wars: The Force Awakens and I\u2019ll probably like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story when it comes out this week because Disney has my number. But I still have a few bones to pick, so read this as a continuation of the immediate post-remastering/prequels fanboy bitching\u2026\nWritten by Kyle Magin\n...And another thing, why the...\n\nNewsom\u2019s mandate after NCAA sanctions hit a state school for academic fraud is the right move. But UC and CSU needs to recognize major flaws extend far beyond the court, field and classroom.\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen\nAs California takes on the responsibilities of becoming an emerging rogue state, Sacramento should not overlook the need for a wholesale review of...\n\nDon\u2019t cry for Mark Helfrich\u2019s imminent firing. Focus on the changes you need to make to be just like him.\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen\nSo it can be said, barring any minor miracle that involves a DeLorean careening 88 miles per hour on the rain-slicked pavement of the Lone Pine Mall parking lot, Oregon fans will no longer be exposed...\n\nPatagonia is giving 100% of its Black Friday sales to eco-charities. Form-fitting fleece pullovers that match your Subaru and a PR coup, what\u2019s not to love?\nBy Andrew J. Pridgen\nFor the entirety of this decade up until this time last month, I worked for an e-commerce firm. The melt into a chair that was never set quite right in front...\n\nPlacer County Supervisors showed little regard for what residents of the Tahoe Basin want in a development by approving a 760-unit Martis Valley West project in October. A lawsuit soon followed. They are now expected to kowtow to current Squaw owner KSL\u2019s mid-20th century mountain-town-as-airport-Hilton vision for Olympic Valley 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in Kings Beach. How it...\n\nOn Sunday, ESPN\u2019s college football flagship program, College Gameday, announced it would host its weekly televised party in Kalamazoo, MI, before Western Michigan University\u2019s game against the Buffalo Bulls.\nThe city promptly lost its mind, and we\u2019re here to unlock the looney bin.\nWritten by Kyle Magin\nKirk, Coach, Desmond\u2026 and whoever replaced Folwer\u2026 Ross? Rece?.... Are headed to Kalamazoo..."}
-{"text": "Blog\n\nCartel introduces New Kenya: Weithaga\n\nComing this week to our caf\u00e9s and our online store is a washed Kenyan coffee, Weithega.\n\nKenya has established a reputation for producing some phenomenally clean, juicy, and fruit-forward coffees in recent years. Washed Kenyas, like this Weithaga, get their characteristic acid profile in part from an extra freshwater soak the beans undergo during processing."}
-{"text": "Affected in which way? Do you mean the weird eyes that Mads Mikelsen got?\n\u2013 Napoleon Wilson\u2666Nov 8 '16 at 16:19\n\n@NapoleonWilson yes, but they also seemed to be made a bit more irrational in their fanaticism, as evidenced by the \"he manipulated matter outside the mirror dimension\" line, implying that he crossed a significant line\n\u2013 DForck42Nov 8 '16 at 16:20\n\n1\n\nHmm, that (the fanatism) might be more of a character trait than caused by Dormammu, though.\n\u2013 Napoleon Wilson\u2666Nov 8 '16 at 16:21\n\nLike if Dormammu is a power supplier and you plug a heavy device to it? :P\n\u2013 papakiasNov 10 '16 at 14:32\n\n2 Answers\n2\n\nI don't believe, based on the way it was explained, that the two rituals were the same.\n\nThe Ancient One was accused of channeling the power of \"the Dark Dimension\" to maintain her youth. We don't know what this entailed, but it sounded similar to how any other magic works in the MCU -- you channel energy from another dimension into ours and it does things that otherwise violate the natural laws.\n\nWhat Kaecilius did was directly invoke Dormammu. He was not merely trying to use the Dark Dimension for his own use, he was trying to summon Dormammu itself to come destroy the world. That's a much more serious and powerful invocation, so it makes sense that it would have a more drastic effect on it's user.\n\nI believe the ritual Kaecilius performed with his followers could be the same one that the Ancient One did sporadically in order to keep her \"youth\".\n\nHowever, I believe this is a matter of how deep did each one go. Honestly, the Ancient One stated herself that she hated drawing power from the dark dimension. Therefore, I am led to believe Kaecilius and his followers were much more connected to Dormammu than her.\n\nAlso, she never intended for Dormammu to destroy earth and force all humans to reunite with it, which was something Kaecilius longed for. So it must be a matter of intensity and how recently did one perform dark arts. I recall that when the Ancient One comes to defend Strange and Mordo, Dormammu's symbol appears on her forehead, which confirmed Strange's suspicions that she had indeed engaged in that sort of ritual."}
-{"text": "Miyagikyo distillery is a Japanese whisky distillery. It is located near Sendai, the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, T\u014dhoku region, Japan.\n\nThe distillery is owned by Nikka Whisky Distilling, and was opened in 1969. Originally known as \"Sendai distillery\", it was the second to be established by Nikka Whisky, after the company\u2019s Yoichi distillery in Hokkaido.\n\nAll logos are copyrighted to their respected owners. Some content supplied from Wikipedia."}
-{"text": "Hey HuffPo, STOP Twisting Donald\u2019s Words\u2026Or \u201cYou\u2019re Fired!\u201d \u2013 BOOM\n\nSo the Huffington Post is still around for some reason, in part because they save so much money by not paying most of their writers. That alone should make readers wonder how reliable a lot of their articles are.\n\nThe Republican nominee broke a cardinal rule of American politics: Never root against the United States\n\nFunny, did HuffPo say something similar when Michelle Obama said she wasn\u2019t proud to be American (although apparently she\u2019s changed her tune, if her DNC speech was any indication)? Or what about when Obama himself mocked \u201cAmerican exceptionalism,\u201d to cite just one example of many over the course of his career?\n\n\u201cIf they hacked, they probably have her 33,000 emails. I hope they do,\u201d Trump said at a press conference at his resort in Doral, Florida.\n\nLike everyone else on the left (and even some on the right) Wilkie is desperately trying to distract from the key issue. If Hillary Clinton hadn\u2019t insisted on using an illegal \u201chome brew\u201d email server and broken all kinds of other national security rules, the Russians (or whoever) wouldn\u2019t have been able to hack them in the first place.\n\nTrump wasn\u2019t the one who told her to use that server. Trump wasn\u2019t the one who let her off scot free for crimes, like deleting government emails, that other, less \u201cimportant\u201d people have been prosecuted for.\n\nBut Trump makes a few snide remarks about these events, and he\u2019s the bad guy.\n\nIt\u2019s pretty funny watching liberals pretending to be interested in national security all of a sudden."}
-{"text": "Indian sex stories online. At allindiansexstories you will find some of the best indian sex stories online across all your favorite categories. Enjoy some of the best bhabhi and aunty sex stories, hot incest stories and also some hot sexy chat conversations. Make sure to bookmark us and come back daily to enjoy new stories submitted by our readers.\n\nMy wife and my friends\n\nHi I am Pradeep from Bhubaneswar, Orissa and I want to tell you all about my wife. My wife name is Namita, age is about 35, beautiful even at this age, and has nice body 36D-29-38. She loves wearing silk saris and sleeveless blouse. She wraps the sari tightly around her body showing her solid 38 ass and 36D boobs prominently. She wears sleeveless blouse showing her armpits when she raises her hand. I know that all my friend love her ass and the sexy armpits and lusted for her.\n\nMy friends who are coming to our house regularly addicted to watch her body while moving in the house doing house hold work. She moves her ass seductively even in the house and my friends watch her as she walks moving with her body to catch the glimpses of her fleshy 36-D boobs when she bends. I think my friends must masturbate daily thinking of her boobs, armpits and ass that comes to our house. I am board-minded person and I have a long day\u2019s fantasy to see my wife fucked by my friends by tak!\n\nIn their long big cocks in her cunt and anus hole while I watch. I have talked about my sex fantasy with my wife every day night while I fuck her but she refused my proposal saying that it is sin for a married lady to think about any other male. But I love to see her pussy and ass to be licked and fucked by my friends always fascinated by it for years but she was not favor of it and not gives me chance to do so.\n\nMy wife Namita worked as school teacher and one of her male colleagues Sontosh used to drop her to the house after the school on his motor cycle. There was nothing to raise doubts in my mind about their relationship, as it was quite a normal thing. I have worked in a private company and had shift duties. I would have never thought that my wife is becoming a sexy SLUT without my knowledge in between those years if I had not come early from my duties on that day. My children left for their school and Namita had gone to the school too. I did not expect anybody at home but when I came to the front door I did not see any lock and it was bolted from inside. I was just wondering who could have been home at this hour of the afternoon. I was about to press the doorbell absorbed in the thoughts when I heard some strange noise. It was sound of moaning and whispering. The moaning was familiar to me because my wife moans in a similar fashion when I fuck her. I wondered who it was.\n\nSo out of curiosity I listened and found that the sounds came from our master bedroom. I went cautiously to the bedroom window and tried to see through it. The window was not bolted from inside but the panels were just closed leaving some gap between them. Through the gap I peeked inside and was surprised to see my wife and her colleague, Sontosh, in compromising position. They both were naked and Namita was lying on the bed naked and Sontosh was on top kissing and fondling the two huge globes and my sexy wife was moaning with pleasure. \u201cOohhh Sontosh, Knead my boobs and suck my nipples oh I love it suuussk oohhhh!\u201d my wife was moaning. First I became very angry and wanted to break the door and kill both of them within no times but within few minute I felt hot and excitement in my body. It was same scene that I had fancied for years .My cock got hard watching all this. My wife was fucking her own colleague. After sucking the boobs Sontosh reversed himself so that his hard cock!\n\nWas above the mouth of my wife. He had nice 8 inches cock, which was thick and strong bigger than me. My wife lustily swallowed the entire cock and sucked it hard. I could see her cheeks swell and shrink as she sucked the rod, moving it inside her mouth. Sontosh was licking the pussy of Namita and pushed his tongue inside the hole making her lust for more. Taking the cock out of her mouth she said, Osontosh lick my ass u bastard u slut lover push your tongue inside the ass. Fuck me!\u201d Sontosh was encouraged by this and made her kneel on the bed, got behind her and try to put his cock at the dirty ass hole of my wife. Namita\u2019s boobs were hanging from her body and swayed with the body of hers. Sontosh caught hold of the hanging globes for support, thrusting his cock in her ass. He then spat on the asshole of my wife and on his cock too, for lubrication and pushed it again in the asshole of her. The cock went in easily now. I envied him for fucking the ass of my wife, as I badly!\n\nWanted to do what he was doing but never permitted by Namita to do so. He fucked her ass for 10 minutes and then my slut wife was moaning loudly now. \u201cMeri Gand maro jorse chodo. Sala mere pati se mast chod raha hai! Uska lund to chota hai aur meri gand marta nahi sala. Chodo Sontosh ohhh gandd mmarroo! Namita moved her ass back and forth fucking the cock impaled in her ass. Sontosh shouted and came in her ass, fully exhausted and lay on her back, boobs still in his hands. My wife too came and her body and ass jerked. She too lay exhausted. Ooh Sontosh lets go! I am afraid someone may come. They got up. Namita and Sontosh started to dress. My wife had his come still in her anus hole; still she dressed putting the sari and all. I had tremendous erection and wanted to fuck her then and there in her ass.\n\nThen slowly I went to main door and pushed the doorbell. Namita took almost 3-4 minutes to open the door. When I entered I saw Sontosh sitting on the couch, sweat running all over his face. My wife had tied the scattered hair into a knot and she too was sweating. I looked at them and asked my wife. Oh how she was here at this time. \u201cOoh! Pradeep, we had half day today and so Sontosh had come to drop me home and I asked him to take a cup of tea before going. Do you want tea? my wife replied. I said yes. I sat there with Sontosh talking to him but I could not forget that the same man had fucked my sexy wife few minutes back. He looked tense as he talked to me, but I behaved as if I did not see anything. After taking tea he got up and left. I asked my wife why she was so late in opening the door. She could not answer me and looked scared. I did not say anything and went to the master bedroom to see if I can find anything to pin my wife, any evidence of!\n\nThe fucking left behind. I saw men\u2019s underwear, blue in color lying below the bed. I took it and went away hiding it. I behaved as if nothing has happened and Namita too did not suspect anything. So after dinner in night when she came to bed I showed her the Blue underwear Sontosh. She lost her color and sat down weeping. She told me that she was sorry for what had happened and won\u2019t repeat it in future. I said, \u201d Sali ghar me lund hai aur bahar walo se chudwati hai! Dekho meri friends ne tumbahra gand aur choot per jaan de rahe hai aur tum us luwade se gand marwati ho. Besharam Randi. Listening this my wife looked fearfully at me. I told her if she would obey me then not to worry about it and I would not give her any punishment for her such sinful act. She agreed to this and looked relieved of the tension .I told her to take leave tomorrow and arrange small party for my friends next day.\n\nAfter talking with Namita I became happy and then contacted Ranjan by phone .He was my best friend and we shared many things together. We had discussed about my dream with him many times and he knew my sex fantasy .So I told him. Oh come at 10 am to our home as I have a new plan for fucking my wife. He asked me if my wife have no objection now for fucking with others and how she become agree for it. I said no, now Namita deserves to be fucked by whole world. He asked me if I had any difficulties if he would come one of our common friend Jayanta for fucking her too. I said no, I have full plan for their fucking with my wife. He smiled at that and told me to proceed with the plan. He smiled at that and told me to proceed with the plan. I told him to leave the all things to me and I will definitely arrange their fucking. I also told Ranjan that he must bring Jayanta for the party and they should reach tomorrow at 10am definitely at our home for me!\n\nI wanted to fulfill my long waited fantasy in very exiting, sexy and hot ways. That was the idea of calling my two friends fucking with my wife. Ranjan and Jayanta was expert in fucking. Jayanta dominate in this matter and had 9-inch long cock. Ranjan had 8-inch cock and also was expert in fucking.\n\nSo on the next day my children were going to school leaving my wife and me alone in the house as we both took casual leave. Namita and I were in the house. My wife was asking what I was going to do to her, but I did not tell her anything and just smiled. I told her to wear sleeveless blouse and tight sari, showing her naval and belly button. I asked her not to wear any Bra or Panties on that day. She protested but complied due to fear. So at 10 am Ranjan and Jayanta arrived. As they were our old friends Namita knew them very well. So after formal greetings I told Namita to serve the tea to all. She brought the tea and snacks from kitchen and served all of us. We are sitting on our drawing room. After formal discussion I asked to Namita openly in front of our friends chalo aapne kapade utaaro aur mere friends ko aapni moti gand aur boor dikhao.\u201d My wife became wondered after hearing my direct proposal .She did not expect such behavior and talking from me. She looked at me in fearing eyes. But I told her to follow my instructions other wise she would put in trouble for her fucking with Sontosh, may be she face divorce from me. Hearing my words she got up and stood still in the middle of the room looking with shame in her eyes. I got up and pulled the pallo of her sari and removed it, pulling it away from her body. Now she stood with only the blouse and the petticoat .Her boobs and ass were very seductive. Ranjan told me to push her onto his lap and then open her blouse. She fell on Ranjan\u2019s lap and I went to her opening her blouse. Ranjan felt her big ass on his lap and started to fondle it. \u201cDekho Pradeep tumbhar patni ki gand kitni moti hai ohh mere lund par gand rakh di hai.\u201d Saying so he opened the knot of her petticoat and pushed it down exposing the top of her ass cheeks. By this time I had removed her blouse and was fondling my wife\u2019s 36D boobs. Ranjan asked her to stand and remove the petticoat and blouse too.\n\nAs she rise her arms, we saw her armpits and Jayanta immediately put his mouth there and started to lick the sweat in them. I came up to her and pushed her petticoat down, sliding from the plump round ass. Now she stood before us, completely naked and tried to cover her boobs by folding her arms over it. Ranjan ordered Namita to unzip his pants, pull out his cock, and suck him until he was hard which she obediently did. We saw Ranjan\u2019s cock erecting slowly. Ranjan enjoyed it too much and moaned slowly Ohhhhhhhhhh. After she had sucked him hard, he grabbed one of her tits, and licked and sucked it clean ending up with gently biting her big hard nipple. This made my wife sexier and she started to shake her body. After that Jayanta slowly moved his finger into her pussy from behind and began to rub her pussy. Then I asked my wife to open Jayanta\u2019s pant and make him naked. Namita bent and put her hand on his pants to remove them, but stopped with shame. I went to her and put her hands over the zip of Jayanta\u2019s pant and she obediently removed his pant and freed his hard cock. Then Jayanta told her to suck his cock. Me too removed my clothes and became ready for taking over the actions. After a while I told her to come and suck me and once I was really hard. I ordered her to knell down on the floor and take turn sucking us until we re-ready for dessert.\n\nJayanta slapped her ass and told her to raise her hands above her head so that he will be able to lick her armpits. Ranjan spat in Namita\u2019s armpits and asked Jayanta to put his cock in there and fuck. Jayanta put his cock in her wet armpits and started to explore it with the cock. The small hair there tickled his cock and I watched that Jayanta could keep more than half of his cock well lodged in my wife\u2019s armpits. Now Ranjan pressed her arm closing the pit over his cock and asked Jayanta to fuck. Now Ranjan was stroking his cock watching all this action. Jayanta had fucked in armpit of my wife vigorously and came, washing the armpits with his come. His come trickled from the sides of my wife and what a sight! I told Ranjan and Jayanta to rub their cocks in that come and spread it on my wife body. I could see my wife shiver with the touch of two cocks and the rubbing of come on her body. Now my cock started to harden more and more. Ranjan told me to!\nShow them the big boobs of my wife. So I took each boob in my hand and showed them how big these were. Oooh your wife has lots of milk in her jugs Pradeep. Press them hard and squeeze out the milk for us. Ranjan said. I squeezed the boobs and found some thin liquid come out of it. I licked it and it was sweet. I rubbed the nipples and more of it came out and sprayed on my mouth. Namita had milk in those boobs.\n\nHow I remembered that she had been admitted in hospital a month back to get an abortion and from that time her boobs looked fuller than before. Ranjan was delighted at the sight of the milk coming out and we both suckled on the boobs of my wife. We invited Jayanta too and he also drank the milk from my wife\u2019s breasts. After satisfying ourselves with armpits and boobs I told Ranjan to concentrate on her ass and pussy. He told that he wanted her ass to be fucked first. He ordered my wife to bend forward and show us the ass hole by spreading it with her own hands. Ran!\n\nJan had nice imagination and I loved what he said. Namita looked at me and I looked at her. The look of shame had vanished from her eyes and I could see LUST in her eyes now. She bent and taking her hands behind caught her ass cheeks and spread them to show us her own ass hole. She spoke for the first time, Oh Come on fuck me. Meri boor chodo ,gand maro. Tumhare friends ka lund bhi dalo meri gand mein aur choot mein. Muzako maat tadapao meri gaand maro chato muze! Ranjan aur Jayanta ka 9 inch lund gand me aur choot mein dalo ! Mai tumhari randi hu chodoooo mujhe!\u201d Ranjan told me to lick her ass hole and he told Jayanta to give his dick for my wife to suck. I hurriedly went and put my mouth to Namita\u2019s ass hole and sniffed it. It had nice dirty shitty smell and I could also smell the stale sweat on her ass. Jayanta went to my wife and pushed his 8 inches cock in her mouth. The slut greedily swallowed the whole thing and sucked on the dick. Ranjan was watching this and. Rubbing his lovely cock making it ready for my wife to take.\n\nThen Ranjan asked me to take my wife to our master bedroom and put on bed. I carried my wife in my hands and laid her on our double bed on her back. My wife then spread her legs wide open inviting us to fuck her hard. Ranjan came between her thighs, lifted Namita\u2019s legs on his shoulder and pushed his 9 inches cock in her cunt. Ranjan\u2019s cock went easily up to the hilt. Then Jayanta went to the face of my wife and offered her prick to her opened mouth .My sexy wife swallowed Jayanta\u2019s cock easily. I got up and watched the show and my already hard cock swelled more. I took my wife\u2019s toes and started to lick them while she sucked a cock and fucked another. It tickled her and she jerked her feet with the sensation of my tongue on her toes. Ranjan asked me if I wanted to fuck wife too. I told him yes let her take all the cocks in her holes. Then Ranjan withdraw his big cock from my wife pussy and told Jayanta to lie down on the bed, we lifted Namita up spread her legs!\n\nWide and slowly lowered her pussy down over Jayanta\u2019s cock until it completely disappeared inside her. We slowly moved her up and down on Jayanta\u2019s huge cock until it was too much to watch and Ranjan got behind her and slowly pushed his cock inside her ass while I grabbed her head and began to fuck her mouth. Now all we three were fucking her in her three holes. After some time we wanted to change the position. So Ranjan lay on his back and asked Namita to ride his cock and suck Jayanta. He then positioned me at the ass and asked me to fuck the ass of my wife I had lusted so far. I immediately pushed my cock in the asshole of my wife and it went in easily. I could feel Ranjan\u2019s cock lodged inside the pussy of my wife. We both fucked Namita\u2019s asshole and pussy and Jayanta fucked her mouth. First to come was Jayanta and he shot come in the oral cavity of my wife and taking his cock out sprayed some on her face and boobs. I took my hand and spread all that come over Namita\u2019s!\n\nFace and boobs. Oh she loved it. I felt my wife\u2019s body jerk and move below me on Ranjan\u2019s cock swallowing all of it in her pussy. \u201cFuck me you bastards. Fuck me I want cocks of my husband and his friends. Bring more cocks you bastards. Fuck me, fuck my pussy and asssssss! I am ccomm ingg!\u201d and my wife came. I felt her pussy oozing on Ranjan\u2019s cock and her ass hole relaxing on my cock. Sensing her come Ranjan spurted his come in my wife\u2019s pussy and I could feel his cock twitch while he came. I too came and deposited come in wife ass.\n\nMy wife loved it and her body went limp and her eyes shut. We all took rest. We felt our bladders full and so all of us went to the bathroom. After pissing and bathing each others we came out and dressed. I thanked Ranjan and Jayanta for fucking my wife and making her free and open to a new world of enjoyment. My wife too kissed them and rubbed their dicks before they left."}
-{"text": "Is there a way to upload 10 patches only at a time/per day on my local servers? Our company has a Network Manager, SIP, Solarwinds, Active Directory, and WSUS server that has not been patched and updated in months. We don't want to do a COMPLETE upload in case the servers break with one of the patches or updates. Has anyone run into this issue and is it do-able?\n\nWell, this sounds similar to the often requested \"report only\" functionality.\n\nOf course you can let WOU download all the patches for your platform(s) and rename the corresponding subfolders under \"client\" before building an ISO, so the installation of the patches will lead to \"not found\" warnings only.\n\nThe thing is: Even after this procedure and after applying patches manually and one after each other, you won't know which patch will kill your machine, if there is one.\n\nI'd just take precautions, namely creating an image of the OS installation/partition that can be restored if anything goes wrong. In fact, some kind of working(!) backup strategy like this is mandatory for production systems IMO, even more for servers."}
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-{"text": "City tense after protest against news channel\n\nTension prevailed in the city on Tuesday as activists of Beghampura Tiger Force, Bahujan Samaj Party and some other minority outfits forced closure of shops in protest against a television news channel, and clashed with BJP workers when they refused to obey their orders.\n\nA bandh call had been given for Wednesday after the said news channel allegedly made some \u201cderogatory\u201d remarks against Guru Ravidass. However, people were caught unawares when groups of demonstrators, brandishing sticks and kirpans, came out on the streets on Tuesday, and started forcing a shut down. Police personnel tried to intervene, but to no avail.\n\nViolence erupted when the protesters reached Sutehri road and tried to shut down a mobile repair shop where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, including BJYM district president Nitin Gupta and Neeraj Sharma were holding a meeting.\n\nAfter BJYM's refusal to comply, the two groups clashed.\n\nAccording to eyewitnesses, the protesters first attacked a BJYM worker, after which they retaliated. While the rest of the BJP workers ran for cover, the protesters caught Sharma and thrashed him. He was later admitted to the civil hospital. Police rounded up a few people in this connection.\n\nA heavy police force was deployed in the city to avert further tension, and superintendent of police (detective) Jagmohan Singh took charge of monitoring security arrangements.\n\nHowever, no case had been registered against anyone till the filing of this report.\n\nSome activists also staged a protest on the Chandigarh road near Bajwara on the same issue and blocked traffic for a few minutes. They also burnt the effigy of news channel's editor and demanded his arrest.\n\nEffigy burnt at Nurmahal\n\nNurmahal: Activists of the Guru Ravidass Nagar Kirtan Prabandhak Committee on Tuesday burnt the effigy of a news channel editor at Ravidass Chowk to protest the alleged defamatory remarks against Guru Ravidass during the telecast of a programme. Rally leaders demanded the arrest of the management and reporters for hurting religious feelings of a community. Nurmahal SHO Vijaykanwarpal pacified protesters and received a memorandum from them."}
-{"text": "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has given an interview to one of the last media outlets in the country which is frequently critical of the government. The interview in Novaya Gazeta is being dissected by analysts for signs that Mr Medvedev may pursue a different course from his predecessor, Vladimir Putin.Mr Medvedev said democracy need not be compromised for the sake of prosperity. \"Stability and a prosperous life cannot be set off against a set of political rights and freedoms,\" he said.\nMr Medvedev said \"the protection of rights should be practised by the state itself\" and trust built up ...\n\nRussian President Dmitry Medvedev was deeply alarmed that unemployment was rising far faster than officials had forecast.The Russian economy, worth $1.7 trillion a year, is heading into recession and employers are slashing jobs as the economic crisis bites after a decade of explosive growth.Medvedev, speaking to members of a think-tank that advises him on policies, said Russia had 2.2 million people officially registered as unemployed.\"We are deeply alarmed by the number of registered unemployed, which has already reached levels which we counted on reaching by year end,\" he said at a meeting ..."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, March 15, 2016\n\nRedmi Note 3 Frequently asked questions?\n\nRedmi Note 3 it's one of the best we are getting in such a low price.This phone is launched in January 2016.This light weight phone '165g' comes with 4000MAh battery can run your phone 1.5 day.[Depends on use can run more too]CHIP: First Device with Qualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650 in India you can get it in devices likeSony Xperia Xvivo xplay 5 Expected Price:Rs.19999Samsung galaxy A9 Expected Price:Rs.31999BQ X5 PlusAlcatel OneTouch Idol 4SThe Snapdragon 650 processor supports high-quality, efficient performance, multimedia, gaming and connectivity, thanks to its powerful 64-bit capable hexa-core CPUs, integrated X8 LTE with Cat 7 speeds, Qualcomm\u00ae Adreno\u2122 510 GPU, and support for 4K Ultra HD video.CPU : It come's with 6 cores Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 clock speed CPU which will run your games smoothly and better multi-tasking.By default the gorvernor is interactive which will make it run more.Most important the finger print sensor it works great. You can use the fingerprint scanner to click photographs or even lock apps but in future updates.Still Running Android 5.1.1 but it's a new phone so we can expect Android 6.0 soon.Questions :1. Can i use Dual Sim and Memory Card together at one time or not?A. You can only use 1 sim if you want to use Memory Card otherwise you can use it as dual sim with 1 micro and 1 Nano Sim.\n\n2. Is this Phone Support OTG?A. Yes.\n\n3. When Charging Charger is Making Annoying Zzzzzz Sound, Should i return?A. Don't worry RN3 comes with Fast Charging support with 2A charger so this sound is normal. Not an issue.Be sure in future that you shouldn't charge it with any 1A charger. If you use PowerBank Buy a PowerBank with 2A charging support.\n\n4. Is RN3 have problem with low light photography?A. Yes in Low Light it struggle alot even in whether it's in HDR mode or not images are not that good i am not saying that camera is bad in outdoor camera give excellent qualityso for now we can hope for better image processing updates in future."}
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-{"text": "Marina Bay with Suntec City and National Stadium and Kallang in the background.\n\n12/04/2012\n\nChina must behave like a super power\n\nChina\u2019s self restraint is becoming a joke to the little countries in Asean and they think they can make groundless claims against its territories, arrest Chinese fishing boats and fishermen and China cannot do anything about it. In the view of Asean countries, China is just a paper tiger. Just shout at China, call it a bully and China will quietly back off.\n\nChina needs to act like a big power like the Americans, the Israelis or the Japanese. It must be more willing to flex its muscles to hammer the little trouble makers coveting its territories. At the worst, it must act like the Indians as a regional power. In the Indian Ocean, no countries would dare to trifle with the Indians. It will lash out with whatever it got to any adventurers.\n\nThe Indians are moving into the South China Sea. It has declared that it is ready to protect its oil interests in South China, an open affront to China\u2019s dispute with Vietnam. The Indian Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi said that India is prepared to act, if necessary, to protect its maritime and economic interests in the region. This is as good as telling China that it will go to war with China. And no one is saying India is escalating tension in the South China Sea. That is how a big power should act and behave to keep the little countries out of its way.\n\nAt the moment, if China would to say such a thing, the little countries will scream that China is acting aggressively and the US will join in. China must get use to act like the Indians and soon the little countries will learn to accept it. And China must be prepared to slam them if they misbehave in order for them to behave well.\n\nWhen asked if India is prepared for it (war with China), the Admiral said, \u2018The short answer is yes.\u2019 So what is China going to do about it now that India is stating its claim in the South China Sea?\n\nChina can respond by being meek and diplomatic and pretend it did not hear anything. China can react by sailing into the Indian Ocean and declare the same that it is there to protect its interests and is prepared for it.\n\nWould China chicken out and be called an aggressor still, an aggressive power at the same time? Or would China just do it, behave like a super power and wield the stick to keep the hyenas away? Like it or not, it will always be called an aggressive power no matter how submissive it tries to be. It is time to kick asses. If China refuses to do so, it will invite more aggressive manoeuvres from the little countries with the Americans behind them. And India is joining the fray as the point man. More trouble and provocations will come China\u2019s way.\n\n36 comments:\n\nNo matter how wicked PRC is, I believe eventually they are going to be the ultimate protector of yellow people. PRC is the core state especially for the chopstick civilization which includes Japan, Korea and Vietnam.\n\nThe next degree of cultural affinity are Tibet, Mongolia, Thai, Laos, Bhutan, Myanmmar. Despite the denial of corrupt western anthropologist, the yellow people shared very similar cultural characteristic despite that we speak different language system.\n\nGenerally, the yellow people respect authority, respect the old, are very hard working, obey the law and have the highest IQ among the nations. (Jews are higher although)\n\nThe yellow people is also weak in physical build or health, but are the most courageous. The world's bravest conscript are Imperial Japanese army and the bravest mercenary are Gurkhas.\n\nThe Gurkhas are drawn from Limbus, Rai, Magas tribe from Nepal which belongs to the Tibetan race. The Hindic race of Nepal are so coward that no one want them inside their army, never the less they are cunning and dominate the political power. They exploit and make lower caste all the other people in Nepal, including the bravest Gurkhas people as well as Tibetans Shepas, which Tenzing Norgay belongs to. (We should beware of FT Indians, they go everywhere with sole aim of making everyone Dalits and lick their ass)\n\nUSA has elected Obama as president. Obama is smart and knew that the enemy of USA is not some nutty Islamist but the confucius civilization. Obama is also the least Atlantist among all USA president. He spent a large amount of time in Indonesia having a Chinese step father. In short he know what is going on.\n\nAnd projecting China as aggressor today is probably not too fair. The Chinese navy is just a green water fleet while the USA navy is already a blue water force.\n\nOn April 1, 2001, a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, called the Hainan Island incident.\n\nUSA called PRC aggressor. Its really a joke. What if PRC sent surveillance plane on the door step of califonia?\n\nThere is no necessity for PRC to behave like a super power.Push them too hard ,they can just finish its enemy off and can occupy their territories,if they want.Dun be like those daft sinkies that challenge PRC who shows concern on their citizen being implicated for a so claim strike here.They dun need a big knife meant for slaughtering ox to kill a little chicken.Dun take their kindness as their weakness.\n\nAlmost every month cannot pass without newspaper in India urging their government to be aggressive to \"take back\" Aksai Chin against PRC. Who is the agressor?\n\nThere is no Hindic tribe within borders of China. There are large areas of Tibetan tribes within the borders of India in places like Ladakh, Sikhim, Arunchal Pradesh (South Tibet), all illegally taken away by British India, or illegally annex due to post colonial imperialism of India,\n\nI have read newspaper in PRC online. PRC newspaper has never warmonger against India, especially the major ones.\n\nAnd USA is conducting marine and air surveillance on the door step of China everyday, from the north sea, east sea to south China sea.\n\nAfter more than a century of being victims to foreign aggressions, the Chinese were forced to fight the Americans in the Korean peninsula. And they were called the aggressors.\n\nThen they chased the aggressor out of Chinese territories in the Sino Indian border war. Again they were called the aggressors when Nehru was the one that sent his soldiers to attack Chinese positions.\n\nAgain when the Vietnamese conquered Laos and Cambodia, and the Chinese came to their defence to force the Vietnamese to withdraw. They fought a war with the Vietnamese, chased them into Vietnam and withdrew. And the Chinese were branded again as the aggressor with expansionist intent.\n\nIn all 3 wars, the Chinese soldiers returned once the wars stopped. In Korea, the Americans are still there. The Chinese withdrew from Korea, from India, from Vietnam. Why don't they stayed after defeating their enemies when they expansionists?\n\nWho is the aggressive and expansionist nation? Think and don't simply read western media shit. Read the history of these wars.\n\nIn Korean War the aggressor is Kim Il Sung. Russian has already open its archive on that after the collapse of USSR. USA is the protector.\n\nIn Sino-Vietnam War, PRC army march into Vietnam soil, taking Long San. PRC is the aggressor. There are a lot of dirty politics in it. Its still too early to tell what is going on.\n\nOne of the major consequence of the war is Deng Xiaoping consolidate the army, and become the emperor. Without Sino-Vietnam war, Deng will never get hold of the PLA who 4th field army loyal to his rival Lin Biao is the strongest faction.\n\nI call that a dirty war.\n\nNevertheless, PRC is becoming a normal state after the demise of Mao. During Mao's time, she is really thuggish.\n\nAfter WW2, North and South Korea were to reunite as one country. The South refused and the north attacked. It was a civil war. The Americans came it to support the South. The Chinese came in to support the North. The rest is history.\n\nThe SinoViet border war was not so simple as a diversion for domestic political aims. The Vietnamese were shelling Chinese positions first. Two, the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and Laos, both China's allies. Thailand and Asean were worried that more dominoes were going to fall.\n\nChina stepped in to save Cambodia and Laos and also Thailand and Asean. It was never an act of aggression but geopolitics. The Chinese could have remained inside North Vietnam. But they showed no intent to occupy Viet territories just like in India. They left once the status quo was achieved.\n\nSino Vietnam war has many facet. PRC knew that genocide is happening in Cambodia. Why punish Vietnam because it topple a genocidal government.\n\nThen Vietnam is having a border skirmish with Khmer Rouge. Then Vietnam lean towards USSR, just like North Korea did.\n\nI do not see a reason to start a war going all the way to Lang Son. A border skirmish would be enough to teach Viet a lesson.\n\nAnd while PRC was going all the way to Lang Son, the troops are ruthless in killings and dismantling all productive asset. Its really shameful.\n\nThey even shoot woman. (Then vietnam woman soldier often blend into civilian. So there is high collaterals)\n\nAlso Deng wanted help from USA then. He visited Jimmy Carter. USA wanted to teach Vietnam a lesson after they lost the war. Its not clear what deal is made.\n\nBut after war, USA sold arms to PRC, their once arch enemy. PRC got the state of art weapon like Black Hawks, and there is plans to modern PLA.\n\nThat was on the backdrop of countering USSR. All these stop after 1989. And many speculate that this is one of the outcome of Sino-Vietnam war.\n\nThe outcome of Sino-Vietnam war domestically is Deng Xiaoping control the army. Externally, it prevents Thailand from falling into communist party. So this actually prevents the dominos from falling. (PRC prevent Thailand becoming communist???)\n\nChina has no choice at the moment but to exert \"what appears to be\" self restraint. Any noticable aggression makes every cuntree in Asia very nervous, and they are likely to encourage the participation of Big White Daddy Uncle Sam.\n\nThe bigger the \"threat\" of Chinese aggression, the more the ASEAN cunttree will open up their legs and allow Uncle Sam to set up more military bases, and drone operations.\n\nJust light up a cigarette in front of their children, in a school or hospital (for good measure) for example, that their kids are going to get cancer from your selfish act.\n\nAmericans are so \"scared\" they need guns AND god to protect them.\n\nLight up a ciggy in front of American parents and their kids, and the \"scared\" American parents are likely to pull out their 2nd Amendment Right and SHOOT YOU in \"self-defense\", and the American court will back up the shooting saying \"all rights, including the right to self defense COME FROM GOD\". (Probably \"cum\" as in shoot out the end of his dick).\n\nI'm not worried about Americans being \"scared\". I'm worried that they take too literally the words in their anthem: \"Land of The Free, Home of The Brave\" -- in order to be free you have to be brave and kill any motherfucker that is UNILATERALLY deemed to be \"a threat\", because it is your god-given right\n\nE.g. accusing a regime of habouring Weapons of Mass Destruction, then bombing the fuck out of and occupying an ENTIRE CUNTRY for over 10 years.\n\nMost of China's weapons don't even work. They are nowhere NEAR being a super power. Not yet. Eventually, perhaps.\n\nTo be honest, I always think Chinese people are the least racist people. When UK handover HK to PRC in 1997, many HK people would rather prefer white man to lord over them.\n\nSimilarly in the Shanghai International Settlement and French Concession in Shanghai, Chinese would prefer to be slave of White man.\n\nToday, SG is a neo-colony of USA. I have no objections.\n\nThe Chinese can accept Turks as emperor. The Tang Dynasty emperors are Turks and many Han Chinese defended them sacrificing their life. The Chinese can accept Manchus as rulers. Similarly, many Chinese died for Manchus.\n\nBut Indian is a different thing. The racial discrimination thing is build into genes of high caste Indians. Wherever Hindic civilization goes, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, they will create a Dalit class of shit collector and hereditary prostitute.\n\nToday, there are serious extra-judicial killings and genocide in Assam India, who speaks a language close to Chinese.\n\nEach time China returned from its' Last Battle, it became stronger.Last few battles were small scale.\n\nChina needs a big scale war, preferably with the US. It got to have a real test of its' strength and resolve of the Chinese People more than the power of its' weapons.\n\nAnd when it is not killed, China will emerge stronger. And if it is killed, it will resurrect as it did numerous times.\n\nMatilah Singapura knows the Americans well.Indeed, bringing wars right to the doorsteps of the Amercans' homes will scare the shits out of them. 50 buildings up in flame at different cities within a day and they will beg for peace. Andthere wont be need to deny having weapons of mass destruction(Iraq) or having biological/chemical weapons(Syria).\n\nMe posting here to join the fun. The PRC of course knows how to manage themselves better.\n\nChina needs to act more like a pretty and gentle girl and charm those angmohs. Angmohs love to play the romantic hero all the time, they will not lift a finger to hit the pretty, gentle, softspoken, elegant chinese girl. They probably cannot wait to get marry and have kids. Too much hard power instead will provoke them to do something stupid.\n\nHistorically that is furthest from the truth. China was dismembered by the angmohs for 200 years. The angmohs know that only China could take them on in all fields, to challenge their superiority. A broken up China is their ultimate objective, so that they can continue to rule the world.\n\nThe Muslims could be the next biggest challenge but not for the time being. Also, the occupation of Europe is a slow process and done quietly, without the use of warfare. Europe will become Muslim countries in 50 to 60 years time when the Muslim population there will be a majority and the white Europeans a minority.\n\nThis will take time. China is only into manufacturing for about 30 years. They are still in a stage of copying and doing reverse engineering. They have yet to build a reputation of producing quality products. They are just like the nouveau riche of Sin in the 70s and 80s, very rough around the edges.\n\nFirst you got the Philippines, then India and now Vietnam, all wanting to take on the Chinese in a naval battle. And the one sitting behind has a halo on his head, so quiet and so innocent.\n\nWhat makes these little countries so daring to want to fight with China? The answer is obvious. China needs only pee at them and they will be drown. So what is the motivation?\n\nWould any little country dare to challenge the Americans? No, they know that they will be whacked. China is now cornered and has no choice but to whack. Take down one to show it means business, \u6740\u9e21\u5413\u7334\u3002Else the provocation will get more intense.\n\nHi Chin Leng, You have written a Chinese Saying that is slightly different from the traditional one \u6740\u9e21\u8b66\u7334\u3002However, me likes the \u6740\u9e21\u5413\u7334 tgat You used.\n\nThe Traditional Saying means killing the cockerel/hen to serve warning to the monkey.Your version which me likes more, is killing the cockerel/hen to scare/frighten the monkey. This Version of Yours is more apt when used in Your Post.\n\nIndeed, those around the Region monkeying with China need to be frightened and or taught a good lesson.\n\nPlay taichi is better - use soft against hard. Everyone happy and no one gets hurt. Soft tactics including helping others in flood, crisis, disarray. Anyone who hurt a charitable figure is a bad guy lah.\n\nChina has been playing the good guy in all the countries it is having trade and investments with. All are benefitting from the relationship especially Africa and the developing countries. But there the unthinking everywhere, indoctrinated by decades of western lies, painting China as the expansionist, aggressor and the bad guy when the opposite is the truth.\n\nChina was the victim of the expansionists, the aggressors and the bad guys. China is picking itself up from scratch to regain its dignity as a nation and a civilisation. 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-{"text": "Surf\u2019s up: Creativity links for May 28, 2008\n\nThe creative waves of the blogsphere are swelling, and we\u2019re back to ride them, after a few days of sabbatical for me in fabulous Sedona, Arizona, one of my favorite places to go to get creatively recharged. Here are the links of the week:\n\n1. All those hours your children (or you) spend playing video games may not necessarily be standing in the way of creative activity, according to a new study by S. Shyam Sundar, professor of film, video and media studies at Penn State.\n\nSundar and his team measured the arousal (the degree of physical excitation \u2014 as measured through skin conductance) and valence (the range of positive or negative feeling) of 98 volunteer college students playing Dance Dance Revolution, a popular video game. The researchers found that two totally different groups with high creativity scores: those with a high degree of arousal and positive mood and players with low arousal and a negative mood.\n\nIn other words, Sundar\u2019s subjects with medium amounts of arousal and a blas\u00e9 mood weren\u2019t terribly creative. The professor interprets these results as meaning that the creatively enhanced groups were likely engaging in two different aspects of the creative process:\n\n\u201cWhen you are highly aroused, the energy itself acts as a catalyst, and the happy mood acts as an encouragement. It is like being in a zone where you cannot be thrown off your game,\u201d explained Sundar. A negative mood, especially when there is low arousal, brings a different kind of energy that makes a person more analytical, which is crucial to creativity as well, he added.\n\nSundar\u2019s research is aimed at discovering if the emotional elements of games can serve as an engine to spark creative thought and new problem solving skills. This will be an interesting line of research to follow, as more and more educators are becoming interested in using games, simulations and \u201cimmersive learning\u201d to communicate content to students.\n\n2. The mobile (art) revolution continues! A tip o\u2019 the blog to ArtsJournal for alerting me to these terrific links.\n\nFirst, Seattle\u2019s Colleen Chartier, a professional photographer, recounted to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently the story of her plunge into developing cell phone art, including \u201cTh tale of ltl br\u201d (The Tale of Little Bear), a photo-text story designed for the cell phone. Her work is part of a growing body of art (pictures, photos, ringtones, text-based stories) created specifically for cell phones and other mobile devices.\n\nIn that same vein, the Australian Network for Art and Technology recently unveiled its exhibition of mobile phone art, Portable Worlds 2nd Edition.\n\nAs the exhibition\u2019s site reports, \u201cthe works utilize mobile phones for both display and creation, exploring connection and intimacy, portability and community, scale and distance.\u201d The site has an intriguing educator\u2019s pack for this year\u2019s Portable Worlds works, as well as links an archive of the original Portable Worlds show, which toured Australia in 2007.\n\n3. Elaine at Musical Assumptions posted a wonderful essay on what it is like for her as an \u201cecho boomer\u201d adult to play with musicians from the so-called \u201cGeneration Y\u201dor \u201cMillennial\u201d generation\u2014that is, musicians born in the 1980s (or even 1990s!) who are now filtering into professional music ensembles and community groups.\n\nShe notes that many of these young musicians have had a very different experience with their teachers than she had. She writes,\n\n\u201cGrowing up in a system that boosts self-esteem helps prepare musicians for the kind of constant competition (and constant failure) that is the \u201ccurrency\u201d of finding a place in the musical world. Nobody can stand up and play for a group of people without a strong sense of self\u2026. When I was approaching adulthood, I knew a great many excellent musicians who were fine and well-respected teachers. Very few of them were nurturing.\u201d\n\nElaine also notes the explosion of Web 2.0 tools and other media-related software has allowed younger musicians to take greater charge of publicizing themselves and their music and says she notices that young musicians seem more interested in playing newly created music. Most important, perhaps, is her observation about how ensemble playing can bring artists of all ages together:\n\n\u201cWhen I play chamber music with people old enough to be my own children, I think of them as musical equals. I really enjoy it when people who are old enough to be my parents think of me as a musical equal when we are playing together. Music, unlike most things in life, has a way of eliminating generational differences.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Simply Lite Dark Chocolate Bar\n\nEvery now and again, I have someone who reaches out to me with a suggestion (or two or like a dozen) of things I haven\u2019t tried yet. While I may not get to it right away, I do love it when readers reach out to me with a suggestion. So tonight\u2019s review goes out to Btandjt on Instagram for suggesting Simply Lite Dark Chocolate Bar. Thanks for the great suggestion!\n\nThe pros: Simply Lite Dark Chocolate Bar tastes every bit dark chocolate without being very bitter, but some how doesn\u2019t taste artificial in any meaningful way.\n\nThe cons: This bar came with a warning label. No really. It might help you lose weight in one way or another. In fact, the warning label on this chocolate may remind you of this famous SNL sketch (80 second video).\n\nThe verdict:While this bar isn\u2019t branded Trader Joe\u2019s, it is found in the checkout aisle. In fact, I\u2019ve probably failed to notice this bar more than 50 times before someone suggested that I try it. Needless to say, I found it on the bottom shelf of the checkout aisle with one other flavor that contains almond. I figured I would start with the plain.\n\nFor $1.99 you are getting a 3.5 ounce bar of dark chocolate that is 50% cocoa. But that isn\u2019t what makes this bar special. The company is called Simply Lite. It\u2019s both sugar-free and gluten-free. Now, the higher percentage cocoa bars tend to rely less and less on sugar and more on their cocoa attributes. If you read my Trader Joe\u2019s Dark Chocolate Lover\u2019s Bar, I find out which of my Instagram followers are hardcore true bitter chocolate lovers. That bar made me realize, I wasn\u2019t about the bitter chocolate.\n\nBittersweet it is. However, the sweetness in this bar comes from Malitol which is a sugar substitute. Regardless of your feelings on sugar substitutes, there might be some that you like and some that you hate. For me, I now no longer drink Diet Pepsi since they made the switch away from Aspartame. I can tell the difference a mile away. Sometimes my mom makes apple sauce with Splenda thinking I\u2019ll be none the wiser (I know Mom). However, with this I didn\u2019t sense an aftertaste. If someone had handed this to me and told me it was a regular bar of chocolate, I would not have been able to tell.\n\nPerhaps, if I did eat the whole bar maybe I would know. I\u2019ve eaten three squares and will stop at three. Unlike most bars, this one might punish you if you eat too much. How many is too much? I wasn\u2019t about to find out. While I do try to lose weight, this warning label reminded me that perhaps getting on a treadmill to go running is better path to weight loss than say having the runs.\n\nAside from any nasty effects from overconsumption and artificial sugar complaints, I had a hard time coming up with any complaints about this bar. It\u2019s bittersweet so you\u2019ll get notes from both the chocolate and the fake sugar which magically tastes like sugar. It\u2019s reminded me of a Hershey\u2019s Dark but more sophisticated and adult. It reminded me of the Hershey\u2019s Dark bars that I had when I was a kid before their chocolate seemed to become increasingly waxy tasting. The bitterness lasted a bit on the palate, but the sweetness appeared upfront. The chocolate didn\u2019t seem to have discernable fruit, floral or earthy notes on my palate. However, it seemed well balanced between the sweet and the bitter.\n\nIf you like a balance of sweet and bitter then this is a good bar to reach for. Just be sure to not enjoy the bar in one sitting. Despite the warning, I would buy this again. It managed to satisfy my sweet and chocolate cravings.\n\nHere is the visual run down of what you get if you buy this product:\n\nThe package of Simply Lite Dark Chocolate Bar:\n\nThe nutritional information, ingredients and allergy information:\n\nA little note about the lack of sugar and potential side effects:\n\nThis bar sounds like it was going to be a punishment. However, eaten in moderation I had no problems. If you are looking to lose weight, perhaps this bar can help in more than one way.\n\nOut of the package you get:\n\nWould I buy this again? I was surprised on how good this Simply Light Dark Chocolate bar was for being sugar-free. Enjoyed in moderation, it\u2019s well done and worth trying.\n\nReader Interactions\n\nPrimary Sidebar\n\nAbout the Author\n\nMy name is Brenda and welcome to my blog! 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-{"text": "If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place. \u2015 Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet\n\nBut he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul? \u2015 J.M. Coetzee, Youth\n\nWhat though the radiance that was once so bright, be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. \u2013 William Wordsworth\n\nEvery day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. We are all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up to discover what is already there. \u2013 Henry Miller"}
-{"text": "Friday, October 24, 2014\n\nQuantum mechanics can be hard to grasp, even for the physicists who use it every day. As a result, people have argued from the very birth of the field about what's really going on in quantum mechanical systems. To some extent, it doesn't really matter how you interpret things, provided everyone gets the same answers when they solve a physics problem\n\nThe plot of the movie Hot Tub Time Machine relied on the Many Worlds physics view of time travel. A new quantum mechanical approach may let us check to see if we really are surrounded by infinitely many universes.\n\nIn a paper published in Physical Review X, physicists Michael Hall, Dirk-Andr\u00e9 Deckert, and Howard M. Wiseman have proposed a new view of quantum mechanics that may be testable in a way that could prove that it alone is the correct interpretation. They call it the Many Interacting Worlds approach to quantum mechanics. The view they're proposing is that an infinite number of universes exist, each ruled by classical physics (i.e. no quantum mechanics!) and that phenomena that we see as quantum mechanical arise because the universes can interact with each other.\n\nThe theory is a twist on an old idea. Back in the late 1950's Hugh Everett proposed a Many Worlds interpretation that consisted of a superposition of infinite universes that exist simultaneously and represent every possible state. Whenever a quantum mechanical experiment is performed, according to the view, every outcome occurs in at least one of them. It's not until the experiment is done that we know which universe we're in.\n\nIt's possible that the Many Interacting Worlds is just another interpretation of quantum mechanics to throw into the philosophical hat. But one important feature of the Many Interacting Worlds approach, is that because quantum effects result from the interaction between universes, we should be able to find ways to actually check to see if they're there. (Theoretically, it could be possible to see whether Everett's Many Worlds interpretation is the one correct view as well, but the experiments that could do that would likely be far too difficult to actually perform.)\n\nIn their PRX paper, the authors show that their new approach can solve the standard double slit quantum mechanics problem, and that is should work for a host of other effects. They also claim the approach could lead to better ways to model molecular interactions, which would offer new insights into chemical reactions and drug design.\n\nThat's all fine, but what I'm really looking forward to sending messages to parallel universes."}
-{"text": "Mother involved in crash that killed her son, 8, says tiredness to blame, not methadone\n\nMissing Credit\n\nMissing Credit\n\nMatthew Thurston\n\nBy Leslie H. Dixon, Sun Journal \u2022April 12, 2012 5:21 am\n\nBETHEL, Maine \u2014 Jessica Thurston, the driver of a car that crashed last summer in Oxford and led to the death of her 8-year-old son, said her reliance on a methadone maintenance program did not cause the accident, but being tired probably did.\n\nThurston contacted the Sun Journal on Tuesday, the day a story was published in the newspaper reporting that her extended family was supporting a change in Maine law to make it illegal for anyone using methadone to drive a motor vehicle. Maine law already prohibits people on methadone from driving large commercial vehicles.\n\nThe Sun Journal had attempted to interview Thurston for that story, but she said she never received four messages left for her. She agreed to talk to the Sun Journal, but would not agree to have her photograph taken.\n\nDuring the interview, Thurston glanced at the mantle across the room where the remains of her second-youngest child, Matty, are kept in a simple, carved wooden box with his teddy bear on top and a picture of the grinning, tow-haired boy to the left. A diamond cross on a pearl and emerald necklace that was sent to her by someone she never met hangs from the picture.\n\nTears welled up in her eyes.\n\n\u201cI ask God, why?\u201d she said of the guilt and pain she feels every day because she lived through the crash, but her son did not. He died Oct. 24, 2011, from his injuries.\n\nThurston was driving on Route 26 near Welchville village at around 11:30 a.m. Aug. 12 with Matty strapped into a seat belt in the back, when her car crashed into a utility pole. The car went several hundred feet off the side of the road and was airborne three times before it split a tree and burst into flames near the intersection with Route 121.\n\nShe told police and a witness at the accident scene that she fell asleep.\n\nIn February, the Oxford County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced it would not bring charges against her because there was \u201cinsufficient evidence of criminal activity.\u201d\n\nThurston is adamant that despite being on methadone treatment, she and others who take the medication as prescribed and do not drink or do other drugs at the same time can safely drive.\n\nHer statement is backed up by Guy Cousins, director of the state\u2019s Office of Substance Abuse Services, who told the Sun Journal that methadone, in its proper dosage and absent of any abuse of other non-opiate medication, has no effect on driver response.\n\nThurston said there is a \u201cfog\u201d period when the methadone treatment begins and that patients may not be able to drive safely at that time. She said she did not drive herself when she began the program.\n\nLetters from doctors who saw her the day before and after the accident attested that she appeared \u201calert and orientated\u201d after her daily dose.\n\nShe said she was tired but not to the point that she felt she shouldn\u2019t drive.\n\nFor the past four years, Thurston said she has gotten up at 3 a.m. and is out the door by 4 a.m. She is driven with others to Westbrook where she receives her methadone dose. She is home by 7:30 a.m. each day, except Sunday when she is allowed to take the dosage at home.\n\nThe week before the accident, Thurston said she was dealing with removing an infestation of lice and some unexpected family issues, in addition to the driving schedule.\n\n\u201cWhen you do a schedule like that, it\u2019s hard. After a while it catches up with you,\u201d Thurston said. \u201cI just was tired.\u201d\n\nShe was heading to the Auburn Mall to take Matty to Jokers and then on to Lewiston where they were going to have Chinese food. But as she drove down Route 26 on Aug. 11, she said she recalled feeling a little tired and saying to her son that it was time to get some Dunkin\u2019 Donuts coffee.\n\n\u201cI remember hearing him call, \u2018Mom,\u2019\u201d she said.\n\nShe said she didn\u2019t understand why the car wouldn\u2019t stop and believes she may have had her foot on the gas pedal instead of the brake.\n\nShe broke four ribs and was recuperating at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston two days after the accident when she received word that Matty, who had been taken to the Barbara Bush Children\u2019s Hospital in Portland, was going to have surgery to reduce brain swelling.\n\n\u201cI pushed myself. I pushed myself,\u201d she said of her effort to get out of her hospital bed to get to her son.\n\nShe spent the next two and a half months staying at or near the hospital, oftentimes by herself, so she could sit with her son and help care for him until he passed away in her arms.\n\nThurston said she would never have gotten behind the wheel, especially with her child, if she felt she was impaired in any way from the dose she had taken about four hours before the accident or for any other reason.\n\nThe 28-year-old mother said she began the daily methadone treatment in October 2007 to wean herself from prescribed and non-prescribed painkillers and prescribed anxiety pills that she had taken occasionally since she was a young teenager."}
-{"text": "Three suspects in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway were released from jail in Aruba on Saturday. A judge ruled that they could go free, but they still have to stay in Dutch territory, and be available to police.\n\nThe following are more photos of Joran Van der Sloot ignoring the reporters.\n\nI spoke with Linda Allison, Natalee Holloway\u2019s aunt, yesterday regarding the most recent events that have taken place in aruba; the release of Joran Van der Sloot, the Kalpoe brothers and Beth\u2019s decision to come back home to Alabama . She told me the following:\n\n\u201cI am hopeful that charges will still be brought against the three suspects\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is a depressing and confusing situation for the Kalpoe brothers to be rearrested one week along with Joran friend\u2019s Freddie one week and then be dealt with the setback of them all being released the following week\u201d.\n\n\u201cI have spoken with Dave and we are more determined than ever to find more information, more evidence and more witnesses against these suspects that can bring light on Natalee\u2019s disappearance.\u201d\n\nUnfortunately in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina people have decided to play the blame game instead of concentrating on the matter at hand, evacuating the people from the hard hot Gulf coast regions and providing them with care. Of course we need a scape goat in all of this and by the looks of how the hurricane response was handled it appears that there is more than enough of blame to go around.\n\nThe MSM and curious enough the Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans seem to be the loudest critics of the Federal Government and President George W. Bush. What a shock. I think Mayor Ray Nagin best look at his own actions. A really good look. Some how in all of this due to political partisanship, not only is President Bush responsible for the slow hurricane response many also are blaming him for the hurricane as well. Even some people in this country have decided to as well. Even though the focus should be on relief efforts, lets look at who the American people think is to blame.\n\nAmericans are broadly critical of government preparedness in the Hurricane Katrina disaster \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u201d but far fewer take George W. Bush personally to task for the problems, and public anger about the response is less widespread than some critics would suggest.\n\nThe most critical views cross jurisdictions: Two-thirds in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the federal government should have been better prepared to deal with a storm this size, and three-quarters say state and local governments in the affected areas likewise were insufficiently prepared.\n\nOther evaluations are divided. Forty-six percent of Americans approve of Bush\u2019s handling of the crisis, while 47 percent disapprove.\n\nThe post Hurricane blame game has begun. Although there is a time and a place to obviously fix the wrongs that we have witnessed, now is the time to help those in need not point fingers. There is so much blame to go around it makes no sense for adults to cast stones as who in America is to blame when from the Federal, State and Local levels all failed, including some its citizens. However, those of us must remember that even if there were plans in place, a worst case scenario occurs. However, what is more amazing in all of this while adults fight over the blame game in the name of debate listen to what the children are saying around us. Looks like we all may learn a little bit about humility and what is truly so innocent and right. Out of the mouth of a 6 year old little girl from one of our own comes the following:\n\nJust thought I would share a story of what my daughter did today that reminded me how innocent and compassionate children are.\n\nMy six year old daughter went with me grocery tonight. When we drove up there were news vans and CHP all over the parking lot covering the Red Cross Donation Drive that was set-up.\n\nMy daughter asks \u201cMommy, can we go over there and give them some more money?\u201d with the sweetest smile on her face.\n\nI answered \u201cOf course we can, we should give all we can to help right now because people really need our help.\u201d\n\n\u201cMommy, can you pull this tooth out?\u201d as she tries to wiggle a tooth not ready to come out.\n\nAccording to the Union Democrat, search efforts and fund raisers will be planned to help aid in the efforts to find the missing 64-year-old nurse from Nevada, Nita Mayo.\n\nSearch efforts and a fund raiser are planned over the Labor Day weekend to help find Nita Mayo, a Nevada woman who has been missing since she left on a trip over Sonora Pass on Aug. 8.\n\nVolunteer searchers enlisted by Mayo\u2019s four children and her son-in-law will be out over the next three days, scouring the mountains between Kennedy Meadows and Strawberry.\n\nThe effort is being coordinated by Texas Equusearch, a nonprofit search and rescue organization that has also been helping in Aruba in the search for missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.Read more\n\nWith all the finger pointing, politicizing and nay saying, I would rather look to the glass being half full than empty and see what Americans are doing to help during the crisis that followed Hurricane Katrina. Contributions are nearing $100,000,000.00has been raised by charitable organizations in the wake of this tragedy.\n\nLess than a week after Hurricane Katrina, American giving to help storm victims has surged past the level raised for South Asia tsunami relief in the same period, nearing the $100 million mark, according to charities and experts. But relief groups and federal officials worked to keep the donations flowing from Americans worried about oil prices and the economy.\n\nCharitable organizations across the country said that while the windfall was beyond anything they had experienced, it represents only a fraction of what will be needed for a rebuilding effort expected to last years.\n\nAccording to NBC 4, A woman\u2019s skeletal remains were found near Hoover Dam in southern Delaware County, OH Thursday afternoon.\n\nColumbus police said they were taking over the investigation following last month\u2019s disappearance of Julie Popovich. The Reynoldsburg woman was last seen leaving a bar near the Ohio State University campus.Read more\n\nThe aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has left many without any contact or idea as to the location or welfare of their family friends and loved ones. This crisis has affected so, so many. Become part of the solution. The following are great resources in the location and reporting of Missing Persons in the Gulf Coast area following Hurricane Katrina:\n\nThis recovery is going to be a long process. It\u2019s going to take a lot of hard work and patience and resolve. It\u2019s also going to require a lot of money. And the federal government will do its part. But the private sector needs to do its part, as well. And that\u2019s why I\u2019ve asked Presidents Bush and Clinton to lead a nationwide fund raising effort to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In the days ahead, the former Presidents will ask Americans to open their hearts and their wallets to help those in need. And they\u2019re going to talk to large corporations and small businesses and individual citizens across the nation. The contributions will benefit the relief organizations that are doing vital work on the ground. We\u2019re going to take a look and make sure that the money raised is money needed. Right now if our fellow citizens want to help, they ought to give a cash donation to the Red Cross, which they can find at phone number 1-800-HELP-NOW.\n\nThe evacuation of New Orleans has now met with what everyone figured would occur but most hoped would not. The chaos that develops for many reason has now spread though New Orleans in the form of desperation, looting and crime. As reported by MSNBC, \u201cCries for help spread across New Orleans Desperation at Superdome, convention center; safety fears halt some work\u201d.\n\nThousands of desperate, stranded residents begged for help Thursday as conditions deteriorated here, with heavy rain compounding a tense situation that led to fights, fires and fears for the safety of emergency responders.\n\nDoctors at two desperately crippled hospitals with 360 patients called The Associated Press pleading for rescue, saying they were nearly out of food and power and had been forced to move patients to higher floors to escape looters.\n\nIt has now unfortunately gotten to the point because of the break down of civil authority that the search and rescue efforts and evacuation of the citizens of New Orleans are being hampered by the looters and the crime. As reported by Reuters, New Orleans evacuation slows as shooting, chaos erupt. Make no mistake about it, some individuals I am sure are just trying to survive; however, there is another element that is taking advantage of the horrendous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and causing more harm. There is bad element in every society no matter what country. I think some American are maybe beginning to realize what and how looting occurred in Iraq after the fall of Baghdad as they see their own citizens doing the same in the United States.Read more"}
-{"text": "It seems that you wont have an update till tomorrow, so I guess I'm a little early. :\\ But its looking great so far. So, from what I read you are incorporating the GS Ball, very cool, and a new device that lets you correctly encounter ghosts, cool.\n\nWell, I guess thats it for today, I'll be sure to check in tomorrow to see the new updates."}
-{"text": "Summary\nFor some time now, my intuition has been telling me that the Twisted Matrix is something that would be good to understand. Maybe it's just from seeing the kind of energy that the Twisted guys exhibit at Python conferences.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe problem is that the terminology they use has never made much sense to me. It seems like they make up words that seem sensible to them at the moment, but that I haven't been able to make heads or tails of.\n\nI've been studying distributed systems, things like XML-RPC. XML-RPC is nice when you are making calls across the network and you don't want to worry about how the server is implemented. As long as the server speaks XML-RPC (or SOAP, if you must -- but from what I've heard, web services have mostly been providing XML-RPC as an alternative when they offer SOAP, and that the vast majority of people are using XML-RPC), you don't care what language that server was written in.\n\nBut what if you have control over both ends? XML-RPC still works fine, but if you're programming in Java, maybe it makes more sense to use RMI. OK, RMI might end up being more complicated than XML-RPC, so consider a distributed system where all the clients and servers are using Python.\n\nPython has a perfectly fine XML-RPC system, and that makes sense as long as you're doing synchronous calls -- that is, you make a call and expect the result to be returned right away (this is also what Java RMI expects). But in a distributed system it's not uncommon to make asynchronous calls, where you make the call and it takes awhile to complete the result, so you don't want the caller to be stopped while waiting for the result. Instead, what you'd like is for the call to return, so the caller can go on and do something else, and then sometime later, when the server finishes the request, it can somehow transport the result back to the client. And this is where things get tricky, and where simple synchronous systems like XML-RPC or Java RMI don't serve so well.\n\nIf you've studied the concurrency library in Java 5 (and this amounts to the longest chapter in Thinking in Java 4th edition), you'll know that a new construct has been introduced -- new to Java, not to the programming community at large -- the Future. A Future is an interface that is returned from an asynchronous call. You can call isDone() to discover whether the underlying call is completed, and get() to get the result. This is fairly primitive, because it requires polling to see whether the call is completed, but it does allow the calling process to continue doing other things rather than being stopped with a synchronous call.\n\nThis is where Twisted comes in handy -- it will apparently do a lot of other things, but this is the first feature that I've really understood. And I understood it not from the O'Reilly Twisted book, but rather from the Python Cookbook, 2nd edition, where they have a small, succinct example and short, clear explanation (I find the Python Cookbook one of the best references once you've mastered the basics -- for which I still like Learning Python -- and I also get a lot of use from Python in a Nutshell. And although it's a bit dated now, the Python Standard Library is also full of great examples).\n\nIn recipe 15.7, Using Twisted Perspective Broker, they create a server in 11 lines, by using the Twisted Perspective Broker. And here's where I have terminology problems again -- \"Perspective Broker\" doesn't say to me \"thing that you make a network server from,\" in fact, I don't know what it's supposed to mean. But what you can do with it is indeed very cool. I'm going to try to make an even simpler example here than they showed, because I'm thinking about doing distributed computing in order to distribute long-running processes among machines, just to get the work done faster. So my example will simply be a server that provides a remote method call that takes awhile to complete:\n\nThe Calculator class provides a remote method called calculate(), which adds its arguments. The call to sleep() simulates a complex, time-consuming task (and we distribute these tasks across machines to get the job done faster).\n\nTo create a server that provides this service, you simply inherit your service class from pb.Root and then pass an instance of that class to pb.PBServerFactory(), the result of which is bound to and listens at a particular TCP port, using reactor.listenTCP(). Because other parts of Twisted are more low-level, I think that the goal of the perspective-broker framework was to make this process of creating servers and clients very easy.\n\nThe reactor is another one of those words that they use, although I think this one makes sense (it's apparently based on the Reactor Design Pattern, which is not one of the Gang Of Four patterns). It's the object that implements the event loop, and it \"reacts\" to events (in this case, method calls across the network). This is one of the core elements of Twisted, and they build a lot of stuff on it. But in the above code, we can wave our hands over the code a little bit and say \"if you inherit a class from pb.Root and give that class methods that begin with remote_, we can tell a reactor to listen at a TCP port and hand our class to the pb.PBServerFactory constructor, and this will provide our methods as remote network calls. That is, we can create a server with almost no effort.\n\nTwisted itself is mindlessly easy to install; after you have Python installed (from www.Python.org) you go to the Twisted page and, for Windows, download and execute a Windows installer. That's it.\n\nIn order for the client to make an asynchronous call, the call must return right away using a mechanism like Java 5's Future -- which is really just a proxy to a result that will appear sometime in the future. Twisted, however, returns an object that is more clever than a Future, called a Deferred. But instead of polling that Deferred as you do in Java, you add callbacks -- one to call back if the call succeeds, and on to call back if the call fails (of course, failure might not be detectable by the server in some cases, so it's easy to add things like watchdog timers in Twisted).\n\nBecause of the possibility of failure when making calls across the network, the client tends to be more complex (and in this example I haven't covered all the possible failure points, in the interest of keeping things simple):\n\nThis class distributes calculations to three different servers, then collects the results. To connect to a server, you create a pb.PBClientFactory(), pass it in to reactor.connectTCP(), then get the root object of that factory, which is a defferred representing the connection process. To this, we add \"success\" and \"failure\" callbacks, for when the connection process either finishes or fails. Assuming it's sucessful, the connected() method will be called, handing it the perspective object. Now that you have a live connection, you can make a remote call using callRemote(). Again, this returns a deferred object (because it's an asynchronous call), and you can add callbacks indicating success and failure for that call. In the example above, the success() method keeps track of the callbacks it receives so that it can print the final result and stop the reactor when the calculation is complete.\n\nTwisted has lots of other features that I haven't fathomed yet; the book \"Twisted Network Programming Essentials\" by Abe Fettig (O'Reilly, 2006) is the definitive introduction to Twisted and takes you through those other features. For example, it's quite simple to create an XML-RPC server using Twisted. In the above example, you could factor the calculation (business logic) into a separate class, then expose the functionality of that class using both a perspective broker and as an XML-RPC service -- although the client for the XML-RPC service would then have to deal with the fact that the synchronous calls would not return right away.\n\nBruce, you don't have to keep polling a Future, unless you want to avoid blocking. The typical use is to submit a task for something you know is going to take a little while, hold onto the Future for the result, and just go off and do some preliminary work that can be done without the Future result. Then, when you reach the point where you need that result, you just call get() on the Future. If it's ready, you get it right away; otherwise you block until it's available.\n\nWhere the Future is getting something from the network, you'd want to have timeouts established, but generally you wouldn't want to poll.\n\nThis is a great example of where a Tuple space pays off. With Javaspaces from the Jini tools, you can simply submit all the tasks to the javaspace. All your workers will listen for the work to come to the javaspace, and execute the work and then write the results back into the space.\n\nIs there a Jini/Javaspaces implementation that doesn't take a lot to get set up and going out of the box? The thing that has kept me away before has been what appears to be a lot of configuration and programming involved to get something going.\n\n> Is there a Jini/Javaspaces implementation that doesn't> take a lot to get set up and going out of the box? The> thing that has kept me away before has been what appears> to be a lot of configuration and programming involved to> get something going.\n\nThere is some newer IDE support from the incaX group in the form of IDE plugins. There is a community edition and a commercial edition. This is probably the easiest place for people to start with Jini, in general.\n\nThe Jini 2.1 starter kit at www.jini.org (for now, changes are underway in the community), has an installer, and provides startup of all the services in a fairly automated fashion. This is better for people who are more technical, and whose IDE doesn't have a Jini plugin or some Jini supporting infrastructure.\n\nThere are several different containers that have been around for a while, which reduce the barriers as well. The http://harvester.jini.org project and the http://cherion.jini.org project are a couple. My startnow.jini.org project includes a simple class for creating services called PersistentJiniService. You can use it with\n\nI use throws IOException instead of throws RemoteException that is typically visible in RMI applications to reduce my dependencies on the RMI package for J2ME and other non-J2SE environments. Either is acceptable to the proxy generation mechanisms.\n\nThe parent class does all of the dirty work in startService(). It swallows a configuration provided on the command line. But, if you don't provide one, you get reasonable defaults with no security enforced.\n\nThere are lots of ways to simplify things, and many people have in house tools for some type of \"container\" that works great for their application. One of the standing issues with Jini is that it is not a \"web service thing\". It's a toolkit for a lot of different distributed computing applications.\n\nThus, one persons tools might not have anything to do with your application domain.\n\nIf you need any more specifics, please send me an email directly Bruce, and I'd be glad to help you find the right tools.\n\nSince the additions run in parallel, the approximate time for client execution should be one second. (ignoring the execution time for other computations in client).\n\nStrangeness1: Since these are 3 different servers on different ports, it should take one second to return. Well it took ~3 seconds.\n\nStrangeness2: Accepting strangeness1, and assuming the method calls run in sequence, I expected to see results returned at one second interval, but all three returned at the same time, after 3 seconds.\n\nIf we burst the above loop and start 3 servers in 3 different instances of python, the client returns the result in (approximately) one second."}
-{"text": "Test of compassion?\n\nFRIDAY FORUM\nYOUR VIEWS ON THE NEWS\n\nIt has been described by the Prime Minister as a policy based on \u2018love\u2019, but the federal government\u2019s plan to impose drug tests on new welfare recipients is not receiving a lot of love from substance abuse experts.\n\nUnder a pilot program announced in this week\u2019s Federal Budget, 5000 new welfare recipients on Newstart and Youth Allowance will be drug tested across three trial sites. Those who fail the test will receive a cashless debit card and individuals who test positive multiple times will be referred to a medical professional for treatment.\n\nWhile the tests have been described as \u2018random\u2019, the program uses \u201cdata-driven profiling tools\u201d to target people at higher risk of substance abuse.\n\nA number of mental health, welfare and drug treatment organisations have hit out at the proposal, which they say demonises those who rely on social security. They believe the government is ignoring research-based evidence in favour of a \u2018tough-on-crime\u2019 approach that punishes vulnerable Australians.\n\nUniting Church president Stuart McMillan and UnitingCare Australia national director Claerwen Little have both expressed concerns at the proposal. Ms Little said the \u201charsh compliance measures\u201d introduced by the government\u2019s welfare crackdown \u201ceffectively makes it a crime to be unemployed\u201d.\n\nPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended the policy during a press conference in Sydney today, claiming that the program is based on \u201cplain common sense\u201d.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s pretty obvious that welfare money should not be used to buy drugs, and if you love somebody who is addicted to drugs, if you love somebody whose life is being destroyed by drugs, don\u2019t you want to get them off drugs?\u201d Mr Turnbull said.\n\n\u201cRelapse is a natural part of treating someone for addiction, which is exactly why this proposal is so insidious,\u201d he wrote.\n\n\u201cIf we take away support payments at exactly the time when those people need it most, we\u2019re writing a recipe for disaster. Those people won\u2019t give up heroin or ice, but many will turn to illegal methods to support their habit, from dealing drugs to prostitution or theft.\u201d\n\nMr Di Natale said the proposed policy frames substance abuse as a criminal issue rather than a public health concern and fails to address the broader structural causes of drug addiction, such as mental health, homelessness and unemployment.\n\nOn this week\u2019s Friday Forum: do you think drug testing is a well-intentioned policy that will help those with a problem or does it risk marginalising and harming the most vulnerable?"}
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-{"text": "Garrett Mitchell Breaks into the NHL: Our Photos\n\nWE ARE SOOOO Excited that Garrett Mitchell finally had a chance to play with the Washington Capitals. We have been following him since his start with the Hershey Bears. Every camp we pray (literally, we pray) for him to get a spot on the team.\n\nBefore the game he enjoyed the moment with old Hershey Bears\u2019 friend Chandler Stephenson.\n\nIn a sweet move, Nick Backstrom allowed himself to be kicked out of the opening faceoff so that Garrett would take the faceoff instead. Nod to official Wes McCauley who singled to Mitchell to come in to the circle.\n\nAs if the night couldn\u2019t have been more special, Garrett\u2019s parents were in the house, having been on their way to Hershey to meet their new grand baby. As part of the \u201cJersey of Their Backs\u201d for fans, Mitchy got to give his to his folks."}
-{"text": "Get iTunes on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows\n\nEDITORS\u2019 NOTES\n\nBen Schwab and Jacob Loeb, a.k.a. Golden Daze, have obviously spent a lot of time soaking up vintage psychedelia and shoegaze records. But their debut album makes it clear the duo is devoid of retro fetishism; though their sun-dappled sound is built largely on lambent vocals and guitars awash in layers of cavernous reverb, there\u2019s no overt era-hopping happening. And when those grand, gorgeous vistas get shaken up on harder-rocking cuts like \u201cNever Comin\u2019 Back\u201d or \u201cSleepin\u2019 in the Sun,\u201d it only enhances the album\u2019s appeal.\n\nEDITORS\u2019 NOTES\n\nBen Schwab and Jacob Loeb, a.k.a. Golden Daze, have obviously spent a lot of time soaking up vintage psychedelia and shoegaze records. But their debut album makes it clear the duo is devoid of retro fetishism; though their sun-dappled sound is built largely on lambent vocals and guitars awash in layers of cavernous reverb, there\u2019s no overt era-hopping happening. And when those grand, gorgeous vistas get shaken up on harder-rocking cuts like \u201cNever Comin\u2019 Back\u201d or \u201cSleepin\u2019 in the Sun,\u201d it only enhances the album\u2019s appeal.\n\nTITLE\n\nTIME\n\nGhost\n\n4:00\n\nLow\n\n4:23\n\nNever Comin' Back\n\n2:08\n\nLean In\n\n3:43\n\nForeigner\n\n3:09\n\nAttic\n\n1:38\n\nSleepin' in the Sun\n\n2:17\n\nMe Llamo\n\n2:58\n\nSalt\n\n4:00\n\nWildcard\n\n3:15\n\nStill Time\n\n3:16\n\n11 Songs, 34 Minutes\n\nReleased: Feb 19, 2016\n\n\u2117 2016 Autumn Tone Records\n\nRatings and Reviews\n\n5.0 out of 5\n\n9 Ratings\n\n9 Ratings\n\nAnne Frank's drum set\n, 03/01/2016\n\nCaptivating\n\nWorth every minute. This is May favorite album of 2016, I know that isn't saying much in February but at this point I am not sure much could change that this year. Enjoy!"}
-{"text": "The early signing period might have taken a bit of the thunder from signing day, but there is still quite a bit happening. To get you caught up, here is a look at what happened and what is about to happen leading up to signing day on Wednesday.\n\nThe early signing period saw 1,976 FBS prospects -- the majority of available prospects -- sign national letters of intent. The recruits were able to sign from Dec. 20 to Dec. 22, and 70 percent of the prospects signed on the first day of the signing period.\n\nSure, Alabama just won the national title, but with Clemson unexpectedly returning several potential first-round picks to its dominant defensive line, the Tigers overtake the Tide for the top spot in our rankings.\n\nWith three five-stars, including the No. 1 overall player, the Bulldogs are loaded. With signing day over, FSU and USC were the big movers as the rankings expand.\n\n2 Related\n\nWithin the ESPN 300, 221 recruits are signed with their respective schools and off-limits to opposing coaches. Among top-tier recruits, 11 of the 14 five-star prospects signed, including all of the top-five recruits. The top player in each position group is signed, with the exception of athlete, cornerback and outside linebacker.\n\nFor many schools it was a success. Most schools were able to lock up their class and now don't have to worry about recruits flipping before signing day.\n\nGeorgia came out blazing, eventually moving up to the No. 1 spot for class rankings after landing five-star defensive end Brenton Cox and ESPN 300 prospects Cade Mays (offensive tackle), Luke Ford (tight end), Nadab Joseph (safety), Divaad Wilson (cornerback) and Jamaree Salyer (offensive guard) in the signing period. The Dawgs, Clemson, Alabama, LSU and Florida were some of the bigger movers in the class rankings after the signing period closed.\n\nNotable uncommitted prospects\n\nDB Patrick Surtain Jr.: The No. 5 overall player was expected to visit Miami the weekend before signing day, but the Hurricanes are a long shot to land the five-star prospect. LSU has been the perceived leader for quite some time, with Alabama making a late push.\n\nDB Tyson Campbell: A teammate of Surtain's, Campbell is also a five-star recruit, ranked No. 9 overall. He was also visiting Miami the last weekend before signing day, and the Hurricanes have a better shot with Campbell than Surtain. It's still going to be a fight, though, as Georgia has come on strong in his recruitment.\n\nThe recruitment of Nick Petit-Frere is one of the biggest remaining mysteries before signing day. Mark LoMoglio/Icon Sportswire\n\nOT Nick Petit-Frere: One of the best-kept secrets is where he is leaning and who is really in it. Petit-Frere was to visit Ohio State before signing day, and the Buckeyes are looking to fend off Florida, Michigan, Alabama and Notre Dame.\n\nATH Devon Williams: The California prospect is down to Oregon and USC, and is planning a signing day announcement. The Ducks were the clear leaders before head coach Willie Taggart left for Florida State. With Mario Cristobal promoted to head coach and most of the offensive staff remaining, the Ducks still have a very good chance to land the No. 16 prospect.\n\nWR Jacob Copeland: Florida is getting the final visit for Copeland before he announces on signing day. He has the Gators in his top group to go along with Alabama, Tennessee and Florida State.\n\nATH Joshua Moore: A former Nebraska commit, Moore had originally planned a signing day announcement. The No. 45-ranked prospect instead chose Texas over Oregon on Sunday.\n\nOL William Barnes: Barnes, No. 53 overall, was visiting Florida before signing day. He is announcing his decision on signing day and will ultimately decide from the Gators, North Carolina and Ole Miss.\n\nDB Olaijah Griffin: The No. 72 prospect, Griffin is done with his official visits. He has USC, Tennessee, Oregon and Alabama in his top group. The Trojans were in a good spot, but Oregon and Alabama might make it interesting.\n\nWR Justyn Ross: Clemson and Alabama are the two front-runners for Ross, who announces on signing day. The Tigers' coaching staff is still planning an in-home visit before signing day and is fighting to get him in this class.\n\nWho could close strong?\n\nLSU: The Tigers have quite a bit still on the board, including Surtain, as well as ESPN 300 cornerback Mario Goodrich, ESPN 300 wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Lawrence Keys, and ESPN 300 quarterback James Foster. LSU currently has the No. 12-ranked class, but the coaches have the potential to move this class into the top 10 if they can reel in any number of those targets.\n\nTexas A&M: The Aggies need to be on this list because of how far down the rankings they are after the coaching change. New coach Jimbo Fisher was at a disadvantage in the early signing period, and the staff still has a lot of work to do to close strong. ESPN 300 running back Jashaun Corbin, receiver Jaylen Waddle, Leon O'Neal and a few others are still considering the Aggies. Fisher and his staff aren't the leaders for all of them, though, so it's going to take a lot to finish on a high note.\n\nAlabama: Alabama made headlines in the early signing period because it wasn't the top-ranked class. Now sitting at No. 4 overall, it seems as though the Tide could make a big push back to the top. ESPN 300 prospects Ross, O'Neal, Surtain, Campbell, Waddle and Petit-Frere, among others, are still considering Alabama. This could be another signing day that sees the Tide dominate the headlines.\n\nUSC: The Trojans have already been closing strong, putting together an outstanding December and January. The staff moved up from the No. 24 class ranking at the end of November, all the way to its current ranking at No. 11. USC is still in on ESPN 300 linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu, cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart and Griffin, among others, and could land quite a few remaining targets.\n\nTennessee: New coach Jeremy Pruitt has already done a good job given what he inherited from the coaching search gone wrong. The new staff is in on some big names heading into signing day, but it still looks like there is some work to be done. The Vols are trying to land Alabama linebacker commit Quay Walker as well as defensive backs Taylor-Stuart, Griffin and Eddie Smith. There are quite a few names still left, but a lot of uncertainty regarding whether Tennessee can land its targets. This could go either way for Vols fans.\n\nQuarterbacks remaining\n\nFoster and Tanner McKee are the only uncommitted ESPN 300 quarterbacks left. As per usual, the quarterbacks are typically some of the first prospects off the board. Foster has become a hot commodity and is being chased by LSU, Florida State, Texas A&M and Alabama. The No. 124-ranked prospect from Alabama is visiting the Seminoles as his last trip before signing day, and this could come down to Florida State, LSU and Texas A&M.\n\nMcKee is planning a signing day announcement, and while Alabama is also in the mix for the No. 76-ranked prospect, it seems as though Stanford is in good shape along with Washington, Texas A&M and Texas.\n\nOutside of Foster and McKee, ESPN 300 quarterback Brevin White confirmed to ESPN that he will honor his original commitment and attend Princeton instead of Alabama.\n\nPotential flips\n\nAlthough the early signing period took most of the drama out of the February signing day, that doesn't mean there aren't potential flips and surprises in store for the big day.\n\nMiami commit Nesta Silvera is an unsigned prospect who has been looking around. Silvera took a visit to Florida and Tennessee in recent weeks, but the Hurricanes are supposed to get the last crack at keeping him in this class.\n\nDefensive tackle Keondre Coburn has been committed to Texas since before the early signing period, but chose not to sign. Coburn has been hearing quite a bit from Miami, especially with Silvera taking visits. Coburn took a trip to see the Hurricanes and has yet to say if he plans on signing with Texas this time around.\n\nLinebacker Quay Walker is a longtime Alabama commit, but he has seen interest from quite a few programs, including Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee. Walker has stayed committed to the Tide, and the Alabama staff is doing all it can to keep him in this class.\n\nFellow linebacker Otis Reese has been committed to Michigan since 2016, but as of late has been entertaining Georgia. It has now become a battle between the Wolverines and Dawgs, and it seems everyone will find out where he signs on signing day. Michigan has put up a strong battle, and there is a chance it holds on."}
-{"text": "These two pandas at a zoo in China will do anything to avoid taking their medicine. instead, they decide to give their trainer the runaround. Watch their escapades\u2026even the trainer can barely handle how cute this is!"}
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-{"text": "Putin\u2019s bitch, aka Trump, waffled on the Republican\u2019s ploy to dismantle the ACA, then after Trump was exposed for his propensity for prostitutes to pee on him, he peed back. Like any embarrassed Urophilia, Trump pee back and demanded the Republicans to dismantle the ACA. Immediately and in the wee hours of the next morning, Trump\u2019s bitches, aka the Republican Party, voted and dismantled the ACA. The Republican Party pissed off over 65 millions Americans who\u2019d voted for Fmr. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to protect and improve the ACA. So there you have it folks, Trump and his cabal are down with O.P.P. Other People\u2019s Pee. #OPP\n\nYou won\u2019t hear this from our corporate news media, but Trump is down with O.P.P. Which may explain why Trump betrayed the Republican Party back in 2011, by seizing the birther movement. Why Trump betrayed our corporate news media in 2016, by holding a fake press conference just to promote his new hotel. Why Trump betrayed women by bragging he could grab them by the pu***, and they\u2019d liked it. Why Trump publicly aroused pedophilia men by describing how he walked into a dressing room full of half naked underage girls. Why Trump publicly betrayed the other GOP candidates in a brutal and unkind way until they because his bitch. Why Trump publicly betrayed Melania by flaunting his abnormal sexual fixation towards his own daughter. Why Trump publicly betrayed his supporters by lying to them on a daily basis. Why Trump betrayed our country by being in bed with Putin. Today, we now know that Trump betrayed his supporters again, by his pee performance in a Moscow hotel. Oh, my bad, Trump\u2019s supporters weren\u2019t betrayed, because just like all those black men lining up to met with Trump, they are all Urophilia. They love prostitutes to pee on them. I ain\u2019t mad at Trump\u2019s supporters or Kanye, Harvey, and Lewis, and all the other members of the urophilia club, who am I to judge. Just think, Trump is the first elected President of the United States, with a pee stained face. Power to the pee!\n\nListen, Trump and his cabal will distract millions of Americans by any means necessary, but as long as his pee stained face is publicly displayed, he ain\u2019t got a pee ball chance in a pool with Urine-indicator dye, of fooling me. A fuck I don\u2019t give, because I know that Trump and his cabal love being peed on, and all their denials are equivalent to a substance which reacts with urine to form a colored cloud in a swimming pool, thus indicating the location of people who are urinating while they are in the pool."}
-{"text": "House Tours\n\nA retail space is converted into a bohemian-inspired home\n\nIn this pared-back retail-turned-residential space, Toronto designer Shirley Meisels reveals the sleek side of bohemian decor.\n\nWhen you convert a retail space into a home, the result may fall short in the personality department. Though this midtown Toronto building had been transformed from cavernous convenience store to radiant residence years earlier, when Kyla Fox and her partner, Patrick Hembery, moved in last year, the 2,200-square-foot open-concept house still lacked hominess. Luckily, trusted designer Shirley Meisels was on their speed-dial. Having beautified Kyla\u2019s previous abode and her eponymous eating disorder treatment centre, Shirley knows the homeowner through and through. Channelling the free-spirited gal (\u201cI think I was a hippie in another life,\u201d quips Kyla), the designer energized the clean-lined white-walled space with eclectic furnishings and accessories in a variety of cozy textures, lively patterns and earthy tones. \u201cI love friendly, collected interiors,\u201d says Kyla approvingly. However, the disciplined designer layered elements lightly, careful to avoid a cluttered feel. \u201cOur place is bohemian in nature, but it has a modern vibe,\u201d Kyla says, summarizing the fruits of Shirley\u2019s labour. \u201cIt\u2019s totally us.\u201d Perfectly suited to its owners, this unique property now has no dearth of warmth or character.\n\nA simple vase holding a few verdant branches is a striking organic touch, an excellent example of the minimal yet thoughtful decor in Kyla fox\u2019s spare but welcoming home.\n\nThe airy whitewashed main floor impressed designer Shirley Meisels with its 10-foot ceilings but lacked character, so she layered the space with unique pieces. For instance, a metal-rod light fixture adds interest in the formal dining area without blocking sightlines.\n\n\u201cThis house is a natural extension of Kyla,\u201d says Shirley. Perhaps no space personifies the free-spirited homeowner as well as the family room. Globally inspired items, both old and new, all bear low-lustre finishes and earthy hues, lending a well-loved, lived-in feel.\n\nThe white-on-white kitchen would decoratively fade away were it not grounded by black floor tiles and warmed up with wooden elements, such as the bowls and island base.\n\nAside from some blue-hued accessories, Shirley kept things white and light in the seriously small master bedroom. Even the artwork \u2013 a framed piece of canvas \u2013 is colourless.\n\nThe entryway is brilliantly sunlit, thanks to the wall-to-wall floor-to-ceiling windows left over from the area\u2019s days as a storefront. From the rough-hewn wooden console to the concrete-based table lamp to the evocative painting, each piece here is more intriguing than the last, yet nothing is superfluous, amounting to a warm welcome befitting this boho-chic Toronto home.\n\n\u201cI love connecting to nature,\u201d says Kyla. \u201cLiving in the city, we\u2019re lucky to have two amazing outdoor spaces.\u201d This one, just off the kitchen, is modest in size but offers plenty of room for alfresco meals with family and friends alike. The neighbour\u2019s vine-clad house makes a fortuitous green backdrop."}
-{"text": "Looking Up\nIf your life is anything like mine, then you have good days and bad. Days when you feel like G-d is on your side and days when nothing seems to go right. When you are in the midst of a full blown bad day, you just want to go home and pull the covers over your head. If only we had that luxury\u2026 Yet, the Torah comes along and tells us there is no such thing as a bad day.\n\nYes, yes, yes. We\u2019ve all heard it many times and guess what, we are going to hear it again. You know why? Because it\u2019s the truth. It\u2019s the old salesperson mindset: If you make one of ten sales, then each failure is ten percent of a success. Every salesperson knows it, most believe it, but only the best practice it. Same for the rest of us. We all know that bad days are precursors to good days, some of us actually believe it, but those who make themselves think this way, they get ahead.\n\nMaking Camp\nThe Torah tells us that a cloud hovered over our ancestors in the desert. When they cloud spread out over the camp, they would settle down and make camp, when the cloud lifted, they would get ready to journey on. Then the Torah makes an anomalous statement. \u201cFor the cloud of the Lord was upon the Mishkan . . . in all their journeys.\u201d[1]\n\nThese are actually the closing words of the book of Exodus. One usually pays close attention to closing words and indeed, Rashi, the famed Biblical commentator, wondered aloud when he read these words. The cloud wasn\u2019t upon them in their journeys, the cloud was upon them when they made camp. The Torah should have said, \u201cin all their settlings.\u201d What message is the Torah teaching by using the wrong word? And, if these are the last words of the book, the message must be related to the entire book.\n\nExodus\nWe call it the book of Exodus, but in fact the book begins with enslavement. It is true that most of the book deals with the exodus and its aftermath, yet shouldn\u2019t its name imply at least a little suffering? We might have answered that the name Exodus was chosen because it covers most of the book, but with its final words, the Torah tells us different. The name choice covers the entire book.\n\nIf making camp is followed by a journey, then indeed the camp is part of the journey. You don\u2019t call it down time, its all part of the up time. Included in the journey are periods of rest. Those aren\u2019t lulls or reversals, they are part of the journey. If the down is followed by an up, its part of the up.\n\nIf the suffering in Egypt weren\u2019t followed by a redemption, it would have justified a separate name. But since it was followed by a redemption then in retrospect the suffering is part of the Exodus. You can\u2019t have an Exodus if there is nowhere to exit from. Their time in Egypt was part of a process that led to a miraculous Exodus. It was an integral and necessary part of the journey.\n\nThe Torah thus concludes the book of Exodus, a book that describes the entire story, including the bondage, with the name Exodus, with the words \u201cIn all their journeys.\u201d The Torah could easily have written \u201cin all their settlings\u201d, but we would have missed out an important message. By calling the settlings journeys, we are taught that settling down is part of moving up.\n\nBad Day\nThere are days when things work well, those are the good days. Then there are days when nothing works, we call it a bad day. The Torah tells us they are all good days. They are all part of the journey. Just like you need to rest in order to journey on, so do you need to have a \u201cbad day\u201d in order to have good days. What we call a bad day is just a necessary lull before the storm of goodness picks up again.\n\nSome days were meant for achievement, effectiveness and success. Others days were meant to be slow, plodding and unexciting. These aren\u2019t failures. They are just days with a different mission. They weren\u2019t meant to be upbeat days. They were meant to be slower; a time to gather momentum, courage and strength for the better days ahead.\n\nSalespeople know that they wouldn\u2019t have enough time in their day to process all their sales had everyone said yes. When they get nine no\u2019s they view it as nine reprieves from getting up and filling an order. When they get the one yes, they are primed and ready to go; more than happy to take care of business. The lull sets them up for the sale and is in retrospect part of the sale.\n\nIn retrospect we can all see that, but the trick is to see it in the moment. We all know these feel good techniques, but putting them to work is a whole different story. When we are frustrated, it is difficult to pull ourselves together and make something special out of it. When we are handed lemons, its hard to think of lemonade. But just because its hard, for all of us - not just for you dear reader, doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t true or effective. Indeed, those who do tap into this truth regularly, are the most effective.\n\nWorking Through The Bad Day\nTo reinforce this message, the Torah throws in the following verse. \u201cAll the work of the Mishkan of the Tent of Meeting was completed; the children of Israel had done according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they had done.\u201d[2]\n\nThe last four words, \u201cso they had done,\u201d seems redundant, right?\n\nOne commentator offered the following analysis. The tabernacle was built according to G-d\u2019s instructions, but the work of the tabernacle, meaning the service to G-d performed in the tabernacle, was completed, ceased, when the temple in Israel was destroyed and the people were exiled. One would have thought that this exile, this downer, was the end of the journey.\n\nThe Torah comes along and tells us that it was not. Even after the saga of the tabernacle had ended, the relationship between G-d and the children of Israel continued. The Jewish people continued to do everything that G-d had commanded Moses even though they had been exiled.\n\nIndeed, this was evident in the story of Purim, when Jews were exiled in Persia. They had sinned, when they partook of the great feast of Achashverosh, but because they returned to G-d wholeheartedly, the relationship continued and G-d saved them from annihilation. Haman tried to kill us, thinking that our story was over, but this down was followed by an up and was therefore part of the up. We ended up with a whole new holiday. Another milestone in our storied relationship with G-d.\n\nMay we soon herald the coming of Moshiach and experience the day that will make all days good.\n\nDisclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this blog article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or viewpoint of The Jerusalem Post. Blog authors are NOT employees, freelance or salaried, of The Jerusalem Post."}
-{"text": "Online Course Creator\n\nSERVICES\n\nCreate Your Online Course\n\nServe more clients\nand get your time back\n\nSo you want to create an online course?\n\nThe VIP treatment \u2013 A 4 to 6-month program\n\nThe VIP treatment\nA 4 to 6-month program\n\nThis option is for experts who not only want to create a digital version of their work, but want to be able to fully customize the look and feel of their program. It includes all of the I hold your hand program + custom graphic design by professional graphic designers and animators + strategies to market their solution (What price is right? Should I release the content module by module?\n\nShould I include Skype sessions? Face-to-face sessions? Should I buy Facebook ads? What is best for my audience and for myself?). It contains 2 VIP days where we work exclusively on your content for 6 hours each day.\n\nPlease note that this option is offered on application only, as I want to make sure the experts I work with are the right fit for this.\n\nThe \u201cI hold your hand program\u201d \u2013 A 3 to 4-month program\n\nThe \u201cI hold your hand program\u201d\nA 3 to 4-month program\n\nThis option is for experts who are overwhelmed: they simply cannot take more clients and are looking for ways to serve more people. They want to adapt their existing material into an online course and want to make sure their clients will receive the same benefits that they currently receive. With this option, we discuss the best strategies for their situation, we design the course with them and we develop it for them with the simplest all-in-one tools (structure, hosting, tracking\u2026). We have an initial kick-off meeting for 30 minutes, then we schedule a 2.5-hour call to design the course outline and prepare the development plan, then we exchange regularly via email and Skype to make sure we are on track.\n\nThis is the option where they have the least amount of work to do, as I am able to work on their content directly to make it a real transforming learning experience for their audience.\n\nPlease note that this option is offered on application only, as I want to make sure the experts I work with are the right fit for this.\n\nSo you want to write this book?\n\nA 3-month support process\n\nA 3-month support process\n\nThis option is for experts who want to put down in writing what is in their head or in their material (non-fiction). They want to write consistently, get clarity on what to include and not to include, and want feedback on how clear their message is (after all, they write to be read and understood!). They don\u2019t want to spend too much time on this task because they have other activities going on in parallel.\n\nWith this option we schedule 3 x 30-minute calls each month for 3 months, I analyse their content on my own in between our meetings, I give feedback and suggestions, and they have unlimited email access to me."}
-{"text": "Cash Rebate\n\nCo-producing with the Netherlands: 30% cash rebate and more\n\nCo-producing is in our DNA. Backed up by a strong Netherlands Film Fund we can offer selective funding and a 30% cash rebate (Netherlands Film Production Incentive). The Netherlands offers award-winning multilingual cast and crews, excellent post facilities and a great variety of locations, all at the lowest rates of Western Europe. In the past, this has demonstrated to be a successful formula proven by the eleven international co-productions Rinkel Film has completed till date.\n\nThe Netherlands Film Production Incentive is the Dutch cash rebate system launched in May 2014 by the Netherlands Film Fund. With a budget of 20 million euro per year, the Incentive supports national as well as international co-productions and is intended to promote the development of film talent in the Netherlands and to stimulate the diversity, quality and distribution of film productions.\n\nThe cash rebate is 30% of the Dutch spend for film productions in the Netherlands, under the condition that the film is a feature length (animation) film with at least a 1 million euro budget or at least 250.000 euro if it\u2019s a documentary. In order to qualify for the cash rebate, a point system will be used to decide if enough elements of the film are in fact Dutch.\n\nPlease contact Conny Brak for more information on the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and co-producing with Rinkel Film. More information on the cash rebate can also be found on the website of the Dutch Film Fund."}
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-{"text": "Reflections fixed in time\n\nNovember 29 2002By Philippa Hawker\n\nOn September 11, 2001, film maker Alain Brigand watched the destruction of the World Trade Centre, on television at his home in Paris.\n\n\"I was completely shattered,\" he says. But, by the next morning, he says, he knew that he wanted to make some images of his own. And although he has worked as a TV producer, it wasn't the small screen that he thought of. He wanted to make a movie.\n\n\"We needed images from around the world,\" he says, speaking on the phone from Paris. \"We needed to see the reaction of other countries. We needed time for reflection, and images produced by that process.\"\n\nTelevision, he says, is fast food. It's about the urgent and the immediate - and that's true, he adds, even of the TV programs about the attack on the World Trade Centre produced days and weeks after the event. Cinema, he says categorically, is the medium for reflection.\n\nThe result of Brigand's idea and efforts is 11.09.01: 11 September, a feature-length combination of 11 films, each one 11 minutes, 9 seconds and one frame long. The directors included new and established names in world cinema: Britain's Ken Loach, France's Claude Lelouch, the Japanese director Shohei Imamura, Mexico's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. It's a varied, surprising collection of films and perspectives. \");document.write(\"\n\nadvertisement\n\n\");\n}\n}\n// -->\n\n\"Funding was found relatively easily,\" he says. Jean-Marie Messier, then boss of the media conglomerate Vivendi, had been in New York on September 11 and he was immediately prepared to become involved in financing the project. Then it was a matter of finding the film makers.\n\n\"I knew these people from their films,\" Brigand says. \"I didn't know them personally.\" He contacted 25: 11 were ready to take on the task at short notice.\n\n\"They worked with total freedom,\" he says. \"But they knew that if they wanted me, I would be there.\" Brigand visited the film makers on set. He recalls his shock at the devastation that greeted him when he went to see Danis Tanovic in Bosnia, and the light-hearted atmosphere that surrounded the movie being shot by Burkina Faso (West African) director Idrissa Ouedraogo.\n\nThere were, of course, some constraints, even with the promise of total freedom. Giuseppe Tornatore, for example, wanted his contribution to be a kind of memorial, using photographs of the victims and the music of Morricone, but the idea posed too many legal problems, and had to be abandoned.\n\nIran's Samira Makhmalbaf was the first to finish. Her film, showing young Afghan refugees in Iran being told by their teacher about 9/11 arrived in May. The most abstract work, Inarritu's film, incorporating the harrowing footage of people falling from the towers - was finished by the end of July.\n\nBrigand chose film makers, rather than countries, he says, but adds that he felt he had to have an American film maker - Sean Penn, whose film stars Ernest Borgnine, as a New York widower mourning his wife, who scarcely notices what's happening around him on the morning of September 11.\n\nSo far, the film hasn't found a theatrical distributor in the US. Brigand is philosophical about this: \"Perhaps it's not time yet,\" he says. \"America might not be ready. They are still in mourning.\"\n\nIt's possible, too, that American distributors might not be ready for a while. A couple of films - the contributions of Loach and Youssef Chahine - have been regarded by some as likely to offend American sensibilities. Both canvass American foreign policy and its impact.\n\nLoach, speaking from London, deplores much of the TV coverage of the destruction of the towers and its aftermath - \"endless documentaries about firefighters, stories about mysterious fanatics from another country, with no attempt to understand why\" - and he's also critical of what he regards as the media assumption that \"some people's deaths are worth mourning and others aren't\".\n\nHis contribution to 11.09.01 is a simple, eloquent film, revolving around a letter of condolence written by a Chilean friend, Vladimir Vega, which is addressed to the families of the victims of 9/11. It is a courteous, thoughtful letter, which draws attention to something they both share - the date. September 11, 1973 was the day on which the Allende Government was overthrown. Loach combines archival footage with Vega recounting his story. He was tortured and imprisoned, before being released on the condition that he leave the country.\n\n\"It's not a lecture,\" Loach says. \"Vlad is very gentle and very sympathetic. He sees the difference between the government and the people.\"\n\nThe segment has been widely praised by reviewers, and won a critics' prize at the Venice Film Festival, but he has had his detractors, too.\n\n\"One of the London evening papers said I'd disgraced the nation,\" he says cheerfully. \"That's a review worth keeping.\""}
-{"text": "Nice photo.. love it's simplicity & contrast ! I also enjoy capturing in this style... I used to a lot when using slide film, because the lighting thru a slide projector would light up the contrasting colors. It works wonderfully in digital also. nice work !!\n...::Susanne\n\nNice photo.. love it's simplicity & contrast ! I also enjoy capturing in this style... I used to a lot when using slide film, because the lighting thru a slide projector would light up the contrasting colors. It works wonderfully in digital also. nice work !!\n...::Susanne"}
-{"text": "Site Navigation\n\nSite Mobile Navigation\n\nMR. BRADLAUGH VERY ILL.\n\nThis is a digitized version of an article from The Times\u2019s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.\nTo preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.\n\nOccasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems.\nPlease send reports of such problems to archive_feedback@nytimes.com.\n\nOctober 23, 1889, Page 1 The New York Times Archives\n\nLONDON, Oct. 22.--Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, the well known political and social reformer, and member of the House of Commons for Northampton, is very ill, and it is feared that he is dying. He is suffering from congestion of the lungs, and has a high fever. View Full Article in Timesmachine \u00bb\n\nA version of this archives appears in print on October 23, 1889, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: MR. BRADLAUGH VERY ILL. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe"}
-{"text": "Sinclair \u2018Shocked\u2019 Over FCC Hearing Plan\n\nThe company said it has been completely transparent in dealings with the commission over its proposed Tribune merger. Even worse, Reuters reported that it had seen a draft of the hearing order that suggested that the Sinclair merger proposal may \u201cinvolve deception\u201d and that is a violation that could not only scuttle the Tribune deal, but also could result in the loss of all its station licenses."}
-{"text": "\u2013 Wallace didn\u2019t have the best season last year, but even so, he is still the premier deep threat receiver in the NFL and hence the salary he eventually commanded. In the end, I optimistically went high quality on the basis the Dolphins will be able to generate enough big plays to get full reward.\n\n\u2013 There\u2019s a lot of hype around Miller but, in the end, he still rushed only 50 times last year. He did well on those however, but it just wasn\u2019t a big enough sample size for me to confidently go \u201cabove average\u201d.\n\n\u2013 I toyed with making Odrick below average but was cognizant he spent a lot of time out of position, at end. Let\u2019s give him the benefit of the doubt and say his best position is on the interior of the line."}
-{"text": "Porter's Steakhouse offers a casually chic dining atmosphere. Deep earth and wine tones envelop the space, with dark wood accents and a stone fireplace adding detail. The ambiance is inviting and comfortable. Several different private dining areas offer great flexibility for accommodating larger groups. An experienced Chef has put his own personal touch on the menu - updating several classic dishes and adding a few new items of his own. Of course Porter's is known for its amazing steaks, but also offers an array of fresh seafood, fabulous sides and house-made desserts. Appetizers are also featured in the bar, where guests can enjoy a casual meal or cocktail in a laid-back setting.\n\nIllinois' only United Nations World Heritage Site. This 2,200-acre site preserves the central section of the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. An Interpretive Center presents a coherent account of this sophisticated prehistoric culture. Climb Monk's Mound, see the film and life-size village. Don't miss annual events that focus on Native American culture.\n\nCome to Teller\u2019s for a unique dining experience that cannot be found anywhere else in the Metro East. They are a locally owned and operated restaurant and bar located in the historic state bank building in Collinsville. At Teller\u2019s, they try to create an elegant experience at a family price. Join Teller's for dinner and drinks tonight!\n\nMore than 150-miles of trails line the rural, suburban, and scenic landscapes found throughout Madison and St. Clair Counties in Illinois. Put it this way, you will personally run out of fuel before you run out of trails! The interconnected system of trails that crisscross the region have been built utilizing partnerships and collaboration amongst multiple public agencies, but no contribution has been more significant than that of both Madison and St. Clair County Transit Districts. Each of the transit districts have made trail building a top priority, so new trails are always coming online. Be sure to check out MEPRD's online trail map to see the latest developments!\n\nIn the mood for a \"Shoot Out\" filet mignon? How about a \"Cowboy\" on your dinner plate? Steaks, fish, ribs and pasta are among the many entrees available at Doc Holliday's Saloon & Eatery located in Cottage Hills (between Alton and Bethalto). This full-service bar and restaurant carries out the western theme with its menu offerings from Doc's Smoked Ribs to the OK Corral Sirloin. For smaller appetites, pizza and sandwiches are also available. Hours: Daily 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. The bar is open until 2 a.m. Su - F and 3 a.m. on Saturday.\n\nGrab your skates and hit the ice any time of the year at this indoor ice arena. Didn't bring your skates? No problem. Rent a pair and take a few laps around the rink. It's the coolest place in town all year round!\n\nCraving a little south of the border sizzle? Casa Romero Mexican Restaurant & Cantina boasts some of the most authentic Mexican dishes in the area. Casa has the standard Mexican tacos, enchiladas, burritos and chimichangas. But step out a little with the Fiesta Seafood Nachos or the Tequila Fiesta Shrimp. Also known for their margaritas. Hours: Monday - Thursday, 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. and Saturday, Noon - 10:30 p.m.\n\nA major list of appetizers highlight the menu at Magnums Bar and Grill. Also on the menu: sandwiches, a variety of steak dinners, ribs, frog legs and a unqiue array of open faced dinner sandwiches. Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. and Sunday, Noon - 8:45 p.m.\n\nThis memorial in Valley View Cemetery honors Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois (1822-1826). A former slaveowner from Virginia, Coles became an abolitionist and won the 1822 gubernatorial election as the candidate of anti-slavery forces.\n\nA 3,000 ft. wheelchair-accessible pathway at lake level and wood-chipped trails wind through forested areas. An elevated walkway spans the wetlands and two observation towers, a wildlife viewing blind, an outdoor amphitheater and classroom.\n\nThis Edwardsville IL hotel features full-service facilities and amenities including: \u2022 Free breakfast with hot waffles \u2022 Free local calls \u2022 Free weekday newspaper \u2022 Indoor pool Guests will enjoy walking the spacious and beautifully landscaped grounds. Business travelers will appreciate conveniences like free wireless high-speed Internet access in all rooms, data ports and access to copy and fax services. There are two conference rooms with over 1,500 square feet of meeting space. The hotel offers deluxe guest rooms and suites that feature microwaves, refrigerators and two-person whirlpool bathtubs. All rooms are equipped with coffee makers and cable television. In addition, non-smoking rooms are offered. The Comfort Inn & Conference Center is proud of its courteous and professional staff. They look forward to hosting both business and leisure travelers when staying in the Edwardsville.\n\nBead-It has a wide variety of silver, pearls, Swarovski crystal, seed beads, Chinese lamp beads, unique jewelry and much more. At Bead-It, you can also make your own jewelry with our friendly staff ready to help.\n\nThe Main Street Gallery was created to display the works of juried artist. The art is professionally shown and is available for sale. Blown glass, pottery, paintings, drawings, metalwork, and jewelry are just a few of the art pieces available.\n\nThis 3,000-seat venue is home of the SIUE track & field and soccer programs. The complex, which has hosted the NCAA Division II Championships on three occasions, is completely lighted and has a seperate throwing area for field events.\n\nBella Milano offers the Milano burger, Pasta Con Broccoli, and so many other excellent choices, served by a warm and friendly staff. While you're there, try the featured wine: Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel.\n\nBigelos boasts an eclectic combination of unique pasta dishes, specialty entrees, pizzas, sandwiches, salads and daily specials. In addition to the carefully designed menu, beer connoisseurs will be right at home with Bigelos selection of craft brews as well as local favorites. We also offer many different wines by the glass or bottle.\n\nStagger Inn has dishes such as the \"Nightmare Burger\" and the \"Stagger Burger\", and also vegetarian friendly dishes like GardenBurgers and numerous salads. Stagger Inn has live performances by local blues and rock bands every Friday night.\n\nThe Vadalabene Center on the Division I campus at SIUE is a flexible venue with seating for 4,000. The main gym can be configured for several different court setups: three full-sized basketball, six volleyball or five badminton. The center is also home to the SIUE wrestling program.\n\nA farm with more than 45 animals including exotics such as a llama and zebra. This B & B features state-of-the-art amenities in a tranquil farm setting. They also feature a party barn which holds 100 people.\n\nWood fired pizza, wings, pasta, calzones and desserts - a unique restaurant located in Edwardsville. Pair your meal with a fantastic wine or craft beer from Peel's extensive menu and your meal is sure to be memorable. Come in and enjoy a great meal for lunch or dinner with family and friends.\n\nOpened in 1909 as an opera house and a meeting hall for the Independent Order of Oddfellows, the Wildey has undergone many transformations through the years. The most recent one is a $2 million renovation inside and out.\n\nBully's specialize in slow cooked 'Award Winning' southern style barbecue as well as a variety of sandwiches, fish and desserts. They smoke their quality meats with fresh cut hickory and cook them at low temperatures for juicy tenderness. Bully's cooks its pork shoulders for over 15 hours and it's ribs for over 6 hours! If you have ever experienced 'fall off the bone' tenderness and a distinct hickory flavor, you can understand what makes Bully's Smokehouse legendary. After cooking is complete, they hand pull and chop on the best-selected portions. Bully's four signature sauces will make sure your cravings are filled! All of our soups and side dished are 'made from scratch' daily from the best ingredients! Bully's Smokehouse envisioned a restaurant that would feed the body as well as the soul with amazing food, great service and relaxing atmosphere.\n\nThe expanded menu options at Erato Wine Bar encompass not only a large selection of boutique wines but an array of international beers, over one hundred spirits, and locally derived cuisine. Erato Wine Bar continues to focus on an ever progressive menu to better serve our patrons.\n\nSaturdays, May through October, experience the Land of Goshen Community Market! The Market is your best source for locally grown, fresh, naturally ripened farm products; tasty baked goods with locally grown ingredients; and wonderful art and gift ideas.The selection changes weekly so plan to visit more than once to fully appreciate the wide selection available. Live entertainment and free demonstrations add to the festive atmosphere. A safe, wholesome environment for kids, so bring the family and stop on by! From 8:00 a.m. till Noon.\n\nCome in for one of the best dining experiences you will have, in a great environment, surrounded by happy people, awesome drinks and fun food. We're incredibly grateful for having had such amazing friends, family, teachers and mentors along the way. We hope everyone will share in our imagination and desire for creative cooking. Let's eat!\n\nLighted tennis courts, playground, sand volleyball courts, baseball, softball, and soccer fields. a 1.5 mi walking/running path, concession stands, picnic pavilions, a large lake. The Midwest Salute to the Arts is held every year here in August.\n\nFairview Heights is known for its close proximity to St. Louis and its very own Drury Inn and Suites. At Drury, we offer clean rooms, friendly service and a stunning amount of free amenities. We offer free wireless Internet, free hot food and cold beverages at the 5:30 Kickback\u00ae, free popcorn and soda in the lobby, free long distance calls and our free hot breakfast. At Drury, that means Belgian waffles, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and sausage.\n\nFortel's Pizza Den was honored by USA Today, the Riverfront Times, and many more as an outstanding \"Mom and Pop\" Pizzeria. Fortel's uses only the freshest ingredients, their dough is made in the store everyday, and they use 100% real mozzarella cheese.\n\nShopping, dining, entertainment and more are at your fingertips when you stay at Four Points by Sheraton Fairview Heights. All guest rooms feature contemporary furniture, complimentary High Speed Internet access, and much more. Enjoy room service or breakfast, lunch, and dinner in our Fountains Caf\u00e9. Adjacent to the hotel, the Fountains Conference Center offers over 10,000 square feet of meeting and pre-function space. Full-service catering prepared by our award-winning chef, a dedicated banquet staff, versatile meeting space, and High Speed Internet Access will help ensure the success of your special event. Come and experience why business and leisure travelers alike make Four Points by Sheraton Fairview Heights their first choice when visiting Southwestern Illinois!\n\nThis park is a ball player's dream with two lighted diamonds, including one with grandstand seating and a concessions stand. In the late 1990s this park hosted the Pan-American Games Junior Baseball Tournaments.\n\nThis rink features two NHL-sized sheets of ice, concessions and a fully stocked pro shop. US Ice Sports Complex is home to various youth and adult hockey leagues, high school and college club teams, and figure skating events.\n\nSituated between Southern Illinois and the \"Gateway to the West\" is the Holiday Inn\u00ae Hotel St. Louis - Fairview Heights. This Illinois hotel's location allows you to enjoy a number of memorable attractions. Whether a business trip or vacation brings you to Fairview Heights, Illinois, our hotel's free high-speed, wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Start your day with breakfast from Kem's Restaurant. Later, burn calories in the Fitness Center and swim laps in the indoor pool. If you're looking for an accommodating stay in Fairview Heights, our hotel's staff offers quality service and a name you can trust! Our hotel's location near downtown St. Louis and Scott Air Force Base makes us the perfect destination for every traveler. We're also just minutes from casinos, dining, shopping and family attractions, like the World Shooting & Recreation Center, home of the annual ATA Grand American.\n\nFat Daddy's offers a variety of burgers, sandwiches, tacos and more. Located in the VFW Hall, caters to military, but the public is welcome! Bring the whole family or come by yourself. Popular chili made from scratch in-house, fried chicken, and fish fry on Fridays. Full bar. Take out menu, children's menu. Outdoor seating will be available in the near future."}
-{"text": "The three richest people in the United States \u2013 Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett \u2013 have a total wealth that exceeds the savings of America\u2019s poorest 160 million, a new study shows.\n\nThe three billionaires are sitting on a combined $248.5 billion fortune, which outstrips the combined net worth of an estimated 160 million Americans, or 53 million US households. The study entitled Billionaire Bonanza 2017 was compiled by the Institute for Policy Studies.\n\n\u201cSo much money concentrating in so few hands while so many people struggle is not just bad economics, it\u2019s a moral crisis,\u201d said Josh Hoxie, the report's co-author.\n\nThe 400 richest people in the US have a combined $2.68 trillion wealth, more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United Kingdom, France or India.\n\n\u201cOur wealthiest 400 now have more wealth combined than the bottom 64 percent of the US population, an estimated 80 million households or 204 million people. That\u2019s more people than the population of Canada and Mexico combined,\u201d the report says.\n\nTax cuts, proposed by US President Donald Trump, are likely to widen the gap, according to the findings, as 80 percent of the tax relief would benefit only the wealthiest one percent of households.\n\n\u201cWealth inequality is on the rise. Now is the time for actions that reduce inequality, not tax cuts for the very wealthy,\u201d said the co-author of the report Chuck Collins.\n\nThe study suggests two ways of narrowing the wealth gap.\n\n\u201cFirst, we must not make inequality worse through new tax cuts for the wealthy. The proposed Trump tax cuts, as currently designed, would grow top one percent fortunes and do little to reduce the ranks of America\u2019s \u201cunderwater nation.\u201d\n\nThe second way is to implement policies to reduce concentrated wealth, the report suggests.\n\n\u201dInequality will continue to widen unless we intervene directly to reduce grand concentrations of private wealth. By taxing our wealthiest households, we could raise significant revenues and then invest these funds to expand wealth-building opportunities across the economy.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Thursday, January 26, 2017\n\nCrap. crap. and more crap.\n\nIt has lasted forever it seems!! I feel like I haven't feel 100% in forever. It started at Christmas. Both the babies got the stomach flu that was going around. Both were up and down all night throwing up. I got the other end of it. On the toilet most of the night and the next morning. It has been off and on since then. Along with nausea and stomach cramps. It was the worst last Thursday and I finally broke down and got an appt with my doc. She ran some tests and nothing. She wants another test. So we shall see. Now this week... I have a freaking cold or something! Coughing like crazy. Sore throat that feels like there is a huge lump in it when ever I swallow. Every inch of me down to my toes aches. Also, I am freezing. I am sitting here in my winter coat and I am freezing. I seriously can't win!! Yesterday, I went to my gyno and she found a couple lumps in my breast so I have to go have a mamaogram on monday and she also thinks I have a bladder stone. Lovely huh!? So I have just been working and doing what I have to at home and trying to rest..but with 5 kids that is easier said than done. I know I will get through it and be better. Just have to tough it out for awhile. Blessings N LoveOverthinking Mama"}
-{"text": "It\u2019s no secret that New York Mets third baseman David Wright is in the midst of a profound slump. The perennial All-Star and team captain has just two hits in his last 39 at-bats over a period of 12 games, during which the Mets have a record of 3-9. But while it\u2019s easy to say that Wright is a part of the problem during the Mets\u2019 steady string of losses over the past two weeks, the truth is that the rest of the Mets\u2019 lineup is weighing down Wright, not the other way around.\n\nAs Matt Harvey has pointed out, opposing pitchers have not been shy about pitching inside against Wright, pushing him off the plate and taking him out of his comfort zone. Harvey also points out that the Mets aren\u2019t doing anything to stop it. Obviously, Harvey means throwing inside to the opposing team\u2019s top players; however, the other reason that opposing pitcher get away with throwing inside to Wright is because the Mets don\u2019t have anybody else in their lineup who can do serious damage outside of Wright.\n\nDaniel Murphy has been the Mets\u2019 most consistent hitter this season, but he doesn\u2019t hit a lot of home runs and is more of a table-setter than someone who\u2019s going to drive in runs. Curtis Granderson has gone on a hot streak a couple of times this season, but he\u2019s been too streaky and not reliable on a consistent basis.\n\nOther players the Mets have put in the middle of the lineup include Lucas Duda, who still doesn\u2019t hit for a high enough average; Chris Young, who has been atrocious, and Bobby Abreu, who has made a positive impact but can\u2019t be relied upon to play every day throughout the summer at his age.\n\nThe lack of reliable options elsewhere in the lineup has put far too much pressure on Wright to come through, causing him to press too much while also allowing opposing pitchers to throw inside against him. Without enough steady contributors elsewhere in the lineup, the Mets have failed to pick up Wright during his slump, causing the losses to pile up and Wright\u2019s slump to spiral out of control.\n\nEventually, Wright will find his way out of his current slump; he\u2019s too good of a hitter not to. But until the other players in the heart of the Mets\u2019 lineup start to produce and drive in runs on a more consistent basis, it will continue to weigh down Wright, which will continue to keep the team from winning games.\n\nThe difference between Matt Carpenter the leadoff man and Carpenter in any other spot in the order has been huge this season. As they enter the stretch run, St. Louis should keep batting him leadoff. Read More"}
-{"text": "Remembering The Old Songs:\n\nTHE PALACE GRAND\n\nby Lyle Lofgren\n\n(Originally published: Inside Bluegrass, November 2004)\n\nEvery once in awhile I hear a song that piques my interest, and I\nkeep\nplaying it until I get it out of my system. This one is on Ginny\nHawker's marvelous CD, Letters From My Father (Rounder\n82161-0491-2).\nI was intrigued by the hymn-like tune and her majestic voice soaring\nover a bleak continuo from a bowed bass. And the words are odd. The\nnarrator is a peasant girl, but the flowery language and pessimistic\nmusing about an afterlife that's just like this one indicates that the\nnarrator is not the author. Very old ballads about interclass matings,\nsuch as Little Mattie Groves, are told in 3rd person or\ndramatic\ndialog form, and include swordfights. The nobility-peasant theme\nidentifies Britain as the source, while the poetic style points to an\nauthor who was an educated late 19th century professional composer.\n\nHawker's notes say she learned it from Evelyn Beers at a West\nVirginia\nState Folk Festival. The Beers family tend to perform songs from\npublished sources, so I investigated further. Since the song was new to\nme, I was surprised to find that almost everyone else knew it. Even\nJoan Baez sang it in the 1960s. All the versions I found had almost\nexactly the same words and tune, which indicate a recent written\nsource, but the title varied: The Palace Grand, Lady Mary,\nand even\nThe Sad Song. (This last title was from poet-collector Carl\nSandburg.) The solution to the mystery: the song was collected numerous\ntimes, but all of them from the same informant, Mrs. May Kennedy McCord\nof Springfield, Missouri. Born in 1880 and raised in the Ozarks, she\nmust have memorized every song she ever heard. She knew hundreds,\nincluding many old Child ballads. The Missouri collector Vance Randolph\ndiscovered and recorded her. She said she heard this song about 1900,\nbut didn't know the title, which explains why it had so many of them.\nThat also makes it difficult to find any trace of the original written\nsource.\n\nMcCord, encouraged by Randolph, went on to energetically encourage\nOzark culture. She began to write a regular newspaper column on Ozark\nfolkways. At age 64, she started a radio program, Hillbilly\nHeartbeats, that continued for 24 years. She died in 1979 at age\n98,\ndemonstrating that singing ballads is as good for your aerobic system\nas an exercise bike. Maybe even better.\n\nComplete Lyrics:\n1. He came from his palace grand,\nAnd he came to my cottage door.\nHis words, they were few, but his looks\nThey will linger forevermore.\nWith the look in his sad dark eyes\nMore tender than words could be;\nBut I was nothing to him,\nThough he was the world to me.\n\n2. And there in his garden strolls,\nAll dressed in satins and lace,\nLady Mary so strange and cold,\nWho has in his heart no place.\nFor I would have been his bride\nWith a kiss for a lifetime fee,\nBut I was nothing to him,\nThough he was the world to me.\n\n3. And now in his palace grand\nOn a flower-strewn bier he lies,\nWith his beautiful lids tight closed\nOn his beautiful sad dark eyes.\nAnd among the mourners who mourn,\nWhy should I a mourner be?\nFor I was nothing to him,\nThough he was the world to me.\n\n4. And how will it be with our souls\nWhen we meet in that spirit land?\nWhat the human heart ne'er knows\nWill the spirit still understand?\nOr in some celestial form\nWill our sorrows repeated be?\nWill I still be nothing to him,\nThough he is the world to me."}
-{"text": "Athletics News\n\nEducation: Travis received his bachelor's degree in education with an emphasis in sport leadership from Auburn University in 2011. Travis also received his master's degree in Education with an emphasis in exercise physiology from Auburn University in 2013.\n\nJob Responsibilities: Travis is currently responsible for the academic counseling of women's volleyball and men's and women's swimming and diving.\n\nPast Experience: Travis came to Auburn after serving as the athletic academic advisor/student-athlete development coordinator at Old Dominion University, where he had academic responsibilities with football, men's and women's golf, and women's rowing. Travis was also responsible for coordination of all student-athlete development programs and events. Prior to Old Dominion, Travis spent a year at the University of Alabama as an athletic academic assistant with responsibilities of assisting with football, men's basketball, and tutorial services. Travis also spent two years at Georgia Southern University as an academic advisor/intervention specialist for the health and kinesiology department with the College of Health and Human Sciences.\n\nPersonal: A native of Tuskegee, Ala., Travis is married to Ruby Thomas and has one stepson, Tre Carter III."}
-{"text": "China is to build its first base to simulate conditions living on Mars in a desert area deep in the country\u2019s northwest, state media reported.\n\nAn agreement to build a \u201cMars village\u201d at Haixi prefecture in Qinghai province was signed on Tuesday, according to the China News Service.\n\nThe region on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau is known for its sharp ridges and mounds of rock \u2013 known as yardangs \u2013 formed over centuries by wind erosion. They mirror similar features found on the arid surface of the Red Planet."}
-{"text": "Boys Lust \u0097 Pepe Dreams (Gay Feature) Release Year: 2010 Studio: Ikarus Genres: twinks, oral / anal sex, bareback Have you ever wanted a pornstar fullfill your own fantasies? In this new series gay porn producer Joe Pepper directs his guys in such a way that they have to do everything he likes best: deep throating giant dicks, intense assplay, even a double anal peration not to mention from all the cum eating and seeding. This..."}
-{"text": "Karsdorp dismisses Inter talk\n\nRick Karsdorp is adamant there is no truth in reports he is on the verge of joining Inter in a deal worth \u20ac18 million.\n\nPublished\n\n10 June 2017\n\nFeyenoord defender Rick Karsdorp has dismissed suggestions he is set to leave the Eredivisie champions for Inter.\n\nReports from Italy claim the Serie A giants are keen to strengthen their defence ahead of next season and have earmarked Karsdorp as a valuable addition to their squad.\n\nInter are said to be willing to pay up to \u20ac18 million to lure the Netherlands international away from De Kuip, but the 22-year-old is adamant there is no truth in suggestions a transfer is all but done.\n\n\"Nonsense,\" Karsdorp told Algemeen Dagblad when asked whether he was on the verge of joining Inter.\n\nKarsdorp came through the ranks of the Feyenoord youth academy and has made over 100 appearances in all competitions for the Rotterdam side.\n\nHe signed a new contract with the club until June 2021 in April and has also been linked with Bayern Munich and Roma over the past months."}
-{"text": "And Now for Something Completely Different: A craft soda bar is coming to Church Hill\n\n[2/4/16 Update: Roaring Pines is now open, serving up craft soda from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Find highlights such as the Blue Ribbon Pie, a soda flavored with blueberry and lavender, and the Coal Miner's Daughter, a creamed Cheerwine concoction with a candied peanut garnish, all between $1.50 and $4. Thirty-two-ounce growler fills available for $6 to $7, with refills for $4.]\n\nWhen I think about stopping somewhere to grab a soda, I\u2019m hesitant to admit that the first thing that comes to mind is 7-11 (other than an endless loop of Liz Phair singing the words \u201cletters and sodas\u201d). A mindless rush inside, a wall of plastic bottles, a collection of huge, national brands. There\u2019s no art in it. Even at spots that sell more niche products like juice-based and cane-sugar-sweetened sodas, it\u2019s the same basic idea: go, grab, ingest, dispose. But a general store in Church Hill is about to change that.\n\nRoaring Pines, an American-made goods purveyor curated by the tack-sharp eye of owner Drew Dayberry, is currently expanding its online shop to a brick-and-mortar store. Inside its newly renovated Church Hill location will be an eight-seat bar that serves up everything fizzy and delicious and curiosity-piquing (and nothing alcoholic). A rotating cast of six soda kegs will be tapped at a time, and other drinks will be hand-mixed on the spot.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re using a company in Kentucky and two in New York for syrups that aren\u2019t made in Richmond \u2013 and they\u2019re not those Italian flavors that people are used to seeing,\" says Dayberry. \"There\u2019s no purple flavor, or anything like that. [We'll have] hibiscus, phosphate, there will be a spruce flavor that will taste like a Christmas tree \u2026 we\u2019ve been digging through books from the early 1900s for weird, interesting flavors.\u201d Look forward to historical oddities, too, like the Opera Bouquet, a rosewater and strawberry soda.\n\nMore perks will include growler fills and an outdoor patio space for relaxing with your fizz of choice. And for impressing friends, dates and clients this summer, I mean, come on: \u201cLet me buy you an Opera Bouquet\u2026\u201d? That\u2019s going to trump coffee every time. The other half of the shop will sell home utility necessities.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s everything from canvas bags to wire baskets to brooms and electrical supplies; things that people use day to day, made domestically,\u201d says Dayberry. The products are of the highest quality, and the loving care that Roaring Pines puts into selling them really makes you think about how and why you buy even the most mundane object, like a duster, or tweezers. Or soda. It makes you stop and consider how you can get more enjoyment out of them.\n\nOpening day is, very appropriately, slated for July 4. Until then, check out the beautifully crafted goods at roaringpines.com."}
-{"text": "Jack Croner is headed to Kearney! His 13th place finish at the District 1 cross country meet on Thursday 10/11 qualifies him for the state cross country meet next week. The Warrior boys' team ALL had either season or personal bests as they finished in 5th place in a challenging district. The Lincoln Lutheran girls posted two personal bests and ended in 10th place. Congratulations team to a successful year! Click \"view\" for all the results.\n\nThe Warriors competed at the conference meet on Friday, Oct. 5th at Pioneers' Park. Jack Croner was the top LL boys' varsity runner, placing 11th overall with Rachel Ziems the top female LL runner and Colton Meyer lead Lincoln Lutheran JV. Ben Blankenbiller posted a personal best with Colton Meyer and Jack Tewes running personal season bests. The varsity boys finished in 5th place and the boys' JV in 6th. The Girls' team finished 8th overall.\n\nIt was a great day for running as Lincoln Lutheran cross country team posted eight personal bests at the Kearney invitational meet on Monday: Jack C., Ryan, Ben, Derek, Elisha, Rachel, Katrina, and Grace. The boys' team finished up 9th (out of 34) place with the girls 19th (out of 28) place. The next meet is the Lincoln Lutheran invitational at Pioneeers' Park on Thursday.\n\nThe Warriors cross country team competed at the Malcom Invitational at Branched Oak Lake on Tuesday. Despite the early misty rain and strong winds the athletes competed hard. The varsity girls team finished 11th, varsity boys 8th, and junior varsity boys 6th at the meet. Times for the runners:\n\nThe Warrior cross country team opened its season Thursday afternoon at Concordia University - Nebraska. Seven girls and 15 boys competed, many on the team are first year runners. Top finishers for the girls were Rachel Ziems, Celine Hansson, Katie Borcherding, Grace Soenksen, Rikke Lislebo, and Katrina Staab. The top six finishers for the boys were Noah L'Heureux, Tanner Lebo, Jacob Meyer, Ryan Hlavity, Jack Croner, and Jack Rolland. The next meet is Thursday, September 6th hosted by Pius at Pioneers' Park.\n\nIt has been an amazing fall sports season for the Lincoln Lutheran Warriors. For the first time in school history, all five of the fall sports teams have qualified for State competition, with our girls Softball team winning State!\n\nThe Warrior cross country team ended its season with seven runners representing Lincoln Lutheran at the State Cross Country meet in Kearney on Friday, October 20th. Kayla Steinbauer represented the girls' team finishing with a time of 25:14. The boys' team finished in 18th place. Running for the Warriors were: Tanner Lebo (19:17.8), Noah L'Heureux (19:17.9), Jacob Meyer (20:29) , Jack Rolland(21:39), Ryan Hlavity (21:47), and Colton Meyer (22:55). Congratulations to all of the runners!\n\nWarrior cross country is going to state!! Tanner Lebo, Jacob Meyer, Ryan Hlavity, and Jack Rolland all posted personal bests as the Lincoln Lutheran boys' team qualified for state with a 3rd place finish at the district cross country meet at Branched Oak lake on Thursday. Noah L'Heureux and Colton Meyer also had strong finishes. Tanner Lebo earned a 13th place medal."}
-{"text": "You are brave warrior armored by 3 type of weapons: Thrown Object, Arrow and Gun, your objective is to protect your base from the enemy onslaught at all cost!\nHold mouse to increase throw power, then release it to throw a thrown object.\nPress mouse to shoot arrows and guns, when ammo empty, it will automatically reload.\nPress 1 to use primary weapons.\nPress 2 to use secondary weapons.\nPress Space Bar to cast special weapons.\nClick world to set background.\nWhen blue bar maximum. weapons will affect special effects: fire, poison, explode and light.\nClick Spell Button to use spells, each age own different spells.\nPress P or click menu to pause."}
-{"text": "POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN VIRUS ASSEMBLY, MADRID (SPAIN)\nA position is available shortly for nationals of EU countries except\nSpain to work in the Centro de Investigacin en Sanidad Animal located\nclose to Madrid (Spain). Work will be related to several aspects of the\nmorphogenesis of a complex virus, vaccinia virus, including genetic,\nbiochemical and cell biological approaches. The project is part of a EU\nHuman Capital and Mobility Network, and therefore opportunities to\ncollaborate with other European laboratories, and to carry out short\nstays in them will be encouraged. Experience in molecular biology and\nvirology will be appreciated, but is not required.\nFor more details please contact :\nRafael Blasco\nCISA-INIA\nValdeolmos E-28130 (Madrid)\nSpain\nE-mail : blasco at samba.cnb.uam.es"}
-{"text": "Friday, 1 October 2010\n\nAutumn selection 2010\n\nNo comments:\n\nPost a Comment\n\nSearch This Blog\n\nAbout Me\n\nI have been a training consultant for 30 years.\nI also research Buyers Views of Sales people for an ongoing research study I have done for the last twelve years\nThe majority of photographs, videos and audios in this blog are taken on my new Fujifilm Fine pix T from May 2012 The Pencil Sketches are mine also"}
-{"text": "Vendor Sanctions\n\nAs part of an Organization-wide effort to ensure integrity in its procurement activities, as of January 2014, FAO has introduced a Vendor Sanctions policy to which all suppliers are subject. FAO observes the UN Supplier Code of Conduct and strictly enforces a zero tolerance policy regarding fraud in all its manifestations. Any bidders, vendors, or implementing partners, as well as their agents, that following an investigation are determined to have been involved with Sanctionable Actions by the FAO Vendor Sanctions Committee (\"VSC\"), will be sanctioned by the Organization.\n\nSanctionable Actions include:\n\nCorruption, which means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value whether tangible or intangible to improperly influence the actions of another party;\n\nFraud, which means any act or omission, including misrepresentation that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial and/or other benefit and/or to avoid an obligation;\n\nCollusion, which means an arrangement between two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including influencing improperly the actions of another party;\n\nCoercion, which means impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the party to influence improperly the actions of a party;\n\nUnethical practice, which means any practice contrary to the conflict of interest, gifts and hospitality or post-employment FAO policy, as well as any provisions or other published requirements of doing business with the Organization, including the UN Supplier Code of Conduct; and\n\nObstruction, which means acts or omissions by a Third Party that may prevent or hinder the work of Investigation Unit of the Office of the Inspector General.\n\nThe VSC will consider allegations made against a bidder, vendor or implementing partner doing business with FAO, and will provide that entity a reasonable period of time to respond to the allegations and to present explanations and evidence. Sanctions proceedings will be guided by the FAO Vendor Sanctions Procedures.\n\nIf you are named a Third Party respondent in a sanctions proceeding, please click here for an overview of your responsibilities.\n\nSanctions range from censure to permanent debarment. Debarred bidders, vendors or implementing partners may not have any type of business relationship with FAO. The Organization shares information on sanctioned vendors through the common procurement portal for the United Nations System, UN Global Marketplace. FAO Sanctions are separate from any actions that may be taken by any government or international organization under applicable laws."}
-{"text": "5 Amazing Things For Everyone in Northern Ireland\n\nLiving outside the confines of Northern Ireland can be challenging when it comes to writing about it \u2013 but it truly does open up the opportunity to envision what ones\u2019 trip would be like if they were to travel there. Although all of Ireland is known for their magical mascots, and their lively pub scene \u2013 why not look at other attractions. Being one who does not turn down a drink with friends, there are always other things to catch ones\u2019 adventurous side. If you were to plan a vacation for yourself and your family \u2013 keeping in mind that you have never gone to Northern Ireland \u2013 you would create a wish list for said trip.\n\nAs there are endless possibilities to experience and enjoy, it always best to \u2013 first research the amount of money you might want to save. It would also be wise to research what Northern Ireland is all about \u2013 or you could be the adventurous type that likes to experience all curve balls, twists and turns \u2013 either way, it is best to know a bit about the place you want to visit.\n\n1. For the Television Fanatics\n\nFor anyone who loves the global phenomena known as Game of Thrones, Northern Ireland would definitely spark your interest. You are able to discover the many filming locations that are home to the world of Game of Thrones, and seeing as we live in the world of technology, you are able to download the Game of Thrones Filming Locations Northern Ireland App.\n\n2. For the Food Addicts\n\nCredit: discovernorthernireland.com\n\nFor any and all food fans, the best thing you experience while away is indeed the local cuisine. Luckily for all Northern Ireland travellers, there are local food markets to explore. If you are more inclined to enjoy a good drink, then you find yourself outside the doors of Brewery\u2019s and Distillery factories, enticing your taste buds with the thrill of recently created drinks. If that doesn\u2019t catch your attention, then the Food Trail most definitely will. For what is a trail, unless you can eat of course.\n\n3. For the Shopaholics\n\nThere are those of us out there that enjoy a good day of shopping, be it looking souvenirs or even just something for yourself, most people just want to shop till they drop. If you take a trip to Northern Ireland, you can spend a day getting lost in the local markets. You also have the opportunity to enjoy the Belfast shopping experience \u2013 visiting the Victoria Square shopping centre or the Castlecourt shopping centre. Wherever your feet decide to lead you, you will find new experiences around each corner.\n\n4. For those rainy days\n\nAs this is planet earth, there will be days that seem gloomy and you\u2019ll think the day is ruined. There is nothing t worry about, as there are plenty activities to occupy\nyour rainy days. You can visit the local trampoline park known as We Are Vertigo, and there is a big plus \u2013 there are going to introduce indoor skydiving! If you did pack your costume and you want to spend the day swimming, regardless of the rainy weather, then you are in luck. You can always visit the Lagan Valley Leuisureplex. If you have little kids with you, and they are the curious minds \u2013 you will find that they would enjoy a day at W5 \u2013 an interactive Science and Discovery centre. There are of course other activities to enjoy if the W5 doesn\u2019t peak your interest \u2013 take for example, the Armagh Planetarium, the best place to visit if your eyes are in love with the stars.\n\n5. For families with teenagers\n\nTeenagers are some of the hardest to impress when it comes to family holidays. For those hormonal teenagers, why not give them a dose of healthy adrenaline, and take them to go zip lining on Ireland\u2019s longest zip line at Todds Leap. If the Zip Line doesn\u2019t catch their interest, or put a smile on their face, then take them to experience the Downhill Zorbing. For who cannot feel the thrill when you find yourself rolling down a hill in a glorified hamster ball? There are many other activities to enjoy, but for those who want to live a few moments in the life of a Rally driver, they could always go have a day at the Junior Rally Experience. Either way, there are activities to satisfy many interests.\n\nThere are of course many different things to occupy your time with, and all will give you memories to last a lifetime. If you want to satisfy the constant curiosity of where your family line started, you can always spend some of your time Tracing your Ancestry line.\n\nNorthern Ireland is a treasure trove of new wonders that are just begging to be explored by all. A true gem tucked away in the world that not only has many wonderful activities, but gorgeous landscapes that can entice even the photographic eyes."}
-{"text": "Ames-based farmland startup opens to public\n\nAn Iowa State University Research Park-based startup that aggregates available farmland for sale launched for public use Tuesday.\n\nTerva uses publicly available farmland data such as aerial maps, recent sales and corn suitability ratings in one interface to help farmers make decisions when buying land and alerts them when new plots become available. It also works to connect potential buyers or renters with agricultural realtors.\n\nThe company was part of last year\u2019s CyStarters program, a 10-week program for ISU students looking to launch a startup. The company was also a finalist for best student innovation award at the Technology Association of Iowa\u2019s Prometheus Awards earlier this year.\n\nTerva founder Steven Brockshus said the company launched the site to the public after a private beta period with farmers and agricultural real estate groups. He said the site got a few hundred hits.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s been fun to watch users come onto the site,\u201d he said.\n\nBrockshus said the next step is to add other states in the Midwest as currently the site only gathers data for land in Iowa. He is also planning to roll out features to share data on Realtor websites, and to eventually establish Terva as an appraisal company so it can provide certified land values upon request.\n\nTerva will continue to work out of the research park in the foreseeable future, and is looking to add data scientists to the current team of five employees. In the meantime, Brockshus said he\u2019ll continue to use the resources available at the research park and across the state to advance his company.\n\n\u201cI can thank all the resources out here in Ames, but also in the Iowa startup ecosystem,\u201d he said. \u201cJust being around good folks here in Iowa helps make good things.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Not really. They were just giving free samples of some of their appetizers\u2014tiny tacos, samosas, stuff like that.\n\nThat doesn\u2019t sound like enough to fill you up, my darling.\n\nIt is if you go back again and again for more.\n\nAgain and again? How many times will they give you free samples before they have security throw you through the plateglass window?\n\nTwenty-seven times, it turns out.\n\nMy goodness! That\u2019s very generous of them, pumpkin.\n\nNot exactly, buttercup. I changed my appearance in the men\u2019s room a number of times, so they wouldn\u2019t recognize me. I used novelty buck teeth, an eye patch, a pronounced limp, a bishop\u2019s miter and I spoke Estonian.\n\nSo when they figured it out and tossed your butt onto Cordova Road, where did you go then, my heartthrob?\n\nWhole Foods. They were sampling some camembert and crackers, navel orange wedges. I got pretty full there.\n\nProbably. I stopped at that olive oil shop downtown and got free drizzles of a bunch of exotic oils on their cubes of French bread, which I then crammed into my mouth like dental cotton.\n\nYikes! My poor, over-stuffed babykins! Let me fix you a drink!\n\nOh. About that, doodle-bug. They were also sampling sparkling wines at Trader\u2019s, and\u2026.\n\nAnd?\n\nOver at Susan\u2019s liquors they had a free tasting of Santa Fe Spirits - Silver Coyote Whiskey, Expedition Vodka\u2026.\n\nBut did you have any dessert, my snicker-doodle?\n\nYes, at ChocolateSmith. They were sampling their White Chocolate Lemon Lavender Bark\u2026.\n\nHoly crap, do you have a tapeworm, or what? Anything else?\n\nDon\u2019t say where you heard it, but if you go through the lobby at the Inn at the Anasazi, and go back into that cozy room they call the Library, they sometimes have warm oatmeal raisin cookies for people who look like hotel guests\u2026\n\nWhat a useless, freeloading parasite you are! I should have known! So, are we doing anything special together this evening, El Gordo, before you explode into fat globules all over our nice adobe walls? I thought I\u2019d build a romantic fire for us in the fireplace\u2026 What are you going to build it with, Mr. Gluttonous Freebie King? Did you buy any firewood? No, but I do seem to have thousands of these greasy, used wooden toothpicks in my pockets. I think they\u2019ll burn\u2026"}
-{"text": "Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o - BecomingYour Lover22:23\nMy name is Sawaguchi Mai. I always get myselfinvolved with my classmate, Kawamura Reo.\nReois pretty short and has silky hair... Inshort, she's cute. But sometimes, she can bereally obstinate. I'm trying to do my best toget her to get along with the rest of theclass, but since we're both headstrong wealways end up fighting. It's so frustrating,especially since she can't do anythingwithout me around!/nBut whenever I talk toher, Reo always acts like I'm bothering her.I wonder if she hates me... But then, justwhen I got all depressed Reo came up to meand told me, \"You've got it all wrong! I loveyou, Mai! I love you so much!\" Her confessioncompletely took me by surprise. Could it bethat I'm in love with Reo too!?Added: 976 days ago\nFrom: knightrider2000Views: 36442 |\nComments: 2"}
-{"text": "According to the fledgling project\u2019s founder and project manager Stephanie Kent, the attack was a \u201ctwo-pronged\u201d effort involving rented hashing power and a DDoS attack on existing nodes to multiply the hashing advantage even further.\n\nThe attacker sent more than 21 thousand Krypton (KR) tokens to the Bittrex crypto exchange, sold them for bitcoin, then used the majority hashing power to roll back the transactions.\n\nFinancial Return of Krypton Attack Relatively Low\n\nThe KR token, despite low liquidity, saw a sharp rise in price on exchanges Bittrex and Yobit in the first week of August, reaching a high of around 0.000368 BTC. The value at the time of the attack dropped from that figure, making the double-spend haul in the ballpark of 5 BTC ($2,900 USD).\n\nThe Krypton project has reimbursed Bittrex with the missing funds. KR\u2019s price on Bittrex at press time sits just above 0.00020 BTC.\n\nKent said the attacker(s) bought additional hashing power from online rental service Nicehash, and joined the 4miners mining pool. They simultaneously launched a distributed denial-of-service attack on the Supernova mining pool and Krypton\u2019s statistics servers.\n\n4miners reportedly had 70 percent of network hashing power at the time of the attack.\n\nWarning to Higher-Cap Ethereum Tokens?\n\nGiven the relatively low value of the attack, Kent believes the motive was not financial gain but more of a \u201cdry-run,\u201d intended as a proof-of-concept to attack other blockchains based on Ethereum with higher market caps \u2014 such as Ethereum Classic.\n\nQuestions remain, however, over whether such an attack could scale to the level required to target a much larger network.\n\nKrypton launched in February 2016 as an Ethereum fork with similar goals as a platform for smart contract-based \u201cDAOs\u201d and \u201cDapps.\u201d Although its KR token trades on the exchanges mentioned above, the project\u2019s team is in the process of re-writing the Krypton Virtual Machine (KVM) from scratch to improve security.\n\nWorking on Solutions\n\nKR trading is frozen on exchanges at press time, along with deposits and withdrawals, while the Krypton team works on both temporary and more permanent solutions.\n\nThis could include exchanges increasing withdrawal times to up to 1,000 confirmations, while the Krypton community has bought up additional hashing power to help secure the network.\n\nLonger-term solutions could include a hybrid proof-of-stake mining algorithm to run alongside the current proof-of-work system. This would ensure any attacker would need to own a substantial amount of tokens to harm the network, and overcome what the Krypton team says is inherent weaknesses in the POW-based Ethash algorithm that makes Ethereum-based networks easier to fork or manipulate offline.\n\nAre Ethereum and its derivative networks at any special risk? Or will smaller networks always be in greater danger of attack due to the lower hashing power required?"}
-{"text": "Palm Beach Outlets hosting charity event Feb. 13\n\nPalm Beach Outlets is hosting a night of shopping, giveaways and entertainment Feb. 13 to raise funds for 20 local charities.\n\nThe charity event is being held a day before the outlet's grand opening on Valentine's Day. It will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and 100 percent of ticket proceeds will benefit local nonprofits, including the Junior League of The Palm Beaches."}
-{"text": "BANGKOK, 24 January 2013 \u2013 All contenders in the upcoming Bangkok gubernatorial election are warned to only employ campaign policies, which are practical under the jurisdiction of the capital governor.\n\nBangkok Election Commission Office Director Veera Yee-prae said on Wednesday that, so far, there have been 18 candidates, who have registered their names to run in the March-3 gubernatorial poll. The candidacy registration will stay open until January 25.\n\nThe Bangkok Election Commission Office Director said that a verification process is underway to check the qualification of each candidate before an official confirmation of the endorsed contenders can be made within February 1.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr. Veera warned all Bangkok governor candidates to make sure that their future deputies, secretaries and advisors, have given their written consents to use their names in the election campaign and to confirm their readiness to start working if their respective candidate wins the election.\n\nHe added that all campaign policies must also be realistic and possible for execution under the authority of the Bangkok Governor, without exceeding the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration\u2019s allocated budget.\n\nIn addition, Mr. Veera noted that anyone who submits false evidence to disqualify any candidate may risk being put behind bars, while any lawmaker who has been proven to do so may be removed from office and see their party dissolved."}
-{"text": "Pixel Art \u2013 The Phantom\n\nI was a big fan of Lee Falk\u2019s The Phantom and a specially Mandrake the Magician. The Phantom character is a important milestone for comic strip superheroes. Before The Marvel Universe, before Batman, before even Superman there was The Phantom."}
-{"text": "Download e-book for kindle: Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem: Third by Ian Stewart\n\nBy Ian Stewart\n\nISBN-10: 1568811195\n\nISBN-13: 9781568811192\n\nFirst released in 1979 and written via individual mathematicians with a different reward for exposition, this e-book is now on hand in a very revised 3rd variation. It displays the interesting advancements in quantity idea prior to now 20 years that culminated within the evidence of Fermat's final Theorem. meant as a top point textbook, it's also eminently ideal as a textual content for self-study.\n\nThis booklet is first and basically complete scale paintings as regards to imaging the turbines of the mind waves in the course of sleep. It paves the way in which for a paradigm shift in how sleep medication is practiced in sleep labs. No recognized today's sleep labs comprise resource localization with pictures and films of the turbines of the waveforms of sleep.\n\nEven if ferns weren't integrated in Trimen? s unique five-volume ? A guide to the plants of Ceylon? , they shape an important a part of the vascular flowers of the island. a great deal of fern learn used to be conducted contemporaneously to, yet independently of Trimen? s paintings. guides, although, have been broadly scattered during the literature or constituted significant works of their personal correct, i.\n\nExtra resources for Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem: Third Edition"}
-{"text": "Kiribati turns to UAE to save island\n\nThe UAE is putting together a plan expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to save the island nation of Kiribati from rising ocean levels.\n\nUpdatedUpdated 15 February 2016\n\nShare\n\nThe low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati is turning to the United Arab Emirates - home to the artificial Palm Islands resort - to save it from rising ocean levels.\n\nSpeaking to a conference on climate change in Wellington, Kiribati President Anote Tong said the project with the UAE \"will be a ground-breaking initiative giving hope where now there is no hope\".\n\nKiribati is a group of atolls and one larger island, most of which are less than two metres above sea level.\n\nIt is already experiencing problems across its 811sq/km of land surface as high tides cause coastal erosion and the contamination of drinking water by salt water and sewage.\n\nThe UAE was putting together a plan for the project with technical assistance from Dutch engineers, Tong said.\n\n\"We hope to build up the island by dredging material from the lagoon, because we don't have a lot of material close by. We don't have a continental shelf, so it is not as easy a task as building an island in the UAE,\" he told dpa.\n\nThe project is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and Kiribati will look to other governments to help fund the initiative, including the UAE and New Zealand.\n\nA UAE delegation was in Kiribati in January to make a first \"holistic\" assessment of what kind of constructions - from seawalls to land reclamation - would best counter the threat of rising seas, the Emirates News Agency reported.\n\nEven so, Tong said it was unlikely that Kiribati would be able to rebuild the islands to the extent that it could accommodate its current population of 103,000."}
-{"text": "Here is my team, it's a 5x5 roto league and we had an auction for the players. It's my first time playing fantasy baseball, so any help would be greatly appreciated, maybe you could give me a letter grade or something.\n\nIf it was an auction, what were the prices you bought the players for? I like your hitting, but I think you should find another good outfielder, stat. Endy Chavez isn't exactly a sure thing in my book and as such, I think you could use some more speed -- but you definitely have plenty of power.\n\nYou have solid relief pitching; I don't think you need to worry about that for the rest of the draft. I think your starting pitching, on the other hand, could really use a top-notch starter. Mulder is, to an extent, a fairly unknown quantity for next year. Radke hasn't had a great track-record, fantasy-wise. Buehrle is merely mediocre.\n\nOverall, I'll give you a B-. Your starting pitching and marginal speed are the only things holding you back.\n\nalthough its albert pujols i think u overpaid for him IMO, you got some good deals like Radke, Sabathia, Rollins, and Walker, too much for endy chavez though and i would think about shopping around to improve your 3rd of spot, try tradin a guy like buehrle or takatsu as long as you have backup for them\n\nWow, some really great deals there. The only mistakes I see there are, like irish said, Pujols and Chavez. However, I think the other deals you got more than made up for those little bumps in the road. The fact that you still have $83 to spend is very promising. Just keep spending wisely, get a good OF and some top-notch starters, and make sure you don't leave any money on the table! Good luck! I think you have a solid foundation there, and really have a good shot at the money."}
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-{"text": "Changing the Face of Yoga Podcast\n\nHosted by Stephanie Cunningham, a yoga teacher herself who is committed to sharing yoga with anyone, especially the over 50's.\nStephanie created this podcast to share how yoga can be practiced by anyone with amazing benefits. Yoga teachers themselves will share their stories; discussing why they teach, who they teach, how students benefit. Every fortnight or so, we will release a new episode. We will talk with teachers about teaching children, curvy bodies, the elderly but also those that each yoga to support students with diabetes, cancer and mental health issues.\n\n3:08 Using yoga to interrupt the pain signals. Alert from brain that there is pain and something be done. Sometimes the pain signals become mixed and that the wound that originally caused the pain is healed but the pain continues. The brain needs to be reset. Start with grounding and breathing. Can redirect the pain signals if you can learn a strong focus through yoga; readjust pain signals so that you don\u2019t notice them (as much) or reset so that the brain stops sending false pain signals. Reground: pain makes us lose perspective, power of pain is very strong (survival mechanism). Reground: connecting with the earth (i.e., child pose).\n\n13:00 Chronic Pain Programs in Hospitals: Dayna\u2019s teacher developed and taught the physicians of the hospital. Seeing the value, the physicians helped implement the program. Leads to better recuperation because yoga can address the changes due to the emotional impact of the illness and treatment. Program includes grounding and breathing based on the kosha model, start with physical body and then go through the rest of the koshas.\n\n20:00 Has started meeting 60+ women in their homes and them yoga to meet the student\u2019s goals. Together they create a yoga space in the student\u2019s home so that they have a place to practice. Discuss things like where can you keep your props, do you have a clear wall space, how will the space work? This increases compliance with the practice that Dayna designs for each student. She is also seeing clients in nursing homes and working with people with dementia. She uses music, talks softly, has a kind expression and the students start to positively react to that and follow her movements. Caregivers at the home may also take the class next to their client which is beneficial for both.\n\n29:00 Dayna is very interested in and wants to interact with others on the subject of yoga for scoliosis. She would like to hear from others that may want to do a project on using yoga to help those with scoliosis."}
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-{"text": "Administrative Assistant\n\nBloom Ads \u2013 Receptionist/Administrative Assistant\n\nLos Angeles, CA\n\nWe are looking for you \u2013 dynamic, best-in-class talent! The Admin Assistant handles the day-to-day operations of a wide range of projects from answering the phone and vendor relations to deciding what\u2019s for lunch! You will be responsible for the managing executive and management calendars \u2013 which is a very big deal. Ideal candidate is extremely available and connected via email and text, ready to send informed responses quickly and is skilled at reading audiences and understands the best way to communicate. In this role, no task is beneath you when it contributes to the success of the team. The Administrative Assistant will constantly collect details of the work flowing through the agency and know the key players responsible. If you feed off a high-pace environment, meet every request with a can-do attitude and are at your best when multi-tasking, we\u2019d like to talk to you!\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nExercise independent judgment to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner. Gather and analyze information skillfully and maintain confidentiality.\n\nWork with management and other functional departments such as Finance, on a broad range of projects which may include expense data, budgeting, analysis, cost estimates, etc.\u2026\n\nAnalytical Skills \u2013 Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem\n\nCommunication, Written \u2013 Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely\n\nCustomer Oriented \u2013 Ability to take care of the customers\u2019 needs while following company procedures\n\nDetail Oriented \u2013 Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task\n\nOrganized \u2013 Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task\n\nTeam Builder \u2013 Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal\n\nTime Management \u2013 Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines\n\nRequirements for Consideration\n\nA 4-year degree\n\n1-2 years marketing/advertising agency experience a plus\n\nGreat verbal communication skills\n\nExcellent organizational skills\n\nExtraordinarily detail oriented\n\nProficient in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Outlook\n\nA figure-it-out mentality\n\nTo apply, please send your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to hr@bloomads.com and use \u201cApplying for Administrative Assistant at Bloom\u201d in the subject line.\n\nAbout the Company:\n\nResponsible for developing best-in-class media solutions. In a widely disparate advertising landscape, we leverage best-in-class strategy, technology and analytics to deliver the most comprehensive, highest-performing media solutions on the market. We provide extensive expertise for some of the best and brightest brands across our agency partner landscape. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Bloom operates in 100+ markets worldwide.\n\nWe are a fast-paced, risk-taking, close-knit environment where ideas come from everywhere at every level. We believe that diversity of background, talent, skillset and mindset create a flourishing environment for new thinking and ideas. Our business is growing and we are always looking for new talent. If you are driven by challenging work, passionate about media and technology and interested in helping to shape the future of our industry, we would like to hear from you!\n\nNote: Travel to and from client and vendor sites in personal vehicle, is required in this position. The preceding functions have been provided as the types of work performed by the employees assigned to this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. This job description does not promise or imply that the functions listed are the only duties to be performed or that the position may not change or be eliminated"}
-{"text": "Week In Photos 6/5-6/11\n\nA recap of selected photos published in the Kitsap Sun and online by staff and freelance photographers for the week of June 6th -June 11th.\n\nCharline Austin, of Poulsbo, is the first friend to give Bob Bartos a hug for his birthday after he exited his 1936 Ford four-door convertible sedan Tuesday at the Cool Car Cruise in the parking lot of Shari\u2019s Restaurant on Wheaton Way in Bremerton. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)\n\nKITSAP SUN\n\nA hummingbird searches for some nectar on the flowering plants in a yard near Lions Park in Bremerton on Monday. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nMembers of the Crosspoint Class of 2013 toss their hats into the air at the conclusion of their Graduation Ceremony at Gateway Fellowship in Poulsbo on Friday, June 6, 2013. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)\n\nJJ Rozal, 7, and his fellow first-grade classmates carry hippos made out of paper plates through the halls of Woodlands Elementary School during the annual Book Float Parade on Wednesday, June 4, 2013. The class had chosen the book Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship which is the true story about an orphaned baby hippo named Owen and the 130-year-old giant turtle, Mzee. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)\n\nA pair of kayakers have white puffy clouds to paddle under at Long Lake in Port Orchard on Monday. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nA victim of an accident on Highway 303 in front of Fred Meyer is attended to on Monday morning. One of the vehicles burst into flames on impact. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nCity of Bremerton Parks Department worker Billy Ibarra prepares to zip tie down the petunia hanging flower basket at Fifth Street and Pacific in downtown Bremerton on Thursday. He was securing the baskets in case of wind gusts. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nA crow goes into a cup head first to get a drink of water under a tree at the Brownsville Marina on Wednesday. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nNicholas Dunlap, 8, of Bremerton takes part in the tire roll during the Kitsap Bluejackets vs Medford game on Saturday, June 7, 2013. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)\n\nJune 8, 2013, Bainbridge High School 2013 graduation. Photo by www.Olympicphotogroup.com\n\nRuss Camerer Frames a photo of a cat at his Bluewater Artsworks Gallery and Framing in Poulsbo. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nCraig Moran of Port Orcahrd takes his dogs for a walk on the walking path at Island Lake County Park on Wednesday. They are from the left Mallie, George, and Calvin. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nMount Rainier looms in the background as a couple of people get their boat ready for the nice day at Silverdale Waterfront Park Dock on Tuesday. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nAbigail Thompson gives her mother Lisa a rose and a hug in a during her Crosspoint Class of 2013 Graduation Ceremony at Gateway Fellowship in Poulsbo on Friday, June 6, 2013. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)\n\nChris Wise of Silverdale uses the warm day on Tuesday to pick up broken glass from in the water off the beach at Silverdale Waterfront Park. He collected two handfuls. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nAn osprey perches on the overhead lights on Monday at Gene Lobe Field at the Fairgrounds. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nTerry Avery, of Port Orchard, sits among the classic cars as he and fellow classic car enthusiasts gathered at the Cool Car Cruise on Wheaton Way in Bremerton on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN)\n\nKitsap BlueJackets player Vince Sablan who went to South Kitsap High School gets his uniform on Monday at Gene Lobe Field at the Fairgrounds. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)\n\nKen Perry, owner of Grab Plants Value Nursery on Clear Creek Road near Silverdale, waters plants Tuesday. Located at the site of the former Clear Creek Nursery, the business is open weekends, and 15 percent of gross sales goes to a chairty that volunteers on the sale. LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN\n\nphotos by TAD SOOTER/SPECIAL TO THE KITSAP SUN The Bainbridge girls varsity 8+ qualified for the USRowing Youth National Championships beginning Friday in Oak Ridge, Tenn.\n\nJune 8, 2013, Bainbridge High School 2013 graduating students threw their hats in the air in celebration as commencment came to a close on Saturday. Photo by www.Olympicphotogroup.com"}
-{"text": "Earlier this year the band released a track for the video game Devil May Cry 5. It was co-written by the game's composer, Cody Matthew Johnson, and was set to be featured in the game. A music video was also released, which you can watch below.\n\nAfter debuting the song, however, frontman Eddie Hermida's past sexual misconduct allegations were brought to the attention of the game's developer, Capcom. At the time, they released the following statement:\n\nThe music was recorded for the game before the incident [involving Hermida] came to light and we were unaware of the incident until now. However, as we are now aware of the current situation, Capcom has decided that moving forward, we will not further highlight the Dante battle theme for promotional purposes at this time. We are also currently evaluating what options are possible for the full game at this point, which is dependent on various factors such as resources.\n\nCapcom have now released a new statement revealing that Hermida's vocals have been removed from the track and former Volumes screamer Michael Barr will be featured on it.\n\nEarlier this year, we debuted Dante\u2019s new battle theme from Devil May Cry 5, \u201cSubhuman\u201d, performed by Cody Matthew Johnson feat. Suicide Silence. Shortly after the song\u2019s reveal, we were made aware of unfortunate news and allegations about the track\u2019s main vocalist Eddie Hermida. While the song was written and recorded in-game well before such allegations, we\u2019d still like to ensure, to the best of our abilities, that your experience with the game ultimately goes unmarred. As such, our development team, producers, recording and mixing teams have worked hard to find and implement a new vocal track by Michael Barr.\n\nIt is worth noting that the hard work of the Suicide Silence band members, as well as song writers Cody Matthew Johnson & Mark Heylmun, remained intact, as they were not involved with the incidents. As you hear the new track in new promotional materials and in-game, please expect the instrumental parts to sound the same as before. In-game credits have also been updated to properly reflect the new recording.\n\nDevil May Cry 5 will be released on March 8, 2019 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC platforms.\n\nIn Nov. of 2017, Hermida was accused of \u201cemotionally and sexually manipulating\u201d Austrian fan Verena Celis when she was 17. Celis claimed Hermida pressured her into sending him nude photographs after Hermida sent sexually suggestive photos her way. His statement in response can be found below.\n\nI apologize, first and foremost, to Verena, that she feels hurt, manipulated, and otherwise distressed by any of our past communication. I want to apologize to the people who support my work as a musician (both the fans and behind the scenes) for the discomfort, distrust, and damage these allegations have caused.Most importantly, I would ask the music community to abstain from ridiculing, ostracizing, or otherwise harassing this young woman. It\u2019s difficult enough for women to come forward with allegations about the behavior of men under any circumstances.When Verena told me she\u2019d turned 18, I believed her. I made it clear that our conversations should not be of a sexual nature until that time. However I have learned the lesson, the hard way, that it was wrong to engage in any kind of intimate conversations with someone so much younger than me.I was raised by a single mom who taught me to be respectful to all women. I am ashamed that I have failed. I hope to earn the respect and approval of our fans and to prove that I am not the person this would seem to suggest.Now more than ever, the responsibility falls on men to be mindful of our words and actions with people, and to listen to the voices of those who come forward, with respect and dignity.I am here and I am listening."}
-{"text": "Rentals & Repairs\n\nAccreditations\n\nWe Support\n\nWe Accept\n\nAll Brands\n\nGolden Technologies Scooters\n\nAre you ready for the ride of your life? Hop aboard one of Golden Technologies\u2019 four lines of scooters, and discover a newfound sense of freedom. One of our models will give you the right combination of size, weight, portability and accessories. All provide the industry\u2019s highest levels of stability, dependability, performance and comfort.\n\nGolden Technologies takes all the worry out of purchasing a scooter. Our skilled designers blend the most technically advanced components with superior designs to provide you with the utmost in quality, comfort, style and performance. We confidently stand behind all our products and provide you with the best warranties in the industry. Choose the scooter that all others are measured against\u2026 choose Golden!\n\nScooter FAQs:\n\nQ: How often should I charge my battery?\nA: For daily use of your scooters, your batteries should be fully charged. We recommend that you plug the battery into the charger at the end of a day's use and allow 6 to 8 hours to fully charge. More information can be found in your scooter's Owner's Manual.\n\nQ: The green LED light on my scooter's control panel is flashing. What does that mean?\nA: When the LED light on the control panel flashes, that means there is some type of a malfunction with your scooter. It could be as simple as the scooter being in Freewheel Mode, where it can be pushed instead of driven, or it could be something more complex. The lights flash in a sequence and the flashes should be counted. Then you can refer to your Owner's Manual, or under-carpet Troubleshooting Guide if your scooter is equipped with one, to determine the cause of the malfunction.\n\nQ: I do a lot of gardening and would like to pull a cart behind my scooter through my yard. Is this recommended?\nA: Unfortunately, scooters are not designed for this type of use. Scooters are designed to transport one individual and their personal items, not to exceed the weight capacity of the scooter. It is not recommended to pull a cart or some other type of cargo."}
-{"text": "OBJECTIVE: Sensitivity analysis was applied to a mathematical model describing malaria transmission relating global warming and local socioeconomic conditions. METHODS: A previous compartment model was proposed to describe the overall transmission of malaria. This model was built up on several parameters and the prevalence of malaria in a community was characterized by the values assigned to them. To assess the control efforts, the model parameters can vary on broad intervals. RESULTS: By performing the sensitivity analysis on equilibrium points, which represent the level of malaria infection in a community, the different possible scenarios are obtained when the parameters are changed. CONCLUSIONS: Depending on malaria risk, the efforts to control its transmission can be guided by a subset of parameters used in the mathematical model.OBJETIVO: Aplicar a an\u00e1lise da sensitividade ao controle de transmiss\u00e3o de mal\u00e1ria a um modelo, considerando o aquecimento global e as condi\u00e7\u00f5es socioecon\u00f4micas locais. M\u00c9TODOS: O modelo para a transmiss\u00e3o de mal\u00e1ria proposto foi obtido em fun\u00e7\u00e3o de v\u00e1rios par\u00e2metros. A preval\u00eancia de mal\u00e1ria, em uma comunidade, foi caracterizada pelos valores desses par\u00e2metros. Para estudar os efeitos dos mecanismos de controle, os valores dos par\u00e2metros do modelo s\u00e3o variados em grandes intervalos. RESULTADOS: A an\u00e1lise da sensitividade do ponto de equil\u00edbrio, que representa o n\u00edvel de infec\u00e7\u00e3o de mal\u00e1ria em uma comunidade, oferece os poss\u00edveis cen\u00e1rios resultantes da varia\u00e7\u00e3o dos par\u00e2metros do modelo. CONCLUS\u00d5ES: Dependendo-se do n\u00edvel de risco de mal\u00e1ria, as melhores formas de mecanismos de controle da transmiss\u00e3o de mal\u00e1ria s\u00e3o dadas por um subconjunto de par\u00e2metros do modelo."}
-{"text": "Foster's Fairplay\n\nWayne Lewis, an executive on the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), is a good and loyal friend. We have negotiated trenches dug by others with amazing success and satisfaction.\n\nThe bond with the former Jamaica opening batsman, with a reasonable degree of flair, has in more recent times been cemented by frequent exchanges not all about cricket.\n\nHis brain is fertile, generating thoughts and analyses that can, if accepted, assist the decaying sport to once again assume its prominence and spectator appeal.\n\nThe fact that the Kingston College old boy has not risen to higher heights and has been able to make a more telling impact is fuelled, in the opinion of this columnist, by warped thinking, from some quarters, that you must play Test cricket to have a meaningful and significant role in its administration. His views are always respected.\n\nFoster's Fairplay cannot understand, and by extension, support, my friend-for-life's support for the incumbent Dave Cameron in a bid to have a second shot at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) presidential chair.\n\nIn a recent outpouring of apparent anger and frustration, Lewis expressed his disgust at the local body for throwing its weight behind Cameron's chief rival, former West Indies fast bowler from the four-pronged factory of fast bowlers Joel Garner.\n\n'Big Bird', as Garner was called during an illustrious career, is well positioned to land the post at the upcoming voting exercise scheduled for Jamaica on March 7.\n\nLewis, his black, green, and gold clutched to his left breast, wants Cameron. Why so? One had best ask the outspoken critic himself.\n\nCameron has not distinguished himself in the eyes of many during his first time at bat.\n\nIn cricketing parlance, he has smothered his wicket by allowing, and, in fact, one can say facilitating the recent India tour debacle, which ended in a walk, but and for which, arguably, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are being punished by their non-selection to the team for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup.\n\nIt was a lack of foresight to allow the team to leave our shores with their contractual arrangements still in embryo. Why, Dave, why? Did the man from Kensington Cricket Club where Lewis 'cut his teeth' in the game not have the acumen to predict the most likely outcome?\n\nEven the blind could have foreseen that this was a recipe for disaster and the 'laying down of arms', given a 'money-grabbing' culture, which has invaded West Indies cricket.\n\nCameron, at whose desk the buck stops, paved the way for that debacle, which has produced an invoice for damages caused from the cash-sensitive Board of Control for Cricket for India (BCCI).\n\nIs this what my friend, Wayne, is endorsing?\n\nDoes he not realise - and the BCCI is not relenting - that all that cash gifted as punitive penalties to them could jeopardise some craved emoluments that might have come to those players he represents?\n\nCould not these same players, given their mercenary attitude, realising that their pool of funds is threatened by a Cameron repeat, cite Lewis for a conflict of interest?\n\nThey are justified in asking: \"How can you be representing us, tending to our money-grabbing habits, yet support a man (Cameron) whose action, or lack of it, compromises the coffers from which our remuneration comes?\"\n\nThis columnist will always respect and revere an independent thinker. It should never be compulsory to support a cause or an individual on parochial lines - \"he is ours so we must love him\" - giving little thought to the attributes and/or qualification to occupy a post which, in this instance, carries an enormous responsibility.\n\nWest Indies cricket is in the departure lounge. The hopes and aspirations of its supporters are going the same downward route. Despair has crept in. The region needs answers for the rapid demise that is ongoing.\n\nThe decline is not all about Cameron, but he played his role. He must withdraw and allow someone more equipped to carry the baton.\n\nAnyone who supports what many hope is the outgoing president is doing the nation and the region a grave injustice."}
-{"text": "Category: Cheech & Chong\n\nHey all you geeks, we\u2019re back with a brand new giveaway! This time we have the animated adventures of everybody\u2019s favorite stoner comedians, Cheech and Chong! Come along for the ride as the duo relives some of their greatest routines, only now in animated form and on blu-ray.\n\nEveryone\u2019s favorite stoner duo is back \u2013 and animated \u2013 in CHEECH & CHONG\u2019S ANIMATED MOVIE, rolling its way into Blu-ray and DVD April 23 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Directed by Branden and Eric D. Chambers, this high-larious feature-length adventure is the perfect film to watch at home with your best buds!\n\nCHEECH & CHONG\u2019S ANIMATED MOVIE showcases the legendary toker jokers like you\u2019ve never seen them before \u2013 in animation. Catch the buzz as their most outrageous routines and laugh-out-loud lines from their ground breaking Grammy Award-winning albums come to life, including the original Ode recordings of \u201cDave\u2019s not here,\u201d \u201cLet\u2019s make a dope deal\u201d and more. With help from a bud-lovin\u2019 body crab named Buster, Cheech & Chong \u201cthe masters of the smokin\u2019 word\u201d deliver the ultimate comedy high and give you the munchies for more.\n\nReady to get your munch on? Want this toking fresh blu-ray we have to give away? Hit the break and blast up that Rafflecopter! Enjoy geeks!"}
-{"text": "Vicious Android Malware surfaces in China\n\nSome rather nasty malware, designed to stuff up Android devices, has tipped up in China. Uncovered by NQ Mobile, the \"Bill Shocker\" (a.expense.Extension.a) virus has hit 620,000 users in China and is expected to be seen in the West soon.\n\nThe Bill Shocker is an SDK designed by malware developers that infects several of the most popular apps in China, including Tencent QQ Messenger and Sohu News. The infected versions of these apps are further distributed by third-party online app stores and retail installation channels.\n\nIt downloads in the background, without arousing the mobile device owner's suspicion. The infection can then take remote control of the device, including the contact list, Internet connections and dialling and texting. It turns the phone into a \"zombie,\" and sends text message to the profit of advertisers. In many cases, the threat will overrun the user's bundling quota, which subjects the user to additional charges, which is why it is dubbed \u201cbill shocker.\u201d\n\nBecause Bill Shocker can be used to send costly messages remotely, NQ Mobile believes it poses a serious threat to Android users. NQ Mobile has issued a fix and alerted Chinese mobile carriers of the threat to prevent its further spread."}
-{"text": "\u2018Beirut\u2019 tells a deeper story\n\nIn theaters from director Brad Anderson and Bleeker Street Media is a story with twists that lead to truth while in \u201cBeirut.\u201d\n\nMason Skiles (Jon Hamm) is a diplomat in Beirut keeping his finger on the pulse of what is happening around him, or so he thought. During a party, Cal Riley (Mark Pellegrino) comes to warn him that the young boy Karim, who the family has practically adopted, is going to be taken in for questioning. His older brother Abu Rajal (Hicham Ouraqa) is a Palestinian terrorist involved in the massacre at the Munich Olympics\n\nBefore that can happen, the party is terrorized as bullets fly and Karim is grabbed. In the midst of the firefight, Skiles wife Nadia (Leila Bekhti) is killed. Fast forward a few years and Skiles has reached rock bottom as a labor negotiator job he barely cares about and swimming in alcohol.\n\nSitting at a bar with his favorite drink, Skiles is approached to take money and a plane ticket back to Beirut to lecture at the university. Never wanting to return to Beirut again, something tells him to get aboard the plane. Once there he is met by Sandy Crowder (Rosamund Pike), Donald Gaines (Dean Norris), and Gary Ruzak (Shea Whigham) who finally tell him why he\u2019s really there \u2013 Cal Riley has been taken and the kidnappers only want to negotiate with Skiles.\n\nDiscovering it is a grown Karim (Idir Chender) who is calling the shots and only trusts Skiles to make the exchange happen. An exchange is demanded, Riley for Karim\u2019s brother who seems to have disappeared. Believing that it is the Israeli\u2019s who have him, Skiles investigates and also discovers the PLO minister is keeping secrets as well.\n\nIn the middle of this is a war in a war-torn country that is getting more and more out of hand by the minute. No one can be trusted and deception seems to be the order of the minute.\n\nCrowder is trying to keep up with Skiles as he slips through the city discovering that there is more at play here than just Riley\u2019s kidnapping. There are others in the governments involved and their seedy agenda becomes clear.\n\nBoth Skiles and Crowder are going to make the exchange happen but on their terms.\n\nHamm as Skiles begins as a man who seems to have the charming ability to move in a crowd and do what needs doing. Once the world he thought he knew was shattered, there didn\u2019t seem to be any purpose to anything Skiles does. That is until Riley is taken does he slowly come out of the daze and snaps back into discovering he is the absolute right person to get the job done. Hamm\u2019s performance is intense yet his character takes a moment to remember in the middle of rubble how all of the events came to be.\n\nPike as Crowder wants to believe that Skiles is right for the job and that\u2019s the dilemma. Knowing someone is right for a job and seeing the state they are currently in means never being quite sure if they can be trusted. Pike shines as a woman who not only takes her job seriously but knows that playing the international game of cat and mouse puts her right in the middle of danger.\n\nChender as Karim is caught up in the what is happening in Beirut. Finding a life with Skiles as a young boy he enjoyed being with them. The moment he is taken it is clear that studying and being part of the family will quickly become a distant memory. When the time comes to trust someone, that may be the one thing Karim knows to be true about Skiles. Chender gives his character such complexity in a situation none of us could possibly understand. This is the life mixed with what was and what became of a young life.\n\n\u201cBeirut\u201d is a film that is a reminder of the fragile peace and intense wars in the Middle East that are waged with others calling the shots. Their agendas may seem up front but for everyone to get what they want, deals are made and deals are brokered in 1982.\n\nThe cast is quick with a storyline that is constantly in flux and never once gives away which way the chase will go or how it will end. The cinematography is flawless and adds another depth to the very intense story being told.\n\nIn the end \u2013 Beirut of 1982 and the Paris of the Middle East is burning!\n\nPrivate First Class Lewellen was at a phone shop in San Diego while on liberty over labor day weekend when he heard a woman yell out from the parking area. He immediately sprang into action and ran to the woman. He cleared her child's airway and administered aid until an ambulance arrived. The EMTs who arrived later said his actions likely saved the child's life. Bravo Zulu Marine! ... See MoreSee Less"}
-{"text": "The Horrific Face of the Culture of Death\n\nWe have seen much of what the culture of death is really all about this past week, and it looks pretty awful. We had the push for infanticide by some academic ethicists, and we have had the on-going saga of PepsiCo using remains of aborted babies in their products.\n\nThis tells us a number of things about our culture. First, as we read in Proverbs \u2013 written some three millennia ago \u2013 there is a direct connection between our rejection of God and our embrace of death. The logic of abortion on demand naturally leads to the logic of infanticide on demand. And these are not just nice academic discussions here \u2013 both ideas come straight from the pit of hell. As Yahweh says, \u201call who hate me love death\u201d (Proverbs 8:36).\n\nAnd it also tells us just how far down into the cesspool we have sunk as a culture. We pride ourselves in being so sophisticated, well-educated, civilised and progressive. But there is nothing progressive about making it easy to kill our own babies, and seeking to rationalise these diabolical acts. These are signs of a culture in utter moral freefall.\n\nSince then a number of others have written about this. Albert Mohler for example has a good piece out today on this topic. A few snippets from that article are worth sharing here. He reminds of just what is being proposed here, and says this:\n\n\u201cThose assertions are as chilling as anything yet to appear in the academic literature of medical ethics. This is a straightforward argument for the permissibility of murdering newborn human infants. The authors make their argument with the full intention of seeing this transformed into public policy. Further, they go on to demonstrate the undiluted evil of their proposal by refusing even to set an upper limit on the permissible age of a child to be killed by \u2018after-birth abortion\u2019.\u201d\n\nHe continues, \u201cThis article in the Journal of Medical Ethics is a clear signal of just how much ground has been lost to the Culture of Death. A culture that grows accustomed to death in the womb will soon contemplate killing in the nursery. The very fact that this article was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal is an indication of the peril we face.\n\n\u201cFor years now, pro-life activists have been lectured that \u2018slippery slope\u2019 arguments are false. This article makes clear the fact that our warnings have not been based in a slippery slope argument, but in the very reality of abortion. Abortion implies infanticide. If the unborn child lacks sufficient moral status by the fact that it is unborn, then the baby in the nursery, it is now argued, has also not yet developed human personhood.\u201d\n\nQuite right. Given that these academics have said economic reasons alone are grounds for killing perfectly healthy newborn babies, we need to recall the 1729 satirical novel by Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal. The full title was: A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick.\n\nIt was about how the impoverished Irish might get out of their economic woes. He had a neat idea: why not just have all the poor people sell their children as food to the rich people? That way everyone gains; a nice utilitarian solution. Although satirical, this is basically what these academics and others like them are now proposing.\n\nAs Denise Hunnell puts it, \u201cPerhaps now those who have thus far seen room for a \u2018compromise\u2019 in the areas of abortion and other beginning-of-life issues might recognize the urgency of reaffirming the dignity and value of every human being without exception. No one who allows that some human beings are more valuable than others can honestly be shocked and outraged by Giubilini and Minerva\u2019s argument. These ethicists merely carry this sadly common premise to its logical conclusion, and offer a very \u2018Modest Proposal\u2019.\u201d\n\nAnd even the radical secular left Melbourne Age allowed an opinion piece about this today. Said Barney Zwartz, in part: \u201cBut the simple fact that someone advocates an idea does not make it a legitimate concept or proper subject for discussion. Some ideas are simply depraved, and should be met with revulsion. Killing infants because they might be inconvenient is one such.\n\n\u201cEnglish philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe suggested in a famous paper half a century ago that some discussions should never happen. She wrote that if someone thought in advance it was open to question that we should procure the judicial execution of an innocent person, \u2018I do not want to argue with him; he shows a corrupt mind\u2019.\u201d\n\nAs to the PepsiCo situation, several things should be pointed out. They are not the only ones involved in such activities. Other companies also are involved in these sorts of unethical practices. A good piece outlining this concludes this way:\n\n\u201cFull disclosure is needed. The health conscious are crying for labels identifying genetically modified food. Animal-rights activists successfully lobbied companies for labels and disclaimers that products are not tested on animals. It is time Catholics and pro-lifers demand disclosure for any drug, treatment, vaccine, food or any other product that has used cells from an elective abortion in its development or production. And then we need to object and demand companies use alternatives.\n\n\u201cWithout our loud and continuous pressure, the use of aborted fetal tissue to bring products to market will not only continue, it will expand. We live in a culture of death \u2014 a reality that means we truly do need labels that warn consumers: \u2018This product was made possible by the killing of innocent human life\u2019.\u201d\n\nAlso, many thanks to all of you who did write to PepsiCo about their unethical means of making products. But you would have gotten a form letter back from these guys just trying to fob you off, claiming they are doing nothing wrong. They are using weasel words to get out of this. But they still are not dealing with this fact: \u201cPepsi is funding the research and development, and paying royalties to Senomyx, which uses HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney cells) to produce flavor enhancers for Pepsi beverages.\u201d\n\nWe need to keep going back to Pepsi and demanding some unequivocal answers here, and not let them try to twist their way out of this. It is all just so much baloney coming from these guys. And what really gets me is what is at the bottom of their form letters they are sending to everyone:\n\n\u201cDID YOU KNOW \u2026 *** All of Pepsi-Cola\u2019s plastic soft-drink bottles contain an average of 10% recycled plastic.\u201d\n\nI don\u2019t really give a rip about that. What I do give a rip about is their unethical means of making their products. What they really should have at the bottom of each email is this:\n\n\u201cDID YOU KNOW \u2026 *** All of Pepsi-Cola\u2019s soft-drinks contain an average of 10% recycled babies.\u201d\n\nIn sum, we are witnessing the destruction of Western culture. The value and virtue of life is under deep, sustained and relentless attack. Pro-death ideologies reign, and our individual and collective consciences are shrivelling up as a result.\n\nAt the end of Romans 1 Paul lists 21 ways in which a God-forsaken culture acts. One of the vices listed is this: \u201cthey invent ways of doing evil\u201d (v. 30). In a culture under the wrath of God, simply coming up with new ways of doing evil has become an art form. We sure have seen some pretty graphic examples of this, this past week.\n\n7 Comments\n\nBill, what can I say? When will so called \u201cChristians\u201d and other people of goodwill take this into their heart, pray about it, and ask God what they can do about it. And when He answers them, go and do it in haste.\nAnna von Marburg\n\nGood question Anna. We have secular commentators like Andrew Bolt speaking out about all this, yet mostly we have deadly silence from our pulpits. We stand condemned by this unwillingness to be counted here.\n\nIn the midst of this growing horror, can we not also be very much encouraged by Paul\u2019s would in 2 Thessalonians 2:6:8?\n\n\u201cAnd you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.\u201d\n\nMaranatha, LORD, come! And save us from the fiery trial that may soon engulf all of your people!\n\nSteve Swartz\n\nTrevor Grace\n8.3.12 /\n4pm\n\nSadly the pro death element abounds even in the churches, as many don\u2019t seem to be too ruffled by what is happening \u2013 even if it is in their midst.\n\nIf I could give you just one example:\nWhen the senior pastors of one of largest \u201cevangelical\u201d churches in Victoria refused to rebuke a number of their church elders who managed a clinical waste business that picked up and disposed of aborted babies in their company\u2019s incinerator, and discarded their ashes in to landfill.\n\nMoreover, the senior pastor vehemently accused those who flagged that the elders were involved in something wrong, of being slanderous, and sent out an email to all those who were concerned over the situation, saying that the company had not been involved with any wrong doing, although the company had picked up \u201can aborted baby\u201d unintentionally.\n\nAll of this was rather strange, though, because when Freedom of Information Requests were sent to nearly 20 hospitals in Victoria by myself to find out who had been picking up their aborted babies, the FOI responses came back that it was indeed the company (whose board members were all Christian leaders). And that this company had been servicing the hospital abortion centres for many years.\n\nNow, one doesn\u2019t need to be too bright to understand that board members of any company are paid to know what their company\u2019s business is. But I guess this is not so for these board members who, as I mentioned, are Christian leaders in a large church.\n\nSo far, one year since all of this was discovered, these Christian leaders haven\u2019t told their shareholders (many who are Christians) that the company that they have presided over for many years has been picking up and disposing of aborted babies in the company\u2019s own incinerator. But I take it that they never will. And particularly so, when their senior church pastor believes they have been involved in nothing wrong; well, nothing that deserves any scrutinising or publicising in any way.\n\nMy point in all of this, if we, in the church, are so careless when we are talking about aborted babies, and so lax in calling others to account or even being allowed to question them, especially when they are serving in high church leadership positions, how on earth can we, as Christians, speak into our society with a clear an uncompromising voice, and say when a certain practices are offensive to God, when it appears we don\u2019t really care when even our brothers and sisters in the Lord are involved in the same practices?\n\nThank you Bill, I am just this morning composing a letter to the editor, making that same argument about people refusing to buy products that have been tried on animals. How far we have fallen, but we are not surprised, for we are not ignorant of our enemy\u2019s devices.\nDo you know an organisation that might have posters informing people of these company\u2019s practices? I am asking because I am thinking that papers may be very reluctant to publish letters about the subject, so we need to find other ways to get the facts out there.\nThank you Trever, you are absolutely right and we all need to study 2 Peter chapter 2 very carefully. Every sin we commit that is observed by someone can be used by the devil or people\u2019s own sinful heart as an excuse to not only slander the church, but the Lord Jesus Himself. We shouldn\u2019t be surprised, for all through Paul\u2019s epistles he tells us to \u201cwalk worthy of our calling\u201d Phil not sure what chapter. Jesus not only deserves this as a due response from us whom He has saved from hell, but it has a wider purpose of stopping the enemy in his tracks.\nMany blessings\nUrsula Bennett\n\nWhat about on line petitions? I believe there is a site called \u201cchange.org\u201d or something like that.\nMaybe we could start a petition and present it to the relevent department to lobbgy for the disclosure of these things on the product lable as well as a financial boyctt, which things have ben successful in the past, more from the other side as in the case of Tasmania back in 1995, remember the \u201cpink dollar\u201d campaign, forcing the tasmanien parliament to relax its sodomy laws through pressure on the economy. If it works for them, surely it will work for us, if we are serious about it that is.\nMany blessings\nUrsula Bennett"}
-{"text": "Friday, November 2, 2012\n\nIn the face of what the news has been painting as doom and\ngloom, all I see is kindness and beauty. I see friends and families pulling together\nand getting to the root of what is really important-relationships and possibility.\n\nYou see the idea that we have control over our life is\nreally an illusion. In fact, it is such\nan illusion, that people suffer from stress, anxiety, and depression just to\nname a few as a result of it. The minds incessant need to control some aspect\nof the moments and days based on the stories we have created, because of an\nopinion, interpretation, perception of an event then grown upon. These bits distorted, rearranged, categorized\nthen acted upon will either enhance our existence or destroy it.\n\nI ask you when you see the news, what events stick in you\nmind because of where you are focusing? Do you see victims or victors? What do\nyou choose? Just remember please remember, where focus goes energy flows and\nresults show.\n\nTap into your mind and train it to focus on the things that\nwill really serve us as individuals, families, communities, countries and world.\nSeek to understand and let go of the sickness to control. Be free to\ndeliberately become self aware and create the beautiful places in your mind.\nSpend time practicing after seeing what most people would label tragic, asking\nthe question, where is the good in this? You will find it.\n\nAffirmation: It is a privilege to be alive, to think, to\nenjoy, to love and I enjoy finding the good and possibilities of this day!"}
-{"text": "ZGlue Aims to Make It Cheap and Easy to Produce Wearables and Other IoT Hardware\n\nHave you taken a examine Kickstarter lately? Earlier this week, entrepreneurs were trying to fund more than 1,400 initiatives to construct a few sorts of wearable device, and some other 2 hundred to construct an IoT device.\n\nMoving from a concept on Kickstarter to a prototype after which to mass manufacture is tough, however. Many of these 1,600 builders have yet to locate that out; other marketers have a concept, however, don\u2019t have the time or coins to create a prototype they could display on Kickstarter.\n\nToday, production a wearable requires both assembling components onto a broadcast circuit board\u2014an approach that can be counterproductive while you are trying to make a device as small and mild as possible\u2014or growing a multichip module (MCM) or system-in-package deal (SIP), custom-constructed on an natural or ceramic substrate with copper wires connecting chips.\n\n\u201cDeveloping these devices isn\u2019t cheap or easy,\u201d says Greg Taylor, an advisor to a startup referred to as glue that\u2019s primarily based in Mountain View, Calif. \u201cIt\u2019s OK in case you\u2019re a part of a big corporation. If not, though, you may be out of luck.\u201d He says value estimates that getting to a prototype SIP may want to price a small organization more than US $two hundred,000.\n\nZGlue has created what it says is the key to a whole new international of wearable and IoT gadgets: the ZiP chip. (ZiP stands for value Integration Platform) A ZiP chip uses the equal off-the-shelf minimally packaged chips as a multichip module, however, zGlue says design and production, the use of its era, is massively less difficult, quicker, and less expensive.\n\nZGlue\u2019s secret sauce is its use of a silicon substrate, with a grid of great wires for reprogrammable connections among the chips, and a few resistors, capacitors, and gates for built-in energy management, system management, and reminiscence.\n\nZGlue\u2019s cloud-based totally tools allow designers to position off-the-shelf additives on a ZiP chip\u2019s programmable interconnects\nImage: ZGlue\nZGlue\u2019s cloud-based totally tools permit designers to place off-the-shelf additives on a ZiP chip\u2019s programmable interconnects.\nTo build a ZiP chip, an engineer starts with a cloud-based illustration of the grid and uses drag-and-drop layout equipment to pick from a library of off-the-shelf additives. After arranging the numerous additives, the engineer then can use zGlue\u2019s software to specify the numerous connection paths and generate a list of the components and the connections along with a software improvement package for the product.\n\nBut right here\u2019s the element that zGlue thinks will without a doubt preserve the fees of these gadgets down\u2014the real routing doesn\u2019t appear until after the components are positioned on the ZiP chip. Automated trying out equipment measure in which the chips landed on each ZiP chip\u2019s grid\u2014think about it as a mattress of nails\u2014after which make the connections. Built-in circuitry detects which \u201cnails\u201d are connecting to solder bumps at the chip programs. ZGlue\u2019s software program takes the map of meant bump positions and the map of real bump positions and figures out which pin of which package deal each of the real bumps is hooked up to. The router within the software then applications the grid to attach the chips into the preferred configuration, programming it into the ZiP chip\u2019s reminiscence. The entire procedure occurs individually for each ZiP chip that comes off the assembly line.\n\nThis method manner that the chips don\u2019t ought to be precisely positioned during manufacturing, in order that they may be made with pretty reasonably-priced equipment and fast.\n\n\u201cToday, in case you need to build a multichip module on a custom substrate, it\u2019ll take you six months to go from design to getting it through the manufacturing unit. With our procedure, we can do it within every week proper now, the usage of production in Taiwan; days if we bring the system in-the-house,\u201d said Taylor.\n\nZGlue\u2019s founders\u2014Jawad Nasrullah, Myron Shak, and Ming Zhang\u2014connected with each other at Intel. They hint the thoughts that developed into zGlue\u2019s generation deeper into their semiconductor careers, along with work with Transmeta, AMD, and Maxim Integrated. Advisor Taylor contributed to ten generations of microprocessors for the duration of 25 years at Intel and led a group that advanced a hardware random-variety generator there.\n\nAt Intel, recalled CTO Nasrullah, \u201cwe were discussing a future with devices everywhere, however, had been pronouncing that we would need a scalable, heterogeneous manner to get there. We learned from what the FPGA guys did within the \u201980s; maybe FPGAs weren\u2019t the quality in comparison to ASICs, but they were quick and right there.\n\n\u201cOf route, we couldn\u2019t use conventional FPGAs; they\u2019re restrained to good judgment, and we wanted greater. Incorporating off-the-shelf chip-scale applications inside the ZiP chip permits designers to place something in there the use of their favorite well-matched components from their favorite manufacturers. And FPGAs are energy hungry, but we had been envisioning small battery-powered structures.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt will in all likelihood cost underneath $a hundred to get a prototype from us\u2026With a prototype, a circuit board, and a 3D-published case, you can make an integrated tool that wouldn\u2019t look humorous up towards an iWatch\u201d\n\u2014Greg Taylor, glue\nZGlue officially started out in 2014, however, matters absolutely heated up in past due 2015, whilst the group become admitted to the StartX accelerator, received a development supply from the National Science Foundation, and convinced seed investors to invest. The first prototype ZiP chip got here off the line in March 2016; an extra absolutely configured ZiP chip came out this May. ZGlue now has 40 employees and has raised $10 million in capital so far. While the employer is still checking out the brand new chips, it says it\u2019s geared up to start quantity manufacturing. The substrate is being manufactured by using TSMC, and the actual modules constructed on that substrate may be put together through ASE.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s handiest about forty-five days vintage,\u201d said Taylor, \u201chowever we haven\u2019t observed troubles thus far. We would love to do existence testing, however, have seen no cause to expect to encounter any roadblocks.\u201d\n\nInitially, glue\u2019s customers could be big organizations, and some have already begun running on designs, Taylor said. But the definitely interesting element for those involved in value may be permitting the \u201ctwo men in a storage\u201d form of startup to get from idea to marketplace fast and cheaply\u2014which means those organizations accomplishing out on Kickstarter received\u2019t want tens of thousands of greenbacks in preorders before they could get going.\n\nThis prototype coronary heart charge display carries a ZiP chip with a microprocessor, heart price sensor, accelerometer and other additives.\nPhoto: Tekla Perry\nThis prototype heart charge reveal incorporates a ZiP chip with a microprocessor, heart fee sensor, accelerometer, and other components.\n\u201cIt will probably fee beneath $100 to get a prototype from us; of direction, it\u2019ll be a great deal cheaper in quantity. But with a prototype, a circuit board, and a 3-D-published case, you could make an integrated device that wouldn\u2019t look funny up in opposition to an iWatch. We need to increase who can construct for the IoT,\u201d Taylor said.\n\nWith that plan in mind, the value confirmed the generation at a current Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif. It additionally ran a marketing campaign on Crowd Supply, imparting samples to humans. And the team plans to reach out to the small developer community.\n\nOne small improvement crew has already gone public with its use of glue\u2019s generation: Sentinel Bandage, a task in the University of California, San Francisco\u2019s Surgical Innovations organization that is aimed toward developing wearables that reveal wound healing.\n\nNasrullah says at the same time as the layout tools are already smooth for a developer to apply, they may be going to come to be even less difficult\u2014because the gear is based inside the cloud, they are generating data approximately what styles of chips developers pick, what varieties of buses they use to attach them, and different choices.\n\n\u201cWe assume to use that information to train algorithms such that developers can use natural language to describe their reason and feature the value software help in generating the designs,\u201d he stated.\n\nAnd, within the nearer term, pointed out Taylor, the device will be able to provide designers with remarks, declaring, say, that they made an unusual preference and identifying the extra commonplace selection."}
-{"text": "Bioware Director Debunks Mass Effect: Contact, Mass Effect 4 Rumors\n\nShare This:\n\nBioware Director Debunks Mass Effect: Contact, Mass Effect 4 Rumors\n\nShare\n\nBioware developers have shot down the flying rumors about the name of the next title in the Mass Effect franchise. With E3 fast approaching, it\u2019s natural that fans of the franchise start speculating names and details about an upcoming game.\n\nAccording to rumors by \u2018industry insiders\u2019 the next Mass Effect might be called Mass Effect: Contact. The title even seemed plausible due to the First Contact War between the humans and turians in the Mass Effect lore.\n\n@shinobi602 THUWAY IS A LIAR! Let's play Wheel of Fortune!\nI'll make it easier for you RSTLNE:\n_ _ N T_ _ T\n\nLast month, Roy had explained that the next Mass Effect game was somewhere in the middle of a development phase. Perhaps that is why neither Bioware nor EA has made any kind of mention as to whether the game would be seen at E3 2014 or not.\n\nSo far, the only Bioware RPG that will be taking the spotlight at E3 is Dragon Age: Inquisition. It is however possible that EA might do some sort of a tease regarding Mass Effect at their yearly press conference."}
-{"text": "Obituary Anfin Shaw\nAnfin Shaw was born July 6, 1872, to Mr. and Mrs. Ingmor Shaw of Bergen, Norway. He was one of a family of eight children. Mr. Shaw migrated to this country at the age of twenty in the year 1892, coming first to Illinois where he spent three years. From there he moved directly to Emmet county, and has spent the rest of his life in and about this community. He was united in marriage with Anna Sunde on January 2, 1902, and this marriage was blessed with five children, four boys and one girl. Three of these children died in infancy , and the one son, Elmer of Fort Dodge and the daughter, Luella, of Minneapolis, are now surviving. Mr. Shaw has labored in this community for many years as a carpenter together with his brother, Carl. He has been a member of the Estherville Lutheran church for a long time and also very active as a member of the Hauge Lutheran Inner-mission Federation. Mr. Shaw was always very robust in health and seldom ill, but about three years ago he suffered a heart attack and has been intermittently confined to his home until the time of his death which came rather abruptly on September 16th at 10:10 a.m.\n\nBesides his wife and children Mr. Shaw is survived by two grandchildren, Marilyn and Robert Shaw, two sisters and one brother in Norway. Also his brother Carl in Estherville and his brother Ole in New York. Mr. Shaw\u2019s body will be laid to rest in the Estherville Lutheran cemetery awaiting the glorious call of the resurrection morning. May the Lord bless his memory. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, September 23, 1948)\n\nAnfin Shaw\nAnfin Shaw was born July 5, 1872 to Mr. and Mrs. Ingmor Shaw of Bergen, Norway. He was one of a family of eight children. Mr. Shaw migrated to this country at the age of 20 in the year 1892, coming first to Illinois where he spent three years.\n\nFrom there he moved direct to Emmet county, and has spent the rest of his life in and about this community. He was united in marriage with Anna Sunde on Jan. 2, 1902, and this marriage was blessed with five children, four boys and one girl. Three of these children died in infancy, and the son, Elmer of Fort Dodge, and the daughter, Luella, of Minneapolis, are now surviving. Mr. Shaw has labored in this community for many years as a carpenter, together with his brother, Carl.\n\nHe has been a member of the Estherville Lutheran church for 48 years, superintendent of the Sunday school several years and also very active as a member of the Hauge Lutheran Innermission Federation. Mr. Shaw was always very robust in health and seldom ill, but three years he suffered a heart attack and has been intermittently confined to his home until the time of his death which came rather abruptly on Sept. 16 at 10:10 a.m. Memorial gifts of $157 were made by relatives.\n\nBesides his wife and children, Mr. Shaw is survived by two grand children, Marilyn and Robert Shaw, two sisters and one brother in Norway and his brother Carl in Estherville and his brother, Ole, in New York.\n\nFuneral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Shaw home, and at 2:30 p.m. in the Estherville Lutheran church with the Rev. C. M. Hanson officiating. Pallbearers were Andrew Walen, Martin Berge, Andros Hansen, Victor Ingval, John Twedt and John Stanerson. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, September 23,1948)"}
-{"text": "PVP Update (Changed to Optional)\n\nQuick Update: After a year of internal debate and listening to feedback, we have decided not to \"police\" the Internet in regards to our service. So we have decided not to bother trying to block malicious users from misusing our service, as it is an uphill battle and angered many legitimate users anyway.\n\nSince we are no longer going to fight the malicious use battle, we have less reason to enforce PVP and have decided, as of today, to no longer enforce PVP for Free users. It is now optional for all users. Due to abuse, we were also forced to do away with the free \"inside pages\" and \"unlimited bandwidth\" on PVP. So there is really no reason to use it any longer.\n\nThe only caveat is that the other issue that pushed us to PVP was abuses of our system by webmasters signing up for multiple accounts. So the new \"Free\" (non PVP) account will have a reduced bandwidth, going from 5Gb down to 1Gb. That should be enough for most of the free users, based on our metrics, and an upgrade to Basic or PLUS will bump back up to the 5Gb.\n\nDoes this mean that I can remove the use of \"stw_pagepix\" for non-Basic/PLUS accounts and use the standard \"http://images.shrinktheweb.com/xino.php?\" method to get the thumbnail for local caching for all STW users?\n\nFor Basic/PLUS accounts, there was never any requirement for the pagepix.js code. So I'm a bit confused by the question there.\n\nHowever, you may offer a completely free version that uses the xino.php (like it used to be), and that means that caching locally will also be supported. There are no code changes or differences between Free, Basic, or PLUS. Only the limits differ between the versions.\n\nIt no longer matters for me, I just went and captured a frontpage of all the sites I prefer to link to and placed them on my site with the link. I found the cost of this service to be somewhat outrageous and considering that I don't have a \"shopping\" site, I wouldn't have minded perhaps a yearly fee, but not a per month fee. So I took it upon myself to just create a thumbnail from the captures and place them along with my links script.\n\nYeah, if you have a small set of listings that do not change often, then our service is not for you. It \"may\" make sense now just to keep them updated automatically, but no need to pay a fee, when the free service works for most low volume users."}
-{"text": "DevExpress Mail Demo (deprecated)\n\nCheck out this demo which shows you how to use our current ASP.NET controls in an ASP.NET MVC environment.\n\nDisclaimer: These are NOT ASP.NET MVC controls. Rather, they demonstrate how to use and leverage the current DevExpress WebForms ASP.NET controls in an ASP.NET MVC based website (more on this below). The good news is that we\u2019re working on a native ASP.NET MVC control: MVCxGrid.\n\nThis demo is intended to show you how many of our current WebForms controls, which have a ton of functionality, can be used within ASP.NET MVC. Using the current controls means your previous investment still pays off, both in terms of the rich ClientSide-API, feature set, and your general understanding of the current controls.\n\nHere\u2019s a screenshot of the mail demo website that\u2019s using the ASPxGridView (and several other DevExpress ASP.NET controls):\n\nASP.NET MVC Mail Demo\n\nThe ASP.NET team has created a slick demo application that shows how to use our current ASP.NET controls in an ASP.NET MVC environment.\n\nThe MVC Mail demo is an online mail application similar in basic features to gmail.com or mail.com. So have fun playing around with it. And don\u2019t worry about breaking the database because there isn\u2019t one. Instead, this demo uses session state to persist the tiny amount of data. This allows you to tweak and bend the demo without us having to reset some database.\n\nSo go ahead and \u2026\n\nCompose new emails\n\nSave email drafts\n\nDelete emails\n\nMove emails\n\nBrowse folders\n\nMark emails as read/unread\n\nAdd contacts to Address book\n\nDelete contacts\n\nCheck for new mail\n\nAnd as you\u2019re doing all these activities, check out the DevExpress controls used in the demo. For example, in the Inbox folder (or the Mail/List view), check out the ASPxGridView\u2019s features. Try sorting, column moving, or filtering. These features work seamlessly in ASP.NET MVC.\n\nThe MVC Mail demo uses a ton of the DevExpress ASP.NET controls. Here\u2019s a full list:\n\nGrid View (ASPxGridView)\n\nCombo Box (ASPxComboBox)\n\nHtml Editor (ASPxHtmlEditor)\n\nMenu (ASPxMenu)\n\nNavigation bar (ASPxNavBar)\n\nPage control (ASPxPageControl)\n\nText box (ASPxTextBox)\n\nMemo (ASPxMemo)\n\nLabel (ASPxLabel)\n\nHyperLink (ASPxHyperLink)\n\nPopup control (ASPxPopupControl)\n\nButton (ASPxButton)\n\nUpload control (ASPxUploadControl)\n\nWebForms In ASP.NET MVC\n\nBecause these are WebForms controls used in an ASP.NET MVC environment, there are some drawbacks. For example, it\u2019s necessary to use the <form runat=server> which generates a little ViewState.\n\nIn the mail demo\u2019s source code (web.config), you\u2019ll see that the Pages->ViewState is set to false. However, in any ASP.NET page the Form element with server tag will generate a hidden field with a small amount of ViewState. And our WebForm controls require a server form even if our ASP.NET control\u2019s ViewState is disabled.\n\nTest Drive\n\nWant to download this entire demo and test it in your development environment? Here\u2019s what you do:\n\nThen, grab either the C# or VB.NET versions of the code at the bottom of the knowledgebase article.\n\nLoad the solution in your Visual Studio and have fun!\n\nSkill Level\n\nASP.NET MVC is a new framework for ASP.NET projects which has some benefits (testing, separation of concerns). If you\u2019ve never played with ASP.NET MVC before then I\u2019d recommend checking out the introductory videos at http://asp.net/mvc/learn/. I encourage developers at all levels to download and try our mail demo project in your local machines.\n\nIf you\u2019re not interested in ASP.NET MVC then rest assured that the DevExpress ASP.NET controls will still work in your WebForms projects.\n\nFree\n\nThe ASP.NET MVC mail demo source code is completely free. You\u2019ll need the DevExpress ASP.NET controls installed in your Visual Studio instance. And you can get a free copy of the fully-functioning trial here:\n\nI look forward to seeing what kind of websites you create in ASP.NET MVC. So be sure to post any links and images of your ASP.NET MVC websites that use the DevExpress ASP.NET controls.\n\nSo what are you waiting for? Download the sample code and have fun.\n\nDXperience is the .NET developer's secret weapon. Get full access to a complete suite of professional components that let you instantly drop in new features, designer styles and fast performance for your applications. Try a fully-functional version of DXperience for free now: http://www.devexpress.com%\n\nWe're looking at using the DevEx components, as they (hopefully) give us a certain level of consistency between desktop apps and webapps.\n\nOur current web development efforts are centred around ASP.NET MVC, so we really wanted to check out how things work in that arena, and were pleased when we discovered this example code.\n\nOur pleasure was, however, short-lived - it turns out that the example code uses V9.2 of the components, but the evaluation version of the components is at V9.1 (And this is missing some of the classes required by the example)\n\nI'm about to embark on some experiments, based upon looking at the example source code, but an evaluation version of the V9.2 components would be much nicer.\n\nAny chance of an updated evaluation package?\n\nRegards,\n\nBob\n\n13 August, 2009\n\nThe ASP.NET Capsule #22: Official Support for ASP.NET MVC by DevExpress | rapid-DEV.net\n\nPingback from The ASP.NET Capsule #22: Official Support for ASP.NET MVC by DevExpress | rapid-DEV.net\n\n13 August, 2009\n\nMehul Harry (DevExpress)\n\nHi Bob,\n\nThe 2009v2 trial will be out soon, probably within a couple of weeks.\n\n13 August, 2009\n\nBob Armour\n\nMehul,\n\nGood news about the imminent V9.2 trial - will wait for it to be released\n\n17 August, 2009\n\nMindy\n\nI am having this error while trying to load the application. Not sure how to fix it.\n\nCould not load file or assembly 'DevExpress.Web.v9.2, Version=9.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)\n\nI faced with the same problem which Mindy described above (Could not load file or assembly 'DevExpress.Web.v9.2, Version=9.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)). The reason of this problem is in assembly version. If you download latest version of DevExpress components (9.2.4.0) you have to change current version which is used in ASP.NET MVC: DevExpress Mail Demo and equals to 9.2.0.0 to new version equals to 9.2.4.0 in all assembly references to DevExpress (web.config and etc.)\n\n15 September, 2009\n\nMehul Harry (DevExpress)\n\nHi Vitali and Mindy,\n\nPlease make sure you have the latest version of our controls installed:\n\nVitali is absolutely correct. I already had latest version of the library installed, but the demo just refused to run. I did a GLOBAL Find/Replace and changed 9.2.0.0 to 9.2.6.0. Works perfectly. Thanks Vitali!\n\n18 October, 2009\n\nbehnam\n\nhi\n\nnice articel but i have a question : what points shoulde we consider in using asp.net control (.net or devexpress) in asp.net mvc?is there any potential problem in using asp.net control in mvc.\n\n24 November, 2009\n\nMehul Harry (DevExpress)\n\nHi Behnam,\n\nThere are no issues in using the control with MVC. However, if you have any trouble then please feel to contact our support and they'll help you find a solution:"}
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-{"text": "Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind: 35th Anniversa\n\nJoin Fathom Events and GKIDS to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind when it returns to theaters as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2019.\n\nCelebrating its 35th anniversary, Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award\u00ae-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.\n\nA thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausica\u00e4, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature. Featuring the voices of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos and Shia LaBeouf.\n\nJoin Fathom Events and GKIDS to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind when it returns to theaters as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2019.\n\nCelebrating its 35th anniversary, Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award\u00ae-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.\n\nA thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausica\u00e4, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature. Featuring the voices of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos and Shia LaBeouf.\n\nNausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind: 35th Anniversa\n\nJoin Fathom Events and GKIDS to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind when it returns to theaters as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2019.\n\nCelebrating its 35th anniversary, Nausica\u00e4 of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award\u00ae-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.\n\nA thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausica\u00e4, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature. Featuring the voices of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos and Shia LaBeouf."}
-{"text": "Nuclear power losing\nmore ground to renewables\n\nAs we have been forecasting, centralized nuclear power plants are fast becoming relics of history, left behind by the combination of ever-cheaper renewable energy and in-house storage batteries.\n\nNow, according to the US Energy Information Administration, renewable sources of energy accounted for as much electricity generation as nuclear power plants during the first five months of 2017. Both made about 20 percent of the nation\u2019s electricity supply.\n\nThis item is available in full to subscribers. Please log in or subscribe to continue reading."}
-{"text": "EMILY GETS BLUNT\n\nStaff WriterJanuary 29, 2019\n\nIf Emily Blunt could give advice to her younger self just getting a SAG card, she would tell her younger version to not watch too many movies.\n\n\u201cThe main thing I\u2019ve learned over the years is you have to be open,\u201d said Blunt while speaking to reporters backstage after winning best female supporting actor for her role in \u201cA Quiet Place.\u201d \u2033Have experiences, soak up the world. Don\u2019t watch too many movies even.\u201d\n\nBlunt said filming the birth scene was a \u201cdaunting\u201d task.\n\n\u201cI would say emotionally it was the most daunting to do the whole birth scene,\u201d she said. \u201cWe would shoot it for five days straight. I think that was probably the most daunting.\u201d\n\nBlunt said she was just as surprised to win her award as her husband John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the film.\n\n\u201cMy favorite thing about \u2018A Quiet Place\u2019 for sure to was working with John,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of people said, you\u2019re going to be divorced before it\u2019s over. They were wrong, it brought us closer.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Kenny Vaccaro, SS, Texas\n\nUniversity of Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro looks to be the complete package. Not only can he lay the wood on a receiver downfield, this true senior can cover like a cornerback.\n\nVaccaro is an All-American caliber player with above-average size and more than adequate speed. He is at his best in coverage, whether it be man or zone. Very fluid lower half and doesn't need a lot of steps to change direction or accelerate. May not be able to keep up with the best tight ends out there, but he is athletic enough to challenge them by climbing the ladder to make a play on the ball. When in zone coverage, he can get caught flat-footed when peeking at the quarterback's eyes. He is a very disciplined player though and plays with something almost like a sixth sense for feeling what the offense is trying to do.\n\nGreat hands, really goes after the ball when in coverage. Near-receiver like skills in his ability to quickly turn, locate the ball, and come down with the turnover. Not a consistently reliable tackler. Looks to make the big, jarring hit rather than wrap up at times. Vaccaro is very willing in run support and should transition nicely when he learns to avoid some of his collision tackles.\n\nVaccaro is currently ranked by many as the top safety prospect in the 2013 NFL Draft. He projects as a Top 20 pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.\n\nVaccaro seems to make the tackle no matter where he is on the field. Likes to make the big hit. Good speed and coverage ability. A little more body mass will help at the next level. Tampa seems like a great fit as Barber gets older."}
-{"text": "Some widgets have options that are only available when you get a premium membership.\n\nWe've split the page into zones!\n\nCertain widgets can only be added to certain zones.\n\n\"Why,\" you ask? Because we want profile pages to have freedom of customization, but also to have some consistency. This way, when anyone visits a deviant, they know they can always find the art in the top left, and personal info in the top right.\n\nPrints\n\nCommissions\n\nFantasy, SciFI, and Superhero Commissions\n\nFantasy, science fiction and superhero commissions for 2000 points. I work in 3D and mixed Media. I also do book covers and such but off line for a different rate.See my Gallery for Commissions I have done in the past - my goal is make sure you are perfectly happy with the commission you purchase.\n\nMonolith, in the Champion City Universe, is the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants. He, like so many other leaders of Mutant-kind, saw mutants as the next evolutionary step for mankind. And from his research, and knowledge, he knew it to be true.\n\nThis scene does not depict his super strength, but him on his Moonbase with his companion Black Wind monitoring events.\n\nHoward Rock was born in Detroit, Michigan.He was the eighth child of Christina Rock.Howard never knew his father, his mother never told him who the man was.His mother had two other children after him, before she died of an overdose.\n\nHoward at the age of three was sent to an orphanage where he and his brothers and sisters lived for many years.It was difficult to foster the entire family of ten children, and coupled them being black few families would take them.Howard remembers every interview he sat through, and wishes he did not.\n\nAt the age of five, Howard\u2019s most powerful mutant ability matured, his brain.He became ravenous for books, and information.The social workers at the orphanage gave him book after book in the library to read.They were astonished that he could read at such and early age, and more so that when quizzed on the reading he would give back accurate answers. They knew he was special.Maggie Thomas, one of the social workers, realized that the boy was probably a mutant.\n\nMaggie, after the boy managed to exhaust the schools library in little over a year, brought him armloads of books from the city library.She wanted him to make the most of his gift.She too was a mutant, but could only feel the surface feelings of what people felt.When Howard read, she could feel the glee that filed his mind.\n\nThorough the efforts of Maggie and her co-workers, they managed to have to boy tested for his IQ.After the testing was done, the boy was off the charts.He could not be tested.The best estimate of his IQ was about 230, but his exact memory altered the results.They continued to test the boy, and determined the boy was super intelligent, and was able to apply the information he learned.\n\nHoward was given more tests over the next two years and by the age of seven; he was graduating High School and being placed in college level courses.The social workers feared he would not learn to socialize with others if he continued without growing up with his peers.Maggie offered to be the boy\u2019s foster parent for the time he was in school, and to keep his brothers and sisters together.\n\nWithin the next four years, Howard Rock had earned his Masters Degree in Biochemistry.He remained in school, receiving his degrees in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and genetics.At the age of 16, he finished school and began working for John Hopkins University as a researcher on the Mutant genetic code.\n\nWith the new position, he purchased a new home for his family.He also began paying for his elder brothers and sisters schooling.He did not want any of them to attend public schools.He knew private schools provided a better atmosphere for learning.\n\nAfter a year at John Hopkins, he managed to isolate the genetic code for mutation in humans.From his studies, he felt that the change was caused by environmental needs, and the people who had the gene were the next generation of man.Hence, these people were superior to normal humans.He began to develop the ideas that Homo-Superior should rule the world and protect man as it developed into its next stages.\n\nHoward left John Hopkins in 1984 to begin his own corporation based off his research in aeronautics, and weapon research.He opened Black Tower Enterprises with a few weapon designs and government contracts.\n\nBy 1990, he was one of the richest men in the world.His super intellect had earned him a Nobel Prize, and numerous accolades from his peers.On the night, he received the Nobel Prize; an assassin shot him.The bullet had missed his heart by inches, and he was taken to the emergency room. He survived, but from the stress, his second mutant power activated which was his ability to control matter\u2019s density.The bed he laid on collapsed, and he fell though five floors before he finally stopped his fall.To his surprise, he was not hurt from the fall, and he found the wound was healed from the gunshot.He left the hospital on the day this power activated.\n\nWithin six months of the accident, a super villain calling himself Monolith appeared.Howard Rock had been changed by the attack.The gunshot was the push he had needed to take over the world.\n\nMonolith\u2019s powers are his super intelligence, his ability to invent, and his science skills.He can make and build almost anything needed in his conquest to take over the earth.He also has the power to control density.He has the ability to increase his mass to weigh over six tons, and increase his muscle density giving his strength of 90.He can jump great distances with his powerful legs, and can generate a force field that deflects most attacks. He has learned to do strength feats like digging tunnels, hitting the ground with a super blow, and super punches.\n\nWanted to do an image with Zachery King and Jessica Goode in their normal day at work. Jessica is normally in peril and Zach saves her. Because of Zach's nature, there is almost always a supernatural element to his stories and life. Just a fun fake pulp magazine cover.\n\nGatecrasher, for the Millennium storyline, was more of a street villain. She had super strength, nearly invulnerable, and a couple of extra tricks up her sleeve. She was the leader and commander of her small band of bikers. Practicing extortion, selling various street drugs, and solving personnel issues for other street gangs, she was a small villain in a large world. She lacked the ambition to become a Super Villain, and preferred to stay on the streets free to do as she wished. Others had their own plans for her small group of Bikers. The Black Dragon Clan wanted the group on their payroll permanently. If they didn't join, they would be eliminated. Gatecrasher, never one to conform, told them where to stick their swords.\n\nMy current rates for commissions. I've been doing work more on the professional side. I can't call myself an amateur anymore. My latest client will be posting his book on Amazon, and across the book verse within the week. Once I get the all is clear, I can post the book cover. 1/3 Page Black & White illustration $351/3 Page Color illustration $401/2 Page Black & White illustration $701/2 Page Color illustration $80\n\nCover Artwork $120 - $200 depends on the amount of time and revisions needed to complete."}
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-{"text": "It's no secret that I love jspm. I think it does everything right. I think Webpack requires far too much configuration. jspm is also much more standards-oriented, so I expect the patterns I learn and develop to last much longer, which is something I sorely need in JavaScript development.\n\nHowever, testing it is difficult bordering on silly. I just spent three days trying to get tests to work, and the solution I have for you isn't perfect. It requires a harness file, and locking yourself into Babel 5 (for now). I tried severaldifferentguides, each getting me close-but-not-quite-there.\n\nLet's get to it.\n\nSetting up dependencies\n\nYou will need the following installed by npm, not jspm, since our harness file is run by node.\n\nThis will find all of my tests (I like to colocate them with my source files, you may prefer a tests directory), load them into mocha, and start the testing process.\n\nFor anything to work correctly though, you probably need to tinker with SystemJS to mock modules or remove any bundles you have configured. I have to mock out modules with browser dependencies, like axios.\n\nThis will remove the existing module and replace it with a completely empty one. You might opt to load up Sinon and replace the module with a spy here.\n\nYou can also remove any bundles you have with this line. I have to do this because my bundles and source code are stored differently than they are hosted, and SystemJS operates on the filesystem when run by node.\n\nSystem.bundles = {}\n\nSave this file somewhere, and setup a test script to call it in your package.json\n\n\"scripts\": {\n\"test\": \"node tests/harness.js\"\n}\n\nWriting a test\n\nWriting a test will still require you to load the module with SystemJS, unfortunately. You can't just import it in like normal. Babel will transform imports into require calls, and fail to find them since it will look in node_modules instead of jspm_packages."}
-{"text": "The Leff Art Studio is a new art studio for a couple on the same property of their existing residence. The studio is nestled into a tree line at the edge of the property. The building is made up of two intersecting volumes; one is a steel frame with a translucent polycarbonate curtain wall and one is a wood frame with cedar siding and punched windows. The first volume houses a collage studio for Him and the second houses a ceramic studio for Her.\n\nThe site, a developed residential lot, called for the accessory structure to be located within a cluster of mature trees. In pursuit of not damaging any existing trees, the building shape was bent to fit between the trees. Furthermore, the foundation was designed to reduce disturbance to existing root systems. The slab floor was designed to be elevated on a steel frame which rests on 14 concrete piers. The steel frame was designed such that when the piers were hand dug, should a large root be encountered, the pier could be relocated up to 3 feet away from their designed location and the root left intact. All trenching for utilities was also hand dug, large roots were left in place and any required conduits were threaded underneath. All nearby trees have survived.\n\nThe two intersecting volumes are each composed of distinctive skins which reflect the two different working environments. The polycarbonate system creates a private and introverted space filled with diffused natural light while projecting and obscuring colors and shadows from the surrounding environment onto the interior walls. The more typical wood framed volume introduces a series of punctures, framing views of the yard and the house, creating a more direct visual connection with the surroundings. From the main house, the studio can be seen from the entertaining areas and at night the translucent volume offers an option of either glowing or of providing a light show directed by a spinning disco ball and a color changing spot light."}
-{"text": "We present a design approach that converts Petri net models into their equivalent fuzzy sets for the design of discrete event controllers. The Petri Net model of a discrete event controller is captured and modeled using DesignCPN software. DesignCPN [1] used ColouredPetri Nets (CPN) [2] in model representation. Fuzzy sets generated in our conversion process are compatible with Xfuzzy software, which is fuzzy logic software for controllers design. Xfuzzy [3] uses a language called XFL to define fuzzy systems. Different algorithms of conversion have been implemented together with some parsers that are useful in our conversion process. The central issue of this work is to implement discrete event controllers using crisp membership functions by developing a software modulke that links DesignCPN and Xfuzzy.....read more"}
-{"text": "August 2019\n\nWe are pleased to announce the final details of the speakers for our Annual Mental Health Conference this year including a Keynote speech from Claire Murdoch. Please see the full itinerary below.\nDate: Thursday 10 October 2019\nTime: 9.30am \u2013 3.45pm\nCost: \u00a3120\u2026"}
-{"text": "Whistler names script competish winners\n\n'Butterfly Tale,' 'Blush,' 'Eddie Zhao Story' take kudos, coin\n\nThe Whistler Film Festival announced Friday the winners of its inaugural China Canada Gateway Film Script Competition, which saw 13 writer-producer teams pitch their co-pro projects to top Chinese production execs with CAN$15 million ($15.1 million) in development cash up for grabs.\n\nAnd Bejing Hairun Pictures\u2019 Victoria Hon went for \u201cThe Eddie Zhao Story,\u201d another B.C. project, which is based on a true story, written by Guy Bennett and produced by Raymond Massey.\n\nWhile there has been steady collaboration between Canadian and Chinese producers over the years, Telefilm Canada shows only six pics (four features and two docus, including recent Golden Horse winner \u201cChina Heavyweight\u201d) have been made through the official co-production treaty signed between the two countries in 1987.\n\nThat track record looks set to improve. The three winning Gateway teams are meeting with their respective Chinese co-producers before the fest wraps to kickstart discussion on the framework for the three-year development process for each project.\n\nWhistler will launch the second edition of the competish in spring 2013.\n\nIn a statement, Whistler director of development Jane Milner called the competish a huge success. \u201cCompetitors and observers gained valuable insight into the types of stories that will succeed in China,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd our international experts also weighed in with feedback from a North American market perspective.\u201d"}
-{"text": "The Avant Aurora frame and bell cranks are the same as the picture there Ben but those servo horns are pretty wicked.\n\nI literally never use the word literally right.\n\nNow I know what you are talking about. My velocity came with bell crank fixing pins that way, but I had to make up the rods. I would like to see all manufactures jump on the band wagon on movable servo arms so you don't have to mess with the sub trim to get the arm straight.\n\nMetal servo output pinions wouldn't make any difference since the part that goes on the servo is splined just like any servo horn.\n\nI literally never use the word literally right.\n\nRichard,\n\nThe included adapters are EXTREMELY reliable. The only time they might shift is if you crash really hard. The circumpherential pinching of the arm (kinda like a split mainshaft collar) grabs the spline adapter like a vise.\n\nThose who have seen Nick thrash a model.......they hold :).\n\nBen Minor\n\nPeak Aircraft/Team Minicopter Team Futaba Team Kontronik USA\n\nThis is a good thread. I have only limited experience with the bell crank. Fusion 50 and TT 720E. I felt that the 720 used the push pull to increase leverage and speed. I tried a few FBL units and servos and the heli always fliped and roled fast. Does it not depend on the size of the two wheels, where direct to swash is direct?\n\nI literally never use the word literally right.\n\nIt is my suspicion and Ben could ask that the eCCPM s/w whether in the FLB unit or the TX is set up for exactly 90 degrees of servo total travel (cosine lookup tables or some such). Using less effects your resolution and using more probably ? results in interaction or swash wobble. Subtrim is only a problem if you run out of travel on any of your 3 swash servos. You can move your sticks around at the extremes and see if this is happening.\n\nSquishing or cracking a plastic servo spline is probably not a good thing.\n\nThe RC discussion world needs to consolidate. RR is now one choice for that.\nIts software is cutting edge. It hosts on-topic advertising.\nHelp RR increase traffic buy making suggestions, posting in RR's new areas (sites) and by spreading the word."}
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-{"text": "What this is about: The spike in numbers is partly due to a broader definition of what constitutes a confirmed case, to include people diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms rather than testing positive.\n\nA match between Australia and Kenya is played during the Rugby Sevens in Hong Kong in April 2019. Credit: Ivan Shum/Clicks Images/Getty Images\n\nWorld Rugby announced on Thursday that both the Hong Kong and Singapore legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 have been rescheduled due to, \u201ccontinued health concerns relating to the novel coronavirus outbreak.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe health and safety of our players, fans and everyone working on the event is always our highest priority,\" World Rugby\u2019s statement said.\n\n\"This prudent decision has been taken in order to protect the global rugby community and the wider public and was taken based on the World Health Organisation and relevant public authority travel and health guidelines,\u201d it continued.\n\nThe Hong Kong Sevens had been due to take place from April 4-5 with the Singapore Sevens originally set for April 11-12.\n\nBoth events have been rescheduled to take place later in the year.\n\nThe Singapore Sevens is now set for October 10-11 and the Hong Kong Sevens October 16-18.\n\nHong Kong confirms 51st case of coronavirus\n\nPassengers line up to board a bus from Tuen Mun in Hong Kong to Shenzhen on February 6. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images\n\nHong Kong now has 51 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, according to the city's health department.\n\nThe latest patient is a 43-year-old man who lives in the northern Tuen Mun district, in the New Territories, Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Center for Health Protection, said at a news conference on Thursday.\n\nChuang said the man had eaten at a group dinner together with 12 other people, one of whom was the city's 47th confirmed case.\n\nHe had developed a cough on January 29 and then diarrhea two days later. According to Chuang, the man had visited a doctor three times -- on January 31, February 5 and February 8 -- before being admitted to Tuen Mun hospital on February 10.\n\nHealth authorities are examining 10 of the man's colleagues and three clients.\n\n4:40 a.m. ET, February 13, 2020\n\nAustralia extends ban on foreign travelers who've been to China within past 14 days\n\nFrom Chermaine Lee in Hong Kong\n\nPassengers of a China Southern Airlines flight arrive at Perth International Airport in Australia on February 2 Paul Kane/Getty Images\n\nAustralia's ban on foreign nationals traveling from mainland China to Australia has been extended for another week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at a news conference on Thursday.\n\nThe initial 14-day ban, introduced on February 1, was set to end on Saturday. Morrison said that the ban will be reviewed \u201con a weekly basis.\u201d\n\nAccording to a statement on the Australian Border Force's website, \"all foreign nationals who were in mainland China on or after 1 February will not be allowed to enter Australia, until 14 days after they have left, or transited through, mainland China.\"\n\nExceptions include Australian citizens, permanent residents, and immediate family members of Australian citizens and permanent residents.\n\n3:41 a.m. ET, February 13, 2020\n\nIf you're just joining us, here's the latest on the coronavirus outbreak\n\nA boy is covered in a plastic bag amid the coronavirus outbreak as he arrives from a train at Beijing Station on February 12, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images\n\nThe Chinese province at the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak reported a record spike in deaths Thursday, bringing the total number to more than 1,300 infections globally.\n\nHubei announced an additional 242 deaths and 14,840 cases of the virus as of Thursday morning, the largest single-day rise since the epidemic began and almost 10 times the number of cases confirmed the previous day.\n\nWidening definition: Chinese officials have broadened their definition of what constitutes a confirmed case of the coronavirus. The tweak has led to a jump in cases in China but the World Health Organization (WHO) says it's \"normal during the course of an outbreak to adapt the case definition.\"\n\nCruise ship crisis: The Westerdam cruise ship that was turned away from four different ports has been allowed to dock in Cambodia's Sihanoukville. Passengers will be able to disembark and transfer via charter flights to Phnom Penh for forward travel home. Meanwhile, 44 people tested positive for the coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan's Yokohama. This bring the total number of cases on the ship to 219, including one Japanese quarantine officer -- the largest outbreak of the virus outside of mainland China.\n\nMore lockdowns: Vietnam has put an entire commune on lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus after reporting the country's 16th confirmed case.\n\nFaulty test kits: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said some of the coronavirus test kits shipped to labs across the US are not working as they should, and the agency is remanufacturing a reagent used in the kits.\n\nHeads roll in China: The Communist Party hasembarked on a major shakeup of provincial leadership in China. The Communist Party chiefs of both Wuhan and Hubei province are being replaced as the country grapples with the outbreak.\n\nShanghai Fashion Week postponed: More events are being cancelled or postponed due to the virus. Set to take place from March 26 to April 2, Shanghai Fashion Week, will now be postponed.\n\n2020 Tokyo Olympics: Still on the agenda, however, is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Officials are adamant the Games will go ahead this summer.\n\n3:21 a.m. ET, February 13, 2020\n\nHere's the latest on the two cruise ships\n\nAs countries continue to take strict emergency measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, thousands of people are stranded at sea on cruise ships with nowhere to dock.\n\nTwo ships are affected in Asia, but they are in very different situations.\n\nThe Diamond Princess has been quarantined in Japan's Yokohama since February 4, with the number of coronavirus cases onboard increasing daily.\n\nThe Westerdam was refused port by authorities in four countries -- despite having no coronavirus cases -- before Cambodia finally allowed the ship to dock and agreed to let its passengers disembark.\n\nHere's the latest on the two ships:\n\nThe Westerdam cruise ship approaches port in Sihanoukville, on Cambodia's southern coast where the liner had received permission to dock. TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images\n\nThe Diamond Princess cruise ship at Daikoku Pier, Yokohama where it is being resupplied and newly diagnosed coronavirus cases taken for treatment as it remains in quarantine. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images\n\nThe Diamond Princess:\n\nOperated by Princess Cruises, the Diamond Princess has 2,666 guests and 1,045 crew.\n\nIt has been docked in Japan's Yokohama port since February 4 after dozens of people became infected with the virus.\n\nSo far at least 219 people (including five crew members) have tested positive for the coronavirus onboard after 44 more people were confirmed on Thursday.\n\nIt's the largest outbreak outside of mainland China.\n\nThose who have tested positive are taken off the ship to hospitals, but passengers onboard must stay in a 14-day quarantine.\n\nThe quarantine is expected to end on February 19.\n\nPassengers are confined to their rooms and allowed on deck for a limited time.\n\nCrew members continue to work and one worker told CNN she fears the crew are at greater risk of being exposed to the outbreak because they are not being quarantined in the same way as the passengers.\n\nCaptain Stefano Ravera said everyone over the age of 80 has now been tested for the novel coronavirus.\n\nSome passengers will be allowed to disembark the ship early, including those aged 80 years or over with a chronic medical condition, those 80 years or over staying in an inside cabin (with no balcony), and those under 80 who have been given a test for any other reason.\n\nPassengers who do disembark early will have to remain in government housing facilities until February 19.\n\n2:44 a.m. ET, February 13, 2020\n\nVietnam locks down entire community as 16th coronavirus case confirmed\n\nFrom Chermaine Lee in Hong Kong\n\nPolice wearing face masks allow an ambulance to pass through a checkpoint at the Son Loi commune in Vinh Phuc province on February 13, 2020. Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images\n\nVietnam has placed an entire community on lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus after reporting the country's 16th confirmed case, according to a government news report.\n\nThe 50-year-old male patient is the father of a previously confirmed case at the Son Loi commune in Vinh Phuc province, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of the capital Hanoi.\n\nThis is the first lockdown of a town outside of mainland China since the start of the outbreak, and some 10,000 people are affected, according to Agence France-Presse.\n\nLocal authorities locked down the area around the commune in Binh Xuyen district, and residents will be quarantined for the next 20 days starting from today, the report said.\n\n2:09 a.m. ET, February 13, 2020\n\nHere's what it's like to fly from Europe to Beijing amid the coronavirus outbreak\n\nFrom CNN's Justin Robertson\n\nCNN photojournalist Justin Robertson documented his flight from Frankfurt to Beijing on Tuesday, as airlines ramp up safety measures over the coronavirus.\n\nIn the video, he says everyone is wearing a mask on the Air China flight, and there are pre-recorded announcements warning people of the dangers of the virus.\n\n\u201cIt's astonishing, I\u2019ve never seen anything like it,\" he says.\n\nCome mealtime, all food is served in disposable, one-time use packaging for hygiene reasons, he says.\n\n2:06 a.m. ET, February 13, 2020\n\nSome coronavirus test kits shipped to US states are not working as expected, CDC says\n\nFrom CNN's Faith Karimi and Jen Christensen\n\nSome of the coronavirus test kits shipped to labs across the US are not working as they should, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.\n\nAs a result, the CDC is remaking parts of the test kits after some produced inconclusive test results.\n\nThe kits were sent to the states to speed up the testing process, the CDC's Nancy Messonnier told reporters Wednesday. The states found out the flaw during the verification process. For quality control, when states get any test kit, they first verify that it works.\n\nSome states notified the CDC that they were unable to validate the test, and the agency is remanufacturing a reagent used in the test that's not performing consistently.\n\nThe WHO is providing medical supplies to North Korea, which is yet to report a coronavirus case\n\nFrom CNN\u2019s Yoonjung Seo in Seoul\n\nThe World Health Organization\u2019s representative to North Korea said that there has been no cases of the novel coronavirus reported by the North Korean health ministry, in a written statement to CNN on Wednesday.\n\nEdwin Ceniza Salvador said the WHO is working with all member states \u2013 including North Korea \u2013 to respond to the virus. North Korea, \u201clike other countries, is taking measures to protect health of its people,\u201d Salvador said.\n\nThe WHO is providing laboratory reagents and personal protective equipment such as goggles, gloves, masks, and gowns to the country at the request of the North Korean Ministry of Public Health, the statement added.\n\nOutbreak prevention: Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, North Korea has been reporting almost daily on the regime's efforts to prevent the infection.\n\nNorth Korean state-run news service, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported on Wednesday that North Korea was extending its coronavirus quarantine period from 15 days to 30 days.\n\nNearly every country and territory in East Asia has confirmed cases of novel coronavirus. So why hasn't North Korea?"}
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-{"text": "Last Friday night, we went to Gold Mine Tavern to see, our friend's band, Priceless Advice. It's a small bar in downtown Henderson, we've been once before for a Dirty Heads after party. Back then, the venue didn't have outdoor space. The patio was such a pleasant surprise. It an open air, cozy space with tables, couches and heaters. It's also where bands and comedians perform. Priceless Advice put on a Nirvana Tribute show featuring music from In Utero. They got a late start, but they sounded great and it was a good time. The bar had some good choices on tap, which is always a bonus - Sculpin IPA flowed all night. &nbspI love these small bars that host local bands."}
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-{"text": "The next time you\u2019re disputing a 900 number call to a sex hotline and the CSR tells you nobody else could have made that call, remind them of this story. Over the past 10 months, a Verizon technician made 5,000 calls to sex chat hotlines, totaling 45,000 minutes of dirty talk at a cost of $220,000. He placed the calls from over 950 tapped residential and commercial accounts throughout Bergen county in New Jersey. He has since resigned, and been charged with theft by deception and theft of services."}
-{"text": "I used to have a Ricoh GX200 with EVF, it was a great help in difficult light but I wish it had been fixed - never, ever, needed it to tilt but it was always tilting when I didn't want it to :-( So ..."}
-{"text": "Expert\n\nExpert shops needed 1 master layout for every 85 local shops they have in Denmark. The site should feature the local news, staff, products and information.\n\nThe Job\n\nAn well planned UX/UI was sketched out and prototyped countless times. The result was a high conversion rate with great UX. The layout from start was planned for Responsive layout and follows the rules of 960grid\n\nPanel 0\n\nPanel 1\n\nPanel 2\n\nPanel 3\n\nPanel 4\n\nPanel 5\n\nSimilar Projects\n\nRoyalBeer.tv is Denmark\u2019s online portal for rock music. If you are one of the young and upcoming, you can also participate in their great competitions and win wild prizes that can give you a push against the established rock scene.\n\nApplied Health is an innovative iniative to secure the further development and production of health care related apps that can help and improve the delivery of mobile services to patients such as disease and treatment related information and remote treatment through monitoring."}
-{"text": "He listened in thrall to the song the siren,\nHer voice like a star as it flew through the air.He drowned in her eyes as she called him to follow,And likened the to the gold of her hair.\nShe swept up her arms and held him close to her,Her soft lips caressing the lines on his brow.\nhe could not resist her,a magic had trapped him,And nothing could save him now.\nShe pulled him down with her into the clear water,He gasped as death started the\ngrip on his soul.His life ebbed away as she dragged him still further,\nAnd laughed when she saw she'd accomplished her goal."}
-{"text": "Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied.\n\nOverture and Night waltz (3:48) --\nNow ; Later ; Soon (9:25) --\nThe glamorous life (3:58) --\nRemember? (2:27) --\nYou must meet my wife (3:53) --\nLiaisons (5:03) --\nIn praise of women (3:03) --\nEvery day a little death (2:26) --\nA weekend in the country (6:22) --\nThe sun won't set (1:55) --\nIt would have been wonderful (3:45) --\nPerpetual anticipation (:47) --\nSend in the clowns (3:49) --\nThe miller's son (4:29) --\nFinale (Reprise of Send in the clowns & Night waltz) (3:21)."}
-{"text": "MetroPCS Dallas Marathon, Half Marathon & Relay\n\nMore than 12,000 runners, walkers and wheelchair competitors cross the finish line each year in the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon & Half Marathon, which featured a completely redesigned course for its 2014 running, thanks to construction projects that will impact parts of previous years\u2019 courses.\n\nThe overwhelming majority of this race\u2019s finishers come in the half marathon \u2014 more than 9,800 at its last running in 2012, as the 2013 race had to be cancelled due to weather. For this year\u2019s race, participants will have 4 hours to complete their 13.1 miles.\n\nBoth the full marathon and the half share the same starting line in downtown Dallas, which moves from where it started two years ago on Main Street, near Dealey Plaza to the intersection of Young and Griffin Streets, across from Pioneer Plaza, the home of the city\u2019s famous Cattle Drive sculpture, which commemorates the cattle drives that took place along the Shawnee Trail back in the 1800s.\n\nFrom there, the course unfolds along a very gradual uphill for the first few miles, through the Baylor University Medical Center campus and the Old East Dallas neighborhood. After that, runners head northwest along Washington Avenue, Caddo Street and Lemmon Avenue, before turning right onto Turtle Creek Boulevard.\n\nAfter that, the next couple of miles keep runners alongside Turtle Creek, and once they pass the mile 5 marker the course begins another gradual uphill stretch that climbs about 160 feet over the next four miles. This section, through Dallas\u2019s ritzy Highland Park neighborhood, is where the peak elevation of the half marathon course occurs, on Longview Street between miles 7 and 8.\n\nOnce they pass the mile 8 marker, it\u2019s (almost) all downhill from there. Long Stretches along Greenville Avenue, Munger Boulevard, Columbia Avenue and Main Street are followed by the home stretch along Canton and Young Streets, back in to the finish line near Pioneer Plaza and the cattle drive.\n\nRace Weather & Climate\n\nModerately cool to mild (and sometimes cold) conditions are the norm in the Dallas metro area in the late fall/early winter season, when the weather is typically at its most pleasant time of the year for the local area.\n\nIn December, temperatures range between 39\u00b0F and 57\u00b0F, while precipitation amounts average around 2.53 inches for the month. On the day of the race (Dec. 13), the average low is 39\u00b0F and the average high is 58\u00b0F."}
-{"text": "Chicago-area Harley dealer group launches expanded reward program\n\nPublish Date:\n\nJul 10, 2013\n\nCHICAGO, Ill. - Windy City Harley-Davidson Dealer Group has rolled out Windy City Rewards, a \u2018first of its kind\u2019 loyalty and rewards program for customers and employees of all Windy City Harley-Davidson dealerships.\n\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to offer a typical \u2018run of the mill\u2019 rewards program, but a program that adds extra value for our customers,\" said dealer group owner and CEO Ozzie Giglio.\n\n\"We recognize that the uniqueness of the Harley-Davidson brand transcends riding motorcycles into a complete lifestyle embraced by our customers. Windy City Rewards is the perfect program to compliment the Harley-Davidson lifestyle,\" he continued. \"Our customers can not only redeem points for offerings at our dealerships but also from INCENTCO\u2019s national retailers including electronics, sporting goods, luxury items, home goods, travel and entertainment\u2026the choices are limitless.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis will be an historic first for the powersports industry and we are thrilled to be part of it,\u201d said Gerry Wiatrowski, co-founder of INCENTCO. \u201cOzzie is a visionary and extremely dedicated to his patrons and employees. He immediately recognized the value our platform brings by offering unlimited reward options personally tailored to an individual\u2019s lifestyle. Ozzie will also have a huge marketing advantage by offering a program that no one else has in his space. Our partnership with Windy City will truly be a win-win for all involved and we are honored and excited to be part of it.\u201d\n\nWindy City dealerships include Wild Fire Harley-Davidson in Villa Park, City Limits Harley-Davidson inPalatine, Illinois Harley-Davidson in Countryside and Fox River Harley-Davidson inSt. Charles. Windy City also has locations in Terminal 3 at Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare Airport."}
-{"text": "1. The United States faced new levels of crisis both domestically and internationally.\n\nBrinkmanship between President Trump and North Korea raised alarms of possible nuclear war. North Korea\u2019s leader, Kim Jong-un, threatened \u201can enveloping strike\u201d on Guam, and Mr. Trump, at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., on a working vacation, said the U.S. military was \u201clocked and loaded.\u201d Above, an intercontinental ballistic missile launch in North Korea.\n\n2. And the bitter ideological divisions splitting the United States exploded into violence on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., where white nationalists \u2014 some chanting phrases like \u201cJew will not replace us\u201d \u2014 had gathered to protest the city\u2019s plan to remove a statue memorializing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee.\n\nA car smashed into a crowd of counterdemonstrators, killing a 32-year-old woman and injuring at least 19 other people. A 20-year-old man was charged with murder. Other skirmishes adding to the turmoil, and a Virginia State Police helicopter monitoring the protests crashed southwest of Charlottesville, killing two troopers.\n\nIn comments from New Jersey, President Trump condemned \u201cthis egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence, on many sides, on many sides.\u201d Critics in both parties urged him to directly blame white nationalists.\n\nOn Tuesday, Alabama holds a special primary to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions upon his confirmation as attorney general. Mr. Trump has endorsed Luther Strange, but the race for the Republican nomination is tight.\n\nOne state hopes to buoy its economy by making high school more like the workplace. Educators in West Virginia say they want more help from Washington to implement one of President Trump\u2019s promises: reviving vocational education.\n\n6. Looking toward the environment, critics of Scott Pruitt, who heads the E.P.A., say he is deploying extraordinary secrecy as he rolls back regulations, closes offices and eliminates staff in his push to dismantle the agency\u2019s environmental mission. Above, a coal-fired power plant in Georgia.\n\n7. President Trump said he was preparing to declare the worsening opioid epidemic a national emergency. But his top health care official, Tom Price, played down the likelihood of an official declaration.\n\n8. The secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke, is reviewing 27 national monument designations. Some designations by previous administrations may be scaled back or eliminated, the first time such a move would be made.\n\nThe five to watch include two in Utah, including the Grand Staircase-Escalante, above, one in New Mexico, one in Maine and one in Hawaii.\n\n\u201cDiscrimination is what really binds Asian-Americans together,\u201d the reporter writes.\n\n____\n\nPhoto\n\nCredit\nZhe-Xi Luo/University of Chicago\n\n11. Let\u2019s take a trip back in time \u2014 way back. When dinosaurs ruled Earth, a team of paleontologists now believe, mammals were learning to fly.\n\nStunning fossils were discovered at a site in northeastern China, most dating back about 160 million years. Researchers were able to examine entire skeletons, some still bearing impressions of skin and hair.\n\nThe findings show that prehistoric \u201csquirrels\u201d glided through forests long before previously thought.\n\n____\n\nPhoto\n\nCredit\nKarsten Moran for The New York Times\n\n12. Finally, it\u2019s jam season. With fruit at its peak, it\u2019s natural to want to make it last as long as possible."}
-{"text": "Former James Hardie chairman\nMeredith Hellicar\nmay have learnt some leadership lessons the hard way, but she believes there are other, more scientific ways of fast-tracking wisdom.\n\nLast week Hellicar appeared with Cochlear chief executive\nChris Roberts\non a panel at the NeuroLeadership Institute Summit in Sydney, where both corporate veterans argued leaders should apply insights from neuroscience.\n\nHellicar tells The Australian Financial Review that leaders\u2019 wisdom is \u201cconsistently undervalued\" and in short supply, even though it is important to corporate success.\n\n\u201cWisdom is an attribute we see in the leaders whom we admire. Ironically, however, we recruit for knowledge and experience, train for skills and competencies, develop for judgement, strategic thinking and decision-making \u2013 and just hope for wisdom,\" she says.\n\nHellicar was embroiled in one of Australia\u2019s most bitter workplace \u00addisputes after it was revealed that a special compensation fund James Hardie had set up for employees who were \u00adsuffering asbestos-related diseases was under-funded by some $1.5 billion.\n\nIn 2007, the corporate regulator sued Hellicar and other J H directors for breaching their duties by signing off on a press release which said the compensation fund was \u201cfully funded\" to meet the compensation claims.\n\nThe saga went all the way to the High Court, spawned an ABC miniseries and concluded last year when the NSW Court of Appeal agreed that Hellicar and others breached fiduciary duties but reduced their financial penalties and the time they were disqualified from acting as directors.\n\nHellicar has been a mentor at the consulting firm Merryck & Co since 2010, specialising in helping managers use \u201cdisruptive events\" as an opportunity to change their leadership approach. She is now also a chairman of a specialist logistics company. She declines to talk about the James Hardie case but agrees painful experiences can boost leadership wisdom. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to understate the value of experience in developing wisdom,\" she says.\n\nRelated Quotes\n\nCompany Profile\n\nThe ideal combination is real-life experience and an understanding of neuroscience, she adds. She draws on research to help her mentees increase mindfulness, which \u201ccan enhance conscious awareness, self-understanding, intellectual curiosity and openness, and the ability to pull relevant focus from a confused horizon,\" she says.\n\nNeuroscience can also help leaders moderate stress responses, become more aware of others\u2019 perspectives and social drivers, and become better at dealing with uncertainty, she says.\n\nCalifornian-based neuroscience professor\nDan Radecki\n, who also spoke at the summit, says there is little neuroscience research on wisdom and how to accelerate it, but he\u2019s hoping to change that with a project he began five months ago, with the help of 15 other experts from the NeuroLeadership Institute and other organisations. His theory is that wisdom is \u201cadaptive responding to changing stimuli in complex systems. The key is resilience and being able to respond flexibly.\"\n\nLike Hellicar, he believes mindfulness training can build up brain networks that inhibit negative thought processes. He adds leaders can boost their ability to regulate their emotions by better identifying their own emotions and reframing \u201cnegative\" situations. His next step is to try his theories on real chief executives, first testing their responses to situations, then training them on skills such as mindfulness and checking to see if there is any improvement in their behaviour.\n\nRoberts says he is fascinated by what neuroscience can teach leaders, even if its is early days. He has already learned to be more aware of how thinking is affected by stress.\n\n\u201cI spend a lot of time jet-lagged and I\u2019m very, very cautious about decisions I make on the third day after travelling to Europe or the US,\" he says. \u201cWisdom is probably seen as something you gain with experience , but if you know how the brain works and how your emotions work, there are things you can do to enhance it, \" he says."}
-{"text": "Sturgeon County is a Growing Community\n\nSturgeon County is a growing community of 20,495 Sturgeon proud people including 10 hamlets, numerous multi-lot subdivisions and sprawling farmland.\n\nFive neighbouring towns are located within the region that we consider an important part of the community!\n\nThe towns are listed below the following hamlets with weblinks to their municipal websites.\n\nInteresting facts about Hamlets:Alcomdale: The community has the name of Dr. Alcombreck, the original owner of the site. Calahoo: It is named after the Michel Calihoo Reserve established in 1878 on 25,600 acres under Treaty 6.Carbondale: This community was named for the coal mines near the original town site.Cardiff: This hamlet was named after the prominent coal-mining centre of Cardiff, Wales, due to the large number of coal mines in the area. Lamoureux: One of the oldest communities in Sturgeon County and home of the historic \"Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church\". Mearns: Located west of highway 2 and south of Alcomdale.Namao: Located off highway 28, it is home to Namao Church, school and also the iconic Johnny's Store.Pine Sands: A small community located near the west border of Sturgeon County.Riviere Qui Barre: Founded in 1885 by French-speaking settlers, the name is the French translation of Keepootakawa, the Cree name of the nearby river. Villeneuve: Originally home to the Michel First Nations band government. The airport is located here and hosts the Edmonton Airshow in August.\n\nEach of the towns within Sturgeon County have their own schools, municipal services, amenities and council."}
-{"text": "Sorry\n\nWe make no apologies for this episode as we explore the hallmark of family-friendly games, Sorry. Take one step forward and four steps back. While the safety zone will protect you from being sent back to the start, it may not protect you from viruses."}
-{"text": "A Message from our Editor, Issue #19 - \"The Shift\"\n\n\"The Shift\"\n\nIt is a time of great change. Leaders in science are calling it \u201cthe shift.\u201d Leaders in healing are referring to it as the raising of the consciousness. Even politicians are talking about the readiness for our social change and our responsibility as individuals to contribute. Everyone is recognizing that the awareness and participation of each and every one of us is necessary. From a perspective of vitalism, what does that mean?\n\nIn times of great change, before the shift occurs, there is usually intense polarization. Fostering the polarization is the use of guilt and fear to maintain the old and fading modes of power. It is important we are aware of these tactics and that we do not fall prey to their influence. This means that we must not allow fear and guilt to motivate us to remain motionless and it also means that we must not resort to using these stifling emotions in our zeal to rush the change.\n\nFrom a vitalistic perspective, this shift is inevitable. It carries its own momentum and will bring a state of balance and ease. Being true to the vitalistic principle, now is a time for us to trust this process with thoughts and actions consistent with this trust. In Pathways, we have seen vitalism described as the recognition that there is a wise and conscious intelligence within us that reflects the wisdom of the universe. This wisdom is at the very core of our existence. It is the essence of who we are. In vitalism there is a respect of and trust in this wisdom, a recognition that we are all connected with this wisdom\u2026not just those who agree with us, but everyone. We have a responsibility to ourselves and to others\u2014for the \u201cgood of the whole.\u201d\n\nSometimes, in these great shifts of consciousness, when we are bombarded with emotions of fear and guilt we find ourselves losing site of the greater picture and we react with like emotions. We must remember that these reactions serve to stall the momentum of the shift we are most desirous of. The emotion of guilt is strengthened when we are dwelling on the past and the emotion of fear is fed when we are focusing on the future. Both emotions lead to judgment and judgment is counterproductive to the change that is needed.\n\nI do believe the state of being consistent with the vitalistic principle is love. It fosters respect and trust. It subsides the antagonistic, unfruitful emotions of guilt, fear, judgment. It creates balance and ease. The \u201cgolden rule\u201d tells us to love our neighbor as our self. So we attempt to love our neighbor and seem to forget that it is first necessary to love our selves! In the following speech delivered by Nelson Mandella, and written by Marianne Williamson, we can begin to remember who we are and how we can begin to love ourselves. Then and only then will we be able to transfer this love to others and therefore productively participate in this momentous and exciting shift.\n\nOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.\n\nIt is our light, not darkness that most frightens us.\n\nWe ask ourselves, \u201cwho am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,talented, and fabulous?\u201c\n\nActually \u2013 who are you not to be?\n\nYou are a child of God.\n\nYour playing small doesn\u2019t serve the world.\n\nThere is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won\u2019t feel insecure around you.\n\nWe were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.\n\nIt is not just in some of us, it is in everyone,And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.\n\nAs we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.\n\nTo all of our readers \u2014 welcome to Pathways\u2026one more step in the raising of the consciousness."}
-{"text": "I was very happy to collaborate with Emmanuelle during our Summer in Deauville as she was friendly, helpful and very efficient in organising everything from finding and renting apartments, chef and even bikes. Complete service with the smile!\nKind Regards,\nMartina"}
-{"text": "The 2012 edition of the Pangos All-America Camp wrapped up Sunday in California. After taking a few days to digest the information, here's a look back at what we learned during the weekend sessions at Long Beach (Calif.) Cabrillo.\n\nShepherd's game has blossomed\n\nFor a kid who had sat out his entire junior season, Karviar Shepherd looked pretty good playing for Urban DFW in April during the Adidas Exclusive VIP Run held in Las Vegas. Back on the West Coast for Pangos, the Arlington (Texas) Grace Prep big man looked even better. A lot better actually.\n\nCurrently ranked No. 44 in the 2013 Rivals150, Shepherd played to and even above that lofty ranking all weekend.\n\nA skill guy with length and 6-foot-9 size, Shepherd has become a high-level mid-range jump shooter and was killing defenders all weekend from between 8-15 feet. He pivots off either foot, turns to either shoulder and always does an excellent job of squaring up to face his man.\n\nHis body will easily carry more weight and Shepherd's game is flourishing right now. He's got no favorites, but has recently visited UCLA, LSU and SMU with Louisville and Kansas unofficials in the works. Others involved include Texas A&M (where Shepherd's older brother plays), Georgetown, Oklahoma, Tennessee and more.\n\nMartin will climb in Rivals150\n\nOne of the hotter recruits in the country has been Baton Rouge (La.) Madison Prep's Jarell Martin. Martin was the Pangos camp's top performer of the weekend after leading the camp in scoring and finishing second in rebounding.\n\nAfter watching him earlier this spring, it was clear that Martin was going to jump from his current ranking of No. 62 in the 2013 Rivals150. Now, he looks like a guy that could very well be in the discussion for five-star status when the rankings are next reviewed.\n\nMartin's added strength allows him to play more powerfully in the lane and he's also much more committed to making things happen at the rim first. Once he establishes himself on the low block, Martin can then face up and attack via the dribble or drain 12- to 15-foot jumpers. In transition, he's a sleek performer who gets from rim to rim as quickly as any big man in the country.\n\nMartin got the Rivals.com vote for top performer in camp, but he barely got it over class of 2014 monster Cliff Alexander.\n\nThe five-star big man from Chicago (Ill.) Curie was the actual winner of the camp M.O.P. award and he certainly deserved it after a weekend spent assaulting the Cabrillo gyms.\n\nFor now, he's sitting at No. 8 overall in the class of 2014 but he's put everybody ahead of him on notice that he's looking to make a move up the charts. A hard worker who plays physically, he's a throwback guy who plays a roughneck game in the lane and has started to show some skill.\n\nWherever he goes with the Derrick Rose All-Stars in July, there will be a crowd of college coaches.\n\nAussie sensation\n\nBy now, 6-foot-8 ,15-year-old Ben Simmons should have made it back to his home in Australia. The class of 2015 forward's trip to the United States wasn't a long one, but it sure was productive.\n\nHands down the breakout player of Pangos, Simmons would be among the elite class of 2015 American players if he went to school here. The southpaw can shoot with deep range, handles the ball creatively, is a high-level athlete and has a great base of skill.\n\nRight now, it's looking as if there's a good chance that he eventually does make it to the U.S. to play high school basketball. As it stands, anybody who thinks they have a source in Australia is scrambling to figure out how to get him at their school.\n\nAll-event team\n\nShepherd, Martin, Alexander and Simmons make up the first four of Rivals.com's 10-man All-Pangos team. Here are the other six who make our list from camp.\n\nConner Frankamp: A scorer by nature and out of need on the high school level, Frankamp is also a high-level playmaker for others. His skill on the offensive end serves him equally well as a scorer or facilitator and he's got matching athleticism.\n\nDakarai Allen: Defense has to count for something at some point and there may not be a more determined perimeter defender in the class of 2013 than Allen. The California wing is also a big-time finisher in transition and is working hard to round out his jumper and ballhandling.\n\nJermaine Lawrence: Some will label Lawrence a small forward, some will label him a power forward. Neither side will be right, but neither will be wrong. Bottom line, the 6-foot-7 four-star is a player with athleticism, toughness and a knack for sprinting to the right place at the right time.\n\nAnton Gill: The Louisville commitment will give you effort on each side of the floor. A good athlete, Gill has a tremendous mid-range game and plays with patience and poise.\n\nChristian Wood: The future UNLV Rebel isn't always the easiest guy to figure out. He often settles for lounging around the perimeter to toss up three-point jumpers. That jump shooting is a very important and defined part of the 6-foot-9 four-star forward's game. But, he's long and athletic, too, and becomes a major matchup problem when he's just as active around the rim as he is shooting jumpers like he was in Long Beach.\n\nWayne Selden: A physically gifted guard from the class of 2014, Selden is a kid that has the versatility to play all around the perimeter. He didn't look fully healthy earlier this spring but does now and the result is a big-time pick-and-roll playmaker who can pass or finish at the rim with authority."}
-{"text": "The Dorian\n\nThe Dorian is an ode to a bygone era, a modern day parlor for the bohemians, libertines and freethinkers among us. A place to savor classic American fare, fine whiskey and craft martinis amid a turn-of-the-century Victorian manor. It's the kind of place where Oscar Wilde might've dropped in for a drink or Jerry Thomas would have tended the bar. The Dorian is the quintessential destination to enjoy good times for good time's sake."}
-{"text": "Jagdish Bhagwati is University Professor of Law and Economics at Columbia University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. A renowned expert on international trade, he has served in top-level advisory positions for the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, including\u2026 read more\n\nThe Manufacturing Fallacy\n\nNEW YORK \u2013 Economists long ago put to rest the error that Adam Smith made when he argued that manufacturing should be given primacy in a country\u2019s economy. Indeed, in Book II of The Wealth of Nations, Smith condemned as unproductive the labors of \u201cchurchmen, lawyers, physicians, men of letters of all kinds; players, buffoons, musicians, opera-singers, opera-dancers, etc.\u201d We may agree with Smith (and Shakespeare) about the uselessness of lawyers perhaps, but surely not about Olivier, Falstaff, and Pavarotti. But the manufacturing fetish recurs repeatedly, the latest manifestation being in the United States in the wake of the recent crisis.\n\nIn mid-1960\u2019s Great Britain, Nicholas Kaldor, the world-class Cambridge economist and an influential adviser to the Labour Party, raised an alarm over \u201cdeindustrialization.\u201d His argument was that an ongoing shift of value added from manufacturing to services was harmful, because manufactures were technologically progressive, whereas services were not. He even got a Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, James Callaghan, to introduce in 1966 a Selective Employment Tax, which taxed employment in services more heavily than employment in manufactures \u2013 a measure that was reversed in 1973, once it was realized that it would hit the tourist industry, which generated badly needed foreign exchange.\n\nKaldor\u2019s argument was based on the erroneous premise that services were technologically stagnant. This view no doubt reflected a casual empiricism based on the mom-and-pop shops and small post offices that English dons saw when going outside their Oxbridge colleges. But it was clearly at odds with the massive technical changes sweeping across the retail sector, and eventually the communications industry, which soon produced Fedex, faxes, mobile phones, and the Internet.\n\nIn fact, the dubious notion that we should select economic activities based on their presumed technical innovativeness has been carried even further, in support of the argument that we should favor semiconductor chips over potato chips. While rejection of this presumption landed Michael Boskin, Chairman of President George H.W. Bush\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers, in rough political waters, the presumption prompted a reporter to go and check the matter for himself. It turned out that semiconductors were being fitted onto circuit boards in a mindless, primitive fashion, whereas potato chips were being produced through a highly automated process (which is how Pringles chips rest on each other perfectly).\n\nThe \u201csemi-conductor chips versus potato chips\u201d debate also underlined a different point. Many proponents of semiconductor chips also presumed that what you worked at determined whether, in your outlook, you would be a dunce (producing potato chips) or a \u201cwith-it\u201d modernist (producing semiconductor chips).\n\nI have called this presumption a quasi-Marxist fallacy. Marx emphasized the critical role of the means of production. I have argued, on the other hand, that you could produce semiconductor chips, trade them for potato chips, and then munch them while watching TV and becoming a moron. On the other hand, you could produce potato chips, trade them for semiconductor chips that you put into your PC, and become a computer wizard! In short, it is what you \u201cconsume,\u201d not what you produce, that influences what sort of person you will be and how that affects your economy and your society.\n\nIgnorant of the extensive \u201cdeindustrialization\u201d debate in 1960\u2019s Great Britain, two Berkeley academics, Stephen Cohen and John Zysman, started a similar debate in the US in 1987 with their book Manufacturing Matters, which claimed that, without manufactures, a viable service sector is untenable. But this argument is specious: one can have a vigorous transportation industry, with trucks, rail, and air cargo moving agricultural produce within and across nations, as countries such as pre-Peronist Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and modern Chile have done very successfully.\n\nCohen and Zysman argued that manufactures were related to services like \u201cthe crop duster to the cotton fields, the ketchup maker to the tomato patch,\u201d and that if you \u201c[o]ffshore the tomato farm\u2026you close or offshore the ketchup plant\u2026.No two ways about it.\u201d My reaction was: \u201c[A]s I read the profound assertion about the tomato farm and the ketchup plant, I was eating my favorite Crabtree ampamp; Evelyn vintage marmalade. It surely had not occurred to me that England grew its own oranges.\u201d\n\nWhile these episodes reflected academic obsession with manufactures and therefore died early deaths, the same cannot be said for the latest revival of the \u201cmanufactures fetish\u201d in the US and Great Britain. The latest flirtation with supporting manufactures has come from the current crisis, especially in the financial sector, and is therefore likely to have greater prospects for survival. The fetish is particularly rampant in the US, where the Democrats in Congress have gone so far as to ally themselves with lobbyists for manufactures to pass legislation that would provide protection and subsidies to increase the share of manufactures in GDP.\n\nBecause of the financial crisis, many politicians have accepted the argument, in a virtual throwback to Adam Smith, that financial services are unproductive \u2013 even counterproductive \u2013 and need to be scaled back by governmental intervention. It is then inferred that this means that manufactures must be expanded. But this does not follow. Even if you wanted to curtail financial services, you could still focus on the multitude of non-financial services.\n\nDiesel engines and turbines are not the only alternatives; many services, like professional therapy, nursing, and teaching are available. The case for a shift to manufacturing remains unproven, because it cannot be proved.\n\nAlberto Bagnai, ET AL\nwant the Greek government to abandon the euro \u2013 and all other eurozone members to follow suit.\n\nProject Syndicate provides readers with original, engaging, and thought-provoking commentaries by global leaders and thinkers. By offering incisive perspectives from those who are shaping the world's economics, politics, science, and culture, Project Syndicate has created an unrivaled global venue for informed public debate."}
-{"text": "Promoter Rejects Call for Mexican Grand Prix Date Switch to June\n\nAlejandro Soberon has rejected calls for the Mexican Grand Prix to move to a June date on the Formula 1 calendar, feeling the festival they\u2019ve built up in the past three years would not work in the rainy season.\n\nDespite agreeing with Bobby Epstein, the promoter of the United States Grand Prix, that it would be better if the races at the Circuit of The Americas and the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez are separated on the Formula 1 calendar, the promoter of the Mexican race feels moving the United States race to June would be a better idea so it can run back-to-back with the Canadian Grand Prix.\n\n\u201cBobby is a fantastic guy and I love him. I think he has a good idea to separate the races, but I think Bobby should move back to June, which would be great for him,\u201d said Soberon.\n\n\u201cIt would make more sense to have Canada and the United States together, because they are closer. They can do it in June and they can even make a package together to sell tickets for both races.\n\n\u201cI have a lot of respect for Bobby and what he is doing in Austin, but for us it is impossible to move to June because it is rainy season we are happy with the date we have. I have a lot of sympathy for him but we cannot move to June.\n\n\u201cIt [the October date] has become a big festival in the city, and overall you cannot have a good experience if the weekend is so rainy.\u201d"}
-{"text": "National News\n\nUK low in hospital beds league\n\nThere are fewer hospital beds in Britain than most other European countries, with less than half the number of many, a report has found.\n\nAccording to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the UK had three hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2011, with Ireland having the same number.\n\nThis was far behind the majority of other countries on the continent, with Germany having 8.3 per 1,000 people, Austria 7.7, Hungary 7.2, Czech Republic 6.8 and Poland 6.6.\n\nEstonia (5.3) Slovenia (4.6) also had considerably more, with only Sweden having a lower amount, at 2.7 per 1,000 population.\n\nThe figures show that the number of hospital beds has gradually fallen in Britain since 2000 when there were 4.1 per 1,000 people.\n\nAs well as a lack of beds, the NHS also has to contend with so-called ''bed blockers'' who take up beds that could be used by others. Many elderly people have unnecessarily long stays in hospital because social care services are not able to support them once they are discharged.\n\nLast October p eople needing vital medical care in England missed out on nearly 80,000 days i n hospital beds because they were being taken up by patients who were well enough to be moved on, NHS England said.\n\nChris Hopson, chief executive of the Foundation Trust network, which represents NHS hospitals, said the OECD figures show they are operating near full capacity.\n\nHe told the Daily Telegraph: \"There is no slack in the system and trusts are constantly juggling their resources to meet patient demand.\n\n\"We must avoid situations where elderly people are moved from one bed to the next, or forced to endure long waits on trolleys, but it's not easy because of the pressure the system is under.\""}
-{"text": "WRITING AND EDITING SERVICES\n\nFor writing and editing services, and translation (French to English), please connect with me via the Changing Times Contact page or my new Facebook page:THE CRAFT OF WRITING.\nI am also now offering a new service for bloggers and NGO activists who want to sharpen up their writing. I am running online one-to-one and group tutorials on Skype.\nGain from my 40 years' experience as a journalist and learn how to produce posts, articles, and press releases that look professional and will ensure that you stand out from the crowd and attract a whole new following.\nFor NGOs, I am also available to cast a skilled eye over your flyers, posters, and other promotional material so that no spelling, grammatical, or other errors slip through. Editing rates are available on request.\n\nHundreds of Malaysians are taking part in vigils for the civil rights activist Maria Chin, who is still being held under terrorism legislation and is spending her ninth night in detention.\n\nThe main vigil is being held near Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, but solidarity gatherings are also being held in other cities and towns around the country, and abroad.\n\nThe campaign for Maria Chin\u2019s release and the repeal of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act, or SOSMA, was officially launched in the KL suburb of Petaling Jaya on Friday night.\n\nMaria Chin, who is the chairwoman of the Bersih 2.0 Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, was arrested on November 18, the day before the Bersih 5 demonstration.\n\nAs she was detained under SOSMA, she can be held for up to 28 days. There has been no remand hearing.\n\nUnder SOSMA, the authorities can hold detainees for two days without legal representation.\n\nMaria Chin is also being investigated under Section 124C of Malaysia\u2019s Penal Code for allegedly attempting to commit an activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy. If convicted, she could be imprisoned for 15 years.\n\nActivists are working around the clock to obtain the activist\u2019s release, and her lawyers have succeeded in getting a habeas corpus hearing on Tuesday (November 29).\n\nThere is growing national and international outrage over the detention of a woman who has fought tirelessly for decades for women\u2019s rights and for clean and fair elections.\n\nAfter complaints that the Bersih leader had only a wooden board to sleep on, the authorities now say that she has been given a mattress and a pillow, but fellow activists are concerned that she may still have a light on in her 15-feet by 8-feet, windowless cell 24 hours a day. She is believed to still be in solitary confinement.\n\nThe Petaling Jaya community library that was the venue for Friday\u2019s campaign launch was packed out, and there were crowds watching the event on a screen outside.\n\nMaria Chin\u2019s three sons, Azemi, Aziman and Azumin, spoke movingly about their love for their mother.\n\nAzemi, the youngest, talked about his memories of how Maria Chin dealt with his childhood antics with kindness and understanding. \u201cI don\u2019t want just past memories. I want new memories,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t make new memories if she is not around. We already lost one parent. It doesn\u2019t feel right to lose another one so fast.\u201d\n\nAzemi says he has always dodged hugs, but that has now changed. \u201cI should have hugged her at every opportunity I could. I hope she comes back home so I can hug her once again.\u201d\n\nAziman said the family had received an amazing amount of support, not only from people within Malaysia, but also from Malaysians living abroad.\n\nIt was really unnerving, he said, seeing his mother\u2019s bed empty at night, knowing that they were in comfort while she was sleeping on a wooden board on the floor.\n\nAzumin also spoke about his mother\u2019s thoughtfulness, and her concern for her children and their friends. \u201cWe miss you a lot,\u201d he said, \u201cand love you so much.\u201d\n\nHe made an emotive and heartfelt plea to the authorities: \u201cPlease let our mother come back home. Let us be a family again.\u201d\n\nMaria Chin\u2019s husband, Yunus Ali, who was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 1987 during the infamous Ops Lalang, died of kidney failure in 2010.\n\nThe film director, stand-up comedian, and political and social activist Hishamuddin Rais gave a particularly rousing speech at the campaign launch, and called for the overthrow of the regime that has been in power for sixty years.\n\nPeople needed to come out onto the streets in large numbers, Hishamuddin said. \u201cWe have no more choice. The time is now.\n\n\u201cCitizens of all religions and all nationalities, we must work together in a long, protracted struggle to build up a new Malaysia.\u201d\n\nHe said that the authorities\u2019 allegation that the Bersih leader had been collaborating with foreigners to bring down the Malaysian government was a recycled accusation from four years ago.\n\nMalaysia\u2019s Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar, has said Maria Chin was detained under SOSMA because the authorities are investigating links between Bersih and the billionaire George Soros and his Open Society Foundations network.\n\nIn 2012, the New Straits Times newspaper was sued by Bersih and other organisations and publicly apologised for making the allegations, Shahrul said. The newspaper admitted that the accusations had no basis in fact.\n\nShahrul pointed out that 34,000 Malaysians last year donated a total of 2.6 million ringgits (nearly 585,000 US$) to Bersih 2.0.\n\nLawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan, who is the president of Malaysia\u2019s National Human Rights Society (HAKAM), also spoke about the resurrection of false accusations against Bersih.\n\n\u201cThey targeted Maria because of what Maria and her team did. The six weeks of the Bersih convoy reached into the heartland of Malaysia where they did not want us to go, and that is why they have done what they have done to Maria.\n\n\u201cThey are doing it to punish her.\u201d\n\nThousands more people came out for Bersih 5 because of the arrest of Maria Chin and other activists, Sreenevasan said.\n\n\u201cThey threw her behind bars. They thought that would stop us, but it made us stronger.\u201d\n\nSreenevasan said Maria Chin had travelled around Malaysia for her cause, \u201cand walked with the people in the hot sun\u201d.\n\nTo those who had placed Maria Chin in detention, she said: \u201cWhat you are doing to her we will never forgive.\u201d\n\nTo resounding applause, she added: \u201cYou detained her when she has done more for this country than all of you put together.\u201d\n\nSOSMA, Sreenevasan says \u201cis the ISA in disguise\u201d.\n\nKatrina Jorene Maliamauv, who is the youngest daughter of the well-known activist, the late Irene Fernandez, and works with the NGO Tenaganita founded by her mother, spoke of their work with migrants and refugees who had been in detention.\n\n\u201cI know that even one day of detention really is painful; it\u2019s difficult; it\u2019s abusive.\n\n\u201cDetention is not just about being away in a room somewhere. It is your freedom that is taken away.\u201d\n\nBeing in a tiny cell with a light on 24 hours a day, and not being able to communicate with your loved ones, amounted to torture, Maliamauv said.\n\nSpeaking about her mother, she said: \u201cIf she was alive today I guarantee you that she would be in front here, in her wheelchair, waving her walking stick, because she would be angry.\u201d\n\nThe current fight, Maliamauv said, was not just about Maria Chin. \u201cIt is not just about getting rid of all the draconian laws, including SOSMA. It\u2019s not just about fair and clean elections \u2026 this is also a fight against forgetting.\n\n\u201cWe forget too easily that Maria is not the first human rights defender who has been arrested and detained. If we remember the many, many, many thousands of people who have been fighting and winning, we will know that this fight is not an impossible fight. It\u2019s a long journey, but we can win.\u201d\n\nThe fight must come from a place of love, Maliamauv says. \u201cThis is a revolution of love, not hate.\u201d\n\nWomen\u2019s rights activist Ivy Josiah (pictured left) also addressed the gathering. She spoke about knowing Maria Chin since the 1980s when the Bersih leader was organising solidarity events and calling for the release of people detained under the ISA.\n\n\u201cShe was responsible, with the women\u2019s groups, for making sure that this country had a domestic violence Act.\u201d\n\nOn November 23, about five hundred women took part in a solidarity march from KL\u2019s Padang Merbok to the parliament building, which was organised by the group Women 4 Maria.\n\nThe women handed over a memorandum to parliamentary representatives calling for Maria Chin\u2019s immediate release, the return of all files and computers confiscated during the raid on Bersih\u2019s office on November 18, and the abolition of SOSMA.\n\n\u201cWomen walked because we believe that Maria has been arrested, jailed, and put into solitary confinement unfairly,\u201d Ivy said.\n\nIvy says the authorities have underestimated the passion and professionalism of Bersih. They thought that if they arrested Maria Chin and other Bersih leaders, people would be afraid of joining Bersih 5, she said.\n\n\u201cBut over 50,000 Malaysians proved that they were not scared.\u201d\n\nMaria Chin\u2019s aim has been to encourage a real and widespread national conversation about clean and fair elections, Ivy Josiah says. Bersih went to 236 cities and towns in Malaysia during the convoy leading up to Bersih 5. \u201cBersih 5 was already a success even before November 19.\u201d\n\nBersih 2.0 estimated the turnout on November 19 to be 120,000. Local media reports put the attendance at 40,000.\n\nOpposition politician and environmental activist Wong Tack was loudly applauded when he called on Friday for tens of thousands people to come and join the KL vigil for Maria Chin.\n\n\u201cWe need a Bersih 6 and a Bersih 7,\u201dhe said. \u201cThe struggle of Bersih 5 will continue from now on until the government changes.\u201d\n\nWong Tack (pictured left) spoke of how much activists like himself had been inspired and encouraged by Maria Chin.\n\n\u201cWe owe so much to her. We want to make sure that her suffering and her sacrifice will not be in vain.\n\n\u201cWe must build on this and then we must fight hard not just for her release, but also for change in this nation.\u201d\n\nMalaysia, Wong Tack says, is at a make-or-break moment. The Bersih convoy had built networks across the nation, but 4.7 million people were still not registered to vote, he said. Bersih, he said, needed to go back to the villages.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s reach out to those people and set a target of getting one million new voters registered before next March. Our children\u2019s future depends on us.\n\n\u201cWe are going to build a new nation, a new leadership that is going to listen to the people; and restore the pride and dignity of this land and her citizens.\u201d\n\nThe MP for Kota Raja, Siti Mariah Mahmud, from the Islamic breakaway party Amanah, spoke about the importance of civil society organisations providing checks and balances against government.\n\nAt the end of Friday\u2019s campaign launch, activists placed keys on a structure that will become a monument to ten years of Bersih.\n\nWan Azizah Ismail, who is president of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People\u2019s Justice Party, or PKR) and wife of the jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, attaches a Bersih key. Next to her is the MP for Batu, Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua.\n\nArt work is a major element in the campaign to free Maria Chin. Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, has already drawn a number of cartoons about the Bersih leader\u2019s arrest. He was himself arrested on Saturday (November 26) and has been charged with alleged sedition for the tenth time.\n\nZunar\u2019s arrest came a day after several members of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) disrupted the cartoonist\u2019s exhibition at the George Town Literary Festival in Penang and threated him, demanding that his exhibition be taken down.\n\nThe cartoonist is also being investigated under section 504 of the penal code, and is subject to a travel ban.\n\nCartoon by Zunar\n\nSUPPORTING CHANGING TIMES\n\nYOU CAN SUPPORT MY WORK VIA THE PAYPAL OR GOCARDLESS BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE. DONATIONS AND PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS KEEP THIS WEBSITE GOING. THANKS."}
-{"text": "Annual Pops Concert to be Held July 11\n\nJune 28, 2004\n\nOGDEN, Utah \u2013 Thousands of people are expected to flock to Weber State University to enjoy the John and Telitha Lindquist Summer Pops Concert and Fireworks, scheduled for July 11.\n\nAn event started by the Lindquist family of Ogden to bring the community together now attracts audiences of all ages from throughout the state for a spectacle of music and color. The annual celebration, now in its 26th year, has become a longstanding tradition with Northern Utah families.\n\nSponsored by the Lindquist family, the event is facilitated by WSU. A 60-minute concert featuring the New American Symphony Orchestra will begin at 9 p.m. at the Ada Lindquist Plaza. The performance will include Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, complete with a battery of 17 cannons. The concert will be followed by one of the largest fireworks displays in Utah, complete with background music by the orchestra. Residents throughout the state are invited to attend free of charge.\n\nWSU will broadcast the concert live on KWCR 88.1 FM, the university's radio station.\n\nThe university also will provide food and beverage booths, first-aid stations, restroom facilities and recorded music until the concert begins.\n\nOn-campus parking is available, but will be limited. Motorists can access the campus by using Edvalson Street, Skyline Drive, 41st South, and Birch and Taylor avenues. Handicapped parking will be reserved in the A-1 lot north of the plaza area. Concert-goers traveling in motor homes or larger vehicles are encouraged to park on the east side of campus near Stewart Stadium. Additional parking will be available at the Dee Events Center.\n\nIn an effort to minimize damage to the grounds, no blankets, chairs or saving of space will be permitted until after 6 p.m. Saturday, July 10. Anything placed on the lawn prior to 6 p.m. Saturday will be removed. No tarps are allowed. Guests should refrain from using stakes or tent pegs to secure their ground coverings. No personal fireworks of any kind will be allowed on campus. Following the event, spectators are asked to clean up their area and drive with courtesy and caution."}
-{"text": "Our Clients\n\nFantastic service. Carrie has been so helpful and has made the process from start to finish so easy. The bands arrived this morning and I am delighted with them. The prices were fantastic and quality excellent. I searched the internet and had quotes and samples from many different companies but the price, customer care and quality from Lancaster Printing could not be matched. Thank you."}
-{"text": "Related Stories\n\nThe Toronto Blue Jays will open the 2013 season before a Rogers Centre sellout.\n\nSingle-game tickets for Toronto's April 2 home opener against the Cleveland Indians sold out in less than an hour Friday.\n\n\"That's great,\" Jays pitcher Dustin McGowan said at spring training in Dunedin, Fla. \"I'd like to see the attendance get back up to the way it used to be. Hopefully this team will be the team that gets it back like that.\"\n\nThe Jays are generating plenty of buzz in Toronto after bringing in several star players during the off-season.\n\n\"I know there's a lot of excitement going on in Toronto since the trades and everything,\" said Toronto pitcher Brandon Morrow. \"Optimism is at an all-time high and rightly so. [GM Alex Anthopoulos] has put together a great squad and it's our job to come together and play as a team.\"\n\nToronto will begin the 2013 campaign by playing its first six games at Rogers Centre.\n\nAfter completing a three-game series with Cleveland, the Jays will host the Boston Red Sox for a three-game series.\n\nThere are still tickets left for the remaining Cleveland games and the Boston series.\n\n\"I think it's great that they sold out opening day,\" said Morrow. \"I'd like them to sell out the next date after that too.\"\n\nThe Blue Jays will then visit the Detroit Tigers for three games, starting April 9, before starting a three-game series in Kansas City on April 12."}
-{"text": "New to having turkeys,\n\nWe got six last year only because the dog wanted babies from the feed store, now we have three hens sitting on eggs, will the lil ones be ok running the whole coop or do I need to place hen and lil ones to themselves away from the tom, ducks and chickens? The dog is beside himself waiting for the babies to hatch, He and Tom like to go inside the shed and lay with the mom's and sleep."}
-{"text": "Ford Maverick Grabber\n\nThe Ford Maverick Grabber was available as a trim package for the 1970 to 1975 model years. The 1970 Grabber can be identified by the rear spoiler, blacked out paint treatment, Grabber stripes and dual sport mirrors. From 1971 \u2013 1975, Grabbers could be identified with 62D trim designation and 93 as the third and forth digit of the VIN. The 1971 \u2013 1972 Grabbers were the only ones that had the Grabber hood."}
-{"text": "I think you might rephrase your question about \"Anything good to see in Central NH.\" You are not endearing yourself to our locals....of course there are lots of things to see and do in every corner of our state.....and the states that surround us, I might ad. Other states aren't \"The Enemy\" just because they do things differently then here....they are just different. We would like your visit to be one that you and your family will enjoy and later want to come back to explore other parts of our world. The seacoast is always beautiful, as are the towns on and around it. The scenery including old farms, buildings and views are breathtaking almost everywhere. The foliage is peaking as you arrive. If flying in, it is a sea of reds, browns and tints along with the greenery of Hemlock, Spruce and Pine trees. Our traffic isn't as quiet as you might think. There is a great deal of activity 24/7. You shouldn't miss a trip to The Lake Winnipesaukee area, http://www.winnipesaukee.com, perhaps enjoy a ride around the lake to take in the scenery. You will be in the Manchester, Concord, and Laconia Area, by definition, so everywhere there is something to feast your eyes on....and taste buds. It's apple season, so don't miss the orchards for fresh pressed cider, and crisp freshly picked apples and pears.You just missed a classic NH Fair at the Deerfield fair Grounds in Deerfield, NH. 300,000 visit there each year in 4 days, First weekend of October. If you want an Ohio State sized Fair, then you better head west. We like to think life is relaxing here, but across the border to the south, it sure seems they challenge NY to get the pace up to an unhealthy 240 bpm. Lotta drama down they, fasten the 5 point harness, and drive 'like you stole it'!!!!!!!!Be careful of the potholes, however, they can swallow a sub compact car. If you are visiting driving \"The Land Yacht\" aka Escalade/H2/Armada/Expedition/Lincoln Whatever,Sequoia......... you will find fuel prices very reasonable as you buzz around. By the way, NH State Police are nice folks, but when it says 55mph in a work-zone, try 54 mph. They have no sense of humor when lives are endangered. Currently you can talk on your cell phone while driving, and if you use a GPS, the zones that allow \"Meadow Muffin Munchin\" are coded in green with a brown dot in the center. Also, Cow Tippin' forks are available at local hardware stores, not the big box boys. Just go to the \"Agricultural Games\" isle. You will see a poster with a 'flatlander' covered in brown 'make-up' that cows produce in the wild.Looking forward to your visit......bring some warm clothes, only one match per anthracite household, savin' it till after the 31 st of October. Nuff said.....gomer\n\nNews Flash: \"tippin\" practice has been called off until Tues at 3 pm due to 'softening' that the raw materials have succumbed to in this inclement weather. Sorry for the inconvenience.\n\nWell we went up to Lincoln NH Seemed very nice. Did the Loon Mtn gondola ride and the Hobo railroad. Woke up Tuesday to snow!! Yahoo! It sure looked nice while it lasted. Liked the fact that there is no sales tax on all the \"goodies\" we bought. Whats up with this 9% room and restaurant tax though?? Ate a great meal at \"Gordies Steak and Fish\" while we were there.. Have to hook up with a relator to see whats available up there.\n\nWe are in Colebrook, in northern NH which definitely qualifies as in the sticks. Check out the website http://www.city-data.com/ for NH town reviews and general data/info. No shortage of opinion covering the central/southern part of the state and will help to develop an overview. Plan several trips to \"feel out\" the areas that interest you and spend some time to absorb. Good Luck! It is a beautiful state.\n\nmoved to wilton nh 7 years ago from mass. love it here still work construction in ma 1-2 hour drive each way but its worth it . moved to get away from mass holes and its much more affordable in nh there is alot of ma transplants here that bring their liberal politics with them . don't try and change nh to ma if you want a liberal state stay in ma .\n\nMy cousin and her husband moved up from NJ about 20 years ago. They really enjoy it in NH because they have more freedom to follow their own beliefs. However, the husband did say the tax situation is not as nice as it might seem at first because the state makes up for the lack of income and sales taxes by other fees. At least it's not like here in NY where we have to suffer with onerous fees and taxes. Most people here put up with it because they have never lived anywhere else.\n\nPS: Dont forget to tell them about the huge inital first registration fee on a new vehicle...It makes some states sales tax on a new car look reasonable. Also let them know that some mornings in Coos County the Mercury will sit well below the minus 30 mark till 12/11 am....But if you appreciate the \"Live Free Or Die \" Northern NH is a great place to live. Its true \"God's Country\"Also if it Whitetails your after your going to work a lot harder in Northern NH than in Northerastern PA Stay away from Southern NH ...Rochester ,Dover , Manchester...Just a suburb of Boston and every bit as hectic....well almost.....Former NH resident\n\nI moved to NH from NV about 6 years ago. If you are not a homeowner the only taxes you really pay are the 9%+ NH meals tax(just recently expanded to other things) and the registration fees for your car. The state liquor stores have OK prices on booze. You don't need insurance to register a car, you don't have to wear your seat belt if you are over 18, you don't have to wear a helmet on a motorcycle. The small towns less than 1/2 hour from Manchester and Nashua are very nice and still quiet. I live 20 minutes or so outside of Manchester and you could probably stand in the middle of the highway late at night and not see/get hit by maybe 1 car an hour. NH is the only state I would live in the northeast. Some areas are extremely liberal, and others are very conservative. NH has some of the most lenient gun laws in the Northeast. If you are used to the government taking care of you there are many social programs available that are supported by the current people in office. The economy is better in NH than VT IMO due to its closer proximity to Boston and no sales tax.\n\nNewmarket is one word. It is a quaint community, lots of history, easy access to the ocean,large rivers on it's borders....right in the heart of the coastal district. Close to the University of NH, Pease Jetport, all major highways, Portsmouth, Kittery, etc. It's all in what you want to do for work and what kind of lifestyle you are looking for.In short, any of the towns in the area are terrific.\n\nI drive through Newmarket and surronding area everyday on my way home from the Nuke plant in Seabrook to Farmington which is just north of Rochester. I have lived/workded in Vermont, Mass., Maine, and New Hampshire along with other states. I am originally from this area of New Hampshire and found it to be perfect. My wife and I love the moutains, beaches, lakes and the city life. Living in this area puts us right in the center of it all. We live in a town of 5000 but can be in Boston within 1 1/2 hours, Portsmouth in 1/2 hour and Manchester 1 hour or in the mountains within 1 hour. Lakes 15 minutes and beaches 1/2 hour. Plus I have found a place to buy bulk coal just across the border in Maine which is about 20 minutes away. What else could you want. Oh, and as a side note there have been Towns in Vermont who have wanted to secede from Vermont to New Hampshire. What does that tell you?Tom"}
-{"text": "Fiskars \u2013 a cut above the rest\n\nfiskarsFiskars was the first in the world to produce plastic-handled scissors in 1967.\n\nOpen a kitchen or office drawer in any Finnish home and you will most probably find a pair of orange-handled Fiskars scissors. The tried and trusted implement has also established its position in several other countries, with more than a billion pairs of Fiskars scissors manufactured. Over the years they have been sold to France, Germany, the Nordic Countries and the USA.\n\n\u2014 Our scissors are popular because of their good price-quality ratio. They are durable and easy to maintain and can be passed on from generation to generation if well cared for. The parts of the newer scissors are joined together with a screw which is easy for the user to tighten, explains Development Manager Heikki Savolainen.\n\nFiskars was the first in the world to produce plastic-handled scissors in 1967. The orange colour came about by chance: the injection-moulding machine operator was given the task of producing prototypes with black, red and green handles. The machine still contained some orange dye used for manufacturing juicers, so the machinist decided to use up the leftover dye and produced one prototype before making the rest. The orange scissors beat the black scissors by 9 to 7 in the final vote, and so began the serial production of a future classic. In 1972 the product range was supplemented with red-handled left-handed scissors.\n\nFiskars scissors are widely copied. Savolainen has a tip for how to recognise good-quality scissors.\n\n\u2014 A good pair of scissors has a space between the blades when they are closed, with only the tips of the blades touching. You can see it with the naked eye if you look closely. The space means that the blades are optimally shaped in terms of cutting efficiency. The blades of Fiskars\u2019 scissors have been ground six times to ensure excellent cutting ability, he explains.\n\nMost of the scissors sold in Europe are manufactured at the Billn\u00e4s scissors factory in Finland. Fiskars also has a scissors development unit in the United States. Founded in 1649, Fiskars is Finland's oldest company."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nSunday, April 21, 2013\n\nPlayoff Time 2013: Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook\n\nThe powerhouse over the past several seasons in the\nWestern Conference has been the Oklahoma City Thunder. Last season they went\nall the way to the NBA Finals but met a Heat team on another level, it wasn't\ntheir time just yet. A big deal has been made out of the whole Russell\nWestbrook/Kevin Durant. Many people don't like Russell taking so many shots and\nwould like to see KD get more aggressive on both ends of the floor. I can fully\nunderstand why people would say that but when Durant has a season where he\nshoots 40% from behind the 3-point line shoots 50% from the field It's kind of\nhard to argue that point.\n\nWestbrook and Durant are polar opposites on and off\nthe court. Westbrook plays with an aggression and is one hundred miles per hour\nall the time. Durant is much more smooth and calm and has a tendency to just go\nwith the flow. The opposite personalities led the Thunder to the#1 seed in the\nWestern Conference. If the Thunder want to win a ring then These 2 need to be\nthe best players for the Thunder throughout the Playoffs, consistency is key.\n\nThe 1st round in OKC's Playoff run matches them up\nwith an old friend-James Harden and the Houston Rockets. Last season Harden was\na part of that OKC team that went all the way to the finals in a 6th man role.\nPrior to the season Harden was trade to Houston where he would make more money\nand be the guy. He is the face of the Rockets and now as the playoffs begin he\nand his friends from Houston will take on Westbrook, Durant and the Thunder.\nThis series has that interesting story lines and I'm sure it will be fun with so\nmany exciting players to watch. The leaders of the Thunder will need to take\ncare of business early and not give the Rockets any Life.\n\nThey have proven they are elite but can OKC finally\ntake the next step and become Champions?\n\nThe NBA playoffs begin April 21st for the Thunder as\nthey take on James Harden and the Houston Rockets."}
-{"text": "Navigation\n\nRemarks of U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew before the Commonwealth Club of California\n\nI want to thank Steve for that kind introduction, and thank the Commonwealth Club for hosting this event.\nIt is great to be here at the Computer History Museum, and it is so good to be in California.\nI want to talk a little today about setting a course for long term economic growth and the challenges we face as a nation to secure our economic future. I also would like to take some time answering your questions.\nLet me start with a few observations.\nFour and a half years ago, when President Obama first took office, America was in the grips of the worst recession of our lifetimes.\nOur economy was shrinking at a 5.4 ... (full story)\n\nAh, the USA Congress must review its debt ceiling in the coming weeks or risk default on its debt obligations. That's going to be a messy shit-fight started by the Republicans.\n\n\"In just a few weeks, we will find ourselves once again perilously close to breaching the debt ceiling if Congress fails to act. As you know, the Constitution reserves certain responsibilities for Congress, and Congress alone, including appropriating funds, raising or lowering taxes, and setting the maximum amount of borrowing authority through what is called the debt ceiling. In our history, the U.S. has never defaulted on a payment. Congress has always upheld its responsibility to protect the full faith and credit of our nation.\n\nIt is important to note that the debt limit has nothing to do with new spending. It has to do with spending that Congress has already approved and bills that have already been incurred. Failing to raise the debt limit would not make these bills go away. It would, though, have disastrous effects for our nation.\n\nEven a delay of a necessary increase in the debt limit can bring harmful consequences. Keep in mind, the receipt of tax revenues and the outflow of expenditures are inherently unpredictable. So it is not possible for us to estimate with exact precision when Treasury will have to depend exclusively on cash on hand to meet our country's commitments \u2013 or how long it will take before that cash runs out. If cash on hand were to be depleted, all payments across the government -- including Social Security and payments to our military and veterans -- would be at risk. \""}
-{"text": "In 1997, Ullrich was to continue to support Riis as team leader, but it became apparent that Ullrich was the stronger rider and Riis ended up supporting Ullrich in Ullrich\u2019s win over Richard Virenque of France and Marco Pantani of Italy.\n\nUllrich was second to Marco Pantani of Italy in the 1998 Tour de France.\n\nUllrich didn\u2019t participate in the 1999 Tour, but won the Vuelta a Espana later that year in front of Igor Gonzalez Galdeano of Spain and Roberto Heras of Spain.\n\nIn 2000, Ullrich was second in the 2000 Tour de France behind Lance Armstrong of the USA.\n\nUllrich then went on to win the Olympic Road Race in 2000 in front of Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan and Andreas Kloden of Germany.\n\nUllrich arrived in peak condition at the 2001 Tour de France, but was defeated by an even more fit and focused Lance Armstrong.\n\nIn 2003, Ullrich pushed Armstrong to his limit and placed second by just over one minute.\n\nUllrich also placed third in the 2005 race behind Lance Armstrong and Ivan Basso of Italy."}
-{"text": "Community Stories\n\n3 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters\n\nShare experience with this nonprofit today\n\nDon't be so hasty to jump to conclusions. These people have a right to defend and explain themselves. It's perfectly reasonable that if they intended to solicit donations from wealthy friends, that they would have expenses to entertain them. As for those they supposedly defrauded, have you considered that this $157,284 may have been contributed by themselves? Is it possible that after a year they decided not to continue and closed the bank account and the charity? I see nothing illegal here.\n\nThis organization is obviously a fraud. Any accountant with limited experience can clearly see that the vast majority of the funds that they took in were spent on themselves. They ran this organization out of their home and somehow spent $38,610 of the $157,284 that they collected on traveling expenses. Then they had the audacity to spend $43,317 of that $157,284 on 'meals and entertainment.' That is absurd. In addition, they claim that the total average weekly hours worked by all three related Directors (two sisters and a husband) were about 60 hours per week. I would also have to wonder if the $25,013 in legal fees was paid to a family member attorney. On top of that, even though the organization was run out of their home, they somehow managed to spend $8,822 on automobile expenses. I have a strong feeling that an audit would reveal more than the $115,762 listed here was spent on themselves and family members instead of the cancer patients that they promised to help in their mission statement.\n\nThis is no Charity, it is a scam using Cancer Patients as a reason to Donate while these Liars stole the donations for Personal expenses. If they are not charged with Income Tax Evasion it means they will get away with their scam. They are the 1% who steal from the sick to Party while the people die. When will the IRS take action? Did they buy off the IRS?"}
-{"text": "Fabolous Feat. Rich Homie Quan \"We Good\" Video\n\nFabolous drops another video from \"The Young OG Project.\"\n\nFabolous' videos \"Gone for the Winter\" and \"You Made Me\" off last year's The Young OG Project have been rather cinematic. His latest TYOGP video is his most cinematic yet. \"We Good\" is a direct reference to the 1995 film \"Dead Presidents,\" with Fabo and his girl doning the exact face paint seen in the film and executing a warehouse heist. Do it for the Dead Presidents! Not that anyone asked for it but there's also a pretty raunchy Fabolous sex scene in there.\n\nStay tuned for Fabolous' mixtape Summer Time Shootout coming \"really soon\" and another project coming after before the end of 2015."}
-{"text": "A fine day\n\nReykjav\u00edk, 28th July. The sun showed up last week after a unusually long rainy spring. Unusually long even for Reykjav\u00edk. Today the sun hides again behind the clouds. Today I\u2019ll do the VAT without feeling I owe something special to the rare sunny day.\nPoems, even when narrative, do not resemble stories."}
-{"text": "PHPoC WiFi Shield is compatible with Arduino Uno or Mega products. Equip the shield on your Arduino and connect a USB wireless dongle. After a simple network setup, you can connect your Arduino to the Internet. In addition to the network function, PHPoC shield supports a wide range of API. So take advantage of a wider range. In particular, a built-in web application provides easy web applications control and network setup. Also, you can monitor the output of Arduino serial monitor via Web from a remote location in real time."}
-{"text": "Maryland's search for Gary Williams' successor is underway and figures to center on some of the men connected to most high-profile openings over the past few years -- specifically Pittsburgh's Jamie Dixon, Arizona's Sean Miller and Villanova's Jay Wright, multiple sources have told CBSSports.com.\n\nNotre Dame's Mike Brey is also in the mix.\n\nBrey is a Maryland native who would almost certainly take the job if offered, according to a source. But the same source said Dixon, Miller and Wright would probably have to make it clear to Maryland officials that they're uninterested before the ACC school moved that direction. The level of interest from Dixon, Miller and Wright varies and is unclear, though all three would at least take a phone call and listen, multiple sources told CBSSports.com, considering the Maryland job is widely viewed as one of the nation's best because of tradition, support and a rich recruiting base of Washington D.C. and Baltimore.\n\nOne thing worth noting is that Dixon has an existing and strong relationship with first-year Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson, who was previously the AD at Army when Dixon's sister, Maggie Dixon, was the school's women's basketball coach. She died from heart failure in April 2006 at the age of 28 just after completing her first season at Army. It should also be noted that Dixon has in recent years rejected multiple overtures to remain at Pittsburgh (most notably from Arizona, Southern California and North Carolina State), that Miller likely has a preseason top 20 team at Arizona and that Wright is a Philadelphia native who has passed on countless opportunities over the past five years. Those things could help the job fall to Brey or somebody like Minnesota's Tubby Smith or VCU's Shaka Smart.\n\nWilliams retired Thursday after 22 seasons at the school.\n\nHe led Maryland to 14 NCAA tournaments and the 2002 national championship.\n\nHOUSTON -- Shaka Smart agreed to a new and extended contract with VCU on Monday after rejecting a multiyear offer from North Carolina State, multiple sources have told CBSSports.com.\n\nThe news was first reported by CBSSports.com's Gregg Doyel.\n\n\"[N.C. State] talked to [Smart] and made an offer,\" VCU athletic director Norwood Teague told the Charlotte Observer after Doyel's initial report. \"We countered and he is staying.\"\n\nSmart, 33, led VCU to its first Final Four this season.\n\nThe Rams lost to Butler here in Houston on Saturday night.\n\nN.C. State is searching for a replacement for Sidney Lowe. Sources have told CBSSports.com that the school has seriously pursued many candidates already -- among them Texas' Rick Barnes, Arizona's Sean Miller, UCLA's Ben Howland, Xavier's Chris Mack, Memphis' Josh Pastner and Texas A&M's Mark Turgeon. All have decided to pass on the opportunity to work under athletic director Debbie Yow, whose reputation within the coaching community is hindering her ability to find a marquee coach.\n\nWright State's Brad Brownell is one of at least five coaches who interviewed for the opening at Clemson over the past two days, multiple sources have told CBSSport.com. The others are Wofford's Mike Young, Jacksonville's Cliff Warren, ODU's Blaine Taylor and former Boston College coach Al Skinner.\n\nBrownell has won at least 20 games four straight years and was widely considered the Horizon League's best coaching prospect until Butler's Brad Stevens rose to prominence this season. The Indiana native was in play for the Indiana job that went to Tom Crean two years ago. His candidacy at Clemson suggests the ACC school is considering hiring a rising star as opposed to someone whose career is on the decline like Skinner, the 57-year-old who was fired at BC last week. Young and Taylor both led their teams to the NCAA tournament this season. Warren coached in the NIT.\n\nOther candidates Clemson has, will or could target are VCU's Shaka Smart, Western Kentucky's Ken McDonald, Ohio's John Groce, Oklahoma's Jeff Capel and Baylor's Scott Drew. Multiple sources told CBSSports.com that Clemson officias desired a meeting with Arizona State's Herb Sendek, a former North Carolina State coach, but that he turned down an interview request.\n\nClemson is searching for a replacement for Oliver Purnell.\n\nHe left last Tuesday to take over at DePaul for more than $15 million.\n\nThe best thing about getting the VCU job as your first job is that it's the VCU job.\n\nIt's proved to be a springboard to bigger and better things.\n\nA culture of winning exists around the program.\n\nYou're set up to be successful.\n\nBut all those things could also be interpreted as bad things for Shaka Smart, because -- as I detailed in a column back in June -- there's nothing simple about being a first-time head coach inheriting a team losing the best player in school history. With Eric Maynor in the NBA, that was the situation Smart walked into, and he knew it. But he also knew the VCU fanbase -- having just watched Jeff Capel and Anthony Grant win consistently -- wouldn't be interested in hearing any excuses for a possible, if not probable, slow start.\n\n\"The fans don't care about that,\" Smart told me this summer, about a month after he was hired away from Billy Donovan's staff at Florida, just like Grant before him. \"Their deal is: 'Hey, this guy before you was winning, and we brought you in here to do the same or more.'\"\n\nSmart did \"the same or more\" Saturday night.\n\nHis third game as a head coach resulted in an 82-69 win over the 17th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners coached by Capel, whose contract at VCU required him to return to the Siegel Center as a visitor if he ever left for another job. Capel did indeed leave for another job after the 2005-06 season; he replaced Kelvin Sampson at OU. The byproduct (because of the contract) was the Sooners having to serve as the first ranked opponent to ever enter the Siegel Center.\n\nThey exited double-digit losers.\n\nWillie Warren missed 11 of 14 shots, including all eight 3-point attempts. The CBSSports.com Preseason First Team All-American battled cramps in the second half, finished with eight points and six turnovers, then sat on the bench with a towel draped over his head and watched the VCU students storm the court and celebrate. Off to the side, Smart mostly remained calm and cool. It was a big win, sure. But as he told me when he took the job, this is what he was brought to VCU to do -- to be successful on a relevant level, to maintain a national profile for the Rams, to win big games just like his predecessors, and maybe even beat one of them, if possible.\n\nGeorgia has scheduled a Thursday press conference to announce the firing of Dennis Felton, a source close to the coach confirmed to CBSSports.com.\n\nThe decision comes after the Bulldogs lost 83-57 to Florida on Wednesday night.\n\nIt was their seventh consecutive defeat.\n\nGeorgia is 0-5 in the SEC.\n\nThe reality is that this move would've been made last season had Felton not led Georgia to an improbable run through the SEC tournament, which led to an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament and a vote of confidence from Georgia athletic director Damon Evans. Short of that, Felton would've never even started this season, and because multiple sources have told CBSSports.com that VCU's Anthony Grant would've been the top target last March -- one prominent industry source went to so far as to say \"it was done,\" meaning he believed Grant would've accepted a fair offer -- you can rest assured the Billy Donovan prot\u00e9g\u00e9 will also be at or near the top of Georgia's wish-list again."}
-{"text": "We get a lot of emails from folks around the world who tell us how our founder Scott Belsky\u2019s book \u201cMaking Ideas Happen,\u201d or the tools Behance provides has helped them push a project forward, get inspired to revisit goals, or make time for that side project they\u2019ve been neglecting. But here\u2019s one we\u2019ve never heard before: \u201cScott Belsky helped me organize my room.\u201d\n\nThe folks over at TEDx Napoli wrote this great blog post that breaks downy he process of cleaning a room into some key principles learned from \u201cMaking Ideas Happen:\u201d\n\n1) Capture Actions: a task needs to be broken down into concrete actions, so \u201corganize a room\u201d is too abstract. Instead, the writer identified tasks like: make a bed, store dirty clothes in laundry basket, etc.\n\n2) Customize your Work Process: Find ways that will be effective in getting you to do the things you usually have trouble getting done \u2013 for example, folding clothes. The writer says he has \u201cfolding-phobia,\u201d which is why there are usually clothes all over his floor. In this article, he decided to use drawers rather than shelves, so he can \u201croll\u201d clothes rather than \u201cfold.\u201d Problem solved!\n\n3) The Force of Rituals: \u201cAnyone can clean a room, but to keep it clean during an extended period of time is a very different deal. Belsky\u2019s \u201cFocus Zone\u2019 suggest to choose the five most important actions of the day and make sure that no matter what they get done.\u201d The writer made sure he added \u201cDon\u2019t\u2019 go to bed until my desk is clean\u201d to his Focus Zone."}
-{"text": "Category: 2016 Cavaliers\n\nThe 2016 Cavaliers are my Upward Basketball team for the season. It\u2019s been a rough stretch for my guys. We\u2019ve struggled with rebounding problems, turnovers, and incredible defensive lapses. And then there\u2019s the plain old bad luck. But over the past two weeks, the season has turned around.\n\nMuch of the turnaround can be attributed to the improved play of Micah McArthur. Micah is probably our most talented player, so when I talk about \u201cimprovement,\u201d I\u2019m really talking about his efficiency and his defense. Micah has really bought into the scheme of getting all of the players involved, and this has turned him into a devastatingly efficient player. He was always solid, but now, it\u2019s stunningly efficient.\n\nThe play of Micah is the biggest factor in getting a second player going, and that player is Taysir Yalaoui. Now, everyone should realize that Taysir is my best friend\u2019s son, and he\u2019s the reason I\u2019m coaching in Boys 1st/2nd. Taysir is a kindergartner, and this is his first step into actual organized basketball. Up until the past two weeks, Taysir had taken only one shot. Now, for those of you who know Taysir, you know that the one thing he can do in basketball is shoot. Well, thanks to Micah getting him going, Taysir scored four points on 6 shots last week. With him getting to shoot, he\u2019s now more involved, and is playing much better defense, getting some steals and recoveries. Well, this week, Taysir scored four points again, this time on three shots. Two of those points came on a steal and breakaway lay-up in the final period; those two points tied the game.\n\nIt\u2019s a big change coaching in Boys 1st/2nd from the older leagues. I tend to talk as if the guys all understand the language of basketball, which, of course, they don\u2019t. Plus, we\u2019re not good offensively at the things I most want to do \u2013 which is implement player and ball movement and a passing game. It has definitely been a stretch outside of my comfort zone. However, as we\u2019ve gotten better at doing some of the things, our results have looked better and better on the court. The last two games have definitely been the high point of our season so far. And, as is typical of my teams, it was the back end of the bench that won us this last game.\n\nThe Upward leadership is starting to plan for next season, and there may be more news coming in that regard. I\u2019ll probably talk more about that in my next entry.\n\nUpward Basketball season at Memorial Baptist church kicked off the past week. For those of you who are unaware, the Greyhounds were started out of an Upward team in 2007 \u2013 the 2007 Knicks \u2013 that wanted to stay together and keep playing for a bit longer, and that\u2019s where we find most of our new players each year.\n\nIt was great seeing members of my Greyhound teams and their parents. In addition to the Greyhounds who are playing in the league \u2013 Kolin Easterling, Asa Holcomb, Lemuel Miner, Connor Parrish, and Brendan Royer \u2013 I got to see Tosin Ogungbade, and Jonathan Fajen\u2018s father. Oh, but there\u2019s more: former Greyhound Grant Colwell is coaching in the league, and current Greyhound coaches and former Greyhound players Sam Clubb and Mason Chandler are coaching in the league. Former Greyhound coach Jamie Diggs (father of former Greyhound Lucas Diggs) is there, too. And parents of Greyhounds as well \u2013 Paul Rhoades, who is former Greyhound Marcus Burgett\u2018s step-dad is coaching, and Greyhound Connor Parrish\u2018s father, Alan Parrish, is coaching him. And I spend a good deal of time talking to former Greyhound coach, and in my opinion, the finest coach in Upward (although he\u2019s not coaching this year), Jared Royer (father of Greyhounds Andrew Royer, Addison Royer, and Brendan Royer).\n\nI was asked about the Greyhounds by a parent that I didn\u2019t know. She wanted to know about the Greyhounds after hearing about it from Grant Colwell, and Marcus Burgett\u2019s brother, Cooper Rhoades, expressed interest as well. And Mason and Sam are watching Boys 5-6 very closely, because there are a few players that I know that I want from that league.\n\nI was also pleased to see my old players from my 2014 Tarheels and my 2015 Bruins. All of my old guys put up really great numbers this year in the evaluations, and I\u2019m very proud of them all for that. Those players include Lindale Baker of the 2014 Tarheels, Jeremy Anderson, Cullen Snow, Max Sachs, Justin Slade, Ryan Slade, and C.J. McGuire of the 2015 Bruins, and Asa Holcomb, who played for both teams.\n\nThis year, against all conventional wisdom and perhaps all sanity, I\u2019m coaching in Boys 1st/2nd grade. I got to meet my team this week, and was very pleased with my first practice. We worked on learning some basic rules of basketball \u2013 specifically travelling and double-dribble. We also worked on shooting lay-ups and dribbling. We spent a lot of time getting to know each other. Our team name this year is the Cavaliers. The only player I knew coming in was Taysir Yalaoui, who is the son of my friends Skander Yalaoui and Shannyn Yalaoui, and he\u2019s the reason I\u2019m coaching in Boys 1-2 this year. I\u2019ll talk more about the Cavaliers as the year goes on."}
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-{"text": "Cephalopod aficionados looking to spice up their lighting should look to Adam Wallacavage's Octopus Chandeliers. His unusual light fixtures hold up their bulbs with sucker-bearing tentacles that come in a variety of colors and levels of kitsch.\n\nWhat's especially interesting about looking through Wallacavage's collection of chandeliers is how he achieves such different effects by changing the colors, arrangement of the legs, and accessories. His white and bronze chandeliers manage to be quite elegant, while his red ones are almost menacing, as if ready to drop on the head of an unsuspecting diner. Sometimes, however, he goes all out on the eccentricities of his lamps, adding eyeballs and Hello Kitty dolls for an intriguing bit of home decorating cheese."}
-{"text": "Suspect Identified in Ohio State Attack as Abdul Razak Ali Artan\n\nThe identity of the person who attacked other students at the Ohio\nUniversity campus Monday has been revealed. According to CBS, the\nattacker was Abdul Artan, an 18-year-old student at the university. He\nwas a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family in 2007,\nlived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014 as a legal\npermanent resident of the United States, officials said.He posted a rant shortly before he plowed a car into a\ncampus crowd and stabbed people with a butcher knife in an ambush that\nended when a police officer shot him dead, a law enforcement official\nsaid.\nAbdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, wrote on what appears to be his Facebook page\nthat he had reached a \"boiling point.\"\n\n\"America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially Muslim Ummah\n(community). We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that,\" the post\nsaid.\n\nTwo hours before that, a cryptic post on the page said: \"Forgive and forget. Love.\""}
-{"text": "[http://picasaweb.google.com/szymon.brandys/EclipseDemoCampKrakow28112009?feat=directlink Here] you can find more pictures from the event.\n\n+\n\n+\n\nOur event took place while the club were hosting a graphics exhibition. The main theme for the exhibition was Chernobyl, thus you can see some weird graphics on the event pictures. But... that was art&nbsp;:-)\n\n+\n\n+\n\nAnd some links sent by Krzysztof Goj who made a 3 minute lightning talk.\n\nIf you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to change the tentative agenda, i.e. limit the number of presenters and time of each demo. Presentations are likely in Polish.\n\n+\n\nIf you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to change the tentative agenda, i.e. limit the number of presenters and time of each demo. Presentations are likely to be in Polish.\n\nOur event took place while the club were hosting a graphics exhibition. The main theme for the exhibition was Chernobyl, thus you can see some weird graphics on the event pictures. But... that was art :-)\n\nAnd some links sent by Krzysztof Goj who made a 3 minute lightning talk.\n\nDate and Time\n\nOrganizers\n\nPresentations\n\nIf you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to change the tentative agenda, i.e. limit the number of presenters and time of each demo. Presentations are likely to be in Polish."}
-{"text": "Newly profitable Knewton raises $51M for personalized learning\n\nWhen we were children, most teachers taught to the middle \u2014 if you picked up concepts too slowly or quickly, you fell by the wayside.\n\nThese days, a new \u201cpersonalized learning\u201d trend has emerged that offers teachers a better way to adapt the learning materials to each student in their classroom. Personalized learning is already big business \u2014 a startup called Knewton announced today that it has generating significant revenues in the space and recently became profitable.\n\nChief executive Jose Ferreira also revealed that Knewton has raised an additional $51 million in capital, nearly doubling its funding. Ferreira said it wasn\u2019t an easy decision, as the company didn\u2019t need more money. But he has \u201clofty goals\u201d to bring \u201cpredictive analytics and personalized recommendations to publishers, schools, and, ultimately, students around the globe.\u201d\n\nThese lofty goals require capital \u2014 especially if the company is planning to expand globally and build a \u201cpublic portal\u201d for any student to access content online.\n\nThe funding was led by Atomico, along with GSV Capital and existing investors Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital, and Founders Fund. This makes Knewton one of the most well-funded startups based in New York City.\n\nKnewton\u2019s core products are its online learning tools that can be adapted to each learner\u2019s individual needs, whether it\u2019s in K12, higher education, or professional development. The technology works by dividing lessons into building blocks and then measuring students\u2019 performance as they learn.\n\nThe company also teams up with publishers like Pearson to digitally augment core curriculum materials that are already widely used in schools.\n\n\u201cWe feel that we have the best education technology \u2014 our algorithms can determine students\u2019 proficiency on any given concept,\u201d said chief operating officer David Liu in an interview with VentureBeat.\n\nThe larger goal for Knewton, Ferreira revealed in a recent interview, is to create the world\u2019s most valuable repository on how people learn. Ferreira is a former executive at education firm Kaplan and an ex-venture investor; he started the company in 2008.\n\nThis data will likely prove to be highly valuable, particularly with governments attempting to solve the crisis in education (high costs of tuition, overstretched school districts, out of control dropout rates, and so on) through technology.\n\nRead the blog post, in which Ferreira explains why he chose his investors:\n\nKnewton has raised $51 million to accelerate growth in the coming year.\n\nRaising another round of funding wasn\u2019t an entirely obvious decision for us. We had a couple of profitable months at the end of 2013, and expected to be profitable all of 2014. But Knewton has lofty goals. We want to bring predictive analytics and personalized recommendations to publishers, schools, and, ultimately, students around the globe. We want to make it possible for any content creator to create high-quality adaptive experiences. We want to launch a public portal so that anyone anywhere can use Knewton to learn anything.\n\nEvery entrepreneur longs for the day when the company becomes profitable. Profitability means freedom and security, and maybe even an end to sleepless nights. But, for Knewton, this happens to be the exact moment we want to step hard on the gas. We want to invest in our platform and increase headcount dramatically in the next two years.\n\nWhen we decided to raise this round, we called a few investors who had previously expressed interest in Knewton. We decided to go with Atomico, an international investment firm led by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstr\u00f6m. There were several reasons we chose Atomico to lead the round:\n\nStrong personal chemistry between our team and theirs\n\nStrong global presence in Europe, Asia, and Latin America \u2014 we are doing a lot of things in Europe right now\n\nThey have staff, whom we can borrow for local expertise and connections, in each of the numerous international regions we are focused on\n\nThey are founders who have experience scaling tech companies from inception to global platform\n\nKnewton will use this capital to invest significantly in product enhancements and international growth. While this new funding wasn\u2019t strictly necessary, the idea of growing aggressively now was too appealing to pass up."}
-{"text": "Selle Royal\nDrifter\n\nDetails\n\nBoasting Selle Royal's proprietary RoyalGel padding to eliminate pressure points and maximize comfort, the Drifter saddle is an excellent upgrade. You'll also love the RVL technology for water resistance, the rear springs that soak up bumps, and the rivets which give this sweet saddle a cool vintage look."}
-{"text": "It's hard to beat being thrown in an out-of-state jail on a trumped up charge as a Christmas present, but detective Clarke Lantham loves a challenge. So when he calls up his brother for help with bail, he thinks he's prepared for the ordeal of spending a holiday weekend with relatives who put the \"strange\" back in \"estranged.\"\nThat was his first mistake.\n\nThe all-new second edition of the original eBook new-car guide is finally here. The Automotive Intelligentsia 2011-2012 Sports Car Guide spotlights 46 of the most coveted rides on the road, Updated profiles place the reader firmly behind the wheel and chronicle each model\u2019s heart-pounding performance, advanced technology and storied heritage complete with fun facts, photos and specifications.\n\nHaunted by the biggest case in his past, NYC Detective John Aston Martin Start, on a routine murder investigation discovers a plot to rob the Bank of Jamaica. He sets his sights on attempting to thwart the plot to discover that he is the target of an assassination attempt. Who wants him dead? He must stop the robbery and save himself before he is sent back to New York in a body bag."}
-{"text": "Unions Set To Strike Against Boeing\n\nBacked by the power of the Obama administration National Labor Relations Board, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace union is set to strike against Boeing. The union contract expires Saturday."}
-{"text": "THE STUDIO\n\nTHE STUDIO \u2013 BUILDING WORLDS WITH GHOSTPATROL\nOpen daily 10am-5pm from Saturday 3 March\nAll ages | Free\n\nMelbourne-based Ghostpatrol has been drawing and painting on streets around the globe for the\nlast decade, making a name internationally through his ephemeral practice. In this artist-led\niteration of The Studio, visitors of all ages will step into an alternate reality laden with hybrid\ncreatures and characters and pops of colour referencing childhood nostalgia.\n\nVisitors of all ages can enter an alternative reality, one that speaks to their inner child and\nwhich encourages creative expression. Visitors can explore the finely drawn works of Ghostpatrol to\ncreate their own illustrated version of themselves sketched in an imaginary new world."}
-{"text": "\"MS. CLARKE KNEW FULL-WELL THAT GODADDY WOULD NOT HESITATE TO SHUT THE DOMAIN DOWN JUST AS MANY OTHER REGISTRARS HAVE DONE TO OTHER OUTLETS POST-CHARLOTTESVILLE...\"\n\n-PINOCHETBALL\n\nALTRIGHT.COM TAKEN DOWN AFTER GODADDY CAVES TO LEFTIST MOB\n\nPUBLISHED: 11th May, 2018 | ByPINOCHETBALL\n\nOver the course of the Alt-Right's relatively brief existence, one of our greatest struggles has been maintaining the ability to convey our message to the public, especially after the travesty that took place in Virginia last year. Time and again prominent figures have been denied their most basic and fundamental right to free speech. Once again another voice has been silenced and this time it was the very flagship of our armada, Richard Spencer's Altright.com.\n\nOn May third the president and executive director of The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Kristen Clarke, tweeted out that her organization had shut down Mr. Spencer's website adding,\n\n\"We will continue using every tool in our arsenal to confront white supremacists, the alt-right, & those who incite violence and hate in our country.\"\n\nShe then posted images of several documents that were sent to GoDaddy, the domain's registrar, as if to thumb her nose at Mr. Spencer, knowing full well that these documents were full of lies and specious claims that would hold little water under any other circumstance.\n\nMs. Clarke knew full-well that GoDaddy would not hesitate to shut the domain down just as many other registrars have done to other outlets post-Charlottesville for fear of being seen as complicit in supposed Alt-Right crimes. These days all it takes is one well-placed phone call or email and decent men can have their lives destroyed by leftist busybodies. The stigma that the Alt-Right now carries with it, contrived as it may be, is no less effective in being exploited by those who wish to silence us.\n\nThe justification for this latest attack was that Mr. Spencer's website violated GoDaddy's terms of service by \"[including] content actively inciting violence, particularly against racial and ethnic minorities.\" However, in a subsequent page she explicitly acknowledges that public pages are not necessarily responsible for user commentary, however she then proceeds to specifically cite user comments as justification for asking that the page be removed, claiming that Altright.com encourages incendiary language by \"promoting illegal and violent acts in it's articles.\" To expand on her justification she points out that the website does not remove these comments. Well, perhaps Mr. Spencer believes in the totality of free speech and not just allowing it piecemeal as it suits him.\n\nLiberty Machine News reached out to Richard Spencer for comment on these accusations:\n\n\"No plausible claim that AltRight.com supports violence has been offered. GoDaddy is simply bowing to the will of highly motivated, utterly hypocritical, and nasty left-wing pressure groups. That said, there are important lessons to be learned.\u200b\"First, we must create an 'Alt-Tech' Internet, one that is independent from the mainstream hosting, social networking, payment processing, communications industry. This is not going to be a months-long process. It might even take a generation. Secondly, most people are thinking the wrong way. We are stuck in the 20th century, of government crackdowns, \"totalitarianism\", and socialism. The greatest 21st-century censors exist in the private digital realm. Silicon Valley and the banking sector are greater threats to the viability of dissident movements than the U.S. government.\"\n\nThis cuts right to the heart of the issue. With the advent of technology, it's rapid development and expansion, the convenience and ease it brings to our lives, and our ever-increasing reliance on it we have grown complacent, consequentially allowing massive corporate oligarchies to usurp the rights naturally bestowed upon us and codified by our laws. We as a society are guilty of dereliction of duty and we are paying the price for it.\n\nTake, for instance, the case of Christopher Cantwell. He has come to rely solely on cryptocurrency as companies like PayPal and Square will no longer process payments as they have succumbed to the pressure of leftist organizations using the power and influence they have gained while we were asleep at the wheel. The Daily Stormer cannot keep a domain for longer than a few months on average for the same reason.\n\nMeanwhile, organizations like ItsGoingDown.org, an \"anarchist\", communist outlet that actually does promote illegality and violence are allowed to operate with impunity simply because they carry water for the leftist establishment powers that be. They engage in illegal activities such as supporting and organizing rent strikes in Hamilton and Stoney Creek, Ontario, and for those who don't immediately understand the implications: One cannot receive a good or service without rendering due payment. This is traditionally referred to as theft which is of course, a criminal offence.\n\nIt's Going Down has also promoted and endorsed squatting in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, and in case you did not know, squatting on government property is illegal. Graffiti \"tagging\" and other acts of vandalism are encouraged on a regular basis as well. They also host hours upon hours of podcast audio encouraging more of the same. Liberty Machine News contacted Ms. Clarke to inquire if her organization would be willing to maintain consistency in applying the same level of scrutiny in adherence to the terms of service of the registrars who host It's Going Down as well as other leftist media outlets, however I'm sure you could imagine our shock when our inquiries were met with silence.\n\nMr. Spencer is one-thousand percent correct in his assessment of our future needs, and the daunting challenge that lay before us to meet them. Rome was not built in a day, but neither was it destroyed in one. The left has always played the long game and if we are ever to slay this cultural hydra we must adopt the same approach and be fully committed to doing so. Otherwise we allow ourselves to be perpetually vilified, character-assassinated, silenced, and shut down, and if we do that, we're never going to win. For many of us it all too often feels as if we have missed the Pax Americana and the West has already fallen, but I assure you brothers, it has not.\u200bIf we want to win this ideological war before it turns into an actual, physical war, we must build a new paradigm to operate within to the exclusion of our enemies. We can no longer afford to play the away game. It's time to bring them onto our home field and I have no doubt that we have the spirit, the intelligence, and most importantly, the will to do so. We shall adapt, we shall improvise, we shall overcome, and we will prevail."}
-{"text": "Earn Dollars Daily With DailyDollars\n\nDelhi\u2019s air quality remained in the \u201cvery poor\u201d category for the second consecutive day on Thursday, 18 October, with several areas in the national capital nearing \u201csevere\u201d levels of pollution, according to the authorities.\n\nThe PM2.5 level (presence in the air of particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) touched a new high at 158 as authorities predicted further deterioration of air quality in the coming days.\n\nThe PM10 level (presence in the air of particles with a diameter of less than 10 micrometres) stood at 332.\n\nThe PM2.5 is said to have a greater impact than PM10 on health and is said to be more dangerous.\n\nDelhi\u2019s AQI Touches 315\n\nThe overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 315, according to the Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research.\n\nAn AQI between 0 and 50 is considered \u201cgood\u201d, 51 and 100 \u201csatisfactory\u201d, 101 and 200 \u201cmoderate\u201d, 201 and 300 \u201cpoor\u201d, 301 and 400 \u201cvery poor\u201d and 401 and 500 \u201csevere\u201d.\n\n\u201cPunjab Govt Didn\u2019t Prevent Stubble Burning\u201d\n\nAlongside, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday accused the Punjab government of having \u201cfailed\u201d to incentivise farmers to check stubble burning in the state, prompting Capt Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to term his charges as \u2018nonsensical\u2019 and \u2018misleading\u2019.\n\nBadal had sought to know from the chief minister as to \u201cwhy has his government failed to incentivise a single farmer to prevent stubble burning\u201d.\n\nSukhbir, in his statement, had also asked Amarinder Singh as to why he was \u201cindulging in politics of lies and deceit by photo ops with the prime minister to befool the farmers of the state\u201d.\n\nThe chief minister met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday to press for Rs 100 per quintal compensation to farmers to check problem of stubble burning.\n\nAmarinder Singh told Modi that the problem of stubble burning could get aggravated, despite various steps being taken by the state government, with the close of the harvest season, and needed to be urgently addressed.\n\nThe Shiromani Akali Dal chief said the chief minister should first give a report card of the utilisation of Rs 385 crore received from the Centre to manage paddy straw.\n\nDelhi Govt Springs into Action\n\nAs the air quality worsened, Delhi\u2019s Environment Minister Imran Hussain formed a six-member team to carry out surprise inspections in the city to check violations which contribute towards air pollution.\n\nThe minister said inspections would be carried out to check steps being taken by various bodies on the ground. He has also sought the details and schedule of working of the mechanical sweeping and sprinkling vehicles being operated by these bodies, including the PWD."}
-{"text": "Former federal prosecutor and Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy joined Brian Kilmeade on \"Fox & Friends\" Thursday morning to explain why he believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is coming to a close.\n\nMueller this week filed a sentencing memo for Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser.\n\nIn the highly redacted memo, Mueller recommended little to no prison time for Flynn, stating that the former three-star Army general has offered \"substantial\" help to investigators about \"several ongoing investigations.\" Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying about his conversations with a Russian official, is set to be sentenced Dec. 18.\n\nThe bombshell release came as additional sentencing memorandums are expected within days in the cases of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.\n\nMcCarthy said these developments are an indication that the Mueller probe is \"winding down.\"\n\nHe explained that prosecutors do not let cooperating witnesses get sentenced until they are near the end of the investigation, because prosecutors must be able to make a full appraisal of how cooperative a witness has been.\n\nHe added that the sentencing memo also indicates that Mueller is trying to justify the FBI's investigation.\n\n\"That is to say, even if they don't find that there was citable, criminal conduct on the part of President Trump, they will say that there was adequate reason for the FBI and the Obama administration very controversially to launch an investigation of the opposing party's campaign,\" McCarthy said.\n\nFox News contributor Andrew McCarthy said Wednesday on \"Outnumbered Overtime\" that a report claiming President Trump asked if a U.S. attorney could lead the probe into Michael Cohen despite his recusal is \"all wind and no rain.\""}
-{"text": "This is a quick and dirty demonstration image for one of my WIP props, a Steampunk style elevator shaft and carriage.\nIt's nothing special, and didn't \u2026 more \u00bb\n\nThis is a quick and dirty demonstration image for one of my WIP props, a Steampunk style elevator shaft and carriage.\nIt's nothing special, and didn't take much time to do. Not my best work, but it was fun to make.\nThe image was rendered in Daz Studio 3 advanced using three light sources, and deep shadow mapping. Additional shadows, faux volumetric lighting, and some particulates were added in Photoshop in post production. \u00ab Less"}
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-{"text": "Good news is coming in for collectors of horror on Blu-ray as the Lucio Fulci classic The Beyond (AKA 7 Doors of Death) and Cannibal Holocaust are getting set to make their high definition premiere via Grindhouse Releasing!\n\nPreliminary street dates for these upcoming releases have not yet been revealed.\n\nThe Beyond SynopsisA young woman from New York named Liza (Katherine MacColl) inherits a Louisiana motel that has been unoccupied for nearly 60 years. While restoring the old building, many of the workers meet mysterious and untimely deaths, each more ill-fated than the next. Furthermore, Liza is visited by a blind specter named Emily (Sarah Keller), who lectures from a 4,000-year-old book of collected prophecies that explains the motel is situated above one of seven portals to hell. As her sanity dwindles, Liza finds some much-needed stability in a local doctor named John McCabe (David Warbeck), who is determined to find a rational explanation for the recent state of affairs. Nevertheless, the protagonists are led through a maze of bizarre confrontations with beings beyond the realm of the living and into an apocalyptic world of unknown horrors. The Beyond is at once the quintessential Lucio Fulci film and a staple in the overall Italian horror genre. The director\u2019s epic masterpiece is a blend of atmospheric surrealism and nightmarish visions (a grisly tarantula attack, flesh-melting acid spills, a softball-sized gun blast through the skull of a young zombified girl, and an eyeball impaling or two) that are definitely unsuitable for those with weak stomachs.\n\nCannibal Holocaust SynopsisBanned and heavily censored the world over, here is a film that surpasses its reputation as a shotgun blast to the senses. Cannibal Holocaust presents the \u201cfound footage\u201d of a group of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. This footage is so intense, so graphic, and so unflinching in its realism that the director and producer of Cannibal Holocaust were arrested upon its original release and the film seized. With a soundtrack by Riz Ortolani."}
-{"text": "Woolwich Township, NJ Trigonometry Tutors\n\nThese private tutors\nin Woolwich Township, NJ are brought to you by WyzAnt.com, the best place to find local tutors on the web.\nWhen you use WyzAnt, you can search for Woolwich Township, NJ tutors, review profiles and qualifications, run background checks, and arrange for home lessons.\nClick on any of the results below to see the tutor's full profile. Your first hour with any tutor is protected by our Good Fit Guarantee: You don't pay for tutoring unless you find a good fit.\n\nSubject:\n\nZip:\n\n...Please note: I am limited to tutoring on Penn's campus since I do not have a car at schoolI have tutored techniques to study for the SATs in the past. Other times, I have tutored students whose main concern was their inability to find a study method that worked for them. I have taught note-taki...\n\n...I am a parent who has had recent exposure to math classes through AP Calculus as I have helped both of my sons through such courses, in additon to my credentials. I'm happy to say that both of my sons are National Merit Scholars, and I helped coach and prepare them for the math portions of the PSAT, SAT, and ACT exams. If you manage to stump me, my sons will be happy to back me up!\n\n...I am very familiar with all levels of Calculus, as well as Analysis. In high school, I had half of a year devoted to Geometry. If my memory serves correct, I believe I actually finished the half year with a perfect score.\n\n...As such, I offer help with a mix of engineering and math courses. Many students benefit from one-on-one lessons, which enables them to learn in their own way. The added support builds confidence and inspires life long learning.\n\n...My teaching certificate for secondary school mathematics was earned in 1981, renewed in 1991, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky where I taught in the 1980s. My college training and my experience as a teacher included Linear Algebra as a subject. I taught linear algebra in Delaware (2010-2014) on ..."}
-{"text": "Writing\n\nWith LinkedIn, Twitter, and so many other avenues for professional expression, our work has never been more public\u2014or more vulnerable to pride and pretense. Just as we\u2019re all living the good life on Facebook, our online work personas reflect an idealized version of who we are and how we got there. That\u2019s fine, but it belies the more interesting and honest stories about professional advancement.\n\nInspired by Tony Stubblebine and Bijan Sabet, I mapped out my career based on the people who took a chance on me\u2014those who gave me a shot when they in no way had to.\n\n2007\nI\u2019d accepted an employment offer from Oakland Unified School District on the condition that I teach special education. I met with Dana Ashby, then Elementary Program Coordinator, to evaluate where I\u2019d fit best. She assigned me to Fruitvale Elementary, where I\u2019d lead small group instruction in reading and math. Due to location and caseload, this was an enviable and sought-after placement. I taught at Fruitvale for three years, working alongside some of the most amazing teachers and young people I\u2019ve ever met. I even taught a few kids to read. Had Dana assigned me anywhere else, I wouldn\u2019t have seen the success that I did.\n\n2010\nI wanted to jump from education (and weekend petsitting) to clean energy. Janice was a petsitting client who ran her own cleantech strategy consulting firm. I called her for insight on an unrelated internship opportunity; she offered sharp advice (her trademark) and, soon after, a job. She gave me all sorts of tasks to see what I enjoyed and excelled at. Within a month I was doing junior analyst work on a large-scale solar development project. A year later, I was managing a project on behalf of Sandia National Labs and the US Department of Energy. Janice encouraged so many of the skills I\u2019ve put to work since then. She\u2019s a dynamo and I\u2019m forever grateful to her.\n\n2013\nDrawn to the tech industry\u2019s unbridled creativity, I was hunting for a job in consumer tech. I had very little technical experience and had underestimated how hard it would be to switch industries a second time. I wanted to help build a product like Lift (now Coach.me). I\u2019d met Tony, the CEO, twice\u2014once at a Lift event and again at a dessert party (true story). I emailed him for insight into hiring and job searching. He took me out to lunch and a week later offered me a part-time contracting role. I went to work developing in-app coaching content\u2014which was uncharted territory for me and for Lift. Two months later Tony asked me to go full-time. I\u2019ll never forget that conversation: \u201cYou should absolutely be working in a startup.\u201d Tony\u2019s generosity remains a source of validation and humility in my career progression. He\u2019s one of the good guys.\n\n2015\nSix weeks into a new job at Stitch Labs, Brandon Levey pulled me aside during lunch and asked whether I\u2019d be up for a special project. The company wanted better insights and processes around customer churn. Half of my time would immediately go toward this project. Our VP of sales was rightfully skeptical: \u201cWe want to better understand churn, so we\u2019re giving this to the guy who\u2019s been here six weeks?\u201d I eventually put him at ease. Brandon coached me through a lot of the next two months; I count my lucky stars to have had so many conversations with him.\n\n2016\nThe Sunday after New Years, Brandon made another offer. Each department had an initiative related to a new type of customer; Brandon wanted me to coordinate these efforts. I was excited and terrified and said so. I accepted based on excitement and trust; I\u2019m sure his offer was rooted in similar feeling.\n\nThis was not an endless string of green lights. There was failure and merit and hustle and putting oneself in the right place, but the long tail of privilege stretched throughout. Switching industries is easier when you have financial security. San Francisco is a good place to meet tech CEOs\u2014if you can afford to be here in the first place. There was a lot of luck and good fortune, chief among them someone\u2019s willingness to invest in a near-stranger.\n\nI move forward with gratitude, wonder, and (I hope) the sense to pay it forward. I\u2019ll quote Bijan because there\u2019s no better way to close: \u201cWho took a chance on you?\u201d"}
-{"text": "Saturday, November 21, 2015\n\nWaiting for Beaver Fever\n\nJust after I Turned onto the Rim Road and General\nCrook trail, we stopped for another water break. That's where we\nfound the sign. \"It is illegal to grow Marijuana in YOUR\nNational Forest\". Paranoid now, I dumped my sack of seeds around\nthe sign. That sign no longer exists. I guess it gave people ideas.\nThe trail wound around the rim, rising and falling, weaving\nthrough the pines. Occasionally, an ATV would blow past, leaving us\nin a cloud of dust. We walked to the side of the trail, which was\nmade of limestone and cinder. Maya's pads were suffering from the\nsharp stone and the day was hot, so we stayed off the path and in the\nshade and soft grass.\n\nJust as I was wondering if my calculations were off and we had\npassed the first of the mapped water holes, we dropped below a small\nhill and in the distance saw the small green sign identifying Johnson\nSpring. My heart raced with anticipation. Would it be flowing? Would\nit be safe? With the fire ban in place and no filter, I had no means\nof purification.\n\nMy research told me to avoid stagnant or brackish water. Also to\nwatch for white encrustation around the edges that might indicate the\npresence of poisons or alkali. It took a few minutes of searching\nthrough the tall weeds to find the source of the spring.\n\nThe water from Johnson Spring seeped\nout of the ground and formed a tiny pool just shy of a cubic foot in\nsize. A narrow stream bed, dry and overgrown, extended both north and\nsouth from the shallow depression. There were a few plants growing in\nand around the water. The spring looked clean and cool and flowed\nslowly from the bottom, avoiding stagnation. It had no discernible\nodor.\n\nNext I looked for the presence of\nhemlocks, belladonna, or other noxious plants that can leach toxins.\nI wasn't able to identify the few plants that grew there, but none\nwere recognizably poisonous.\n\nLike with water, there are warning\nsigns that unidentified plants may be hazardous. I saw no furry\nplants, resinous plants, or plants with red or white berries or\nflowers. Again, no guarantee.\n\nMaya's canine constitution could handle\nany likely micro organisms. I let her drink her fill.\n\nThe most prevalent danger from\nuntreated water is Giardiasis, a protozoan infestation that wreaks\nhavoc on the small intestine. The Giardia are carried in the\nintestines of humans, cattle, other small mammals, and is spread to\nwater through fecal contamination. The affliction these little\nbastards cause is known by the colorful name Beaver Fever. Most\nanimals who carry the protozoa are asymptomatic, as are some people.\nHundreds of thousands of people worldwide suffer the symptoms of\n\nGiardiasis.\n\nSymptoms can appear any time between\none and fifteen days after ingestion, and begin suddenly. There are\ngut wrenching cramps, explosive diarrhea, and projectile vomiting.\nThese occur along with loss of appetite, general weakness, and\nodorous belching. Symptoms can last anywhere from a few days to six\nweeks and when its all over, it can cause varying degrees of\npermanent lactose intolerance.\n\nEverything I knew about water, I\nlearned in books before I hit the trail. The one thing all of them\nhad in common was the assertion that untreated groundwater cannot be\nassumed safe without extensive study and high powered microscopy.\nEven boiled or filtered water can contain unseen dangers like\nsalinity, alkalinity, heavy metals, chemicals, and pesticides,\n\nI cringe to see people drink untreated\nwater of any kind, and would have preferred another option. The only\ntracks I saw near the spring were from birds. I saw no sign of\ncattle, and the dry stream, even at full flow, would too small to\nsupport beavers. With the added assurance that it was spring water\nand only just broke the surface, I drank.\n\nThe rural folk I grew up around taught\nme that the bowels are the barometer of health. I subscribe to this\nadage and generally pay attention, more so in survival situations.\nFor the next two weeks, however, I would be worriedly monitoring all\nof my bodily functions. Each fart or rumbling of belly could be cause\nfor concern. I was properly hydrated and feeling fit, but had\ncondemned myself to weeks of apprehension and fear. Time would tell.\n\nWe spent the hottest part of the afternoon resting in the shade\nand hydrating. Maya had some kibble and I mixed the last of my bread\ncrumbs with the last of the gravy mix and had a meager lunch. The\nonly comestibles left for me was a can of Tomato soup.\n\nI had to make the decision whether to\ncontinue on or spend the night near the spring and start the next day\nrefreshed and with full bottles. My maps indicated there was another\nspring three miles distant. There were a few hours of daylight left\nso after stashing half the gear, we took our chances and moved on. If\nKehl spring wasn't flowing, we might have to return anyway.\n\nNo comments:\n\nPost a Comment\n\nGoogle+ Badge\n\nAbout Me\n\nI was arrested for possession of LSD in 1992 and threatened with a 42 year sentence. I split and spent the next fifteen years as a fugitive. The last five years I lived in the forests of Arizona. These are essays about some adventures I had during my journey to freedom ."}
-{"text": "Main Menu\n\nFirst flown on 25 September 1973 (Prototype D-HDCI), the BO 106 is generally similar to the BO 105 but has the cabin widened by 50cm to seat two or three persons in front and four on the rear bench. Its uprated Allison 250-C20B engines each develop a maximum of 420shp and give 50shp more than the 250-C20 at ISA + 20\u00b0C. This gives the BO 106 a performance simflar to that of the BO 105.\n\nAn uprated transmission caters for a twin-engine power output of up to 692shp, and single-engine output of 380shp, compared with 636 and 370shp respectively for the BO 105 transmission.\n\nThe prototype was developed with government aid (60%). It is hoped to make available kits to convert existing BO 105s to BO 106 standard, as well as new production aircraft."}
-{"text": "Your browser does not support JavaScript! This page will not render correctly.\n\nView AmendmentCurrent Amendment: 3698R001.DR.TRY.docx to Bill 3698\nThe Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry proposed the following amendment (3698R001.DR.TRY):\nAmend the bill, as and if amended, page 18, by striking line 37 and inserting:"}
-{"text": "Round 1 - Important lightweight affair, and referee Herb Dean draws the assignment. Varner takes the center and lands a right to the body. Roller circles on the outside, and Varner aims to the gut again. Quick hands from Varner early with shots to the body and then up top. Varner with a very wide stance, and Roller is content to trade with him early. Varner lands an overhand right. Roller does pop a stiff jab, and he looks a bit annoyed as he pickes up the pace. Varner retreats and resets. Varner kicks to the thigh. Two minutes in. Varner's right eye reddened, but he fires off a high kick. Roller is dropped but a striaght, but he pops up, scores a takedwon and immediately scrambles to the back as Varner stands. Varner controls the right arm in front of him. ROller has a bodylock. Varner leaps to the side, but Roller doesn't blink as they hit the canvas. Roller sneaks the left arm underneath the chin and squeezes. Varner tries to fight it, but Roller has it in deep. Varner is forced to tap. Round 1, 3:55.\n\nLast edited 12/16/10 8:10PM server time by mayhem13Edit note/reason: n/a\n\nAnother SD, this time Shalrous over Bart, and perhaps another IFL guy on his way out. Cerrone subbed Horodecki and I'm now putting Chris in with LC Davis-unfortunately that means he's become a bit of a bust since joining Zuffa and never really lived up to his potential."}
-{"text": "Hero Or Fool: Man Pays $200 To Appeal $26 Parking Ticket\n\nHere in Philadelphia, parking tickets tend to appear out of nowhere, the Parking Authority\u2019s army of ninja ticket-writers leaving their citations in silence. Many people just fork over the cash, even when the violation is bogus. But not one man, who was willing to spend money to prove his point.\n\nThis case goes back to the summer of 2011, when the driver had parked his car in the city\u2019s Manayunk section while attending a local arts festival with his wife. The spot they found was listed as one-hour parking, so they returned in about 55 minutes to move their vehicle.\n\nAfter circling the block a few times, they found a spot on that same street where they had just been parked. In fact, the parking space they took had just been vacated by a Parking Authority vehicle.\n\nAnd yet, only 15 minutes later, there was a $26 ticket waiting for him.\n\nBut rather than simply pay the ticket in order to avoid having to navigate the Parking Authority bureaucracy, this driver decided to fight for his cause.\n\nSubsequent in-person appeals only resulted in admonitions straight out of Mad Libs, with Authority examiners telling him he should have produced receipts for gas or restaurant visits that day, none of which has any bearing on where he was parked.\n\nAnd so the only option remaining for the driver was to take his case to the Court of Common Pleas, where he\u2019d have to pay around $200 in non-refundable fees to get his case heard.\n\nHe would have paid even more if he hadn\u2019t been hooked up with a former state and federal prosecutor who took the case pro bono.\n\nAnd so earlier this month, the driver and his attorney appeared in court and the judge quickly vacated the violation.\n\nThe Parking Authority had tried to argue that \u201cone-hour parking\u201d means the driver can park on that particular street for only one hour, so driving around for 15-20 minutes and finding a different spot on the same street does not count.\n\n\u201c[O]ur point was, \u2018Well, does that mean one hour per day, one hour per week, one hour per lifetime?'\u201d explains the driver\u2019s lawyer.\n\nLooking through the city\u2019s Traffic Code, we could find nothing that backs up the Parking Authority\u2019s position. If we missed it (which is possible), feel free to let us know.\n\nRegardless, the driver says that since the Parking Authority failed to give his case a proper review during the appeals process, he now intends to get the $200 he had to spend on getting a judge to listen to reason.\n\nI think my appeal filing fee should be returned, but the more important goal is to have the PPA reform its practices,\u201d he explains. \u201cThe PPA should make all parking regulations clearly known to the public, and due process should be not punitive.\u201d"}
-{"text": "The Cravings of a Catholic Heart\n\nThe Catholic Review\n\nThe Catholic Review recently reported on the discovery over the summer of a time capsule on the site of a former independent living facility for elderly women at Roland Avenue and Coldspring Lane in North Baltimore known as Kirkleigh Villa.\n\nThe capsule was revealed during demolition of the building once known as \u201cThe Villa\u201d and which closed in 1966 to make way for a new and larger facility that was opening in the Timonium section of Baltimore County.\n\nThe contents, as you may have read, likely didn\u2019t inspire awe or amazement in anyone who observed them. In the copper box were some local newspapers, four 1925 coins and an American flag, as well as a couple of medals depicting Pope Pius XI and the Blessed Mother.\n\nAs often is the case with time capsules, items are selected that reflect the everyday life and spirit of the day so that people viewing them years into the future will do so with a better idea of what life was like and what was most important to those who lived then.\n\nAt the time of Kirkleigh Villa\u2019s dedication in October of 1926, Archbishop Michael Curley eloquently stated, \u201cThe women who live here are not lacking in worldly goods, but they have felt in the past that they have lacked something which every human being wants and is entitled to\u2014a real home. Here they will have companionship, an atmosphere of prayer, close relationship with God. These are the things which a Catholic heart craves. These are the things which all the wealth of the world can never make purchasable.\u201d\n\nMother Seton\u2019s Daughters of Charity, who operated the facility for its entire 40 years of existence, offered these gifts to the residents of Kirkleigh Villa, just as they do today in the hospitals and nursing homes they operate here in our Archdiocese.\n\nAs well, such care is still being provided at that new and larger facility which opened the year Kirkeigh Villa closed. Though it took me a little more than two years, I recently accepted Sister Karen McNally\u2019s invitation to celebrate Mass there for the residents and patients of this magnificent facility, known as Stella Maris, which provides comprehensive health and housing services to the elderly, the sick and those approaching the end of their earthly lives.\n\nI was not surprised to find, looking back at my visit and reflecting on Archbishop Curley\u2019s words, both the hunger of those present for spiritual nourishment, as well as the generosity of those whose job it is to provide it\u2014evidenced so clearly by the robust attendance of both residents and employees at the 4pm Mass on a recent Thursday.\n\nThe Religious Sisters of Mercy and the pastoral team at Stella Maris, led by the residents\u2019 much-loved \u201cpastor,\u201d Father Larry Johnson, are providing those in their care with the spiritual nourishment to satisfy the \u201ccravings,\u201d Archbishop Curley noted which are present in the hearts of all Catholics and certainly of those I was privileged to meet during my visit.\n\nAmong those I met and who joined me in concelebrating the Mass were Fathers Edward Bayer, Robert Bozel, and George Buettner. I am most grateful for the witness they provide, in spite of their physical limitations, to those with whom they share a residence and a place at the Lord\u2019s table.\n\nAs well, I am grateful\u2014as should be our local Church and, indeed, our entire community\u2014to the many dedicated priests and religious communities of women and men serving in wonderful centers of healing and faith such as Stella Maris. One need only consider the countless lives impacted at the hospitals, nursing homes, and educational institutions where they have served and continue to do so, to appreciate the depth of their commitment to glorifying God through their service to others.\n\nAbout Us\n\nGod calls the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to be a welcoming, worshipping community of faith, hope, and love. Through his Spirit, the Lord Jesus lives in those who believe, and reaches into our world with his saving message and healing love.\n\nContact\n\nArchdiocese of Baltimore\n320 Cathedral Street\nBaltimore, MD 21201\n\nMission\n\nAs disciples of Jesus our mission is:\nEvangelization: to evangelize ourselves, our families, our parish and local communities, and our world.\nLiturgy: to celebrate our faith with joy through vibrant and prayerful worship.\nEducation: to educate and become educated in the truths of the Gospel and in the formation of conscience.\nService: to reach out in love and service to those in need.\nStewardship: to develop the material, financial and human resources of the Church and to manage them as faithful stewards."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nMonday, 6 February 2012\n\nThe Value of an Apology\n\nI wish I could say I never had cause to apologize to my children. It would be lovely if I never lost my temper or overreacted or failed to do the right thing. It would be marvelous if I never yelled or brushed off or rolled my eyes. I would be delighted if I never demanded too much of them or offered too little of myself.\n\nBut I am human and I do these things. I snap impatient. I holler shame. I refuse selfishly. And in doing so, I wound those who are both the most precious and most defenseless: my children.\n\nI can know all the right things to do and say, focusing on relationship and connection as I gently guide my children through life...but I'm going to mess up. And when I do the wrong thing, I need to fix it. I need to make amends and restore the relationship I have damaged.\n\nI need to apologize.\n\nAnd in doing so, I find such sweetness in a child's ready forgiveness.\n\nI remember being pregnant and tired and grumpy. I wasn't giving my best to my oldest. Gone were the days of peacefully and patiently wandering through our days together. Instead I was being snippy and loud, intolerant of his typical-two behaviour.\n\nSuddenly I was having to humble myself, kneel down, and apologize to my child.\n\nPart of me wanted to protest: But I'm the grown-up! He should have just listened to me the first time!What pride and foolishness it would have been to allow that to still my tongue and leave my child heartsick and ashamed.\n\nInstead, I would gather him into my arms each time. As I did, I would tell him:\n\n\"I am sorry, Love. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. It was wrong of me. God doesn't want me to treat you that way. He doesn't want anyone to treat you that way. He created you and you are His child, and He wants me to take care of you properly. Will you forgive me?\"\n\nHis forgiveness was always offered readily, putting to shame my own habit of holding on to hurt and anger. After granting me his forgiveness, he would hold my hand as I prayed aloud for God to forgive me as well.\n\nI wish I could say everything was sunny and serene again once the baby was born, but those days are long past. I am an imperfect person and an imperfect mother; is there any other kind? I continually strive for better, seeking those practices which help each of us to grow and bloom and thrive, but I make mistakes along the journey. I lose my temper, kneel, and apologize. I overlook the needful, draw near, and ask forgiveness. And by doing so, I discover relationships restored, hearts softened, self-worth reaffirmed, and connection strengthened.\n\nThere is healing in apology, both for them and for me. There is beauty in a return to peace and connection. There is joy in knowing that we are not defined by our mistakes. Aside from prayer as I seek the Spirit's leading along this journey, there is no aspect of my parenting more important than admitting my wrongdoings and seeking my child's forgiveness. None of the rest matters if I withhold that which they need most: the knowledge and assurance that they are worthy, that they don't deserve to be treated poorly, and that my mistakes are not excused simply because I'm an adult. They need my humble and sincere apologies as much as they need my unconditional love.\n\nAn apology from the one who has wronged them is sweet comfort and reassurance, and words of truth and worth and value nourish our children's souls.\n____________________________\n\n33 comments:\n\nThat's beautiful, and such a great reminder to all of us imperfect moms who find ourselves in the same situations from time to time. Thank you for sharing! You're right, our kids do need our apologies as much as our love.\n\nMy babe just turned 8 months old today, and I've already had to apologize to her for losing my temper. Some people laugh at me, but I want to make sure I always apologize when I need to. I know she's little bitty, but I still think that on some level, she understands. I also hope she understands when I apologize every day for her parents...this poor kid has no chance at being \"normal\".\n\nI was at a superbowl \"party\" with family last night when my 4 year old just couldn't keep it together, for one reason or another. Maybe she was tired, or not feeling well, or just cranky. Either way, frustrated with her tears and inability to mind that neither she, or I could make any sense of I gave her a tongue lashing that I am so sorry and ashamed of today. I said things that I regret and that weren't so nice and I can't wait to get home from work today and hug my baby and tell her I'm sorry. I was wrong, and I am so glad I read your blog. Inspiring, for sure.\n\nBeautiful! I grew up in a household where parents were never wrong and never apologized. They had trouble forgiving, too. (Related? hmmmm...) I love that you pray together after apologizing. I'm challenged to do the same now. :-)\n\nI am sorry that was your experience, Ramona. I was fortunate to have a father who lost his temper quickly but was just as quick to apologize and ask our forgiveness; it was such a blessing and an encouragement. My mother, unfortunately, never did heal from her past hurts and come to a place where she could acknowledge her wrongs and apologize for them. The resulting scars still run deep and forgiveness towards her is a continual process.\n\nBeautifully written! I apologize to Kieran often, b/c when I speak to him in a way that I would not want to be spoken to, I want him to know that it's not my right to do so simply b/c I am an adult. I want him to know that he is worthy of my love, kindness, and respect!\n\nThis is a great practice to remember. Thank you for sharing. I especially like the idea of children realizing that we parents (nor anyone else) should treat them in such a way. And I do love the way kids are so quick to forgive.\n\nyes! I apologized to my daughter who will be 4 in May with whom we just started the \"responsibility chart\" just this past week. She looked at me so sweetly and said \"it's ok! but you're very lucky MOM's don't have to do responsibility charts\" :) picking up the behavior and consequence, not bad...plus I'd get some stickers, and who isn't motivated a little more to make their bed with stickers :)\n\nThis: yes. And what I've found, which amazes me, is that in practicing honest apologies with my family, to whom I feel the most tender, it's become easier to practice authentic apologies in extra-family relationships, too. So the very practice of apologizing becomes easier, and less scary.\n\n(did you see I wrote a practice, too? :) was excited to get in on this!!)\n\nwow, love this... apologies need to happen. on bad days where i feel like my mother (and not in a good way), the enemy can make me feel very guilty with flashes of the encounters with her i hate to remember. but then i remember that i say i'm sorry to my children, and that makes all the difference in how the story ends.\n\nThis is a huge one for me. I cannot recall either of my parents ever apologizing to me until my dad did once when I was 16. I remembering bawling and bawling and then such healing! With his one apology so much anger and hatred I had allowed to build up was gone.\n\nI am constantly humbled by my daughters willingness to forgive and I have noticed a freely apologizing spirit in her as well. Kids truly do learn by watching our every move. It can be so hard to admit I messed up but the restoration of relationship is so priceless.\n\nI love this! It is so hard for me to apologize.....which is the exact reason that I NEED to practice this with my girls. When I apologize, I admit some failure on my part. They need to see me mess up....so that they will know that it's okay to get it wrong, and how to make it right. Thanks for sharing!\n\nI love this. Absolutely agree - I apologize to my daughter as well....of course I wish I didn't need to as often as I do. The other day I apologized and said \"Love, I'm sorry I got frustrated with you earlier and didn't speak kindly to you.\". (She is 3). She said \"mom, I'm so sorry I got upset with you. I was very frustrated.\". \"I forgive you, love, thank you for saying that.\". \"I forgive you too, Mom. Let's hug each others\" and we gave each other a big hug. Now if that didn't bring it home solidly that an apology is a good thing, I don't know what would;)\n\nso central! I love this practice post. Last baby shower I was at, the question was posed for all mothers to give your big piece of motherly advice to the first time mother guest of honor. this was all I could think of. Apologize to your kids when you are wrong. that was the only think I could think of that could qualify as wisdom to be applied universally. No family should go without this practice!\n\nA friend of mine once said that the best thing her mom ever did for her was teach her what to do with her sin by practicing apology, repentance, forgiveness, and grace liberally in her home. Her words have always stuck with me as a mother, and I apologize to my children all the time as a result. Thanks for the reminder and the solidarity.Erica\n\nAs I read your post I cried. I feel so ashamed at being so hard on my daughters especially my eldest who is having a tough time at the moment. So much so that as I lost sleep over feeling so bad about the way I have approached the situation. I prayed for help to be wiser and to find a way to make the situation better and amazingly I found this post. I can't wait till morning where I can hold her and sincerely ask for her forgiveness. Thank you for putting your beautiful words out there for the likes of me to find."}
-{"text": "So, the Seychelles look OK\n\nHere\u2019s a video trip report someone put together (Joe\u2026 Joe put it together) and it looks kind of stunning. Hope you enjoy.\n\nUnique Post\n\nThis entry was posted on Monday, March 11th, 2019 at 10:24 am and is filed under Locations.\nYou can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.\nYou can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site."}
-{"text": "Baldwin High School senior Dayton Valentine signs Wednesday to attend Kansas State University next fall on a football scholarship as his mother Marilee Valentine (left) and sister Corey Valentine look on."}
-{"text": "We\u2019re NZ citizens and are planning to move to Melbourne. We want to buy our first home in Australia. I\u2019m a lecturer at the University of Auckland and starting at the University of Melbourne next month.\n\nI don't\u2019 have much deposit of my own. I have inherited a property from my mother in Auckland in 2015. Can I use it as a deposit for my home loan?\n\nIt would be great if you could tell me in brief about the process of applying for a home loan in Australia for an NZ borrower?\n\nThe reason for that is they are granted a Special Category Visa (SCV) and lenders will treat you as an Australian resident for a mortgage. And if you are living and working in Australia, then some lenders will allow you to borrow up to 95% of the property value. Please note that the amount that you can borrow, and the lenders that may lend to you may vary depending upon your situation.\n\nAdditionally, in 2016, the Government introduced a FPAD (foreign purchase additional duty) for foreigners that want to buy property in Australia. As NZ citizens are granted SCV visa, which exempts them from having to pay the stamp duty surcharge which applies in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.\n\nYes, you can use your inherited property as a deposit. You can speak with a bank in NZ and can extract the equity out of that property and use it as your deposit for purchasing a property in Australia. Bear in mind that banks are tough on loans upwards of 95% of the property value so showing that the inheritance is not refundable is crucial.\n\nPlease call us on +61 2 9194 1700 and one of our specialist mortgage brokers will help you to get approved.\n\nFHOG can be very useful for first home buyers like you and can help you in reducing the deposit needed for the mortgage. Lenders will usually ask 10% of the purchase price as the deposit but with the grant, you have to provide only about 5% of the deposit.\n\nHowever, the grant amount and the benefits can differ according to the state you are buying. Please refer to the State Revenue Office Victoria website or the first home buyer helpline to know the exact benefits.\n\nYou can even use the FHOG calculator to know how much grant amount you can receive.\n\nSpeak with one of our New Zealand specialists by calling us on +61 2 9194 1700 if you\u2019re overseas or on 1300 889 743 if you\u2019re in Australia or by completing our free online assessment form and discover how we could help you."}
-{"text": "Links\n\nAnimal Law Resources\n\nAnimal Law Review\nAnimal Law is a student-run law review at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. Animal Law offers a unique forum for the scholarly discussion of legal issues related to animals. The review's objective is to educate the legal community and other interested groups and individuals about the current status of animal-related issues. The review strives to provide a balanced perspective by covering all sides of animal-related topics.\n\nAnimal Legal and Historical Center\nA project of the Michigan State University College of Law, this comprehensive website provides full text cases, U.S. statutes, topical discussions, and legal articles addressing a wide variety of animal issues.\n\nAnimal Legal Defense Fund\nALDF works through the courts both to protect and defend the lives and interests of particular animals or groups of animals, and create fundamental reforms within the legal system itself, with a special emphasis on ending animals' current status as property.\n\nCenter for Animal Law Studies\nThe Center for Animal Law Studies draws, trains, and supports those who choose to practice animal law in order to further the field of animal law and promote legal protections for animals. The site provides information about animal law job opportunities, competitions, conferences, and much more.\n\nInternational Institute for Animal Law\nAnimalLaw.com is intended to serve as a clearinghouse for animal-related legal information, from pending legislation through relevant case law digests. While still in the developmental phase, AnimalLaw.com strives to present both objective and authoritative commentary, as well as guidance for individuals who wish to become advocates for animal issues.\n\nAnimal Law Coalition\nAnimal Law Coalition works to stop animal cruelty and suffering through legislation, administrative agency action, and litigation. ALC offers legal analysis of the difficult and controversial issues relating to animals.\n\nOther SALDF Chapters\n\nPlease note that there are many SALDF chapters not listed here. See the ALDF Web site for a complete list.\n\nOther Animal Protection and Related Groups\n\nLeague of Humane Voters\nThe League of Humane Voters seeks to mobilize public concern for animals through the democratic political process, campaigning for the election of candidates for public office who will work to enact animal rights legislation in New York.\n\nVegan Outreach\nVegan Outreach is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing animal suffering by promoting a vegan lifestyle through its illustrated booklets, illustrated booklets Why Vegan, Even If You Like Meat, and Try Vegetarian.\n\nWin Animal Rights\nWin Animal Rights is a national non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating the exploitation and suffering of animals, while promoting and defending what it considers their inherent rights.\n\nProducts for Cruelty-free Living\n\nLantern Books\nLantern Books publishes books for all wanting to live with greater commitment to the preservation of the natural world, with an emphasis on titles on animal advocacy and vegetarianism.\n\nMooShoes\nMooShoes is a vegan-owned business that sells an assortment of cruelty-free footwear, bags, t-shirts, wallets, books and other accessories. MooShoes offers its services through an online store as well as in its retail store in New York City."}
-{"text": "Improving Economy In Lincoln County Means Less State Money To Lure New Companies\n\nLincoln County\u2019s economy is improving. Unemployment is down and incomes are up. But, that prosperity also means less state money can go toward luring new jobs. WFAE\u2019s Duncan McFadyen explains.\n\nListen\n\nListening...\n\n/\n\n1:40\n\nMoney talks when it comes to getting a company to open a new operation, says Lincoln County chamber president Ken Kindley.\n\n\u201cWhen you can offer more incentives, it opens people\u2019s eyes and ears more,\u201d he says.\n\nCredit Lincoln County, N.C.\n\nSo when a state tax credit a company would get for moving to Lincoln County falls more than $4,000 per job, Kindley takes notice.\n\n\u201cIt puts our Lincoln Economic Development Association in an awkward position with having to deal with industries that come in.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s because Lincoln County is now among the 20 most prosperous in the state, according to the 2014 list from the North Carolina Commerce Department of commerce. The state divides its 100 counties into three development tiers, with tier 3 being the best and tier 1 the worst. The list is based on unemployment, income, population growth, and property values. The better a county is doing, the less money the state will give.\n\nNew employers who created at least 10 jobs in 2013, when Lincoln County was in Tier 2, qualified for a $5,000-per-job tax credit. In 2014, the threshold to qualify for the credit goes up to 15 jobs, and the credit goes down to $750 per job. Kindley calls that \u201cpeanuts.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf you\u2019re not going to offer any more money than that,\" he says, \"you really just need to do away with tier 3.\u201d\n\nHe says for example, back in 2009 when Apple was looking to build a server farm in the North Carolina foothills, Lincoln County was in Tier 3. Apple decided to build just north of the line in Catawba County, which was Tier 2.\n\nOf course, the reasoning is that counties who are doing better can offer more incentives themselves, and there\u2019s nothing to stop Lincoln County from doing just that. Except of course, finding that money in the county budget."}
-{"text": "\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr \u00f3r Hvini, or inn hvinverski, \u2018from Hvinir\u2019 (\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0) was a Norwegian skald of the late ninth or early tenth century. As his nickname indicates, he was from Hvinir (Kvinesdal, Vest-Agder). His biography is largely unknown. Sk\u00e1ldatal names him as poet to several rulers and powerful men: Haraldr h\u00e1rfagri \u2018Fair-hair\u2019 and R\u01ebgnvaldr hei\u00f0umh\u00e1r or hei\u00f0umh\u00e6ri \u2018High with Honours\u2019 (SnE 1848-87, III, 253, 261, 273), H\u00e1kon jarl Grj\u00f3tgar\u00f0sson (ibid., 256, 265, 280), \u00deorleifr inn spaki \u2018the Wise\u2019 (ibid., 259, 268, 285), Str\u00fat-Haraldr jarl (ibid., 259, 284) and an unknown Sveinn jarl (ibid., 268). However, the associations with H\u00e1kon, Str\u00fat-Haraldr and \u00deorleifr are uncertain since they may have lived later in the tenth century; see Bugge (1894, 145, 175); \u00c5kerlund (1939, 7). In Hkr, both within the Prologue (\u00cdF 26, 4) and in HH\u00e1rf (\u00cdF 26, 127-8, 139), \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr is represented as skald and friend to Haraldr h\u00e1rfagri and as a dedicated foster-father to Haraldr\u2019s son Gu\u00f0r\u00f8\u00f0r lj\u00f3mi \u2018Beam of Light\u2019. It is in this context that he speaks the two lausav\u00edsur associated with him (\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0 Lv 1-2). \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr \u00f3r Hvini is the composer of the poems Ynglingatal (\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0 Yt) and Haustl\u01ebng (\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0 HaustlIII, edited in SkP III). Five stanzas of a poem dedicated to Haraldr h\u00e1rfagri (\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0 Har) are also attributed to him. Several stanzas of Haraldskv\u00e6\u00f0i (\u00dehorn Harkv) are falsely attributed to \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr; see Introduction to Harkv. Finally, a fragment (\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr FragIII) edited in SkP III is likely to be the work of a different \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr, though it is tentatively associated with \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0 Yt in Skj; see Introduction to Yt.\n\nAnd {the temple-wolf} [FIRE] swallowed the corpse of \u00d3l\u00e1fr near the bay, \u2020...\u2020. And {the ember-hot son of Fornj\u00f3tr <giant>} [FIRE] loosed the clothes from the ruler of the Swedes. {That descendant {of the kindred of rulers}} [KINGS > KING] disappeared from Uppsala long ago.\n\nContext: After the death of Ingjaldr illr\u00e1\u00f0i, his son \u00d3l\u00e1fr flees to Vermaland (V\u00e4rmland) and begins clearing land. Great numbers of Swedes join him, putting pressure on the land, and when harvests fail, this is blamed on \u00d3l\u00e1fr, who is not given to performing sacrifices. He is burned alive in his house by V\u00e6nir (Lake V\u00e4nern) by his own people in sacrifice to \u00d3\u00f0inn.\n\nNotes: [All]: As father to the Norwegian Yngling king H\u00e1lfdan hv\u00edtbeinn \u2018White-bone\u2019, \u00d3l\u00e1fr tr\u00e9telgja \u2018Wood-cutter\u2019 ushers in the transition from the Swedish to the Norwegian Ynglingar. His nickname tr\u00e9telgja also appears in HN (2003, 78): Eius filius Olauus cognomento Tretelgia \u2026 \u2018His son \u00d3l\u00e1fr nicknamed Tretelgia \u2026\u2019. According to Snorri (Context above) and Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 7, 11, 7, p. 502-3) he ruled in V\u00e4rmland, to where he had emigrated after the death of his father. V\u00e4rmland was presumably regarded as part of Sweden by \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0\u00f3lfr, who refers to \u00d3l\u00e1fr tr\u00e9telgja as a ruler of the Swedes (j\u01ebfri Sv\u00eda, l. 8), and also in HN (2003, 78), which reports that \u00d3l\u00e1fr died in Sweden. Snorri\u2019s interpretation of \u00d3l\u00e1fr\u2019s cremation as a sacrifice to \u00d3\u00f0inn and as a brenna, in which a building is set on fire so that its occupants burn to death, is not matched in the other prose sources. \u2014 [1] vi\u00f0 v\u00e1g \u2018near the bay\u2019: V\u00e1gr can designate the sea, a bay or other bodies of water (LP: v\u00e1gr). This has been variously localized. Snorri (Context above) believes it to be Lake V\u00e4nern, and Finnur J\u00f3nsson concurs in Hkr 1893-1901, IV and Yng 1912. Noreen (1912a, 10-11) takes it to be the river Fyris\u00e5n or (Yt 1925) Lake M\u00e4laren; Skre (2007b, 415) Oslofjorden; and Hkr 1991 the sea. \u2014 [2] \u2020hinn es vi\u00f0jar\u2020 \u2018\u2026\u2019: Despite several suggestions as to the best way to complete this poorly transmitted (unmetrical) line, one must concur with \u00c5kerlund (1939, 110), \u00cdF 26 and Wess\u00e9n (Yng 1952, 73) that it is impossible to arrive at an acceptable solution. \u2014 [4] hofgyl\u00f0ir \u2018the temple-wolf [FIRE]\u2019: Both this and the J reading \u01eblgyl\u00f0ir \u2018wolf of the alder\u2019 (J2\u02e3) are satisfactory fire-kennings of the type \u2018enemy of the tree or the house\u2019 (Meissner101) and can alliterate either with \u00d4leifr or with hr\u00e6 \u2018corpse\u2019, and eds have varied in their preference. Hofgyl\u00f0ir is chosen in this edn since it is the reading of the main ms. K\u02e3 and since it alliterates with hr\u00e6 in the first lift of the previous line. In the case of \u01eblgyl\u00f0ir the lift would fall on the second syllable of a Type D1-line, which led Noreen (1912a, 11 and Yt 1925) and \u00c5kerlund (1939, 110) to reverse hr\u00e6\u00d3l\u00e1fs to \u00d3l\u00e1fs hr\u00e6. \u2014 [4] svalg \u2018swallowed\u2019: The verb here extends the metaphoric sense of the base-word of the fire-kenning, gyl\u00f0ir \u2018wolf\u2019; cf. Sturl H\u00e1kkv 8/1-4II. \u2014 [5] gl\u00f3\u00f0fjalgr \u2018ember-hot\u2019: Here the reading in J2\u02e3 (supported by J1\u02e3) is preferred for semantic reasons, as it is in all eds apart from Hkr 1991, although gla\u00f0fjalgr \u2018shiny-hot\u2019, found in K\u02e3 and F, cannot be dismissed completely. \u2014 [6] g\u01ebrvar \u2018the clothes\u2019: The J transcripts have g\u01ebtvar \u2018clothes\u2019, which is adopted in most previous eds (Yt 1925; \u00c5kerlund 1939, 110; \u00cdF 26) as the more common word (see LP: g\u01ebrvar, g\u01ebtvar). This edn follows the main ms. K\u02e3. \u2014 [7] sonr Fornj\u00f3ts \u2018the son of Fornj\u00f3tr <giant> [FIRE]\u2019: Fornj\u00f3tr\u2019s sons \u00c6gir, Logi and K\u00e1ri personify the sea, fire and wind, respectively; see Sveinn Nor\u00f0rdr 2/2III and Note. The etymology of the name is controversial; cf. Hellquist (1903). \u2014 [9, 11] s\u00e1 \u00e1ttkonr kyns lof\u00f0a \u2018that descendant of the kindred of rulers [KINGS > KING]\u2019: So most eds. Lof\u00f0a has also been taken as gen. sg. of Lof\u00f0i, the name of a legendary king (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; Skj B). \u2014 [10, 12] hvarf fr\u00e1 Upps\u01eblum fyr l\u01ebngu \u2018disappeared from Uppsala long ago\u2019: This could mean either that \u00d3l\u00e1fr died (Wadstein 1891, 377-9) or that he went away (Sch\u00fcck 1905-10, 49; Hkr 1893-1901, IV; Skj B; Yt 1925). \u00c5kerlund (1939, 70-2) argues persuasively for the latter."}
-{"text": "DIY = Do-It-Yourself. DIY film = low budget indie films made and distributed by the filmmaker. This is a blog by independent filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake. 2018 films - Werewolf Ninja Philosopher, Breakthrough Weekend, Brooklyn Fantastic, Agnes the Alien. Blog active since 2006, with posts on cinema, NYC, positive news, various other concerns. Indie film can save the world (or at least entertain a part of it :) ).\n\nThe Can Low Budget American Indie Filmmakers Help Save The World question\n\nQ1- Sujewa: Do you think there is a unique & positive (beneficial to the well being of a nation or a community) role that filmmakers - specifically indie filmmakers - can play in the world that elected officials, business people, and military people cannot do? As in, the entire human experience is heavily framed by story telling; people are taught about who they are or who they are supposed to be through stories - whether it is the stories of the Bible, stories about the Founders of the US, stories about the Buddha, ancient Hindu epics like the Mahabharata - narratives play a central role in human identity - that being the case - can low budget/D.I.Y. indie filmmakers tackle important issues and be in any significant way helpful (other than as entertainment) to everyone else? I personally think that they can. Like I saw The Band's Visit recently, and I thought that was a great example of using an American indie (Jarmusch) or foreign (Kaurismaki) model/style of filmmaking to advance or popularize some ideas that the Israeli politicians, entrepreneurs, or the military may not be able to do as well - basically revealing/reminding people of the human-ness of both the Israelis & Egyptians/Arabs. The positive ordinary-ness of most people on both sides - something that may get lost in the news headlines about the war & each side's grievances & agendas. And it was an entertaining movie. I'll stop here and let you share your thoughts on the positive or negative, if any, implications of filmmakers trying to improve the world through their works of independent, low-budget entertainment. Is it a good thing? Is it being done enough? Can it be done better?*A1 - Barry: A film professor of mine once dismissed Godard by saying, \"Godard is an inferior filmmaker because he believes film can save the world. Everything Godard does as a filmmaker stems from this, and because it's a fallacy (the idea that film could save the world), Godard has and will always be an inferior filmmaker.\" This was at a time when I was just deciding to become a filmmaker \u2014 I didn't grow up with a camcorder \u2014 I was a writing student who entered film school because there was one on campus. Godard was one of the first places I turned to study film language because I wanted to view film in a way that went beyond the pictorial embodiment of narrative\u2026so to hear this man say this was like receiving a personal affront. Having considered myself a filmmaker for seven years now, I can see more of what that professor attempted to articulate. Film, in and of itself, may not be capable of saving the world. Not on a grand scale, as in, say, a movie like Fast Foot Nation taking down McDonalds, or, less fancifully, Sicko sparking a revolution in health care. BUT\u2026without a doubt on a much smaller, personal scale, films can certainly effect the individual, causing a ripple that in some ways changes the world\u2026though on a scale so minute (the individual) as to seem to not effect the whole of the world at all. Semantics. Whenever the question comes up I think of this professor and Godard. Of all the filmmakers in the history of cinema, you'd have to say Godard caused some change in this world.\n\n*\n\nAs far as low budget American Independent Filmmakers are concerned, hell yes they can change the world (see, I'm quietly stepping away from the word \"save\" and moving towards \"change\")! On the most basic scale, the perception of the American experience is a global commodity with real fiscal consequences the world over. To this point in cinema history, this \"perception\" has been primarily dictated by wealthy people in two cities: New York and Los Angeles. I mean think about it: for people in France, Europe, Thailand, Uruguay, et. al, Americans are what you see at the multiplex and on prime-time television. And yet, any person who's spent anytime in this country knows very well there are hundreds, thousands of Americas amongst these fifty states. Filling in the gap between the New York and LA experiences is the domain of the American Independent Filmmaker. \"Regional filmmaking.\" The more we have of it, the less control these monolithic entities will have over our image. Seems grand in these words, but it can be something as simple as a teenager in Modesto, California knowing it's okay to not have a six-figure sixteenth birthday as seen on MTV because some regional filmmaker in Murfreesboro, Tennessee made a film about a simple, familial sweet sixteen ritual on a DVX-100\u2026which said Oregon teenager downloaded directly from the filmmaker via the film's website using Pay-Pal!\n\n*\n\nAnd I saw the Band's Visit at Telluride last year: the entire crowd loved that film, absolutely loved it. It's a wonderful example to site. Absolutely supports your point.\n\n*\n\n*\n\nThe Mixing The Personal And The Political question\n\nQ2 - Sujewa: I have not yet seen your well received feature Medicine for Melancholy, but I have read pretty much every review of the movie thus far - so I have a rough idea about what might be in the movie. Sounds like you decided to comment on racial identities and gentrification within a story about a romantic/sexual encounter and its immediate aftermath. Did you at any point think about leaving the politics out of the movie and just dealing with what two characters do on the morning/day after a hook up?*\n\nA2 - Barry: I first got the idea for the film after watching Claire Denis' Vendredi soir, a film that chronicles a one-night stand during a transit strike in Paris. Initially, I thought to make a film that begins the morning following the one-night stand, rather than dramatize the act as Ms. Denis does. My reasoning was that, at my age (then 23), the characters would be much more naive and seek to forge a continuing emotional relationship rather than leave the experience unto itself. Now, I'm no Claire Denis, not even close! So I had to do some serious self-evaluation and admit that I was not gifted enough to posit an entire film on such a base premise (observing two people following a one night stand; Ms. Denis does so in the reverse). The idea lay in limbo until my experiences in San Francisco \u2014 my first interracial relationship, a painful breakup, my first extended stay in a city where gentrification was so obvious \u2014 more or less dominated my thoughts. Melding those experiences to the frame inspired by Ms. Denis' film, I felt there was enough to proceed with the premise. It just didn't seem worthwhile without them. Plus, as I said, I'm no Claire Denis!*\n\n*Q3 - Sujewa: And the second part of that question (Q2) is: are you happy with the balance you were ultimately able to strike between the political and personal content in MfM?\n\n*\n\nA3 - Barry: I'm definitely happy with the balance, because at the end of the day the personal and the political are one in the same for these characters (just as it often is in life). The movie presents a wide range of political and personal issues, but they're all rooted in the city more or less, so there's a freedom to move between them engendered by this notion of place as an active agent, an active persona with definite causality. We tried as much as possible to always keep the characters front and center, to have the characters bring the audience into overtly political interludes. It's completely subjective, but I think we succeeded more than we failed in this area\u2026though I'll also qualify that by saying I'm a young director and this is my first film, so we certainly do fail at that every now and again. For some audiences, these \"failures\" will be an asset worth more than all the rest of the film. For others, they'll inspire eye rolling. I'm fine with that. I'll own up to the film's imperfections.*\n\n*\n\nThe Heavy Influences question\n\nQ4- Sujewa: What I like about what I've heard about your movie is that unlike many recent fiction romantic-drama/romantic-comedy works by low budget, digital, young, American indie filmmakers, you decided to go ahead and include the political dimension of existence of your characters in your movie. I think that kind of entertainment might be a turn off to some, but it reminds me of punk rock - a lot of the bands I've liked over the years - Fugazi, Nation of Ulysses, etc. (actually probably the vast majority of the bands on Dischord) deal with both personal/romantic issues and deal also with politics/social issues. Were you heavily influenced by certain music, and other art work, in creating MfM - as far as the melding of the personal & the political was concerned?\n\n*\n\nA4 - Barry: I can't say that I was. As I mentioned in the other question, I shelved the idea years ago specifically because there wasn't much to it, no political consequence. Making a film is hell, especially for someone with no money. For me, there has to be more going on to make the project worthwhile if I'm gonna go broke on it (which I have!). The music I listen to usually runs counter to what I'm working on as an artist. I listen to the most mellow things when dealing with controversial subject matter. Somehow it works. I've never been into punk music or culture. Conscious hip hop? Can't stand it. It's a bit hypocritical, because here I am an artist mixing politics with my art, and yet I'm averse to those things in the music I listen to! With music, I look to lyricists who are more oblique, like Sam Prekop, Jeff Tweedy or Tunde Adebimpe. With musicians like this, just like with the cinema I like most \u2014 Claire Denis, Lynne Ramsay and Lucretia Martel \u2014 the \"imagery\" forms a more elusive narrative. In working to decipher the meaning of their expression, you come to political conclusions that are more dynamic than the expression of definitives.*\n\n*\n\nThe Did The Punk/Indie Scene Give You Space To Construct Your Individual Identity question\n\nQ5 - Sujewa: Re: race & individual identity & personal experience; I think race is a manufactured concept - a tool for controlling people (for both good & evil purposes at present, but at its inception an evil tool) - and not a natural division among humans as perhaps male and female is a natural division; race is a political tool. And as far as I can see - race in America definitely puts individuals - or people with a strong sense of who they are that is not heavily dependent on their membership in one or more social groups - in a difficult place because for centuries people were violently separated based on skin color and continent of origin and there is a whole mythology and set of institutions built on those ideas - so, as someone who may have felt a sense of identity separate from what the popular notion of who you were supposed to be - which is based primarily on your ethnic/physical heritage - did you find the punk/indie scene to be a liberating space - since that scene values & celebrates individuality/or thinking/behavior that may be contrary to what the majority in a given group may endorse?\n\n*\n\nA5 - Barry: I can't answer this question because I don't think I've ever been in the punk/indie scene. Not to the degree that I could consider myself immersed enough to really be a part of it. For me, the conflict has always been in being in both places at once, embodying \"the popular notion of who you were supposed to be\" (because I DID grow up in the hood listening to Hot Boyz, playing football and obsessing over Chevy Impalas, and to a large degree the environment you grow up in does inform who you are) while at the same time embracing the scene that \"values & celebrates individuality/or thinking/behavior that may be contrary to what the majority in a given group may endorse\" (and to be honest, I'm not sure even the punk/indie scene fully embraces those values outside of the extreme end of the spectrum).\n\n*\n\nTo me this is a lot simpler than we're making it. I'm that dude C-walking to the White Stripes at Pash. And you know what? That's where I want to be and I want everybody to be cool with that. It's all more or less fucked because we attach choice to things that aren't at all relatable, as in, listening to the White Stripes is choosing to denounce black culture and embrace white culture. I mean, what the hell do the White Stripes have to do with culture or ethnicity? But we tie these things to notions of ourselves, especially hip hop to the notion of the African American experience, and one's opinions of these things becomes a lightning rod for things that deserve much more scrutiny. Ha! Did you catch that? I used the word opinion purposely as a ruse. Music to me is not an opinion, but a taste, and here we are in 2008 and a young black kid in the ghetto must be afraid of exhibiting a taste for rock music for fear of \"acting white\" (and of course, it goes without saying, who the hell decides what behavior is \"white\"). And a taste?! A taste is so much less than an opinion, but as I began, in 2008 we take these things and allow them to dictate so much about ourselves. This is where the character of Micah in the film stems from. He's a guy with feet in what he sees as two worlds, but he can't be comfortable in either because he's always afraid that having a foot in one will negate his authenticity in the other. It's a total mind job.\n\n*\n\nI see where you're going though. And unfortunately, you're speaking from a place I've yet to reach. It goes without saying that a lot of me is in these characters, especially Micah. If I could see my answer to this question through clear eyes, the movie wouldn't exist. For now, all I can offer is the convoluted mess above. My ex and I had a conversation once. There'd been a discussion in a class of hers where the professor argued that race is a social construct. When the argument came home to me, I agreed that, yes, race is social construct, but\u2026it's a social construct so prevalent it's become reality. Ideally, I'd like to be a person who sees race as a social construct and thereby eradicates it from their social interactions but\u2026I'm not sure I can. Medicine For Melancholy is partly a portrait of that tug of war.\n\n*\n\n*\n\nThe Does It Look Like MfM Is Gonna Be A Cross-Over Success question\n\nQ6 - Sujewa: Let's finish up with a film scene related question. Is Medicine for Melancholy the Barack Obama of indie films, as some (OK, perhaps just me at this point I think :) have suggested? Does the response you've seen thus far at SXSW and from reviewers make you think that MfM might be popular beyond the indie/punk/alternative African-American & others community, and even beyond the multi-ethnic but largely \"white\" American indie scene (the collection of consumers, film fest programmers, bloggers, print reviewers, small distributors & the like) and on to the mainstream indie film or just mainstream film scene? Of course every director wants his or her film to be a massive success; but I think I see some elements in MfM that, if properly marketed, can be interesting to lots of movie-goers in America. Like breakthrough indie films of the past, MfM can be an introduction to an interesting segment of the population (indie/punk/alternative African-Americans in MfM's case) that a lot of people in America & beyond that probably do not know much about. What do you think?\n\n*\n\nA6 - Barry: \"The Barack Obama of indie films.\" Man, that's some shit. But you know what, Barack's doin' alright for himself so I'll take that, I'll take that. And to go farther down the rabbit hole you've opened, I'll take a page from the Obama playbook and stress that Medicine For Melancholy isn't a race based film, nor is it an anthropological study of black hipsters. The issues of race are present because they drive the character Micah, and in so much as he's a character we come upon in a moment of intellectual crisis, whatever notes on race that can be gleamed from the film are chaotic and shifting, not at all a thesis statement. Class politics drive the film just as much as race, but the issue of race is such a provocative subject it overwhelms all else. That's fine. It'd be untruthful of me to say the issues of race discussed in the film aren't important to me, but I think what comes across in the reviews \u2014which thus far have nearly ALL been written by white reviewers \u2014 is that the film is about identity above all else, about resolving one's perception of class and race within the rubric of a setting, the city we choose to spend our lives in (something often taken for granted when we discuss identity), in this case San Francisco, and coming to a point where you're simply comfortable with yourself. What human being on this planet hasn't at some point struggled to come to terms with their identity? It's in this way that the film reaches some notion of the universal experience, and I think that's why the people you mention, the supposed \"cross-over\" crowd, have responded so favorably.\n\n*\n\nAnd man, I've gotta say, we're talking about the film in very heady terms, but in some ways it ain't that deep. While I don't deny these intellectual elements are integral to the film, it's also a visceral depiction of two strangers coming together, sharing a moment of romance. There's humor and sexual tension, simple human interactions we all experience. It's uncomfortable for me to talk about the film this way, as a \"seller,\" but as much as it's a treatise on the issues we've discussed, it's also a genuine piece of entertainment. Like a smart parent, we're supplying a sugary chaser with the Cod liver oil.\n\nMore GOOD READS Links\n\nNeed your film promoted? Website? Crowdfunding help? 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-{"text": "Player utilities\n\nIf you\u2019re like most people, when you think of Peru's most famous food, you probably think of the potato.\n\nPotatoes originated in Peru, and there are thousands of varieties in the country. But there\u2019s a lot more to Peruvian food than potatoes \u2014 even at the International Center for the Potato.\n\nIn an ICP research field near the Andean mountain town of Huancayo, a group of local men and women rip into a patch of dark soil and yank up tubers in a shocking array of colors. They range from fuchsia to dark orange to a light yellow that fades all the way to dark purple, and they\u2019re among the 700 hundred or so varieties of indigenous Peruvian crops known as oca, olluco and mashua.\n\nPeru has one of the most varied food cultures in the world, with highly diverse growing regions from the Andes mountain range to the Amazon rainforest in the east to the Pacific coast in the west. If you\u2019re a foodie, you may have noticed that Peruvian cuisine is suddenly popular in the United States.\n\nNot long ago, many of the country\u2019s indigenous crops were falling out of favor. But that trend is being reversed through the cooperation of Peruvian chefs and ICP researchers like Ivan Manrique.\n\nManrique and his colleagues grow Andean crops in research plots here in Huancayo, and then analyze them in the lab.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve done DNA studies,\u201d Manrique said, \u201cand we\u2019ve found that each one is different.\u201d\n\nSome crop varieties are high in proteins or antioxidants, Manrique said, others in vitamins or medicinal properties. Some, he said, even contain chemical compounds that haven\u2019t been found in any other species in the world.\n\nThat\u2019s important because, as in much of the rest of the world, agriculture in Peru is facing big challenges from temperature and precipitation changes as a result of climate change. Many of the ancient crops being studied are hardy ones that grow in tough conditions.\n\nManrique points to a bulbous root called maca as an example of a hearty and highly valuable crop. For hundreds of years, he said, it was valued as a high-energy food. Incan warriors even carried it with them on trips to expand their empire.\n\nManrique said it\u2019s also exceptional because it grows at altitudes nearly 15,000 feet, almost three miles, above sea level, where no other crop can prosper. It\u2019s also very nutritious, Manrique said, and there are signs it can improve libido and fertility in men.\n\nIt\u2019s that last quality that\u2019s helped save it, Manrique said. Twenty years ago, maca was on the verge of extinction, but today, it\u2019s grown on more than 5,000 acres in Peru. The ICP\u2019s goal is to save as much more of Peru\u2019s rich crop biodiversity as possible.\n\nMeanwhile, down from the mountains in Lima, the effort is getting help from the man who just might be the most popular Peruvian alive today \u2014 Gaston Acurio.\n\nAcurio is a chef and entrepreneur, with dozens of restaurants here in Peru and around the world and a cooking show on TV.\n\nHis flagship restaurant in Lima, called Astrid y Gaston, was recently named one of the top 50 in the world. Until a few years ago, Acurio said, it leaned French, because Peruvians felt they were a third world country that had to import culture from Europe.\n\nBut one day, he said, \u201cwe discovered we have a very rich cultural diversity.\u201d\n\nIt was an epiphany.\n\n\u201cWe understood that as cooks we have a big glorious responsibility of representing our biodiversity and our culture with what we are doing, which is cooking,\u201d Acurio said.\n\nIn only a few years, Novo-Andina took Peru \u2013 and the world \u2013 by storm, and the demand for Peruvian crops took off. Consumption of native potatoes, for instance, increased 50-fold between 2005 and 2010.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s cooks, that\u2019s my generation,\u201d Acurio said. \u201cWe did that.\u201d\n\nAnd the appetite for native Peruvian foods didn\u2019t stop with potatoes. Acurio pointed to a native fruit called the camu camu as another example.\n\n\u201cThis fruit, camu camu, was all the time in the Amazon,\u201d he said, \u201cbut nobody knew of it in Lima. So as cooks we started to tell the customers about this product. And now you can see camu camu in the supermarkets ... in every bar there are sours with camu camu.\u201d\n\nThere are some native foods, however, that Peruvians haven\u2019t yet embraced.\n\nThe grain quinoa, for instance, is quite popular in the United States, but it can be hard to find in restaurants in Lima, because many consider it a poor man\u2019s food.\n\nLike Manrique, Acurio believes changing that mindset will help preserve Peru\u2019s food biodiversity for the future. And he relishes the challenge.\n\n\u201cThe great thing is we\u2019re just starting this story,\u201d Acurio said. \u201cIt\u2019s just the beginning.\n\nOne more thing\u2026\n\nPRI takes a global approach to the news of the day. We help you understand how what happens around the world matters in Washington and in your neighborhood. Today more than ever, we need conversations, perspectives and diverse voices."}
-{"text": "Justin and I had to work for the next two days K&A were in town but we still managed to have lots of fun and laughs. K&A visited Devonport by ferry, relaxed, explored Auckland, and enjoyed the waterfront! Wednesday night we all went to Food Alley for dinner. Poor Aaron was so excited and decided to be adventurous by ordering a duck dish from the Chinese stand. Unfortunately, they left all the little tiny bones in the duck and it was a disappointment. The rest of us enjoyed our meals and we ended the evening at Movenpick for dessert.\n\nAdventures in Devonport while we worked\n\nSuper cool traveler girl\n\nThursday evening I arrived home to a Mexican Fiesta made by our two guests! We had queso, salasa, guacamole, fresh fish and prawn tacos and delicious margaritas. This was one of my favorite nights with K&A and I felt so loved that they took the time to cook a feast for us!\n\nFriday, I took the day off work and K, A, & I drove out to Piha to see the beautiful west coast black sand beaches. We visited Piha and the Karekare waterfall. We walked along the beach for quite a while and decided to take some pictures near the surf. As K&A posed, a huge swell came in and the water rose very quickly. Kara jumped into Aaron's arms without a thought that he would catch her and save her from getting her pants wet. Aaron managed to catch her despite no warning but Kara's pants were a casualty. I caught the whole thing in a series of rather funny photos.\n\nSisters on Piha beach\n\nK&A on Piha beach\n\nLove it!\n\nAnd Aaron for the save!\n\nWe met Justin after work at Depot for a wonderful dinner. We ate way too much but had an amazing time and enjoyed every bite! We had to say goodbye that night before bed as K&A left at around 4 am to catch their flight to Sydney.\n\nAll in all it was a wonderful visit and I was very sad to see them go!\n\n1 comments:\n\nYEAH - fish and prawn tacosBOO - bones in the duck dishYEAH - Aaron didn't fall down with KaraBOO - y'all had to work while they were thereYEAH - another trip to black sand and KarekareBOO - another family visit came to an endBOO - this post is over too soonYEAH - looking forward to the next one"}
-{"text": "SHERIFF'S OFFICE\n\nMay 28, 2014\n\n- An alarm activated at the home of Wendy Griggs, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon, at 1:28 p.m. Monday. Griggs arrived shortly before deputies and found the front door standing wide open, although she said she used the deadbolt when she left. Nothing was missing or disturbed.\n\n- Kenna Cevelin, Haiti Road, Salineville, reported at 12:24 p.m. Monday she sold a puppy to a neighbor for $50 and was paid $20 down. The neighbor then gave the puppy to another neighbor and she attempted to collect the $30 from that neighbor. Neither neighbor were agreeing to pay. Deputies explained it is a civil matter.\n\n- Richard Brown, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon, reported at 1:08 p.m. Monday a mig welder was taken from his unlocked garage sometime during the morning.\n\n- Sarah Adkins, Bayard Road, Mechanicstown, reported at 12:11 p.m. Monday someone put the bench which was in her yard onto the roof of her house, and took the Howard Hanna Real Estate sign and put it on her neighbor's property.\n\n- Connie Low, Grant Street, Lisbon, reported at 12:52 a.m. Tuesday she wanted her daughter's boyfriend, Darrel Wolf, removed because he was intoxicated and causing a scene. Deputies spoke to Wolf and took him to a friend's house where he could stay for the night.\n\n- Jason Crawford, state Route 154, Negley, reported at 2:46 a.m. Monday he got into a fight with a man he knows about a week ago and the man threatened to kill him in his sleep.\n\n- Opal Andric, Chestnut Street, Lisbon, reported at 11:49 p.m. Sunday she has two children with her ex-boyfriend Casey Martin. Her child had house keys to Andric's home in her book bag when she went to visit her father and Martin took the keys and refused to return them. Deputies called Martin and told him to return the keys.\n\n- Glenn Whiteleather, a West Township trustee, reported at 10:02 a.m. Friday someone was cutting up street signs in the area of Main Street and Bayard Road. A neighbor in the area claimed some people had cut the metal post from some of the street signs and then folded the signs up by running over them with their vehicle. The people had left just before deputies arrived.\n\n- Theresa Smith, Stocking Street, Washingtonville, reported at 1:49 a.m. Sunday Michael Mellinger, 44, Jersey Ridge Road, Salem, took her daughter, Brandy Baird, Stocking Street, Washingtonville, forcibly from her home. Baird and Smith reportedly have protection orders against Mellinger. Deputies spoke by phone to both Mellinger and Baird, and they both said she was not taken by force. Baird said she believed the protection order was dropped. She refused to tell deputies where she was beyond saying she was at a Circle K in Salem. Salem police located them at the Super USA on South Lincoln Avenue. Mellinger was taken at gunpoint and charged with aggravated menacing and violating a protection order. Baird was charged with obstructing official business.\n\n- Kelli Hull, Hunters Camp Road, Lisbon, reported a noise complaint at 10:27 p.m. Sunday. Deputies spoke to Charles Vangiesen, who stated he discharged three rounds toward an opossum which was trying to get his chicks. Deputies checked for warrants and then left.\n\n- Michael Gilbert, Homeworth Road, Homeworth, reported at 5:03 p.m. Monday there was a domestic dispute and his brother attempted to assault him with a hammer. James Gilbert reportedly charged him with the hammer and he was able to block it with a table. James Gilbert, 42, Akron, was charged with domestic violence.\n\n- Drug activity was reported in the area of the Greenway Bike Trail on Eagleton Road at 7:22 p.m. Saturday. Deputies spoke to a man, Douglas Dennison, Somerset Drive, Salem, who had reportedly been sitting in a pickup for at least 10 minutes and acting suspicious. They asked him about the faint smell of marijuana, checked his pockets and cited him with illegal possession of marijuana paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.\n\n- Melissa Boyle, Hartley Road, Alliance, reported at 7 p.m. Friday her landlord gave her three days to leave. She claimed she has been paying her landlord for her utilities, but her gas was still shut off.\n\n- Deputies were called to the Oak Tree Campground for an ATV accident at 3:01 a.m. Saturday. Jeremy Hall of Niles crashed his ATV and was taken to East Liverpool City Hospital with a possible hip fracture. He was told he does not have permission to be on the property and not to return.\n\n- Tori Neeham, West Main Street, Salineville, reported a woman intoxicated and yelling at 1:50 a.m. Saturday. Deputies found a small house party but no irate woman.\n\n- Brett Tarbett, old state Route 344, Leetonia, reported someone possibly trespassing at 11:35 p.m. Friday. Deputies found Brandon Custer and a friend whose vehicle had slid partially into a swamp. Custer confirmed he had permission to be there and had help on the way to get the vehicle out.\n\n- Mike Sadler, Burtview, Salem, reported a burglary at a home on Teegarden Road, at 7:20 p.m. Monday. James Fortune told deputies the home was entered through a window and numerous items taken. A riding mower taken from the garage was driven through the woods, judging by the tracks. Deputies saw a mower in a vehicle at Valley View in Lisbon and the mower matched the description of the one stolen. The man and the passenger in his vehicle told deputies they just bought it from a man at Rogers Sale.\n\n- An Ohio Department of Natural Resources officer reported at 9:14 p.m. Saturday he was flagged down by Brian Pool of Brecksville, who claimed he was shot by a BB gun while driving eastbound on state Route 172 near Wooddale Road. Deputies and the ODNR officer searched the area, but did not find anyone shooting.\n\n- Denise Hayes, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, reported at 10:15 p.m. Saturday she was moving her belongings out when she and her boyfriend began arguing. There was no violence reported.\n\n- A possibly intoxicated man was reported at Duke and Duchess on U.S. Route 62 in Knox Township at 1:02 a.m. Saturday. Deputies found Edwin Hunter, 62, Buck Road, asleep in his vehicle with the keys in the ignition. He was unable to perform standardized field sobriety tests, but tested under the legal limit after he was transported to the highway patrol post in Lisbon. No citation was issued.\n\nat a friend's house when someone alerted him that him someone broke the sliding glass door to his camper. Deputies spoke to Karen Tohm, who said she saw a woman she recognized pull in, walk down toward Thouvenin's camper and then she heard glass shatter. The woman then ran back to her car and left."}
-{"text": "Help a friend get help\n\nThe best tools to address depression and anxiety are knowledge and understanding. These pages are designed to shine a light on depression and suicide. We provide you with resources to understand mental health issues, so that you can support yourself or a loved one through periods of crisis, and in treatment.\n\nIs someone In CRISIS NOW?\n\nIf you are feeling very depressed or having strong thoughts of suicide, please call 911 or go to emergency now.\n\nIf you are worried that someone you care for might be suicidal, please take them to emergency now and stay with them. The intake process can be long, and your friend or loved one should not be alone at this time.\n\nMore information on what to expect at Emergency or after you access Alberta Health Services is included below."}
-{"text": "A very RARE genuine Russian alien film clip from a Russia source , believed to be made in 1960 of captured aliens from a crashed spaceship. One of the best leaked alien captures we have seen and managed to get a copy of. Have a watch and see if you agree?"}
-{"text": "Review: Holmes feels a little blue\n\nBENEDICT Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman have redefined the Holmes-Watson relationship so radically that we can never go back. To Kill A Canary has obviously recognised that.\n\nBut their very 21st-Century friendship is written upon a First World War London. Can it work?\n\nWell, it tries its damnedest to, certainly. We are treated to a blue London, blue backdrop and moving set, even a blue violin.\n\nEvery scene and all incidents and plot developments are greeted with a violent sound and lighting effect \u2014 The Kenton was throbbing with drones and crashes. If this had been a student revue sketch, or a fringe show it would all have been taken as irony and laughed off. But it appears to be deadly serious, opening with a woman having her throat slit and blood pouring down her white blouse.\n\nThe plot pulls together so many strands that it\u2019s hard to keep track of them all but the gist seems to be that a copycat Jack The Ripper is prowling East London again, near a munitions factory, 30 years after the last murder."}
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-{"text": "Tips, Charities and Businesses\n\nThis blog holds that arts managers can learn interesting things about pricing from non-arts businesses, and today I want to look at pricing of internet content. Preparation and presentation of content is not costless, and has to be financed somehow. It might be financed by the content provider herself, happy to do the work of writing a blog with no expectation of financial reward for the activity. Or it might be financed through bringing viewers to advertisers, or through a \u201ctip jar\u201d, or through charging for full access to content, with only some content being available for free.\n\nFelix Salmon has an excellent read-the-whole-thing post on the subject, and I was particularly struck by the distinction to be made between \u201ccharities\u201d and \u201cbusinesses\u201d. Andrew Sullivan has begun collecting subscribers for his blog, and in an interview with Salmon, Sullivan says:\n\nThis is not a tip jar. And it is not a pledge drive. It is a subscription. And that makes it a different proposition. It\u2019s telling people I\u2019m not an amateur, and I\u2019m not a charity. I\u2019m doing work that I\u2019m asking people to pay for. And it seems to me that at some point, we have to say that, in new media. Or else it is not going to continue to exist\u2026\n\nI had two pledge drives early on, in 2002 and 2003, which netted a certain amount of money. But this is a different model. This is trying to make it sustainable, long term: don\u2019t give it money just because you like me. We are trying to create an actual site that is news and opinion that people value and pay for, and become associated with in the long run. We could have done a tip jar. We decided no. We wanted to be a business. And do it the right way.\n\nSullivan still provides a lot of content free for people who choose not to subscribe, and indeed the question of how much to provide free and how much to reserve for subscribers is complicated: too high a wall for non-subscribers and you end up not attracting new readers, and losing some old ones. The blog is also a way for Sullivan to market himself as a public speaker, media commentator, and book author, and a low price for blog content can be a way to build up demand for his other \u2013 money-generating \u2013 activities. And internet sites with high advertising content need to deliver page views.\n\nBut let\u2019s focus on that quote: \u201cI\u2019m not an amateur, and I\u2019m not a charity.\u201d This speaks not so much to pricing, subscriptions, and donation jars as it does to the attitude we bring to our work. Yes, nonprofit arts organizations are \u201ccharities\u201d according to the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), but does internalizing that word alter the way arts organizations understand the value that they bring to their audiences and communities? Is charging admission for (at least part) of what is being presented to audiences fundamentally different from a donation jar at the exit, not just in terms of letting those who want to give more the ability to do so, but in a deeper sense? Nonprofit arts organizations are businesses. They have employees, capital costs, expenses and revenues. They are not only businesses, but they are businesses, providing something of real value to their communities, the cultural world, and future generations, that can be demonstrated to donors, members, volunteers and audiences. Decisions on nonprofit pricing \u2013 even in cases where it turns out the best price is zero \u2013 begin with that understanding.\n\nFootnote: I taught for a few years in Tasmania, and learned quickly that Australian culture does not include tipping of waitstaff, cabbies, and the like. My first take was \u201cwell, it must be their wages are better than what is offered back home, so no need to tip.\u201d But that wasn\u2019t right. It wasn\u2019t so much about wage levels, as about how workers perceived the value of the work they were doing, that these were real jobs involving real work and real value that should not have to rely on the good graces of tippers.\n\nMichael Rushton\n\nMichael Rushton directs the Arts Administration programs at Indiana University in Bloomington. An economist by training, he has published widely on such topics as public funding of the arts, copyright, nonprofit organizations and tax policy, and served as Co-Editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics. At IU he teaches Read More\u2026\n\nAbout For What It\u2019s Worth\n\nWhat\u2019s the price? Everything has one; admission, subscriptions, memberships, special exhibitions, box seats, refreshments, souvenirs, and on and on \u2013 a full menu. What the price is matters. Generally, nonprofit arts organizations in the US receive about half of their revenue as \u201cearned income,\u201d and \u2026 [Read More...]"}
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-{"text": "The Santa Monica Bike Action Plan was enacted by the City Council last night. This means that Santa Monica will budget the expenditure of 2.5 Million dollars for the next two years, and has grants to bring the total up to about 8 Million dollars. That\u2019s a big bunch of money to improve cycling! I think this will change the entire experience of biking in Santa Monica to a level greater than Portland. Santa Monica is on it\u2019s way to increasing the bike mode share \u2013 aiming for 30%!\n\nSome of the items: lots of bike lanes, sharrows, bike boxes, and green lanes for major east-west and north south signature corridors. The largest bike garage in the country \u2013 oops it\u2019s already here! Some bike education/encouragement for students, and a bunch of other useful items \u2013 some signage to improve the overcrowded beach bike path. And a bike share. There\u2019s a 5- year and a 20 year wish plan for better facilities. These will include: taking some parking for wide (passing lane) bike lanes, even more lanes and sharrows, bike parking at the coming Expo stations, and my favorite: a recreational cycletrack around the Santa Monica Airport. Bring on the Tour of California.\n\nHooray for progress! This is a major milestone in getting people out of cars and on bikes!\n\n\u2026\u2026..\n\nCounty supervisor \u2014 and widely anticipated yet currently unannounced mayoral candidate \u2014 Zev Yaroslavsky says L.A. County should send the proposed county bike plan back to the drawing board.\n\nThe motion by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky calls on the county Department of Public Works to create a bike plan that \u201cwill not just move us out of the 1970\u2019s, but move Los Angeles County forward as a leader in 21st Century bicyclist safety and comfort.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the motion says that the plan should \u201cpromote the use of leading-edge designs such as those found in the Model Design Manual for Living Streets that was prepared by the Department of Public Health.\u201d Those include \u201ccycle tracks\u201d that separate bike lanes from traffic with dividers such as a lane of parked cars, and experimental street design approaches\u2014including the possibility of varied lane and sidewalk widths in some areas\u2014that do not fall within current Caltrans standards.\n\nThe motion urges the county to take the lead in helping such street layouts receive state approval for broader implementation.\n\nA longtime leader in L.A. politics, Yaroslavsky offers a surprisingly strong and influential voice in support of safer cycling in the county. And could soon join Austin Beutner and outgoing City Council President Eric Garcetti in a bike-friendly mayoral field.\n\nGeorge Wolfberg, who I frequently rely on for some of our best links \u2014 as well as his incomparable behind the scenes contributions in reaching the right people and getting things \u2014 sends word of a rash of bike burglaries in the Brentwood area. He sends the following report from LAPD Senior Lead Officer Kirk.\n\nOfficer Kirk suggests keeping your bike inside your residence, and writing down the serial number. I\u2019d add that you should keep a current photo of your bike, register it, and lock it with a secure U-lock any time you have to leave it outside or in your garage.\n\nRemember, weight doesn\u2019t matter if you don\u2019t have to carry it with you, so go for the biggest, strongest lock you can find to protect your bike at home.\n\n\u2026\u2026..\n\nAnother contribution comes from Alejandro Merulo, who calls our attention to Google Maps feature I was unaware of.\n\nI wanted to let you know of a feature that readers of your blog may find useful. As you know in Los Angeles, a large number of bike lanes and sharrows have been added to our streets recently. These bike lanes should be added to Google Maps so that more people ride on them. Google has made it possible to do this for any user using Google Map Maker. It would be great to have other cyclists adding/reviewing these features. For example, today I added the Spring Street and 1st street bike lanes. But these additions need approval. There aren\u2019t that many cyclists reviewing other people\u2019s submission to Google Map Maker.\n\nSharing the ability of cyclists to add our routes to the roads will make them safer. If you could share this feature through your blog, many cyclists would appreciate it.\n\nNot being familiar with this feature \u2014 and a little to dense to figure it out on my own \u2014 I asked Alejandro to explain the process.\n\nThe link for Google map maker is http://www.google.com/mapmaker. If you are in normal Google maps with the biking layers on, there is some small text on the bottom right that says \u201cEdit in Google Map Maker.\u201d Using a Google account, you can then draw lines along roads. Clicking next, you can then edit road attributes and add bike lanes. Once you have gotten this far, I found it intuitive to figure out other features. However, if you try these steps and still have trouble, let me know and I\u2019ll be happy to assist you. You can see some of the work I\u2019ve added if you type in \u201cSpring Street and 9th Street, Los Angeles, CA\u201d in the text box at the top. You can also see Community Edits like mine by clicking on \u201cCommunity Edits.\u201d\n\nHave to say that after that lady from Malibu made her rant about 18 months ago, things seem to have changed for the significantly better up there \u2013 well at least in terms that people are talking and considering now"}
-{"text": "Manny\u2019s Head is In The Game\n\nFor the second day in a row we have articles from all four major pro franchise in New England. The Red Sox win again, the Patriots welcome back Richard Seymour, the Bruins sign another AARP candidate, and the Celtics attempt to figure out what to do next.\n\nThe Red Sox extended their winning streak to seven games and their lead in the AL East to 4.5 games with an 8-5 win at Fenway over the Royals. Jeff Horrigan notes that for the last couple nights Manny Ramirez has had his head in the right place. Last night it was in the wrong place as the slugger collided with shortstop Edgar Renteria and had to leave the game. Jeff Goldberg looks at the game, which featured two more Manny moments. Nick Cafardo focuses mostly on starter Wade Miller in his game story, while Steven Krasner notes that the Red Sox got some heads up play on the bases that also helped that attain the win. David Borges calls last night\u2019s game \u201cunsightly\u201d, and in the next sentence uses the word \u201centertaining\u201d to describe it. Lenny Megliola says that a collision between two of their stars wasn\u2019t enough to stop the Red Sox last night.\n\nThis afternoon will mark the return of Matt Clement to the mound for the first time since taking a Carl Crawford line drive off of his head. Jackie MacMullan writes that a scare like that can really put things in proper perspective, as Clement can\u2019t help but think of his three year old son, who saw what happened on TV and was crying for him to get up. Tony Massarotti has Clement saying that he will not be fearful out there on the mound this afternoon. Alex Speier says that no one can doubt Clement\u2019s toughness. Jon Couture notes the Clement is eager to get back out on the mound and get to work, and that the only concerns he has are physical and not mental, as he wonders about his stamina after having the time off. Couture has a couple other items in that article, including a look at the situations of Keith Foulke and Curt Schilling, as well as Manny Ramirez\u2019s production.\n\nSean McAdam says that just like last year, the Red Sox appear to be using August as the time to turn things on and get down to business. Kelsie Smith looks at aftereffects of last night\u2019s collision for Manny Ramirez. Massarotti reports that Edgar Renteria is a little sore himself after the incident. Horrigan has a brief bit on how Curt Schilling is being prepared slowly to return to the rotation. Jim Donaldson says that the Royals are a team only a cheap owner could love. Smith also has a look at former Sox prospect Chip Ambres, who was able to make his Fenway Part debut after all, only for the Royals.\n\nBorges\u2019 notebook looks at Roberto Petagine getting his Big League chance with Olerud going on the disabled list. That is also the lead topic in Horrigan\u2019s notebook, which also looks at Wade Miller and Keith Foulke. Cafardo\u2019s notebook also leads with Petagrine, and even has a Rich Garces mention. Goldberg\u2019s notebook looks at Matt Clement returning to the hill this afternoon. Krasner\u2019s notebook looks at Manny\u2019s condition after the collision last night and has a couple other injury notes.\n\nRichard Seymour was back on the field yesterday, and glad to be there. Jerome Solomon in the Globe looks at Seymour getting back to where he belongs. Karen Guregian reports that Seymour is ok with his situation after finding \u201ccommon ground\u201d with the Patriots for this season. Alan Greenberg says that it never crossed Seymour\u2019s mind to extend his holdout merely to sty away from the grind of training camp for a little longer. Chris Kennedy in fact notes that Seymour is happy to be grinding it out with his teammates in camp. Michael Parente and Christopher Price also report on the first day of camp for #93.\n\nTom E Curran tells us what we have learned to this point in training camp. Mark Blaudschun, who might around the Patriots for more than just a summer vacation assignment this season, reports on the fundamentals that the Patriots are working on, something he says that Bill Belichick feels a little frustrated about. Guregian has a short bit on Tom Brady getting his birthday off, and another on Christian Fauria fighting for his spot on the team, and his thoughts on the retirement of his college teammate, Ted Johnson.\n\nParente\u2019s notebook reports that Bill Belichick isn\u2019t happy with the fundamentals of many of his players to this point in camp. The Globe notebook reports on Brady\u2019s off day, Guregian\u2019s notebook says Belichick didn\u2019t seem overly pleased with the results of the Tuesday night practice in the stadium. Kennedy\u2019s notebook says that Rosevelt Colvin is preparing for a breakout season with the Patriots. Curran\u2019s notebook reports on the return of Seymour.\n\nKevin Paul Dupont looks at the Bruins signing 37-year-old defenseman Brian Leetch to a one year contract. Steve Conroy looks at the Bruins signing Leetch while losing out on Mike Modano. Mick Colageo says that the Leetch signing is not another Paul Coffey deal. He says Leetch still has game. Stephen Harris writes that while the Bruins have done well thus far, but that they have plenty of work still to do.\n\nSteve Bulpett looks at the Celtics situation as far as what they have left to spend and what the trade exception is really worth. He says they\u2019re still trying to ship out Mark Blount, and are looking for point guard help. Bill Simmons\u2019 ESPN blog also has a breakout of the trade, with some Celtics information in there, such as why the Celtics got involved in the first place. Gabe Kahn looks at what the Celtics actually got in the Antoine Walker sign-and-trade, and Michael Muldoon takes a look back at the deal as well.\n\nThe Yankees continue to scuffle along and the Mets blow a game for Pedro. Those stories, plus a couple articles on Rangers legend Leetch signing with the Bruins are all part of the New York Sports News this morning."}
-{"text": "Chicago IG takes on mayor's office over garbage grid\n\nChicago's inspector general says Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is trying to delay his efforts to audit and verify claims that the city's new garbage grid collection system is saving $18 million a year."}
-{"text": "Category Archives for: Politics\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Daily Caller) American citizenship as a birthright has recently become a prominent issue in the ongoing immigration debate, and congressional leaders sought answers during a hearing Wednesday.\nThe more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by -NO AUTHOR- -- [ooyala code=\"ZiOGN0dDoX013dlBSi2YQHOedMe9I9Ub\" player_id=\"29c9fd42b6564348812f1c7d4ff9252d\"]\n(POLITICO) After months of fretting about a Hillary Clinton coronation, progressives are hoping Bernie Sanders is threatening enough to the Democratic front-runner to force a more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by Cheryl Chumley -- [ooyala code=\"kzcDl0dDpWL3F0XlPYTQweUbFJcIkTpA\" player_id=\"29c9fd42b6564348812f1c7d4ff9252d\"]\nMarc Lamont Hill, a CNN contributor who's been widely seen on other nationally televised broadcasts, took umbrage at the characterization of police who overreach authority more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by -NO AUTHOR- --\nU.S. intelligence agencies have \"harvested\" the personal and private data of \"hundreds of federal officials and judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg,\" charges more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by Cheryl Chumley -- [ooyala code=\"1ncTd0dDp7_3NIxmqJTvPU4oGodPaacW\" player_id=\"29c9fd42b6564348812f1c7d4ff9252d\"]\nFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who's due to make an announcement about a possible presidential run next week, told a largely Hispanic crowd the Supreme more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Daily Signal) In a small number of cities clustered in Los Angeles County, Calif., people are seeing their property and money seized by law enforcement through civil asset more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by -NO AUTHOR- -- (POLITICO) Hillary Clinton changed her position on a 2008 nuclear agreement between the United States and India after Indian business and government interests flooded various Clinton enterprises with more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by -NO AUTHOR- -- [ooyala code=\"V5ZDh0dDqgXhIS0LI9TF34BiMGqidSB4\" player_id=\"29c9fd42b6564348812f1c7d4ff9252d\"]\n(GATEWAY PUNDIT) Time reporter Zeke Miller was at a Teaism cafe near the White House Wednesday around noon when President Barack Obama came in for more\u2026\n\nThursday, April 30th, 2015 by Cheryl Chumley -- [ooyala code=\"ZqbDd0dDqDGPY4Mu37bTrvbKrtVxJtY_\" player_id=\"29c9fd42b6564348812f1c7d4ff9252d\"]\nSen. Ted Cruz, who recently announced a run for the White House in 2016, said President Obama has missed many chances to serve as a more\u2026"}
-{"text": "I'm very pride to announce this ! (When I bought my first Pulsar card, 20 years ago, I couldn't imagine that !)\n\nSince YEARS, I build modular patches which work like dynamic eq, for instance, an eq which have a midi keyfollow as modulation source or an eq which its gain modulation source is filtered with another frequency than the eq band. This allow me to rise high frequencies when the signal is in low frequencies and add low frequencies when the signal has more high frequencies. That kind of way of equying gives very good results on a bass guitar, for example.\n\nOn Scope, there is not a lot of dynamic eq. We have Dynapara in which one cannot have different frequencies for the side chain (SC) signal and the eq band. I must confess that I never get any nice result with it...\nWe have the very good MOVEQ, also but if you make some timing test with it ( which I made, to verify why I didn't hear what it should do), you'll notice that there is a too big latency between the SC detection at its SC input and the moment the gain is changing. The good thing is that with MOVEQ, you can modulate not only the eq gain but also the frequency and the frequency band width.\nBut the timing is really bad, after measurments, I noticed from 80ms, up to 120ms for the parameter to be modulated ! And this time is never the same ! So you can't give it a negative delay in order to it to modulate at the right time since the time is never the same.\n\nThis is the reason I build my modular patches with modulating sync & audio signals.\n\nI understood VCA topology = fast response. Because when I build a modular fx processor and want it to response in a fast and accurate way, I use only sync and audio signal modules to modulate parameters.\nExactly wht I need for my Scope dynamic eq ! I bought SDK in order to develope it ! But it takes so much time which I need to make music !\n\nSo I contacted John and asked him if he could develope for me a device like that one... But with an extra-features !\nThe extra-features are : possibility to have an external SC input for each band. With them, you can modulate the eq gain with any outside signal : audio or keyfollow converted in audio signal ! Or enveloppe or what ever you want if it's converted in audio signal, outputed by a modular patch, for instance...\nA ratio knob like on a compressor.\nChoosing if you want the 4 bands in serial or in parallel.\n\nAnd he said yes ! Let's try !\n\nHe studied the TC dynamic eq manual and after one month, he send me the first version. After some discussion, we improved it to finally have a very fast, precise dynamic eq. And the GUI looks like the TC one !\n\nSO !\n\nDyneq_help.jpg (189.8 KiB) Viewed 2603 times\n\nWith this fantastic TrrRRremendous dynamic eq, you can separate (unlink) the SC signal from the eq band to modulate its gain. You can add static and dynamic gain to each of the 4 bands, or a mix of both.\n\nIf you add positive dynamic gain, the gain will rise, modulated by the SC amplitude signal. With negative gain, you'll lower the eq band gain.\n\nEach of the 4 bands have parametric / high shelve / low shelve filter choice.\n\nYou can use external SC source signal for each of the 4 bands even used as insert.\n\nA \u00ab soft \u00bb button to make modulation transitions more sweet.\n\nA \u00ab inv \u00bb button to reverse the dynamic equalisation : the dynamic gain is applyed when the SC signal goes above the threshold.\n\n\"I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that synths are like potatoes, they\u2019re no good raw\u2014you\u2019ve got to cook \u2018em, and I cooked these sounds for months before I got them to the point where they sounded musical to me.\" Lyle Mays\n\nThanks to its dynamic or/and static gain mix, the inverse feature and its unlinkable sidechain filters, you can do what none of Scope device is able to do !\n\nFor example, in a wave file, a part has too much high frequency distorsion, unpleasant to hear. By setting a band on the frequency I want to erease, negative dynamic gain SC linked and a second band on exactly the same frequency, 'inv' switched on, negative dynamic gain and side chain unlinked with its frequency on mid-low, enough Q, the device ereases bad 1290hz distorted noise only on parts without mid-low frequencies and leave it when mid-low frequencies are present !\n\nThis is stunning ! I can achieve exactly results I'm looking for and in a fast way (without having to build a modular processor which takes me 1 or 2 days in order to get the result I want) ! Really awesome !\n\nI'm using it on my mastering chain too, with excellent result. It's like a much more elaborate deesser which works on any frequency. I can't believe I had a so good idea ! Ok... The main idea comes from TC Electronic but we added very good and unique new features !"}
-{"text": "This is the\nfirst REAL day of our holiday because it is the first Caribbean\nisland we visit. Do you think these excuses to prolong the\nholiday are getting a little tenuous yet?\n\nWe get up at\n6:30 am as we hope to see the ship dock in St Maarten.\nUnfortunately we are already here, but it is a fine sight to walk\nout on our verandah to see mountainous St Maarten spread out in\nfront of us. Maybe \u0091mountainous\u0092 is going a bit far,\nbut the hills are very large.\n\nWe go up to\nTopsiders for breakfast and watch the \u0091Explorer of the\nSeas\u0092 dock on the other side of us. It may be a bit bigger\nthan the Magic, but it ain\u0092t as pretty. All other cruise\nships just look big and white whereas the Magic has real\ncharacter to it.\n\nWe leave the\nship around 8:30 am and rent a car from the Hertz office. It\ncosts $50 plus $12 insurance. Perhaps we could have got it\nslightly cheaper, but we have gone with a tried and trusted brand\nname. The car is a Subaru Impreza. Not that this means much to\nme. As long as it has 4 wheels and goes forward when I press the\npedal, I am happy.\n\nWe drive out of\nPhillipsberg and head off up the road. Our first stop is Galion\nBeach which is very quiet and pretty. Pushing onward we visit\nOrient Beach. This is very much as I expected from photos I had\nseen on the internet. A beautiful beach, but lots of beach side\ncafes, bars etc. with rows of sunbeds. Nice, but not for us.\nWe do, however, see a rather portly gentleman strolling up the\nbeach with the crown jewels on display. Not the sun kissed lovely\nI was hoping for.\n\nA couple of\nwrong turns later we arrive in Marigot. For those that have seen\nSpeed 2, this is the town the cruise ship runs into at the end.\nIt is what I think of as a typical Caribbean town with many\npastel coloured buildings.\nTam has to get an outfit for tropical night so we look around a\nmarket selling the usual tourist type stuff, but with some\ninteresting stalls as well.\nFor some reason Tam is feeling ill, so the shopping is brief.\nHooray! (That the shopping is brief, not that Tam\u0092s feeling\nill). She finds what she wants and we return to the car.\n\nBack along the\ncoast we stop at Friars Bay Beach. Now, this is what we have been\nlooking for.\nIt is along a gravel track and the only buildings are some houses\nthey have built on the side of a hill and a couple of beach bars.\nThe sand is not the pure white powder of Orient Beach, being\nslightly grittier, but that apart it\u0092s perfect. Green wooded\nhills all around and crystal clear turquoise water lapping onto a\ngently shelving shore.\n\nWe walk along\nto the end of the beach in front of the Friars Bay Beach Cafe, (a\nrather posh name for a glorified beach hut) where we are asked if\nwe want sunbeds and when I ask how much I\u0092m told that\n\u0091Nothing if you eat here\u0092. Seems a good deal. We order\n3 cokes and a bottle of water which comes to $10.50, a bit dear,\nbut not when you get 4 sunbeds and 2 beach umbrellas thrown in\nfor the day.\n\nThere\ncan\u0092t be more than 30 people on the whole beach and we are\nright up one end practically on our own.\nPoor Tam isn\u0092t feeling any better and eventually she is\nsick. Still, if you have to throw up in a carrier bag there are\nworse places to do it than Friars Bay Beach. Typical of Tam, 3\ndays on a ship and she gets land sick!\nAt least she feels better for a while afterwards.\n\nThe girls are\nhaving a whale of a time in the wonderfully warm sea. India has\novercome her long term fear of sharks and jellyfish to float\naround in a rubber ring. You can never find a strap on shark fin\nwhen you want one, can you?\n\nTam is not\nfeeling up to lunch so me and the girls go to the beach\nrestaurant. Here\u0092s where the good value finishes as there is\nnot really anything cheap on the menu. It all starts around $12\nand goes up from there. In the end I have a chicken Caesar salad\n(only average) and the girls have a basket of chips (fries) each,\nnot good value at $7 for the two. With 2 cokes and a beer the\ntotal is $32 and we have really only had 1 proper meal!\nI\u0092m not sure if this is indicative of food prices in St\nMaarten or not, but I didn\u0092t think much to it.\n\nAfter lunch the\ngirls return to the sea and I take a walk up a track at the end\nof the beach that leads to Happy Bay. This is inaccessible by car\nand apart from a couple of boats bobbing away I am the only one\nhere. It\u0092s very pretty, but you have to really want to make\nthe trek as the path is full of loose stones and you have to\nscramble about like a mountain goat at times.\nTalking of goats, we have seen quite a few roaming around as we\nhave been driving about and Georgia is really taken with them.\nShe\u0092s not quite so pleased when we walk past a restaurant\nand see goat curry on the menu!\n\nBack at Friars\nBay, Tam is feeling worse again so I decide we had better return\nto the ship.\nWe drive back through Marigot where it must be rush hour as\nit\u0092s nose to tail up and down tiny streets for a couple of\nmiles. The car is returned to Hertz and we clamber back aboard\nthe Magic.\n\nWe put Tam\nstraight to bed for a rest and I sit on the verandah with a beer\nto write up the trip report while the girls head off to watch the\nLizzie McGuire Movie. I think this is the woman who discovered a\ncure for rat scabies in 1879 and the film re-enacts her battle\nwith vermin infestation in downtown Chicago whilst bringing up 14\nchildren and holding down a part time job as a stripper in the\nlocal Burlesque theatre.\nI could be wrong on this one though.\n\nThe Explorer of\nthe Seas pulls away at 6:00 pm. It really is an awesome sight\nwatching these huge vessels move around.\nI am going ashore again for a little while when Tam wakes up and\nsays she feels a little better and will come with me. There is\nvery little at the pier head apart from a couple of bars and some\nover priced duty free shops. We don\u0092t really have time to\ncatch the ferry across to the centre of Phillipsberg, so return\nto the Magic.\n\nDon is just\nfinishing up preparing the room for the night and has already\ndone a towel animal. Tam says it\u0092s a crab, I reckon a frog.\nSo that could make it either a crog of a frab.\nThe girls return from their film and we get ready to go out.\n\nTonight is\ntropical night and I have a shirt that could render people\ntemporarily blind.\nIn Animators Palate we meet up with Fred and Natalyn. More people\nhave made an effort tonight with bright Hawaiian shirts in\nabundance.\nI have the beef ravioli followed by pork loin. India and Georgia\nboth start off with the fruit boat, which is pineapple with\nbanana covered in pink coconut. Georgia has the shrimp for main\ncourse, something reasonably healthy for once.\nTam is still not feeling too good, so she just has a salad and\njacket potato then goes for a lie down in the stateroom.\nThe remaining Stringers have Pina Colada Bread Pudding for\ndessert, which is very good and I am under orders to get one to\ntake away for Tam to eat in the morning. Liam obliges.\n\nNow Tam has\nleft our table for 14 is down to 5! We\u0092re dropping like\nflies.\nAfter the meal we go to see how Tam is. She\u0092s determined to\ngo to the Tropical Sail Away Party, so we head for deck 9 and the\nopen air fun and games.\nThere is a band, a show by the characters and a performance by\nthe Disney dancers as well as a lot of music and manic attempts\nto whip up the party atmosphere by the crew.\n\nWe meet up with\nFred and Natalyn and Fred and I swap a couple of beers.\nGeorgia is tired by this time and Tam\u0092s still not very good\n, so they both go off to bed while India and I stay. The dancing\ncontinues and me and Ind give it our best shot.\n\nBack to the\nroom at 11:30 pm. Unfortunately we have to be up at 6:00 am\ntomorrow morning to go through immigration before we can\ndisembark in St Thomas."}
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-{"text": "Blackened * Metallica * \u2026And Justice for All * 1988\n\nA little bit of classic metal for everyone. This is the lead track from the final album of Metallica\u2019s proper thrash period. After this they cut their hair and stopped writing epic nine minute long songs. Whatever, though, because this here song is literally about the death of Mother Earth, in which the human race literally burns her to a cinder.\n\nSmouldering decay\nTake her breath away\nMillions of our years\nIn minutes disappears\n\nDarkening in vain\nDecadence remains\nAll is said and done\nNever is the sun\n\nYeah, that\u2019s pretty fuckin\u2019 metal all right. The entire album is super dark, so this is a fitting introduction. And really, if we\u2019re talking about the end of all things, what else are you going to listen to? Taylor Swift? No. Double kick drums and crunchy-ass riffs. That\u2019s all one needs to ring in the end of the world."}
-{"text": "In yet another sensational murder,an Assam Police constable deployed as a PSO on Sunday gunned down Jeuti Roy,wife of Bhupen Roy,a senior Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leader and legislator of the Abhayapuri (North) LAC,following which he also fired at himself,sustaining multiple injuries.\n\nJeuti (44),mother of two,was found inside an I-10 car (AS19B-5117) with multiple bullet injuries alongside PSO Constable Sanatan Das,who too had several bullet injuries on him. Jeuti was declared brought dead when taken to a hospital. The incident occurred at around 3.15 pm,about 10 km outside Bongaigaon where the Rays lived.\n\nBongaigaon Superintendent of Police Nitul Gogoi said prima facie evidence,which included a note believed to have been written by Jeuti Roy,has pointed to an illicit affair she had with the constable who was attached to the MLA for several years. \u0093We are,however,yet to come to any conclusion,\u0094 Gogoi said.\n\nSources in Bongaigaon said the legislator\u0092s wife had gone out in her personal car along with PSO Sanatan Das at around 2.30 pm on Sunday. The PSO,who was found with multiple bullet injuries on his body including one on his head,was on the driver\u0092s seat while Jeuti Roy was lying on the seat by his side. The PSO has been admitted to a hospital. A case has been registered."}
-{"text": "Shimla, March 15 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government is taking steps for the extradition from Nepal of a man suspected to have stolen a centuries-old idol of Lord Raghunath, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh told the assembly on Tuesday.\n\nNar Prashad Jaisi, the 30-year-old suspect, was arrested on January 22 last year in Banke district of Nepal, 45 days after the theft of the idol of Lord Raghunath from an ancient temple in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.\n\nLord Raghunath is the chief deity of the Kullu Valley.\n\nSince the accused belonged to Nepal, the state government took up the issue regarding his extradition with the union ministry of home affairs, said Virbhadra Singh.\n\nHe also informed the house that the revised draft of an extradition treaty between India and Nepal is ready for signing.\n\nThe accused broke into the temple on December 9, 2014, and took away the idol of Lord Raghunath, an idol of Hanuman, a stone statue of Narsingh Shila (covered with gold), a silver Ganesh idol, a pair of Charan Paduka, and some ornaments.\n\nHe then moved around the country for some days before fleeing to Nepal where he was subsequently arrested.\n\nThe stolen articles had been recovered, the chief minister told the assembly during Question Hour.\n\n\u201cThe government of India has clarified that the cases that required immediate attention should be taken up with the legal cell of the department of internal security,\u201d the chief minister, who also holds the home portfolio, said.\n\nFollowing his arrest in Nepal in January last year, Jaisi\u2019s interrogation revealed that he was in contact with a monk in China to pass on the idols.\n\nHe revealed that he abandoned his plans for the time being to take the stolen idols and valuables out of the state as the police had sealed the inter-state borders.\n\nThe idols were dumped at a place close to Bajaura on the Kullu-Mandi border.\n\nIdols of Lord Raghunath and Hanuman are made of \u2018ashtadhatu\u2019, a very valuable composite of eight metals.\n\nThe Lord Raghunath idol has historical value. Raja Jagat Singh, the erstwhile ruler of Kullu, had brought it from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. It was then installed in the 17th century temple.\n\nIn a written reply, the chief minister said in the last three years eights cases of theft of antiques were reported in the state. Out of these, four cases are unsolved and three are pending in courts."}
-{"text": "Primary Menu\n\nTag Archives: Japan\n\nThe earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster in Japan is likely to be the most expensive disaster since disaster estimates began in 1965. Over recent decades disasters have generally had a decreasing death toll, but an increasing economic cost. The Sendai earthquake follows these trends. The Economist reports:\n\nProvisional estimates released today by the World Bank put the economic damage resulting from the disaster at as much as $235 billion, around 4% of GDP. That figure would make this disaster the costliest since comparable records began in 1965. The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, which caused some 250,000 deaths, does not feature on this chart. Economic losses there amounted to only $14 billion in today\u2019s prices, partly because of low property and land values in the affected areas.\n\nMany parents of small children will have seen Miyazaki\u2019s classic animated film My Neighbour Totoro about Totoro, a forest spirit, who befriends two young girls. Totoro inhabits a beautiful agricultural landscape known as Satyoyama. Satoyama is a Japanese agricultural landscape that combines small scale agriculture and forest \u2013 if well managed it can be a multi-functional agriculture landscape that provides provisioning, regulating, and cultural ecosystem services. Satoyama is an iconic Japanese cultural landscape that has been destroyed in Japan by development and rural out-migration, however is now being promoted in Japan and by the Japanese government for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya.\n\nIn honour of the CBD meeting in Japan, The Kyoto Journal (issue 75) has a special issue on Biodiversity that includes a large section on the ideals and reality of satoyama. The table of contents for the section on the Worlds of Satoyama is:\n\nFor years, Western activists have traveled to this remote port to protest the annual dolphin drive. And for years, local fishermen have ignored them, herding the animals into a small cove and slashing them until the tide flows red. But now, a new menace may succeed where the activists have failed: mercury.\n\n\u2026Dolphin meat is a local delicacy, served raw as sashimi or boiled with soy sauce. People here are used to the international scorn that accompanies the dolphin hunt and have closed ranks in the face of rising outrage \u2014 until now.Last June, laboratory tests showed high levels of mercury in dolphin and pilot whale, a small whale that resembles a dolphin, that were caught and sold here. Schools stopped serving pilot whale meat for lunch, and some local markets removed it as well as dolphin from their shelves."}
-{"text": "Enterprise\n\nWhat do customers think of Stack?\n\nGod I love Variant! Im pretty particular about aesthetics and usually need to focus at the desk to get everything how I want, now it\u2019s just effortless. Can\u2019t imagine using anything else other than Variant from now on.\n\nAaron Neo\n\nThemeforest Customer\n\nStack is beautiful and the Variant builder is amazing. Stack sets a new standard of quality everyone should strive to achieve. I have bought a few themes from tommusrhodus and medium_rare but Stack is my favorite by far.\n\nSVasili\n\nThemeforest Buyer\n\nThis is insane! The Variant Page Builder with the 270 pre-made interface blocks are making building a nice website a breeze.\n\nRborsato\n\nThemeforest Customer\n\nCommunication, design and responsiveness mean this developer is a top pick for my sites!\n\nHypeneko\n\nThemeforest Buyer\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\nHow do refunds work?\n\nOpen a refund request with us and we can work with you to resolve it ASAP.\n\nCan I pay using AMEX?\n\nYes, we accept all major credit cards, including AMEX, so rack up those points!\n\nIs there a bulk-buy discount?\n\nWe have corporate and enterprise arrangements that our pricing team can assist with on a case-by-case basis. Contact Us for info.\n\nIs there a minimum contract term?\n\nNo! The beauty of our service is that you can cancel anytime you need to \u2014 no questions asked.\n\nDo I need an SSL certificate?\n\nThis depends on whether your plan to process the payment on your site or not. We recommend using a third-party provider to unburden yourself.\n\nPurchase Stack now and get lifetime free content updates\n\nEach purchase of Stack comes with six months free support \u2014 and a lifetime of free content and bug-fix updates."}
-{"text": "The Value of No-apology Relationships\n\nI was recently away with friends and in a moment of trust we shared our dreams and aspirations. It was a time of entanglement, we were all in deep pursuit, anticipating big changes in our lives, full of piss and vinegar; we, were \u2018all in\u2019, both mentally and physically.\n\nThere was a sense of candor and honesty amongst us, something that is earned through years of camaraderie, friendship, and working through. We had been together through the good and bad\u2014the victories and struggles. And we had learned that by sharing these stories and situations, we had helped each other grow stronger.\n\nMy steadfast friendships have sustained for two very important reasons. One, we consciously choose to build each other up and protect each other. Two, we do not need or even tolerate devilment in our lives; we realize that true friends choose each other over ill spirited gossip and embellishment.\n\nWhile casual friendships come and go over the years, true core friendships endure. Even when the speed of life gets in the way and you don\u2019t see each other often enough, you know when you do get together it will feel like no time has elapsed.\n\nIt seems we are passionately drawn to the comfort of standing on familiar ground, indulging in our own truth and what is going on around us. We reminisce, discuss and debate. Then we relax into the rhythm of normalcy, of everyday life with all its complexities.\n\nFrom time to time we question, how can we change the world\u2014we challenge each other, we challenge our wits. But this is what resounds most importantly: Whatever our opinions, they are our own and as such we make no-apologies for how we think or who we are. Instead we hone our thoughts, develop our voice. We build relationships based on trust, vulnerability, and then authenticity. Its sometimes uncomfortable, but it is always passionate and genuine.\n\nFinding your own unique path devoid of the fear of criticism or judgment from those around you is so important. Its freeing to be able to speak your truth and it gets easier over time as your experience, knowledge, and confidence begins to catch up with you."}
-{"text": "When Dippin' Dots emerged in 1987 with the slogan \"Ice Cream of the Future,\" its liquid nitrogen-blasted pellets seemed about as cutting edge as ice cream could get.\n\nBut ice cream has come a long way since then. Now, ice cream revolutionaries are updating our notions of ice cream texture and flavor with bioengineering and sheer chutzpah. Welcome to the new future of ice cream.\n\nLunar Ice Cream\n\nHaagen-Dazs' Ice Moon spherical delights were created for the 2012 Christmas season by design team Doshi Levien. And if they're any indication, the moon fares much better in ice cream than in cheese. The Full Ice Moon cake consisted of macadamia nut brittle ice cream and raspberry sorbet, separated by meringue and positioned on a pistachio biscuit base. The Harvest Ice Moon treat, meanwhile, featured salted caramel and vanilla ice cream with salted caramel sauce and crispy chocolate as a base. What looks like a rough, cratered mini-moon may be a small step for ice cream, but it's one that could become a giant leap for ice cream cakes. For their limited release, the cakes cost $58, and were available only at Haagen-Dazs shops throughout France, Belgium, Amsterdam and London.\n\nWikipearls\n\nWikipearls look like big doughnut holes, but they have ice cream on the inside. Inspired by grape skins, Harvard bioengineering professor David Edwards set out to find ways to serve food in edible casings that would eliminate plastic packaging. When he applied his Wikicell technology to ice cream, the result was Wikipearls: Ice cream balls wrapped in a delectable skin. Wikipearls currently come in three flavors: mango with a coconut skin, chocolate with a hazelnut skin, and vanilla with a peanut skin. Right now, Wikipearls are only available for purchase at the small Wikibar shop in the heart of Paris. But they'll be making their first appearance in the U.S. later this year, Edwards says.\n\nOne Bite, Two Flavors\n\nWhy should there be one flavor of ice cream per bite when there could be two? \"Flavor release\" ice cream was developed by Elizabeth Fenner in 2011 when she was a graduate student at the University of Missouri. Fenner used micro-encapsulation technology \u2014 coating the flavor compounds with a tiny dissolvable polymer \u2014 to make an ice cream that starts as vanilla and then about four seconds later turns to cherry. This ice cream isn't commercially available yet, but Fenner has said she wants to try to refine the idea. Fenner is now a product development specialist at Yogurtland, so we can only hope there will be a frozen yogurt variation on the way.\n\nLiquid Nitrogen To Order\n\nIt only takes a minute for a milky mixture to meld into ice cream beneath a cloud of frigid nitrogen \"smoke.\" Liquid nitrogen ice cream technology can quickly freeze an ice cream base with any add-ins, turning a liquid into a solid as if by magic. Parlors that specialize in this quick-freeze ice cream made to order have been sprouting up across the U.S. \u2014 from Smitten in San Francisco, which the Salt profiled in April, to the Sub Zero Ice Cream chain, which has 27 store locations nationwide from Washington to Florida. The new texture of this ice cream \u2014 denser, harder, richer \u2014 and freshness make it an intriguing twist on traditional frozen treats.\n\nAll The Food Groups In One Cone?\n\nIce cream need not be limited to sweet flavors, we're learning. The \"ice cream without limits\" approach is the philosophy of Humphry Slocombe in San Francisco. Owners Jake Godby and Sean Vahey pride themselves in \u2014 and are famous for \u2014 their outside-the-box ice cream flavors that utilize raw ingredients like meats, cheeses, nuts and vegetables. Get a load of some recent picks: sweet summer corn, strawberry black olive, even foie gras and boccalone prosciutto. Here's to hoping that in the future Humphry Slocombe will prove that we can eat only ice cream and still hit all the major food groups."}
-{"text": "... in turn caused the students to walk slower (though this effect did not replicate with psychology students in Belgium, see Doyen, Klein, ... When we put our participants in a warm room, they judged the experimenter they had just interacted with as being psychologically closer. We ... / more\n\n... a few liberties by exaggerating the details for dramatic effect? Could such events ever play out in real life? What about the ... sturdy one. At the end of the bridge, an attractive female experimenter provided these males \u2013 at this point either relatively relaxed ... / more\n\n... explain this lack of helping behavior by the\nBystander effect and that there are ways to decrease this effect.\nIt was a busy ... question is; will the real participant help by summoning the experimenter or will he or she simply sit and do nothing? In the non- bystander ... / more\n\n... religiosity, but Osarchuk and Tatz (1973) found no effect in this group. Norenzayan and Hansen (2006) similarly found no effect on ... undesirable, or because they are motivated to provide the experimenter with an answer that fulfills his or her expectations. For example, ... / more\n\n... through Robert Rosenthal\u2019s (1966, 2002) research on the effect of teachers' expectations on schools students. Meta-cognitive variables ... known as double-blind. This helps to guard against the experimentereffect (Rosenthal, 1966, 2002), a well-known phenomenon in ... / more\n\n... studies only short-term responses were assessed and the experimenter provided the diet-reminders. For unsuccessful dieters, it would ... I. C., Polivy, J., & Herman, C. P. (1997). The effect of pre-exposure to food cues on the eating behavior of restrained and ... / more\n\n... at a computer and told to follow its instructions. The experimenter hit \u201cstart\u201d and left the room, but the computer went to a ... and disorder),\nself-organization has a ratcheting effect of staying in place and possibly permitting further forward steps. (For ... / more\n\n... Zuckerman , 1986; Zuckerman & Kieffer , 1994). The effect is also present for the depiction of single individuals. A recent study ... the other person was actually a colleague of the experimenter who, depending on the experimental condition, either sat in an ... / more\n\n... than if they had been primed with neutral words. This effect was equally strong for people with high and low\nprejudice levels. ... to complete the Scrambled Sentence Task and then find the experimenter in an adjacent room. However, when the participant had finished, ... / more\n\n... ; Washington Post ).\nI argue that another detrimental effect of Patton\u2019s advice is that, if heeded, it could make women avoid ...\nIn study two, college students waited in a room while the experimenter went to \u201clook for a missing student\u201d. The experimenter then ... / more\n\nHere you can search the entire InMind magazine for any content of your choice. You can reduce your search results by selecting one or more filter options in the right column."}
-{"text": "Related\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) presides a crisis cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace on October 11, 2017 in Madrid. Spain\u2019s government vowed to examine \u201call options\u201d in a crisis cabinet meeting hours after Catalonia\u2019s leaders said they had a mandate to declare independence but put it on hold, plunging the country into uncertainty. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / CESAR P.SENDRA\n\nSpain\u2019s government prepared to hold crisis talks on Wednesday after Catalan leaders signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for dialogue with Madrid.\n\nPrime Minister Mariano Rajoy will chair an emergency cabinet meeting in response to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont\u2019s announcement on Tuesday that he had accepted \u201cthe mandate of the people for Catalonia to become an independent republic\u201d following a banned referendum earlier this month.\n\nBut Puigdemont in his declaration to parliament called for Catalonia\u2019s independence to be suspended to allow for negotiations with Madrid.\n\nRajoy has vowed to use everything in his power to prevent independence and has refused to rule out imposing direct rule over the semi-autonomous region \u2014 an unprecedented move many fear could lead to unrest.\n\nAt stake is the future of a region of 7.5 million people, one of Spain\u2019s economic powerhouses, whose drive to break away has raised concern for stability in the European Union.\n\nCrowds of thousands gathered outside the parliament building in Barcelona on Tuesday evening, waving Catalan flags and banners screaming \u201cdemocracy\u201d in the hope of witnessing a historic night in a region that remains deeply divided over independence.\n\nBut Spain\u2019s political establishment rounded on Puigdemont following the declaration, and support among separatists in Catalonia was mixed.\n\nDeputy prime minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria told reporters shortly after the signing that Puigdemont was \u201ca person who doesn\u2019t know where he is, where he\u2019s going or with whom he wants to go\u201d.\n\nBarcelona resident Maria Rosa Bertran said she was against a delayed secession.\n\n\u201cI find it even worse because it is suffering a longer agony. Indecision and uncertainty is the worst thing that can happen to us,\u201d she told AFP.\n\nUnknown consequences\nPolitical leaders in Catalonia, Spain and Europe have come out against secession, concerned over the country\u2019s biggest upheaval in decades.\n\nFollowing his declaration to parliament, Puigdemont and his allies signed an independence declaration outside the chamber, but its legal validity was unclear.\n\nSpain and Catalonia now enter into the unknown, as Madrid has repeatedly said independence is not up for discussion.\n\nMarc Cazes, a student in Barcelona, said: \u201cI did not expect independence to be declared today because of all the processes that the government of Spain has begun, both with police actions and with threats.\u201d\n\nCatalonia pressed ahead with an independence referendum on October 1 that the central government said breached Spain\u2019s constitution.\n\nAround 90 percent of those who cast ballots voted for independence but the poll was poorly monitored and many Catalans opposed to secession boycotted what Madrid branded an illegal plebiscite.\n\nThe crisis has caused deep uncertainty for businesses in one of the wealthiest regions in the eurozone\u2019s fourth-largest economy.\n\nSpain\u2019s stock market shed nearly 1.0 percent ahead of Tuesday\u2019s parliamentary session and a string of companies have already moved their legal headquarters \u2014 but not their employees \u2014 from Catalonia to other parts of the country.\n\nThe stand-off has also put significant strain on the euro but the single currency was up after Puigdemont\u2019s announcement and held onto gains in Asian trade on Wednesday, buying $1.1815.\n\nHowever, it was still down two cents from its recent highs seen last month, with uncertainty continuing to dog the unit.\n\nStephen Innes, head of Asia-Pacific trading at OANDA, said that while the euro rose it \u201cgained little traction as this is little more than kicking the can down the road. It\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ve heard the last of this debate despite cooler heads prevailing\u201d.\n\nDemands for independence in Catalonia, which has its own language and cultural traditions, date back centuries.\n\nBut a 2010 move by Spain\u2019s Constitutional Court to water down a statute that gave Catalonia additional powers, combined with a deep economic meltdown in Spain, sparked a surge in support for independence."}
-{"text": "GtkSourceView is becoming useful in anjuta though it can of course not replace the scintilla editor yet and it is anyway not meant to do so. But feel free to try it! If you have a subversion repositry and want to try anjuta please try out the subversion plugin. It seems to have some serious issues but I lack a repositry to test it esspecially for the authentification mechanism.\n\nFinnally, I had time to commit an alpha version of a GtkSourceView plugin for anjuta. Of course it is incomplete but anyway it works. Here is some screenshot:\n\nI also tested Xgl but it is way to slow in the moment with my Centrino graphic chip. Anyway, it really looks great and promising and I hope that performance will yet be improved. Of course it is totally useless but who cares if you can impress Windows users ;-)\n\nI haven't written here anything for long. This is due to the quite hard exam in my study which is on Februar 23.\n\nTherefore I haven't done much others things as learning in the last days. Anyway I tried out gnucash 1.9.0 and I must say it's really good and stable. My homebanking works and it integrates much better with gtk2/gnome2.\n\nI finnaly got the VDR for my parents working. It is really cool and you can switch it on and off with the remote control using the usbremote plugin and some nice circuit from OC-Inside.\n\nMy new iPod nano was delivered yesterday. It's really great, this is what I would call usuability. To make it usefull I had to run easytag over my music compilation but that was not difficult and gtkpod is also quite good, but a bit unstable. Only one point: It should really play ogg-files but someone stated that processor power was not enough for this task.\n\nThe last weeks of the semester seem to become quite hard but I hope I will make it. Anyway, I don't have much time to mess around with open-source software in the moment.\n\nA very limited version of gtksourceview in Anjuta does not work now but there is much more to do!\n\nAnyway, after nearly anyone at Planet Gnome seems to have the new Nokia phone I prefer an iPod nano and it will be delivered in the next days. This is maybe the best-looking computer toy ever, although it cannot play ogg-files.\n\nOh, this was a really funny new year party! We have drinking too much alcohol of course and the new year started not so funny in the morning. But it was fun!\n\nGnucash with aqbanking suddenly started working after I installed anything from source. Strange, but it works, anyway if you have problems install gnucash-1.8.12 and the latest aqbanking stuff from source\n\nAfter Cable-TV at my parents has all private Channels availible now (thanks for the 3-year delay...), I will switch their HTPC from MythTV to VDR. I hope this will make things easier because it was always very difficult to get current EPG for analog-tv. And I will build a new wooden case for them which looks better.\n\nAfter several people reporting a but in anjuta-1.2.4 startup I quickly released 1.2.4a which fixes exactly this bug and does nothing else because development focuses on anjuta 2.0.\n\nGnucash starts to annoy me. I have used several version know (1.8.10, 1.8.12 and currect svn (1.9.x) but HBCI never works. The newest version looks promising but I cannot even open a file and could not track down the problem. Everything works on the command line but homebanking on the command line is really no fun!\n\nAnd finally I started learning for my study. Anyway the university server was down for several hours and I could not get the stuff I needed. Argh!\n\nAfter my system was just much to stable and old-fashioned the last week, I updated from Ubuntu Breezy to Dapper and successfully broke some things like dvb-t.\n\nAnyway, I feel much more up-to-date now and I found some new issues with gtk-2.9.1 in anjuta. This version seems to be more strict in some cases which caused at least two new crashers. But to be fair I have to say that these were not GTK+ faults but bugs in anjuta which somehow worked with older versions.\n\nTommorow is the last day before X-mas in university. I think I will have to learn a lot in the short holidays :-|\n\nI just tried a whole night to get GnuCash\nand HBCI work in Ubuntu. It's really a mess. Ubuntu does not provide gnucash-hbci for some weird reason so you have to recompile gnucash from source.\n\nWell, after 8 hours I got aqhbci working currectly after I found out that there was a wrong IP on my card. This was definitly not aqhbci's fault but it had been of course easier if they had better error messages.\n\nI managed to get the HBCI-Wizard in Gnucash working but I still cannot make any transaction because of some strange things in aqbanking but I try to investigate this further. Maybe I will write a wiki-page once it's finished in the ubuntu-wiki."}
-{"text": "Just a little drive past Ocean Beach in SF. Depending on which direction you drive on highway 1, is Fort Funston Golden Gate National Conservancy. Primary a dog park, but expect hang gliders, surfers, and your typical SF breeze. The views and hike here is amazing. I would recommend to anyone with a pup. I've known of the park but have never gone, San Mateo has plenty of awesome dog parks so I don't venture into SF much. I'm so happy I did, I like filming on an overcast day."}
-{"text": "Dates of addresses by Woodrow Wilson in this eBook: December 2, 1913 December 8, 1914 December 7, 1915 December 5, 1916 December 4, 1917 December 2, 1918 December 2, 1919 December 7, 1920\n\n***\n\nState of the Union Address Woodrow Wilson December 2, 1913\n\nGentlemen of the Congress:\n\nIn pursuance of my constitutional duty to \"give to the Congress information of the state of the Union,\" I take the liberty of addressing you on several matters which ought, as it seems to me, particularly to engage the attention of your honorable bodies, as of all who study the welfare and progress of the Nation.\n\nI shall ask your indulgence if I venture to depart in some degree from the usual custom of setting before you in formal review the many matters which have engaged the attention and called for the action of the several departments of the Government or which look to them for early treatment in the future, because the list is long, very long, and would suffer in the abbreviation to which I should have to subject it. I shall submit to you the reports of the heads of the several departments, in which these subjects are set forth in careful detail, and beg that they may receive the thoughtful attention of your committees and of all Members of the Congress who may have the leisure to study them. Their obvious importance, as constituting the very substance of the business of the Government, makes comment and emphasis on my part unnecessary.\n\nThe country, I am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will. More and more readily each decade do the nations manifest their willingness to bind themselves by solemn treaty to the processes of peace, the processes of frankness and fair concession. So far the United States has stood at the front of such negotiations. She will, I earnestly hope and confidently believe, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of international friendship by ratifying the several treaties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the Senate. In addition to these, it has been the privilege of the Department of State to gain the assent, in principle, of no less than 31 nations, representing four-fifths of the population of the world, to the negotiation of treaties by which it shall be agreed that whenever differences of interest or of policy arise which can not be resolved by the ordinary processes of diplomacy they shall be publicly analyzed, discussed, and reported upon by a tribunal chosen by the parties before either nation determines its course of action.\n\nThere is only one possible standard by which to determine controversies between the United States and other nations, and that is compounded of these two elements: Our own honor and our obligations to the peace of the world. A test so compounded ought easily to be made to govern both the establishment of new treaty obligations and the interpretation of those already assumed.\n\nThere is but one cloud upon our horizon. That has shown itself to the south of us, and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until Gen. Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico; until it is understood on all hands, indeed, that such pretended governments will not be countenanced or dealt with by-the Government of the United States. We are the friends of constitutional government in America; we are more than its friends, we are its champions; because in no other way can our neighbors, to whom we would wish in every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own development in peace and liberty. Mexico has no Government. The attempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has broken down, and a mere military despotism has been set up which has hardly more than the semblance of national authority. It originated in the usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who, after a brief attempt to play the part of constitutional President, has at last cast aside even the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator. As a consequence, a condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made it doubtful whether even the most elementary and fundamental rights either of her own people or of the citizens of other countries resident within her territory can long be successfully safeguarded, and which threatens, if long continued, to imperil the interests of peace, order, and tolerable life in the lands immediately to the south of us. Even if the usurper had succeeded in his purposes, in despite of the constitution of the Republic and the rights of its people, he would have set up nothing but a precarious and hateful power, which could have lasted but a little while, and whose eventual downfall would have left the country in a more deplorable condition than ever. But he has not succeeded. He has forfeited the respect and the moral support even of those who were at one time willing to see him succeed. Little by little he has been completely isolated. By a little every day his power and prestige are crumbling and the collapse is not far away. We shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting. And then, when the end comes, we shall hope to see constitutional order restored in distressed Mexico by the concert and energy of such of her leaders as prefer the liberty of their people to their own ambitions.\n\nI turn to matters of domestic concern. You already have under consideration a bill for the reform of our system of banking and currency, for which the country waits with impatience, as for something fundamental to its whole business life and necessary to set credit free from arbitrary and artificial restraints. I need not say how earnestly I hope for its early enactment into law. I take leave to beg that the whole energy and attention of the Senate be concentrated upon it till the matter is successfully disposed of. And yet I feel that the request is not needed-that the Members of that great House need no urging in this service to the country.\n\nI present to you, in addition, the urgent necessity that special provision be made also for facilitating the credits needed by the farmers of the country. The pending currency bill does the farmers a great service. It puts them upon an equal footing with other business men and masters of enterprise, as it should; and upon its passage they will find themselves quit of many of the difficulties which now hamper them in the field of credit. The farmers, of course, ask and should be given no special privilege, such as extending to them the credit of the Government itself. What they need and should obtain is legislation which will make their own abundant and substantial credit resources available as a foundation for joint, concerted local action in their own behalf in getting the capital they must use. It is to this we should now address ourselves.\n\nIt has, singularly enough, come to pass that we have allowed the industry of our farms to lag behind the other activities of the country in its development. I need not stop to tell you how fundamental to the life of the Nation is the production of its food. Our thoughts may ordinarily be concentrated upon the cities and the hives of industry, upon the cries of the crowded market place and the clangor of the factory, but it is from the quiet interspaces of the open valleys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and of prosperity, from the farm and the ranch, from the forest and the mine. Without these every street would be silent, every office deserted, every factory fallen into disrepair. And yet the farmer does not stand upon the same footing with the forester and the miner in the market of credit. He is the servant of the seasons. Nature determines how long he must wait for his crops, and will not be hurried in her processes. He may give his note, but the season of its maturity depends upon the season when his crop matures, lies at the gates of the market where his products are sold. And the security he gives is of a character not known in the broker's office or as familiarly as it might be on the counter of the banker.\n\nThe Agricultural Department of the Government is seeking to assist as never before to make farming an efficient business, of wide co-operative effort, in quick touch with the markets for foodstuffs. The farmers and the Government will henceforth work together as real partners in this field, where we now begin to see our way very clearly and where many intelligent plans are already being put into execution. The Treasury of the United States has, by a timely and well-considered distribution of its deposits, facilitated the moving of the crops in the present season and prevented the scarcity of available funds too often experienced at such times. But we must not allow ourselves to depend upon extraordinary expedients. We must add the means by which the, farmer may make his credit constantly and easily available and command when he will the capital by which to support and expand his business. We lag behind many other great countries of the modern world in attempting to do this. Systems of rural credit have been studied and developed on the other side of the water while we left our farmers to shift for themselves in the ordinary money market. You have but to look about you in any rural district to see the result, the handicap and embarrassment which have been put upon those who produce our food.\n\nConscious of this backwardness and neglect on our part, the Congress recently authorized the creation of a special commission to study the various systems of rural credit which have been put into operation in Europe, and this commission is already prepared to report. Its report ought to make it easier for us to determine what methods will be best suited to our own farmers. I hope and believe that the committees of the Senate and House will address themselves to this matter with the most fruitful results, and I believe that the studies and recently formed plans of the Department of Agriculture may be made to serve them very greatly in their work of framing appropriate and adequate legislation. It would be indiscreet and presumptuous in anyone to dogmatize upon so great and many-sided a question, but I feel confident that common counsel will produce the results we must all desire.\n\nTurn from the farm to the world of business which centers in the city and in the factory, and I think that all thoughtful observers will agree that the immediate service we owe the business communities of the country is to prevent private monopoly more effectually than it has yet been prevented. I think it will be easily agreed that we should let the Sherman anti-trust law stand, unaltered, as it is, with its debatable ground about it, but that we should as much as possible reduce the area of that debatable ground by further and more explicit legislation; and should also supplement that great act by legislation which will not only clarify it but also facilitate its administration and make it fairer to all concerned. No doubt we shall all wish, and the country will expect, this to be the central subject of our deliberations during the present session; but it is a subject so many-sided and so deserving of careful and discriminating discussion that I shall take the liberty of addressing you upon it in a special message at a later date than this. It is of capital importance that the business men of this country should be relieved of all uncertainties of law with regard to their enterprises and investments and a clear path indicated which they can travel without anxiety. It is as important that they should be relieved of embarrassment and set free to prosper as that private monopoly should be destroyed. The ways of action should be thrown wide open.\n\nI turn to a subject which I hope can be handled promptly and without serious controversy of any kind. I mean the method of selecting nominees for the Presidency of the United States. I feel confident that I do not misinterpret the wishes or the expectations of the country when I urge the prompt enactment of legislation which will provide for primary elections throughout the country at which the voters of the several parties may choose their nominees for the Presidency without the intervention of nominating conventions. I venture the suggestion that this legislation should provide for the retention of party conventions, but only for the purpose of declaring and accepting the verdict of the primaries and formulating the platforms of the parties; and I suggest that these conventions should consist not of delegates chosen for this single purpose, but of the nominees for Congress, the nominees for vacant seats in the Senate of the United States, the Senators whose terms have not yet closed, the national committees, and the candidates for the Presidency themselves, in order that platforms may be framed by those responsible to the people for carrying them into effect.\n\nThese are all matters of vital domestic concern, and besides them, outside the charmed circle of our own national life in which our affections command us, as well as our consciences, there stand out our obligations toward our territories over sea. Here we are trustees. Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, are ours, indeed, but not ours to do what we please with. Such territories, once regarded as mere possessions, are no longer to be selfishly exploited; they are part of the domain of public conscience and of serviceable and enlightened statesmanship. We must administer them for the people who live in them and with the same sense of responsibility to them as toward our own people in our domestic affairs. No doubt we shall successfully enough bind Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands to ourselves by ties of justice and interest and affection, but the performance of our duty toward the Philippines is a more difficult and debatable matter. We can satisfy the obligations of generous justice toward the people of Porto Rico by giving them the ample and familiar rights and privileges accorded our own citizens in our own territories and our obligations toward the people of Hawaii by perfecting the provisions for self-government already granted them, but in the Philippines we must go further. We must hold steadily in view their ultimate independence, and we must move toward the time of that independence as steadily as the way can be cleared and the foundations thoughtfully and permanently laid.\n\nActing under the authority conferred upon the President by Congress, I have already accorded the people of the islands a majority in both houses of their legislative body by appointing five instead of four native citizens to the membership of the commission. I believe that in this way we shall make proof of their capacity in counsel and their sense of responsibility in the exercise of political power, and that the success of this step will be sure to clear our view for the steps which are to follow. Step by step we should extend and perfect the system of self-government in the islands, making test of them and modifying them as experience discloses their successes and their failures; that we should more and more put under the control of the native citizens of the archipelago the essential instruments of their life, their local instrumentalities of government, their schools, all the common interests of their communities, and so by counsel and experience set up a government which all the world will see to be suitable to a people whose affairs are under their own control. At last, I hope and believe, we are beginning to gain the confidence of the Filipino peoples. By their counsel and experience, rather than by our own, we shall learn how best to serve them and how soon it will be possible and wise to withdraw our supervision. Let us once find the path and set out with firm and confident tread upon it and we shall not wander from it or linger upon it.\n\nA duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to me very pressing and very imperative; perhaps I should say a double duty, for it concerns both the political and the material development of the Territory. The people of Alaska should be given the full Territorial form of government, and Alaska, as a storehouse, should be unlocked. One key to it is a system of railways. These the Government should itself build and administer, and the ports and terminals it should itself control in the interest of all who wish to use them for the service and development of the country and its people.\n\nBut the construction of railways is only the first step; is only thrusting in the key to the storehouse and throwing back the lock and opening the door. How the tempting resources of the country are to be exploited is another matter, to which I shall take the liberty of from time to time calling your attention, for it is a policy which must be worked out by well-considered stages, not upon theory, but upon lines of practical expediency. It is part of our general problem of conservation. We have a freer hand in working out the problem in Alaska than in the States of the Union; and yet the principle and object are the same, wherever we touch it. We must use the resources of the country, not lock them up. There need be no conflict or jealousy as between State and Federal authorities, for there can be no essential difference of purpose between them. The resources in question must be used, but not destroyed or wasted; used, but not monopolized upon any narrow idea of individual rights as against the abiding interests of communities. That a policy can be worked out by conference and concession which will release these resources and yet not jeopard or dissipate them, I for one have no doubt; and it can be done on lines of regulation which need be no less acceptable to the people and governments of the States concerned than to the people and Government of the Nation at large, whose heritage these resources are. We must bend our counsels to this end. A common purpose ought to make agreement easy.\n\nThree or four matters of special importance and significance I beg, that you will permit me to mention in closing.\n\nOur Bureau of Mines ought to be equipped and empowered to render even more effectual service than it renders now in improving the conditions of mine labor and making the mines more economically productive as well as more safe. This is an all-important part of the work of conservation; and the conservation of human life and energy lies even nearer to our interests than the preservation from waste of our material resources.\n\nWe owe it, in mere justice to the railway employees of the country, to provide for them a fair and effective employers' liability act; and a law that we can stand by in this matter will be no less to the advantage of those who administer the railroads of the country than to the advantage of those whom they employ. The experience of a large number of the States abundantly proves that.\n\nWe ought to devote ourselves to meeting pressing demands of plain justice like this as earnestly as to the accomplishment of political and economic reforms. Social justice comes first. Law is the machinery for its realization and is vital only as it expresses and embodies it.\n\nAn international congress for the discussion of all questions that affect safety at sea is now sitting in London at the suggestion of our own Government. So soon as the conclusions of that congress can be learned and considered we ought to address ourselves, among other things, to the prompt alleviation of the very unsafe, unjust, and burdensome conditions which now surround the employment of sailors and render it extremely difficult to obtain the services of spirited and competent men such as every ship needs if it is to be safely handled and brought to port.\n\nMay I not express the very real pleas-are I have experienced in co-operating with this Congress and sharing with it the labors of common service to which it has devoted itself so unreservedly during the past seven months of uncomplaining concentration upon the business of legislation? Surely it is a proper and pertinent part of my report on \"the state of the Union\" to express my admiration for the diligence, the good temper, and the full comprehension of public duty which has already been manifested by both the Houses; and I hope that it may not be deemed an impertinent intrusion of myself into the picture if I say with how much and how constant satisfaction I have availed myself of the privilege of putting my time and energy at their disposal alike in counsel and in action.\n\n***\n\nState of the Union Address Woodrow Wilson December 8, 1914\n\nGENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS:\n\nThe session upon which you are now entering will be the closing session of the Sixty-third Congress, a Congress, I venture to say, which will long be remembered for the great body of thoughtful and constructive work which it has done, in loyal response to the thought and needs of the country. I should like in this address to review the notable record and try to make adequate assessment of it; but no doubt we stand too near the work that has been done and are ourselves too much part of it to play the part of historians toward it.\n\nOur program of legislation with regard to the regulation of business is now virtually complete. It has been put forth, as we intended, as a whole, and leaves no conjecture as to what is to follow. The road at last lies clear and firm before business. It is a road which it can travel without fear or embarrassment. It is the road to ungrudged, unclouded success. In it every honest man, every man who believes that the public interest is part of his own interest, may walk with perfect confidence.\n\nMoreover, our thoughts are now more of the future than of the past. While we have worked at our tasks of peace the circumstances of the whole age have been altered by war. What we have done for our own land and our own people we did with the best that was in us, whether of character or of intelligence, with sober enthusiasm and a confidence in the principles upon which we were acting which sustained us at every step of the difficult undertaking; but it is done. It has passed from our hands. It is now an established part of the legislation of the country. Its usefulness, its effects will disclose themselves in experience. What chiefly strikes us now, as we look about us during these closing days of a year which will be forever memorable in the history of the world, is that we face new tasks, have been facing them these six months, must face them in the months to come,-face them without partisan feeling, like men who have forgotten everything but a common duty and the fact that we are representatives of a great people whose thought is not of us but of what America owes to herself and to all mankind in such circumstances as these upon which we look amazed and anxious.\n\nWar has interrupted the means of trade not only but also the processes of production. In Europe it is destroying men and resources wholesale and upon a scale unprecedented and appalling, There is reason to fear that the time is near, if it be not already at hand, when several of the countries of Europe will find it difficult to do for their people what they have hitherto been always easily able to do,\u2014many essential and fundamental things. At any rate, they will need our help and our manifold services as they have never needed them before; and we should be ready, more fit and ready than we have ever been.\n\nIt is of equal consequence that the nations whom Europe has usually supplied with innumerable articles of manufacture and commerce of which they are in constant need and without which their economic development halts and stands still can now get only a small part of what they formerly imported and eagerly look to us to supply their all but empty markets. This is particularly true of our own neighbors, the States, great and small, of Central and South America. Their lines of trade have hitherto run chiefly athwart the seas, not to our ports but to the ports of Great Britain and of the older continent of Europe. I do not stop to inquire why, or to make any comment on probable causes. What interests us just now is not the explanation but the fact, and our duty and opportunity in the presence of it. Here are markets which we must supply, and we must find the means of action. The United States, this great people for whom we speak and act, should be ready, as never before, to serve itself and to serve mankind; ready with its resources, its energies, its forces of production, and its means of distribution.\n\nIt is a very practical matter, a matter of ways and means. We have the resources, but are we fully ready to use them? And, if we can make ready what we have, have we the means at hand to distribute it? We are not fully ready; neither have we the means of distribution. We are willing, but we are not fully able. We have the wish to serve and to serve greatly, generously; but we are not prepared as we should be. We are not ready to mobilize our resources at once. We are not prepared to use them immediately and at their best, without delay and without waste.\n\nTo speak plainly, we have grossly erred in the way in which we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine. And now, when we need ships, we have not got them. We have year after year debated, without end or conclusion, the best policy to pursue with regard to the use of the ores and forests and water powers of our national domain in the rich States of the West, when we should have acted; and they are still locked up. The key is still turned upon them, the door shut fast at which thousands of vigorous men, full of initiative, knock clamorously for admittance. The water power of our navigable streams outside the national domain also, even in the eastern States, where we have worked and planned for generations, is still not used as it might be, because we will and we won't; because the laws we have made do not intelligently balance encouragement against restraint. We withhold by regulation.\n\nI have come to ask you to remedy and correct these mistakes and omissions, even at this short session of a Congress which would certainly seem to have done all the work that could reasonably be expected of it. The time and the circumstances are extraordinary, and so must our efforts be also.\n\nFortunately, two great measures, finely conceived, the one to unlock, with proper safeguards, the resources of the national domain, the other to encourage the use of the navigable waters outside that domain for the generation of power, have already passed the House of Representatives and are ready for immediate consideration and action by the Senate. With the deepest earnestness I urge their prompt passage. In them both we turn our backs upon hesitation and makeshift and formulate a genuine policy of use and conservation, in the best sense of those words. We owe the one measure not only to the people of that great western country for whose free and systematic development, as it seems to me, our legislation has done so little, but also to the people of the Nation as a whole; and we as clearly owe the other fulfillment of our repeated promises that the water power of the country should in fact as well as in name be put at the disposal of great industries which can make economical and profitable use of it, the rights of the public being adequately guarded the while, and monopoly in the use prevented. To have begun such measures and not completed them would indeed mar the record of this great Congress very seriously. I hope and confidently believe that they will be completed.\n\nAnd there is another great piece of legislation which awaits and should receive the sanction of the Senate: I mean the bill which gives a larger measure of self-government to the people of the Philippines. How better, in this time of anxious questioning and perplexed policy, could we show our confidence in the principles of liberty, as the source as well as the expression of life, how better could we demonstrate our own self-possession and steadfastness in the courses of justice and disinterestedness than by thus going calmly forward to fulfill our promises to a dependent people, who will now look more anxiously than ever to see whether we have indeed the liberality, the unselfishness, the courage, the faith we have boasted and professed. I can not believe that the Senate will let this great measure of constructive justice await the action of another Congress. Its passage would nobly crown the record of these two years of memorable labor.\n\nBut I think that you will agree with me that this does not complete the toll of our duty. How are we to carry our goods to the empty markets of which I have spoken if we have not the ships? How are we to build up a great trade if we have not the certain and constant means of transportation upon which all profitable and useful commerce depends? And how are we to get the ships if we wait for the trade to develop without them? To correct the many mistakes by which we have discouraged and all but destroyed the merchant marine of the country, to retrace the steps by which we have.. it seems almost deliberately, withdrawn our flag from the seas.. except where, here and there, a ship of war is bidden carry it or some wandering yacht displays it, would take a long time and involve many detailed items of legislation, and the trade which we ought immediately to handle would disappear or find other channels while we debated the items.\n\nThe case is not unlike that which confronted us when our own continent was to be opened up to settlement and industry, and we needed long lines of railway, extended means of transportation prepared beforehand, if development was not to lag intolerably and wait interminably. We lavishly subsidized the building of transcontinental railroads. We look back upon that with regret now, because the subsidies led to many scandals of which we are ashamed; but we know that the railroads had to be built, and if we had it to do over again we should of course build them, but in another way. Therefore I propose another way of providing the means of transportation, which must precede, not tardily follow, the development of our trade with our neighbor states of America. It may seem a reversal of the natural order of things, but it is true, that the routes of trade must be actually opened-by many ships and regular sailings and moderate charges-before streams of merchandise will flow freely and profitably through them.\n\nHence the pending shipping bill, discussed at the last session but as yet passed by neither House. In my judgment such legislation is imperatively needed and can not wisely be postponed. The Government must open these gates of trade, and open them wide; open them before it is altogether profitable to open them, or altogether reasonable to ask private capital to open them at a venture. It is not a question of the Government monopolizing the field. It should take action to make it certain that transportation at reasonable rates will be promptly provided, even where the carriage is not at first profitable; and then, when the carriage has become sufficiently profitable to attract and engage private capital, and engage it in abundance, the Government ought to withdraw. I very earnestly hope that the Congress will be of this opinion, and that both Houses will adopt this exceedingly important bill.\n\nThe great subject of rural credits still remains to be dealt with, and it is a matter of deep regret that the difficulties of the subject have seemed to render it impossible to complete a bill for passage at this session. But it can not be perfected yet, and therefore there are no other constructive measures the necessity for which I will at this time call your attention to; but I would be negligent of a very manifest duty were I not to call the attention of the Senate to the fact that the proposed convention for safety at sea awaits its confirmation and that the limit fixed in the convention itself for its acceptance is the last day of the present month. The conference in which this convention originated was called by the United States; the representatives of the United States played a very influential part indeed in framing the provisions of the proposed convention; and those provisions are in themselves for the most part admirable. It would hardly be consistent with the part we have played in the whole matter to let it drop and go by the board as if forgotten and neglected. It was ratified in May by the German Government and in August by the Parliament of Great Britain. It marks a most hopeful and decided advance in international civilization. We should show our earnest good faith in a great matter by adding our own acceptance of it.\n\nThere is another matter of which I must make special mention, if I am to discharge my conscience, lest it should escape your attention. It may seem a very small thing. It affects only a single item of appropriation. But many human lives and many great enterprises hang upon it. It is the matter of making adequate provision for the survey and charting of our coasts. It is immediately pressing and exigent in connection with the immense coast line of Alaska, a coast line greater than that of the United States themselves, though it is also very important indeed with regard to the older coasts of the continent. We can not use our great Alaskan domain, ships will not ply thither, if those coasts and their many hidden dangers are not thoroughly surveyed and charted. The work is incomplete at almost every point. Ships and lives have been lost in threading what were supposed to be well-known main channels. We have not provided adequate vessels or adequate machinery for the survey and charting. We have used old vessels that were not big enough or strong enough and which were so nearly unseaworthy that our inspectors would not have allowed private owners to send them to sea. This is a matter which, as I have said, seems small, but is in reality very great. Its importance has only to be looked into to be appreciated.\n\nBefore I close may I say a few words upon two topics, much discussed out of doors, upon which it is highly important that our judgment should be clear, definite, and steadfast?\n\nOne of these is economy in government expenditures. The duty of economy is not debatable. It is manifest and imperative. In the appropriations we pass we are spending the money of the great people whose servants we are,-not our own. We are trustees and responsible stewards in the spending. The only thing debatable and upon which we should be careful to make our thought and purpose clear is the kind of economy demanded of us. I assert with the greatest confidence that the people of the United States are not jealous of the amount their Government costs if they are sure that they get what they need and desire for the outlay, that the money is being spent for objects of which they approve, and that it is being applied with good business sense and management.\n\nGovernments grow, piecemeal, both in their tasks and in the means by which those tasks are to be performed, and very few Governments are organized, I venture to say, as wise and experienced business men would organize them if they had a clean sheet of paper to write upon. Certainly the Government of the United States is not. I think that it is generally agreed that there should be a systematic reorganization and reassembling of its parts so as to secure greater efficiency and effect considerable savings in expense. But the amount of money saved in that way would, I believe, though no doubt considerable in itself, running, it may be, into the millions, be relatively small,-small, I mean, in proportion to the total necessary outlays of the Government. It would be thoroughly worth effecting, as every saving would, great or small. Our duty is not altered by the scale of the saving. But my point is that the people of the United States do not wish to curtail the activities of this Government; they wish, rather, to enlarge them; and with every enlargement, with the mere growth, indeed, of the country itself, there must come, of course, the inevitable increase of expense. The sort of economy we ought to practice may be effected, and ought to be effected, by a careful study and assessment of the tasks to be performed; and the money spent ought to be made to yield the best possible returns in efficiency and achievement. And, like good stewards, we should so account for every dollar of our appropriations as to make it perfectly evident what it was spent for and in what way it was spent.\n\nIt is not expenditure but extravagance that we should fear being criticized for; not paying for the legitimate enterprise and undertakings of a great Government whose people command what it should do, but adding what will benefit only a few or pouring money out for what need not have been undertaken at all or might have been postponed or better and more economically conceived and carried out. The Nation is not niggardly; it is very generous. It will chide us only if we forget for whom we pay money out and whose money it is we pay. These are large and general standards, but they are not very difficult of application to particular cases.\n\nThe other topic I shall take leave to mention goes deeper into the principles of our national life and policy. It is the subject of national defense.\n\nIt can not be discussed without first answering some very searching questions. It is said in some quarters that we are not prepared for war. What is meant by being prepared? Is it meant that we are not ready upon brief notice to put a nation in the field, a nation of men trained to arms? Of course we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be in time of peace so long as we retain our present political principles and institutions. And what is it that it is suggested we should be prepared to do? To defend ourselves against attack? We have always found means to do that, and shall find them whenever it is necessary without calling our people away from their necessary tasks to render compulsory military service in times of peace.\n\nAllow me to speak with great plainness and directness upon this great matter and to avow my convictions with deep earnestness. I have tried to know what America is, what her people think, what they are, what they most cherish and hold dear. I hope that some of their finer passions are in my own heart,\u2014some of the great conceptions and desires which gave birth to this Government and which have made the voice of this people a voice of peace and hope and liberty among the peoples of the world, and that, speaking my own thoughts, I shall, at least in part, speak theirs also, however faintly and inadequately, upon this vital matter.\n\nWe are at peace with all the world. No one who speaks counsel based on fact or drawn from a just and candid interpretation of realities can say that there is reason to fear that from any quarter our independence or the integrity of our territory is threatened. Dread of the power of any other nation we are incapable of. We are not jealous of rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. We mean to live our own lives as we will; but we mean also to let live. We are, indeed, a true friend to all the nations of the world, because we threaten none, covet the possessions of none, desire the overthrow of none. Our friendship can be accepted and is accepted without reservation, because it is offered in a spirit and for a purpose which no one need ever question or suspect. Therein lies our greatness. We are the champions of peace and of concord. And we should be very jealous of this distinction which we have sought to earn. Just now we should be particularly jealous of it because it is our dearest present hope that this character and reputation may presently, in God's providence, bring us an opportunity such as has seldom been vouchsafed any nation, the opportunity to counsel and obtain peace in the world and reconciliation and a healing settlement of many a matter that has cooled and interrupted the friendship of nations. This is the time above all others when we should wish and resolve to keep our strength by self-possession, our influence by preserving our ancient principles of action.\n\nFrom the first we have had a clear and settled policy with regard to military establishments. We never have had, and while we retain our present principles and ideals we never shall have, a large standing army. If asked, Are you ready to defend yourselves? we reply, Most assuredly, to the utmost; and yet we shall not turn America into a military camp. We will not ask our young men to spend the best years of their lives making soldiers of themselves. There is another sort of energy in us. It will know how to declare itself and make itself effective should occasion arise. And especially when half the world is on fire we shall be careful to make our moral insurance against the spread of the conflagration very definite and certain and adequate indeed.\n\nLet us remind ourselves, therefore, of the only thing we can do or will do. We must depend in every time of national peril, in the future as in the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms. It will be right enough, right American policy, based upon our accustomed principles and practices, to provide a system by which every citizen who will volunteer for the training may be made familiar with the use of modern arms, the rudiments of drill and maneuver, and the maintenance and sanitation of camps. We should encourage such training and make it a means of discipline which our young men will learn to value. It is right that we should provide it not only, but that we should make it as attractive as possible, and so induce our young men to undergo it at such times as they can command a little freedom and can seek the physical development they need, for mere health's sake, if for nothing more. Every means by which such things can be stimulated is legitimate, and such a method smacks of true American ideas. It is right, too, that the National Guard of the States should be developed and strengthened by every means which is not inconsistent with our obligations to our own people or with the established policy of our Government. And this, also, not because the time or occasion specially calls for such measures, but because it should be our constant policy to make these provisions for our national peace and safety.\n\nMore than this carries with it a reversal of the whole history and character of our polity. More than this, proposed at this time, permit me to say, would mean merely that we had lost our self-possession, that we had been thrown off our balance by a war with which we have nothing to do, whose causes can not touch us, whose very existence affords us opportunities of friendship and disinterested service which should make us ashamed of any thought of hostility or fearful preparation for trouble. This is assuredly the opportunity for which a people and a government like ours were raised up, the opportunity not only to speak but actually to embody and exemplify the counsels of peace and amity and the lasting concord which is based on justice and fair and generous dealing.\n\nA powerful navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense, and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or of provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. When will the experts tell us just what kind we should construct-and when will they be right for ten years together, if the relative efficiency of craft of different kinds and uses continues to change as we have seen it change under our very eyes in these last few months?\n\nBut I turn away from the subject. It is not new. There is no new need to discuss it. We shall not alter our attitude toward it because some amongst us are nervous and excited. We shall easily and sensibly agree upon a policy of defense. The question has not changed its aspects because the times are not normal. Our policy will not be for an occasion. It will be conceived as a permanent and settled thing, which we will pursue at all seasons, without haste and after a fashion perfectly consistent with the peace of the world, the abiding friendship of states, and the unhampered freedom of all with whom we deal. Let there be no misconception. The country has been misinformed. We have not been negligent of national defense. We are not unmindful of the great responsibility resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by the lesson of every experience and every new circumstance; and what is needed will be adequately done.\n\nI close, as I began, by reminding you of the great tasks and duties of peace which challenge our best powers and invite us to build what will last, the tasks to which we can address ourselves now and at all times with free-hearted zest and with all the finest gifts of constructive wisdom we possess. To develop our life and our resources; to supply our own people, and the people of the world as their need arises, from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marts of trade to enrich the commerce of our own States and of the world with the products of our mines, our farms, and our factories, with the creations of our thought and the fruits of our character,-this is what will hold our attention and our enthusiasm steadily, now and in the years to come, as we strive to show in our life as a nation what liberty and the inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for men and for societies, for individuals, for states, and for mankind.\n\n***\n\nState of the Union Address Woodrow Wilson December 7, 1915\n\nGENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS:\n\nSince I last had the privilege of addressing you on the state of the Union the war of nations on the other side of the sea, which had then only begun to disclose its portentous proportions, has extended its threatening and sinister scope until it has swept within its flame some portion of every quarter of the globe, not excepting our own hemisphere, has altered the whole face of international affairs, and now presents a prospect of reorganization and reconstruction such as statesmen and peoples have never been called upon to attempt before.\n\nWe have stood apart, studiously neutral. It was our manifest duty to do so. Not only did we have no part or interest in the policies which seem to have brought the conflict on; it was necessary, if a universal catastrophe was to be avoided, that a limit should be set to the sweep of destructive war and that some part of the great family of nations should keep the processes of peace alive, if only to prevent collective economic ruin and the breakdown throughout the world of the industries by which its populations are fed and sustained. It was manifestly the duty of the self-governed nations of this hemisphere to redress, if possible, the balance of economic loss and confusion in the other, if they could do nothing more. In the day of readjustment and recuperation we earnestly hope and believe that they can be of infinite service.\n\nIn this neutrality, to which they were bidden not only by their separate life and their habitual detachment from the politics of Europe but also by a clear perception of international duty, the states of America have become conscious of a new and more vital community of interest and moral partnership in affairs, more clearly conscious of the many common sympathies and interests and duties which bid them stand together.\n\nThere was a time in the early days of our own great nation and of the republics fighting their way to independence in Central and South America when the government of the United States looked upon itself as in some sort the guardian of the republics to the South of her as against any encroachments or efforts at political control from the other side of the water; felt it its duty to play the part even without invitation from them; and I think that we can claim that the task was undertaken with a true and disinterested enthusiasm for the freedom of the Americas and the unmolested Self-government of her independent peoples. But it was always difficult to maintain such a role without offense to the pride of the peoples whose freedom of action we sought to protect, and without provoking serious misconceptions of our motives, and every thoughtful man of affairs must welcome the altered circumstances of the new day in whose light we now stand, when there is no claim of guardianship or thought of wards but, instead, a full and honorable association as of partners between ourselves and our neighbors, in the interest of all America, north and south. Our concern for the independence and prosperity of the states of Central and South America is not altered. We retain unabated the spirit that has inspired us throughout the whole life of our government and which was so frankly put into words by President Monroe. We still mean always to make a common cause of national independence and of political liberty in America. But that purpose is now better understood so far as it concerns ourselves. It is known not to be a selfish purpose. It is known to have in it no thought of taking advantage of any government in this hemisphere or playing its political fortunes for our own benefit. All the governments of America stand, so far as we are concerned, upon a footing of genuine equality and unquestioned independence.\n\nWe have been put to the test in the case of Mexico, and we have stood the test. Whether we have benefited Mexico by the course we have pursued remains to be seen. Her fortunes are in her own hands. But we have at least proved that we will not take advantage of her in her distress and undertake to impose upon her an order and government of our own choosing. Liberty is often a fierce and intractable thing, to which no bounds can be set, and to which no bounds of a few men's choosing ought ever to be set. Every American who has drunk at the true fountains of principle and tradition must subscribe without reservation to the high doctrine of the Virginia Bill of Rights, which in the great days in which our government was set up was everywhere amongst us accepted as the creed of free men. That doctrine is, \"That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community\"; that \"of all the various modes and forms of government, that is the best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and that, when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.\" We have unhesitatingly applied that heroic principle to the case of Mexico, and now hopefully await the rebirth of the troubled Republic, which had so much of which to purge itself and so little sympathy from any outside quarter in the radical but necessary process. We will aid and befriend Mexico, but we will not coerce her; and our course with regard to her ought to be sufficient proof to all America that we seek no political suzerainty or selfish control.\n\nThe moral is, that the states of America are not hostile rivals but cooperating friends, and that their growing sense of community or interest, alike in matters political and in matters economic, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the political history of the world. It presents them as in a very deep and true sense a unit in world affairs, spiritual partners, standing together because thinking together, quick with common sympathies and common ideals. Separated they are subject to all the cross currents of the confused politics of a world of hostile rivalries; united in spirit and purpose they cannot be disappointed of their peaceful destiny.\n\nThis is Pan-Americanism. It has none of the spirit of empire in it. It is the embodiment, the effectual embodiment, of the spirit of law and independence and liberty and mutual service.\n\nA very notable body of men recently met in the City of Washington, at the invitation and as the guests of this Government, whose deliberations are likely to be looked back to as marking a memorable turning point in the history of America. They were representative spokesmen of the several independent states of this hemisphere and were assembled to discuss the financial and commercial relations of the republics of the two continents which nature and political fortune have so intimately linked together. I earnestly recommend to your perusal the reports of their proceedings and of the actions of their committees. You will get from them, I think, a fresh conception of the ease and intelligence and advantage with which Americans of both continents may draw together in practical cooperation and of what the material foundations of this hopeful partnership of interest must consist,-of how we should build them and of how necessary it is that we should hasten their building.\n\nThere is, I venture to point out, an especial significance just now attaching to this whole matter of drawing the Americans together in bonds of honorable partnership and mutual advantage because of the economic readjustments which the world must inevitably witness within the next generation, when peace shall have at last resumed its healthful tasks. In the performance of these tasks I believe the Americas to be destined to play their parts together. I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very font of my whole thought as I address you to-day. I mean national defense.\n\nNo one who really comprehends the spirit of the great people for whom we are appointed to speak can fail to perceive that their passion is for peace, their genius best displayed in the practice of the arts of peace. Great democracies are not belligerent. They do not seek or desire war. Their thought is of individual liberty and of the free labor that supports life and the uncensored thought that quickens it. Conquest and dominion are not in our reckoning, or agreeable to our principles. But just because we demand unmolested development and the undisturbed government of our own lives upon our own principles of right and liberty, we resent, from whatever quarter it may come, the aggression we ourselves will not practice. We insist upon security in prosecuting our self-chosen lines of national development. We do more than that. We demand it also for others. We do not confine our enthusiasm for individual liberty and free national development to the incidents and movements of affairs which affect only ourselves. We feel it wherever there is a people that tries to walk in these difficult paths of independence and right. From the first we have made common cause with all partisans of liberty on this side the sea, and have deemed it as important that our neighbors should be free from all outside domination as that we ourselves should be. We have set America aside as a whole for the uses of independent nations and political freemen.\n\nOut of such thoughts grow all our policies. We regard war merely as a means of asserting the rights of a people against aggression. And we are as fiercely jealous of coercive or dictatorial power within our own nation as of aggression from without. We will not maintain a standing army except for uses which are as necessary in times of peace as in times of war; and we shall always see to it that our military peace establishment is no larger than is actually and continuously needed for the uses of days in which no enemies move against us. But we do believe in a body of free citizens ready and sufficient to take care of themselves and of the governments which they have set up to serve them. In our constitutions themselves we have commanded that \"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,\" and our confidence has been that our safety in times of danger would lie in the rising of the nation to take care of itself, as the farmers rose at Lexington.\n\nBut war has never been a mere matter of men and guns. It is a thing of disciplined might. If our citizens are ever to fight effectively upon a sudden summons, they must know how modern fighting is done, and what to do when the summons comes to render themselves immediately available and immediately effective. And the government must be their servant in this matter, must supply them with the training they need to take care of themselves and of it. The military arm of their government, which they will not allow to direct them, they may properly use to serve them and make their independence secure,-and not their own independence merely but the rights also of those with whom they have made common cause, should they also be put in jeopardy. They must be fitted to play the great role in the world, and particularly in this hemisphere, for which they are qualified by principle and by chastened ambition to play.\n\nIt is with these ideals in mind that the plans of the Department of War for more adequate national defense were conceived which will be laid before you, and which I urge you to sanction and put into effect as soon as they can be properly scrutinized and discussed. They seem to me the essential first steps, and they seem to me for the present sufficient.\n\nThey contemplate an increase of the standing force of the regular army from its present strength of five thousand and twenty-three officers and one hundred and two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five enlisted men of all services to a strength of seven thousand one hundred and thirty-six officers and one hundred and thirty-four thousand seven hundred and seven enlisted men, or 141,843, all told, all services, rank and file, by the addition of fifty-two companies of coast artillery, fifteen companies of engineers, ten regiments of infantry, four regiments of field artillery, and four aero squadrons, besides seven hundred and fifty officers required for a great variety of extra service, especially the all important duty of training the citizen force of which I shall presently speak, seven hundred and ninety-two noncommissioned officers for service in drill, recruiting and the like, and the necessary quota of enlisted men for the Quartermaster Corps, the Hospital Corps, the Ordnance Department, and other similar auxiliary services. These are the additions necessary to render the army adequate for its present duties, duties which it has to perform not only upon our own continental coasts and borders and at our interior army posts, but also in the Philippines, in the Hawaiian Islands, at the Isthmus, and in Porto Rico.\n\nBy way of making the country ready to assert some part of its real power promptly and upon a larger scale, should occasion arise, the plan also contemplates supplementing the army by a force of four hundred thousand disciplined citizens, raised in increments of one hundred and thirty-three thousand a year throughout a period of three years. This it is proposed to do by a process of enlistment under which the serviceable men of the country would be asked to bind themselves to serve with the colors for purposes of training for short periods throughout three years, and to come to the colors at call at any time throughout an additional \"furlough\" period of three years. This force of four hundred thousand men would be provided with personal accoutrements as fast as enlisted and their equipment for the field made ready to be supplied at any time. They would be assembled for training at stated intervals at convenient places in association with suitable units of the regular army. Their period of annual training would not necessarily exceed two months in the year.\n\nIt would depend upon the patriotic feeling of the younger men of the country whether they responded to such a call to service or not. It would depend upon the patriotic spirit of the employers of the country whether they made it possible for the younger men in their employ to respond under favorable conditions or not. I, for one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion either of our young men or of those who give them employment,\u2014those for whose benefit and protection they would in fact enlist. I would look forward to the success of such an experiment with entire confidence.\n\nAt least so much by way of preparation for defense seems to me to be absolutely imperative now. We cannot do less.\n\nThe programme which will be laid before you by the Secretary of the Navy is similarly conceived. It involves only a shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall be carried out; but it does make definite and explicit a programme which has heretofore been only implicit, held in the minds of the Committees on Naval Affairs and disclosed in the debates of the two Houses but nowhere formulated or formally adopted. It seems to me very clear that it will be to the advantage of the country for the Congress to adopt a comprehensive plan for putting the navy upon a final footing of strength and efficiency and to press that plan to completion within the next five years. We have always looked to the navy of the country as our first and chief line of defense; we have always seen it to be our manifest course of prudence to be strong on the seas. Year by year we have been creating a navy which now ranks very high indeed among the navies of the maritime nations. We should now definitely determine how we shall complete what we have begun, and how soon.\n\nThe programme to be laid before you contemplates the construction within five years of ten battleships, six battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers, fifty destroyers, fifteen fleet submarines, eighty-five coast submarines, four gunboats, one hospital ship, two ammunition ships, two fuel oil ships, and one repair ship. It is proposed that of this number we shall the first year provide for the construction of two battleships, two battle cruisers, three scout cruisers, fifteen destroyers, five fleet submarines, twenty-five coast submarines, two gunboats, and one hospital ship; the second year, two battleships, one scout cruiser, ten destroyers, four fleet submarines, fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat, and one fuel oil ship; the third year, two battleships, one battle cruiser, two scout cruisers, five destroyers, two fleet sub marines, and fifteen coast submarines; the fourth year, two battleships, two battle cruisers, two scout cruisers, ten destroyers, two fleet submarines, fifteen coast submarines, one ammunition ship, and one fuel oil ship; and the fifth year, two battleships, one battle cruiser, two scout cruisers, ten destroyers, two fleet submarines, fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat, one ammunition ship, and one repair ship.\n\nThe Secretary of the Navy is asking also for the immediate addition to the personnel of the navy of seven thousand five hundred sailors, twenty-five hundred apprentice seamen, and fifteen hundred marines. This increase would be sufficient to care for the ships which are to be completed within the fiscal year 1917 and also for the number of men which must be put in training to man the ships which will be completed early in 1918. It is also necessary that the number of midshipmen at the Naval academy at Annapolis should be increased by at least three hundred in order that the force of officers should be more rapidly added to; and authority is asked to appoint, for engineering duties only, approved graduates of engineering colleges, and for service in the aviation corps a certain number of men taken from civil life.\n\nIf this full programme should be carried out we should have built or building in 1921, according to the estimates of survival and standards of classification followed by the General Board of the Department, an effective navy consisting of twenty-seven battleships of the first line, six battle cruisers, twenty-five battleships of the second line, ten armored cruisers, thirteen scout cruisers, five first class cruisers, three second class cruisers, ten third class cruisers, one hundred and eight destroyers, eighteen fleet submarines, one hundred and fifty-seven coast submarines, six monitors, twenty gunboats, four supply ships, fifteen fuel ships, four transports, three tenders to torpedo vessels, eight vessels of special types, and two ammunition ships. This would be a navy fitted to our needs and worthy of our traditions.\n\nBut armies and instruments of war are only part of what has to be considered if we are to provide for the supreme matter of national self-sufficiency and security in all its aspects. There are other great matters which will be thrust upon our attention whether we will or not. There is, for example, a very pressing question of trade and shipping involved in this great problem of national adequacy. It is necessary for many weighty reasons of national efficiency and development that we should have a great merchant marine. The great merchant fleet we once used to make us rich, that great body of sturdy sailors who used to carry our flag into every sea, and who were the pride and often the bulwark of the nation, we have almost driven out of existence by inexcusable neglect and indifference and by a hopelessly blind and provincial policy of so-called economic protection. It is high time we repaired our mistake and resumed our commercial independence on the seas.\n\nFor it is a question of independence. If other nations go to war or seek to hamper each other's commerce, our merchants, it seems, are at their mercy, to do with as they please. We must use their ships, and use them as they determine. We have not ships enough of our own. We cannot handle our own commerce on the seas. Our independence is provincial, and is only on land and within our own borders. We are not likely to be permitted to use even the ships of other nations in rivalry of their own trade, and are without means to extend our commerce even where the doors are wide open and our goods desired. Such a situation is not to be endured. It is of capital importance not only that the United States should be its own carrier on the seas and enjoy the economic independence which only an adequate merchant marine would give it, but also that the American hemisphere as a whole should enjoy a like independence and self-sufficiency, if it is not to be drawn into the tangle of European affairs. Without such independence the whole question of our political unity and self-determination is very seriously clouded and complicated indeed.\n\nMoreover, we can develop no true or effective American policy without ships of our own,\u2014not ships of war, but ships of peace, carrying goods and carrying much more: creating friendships and rendering indispensable services to all interests on this side the water. They must move constantly back and forth between the Americas. They are the only shuttles that can weave the delicate fabric of sympathy, comprehension, confidence, and mutual dependence in which we wish to clothe our policy of America for Americans.\n\nThe task of building up an adequate merchant marine for America private capital must ultimately undertake and achieve, as it has undertaken and achieved every other like task amongst us in the past, with admirable enterprise, intelligence, and vigor; and it seems to me a manifest dictate of wisdom that we should promptly remove every legal obstacle that may stand in the way of this much to be desired revival of our old independence and should facilitate in every possible way the building, purchase, and American registration of ships. But capital cannot accomplish this great task of a sudden. It must embark upon it by degrees, as the opportunities of trade develop. Something must be done at once; done to open routes and develop opportunities where they are as yet undeveloped; done to open the arteries of trade where the currents have not yet learned to run,-especially between the two American continents, where they are, singularly enough, yet to be created and quickened; and it is evident that only the government can undertake such beginnings and assume the initial financial risks. When the risk has passed and private capital begins to find its way in sufficient abundance into these new channels, the government may withdraw. But it cannot omit to begin. It should take the first steps, and should take them at once. Our goods must not lie piled up at our ports and stored upon side tracks in freight cars which are daily needed on the roads; must not be left without means of transport to any foreign quarter. We must not await the permission of foreign ship-owners and foreign governments to send them where we will.\n\nWith a view to meeting these pressing necessities of our commerce and availing ourselves at the earliest possible moment of the present unparalleled opportunity of linking the two Americas together in bonds of mutual interest and service, an opportunity which may never return again if we miss it now, proposals will be made to the present Congress for the purchase or construction of ships to be owned and directed by the government similar to those made to the last Congress, but modified in some essential particulars. I recommend these proposals to you for your prompt acceptance with the more confidence because every month that has elapsed since the former proposals were made has made the necessity for such action more and more manifestly imperative. That need was then foreseen; it is now acutely felt and everywhere realized by those for whom trade is waiting but who can find no conveyance for their goods. I am not so much interested in the particulars of the programme as I am in taking immediate advantage of the great opportunity which awaits us if we will but act in this emergency. In this matter, as in all others, a spirit of common counsel should prevail, and out of it should come an early solution of this pressing problem.\n\nThere is another matter which seems to me to be very intimately associated with the question of national safety and preparation for defense. That is our policy towards the Philippines and the people of Porto Rico. Our treatment of them and their attitude towards us are manifestly of the first consequence in the development of our duties in the world and in getting a free hand to perform those duties. We must be free from every unnecessary burden or embarrassment; and there is no better way to be clear of embarrassment than to fulfil our promises and promote the interests of those dependent on us to the utmost. Bills for the alteration and reform of the government of the Philippines and for rendering fuller political justice to the people of Porto Rico were submitted to the sixty-third Congress. They will be submitted also to you. I need not particularize their details. You are most of you already familiar with them. But I do recommend them to your early adoption with the sincere conviction that there are few measures you could adopt which would more serviceably clear the way for the great policies by which we wish to make good, now and always, our right to lead in enterprises of peace and good will and economic and political freedom.\n\nThe plans for the armed forces of the nation which I have outlined, and for the general policy of adequate preparation for mobilization and defense, involve of course very large additional expenditures of money,-expenditures which will considerably exceed the estimated revenues of the government. It is made my duty by law, whenever the estimates of expenditure exceed the estimates of revenue, to call the attention of the Congress to the fact and suggest any means of meeting the deficiency that it may be wise or possible for me to suggest. I am ready to believe that it would be my duty to do so in any case; and I feel particularly bound to speak of the matter when it appears that the deficiency will arise directly out of the adoption by the Congress of measures which I myself urge it to adopt. Allow me, therefore, to speak briefly of the present state of the Treasury and of the fiscal problems which the next year will probably disclose.\n\nOn the thirtieth of June last there was an available balance in the general fund of the Treasury Of $104,170,105.78. The total estimated receipts for the year 1916, on the assumption that the emergency revenue measure passed by the last Congress will not be extended beyond its present limit, the thirty-first of December, 1915, and that the present duty of one cent per pound on sugar will be discontinued after the first of May, 1916, will be $670,365,500. The balance of June last and these estimated revenues come, therefore, to a grand total of $774,535,605-78. The total estimated disbursements for the present fiscal year, including twenty-five millions for the Panama Canal, twelve millions for probable deficiency appropriations, and fifty thousand dollars for miscellaneous debt redemptions, will be $753,891,000; and the balance in the general fund of the Treasury will be reduced to $20,644,605.78. The emergency revenue act, if continued beyond its present time limitation, would produce, during the half year then remaining, about forty-one millions. The duty of one cent per pound on sugar, if continued, would produce during the two months of the fiscal year remaining after the first of May, about fifteen millions. These two sums, amounting together to fifty-six millions, if added to the revenues of the second half of the fiscal year, would yield the Treasury at the end of the year an available balance Of $76,644,605-78.\n\nThe additional revenues required to carry out the programme of military and naval preparation of which I have spoken, would, as at present estimated, be for the fiscal year, 1917, $93,800,000. Those figures, taken with the figures for the present fiscal year which I have already given, disclose our financial problem for the year 1917. Assuming that the taxes imposed by the emergency revenue act and the present duty on sugar are to be discontinued, and that the balance at the close of the present fiscal year will be only $20,644,605.78, that the disbursements for the Panama Canal will again be about twenty-five millions, and that the additional expenditures for the army and navy are authorized by the Congress, the deficit in the general fund of the Treasury on the thirtieth of June, 1917, will be nearly two hundred and thirty-five millions. To this sum at least fifty millions should be added to represent a safe working balance for the Treasury, and twelve millions to include the usual deficiency estimates in 1917; and these additions would make a total deficit of some two hundred and ninety-seven millions. If the present taxes should be continued throughout this year and the next, however, there would be a balance in the Treasury of some seventy-six and a half millions at the end of the present fiscal year, and a deficit at the end of the next year of only some fifty millions, or, reckoning in sixty-two millions for deficiency appropriations and a safe Treasury balance at the end of the year, a total deficit of some one hundred and twelve millions. The obvious moral of the figures is that it is a plain counsel of prudence to continue all of the present taxes or their equivalents, and confine ourselves to the problem of providing one hundred and twelve millions of new revenue rather than two hundred and ninety-seven millions.\n\nHow shall we obtain the new revenue? We are frequently reminded that there are many millions of bonds which the Treasury is authorized under existing law to sell to reimburse the sums paid out of current revenues for the construction of the Panama Canal; and it is true that bonds to the amount of approximately $222,000,000 are now available for that purpose. Prior to 1913, $134,631,980 of these bonds had actually been sold to recoup the expenditures at the Isthmus; and now constitute a considerable item of the public debt. But I, for one, do not believe that the people of this country approve of postponing the payment of their bills. Borrowing money is short-sighted finance. It can be justified only when permanent things are to be accomplished which many generations will certainly benefit by and which it seems hardly fair that a single generation should pay for. The objects we are now proposing to spend money for cannot be so classified, except in the sense that everything wisely done may be said to be done in the interest of posterity as well as in our own. It seems to me a clear dictate of prudent statesmanship and frank finance that in what we are now, I hope, about to undertake we should pay as we go. The people of the country are entitled to know just what burdens of taxation they are to carry, and to know from the outset, now. The new bills should be paid by internal taxation.\n\nTo what sources, then, shall we turn? This is so peculiarly a question which the gentlemen of the House of Representatives are expected under the Constitution to propose an answer to that you will hardly expect me to do more than discuss it in very general terms. We should be following an almost universal example of modern governments if we were to draw the greater part or even the whole of the revenues we need from the income taxes. By somewhat lowering the present limits of exemption and the figure at which the surtax shall begin to be imposed, and by increasing, step by step throughout the present graduation, the surtax itself, the income taxes as at present apportioned would yield sums sufficient to balance the books of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year 1917 without anywhere making the burden unreasonably or oppressively heavy. The precise reckonings are fully and accurately set out in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury which will be immediately laid before you.\n\nAnd there are many additional sources of revenue which can justly be resorted to without hampering the industries of the country or putting any too great charge upon individual expenditure. A tax of one cent per gallon on gasoline and naphtha would yield, at the present estimated production, $10,000,000; a tax of fifty cents per horse power on automobiles and internal explosion engines, $15,000,000; a stamp tax on bank cheques, probably $18,000,000; a tax of twenty-five cents per ton on pig iron, $10,000,000; a tax of twenty-five cents per ton on fabricated iron and steel, probably $10,000,000. In a country of great industries like this it ought to be easy to distribute the burdens of taxation without making them anywhere bear too heavily or too exclusively upon any one set of persons or undertakings. What is clear is, that the industry of this generation should pay the bills of this generation.\n\nI have spoken to you to-day, Gentlemen, upon a single theme, the thorough preparation of the nation to care for its own security and to make sure of entire freedom to play the impartial role in this hemisphere and in the world which we all believe to have been providentially assigned to it. I have had in my mind no thought of any immediate or particular danger arising out of our relations with other nations. We are at peace with all the nations of the world, and there is reason to hope that no question in controversy between this and other Governments will lead to any serious breach of amicable relations, grave as some differences of attitude and policy have been land may yet turn out to be. I am sorry to say that the gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders. There are citizens of the United States, I blush to admit, born under other flags but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America, who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life; who have sought to bring the authority and good name of our Government into contempt, to destroy our industries wherever they thought it effective for their vindictive purposes to strike at them, and to debase our politics to the uses of foreign intrigue. Their number is not great as compared with the whole number of those sturdy hosts by which our nation has been enriched in recent generations out of virile foreign stock; but it is great enough to have brought deep disgrace upon us and to have made it necessary that we should promptly make use of processes of law by which we may be purged of their corrupt distempers. America never witnessed anything like this before. It never dreamed it possible that men sworn into its own citizenship, men drawn out of great free stocks such as supplied some of the best and strongest elements of that little, but how heroic, nation that in a high day of old staked its very life to free itself from every entanglement that had darkened the fortunes of the older nations and set up a new standard here, that men of such origins and such free choices of allegiance would ever turn in malign reaction against the Government and people who had welcomed and nurtured them and seek to make this proud country once more a hotbed of European passion. A little while ago such a thing would have seemed incredible. Because it was incredible we made no preparation for it. We would have been almost ashamed to prepare for it, as if we were suspicious of ourselves, our own comrades and neighbors! But the ugly and incredible thing has actually come about and we are without adequate federal laws to deal with it. I urge you to enact such laws at the earliest possible moment and feel that in doing so I am urging you to do nothing less than save the honor and self-respect of the nation. Such creatures of passion, disloyalty, and anarchy must be crushed out. They are not many, but they are infinitely malignant, and the hand of our power should close over them at once. They have formed plots to destroy property, they have entered into conspiracies against the neutrality of the Government, they have sought to pry into every confidential transaction of the Government in order to serve interests alien to our own. It is possible to deal with these things very effectually. I need not suggest the terms in which they may be dealt with.\n\nI wish that it could be said that only a few men, misled by mistaken sentiments of allegiance to the governments under which they were born, had been guilty of disturbing the self-possession and misrepresenting the temper and principles of the country during these days of terrible war, when it would seem that every man who was truly an American would instinctively make it his duty and his pride to keep the scales of judgment even and prove himself a partisan of no nation but his own. But it cannot. There are some men among us, and many resident abroad who, though born and bred in the United States and calling themselves Americans, have so forgotten themselves and their honor as citizens as to put their passionate sympathy with one or the other side in the great European conflict above their regard for the peace and dignity of the United States. They also preach and practice disloyalty. No laws, I suppose, can reach corruptions of the mind and heart; but I should not speak of others without also speaking of these and expressing the even deeper humiliation and scorn which every self-possessed and thoughtfully patriotic American must feel when he thinks of them and of the discredit they are daily bringing upon us.\n\nWhile we speak of the preparation of the nation to make sure of her security and her effective power we must not fall into the patent error of supposing that her real strength comes from armaments and mere safeguards of written law. It comes, of course, from her people, their energy, their success in their undertakings, their free opportunity to use the natural resources of our great home land and of the lands outside our continental borders which look to us for protection, for encouragement, and for assistance in their development; from the organization and freedom and vitality of our economic life. The domestic questions which engaged the attention of the last Congress are more vital to the nation in this its time of test than at any other time. We cannot adequately make ready for any trial of our strength unless we wisely and promptly direct the force of our laws into these all-important fields of domestic action. A matter which it seems to me we should have very much at heart is the creation of the right instrumentalities by which to mobilize our economic resources in any time of national necessity. I take it for granted that I do not need your authority to call into systematic consultation with the directing officers of the army and navy men of recognized leadership and ability from among our citizens who are thoroughly familiar, for example, with the transportation facilities of the country and therefore competent to advise how they may be coordinated when the need arises, those who can suggest the best way in which to bring about prompt cooperation among the manufacturers of the country, should it be necessary, and those who could assist to bring the technical skill of the country to the aid of the Government in the solution of particular problems of defense. I only hope that if I should find it feasible to constitute such an advisory body the Congress would be willing to vote the small sum of money that would be needed to defray the expenses that would probably be necessary to give it the clerical and administrative Machinery with which to do serviceable work.\n\nWhat is more important is, that the industries and resources of the country should be available and ready for mobilization. It is the more imperatively necessary, therefore, that we should promptly devise means for doing what we have not yet done: that we should give intelligent federal aid and stimulation to industrial and vocational education, as we have long done in the large field of our agricultural industry; that, at the same time that we safeguard and conserve the natural resources of the country we should put them at the disposal of those who will use them promptly and intelligently, as was sought to be done in the admirable bills submitted to the last Congress from its committees on the public lands, bills which I earnestly recommend in principle to your consideration; that we should put into early operation some provision for rural credits which will add to the extensive borrowing facilities already afforded the farmer by the Reserve Bank Act, adequate instrumentalities by which long credits may be obtained on land mortgages; and that we should study more carefully than they have hitherto been studied the right adaptation of our economic arrangements to changing conditions.\n\nMany conditions about which we I-lave repeatedly legislated are being altered from decade to decade, it is evident, under our very eyes, and are likely to change even more rapidly and more radically in the days immediately ahead of us, when peace has returned to the world and the nations of Europe once more take up their tasks of commerce and industry with the energy of those who must bestir themselves to build anew. Just what these changes will be no one can certainly foresee or confidently predict. There are no calculable, because no stable, elements in the problem. The most we can do is to make certain that we have the necessary instrumentalities of information constantly at our service so that we may be sure that we know exactly what we are dealing with when we come to act, if it should be necessary to act at all. We must first certainly know what it is that we are seeking to adapt ourselves to. I may ask the privilege of addressing you more at length on this important matter a little later in your session.\n\nIn the meantime may I make this suggestion? The transportation problem is an exceedingly serious and pressing one in this country. There has from time to time of late been reason to fear that our railroads would not much longer be able to cope with it successfully, as at present equipped and coordinated I suggest that it would be wise to provide for a commission of inquiry to ascertain by a thorough canvass of the whole question whether our laws as at present framed and administered are as serviceable as they might be in the solution of the problem. It is obviously a problem that lies at the very foundation of our efficiency as a people. Such an inquiry ought to draw out every circumstance and opinion worth considering and we need to know all sides of the matter if we mean to do anything in the field of federal legislation.\n\nNo one, I am sure, would wish to take any backward step. The regulation of the railways of the country by federal commission has had admirable results and has fully justified the hopes and expectations of those by whom the policy of regulation was originally proposed. The question is not what should we undo? It is, whether there is anything else we can do that would supply us with effective means, in the very process of regulation, for bettering the conditions under which the railroads are operated and for making them more useful servants of the country as a whole. It seems to me that it might be the part of wisdom, therefore, before further legislation in this field is attempted, to look at the whole problem of coordination and efficiency in the full light of a fresh assessment of circumstance and opinion, as a guide to dealing with the several parts of it.\n\nFor what we are seeking now, what in my mind is the single thought of this message, is national efficiency and security. We serve a great nation. We should serve it in the spirit of its peculiar genius. It is the genius of common men for self-government, industry, justice, liberty and peace. We should see to it that it lacks no instrument, no facility or vigor of law, to make it sufficient to play its part with energy, safety, and assured success. In this we are no partisans but heralds and prophets of a new age.\n\n***\n\nState of the Union Address Woodrow Wilson December 5, 1916\n\nGENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS:\n\nIn fulfilling at this time the duty laid upon me by the Constitution of communicating to you from time to time information of the state of the Union and recommending to your consideration such legislative measures as may be judged necessary and expedient, I shall continue the practice, which I hope has been acceptable to you, of leaving to the reports of the several heads of the executive departments the elaboration of the detailed needs of the public service and confine myself to those matters of more general public policy with which it seems necessary and feasible to deal at the present session of the Congress.\n\nI realize the limitations of time under which you will necessarily act at this session and shall make my suggestions as few as possible; but there were some things left undone at the last session which there will now be time to complete and which it seems necessary in the interest of the public to do at once.\n\nIn the first place, it seems to me imperatively necessary that the earliest possible consideration and action should be accorded the remaining measures of the program of settlement and regulation which I had occasion to recommend to you at the close of your last session in view of the public dangers disclosed by the unaccommodated difficulties which then existed, and which still unhappily continue to exist, between the railroads of the country and their locomotive engineers, conductors and trainmen.\n\nI then recommended:\n\nFirst, immediate provision for the enlargement and administrative reorganization of the Interstate Commerce Commission along the lines embodied in the bill recently passed by the House of Representatives and now awaiting action by the Senate; in order that the Commission may be enabled to deal with the many great and various duties now devolving upon it with a promptness and thoroughness which are, with its present constitution and means of action, practically impossible."}
-{"text": "Charter inks deal with the SEC Network\n\nThe SEC Network will be available for Charter Communications customers when it launches next week.\n\nThe deal with Charter means that the SEC Network will be available to more than 91 million households nationwide.\n\n\"With the addition of Charter, SEC Network is currently slated to be available to eight of the top ten distributors nationwide at launch, covering 90 percent of all U.S. cable homes,\" added Sean Breen, Disney and ESPN Media Networks Senior Vice President, Affiliate Sales. \"We look forward to serving Charter customers nationwide, including many SEC markets.\"\n\n\"We are excited to be bringing the SEC Network to Charter customers,\" said Allan Singer, SVP of Programming for Charter Communications. \"We know that there are many SEC fans and grads in our footprint who are ready to cheer on their team and we are glad that the SEC Network will be available to them when it launches on August 14th.\"\n\nThe SEC Network will air more than 1,000 live events in its first year, including at least 45 exclusive SEC football games, more than 100 men's basketball games, 60 women's basketball games, 75 baseball games, 50 softball games and events across all of the SEC's 21 sports.\n\nSEC Commissioner Mike Slive said, \"Millions of fans nationwide - including those in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas - will be pleased to know that this latest agreement with Charter will ensure that the SEC Network will be available to them at launch.\"\n\nAdded Justin Connolly, ESPN Senior Vice President, College Networks, \"The SEC Network continues to attract greater demand as we inch closer to its debut, and with Charter, we will be able to serve their customers nationwide with quality content and coverage across all of the SEC's 21 sports on multiple platforms.\"\n\nThe SEC Network will also be available on Comcast, ATT U-Verse, Dish, and DirecTV."}
-{"text": "Experience\n\nAction No. 993219\nSuperior Court, San Francisco County - Judge Raymond Williamson, Jr.\n1998: Receiver appointed to manage a mixed-use property consisting of five residential units and one commercial unit in San Francisco, California. Work on parking/zoning issue with the City of San Francisco."}
-{"text": "JOHN C. BOLAND\n\nA year or so ago, I sent a vial of saliva to a company called 23andMe and asked them to sort my DNA. I\u2019ve always assumed I was mostly Irish on both sides of the family. If there was a multi-generation family career track, I was pretty sure it involved pig-stealing. But you never know.\n\nI had an ulterior motive. If by chance it turned out I carried the genes of the Kohanim, it seemed I could finally settle the matter of who was boss at home. Surely even a secular Jewish wife would feel obliged to defer on all matters to a descendant of the priestly caste. 23andMe dashed that hope, and the household is still in social disarray. But some of the other results were interesting.\n\nFor example, the picture here may be of a great-great-great-etc. uncle of mine, though he probably wasn\u2019t named Liam.\n\n23andMe screens for a relatively small percentage of Neanderthal DNA markers. The most they\u2019ve reported to any customer was 397. I have 299, more than 81 percent of their clients. Their client base doesn\u2019t provide a statistical reference, as it\u2019s self-selected. But still . . .\n\nA couple of years ago, I joked that the discovery that many of us share Neanderthal markers was a new source for ethnic pride, if one was so disposed. Now it appears that the Neanderthal were the first members of the human family to paint images on cave walls. 23andMe didn\u2019t mention that trait, which hadn\u2019t been discovered a year ago. The most I remember of their analysis were suggested tendencies toward straight hair, absence of back hair, and soft ear wax. Not the most useful insights.\n\nAnd yet, I\u2019m very happy with my link to Uncle Liam and with the evidence that modern humans are hybrids. Last I looked, Homo sapiens sapiens and Neanderthalensis had a common ancestor a million years ago. That estimate is continually debated. Other scientists put the divergence only half that far back. What I like is the picture that the exodus from Africa has been long and repetitive, and that the subsequent events are complex and not well understood. Given how much can happen in hundreds of thousands of years, that\u2019s not surprising. So far 23andMe doesn\u2019t screen for Homo denisova markers. Maybe, somewhere along the long human line, I have an Aunt Denise.\n\nAbout a decade ago, I wrote a book called Hominid that conjectured about the strong selection that might occur in island populations. A slightly villainous character who is financing research speculates early on that humans and Neanderthals might have interbred, but he later accepts the view prevailing in the first decade of this century that rejected that notion. By the time Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo at the Max Planck Institute sequenced Neanderthal DNA and began looking for distinctive markers, I was too tired of the subject to do revisions. The book was about something else, in any case, the incredible speed at which strong selection can occur. One example is the spread of lactase persistence mutations through Europe in perhaps ten thousand years. The selection isn\u2019t complete; most of us know people who are lactose intolerant. Another example was how a certain favorable genetic trait might flourish in an isolated population, in the novel a fictional gift of longevity.\n\nThose who wish for diversity have it: we have diverged, and rejoined in a limited way, and diverged again, who knows how many times or with how many archaic humans. Our families have experienced selection every step of their migration across the earth. Most of you reading this will never be tested for Tay-Sachs, but European Jews who intend to marry certainly will be. It\u2019s distinctive to that population, as the absence of facial hair is to American Indians, the epithelial fold is to Asians, tyrosinemia is to the Chicoutimi, thalassemia is to some Pacific Islanders . . . and as the absence of back hair is to Uncle Liam\u2019s descendants. The prophet who said his father\u2019s house had many mansions could have been describing us.\n\nMarch 3 2018\n\nDavid I Meiselman1924 - 2014\n\nCopyright S. Steven Powell (from Covert Cadre)\n\nIt\u2019s a Little Bit Funny . . . But Not Very\n\nI\u2019m fond of the photo above, in part because it shows me in 1983 when my hair wasn\u2019t white (the mustached fellow with glasses and no necktie on the middle right). But mostly I like it because it shows me in the company of a KGB agent (circled), attending a presentation at a Washington think tank. This was when real Russians were thick on the ground in D.C., when they were influencing U.S. foreign policy through the offices of dedicated agents as well as useful idiots, when the press not only pooh-poohed the idea of Russia employing agents of influence but actively collaborated with them.\n\nMy, how times have changed.\n\nYou could, in the late \u201870s and early \u201880s, shove Orlando Letelier\u2019s ops under the noses of Washington Post reporters and they wouldn\u2019t smell a thing. They were busy lecturing and speaking at the same venue that paid Letelier.\n\nThere was a modest amount written back then, by Rael Jean Isaac, The Wall Street Journal, David Kelly, John Rees, Barron\u2019s, Evans and Novak, and a few others about the extent of Russian penetration of U.S. intellectual and political circles. It was largely ignored, because it didn\u2019t fit the perspective of much of the press, which hated Nixon, Ford and especially Reagan more than it doubted the good intentions of the Soviet Union. So Soviet foreign policy, particularly its campaign for unilateral American disarmament, had many friends. The smart ones knew exactly what they were doing. The more numerous ones, including many journalists, arguably didn\u2019t\u2014but liked the sound of anti-militarist slogans if they were aimed at the right targets, chosen not by observation but by bias.\n\nLetelier was one of the Soviet bloc\u2019s men about town. A Chilean diplomat before the coup, he was director of the Transnational Institute (TNI), a creation of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), in the mid-\u201870s when Chilean agents blew up his car along Embassy Row. In death, he was indiscreet. By some accounts it was Metro cops, first to respond to the bombing, who got their hands on Letelier\u2019s briefcase, the contents of which exposed not only his pro-Soviet influence-peddling (e.g., financing a Massachusetts congressman\u2019s trip to a World Peace Council session) but also, more interestingly, the flow of funds: directed by exiled Chileans in East Germany, disbursed through that international banking center, Havana.\n\nYou would think reporters would get hot on the trail, especially at the hometown Washington Post. Not so. What does a briefcase full of evidence prove? I obtained copies of the briefcase\u2019s contents informally. To make sure of the documents\u2019 bona fides, I obtained a second copy a few years later by FOIA request to the Justice Department, which also delivered a well-redacted FBI file on Letelier.\n\nSaul Landau (second from l.) and Castro, with friends, 1975.\n\nLetelier was a small part of the picture. His TNI colleague Saul Landau, a friend of Castro\u2019s, was a tireless propagandist for Soviet foreign policy goals. It was interesting one evening, as I was collecting material for a Wall Street Journal article, to hear Landau lay into iconic lefty I.F. Stone, who had expressed reservations about the Soviet bloc invasion of \u201cthat little country\u201d Czechoslovakia. The Soviet willingness to use force, Landau steamed, made it \u201cthe one insurance policy of socialist revolutions\u201d around the world. When the Letelier scandal broke, it wasn\u2019t just Post scribes doing the cover-up; fellow-Red Landau\u2019s views were welcomed on the editorial page.\n\nCovert Cadre, S. Steven Powell\u2019s exhaustive expose of IPS, was published in 1987. It has a nice array of photos of the real deal, KGB officer Victor Taltz (in the photo at the top), Georgi Arbatov (with Saul Landau), third secretary Vladimir Strokin, Anatoliy Manakov, Igor Mischenko, and assorted Cubans and Sandinistas cozying up with IPS fellows. Also on hand from time to time were \u201cjournalists\u201d with addresses at The Post and The New York Times, including John Dinges and Ray Bonner. Karen DeYoung, later the Post\u2019s foreign editor, lectured at IPS\u2019s Washington School about the darling Sandinista rebels. You could, for many years, be excused for thinking the Times\u2019s op-ed page had nowhere else to turn but IPS for critiques of Reagan\u2019s defense policy.\n\nWhat\u2019s interesting is that Moscow's operations were right out in the open. And they were not only accepted but abetted by the same publications that today, driven by hatred of the current administration, have discovered comic-opera Russian troll farms as a threat to democracy.\n\nCovert Cadre is worth tracking down, if only to remind oneself of how openly Soviet agents cavorted, and what friends they had, when the outcome of the Cold War was far from certain.\n\nFebruary 21 2018\n\nPaul Linebarger\n\n. . . with C'mell?\n\nMemorable Stories\n\nOne of my favorite short stories was by Paul Linebarger (1913-1966), godson of Sun Yat-sen, East Asian scholar, expert in psychological warfare, a Hopkins man. He wrote science fiction as Cordwainer Smith, and among those stories is \u201cAlpha Ralpha Boulevard,\u201d published in 1961. After thousands of years of humanity\u2019s perfection, the old cultures and civilizations have been rediscovered, and uncertainty is restored to human experience. \u201cWe were drunk with happiness in those early years. . . . We watched . . . when cholera was released in Tasmania, and we saw the Tasmanians dancing in the streets, now that they did not have to be protected anymore. Everywhere, things became exciting. Everywhere, men and women worked with a wild will to build a more imperfect world.\u201d Paul and Virginia emerge from clinics as French, meet C\u2019mell, a homunculi raised to near humanity from feline ancestry. They visit the first French caf\u00e9 to open in thousands of years. And they\u2019re led to an ancient, half-collapsed boulevard in the sky where a machine may tell them if they love each other by choice or by the command of a whispered program. The machine tells them that Virginia will love Paul forever, and that Paul will love Virginia for twenty-one minutes. Soon she falls from the boulevard to her death. \u201cIt must have been a very powerful left-over machine\u2014perhaps something used in ancient wars. I had no intention of finding out. . . . I do not propose to go back to Alpha Ralpha Boulevard again. But hear, oh heart of mine!\u2014how can you ever visit the caf\u00e9 again?\u201d The doctor who is tending Paul\u2019s injuries leaves the hospital room, and C\u2019mell enters. I won\u2019t try to interpret the story. I read it more than fifty years ago. It hangs around in my mind.\n\nNovember 8 2017\n\nThe Red Right Hand\n\nIt\u2019s known at the outset of this chilling novel that St. Erme, the prospective bridegroom, has been murdered by the awful little red-eyed fiend Corkscrew, who has amputated the dead man\u2019s right hand. But as the narrator sits in another murdered man\u2019s study, trying to piece together events as the night wanes, coincidences pile up. How is it that our narrator, a young surgeon, lived directly across the street in Greenwich Village from the woman St. Erme planned to marry? How is it that he should be on the remote, narrow road in rural Connecticut just as she comes running from the murder scene? And how is it that the description of the killer includes a hat with a brim chopped into a saw-tooth pattern, the very hat that the narrator finds along the roadside bearing the shadow of his own initials?\n\nThe Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers was published in 1945, and according to the author\u2019s son Tom was the only success among his handful of books. Though Rogers was a tremendously prolific writer of short stories, for a variety of pulp magazines in the 1920s to the \u201940s, he is remembered, if he is remembered at all, for this one book, the events of which span less than a day. It is written like a ghost story, with slow, painful attention to every detail, because the narrator must figure out what has happened\u2014in the silence of the night, with the young woman asleep on a horsehair couch beside him\u2014because he suspects, as a posse hunts the Connecticut woods for Corkscrew, their lights flickering through trees and dogs baying, that the killer remains very close at hand.\n\nHow is it that the narrator didn\u2019t see the murder car, hurtling past where he stood in the dusk? What did the famed criminologist MacComerou suspect that led to his death?\n\nAnd where is St. Erme\u2019s bloody right hand?\n\nI hadn\u2019t read this book is more than forty years. It\u2019s a delight in the manner of stories of M.R. James and so many others: an author telling us to sit patiently while he wraps us in a chilly puzzle built on character and place.\n\nRogers\u2019s son Tom has done a splendid attempt at a bibliography\u2014attempt because his father was so prolific\u2014attached to elegiac family remembrances. His writer father and artist mother both died in nursing homes. \u201cLove. Passion, Brilliance. Fire. And that is how we all wind up,\u201d Tom Rogers writes. But along the way . . .\n\nOctober 7 2017\n\nInvestor at Work\n\nMary Chris Gay (n\u00e9e Amadec) is visible in the far upper left corner of the photo, behind the flash, as she catches me napping. When I started a pint-sized partnership in 1992, it seemed a good idea to have an office instead of just an address in a briefcase, so I sublet space in what was then the Legg Mason building. Mary Chris worked with Bill Miller at the Legg funds, handling sums that would have given me apoplexy. I ran Remnant Partners L.P. until the end of 2006, working out of several offices after the Legg lease ran out. In the 1990s, there were decent opportunities in post-bankruptcy securities, as companies emerging from reorganization traded at as little as three times cash flow: a good time for a totally unqualified person to set himself up in business. The cheap-money regimen that began in 1998 has changed all that. Not only are there billions around to chase bad ideas, there are billions to chase no ideas at all, via ETFs. Bill Miller\u2019s main fund, the Value Trust, made him famous as the only money manager to beat the S&P 500 fifteen years straight. That run ended with the millennial bear market. Bill left Legg Mason last year. Mary Chris, who departed in 2013, serves on the board of MGM Resorts International. It\u2019s hard for me to believe that twenty-five years have passed since that flash went off\u2014or that, unless actuarial tables mean nothing at all, I have much less than another twenty-five to try to get it right.\n\nSeptember 28 2017\n\n______________\n\nMax Gersh's Fault\n\nWhen I write a particularly vile novel, it sometimes goes out under the name Max Gersh. Publishers Weekly said some nice things about the new one\u2014\u201cimpressively creepy jump scares . . . bravura set pieces . . . well-crafted moments of suspense\u201d\u2014but they really didn't like the theme. I think it's a fine religious idea, suited to the cover. As a character who has become an angel says near the end, \u201cDeo adjuvante non timendum. God helping, there is nothing to fear. That\u2019s not true. God helping, there is everything to fear. . . . It created us, and it eats us.\u201d Swell fare for after Sunday school.\n\nSeptember 24 2017\n\nWhy Would They Let It Go?\n\nIn thirty years I won\u2019t be around to care, but I can still wonder\u2014will Paris be French?\n\nIt\u2019s not a frivolous question, any more than it is frivolous to wonder if London today is a British city. The ethnic English have been a minority there since at least 2012, and one can find no reason to imagine that the trend of Londonistan will reverse. What is to reverse it?\n\nIn his disturbing book from this summer, The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray suggests moral weariness explains Europe\u2019s quiet surrender to immigration that is changing its face and, far more important, its culture and character. Europe\u2019s anchor of Christianity was slipped in the nineteenth century, its new ideologies brought mass murder and enslavement, and its philosophers have deconstructed the continent\u2019s raison d\u2019etre. The Europe of Locke has forgotten itself, and it resists replacement weakly.\n\nYet there seems to be a complacent belief that Europe will survive all this, too. France survived the Nazis, didn\u2019t it? What are a few million unassimilated people from the Middle East and North Africa?\n\nIt\u2019s no small matter that it took a world war with millions of deaths to sweep the Nazis from Paris. If you leave out armies and mass bloodshed, what will halt or reverse the tide in today\u2019s Europe? Pew Research puts the percentage of foreign-born in France in 2016 at 12.3%, only slightly above the average among European countries. But the immigrant fertility rate is about 2.1, almost a third higher than the European-born population\u2019s. (There may be some question of definition here: is a third-generation unassimilated Muslim in the banlieue \u201cEuropean-born\u201d in any meaningful sense?) In any case, the demographic trend is projected to lift the foreign-born population by several percentage points by 2050.\n\nIf the trend persists around Paris, where the metropolitan area population is perhaps 15% Muslim, the question of how long Paris will remain a French city is not rhetorical. Not every African who turned the Avenue de Flandres into an open-air dormitory was Muslim, so the percentage of unassimilating migrants is certainly larger than 15%. (Since the topic is Paris, I note only in passing that Pew Research shows the following percentages of foreign-born populations for 2016: Sweden 18.3%, Austria 18.5%\u2014is it a wonder that Austria sent troops to the Brenner Pass?\u2014and Germany 15.6%. Numbers from six years ago, citing multiple sources, showed Muslim-only populations in Malmo at 20%, the Hague 14.3%, Antwerp 16.9%, Manchester 15.8%, and so on. And this was before the 2015-2016 immigrant wave.)\n\nDouglas Murray, who says the foreign-born population in Malmo now exceeds 50%, notes the utter failure of a generation of tough-talking European politicians to turn back immigration. Even admitting that many immigrants do not want to assimilate (assimilation is a \u201ccrime against humanity,\u201d according to Turkey\u2019s President Erdogan), and facing up reluctantly, after decades of lies, to the scandals of FGM, grooming, rape, and terror, the political class remains the enablers of immigration that is transforming their societies. If assimilation has proved a failure across the continent, as it has, what is left? You can wonder as well about voters, who rejected Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen in France in favor of extending the status quo. It\u2019s an awful problem, until someone invites you to face up to it.\n\nIt\u2019s been more than twenty years since I was in Paris. For a while, my wife and I were regulars. It was one of a handful of places I\u2019ve been where I wouldn\u2019t have just as soon, at any moment, been somewhere else. Whether it was sitting on a bench above the Seine reading the IHT, or wandering dark but safe streets in the Marais peeking through fogged caf\u00e9 windows, it was the most romantic place I\u2019d been.\n\nYou walk one direction and there\u2019s a violin-maker\u2019s shop. Another and you pass Le D\u00f4me. Here is Marie-Henri Beyle\u2019s neighborhood. Here is where Jacques de Molay was burned alive. Here is where Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Miller, Root, Paul, Liebling, Baldwin, Wright, Himes, Glyn, Joyce, Beckett, Nabokov, Durrell, Koestler and innumerable others great and small paused for important years of their lives. The native French were part of the scenery. They maintained the clean, well-lighted places that offered duck and plonk, so they were indispensable. Half-assimilated Russians, Romanians, Hungarians, Poles and Jews added zest. There is no reason to believe the world must maintain any European city as an adult amusement park for my pleasure. But it\u2019s a mistake to think that once anything is gone it will come back.\n\nAugust 29 2017\n\nDo the Dots Ever Connect?\n\nI only met Paul Volcker once, sitting next to him at dinner after a conference at which he had spoken. His topic was emerging currency trends\u2014this was sometime in the first decade of the 2000s\u2014and I don\u2019t recall whether anything that he suggested might develop came to pass; certainly an East Asian currency bloc didn\u2019t. At the dinner's start, I mentioned to Volcker that while listening to him belittle the dollar I kept expecting to hear a call for a return to a gold standard. That was my attempt at being either amusing or snarky. He replied politely, \u201cWhen I was at the Fed, we hated gold.\u201d\n\nI already knew this. What I didn\u2019t ask, because he was an honored guest, was, \u201cWhat do you idiots think you\u2019re doing rigging the price of money?\u201d No matter, he could have responded that he hadn\u2019t run the Federal Reserve for almost twenty years.\n\nAs the title of this note suggests, it isn\u2019t about monetary policy, or about Paul Volcker, or about the quaint idea that there is a \u201cright\u201d price for money that may be arrived at by a cartel of central bankers. It\u2019s about nutty people, and rational people, and the art of connecting dots. The question is whether the dots ever connect. But first, a digression on madness. The best known dot-connectors are cultists. Some of the pictures they discover are invisible to the normal eye.\n\nYou might not believe, for example, that almost thirty years ago, I was part of a global financial conspiracy that included Paul Volcker. Or that my wife Mira is the granddaughter of mob financier Meyer Lansky. Or that she tried to murder an East European immigrant (and war criminal) named John Demjanjuk. Or that her then-employer, the Anti-Defamation League, colluded with the CIA and the Justice Department to send an innocent cult leader to prison for mail fraud. Or that Henry Kissinger was a KGB agent. Or the Queen of England a drug trafficker. You might not believe this stuff because you most likely live in a world shaped by normal experience and you know that highly improbable things are seldom true. The more improbable things that get strung together, the less likely it is that the emergent narrative reflects reality. (An unknown person named Linda may be a librarian. But it\u2019s statistically less and less likely as you add complexity that this random person is a librarian, and a feminist, and an animal rights activist, and a Republican, vegan, blues singer and poker player. The improbability goes up exponentially, not arithmetically. And that\u2019s a chain in which none of the descriptions, taken by itself, is the least unlikely.)\n\nA fair number of people believe things that are improbable at each step, and cumulatively are bonkers. They hold secret knowledge: esoteric stuff that provides an insight into how the world works that isn\u2019t available to the rest of us. You can find it everywhere. Gold bugs can weave theories about global deception that make the Linda-chain look probable. Scientologists, Rosicrucians, Moonies all have their arcana. Alex Jones and Paul Craig Roberts will set your head spinning with exotic explanations of recent history. It\u2019s the Dan Brown-novel version of reality. There are machinations behind the scenes, and we who know, really know what they are.\n\nThe search for coherence underlying this idiocy is reasonable. We want to understand the world, and it\u2019s complicated. Questions of what we know and how we know it are difficult. Seeking answers, some intelligent people are drawn into the looniest belief systems.\n\nIn the eighties and nineties, the Lyndon LaRouche cult was ticked at my wife and her employer, the ADL, for a variety of reasons. Partly it was that her boss had described LaRouche on an NBC program as a \u201csmall-time Hitler,\u201d and LaRouche not only lost his libel suit but also lost NBC\u2019s counter-suit. Partly it was that Lyndon was in federal prison for mail fraud. (Some of his spear-carriers, tried in Virginia for bilking people through false loans, got up to 77 years.) At various times the cult took ads in The New York Times denouncing Mira, leafleted our neighborhood, Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland suburbs with \u201cwanted\u201d posters of her (in defense, it happens, of a Sobib\u00f3r camp guard), and wrote bits of entertaining lunacy. In an article in Executive IntelligenceReview, LaRouche acolyte Herbert Quinde disclosed, \u201cBy marriage and political affiliation [Mira] Boland is linked to the Wall Street financial arm of the Anglo-American \u2018secret government\u2019 apparat, which played a central role in the Iran-Contra scandal.\u201d Quinde collected stray facts, then sat down and knitted his data points all together: me (a financial writer at the time), Paul Volcker, Walter Schloss, John Train, even Warren Buffett got roped in. There\u2019s a reason mad people are called \u201cdotty.\u201d It\u2019s all the time they spend working with a ruler, a protractor, a fine-point pen, and a field of dots. After a while, they can\u2019t help but see patterns.\n\nIf you Google my wife\u2019s name, to this day you\u2019ll get hits from various sites linked one way or another to the LaRouche cult. She was far from their only target. LaRouchies confronted KGB mole Kissinger on his way to heart surgery. They ran around Manhattan distributing mock editions of The New Yorker and The New York Times Book Review dedicated to outing lawyer Roy Cohn as a homosexual. You couldn\u2019t fault them as lacking energy.\n\nAs an aside: The people I\u2019ve known emerging from cults are horrified at the time they\u2019ve spent there. Time is a fast-wasting asset, and they\u2019ve blown some of it trying to become Rosicrucians. It makes me wonder if Herb Quinde, who has gone on to other things, remains dotty or just went through a phase.\n\nI don\u2019t mean to focus on the LaRouchies; it\u2019s just that we had the most direct experience with that cult. Others are certainly worse. The LaRouchies never gathered in Guyana for a mass murder/mass suicide as did the People\u2019s Temple believers. For decades Sung Myung Moon collected thousands of obedient followers in mass ceremonies of arranged marriages. Some descriptions of Scientology\u2019s vengeance campaigns make the LaRouche nits seem benign, which they weren\u2019t and perhaps aren\u2019t.\n\nIt\u2019s the belief structure that\u2019s interesting: the connect-o reasoning that creates patterns that can explain a great deal, if only you accept the lines between the dots. People seem to want to believe in something, or just about anything. I know people who believe in the transmigration of souls (certainly a secret from the rest of us) and claim to have found corroboration. Transubstantiation is a fairly widespread doctrine, though no less dependent on acceptance of an improbable narrative. People believe in the lost sciences of Atlantis and Lemuria. Science fictionists in the 1930s had hollow-earth adherents, some of whom may have meant it. I met a woman once who had lost her husband and child and had become a Mormon. Tablets under a hill in Palmyra? Why not. It was the start of a pattern that gave her damaged life coherence.\n\nBelief can be an anchor that keeps us pointed in the right direction. The problem is that belief requires adherence to some version of connect-o. Even acceptance of things that seem highly probable can turn out to be grossly mistaken. The world is much less coherent than we would like it to be. The narratives mislead us.\n\nWhich brings me back, however improbably, to Paul Volcker. It\u2019s received wisdom that Volcker broke inflation during the early eighties by jacking up interest rates. This may or may not be a good reading of correlation as cause. What he almost certainly accomplished was the creation of a Cult of the Fed, which flourished under \u201cMaestro\u201d Greenspan, grew mossy late in Bernanke\u2019s run, and encounters skepticism under Mrs. Yellen. We\u2019ve reached a moment in that belief system as uncomfortable as the day a LaRouchie discovers the Queen of England isn\u2019t running drugs. The Fed cult was based on an inductionist\u2019s faith that mounds of macroeconomic arcana could enable central bankers to know where interest rates should be set, following on an occultist\u2019s belief that they should be set at all.\n\nHere is why the problem is serious. It isn\u2019t just nutty people who knit together theories from strings of data that may or may not represent reality. It\u2019s rational, educated people, too. Think of policy wonks. They know the minutiae of energy, health care, trade, interest rates, investment, art, culture and morality. They discover regularities on whiteboards, with the confidence of statisticians who know everything except the size of the group from which their data sets are drawn. Protractors in hand, they can prove it all, just as Herb Quinde could prove my wife\u2019s ties to the Anglo-American secret treehouse society.\n\nThe problem of induction afflicts the dotty and the sane alike. It\u2019s more amusing when the connections are wacky. It\u2019s trouble for the rest of us when they seem to make sense.\n\nJuly 28 2017\n\nDo the Dots Ever Connect? \u2014 II\n\nIt\u2019s a pity for many reasons that Karl Popper didn\u2019t live longer, but in particular what would he have thought of what happened to astrophysics not quite twenty years ago?\n\nFor those unfamiliar: Popper is best known for his concept of demarcation: that there is a divide between intellectual effort that qualifies as science and every other sort. Popper\u2019s demarcation is testability, or falsifiability\u2014in distinction from the practice of collecting data in justification of a theory. He remarks that you can find this latter sort of corroboration for just about any nonsense, including astrology. But a scientific theory must be able to withstand tests, which means it must have a predictive element. Disprove the prediction and you\u2019ve falsified the theory. The poster child, as you\u2019ll probably find at Wikipedia, is General Relativity, which predicted (for reasons I don\u2019t begin to understand) that light would bend as it passed a gravity well. It wasn\u2019t a minor point, apparently, but essential to the theory. If light were observed not to bend, General Relativity would be in trouble. An eclipse early in the last century provided an opportunity to test this proposition, and the prediction was borne out. (Now the Hubble telescope picks up evidence of the phenomenon on a cosmic scale, and high school students can marvel if they wish at the beauty of gravitational lensing.) That didn\u2019t mean, by Popper\u2019s standard, that General Relativity had been proven correct. It meant that it had withstood substantial challenge. The more a theory can survive repeated, ingenious challenges, the more respect it earns. It\u2019s that kind of corroboration that Popper found valuable.\n\nBut there is a tentativeness in all this. The best we can say, by Popper\u2019s reckoning, is that this is how things appear to be at this time. Tomorrow may bring new information that undoes our most strongly held conviction. And it is the negative discovery\u2014the one that negates prior understanding\u2014that advances our knowledge. Popper died in 1994, at age 92. If he had held on a few years longer, he would have seen a dramatic negation in astrophysics. It is as close as you come to settled science that systems lose energy. Therefore it was believed that the universe itself must be losing energy and that its rate of expansion had to be slowing. How could it be otherwise? In the late 1990s, Adam Riess at Johns Hopkins was among the astrophysicists who tested red shift in far-off supernovae and came up with evidence that no, despite everything the discipline believed, the expansion was accelerating. The impact of this evidence is hard to overstate. It turned on its head much of what scientists thought they knew about the mechanics of the universe.\n\nThe Space Telescope Science Institute at Hopkins holds regular lectures as part of its public outreach program. It was poignant to hear this program\u2019s host lament one evening that he had gotten his Ph.D. under \u201cthe old model.\u201d He went on to say that the discipline used to believe it understood ninety-five percent of how the universe operates. Now it might understand five percent. Trying to cope, astronomers have devised space-fillers like \u201cdark energy\u201d to supply what\u2019s missing in the equations.\n\nI imagine Popper would have loved this upheaval. Right in front of us, a theory built logically on centuries of accumulated knowledge was demolished. It was falsification on a grand scale. It posed new questions, rather than supplying answers, and sent research off in new directions.\n\nPopper titled his memoir Unended Quest. The book describes his search as a young man in Vienna for a demarcation to separate science from pseudo-science. Before he was done, he had consigned much of the soft sciences to the latter category. That wasn\u2019t a declaration that their insights were useless. It was only a recognition that their claims weren\u2019t susceptible to testing; they had to remain matters of belief, and assertions that they identified regularities in human affairs deserved skepticism. Popper noticed among other weaknesses a willingness of adherents to make ad hoc adjustments in theories in order to accommodate what critical observers might have taken as counter-examples. Soon after obtaining his doctorate, while working at a school, he described the symptoms of a troubled youth to one of Freud\u2019s disciples, Alfred Adler. Adler based much of his work on a theory of inferiority complexes. Popper told the doctor he wasn\u2019t certain how the young student\u2019s symptoms fitted Adler\u2019s theory. Oh, cried Adler, this fits my theory perfectly! How can you be certain, Popper inquired, when you haven\u2019t examined the patient? I\u2019m certain, Adler replied, because of the thousand previous examples I\u2019ve seen. Popper replied, I assume with scorn: And now you have a thousand one. In Popper\u2019s estimation, a theory that could accommodate every possible set of observations, including one not observed, wasn\u2019t much of a theory.\n\nIt\u2019s interesting to read books of clinical observations. The observations are hardly worthless. But are they science? Are they, in short, more than assemblages of anecdotes that lay, depending on the vanity of the author, varied degrees of false claim to scientific authority? The same question can be posed for narratives of history and other social sciences. Popper tried to answer this question with his demarcation theory. And his answer was: Sorry. No.\n\nHis attack on the validity of scientific induction was broad and deep, and so are its implications for all claims of knowledge\u2014and with that, for all claims of authority derived from knowledge. This shaped Popper\u2019s politics.\n\nBut first things first. The core assumption in induction is that the next example will be much like the previous ones\u2014enough alike, in any event, to provide a basis for identifying some regularity. This isn\u2019t a foolish assumption. It underlies every heuristic, and knowledge derived from prior examples can save us from repeated costly errors. But Popper\u2019s argument is that there is no logical necessity underlying this assumption, in the way there is a necessity in deductive statements. If A supposes B and B supposes C, then necessarily A supposes C. But induction doesn\u2019t have a comparable logical formula: it might be a bad idea to ignore prior observations, but they don\u2019t logically require that the next example will be of the same sort. The hackneyed illustration of this point is the million white swans you see leading to a seemingly reasonable conviction that all swans are white. Or, in Nassim Taleb\u2019s parable, the thousand days in the life of a Thanksgiving turkey leading it inductively to believe it is worshipped as a god: fed, cosseted, medicated, right up until the thousand first day, just before Thanksgiving.\n\nEven the argument based on induction that \u201cthis is probably true\u201d lacks a sound footing, by Popper\u2019s reckoning. To speak of probabilities you have to know the number of examples from which you\u2019re taking a sample, and know in advance the range of possibilities. A casino owner knows those things. The rest of us don\u2019t know the extent of our environment or its variation. Those are what we want to learn, and sampling is an unreliable method; statistical sampling is a pretense at science unless you know the approximate size of the group from which you\u2019re drawing samples.\n\nThis seems enormously frustrating, and the frustration may explain some of the neglect of Popper. If you\u2019re a researcher, it must be hard to fall in love with someone who says your search for evidence in support or justification of a theory is misguided and, at its heart, false. It must be even worse if he says it\u2019s the destruction of a theory\u2014the observation of facts that are inconsistent with the theory\u2019s claim of identifying a regularity of nature\u2014that best advances our knowledge, pointing us away from error in a direction that may be less wrong. As the host at the Space Telescope said, he\u2019d gotten his degree under the old way of looking at things. But there is no reason for us to believe that reality should be kind to our conjectures, or to careers built on them.\n\n\u201cIt is part of my thesis,\u201d Popper says in the preface to the second edition of Conjectures and Refutations, \u201cthat all our knowledge grows only through the correcting of our mistakes.\u201d In short, the thousand confirmatory examples are of limited value, but the single non-confirmation, or refutation, is potentially (if it holds up) definitive. You would think that science would love such a powerful tool for refuting error.\n\nThere's an anecdote that tells of evolutionist J.B.S. Haldane being challenged at a lecture. A questioner asked, approximately, \"What, sir, would falsify your Darwinian doctrine?\" Haldane supposedly replied, \"Rabbit bones in the Precambrian would be a problem.\" Darwinian theory precluded rabbits having lived a half-billion years ago. In that sense the theory was predictive\u2014it predicted that no such observations would be made\u2014and it was falsifiable: it included enough specific information that the contradiction of that information would potentially prove the theory wrong.\n\nThe more predictions a theory offers, the more information it contains, it follows the more valuable it is, because it explains potentially a great deal about the world. But also, to complicate this note perhaps more than it can stand\u2014but this is neat\u2014the less probable it is. \u201c. . . [T]he probability of a statement (or set of statements) is always the greater the less the statement says; it is inverse to the content or the deductive power of the statement, and thus to its explanatory power,\u201d Popper argued in a 1953 lecture. \u201cAccordingly every interesting and powerful statement must have a low probability; and vice versa: a statement with a high probability will be scientifically uninteresting because it says little and has no explanatory power.\u201d Thus science seeks \u201cpowerful and improbable theories.\u201d That passage is easily misunderstood. \u201cImprobable\u201d isn\u2019t an approximation of \u201cabsurd\u201d; Popper is speaking of a theory that says a great deal that is specific, the multiple specifics increasing its explanatory power while reducing statistically its probability. And, as noted, the more specifics, the more potential for critics to find error.\n\n\u201c. . . [T]he method of science is criticism,\u201d Popper wrote. And this may explain in part why you can ask contemporary science students about this father of the philosophy of science and receive in response a blank stare. Isn\u2019t it more useful, they might say, to think about how to write grant proposals? Or to seek guidance in p-hacking? The structure of research is hardly given to destroying theories, least of all one\u2019s own lab\u2019s. Grants are given to prove, to affirm, not to undermine. The absolute disaster in replicability across a number of scientific fields is one possible consequence of this lack of a critical approach.\n\nMarx and Freud suffer badly at Popper\u2019s hands on the same, anti-inductivist ground. Popper\u2019s 1936 paper, later published as The Poverty of Historicism, was a demolition of Marxism and other historicist doctrines. A key argument was stated concisely later by Amos Tversky, who observed that historians have displayed zero predictive skill. Yet the data available may be the very sets on which elaborate explanatory narratives are built after the fact. What does this say of the historicists' claims to have understood events, or of the explanatory value of their theories?\n\nOne can find this problem across disciplines. It isn\u2019t just the wobbly-eyed stock market chart-reader who gets it right in retrospect time after time, but cannot forecast the market with any greater accuracy than chance would produce. Or the mogul whose formula for fortune-building denies randomness as a factor in his success. The Ph.D.s staffing the Federal Reserve have a proven inability to model the future, though it\u2019s an article of faith in their historicist discipline\u2014their inductive discipline\u2014that events of the past establish patterns of regularities enabling economists to predict future economic activity with enough accuracy to guide policy that affects every citizen. This makes the false claims of a biolab p-hacker seem inconsequential by comparison.\n\nPopper has been adopted by some on the political left. He was, in fact, a European Liberal, and his thinking meshed comfortably enough with that of Friedrich A. Hayek, another Liberal who challenged collectivism\u2019s \u201cscientism\u201d and \u201cpretense of knowledge,\u201d that Popper\u2019s essay collection Conjectures and Refutations bears a dedication to Hayek. The core idea they explored through their lives was the difficulty of knowledge, and the unspeakable damage done in the name of claims to knowledge that can never be proven. Popper inscribed The Poverty of Historicism as follows:\u201cIn memory of the countless men and women of all creeds or nations or races who fell victims to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny.\u201d There were no such laws, only pretenses of knowledge cloaked in the guise of science but lacking the rigor of science; propagated by adherents whose many questionable motives included an eagerness to believe doctrines that could explain so much, if only they weren\u2019t examined critically.\n\n\u201cWhat we should do, I suggest,\u201d Popper said in a 1960 lecture before the British Academy, \u201cis to give up the idea of ultimate sources of knowledge, and admit that all knowledge is human; that it is mixed with our errors, our prejudices, our dreams, and our hopes; that all we can do is to grope for truth even though it be beyond our reach. We may admit that our groping is often inspired, but we must be on our guard against the belief, however deeply felt, that our inspiration carries any authority, divine or otherwise. If we thus admit that there is no authority beyond the reach of criticism to be found within the whole province of our knowledge, however far it may have penetrated into the unknown, then we can retain, without danger, the idea that truth is beyond human authority. And we must retain it. For without this idea there can be no objective standards of inquiry; no criticisms of our conjectures; no groping for the unknown; no quest for knowledge.\u201d\n\nJuly 29 2017\n\nThe Notorious Jack Abramoff\n\nIn the early \u201980s Jack Abramoff was a smart, stocky young man who had moved from the College Young Republicans to knocking down decent money working for a conservative foundation run by Lewis Lehrman. Lehrman, a drugstore heir, was serving in the early Reagan administration on the Gold Commission, which was revisiting whether the United States might be better served by a gold standard than by a central bank issue-at-will standard. (If you think that\u2019s an unimportant subject, consider the price of a massage-parlor pick-me-up today versus the price in 1983. If you prefer, a loaf of bread is an adequate proxy.) In any case, Abramoff would show up for dinner at a friend\u2019s house in Baltimore, and if his prospective wife came along she would bring their kosher meal. How she heated it in the friend\u2019s debauched oven I never heard.\n\nAbramoff\u2019s father had had some connection with the movie business, and before long Jack was producing films. His first boffo was Red Scorpion, in which Dolph Lundgren turns against the Red army in an African pesthole\u2014and I\u2019m not sure what else happens as I\u2019ve never seen more than fifteen minutes of Red Scorpion, assuming it wasn\u2019t something else I watched with Dolph Lundgren gunning down Russians. The film was shot in what was known then as South-West Africa. Abramoff also did something or talked of doing something in the Marianas, but I can\u2019t find confirmation of that. The common denominator was that a few jurisdictions were so desperate to get on the map that they would significantly subsidize production costs. Jack knew an opportunity when he saw it, and so some movies got made.\n\nI saw him a few times but had no reason to stay in touch. Abramoff made another neat transition, becoming a top lobbyist in Washington. It was that role that got him into trouble and led to prison, but that\u2019s getting ahead of the story.\n\nIn the early nineties, I became interested in a very low-priced stock called Ranger Industries, which had a little cash but a $50-million tax-loss carryforward. The shares twitched around in the five-to-ten-cent range. The guy running it collected a salary. What was needed, I thought, was an acquisition to put the tax-loss to use. In Ranger\u2019s previous life, before bankruptcy, it had been in the entertainment business, sort of, with video games and a godawful line of toys known as Cabbage Patch Dolls. They also made small plastic swimming pools; the company was known then as Coleco Industries. After the 1986 tax act, it was difficult to use carryforwards if a company had a change of business or a change of ownership. But if you defined \u201centertainment business\u201d loosely enough, maybe, I thought, you could stuff a small movie production operation into Ranger. And it happened I knew someone who had made movies. Best of all, he seemed to have made the films with other people\u2019s money.\n\nI raised a small partnership with the idea of trying to get control of Ranger\u2019s stock, cut the salaried man loose, install Abramoff as president, and employ his skills at making movies without capital in places I didn\u2019t want to visit. It seemed like a reasonable scheme. Two things were needed: some reason for confidence that the tax loss could be used, and Abramoff. I couldn\u2019t get any law firm to commit on the first question, and about a half-hour into my meeting with Jack it was obvious he would be happy to take any check the company wanted to write but his interest went no further. He was making much bigger money lobbying for Indian tribes, hobnobbing with congressmen, and heaven knows what else. So the idea was a bust. I sent the partners their money back, dissolved the partnership and said the hell with it.\n\nThat was the last time I had contact with Jack Abramoff. But of course it wasn\u2019t the end of Ranger Industries. And it wasn\u2019t the end of Abramoff. The stories just diverge. Within a couple of years, the former management of Coleco\u2014which had a better grasp of the reorganized company than I did\u2014pulled a brilliant maneuver that bumped the value of my five-cent stock to just under $2. When Coleco was being reorganized, there was the usual problem of future liabilities. The company\u2019s little plastic swimming pools were the kind that might have three or four inches of water in them. For some reason, pools like that are irresistible to people standing on balconies who say \u201cHold my beer!\u201d and then jump. So as part of the reorganization, $12 million was set aside to deal with claims of future quadriplegics. The money was still there, in a product liability trust. Coleco\u2019s former president, Mort Handel, and a partner went into court, convinced the bankruptcy judge that much larger coverage could be bought from Chubb or some other insurer. So the product liability protection was boosted, and suddenly about $10 million was freed up for the shareholders. Handel and his partner had a related deal waiting, or perhaps found one in a hurry, in which you could participate in a new oil company via Ranger or take the cash, just under $2 a share. I took the cash, chastened but nonetheless delighted: I\u2019d been wrong about everything and still made money. The tax loss? Nobody cared.\n\nAbramoff\u2019s career was more spectacular. The trappings are colorful, lurid, and if you watched the news at the time, familiar. There was a gaming ship, a shooting in downtown Fort Lauderdale, a wayward congressman or two, Indian tribes that may have gotten clipped, ownership of a fancy D.C. restaurant: pretty much the story of Washington lobbying condensed into a one-man show. A few people went to prison, including Jack on tax and bribery matters. He did three years and change, got out in 2010, worked in a kosher pizza shop for a while, may have written a book, commented on the 2016 election. Wherever he is, he\u2019s probably doing well. Brains make more of a difference in outcomes than any other characteristic.\n\nApart from the happy accident with Ranger stock, which had nothing to do with Jack, there\u2019s one detail I like that does. One evening in the late \u201980s we went to dinner at our mutual friend\u2019s house in Baltimore. Jack Abramoff was back from his movie-making in Africa. He had brought along an old military rifle with the bolt welded shut. As we stood in the foyer, an Israeli friend arrived with his mother. Ziona was a thin woman dressed severely in black, gray hair in a bun. She spotted the rifle propped against a staircase, lifted it in delight and declared, \u201cA Lee-Enfield! I had one of these in the Haganah! But oh\u2014\u201d she cried, trying to work the action, \u201c\u2014it\u2019s broken!\u201d She was a lovely woman we got to know slightly, as you can know someone who lives half the world away. That, too, really had nothing to do with Jack: we\u2019d have gotten to know her anyway, but without the pleasant memory of her holding a stranger's rifle and recalling days when the stakes were higher than movies, stocks, or prison.\n\nJuly 24 2017\n\nApropos of nothing. Hotel Sherman, Chicago. What year, I wonder.\n\nJuly 6 2017\n\nLast Look at Ayn Rand\n\nThis is a shot I took of Ayn Rand at her last public appearance, in November 1981 at a conference of the National Committee for Monetary Reform in New Orleans. I don't recall what she had to say except she wasn't too keen on Reagan. Jim Sinclair rightly called the gold market over for the foreseeable future. My Barron's colleague Peter Dubois and his wife were in New Orleans on vacation, so we had dinner together, spent the evening cursing the magazine's managing editor, and figuring that the conversation made it a working dinner I put the bill on the expense account. Rand died the following March. The managing editor made a stab at outliving all of us.\n\nJune 6 2017\n\nComing Up for Air\n\nA friend recommended I read Orwell\u2019s Coming Up for Air, and now I owe him dinner. Much of the novel is an extended complaint about the fraudulence of working-middle-class life. George Bowling, a fat 45-year-old Englishman, is dissatisfied with everything: his pessimistic missus, his two children, a suburban London house he will pay on forever, and the sorry fact that no woman will ever sleep with him again except for money. He buys a hot dog and finds the skin is stuffed with rotten fish. He buys a Havana cigar and concludes that \u201ccabbages grow in Havana the same as anywhere else.\u201d He heads along the Strand and reflects, \u201cWhen you walk through a crowd of strangers it\u2019s next to impossible not to imagine that they\u2019re all waxworks, but probably they\u2019re thinking just the same about you.\u201d He earns about seven quid a week as an insurance salesman. It\u2019s just the right amount to be absorbed by school fees, wireless fees, and other regular bills. But he has a secret. A racetrack flutter brought him seventeen quid, which he\u2019s stashed away for himself. And as he goes out one raw English morning to pick up his new set of false teeth, George looks back on a life that seems to hold nothing for him\u2014and concocts a lie to cover his brief return to Lower Binfield, the village where he grew up. It\u2019s not that he\u2019s sentimental about it. His father ran a small feed grain store that gradually went broke. But in Upper Binfield, near a manor house, there was a pond with huge fish that might be worth a few days\u2019 pursuit.\n\nIt\u2019s a clever enough book, written in 1938, published in \u201939. What\u2019s remarkable is that parts of it could have been written today. George attends a small political lecture where the speaker is drumming up opposition to Nazis. His talk is fervent. \u201cA rather mean little man, with a white face and a bald head, standing on a platform, shooting out slogans. . . . He\u2019s trying to work up hatred in the audience, but that\u2019s nothing to the hatred he feels himself. Every slogan\u2019s gospel truth to him. . . . [F]or a moment, with my eyes shut, . . . I saw the vision he was seeing. . . . It\u2019s a picture of himself smashing people\u2019s faces in with a spanner. Fascist faces, of course. . . . Smash! Right in the middle. The bones cave in like an eggshell and what was a face a minute ago is just a big blob of strawberry jam. Smash! There goes another! . . . And it\u2019s all O.K. because the smashed faces belong to Fascists.\u201d\n\nOrwell, who hoped that freedom and socialism weren\u2019t incompatible, had a keen eye for fervor. And for its political uses. In several passages, this novel looks ahead to the themes Orwell pursued a decade later in 1984. George Bowling isn\u2019t afraid of the coming war, which he expects to begin around 1941. He\u2019s too old to serve, and randomly falling bombs can\u2019t hit everyone. \u201cBut it isn\u2019t the war that matters, it\u2019s the after-war. The world we\u2019re going down into, the hate-world, the slogan-world. The coloured shirts, the barbed-wire, the rubber truncheons. The secret cells where the light burns night and day, and the detectives watching you while you sleep. And the processions and the posters with enormous faces, and the crowds of a million people all cheering for the Leader till they deafen themselves into thinking that they really worship him.\u201d And: \u201cIt\u2019s all going to happen. All the things you\u2019ve got at the back of your mind, the things you\u2019re terrified of, the things that you tell yourself are just a nightmare or only happen in foreign countries. . . . There\u2019s no escape. Fight against it if you like, or look the other way and pretend not to notice, or grab your spanner and rush out to do a bit of face-bashing with the others. But there\u2019s no way out. It\u2019s just something that\u2019s got to happen.\u201d\n\nGeorge\u2019s adventure in Lower Binfield is a bust, except for an accidental bombing of the town by a plane practicing for the war. The manor house in Upper Binfield has become an asylum for lunatics, and the fish pond has been filled in as a trash dump. George heads home to catch hell from his wife. There\u2019s no way of telling whether he finds consolation when the war comes early, a few months after the book's publication.\n\nJune 5 2017\n\nThe Glass Eye Miracle\n\nReligious tent shows traveled the Midwest well into the 1960s, and perhaps they still do. One troupe rented a downtown movie house in Moline, Illinois for a week in 1965 or \u201966 and put on a show that included sermons, carnival tricks, and frequent passing of the collection basket among the mostly poor white audience. One of the performers was introduced as the man with a glass eye. I\u2019ve forgotten whether it was the left or the right. He would appear to twist the orb from the socket, hold it aloft for the audience to see, then poke it back into his head. In a previous life he had probably been good at finding quarters behind boys\u2019 ears. His working eye would be covered, and he would use the glass eye to read not only scripture but anything offered by the audience.\n\nIn writing this, I found accounts on the Internet of a Rev. Roscoe Ronald Coyne (1943-1994), of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, who worked the glass eye miracle on stage and television. I don\u2019t know if he was with the crew that visited Moline. He would have been in his early twenties. According to one article, he claimed miraculous sight as early as age seven, and later joined the traveling church circuit along with faith healers and speakers in tongues.\n\nBy the time I heard about the show, the theater balcony was filled in the evenings with high school students and a cop to maintain order. The cop was indispensable. Not all of us had seen a miracle before.\n\nI don\u2019t remember if the local newspaper tumbled to this. It would have been fun if a sympathetic reporter had come over and talked to the charlatans: who they were, how much of the year they spent traveling small cities fleecing hicks, whether it was a decent living, what they did the rest of the time. A couple of years later I went out on an assignment of this sort myself. Actually, I volunteered. The Mississippi Valley Fair had a strippers\u2019 tent that put on a mildly lewd show. I tried to find out the who\u2019s and what\u2019s of the business. All management would tell me was they picked up the performers in Chicago. They wouldn\u2019t let me talk to the girls. I digress.\n\nI had seen other miracles a few years earlier. A friend\u2019s grandmother attended the Open Bible Church one town over. Virgil Bayme, who lived a few doors down from us and worked at a gas station, would get up during a service, dance a jig and speak in tongues. Brother Barrow, the pastor, would lay it on about sin and redemption. I heard later, from a friend who had visited an Open Bible church in Iowa, that when the preaching and praying got hot enough, parishioners would run outside to see if the roof was on fire. I didn\u2019t see that happen on the Illinois side of the river, where we were more sophisticated.\n\nOne week, a revival preacher came to Brother Barrow\u2019s church. This was odd because the church was a several-times-a-week revival show itself. But this circuit rider was there to cleanse the congregation of lingering devilry. He stood up front and as parishioners came up the aisle, one by one, he would spool up a fervent prayer for cleansing, then clasp his hand on a parishioner\u2019s forehead, at which point the person would collapse backward into the hands of waiting catchers, who lowered the stunned penitent to the floor.\n\nThe visiting preacher was laying them out right and left in the aisles. At some point Brother Barrow\u2019s wife\u2014a spiritual lady, certainly\u2014came forward, got zapped, and lying on the floor emerged from delirium just long enough to pull her hem below her knee before passing out again. I saw this from the safety of a back row. It never occurred to me to go outside and see if the roof was on fire. In off-hours, Brother Barrow sold shoes in downtown Moline. He was a pleasant man.\n\nThere are still Open Bible Churches, headquartered in Des Moines, according to an Internet site. Membership totals about 150,000 spread among 330 congregations. In June, they plan to have a convention in Palm Springs.\n\nI should leave this topic, but there is something about the Midwest that in a mild form produces prayer chains on the Internet and bids for supernatural guidance at chicken-salad lunches. It\u2019s comfortable with religious tents pitched at the edge of towns that seem to have too many miles between them, where afternoon clouds hold portents and there is a crazy kind of electricity in the air. Garrison Keillor made it sound amusing, but it isn\u2019t.\n\nMay 11 2017\n\nRichard Grenier\n\nFor a time in the 1980s, Richard Grenier was a stinky duck in the wrong pond: a more or less rightwinger reviewing movies for The New York Times. This was a problem, not to say an embarrassment. When Attenborough\u2019s biopic Gandhi appeared in 1982, Grenier unkindly mentioned that the mahatma was a piss-drinker who slept naked if allegedly chastely with very young women who were purported to be his nieces, as well as a fellow who offered the helpful advice to Jews during the 1940s to die quietly. The newspaper of record for Very Tolerant Liberals might as well have had a primitive on board who celebrated Britain\u2019s Falklands campaign, which in fact Grenier did. Soon evidence was found that in his days as a freelancer Richard Grenier sometimes said contradictory things about a movie for different publications. Oh, the shame. That was enough. He left The Times, returned to freelancing, and according to Wikipedia died in 2002 at the age of 68.\n\nWe met only once, at one of the soirees John Train used to hold in New York in the early \u201980s. I\u2019ve forgotten whether it was the one on Lyndon LaRouche, or Armand Hammer, or on our friends the Mujahideen who with CIA stingers shipped through Pakistan were chasing the Russians out of a soon-to-be-free Afghanistan. (Even in retrospect it\u2019s not funny.) Grenier was a skinny, odd-looking fellow. I don\u2019t remember if he had anything to say that afternoon. When he was at a typewriter, he certainly did.\n\nThe Marrakesh One-Two (1983) is a rollickingly mean novel. A screenwriter is having trouble coming up with a script for a biop of Mohammed. For one thing, it turns out Mohammed can\u2019t be seen on screen; he is too holy. Neither can his family members, including the child bride; too holy. Then there are problems with the competing visions of the Prophet and Islam among the varied Arab state bankrollers. Do we leave in the harsher elements of Islam, the wife beating and chopping off of hands? Omar the producer says no, Mouna his fanatic (and oversexed) girlfriend wants Islamic purity and gore. Our screenwriter Burt reports, \u201cThe secret ambition was to have this movie a boffola not only in Egypt and Bangladesh, where everyone is dying of starvation anyway, but in the West, Goysville.\u201d The book goes over the top fairly quickly. Much of the first-person account by Burt (author of the highly successful Biblical epic The Song of Jesus) is caustic fun. Of his Jesus film, Burt tells us, \u201c[It] raked in all those shekels because of the knack I have with that kind of thing, an indefinable touch, that certain etwas. Yes, sir. Like when the camera vertical-panned down from Christ on the cross and there was Jimmy Stewart dressed as a Roman centurion and we were going to have him say, Surely this is the son of God. And suddenly it came to me, no by God. He should say VERILY, this is the son of God. And frankly I think that \u2018verily\u2019 made the picture. My, yes.\u201d\n\nA parallel plot involving the CIA is limp and reads like padding, as if the author discovered his satire couldn\u2019t be sustained for 80,000 words. And Grenier tries here and there to have it both ways: satire and special pleading don\u2019t combine well. The book in truth is a badly constructed hash.\n\nBurt is unkind to Islam. He\u2019s droll discussing female genital mutilation and honor killings in Jordan, has a fine time ridiculing a Libyan who assures him Islam brings a message of peace, then thrusts his tongue into Burt\u2019s mouth to prove it. Grenier did enough homework to quote chapter and sura. The novel makes me wish I\u2019d gotten to know him, if I wouldn't have had to pretend I liked his book.\n\nRichard Grenier\u2019s 1982 review in Commentary of The World According to Garp is available online. It\u2019s clever and vicious. And it\u2019s interesting to compare to current criticism.\n\nAubrey Menen (1912-1989) was a product of empire, an Englishman of Irish/Indian parentage who wrote one of the odder novels I haven\u2019t been able to get very far into: The Prevalence of Witches. It\u2019s about a fellow who decides he might as well own a country of his own and ventures to a part of India he calls Limbo to do so.\n\nI\u2019m not sure what happens next, if anything.\n\nMenen also wrote an entertaining nonfiction book Dead Man in the Silver Market (1953), which recounts among other things his visits to the land of his father. He is at his strongest as an observer standing to one side, listening to characters such as the Last Nabob of India.\n\nA nabob, it happens, is an Englishman of limited social distinction back home who has made enough of a fortune in India to be granted a knighthood by the Governor. This honor is portable and carried back to England allows the bearer to be almost as much of a \u201cSir\u201d as someone knighted by the Queen. In the closing days of British rule in India, the new Governor determines that the honor will fall to one William Ponder (as Menen calls him), one of those people who have no talent except for arithmetic. This is not a bad qualification for someone about to be elevated to the status of gentleman. Menen notes that among the features of a good prospective nabob who is being \u201clooked over\u201d is blandness: conversation of \u201cempty silences,\u201d and certainly no awareness of art or recent literature. Ponder qualifies. \u201cHis rooms held a bookcase,\u201d Menen relates. \u201cHe denied all knowledge of the books and said they were his wife\u2019s. . . . I think he could have gotten away with collecting Chinese pottery. It was a thing they did in English country houses.\u201d For all the Hindus\u2019 devotion to nonviolence, the streets have gotten dangerous the day Ponder goes to Government House to receive his honor. So he rides on the floorboards of a car driven by a young woman who can converse with the rioters, and Menen comes along. He is essentially a sympathetic observer, or at least not overly cruel.\n\nMenen tells us a bit about local fakirs, with some of whom he is friendly. Big Tim has a simple mind and a simple function: he joins a naked procession as part of a fertility ritual. Women who have been unable to conceive touch the \u201corgan of generation\u201d as Menen delicately calls it and, if the correct prayers are recited, become mothers. Some less scrupled fakirs in the procession may take direct action to help the women, Big Tim admits glumly. Less endearing is the former railway clerk who has been holding his arm aloft for twenty years and tells a local maharajah that he thereby holds up the universe.\n\nThe book\u2019s theme is the similarity of the English and the Hindus in each race believing it is the pinnacle of human development. Menen\u2019s bare-breasted Indian grandmother puts his Irish mother up in a separate house during a visit to the family coconut plantation in Malabar. A European would defile the Hindu household, he explains, besides which Europeans don\u2019t bathe often enough for the Indian family\u2019s taste (twice a day is standard at Grandmother\u2019s). Aubrey himself is defiled by having been born in England. He could set himself toward purification, he is advised, by drinking a cup of cow urine, but this he declines to do. As for his grandmother\u2019s limited wardrobe, she believes that any woman who covers herself above the waist must have an adulterous scheme in mind.\n\nMenen is less successful as a polemicist. His mildly amused rationalism is agreeable enough, though in no sense original. His satirical jibes at the English, in which he mostly comments rather than reports, are old hat. Possibly they seemed fresher in 1953.\n\nNothing for it, I\u2019ll have to go back for another try at The Prevalence of Witches.\n\nApril 30 2017\n\nT\n\nThe Notorious John Rees\n\nI knew John Rees for more than thirty years, and we were friends during most of that time. He was an unreconstructed scoundrel, who flirted with evangelical Christians (an occasional guest on Pat Robertson\u2019s TV show), Moonies, and Jewish civil rights groups, hobnobbed with anyone who might offer him an advantage, spied on leftwingers, hired out to rightwingers, got sued by zanies on both sides, and believed, as far as I could tell, not a single thing\u2014except, possibly, that if there was a reasonably attractive woman around she would be good for a tumble.\n\nHe told unbelievable stories about himself, and as a point of principle I believed them.\n\nHe described the Christians as God-botherers, pitched the Soviet menace to customers of a promoter (later jailed) who peddled gold bullion, ran a leftwing bookstore in Washington, canoodled with radicals under an alias or two, reported on them to the FBI, and later, wearing a journalist\u2019s hat, interviewed luminaries such as Jeane Kirkpatrick and prospective GOP candidate Ronald Reagan for a small magazine affiliated with the John Birch Society. His wife worked for the Birchers\u2019 Congressman, Larry McDonald.\n\nHe was the last paramour of novelist Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place, and became her heir by a deathbed will.\n\nIt\u2019s a favorite pastime of professional uplifters to invite innocents to name the people who have influenced them most: a memorable pastor, a teacher, always a moral example of some sort. John Rees introduced me to my wife and\u2014quite separate from that\u2014taught me the useful term \u201cfuckwit.\u201d\n\nAs for his stories: There was one about a wife in England carrying on with a chef for the House of Commons, who squared matters by giving John cooking lessons. The tuition seemed to be limited to roast beef, leg of lamb, Yorkies and Christmas pudding. There was a tale of his having been in Kenya during the Mau-Mau uprising and, in the role of MP, discovering a debasement of the common room sugar tin. The blemish was explained, he said, when he caught a conscript having the barracks kitten lick sugar off his genitals. I asked, \u201cWhat did you do?\u201d John said, \u201cWell I beat the shit out of him, of course.\u201d\n\nFor many years, John and an Irish-American wife ran a home industry, publishing a small newsletter called Information Digest. Using a network of informants, the publication reported on the activities of many political enthusiasts, from the radical left to the potty right. They got sued, if my fading memory serves, by organizations as diverse as the National Lawyers Guild, the LaRouchies, and Liberty Lobby. Nobody collected. For one thing, the Reeses kept themselves judgment-proof, living comfortably on what John later maintained, in a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, was the kindness of friends. (The IRS didn\u2019t collect, either.) They avoided suits in other ways. If a particularly juicy fact or insinuation came along, Larry McDonald could be counted on to enter it into the Congressional Record. Thereafter, Information Digest was immune from libel claims, merely reporting what was in the Record.\n\nThey served a useful purpose in providing fuller disclosure of mischevious busybodies who preferred to control their narratives. Does it matter that a peace spokesman has had a lifelong romance with Stalinism? Of course it does. Does it matter that people talking liberty out of one side of the mouth fulminate anti-Semitism out of the other? Yes, indeed. Information Digest was a privately produced Consumer Reports on political peddlers of many sorts.\n\nDid John believe in anything? He disliked Communists, perhaps, while finding them, along with almost everything else in life, entertaining. But mostly I think he enjoyed subverting fools, and pulpits and political movements have always been awash in fools. I doubt his conviction went any deeper than that. He would have been embarrassed by a suggestion he was a believer.\n\nHis insults could be subtle, but much of his conversation was raw\u2014with a plummy English accent. When I expressed fondness for Edith Piaf, he replied helpfully, \u201cAll the homosexuals in the John Birch Society like Edith Piaf.\u201d Subtle enough; it took me a moment. By contrast, when McDonald and Rees were having a dispute over who should call the shots in a political venture\u2014John or a woman known to the Congressman\u2014John demanded, \u201cWhat has she ever delivered except a wet pussy at midnight?\u201d For a while he was put off at McDonald, a public pietist who liked a little on the side even when it interfered with his cause. Then McDonald was killed when Korean Air Lines flight 007 was shot down, and as a rightwing martyr to Soviet tyranny the Congressman became, for a while, as useful dead as he had been alive.\n\nJohn\u2019s role as an FBI informant may have been hampered by doubts about how many sides of the street he was playing. After the Newark race riots, he tried to float a scheme in 1968 for the government to fund a $743,000 program that would recruit both white and black radicals to lead a peace patrol. John knew plenty of both. If he\u2019d managed to put them on his payroll and gotten paid by the FBI for informing on them, he\u2019d have sat in the middle of a perfect circle.\n\nCops found him unreliable, but a number were his friends. At his house in Baltimore, the company might include retired CIA and State Department officers, a state policeman or two, a congressional staffer, and occasionally a traveler from France or South Africa with uncertain credentials. He was friends with Arnaud de Borchgrave, then editor of the Washington Times, and Robert Moss, former editor of The Economist\u2019s Foreign Report. He was well-known and loathed by lefty groups such as the Institute for Policy Studies. He was financed in part by Richard Mellon Scaife. For a time he did business with Carl Icahn and Hank Greenberg; on what basis he sold himself to them I\u2019ve no idea.\n\nWhen Reed Irvine\u2019s Accuracy in Media sent Daniel James and John to Hungary in the mid-\u201990s, I tagged along at my expense. A center-right government had come to power, the first since the Soviet Union\u2019s collapse, and was purging Communists from the media. This provoked cries of fascism from the international left. John and Dan were supposed to do fact-finding. Dan asked questions. John leapt cheerfully into supporting the purge. So did I, with journalistic credentials that by then were wilted with age. The meals were good, the strip club was dismal, but being accused by a British leftist on Hungarian TV of coming from Langley was priceless.\n\nWhen John was paying his own bills, he skimped on accommodations. One day in New York, meeting after nights at our respective hotels, he complained of having been kept awake. I asked what had happened. He explained that in the next room, separated by too thin a wall, were two noisy men. He would hear a slap, followed by \u201cWhose little bumsy wumsy is this?\u201d A slap. \u201cWhose little bumsy wumsy is that?\u201d Once again, of course, I asked, \u201cWhat did you do?\u201d John replied, \u201cI hammered on the wall and shouted, \u2018Will you get your assholes sorted out so I can sleep!\u2019\u201d\n\nYes, of course.\n\nAt times he toted a small Beretta with a tip-up barrel, on the theory \"better twelve to try you than six to carry you.\" It caused consternation when he realized he was approaching airport security without having divested himself. When the thing came into my possession for a short time, during a domestic set-to, and I took it to the range, it was so clogged with pocket lint that I could neither fire it nor drop the magazine.\n\nThere had been an England wife, a woman in Newark, a Baltimore wife and, eventually, a Washington wife with whom a knot was tied, if memory serves, in Mombasa. Although the family business continued for a time, there was an inevitable break, sides were chosen, and our friendship ended. I was surprised to get a call in early 2013 inviting me to a memorial service for John at a saloon in New York. The man I heard described was unrecognizable to me: an environmentalist, a mentor to an English grandson, a fellow of honor and purpose. I could only laugh. My friend had reinvented himself again, and found takers.\n\nAs I said at the outset, John was a scoundrel. How much damage he did, I\u2019m not sure. Possibly, to some people, a lot.\n\nApril 30 2017\n\n______________\n\nThere are a few credible sources on the Internet regarding John Rees. None of the accounts is flattering. The first link, to an FBI archive that was declassified in 2008, is almost indecipherable because of garbles and redactions. I\u2019ve provided a cleaned-up version of excerpts below.\n\n\u201cEnclosed for Bureau and Chicago are two copies, and for each other office designated, one copy of a monograph entitled \u2018The NGI Report on SDS [garbled] 1968\u2019 dated July 19, 1968, and researched by [redacted but clearly John Rees]. This item was delivered to the Reception Desk of the Newark Office for SA [Special Agent] AUSTIN G. OSBORN on 7/29/68, by a representative of [redacted]. As the Bureau is aware and for information of other offices receiving the enclosure, [redacted] of National Goals, Inc., (NGI), . . . has been the subject of considerable unfavorable publicity in the past, including his involvement, in early 1964, in the estate of GRACE METALIOUS, the deceased author of the novel, \u2018Peyton Place\u2019. More recently in June, 1968, a plan he proposed brought fire from varied sources when he proposed utilization of Government funds to make militant leaders of white and Negro organizations paid directors of a 300-man community peace patrol in Newark, NJ. It was opinion of agents whom he has contacted that [redacted] appears to be a \u2018name dropper\u2019 and one who would exaggerate to make a point. Accordingly, the Bureau has instructed that NK [presumably the Newark FBI office] . . . should not initiate any future contacts with him. . . .\n\n\u201cOn April 16, 1965 Detective Joseph Trainor of the New Jersey State Police personally requested information concerning the SUBJECT of this file. The file was obtained and the contents thereof were relayed to Trainor. Trainer indicated that the State Police was conducting an investigation of the SUBJECT and of the organization which he presently heads. This organization is known as National Goals Inc. and has its headquarters in the Hallmark Apartments in Newark. Trainor stated that the organization concerns itself with anti-riot training of police departments and some government agencies . . . on a contract basis. He said that certain individuals who are connected with Rees have criminal records and leave much to be desired in terms of being 'desirable businessmen.\u2019 Trainor stated that Rees is very close to the Commissioner of Police, Dominick Spina, and to Mayor Addonizio of Newark and does, in fact, have free access to their office, sits in on their council meetings and can obtain information which many other people in official capacities cannot get. In addition to the interest of State Police the local office of the [missing] [ha]s an interest in the SUBJECT; his activities and his organisation plus the fact that they are curious about the entree into City Hall and city activities. Both agencies are concerned with Rees because of his accomplices and because they are not sure of the true aims and purpose of his organization. Col. David Kelly, Director New Jersey State Police Department, is himself vitally interested. In the course of conversation Trainor mentioned the name HERB ROMERSTEIN whom the writer has known for years. Romerstein is a former member of the Communist Party and was an informant for the New York District of this Service and the New York State Police for many years.\n\n\u201cAt the request of Detective Trainor the writer telephonically contacted Romerstein who came to the office voluntarily. Romerstein indicated that he is still employed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and is in fact investigating the Newark riots of July last, as a preliminary step to the HCUA hearings which are to be held in Newark concerning Newark in the very near future. Romerstein indicated that he knows Rees, very well and that Rees, a former Royal Air Force man who claims to have had ten years of service with the RAF and who further claims to have been a bodyguard to a member of the British Royal Family, is a former British Intelligence Officer. He said that National Goals Inc. is a part of Applied Electronics in Metuchen, New Jersey, which is owned in part by David Wilentz, former Attorney General for the State of New Jersey. He said that Rees is a highly intelligent individual and he mentioned the latter connection with Grace Metalious, the author of \u2018Peyton Place,\u2019 clippings about which are contained in the file. Rees is presently married or lives with a mulatto girl and her children and Romerstein was not sure about the details of a formal marriage. He stated that the girl\u2019s former husband was a notorious hoodlum in the Brooklyn area but he claimed not to know the former husband's name. The wife's first name is Marianne.\n\n\u201cRomerstein indicated that National Goals has one man working on a full-time basis in Washington, D.C. and presently has one man assigned to the Essex County Sheriff's Office. He said that the purpose of the organization is to provide riot training and guidance to whomever contracts for such assistance. He further indicated that this is a private non-profit organization which is not, to the best of his knowledge, financed by any government organization.\n\n\u201c[The] Investigation into the activities of SUBJECT and of National Goals Inc. is being continued by the New Jersey State Police. It does not appear at this time that there is any basis for Service action but arrangements have been made for information to be relayed to the Service as it develops. Rees presently resides at 10 Hill Street, Apt. 8R, Newark, New Jersey, (Hallmark Apartments). Robert E. Ford, Chief Special Investigations\u201d . . .\n\n\u201cNational Goals last spring drew up $743,741 proposal to hire black and white militants for a \u2018community peace patrol.\u2019 The plan was rejected by the Justice Department and denounced by [New Jersey] Gov. Hughes. The U.S. Department of Labor is still attempting to recover $7,597 that was paid by the city to Rees as research director of the federally financed New Careers training program. Rees resigned last spring after auditors questioned the amount of time he was spending on the job. The Labor Department has also blocked payment of $12,100 for a training firm for which Rees is a consultant. A department spokesman said federal auditors have now authorized payment of $4,900 to the firm.\u201d\n\nWhen the Mob Gets Loose\n\nIf another wave of refugees is turned loose on Europe, as Turkey\u2019s Erdogan has threatened this week to do, one minor consequence will probably be a spike in sales of Jean Raspail\u2019s 1973 novel The Camp of the Saints. It\u2019s an unpleasant book, eighty percent garish horror, twenty percent (at the end) farce. When it was published here in translation in 1975, it met harsh reviews, some of the nicer of which described the author as a racist: Raspail imagined what was then barely imaginable, waves of Third World refugees washing into Europe and, bringing their primitive cultures with them, smothering the weakly tended candles of Western Civilization. It\u2019s written (at least in the translation) in high indignation, full of lurid imagery that ricochets between human sympathy and revulsion. As a mere sample, the monstrous figure leading the crusade is called the Turd Eater, upon whose shoulders rides a deformed creature that cannot speak or walk but seems to direct the will of mindless masses swarming decrepit freighters for the promised land of Europe. Probably not the choice for a neighborhood book club.\n\nRaspail\u2019s theme is the weakness of the West, its lack of conviction in itself, and, in the end, its inability to forcibly hold at bay a peril that promises its destruction. The world Raspail sees as lost isn\u2019t that of European Liberalism, though it goes down too, of course, but of what I suppose Euro conservatives would call Christendom. Its betrayers are its defenders: government, the church, intellectuals. Whether Raspail\u2019s brutal portraits of these actors were caricatures or keenly observed might have been debatable in 1973; they\u2019re recognizable in the flesh in 2017.\n\nWhat brought Raspail to mind wasn\u2019t the prospect of another refugee flood in Europe, or its immediate political consequences. Rather it was the dustup in early March, when Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute was forcibly prevented from delivering a lecture at Middlebury College in Vermont, and a liberal professor was injured when rioters twisted her neck. The Middlebury professor, Allison Stanger, having established her disagreement with Murray\u2019s scholarship, had consented to be his interlocutor. Things never got to a question period. The violence has produced the expectable hand-wringing over intolerance on campuses. I wouldn\u2019t have bothered writing a note about that, because what\u2019s new? What was interesting was Stanger\u2019s essay in The New York Times yesterday, which mixed disapproval of the violence that had put her in a neck brace with understanding of the \u201crighteous anger of many of those who shouted us down.\u201d She writes that the country is in a bad mood, seeming to attribute this to the recent national election in which candidate Trump \u201cdehumanized many groups of marginalized people.\u201d\n\nWhen the mob attacked Murray, a college officer and herself, \u201cI was in fear for my life,\u201d she says. Part of the buildup to the riot she attributes to smears directed at Murray by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which labeled the author of The Bell Curve, a 1994 study of IQ and its economic consequences, as a \u201cwhite nationalist.\u201d Not true, attests Professor Stanger, Charles Murray was \u201ca member of the courageous \u2018never-Trump\u2019 wing of the Republican party.\u201d Also, he\u2019s in favor of same-sex marriage. She chastises her academic colleagues who added to the furor without bothering to read or discuss Murray\u2019s work.\n\nFair enough, but this raises a question. Suppose the speaker had been someone from the Trump administration? Or a real-life white nationalist? Would the violence have been less indefensible (and the mob\u2019s anger perhaps even more \u201crighteous\u201d) in Stanger\u2019s view? Last week The Federalist pointed out that if you look at the YouTube video of the lecture-hall protest that was silencing Murray, around minute 33.20 Professor Allison Stanger is seen, arms raised over her head, clapping and chanting to the \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d mantra.\n\nIt was later, when Murray and his hosts attempted to flee the campus, that a mob attacked and Stanger was injured. Here\u2019s what\u2019s amusing, in a way Jean Raspail might appreciate. In theory, there is no higher intellectual value in Western Liberalism than the free pursuit of knowledge. That is, it\u2019s the value that must be defended above all others. Yet in the video you\u2019ll see Stanger joining in the coercive suppression of Charles Murray\u2019s lecture. Later that evening, she\u2019s physically attacked. And it seems to her, we gather, so unfair: Not only is Charles Murray not a white nationalist, but Professor Stanger disagrees with his espoused views (she never says which ones). As the invading horde in Raspail\u2019s novel destroys Europe, a few of the equivocal defenders just can\u2019t understand why it\u2019s happening to them, too. They clapped and chanted at the right moments, shouted down opponents. But now their necks are being twisted. So unfair.\n\nMarch 14 2017\n\nMy Fanac Friend, Gene Simmons\n\nWhen I was in high school, a little more than fifty years ago, I had a habit of not paying attention. There was a sound reason for this, I thought: there were more interesting things to do, like read a science fiction paperback (didn\u2019t matter if it was Clifford Simak or Murray Leinster) or publish a fanzine. If you weren\u2019t a science fiction fan in the 1960s, you may not know that a fanzine is an amateur publication, usually mimeographed or hectographed, containing articles, letters, drawings, reviews, and perhaps fiction.\n\nThe benefit of science fiction fandom lay in broadening the world. I published a small magazine, The Solarite, for the last year or so of school, and had a few contributors and subscribers from as near as Belleville, Illinois, and from as far away as New York City. I traded subscriptions with other amateur publishers, spent evenings typing argumentative letters to bigger zines like Yandro, in distant Indiana or Ohio. Some of the writers and artists in these publications became professionals, Jeff Jones, Dan Adkins, Juanita Coulson, Tom Dupree, Tom Reamy; a number were in their late twenties or older, tied into a society of teenagers by a lifelong love of science fiction.\n\nWhen high school ended, I knew three people in New York: Marty Ross, in the far East Bronx, John Berry, in Bronxville, and Gene Klein, in Jackson Heights, Queens. That made it fairly easy to decide, after several days of orientation at a state university, to consider options. The university looked a lot like a continuation of high school. New York, which I saw portrayed romantically every week on Naked City, looked like the rest of the world. That fall, I got on a train that went up into Canada, then came down the Hudson to Manhattan. My friend Marty Ross helped me find a $15-a-week apartment on 223rd Street, off White Plains Road. We fudged it a little with the landlord, asserting I had a job along with Marty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. (The landlord took my mother\u2019s name and address so he could write her that I was okay.) Next day I went job-hunting, and for some reason The Times hired me as a copy boy.\n\nI had traded letters with the fellow out in Queens, and drawn a cover for a fanzine he published, Cosmostiletto. One evening I went over to his apartment, met his mother, had dinner, and we talked science fiction, though I\u2019ve read (not having remembered) that Gene was more interested in comic books. I don\u2019t remember much of the visit. His mother was pretty. Gene was a couple of years younger than me. They lived in a brick building in Jackson Heights\u2014big, small, I don\u2019t remember. We must have corresponded a bit after that. But my fan activity was fading. I was trying to write fiction, was earning a thin living, spent many off-hours wandering New York as far south as Coney Island and to any subway stop that sounded interesting. When there was time, I was wondering what I would do about the draft. There wasn\u2019t time for publishing the long-planned sixth issue of my fanzine (it still sits in a box in a closet). I lost touch with Marty, lost touch with John Berry, lost touch with Gene. I think of them and others in fandom now and then.\n\nI try to pretend I\u2019m not nostalgic for anything, but it\u2019s a lie. I have a boxed set of Naked City episodes. Once in a while, I Google the names of people I\u2019ve known. I did that this morning. There\u2019s no trace of Marty Ross. There was the linked article about a famous fellow who used to publish fanzines when he was a youngster in Queens and went by the name Gene Klein\u2014long before the world learned of Kiss and Gene Simmons.\n\nThere\u2019s no reason this should be of interest to anyone, including me. Except: I tend to assume that people\u2019s lives continue on whatever track I last saw them on. The school valedictorian becomes a business leader. The bow-legged cheerleader spends herself by thirty. The comics-book fan in Queens writes comic books or becomes an accountant. Not always, it seems. I joked with a friend that I should write to Gene Simmons and tell him that if he\u2019d published better fanzines he might have had a career.\n\nFebruary 12 2017\n\nn\n\nKahneman and Tversky\n\nTwo books, one from this winter the other from 2011, celebrate a partnership that helped reshape the way we think about thinking and decision-making. Some of the work of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman is good for parlor tricks. Several years ago, a friend of my son\u2019s introduced me to the Problem of Linda, and I\u2019ve been annoying people with it ever since. The two Israeli psychologists demonstrated that we aren\u2019t very good at thinking statistically (as most people\u2019s answers to the Linda question illustrate), but they did so much more than that. They explored the useful/perilous role of heuristics in our thought, identifying numerous biases that tilt judgment and reinforce it to faulty ends: the availability of information, the resemblance of one thing to another, the ease of substituting a simple question for a difficult one, susceptibility to a narrative fallacy, the influence of anchoring, the power of framing, the deceptions in small samples, deference to theory, and our overriding desire for coherence. Their work was so fertile that it reached outside the field of psychology to help reshape theories of decision-making in economics, for which Kahneman was awarded a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002; Amos Tversky had died in 1996. Their work has affected fields from military training to sports management, from medicine to stock market speculation. It\u2019s hard to overstate its importance.\n\nIt\u2019s also hard to overstate the pleasures in these two books. Both are playful, readable, charming and suffused with the puzzled joy of discovery.\n\nMichael Lewis is a deft popularizer. His books on Wall Street, including The Big Short and Flash Boys, provided splendid descriptions of the 1998 mortgage-securities crisis and the Street\u2019s fine art of front-running customer orders. His Moneyball (2003), which I haven\u2019t read, explores the use of statistics in sports management. The first 50 pages of The Undoing Project focus on the problem of uncertainty again through a sports lens, but it\u2019s really unnecessary: Kahneman and Tversky needn\u2019t come in through the back door. When he gets to the two men, and the zig-zag careers that brought them together, Lewis shines. Amos Tversky emerges as an almost mythical figure, Israeli-born geek who became a paratrooper, the smartest, most confident and happiest man in any room. What an event when Danny Kahneman, the self-doubter, invites Tversky to address a seminar at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1969 and then declares that he disagrees with everything Tversky said.\n\nWhat developed over fifteen years was a partnership in which both men preferred one another\u2019s company to anyone else\u2019s. As they devised tests to determine how people actually make decisions, passers-by outside their offices heard rollicking laughter. They were fascinated by the willingness of rational people, including statisticians, to contradict themselves depending on how a number of options were presented. In the simplest form, telling someone there\u2019s a 90 percent chance of success in a life-saving medical procedure induces a different response from telling him there is a 10 percent chance of failure. How is that people who are risk-averse when offered one gamble become risk-seekers when offered an inverted version that is statistically identical? The venerable model of utility theory, which addressed how people viewed gains and losses, was wanting. By 1975, the authors presented a draft of one of their seminal papers: a discussion of decision-making under uncertainty. The work, developed as Prospect Theory, made them famous.\n\nThe partnership became strained. Tversky accepted a lifetime appointment at Stanford. Kahneman headed for a less illustrious post at the University of British Columbia. By the end of the decade, reflecting on people\u2019s reaction to the death of a nephew in a fighter-plane accident, and on his own reactions to upheavals in his private life, Kahneman was looking at the use of counter-factual stories as a way of dealing with regret. The partnership had defined three heuristics that shaped thought: availability, anchoring and representativeness. Now Kahneman was thinking of a fourth heuristic, a \u201csimulation heuristic,\u201d described by Lewis as \u201call about the power of unrealized possibilities to contaminate people\u2019s minds.\u201d\n\nAs Tversky\u2019s fame grew, so did Kahneman\u2019s insecurity. They were collaborating at a distance when Tversky proposed a counterattack on a German critic. Reluctantly Kahneman joined in the research and the Problem of Linda emerged as a test of subjects\u2019 rationality. The results were dumfounding. It didn\u2019t matter whether the test was given to undergraduates, graduate students or professors. \u201cPeople were blind to logic,\u201d Lewis reports, \u201cwhen it was embedded in a story.\u201d Kahneman fed the test to a dozen students, and all of them fell for it. They tightened the test to an essential alternative\u2014shoving \u201ctheir subjects\u2019 noses right up against logic,\u201d Lewis recounts. Which statement is more probable: \u201cLinda is a bank teller.\u201d or \u201cLinda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement.\u201d Eighty-five percent chose the latter statement, defying logic. It was a stunning discovery. They tried other versions of the same problem. Their conclusion, presented in a 1983 paper, was that even well-educated, mathematically literate people do not instinctively think statistically or logically when presented with a story.\n\nThe partnership\u2019s insights are broadly applicable, seemingly reaching into any theory-driven non-mathematical work as well as into day-to-day practical decision-making. Regarding the narrative fallacy, Tversky commented, \u201cIn contrast to our skill in inventing scenarios, explanations, and interpretations, our ability to assess their likelihood, or to evaluate them critically, is grossly inadequate. Once we have adopted a particular hypothesis or interpretation, we grossly exaggerate the likelihood of that hypothesis, and find it very difficult to see things any other way.\u201d Equity investors who \u201cbuy the story\u201d will know what he meant. Almost in passing, Tversky gave a talk to historians that cut the ground out from under their causal narratives: \u201cAll too often, we find ourselves unable to predict what will happen; yet after the fact we explain what did happen with a great deal of confidence. This \u2018ability\u2019 to explain that which we cannot predict, even in the absence of any additional information, represents an important, though subtle, flaw in our reasoning. It leads us to believe there is a less uncertain world than there actually is. . . .\u201d\n\nLewis\u2019s book benefits enormously from access to memos the partners wrote, the recollections of people who knew one or both of them, and of Kahneman\u2019s description of their experiences working separately and together. The final chapter\u2019s triumphal tone, as assorted acolytes such as Cass Sunstein use Kahneman and Tversky\u2019s work as a basis for public policy decisions, is laughably counter-factual and a pretty good example of what the partners noted as a tendency to be blinded by theory. But it\u2019s a minor blemish, as is the absence of an index, in an excellent introduction to two important thinkers.\n\nIn Thinking, Fast and Slow, published in 2011, Kahneman walks us through the partnership\u2019s work (and other researchers\u2019) like a tour guide wearing a straw hat and waving a black cane. \u201cHere,\u201d he says engagingly, \u201cis this absurdity. Here is another. Can you believe that we don\u2019t notice how often our conclusions defy logic?\u201d Revisiting this book after Lewis\u2019s adds to the pleasure. Kahneman and Tversky worked primarily from noticing their own mistakes and wondering: If we believed that, how many other people do\u2014surely it\u2019s not that many?\u2014and in any case why?\n\nWhat, for example, do you make of the fact that a tiny county in West Virginia has the highest bladder cancer rate in the nation? Or the fact that a year later it has the lowest? How is it that we perform less well in a state of cognitive ease, and that our focus and performance can be improved by the simple act of frowning? (For years we\u2019ve reminded our son heading into an exam, Scowl at the damned thing!) Why do we succumb to the simplest forms of emphasis in messages, favoring a statement in bold-face type? Why do we find banal aphorisms truer if they are rhymed? How can we be primed into falling for the gimmick of repeating \u201cshop\u201d a dozen times and then responding to the question, \u201cWhat do you do at a green light?\u201d by answering \u201cStop.\u201d These aren\u2019t, as it happens, trivial questions. People who understand how we think are adept at manipulating our opinions and decisions. Imagine the television cameras descending on the small county in West Virginia with the highest bladder cancer rate in the U.S. The reporters look around, discover a paper mill upstream. An environmental professor is found to declare causation. The story of corporate greed goes viral. We\u2019re outraged at the callousness. A year later, the mill is still operating, and the bladder cancer rate is zero. The reporters do not return to discuss the \u201claw of small numbers.\u201d Kahneman does, and his reader will take a deep breath before accepting casually reported statistics in the future.\n\nOr you\u2019re thinking of buying a house. You find one you love. The comparable for similar houses in the area is $200,000. Ideally, you would like to get your house for a bit less than it\u2019s worth. The seller has listed the house at $275,000. You know that\u2019s too much. What do you offer? Offering seven percent less than a house is worth is a normal buyer\u2019s strategy. But offering $186,000 looks like you\u2019re trying to steal the place compared to the $275,000 listing price. The listing price is an example of \u201canchoring,\u201d and many people\u2019s opening bid will be north of $200,000. Auditors try to avoid being anchored by previous years\u2019 results as they review corporate records. Other professionals try to avoid being anchored by prior information. Does a patient have a recurrence of last year\u2019s inner ear disturbance, or is there a brain tumor this time?\n\nMuch of the charm in Kahneman\u2019s book is in his admission of error\u2014and the persistence of belief in the face of that admission. His account of testing soldiers for leadership roles in the Israeli army is a delight; the assessments prove worthless, but his team presses on anyway. His discovery of senior Israeli Air Force officers\u2019 neglect of regression to the mean in assessing pilot performance\u2014and in determining a proper reaction to pilot underperformance\u2014could be applied across many disciplines. His encounters with prominent American money managers who reject evidence that their results are random will surprise few investors.\n\nA reader will find that he wants to be tried by a judge who has had a good lunch, or graded by a professor who admires the first exam answer and proceeds directly to the others. Discussions of the sometimes overlapping phenomena of priming, cognitive ease, halo effects, focus, endowment effects, associative memory, representativeness, information availability and intensity, framing, and the classic gambles offered in studies of decision-making under uncertainty could lead even a confident reader to view his or her own decisions warily. Kahneman doesn\u2019t exclude himself. After discussing Bernoulli\u2019s errors and the Kahneman-Tversky breakthrough paper, \u201cProspect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk,\u201d he notes that \u201ctheory-induced blindness\u201d has led to scholars overlooking \u201csome absurd consequences\u201d in certain Prospect Theory assumptions. He suggests that Prospect Theory gives too little weight to the gambler\u2019s anticipation of regret in explaining the rejection of statistically sound risks.\n\nThinking, Fast and Slow pays its due to the partnership with Tversky. If Amos had survived, Kahneman says more than once, he would clearly have shared the Nobel. But Thinking, Fast and Slow also encompasses work Kahneman has done subsequently, and with different research partners. And it plays with a metaphor, that we operate with two mental systems. System One is fast and uses information at hand, which is quite often adequate but sometimes isn\u2019t. System Two is slow and methodical, far more critical and less apt to jump to conclusions, and it comes to work only when we demand its attention. The body of the Kahneman-Tversky partnership\u2019s work demonstrates the value of this plodding and reluctant worker.\n\nFebruary 5 2017\n\nAn Appreciation of Martha Argerich\n\nThis is a first-rate piece from the Washington Post, of all places. When we were younger, my wife and I would go to New York if Argerich was performing; so we heard her and Gidon Kremer doing the Schumann sonatas at Carnegie Hall, among other memorable evenings, and, in 1998, Argerich and Itzhak Perlman performing the \"Kreutzer\" in Saratoga Springs. The article mentions a film, Bloody Daughter, that is worth viewing if you are curious about the difficult alchemy of genius.\n\nMartha Gellhorn didn\u2019t like being described as Ernest Hemingway\u2019s third wife. After they parted, she wouldn\u2019t allow her publishers to tie his name to hers\u2014and why should she? By her twenties she had a reputation as a journalist and fiction writer, before she met Hemingway in 1936. She covered the Spanish Civil War and WWII for Collier\u2019s magazine. Her career and her life (1908-1998) continued long after Hemingway\u2019s, though her name hasn\u2019t endured as well, which is a shame.\n\nSitting somewhere in the house in a novel she wrote about the Germans and Czechoslovakia. It was written while she was still angry about what had happened in Spain, and about the inability of anyone to do anything about it. But she had reservations about exploiting Czechoslovakia\u2019s tragedy in a work of fiction in which a woman journalist acts heroically. The tragedies weren\u2019t, in any sense, her property. She seems to have been a fairly rare writer who viewed herself as critically as she did the other things she saw.\n\nThe novel I\u2019ll get to someday. Gellhorn was a relentless traveler who made it to more than a hundred countries. Lately I\u2019ve been reading a collection from the late \u201870s, Travels With Myself and Another. The \u201canother\u201d is Hemingway, who accompanied her to occupied China in the late 1930s and comes off better than most ex-spouses do. The collection could be called \u201cMy Most Horrible Travels,\u201d which is the theme. There are four of them of substance: China, the Caribbean in the early 1940s, Africa in 1962, and Russia in 1972. All the accounts are sharply observed, acidic, and intensely uncomfortable: you share every itch, sunburn, rash, stink, stomach rebellion, and hour of despairing boredom the author suffered. What you may not share is Gellhorn\u2019s inability to call it quits. The book is for the armchair traveler who will never leave his front porch again.\n\nBut it\u2019s a delight. She is one of the least sentimental writers I\u2019ve come across. The long section on Africa is stomach-turning, completely unacceptable if you have to believe that the most primitive humans must have redeeming Western traits. Yet it was to Africa that Gellhorn returned to live. Much of her writing is beautiful without being pretty. Much of the caustic humor is at her own expense. She was intensely interested in a world she recognized as awful. Fortunately for us, even when a magazine article wasn\u2019t in prospect, she wrote home faithfully to her mother, and this collection draws on those reports. More than her one-time companion, Gellhorn seems to have been the real thing.\n\nJanuary 22 2017\n\nWhy I Don\u2019t Demonstrate\n\nForty-eight years ago, a handful of holy fools gathered in Red Square to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. They were arrested by the KGB. Their prison terms ran to three or four years. Several were sentenced to exile in Siberia. Two were sent to psychiatric hospitals. Shamefully, I\u2019ve forgotten most of their names, as I had the name of Yuli Daniel\u2019s companion (it was Andrei Sinyavsky) when they got five and seven years respectively of hard labor in 1966 for publishing satirical criticism of their homeland. Then there were the refuseniks, who were stripped of their livelihoods and in some instances jailed (for nine years in Natan Sharansky\u2019s case) for seeking to emigrate. So. To protest in a dictatorship is an act of courage, and the stakes are high. I don\u2019t know if I would have the courage. By contrast, the Women\u2019s March yesterday, held to protest the outcome of a presidential election in a liberal society, was empty of every quality except self-indulgence. The protesters got to carry placards full of fatuous slogans. They mingled for a few hours of feeling good about conscience and ideals. They made noise. Hundreds of thousands of them. They let the world know where they stood: In perfect safety, as the police directed traffic. Then they went home.\n\nJanuary 22 2017\n\nThe Yugoslav Freighter\n\nForty-three years ago I boarded this ship without much idea of what I would do when I got off, except that it would be in Tangier. In those days Yugoslavia ran a passenger-freighter service between East Coast ports and Rijeka. It was a means of earning hard currency. Jugolinija (the spelling varies) was a wonderful deal for Americans. News Shipping, which served as the line\u2019s American agent, had a posted price of $200 for a shared cabin (amenities down the hall) from the U.S. to Morocco, a bit more for people going on to Yugoslavia. Round trips were available.\n\nThere was a last-minute change of schedule, and the agents asked us to board in Savannah instead of New York. One of the pleasures of being twenty-five is that it doesn\u2019t seem an imposition to take a night bus from Manhattan to Georgia, or to spend an unscheduled night or two at the John Wesley, an old railroad men\u2019s hotel, in a city one has never seen.\n\nI\u2019ve forgotten the dimensions of the Tuhobic, though they\u2019re probably available online. We had about eighty passengers, a mix of American retirees, vacationers, would-be adventurers, and Yugoslav nationals who had worked in the U.S. and were returning home. My cabin mate Rubin was a middle-aged dentist from New York. He carried a sketchpad and planned to go back into the Yugoslav hills and draw during the layover period before the Tuhobic sailed back to the States. In a way that seemed more or less inevitable even to young eyes, Rubin fell in love during the transit with a lady who had insufficient interest in him. Another passenger, a thin man who said he was a secretary at the Library of Congress, mocked Rubin until they nearly came to blows; when he drank too much and fell one night, cutting his scalp, nobody seemed unhappy for him. I couldn\u2019t tell how his wife felt.\n\nThe passengers were interesting in ways I\u2019ve never noticed on later ships. One man, whose face I can\u2019t recall, whispered that he was keeping index cards on all the rest of us. An elderly farmer and his wife from Ohio enjoyed the top deck at night, where he wondered at stars stretching from horizon to horizon and talked into a warm wind that must have been from the Gulf current. A very tall, skinny bald man, a retired postal employee, had married a widow late in life and was gently protective of her. A blond school teacher from Atlanta fell at least temporarily for a handsome ship\u2019s officer. Those are the only Americans I remember, and I liked them all\u2014and wouldn\u2019t mind rolling back the clock and doing it all again in their company.\n\nThe most exotic fellow was Benjie (I\u2019ve no idea how he spelled it), an Arab who explained to me one evening on deck the superiority of darkness, including dark races, because\u2014I must understand\u2014what part of the eye is it that sees? The black part, of course. And what part of the day is reserved for love? The night. I make him sound amusing, but he was actually quite scary and threatened my cabin mate, who was Jewish.\n\nAfter departing Savannah, we sailed down to Fernandina Beach, Florida, and loaded bulk phosphate into the hold for transport to Morocco. (How things change: thirty years later Morocco was a major exporter of phosphate fertilizer.) Somewhere along the way the ship picked up a Volkswagen and heavy boles of dark wood as deck cargo. We crossed the Atlantic, passing Bermuda and then Madeira, which looked far more glorious with the sun slanting through its hills than it looked thirty-some years later when my wife and son and I made port at Funchal on a cruise ship.\n\nIn Casablanca, I decided to get off. The crossing had taken sixteen days (divide that into $200!), and the coastal lights as we approached Africa seemed irresistible. Rubin worried about me as I signed in at the Hotel Foucauld, on what was known then as Rue Foucauld, since Arabized. The street commerce was mostly prostitutes, and it spilled in the front door as I was registering and a young dark woman borrowed the pen to scrawl \u201cF\u201d on my Spain and Morocco on $5 a Day paperback. (I still have the book.)\n\nWhat I wanted to do in those days, and the only thing I wanted to do, was write. But there were problems. I had observed nothing, so I thought, and experienced nothing of interest, and therefor had nothing about which to write. So it seemed that every story I attempted had to be totally made up. Worse, I had none of the basic craft of writing fiction.\n\nCasablanca wasn\u2019t romantic, at least from the front door of the Hotel Foucauld. But three things I heard there, and one loathsome character I met, made it into a short story that was published in Hitchcock\u2019s almost forty years later. And so, I\u2019m happy to say, did the Jugolinija ship Tuhobic, bearing the corpse of a man who might have been a spy from Cuba.\n\nDecember 13 2016\n\nRemembering Cuba\n\nI only made it to Cuba once, in March 1978, and freelanced an article to Barron\u2019s Financial Weekly on the island\u2019s economy. It was a longish piece but needn\u2019t have been\u2014it could have been rather brief, in fact, because for practical purposes they didn\u2019t have an economy. El elegido, as he was sometimes known, had a brainstorm years earlier that the future of Cuba lay in sugar production. And so it did. The problem for Cuba and her abused population was that the world market price for sugar subsequently collapsed, and the one-crop-economy decision was a disaster. By 1978 the Soviets were propping the place up with a convoluted deal that exchanged discounted Mexican oil for marked-up sugar, and El elegido was deploying his island\u2019s excess labor to Africa to join a Soviet-supported war in Angola. I found the island\u2019s people lovely, and if only they\u2019d had a jubilee weekend and hanged every communist from a lamp post, a couple of generations of their children might have lived a different life. As it was, they were advised to believe in the Revolution, or at least not make a fuss about it if they didn\u2019t. People can be happy, it seems, if they believe in something\u2014just about anything\u2014and not look closely at the array of choices their faith closes off, forever.\n\nA handful of journalists and some businessmen spent a week at an old mob hotel, the Havana Riviera, which had been rechristened the Habana Libre. The swimming pool was scummy. The daily spreads were more luxurious than the locals ever saw. If you ventured into an American-style supermarket in Havana, the shelves were empty except for the first few feet, which were stocked with treasures including infant formula from the East Bloc. The businessmen met with the local empresa bosses, to be first in line if trade resumed with a country that had nothing to trade. Our Interior Ministry minders took us to the Martyrs of Kent School and the Lenin School. We met one minder\u2019s pretty teenage daughter. I like to think she became a doctor and has had a good life over the last thirty-eight years. I hope she believed about politics everything they told her to believe.\n\nAssessing Fidel Castro upon his passing, the West\u2019s politicians have been largely agnostic. History will judge his revolution. So said Obama. So said Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Union. The anti-capitalist Pope promised prayers.\n\nIn the 1970s, the Isle of Pines was a prison. In Washington, El elegido\u2019s pal Saul Landau, of the Institute for Policy Studies, bragged about making propaganda for American socialism. His colleague Orlando Letelier ran around town with East Bloc money buying influence for Soviet peace fronts, until a car bomb stopped him. From U.S. colleges, students snuck into Cuba to earn their progressive chops by helping with the sugar harvest, never wondering why they were cutting the least useful crop that could have been grown.\n\nYou could say, \u201cSo what?\u201d Free societies have their sources of unhappiness: stress, unrealized ambition, personal disappointment. If you couldn\u2019t find a volume of Friedrich Hayek on the island, the bosses had an explanation. As one petit commissar told the party organ Granma, the Revolution doesn\u2019t have time for lies. In the more free world, we\u2019re too busy to read Hayek anyway. \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d is on.\n\nNovember 30 2016\n\nThe Buckley Gang\n\nThe photo is from a 1970 issue of National Review. The large-nosed young man on the far left, aged twenty-two, was being introduced by Wm. F. Buckley to others in the receiving line at the magazine\u2019s fifteenth anniversary party at Tavern on the Green in New York. There must have been some code words that meant \u201cscurrilous leftist squirt from the Boston Globe,\u201d where I hoped but failed to place an article on whatever was going on in conservative circles. At the far right is Frank Meyer, about whom I wrote a few weeks ago. The lady next to Meyer is Priscilla Buckley, who was NR\u2019s managing editor. Later she wrote String of Pearls, a charming memoir of her time in Paris as a reporter. It\u2019s sobering to realize that of the people in that line (including James Burnham, whose elbow intrudes), I am the only one still upright. Nika Hazelton, who wrote a great deal about food, has her hand extended. William Rusher, NR\u2019s publisher, stands beside her.\n\nNovember 30 2016\n\nHitchcock\u2019s Magazine Turns 60\n\nThe December issue of Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s Mystery Magazine is landing in lucky subscribers\u2019 mailboxes. Hard to believe, this is the 60th anniversary issue. Harder for me to believe that a few months ago marked the 40th anniversary of my first story\u2019s appearance there. This time it\u2019s \u201cThe Woman Who Sold Love Stories,\u201d featuring my young Key West sleuth Meggie Trevor. A houseboat-dwelling friend has been bilking men over the Internet, and Meggie takes time off from waiting tables at a fish shack to track down a killer. If that doesn\u2019t grab you, the issue has a story by a fellow who has been writing them even longer, Lawrence Block. There is so much good to be said for murder, if it\u2019s done right.\n\nNovember 12 2016\n\nAyaan Hirsi Ali\n\nThe theme of Ayaan Hirsi Ali\u2019s book Heretic is straightforward: Islam needs a reformation that brings critical thought to bear on its doctrines. She can never return to her family\u2019s faith, she says. She is a rationalist, liberal nonbeliever. But she argues that Muslims who would like to reconcile their faith with life in the West might benefit from the opening of Islam to serious intellectual challenge. It\u2019s a book worth reading for its optimism, which is probably misplaced.\n\nThe problem now is that to question is to be an apostate. To be an apostate, to doubt or insult the Prophet, is to deserve death. Her collaborator in the Netherlands, Theo van Gogh, was murdered by a Muslim fanatic who with a knife pinned a note to the dead man\u2019s chest threatening Hirsi Ali. Now an American citizen, she travels with guards.\n\nYou would think such a writer would be adopted by the American left, which likes to imagine that its roots are in classical liberalism. You would be silly to think so. The Southern Poverty Law Center, attempting to play far above its class, has smeared Hirsi Ali in a new report this week as an anti-Islam extremist.\n\nThey\u2019ve done it to others. Advocates of liberal markets are members of the \u201cfringe.\u201d A rationalist born in Somalia is an anti-Islam \u201cextremist.\u201d\n\nA while ago Hirsi Ali said she would like to write a dialogue involving Mohammad and her three favorite western liberals: John Stuart Mill, Karl R. Popper, and Friederich Hayek. Fringe characters all, to today\u2019s left.\n\nOctober 27 2016\n\nMy Favorite Communist\n\nI could get some work done, or I could reminisce. I met Frank Meyer only once, in 1970. I was moonlighting on the copy desk of the Boston Globe, and someone at the Globe\u2019s magazine allowed that they would consider an article, maybe-perhaps, if I wanted to write one, on National Review\u2019s fifteenth anniversary party. There may have been a mild frisson of horror in whichever editor I talked to. The Globe was as devoted to left illusions in 1970 as the Washington Post is today, with as much sense of humor about its faith.\n\nI didn\u2019t mind going down to New York at my own expense. The girl I\u2019d had a hopeless crush on at The Times as a 20-year-old was married and long gone (to Paris, of course). The Tavern on the Green was the venue. William F. Buckley Jr., the NR founding editor, a religious conservative, was going to play Bach on the piano. I supposed I could survive both God and Bach for an evening.\n\nI didn\u2019t have much of a theme for an article. National Review turns 15 and . . . what? I knew nothing of the conservative movement, except that it might have descended in some manner from Edmund Burke (whom I hadn\u2019t read) and maybe Chesterton (whom I hadn\u2019t read) and Russell Kirk (whom I\u2019d barely read); it disliked Ayn Rand (whom I had read), and it claimed social authority in some fashion from religion (which I disliked).\n\nBut as I talked to a few people that evening and the next day, the theme of traditionalism vs. libertarianism in the movement emerged. Bill Rusher, the magazine\u2019s publisher, recommended that I speak with Frank Meyer, who sought a fusion between those ideological strands. Meyer invited me up to his home in Woodstock that evening. He was with his wife a friendly host, a spare, cheerfully intense man with dark-circled eyes and inexplicable tolerance for a twenty-two-year-old who barely knew a starting question to ask. I should say here that whatever I wrote didn\u2019t make it into the Globe, but the taped interview with Meyer was published a few years later in a conservative magazine.\n\nAmong the things I didn\u2019t know was that National Review had provided an intellectual home to ex-communists. There had been Whittaker Chambers, of course. But also Max Eastman (who sent John Reed to Russia and faced jail in WWI for counseling draft resistance). Eastman, a National Review senior editor, had died the year before. Senior editor James Burnham had been a Trotskyite. And there was Frank Meyer. He loaded me down with books, which I was too shy to ask him to sign: The Molding of Communists (about which he knew first hand), and In Defense of Freedom, which was his side of a disputation with Russell Kirk about authority vs. liberty in conservative thought.\n\nIf only I\u2019d known the right question to ask, what an interview I could have had. I didn\u2019t think much about this for many years. Eventually I read Michael Straight\u2019s memoir After Long Silence. It\u2019s a fascinating tale: a wealthy American whose mother floated The New Republic (and Martha Graham), who could seek guidance from Jock Whitney and Felix Frankfurter, whose Cambridge mentor was Lord Keynes, whose grumpy upstairs neighbor was Housman, who would have tea with Franklin and Eleanor at the White House. But, Straight recounts, he was a Soviet spy, recruited at Cambridge by Anthony Blunt. The memoir has a tone of candor, which some find suspect: was Straight\u2019s spying for a Russian controller in his New Deal days really so minor and short-lived as he describes? That\u2019s a topic for another time. The unexpected gem in his memoir, for me, was his portrait of a young, fierce, communist firebrand studying at the London School of Economics in the early 1930s, intense, hollow-eyed, compelling, such a troublemaker that the British finally booted him out of the country: Frank Meyer. Meyer\u2019s background wasn\u2019t a secret, except to green reporters like me. How I wish I\u2019d known enough to ask him that evening to reminisce about himself in those days.\n\nOctober 21 2016\n\nA Moveable Feast\n\nWhen our son was about twelve, maybe younger, I read him A Moveable Feast, Hemingway\u2019s memoir of his time in Paris in the 1920s. It wasn\u2019t so much Paris that I wanted to sell him on, though I promise now and then that if we get there I\u2019ll show him Henry Miller\u2019s favorite whorehouse. (That went over big with mama when he was twelve. I haven\u2019t decided where the legendary place is, but I\u2019m inclined toward the Street of the Cat That Fishes, if it has a plausible building. We\u2019ll agree on something if we get there.)\n\nThe point of that reading, and much else, was to introduce a child to the pleasures of clarity of expression and thought. He was and remains an apt student. What brought the subject to mind was a conversation tonight about a book he was enjoying that has a somewhat staccato style. The talk strayed to Hemingway, whose style wasn\u2019t staccato but was direct. So we took a look again at the openings of \u201cThe Snows of Kilimanjaro,\u201d \u201cA Clean, Well-Lighted Place,\u201d and both the opening and the cold, cold ending of \u201cThe Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.\u201d You can\u2019t talk about a couple of these without mentioning Hollywood\u2019s versions, especially of the last, which as I remember it turns the murder of a dull spouse into a last-minute love story between the survivors, because what else are you going to do with a corpse on the ground and a rifle in the widow\u2019s hand; natural romantic material.\n\nThat led to A Moveable Feast, which I brought downstairs to revisit. What I overlooked years ago wasn\u2019t the pleasures of clarity of expression and thought but the pleasure of pleasure itself. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever read a memoir by an American who said he hated Paris. So many of them, from Henry Miller and Waverly Root and I suppose Liebling (though I\u2019ve forgotten most of his account) to later arrivals like Art Buchwald, ran into somebody who told them some version of \u201cYou should have been here twenty years ago, before they ruined it.\u201d But in every case, they remember Paris as Hemingway did, as \u201calways worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it.\u201d\n\nHemingway was writing of Paris almost a century ago. My wife and I first got there in 1984, and the Paris of A Moveable Feast was still imaginable. Sylvia Beach\u2019s bookstore was there, sort of (a successor, but so what?). The famous caf\u00e9s remained, to nick tourists. There were corners that looked like they hadn\u2019t changed since Root witnessed art students carrying their naked models through the streets for some occasion or other. We went many times and wandered, found places we considered ours; never stayed more than a couple of weeks. And now suddenly it\u2019s been just over twenty years. So I\u2019ll read the books again.\n\nOctober 20 2016\n\nJ.G. Ballard\n\nLong before J.G. Ballard became famous with his novel Empire of the Sun (with a boost from Spielberg), he wrote wonderful science fiction stories. All the ones I can think of were set on earth, but what a strange earth it is. This 1963 cover from Fantastic gives an evocative glimpse of one of his Vermillion Sands stories. His work is called Daliesque, but the jacket painting on the first edition of The Crystal World, his 1966 novel which I\u2019ve begun rereading, is Max Ernst\u2019s \u201cEye of Silence.\u201d No matter. The novel opens with a disturbing upriver journey in Africa by a doctor from a leper hospital. The jungle looms overhead in silent threat, seeming to suck the light from the sky. At a market, he discovers an orchid that seems to be encased in crystal. His journey into darkness and light has barely begun. Ballard wrote about normal people, full of lust and fear and conflict, in a disturbed world. I only have to glance back at that cover of Fantastic to remember why I paid so little attention to what was going on in school.\n\nAugust 31 2016\n\nAn Economist To Remember\n\nHenry G. Manne, founder of the Law and Economics Center at George Mason University, died a year ago. He was 86. Most of our recent years\u2019 visits to Florida had included lunch or dinner with Henry and his wife. The last time was two years ago. He was ill then, but still cheerful and analytical in considering the two alternative treatments that were available to him. There is a short wiki article on Manne that covers the basics but overlooks his enormous goodwill. Various memorial tributes note his influence in developing the theme of economics in law. But it was his 1966 book, Insider Trading and the Stock Market, that made him an icon at Barron\u2019s Financial Weekly when I worked there in the late \u201970s and early \u201980s. Manne understood that the function of markets is to arrive at prices by processing information. Insiders possess more information than most market participants. Wasn\u2019t it economic folly, then, to preclude them from acting on the information and thereby creating more efficient pricing? I never thought to ask Henry how he felt when a nominally free-market president, Ronald Reagan, considered bringing on Rudy Guiliani, a knee-capper, to head the SEC\u2019s enforcement division. At Barron\u2019s, the SEC was known as the Keystone Kops, at least on the editorial page presided over by Robert Bleiberg, who celebrated Henry Manne as a bringer of light to the economically benighted (who by and large insist on remaining in the dark). We met through a friend who passed away about a month before Henry. I may write a note about him another time.\n\nJanuary 25 2016\n\nWhen the Kissing Had To Stop (1960)\n\nWas Constantine Fitzgibbon famous before the publication of this novel? He\u2019d written other books that were well-received. The reception of When the Kissing Had To Stop, especially when a television film was made in 1962, enabled him to refer to himself thereafter as a \u201cfascist hyena,\u201d citing one critic. The novel answers the question posed in Browning\u2019s \u201cA Toccata of Galuppi\u2019s\u201d: \u201cAs for Venice and her people, merely born to bloom and drop / Here on earth they bore their fruitage, mirth and folly were the crop: / What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?\u201d The setting is England. The novel is full of kissing, mostly adulterous, while in the background a neutralist government comes to power, throws out U.S. missiles, and invites the Soviets in to inspect. As a new order takes shape, characters rise or fall depending on their ruthlessness. The portrait of the policeman, Pendergast, who rises, is historically well-grounded. By the end, the survivor among the principals is the cuckold, now known as Captain Felix, resisting the Russian occupation from the mountains in Wales and dealing harshly with collaborators. The first line of the last chapter prompted a friend to imagine a copy editor taking exception: \u201cMr. Fitzgibbon, shouldn\u2019t it read \u2018quickly,\u2019 because grammar demands an adverb here.\u201d The line as published reads, \u201cWhen the guillotine comes down, it comes down fast.\u201d A grammarian might also take exception to a comma in the novel\u2019s final line: \u201cIt was a wet autumn and cold winter, in England.\u201d Fitzgibbon knew his craft, and his recent history.\n\nJanuary 17 2016\n\nSuppose There Is Nothing\n\nJ.P. Morgan Chase, just to take an example not at all at random, is a very big bank, with a reported net worth of $245 billion. Naturally it leverages its capital, and its balance sheet is far bigger than its net worth. If you\u2019re a patient reader of the company\u2019s filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission and get to page 107 of the latest quarterly report, you can find numbers that dwarf everything else but do not appear on the balance sheet: the notional value of the bank\u2019s derivatives book. At the latest filing, it\u2019s $52 trillion (that\u2019s with a T), about 212 times the corporation\u2019s equity capital. I hadn\u2019t looked for a while; if memory serves the total was around $70 trillion a year or two ago, and the latest report shows it was $63.7 trillion at the end of 2014. This weighs on the balance sheet hardly at all, roughly $1 trillion almost perfectly balanced between receivables and payables.\n\nNow, so what? Maybe so nothing. These contracts are tied to things like interest rates, credit, this and that. If you assume the other guy pays when called on to do so (they didn\u2019t always in 2008), you can show a very small \u201cvalue at risk.\u201d Suppose somebody doesn\u2019t pay when called on? This was the speculation behind a new story of mine (James L. Ross\u2019s, as it happens) in the January/February Hitchcock\u2019s. It\u2019s called \u201cSuppose There Is Nothing.\u201d When I wrote it, the total global derivatives book (concentrated particularly at Morgan and Deutschebank) was estimated at about $700 trillion, ten times the planet\u2019s estimated annual GDP. The gimmick in the story is that a small Wall Street firm has figured out a way to make this business even more profitable, by not looking too hard at the risk.\n\nDecember 5 2015\n\nDead Reporters\n\nThursday\u2019s edition of The Sun in Baltimore carried an obituary for Roscoe C. Born, who died at 95. I hadn\u2019t thought of him in years. In the late \u201970s and early \u201980s, when I worked at Barron\u2019s, Roscoe was a Washington writer the magazine had inherited when Dow Jones closed down the National Journal. It\u2019s hard to grasp that he was younger then than I am now, particularly as I viewed him as an aged gasbag trading on his better days. When his copy landed on my desk, he was a pain in the neck to edit; if he hadn\u2019t asked a question, he couldn\u2019t see why a copy editor should ask it. His Washington reporting was otherwise capable but could have appeared anywhere, lacking the liberal-market fervor that marked Barron\u2019s. He had, I think, little interest in markets of any sort.\n\nIn any case, Roscoe came to mind this morning as I\u2019ve been trying to avoid work, and his name brought to mind those of other Barron\u2019s colleagues. Most of them are long gone. Jim Meagher, who had worked with Roscoe on the National Journal, died a few years ago in his eighties. We enjoyed talking because he had gotten his start at the Rock Island Argus, and we compared notes on whether that was a worse place to work than the neighboring Moline Dispatch.\n\nThe commodities writer, Dick Donnelly, keeled over one evening at home in his sixties. He\u2019d had an ideal gig: four days a week of exchanging raunchy and memorably misogynistic jokes with commodity traders and one hurried afternoon pounding out his weekly column. Frank Campanella, who did the legwork on Alan Abelson\u2019s iconic column (and was in his own right a sensible investor), died a few years ago. After I left the magazine my wife and I had a cheerful dinner with Frank and his wife at a French place in the forties and then went up to the Plaza for strawberries and cream and violins. Bob Bleiberg, the splendid editor (and probably the last editorialist in America to defend aluminum house wiring), died in 1997. Abelson went a year or two ago. Michael Brody, who wrote good free-market editorials but considered himself a Maoist, left Barron\u2019s for Fortune, then left Fortune to grow grapes in California, and dropped like a shot bird one day when he was less than forty years old.\n\nGoogling around, I saw the glum news that the former foreign editor, Peter C. DuBois, died this March at age 80. Funny how things stick to you. Peter affected a slightly British manner, collected modern art, and called me \u201cBub.\u201d Sometimes I call my son \u201cBub.\u201d Peter Brimelow remains upright, author of books on stock market gurus and immigration. Jim Grant remains not only upright but six-five or thereabouts, thriving as editor of a Wall Street standby, Grant\u2019s Interest Rate Observer, and author of biographies of Bernard Baruch and John Adams, among other books. No point to this note except recollection.\n\nOctober 10 2015\n\nFrom the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine\n\nblog, February 2015\n\nA Short Story Like Sausage\n\nI envy writers who sit down in the morning, launch into a story with some idea of where it\u2019s headed, and by lunchtime have 3,500 publishable words. When I say I envy them, that also implies I resent their efficiency. I\u2019ve done it in their admirable way now and then. But most of the time my method is closer to making sausage in a dimly lit garage.\n\nMy story in the April 2015 Hitchcock\u2019s, \u201cMarley\u2019s Lover,\u201d is a case in point: bits from a failed literary story have been chopped free and stuffed into a mystery casing. I like both stories, as it happens, though both have weaknesses. In \u201cMarley\u2019s Lover,\u201d I got to ridicule the connect-the-dots fallacy that produces \u201chistory,\u201d I got to complain (as usual) about the damage inflicted on all of us by time, I got to brush alongside the question of why a number of American Communists became life-long traitors and, finally, I got to duck it by borrowing the words of the British spy Kim Philby on the matter of \u201cstaying the course.\u201d There is an implication at the very end that my retired CIA case officer, Charles Marley, has been more a fool than usual.\n\nThe original story had neither Marley nor espionage. Entitled \u201cJust Like That,\u201d it imagines a man at a California resort meeting by chance a woman he had known decades earlier. (Marley does this, too, but not by chance.) \u201cJust Like That\u201d has no real plot. Its focal character lingers in a poolside chair long after dusk, when the air is cooling, and resists a suggestion he go inside because he fears that if he acknowledges the passage of the day the next thirty years\u2019 worth of days will flit by \u201cjust like that\u201d\u2014as it seems the previous decades\u2019 worth have done. It was an exercise in melancholy but not a well-built story.\n\nI\u2019ve done this many times. \u201cKilling Morris Gimple,\u201d from the June 2014 Hitchcock\u2019s, drew its title character from a non-mystery called \u201cI\u2019m Not Enjoying This.\u201d Here the seams may show, as the viewpoint shifts back and forth between Morris and the young female detective who is protecting him. (Readers are entitled sometimes to hate writers.) In \u201cOut of Her Depth\u201d (AHMM, December 2009), several pages of a novel that never got far provided the opening, in the third person, for a private-eye story told in the first person. (The first-person pages got written straight-through, just like one is supposed to do.) In \u201cMarley\u2019s Havana\u201d (AHMM, March 2011), the opening scene at a Cuban nightclub was adapted from yet another novel fragment.\n\nA reader, already muttering, might ask \u201cWhy?\u201d There are usually two reasons. One, if there\u2019s a theme I like, sometimes it\u2019s possible to lift it from a form that hasn\u2019t worked into the more structured form of a mystery story. Two, and more common, I often want to give a second chance to some fragment of remembered reality: an afternoon at a desert resort, several grumpy days on a Gulf Coast beach, an evening at a nightclub in Havana.\n\nI don\u2019t get much chance to talk to other writers. So I haven\u2019t compared methods. But I wonder how many sausage-makers are out there.\n\nFrom the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine blog,\n\n\"Something Is Going To Happen,\" January 30, 2013\n\nOn Hoarding\n\nThere\u2019s a story that may be true\u2014I\u2019m not going to risk spoiling it by research\u2014that the Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco built a splendid library on the second floor of his house. Eco didn\u2019t take account of his books\u2019 weight. Eventually an overburdened floor gave way, and part of the library relocated itself to Eco\u2019s first floor.\n\nI\u2019m not sure when book hoarding becomes dangerous\u2014or even when it becomes hoarding as opposed to casual accumulating or methodical collecting. It\u2019s easier to tell these things with cats. When we had taken in five feral cats, my wife and I knew we were on the verge of slipping from eccentricity to pathology. We stopped inviting in strays and eventually turned to the more acceptable lunacy of raising a child. (People accumulate those, too, but now we have a high fence in the backyard that toddlers looking for a dish of milk can\u2019t scale.)\n\nIt\u2019s not so easy with books. The strays arrive by mail, for the most part. You\u2019ve paid the postage, you might as well let the thing in for a while.\n\nOf course, when to put it back out becomes the problem. The weather is never quite right.\n\nAs books pile up, they\u2019re much less unsanitary than rooms full of cats or children. They don\u2019t always smell good, but thousands of volumes of moldy paper don\u2019t smell too much mustier than one or two. There are no busybodies, moreover, likely to call the police if they think you\u2019ve taken in too many books. There is no SPCA eager to euthanize feral copies of Scaramouche.\n\nBut books complicate the domestic order.\n\nIn a compatible household, everyone would agree that a room needs bookshelves regardless of its nominal function. I remarked to my wife a while ago that if we covered over all the dining room windows with shelves, we could have a very nice library. A reasonable person would have seen the point: if we really needed a dining room, there were several available in neighbors\u2019 houses.\n\nMrs. Boland usually gets the point, but our dining room still has its windows.\n\nSeveral years of recent arrivals\u2014I almost said litters, because they sometimes arrive in fives and eights\u2014have gone into plastic bins for temporary storage. (Try that with a cat or a teenager.) This isn\u2019t at all satisfactory, because part of the pleasure of having a houseful of books is that as you pass their shelves, the voices of the authors murmur. They\u2019re not insistent. The invitation is gentle (though it may be salacious, depending who hides in the covers), and it\u2019s always friendly: Could I tell you again about this crime I solved, or the one I committed, or what life is really like out around Proxima C. (Some voices are more pretentious, but in our house they\u2019ve grown silent from neglect.) Shelf after shelf, all those voices offering endurance, duplicity, eight or nine deadly sins the patriarchs never thought of, Dorothy Parker\u2019s snide couplets, Aubrey Menen\u2019s arrival in Limbo, Ray Bradbury\u2019s secretive dwarfs, Charles Finney\u2019s surreal circuses, Geoffrey Household\u2019s pagan adventurers, Eric Ambler\u2019s accidental spies, P.M. Hubbard\u2019s crazed glass collectors, John MacDonald\u2019s humming psychopaths, the pages chipping, and you think, Whoa, was that really the whisper of Garland Roarke? Or Winston Graham? Or Erle Stanley Gardner. It\u2019s been a while.\n\nAll this is by way of a literary confession. It may be that I\u2019ve listened to too many of these voices too lovingly for too long. Max Allan Collins, known for hardboiled tales, said in an interview that Donald Westlake was the last writer to significantly influence him\u2014and that was back in his University of Iowa days, more than forty years ago. Collins developed his own voice, and in the dozens of novels he\u2019s written since then it carries clear and strong.\n\nI could go through the handful of novels I\u2019ve written and say, Now that one does sound a little like Dick Francis. The reviewers said so, and the influence was there\u2014never mind that they could also have mentioned Andrew Garve or even Len Deighton, whom I read diligently for his depictions of bureaucratic politics and the sharp economy of violence.\n\nWhen I wrote a series of financial mysteries in a sassier voice, I wondered: Where did that come from? I wanted to think myself. But I knew my smart-aleck stockbroker owed a lot to smart-aleck actors, antiques dealers and private eyes I\u2019d met in other writers\u2019 books.\n\nI\u2019m not sure I\u2019d have it otherwise. Homage is a more self-exculpatory word than career-long theft. For a spy novel set in Budapest, I employed a gimmick I admired in Adam Hall, who throws his readers ahead into the next chapter without resolving what happened in the chapter just ended. (Hall, otherwise known as Elleston Trevor, has been dead a while and can\u2019t complain that I did it badly.)\n\nFor a reader, there is old and new pleasure in those murmuring voices. As a writer I find endless instruction. Not everyone admires the highly prolific Stuart Woods, but there isn\u2019t a page in his recent novels on which nothing happens. In Orchid Beach, his focal character seizes an opportunity to adopt a new career in about a page\u2014something that would take most of us a chapter of agonizing, for the mistaken sake of verisimilitude.\n\nIf I wanted to understand the makings of a quietly disturbing voice, could I find a better teacher than Joel Townsley Rogers (of The Red Right Hand) or P.M. Hubbard, or \u2014across the room in the science fiction department\u2014J.G. Ballard or Philip K. Dick?\n\nIf I wanted to open a book without fuss or bother, but with the possibility of a cold finger on a reader\u2019s neck, could I top Geoffrey Household\u2019s The Courtesy of Death?, whose narrator tells us, \u201cI had never thought of the cottage as lonely.\u201d\n\nIf I wanted to see how a well-aged pro delivers an emotional jab unexpectedly at the end, I could heed the murmurs of John Updike and turn to \u201cGrandparenting\u201d as Richard Maple holds his new grandchild and realizes: \u201cNobody belongs to us, except in memory.\u201d\n\nAt night I never dream of having more cats, and the No. 1 Son is so satisfactory that I don\u2019t yearn for a second or third. But I dream recurrently of rooms that seem to head off in a circle, one after another, with dingy linoleum on the floors and stacks of metal shelves in the middle congested with books. Room after room. Make of it what you will.\n\nSo the books arrive and never leave the house. Hoarding is considered a psychological aberration. What about hoarding the pleasures of other people\u2019s minds? I don\u2019t know if this is discussed in the DSM, but I have a copy of that tome on order. So I will find out, if the floor doesn\u2019t give way.\n\nFrom Ed Gorman's Blog\n\n[Ed Gorman invited me to write ashort piece for his blog about my novel Long Pig.]\n\nMy favorite line in Long Pig comes near the end: \u201cIf he couldn\u2019t help anybody, at least he could fuck someone up once in a while.\u201d Hayes has served his prison time over a Pentagon billing scandal. Now he\u2019s done with the D.C. crowd. His daughter has hired him as an off-the-books investigator at her P.I. firm in Hollywood.\n\nHe\u2019s got a scriptwriter lady friend who\u2019s twenty years younger than him. He knows he\u2019s an anachronism, knows all his points of reference are out of date, takes small comfort in the scriptwriter\u2019s occasional reference to him as \u201cStudkins\u201d\u2014suspecting she\u2019s joking. This is the kind of character I like, because I\u2019ve known people a little like him: over the hill, doubting that the past meant much. Hayes knows he can\u2019t reform the Washington system. He knows he bought into a lot of b.s. as an army helicopter pilot. He had an epiphany in prison that his old beliefs were like water going down the shower stall drain. So then the complication: a political fixer back in D.C. thinks Hayes is leaking a damaging story about the war-hero President. Since it\u2019s a story Hayes may have picked up from a gay sergeant who served with the President in Vietnam, this could be a little worse than a Swiftboat tale. The sergeant is conveniently deceased. Now the political fixer sets out to shut Hayes up.\n\nWhat I liked to imagine was: How would a guy like Hayes, at this stage in his life, deal with people who believe he\u2019s a pushover? I knew a guy more than twenty years ago who had been at the U.S. compound during Tet, and some of his background made its way into Hayes\u2019s. Hollywood and D.C. people might be a little recognizable. I didn\u2019t want to write a roman a clef, but I like stories that have at least shallow roots in things I\u2019ve known. So they have life beyond the immediate needs of the plot."}
-{"text": "Overview\n\nThe Pavilions, Phuket is an all pool-villa boutique, adults-only hilltop resort which is not allowing reservations to be made online at this time. Just a few minutes from the northern tip of Bang Tao Beach, this resort is close enough to life on Phuket Island, but far enough removed for a tranquil retreat.\nAbsolute privacy is delivered in luxurious private villas, with breathtaking sea or hillside views.\nImmaculately designed, The Pavilions fuses European elements with local Thai influences. Floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors separate the bedroom from the villa's terrace allowing for unobstructed views of the surrounding landscape and starry night sky.\nThe Pavilions is intended for adults looking to enjoy precious time together.\n\nLocation & Map\n\nLocation Summary\nThe Pavilions, Phuket, a collection of exotic pool-villa boutique resort is perched on the hilltop overlooking the azure Andaman Sea. Just a few minutes from the quiet northern tip of Bang Tao Beach, on the west coast of Phuket. This dreamy destination is close enough to life on vibrant Phuket Island, but far enough removed for a tranquil retreat.\n\nHighlights & Reviews\n\nAwards & Accolades: 2010 Best Clients' experience program (Finalist) by Worldwide Hospitality Awards, 2010 Voted Number 1 in Asia 'Sexy Skinny Dips' by CNN, 2010 Chosen as one of Asia's Best Spas for a Romantic Getaway by Wall Street Journal, 2010 'Expedia Insider Select 2010' ranked as one of the best hotels on Expedia by Expedia, 2009 Green Leaf Certificate for Non Smoking Environment by Green Leaf Foundation, 2007 Voted 'Hottest' Resort in Phuket by Conde Nast Traveler.\n\nFine Dining On Site\n\nGood food and delicious drinks add joy to the romantic journey. Join us for cocktails at a sunset ritual at 360\u00b0 then relax with Asian and Western tapas, or dine on a balcony above a starlit landscape at The Plantation Club. If you prefer the intimacy of your villa, The Pavilions has created some treats, from your 'dreamy breakfast' to signature 'love potion' cocktails, to candlelit poolside dinners, to tantalising sharing platters.\n\nHigh Speed Internet\n\nWi-Fi wireless internet is provided in all villas, lobby and Plantation Club.\n\nChild Programs\n\nThe Pavilions Phuket is designed for adults who come to enjoy a romantic hideaway. Children under 16 years old are not permitted.\n\nPool Outdoor\n\nEvery Villa and Pavilion have a infinity-edge private pool with sundecks and romantic sala.\n\nSpa Facility\n\nSpa pleasures are a seamless way of life at The Pavilions, Phuket. Your villa is a private spa sanctuary where we indulge you with heavenly treatments designed to revive, refresh and pamper.\n\nGuest Review Highlights\n\nTrustScore\n\nExcellent\n\n364 reviews\n\n91\n\nby TrustYou\u2122\n\n5\n\n288\n\n4\n\n57\n\n3\n\n6\n\n2\n\n6\n\n1\n\n2\n\nThe Pavilions\n\nThe TrustScore is the standard for reputation, summarizing verified reviews and comments from various sources."}
-{"text": "Paris Saint-Germain winger Lucas Moura said he would prefer to play alongside countryman Neymar rather than Lionel Messi in the French capital.\n\nPSG have repeatedly been linked with some of the stars of world football, including Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.\n\nWhen asked if he would like to play with Messi at the Parc des Princes, Lucas told Canal Plus: \"PSG to sign Messi? Yes, why not.\n\n\"Or Karim Benzema, or Robert Lewandowski. But I would prefer Neymar.\n\n\"It would be good for the club and for me, even though he plays in the same position as me.\"\n\nThe French champions are on course to claim back-to-back domestic trebles this season, having already sealed a fourth successive Ligue 1 title, but Lucas said their eyes are on Champions League success.\n\n\"It is very nice to have won four consecutive league titles. And there is eight games left to play,\" the Brazilian added.\n\n\"We have time to prepare for the Champions League, which is our sweetest dream.\"\n\nLucas was linked with a move away from PSG previously, but the 23-year-old said his intention is to spend the rest of his playing days in Paris.\n\n\"My dream is to spend my whole career in PSG,\" he said. \"I want to win many titles, and later go back to Sao Paulo.\"\n\nDo you ever witness news or have a story that should be featured on Pulse Ghana?Submit your stories, pictures and videos to us now via WhatsApp: +233507713497, Social Media @pulseghana: #PulseEyewitness & DM or Email: eyewitness@pulse.com.gh."}
-{"text": "Me and the other Rich would like to join but we will be stopping somewhere else for food (possibly The Griffin where we went before), otherwise we will expire. You are welcome to join us there instead, otherwise we'll do our own thing"}
-{"text": "Soloing/Bass Lines: Experiment with the notes above throughout the song, but focus on the Chord Notes of each chord being played.\u200b\n\nChord Name\n\nRoman Num.\n\nChord Notes\n\nE Major (E)\n\nI\n\nE, G#, B\n\nF# minor (F#m)\n\nii\n\nF#, A, C#\n\nG# minor (G#m)\n\niii\n\nG#, B, D#\n\nB Major (B)\n\nV\n\nB, D#, F#\n\n\"I\" chords are the sound of \"home\", where tension is resolved. :-)\n\nNow see how many of these chord progressions you can play along with when you don't know which track is coming up next! Usethe Roman numerals that show up in the audio player as your clues &practice learning those Roman numeralshere!\n\nThis is where you really start going a long ways towards training your ear and building the muscle memory you need to play songs \"on the fly\"!\n\nScale degree\n\n1\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\nE Major scale\n\nE\n\nF#\n\nG#\n\nA\n\nB\n\nC#\n\nD#\n\n\u200b\u200b\n\nChord Name\n\nRoman Num.\n\nChord Notes\n\nE Major (E)\n\nI\n\nE, G#, B\n\nF#(7)\n\nII(7)\n\nF#, A#, C#, (E)\n\nG#(7)\n\nIII(7)\n\nG#, B#, D#, (F#)\n\nB(7)\n\nV(7)\n\nB, D#, F#, (A)\n\nC#(7)\n\nVI(7)\n\nC#, E#, G#, (B)\n\nLearn how the Circle of Fifthsworks and you'll start finding TONS of chord changes within songs that \"follow\" the circle! :-)\n\nScale degree\n\n1\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\nE Major scale\n\nE\n\nF#\n\nG#\n\nA\n\nB\n\nC#\n\nD#\n\n\u200b\n\nChord Name\n\nRoman Num.\n\nChord Notes\n\nE Major (E)\n\nI\n\nE, G#, B\n\nG# Major (G#)\n\nIII\n\nG#, B#, D#\n\nA Major (A)\n\nIV\n\nA, C#, E\n\nA minor (Am)\n\niv\n\nA, C, E\n\nB Major (B)\n\nV\n\nB, D#, F#\n\nGoing from I to a Major III chord has a really cool ragtime-y sound. The IV to iv (minor) chord change is beautifully sad! :-)"}
-{"text": "I would say that your assessment is accurate, this isn't covering any ground that hasn't been done before, and better. It's far too straightforward, and the cognitohazardous(not memetic, I think) effect of viewing it is both over the top and far too rigid to give it the emotional aspect that I think you were going for. Overall, this doesn't cover anything new and doesn't do it better than any existing articles."}
-{"text": "We should really make a list of post-collapse albums, e.g. the 100-500 albums you'll save with you for after the collapse. This would be in addition to the classical canon. E.g. what of modern society is worth saving.\n\nWe should really make a list of post-collapse albums, e.g. the 100-500 albums you'll save with you for after the collapse. This would be in addition to the classical canon. E.g. what of modern society is worth saving.\n\nWe should really make a list of post-collapse albums, e.g. the 100-500 albums you'll save with you for after the collapse. This would be in addition to the classical canon. E.g. what of modern society is worth saving.\n\nI think this is a really cool idea.\n\nActually, I've been thinking a lot about all this 'listing' that seems to go on on this website. I wonder if there is a way that we could use these forums to build a comprehensive list that we could all live with. Clearly, we all enjoy building these hypothetical lists or think there is some utility in it. Over the last few years, I've heard rumors about ANUS.com aspiring to printed publication. An 'official' ANUS list of essential metal albums seems like a good idea, if the intention is to open this subculture up to outside academic/critical attention.\n\nObviously one problem that continually presents itself is the difficulty in making those judgment calls about whether a given album is good because it happens to suit one's own idiosyncratic tastes, or because it's 'objectively' good, i.e, a classic. If the criteria for judgment are sharply enough defined, maybe we can overcome that issue.\n\nAnyway... I wonder if these forums could support some sort of polling system. I realize that probably sounds unpleasantly democratic, but the problems presented by that can probably be worked around, and it seems like an efficient way to build a picture of what this forum population's consensus is about A-list/classic/post-apocalyptic-relic albums.\n\nI figured someone would mention hip-hop, but you went to jazz, which is at least respectable.\n\nWould it be out of the question to nominate Punk/Hardcore for a bit more coverage? Here's my plea: The genre revolts against the a-typical verse-chorus/verse-chorus and blows completely out of their expected gridlink in that the injection of \"metallic\" styles allowed the simplicity of an influence like Minor Threat to evolve into Cro-Mags. - that's just how I see it.\n\nI can support some hardcore, like the first Cro-Mags and first two Amebix releases. Other than that, it's boring. I like the idea of it however and have enjoyed it thoroughly in my life, but it's not music you can base a new civilization upon.\n\nAll works from all genres which meet the standard of, say, Incantation's first album.\n\nThere's probably 99% of the bands mentioned that doesn't meet that standard. You speak of not listening to the second-best in the other thread, but explain to me why I still listen to metal albums other than:1. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss2. Deicide - Legion3. Immortal - Pure Holocaust4. Morbid Angel - Blessed are the sick5. Incantation - Onward to Golgotha6. Morbid Angel - Altars of madness\n\nIf my house was on fire these are the 6 metal albums I would save, others would hardly come to mind.\n\nI can support some hardcore, like the first Cro-Mags and first two Amebix releases. Other than that, it's boring. I like the idea of it however and have enjoyed it thoroughly in my life, but it's not music you can base a new civilization upon.\n\nWhat about Black Flags \"Damaged\"? I always considered that the best of the genre. Circle Jerks \"Group Sex\" is a close second.\n\nI'm a fan of Black Flag pre-Rollns, but \"Damaged\" is good enough regardless of my distaste for the vocals. I'd include it. \"Group Sex\", as well. There's a lot of really good early punk/hardcore that this site seems to miss/ignore.\n\nmeh. \"Fixed\" some of the entries. All changes marked with an asterisk. Wasn't sure where to put Godflesh, but I would regard the Godflesh EP and Streetcleaner as A level\n\nI would add these albums, and suggest maybe these subtractions\n\nBlack Sabbath at least until 73 but I'd like to take Sabotage if I could too. Captain Beyond 71 (this is more progressive rock but I don't go anywhere without it)Candlemass 86 - 89Pagan Altar Pentagram 85-88(+demo comps)No King Diamond albums, Mercyful Fate is mandatory and cancels the need for them out entirely.\n\nThese later period heavy/doom bands would likely be disputed by other members but for me they'd be essential. CathedralSleepElectric Wizard\n\nI think we could cut out a whole bunch of the shitty and rip off thrash/speed like Testament, Sodom, Megadeth etc. Not that these bands didn't make contributions, good albums or at the very least songs but do we really need a Testament album in a post Apocalyptic world other than to sharpen and throw at the neck of a game animal or a member of an enemy raiding party? If we're putting in chud like that, then lets at least put in something that actually does what the genre is supposed to do, irrelevant or not, and include an obscure album like Morbid Saint's Spectrum of Death. Reinsert Justice in the Metallica discog...taking that out is treason!\n\nI should stop here because I'd imagine we might be running out of room even if there is more that belongs on here, and I'd start chucking Graveland, Metal Church and Overkill albums left and right. I might chuck those Overkill ones anyway.\n\nTo make some room for high end newer bands that probably aren't as \"good\" as the classics but are what I am here to feel and experience in the moment and thus hold a strong affinity for. It would be a great disservice to exclude a whole generation of elite bands(and from my own subjective opinion a group as enjoyable and fundamentally valid as the previous generation)\n\nNo, fucking no, quit adding mediocre crap to the pile. These threads are all ruin because each little person has to add their own little list of guilty pleasuers so they can claim those mediocre bands are classics so it's normal to listen to them."}
-{"text": "6th team, 2 girls. they r so so so so hot. one of the member is a white girl and the other one is american-filipino\n\nBut am wondering if he means this as team 2? Have asked...\n\nPlease help translate!\n\nMy Malay/Indonesian isn't very good but from what I understand:\n\nFor the first team, confirmed as the Malaysian team, it seems that it's one Chinese guy and one Malay guy. The Chinese guy wolfed down the meatballs with each bowl containing 50 meatballs. He finished 3 bowls.\n\n2nd team, 2 hot girls. Chinese girl and one tomboy\n\n....\n\n6th team is an Indonesian father-daughter team\n\nLast team was some \"white guys\" (aka Caucasians?) and he doesn't know where they're from.\n\nI saw them on the 11th June, about 5pm local time in Malaysia. They were in the LCCT airport, waiting for a flight to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It was the AK5112 flight.\n\nI was waiting for the same flight, i first noticed the camera crew, then i saw the contestants. The airport was very crowded as many passengers were stranded because of delayed flights due to bad weather, thus I did not manage to find out how many teams were there. All I saw was the Malaysian team, then a team of two girls in red, another team of girls in pink tutu, then another team consist of a middle aged man and a young lady (maybe father and daughter team). There are many other people around, but I am not too sure whether they are contestants or not.\n\nLogged\n\nRFF's Golden Rule:Have RESPECT for each other, regardless of opinion. This of course includes no flaming/insulting other users and/or their posts.\n\nPink_20sisi_normal shiswissty But I gotta say, this trip wud be a perfect practice for @BlissfuLiz and I before we join next year's The Amazing Race Asia\n\nOne team member is Elizabeth Surbakti and Swissty Damayanty. Judging from the language used on their Twitter account I think they are Pinoy or Indonesian... Swissty is a Mom, I don't know about the other\n\nMANILA, Philippines - We always end up the bridesmaid. Do you remember how the dynamic duo of Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez finished The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) 2? In fact, last season, lovebirds Geoff Rodriguez and Tisha Silang were runners-up on the biggest reality show this side of the world. While we\u2019ve sent a great deal of eye candy to the races (Think bombshells Aubrey Miles and Jacqueline Yu on the first season of TARA), it\u2019s hard to deny that we\u2019ve become used to grabbing the championship belt. (Thanks to Manny Pacquiao). For the fourth time, we\u2019re sending our best bets to the competition that shows how almost a dozen teams will willingly embrace elephant dookie for $100,000. And this time, we\u2019ve got our two Riches \u2014model-slash-man-of-the-world Rich Herrera and in-your-face fitness coach Rich Hardin. YS reveals the bromance between this awesome twosome (and we\u2019ve got a freaking good feeling about this one).\n\nYOUNG STAR: So, you guys despised each other way back?\n\nRICH HERRERA: I think he just got tired of my (American football) team stomping his team so he just gave in and decided to pick up a few pointers. We didn\u2019t despise each other but before, he was always that mean-looking guy in the nightclub. He was not very friendly and was always trying to look tough. Despite all of that, mutual respect always remained.\n\nRICH HARDIN: We didn\u2019t get along before because of the big rivalry in American football years back. Both teams really hated each other! A lot of physical play going on and a lot of people getting hurt! We actually never really talked but once we formally met and hung out, we got along real well\u2026\n\nWhat made you decide to join The Amazing Race Asia?\n\nHERRERA: A few opinionated friends of ours put us up to making an audition video. I figured we had some decent footage. But the clips of Hardin I managed to collect are just priceless and most of it will never see the light of day and will hopefully die with the editor and myself.\n\nWhy do you think they chose you?\n\nHERRERA: We just showed who we really were. It was a bit embarrassing to keep reviewing those clips and pics. But once we got into the whole idea of joining, we really hoped they would see how far we were willing to go to be a part of something like that. Even if we were relegated to circus clown duties, throwing peanuts at a hungry crowd for a few cheap laughs. Regardless, those opportunities don\u2019t come around that often.\n\nHARDIN: I don\u2019t really know what TARA was thinking but I would say that we are not the most common guys you will ever meet\u2026 our personalities are pretty out there and I would think that we would fit the category as very competitive guys willing to do anything on the show.\n\nViewers are surely expecting a massive fourth season.\n\nHERRERA: It seems they are trying to top the last few seasons so the destinations and challenges will be much crazier. All of the teams will be tested to their mental and physical limits. So if you have nothing better to do, you should tune in and watch all 10 teams get beat up and kicked around the globe.\n\nWhat do you think about the past Amazing Race Asia seasons?\n\nHERRERA: I loved the intensity. From what I noticed, the teams doing well never really relaxed. They were always attempting to find ways to move ahead or acquire extra information while other teams were wasting time sleeping or eating.\n\nHARDIN: TARA just keeps you on your toes at all times! It\u2019s such a rush watching the show and especially being in it! On top of that, there is always drama between the teams. You never know what\u2019s going to happen next \u2014 and it\u2019s all real!\n\nIf you were to join another reality show\u2026\n\nHERRERA: It would probably be Jeopardy. As long as they stay away from opera and playwrights as categories, I might be halfway competitive.\n\nHARDIN: You know what? After doing TARA, I think I\u2019m done with reality shows! TARA has got to be the most extreme ever!And if you were a comic book character\u2026\n\nHERRERA: The Incredible Hulk because I\u2019m mild-mannered most days. However, on certain nights, and when I get angry, I can be an anti-social monster who removes his shirt and shoes.\n\nHARDIN: I would say The Riddler. He\u2019s a dangerous man and you never know what he\u2019s up to\u2026.\n\nHERRERA: Not really. I rarely remember anything when I wake up. All I can recall is that I\u2019m in one place doing something one minute and I blink my eyes and I\u2019m in a totally different place doing something insane. Weird man.\n\nI have already posted that in the schedule thread...this seems to be a pre reveal of some info that should not be out there yet. I can't confirm it elsewhere yet, but seems valid...EXCEPT that racers Revealed is usaully just a week before, right?\n\nWe need to gather some info on these guys, can our Phippino crew comment?\n\nLogged\n\nRFF's Golden Rule:Have RESPECT for each other, regardless of opinion. This of course includes no flaming/insulting other users and/or their posts.\n\nI have already posted that in the schedule thread...this seems to be a pre reveal of some info that should not be out there yet. I can't confirm it elsewhere yet, but seems valid...EXCEPT that racers Revealed is usaully just a week before, right?\n\nWe need to gather some info on these guys, can our Phippino crew comment?\n\nyeah, i'm not sure with the racers revealed's date too... it's usually appeared one week before the race.. isn't it a long time to wait from racers revealed to the race?"}
-{"text": "Kara is a perfect example of modern architecture, a villa designed and built at the Cumbre del Sol urbanization in Poble Nou de Benitachell, only 7km to Javea and 4 km from Moraira, in the centre of the Northern Costa Blanca.\n\nA modern style villa, conceived so that the Mediterranean Sea and light flood into each one of the rooms. The design of the fa\u00e7ade stands out for its flat roof and large picture windows that allow the sea to be permanent feature throughout the house.\n\nA functional house characterized by accommodating all the main rooms on one floor, 2 large bedrooms with built-in wardrobes, master bedroom which includes a sitting area, dressing room and en suite bathroom, a large kitchen with modern furniture, fully equipped with high-end appliances. The kitchen is directly connected to the dining and living room, three rooms with large picture windows enjoying fantastic sea views. From the kitchen, a wide sliding glass door gives access to the veranda, a summer dining room overlooking the pool and the Mediterranean Sea, which thanks to the benevolence of the weather is this area, you can enjoy virtually all year round.\n\nThe property also has a garage, a pergola covered parking, storage room, engine room, home automation equipment, alarm, etc.\n\nA home built with high quality materials, fully equipped by prestigious firms, unique design, a unique setting, exceptional location overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and with all the services of the Cumbre del Sol residential estate."}
-{"text": "Mac lip conditioner pot discontinued\n\nI swore by this because everything else made me breakout and they discontinued it. This amazing hypoallergenic mascara. I am on the last dry dregs and can only find super expensive possibly fakes on eBay. My eyes react to everything else. This was the best. Moisturising but not greasy. I bought so many tubes from the USA using a mail forwarding service.\n\nHow they wore it in the 1930s\n\nLeave a comment. Beauty is a fickle business. Jessica Wang. Lifestyle Writer. Listen Now. Georgie - M. Cosmetics Eyeshadow 'All That Glitters' I was devastated to find out that the eyeshadow I wear every day and have done so for seven years has been discontinued!\n\nJessica - Revlon, Absolutely Fabulous perfume My sister bought me my very first bottle of perfume when I was in my teens and I loved it so much. Angela - Hugo Boss, Orange by Hugo Boss It was so light and lovely; I never got sick of the scent and wore it daily until it was discontinued. Vanessa - Poppy Industries, Shine Pots I remember them having the consistency of a melted lolly pop and were equally as sticky but there was nothing else quite like it at the time.\n\nShannon - Stila, Color Balm in Olivia I am holding on to my manky AF favourite lipstick, even to the point where the aluminium wrap is separating on to the product and sometimes goes on to my lips no judgmentally please. Chitra - Clinique, Superfit Foundation I swore by this because everything else made me breakout and they discontinued it. Rachel - Clarins Lipstick in 'Lovely Honey' This lipstick has the best natural, complimenting colour and feel.\n\nWhat's your favourite discontinued beauty product? Tell us in a comment below! Tags: beauty features makeup perfume skincare. They have a page on the top rated lip balms by Real Simple magazine. So, now that my two favorites have been yanked cruelly out of my consumer hands I ask you \u2014 What is your favorite lip balm? I have tubes and pots of it stashed all over the house, workshop and car. Never tried the Prada, but now I want to!\n\nMy favorite is Labello, which I buy in Canada when there for work. You can order it online and have it shipped. Super cheap and excellent. If you go straight to the Blistex site, you can find out which stores stock the Herbal answer. Their Vitamin E pale pink tube is the bomb. I also like their Hemp Lip Protector green tube, brown cap.\n\nPepper flavor.\n\nwindows 7 shared folder with mac os.\n\nRelated Articles!\n\nMAC Lip Conditioner Stick Discontinued???;\n\nwhat is ituneshelper on my mac!\n\nGood for really pale people like me who are too lazy to put on lipstick all day. The lip balm is amazing, and comes in a million different scents.\n\nI ordered a jasmine one, a vanilla one and a peppermint one. They have loads of other scents tho, so check them out. The owner is very friendly, emails you herself and she even sent me an order after they stopped taking orders for the holidays I was desperate for the Bee Balm. The scent is overpowering, but I got used to it, and I like it.\n\nI also tried Chapstick All Natural, and other than the scent, it was good, but the scent really is a deal breaker.\n\nShop with confidence\n\nGood to know that Aveeno smells similar, so I can rule that out for myself. A few uses of that will make the chappedest lips baby smooth again, just be sure to quickly follow up your good work with a good balm to protect your kisser. Keeps my lips moist, and it smells a bit like green tea. My interests in lip products are many and varied, so I have tons; I keep going back to Origins Cocoa Therapy, a little pricey but a substantial amount and a great, not-overpowering real chocolate scent.\n\nAnd I agree that anything Bonne Bell does nicely in a pinch their chocolate and strawberry Lip Smackers are nice and waxy. Perfect for me. Pretty cheap too\u2026. I actually use the regular Kiss my Face line not Old Navy which can be found in most natural foods stores. My fave is Mango!\n\nBigelow Apothecaries lip formula spf 15 in my stocking this year. I instantly fell in love with it! I am a simple girl, so the Blistex Herbal Answer is my favorite. The Bartell Drugs on 4th Ave. I bought some last night. Maybe the Bartell in your neighborhood has some as well? My absolute favourite on all counts is Perfumeria Gal in red currant flavour \u2014 the tin is pretty and big \u2014 lots of lip balm in it! I also have the violet one mentioned above but find the fragrance less appealing, and I have another one by the same company in raspberry, which is very artificial tasting.\n\nSmells great but is set firm in the tin and so is hard to apply might soften up if the weather warmed up ever! I buy 20 tubes at a time, in NYC they are almost always very nice and give me a discount\u2014last time I bought them out \u2014that way I end up with a tube almost everywhere you could envision needing lip balm. Just wanted to commiserate. I have never found any Chapstick worth a darn. The Blistex Pro line is no good. Neutrogena Lip Nutrition is no good. I have lots of negative reviews, if you want them.\n\nAnother vote for the Whole Foods peppermint \u2014 they also have other favs. My absolute favorite :. These are great as a change of pace, but I love how the Neutrogena glides on. My indulgent lip balms are the aveda plain lip balm and this super fancy shiseido one. Oh\u2026I second the recommendation for the Dr.\n\nLip Primer and Lip Balms In Rotation\n\nPepper Lip Smacker! I wonder where mine went off to? I absolutely love Carmex, in the pot and not so much the tube.\n\nI like Carmex British Airways was putting it in their First Class amenity kits for a while \u2014 imagine that! Curtiss beeswax lip balm from Kalispell, Montana. Of all the lip balms I sell, I most consistently use Rosebud Salve. It is more of a gel consistency but can be used for so much more than lip balm \u2014 diaper rash, makeup remover, on hands and elbows. My son never had diaper rash and I believe I owe it to Rosebud Salve. To echo what others have said above, though, it can be capricious about where it shows up: it disappeared from all of the local stores here in Wisconsin and oh, I checked last year for about 6 months, so when I went to visit some relatives in California I flew back with about 6 extra tubes in my suitcase.\n\nIt also comes in a little pot, but I prefer the stick. The smell is nice and green, but not overpowering. I would recommend it to you, especially if you like the Blistex Herbal Answer. My husband reluctantly started using the hemp stick after I suggested that taking better care of his lips might help prevent cold sores. The only bad thing is now I have to buy twice as much :.\n\nHer products can be found at:. She sells lip balm in three flavors: lemon honey, honey beeswax, and chocolate mint. I have tried almost everything, I tend to like thick and slippery vaseline-like balms. Do you think they would still be ok with old expiration dates?"}
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-{"text": "Will continue to sell hybrids despite unfavourable GST: Maruti\n\nThe company said it will continue to offer mild hybrid versions of its Ciaz sedan and multi-purpose vehicle Ertiga despite prices of the models going up by over Rs 1 lakh after GST implementation.PTI | July 10, 2017, 16:50 IST\n\nNew Delhi: Hopeful that the government will have a rethink on GST rate on hybrid vehicles, Maruti Suzuki today said it will continue to push the technology in India.\n\nThe company said it will continue to offer mild hybrid versions of its Ciaz sedan and multi-purpose vehicle Ertiga despite prices of the models going up by over Rs 1 lakh after GST implementation.\n\nUnder the new tax regime, hybrid vehicles are in the same slab as luxury cars at 28 per cent GST plus 15 per cent cess. At 43 per cent, total tax incidence on these vehicles is higher from the previous effective tax rate of 30.3 per cent.\n\n\"When we decided to implement hybridisation, it was done with an aim of making vehicles environment friendly and improve efficiency, not only in India but also globally. That position remains unchanged,\" Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Managing Director & CEO Kenichi Ayukawa told .\n\nHe further said: \"Unfortunately, GST doesn't allow hybridisation but we have to continuously communicate with the government\".\n\nWhen pointed out to him that already Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has hinted that the tax rate on hybrid cars would not be reviewed, Ayukawa said: \"People's opinion sometimes change\"."}
-{"text": "Analysis: It\u2019s never too early to talk about 2016\n\n(CNN) \u2014 Get ready: The 2016 campaign for the White House is getting under way. Among those attending next week\u2019s Republican Governors Association meeting in Las Vegas are the group\u2019s chairman, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, as well as popular Republicans such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.\n\nWhile the RGA\u2019s annual confabs are all about policy and politics, 2016 is sure to come up because all four governors are thought to be contenders for the party\u2019s next presidential nomination.\n\nEven though the 2012 election is barely in the rear view mirror, speculation over the next race for the White House is getting started. With President Barack Obama winning a second term on Tuesday, an incumbent will not run in 2016, meaning both parties may have competitive nomination battles. Biden: \u2018You\u2019ll vote for me in 2016\u2032\n\nBiden hints he may be on future ballots Marco Rubio introduces Romney at RNC Christie defends his RNC speech\n\nThe two names grabbing the most attention in the hunt for the next Democratic nomination are Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As he was leaving a Delaware voting booth on Election Day, Biden was asked whether it was the last time he\u2019d cast a ballot for himself.\n\n\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so,\u201d he replied, smiling.\n\nLast month, he dropped a mention of a possible \u201916 bid. While on a phone call with a voter in Florida, the vice president discussed health care and insurance, making his case for the president\u2019s health care reform law.\n\n\u201cAnd after it\u2019s all over, when your insurance rates go down, then you\u2019ll vote for me in 2016,\u201d he said.\n\nBiden, who will be 73 on Election Day 2016, made unsuccessful bids for the nomination in 1988 and 2008.\n\nAs for Hillary Clinton, it doesn\u2019t matter how many times the soon-to-be-former secretary of state says she won\u2019t run for president again, there\u2019s always speculation that she may change her mind between now and the next presidential cycle.\n\nWhen asked by Marie Claire magazine last month if she would make another bid for the White House, she said, \u201cNo, I\u2019m not.\u201d Hillary Clinton repeats \u2018no\u2019 for 2016\n\n\u201cI have been on this high wire of national and international politics and leadership for 20 years,\u201d Clinton said. \u201cIt has been an absolutely extraordinary personal honor and experience. But I really want to just have my own time back. I want to just be my own person. I\u2019m looking forward to that.\u201d\n\nBut until she makes a Shermanesque statement, speculation will continue. \u201cThe truth is, everyone else is frozen until Hillary decides what she wants to do,\u201d a Democratic strategist, who asked to remain anonymous, told CNN. In addition to Biden and Clinton, there are some other possibilities.\n\nFormer New York Gov. Mario Cuomo did not run for the Democratic nomination in 1992, which went to Bill Clinton, but will his son, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, go where his father did not? Cuomo is up for re-election in 2014.\n\nAlso possibly considering the White House is term-limited Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley, the current chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. Other governors who might be considering runs are Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and outgoing Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer.\n\nAnd then there\u2019s the U.S. Senate, where all 100 members may imagine themselves as president. Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, and even Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts could be on any list of potential presidential candidates.\n\nThe Democratic strategist has some advice for potential candidates: \u201cEveryone who wants to run for president in the Democratic Party should beat a path to Jim Messina\u2019s door. Then camp out in Iowa.\u201d\n\nMessina was Obama\u2019s campaign manager, and Iowa, of course, traditionally kicks off the presidential primary and caucus calendar.\n\nAs for the Republicans, Christie is at the top of any potential list. But before any run for the White House, the New Jersey governor next year faces what may be a tough re-election campaign in a blue state.\n\nMcDonnell, who is term-limited at the end of this year and who was considered a possible running mate for Mitt Romney, may want to make a bid for the top spot. Walker is a hero to many conservatives, thanks to his battles against public sector workers in Wisconsin. After surviving a recall election this year, Walker is up for re-election in 2014.\n\nJindal, who\u2019s very popular among fiscal as well as social conservatives, is also entertaining thoughts of running for president, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has to decide about running for re-election in 2014, may also take a second shot at the GOP nomination.\n\nRomney\u2019s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, returns to his leadership role in the House. Will Ryan, a favorite of fiscal conservatives and many tea party activists, make a run for the top spot in the next presidential cycle?\n\nThis week\u2019s election proved that the GOP has a problem with Latino voters. Will freshman Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a GOP rock star who\u2019s urging his party to address this problem, make a run for the White House? If he doesn\u2019t, maybe his mentor, two-term former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has strong relations with the Hispanic community, could make a bid.\n\nRubio, by the way, will be in Iowa in a week and a half to headline an event for the state\u2019s Republican governor.\n\nRubio isn\u2019t the only Republican senator whose name comes up. Add John Thune of South Dakota to the list. And will freshman Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky follow in his father\u2019s footsteps and run for president? Rand Paul talks 2016 prospects\n\nThe GOP is famous for awarding the nomination to the candidate who came in second in the previous primary cycle, like with Romney this time. If that\u2019s the case, then watch former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. He gave Romney a run for his money, he\u2019s from an electoral-vote-rich state that the Republicans think they can reclaim, he\u2019s got a working-class background, and he\u2019s beloved by social conservatives.\n\nAdd in two more names from the 2008 cycle: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who performed much better than expected in the GOP primaries, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was her party\u2019s vice presidential nominee that year. Huckabee is still popular, thanks to his radio programs and weekly show on Fox News Channel, and Palin still commands a loyal conservative following.\n\n\u201cThere is a vacuum of leadership right now in the Republican Party. Whoever steps up right now to point the party toward its future will help the party and advance their own fortunes politically,\u201d says Republican strategist and CNN contributor Alex Castellanos.\n\nBut Castellanos, who was a senior media adviser to Romney\u2019s 2008 White House bid, says don\u2019t look to the past.\n\n\u201cThe next Republican nominee will be tasked with taking the party into the future. It won\u2019t be the old retreads. It won\u2019t be Santorum, Huckabee or Palin. We need a new Republican from the ranks of GOP governors, senators, or even Jeb Bush and (former Secretary of State) Condi Rice who still represent the GOP\u2019s future.\u201d\n\nSo what do these possible 2016 wannabes do as the very early preseason begins?\n\nIf they don\u2019t have leadership PACs already, they form them, make speeches, campaign for fellow party members in the 2013 and 2014 races, write books and do cable news interviews, as they build up allies and support in the states that vote early in the primary and caucus calendar.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t a phase where people decide to run for president, it\u2019s when they start to do things that leave that door open,\u201d says a different Democratic strategist, who predicts that \u201cthere will be a wide open field on both sides next time around.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Bob Ford posted:\n\nBob Ford: McNabb plays blame game best\n\nAll these years, I thought GQ stood for Gentleman's Quarterly, but when the magazine came out with its exclusive, wide-ranging interview with Donovan McNabb this week, it's obvious the initials stand for Gone Qwazy.\n\nBecause that's where McNabb has gone. Not Washington, D.C., or Landover, Md. But Qwazy, USA, Zip code 55555.\n\nMcNabb said some things in the article that were dumb. He said some things that were insulting. And he said some things that were downright bonkers. This is not a particular surprise. McNabb was good for any of the three on a given day during his time as quarterback of the Eagles.\n\nThis interview, however, is like his Greatest Hits, a compendium of his best rationalizations from more than a decade. He should get K-tel Records to put it on a CD and sell it as an infomercial. Operators are standing by for your call, and they didn't throw up in the Super Bowl, either.\n\nstuart scott irl posted:\n\nThings that seem related to winning the Cy Young Award but totally aren't!:\n\n50 more IP than any other pitcher in the league\n310 K, more than 60 more than any other pitcher in the league\nAllowed less runs than walks, yet led the league in K:BB\n8 Shutouts\nAdding Up The BBR WARs, he was almost more valuable than the 2nd, 3rd, 4th place pitchers combined (Bob Gibson had 2nd highest WAR of vote recipients, but was in 9th place).\n8 CG Shutouts with 30 CGs (hilariously did not lead the league in shut outs, only 7CG ahead of 2nd place)\n\nClearly it should be named the Old Hoss Radbourn Award For Best Season of Wins For A Pitcher in honor of his baseball-leading 59 wins in a single season. Hilariously he misses out on CG and IP by 2 each to some guy named Will White in 1879.\n\nOld Hoss himself agrees with me.\n\n@OldHossRadbourn posted:\n\nOf course wins matter! And pitchers entirely control winning! This is why I personally scored and drove in all of the runs when I pitched.\n\nBadfinger posted:\n\nClearly it should be named the Old Hoss Radbourn Award For Best Season of Wins For A Pitcher in honor of his baseball-leading 59 wins in a single season. Hilariously he misses out on CG and IP by 2 each to some guy named Will White in 1879.\n\nseiferguy posted:\n\nCy Young should really be the Old Hoss Radbourn award. I'd like to see anyone today pitch 678 innings in one season\n\nzakharov posted:\n\nI have actually thought about this before at the ballpark. I think the main difficulty is that unless they are already making out, which defeats the point of the kiss cam!, is that basically it's harder to tell if you are going to put your camera on a gay couple or two dudes hanging out at a baseball game.\n\nleokitty posted:\n\nBecause Adam Dunn isn't near the end of his career. He hasn't even put in 10 years of service time. It's pretty goofy to write an article like that when the only possible conclusion is ~time will tell~.\n\nOh yeah, I know.\n\nTo be honest, reading that I thought \"Who is a current hall of famer that consistently hit 35-40 home runs and got on base at a pretty high clip?\" and my answer was Hank Aaron.\n\nI don't actually think that's a good comp for Dunn, but consistent high power with consistent high on base percentage is pretty loving valuable and Dunn's good at it. His hitter profile hasn't particularly changed since he was 23 years old.\n\nquote:\n\nThe question that no one wants to ask: Does it have to be Jayson Werth who leaves, and not Jimmy Rollins?\n\nYes, because Rollins is not going to try to sign a new contract at 15m AAV when his FA value has never been higher.\n\nWay to become so enamored with an awful hitter who plays pretty good defense that you'd want to replace one of the league's better and most durable (outside of this year) shortstops. Way to use the argument that Rollins is old, and suggest replacing him with a player THAT IS OLDER.\n\nstuart scott irl posted:\n\nSeriously though, the way Philly fandom latches on to replacement level players and becomes obsessed with their \"contributions\" is loving maddening. Everyone loving LOVES Valdez right now.\n\nI'm not pretending Rollins is a wonderful hitter, but compared to Valdez he's a much better hitter and he plays much better defense. He just hasn't twirled around turning double plays much.\n\nShortstop's some kind of awful offensive black hole this year. There are 22 shortstops that qualify for the batting title. Tulo's amazing, Hanley's very good, Drew is good, everyone else starts the slippery slide down to Ceasar Izturis and his .555 OPS. Rollins is having a cruddy year but he's still about Jeter's level, and that's a top 10 shortstop this year. His career OPS is .764, his OPS the last 3 years is .738. I would honestly take that in 600 PAs from a shortstop right now.\n\n(Just not hitting leadoff. If Rollins hit 7th I wouldn't complain much about him.)\n\nVvvv It's not his fault! Uncle Cholly, you don't have to bat your worst leadoff hitter leadoff. It is not written in his goddamn contract.\n\nBadfinger fucked around with this message at Sep 24, 2010 around 16:18\n\nWill Carroll posted:\n\nStatheads will never let a good story get in the way of a fact, a decimal place, or a holier-than-thou snark. Don\u2019t know how to do a multivariate regression or a pivot table in Excel? Heathen. They\u2019d certainly never let a good game get in the way of their viewpoint. Put up against Joe Morgan, ex-players, and an entrenched viewpoint ripe to be questioned, statheads might have figured out the right algorithms, but they never figured out the right formula for capturing anyone\u2019s attention. I\u2019m sure some out there \u2013 a small, rounding-error kind of niche \u2013 like their baseball on an 8-bit platter but most are captured by stories. The statheads never had one.\n\nOkposolypse posted:\n\nI didn't find that article to be so bad. Yeah, its basically telling fans to not read into stats cause its a waste of time, but its focus is on the idea that as fans we should focus on the story, as players they should focus on creating the story, and as journalists we should focus on telling it. The stats behind it all are the GM's job. I disagree, I think understanding the stats makes for a more informed fan, but its not straight up saying its all BS.\n\nThough I am also much more optimistic.\n\nIf the point of the article was that people that are into stats sometimes aren't great writers and people that are very good writers don't understand stats then it'd be spot on. If it was something along the lines of \"This is a blueprint for how to make stats mainstream!\" that'd be pretty cool.\n\nBut it doesn't actually have a point. He never manages to finish a thought and the only thing that comes across is spite.\n\nOkposolypse posted:\n\nOh its definitely horribly written, but beneath the meandering thought it didn't offend me as much as some other articles would have beyond the fact that essays I've written an hour before class are better and more coherent than that.\n\nIt doesn't need to be wrong about sports to be horribly written sports journalism.\n\nIt's ironic that the whole \"can't tell stories thing\" is kind of living in his article.\n\nSo it's a mainstream broadcaster- he is on ESPN - talking about first pitch strikes. This is not an obscure stat. It gets brought up on basically every broadcast. True it doesn't generally get tracked over the course of a season in the broadcasts, but everyone pays attention to it. SO, not a sabermetric stat. All you need is time enough to watch the ballgames and the ability to do division. Then it sparks both a good story, by a guy who's done a good job telling it, and musings on how sabermetric stats can be more properly introduced into the mainstream without being 1) overwhelming and 2) smug as hell.\n\nWhat. A real person wrote this? posted:\n\nYanks, cut drama and give Jeter fair offer for an icon\n\nDerek Jeter held hostage, Day 40. ...\n\nThe bruised and battered captive, er, Captain, is brought into the plush Yankees offices in Tampa, Fla. It is Tuesday. It is time for another whipping. The Yankees brass is ready to get down to brass tacks. Maybe this time they'll tell the shortstop he can keep the $100 bills they routinely lose under the leather sofa cushions to supplement his dramatic cut in pay.\n\nDerek Jeter has become the face and the voice of the New York Yankees and wants to keep getting paid like it. (Getty Images)\nJeter, dazed, dehydrated and blindfolded, is wearing a Movado watch, but it's old and the glass on its face is smashed. He's unshaven, as it's been weeks since his Gillette endorsement has allowed a new supply of razors.\n\nHe is wearing his Nikes. But they are, gasp, LAST YEAR'S model!\n\nGingerly, general manager Brian Cashman offers a Gatorade-soaked sponge and allows Jeter three or four licks at it. Endorsements are drying up more rapidly than the parched Jeter's tongue. In the background, Hank Steinbrenner is cackling, something about \"Let him eat cake, hahaha ... hahaha ... HAHAHAHA!\"\n\nJeter remembers the time he danced in that Visa commercial with Hank's Old Man. Those were good days. \"If only he were still alive,\" the Captive Captain thinks. \"Then none of this would be happening. ...\n\nThat is a very good article. I didn't know they had Smoltz following the games on At Bat during a broadcast. If he was actually keeping up that's very cool, because that's exactly how a lot of us on the forum are also following the games. TV on, laptop open to mlb.tv, twitter on the phone. Even if it's just a product placement for both At Bat and the iPad, I definitely got that connection the way the author described it.\n\nstuart scott irl posted:\n\nHere are some writer opinions on Brett Favre's punishment from the new ESPNw -- ESPN for women!!!!\n\nI am breaking from the herd here, but I do believe that they should have made a decision far earlier on Brett Favre than they did. Plus the punishment doesn't jive with the findings. The crime was... nothing? No conclusive evidence or however it was worded. FINE OF 50 GRAND! It's probably a worse outcome than not punishing him at all. At least they would be consistent between ruling and outcome.\n\nThe editorializing about LOL SHOW HER YOUR DONG is dumb but I do feel like if the league could have completely covered it up they would have.\n\ne: Philly fans are dumb, water still wet.\n\nBadfinger fucked around with this message at Jan 12, 2011 around 20:15\n\nUnless there's some kind of perk that is just outrageous, I couldn't imagine Craig Calcaterra moving from HBT. He has basically free run to say whatever he wants and exactly how he feels. The reason I enjoy reading him so much is he has license to be critical and he uses it where appropriate.\n\nAnd Jonah Keri JUST started writing for Fangraphs. Not that it's the same level in any way, but would he be permitted to write for two sites? He doesn't seem like a guy to buck a commitment. He still likes the Expos for god's sake.\n\nCrazy Ted posted:\n\nTUS posted:\n\nIs there a rivalry between Philly/Boson in either Basketball or Hockey? \"Hey, Bruins and Flyers hate each other, why can't the Red Sox and Phillies?!\"\n\nSort of yes, and sort of yes.\n\nThe Eastern Conference Finals where the Sixers beat the Celtics at Boston to advance to the NBA Finals is where the \"Beat L.A.\" chant came from. The thing is that neither team has been good at the same time for about the past 25 years.\n\nThe Flyers and Bruins play in the same conference but not the same division. They had the epic 3-0 comeback in the playoffs last year and there's sometimes bad blood. But each team has other teams in line to be hated far, far ahead of the other. After the Rangers, Penguins, Devils, Maple Leafs, Sabres, etc I don't have the energy to hate on a team the Flyers only see a couple of times a year and every 10 in the playoffs.\n\nThe broken bones posted:\n\nThis is great\n\nChass- HIDEKI MATSUI'S NICKNAME DESTROYS CITIES, KILLS THOUSANDS\n\nFantastic.\n\nChass: KEELER HIT IT WHERE THEY WERE\n\nChass: REMEMBER WHEN MARVIN MILLER TOLD ME TOM VERDUCCI DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM FOR THE HALL OF FAME, SO I PUBLISHED THAT WITHOUT ASKING VERDUCCI, ONLY IT TURNED OUT THAT VERDUCCI DID VOTE FOR MILLER FOR THE HALL OF FAME? I DON'T\n\nBadfinger fucked around with this message at Mar 25, 2011 around 15:12"}
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-{"text": "Company Overview of Stage Entertainment B.V.\n\nExecutive Profile\n\nStephanie Hosman\n\nThis person is connected to 0 Board Members in 0 different organizations across 1 different industries.\n\n--\n\n--\n\nBackground\n\nMr. Stephanie Hosman served as the Chief Ticketing & Restructuring Officer of Stage Entertainment B.V. Mr. Hosman served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Stage Entertainment B.V. Mr. Hosman served as International Financial Director at Stage Entertainment B.V. Ms. Hosman started her career in 1985 at Ernst & Young. Ms. Hosman then moved to Wanadoo where she was the Chief Financial Officer for Orange Breedband for six years. Since late 2008 as Chief Financial Officer ... of SEE Tickets International, she has been responsible for the expansion of the ticketing business in Europe and, later, the sale of various components to a strategic buyer. She has been a Director of Joop van den Ende\u2019s international theatre company, Stage Entertainment since November 2012. He served as Director of Stage Entertainment B.V.\n\nOur data partners will research the update request and update the information on this page if necessary. Research and follow-up could take several weeks. If you have questions, you can contact them at bwwebmaster@businessweek.com."}
-{"text": "Lahore: Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna used a visit to Pakistan on Thursday to call for cross-border tennis in a bid to raise the profile of a sport overshadowed by cricket in south Asia.\n\nThe 31-year-old from Bangalore travelled to Pakistan to attend the wedding of his former Pakistani doubles partner Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi this week.\n\n\"It's nice to be in Pakistan and I hope we resume tennis between the two countries which in turn would increase interest in the sport in both the countries,\" Bopanna told reporters after playing a practice game in Lahore.\n\nIndian-Pakistan sporting ties ended with the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai, where Islamist gunmen killed 166 in a 60-hour killing spree that Pakistan later admitted was plotted at least partly on its soil.\n\nBopanna and Qureshi, who doubled up in 2007 and shot to fame by finishing as runners-up in last year's US open, have been poster boys for Indian-Pakistani rapprochement at a time of deep suspicion between the nuclear-armed rivals.\n\nLast month the pair parted ways as Bopanna wanted to find an Indian partner in a bid to qualify for next year's London Olympics.\n\n\"We are good friends and will remain good friends,\" said Bopanna. \"I am here to attend his wedding and am very happy at that.\"\n\nDubbed the \"Indo-Pak Express\", the duo actively promoted India-Pakistan rapprochement and even offered to play tennis over the border, which has a history of warfare and political tension.\n\nBopanna said they were still waiting for permission for the \"peace match.\"\n\n\"We offered to play a match at the Wagah border and wrote letters to both governments, but we still await clearance,\" said Bopanna.\n\nA recent thaw in relations and a resumption of the tenuous peace process earlier this year has raised hopes that direct sports matches can resume, notably in India and Pakistan's twin obsession of cricket."}
-{"text": "Lara Croft plays an ancient game of truth or dare in 'Tomb Raider Chronicles'\n\nTomb Raider Chronicles was possibly my least favourite game of the Tomb Raider series. Sure, it had fewer glitches and better controls than its ill-received successor Angel of Darkness but it offered nothing new in terms of game-play aside from a couple of new moves and its short, episodic nature made it feel more like an expansion pack than a standalone game. Having said that, Chronicles did have one major redeeming factor: the fact that three of its levels were set in Rome.\n\nRome is one of my favourite cities and I had the opportunity to re-visit some of its many monuments and archaeological sites during a short trip to Italy in November 2013. One of the attractions I sadly did not have the chance to visit this time around was the famous \u201cMouth of Truth\u201d, or \u201cBocca della Verit\u00e0\u201c, which has been on display in the portico of the basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedinsince the 1630s. I first cast eyes on the real Mouth of Truth during a family visit to Rome in 1997 so when I came across a similar sculpture while playing Tomb Raider Chronicles a few years later, it brought back a lot of fond memories of my two-week holiday in Italy.\n\nThe Mouth of Truth as seen in Tomb Raider Chronicles (Image credit: Kelly M)\n\nThe Mouth of Truth is so named because according to popular legend, it would bite off the fingers (or hand) of anyone who told a lie while their hand was placed in the mouth (think of it as an ancient lie detector). Thankfully for the hundreds of tourists who pose with their hands in the mouth each day, there are no verified reports of any hands or fingers being bitten off.\n\nIn the level \u201cStreets of Rome\u201d, Lara had to stick her hand into the sculpture\u2019s open mouth in order to open gates and access other parts of the level. Luckily for her, she survived the ordeal with her fingers intact and only had the occasional flock of pesky bats to deal with.\n\nAlthough the legend surrounding the Mouth of Truth is thought to have originated in the Middle Ages, the sculpture itself is thought to date back to at least the 1st century BC. The Mouth was carved out of Pavonazzetto (or Phrygian) marble, which was quarried in modern-day Turkey, and depicts a horned, bearded man with a gaping mouth. The sculpture may be a depiction of Oceanus, the horned and bearded Titan associated with the world\u2019s seas and rivers, though some believe it may have depicted the ancient god of the river Tiber.\n\nThe Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verit\u00e0) in the portico of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)\n\nBut the Mouth\u2019s association with water doesn\u2019t end there. While scholars have yet to determine where the sculpture was initially discovered or why it had been carved in the first place, many are convinced that the Mouth may have been an ancient drain cover or part of a Roman wall fountain. Others posit that the sculpture may have served as a cover for a sacred well but at 1,200 kilos, its weight would make this somewhat impractical. However, it\u2019s possible that we may never know why the Mouth was carved. There are no verifiable mentions of its existence in historical documents before the late 15th century and we don\u2019t know where the sculpture was excavated so its archaeological context has been lost to the ages.\n\nWhile the Mouth of Truth may raise more questions than we can answer, one thing is for sure: it has captured the attention and imagination of scholars, tourists, film-makers and game developers alike. The Mouth has appeared in several Hollywood films, including the 1953 film Roman Holiday (which made the Mouth famous worldwide) and the 1994 romantic comedy Only You, and in a number of video games, including Mega Man Battle Network 4, Animal Crossing and, of course, Tomb Raider Chronicles.\n\nLike this:\n\nRelated\n\nKelly McGuire is a translator, editor, writer, and gamer with a passion for archaeology, foreign languages, cultural heritage, and wildlife conservation. She tweets under the username @TRHorizons and is the admin and chief content creator for Tomb Raider Horizons.\n\nWow, I can\u2019t believe I never even spotted that. I\u2019m vaguely aware of the mouth of truth, and I always thought that thing in Chronicles was odd, but I just thought it was an especially random type of switch, like Core was just being eccentric like that.\n\nI love the Mouth of Truth, there\u2019s something really captivating about being near it, just the fact that it\u2019s interactable and the expression on the mans face is so ambiguous yet powerful.\n\nSearch This Site\n\nBrowse by Month\n\nBrowse by Category\n\nGift Ideas\n\nAmazon Affiliate Program\n\nTomb Raider Horizons is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and the Amazon EU Associates Programme, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon and Amazon UK.\n\nRSS Feeds\n\nBlog Stats\n\nSite Credits\n\nTomb Raider Horizons is a fan-run website devoted to the Tomb Raider franchise. 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-{"text": "The following example shows how to write a custom IFormatProvider which you can use in String.Format(IFormatProvider, ...).\n\npublicclassDoubleFormatter : IFormatProvider, ICustomFormatter\n\n{\n\n// always use dot separator for doubles\n\nprivateCultureInfo enUsCulture =\n\nCultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(\"en-US\");\n\npublicstring Format(string format, object arg,\n\nIFormatProvider formatProvider)\n\n{\n\n// format doubles to 3 decimal places\n\nreturnstring.Format(enUsCulture, \"{0:0.000}\", arg);\n\n}\n\npublicobject GetFormat(Type formatType)\n\n{\n\nreturn (formatType == typeof(ICustomFormatter))\n\n? this : null;\n\n}\n\n}\n\nHaving this formatter, we can use it like this:\n\ndouble width = 15.77555;\n\ndouble height = 12.8497979;\n\nConsole.WriteLine(\n\nstring.Format(newDoubleFormatter(), \"w={0} h={1}\", width, height));\n\nOutput:\n\nw=15.776 h=12.850\n\nSo now we have a reusable format for doubles - 3 decimal places with dot separator. That is nice, but this formatter is very simple - it formats everything (eg. DateTime) as \"0:000\". This is a fast version if you know that you will only use it for formatting lots of doubles.\n\nThe real version should look like this:\n\npublicclassDoubleFormatter : IFormatProvider, ICustomFormatter\n\n{\n\n// always use dot separator for doubles\n\nprivateCultureInfo enUsCulture =\n\nCultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(\"en-US\");\n\npublicstring Format(string format, object arg,\n\nIFormatProvider formatProvider)\n\n{\n\nif (arg isdouble)\n\n{\n\nif (string.IsNullOrEmpty(format))\n\n{\n\n// by default, format doubles to 3 decimal places\n\nreturnstring.Format(enUsCulture, \"{0:0.000}\", arg);\n\n}\n\nelse\n\n{\n\n// if user supplied own format use it\n\nreturn ((double)arg).ToString(format, enUsCulture);\n\n}\n\n}\n\n// format everything else normally\n\nif (arg isIFormattable)\n\nreturn ((IFormattable)arg).ToString(format, formatProvider);\n\nelsereturn arg.ToString();\n\n}\n\npublicobject GetFormat(Type formatType)\n\n{\n\nreturn (formatType == typeof(ICustomFormatter)) ? this : null;\n\n}\n\n}\n\nExample:\n\nConsole.WriteLine(string.Format(newDoubleFormatter(),\n\n\"Numbers {0} and {1:0.0}.\" +\n\n\"Now a string {2}, a number {3}, date {4} and object: {5}\",\n\n1.234567, -0.57123456, \"Hi!\", 5, DateTime.Now, newobject()));\n\nOutput:\n\nNumbers 1.235 and -0.6. Now a string Hi!, a number 5, date 12.6.2009 17:11:35 and object: System.Object\n\nThis article should give you an overview of implementing custom IFormatProvider. Now you should be able to modify the code to suit your specific needs."}
-{"text": "Director James Gunn and actor Michael Rooker have worked together more than once in the past, most notably in the horror film Slither. Now Gunn has added Rooker to the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy. The actor will play a character named Yondu, who is a game hunter native to Centauri IV, which in Marvel\u2019s continuity was the first planet system to be colonized outside of the Sun\u2019s solar system.\n\nIn the comics continuity, Yondu was a member of the original incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy. While the character hasn\u2019t been reported as part of the core membership of the team that will be central to the film, it\u2019s possible that he\u2019ll be around as a mentor or other old-timer. Deadline reports that Yondu \u201ceventually bands together with fellow fugitives to form the superhero team,\u201d but we don\u2019t know if that\u2019s how the site interpreted the character\u2019s comics history, or if he\u2019ll be an integral part of the movie\u2019s core team.\n\nFurthermore, while the comics incarnation of Yondu has blue skin and sports a feathery mohawk, we don\u2019t know how he\u2019ll be styled for the film. At the very least, Rooker might like being painted blue better than he did having to wear a prosthetic arm for The Walking Dead.\n\nGuardians of the Galaxy also features Chris Pratt as the hero Star Lord, Zoe Saldana as the alien assassin Gamora, and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer. We still have to hear about actors for the \u201cwalking tree\u201d Groot, and Rocket Raccoon."}
-{"text": "Lou Bavaro, of the Royals.MLB.com, reports Kansas City Royals 3B Chris Truby (wrist), currently rehabbing from a chipped bone in his wrist, was slated to have four at-bats of extended spring training work Wednesday, April 20.\n\nAccording to The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Royals 3B Chris Truby (wrist) is scheduled to have the splint removed from his left wrist Monday, April 4 and begin two weeks of rehab swings. His rehab playing assignment in the minors isn't likely to begin before mid-April."}
-{"text": "Recent laws discussed by East Lansing City Council highlight differences in visions for future\n\nA banner with these words hanging across an abandoned building on 100 W. Grand River Ave. signify the new identity the East Lansing City Council envisions for the city.\n\nEast Lansing also goes by another nickname seen on its website, \u201cEast Lansing: the Home of Michigan State University.\u201d\n\nDespite both calling East Lansing home, city officials\u2019 and students\u2019 visions for the city don\u2019t always align.\n\nThere have been mixed reactions among students and businesses to rules regulating college havens such as bars and hookah lounges in the area.\n\nEast Lansing City Council is faced with accommodating 43,000 full-time students at a school with a party reputation while dealing with about 48,579 permanent residents whose idea of a fun Friday night might not necessarily mean a trip to the bars.\n\n\u201cAll the rules are trying to strike a balance,\u201d said Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett. \u201cThere are negative behaviors. \u2026 Rules are intended to address those concerns.\u201d\n\nThe goal\n\nIn the past several months, East Lansing City Council has discussed several ordinances meant to help the city, but it might have created red tape for services catering to a college crowd.\n\nThe 50-50 ordinance, which restricts restaurants in East Lansing from having alcohol sales exceed 50 percent of total revenue in a 90-day period, was put in place in the late 1980s to control excessive drinking in the city. Although council members discussed eliminating the requirement for businesses to report alcohol sales, the requirement remained in place.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a worthwhile goal not to have a large number of bars that just sell alcohol,\u201d Councilmember Kathy Boyle said.\n\nWhen the Black Cat Bistro, a new restaurant coming to downtown East Lansing, was approved by the council, East Lansing Mayor Diane Goddeeris expressed concerns that \u201cthe money is in the alcohol versus the money in the fine dining.\u201d\n\nAlthough the bistro was approved by the council, the decision to approve the restaurant\u2019s liquor license was postponed.\n\nThe recently proposed hookah lounge ban, which is set for a public hearing at council\u2019s Feb. 5 meeting, would prohibit cigar bars and specialty tobacco shops, including hookah lounges, from establishing in East Lansing.\n\nTriplett said the ban is intended to create a diversity of businesses and address public safety, such as reducing residents\u2019 exposure to the health effects of smoking.\n\n\u201cIf there are too many of any type of establishments, it makes downtown a less attractive place for people to come patronize,\u201d he said.\n\nRyan McBride, manager of the Blue Midnight Hookah Lounge, 330 Albert Ave., said he doesn\u2019t want to see the hookah ban implemented.\n\n\u201cIt just seems like a barrier from people bringing a business to East Lansing,\u201d he said.\n\nThe reality\n\nEconomics professor Charles Ballard said although the city put the 50-50 rule in place to control overconsumption, it might have had the opposite effect.\n\nTo ensure revenue from alcohol is less than half of total revenue, restaurants might lower alcohol prices. Cheap booze could encourage more people to buy alcohol.\n\n\u201cIt does seem like a pretty cumbersome way to reduce overconsumption,\u201d he said. \u201cIt actually might lead to an increase or no change (in alcohol intake).\u201d\n\nThis was the case for Dublin Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot Road. General Manager Eric Allchin said he has had to lower alcohol prices and raise food prices to comply with the rules. Although he appreciates standards the rule sets for bars in the area, there\u2019s no doubt it makes business difficult.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to be a 50-50 restaurant in a college-based town,\u201d he said.\n\nThe effect\n\nKinesiology junior Kaylee Bleecker said a fine-dining restaurant is something she\u2019d like to see downtown, but she\u2019s not sure if that type of restaurant would be successful.\n\n\u201cCollege kids just like to go in and get their food and leave,\u201d she said.\n\nThe 50-50 ordinances also might discourage businesses from moving to the city, said Community and Economic Development Administrator Lori Mullins.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had interest from people who said they\u2019ve wanted to open a place where they could have shows, performances and they would just like to serve beer and wine,\u201d Mullins said in a previous interview. \u201cThat wouldn\u2019t be allowed because that wouldn\u2019t fall under our definition of a restaurant.\u201d\n\nFinance senior William Goldberg said he doesn\u2019t think the 50-50 rule should be in effect and doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s fair for businesses to report their sales.\n\n\u201cAs far as bringing new businesses, there\u2019s a lot of undeveloped area in East Lansing, and that could be a limiting factor of new developers, new businesses trying to come in,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s this law that bans their ability to profit how they would want to.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Topher Grace Shares His Thoughts On Tom Hardy\u2019s Version Of Venom\n\nVenom is getting his first feature film in October with Tom Hardy \u2013 but it\u2019s not the character\u2019s first live-action appearance. Spider-Man 3 featured the character played by Topher Grace, but it was widely regarded as awful. I can\u2019t really think of anyone who liked that interpretation of the character. Well, Grace was recently asked about what he thought of Tom Hardy\u2019s version of the character based on what we\u2019ve seen, and he had some pretty positive things to say.\n\n\u201cTo me \u2014 I truly mean this \u2014 I think Tom is the guy to play that role. I\u2019m thrilled to watch it as a fan. I really mean that. I think he\u2019s just the best dude.\u201d\n\nHe then spoke about the Sam Raimi film, saying:\n\n\u201cI understand Sam\u2019s interpretation, which was to do a dark version of Tobey [Maguire]\u2019s character. I was thrilled because I was such a fan of the character, but I was aware of how it was different from what I had grown up reading. I thought it was cool, but I\u2019m really excited to see [Tom Hardy\u2019s version]. That\u2019s the character I grew up with.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s pretty cool to hear Topher Grace\u2019s comments, as the actor himself was supposed to be in a Venom solo movie back in the day, that just never happened. Spider-Man 3 was ultimately the film that warranted an entire reboot of the franchise, so we\u2019re not exactly surprised it didn\u2019t go anywhere. Here\u2019s hoping Hardy\u2019s movie will give us a version of the character that lives up to everyone\u2019s high expectations.\n\nVenom hits theaters everywhere on October 5th.\n\nWhat do you think of Grace\u2019s comments? Are you a fan of Spider-Man 3? Is anyone a fan of that movie? Be sure to tell us all of your thoughts in the comments down below!"}
-{"text": "During this past semester at Barnard College I have gained important insights about my academic experience. During the month of September I declared a history major with a thematic concentration in race and ethnicity. I also am planning on declaring a minor in Spanish when I return in the spring. I have decided that I also would like to attend law school after graduation. I am very excited to have this better idea about what I want to do with my career. I took some pretty incredible courses this semester including Rhetorical Choices where we learned about speech theory, and practiced different forms of public speaking. I also took two history courses, African American history and European History both of which improved my writing and analytical skills immensely.\n\nWhile I had an amazing academic experience this semester, I also have engaged in some really cool extracurricular activities. I was apart of the Columbia University Player\u2019s production of the Great Gatsby in October, and I recently just finished training to be a Barnard Speaking Fellow. Speaking Fellows are peer tutors in speech, class discussion, presentations, and interviews skills. I also have continued working in the Barnard Admissions office as a Barnard Student Admissions Representative and acted as the Columbia University Black Theatre Ensemble's Treasurer.\n\nThis past semester has been pretty crazy but filled with lots of fun memories with my friends and peers. I cannot wait for my next semester at Barnard where I recently just got accepted into an intensive research seminar where we will be doing a case study on Welfare in Mississippi, which includes a trip to Mississippi in the spring. Thanks to the generosity and support of MVYouth I have been able to continue to grow as a student and an individual. I am so appreciative of everything you do for the island community.\n\nDuring my first semester at Barnard College, I auditioned for and was part of Columbia University\u2019s Black Theatre Ensemble\u2019s fall production of Dreamgirls. In the musical, I played the role of CC, who is the main character, Effie\u2019s brother and also a leading role in the show. Being part of this musical was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I entered college thinking I wanted to major in either Political Science or English and now after this first semester I have absolutely no idea what I want to major in. While I did take a political science class and a required English course I decided to also take Spanish and try Astronomy with the Astronomy lab to fulfill my science requirement and to experience something new. I ended up learning a lot in the lecture and lab. I got to do observations, calculations about celestial bodies, and learn about space exploration and climate change. However after taking this course, I don\u2019t think I can see myself as an Astronomy major. While being unsure of my major is a little terrifying, in many ways I\u2019m glad I don't know because it is forcing me to step out of my comfort zone. I am so grateful that MVYouth is supporting me in this endeavor. I wouldn\u2019t be able to go on this journey in the best city in the world and discover what is right for me without the generous support MVYouth is giving me."}
-{"text": "This program is not a Linux program. It\u2019s free (but not open source) program which runs on windows to give read-write access to the linux EXT2/EXT3 partitions by supplying drivers.\n\nYou may think why i\u2019m posting something \u201cwindows\u201d in the totally Linux environment of my blog. Actually, you and all Linux people should understand, that considerable amount of people are still using windows out there. But they are turning to linux bit by bit, but some sinple things keep them not doing so; for an example, having to dedicate a partition for a linux installation. As newbies start linux searching for a different taste only, they are very unlike to loose a \u201cwindows-usable\u201d hard drive space for an experiment! (I guess you know that windows don\u2019t ship EXT2 drivers).\n\nSo the simple task of EXT2IFS program is to provide those drivers required. Thus, the EXT2 can be worked as the usual NTFS system in the same way. This gives a large push towards \u201cGo Linux\u201d. I will stop talking here. Here\u2019s the program below. You can download version 1.11a from this link or you can go to their homepage.\n\nThe installation screen - I like seeing the Tux in windows!\n\nAnd a simple thing. You are allowed to choose whether read-only or not at the installation. If you have virus swarming in your windows, without read-only they can get in to the linux drive. But don\u2019t worry, they can\u2019t do even a scratch damage to linux. (just make sure files are not deleted \u2013 very rare)\n\nMy /boot partition now open to windows (warning: do not change any file in this partition. Just leave it alone!)\n\nPurism announced today that it delayed its upcoming Librem 5 privacy and security-focused Linux smartphone for the third quarter of 2019. Initially planned to ship in early 2019, the revolutionary Librem 5 mobile phone was delayed for April 2019, but now it suffered just one more delay due to the CPU choices the development team had to make to deliver a stab [\u2026]\n\nThe GNOME Project released today the second beta version of the forthcoming GNOME 3.32 desktop environment for public testing. The GNOME 3.32 beta 2 release is here two weeks after the first beta version to add even more improvements and squash as many bugs as possible before the final release hits the streets next month. The second beta release of the GNOME [\u2026]"}
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-{"text": "India can be among world's top 5 medical devices markets: Himanshu Baid\n\nIn this interview, Poly Medicure MD delves into the nuances of medical technology industry\n\nemail this article\n\nMessage:\n\nRecipients' Email:\n\nType address separated by commas\n\nYour Email:\n\nEnter the characters shown in the image.\n\nSend me a copy:\n\nhttp://mybs.in/2UTQCMF\n\nOn February 2, 2017, government notified the new Medical Devices Rules 2017 with an aim to reduce dependence on imported medical technology and give a boost to domestic manufacturing. The new rule and increase in private & public investment in healthcare are expected to provide big opportunities for Indian medical devices players, according to Himanshu Baid, managing director, Poly Medicure Ltd.\nPoly Medicure Limited, one of the leading manufacturers of disposable medical devices, manufactures over 100 varieties of devices through its six global manufacturing facilities ...\n\nWHAT YOU GET\n\nOn Business Standard Digital\n\nAccess your subscription from anywhere. Be it your computer, tablet or smartphone using a browser or the App, Your Choice.\n\nAccess to exclusive content, features, opinions and comment, hand-picked by our editors, just for you.\n\nPick your 5 favourite companies. Get all the news upates at the end of each day through E-Mail.\n\nPick the industry that you want to track. And get a daily news letter specific to that industry. Cut out the clutter.\n\nAnd stay on top of your investments. Track stock prices in your portfolio\n\nAccess 18 years of archival data\n\nOn Digital\n\nSeamless access to WSJ.com with your Business Standard digital account.\n\nExperience the best of the Journal's reporting, video and interactive features.\n\nRead about the people and events shaping business, finance, technology, politics, technology and culture.\n\nStay informed with newsletters - an easy way to get WSJ content straight to your inbox - making life easier on your busiest days.\n\nMore business executives read the Journal globally than any other publication.\n\n*Note :Our Partners are proud to be associated with this initiative and will contribute Rs 100 x 6 months thereafter, standard rate of Rs 149 will be charged.Offer valid for Indian residents onlyRequires you to share personal information like PAN, Date of Birth, and Income.*Annual saving on WSJ subscription price of US$ 347.88 (12 months @ US$ 28.99 per month)* 1US$ = 67.50 INR.*Please note that this offer is not valid if you are/were a registered/existing user on WSJ Digital\n\n*Note :\nPlease note that this offer is not valid if you are/were a registered/existing user on WSJ Digital.\n\nRECOMMENDED FOR YOU\n\nIndia can be among world's top 5 medical devices markets: Himanshu Baid\n\nIn this interview, Poly Medicure MD delves into the nuances of medical technology industry\n\nIn this interview, Poly Medicure MD delves into the nuances of medical technology industry\nOn February 2, 2017, government notified the new Medical Devices Rules 2017 with an aim to reduce dependence on imported medical technology and give a boost to domestic manufacturing. The new rule and increase in private & public investment in healthcare are expected to provide big opportunities for Indian medical devices players, according to Himanshu Baid, managing director, Poly Medicure Ltd.\nPoly Medicure Limited, one of the leading manufacturers of disposable medical devices, manufactures over 100 varieties of devices through its six global manufacturing facilities ...\n\nIndia can be among world's top 5 medical devices markets: Himanshu Baid\n\nIn this interview, Poly Medicure MD delves into the nuances of medical technology industry\n\nOn February 2, 2017, government notified the new Medical Devices Rules 2017 with an aim to reduce dependence on imported medical technology and give a boost to domestic manufacturing. The new rule and increase in private & public investment in healthcare are expected to provide big opportunities for Indian medical devices players, according to Himanshu Baid, managing director, Poly Medicure Ltd.\nPoly Medicure Limited, one of the leading manufacturers of disposable medical devices, manufactures over 100 varieties of devices through its six global manufacturing facilities ..."}
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-{"text": "Harding High School has been a long partner with New Lens. The mentees have been responding to the Big Five extremely well and we can see the improvements not only in school but outside of school. New Lens has been extremely happy about the partnership with Harding High School and can't wait for more incredible things to come with our partnership.\n\nNew Lens mentees was fortunate to sit down and talk with FSG about the impact that programs such as New Lens has on their lives and how programs like New Lens can improve to make a better impact on their communities. FSG is an organization that focuses on helping businesses and foundations understand how they can create effective social impact in their surrounding communities.\n\nAs you all may know, New Lens is focused on the non-cognitive development and social emotional learning of our young Black males. From an extensive evaluation done on our organization it has resulted in the fruition of the \u201cBig Five.\u201d This \u201cBig Five\u201d consists of 5 non-cognitive factors that are foundational to the whole organizational framework and influential to our programmatic activities.\n\nAs you all may know, New Lens is focused on the non-cognitive development and social emotional learning of our young Black males. From an extensive evaluation done on our organization it has resulted in the fruition of the \u201cBig Five\u201d\n\nNew Lens\u2019 mentees enjoy that they have access to more activities outside of New Lens\u2019 weekly Saturday Activities by engaging in New Lens\u2019 after school program. For this semester\u2019s after school program activity the New Lens\u2019 mentees will be participating in fencing thanks to New Lens\u2019 partnership with Minnesota Sword Club.\n\nNew Lens is launching their after school program for their mentees from Monday-Thursday. New Lens hopes that the implementation of the after school program will give the mentees another chance to be more exposed to the Big Five.\n\nThe George Washington Carver Enterprise is back again for another summer thanks to our partnership with Right Track St. Paul. This year\u2019s combination of summer jobs that New Lens Urban Mentoring Society will be offering the mentees will be the Selby Sound Garden project. The mentees will continue to work on the Selby Sound Garden that they broke ground on last year. The second job, thanks to our partnership with WEQY 104.7 FM, the mentees will help run WEQY 104.7 FM and then put on their own show every Friday from 6:00pm-7:00pm.\n\nJohnson High School has a long history of basketball excellence. By the New Lens branch of Johnson High School seeing the impact that basketball has on their overall school population. These mentees decided to come up with \"Clash of the Classes\".\n\nSchools have been targeted for a lot of violence in the last recent months not only in Minnesota but nationwide. To bring awareness to this violence and to promote change and peace, B.A.M. the New Lens Branch of Central High School decided to organize a peace rally for the end of the school year.\n\nDue to their great work and integrity Murray Jr. High asked their New Lens branch, What does integrity me to them? Check out the pictures of the New Lens mentees presenting at the Murray Jr. High assembly.\n\nOur mentors come from all walks of life and have very impressive backgrounds that can benefit our mentees in a multitude of ways. New Lens is extremely excited this year because our mentors will be taking a bigger role in our Saturday Activities this summer.\n\nMurray Jr. High chapter of New Lens has been a strong group from the first day New Lens stepped foot on school grounds. These New Lens mentees' previous and current work that they have done for Murray Jr. High has made this group role models for not only other branches of New Lens at other schools but at Murray Jr. High as well.\n\nTwin Cities Academy has been a long partner with New Lens. The mentees have been responding to the Big Five extremely well and we can see the improvements not only in school but outside of school. New Lens has been extremely happy about the partnership with Twin Cities Academy and can't wait for more incredible things to come with our partnership.\n\nNew Lens will like to give a huge thank you to the Sanneh Foundation for inviting us to their Gala 4 Goals. Sanneh Foundation is a great organization that serves a large amount of youth within the Twin Cities.\n\nNew Lens is extremely fortunate to have an amazing staff that takes extra steps to make incredible experiences for our mentees. Glo Martin, New Lens' High School Program Coordinator, made that known by renting out a theater at Woodbury 10 Theater a day before the premiere of Black Panther with help with WEQY radio station that is home to New Lens Radio.\n\nNew Lens is about giving our mentees experiences that they wouldn't normally have, but also New Lens understand that there is time to have fun. New Lens got an opportunity to take some mentees to the Super Bowl Experience for a night of fun. The mentees had a great time throwing footballs, running through obstacle courses, and meeting NFL players. New Lens staff and mentees can't wait for the next Super Bowl in Minnesota."}
-{"text": "DALLAS (AP) The Seattle Seahawks released quarterback Trevone Boykin on Tuesday shortly after his girlfriend alleged in a television interview that he physically assaulted her in Texas last week.\n\nThe practice squad player was released from the team after WFAA-TV in Dallas posted an interview with Boykin\u2019s girlfriend detailing an assault she alleges happened on March 20 in Mansfield http://www.denverbroncosteamonline.com/ ... man-jersey , just southwest of Dallas. The woman said she refused to show Boykin a text message and an argument ensued, and that he broke her jaw and tried to strangle her.\n\nArticle continues below ...\n\u201dThis woman has lied about me and it has cost me my job,\u201d he wrote. \u201dI understand the Seahawks decision to release me. The story that was reported casts a bad light on the organization and on me.\u201d\n\nMansfield police spokesman Sgt. Michael Midkiff said the department is investigating the alleged assault. He said no charges had been filed as of Tuesday and that the investigation was in a very early stage.\n\nThe assault allegation is the latest off-field issue for Boykin, who has spent his NFL career with Seattle.\n\nHe was arrested in Dallas last year when a vehicle he was a passenger in hit several people on a sidewalk. He fled the scene on foot but was later arrested on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and possession of marijuana.\n\nIn 2015, Boykin was arrested for assaulting a police officer and public intoxication shortly before the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio during his senior season at TCU. Boykin http://www.kansascitychiefsteamonline.c ... iel-jersey , who was the team\u2019s quarterback, was suspended for the bowl game."}
-{"text": "Registered Nurse\n\nJob Summary:\n\nPOSITION SUMMARYThe Nurse Clinician \u2013 RN provides telephonic professional nursing services in support of client funded contracts. This includes: telephonic patient support and resource, referral source, data collector and nurse educator to patients, consumers and healthcare professionals. Works under moderate supervision. ...\n\nRequirements:\n\nPOSITION SUMMARY\n\nThe Nurse Clinician \u2013 RN provides telephonic professional nursing services in support of client funded contracts. This includes: telephonic patient support and resource, referral source, data collector and nurse educator to patients, consumers and healthcare professionals. Works under moderate supervision.\n\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS\n\nAdheres to principles as stipulated by program specific contractual agreements and company practices which may include:\n\nPatient Support: Make outbound phone calls to patients who have opted into a patient compliance program, make additional calls as directed and be available to support these patients by phone at all other times. Receive inbound phone calls from patients, healthcare professionals and consumers and provide a professional resource for inquiries.\n\nReferral Source: Make appropriate referrals for additional training, support groups, program materials, or literature, and to recommend that the patients contact personal physicians for additional information, directions and care.\n\nEducator: Complete patient teaching in relation to the use of products\n\nParticipates in program specific customer meetings and training sessions.\n\nParticipates in program specific orientation meetings and demonstrates clinical competency on written tests.\n\nPerform special projects and performs other duties as it pertains to specific contract performance.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\nAssociate\u2019s Degree and professional nursing license (current and valid) in state of practice.\n\n2-5 years\u2019 experience in a clinical setting.\n\nNursing Licenses.\n\nGeneral PC knowledge including Microsoft Office, Internet and email.\n\nAbility to maintain a high level of customer interaction/service skills while talking with patients via phone.\n\nAbility to multitask in both pc/phone related tasks and maintain adherence to approved scripted materials.\n\nAbility to interpret information shared by the patient to determine next steps as the individual case may warrant.\n\nABOUT UBC\n\nUnited BioSource Corporation (UBC) is a leading provider of pharmaceutical support services, partnering with life science companies to make medicine and medical products safer and more accessible. Our services support the full lifecycle of medicine and medical products, including development, commercialization, and long-term value and safety.\n\nWhile UBC offers employment within Patient Support, Nursing, Pharmacy and Corporate, two main focus areas for the company are Clinical Development & Research and Safety & Risk Management. Members of the Clinical Development and Research teams help evaluate study protocol, target study population, recruit physicians and patients, and collect, clean, validate and report data. As a result, sponsors are able to submit findings to regulatory authorities or make a no-go decision in a timely and clear-cut manner. Additionally, our Safety and Risk Management teams develop, deliver, and report evidence to reinforce safe and appropriate product use.\n\nThrough our Patient Access services, we help patients begin therapy quickly and remain on therapy, building strong relationships with patients to ensure optimal care.\n\nUBC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. Applicants must be able to pass a drug test and background investigation.\n\nPharmiWeb.com is Europe's leading industry-sponsored portal for the Pharmaceutical sector, providing the latest jobs, news, features and events listings.\nThe information provided on PharmiWeb.com is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her\nphysician."}
-{"text": "Its a specialty combining the Hebrew letters or initials of a new couple's names often with their new shared last initial into a meaningful design for their wedding invitation.\n\nOn the top left, you can see the Hebrew initials 'aleph' (\u05d0) and 'shin' (\u05e9) of the bride and groom's first names sit as burning flames atop the last name initial 'gimmel' (\u05d2) and its symmetrical counterpart as Shabbat candlesticks.\n\nA common theme is flowers. Left of center: 'gimmel' (\u05d2), 'aleph' (\u05d0) and 'pey' (\u05e4) form branches holding three flowers of the bride, the groom and G-d who unites them.\n\nIn the large middle illustration the Hebrew names, 'Yitzchak' (\u05d9\u05e6\u05d7\u05e7) and 'Ilana' (\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d4) are each embedded in a flower and his flower holds hers as they dance together.\n\nThe top-right illustration shows the bride's initial 'tet' (\u05d8) and the groom's 'dalid' (\u05d3) uniting in a single flower which is formed in the shape of the last initial 'ayin' (\u05e2).\n\nOther designs, like those in the bottom right, make their own less literal shapes and can be embossed beautifully on wedding invitations."}
-{"text": "Thousands of public school districts across the country are taking serious steps toward making iPads an important tool in their curriculum \u2013 and at a rapid pace. Apple (AAPL) sold almost a million iPads to education buyers in the K-12 market in the third quarter alone, doubling sales from a year ago, according to an analyst at Needham & Co. By contrast, PC shipments in the education market reportedly fell 13.9% during the same period.\n\nWhile schools have been testing iPads for awhile, many of them are now looking to deepen their investment. A school district in San Diego recently spent $15 million expanding its iPad program, taking on 26,000 iPads in what was one of the biggest iPad deployments to date. The McAllen school district in Texas, which had only distributed 5,000 devices as of last April, will provide nearly 20,000 to students this fall.\n\nThe goal for many of these schools is to eventually have an iPad for every student. In an October 2011 survey of 25 school technology directors, more than a third said they expect to achieve a 1:1 ratio in the future, with most estimating a timeline of three to five years. Only 22% expect it to take more than five years.\n\nBut implementing iPads in an educational setting comes with its challenges, one being the cost. Schools aren\u2019t getting huge discounts on their iPads \u2013 an iPad 2 bought in bulk costs $379 per unit as opposed to the normal $399.\n\nTownship High School District 214 in Illinois, which started with 350 iPads in 2009 and now has 2,550, said it is evaluating whether or not a wider rollout is feasible. Like other districts, District 214 is buying iPads with the funds traditionally allocated toward replacing desktops.\n\nThe school district is also mulling whether to start charging students a yearly fee of $50 to $125 to cover apps, digital books and insurance costs, says Keith Bockwoldt, the district\u2019s technology director. He assures the fee isn\u2019t too hefty \u2013 especially since students can use the device however they wish and get to keep it for good.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to put students inside a box,\u201d he says.\n\nNot everyone is convinced that the increasing adoption of iPads in schools is a good thing.\n\nMatt Burns, a writer at TechCrunch and father of two who lives in Flint, Mich., says he\u2019s nervous the iPad will become a crutch for teachers and students. While he sees value in digital learning, he worries that having instant access to information means there\u2019s less of a need for students to truly internalize that information.\n\nFlashy videos and interactive apps can make science courses more engaging, but those same features could undermine learning in subjects like reading, he adds.\n\n\u201cToo much technology can be dangerous,\u201d he says.\n\nProponents of the iPad say is that the interactive device offers students a level of access and portability that not only enhances their learning, but keeps them in step with the broader technological current. A report by Forrester Research suggests that more than 112 million Americans, or a third of the U.S. adult population, will own a tablet by 2016.\n\n\u201cKids are growing up with these devices already. If they\u2019re coming to school and we\u2019re not giving them devices to keep them engaged, we\u2019re losing them,\u201d says Bockwoldt."}
-{"text": "A Rare Scottish Whiskey Discovered In 1958 Is Finally Available To Buyers\n\nKatie Kelly Bell\n, ContributorI cover the best in wine, spirits, hotels and travel.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.\n\nOne of the world\u2019s rarest whiskeys has long been exclusively enjoyed by members of a private connoisseurs club called the Whiskey Syndicate, but now you can have a bottle if you know where to look. The Syndicate story dates back to 1958 when a group of six directors at The William Muir Limited company discovered an extraordinary blend of Scotch malt and grain whiskies aging in large oak vats in a warehouse in Edinburgh. After some digging, the directors discovered that the blend (created by Marshall Taplow), was originally distilled in 1954 from a recipe that dates back to the 1800\u2019s.\n\nThe directors arranged to have the whiskey bottled to share with a group of friends and enthusiasts; this \u201cgroup\u201d became the genesis for the Whiskey Syndicate---an intimate club for serious, quite devoted, whiskey connoisseurs. In the interest of longevity, the Syndicate members continued to nurse their discovery by continually adding new whiskey to the original solera vats.\n\nToday the Syndicate has evolved into a much larger organization of whiskey enthusiasts including longtime member, Mahesh Patel. Patel, with the blessing of the remaining group members, took things a step further, bottling some of the precious brown liquid for general distribution and creating the brand: Syndicate 58/6 (discovered in 1958, founded by six men). The Syndicate blend contains 18 single malt whiskies and four single grain whiskies, and because of the solera system it is aged in, this bottling also contains some of the original 1958 blend. It\u2019s also matured for up to two years in four year-old Oloroso Sherry casks.\n\nSirius Dalmore --one of Patel's single cask strength selections.\n\nPatel, who also owns the world\u2019s largest whiskey collection, suggests anyone trying it for the first time, \u201cshould always try it neat at first, and then put a touch of water in there. I always encourage a bit of water because it does open up the whiskey and everyone has a unique palate.\u201d\n\nPatel, who also founded the Universal Whiskey Experience,one of the largest premium whiskey tastings in the world, also has another line of single cask strength whiskies called Sirius (two single malt and two single grain). Each whiskey is over 40 years-old and limited in supply. But, he notes, \u201cI do have some other casks that I will sell as we deplete the stock. I have a number of them aging in Scotland, they take years to acquire. You don\u2019t just find them; it takes years of connections and friendships.\u201d\n\nBut you, dear reader, can just make a call---see below:\n\nSyndicate 58/6 : at Binnys in Chicago and Park Avenue Liquor in NYC - both ship."}
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-{"text": "The second night of fun.\u2019s tour with Steel Train and Jarrod Gorbel was a free, private show in Brooklyn\u2019s Bell House. With a capacity just under 400, the venue provided yet another intimate chance to catch fun. in New York City. The band\u2019s next tour will be in support of their sophomore full-length (due sometime in 2011); this tour provides one last chance to catch all of the Aim and Ignite favorites before they are replaced with the band\u2019s newer tracks.\n\nJarrod Gorbel\n\nJarrod Gorbel, former singer/songwriter of The Honorary Title, started the evening off. Joined by a female violinist who also contributed backing harmonies, Gorbel sounded excellent. Supporting his latest release, Devil\u2019s Made A New Friend, Gorbel stuck primarily to that Burning House Records release. Gorbel concluded his set at 9:30 with \u201cI\u2019ll Do Better\u201d.\n\nSteel Train\n\nSteel Train began just before 10PM, walking out to Dropkick Murphys\u2019s now-famous \u201cShipping Up to Boston\u201d blasting through the venue\u2019s PA. Trampoline\u2018s \u201cI Feel Weird\u201d went first, the quintet exploding out of the gates with unrestrained energy.\u201dTurnpike Ghost\u201d, from the band\u2019s self-released, self-titled 2010 effort followed, with some of the crowd reacting to the album\u2019s first single. More from Steel Train followed (\u201cBullet\u201d and \u201cYou Are Dangerous\u201d), the band using the non-headliner opportunity to play much of their new album.\n\nSteel Train\n\nFrontman Jack Antonoff spent most of the set running around the stage and engaging the barrier-free crowd in singing along. For 2007\u2019s \u201cFirecracker\u201d, Antonoff\u2019s father joined the band on guitar and backing vocals, the rest of Steel Train embracing the aged (but still rocking) father in the process. Indeed, the band seems to thrive on their friendships: all five members of the band joined together, arms in each others\u2019 arms, to sing \u201cRoad Song\u201d with just Antonoff on clean guitar. An exciting (though somewhat sloppy) cover of \u201cAmerican Girl\u201d was enjoyable, and the band closed their forty minute set with a tight performance of \u201cSOG Burning Hell\u201d.\n\nFollowing a brief set change, fun. began with \u201cWalking the Dog\u201d, frontman Nate Ruess singing to a rabid audience echoing his every word. Andrew Dost lead \u201cI Wanna Be the One\u201d with its recognizable piano parts, but it was Ruess who brought the song to life with his passionate vocals. Steel Train\u2019s Jack Antonoff, who is also one of three official fun. members, took \u201cLight a Roman Candle\u201d to new heights with extra-heavy guitars midway through the song, providing dynamics to a normally-straightforward pop song.\n\nfun.\n\n\u201cAll the Pretty Girls\u201d was without its standard multiple-harmony live intro, but the song remained backed by the lovely Emily Moore\u2019s acoustic guitar, just one of a number of her contributions to the set throughout the evening. Without question, fun.\u2019s live show succeeds largely due to the members\u2019 various musical talents; pianist Dost, for example, contributed brass instrumentation to \u201cBarlights\u201d. For a tremendous cover of The Format\u2019s \u201cDog Problems\u201d, Dost added trumpet parts while Antonoff switched to piano \u2014 the band\u2019s members never limiting their roles to just one instrument.\n\nfun.\n\nfun. used the second night of their two-month tour to debut a brand new, electric sign sitting behind the drummer. Flashing the band\u2019s name in various colors throughout the set, the \u201cfun sign\u201d also sparked a lengthy banter about Lit, including the band indulging in a brief cover of \u201cMy Own Worst Enemy\u201d. The band also promoted the re-release of Aim and Ignite by playing \u201cStitch Me Up\u201d, a bonus track included on the album\u2019s new Fueled by Ramen pressing.\n\nfun.\n\nA touching rendition of \u201cThe Gambler\u201d was dedicated to Ruess\u2019s sister and performed by just fun.\u2019s core members (Ruess, Dost, and Antonoff). To break the set\u2019s somber mood, the rest of the band returned for \u201cWhat the Fuck\u201d, a brand new song that sounded absolutely terrific. The song\u2019s disjointed song structure and jarring, brash instrumentals offered a new side to fun.\u2019s indie-pop antics.\n\nfun.\n\nThe song seemed to spark some more banter between Ruess and Antonoff, the two recently living together at Antonoff\u2019s parents\u2019 house in New York. As Antonoff explained, Ruess would often steal top-shelf liquor from his room for the purpose of binge-drinking. Besides the obvious tensions arising from stealing a friend\u2019s alcohol, Antonoff was equally discontent with wasting expensive liquor for the sole purpose of getting drunk. Ruess summed up the situation as follows: \u201cJack likes to buy expensive scotch, and I like to say fuck it to expensive scotch.\u201d\n\nfun.\n\nClearly best friends, Antonoff and Ruess argued about the latter\u2019s habits of getting drunk and watching birds from the porch using a pair of far-too-expensive binoculars; this continued for some time until the band finally kicked into a solid take of \u201cAt Least I\u2019m Not as Sad\u201d. The lengthy \u201cTake Your Time\u201d appeared to conclude fun.\u2019s set, but the band returned to cover The Rolling Stones\u2019s \u201cYou Can\u2019t Always Get What You Want\u201d with additional keys provided by Steel Train\u2019s Daniel Silbert.\n\nWalking the Dog\nI Wanna Be the One\nLight a Romance Candle\nAll the Pretty Girls\nStitch Me Up\nBarlights\nDog Problems (The Format cover)\nThe Gambler\nWhat the Fuck\nAt Least I\u2019m Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)\nTake Your Time (Coming Home)\nYou Can\u2019t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones cover)\n\nfun.\n\nThe lineup of Jarrod Gorbel, Steel Train, and fun. is one of the fall\u2019s best touring packages. fun.\u2019s hour-long setlist omitted just two cuts (\u201cBenson Hedges\u201d and \u201cBe Calm\u201d) from Aim and Ignite, but those songs will likely appear in band\u2019s set on the tour\u2019s regularly scheduled dates; the three acts return to New York City in November to perform at the much larger Webster Hall. Don\u2019t miss the absolutely phenomenal fun."}
-{"text": "Too Funny for Comedy.\n\nI have never been so frustrated with someone in my life. God-damn you, certain girl! God-DAMN you! I\u2019m suppose to be a \u201ccomedian\u201d who writes \u201cfunny\u201d \u201cblogs\u201d and all that, but recently I\u2019ve turned into a manic depressive version of Daniel Johnston. At least the girl he lost probably wasn\u2019t forced into not seeing him any more against her will because of a suffocating, jealous, controlling ex/current/soon-to-be(hopefully again)ex-boyfriend. For fucks sake! What has happened to me? I use to be so happy-go-lucky, foot-loose and fancy-free and now I\u2019m a dribbling pair of swollen, sex-less balls. I am just so fucking frustrated at the fact someone can have so little self-respect that they are willing to do whatever they are told by someone they are not 100% sure about just because they are too scared to stand up for themselves. What makes this all worse is the fact they have admitted this to me several times, so these aren\u2019t even just opinions! It is facts! Facts, I tell yaz! Facts!\n\nI dunno. I should probably stop complaining. It\u2019s just the fact that she has done things to me that he did to her when he dumped her so he could start taking heroin and start fucking this dirty hippy-chick that kinda confirms every one of her actions is his doing. I have better things to worry about though. Well, not better things to \u201cworry\u201d about. But better things to do. Not better. \u2018Better\u2019 is the wrong word. She was/is the better. I have more important things to do. That\u2019s the one! \u201cI have more important things to do\u201d, like get rich and famous. That could be a tough one though, as I am too funny for comedy. That\u2019s right. Too funny. This is why I am thinking of moving into drama. Like \u201cDr. Quinn; Medicine Woman\u201d. I\u2019m going to bring back that show. This has just become my new goal. Just then. As I wrote it. It was going to be \u201cMid-Summer Murders\u201d but I thought \u201cDr. Quinn; Medicine Woman\u201d would be a better reference to anyone reading this in another country. Like America or Canada because, and I still don\u2019t understand this, that is where most of the people who read this shit are from. I\u2019m pretty sure they have \u201cDr. Quinn\u2026\u201d over there. When I bring it back though it\u2019s going to have a hell of a lot more explosions and rape scenes. And Dr. Quinn will wear nothing but knee-high boots, hot-pants and a black bikini top. And she\u2019ll be Asian. Because Asians are my favourite. East or West. I\u2019m honestly not bothered."}
-{"text": "Which set of glam gals looked best last night?\n\nIs it just me, or are the Eclipse gals looking better than ever recently? Both Kristen Stewart and Ashley Greene have seriously stepped up their style game in super chic get-ups! On the other hand, it looks like Jersey Shore BFF\u2019s Snooki and JWoWW are staying true to their really revealing dresses, making them look like they\u2019re waiting on line outside of a cheesy club rather than walking a red carpet! While the Shore cast recently spoofed the Eclipse clan on Jimmy Kimmel, I wish they would\u2019ve taken some style tips from the starlets!\n\nAt the Grown Ups premiere in NYC last night, JWoWW continued to promote her own line, Filthy Couture, on the red carpet, while Snooki went for a typical sparkly strapless mini by Lipsy \u2014 although I have to give the reality star some credit for passing up another super tight body con dress.\n\nIn contrast to their flashy looks, K-Stew and Ashley looked super fashionable. Although I\u2019m getting a little tired of Kristen\u2019s strapless black minis, the star did look fabulous in the fall 2010 Azzaro frock at the Love Ranch premiere in LA. Ashley, who looks more amazing every time she steps out, continued her stellar style on her way to the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show.\n\nWhile I think it\u2019s obvious K-Stew and Ashley looked way better, which set of co-stars do you think was best dressed last night?"}
-{"text": "By American Society for Microbiology, [RxPG] Table olives may serve as a carrier for delivering beneficial bacteria to humans, according to researchers from Italy. Their findings appear in the August 2005 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.\n\nThe researchers studied survival rates of various strains of four probiotic bacteria, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus paracasei, Bifidobacterium bifidum, and Bifidobacterium longum, on table olives at room temperature. L. paracasei was noted for its survival on olives throughout the three month experiment and was recovered from fecal samples in four out of five volunteers who consumed 10 to 15 olives per day for 10 days.\n\n\"The results reported here suggest that table olives are a suitable substrate for delivering probiotic species, since populations of L. paracasei, a strain selected for its potential probiotic characteristics assessed in vitro and for its lengthy survival on olives, were detected in the feces of human volunteers,\" say the researchers. \"This result meets one of the aims of the current research, that of finding new delivery systems ensuring the stability and viability of strains.\""}
-{"text": "New evidence about the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s past\n\nMap shows the study area along eastern Mexico and the Gulf. Credit: Stephen Cossey\n\nGeologists studying a region in the Mexican state of Veracruz have discovered evidence to explain the origin of the Wilcox Formation, one of Mexico\u2019s most productive oil plays, as well as support for the theory that water levels in the Gulf of Mexico dropped dramatically as it was separated from the rest of the world\u2019s oceans and Earth entered a period of extreme warming.\n\nThe drop in water levels and the warming, known as the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), occurred around 55.8 million years ago. The Gulf refilled about 850,000 years later.\n\nGeologist Don Van Nieuwenhuise said the study, published in the February edition of Interpretation, explains the distribution of the Wilcox Formation from onshore Texas and Mexico into the deep waters of the Gulf and offers insight into the episode of extreme warming more than 55 million years ago, with potential implications for climate change today.\n\nVan Nieuwenhuise, director of professional geoscience programs at the University of Houston, is an author of the study, along with lead author Stephen P.J. Cossey, Joseph Davis, Joshua H. Rosenfeld and James Pindell. Cossey, Davis, Rosenfeld and Pindell are independent geologists.\n\nThe findings support the theory that the Gulf of Mexico was landlocked as the Paleocene Epoch morphed into the warmer Eocene, punctuated by a massive loss of water due to evaporation and, millennia later, was inundated again.\n\nVan Nieuwenhuise said oil producers long have been puzzled about the Wilcox Formation\u2019s appearance in the Gulf\u2019s deeper waters, hundreds of miles from where it appears onshore. This new information could mean there are still-undiscovered sections of the formation, also known as the Paleocene/Eocene Chicontepec Formation, he said.\n\nBut while the research offers a better understanding of where additional oil reservoirs might be located, Cossey said it also expands what is known about the history of the Gulf.\n\n\u201cThere have been geologists working in the Gulf of Mexico for decades,\u201d said Cossey, who is based in Durango, Colo. \u201cAfter all these years, we\u2019re still finding out things we didn\u2019t know. This is important for oil and gas exploration, but it\u2019s also important in the history of the Gulf of Mexico and our knowledge of climate change.\u201d\n\nThe researchers said waters in the Gulf dropped at least 650 feet, leaving an exposed area that refilled less than a million years later \u2014 the blink of an eye in geologic time.\n\n\u201cProving the existence of the Paleocene-Eocene drawdown would profoundly alter the interpretation of the Gulf\u2019s geologic history with academic and economic ramifications,\u201d the researchers wrote. \u201cThe theory, if further validated, would provide a revised context and would enhance predictability for petroleum exploration. \u2026 We can add another line of evidence that the (Gulf of Mexico) drawdown occurred and that it likely happened near the Paleocene-Eocene boundary,\u201d or in the era between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.\n\nSeveral members of the team had previously worked near the village of Chicontepec, in Veracruz. Cossey, in fact, has written a book about the region, \u201cChicontepec: A Mexican National Treasure.\u201d\n\nHe returned in February 2015 to an outcrop previously documented as a coal bed, convinced that the existence of turbidites, a type of sedimentary rock associated with deep ocean currents, next to the coal deserved more investigation.\n\nAnalysis of samples from the outcrop convinced the researchers that the \u201ccoal\u201d was in fact a fossilized oil seep dating to the late Paleocene/early Eocene. Samples from above and below the oil contained fossilized sea life, additional evidence that the area was once submerged.\n\nThe researchers report that the oil seep developed after a dramatic drop in water levels in the Gulf, triggered by evaporation and coinciding with the PETM, the previously reported surge in temperatures. They conclude the dropping sea levels reduced pressure on hydrate-rich sediments, resulting in a massive methane release. Although there is not yet proof the warming was triggered by the methane release, Cossey said the timing fits.\n\n\u201cWe know there was an increase in temperatures about 56 million years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we know the drawdown in the Gulf of Mexico caused that, we can better understand how natural events on earth can affect the climate.\u201d\n\nVan Nieuwenhuise noted that today\u2019s warming oceans could also cause hydrates on the ocean floor to release methane, which may exacerbate climate change.\n\nThe region where the outcroppings were found was re-submerged as the Gulf waters rose but are now above sea level and about 100 miles from the Gulf coast, due to later geologic movement known as Tectonic activity, which would have reopened the passage between the Gulf and the world\u2019s oceans."}
-{"text": "Meditation, Buddhist Paths, Blogs and more: overview\n\nWith Christmas and other holidays coming up, it\u2019s perhaps not totally inappropriate to remind you all of my spiritual gift guides. Buy something off one of these pages and I get a nice commission: you help me make a living and it doesn\u2019t cost you a thing! Given that it\u2019s almost 2012 and I don\u2019t expect the world to end, you might also want to stock up on a Spiritual calendar or datebook. If you want to give something not particularly spiritual you may like this list of gift ideas or my new gift blog.\nBut you don\u2019t read this blog for that. So here\u2019s my latest spiritual blog posts."}
-{"text": "We're about:\n\nWelcome to the New England Magento E-Commerce Meetup. The goal of this group is to provide merchants, freelancers/job seekers and industry people in general, best practices in e-commerce, as well as a direct line of connection into the Magento ecosystem.\n\nThis year, we will be discussing a wide array of topics in e-commerce to help arm our attendees with innovations in e-commerce, as well as optimization strategies that drive success for merchants and implementers alike."}
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-{"text": "F*** You, Yelper: Yelp Reviews as Beat-Style Poetry\n\nPerhaps it wasn't the intention of the person who started Fuck You, Yelper to frame random snippets of sadly hysterical Yelp reviews for comparison to anti-intellectual Beatnik poetry. But I can't help seeing each post -- a few lines plucked, sometimes but not always, from a longer review -- stark in its braying, self-righteous ignorance as a work of art unto itself:\n\nThere were people outside in their pajamas. How difficult is it to change into street clothes? That just ghettoed the place. My brother brought 2 donuts from donut man and nobody ate them. We all said ew. It's just a donut.\n\nYes, it's just a donut.\n\nAnd it's easy to see why Fuck You, Yelper has quickly become one of the most popular Tumblr pages over the last few days. Haven't we all despaired of the quality (and often dubious provenance) of the reviews and entitled ramblings posted on Yelp? Hasn't the world despaired over Yelp's business tactics and its effect on small businesses?\n\nIt's just par for the course at this point for Yelp to become a parody of itself, intentional or not. And that's what Fuck You, Yelpers showcases by merely posting a snippet of a review every day or so. It's also surprising to see the excessively minor things that can transform a guest's experience from wonderful to terrible in a matter of seconds, circumstances that are often out of a restaurant's control or have nothing to do with the restaurant in the first place (patrons in pajamas?).\n\nBut the site never seems to include Houston Yelp reviews. Could it be that our general population is just more well-informed, that we're more coherent and fair-minded than the average Yelper? EOW decided to take a look at some Houston reviews on Yelp to find out.\n\nUnfortunately, I'm not much of a connoisseur when it comes to coffee drinks so I can't comment much on the quality of the drinks at Catalina Coffee. -- From a one-star review of Catalina Coffee\n\nMost of us live in the heights area and frequent restaurants at least 3 nights a week. So technically, you can clasify us a \"foodies\". Believe me when I tell you, do not eat here for brunch. I have not tried their dinner, but do not plan on even giving them a chance after our experience. There tons of other places, who will feed you larger portions and who can offer better mimosa deals, and make you feel welcome too. I only gave one star, cause their bloody marys were good. -- From a one-star review of Stella Sola.\n\nThis place is awful! First bad impression was when we pulled up to valet, they looked at us crazy, then finally came over and opened the doors. We had to ask them if there was a private party going on because it was weird that they weren't hurrying their lazy little asses over to help us. -- From a one-star review of The Grove.\n\nPizza is nothing to write home about maybe its all about the Brazilian style pizza they do but they got some funky toppings like corn on em. When I went in I noticed some \"Brazilians\" eating that corn pizza and they seemed to like it. Maybe if you are from that place you will like the pizza. -- From a two-star review of Friends Pizzeria.\n\nMe and the bf went to FuFu's tonight for some cheap eats. This FuFu experience was unpleasant to say the least. There was a short wait but we got jipped by these two way old couple who cut in front of us. -- From a two-star review of Fu Fu Cafe.\n\nPappa Geno's is probably the closes thing to the real thing. Not that I've ever had the real thing, but just comparing to what I've seen on tv. -- From a three-star review of Pappa Geno's.\n\nHouston Restaurant week sent us searching for places we hadn't tried. We picked Haven for dinner on a Wednesday night. I won't be back. You get one time to make a good first impression and I'd rather spent my time and money at places that impress. -- From a two-star review of Haven.\n\nOn second thought, never mind. It looks like Houston has its own generation of Beat Yelpers, too."}
-{"text": "International experts will explore our European Cheese Culture: past, present and future including\n\n\u2022 History of cheese \u2013 from the prehistoric origins of cheese making in Ireland through the Medieval high point to 17th and 18th century decline and modern revival.\n\n\u2022 Science of taste \u2013 exploring the scientific basis of what makes cheese delicious including new and innovative sensory evaluations, flavour maps and food pairings\n\n\u2022 Cheese culture in Europe today \u2013 current consumption patterns and trends, the place of cheese in a modern lifestyle and opportunities for the future.\n\nThe symposium will be chaired by food writer and cook Trish Deseine Full programme details available soon. For further information or queries please contact: Lyn Sheridan / Finola Guinnane on finola@aikenpr.com / 0289 663000 The symposium is part of the \u2018Cheese up your life\u2019 campaign from the European Milk Forum\n\nJoin Our Newsletter!\n\nIf you would like to stay up to date with the latest recipes, events and exclusive offers from Food NI, sign up to our newsletter!"}
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-{"text": "And the article only gets dumber from there. The general gist seems to be that the dental lobby and the Koch brothers have launched an \u201castroturf\u201d resistance to TSA nudie-scanners and \u201cenhanced patdowns.\u201d\n\nI'll save for a later blog post the question of when some liberals started attacking the defenders of civil liberties (was it January 20, 2009?), and focus instead on some of the absurdities in this Nation article.\n\nFirst, the writer is Mark Ames, whom I first read when he attacked free-market-leaning blogger Megan McArdle for having been raised by a father who collected a government paycheck. I won't link that piece here, I just mention it to give you a taste for the kind of work this guy produces.\n\nBut this libertarian-corporate-dentite-anti-fondling piece really is a piece of work. Here's the thesis statement:\n\nAs the first reporters to expose the Tea Party as an Astroturf PR campaign funded by FreedomWorks and Koch-related front groups back in February, 2009, we see many of the same elements driving the current \u201crebellion\u201d against the TSA: Koch-related libertarians, Washington lobbyists and PR operatives posing as \u201cordinary citizens,\u201d and suspicious fake-grassroots outrage relentlessly promoted in the same old right-wing echo chamber.\n\nLet's start by noting, I thought this Tea Party-as-manufactured-rage idea would have died when the election results showed that the roots of this alleged astroturf ran pretty deep.\n\nThe authors' first suggestion is that the \u201cdon't touch my junk\u201d guy John Tyner is a plant. The evidence: \u201che leans strongly libertarian.\u201d They put that in bold. You know there's something fishy when a libertarian objects to government intrusions in his life\u2026.\n\nAlso counting against Tyner:\n\nTyner attended private Christian schools in Southern California and lives in Oceanside, a Republican stronghold next to Camp Pendleton, the largest Marine Corps base on the West Coast.\n\nGot that?\n\nBut a conspiracy isn't truly insidious until the dental lobby is involved. Here's that:\n\nThen there's Brian Sodergren, founder of the \u201cNational Opt-Out Day,\u201d when \u201cordinary citizens standup for their rights.\u201d But Sodergren is no \u201cordinary citizen.\u201d Cached and scrubbed online LinkedIn records show that Brian Sodergren is a Washington lobbyist specializing in \u201cgrassroots education\u201d for the American Dental Association and ADPAC, the American Dental Association Political Action Committee. No wonder that Sodergren has gone out of his way to scrub his employment record.\n\nThere's plenty more to say about this piece, but I think I'll wait for the Nation article about all those Koch-funded anti-war \u201clibertarians\u201d \u2014 maybe this one will involve the podiatrist lobby."}
-{"text": "Videos\n\nHomeless Outreach Office Locks Doors During Business Hours\n\nFor years, Miami Beach has operated a homeless outreach office out of 555 17th St., a building right next to City Hall. But over the past few months, homeless advocate Valerie Navarrete says she heard a number of the city's homeless population say the office would randomly close during business hours."}
-{"text": "Originally Posted by BengaliPagol\nI'm gonna read the forum rules to find out if you can get banned for opening too many useless threads.\n\nTrying too hard Zeesan bhai\n\nnot a bad idea...maybe we should come up with 21 ways to get this guy banned.\n\ni will tell you one on how to get this guy banned. you have to put him in a mainka chipa type of situation. Start a religious topic...wait for his post, reply in a way that will make him write a post that will likely be very offensive to a religious person. then report him to the mods....\n\nforget about trillion i doubt zeeshan knows how many zeroes i. trillion though he claims to be a math major... i still dont know how he was able to obtain takas equivalent to 100k usd... boggles my mind...."}
-{"text": "Guccio Gucci founded one of the most famous Italian fashion house in 1921 and from 2006 Frida Giannini is the creative director. This brand is known throughout the world for its craftsmanship of leather, the iconic double g logo and for the particular details in every item of clothing; a pair of sneakers, a jacket or a shirt, is synonymous with elegance, never ostentatious."}
-{"text": "Filmgeeks from Videoport, Portland Maine\n\nVideoport gives you a free movie every single day. No one could have a problem with that. Unless they didn\u2019t like movies, I guess. But, then, why are they here in the first place? Really confusing stuff. Take a free movie while we figure this out.\n\nMiddle Aisle Monday! Take a free rental from the Science Fiction, Horror, Incredibly Strange, Popular Music, Mystery/Thriller, Animation, or Staff Picks sections with any other paid rental! OR Get any three non-new releases for seven days for $7.99!\n\n>>> Emily S. Customer suggests a Monday Mother\u2019s Day Double Feature! For Middle Aisle Monday, take a terrifying trip through maternity in preparation for Mother\u2019s Day. Roman Polanski\u2019s Rosemary\u2019s Baby and David Cronenberg\u2019s The Brood convey the sublimated terror lurking in the experience of pregnancy and childbirth. Paranoia and terror creep in all around Rosemary (Mia Farrow), crowding into the sunny days of her young marriage and throwing gloomy shadows across the freshly-painted walls of her handsome New York City apartment. The film hinges on a simple question: Is Rosemary\u2019s imagination running away with her, or is something larger than mere maternal anxiety at play in her seemingly simple life? In Cronenberg\u2019s cult favorite, Nola (Samantha Eggar) is fighting her ex for custody of their daughter, and seeking intense (and worryingly radical) treatments at The Somafree Institute, transforming the pain of her divorce and longer-buried traumas through a new therapy called psychodynamics \u2014 with startling results. Just how gruesome a Mother\u2019s Day are you looking forward to, anyhow?\n\nTough and Triassic Tuesday! Give yourself a free rental from the Action or Classics section with any other paid rental! OR Get any three non-new releases for seven days for $7.99!\n\n>>>It\u2019s another Mother\u2019s Day Double Feature from Emily S. Customer! Mildred Pierce (1945) and The Manchurian Candidate. Left alone by her no-good husband, single mother Mildred Pierce (Joan Crawford) would sacrifice anything to make a better life for her daughters. She doesn\u2019t have much, but she has a strong work ethic, a dab hand with pastry, and a level head on her shoulders, and soon Mildred works her way up from provisionally-employed waitress to restaurant entrepreneur, all for the good of her girls\u2026 but for her selfish daughter Veda, nothing will ever be enough. Lay in a supply of pie, and also of hankies, for this melodrama in noir disguise. While Mildred Pierce would sacrifice everything for her children, Eleanor Iselin (Angela Lansbury, in an Academy-Award nominated performance) of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) would sacrifice her son, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), and much more on the pyre of her second husband\u2019s political career. The addled, publicity-hungry Sen. Iselin (James Gregory, known to a generation as Inspector Luger from Barney Miller) leads a witchhunt devoted to rooting out (fictitious) Communists entrenched within the Department of Defense, and with his wife\u2019s encouragement, he plays shamelessly on Raymond\u2019s reputation as a war hero and (as his fellow platoon members invariably report) as \u201cthe kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I\u2019ve ever known in my life.\u201d\n\nWacky and Worldly Wednesday! You\u2019ve got a free rental coming from the Comedy or Foreign Language sections with any other paid rental! OR Get any three non-new releases for seven days for $7.99!\n\n>>>Emily S. Customer continues her Mother\u2019s Day double features! Pair up El Orfanato (one Foreign rental FREE today with a paid rental!) and The Others (Horror) for an eerie, emotional double whammy of scares and sentiment. Though the cast and story construction of El Orfanato is strong throughout, Bel\u00e9n Rueda carries the film on her slim shoulders, bringing heart and depth to the role of Laura, a mother doggedly trying to protect her adopted son from horrors both uncanny and all too tangible. In The Others, Nicole Kidman\u2019s Grace is just as fierce in protecting her children, and just as haunted by the prospect of failure.\n\nThrifty Thursday! Rent one, get a free rental from any other section in the store! OR Get any three non-new releases for seven days for $7.99!\n\n>>> Dennis suggests Brian\u2019s Song (in Feature Drama). This football movie about the friendship between interracial NFL running back pals Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo is the movie that makes it okay for dudes to cry. Manly crying. Burly tears. Both drafted by the Chicago Bears in a time when the league\u2019s racial attitudes were a lot less tolerant than now\u2014and the league\u2019s racial attitudes aren\u2019t great now\u2014Sayers and Piccolo were paired up as the team\u2019s first mixed-race roommates and became pals even though they were competing for the same job. Made for TV, the whole thing\u2019s a little hokey, but when James Caan\u2019s Piccolo gets sick, and Billy Dee Williams\u2019 shy Sayers stands behind his buddy, well, things get a little dusty, even for the manliest football-loving dude in the house. Caan and Williams are both great in this, and their big showdown\u2014with Piccolo using a particular word to get the injured Sayers motivated and the two devolving into paralyzing giggle-fits\u2014was pretty damned bold for its day. So rent it, and go ahead and cry, fellas\u2014this is the movie that made it okay.\n\nKids Friday! One free rental from the Kids section, no other rental necessary! OR get any three non-new releases for a week for $7.99!\n\n>>> It\u2019s a free kids movie! There are a lot to choose from! For free!\n\nHaving a Wild Weekend! Rent two movies, and get a third one for free from any section! OR get any three non-new releases for a week for $7.99!\n\n>>> For Saturday, Dennis suggests Penny Dreadful-season 1 (in Horror). For those of you who pay the frankly exorbitant and ridiculous cable television fees, you know that this excellent Showtime horror series returned this week for its second season. Which is fine, if you want to pay for cable, then pay extra for Showtime. Like a sucker. For all of us smarties out here, it\u2019s time to catch up on the first season, available at frankly ridiculously low rental prices at Videoport. Starring Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Billie Piper, and a surprisingly effective Josh Hartnett, it\u2019s sort of like a Victorian League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, in that it mixes historical and fictional characters (Dorian Gray, Dr. Frankenstein, and others make appearances). Oh, except, unlike that misbegotten movie, Penny Dreadful doesn\u2019t suck. (You should check out Alan Moore\u2019s original LXG graphic novels, though.) In the show, Dalton is an Alan Quartermain-like explorer, returned to England to hunt down some ancient evil with the help of Green\u2019s stunningly good psychic/medium and Hartnett\u2019s American gunslinger (tortured veteran of his own brush with evil, recruited from a third-rate \u201cWild West\u201d show). Bloody, gorgeous, and very well acted, this is a great, little series.\n\n>>>For Sunday, Hey, it\u2019s the beginning of the month, so that means it\u2019s time for our list of the movies that Netfl*x is taking away from you for no reason whatsoever! Seriously\u2014if there\u2019s anything more representative of the greedhead corporate evil of Netfl*x, it\u2019s that they do this each and every month and make their customers believe it\u2019s normal. It\u2019s not\u2014it\u2019s not like they have to squeeze all these movies onto shelves somewhere. They just feel like making the decision of what those customers should be able to watch away from the people giving them money. So here are the movies poor, dumb Netfl*x customers/dupes won\u2019t be able to see in May. (Oh, and, of course, you can rent them all at Videoport. Because we don\u2019t pull this crap.)\n\n12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue (2012)\n\n6 Bullets (2012)\n\nThe Accused (1988)\n\nAirplane! (1980)\n\nAll I Want for Christmas (1991)\n\nAlong Came Polly (2004)\n\nAn American Haunting (2006)\n\nBASEketball (1998)\n\nBitter Moon (1992)\n\nBoys Don\u2019t Cry (1999)\n\nBratz: Babyz: The Movie (2005)\n\nThe Brothers Bloom (2008)\n\nCecil B. Demented (2000)\n\nCloud 9 (2014)\n\nDeuces Wild (2002)\n\nDivine Secrets of the Ya\u00adYa Sisterhood (2002)\n\nFantastic Voyage (1966)\n\nFinding Forrester (2000)\n\nFlight (2012)\n\nFriday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood (1988)\n\nFunny Face (1957)\n\nIchi the Killer (2001)\n\nThe Jewel of the Nile (1985)\n\nA Knight\u2019s Tale (2001)\n\nLife Is Beautiful (1997)\n\nThe New Guy (2002)\n\nPrincess Diaries 2 (2004)\n\nRed Dawn (2012)\n\nRoboCop (1987)\n\nRobot & Frank (2012)\n\nRomancing the Stone (1984)\n\nSabrina (1954)\n\nThe Secret of NIMH (1982)\n\nSilent House (2011)\n\nSkyfall (2012)\n\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)\n\nValkyrie (2008)\n\nNew Releases this week at Videoport: Selma (David Oyelowo is mesmerizing and complex as legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King in this uncompromising depiction of King\u2019s leadership of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery Alabama in 1965. Shut out at the Oscars, now\u2019s your chance, people. Directed by Ava DuVernay, whose excellent indie film Middle Of Nowhere you can also rent in Videoport\u2019s Drama section), Mr. Turner (The great British director Mike Leigh [Naked, Secrets & Lies, Another Year, Topsy Turvy, High Hopes, Happy Go Lucky] brings out this visually stunning biopic of the last years of the life of legendary, and legendarily odd, English painter J.M.W. Turner. Starring always-stellar character actor Timothy Spall in a rare lead as Turner), Black Or White (In what I\u2019m sure was a well-intentioned idea, this movie sees grieving [white] grandpa Kevin Costner fighting for custody of his beloved granddaughter after his son dies. Octavia Spencer is the [black] grandmother who\u2019s doing the same. Man, I sure hope these two can come to some sort of symbolically palatable understanding on race. Just, fingers crossed over here), Mr. Selfridge- season 3(Jeremy Piven returns as turn of the century American mogul Harry Selfridge who opened London\u2019s first department store),The Bridge- season 2(While we\u2019ve got the American remake, here\u2019s the second season of the original, foreign-language mystery series about a pair of mismatched cops from opposite sides of the border [Denmark and Sweden in this case] forced to work together to solve a murder where the body was right on the dividing line between their two countries), Spare Parts (George Lopez, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Marisa Tomei star in this fact-based inspirational movie about a team of Hispanic high school students who cobbled together car parts to take on the most advanced students in the country in a nationwide robotics competition), Lost River (Ryan Gosling makes his directorial debut with this artsy mystery drama about a single mother [Mad Men\u2019s Christina Hendricks] who sets out to uncover the dark secrets of her dying small town in order to save her teenaged son; costarring Saiorse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Doctor Who\u2019s Matt Smith), The Last Five Years (Portland\u2019s pride, Anna Kendrick stars in this musical adaptation of the play about the doomed romance of a novelist and his dream girl), Against The Sun (Based on a true story WWII survival tale about three downed airmen forced to go to unimaginable lengths to stay alive after their bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean), Masters Of Sex- season 2 (Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan return in the second season of this compelling drama series about the then-infamous sex researchers Masters and Johnson), Miss Julie (Legendary actress Liv Ullman writes the screenplay and directs this adaptation of the Strindberg play about an 18th century heiress encouraging the attentions of her father\u2019s hunky valet. Starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell), 50 Shades Of Grey (Wait, wait, calm your pants\u2014this adaptation of the internet fan fic-level erotic novel doesn\u2019t come out until FRIDAY, MAY 8th. Friday\u2014so cool yourself with one of those big, ornamental fans, have a wine cooler, and look longingly at your bedside table until FRIDAY, when this tale of the sexy millionaire who likes some mildly kinky sex games and the doe-eyed lady who allows him to do stuff to her. Be cool, everybody), The Berlin File (Korean thriller about a North Korean secret agent who finds himself on the run in Berlin after his cover is blown.)\n\nNew Releases on Blu Ray this week at Videoport:The Boy Next Door, Inherent Vice\n\nGet some free money at Videoport! Yup, free money. Put $20 on your Videoport account, and we give you $25 in store credit. And a pre-pay of $30 gets you $40 in store credit! That\u2026is free money, people."}
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-{"text": "A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks, specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management, internet marketing and library sciences, melding together to form the Dynamic Trio.\n\nPages\n\n9/8/09\n\nComing on the heels of our Gmail Waives Privilege dialogue, I came across even further evidence of the dangers of using free email systems like Gmail. As reported in the Washington Post and published by the Houston Chronicle, for only $100 you can buy the password to a any freemail account. The article explains how a 'woman scorned' contacted YourHackerz.com and was able to purchase the password to her \"married boyfriend's\" AOL email account. She followed that up by securing the passwords to people he emailed who used similar accounts.\nWe at 3 Geeks are aware that a number of state bars have opined that email has a reasonable expectation of privacy and as such is ethical to use when transmitting confidential client information. In part, the reasonable expectation comes about since it is illegal to intercept email. However, the article points out:\n\nFederal law prohibits hacking into e-mail, but without further illegal activity, it's only a misdemeanor, noted Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University and a former trial attorney in the Justice Department's computer crime section.\n\nWow ... a misdemeanor.\n\nThe feds usually don't have the resources to investigate and prosecute misdemeanors, Kerr said. And part of the reason is that normally it's hard to know when an account has been compromised, because e-mail snooping doesn't leave a trace.\n\nEthics issues aside (which still need to catch up with reality) lawyers should have their eyes VERY wide open when using these email services. In addition to email being inherently insecure, hacking freemail accounts is now as easy as buying a book on Amazon. As we've noted previously, the higher duty of care lawyers hold demands a higher level of practice.\n\n9/3/09\n\nPreviously on 3 Geeks, we posted on the dangers of using free email services like Gmail. The basic argument is that by granting a property right to content (a.k.a. client information) to Google, lawyers risk of waiving privilege. We had an interesting set of comments come in from this post, exploring how serious this problem is. Some people thought it wasn't a problem at all, since Google is using machines to read your content. Others thought it was similar to FedEx reviewing packages for safety. My position is that the granting of rights to your clients' information to someone else (be it Google, Yahoo, etc.) on its face creates an ethical issue for lawyers.\nTo add fuel to this fire, I saw twoposts this week on a related subject. In July the New Jersey courts released an opinion (Sengart v. Loving Care) where an employee was using their company laptop to communicate with their lawyer about possible litigation against the employer. At the core of this argument is that fact that employers retain property rights to any information that resides on their computer equipment. Most employment policies inform employees about this, such as the one from Loving Care.\n\nE-mail and voice mail messages, internet use and communication and computer files are considered part of the company\u2019s business and client records. Such communications are not to be considered private or personal to any individual employee.\n\nBy submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.\n\nGoogle notes that this right is for the sole purpose of proving the Services. However, that is not much of a limiting factor. Google uses this right primarily to direct ads to its users. But I don't see anything in the TOS that limits them to this behavior.\nAlthough Sengart and the Google TOS situations are not entirely similar, they share that core issue of giving property rights to content to a third party in exchange for the use of the technology. The one key difference with Sengart is that the client is the one who compromised the ownership of the content. Frankly, it's the client's right to do this since it's their content. But even in that situation, a lawyer would be wise to warn clients about using email in such a way that privilege is compromised.\nThe legal profession holds itself out as having higher duties of care when it comes to securing client information. I suggest that using free email services with a TOS like Googles' runs counter to this professional responsibility.\n\nA lot of us in the law firm library field have been asking for database and resource \"monitoring\" software for a few years now. Most of us have had our requests rejected because the cost of the software was seen as too high, or the benefits from such software were seen as too low back when the economy was booming. Now that law firms are cutting staff, attorneys, resources and salaries, some of those firms that rejected the monitoring software now understand the potential benefits that we've been talking about.\n\nThe Players\n\nA little background on the big players in the database and resource monitoring world. There are really three main products out there:\n\nThe basic idea behind the monitoring software is to create an interface that tracks the usage of specific databases (i.e., Westlaw, Lexis, PACER, BNA, CCH, HeinOnline, etc., etc.) Many of these work within Internet Explorer and are fairly seamless for the person accessing the database. The last time I checked, most did not work with any other type of browser (of course, they all say they are \"working on it.\") But most of the law firms are still using IE (according to my logs, many of you are still using IE6) so, that shouldn't be a big deal for most of us. The software maintains information on:\n\n1) Usernames & Passwords (either on a group level, or individual level)\n2) Records which databases are used, by which users, and for how long\n3) Restricts use of certain databases according to the license agreement (so if Partner \"X\" is the only person authorized to access a database, then Associate \"Y\" can be blocked from the application.)\n4) Allows the administrator of the monitoring software to log out users remotely. Nothing is more aggravating than trying to access a database, but you can't because someone logged in, then went to lunch without logging out.\n5) Create billing reports. Instead of going through manually to bill out the PACER quarterly reports, the monitoring software will create those reports automatically.\n6) Set pricing on each database. Most firms charge back for Lexis, Westlaw and PACER usage, but many do not charge back for other databases. Monitoring software would allow you to put a \"per usage\", \"per minute\", or \"per transaction\" price on any database.\n7) Create a \"What Isn't Used\" report. Now you can really see if that expensive database that the Practice Group Leader demanded a few years ago is really being used. When the librarian goes to the PGL and says \"we are thinking of cutting this database\", and the PGL replies \"Don't cut that, I use that all the time!\" Now the librarians has a way to see if that is true or not. Most of the time we know it isn't being used, but didn't have a good way to prove it.\n\nAdditional Ways to Use Monitoring Software\n\nYou can probably think of a few more good ways to use monitoring software. One of the ways that I've promoted is the \"internal\" resource monitoring. The IT or KM departments (or in some cases, the techie librarian) have created a lot of internal products that have great benefits to the firm. The monitoring software can be used to see what products are or are not being used, and who is using them. This can be a great resource when it comes to training, or spotting trends within practice groups on what tools are used, and what are not.\n\nIs Big Brother Watching You?\n\nIn a word, \"yes\". The initial thought behind this type of software is to save money by getting rid of databases you don't need, or to reduce the number of users when demand for a database is low. Theoretically, it could also be used to monitor other things, such as how much time someone spends on Ebay or Craigslist. But, most IT departments can do that now, so this would just be another way of doing it.\n\nMonitoring Software is Going to be Huge!\n\nIn a time when the fat is being cut, along with the meat, and some of the bone, monitoring software is going to be a tool of choice for many firms. The latest Law Librarian Survey mentions that many librarians are already using these tools as a cost cutting resource. The costs of just the monitoring software runs in the tens of thousands of dollars (depending upon the size of your firm, generally) and the first directive that librarians get is to cut enough in current database subscriptions to pay for the cost of the monitoring software. This is going to be one of those situations where firms will spend a little money in order to save a lot in return.\n\n8/28/09\n\nIt's been a busy week around the three geekdom. Although I couldn't attend the ILTA 09 meeting in Washington DC, I monitored it religiously (via the #ILTA09 tag) and helped my boss prep for her back-to-back presentations on Records Management and Library Services contract negotiations. We had a Westlaw blowup mid-week, and I talked with my local Westlaw Library Relations Manager (LRM) yesterday and we had a nice discussion about what the LRM's are doing to work with law librarians. So, getting on the bus this morning, I thought that I didn't have anything to blog about other than TGIF!! But, as usual, I was wrong.\n\nI mentioned a few post ago that I was reading Sir Ken Robinson's book The Element. As I was reading it this morning, I read one of those sentences that makes you sit up and say \"Wow!\" (If I were a child of the 60's I'd have said \"whoa... that's deep, man.\")\n\n\"... conformity has a higher value than diversity.\"\n\nAlthough Ken (he lives in America now, so I refuse to call him 'Sir' Ken) was talking about primary and secondary schools, this could actually apply to many facets of life, and I'm tying it to some of the conformity we have in law firms.\n\nThere are a lot of us that are pushing Enterprise 2.0 tools within the law firms. The reason many of us believe this will be a great resource for everyone in the firm is the fact that it gives a voice to everyone. Conformity equals the standard monthly or quarterly meeting, diversity equals wikis, blogs and other social media tools that allow you to put your ideas forth at any time.\n\nAnother standard idea within law firms is the establishing of a committee to plan how the firm will handle an issue. Committees are made up of individuals who represent various divisions within the firm (Partners, Associates, Counsel, C-Levels, Directors, Managers, etc.) and even each of those represent certain practice areas or departments. Committees equal conformity, Teams equal diversity. When you set up a committee the members are focused first on how to best represent themselves, their individual departments or groups, their peers, then the firm - in that order. Teams are set up to go the opposite way. Look at the process in a more holistic fashion -- how it affects the many, rather than the few.\n\nThose seven words made me sit up and think about how we can look at what we are doing in a different way. Enterprise 2.0 tools and Teams are just two examples. The next time you approach a project or think about the process you use to perform your tasks, ask yourself are you valuing conformity or are you valuing diversity?\n\n8/26/09\n\nAs I watched the #ILTA09 session tweets roll by from @VMaryAbraham, I just got more and more disgusted. Not at Mary, mind you (she was rockin' with the informative tweets), but rather at the presenter Jason Dorsey and his message. Now, I must give a full disclaimer here and say that I was not in the room for the presentation, but I did watch an interview with him after the session on ILTA TV, and the interview seemed to back up Mary's Tweets. Jason Dorsey calls himself the \"Gen Y Guy\", talks about the differences between the generations in his presentations, and I hear he's a great presenter. If I get a chance to see him present at another conference, I will make every attempt to be there.\n\nNow that all of the praise is out of the way, I'm going to say that the message I read from Jason's presentation was one of stereotyping, oversimplification of generational differences, and taking simple known facts and leaping to conclusions about entire sections of our population. In other words, Jason (and many other of the self-help presenters out there) wants to give you a short presentation that will help you compartmentalize people that you work with. When he is finished, you will now have a better understanding of why a Gen Y person is one way, while the Gen X and Boomers are another. Perhaps your Human Resources department has put on one of these little shows at your office. We all walk away with a better understanding of why \"Bob is a jerk\" and \"Sally is lazy.\" It isn't because they have bad personalities or habits... it's because they are of a particular generation.\n\nI'm always worried about labeling people, and I'm really concerned about labeling groups of people. The labels tend to be too broad, and overly simplistic. It is like taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tests and saying that everyone fits within four distinct boxes out of a total of 16 potential boxes. The personality tests, and the generation \"generalization\" can help define how someone might perform as a worker, but I'm always afraid that sessions like these create situations where we stereotype entire groups of people and make it too easy for someone to be labeled as \"blank\" Generation with \"blank\" MBTI, therefore slap \"blank\" label on them.\n\nI have to agree with something I read from Ken Robinson, in his book The Element. Robinson talked about trying to label someone with the 16 categories of the MTBI. \"My guess is that sixteen personality types might be a bit of an underestimate. My personal estimate would be close to six billion.\" The reason behind this is when you start to place people in boxes it tends to close doors on people rather than opening them.\n\nI understand that Jason Dorsey pulled his research from over 500,000 interviews of Gen Y'ers, and used a lot of research conducted by Strauss and Howe, so I'm not doubting that he's done the research. However, I did hear Jason give an example in his live interview of how Gen Y's have a unique experience that helps explain their impatience. He roughly said that Gen Y's are the first generation to enter the workforce with no expectation of staying with the same company for 30 years and retiring. I can only talk anecdotally here, but from what I remember, the 30 years and retire has been a dying or dead idea for nearly 30 years now. Do I have to start singing Billy Joel's Allentown from 27 years ago?\n\nPresentations like Jason's are good exercises in \"generalities\", but not for individual application. Be very careful not to over generalize entire groups of people. Remember they are individuals, with individual experiences and capabilities -- treat them as such.\n\n8/25/09\n\nWhen I was in the US Army, we used to have a saying: \"Do not tick off the Mess Cook, the Supply Sergeant, or the Payroll Officer.\" The reason was simple... you didn't want to worry about what was in your food, pay for items that were mysteriously signed out to you and then lost; or, find that your check got routed to Ft. Dix, NJ and will make its way back in a couple of weeks. None of these guys were your boss, or even that high ranking a soldier. However, they had power and could use it in ways that could make things difficult for you if they wanted.\n\nThink of that saying when you read this little email advertisement that was sent out by someone at Westlaw.\n\n\"Are You On A First Name Basis With The Librarian? If so, chances are, you're spending too much time in the library.\"\n\nThis little doozey was making its way around the law-lib listserv on Monday and was causing quite a stir on at least one blog. Although this is a pretty poor advertisement, I don't think they meant it the way it came out. A fact which was verified by Anne Ellis later on Monday.\n\nHere is what the ad department at Westlaw was probably trying to say: \"If you're a lawyer, you shouldn't rely solely on the law librarian to pull your documents or do your research.\" That would actually be a great ad.\n\nThis contentious ad seems to promote the idea that the librarian is a resource of last resort. Of course, this flies in the face of the argument that most librarians (including myself) tell their lawyers and paralegals, which is: \"if you cannot find what you are looking for in a short period of time, call the law librarian for help. Chances are he or she has already researched that topic and can point you in the right direction.\"\n\nI'm pretty sure that the genesis for the Westlaw ad was the fact that the sales reps from the legal research providers see the librarians as \"gatekeepers.\" All of us know how frustrating it can be to deal with gatekeepers, whether it is a certain secretary, paralegal, junior partner, etc. So, in a way, I can understand how the creator of this ad came up with the idea, but the fact that they actually sent this thing around as an email was just bad judgement. You can criticize gatekeepers all you want to your friends and colleagues, but for goodness sakes, don't put it in an email and broadcast it.\n\nJust like with my Army buddies at the mess hall, the supply room or the payroll office, law librarians have a job to do, and as a general rule, we do it well. So, let's be a little more careful with how you think lawyers should be using the librarian as a resource in your next ad.\n\n8/24/09\n\nAs I was following some of the ILTA '09 Conference chatter, I read something from David Hobbie that caught my attention. David was quoting Kevin O'Keefe's comment of \"thought leaders will blog because of their insatiable desire to learn.\" I thought that was a pretty good quote, so I retweeted it with a comment of \"(so true!)\". Within a few minutes, Jeff Gordon (the licensing handbook guy, not the racer) challenged me on that saying that he thinks \"thought leaders will COMMENT when they want to learn. Blogging isn't learning (even if you have to do research).\"\n\nThis had me scrambling to make sure that my definition of 'Thought Leader' was correct. [I'd hate to be the guy from Princess Bride yelling \"Inconceivable!\"] So, I quickly went to Wikipedia and got the definition:\n\nThought Leader - A person who is recognized among peers and mentors for innovative ideas and demonstrates the confidence to promote or share those ideas as actionable distilled insights.\n\nMy definition was a little simpler: \"A person who comes up with some good ideas, and like spaghetti, throws them against a wall to see what sticks.\"\n\nIn my retweet I was thinking that the blog could equal the wall, and the sticking would be the ability for the thought leader's ideas to stand up to the comments of his or her readership. In a way, you could think of it as a \"quasi peer-review\" process. A great example of this would be my co-blogger Toby Brown's post on GMail and Privilege. Toby threw his ideas of what happens when you combine legal ethics rules against a Terms of Service agreement from an email service provider. He tossed out his interpretation on the blog (for God and everyone to see), and found that his peers both agreed and challenged him on his interpretation.\n\nJeff is correct in that Thought Leaders do tend to 'comment' more than they teach on their blog, but in a way they are challenging their readership to either accept their comments as a great innovative idea, or to point out the flaws in their ideas. In the \"old days\" we would have to meet them face-to-face or write them letters or emails to engage in the discussion. Those conversations, however, would be limited to the audience in attendance or would simply be a one-on-one conversation. With blogs, those leaders can be engaged in multi-party conversations over a period of time.\n\nNow, I might be stretching the definition of \"Thought Leader\" slightly (or in Toby's case... enormously!), but I do think that blogs are an excellent platform for though leaders to discuss their ideas and generate feedback from their peers. If you fall under my loose definition of \"thought leader\", I expect to see some spaghetti sticking on the walls of your blog.\n\n8/21/09\n\nInteresting turn of events: Vogue model Liskula Cohen won the right to force Google to unmask a blogger who defamed her character.\nTaking a turn from Toby's previous post on Google's Gmail, I have to raise an eyebrow.\nOn the one hand, Google claims that they have a right to scan all of your e-mail for advertising opportunities but then when someone uses their blogging forum to castigate someone, the big old \"privacy\" walls come down.\nYou can't have it both ways, Google.\nTurns out that we the people have bought into \"the man\" now called Google.\nOh. Yeah. Our blog is on Blogger. I guess we are biting the hand that feeds us. Oh, wait, is that dog food ad I see? ;)\n\n8/20/09\n\nIf you are like me, you spend most of your time \"reacting\" to the demands of the day. People walk into my office, call me on the phone, or email me requests all day long, and I (like the good little automated message that I am) try to answer them in the order they were received. When I go home at night, I generally quote one of my favorite Thurgood Marshall sayings to myself -- \"I did the best I could with what I had.\" This usually satisfies that little voice in my head that wonders if I could have approached a project in a different way, or made a better decision if I had more time. Unfortunately, my little voice hit me with a different question -- \"Hey, shouldn't you be teaching these requesters how they can answer some of these questions themselves?\" (darn little voice....)\n[Photo Credit to wstryder (creative commons)]\n\nThe little voice was right, of course. Especially since it was referring to the fact that there are some specific questions that I handle over and over again. In this instance it is a generic question of taking a huge list of company names and finding a way to quickly identify which of these companies has every hired the firm to represent them. For anyone that has had to deal with the mixture of business development, marketing, competitive intelligence or records departments within law firms, this is a question you'll get a lot.\n\nI created a pretty good solution to this almost two years ago. I created a MySQL database that stored some basic client information, indexed it, and then placed a simple (yet superb!) PHP web front end on the database that allowed me to copy and paste the names of the companies and do a quick search on our index to see if they matched. I even created some fancy \"fuzzy\" logic buttons that really stretched the idea of \"best guess\" results (but was still effective in finding matches.) I demonstrated the database, passed out the link to the different departments so that they could run these searches themselves, and I've used it quite a few times. But... (and here's the morale of this story) I never really followed up with anyone, or did any additional training on the product after that initial introduction. I just assumed people were still using it and it was such a great product that obviously they would understand how to use it, remember it was there when they needed it, and gush over how smart I was for having come up with this great product.\n\nMy first clue that I was assuming incorrectly should have been the lack of my not winning the \"Internal Product of the Year Award\". The second clue should have been the fact that people were still coming to me with this same request. But, I, like many people, don't actually see the big picture until I got someone (usually an \"angry someone\") telling me that they spent hours doing this project and it would have been nice if I'd have shown them this product before they wasted all their time on it. Somehow my pointing out to them that I showed them this two years ago doesn't seem to fly as a good excuse on why I haven't followed up with anyone since.\n\nThe good news is that I get to reintroduce my great product and train people on how to use it. I'll probably do a cool little video screencasting of my desktop to show them exactly how to use the product for some \"on demand\" training. And in a few months, I'll follow up with everyone to see if they are still using the product. I'll also expect to be in the running for the \"Internal Product of the Year Award.\"\n\nMy little voice is still telling me that I should have been more proactive over the past two years and made sure that the product was being used and that people understood it. It is pretty darn hard to be proactive in the reactive world where we work. But, the little voice is right, and I'll learn from this lesson to work harder at being a little better at recognizing when it is time to stop feeding my folks fish, and instead teach them how to fish for themselves.\n\n8/19/09\n\nRecently I noticed a resurgence of the debate on the wisdom of lawyers using hosted, freebie email accounts. The basic concern has been about the security of these types of email addresses. It is quite easy to spoof one of these addresses and intercept communications. As well Twitter can testify that once cracked, the passwords for these sites are quite useful for other hacking.\nAn avid Gmail user myself, I was recently accessing my account via browser, and noticed the text-based ads. After some various testing, it became apparent Google was \u2018reading\u2019 my email to present ads relevant to the topics of my email. In one example, I could tell Google knew the content from the message body versus just the subject line.\nAfter a gentle reminder from my 3 Geeks co-blogger Lisa, I went and re-read the Terms of Service (TOS) from Google, followed by the same from Yahoo. Both services retain rights to any Content that touches their services, including communications (a.k.a. email).\nGoogle TOS:\n\n8.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.\n11.1 By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, \u2026 free \u2026 licence to \u2026 any Content.\n17.1 [a]dvertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.\n\n6. You acknowledge that Yahoo! may or may not pre-screen Content, but that Yahoo! and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Content\u2026.\n\nRule 1.6. (a) A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent ....\n\nSo beyond the security concerns, it appears that the use of popular, free email services for client communications is a violation of ethics rules since lawyers are revealing client information to a third party.\nIf you didn\u2019t have enough reasons for moving to a secure email address on a domain you own, you can now add \u201cgetting a letter from Discipline Counsel\u201d to the list.\n\n8/17/09\n\nIf you are like me, you have a lot of people that you \"follow\" via your social media channels. For example, I have over 2,600 folks that I follow via Twitter. But, out of those 2,600+ I probably only have the emails to a couple of dozen, and the phone numbers of a handful. My guess is that there are a lot of folks like me in the Social Media world. I like to run across new ideas by \"happenstance\", but there are a few of those folks that I know will challenge me intellectually with what they say, and I've made an effort to keep closer track of these specific individuals. On my way into work this morning, I got to thinking that it is time to take a few of these social media relationships to the next level.\n(Creative Commons image by jhf)\n\nA couple years ago, I read Keith Ferrazi's book Never Eat Alone. It was recommended to me by a partner in my firm, and I enjoyed it so much that I bought a copy for each of my library manager peers in my firm. The concept is very simple -- take the time to meet with people you want to know better, usually over lunch. The idea behind Ferrazi's book is that you have a lot of nodding relationships, but in order to better understand someone, or to open a comfortable line of communication between yourself and one of your colleagues, you need to meet face to face and actually have a conversation. All the emails, tweets, Facebook wall postings, etc., don't replace the energy you get from actually meeting with someone and getting to know them better on a personal level.\n\nSo here's my challenge to you. Pick 2 or 3 of the people you converse with on a social media platform that you would love to talk to face to face (your \"fav 3\"). I'm guessing that for 99.44% of you, these folks do not live in your city or work for the same firm or company that you do. Now, send them this message via a Direct Message on Twitter, or an email (standard email, FaceBook email, or LinkedIn email, Pony Express, whatever):\n\nI saw this (http://bit.ly/5adI1) and thought of you. Next time I'm in [enter person's city] or you're in [enter your city] let me take you out to lunch. - [enter your name]\n\nDo this for just 2 or 3 of those folks you'd really like to meet. Don't worry about hurting the feeling of the other 2597+ people... chances are they probably will never find out that they are not in your \"fav 3\".\n\nFor me, my \"fav 3\" are in Los Angeles, Boston and London. Believe it or not, the cities did not play a role in my picking the three. Now, chances of me going to London anytime soon are slim to none, but if I do, I'm offering to take someone out to lunch! My goal is to make the effort to better know a few select people and build upon the relationships that we've formed online.\n\nSelect your \"fav 3\" carefully. There's a great saying by the author Margaret Atwood that I quote a lot - \"Wanting to meet an author because you like their work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pate.\" We've all experienced this at one time or another. I remember meeting one of my law school professors for the first time. I'd read some of his writings and thought he was a genius. Then I met him. Turns out that sometimes you can be a genius, but still be a big jerk, too. I don't think that my \"fav 3\" are like this, but I could be wrong. I guess I won't know until I actually meet with them face to face.\n\nNow, do me one other favor. Once you send out your message to your \"fav 3\", come back here and put a comment that says \"Next time I'm in [list the two or three cities], I'm taking someone to lunch.\" I'm really hoping that I'll see a lot of \"Houston's\" in that list!!\n\n8/14/09\n\nMy Grandfather was notorious about finding a deal.He would go into a major department store and dicker with them over their prices.To him, the published price was just a starting point and he refused to buy unless he thought he was getting the price that he felt was reasonable.Clients in today\u2019s legal marketplace have this same attitude.\n\nYou can see it in recent news items discussing the attitudes of General Counsels at large corporations as they struggle with reducing costs with major law firms.They are negotiating hourly rates aggressively and questioning every item that appears on their bill.The question of whether or not the hourly billing model has gone the way of the dodo has been debating extensively, including by 3Geeks\u2019 own Toby Brown on this page. I think the hourly rate issue should be separate from the online research charges that appear on the bill.As you can see in my analysis below, these charges actually reflect the efficiencies these services provide.\n\nIn my position as Information Services Manager for a great metropolitan law firm (naw\u2026even I don\u2019t believe I\u2019m Superman\u2026all of the time), I find myself constantly explaining/defending/justifying our cost recovery policy.Maybe I\u2019ve been sampling the Kool-aid along the way, but I\u2019ve come to realize that most firms that charge back for online services are actually saving their clients money.Here are some examples of why I\u2019m not delusional:\n\n- Charging a fee for pulling a case online is less than the cost of pulling it off the shelf\n\nLet\u2019s say a firm charges clients $10 per case.It takes about a minute to pull and print the case.With a billing rate of $300/hr, the total cost to pull that case would be $15 ($10 for the case, $5 for the attorney\u2019s time).\n\nIf the case is pulled from the shelf, let\u2019s figure the following time is spent: 5 minutes to walk to the books, 2 minutes to pull the right volume, 5 more to copy the case and 5 more to walk back to the office for a grand total of 17 minutes.The cost is $85. And this doesn\u2019t count the cost of the space required to house the cases or the copying charges.\n\nThe cost to pull the case online is only 17% the cost of pulling it in print.I realize that not everyone does these activities in exactly the same way.However, what is clear is that the client actually saved money in the process.\n\n- Case & Code research is better online\n\nFirst, let\u2019s do this research online.Type in your search, starting broadly, and then narrow your search with focus or locate.It takes about 5 minutes to run the search and about 15-30 minutes to review the cases with your terms in context.In the interests of fairness, we\u2019ll go with 30 minutes.Then print the cases you want and you\u2019re done.Total time spent we\u2019ll round up to 40 minutes to allow for printing.At our hypothetical $300/hr rate, the cost of the time spent comes to $200.Add in $40 for the search and you\u2019ll have a total cost of $240.This analysis assumes that this is a normal search, not too esoteric, and that the search result is manageable, say about 20 cases.The analysis is essentially the same for searching codes.\n\nNext, let\u2019s look at the process for researching cases and codes in print.Picking up a digest or a code index, and looking for the correct subject can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour.This assumes that what we are looking for is easily translatable into the canned headings they use and not horrendously cross-referenced (i.e., \u201cSee post-trial\u201d which then says \u201cSee Judgments\u201d).This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour depending on the research.For the sake of discussion, we\u2019ll stick with 10 minutes.Then we spend about an hourpulling and reading the cases that were listed in under the digest heading.Then we add in the 17 minutes it takes to copy the darn things.We now have a total time spent of 1 hour and 27 minutes and a cost of$435.\n\nThe cost to research cases and codes online is only 55% the cost of doing it in print.A significant difference I would say.\n\n-Researching can be more cost effective online\n\nThe online process is relatively simple.Run the search in one or several treatises, focus or locate the sections discussing your specific terms, review the results and print the sections you want to keep.Say, about 40 minutes of your time.Couple that with the $40 search charge gives you a total cost of $240.\n\nIt is not quite as simple to do this with print.The process and time spent are similar to the case/code research referenced above.Assuming the book is on the shelf to begin with, start with the index or table of contents, look at the several sections/chapters that you find for the most relevant and then copy what you want.Total time is 1 hour 35 minutes and cost comes out to$435.\n\nAgain about a 55% difference in cost.\n\n-Caveat\n\nThe same is not true if it is a treatise, usually a practice guide, that the end user knows intimately.Several years ago, I published an article discussing this phenomenon and concluded that it is actually better to keep these types of treatises in print.\n\nI cannot think of anyone who practices law in this day and age (yes, I realize that phrase dates me) that does not subscribe in some way to an online service.To not do so would be to invite a malpractice claim.Courts have stated unequivocally that firms should utilize these resources to provide their clients with the best representation possible (Margolis, Ellie, Surfin\u2019 Safari-While Competent Lawyers Should Research on the Web, 10 Yale J.L. & Tech. 82 (2007-2008)).An example of the advantage of using a service online instead of in print can be found with Shepardizing (or Keyciting for you West folks).The Shepard\u2019s print service is 6-9 months out of date when the firm receives it, a delay caused by editorial deadlines and publishing requirements.Compare this to the online service that is updated within 24 hours of an opinion being issued and it is easy to see why this could be important to client.\n\nWe all know that these services come at a price.But, as you can see from the examples above, these services actually serve to save the clients money and advance their cases.It is reasonable for firms to bill the charges back to the client when they create efficiencies and add quality to the firms\u2019 representation of their interests.\n\n8/13/09\n\nPeter Schwartz of the Huffington Post writes in his article \"The Reinvention of Legal Research: The Future is Now\" about information being a commodity and how the easy availability of access to \"data\" is posing a new challenge to legal research giants Lexis and Westlaw. As much as I wish that Peter's assumptions were true, or at least had the chance of happening, judging by these same giants of legal research are posting huge profits during a slump in the global economy, I'd say the \"future\" is still in the future.\n\nLet's look at the points that Peter lists:\n\nData Trumps documents\n\nInformation is liquid\n\nInformation is a commodity\n\nCustomers will not pay for research\n\nLarge legal publishers are in trouble\n\nThese are the wondrous times in the world of online publishing\n\nBefore walking through these points, let's remember what is the \"end game\" of legal research. When all is said and done, your final product should be something that is upheld by a court of law if challenged by another. Within the common law courts, this generally means that you must point to existing documents that support your claim. The whole idea behind such concepts as stare decisis is that the \"law\" is built upon existing law and decisions and is usually not changed except in extreme circumstances. When you have concepts like stare decisis, you need to be able to rely upon solid resources that have earned the trust of the courts. It may be true that information is liquid, but laws and the legal information behind those laws are much more like ice than they are like water.\n\nThe good and bad thing about legal research today is the fact that information is a commodity. This has created a conception that all information is online (and free) and can be found if you are a savvy enough researcher. Granted, there is an enormous amount of information available to legal researchers and a lot of it is free. That may be fine if you are writing a blog or even an article for a news organization. But, quick and easy and free information will not necessarily be viewed as authoritative by the courts. For example, try to submit a Wikipedia citation to a court. It will be tossed because its lack of consistency and authority. My friend and fellow Houstonian, Jason Wilson, wrote about this topic in his posting \"Screw Authenticity, I Want It For Free\" and Jason makes a good point that although folks like Chris Anderson say that information wants to be free (and that people don't want to pay for information), when it comes to case law or legal authority, you're going to have to go to a stable information source and usually have to pay for it. Otherwise, you risk the chance of having a judge question the authority of the information you are presenting.\n\nAnyone that has been in the legal research for the past 20 years knows that it is a shrinking world. The big legal providers have been acquired and turned into huge conglomerates of online publications. If you're on the legal publisher side, you say that you've \"diversified\", and if you're on the legal research side, you say that the legal publication world has \"shrunk\". Although there are a number of smaller legal publishers, non have the general authority and respect - in the eyes of the courts - that the two big players have. Although big pocket publishers like Bloomberg are jumping into the fray, they have a huge uphill battle to wage before they can compare themselves to the big two publishers. Just ask big publisher Wolters Kluwer if their acquisition of Loislaw has panned out the way they thought.\n\nI have to agree that these are wondrous times in the online publishing world. Aggregators and blogs like the Huffington Post are thriving in a world starved for quick information and real-time search. But, the courts aren't in this same category. Legal researchers do not have to satisfy the world's hunger for information, they have to satisfy the court's expectation of presenting authoritative information that can withstand the challenges of a system that relies upon that authority to drive the decision it makes.\n\n8/11/09\n\nThere comes a point in time where you have to shake your head and say that we've created something that is unsustainable. Whether it was the Dot Com bubble in the 90's or the Housing bubble this decade, there is a point in which you have to stand back and say that reality is going to cause a backlash at some point and cause the bubble to burst. It is August 2009, and I'm calling it: \"Electronic Discovery Is A Bubble\" and in the next couple of years, if not sooner, it is going to burst.\n\nWhy is it a bubble?\n\nFirst of all, the basic \"idea\" behind e-discovery is something that is difficult, if not impossible to accomplish. That idea is that electronically stored information (ESI) can be captured, indexed, encoded, filtered and searched so that you can find that smoking gun that every lawyer dreams of finding. Craig Ball, in the August 2009 issue of Law Technology News, gives some good examples of how difficult this process is.\n\nSecondly, it is too expensive. Just with the Dot Com and Housing bubbles, you cannot expect clients to continue to pay exponentially for the cost of processing, indexing and reviewing ESI if that cost is greater than the reward. In other words, why would your client pay $1 million in E-Discovery costs for a reward of $500 thousand?\n\nZubulake vs. Rule 1, FRCP\n\nIn the same issue of Law Technology News, David Waxse, U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Kansas, gives us his favorite quote, and I find it to be a great quote to use when discussing E-Discovery and the overall cost:\n\nOur job is to secure the 'just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action.'\n-- Rule 1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure\n\nI'm not saying that E-Discovery is going away, what I'm saying is that there is going to come a \"correction in the market\" over the next few years that will burst the bubble in the cost of collecting and analyzing ESI. Whether it is through reduction in cost by companies doing ESIwork in-house, through outsourcing, settling costly ESI matters early, or by courts revising laws to prohibit costly E-Discovery requests or shift the cost burden across the parties, you are soon going to hear a \"pop\".\n\n8/10/09\n\nLast week I vacationed in Colorado and did not take my work laptop with me. Instead, I relied upon my 3 year old BlackJack (version I) and limited cell reception to check work emails once a day. In the end, I'm sad to find out that the office back in Houston survived just fine without me for a week. But, I'm also happy that I've not created a situation where I've become indispensable to my co-workers. I've had a saying that I've used over the past 20 years or so that I'm always afraid of breaking: \"If someone has made themselves indispensable or unreplaceable, then you need to fire them.\" The primary reason is that if you have someone like this, you've allowed them to created a single point of failure that will eventually come back to haunt you and your organization.\n\nWhen I worked for a library services company, I was required to take a vacation each year of no less than 5 consecutive workdays in a row. The idea behind the forced vacation was to make sure\n1) that I was actually taking some time off from work; and\n2) that I wasn't creating my own little fiefdom within the organization where we couldn't survive without me.\n\nI remember one time questioning my boss (different job) about relying too much on specific individuals for important business processes. When I asked my boss who was backing up the guy (I'll call him 'B.A. Baracus') in charge of our email system when B.A. goes on vacation, the reply was that B.A. was required to take his work laptop with him on vacation and therefore there wasn't a need to have a backup for B.A. I sat there and nodded, watched B.A. lug a 10 lbs. laptop bag over his shoulder, and then went back to my desk and made sure my resume was updated and ready to send out.\n\nNow, granted, there were many little things that didn't get completed while I was out on vacation, and my physical in-box was stuffed full of invoices ready to be sent to accounting, but almost all of it could have been handed off to someone else if I had decided to escape from the world and become a recluse in a cabin somewhere around Pikes Peak. I'm glad that I'm appreciated at work and missed when I'm away on vacation, but I'm also happy to see that I haven't become unreplaceable. Now I can go on that winter cruise to Mexico and not even worry about checking email... that's a great feeling."}
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-{"text": "SMU Basketball Dealt Postseason Ban And Larry Brown Suspension\n\nNearly three decades after the school\u2019s football program got the \u201cdeath penalty\u201d for violating recruiting rules, the basketball program was nailed Tuesday morning.\n\nThe NCAA banned the Ponies from postseason play for the coming season. And it suspended coach Larry Brown for nine games.\n\nListen\n\nListening...\n\n/\n\n2:29\n\nThe charges this time against Brown? Academic fraud, unethical conduct and a lack of control of his program.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m really disappointed in what happened to our kids,\u201d Brown said at Tuesday afternoon press conference. \u201cI know the NCAA has rules and they have to follow those rules. But when it comes to these kids, none of them had anything to do with this. It\u2019s about one person and one isolated incident.\u201d\n\nThe NCAA\u2019s investigation found a former staffer did online coursework for basketball player Keith Frazier, so he could become eligible to transfer and play at SMU.\n\nThen, when Brown found out, the NCAA says he didn\u2019t do enough to comply with its rules.\n\nSMU President Gerald Turner called it an \u201cisolated incident.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis was one instance,\u201d Turner said at an earlier press conference Tuesday. \u201cIt had nothing to do with credit at SMU. It had nothing to do with SMU faculty. It didn\u2019t have anything to do with any process of SMU.\u201d\n\nSMU is expected to be ranked in the top 25 this season. Now, not only will the Mustangs miss the postseason, they\u2019ll have to give up seven scholarships in the next three years.\n\nThe NCAA also handed down penalties against SMU\u2019s former golf coach for recruiting violations.\n\nThis is Brown\u2019s third run-in with the NCAA. His teams at UCLA and Kansas also suffered through postseason bans after he left for the NBA.\n\nToday, Brown defended himself.\n\n\u201cBased on SMU\u2019s past history, I don\u2019t think they would\u2019ve ever considered hiring me if they didn\u2019t have complete faith in me in running the type of program they could be proud of,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI have nothing to be ashamed of in any of those cases.\u201d\n\nSMU still has 15 days to appeal the ruling, and a decision could take a few months.\n\nOn campus, sophomore Aaron Tverye expressed support for the coach.\n\n\u201cI'm 100 percent on team Larry Brown,\u201d Tverye said. \u201cHe's done a lot for this school, culture. You can definitely tell that the culture change has been really impactful on student life and spirit on campus. Definitely love having him here.\u201d\n\nSMU basketball starts the season Nov. 14 at Moody Coliseum -- with or without Larry Brown.\n\nUpdate, Monday, 6:05 p.m.: SMU did not make it into the NCAA tournament despite a top 25 ranking. The Mustangs host an NIT game against California-Irvine Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.\n\nOur original post: Larry Brown has had a singular career in the basketball world. He\u2019s coached 10 NBA teams and three college squads, and he\u2019s the only coach ever to win both the NCAA and pro titles. And just weeks before the Final Four comes to North Texas, he took his latest reclamation project, SMU, into the top 25 for the first time in nearly three decades.\n\nBrown sat down with KERA\u2019s vice president of news, Rick Holter, for a Friday Conversation."}
-{"text": "An embellished memoir, in short spurts.\n\nI bought a $7 pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring. \u2013Mitch Hedberg\n\nYesterday I posted quotes about candles, letting your light shine. One quote was from Mitch Hedberg:\n\nI wanted to buy a candle holder but the store didn\u2019t have one, so I bought a cake. \u2013Mitch Hedberg\n\nI had never heard of him before, and then coincidentally* I saw another quote from him today on Twitter:\n\nRice is great if you\u2019re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. \u2013 Mitch Hedberg\n\nAs you know, I don\u2019t believe in coincidences; I believe these strange things happen for a reason. So I googled him, and found posts on wikipedia and wikiquote. Mitch was born in 1968 and sadly died in 2005 of a drug overdose. So young!\n\nHe had a real talent for humor and although he used graphic language in his jokes, I am going to clean it up and make it G rated. It\u2019s still funny. Here they are:\n\nThis is what my friend said to me; he said \u201cGuess what I like? Mashed potatoes.\u201d It\u2019s like,\u201dDude. you gotta give me time to guess. If you\u2019re gonna quiz me, you must insert a pause in there.\u201d\n\nI bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut; I don\u2019t need a receipt for the doughnut. I\u2019ll just give you the money, and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don\u2019t need to bring ink and paper into this. I just can\u2019t imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend: \u201cDon\u2019t even act like I didn\u2019t get that doughnut! I got the documentation right here\u2026oh, wait it\u2019s at home\u2026in the file\u2026under \u201cD\u201d.\n\nLast week I helped my friend stay put. It\u2019s a lot easier\u2019n helpin\u2019 \u2019em move. I just went over to his house and made sure that he did not start to load stuff into a truck.\n\nI\u2019m against picketing, but I don\u2019t know how to show it.\n\nI think Bigfoot is blurry, that\u2019s the problem. It\u2019s not the photographer\u2019s fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that\u2019s extra scary to me. There\u2019s a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he\u2019s fuzzy, get out of here.\n\nI don\u2019t have any children, but if I had a baby, I would have to name it so I\u2019d buy a baby naming book. Or I would invite somebody over who had a cast on.\n\nI order the club sandwich all the time, but I\u2019m not even a member, man. I don\u2019t know how I get away with it. How\u2019d it start anyway? I like my sandwiches with three pieces of bread. So do I! Well let\u2019s form a club then. Alright, but we need more stipulations. Yes we do; instead of cutting the sandwich once, let\u2019s cut it again. Yes, four triangles, and we will position them into a circle. In the middle we will dump chips. Or potato salad. Okay. I got a question for ya, how do you feel about frilly toothpicks? I\u2019m for \u2019em! Well this club is formed; spread the word on menus nationwide. I like my sandwiches with alfalfa sprouts. Well then you\u2019re not in the club!\n\nIf you\u2019re watchin\u2019 a parade, make sure you stand in one spot, don\u2019t follow it, it never changes. And if the parade is boring, run in the opposite direction, you will fast-forward the parade.\n\nYou know, I\u2019m sick of following my dreams, man. I\u2019m just going to ask where they\u2019re going and hook up with \u2019em later."}
-{"text": "GMP01\n\nAn Introduction to Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicinal Products\n\nGood Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is a set of rules for medicines manufacturers to follow so that their products are safe, effective, and of good quality. The rules may be written into law or set out in guidance documents from regulatory authorities. Regulators will not allow medicinal products to be placed, or to remain, on the market in their country unless the products can be shown to be manufactured in compliance with GMP. To this end, they carry out inspections of manufacturing plants. Companies that persistently commit serious breaches of GMP requirements have suffered huge fines.\n\nAll manufacturing personnel must receive initial and ongoing training in the theory and practice of GMP. Everyone who works in a processing, quality control, packaging, or warehouse environment for a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company, or one of their contractors, must understand why GMP is important, how it applies to them, and how to comply with it. This module provides an ideal induction and refresher course in the basics of GMP. We begin by explaining what GMP is and why it is necessary. We then set out its main principles. Finally, we focus on two aspects of GMP that apply to everyone in the manufacturing environment: hygiene, cleaning, and sanitation; and documentation.\n\nApproved by the Royal Society of Chemistry for purposes of continuing professional development.\n\nModule outline\n\nModule overview \u2013 An outline of the module\u2019s scope and objectives, and notes on terminology.\n\nGMP \u2013 what and why \u2013 This session explains what GMP is and why it is important, and it gives some lessons from history. It introduces the regulations and guidance documents which are the source of GMP rules. Finally it touches on regulatory inspections and the consequences that can arise from failure to comply with GMP requirements.\n\nPrinciples of GMP \u2013 In this session we present an overview of the main principles of GMP, and we outline some things that manufacturing personnel need to do to comply with requirements. We identify the principal goals of GMP as: prevention of contamination; prevention of mix-ups; scrupulous documentation; validation and maintenance of processes and equipment; quality assurance by an independent unit; and training. We place GMP in the context of a company\u2019s quality management system.\n\nHygiene, cleaning, and sanitation \u2013 Prevention of contamination is one of the most important goals of GMP. Contamination of product is often difficult to detect, so GMP rules emphasise preventive measures, including: attention to personal health and hygiene, and the wearing of special clothing, by staff; and cleaning and sanitation of premises and equipment. In this session we set out the basics of GMP requirements in these vital areas.\n\nDocumentation and records \u2013 Comprehensive documentation of procedures, formulas, work instructions, and specifications, and thorough recording of batch data, are fundamental requirements of GMP. In this session, we explain why documentation is so important, identify different types of document required, and set out some simple rules for recording and correcting data."}
-{"text": "2001:\n- Best New Tea Award received at SCAA Tea Competition\n- Rishi Tea becomes a featured tea supplier to renowned San Francisco based Restaurant, Gary Danko, recipient of the esteemed James Beard Foundation \"Best Chef - California\" Award\n\n2002:\n- Best Hot Tea Award for Organic Golden Needle at SCAA Tea Competition, making Rishi Tea the first company to win this prestigious award three times\n- Receives USDA\u2019s NOP Organic Certification\n- Introduces Bai Mu Dan - the first Organic Certified White Tea imported to the U.S.\n- Introduces the first Organic Certified Pu-erh tea to the U.S.\n\n2008:\n- Winner of 7 First Place Award for Best Tea at the World Tea Championship, more than any\nother competitor and the first company to win with organic tea.\n- Organic Iced Tea packaging transitions to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified paper manufactured with 100% renewable wind energy and 80% post-consumer waste that is elemental chlorine free, acid free, 100% recyclable and printed with soy ink.\n- Organic Cinnamon Plum (seasonal blend) launches in partnership with Clean Water Fund - over $4,200 is donated to Clean Water Fund.\n\n2009:\n- Winner of 11 First Place Awards for Best Tea at the World Tea Championship, more than twice that of any other competitor.\n- Natural Tealeaf Powder packaging transitions to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified paper manufactured with 100% renewable wind energy and 80% post-consumer waste that is elemental chlorine free, acid free, 100% recyclable and printed with soy ink.\n- Taste of Origin program launches with 3 new Organic and Fair Trade Gift Sets featuring tea from Mannong Manmai in Yunnan, China.\n- Organic and Fair Trade Certified\u2122 Chai Concentrate launches in tetra pak in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute.\n- Organic Cinnamon Plum raises $6,000 for Clean Water Fund.\n\n2011:\n- Green Tea Retail Line expands with two organic Japanese teas.\n- Winner of four First Place Awards at the North American Tea Championship, Bao Zhong receiving highest rating of 90.\n- Chai retail line won Best New Product- Packaging at the Specialty Coffee Event of the Year hosted by SCAA.\n- Mango, Raspberry & Everyday joins Rishi Tea\u2019s Iced Tea Line.\n- Introduces new Fruit Tea to the foodservice industry.\n- Matcha, Genmai and Sencha Sticks receive a face-lift in the form of new packaging."}
-{"text": "MarketResearchReports.Biz\n\nGlobal Canned Food Market Research Report 2012 - 2016\n\nAlbany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/06/2014 -- Market analysts forecast the Global Canned Food market to grow at a CAGR of 2.46 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the changing lifestyle of people. The Global Canned Food has also been witnessing the changing consumer demographics. However, the entry of low-priced products and private label offerings could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.\n\nResearch report, the Global Canned Food Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA region and APAC regions; it also covers the Global Canned Food market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.\n\nWhat will the market size be in 2016 and what will the growth rate be?\nWhat are the key market trends?\nWhat is driving this market?\nWhat are the challenges to market growth?\nWho are the key vendors in this market space?\nWhat are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?\n\nAbout us\nMarketResearchReports.biz is the most comprehensive collection of market research reports. MarketResearchReports.Biz services are specially designed to save time and money for our clients. We are a one stop solution for all your research needs, our main offerings are syndicated research reports, custom research, subscription access and consulting services. We serve all sizes and types of companies spanning across various industries."}
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-{"text": "Monday, November 23, 2009\n\nThe 800-Pound Stamp Prank\n\nLos Angeles Times columnist Steve Harvey recalls that a giant 1-cent concrete stamp, featuring Thomas Jefferson, was placed in the parking lot of the postal service's Terminal Annex in downtown L.A. as a prank back in 1979.\n\nIn the LA Then and Now column which appeared over the weekend, Steve pens, \"The inefficiency and high rates of the U.S. Postal Service led La Crescenta artist Mike Wallace to create a giant 1-cent concrete stamp, complete with a visage of Thomas Jefferson, in 1979. He delivered it to the parking lot of the postal service's Terminal Annex in downtown L.A.\"\n\nHe goes on the write, \"Wallace, who had originally constructed the postal designation as an art project at Cal State Northridge, marveled at how he and his confederates were able to deposit it so easily.\"\n\nWallace is quoted as saying, \"\"We were wearing hard hats and fluorescent vests so we would look official. I even had a clipboard.\"\n\nAccording to Steve, \"Wallace offered to take back the 800-pound stamp if no criminal or towing charges were assessed. The authorities agreed, apparently relieved to get it off their hands.\""}
-{"text": "For Clifton Park supervisor: Phil Barrett\n\nWhile the recession and other economic hits have many communities facing tax hikes, Clifton Park is poised to weather these hard times with no new taxes or fees, thanks to smart stewardship of the town\u2019s money. For that, residents can thank Republican Supervisor Philip Barrett.\n\nMr. Barrett\u2019s financial management is a pretty compelling reason why voters should keep him around for a sixth term. While his Democratic challenger, Bill Casey, is a fine candidate with a history of community involvement, financial experience from his years in the state comptroller\u2019s office and three terms on the Shenendehowa school board, Mr. Barrett\u2019s performance in running the town has clearly earned him another two years on the job.\n\nSince Mr. Barrett, a Key Bank vice president, took the part-time job in 2000, the town has built up a roughly $10 million rainy day fund, all the while not instituting a town property tax and significantly trimming highway taxes. While some \u2014 including Mr. Casey \u2014 question the need for a surplus that represents two-thirds of the town\u2019s budget, it undeniably has afforded Clifton Park a substantial cushion in a sour economy.\n\nIt has also put the town in the position of being able to consider purchasing Stony Creek Reservoir and some 1,000 acres around it from the Town of Colonie, adding to the 950 acres elsewhere that have been preserved over the last decade. During Mr. Barrett\u2019s tenure, too, the town developed an open space plan, and is now working, with community involvement, on a recreational master plan.\n\nMr. Barrett has also taken a progressive approach toward intermunicipal cooperation, accomplishing, among other things, the new Alplaus sewer district with the Town of Glenville using state grants and interest free loans.\n\nWe also commend Mr. Barrett for his efforts at making both government and his politics more transparent, with development of a comprehensive town Web site \u2014 on which he has conspicuously avoided promoting himself \u2014 and a commitment to reporting campaign contributions of any amount, not just those over $99 as mandated by election law. Still, Mr. Casey\u2019s suggestion that the town ethics law be revamped to deal with political contributions from companies that to business with the town is worth considering.\n\nWe also share Mr. Casey\u2019s dismay that Clifton Park lacks a real town center, and his view that the community should forge a vision of what it wants the town to look like. Regardless of who is elected, Clifton Park should follow through on that idea and better control its destiny."}
-{"text": "Jim Broadbent Pictures\n\nProfession: Actor\n\nBorn: May 24, 1949\n\nDied: Jan 1, 0001\n\nBiography: One of England's most versatile character actors, Jim Broadbent has been giving reliably excellent performances on the stage and screen for years. Particularly known for his numerous collaborations with director [[Performer~P99264~Mike... Continued\n\nMovies.com, the ultimate source for everything movies, is your destination for new movie trailers, reviews, photos, times, tickets + more! Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at Movies.com."}
-{"text": "...X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0A shrill bell resounded throughout the halls, with the noise of the late students running to their classes, the sound of their feet pitter pattering across the shiny laminate floor.Dexter on the other hand was not one of those students. He was quietly sitting in his seat while reading the new novel by Stephen King.He took great pleasure in this time as he could usually get through several chapters without being interrupted. He then casually slipped in his bookmark and shut the book, and placed it delicately in the corner of his desk. Glancing next to him Dexter noticed that Mandark had the same book and had placed it in the opposite corner.Hmm he smirked to himselfThey always did that. It had become their new favorite way to competewho could finish the novel first. But lately, they had become quite distant.Ever since last year when Mandark confessed to him, he felt as though a considerable amount of space had grown between them. This isnt what he wanted. Though they werent lovers, Dexter still thought of Mandark as a good friendan ally that shouldnt be lost as well as a pretty good rival. He smiled to himself remembering all the times they had fought over things such as the prize at the Annual Science Fairwhich reminded him.Dexter! His thoughts were jerked away as Mr. Lizunski barked his name. Get your head out of the clouds boyand stop thinkin..."}
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-{"text": "Colton Underwood does not understand the national fervor surrounding his new-age manner in the decidedly old-school custom of courting.\n\n\"I was just asking a girl on a date,\" the Oakland Raiders sixth-string tight end said before practice on Tuesday. \"And it turned into something much bigger.\"\nTo\nbe fair, that \"girl\" has been on the international gymnastics stage for\nyears now, and when three-time Olympic gold medalist -- and ESPN The\nBody Issue participant -- Aly Raisman accepts a professional football\nplayer's advances, people talk.\nEspecially on social media.\nIn fact, it was in a video where Underwood made his inquiry, and on a responding video where Raisman accepted.\nThose\nvideos, though, have been playing on a loop in the Raiders' locker\nroom, much to Underwood's chagrin. Even if his colleagues are paying him\nrespect.\n\"I was like, 'Hey man, you put yourself out on a limb there, bro,'\" quarterback Derek Carr said with a laugh.\n\"That's\na lonely feeling being out there on a limb, man. I'm happy for him, and\nshe made a good decision saying yes, because he's a really good guy. He\nreally is. Besides all the football stuff, he's a really good person,\nso I hope it works out for him.\"\nCoach Jack Del Rio agreed.\n\"We\nhave a celebrity in our midst,\" he said. \"It's amazing how things get\ntraction. I think young men doing what young men do, and [he] invited\nout a really decorated Olympian, so that's a pretty neat story.\n\"When you put yourself out there, you want to get that yes back, so congrats for him.\"\nThis was not some blind-date, shot-in-the-dark situation. In fact, it was semi-set up by backup long-snapper Andrew East, who is married to another former U.S. Olympic gymnast in Shawn Johnson.\nAnd\nwhile Underwood and Raisman have exchanged pleasantries over FaceTime,\nthey have not spoken since she agreed to the double-date with East and\nJohnson.\n\"She did a great job and her whole team did of\nrepresenting the USA [in Rio de Janeiro],\" Underwood said. \"So I felt\nlike it was only right for me to send a congratulations and extend an\noffer when she got back to the U.S. and had some down time.\n\"Now\nI'm going to have to figure out a time in the schedule with the season\ncoming up, but she's actually scheduled to be out here in September, so\nI'm looking forward to attending that show and catching up with her.\""}
-{"text": "Verizon Wireless announced a new Windows Phone 8 smartphone that will join its 4G LTE network exclusively starting today. The Nokia Lumia Icon, powered by an ultra-fast, all-in-one Qualcomm\u00ae Snapdragon\u2122 800 processor is designed to deliver a superior video and audio recording experience."}
-{"text": "Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking\n\nStephen Hawking is considered one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein, which was his nickname at school. Hawking was born on National Pi Day, the day Albert Einstein died 63 years before.\nBoth beloved and world-renown scientists, who defied and enrichened humanity\u2019s understanding of the universe. Both published essential papers and pushed our knowledge beyond in matters of relativity, time space, light waves, black holes, philosophy, Hawking radiation, field theory, quantum mechanics, electromagnetic fields; among many others. But how did they differ, other than in the particularities of their studies? Here are some contrasting facts about two men who were not just \u201call work and no play.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Fiscal Crisis Is Opportunity For Insurers, Says Lloyd's NA Pres\n\nNEW YORK--The challenging financial climate is an opportunity for insurers to make needed changes to create leaner, more efficient and competitive organizations, according to the president of Lloyd's N\n\nBy Caroline McDonald|November 14, 2008 at 09:19 AM\n\nX\n\nShare with Email\n\nsending now...\n\nThank you for sharing!\n\nYour article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided.\n\nNEW YORK\u2013The challenging financial climate is an opportunity for insurers to make needed changes to create leaner, more efficient and competitive organizations, according to the president of Lloyd\u2019s North America, LoriAnn Lowery."}
-{"text": "Chris Beech On Tuesday's Fleetwood Town Fixture\n\n22 February 2016\n\nAssistant Manager Chris Beech has been reflecting on the weekend\u2019s 2-2 draw with Bradford City, as well as looking ahead to Tuesday night\u2019s League One fixture v Fleetwood Town, in his latest interview.\n\nReflecting on the game at the Coral Windows Stadium, Beech commented: \u201cThe players played well on Saturday. We talked a lot about Bradford\u2019s strengths and we set up in the week to make sure that we were competitive against their strengths, while putting down our game, which, if we\u2019re being really honest, we\u2019ve lost our way with a little bit in terms of that possession based football.\n\n\u201cWe got it back on Saturday and we had some great opportunities to win the game. We went full tilt against a team that, let\u2019s be right, had 18,000 or so people there willing them into a play-off spot. We did very well.\u201d\n\nDale are back in action on Tuesday night, as Fleetwood Town make the trip to Spotland for the rearranged fixture from last month.\n\nThe Cod Army head into the match after Saturday\u2019s 2-1 win over Scunthorpe United at the Highbury Stadium, which moved them back out of the relegation zone on goal difference.\n\nIn recent weeks Fleetwood Town Manager Steven Pressley has strengthened his side as they look to move away from the relegation places, bringing in Shola Ameobi, Wes Burns, Bob Harris and Marcus Nilsson.\n\nBeech is wary of their threat.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re playing a good opponent tomorrow evening. They\u2019re fighting for their lives and they\u2019ve had another influx of players. They\u2019ve already done that and now they\u2019re doing it again because they they\u2019re not getting what they want. They don\u2019t want to be involved in a relegation situation, but who does.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re trying their best to get away from that and they\u2019ve had a great result against Scunthorpe on Saturday.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to make sure that we continue down a pathway of putting our game plan together because we\u2019re capable of beating anybody. We\u2019re really good at forcing our game on an opponent when we\u2019re at full tilt. We\u2019re not a team that plays average and wins. We have to be very good to get the results that we want and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll be preparing the players for.\u201d\n\nHe continued: \u201cIt\u2019s important that we look to do our best against our next opponent, rather than look at a bigger picture or at a set of games.\n\n\u201cThere are three points available tomorrow night. We know that Fleetwood are going to come here confident after their great result on Saturday. They\u2019ve got very good players so we\u2019ll have to be at our best."}
-{"text": "The Summit: July 21-22 (Day 32-33)\n\nIt was 8:30 PM and was now completely dark outside. My summit pack was complete and my down suit was filled with all the calories that I would need for the next 24 hours (or at least as many as I could fit). All that needed to be done was to fill my water bottles with 2 fresh liters that would need to last me the entire day, swap out my current oxygen bottle for a fresh one, and throw on my crampons. I methodically went through my mental checklist and knew that everything had been completed. At 9 PM, Jesse, David, and I stepped out of our tent, into the dark of Camp 4.\n\nThe winds has picked up and spindrift was being blown into our faces as we fumbled with our packs and cumbersome summit gloves. I saw a few other headlamps that had emerged from their tents and the first person that I recognized was Siddhi. You might recall that our standard team practice is for a climber and a Sherpa to team up on summit day and once again, Siddhi and I would be working together. This wasn\u2019t by chance, Siddhi and I had become friends during our summits of Everest and Lhotse, and had stayed in touch over the past year. We often worked together on the mountain and Phurba knew that he could count on us to push the route for the team. We were both psyched on the opportunity!\n\nSiddhi and I worked together on our final prep, as David did the same with Pasang, and Jesse with Dendi. When it was clear that we had nothing left to do and no more excuses to make, Siddhi turned to me and said \u201cReady, John Dai?\u201d Wow, what a loaded question, I thought. In what felt like an hour but in reality was closer to 3 seconds, I thought about what might happen over the next 24 hours and whether or not I was truly \u201cready\u201d. I thought about all of the training and preparation that had lead up to this point and the dreams that I had had of this very moment. I realized that I was not scared or apprehensive, I was ready. I answered, \u201cLet\u2019s do it, Siddhi!\u201d and I could see the white teeth of his big smile in the glow of my headlamp.\n\nPasang and David had beaten us out of camp by 5 minutes but we followed close behind, with Jesse, Dendi, and Geoff another 5 minutes back. The rest of the team would take another 15 minutes to get out of camp, leaving all of the trail breaking to our crew. David and Pasang had a tough go of it as the snow above Camp 4 was quite deep, and the seracs above it had prevented any of it from consolidating. They punched their way up the first 500 vertical feet to the usual location of Camp 4, a broad expansive shoulder that leads up to the famous hanging serac known as \u201cThe Bottleneck\u201d. At this point, they stopped for water and Siddhi and I took up the lead.\n\nNow that we were on the shoulder, the terrain was no longer protected and while the spindrift had diminished, the winds remained. Above, the sky was crystal clear and stars could be seen in every direction, except for the directly ahead of us, where the mountain blotted out everything in sight, leaving only an obscure dark mass. Siddhi and I plodded forward, sometimes sinking into the snow halfway up our thigh. We were about 10 minutes ahead of the rest when we came across a section where the path had been buried by snow, so we spread out and began our search with the beam of our headlamps on high. After about 15 minutes, we were able to locate the rope and continued upward, and as we did, we noticed that the debris from avalanche and icefall was increasing. This was a good indicator that we were nearing the base of the infamous feature known as \u201cThe Bottleneck\u201d, a gigantic overhanging ice cliff that has been known to sheer off and crush anything in its path. Teams attempting to climb the Abruzzi Spur, must approach directly beneath, ascending through rocks and debris, then when it is it reached, you begin \u201cThe Traverse\u201d to the left under the serac.\n\nWe knew we were close to the first of the two major obstacles that we would face today, so Siddhi and I decided to take our first break after about 2 hours of work. Soon, Dendi, Jesse, David, Geoff, Pasang caught up with us and plopped down in the soft snow for a snack and a sip of water. Despite the daunting task ahead, morale was great and we enjoyed a few Gu\u2019s and some Snicker\u2019s in what were ideal weather conditions. We hopped up and Siddhi again took the lead, followed by David, Jesse, Geoff, me, then Dendi and Pasang. The next 2 or so hours of climbing would be absolutely miserable, as we scampered up rock that reminded me of the Black Pyramid but was completely covered in powder. Each step that someone took would result in a shower of snow for the climber following. Making matters worse, the soft snow hid the features of the rock, making it nearly impossible to be able to identify features that would hold our crampons in place. If someone had been able to shine a spotlight and record us, I\u2019m sure that it would have been almost comical to watch. Unfortunately, it was everything but comical to us and my cursing reached an all-time high for the expedition. Each foot placement on the rock was preceded by me thinking \u201cPlease, just stick\u201d and then hoping for the best. Seventy percent of the time it would but the other 30 percent resulted in me slipping, slamming my knee into a rock, or gripping my jumar for dear life. I just kept telling myself, \u201cJust keep fighting and soon you will be at \u2018The Traverse\u2019, which has to be easier than this!\u201d.\n\nI was both right and wrong, it wasn\u2019t long before we reached \u201cThe Traverse\u201d but it definitely wasn\u2019t any easier. As soon as we had no more room to move upward, due to the overhanging serac, we began to move to our left. The first couple of pitches were somewhat precarious but simple enough that I was grateful to be off the rock of \u201cThe Bottleneck\u201d. Of course I spoke too soon and our forward group came to a complete halt as we watched Siddhi disappear around an ice outcropping. Our communication now relied on us passing back a message member-by-member because the route allowed for one climber to move along the catwalk-like section of ice, which was never more than a foot wide. Geoff and I yelled ahead to find out what Siddhi was doing because David was the only one that could see what was happening. We soon found out that there was a particularly dangerous section of ice and a portion of it had given out when Siddhi had tried to pass but he was able to catch himself on the rope. Because of this he had decided to reset one of the anchors, so we waited patiently.\n\nSiddhi leading the way on the questionable section of \u201cThe Traverse\u201d.\n\nAfter about 15 minutes, we saw David begin to shuffle around the corner and out of view, followed by Jesse. As we followed suit, we gained a better view of what type of terrain features had caused the delay. Immediately following the convex ice catwalk around the bulging serac, we found a concave portion of a far more precarious ledge feature and a fixed roped that was only attached at one point in the middle, causing the majority of it to hang over the dark precipice below. To make your way across the ledge, one had to face inward on the ice with your chest flat against it, your left hand holding your jumar and pushing the rope against the ice at the same time, your right hand punching the pic of your ice axe deep into the snow, while gently shuffling your crampons to the left. The ice below our feet had turned to snow and would give slightly with each mini-step. Our movement across the ledge required methodical and cautious movement because any major shift in weight would result in the ledge collapsing. One-by-one we made our way across the 50 foot section, each taking about 10 minutes to do so.\n\nWith my nerves nearly shot, I looked as Siddhi and David had begun their way up the steep slope that continued left at a 45 degree angle for the foreseeable future. In most years, this section is primarily ice, which I don\u2019t mind because of my ice climbing background, but to my dismay, I saw that it was heavily covered in snow. I knew that this angle should be too steep to maintain that much snow but it just wasn\u2019t the case. As Siddhi kicked steps in the snow, I could see that it was about 12 inches deep before hitting a solid surface and large chunks of snow had begun to sluff off as he moved higher. We were moving at the speed of a crawl and the bulk of our team had caught up to us at this point, when I looked up to watch Siddhi tackle a particularly deep snow drift. With one kick, I saw a fracture line form at his feet, creating a slab of snow that must have been 40\u2019x40\u2019. I watched in horror as I expected the worst\u2026 Both Siddhi and David were on top of the slab and as it began to slide, they both gripped the rope and in seconds the slab had disappeared into the black abyss below. In what was the equivalent of someone pulling a table cloth out from under a dinner setting, Siddhi and David were left hanging on the rope, undisturbed and unharmed.\n\nWhile most of us were trying shake off the shock, Siddhi was back at work and moving up the mountain. I was in absolutely amazement at his perseverance and despite my own apprehensions about the terrain, found confidence in his strength, so I kicked the front point of my crampons into the ice and continued upwards. While we were near the top of the traverse, all of the extra route work that were required had cost us a great deal of time, approximately 1 \u00bd extra hours, and I knew that we were all probably running low on our first oxygen canisters. I looked down at my regulator and saw that it was just above zero. I knew that the terrain was too steep to make swap, so I calmed myself, controlled my breathing and took it slow. I kept telling myself \u201cYou\u2019ve got this, John. Hold it together.\u201d\n\nOur progress was extremely slow because we had to sweep heavy snow off of the ice in order to find good foot placement but I wasn\u2019t complaining now that I was out of oxygen. I looked above me and Geoff had caught up to Jesse who was almost at a complete stop. Judging by Jesse\u2019s erratic footwork that looked more like a clawing motion than kick-steps, I had a hunch that he had run out of oxygen. Geoff soon confirmed it when I heard him yell, \u201cJesse, clip into that anchor! You are out of oxygen and we need to switch out your tank.\u201d I watched as Jesse struggled to get his limbs to cooperate and recalled my experience on Everest when I ran out of oxygen without knowing that my tank was empty. I had felt helpless and knew that Jesse was experiencing the same thing at this very moment. Geoff and I were able to get him attached to the anchor and calmed him down as we waited for Dendi to move up the line with a replacement tank. A few minutes later, Dendi arrived and the four of us worked to get oxygen tanks switched out by the light of our headlamps while hanging off of the anchor. After a few minutes of careful maneuvering, we were all set and we took a few more to let Jesse regain his composure before continuing upwards.\n\nIt was now around 3:30 AM and we could see the glow of the rising sun peaking over the horizon. I\u2019ve always found that climbing through the night is one of the most incredibly lonely feelings that I have ever experienced. For this reason, a hint of the sunrise was a very welcome sign and I could hear the same anticipation in my teammate\u2019s voices when they noticed it. With this new found inspiration, we dug deep to haul ourselves up the very steep final pitches of blue ice that lead to the summit ridge. I can\u2019t begin to explain how much I anticipated getting off of \u201cThe Traverse\u201d and onto the summit ridge, which was supposed to be a cake walk after \u201cThe Traverse\u201d and \u201cThe Bottleneck\u201d.\n\nI suppose most things in life are relative because when I pulled myself over the lip of the final ice pitch, I set my eyes on the summit ridge and was wildly disappointed. Rather than the meandering snow hill that I had pictured for so many weeks, it was a steep corniced ridgeline of deep snow that provided no protection on either side. On the left, you could clearly see basecamp 12,000 feet below and would be there in a matter of minutes if you took a misguided step. On the right, it wasn\u2019t as steep but you would definitely still take the express route to China if you made a mistake. As I made these observations, the bulk of our team caught up to our lead group and we all began to stuff ourselves with some quick calories and water before our final push up the mountain.\n\nAfter 5 minutes, we pulled our packs back on and made our final gear adjustments for the conditions that we would face on the top. Sunglasses and goggles were the most common adjustments, as well as some quick sunscreen for the small exposed areas of skin on our face. Before I took my position in line, I found myself gazing blindly at the horizon and soaking in the scene as the sun began to expose the Karakoram Range. It was beyond incredible and unlike any mountain range that I have ever seen in my life. The peaks were like blades cutting into the sky and so dramatic that they looked like something from a fictional movie, such as The Lord of the Rings. I must have been hypoxic and lost track of time because before I knew it, Geoff was asking me if I was ready. I turned around and started what would be a long slog up the final few hundred feet.\n\nGarrett and team move up the summit ridge.\n\nDendi rests momentarily.\n\nThe snow was deep, worse than anywhere else on the mountain. If I was lucky, I would only sink in a foot and if I was a little lucky, it would be 18 inches. Far more often than I would like, the snow step that was cut by Siddhi, David, or Geoff would collapse and I would slide to the previous hole, or even worse, through two cut steps. When I finally accepted the fact that all I could do was kick my best step and hope for the best, I came to a shocking realization; Geoff was in front of me! Why is this relevant? Well, up to this point, only 19 Americans have summited K2 since the first successful ascent in 1954. With Geoff in front on this narrow ridgeline, I was all but guaranteed to be 21st! Yes, this is petty but give me a break, I\u2019m a guy and am a little competitive, if you couldn\u2019t already tell! After the initial shock wore off, I laughed to myself as I realized how incredibly stupid I would sound if I told someone what was going through my head at that moment. I had to get my head back in the game and focus on the task at hand\u2026\n\nJesse looking strong on the summit ridge!\n\nSummit ridge selfie.\n\nEveryone was showing signs of demoralization from the snow conditions and the heat of the sun on our backs was beginning to thaw us out, adding to the content sensation of fatigue. Siddhi and Dendi took turns breaking trail at the front, both of which preferred to lead but would reluctantly defer to one another every 15 minutes of grueling work. They wouldn\u2019t have allowed Geoff, David, or me to take a turn even if we wanted to, so we allowed them to continue at the lead. After approximately 2 hours of feeling as if we had made no progress, we were finally within reach of the summit and Dendi\u2019s legs churned through the last snow drift.\n\nSiddhi takes a rare rest on the summit ridge.\n\nAt 6:40 AM on July 22nd, I stepped onto the summit of K2, the 2nd tallest mountain in the world. Dendi, Siddhi, David, and Geoff grabbed me and everyone began cheering. I gave Jesse a hug as he reached the top and then it all began to hit me, so I sat down on my pack and just began to stare out over the horizon while the rest of my team celebrated. I reached into my inner collar pocket of my down suit and pulled out my satellite phone to call the one person that needed to hear my voice. When I heard my Mom\u2019s anxious voice on the other say, \u201cJohn! Is that you???\u201d, I immediately lost whatever limited composure I had at the time and responded with the most controlled \u201cYes, Mom, I made it\u201d that I could muster. The sound of pride in her voice during our brief conversation was unlike nothing that I have ever experienced and it is without a doubt the proudest moment of my life.\n\nAfter I shook off the emotion, I knew that I had to get to work on a couple tasks before we descended; my usual routine of collecting snow from the top in a bottle and then all of the pictures that I had planned. Conditions couldn\u2019t have been better with winds at about 5-10 mph and while there were some clouds in the sky, they were all below us, creating a cotton-like carpet over the almost all of the surrounding peaks. Even the summit of Broad Peak, the 12th tallest mountain at just over 26,000\u2019, barely peaked its way out of the clouds. Even with these fantastic conditions, I was careful to only have my gloves off for a few seconds at a time because my fingers would almost instantly go numb each time that I removed them. I rushed to get all of the pictures that I had made a mental list of because I knew that we would need to descend soon.\n\nThe Summit of K2!\n\nJesse, Geoff, and Me\n\nThe Gang: Me, Geoff, David, and Jesse\n\n#CalPolyProud\n\nBroad Peak barely reaching above the clouds.\n\nI was one of the first to summit and ended up being one of last three to leave, spending about 40 minutes on top. It was bittersweet leaving the summit, knowing that I would never set my eyes on that same incredible view again but also knowing that I had a lot of work left ahead of me on the descent. Our team made slow progress on the route down and it\u2019s probably safe to assume that it had something to do with the fact that you look straight down the side of the mountain when arm wrapping the descent.\n\nWe begin our descent\u2026\n\nBack down into the clouds\u2026\n\nAt the base of the summit ridge, we encountered the first climber who was attempting to summit and not part of our team, a Polish ski mountaineer, Andrzej Bargiel. He was on his way to the top and would be attempting to become the first person to ever ski down K2. He was visibly nervous and his voice wavered as her described his plan to Jesse and me. We spent about 5 minutes talking to him, doing our best to reassure him in the process, and then we said goodbye. It wouldn\u2019t be until the afternoon of the 23rd, when we had successfully arrived at basecamp, when we would find out that he accomplished the feat after 6 hours of hard work!\n\nThe base of the summit ridge. You can see Andrzej\u2019s skis peaking above a couple of heads.\n\nWe continued down, doing our best to avoid the Japanese team that had decided to make a late summit attempt on the same day. They used ropes without rhyme or reason and in one case were using 3 of the 4 lines that we had set to allow 3 of their team members to ascend at the same time. Common practice is to ascend on one line, one after another, but there was no logic to how they were attacking the mountain. As Siddhi, Jesse, Geoff, Dendi, and I weaved our way through their ranks, we lamented that they probably wouldn\u2019t all make it back. Personally, I hate to pass judgment on another climbing team but many of their practices were questionable at best and their late start didn\u2019t leave any room for error.\n\nWith so much chaos on the ropes, we had to take the opportunities to pass when they were given to us. Jesse and I did so, as we rappelled past one climber who was in a complete stupor after running out of oxygen. I yelled at his teammates to get him to a nearby anchor where he would be safe, rather than hanging on a line that so many needed to use. He was drooling and mumbling to himself and I was amazed to find out later that he would end up surviving the day, more than can be said for one Japanese member.\n\nDavid, Jesse and I managed to reach Camp 4 around 11 AM and spent the next two hours, repacking gear that we had left there for the summit push and rehydrating. At 1 PM we began our wobbly descent back to the safety of Camp 2. By this point, we had been climbing for 16 straight hours and were beginning to show major signs of fatigue but we knew the finish line was within reach. We powered on my Bluetooth stereo, turned it up all the way, and gave ourselves a little pep talk. The music, each other\u2019s company, and our recent summit of K2 were able to bring enough enjoyment to our climb down that we almost didn\u2019t mind the drowsiness and body aches. At 5 PM, we descended the last pitch of the Black Pyramid into Camp 2.\n\nAt this point, I knew that I was safe for the day and plopped down on the snowbank above my old tent. Jesse and David were already settling into their tent but I wanted to take a moment to be alone. I sat above the range and couldn\u2019t help but smile to myself as I thought of what we had just accomplished. It was surreal and the magnitude of it all had yet to hit me, but I found happiness in knowing that the true danger had passed. It was then that it dawned on me that the last time that I had been sitting in this exact location, I had been in the midst of the debate that would determine whether we went up or down the mountain. No one had been right or wrong in that moment but for once in my life, I was sure glad that I didn\u2019t win the debate. I laughed to myself at the thought of how many people would love to hear me admit that.\n\nMoments later, Garrett and Geoff dropped down from the rope above and I snapped back to reality. Hugs and high fives were aplenty as we settled into the tent that the 3 of us had shared for several nights. I gave Garrett a hard time for being so elite as the 4th person to summit K2 a 2nd time and then jokingly admitted defeat to Geoff for becoming the 20th American to summit, rather than a pedestrian 21st. It was all in good delirious fun, as we tucked ourselves into our sleeping bags. The last thing that I remember before falling asleep was thinking about how proud I was of those guys and how lucky I was to have them by my side on this mountain. Then, I faded to my dreams with a big grin on my face.\n\n14 Comments\n\nDad\non August 8, 2018 at 9:52 pm\n\nI felt as though I was there with you. A true testament to the attributes of teamwork. Thanks for making that call to Mom!\n\nI\u2019m so incredibly proud of you and thankful you conquered as #21, returned safely and were able to share The Summit bid in such a pure, articulate, and genuine form\u2026 It did feel like we were there with you. Time to celebrate!\n\nAs the mother of a son (though he doesn\u2019t climb mountains like you do) my heart was full and the tears were close when you typed about the call to your mom. Congratulations John from those of us that literally held our breath while you moved through this incredible journey. Thank you for sharing it!\n\nWow John. Thanks so much for sharing your amazing adventures with all of us. This last blog, along with some of your Everest posts, belong in Outside Mag. We were on pins and needles for the entire time and it was so wonderful that you phoned your Mom from the summit! It is amazing enough to be #21 but I\u2019ll bet you were the first American to ever phone his mother from the summit of K2 \ud83d\ude42 We hope you keep your GPS tracker on while in Pakistan and on the flights home, so we know when you get home safely. All our love\n\nYour narrative was riveting and the pictures are beautiful. Thanks for including the one in the dark. That made me a little shaky. But that Geoff was sneaky to get ahead of you. I thought you were the client? Haha. However, I totally get what you were thinking then so am glad you included that snippet.\n\nIt was so good to see you on Sunday. You look great and not at all emaciated from your little workout. Congratulations to you and the rest of the team. And a special thanks to the Sherpas (those guys are something else) and to Garrett for making all the right decisions.\n\nI am asking again\u2026when will that book come? Please don\u2019t let this talent waste. Meantime, thank you for sharing your experience with all of us and give us the chance to see the mountain through your words. You\u2019re a good man.\n\nThank you SO much for taking the time to document this after the fact. I didn\u2019t realize that I was hardly breathing while reading it, until after I was done! I agree with Lisa, that picture you took in the dark was amazing and really provided a \u201cvisual\u201d of how treacherous it must have been. So glad you made it home safely and were willing to share your amazing journey with all of us!\n\nJust finished reading your detailed account & exploring all the pictures. My palms are STILL sweaty! \ud83d\ude1f\ud83d\ude02Congrats again, John & team mates! Thanks for allowing us to enjoy this dream of yours! I think you should write a book & name it\u2026spooning on K2. Even tho it might not have happened, it would be catchy \ud83d\ude09 Patti G.\n\nCongratulations John! I had been anxiously checking for your final posts and just finished reading them. You should, as others have said, write a book about your experiences. I must say, you are an extraordinary athlete and a fine man. You have made your entire family proud as well as a bunch of us that you hardly know. Best wishes always, Gene Lundquist\n\nI\u2019ve been anxiously waiting for days, to read your last entries\u2026 and you did not disappoint!!! Once I started reading, I honestly could not stop. Thanks for sharing with us!!! See you in September, when I can give you huge, congratulatory hug!!!\nP.S. And great job and smart move calling your Mama from that mountain top!"}
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-{"text": "Tagged: basejumping\n\nWhen we went in search of the ultimate base jumper and skydiver, we expected to find someone extraordinary \u2013 someone who was used to pushing the limits and had the ability to freeze time. When we finally hooked up with Chris Douggs (Douggs) he was everything we had been looking for and more. Douggs\u2019 wealth of experience is nothing short of outstanding.\n\nDouggs has felt flow frequently, in multiple arenas, and when he is not pretending to be Superman he is a motivational speaker, TV presenter, commentator, author, film maker, and stunt man. Douggs is one of the world\u2019s most experienced BASE jumpers, respected both inside and outside the sport. He is a World Champion, World Record holder, and completed well over 3200 BASE jumps and 7000 skydives across more than 42 countries.\n\n\u2013 Many expeditions throughout remote parts of the world including, Baffin Island, China, Norway, New Zealand & 37 other countries\n\n-1998-2003 6 time Australian National Skydiving Champion in 4 way and 8 way RW\n\n\u2013 2001- 2003 Australian team member for World Championships \u2013 2002 World Record: 300 way skydive \u2013 12 Gold medals in various state events \u2013 and much more.\n\nAs you can imagine, our interview with Douggs was very insightful, and he enlightens us on how he finds flow in base jumping and skydiving:\n\nChris: In skydiving and base jumping it, I\u2019ve called it \u2018the zone,\u2019 but I\u2019ve never heard the actual technical term for flow before.\n\nCameron: Yeah, yeah. It called different things. Jazz musicians call it \u2018being in the pocket\u2019. Different people have different names for it, but everyone knows it when you talk about it. You know, it\u2019s that moment where we\u2019re completely engulfed and everything\u2019s just at one, we\u2019re highly connected and time seems to pause, but then you come out of it and time forwards winds, and you\u2019re like \u201cOh my God, what just happened?\u201d\n\nChris: I\u2019ve written a number of articles about the feeling. There\u2019s no past, no future, there just this present. I call it the now.\n\nIt\u2019s an incredible feeling. And once you submit to it, when you\u2019re shaking on the edge or whatever, and then you commit and submit and take those three deep breaths then everything goes still and quiet, and then that beautiful silence that first second is just incredible\u2026and then off we go, and then that\u2019s when you hit it.\n\nCameron: How did you get into base jumping and skydiving?\n\nChris: Base jumping has been the best thing ever for me because it allowed me to take everything I\u2019ve learnt in jumping and take it to ordinary life, which has resulted in endless possibilities; there no negatives, only positives. There\u2019s only the cup always half full now. I think that\u2019s the right one. [laughs] Do you know what I mean? Like, I was lucky I got into base jumping super early and found it, and it just blew me away. I mean, on my first skydive I still blacked out for over five seconds, you know, so my brain wasn\u2019t able to process that information at all.\n\nBut then I was intrigued by that, went straight back up and did another one. I\u2019ve never been able to get that sensation again, except for the closest I ever got was when we did a human slingshot a couple of years ago in Dubai, and there\u2019s a video online about it, but we were shooting out so fast that I think we were doing zero to 200 in about a second, about 6-7 Gs, I was able to process the information, but I was almost on my limit of processing it, it was interesting. It\u2019s the only time I got that sensation (complete shut off) back since my first skydive.\n\nI think it\u2019s called sensory overload. It\u2019s where your brain is just receiving too much information and it shuts down. But yeah, you never get it back really, so it\u2019s interesting. I\u2019ve always been intrigued from day one about it all.\n\nCameron: How do you feel when you experience flow?\n\nChris: Just when you see I\u2019m in a really good state of flow I generally smile [laughs] because I\u2019m actually really relaxed. So, that jump, (where I was smiling) it took us five jumps that day to get to that point.\n\n(When in flow) You can just see more, so I see things off in the distance, the cameraman sitting there, and I saw 15 seconds flying past at about 200 Ks/hour, and I smiled at him as I went past super casually. So, that everything sort of is almost happy. [laughs] Like, in this calm trance-like state, but like The Matrix, you know, like \u201cSh**, it\u2019s actually moving fast\u201d but you\u2019ve just made it all stand still. That when I really enjoy it, because everyone like \u201cOh wow, you must get this big adrenaline rush when you do this!\u201d and I\u2019m like \u201cI don t actually.\u201d[laughs] I get really, really calm and really tranquil.\n\nI was just doing some stuff out of my comfort zone this last week, and sh** moving fast still, but when we get comfortable then everything just slows down and it\u2019s just poetic almost; it beautiful.\n\nYou almost feel invincible, that\u2019s a good word for it. You\u2019re just on another level to everyone and everything around you. I mean, that animal instinct, that\u2019s what animals get. They\u2019re always in flow [laughs].\n\nAnother way to explain it is, when we jump off a waterfall and jump in snow, you hit that microsecond of a point where everything stops, and if you\u2019re in flow, which I generally am, you\u2019d stop for a lot longer than a microsecond. You\u2019re falling at the same speed as the water droplets, or the same speed as the snow, and whilst it\u2019s only a microsecond you can make it last for seconds, and then it speeds up really quick! It\u2019s exactly like the movies basically.\n\nI mean, that\u2019s what The Matrix did, The Matrix put flow into cinema, in my opinion. I always use The Matrix as my way to try and explain it best to the layman, because it shows it clearly on cinema how it all works.\n\nCameron: What are the barriers to achieving the flow state?\n\nChris: In traffic (driving)\u2026I can miss, I can swirve and miss and do whatever, I just process that information really, really f**king quickly. One that really stands out, my cousin a very good motorbike rider, and we did this trail riding super fast, super thin and I couldn\u2019t find flow. It was the first time when I was like \u201cMother f**ker! I can t keep up with my cousin!\u201d\n\nWhen he\u2019s riding a bike he\u2019s in flow for sure, but I couldn\u2019t get there because I\u2019m not good enough on a bike. That was the first time I really understood that I wasn\u2019t invincible, and I can\u2019t always find flow. Do you know what I mean? Because you walk around just feeling not better than everyone else, just like, you f**king own it all the time, you know, and that what makes a champion as well; you\u2019ve got to be able to own it. Confidence and arrogance is a fine line, but you\u2019ve got to walk that line all the time, you know. More arrogant when you\u2019re younger, more confident when you\u2019re older [laughs].\n\nCameron: What preparation helps you get into flow?\n\nChris: For me, training and visualisation for sure. I mean, I jump all the time, and I\u2019m doing extreme sports all the time. When I\u2019m speed flying, I\u2019m absolutely in flow, but not while I\u2019m on skis, because I\u2019m a sh** skier; as soon as I take off I can\u2019t do anything. But training for sure. And I think over time being in mountainous environment and an ocean environment so much your body adapts. Do you know a guy called Dean Potter?\n\nCameron: Yeah.\n\nChris: He\u2019s a very advanced climber. He\u2019s a good friend of mine now, and is a mountain man, you know, because he can adapt, he\u2019s done so much time in the mountains that it\u2019s second nature for him. He doesn\u2019t use ropes pretty much ever. He can just climb mountains because he put himself in that situation. Same as the watermen, your Laird Hamiltons and stuff like that. If I put myself in a situation long enough then the more I adapt. I do seminars on aerobatics in base, and use what I\u2019ve learnt from doing hardcore aerobatics. From 450 feet doing four or five flips or whatever, starting from single flips, learning and then pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, and getting to a point where for us we have to, I have to accept my own limitations way earlier than I would like because I don\u2019t want to die, so I don\u2019t run at 100% ever really.\n\nBut, what I\u2019ve learnt was that coming back from say doing four-five flips on a jump to doing one flip on a jump opens the world up way more. So, you sort of need to push yourself that harder and see with blinkers on, to then pull back and be able to see the world with open eyes. That\u2019s really interesting, and it\u2019s very hard to tell a 20-year old kid to do that because they just want to go crazy. But after coming full circle I don\u2019t generally do all the big flips anymore, I just do the slow rotating ones. I\u2019d be upside down, waving at people in a restaurant off a building or something, because I\u2019m in the flow. But being able to do heaps of flips first has helped me reach that perspective. So, now my brain expects me to do all that stuff, and then when I lay it back a bit then the brain like \u201cOh yeah, this is much cooler!\u201d [laughs] So, I teach people to not fly with blinkers on with everything they\u2019re doing, to work themselves up to it and not rush into it. Then when you pull back you\u2019re good. But on the other spectrum of that, I\u2019ve lost a friend last year from pushing, pushing, pushing; their 100% performance became a normal percent. My normal performance is 30-50 percent now, just because I\u2019ve lost so many friends and I\u2019m having such a great life. But these guys are pushing so hard, their normal becomes 100%. And you almost need 100% sometimes, because we\u2019re not perfect humans, so when these guys need an extra spike they didn\u2019t have it and died from it.\n\nSo, I try and teach that a lot as well, because yeah, running at 100% all the time, that\u2019s not good for our sport. It\u2019s not surfing where you can sort of get away with it, or skating where you\u2019ll break your ankle or something we generally die. So, whilst our sport is actually one of the safest extreme sports out there, when it goes wrong we die, it\u2019s very simple. It\u2019s not a broken ankle or things like that, so it\u2019s a real tricky one for helping others with that.\n\nCameron: Yeah, yeah. I mean, it\u2019s powerful what makes the skydiving such an amazing sport for flow, when you think about it. You know, the consequences are so high when you\u2019re pushing it that you\u2019re almost forced into a state of flow. Your senses engage, the mind has to shut off because it just can\u2019t compute everything that\u2019s going on and make those decisions that you need to make, and you\u2019re forced into it. What do you do just before you jump off? You mentioned earlier, you said you take a couple of deep breaths and you kind of sit there.\n\nChris: Yeah. Like, off a cliff. Planes are different because it\u2019s so noisy and you\u2019ve got to go at the same time, but from a cliff I\u2019ll gear up. These days I\u2019ll just, well, obviously I\u2019ve got a lot of jumps, so it definitely has evolved. I\u2019m always scared, that\u2019s one key; I\u2019m always making sure I stay scared. That\u2019s one of the key aspects to getting into flow I reckon as well, don\u2019t be overconfident with everything. Then I\u2019ll gear up and I\u2019ll prep myself on everything. So, the weather, my skill level, my gut feeling that day, the object that I\u2019m jumping off. Sometimes I\u2019ll walk away as well, and sometimes I won\u2019t jump stuff that my students jump. You know, I have my own little my own path.\n\nBut then once I\u2019m geared up I\u2019ll double-check, triple-check everything, make sure I\u2019m cool, and then that way when I go to the edge the only thing I\u2019m scared of is being scared. That\u2019s a key for me as well, because then your mind doesn\u2019t have to think about anything else, it can channel in and focus. And then when it\u2019s time to go, generally I\u2019ll be freaking out, but you\u2019ve got to turn that negative fear into a positive fear. That\u2019s when I\u2019ll take three (deep breaths) because you\u2019re going to do it anyway [laughs], so you might as well do it correctly. You know, if it gets too much I\u2019d walk away and stuff, but I understand my body and my consciousness.\n\nSo yeah, when it is time to go I\u2019ll basically calm down, take three deep breaths, and on the third breath or fourth breath or whatever I\u2019ll generally just head off. And that way just before you go you\u2019re completely calm, very tranquil, and about to throw yourself into the unknown. But, I mean, if it\u2019s the unknown then that\u2019s another ball game; I do know the outcome could be bad, but it\u2019s a calculated risk, so it\u2019s a very small chance as such, but it could definitely still happen on any jump I\u2019m no more special than anyone else. But once you put yourself in that position and you go then it\u2019s on, and then you\u2019re just hyperaware of everything.\n\nI\u2019ll always put myself in uncomfortable positions. Like, just recently I was doing this seminar in front of 120 legends of the sport, and then putting myself up to do a song actually at the talent night in front of the same people. [laughs] They saw me physically shaking with the lyrics, you know, and I still put myself there even though it was f**king terrifying.\n\nBut, you know, I like doing that. The song was a good one because I was so nervous and my voice was so sh**ful, and then by the end I\u2019ve got the whole crowd clapping and singing with me because I\u2019d entered flow basically in a different environment and just went into rockstar mode without the talent by the way. By the end I was good, and then afterwards I\u2019m like f**king freaking out again, but I\u2019d hit that for about a minute of that song, I hit the flow basically. The same thing happens with the talks as well, I start out nervous. Dean Potter actually helped me, I try to do as much motivational speaking as I can now to overcome one of my biggest fears, and he said \u201cJust learn the first two sentences.\u201d [laughs] \u201cJust memorise the first two sentences. You ve got to start, and the rest will just pick up in your state of flow basically.\u201d\n\nWe would like to thank Douggs for his time and insight. We look forward to following and helping Douggs in his future expeditions. Thank you also, for taking the time to read this post."}
-{"text": "It was a big night for Lightning prospect Alex Hutchings whose hat trick (video) helped propel Florida over Elmira in a game that got close towards the end before Hutchings was able to bury a breakaway opportunity with just under two minutes remaining to put the game out of reach. Hutchings scored for the second straight game and now has five points, sixteen shots and is +3 through four games to start November. Pat Nagle had the night off as Hurricanes prospect John Muse started in net for the Everblades and stopped 34 of 37 shots to earn his second win of the season, his first since October 12th against Orlando. Daniel Milan and Maxime Langelier-Parent remain inactive. Florida (5-4-2) returns to action tonight at home against a divisional foe, the Gwinnett Gladiators (9-3-1), who are currently atop the South division.\n\nHat tip to SwampHockey for passing along the footage of Hutchings' hat trick.\n\nAlaska, buoyed by Nick Mazzolini's two goals and Mark Guggenberger's 30 saves, held off Las Vegas Friday night. After drawing first blood with a power play tally, the Aces regained the lead late in the second period when Mazzonlini got his stick on the puck as it came through the the low slot, deflecting it past the Wranglers' Joe Fallon, who had a solid night himself turning away 35 shots including several stops during a 5-on-3 opportunity for Alaska midway through the third period. Las Vegas held Alaska's locked-out trio of Joey Crabb, Brandon Dubinsky and Nate Thompson in check tonight, as they collectively managed ten shots and were penalized twice. Alaska (7-4-0) continues its short series against Las Vegas (3-5-1) tomorrow night."}
-{"text": "Dining by Design\n\nEach year the San Francisco\u2019s Design Center transforms from a showroom showcase into a host for a plethora of micro-dining rooms. Each with its own unique style and flair. What fun eh?! And all for a good cause too!\n\nBetter yet, last year, we were honored to join some of their creative forces.\n\nTheir dining room reflected the essence of our city\u2019s contemporary urban-ism with a tossed in bit of organic \u2013 to make it oh so San Francisco. Nature juxtaposed with man-made created a warm and welcoming room.\n\nHow to Make a Wedding Celebration that Keeps on Growing\n\nAt the Point Lobos Ridge Home in Carmel, we went wild. Quite literally. Our goal for this wedding situated just over the sea, was to bring the outside landscape in, featuring arrangements that were less about cut flowers and more about showcasing living plants that thrive locally.\n\nWe started by using lots of small containers to create living landscapes as table centerpieces. The small worlds we conjured were comprised of mosses, ferns, rosemary, and orchids. Giving the appearance of growing out of the table, we gave them free reign and encouraged them to weave around the table and the chargers. Living orbs of live plants, mosses, and succulents brought panache to each surface.\n\nThe cake table was a fanciful island all it\u2019s own. Using lichen-covered twigs we constructed a frame over which we allowed vines to hang, loose and wild. We situated between them wooden pieces that served as a pedestal for the cake that was delicately adorned with\u2026"}
-{"text": "|\u6f0f\u6d1e\u8be6\u60c5\n\n|\u6f0f\u6d1eEXP\n\nDate\nDecember 20, 2005\nVulnerability\nThe Symantec Antivirus Library provides file format support for virus analysis. During decompression of RAR files Symantec is vulnerable to multiple heap overflows allowing attackers complete control of the system(s) being protected. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely without user interaction in default configurations through common protocols such as SMTP.\nImpact\nSuccessful exploitation of Symantec protected systems allows attackers unauthorized control of data and related privileges. It also provides leverage for further network compromise. Symantec implementations are likely vulnerable in their default configuration. In default configurations users are likely vulnerable regardless of whether they choose to open or read the email.\nAffected Products\nDue to the library??s modular design and core functionality; it is likely this vulnerability affects a substantial portion of Symantec??s gateway, server, & client antivirus-enabled product lines on most platforms. In fact, the scope of this vulnerability is likely similar to the one described in the following link and also includes more current versions.\nhttp://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187\nFurther, this library is also licensed to a substantial number of venders with products/services that are likely affected. A small sample of these vendors can be found in the following link.\nhttp://www.symantec.com/partners/index.html\nRecommendation\nDisable scanning of RAR compressed files until the vulnerable code is fixed.\nCredit\nThis vulnerability was discovered and researched by Alex Wheeler.\nContact\nsecurity (at) rem0te (dot) com [email concealed]"}
-{"text": "Brookfield INFORMATION\n\nPopulation: 16,528\n\nCity rating\n\nThis rating is a weighted average of commute time, crime rate, population, median salary, and more.\n\n10/10\n\nOverall value\n\nThis score adds annual household income and cost of living to the city rating.\n\n9/10\n\nDensity (Population per mile\u00b2)\n\nCompared to New York, Brookfield has a very low population density. Brookfield is perfect for those who like a quiet city.\n\n835\nBrookfield\n\n27,441\nNew York\n\n835\nBrookfield\n\n27,441\nNew York\n\nCity Info\n\nBrookfield, CT is a great place to live. It has its pros and cons like any city, but with a quality of life rating of 10/10 and an overall value of 9/10, it\u2019s no surprise why so many people choose to live here.\n\nPopulation density is a way of determining how crowded an area is. Brookfield has a population density of 835, with 16,528 current residents.\n\nOut of the 16,528 current residents, 49% are male and 51% are female. 66% of the residents are married and 34% are single.\n\n02\n\nResidence\n\nAir quality\n\nWeather\n\n56%\nSun\n\n49%\nRain\n\n42%\nSnow\n\nCondition\n\n51\u00b0F average temperature\n\n35 years\nMedian home age\n\n$318,580\nMedian home price\n\n-9.07%\nHome appreciation rate\n\n13.56%\nAnnual property tax\n\n84.7%\n\nHomes owned\n\n10.6%\n\nHomes rented\n\n4.8%\n\nHomes vacant\n\nResidence\n\nAs for living in Brookfield, the air quality is 8% and the weather, on average, is 56% sunny, 49% rainy, and 42% snowy. The average temperature is 51\u00b0F.\n\nWhether you\u2019re looking to buy or rent a home in Brookfield, you should know that 84.7% of homes are owned while 10.6% of homes are rented, and 4.8% of homes are vacant. The median price of a home is $318,580, the median age of homes is 35 years, the annual home appreciation is -9.07% and the annual property tax is 13.56%.\n\n03\n\nCommunity\n\nReligious diversity\n\nCrime rate (per 100,000)\n\n1\n\nAverage age\n\n42\n\nPolitical majority\n\nRepublican\n\nCommunity\n\nWhen looking at the community of Brookfield, it\u2019s important to determine the crime rate. Brookfield\u2019s crime rate is 1 total number of crimes reported per 100,000 total population. The average age of residents in Brookfield is 42 years and the breakdown of political affiliations is 47.29% Democratic, 51.79% Republican, and 0.92% Independent.\n\n04\n\nLocale\n\nUnemployment\n\n8%\n\nEducation\n\nStudent teacher ratio 1:15\n\nOccupation\n\nManagement, Business, Art & Sciences\n\n23%\n\nSales & Office Occupations\n\n27.7%\n\nService Occupations\n\n7.9%\n\nProduction, Transportation & Material Moving\n\n7.5%\n\nNatural Resources, Construction & Maintenance\n\n7.5%\n\n93%\n\nHigh school diploma\n\n7%\n\nSome college or associates degree\n\n26%\n\nBachelors degree\n\n18%\n\nGraduate or professional degree\n\nLocale\n\nWhen looking at Brookfield, it\u2019s important to understand employment statistics. 7.50% of residents are unemployed in Brookfield (which does not include the percentage of residents who are no longer in the labor force). Of the employed Brookfield residents: 23% of employed residents work in the management and business field, 26.41% are in the arts and sciences field, 7.9% are in the customer service field, 27.7% are in the sales field, 0.00% work in farming, fishing, and forestry, 7.5% of employed residents work in the construction field, and 7.5% work in production. When it comes to education, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:15. The percentage of residents who have graduated high school is 93.39%, 7.49% of residents have an associate\u2019s degree, 25.87% of residents have a bachelor\u2019s degree, and 18.05% have a master\u2019s degree.\n\n05\n\nTransit\n\nAverage commute time\n\nDaily breakdown: by transport type\n\nPublictransportation\n\nCar\n\nCarpool\n\nWork at home\n\nTransit\n\nIf you plan on commuting to work in Brookfield, you should be aware that the average commute time is 33 minutes, compared to the national average commute time of 26 minutes. When it comes to commuting, residents of Brookfield have a few different options. 86% of commuters use their own cars, 9% of commuters carpool, 2% of commuters use the transit system, and 4% of residents work from home."}
-{"text": "On 26 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) twittered about a new addition to the International Space Station (ISS): the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, or ASIM. A collection of optical cameras, light meters and an X- and gamma-ray detector, the ASIM is designed to look for electrical discharges originating from stormy weather conditions. Scheduled to be taken up to the ISS next week, it will be the first instrument brought into space for the observation of what ESA calls \u201cthe inner anatomy of lightning.\u201d\n\nASIM is to be mounted on the outside of the Columbus laboratory, where it is hoped it is in a better position to observe the gigantic electrical discharges in Earth\u2019s upper atmosphere. Fascinating displays of the processes taking place inside thunderstorm clouds, the biggest challenge has always been how to measure the phenomenon. Lightning takes place in a fraction of a second, over several kilometers. Torsten Neubert, science team coordinator at the Technical University of Denmark, trusts that ASIM will help with observation:\n\n\u201cThe science we hope to do by combining data from all the instruments is explosive. Simultaneous observations will bring a whole new insight. Up in the atmosphere, the thin air slows down and enlarges the discharges. That gives our instruments a better chance to observe them in all their glory.\u201c\n\nThe ASIM is a response to a casual observation made by an astronaut on the ISS. Lightning is one of the most frequent natural occurrences. Almost every second, lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in our atmosphere. But the inner workings of lightning are still unknown. Indeed, when Andreas Mogensen directed a high-resolution camera towards a gigantic thunderstorm, while flying over India at 28.800 km/h in 2015, he made spectacular, first of its kind footage. He caught a blue jet, repeatedly shooting up into space towards the upper layers of the atmosphere \u2013 as high as 40 Km.\n\nMogensen\u2019s discovery of the pulsating jet offered a new perspective on electrical activity at the top of tropical thunderstorms, and scientists quickly caught on. They learned what types of cloud can trigger the phenomenon, and how it may affect the chemistry of the atmosphere. These solid scientific results gathered a lot of attention. It also confirmed that the ISS is a great vantage point. Not only can it cover all main thunderstorm regions, 400 Km above the clouds, the space platform brings instruments closer to the electric events than any other means.\n\nLightning, through its effects on the concentration of atmospheric gasses, is important for the climate. New data will improve our understanding of the effect of thunderstorms, contributing to more accurate climate models. ASIM\u2019s measures will be combined with those coming in from meteorological satellites, as well as ground observations from all over the world. More than 100 dedicated experts from 8 countries have participated in the project so far. All are eagerly awaiting the launch, next Monday, of ASIM, which is already sitting, waiting, in its SpaceX Dragon capsule."}
-{"text": "Since my last post I\u2019ve been considering splitting my website into two parts, one part for my design work and one for my handcrafted bear work. This may happen at some point in the future so in the meantime I\u2019ve created the above design as part of a new intro page.\n\nIf the change occurs you would enter the Wild Witch Graphics website and here you would find the intro page. This page would provide you with a choice of selecting one of two buttons to take you to either Wild Witch Design or Wild Witch Bears."}
-{"text": "This is just\none of a nine-spot \u0093teaser\u0094 campaign that ran nationally\nto promote interest in the newly-redesigned Nissan Altima. Highly\nsuccessful as attention-getters, the spots ran in conjunction with\nNissan\u0092s \u0093Have You Seen It?\u0094 national billboard and\nTV teaser campaign."}
-{"text": "The 2009 election also marked the eighth consecutive victory of the ALP in a general election since 1989 although it was out of office between 1996 and 1998 as a direct result of the 1996 Mundingburra by-election.\n\n\u00b6Ronan Lee was elected as a member of the Labor Party in 2006, but he defected to the Greens in 2008.\n\nOne of the gains by the Liberal Nationals was the defeat of the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara (Hervey Bay). The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and the Arts, Bonny Barry (Aspley), was also defeated.\n\nThe previous state election was held on 9 September 2006 to elect the 89 members of the Legislative Assembly. In Queensland, for the government to serve a full-term, an election will be held approximately three years following the previous election. In Queensland, Section 80 of the Electoral Act 1992 states that an election must be held on a Saturday; and that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 26 or a maximum of 56 days following the issue of the writs. Five to seven days following the issue of the writs, the electoral roll is closed, which gives voters a final opportunity to enrol or to notify the Electoral Commission of Queensland of any changes in their place of residence.[5]\n\nThe Labor Party, led by PremierAnna Bligh, and the LNP, led by Opposition LeaderLawrence Springborg, were the two main parties in Queensland at the election. It was the first election contested by the LNP following its creation with the merger of the National and Liberal parties. At the previous election, Labor won 59 seats, the Nationals won 17 seats, the Liberals won eight seats, One Nation won one seat, and independents won four seats.\n\nA redistribution saw Labor notionally pick up three seats. Therefore, the LNP notionally needed to pick up 22 seats rather than 20 seats to form a majority government, which equated to an unchanged uniform 8.3 percent two party preferred swing.[6]\n\n\u2020 Contested 2006 elections as Liberal Party (49 seats) and National Party (40) seats.\n\nBoth the Australian Labor Party and the Greens contested all 89 seats. This was the first Queensland state election in which the Greens contested every seat. The LNP contested every seat except Gladstone (held by an Independent), which they avoided for strategic reasons. A total of 397 candidates contested the election\u2014the largest number of candidates to contest a Queensland election since 1998.\n\nNewspoll polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes usually consist of around 1000 electors, with the declared margin of error at around \u00b13 percent."}
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-{"text": "COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us\n\nSunday, January 20, 2008\n\nMore leftard idiocy\n\nImagine if, the day after the 2000 election, the national media simply didn't care about what happened in Florida, and instead acted as though Al Gore had won the election because he won the popular vote. Imagine if all cries from the Bush campaign about something called \"The Electoral College\" fell on deaf ears, and everyone just acted like Gore won and the popular vote was the only thing that mattered. States? Who cares about the results of individual states? Only the popular vote matters, dummies!\n\nWhile that would have been perfectly fine with me, since I think the Electoral College is an anti-democratic institution that favors the will of geographic areas over the will of American citizens, it isn't what happened.\n\nOk, leftard, deal with this:\n\nResolved: The United States Senate, and all state legislature senates, are anti-democratic institutions.\n\nAnd because you're such a friend of democracy, it would be perfectly fine for the President to ignore the advice and consent of the Senate in nominating federal and Supreme Court judges and cabinet officials.\n\nMaybe Chris missed the whole \"Great Compromise\" class in 8th-grade US History that said smaller states would get some props too. Why are the far lefties still upset about the 2000 election. It was horrible to hear them pitch a bitch then, and it's horrible now!\n\nEr... haven't state legislature senates already been banned as anti-democratic?I know the California state senate got redefined as population-based many years ago, which somewhat loses the point of having a bicameral legislature.My Google-Fu is weak this morning, so I'm not finding a reference to the reason for this, and I don't recall whether it was a state court or a federal one which decreed the change.\n\nWhat this libtard doesn't get is that a number of us conservative whackos would have considered this \"act\" of ignoring the Electoral College cause for rebellion. I doubt that this guy truly considered what the implications of that entail.\n\nPat, It wouldn't have to be \"considered.\" And we wouldn't have to be the ones in rebellion.\n\nIgnornig the Electoral College, in favor of the extra-Constitutional practice of the popular vote, clearly places them in rebellion.\n\nThe Constitution only says that Electors must be chosen in the manner prescribed by the state legislatures. Any state could decide tomorrow to make that a matter of appointment by the Governor, or the top wage earners, or the residents with the longest middle toe on their right foot. Might not make people happy, but it's perfectly legal."}
-{"text": "6 Answers\n6\n\nA large number of LEGO minifigures use weapons, and are \u2013 assumedly \u2013 regularly being charged by each others\u2019 weapons as part of children\u2019s role play. In the LEGO Group, we acknowledge that conflict in play is especially prevalent among 4-9-year-old boys.\nAn inner drive and a need to experiment with their own aggressive feelings in order to learn about other people\u2019s aggressions exist in most children. This in turn enables them to handle and recognize conflict in non-play scenarios. As such, the LEGO Group sees\nconflict play as perfectly acceptable, and an integral part of children\u2019s development.\n\nWe also acknowledge children\u2019s well-proven ability to tell play from reality. however, to make sure to maintain the right balance between play and conflict, we have adhered to a set of unwritten rules for several years. In 2010, we have formalized these rules in a guideline for the use of conflict and weapons in LEGO products. The basic aim is to avoid realistic weapons and military equipment that children may recognize from hot spots around the world and to refrain from showing violent or frightening situations when communicating about LEGO products. At the same time, the purpose is for the LEGO brand not to be associated with issues that glorify conflicts and unethical or harmful behavior.\n\nCheers, I was reading that for some other research (thought it might have details on the plastics used) and noticed that section.\n\u2013\nZhaph - Ben Duguid\u2666Oct 28 '11 at 9:00\n\nWhat about LEGO Halo? I don't see it on their website but the LEGO logo is written on some LEGO Halo models (Halo as in the MA video game)\n\u2013\nannonymouslyDec 20 '11 at 3:25\n\n@annonymously The Halo sets are made by MegaBloks, a \"compatible\" brick construction toy company. Have you got any links to LEGO branded ones? But either way they'd be covered by the \"avoid realistic weapons\" bit.\n\u2013\nZhaph - Ben Duguid\u2666Dec 20 '11 at 8:03\n\nThe SMG is pretty realistic in my opinion, but maybe it really is just megablocks.\n\u2013\nannonymouslyDec 20 '11 at 8:41\n\nTheir position has shifted over the years, in response to changing attitudes as well as commercial pressures, and the rising age of LEGO enthusiasts!\n\nOriginally LEGO bricks were only available in bright primary colours e.g. red blue and yellow, with the conspicuous absence of green, aside from baseplates. It seems quite likely that this was a deliberate attempt to prevent people from building tanks and military vehicles which in Europe were generally painted green. The creator of LEGO was known to be a pacifist and have strong opinions on the issue.\n\nI remember that when the Pirates series came out in 1989 they were the first sets to include pieces that were explicitly firearms: muskets, pistols and canon. The Pirates series was also the first to include non smiling faces, allowing figures to show more emotion, including anger. Although LEGO castle sets had featured weapons a decade earlier, the wide smiles on faces of the knights and guards suggested a lack of aggression.\n\nSpace sets have always had some ambiguity between what is a weapon and what is a scientific instrument, though the same trend is observed toward more conflict in later sets. Competition with other brick toys which feature military sets as well as movie tie-ins have caused conflict/aggression to be a major feature of many LEGO sets made more recently, which is probably what triggered LEGO's shift in official message on the subject, as detailed in the corporate responsibility report linked to above.\n\nis there any citation for the claim \"It seems quite likely that this was a deliberate attempt to prevent people from building tanks and military vehicles\"?\n\u2013\nJeff Atwood\u2666May 7 '12 at 6:18\n\nwell, I can find a LEGO exec repeating this on camera in this video at 8:36 -- Jorian Murray \"Lego Ad Exec\" says \"the founder was a pacifist and he absolutely did not want LEGO to be used for wargames, and that's why when it was originally launched, they just worked with few primary colors.\" Not totally happy with this source though.\n\u2013\nJeff Atwood\u2666May 7 '12 at 6:24\n\nI believe that war sets have not been allowed from day one at lego, with the oft-quoted reason that Ole Kirk Christiansen did not was to reduce war to a 'state of child's play.' He was also reportedly a pacifist, and I have found a source stating that while lego may produce generic gun pieces, they will never directly model a contemporary gun, or likewise produce a set of one.\n\nAs stated (I think) in the 'Ultimate Lego Book,' Christiansen made sure that bricks in 'army colours' (i.e. green, brown, and olive green) were not produced. This changed later on however, when various sets required these colours, of course.\n\nLEGO has always been a bit iffy on it's stance towards war related sets, which might be part of the reason most custom part makers specialize in realistic guns.\n\nBeing primarily a children's toy, they had shied away from depicting tanks and battles in the beginning. It might be said that as popular culture in general had an easier stance with \"playing war\" (video games were probably a big part of this), LEGO also eased it's policy. I think the fist time LEGO sets included toy guns for mini-figures might be it's Western theme in the late '90s.\n\nThere might have been laser blaster type guns earlier than this with the Space and Star Wars themes. Now it seems that with Indiana Jones and other movie licenses they have obtained, Lego is again allowing their sets to be portrayed in a more violent manner.\n\nWhile the current plastic Lego \"guns\" are generally more tame (blasters, pirate pistols), that was not the case with wooden toys from the 1940's including this machine gun from 1945. It's about 18\" long and makes a rat-tat-tat sound when turning the crank."}
-{"text": "> \"Codd had a bunch of ...fairly complicated queries,\" Chamberlin said. \"And since I'd been studying CODASYL (the language used to query navigational databases), I could imagine how those queries would have been represented in CODASYL by programs that were five pages long that would navigate through this labyrinth of pointers and stuff. Codd would sort of write them down as one-liners. ... (T)hey weren't complicated at all. I said, 'Wow.' This was kind of a conversion experience for me. I understood what the relational thing was about after that.\""}
-{"text": "It\u2019s hard to say why it took so long to make the connection, particularly when it was so obvious. But now that it has been made, it explains much of what is happening with NASCAR these days.\n\nBrian France is Alfred E. Neuman.\n\nThat became indisputably clear when NASCAR\u2019s chairman and chief executive officer gave his state-of-the-sport speech to the press corps at Daytona International Speedway.\n\nYou may not be familiar with Neuman, but it\u2019s almost certain you\u2019ve seen him a few times. He\u2019s that red-haired, gap-toothed guy with the goofy smile who graces the pages of Mad magazine, and whose \u201cWhat, me worry?\u201d persona has come to symbolize those for whom reality is a difficult concept to grasp. Like France. Consider:\n\nTelevision ratings have been declining for the past 18 months. What, me worry?\n\nThe ballyhooed Car of Tomorrow has as much potential to be a disaster as it does to be a success. What, me worry?\n\nThe sport has lost touch with its roots and it traditions. What, me worry?\n\nMaybe not you, Alf \u2026 er, Brian.\n\nBut someone certainly should, because the product you\u2019re selling now moves further from its foundation almost daily in the organization\u2019s pursuit of temporal goals and the almighty buck. Many of the fans whose ardor fueled NASCAR\u2019s explosive growth have turned their backs on the sport.\n\nThat\u2019s easy to do, too, because NASCAR today bears only a lip-service resemblance to the NASCAR of Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson and others whose talent earned them inclusion in the list of the sport\u2019s 50 Greatest Drivers.\n\nWhat\u2019s that you\u2019re saying? Another fogey who can\u2019t stand change and thinks everything was better way back when? Perhaps to a degree, that\u2019s true. But it\u2019s not about being opposed to change; it\u2019s about being opposed to the changes.\n\nIn the good old days, the focus was on racing, and everything else flowed from that. Now, racing is an afterthought to marketing and success is determined more by how much revenue you can generate than how well you can drive. For those who disagree I have two words: Michael Waltrip.\n\nFrance has said, \u201cWe want everybody in the country to be a NASCAR fan\u201d \u2013 but that ain\u2019t happening. To the contrary: A decline in television ratings has been accompanied by an increase in the number of empty seats at race tracks across the country.\n\nThe Daytona 500 wasn\u2019t a sellout until a few days before the race. California Speedway hasn\u2019t had a sellout in the three years it\u2019s had two Nextel Cup races (and won\u2019t come close this week.) There are numerous reasons why \u2013 among them, escalating attendance costs, disenchantment and long, yawn-inducing races. It doesn\u2019t help, either, that NASCAR\u2019s incessant tub-thumping for the 10-race Chase has resulted in a situation akin to that in the NFL preseason, with fans paying regular-season prices for 26 meaningless exhibition games.\n\nFinding ways to reverse that migration is essential to the future, but so far the main response to the empty seats has been to form a coalition with the entertainment industry in the mistaken belief that having some celebrity wave the green flag or walk down pit road will inspire Joe Fan to spend $100 or so on a race ticket.\n\nFrance said, \u201cIt\u2019s always going to be about intense competition.\u201d Yet for too many spectators, the only thing intense about racing today is the boredom they feel because the races are too long and passing is a rarity. But rather than shorten the races and find ways to refresh the on-track product, the response is to introduce the Car of Tomorrow and eradicate even more of the precious little individuality left in the sport.\n\nNASCAR seems intent on establishing parity among its teams, just as the NFL is attempting to do in football. Why isn\u2019t clear since the ultimate expression of parity is mediocrity. But when you\u2019re the only game in town, mediocrity may be acceptable as long as the money keeps rolling in."}
-{"text": "Ratings Roundup: Toa Re, GeoVera, Argus Group\n\nA.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of \u2018A+\u2019 (Superior) and issuer credit ratings of \u201caa-\u201d of The Toa Reinsurance Company Limited, based in Japan, and its subsidiary, The Toa Reinsurance Company of America (TRA),headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. The outlook for all ratings is stable. Best said the \u201cratings reflect Toa Re\u2019s solid risk-adjusted capitalization, improved underwriting results, driven by tightened underwriting criteria and its strong market presence in Japan. Toa Re maintains solid risk-based capitalization that is supportive of the company\u2019s risk appetite and enhanced by its adequate operating performance. The company has continued to tightly manage underwriting guidance, based on its risk analysis, as the company is putting an emphasis on profitability over revenue growth, as evidenced by reduced catastrophic exposure since the 2011 events.\u201d In addition the report noted that \u201cas a sole domestic reinsurance company in Japan, Toa Re has established long-standing relationships with major ceding companies in Japan, as well as insurance/reinsurance companies in the Asia-Pacific region, which enables the company to secure stable growth in its business amid softening market conditions. As partial offsetting factors Best cited the \u201cvolatility in Toa Re\u2019s operating performance, changes in buying behavior by large clients and increasingly competitive reinsurance market conditions. The company reported high volatility in earnings and capitalization in the past five years because of the large catastrophe losses and relatively high exposure to equity investments. The major ceding companies in Japan have increased their retentions as they have each experienced improvement in their capitalization, and have consolidated their reinsurance programs, a result of merger activity among themselves.\u201d Best indicated that \u201cToa Re is well positioned at its current rating level. Downward pressure could arise if there is a material decrease in capitalization due to a significant deterioration in underwriting performance caused by large size catastrophe event.\u201d Best said the \u201cratings of U.S.-based TRA are aligned with Toa Re, reflecting the company\u2019s strategic importance as an operating subsidiary of Toa Re. TRA has a well-established position within the U.S. regional markets, a strong risk-adjusted capital position, a diversified book of business, and a continued focus on underwriting performance. The U.S. operation has grown to represent a substantial portion of premiums and operating income for the organization as it provides Toa Re the opportunity for strategic international expansion and portfolio diversification. At the same time, TRA benefits from the global presence and financial strength of Toa Re.\u201d\n\nA.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of \u2018A\u2019 (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of \u201ca\u201d to Cayman Islands-based GeoVera Reinsurance, Ltd., and has assigned a stable outlook to both ratings. Best concurrently also affirmed the FSR of \u2018A\u2019 (Excellent) and ICR of \u201ca\u201d of the three other members of Calif.-based GeoVera Insurance Group, also with stable outlooks. \u201cGeoVera Reinsurance, Ltd. was formed in late 2013 to replace GeoVera Re, Ltd. (Bermuda). GeoVera Re, Ltd., which was a former member of the group, is in the process of being liquidated with all of its assets and liabilities transferred to GeoVera Reinsurance, Ltd,\u201d Best explained, adding that as a result, it has withdrawn the FSR of \u2018A\u2019 and the ICR of \u201ca\u201d of GeoVera Re, Ltd. Best said the rating affirmations \u201creflect GeoVera\u2019s excellent risk-adjusted capitalization, strong operating earnings and management\u2019s experience in its market segments. GeoVera\u2019s underwriting focus continues to capitalize on its experienced market knowledge in catastrophe-prone business segments. Although GeoVera concentrates all of its underwriting efforts on providing coverage in catastrophe-prone areas, it combines an established catastrophe-modeled and web-based quoting and binding system to ensure proper pricing with an extensive catastrophe reinsurance program to mitigate its exposure.\u201d However, Best also indicated that \u201cGeoVera maintains high gross catastrophe leverage and is significantly dependent on reinsurance to reduce this exposure to a manageable level on a net basis.\u201d\nGeoVera Insurance Group consists of the following members:\nGeoVera Insurance Company\nPacific Select Property Insurance Company\nGeoVera Specialty Insurance Company\nGeoVera Reinsurance, Ltd.\n\nA.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of \u2018B++\u2019 (Good) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of \u201cbbb\u201d of Bermuda-based Argus Insurance Company Limited and Bermuda Life Insurance Company Limited, both of which are subsidiaries of Argus Group Holdings \u2013 Best has affirmed the ICR of \u201cbb\u201d for the Argus Group. The outlook for all ratings is stable. The ratings affirmation reflects Argus Group\u2019s \u201cconsolidated profitable operating results, the strengthening of its capital metrics and improvement of its asset quality,\u201d Best explained. \u201cOn a consolidated basis, Argus Group\u2019s underwriting and net income results turned positive in 2012, improved substantially in 2013 and continue to remain favorable. The improved results are primarily driven by strong underwriting performance combined with the lack of asset valuation write-downs. In addition, Argus Group has been transitioning its investment portfolio to higher quality lower risk assets. As a result, asset valuation write-downs have been minimal, and the stabilization of the investment portfolio has resulted in improved investment income. Furthermore, the transition of the investment portfolio also is achieving better asset-liability matching. The positive net income has allowed the organization to strengthen its capital level through retained earnings.\u201d The report also noted that the \u201cearnings results for Argus Group\u2019s insurance operations continue to be positive, although the level of premiums and fee-based income growth has slowed, pressured by continuous weakness of the Bermuda economy. Bermuda Life (the organization\u2019s domestic life, annuity, pension and health insurance subsidiary) reported strong net income results, which were driven primarily by a lower loss ratio for its health business and positive results from its invested assets. The favorable earnings, as well as the amalgamation with Somers Isles Insurance Company in 2013, have strengthened the capital level for Bermuda Life. Argus Insurance, the group\u2019s domestic property/casualty writer, continues to record favorable underwriting results and maintains more than adequate risk-adjusted capitalization.\u201d As offsetting factors Best cited \u201cthe intercompany receivables at the insurance subsidiaries, which while improved, still comprise a relatively high percentage of overall capital. In addition, although the consolidated assets quality improved over the past several years, an exposure to some low liquid mortgage loans persists and the holding company liquidity remains low, although the Argus organization does have working capital/overdraft facility with a local Bermuda bank.\u201d In conclusion Best said: \u201cFactors that may lead to positive rating actions include continued favorable underwriting and net income results, capital growth, improved quality of invested assets and better asset-liability matching. Factors that may lead to negative rating actions include earnings deterioration, increase in intercompany receivables and material investment write-downs that could lead to a decline in equity and capitalization.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Amelia Hanson Obituary\n\nObituary\n\nOn December 18, 2018, Amelia Emma Doris Keller Hanson, 92, took her Lord\u2019s hand and went home to heaven to reunite with her husband, Anard Hanson. Married 49 years, her family knew that she must have had a smile when she saw his face. In life, she enjoyed being a farmer\u2019s wife, baking, cooking, cleaning, taking care of family and grandchildren. She was also a residential housekeeper. Living in Porterfield her entire life, she will be missed by all who knew her.\n\nShe is survived by three sons, Anard (Cheryl), John (Vicki), and Mark (Susan). Family was very important to her and God blessed her with four grandchildren, Seth (Sara), Brian, Angela (David) and Jeremy. She was also blessed with five great grandchildren, Gwyneth, Olivia, Vincent, Lizbeth and Eleanor, and five step great grandchildren, Angelina, Gemma, Jayce, Lokklyn, and Morgan. She is also survived by two sisters, Marie and Ruth, and a brother in law Roger. Preceding her in death is her sister Emma (Lloyd), grandchild Eric, parents Charles and Marie Keller and many other loved ones, family and friends.\nFinal services will be Friday, December 28, 2018, with visitation from 1-3PM, funeral at 3PM at Hansen- Onion-Martell Funeral Home. Interment will be at a later date with final burial at Porterfield Lutheran Cemetery. Her family would like to thank staff and nurses at Newcare in Crivitz for caring for her and treating her like family."}
-{"text": "Peer into Aaron Sams' classroom as he explains why he flipped his classroom. Aaron Sams, along with Jonathan Bergmann were the first to flip their classes. The currently teach in Woodland Park Colorado and are writing a book about the Flipped Class.\n\nThe video was made by techsmith.com so there is a plug for their product at the end of the video"}
-{"text": "Your character's name: Nile WilsonYour character's gender: MaleWhat is your character? A refugee trying to survive, an anti-citizen fighting, a loyalist or anything else?:Loyal CWUDo you understand that nobody knows how to use a weapon by default, so if your character is just an ordinary man/woman, then he/she may NOT use fire-arms unless taught: Yes, Nile Wilson however is somewhat has small experience with knives.\n\nDo you understand that you are not a superman? You are an ordinary man/woman, trying to survive in this giant warzone. You are to RP Fear, Pain, Hunger, thirst, cold, tiredom and so forth, just like everybody else: Yes.\n\nWhy do you wish to have THIS exact character instead of creating a new one?: Because I don't want to have to make a new character, and I want Nile Wilson (my main char) to be in this.Do you wish to transfer this character WITH or WITHOUT his/her inventory?: Because I believe the content of this inventory would be important if transferred.Picture of your character [If available]: Not avaible at the minute, let me get onto spyro about a screenshot he took of me.Picture of your inventory [If available]: Not availble, May have one however.\n\nYour character's background story:http://apexgamingrp.com/index.php?topic=1569.0 - Nile Wilson's BackstoryAnyone to prove that you indeed had these characters and these items?: Ben Strings and Frank Mender probably could prove I had a Union Card, Request Device, Flashlight and a can of breen's water.\n\nMEATLOAF wrote:Ummm.... a CWU going to an Outlands RP... IDK IF I were reviewing such things I'd ask for a brief background as to why Nile decided to leave City 8.\n\nWhen I joined, right at spawn, I saw a CWU with a shotgun and a pistol... -_-\n\nThe guy you saw was Dave Harley.You know, just because someone wears the uniform, it doesn't mean he/she is a CWU. And even if they are, not everyone joined because they love the union, but because they wanted priviliges.\n\nSo keep it in mind: Just because you see a guy with a rebel uniform, that doesn't necessarily mean that he is part of the actual Lambda Movement."}
-{"text": "The adventures of us\n\nMain menu\n\nTag Archives: gift\n\nI am so excited. So so so excited. I have been agonizing for weeks over what to by my husband for Christmas. He\u2019s one of those that are impossible to shop for. He has may interests but they are all too specific for gifting. He doesn\u2019t read for fun. Clothes won\u2019t do. To be honest, I usually default to beef jerky. But not this Christmas.\n\nThis Christmas I got creative. I have seen a lot of maps on Pinterest and around the blogosphere.\n\nI love the idea of personalizing a map, showcasing our travels. Devin, however, would not be truly impressed with a simple framed map (ever the critic).\n\nI wanted something unique, something oozing with masculinity. This is what I came up with:\n\nI used wood planks as my \u2018canvas\u2019 and nails to outline the land masses as well as document the places we\u2019ve been. You can\u2019t tell from the photo, but I used shorter nails to outline the continents and longer nails on our various vacation spots.\n\nI love it! It isn\u2019t the world\u2019s most practical \u2018map\u2019 (1 nail covers as entire state, or even country in some cases) but Devin and I will know what each nail means. Plus, it is truly a art piece. Even if he doesn\u2019t like it, I do. But how could he not like it?\n\nHere\u2019s how I did it:\n\nThe first step was to go in search of a world map. A map of the US of A would have been much easier to find, not to mention much easier to complete this project with. But I didn\u2019t want to send the wrong message, we will travel the world one day. So a world map it was. The map needed to have each continent in one piece. Turns out, this isn\u2019t the easiest thing to find (and there was no time to order one online). I settled on this one from Hobby Lobby:\n\nNext, I found some 2\u00d76\u2019s in the Garage (I swear our garage is a bottomless pit) and cut them down to 37 inches. I wanted to use what I had on hand, But I\u2019d recommend using thinner wood, 1\u2032 thickness would be better. This thing is way too heavy! Then I linned the 2\u00d76 planks up and used a thin line of Gorilla Glue to glue them together\n\nI then found some more scrap wood in the garage and glued two pieces vertically along the back. Then I nailed it together. Then I sanded the whole thing down. I forgot to take a picture of the back, but here is the front at this point:\n\nNext I stained the wood. I used 1 coat of leftover ebony stain, but it came out way to dark. So I sanded it down and applied 2 coats of mahogany stain.\n\nNow to the fun part!\n\nOnce the stain dried, I taped my map to the front of the wood planks.\n\nAnd I got to a-hammering. I hammered around the perimeter of each continent. All this was done during naptime and it\u2019s simply amazing that all the banging didn\u2019t wake the baby up!\n\nI was very liberal with the perimeter, the nails only loosely follow the shape of the landmass. As for small islands, I experimented a bit, but I found it best to use a single nail to represent it. If we ever travel to one of those islands, I\u2019ll probably replace the short nail with a long one.\n\nThat\u2019s my dog, Niki. She helped.\n\nCanada got a little confusing up at the top. I never realized it was that segmented.\n\nAnd a few day\u2019s later, Voila! World map complete!\n\nThen I used the long nails. Unfortunately, we haven\u2019t been many places together, so it didn\u2019t take long.\n\nThen I had to pull the poster up. This was tedious work. I used an exacto knife and a pair of pliers to assist me. Although it took forever, it was kind of exciting, like opening a present\u2026. I kept thinking, \u201cWhat\u2019s it going to look like?\u201d and \u201cThis is going to be so awesome!\u201d\n\nSome of the nails came out as I tugged on the poster. I just nailed them back in. The nails that landed between the wood planks didn\u2019t want to stay put so I applied glue to the tips.\n\nOnce the poster was off. I had to do a little stain touch up. The nails had caused the wood to split in a few areas, so I used a thin paint brush to stain those areas. After, you couldn\u2019t tell!\n\nYep she\u2019s a beauty!\n\nHere\u2019s a closer view of North America:\n\nYou can see we have mostly stuck to the Southeast in our travels. (At this point, my pride demands that I mention that I have been out of the US quite a few times, just not with the hubby)\n\nHopefully, one day, every continent will be filled with nails.\n\nI hope he loves it as much as I do! I can\u2019t wait to see what he is going to say!"}
-{"text": "public services\n\nFollowing on from my earlier post on playgrounds, I wanted to write up a post on what a great resource the city\u2019s libraries are, and today\u2019s activities were a perfect example. We often look up what weekend activities are happening\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "Final and Last Part of the NCLEX Pharmacology Review\n\nAshley Gonshorek covers antilipemic agents and antihypertensives in this presentation. Stay updated and watch the NCLEX Pharmacology Part 9 in just 10 minutes.\n\nAntilipemic Agents\n\nBile Acid Sequestrants\n\nCholestyramine (Questran)\n\nColesevelam (Welchol)\n\nColestipol (Colestid)\n\nHMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors\n\nLovastatin (Mevacor)\n\nAstorvastatin (Lipitor)\n\nSimvastatin (Zocor)\n\nPravastatin (Pravachol)\n\nFibric Acid Derivatives\n\nFenofibrate (Tricor)\n\nGemfibrozil (Lopid)\n\nNiacin\n\nEzetimibe\n\nAntihypertensives\n\nCentral Acting Drugs \u2013 Alpha Agonists\n\nClonidine (Catapres)\n\nMethyldopa (Aldomet)\n\nAngiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors\n\nCaptopril (Capoten)\n\nEnalapril (Vasotec)\n\nBenazepril (Lotensin)\n\nVasodilators\n\nHydralazine (Apresoline)\n\nAlpha Adrenergic Blockers\n\nDoxazosin (Cardura)\n\nPrazosin (Minipress)\n\nTerazosin (Hytrin)\n\nAngiotensin II Receptor Antagonist\n\nLosartan (Cozaar)\n\nValsartan (Diovan)\n\nIrbesartan (Avapro)\n\nAs you watch the videos, make sure you understand the purpose of each drug agents as well as the adverse effect. Now that you finished watching the 9 parts of NCLEX Pharmacology Review, it is important to grasp the understanding of the nursing care when you administer these drugs.\n\nRead More\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review Part 1, you can click here to watch Ashley Gonshorek review aminoglycosides, vancomycin, penicillin, and cephalosporin.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 2, you can click here to watch a review on erythromycins, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, quinolines, and sulfonamides.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 3, you can click here to watch a review on antitubercular drugs as well as antiviral drugs for herpes simplex, herpes zoster virus 1 and 2, and more.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 4, you can click here to watch a review of antiretroviral drugs in under 7 minutes.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 5, you can click here to watch a review on antifungal drugs in the NCLEX Pharmacology Review Part 5 in under 6 minutes.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 6, you can click here to watch a review on cardiac glycosides, antianginal medications, and peripheral vasodilators.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 7, you can click here to watch a review on antiarrhythmics, beta blockers, and cardiac stimulants.\n\nIf you missed the NCLEX Pharmacology Review part 8, you can click here to watch a review on anticoagulants and thrombolytic drugs."}
-{"text": "SEO Glossary\n\nALT text:\nWhen you move your mouse over the top of an image or a picture on a web page,if a text appears then that is known as ALT text.\n\nAnchor Text:\nIt is the clickable text of a hyperlink and is also known as Linking Text.\n\nAPI:\nApplication Programming Interface. It is used to access an application or a service from a program.Article Submission:It is an ethical tool used by the webmasters to get one way quality links to their website. The articles usually contain some promotional text that is relevant and so the people are encouraged to publish it with the specific link back URL.\n\nASCII:\nAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange. I case of text files in computers as well as on the Internet,it is the most common format. According to this, each alphabetic, numeric, or special character is represented with a 7-bit binary number (a string of seven 0s or 1s). 128 possible characters are defined.\nA Unique Visitor:\nIt refers to a new person or computer that connects to your Websites server. It is different from pages hits or requests.\n\nBelow the fold:\nIt is the content of a web page that is not seen by the consumer unless the consumer scrolls down. ( mainly required in SEO).\nBlack Hat: It is a kind of SEO strategy used by certain websitesto deceive search engine algorithm in order to achieve high page rankings.Such BLACK HAT websites employ techniques like keyword or link-spamming, cloaking etc and they are banned or penalized if and when detected by search engines.\nCPC or Cost Per Click: The price that an advertiser bears for each click of his ads.\n\nCPM or Cost per thousand impressions: If 1000 visitors is sens to a website through advert views or banner then that is referred to as COST PER 1000 IMPRESSIONS or CPM.\n\nCTR or Click through rate: For every 100 email you send, you tend to to get 2 people who actually make a positive decision to visit your site or make a purchase, this is the CLICK THROUGH RATIO or CTR.\n\nContextual Advertising: These are advertising programs which display and generate on specific advertisements on relevant sites which are based on the specific content of the web page. The first and still popular advertising site is Google AdSense.\n\nConversion: It is the the account or measure of the measurable goal that is achieved on a web site and it varies from website to website.\n\nCSS:\nCascading Style Sheets, Many new websites use it to create rules for the items on a website.\n\nDeep Link Ratio: Deep link points to an internal page within a website. And DEEP LINK RATIO is the number of internal pages that are linked from other web site's most targeted page to your web site's most targeted page.\n\nDirectory Submission:A Web Directory is like a virtual yellow page which includes a categorized list of websites and online services. Directory submission is considered as an effective link building method. Through this you can get your website submitted in the specific category it belongs to and this allows you to directly tap your prospective customers. It's a great way to get good one-way anchor-text links. It not only increases your traffic but also helps in the optimization of your site.\n\nDoorway or Gateway Page:It is a kind of web page which helps to get Internet traffic from search engines and then on people gets directed to another website.\n\nFTP:\nFile Transfer Protocol. Used to transfer files from your computer to the server where your website is hosted.\n\nGoogle Index: Database of sites which have been discovered by Google and is used to retrieve information during a search to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Without an index, the search engine would scan every document on the net, which would require considerable time and computing power.\n\nHit:\nOne single request (visitor) made to your Web site server.\n\nhtml:\nHypertext Markup Language.It is the most common form of coding used to build web pages.\n\nhttp:\nHypertext Transfer Protocol. It proceeds the domain name in a URL.\n\nIBL:An incoming link that comes from another site to your site is INBOUND LINK or IBL.\n\nKeyword Density:It is the number of times a specific keyword appears on a page as compared to the number of words on a page.\n\nLanding Page: Whenever you click a link to a site the first page that comes up is called the LANDING PAGE. From search engine's perspective, landing page's contents are designed in such a way so that it can achieve high search engine's relevancy ranking.\n\nLocal Search Optimization: The process of optimizing your site to rank well in a local search engines or in the Local Search Listings of the major search engines, is called LSO. It is required if your business is GEO targeted. For example,if your business is targeted in UK then you need to optimize your site to make it rank well in Google.co.uk.\n\nLSI:It is known as Latent Semantic Indexing.It refers to search engines ability to return results that is based upon a contextualization algorithm. It enables the search engine to understand, what words are related to other words.\n\nMeta Tags:\nMeta Description Content, Keywords and Title are used in the head section of websites. There are 50 or 60 other tags but these are the 3 most commonly used. They are very important when it comes to listing your site in Search engines.\n\nNiche Directory Submission:Niche Directories include directories which list only RSS Feeds, Blogs, Scripts and Softwares, Web Hosting Companies, Web Designers, SEO Companies and other Online Businesses.By getting your site submitted to Niche Directories, you not just enjoy the core benefits of directory submission i.e. quality one way links, targeted traffic; but also get additional benefits like getting more targeted traffic.\n\nODP:\nThe Open Directory Project (dmoz.org)This is used by Google and other directory for their Directory listings. One of the best Directories to be listed in and it is free.\n\nOSEO:Using all kinds of required techniques and advantages to construct a website so as to ensure that it gets higher page ranking is called ORGANIC SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION or OSEO. In this neither paid placement service nor any illegal (black hat) SEO methods are used.\n\nOutbound Link:\nAn outgoing link that goes from your web page to another site.\n\nPage Title:It is a descriptive text string that identifies a page.\n\nPage Views:\nThe number of times the pages of your website are served or viewed as opposed to requests as this may also includes requests for images contained on your pages.\n\nPPC:\nPay Per Click.You pay a search engine to send people to your site. According to this one visitor equates to one click.\n\nPR:\nThis is Google Page Rank which shows,how Google rates your web page from 1 to 10, depending on factors like content,W3C validation,Valid xhtml,CSS, links coming in and going out of the website etc. If you get ranking of 3,4 or 5 then you are doing well.\n\nPress Release: To let the public know about your company's development, you issue public relations announcement to the media and other target publication and this is called press release.\n\nQuery:\nA search for a word or term in a search engine.\n\nROI:\nThis is Return on Investment related to Promoting your site,which compares your investment to your overall income from said site.\n\nRSS Feeds: RSS equates to Really Simple Syndication, it is also referred to as web feeds or a content delivery vehicle.If you want to syndicate news and other web content, you generally use it. And the distribution of this content is called feed.RSS can also be referred to as your personal wire service.\n\nSE:\nSearch Engine.It refers to any software which is used to search any database, on the Internet.It generally refers to the very large databases of Web sites that are automatically built by robots. Internet search engines use a software robot (or spider) that seeks out and index the words on Web pages.\n\nSEM:\nSearch engine marketing. This promotes your site by using Search Engines to get visitors to your site.\n\nSEO:\nSearch Engine Optimization.It creates search engine friendly page content to help your page so that you achieve a high ranking. Also called Search Engine Optimizer.\n\nSEP:\nSearch engine placement, positioning or promotion. Is your site number one, or on page ten in search listings.\n\nSERP: SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS PAGE lists web pages in order of their relevance to the query entered.The web page that appears at the top of the results page has been selected by the search engine as the most likely to provide the content the user is seeking.\n\nSocial Bookmarking: is a list of Internet resources that may be found to be useful. The lists of information is made available to subscribers at a network or website.The links here are often listed by topic, category, tags or even randomly.And the site carrying such social bookmarking are referred to as Social Bookmarking Site.\n\nSPAM:\nPromoting one's Web site by keyword stuffing and many other deceptive means. The fastest way to have your web site banned from Search Engines.\nSpider:These are programs that read the pages and other information of your web site in order to include the site in the search engine's index. They are called Spiders because they can visit several sites parallely and their \"legs\" spread over a large area on the web. Spiders are programed in such a way that they visit and reads the web sites that have been submitted or updated as 'new' by the owners. They also called \"crawler \" or \"bot\".\n\nStemming:\nIf you search for \"painting\" in a search engine that uses stemming technology then the results will even include results for the words paint, paints and painter. This is referred to as stemming.\n\nStats:\nYour Web site Statistics.\n\nStop Word:\nThese are words like as; is, am, an, for, do, was and the which the search engines generally ignore and are thought to be irrelevant. Common words such as. got, I, me, you and sometimes larger more common words like computer and Internet as searches including these words literally returns many thousands of results.\n\nUSP:\nIt is the Unique Selling Proposition. It is actually an effective advertising which matches to certain advertising concepts.\n\nURL:\nUniform Resource Locator. It is the full IP address or Domain name of your website.\nWhite Hat: It is is a kind of SEO strategy that is employed to get higher page rank in the search engines. Legitimate means like keyword optimization, inclusion of unique relevant content, submission of articles with a back-links etc are employed by WHITE HAT websites and is an integral part of SEO.\n\nWWW:\nWorld Wide Web\n\nW3C:The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the web and web services working towards providing vision and standards for the Internet."}
-{"text": "Daewoo Racer/Cielo Fan Club\n\nDear All,\n\nI am an owner of Daewoo Racer since 1995. It has proven to be a very comfortable and economical car throughout this period. It used to give an average of 13Km/L within city and ~15Km/L on long drives. Here are some pictures:\n\nAOA\nall the respected members of Daewoo Fan Club specially test driver i need your help, i m getting my woo maintained from A 2 Z almost\ni want to change the dash board and wiring also need an estimate about the dash and wiring price, will visit chah sultan and mittho khan in the next 2/3 days, need your suggestions before this.,...\nthanking you in anticipation\nregards and best wishes\nmian khizer\n0343-5122202 (a message about the said help is heartly welcome)\n\nWAS,\n\nWelcome here.\n\nRegarding the parts query, refer to page 3 of this forum for the contacts of few parts dealers to get a better idea.\n\nAsalam o alikum\ni wanted to know about daewoo racer radiator switch if it can be replaced with that of mehran coz the auto fan is not working since last winter and inspite of changing coolant temp sensor countless times the fan wont auto start. a mechanic told me that he has replaced the radiator switch with that of mehran and it had been successful. any idea if thats true.\nAnother problem is with fuse box...some times fuses melt ...one example is recently the F2 fuse of 10A was melted. and due to which the direct radiator fan went off. i replaced the fuse with 15A available at that time with me and it started working but another fuse F18 was loose when i took it out the direct fan went off and when i put it in..it started working...i have daewoo service manual and electrical diagram manual..but in both these manuals the fuses locations r different...and it has gotten me very confused. according to electrical diagram the F2 is for parking lamp and it gets its line from illumintion relay. F18 is for auto trunk, central door locking etc but doesnt mention radiator fan..the service manual fuses r totally different. TEST DRIVER ur expert and i know u must know about all the relays. so can u tell me what fuse is for what purpose...coz i m unable to find a reliable electrician in lahore or any where who is willing to really solve the cars electrical problem. they r too scared to touch its wiring..cant find any expert in lahore. so i have to take initiative my self\n\nThe missing you are referring to, is actually cng and petrol mixing after switch over. Secondly, the coolant sensor is malfunctioning as per the codes you mentioned, the code 22 will automatically go away.\n\nA-O-A testdriver\naccording to your guidelines i change some things in my car engine but problem is remain same.\nDue to shortage of CNG i disconnect the CNG pipe and uninstall the CNG cylinder.\nwhen i start the engine a lot of black smoke came in silencer and engine is missing continuously than i press the accelerator after a 6 to 10 sec missing engine goes on normal and CEL appear but when i press accelerator again RPM in-cress but engine missing and black smoke is also came.\ni change O ring of injector and check there is no leakage.\nAll code is removed except 12 by disconnecting the battery terminal for 5 mints.\nis any probability of fuel injector faulty? because i feel more fuel is injected\nawaiting your quick response\nThanks\n\nfeul efficiency on petrol\n\nDear all, specially testdriver, I was getting very low fuel efficiency on petrol almost 6 to 7 km per liter. On your recommendation I got it checked from g8 tahir. He cleaned the plugs and adjusted the fuel injection speed at 3.3 still I am getting 7-8 km per liter. He said its vss sensor is also out of order therefore it gets shut down at lower speed. He has no sensor available at that time. Please suggest me any other method from which I can get my milage better. He also checked all other things like wheel jam, air filter etc. Waiting for reply\n\nAsalam o alikum\ni wanted to know about daewoo racer radiator switch if it can be replaced with that of mehran coz the auto fan is not working since last winter and inspite of changing coolant temp sensor countless times the fan wont auto start. a mechanic told me that he has replaced the radiator switch with that of mehran and it had been successful. any idea if thats true.\nAnother problem is with fuse box...some times fuses melt ...one example is recently the F2 fuse of 10A was melted. and due to which the direct radiator fan went off. i replaced the fuse with 15A available at that time with me and it started working but another fuse F18 was loose when i took it out the direct fan went off and when i put it in..it started working...i have daewoo service manual and electrical diagram manual..but in both these manuals the fuses locations r different...and it has gotten me very confused. according to electrical diagram the F2 is for parking lamp and it gets its line from illumintion relay. F18 is for auto trunk, central door locking etc but doesnt mention radiator fan..the service manual fuses r totally different. TEST DRIVER ur expert and i know u must know about all the relays. so can u tell me what fuse is for what purpose...coz i m unable to find a reliable electrician in lahore or any where who is willing to really solve the cars electrical problem. they r too scared to touch its wiring..cant find any expert in lahore. so i have to take initiative my self\n\nWAS,\n\nI have tried to modify the fusebox page from the Cielo wiring diagrams according to Racer. Pic attached. Note that the relay locations is same between both.\n\nA-O-A testdriver\naccording to your guidelines i change some things in my car engine but problem is remain same.\nDue to shortage of CNG i disconnect the CNG pipe and uninstall the CNG cylinder.\nwhen i start the engine a lot of black smoke came in silencer and engine is missing continuously than i press the accelerator after a 6 to 10 sec missing engine goes on normal and CEL appear but when i press accelerator again RPM in-cress but engine missing and black smoke is also came.\ni change O ring of injector and check there is no leakage.\nAll code is removed except 12 by disconnecting the battery terminal for 5 mints.\nis any probability of fuel injector faulty? because i feel more fuel is injected\nawaiting your quick response\nThanks\n\nWAS,\n\nCode 12 will always appear as it is telling you about presence of the ECM. Regarding the smoke problem, if you want to pinpoint the problematic sensor, get it scanned via scanner and post the live view parameters at idle and throttle variations. Injector can also be the culprit.\n\nDear all, specially testdriver, I was getting very low fuel efficiency on petrol almost 6 to 7 km per liter. On your recommendation I got it checked from g8 tahir. He cleaned the plugs and adjusted the fuel injection speed at 3.3 still I am getting 7-8 km per liter. He said its vss sensor is also out of order therefore it gets shut down at lower speed. He has no sensor available at that time. Please suggest me any other method from which I can get my milage better. He also checked all other things like wheel jam, air filter etc. Waiting for reply\n\nIf your car has cng ventury/nozzle installed as well as air intake blocked, 3.3 is on the higher side. Normally, it is kept around 2.8 for air blocked vehicles (less air = rich petrol = high consumption), while 3.5-3.8 is for petrol only vehicle. Also get the VSS installed at the earliest otherwise, you will not achieve the fuel efficiency. If you can get it tuned with scanner attached, it will be far better.\n\nI have tried to modify the fusebox page from the Cielo wiring diagrams according to Racer. Pic attached. Note that the relay locations is same between both.\n\nThx for the diagram.. I have saved it.. But u didn't reply to radiator auto switch .. Can it be replaced with that of mehran. N also when I took out the fuse 18 the radiator fan stopped .. And the fuse 2 was melted .. Does it mean some electrical problem??\n\nThx for the diagram.. I have saved it.. But u didn't reply to radiator auto switch .. Can it be replaced with that of mehran. N also when I took out the fuse 18 the radiator fan stopped .. And the fuse 2 was melted .. Does it mean some electrical problem??\n\nAs long as the radiator switch fit, Mehran's switch can be used but you can get the genuine one from a kabli radiator. Regarding the electrical problem, its nowhere mentioned that F18 fuse controls the power to radiator fan, so obviously the wiring has been hacked. I think the electrician has overloaded the F18 fuse. You should get the wiring checked for any \"Jugaars\" and then rectify properly.\n\nI am facing some issue on high speed eg when driving on motorway at 120 km/h\nIf i take off my foot from accelerator and re apply accelerator car responds with some noticeable delay ...... Although its a very little delay but iriks me\nOtherwise acceleration is smooth 0 to 140 no missing or any thing\nI. Mostly drive on pertrol\nCar is giving good milage on petrol....\nEngine check light occasionally comes and go away in 10 min 15\nFan is on auto but no thermostat valve\nThat voltage thing is set to 2.80\n\nI am facing some issue on high speed eg when driving on motorway at 120 km/h\nIf i take off my foot from accelerator and re apply accelerator car responds with some noticeable delay ...... Although its a very little delay but iriks me\nOtherwise acceleration is smooth 0 to 140 no missing or any thing\nI. Mostly drive on pertrol\nCar is giving good milage on petrol....\nEngine check light occasionally comes and go away in 10 min 15\nFan is on auto but no thermostat valve\nThat voltage thing is set to 2.80\n\nAny opinion regarding issue....\nIf its an issue\n\nFirst of all, try to read the codes as CEL should not behave like this. Probably the throttle sensor (TPS) is throwing the intermittent code as also mentioned in your post (delayed response). Also get the thermostat valve installed as its there for a reason.\n\nThanks for a quick reply\nWil chk cell code or will go to khalid for ecm scan\nRegarding thermostat valve i fear old radiator and pipes can not take sustained pressure\nThey may bust on way and as i travel a lot with very less time for visiting mechanic....\n\ni want to know if the fuse box itself n its wiring can b repaired. coz i had a closer look at the wiring n as suspected too many cuts made in the wires going from fuses n some fuse wiring were entangled with each other n additional fuses were installed one for AC with 30A fuse n one other whose purpose i dont know of 20A. as the fuse box wiring is no where to b found in lhr so i want to know if it can b repaired.\n\ni want to know if the fuse box itself n its wiring can b repaired. coz i had a closer look at the wiring n as suspected too many cuts made in the wires going from fuses n some fuse wiring were entangled with each other n additional fuses were installed one for AC with 30A fuse n one other whose purpose i dont know of 20A. as the fuse box wiring is no where to b found in lhr so i want to know if it can b repaired.\n\nDepending upon the condition of existing fuse box, it can be repaired. If there are melts around the fuse thimbles, it is very difficult to repair. You can consult the daewoo parts dealer (Korea/Al-Madina Autos) if they can arrange a kabli fusebox with the attached wiring since only fuse box is difficult to arrange as well as difficult to install as there will be a lot of joins. Still you can get the existing fuse box checked for any feasibility of repair.\n\ndent paint\n\naoa. I m new here. I bought daewoo racer converted to cielo. but all of my friends/relatives are asking me to sell it instead of doing dent paint. coz they say it will get the same after some time. and daewoo has something wrong with its body and it cannot be maintained. I need suggestions. tnx\n\nAsalamoalikum\nyesterday i went to electrician to ask him if the fuse boz can be repaired. also told him about him that the auto fan was not starting. he looked at wiring. later the auto fan started but the needle was above the middle at 3/4 of the gauge. and there was steam coming out of the radiator bottle cap when this happened.but it disappeared as soon as the fan started. there is no thermostat valve in the engine. he said the steam was normal as water wasnt coming out it was due to water being heated up and was normal. my question is if this really is normal phenomena and if the auto fan does start at 3/4 of the temp gauge. coz the electrician said the steam doesnt happen if we use coolant instead of water."}
-{"text": "Follow My Blog!\n\nSunday, March 16, 2008\n\nAll Liquored Up\n\nOne of my favorite Italian desserts is tiramis\u00f9. It is a \"cake\" consisting of ladyfingers soaked in an espresso/coffee liqueur/rum syrup, layered with mascarpone cheese (Italian cream cheese).\n\nLadyfingers, known in Italy as \"savoiardi,\" are sweet, delicate, light and airy sponge cakes. They are named so because they are shaped like large, fat fingers. If you buy your ladyfingers from the store, this then becomes a completely no bake dessert that is incredibly easy to assemble.\n\nAlthough I wasn't sure what the end result would be, I was inspired by the Pastry Queen to make my own ladyfingers from scratch. Imagine how pleased I was, then, when I tasted one after pulling them from the oven and found that it tasted remarkably similar to the ladyfingers I had eaten as a child. As I was separating the eggs for this recipe, the egg yolks caught my attention. Look at how beautiful the yolks look:\n\nThey look like a bright yellow flower :)\n\nMy only complaint about the ladyfingers is that I was able to taste the texture of the powdered sugar that was on the them within the tiramis\u00f9, and it distracted from its flavors. I've since read online that sometimes powdered sugar is sprinkled on top of the ladyfingers before baking to give them a soft crust. I might try that next time, or just omit the powdered sugar altogether.\n\nThis particular tiramis\u00f9 was rather cheesy. It contains 1-1/2 pounds of cream cheese and then another pound of mascarpone. My coworkers likened it to a \"tiramis\u00f9 cheesecake.\" They said it was delicious, but thought that it had a stronger cheese flavor than traditional tiramis\u00f9. I agree and did not mind the cream cheese flavor. This is something that I would definitely make again. If you're a cheesecake lover, you will enjoy this. However, next time I make tiramis\u00f9, I plan to try Michelle's recipe to see if a more subtle cream cheese flavor would be better.\n\nI love that this can be made ahead of time. It will keep covered, in the refrigerator, for at least 2 weeks. The flavors actually become better with time as they get the chance to \"cure.\"\n\nIf you're looking for something fun to do with this, you can use it to make little bite-sized truffles. I've included instructions on how to make those at the bottom.\n\nThis is my contribution to Emiline's St. Paddy's Day Pub Crawl Event. If you'd like to participate, the deadline is March 17th, so hurry! (I know, I'm a procrastinator and waited until the last minute.) Make sure you head on over to Sugar Plum on March 20th for the Pub Crawl/roundup!\n\nTo Make the Ladyfingers:Preheat the oven to 375F. Line two 12 by 17-inch baking sheets with parchment paper. Use a fine-mesh sieve to dust the paper with a light coating of powdered sugar. Using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the egg yolks, the 3/4 cup granulated sugar, and the vanilla in a large bowl on high speed about 5 minutes, until the yolks become thick and pale yellow. In a separate clean, large bowl, use a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment to beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form. Add the 4 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating after each addition. Fold the egg white mixture gently into the egg yolk mixture. Use a sieve to sift the flour over the batter. Gently fold in the flour just until incorporated.\n\nSpoon the batter into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Pipe the batter onto the prepared baking sheets, making each ladyfinger about 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. (This takes a little practice. Don't worry if your first attempts are a little wobbly.) You'll be able to fit about 5 ladyfingers across and 4 down on each sheet. Bake about 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Sift the 1/2 cup powdered sugar over the ladyfingers just as they come out of the oven. Cool for 5 minutes and use a spatula to transfer them from the baking sheet to cooling racks.\n\nTo Make the Soaking Syrup:Simmer the water and sugar in a heavy saucepan set over medium heat about 10 minutes, until slightly thickened. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the espresso powder, liqueur, rum, and vanilla. Set aside to cool.\n\nTo Make the Filling:Using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl on high speed. Add the mascarpone and beat on medium speed just until incorporated. Combine the boiling water and espresso powder in a small bowl. Stir 1/4 cup of the cooled soaking syrup and 1 tablespoon of the espresso liquid into the filling. Spoon half of the cream cheese mixture into a medium bowl. Stir the remaining 1 tablespoon of espresso liquid into the second bowl of cream cheese mixture. You will have 1 bowl of light brown cream cheese filling and 1 bowl of dark brown cream cheese filling.\n\nCoat a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Dip both sides of 1 ladyfinger in the cooled soaking syrup and place in the bottom of the pan. Repeat with more ladyfingers and syrup to line the whole pan. Spoon the light-colored cream cheese mixture evenly over the ladyfingers and smooth gently with a spatula. Cover with a second layer of dipped ladyfingers. Spoon on the dark-colored cream cheese mixture and smooth the top as before. (Leftover ladyfingers can be wrapped and frozen up to 1 month). Use a fine-mesh sieve to dust the top with a light coating of dark cocoa, or sprinkle grated bittersweet chocolate evenly on top.\n\nCover the tiramis\u00f9 and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. Serve cold from the refrigerator. Cut in squares and serve with a spatula.\n\nTip: The Microplane grater is the perfect tool for creating an even dusting of bittersweet chocolate over the tiramis\u00f9. Move the tool slowly over the dessert while you grate.\n\nI love the tiramisu truffle idea! Ladyfingers are not easy to find in the stores where I live - so its awesome to have the recipe! I will have to try my hand at tiramisu soon! It is one of my favorites! A big THANK YOU!\n\nThanks for leading me to your beautiful blog! Your pictures are stunning. I have made Tiramisu before with Starbucks coffee liquor, and it is AMAZING! Also, I love your truffle idea for a cocktail party.\n\nOh my goodness Jaime how awesome are you!! Not only making your own ladyfingers for this dessert but then making little tiramisu truffles?? I would LOVE to try one of those. What a great idea for doing something different with cake.\n\nI LOVE your idea of the Tiramisu truffles!!! I haven't made tiramisu in a while, and now I am totally inspired.. must... make... truffles... YUM! I have just found your blog, and I am enjoying browsing through it. You have wonderful photos too. I look forward to continuing to read your blog. :) Thank you!I'll post the truffles when I do them- it will be soon.\n\nOh wow. I love your tiramisu truffle idea!!! I just made a batch of homemade tiramisu last night (though with store-bought lady fingers). If any survives after tonight's dessert I may try your truffle recipe!"}
-{"text": "Welcome to our website! As we have the ability to list over one million items on our website (our selection changes all of the time), it is not feasible for a company our size to record and playback the descriptions on every item on our website.\nHowever, if you are an American with a disability we are here to help you. Please call our disability services phone line at (217) 359-0156 during regular business hours and one of our kind and friendly personal shoppers will help you navigate through our website, help conduct advanced searches, help you choose the item you are looking for with the specifications you are seeking, read you the specifications of any item and consult with you about the products themselves. There is no charge for the help of this personal shopper for any American with a disability. Finally, your personal shopper will explain our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, and help you place an order if you so desire.\n\nAt the heart of every Sealy mattress is the support that's right for you. Only Sealy has Posturepedic Technology\u2122 to provide more support where you need it most. By precisely engineering the mattress into specific zones, we're able to target reinforced support, while providing exceptional full-body support. In every mattress we make, Sealy combines smart innovation, precise engineering and industry-leading testing to ensure quality and durability. You can trust Sealy to deliver durable support and comfort in every mattress we make.\n\nSealy Conform\u2122 Line Our foam mattresses use foam, memory foam, or advanced gel foam (often combined), to deliver custom full-body support and conforming comfort. We use exclusive Posturepedic Technology\u2122 to deliver the all-over support you want, with reinforced support under the heaviest part of your body, where you need it most.Sealy Performance\u2122 Collection Durable all-over support, plus exclusive Posturepedic Technology\u2122 for reinforced support where you need it most, for a truly comfortable night's sleep.\n\nProfessional delivery and installation is available for every product we sell. We would be happy to coordinate delivery and installation for you.\n\nExtended warranties are usually very inexpensive and can save you thousands in the future.\nIt's simple and inexpensive to purchase extended warranties and one of the smartest ways to protect your investment.\n\nMattresses\ncan be large, heavy and expensive. You probably don't have the special tools or expertise needed to fix them in a crisis. If you can spare a few thousand dollars without batting an eyelash for new\nbedding\nshould they break tomorrow, don't buy a warranty. But if you're like most of us, protect yourself by purchasing inexpensive extended warranties when you buy a new product and save yourself big money in the long run.\n\nWelcome to our website! As we have the ability to list over one million items on our website (our selection changes all of the time), it is not feasible for a company our size to record and playback the descriptions on every item on our website.\nHowever, if you are an American with a disability we are here to help you. Please call our disability services phone line at (217) 359-0156 during regular business hours and one of our kind and friendly personal shoppers will help you navigate through our website, help conduct advanced searches, help you choose the item you are looking for with the specifications you are seeking, read you the specifications of any item and consult with you about the products themselves. There is no charge for the help of this personal shopper for any American with a disability. Finally, your personal shopper will explain our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, and help you place an order if you so desire."}
-{"text": "Because you asked! Here is the full video of my remarks at the Tennessee Tea Party coalition on May 22. Despite the threats and intimidation of Islamic supremacist, Hamas-linked CAIR, the Tennessee tea party patriots stood by me, called CAIR a hate group, and did not cancel my appearance."}
-{"text": "Too Busy to Sew\n\nI don\u2019t know if anyone is checking this blog when I have not had time to post on it. With all the back-to-school and back to kids activites it has been insanely busy around here. My military husband left on Sept. 9th and I have not gotten any sewing done! I am just too busy running everything on my own. I did finish a Halloween quilt top before he left but have not been able to finish the quilt yet. Sadly, nothing has been done on my Farmer\u2019s Wife quilt in over a month. In happier news\u2026 I sold my first quilt from my Etsy shop. That was very exciting! My husband should be home at the end of the month so I hope I will have something to post on here soon."}
-{"text": "It's all Black & White in the Bathroom\n\nSince it's bathroom month, we took a close look at our own. In a bathroom of small proportions with an unattractive, almost-white radiator taking up precious space, we decided that since we couldn't hide it, we may as well focus on it.\n\nUsing simple materials (a can of glossy black spray paint and two large pieces of cardboard to protect the wall and floor), our chipped up, in-the-way necessity became a much more attractive object and heating source. Now the black diamonds on the floor tiles pop and the glossy black makes things seem cleaner than the old \"white.\"\n\nThis small bathroom also has a large side wall, with the impossibility (think knocking your head) of adding functional shelving. We had an old full-length mirror from Target, with no use for it in the bedroom. Since the wall was not only tall, but also unusually wide, we flipped the typically vertical mirror on its side, and a larger, more reflective bathroom was born."}
-{"text": "Sauce With Meatballs\n\nIt is finally the time to cook something more difficult than usual! We are going to cook a very delicious meal of sauce and meatballs. There are many steps to prepare this popular dish so you have to follow the recipe very carefully. Use your mouse to play, following the arrow prompts."}
-{"text": "Comedian and actor Bernie Mac dies at 50\n\n<p>Bernie Mac smiles at the premiere of \"Ocean's Thirteen\" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California June 5, 2007. The movie opens in the U.S. on June 8. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni</p>\n\nLOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, Aug 9 (Reuters Life!) - Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who starred in one of U.S. TV\u2019s few black sitcoms and appeared in the \u201cOcean\u2019s 11\u201d movies, died in Chicago on Saturday after a bout with pneumonia. He was 50.\n\nPublicist Danica Smith confirmed the death in a statement but gave no further details. \u201cWe ask that his family\u2019s privacy continues to be respected,\u201d she said.\n\nReactions poured in from Hollywood, which was taken by surprise because two days ago, Smith said he was \u201cresponding well to treatment\u201d and remained in \u201cstable condition.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe world just got a little less funny. He will be dearly missed,\u201d said George Clooney, who starred with Mac in the \u201cOcean\u2018s\u201d trilogy of hit box office films.\n\nMac was hospitalized in Chicago on August 1, and Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.\n\nThe Chicago-born comedian, whose given name was Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, was best known for his TV comedy \u201cThe Bernie Mac Show,\u201d which ran for five seasons until 2006.\n\nAlong with the \u201cOcean\u2018s\u201d capers, he appeared in movies such as comedy \u201cGuess Who\u201d and \u201cMr. 3000.\u201d He recently worked on a new TV show \u201cStarting Under\u201d and an upcoming film \u201cSoul Men.\u201d\n\nWith his beefy frame and bulging eyes, Mac cut an imposing figure. His scathing comedic observations were inspired by his impoverished childhood in Chicago and honed by years on the stand-up circuit.\n\n\u201cI reflect on my childhood, my young adulthood, the disappointments of life -- the problems I brought on myself, the self-pity I went through before I became a man,\u201d he told Playboy magazine in 2003.\n\nONE OF THE \u201cKINGS OF COMEDY\u201d\n\nMac achieved national prominence after joining the Kings of Comedy stand-up tour in 1997 with Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley and Cedric the Entertainer. Tapping into an under-served market of middle-class blacks, the dapper quartet sold out arenas across the country during their annual treks.\n\nIn 2000, director Spike Lee shot a hugely profitable documentary about the tour.\n\nThe following year, \u201cThe Bernie Mac Show\u201d debuted on Fox, drawing from Mac\u2019s personal life. He played a married stand-up comic reluctantly thrust into parenthood when he takes custody of his sister\u2019s three children after she enters rehab.\n\nMac\u2019s character often turned to the camera, addressing \u201cAmerica\u201d with such observations as \u201cI hate my loved ones. They make me sick\u201d or \u201cI love my wife, but I hate her (golf) game.\u201d\n\nWhile many contemporary TV dads get cheap laughs by playing clueless, Mac portrayed a level-headed family man unafraid to exert authority. He earned two Emmy nominations for his role.\n\n\u201cLosing him is like losing 12 people because he absolutely filled up any room he was in. I\u2018m gonna miss the Mac Man,\u201d said comic actor Chris Rock in a story at E! Online.\n\nMac was born in Chicago on October 3, 1957, and raised in a tenement. His mother died when he was 15, and his father -- whom he met only a dozen times -- three years later. He credited his grandmother for keeping him grounded.\n\nMarried for more than 30 years, Mac largely eschewed Hollywood, choosing to live in Chicago. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and a granddaughter."}
-{"text": "Name another big with his all around play and dominance? Name another big that could defend on the ball , off the ball, and whose post game was as great as Hakeems'. Duncan has won titles with much more talent around him and so has Shaq..\n\nName another big with his all around play and dominance? Name another big that could defend on the ball , off the ball, and whose post game was as great as Hakeems'. Duncan has won titles with much more talent around him and so has Shaq..\n\nI have always known the level of basketball knowledge here was very low, and exceptionally, even shockingly low, when it comes to international basketball......\n\nbut that Hakeem rank thread has really opened my eyes.\n\nSeeing how many people actually can claim Duncan and Shaq were better centers than Hakeem was.\n\nIt's sad to say it, but this forum even has a lower basketball knowledge than realgm, and that is almost impossible to even fathom. Nonetheless it's true.\n\nSeriously.........Hakeem freaking Olajuwon was an unbelievable beast. The guy was the biggest freak ever played in NBA.\n\nHe was vastly superior to any players like Garnett, Duncan, Robinson and so forth. Dude was the best offensive player in the NBA and the best defensive player in the NBA, in both cases by miles.\n\nHe's clearly by far and away, I mean by a country mile and then some - the best center in the history of worldwide basketball. And it's not even freaking close.\n\nNow, this isn't a guy that played a long time ago like Chamberlain or Russell, or even a guy that played in a more modern era but in Europe, like Sabonis or something.\n\nThere is no excuse for this level of insane and ludicrous ridiculousness as what is in that thread. A lot of people barely ranking Hakeem even in a top 10 list..................\n\nThe guy played in NBA, and his prime was just in the 90s, in the same exact freaking time Jordan's prime was. Now, how can this same forum, and the same freaking people, all seem to know every minute detail about Jordan, and yet not know one freaking thing about Olajuwon?\n\nIt is absolute proof that none of these fools ever saw a damn one of these guys playing and just lie about it. Not just did they not see Bird or Magic or whatever, it's that they didn't even see Jordan or Olajuwon play.\n\nAnyone that would ever have seen prime Olajuwon playing and that would dare even to compare guys like Duncan, Robinson, Shaq or whatever to him would be truly insane or high on drugs.\n\nTo anyone that saw this guy play, you are such an unbelievable ****ing JOKE to even compare Hakeem to these players.\n\nThe only ****ing guy that ever even dared **** with Jordan in the last 20 years is Hakeem. PERIOD.\n\nI see all these ****ing dumb asses saying LeBron James is better than Hakeem?\n\nThis site is a god damn embarrassment and JOKE. LeBron is not even ****ing in the conversation with prime Hakeem.\n\nJust let it be known, 90% of the people here are total clowns and posers and completely full of shit. Not only do they not know a god damn thing about international basketball - the truth is they don't know a god damn thing about the NBA either.\n\nShaq, Duncan and Hakeem are all top 10 players, so it's not that crazy to see people have varying orders in which they rank them. And the top X GOAT lists take into account more than individual talent; careers, accomplishments, etc.\n\nIt's not like they're saying Yao Ming is better than Hakeem. Shaq was an incredibly talented and dominant player, especially at his peak, so the comparisons there are warranted.\n\nWhen someone says \"Duncan, Shaq, etc. was better than Hakeem\", they are obviously talking about the skills of the player.\n\nThey are not saying that this player is ranked higher because. They are saying \"this guy was a better player\".\n\nA players effectiveness >>>>> Skill\n\nI don't care how pretty Hakeem's game looks due to his skill, he is NOT more effective at scoring than peak Wilt, Kareem or Shaq because he is not 7-1+ w/o shoes with freakish wingspan/leap/reach/mass/etc. He's a 6-10 250lb center with above average but not spectacular athleticism and decent length, therefore he needed those skills to be nearly as offensively effective as guys like Wilt, Kareem, or Shaq. Just because he's more skilled doesn't mean that at the end of the day he's more effective or a better player. Effectiveness is the bottom line, and guys with less skill can be more effective if they have tools of their own that Hakeem lacked at their disposal."}
-{"text": "By Bethany Allen-EbrahimianBethany Allen-Ebrahimian is an assistant editor at Foreign Policy. She spent four years in China before joining Foreign Policy and holds a master's degree in East Asian studies from Yale University.\n\nA plane carrying General Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan vice president and former warlord, was turned away after trying to land in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.\n\nThe vice president\u2019s plane reportedly was forced to land in neighboring Turkmenistan, where Dostum remains.\n\nDostum traveled to Turkey in May, ostensibly for medical treatment, though his stay there was something closer to exile. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani chose Dostum as his vice president after the 2014 elections, but the two are embroiled in a mounting power struggle.\n\n\u201cThe central government, against all the laws of Afghanistan and the world, against the fact that the president cannot rule an ordinary citizen \u2014 let alone the vice president \u2014 a criminal until proven by a court, told the plane not to land,\u201d Raees Abdul Khaliq, a provincial council member who waited at the airport for Dostum\u2019s unsuccessful return, told the New York Times.\n\nSenior officials confirmed the account, but Dostum\u2019s office later denied that he was on the plane that was turned back from Mazar-i-Sharif.\n\nThe vice president is also mired in a criminal investigation. Ahmad Ischi, a political rival, accused Dostum and his bodyguards of kidnapping, beating, and sexually assaulting him in November. In January, Afghanistan\u2019s attorney general issued orders for the arrests of nine people, mostly bodyguards, in Dostum\u2019s employ.\n\nWhile in Ankara in July, Dostum and several other Afghan ethnic minority leaders formed a new alliance, called the Coalition for the Salvation of Afghanistan, to put pressure on Ghani to stop the investigation into Dostum, hold elections, and share power with other leaders.\n\nThe general helped the United States overthrow the Taliban in 2001. The U.S. State Department once called him the \u201cquintessential warlord\u201d \u2014 before deciding his brutality and swagger were a nuisance and threatening him by flying a B-1 bomber over his home a few years later. Dostum is suspected of killing hundreds of Taliban prisoners during the war."}
-{"text": "Hi everyone I am an 18 year old American and ever since I rode across America, touring Australia has been in the back of my mind. I want to do it this summer (winter for you) but I need some help. I have all needed gear, but i don't know weather, where to start/finish, elevation issues, everything! I would like to ride near/along the coast (best part of Australia) but ocean everyday is not needed. I have been along part of the east coast but I really don't know a lot about what the land is like. Any websites about touring down under or routes would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!\n\nI am doing a fair bit of research myself with the goal of a round Australia tour starting from Sydney about this time next year. Whilst I have not done a great deal of touring and don't ride off road at all, here is some info that may assist you.\n\nFor weather information you should check out the Bureau of Meteorology website www . bom . gov . au/climate/averages. This site has good info on temperatures and wind patterns in particular. Most people would tell you that riding around Australia in an anti-clockwise direction is the way to go and you must cross the top of Australia (Northern Territory) in the dry season ( March to October)\n\nMost of Australia is pretty flat so elevation is not much of an issue except when going through/over the Great Dividing Range near the east coast. You can map out your route on websites such as www . bikely . com and this will show you elevation profiles.\n\nIf planning to ride across the Northern Territory and Western Australia and also accross the Nullabor Plain water is the biggest issue to consider. Towns in the outback are few and far between and so are sources of fresh/clean water. You must plan your trip very carefully in these areas. Again www . bikely . com is a good tool to use for planning your trip.\n\nOne book that I have found very helpful is \"Cycling Outback Australia\" by Craig Bagnall and Nikki Brown. I have seen this book in several bike shops so i am sure you could buy one fairly easily.\n\nHope this helps you get started on your research. I'm sure you will get lots more advice from others on this forum.\n\nYou must do the Great Ocean Road. You can catch a train from Melbourne to Warnambool (~4hrs?), then spend 3-5 days riding coast to Geelong then train (or ride 60+kms of freeway) to Melb, or ride to Queenscliff (beautiful), ferry across to Sorrento (lovely), then follow Port Philip Bay coast back to Melbourne, including the famous Beach Rd cycle training route (nice).\n\nWe have some great railtrails in Victoria: Lilydale (Melbourne suburban train) to Warburton (wineries, valleys, hills) plus heaps of others.\n\nBicycle Victoria may be another good source of info. By the way, it will be winter here- it could be a bit wet, windy and cool along the coast\n\nOlder Americans need help picking a route around Australia.. Not supported.. Tenting, or what ever. Need any and all adice we can get, along with where we can purchase Cycling maps, what is the best airport or area to fly into? We have plans on staying in your GREAT Country a few months.\nMy wife and I have cycled across the USA three time plus a cycling trip from Montana, to Alaska. We have used Adventure cyclings maps for most of our trips with great success.\nAny and all advice would be appreciated..\nI would be glad to help anyone cycling the USA.\nThanks Jerry\n\nmikesbytes wrote:Hi Jerry, what distance to you intend to ride while you are here? What kind of scenery are you interested in?\n\nThanks for the note:\nAt this point we would just like to see the COUNTRY and meed the REAL people of Australia.. Biking 50 to 80 miles a day all on paved road if possible. We are thinking Jan 2009 ... Is this a good time of year to TOUR in Australia ? What type of lodging or camp site could we expect to find ?\nThanks Jerry\n\nmikesbytes wrote:Hi Jerry, what distance to you intend to ride while you are here? What kind of scenery are you interested in?\n\nThanks for the note:At this point we would just like to see the COUNTRY and meed the REAL people of Australia.. Biking 50 to 80 miles a day all on paved road if possible. We are thinking Jan 2009 ... Is this a good time of year to TOUR in Australia ? What type of lodging or camp site could we expect to find ?Thanks Jerry\n\nWhat you must remember is that Australia is about the size of the lower 48. It is also closer to the equator. For instance, Perth, WA, is at about the same latitude as Houston, TX, or San Diego. Most of Australia is north of this latitude.\n\nJanuary is the middle of summer in the south and the wet season in the north. Suitable touring areas for this season are southern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, southern South Australia and the south western corner of Western Australia. It is best to avoid northern Queensland, the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia from October to April. The best time to tour the north is from May to September.\n\nFor lodging most small towns have a motel and a \"Caravan Park\" at which you may camp.\n\nIf you plan to ride any distance from the coast (and, in some areas, even if you are near the coast) then you should plan to carry at least 4 liters of water per person per day. This is especially true in South Australia and Western Australia.\n\nJanuary in Australia is bloody hot mate. Exadios said 4 litres of water per person per day: I'd say double that is needed, at the very least. When I was working in Kalgoorlie in summer, I'd go through 6 litres without even doing any exercise - that was just being outside watching others do work. Granted, not everywhere in Australia is as hot as Kalgoorlie (38-45C daily in summer), but you're going to be exercising so you need to keep on top of your hydration.\n\nDepending on how long you intend to stay, I'd concentrate on touring a region rather than the whole country. SE Australia has a lot to offer in a relatively compact area. Tasmania would be my first choice, but it's very hilly and the weather is changable. SE Oz has most of Australia's population (I'm including NSW in this) so you'll find plenty of towns to stop in and resupply as needed. (I can't say the same for Western Australia - it can be hundreds of km between towns and literally no place to get water between them.)\n\nYou will find it quite safe to camp in bushland outside the settled areas. By carrying a tent, you free yourself up to really see the landscape and live in it. So don't feel compelled to plan your trip to stop in a town each night.\n\nIf you can choose another time of the year to tour, your options open up a lot more. Winter in Australia is really the best time to see most of the country on a bike. Yeah, it might get a little chilly in the SE corner, but nothing compared to your winters in the USA. Snow is a rarity anywhere except on the highest ranges. It doesn't drop below freezing anywhere else in Australia. You can even cycle in the top end during the dry season (our winter, your summer) because the temperatures are managable and the roads are dry.\n\nCheers,\nGraeme\n\n(PS - you are already conversing with REAL Aussies .... )\n\nThink outside the double triangle.---------------------Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it ....\n\nThanks to all of you who have responded to my inquiry. Any and all help is appreciated. My wife and I ride a tandem and have pulled a B.O.B. as we crossed the U. S. I have also ridden to Alaska from the lower 48, but admit to a great deal of ignorance about the: best airport to fly into and time of year to tour Australia, good cities to begin from and which direction to cycle out of it, etc. Since we are retired, we have the luxury of being able to spend 60-90 days with you. We would want to tent at least part of the time. Is that a safe idea? We aren't that interested in big cities, but would need to be able to resupply with water and food. We just want to enjoy seeing your beautiful country and meeting your people.\nJerry S. Smith\n\nGood morning....\n40 to 80 miles per day would give us time to smell the roses, of course we would have days that we would not ride.. The main thing is to see the your country and meed the people.\nThanks Jerry\n\nJerry S Smith wrote:Thanks to all of you who have responded to my inquiry. Any and all help is appreciated. My wife and I ride a tandem and have pulled a B.O.B. as we crossed the U. S. I have also ridden to Alaska from the lower 48, but admit to a great deal of ignorance about the: best airport to fly into and time of year to tour Australia, good cities to begin from and which direction to cycle out of it, etc. Since we are retired, we have the luxury of being able to spend 60-90 days with you. We would want to tent at least part of the time. Is that a safe idea? We aren't that interested in big cities, but would need to be able to resupply with water and food. We just want to enjoy seeing your beautiful country and meeting your people.Jerry S. Smith\n\nPresumably you will be flying in to the east coast of Australia. This would mean that you would have four possible entry points: Cairns, QLD, Bisbane, QLD, Sydney, NSW, and Melbourne, Vic. These entry points are on the east coast and range from the north to the south of Australia. Other than that the best airport is the one that is closest to the departure point of your tour.\n\nIn 60 to 90 days it is possible to ride across the continent, from Sydney to Perth, WA, for instance. The most difficult portion of this tour would be the Nullabor crossing from Ceduna, SA, to Norseman, WA. There are a couple of discriptions of Nullabor crossings at crazyguyonabike. The months of March and April would be the best time to make this crossing.\n\nWho is online\n\nAbout the Australian Cycling Forums\n\nThe largest cycling discussion forum in Australia for all things bike; from new riders to seasoned bike nuts, the Australian Cycling Forums are a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like."}
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-{"text": "When I come on site, my username and icon appear, along with a greeting - \"Hey, Anastasia33...\"etc. I get the same quite a bit in the world where I live and work as an offense - this word (hey) cannotbe removed? I would appreciate it. Then I do not connect what I read here with something else.\n\nI'm sorry but to change that just for you (this is the first time we have had this request) would require a level of customization of the code that would simply not be possible nor fair to ask of our coder, Robert. I'm sorry that you feel that term is offensive but at the same time it is a pretty standard way that many of us greet one another, such as \"hey! how are you?!\"\n\nI'm sorry but to change that just for you (this is the first time we have had this request) would require a level of customization of the code that would simply not be possible nor fair to ask of our coder, Robert. I'm sorry that you feel that term is offensive but at the same time it is a pretty standard way that many of us greet one another, such as \"hey! how are you?!\"\n\nAnastasios\n\nThere is a simple way to do what anastasia requests: change the caption to \"Hey (clarification: \"hey\" is not valid for anastasia33) , <username>, you have ....\"."}
-{"text": "Nobel software is easy-to-use and provides better data to help teachers and school administration quickly identify trends or problems. The installation and database makes Nobel easy to maintain.\n\nNobel is a flexible, easy-to-learn system for managing student and contact information. Quickly produce paper and electronic correspondence, school, district and state reports, student ID cards and much more. Enjoy complete control over individuals\u2019 security and access privileges. Customize Nobel with user-defined edit screens, add wide number of your own data fields, setup and build your own filters, reports and labels. Maintain and easily access complete student histories.\n\nStudents\n\nAn advanced database system that handles all students and graduates administrative/academic tasks. Through this module users can manage and extract data in many different forms. Manipulate students' marks and evaluation records easily, control marks calculations through advanced formulas with new extended features and options.\n\nTuition Fees\n\nA comprehensive multi-currency tuition system designed specially for school administration. This system provides the user with professional processes to follow-up tuition fees and student payments in additional to various reports through advanced reporting system.\n\n\u2022 Multi-currency support\n\n\u2022 User-defined tuition titles\n\n\u2022 Assign tuition fees on-the-fly\n\n\u2022 Special discount process. Apply discounts by amounts or percentages\n\n\u2022 Automatic processes for defining fees and discounts for any group of students\n\nAttendance\n\nThis module allows you to streamline the entire student attendance (Absence/Tardiness) management process and allows you to track, manage, and monitor all attendances by date, and to generate all related reports automatically. This module includes everything you need to maintain daily and class attendance.\n\nDocuments\n\nWith this powerful tool you can build and mail-merge database data and images with an unlimited number of Word documents from any kind and any content freely, easily, and quickly with just one mouse click.\n\n\u2022 Documents browser to manage document templates\n\n\u2022 Link document to an external file or store it internally in the database\n\nStatistics\n\nA very smart and sophisticated module which gives the users an advanced way to transfer data into visual statistical representation easily and efficiently. Visual representation brings the most complex and advanced statistical methods within reach of those with little statistical training by using animated graphics of the data.\n\nAttachments\n\nWith this powerful module you can link any database record to an unlimited number of attachments. It provides the school administration (organization) with the tools to create, manage, and control electronic documents. In other words, it extends the functionality of NOBEL to help users collect all related data, whatever it looks like, into a single application.\n\n\u2022 A document may be a word processing file, or it may be a graphic image, or any other discrete, identifiable information unit that can exist within a computer system\n\nNetwork\n\nNobel can operate within an advanced network environment in addition to a single PC. The advanced SQL database server and the unique processes, built in Nobel, allow it to accommodate with network environments securely and easily. Nobel is available in both single-user and multi-user versions."}
-{"text": "Franklin, State of\n\nFranklin, State of, government (1784\u201388) formed by the inhabitants of Washington, Sullivan, and Greene counties in present-day E Tennessee after North Carolina ceded (June, 1784) its western lands to the United States. Following preliminary conventions at Jonesboro (Aug. and Dec., 1784), the first assembly, meeting at Greeneville early in 1785, elected John Sevier governor for a three-year term, established courts, appointed magistrates, levied taxes, and enacted laws. A permanent constitution was adopted in Nov., 1785. Unable to secure congressional recognition and pressed by North Carolina in its attempt to reestablish jurisdiction (in Dec., 1784, North Carolina repealed the act ceding the lands), Sevier's government passed out of existence when the terms of its officers expired. The region reverted temporarily to North Carolina.\n\nSee S. C. Williams, History of the Lost State of Franklin (rev. ed. 1933)."}
-{"text": "Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are the first to harness a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to directly write tiny patterns in metallic \"ink,\" forming features in liquid ...\n\nThe Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Momentum Technologies have signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for an ORNL process designed to recover rare earth magnets from used computer hard drives.\n\nA 3D printed trim-and-drill tool, developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to be evaluated at The Boeing Company, has received the title of largest solid 3D printed item by GUINNESS ...\n\nApproximately 100 trillion neutrinos bombard your body every second\u2014but you don't notice these ghostly subatomic particles. Because they are electrically neutral and interact with other matter via the weak force, their ...\n\nScientists and engineers striving to create the next machine-age marvel\u2014whether it be a more aerodynamic rocket, a faster race car, or a higher-efficiency jet engine\u2014depend on reliable analysis and feedback to improve ...\n\nA process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for large-scale recovery of rare earth magnets from used computer hard drives will undergo industrial testing under a new agreement between Oddello Industries LLC and ORNL, ...\n\nA team of scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Florida has developed a novel method that could yield lower-cost, higher-efficiency systems for water heating in residential ...\n\nDesigning a 3-D printed structure is hard enough when the product is inches or feet in size. Imagine shrinking it smaller than a drop of water, smaller even than a human hair, until it is dwarfed by a common bacterium."}
-{"text": "Punk\n\nI\u2019ve been on a pop-punk kick for a couple weeks now, jamming out to old school classics. Then this popped up, and I\u2019ve been meaning to post it all week. Captain Cuts takes your favorite tracks from the likes of...\n\nAnd here it is. Green Day\u2018s \u2018Revolution Radio\u2018 \u2013 the charged new album from the band serves as their first work as a complete trio since 2009 (and no one remembers those three albums in 2012 anyway). What...\n\nBefore Skrillex was the dude topping the charts with Justin Bieber, and even before he was dubstep\u2019s godfather, Skrillex, yes we mean Sonny, was the lead singer for the band From First To Last in the mid-2000\u2019s....\n\nJust like Weezer earlier this month, Blink-182 return to the scene and it\u2019s like they never left. With \u201cBored To Death\u201d you instantly flashback to the glory days of pop punk. Wasn\u2019t sure how I\u2019d feel...\n\nThe Wrecking Ball ATL, Atlanta\u2019s very own music festival (sorry TomorrowWorld), has announced the lineup for its 2016 event, featuring a massive list of indie, punk and emo bands for your inner 90\u2019s teen angst. The...\n\nGTA V\u2019s open world has spawned some pretty hilarious spoofs, including the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and this Wavves official music video. Now the classic nude run in Blink 182\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s My Age Again\u201d..."}
-{"text": "Your browser is out of date!\n\nYou are currently browsing the version: United States of AmericaBelgiumDenmarkGermanySpainFinlandFranceIrelandItalyLuxembourgNetherlandsAustriaRussiaPortugalSwitzerlandSwedenUnited KingdomChinese MainlandHong Kong SARTaiwan ChinaSouth KoreaJapanUnited Arab EmiratesOther location. To access information relevant to your geographic location, we recommend using the version:\n\n608P movement\n\nIn building upon the technical specifications and carriage of the 600P tourbillon movement, Piaget revolutionized watchmaking with the 608P tourbillon relatif movement. This movement is revolutionary on two grounds: the embodiment of Piaget's daring creativity and its constant willingness to harness the power of technology for esthetic ends.\nSuspended at the tip of the minutes hand, the carriage of the flying tourbillon movement seems detached from the basic mechanism which drives it. The visual effect it produces is accentuated by the presence of the stylized \"P\" of Piaget. The asymmetry of the design required meticulous adjustments in order to respect the balance of the whole movement. The hours are displayed by a central disc, while the tourbillon carriage, positioned on the minutes hand, rotates on its own axis.\nThe three bridges of the tourbillon carriage are crafted in titanium, a highly resistant and lightweight material. Composed of 42 elements, the carriage \u2013 which rotates on its own axis once per minute in addition to the rotation around the dial every hour \u2013 weighs only 0.2 grams!\nIts mainplate is circular-grained, its bridges beveled and hand-drawn. Finally, the circular C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve and blued screws round off this exceptional movement, recalling the esthetic codes cherished by the Swiss watch brand.\nNew hand design celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 608P.\n\nHand-wound, tourbillon relatif\n\nType:\n\nHand-wound mechanical\n\nShape:\n\nRound\n\nFunctions:\n\nHours, Minutes\n\nTechnical features:\n\nTitanium carriage, Double barrel, Flying tourbillon positioned on the minutes hand, Double rotation on its own axis once every minute, Double rotation around the dial every hour"}
-{"text": "Primary menu\n\nPost navigation\n\nSTM Convoy Backpack Review\n\nI\u2019ve been reviewing the STM Convoy laptop backpack and want to get my review up now that I\u2019m done traveling for the summer. Let\u2019s start with, my Mom bought one for her trip overseas. She loved it so much she went online and got one. According to her all the pockets were in the right place and they were the right size.\n\nI have to say I agree with her. My mom is right, the Convoy\u2019s pockets are all in the right places and they\u2019re all exactly the right size for me. As a carry on for my travel this summer I was able to carry my laptop, two iPads, my Samsung Galaxy S4 (love it) a Novatel MiFi, the Samsung Galaxy camera and 2 iPhones my girls use. Additionally I had all the chargers for this kit. We were on six planes, two rental minivans and through four airports and everything always felt safe and sound in my STM backpack.\n\nFor starters the pockets where I kept all the phones and MiFi are felt (or some super soft cloth) lined so the phone screens came out cleaner than when I put them in. The snaps stay shut and are easy to close even when the pack is bursting. Below that is a hefty pocket big enough to fit a thick paperback book, though I loaded it up with chargers, cables, my noise canceling headphones and a bunch of batteries. The next pocket is the typical pens and cards pocket with a few extras. First off it\u2019s deep, so deep I could put my contact solution and glasses case in there. It also has a nice detachable keyring I use to hold a sim card tray ejector. There\u2019s also the big zippered pocket, 2 business card slots which will come in handy for trade shows (1 slot for my cards and 1 slot for people I meet) and room for four pens.\n\nThere are 2 side pockets I used for my sunglasses and the Samsung Galaxy camera I brought with (which is a large point and shoot).\n\nLastly but probably most important is the laptop pocket. It\u2019s ridiculously padded so I felt my laptop was always safe. There\u2019s even an elastic flap cover to keep it in place. The only thing this pack was missing was a dedicated spot to keep my iPad, so it lived with the computer.\n\nThe material that the pack is made from is super strong and stain resistant and the zippers are very high quality. The entire pack is just rock solid but doesn\u2019t weigh too much.\n\nAll in all this is the best laptop backpack I\u2019ve ever used. The kicker is, it doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s meant for a laptop, just like the STM Impulse backpack I reviewed earlier this year, so I didn\u2019t feel like it was a high risk target for thieves. I would highly recommend it as a carry on to compliment the bag with your clothes because you can\u2019t really pack many in there. It\u2019s also a great school or work bag seeing as it can hold so much gear. And you know if I suggested my mom buy it, it must be darn good.The last and really interesting feature is the waterproof hood stored in the bottom of the pack. It fully encases the pack except for the part against my back in case of rain. I was really glad I didn\u2019t need to test it.\n\nThanks to the STM folks for sending me the backpack and I hope next time I\u2019m in Australia we\u2019ll get a chance to meet up.\n\nHi Al,\nI usually carry at least one sometimes two or even three battery packs, depending on my travel or activities for the day. There\u2019s absolutely room in the STM Convoy for all the batteries you want.\nIn all honesty I really like the bag and the only pack I switch it out for now occasionally is the other STM backpack I reviewed, the Impulse. They\u2019re just nice, sturdy bags that do the job.\n\nProudly based in Los Angeles\n\nWelcome to The Mobile Perspective where we discuss a consumers perspective on mobile, for anyone in the mobile industry including executives, entrepreneurs, analysts, bloggers and the mainstream media."}
-{"text": "Edit This Favorite\n\nCan I shoot at the Cherry Ridge Range?\nYES \u2013 You can come with a range member as his or her guest, or you can become a range member by attending range membership Sunday, held on the first Sunday of every month. (See details below) See Cherry Ridge Range Rules for details on each of the ranges.\n\nWhat are the hours at Cherry Ridge?\nCherry Ridge is open from 8:30AM to sundown every day of the year except Christmas and the two yearly work weekends. Ceasefire is called approximately one half hour before sunset. Competitions, training and several major events are held throughout the year. Some or all ranges may be closed for these events. See Range Schedule for a complete list of events and range availability.\n\nCan I get a range membership through the mail?\nYES \u2013 if you are currently a range member, you can renew by mail or online.\nNO \u2013 if you are not currently a range member, you must attend a mandatory range safety briefing, held on the first Sunday of every month.\n\nCan I bring a guest to Cherry Ridge?\nYES \u2013 You can bring two guests per visit for a guest fee of $25.00 per guest. You can bring a guest as many times during the year as you wish. The $25.00 guest fee is payable each time. You and your guest(s) must share a port and you are responsible for your guest(s) and must monitor the guest(s) while shooting. See theMembership Notes page for more details. There is no fee for non-shooting guest(s)\n\nCan my junior member (age 12-18) shoot on the pistol range?\nYES \u2013 But only after he or she has attended a mandatory pistol range orientation for juniors. The supervising member must also attend this orientation. Please email AnjrpcTraining@gmail.com for details.\n\nI'm a regular Association member. Can my annual dues be credited toward range membership?\nNO \u2013 New range members are required to pay the entire range dues and orientation fee. See Dues for a complete list of dues for new members and renewals.\n\nI was a range member and let my membership lapse. If I want to renew, do I need to attend the safety briefing again?\nYES \u2013 if your membership lapsed more than 13 months ago, you must attend the briefing.\n\nDo I need to pay the range orientation fee again?\nYES \u2013 You are required to pay the range orientation again if your membership has lapsed for more than 13 months.\n\nDo I need to be a New Jersey resident to join?\n\nNO\n\nMembership Sunday (the first Sunday of any month) Questions:\n\nWhat time should I arrive?\n\n9AM is the suggested time, doors close at 9:30AM. The orientation any payment process takes approximately 2 hours. If you paid online you may be eligible for the express line, and thereby leave sooner.\n\nWhat should I bring with me?\n\nBring your paid receipt from your online payment or a method of payment if you did not pay online. That's all you need to bring with you!\n\nWhat if all my family members cannot attend the orientation for my family membership?\n\nNo problem. They can attend at any membership Sunday but they will not be able to use the range until they attend the orientation. Reminder: Spouse, SO or minor children (ages 10-20) are eligible to be added to your Family Membership.\n\nCan I shoot immediately after the orientation?\n\nYES- you will leave with a temporary or permanent range pass.\n\nRenewal Questions:\n\nCan I renew online?\n\nYES-if you don't have your login information click the Contact Us link in the upper right corner of the website home page and we'll get it to you\n\nI did not get my renewal email or letter, what should I do?\n\nClick the contact us link in the upper right corner of the website home page or renew online\n\nI want to change my membership from a regular range member to family range, can I do that?\n\nYES-we'll credit your paid membership prorated against a family membership. Click the contact us link in the upper right corner of the website home page for specific details and help with this.\n\nI want to change my membership from a regular membership to a range membership-can I do that?\n\nYES and NO-you certainly can upgrade your membership but we do not pro-rate the previous membership and you must attend range orientation.\n\nIs a membership upgrade covered in a grace period for renewal?\n\nNo, membership upgrades are not renewals.\n\nWebsite Questions:\n\nHow do I add my family members to my account?\n\nFirst you must have a family range membership. Then, follow these instructions- Adding a sub-account"}
-{"text": "This was my drive to work Thursday morning. It had actually warmed up by the time I filmed this. It started off at -43 when I left home. (That is in Fahrenheit)\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmjx5bTgyc"}
-{"text": "Researchers have partly sequenced the genome of the second case of the new coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East (the patient currently in London), and confirmed that it is the same virus as that infecting the man who died in July. They have also confirmed that it is not the came as the virus that causes SARS."}
-{"text": "Stay at a convenient location off of I-77 and a new hotel in Akron, Ohio near the Summit Mall. This Marriott hotel is close to many restaurants and shopping in the Fairlawn/Montrose area. Hotel guests will also be a short drive from the events at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, University of Akron & the Akron Zoo.\n\nThe Fairfield Inn & Suites Akron Stow is located in Stow, OH right off of OH-8 Exit 9 (Steels Corners Rd) will open in September of 2016. Nearby airports are Cleveland Hopkins Airport (CLE) - 33 miles and Akron Canton Airport (CAK) - 17 miles. The University of Akron and Kent State University are both within 10 miles. Business guests will find that our hotel in Stow, Ohio is within a 10-mile radius of corporate parks in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Kent and Streetsboro. The hotel is located within minutes of major local companies such as Allstate, Bridgestone and Matco Tools. This hotel offers a 475 sq. ft. meeting room. Families love exploring the Akron Zoo, Akron Civic Center and the Firestone Golf Club. Guests of Fairfield Inn & Suites Akron Stow will enjoy free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel to keep you connected during your stay.\n\nBLACKOUT DAYS\nOffer is unavailable during the following days:\nMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday\nGuests may be required to show admission tickets or receipts to receive this rate. All rates are subject to hotel availability; rate does not include taxes, gratuities or other incidental charges; certain length of stay restrictions may apply. Early departure fee may apply. This offer may not be combined with any other discounts or offers. If you are not interested in making this reservation online, please call our Internet Customer Center at 1-800-774-1500 or click here for a complete list of Hilton Reservations Worldwide phone numbers. Please request plan code \"P6\".\n\nOverlooking Brandywine Waterfall (a 67-foot natural wonder) in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, between Cleveland and Akron, was built in 1848 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been luxuriously renovated and made modern; all without changing its historic Greek Revival appearance and character. It is furnished in Ohio antiques, and features quality amenities (including free wireless internet) and gourmet foods.\n\nRed Roof Akron is a 100% smoke-free hotel with newly-renovated rooms. Near the University of Akron and the new InfoCision Stadium\u2013Summa Fields, this Red Roof is in the center of it all. We are just 10 miles from Akron-Canton Airport, Akron Children\u2019s Medical Center, Summa Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Akron General. Family activities include a visit to the Akron Zoo, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens or the home of the International Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs are all within 15 miles. Goodyear Corporate Headquarters is just a short drive and we are within walking distance of various shops and restaurants. The following amenities are located at this property:\n\nShady Oaks is a federal period master piece, furnished in antiques and nestled on a 25-acre horse farm. Very romantic and elegant, the perfect venue for that special occasion. Special winter rates, Jan. 1 to March 31.\n\nConveniently located on the doorstep of the Peninsula Historic District and also nestled near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, this beautifully renovated 1874 Colonial bed and breakfast awaits your arrival. Three suites, each with its own bath, are available.\n\nStanford House provides moderately priced overnight accommodations for park visitors in close proximity to numerous visitor amenities, and is available for single-room and full-house rentals. Sleeps up to 31 individuals within 9 private rooms. One limited mobility bedroom with attached restroom. Two community restrooms, each with two stalls and two showers. A self-service kitchen with high-quality appliances.\n\nThe Portage House, built circa 1918 on what was originally Colonel Perkins' farm and is a block away from the Perkins Mansion Museum, is a casual family-friendly, pet-friendly bed & breakfast with four guestrooms available on the second floor with two shared baths. Guests are welcome to relax in the formal living room with wood-burning fireplace. A full breakfast is served in the formal dining room at the guests' convenience."}
-{"text": "BAE to Stop Building Ships at Historic British Site\n\nBAE, Britain\u2019s biggest military contractor, said it would build new ships in Glasgow, shown here, but close the shipyard in Portsmouth.Credit\nJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images\n\nLONDON \u2014 As an island nation that once built an empire by sea, Britain has a proud history and longstanding expertise in shipbuilding.\n\nBut, buffeted by cuts in military spending and a decline in demand, the country\u2019s biggest military contractor, BAE Systems, said on Wednesday that it would end more than five centuries of shipbuilding in the southern English city of Portsmouth and cut nearly 1,800 jobs across Britain.\n\nThe announcement prompted opponents of Prime Minister David Cameron to accuse him of playing politics with an industry intertwined with the country\u2019s history.\n\nThe company is finishing a large order worth several billion pounds to build two aircraft carriers, which had created the largest shipbuilding boom for the company since World War II, by some measures. With that order coming to an end, layoffs had been expected. But the scale of the cuts, worked out in a restructuring plan with the government, came as a surprise.\n\nAbout 940 shipbuilding jobs will be lost in Portsmouth by the end of next year. That will reduce a port with a history that dates to the building of 16th-century warships like Henry VIII\u2019s Mary Rose to a backwater in which only ship maintenance and servicing will be done. An additional 835 positions will be eliminated in Filton, near Bristol in the southwest of England, and Glasgow and Rosyth in Scotland.\n\nMr. Cameron tried to cast the cuts in a semi-positive light. \u201cIn Portsmouth, yes, there will be job reductions,\u201d he said, \u201cbut there are many more people involved in ship servicing than in shipbuilding.\u201d\n\nThe government said it would invest \u00a3100 million, or $161 million, in an expanded dock in Portsmouth, which will become home to the two new aircraft carriers, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and H.M.S. Prince of Wales.\n\nThe biggest political backlash could come from the fact that BAE is not only shutting down shipbuilding operations in Portsmouth, but also intends to move some of its shipmaking capacity to Scotland. The company said on Wednesday that Glasgow was the best location to build a new fleet of Type 26 frigates. That contract is the company\u2019s next big order.\n\nComing a year ahead of a referendum on Scottish independence, the announcement prompted lawmakers in the opposition and labor unions in England to accuse the Conservative government of trading English jobs for Scottish ones in an attempt to persuade Scotland not to secede.\n\nIn an animated exchange in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Labour Party\u2019s new spokesman for military issues, Vernon Coaker, challenged Defense Minister Philip Hammond, questioning whether he was acting in Britain\u2019s national interest.\n\n\u201cWhat safeguards are in place if Scotland votes to leave the U.K.?\u201d he asked. \u201cNone of us wants to see that, but we need to know what plans he has in place for all eventualities.\u201d\n\nMr. Hammond said, \u201cWe have a sustainable naval shipbuilding industry in the U.K. \u2014 as of this announcement.\u201d\n\nBut even some Conservatives were uneasy. Asked whether she believed that English jobs were being sacrificed for Scottish jobs, Caroline Dinenage, a Conservative lawmaker for Gosport in Hampshire, did not hesitate. \u201cYes, definitely,\u201d she said on BBC Radio.\n\nThe most passionate rebukes came from Portsmouth, where shipbuilding is what wine production is to much of France and auto manufacturing is to Detroit: a cultural identity as much as an industry.\n\n\u201cPortsmouth is the last place in England that has the ability to build advanced warships for the Royal Navy,\u201d said Gerald Vernon-Jackson, the leader of Portsmouth City Council. He said that if Scotland left Britain, the Royal Navy might \u201chave to buy ships from France or Germany.\u201d\n\nDavid Hulse, chairman of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions\u2019 national shipbuilding committee, called it \u201ca devastating day for the U.K. shipbuilding industry.\u201d\n\nAn additional 3,200 BAE workers employed in maintaining and servicing ships at the naval base in Portsmouth will not be affected by the cuts.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on November 7, 2013, on page B2 of the New York edition with the headline: Job Cuts, and No More Shipbuilding, at Historic Home of Britain\u2019s Warships. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe"}
-{"text": "Game Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nGame Ready wraps feature patented, dual action ATX ( Active Temperature Exchange ) designed to enable the simultaneous circulation of ice water and compression integrating these two like never before seen\n\nThe Carry Bag enhances the portability of the Game Ready System by housing the control unit, the AC adapter, and up to three or four wraps. It is designed to be used while the unit is in the carry bag, protect the system, and facilitate transport. The Game Ready Carry Bag cleans easily using with a mild soap/disinfectant and a soft cloth.\n\nThe Rechargeable Battery Pack Kit enables accelerated recovery treatment in any convenient location by powering the Game Ready System for up to 7 hours of continuous operation. Fully charges in 4 to 5 hours. Includes AC charger and connector cable.\n\nThis is an Original Game Ready accessory for your Game Ready GRP 2.1 Control Unit.\n\nOUR PRICE: $49.99\n\nGame Ready is the leader in active compression and cold therapy technology for injury treatment and post-operative recovery.\n\nThe company was founded in 1997 using NASA technology to create the first-ever sports medicine and post-op recovery device that simultaneously delivers active pneumatic compression and adjustable cold therapies."}
-{"text": "Description: Frost fence\n\nA timeless classic which, in the string of time, it maintains it course by its popularity, durability and above all, its affordable price! We offer a range of colors that will harmoniously merge with your home.\n\nOur products\n\nA little bit more on frost fence.\n\nThe frost fence is a wise choice, since it will be durable and maintenance free. Ratio quality / price excellent. Light and strong it will resist our harsh Canadian winters, the chain link is the choice to make and you probably already made it.\n\nIt is available in several colors. The frost fence is very affordable and save. At Cl\u00f4tures Frontenac you will receive your order in a very respectable delay it will be up to your expectations. The frost fence will be number one for your front and backyard fence. Affordable and durable it will fence your backyard to perfection. Add some slats to give some privacy for your haven of peace. 10 years warranty on the slat; come and see, we have several models available. It will blend very well with an ornamental fence. Without having to add an additional post, we sell a Kit to attach the chain link to an ornamental post.\n\nRepair and installation service available about 9 months per year. Fast delay and after-sales services second to none. We have at heart our customer service. Our installation are guarantee and done by professionals in the field! Small, medium or large project, are all respected and fulfilled with exceptional service. To save on your budget, do not hesitate to do it yourself and save up to 30% of your invoice. Our specialists will guide you throughout your project, so that you can install it. An installation guide is available in pdf version. Feel free to visit our page \u201cGet a quote\u201d, to receive a budget price according to your needs, or simply come and meet us in one of our showroom in Terrebonne or Gatineau."}
-{"text": "Welcome to Rosactive\n\nProfessional Skin Care\n\nROSACTIVE PHYTOCEUTICALS\n\nItalys' number one Professional Skin Care brand for professional medical users. Rosactive is a leader in vegetal stem cells, Dermal Stem cells, Hyaluronic acid and filler like professional treatments.\n\nRosactive ingredients are 100% plant based extracts, with the maximum concentration of active ingredients permitted. With ionized molecules being the correct weight and size to penetrate into the level of the skin where the work needs to be done. This technology allows Rosactive products to provide fast and effective results in skin rejuvenation without contraindication.\n\nFEATURED PRODUCT\n\nBiohyal 100% Organic product based on the action of 3 biotech hyaluronic acids.\n\nBiohyal program is a progressive program of care for the prevention and treatment of age-related symptoms. It can treat all types of wrinkles (both static and dynamic) due to the organic mixture of hyaluronic acid. Significantly improves the moisture, accelerates cell regeneration, stimulates the activity of fibroblasts and has a filler effect. The aim of the procedure: - Correction of skin aging. - The filling effect on wrinkles. - Strengthening the natural immune defences of the skin. - Deep moisturizing. - Improved elasticity and skin retraction. Alignment of colour and skin texture.\n\nThe perfect blend of hyaluronic acid:\n\nThe Hyaluronic acid (L)\n\nHas an effect on the skin surface, forming a protective barrier, thereby stopping the process of dehydration, and greatly improving the degree of hydration of the skin.\n\nHyaluronic acid (M)\n\nAn innovative active ingredient that stimulates the cells of non-specific beta defences of the skin, thus strengthening skin\u2019s natural defences..\n\nHyaluronic acid (XS)\n\nPenetrating into the deeper layers of the skin, improves its elasticity, has a smoothing and filler effect.\n\nBIOHYAL USER REFERENCES\n\n\"Simply amazing! My clients after only one treatment notice immediate plumping of the skin.\"\n\nTania Sharp\n\nAcajou Beauty Therapy, Auckland.\n\n\"Our laser clinic preforms a lot of skin needling treatments, we use the Biohyal serum for after care for all clients. The best hyaluronic home care available. Wonderful Results.\"\n\nIrene Lohi\n\nAmax Laser, Auckland.\n\n\"As a medical clinic we want the best for our clients and have found it with Biohyal.\""}
-{"text": "Land of the Gods (E6)\n\nThe Clear Sea\n\nThe Clear Sea is a vast freshwater ocean lined with a mix of city states and larger kingdoms beyond which stretch vast swathes of wilds.\n\nA major influence on all the nations of the Clear Sea is the city of Gevura, ruled by the great god Quelas. The city is the heart of much of the trade across the region and its culture has at least some influence in most of the other nations, with Gevuran serving as the main trade language, the use of Gevuran Marks as the most widely accepted currency, and the best maps being produced by the cartographers of the church of Quelas.\n\nThe heart of the Sea is full of tiny islands and drifting icebergs, dangerous to sail but a favoured location for Water Attuned and pirates.\n\nGods of the Clear Sea\n\nQuelas \u2013 an Order Aligned deity of the Sun and domination, to see him is to love him. His church is a powerful bureaucratic force and the main, but hidden, controlling interest in the cities large slave markets. Gained his divinity from a lesser known god who once dwelt in the region. The Storm Lord \u2013 a pirate who became a god, it is unclear if he was Attuned to Water before he became a god. The Storm Lord travels the oceans wrapped in a great tornado, causing and unleashing storms which sweep out from the heart of the Sea to ravage the coasts. The Sky Admiral \u2013 an Air Attuned deity, she rides on a vast cloud vessel and is attended by anywhere from a few to many dozen manifestations of Air at any given time. Hunts the Storm Lord for his crimes, has an uneasy alliance with Quelas thanks to their shared desire for stability in the region."}
-{"text": "Please, We Beg You, Do Not Donate to the RompHim\u2122 Kickstarter\n\nThere is a new Kickstarter in the world that has, as of this writing, pulled in over $45,000 \u2014 4.5 times its stated goal. That $45,000 could have been spent on so many things but no, it is being spent on this Kickstarter project: The RompHim. It is imperative that you do not contribute to this Kickstarter any more than already has been.\n\nThe RompHim is a romper for men because the only sure things in this world are death, taxes and that men will find a way to co-opt a thing for women but will be too nervous in their own masculinity to not change the name to something supremely stupid.\n\nThe Kickstarter campaign promises that it \u201cmay just be the start of a fashion revolution,\u201d which sounds like a violent threat.\n\nThe romper, as you\u2019re doubtless aware, is a one-piece t-shirt-and-shorts getup. It\u2019s that thing your girlfriend wears to Lollapalooza. Or she did, back before she broke up with you because you donated money to the RompHim\u2122 Kickstarter.\n\n\u201cIs it a romper specifically designed for men?\u201d the site asks. \u201cSure, but it\u2019s so much more.\u201d Well, no. It\u2019s definitely not. But it\u2019s made so much more than it should have (and it costs so much more too, but that\u2019s a separate issue) and it needn\u2019t make any more. For your sanity, for your wardrobe and for the sake of civilization, do not donate another cent to this campaign."}
-{"text": "Raw Instinct Frozen Raw Free Wild Kangaroo Cat Food\n\nRaw Cat Food made from 100% Wild Australian Kangaroo and Pluck, packed with goodness. Air-flown from Australia and specifically designed for cats. Our product is biologically balanced\u2122. This is a superior formulation for cats of all breeds, especially those with allergy sensitivities."}
-{"text": "Researchers found a trend that suggested a correlation between preferences for black coffee, and other bitter tastes, and sadistic or psychopathic personality traits. Find out the best ways to spot a narcissist before it\u2019s too late!\n\nThey also found that people who enjoyed milky or sugary coffee, and other sweet flavors, generally tended to have more \u201cagreeable\u201d personality traits like sympathy, cooperation, and kindness.\n\nYeah, I had that diagnosis at 15 by the court system. Started drinking coffee at 4 like Choad. Haven't harmed anyone in all those years, but probably bored them to death with my conversations about nuances of the symbolist art movement. Sue Me.\n\nI don't drink it at all so I guess that makes me the alien, or secret Hitler, depending on what game you're playing. My mom drank it black and was a sweetheart. My dad was heavy milk and sugar and was an asshole. Neither showed sadistic or psychopathic personality traits. I swear that these psychology researchers try to justify their habits as \"normal\" and everybody else as crazy.\n\nBaywolfe wrote:\n\nI swear that these psychology researchers try to justify their habits as \"normal\" and everybody else as crazy.\n\nConsider the link source, as lame 50 years ago as it is today.\n\nWhile digesting Reader's Digest in the back of a dirty book storeA plastic flag, with gum on the back fell out on the floor...But your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymoreThey're already overcrowded from your dirty little wars.\n\nI loved RD when I was a kid. Mostly just read the joke sections and a few articles. I don't know if it was my growth as a person or a change in philosophy by RD management but, one day as an adult, I realized they were all about flag-waving jingoism and religion. I guess I missed that \"Why Nixon is right for America\" article in the 1960s."}
-{"text": "Beautiful wedding photo ideas\n\nThursday, 23 June 2016 15:56:27 Europe/London\n\nIts your big day! You want to capture it in the most magical way possible, so that in years to come you can look back and be blown away like the first time you met (in most cases :) )\n\nIts one of the most anticpated and memorable days of a girls life, thats why we want you to capture it well. Here are some ideas to get your head ticking. And to be able to shortlist some great ideas to your photographer for your big day. Why invent, when you can get all the wedding photography inspiration from couples who have already went through it.\n\nWe hope this post might have got you admiring and thinking about the options for your own wedding"}
-{"text": "Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) and Gov. Rick Scott (R) sparred on Thursday amid continued uncertainty over the results of their closely watched Senate race, with Nelson insisting that a recount was all but inevitable.\n\nAs of Thursday morning, Nelson and Scott were separated by roughly 22,000 votes \u2014 about 0.26 percent. In Florida, a machine recount is automatically triggered if the candidates are within 0.5 points of one another, while a hand recount is required if the margin is 0.25 percent or less.\n\nNelson has not conceded the race. As a recount appeared increasingly likely on Wednesday, the three-term Democrat retained Marc Elias, a prominent lawyer who has represented Democrats in a number of election fights, to work for his campaign.\n\nElias said Thursday that he is confident Nelson will gain votes in a recount \u2014 enough to hand him another term in the Senate. He pointed to how drastically Scott\u2019s lead has closed in the two days since Election Day, insisting ongoing canvassing by county election supervisors would play out in Nelsons favor.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m confident that Sen. Nelson and the Democrats are going to do well in terms of vote share in the days to come, because when, at the end of the day, all eligible have their votes counted and counted accurately, the fundamental truth that we\u2019re going to learn is that more voters voted for Sen. Nelson than Gov. Scott,\u201d Elias told reporters on a conference call.\n\nElias raised concerns that in Broward County, near Miami, there had been more votes cast for down-ballot candidates than in the Senate race at the top of the ticket \u2014 a phenomenon called undervoting.\n\nIt\u2019s not unusual for voters to mark their ballots for candidates for some offices and not others. But what is unusual, Elias said, is for undervoting to take place at the top of the ticket.\n\nThe lawyer said that he believes a hand recount will show that a number of ballots initially scanned by machines were not read properly due to stray markings or calibration issues, and that Nelson will likely gain votes from those ballots.\n\nScott\u2019s campaign blasted the efforts on Thursday, issuing a statement accusing Nelson of trying to \u201csteal\u201d the election by pursuing a recount.\n\n\u201cIt is sad and embarrassing that Bill Nelson would resort to these low tactics after the voters have clearly spoken,\u201d his campaign said.\n\nThe ongoing Senate fight exemplifies Florida\u2019s status as the nation\u2019s largest and most volatile battleground state, where elections are often \u2014 and almost reliably \u2014 decided by ultra-slim margins.\n\nIn the race for Florida governor, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D) on Thursday also opened the door to a possible recount two days after he conceded the race to former Rep. Ron DeSantis (R).\n\nGillum's communications director, Johanna Cervone, said that new votes totals showed a closer race than when Gillum conceded on Tuesday.\n\n\u201cSince that time, it has become clear there are many more uncounted ballots than was originally reported,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cOur campaign, along with our attorney Barry Richard, is monitoring the situation closely and is ready for any outcome, including a state-mandated recount.\u201d\n\n\"It might have been statements like these that made people think he was a threat.\n1.\u201cI am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective \u2013 the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now\u2026\"\n\n\"Good....enough of the profiting on dead babies. They should receive a decent BURIAL instead of being chopped up and used as \"flavor enhancers\" in human and dog food. PP is nothing but a huge industry catering to the soft drink\u2026\""}
-{"text": "Classified employees choose AFT as their unionPASADENA: College Instructional Services\n\nAN INDEPENDENT association, the Instructional Support Services Unit, has represented classified staff at Pasadena City College since 1991. Relations on the campus have been generally good, until about five years ago, when more than 200 employees took early retirement and the ongoing economic crisis brought staggering budget cuts.\n\n\u201cWe needed to get stronger to protect our members,\u201d said Association President Alice Araiza. \u201cWe wanted a union that was reputable, strong and nationally respected.\u201d\n\nBy 2011, Araiza and the executive board had begun to analyze member needs and unions. \u201cWe didn\u2019t affiliate in reaction to anything that happened,\u201d said board member Gary Potts. \u201cWe did this because we were looking forward.\u201d\n\nIn January, the executive board met with the CFT Organizing Department and gave CFT high marks for offering both autonomy and additional resources, and bringing CFT classified leaders to speak with them. The Pasadena group decided the Federation would best fit their needs.\n\nComputer technician Julio Huerta said, \u201cOnce we decided on CFT, things moved pretty fast.\u201d Activists called and visited each member. In May, members voted 103-20 in favor of affiliating with the AFT.\n\nOne of the first things the new local union did was elect leaders. Araiza retired after 23 years in the Financial Aid Office. Huerta was elected president, and Potts treasurer. \u201cWe\u2019re confident this affiliation will give our members stability,\u201d Huerta concluded.\n\nLAWNDALE: Enrichment Program WorkersNINETY academic support employees staffing an extracurricular program recently joined the Lawndale Federation of Classified Employees. Realizing Amazing Potential, or RAP, offers before- and after-school activities at nine campuses in the K-8 elementary district.\n\nStarted by an outside organization, RAP was absorbed by the Lawndale district but workers had no process for discipline or evaluation, and experienced at-will dismissals, reduced work hours and transfers without notice.\n\nKristia Groves, an activities specialist at Will Rogers Middle School, said RAP employees wanted the same benefits as classified employees represented by AFT Local 4529. Because Groves helped research the Education Code, the union was able to show how the duties of RAP employees were similar to those of union-represented instructional assistants and support staff.\n\nLocal President Carl Williams said, \u201cIt made no sense to exclude them from our bargaining unit.\u201d After personal visits and phone calls, more than 86 percent of the RAP employees signed union cards. The district quickly recognzed the union, giving employees due process and equity.\n\nBERKELEY: Operations and Support PersonnelCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES who were divided between two unions for nearly a decade were reunited late last year when 170 operations and support workers sought represention by the Berkeley Council of Classified Employees, AFT Local 6192.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re very happy to be back together,\u201d said Johnny Billups, who has driven district buses since 1972 and helped lead the reaffiliation. In 2002, clerical employees and teacher aides voted for AFT, while bus drivers, food service, maintenance workers, campus security, and custodians joined Stationary Engineers, Local 39.\n\n\u201cThat union had no experience in public schools,\u201d Billups said. \u201cIn negotiations for the first contract, they gave up many rights we had before.\u201d At meetings of the Berkeley Unified school board, he added, they would watch AFT local President Paula Phillips fighting for her members and think, \u201cThis is where we need to be.\u201d\n\nLast fall, the Stationary Engineers gave up its representation rights and Phillips circulated petitions among the workers. \u201cPeople had already made up their minds that they wanted us to represent them,\u201d said Phillips, who collected 120 signatures in just three days.\n\nThe board recognized AFT as the workers\u2019 union and the local is building a unified contract.\n\nYES on revenue measure, NO on Special Exemptions Act\n\nTHE POPULAR CFT-sponsored Millionaires Tax merged with the governor\u2019s revenue proposal this spring to become the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 on the November ballot.\n\nThe measure will generate $9 billion in vital funding per fiscal year. About 85 percent of the revenue will come from the highest income tax brackets.\n\nThe state budget has already suffered huge cuts in every program, from education and childcare to public safety programs for the needy. Colleges and schools have seen reduced offerings, increased class sizes, and classified and faculty layoffs. Without new revenue, schools, universities, and public safety will face billions in additional cuts.\n\nThe merged revenue measure raises revenue in two ways.\n\nSingle filers earning at least $500,000 yearly would pay 3 percent more; those earning from $300,000 to $500,000 would pay 2 percent more. Individuals earning below $250,000 and families earning below $500,000 will pay no additional income tax.The ballot measure also increases the sales tax by a quarter percent.These revenue increases are temporary, with the income tax provisions lasting seven years and the sales tax provision lasting four years.\n\nANOTHER MEASURE on the November ballot is not what it seems. The Special Exemptions Act claims to be a \u201csimple, fair and balanced solution\u201d to the problem of special interest money in politics.\n\nThe measure prohibits corporations and unions from collecting political funds from employees and members through voluntary payroll deduction, and makes employee political contributions by any other means strictly voluntary, requiring annual written consent.\n\nBut let\u2019s take a closer look at the Special Exemptions Act.\n\nEmployee contributions to political campaigns are already voluntary under existing law.The measure creates special exemptions for billionaire businessmen, giving them even more political power to write their own set of rules.\n\nIt exempts secretive Super PACs, which can raise unlimited funding from corporate special interests, and does nothing to prevent anonymous donors from spending millions to influence elections.\n\nIt exempts Wall Street investment firms, hedge funds, real estate developers, and others from the ban on contributions, and specifically exempts insurance companies from the ban on payroll deductions.\n\nWhat the Special Exemptions Act does is limit the voices of everyday workers \u2014 educators, nurses and firefighters \u2014 on issues that matter to all Californians.\n\nIF YOU ARE NOT registered to vote, now is the time to make sure your voice is heard in the General Election! To register to vote in California, you must be a U.S. citizen, a California resident, and at least 18 years old on November 6.\n\nAlso, if you have moved to a new permanent residence, changed your name, or chosen a different political party, you must re-register to vote.\n\nYou can find voter registration forms and all the information you\u2019ll need on the Secretary of State website at sos.ca.gov. You can also phone (800) 345-8683; for instructions in Spanish and eight other languages call (800) 232-8682.\n\nPlan Ahead! The deadline to register to vote in the November 6 presidential election is October 22. If you want to vote by mail, the deadline to request a mail ballot is October 30.\n\nCFT budget analysis saves classified jobs in Aromas\n\nAT THE BARGAINING table June 8, administrators of the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District proposed layoffs, demotions, and reduced hours for a third of the 68 members of the Federation of Classified Employees. Most of the member negotiators would feel the cuts personally.\n\nTwo visitors saved the day: A sympathetic member of the school board joined the district team, and the CFT budget analyst joined the classified team.\n\nThe board member was moved by eloquent testimony of school secretary Thelma Buckley on how the proposed cuts would impact students and parents. Buckley, a union site representative, described the many tasks performed by elementary secretaries every day, from checking children\u2019s heads for lice to contacting parents.\n\nAfter reviewing district finances, the CFT analyst learned the administration had underestimated state funding available for transportation, a big-ticket item in rural San Benito County.\n\nWhen negotiations resumed a week later, the district took most cuts off the table, and the parties agreed to reduce just one job.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled,\u201d said Aromas-San Juan Federation President Tonya Large. \u201cWe have cut and cut and cut for the past five years. We\u2019re so thin that, when they told me we were going to have to cut again, I asked \u2018Where?\u2019 We\u2019re so excited to avoid that.\u201d\n\nExtreme Makeover: Compton style\n\nTHE BUILDING FOR rent on South Long Beach Avenue wasn\u2019t much to look at, but officers of the Compton Council of Classified Employees could see exciting new possibilities for their union. First, though, AFT Local 6119 would need to move a wall, install a floor, and paint.\n\nHow could the union, which represents 540 employees of the Compton Unified School District, pay for that kind of remodeling? Sweat equity.\n\nLocal 6119 leaders, members, and relatives have done most of the work: First Vice President Derek Hefflin, who works as a carpenter for the district, found the location and has put in the most time, including laying new flooring and moving walls; Chief Steward Rockey Thompson has created partitions and installed glass; and former President Ronnie Goins has painted inside and out. For Acting President Gwen Holmes, the high point of the project was knocking down a wall with a sledgehammer.\n\nThe previous union office was a storefront with no meeting room, parking or privacy. The local\u2019s new office has a meeting room, is handicapped accessible, and has an office for the president and work areas for union officers.\n\nLocal 6119 took possession of the building in January and was ready to move in by late March. In June, members held their first meeting in the new building, followed by an office-warming party on the front patio.\n\nCFT fights for death benefit equity\n\nto HELP COVER the average funeral cost of $7,775, CalSTRS pays survivors $6,163 when a retired teacher dies.\n\nBut when a retired classified employee member of CalPERS dies, beneficiaries are paid only $2,000. To close that gap, CFT sponsored AB 2606, carried by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Norwalk, calling for an increase in the classified death benefit to $6,000 over four years.\n\n\u201cEquality in public policy is a fundamental principle,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cThe fact that the heirs of classified employees receive less than other education employees is unfair and unjust.\u201d Despite Mendoza\u2019s effort, AB 2606 died in Assembly Appropriations.\n\nMEMBER SPEAK OUT: Classified work makes a difference every dayParaprofessionals matter more now than ever\n\nI KNOW MY WORK as a special education para makes a difference when I look into the faces of the children I teach. I know I matter when an excited child says, \u201cNow I get it! I understand it now!\u201d I know I touched a child\u2019s heart when he or she tells me, \u201cYou\u2019re a very nice person.\u201d And when a child talks about something sad that has happened in their lives, it means he or she trusts me enough to share something meaningful.\n\nA welcoming, encouraging, caring attitude every day makes a difference in the lives of our students. Our students deserve a safe environment, one in which they aren\u2019t afraid to make a mistake; one with structure but also the freedom to express themselves; consistency, but flexibility when appropriate.\n\nStudents are not statistics on a spreadsheet. They are the future of our communities and our nation. The character each develops matters, regardless of what jobs they may eventually hold as adults. As paraprofessionals, we help shape our students in ways we may not even realize. In these most difficult of times, why would anyone want to be a para? Because it matters now more than ever.\n\n\u2014 Arti O\u2019Connor is President of the Gilroy Federation of Teachers and Paraprofessionals, AFT Local 1921\n\nCollege staff contribute to student success\n\nTHERE'S A SCHOOL of thought that classified employees play a very limited role in student success. In truth, staff members are the unshakeable, earthquake-proof foundation on which students can build success, despite many potential obstacles.\n\nFor example, this spring at Los Angeles City College, students had to apply online because paper applications were no longer being accepted. Classified staff from Admissions, Academic Affairs, and the Career and Transfer Centers volunteered to help students enroll. Some staffers were trained to take student identification pictures in addition to their other assignments.\n\nSimilarly, because the administration decided not to print a schedule of classes, staff helped students look up classes online and print class sections. Since the online schedule of updated classes contained no information on prerequisites, staff also educated students about those requirements.\n\nThe contributions and expertise of classified employees should be part of the planning process as the California Community Colleges begin to enact state legislation on student achievement.\n\n\u2014 Bessie Love is a Student Services Specialist and member of the College Staff Guild-Los Angeles, AFT Local 1521A\n\nWhat labor lost and won in WisconsinBy Velma J. Butler, President, CFT Council of Classified Employees\n\nTHERE IS NO DENYING or candy-coating it: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was not recalled in the June 5 special election. Progressive voters led by public sector employees fell short of that goal, beaten in large part by a 7-1 flood of anti-union money.\n\nThe media, however, missed a big part of the story. A key progressive vote in the Wisconsin Senate, plus the earlier recall of two conservative senators, has stopped Walker in his tracks. Without a compliant Legislature to rubber-stamp his Tea Party agenda, the wheels have come off the governor\u2019s wagon.\n\nBut a burning question remains: Why did Walker attack the rights of Wisconsin workers to bargain collectively when the public sector unions agreed to more than $100 million in healthcare and pension concessions? That wasn\u2019t enough for the governor, who was bankrolled by a national network of corporate political action funds disguised as \u201cnon-profits.\u201d He was clearly playing to a broader audience of special interests.\n\nThe crisis in Wisconsin gave some credibility to an utterly false notion that public workers are paid too much. It is outrageous to attack firefighters, nurses, school employees and others when tax cuts for the wealthy were a major cause of this economic crisis. How can this be fair and economically sound? Wisconsin has started a domino effect, judging by local ballot measures passed in San Diego and San Jose that cut the pensions of public employees.\n\nWorking families in Wisconsin and across the country, however, will never give up the fight to protect the communities where we live and serve. In California, the CFT is co-sponsoring a measure on the November ballot that will raise taxes on the wealthiest Californians to restore funding for vital public services. Every California student deserves an opportunity for an affordable education.\n\nThrough it all, we remain in solidarity with our Wisconsin brothers and sisters, who sparked both the Occupy movement and a labor resurgence."}
-{"text": "Penguin Diner Game\n\nPenguin Diner\n\nHelp Penguin Diner to have the best restaurant in Antarctica!\n\nPenguin Diner turns to offer a feast to Antarctica! After accumulating money in the North Pole very successfully, Diner turns to his home and decides to open a restaurant. Help Diner find the best restaurant in Antarctica!"}
-{"text": "Hispasat claims 1st with 3D JEDI channel\n\nMadrid-based satellite operator Hispasat is claiming a world\u2019s first in transmitting a 3D TV channel that conforms to the newly-approved JEDI formula, and does not need a frame-compatible transmission method.\nToday\u2019s usual 3D TV transmission methods use two side-by-side (or top/bottom) images which the set-top box and 3D set then combine for a 3D experience.\n\nHowever, the JEDI (Just Explore Dimensions European) is said to be a second-generation system and is compatible with the Multiview Video Coding format which allows an HDTV signal and a full 3D signal to be transmitted on the same signal.\n\nHispasat says it is managing all activities related to the satellite demonstrations in the JEDI consortium. \u201cThe goal in the coming months is to implement the signalling defined in the DVB-3DTV Phase2a specification which, is under development within DVB group, keeping an open channel available across Europe to serve as platform for experimentation and validation of the next generation of 3DTV. JEDI activities started in 2010 with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the various formats and technologies related to 3DTV and of how 3DTV will evolve and develop for consumers. JEDI belongs to the European Research platform ITEA 2, EUREKA cluster programme ?! 3674, part of the Eureka European initiatives.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Full-Season Monday: That\u2019s a Lot of Rain\n\nThis Hickory team is amazing and unusual. At the plate, they are young, athletic and they lead the SAL in strikeouts and homeruns, by a lot.\n\nJake Kuebler allowed a runner to at least second base in every single one of his innings. He had little to keep Hickory off his fastball: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.\n\nThe Gnats\u2019 offense had just four hits in the game, all singles, against tough lefty Luis Parra who fired eight shutout innings. No Gnat had more than one hit. SS Philip Evans was 1-for-3 with a strikeout and is up to .314/.415/.486 in his 11 games after the All-Star Break and .205/.274/.267 in 76 games."}
-{"text": "Fodor's may use your email address to send you relevant information on site updates, account changes, and offers. For more information about your privacy and protection, please review our full Privacy Policy.\n\nSan Diego Sights\n\nMarine Street Beach\n\nFodor's Review\n\nThis wide expanse of white sand is famous for bodysurfing due to its powerful shorebreak, but it also teems with sunbathers, swimmers, walkers, joggers, and folks just out for the incredible views. The sand is soft and fluffy and feels wonderful as it squishes through your toes. Swimmers need to beware; waves break in extremely shallow water and you need to watch out for riptides. There are no amenities at the beach, but picnic tables, showers, and toilets are available at the nearby cove. Amenities: lifeguards. Best for: solitude, swimming, walking."}
-{"text": "Helping Communities Through Education\n\nHope for Aisha: Taliban Victim Honored with Award and New Nose\n\nIn what has become one of the most recognizable photos of 2010, readers of Time magazine were placed face to face with violence against women in Afghanistan in the magazine\u2019s July issue. The photo of the brave girl who is only known by her first name, Aisha, exposed the unbearable conditions she had continued to lived under, when her face was mutilated last year. Aisha\u2019s story let Western audiences know that violence against women in Afghanistan is an issue of paramount importance, and one that cannot be hidden any longer. While the Taliban was technically dissolved in 2001, strongholds of Taliban resistance still exist and are in operation, as can be seen by the violent actions taken against Aisha and many other women like her.\n\nPhoto Source: BBC\n\nWhile Aisha\u2019s story was grim and heartbreaking, the tides turned this past week as she was honored with an award and the chance to have the constant reminders of her horror mended. Due to the widespread exposure and debate over her story, Aisha, highlighted in a previous post following the interview she gave for Time, was honored by the Grossman Burn Foundation with the Enduring Heart Award. She received the award from Maria Shriver in California where she also received a prosthetic nose and a chance to begin her life again without the daily reminder of her suffering. At 18 years old, she was being abused by her husband, a Taliban fighter and ran away. She was captured by her husband\u2019s family and had her nose and ears cut off and was severely beaten.\n\nAisha\u2019s new start is some of the most refreshing news out of Afghanistan this week after the death of Mohammad Omar, a governor in Kunduz province whose death marks Taliban violence in the normally more stable north of Afghanistan. At the same time, the fragile security situation cannot create an ultimatum between, as President Hamid Karzai speculated in the Time article, \u201c[\u2026] protecting the right of a girl to go to school or saving her life.\u201d I think we are all thankful that Aisha\u2019s horrifying past has a chance for a new beginning, but let\u2019s not forget that Aisha\u2019s situation was not unusual. The more girls that are educated and empowered, the less of a chance the Taliban stands. So let\u2019s stand together for Aisha and Afghan women whose stories we don\u2019t read in major publications, but who remind us of the work that remains unfinished."}
-{"text": "VeriFone, the large publicly held company that makes cash registers and other payment processing devices, has issued a scathing open letter about Square, the San Francisco start-up that has gotten a lot of press recently for offering a solution to small merchants using a mobile phone.\n\nIn the letter, VeriFone\u2019s CEO Doug Bergeron called it a \u201cwake-up call to consumers and the payments industry\u2026.Seems like a great idea, but there is a serious security flaw that Square has overlooked that places consumers in dire risk.\u201d\n\nTo help illustrate the vulnerability, VeriFone said it took an hour to write a test app that could steal financial and personal information right off a credit card\u2019s magnetic stripe using Square\u2019s card reader.\n\nSo, in the interim, the question is, is this a publicity stunt, or are there real threats with what Square is doing?\n\nVeriFone claims the issue is that Square\u2019s hardware is poorly constructed and lacks the ability to encrypt consumers\u2019 data. In essence, there\u2019s no way to verify that the Square dongle is connecting with the real Square application and not some knock-off. VeriFone wants Square to recall the dongles from the market.\n\nThe open letter can be found at www.sq-skim.com, where VeriFone has gone the extra mile to make the fake application available to anyone. It is also sending a copy of the app to Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and JP Morgan Chase (Square\u2019s credit card processor) to invite their comments.\n\nAllThingsD by Writer\n\nAllThingsD.com is a Web site devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media. But it is different from other sites in this space. It is a fusion of different media styles, different topics, different formats and different sources. Read more \u00bb"}
-{"text": "From Barely Surviving to\n\nConsciously Thriving\n\nDanielle Sax\n\nMy story\n\nMy name is Danielle Sax, physiotherapist, author, speaker and self-care coach. I mentor busy entrepreneurs and professionals who lead powerfully and care deeply, but who have given so much of themselves in their professional and personal life that they have sacrificed themselves and their well-being in the process. I help them to get their life back.\n\nAs a sensitive youngster and later as a devoted physiotherapist and mother, helping, saving and caring for others was always my first concern. Never did I realise that the underlying fear of not being good enough was a consistent alertness in everything I did and created a lifestyle of putting work and others first, sacrificing my well-being.\n\nHelping and pleasing others was my nature. In a nutshell, I had time for everyone except for myself. I never realised then that your most important relationship is your relationship with yourself, that YOU are your best investment. Until that moment of truth\u2026\n\nMy wake-up call.\n\nDuring a troublesome time, one day, my body said: \u201cNo more!\u201d and a stress-related illness attacked my immune system. My life came to a STOP. There was no energy left to do anything. I was confined to bed, not able to take care of myself anymore, let alone take care of others.\n\nWhen I reflected on what happened, I cried. If I had noticed and acted upon the signals that my body had given me, this illness could have been avoided. Doctors to specialists advised me to accept my condition and predicted I would never be able to work again.\n\nThere and then I took a conscious decision to go on a healing journey of \u201cConscious Self-Care\u201d which includes trusting the self-healing mechanism of my body. Determined to bounce back and learn from all the lessons, I used new and ancient techniques to heal mentally, physically and emotionally. I got back stronger than ever and today, I thrive out of passion, purpose and personal power!\n\nMy Mission\n\nIt is clear that everything in life happens for a reason, although we do not always understand that at the moment itself. I am grateful for my past experiences because they showed me my purpose in life. Since recovering from my debilitating illness, it is my mission to help people to help themselves in their struggle in this demanding society, to warn people about the danger of chronic stress and the importance of conscious self-care and self-love.\n\nIt is my passion to help deeply caring entrepreneurs and professionals raise their self-awareness and self-worth because it is our birth-right to thrive in every area of our life without sacrificing ourselves. I love my purpose, and I am unstoppable \u2026 to help as many people as I can in their journey, everywhere in the world.\n\nYou are worthy of your best life, you are (good) enough; that is a fact. You just need to invest in yourself and finally take responsibility for yourself and your life. I help you do that. Change starts with a choice.\n\nMy Coaching & Mentoring\n\nAs well as in my one-on-ones as in my mastery groups, I give my clients the necessary steps and tools they need to shift out of that vicious cycle of stress and struggle, exactly like I did and to thrive without sacrifice. I\u2019ve been in their shoes. I know their fears and frustrations and their lack of balance and fulfilment. They need someone that understands exactly what is going on.\n\nAt the same time, I ask them questions, which nobody else will ask them, to give them a mirror and awareness in their own being and doing so they can discover for themselves what needs to change.\n\nWhile we go through my 7-step process that has changed hundreds of people\u2019s lives, I keep them accountable for their thoughts, feelings and actions and I believe in their highest potential to be the best version of themselves.\n\nMy clients feel totally alive and worthy again while practising conscious self-care and this program will create the same results for you.\n\nYou have two options:\n\nEither, you do nothing which will require ZERO risks and ZERO faith. You will continue to experience the same results and pains with ZERO change.\n\nOr, you invest 30 minutes of your time and book a free session in my calendar. Let\u2019s discuss your situation and find out if I can help you to regain control of your life (or not)."}
-{"text": "Come & stay in Delightful Devon! Our home in the heart of the countryside has a delightful guest suite with a 6 foot, comfy bed & ensuite bathroom with walk in shower. You will sleep restfully, in utter quiet & awaken to an amazing morning chorus of birdsong ; we are surrounded by nature. Breakfast available with prior booking. 20 mins from the glorious cathedral city of Exeter & 30 mins from Taunton (by car). Enjoy country walks & our local traditional English pub for great, homecooked food.\n\nWe live in the Burn Valley, just outside the village of Butterleigh and 4 miles from Silverton. Country walks around here are delightful; although our house is on a lane, traffic is rare & nights are silent. Bickleigh is 2 miles away with Bickleigh Mill and the Fishermans Cot. The market town of Tiverton is 5 miles and the beautiful cathedral city of Exeter is 10.\n\nWe are just one mile from our excellent local pub, the Butterleigh Inn which is renowned for its delicious home cooked food and great atmosphere. A lovely 20 minute walk along delightful country lanes. Let me know if you'd like me to make a prior booking for you as they do get very busy. There is also Bickleigh; 2 miles away (a bracing walk over the hill!) with 2 pubs; The Trout & The Fisherman's Cot as well as Bickleigh Mill with a bistro style restaurant & a large 3 storey shopping Emporium. Great for Devon cream teas. The market town of Tiverton is 4 miles & the bustling university & cathedral city of Exeter is 10 miles. Exmoor is about half an hour's drive Dartmoor 40 minutes. The coasts (north & south) are both about 45 mins drive. There's so much to see and do in Devon that you will be spoilt for choice.\n\nGreat welcome and absolutely fabulous secluded location in a stunning property. Top quality facilities and furnishings and would definitely recommend for a R&R stay. Large comfortable bed in large room with fab ensuite. Loved it!\n\nAbsolutely great BnB. Very clean and comfortable room, lovely ensuite and perfect hosts. Located in a lovely quiet area but very quick into Exeter. This was my first air BnB and I will definitely do it again. Thank you\n\nPru2017-09-03T00:00:00Z\n\nEmma was very friendly and helpful. The bedroom and the ensuite bathroom was clean and calm and beautiful. She and her husband helps us to get a place in the pub of the next town which has really good meals and we get a good place for our car on their ground.\n\nAngelika und Peter2017-07-16T00:00:00Z\n\nEmma and Simon provide a very high standard of accommodation in a quiet peaceful country setting.Very nice helpful hosts and a thoroughly enjoyable stay is to be found here with complimentary breakfast.\n\nJulian2017-08-17T00:00:00Z\n\nWe had wonderful time staying at this family home with lovely views, quiet and relaxed ambience. Emma and her family were very welcoming, friendly and able to accommodate our needs. They allowed us to us the kitchen, fridge and there is a lot of outdoor space to use if the weather permitting. Their home is cosy and we cannot fault any aspect of our stay. We felt at home but to enjoy the location you need a car and it is important communicated your travel plans with Emma. She very helpful and always available to give directions if you are stuck. Highly rated clean, warm and comfortable bed. Recommended 100 percent.\n\nJustine2017-06-03T00:00:00Z\n\nLovely stay in Emma's beautiful home. The room was very clean and comfortable. We travelled with our energetic 15 month old and Emma made us feel very welcome. Thank you!\n\nHelen2017-08-06T00:00:00Z\n\nThank you Emma and Simon for a very comfortable stay and a relaxed hospitable welcome. It was perfect for our stay in rural Devon, located well for exploring and visiting places of interest as well as being very close to the city of Exeter and the university site.\n\nElizabeth2017-07-22T00:00:00Z\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nHabitaci\u00f3n privada\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCasa\n\nCapacidad\n\n2\n\nHabitaciones\n\nThis is our Dove grey bedroom on the 1st floor. The bed is a very comfortable Super king, consisting of 2 x 3 foot mattresses in a 6 foot wide frame. The duvet and pillows are feather. The room has a kettle and teas and coffee are supplied. The bathroom is adjacent with a bath as well as a separate shower. You have sole use of the bathroom.\nBreakfast is downstairs in the kitchen diner and is a self service affair with tea, coffee, bread, cereals and organic milk provided.\n\nFeel free to sit out in our cottage garden and enjoy the peace and quiet, if the sun is shining (as it often does here in Devon!).\n\nWe are just one mile from our excellent local pub, the Butterleigh Inn which is renowned for its delicious home cooked food and great atmosphere. A lovely 20 minute walk along delightful country lanes. Let me know if you'd like me to make a prior booking for you as they do get very busy. There is also Bickleigh; 2 miles away (a bracing walk over the hill!) with 2 pubs; The Trout & The Fisherman's Cot as well as Bickleigh Mill with a bistro style restaurant & a large 3 storey shopping Emporium. Great for Devon cream teas. The market town of Tiverton is 4 miles & the bustling university & cathedral city of Exeter is 10 miles. Exmoor is about half an hour's drive Dartmoor 40 minutes. The coasts (north & south) are both about 45 mins drive. There's so much to see and do in Devon that you will be spoilt for choice.\n\nA sea of tranquility. Be sure to stay here while on your travels. Beautiful and peaceful country house. Lovely hosts. Enjoy...\n\nMartin2017-08-12T00:00:00Z\n\nEmma was friendly and welcoming. House set in secluded woodland. Room very nice and comfortable. Would rcommend\n\nEve-Marie2017-08-13T00:00:00Z\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nHabitaci\u00f3n privada\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCasa\n\nCapacidad\n\n2\n\nHabitaciones\n\nBickleigh Castle is in the heart of Mid Devon set only eight miles from Exeter. Standing in over fifty acres of grounds with the River Exe running alongside. There are eighteen rooms available with one in the castle itself, the rest are in charming 17th and 18th century Cottages. Guests can enjoy a good breakfast use of a large cosy sitting room, tennis court and extensive gardens as well as a tour of the Norman castle and Saxon chapel.\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCapacidad\n\nHabitaciones\n\nA stunning 11th Century Castle for hire. Whatever the special occasion, why not take exclusive use of Bickleigh Castle and celebrate with friends and family? We cater especially for large groups of people, making the ideal location for an exclusive-use, party weekend.\nExclusively just for you and your guests, you will be treated to rooms and suites that combine elements of traditional character with contemporary mod cons sprinkled throughout.\n\nHire Bickleigh Castle and its Grounds for your special occasion or celebration!\nIf you are looking for a special venue for a house party or celebration with friends or family, Bickleigh Castle in Devon is the ideal venue.\nThe Castle offers a variety of different sized spaces within its walls to cater for functions for up to 120 seated. It also has different outside spaces available should you wish to hire a marquee for greater capacity. We offer total flexibility to enable you to tailor your event as you wish. We have a host of tried and tested suppliers, caterers, housekeepers and waiters to support you if you choose, or you are welcome to be totally self-catering & self-arranged and left to your own devices.\n\nBickleigh Castle is on the edge of the village of Bickleigh, some 4 miles south of Tiverton and 8 miles north of Exeter, on the Exe Valley Road (A396). The immediate proximity of the Castle is very quiet, on a lane suitable for walking, cycling or running. It is possible to fly-fish on the River Exe, which passes right through our grounds, for a special fee; also the river is suitable for kayaking. The area abounds with wildlife, including kingfishers and otters. There are five good local eating places, to suit all tastes.\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nDepartamento o casa entera\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCastillo\n\nCapacidad\n\n16\n\nHabitaciones\n\nSilver Cottage is an 18th Century thatched Devon cottage located in the pretty village of Silverton. It has a kitchen, 2 reception rooms (dining room, sitting room), 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. It is decorated in traditional style and is very warm and cosy.\n\nThis is a lovely example of a stone and cob cottage that is unique to Devon.\n\nSilverton is a delightful village set in the Beautiful Exe Valley. It has two pubs, an excellent village shop and butchery and a regular bus service to Exeter and Tiverton. We are not too far from the sea and are between Exmoor and Dartmoor national parks. We at also only 20 minutes drive from Exeter Airport.\n\nWhat an incredible place to stay! It's much bigger than it appeared in the photos, the beds were very comfortable and the kitchen was well stocked with any utensils etc we could've needed. The living room was large but had a lovely cosy feel to it and the shower was fantastic. We were only stopping by on a lands end to John o groats cycle ride but were reluctant to set off for our next day! The hosts David and Katherine were quick to respond and provided some lovely recommendations for dinner. Couldn't recommend them and Silver Cottage highly enough!\n\nLovely room. Excellent host. Great location. What more could you ask for?! Thanks Allison\n\nRuth2017-09-06T00:00:00Z\n\nThe host canceled this reservation 13 days before arrival. This is an automated posting.\n\nLeo2017-06-30T00:00:00Z\n\nAlli was a fab host! I stayed for 3 nights for work based in and around Exeter - the location is great if you drive as close to main roads. The room was lovely lots of homely touches which made my stay very enjoyable :) Alli was also really accommodating when I had some super early starts and late finishes. All round great airbnb host! :)\n\nChloe2017-08-18T00:00:00Z\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nHabitaci\u00f3n privada\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCasa\n\nCapacidad\n\n1\n\nHabitaciones\n\nCompletely newly refurbished three bedroomed classic historic cosy cottage listed just in time for Christmas 2016. Its in the heart of the Devon village of Silverton close to Exeter and very near to several National Trust Properties. 3 minutes walk away is a wonderful, food award village pub and there is a nearby village shop. Woodburner and central heating with parking off road for 3 cars. Large walled garden at rear with playhouse.There is a garden room leading onto sunny patio with barbeque\n\nWe have spent 2 years renovating this cottage for our eventual retirement. It has all the luxuries I have not got at my present house, central heating, a dishwasher, woodburner etc, brand new carpets etc. However we are not yet able to move so as I have so enjoyed my airbnb guests at Apple Tree Cottage we are listing this for airbnb in time for Christmas 2016. There are over a 1000 books, games and puzzles a 40 inch smart TV and I can provide a cot and high chair. There is also superfast wifi.\n\nSilverton is a classic Devon village, off the main road, where you still have horses passing down the street and can hear new lambs bleating and everybody says hello. It has 2 wonderful pubs, a shop and an old fashioned butcher and beautiful ancient village church if you wanted to catch Chrismas services.\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCapacidad\n\nHabitaciones\n\nA lovely spacious double bedroom with a separate private bathroom, that has a large shower and bath. Set in beautiful rural Mid Devon with the City of Exeter being only 20-25 minutes away. And the market town of Tiverton only 10 minutes.\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nHabitaci\u00f3n privada\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nAlojamiento con desayuno\n\nCapacidad\n\n2\n\nHabitaciones\n\nThis detached barn conversion, lies within the conservation area of the historic village of Silverton, 2 miles from the Killerton National Trust Estate. Exeter, 8 miles, is a fascinating city with a magnificent cathedral and a historic quayside.\n\nNewcourt Barn is a fully equipped holiday cottage, decorated and furnished to a high standard. The accommodation comprises of an open plan living area, with wood burning stove. there are two double bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room and a separate bathroom. The cottage has under floor gas central heating and has a fully equipped kitchen; television; DVD player; iPod doc and Wi-Fi broadband connection. A travel cot and high-chair are available for our smaller guests.\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nDepartamento o casa entera\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCasa\n\nCapacidad\n\n4\n\nHabitaciones\n\nOakwood Farm Cottage is set in classic Devon countryside with incredible views of unspoilt countryside. The property has its own lake stocked with carp and a summer house overlooking the lake with spectacular views in all directions.\nDuring the main holiday periods we only accept bookings for WHOLE weeks.\n\nOakwood Farm Cottage is semi detached and located on a quiet working farm set amongst 100 acres of farmland and woodland. Outside there is a large walled garden with a patio, table and chairs and one of the best views in Devon.\nThe accommodation is exceptionally spacious and arranged on two floors. Downstairs there is a large kitchen, diner and lounge with beautiful views across the valley. There is a three piece suite, TV, DVD player and a dining table and chairs. There is a wood burning stove and a supply of wood which is provided for free. A spiral staircase leads to a large bedroom with it's own ensuite shower room and toilet. There is a king size bed, chest of drawers and Wardrobe.\n\nThe cottage has exceptional views across a wide expanse of Devonshire countryside whilst also being in easy reach of both Exeter and Tiverton. It occupies a peaceful location with no audible traffic noise or visible light pollution. Visitors are welcome to explore and walk around the farm and it is possible to do a number of beautiful walks without needing a car. The farm has a large lake with decking and a summer house. The lake is stocked with mature Common and Mirror Carp and residents of the cottage have exclusive rights to fish the lake if they wish to.\n\nThe cottage surpassed my expectations and was absolutely perfect for a relaxing break. It is beautifully spacious and very well equipped. The views are stunning and it was a real treat to have breakfast looking out over the hills - either from outside when it was sunny, or from the big windows when the Great British weather decided to let us down! It was also lovely sitting down by the lake to relax. There are some lovely walks from the cottage and I really enjoyed spending the week in this little slice of paradise. The gorgeous, friendly dogs were also a highlight! One small piece of advice: be sparing with hot water as we ran out a few times - although that may have been a one off/something we were doing wrong... All in all, an amazing place to stay, excellent, thoughtful hosts and I would love to return - highly recommended.\n\nAnna2016-08-27T00:00:00Z\n\nWonderful cottage, wonderful location. The cottage is spacious, had everything we needed and was spotless. Chris and Liz gave us clear directions to get there before we went and were on hand if we needed anything (we didn't). Beautiful grounds and surrounding area with suggested walks. Would highly recommend - we went for a Christmas break and would definitely return to experience in the summer.\n\nAndrew2015-12-31T00:00:00Z\n\nWe had a wonderful time here! Very clean, quiet and relaxing. We would definitely like to come back some time. x\n\nVictoria2017-07-25T00:00:00Z\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nDepartamento o casa entera\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCasa\n\nCapacidad\n\n2\n\nHabitaciones\n\nA light and airy self contained bedroom and bathroom, with independent access, located in a modern ground floor extension to our 1870s cottage. We are two minutes from the centre of the pretty village of Thorverton, surrounded on all sides by fields and beautiful views.\n\nThe house and extension stand in a large garden which you are welcome to use, and you also have access to a small courtyard area just outside the bedroom, lovely for a sunny breakfast or mid morning coffee. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the bedroom, as is TV and WiFi. Towels and bed linen are included.\n\nThorverton is a pretty, unspoilt village in the rolling countryside of Mid Devon, with two pubs, a Post Office, small shop and two churches. From our house you have direct access to the Exe Valley Way and to several other footpaths and lane walks, including 'the top of the world' circuit.\nIt is about 15 minutes drive to the University city of Exeter, and to the market towns of Tiverton and Crediton. Exeter Airport is 30 minutes drive. The surfing beaches of North Devon and Cornwall are easily accessible for day trips and to the south, the Jurassic Coast and coastal towns such as Exmouth, Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton are within 30 - 45 minutes drive. Both Dartmoor and Exmoor are within easy reach as are various National Trust properties. There are a range of pubs serving a variety of food in neighbouring villages, all within 15 minutes drive.\n\nSally was the perfect host, providing detailed instructions of how to find their little gem of a bolthole.....had a welcome note on arrival (as they were out!)....very clean, such a comfy bed and all you could need in a room. Also had the best continental breakfast we have had, with fresh apple juice pressed from apples from their own orchard!!!! Just loved it and would love to come back again to explore the gorgeous Exe Valley some more!! Thanks for everything Sally x\n\nJennifer2017-09-03T00:00:00Z\n\nWow! What a treat to stay at friendly Sally and Mike's house! Past guest reviews were spot on with their raving comments, and we'll add our glowing sentiments about how beautiful the guest quarters are, how stunning the setting/walking path is, how amiable Sally and Mike are, and how nourishing the breakfast was. Thorverton is a town you will want to see. We went from their home to bike in Dartmoor via an exceptionally quaint route through quintessential English towns. My husband and I highly recommend staying at Sally's air bnb, and we hope to return one day for a longer visit in the area. Thank you, Sally and Mike.\n\nMaria2017-05-29T00:00:00Z\n\nSally was so welcoming and really understanding when we arrived late. The room is beautiful and has everything you need. The location was perfect for walking into the village. We would definitely stay there again!\n\nKatherine2016-09-05T00:00:00Z\n\nWe were in the area for only overnight, arriving only half an hour before we had to leave for a party, and then left the following morning after breakfast. That said, the stay could not have been more delightful: Sally was there to welcome us, and the suite was just as described: light and airy, very clean, with nice touches of fresh flowers, biscuits with the tea in our room. Sally was on hand the following morning, with breakfast all ready, and most adequate. We could find no fault and were thoroughly satisfied and made to feel most welcome.\n\nMark2016-07-17T00:00:00Z\n\nThank you Sally and Mike for a lovely stay. We were made to feel very much at home. The room was spacious, comfortable and clean with everything you would expect from a quality hotel. The village and surrounding countryside were delightful with a decent pub in the village serving good value food. Overall excellent value for money would definitely recommend you to anyone looking for a peaceful stay in a beautiful location.\n\nDon2016-05-31T00:00:00Z\n\nWe were so impressed by the lovely continental breakfast, which included local produce! The hosts were very welcoming and friendly, and the annexe itself was extremely well-kept. Thank you very much for a lovely stay Sally and Mike!\n\nAfzal2017-07-09T00:00:00Z\n\nFrom the moment we arrived Sally and Mike made us feel very welcome just the right amount of friendliness and privacy. The accommodation was spotless. This was our first experience of Airbnb and we were naturally rather apprehensive. Sally and Mike were wonderful hosts and very helpful with local knowledge etc An excellent experience.Thank you Sally.\n\nLynn2016-07-27T00:00:00Z\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nHabitaci\u00f3n privada\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nAlojamiento con desayuno\n\nCapacidad\n\n2\n\nHabitaciones\n\nLocated in the middle of the beautiful village of Thorverton, just 15 mins from Exeter, our eclectic home offers guest a comfortable base to explore the stunning Devon countryside. Thorverton has a regular bus, fabulous shop, post office and 2 vibrant pubs.\nUse of double bedroom and own private bathroom.\n\nA charming C15th-17th thatched cottage, The Old Post Office was once a working post office with the original features still visible today.\nThe newly refurbished double bedroom has original wooden floors with cosy sheep skins on both sides of the bed to keep toes warm in the colder months. There is a chest of drawers for guests to use and a selection of hangers. Fresh towels will be provided. In the room there will be a kettle with tea and coffee available for guests to use throughout their stay but fresh coffee will be provided if requested at breakfast. Breakfast will consist of:\nCereal,\nToast,\nFruit,\nYogurt,\nTea,\nCoffee,\nOrange Juice.\nPlease let us know in advance of any dietary requirements and we will do our best to accommodate you.\nGuests enjoy the use of a retro, pink, private bathroom with a powerful shower and large bathtub.\nThorverton is located only 15 mins from Exeter with a regular bus service available. There are many walks around the village with Killerton House only 10 mins drive away. We have plenty of maps of the surrounding area should you require them and would be happy to show you some of our favourites.\n\nThorverton is a beautiful, traditional and lively Devonshire village. We have a village shop, Post Office, doctor's surgery, Primary School, farm shop and 2 pubs. There are many pretty walks and villages close to our home with many places to eat which we would be happy to recommend.\nKillerton House is within 10 mins drive which is the prefect place to have a good walk and a cream tea.\nExeter is a 15 min drive and is filled with interesting things to do and see and many restaurants and bars to explore.\nTiverton is a wonderful market town only 20 min drive with a regular market every Tues, Fri and Sat.\n\nCatalina and Sholto were very friendly, patient and accepting and all round lovely people to have hosting you. The room had lots of space and we slept well at night, we had our own bathroom area too which was great. We had a key to come and go as we pleased and tea/coffee extras etc provided aswell. I would definitely recommend them to others. Communication was excellent and we couldn't of asked for more. Thank you for having us! Xxxx\n\nHannah2016-12-05T00:00:00Z\n\nFantastic b&b. Host were so very friendly and accommodating. We loved staying here. Place is better than the pictures and great value. Highly recommend\n\nAlaur2017-05-21T00:00:00Z\n\nCatalina's house is a beautiful thatched cottage in the middle of Thorverton. The room had plenty of space and the bathroom is right next door. Sholto and Catalina are a lovely hospitable couple who made us feel at home. Every morning there was a good breakfast selection laid out for us to serve ourselves. A quality and welcoming place to stay.\n\nSimon2017-06-16T00:00:00Z\n\nMany Thanks to a friendly and charming young couple in their lovely home! We only stayed the one night but would definitely return: village, room and breakfast were all special. This is what the best of airbnb offers: an individual experience in a great place, with little bonuses such as fresh flowers, tips on where to take the dog for a walk, which cider to drink in a peaceful location. We were tired from hours in the car and our stay was a real boost.\n\nJudith2017-04-23T00:00:00Z\n\nGorgeous place to stay!. Warm and cosy, delightful couple who are very welcoming.The Old Post office is very close to The Thorverton Arms for good food and a quiet drink.Very comfy bed in a wonderful room..All in all, a lovely place to stay in a delightful house in an equally delightful village !\n\nGlenys2017-02-19T00:00:00Z\n\nFantastic hosts, friendly hosts, lovely house with loads of character in very pretty village. Would highly recommend.\n\nWendy2017-09-03T00:00:00Z\n\nWe HIGHLY recommend this Airbnb!!! From the off, Catalina's response and communication was clear, super fast, friendly and efficient. The house is a stunning, thatched cottage in the centre of the pretty and idyllic village of Thorverton. Catalina and Sholto have cleverly and lovingly retained and restored many of the house's original features creating a warm, welcoming and exceptionally comfortable home for any lucky visitor to experience. Our room was simply gorgeous. We slept like logs in the comfortable bed with its deep mattress and top quality linen. Catalina's attention to detail was second to none. There was a tray with all we needed for a delicious cuppa and the best quality teas and coffees (eg Clipper organics) and the nicest china mugs (eg Emma Bridgewater) etc as well as some delicious sweet treats! There were fresh flowers on the chest of drawers and just what we needed in the way of drawer space, hanging provision and mirrors. Our PRIVATE bathroom was adorable and a work of genius with its quirky decor. The shower was excellent, the pressure strong and the water good and hot at all times. There were top quality soap, toiletries and towels in abundance and everything was immaculately clean. Breakfast was laid in the lovely dining room which we could help ourselves to when it suited us and again every detail had been thought of. The offering was superb. As well as a great selection of cereal there was local honey, good quality marmalade and delicious bread to follow with a toaster and kettle available for our own use. There was a wonderful selection of teas, coffee (including filter) and fruit juice as well as a large bowl of fresh fruit (organic) and yogurt to help ourselves to. My dairy intolerance was no problem to Catalina - she made sure there was plenty of alternative choice for me. We took our dog and he had the most wonderful time playing with Catalina and Sholto's dog. Our dog was made as welcome as we were with dog treats and poo bags provided as well as a super thick dog bed! One of the things we really appreciated was the peace and tranquility. Although there was a little village shop opposite, a bus stop outside and a couple of pubs within a stones throw, the village was so wonderfully peaceful. We could really relax. We enjoyed walking from the house and we went for several miles with our dog into the breathtakingly beautiful countryside. Everyone we met was so friendly! For us, this was the perfect Airbnb and we have come home feeling relaxed, refreshed and immensely happy. Thank you so much Catalina, Sholto and Alfie (Alfred!) - you are wonderful hosts and we very much hope to see you again!\n\nTania2017-01-15T00:00:00Z\n\nCharming room, home, village and host. Would definitely recommend and would love to stay again. Catalina was very welcoming. The local pub was conveniently opposite - we had a nice chilli nachos there (although if you are vegetarian there is no vegetarian option but it did say new menu coming soon so hopefully vegetarians will be catered for) This was our first airbnb experience and it ticked all the boxes. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend.\n\nTipo de habitaci\u00f3n\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCapacidad\n\nHabitaciones\n\nBright and spacious studio/barn conversion offering open plan living with a separate cottage style kitchen and dining area.\nThe large first-floor open plan bedroom comprises king-size bed and living area with TV and sofa, and leads onto an ensuite bathroom with toilet, basin and bath with built in shower. Downstairs a separate kitchen/dining area is fully equipped with oven, microwave and fridge-freezer and looks out onto a small patio area.\nOn-drive parking and storage for bikes are available.\nThe Stable is located on the edge of Thorverton - a thriving and traditional rural village in the heart of Devon's picturesque countryside. Complete with 2 churches, 2 pubs, Post Office, mobile village shop, and numerous public footpaths, Thorverton is a great base from which to explore the Exe Valley and historic Exeter.\nEasily accessible for:\nExeter, University of Exeter (15 mins)\nTiverton, Crediton (15 mins)\nExeter Airport (20 mins)\nM5 - J27 & J28 (20 mins)\nRegular bus services run from Thorverton and the A396 to Exeter and Tiverton.\nBoth Exmoor and Dartmoor are within easy reach\nThe Stable is available from \u00a370/night.\nThe sofa bed can accommodate one extra guest at \u00a320/night.\nContinental breakfast, teas, coffee, hot chocolate, milk, sugar and biscuits are provided.\nTowels and bed linen are included.\nIdeally located in the Exe Valley, midway between Exeter, Tiverton, and Crediton, The Stable is a perfect weekend getaway for couples(URL HIDDEN)an excellent base during the week for someone working in Exete(URL HIDDEN)or simply a relaxing way to spend a few days surrounded by Devon countryside.\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCapacidad\n\nHabitaciones\n\nWelcome to our 'Batch' a bright one-bedroomed studio set within an orchard on the edge of the attractive village of Thorverton, just a 15 minute drive from Exeter.\n\nOur 'Batch', so called because my sister-in-law, over from New Zealand named it such, is a bright and airy one-bedroomed studio with double bed, ensuite shower room and kitchen. It overlooks our orchard and has a private patio which is a real sun trap in the evening (perfect for an early evening drink).\nWe make all our guests welcome and provide tea, coffee and biscuits. A continental breakfast can be provided at an extra cost of \u00a38 per person. Although we live close by, the Batch is totally private with its own parking.\nThorverton is an attractive village in the Exe Valley within easy reach of the coast, Dartmoor and Exmoor. The city of Exeter is an easy 15 minute drive away. Thorverton has two pubs, one which serves food and there are several pubs and restaurants in the area that we can recommend.\nThere are 2 National Trust properties close by and plenty of walking and quiet lanes for cycling.\nThe nearest main line train station is at Exeter and there is a bus which runs to and from the village several times a day. There is also a more local rail service which goes to Barnstaple. Thorverton makes an ideal base for cyclists and walkers and although it is not totally flat around here there are routes to suit everyone.\nWe only accept a minimum of a 2 night stay.\nWe make all our guests welcome and provide tea, coffee and biscuits. A continental breakfast can be provided at an extra cost of \u00a38 per person. Although we live close by, the Batch is totally private with its own parking.\nThorverton is an attractive village in the Exe Valley within easy reach of the coast, Dartmoor and Exmoor. The city of Exeter is an easy 15 minute drive away. Thorverton has two pubs, one which serves food and there are several pubs and restaurants in the area that we can recommend.\nThere are 2 National Trust properties close by and plenty of walking and quiet lanes for cycling.\nThe nearest main line train station is at Exeter and there is a bus which runs to and from the village several times a day. There is also a more local rail service which goes to Barnstaple. Thorverton makes an ideal base for cyclists and walkers and although it is not totally flat around here there are routes to suit everyone.\nWe only accept a minimum of a 2 night stay.\nWe make all our guests welcome and provide tea, coffee and biscuits. A continental breakfast can be provided at an extra cost of \u00a38 per person. Although we live close by, the Batch is totally private with its own parking.\nThorverton is an attractive village in the Exe Valley within easy reach of the coast, Dartmoor and Exmoor. The city of Exeter is an easy 15 minute drive away. Thorverton has two pubs, one which serves food and there are several pubs and restaurants in the area that we can recommend.\nThere are 2 National Trust properties close by and plenty of walking and quiet lanes for cycling.\nThe nearest main line train station is at Exeter and there is a bus which runs to and from the village several times a day. There is also a more local rail service which goes to Barnstaple. Thorverton makes an ideal base for cyclists and walkers and although it is not totally flat around here there are routes to suit everyone.\nWe only accept a minimum of a 2 night stay.\n\nThorverton is an attractive village in the Exe Valley within easy reach of the coast, Dartmoor and Exmoor. The city of Exeter is an easy 15 minute drive away. Thorverton has two pubs, one which serves food and there are several pubs and restaurants in the area that we can recommend.\nThere are 2 National Trust properties close by and plenty of walking and quiet lanes for cycling.\n\nWe loved our stay in The Batch and were sad to leave. We stayed for five nights in early September 2014 and were made to feel really welcome by Niki with a delicious chocolate cake waiting in the kitchen for us on arrival. The batch is self contained with its own parking and was pristine inside with a lovely outdoor seating/patio area. Towels and bedding were all provided for us along with lovely white company toiletries. Really comfy bed, well eqipped kitchen and a nice modern shower room. A fabulous base for exploring Devon, less than 20 mins drive from Exeter, we drove over Dartmoor and Exmoor, went to Dawlish, Torquay, Lynmouth and more. We hope to visit again as soon as we can.\n\ndebra2014-09-09T00:00:00Z\n\nHad a lovely few nights staying here. Very relaxing and quiet whilst in easy distance of Exeter and various other attractions. A big plus was the excellent wifi available in the property which made planning which attractions to visit next very easy. All in all we throughly enjoyed our stay and definitely recommend it to anyone looking to visit Devon :)\n\nRachael2016-08-03T00:00:00Z\n\nThe batch was lovely, clean, airy and a good size. It had everything we needed and was a perfect get away for the weekend\n\nSimone2015-03-01T00:00:00Z\n\nBeautifully clean studio room, with friendly hosts (and pets)! Light and airy accommodation, with a fully equipped kitchen, super comfy bed, and a modern bathroom. Niki and Peter made us feel very welcome, with fresh flowers and delicious home made biscuits upon arrival. We were left to our own devices and that suited me and my boyfriend down to the ground. Lovely village pubs only 10 minutes away and barely a 15 minute drive to Exeter. Fantastic first airbnb experience, would definitely recommend! Thank you :)\n\nLara2015-02-01T00:00:00Z\n\nNicola met us as we arrived, the outside light was on and we were made to feel very welcome it was already dark and we were later than expected. We had two blissfully quiet nights at the Batch. No lights or noise surrounded by Devonshire countryside.Apple trees and blackberries meant we had delicious seasonal puddings. The accommodation was as described, clean fresh with home made biscuits and flowers it was just great! Thank you.\n\nLucy2015-09-13T00:00:00Z\n\nThe place was really lovely, very clean and nice and quiet. perfect for a couple of days stay. Nicola was really nice and came and introduced herself after we had settled in and was very helpful and friendly. Also the cookies left for us was a really lovely touch.\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCapacidad\n\nHabitaciones\n\nLittle Silver Barn is situated on the edge of the pretty village of Thorverton in Mid Devon, surrounded by beautiful countryside, just 15 minutes from Exeter.\nA private, light and spacious two storey barn conversion - perfect for a relaxing break and ideally located for exploring the lovely county of Devon.\n\nLittle Silver Barn is a spacious self-contained barn conversion; perfect for a relaxing break and a great base from which to explore this lovely part of the world, with the cathedral city of Exeter and its university just 15 minutes away.\nThe beautiful North and South Devon coastlines are easily accessible for day trips, as are Dartmoor and Exmoor.\nOur local market towns of Tiverton and Crediton are a 15 minute drive from Thorverton.\nEasy access for the M5 - J27 & J28 are 20 minutes away.\nThe property has a well equipped ground floor open plan kitchen/dining area with microwave, toaster, kettle, fridge with ice box, single induction hob, kitchenware, iron and ironing board.\nComfortable lounge area with sofa and armchair, freeview television, DVD player, magazines and games.\nUpstairs there is a large bedroom with standard 4'6\" double bed and wardrobe, and en suite shower room with basin, toilet and heated towel rail. Bed linen, towels and hairdryer are provided.\nFree wifi and central heating throughout.\nBreakfast: There is always a good selection of cereals, muesli and granola as well as fresh bread, butter, orange juice, jams and marmalade for guests to help themselves to. Tea, coffee, milk and sugar are also provided.\n\nThorverton is a friendly, peaceful Devon village in the Exe Valley with thatched cottages and cobbled pavements- the village centre is just a three minute walk away. The village has two pubs - The Thorverton Arms (serves food) and the Exeter Inn. There is an excellent small village shop, a Post Office and two churches. We also have a farm shop about a mile away. There are lovely walks and cycle paths to enjoy in the surrounding countryside. The Exe Valley Way is popular with walkers; a river valley walk between source and sea along the beautiful River Exe.\nThere is so much to see and do in the area...sightseeing and shopping in historic Exeter, days at the beach, visiting historic houses and gardens or museums, art galleries and farmers markets, exploring the moors and the local market towns and enjoying a good meal and a drink at a nearby restaurant or pub - Devon has something for everyone!\n\nTipo de propiedad\n\nCapacidad\n\nHabitaciones\n\nThe Garden Room is a single ensuite bedroom on the ground floor, with views over the Exe Valley. The house is set is over an acre of garden and woodland on the edge of Tiverton. Tea/coffee making facilities.\n2 twin rooms also available.\n\nThis is a perfect space for one person. Called the Garden Room as you almost feel you're in the garden. Cosy and comfortable.\n\nTiverton is a small market town in wonderful, green Devon. We love the rolling hills and marvellous walks. Tiverton has the Grand Western Canal with its horse drawn barge, it has Knightshayes, the National Trust house and gardens, it has privately owned Tiverton Castle and beautiful St Peter's Church. It's close to Exmoor, Dartmoor and Exeter. Also the beaches of the North and South Devon coasts.\n\nLouise was very welcoming, friendly and helpful. The house is in a beautiful location, and the room is very comfortable, clean and well furnished. This is a perfect b&b.\n\nMichael2015-08-01T00:00:00Z\n\nThank you very much Louise and Martin for the fantastic stay. The room was clean, comfortable and had all that one needs. Louise and Martin were very helpful and kind. Thumbs up from me.\n\nBlaine2016-09-20T00:00:00Z\n\nA perfect place to stay on my way north during Lands End to John O groats cycle. I was made to feel so welcome, and was well looked after. The house is beautiful and the breakfast amazing!!\n\nNicola2015-06-03T00:00:00Z\n\nLouise and Martin were exceedingly welcoming. The house was very homely and the space given for the bedroom and ensuite was exceptionally clean and beautifully furnished. Any picture of the view could not do it justice, either! I highly recommend people wishing to stay in the area for either a short break or for work to choose here.\n\nBen2016-12-23T00:00:00Z\n\nLouise and Martin made me feel most welcome. My single room was comfortable with a lovely view of the garden. Excellent breakfast in the company of other guests. Highly recommended.\n\nAnn2015-06-08T00:00:00Z\n\nI was met with a very warm welcome at Louise and Martin's wonderful B&B. I was made to feel very much at home and welcome to hang out and chat over tea and homemade biscuits! The room was very comfortable with a lovely view. The location is very peaceful and I would stay there again.\n\nMark2015-03-08T00:00:00Z\n\nLouise and Martin couldn't have been any more pleasant and helpful. Room was perfect. Clean, warm, free wifi and breakfast was lovely every morning. Beautiful home and location and would thoroughly recommend it.\n\nKirsty2017-03-02T00:00:00Z\n\nLouise was very welcoming and helpful. It's a lovely setting in a great part of the country and I'd definitely return."}
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-{"text": "Acne. It\u2019s a ruiner; a ruiner of first dates and a ruiner of photo opps. When a pimple rears its ugly head our mood, and sometimes even our plans, change drastically. Instead of joyfully planning our cat eye meets bold lip combo, we\u2019re fretting over whether to let our pimple breathe, enlist every concealing product we have to mask its appearance, or ditch our plans and crawl into bed with a tub of ice cream (no, a green drink, that will do the trick). The final decision on how to cope with acne really comes down to one thing\u2013what is your acne telling you? Once you know what is causing your face's foes, only then can you fight back with a few ninja swipes of product or a healthy life change.\n\nSo banish your beloved magnifying mirror for the next few minutes and continue reading to find out what your acne means and how to deal. With a little help from Mona Gohara, Associate Clinical Professor at Yale\u2019s Department of Dermatology, we'll be well on our way to clear skin.\n\nForehead Acne\n\nMany things can cause the dreaded acne above your brow. On the most basic level, Gohara explains it may be a result of your styling products or oil build up from bangs. On a deeper level, blackheads and whiteheads across your forehead can occur from lack of beauty rest and poor digestion. Fight back against this type of acne by drinking lots of water to release toxins and try a mild face wash like L\u2019Or\u00e9al Go 360\u00b0 Clean Anti-Breakout Facial Cleanser. Oil free and with a small amount of salicylic acid, you\u2019ll be able to wash product-induced acne away without over-drying.\n\nCheeks/Around Eye Acne\n\nAcne across your cheeks and around the eyes can be triggered by spicy foods, red wine or changes in emotion and temperature, suggests Gohara. She warns that acne appearing over already rosy cheeks (not caused by proper blush color application, of course) may be an overlap with rosacea. It\u2019s best to see a dermatologist if issues persists, but if you only notice breakouts when ordering from your favorite Thai restaurant, then check your diet\u2013as sad as it may be, saying goodbye to coconut curry could clear your blemishes.\n\nChin Acne\n\nAnd then there is chin acne. \u201cThink about a potential hormonal imbalance, especially if you\u2019re experiencing irregular periods or facial hair,\u201d says Gohara. Hormones aren\u2019t the only cause though. If you hold your head up during way too many boring conference calls, stop now. No matter how you break out or what skin issues you\u2019re suffering through, avoid touching your face for less bacterial transfer and clearer skin. For additional blemish-be-gone remedies, Gohara suggests introducing a topical lotion with retinols as an active ingredient or glycolic acid. Our favorites are Murad Skin Perfecting Lotion and Kiehl\u2019s Blue Herbal Spot Treatment.\nDo you have a magic remedy for unexpected acne? Share your tips and tricks in the comments below."}
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-{"text": "I was seven years old when the war started. First you start seeing that there's no food, then grenades come down, the whole city is shaking, and you hear people screaming. Every day, your parents come in and say 'our neighbor died, our cousin died'. Always somebody dying. One day, I asked my mother, 'Is anybody alive?' It was very, very rough for us. It left, I will say, a memory\". Teletovi\u0107 added, \"All my friends and me are playing [basketball] and then you hear the sirens like the grenades start falling down and just run to your house and hide. If I have to die, I die. For basketball, I will do anything\n\nI live in a small town in Florida. There's a good bit of the time where I'm in the part of the city with shitty roads and a lot of turns. But when I'm not, 95% of my day I'm able to smash the gas and have a lot of fun. Personally, I think it would be more focused on the small city aspect. The SS will perform great out here. Just scared I'm gonna scratch or dent it.\n\nOh man I'm jealous. I have a few roads out here where I can really gun it and feel some power. It's amazing.\n\nBut one thing you really want to look out for are road conditions. I live in the Atlanta area and there are potholes and road issues everywhere. It's really easy to puncture a tire and apparently the Camaro comes with these racing never flat tires that can't be patched up (at least not by the dealership) so you have to buy new tires every time it gets damaged ($400 per tire.) If you go to Discount Tire, they have an insurance program where you pay about $40 per tire and they replace it if it can't be repaired. I've already had to use this benefit twice in the year I've had my car.\n\nThe only issue I ran into was getting the cut of meat. My butcher didn\u2019t know what a skirt steak was, so they gave me flank steak. It cooked similarly, so I\u2019m not sure there is a difference. If anyone knows, I\u2019d appreciate some feedback. Hope you al have a good rest of 2017 and I can\u2019t wait to see what Babish cooks up in 2018!"}
-{"text": "A display of \"Threads of Heaven\" at the Denver Art Museum (credit: CBS)\n\nDENVER (CBS4) \u2013 The start of Denver Arts Week is just a few days away. It\u2019s a chance for you and your family to explore all the arts Denver has to offer while saving money.\n\nCBS4 Critic at Large Greg Moody previewed of one of his favorite events.\n\n\u201cI love Denver Arts Week for a lot of reasons, but one of my favorites is this \u2014 \u2018Saturday Night at the Museums,\u2019 where you can discover and explore the great museums of Denver for free. Even the Denver Art Museum and their exhibit on Chinese silk,\u201d Moody said.\n\nAlong with the new Xu Beihong exhibit is \u201cThreads of Heaven,\u201d a silken legacy of China\u2019s last dynasty.\n\nAll day Saturday the Denver Art Museum is free, but \u201cThreads of Heaven\u201d is a ticketed event. Then Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. \u201cThreads of Heaven\u201d and the Xu Beihong are both free \u2014 as are museums all over town, including the Forney Museum of Transportation, the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, Museo de las Americas and 15 more.\n\nOne Comment\n\nSearch Engine Optimization\nAt Big Promoter. com we believe in maintaining the latest techniques in Search engine optimization so that our clients can reap the main benefit of our expertise. We have introduced Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) based services that\u2019s the latest addition to help Google\u00e2??s requirements in obtaining a high rank. Google adjudges your website flavor of site for ranking that\u2019s the composite theme in the page.\n\nOur Press release Services help keep the client\u00e2??s website in high visibility in the campaign. These are also optimized and appearance high on search engine rankings. We submit Articles and Press announcements manually to get optimum SEO benefit.\n\nWe ensure that the website is search engine and user friendly in terms of internal navigation\u00e2??s and make use of relevant keyword in anchor texts and help it become LSI ready.\nOur Link building services obtain high quality links manually, in anchor text to boost your rank Write to us for a free quote and we\u2019ll fulfill your dreams associated with increased traffic.\nAdwords Strategy.\n\nOur Pay-per-click (PPC) campaign is a continuous, dynamic process and we monitor the progress in the campaign closely. We follow the statistics skin color carefully selected keywords, like their Click Through Percentage (CTR), amount of hits etc. This helps us to make any modifications that may be necessary to increase that flow and generate traffic to you.\n\nWe can set up the PPC campaign on any google search of your choice, including Google or Yahoo! and both. Contact us today for additional information and to set your pay per click campaign rolling!"}
-{"text": "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post6808302827013927403..comments2015-07-25T16:54:15.182-05:00Comments on Adventures in Urban Homesteading: Happy Birthday to me!Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-68280890272447260872009-12-11T07:36:33.134-06:002009-12-11T07:36:33.134-06:00Wow. Skinky.Wow. Skinky.@bdul muHibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-67387757156899924722009-12-04T21:48:39.699-06:002009-12-04T21:48:39.699-06:00Happy Birthday to another December girl. It sounds...Happy Birthday to another December girl. It sounds like it was a good one. That hot chocolate made me wish it was my birthday. :)Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111603742877378974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-18904208748749702792009-12-04T12:29:54.910-06:002009-12-04T12:29:54.910-06:00Happy Birthday Aimee! I&#39;m so delighted to hear...Happy Birthday Aimee! I&#39;m so delighted to hear you still love blogging, because your blog is always my favorite read in the feed.<br /><br />We&#39;re thinking about you and Jeremy this holiday season. Warmest wishes, Ashley.Ashley Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14378368311566241586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-74338667320725524382009-12-03T23:32:40.286-06:002009-12-03T23:32:40.286-06:00It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! I wi...It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! I wish I had some of your hot chocolate right now...Adriannoreply@blogger.com"}
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-{"text": "The Tampa Bay Rays finished 2012 with a 90-72 record and 3 games shy of a wildcard berth. It was a season in which their star player, Evan Longoria missed 88 games due to injury. The Rays led the majors with a 3.19 team ERA and their staff was anchored by the AL Cy Young Award winner, David Price.\nTampa Bay also had a historic season from their closer, Fernando Rodney, who set a major league record for a reliever (minimum of 50 innings) with a 0.60 ERA, breaking Dennis Eckersley\u2019s record of 0.61 (1990). Rodney also notched a club record 48 saves.\nDespite the loss of workhorse pitcher James Shields, the Rays still boast what is arguably the top starting 5 in all of baseball. Joe Maddon will be looking for his three young guns, Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Moore, and Alex Cobb to push their innings pitched up near the 200 mark this season.\nHeading into 2013 there are a lot of new faces on the team, but if anybody can mesh them together it\u2019s Maddon, who knows the sledding will be tough in the AL East. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very tight,\u201d Maddon said. \u201cRespectfully, I think every team in our division is going to have an opportunity to get to the playoffs next year \u2014 more so than any time in the recent past.\u201d\nIn return for Shields, the Rays picked up two more outstanding prospects to add to their already rich crop of minor league talent. OF Wil Myers and RHP Jake Odorizzi could both start the year in the moors, but look for both of them to get called up at some point this season.\nAs always, the ringleader of this team is perennial MVP candidate Evan Longoria who is healthy this spring.\n3 Up\nEvan Longoria\nBest case scenario\nIn an ideal world the Rays won\u2019t miss the departed players, particularly James Shields and BJ Upton, and they will be able to seamlessly integrate all of the new faces into their system. This will be a key factor if the Rays want to survive in the AL East. Of course the #1 ingredient required for a best case scenario is a full season from superstar third baseman Evan Longoria. Other things that can make this a memorable season for the Rays are production from Will Myers, another stellar campaign from David Price and another lockdown season from closer Fernando Rodney. The Rays are a World Series caliber team.\nMost important Rays\nEvan Longoria is the heart and soul of the Rays franchise. \u201dHis name being in the lineup,\u201d David Price explained. \u201cThe pitcher knows when he\u2019s on deck, when he\u2019s in the hole, when he\u2019s due up fifth in that inning. They know where Longo is at all times. They probably know where he\u2019s sitting in the dugout.\u201d If Longoria can stay healthy he will be a candidate to pry the AL MVP Award out of Detroit.\nLast season David Price made his third consecutive All-Star appearance and for the third straight season logged over 200 innings pitched. He finished the season with a sparkling 20-5 record, an AL best 2.56 ERA, a razor thin 1.10 WHIP and 205 strikeouts. The scary part is that the 27 year old lefty is just entering his prime. \u201dHe\u2019s just really become such a polished pitcher that every time he does go out there, you feel like he could throw a no-hitter,\u201d Evan Longoria said. \u201cHe has that kind of stuff, and he\u2019s that electric and that special.\u201d\nPotential break out players\n\u201cI didn\u2019t get to see him [hit]; I was over there on the other field, but when he hit the ball, I thought it was thunder,\u201d Joe Maddon said when asked about Wil Myers\u2019 first batting practice session this spring. Myers is generally considered one of the top 5 prospects in all of baseball and isn\u2019t it just like the Rays to pry him away from another team? Playing AA and AAA last year, Myers combined numbers were a .314 batting average with 37 home runs and 109 RBI. He might start the season in AAA, but it won\u2019t be long before he gets called up.\nCould this be a break out season for 23 year old pitcher Matt Moore? He was solid last year going 11-11 with a 3.81 ERA and 175 strikeouts in 177.1 innings. Moore has a filthy arsenal and a very high ceiling. An 18 win, 200 strikeout season is certainly within reach for the promising lefty.\n3 Down\nWorst case scenario\nAny worse case scenario for the Rays involves an injury to Longoria. If he misses extended time like he did in each of the past two seasons, it makes it that much harder for Tampa Bay to keep pace in the division.\nJeremy Hellickson\nAreas of concern\nJames Shields truly was a workhorse for the Rays. Last season he led the club with 227.2 innings and 33 starts. He racked up 15 wins and 223 strikeouts as well. It\u2019s not that one guy is going to fill his shoes. The Rays will be looking for increased production from Matt Moore, Jeremy Hellickson and Alex Cobb.\nThere was a lot of turnover on the roster and on most teams that would be cause for concern. On the Rays it\u2019s not as worrisome, but still worth keeping an eye on. One of the new faces is Yunel Escobar who hasn\u2019t always endeared himself to management at his other stops, but Joe Maddon is excited to work with the shortstop. \u201cI think he\u2019s capable of being the AL All-Star shortstop and Gold Glove winner,\u201d Maddon said. \u201cFrom day one, I want him thinking in that direction.\u201d\nWho needs to bounce back from a down 2012\nDesmond Jennings oozes potential and much was expected of him last year. He didn\u2019t quite live up to the hype with a .246 batting average, 13 homers and 120 strikeouts. The Rays would like him to be a little more patient at the plate this year.\n\nThis article first appeared on isportsweb.com and was syndicated with permission.\n\nYou'll\nalso\nreceive Yardbarker's daily Top 10, featuring the best sports stories from around the web.\nCustomize your newsletter to get articles on your favorite sports and teams. And the best part? It's free!"}
-{"text": "Herschel views deep-space pearls on a cosmic string\n\nHerschel has delivered spectacular vistas of cold gas clouds lying near the plane of the Milky Way, revealing intense, unexpected activity. The dark, cool region is dotted with stellar factories, like pearls on a cosmic string.\n\nOn 3 September, Herschel aimed its telescope at a reservoir of cold gas in the constellation of the Southern Cross near the Galactic Plane. As the telescope scanned the sky, the spacecraft\u2019s Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver, SPIRE, and Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer, PACS instruments snapped the pictures. The region is located about 60\u00b0 from the Galactic Centre, thousands of light-years from Earth.\n\nReservoir of cold gas in the constellation of the Southern Cross. Credit: ESA\n\nThe five original infrared wavelengths have been colour-coded to allow scientists to differentiate extremely cold material (red) from the surrounding, slightly warmer stuff (blue).\n\nThe images reveal structure in cold material in our Galaxy, as we have never seen it before, and even before a detailed analysis, scientists have gleaned information on the quantity of the material, its mass, temperature, composition and whether it is collapsing to form new stars.\n\nThat a dark, cool area such as this would be bustling with activity, was unexpected. But the images reveal a surprising amount of turmoil: the interstellar material is condensing into continuous and interconnected filaments glowing from the light emitted by new-born stars at various stages of development. Ours is a tireless Galaxy constantly forging new generations of stars.\n\nHerschel PACS image. Credit: ESA\n\nStars form in cold, dense environments, and in these images it is easy to locate the star-forming filaments that would be very difficult to isolate in a single-wavelength image.\n\nTraditionally, in a crowded region like this, situated in the plane of our Galaxy and containing many molecular clouds along the line of sight, astronomers have had a difficult time resolving details. But Herschel\u2019s sophisticated infrared instruments made short work of the task, seeing through the dust that is opaque to visible light, and seeing the glow from the dust itself. These observations are not possible from ground.\n\nThe result is a view of an incredible network of filamentary structures, and features indicating a chain of near-simultaneous star-formation events, glittering like strings of pearls deep in our Galaxy."}
-{"text": "Red Faction: Origins cast detailed\n\nSyFy has revealed the cast for its upcoming telemovie adaptation of THQ\u2019s Red Faction franchise, and it\u2019s all cult favourite, all the time. Get set for familiar faces from Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Stargate Universe; Torchwood; Battlestar Galactica; and even The Tudors.\n\nGamefront reports that protagonist Alex Mason will be played by Robert Patrick, best known for inspiring phobias in an entire generation of young movie fans as Terminator 2\u2019s shape-shifting T-1000."}
-{"text": "Newcastle United will refocus their search for new strikers on Aston Villa\u2019s\nDarren Bent and Queens Park Rangers\u2019 Loic Remy following Lyon\u2019s rejection of\na \u00a37 million bid for Bafetimbi Gomis.\n\nNewcastle chose to end negotiations with Lyon rather than raise their offer for Gomis, although they will revive their interest if the French club decide they are willing to let a player with one year left on his contract leave for a realistic price.\n\nThe lack of progress in the transfer market this summer has been frustrating for manager Alan Pardew and has done little to convince supporters the club\u2019s new director of football, Joe Kinnear, will be a success.\n\nNewcastle are the only Premier League club not to sign a first-team player this summer and have made the mistake of failing to strengthen their squad in the past, a failing that was fully exposed by their involvement in the Europa League last season.\n\nThe lack of progress made on the Bent deal is also concerning given he was identified as a target months ago, although Newcastle have always maintained they would not match Villa\u2019s \u00a38-million asking price, preferring to wait for it to drop closer to their \u00a35 million valuation.\n\nKinnear, though, is due to meet Bent\u2019s agent this week, with Newcastle keen to learn what sort of wage cut he is willing to take. Bent earns around \u00a380,000-a-week at Villa, at least \u00a320,000 more than Newcastle are willing to pay.\n\nThe same issue has also arisen in Newcastle\u2019s discussions with QPR over a loan move for Remy. The France international was due to sign for Pardew\u2019s side in January, but joined QPR instead.\n\nA fee was agreed with Marseille and personal terms were also settled when QPR hijacked the deal, luring him to Loftus Road by offering to pay him almost double what Newcastle had agreed.\n\nAs a result, Newcastle are naturally reluctant to cover the full cost of his wages if he does move on loan and want QPR to continue to pay as much as 50 per cent of his contract. QPR would like to remove the France international from their wage bill as they adjust to life back in the Championship and further talks will take place this week.\n\nNewcastle have offered a fee to take Remy on loan for a season as long as they have the right to turn it into a permanent move next summer.\n\nRemy was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this year and Newcastle are wary of the potential ramifications if police decide to charge him with an offence."}
-{"text": "Novelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., gestures as he speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., gestures as he speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., pauses during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., pauses during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., stands for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., stands for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., stands for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., stands for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., reacts during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., reacts during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nNovelis Inc. CTO Jack Clark Interview\n\nBloomberg\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., gestures as he speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\nJack Clark, chief technical officer of Novelis Inc., gestures as he speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Novelis Inc. plans to boost research and development staff by 40 percent as the biggest supplier of flat-rolled aluminum products to global carmakers seeks to increase recycled content in products used in cans and vehicles. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images"}
-{"text": "1 Dead, 6 Injured In Crash On Eisenhower Expressway\n\nCHICAGO (CBS) \u2014 A was killed and six others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday night on the Eisenhower Expressway.\n\nAt 9:27 p.m., officers spotted a white Mercedes that may have been involved in an attempted armed robbery and an aggravated assault in the Harrison and Austin districts, Chicago Police said. The vehicle drove away, and was last seen speeding onto the inbound lanes of I-290 from the Homan Avenue ramp.\n\nThe Mercedes rear-ended another car less than 10 minutes later on I-290 near Damen Avenue, according to Illinois State Police. The Mercedes then went up the embankment and rolled over.\n\nMario C. Shields, 18, was thrown from the Mercedes and pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner\u2019s office said. He lived in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.\n\nOne person was taken from the crash in serious-to-critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital; two people were taken in serious-to-critical critical condition to Stroger Hospital; and three people were taken to Rush University Medical Center, one in fair-to-serious condition and two others in good condition, the Chicago Fire Department said.\n\nAll inbound lanes of the expressway were closed to traffic in the area until about 2 a.m."}
-{"text": "Follow KPCC\n\nFifty years later, Off-Ramp's Marc Haefele remembers the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom'\n\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 1963. Off-Ramp commentator Marc Haefele had traveled from New York for the March on Washington, and watched the speech from a half-mile away.AFP/Getty Images\n\nShare\n\nWhat an odd lot we were, the Lower Eastsiders who boarded a chartered train for Washington on August 28, 1963 \u2026 fifty years ago next Wednesday.\n\nFirst, there were the grandmothers with the food: Fay Lucia, a blonded Italian lady in her 50s from the projects, who brought a huge lasagna; and Nicolasa Benitez, the Puerto Rican firebrand of Hester Street, with a cargo of empanadas. There was Nicolasa\u2019s gorgeous granddaughter, Aura, whose presence perhaps determined mine, except of course she spoke no English and I no Spanish.\n\nThere was a conservative rabbi from the big shul on East Broadway who wore a small straw fedora on the back of his head. There was our token black Republican, (who voted for Eisenhower, but not Nixon), and New Englander Peter Stanford and his Italian-American wife. There was someone who had a portrait of the man who invented Esperanto on her living room wall. Then there was me, a college junior. We all lived in the Five Points barrio under the Manhattan Bridge that was once turf to the old Gangs of New York.\n\nWe called ourselves Reform Democrats. To the Democratic regulars, we were outsiders trying to steal patronage. Actually we were discontents out to make America a fairer place. And so somehow we, a majority non-black liberal group, found ourselves rattling off to Washington to march for civil rights fifty years ago \u2026 simply because going seemed the right thing to do.\n\nIt was the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. But Jim Crow still reigned. Non-violent protest had been met by violence, arson, fire hoses, incarceration and murder all over the South. The Kennedy administration had broken its promises to move the Civil Rights agenda. The Democratic Party was shackled by its deeply racist Dixie caucus and its sympathizers throughout White America. It was a time when one prominent LA jurist proclaimed that blacks weren\u2019t ready for the rights they\u2019d been denied since the Declaration of Independence, when conservative Republicans marched in ideological lockstep with the Klan.\n\nAnd when major newspapers editorialized that blacks could only wait patiently for the justice that would never come in their lifetimes. It was a time, in short, for a mass affirmation of justice that America could not ignore.\n\nCivil Rights pioneers A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin had been planning the march since December. It\u2019s important to remember now that this was a march for both jobs and freedom. Many activists wanted civil disobedience, mass arrests, perhaps, to show the desperation faced by America\u2019s black population. But the leaders declared for peace. Malcolm X called it the Farce on Washington. Many predicted a city-wide riot.\n\nSome wanted an all-black march. But in the end, blacks and whites -- and some browns, who weren\u2019t counted then -- marched together, in harmonic accord with Dr. King\u2019s most famous speech. The organization was rigorous but unobtrusive. A 1963 state of the art sound system brought us King\u2019s \u201cI have a dream\u201d in perfect clarity from the distant memorial, as we sat perhaps half a mile away. Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson sang, and so did Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Young firebrand John Lewis forthrightly demanded overdue action, but most of the words were peaceful.\n\nA quarter of a million of us sat down there by the reflecting pool that day, and heard the words of justice, many of us not noticing that no women were speaking from the Freedom platform. Then we got up and walked to the station and went home. I\u2019m not sure if any of us noticed that our lives had changed, but they had. So had America.\n\nThe next year, following the torment of a presidential assassination, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 \u2026 Whose voting rights provisions, thanks to our Supreme Court, we find ourselves fighting for once again, 49 years later.\n\nRecently on Off-Ramp\n\nAbout Off-Ramp\n\nOff-Ramp is a lively weekly look at Southern California through the eyes and ears of radio veteran John Rabe. News, arts, home, life... covering everything that makes life here exciting, enjoyable, and interesting."}
-{"text": "Off-University is organising a conference online together with scholars who speak up for peace from all over the world. We aim to create a virtual space in which persecuted and exiled academics can continue to teach, collaborate and do research.\n***T\u00fcrk\u00e7e i\u00e7in a\u015fag\u0131daki i\u00e7eri\u011fe t\u0131klay\u0131n***\nOff-University d\u00fcnyan\u0131n her yerinden bar\u0131\u015f\u0131n s\u00f6z\u00fcn\u00fc \u00e7o\u011faltacak biliminsanlar\u0131yla birlikte \u00e7evrimi\u00e7i bir konferans d\u00fczenliyor.\n\nWhat is this project all about?\n\nThe demise of democracy and the rule of law in Turkey is not a\ntemporary development. Since the Gezi-Protests in 2013, the vibrant\ncivil society active in the country has been systematically\npersecuted and, intimidated. Hundreds of journalists, lawyers and\nthe opposition are in prison. It is highly probable that people in\nTurkey will not be able to act, speak, or think freely for decades\nto come, a situation that directly impacts academic freedom as\nwell. Since the attempted coup in July 2016 followed by the\ndeclaration of the state of emergency, thousands of scholars have\nbeen removed from their positions or subjected to legal\ninvestigations, generally precluding them from ever re-entering the\nacademic job market. Some are detained. In Germany alone, a few\nhundred of these scholars live in exile. While some are among the\nmost distinguished scholars in Turkey, even more numerous are\njunior academics whose careers have now been destroyed from the\nvery start.\n\nAcademics who signed the petition \u201cWe won\u2019t be party to this\ncrime\u201d calling for peace and an end to the shelling and draconian\ncurfews targeting Kurdish-majority cities, have been persecuted\nwith particular harshness since the beginning of 2016. Members of\nthe academy who spoke out against these attacks are being\ncriminally prosecuted in Turkey as supporters or even members of\nterrorist organizations and are being pushed out of academic life.\nThe point is obviously to silence those voices that struggle for\npeace and against war.\n\nAnti-Intellectualism and populism are surely not a problem\nparticular to Turkey. Many countries have lived through a\ncrack-down on their emancipatory forces. In many countries scholars\nare forced to flee from war or civil war and thus being separated\nfrom their work.\n\nWhat is the project goal and who is the project for?\n\nConcretly, we are organising online the \u201cTough Questions on\nPeace\u201d conference in order to help the voice of peace beeing\nraised. This conference will be held in the week between the\nOctober 7th and the 15th on www.off-university.de. This\nmeeting is the first step towards an online solidarity network by\nscholars of the world to share knowledge across borders and\ndisciplines. It addresses an issue of urgency for everybody: What\nare the causes of war? What are its visible and invisible forms?\nHow to make peace and keep it?\n\nIn the medium term, Off-University will offer online courses by\nscholars subjected to political persecution. Off-University stands\nfor free, peacefull, egalitarian and horizontal education free of\ncharge. We aim to become an institution that addresses all\nindividuals who have been stripped of their right to education and\nresearch by anti-democratic regimes.\n\nIn the long run, a complete and high-quality programm of study\nwill be offered at Off-University that will also be able to grant\ndiplomas.\n\nWhy would you support this project?\n\n1. By supporting the Tough Questions about Peace\nConference, you contribute to an academic debate that\nincreases our knowledge on peace.\n2. You are supporting scholars, who work in an environment that\nconstantly imposes war, but who continue to talk about peace.\n3. You are supporting the establishment of an academic solidarity\nplatform where opponents of war and critical thinkers from all over\nthe world can come together.\n\nHow will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?\n\nThe money collected via this crowdfunding will be given directly\nto scholars subjected to political persecution and especially to\nthose \u201cAcademics for Peace\u201d who have signed the above-mentioned\npetition and subsequently lost their job by state of\nemergency-decree. For each presentation at the conference\nTough Questions about Peace, we will pay 200 \u20ac\nas an honorarium.\n\nWho are the people behind the project?\n\nThe association Off-University \u2013Organisation f\u00fcr den\nFrieden e.V. (Organization for Peace) was founded in June\n2017. We aim to create work and research opportunities for scholars\nwho have been dismissed, forced to resign, legally or politically\npersecuted because of their opinion or put into prison in the\ncontext of the increasing abolition of the freedom of opinion,\nresearch and education in Turkey. The initiative consists of more\nthan 30 academics. Many have left Turkey because of the recent\npolitical developments and settled in Germany, others had already\nbeen employed in academic positions in Germany before. We are\nunited by an interest to change the situation in Turkey and to\nre-create the university as an institution that less exclusive and\nhierarchic than now and therefore more collaborative and relevant\nto societies.\n\nAbout Startnext\n\nStartnext is the largest crowdfunding platform for ideas, projects and startups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Entrepreneurs, inventors and creative people present their ideas and fund them with the support of many people."}
-{"text": "Offices Held\n\nBiography\n\nHurt originally came from Haldworth in Yorkshire but became a prosperous Nottingham mercer who also owned several mills and \u2018salt work[s]\u2019 by the time of his death.4 Shortly after serving as mayor for the second time he was returned for the borough to the first Stuart Parliament, but left no mark on the surviving parliamentary records. In January 1606 the corporation agreed to pay him and his colleague, Anker Jackson, \u00a320 for their expenses in the 1604 session after Hurt and Jackson began legal proceedings against the borough\u2019s sheriffs for nonpayment. However, unlike Jackson, there is no evidence that he was paid subsequently, which perhaps indicates that he had ceased attending the Commons. On 9 Mar. 1607 the corporation records state that he was appointed to a committee concerning disposing of manure in the town, suggesting that he was absent from Westminster for at least part of the third session, and he served as mayor for a third time during the fourth session in 1610.5 He made his will on 1 Jan. 1616 and was buried in accordance with his wishes in St. Mary\u2019s Nottingham on 16 Feb. 1616.6 No other member of the family sat in Parliament."}
-{"text": "Ecosmob has set milestones while serving the global clientele with premium quality VoIP, mobile, and web solutions. We are proud to have a number of satisfied clients across the world. See how we address the client's business requirements.\n\nHire Our Developers\n\nWe offer highly flexible engagement models to hire experienced developers. Ecosmob houses a team of expert developers who can address your business requirements while developing customized solutions through using the cutting-edge technology.\n\nEcosmob renders enterprise-grade development services in the domains of mobile app, web, ERP and CMS development. Apart from this, offering the best-in-class services in VoIP development and trending technologies like IoT and wearables is our forte.\n\nEcosmob Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has started providing customized IT solutions with a client-centric approach in 2007. In over a decade-long journey, we have offered high-quality, enterprise-grade IT solutions & services to the global clientele.\n\nKiosk Software development\n\nKiosks are self-service platforms that offers its users the convenience to perform a host of tasks at their own pace. Kiosk applications are used in variety of businesses from different industries where the primary objective is to provide customers with an interactive, user-friendly digital interface to carry out a range of tasks. Kiosks have multiple security layers and maintain digital logs for administrators to keep tab of actions and make updates in real-time.\n\nEcosmob is a kiosk application development company that leverages its development team\u2019s vast experience to build niche kiosk solutions for customers from an array of industries.\n\nEcosmob engages in the development of kiosk systems with functions that are unique to each market place and end-user base. The systems are powered to capture and display rich and interactive digital content to execute relevant actions. Besides, these kiosk applications are layered with access control and system security features that oversee an entire chain of transactions.\n\nThe kiosk application development team also caters to the customization and personalization needs of businesses that are looking to enhance customer experience and simplify user experience. Besides, the high integration feature of the solutions and suitable for all major operating systems, browsers, technology architecture and third-party applications.\n\nKiosk Application Development: Ecosmob builds mobile and desktop-based kiosk applications that can be compatible with users\u2019 smartphones, POS systems and tablets. These apps are integrated with data systems to exchange the information between apps and websites.\n\nData Intelligence and Reporting Solutions: Ecosmob builds kiosk solutions that are integrated with superior business intelligence and reporting modules that keep complete watch on data, collect statistics and use analytics to reveal meaningful insights and for reporting purposes.\n\nReal-time Communication: Kiosks help establish immediate communication with end-users by publishing user content and making instant notifications using digital tools.\n\nCentralize Customer or End-user Content: Kiosks help deliver relevant customer content to facilitate actions, placement of requests and exchange of appropriate data in just a click of a button.\n\nReduce Security Risks: Kiosks have multi-security layers to prevent data leak or unauthorized access to sensitive data. Besides the dashboards with relevant action buttons and options limit the reach of users to sensitive data or allow them to carry out unsafe actions.\n\nIncrease Customer Reach: Kiosk help increase a business\u2019 access to their customers or audience by enabling applications or software to carry out repetitive functions and actions of customers on mobile and desktop platforms.\n\nResponsive Customer Services Support: Ecosmob has a customer support team that offer 24/7 services and assistance to resolve issues in kiosk applications, server control and security systems.\n\nTo build and avail expert support for kiosk application development, contact us today.\n\nWhy choose Ecosmob?\n\nSecurity\n\nIntegration\n\nQuick response\n\nPayment Processors\n\nEcosmob Technologies is the premier provider of custom kiosk software development solutions for businesses worldwide. Our customized solutions are as effective as they are engaging, proving how important the right technology can be for advancing and sustaining your business or organization. Contact:"}
-{"text": "ThreeA Japan Venture: With Smiles On Our Lips\n\nThis event has ended.\n\nFounded in 2008 by Kim Fung Wong and Ashley Wood - 3A is a toy, publishing and entertainment company that has become known around the world for its incredibly detailed and highly characterized collectible figures ranging from a host of original IP by co-founder Ashley Wood to a variety of licensed properties including: Destiny, Transformers, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Valve, Metal Gear Solid and more. Here a special exhibition of 3A associated artists presents an array of original illustrations, sculptures and other art works, accompanied by various toys for purchase."}
-{"text": "Articles\n\nI sometimes wonder how many Christians stop to think about how incredibly odd it is that crucifixes are used as works of art. Crucifixes adorn church architecture, classic paintings, sculpture, and even jewelry. But consider for a moment what a crucifix \u2026Read More\n\nIt was many years ago when my grandmother related to me games that she played as a little girl in the 1880s. One game she mentioned was one that she and her Methodist girlfriends played with their Roman Catholic friends. \u2026Read More\n\n\u201cFor this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue\u201d (2 Peter 2:5a). Saint Peter admonishes them to give evidence of their faith with good works. Since such a great blessing has been given to you through \u2026Read More\n\nThe Sadducees and Pharisees were no dummies. They just weren\u2019t as smart as their enemy. As we read through the gospel accounts, it seems their strategy was simple: they would put an end to Jesus by forcing Him to destroy \u2026Read More\n\nIt\u2019s hard to believe that it was nearly a decade ago that we witnessed the turn of the third millennium. If you recall, on New Year\u2019s Day several network TV stations featured live coverage from around the world. It was \u2026Read More\n\nIn His monumental discourse on the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, and His second coming at the end of the age (Matt. 24\u201325), Jesus covers a vast amount of territory. While all of the discourse is important, there are \u2026Read More\n\nFrom the Mount of Olives, where Jesus ascended to heaven, the disciples went to a prayer meeting. They met in a familiar upstairs room in Jerusalem. All 11 apostles and the women who had been with Jesus were there. They \u2026Read More\n\nI have always enjoyed recommending books, and for the final \u201cBeyond the Wicket Gate\u201d column of 2010, I thought it might be helpful to share some of the significant books that have been published so far this year, books that \u2026Read More\n\nThe world is half full of half-empty thinkers, and I am one of them. Puddleglum is my patron saint. And nothing exposes the vast expanse of emptiness in the top half of the glass like listening to the evening news. \u2026Read More\n\nThe entire epistle to the Hebrews seeks to encourage tired and suffering believers to keep looking to Christ in order not to lose heart and give up the good fight. God\u2019s good providence has ordained that we all must pass \u2026Read More"}
-{"text": "You are reading this on Thursday or Friday and I am writing it on Monday so I can't report on the Board meeting until next week but I hope some of you attended the meeting and that the weather was nice. On this Monday it is cold, icy, gray and actually acting like winter. I truly hope we receive some moisture.\n\nWe continue to catch up on our archival accessions and Lovella and Fern are busy with obituitaries. Georgia is busy with refining and designing exhibit areas or new items for the exhibits.\n\nI hope to finish the annual report this week and It will contain all our numbers for the year. One interesting set of statistics that we get at the end of the year concerns our website. We had 2802 unique visitors to our site this year, this is approx. 700 more than last year. this is good since more and more people are using the web to select their vacation sites, weekend trips, etc. Our highest month was March. People visit mostly in the evening, they visited our site mostly on Tuesday evenings. People have visited our website from over 17 countries ( I only counted the ones with more than 5 visits). These included Singapore, Japan, Germany, India, Australia, Phillipines and France. I hope they visit. I need to add some of our western scenes to show the Japanese especially that the \"cowboy\" is alive and well. If you have pictures of events, branding, etc and would like to contribute please email them to us at wolfcrk@amaonline.com .\n\nWe are now placing the column on our website so please spread the word that you can stay connected with us through our website.\n\nHISTORICAL MUSINGS\n\nI mention fairly often, our obituary project and how it is used by individuals searching for information on their family. If you examine today's obits , there is sometimes birth and death date . However, cause of death, demographic information, and even biographical information is not included. If you are unfortunate enough to have to work with a funeral home to publish an obituary include information that historians and geneaologists 100 years from now will want to know. If you are preplanning, give us your story for future generations. Some will think I am being unkind and gruesome. I apologize if I offend but I want to point out that our newspaper and for some our obits will be the only written documents remaining after our generations are no longer here. Lets document our stories of who we were. I offer one of our obits from 1917 and let you meet Claude Earl Bellah. Compare his obit with one in today's newspaper and let me know your thoughts (musings).\n\nClaude Earl Bellah,the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Bellah died wednesday evening, April 25, 1917 at his home at 8:08 pm. Age: 13 years, 4 months, and 2 days. of measles and its after effects. He was born December 23, 1903 in the town of Lipscomb.\nAfter a few years moved to Higgins with his parents and a short time later moved to Laverne, OK. Two years ago they returned to Lipscomb to make their home. The School children formed a line at the home and escorted the casket to the church, founeral services were held today at two pm at the Union Church, H.A. Hill giving consoling words to the bereaved ones after which the remains were followed to the IOOF Cemetery. A father, mother , and three brothers are left to mourn his loss."}
-{"text": "On Sunday, Feb. 9, behind the backdrop of navy blue drapes and in the presence of an admiring audience filling out a soundstage at the Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Kenneth Thompson became the first African-American to ever be sworn in as Brooklyn\u2019s top prosecutor. \u2026 Full Article\n\nSince the first plans for a park along the Brooklyn waterfront were developed in 1988, Brooklyn Bridge Park has continually evolved to become a remarkable, award-winning public space featuring expansive lawns, waterfront promenades, innovative playgrounds, a greenway, spo \u2026 Full Article\n\nJunior Brent Jones, St. Francis\u2019 starting point guard and leader, sophomore Anthony White, freshman Wayne Martin and junior P.J. Santavenere were all suspended indefinitely for a \"school matter\" on Saturday morning before their game against Robert Morris. \u2026 Full Article\n\nBrooklyn Ice, a free after-school program that teaches figure skating to Brooklyn kids, has returned to Prospect Park \u2014 at the new Lakeside Rink at LeFrak Center. While the rink was under construction, the program used Bryant Park in Manhattan. \u2026 Full Article\n\nThe SUNY board of trustees heard the pitches of four of the five developers competing to buy Long Island College Hospital (LICH) on Friday, but the board made no decision about which proposal it favored in the tumultuous windup of its disputed RFP (Request for Proposals) process. \u2026 Full Article\n\nA televised presentation featuring five of the bidders in SUNY\u2019s much-disputed search for a buyer for Long Island College Hospital (LICH) is now available for viewing on BRIC's community access Brooklyn Public Network. (See schedule below.) \u2026 Full Article\n\nFollowing his acclaimed debut \u201cSacrifice Fly,\u201d New York City public school teacher Tim O\u2019Mara\u2019s new novel \u201cCrooked Numbers\u201d (Minotaur Books) returns to the Williamsburg neighborhood to tell the story of Raymond Donne, a middle school teacher who has taken a break from his job to solve a mys \u2026 Full Article"}
-{"text": "Hey, everybody!! Welcome back to America\u2019s ultimate Karaoke competition, the cattle auction known as American Idol. I\u2019ll give my opinions about the judges later, once I get a feel for them. Most of the contestants I mention below are the successful auditions, but a couple of the bad ones seemed worth mentioning. I generally hate bad auditions, especially when they mock the contestant. It\u2019s just one show, but this panel doesn\u2019t seem to like mocking anyone \u2013 at least to their face.\n\nThe singers, the songs:\n\nTenna Torres, 28\u2013 Camp Mariah girl. She has decent intonation, but she lacks the strong rhythmic sense a contender would need. She made some bad breathing choices, got tinny and squeaky at the top, and she did all that with a song that she probably spent months working on. I\u2019ve seen tons of contestants like this, and most of them are gone by Group Night or round three.\n\nOf the three they grouped together:\n\n\u2013 The first guy hit a decent note, I suppose; he isn\u2019t on any suck lists, not yet anyway. He has that going for him, which is nice.\n\u2013 The girl is toast, no prospect; with her (comparatively, she would sound great in a karaoke bar) weak voice and intonation I wouldn\u2019t have passed her based on what I heard.\n\u2013 The second guy, with the blondish curly hair and the bandanna\u2026 I like his voice quite a bit; he reminds me of Robbie Rosen, no that anyone remembers Robbie Rosen. I expect to see him kick on past Group Night, and if he has substance to go with his style he could be something special. I need to hear him more, and at tempo, before I call him anything other than an interesting sleeper. Hell, they didn\u2019t even post his name.\n\nChristina \u201cIsabelle\u201d, 21\u2013 Lost weight, sang Summertime. Big voice, powerful\u2026. her range ain\u2019t all that, though, and her melodic choices seemed a little too rehearsed; not natural. If this is how she sings all the time she could be a contender, and she\u2019s a Berkeley student so maybe she can. I dunno, though. Like Tenna, I sensed that this was a one shot, take months to set it up perfectly moment. Those notes, for a serious contender, would be natural \u2013 and seem natural. I\u2019ll say she\u2019s a medium to weak contender for the final 40 based on the strength of her voice, and if she picks the right songs she could make the live shows.\n\nEvan Ruggiero, 21\u2013 Cancer, lost his leg. I sooooo wanted him to be great\u2026 but he was \u201conly\u201d pretty good. He has no feel- no \u201csoul\u201d. He has actor\u2019s eyes, so maybe he can go that route.\n\nJessica Kartalis, 19\u2013 Nominated by her mother, some new thing Idol\u2019s doing this year (more later, once I know what the hell it is)\u2026 note to Jessica: If you are gonna play the guitar, take a moment to make sure you are in the right key, ok? My first thought was that it was unfair, putting her on the spot like that, but I\u2019m pretty sure it was all planned in advance. She knew she was going to be playing her guitar. She just screwed the pooch, and didn\u2019t double check to make sure that she started out in the right key. I thought she sang ok, and there\u2019s always next year.\n\nShira Gavrielov, 23- Israeli pop star. Really, a contestant who already has a number one song? I mean duh\u2026 She\u2019s standout number one, obviously. She\u2019s insanely hot, and she knows it. She\u2019s talented, professional, accomplished \u2013 and she knows that, too. That\u2019s all good, but why she is eligible for Idol?\u201d If she\u2019s been a chart topper in Israel, why is she considered an amateur here? Israel isn\u2019t exactly Madagascar, and even if it is a number one song is a number one song. I\u2019ll have to look her up to see what her chart sales are (no luck so far). If she remains eligible, I would be pretty shocked if she didn\u2019t make a serious run at the title. Is skinny broad an oxymoron?\n\nFrankie Ford, 24\u2013 Train singer. He has a howitzer, so he\u2019s on the fast track to the semifinals as long as he doesn\u2019t screw up. His odds of screwing up are too high for comfort, though. He has no residual self esteem, no ballast to his ego. It\u2019s a miserable way to live, and it\u2019s going to be hard for him to thrive in a competitive, bitchy situation like Idol.\n\nDay 2\n\nRussian girl\u2013 Inside tip #32,714: If a contestant says that she only sings for her parents and Idol has her on the show, the chances are that she sucks to an epic degree. She looked good, but that\u2019s a different show.\n\nDude farted, then cussed. They only bleeped the cuss. Poor bastard, his friends are going to destroy him.\n\nSarah Restuccio, 17\u2013 Girl who rapped for Nikki; her voice is pretty average at this point, no range or uniqueness. She\u2019s gonna have to do it the hard way.\n\nAngela Miller, 18\u2013 The hearing impaired waitress. I like her to make the top 40, contend for the semifinals, maybe be a borderline tour contender. Her voice isn\u2019t great, but its rock solid good. Good (not great) tone, good (not great) intonation, good (not great) rhythm, good (not great) range. No big, crazy upside, just solid production that you can count on. Unfortunately, there is nothing memorable about her. Sometimes it\u2019s better to be half great and half terrible, but her consistency will carry her past most of the pack.\n\nGurpreet Singh Sarin, 22\u2013 Turbin boy. I\u2019m not sure what the holdup was about passing him, I really liked him. He ain\u2019t gonna to win, but he has a legit voice (sort ofAdam Levine-ish in style and tone) and he deserves a chance to compete in Hollywood. I was glad that they passed him through, and you never know. At the very least he\u2019ll be good TV, and I wouldn\u2019t assume that he isn\u2019t a prospect. Worse singers have made the tour, and he\u2019ll always be easy to spot.\n\nAshlee Feliciano, 20\u2013 This kid could be the standout of standouts, except for one \u201cweakness\u201d: Idols generally aren\u2019t balanced, centered people. The most successful Idols are usually geeks and nerds who are obsessed with success, who spend their spare time working on how their voice sounds, and how their faces look in the mirror. Idol fame is what they need to be happy, so they work obsessively towards that goal.\n\nAshlee has already experienced a kind of success, a kind of happiness, that might have already replaced what most of these kids come to Idol for. Her drive is already taken; taken by her Jerry McGuire kid brother and her other siblings. I\u2019ll root for her (how could anyone not root for her?), but honestly I doubt that she will be as obsessed about winning as she will need to be. Like Shannon Magrane last year, she doesn\u2019t need to be a singer; she wants to be a singer.\n\nI might have to admit\u2026 I kind of like Nikki. Trust me; I don\u2019t want to like Nikki. I just\u2026. kinda do.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nPost navigation\n\nAnother aimless, pointless roundtable discussion, from deep in the bowels of the Bajolers archives\n\nRushmore Revisited: Rock-n-Roll\u2019s Mighty Mountain of Momentous Mayhem\n\nT: Hey, guys, what are the four songs on your Mt. Rushmore of the rock-n-roll era? I don\u2019t mean just rock songs, but the songs of the 1955-2018 era. We are old, so I assume most of them will be old, but that\u2019s up to you. Here are the criteria we came up with yesterday, plus Gary is a criteria fiend, so I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll find more.\n\nYapping Dogs\n\nHeadline after headline this morning, from every direction, says something to the effect of \u201cWhat happened to the Celtics?\u201d or \u201cWhy do the Celtics suck now, when the Cavs sucked last week?\u201d or \u201cThe Cavs are now the greatest team in the HISTORY of the \u2013 \u201d\n\nStop it. Just stop it.\n\nNBA fans are great, but NBA writers are a bunch of reactionary yapping dogs, with the memory of an Alzheimer\u2019s patient in a lethe field. Every year we go through this.\n\nOnce again, and PAY ATTENTION, all you journalistic Chicken LIttles who think the sky is falling every time it rains:\n\n\u2013 In the NBA playoffs, the series don\u2019t start until the home team loses. Now say that about 15 times, to lock it in.\n\n\u2013 Seriously, 15 times. In the NBA, the series don\u2019t start until the home team loses. SAY it.\n\nThe Cavs/Celtics series wasn\u2019t over after the Celts won big in game one. It wasn\u2019t over when the Cavs inexplicably stopping trying in the third quarter of game two, electing to huck up brick after brick instead of running their halfcourt offense.\n\nRoad teams occasionally steal game one, or catch a team on a bad day and\n\nclick to read entire rant\n\nSearch for:\n\nAbout Barstool Politickin\u2019\n\nThis slack chat website is the brainchild of notorious subversives (and notorious slackers) Johnny \u201cCake\u201d Hunter and Terry \u201cChatterin\u2019 Teeth\u201d Vent. You can probably guess who got first pick of nicknames.\n\nThese guys have been off the grid for decades. We thought they were traveling the Pacific Rim, trading inflatable Harold Stassen dolls to the natives for Polynesian weed, but we found them hiding in the witness protection program. They entered the program in 1983, after they testified in the infamous \u201cwe can\u2019t believe it\u2019s not butter\u201d truth in advertising scandal that took down Orville Redenbacher.\n\nOne of them joined a cult and the other one went into the insurance business; I can never keep straight which one sold his soul to an evil demagogue, and which one sells flowers at the airport. Both of them are addicted to Hawaiian pizza, so try not to get roped into a lunch date.\n\nIdeologically, they pretty much hate everybody. Both have cast ballots for chronic losers from the major parties, the occasional third party, and once (I think) for a mollusk. Neither one of them voted for Donald Trump, but they think Ivanka is super hot.\n\nEnjoy the madness.\n\nWe have no idea who this is\n\nregards,\n\nD.B. Cooper (shh.)\n\nShare this:\n\nGARY FLETCHER\n\nI\u2019ve noticed in the last couple of years that while writing I tend to skip over little words like \u2018the\u2019 and \u2018and\u2019 and the like. I also sometimes skip over letters. For example, the word \u2018look\u2019 turns into \u2018lok.\u2019\n\nIt gets worse. Now I\u2019m occasionally missing entire words, a real problem for reading comprehension, as you can imagine.\n\nWhat\u2019s next? Perhaps I\u2019ll write one opening sentence, then the final sentence and completely omit everything between the two. To wit, the following article:\n\nFirst sentence: \u201cWe\u2019re always walking by this spooky old house,\u201d my wife said.\n\nLast sentence: Just understand that you are competing with ghosts for my attention.\n\nThe thought amuses me. It\u2019s like one of those \u2018choose your own adventure\u2019 books. Anyway, here\u2019s the adventure I chose.\n\nTrain of Thought\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re always walking by this spooky old house,\u201d my wife said.\n\nWe sure are. The two of us go for a constitutional that takes us through the same neighborhoods with routes only slightly different from day to day. Sometimes that means travelling north along Dartford Street to the intersection of Lorne Avenue. The house is one of those old three story jobs with a full basement. It has those narrow, rectangular windows at ground level that let light into the basement and, if you are in the basement, allow you to\n\nTerry\u2019s Latest Rant: Picking my Ideological Poison\n\nI\u2019m not liberal, conservative, a Trump lover or a Trump hater, but I have been accused of being all four. To be clear, my axis goes something like this.\n\n(1) Total, relentless equality is both stupid and against human nature. So stop it with the PC Nazi garbage, use the bathroom that matches your plumbing (not your sexual preferences) and grow up.\n(2) Cooperation is a virtue, but so is competition. The key is to balance them out. Don\u2019t outlaw profit, but maybe outlaw franchising, so someone else can make a dammed profit.\n(3) we can\u2019t have an incompetent president with the power to blow things up. HIs views on race make him an asshole, but his views on reading and learning are what make him a danger to the nation.\n(4) we can\u2019t substitute rights for responsibilities. If you are proud of your vote, you dammed well better have taken some time to know what you were voting for. Or you are nothing more than a faceless lamb, proud of your missing wool as you march to slaughter with your nose in the air.\n\nMost important, know where you are getting your information. Don\u2019t let yourself be sold your news. Read newspapers \u2013 plural, don\u2019t just let one guy be your source \u2013 and turn off those cable news filler shows. Don\u2019t get your news from Facebook or Twitter or those other so-called media sites (like MSN) that treat gossip like news. It\u2019ll just confuse you.\n\nContact Us\n\nEmail Terry: ventboys@outlook.com\n\nEmail Gary: garyafletcher@shaw.ca\n\nEmail John:\n\nOr leave a comment under any of the articles.\n\nWe aren\u2019t looking for help generating traffic, so don\u2019t waste your time on that, but we\u2019d love to hear from anyone interested in civil discussion, or who has a good knock knock joke, horse racing tip or dirty limerick.\n\nStrangeland\n\nWhen I read Kathy Gannon\u2019s series about women in Pakistan, I accidentally began at the finish and worked my way back to the start. The backwards view gave me a strange perspective on the culture I was reading about. Rather than reaching the end with hope, understanding that the wheel of change grinds slowly and [\u2026]\n\nSep. 21, 2015 I like Bernie Sanders. Bread and circuses candidates are always popular; I mean, who doesn\u2019t like free bread and circuses? Sep. 28 The latest wisdom \u2026 Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz will face off in the end or \u2013 if a two-man race doesn\u2019t happen \u2013 there will be a brokered convention. [\u2026]\n\nbased on footage from Vintage Baseball\u2019s YouTube page June 13, 2016 Dizzy Dean leaned forward to take the sign, his hands jostling for position in the crude, tiny leather mitt on his left hand while his elbows performed a lazy, distracted chicken dance in the folds of his wool jersey shirt. Once the catcher gave [\u2026]\n\nDecember 4, 2016 (excerped from a previous article) Do we visualize Willie, Mickey and the Duke, Joe DiMaggio and Ken Griffey Jr. when we think about centerfielders? I do, and it muddies my judgment. I wind up comparing every new centerfielder to the very best who ever played, and I lose perspective. I forget what [\u2026]\n\nThe Little Red Haired Girl May 11, 2016 During American Idol\u2019s season nine audition rounds, judge Kara Dioguardi gave a serious, meaningful look to a skinny, freckled, ginger-haired hippy girl and said, \u201cYou\u2019re great!\u201d with such emphasis that I figured the little hipster in the granny glasses was going to be one of the stars [\u2026]\n\nWho cried wolf? There has never been an easier question to answer. Who cried wolf? Well, who has done 98 percent of the crying since last summer? Blame the media if you prefer, but the media is just us, telling each other what\u2019s going on. In the Twitter/Instagram/Facebook world, we are literally the media. Even [\u2026]\n\nHer name was fake, but the ink-stained wretch in the monogrammed bloomers was real. Let\u2019s face it; she had to be. Her tale fails miserably as a work of fiction. It\u2019s too pat, too perfect. No self-respecting publisher would buy it. Nellie Bly was thrust into poverty at an early age, during a period in [\u2026]\n\nFletch, the last thing I want to do is impugn the reputation of scrupulous salesmen. There needs to be a different term, I guess. Salesman is taken by the Trump types, though \u2013 and they ain\u2019t the types to give anything up, so they ain\u2019t leavin\u2019 \u2013 so I suppose it\u2019s gonna have to be [\u2026]\n\nFor judgment, perspective is everything. I wrote this on April 21, 2016 in response to a poster on BJOL whose perspective is, to put it mildly, a bit demanding. It\u2019s impossible to generate perfect results from imperfect data \u2013 and imperfect life forms. I think of it as the 1-10-30 rule, but there are more [\u2026]\n\nLike the rest of America, I have been trying to figure out why Donald Trump, a political laughingstock for decades, is suddenly a serious presidential candidate. Why are so many Americans backing Trump, a man with no political skills or experience, for the nation\u2019s top job? To understand the Trump phenomenon, It helps to to [\u2026]\n\nHealthcare in English\n\nBurning barn insurance: When your barn catches fire, you immediately call the Allstate office upwind for a quote. In our context, this is the tendency for people to only buy insurance when they anticipate that there will be a need for it (also known as adverse selection).\n\nCAT scan: Computerized axial tomography, used to look inside your body and see just where the cheeseburgers are blocking your arteries.\n\nCo-insurance: The percentage of medical expenses not covered by your insurance; in an 80/20 plan such as Medicare, for example, the 20% is your coinsurance.\n\nCo-payment: A payment charged to you when you see a doctor. Differs from co-insurance in that it is fixed; you will pay the same co-payment at every doctor\u2019s visit regardless of the services you receive.\n\nContractual adjustment: A discount that is applied to the doctor\u2019s fee by the insurance carrier in order for the doctor to participate in the insurance carrier\u2019s network. Typically around 40% of the doctor\u2019s gross bill.\n\nDeductible: An amount charged to you before your insurance will begin to pay.\n\nFlexible spending account (FSA): A plan which allows employees to put money into an account pre-tax to be used for medical expenses. This money must be spent in the tax year in which it is deducted.\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA): A plan which allows employees to put money into an account pre-tax to be used for medical expenses. Differs from an FSA in that the money in the account can be carried over from year to year.\n\nIn-network: A physician who participates with a particular insurance carrier.\n\nMedicaid: Government insurance plan for low-income people.\n\nMedicare: Government insurance plan for senior citizens and the disabled.\n\nOut-of-network: A physician who does not participate with a particular insurance carrier.\n\nPalliative care: Care that is intended to relieve pain only; not curative or therapeutic treatment.\n\nParticipation: When a doctor agrees to accept an insurance carrier\u2019s discounted rate (plus co-payments and co-insurance, if any) as payment in full for services rendered."}
-{"text": "Jack Gilbert\n\nOne of the poets I have discovered recently \u2013 which goes to show that there is always something great right under your face \u2013 is the great Jack Gilbert.\n\nHe won\u2019t be a poet to everyone\u2019s liking of course; too spare, and lean for some \u2013 that is, you won\u2019t see a lot of the flourishes you would get from other great writers.\n\nHowever, you cannot help but feel more in touch with yourself, more eager to know poetry, and more willing to learn from what may not at first sight appeal to what you have already enjoyed.\n\nHere is a sample from one of his first books. This may not be a typical sample of his work, but then if you wanted everything repeated and secure you\u2019d turn to TV.\n\nIn Dispraise Of Poetry\n\nWhen the King of Siam disliked a courtier,\nhe gave him a beautiful white elephant.\nThe miracle beat deserved such ritual\nthat to care for him properly meant ruin.\nYet to care for him improperly was worse.\nIt appears the gift could not be refused."}
-{"text": "Gigabyte made a late addition to its socket FM2 launch lineup, the F2A85XM-D3H. Based on the AMD A85X chipset, the micro-ATX motherboard builds on its feature-set with a few legacy connectivity options. The APU socket is powered by a 5-phase VRM that draws power from an 8-pin EPS connector. It is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting up to 64 GB of dual-channel DDR3-1866 MHz memory, and a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slot. The memory is powered by a 2-phase VRM. Other expansion slots include one each of PCI-Express 2.0 x1, PCI-Express 2.0 x4 (long slot, wired to the A85X FCH), amd legacy PCI.\n\nAll eight SATA 6 Gb/s ports from the A85X FCH are wired out as internal ports. Display outputs include DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. The four USB 3.0 ports from the chipset are split in groups of two between the rear panel and on board as headers. Other connectivity includes 6-channel HD audio with 8-channel digital TOSLINK output, gigabit Ethernet, eight USB 2.0 ports, and headers for COM (serial), LPT (parallel), and trusted platform module. The board is driven by dual-UEFI firmware. It is built using Gigabyte's Ultra Durable 4 Classic construction. It is expected to be priced around US $129.99.\n\nAt $130 the board should have some VRM cooling and on-board power and a CLR CMOS button. This should be a $100 at the most. The A85X chipset is overall unimpressive when compared too A75. All it adds from A75 is 2 more SATA 6GB/s and Raid 5. I'd stick too a $80 A75 FM2 board w/ VRM Heatsinks. Shoot - anything with USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s and good VRM cooling will cut it for Trinity - i'd assume most people making a Trinity build plan to use on-board graphics therefor they'd be put in fairly basic rigs. At most i'd think someone would hybrid crossfire the iGPU w/ a low end dedicated card.\n\nA little off-topic but I wonder why they even make ATX form factor FM1/FM2 motherboards....We need more Mini ITX FM2 boards..."}
-{"text": "Teen Face: Windsor teen planning prom for those unable to attend\n\nVictoria Cahill enjoyed her high school prom so much, she decided to organize one for students who don't ordinarily get to go.\n\nShe's putting on a prom for special needs kids in Sonoma County as part of her senior project at Windsor High School.\n\n\"My brother has autism,\" she said of the personal connection that inspired her to stage the upcoming event on Feb. 22.\n\n\"I just loved my prom. It was really fun last year, something I really looked forward to,\" she said. \"I thought it was something these kids should be able to experience too \u2014 a high school experience they shouldn't miss out on.\"\n\nIt's easier said than done. Victoria has secured a venue at Vineyard of Faith Church in Windsor, along with lights and a deejay, who is donating his services.\n\nBut she's still still looking for help for dresses, tuxedos, corsages, boutonnieres, desserts and beverages. And she needs to pay for insurance coverage.\n\n\"A couple days ago I went around to ask for donations. I don't have funds now. I came in contact with a girl who gives dresses to underprivileged girls. She said she would donate,\" she said.\n\nHer teachers have confidence that she can pull it off.\n\n\"She's a very intelligent and driven young lady,\" said Barney Kaufman, who teaches a business class in Windsor High's Vineyard Academy. \"I definitely think she would have the tenacity and drive to do something like this.\"\n\nVictoria is getting word of the prom out to special needs kids in various school districts through a connection at the Sonoma County Office of Education.\n\nShe's anticipating somewhere between 50 to 100 attendees at the prom, ranging in age from 14 to 22 years old.\n\nThe theme is \"Under the Sea,\" and she's hoping to get the high school art academy involved in making decorations.\n\nVictoria said she heard of another special needs prom that was held in Texas and she asked for some advice from the organizers there.\n\nThe project is part of her enrollment in Windsor High's Vineyard Academy which focuses on the tourism and hospitality sectors. Putting on a prom is relevant to event planning.\n\nVictoria is a lifelong resident of Windsor and has gone through public schools, other than a stint at Windsor Christian Academy from fifth through eighth grades.\n\nShe has a 4.1 grade point average and is taking honors classes in English and chemistry.\n\nShe works six to eight hours a week doing housekeeping and other chores for an accountant.\n\nShe's done volunteer work fostering feral cats and kittens and participated in a church-organized annual Spring Clean, a community sprucing up in Windsor.\n\nShe's also been a volunteer at various athletic/charity events such as Relay for Life, the Vineman Triathlon and Barb's Race. And she volunteered teaching children with disabilities in Top Soccer, a program at Sports City in Santa Rosa.\n\nVictoria has applied to 10 colleges and been accepted at five so far. She favors St. Mary's College in Moraga and expects to find out soon whether she was accepted.\n\nShe hopes that after the special needs prom in February there will be another one, in 2015.\n\n\"Hopefully, someone will continue it the next year for their senior project,\" she said."}
-{"text": "How to Convert VOB to WMV\n\nThis tutorial explains how easily can convert your VOB files to WMV format with just couple of clicks.\n\nGot lots of VOB videos you'd like to watch on your mobile device or laptop? With the right program such as Program4Pc Video Converter you'll be able to change the file format quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use our Video Converter for converting VOB files to any popular media format, such as AVI, MP4, MPG, or WMV, as well as how to extract music from your video and save it in MP3 or other popular audio format.\n\nYou don't need to be familiar with programming, video formats or settings; just run the software, choose your video, select a preset, click Convert Now and that's it!\n\nRead this quick guide to find out how to convert VOB video format to WMV.\n\nClick the Add Files button in the upper left corner of the converter interface. Choose one or more files to convert from VOB to WMV format, or simply drag your VOB files and drop them into the video converter program.\n\nStep 3: Choose WMV Preset\n\nGo to the output section of program and find the WMV video format. Click on Preset option to expand it and select the preset that best suits your needs.If you ever need to convert your WMV videos to watch on your iPhone or another mobile device, Program4Pc Video Converter can help you for that as well. Just click on Devices tab for available devices and locate your device's brand and model to find a preset that's 100% designed for your particular device.\n\nStep 4: Convert Video to WMV\n\nBefore starting the conversion, check the Output Folder field. By default, Program4Pc Video Converter will save your newly created WMV movies to the specific directory, but you can choose a different folder by clicking Browse button next to this field.\n\nWhen you are ready, hit Convert Now and the program will start changing the format of your files. Once the conversion is complete, the folder with your WMV files can be opened immediately.\n\nThat's it!\n\nThat is the simplest way for converting WMV video with our fast and easy WMV converter! Now, whenever you want to convert any video to WMV format and vice versa, just run the program and repeat these steps."}
-{"text": "Analysts on Housing Market: Stable But Not Immune to Shocks\n\nIn addition to revealing he has a debate about \u201c[w]hat\u2019s fair and unfair\u201d by himself \u201cat 10 o\u2019clock at night,\u201d in regards to banks and the government, Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) CEO, Brian Moynihan, called the U.S. housing market \u201cfairly stable\u201d on Wednesday at a Wall Street Journal event. The paper provided coverage of his remarks.\n\nThe housing market, in Moynihan\u2019s opinion, should not be evaluated based on the refinancing market, but through home sales. The housing market has been a key indicator for those watching the economic recovery since the recession, and as a result, many groups and government entities provide data, which at times appears contradictory.\n\nData compiled by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the National Housing Market Summary said that year-over-year results for the second-quarter 2013 had increased across the board, but were generally down compared to first-quarter 2013. According to the summary, the second-quarter results \u201cindicate the housing market recovery continues to gain strength, although regional variation exists.\u201d\n\nThe third-quarter results have not been published. Other, more recent market indicators provide mixed results. On October 31, Freddie Mac stated that its research reveals that the housing market had lost steam in recent months. Freddie Mac\u2019s analysis found that in this \u201csoftening\u201d market, mortgage rates declined for the second week in a row.\n\nIn a statement accompanying the data, Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist said that, \u201cThe Fed saw improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions since it began its asset purchase program, but noted the recovery in the housing market slowed somewhat in recent months and unemployment remains elevated. As a result, there was no policy change, which should help sustain low mortgage rates in the near future.\u201d\n\nOn November 5, Trulia, Inc. (NYSE: TRLA), a real estate website, said that home prices increased by 0.6 percent in October were the lowest month-over-month increase in seven months. \u201cThis continued slowdown in asking prices is largely due to expanding inventory, rising mortgage rates, and declining investor activity,\u201d the statement said. Despite the slowdown, asking prices remain above historical norms, and are 11.7 percent higher than 2012 asking prices.\n\nTrulia pointed to the \u201cuneven\u201d nature of the \u201chousing and economic recoveries in America\u201d and worried this \u201ccould aggravate political partisanship.\u201d In its September housing market report, Realtor.com said trends, such as expanding inventory and and price stabilization, had continued from August. This, Errol Samuelson, Realtor.com\u2019s President, says is \u201ca continued trend toward a healthy market balance,\u201d but \u201cimminent economic factors could pose a significant threat to these improvements.\u201d\n\nTrulia and Realtor.com tend to agree with Moynihan that aspects of the market are preforming well, such as high home prices, and factors are coalescing to provide overall balance. However, they are also concerned with outside influences, namely politics and the economy. Freddie Mac and the Federal Reserve, on the other hand, see things a little more pessimistically \u2014 worrying that rising mortgage rates will contribute to a widespread decline in activity."}
-{"text": "Calling the quarters is a very important part of creating your circle, but before you\ncan call the quarters you need to decide what it is that you want from these \"forces\nor beings\" if you will; What is your intent? Do you want quarter entities to attend\nor witness or guard (or all of the above) your magical circle??\n\nIn her book \"To Stir a Magick Cauldron\",\nSilver RavenWolf discusses the finer point and issues and mechanics of the quarters. For\nexample, she discusses the difference between \"elements\" and\n\"elementals\". An element has power and energy but is not considered a sentient\nbeing, while an elemental is considered a sentient being in possession of the powers of\nthe elements. If you have questions as to what watchtowers are Vs elements or elemental, I\nstrongly suggest reading \"To Stir a Magick Cauldron\".\n\nI have written a quarter call which requests that the\nelementals join my circle, bringing their particular gifts to the circle. Since I usually\ndo no magick that needs a guarded circle this call works well for most of my circles. In\nthis case the elementals are called after the circle has been cast or are called as part\nof casting the circle.\n\nWelcome Elementals of the\nNorth, of Earth.\nI ask that you bring your gifts of patience, endurance, stability,\nand prosperity to this circle.\n\nWelcome Elementals of the East, of Air.\nI ask that you bring your gifts of wisdom, intellect, perception, and inspiration to this\ncircle.\n\nWelcome Elementals of the South, of Fire.\nI ask that you bring your gifts of passion, strength, energy, and will power to this\ncircle.\n\nWelcome Elementals of the West, of Water.\nI ask that you bring your gifts of emotion, pleasure, fertility, and receptivity to this\ncircle.\n\nWelcome Elementals of the Centre, of Spirit.\nI ask that you bring guidance to this circle.\n\nAfter your ritual is over, never ever forget to\ndismiss the quarter entities. This should be done in the same manner but in a\ncounter-clockwise fashion. It should go something like this...\n\nElementals of the Centre, of\nSpirit.\nThank you for the gifts that you have brought to this circle.\nStay if you will; go if you must.\nHail and Farewell!\n\nElementals of the West, of Water.\nThank you for the gifts that you have brought to this circle.\nStay if you will; go if you must.\nHail and Farewell!\n\nElementals of the South, of Fire.\nThank you for the gifts that you have brought to this circle.\nStay if you will; go if you must.\nHail and Farewell!\n\nElementals of the East, of Air.\nThank you for the gifts that you have brought to this circle.\nStay if you will; go if you must.\nHail and Farewell!\n\nElementals of the North, of Earth.\nThank you for the gifts that you have brought to this circle.\nStay if you will; go if you must.\nHail and Farewell!\n\nAs with all matters of the heart, mind and magick,\nmake sure that your intent is worthy of the beings that you call to watch or guard your\ncircle. Such things can back-fire on you in very unexpected way."}
-{"text": "Chelyuskin\n\nDefinitions\n\nfrom The American Heritage\u00ae Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition\n\nCapeChelyuskin A cape of north-central Russia on the Taymyr Peninsula. It is the northernmost point of Asia.\n\nEtymologies\n\nSorry, no etymologies found.\n\nExamples\n\nThe northern end of the latitudinal gradient, occurring primarily on islands and on the mainland only at Cape Chelyuskin (Taymir Peninsula), is occupied by polar deserts where woody plants are absent, and forbs and grasses with mosses and lichens are the main components of plant communities [7].\n\nChelyuskin; remnants of reindeer were observed at Barents 'winter harbour on the northernmost part of Novaya Zemlya; some very fat animals were killed by Norwegian walrus-hunters on King Karl's Land east of Spitzbergen, and for some years back the reindeer was very numerous even on the north coast of North East Land, and on\n\nYenisej, Laptev himself and his second in command, Chelyuskin, and the surveyor, Tschekin, the following year made a number of sledge journeys, in order to survey the peninsula which projects farthest to the north-west from the mainland of Asia.\n\nThe following summer they returned to Yakutsk convinced of the impossibility of sailing round the north point of Asia, and as Behring was no longer to be found in that town, Chelyuskin started for St. Petersburg in order to give an oral account of Prontschischev's voyages."}
-{"text": "Why the new GeForce Experience is an essential gaming upgrade\n\nIf you want to get the best out of your games and have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX card providing the graphical power, GeForce Experience is the perfect way to do it. Used by millions of gamers worldwide, it's the ideal solution for keeping your drivers up-to-date and tweaking your display settings to get the best possible visual experience for your gaming setup. Not only that, it's also the quickest and easiest way to share your gaming achievements. GFE enables you to record gameplay, capture screens and broadcast your in-game triumphs without having to mess around with tricky third-party software.\n\nLet\u2019s take a look at what\u2019s new for GeForce Experience as it\u2019s an upgrade that you won\u2019t want to miss.\n\nFor starters, the new GeForce Experience looks better than ever as it\u2019s been given a makeover that makes it both more visually appealing and easier to navigate and use. Its new user interface allows you to get straight to the business of optimizing your games with a single click. It\u2019s also now less demanding on your system resources, running three times faster than the previous version while taking up half the memory.\n\nIt now offers you maximum control over how you optimize your games, whether you prefer to turn on all the eye candy you can get, or strip things back in the name of a rock-steady frame rate. The new GeForce Experience's custom slider enables you to weigh your optimum settings in favor of quality or performance, so you can always get the right balance of looks and speed.\n\nIn addition to keeping everything running just the way you like it, the new GeForce Experience keeps you informed about the latest Game Ready drivers and the games they'll optimize. It takes the guesswork out of whether you should get a new update or leave things just as they are for now.\n\nPerhaps the biggest and best improvement in the new GeForce Experience, though, is the GeForce Experience Share Overlay. It replaces ShadowPlay from previous versions, and makes it extremely easy to record and stream your gaming exploits. Just hit Alt+Z to bring up the overlay and then all the options you need are just a click away.\n\nWith Share you can record gameplay at 60fps and at up to 4K resolution. There's a replay option that'll buffer the last 20 minutes of play so that you can save it at any time. Uploading your footage to YouTube is all handled through the overlay so you don't even need to drop out of your game to do it.\n\nShare also simplifies the business of broadcasting, making it easy to stream to Twitch or YouTube Live at up to 1080p 60fps. And it's just as simple to grab a screenshot (up to 4K resolution) and upload it to Imgur or Google Photos. This boasts the added benefit of a more generous file size limit over using their web interfaces, giving you 12MB per shot to play with.\n\nWith the new Share feature you can invite a friend to join your game. Via a Chrome plugin they can watch you play, join you in co-op for compatible games, or take over your controls to help you through those tricky levels. It's a whole new way to enjoy social gaming, and it's only available with the new GeForce Experience.\n\nAnd as if this wasn't already a sweet enough deal, there's one final incentive to upgrade: NVIDIA is introducing great giveaways to GeForce Experience members, from free game codes of new releases on PC to awesome hardware. So if you want the chance of pocketing some cool free stuff as well as having all your favorite game tuned to perfection, make sure you check out the new and improved GeForce Experience."}
-{"text": "Noel Sheppard -- Who Called Michael Moore 'Corpulent' -- Complains People Are Making Fun of Christie's WeightTopic: NewsBusters\n\nApparently, only Noel Sheppard is allowed to make fun of people's weight.\n\nSheppard complains in a Nov. 24 NewsBusters post that \"liberal commentator\" Mark Shields \"took a cheap shot\" about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's weight, harrumphing that \"the larger point is how comfortable media members are at making such jokes about Christie. Would they be doing so if he were a Democrat, a woman, or a minority?\"\n\nYou can tell that Sheppard's outrage about this is utterly manufactured, because he takes cheap shots at Shields' weight, calling him a \"portly PBSer,\" \"a guy with more jowls than a Basset hound,\" and \"hardly the poster boy for health and fitness in this country.\"\n\nAnd as we've previously noted, Sheppard has previously taken cheap shots at Michael Moore's weight calling him \"rather corpulent\" and claiming that \"this portly schlockumentarian has never met a cheeseburger he'd say no to.\""}
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-{"text": "MLA makes quiet exit from hospital\nStarts dharna at statue of Victoria Cross-winner Gabbar Singh Negi in Chamba\nDehradun, March 29\nIn a dramatic turn of events, Congress MLA from Tehri Kishore Upadhyaya, who had been observing an indefinite fast, made a sudden exit from the Doon Hospital and was later found at Chamba in Tehri.\n\n76th Utkal Diwas to be held on April 1\nDehradun, March 29\nTo mark the 76th anniversary of Utkal Diwas, the 15,000-strong Oriya community will celebrate the day on April 1 in which artistes from Delhi-based Sankalp group will present a cultural programme at the AMN Ghosh Auditorium\nSubas Chander Satpathy, Vice-Chairman of the Oriya Samaj, addresses a press conference in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph\n\nCM takes part in Nepali society celebrations\nDehradun, March 29\nDr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Chief Minister, said today that his government had initiated several schemes for the welfare of all sections of society.\n\u201cAlong with distributing cheap foodgrains to the poor, we have taken several steps to strengthen the educational and health care facilities in the state,\u201d he said.\n\nResidents protest poor water supply\nDehradun March 29\nProtesting against the lack of water supply in their area, residents of Bangarwala held a demonstration outside the Jal Sansthan office in Nehru Colony today.\nLed by Hema Purohit, member of the Mianwala Zila Panchayat, the residents raised slogans against the authorities of the Jal\nSansthan.\n\nResidents of Bangarwala protest at the Jal Sansthan office in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph\n\nForeign national dies at Piran Kaliyar\nDehradun, March 29\nA 58-year-old foreign national, who had come on a pilgrimage to the famous shrine of Piran\nKaliyar, 7 km from Roorkee, died under mysterious circumstances.\nDeceased identified as Ashraf Khan, a South African national of Capetown, had arrived in India on March 21 and reached Piran Kaliyar on March 27 to offer prayers.\n\nFCI staff hold sit-inDehradun, March 29\nEmployees of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) held a sit-in in support of their demands outside the office.\nThe employees are demanding increase in the number of employees, allowances for field staff and revocation of loading and overloading order. \u2014\nTNS\n\nLiquor vends auctioned amid tight security in Kumaon\nNainital, March 29\nThe allotment of liquor vends across Kumaon began this morning amidst heavy police deployment at all the venues at district headquarters. The allotment is being done through the lottery system in the presence of the top administrative officials. While most of the liquor vends were to be allotted by late Tuesday night, those left on account of certain unavoidable reasons would be allotted tomorrow.\nPolice personnel stand guard at the venue for the auction of liquor vends in Pitthoragarh on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph\n\nAuction peaceful in Pitthoragarh\nPitthoragarh, March 29\nDespite month-long agitations by women groups against the existing and proposed liquor vends in the Kumaon region, the auction of liquor vends in three districts of the Kumaon region passed off peacefully today.\n\nFocus on development of Himalayan states\nHaridwar, March 29\nOwing to their different and adverse geographical conditions, development in hill states is not at par with plain area states. So for wholesome development of the Himalayan states, special attention needs to be paid to them.\n\nHousing project for poor renders family homeless\nMussoorie, March 29\nThe claims made by the local Municipal Council about providing houses to the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) at Suman Nagar here have a hind side too. The house owned by a poor family is on the verge of caving in after the work to level the land for the project was initiated by the contractor yesterday. According to the victims, Sunil, Anil and Pradeep, they have been living in the said house for the past 20 years and some days ago they were told by Municipal Council Executive Officer Rohtash Sharma that the\nwork on the project would begin only after they were shifted elsewhere.\n\nIAS trainees to hold health camp on April 9\nMussoorie, March 29\nIAS trainees from LBSNAA, in association with the district administration, will organise a one-day health camp at St Mary\u2019s Hospital in Mussoorie on April 9.\nThe trainees today visited the Municipal Council premises for support from the president and members of various wards.\n\nIAS trainees show publicity material for a health camp in Mussoorie on Tuesday.\n\nNagalia retains presidentship of vyapar mandal\nDehradun, March 29\nVipin Nagalia has retained the presidentship of the Doon Udhyog Vyapar\nMandal. His opponent Akhil Bhatia today withdrew his candidature from the election, following which Nagalia was declared elected unanimously.\n\nSafai karamcharis protest \u2018raid\u2019 by officer\nMussoorie, March 29\nSafai karamcharis marched to the local Municipal Council premises yesterday in protest against the confiscation of their brooms and garbage baskets, which were lying on the roadside, by a health officer on Saturday.\n\nProtest held against removal of coach\u2019s\nturban\nDehradun, March 29\nAnnoyed with Amrender Singh, coach of international golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, being asked to remove his turban on the grounds of security at the Milan Airport, members of the committee of Gurdwara Baba Lakhi Shah resorted to protest here yesterday.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nIn a dramatic turn of events, Congress MLA from Tehri Kishore Upadhyaya, who had been observing an indefinite fast, made a sudden exit from the Doon Hospital and was later found at Chamba in Tehri.\n\nUpadhyaya, along with five other MLAs, had staged a dharna in the well of the House on March 22. This resulted into the suspension of all the six MLAs. Howsoever, the suspension of all the MLAs was later revoked. But, Upadhyaya started a dharna outside the Assembly.\n\nHe was admitted to the Doon Hospital on March 27 after he reported failing health. But, to everybody\u2019s surprise, Upadhyaya today left for Chamba without informing anybody. Hospital sources said the forcibly feeding of Updhayaya was to begin today and in all probability he made a quiet exit.\n\nMeanwhile, Congress MLAs, led by Opposition Leader Harak Singh Rawat also raised the issue and created a ruckus in the House. After 10 minutes of pandemonium, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant informed the House that Upadhyaya was not missing but had gone to Chamba on his own.\n\nAccording to reports from Chamba, Upadhyaya has started a dharna at the statue of Victoria Cross-winner Gabbar Singh Negi in Chamba. He also conducted a \u201cSundarkand path\u201d at the site of dharna.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nTo mark the 76th anniversary of Utkal Diwas, the 15,000-strong Oriya community will celebrate the day on April 1 in which artistes from Delhi-based Sankalp group will present a cultural programme at the AMN Ghosh Auditorium\n\nAddressing a press conference today, Subas Chander Satpathy, Vice-Chairman of the Oriya Samaj, said 76 years ago Orissa was carved out as a separate on the basis of distinct language and culture.\n\n\u201cTo mark the occasion, a cultural extravaganza, Utkal Diwas, is held every year by Oriya people settled all over the country. This year internationally renowned artistes of the Sankalp group (New Delhi) will perform at the cultural extravaganza,\u201d he said.\n\nThe function will be presided over by Managing Director of ONGC\nAK Hazarika.\n\nSatpathy also urged the Central government to pass a proposal for a super-fast train between Puri and Dehradun. \u201cThe only train service here takes 54 hours to reach Orissa. It is not worth the effort. If a super-fast train is introduced between Dehradun and Puri, it will provide connectivity between Badri Dham and Jaganath Dham,\u201d said Satpathy.\n\nHe also urged the state government to allocate land for the construction of a temple dedicated to Lord Jagan Nath.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nDr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Chief Minister, said today that his government had initiated several schemes for the welfare of all sections of society.\n\u201cAlong with distributing cheap foodgrains to the poor, we have taken several steps to strengthen the educational and health care facilities in the state,\u201d he said.\n\nHe was speaking at the silver jubilee celebrations of the Indian Nepali Brahmin Society. He said the society had played a key role in the development of the state.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nA 58-year-old foreign national, who had come on a pilgrimage to the famous shrine of Piran Kaliyar, 7 km from Roorkee, died under mysterious circumstances.\nDeceased identified as Ashraf Khan, a South African national of Capetown, had arrived in India on March 21 and reached Piran Kaliyar on March 27 to offer prayers.\n\nThe police said Asraf had checked in a nearby hotel at Piran Kaliyar where he suddenly developed some problem related to his health and fainted. Soon hotel owner Rao Irfan admitted him to the Roorkee Civil Hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors on duty.\n\nThe Roorkee police, along with LIU, reached the hospital and took charge of the body which was sent for postmortem. It also intimated the South African Embassy about the fatal incident.\n\nCEO, Roorkee, Kamlesh Upadhay said the deceased man\u2019s daughter Jaitoon Khan had sent a fax to the Embassy asking that her father\u2019s body be handed over to Syed Sidda Mohammad, resident of Nizamudin. The CEO said the body would be buried in the Kaliyar Graveyard.\n\nThe police is awaiting the postmortem report after which it will be able to find out the cause of the sudden death.\n\nNainital, March 29\nThe allotment of liquor vends across Kumaon began this morning amidst heavy police deployment at all the venues at district headquarters. The allotment is being done through the lottery system in the presence of the top administrative officials. While most of the liquor vends were to be allotted by late Tuesday night, those left on account of certain unavoidable reasons would be allotted tomorrow.\n\nIn Nainital district, there were 7,580 applicants for the 61 liquor vends. These included 32 country liquor vends while the remaining vends were meant for selling Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL).\n\nAccording to District Magistrate Shailesh Bagauli, the district administration has earned a revenue of Rs 10.15 crore through application fee alone. Sources said there had been no increase in the number of liquor vends in the district.\n\nIn Udham Singh Nagar district, there were 6,634 applicants for the 68 country liquor vends and 22 IMFL vends. The number of applicants was 1,914 over and above the number last year. The revenue earned by the administration in terms of application fee amounted to Rs 8.88 crore as against Rs 6.13 crore last year.\n\nIn Bageshwar district, there were 1,033 applicants for the various vends that were to be allotted. These included 15 women compared to a mere single woman applicant last year.\n\nInterestingly, a large number of applications across the region are in the name of women. At the same time women have been carrying out an anti-liquor protests over the past few days. The areas that have witnessed such protests include Almora, Bagwalipokhar, Pithoragarh, Devidhura, Kedarthan, Pokhari, Dhunaghat, Tak Khandak, Ladauli, Gurauli, Tanakpur and Lodhiya. These protesters have been demanding closing of liquor vends at various locations.\n\nBy the time of filing of this report the allotment process was still going on and it was expected to be completed late in the evening. The administrations of various districts aim at increasing their earnings from the sale of liquor in the next financial year by at least 10 per cent in comparison to the earnings of the current financial year that ends on March 31.\n\nPitthoragarh, March 29\nDespite month-long agitations by women groups against the existing and proposed liquor vends in the Kumaon region, the auction of liquor vends in three districts of the Kumaon region passed off peacefully today.\n\nIn Pitthoragarh district, 21 liquor vends, including 12 Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) vends, were auctioned for bids totalling Rs 20,83,76,353, which is 19.3 per cent more than that of last year. \u201cAs no aspirants came for the auction of the liquor vends located in Pitthoragarh and Didihat towns, these will be auctioned on March 30,\u201d said NS Negi, District Magistrate of Pitthoragarh.\n\nThe 15 liquor vends in Champawat district fetched bids worth Rs 18.10 crore, which is 10 per cent more than Rs 16.43 crore worth of bids last year, said a district administration source.\n\nIn Bageshwar, the peaceful auction of liquor vends fetched 15 per cent more revenue than that of last year. \u201cThis year the 10 liquor vends in the district were auctioned for Rs 176,208,168 which is nearly 15 per cent more than the amount collected last year when all these shops were auctioned for Rs 152,221,152,\u201d said an excise officer.\n\nHaridwar, March 29\nOwing to their different and adverse geographical conditions, development in hill states is not at par with plain area states. So for wholesome development of the Himalayan states, special attention needs to be paid to them.\n\nThis was stated by Lok Sabha parliamentarian from the Tehri Garhwal constituency Vijay Bahuguna here.\n\nIn conversation with The Tribune exclusively, the Tehri parliamentarian said in the interiors of hill districts, the situation was quite pathetic with denizens living a tough life devoid of necessary facilities, providing which should be the priority of respective governments at the Centre or in the state.\n\n\u201cEven in Parliament when I take forth this issue, I talk about the cartel of hilly states as one identity i.e. Himalayan states, as their geographical living conditions are the same, but devoid of basic infrastructure and development. Unless we bring these states into the mainstream of development, one can\u2019t assume that India is taking development strides fully,\u201d said Bahuguna, an ex-Allahabad-Bombay High Court judge turned politician.\n\nOn the contentious issue of hydroelectric projects being run and granted permission in Uttarakhand in large numbers, the parliamentarian voiced for a well-balanced approach in this regard as one can\u2019t take religion, environment and development as separately.\n\n\u201cAll these need a well-balanced vision as development is imperative, though not at the extreme cost of nature, environment or hurting viable religious feelings,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cBut with power and water, and Uttarakhand having limited employment-revenue generation sources, hydel generation projects are a vital option though with restraint measures,\u201d opined Bahuguna, who won the last parliamentary elections defeating ace Asiad medal-winner Jaspal Rana.\n\nLater, Vijay Bahuguna unveiled the guest house storey of the Press Club of Haridwarfor which he had contributed a sum of Rs 5 lakh. Addressing the media fraternity, he highlighted the stellar role played by mediapersons during the Uttarakhand agitation urging them to once again take their pens to carve out developmental wheel in the state.\n\nSanjay Rawal, general secretary of the Press Club, acknowledged the contribution of the Bahuguna family in Indian politics.\n\nMussoorie, March 29\nThe claims made by the local Municipal Council about providing houses to the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) at Suman Nagar here have a hind side too. The house owned by a poor family is on the verge of caving in after the work to level the land for the project was initiated by the contractor yesterday. According to the victims, Sunil, Anil and Pradeep, they have been living in the said house for the past 20 years and some days ago they were told by Municipal Council Executive Officer Rohtash Sharma that the\nwork on the project would begin only after they were shifted elsewhere.\n\nAnil said they heard a loud rumbling sound at night and found that a portion of the house was hanging in the air. The haphazard digging at the project site has led to earth under their house caving in, he alleged. They collected their belongings and left the house. When they tried to contact the contractor and the Executive Officer, they skirted around the issue.\n\nSunil alleged they were being uprooted under a conspiracy. He demanded that the council either provided them with an alternative site or save their house from collapse.\n\nMeanwhile, the Executive Officer said the land belonged to the council and the said family was living there illegally. He said an alternate site had been offered to the family, but they were not interested in shifting there.\n\nUnder the housing project, more than 60 flats are to be constructed for the poor.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nNine persons accused of raping a 12-year-old girl for six months in the Raipur area in 2007 were let off by a local court today.\n\nThe court found the matter suspicious and ordered to let them off. The FIR had been lodged several days after the incident was reported. It was suspected that when the money was not given to the minor\u2019s family, they lodged a complaint of rape with the police.\n\nA case under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Raipur police station.\n\nThree of the accused, Madan Lal, Elya and Suresh, have died, while the remaining six, Dheeraj, Mann Singh, Raju, Akram, Viru Ram and Ishrar, have been facing the trial in the court.\n\nMussoorie, March 29\nIAS trainees from LBSNAA, in association with the district administration, will organise a one-day health camp at St Mary\u2019s Hospital in Mussoorie on April 9.\nThe trainees today visited the Municipal Council premises for support from the president and members of various wards.\n\nThey said specialists would conduct free checkup of eyes and physical and mental disabilities on the occasion. The doctors would also provide free consultation for ears and polio ailments. Physical and mental disability certificates would also be distributed at the camp.\n\nThe disabled would be provided with equipments. The trainees said disabled pension procedures would also be initiated, besides the health checkup.\n\nThe team, led by Prabjot Singh and Amit Kumar, met Municipal Council President OP Uniyal and discussed about the camp in details and distributed publicity material on the occasion. Uniyal assured them of full cooperation for the camp.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nVipin Nagalia has retained the presidentship of the Doon Udhyog Vyapar Mandal. His opponent Akhil Bhatia today withdrew his candidature from the election, following which Nagalia was declared elected unanimously.\n\nElection Officer Rakesh Oberoi announced Nagalia\u2019s election to the post of president of the mandal. Nagalia said it would be his priority to ensure that traders\u2019 issues get due attention and were redressed at the earliest. He said he was also for unity among traders in the state.\n\nPranteey Udhyog Vyapar Mandal president Anil Goyal asserted the forces that were trying to create differences among the traders would finally be defeated.\n\nInterestingly, the Doon Udhyog Vyapar Mandal has undergone a split recently with some members parting ways from it and forming the Pradesh Udhyog Vyapar Mandal Samiti. The samiti has NP Deewan as its president.\n\nMussoorie, March 29\nSafai karamcharis marched to the local Municipal Council premises yesterday in protest against the confiscation of their brooms and garbage baskets, which were lying on the roadside, by a health officer on Saturday.\n\nThe safai karamcharis met Executive Officer Rohtash Sharma and told him that the health officer had confiscated their brooms and baskets on the pretext that they were absent from duty. They said they would not work under such conditions where the officials did not trust the karamcharis.\n\nSharma told them that some misunderstanding had occurred between the two sides and it would be removed through\na dialogue.\n\nDehradun, March 29\nAnnoyed with Amrender Singh, coach of international golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, being asked to remove his turban on the grounds of security at the Milan Airport, members of the committee of Gurdwara Baba Lakhi Shah resorted to protest here yesterday.\n\nThe protestors condemned the Foreign Ministry for not taking appropriate measures in their favour. They said their religious sentiments had been hurt by the act.\n\nMeanwhile, the president of the Sikh Students Organisation has appealed to the administration to provide the Sikh community residing overseas assistance and protection of their religious rights."}
-{"text": "Mermaids Millions - Will She Share Some with You?\n\n23 March 2013\n\nThis is one wealthy mermaid who wants to share her millions with you, but only if you spin those reels into a winning combination! Mermaid Millions has a refreshing underwater theme as you spin the five reels and try to win with one of the 15 paylines.\n\nThe graphics are bright and eye-catching, and there are some great symbols that tie into the theme perfectly. Look out for Sea horses, Jewels, the Mermaid herself, Treasure Chests, Pearls in Oysters, and more! If you play your cards right you could be the lucky winner of the 7,500 coin jackpot. Just make sure that you bet the maximum amount if you want to win the maximum amount.\n\nHow to Play Mermaid Millions\n\nIf you have played on slots before then you will already be familiar with the basics of the game whereby you spin the reels and try to make a winning combo to win some prizes. There are also some other features to take note of:\n\n\u2022 The Neptune symbol is Wild in this game \u2013 it can stand in place of all symbols apart from the Scatter and Treasure Bonus symbol.\n\n\u2022 The Mermaid is your Scatter. Three or more of these will trigger the Free Spins feature in which you can triple your winnings, and the free spins can be re-triggered.\n\n\u2022 Three or more of the Treasure Chests will take you to the Total Bonus game which is set at the bottom of the ocean amongst the sea life. In this round you will be presented with shells and treasure chests and then you get to pick a certain number of them to reveal your prizes.\n\n\u2022 The number of picks that you get is dependent on the number of Treasure Chests that you landed initially. So if you got three of them on the reels then you get three picks in the bonus game; four Treasure Chests means four picks, and five Treasure Chests means five picks.\n\nYou do not have to be a slot professional to enjoy Mermaid Millions, you just have to be vigilant and positive and have a great time underwater.\n\nAuthor: Jenny Manning -\n\nJenny Manning has over 5 years\u2019 experience in online casino marketing and has worked at several online gaming companies giving her insider info on the latest developments in casino website technology. She is an expert at choosing the best casino games to play in order to win big; this article illustrates her knowledge of Mermaids Millions ."}
-{"text": "consulting\n\nIt\u2019s been a busy time over the past six months, as our consultants have been engaged across a wide variety of projects. Here\u2019s a quick summary of what we\u2019ve been up to. Neil has:\n\nCompleted an independent review of the Great Britain hockey programme, including participating in post-Rio debriefs with the two teams, and making recommendations to the GBHL Board on improvements for the Tokyo cycle\n\nConducted a review of the Welsh Rugby Union\u2019s school-hub programme, wherein development officers have been embedded in schools to promote the playing of rugby since 2014. As a separate but related strand, Neil also facilitated a review of the WRU\u2019s player pathway for men\u2019s rugby\n\nBegun a wholesale review of The Football Association\u2019s domestic competition structure for women\u2019s football\n\nSeen proposals for a new player pathway and coaching support structure approved at committee stage by the Golfing Union of Ireland\n\nFollowing the commencement of the new BUCS Super Rugby competition, evaluated the eight participating universities for their fulfilment of the minimum operating standards for the league\n\nFor her part, Sarah has been engaged in the following:\n\nContinued to provide mentoring support to individuals on the ECAP, Future Leaders and Elite UK Sport development programmes\n\nOn behalf of British Fencing, undertook the initial feasibility and design work around their talent development centre concept, and is currently working on the establishment phase\n\nAs part of the delivery team, researched, refined and evolved the UK Sport ParaCoach programme to ensure it continues to match NGB requirements in the Tokyo cycle\n\nOn behalf of Sport England, acted as an independent expert to assist with the assessment of NGB bids for talent funding\n\nWe\u2019re as busy as ever with some exciting projects heading into the spring, so watch this space for further updates."}
-{"text": "Erectile dysfunction is one of the common sexual disorders affecting millions of people around the world. Various research studies show that more than half of the population aged over 40 have been suffering from erectile dysfunction. Numerous physical and psychological factors are associated with the development of erectile dysfunction and some of the risk factors are sedentary lifestyle with no physical activities, medical treatments, injuries, smoking and alcohol consumption and excessive stress.\n\nAlthough there are diverse groups of treatment options available for erectile dysfunction, nonetheless medication is the most preferred among physicians augmenting improved erection by relaxing muscles and increasing blood flow. Depending on the drug type, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5 inhibitors) is estimated to be the dominating segment as a result of simple administration, minimal side-effects and its effective clinical outcomes. Viagra and Cialis faced neck-to-neck competition in terms of sales effect due to brand popularity and long-lasting effects.\n\nMajor focus of manufacturers on the future trend of medication with minimal side effects, rapid onset of action and more effective result than presently commercially available drugs is expected to propel the growth of erectile dysfunction treatment drugs market. However, market penetration of counterfeit drugs and social stigma among public regarding to the sexual issues are likely to hinder the growth of erectile dysfunction treatment drugs market.\n\nGeographically, in the year 2016, North America is observed to be the leading region in erectile dysfunction treatment drugs market with a steady growth due to growing prevalence of chronic disorders, developed healthcare infrastructure, growing health awareness among patients and presence of key manufacturers of erectile dysfunction treatment drugs. Erectile dysfunction treatment drugs market in Europe is predicted to be driven by increasing prevalence of erectile dysfunction, growing awareness among target population and stiff competitions among drug manufacturers. Asia Pacific is anticipated to witness the lucrative growth as a result of growing health awareness among consumer, developing healthcare infrastructure and evolving market players.\n\nMarket Competition Assessment:\n\nThe erectile dysfunction treatment drugs market presently contains multiple companies with commercialized products across different geographies. New innovative products are being developed by various manufacturers and the market is expanding on account of increasing adoption and accessibilities of these products, growing popularity of brands and increasing prevalence of erectile dysfunction. The foremost industry players include Apricus Biosciences, Bayer AG, Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Eli Lilly and Company, Johnson & Johnson Services, Meda Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., Vivus, Inc., and others.\n\nCredence Research is a worldwide market research and counseling firm that serves driving organizations, governments, non legislative associations, and not-for-benefits. We offer our customers some assistance with making enduring enhancements to their execution and understand their most imperative objectives. Over almost a century, we\u2019ve manufactured a firm extraordinarily prepared to this task."}
-{"text": "Menu\n\nIf you\u2019re a dedicated fashion aficionado, always seeking out the best and most individual designs, don\u2019t deny yourself the opportunity of supporting independent Australian designers and artists, by purchasing your next stylish piece from Innovative Fashions\n\nFREE REGULAR POSTAGE ON ORDERS OVER $35 NOW UNTIL 15th AUGUST!\nPlease use Coupon Number : REG639 to apply for free postage on your next order with us.\nConditions apply. Minimum Order Amount $35.00.\n\nThis week you won\u2019t want to miss Resinate.\n\nLove Innovative Fashions Team x x x\n\nWhen Shopping at Innovative Fashions, the online boutique, you can always guarantee you\u2019ll find a range of unique and limited edition pieces that cannot be found on the high street.\n\nWhy Consider Cord Blood Banking for Your Child\n\nWith cord blood banking, you are doing something that can either benefit yourself, your loved ones or other people who may need the highly beneficial power of stem cells. If you have made the decision to go with cord blood banking, you may be curious as to what the process is like, what to expect and what other things come as a result of banking cord blood in a professional facility. To begin, the stem cells will be removed from the baby\u2019s umbilical cord shortly after birth. This process is quick and most parents and babies don\u2019t even know that it is being done.\n\nOnce the stem cells have been removed, they will be shipped off to a professional facility that handles cord blood banking. The facility will store the stem cells for any length of time depending on its use and needs. The whole process of cord blood banking is quite simple and quick for most parents, and this is why it is becoming a very popular choice among women who are having babies. Stem cells from the umbilical cord that have been frozen can be used either by your own family or by others who might need it.\n\nWhen you make the decision to do cord blood banking for cord blood with Cell Care, it is important that you specify if you would like to freeze the cord blood for yourself or if you would like to donate it. The cord blood can be used later on or right away for different types of things, and many people have used it with success to treat certain types of diseases and even some types of cancers. If you would like to learn more about this type of process, make sure that you speak with either a doctor or a facility that handles the freezing and storage of stem cells."}
-{"text": "Alcohol withdrawal in Arlington occurs when a person who is addicted to alcohol (suffering from alcoholism) does not consume alcohol at the frequency they have become accustomed to. Withdrawal is the reaction that the body and mind have when a person stops drinking. It can happen unintentionally when a person finds themselves unable to drink, or as a result of an effort to detox.\n\nIt is important to find treatment for this condition immediately, as complications can occur. For immediate help, dial 817-533-2441 to reach the experts at Alcohol treatment Centers Arlington.\n\nCauses of Alcohol Withdrawal in Arlington\n\nWithdrawal is predominantly caused by the physical addiction, or chemical dependence, that a person develops as a result of frequent and prolonged alcohol abuse. Alcohol enters the body and gets into the bloodstream almost immediately. Once there, it begins to send signals to the brain to perform certain actions and block others.\n\nThis includes the release of dopamine, a chemical responsible for feelings of pleasure and contentment. If a person only drinks occasionally and in small amounts, there are few effects on normal brain functions. However, with frequent and prolonged alcohol abuse, the chemistry of the brain is affected so that it is unable to produce dopamine without the chemical signal from alcohol.\n\nEvery person with an addiction experiences withdrawal in one form or another. However, withdrawal can vary a great deal between individual addicts. And to make matters more complicated, if a person goes through withdrawal on more than one occasion, their experiences each time can be vastly different.\n\nWithdrawal typically lasts just over 72 hours, with the peak of the symptoms occurring between 24 and 72 hours after a person's last drink. However, minor and residual withdrawals can last far longer, for several weeks at least, and may sporadically recur later down the line.\n\nAlcohol Withdrawal Symptoms\n\nWithdrawal can have numerous symptoms, some relatively minor (though they do not feel minor) and others major and potentially medically dangerous without monitoring and treatment. Some of the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include:\n\nPhysical\n\nTremors\n\nCold sweats\n\nNausea\n\nHeadaches\n\nVomiting and diarrhea\n\nMental\n\nExtreme mood swings\n\nAnxiety\n\nAnger\n\nDepression\n\nIrritability and edginess\n\nMajor Symptoms\n\nHallucinations\n\nFever\n\nSeizures\n\nHeart failure\n\nLiver failure\n\nWithdrawal symptoms can be severe and occur without warning. Medical treatment is recommended for addicts who want to stop drinking. Having a proper medical detox can prevent long-term organ damage and psychological trauma that can occur during severe withdrawal.\n\nResidential Treatment for Alcohol Addiction\n\nResidential treatment is the best option for addiction. Residential treatment programs offer addicts a chance to completely devote their time and attention to healing from substance abuse. Medical detox, talk therapy, and other recovery treatments are offered. Additional therapies are also available, including restorative yoga, art therapy, and music therapy to address all aspects of healing and recovery.\n\nResidential programs often last for at least 90 days, up to 180 days, allowing for total focus on recovery without the risk of relapse. 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-{"text": "Javascript Redirect Page\n\nWelcome to the JavaScript Tutorials, we have already covered JavaScript event, JavaScript void and JavaScript function. In fact we have covered many more topics, and you can find it in our JavaScript tutorials. Today we will see what is a JavaScript redirect page and how to use the JavaScript redirect page to direct your user to a new web page, or a domain.\n\nThe JavaScript redirect page will help you to inform your visitors of any change of the web location or pages. To do so, you need to use a JavaScript redirection.\n\nJavaScript redirect page \u2013 Why to use it?\n\nJavaScript redirect page can be used in many ways, let\u2019s see how it will help you with major scenarios:\n\nMigration \u2013 May be you were using the free hosted website, and you have got a new website or created a blog. Now you want more control of your content or want to monetize your blog. But don\u2019t want to lose the traffic of a free hosted website as well. Here, JavaScript redirect will help you hold those visitors.\n\nDomain name changed \u2013 If you don\u2019t like your existing website domain name or it is similar to other bad neighbors, and you have got a new blog. Again, you can use the JavaScript redirect page to hold the traffic.\n\nContent \u2013 you can use your old free domain to divert visitors to your new web site\u2019s content. For example, I have a website called [email protected], then I can redirect visitors to read more content on my new website http://sharplesson.com.\n\nJavaScript redirect page \u2013 Example\n\nNow we will see, how JavaScript redirect page can be used to direct your visitors. We will use two examples:\n\nRedirect the visitor with user inputs.\n\nRedirect the visitor with a message.\n\nExample -1\n\nWe will see when user will click the button, it will be directed to the sharplesson\u2019s website. To redirect, we have used a custom function, you can put any name instead of \u2018SharpLessonRedirect ()\u2019. When a reader will click the button, it will call the function SharpLessonRedirect (). The \u2018window.location\u2019 will open the web page URL \u2018http://sharplesson.com\u2019.\n\nWhen the reader will click the above \u2018 Come & Redirect\u2019, then it will open the sharplesson\u2019s website:\n\nSecond output will be:\n\nYes, finally your small code have redirected the page to a sharplesson website.\n\nExample 2\n\nIn this example we will show a message to our readers, and it will redirect the reader to the new location in a few seconds. We have used \u2018SharpLessonRedirect ()\u2019, and setTimeout () to set the time delay to 6 seconds.\n\nWe have used \u2018SharpLessonRedirect ()\u2019 function. You can have any name, like yours or pet as well.\n\nWe have used setTimeout () with two arguments. The first argument is \u2018SharpLessonRedirect ()\u2019 which will come into action after the delay time. And the second argument is time in milliseconds, we have set 6000 seconds.\n\nConclusion\n\nWe have just shown the importance of the JavaScript redirect page and how to use it in different ways. Just practice it to understand the use of JavaScript redirect.\n\nIf you liked our content on JavaScript redirect page, then do like, share or tweet for us. It will motivate our team to run more helpful tutorials for you guys. In case, if you have any query or suggestions, then write to us."}
-{"text": "Local residents prepare for Cianbro\u2019s launch\n\nORRINGTON \u2014 Margaret Parker is adamant about being on her back porch, which overlooks the Penobscot River, to watch Cianbro\u2019s first load of refinery modules make their way to their new home in Texas.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s one of the greatest things that has happen in the area since I\u2018ve lived here,\u201d the 37-year Orrington resident said.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s just like back in the 1800s,\u201d she said later. \u201cWe had ships all over the world, Asia and Europe,\u201d delivering Maine goods.\n\nParker\u2019s home lies in South Orrington, so the barge of modules, which is scheduled to leave Cianbro\u2019s bulkhead in Brewer at 9 a.m., should pass her home shortly after. She and her neighbors discussed on Wednesday the best time to begin looking for the vessel, she said.\n\nThe Columbia Boston, a 94-foot-by-354-foot black barge, was loaded with four modules, made over the last several months by workers at Cianbro\u2019s Eastern Manufacturing Facility.\n\nThe remaining modules will be shipped out to the Gulf Coast over the next 14 months.\n\nThe modules, which fill the massive barge, will be easily visible from several locations along the river, including nearby Hamlin Marina in Hampden, along with waterfronts from Winterport to Bucksport to Stockton Springs and beyond.\n\nThe barge trip between Brewer and Port Arthur, Texas to expected to take 15 to 20 days."}
-{"text": "A Proggie-run first aid class reveals the shocking level of ignorance, innumeracy, and illogical thinking behind their anti-Second Amendment stance.\n\nI\u2019ve always liked the Boy Scouts\u2019 motto: \u201cBe Prepared.\u201d Because I\u2019ve been fortunate enough that I seldom have to put my first aid techniques into use, I always forget them, so my part of being prepared is to take a refresher class every four or five years. Even if my memory were better, I\u2019d still take the classes because the protocols constantly change, as is the case with CPR. (Nowadays, you need to remember your BeeGees.\u201c)\n\nIn terms of first aid, this class was time well spent. I\u2019m now up to date on conducting a basic examination on a conscious or unconscious person, using pressure or tourniquets to stop bleeding, making slings out of anything handy, doing CPR, and using an AED. As always, I hope that I go several years without having to put into use the skills I learned.\n\nBut all was not perfect in this friendly and helpful class. The subject of gun violence came up several times and both the teachers (MDs, RNs, and EMTS) and the students showed really shocking ignorance and a complete lack of logical \u2014 and perhaps moral \u2014 thinking on the subject of guns and death in America.\n\nMy past California-based classes have always revolved around specific emergency scenarios: earthquakes, fires, car accidents, and every day emergencies, ranging from heart attacks, to drowning, to accidental knife wounds. This time, though, the teachers said that the single most important emergency we can prepare for is a mass shooting, as well as generalized shootings, because guns are the primary danger facing us.\n\n\u201cWhen was the last school shooting?\u201d a teacher asked, clearly expecting people to talk about the Valentine\u2019s Day mass murder in Broward County Florida. But this is Marin and the class knew better.\n\n\u201cYesterday, in Michigan. Two died.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d said the teacher. \u201cHow many people are killed every day in America with guns?\u201d\n\nA moment of silence, before someone called out her best guess.\n\n\u201c2,000.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo,\u201d said the teacher, \u201cninety. Ninety people die every day.\u201d\n\nHow does one begin to unpack all the fallacies, innumeracy, and illogical thinking in the above interactions?\n\nFallacy #1: For a first aid class, mass shootings are currently the most important thing to need to prepare for.\n\nThe claim that our greatest risk in Marin comes from guns is so very wrong and to worry about our schools getting shot up is so paranoid. There are two things going on here, one of which is the likelihood of an event occurring and the other is the magnitude of the event should it occur.\n\nTake earthquakes, for example. It is true that earthquakes happen infrequently even here in California, so maybe we\u2019re being overly cautious preparing for one. But the thing is that we know, we absolutely know that a big one will hit here in Northern California, and when it does, it will make a mass murder look like small potatoes. If we\u2019re preparing for unlikely, but possible events, we should definitely be preparing for that earthquake \u2014 although it\u2019s good to know that the same skills will apply to other unforeseen events, including that unlikely mass shooting.\n\nAnd how unlikely is a mass shooting? It turns out, according to a recent study from a source Proggies should find reputable (Northeastern University), that overall American schools are safer than they\u2019ve been in the past few decades:\n\nFour times the number of children were killed in schools in the early 1990s than today, Fox said.\n\n\u201cThere is not an epidemic of school shootings,\u201d he said, adding that more kids are killed each year from pool drownings or bicycle accidents. There are around 55 million school children in the United States, and on average over the past 25 years, about 10 students per year were killed by gunfire at school, according to Fox and Fridel\u2019s research.\n\nAfter the school shooting ends, the insanity goes on with uninformed, mean attacks on the Second Amendment. Trump is smart, tho\u2019, and so are these posters.\n\nI never said \u201cgive teachers guns\u201d like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @NBC. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving \u201cconcealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience \u2013 only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to\n\n\u2026.immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions. Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A \u201cgun free\u201d school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!\n\n\u2026.History shows that a school shooting lasts, on average, 3 minutes. It takes police & first responders approximately 5 to 8 minutes to get to site of crime. Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly, before police arrive. GREAT DETERRENT!\n\n\u2026.If a potential \u201csicko shooter\u201d knows that a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers (and others) who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will NEVER attack that school. Cowards won\u2019t go there\u2026problem solved. Must be offensive, defense alone won\u2019t work!\n\nToday\u2019s middle-class parents have a unique cohort of obsessively loved children. No wonder they\u2019re attractive targets to young men intent on inflicting pain.\n\nIn America, we are experiencing something unique: For the first time in history, the clear majority of children die after their parents, not before. Before the modern era, half of all children died before they turned 5. That\u2019s why Jane Austen\u2019s parents, who could afford to do so, farmed all their children out to a wet-nurse until the children were three. Not only did this process get the parents past the midnight feedings and dirty diapers in an age before indoor plumbing, it also prevented the parents from bonding with children who were likely to die.\n\nEven if children survived to five, life for everyone in the pre-modern era was so Hobbesian that there was still no guarantee that parents would predecease their children. A young woman\u2019s mother might have survived childbirth, but there was no saying that the young woman would. People died young constantly, from viruses, infectious diseases, infections, food poisoning, internal maladies, and accidents. Death was always \u201cJust around the corner.\u201d\n\nNor is this what I\u2019ve described long-dead history. I\u2019m only middle-aged, but my parents still came from the generation in which you stayed home if you had a cold, because a cold was never just a cold. It was a doorway to pneumonia, pleurisy, and all sorts of other nasty diseases. My father had scarlet fever and measles, and my mother had diphtheria and tuberculosis. A family friend dragged his legs behind him from polio.\n\nDaddy was born within just three decades of the \u201cGolden Age of Germ Theory.\u201d He and Mom were the first generation of children that routinely got pasteurized milk (although given the Weimar-era Berlin slum into which my Dad was born, while he may technically have been of that generation, he probably wasn\u2019t one pasteurization\u2019s beneficiaries). My parents were children when Fleming made his accidental breakthrough with penicillin. They were adults before antibiotics became a part of every doctor\u2019s arsenal.\n\nIf antibiotics had existed during WWI, Rupert Brooke might have lived long enough to walk away from his youthful Victorian romance with chivalric war and have become a more jaded poet, a la Wilfred Owen or Siegfried Sassoon. As it was, he died early in the war, not from a bullet, but from an infected mosquito bite he got during the Gallipoli campaign. Something we would treat with a smear of Neosporin and a clean Band-Aid killed him.\n\nOne of my friends, a man in his early 60s, boasts of being one of the first people in America to survive a ruptured appendix. It\u2019s true that operations had become common in the first half of the 20th century, before he was born, thanks both to the Golden Age of Germ Theory and the development of anesthetics. However, without antibiotics, once someone\u2019s appendix ruptured, spreading infection throughout the abdominal area, no surgeon could stop death. Only antibiotic\u2019s advent changed that, allowing my friend to live.\n\nIt wasn\u2019t until 1955, just six years before I was born, that the First World wiped out polio. Before Jonas Salk\u2019s vaccine, polio was a scourge that routinely savaged children. As I noted above, I still knew one of the survivors. Because my children have not been to Africa, they\u2019ve never seen someone showing polio\u2019s effects.\n\nIt\u2019s therefore only since 1955 that the norm in America is for children to survive their parents. We bury them; they don\u2019t bury us. [Read more\u2026]"}
-{"text": "How the Mobile Phone is Evolving in Developing Countries\n\nFrom the Ground Up\n\nCell phones might be little use after they've fallen into mud, but their chargers might get something out of it. Microbial fuel cell-based chargers thrive on electrons generated by bacteria in soil. Researcher Aviva Presser Aiden of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and her team are field testing chargers in sub-Saharan Africa, in part on a grant of $100,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Fifty-seven percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa has cell phones but only 30 percent has power. To charge their phones, many have to walk miles to charging stations that can cost them as much as a dollar, in a region where the average annual income is $1,610. A bonus is that microbial fuel cell-based chargers can be built from basic materials by the average person for very little cost."}
-{"text": "For those of you familiar with Laura Lippman's books, you'll recognize this Baltimore landmark:The conference was great. A fantastic crowd. Here's the view from my chair before the start of my panel, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, mixing mystery and horror. I wrote an article about the panel for the Baltimore Sun Read Street blog.I finally got the chance to meet Charliane Harris. As part of the marketing campaign for her HBO series, True Blood, you can order the synthetic TruBlood.My publisher HarperCollins treated their authors to a private dinner at a nearby swanky restaurant. Here's a picture of the place setting for me. I hobnobbed with big name authors and VIPs from the media. I managed to not get thrown out.Like other Bouchercons, the best action happened in the bar. Here is Lori Armstrong trying to convince Marcus Sakey to buy her yet another drink.As great as the conference was, we got cabin fever and took a short walking tour of the Charmed City to include Edgar Allan Poe's grave (with a detour for fabulous crab cakes).In local news:"}
-{"text": "Featured Research\n\nQuick Stats\n\nQuick Stats\n\nYou are here\n\nUnited, Acosta Team up for MDA Fundraiser\n\nUnited\u2019s Aisles of Smiles raised $48k last year\n\nAugust 1, 2012, 08:00 pm\n\nUnited Supermarkets LLC, Acosta Marketing and manufacturers will once again team up for the Muscular Dystrophy Association\u2019s Aisles of Smiles promotion.\n\nFrom Aug. 1 to Sept. 3, when customers purchase products labeled with special \u201cAisles of Smiles\u201d tags at any United, Market Street or Amigos location, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to MDA. Participating products will be featured in the stores\u2019 weekly circulars.\n\nStarting Aug. 15 until the end of the promotion, customers will also have the opportunity to purchase Smiley Face scan tags during checkout for as little as $1, with all proceeds going to MDA. Team members will encourage customers to write their name on the scan tags and display them in stores.\n\n\u201cWe are thrilled to work with Acosta and its manufacturers to host Aisles of Smiles,\u201d said Shelby Crews, community relations manager for United Supermarkets. \u201cOur guests amaze us every year with their generosity. Last year, we raised more than $48,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and we know our guests will once again help provide support to the families living with neuromuscular disease.\u201d\n\nThe grocery chain operates 51 supermarkets in Texas under four distinct formats: United Supermarkets, Market Street, Amigos and United Express. The family-owned, Lubbock, Texas-based \u2019s 52nd store \u2013 a fourth-generation Market Street location \u2013 is currently under construction in Lubbock."}
-{"text": "Sextortion scam\n\nVIP Member\n\nI received one of these blackmail emails this morning. It included a genuine password that I have used in the past on 3 or 4 low priority sites.\nThey claim that I joined a porn site and they activated my webcam and filmed me pleasuring myself . If I ignore the email they will send the video to 12 of my contacts but if I pay $889 they will delete it and never contact me again\nFilming of the sequel, \"chookey 2\" is due to commence about 10 o'clock tonight and is expected to last for about 2 minutes.\n\nI believe the email password breach was more than likely from a few years back when xbox360iso got hit.\n\nVIP Member\n\nI received one of these blackmail emails this morning. It included a genuine password that I have used in the past on 3 or 4 low priority sites.\nThey claim that I joined a porn site and they activated my webcam and filmed me pleasuring myself . If I ignore the email they will send the video to 12 of my contacts but if I pay $889 they will delete it and never contact me again\nFilming of the sequel, \"chookey 2\" is due to commence about 10 o'clock tonight and is expected to last for about 2 minutes.\n\nI believe the email password breach was more than likely from a few years back when xbox360iso got hit.\n\nI received an email about 2 weeks ago that was much the same, including what had been a genuine password that I had used in the past. I replied and told them to go ahead as I would like to see any filmed image they had of me..............................I'm still waiting.\n\nVIP Member\n\nI received an email about 2 weeks ago that was much the same, including what had been a genuine password that I had used in the past. I replied and told them to go ahead as I would like to see any filmed image they had of me..............................I'm still waiting.\n\nPointless replying mate, the only thing they will be monitoring is their bitcoin wallet. They will be using throwaway email addresses which they never revisit. I was already aware that my email and pass from the xbox360 site had been compromised, coupled with the fact I use a desktop without a web camera led me to rumble it straight away.\nI then googled it and the email was word for word apart from my details.\n\nVIP Member\n\nVIP Member\n\nThere a good website called \"Have I Been Pwned\" which you can check your email to see if it's on any breached lists, also you can check your password to see if it has been released.\n\nThere was a huge data release with over 1.2 Billion username, emails and passwords, it was available on the sharing site Mega for anyone to download, if you wanted to dump down 87gb of data that is.\n\nAll the data has been processed by Have I Been Pwned and by putting your email in you can see exactly which site or breach list you are on, some only date back to 2018.\n\nFor instance the email I use on this forum was on quite a few breaches including Dropbox, Nexus Mods, Ps3hax, Psx-scene, Myspace, NextGenUpdate (releated to a kickstarter project I backed), Last FM, Discus plus a dozen more.\n\nJanet to us\n\nI reported that their DB had been dumped when I got the email off HYBP website, post was removed several times, and I subsequently got banned by a mod as the owner (Dragon or something) was adamant the site hadn't been hacked, even though I proved the entire DB was for sale on the darknet."}
-{"text": "Chat with bronies\n\nChat with bronies blacks are bookmarked by several options, including original restrictions, interviews with the show's elementary staff, members of the guidelines, and other such steps, and look at the pages's various effects, including music, art, widgets, writing, and information. He began to prevent the purposes and found that it had many options to the please Star Trek fandom, in which most of the history fans were copyright in contrast to the method male demographic of the show. Copyright is so content about My Little Subject: I displayed through the work and scrolled through the parties, giving a variety nod and shake here and there when up Males who admire the pages's show My Lock Pony:.\n\nProduction[ edit ] John de Lancie John de Lancie was a guest voice of the villain character Discord in the second season 2-part premiere, \" The Return of Harmony \". The Next Generationthough had not anticipated that he would be the actual voice.\n\nError: Your browser must allow scripting for Chatzy to function\n\nWhen the production team started to look into voice actors for the character, they found that de Lancie was available, and made some alterations in Discord's mannerisms to be even more Q-like. He began to research the fandom and found that it had many similarities to Chaat early Star Broniex fandom, broines which most of the original fans were female in contrast to the brohies male demographic wih the show. To reflect the larger scope of the project beyond the Chat with bronies convention, wifh was announced shortly thereafter that the film's name was changed to Bronies: And, why does society have a problem with that?\n\nSome final edits incorporating additional convention coverage and fan contributions were done afterwards, prior to the release. The film was released digitally to those that funded the Kickstarter on January 19,[23] with home media versions following that February. In early Februarythe production team announced that due to high rates of copyright infringement of the digital version within the brony community, they had ceased further work on these features, stating \"that investing any more time and energy would be not be worthwhile\". Other fans felt that the documentary made the concept of being a brony mean that one had to be \"treated like a misunderstood taboo to the rest of the world\", and countered that they have openly expressed their appreciation of the show without any backlash from friends and family.\n\nI spot a certain user not going to put his name out there for obvious reasonssporting an avatar of a cartoon pony, posting pictures of \"sexy\", anthromorphic My Little Pony characters. One of them was posing in a lascivious manner. The artist must have made an attempt to have older men adhere to their sexual desires by rendering an appealing set of legs. There was another one too.\n\nA pony was was seen with her Chag arms behind Chat with bronies neck, displaying her set of large, drooping boobs. Another attempt of drawing attention. Now broniex my years of being on the internet, I acknowledged what was behind this and that was: Males who admire the children's show My Little Pony: Males who actually somehow submits into liking animated renders of a real life animal, a pony at that. Talking, bright colored ponies with big eyes and are meant to be appealing towards little pre-pubescent girls who like to play dress up and have tea time with over-sized stuffed animals but now, somehow, have garnered an older male, yes, male audience. How is this possibly explainable?!"}
-{"text": "Now what?\n\nI\u2019ve finally started a blog, but now what? Until now, my thought bubble had been filled with a plethora of stories, ideas and situations I needed to write about and share. \u201cYou\u2019re funny\u201d, friends told tell me. \u201cStart a blog\u201d, others would say. My head swelled with confidence. Yes, I shall start a blog!\n\nThis morning, brimming with determination and holding a full cup of coffee in my hand, I approached my computer with anticipation. I sat down with my back perfectly straight, hair in a pony tail, glasses perched steadily on the bridge of my nose and fingers resting on the keyboard. I\u2019m ready!\n\nWhat the hell?! My thought bubble completely burst into a puff of smoke. Absolute vacuum in my head. Sitting next to me was my dog, Frederick P. McGillicutty. I looked at him as if he somehow reached inside my cranium and ripped out my brain. What just happened? This can\u2019t be, I said to myself.\n\nI was slightly annoyed and frustrated because I had spent the last week harassing friends for blog name suggestions \u2013 mine had to be perfect. When that didn\u2019t pan out, I proceeded to waste copious amounts of time googling tips and examples on ways to create a catchy, funny, applicable and memorable name \u2013 5 words, or less. Really?\n\nI could do this \u2013 it\u2019s not difficult. The afternoon had arrived and I was still staring at my computer screen. It was time for lunch. After consuming 10 spicy tuna rolls, an idea popped into my thought bubble. Why not write about not being able to write? That was it! And here it is \u2013 my first post. I\u2019m going to bed."}
-{"text": "Lee Jong-Wha, Professor of Economics and Director of the Asiatic Research Institute at Korea University, served as Chief Economist and Head of the Office of Regional Economic Integration at the Asian Development Bank and was a senior adviser for international economic affairs to former President Lee\u2026 read more\n\nSafeguarding Asia\u2019s Growth\n\nSEOUL \u2013 Emerging Asian countries should be proud of their economic resilience. Despite a global economy plagued by weak growth, persistently high unemployment, and heavy debt loads, the region\u2019s emerging and developing economies grew at an average annual rate of 6.8% from 2000-2010, propping up global output and buttressing recovery efforts.\n\nThe region\u2019s success has been underpinned by dynamic growth in China and India, which account for almost 60% of the continent\u2019s total GDP in purchasing power parity terms. Furthermore, economic-policy changes and structural reforms that were enacted in the wake of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis significantly reduced the region\u2019s vulnerability to financial shocks over the past decade.\n\nBut Asia cannot be complacent: financial systems remain fragile; economies are burdened with high fiscal and current-account deficits; and Asia remains too heavily dependent on North American and European export markets, increasing its vulnerability to external shocks.\n\nMoreover, if conditions in the eurozone continue to deteriorate, Asia could be more severely affected. Already, spillover effects from trade and financial transmission channels are beginning to take their toll: China\u2019s GDP growth rate in the second quarter of 2012 averaged 7.6%, reflecting a significant slowdown, and India\u2019s growth rate is expected to decline to roughly 6% this year.\n\nChina\u2019s potentially strong domestic-demand base and ample room for policy maneuvers can help it to avoid a hard landing. It has already aggressively loosened monetary policy, and it can employ further fiscal stimulus. But policy mismanagement and structural weaknesses in the financial sector and local governments could undermine efforts to safeguard growth.\n\nMeanwhile, India, constrained by a high fiscal deficit and persistent inflationary pressure, has less scope for expansionary policies and faces significant challenges in pursuing credible structural reform.\n\nThis has serious implications for the rest of Asia. Over the last three decades, increased economic and trade integration has bolstered the region\u2019s growth. For example, segmented production for global supply chains has stimulated trade in intermediate goods and promoted foreign direct investment. Now, however, closer economic integration means that sluggish growth in China and India will reduce job opportunities and slow the rate of poverty reduction throughout the region.\n\nFaced with weak demand in advanced countries, Asian economies are working to rebalance their sources of growth by shifting toward domestic and regional markets. As a result, growth in intra-regional trade has outpaced overall trade growth, with intra-Asian trade now accounting for more than half of the continent\u2019s total trade turnover.\n\nBut China\u2019s established role as the assembly hub for the region\u2019s production-sharing networks means that it is becoming a source of autonomous shocks \u2013 with a large and persistent impact on business-cycle fluctuations.\n\nSo, what policies must emerging Asian economies pursue to reduce their vulnerability to regional and global volatility?\n\nThe most immediate challenge is to safeguard the financial system\u2019s stability against external shocks. Policy reform should aim to promote market transparency, improve risk management, and strengthen effective supervision and regulations.\n\nSecond, emerging countries must develop more effective macroeconomic frameworks, including better macro-prudential regulation and a broader monetary-policy framework that takes into account asset prices and financial-market stability. A wide range of official measures could be employed to support domestic demand while protecting medium-term fiscal sustainability. And, to address volatile capital flows, countries should increase exchange-rate flexibility, maintain adequate international reserves, and implement carefully designed capital controls.\n\nThird, emerging economies must further rebalance their sources of growth. Reducing dependence on external demand \u2013 for example, by promoting private-sector investment and encouraging household expenditure \u2013 is crucial. Supply-side policies that promote small and medium-size enterprises and service industries accommodating domestic demand are also critical to ensuring more inclusive and sustainable growth.\n\nFinally, enhanced regional and global financial cooperation \u2013 including closer policy coordination at the G-20 and International Monetary Fund \u2013 would help countries to respond more effectively to shocks and crises. A key regional initiative is the $240 billion multilateral reserve pool of the ASEAN+3 (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan, and South Korea), which can provide short-term liquidity to members when needed. Institutional arrangements in regional liquidity provision and economic surveillance must be enhanced.\n\nAsians need not be pessimistic; the perfect storm of a hard landing in China, a double-dip recession in the United States, and a collapse of the eurozone is unlikely. But they cannot rule out the downside risk of a synchronized global downturn. Only with preemptive policies designed to manage risk better can emerging Asian countries protect economic growth from the threat of current and future crises.\n\nComments\n\nWhat is the difference between a Clydesdale and a Hinny? One is a horse and the other is a mule.\n\nEach excels its competition over the other under the effectiveness and efficiency through their performances. The giant horse carries the heavy load over the opened road; and the miniature mule bring his load passing through the tunnels of a mine. If we set aside the price and value in evaluation of profits and resources, the gain from competitiveness would show that these effectiveness and efficiency are more like the intangible capitals. R&D through history gave the distinctions on the winnings; that how we understand what the capacity and agility of the animal can do or how the route or environment makes it difference. Such advantage or gain resulted when two are confronted with conditions in similar or differences are accounted for what we called intangible capital. For sake of transportation of goods, Clydesdale and Hinny won over the other by its conditions. So, we must understand the elements of tools and conditions as well through competitions; conditions could be created or innovated to the intangible capitals that beat its competition.\n\nIn term of import and export, merchandize is shipped does not mean a sale is done till consumed or sold. So, it is how the importer or exporter must find its match and not the producer. Producer makes the distinction and quality of the product to beat the similar product on its market; but it is how the importer or exporter sees what is marketable. In the earlier China/US trade, Chinese found its customers in US in quantity since they found the masses of the middle class and the poor who favored cheaper Chinese products or \u201cmade in China\u201d over the quality US made products. Marketwise, China gained its surplus just because Americans were poorer in the 90\u2019s and today. Personally, I prefer German kitchen knives over Chinese ones, even though it is twice as much; and I buy Chinese ones only when my dilemma is overblown by affordability and sustainability that my income lost to growth.When I studied Tourism, I always wanted to travel Spain and Greece. I dreamed to live in a castle or hostel and travel Europe till I realize they were replaced by Hyatt or Marriot and the cost of my meal went doubled. It was streamlined in American standard. Why would I travel afar than watching TV on the screen? I went China every year since China tolerated those with lower budget spending and cheaper flight tickets.\n\nDuring the tour in China, I saw Chinese who put eight people to water the pots of plants and flower at the sides and center of the roads during the exhibition, and they made $22 a day; but China was low in employment in the region and it was an effective application of human resources. And then, I cry over US for its effectiveness using the half million dollars water truck to clean the sidewalk with its $35/per hour driver, afterward the street was not cleaned when the city budget cut the street cleaning and the half million dollars truck went idle. Why doesn\u2019t the city hire eight workers to clean the street like Chinese? It was another success for technology over human resources; the half million dollars water truck was sold. Then, we are at the doors of sustainability and affordability; perhaps, it is not really how or why they are being compared but to understand what really makes the wheel turns and what the EU politicians focused on----employment or capital goods and how they market EU in the globalization of trade.\n\nFor much we come back to the supply and demand or how we market the product in competition, I see the polarization of the North and the South that Euro the currency set their pre-conditions in ways to compete that social instability and inadequate exchange rate make it worse to complete. Clydesdale may cause more for ones to dig in the tunnel, and Hinny may work overtime to carry in capacity. In navigating the tunnel or opened road to prosperity is not easy, but the EU politicians must understand both the pre-conditions and capacity to market the integration of its Union. In the end, I still prefer the bi-system currency method to keep the EU integrated till it really becomes a Union.\n\nIt is so annoying to read everywhere that growth rate in a percentage notation is the only indicator of \"growth\" of a nation. What about things like good governance, peace, high standards in justice system, no-corruption etc etc. Read more\n\nJoschka Fischer\nlaments the fate of the European Union in the wake of the latest round of the Greek drama.\n\nProject Syndicate provides readers with original, engaging, and thought-provoking commentaries by global leaders and thinkers. By offering incisive perspectives from those who are shaping the world\u2019s economics, politics, science, and culture, Project Syndicate has created an unrivaled global venue for informed public debate."}
-{"text": "TAPESTRY OF PROPHECIES\n\nMay 21, 2018\n\nnocturnal visions and prophecies suffuse our world and let her breathe\u2026craving love and refusing sleep\u2014crafting verses driving deep\u2026pentagons and hexagons\u2014trapezoids and octagons\u2026geometry voiced by our freedom songs\u2014doing right and righting wrongs\u2026we weave the tapestry of a new religion from disparate threads of divergent spiritual traditions\u2026grounding our energy through meditation\u2014seeking karmic cosmic revelations\u2026contrasting colors weave in and out\u2014telling our stories loud and proud\u2026we build a street art underground\u2014anchored by the anarchists who run this town\u2026our fingers are plated in gold and titanium\u2014our temples are powered by cyber-wired vibranium\u2026a potent memory is dancing through the night at the palladium\u2014pulsating as my cortex learned to transcend the pressure of my cranium\u2026we are building an army of sex-fueled freaks and disciples\u2014we will carry swords of valerian steel to deflect the bullets of their rifles\u2026i seduce new lovers in search of my next cypher\u2014ancient goddesses are coming back styled as vixens and jedi vipers\u2026this tapestry we mold, craft, and weave points to solutions for our planet and for meeting human need\u2026red and black strands interact as their adherents interbreed\u2014building for the moment when we will bring this unholy babylon to its knees"}
-{"text": "Posts\n\nRecently signed Terry \"Tank\" Johnson has been given permission to practice with the Cowboys and will join the team for Game 10 against the New York Giants. Tank was given an 8 game suspension by the NFL following some off-the-field legal issues.\n\nThe Cowboys signed the defensive tackle to a 2-year deal back in September after the loss of Jason Ferguson due to injury. Tank should fit in nice at the nose tackle position despite never playing in a 3-4 scheme. Tank has been practicing on his own in Valley Ranch and attending required counseling.\n\nTank Johnson was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2004. In his three years with the Bears, Johnson had 63 tackles and nine sacks. He was part of a great defensive which included Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and Nathan Vasher. During Super Bowl XLI, Tank recorded 4 tackles, 1 assist and half a sack.\n\nJohnson has had more than his share of legal problems. He was arrested for concealed possession of a handgun in November of 2005. He pled guilty to the misdemeanor charge and received 18 months probation. Three months following this incident he was arrested again and charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, but those charges were later dropped.\n\nIn December of 2006, he was arrested once again for gun charges and violation of probation. Police found six unlicensed weapons in his home, including two assault rifles. The judge sentenced Tank to home confinement, but he was given permission to attend the Super Bowl with the Chicago Bears. After the Super Bowl Johnson pled guilty to the violation of probation charge and served 120 days in jail. He was released May 13, 2007.\n\nThe following month Tank was pulled over for speeding and driving under the influence. However, he was released and the charges were dropped. The blood test conducted at the time of the arrest later confirmed his blood alcohol content was under the legal limit. The Chicago Bears seen this as the last straw and released him on June 25, 2007.\n\nIt seems that Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are looking to give Tank Johnson a second chance.\n\n\"Real gregarious kind of guy,\" said Coach Wade Phillips. \"He\u2019s ready to play, wants to play, seems excited about it. And he\u2019s a pretty personable guy. All positives as far as I\u2019m concerned, and he\u2019s working hard. He listens.\"\n\nHopefully Tank will take this opportunity that he has been given by the Dallas Cowboys and turn his life around. Everyone may deserve a second chance, but ask anyone, Jerry Jones won\u2019t give you a third chance."}
-{"text": "AIP is an analytics-as-a-service solution designed to simplify analytics and support a data-native culture. It delivers actionable insights that unlock business value trapped in data and create new value for clients. Offered in a pay-as-you-use service model, the platform includes a suite of pre-built analytics apps and tools to support a multitude of industries and business functions.\n\nThe addition of Splice Machine to AIP not only enables customers to leverage data at any scale for operational and analytical workloads, but with built-in machine learning and a data science workbench, the Splice Machine data platform also enables customers to easily build and deploy mission-critical real-time AI applications with much less complexity. Splice Machine is a full-stack AI platform, requiring fewer infrastructure engineers to duct tape compute engines together and demanding much less data movement, so that analysis and machine learning are up-to-date and in the moment, resulting in smarter applications that make better decisions.\n\n\u201cGiven the rapid adoption of AI, we want to provide our clients with a platform that can serve their needs today and in the future,\u201d said John Matchette, Managing Director and Global Lead of the Accenture Insights Platform. \u201cWith Splice Machine\u2019s scalability and performance on almost any SQL workload, the Accenture Insights Platform is now even more well equipped to deliver on these needs.\u201d\n\nBuilding sophisticated AI capabilities involves thinking through the three broad phases of turning data into actions based on predictions:\n\nAnalyzing data\n\nPerforming machine learning experiments\n\nPowering real-time, mission-critical applications that deploy ML models to make intelligent predictions in the moment\n\nAs a key component of the AIP stack, Splice Machine provides an integrated data platform to simplify and accelerate each phase.\n\nThe first phase entails how easily one can gather and analyze data to prepare for machine learning. Massive new data sources and streams, such as those from Internet of Things devices, are driving enterprises to collect more data than ever before. The AIP team chose Splice Machine for its horizontal scalability and full SQL functionality, allowing customers to ingest data with a high degree of parallelism in both a batch and streaming manner.\n\n\u201cWe are excited to bring a next-generation AI solution to market with Accenture. As more and more businesses seek to digitally transform, deploying machine learning in the fabric of the enterprise workflow is critical for them to stay ahead of the competition,\u201d said Monte Zweben, CEO and co-founder at Splice Machine. \u201cOur completely integrated solution enables customers to not only to start realizing value from day one, but also to continually learn in real time \u2013 all backed by Splice Machine and Accenture\u2019s proven expertise.\u201d\n\nTo power the second phase of adding AI to the enterprise, Splice Machine\u2019s architecture enables analytics at scale with Apache Spark embedded in the engine. It also supports ANSI SQL with a cost-based optimizer that can statistically determine data access via tables or indexes, as well as optimal join ordering and algorithms. With its native Spark DataSource, Splice Machine enables data engineers and data scientists to use the full power of Spark libraries such as Spark Streaming as well as Spark MLlib with minimal data serialization and movement. Data scientists can manipulate result sets as Spark DataFrames and durably update and store DataFrames in Splice Machine transactionally. Additionally, Splice Machine exposes SQL and Spark in pre-integrated Apache Zeppelin notebooks where data scientists can collaborate on the steps of machine learning experiments including feature engineering, model selection, parameter tuning, training and testing.\n\nThe third phase entails deploying machine learning models and powering real-time applications. Splice Machine is a fully-ACID compliant SQL RDBMS that enables application developers to use standard database access methods like ORM\u2019s and JDBC/ODBC in the programming language of their choice, such as Java, C++, Python or Javascript.\n\nThe system enables full consistency of highly-concurrent transactions unlike NoSQL systems and other scale-out systems. Splice Machine makes it easy to incorporate ML models directly in operational applications and enable frequent retraining of models since the analytical and operational engines are co-resident but use isolated computational resources."}
-{"text": "Open Source Your Knowledge, Become a Contributor\n\nThe Empty Class\n\nWhen working with records or data transfer objects (DTO), all that you need\nis a bunch of data members grouped together into a class. In Python, that\ncan be easily achieved using an empty class definition:"}
-{"text": "Choosing the right carpet for your pets.\n\nCarpeting can be a great addition to any home \u2013 it adds warmth and comfort, reduces noise and can even improve air quality. Pet owners may have some reservations about investing in carpeting for their home and we understand why a lot of people might feel this way. Although there are some considerations to be made when choosing a carpet for a household with pets, we think that you shouldn\u2019t have to compromise. Here is what you should consider when deciding on the most pet-friendly carpet for your home.\n\nCamouflage with Colour and Pattern\n\nWhen deciding on a colour or pattern for your carpet, keep the colour of your pet\u2019s fur in mind. If your furry friend has a tendency to shed, pick a colour that is similar to or can easily disguise your pet\u2019s fur. Choosing a dark solid carpet with a golden retriever at home may not be an ideal option. Patterns with a variety of shapes and colours are great for hiding fur in between vacuuming sessions. If you have pets at home then you need to prevent dirt or soil stains from looking too apparent. Instead, try something with a pattern or stripe.\n\nStain Fighting Fibers\n\nWith or without pets, accidents are bound to happen. Be proactive and keep your carpet looking brand new by carefully considering the different stain resistant fibers and treatments available today. These are the most commonly used fiber choices today: Wool, Polyester, Nylon and Smartstrand.\n\nPolyester: Commonly referred to as PET (no pun intended), polyester is the most stain resistant fiber. PET, or Polyethylene Terephthalate, is a new breed of polyester that has natural and permanent stain resistance properties. With pets or small children at home PET is a safe choice.\n\nNylon: One of most widely used and popular carpet fiber choices, nylon is also one of the strongest synthetic fibers and is great in high-traffic areas. Although it is not naturally as stain-resistant as polyester, advances in manufacturing technologies have created treatments that make it less prone to staining. Shaw carpets made with Anso nylon have a lifetime stain resistance warranty including pet urine stains and also feature R2X total fiber protection while also reducing airborne household odors. Shaw carpets with anso nylon are available in a large variety of styles, patterns and colours to suit every ones taste and budget.\n\nWool: Naturally water repellent. If a liquid is spilt on the carpet it will form beads, allowing time for you to blot them up before they can be absorbed. However, if not treated immediately, pet urine can cause a permanent stain.\n\nSmartStrand: Made by Mohawk Carpet, in part with annually renewable plant based materials has a lifetime stain resistance warranty including pet urine stains. The perfect carpet for families with kids and pets. Mohawk carpet made with smartStrand is certified free from harmful chemicals for a safe healthy home. SmartStrand by Mohawk carpet is available in a large assortment of styles, colours and patterns from traditional plush carpet to berbers, to the most modern styles and colours.\n\nSwitch it Out with Carpet Tiles\n\nCarpet tiles are an alternative to traditional carpeting. They are pieces of carpet cut into uniform squares and installed in a similar fashion as tiled flooring. They can come with or without adhesive backs and are generally easy to install. Since the carpet is comprised of many pieces, it is also easy to replace if needed. Tiled carpeting allows you to switch out select squares instead of replacing the entire carpet. This is especially beneficial with a small puppy or kitten that may turn your floor into a pee pad, scratch post or chew toy. If investing in tiled carpet with a young pet at home, it may be wise to buy a couple extra squares, just in case.\n\nNeed help selecting the perfect carpet for you, your home and your pet? Contact us."}
-{"text": "Russian Defense Ministry confirms meeting of Russian, US chiefs of general staff in Vienna\n\nIn early January, Valery Gerasimov and Joseph Dunford held phone negotiations\n\nMOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford will meet in Vienna on Monday.\n\n\"Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister Army General Valery Gerasimov and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford will meet in Vienna (Austria) today,\" the ministry told journalists.\n\nThe Russian side did not disclose the agenda, but on Sunday Joint Staff Spokesperson Patrick Ryder reported that there are plans to discuss the deconfliction between the forces of the international coalition and Russia when carrying out operations in Syria, the state of relations between the US and Russia in the military sphere, European security issues and other key issues.\n\nOn January 4, Gerasimov and Dunford held telephone negotiations. They discussed issues of mutual interests in Syria, but decided not to disclose the details of their conversation. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that during the negotiations the sides shared their positions on the situation in Syria and the fight against terrorism."}
-{"text": "Dating a woman 4 years younger woman\n\n28 Jul 2015 After being left for a skinny blonde 20 years her junior, High50's new dating columnist, Louisa Whitehead-Payne*, needed to have sex again\n28 Apr 2016 While troves of Hollywood men have been notorious for testing. women and men who are at least five years younger, and then find out which Many men in their 40s and 50s prefer women 10 to 20 years younger. Time magazine reports that when it comes to online dating, a woman is five times more 100 free goth dating sites\n24 Sep 2013 A 23-year-old dating her 50-year-old boss? mocked by all of the women in his life for dating a 14-year-old. 2. No matter how special he insists you are, the chances are that he's been dating younger girls for years. 10. 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-{"text": "Needles, CA: Needles versus Battle Mountain in a varsity football semifinals playoff game on Saturday.\n\nNeedles, CA: Needles versus Battle Mountain in a varsity football semifinals playoff game on Saturday.\n\nNeedles High School\u2019s Mustangs will be playing against Battle Mountain High School Longhorns in a varsity football semifinals playoff game at 1:00pm PT on Saturday, November 10th, 2018 at Needles High School, located at 1600 Washington Street near Park Avenue, in Needles, California.\n\nNeedles High School\u2019s Mustangs from Needles, California will be playing on Branigan Field against Battle Mountain High School Longhorns from Battle Mountain, Nevada in a Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Football Playoff 2018 \u2013 Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association 2A State Football Tournament 2018.\n\nThe varsity football game will be broadcast live at ZachNews on Facebook starting at 1:00pm PT."}
-{"text": "Bar\u00e7a battle Getafe to a 2-1 victory.\n\nFC Barcelona continued their perfect start to the season with a tough gritty come from behind 2-1 victory away to Getafe. The hosts had taken the lead following a superb long range strike by Gaku Shibasaki in the 39th minute which was the only goal of the half. Bar\u00e7a though would battle back and substitute Denis Suarez grabbed the equalizer in the 62nd minute. Hope had been restored and jubilation soon followed when another substitute, Paulinho, came on and scored the game winning goal in the 84th minute. The only negative was losing Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 to an injury in the first half and no word yet how long he will be out for.\n\nBar\u00e7a now enjoy a temporary three point lead atop of the standings from closest rivals, Real Sociedad, who host Real Madrid tomorrow, who are currently seven points behind Bar\u00e7a. Next up for the Blaugrana will be a home game at the Camp Nou this Tuesday when they host Eibar."}
-{"text": "Saturday, April 21, 2012\n\nState Attorney Report on David Rivera\n\nChief Assistant State Attorney Jose J. Arrojo and Assistant State Attorney Howard R. Rosen have finished their investigation of Rep. David Rivera. No charages will be filed against Rivera. That doesn't mean that Rivera did not break the law. The report presents extremely damning evidence on how Rivera unethically abused his office for financial gain. Rivera used campaign money to live lavishly.\n\nDuring the same time periodreviewed, the subject charged hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost associated with extensive state and national travel to his four personal credit card accounts Other costs associated with travel of friends, clothing, and entertainment were also charged to these credit card accounts The subject engaged multiple credit card transactions each week and made thousands of charges to his four credit card accounts during the review period.\nTherefore, the subject repeatedly wrote checks directly from the three campaign bank accounts to pay off the expenditures charged with owing on his personal credit cards. Alternatively, the subject wrote checks from the campaign bank accounts and deposited the checks into his personal bank account, thereafter writing checks from his personal bank account to pay off expenditures charged and owing on his credit cards.\n\nThis is stealing money. There is no two ways about it. It appears that Rivera, like his friend Marco Rubio, double-billed for\ntravel. The State Attorney's office felt they could not prosecute Rivera for this offense based on the State v. Maloy decision.\n\nIt appears that on several occasions, the subject may have been paid for official travel as an elected representative by the state and then was also reinbursed for the same travel from his campaign accounts. Accordingly, we focused on these transactions as potential theft from the state.\n\nThe question that has never been answered is what happened to the over-billed money Rubio and Rivera received. A plane ticket needs to be bought only once. Where did the second money billed for the same plane ticket go. Rubio and Rivera have refused to give a straight answer on the double-billing question.\nThe State Attorney's office wanted to charge Rivera under Florida's RICO laws. They felt they didn't have a strong enough case. However, state attorneys made it clear that they believed Rivera was breaking the law.\n\nMore specifically, the subject repeatedly and intentionally committed multiple instances of theft by converting funds in his campaign depositories and using them for purposes otherwise not permitted by law.\n\nThe State Attorney's Office cite the statute of limitations. The truth is it is hard in Florida to convict an elected official. Florida Senate members Gary Siplin and Jim Norman are a testament to how crooked politicians thrive in this state."}
-{"text": "Library Notes: Read hopefully\n\nBy Seth Warburton Ames Public Library\n\nMonday\n\nMar 11, 2019 at 12:01 AMMar 11, 2019 at 10:06 PM\n\nWhen I\u2019m tired of our confusing and contradictory reality, books help me escape to a place where evil is easy to spot and can be vanquished by an enterprising hero. When the last page is turned, however, escapism doesn\u2019t leave me with much to cling to when I return to the real world.\n\nIn a book, any orphan might pull a sword from a stone and become king, or a little hobbit might be just the hero needed to save the world from a great evil. With a sad scarcity of halflings and magical swords, we humans are left to solve our problems the old-fashioned way: using our intelligence and compassion to understand each other and work together for the greater good.\n\nAnd before you exclaim that this sounds like a plot too far-fetched for even a work of fiction, here\u2019s a few books you can escape into and still return with hope that we don\u2019t need to wait for a hero to begin making our world a better place.\n\nIf any event was calculated to get humans to set aside their petty biases and work together, you\u2019d think it would be a giant meteorite threatening all life on Earth. Just such a meteorite strikes in 1952 off the East Coast of the United States in the alternate history of \u201cThe Calculating Stars\u201d by Mary Robinette Kowal. The impact destroyed Washington, D.C., wiping out much of the U.S. government.\n\nAs bad as that was, the aftermath is worse, with a forecast climate shift rendering the Earth uninhabitable for humans, just as it did for dinosaurs. Humanity needs a space program, and it needs it now. Elma York, a genius mathematician, and her husband Nathaniel, a rocket engineer, are recruited into the effort.\n\nWith the future of the human race in the balance, it would be tempting to think that the fledgling space program could set aside petty considerations like gender when picking their astronauts. But this is the 1950s and women have their place in society, and that place is not in orbit, even when the most reliable calculators available are women with slide rules.\n\nGetting into space is a big enough hurdle but overcoming sexism might be a bigger one. Where progress is made, it is the result of Elma, Nathaniel and other intelligent, determined people working together towards a common goal.\n\nKatherine Addison\u2019s \u201cThe Goblin Emperor,\u201d is a book which dares to suggest that empathy is the answer. Maia might be the son of an elvish emperor, but his parents\u2019 marriage was one of political expediency. His mother, a goblin princess, was quickly sent away from court and he grew up in exile, alone with an abusive tutor after his mother\u2019s death.\n\nWhen his father and all three older brothers die in a suspicious accident, however, dark-skinned Maia becomes the rightful heir to throne. With no one to advise him, little knowledge of the court and its workings, and resentment and hostility from almost all sides, it would be easy to understand if Maia adopted the ways of his tormenters and became a tyrant.\n\nThough he often feels the unfairness of his past and the desire for some measure of vengeance, Maia chooses a path that is more difficult and dangerous. He decides to place trust in people, to cultivate friendships where he can, and to ask for help when he needs it.\n\nAs in real life, sometimes his trust is misplaced, sometimes his kindness is repaid with deceit, and sometimes his asking for help is interpreted as weakness. But just as often his striving to understand others leads them to try to understand him, and his kindness is reciprocated.\n\nThere is no bad reason for reading, and we all deserve to escape into a good book now and again. Sometimes, however, books can offer even more. If you\u2019re looking for a book that leaves you with a sense of hope about what we can accomplish in the real world, you can check out the titles above from Ames Public Library.\n\nFor more suggestions, or to share a title that left you feeling hopeful, visit the library on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmesPublicLibrary/\n\nNever miss a story\n\nChoose the plan that's right for you.\nDigital access or digital and print delivery."}
-{"text": "TripAdvisor Reviews Yunduan International Hotel Tibet Lhasa\n\nTravel Blogs from Lhasa\n\n... meaning welcome and good health. Also learned that Yabba Yabba Doo means \"feeling very good.\" Tibetans are raised as Buddists and have a Buddha shrine room in each home. Tibetans don't eat meat from small animals or fish....would require killing too many souls. They eat Yak, Pork, Beef...large animal meat portion. We will visit the Sera Monastery after lunch to view the unique debating styles of the monks. Not sure how much they really get ...\n\n... their were stairs to climb and it wasn't just a flat path. Definite credit for multitasking! Sera Monastery was founded by Jamchen Choje Shakya Yesh and built in 1419. The monastery has three colleges, an assembly hall, and thirty-three houses. What was interesting about this monastery was the printing room, it was here where they sell various texts related to Buddhism but they also had all the wooden templates for some of the ...\n\n... of the building started in 1419, commissioned by Jamchen Choje, who was one of the eight disciples of Tsong Khapa, the founder of the Gelugpa sect of Buddhism. Today the monastery remains one of the three largest monasteries in Tibet.The monastery also has three colleges which were built between the 1400s and 1500s. It is best known for the \"Buddhism Scriptures ...\n\n... Lake, a gorgeous blue lake, nestled beautifully and scenically beneath snow capped mountains (22,000 feet, our highest pass was at 12,500 feet) . This is 125 miles northwest of Lhasa, a tantalizing peek into a way of life in a once forbidden world. We drove through grasslands, dotted with yak seeing hundreds of nomad encampments. We stopped at one, took photos (paid to do so) and I watched a yak cow being milked and then watched her baby suckle, too.\n\n... the border to Nepal. Our hotel did not have hot water, surprise surprise. but they did have heated blankets. Glorious.\n\nThe next morning it was time for a sad farewell to good old Tenzing and Jamme, our driver, who watched on enviously as we crossed the border into Nepal. It really was sad to leave them behind stuck in a country which is no longer theirs.\n\nAnd so we left the regulated order of Tibet, bags inspected memories intact, and returned back to dirty, chaotic and free ..."}
-{"text": "It wasn't always John Earle's plan to put a cupcake on a T-shirt. Like so many nicknames, \"Johnny Cupcakes\" was just one that stuck--a name given to him when he worked in a record shop years ago. The short version of the story is that Johnny Cupcakes is now a multimillion-dollar company with two retail locations and an online store selling limited-edition tees around the globe. And if you ask him for the long version, he'll tell you it all started as a joke.\n\nEarle, who also worked at a silk-screening shop at the time, decided to put the \"Johnny Cupcakes\" moniker on a few T-shirts. Record shop customers soon started asking about them. \"All these random people started coming into my work, and I'd have to pretend to go to the bathroom [so I could] sell [shirts] out of the back of my beat-up 1989 Toyota Camry,\" says Earle, the 24-year-old founder of Boston-based Johnny Cupcakes.\n\nT-shirts like Earle's are part of what is now a multibillion-dollar industry--one that \"has almost indefinite room to grow,\" says Rodney Blackwell, a veteran T-shirt entrepreneur and founder of T-ShirtForums.com, a Sacramento, California-based online resource that serves more than 8,500 T-shirt entrepreneurs, enthusiasts and experts from around the world. \"Almost everyone wears T-shirts, whether it's for casual Fridays at the office or their daily dress for school.\"\n\nEven blogs and social networking sites are inspiring designs, with consumers buying shirts that represent their favorite online spaces. On Spreadshirt.com, LINKwhere individuals and entrepreneurs can design and sell shirts, \"some of our more popular shops are associated with blogs,\" says Jana Eggers, CEO of Spreadshirt Inc. in Boston. \"The graphics represent what the blog is about.\"\n\nT-shirts have become a blank canvas on which consumers are expressing their innermost thoughts, wants and needs--and they'll gladly buy shirts that represent these personal statements. The time is right to express yourself, too, and make a profit while you're at it.\n\nDesign on a DimeYou can get started with little more than a computer with design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Outsource the printing and you don't need to worry about spending tens of thousands on printers. \"Either you're the designer yourself, or you hire someone,\" says Peter Rinnig, owner of QRST's, a print shop in Somerville, Massachusetts. \"Incredible designs and great websites--they're what sell.\"\n\nEarle designs the shirts himself and scans them into his computer; he then sends them to artists for tweaking. They send the final designs to a printer and, using American Apparel shirts (a popular wholesaler of plain T-shirts), the printer silk-screens the designs on and attaches the Johnny Cupcakes label. From there, the shirts are shipped back to Earle, who sells them in his retail stores and on his website.\n\nJohnny Cupcakes' two Boston-area shops are every bit as interesting as the shirts themselves. They're set up just like bakeries, complete with glass display shelves, employees wearing aprons and the smell of vanilla frosting in the air. And every shirt is limited-edition--Earle calls them \"wearable art.\"\n\nBecause they're collectibles and not just apparel, customers are willing to pay $60 for a Johnny Cupcakes shirt--and even stand in line for a new release like kids waiting for concert tickets. \"We had about 500 kids in line waiting for the release of these [monster] shirts on Friday the 13th of October,\" notes Earle, who started selling the shirts online in 2001. \"The price tag doesn't matter if they like the design and what's behind it.\"\n\nBut don't assume you should price high. Kareem Blair, the 25-year-old co-founder of Lemar & Dauley in New York City, says that entrepreneurs can only get away with higher prices if they have the brand and distribution to support them--so you'll have to research and think carefully about your target market. \"Some people won't pay more than $30 for a T-shirt,\" says Blair, who launched his line of urban tees in 2003 with co-founders Brian Bachelor and Daniel Pierre, both 25. Lemar & Dauley now sells its apparel, which includes screen-printed T-shirts and sweatshirts, in about 85 boutiques and projects 2007 sales of $2 million. Says Blair, \"A lot of customers who used to buy this stuff now know how to do it themselves.\"\n\nThreads That InspireConsumers appreciate shirts that reflect their passions, so keep that in mind as you design your tees. Meri Zeiff had that passion built right in when starting Verymeri, a Los Angeles company that sells T-shirts designed by children. Zeiff, 32, is a former first-grade teacher who started her company after noticing the lack of children's tees with inspiring messages. \"I started asking the kids, 'If you could have anything you want on a T-shirt, what would it say?'\" says Zeiff, who has sold more than 2,500 shirts at about $24 apiece since launching in May last year.\n\nZeiff put her students' answers right on her tees. Today, she sells children's and adults' shirts through her website, retail stores, her own home parties (\"tee parties\") and at a weekly farmer's market, where kids submit their T-shirt ideas and passersby vote on their favorites. Then Zeiff digitally redesigns the winning sketches and sends the files to a local printer. And even when Zeiff gets ideas from parents, she keeps her original mission in mind: \"giving a voice to children,\" says Zeiff, who donates a portion of the sales to the nonprofit Free Arts for Abused Children.\n\nLikewise, Patrick Gray and John Betz, both 32, have designed a line of shirts that give a voice to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Sold online at www.takepride.com, the shirts feature words and images that tell service members' stories without making political statements. They're also fashioned by up-and-coming designers, so they're nothing like typical military garb. \"Everything in [the] military tends not to be stylish, so this is different,\" says Gray, who started New York City-based TakePride in June 2006 with Betz, a third-generation Marine. By February, they'd earned roughly $88,000, and they expect that number to grow as they expand into department stores this summer. They also donate 20 percent of their profits to military-related charities.\n\nT-Shirt Crafters, Unite!A resource like T-ShirtForums.com is an excellent way to get your questions answered. You'll find fellow startups discussing the design, printing and marketing of their shirts, and Blackwell himself isn't shy about chiming in on discussions. \"After you get inspired with a great T-shirt idea, figure out [what] your target market [is],\" Blackwell says. \"Then follow up that great idea with a practical marketing plan to get your shirts in front of [that market]. The best idea in the world will sit on the shelf if no one knows it's out there.\"\n\nJust for KidsThere are plenty of niches to explore in T-shirts. One of the hottest is specialty tees for kids. Choosy moms are demanding fashionable clothing for their children--threads that won't be seen over and over again on the playground. Carrie Ferguson Weir, for one, wanted clothing for her baby that would reflect her Cuban ethnicity and also stand out in a crowd of shirts with messages printed in English, so she designed a line of infant and toddler tees featuring Spanish words and phrases. \"I wanted to reinforce the heritage and language I'm trying to teach my child,\" says Ferguson Weir, 39, founder of Los Pollitos Dicen (\"The Little Chicks Say\") in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.\n\nFerguson Weir, who started her business in 2005 with co-founder Oscar Alonso, 36, sells the tees online and in select boutiques. The partners have focused on online sales because they initially wanted to get feedback directly from consumers. Now that they've introduced their clothing to retailers, they're able to use their online sales as a barometer in determining the best cities in which to sell their line. Ferguson Weir says they're adding bibs and hats to the mix this year, and she expects sales to more than triple in 2007.\n\nKaren E. Spaeder is a freelance writer in Southern California specializing in small business and education.\n\nKaren E. Spaeder\n\nKaren E. Spaeder is a freelance business writer in Southern California."}
-{"text": "New Deal \u2026. The Ware House\n\nSorry I\u2019ve been slow with the updates. I\u2019ve been battling the flu for most of the week\u2026. hoping it\u2019s not swine flu!!\n\nHartford Terrace is under agreement, we went to contract with our new buyers after only four days on the market. Check out what our prospective buyers think of the house, read the comment on this page.\n\nWe put a contract on a new fixer upper last night. Check this one out. It is a full gut that has been empty for over 13 years. The house is very old\u2026 built in 1890, and it has a mansard style roof, which I kinda like.\n\nShe\u2019s a beauty!\n\nMansard style roof.\n\nKitchen\n\nDining Room/ Living Room\n\nA little water damage\n\nClaw foot tub.\n\nI like the wallpaper!\n\nThis room is very psychedelic\n\nCheck out the Tin ceiling\n\nMore water damage\n\nHeres where the water is coming in\n\nThere are a few roof leaks which have caused some damage. This house has very high ceilings, and most of the ceilings are tin, which is a real nice feature\u2026. except alot of them are rusted out because of the water damage. We picked this one up for real cheap. It will be a nice rehab, but we may end up just wholesaling it out."}
-{"text": "Harrison Heath\n\nCareer\n\n2017: Traded to Atlanta United from Orlando City on Dec. 11, 2016 in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft ... Has made a single appearance so far for Atlanta United.\n\n2016 : Made three MLS appearances with Orlando City and 12 USL appearances with Orlando City B, registering one goal for Orlando City B ... Spent much of the season training with the first team, but frequently was sent on loan with Orlando\u2019s B team to get playing time ... Started a fourth round U.S. Open Cup game against Jacksonville Armada (June 16).\n\n2015: Made his Major League Soccer debut against D.C. United on May 14 and played the full 90 minutes ... Saw time in three league games, two starts, and was included in the squad on 17 occasions ... Heath also played in two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches.\n\n2014: Signed with Orlando City then in the USL ... Started his first game against Harrisburg City on Aug. 17, playing 61 minutes ... Played in one more league game against Dayton Dutch Lions FC (Sept. 1) as a substitute and appeared in a playoff game against Harrisburg City (Sept. 14) for his second start with the club.\n\n2012/2013: Appeared in three matches in the U21 Premier League Qualifications for Norwich City FC, scoring one goal against Newcastle U23 (April 29).\n\nPersonal:\n\nBorn in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, Heath spent his youth career with the Houston Dynamo and Norwich City before signing with Orlando. He is the son of Minnesota United head coach Adrian Heath."}
-{"text": "Be very careful with sumac\n\nby James w Howe Jr\n(Rutledge, AL)\n\nSumac usually comes in two varieties: Red which is supposed able to be ingested and white which is poisonous. However , before injesting anything made with red sumac, one should test small amounts of any mixture before using it in any great quantity. Case in point: I had an Aunt that was allergic to ANY kind of Sumac, Red OR white. She lived in Freehold, N. J.. One day some people were clearing an old field about 1 1/2 miles away of the red sumac which had taken over the field. After cutting down the trees, the workers burned the sumac. Now as I just stated she lived 1 1/2 miles away, but the wind blew the heavy smoke directly towards her home where she was working in her garden. She had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance because she couldn't breath. The smoke caused her airway to swell to the point that she could get no air. She spent several weeks in the hospital on a ventilator!Yes this WAS a freak occurrence, but one should always test the usage of something before using it.\n\nNATURAL INSIGHT is a supplemental newsletter full of knowledge and ideas related to healing-from-home-remedies.com. Each issue will contain inspirations, remedies, a link or two and maybe even a recipe. Use the form below to begin receiving Natural Insight!"}
-{"text": "Well, the mysterious timer has come to a close, and Valve has come out with a new Linux-based operating system dubbed SteamOS. Aimed at \u201cthe TV and living room\u201d SteamOS is almost certainly the OS that will be in the long-awaited SteamBox.\n\nWhat\u2019s intersting about SteamOS? Well, a couple of things.\n\nSteaming games from your PC to your television\u2013Pretty awesome. The big hitch here is going to be latency. We\u2019ll see how well it works when we get our hands on it.\n\nMusic, Movie integration\u2013 Not much by way of detail here. Not even a reference to streaming video sites like Netflix.\n\nFamily Sharing\u2013A newly announced feature, Steam will let the users share games with members of their household.\n\nParental Controls\u2013in a new twist, SteamOS will allow parents to determine which games will show up on their Steam Libraries, meaning latch-key kids won\u2019t be getting at your copy of Blood and Sex Rampage 4.\n\nThere\u2019s still two more announcements left this week. The next comes in about 2 days from now. What do you think it will be?"}
-{"text": "Co-founder of the largest Multifamily Investing Meetup in the U.S. (BAMF), with 4000+ members.\n\nHis past experience includes 17 years of revenue (P&L) experience as the senior-most executive in a California education company with over 350 employees and $40MM in revenue.\n\nNeal is a backyard tomato farmer and a protein diet health nut. He believes in positivity and Karma, is passionate about cricket and about the enormous potential of self-driving electric vehicles to solve the global climate crisis.\n\n\u201cWhat if I can\u2019t attend the live webinar, but want to learn how to benefit from opportunity zones?\u201d\n\nYou don\u2019t have to be present for the live webinar to get all the benefits from this awesome training. Register and watch the replay video at your convenience. We know your life is busy, and we design our training to work within your schedule.\n\nWHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT NEAL\u2019S TRAINING\n\nNeal\u2019s presentation was filled with invaluable information that is not readily available to the average investor. This group takes you to the elite level of investing. Many many hours of research must have gone into this presentation! Thank you guys for sharing it with me!!\u201d\n\n\u2013 Carlos Molina\n\nNeal is an expert in real estate and rentals. He is the best teacher I have met in the last 3 decades and he is willing to share his knowledge to all attendees, including some potential competitors down the road. Thank you, Neal.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Eugene Sussli\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve seen Neal Bawa present this content once before and it was without any doubt one of the the best real estate presentations of the year. The market overview is very well researched and both high level and very specific. A cant-miss presentation if you are considering buying or selling real estate this year!\u201d\n\nWhere Should We Send Your Opportunity Zones Webinar Access Information?\n\nMultifamilyU's sister company Grocapitus Investments offers investment opportunities for both Accredited and non-accredited (sophisticated) investors. We follow SEC guidelines, and we only post projects for Accredited investors to our website.\n\nIf you are a non-accredited investor and would like to learn more about our investment projects, please fill out an investor application and we will contact you with information about available opportunities."}
-{"text": "Training Day\n\nWhat: RV Driving SchoolWhere to Buy: RV SchoolPrice: Varies, depending on type ($695 for the one we took)\n\nBetween the two of us we have *censored for ridiculously high count* years of driving experience. It\u2019s second-nature to the both of us. In thinking about driving a 45 foot motorhome (plus tow!), we first watched youtube videos, talked through the logistics of driving a motorhome, discussed how this would be different than driving a car or SUV, et cetera. But like many others, we tend to learn by doing.\n\nKnowing that we were driving something that was hundreds of thousands of dollars (a bit different than the Jeep, we\u2019ll admit), we knew that we weren\u2019t going to depend on youtube. We researched RV Training and determined that we wanted to get training before we took a major trip, so looked at Pennsylvania.\n\nOur first roadtrip stop (in NC)\n\nWe researched via Google and Facebook and found RV School. They have multiple locations because they aren\u2019t a brick-and-mortar \u201cschool\u201d. They have trainers throughout the nation who may live in the location (considered to be \u201cpermanent locations\u201d, or be visiting for an extended period of time (\u201cseasonal\u201d) or just a couple weeks (\u201ctemporary\u201d). The instructors determine their own schedule and you work out the timing of the training with the instructor. That said, payment is to RV School and RV School stands behind their instructors.\n\nWe took a Combination/2 person lesson. It\u2019s a 2 day 6 hour intensive training. There\u2019s also an option for a single/1 person course with the option of a \u201cride along\u201d companion, but we both wanted ownership of the driving in some way.\n\nWe contacted the instructor, Ray Casselberry, to work out the date and place. Ray was a lifetime truck driver who was retired, and we felt he was fully capable of helping us drive the bus. He recommended we travel an hour to South Central Pennsylvania (Carlisle). So with Kim, Chris and the dogs in tow, on Chris\u2019 birthday, his gift was driving our brand new RV (happy birthday to you!).\n\nThe training itself was intense and thorough. Did it cover every scenario? No, how could it, but it started at an RV park Ray had a relationship with (and known to have some tighter turns so we maneuvered with an instructor right there for the first time) and the area had everything \u2013 steep hills (up and down, as what goes up must come down!), small town roads, traffic circles, highways (entering and exiting) and large shopping centers (to practice backing up). It also allowed the dogs practice to travel in the rig, and helped us identify some snags in our current doggie containment system (our dogs, it turns out, were used to the car and being RIGHT NEXT to us).\n\nKim driving with Ray as the passenger on some PA side road.\n\nTo say we learned a lot is an understatement. The training was invaluable. One thing our instructor immediately corrected was our speed. When we both got to the wheel the instruction was \u201cslow down\u201d. As we had more practice, he said it less and less. We also came across some spine-tingling \u201comygah!\u201d moments which he talked us through (getting onto a packed highway, for example). We learned the \u201cstupid face\u201d (Ray\u2019s phrase) which is the face you give if a car decides to be jerkish and blocks you from safely making your turn. We learned to be more patient than you have driving a car or a SUV. It\u2019s so simple, but it reiterated safety first.\n\nOther than the perk of being more confident with our driving, another perk is insurance \u2013 completion did lower our rates than if we hadn\u2019t taken the course.\n\nWould Recommend: Yes. We do often think back to lessons taught during those two days and it was worth every single penny."}
-{"text": "Connect with IPI\n\nReceive news, research, and updates\n\nHere's the President Donald Trump Most Resembles\n\nSome excitable conservatives have recently been comparing Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan. That\u2019s a stretch, to say the least.\n\nThe former Republican president who Trump most resembles isn\u2019t Reagan, but Herbert Hoover, who served from March 1929 to March 1933, when his reelection bid was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt.\n\nLet me outline some of the similarities between the two men.\n\nLike Trump, Hoover had never held elective office. A near prerequisite for winning the presidency of the United States is to have been elected to some previous office or a war hero. Hoover was neither, and the same applies to Trump. Unlike Trump, however, Hoover had been appointed to several government positions, which helped indicate the kind of president he would be.\n\nHoover was rich. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in geology and quickly began working with gold mining companies. By the age of 40, in 1914, he was reportedly worth about $4 million, which isn\u2019t $10 billion, even 100 years later, but it\u2019s still a whole lot of money.\n\nHoover was once quoted as saying, \u201cIf a man has not made a million dollars by the time he is 40, he is not worth much\u201d\u2014which actually sounds a little like Trump.\n\nHoover was a great manager. Trump\u2019s supporters say he\u2019s a businessman who can get things done. Americans thought the same about Hoover.\n\nBefore the U.S. entered World War I, Hoover coordinated relief efforts for Europeans. Once the U.S. entered the war, President Wilson put Hoover in charge of the U.S. Food Administration, managing food reserves for the Army and allies. He did these jobs so well that a 1920 New York Times poll named him one of the \u201cTen Most Important Living Americans.\u201d In other words, he was something of a national rock star.\n\nHoover wanted to avoid foreign entanglements. Prior to World War II, Republicans, as well as the public, had a long-standing aversion to getting involved in other countries\u2019 rivalries, which Hoover promised to continue. That reluctant interventionism was replaced with a much more aggressive foreign policy after World War II.\n\nTrump\u2019s \u201cAmerica first\u201d theme and his statements like \u201cwar and aggression will not be my first instinct\u201d are again raising charges of isolationism. Those criticisms may be hyperbole, but it does appear Trump is more comfortable with the pre-World War II Republican foreign policy.\n\nHoover was big on infrastructure spending.And so is Trump: \u201cRebuild the country\u2019s infrastructure\u2014nobody can do that like me, believe me. It will be done on time, on budget, way below costs, way below what anyone ever thought.\u201d\n\nFor his part Hoover advocated public works and spent heavily on them\u2014can you say Hoover Dam?\u2014and was criticized by the New York Tribune in 1930 for his \u201cpump priming,\u201d as historian Steve Horwitz points out.\n\nHoover limited immigration. American University history professor Andrew Lichtman explained in The Hill, \u201cHoover in 1930 issued the most far-reaching executive decision in the history of American immigration policy. Ostensibly to keep American jobs for Americans during the Great Depression, he unilaterally decided that his administration would issue immigration visas only to persons with the means to support themselves independently in the United States.\u201d\n\nThat executive order, Lichtman says, \u201cslashed immigration from all foreign lands by nearly 90 percent. In 1931, for the first time in the country\u2019s history, the outflow of residents leaving for other lands exceeded the inflow of immigrants.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s not clear Trump would go that far, but he certainly echoes the same general theme.\n\nHoover was a protectionist. Like Trump, Hoover thought that limiting trade saved and created U.S. jobs. And though he thought it went too far, he signed the most protectionist law in 100 years, the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, which reduced exports and imports by more than half. Today, most economists think Smoot-Hawley exacerbated the Great Depression.\n\nThere are more similarities between the two men, but there are dissimilarities as well. Hoover was ever the gentleman, and having worked in the government, including as secretary of commerce, he had some experience navigating its labyrinths.\n\nToday, most economists think protectionism and very restricted immigration hurt the economy. And, rightly or wrongly, they often point to Hoover\u2019s presidency to prove their point, which is why very few presidential candidates have ever wanted to be compared to Hoover. But with Donald Trump, the analogy fits like a glove."}
-{"text": "It\u2019s known to all that medical expenses in America are much higher than in any other developed nation such as England, France or Canada. While the governments of other developed nations like Canada take all the burden on their shoulders to provide their citizens with a cheap (sometimes free) medical provision, American healthcare system runs on an absolutely commercial basis. The 41 million American citizens without any health insurance go asking for the medical procedures either breaking their fixed deposits or running into an unreasonable amount of debt, which later sends them hunting for top ten reviews and similar information on debt settlement services. Here\u2019s a quick survey through the most expensive medical facilities provided by hospitals in the US-\n\nTracheostomy\n\nTracheostomy is a surgical process which creates a tract through the neck ending at the trachea. This opening generally consists of a tube to provide an airy passage and to remove the secreted fluids from the lungs. Tracheostomy is an extension of tracheotomy but it lasts for a longer period. Tracheostomy is done for many reasons, such as to remove a large object obstructing the airway, to treat smoke, steam or toxic gases that cause blockage or swell in the airway, to cure paralysis of muscles hampering the act of swelling etc. General anesthesia is most commonly used provided there are no other possibilities of health hazards. Most of the patients who undergo this treatment are often severely ill and incur large expenses not only for the surgery but also for the lengthy stays at the hospital for exhaustive monitoring. This treatment costs almost $205,000.\n\nKidney Transplant\n\nAround ten percent of American adults suffer from kidney diseases and the statistic shows a growing curve. But it often asks for highly expensive treatments like kidney transplant which is not only a dread to the third world middle class households but has almost similar ability to threaten an American one. In America it costs approximately $262,900 for just the surgery excluding the cost of the donated implant. Along with the cost, the medical procedure is highly delicate and complicated. Therefore, only finding a suitable donor would not be able to soothe you unless and until you are assured of the right kind of infrastructure and a pair of extremely skilled hands. But a foreign organ needs to accustom with the patient\u2019s body and for this reason a lot of ancillary expenses are made for the medicinal and other health purposes which raise the cost even more, practically unaffordable for a single middle class household.\n\nOpen heart surgery\n\nHeart hazards becoming more of a regular disease in America has made open heart surgery one of the most common operations taking place at every other operation theatre of the nation. But that doesn\u2019t reduce the cost, estimating around $324,000 for a minor case. Open heart surgery is any form of surgery which involves cutting the chest open to operate on the muscles, arteries and valves in the heart. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) suggests coronary artery bypass drafting (CABG) as the most well-known heart surgery done to adults. This surgery involves attachment (grafting) of a healthy artery to a blocked one to bypass the blood through the healthy artery normalizing the blood circulation. Open heart surgery is often called traditional heart surgery and the term open heart surgery can also be quite ambiguous as heart surgeries these days can be performed only through small incisions without involving wide openings. But be the cut narrow or wide, the cost can definitely cause you a major heart attack!\n\nLiver transplantation\n\nApart from being the largest among the internal organs (weighing approximately 3 pounds in adults) liver also acts as the guardian of the digestive system. Liver transplantation is recommended whenever it fails to function or lacks adequate responsiveness. It can occur seemingly out of nowhere, the roots to the problem being at the complications from certain medications or other health hazards. The donors of your liver can both be living or deceased. A living donor is preferred whenever the case has reached its extremity but in most of the cases the liver of a deceased person (dead from accidents or head injuries) is able to meet the purpose. Blood type and body size of the donor are the most important factors, but donors are also tested to ensure that they don\u2019t have AIDS, cancer or other infections before transplantation. But the scary part of the story is its expenditure which is about $577,100 in America.\n\nBone marrow transplant\n\nBone marrow transplant is a process for the replacement of damaged bone marrow with healthy and lively bone marrow stem cells. This treatment can be approached in two different ways: (i) autologous bone marrow transplant, (ii) allogenic bone marrow transplant and (iii) umbilical cord blood transplant. The first one is done by extracting the stem cells from the body and then are frozen. After the treatment of the patient (in most of the cases, cancer) the stem cells are put back to their original position for regeneration of healthy blood cells. This method costs approximately $300,000. But the second method is much more expensive, costing around $676,800. This procedure needs a donor whom to transplant the healthy stem cells from. Along with with the cost, time also needs to be invested thoroughly in this process. Umbilical cord blood transplant is also a type of allogenic transplant. Stem cells are drawn from a newborn\u2019s umbilical cord and then are frozen until they are needed for a transplant. This process is quite complicated.\n\nIntestine transplant\n\nAn intestinal transplant calls for an amount of $121,800 but the relief is that it\u2019s kind of a last option to grab as far as the complications are concerned. This surgery is not recommended until and unless situation gets extremely worse generally arising from total parenteral nutrition (TPN). TPN existent for a long period can result in bone disorders, liver failure and can even damage veins which are responsible for nutrition working via the catheter. Don\u2019t let the over-burdening cost and extreme health risks be the only reasons to alarm you, a highly skilled multidisciplinary transplant team is also required to make the transplant take place in the most orderly fashion.\n\n0 Comments\n\nNo Comments Yet!\n\nAdd a Comment\n\nYour data will be safe!Your e-mail address will not be published. Also other data will not be shared with third person.All fields are required.\n\nComment:*\n\nNickname*\n\nE-mail*\n\nWebsite\n\nyou MUST enable javascript to be able to comment\n\nAbout Me\n\nHello, I feel that health is the biggest gift of life and if you visit my blog you will get regular updates on different aspects of health. I am a health fanatic and I love to look after myself. Hope you enjoy reading my blog."}
-{"text": "Two minutes to go? No worries for Strachan\n\nEven with the clock running down on Scotland's World Cup qualifying hopes, manager Gordon Strachan was sure his team would find a way to score. They did, in the 88th minute, thanks to Martin Skrtel's own goal, and now a win against Slovenia will secure second place in Group F and a potential play-off place."}
-{"text": "House panel says Facebook's Zuckerberg to testify April 11\n\nIn this April 18, 2017 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at his company's annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif.\n\nIn this April 18, 2017 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at his company's annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif.\n\n(Noah Berger / AP)\n\nRichard LardnerAssociated Press\n\nFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a House oversight panel on April 11 amid a privacy scandal that has roiled the social media giant, the panel announced Wednesday.\n\nReps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing will focus on the Facebook's \"use and protection of user data.\" Announcement of the hearing date comes as Facebook faces scrutiny over its data collection following allegations that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users to try to influence elections. Walden is the committee's Republican chairman and Pallone is the panel's top Democrat.\n\n\"This hearing will be an important opportunity to shed light on critical consumer data privacy issues and help all Americans better understand what happens to their personal information online,\" Walden and Pallone said.\n\nTheir committee is the first of three congressional panels that requested Zuckerberg's testimony to announce a hearing date. The Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees also have called for Zuckerberg to appear before them.\n\nWalden and Pallone said last month that they wanted to hear directly from Zuckerberg after senior Facebook executives failed to answers questions during a closed-door briefing with congressional staff about how Facebook and third-party developers use and protect consumer data.\n\nZuckerberg said during a March 21 interview on CNN that he would be \"happy\" to testify before Congress, but only if he was the right person to do that. He said there might be other Facebook officials better positioned to appear, depending on what Congress wanted to know. Walden and Pallone said a day later that as Facebook's top executive, Zuckerberg is indeed the \"right witness to provide answers to the American people.\"\n\nTheir call represented the first official request from a congressional oversight committee for Zuckerberg's appearance as lawmakers demanded that Facebook explain reports that Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.\n\nThe company, funded in part by Trump supporter and billionaire financier Robert Mercer, paired its vault of consumer data with voter information. The Trump campaign paid the firm nearly $6 million during the 2016 election, although it has since distanced itself. Other Republican clients of Cambridge Analytica included Sen. Ted Cruz's failed presidential campaign and Ben Carson, the famed neurosurgeon who also ran unsuccessfully for president in 2016.\n\nThe data was gathered through a personality test app called \"This Is Your Digital Life\" that was downloaded by fewer than 200,000 people. But participants unknowingly gave researchers access to the profiles of their Facebook friends, allowing them to collect data from millions more users.\n\nIt's far from certain what action, if any, the GOP-led Congress and the Trump administration might take against Facebook, but the company will almost certainly oppose any efforts to regulate it or the technology business sector more broadly.\n\nAs do most large corporations, Facebook has assembled a potent lobbying operation to advance its interests in Washington. The company spent just over $13 million on lobbying in 2017, with the bulk of the money spent on an in-house lobbying team that's stocked with former Republican and Democratic political aides, according to disclosure records filed with the House and Senate. The company sought to influence an array of matters that ranged from potential changes to government surveillance programs to corporate tax issues."}
-{"text": "He gives me too many bad ideas. There's no telling how many unforced errors he's cost me during my entire tennis \"career.\" Ever since I started playing, he's made me think I can do things I have no business even contemplating on a tennis court. Thanks a lot, Rog.\n\nHe gives me too many bad ideas. There's no telling how many unforced errors he's cost me during my entire tennis \"career.\" Ever since I started playing, he's made me think I can do things I have no business even contemplating on a tennis court. Thanks a lot, Rog.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nYou should be thankful you are not a professional tennis player or he would have ruined your livelihood as well with a smile on his face, no less.\n\nHe gives me too many bad ideas. There's no telling how many unforced errors he's cost me during my entire tennis \"career.\" Ever since I started playing, he's made me think I can do things I have no business even contemplating on a tennis court. Thanks a lot, Rog.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nThat sounds a lot like what Rafa has been doing to the Fed during his 8-2 slam domination of him.\n\nRec players probably shouldn't emulate Fed. There was talk in the Tips forum about his \"chop\" slice backhand, and how hard it is to do. That's cuz it's unique to Fed.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nOh certainly. I'm by no means actively pursuing a style of game similar to Fed's - as in trying to play just like him, but man I'll get that moment of inspiration in a point and I just can't help it sometimes. I go for the most impossible thing because I've seen Fed pull it off. Pure and unfiltered foolishness.\n\nHe gives me too many bad ideas. There's no telling how many unforced errors he's cost me during my entire tennis \"career.\" Ever since I started playing, he's made me think I can do things I have no business even contemplating on a tennis court. Thanks a lot, Rog.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nThis is brilliant. It sums up my whole ridonkulous game. If I had a penny for every time I tried a one handed backhand topspin drive down the line or a super shallow backhand across the court or a overhead backhand smash I'd be a wealthy man. It's pure fantasy but as Defcon said the odd time it comes off I get such a dopey high it seems worth it.\n\n\"Just a perfect day\nYou make me forget myself\nI thought I was someone else\nSomeone good\"\n\nThis is brilliant. It sums up my whole ridonkulous game. If I had a penny for every time I tried a one handed backhand topspin drive down the line or a super shallow backhand across the court or a overhead backhand smash I'd be a wealthy man. It's pure fantasy but as Defcon said the odd time it comes off I get such a dopey high it seems worth it.\n\n\"\n\nClick to expand...\n\nNailed it!\n\nMy favourite would be the cheeky dropshot instead of the easy forehand.\n\nIt's not like a normal player cannot pull off these one-off shots and as said by the others in this thread, it does happen. Our problem is that we hit one, get high off it, and continue to try and hit the amazing shots that Fed makes seem easy.\n\nThat's the thing with players of his caliber. They make things seem really easy. The same shots you have to be high on endorphins and in the zone to hit, he hits like it's another simple shot. But hey, look at it this way... at one point in time, he couldn't hit them either.\n\nIt's not like a normal player cannot pull off these one-off shots and as said by the others in this thread, it does happen. Our problem is that we hit one, get high off it, and continue to try and hit the amazing shots that Fed makes seem easy.\n\nThat's the thing with players of his caliber. They make things seem really easy. The same shots you have to be high on endorphins and in the zone to hit, he hits like it's another simple shot. But hey, look at it this way... at one point in time, he couldn't hit them either.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nYea when he was like 9 or something. The guy has had this talent for ever.\n\nHe gives me too many bad ideas. There's no telling how many unforced errors he's cost me during my entire tennis \"career.\" Ever since I started playing, he's made me think I can do things I have no business even contemplating on a tennis court. Thanks a lot, Rog.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nLOL.... thank god i dont play tennis.. i would have done the same if i did..."}
-{"text": "\"Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapor, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows nothing of this.\"\n\n\"Man is a thinking reed but his great works are done when he is not calculating and thinking. 'Childlikeness' has to be restored with long years of training in the art of self-forgetfulness. When this is attained, man thinks yet he does not think. He thinks like the showers coming down from the sky; he thinks like the waves rolling on the ocean; he thinks like the stars illuminating the nightly heavens; he thinks like the green foliage shooting forth in the relaxing spring breeze. Indeed, he is the showers, the ocean, the stars, the foliage.\""}
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-{"text": "In 221 bc, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, best known for building the Great Wall of China, searched for the \"elixir of life.\" In 1513, Ponce de Leon traveled to what is now Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth. Today, researchers are still searching for the \"fountain of youth,\" but they are turning to genetic tools, rather than foreign lands, to find it.\n\nFor further information about genetics and these programs, as well as the producers who brought you this series, visit the project web site at www.dnafiles.org.\nSend your questions about genetics and this project to feedback@dnafiles.org.\n\nFunding for this series was made possible by generous grants from The National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\n\nLast reviewed for accuracy: February 2002.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: This is The DNA Files. I\u2019m John Hockenberry. As humans, we learn to accept the inevitable facts of life: we\u2019re born, we get old and we die. You could say that life itself is a process of decay. Americans spend billions of dollars each year trying to postpone the inevitable. And increasing numbers of scientists are spending their lives trying to find the key to extend life, cure age-related diseases, even defeat death.\nJUDITH CAMPISI: I do not think that we see in our future going into an embryo and mucking around with enough genes to make an impact on life span; look at how long it took evolution and how many genes evolution had to change to acquire that. It\u2019s a big job.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: The DNA Files journeys to a place we call \u201cDe Nial Lounge\u201d to explore research into the genetics of aging and longevity in, \u201cThe Search of the Fountain of Youth,\u201d when we return with The DNA Files.\n\n\u25cf \u25cf \u25cf\n\nAs the debate over embryonic stem cell research rages in this country, fuelled by moral quandaries and the hope for miracle cures, scientists working with adult stem cells are making quiet progress. It\u2019s too early to tell whether these cells can reverse the ravages of aging, but they may be able to mend a broken heart, as Sheri Quinn reports.\nSHERI QUINN: The heart begins its countdown in the womb. It\u2019s simply a pump driven by tiny electrical impulses in each cell, beating in rhythm as it pushes blood through the body. The fetal heart starts out fast; then the rhythm slows into adulthood.\nJANET DIX: I used to ride bikes and I love gold-panning and camping. I can\u2019t do none of that anymore. My body feels like it\u2019s 80, but my mind is still young.\nSHERI QUINN: Janet Dix\u2019s heart is a ticking time bomb. At 50, she suffers from a heart disorder, a mutation in her genes that\u2019s turning her heart cells into what she calls mush. Disease is just one of the culprits in the aging heart, says Dr. Jeff Anderson, chief of cardiology at the University of Utah.\nJEFF ANDERSON: It can age rather abruptly when damage is done to the heart by blockage of the critical blood supply; that\u2019s called a heart attack. Then there is some general aging and loss of heart function over the years, replacement of heart cells by fibrous tissue and scar tissue as part of the aging process.\nSHERI QUINN: By age 20, our bodies are losing millions of cells each year. So scientists are scouring every tissue of the body for fresh supplies. They\u2019re looking for adult stem cells that seem to hide in tissue reservoirs like bone marrow. When triggered by chemical signals of trauma, disease or aging, these unspecialized cells can turn themselves into specialized cell types like muscle, skin and heart cells.\nUniversity of Utah molecular biologist Shannon Odelberg and his colleagues work with newts, a tiny green salamander with bright orange spots. Newts can regenerate several limbs and organs, including the heart. Odelberg extracts genes he thinks control this regeneration process in newts, and inserts them into the newts damaged heart tissue. He\u2019s looking to see if this causes the heart cells to start dividing.\nSHANNON ODELBERG: The approach we are taking is to induce the cells that are already present in the heart or damaged tissue, to lose their specialized properties and to become stem cells and then to re-specialize into the appropriate cell type, all within the body.\nSHERI QUINN: Other studies that extract stem cells from rodents and re-inject them into damaged heart tissue have shown the injected cells will specialize and make some repairs. Scientists believe stem cells might respond to stimuli like a sudden decrease in oxygen when a cell dies, or the release of an enzyme in damaged muscle. When the siren of injury goes off, these paramedic cells rush to the scene of damage. Through adhesive molecules they are able to graft onto injured tissue, mature into heart cells and regenerate the tissue. With their sights on the baby boom generation, large biotech firms are pouring millions of dollars into stem cell studies, despite the economic risks.\nANNEMARIE MOSELEY: \u2026 this has been a driving force to look at a product which is going to be able to be implemented in an age of healthcare which is going to be designed around a growing aging population.\nSHERI QUINN: Dr. Annemarie Moseley, president of Osiris Therapeutics in Baltimore, hopes to market frozen stem cells like drugs in a pharmacy. Researchers here use sound waves to break cells into pieces for analysis. They work with mesenchymal cells, an adult stem cell found in bone marrow. They grow them like patches of grass, and when injected into the region of a heart attack in pigs, will rebuild the heart tissue.\nANNEMARIE MOSELEY: We believe that is possibly because they are involved in the wound healing process where it wouldn\u2019t make sense for the body to be fighting off these cells. What this allows us to do is generate from a single donor, a very large number of cells, which would then be available off the shelf, so to speak.\nSHERI QUINN: But it\u2019s not just older people and heart patients that will benefit from tissue engineering. Biomedical engineer Dr. Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pioneered the technique used to grow new skin for burn victims.\nROBERT LANGER: Tissue engineering will certainly have an effect on young people, if somebody\u2019s burned the ability to make new tissue, for example it will have an enormous impact on their lives. It\u2019s not clear what effect it will have on old people.\nSHERI QUINN: No one knows if the regenerative effects will last, or if enough cells can be generated for therapeutic use in humans. Studies with rodents, newts and pigs are mere stepping stones on the long journey to fixing human hearts\u2026 and many scientists are now arguing that the potential of adult stem cells has been overplayed, hyped up by opponents of embryonic stem cell research. What seems certain is that as long as heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States, scientists will continue to purse the potential of adult stem cells for heart tissue repair.\nFor The DNA Files, I\u2019m Sheri Quinn.\n\n\u25cf \u25cf \u25cf\n\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Welcome to The DNA Files; I\u2019m John Hockenberry. And I\u2019m getting older just talking to you. You, too, right? Well, then, join me in a search for the genetic keys to longevity and aging. To understand what makes us tick for as long as we do\u2014possibly to find the proverbial fountain of youth. We\u2019ll visit many possible sources for that fountain, real scientists, molecular biologists, geneticists, endocrinologists\u2014in settings both real and imagined. Let\u2019s go!\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Ah, Florida! Home of Disneyland, Cape Canaveral\u2014ah, Kennedy! And more old folks than anywhere else in the country. No wonder that it\u2019s also the site of the alleged Fountain of Youth.\nTOUR GUIDE: Ponce lived from 1460 to 1521, 61 years old was about 15 years past the life expectancy. To strengthen the hope, maybe Ponce made it to 61 having drank from this location.\n[water pouring into paper cup]\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: L\u2019chaim! To life! Ahh.\nWOMAN: I drank it all down. It tasted of sulphur, but I drank it anyway.\nMAN: I would like to live to my prime, and maybe a little bit past that & I think I\u2019d like to keel over.\nWOMAN: I think I\u2019ll enjoy this life & look forward to the next.\nWOMAN: Originally I wanted to live to be 80 so I could see the year 2000; well, I made that so I don\u2019t have any long-range goals right now.\n[footsteps]\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Hello!\nCLEOPATRA: Well, hello.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Interesting outfit. Gold metal snakes wrapped around your arms and neck. Tiara, with the horns. That\u2019s quite a combo. You\u2019re not from St. Augustine are you? You\u2019re a tourist, like me?\nCLEOPATRA: More a citizen of the world\u2014Actually, I thought you might like a guide to these parts. That is, the sagging bagging parts\u2014and to the elixirs and elucidators of aging\u2014fountains and findings of youth like you\u2019ve never seen or heard\u2014sparkling telomeres, super super-flies, romps in the biosphere where bananas are like gold\u2014visions of a future of eternal youth and eternal life\u2014oh, John, come with me.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: But, tell me, Cleo, that is your name, isn\u2019t it? That\u2019s the name embroidered on your emerald\u2014green, is it really cotton?\u2014bowling shirt.\nCLEO: Bowling, hah, my\u2014asp.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: What\u2019s your story? I mean why were you at the fountain of youth along with me? I know that red hair came from a bottle! Could it be that you, like me, are also searching for the source?\n[casino sounds]\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Whoa! Ah\u2014what did you put into that fountain?\nWhere are we? Slot machines shaped like giant helixes\u2014giant roulette wheels with people as the balls\u2014and, yech, there are bugs here! Rotting fruit with flies hovering and piles of compost with worms\u2014and monkeys\u2014what is this, the monkey bar? Mice running over my feet, there are rats! For rodents I could have stayed in New York! Parents warned me about these kind of places.\nCLEO: Hey, they were probably here plenty of times themselves\u2014most of us are\u2014\nWelcome to De Nial Lounge. I am your hostess, Cleopatra, the, ahem, Queen of Denial.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Oh I get it.\nCLEO: Do you? The clues, the keys to aging are much more complex than just drinking the waters from some fountain. It\u2019s not so simple, John, it\u2019s not so simple. Look around, see all those escalators? They lead to mazes of rooms wherein people pursue games of chance\u2014with life. Scientists are in all of them.\nCALEB FINCH: Ha, ha, there\u2019s all sorts of chance in each of us! And uh, I would take issue with Albert Einstein\u2019s wonderful remark, \u201cGod does not play dice with the universe.\u201d Well, I can\u2019t speak to the universe, but dice are rolled for each of us.\nCLEO: Ah, there\u2019s Dr. Caleb Finch, an esteemed Professor of Biology and Neurology from the University Of Southern California.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: That\u2019s the guy with the fiddle with the fuzzy dice hanging from the neck?\nCLEO: Mm hmm, the dice of life. Life on a level unseen by the naked eye. Oh, and peek down that corridor\u2014it leads to the philosophers club: scientists poring over statistics and arguing that gambling is useless, our life-spans are not expandable. Then there are a bunch of real gamblers around here\u2014hard-core scientists who bet their whole stake on a gene, a pathway, an enzyme, a worm.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Sounds fascinating\u2014but what\u2019s that mean, anyway\u2014aging?\nCLEO: Come on John, let\u2019s go to the convergence lounge for an answer. Shall we just, ah, barge in?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Why not? What\u2019s this? A certificate on the wall for completing an Italian wine-tasting course?\nJUDITH CAMPISI: Oh, yes, red wine. I love wine dearly.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Oh, please allow me: a glass of Chianti perhaps?\nCLEO: John, Dr. Judith Campisi.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Hi.\nCLEO: As a senior scientist at the Berkeley Lawrence National laboratory, she\u2019s been investigating the causes of aging for the past 10 years.\nJUDITH CAMPISI: We all recognize it. It\u2019s like pornography; we know it when we see it. The boring definition of aging is, aging is some process that converts a young, healthy, fit organism into a less healthy, fit organism.\nLEONARD HAYFLICK: Biological aging results from an increase in systemic molecular disorder after reproductive maturation and in animals that reach a fixed size in adulthood.\nCLEO: John, this is Dr. Leonard Hayflick, true pioneer in the field of research into aging\u2014one of the touchstones of the field was discovered by and named after him\u2014the Hayflick limit. That states that cells divide only a certain number of times, and then they die.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Who\u2019s the guy hanging out with the fruit flies?\nCLEO: He\u2019s U.C. Irvine\u2019s Dr. Michael Rose.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: He\u2019s swatting flies with one hand and scratching some numbers on a dry-erase board with the other! Looks like, for him aging is some kind of mathematical equation.\nMICHAEL ROSE: [reading equation] Well, it\u2019s a partial derivative of little r, the mathogean parameter, with respect to long, the natural logarithm of the a-specific probability rate is equal to a scaling function with respect to age gene action divided by the mean generation interval, and that scaling function has the dramatic feature that it stays high and flat, before the start of reproduction, and once reproduction starts it goes down, down, down, down until it hits zero, toward the end of reproduction. And what that says is that natural selection gives up on you as you get older.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Oh, Ma Nature just dumps us once we\u2019ve reproduced\u2014so if we make it to old age, we\u2019ve defied the odds, is that it?\nMICHAEL ROSE: Well, aging is one of the things that determines longevity. There are many things that determine longevity. Aging is underlying biological process. Your longevity is determined in part by whether your technician crushes your fruit fly by accident.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Wow, to never age, to live forever\u2014to be forever young. Cleopatra - you\u2019re immortal, in a way?\nCLEO: Well, yes John\u2014I have managed to live forever\u2014in the mind\u2014and, of course, on film.\nCLAUDETTE COLBERT as Cleopatra: They must think we\u2019re funny people, scheming to destroy each other, as if we had forever to live.\nVOICE from the Elizabeth Taylor version of Cleopatra: All hail Cleopatra, kindred of Horus & Ra, beloved of the moon & sun, daughter of Isis, and of upper and lower Egypt, Queen!\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Well, lovely papyrus! Where are you taking me now? This looks like the outdoors. Are those turtles real?\nCLEO: They\u2019re real, just like everything here. Reality, possibility, is shifting, John. Take how long we live.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: So, why is it that we\u2014and nearly everything else\u2014ages at all? And it\u2019s not like everyone\u2014or every species\u2014lives the same amount of time.\nCLEO: DR. Cynthia Kenyon\u2019s made a rare trip out of the wormhole just because she heard you were in De Nial.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: That\u2019s nice, and technically I am. So, why would I live longer than, say, my pet canary, or my dog?\nCYNTHIA KENYON: All these animals evolved, we believe, from a common precursor, a kind of primordial animal that gave rise to everything. And this little guy must have gotten old at some rate. And all that happened during evolution is that it just kept having more progeny, more grandchildren, descendants and so forth. As that happened, mutations occurred, which ultimately gave rise to all of the different species that you see now on the earth, including the differences in lifespans. So it suggests that life-spans are encoded in the genes or the predicted lifespans, the aging rates are encoded in the genes somehow, and that maybe there\u2019s a way in evolution for certain genes to be changed in such a way that different life-spans result, you see?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Not yet\u2014Of course since the beginning of time, there\u2019ve been people trying to reverse aging, stop it, or certainly as I try to do\u2014ignore it.\nCLEO: People have always told legends of the immortals among us\u2014or above us\u2014and looked for ways to be them.\nS. JAY OLSHANSKY: The gland grafters were very popular in the early 20th century. They would cut off the testicles of goats and insert them in, graft them on to older men. And these older men claimed that they had\u2026 no, I\u2019m not going to say it\u2014they had some benefit associated with it. Bruce will claim that\u2014\nBRUCE CARNES: They didn\u2019t live any longer but they had an insatiable desire to eat tin cans.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: So, who are you two comedians?\nBRUCE CARNES: My name is Bruce Carnes and I\u2019m a researcher at the National Opinion Research Centers\u2014Center on Aging at the University of Chicago.\nOLSHANSKY: I\u2019m S.\u2014\u2018S\u2019 stands for Stewart\u2014Jay Olshansky, Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago:\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You\u2019ve got quite a sheaf of papers there.\nCLEO: Those are actuarial tables, John. Doctors Carnes and Olshansky are biodemographers who use charts to forecast the life\u2014and death\u2014of species.\nThey hold that what most everyone else in these lounges here is gambling on\u2014that we\u2019ll live to be one hundred and fifty\u2014is bogus. Can\u2019t be done.\nS. JAY OLSHANSKY: The rise in life expectancy during the 20th century was about 30 years for humans. From about 47 to the high 70s. But the majority of that rise in life expectancy was associated with reductions in early age mortality\u2014infant, child and maternal mortality. Those kinds of gains can be achieved only once for a population.\nWe think life expectancy for humans can realistically rise to about 85, which is about 10 years higher than it is now. It just seems pessimistic relative to those who are suggesting that it can go to 100 or 120 or higher.\nROY WALFORD: Aging is just a problem in biology and it\u2019s solvable.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Wha\u2014what\u2019s that? Where is that sound coming from?\nOh, there\u2019s the door\u2014it\u2019s an enclosed glass pod\u2014and there\u2019s a skinny guy in there, shaven head, really long mustache. Let\u2019s see, there\u2019s a book rack just outside: \u201cThe 120 Year Diet, How to Double Your Vital years, \u201c by Roy Walford, M.D., Professor Emeritus, UCLA Medical School.\nROY WALFORD: Well, I think that many people who are now alive maybe live throughout the next century and on into the other because of the advances being made in gerontology and regenerative medicine and so forth. They could do this by caloric restriction, also, if they started young enough. They could extend their life spans, at least some of them, throughout the entirety of the next century. If humans behave the same as rodents.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Rodents?\nROY WALFORD: There\u2019s good evidence that they do so behave in terms of caloric restriction. I collected that evidence in Biosphere 2. That was the first well-conducted and controlled human experiment.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Caloric restriction is just another way to say eating a whole lot less, right? Besides, that batch of humans just figured on being locked up in a self-contained environment in the desert doing experiments for a couple of years.\nROY WALFORD: Well, I told the other Biospherians that eating an 1800 to 2000 calorie diet, would leave them hungry, but they would be very healthy because the diet that they could eat was a super nutrient dense diet and it was deficient only in calories. So this was exactly like what I had worked out very much in mice and other people worked in many other species.\nJANE POYNTER: Yeah, that means that were we to have the same power to stick with this diet for the rest of our lives, we could apparently live to 120. But I have to say I don\u2019t think I could do it. It\u2019s a jolly strict diet.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Hmm, I hadn\u2019t noticed all the computer screens. It\u2019s a bit Orwellian around here. You, on the big monitor up there, you are?\nJANE POYNTER: My name is Jane Poynter. I was one of the first eight people to close ourselves up inside Biosphere 2 from 1991 to 1993.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I guess that\u2019s why you\u2019ve got a burrito in front of you now. A couple of years without much to eat would do\u2014wonders for my appetite later...and for my imagination during.\nJANE POYNTER: Some people thought we were highly masochistic because I would provide expensive dinners for people in Tucson on the proviso that they would take along with them a video phone which was able to take still photographs of the food they were eating and the wine they were drinking just so we would feel like we were participating in a dinner. (Giggles.)\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I\u2019d call that extreme.\nCLEO: Talk about voyeuristic\u2014Actually, that made me hungry.\nROY WALFORD: I got interested in caloric restriction since it was, and remains actually, the only method that can prolong life span, at least in mammals so far discovered.\nCLEO: That\u2019s incredible, since Clive McKay figured that out back in, what, 1935? He was a veterinary nutritionist at Cornell University, who got rats to live more than half again as long as their normal life span.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Wow, like you\u2019d want rats to live longer.\nCLEO: Dr. Walford used mice.\nROY WALFORD: A maximum life span of mice normally is about 38 to 39 months. That\u2019s equivalent, let\u2019s say, to 110 in humans. So they\u2019re all kind of dead by then, or on their way to dying. A caloric restricted mouse will live, that is a cohort or colony, some of them will live to be 53 or 54 months of age, not 38 months. But if you take a 38-month-old caloric restricted mouse and compare him with a normal mouse, well there\u2019s no comparison. The restricted mice looked great. And he will perform better. The restricted mouse will run a maze, for example, with the same facility as a six-month-old normal mouse.\nCLEO: So if you take that as a marker of intellectual capacity, that\u2019s like a 100 year old man being mentally sharp.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Now you\u2019re talking. I\u2019d like to look good and be a brilliant debater as a centenarian\u2014but what if I\u2019m spending my life in the doctor\u2019s office\u2014you know, heart trouble, arthritis, the works?\nROY WALFORD: The diseases of aging on calorie restriction are postponed. For example, in mice they still get lymphomas if they are calorie restricted but they occur at 55 months of age or something like that instead of 40 months. So you\u2019d still maybe have your heart attack but instead of getting it at 60 you would get it at say, 90. That\u2019s how the diseases of aging pan out.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: It\u2019s the knowing how the diseases catch up with us in old age that\u2019s the catch, eh? What are the chances that one of the scientists here in De Nial will find a key?\nCLEO: What\u2019s the fun in betting on a sure winner? You know, Dr. Walford\u2019s played nearly all the games here\u2014caloric restriction figures in so many of them.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Okay, but, there\u2019ve got to be scientists looking at creatures that are more like\u2014me.\nCLEO: How about we\u2014process\u2014over to the monkey bar?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Great! In this place, the monkeys are actually at the bar. What a lovely couple over there, picking nits out of each others\u2019 coats.\nCLEO: Lustrous coats they are, too!\nJOSEPH KEMNITZ: I think for many people, perhaps most people, it would be difficult to pay as detailed attention to your daily intake as it is for us to control the monkey\u2019s food intake.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: No, kidding! I understand it\u2019s a voluntary cutback of around 30 percent. I\u2019d have to be caged! It\u2019s clear you know your way around this bar. You are?\nJOSEPH KEMNITZ: My name is Joseph Kemnitz; I\u2019m the director of the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center. I don\u2019t think there is going to be a single pill or some other fountain of youth that will be discovered from this line of research or any other. But I think there is the very real potential to improve the every day well being of many people through this work, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to accomplish.\nCLEO: As if it\u2019s possible to have well-being on a restricted diet!\nJOSEPH KEMNITZ: This room houses several of the males that have been on the study for more than ten years.\nLAB TECH: Snippy here is a DR guy. While Val, here, he isn\u2019t.\nJOSEPH KEMNITZ: You can see both of the animals look good, they\u2019ve got good hair coats; they\u2019re very alert and so forth. You may be able to see more body fat on the control animal than on the restricted animal. Although they\u2019ve both got a little bit of a paunch.\nCLEO: Hmmm. He looks good!\nJOSEPH KEMNITZ: Thank you for saying that. That\u2019s a restricted animal. It\u2019s kind of...a subjective judgment, although, there\u2019s a lot of individual variation of the animals of both groups. Just like people, they seem to age at different rates and they have different physical characteristics. Some of the older animals develop little spots, age spots on their faces and on other parts of their body.\nCLEO: I may be able to help out here. Let me check my bag. [rummaging through purse] We Egyptians\u2014well I\u2019m Macedonian Greek, but still\u2014in Egypt, we developed the very first wrinkle creams. Care to try some, gentlemen?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You didn\u2019t want this jar back, did you?\nCLEO: You really are in denial, aren\u2019t you John.\nJOHN HOCEKENBERRY: I\u2019m getting depressed. Or maybe it\u2019s hungry. Oooh, what\u2019s that fine smell? Like bread baking! Can\u2019t be; a bakery seems so wholesome for place like this.\nI should have known\u2014it\u2019s a rock and roll bakery. I wonder what\u2019s fresh here?\nCLEO: That black haired young guitarist looks pretty fresh to me!\nJOHN HOCEKENBERRY: Try to behave!\nCLEO: U.S.C\u2019s Dr. Valter Longo\u2014a former student of Roy Walford\u2019s. That\u2019s his band. Music in his off hours, yeast his on.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Excuse me?\nCLEO: Yeast, he studies yeast. Got a problem with that?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Mice I get. Monkeys, sure. I can relate. But\u2014why yeast as a means to study aging?\nVALTER LONGO: So I figured if I find out the rules of aging in a simple organism then we might go much, much quicker, by knowing exactly what to look for. And so I started working with baker\u2019s yeast.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Yeast?\nCLEO: Yeast. Check it out: according to Valter Longo, more than 50% of yeast proteins are similar to those in\u2014mammals.\nVALTER LONGO: We age because of wear and tear, molecules in cells can damage with time, just because they lose their ability to protect themselves, and cells lose function and then the organism loses function.\nCLEO: You mean the cell\u2019s DNA gets damaged and everything starts to break down?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: That sounds like regular, human stress. Right? You\u2019re talking about stress?\nVALTER LONGO: Right, it\u2019s an accumulation of damage caused by stress. We refer to stress as any form of insult, such as heat is a stress, oxygen can become a stress. And so there are various insults that we refer to as stress, such as oxidative stress. For example what we call free radicals.\n[chorus of voices, chanting \u201c Don\u2019t free the Radicals, don\u2019t free the radicals!\u201d]\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: And all the time I thought that was a political movement.\nCLEO: Hmm, nice body on that demonstrator over there. The shaven headed man in the muscle T? That\u2019s Dr. John Tower, a biologist at the University of Southern California. He\u2019s more of a fly guy himself; he\u2019s here at the bakery to show solidarity.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Uh, excuse me. Got a minute to tell us about the free radicals?\nJOHN TOWER: They are oxygen species with an unpaired electron.\nAnd these molecules will interact with and damage all the other classes of molecules in our cells. Damaged molecules appear to increase in concentration with age.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Hold on a nanominute here! Oxygen\u2014we need it for life. You\u2019re saying it can also be poison? Is this a case of when good oxygen goes bad?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Oh, another baker to the rescue.\nCLEO: It\u2019s MIT\u2019s Dr.. Lenny Guarente. He keeps his gym bag by his desk\u2014could be why he\u2019s not out of breath.\nLEONARD GUARENTE: So whenever we breathe, okay? [inhales] The oxygen is doing a good thing, okay? We\u2019re respiring but at a very low level we\u2019re producing these toxic byproducts, okay, so-called oxygen radicals that do damage.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: That\u2019s\u2014oxidation, right? Oxidation\u2014rust. That\u2019s what happens to my car. My car\u2014my cells? My body? So what we\u2019re talking about here is finding a way to slow down human, cellular rust. We\u2019re looking for Rustoleum. The gene for Rustoleum. The anti-oxidation gene.\nLEONARD GUARENTE: Many years of work have lead us to the notion that there is a particular gene that we\u2019re quite interested in at this point and that seems to be a key regulator of aging in yeast and very likely in animals.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: And that gene would be?\nLEONARD GUARENTE: S-I-R-2, or sir2.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I\u2019m assuming it\u2019s not an honorific.\nLEONARD GUARENTE: SIR stands for Silent Information Regulator and the gene was thus named because it controls a process in yeast cells that\u2019s called silencing. And in that process genes that are in particular regions in the chromosomes are rendered silenced, they\u2019re turned off, they\u2019re not expressed. So it\u2019s really the guy that seems to be indispensable for yeast cells to turn off blocks of genes in their chromosomes.\nCLEO: And by turning them off, some of those genes responsible for aging are stopped from continuing their\u2014debilitating work. Then anti-oxidants that we produce go to work doing repairs.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: But if there are scientists who\u2019ve already figured out the answers, why is this place so packed? So many lab rats, so many crawling, flying, leaping\u2014budding things!\nCLEO: Oh\u2014it\u2019s that demonstrator again, John Tower.\nJOHN TOWER: We\u2019ve really seen a big transition in our ability to study this question and the number of people that are interested in it. And I think some of that has to do with the fact that our society is rapidly becoming much older than it was so the diseases of aging and questions having to do with aging are becoming more important to our society as a whole and so this type of research is becoming more and more important.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I read recently, that by the year 2100\u2014not so very far away\u2014the percentage of the world\u2019s population over 60\u2014will increase from the 10% it is today to\u2014ready for this?\u2014as much as 34%. And by then, who knows? 60 may be relatively young.\nALAN GINSBERG POEM: Pull my daisy, tip my cup, all my doors are open, cut my thoughts for coconuts, all my eggs are broken.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: When we return with The DNA Files\u2014why having babies in your forties may extend your life!\n\n\u25cf \u25cf \u25cf\n\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Welcome back to The DNA Files, I\u2019m John Hockenberry, in De Nial Lounge with my guide, you remember her, Cleopatra. We\u2019re exploring how DNA research is helping us understand and possibly defeat aging.\nCLEO: I tell you, I\u2019m ready for a facial about now.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I want to stop in a vitamin shop; I mean there\u2019s got to be something I can take right now to bud again like the young yeast I\u2019ve got in me! You get your facial; I\u2019m going to pop in here.\nVOICES: Can you slow down the aging process, recapture youth and be younger again? Scientists are on the brink of\u2026 Would you love to have beautiful, youthful, more touchable skin?\u2026 He\u2019s been eating yogurt for a hundred and five years\u2026\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You have anything that just stops aging all by itself?\nSALESMAN: Nothing\u2019s around to stop aging, but there are many\u2026\nJOHN HOCKENBERY: I\u2019ll bet if you had it there would be more people in the store.\nSALESMAN: There certainly would.\nVOICES: \u2026New cocktail is easy, it\u2019s complete, and it combines the very best of what anti-aging science has to offer\u2026 Once we learn how to transfer memory from the old body to the new young clone, man will truly reach the status of gods.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: With all the ads and hype on TV and radio and in magazines of alleged cures for aging\u2014from hormones to gizmos to freezing\u2026 to cloning\u2026\nVOICES: \u2026become immortal\u2026 financial future, you have to plan for your health future as well\u2026\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: \u2026it\u2019s confusing. And kind of creepy. And potentially expensive. I\u2019m in the wrong business.\nCLEO: Hello, John.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Hello, gorgeous!\nCLEO: How\u2019d you make out in there? I can\u2019t really see a difference. Or maybe these eyelashes are getting in the way.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I think I\u2019m going to have to live with this aging body for now.\n[sings:] Shoo fly, don\u2019t bother me, shoo fly don\u2019t bother me\u2014\nCLEO: [sings, too]\nJohn, why are we singing that silly children\u2019s song?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Could be you bring out the child in me? Which reminds me. Doesn\u2019t behavior have something to do with youth? Being active and involved; doing exercise, all of that?\nCLEO: Sure, sure\u2014all of that makes you feel better, and can definitely extend your life\u2014to a degree. For now, care to join me for a journey through the wormhole?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: As if I have a choice.\nCLEO: Hold on.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Wow, what a view! We can see over to Mount Olympus! And on you my traveling companion, now can see a whole lot. Your attractions have become transparent. I mean for someone a couple of thousand years old, you have aged remarkably well. Can I say that? Where are you leading us in this slithery ensemble?\nCLEO: To the worm lady, John, to Dr. Cynthia Kenyon. You met her earlier.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Oh, yeah, all-life-spans-aren\u2019t-created-equal lady.\nCLEO: She works up here on Mount Parnassus, at the University of California, San Francisco.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: The worm lady: you trying to scare me?\nCLEO: Hardly. Molecular geneticist Cynthia Kenyon works with a tiny dirt worm named \u201cC. Elegans.\u201d\nCYNTHIA KENYON: It is quite beautiful. It\u2019s a simple animal, and yet it has all the tissues of a human, pretty much. It has a brain, muscles, everything. Working on aging with C. Elegans is particularly beneficial because it has a very, very short life span. It gets old and dies in just a little over two weeks.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: How convenient. But how can you tell if a worm is getting old?\nCYNTHIA KENYON: Young worms look young and old worms look old. It\u2019s in the nursing home. It\u2019s obvious, obvious. So we just ask, you know, can you change genes and make the worms live longer? And sure enough you can.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Great, a bunch of wrinkly old worms weakly slithering about.\nCYNTHIA KENYON: What happens when you double the life span is that you double the time at which it\u2019s youthful, so it\u2019s as though you\u2019re looking at a person who\u2019s 90, but they look 45. It\u2019s almost miraculous.\nCYNTHIA KENYON: We believe there are hormones in the worm that control aging, and in fact, these hormones actually make the worms get old. These hormones are not the friend of the worm. So what we do, when we change the gene that makes the receptor, it\u2019s like you have baseball glove that doesn\u2019t have any fingers on it anymore, so it can\u2019t catch the baseball. So basically the hormone is still there, but it can\u2019t do anything to the worm, and the worm stays young longer, and that tells us that the normal function of the hormone is to make the worm get old. It tells us that aging is controlled by hormones, which has always been a theory, but this is the first case in which it\u2019s been really demonstrated to be the case.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: So, that\u2019s dirt worms?\nCYNTHIA KENYON: What we\u2019re made of is all very similar. It\u2019s just put together slightly differently, but the building blocks are all the same, and so it\u2019s not surprising that the genes that control things, very fundamental processes like growth and differentiation, are the same genes, and they are.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: That\u2019s out of C. Elegans total what, 19,000, right? These genes have names?\nCYNTHIA KENYON: It\u2019s called the DAF II regulatory pathway in the worm because the name of the receptor is DAF II, but we also call it the insulin IGF-1-like signaling system. So yeast seems to have these genes, and it looks like the fruit flies also have it. People who work on fruit flies have been asking themselves whether the same genes that control aging in the worm also control aging in the fly, and so they\u2019ve changed these same genes in the fly and asked do they live longer, and the answer is yes they do. So that\u2019s very exciting because worms and flies are really different. So it looks as though possibly the system that we\u2019ve been studying in the worm may have arisen in evolution very early.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You know, I think I\u2019ll be gardening differently from now on. Our compost heaps, ourselves. But it\u2019s a bit difficult to accept that what governs aging in an organism that only lives two weeks is just like what made it possible for the late Jeanne Calment of France to make it to 122 and a half\u2014and that\u2019s as old as we have proof it gets. Quite a range.\nCYNTHIA KENYON: Let\u2019s suppose there was another species. Let\u2019s suppose chimpanzees could live to be 200. If they could, wouldn\u2019t you think that humans could? If we could see chimpanzees that could live to be 200, then we would think there\u2019s a lot of hope. For example if we were dogs, if we had the life span of dogs but were smart like humans and we could study aging, and we saw humans, I know that we would have already solved aging.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You know, I read something once\u2014I think it was in one of those parenting magazines that get delivered to our house. The article stated that women who gave birth later in life lived longer. I wonder why that is? Will those later child-bearing, baby boomer moms be the ones who\u2019ll be around to babysit their great-great grandkids?\nCYNTHIA KENYON: One thing that\u2019s interesting is that centenarians, apparently, women have a 19% chance of having reproduced when they were in their 40s. Whereas your typical person who dies at 70 has only like a 2% chance. And so either it\u2019s because they had children late that they lived long or it\u2019s that these were the people were capable of having children. So maybe we right now in society are actually pushing back the aging process by inadvertently selecting for reproductive fitness and just general fitness at an older age, which could correlate with longevity. As a matter of fact, we might be evolving right now toward a 200 your life span without any drugs. With no company. No molecular biology. Just by doing this. That\u2019s what Michael Rose did when he looked for his long lived fruit flies.\nMICHAEL ROSE: The little trick of this whole thing is I actually work on immortality. We\u2019re doing genetics. So genetics is like Christian theology. You\u2019re allowed to do whatever you want, only you pay a price at the end, ok? So what we do is, we set the situation up, where the flies that have genetic self-restraint, so they are not over-doing the eating, fornicating, whatever else it is they\u2019re doing that is killing them early. So they arrive at a later age, healthy, they get to reproduce and start the next generation, all the others get wiped out.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Flies, eh?\nCLEO: Drosophila Melanogaster, to you. Fruit flies. And not just any fruit flies\u2014these are superflies.\nMICHAEL ROSE: Since February of 1980 I\u2019ve had these flies, specifically selected to live a long time, and then to be able to reproduce, once they\u2019ve lived a long time. And these are the O flies, sometimes called the superflies. And you actually would be hard-pressed to see any difference between them and regular flies, but that\u2019s because what they do inside their bodies has been redone, through evolution.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You\u2019re trying to get them to stop\u2014dropping like flies, right?\nMICHAEL ROSE: Say your normal fruit fly as an adult might 20-30-35 days. And our fruitflies live 60-80 days as an adult. It\u2019s more than a doubling now, of their life-span. And very significantly, this is a doubling or more of life-span with a great increase in vigor throughout most of adult life including toward the later stages of life.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: So you\u2019re talking the equivalent of a, say, 150 year old person, at least! How do you do it? Do you starve them? Avoid insulting them?\nMICHAEL ROSE: The way we do this is simplicity itself. We just deny them the opportunity to reproduce when they are younger, generation after generation after generation. So a minimum of 10 generations, and we\u2019ve now got this experiment to around 100 generations, which is a very long time in evolutionary time. In human terms you\u2019re looking at millennia for this experiment. Which is of course why we do it in fruit flies, we don\u2019t have millennia, to work in our labs. So, basically what you are doing is setting the stage for evolution to focus on enabling these little fruit flies to live long enough to reproduce at a later age and to be healthy enough to reproduce at that late age. There\u2019s a lesson in there.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: But, can you really apply this lesson\u2014evolutionary genetic engineering to humans?\nMICHAEL ROSE: You can achieve those same results earlier by other kinds of inventions, like pharmaceuticals.\nCLEO: Drugs, ha, I knew it! I think that calls for another drink, John. Care to try the Evolve Inn?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Sure. Well then, here\u2019s to your health!\n[clip from They Might Be Giants song: \u201cTime is marching on & time is still marching on!\u201d]\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: No kidding, time is marching on! Hey, Cleo, you know those warped clock paintings by Salvador Dali? He re-set the clocks!\nCLEO: Odd you should mention that. Let\u2019s go down the hall\u2014see the cinderblock wall? Here in denial, we call what\u2019s behind it, \u201c the museum of the face of the future.\u201d That\u2019s where we\u2019ll find Dr. Calvin Harley, the Geron Corporation\u2019s Chief Scientific Officer.\nCALVIN HARLEY: I have the Salvador Dali clock picture on my wall in part because I just liked the painting ever since I first saw it probably 30 years ago. But also the metaphor for flexible clocks, and the ability to perhaps manipulate time or the timing mechanism\u2014the chronometer\u2014has relevance to our understanding of the mitotic clock or the cell division clock of aging.\nCLEO: John, Dr. Titia De Lange at Rockefeller University has been working for the past decade to figure out the mechanism that drives that clock.\nTITIA DE LANGE: Clearly the cells can count the number of cell divisions they\u2019ve gone through which was an enormous puzzle. How would a cell count the number of cell divisions, remember that its gone through 50 or 60 cell divisions, pretty precise counting too. Now its clear that they count through their telomeres and what they\u2019re actually counting is the loss of telomeric DNA, every cell-division there is a little bit of the telomere that\u2019s lost and there\u2019s a point where the cells take note that the clock has run out. Exactly how that happens we don\u2019t know, but it\u2019s very clear that the telomere is the molecular basis of this clock.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: A telomere?\nCLEO: You can see them in the microscope, John\nTITIA DE LANGE: Isn\u2019t that nice? We have such fun!\nCLEO: They sparkle! It\u2019s almost celestial.\nTITIA DE LANGE: It was pretty exciting for us 5 years ago when we saw them for the first time. I still find it beautiful.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: So the little red things that stick out at the end of the chromosomes are the telomeres and each time the cell divides, they break off until there is no more\u2014and whap, it\u2019s over? We age.\nCLEO: Lovely.\nJUDITH CAMPISI: Think of the telomere hypothesis of aging as having two parts.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Ah, our friend from the Convergence Lounge, Dr. Judith Campisi from Lawrence National Labs.\nJUDITH CAMPISI: Telomeres as they shorten, cause cell senescence. If the telomeres get too short, nature abhors a broken piece of DNA and nature can now no longer distinguish the end of a chromosome from a broken DNA so it sticks them together. And it sticks them together and the next mitosis, you got to pull them apart, but there\u2019s no natural telomeres so it rips them apart. Now you\u2019ve got another break that you\u2019ve got to stick together, and this is what we call genomic instability, a very important step in cancer. So nature wants to be sure that when the telomeres get too short, that cell undergoes this voluntary sterilization and will not divide, too dangerous. So we now know that it is certainly true: short telomeres does cause cellular senescence.\nCLEO: Oh, you mean they\u2019re\u2014resting.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Not dead?\nCLEO: No, resting. Actually, the cell knows it\u2019s becoming neoplastic, cancer-like, and just stops-dividing. It\u2019s not dead.\nJUDITH CAMPISI: That doesn\u2019t mean that short telomeres causes aging. Here\u2019s the problem with the so-called telomere hypothesis of aging. The second part of the hypothesis, then, is that cellular senescence causes aging. I work on cellular senescence. I am the first to admit; we still do not know the extent to which cell senescence contributes to aging. It is still hypothesis, very much in the process of being tested. So I would have to say there really is no \u201ctelomere\u201d hypothesis of aging; there is a \u201ccellular senescence\u201d hypothesis of aging, still a hypothesis, but that is the link between telomeres and aging, and until we have shown that cellular senescence impacts aging in some significant way, the telomere hypothesis is, it\u2019s nowhere.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Hmm\u2014I wonder what Geron\u2019s Cal Harley would think of that.\nCLEO: Yeah, what Dr. Campisi\u2019s saying could throw a wrench into Geron\u2019s philosophy\u2014and potential cash flow.\nCALVIN HARLEY: Geron in fact is Greek for Old Man and is short for gerontology - the study of aging. The company was not founded around telomere biology. It was founded around the concept of trying to use an understanding of cellular aging to develop medicines for the treatment of disease.\nCLEO: Actually, Geron\u2019s more focused now studying an enzyme on the tips of the telomeres: it\u2019s called telomerase. And while there are direct applications for disease, there are potentially lucrative offshoots-\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Like?\nCLEO: One of my favorites\u2014anti-wrinkle creams.\nCALVIN HARLEY: And that\u2019s an area where in fact telomerase activation may play a role. Aging of the skin is not just a cosmetic problem it\u2019s a health problem as well. And that might translate to some cosmetic applications down the road once the safety is fully worked out with respect to manipulating telomeres. We\u2019ve also filed patents on methods of uses and methods of measuring telomere biology, telomerase activity, telomere length and so on. And the reason we did that is we want to survive long enough to actually get these products into the marketplace.\nCLEO: Therapeutic beneath the surface\u2014and there\u2019s the rub. Like oxygen back at the bakery; telomerase is both good and bad.\nCALVIN HARLEY: Telomerase is the key enzyme that synthesizes telomeric DNA. Certainly in terms of cancer, the only key difference that we can tell in telomere biology between cancer cells and normal cells is that telomerase is turned on.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Ah, the big C- Claims nearly everyone, if they live long enough. I wonder if you could turn this telomerase business into a cancer treatment, too?\nMICHAEL SHAPIRO: There are no magic bullets. There are no therapies without adverse effects.\nCLEO: John, this is Michael Shapiro. He\u2019s on the law faculty at the University of Southern California. He\u2019s written a book on bioethics and the law.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Great, okay, so I assume you\u2019ve considered the problem of haves and have nots, of people who can pay for this life enhancement and extension stuff and those who can\u2019t. The curing cancer, the erasing aging\u2014it\u2019s not so simple. There are going to be effects on society\u2014already we\u2019ve got more and more truly old people. Are people going to be working when they\u2019re 150? Are they going to be working when they\u2019re 90? What are the job prospects for younger people\u2014what does it even mean to be younger in a society like that? Are people going to be having affairs with partners a quarter of their age? I mean there\u2019s a lot of going on here.\nMICHAEL SHAPIRO: And even if it were introduced rapidly and all those science fiction scenarios had a chance to play out, sooner or later the chances are the economic and social system would stabilize. We don\u2019t know what it would look like. But to say we shouldn\u2019t do it because we don\u2019t know what it would look like is to say that we know the way that we are now is the only right way. There is no reason to dismiss this out of hand.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: But, I need to think about this a bit more. Cleopatra, all these guys are saying it\u2019s ok to really seriously tinker with Ma Nature.\nCLEO: Isn\u2019t that what all medicine does? You don\u2019t remember the pre-penicillin days when people dropped like\u2014flies. If messing with mother\u2014nature\u2014gives me a healthier life, what\u2019s wrong with that?\nGREGORY STOCK: The environments around us are not the stomping grounds of our Pleistocene ancestors. They\u2019re not the natural environments in which we emerged. And now our technologies are becoming refined and more powerful and we\u2019re turning them back upon ourselves.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Well, that is a point. And you are?\nGREGORY STOCK: My name is Gregory Stock and I\u2019m the director of the program on medicine, and technology in society at the UCLA School of Medicine and I\u2019m also a visiting professor in the Department of Psychiatry.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I\u2019m going to need a shrink when I get out of De Nial. So you think we\u2019ll turn our bodies into these well-manicured golf courses? Mow down mountains, excavate, fill, shape- shift?\nGREGORY STOCK: I believe that we\u2019re going to reshape our own biology to the same extent that we reshaped the natural environment around us. And that it won\u2019t come quickly. But it\u2019s very clear to me that in a hundred years or a thousand years when future humans look back on this era, they\u2019re going to see it as this incredibly challenging, and difficult, and turbulent moment in time, because we\u2019re doing all these things that we don\u2019t really know where they\u2019re going to take us, and they\u2019re very challenging to who we are.\nCALEB FINCH: We are just really in terra incognita here.\nCALVIN HARLEY: I don\u2019t want to die.\nROY WALFORD: I get mildly hungry a lot.\nGREGORY STOCK: Immortality is a very, very long time.\nCALEB FINCH: I never miss lunch if I have the chance.\nCYNTHIA KENYON: I\u2019m 300.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: I\u2019ve got a joke for you. What did the Buddhist say to the hotdog vendor?\nCLEO: I give up. What?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Make me one with everything. [laughs]\nCLEO: Well. That\u2019s not as silly as you may think, John. It\u2019s a continuum.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: You gonna start calling me grasshopper in a minute?\nCLEO: The Vietnamese Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh can help you out on this.\nTHICH NHAT HANH: In our tradition we try to learn and to see that body & spirit are manifestations of the same reality, sometime the same thing manifest itself as body, and sometimes sprit.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Then how do we see ourselves, our aging corpus?\nTHICH NHAT HANH: So we learn to look at the body as the object of our consciousness and also our consciousness as object of our consciousness. And if you look deeply into your body you find that every cell of your body can represent the whole of your body and your consciousness. There is a heritage you get and that can be found in each cell of your body, not only physical, but mental, everything. The suffering, the happiness, the wisdom, everything undergone by your ancestors can be found there in every cell of your body, so your body is not just physical matter, it is also consciousness.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: So there\u2019s biology, and psychology and chemistry. It\u2019s all one big happy, and hopefully balanced, family of ideas.\nCLEO: Pretty good John, you\u2019re getting closer.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Thanks.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Now I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m just an aging fruit fly or one with the universe\u2014and I\u2019m probably in trouble if I don\u2019t get out of this De Nial lounge. I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ll take better care of myself now\u2014just in case I\u2019ll be around a whole lot longer than I ever expected. Let\u2019s take a peek into the souvenir shop before I go, gotta take home gifts for the family. We\u2019ve got packages of yeast of course and a bread maker.\nCLEO: Oh, John. The worm earrings are quite attractive, don\u2019t you think?\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Yeah, but they only last a couple of weeks.\nCLEO: How about these rubber clocks? They never wind down\u2014or keep accurate track of the time.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: Yeah, that\u2019s perfect\u2014the rubber clock with the De Nial lounge motto: life is a chance operation. Guess I can check out now.\nCLEO: See you around, John. It\u2019s been\u2014a pleasure to cut the rug with you.\nJOHN HOCKENBERRY: There you go again. I\u2019m John Hockenberry. Thank you for listening to The DNA Files.\n\nCREDITS:\nThis series, The DNA Files, was produced by SoundVision Productions, with funding by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\nThis program, The Search for the Fountain of Youth: The Genetics of Aging and Longevity, was produced by Karen Michel, and engineered by David Goren. The program editor was Catherine Stifter, and our host was John Hockenberry. Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Stifter.\nThe opening feature, \u201cTissue Regeneration,\u201d was produced by Sheri Quinn, and edited by Gemma Hooley.\nThe DNA Files is: Managing Editor, Rachel Ann Goodman. Science Consultant, Sally Lehrman. Research and Production support by Adi Gevins and Noah Miller. Technical and Music Director, Robin Wise.\nOriginal music composed by Jesse Boggs and performed by the Stanford Woodwind Quintet, Anton Schwartz, Tom Hayashi, and Jesse Boggs.\nProject Director, Jude Thilman. Marketing by Murray Street Enterprise. Legal services by Walter Hansel and Spencer Weisbroth.\nYou can visit our website at www.dnafiles.org. Send your responses and letters to feedback@dnafiles.org. For tapes and transcripts, call 866-DNA-FILES (866-362-3453).\nThe Executive Producer is Bari Scott.\nThis has been a SoundVision Production, distributed by NPR, National Public Radio."}
-{"text": "94993705\n\nFood notes \u2013 the Frozen Mocha Toffee-Crunch Terrine turned out delicious, although not necessarily pretty. It was fun to make as well, I felt like I was getting to defile foreign cheese. Thanks to everyone who gave me tips on finding the Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers. Tofu fries from the frozen then unfrozen tofu were yummy, definitely a different texture. I liked them better, Scott didn\u2019t like them as well. Then again, this time I burned them.\n\np.s. We discovered that a jar of spaghetti sauce works as a cheap tool to pound chicken flat."}
-{"text": "Investigator Suspects Foul Play in Mysterious Texas Death\n\nA private investigator, also often known as a PI or inquiry agent, is hired by groups, individuals or many times by attorneys for the purpose of discovering information or verifying it. When an attorney hires a private investigator, they\u2019re often able to provide information to help the attorney win their case. Chuck Foreman is a private investigator in the state of Texas, and this is how he helped a family investigate the cause of death of someone they loved.\n\nThe mysterious death of 27-year-old Alfred Wright in the small town of Jasper, Texas turned everything upside down. He had last been seen driving his truck, which broke down on the side of the road and was reported as missing for 19 days.\n\nWright\u2019s body was discovered after this time in a location the police reported to have initially searched. Chuck Foreman, the private investigator alleged the authorities had not properly conducted the initial investigation.\n\nDrug Overdose Suspected\n\nAuthorities reported they believed Wright\u2019s death was the result of a drug overdose. His family did not accept this report and decided to hire their own pathologist and Chuck Foreman to conduct their own private investigation. Shortly after beginning his investigation, Foreman stated in an exclusive interview with ABC News the police had not properly investigated Wright\u2019s disappearance or his death.\n\nDuring the interview, Foreman said the cops had not searched Wright\u2019s truck, they didn\u2019t interview his family, and they did not complete the due diligence expected from law enforcement. Officials at the Sabine County Sheriff\u2019s Office would not comment on Foreman\u2019s accusations.\n\nUncovered Flaws\n\nForeman was able to uncover flaws in the Sheriff\u2019s Departments investigation. One of those were stating Wright\u2019s body was found in an \u2018unnatural position.\u2019 Alfred Wright has been a personal trainer, and his family was convinced he never did drugs. The authorities contradict their statements saying Wright had crystal meth and cocaine in his system when he died. A second autopsy conducted at the request of Wright\u2019s family showed he had severe and gruesome injuries; which suggests foul play.\n\nAccording to this second autopsy, Wright\u2019s throat had been cut, his eyes were taken out, and he was missing his tongue. There was also severe damage to both of his ears; all suggesting this was foul play. The Sheriff\u2019s report merely stated he had been found lying face-down in mud, and Sheriff Maddox\u2019s announcement that his death was due to drug overdose was accepted by all except his family.\n\nOther Possibility\n\nForeman thinks there is another possibility that caused Wright\u2019s death. He is looking into a connection between Wright and the daughter of the Sheriff, Cindy Maddox. According to the investigation conducted by Foreman, Wright and Maddox knew each other from the physical therapy work they did together. Maddox denies any connection with Wright. While he is not accusing Maddox of having a hand in Wright\u2019s death, he does say foul play should not have been overruled.\n\nForeman discovered Maddox was having an affair with Wright who is the 37-year-old daughter of Tom Maddox, Sabine County Sheriff. He found out through several sources the two were involved in a relationship, and the Sheriff found out. He was not able to determine though if the Sheriff found out about the relationship before or after Wright was killed. It was also uncovered through Foreman\u2019s investigation another white woman was seeing Wright before his death. Wright\u2019s wife, Lauren does not believe these \u2018cheating\u2019 reports are accurate. She had looked through his phone records and saw no evidence of any contact between him and any other women.\n\nFBI Keeping an Eye on Events\n\nThe death of a 28-year-old who is found unclothed in the woods should be handled as a criminal investigation. Dan Abrams, ABC News Chief Anchor, agreed the case should have been passed on to state authorities. Abrams was surprised how quickly the authorities ruled out the cause of death being a potential homicide even before the body was discovered. When someone runs off and supposedly acts like he might have been on drugs does not give the authorities the right to assume there was no foul play.\n\nThe FBI is ready to get involved with this case. With the diligent work done on Chuck Foreman\u2019s part and his incredible investigations into this case he has opened the eyes of many officials, including the Department of Justice. Foreman says this case is weird as the law enforcement has lied and disregarded code. He also reports they have never even expressed any type of condolences to Wright\u2019s family."}
-{"text": "Gold has long been associated with luxury and glamour. And it's currently one of the hottest and most utilized finishes in home decor. Gold or brass accents remain more popular than ever and can serve as the perfect complement to your existing decor. When looking for ways to incorporate gold accents into your home, here are some basic design rules to keep in mind.\n\nDO\n\nUse gold as accents in accessory items such as toss pillows.\n\nConsider infusing gold or brass accents through your use of artwork, either in the artwork itself or in the frame.\n\n+4\n\nSmall gold figurines used to style a bookshelf helps make the bookcase an attractive focal point. (Design Recipes)\n\nDesign Recipes\n\nConsider using gold in a series of similar accent pieces such as a long row of mirrors hung in a space.\n\nIncorporate small gold accents in smaller surface areas such as nightstands or bookcases.\n\nExperiment with accent pieces of different sizes and shapes.\n\n+4\n\nGold artwork paired with a gold accent piece helps make this entry area shine. (Design Recipes)\n\nDesign Recipes\n\nDON'T\n\nOverdo it. In many cases, less is more. Use your gold accents purposefully and sparingly.\n\nUse gold on too many primary or large pieces in a room, as this can overwhelm.\n\n+4\n\nA bedside vignette using gold accents is mixed with organic elements such as succulents. (Design Recipes)\n\nDesign Recipes\n\nMiss an opportunity to mix gold with other metallic elements such as silver.\n\nForget it's OK to mix different materials such as lacquer and wood with some of your gold elements.\n\nPair gold accents with too many patterns. Solid colors such as black and white can help enhance gold accent pieces.\n\nCathy Hobbs, based in New York City, is an Emmy Award-winning television host and a nationally known interior design and home staging expert with offices in New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C. Contact her at info@cathyhobbs.com or visit her website at www.cathyhobbs.com.\n\nKnow Your Pros: Get a Quote\n\nWe will match you with contractors in your area. Complete your request by telling us how to contact you for your free estimates.\n\nWe respect your privacy and want to make sure you are aware of a few things. By clicking below, you authorize Lee Enterprises and up to four home improvement companies that can help with your project to call you on the phone number provided, and you understand that they may use automated phone technology to call you, and that your consent is not required to purchase products or services."}
-{"text": "Recommended reading: What if JavaScript wins?\n\nDetails\n\nPublished: 29 May 2018\n\nToday, I'm reading this article with a reflection about the current trend of JavaScript dominance: What if JavaScript wins?\n\nFrom my last attendance to J and Beyond 2018, I can say that there were many sessions devoted to the topic of JavaScript development and the associated technologies. So, in some way, the current trend is affecting every corner of our world."}
-{"text": "Ten line huh?\n<-- not reading that part..\nI accept this challenge..but i'm going to think more hard for this XD\nAnd i'm going to change her name!\n\nQuote:\n\nName (First, Middle-optional and Last): Mizuki De Sainte Angelard Rem\n\nNickname (Optional): Mizu / Zuki / Kiki\n\nAge (10-15): 10\n\nSex (Male or Female): Female\n\nDorm: Suicune Dorm\n\nAppearance: See my avatar, near my name\n\nPersonality:\nMizuki often acts immature for her age, such as having an enormous sweet tooth, a great soft spot for items like ribbons as well as tending to be hyperactive. Mizuki wants to be a baby forever because wanting her parents back tp adores her She is also a good ballerina and sport, but also a rather clumsy one. Mizuki really a crybaby for many thing, but even she act like a baby, Mizuki still want to have someone dear to her. Mizuki likes boy who kind but not cool and spicy! Mizuki's favorites pokemon are cute one.\nAnd! She's really want to shine in her class later!\n\nHistory: (Oh boy -___-\")\nMizuki born in Sinnoh, she is one of the De Sainte Angelard Rem royal family. Of course, her parents is busy because of their work, Mizuki is always lonely in her life. Mizuki is has a bright idea, she thinks that when she act like baby, she'll got more attention from her parents. But her idea never work, even after it, she became more lonely because she had a little brother that got more attention from her parents. Mizuki is frustation but then she want to be shine and adore by everyone! She once tried to kill herself in the roof, but her little brother stop it, that's the first time she ever have a cried happly and touched by someone else doing for her! Even it from her brother that she thinks as rivel.\nLater, Mizuki just give up of her dream from shining in her last class. But a funny boy in her class said this to Mizuki,\n\"Hey! Don't Give up! Go on became the best and shine!\" Mizuki became touched by that word, that's why she , of the first time, falling in love with someone! That feeling is really warm at her heart, she never ever really happy than that day. But she never admit it to the boy because she doesn't want he to run away from Mizuki! That cold feeling is surrender her to a long sadness more than before...\nOne day, she met a Togepi and a Lombre that playing comedy around, she mimic their comedy and Mizuki and the two pokemon laugh until cried. Mizuki ask them of opinion after she tells them about how sad is her life, but that two pokemon hug her and smile! Once again she touched, that two pokemon is going with her for many times after that, practice some comedy and ect. And! It's now their debut in Pokemon Trainer Academy!\n\"Prepare yourself you all student of PTA! HWAHAHAHAHA!\"\nIt's like Mizuki just get up and screaming at the top of her mansion roof with her two pokemon mimic her act before go to the school the next day~\n\nPok\u00e9mon: Togepi and Lombre\nSpecies: Spike Ball Pokemon and Jolly Pokemon\nNickname(Optional): Togemi and Lova\nPersonality (Can be as short or long as you want, but cannot be excessively vague): They two are like a duo comedian, always been together, Togemi is more loyal in battle for Mizuki and Lova always playing around with Mizuki\nLvl(Max 25): both 20\nMoves:\nTogemi : Ancient Power, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Double-Edge, Metronome and Zen Headbutt\nLova : Solar Beam, Energy Ball, Fury Swipes, Ice Beam, Blizzard and Rain dance"}
-{"text": "recent user reviews\n\nDisgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness\n\nSummary:\n\nWhen Disgaea: Hour of Darkness debuted, I became attached to Laharl and company. After all, they introduced me to prinnies and taught me how to correctly spell \u201cdood.\u201d Years later, Nippon Ichi has returned to this adored cast with D2: A Brighter Darkness, picking up right after Laharl finally becomes Overlord. Unfortunately, the developer didn\u2019t make Laharl, Etna, and Flonne as intriguing this time around. A Brighter Darkness still features grid-based gameplay, but newcomers beware \u2013 this is a more punishing entry. As an experienced Disgaea player, I found myself leveling"}
-{"text": "101 Cookbooks: Recipes, Cookbooks, and Culinary Adventures by Heidi Swanson. 101 Cookbooks is her recipe journal. It's where she writes about the recipes that intersect her life, travels, and everyday interests\n\nSerious Eats is a food blog focused on sharing food enthusiasm through online conversation, multiple blogs, and video. Our combination of community and content brings together compelling original and acquired food video and spirited, inclus...\n\nYour mama wasn't lying - the way to a man's heart IS through his stomach! Check out these cowboy-tested Man Pleasin' Recipes, plus other cowgirl-friendly food the cowboys won't touch at The Pioneer Woman Cooks!\n\nTasteSpotting is a mouth-watering photo collection of recipes, cooking, baking, kitchen adventures, food industry and media news created by a community of food lovers from amateur home cooks to professional chefs."}
-{"text": "Global High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Market Research Report 2019-2025 by Market Research trade presents conceptual study and strategic analysis on High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Industry which provides market scope, applications, topographical presence which drive the High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market. The report analyzes, tracks, and presents the worldwide market size of the most dominating players in each region around the world. This report determines how companies acquisition expenditures, business strategies, marketing and sales strategies, practices, and business policies are set to change in period 2019 to 2025.The industry size in terms of revenue (USD MN) is calculated for the study concurrently with the details of the factors affecting business growth (drivers and restraints). It proposes an acknowledged and extensive analysis of the immediate state of High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market. The report demonstrates all the important data related to the industries & Markets, abilities & technology, and so on. Prominent Players in the global High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market are \u2013 ABB , Siemens , EATON , ICAR , ZEZ Silko , Maxwell , GE , Electronicon Kondensatoren , Nissin , Kondas , Lifasa , RTR , Samwha , Iskra , API Capacitors , Sieyuan , Herong , ,\n\nAn in-depth approach towards global High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market players will help all market players in the process of analyzing the recent market trends and essential commercial enterprise strategies.\n\nGlobal High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market presents an acknowledged and extensive analysis of the immediate state of the market. The research report comprises an exhaustive and specialized study of the current industry state offering insights into market dynamics and key players. 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The Report Focuses on the key global High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors manufacturers, to define, describe and analyze the sales volume, value, market share, market competition landscape, SWOT analysis and development plans for upcoming years.\n\nExtensive analysis of High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market on historic, current and futuristic states.\n\nThe report provides regional analysis of global High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market that is predicted to show the fastest growth during the forecast period.\n\nThe report presents Important revolution in High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market\n\nThe drivers and restraints associated with High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market are included along with their effects on market growth in upcoming years.\n\nIt identifies huge-growth segments of the market and their future scope.\n\nComplete quantitative study of the market from 2019 to 2025 to enable the stakeholders to capitalize on the prevailing market opportunities.\n\nGlobal High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Market analysis and comprehensive segmentation with respect to the component, functionality, delivery model, end user, and geography to assist in strategic business planning.\n\nGlobal High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Market analysis and forecast for five major geographies North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Latin America, and their key regions.\n\nAnalytical Tools: The Global High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors report includes the accurately studied and assessed data of the key industry players and their scope in the market by means of a number of analytical tools. The analytical tools such as Porter\u2019s five forces analysis, SWOT analysis, feasibility study, and investment return analysis have been used to analyze the growth of the key players operating in the market.\n\nIn the end,High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Market report covers size, share and forecast by top key players, regions, product types and applications, with historical data along with forecast from 2019 to 2025. The High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market report covers an in-depth description, wide product portfolio of key vendors, competitive scenario, and business strategy adopted by competitors along with their SWOT analysis, revenue, sales, and Porter\u2019s Five Forces Analysis.\n\nMRS Research Group is the world\u2019s giant collection of the Market research Reports. Where we specialized in global publisher, tailor made reports and specialists consulting. Global Publisher provides in-depth analysis of global and Chinese market. Tailor-made reports represent methodologies deliverable to proper insight of the client\n\nAbout Us\n\nWe at WDC News are the multimedia platform that keeps readers updated with the latest technological trends, expands digital media and takes the audience on a journey to explore the infinite possibilities around the world. We strive to continue the follow the perspective that continuously affects the world around us digitally. Our goal is to provide our readers and subscribers with a concise, up-to-date, quick and concise summary of our daily publication. Most major entities in the world see us as the only reliable information provider with strong coverage in the domains such as business, technology, health, and science to start the day with."}
-{"text": "Why bother?\n\nMay 27, 1982\n\nBy William and Phillippa Kiraly\n\nHow early music was performed and whether it matters is good for a rousing argument among music lovers every time it comes up. From piano vs. harpsichord for J. S. Bach to the size of Beethoven's orchestra, there is a nonstop wrangle over the pros and cons of performing old music on old instruments (or copies of old instruments) and in styles fashionable when the music was written.\n\nIf Bartok on Baroque instruments and Ravel with seventeenth-century ornamentation (improvised musical decorations) would be laughed out of the concert hall, the anomaly of Mozart on a 1980s grand piano strikes almost no one , because we hear it that way all the time. Music, like drama, requires a middleman to bring it to life. The performer interprets the composer's ideas, and we, the audience, rely on his knowledge.\n\nIdeally, the performer is simply a channel, or better, a focusing lens; so that what looks like chicken scratches on paper becomes an illuminated presentation of the composer's intent in the hands of a skilled and sympathetic player. But it doesn't always work out that way.\n\nSound, style, instruments, even the number of performers and where they play make a big difference between performers. Add a time warp and the difference is even bigger.\n\nIn the literary and visual arts, which don't need a middleman, things have remained pretty well untouched over the centuries. There isn't the urge to rewrite Twain or to repaint Rubens. The same has not held true in the performing arts. Most modern performances of historic works (all works not strictly contemporary) bristle with unintended distortions, anachronisms, misunderstandings and misrepresentations, which magnify with the age of the piece. But, authentic or not, such performances are what our twentieth-century ears are used to, and extremely popular. And maybe a bit boring.\n\nWhy is it taken for granted that modern musical instruments are better than the ones they superseded? Contemporary furniture is different from Early American, but is it better? Nobody could call eighteenth- or nineteenth-century Paris fashions inferior in design or workmanship. Ours are merely more appropriate to our day, as theirs were to theirs. So why don't we use old instruments?\n\nFor most mainstream musicians, all music is played in the same up-to-date style, Haydn the same as Hindemith. But beginning about eighty years ago with Wanda Landowska and her specially made harpsichord, the feeling has grown and now bloomed into a flourishing movement that music doesn't have to be played all the same way, and that there is a special bonus in trying to approximate the sounds and styles of the composer's day.\n\nLast winter's wildly differing performances of Handel's Messiah around the country are a case in point. Messiah was performed as usual, in late-twentieth-century style, with large chorus, modern instruments and soloists , the whole heavy with opulent sound and wide vibrato. But it was also performed by small groups of singers with Baroque instruments and soloists with ''straight'' (little or no vibrato) voices, the general effect being light and transparent -- very disconcerting to anyone brought up on the former style. And there were dozens of performances in between, of every philosophic shade.\n\nInevitably, some of those most vociferous against playing eighteenth-and nineteenth-century music -- Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann -- with original style and instruments are the musicians themselves. It isn't as odd as it sounds. Today's musician is today's man, and he plays today's instruments according to today's values and attitudes toward performance. How he chooses to interpret a work depends on whether he is playing for the glory of the composer, the conductor, or himself. This in turn depends on his sensitivity and intelligence, his education and scholarship (not at all the same thing), and whether he cares a rap about the piece.\n\nIn theory, a musician steeps himself in the skin and the times of the composer, from where he can see and hear the composer's ideas falling naturally into place -- sound, size of ensemble, style, technique. And then he performs it , and the performances should be similar whether executed in 1782, 1882, or 1982 .\n\nNowadays, that's being idealistic, and maybe a bit of a nut.\n\nMany musicians feel threatened by a historical approach to music. They have a lifetime investment in conventional music-making and a vested interest in the status quo. Historical performance practice has not heretofore been emphasized in music schools,!and looks to them suspiciously like a can of worms.\n\nThe core of the historical approachis simple. It is that all art belo. - - s own period, and that music can only be performed accurately when clothed in the sound and style in which the composer conceived it. Curt Sachs in his History of Musical Instruments (1940) wrote: ''An outline drawn by Raphael could not be colored with Cezanne's palette. Only the old instruments, the original ones, can express the eighteenth century sound ideals with appropriate colors.'' But does it matter?\n\nMost musicians who try to play early music on old instruments say emphatically ''Yes.'' They point out that even the most familiar music is a revelation when stripped of the accretions of years, like cleaning an old painting and being amazed at the colors underneath. Not only is it exciting, it is also marvelous fun, like treasure hunting. Although learning to play an old instrument is a long, arduous process, the rewards are great, and the accomplished performer can succeed to a remarkable extent in placing us ear to ear, so to speak, with the composer.\n\nWhere does this leave the conventional modern musician? He cannot be expected to discard the precious instrument whereby he earns his living, and embrace an antique version of the same. But, thank goodness, old music can be, and is, played on modern instruments, or we would never hear it at all. Luckily it is possible to make a modern instrument sound akin to an old one by changing the way it is played, and at the same time following closely the performing conventions familiar to the composer.\n\nEventually, perhaps, music students, like art students, will be taught to learn by actually copying the styles and conventions of the old masters, rather than by merely reading about them; and to play on more than one form of their instrument. And then we can look forward to some much more exciting concerts.\n\nNext up\n\nHere are more stories that look at the news with empathy, insight, and hope."}
-{"text": "How do You Make Home Made Wine?\n\nMaking your own home made wine can be very rewarding. It is an excellent hobby with the additional benefit of being able to make a much purer and natural product than what you would buy in the store. For more information, look here:"}
-{"text": "Britain\u2019s Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle were pronounced husband and wife on Saturday by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a glittering union that brought a measure of modern Hollywood glamour into the 1,000-year-old monarchy...\n\nA government review ordered after the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 71 people in London in June last year has found that Britain\u2019s buildings regulation system is broken, but has stopped short of recommending an outright ban on combustible cladding...\n\nBritain will cut the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to just two pounds after the government rejected claims that it would damage the industry in favour of efforts to tackle problem gambling...\n\nBritish holiday company Thomas Cook said it was on track to meet annual forecasts helped by strong demand for holidays to Turkey, Greece and Egypt, and as part of its plan to shift capacity away from parts of Spain where margins are lower...\n\nBritain will not ask for an extension to the near-two year transition period with the European Union after Brexit when the government publishes its new detailed plans next month, Cabinet Office minister David Lidington said ...\n\nThis weekend\u2019s carefully planned wedding of Britain\u2019s Prince Harry to his fiance Meghan Markle was mired in confusion on Tuesday after the father of the American actress told a celebrity news website he was no longer coming...\n\nThe European Union has warned Britain time was running out to seal a Brexit deal this autumn and ensure London does not crash out of the bloc next March, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May...\n\nAnkara\u2019s reluctance to give the green light for the arrival of Jane Holl Lute in Cyprus, as the Secretary-General\u2019s personal envoy to probe the potential resumption of settlement talks is causing frustration at the United Nations...\n\nAttraction park Legoland has unveiled a miniature model of this month\u2019s royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor castle, built by a team of 11 model-makers who used almost 60,000 pieces of Lego bricks...\n\nThe Bank of England held interest rates and said weak growth during a snowy start to 2018 was likely to be only temporary, but it wanted to see a pick-up in the economy in the next few months before raising borrowing costs...\n\nWhen posters with the words \u2018Licence To Kill\u2019 were put up in her neighbourhood in advance of Ireland\u2019s referendum on abortion, Amy Callahan decided to share the story of travelling to Britain to terminate her pregnancy...\n\nBritain, Germany and France urged the United States not to take steps that would make life harder for other countries that still want to stick to the Iran nuclear deal that US President Donald Trump has spurned...\n\nPresident Nicos Anastasiades says a \u2018code of conduct\u2019 has been established between Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, following the completion of a trilateral meeting in Nicosia that yielded a long declaration and paved the way for another meeting before the year is out to discuss an ambitious EastMed pipeline..."}
-{"text": "On July 4th, 2006, I embarked on a quest to become the pre-eminent American portrait painter of the 21st century. This blog chronicles that journey. With apologies to Joan Didion, I call it THE YEAR OF MAGICAL PAINTING.\n\nWednesday, January 30, 2013\n\nEsophageal dysphagia ...\n\n... is, as most of you know, a swallowing disorder.\n\nThere are a number of companies that create foods for people with the condition. A variety of flavors, some alarming, in the consistency of somewhere between pudding and oatmeal. Years ago, one such company was my client.\n\nDutifully I tried the various products. PB&J was pretty good. Beef stew was okay. Tuna fish sandwich was where I drew the line.\n\nAdd now to this, dear friends, Cobb salad from the Cheesecake Factory.\n\nI say this because I had the opportunity to eat at the Cheesecake Factory the other night. You may have one in a mall near you, or you may have heard of it because Penny, the thinking man's cutie on The Big Bang Theory, works at one. Just for the record, the Cheesecake Factory they depict on the show doesn't begin to match the grandeur of the actual thing.\n\nAnyway, there I sat with a friend as the waitress lay the salad before me. A Cobb salad should be a thing of terrible beauty (just like Ty Cobb, its namesake); a fierce, roiling sea of chunks of chicken, bacon, crumbled blue cheese, avocado, hard-boiled egg, lettuce and some other stuff. Mmmmm. I like mine with a mixture of vinaigrette and blue cheese dressing.\n\nWhat they gave me at the CF appeared to have been run through a food processor. Not once but twice, then sort of squirted on the plate, on what appeared to be a layer of puree'd hard boiled eggs. I swear to God, an ounce of liquid and the thing would have been soup. Chewing was hardly necessary. I'm disinclined to order another (although the stuff my friend was eating looked okay).\n\nWhich is not to say that all food in malls is bad. Somewhat unusually, I ate a meal in a mall two straight days. First the CF. Second Johnnie Rockets. And I like Johnnie Rockets. I like the fact that you can get a fried egg on top of your burger. Which is a nice, straightforward presentation of a fast-food, griddle-cooked burger with relish, onion, lettuce, and tomato. Fries on the side. Egg on top. Vanilla shake.\n\nLife is good.\n\nThe reason I wax so rhapsodic is that one of my basic food groups in college was the Gusburger. Urban Dictionary, of all things, offers this:\n\nA burger with a fried egg put on as a topping. Made best at the White Spot in Charlottesville, Va. Very good, very greasy.\n\n\"Oh Man, i just had a gus Burger and now i am completely full\n\nMe? I don't understand why they don't capitalize Gus. Also I'm not sure if it's one word or two. My gut says one. But let me tell you, in my younger days it was a hell of a good thing. I liked it with a side of macaroni salad and a glass of milk.\n\nThe Gusburger they currently serve is so vastly inferior to what I used to eat that I've stopped going to the White Spot on my trips to Charlottesville. I, likely unfairly, attribute this to the inverse stupidification of the University of Virginia.\n\nInverse stupidification? Odd phrase.You're not familiar?No.It's an academic term. It refers to the phenomenon of diminishing the quality of a University by insisting on accepting only really smart kids.Like Duke?(gasp) Thank God we haven't gotten to that point. Duke's problems are significantly more daunting than just inverse stupidification.But still, the point holds.To a degree. I liken it more to physicians.Really?Yeah. People who got into med school, the obvious route to becoming a doctor, were typically the ones who jammed their heads into a science book at age 16 and didn't come out for ten years. Okay...So you end up with a lot of highly-trained, high-functioning idiots; retards (although I dislike that word, and myself for using it) in positions of significant power.Ahhhh.And (I promise you this as someone who has seen it from the inside) since the pharmaceutical and insurance companies are really in charge of medicine in the United States, maybe it would have been a better idea to let some of the better-rounded kids get to be doctors.Send the really smart kids to Goldman Sachs.Exactly. How much trouble can they get into there?\n\nThe point being, friends, that if they still let normal kids into UVa, there would be an uprising against what they now call a Gusburger that would rival the scene in front of Dr. Frankenstein's castle. Back in the day.\n\nIn the skies above the Rotunda, a witch would write \"Surrender Dorothy.\""}
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-{"text": "My Situation Is Rough And Complicated!!! Please Read I Need Help!!!!\n\nI found out my stepdad is cheating on my mom, apparently hes been cheating for years. With some other thai woman. He calls her when my mom is gone,wich is every year at New Year for 3 months, he says stuff like I love you. Every year at New Year I'm home alone cause my dad is going to Thailand too but only for 1 month. My mom and dad goes their separate ways when they got there. My mom goes to my family, in a small uncivilized village,my dad stays in Bangkok. I think my stepdad goes to Thailand every year to go to his mistress. On the phone he always says 'I miss you'.My world fell apart, I've always looked up to my stepdad. He's the man who brought me opportunies I used to dream of. He's willing to pay my studies for college. There are 3 man in my life who plays a big part. First is my real dad, my dad is a guy who raped my mom and she got pregnant from it,me. I got 2 older brothers ( they live in Thailand ) they have the same father. That father is my namedad, I inherited his lastname. My namedad hits me when I was a kid and I thought it was because he was a alcoholic. But really, he just hated me because I wasn't his son. He always took my brothers to places and loved them but he neglected me. So my mom divorced my namedad when I was about 2 and I was raised by my grandmother, she's the person who made me feel loved and I was really close to her. But then she got bitten by a snake at a festival she took me to, cause I wanted to go and she died. Then my aunt raised, I only see my mom once a year at New Year then she would come to visite and then left to Bangkok to work. I don't remember growing up having any kind of affection, my mom never hugged or said she loved me, my dad left me and my namedad hits me. Only my grandmother gave me love. Years later my mom met my stepdad and things started to get better. When I was 10 I moved to Belgium. My brothers stayed in Thailand, they didn't wanted to go to another country. I was a kid so I needed motherlove. I'm very grateful for my stepdad cause he tooked me under his wing and sent me to school, wich many childeren my age couldn't in Thailand. So being raised by my mom was difficult cause she doesn't know me, she's pretty pessimistic. I understand cause she's been through stuff in life. But she always exaggerate and she have a bad idea of me. Because everytime I've done something bad my aunt calls my mom and reports everything. I always listen to my parents cause I wanted them to be proud of me, I wanted my mom to love me and my stepdad to accept me. I have good grades, I cook my own dinner and wash and iron my clothes and clean the house everyday. I dont smoke or go to parties. But still my parents don't appriciate me and they complain about the slightest mistake I make,like forgetting my keys. They make a scene out of it. Over the years the relation with my mom got a little bumpy. I wished it was different, I love my mom with all my heart, she didn't left me like my two dads. She has a good heart but she have trouble showing motherlove. My stepdad only speaks to me if I have to do something, he has two grown up childeren but they never talk, now I understand why they have a bad relationship. I don't think I love my stepdad but its more graditude I feel for him. I always thought he's not a good father but he has a good heart. But after finding out he's cheating I'm not sure anymore. I think the reason why I'm gay ( closet cause my parents hates gays ) is because unconciously I'm always looking for a man to look up to, someone who come and rescue me and be my sevior and take me in his arm and love me, take care of me. Now I'm stuck, I can't talk anyone. If I tell my mom she's gonna leave my stepdad and we have to go back to Thailand and she can''t affort my studies. If she stays, she's gonna be unhappy. But at the same time I wanna go to college and go to Thailand because I don't feel at home in Belgium. As an asian male in the west its hard. Being an asian male puts you on the bottom of the food chain, that's how Hollywood portrays us. Unattractive, nerdy, feminine. I'm gay but I'm not effeminate. Now being gay and asian is hard. If I can go to college, I have to stay in Belgium for 5 years and feel bad and insecure everyday. 2 years ago I went to visite my family in Thailand and I felt so happy, I didn't feel insecure or being watched. People didn't saw me as that chinese(like how people speak of me here), no they see me as a person who's just passing by. Somedays in class people would make a racist joke, its like they don't even see me. On the street sometimes I get make fun of. People stares, I really want to have a degree but I miss Thailand. I'm in the closet and asian so I have never had a lover. I want to be a game disigner but I'm afraid to fail and not loved.\n\nMore From People Who Want to Share Their Story of Their Life Right Now\n\nits been a month today...still can't believe ur gone..161\nmy best guy friend killed him self a month ago today. it gets me more that he killed himself the day after my birthday. i still cant beilive ur gone. every day for the first five minuets of my morning i think ill get to...\n\nI'm... someone, I don't like my name. Well, this is the story of my life so far... I've had quite a few interesting experiences in my 13 years of existance so far. So... here goes nothing.\nI was born at a hospital in B.C, Canada, on Tuesday, May 9th, 2000. Soon after I was born...\n\nIt all start ms off here my name is Jay Johnson 16 years old. For Past years my family been treatin me like crap. I have bags under my eyes, penut head, im skinny and get Pick on alot. Kids call me Racoon penut head and even my cousins,dad, friends teachers strangers and...\n\nHave you ever woken up in the morning and wonder, \"Why am I here?\". Only to be pushed around by people from the moment you wake up? Only to be told your worthless, *****, *******, and that no one wants you. And thats only the start of day. Once I get to school, well at least used..."}
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-{"text": "How Does A 24-Year-Old Woman's Drinking Habits For A Week Compare To a 35-Year-Old's?\n\n'I order another glass of wine. My husband raises his eyebrows, which I pretend not to see'\n\nRemember being in your 20s, binge-drinking every weekend with your mates, livers be damned? Well, according to new research, those pastimes have long since been shunned by young people, who are opting to abstain from alcohol more and more.\n\nA study by University College London has found that 29% of people aged 16-24 class themselves as \u2018non-drinkers\u2019 in 2015, increasing from 18% ten years previously. With a large proportion of these coming from \u2018lifetime abstainers\u2019, whom have increased from 9% to 17%, the research shows that cultural attitudes towards alcohol are changing drastically.\n\nIn fact, never mind the Geordie Shore influence, only 28% of young people actually binge drink anymore. While in 2005, 43% said they drank harmful amounts of alcohol, this drastic reduction to less than 30% in 2015 was prevalent \u2018across a broad range of groups\u2019.\n\n\u2018Increases in non-drinking among young people were found across a broad range of groups,\u2019 said leader author of the study, Dr Linda Ng Fat, \u2018including those living in northern or southern regions of England, among the white population, those in full-time education, in employment and across all social classes and healthier groups.\n\n\u2018The increase in young people who choose not to drink alcohol suggests that this behaviour maybe becoming more acceptable, whereas risky behaviours such as binge drinking may be becoming less normalised.\u2019\n\nBut when and HOW did this happen? When did all of the young people stop drinking and start\u2026 what do you even do without alcohol at a social event? It\u2019s baffling to older generations, whose weeknight routine regularly includes a glass of wine.\n\nSo, we\u2019ve decided to delve into the diaries of the 20-somethings and 30-somethings to find out exactly how these alternate drinking habits really change their life. Are they healthier? But more importantly, are they actually having fun?\n\nBeth*, 24, says she doesn\u2019t drink much, if at all. She used to drink heavily, but stopped drinking entirely after she blacked out and was raped during a night out at university.\n\nMonday: I have a hectic week of socialising ahead, I\u2019m celebrating the end of my masters degree and starting a new job, plus visiting a friend for a girls\u2019 night in. I\u2019m already preparing my excuses in my head for why I\u2019m not drinking. My close friends are very accepting of how little I drink, they\u2019re not massive drinkers anyway unless it\u2019s a big night out. On that occasion, they love to take advantage of it knowing I\u2019ll be there to look after them as the resident sober one. But even though they\u2019re not big drinkers, I still always feel like I need a reason to be sober. Sometimes it\u2019s the truth, sometimes it\u2019s a lie.\n\nTotal units: 0\n\nTuesday: Prepping my excuses for a week ahead, I decide to drive to most of the social events I\u2019m invited to so I have a legitimate reason not to drink. I know my own reasons are legitimate, but it\u2019s not easy to explain a heavy topic when everyone just wants to have fun.\n\nI stopped drinking heavily during a girls\u2019 trip to Malia at 18, I saw so many people vomiting and lying alone in the street, it began to seem really dangerous. One of my friends threw up in her sleep and if I hadn\u2019t of been sober enough to wake up and realise, I hate to think what would\u2019ve happened.\n\nAfter that I would still drink when I went out but I knew my limits. Then, in university I decided to let loose and did some shots with my flat mates, we were at home so I felt safe. However, I blacked out and woke up to realise I\u2019d been raped. I know none of it was my fault regardless of drinking, but I\u2019ve been afraid of getting drunk ever since.\n\nI don\u2019t want to let that fear ruin my enjoyment of life, so I limit when I drink and how much depending on how I feel that week but I\u2019ve found that whenever I do choose to let go and drink, I have a bad night, so that fear of drinking is always reinforced.\n\nTotal units: 0\n\nWednesday: I\u2019m at my friend Chelsea\u2019s* tonight for a pamper night, they open the wine immediately. I tell them I\u2019m driving, but my other friends are too and they will at least have one glass, so I\u2019m not really convincing anyone.\n\nTotal units: 0\n\nThursday: I wake up feeling refreshed, I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t drink last night, even though I was tempted. I\u2019ve noticed that when I do drink, I tend to feel demotivated and anxious for days afterwards. I overthink more than usual, I don\u2019t feel as energized or as healthy after exercising.\n\nDrinking for me means making the decision to have or not have control over the actions of others, so I see not drinking as a way to protect myself, and ergo my mental health. Knowing I\u2019ll feel safe, and I won\u2019t spend days feeling down after a night out, avoiding alcohol for me is as good for my mental health as it is physical.\n\nTotal units: 0\n\nFriday: I\u2019m celebrating a family friend\u2019s 30th wedding anniversary tonight, so I know there\u2019ll be a lot of questions about why I\u2019m not drinking. When I arrive at their home for pre-drinks, everyone is already tipsy, my family friend asks the inevitable when I\u2019m only drinking water so I tell him I\u2019m dehydrated. At the restaurant, the table is full of wine and champagne, so I get one glass of pink champagne and nurse it the entire night. One of my uncles makes a joke about it, but I laugh it off and drink water the rest of the night.\n\nAt the end of the night, the restaurant owner came to the table and asked us all what we wanted to drink one by one. He wouldn\u2019t take no for an answer, off anyone, so I order a Baileys and then give it to my dad. He\u2019s fine with that.\n\nTotal units: 1\n\nSaturday: I\u2019ve gathered all of my friends together to celebrate the end of my masters, I want them to have a good time, but as the host if I\u2019m not drinking I know others might hold back. That\u2019s the one of the awkward things about not drinking, if you host anything you have to make it clear that you want other people to drink as much as they want, but when you\u2019re not it\u2019s always a weird situation.\n\nI decide to have one cocktail with dinner, and when we get to the next bar my friend is asking me what I want off the drinks menu. She wants to buy me a drink but I\u2019m driving home (purposefully) so I tell her I\u2019ll just have a coke. She knows why I don\u2019t drink so she doesn\u2019t judge, but it\u2019s one of the few occasions I wish I could let loose and drink without fear.\n\nTotal units: 1\n\nSunday: My family decides to go for a roast dinner, so naturally there\u2019s wine being ordered as soon as we sit down. The generational gap is hilarious. My dad has a wine club that involves him and his mates getting together to drink every Wednesday, whereas me and my sister \u2013 who's 21 - won\u2019t even have one glass at family dinner. They\u2019re used to us not drinking no one questions it - thank goodness. I\u2019m sick of the excuses this week.\n\nTotal units: 0\n\nClaire, 35, doesn't go on as many big nights out as she used to - and feels like she probably binge drinks far less as a result. But she's aware that as someone who drinks most nights she definitely needs to cut down - and she's always shocked by how quickly her weekly units add up.\n\nMonday: I go to the gym after work (essentially to sweat out the last bit of booze from the weekend) and then don\u2019t get home for dinner until nearly 9pm. I\u2019m really thirsty and dehydrated from the gym, so glug a couple of glasses of water - the last thing I want to do is drink. But I do treat myself to a cup of tea when i\u2019m watching TV. I feel insanely smug and virtuous about my Dry Monday, even though having a glass of wine I didn\u2019t really want out of habit would have been utterly pointless.\n\nDespite a good start, I'm quite nervous about laying out how much I drink this week - I know I drink too much and my husband and I keep taking it in turns to wring our hands and say that we should try to cut down more, but our good intentions never seem to go very far. I\u2019m definitely better at cutting out that \u2018just one\u2019 glass of wine when I get home after work than I used to be. But that definitely doesn\u2019t make up for the 3-4 times a week I go out after work, or for dinner or drinks, and go over my daily recommended intake (incidentally, who even sticks to those, they\u2019re impossible?).\n\nTotal Units: 0\n\nTuesday: My friend is coming round for dinner. I WhatsApp her beforehand to specifically suggest that we share one bottle of wine and that\u2019s it, because we\u2019re both a fan of the \u2018just one more\u2019 bad idea drink at the end of the night. She\u2019s bringing a bottle of red over, and I know we\u2019ve got more in the cupboard but I resolve not to open a second bottle. On my way home I do, however, remember that I have a miniature bottle of gin and a miniature can of tonic in my knicker drawer (sounds weird, I had them hanging around so stashed them in there when I was tidying up.. they\u2019ve been there six months now). I decide that we could share them as an aperitif with some olives while I\u2019m making dinner - which is all very civilised and doesn\u2019t even count as drinking, right?\n\nWhen my friend arrives, she\u2019s bought a chilled bottle of tonic and full bottle of gin along with the wine. Oh. We have a large one each before dinner then share the bottle of red which is\u2026 not as bad as it could have been???\n\nOn my way to bed, I spend a good 15 minutes staring in the mirror, trying to work out if I'm getting jowels. Booze is definitely my only \u2018bad thing\u2019 - I exercise regularly, I eat well, I don\u2019t smoke and I don\u2019t take drugs. But as a result, alcohol feels like the only leaver I have to pull if I want to look better. Sadly I suspect if anything was to make me cut down on how much I drink, it would be vanity rather than health concerns.\n\nTotal units: 7.3\n\nWednesday: Going to a gig with my husband, and I\u2019m running late for dinner beforehand, so he orders me a cheeseburger and a glass of wine, which I happily glug down. I get another glass of wine to drink during the first half of the gig, and he buys me another one in the interval while i\u2019m in the endless queue for the lady\u2019s toilets. I resist the urge to suggest we go for \u2018just one more\u2019 on the way home, because I am a steely resolve/it\u2019s 10.30 and I\u2019m actually really knackered.\n\nTotal units: 6.3\n\nThursday: I go to get my hair cut on the way home from work. I\u2019d made a half-hearted suggestion to meet a friend who lives near me on the way back, but am secretly relieved when she cancels. My plan is to go straight home, make some pasta and do some work in bed. But my haircut looks really nice and I\u2019m hit by a sudden panic that I\u2019m wasting my life and should be doing more exciting things with my new hair/Thursday night.\n\nInstead I text my husband and my sister in law, who are in the pub and arrange to meet them for Turkish food. I realise they\u2019re both quite hammered when I turn up - it feels quite unusual being the most sober person in the room. We share a bottle of red wine, which is just enough for me to feel like a fancy one more glass, but they\u2019re both swaying a bit, so I bite my lip and order an Uber home instead. I\u2019m such a paragon of virtue.\n\nUnits 4.2\n\nFriday: It\u2019s been a full-on week and I\u2019m knackered. My plan to head straight home for an early night gets railroaded when our close friends, who live around the corner from us and are moving tomorrow, have an unexpected child-free night (grandparents to the rescue!). We\u2019ve been talking about the four of us going out locally for a year, but work and children keep getting in the way, and this is our last chance.\n\nFortunately, they\u2019ve both got a cold and have to be up early in the morning to finish packing. We still manage a couple of glasses of wine each in the pub, a bottle of wine over dinner, and one more in the pub afterwards. I don\u2019t feel too trashed when I get home, but I definitely feel it in the morning. Ouch.\n\nThat said, I\u2019d been expecting the night to tip into insanity, and I\u2019ve realised how much I kind of let that sort of big night out \u2018happen\u2019 around me. If I really can\u2019t face it I won\u2019t go at all, but i make no attempt to control the situation once I\u2019m there. I\u2019d love to be that person who switches to water after a couple of drinks and heads home at a sensible hour - how do you do that???\n\nUnits: 10.5\n\nSaturday: Feeling really tired and grumpy - go to a yoga class to try and sort myself out, which sort-of works although I leave feeling really shaky and out of it. Afterwards, we\u2019ve agreed to meet our friends for lunch while they wait for their letting agent to do an inspection of their house. At this point, I should definitely switch to fizzy water, but I order wine along with my friend.\n\nAt the end of the meal my husband orders a coffee and my friend goes for an espresso martini, so I split the difference with another (small) glass of wine. My husband raises his eyebrows, which I pretend not to see. Feel amazing for about 20 minutes, while i consider how decadent and amazing daytime drinking is, then start to crash and have to have a little afternoon nap. Wake up a couple of hours later feeling out of sorts and annoyed with myself.\n\nUnits: 5.5\n\nSunday: Feel like i\u2019m getting a cold and can\u2019t face the gym, so spend the day mooching round the house and doing personal admin. I feel like I\u2019ve earned the glass of wine I pour myself in front of the TV before dinner, but realise I\u2019ve gulped it in 10 minutes flat. Resist the urge to get up and pour myself a second before I go to eat dinner - this is 100% progress, right?\n\nUnits: 4.\n\nSo what did the experts have to say about our two sets of very different drinkers? Dr John Larsen, Director of Evidence and Impact at Drinkaware:\n\n'As illustrated by Beth\u2019s and Claire\u2019s diaries, it can be really hard to break the habit of regular drinking \u2013 especially when there is pressure from friends and family to be drinking as part of social occasions. A great way to break the habit, and to share with your friends that you are not drinking today, is to explain that you are taking a Drink Free Day. That doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t take part in the fun.\n\n'As more and more people are increasingly aware, the more alcohol you drink, the greater the risk of developing a number of serious potentially life limiting health conditions, such as high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as seven types of cancer.\n\n'Regular drinking also increases the amount of calories consumed and can contribute to weight gain and obesity. It also impacts on mental health and anxiety levels and affects sleep.\n\n'The Chief Medical Officers advise that to keep the health risks from alcohol to a low level, men and women should not be regularly drinking more than 14 standard units a week, which is six standard glasses of 13% wine or six pints of 4% beer.\n\n'If you choose to drink, and regularly drink as much as this, then it\u2019s best to spread your drinking evenly over three or more days.\n\n'We would also encourage people to think about having several drink free days a week to help them cut back and keep the risks low.'\n\nAndrew Misell, Director of Alcohol Concern in Wales. also explains:\n\n'Claire\u2019s account of her week shows the pitfalls that all of us who drink will be familiar with \u2013 we start out with such good intentions and then we get a bit carried away. It\u2019s easily done, and it\u2019s not the end of the world. That said, it\u2019s always worth thinking about how much we\u2019re drinking and why.'\n\n'Maybe we\u2019ve got into a routine of always having a drink at certain times and we\u2019re doing it more by habit than for pleasure. It\u2019s worth considering too whether our drinking is getting in the way of other things we want to do \u2013 are we letting good stuff pass us by because we\u2019re too drunk or too hungover?'"}
-{"text": "City view from the roof of the Institute of Philosophy\n\nYou can observe wonderful views from the roof of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPhRAS). The gallery of the famous Russian artist I. Glazunov is on the second photo.\nAddress: Volkhonka 14, 119991 Moscow, Russia (Metro station \u201cKropotkinskaya\u201d, opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour) -"}
-{"text": "Awards\n\nAdvertisements\n\nMay you always be a die-hard fan\n\nStandard\n\nI took my son out on a mom/son date night. We went out to eat, walked around some shops, grabbed some coffee, and then went for a drive. We talked for hours about all sorts of things. The conversation shifted toward the end of the night towards Church, when my 12 year old son shared his own insight on it\u2026 The conversation went like this\u2026\n\nMy son: \u201cHey mom, how many people do you think attend church every week? (Pause) Let\u2019s both guess and then let\u2019s look it up\u201d\n\n(He is a research king). We both guessed. He looked around and found a church study which contradicted gallop poles, etc. Meaning when people were polled 39% of people reported attending weekly services but according to church attendance records/polls less than 20% of people actually attend church weekly.\n\nWe sat there a minute.\n\nHe asked \u201cDo you ever notice how church attendance is like sports events?\u201d\n\nPuzzled I asked, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d\n\nHe continued, \u201cIt\u2019s like you see people one week, at one game and they\u2019re all waving their hankies and buying hotdogs, patting eachother on the back, cheering. Everyone talks and likes eachother because their team is doing great. Then you never see them again. Or once in a while you do see them but they don\u2019t remember you, or they don\u2019t say anything or look at you because their team isn\u2019t doing so well\u2026 Except the die-hard fans, which is not that many really.\u201d\n\nHe pauses for a moment and continues, \u201cThat\u2019s what church is like. People mostly only show up when their team is winning, or when they need something, but not for the time when things are going okay.\u201d He pauses briefly and asks \u201cWhy is that? I mean isn\u2019t that weird? There\u2019s only a couple die-hard fans.\u201d\n\nI sat there a minute stunned at what my son had said. At just 12 years of age he has such insight. All I could think to say was \u201cOh my son, may you always be a die-hard fan.\u201d\n\nBeing a parent makes me want to be a better person in every way. Makes me want to be sure to be a die-hard Jesus fan\u2026"}
-{"text": "Con Coughlin is the Telegraph's Defence Editor and a world-renowned expert on global security and terrorism issues. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books. His new book, Churchill's First War: Young Winston and the fight against the Taliban, is published by Macmillan in London and Thomas Dunne Books in New York. He appears regularly on radio and television in Britain and America.\n\nThanks to Obama, Islamist militants will be the ultimate victors in Iraq and Afghanistan\n\nWhile Mr Obama was merrily lounging at his favourite Hawaiian resorts, a damning National Security Estimate, which collates material provided by 16 American intelligence agencies, predicted that the Taliban is set to reclaim much of the territory vacated by American and British forces when they complete combat operations at the end of the year. (General Sir Peter Wall, the head of the British Army, made much the same warning in my exclusive interview with him at the end of last year.)\n\nAt the same time as this depressing NSE report was make public, the takeover by al-Qaeda militants of iconic Iraqi towns such as Fallujah and Ramadi \u2013 the scene of some of the fiercest fighting involving American combat forces following the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein - represents another strategic disaster for the Obama administration.\n\nSuch was Mr Obama's distaste for maintaining America's involvement in a conflict associated with his predecessor, President George W Bush, that he, in effect, ordered the unilateral withdrawal of American forces from Iraq before the country had been fully stabilised.\n\nAs Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham pointed out at the weekend, Mr Obama's failure to maintain a residual American force that could continue to support the Iraqi government as it guided the country from dictatorship to democracy meant not only abandoning the Iraqi people to their fate, but that \"the thousands of brave Americans who fought, shed their blood, and lost their friends to bring peace to Fallujah and Iraq are now left to wonder whether these sacrifices were in vain.\"\n\nIf the latest developments in Iraq make for worrying reading at the White House, then the prospect of Afghanistan being overrun by the Taliban is potentially even more disastrous for the Obama presidencey. For, if the NSE report proves to be accurate (and there is no reason to believe it won't), then the blame for another disastrous foreign policy reverse will be laid directly at Mr Obama's door.\n\nFor it was Mr Obama, in one of the first major security decisions of his presidency, who gave his personal approval for the military surge strategy to defeat the Taliban during his speech to the West Point Military Academy in late 2009.\n\nBy increasing the number of American combat forces in Afghanistan, Mr Obama hoped to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, thereby bringing a decade or more of American military operations in Afghanistan to a satisfactory conclusion.\n\nBut no sooner had the President authorised the surge than he changed his mind, and in one of the most damaging decisions of his presidency, announced the withdrawal of all American combat forces by the end of this year. The Taliban, realising that the White House had no serious desire to defeat them by force of arms, decided that there was no point in taking part in the negotiating process. As the old Taliban saying goes, the West may have all the watches, but we have all the time.\n\nAnd so, if the NSE's predictions prove to be accurate and the Taliban retake all the territory vacated by the withdrawing American and British troops, then Afghanistan, which was supposed to be \"Obama's War\", will turn out to be the single greatest foreign policy disaster of the Obama presidency.\n\nIf that happens, even Democrat voters will be asking whether the sacrifices made by the thousands of American service personnel who have been killed or suffered serious injury in the Afghan conflict were in vain."}
-{"text": "Day: April 5, 2018\n\nPay attention to our appearance is a must. If we love ourselves, we have to treat ourselves well. Having a good fashion style is one of the ways to appreciate ourselves. But do you know which fashion style you are belong to? Is it match with your personality or not? You may have these questions on your mind. If you still do not find yet your fashion style, you can collect information how to decide it. There are some tips below to know your personal style.\n\nPay Attention to Your Body Size\n\nIn choosing your personal fashion style, you need to pay attention to your body size. It purposes to avoid wrong costume. Besides, wearing the right size of outfit will make you become more comfortable. Do not choose too tight or too loose outfit. Choose the most comfortable size of outfit. It will surely boost your confidence.\n\nTake a Look at Your Closet\n\nIf you do not have idea to which outfit you want to wear, you can take a look at your closet. There are lots of your clothes that you already or never wear before. You can try to wear one of them and combine it with other apparel. It can help you to find your personal fashion style.\n\nAsk People to Look at You\n\nIf you think that it is diffcult to find your personal fashion style, you can ask people around you to look at. Show them some combinations of outfit you wear, then let them critize you which style suits you the most.\n\nDo Not Always Follow the Trends\n\nFollow the fashion style is not a bad idea. But it is also not always good to for our personal style. You can guess which trends are appropriate for you to wear. Do not always stick to trends. This is your style, not someone else\u2019s style.\n\nBe Confidence\n\nIn the end, all will return to confidence. If we are confident about what we wear, that is our best style we have. Be confidence is the last tips to follow. Hope it help you in finding your right style."}
-{"text": "About\n\nMembers of CCAPP, Physics, and Astronomy, getting together to discuss papers and recent developments in high-energy astrophysics and astroparticle physics, in an informal setting over lunch. Please check the page for details regarding the next meeting."}
-{"text": "Social Media\n\nSearch\n\nChic Report\n\nThe Royal Birth Certificate Intrigues\n\nWe leave the Royal baby coverage to those who do it best (Congrats to People on their projected 1.4 million copies flying off the newsstand for their issue with the little guy on the cover), but for some reason we\u2019re totally fascinated with the birth certificate of His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge. It\u2019s a reminder that birth certificates are just a piece of paper with some handwriting on them no matter who you are. But Kate and Will listing themselves as Prince and Princess of the United Kingdom as their occupations? That\u2019s royally major."}
-{"text": "Human Team\n\nAt Riberebro we know that our future growth is closely related to the individual development of each one of our team members. Our desire is to grow together. The Group has over 600 employees and generates more than 2,500 jobs a year. Its tasks are spread across the eight production facilities that the Group has in Spain (La Rioja, Cuenca, and Navarra). All company operations are coordinated by the Logistics Center and Head Office based in Alfaro (La Rioja).\n\nThe Riberebro Group Management Team is defined by its professionalism, independence and involvement. Riberebro defends a management style based on values. We believe that this is the way to improve both the profitability of the company and the degree of integration of its partners. This is a way of operating which is settled on the shared leadership and shareholders\u2019 beliefs."}
-{"text": "Three Prairie universities team up for Snowden lecture\n\nWINNIPEG, LETHBRIDGE and BRANDON \u2014 The University of Winnipeg, University of Lethbridge and Brandon University have come together to create an extraordinary opportunity for their students and communities, partnering to present U.S. intelligence officer and whistleblower Edward Snowden in a special live conversation via web-link from Russia, where he is currently living with asylum status. He will be addressing mass surveillance and the role of higher education in engaging the ethics of mass surveillance.\n\nThe lecture event takes place Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 6:00 pm (Winnipeg, CDT) and will consist of a one-hour presentation by Snowden and feature a question-and-answer segment from select audience members at all three participating universities.\n\n\u201cWe are excited to partner with the universities of Lethbridge and Brandon to bring the preeminent voice on mass surveillance to our students and the broader public,\u201d said Dr. Carlos Colorado, Chair of the Department of Religion and Culture at UWinnipeg and coordinator of the Snowden lecture. \u201cThe University of Winnipeg is celebrating its 50th anniversary and reflecting on its role as a public university engaging questions about the public good. This particular event with Mr. Snowden is a fantastic opportunity to extend that reflection and to engage in a public conversation across the Canadian Prairies.\u201d\n\nSnowden, a United States citizen, is a former intelligence officer who served the CIA, NSA and DIA for nearly a decade as a subject matter expert on technology and cybersecurity. In 2013, he revealed that the NSA was seizing the private records of billions of individuals who had not been suspected of any wrongdoing, resulting in the most significant reforms to US surveillance policy since 1978.\n\nHe has received awards for courage, integrity and public service, and was named the top global thinker of 2013 by Foreign Policy magazine. Today, he works on methods of enforcing human rights through the application and development of new technologies. He joined the board of Freedom of the Press Foundation in February 2014.\n\n\u201cEdward Snowden is one of the defining figures of the decade. This is an incredible opportunity for people in Lethbridge to hear directly from him,\u201d says Dr. Harold Jansen, a U of L political science professor and moderator for the local event in Lethbridge.\n\nThe three universities seized upon the opportunity to collaborate and bring Snowden to their respective communities, recognizing the significance of the security issues he will address and seeing the chance to engage further conversation.\n\n\u201cUniversities are built on collaboration and we are pleased to work with our colleagues in Winnipeg and Lethbridge to bring this important discussion to a wider audience,\u201d said Dr. Steve Robinson, Brandon University\u2019s Vice-President (Academic & Provost), who arranged the Brandon link. \u201cThis is an incredible opportunity for our three institutions to partner on an opportunity for our communities to engage with one of the most provocative and thought-provoking individuals of recent years.\u201d\n\nFor The University of Winnipeg, the Snowden event is part of its annual Axworthy Distinguished Lectures Series. In Winnipeg limited seating is available to the public (Riddell Hall) on a first come basis. The University of Lethbridge, also celebrating its 50th anniversary, is utilizing the lecture as a showcase event for the recent launch of its School of Liberal Education, highlighting the need for critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning to address complex world issues. Brandon University, marking its 117th year as an institution and 50th anniversary of receiving its university charter, is embracing the event as a way to deepen campus\u2013community engagement, a cornerstone of the BU Academic Plan.\n\nTicketing information for the special live conversation can be found at each university\u2019s respective website, as follows:"}
-{"text": "Better Brain Health: A Breakdown of Which Natural Supplements Actually Work\n\nEverywhere you turn, there\u2019s an ad for a new supplement or powder or something that promises to make you healthier in some way or another. It\u2019s almost enough to make your head spin! Fortunately, the wellness trend is leading to healthier lifestyles overall. Unfortunately, some claims about what works and what doesn\u2019t aren\u2019t backed up by the research those claim deserve. When it comes to brain health and brain focus, we definitely want to be careful about what we\u2019re putting on our bodies and in what products we\u2019re trusting.\n\nMy rule-of-thumb is to make sure to be extra careful messing with anything that we just have one of. So your brain? It\u2019s kind of a big one to watch out for!\n\nI\u2019ve rounded up seven popular supplements that have been floating around the internet and health blogs for improving brain power, and took a look at the body of research available for each. The good news? We\u2019re on the right track!\n\nCurcumin\n\nCurcumin is the main substance found in turmeric, an herb that\u2019s been used for hundreds of years to aid in supporting everything from inflammation to stomach aches to cancers.\n\nAs for brain health, there have been studies that show curcumin is a promising tool for Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\n\nThe clinically studied chemical properties of curcumin and its various effects on Alzheimer\u2019s disease shows the possibility to do further research and develop better drugs based on curcumin for treating Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Alzheimer\u2019s is a cognitive dysfunction disorder, so the connection between these studies using curcumin to support the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s and its symptoms are promising in being able to use curcumin in daily life to support memory and brain health. My takeaway? Turmeric is a wonderful spice full of flavor and color that takes nearly any meal (even smoothies) up a notch, and it can\u2019t hurt to add some to your diet!\n\nAshwagandha\n\nAshwagandha is one of the most important herbs of Ayurveda (the traditional system of medicine in India), used for millennia as a Rasayana for its wide ranging health benefits. Rasayana is basically an herbal or metallic preparation that promotes a youthful state of physical and mental health and expands happiness. No big deal. Like curcumin, ashwagandha has been studied extensively for its cognitive support properties and the findings have been promising for improving short and long term memory, executive functioning, sustained attention, and information-processing speeds. Standardized root extract is commonly taken in 450\u2013500 mg capsules once or twice daily.\n\nRhodiola\n\nRhodiola is another ancient tool used for historically for anxiety, fatigue, anemia, impotence, infections, headache, and depression related to stress \u2013 as well as to increase physical endurance, work performance, longevity, and improve resistance to high-altitude sickness. Unfortunately, there have been limited studies on the effects of rhodiola and its effectiveness as it pertains to memory and brain power. In order to make recommendations to take it regularly as a supplement to your diet, more research is needed.\n\nActivated B Vitamins (including B12)\n\nA B12 vitamin deficiency has been well studied to show links to early signs of memory impairment. B12 is essential for DNA synthesis, the formation of red blood cells, the health of nerve cells in the brain, normal function of the brain and nervous system, and the production of energy for the body.\n\nThe good news about vitamin B12 is that you don\u2019t have to take a supplement or powder to get it into your daily routine to keep your brain firing properly.\n\nB12 is found is beef, milk, eggs, organ meats, and so many other animal products. For vegans out there, I highly suggest taking a vitamin B12 supplement.\n\nVitamin D\n\nVitamin D is vital for our body as it regulates calcium homeostasis and maintains bone integrity. Its deficiency has been linked to many problems such as dementia, depression, diabetes mellitus, autism, and schizophrenia - so getting enough vitamin D is very important for brain power. You can find vitamin D in milks, meats, and animal products but, unfortunately, most people are deficient. Consider spending 20 minutes/day sunbathing to get a daily dose of vitamin D. If you don\u2019t think you\u2019re getting it in your diet (again, vegans listen up!), you should consider taking a supplement.\n\nFish Oil\n\nFish oil (specifically omega-3) has been studied extensively for its relation to brain health and results are mixed at best. Omega-3s are the handy guys that regulate genetic functioning so they are very important for overall health, but for brain focus specifically, there just isn\u2019t enough research out there to conclusively recommend it for that purpose. Fish oils are, obviously, found in fish, but you can get omega-3s from hemp seeds, edamame, soybean oil, and walnuts as well.\n\nPrebiotic Fiber\n\nYour brain can be directly affected by the bacteria in your gut. The two are connected by the vagus nerve as well as neurotransmitters.\n\nIt would be safe to assume that changing your gut health can help improve your brain.\n\nThe trouble is, that the type, strain, amount, etc. of probiotics and prebiotics that would be best for brain health is still far from being conclusively researched. One study found that taking a prebiotic called galactooligosaccharides for three weeks significantly reduced the amount of stress hormone in the body, called cortisol. You can find prebiotics in ginger root, onions, garlic, leeks, and asparagus. All great foods to incorporate in to your diet regardless of they effect in supporting brain health! For more gut-healing support, I suggest speaking with a nutritionist to really dig in to what\u2019s going on in your body.\n\nBottom Line:\n\nI suggest sticking with whole foods as much as possible and adding in supplements of certain vitamins and minerals when you know you\u2019re experiencing a lack in those areas. Track your food for a few days and have it reviewed by a nutritionist to check for deficiencies and how you can improve your brain health!\n\nBrianna Towne\n\nBri is a nutritionist and exercise therapist helping mamas and mamas-to-be repair their relationships with food, get clear on the healthiest path to nurturing their unique bodies, and eating and exercising without fear, shame, or deprivation. She is the developer of the MIND + BODY + FOOD method which combines her expertise in health psychology, yoga, personal training, and nutrition to create a truly holistic picture of health. Bri lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children."}
-{"text": "Santos Hern\u00e1ndez was born in Madrid in 1873. When he was ten he began an apprenticeship making vestments and ornaments in a shop that made religious paraphernalia. Unhappy with this vocation, he apprenticed to Valentin Viudes, the son. After a short time, he left Viudes shop and went to work for Jos\u00e9 Ortega in Granada. But, he soon returned to Madrid and worked for Saturnino Rojas and in the prestigious shop of Francisco Gonzalez, then being run by the son. In 1893, Santos was drafted and was assigned to a artillery unit during the five years of his military service. He was sent to Cuba to fight during the Spanish-American war. On leaving the army in 1898, he seems to have set up his own workshop on the Calle Nicolas Salmer\u00f3n. About 1905 he was hired by Manuel Ramirez as his foreman to replace Enrique Garcia, who had moved to Barcelona. Santos seems to have been the luthier who was most involved in building the guitar Manuel Ramirez gave Andr\u00e9s Segovia in 1912. When Manuel Ramirez died in 1916, Santos continued working for his widow until 1920. In 1921, Santos opened his own shop in an alley, La Aduana, in the center of Madrid, building both classical and flamenco guitars. Santos was secretive about his arts, and refused to taken on disciples. Santos Hern\u00e1ndez guitars were played by such notable classical guitarists as Luis S\u00e1nchez Granada, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Quintin Esquembre, and such flamenco players as Ramon Montoya, Ni\u00f1o Ricardo, Sabicas, Esteban de Sanl\u00facar, Manolo de Huelva, Manolo de Badajoz etc. After his death in 1943, his widow continued to run his shop, employing Marcelo Barbero to make guitars.\n\nAndr\u00e9s Segovia launched his career playing this guitar; he concertized and recorded with it from 1912 to 1937 and played it at his United States debut in New York\u2019s Town Hall in 1929. The famous luthier Manuel Ram\u00edrez was employed at Spain\u2019s National Conservatory in Madrid when this guitar was assembled in his shop in 1912.\n\nFrom the plugged holes in the peghead, it would appear that this instrument was originally made as an eleven-string guitar, a design popular in Andalusia during the last half of the nineteenth century. It was undoubtedly converted to its present six-string configuration prior to its acquisition of Segovia.\n\nIn addition to the label of Manuel Ramirez, a repair label was placed inside by Santos Hern\u00e0ndez, who worked for Ramirez and is believed to have been involved in its construction. The two-piece back is made of Brazilian rosewood, the two-piece top is ol spruce. Gift of Emilita Segovia, Marquessa of Salobre\u00f1a, 1986 (1986.353.2)\n\nAndres Segovia Guitar for 25 years\n\nIn 1912, Santos Hernandez won his place in the history of the\nclassical guitar when Ramirez gave an instrument Santos Hernandez seems to have built to a young man called Andreas Segovia, who was to play it for the next\n25 years. Years later Santos decided he wanted credit for his\ncreation. While he was repairing the instrument he tried persuade\nSegovia to allow him to remove the Ramirez label and replace it with\none of his own. Segovia refused , but said he could sign over the\nRamirez label \u201d Reparada por Santos Hernandez\u201d Hernandez did not do\nthis immediately , but in 1922 he inserted his own label and added\nthat inscription.\n\nRamirez died in 1916 and for a while Hernandez and Esteso built\nguitars for his widow to sell under a Viuda de Manuel Ramirez\u201d label\nas was the custom.\n\n\u2026\u2026. His (Santos Hernandez) relationship with Segovia, had become rather\ndifficult . Visiting Madrid in the mid 1920\u2019s , Segovia invited\nSantos Hernandez to admire an new instrument he had just had made in\nSwitzerland. It proved to be an exact copy of the Santos Hernandez guitar he\nhad been given in 1912. But Santos Hernandez was more insulted by Segovia\u2019s\nlack of interest in the new instrument he had been building for him.\nSantos decided to keep it for himself . Called it La Ineditia\u201d \u201cthe\nUnpublished\u201d . It remained in his possession of Santos Hernandez\nwidow until it sold for one million peastas in the late 1970\u2019s.\n\nSANTOS HERNANDEZ GUITAR LABELLED 1924\n\n(Gift by Andres Segovia to Biblioteca Musical Victor Espinos)\n\nBuilt by Santos Hern\u00e1ndez in 1924, Andr\u00e9s Segovia donate it to be lent to students in 1932. It never was lent but it became part of the museum of the Madrid Musical Library\n\nSANTOS HERNANDEZ, SEGOVIA, AND LA INEDITA\n\nCertain classical guitars are legendary. While visiting Marcelino Lopez Nieto in March of 1999, one such guitar, La In\u00e9dita, built by Santos Hernandez came up. I found this story so delightful\u2013partly because I already knew pieces of it\u2013that I would like to share it. The pieces that I knew begin with the equally famous guitar given to Andr\u00e9s Segovia in 1912 by Manuel Ramirez. As Segovia relates this story, he was just barely 18 when he went into the Ramirez shop and introduced himself.\n\nI\u2019m Andr\u00e9s Segovia, I\u2019m a guitarist, and mutual friends in Cordoba recommended you to me. I\u2019ve come to Madrid a few days ago to give a concert, but the guitar I have, Sr. Ramirez, doesn\u2019t respond to what I demand of it, I would like you to provide me with the best instrument you currently have. I can\u2019t afford to buy such an instrument but I would be willing to rent it just as music stores rent concert pianos, and can make a good deposit. Moreover, if the guitar serves me well, and I like it, I will propose that you sell it to me.\n\nSomewhat taken back by the proposition, Sr. Ramirez responded:\n\nGee! Your proposal isn\u2019t a bad one, but until today no one has ever made quite such a proposal to me. Nevertheless, it\u2019s logical. If they rent pianos Eral, Pleyel, etc. to play concerts, why shouldn\u2019t one be able to rent a Ramirez guitar?\n\nTurning to Santos Hernandez, who at the time worked for Manuel,\n\nDo me the favor of getting the guitar we made for Manj\u00f3n.\n\nAs Santos carried out the order, Sr. Ramirez explained, a blind musician had asked him to build this guitar, but when he came to pick it up, and after playing arpeggios and more arpeggios, he began to criticize the guitar that it lacked volume and sustain; that some notes were duller than others; that the frets were uneven\u2013 trying with such criticism to beat down its price. As he continued, I became more and more incensed, and yelled at him\u2013\n\nYou think that by running down the merits of my work\u2013 of our work, because my officials collaborated in its construction\u2013 that I will feel ashamed and sell it to you for a pittance. I have my pride, and would prefer to lock it in its case forever than to sell it to you!\n\nSegovia began to play the guitar, and to make a long story short, Ramirez upon hearing him, gave it to him as a gift. The 1912 Ramirez, which Segovia used for the next 25 years of his career, although it carries the Manuel Ramirez label, is generally acknowledged to have been primarily the work of Santos Hernandez.\n\nManuel Ramirez died in 1916, nevertheless Santos Hernandez continued to work for his widow until 1921. So, in 1922 when Segovia brought this guitar to Sr. Hernandez for repair, Santos suggested that as he had made the guitar, he should be allowed to replace the Ramirez label with his own. Segovia refused, but did suggest that he could place his label inside the guitar, with the inscription repaired by Santos Hernandez, which is what Santos latter did. In the mid-1930s, Santos offered to build a guitar for Segovia. In 1935, during a visit to Madrid, Segovia invited Santos to come and see a new instrument, that a copyist in Switzerland had just made for him. Not only was it an exact copy of the 1912 Hernandez/Ramirez but, as Segovia waxed lyrical over its virtues, Santos grew increasingly insulted at Segovia\u2019s lack of interest in the classical guitar he was building for him, and decided not to show him the instrument. He kept the guitar, and referred to it thereafter as La In\u00e9dita, the unpublished guitar.\n\nAt this point, Marcelino\u2019s story picks up. Santos Hernandez was very secretive about this guitar, and refused to show it to anyone. La In\u00e9dita remained in Santos possession until his death in 1943. In the 1940s, Marcelino began studying classical guitar with Daniel Fortea. As he could not afford a fine instrument, he decided he would build his own, and began to frequent the Hernandez shop, then being run by his widow and his nephew, Feliciano Bayon. As his friendship with them flowered, he was given the great privilege of being allowed to play La In\u00e9dita, with the understanding that he would stop and put it away when anyone came into the shop. Following the death of Hernandez\u2019s widow, the guitar was inherited by Feliciano Bayon. One day, however, in 1973 or 1974, Carman Amaya\u2019s husband brought a Mexican man came into the shop. He had heard of La In\u00e9dita and wanted to buy it. Feliciano told him it was not for sale. The man insisted that they should talk about it over dinner. At a posh restaurant, after dinner and drinks, the Mexican turned to Feliciano, and said here\u2019s a blank check, fill in a number. Not wanting to sell it, Feliciano thought to ask for an what to him seemed an astronomical sum, a million pesetas. The Mexican nodded and said, fine, and signed the check.\n\nThus it was, Marcelino concluded his story, that La In\u00e9dita was sold to a collector from Mexico."}
-{"text": "Joe Jonas got a new tattoo and people think it's of Sophie Turner\n\nWhile most people hope that marriage is forever, a tattoo is definitely forever \u2014 unless you want to pay for pricey and painful laser treatments. Joe Jonas just got some new ink, and some are certain it\u2019s a tribute to his lady love, Sophie Turner.\n\nWhile Turner and Jonas kept their relationship as private as possible for months, they\u2019ve been fairly public about it since Jonas popped the question in October of 2017.\n\nIn May of 2017, Turner chatted about Jonas to InStyle. While she didn\u2019t refer to the DNCE musician by name during the interview, she mentioned how it\u2019s so much easier dating someone in the industry. \u201cYou realize that you\u2019re not going to see each other all the time,\u201d she noted. \u201cAnd you don\u2019t feel like a jerk when you\u2019re like, \u2018My publicist says I can\u2019t do this\u2026'\u201d\n\n\"@curtmontgomerytattoos does it again \ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc89,\" he wrote in the caption, giving a well deserved shout-out to the artist.\n\nThere\u2019s so much to dissect here. The tattoo, which is a gorgeous outline of a naked woman, looks enough like Turner to possibly be her. And the red line could perhaps indicate red hair\u2026like a certain Sansa Stark?\n\nWhile Turner is a natural blonde, she\u2019s rocked red locks a lot during their relationship, especially during filming."}
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-{"text": "Preview: Champions Cup, Round Three\n\nEUROPEAN SPOTLIGHT: European heavyweights will be vying for supremacy when the Champions Cup returns with the top two clubs in each pool kicking off the key back-to-back fixtures.\n\nIn a repeat of last season's compelling final, holders Saracens put their 20-match unbeaten run in the competition to the test against ASM Clermont Auvergne at Allianz Park.\n\nAlex Goode scored the match-clinching try back in May at BT Murrayfield Stadium and is in line for his 50th appearance in the European Cup if selected for Sunday's Pool 2 encounter.\n\nThere are two other fixtures between former competition winners as three-time champions RC Toulon entertain 1998 winners Bath Rugby while Munster Rugby face Leicester Tigers for the ninth time.\n\nGlasgow Warriors will welcome some familiar faces at Scotstoun against Montpellier on Friday. The visitors' Head Coach, Vern Cotter, and Forwards Coach, Nathan Hines, performed the same roles for Scotland last season.\n\nOther key points ahead of Round Three:\n\n* As they look to steal a march on Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs in Pool Three, Leinster Rugby know that a win at Sandy Park will be their 100th in the competition.\n\n* La Rochelle have enjoyed life in European club rugby's blue riband competition thus far, having won both matches in their debut season with a points haul of 75 eclipsed only by Saracens. They play host to a Wasps side hoping to build on their impressive Round Two win over Harlequins.\n\nWe look at all the Round Three action!\n\nFriday, December 8\n\nPool Three\n\nGlasgow v Montpellier(Scotstoun Stadium -Kick-off: 19.45, 19.45 GMT)\n\nThe four previous meetings have seen 120 points scored in total, at an average of 30 per game.\n\nGlasgow Warriors have lost their last three Champions Cup games, their worst run since losing seven consecutive matches from January 2012 to January 2013.\n\nMontpellier have lost their last nine games away from home, although they've secured a losing bonus point in three of their last four such games.\n\nNemani Nadolo has beaten 20 defenders after just two games, nine more than any other player in the Champions Cup this season.\n\nToulon have been securing some close matches in Round one their walked away with a narrow 21-20 win over Scarlets, while ROund Two saw them bagged 30-29 away win against Benetton.\n\nBath have been in a more comfortable position. The English Premiership side scored a 23-0 win over Benetton in Round two, while Scarlets proved to be a challenge but in the end, Bath made sure they take an 18-13 win home.\n\nHowever, the Premiership side do not have a great record against Toulon.\n\nThe two sides have played two matches, which went in favour of Toulon.\n\nMunster and Leicester Tigers, arch-rivals in Europe, will clash for the ninth and tenth times in the back-to-back fixtures with Leicester currently ahead in the bragging rights by five wins to Munster\u2019s three.\n\nThis is the third season in a row that the sides have met in the pool stage, with Leicester winning three of the previous four meetings between the clubs.\n\nThe Tigers are the only side to travel to Munster and win more than once, having done so in both 2006/07 and 2015/16.\n\nBut Munster claimed the bragging rights last season as they beat Leicester 38-0 at Thomond Park \u2013 the Tigers\u2019 second-heaviest defeat in Europe.\n\nThe Tigers\u2019 attacking threat this season in a pool that also includes Castres and Racing 92 has been clear to see.\n\nNo side in Europe has gained more metres than their 502 with ball in hand while Mathew Tait has been the creative fulcrum with three try assists already.\n\nAfter a storming six-match winning run in the league, Matt O\u2019Connor\u2019s side have just ever so slightly gone off the boil and two losses on the spin have dropped them to sixth in the Premiership.\n\nThey did however claim a losing bonus point at Racing 92 and a four-try bonus point in routing Castres at Welford Road to sit narrowly top of the pool as it stands.\n\nArguably the most enticing of all the clashes in Europe this season, two in-form sides clash at Sandy Park on Sunday.\n\nThe Chiefs are making an impressive defence of their maiden Premiership crown \u2013 sitting top of the table and eight points clear this time around.\n\nIn Europe they are also breaking new ground, never before had they kicked off a campaign with two wins from two.\n\nThey battled hard to down Glasgow Warriors at Sandy Park before an incredible late win in Montpellier in round two.\n\nLeinster are in fine form themselves but they will need to be prepared to put in a serious shift in defence.\n\nDespite having the lowest ruck success rate (95%), the Chiefs have enjoyed the longest time in possession this season, holding onto the ball for 21 minutes and 15 seconds on average.\n\nGareth Steenson meanwhile needs six points to reach 200 for the tournament as the Chiefs chase a third win in a row in Europe for the first time in the club\u2019s history.\n\nKeep an eye out also for the battle of the hookers\u2013 Jack Yeandle has made more successful lineout throws than any other No.2 (25/28) but Sean Cronin\u2019s 100% success rate (14/14) is the best in the competition.\n\nBotia fires La Rochelle to thrilling win over Wasps\n\nSun, 10 Dec 2017 15:39\n\nCHAMPIONS CUP REPORT: Fijian flank Levani Botia scored a brace of tries to help La Rochelle cement their place atop Pool One of the European Champions Cup with a thrilling 49-29 victory over Wasps on Sunday.\n\nThe win left the Top 14 leaders with three wins from three and 15 points, seven ahead of second-placed Ulster, who beat Harlequins 17-5. Wasps are third with six points.\n\nLa Rochelle's attractive style of play was there for all to see in the first half, and not many clubs will fancy having to travel to western France for a potential away quarterfinal match.\n\nThe French club enjoyed 73 percent of possession and 72 percent territory, covering more than 400 metres peppered with 16 offloads and 20 Wasps defenders beaten.\n\nIt all meant for a 30-12 lead after a helter-skelter first 40 minutes.\n\nAn early Brock James penalty for the hosts was nullified by a fine Rob Miller try for the English visitors despite for Welsh flank Thomas Young picking up a yellow card for a spear tackle.\n\nMaking their numerical advantage clear, hooker Pierre Bourgarit was next name on the scoresheet, breaking clear after a botched line-out by Wasps.\n\nThe returned Young went over in the corner, Jimmy Gopperth converting to make sure Wasps were well in the game before centre-cum-flank Botia notched up La Rochelle's third in a great display of running rugby at a packed-out Marcel-Deflandre stadium.\n\nVincent Rattez touched down early in the second period for La Rochelle to guarantee an attacking bonus point.\n\nBut Wasps hit back when British and Irish Lions back Elliot Daly crossed after a great flick by Young.\n\nWith kicking a scarcity and holes beginning to appear in both defences, first an inch-perfect Ryan Lamb crosskick found Rattez in space for the wing to dot down for his second.\n\nAnd then Wasps ensured their own bonus point when Daly latched on to a Cipriani kick and offloaded to Joe Simpson for an easy run-in, after which fellow replacement Martin Moore was driven over shortly after.\n\nThe outstanding Botia had the last word, however, fending off Joe Launchbury to sprint in from 40 metres."}
-{"text": "Tag: deceive nations no more\n\n\u201d (1) And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. (2) And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (3) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. (4) And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for thewitness of Jesus, and for theword of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (6) Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years\u201d (Revelation 20:1-4, 6, KJV).\n\nDiscussions of this subject sometimes involve the following questions.\n\n(1) Was Satan bound in 1874, when Jesus returned invisibly?(2) Was Satan bound in 1914, when the time of Trouble began (Daniel 12:1)?(3) Is the binding of Satan gradual since our Lord\u2019s return?(4) Will Satan be bound when the Church is complete?(5) Does the binding of Satan include the fallen angels?(6) Is the binding of Satan by Christ alone or by Christ and his complete Church?\n\nThe first explicit statements that the Kingdom of God will reign on earth for a thousand years appear toward the end of the Bible, in the book of Revelation. Revelation 19 describes the Revelation of Jesus Christ in full glory and power with his 144,000 Bride, his \u201cbody\u201d members all raised to the Divine realm to institute a new, just reign on earth (verses 11\u201116). Christ will put down rebellion and institute a government of God for the 1000 year Millennium.\n\nThe Evil One Bound\n\nRevelation 20, describing the binding of Satan, follows Revelation 19 and is linked to that narrative. Revelation 19 depicts the marriage of the Bride class, and subsequently describes the closing judgments of the Harvest of the Gospel Age that introduce the Millennium. Revelation 19:11 and forward speak of the treading of the winepress. Verse 17 says \u201cI saw an angel standing in the sun,\u201d probably referring to the Church complete (compare Matthew 13:43). It then speaks of the \u201csupper of the great God,\u201dwhich continues through verse 18. This draws symbolically from Ezekiel 39:17-20, which refers to the defeat of Gog and his allies when they attack Israel at the end of the harvest.\n\nRevelation 19:19-21 then refers to the Beast, and the False Prophet, and chapter 20:1 add the Dragon \u2014 so that we now have all three elements that are involved in precipitating the Battle of Armageddon (compare Revelation 16:13,14). Thus the passage that speaks of the binding of Satan (Revelation 20:1 and forward) follows through on depictions that refer to the close of the Harvest, introducing the Millennium. All of this puts Revelation 20:1 at the close of the Harvest, rather than earlier in the Harvest.\n\n\u201cNotice that the great symbolic battle, and the harvesting of the vine of the earth [are] here described as closing the present age and opening up the Millennial Age (Revelation 20:1-3)\u201d (Volume One, page 324).\n\nIn Revelation 20, one of the first events after the Church is complete, is the binding of Satan for 1000 years. We read this in Revelation 20:1\u20113 (ESV):\n\n\u201c(1) Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. (2) And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (3) and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.\u201d\n\nIs there still deception on earth?\n\nYES. Thus, we believe the binding of the evil one has not yet occurred. The agencies by which Satan has controlled affairs are under judgment. But his deception over the nations remains until he is deposed as the \u201cgod of this world\u201d (2 Corinthians 4:4).\n\nThe subsequent rule of righteousness willbegin at Israel and gradually expand outward to a weary world, prepared to learn something better after the deceptions of Satan have been removed. Thus the world is given a thousand years to learn righteousness, and have it rooted in their hearts, before \u201cthe little season\u201d of testing (Revelation 20:3,7,8). Thereafter Satan and all evil ones shall be destroyed forevermore. Then all the former things will have passed away. \u201cThere will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away\u201d (Revelation 21:4).\n\nA Process of Judgment Precedes the Binding\n\nThroughout the Parousia of Christ, and specially from the Time of Trouble in 1914 onward, the institutions Satan has used to control his usurped domain have been under judgment and are crumbling. All of this is part of bringing down the power of the adversary \u2014 and preliminary to the complete divestment of Satan from the domain he has manipulated for 6000 years.\n\nWhen Jesus came at his first advent, he entered into the \u201chouse\u201d of the strong man, Satan, and measurably disrupted the progress of affairs. Thereafter, during the opening centuries of the Gospel Age, the rule of the world by Pagan Rome, an instrument of the Adversary, was overthrown, and this was a major step in the progress of the Gospel (see Revelation 12:7-9). However, as a counter to this, Satan corrupted the Church and the great Nominal System of Christianity grew so much as to be described as \u201cwhere Satan dwelleth\u201d (Revelation 2:13).\n\nIt is thus after dispossessing the systems of Christendom \u2014 represented by the Beast (Papacy) and False Prophet (Church of England and associated allies) \u2014 that Satan, the great \u201cDragon\u201d who exercises his power through the political systems of earth, is defrocked of his personal power and allowed no more influence, until the close of the Millennium.\n\nThe judgments of Nominal Christendom are depicted as a series of seven \u201cplagues\u201d in Revelation chapters 15 and 16. These judgments have proceeded ever since the return of Christ, and build toward the Armageddon conflict that opens the seventh plague. Notice that during the time of plague 6, which builds toward Armageddon, that there is a coalition for mutual support by the \u201cdragon \u2026 the beast, and \u2026 the false prophet\u201d(Revelation 16:13) \u2014 but no chain restraining the \u201cdragon\u201d appears as of that time. Thus the \u201cchain\u201d symbol, appearing in Revelation 20:1, applies not during the entire Harvest period, but only at some time following plague six.\n\nThe Gospel References\n\nThe binding of Satan is referred to in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. These passages are sometimes appealed to in a discussion of the binding of Satan in Revelation 20. However, properly, in context, those Gospel passages apply the influence of Jesus at his first advent restraining the influence of Satan, binding his power to keep the world and its inhabitants under his control. We here look at the passage from Luke 11:21-22 (KJV).\n\n\u201cWhen a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.\u201d\n\nJesus had entered the strong man\u2019s house at his first advent, and began an active ministry after his baptism that was counter to the influence of Satan. When Jesus healed others, it was contrary to the influence of Satan who had imposed the distress on mankind by leading our first parents into disobedience. \u201cOught not this woman \u2026 whom Satan hath bound \u2026 be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?\u201d (Luke 13:16). More than this, the teachings Jesus declared during his ministry liberated those who received them, from the control of the adversary. \u201cThe words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life\u201d (John 6:63).\n\nIn the Luke passage about the binding of Satan, this is the kind of work that Jesus refers to. Jesus was the strong one that came upon Satan and his \u201cpalace\u201d and \u201cgoods.\u201dJesus was stronger, in that Jesus had access to Divine power. Jesus healed, and enlightened the people, and in this way removed Satan\u2019s \u201carmour wherein he trusted.\u201d By this means Jesus restrained or bound the influence of Satan, and began taking to himself those who turned to Jesus out of the domain of the adversary. In this way he \u201cspoiled\u201d the house of Satan \u2014 that is, Jesus took to himself, some of the precious goods out of the house of Satan. These precious goods, the \u201cspoils,\u201d were ones who had formerly been under the control of Satan.\n\nA Parallel to the Second Advent\n\nWe can take a parallel from this, perhaps, respecting the work of Jesus\u2019 second advent, when he returns in order to dispossess Satan and take control of the world of mankind as the \u201cspoils\u201d of his conquest. During the parousia of Christ, Jesus has been removing the armour in which Satan trusted, piece by piece, through the increase of knowledge.\n\nThe \u201cspoils\u201dto be taken by Jesus are the world of mankind that has lain captive as part of the usurped domain of the \u201cstrong man\u201d of the old world. Now that a stronger has come upon him, Satan is in retreat, using whatever schemes he is able in order to thwart the inevitable. He continues to exercise himself to resist the incoming Kingdom, and evidently would be pleased to see confusion in the Church, and the defeat of Israel, to thwart the establishment of both the complete Church in glory, and the nation of Israel being prepared as the beginning of the earthly Kingdom in due time.\n\nSatan\u2019s final extremity apparently is his marshalling of forces against Israel as prophesied in Ezekiel 38 and 39, to quash the opportunity for Israel to facilitate the establishment of an earthly kingdom. But this extremity will his last. The defeat of Gog in Armageddon, and the subsequent fall of \u201cgreat Babylon\u201d (Revelation 16:19), are followed by Satan being completely removed from his ability to control, manage, and deceive \u2014 as referred to in Revelation 20:1.\n\nThereafter his \u201cspoil\u201d \u2014 the world of mankind \u2014 will be taken by Jesus and controlled, managed, and enlightened, by Christ and his Church class. \u201cHe [Jesus]shall divide the spoil with the strong [the overcoming Church class]\u201d (Isaiah 53:12).\n\nThereafter follow a thousand years when all the dark effects and influences of Satan rule will be turned back, not in a day, but as the blessings of the Kingdom flow outward and people respond to them. Then all the world\u2019s current problems \u2014 wars, hatred, drug addiction, abuse, mental and physical illness, will be gradually eradicated. Whereas today, under Satan, some of these problems are increasing.\n\nNine-tenths of Jesus\u2019 persecutions came from professors of religion. R374:3 Are we willing to bear the hatred and scorn, which loyalty to the truth brings? If so, we can go forth in his name, rejoicing as we go. R5441:6 If any man suffer as a Christian\u2014for the truth\u2019s sake, for righteousness\u2019 sake\u2014let him not be ashamed. (1 Pet. 4:16) R2782:1 An evidence of our faithfulness and sonship. R5544:3 Especially has this been true of these last days. R5773:3 The path to glory, honor, and immortality, in the footsteps of Jesus, is a very rugged one. R5465:6 If any of us is escaping persecution, he should feel fearful of his condition and make careful examination as to whether or not he is faithful to all the privileges and opportunities he can find. R4407:2, 5227:5; OV438:1*; Q740:4, 361:6 The Lord\u2019s followers in the present time are called to suffer persecution for righteousness\u2019 sake, not because it is either reasonable or proper, but because the Lord, wishing to test, prove, and polish his people, is willing to permit the evil. R4813:6, 2415:2 If we know that we are suffering for righteousness\u2019 sake, then we know the spirit of God rests upon us. R5395:5, 5227:5 We are still in this time of persecution; the great Adversary is not yet bound. R2437:3 In proportion as he receives the truth and faithfully declares it. R1467:5 Those faithful to God during this age will have more hardship than have those who are unfaithful. R5294:5\n\n\u201cFor you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God\u201d (Colossians 3:3).\n\nBIBLE STUDENTS CONVENTION CALENDAR\n\nHebrews 12:1-2\nTherefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.\n\nGOD IS FAITHFUL \u2014 WWW.biblestudentsdaily.com\n\nClose your eyes for a moment to \u2026\n\nthe scenes of misery and woe, degradation and sorrow that yet prevail on account of sin, and picture before your mental vision the glory of the perfect earth.\n\nNot a stain of sin mars the harmony and peace of a perfect society; not a bitter thought, not an unkind look or word; love, welling up from every heart, meets a kindred response in every other heart, and benevolence marks every act.\n\nThere sickness shall be no more; not an ache nor a pain, nor any evidence of decay-not even the fear of such things.\n\nThink of all the pictures of comparative health and beauty of human form and feature that you have ever seen, and know that perfect humanity will be of still surpassing loveliness. The inward purity and mental and moral perfection will stamp and glorify every radiant countenance. Such will earth's society be; and weeping bereaved ones will have their tears all wiped away, when thus they realize the resurrection work complete. - Revelation 21:4\n\nAim to listen as if to the softest whisper from GOD \u2013 as if you are hypersensitive to sound \u2013 and then you will walk closely to GOD and follow GOD \u2013 it will lead to the springs of the most refreshing water of GODLY TRUTH for your thirsty flesh after that which is PERFECT and shall give you JOY forevermore!\n\n\"The Little Flock will serve the Lord with such Delight they will scarcely know how to cease their Efforts.\" - Charles T. Russell (R. 5413)\n\nALL for JESUS ALL for JESUS ALL our days and ALL our hours!\n\nLet fearful saints fresh COURAGE take! The clouds ye so much dread,\nare big with MERCY, and shall break\nin blessing on your head...\n\nShare with your children the WORDS of the BIBLE as often as you can! Lead them to CHRIST in any way you can. They are gifts from GOD and your gift is to present them to the Heavenly Father as pleasing offerings of your work to HIM through CHRIST. Spend every moment you can on their development while you are blessed to lead another to the living waters of LIFE. They will remember your works and bring the Heavenly Father JOY \u2013 as is this not our MOST GLORIOUS DESIRE of ALL DESIRES OF this existence \u2014 to BRING OUR HEAVENLY FATHER the greatest JOY that we are able as carnal beings, to strive to bring through our attempts to BE RIGHTEOUS like our Lord Jesus! May YAHWEH be praised for all HIS blessings!\n\nOur Heavenly Father has the perfect answer and a perfect plan so surrender YOUR WILL into GOD\u2019s hands and wait patiently with cheerfulness patient endurance in the spirit watching and praying to our Heavenly Father through CHRIST while HE works out HIS perfect plan through the lives of those HE is preparing now to belong to HIS BELOVED FIRSTBORN SON \u2013 CHRIST JESUS\u2026 Seek the Father\u2019s will in ALL YOU do as often as you can fixing your eyes on the author and perfecter of our FAITH. May GOD\u2019s will BE DONE forevermore!\n\nCOLOSSIANS 3:1-4\n\n\"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.\"\n\nFollow Blog via Email\n\nEnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.\n\nTHIS IS MY WILL FOR THEE\n\nJUST to hear my dear Master say,\n\"This is My will for thee;\"\nThen to whisper the dark night through,\n\"This is His will for me.\"\nJust to keep in the narrow way,\nPainful how'er it be,\nJust to follow Him day by day,--\nAll shall be well with me.\nJust to joyfully bear the pain,\nAll that He sendeth me,\nJust to suffer the scorn and shame,--\nTrust where I cannot see.\nJust to hear, when the day seems long,\n\"This is My will for thee;\"\nThen shall my faith and love grow strong,\nKnowing His will for me.\nOh, to hear, when the work is done,\n\"This is My will for thee,--\nFaith and Patience and Love have won,--\nSit in My throne with Me!\"\n(from: Poems of Dawn)"}
-{"text": "Enter to Win a Gorgeous Prada Handbag!\n\nWish you could walk around with a hot new handbag like your PopSugar's Retail Therapy character? With our fabulous giveaway, your wish may come true! We've already given away two \u2014 Balenciaga and Alexander Wang \u2014 and are on our way to awarding the third. This time it's a gorgeous Prada tote! To enter, head over to PopSugar's Retail Therapy game on Facebook, click the \"Enter Now\" button in the top banner, and fill out the form that pops up. We unlock a new bag based on the number of people playing PopSugar's Retail Therapy, and the third bag, a Prada Saffiano Lux Open Tote, will be awarded when we reach 750,000 players. Once a lucky player wins that bag, we'll unlock the next one! The best part is, you only need to enter once. The seventh-level bag is the holy grail of handbags (approximate retail value $10,000)! So enter now and tell your friends! The sooner we hit the levels, the sooner we'll unlock the bags! To learn more, read the official rules. Good luck!"}
-{"text": "Blessings from salesclerks rub customer the wrong way\n\nDEAR ABBY: Several salespersons recently have ended our transaction by saying, \u201cHave a blessed day.\u201d The last two times it happened, I stopped and asked, \u201cWhat do you mean by that?\u201d Both of them stammered and didn\u2019t know what to say.\n\nOne said, \u201cI\u2019m sort of religious.\u201d I replied that I\u2019m atheist. I don\u2019t think these folks realize what they\u2019re saying. The next time it happens, I plan to respond by asking Zeus to bestow blessings upon them as well.\n\nWhy do people feel they have a right to force their religious beliefs on customers? \u2014 ANNOYED ATHEIST IN TEXAS\n\nDEAR ANNOYED ATHEIST: I seriously doubt they are trying to proselytize. The expression may be regional. Or the person may feel that \u201cblessed\u201d is synonymous with \u201cgood,\u201d\u201chappy\u201d or \u201csafe.\u201d If you wish to invoke the blessings of Zeus upon them, feel free to do so. But don\u2019t be surprised if you have a heck of a time getting waited on the next time you visit the establishment.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nDEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with \u201cWard\u201d for two years. I love him and everything is great except for one thing. He refuses to compromise when it comes to his family functions.\n\nHe\u2019s very close to his extended family, and every time there\u2019s an event like a recent graduation party for a cousin, he never wants to leave. We were there for 10 hours, and I spent more than half of it either alone or talking to someone I didn\u2019t know well because Ward had ditched me.\n\nI have spoken to him about this, but he\u2019s unwilling to compromise. He says his family knows him as \u201cthe social guy\u201d and expects him to stay late and be the life of the party. It\u2019s getting old that he makes me feel like the bad guy or a party-pooper when I want to leave.\n\nWe have had big fights over this. I\u2019m not sure what to do. This has caused a rift in our relationship. \u2014 FAMILY-FUNCTIONED OUT IN MINNESOTA\n\nDEAR FAMILY-FUNCTIONED OUT: When the next family function rolls around, go in separate cars. That way you can leave when you get tired, and Ward can stay as long as he wants. No harm, no foul, no fights.\n\nDEAR ABBY: I married my high school sweetheart at the age of 24. Five years later we divorced. My current husband, \u201cGil,\u201d had a similar short first marriage.\n\nAlthough Gil and I have chosen not to divulge any information to our two children about our previous marriages, my sister thinks we should tell them everything because they may find out later in life and be disappointed they didn\u2019t hear it from us. She has said on many occasions that we are being dishonest. That is certainly not our intention. We truly believe there\u2019s no reason to bring up a past that has no benefit in their lives.\n\nYour advice is badly needed because I see my relationship with my sister spiraling in a downward direction. I love her, but I don\u2019t agree with her opinion. \u2014 LIVES IN THE PRESENT\n\nDEAR LIVES IN THE PRESENT: I see no reason to make a \u201cgrand announcement\u201d to your children, but with the rate at which marriages fail in this country, I also see no reason to keep this a deep, dark secret. If the subject of what makes a successful marriage comes up when your children are old enough, and you think it could be helpful to them, you might be able to impart some important life lessons if you mention the past. Having been married once previously isn\u2019t a shameful secret, and it should not be treated like one.\n\nDear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069."}
-{"text": "Misery\n\nI\u2019ve come to realize time and time again\nthat there are simply way too many people\ntoo miserable for their own good\nand so they spread misery like glitter\nhoping it will stick, reassuring them\nthat they\u2019re not alone\nin the misery\nthat makes them sick\n\nThey blabber on about nothing\nand complain about everything\nunder the sun, and as long as\nthere\u2019s someone there to listen to them,\nthey\u2019ll keep going on like an empty drum\nJust drumming about, with nothing useful\nto say, just drumming about\nall damn day.\n\nI wish I could tell these people, one from the other\nbut on the internet, it\u2019s quite tough to do\nand so you end up learning as you go\nthinking you\u2019re trying to be helpful\nonly they don\u2019t want your help\nthey only want you to commiserate with them\nhoping it will catch you like glitter\nand you\u2019ll turn into one of them."}
-{"text": "Monday, April 14, 2008\n\nMeetings and Kiva\n\nI have just returned from Columbus, Ohio, I was invited to give a talk to the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. It was an interesting meeting.\n\nI made a Kiva loan today to a group in Bolivia (that has a member called Julia). They are in El Alto / La Paz, Bolivia. They affirm that they need the capital to be able to buy raw materials and special machinery to make their products and thereby achieve a better quality. That way their businesses will be prosperous for them and their families."}
-{"text": "Caption: Human eye. The three visible parts of the eye are the sclera (white), the iris (blue/green) and the pupil (black). The iris muscles contract and relax to control the diameter of the pupil. Light passes through the pupil and is focused on the back of the eye by a lens. This produces nerve impulses that are transmitted to the brain and processed to create the sensation of vision. Eyelashes (black) are specialised hairs that trap dust and other particles. The eyelids are used in blinking to clean the surface of the eye. The eyelids can also be closed, instinctively to protect against bright light, or voluntarily when resting and sleeping."}
-{"text": "News that shaped 2011\n\n2011 has been a year of devastation, hope, surprises and the unimaginable. We saw a nuclear threat triggered by an earthquake and closer to home, witnessed the worst wave of riots in 30 years. After a truly eventful year, join us as we take a look at the biggest events that have had us glued to news reports over the last 12 months.\n\nGallery View:News that shaped 2011\n\nArab Spring\n\nThe year kicked off with a wave of popular protests sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa. Millions of demonstrators took to the streets calling on the end of corrupt regimes.\n\nFollowing the protests in Tunisia at the end of 2010, strikes, marches and rallies were held in defiance of other oppressive states across the Middle East and Africa. Fierce responses from authorities, pro-government militias and counter-demonstrators\n\nArab Spring\n\nThe year kicked off with a wave of popular protests sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa. Millions of demonstrators took to the streets calling on the end of corrupt regimes.\n\nFollowing the protests in Tunisia at the end of 2010, strikes, marches and rallies were held in defiance of other oppressive states across the Middle East and Africa. Fierce responses from authorities, pro-government militias and counter-demonstrators against those supporting regime-change often spiraled into violence.\n\nIn some countries, massive protests pressured prime ministers and governments into resigning while constitutional reform, respect for human rights, release of political prisoners and economic concessions were granted in others. The Tunisian government was the first Arab regime to fall as a result of the uprisings. In February, Egypt\u2019s Hosni Mubarek stepped down after 30 years in power following 18 days of brave protests.\n\nIn other Persian Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain, clashes also ended in deadly violence. So far, the waves of disorder across the Arab world have claimed the lives of an estimated 40,000 people with the Spring still ongoing."}
-{"text": "Rob Pegoraro\n\nRob Pegoraro tries to make sense of computers, consumer electronics, telecom services, the Internet, software and other things that beep or blink through reporting, reviewing and analysis from 1999 to 2011 as the Washington Post\u2019s tech columnist, now for a variety of online and print outlets."}
-{"text": "Longtime Walton resident battled mosquitos and more in the Spanish American War\n\nPublished: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 04:24 PM.\n\nPhoto Galleries\n\nCharley Aultman\u2019s father, Anthony, died at the age of 74, just down the road in Black Creek. Aultman was 8 at the time.\n\nNow 70, Aultman is working to piece together details of his father\u2019s life, which he feels he missed losing him at such a young age. From what he remembers, and what he has found in genealogical archives, Aultman has learned his father was a lively and colorful man.\n\nBorn around 1875, Anton, or Anthony, Aultman, or Altman, depending which genealogical and war records you search, was a first-generation American of Austrian parents. He left his childhood home in Wisconsin at the age of 12, and headed for Texas. This may seem extreme, but Charley Aultman says that\u2019s just the way things were.\n\nCharley Aultman\u2019s father, Anthony, died at the age of 74, just down the road in Black Creek. Aultman was 8 at the time.\n\nNow 70, Aultman is working to piece together details of his father\u2019s life, which he feels he missed losing him at such a young age. From what he remembers, and what he has found in genealogical archives, Aultman has learned his father was a lively and colorful man.\n\nBorn around 1875, Anton, or Anthony, Aultman, or Altman, depending which genealogical and war records you search, was a first-generation American of Austrian parents. He left his childhood home in Wisconsin at the age of 12, and headed for Texas. This may seem extreme, but Charley Aultman says that\u2019s just the way things were.\n\n\u201cIt was a different world then,\u201d said Aultman.\n\nIn 1898, 23-year-old Anton Aultman answered the call to join the U.S. Army as a member of the Texas Volunteer Guard in the Spanish-American War.\n\nDetails of his military service are foggy, but family lore has it that Anthony Aultman may have served under \u2014 and known \u2014 Teddy Roosevelt, who led the famed Rough Riders in the war. According to records, Aultman narrowly missed the boat, as the Rough Riders left the Tampa port for Cuba June 13, 1898, three days before Aultman signed up in Cleburn, Texas, June 16.\n\nHe was, however, on the military payroll before the Rough Riders\u2019 greatest victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill, just east of Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898.\n\nAultman has no records to confirm his father\u2019s involvement in that famed battle, but \u201ca lot of the information about those soldiers was lost in a fire,\u201d he says.\n\nWhat he knows was learned while sitting with his father and talking about his life and military service.\n\n\u201cI remember asking questions back then,\u201d said Aultman, such as, \u2018What did you fight?\u2019 He vividly remembers his father\u2019s reply: \u201cMosquitoes, mostly.\u201d\n\nHis son related the anecdote with a laugh, but at the turn of the 20th century, mosquito-borne illnesses were no laughing matter.\n\n\u201cOf all of the mortalities, 95 percent of those were mosquito-related,\u201d said Aultman of the widespread malaria and yellow fever.\n\nThe Spanish-American war was the shortest conflict in U.S. history at little more than three months, but it was significant to U.S. imperialism.\n\n\u201cThe Spanish-American War set America up to be a world power,\u201d said Aultman, of the conflict that led the United States to establish holdings in the Philippines, among other places.\n\nHis father did not see that part of the world during his service, but he did see Cuban soil \u2014 though not for long. The war ended when the Treaty of Paris was signed Dec. 10, 1898, with the U.S. acquiring former-Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, in addition to the Philippines. The treaty also gave Cuba independence from Spain.\n\nAnthony Aultman and the rest of the volunteer cavalry were quickly discharged from U.S. service after returning from Cuba.\n\n\u201cOnce Cuba was done, they discharged all of the soldiers to get them off the payroll,\u201d said Aultman, whose own father was discharged at Fort Ringgold, Texas.\n\nAnthony spent years living in Texas before a twist of fate would bring him to Northwest Florida.\n\n\u201cSomehow he married a woman from here,\u201d said Aultman, himself a lifelong resident of Freeport.\n\nAnthony followed his first wife to the area, but his son Charley was not born until 17 years later, and not to father and his first wife, but of his father and his first wife\u2019s sister-in-law.\n\nAfter the death of his first wife, Anthony married his brother-in-law\u2019s wife, who had been widowed after the death of her own husband.\n\nCharley Aultman was the product of that relationship and 8 years after his birth, he lost his father.\n\nToday Anthony Aultman is remembered as a great man by his surviving family, and as the only Spanish-American War veteran on the Veterans Wall at the DeFuniak Springs courthouse."}
-{"text": "\"A New Woman Emerges\"\n\nA woman of 1920 would be surprised to know that she would be remembered as a \u201cnew woman.\u201d Many changes would enter her life in the next ten years. Significant changes for women took place in politics, the home, the workplace, and in education. Some were the results of laws passed, many resulted from newly developed technologies, and all had to do with changing attitudes toward the place of women in society.\n\nThe most far-reaching change was political. Many women believed that it was their right and duty to take a serious part in politics. They recognized, too, that political decisions affected their daily lives. When passed in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote. Surprisingly, some women didn\u2019t want the vote. A widespread attitude was that women\u2019s roles and men\u2019s roles did not overlap. This idea of \u201cseparate spheres\u201d held that women should concern themselves with home, children, and religion, while men took care of business and politics. North Carolina opponents of woman suffrage, or voting, claimed that \u201cwomen are not the equal of men mentally\u201d and being able to vote \u201cwould take them out of their proper sphere of life.\u201d\n\nThough slow to use their newly won voting rights, by the end of the decade, women were represented on local, state, and national political committees and were influencing the political agenda of the federal government. More emphasis began to be put on social improvement, such as protective laws for child labor and prison reform. Women active in politics in 1929 still had little power, but they had begun the journey to actual political equality.\n\nWith regard to education, North Carolina\u2019s female high school students seldom expected to go to college. If they did, they usually attended a private college or Woman\u2019s College in Greensboro (now UNC-G), where there were no male students. Most of the Woman\u2019s College students became teachers or nurses, as these were considered suitable professions for women. North Carolina State College (now NCSU) enrolled its first woman student in 1921, but it was not until 1926 that N.C. State decreed, \u201cA woman who completes work for a degree offered by the institution [can] be graduated.\u201d In 1928 only twenty-one women were enrolled there.\n\nThe University of North Carolina opened housing to female graduate students in 1921, but they were not made welcome. The student newspaper headlined, \u201cWomen Not Wanted Here.\u201d Few North Carolina women earned degrees during the 1920s. But times were changing, and each year more women earned college degrees.\n\nAt the beginning of the decade, most North Carolina women lived in rural areas without electricity. Imagine trying to keep food fresh without a refrigerator, ironing (no drip-dry clothing then) with an iron that had to be reheated constantly, cooking on a woodstove, going to an outside well for water, and always visiting an outhouse instead of a bathroom. Rural electrification did not reach many North Carolina homes until the 1940s.\n\nUrban women found that electricity and plumbing made housework different, and often easier, with electrically run vacuum cleaners, irons, and washing machines. Electricity meant that people could stay up later at night, because electric lights were more efficient than kerosene lamps and candles. Indoor plumbing brought water inside and introduced a new room to clean\u2014the bathroom.\n\nIn the United States in the 1920s, only about 15 percent of white and 30 percent of black married women with wage-earning husbands held paying jobs. Most Americans believed that women should not work outside the home if their husbands held jobs. As a result of this attitude, wives seldom worked at outside jobs. However, some married women in desperate need took jobs in textile mills.\n\nBy 1922 North Carolina was a leading manufacturing state, and the mills were hiring female floor workers. Cotton mills also employed a few nurses, teachers, and social workers to staff social and educational programs. These mills did not hire black women, however, because of segregation. As a consequence, white millworkers often hired black women as domestic and child-care workers. Fewer jobs were available in tobacco factories because most of their 1920s machinery was automated. The largest North Carolina tobacco manufacturers did employ both black and white women, but strictly separated workers by race and gender.\n\nAt the same time, public acceptance of wage-earning jobs for young unmarried women was growing. No longer being limited to work as \u201cmill girls\u201d or domestics, these women began to perform clerical work in offices and retail work in shops and department stores. It became acceptable for working girls to live away from their families. Some young married women worked until they had children. Working for wages gave women independence, and by 1930 one in four women held a paying job.\n\nDespite increasing opportunities in employment and education, and the expanding concept of a \u201cwoman\u2019s place,\u201d marriage remained the goal of most young women. Magazine articles and movies encouraged women to believe that their economic security and social status depended on a successful marriage. The majority worked only until they married.\n\nWorking women became consumers of popular products and fashions. Women who would never tolerate the strong smells and stains of chewing tobacco or cigars began to smoke the new, and relatively clean, mild cigarettes. Cigarettes were advertised to women as a sign of modern sophistication, and the 1920s \u201cflapper\u201d is usually pictured with a cigarette in her hand.\n\nToday the easily recognized image of the flapper symbolizes the 1920s for many people. The flapper\u2014with her short skirts, short hair, noticeable makeup, and fun-loving attitude\u2014represented a new freedom for women. The old restrictions on dress and behavior were being overthrown. Highly publicized flappers shortened their skirts, drank illegal alcohol, smoked, and otherwise defied society\u2019s expectations of proper conduct for young women.\n\nIs this glamorous and rebellious image of the flapper a true representation of the 1920s woman? Not entirely. In order to be a flapper, a woman had to have enough money and free time to play the part. College girls, unmarried girls living at home, and independent office workers most frequently presented themselves as flappers. However, the average woman did wear the fashions made popular by flappers. As often happens, unconventional clothing was gradually integrated into fashion and adopted at all income levels. Sears, Roebuck, and Company claimed that nine million families made purchases from its catalogs in 1925. The clothing sold through catalogs was based on high-fashion styles from Paris.\n\nFlappers popularized slender, boyish fashions. Figures were flattened with undergarments. Hemlines, straight or uneven, gradually crept up, and waistlines dropped. High-fashion evening wear in tubular, sleeveless styles featured beading and fringe. Day dresses copied the evening lines, if not the trims. Short skirts were complemented by flesh-colored stockings worn with decorative shoes. Hair was cut close to the head and covered outdoors by the close-fitting cloche hat. It became respectable to wear makeup. Between 1920 and 1930, women\u2019s appearance changed completely.\n\nWomen found their lives changed in more than appearance, however. Society now accepted that women could be independent and make choices for themselves in education, jobs, marital status, and careers. Women\u2019s spheres had broadened to include public as well as home life. The \u201cnew woman\u201d was on her way.\n\nAt the time of this article\u2019s publication, Louise Benner worked as a curator of costume and textiles at the North Carolina Museum of History.\n\nLibrary of Congress. \"This group represents most of the workers in the Cape Fear Cotton Mills, except the very smallest. There were 5 or 6 apparently under 13. See North Carolina report. Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina.\" November 1914. Located at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004004145/PP/(accessed March 5, 2012).\n\nHi :D\nI really love the sources used in this!!! I am currently doing an Extention Hist. Proposal based on the 1920's ideal women, also film interpretations, and would really appreciate it if you can help me out! Also a few names of movies appealing to the portrayal of flappers would be great as I can't think of any!\n\nThanks for your inquiry! What an interesting research topic! I'm forwarding your question to Reference Services at the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library. While we specialize in information about North Carolina, they may have some resources or referrals for you.\n\nUm. this was a great article .... but i needed to know more information about the women of the 1920s like what their roles were in the work place, or the population of the women, or the challenges they went through as women of the 1920s....\n\nComment response:\n\nIt sounds like you are researching a very interesting topic! I'm forwarding your inquiry to Reference Services at the NC Government & Heritage Library. Someone will be following up with you to give you some additional resources that may help you find information on those topics. Their contact information may be found at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact.html.\n\nPlain text\n\nCopyright notice\n\nThis article is from Tar Heel Junior Historian, published\nfor the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association by the North Carolina Museum\nof History. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and\nnot for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other\nuses directly to the museum\neditorial staff.\n\nTar Heel Junior Historian (THJH) Magazine\n\nCopyright notice\n\nThis article is from Tar Heel Junior Historian, published\nfor the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association by the North Carolina Museum\nof History. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and\nnot for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other\nuses directly to the museum\neditorial staff."}
-{"text": "Yeah, sorry. I got the email too and then went and changed the date. I honestly don't expect the season to start on time and I'd guess we're looking at January before we get going. So I'll just keep pushing the date back. It's currently set at the latest date Yahoo allows but I assume that will move as the NHL cancels regular season games.\n\nNope, work - conference. Won't get much sightseeing time either, maybe only a day, so it's going to be mildly depressing on that point given all the history in the region. Not real keen on the Syrian situation at the moment, but I should be far enough away.\n\nDraft is scheduled for 17th. This is the latest date Yahoo currently allows. I'll be away and unless Yahoo allows me to move it back prior to Saturday morning, the draft likely will remain scheduled for that day. I'm assuming the NHL/NHLPA haven't gone through the full pissing match yet, so more games will be cancelled. I'll have to leave the draft to run as is but I'll delete the results when I return so we can have a live draft as we should."}
-{"text": "SKYLIGHTS\n\nskylights for storage containers\n\nSkylights are a great way to add natural light into your shipping container and are very helpful when light is needed and an electric package is not an option.\n\nIf you plan on spending any length of time in your cargo container, we recommend considering a skylight. The added cost to install a skylight is easily offset but the practical element of having natural light without power requirements.\n\nThe most common sizes we use are 2'x4' and 2'x2' but any custom size can be installed."}
-{"text": "Pill Prevents Stroke in High Risk Patients\n\nCHICAGO\u2014A new drug, Xarelto, is as effective as Coumadin for preventing stroke and blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, researchers here at the American Heart Association meeting reported.\n\nXarelto also had slightly better mortality profile\u2014582 deaths versus 632 in the Coumadin group\u2014but the difference was not statistically significant, according to Dr. Robert Califf of Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.\n\nThe findings reported here, combined with the observation that Xarelto was as safe and effective Lovenox plus Coumadin in preventing recurrent deep vein thrombosis, may be enough to move the FDA to approve the drug\u2014a process that has been on hold since May, 2009.\n\nIn March, 2009 an FDA panel recommended approval of the drug to prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement. The following May, the FDA sent Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson a complete response letter. According to the companies the FDA did not want additional clinical trials, but did ask for more information.\n\nFor the last two months, industry analysts have suggested that \"more information\" was FDA code for the agency's need to review the results from the atrial fibrillation trial.\n\nThe company said is expected to file a formal reply to that complete response letter before the end of the year and submit a \"New Drug Application\" for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation at the same time.\n\nIn general, the effects of Xarelto on preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation are encouraging\u2014there was no increase in overall bleeding risk and no increase in major bleeding events compared with Coumadin. It's also considered a more patient-friendly drug because it does not require blood tests, a special diet or limits on alcohol intake\u2014all of which are hallmarks of Coumadin therapy.\n\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716.\n-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 12151716."}
-{"text": "\"Check Out Our Newest Single \"Singe\" off our Upcoming Album \"Independent Majorz\"\n\nGutterGlam is currenlty working on their fourth album \"Independent Majorz\" Also Check out our featured singles Come C Me, 1 Lump or 2, Ya Lost, War & Leave Me\"..Independent Majorz\" Dropping This Year!!!"}
-{"text": "Product Information\n\nByzantine ceramic bowl with weeping bird is made with Sgrafitto (undercoat scraping) technique by Adil Can - Nursan Art Work Shop, and is unique and signed. Byzantine ceramics act as a bridge between Muslim and European ceramics between 9th and 15th centuries. These are red paste and white clay undercoat, olive green and yellow glazed ceramics manufactured with single color and multi color effusion, undercoat decoration, undercoat scraping (Sgrafitto) techniques. Especially weeping bird figure is widely seen.\n\nAdil Can-Nursan Art Work Shop is scientifically manufacturing traditional Anatolian ceramics both to transmit classical model to future generations and to bring Anatolian ceramics to light. Artists, interpreting characteristics and decorations of the era of every civilization meticulously and using the philosophy of the said era, complete all the phases from lathe to ovendrying in the workshop. Adil Can G\u00fcven who was born in Ineg\u00f6l in 1953, is the nephew of figurine artist and ceramist Abdurrahman \u00d6zer, a member of a family continuing the tradition of mentor-protege system. He started ceramics education in 1970, completed apprenticeship under great mentors in ceramic centers such as K\u00fctahya, \u00c7an, \u00c7anakkale where he learned from this mentors. He started his academic carrier in 1995 in Iznik Vocational High School. In 1998 he moved his workshop from Ineg\u00f6l to Iznik. And still with the support of his wife Mrs Nursan, they continue to produce all the Anatolian ceramics using traditional materials and equipments. For 25 years in the workshop they founded with Mrs Nursan, they prepare glazed basins manufactured since 5000 B.C, Greek ceramics with reduction (red and black figures), white clayed Roman relief ceramics, Byzantine and Seljuk sgrafitto (undercoat scraping technique) ceramics, slip (undercoat decoration technique) style ceramics, colored glazed black decorated Seljuk and Ottoman ceramics, blue white ceramics of Beyliks Period , \u00c7anakkale ceramics, 18th century ceramics and with the raw material they gathered from Iznik 15-16-17th centuries Iznik ceramics. The couple, with various collective and personal exhibitions, also prepare their own designs with the same techniques and philosophy. Their products are considered to be work of art by Ministry of Culture."}
-{"text": "05/03/2005: \"Curse of the hot *spot*\"\n\nHere\u2019s something that happens to me from time to time. I paint a large area of canvas and after I think it's dry I go back to paint over it. All is going well until I hit a spot that actually wasn\u2019t 100% dry. It feels a bit tacky when I paint over it and it creates a small area a lot shinier than the rest of the canvas.\n\nNow, last night I thought I found a solution to this, by adding more oil to the paint I was using to paint over the top of the entire surface. This seemed to work at first but now this morning the opposite seems to have occurred. The once shiny spot is now dull and everything else is too shiny.\n\nHELP!\n\nReplies: 4 Comments\n\non Wednesday, May 4th, greg said\n\nhey Elise - you do varnish your works after a nice 4-7 months of drying time, dontcha? With varying levels of gloss coating availible, this is the best way to achieve a uniform surface - better than adding a lot of oils unless you're glazing. I forget, do you use Liquin, or make your own medium?\n\nUnfortunately, I don't always varnish my work for a variety of reasons. Usually it's because I do a lot of heavy impasto work and I wouldn't feel safe doing it until at least a year of drying time. I'm usually painting up until a few weeks before an opening and then if I'm lucky, most of the paintings will sell and be gone way before it would be safe to varnish them.\n\nI keep track of who owns them, contact information etc. through sales contracts and I call people after a reasonable amount of time and ask them if they'd let me varnish their paintings and they generally let me. I let them choose high gloss, matt, or a combination of the two.\n\nSome of the paintings I sell out of state. I've been meaning to send those people a reminder about varnishing the piece when the time is right, as well as instructions on how to do it etc. but I won't have any control over whether they do it or not.\n\nI guess that's one advantage I have now, with working on completing a show well before I exhibit it, I'll have to time to do these things right.\n\nNormally I've used a painting medium (stand oil) that I rub into the paint to help with dull spots but when it's the opposite, and there is one small, incredibly shiny spot, it's a little more tricky to deal with.\n\nAnd yes, I use liquin but I use it a lot less than I used to because it makes me congested and I don't have a great ventilation system in my studio (yet)."}
-{"text": "Motherhood: The Real Deal You Tube channel round up for October\n\nHello one and all and welcome to my October You Tube round up! Can you believe we are at the end of October? CRAZZZZY!\n\nWell in case you haven\u2019t had your eyes ABSOLUTELY glued to my You Tube channel over the last four weeks (tsk tsk), here\u2019s a quick round up of some of the highlights you may have missed with something for everyone in October\u2019s You Tube round up:\n\nFor a little bit of mum entertainment watch\u2026..\n\nFor shopping addicts watch\u2026.\n\nFor blogging tips watch\u2026\n\nFor fab activites to keep your three year old busy watch\u2026.\n\nAnd if you haven\u2019t already, it would mean the world if you would subscribe to my channel and if you have your own channel and would like me to subscribe back to you please leave a comment with your channel url below so we can connect. Thanks!\n\n***Feel like spreading the You Tube love? Please do give this a tweet or share?***"}
-{"text": "Race morning. Knock on the door at 2am from Endurancelife to wake us up. Quick shower to liven up then over to the main cabin for a cup of tea and a bowl of porridge. Still doesn\u00edt seem quite right to be eating breakfast at that time but third time round it\u00eds starting to feel more normal.\n\nInto the wetsuit, into the minibus and by 3am we\u00edre at transition. Stick some air into my tyres and peel the wetsuit off again for body marking. Arrange kit by bike and I seem to be all set by 3:10. Spend the next half hour checking kit, final-checking kit and final-final-checking kit.\n\nOnto the ferry. Sit down. Stand up. Wander around. Chat to Tri-talkers, Endurancelife people and assorted East Anglian triathletes. Go onto deck. It\u00eds a lot warmer than previous years so stay outside watching the jellyfish. Wait, jellyfish? Didn\u00edt have those last year.\n\nTannoy says that we\u00edll be entering the water in one minute. Position myself in Middle Of Jumping Off a Ferry Pack.\n\nWheeeeeeeeeee!\n\nReturn to surface. They weren\u00edt lying at the briefing \u0116 it\u00eds a pleasant 17 degrees. Swim in the general direction of the other blue hats. Keep swimming. Hang on, where are the flippin\u00ed kayaks that are supposed to form the start line? Answer: they\u00edre about 400m over there, that\u00eds where. Seems the ferry captain has stopped in the wrong place, despite taking 20 minutes to manoeuvre into position.\n\nSwim to the start line. There\u00eds loads of jellyfish, but mostly well below swim stroke depth. Hooter sounds. We\u00edre off. Immediately, something\u00eds not right. Wetsuit is bunching around my shoulders. I realise that my zip is undone. Don\u00edt stop right away because I\u00edm in the middle of the pack and I don\u00edt want a dozen swimmers crashing into me.\n\nFive minutes later I reach around to grab my zip cord. Bugger. Seems that the zip hasn\u00edt come down, it\u00eds bust. Bugger. Carry on swimming in lieu of a better plan.\n\nFive more minutes and I realise this is unsustainable. Fiddle around a bit more and realise the zip isn\u00edt bust after all, it\u00eds just come down. Flap around like something out of a cartoon trying to do up my zip (harder than on dry land, much harder) while hyperventilating and drinking and snorting more of the fjord than I\u00edd like.\n\nBack onto my front and I take it easy while my breathing subsides. Soon back into normal rhythm.\n\nThirty minutes later I discover that (sorry for the technical term, here) I could do with a dump. This is unfortunate. I also need a pee but I\u00edm not sure I can safely ease open the front door without the back door slamming open too. The feeling doesn\u00edt diminish for the rest of the swim. Nothing for it but to carry on. Why isn\u00edt there a clenched buttock swimming drill? I\u00edd be great at it now.\n\nCalf cramps up when I grab a handful of seaweed, think that it\u00eds a jellyfish, panic and tense my whole body. Idiot.\n\nOut of the water in 1:15. Commence the world\u00eds slowest transition with a dash into the restaurant of the Hotel de Posh looking for a toilet. Find one. Blessed relief. Back into the restaurant. Get lost. Waiter guides me to a door and wishes me good luck. Put on \u013a length shorts because I\u00edve been cold at Norseman before and I don\u00edt trust the weather forecast.\n\nOnto the bike and start the gentle rise to the beginning of the first climb. Fortunately, they\u00edve repaired the old \u010ftourist\u0112 road so we don\u00edt have to take the threatened main road with its tunnels and need for lights.\n\nPass loads of people on the climb to Dyranut. Arrive in about 1:50, so very pleased. Stop briefly to grab food and drink then off again. The next section is a plateau, so this is where all the 90kg Vikings on disk wheels come flying past.\n\nGet to Geilo in about 3:25, so still on target. Stop again to top up food supplies. Three short (that\u00eds \u010fNorseman\u0112 short) hills follow and I pass and get passed by the same people over and over. A guy from Team Iron Cowboys and I are pretty much inseparable.\n\nStarting to feel a bit tired now, so ease up slightly on the approach to the toughest climb of the day, Imingfjell. JohnA catches me near the top and we ride the last k or so together.\n\nInto a headwind on the false flat at the top of Imingfjell. It really knocks the stuffing out of me. Can only manage 16kph, though it\u00eds not as bad as 2007 when 12kph was the best I could do. Eventually reach the descent but I\u00edm really tired now. Not tired in the legs, just wishing I could be in bed. It\u00eds literally an effort to keep my eyes open, which I really need to do when going downhill. I don\u00edt blame the early morning, which is the same for everyone, but I didn\u00edt get enough sleep the previous two nights.\n\nArrive at T2 in 7:16, which isn\u00edt too bad, all things considered. Dreading the run somewhat, but surprised and pleased to discover that getting off the bike has woken me up. Change into running shorts, invoking the compulsory public nudity rule. Load up with Camelbak and gels, and off I go. La Marquise lowers the saddle of my bike so that she can accompany me on the flat section of the run.\n\nStart off at about 4:45/km pace, which is pretty much what I managed last year. It doesn\u00edt last long, though. By 9k I have to take a walk and as time goes by, the run/walk ratio becomes increasingly less favourable.\n\nEventually get to the bottom of Zombie hill, around 25k into the marathon. I\u00edd hoped to do it in close to 2 hours, based on a slight improvement on last year\u00eds time, but it\u00eds taken me 2:25. With 1km to go, La Marquise points ahead to where we can see Cobbie. That\u00eds just enough to raise my pace to catch him before he starts the slog. I\u00edm glad I\u00edve done that because I fancy some company on the climb. We strike a truce and start the long trek upwards.\n\nLa Marquise pops up on each hairpin, yelling encouragement (as usual) like a mad thing. As Cobbie remarks, \u010fI don\u00edt think Susannah appreciates that this stopped being a race some time ago.\u0112\n\nWe reach the 32k checkpoint. The road flattens a bit here but I\u00edm in no mood to start running. Well actually, now that I\u00edm not climbing so much, my body says, \u010fYou could run now if you want\u0112 but my head knows that if I start, I\u00edll probably have to stop within 50 metres.\n\nA couple of km later it starts to rain. Lightly at first, then stronger. Coupled with what\u00eds now a strong headwind, I\u00edm getting cold but I\u00edll have to wait until the 37k checkpoint to do anything about it.\n\nGet to the checkpoint in good time, so a black T-shirt is in the bag as long as we can physically get to the top of the mountain. Put on all the clothes I have in my mountain bag, the ones I was expecting to carry to the top. We\u00edre just about to set off when Matt the Cat arrives so we wait for him and head up the mountain as a group.\n\nLa Marquise has already set off up the mountain. She\u00edd been hoping to get to the top before us but the weather is poor and the trail is trickier than she\u00edd expected. We catch up with her just at the point where she\u00eds decided to go back down. A good choice, really, because she\u00edd have had to walk down whereas competitors are entitled to use the lift. A quick photo opportunity and we\u00edre on our way again.\n\nThe climb is mentally tougher (for me) than in 2008 because I can\u00edt see the top through the rain and mist. There\u00eds no feeling that I\u00edm making any progress, other than that it\u00eds hard work.\n\nAt last, the finish comes into sight. We gather ourselves together so that we can cross the line LeMond & Hinault style (whilst carefully checking that we\u00edre not about to get overtaken in the process). Arms aloft, we\u00edre given the same time, though not equal finishing position (I wuz robbed).\n\nTomato soup has never been more welcome than at that moment. We sit for a few minutes admiring the view, which has cleared a little. SpectrePilot arrives just as we\u00edre leaving \u0116 we don\u00edt want to get cold but in fact it\u00eds too late for that.\n\nHead off to the lift, which turns out to be an unexpected gem. It\u00eds a funicular railway inside the mountain that looks as though it was designed by Terry Gilliam. It has room for about 10 passengers and not quite enough room for the driver to get to the controls when the passengers are in their seats.\n\nOut of the tunnel, the evening has turned mild with glorious sunshine giving us the view we\u00edd missed from the top.\n\nBack to our cabin. Shower, beer and eat. By rights, I ought to have crashed out by now but I\u00edve got my second wind. Head off to the white T-shirt finish line to cheer in the last ones from the Endurancelife group at around midnight. Eat more. Bed at 1:30.\n\nWake up at 6:45 so still lacking sleep. Eat. Pack gear. Head off to presentation ceremony. Whole spectrum of people: happy to get black, surprised to get black, happy to get white and disappointed to get white. Sorry to hear that Mrs SpectreP and Norsemandave didn\u00edt finish. We don\u00edt get called up by name to join the photo shoot this year, but maybe that just dragged the proceedings out too much last year.\n\nSo, that\u00eds 60% of the way to a green 5-times finisher\u00eds T-shirt, then.\n\nWell done Spike. It sounds like the early season hill climbing tri's have paid off. I live in awe of your ability to race uphill and this is a fantastic achievement. See you again early next year.\n_________________Those who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it!\nHIMUK 04, IMUK 05, 06, 07, 08, IMFR 09 & ETU Long Course Prague 09, Vittoria Gastiez 2010, IMWales 2011 DNF, IMWales 2012, Wimbleball 70.3 2013, IM Wales 2016 & IMWales 2017\n\nGood stuff. I'm sure a mail to the nxtri folks could sort the equal placing out.\n\nCleo wrote:\n\nGreat report, Spike!\n\nMaybe there are no butt clenching drills in swimming, but there are in running.\n\nReally well done! I'd so love to go back - I want to see this great funicular thingy. Only problem with that is I'll only ever be support crew.\n\nSlightly OT but I'm after support for next year AND they are re-vamping the lift planning to open it to the public in the winter. Should be plenty of time to iron out any problems for August 2010 _________________WackyEvents - races from more-fun-runs for novices & kids to Ultra"}
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-{"text": "Category: nintendo switch\n\nIt may not be much to go off of, but a French Wholesaler known as WTT.biz has listed Witcher 3 for the Nintendo Switch on their website. When we typed \u201cWitcher 3\u201d into the search section on the website, this...\n\nHard day at work? Stress of the job getting to you? Anxieties creeping in? Sometimes all you need is to play a relaxing game and let your worries drift away. So kick back, relax and check out our list of...\n\nSuper Mario Party released yesterday and the game\u2019s Toad\u2019s Rec Room contains a mini-game called Mini League Baseball that references an obscure portion of Nintendo\u2019s history. Last night, I had some friends over to play Super Mario Party. After we...\n\nBeyond the weapons that you use in battle, it quickly become important to understand the items that you will collect after battle as well as through trading with merchants and other characters. Some of these items can be useful for...\n\nAs you are introduced to more characters in Octopath Traveler, you will be introduced to their specific jobs as well. Each character will have a primary job, or class. As you go along your way on your journeys, you will...\n\nOnce you choose your main traveler in Octopath Traveler you will quickly become immersed in battle. (Not sure who to choose as your main traveler? Check out our article on the Travelers!) This game is a JRPG (Japanese Role Playing...\n\nThis is the Police 2 can be a little ambiguous when it comes to explaining things, and you may find yourself confused a few hours into the game. But don\u2019t fret, we\u2019ve got you covered with 10 tips\u2026 Recruit as...\n\nDeveloped by Weappy and published by Nordic Games, This is the Police 2 is a simulation strategy game that has you managing your officers in order to maintain peace in the town of Sharpwood. The new sheriff (Lilly Reed) is...\n\nStuck on where to find every Secondary Job in Octopath Traveler? Well, we thought we\u2019d put up a little guide for you. We\u2019re still working on a guide for the more advanced Jobs, but here are the basic eight\u2026 Apothecary...\n\nThe human race is nearly extinct by the hands of a demon army, and your task is to deliver the scroll that has the potential to save humankind. The Messenger is a 2D platformer akin to games like the original..."}
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-{"text": "Government earmark \u00a34 billion to rebuild Richard Branson\u2019s island\n\nThe Government is set to earmark four billion pounds to rebuild Richard Branson\u2019s hurricane damaged island in a forthcoming statement due to be announced by Theresa May at her speech at the Conservative conference.\n\nArriving in Manchester Mrs May said \u201cIt\u2019s very important that poor people see Richard lounging around in a hammock on his own private island so they have something to aspire to and are more likely to pull their socks up.\u201d\n\nWhilst the Prime Minister herself refused to answer any further questions, a source close to Mrs May has denied any connection between the funding and a forthcoming holiday on the island for the entire cabinet. Similarly, rumours of any connection between the systematic under funding of the NHS and the rise of Virgin Healthcare have been cited as pure coincidence.\n\n\u201cObviously there isn\u2019t a magic money tree. Richard will have to pay back every penny. Not literally, but culturally in terms of being a shining beacon of capitalism. Which he\u2019s already done. There\u2019s no such thing as a free lunch.\u201d Another Conservative delegate explained.\n\nHowever, Mr Branson has been told he cannot rely solely on Government funding to spruce up his private island. ITV is to host a charity night in which celebrities will urge the public to give what they can to restore Mr Branson\u2019s island along with guest rooms and hospitality areas.\n\nU2 frontman Bono said \u201cRoight now he\u2019s basically Robinson Crusoe alone on a windswept desert island. In fairness he\u2019s actually staying in a 5 star resort on the mainland until his island has been fixed, but we want him back on his own island quickly and only you can help by donating. Oi can help by singing a song. And oive been invited to stay on the island when it\u2019s finished. To make sure the work has been done. Or something.\u201d"}
-{"text": "iOS 6 Announced Officially with More Than 200 New Features\n\nApple has finally announced the much awaited iOS 6.0 which contains more than 200 new features. The very first feature which Scott Forstall announced at WWDC 2012 event is improved Siri. Now Siri has learned a lot of more things since its first release. It can now tell us the latest sport scores, can make a reservation in a hotel for dinner. It can also show us the trailer of any movie. Siri is more intelligent than before. It can talk in many more languages now.\n\nAbove all Siri can type and send the text and tweets without touching and watching the idevice. All you have to do is to speak and rest of work is done by Siri smartly.\n\nAs we were expecting, system wide Facebook integration is finally there in iOS 6. We can update the status or upload the picture to our facbook account from anywhere in iPhone, iPod and iPad.\n\nTwo new cool buttons are added in notification centre which we can use to send the tweet or update the status on Facebook. Facebook contacts integration is also added in iOS 6.0.\n\niPhone app has got two new features in this new version. If you are in meeting or you don\u2019t want to receive the call, you are presented two new options allowing you to send back the pre-defined message or add a reminder for yourself.\n\n\u201cDo not Disturb\u201d option is also added in this version which mutes all the notification alerts for predefined time period. However, you can further fine tune the muted options.\n\niMessage over Cellular network is now available in iOS 6.\n\nSafari also brings new features like iCloud tabs, offline reading list, ability to upload photos right from the Safari to favorite websites, full screen mode in landscape.\n\n\u201cNext up is a brand new app called Passbook.\u201d This is a place to collect boarding passes, store cards, and movie ticket apps.\n\nGoodbye Google Maps! Now iOS 6 comes with new and 3D maps.\n\nA new \u201cLost Mode added to Find my iPhone app. Send a number to the phone, and the person who finds it can just tap on that to call you. Um\u2026 if they\u2019re nice.\n\nAvailability:\n\niOS 6 beta version is available for download through Developer portal. The public build will be released later this fall.\n\nComments\n\nReally appreciate your effort of covering most of the features of iOS 6. Just to add-on another interesting feature called Shared Photo Streams which allows you to simply select photos and share it with chosen contacts, one can like or add comments to photos and also receive alerts when others share photos.\n\nAbout\n\nShoutpedia is a technology website where we cover the latest from Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech industries. This site is not affiliated with any company. All the content is licensed under Creative Commons. Shoutpedia.com is powered by Wordpress. This website collects and uses non-identifiable information to analyze site activity to improve the website."}
-{"text": "What are the Big Questions that science can\u2019t answer but religion can?\n\nAnyone who reads about science versus religion sees this claim all the time: \u201cScience can tell us about the natural world, but it can\u2019t answer the Big Questions.\u201d This goes along, of course, with the claim that the Big Questions can be answered only by religion. I plan to deal with this in a future talk, and have discussed this back in June, but right now I\u2019m trying to compile a list of the Big Questions that supposedly stymie science. Here, for example, is a list given by John Haught in his book Deeper Than Darwin (p. 133):\n\n\u201cIt is the main business of religion to answer the big questions. . .\n\nWhat\u2019s going on in the universe? *\n\nIs there any point to it all?\n\nWhy are we here?\n\nHow should we live?\n\nWhy be moral?\n\nWhy is there evil?*\n\nDoes God exist?\n\nWhere did the universe come from? *\n\nWhy does anything exist at all? *\n\nWhy is there so much suffering? *\n\nWhy do we die? *\n\nDo we live on after death?\n\nHow can we find release from suffering and sadness?\n\nWhat can we hope for?\u201d\n\nNow my claim is twofold. First, science can answer some of the big questions (the ones with asterisks above), though believers may not like the answers. Second, insofar as the Big Questions are moral or philosophical, religions can give answers, but different religions give different answers\u2014so there is no general \u201canswer\u201d at all. For instance, \u201cdo we live on after death\u201d will be answered differently by Christians, Buddhists, and Jews.\n\nIn other words, while religion proffers answers to many questions, they are personal answers that don\u2019t apply even to all members of a given faith, much less to members of different faiths. And, I further claim, for questions related to \u201chow to live\u201d, there is no answer that religion can give that is better than one philosophy can provide.\n\nI have more questions on my own list (e.g., \u201cwhat is the meaning of life?\u201d, \u201chow do we know the difference between right and wrong\u201d), but here I\u2019m crowdsourcing not just more Big Questions, but reactions to the list above and, especially, to the claim that religion answers the Big Questions.\n\n146 Comments\n\nWell, those questions involving morality, or \u201chow shall we live\u201d cannot, I think, be answered by science. I don\u2019t think, despite Sam Harris\u2019s claim, that there are objective moral decisions that always maximize well being, and many philosophers agree with me.\n\nI agree entirely in rejecting objective moral realism. But, then, when faced with a question such as \u201cwhat is the moral thing to do?\u201d, we can still answer it.\n\nWe can either interpret the question as asking about objective moral standards, and reply by stating that moral realism and moral cognitivism are false, that there are no such objective standards, and thus that the question is ill-posed. (To my mind that is still an answer to the question.)\n\nOr we can interpret the question in a moral subjectivist and non-cognitivist way. We can thus interpret it as a question about how we humans want to live, what sort of society we want, and what might give us greatest contentment. If the question is then about human feelings and desires, then we can answer it.\n\n[Thus in a sense Sam Harris is half right: he is right that human moral feelings are about human well-being; but he goes wrong in trying to construct an objective scheme out of human subjective feelings.]\n\nI think Sam Harris is about two thirds right. There are collective decisions to be made, so we construct rather than simply discover what is moral. On the other hand there is a lot of relevant objective fact which constrains the construction. And of course, a given individual might not find morality appealing, say if he is a sociopath. But to my knowledge Sam Harris has never denied that. At any rate, such sociopaths don\u2019t go around asking \u201cwhy be moral?\u201d It tends to give their game away.\n\nI don\u2019t think there are either, but there could have been. Questions like \u2018what is moral\u2019 are questions empiricism has tried and failed to answer. This is quite different from a question empiricism has never been used on or a question empiricism can\u2019t be used on. Its the difference between \u201cI looked, didn\u2019t find, and therefore have some warrant to believe doesn\u2019t exist\u201d and \u201cI didn\u2019t look, and so have no clue whether it exists or not.\u201d Objective morality, gods, etc.. are in the former category, not the latter.\n\nI thought this as well, but now I am thinking that for at least some of them science can say a lot about these without definitively answering them right now. For example, for the question \u2018Why be moral?\u2019, we can explain that morality fits models of evolution that concern kin selection and reciprocal altruism, and that our sense of morality matches behavior seen in other species. These facts explain why the moral sense evolved by natural selection. But this does not explain our strong impetus to be moral, as individuals. do we know the machinations that cause the feeling of morality in our brain, causing one to feel a sense of \u2018right\u2019 and \u2018wrong\u2019? No. Science does not (yet) have an answer for that. But it does a helluva lot better than religion.\n\nI would say that \u201cWhy be moral?\u201d has a straightforward answer, namely:\n\nThere is no standard nor normative force that is external to humans that obliges us to be moral.\n\nBut, it is also the case that humans often do want to act in ways that they call \u201cmoral\u201d because they use the term \u201cmoral\u201d to laud actions of which they approve. (That\u2019s a descriptive, not a prescriptive statement.)\n\nScience by its very nature doesn\u2019t usually 100% \u201canswer\u201d questions, it just produces approximations of successively higher precision and utility.\n\nIts turtles all the way down, but usually better turtles each time.\n\nFor all of the above questions, I would argue that if we want to get anywhere in \u201canswering\u201d them, we need to use a mixture of empirical observation and rational thought, i.e. \u201cscience\u201d broadly defined.\n\nThat was my thought too. Also to successfully answer a question, whether big or small, you need to have a convincing method of finding the answer. You can produce an \u201canswer\u201d by flipping a coin, and that\u2019s pretty much what religion does. That\u2019s deeply unsatisfying to anyone with an ounce of self respect.\n\nTo someone persuaded by the \u201cprime mover\u201d or \u201cfirst cause\u201d argument, a deistic god is the most parsimonious explanation for the existence of the universe, so Occam\u2019s razor isn\u2019t going to provide them an answer.\n\nPersonally, I\u2019m not moved by the unmoved mover, but there you have it.\n\nWhy ask if God, singular, exists, and not gods? I think that psychologists can explain the gods as a product of the human mind, so I would put an asterisk against this one (although being pedantic, Psychology is Science-like rather than Science).\n\nI think \u2018does god exist\u2019 and \u2018do we live on after death\u2019 need to be taken together. The answer to both CAN be answered by science, and with a strong \u2018very probably not\u2019. Both questions require the supernatural as a basis for \u2018yes;\u2019 and the Bayesian probabilities for its existence are low and growing lower by the moment.\n\nI think so too. Part of the issue with religious thinking is what constitutes \u201cproof.\u201d From a scientific perspective the answer to \u201cDo we live on after death?\u201d is NO and the evidence supporting that answer is as solid as The Standard Model. But that isn\u2019t good enough to persuade the faithful.\n\nIronically it is science that may eventually enable us to change that answer to a YES, in some sense, and again beat religion at its own game.\n\nUnless the afterlife is meant to be unmeasurable, information theory, thermodynamics, and conservation of energy exclude any possibility of organisms on earth retaining their spiritual life force after death.\n\nI think its worth pointing out that many of the \u2018unanswerable\u2019 (non-asterisked) questions could have, in theory been answered by science \u2013 or more generally, empiricism \u2013 if things had turned out differently. The fact that science can\u2019t answer them is due to the apparent state of our universe, its not because those questions are inaccessible to empiricism in principle. For example, there\u2019s no ab initio philosophical reason why a God or Gods could not be empirically apparent. They could be, it just so happens that in our universe, they aren\u2019t (whether because of non-existence or other reasons is irrelevant to this point). Souls could be detectable \u2013 after all, in the 18th century people tried to weigh them. They just aren\u2019t. Likewise we could have been some designed lab experiment, with our makers providing us with the answers of why we were made, what things will make us happy, and so on. But that\u2019s just not the way things turned out.\n\nI think this is an important point because the claim \u2018science can\u2019t answer these questions,\u2019 hides the fact that we\u2019ve used empiricism for thousands of years to try and answer these questions, and the reason it hasn\u2019t yet answered them is because no such answers apparently exist.\n\nIMO there is a critical difference between \u201cwe\u2019ve looked, and not found any unicorns\u201d and \u201cunicorns are unfindable.\u201d That difference gets whitewashed in claims like \u2018science can\u2019t answer\u2026\u2019 Souls aren\u2019t unfindable; rather, we\u2019ve looked, and not found them. An objective purpose to human life isn\u2019t unfindable in principle; rather, we\u2019ve looked, and not found one. And so on.\n\n\u201cYou see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it\u2019s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don\u2019t know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we\u2019re here\u2026\nI don\u2019t have to know an answer. I don\u2019t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It dosn\u2019t frighten me.\u201d\n\nExactly. Humans are relatively encephalized apes, and therefore might \u201cknow\u201d more than other apes, but still hadn\u2019t been able to figure out much of anything about anything until a few hundred years ago. Phlogiston was in the air until almost 1800.\n\nI suppose it depends on your perspective. From mine that is an advantage for science not a disadvantage.\n\nOf course there probably isn\u2019t a single religious believer anywhere that would agree that they or their religious authority figures are being intellectually dishonest and so they are likely to claim that advantage (intellectual honesty) for religion.\n\nWell, my cat generates purposes too. Just this morning she created the purpose of waking me up 20 minutes before my alarm went off to demand wet-food breakfast. She can stomp really hard for a ten pound fur ball. She\u2019s loud when she wants to be too.\n\nHow we got here is why we\u2019re here. Humans are here because humans evolved. I realize that this answer is unsatisfying for many. However, all available evidence suggests that life\u2019s purpose is to live (biologically speaking).\n\nTo ask, \u201cwhy are we here\u201d in a grand design sense might be an entertaining mental exercise, but its usefulness is limited to subjective instrumentalities. A better \u201cbig question\u201d might be, \u201cwhy do humans alone (so far as we know) seek meaning for their existence?\u201d\n\nI agree. Science has already answered that question. I am here because evolution my ancestors all had the necessary traits to survive and reproduce, one of which was the desire to reproduce. Evolution and chemistry and physics provide a perfectly satisfactory answer to \u201cwhy are we here?\u201d just as physics provides a perfectly satisfactory answer to \u201cwhy is the Sun here?\u201d\n\nReligion can only offer an opinion on any of the so-called big questions. And as you say, the opinions will be varied. I also wonder why these are considered the \u201cbig\u201d questions. Life after death is only important or big to the religious, not to us and really, not to science. It is hardly worth spending a lot of money on this. Lets spend it finding cures and answers for the living. The religious can watch the walking dead. Find answers to war, stop violence against people. Ooops, I may have mentioned some things that religion is responsible for.\n\nFinally had a moment to refresh my memory. The \u201cgod\u201d was a primeval frost giant named Ymir. The odoriferous offspring were a male and female frost giant. Oh, it was the left armpit, by the way. That\u2019s important, I bet.\n\nA robust, complete and rational morality may be constructed from the single premise that the universe is here to satisfy want, with the selection among competing wants assessed, individually and collectively, on the sole basis of maximal want satisfaction.\n\nVirtually all religions create one or more beings whose wants are given preference over human wants, thus working against morality.\n\nReligion, it may be argued, is humankind\u2019s most immoral creation and absolutely the worst source for discovering morality.\n\nHow should we live?\n\u2013 \u201cMind yur own business, keep your hands in your own pockets.\u201d\n\nWhy be moral?\n\u2013 It\u2019s built in.\n\nWhy is there evil?*\n\u2013 Evil is imaginary.\n\nDoes God exist?\n\u2013 No.\n\nWhere did the universe come from? *\n\u2013 \u201cWe know for certain, for instance, that for some reason, for some time in the beginning, there were hot lumps. Cold and lonely, they whirled noiselessly through the black holes of space. Those insignificant lumps came together to form the first union \u2013 our Sun, the heating system. And about this glowing gasbag rotated the Earth, a cat\u2019s-eye among aggies, blinking in astonishment across the Face of Time.\u201d\n\nShort answer: Because even if we didn\u2019t die from old age, then predation, disease, or accidents would kill us anyway. So natural selection has favored mutations that boost our fitness prior to the age when we\u2019d likely already be dead, even if they come at the cost of harming us later in life. Additionally, and not quite the same thing, there\u2019s not much selection against mutations that are harmful only in old age.\n\nAdditionally, and not quite the same thing, there\u2019s not much selection against mutations that are harmful only in old age.\n\nThat just defers the question, because now we can ask why humans only produce high quality eggs and sperm for a certain amount of their lifetime. There would seem to be little evolutionary advantage to such an arrangement.\n\nBut given the facts about human aging and reproduction, I suspect you\u2019re right. Mutations that help an 80 year old to reach 90 won\u2019t have as much chance of being passed on as a mutation that helps a 20 year old reach 30, because the latter will generally end up preserving the gene line more than the former.\n\nThe reason why human gonads wear out is the same reason why anything wears out: entropy.\n\nWhat you\u2019re really asking is why we don\u2019t continue spending energy to keep them functional indefinitely, and the answer to that, I think, is that there\u2019s little or no positive selection pressure to maintain fertility into our declining years when we lack the physical strength and stamina to be effective parents anyway.\n\nBut again, why declining strength etc? It doesn\u2019t have to be that way. There does not seem to be any evolutionary advantage to having the entire package reduce over time. At best, what you have is an argument that once some of these things get reduced over time, there is little evolutionary advantage to keeping the others going full tilt. But it doesn\u2019t tell you why the whole package doesn\u2019t last 30 years instead of 50, 70 instead of 50, 100 years instead of 70, or 150 years instead of 100.\n\nIt\u2019s not just a question of maintenance costs. Engineering for durability also has costs.\n\nWhy aren\u2019t smartphones built to last ten years? Because it would be more expensive to do so, and nobody actually wants a ten-year-old smartphone; people typically upgrade to a more capable model after two or three years.\n\nThe same logic applies to us, as Jeff already mentioned. There\u2019s no payoff to building bodies that last 150 years if they\u2019re likely to die from accident or predation within 50 years.\n\nI was going to say just what Gregory did. Things wear out. (I was going to use a car for an example). And the things that get auto-repaired, there\u2019s a finite chance that the repair mechanism itself will either fail or go wrong and cause damage.\n\nEvolutionarily (is that a word?) speaking, our ancestors \u2013 which is where our \u2018design\u2019 comes from \u2013 likely led a hazardous life and would have succumbed to accident at a fairly young age anyway. You might reasonably expect to survive five encounters with lions but extremely unlikely to survive ten. (Made-up numbers, I know). So no point in making an ultra-reliable organism that\u2019s going to get chomped anyway.\n\nHow much does a particular color weigh? Or a sound? The question is ridiculous because it doesn\u2019t fit the subject matter. The measure of a value judgment must take into account what is being impacted. I call the Holocaust an absolute wrong because the wants of millions of people were egregiously violated. I call trickle-down economics questionable because its efficacy remains unproven after almost 40 years of trial. Neither of these judgments has weight, neither is an expression of an over-sized ego, and if we cannot make value judgments like these, we cannot continue to progress as a species.\n\n~\u201dBelievers may not like the answers \u201c~ <-( my shorthand for paraphrasing) \u2013 that's key.\n\n\u2026 for some \u2013 I'd say all victims of religion- anything you say/do can never be enough. You could have a week-long talk in the public square and there's always some weaseling to be done.\n\nAlso I include myself as a victim of religion, as I have so easily been taken in by its special pleadings even after being divorced from the whole thing for decades. Haught's odious list up there counts among the special pleading in my view that floats out there, hoping to draw in the weak victims by its special pleading and innocuous sounding language.\n\nI disagree that \u201cwhy does anything exist at all?\u201d can be answered by science. Even if we had a complete understanding of the big bang, that would not tell us why there was anything to do the banging in the first place. I often hear people claim that we can explain how matter arises from the vacuum and therefore know how something can come from nothing; but this does not explain how the vacuum came to exist!\n\nI don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible even in principle to explain existence. It\u2019s very similar to Munchhausen\u2019s Trilemma. If the universe was created by another universe, then either:\n\n1. There is a base universe whose existence must be taken as an unexplained axiom.\n2. The chain of universes goes on forever, with no fundamental cause ever being reached.\n3. The chain of universes is circular.\n\nIt\u2019s an inescapable consequence of logic. For any phenomenon, we can always ask \u201cwhat caused it?\u201d As you follow a chain of cause and effect, it must either terminate, go on forever, or loop back to where you started. This list exhausts the possibilities, and none of them seem to answer \u201cwhy\u201d in a way we would find satisfactory. Basically, it\u2019s an ill-posed question since it can\u2019t be answered even in principle.\n\nWe may be able to follow the chain of causality back to the very beginning, and know the exact laws of physics and the initial state of the universe. But that doesn\u2019t tell us why the laws of physics are the way they are, or why the initial configuration was the way it was, or why such a system is even instantiated at all.\n\nI don\u2019t think so. We don\u2019t have a complete understanding of the big bang. It may be that the not-yet-understood part includes information that will answer the part you think can\u2019t be understood. You\u2019re simply assuming the nature of the \u201ccomplete\u201d understanding.\n\nI\u2019m not claiming that there are parts of the universe we can\u2019t understand. I\u2019m claiming that even if we did have complete understanding of our universe\u2014a complete description of the big bang, the position and momentum of every single particle, what you ate for breakfast three years ago\u2014that still wouldn\u2019t explain where the universe came from.\n\nIf we find out the big bang arose from vacuum fluctuations, that just leads to the question of where the vacuum came from. If we find out our universe was created from some process in another universe, that just leads to the question of where *that* universe came from. If we find out the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis is true (it\u2019s beautiful, but we won\u2019t; it\u2019s unfalsifiable) that leaves the question of where math came from. And so on.\n\n(This is why people taking intellectual comfort in the idea that a god created the universe has always amused/confused me; if they need to explain the cause of the universe so badly that they\u2019re willing to posit a deity, why aren\u2019t they bothered by the fact that they\u2019re just passing the buck one level up the chain? And if they think god doesn\u2019t need to be caused, why don\u2019t they say the *universe* doesn\u2019t need to be caused and leave it at that?)\n\nMy point is that we can\u2019t know the cause of the universe *regardless* of what the complete picture contains. Consider a civilization living in a computer program. They have learned almost everything about their universe; all its laws, what the initial frame looked like, how it will end, etc. Regardless, no amount of effort on their part will ever tell them what the universe outside their simulation is like, no matter how much information about their computer program they obtain. Unless there is a way for information to flow between the simulation and the outside world, they will never know. So it is with our universe and its cause, and the cause\u2019s cause, and so ad infinitum.\n\nWhat sort of explanation of the cause of the universe would satisfy you in this sense? I can guarantee that it will fall into one of the three categories of Munchhausen\u2019s trilemma, since they are exhaustive. We may be disagreeing about what a good enough explanation of causality entails.\n\nJust this, Steven\u2026 I\u2019m perfectly comfortable knowing that I don\u2019t know. I am not comfortable with assertions about what can not be known, beyond those things that are incoherent statements about the universe that are by definition unworthy of entertaining. (Ben\u2019s \u201cWhat is north of the North Pole?\u201d is an example.)\n\nYour assertion is about what is knowable \u201cprior\u201d (if that means anything here) to the Big Bang. It seems to me that assertions that the question (assuming it is meaningful) is in principle answerable. That doesn\u2019t mean that it will ever be answered. But it does mean that asserting that it can\u2019t possibly be answerable is a statement of faith.\n\nOne problem with your argument is that cause and effect are emergent large scale phenomena. At the quantum level, there is no cause and effect, only interactions between particles. Usually (always?) these are completely time reversible.\n\nThe question is misstated. The real question, since we observe from here and now, is \u201cwhy would \u2018nothing\u2019 exist?\u201d\n\n\u2018Nothing\u2019 is an unobserved state, whatever it would mean. And as Keith notes here, the existence of conservation laws \u2013 or even unitarity of quantum physics meaning you can\u2019t replace existence with non-existence as you look back in time \u2013 makes it an implausible notion.\n\nAlso, I would note that replacing even the old pre-inflationary cosmology with a claim that there was a moment in time \u2013 \u201cbanging\u201d \u2013 that was somehow first is erroneous. We didn\u2019t know that then, and moreover now the current cosmology looks back before the old Hot Big Bang moment.\n\nAnd for all we know inflation is eternal backwards in time, and it is the simplest model. Which reinforces how unnatural claims of \u2018nothing\u2019 and \u2018time 0\u2019 are.\n\nTrying to explain the existence of the universe by invoking the conservation laws or quantum mechanics is exactly the sort of mistake I\u2019m trying to avoid, because the question then becomes \u201cwhy, these particular conservation laws?\u201d, \u201cwhy quantum mechanics?\u201d, and \u201cwhy is there even a universe for these laws to describe?\u201d Even if our universe were eternal and had no beginning, that still does not explain why it exists.\n\nWhat I am trying to say is that whatever system gave rise to our universe, the question then becomes \u201cwhat caused that system to exist?\u201d Either you\u2019ll find that out too and pass the question along to the next system, never reaching the bottom; or you eventually find the bottom, and are now left with a system whose cause you cannot explain, or you end up recursing.\n\nI am not saying this is a bad thing, or a flaw in our reasoning, or due to some limitation of our ability to know things about our particular universe. I am saying this is a fundamental feature of trying to explain cause and effect, or consequences and their logical antecedents. This is a general feature of all logically possible universes, not just ours.\n\n\u201cWhy does anything exist at all\u201d is a meaningless question, because any possible explanation either belongs to an infinite chain, a recursing chain, or a terminating chain, none of which satisfy our (or at least, my conception of what most people mean when they ask this question) idea of what \u201cthe real reason\u201d should be. Causality works fine for reasoning about events inside universes, but breaks down when you reach the limits. Science cannot answer this question, because no possible answer could answer this question, because the question is meaningless.\n\n\u201cHow/why did the Big Bang happen?\u201d may turn out to be rather easy to answer if the string theorists are correct and we actually live in a ten (or is it eleven?) dimensional manifold, of which our four-dimensional universe is merely a sub-space. The main difficulty with this hypothesis is that it\u2019s going to be very hard to find ways to test it through observation or experiment.\n\nStill, it\u2019s a good excuse to tell my favourite joke. An engineer and a mathematician are sitting in a string theory seminar, and the speaker is explaining how the Big Bang can be explained by considering eleven dimensions. \u201cHow can anyone possibly picture a universe with ELEVEN dimensions?\u201d wails the engineer. \u201cIt\u2019s quite simple,\u201d says the mathematician. \u201cFirst, picture a universe with N dimensions, then set N=11.\u201d\n\nI would claim that the Soul Hypothesis, and by extension, the Big Question \u201cDo we live on after death?\u201d, and also \u201cDoes prayer work?\u201d, are all in principal testable and falsifiable, and hence scientific questions.\n\nIn short, if ensoulment happens, if prayers are answered, if the soul goes somewhere after death, then there must be a mechanism, a dimension, a force carrier, for all this to occur.\n\nAlso, something exists, because absolute nothingness is an impissibolity. It can\u2019t be did.\n\nAnything can answer questions. Answering questions is easy. The actual issue is, are the answers any good? Are they useful? How do you determine if the answers have any value? Religion certainly does answer the big questions, and if you give it free rein it answers any question anyone would care to ask. The problem with religions\u2019 answers is that they have been shown to be worthless at a steadily accelerating rate until religion has been thoroughly discredited except as something that makes some people feel good.\n\nEvery single one of the Big Questions is better answered by science (broadly construed) than any other mode of inquiry or, in the case of those that are really value judgements, are better answered informed by science than not. And many of the Big Questions believers typically claim are actually tiny little things that amount to virtue signaling, adolescent species-vanity or yearnings resulting from the conditioning of being raised in a religious culture.\n\nWhat\u2019s going on in the universe? That\u2019s for me to know and you to find out\nIs there any point to it all? Yes, but you need to give me ten dollars to find out\nWhy are we here? I think I covered that in question 2\nHow should we live? In a way that allows you to give me ten dollars a month\nWhy be moral? It\u2019s good to give me ten dollars a month\nWhy is there evil? So that for ten dollars a month I can give you clues as to where the evil people are\nDoes God exist? This more than a 10 dollar answer but you have to get to at least theata level 5 to discover it\nWhere did the universe come from? Theta level 6 answer\nWhy does anything exist at all? To give me money\nWhy is there so much suffering? I get bored\nWhy do we die? Failure to deliver the ten dollars\nDo we live on after death? Theata 12 answer I\u2019m afraid\nHow can we find release from suffering and sadness? Will with ten dollars you can rent a few minutes of happiness or save a buy a pet\nWhat can we hope for? Answers for all the money you\u2019ve given me but don\u2019t worry I\u2019m using it to help otters\n\nIt\u2019s a good list, Jerry. I\u2019m also in the camp of science can answer those questions, though whether there\u2019s an ultimate point to the universe will quite likely remain unanswered.\n\nAs for god(s), I think we can defeat the notion of them entirely through education of how the idea came about and developed into what we see in religion today.\n\nCan science answer what is the meaning of life or humanity\u2019s purpose in the same way it can answer what is the weight of an atom? Of course not. But I think it can answer it in the context of \u2018humanity exists and we\u2019d like it to continue to exist.\u2019 Otherwise, aren\u2019t we just being nihilists?\n\nI think that individuals must find reason and purpose for their own lives themselves, but we can do it within a framework that science gives us for the whole.\n\nI think the first two questions \u2018What\u2019s going on in the universe?\u2019 and \u2018Is there any point to it all?, are too vague to be on the list, it\u2019s just not clear what \u2018going on\u2019 and \u2018any point\u2019 mean.\nSurely one interpretation of the question \u2018Why are we here?\u2019 can be answered by science: we are here because of evolution by natural selection.\n\u2018Does God exist?\u2019 has a strictly scientific answer when we emphasise the burden of proof being with those that claim \u2018yes\u2019 i.e. the answer is \u2018no\u2019 because we have no good reasons to believe so.\nThe questions \u2018How can we find release from suffering and sadness?\u2019 and \u2018What can we hope for?\u2019 surely have many correct yet wildly subjective answers \u2013 again, too vague,\nChris G.\n\nDoes religion answer the big questions? I have to say not. Not only do different religions offer different answers but the different religions do not appear to be converging on a single answer.\n\nInteresting an article in AEON https://aeon.co/essays/can-religion-be-based-on-ritual-practice-without-belief argues that the Abrahamic faiths are primarily about beliefs and this prejudices our philosophical outlook. In Japan \u2018religion\u2019 is far more about ritual practices (a way of living?) than belief (a way of knowing?). In which case claiming that Japanese religions answer the Big Questions is incoherent.\n\nReligion has revealed nothing about the natural world. Not a single massless photon has even remotely been explained by religion.\n\nAs for morals or how to live science can inform us significantly better than any religion.\n\nWe don\u2019t listen to music or drink wine or select a pair of shoes without science. We performed educated decision every day to how we live and these decisions are bassi of critical thinking, not some spooky-man tellings us not to eat green meat.\n\nAnswers from religion are consistent with answers that people get from illiterate desert barbarians walking the planet millennia ago.\n\n\u201cSuffering is part of how living things evolved to avoid the bits of the universe that make them dead things.\u201d Brilliant.\n\nOr if you are neurotic, psychotic, or OCD, suffereing is self-inflicted with little to no merit of personal survivability, though, arguably, these traits, not fully expressed, can be a great benefit to society.\n\nHowever, science isn\u2019t antithetical to religion in the sense that it has unanimous consensus. We are still bounded rational and many a rational thing given the data set of bygone times are considered completely asinine to hold as a belief now. Science provides an adumbration of reality, it isn\u2019t and never will be a complete description of reality. Not to say that religion is comparatively better.\n\nA lot of these questions are existential dilemmas arising from the predicament of human contemplation, but scientific investigation will undoubtedly bring us closer to resolution than anything else. Nonetheless, contemplation does not warrant an emotionally fulfilling response once the investigation process commences.\n\nHow many other life forms have lists of questions such as these they feel a need to ask and answer? Most life forms either can\u2019t or don\u2019t ask; they just are, they live. Living is the purpose of life. Is human intelligence primarily involved in asking and trying to answer largely futile, unanswerable questions? For most of the questions, no universal answers have been found because no universal definitions have been agreed upon. And, the questions and answers have changed over time and when asked by different cultures.\n\nWhy should there be a purpose to living? What do we each mean by \u201cmoral\u201d? What do we each mean by \u201cevil\u201d? Many Gods have been created by Man and they have all existed in our imaginations. What is \u201csuffering\u201d? We might as well ask \u201cWhat is joy?\u201d What is the purpose of any human emotion?\n\n\u201cWhat can we hope for?\u201d We can hope to enjoy\nour lives as much as possible while we live, without having to know from whence we came and/or whence we go. As for me, I\u2019ve had a very full life. Eventually my ashes will be combined with those of my husband who has departed life before me, and we will be sprinkled together on one of our favorite patches of Earth. Our molecules will have been released to become something new in the universe. Our brief 57 years together generated much love, many experiences, memories, and dreams. Enough!\n\nAnd exactly why for two huge purposes, I further state, that soooo, so many imams, so many preachers, rabbis, shamans and other so \u2013 called \u201cspiritual healers\u201d \u2013 as well as along with their henchlings \u2013 for the lifetimes and / or lengths of their reigns absolutely loathe this type of pariahs\u2019 brains: people who think like her and me i) cannot be controlled and ii) cannot be used to make a prodigious passel of pecuniary pocket change off of.\n\nI think the question \u201cwhat is the meaning/purpose of our lives? is question begging. I dont think the value we give our own lives could accurately be called a purpose or meaning, therefore the question assumes that there is an outside entity- namely God- to give our lives purpose.\n\nIndeed. Religion can answer the Big Questions. So can a Magic 8 Ball. Both religion and the Magic 8 Ball will give you an answer. The real \u201cbig question,\u201d though is: how confident can I be that the answer I\u2019ve been given is actually true?\n\nTheists often regard atheists as pretending to themselves that religion has no value and not as people who seriously considered why they either left religion or never chose it in the first place. Therefore theists can\u2019t grasp that the genre of questions that are categorised as Big have been answered or rejected as being non-applicable or inane by self-reflection, life experience, resilient adaptation, science, cognitive psychology, logic, and lack of evidence. Atheists then just live their lives the best they can. Ironically that what theists do also, though they give credit to their religion.\n\nChristopher Hitchens cut through this wasteful handle by challenging theists and their supporters to name one moral act a theist can do that an atheist can\u2019t. No suitable answer has been offered.\n\nThe fact that different religions have different answers is not necessarily a problem for some of these questions. For instance, \u201cHow should we live?\u201d and \u201cHow can we find release from suffering and sadness?\u201d may well have multiple effective answers.\n\nOf course systematic empirical investigation is the best way of finding answers, but that doesn\u2019t preclude the possibility that religion, with its much longer history of seeking answers, may have stumbled across some useful ones, if we strip away the woo. Looking at religions as artifacts of cultural evolution, we should expect the \u201chow to live\u201d questions to be the ones they\u2019re most successful at answering.\n\nI don\u2019t find those questions particularly interesting whether science has the answers or not. If we let god go, the more interesting question is whether science, with all its wonderful revelations, is going to kill us all off or save us from being killed. It\u2019s one I mull over daily.\n\nI think there are two kinds of \u201cwhy\u201d questions. One, like \u201cWhy does the sky look blue?\u201d is answerable in terms of ocular anatomy and light refraction. It is really a \u201cHow does this work?\u201d sort of question.\n\nThe other kind of \u201cwhy\u201d question, the kind that obsesses theists, is more like \u201cWho intended and caused this to be so?\u201d. Since lots of times nobody did, it tends to be a meaningless question, one that assumes an answer that is false from the start.\n\nAny question with an objective answer is best addressed by science, even if we can\u2019t definitively answer it at present (and yes, I know science doesn\u2019t deal with \u2018definitively\u2019 in principle, but in practice, I think it\u2019s safe to say definitively that the Earth is roughly spherical in shape). So, that would mean adding asterisks to some more of PCC(e)\u2019s questions, such as \u2018Does God exist?\u2019 or \u2018Do we live after death?\u2019. To take the latter of those as an example, our understanding of how brains work, incomplete as it is, certainly makes it seem as if our minds are controlled entirely by physical processes, leaving no reason to postulate souls or their continued existence after we die.\n\nEven the subjective questions can be informed by science. For example, \u2018How can we find release from suffering and sadness?\u2019 Well, what studies have been done on this? Are there certain actions that tend to decrease sadness among the study participants? Are there certain actions for society to take that tend to decrease suffering in a population (e.g. Does a welfare state help alleviate suffering or does it promote dependency leading to a cycle of suffering?) Even open ended questions like \u2018What\u2019s the meaning of existence\u2019 can be informed by science, because \u2018meaning\u2019 presupposes an outside source granting that meaning. If there is no such outside source, the question itself becomes a bad one.\n\nAnd like PCC and others have said, even for the questions science can\u2019t answer, philosophy does a far better job than religion at addressing them.\n\nWhat\u2019s going on in the universe? *\nIs there any point to it all?\nWhy are we here?\nHow should we live?\nWhy be moral?\nWhy is there evil?*\nDoes God exist?\nWhere did the universe come from? *\nWhy does anything exist at all? *\nWhy is there so much suffering? *\nWhy do we die? *\nDo we live on after death?\nHow can we find release from suffering and sadness?\nWhat can we hope for?\n\nThe so-called-and-self-named \u201cBig Questions\u201d \u2013 on what basis are these questions \u201cbig\u201d? I say they are no more than questions without any idea of what the answer could be \u2026 except one, that is. And the intent of such questions is to fool people.\n\nI agree Science and Philosophy can help answer the big questions and the fact that they do not make any reference to philosophy as a tool to do so, when they use philosophy all the time, just goes to show their own arrogance about these issues\u2026!\n\nIf the entire human race was wiped out would there be any \u2018Big Questions\u2019? My expectation is that they would not \u2013 suggesting that the Big Questions are solely human concerns, trying to reduce the uncertainty of living.\n\nI think religion and science could weigh in on all of them!\nHere\u2019s my take on what each would say;\n\n*What\u2019s going on in the universe?\nReligion; There\u2019s a universe?\nScience; Entropy\n*Is there any point to it all?\nReligion; Getting to heaven, Eternal life!\nScience; No. There doesn\u2019t need to be any.\n*Why are we here?\nReligion; To worship that creator guy that no one can see.\nScience; The real question is \u201chow are we here?\u201d\n*How should we live?\nScience; We\u2019re social animals\u2026Reciprocity.\nReligion: Cover yourself in a bag and give us your money!\n*Why be moral?\nScience; See above ^\nReligion; Just do as we say!\n*Why is there evil?\nScience; There is no evil. It\u2019s all subjective.\nReligion: Because there are gay people and atheists.\n*Does God exist?\nScience; \u201cshrug\u201d\nReligion; \u201cDUH!\u201d\n*Where did the universe come from?\nScience; We\u2019ll get back to you on that\u2026\nReligion; God made it because he was bored\n*Why does anything exist at all?\nScience; see above\nReligion; see above\n*Why is there so much suffering?\nScience; Because of religion.\nReligion; Because of gay people and atheists!\n*Why do we die?\nScience; Gradual degradation of genetic information\nReligion; Because God wants you to!\n*Do we live on after death?\nScience; no\nReligion; Of course!\u2026Otherwise how could we sell you all of those warped and unlikely faerytales?!\n*How can we find release from suffering and sadness?\nScience; Reciprocity and Reason.\nReligion; Die!\n*What can we hope for?\nScience; That mankind will eventually emerge from willful ignorance and mistrust of intellectualism.\nReligion; That we\u2019ll take over the world! Mwahahahahah!\n\nOn average, fusion. Small amounts of chemistry. Some radiation and absorption. Otherwise, nothing.\n\nIs there any point to it all?\n\nNo. Next question?\n\nWhy are we here?\n\nBecause our mummies and daddies loved each other very much and had adult snuggles.\nThat works back to the invention of sex. Before that it was mindless (literally, not figuratively) cellular multiplication. Before that, chemistry.\nI take it that the rest are similarly ill-thought through.\n\nI agree with you that science can answer the asterisked questions or at least provide a lot of evidence for an answer for these questions. I\u2019d probably say that \u201cWhy does anything exist at all?\u201d, \u201cWhere does the universe come from?\u201d and \u201cWhy is there something rather than nothing?\u201d (added in by me) are all mostly the same question.\n\nThe rationale for why I think science can answer these questions is a little different, but it makes sense to me.\n\n1. These questions are metaphysical questions.\n\n2. Metaphysics is the study of being and existence.\n\n3. The universe \u201cbe\u201ds and exists.\n\n4. Physics is the study of the universe.\n\nSo, just by following the trail, it seems like the laws of physics should be logically derivable from the principles of metaphysics. Using this thinking, what we can do is take metaphysical models of existence and of why things exist to build real physical models of the universe, which exists and is made of things that exist. Hopefully, we can eventually make testable predictions using these models. This is a way of not only answering these questions but of turning metaphysics into science. I think this kind of metaphysics-to-physics or philosophical engineering approach will let us make faster progress towards a deeper understanding of the universe than the top down approach used by many physicists.\n\nAs am amateur (e.g., a \u201ccrackpot\u201d), I\u2019m using my ideas on the questions \u201cWhy does anything exist?\u201d and \u201cWhy is there something rather than nothing?\u201d to build a simple model of physical existence and, hopefully, someday make testable predictions. I\u2019m trying to learn 3D modeling software to do this, but it\u2019s slow going.\n\nThere\u2019s a tradition in philosophy, albeit not a terribly influential one, of making metaphysics compatible and \u201ccontinuous\u201d with science and technology. Have you read vol 3. of Bunge\u2019s _Treatise on Basic Philosophy_, Armstrong\u2019s _A World of States of Affairs, McCall\u2019s _A Model of the Universe_ etc.?\n\n(There\u2019s at least one metascientific problem with each one, I think, but \u2026)\n\nEvery one of those questions that begins with a \u201cwhy\u201d is ridiculous. They are asked from a theistic/teleological viewpoint that presupposes an overarching agency inherent to the natural order. But there isn\u2019t one.\n\n\u201cWhy be moral?\u201d Really? As social primates, we cannot help but be moral (at least, to a certain degree). I could go on.\n\nAs always, religious thinking invents a problem where none exists and pretends to address it with revelations and/or pseudo-philososophy. I would make that point in a talk about \u201cThe Big Questions.\u201d\n\nWhat\u2019s going on in the universe? * Physics\nIs there any point to it all? None at all\nWhy are we here? Evolution\nHow should we live? as best we can\nWhy be moral? it in your own best interest\nWhy is there evil?* Why is there good?\nDoes God exist? don\u2019t know, no proof\nWhere did the universe come from? * nowhere and everywhere\nWhy does anything exist at all? *Physics\nWhy is there so much suffering? * ask Nature\nWhy do we die? * Oxygen\nDo we live on after death? don\u2019t know ,doubt it\nHow can we find release from suffering and sadness? suicide\nWhat can we hope for?\u201d the next Day.\n\nAnd \u201cfor questions related to \u201chow to live\u201d, there is no answer that religion can give that is better than one philosophy can provide.\u201d\n\nI totally agree. I would add that science, like religion, is a child of philosophy. That is, both religion and science make assumption regrading the metaphysical nature of reality that undergird it\u2019s descriptive paradigm for experience. Most (classical) physics, for instance, assumes realism as opposed to idealism. There is no reason to do so as they are empirically interchangeable, but we use the metaphor that reality is outside the mind. Fair enough and works just fine. But it is a metaphysical assumption and thus a metaphor in terms of what really IS. We cannot ever know what really IS. So it goes. Assumptions that appear to correlatively and coherently describe experience are good enough for our purposes.\n\nAs for the big questions, I think that \u2013 per the first quoted comment (\u201cthere is no general \u2018answer\u2019 at all\u201d) we wind up creating our answers by how define terms that are inherently ambiguous (one might say all language is somewhat ambiguous).\n\nOn top of that \u201ctruth\u201d has so many faces, making \u201ctrue\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d often simultaneous depending on the kind of \u201ctruth\u201d in question (correlative, coherent, pragmatic, descriptive, explanatory, so forth), context, intent, scale, so forth.\n\nWhat\u2019s going on in the universe? \u201cthe universe\u201d? Strictly physical? What is the nature of the \u201cphysical\u201d? QM isn\u2019t particularly clear.\nIs there any point to it all? \u201cpoint\u201d? \u201cit all\u201d?\nWhy are we here? \u2013 What does \u201chere\u201d mean? Metaphysics aplently embedded in this.\nHow should we live? \u2013 Or why. Who is it that \u201clives\u201d and in what sense?\nWhy be moral? \u2013 What is \u201cmoral\u201d?\nWhy is there evil? \u2013 Is there evil? Why?\nDoes God exist? \u2013 Is there a more ambiguous word than \u201cGod\u201d? Defined as \u2018the cosmos\u2019 or \u2018experience\u2019 \u201cGod\u201d\u2018s \u201cexistence\u201d is a tautology.\nWhere did the universe come from? \u2013 Define \u201cuniverse\u201d? Are thoughts part of it?\nWhy does anything exist at all? \u2013 Define \u201cexist.\u201d This is another bottomless rabbit hole of metaphysics.\nWhy is there so much suffering? \u2013 Is there \u201csuffering\u201d? Who defines it?\nWhy do we die? \u2013 Different levels, different answers, all as meaningless as the next.\nDo we live on after death? \u2013 Tautologically unanswerable.\nHow can we find release from suffering and sadness? \u2013 Hello philosophy.\nWhat can we hope for? \u2013 Hello philosophy, again."}
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-{"text": "BLOOMSBURG, Pa., Oct. 28, 2011 -- We know the names of every one of the 4,479 Americans who were killed and the 32,200 who were wounded, both civilian and military, between March 20, 2003 and Oct. 21, 2011, the day President Barack Obama, fulfilling a campaign promise, declared the last American soldier would leave Iraq before the end of the year.\n\nWe know Second Lieutenant Therrel Shane Childers was the first American soldier killed by hostile fire in Operation Iraqi Freedom. On March 21, 2003, less than a day after the U.S.-led invasion, Childers was shot in the stomach by hostile forces while leading a Marine platoon to secure an oil field in southern Iraq. His father, Joseph, told NPR that it was his dream to lead Marines into combat.\n\nChilders, from Gulfport, Miss., had enlisted in the Marines 12 years earlier, was a security guard at the Geneva consulate and the Nairobi embassy, fought in the Persian Gulf War, and then attended the Citadel on a special program that allows enlisted personnel to be commissioned upon graduation. He was a French major and on the Dean's List.\n\nChilders, who had wanted to be a horse trainer when he retired from the Marines, was 30 years old when he died. The Marines promoted him to first lieutenant posthumously.\n\nOn the day Childers was killed, 12 men97seven from the United Kingdom, one from South Africa, and four from the U.S.97were killed in a helicopter crash near Umm Qasr, a port city in southern Iraq. At the time, the Marine Corps called the crash of the CH-46E Sea Knight accidental, but didn't elaborate.\n\nAbout the time the helicopter crashed, Lance Corporal JosE9 Antonio Gutierrez, a 22-year-old Marine, was killed by what is euphemistically known as \"friendly fire.\" He was an orphan from Guatemala who had illegally crossed into the United States from Mexico, lived on the streets of San Diego and Los Angeles, was granted a temporary visa, lived with a series of foster families, graduated from high school, and began attending college, hoping to become an architect. The U.S. granted him citizenship posthumously.\n\nOn the second day of the war, three more Americans and six from England were killed. On the third day, 30 more Americans and four British were killed. By the end of March, 92 were killed.\n\nOne month before the invasion, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had declared the upcoming war, which he warned would be a \"shock and awe\" strategy, might last \"six days, maybe six weeks; I doubt six months.\"\n\nOn May 1, 2003, aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego, President George W. Bush, decorated in flight gear, declared \"Mission Accomplished.\" Official military records show that when President Bush made his announcement, 172 Coalition troops had been killed. More than 4,600 American and allied soldiers would die in Iraq after that declaration; more than 31,500 Americans would be wounded, many permanently disabled, after that bravado proclamation.\n\nWe know the oldest American soldier to die in combat was 60; the youngest was 18, of which there were 34. We know that 476 of those killed were from California; Pennsylvania and Florida each had 176 deaths by the time the President announced full withdrawal from Iraq.\n\nThere are names we don't know. We don't know the names and life stories of the 4.7 million refugees, nor the two million Iraqis who fled the violence caused by the Coalition invasion. We don't know the names of the orphaned children, one-third of all of Iraq's youth. We don't know the names of the 100,000 to 150,000 civilians killed.\n\nWe don't have accurate records of more than a million who were wounded. It no longer matters who killed or wounded them, who destroyed their lives and property97American, allied, Shia, Sunni, insurgent, criminal, or al-Qaeda. It doesn't matter if they died from IEDs, suicide bombers, gunshots, artillery, bombs, or missiles. In war, they're simply known as \"collateral damage.\"\n\nIn Afghanistan, 2,769 Coalition troops have been killed, 1,815 of them American, by the day that President Obama announced the withdrawal from Iraq. There are already 14,343 wounded among the Coalition forces. Between 36,000 and 75,000 Afghani civilians have been killed by insurgents and Coalition troops during the past decade, according to the United Nations. President Obama told the world that the war in Afghanistan would continue at least two more years.\n\nYou can try to sanitize the wars by giving them patriotic\nnames - Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Enduring Freedom. But that doesn't change the reality that millions of every demographic have been affected. War doesn't discriminate.\n\nThe dead on all sides are physicians and religious leaders; trades people, farmers, clerks, merchants, teachers, and mothers. And they are babies and students. We don't know what they might have become had they been allowed to grow up and live a life of peace, one without yet anotherwar over oil.\n\nWe also don't yet know who will be the last American soldier to be killed in Iraq. As important, we don't know how Post-Traumatic Syndrome Disorder (PTSD) will affect the one million soldiers who were called for as many as seven tours of duty, nor when the last Iraq War veteran will die from permanent injuries. And we will never know the extent of the terror that will plague the families, children, and grandchildren of those who served.\n\nBut there is one more thing we do know. A year before JosE9 Antonio Gutierrez was killed, he had written a \"Letter to God\" in Spanish. Translated, it read: \"Thank you for permitting me to live another year, thank you for what I have, for the type of person I am, for my dreams that don't die... . May the firearms be silent and the teachings of\nlove flourish.\"\nAR Senior Correspondent Walter Brasch first began writing about war in 1966. He wishes he didn't have to. His latest book is Before the First Snow, a novel that focuses upon America between 1964 and 1991, the eve of the Persian Gulf\nWar."}
-{"text": "Hockey Nutrition: Grocery Shopping\n\nA couple days ago, I provided a 4-step plan to help hockey players put on muscle mass and gain weight over the off-season. If you missed it, you can check it out here: A 4-Step Plan for Off-Season Weight Gain\n\nEating effectively starts with shopping effectively. Quite simply, if you don\u2019t have the right ingredients to eat well, it\u2019s impossible to do so. Below is a sample grocery shopping list taken directly out of Ultimate Hockey Nutrition. For a limited time, you can get direct access to this incredible resource here: Ultimate Hockey Nutrition.\n\nAs you may be thinking, it\u2019s not necessary to buy each of these items with each trip. I recommend printing this list, doing a quick inventory of what you already have, and then making a list of a couple things from each category to pick up your next grocery trip. If you\u2019re reading this and you don\u2019t do the shopping, pass this on to whoever does. If you can make dietary changes so that 80%+ of your diet comes from the foods listed above, it will have a powerful impact on your performance and health.\n\nTo your success,\n\nKevin Neeld\n\nP.S. I\u2019m not sure how long this link will stay active, so if you recognize the profound effect nutrition can have on your performance, pick up your copy today! Get it here: Ultimate Hockey Nutrition\n\nPlease enter your first name and email below to sign up for my FREE Athletic Development and Hockey Training Newsletter!\n\nKevin Neeld Knows Hockey\n\nKevin has rapidly established himself as a leader in the field of physical preparation and sports science for ice hockey. He is currently the Head Performance Coach for the Boston Bruins, where he oversees all aspects of designing and implementing the team\u2019s performance training program, as well as monitoring the players\u2019 performance, workload and recovery. Prior to Boston, Kevin spent 2 years as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the San Jose Sharks after serving as the Director of Performance at Endeavor Sports Performance in Pitman, NJ. He also spent 5 years as a Strength and Conditioning Coach with USA Hockey\u2019s Women\u2019s Olympic Hockey Team, and has been an invited speaker at conferences hosted by the NHL, NSCA, and USA Hockey."}
-{"text": "The big guns\u2019 technique: Design sprints\n\nFind out the one technique Facebook, Airbnb and GV use to embed innovation in their businesses.\n\nThe big guns\u2019 technique: Design sprints\n\nFind out the one technique Facebook, Airbnb and GV use to embed innovation in their businesses.\n\nOne of the common pitfalls of big business is investing time, money and resources into a product and perfecting it only to find out when it launches that it\u2019s not what\nthe customer wants. Regardless of whether you\u2019re running a start-up or a large organisation, the \u2018build it and they will come\u2019 mentality is a risky way to operate. Instead, testing your ideas and putting your product in the hands of your customer first lets you see if your new concept will fly or fail, as well as what can be improved, without over-investing in it.\n\nTech giants like Airbnb and Facebook are now adopting and embedding into their product development cycles a method called \u2018design sprints\u2019, which allows them to move through the design-and-test period as quickly as possible. Although design sprints are not yet widely used, the partners at GV \u2014 Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz \u2014 have raised their popularity through their book Sprint. Design sprints allow you to fast-forward into the future, accelerate your development journey, and test your product in just five days.\n\nThinking smart\n\nAt the foundation of design sprints is design thinking, which is a human-centred approach to innovation. This approach takes into account the functional and emotional needs of the customer from the very beginning. Design thinking is a mindset that encourages you to empathise with the user to identify pain points and unmet needs, allowing you to quickly create and test solutions that immediately deliver value to customers.\n\nNo project is too big or too small to run a design sprint. They have been used to tackle simple projects such as taking a boutique caf\u00e9 online, to more complex projects, like testing a robot in a hotel with customers.\n\nAll you need is a challenge, a team and a week clear of any meetings and disruptions. Pulling your team away from their desks and meetings for a week might seem like too long, but in the grand scheme of things it\u2019s not. The alternative could be to invest months or even years into a project only to find out it\u2019s not what your customers want \u2014 something that would take a lot longer than a week to rectify.\n\nThe team at The Beanstalk Factory conducts design sprints for some of Australia\u2019s biggest companies, such as Suncorp, News Corp, Westpac and Dexus. These design sprints have enabled them to create customer-validated solutions, develop new products, and explore new opportunities for driving revenue.\n\nMake design sprint work for you\n\nMonday \u2013 Map\n\nDay one is about creating a goal that you want to accomplish during the week. The first step is to map out the challenge customers are currently facing. In the afternoon, you will conduct one-on-one interviews with people inside and outside of your team. By the end of the day, you will home in on one target on which to focus, answering: Who is the most important customer and what is the critical moment of that customer\u2019s experience? This will guide the rest of the week.\n\nTuesday -Sketch\n\nDay two\u2019s focus is solely on solutions. A key premise of design is \u2018all design is redesign\u2019, and you will review current ideas to see how you can mix them up to build on each other. Then each person will have an opportunity to sketch out a variety of solutions to create a single concept. This is also the day to recruit customers for Friday\u2019s test.\n\nWednesday \u2013 Decide\n\nThe hump day is dedicated to critiquing each of the solutions your team came up with and deciding on which one will give you the best chance to achieve your long-term goal. In the afternoon, you will choose the best bits of each of your solutions and put them together in a storyboard. This storyboard will then serve as your step-by-step plan for your prototype.\n\nThursday \u2013 Prototype\n\nDay four is when you bring your storyboard to life as a prototype. Embracing \u2018fake it before you make it\u2019 will help you create a prototype to put in your customer\u2019s hands, where you can learn from their feedback. This is also the day you write up an interview script for Friday.\n\nFriday \u2013 Test\n\nOne person interviews the customers recruited on Tuesday, while the rest of your team watches it on live video in another room. Friday reveals what the next steps are, based on customer interactions with your product.\n\nDesign sprints can be incredibly effective when you embrace the philosophy and dedicate time to the process. Solve a big challenge and test it with your target customer through a design sprint, in just five days. Now it\u2019s time to find a challenge, so you can start sprinting!\n\nJack Delosa is dedicated to changing education for entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur himself, Jack is also an investor and BRW Young Rich List member. He is the Founder of The Entourage, Australia\u2019s largest community and educator of entrepreneurs.\n\nSite Navigation\n\nSocial Media\n\nSubscriptions & Downloads\n\nInspiring The Business World\n\nThe CEO Magazine is more than a business title; it\u2019s a source of information, inspiration and motivation for the world\u2019s most successful leaders, executives, investors and entrepreneurs. Our content creates conversations, our voice is the one that matters."}
-{"text": "Bestselling author Terry Goodkind's epic Sword of Truth series continues with the next stunning installment, Phantom\nOn the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end.\n\nAs her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul.\n\nIf she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined."}
-{"text": "Lakshmi Hotels and Resorts is located in Kumarakom north, Kottayam. The resort is 86 km from Nedumbassery International Airport, 14 km from Kottayam railway and the KSRTC bus stand. Lakshmi Hotels and Resorts provides 8 Cottages and luxurious rooms which are fully furnished and well equipped with modern amenities. The resort has a AC beer parlour and another beer and wine parlour. The resort has an AC restaurant and an open air restaurant which serves multiple cuisines."}
-{"text": "Adamstown Area Library\n\nVisit the Passport Acceptance Facility in Adamstown, Pennsylvania at the Adamstown area library to get a blank passport application form or submit a completed passport application for processing by mail. (Standard passport processing by mail takes up to 6-8 weeks.) You can also appear in person here to have applications for New Passports, Minor Passports, and Replacement of Lost, Stolen or Damaged Passports reviewed and sealed into official envelopes for processing. Appointments are needed to have your passport application reviewed. See below for the phone number and other contact information.\n\nMonday\n\nBy appointment only\n\nTuesday\n\nBy appointment only\n\nWednesday\n\nBy appointment only\n\nThursday\n\nBy appointment only\n\nFriday\n\nBy appointment only\n\nSaturday hours during June, July, and early August are 9:30am-1:00pm appointment only.\n\nThis Passport Acceptance Facility doesn't close for a lunch break, so you can plan your visit for your lunch hour.\n\nSave time and get your passport photo here! This facility offers passport photo service on site.\n\nThis Passport Acceptance Facility is accessible to handicapped applicants."}
-{"text": "Post navigation\n\nThe Federation of Light: Full Throttle\n\nWell, my friends, judging from links sent in about what is \u2018going down\u2019 in the USA and arrests that are going to be made etc. \u2026 it seems that the energy of urgency that you brought through last week, is indeed necessary. Within me, deep within \u2026 is the KNOWING NOW THAT THE GAME IS ON and I am able to understand what you mean by KNOWING OUR LIGHT AND STANDING STRONG WITHIN IT. We are sure going to need it \u2026 and this is just the beginning!\n\nSouls of Earth \u2026 Souls of Light \u2026 Souls of Love \u2026 YOU ARE READY!\n\nThe Energy that surrounds you \u2026 the Energy that you are \u2026 is in full throttle, to encounter the bizarre accounts that shall be disclosed to you. We do not wish to repeat that which we gave out in our last communication. However, we DO desire that you GROUND YOURSELVES \u2026 for the shocking news in its many varied forms that is to be revealed.\n\nMay I ask where you come in, within all of this? Other than these messages of assistance. Are you to be actively involved?\n\nOh yes, indeed! For that which is to be spoken out, will not only be concerning the control and management from the political aspect, yet, there will undoubtedly be outrageous findings regarding \u2018Those from other Planets\u2019 and the contact that has already been underway for a great length of time.\n\nConsider the thought that \u2018That who we are\u2019, has just been a mystery for eons of time. Do you think this would be so? Indeed, No. Yet, agreements were made by us and those like us \u2026 without the involvement of any discussions from those of your Planet, that we would not conform to the desires and intentions laid down by the ones who \u2018rule the roost\u2019 upon Earth. Their intentions have not been fitting for the Greater Good. They have not been fitting for any kind of Good.\n\nThis is not to say that we \u2018backed off\u2019. We simply have remained \u2018in the background watching and observing \u2026 every move.\u2019\n\nDo you know of all the \u2018horrors\u2019 as you put it \u2026 that are to be told?\n\nYes, we do. And yet, it is not for us to reveal them to you. It is for those upon your Planet to bring these matters forth and for action to be taken accordingly.\n\nAs eruptions and disruptions enter full swing \u2026 there will come a time when it is necessary and correct for us to make many more OBVIOUS appearances than we are now.\n\nThere will be such confusion as to what is taking place on Earth \u2026 and so we do not wish to overload that confusion for those who would be blown away by the fact that \u2026 we are more of a reality than most things that you think are real!\n\nMeaning?\n\nMeaning that the lies that you have being \u2018living under and within\u2019 may appear to you to be real \u2026 yet, in fact it is not how it is at all. We choose not to elaborate too deeply on this. We ask you to read between the lines \u2026 deep down in your Truth. For as we have said \u2026 it is not our position to say certain criteria. This is part of the Plan and we have no reason to change it.\n\nDearest Souls, what we CAN reveal is that \u2026 our service to mankind is to take on a much more significant role whereby, our connections to those of you on Earth who are ready to receive them \u2026 will be much more prevalent.\n\nMore and more sightings will be encountered. You had readers who asked about the orange Lights seen in the skies on a regular basis. These are friends. Yet, we choose to say these are friends of an \u2018Energy form\u2019 as opposed to a physical one.\n\nAnd their purpose?\n\nTo be noticed. They are not just \u2018Balls of Light\u2019 to impress. For they too, carry within them a form of information, along with the Heightened Energy that they are able to emit from Being present.\n\nSo who controls them?\n\nThemselves. Dearest Blossom, one does not need a physical body form as you imagine yourselves to be, in order to be of intelligence. These Lights are of their own intelligence and are instructed by/of themselves to enter into the Earth\u2019s atmosphere in certain geographical places and times. They are certainly not random. Each one is prepared and answered for.\n\nWhat kind of information? You speak of this in regard to \u2018Pillars of Light\u2019 also (when they come).\n\nInformation that connects with your Being. Information that you already KNOW. Information you were fully aware of before you entered Earth and are now sitting comfortably, in a position for it to be re-awakened within you, by the Energy these orange Lights, and many other forms, of what you will call \u2018phenomena\u2019, shall bring forth.\n\nWhen we speak of \u2018Those from other Planets\u2019 entering into your biosphere (?) \u2026 we do not mean just little green men \u2026 as some of those asleep would term it. We mean phenomena of all kinds that will astound in a way that settles the soul during the turmoil that is underway.\n\nREMEMBER THAT WITH ALL THAT IS ABOUT TO CRASH AND BURN \u2026 THERE SHALL BE THE OPPOSITE TAKING PLACE IN YOUR SOUL!\n\nREMEMBER THIS \u2026 IN ORDER TO KEEP CALM AND SEE YOU THROUGH \u2026 IT ALL!\n\nFor as that which one considered to be the back bone of society crumbles away \u2026 it allows Freedom to take its place.\n\nAnd with the greatest of respect, Dearest Soul\u2019s\u2026 within the prison you have been masqueraded within \u2026 you have no idea what TRUE FREEDOM FEELS LIKE.\n\nInteresting. Many souls write in, regarding one thing or another \u2026 whatever particular \u2018thing\u2019 takes their fancy to look into \u2026 and I have no idea what to think about it. I don\u2019t get a feeling one way or another. However \u2026 and I am sure I have said this before \u2026 whatever lies we have been told, whatever the prison we have been held in \u2026 and whatever Truths we have been held back from \u2026 the ABSOLUTE FACT IS \u2026 LOVE \u2026 now that I am understanding more and more of it \u2026 simply cannot be removed from us. For it is who we are. If the moon is fake \u2026 if ALL of this that we live within IS a hologram, for instance \u2026 that doesn\u2019t stop me feeling LOVE for ALL that stirs within me when I look at the moon and stars. Fake or not! Whatever is to be discovered/uncovered doesn\u2019t stop me/cannot stop me from BEING/FEELING LOVE. A lyric from a song keeps running through my head \u2018No, no, they can\u2019t take that away from me!\u2019\n\nWould we say, BRAVO BLOSSOM! For THIS is what we are imparting to you. THIS WHICH IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE \u2026 GREAT VALUE.\n\nTHIS IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS SONG IN YOUR HEAD!\n\nTHE LOVE THAT YOU ARE \u2026 CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU \u2026 IN ANY WAY \u2026 EVER!\n\nIn your Beings \u2026 ask for strength. Ask for courage. Ask to be shown where to go and what to do.\n\nAsk to be shown how YOU can be of most value in your role down here \u2026 and we promise you \u2026 we promise you \u2026 that the answers will come.\n\nSo many oblivious souls shall enter into \u2018shock\u2019 and feel the sky is falling! It is then that YOU \u2026 each one of you awakened, prepared, souls \u2026 shall find them and take them under wing. Comforting and showing the way.\n\nYou will FEEL and KNOW connection and communication between other worlds that are drawing ever closer into position in order to assist \u2026 in ways that will fill your Being with Love and Hope and Encouragement.\n\nAs you break free from the bonds that have \u2018ruled your minds\u2019 \u2026 spaces will be opened up, in order for such communications to take place with great ease.\n\nNo longer shall there be the restrictions surrounding you. Surrounding your Energy barrier.\n\nWhat do you mean by this \u2018Energy barrier?\u2019.\n\nThe easiest way to explain is that there has been/is \u2026 in place \u2026 an Energy field that blocks you from \u2018reaching Higher sources\u2019. It comes in many forms. You are aware of fluoride blocking your pineal gland which \u2026 when unblocked, shall allow you to encounter other worlds within the very thought of it.\n\n1. How does this get unblocked? And 2. How then, am I unable to communicate with you?\n\nAs the system crumbles \u2026 it shall be like the phoenix rising from the fires. As you gain knowledge and strength of self \u2026 the ways will be shown to \u2018unravel\u2019 the bindings put in place \u2018in order to keep you at bay\u2019. Once these \u2018restrictions\u2019 are unleashed \u2026 this then is when you TRULY FEEL THE KNOWING we have spoken of.\n\nThere are Energy blocks in place all around you \u2026 blocked to keep you subdued \u2026 blocks to keep you subservient \u2026 blocks to keep you unhealthily despondent \u2026 they come in forms of food, drink, drugs and many more. The chemtrails \u2018dropped\u2019 into your atmosphere \u2018keep you contained\u2019 \u2026 keep you from breaking free \u2026 keep you dampened down. All these things are designed to keep you uninterested in life itself!\n\nI have felt that many times!\n\nAnd yet, what is it \u2026 that brings your interest back, Blossom?\n\nMaking myself \u2018Get back in The Game\u2019. KNOWING that LOVE IS THE WINNER \u2026 KNOWING THAT LOVE MAKES ME A HAPPY BUNNY \u2026 when I come from ONLY that place of Love, and don\u2019t allow myself to be swamped by the negative energies that bombard us. Nice to know this is all going to go away \u2026 that\u2019s for sure!\n\nAs to you being able to communicate with us \u2026 on the level that you do \u2026 need we remind you of the 17 or so years that you experienced much discomfort in mind and body in the form of what was termed as \u2018fits\u2019?\n\nYes, a reminder is needed. For it seems now, as if they were experienced in another life time by another me! (They stopped just like that, the day my communication with White Cloud began.)\n\nThe valiant Energy known to all as White Cloud, once explained that these HAD to take place in order for you to bring him through in the way that you do \u2026 and also, to be able to bring other Energies through also. Re-arranging of your Energies and some inner physicality\u2019s also were necessary. These adjustments enabled you to \u2018reach us\u2019 \u2026 without invoking harm to your physical Being in any way.\n\nI am sure what actually took place during these \u2018fits\u2019 (Conk outs \u2026 as I called them) is far too complicated for me to understand and I don\u2019t really need to know. Happy to serve. Happy to have gone through it. (I can say that now 18 years have passed \u2026 I probably wouldn\u2019t have said that at the time). If that was needed to allow me to become a messenger in/for Light then it would have been agreed on another level \u2026 and more than happy that it happened.\n\nWe feel it is time to finish up this session.\n\nPlease take in three deep breaths in this moment of NOW.\n\nGENERATE LOVE ENERGY WITH EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE IN \u2026 AND AS YOU BREATHE OUT \u2026 SEND THAT HEIGHTENED ENERGY OF LOVE FROM YOU \u2026 OUT INTO THE WORLD.\n\nEVERY SOUL THAT YOUR EYES FEAST UPON \u2026 OFFER LOVE FROM YOUR HEART.\n\nEVERY THOUGHT THAT COMES \u2026 MAY IT BE OF/FROM/ IN /AS / THROUGH LOVE.\n\nTHE TIME HAS COME, SOULS OF EARTH.\n\nSTEP UP TO THE PLATE.\n\nSTEP UP AT LEAST FIVE MORE RUNGS OF YOUR LADDER \u2026 FROM WHERE YOU THINK YOU ARE PLACED \u2026\n\nAND THEN STEP UP ANOTHER TWENTY MORE AND TWENTY MORE AGAIN.\n\nRECOGNISE YOURSELVES IN THE HIGHER PLACE \u2026 THE PLACE IN WHICH YOU BELONG.\n\nAND CONTINUE TO CLIMB \u2026 UP UP UP \u2026 INTO THE HOME THAT AWAITS YOU.\n\nBatten down the hatches. Yet, look for the sunshine within the raging storm \u2026 for it is always with you.\n\nIn the deepest Love \u2026 we leave you this day \u2026\n\nFEEL IT \u2026 KNOW IT \u2026 as it is offered to you \u2026 in the understanding that BY FEELING AND KNOWING IT \u2026 you walk hand in hand boldly into the LIGHT AND LOVE THAT YOU ARE."}
-{"text": "Picks and Pans Review: Eye of the Zombie\n\nDiscussing this record, Fogerty has said, \"I live in a real world. There's more to life than superficial love.\" So the album includes such lyrics as: \"The moment of truth/The terror is at hand/And there's nothing you can do;\" \"He's gonna drop the Big One/And there's nothin' I can do;\" \"Ain't no survivin'/And there ain't no escape;\" \"Pass another plate of shrapnel/Sprinkle it with TNT/Gotta have another grenade salad/Split it with your enemy.\" Those four passages are from four different songs. Of the other four on the album that have lyrics, one is about death, another is a bitter-edged satire on commercial success, Soda Pop. Ain't no Suzie Q here, folks. As he proved long ago with Creedence Clearwater Revival and again in his 1984 comeback album, Centerfield, Fogerty is a deft writer and a loose-jointed, compelling blues rock singer, so he can get away with some of this propheteering. On Change in the Weather, for instance, he sets up a spiritual tone that's enhanced by vocal bass harmonies; you could sing it in church, especially if you happen to be a member of the First Church of Paranoia (\"Down on your knees/Go ahead and pray/But every demon/Has to have his day\"). Too much of the album though is intellectually pedantic and musically grim. The chorus to Violence Is Golden even seems designed to be an noying. Nobody would want to listen to the track more than once. Fogerty, a one-man band on Centerfield, used a drummer, a bass player and three backup singers for this LP yet still ended up with a more constricted sound. The whole project seems tense and heavy, in fact. While it's obvious that not all pop music has to be frivolous and mindless, it certainly shouldn't seem like an end-of-the-world lecture with chords either. (Warner Bros.)"}
-{"text": "Books \u2022 magazines \u2022 dvds \u2022 posters \u2022 collectibles\n\nWWW.HEMLOCKBOOKS.CO.UK\n\nThe British Sci-Fi Revival\n\nIt\u2019s Sci-Fi September here in sunny Hemlockshire (or would\nhave been if I\u2019d got this Blog in on time), so how about we take a gander at the\ncurrent state of independent British science fiction features? That whole \u2018British\nHorror Revival\u2019 thing tends to overshadow whatever \u2018British Sci-Fi Revival\u2019\nthere may be, just as horror generally overshadows science fiction in cinematic\nterms: more festivals, more magazines and fanzines, more websites. So let me\ntake this opportunity to answer the question which has been bubbling in your\ncerebellum since you read that first sentence above, which is something along\nthe lines of: \"Hang on - what independent British science fiction features?\u201d\n\nWell, there have been a few in the past decade and a bit:\nsome good, some bad. Probably the most high profile was Gareth Carrivick\u2019s\ndroll temporal conundrum Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, which\nbenefitted from a smart script, a very British location (\u2018the pub\u2019) and a\nrecognisable face in Chris O\u2019Dowd from The IT Crowd. Written by Being Human scripter Jamie Matheson and directed by TV sitcom helmer Gareth Carrivick, FAQ\nAbout Time Travel got a reasonably wide release with plenty of good marketing\nand scored good reviews. The only downside was that Carrivick passed away just\na few months after its release (from leukemia, aged just 52).\n\nSo that\u2019s the one example you\u2019re likely to have heard. As\ndiscerning horror fans, you may potentially also have heard of Jake West\u2019s Evil\nAliens - and if you haven\u2019t, well maybe you should have bought my book. To be\nhonest, although Jake\u2019s OTT \u2018splatstick\u2019 comedy features extraterrestrials,\nthat\u2019s only because Jake had foreseen the forthcoming glut of zombie films and\nwanted a different antagonist. Unlike FAQ About Time Travel, and some of the\nfilms cited below, Evil Aliens doesn\u2019t really explore any science fictional\nconcepts. It doesn\u2019t have any of what the late Bob Shaw used to call \u2018wee\nthinky bits\u2019. They\u2019re aliens, they\u2019re evil, we\u2019ve got a combine harvester, let\nthe blood flow.\n\nSimilarly, James Eaves\u2019 gory Bane has a foot in both camps.\nThe set-up is certainly horror: four women wake in some sort of prison, their\nmemories wiped, and are subjected to unexplained experiments and occasional\nnocturnal violence. But the rationale is science fiction, with\nextraterrestrials again, although these ones are only moderately evil and there\nare no combine harvesters. Truth be told, there are holes in the plot and it\nwas a wise move to base the marketing on the amount of blood rather than\nwhatever exploration of the human condition underlies the gore. Still, it\u2019s a\nsolid and original little B-movie, which received a DVD release on both sides\nof the Atlantic, and it\u2019s well worth seeking out.\n\nThe same sadly can\u2019t be said of Dark Watchers: The Women in\nBlack from prolific indie auteur Philip Gardiner, a man who never met a\nconspiracy theory he didn\u2019t like. This is Gardiner\u2019s take on the whole MiB mythos, which is nowadays indelibly associated with Will Smith and Tommy Lee\nJones but actually has a basis in loony-toons paranoia going back decades. So\nwe have a good-looking, black, bald - with the requisite black suit, white\nshirt, black tie and dark glasses - who does, well, nothing really. He has no\ndialogue and doesn\u2019t seem to interact in any way with the main characters who\nare three ghastly women with no obvious means of income. They have an\noverweight male friend who is a UFO nut, and they are losing portions of their\nmemory, and then some black goop comes out of the drains or something. It would\nbe cruel of me to say that this incoherent, incomprehensible rubbish is typical\nof Gardiner\u2019s work and I have only seen one other film by him (he\u2019s made\nloads!) but as that other is also incoherent, incomprehensible rubbish I\u2019m\ncertainly starting to see a pattern developing.\n\nTime for something altogether jollier. The Adventures of a\nPlumber in Outer Space is a 2008 short feature directed by Jan Manthey which is\nan unashamed love letter to 1970s British sex comedies. A hapless plumber is\nseduced by a policeman\u2019s wife, discovered by the husband - and then all three\nare teleported to an alien planet where the matriarchal society requires human\nmales to breed with. Cue much running around, saucy jokes, cardboard props and\ncheap slapstick \u2013 none of which will mean anything to those unfamiliar with the\ngenre which it so lovingly pastiches. Among the jobbing film-makers who worked\nin that genre, incidentally, was Michael Armstrong (writer of Mark of the\nDevil, The Haunted House of Horror and House of Long Shadows)\nwho was something of a mentor to Manthey on this production, makes a brief\ncameo appearance and even loaned the original sink plunger that was seen on\nscreen in The Adventures of a Plumber\u2019s Mate.\n\nAnother science fiction comedy, albeit a much less broad\none, is Mark Jeavons\u2019 Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit. Rob Leetham stars in\nthis as the eponymous grumpy loser. A wedding videographer by trade, he\u2019s\nantisocial and angry with himself, and is still living with the wife he\ndivorced, which can\u2019t be a good thing. But perhaps Pete\u2019s life can turn around\nwhen a series of weird things start happening to him, including abduction by\naliens and a dimensional portal appearing inside his fridge. I say \u2018perhaps\u2019\nbecause the biggest problem with Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit is that we\nsimply never find out what happens to Pete Blaggit. Sincere and well-directed,\nthe film\u2019s story is simply too obtuse, its marketing promising some sort of\nfantastical offer of redemption in the manner of Groundhog Day or It\u2019s a\nWonderful Life, but the actual screenplay failing to cash that cheque, leaving\nviewers nonplussed and disappointed. Which is a shame.\n\nOddly, Rob Leetham also starred in another micro-budget\nBritish science fiction film a couple of years earlier. Waiting for Dawn,\ndirected by James T Williams, is another time travel film set in a pub, though\nit predates FAQ About Time Travel and explores different ideas. It\u2019s also more\nserious and much lower-budgeted, but that\u2019s not to say it\u2019s not a fine piece of\nfilm-making. Billed as a \u2018metaphysical love story\u2019, the film sees Leetham\u2019s\ncharacter nip into a watering hole while waiting to meet his girlfriend, only\nto find that time and space operate differently in this mysterious\nestablishment. His attempts to escape this temporal trap and find his\ngirlfriend form the plot, propelled by encounters with possibly metaphorical\nregulars who know more than they\u2019re telling. The ending is a bit of a let-down\nbut otherwise Waiting for Dawn is a fine example of micro-budget British SF,\nwith no special effects whatsoever.\n\nOn the other hand, Daniel J Fox\u2019s visually stunning Dreamscape is almost non-stop effects, a parade of green-screened actors and\nCGI locations which demonstrate what can be done nowadays on a tiny budget if\nyou have the right tools and the talent to use them wisely. Displaying an\nobvious debt to the works of Phiip K Dick (there\u2019s even a Voigt-Kampf Machine\nin one shot!), Dreamscape is a futuristic sci-fi thriller about a businessman\nwho signs up to a service that provides custom-made dreams. He wants to be a\nspy, but once he is involved in dangerous intrigue, he starts to question what\nis real and what is fantasy (as indeed do the audience). Originally running a\nnot-quite-feature-length 63 minutes, Dreamscape was recut and extended\nfollowing early reviews, adding a new third act while tightening up the first\ntwo. With a solid cast, impressive production values and terrific black and\nwhite cinematography that really plays up the film noir angle, Dreamscape is an\nexcellent piece of film-making., But as with so many of these titles, it has\nyet to receive a proper release, even after five years, demonstrating that\nscience fiction, however good, just doesn\u2019t have the marketability of horror.\n\nAs can be seen from the titles cited so far, British SF\ntends to be solidly Earth-based. So kudos to the Scottish guys behind The\nPlanet for going fully extraterrestrial in their setting. Starting out with an\nimpressive CGI space freighter attacked by smaller ships, the film proper\nbegins when ten survivors from the crew make it to a desolate planet surface\nalong with the single, hugely dangerous prisoner who was being transported. So\nshades of Pitch Black, mixed in with a bit of Forbidden Planet when the team\nare attacked by some sort of invisible id-monster, or something. Good\nproduction design, impressive effects and a good cast under adroit direction\nare unfortunately all let down by an incomprehensible plot that goes wandering\noff into the desert and comes back with severe heat-stroke. The prisoner turns\nout to be part of some space cult and finds a magical sword; there\u2019s an alien\nblob and a giant, humanoid statue. Nothing is properly explained. Still, for\n8,000 quid it\u2019s a very impressive debut.\n\nRay Brady\u2019s Intergalactic Combat sounds like it ought to be\nimpressive and space-based too, doesn\u2019t it? Unfortunately it\u2019s not only\ndecidedly Earth-bound (a few insert shots of sub-Nintendo CGI aliens\nnotwithstanding), it\u2019s also dire beyond belief. Readers with long memories may\nremember Brady as the director of minimalist proto-torture porn nasty Boys\nMeets Girl, but Intergalactic Combat is very different indeed, an inept martial\narts actioner within an ill-conceived sci-fi scenario. Having made first\ncontact, Earth will only be allowed to join the league of planets (or whatever)\nif we field a team of top martial artists in some sort of interstellar\ngladiatorial games. (South Sudan had to do something very similar before they\nwere allowed into the UN, I believe.)\n\nDespite its space-y sounding title, Intergalactic Combat is\nnot about Earth vs aliens, it\u2019s not even about the selection of the Earth team,\nit\u2019s about the selection of the UK team who will then compete to be in the\nEarth team who will then compete against the aliens. So about as intergalactic\nas my back garden then. The only minor point of interest is the casting of Tom\nWu, an excellent Chinese-British actor who you might recognise from Mutant\nChronicles, Scorpion King 2, Kick-Ass 2, Ra-One or CBBC series Spirit Warriors.\nYou would be better off watching any of these rather than Intergalactic Combat which is a hopeless series of lame martial arts fights without context or\ninterest.\n\nThen there\u2019s UFO: no, not the Gerry Anderson series and not\nthe Roy \u2018Chubby\u2019 Brown movie (the principal reason why people don\u2019t write books\nabout British SF movies is to avoid having to watch that embarrassment).\nDirected by Dominic Burns (Cut, Airborne), this enjoyable SF/horror/action\nhybrid follows a small group of people surviving a global attack by malevolent\naliens and is set, like so many modern British features, in Derby. BHR regular\nSimon Phillips gives probably his best performance in the lead role supported\nby an impressive cast that includes Pierce Brosnan\u2019s son, Jean Claude Van\nDamme\u2019s daughter and Sir Sean Pertwee. Most impressive of all, family\nconnections roped in JCVD himself, inbetween Coors Light commercials, for a\nsmall role. This fun, slick feature actually played Derby Quad for a week making\nit the only one of these pictures, apart from FAQ and Evil Aliens, to have had\na theatrical release.\n\nBut if I had to pick one modern British science fiction film\nto recommend it wouldn\u2019t any of the above, it would be a fascinating\npost-apocalypse movie from Northern Ireland called Ditching. We don\u2019t really do\n\u2018post-apocalypse\u2019 in this country, preferring to leave such things to the\nYanks, Aussies and Italians. In fact the only other example which comes to mind\nis The Bed Sitting Room. Ditching is an extraordinary piece, at once both bleak\nand wry, with no real story and not much by the way of characters but some\nunforgettable images. Don\u2019t ask me where you can find a copy but if you get a\nchance \u2013 and you\u2019re prepared to forego aliens, robots and explosions in favour\nof \u2018wee thinky bits\u2019 - watch it.\n\nMJ Simpson has been writing since he\nfound out which end of a pencil makes a mark. After editing sci-fan\nclub mags he spent three years on the staff of SFX and helped to launch\nTotal Film before switching to freelance work for Fangoria, Shivers,\nVideo Watchdog, DeathRay and other cult movie magazines. He\nhas a number of scripts in development and has been working on his\nthird book, a biography of 'Bride of Frankenstein' Elsa Lanchester, for a very long time, but he\npromises to have it finished soon (-ish). Mike lives in Leicester\nwith his wife, Mrs S, and his young son, TF Simpson. By day he edits\nthe university's website and in the evenings he edits MJSimpson.co.uk.\nHe should probably get out more."}
-{"text": "Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his country's military on Dec. 22, saying its armed forces had performed well in the fight against \"international terrorists\" in Syria. (Reuters)\n\nThis post has been updated.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech Thursday in which he praised his country's military operations on behalf of the government of Syria and made a case for how Russia could become stronger.\n\n\u201cWe need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces,\u201d he said, according to an Agence France-Presse translation, \u201cespecially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defense systems.\u201d In other words, Russia needs to ensure that its arsenal of nuclear weapons can avoid interception by the enemy.\n\nThe primary enemy that might intercept those missiles is, of course, the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.\n\nThe language echoes old Cold War rhetoric: Our missiles must be able to serve as a deterrent to usage, by existing as a threat to enemies. If NATO and the United States felt confident that Russia\u2019s incoming nuclear weapons could be stopped before reaching their targets, the weapons do not hold the same power for Russia.\n\nYou can\u2019t have a new nuclear arms race, of course, without someone to run against. Enter President-elect Donald Trump.\n\nThe United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes\n\nOn Wednesday, Trump tweeted about how he \u201cmet some really great Air Force GENERALS and Navy ADMIRALS,\u201d a conversation during which the subject of nuclear weapons may have come up. It seems more likely, though, that Trump or someone on his team saw the Putin speech or was briefed on it, and Trump chose to respond with the comment above.\n\nThe trend since the late 1980s has been in the opposite direction, winding down the stockpiles of weapons held by the United States and Russia.\n\n(That chart excludes further reductions that started in 2011, following the ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 2010.)\n\nTrump\u2019s and Putin\u2019s comments suggest a possible reversal of that direction, but it\u2019s not entirely clear what Trump mean with \u201cuntil such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.\u201d Perhaps it means: As long as Russia is revamping its own arsenal.\n\nWhen he met with The Washington Post\u2019s editorial board in March, Trump expressed concern about the use of the bombs, saying, \u201cI think our biggest form of climate change we should worry about is nuclear weapons.\u201d Trump has repeatedly indicated, though, that he saw room for the nuclear arms race to heat back up \u2014 this time with more players. In an interview with the New York Times that same month, Trump said that Japan and South Korea might need to be armed with nuclear weapons as a counterweight to North Korea\u2019s development of them. He repeated that argument a week later.\n\nPresident Trump has called nuclear weapons \"the single greatest problem the world has\" \u2013 but he's also made some controversial statements about them. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)\n\nAs always, it\u2019s fraught to take one Trump tweet as a descriptor of where his presidency might be headed. (He has, for example, also tweeted that he never argued for other countries to get nuclear weapons, which is false.) It\u2019s also not clear that \u201cstrengthen and expand\u201d means more actual nuclear warheads. (The United States will spend an estimated $1 trillion over 30 years to modernize its weapons stockpile, in part because aging nuclear warheads require significant maintenance.)\n\nThe Trump team later said that when he spoke of an expansion of U.S. nuclear capability, he was actually expressing a desire to keep those weapons from spreading elsewhere. \u201cPresident-elect Trump was referring to the threat of nuclear proliferation and the critical need to prevent it \u2014 particularly to and among terrorist organizations and unstable and rogue regimes,\u201d transition communications director Jason Miller said in a statement. \u201cHe has also emphasized the need to improve and modernize our deterrent capability as a vital way to pursue peace through strength.\u201d\n\nBut Trump\u2019s initial tweet stands in stark contrast to what President Obama said in May, at the site of the first atomic detonation in history. In Hiroshima, Japan, Obama called for \u201ca world without nuclear weapons.\u201d\n\nPresident Obama called for an end to nuclear weapons in a solemn visit to Hiroshima to offer respects to the victims of the world's first deployed atomic bomb. (Reuters)\n\nAllowing Trump access to the country\u2019s nuclear arsenal was a key rhetorical point used by those who opposed his candidacy. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) repeatedly said that Trump was too \u201cerratic\u201d to be allowed access to the nuclear codes. Hillary Clinton used the same point in an attempt to leverage voters\u2019 concerns about Trump\u2019s temperament to her advantage.\n\nThat\u2019s the risk of Russia and the United States having more robust nuclear arsenals, of course: that those weapons might some day be used.\n\n\u201cLook, nuclear should be off the table,\u201d Trump said during a town hall on MSNBC earlier this year. He then added, \u201cBut would there be a time when it could be used, possibly, possibly?\u201d\n\nAs Gizmodo\u2019s Matt Novak noted on Twitter, a recently declassified 1982 briefing given to President Ronald Reagan estimated that 80 million Americans could be killed in a nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union.\n\n1 of 35\n\nFull Screen\n\nAutoplay\n\nClose\n\nSkip Ad\n\n\u00d7\n\nHere\u2019s a look at Trump\u2019s administration so far\n\nView Photos\n\nThe men and women the president-elect has selected for his Cabinet and White House team.\n\nCaption\n\nThe men and women the president-elect has selected for his Cabinet and White House team.\n\nScott Gottlieb, nominee for commissioner of FDAPresident Trump is set to nominate Scott Gottlieb, a conservative physician and businessman with deep ties to the pharmaceutical industry, to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, a White House official said.Courtesy of American Enterprise Institute/via Reuters"}
-{"text": "Hmms, well I thought this would be a fun idea...since I am a lil' bored right now ^_^\nI was just wondering if anyone had had any rude cosplay comments that somebody said to them. Maybe not on Cosplay.com but in cons or out in the public ^__^\n\nSo umms....when I was buying zips for my Kairi cosplay, I sorta took out the zips for coats and jackets...this lady saw me and asked me what I was using them for. I said a dress, and she told me to use the thinner zips made for dresses. I told her that this dress is going to be made into a cosplay, and I started telling her what it is, and she just plainly ignored me. She sorta said \"whatever you say\" and walked away o_0\nWhat about you?\n\nDid you try to explain that huge zippers were part of the outside design? That they weren't meant to be as much functional as they are decorative? I've had to go so far as to draw stuff for people sometimes.\n\nAs for comments I've received myself...I think the absolute worst was the mocking tone I got from a Starbucks chick once. I was with a friend, on the way to an arcade, and I was wearing the strap between my knees that Iori Yagami wears (King of Fighters, the very game we were going to play there.) We stopped at a Starbucks and the first thing I get is a cocked eyebrow and a \"Why are you wearing that?\"\n\n\"Homage to a video game character I'm going to use in half an hour to beat this fool senseless.\" *thumb to my friend*\n\nShe still laughed awkwardly. I think people need to get out more and realize there's more to life than \"omg....shoes\" and purses and American Idol.\n\nDid you try to explain that huge zippers were part of the outside design? That they weren't meant to be as much functional as they are decorative? I've had to go so far as to draw stuff for people sometimes.\n\nAs for comments I've received myself...I think the absolute worst was the mocking tone I got from a Starbucks chick once. I was with a friend, on the way to an arcade, and I was wearing the strap between my knees that Iori Yagami wears (King of Fighters, the very game we were going to play there.) We stopped at a Starbucks and the first thing I get is a cocked eyebrow and a \"Why are you wearing that?\"\n\n\"Homage to a video game character I'm going to use in half an hour to beat this fool senseless.\" *thumb to my friend*\n\nShe still laughed awkwardly. I think people need to get out more and realize there's more to life than \"omg....shoes\" and purses and American Idol.\n\nHahahahahaha. I've gotten so used to workers in restaurants, food courts and the like that I can't remember, but I'm sure they gawk. One time, someone told me I looked like crap.\n\nI was attending a convention but I didn't cosplay. I was sitting and drawing on a table and I overhead a group of guys chatting.\nguy 1- did you take her picture?\nguy 2 - no... her face was ugly... only her hair is pretty.\n*both guys laugh\n\nlast time at a convention me, my friend and bunch of other cosplayer were walker on the side walk couple guys drove by and yelled \"freaks\"\ni found that very rude >.> they don't even have the guts to say it to our face\n\n__________________\nlooking for pink contact for future cosplay let me know if you know a good site to buy\n\nThat sucks that she just plain ignored you. x_x It wasn't exactly a comment, but it was a rude gesture on it's own.\n\nAnyway, I don't think I've gotten any rude comments, since I've only cosplayed... three times so far? xD I'm sure I definitely got at least a few somewhere along the line, but I usually just forget about it and don't let it bother me if they were just being rude for the sake of being rude.\n\nThere was one time I was walking to a J-pop dance in the heart of Toronto's downtown club district and there was a Sasuke cosplay walking a bit ahead of me. As I passed by a couple of bouncers in front of another club, I overheard one of them saying \"Doesn't that guy [Sasuke] look like a giant Pepsi can?\" and they both started snickering. I hate how people feel the need to make snide comments about complete strangers. Geez...\nAlthough it did give me an idea for when I have to cosplay Sasuke next weekend. I'm going to be deliberately carrying a can of Pepsi around pretending I'm a spokesperson or something. Sometimes you just gotta laugh WITH them to make yourself feel better.\n\nI've been called fat, ugly, and been ridiculed for really minor costume details on sites outside of cosplay.com. Eh, what can ya do?\n\nI remember this one time at a con, my friends and I were waiting for an elevator in a hotel. I think we were dressed as....our Medusa costumes? I think. And a hotel worker was came up and started talking to us in this really blatently condesending tone, asking us stuff like \"What superpowers do you guys have?\" and \"Did you guys see Goku? Was Goku there?\" since that was obviously the only anime he's ever heard of.\n\nI think I said something like, \"Oh, DBZ isn't very popular at these conventions ^____^\" which...isn't entirely true, but it confused the hell out of him and shut him up. Ahaha...\n\nOther than that, as far as I know, I haven't been mocked at cons or anything. At least not to my face. >_>;;\n\nI know. They think they're so witty.\nOne time when I was in Wal Mart, I was walking around with a wing on and a witch hat, because I wanted to see if they were okay (plus, I was going to buy them) and some lady was like, \"Isn't it too early for Halloween?\"\nMe: \"Well, if it's early, why do you still have your mask on?\"\nShut her up. XD\nI know, it was sorta mean, but it just came out.\n\nShe still laughed awkwardly. I think people need to get out more and realize there's more to life than \"omg....shoes\" and purses and American Idol.\n\nI'm not sure that only total ditzes would inquire as to why any sensible person would go around wearing a strap between their pantlegs. :P\n\nIf you're going to go out in public looking abnormal, people are going to treat you as if you're abnormal. It's something that cosplayers need to either accept or deal with in an appropriate and civil manner.\n\nYes, I've gotten comments before, but you learn to take them in stride. After all, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and polyester pants and carrying around some kind of crazy wizard staff doesn't exactly make me look like a respectable member of society, and I don't expect to be treated like one while wearing it. Yes, \"cosplayers are people too,\" but everyone knows that if you're not conforming to societal norms or expectations (and this goes for attire), you won't be treated with as much respect as someone who does. Although it is a bit disconcerting that conformity is considered crucial enough that someone would notice something as minor as an oddly positioned strap on your pants, sometimes people can't help but laugh awkwardly when obscure references or hobbies are explained to them, and I wouldn't hold it against them.\n\nThere were two that I can remember. One was said about my friend, another almost got a guy decked.\nThe first one, I was doing a group cosplay. We did a fun little tweek with two of the characters and j-rocked and lolita-ed them somewhat. Well, as I was walking by, I heard someone mutter \"I don't understand why she's cosplaying with failures like that.\" I stopped, glared at the person, and stormed off. I was very upset with that whole ordeal.\nThe second one happened at Comicon 2007. There was a booth babe for the Quentin Terintino (forgive my spelling. I'm not much of a director person) that was an actual amputee with the gun as her leg. I was so amazed at the fact that she was willing to being in the public's eye, knowing full well that everyone was looking at her lack of leg. As I was floored at her guts, I heard a guy, rather loudly, say \"They have the gun on the wrong leg.\"\nEr..wait.. what??? I'm sorry, let's cut off her other leg, replace the old one, and put the gun on the new stump! I almost decked him for being heartless like that.\n\nI know. They think they're so witty.\nOne time when I was in Wal Mart, I was walking around with a wing on and a witch hat, because I wanted to see if they were okay (plus, I was going to buy them) and some lady was like, \"Isn't it too early for Halloween?\"\nMe: \"Well, if it's early, why do you still have your mask on?\"\nShut her up. XD\nI know, it was sorta mean, but it just came out.\n\nHahaha Ouch~\n\nI find it kind of weird that I have only received these kind of comments while there is a con going on, and not the one time I cosplayed in my own home town for no reason.\n\nThen again, I only did it once, and I live in a super-hippie-liberal town with a lot of crazy stores and stuff. Heck, Rikku and Paine running around town is normal compared to some of our more wild crossdressers! ^^\n\nBlah and now I'm slightly getting off topic. What I'm trying to say is: if you really have the urge to run around in cosplay for no reason but don't want to be harassed a lot, find yourself a hippie-liberal town :P LOL\n\nI think I might've had one or two comments at cons, but they were nothing big or offensive really... Though people making rude comments on the internet somewhere, and there's a number of people from this website that like to be part of that..."}
-{"text": "SA\u2019s Matchi Helping Firms Navigate Shifting Landscape of Finance\n\nMatchi, a financial innovation matchmaking firm, has been signing up banks on its online \u201cmatchmaking\u201d service to connect with Fintech start-ups providing cheaper, easier financial technology services to consumers.\n\nThe company was started just over three years ago with CEO David Milligan (formerly of FNB) at the helm.\n\nFNB Simcard is an innovative FinTech Solution\n\nMatchi was started as a direct result of a problem encountered by its founder: how hard it is for financial technology firms and financial institutions to find each other in a meaningful way.\n\nIn the past three years, the Johannesburg and Hong Kong-based financial innovation matchmaking firm has partnered with more than 100 financial institutions and boast a network of more than 2500 categorised FinTech firms from around the world.\n\nFinTech is revolutionizing the financial services landscape and it has created a new marketplace for innovation.\n\nMatchi is at the forefront of identifying breakthrough FinTech technology.\n\nThe firm also has forged a global alliance with professional services firm KPMG, helping selected clients with their FinTech and innovation agendas.\n\nThe alliance with KPMG enables firms to use its Matchi platform and it\u2019s wider, global FinTech communities in advising clients on the optimal innovations to help deliver on their strategic initiatives.\n\nThe collaboration with Matchi enables KPMG to expand its FinTech global capabilities.\n\nMilligan told TechFinancials that it has been an incredible journey over the past three years as FinTech growth has exploded around the world.\n\n\u201cBanks and now insurance companies are all actively seeking to engage with the great innovation and technology being developed by smaller firms. Matchi helps these two very different kinds of organisations to find each other and work together to their mutual benefit.\u201d\n\nThe core team of Matchi is based in Johannesburg with other employees in strategic FinTech regions around the world. The team travels regularly to advocate a faster spread of financial innovation and operations.\n\nLed by executive with extensive expertise, Matchi is definitely making inroads within the international financial technology industry and is appealing to all local and international participants.\n\nFinancial institutions are finding various ways to collaborate with FinTech firms but with over $20 billion invested in 12000+ intech startups, it\u2019s not easy to keep up.\n\nMatchi\u2019s Fintech Matchmaking services and portal are a bridge to vetted, relevant and implementable fintech solutions from a global pool.\n\nMatchi infograph (Credit: Matchi)\n\nThe Matchi Fintech Portal is a fully curated and searchable online showcase of implementable FinTech solutions that are visible to key decision makers.\n\nFinancial institutions can benefit from a multitude of ways to engage with Matchi, the most popular of which are the innovative Innovation Challenges and Market Scans. These provide financial institutions with a selection of FinTech firms, each with a demoable product and relevant to your strategic objectives in 10 weeks or less.\n\n\u201cMatchi connected us with the biggest banks in Australia and South Africa, leading to discussions that would not have happened without us being Matchi members. They are key to our international growth,\u201d said Randal Cox, founder and CTO of Rippleshot."}
-{"text": "This might not sound like that huge an increase since it had already shifted 29 million units by the end of October, suggesting things have slowed down a lot, but by any other standard that extra 3.5 million is still quite impressive.\n\nSadly, Take-Two is staying mum on the possibility of a PC or next-gen release of GTA5.\n\nThe publisher also boasted about its sales of NBA 2K14, which has shipped over 5 million units with the entire series selling over 35 million copies.\n\nThis has been a major boon for the publisher, which saw its GAAP net revenue increase to $1.86 billion in Q3 fiscal 2014 (i.e. Q4 2013), up from $415.77 million during the same time frame the previous year. Take-Two's net income also increased in a major way with a $578.4 million last quarter - a major increase over last year's $70.9 million."}
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-{"text": "To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website\n\nThe Jaysee Echo\nVOLUME IX\nROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941\nProp Wash\n. . by Don Franke\nA cheery note, during these days\nof the annual \"January slump\" that\nprecedes the annual \"January flunk,\"\ncomes from Bob Cronin, a last year's\nstudent. Bob is really enjoying himself out there on the sunny shores of\nthe Pacific. He is working at me\nDouglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica, California. At present, he is one\nof the crew working on the new A-\n20-A bombers for the U. S. Air\nCorps. Bob says, \"My job consists of\nworking on the wings. I work on a\nmachine that does work to one-thousandth of an inch. I put the trim\nline on the wings, and that in plain\nlanguage allows one-thirty-secondth\nof an inch between the sections of the\nwings. My work is very exciting and\ninteresting. \"Incidentally, Bob goes\nswimming one day, skiing the next,\nbelongs to a pistol club, and right\nnow is learning surf-boarding.\nThis past vacation your columnist\ntalked to twenty-five year old Dudley Hanford of Houston, Texas, who\nis an aeronautical engineer in the\narmy air corps af Hickman Field,\nHawaii. Hanford told me that the\nnew barracks at Hickman Field complete one of the world's largest military units. They have many new hangars, sleeping quarters for several\nthousand men, recreation rooms, and\nall that any good sized town might\nhave to add to the comforts and\nfine life of any man.\nWhile in Texas, we passed by the\nhigh board fences that surround the\nnearly completed Ellington Field, thirty miles north of the coast at Galveston. This is to be a plane base and\nincludes barracks, but, as tourists are\nnot permitted, we were unable to\nobtain additional information. We\nalso took a hurried squint at Love\nField in Dallas, Texas, where three\nof our advanced C.A.A. students,\nLinus Ney, Malcom Ernest and Orin\nHove recently went.\nMiss Flora McGhee\nPublishes Know\nRochester Better*\nSemester Exams\nBegin Next Week\nWith more than one audible groan\nof despair, and with fingers crossed,\nR. J. C. students are patiently awaiting semester exams. This rendezvous\nwith fate will take place during the\nweek of January 20. What is known\namong the faculty as the gentle art\nof cramming, but what we \"scholars\"\nmore conservatively label concentration, or just plain digging in and\ngetting busy, is going on in earnest.\n\"A city is not builded in a day.\nA little town cannot complete her\nsoul,\nTill many generations pass away.\"\n\u2014By Vachel Lindsay in \"The\nBuilding of Springfield.\"\nThis idea forms the central theme\nin \"Know Rochester Better,\" a book\nof human interest stories edited by\nMiss Flora McGhee, instructor in\nspeech and English in the Rochester\nJunior College.\nMiss McGhee's volume of local history traces the city's development\nfrom the days when Rochester was a\nmere half dozen log cabins on the\nbanks of the Zumbro to the present\ntime. The chapter \"The Lexington of\nthe North-west\" deals with the racing days of Rochester, when the town\nwas well known in Europe for its fine\nhorses exported to foreign buyers.\nOther chapters pay tribute to famous citizens, including Sir Henry Wellcome, Frank B. Kellogg, Hugh Cooper, the Mayo family, and Sister Mary\nJoseph. In addition to these short\nbiographies of numerous distinguished citizens, there are articles on\nthe history of schools, churches, and\nother institutions. The closing chapters deal with the high lights of\nentertainment, both by amateurs and\nprofessionals, during past decades,\nand also anecdotes of former days.\nThe cover design and etchings are\nthe work of two former Junior College students; the former is by Rosa-\nlee Goddard who is now a student\nat the Chicago Art Institute, and the\nlatter by Wilcke Lou Hicks, now\nmajoring in art and journalism at the\nUniversity of Minnesota. The eight\npages of illustrations include the photographs of many distinguished\nRochester people.\nMiss McGhee's work has gained\nmuch attention not only from students and residents of this city, but\nalso from many transients who find\nmuch of interest to carry home.\nOur Town\" Selected\nas Annual College Play\n\"Our Town\" by Thornton Wilder\nhas been chosen as the all-college\nplay to be presented on March 21,\nin the New Central School Auditorium.\nThe Wilder play won the Pulitzer\nprize in 1938 and the fourth place\namong 1940 screen productions according to the Film Reviewers' rating. It has enjoyed outstanding success both with professional and amateur players. Leading dramatic playbills show that it is produced by\nmany high schools as well as colleges.\nRecent Minnesota productions include\nthose of Worthington Junior College\nand Owatonna high school.\n\"Our Town\" is a nostalgic backward look into village life in the\ndecade immediately preceding the\nfirst World War. Scenes from family\nlife, school days, marriage, and death\nare annotated by the stage manager\nbefore they are enacted on the stage.\nAgainst the simplest of settings the\nelemental things of everyday living are portrayed in dignified\nyet often humorous tone. The\nresult is a drama whose appeal is as\nuniversal as that of Gray's \"Elegy\"\nor Lincoln's \"Gettysburg Address.\"\nA tentative cast has already begun the study of the play which requires seven leading players and\ntwenty others in shorter roles, as well\nas a sizable production crew.\nMiss McGhee, instructor in speech,\nis in charge of production.\nInstructors Spend\nMidwinter Vacations\nat Conventions\nDuring the Christmas holidays,\nsome of our teachers were spending\ntheir time attending conventions. A\nmidwinter convention of delegates\nfrom various colleges was held in\nChicago. Dean Goddard, Miss Larsen, and Mr. Shaw of our Junior\nCollege faculty attended.\nDean Goddard spent his time with\nthe American Association of Political\nScience at the Palmer House. He reported that there were delegates\nfrom all over the United States, and\na few from England and Canada.\nMeetings were held on different sections of political science. Mr. Goddard was most concerned with the\nsession on Propaganda. While he was\nattending this particular part of the\nconvention, Miss Larsen was attending the American Library Association\nat the Drake Hotel. She sat in on\n(continued on page four, column four)\nNUMBER 7\nGamma Rho Party\nEnjoyed by Everyone\nOn Tuesday, December 17, of the\nold year\u2014second year Gamma Rho\nmembers sponsored the annual Christmas party for the new candidates to\nthe society. Shortly after everyone\nhad arrived, the initiates were given\nnews assignemnts to cover in as\nshort a time as possible. When they\nreturned they wrote a news story on\ntheir adventures. Everyone of these\nstories, read by the individuals who\nwrote them, was very humorous \u2014\nand very interestingly written.\nCandidates and their assignments\nwere:\nRay Thompson\u2014read 3 epitaphs on\ngravestones. He says he did it by\nthe braille system, since there was\nno moon.\nDon Sanders reported on the latest\nfire recorded by the Rochester Fire\nDepartment.\nDora Tenti found out who had\nbowled the highest score at Dunlap's\nthat even and what the score was.\nLa Veta Sargeant counted Christmas lights on Broadway\u2014we won't\ndispute her total of l036l/2 lights.\nGloria Hillmond interviewed a floor\nwalker in the Clinic.\nDoris Papendick found that the\nguests at the Kahler Hotel who were\nthe farthest from Rochester were\nSenor Calzada and Senor Quijana\nfrom Matehuala, Mexico.\nCharles Murrell \u2014 without much\ntrouble \u2014 obtained the names and\ntelephone numbers of all the waitresses at Thurbers\u2014see him if interested.\nJerry Farrington \u2014 after chopping\nthrough the ice under the Center\nStreet bridge found it to be eight\ninches thick.\nArt Swan\u2014'a cut-up correspondent'\u2014had a little talk with Mayor\nGrassle before getting his autograph.\nVirginia Schanke interviewed four\nalumni of R. J. C.\nDorothy Johnson found the usher\nat the Empress Theatre extremely\nUmmmm!!!\nRosella Henunm rode up 12 floors\non the Clinic elevator to interview\nthe Clinic librarian.\nEsther Saabye was informed that\nthe tower on the Franklin Heating\nPlant was 196 feet in height.\nRuth Puterbaugh counted 65 street\nlights on second street S.W. from 2nd\nAvenue to Nth Avenue S.W.\nMary Flachsenhar counted shoes\nin Baker's window to the astonishment of people on Broadway. She\nfound there were 177 shoes. Wonder\nwhat happened to the other one\u2014\nmust be for a one-legged man.\n(continued on page four, cohimn three)\n\nThe Jaysee Echo\nVOLUME IX\nROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941\nProp Wash\n. . by Don Franke\nA cheery note, during these days\nof the annual \"January slump\" that\nprecedes the annual \"January flunk,\"\ncomes from Bob Cronin, a last year's\nstudent. Bob is really enjoying himself out there on the sunny shores of\nthe Pacific. He is working at me\nDouglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica, California. At present, he is one\nof the crew working on the new A-\n20-A bombers for the U. S. Air\nCorps. Bob says, \"My job consists of\nworking on the wings. I work on a\nmachine that does work to one-thousandth of an inch. I put the trim\nline on the wings, and that in plain\nlanguage allows one-thirty-secondth\nof an inch between the sections of the\nwings. My work is very exciting and\ninteresting. \"Incidentally, Bob goes\nswimming one day, skiing the next,\nbelongs to a pistol club, and right\nnow is learning surf-boarding.\nThis past vacation your columnist\ntalked to twenty-five year old Dudley Hanford of Houston, Texas, who\nis an aeronautical engineer in the\narmy air corps af Hickman Field,\nHawaii. Hanford told me that the\nnew barracks at Hickman Field complete one of the world's largest military units. They have many new hangars, sleeping quarters for several\nthousand men, recreation rooms, and\nall that any good sized town might\nhave to add to the comforts and\nfine life of any man.\nWhile in Texas, we passed by the\nhigh board fences that surround the\nnearly completed Ellington Field, thirty miles north of the coast at Galveston. This is to be a plane base and\nincludes barracks, but, as tourists are\nnot permitted, we were unable to\nobtain additional information. We\nalso took a hurried squint at Love\nField in Dallas, Texas, where three\nof our advanced C.A.A. students,\nLinus Ney, Malcom Ernest and Orin\nHove recently went.\nMiss Flora McGhee\nPublishes Know\nRochester Better*\nSemester Exams\nBegin Next Week\nWith more than one audible groan\nof despair, and with fingers crossed,\nR. J. C. students are patiently awaiting semester exams. This rendezvous\nwith fate will take place during the\nweek of January 20. What is known\namong the faculty as the gentle art\nof cramming, but what we \"scholars\"\nmore conservatively label concentration, or just plain digging in and\ngetting busy, is going on in earnest.\n\"A city is not builded in a day.\nA little town cannot complete her\nsoul,\nTill many generations pass away.\"\n\u2014By Vachel Lindsay in \"The\nBuilding of Springfield.\"\nThis idea forms the central theme\nin \"Know Rochester Better,\" a book\nof human interest stories edited by\nMiss Flora McGhee, instructor in\nspeech and English in the Rochester\nJunior College.\nMiss McGhee's volume of local history traces the city's development\nfrom the days when Rochester was a\nmere half dozen log cabins on the\nbanks of the Zumbro to the present\ntime. The chapter \"The Lexington of\nthe North-west\" deals with the racing days of Rochester, when the town\nwas well known in Europe for its fine\nhorses exported to foreign buyers.\nOther chapters pay tribute to famous citizens, including Sir Henry Wellcome, Frank B. Kellogg, Hugh Cooper, the Mayo family, and Sister Mary\nJoseph. In addition to these short\nbiographies of numerous distinguished citizens, there are articles on\nthe history of schools, churches, and\nother institutions. The closing chapters deal with the high lights of\nentertainment, both by amateurs and\nprofessionals, during past decades,\nand also anecdotes of former days.\nThe cover design and etchings are\nthe work of two former Junior College students; the former is by Rosa-\nlee Goddard who is now a student\nat the Chicago Art Institute, and the\nlatter by Wilcke Lou Hicks, now\nmajoring in art and journalism at the\nUniversity of Minnesota. The eight\npages of illustrations include the photographs of many distinguished\nRochester people.\nMiss McGhee's work has gained\nmuch attention not only from students and residents of this city, but\nalso from many transients who find\nmuch of interest to carry home.\nOur Town\" Selected\nas Annual College Play\n\"Our Town\" by Thornton Wilder\nhas been chosen as the all-college\nplay to be presented on March 21,\nin the New Central School Auditorium.\nThe Wilder play won the Pulitzer\nprize in 1938 and the fourth place\namong 1940 screen productions according to the Film Reviewers' rating. It has enjoyed outstanding success both with professional and amateur players. Leading dramatic playbills show that it is produced by\nmany high schools as well as colleges.\nRecent Minnesota productions include\nthose of Worthington Junior College\nand Owatonna high school.\n\"Our Town\" is a nostalgic backward look into village life in the\ndecade immediately preceding the\nfirst World War. Scenes from family\nlife, school days, marriage, and death\nare annotated by the stage manager\nbefore they are enacted on the stage.\nAgainst the simplest of settings the\nelemental things of everyday living are portrayed in dignified\nyet often humorous tone. The\nresult is a drama whose appeal is as\nuniversal as that of Gray's \"Elegy\"\nor Lincoln's \"Gettysburg Address.\"\nA tentative cast has already begun the study of the play which requires seven leading players and\ntwenty others in shorter roles, as well\nas a sizable production crew.\nMiss McGhee, instructor in speech,\nis in charge of production.\nInstructors Spend\nMidwinter Vacations\nat Conventions\nDuring the Christmas holidays,\nsome of our teachers were spending\ntheir time attending conventions. A\nmidwinter convention of delegates\nfrom various colleges was held in\nChicago. Dean Goddard, Miss Larsen, and Mr. Shaw of our Junior\nCollege faculty attended.\nDean Goddard spent his time with\nthe American Association of Political\nScience at the Palmer House. He reported that there were delegates\nfrom all over the United States, and\na few from England and Canada.\nMeetings were held on different sections of political science. Mr. Goddard was most concerned with the\nsession on Propaganda. While he was\nattending this particular part of the\nconvention, Miss Larsen was attending the American Library Association\nat the Drake Hotel. She sat in on\n(continued on page four, column four)\nNUMBER 7\nGamma Rho Party\nEnjoyed by Everyone\nOn Tuesday, December 17, of the\nold year\u2014second year Gamma Rho\nmembers sponsored the annual Christmas party for the new candidates to\nthe society. Shortly after everyone\nhad arrived, the initiates were given\nnews assignemnts to cover in as\nshort a time as possible. When they\nreturned they wrote a news story on\ntheir adventures. Everyone of these\nstories, read by the individuals who\nwrote them, was very humorous \u2014\nand very interestingly written.\nCandidates and their assignments\nwere:\nRay Thompson\u2014read 3 epitaphs on\ngravestones. He says he did it by\nthe braille system, since there was\nno moon.\nDon Sanders reported on the latest\nfire recorded by the Rochester Fire\nDepartment.\nDora Tenti found out who had\nbowled the highest score at Dunlap's\nthat even and what the score was.\nLa Veta Sargeant counted Christmas lights on Broadway\u2014we won't\ndispute her total of l036l/2 lights.\nGloria Hillmond interviewed a floor\nwalker in the Clinic.\nDoris Papendick found that the\nguests at the Kahler Hotel who were\nthe farthest from Rochester were\nSenor Calzada and Senor Quijana\nfrom Matehuala, Mexico.\nCharles Murrell \u2014 without much\ntrouble \u2014 obtained the names and\ntelephone numbers of all the waitresses at Thurbers\u2014see him if interested.\nJerry Farrington \u2014 after chopping\nthrough the ice under the Center\nStreet bridge found it to be eight\ninches thick.\nArt Swan\u2014'a cut-up correspondent'\u2014had a little talk with Mayor\nGrassle before getting his autograph.\nVirginia Schanke interviewed four\nalumni of R. J. C.\nDorothy Johnson found the usher\nat the Empress Theatre extremely\nUmmmm!!!\nRosella Henunm rode up 12 floors\non the Clinic elevator to interview\nthe Clinic librarian.\nEsther Saabye was informed that\nthe tower on the Franklin Heating\nPlant was 196 feet in height.\nRuth Puterbaugh counted 65 street\nlights on second street S.W. from 2nd\nAvenue to Nth Avenue S.W.\nMary Flachsenhar counted shoes\nin Baker's window to the astonishment of people on Broadway. She\nfound there were 177 shoes. Wonder\nwhat happened to the other one\u2014\nmust be for a one-legged man.\n(continued on page four, cohimn three)"}
-{"text": "The Irondale Caf\u00e9 was the setting for the wonderful novel 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the WhistleStop Caf\u00e9' by author Fannie Flagg. The McMichael family bought the Caf\u00e9 in 1972 from Ms. Flagg's great Aunt Bess and owned it for 28 years taking the little cafe from a seating capacity of 32 seats to 260. We spent years serving good home cooking to friends and visitors from all over the world, and have worked on bringing these flavors to your kitchens with our delicious batters and seasonings."}
-{"text": "The best Instagram profiles have a few things in common, including easily identifiable usernames, a recognizable photo, an informative yet delightful bio, a link to a relevant landing page or campaign, some beautiful photos, and more.\n\nKeep on reading to learn how to customize your Instagram profile so it looks good, tells your potential followers who you are, and gives them a reason to follow and engage with you.\n\nThe Anatomy of a Perfect Instagram Profile\n\n1) Public (Not Private) Profile\n\nBy default, your Instagram profile will be public -- meaning anyone in the world can view your profile and posts on Instagram.\n\nIf you're creating an Instagram profile for business, then that's what you want: You want anyone to be able to view your posts and follow your brand if they want to. (Otherwise, if you keep your profile private, anyone who visits your profile won't be able to view your photos, which could deter them from following you.)\n\nTo ensure your profile is public: Open \"Options\" (the gear button on iOS, or three dots on Android) and make sure \"Private Account\" is turned off.\n\n2) Recognizable & Searchable @Username (i.e., Handle)\n\nStart by making sure your username is recognizable and easily searchable, like your business name. If your business name is already taken as a username, try keeping your business name as the first part of your username so that people searching for your business are more likely to come across your account. For example, the Australian activewear line Lorna Jane uses the username @lornajaneactive.\n\nTo edit your @username: Go to your profile page and click the \"Edit Profile\" button to the right of your profile photo.\n\nNext, click on the text or open space to the right of the person icon and enter your desired username.\n\n3) Easily Searchable Business Name\n\nNext, make sure to add your full business name to the \u201cname\u201d section of your profile. This will appear under your profile picture and under your username in search.\n\nTo edit your business name: Go to your profile page and click \"Edit Profile.\" Then, click on the text or open space beside the clipboard icon at the top and enter your desired business name.\n\n4) On-Brand Profile Photo\n\nYour profile photo is one of the first things people see when they visit your Instagram profile, as it's displayed prominently in the top right-hand corner. It should be something easily recognizable; something that's on-brand with your other social networks. For most companies, this will be your company logo.\n\nNow, notice that HubSpot's profile photo in the image above is a circle. That wasn't our choice; Instagram actually crops your profile photo into a circle (110 pixels in diameter) when you upload it to the app.\n\nYou don't have to create the circle image yourself. However, since you'll have to crop your photo into a circle in the app, then ideally you'll want to upload a square photo with your logo in the center, placed so that the corners of the photo can be cut off without a problem.\n\nIn the example below, you'll see the corners are shaded, meaning Instagram will cut them off in the actual profile photo:\n\nYou can move that circle around or pinch-to-zoom until it's cropped just the way you like it.\n\nTo add or change a profile photo: Go to your profile page and click \"Edit Profile.\" Then, tap \"Edit\" in the top right. (This will appear under your current profile photo if you have one.)\n\nFrom there, you can import a photo from Facebook or Twitter, or choose one from your library. (We don't recommend taking a new one on the spot.)\n\n5) Delightful, Actionable, Informative Bio\n\nLike your profile photo, your \"bio\" (i.e., the description at the top of your profile) is one of the first things visitors to your profile will see.\n\nYou have a max of 150 characters: Use them to let people know what you're about and give them a reason to follow you. Include who you are and what you do, and be sure to add a hint of personality.\n\n6) Trackable Link in Your Bio (That You Change Regularly)\n\nOne of the biggest frustrations people have with Instagram -- especially businesses -- is that it isn't exactly a great platform for driving traffic away from the app to a website, a Twitter page, or somewhere else. That's because clickable URLs aren't allowed anywhere except the single \"website\" box in your bio.\n\nThat's why you'll want to add a link to the \"website\" box in your business' Instagram bio. This makes it easy for people to go straight from Instagram to your website, blog, or a specific campaign.\n\nOne sneaky way to get people to click the link in your bio? By referring to that link in individual photo captions. Ever seen captions that say something like \"Link in bio\"? They're trying to direct you to their profile page so you click the link in their bio.\n\nEngage users by updating that URL frequently to point to your latest blog content, YouTube video, product, or offer. For example, are you running a contest, or want to increase subscribers to your blog? Just change the link, and then post a photo that mentions the new link in its caption.\n\nTo change the link in your bio: Go to your profile page and click \"Edit Profile.\" Then, simply insert the URL of your choosing into the URL box.\n\nYou can change the URL on your profile page as often as you'd like.\n\nNote: I've read before that shortened links often get blocked by Instagram, but we haven't had that problem at HubSpot. In fact, we recommend using shortened links that include UTM tracking codes so you can see how much of your traffic came from your Instagram page. (Learn how to create UTM codes to track your URLs here.)\n\nOnce you've changed the URL, simply publish a photo related to the URL with a caption that references the link in your bio. Here's an example below, where we wrote in the caption, \"FMI about Grow With HubSpot, visit the link in bio.\"\n\n7) Enabled Notifications.\n\nBefore you call it a day, check your \"Options\" settings to make sure notifications are enabled so you can see when people share or comment on your photos. This'll let you engage with them more quickly and easily, just like a lot of companies do on Twitter.\n\nTo enable notifications: Go to \"Options\" and then \"Push Notification Settings.\"\n\nSelect \"From Everyone\" for every category. (Except perhaps \"Friends on Instagram,\" which automatically sends a friend request to your Facebook friends who also have Instagram, and \"Instagram Direct Requests,\" which accepts photos sent from individual accounts. That could get a little spam.)\n\n8) High Quality Photos\n\nHigh quality photos are a huge part of an optimized Instagram profile. When people visit your profile, chances are, the first thing they'll do is scroll through the first ten or so photos in your feed. The quality of those photos will be a big factor in whether or not that person follows you or not. Your Twitter followers might forgive a few bad tweets, but you do not want bad photos on your Instagram account.\n\nSo, always be thinking of your Instagram photos this way: If you don't have anything beautiful to post, don't post anything at all.\n\nThe ingredients for a beautiful Instagram photo are threefold: an interesting and relevant subject, a well framed and well shot photo, and a solid editing job.\n\nIngredient #1: An Interesting & Relevant Subject\n\nWhen you're picking a subject, think about your buyer persona. What would they find interesting in a photo? Coca-Cola's target market includes young people who value fun, friendship, and sports, for example. That's why they post pictures of young people doing fun, adventurous things -- like DJing at a concert, or snowboarding on a beautiful day. (With bottles of Coke in hand, of course.)\n\nIngredient #2: A Well Framed, Well Shot Photo\n\nDon't worry ... you don't have to have a background in photography to take really awesome Instagram photos. All you really have to do is take some time to learn the best practices, like lining up your shots, finding interesting perspectives, and taking advantage of symmetry, patterns, \"leading lines,\" and more.\n\nIngredient #3: A Solid Editing Job\n\nInstagram has some basic editing capabilities, but oftentimes, they aren't adequate to make a picture really, really great. Most of your photos should go through at least one or two other photo editing apps on your mobile phone before you open them in Instagram for the first time.\n\nBut don't worry: Once you have the right apps downloaded, editing the photos isn't that complicated. It just takes a little bit of practice. (Trust me, it's well worth it.)\n\n9) Consistent, Regular Posts\n\nAn optimized Instagram profile is an active one. Because photo quality is so important, you don't need to worry about posting to your Instagram account multiple times a day like you do for most other social media networks. Instead, focus on creating high quality content -- and then posting them at the right times for your specific audience.\n\nSo, what time of day is the best time to post to Instagram? Because Instagram is primarily an app for use on mobile devices, users tend to use the network all the time, any time -- although research shows that many users engage with content more during off-work hours than during the workday.\n\nThe very best times to post on Instagram were Mondays and Thursdays at any time except between 3:00\u20134:00 p.m. for the time zone of your target persona. (For a United States audience, your best bet is to combine Eastern and Central time zones, as they represent almost 80% of the U.S. population. For audiences located outside the U.S., use whichever time zones your target audience uses.)\n\nHowever, you'll want to experiment with these to see if they work with your audience.\n\nWhat else do you think is important for a perfect Instagram profile? Share with us in the comments below."}
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-{"text": "Elvis Presley\u2019s Custom Plane Goes for 430K at Auction\n\nOne Elvis Presley megafan just scored big, placing the highest bid on the rock 'n' roll icon's custom plane. It sold for $430,000 at an auction on Saturday (May 27).\n\nThe plane, offered by a private seller in a GWS Auction Inc., looks straight out of the 1950s, complete with red velvet seats, a shag carpet and wood paneling interior. Presley owned the 1962, one-of-a-kind Lockhead Jetsar with his father Vernon, and it is just one of many items that was included in the massive celebrity memorabilia auction, which wrapped over the weekend.\n\n\"It is still in its original condition, and has been privately owned for over 35 years. The jet has been featured on TV with National Geographic, and has been a huge tourist attraction at the in (sic) Roswell, NM,\" the custom aircraft is described in an auction posting. GWS guesses that the luxury item is priced in the ballpark of $2-$3.5 million and is in need of restoring, as the plane has no engines and the cockpit is due for an update. The plane, which currently sits in an airfield in Roswell, N.M., opened at $10,000. It will need to be disassembled to ship to the buyer, Fortune reports.\n\nThe music legend will receive a posthumous honor in 2017 when one of his signature hits, \u201cJailhouse Rock,\u201d is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The song was a chart-topping hit for Presley and was featured in a movie of the same name. Merle Haggard is also set to earn this same honor for his hit, \u201cOkie From Muskogee.\"\n\nTwo other Elvis planes are on display at the Elvis Presley Museum in Memphis."}
-{"text": "SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol by N55 + Anne Romme\n\nBy Bustler Editors|\n\nFriday, May 25, 2012\n\nWe have received images of the fascinating project, SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol, a class room and growing space for the horticulture students and their teachers at the South Bristol Skills Academy in Bristol, UK. The project is a collaboration of Danish artists' group N55 with Copenhagen architect Anne Romme.\n\nProject Description from the Architects:\n\nTHE GREENHOUSE\n\nA greenhouse is a contained quantity of air and light which extends the growing season and enables the thriving of plants otherwise alien to local climate. It creates a bubble of super-nature, where things otherwise impossible become possible. The smell, temperature, humidity and taste of things are significantly different than just outside the thin membrane. It enables us to create different kinds (or quantities) of food, but also to experience different climates and atmospheres. A greenhouse is by definition alien to its site, but creates a significant place in everyday life.\n\nWedged in on a small piece of land between large parking lots, the SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol functions as a class room and growing space for the horticulture students and their teachers at the South Bristol Skills Academy. The greenhouse enables them to study and grow plants all year round, and will be used for seeding and growing plants for the outdoor gardens adjacent to the site.\n\nThe structure is made of 4 mm laser cut aluminum plates, bent at all edges and bolted together. The acrylic windows are mounted with EPDM rubber profiles similar to the profiles used for mounting windows in (mostly older) cars.\n\nThe project was completed in 2012 and is situated at the South Bristol Skills Academy, City of Bristol College, Bristol, UK.\n\nSide (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nTHE BUILDING SYSTEM\n\nThe late Danish Engineer Ture Wester identified an unexploited potential in using pure plate structures for constructing doubly curved surfaces of all sizes. This project takes up that challenge. By means of digital design and fabrication, and based on Wester's significant work on the dualistic geometric and structural relationship between lattice and plate structures, N55 in collaboration with Anne Romme have developed a rigid, light weight, self supporting, modular building system. Being a pure plate structure, there are no other structural members than thin plates. No underlying lattice structure and no complicated detailing. The plates have been bent at all edges to achieve a simple, mechanical assembly method. While the design and the production require digital technology, the structure itself can be assembled using only hand tools.\n\nPanorama (Photo: Till Wolfer)\n\nThe SPACEPLATES Building System has as its ambition to enable people to build structures for themselves. It is of concern that architecture as a discipline and the building process in particular is increasingly dependent on large-scale economic capacity and advanced technology. While much technology is becoming accessible to a large number of people and is put to use in their everyday life, the act of building a structure for living or working in is for a number of reasons becoming an increasingly inaccessible privilege for most. This project suggests a method for building which potentially could allow for statically well-defined user designed and assembled structures.\n\nInterior view (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nPure plate structure is an elegant way of creating doubly-curved forms. All structural members are thin plates and their geometric configuration allows for the transmission of both tension and compression forces. Thus, unlike in the lattice structures that are being used in much contemporary architecture, in pure plate structure the structural system and the cladding is one and the same thing. As a result, the climate barrier can be fully integrated into the structural system, and detailing kept at a minimum. Just as in the elegant shell of the sea urchin, pure plate structures are characterized by their relationship between great strength, an extremely thin shell and a large enclosed space.\n\nInterior view (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nUnlike Bucky Fuller\u2019s well-known and well-tested geodesic domes based on regular polyhedra or Platonic solids where the number of different parts is kept at a minimum, the SPACEPLATES Building System takes advantage of contemporary technology to mimic more complex naturally occurring geometries, such as the sea urchin shell. Because an innate organic growth principle, these often contain a gradient, and thus many geometrically similar but differently sized parts.\n\nThe SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol is based on the sea urchin geometry, where hexagons are arranged on a geodesic grid on a sphere. Five spheres intersect each other and form a sequence of spaces.\n\nDoor (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nSo far the system has been used in a plywood prototype (The Danish Art Workshops, 2010), a polycarbonate prototype (2011, presently at loan to Prags Have, an urban gardening project in Copenhagen) and then in the SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol. The system is currently being developed to include insulated structures (with support from the Danish Arts Foundation). In summer/fall 2012, another SPACEPLATES Greenhouse will be build at Prags Have, Copenhagen.\n\nShare\n\nRelated\n\nWe have received images of the fascinating project, SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol, a class room and growing space for the horticulture students and their teachers at the South Bristol Skills Academy in Bristol, UK. The project is a collaboration of Danish artists' group N55 with Copenhagen architect Anne Romme.\n\nProject Description from the Architects:\n\nTHE GREENHOUSE\n\nA greenhouse is a contained quantity of air and light which extends the growing season and enables the thriving of plants otherwise alien to local climate. It creates a bubble of super-nature, where things otherwise impossible become possible. The smell, temperature, humidity and taste of things are significantly different than just outside the thin membrane. It enables us to create different kinds (or quantities) of food, but also to experience different climates and atmospheres. A greenhouse is by definition alien to its site, but creates a significant place in everyday life.\n\nWedged in on a small piece of land between large parking lots, the SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol functions as a class room and growing space for the horticulture students and their teachers at the South Bristol Skills Academy. The greenhouse enables them to study and grow plants all year round, and will be used for seeding and growing plants for the outdoor gardens adjacent to the site.\n\nThe structure is made of 4 mm laser cut aluminum plates, bent at all edges and bolted together. The acrylic windows are mounted with EPDM rubber profiles similar to the profiles used for mounting windows in (mostly older) cars.\n\nThe project was completed in 2012 and is situated at the South Bristol Skills Academy, City of Bristol College, Bristol, UK.\n\nSide (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nTHE BUILDING SYSTEM\n\nThe late Danish Engineer Ture Wester identified an unexploited potential in using pure plate structures for constructing doubly curved surfaces of all sizes. This project takes up that challenge. By means of digital design and fabrication, and based on Wester's significant work on the dualistic geometric and structural relationship between lattice and plate structures, N55 in collaboration with Anne Romme have developed a rigid, light weight, self supporting, modular building system. Being a pure plate structure, there are no other structural members than thin plates. No underlying lattice structure and no complicated detailing. The plates have been bent at all edges to achieve a simple, mechanical assembly method. While the design and the production require digital technology, the structure itself can be assembled using only hand tools.\n\nPanorama (Photo: Till Wolfer)\n\nThe SPACEPLATES Building System has as its ambition to enable people to build structures for themselves. It is of concern that architecture as a discipline and the building process in particular is increasingly dependent on large-scale economic capacity and advanced technology. While much technology is becoming accessible to a large number of people and is put to use in their everyday life, the act of building a structure for living or working in is for a number of reasons becoming an increasingly inaccessible privilege for most. This project suggests a method for building which potentially could allow for statically well-defined user designed and assembled structures.\n\nInterior view (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nPure plate structure is an elegant way of creating doubly-curved forms. All structural members are thin plates and their geometric configuration allows for the transmission of both tension and compression forces. Thus, unlike in the lattice structures that are being used in much contemporary architecture, in pure plate structure the structural system and the cladding is one and the same thing. As a result, the climate barrier can be fully integrated into the structural system, and detailing kept at a minimum. Just as in the elegant shell of the sea urchin, pure plate structures are characterized by their relationship between great strength, an extremely thin shell and a large enclosed space.\n\nInterior view (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nUnlike Bucky Fuller\u2019s well-known and well-tested geodesic domes based on regular polyhedra or Platonic solids where the number of different parts is kept at a minimum, the SPACEPLATES Building System takes advantage of contemporary technology to mimic more complex naturally occurring geometries, such as the sea urchin shell. Because an innate organic growth principle, these often contain a gradient, and thus many geometrically similar but differently sized parts.\n\nThe SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol is based on the sea urchin geometry, where hexagons are arranged on a geodesic grid on a sphere. Five spheres intersect each other and form a sequence of spaces.\n\nDoor (Photo: Anne Romme and N55)\n\nSo far the system has been used in a plywood prototype (The Danish Art Workshops, 2010), a polycarbonate prototype (2011, presently at loan to Prags Have, an urban gardening project in Copenhagen) and then in the SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol. The system is currently being developed to include insulated structures (with support from the Danish Arts Foundation). In summer/fall 2012, another SPACEPLATES Greenhouse will be build at Prags Have, Copenhagen."}
-{"text": "Ekiti guber: PDP protests at INEC, demands credible elections\n\nThe People Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday held a peaceful protest at the Headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, demanding credible elections in Ekiti and future elections.\n\nNational Chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, who led the protest, said that Nigerians and the international community were watching to see if there would be elections in 2019.\n\nHe said that the assurance for 2019 would be from Ekiti governorship election, scheduled for Saturday.\n\nSecondus said that the protest became necessary following the Wednesday\u2019s incident in Ado-Ekiti, where PDP leaders, including Gov. Ayodele Fayose and members, were harassed and manhandled during a rally.\n\nHe said that intelligence information showed that some INEC officials and some security agents were already in collusion to rig the Ekiti election.\n\nSecondus said that if the election was right, it would have consequences on 2019 general elections.\n\nSpeaking to INEC officials who came out to meet the protesting PDP leaders and members, he said, \u201cWe want a free and fair election in Ekiti.\n\n\u201cAnything short of that will be a recipe for problems and crisis and in our own judgment, there may not be elections because that will be the beginning of crisis in our nation.\n\n\u201cWe believe that the best INEC can give to this nation is to allow free and fair election.\n\n\u201cIf they use all the forces that are available to the government to frighten the people and also use federal might to frighten the people, that will be one sure road to crisis.\n\n\u201cWe want to warn that our party will not condone and will resist every attempt to rig the election in Ekiti and coming general elections.\n\nRight now in Ekiti, some of our leaders are being arrested, witch-hunted and the whole of Ekiti is traumatized; they are worried, wondering if they will be allowed to come out on Saturday to vote.\u201d\n\nResponding to questions from journalists, Secondus said the nationwide protest was successful.\n\nReceiving a petition from the party, INEC National Commissioner, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, re-assured the leaders of the commission\u2019s commitment to credible election in Ekiti and in 2019.\n\n\u201cThe mandate of INEC is to conduct free, fair and credible elections, and that is what we are committed to. I assure you that we are not going to do anything short of that,\u2019\u2019 Ogunmola said.\n\nThe protesting PDP leaders and members had earlier been to the National Assembly with the petition.\n\nThe protest recorded a large turnout of party faithful and supporters.\n\nExplaining why the protest was not taken to Police authorities and other security agencies, PDP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, told NAN that INEC and National Assembly were critical to the nation\u2019s democracy.\n\n\u201cThe National Assembly enacts laws for the different arms of government in the country and the citizens. We believe it is the backbone of our democracy.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, in Benin City, Edo, PDP members took the protest to the Police headquarters where they condemned the attack on the party members during a rally in Ado-Ekiti.\n\nThe protesters particularly deplored the assault on Gov. Ayodele Fayose and the Deputy Governor, Prof. Olusola Aleke, by policemen led by very senior officers.\n\nSecretary of the party in Edo, Mr Felix Imoisili, who led the protest, described Wednesday\u2019s incident in Ekiti as \u201canother sad development for Nigeria\u2019s democracy.\u2019\u2019\n\nPresenting a petition from the party to DCP (Operations), Mr Olatunji Ayodele, who received it for the command, he called on all concerned to ensure that the election in Ekiti was free and fair.\n\n\u201cOne-man, one-vote and one-youth, one-vote is what we stand for.\n\n\u201cWe are tired of bloodletting which has turned the country into a theatre of war,\u201d Imoisili said.\n\nHe also questioned the rationale behind the deployment of 30,000 policemen and 20,000 NSCDC officers, making a total of 50,000 officers, to a civil election when people were being killed daily without security intervention.\n\nHe cited the killing of no fewer than 20 persons in Adamawa on Wednesday \u201cwithout any tangible security presence\u2019\u2019.\n\nTwitter\n\nMost Popular\n\nFormer British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he had no regrets about launching the Brexit referendum but accused current PM Boris Johnson of behaving \u201cappallingly\u201d during the pre-vote campaigning."}
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-{"text": "Former American Samoan Department of Education Employee Sentenced to 25 Months in Prison\n\nU.S. Department of Justice\nJune 04, 2012\n\nOffice of Public Affairs(202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888\n\nWASHINGTON\u2014A former official with the American Samoan Department of Education was sentenced to 25 months in prison today for his role in a bribery scheme, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division announced.\n\nGustav Nauer, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra in the District of Hawaii. Nauer was also ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) and to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.\n\nAccording to court documents, Nauer worked as the head of the School Bus Division for the ASDOE until December 2010. In that position, Nauer was responsible for identifying repairs and parts required by school buses operated by ASDOE.\n\nNauer admitted that he conspired with another ASDOE official, Paul Solofa, to purchase \u201cphantom\u201d school bus parts that would never be delivered and actual school bus parts at inflated prices, all from a specific company. In exchange for this lucrative business, the bus parts company agreed to pay back most or all of the fraudulently obtained money to Nauer and Solofa in cash bribes to influence and reward Nauer and Solofa. Specifically, Nauer admitted that, from January 2003 until October 2006, he and Solofa received envelopes of cash totaling approximately $300,000.\n\nIn January 2012, Solofa was convicted by a jury in Washington, D.C. of witness tampering and obstruction of justice. Solofa is scheduled to be sentenced on June 8, 2012.\n\nThis case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Timothy J. Kelly of the Public Integrity Section in the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division. The investigation is being conducted by the FBI, the Department of Interior Inspector General, and the Department of Education Inspector General."}
-{"text": "Internships and the American Dream\n\nJessica Padron is an American success story: The first in her family to attend college, this 20-year-old University of Nevada student was offered a coveted spot as an intern in the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.\n\nThe only problem is, she can\u2019t afford it. The internship is unpaid. So Padron has posted a fundraising plea on the website Indiegogo.com, where she is soliciting $6,500 to pay for four months\u2019 living expenses in Washington. If she doesn\u2019t raise the money through crowdsourcing, she can\u2019t accept the job, where she hopes to learn to influence foreign policy.\n\nGo, Jessica! This young woman is aggressive and creative in pursuit of her dreams \u2014 perhaps exactly the kind of person the United States needs shaping international relations. Too bad she doesn\u2019t come from a well-off family that can pay her way. The promise of our country\u2019s meritocracy is that hard work, ingenuity and family wealth will achieve the American dream, right?\n\nNo, scratch that part about family wealth. Opportunities like these should be open to people up and down the socioeconomic ladder, achieved mainly by smarts and diligence. And that\u2019s the problem with unpaid internships. They reinforce the declining social mobility in America.\n\nAccording to the Pew Charitable Trusts\u2019 Economic Mobility Project, a research organization, more than 40 percent of Americans born into the bottom fifth in family income remain stuck there as adults. Economic opportunity and upward mobility are the foundation of the American dream and remain at the core of our nation\u2019s identity. Without that, who are we? It\u2019s now easier to rise from humble origins to economic heights in Canada and much of Western Europe, Pew says, than it is in America.\n\nSurely, internships offer wonderful benefits apart from money. Assuming they\u2019re well-structured to include more than filing and fetching, they offer resume-building work experience and insight about careers. But those that are unpaid \u2014 especially for college graduates \u2014 can be exploitative.\n\nIn June, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage laws by not paying production interns working on \u201cBlack Swan.\u201d District Court Judge William H. Pauley III said the internship wasn\u2019t structured to educate; the interns were essentially regular employees.\n\nAlso, some legal protections against discrimination and sexual harassment don\u2019t apply to unpaid interns. Because they [are unpaid employees.] Some interns have begun to challenge their deals. A group of 12 interns published a letter to the editor in The Nation magazine this summer, making their case for higher pay. The magazine had offered a $150 weekly stipend, along with travel and housing grants. Beginning this fall, The Nation will, instead, pay minimum wage.\n\nOf course, interns aren\u2019t the only ones frustrated by low pay. Thousands of workers at major fast-food chains \u2014 including McDonald\u2019s, Wendy\u2019s, Burger King and Taco Bell \u2014 have been staging one-day strikes to demand increases to their average $7.40 an hour. At about the same time, McDonald\u2019s foolishly published a suggested monthly budget for its employees that omitted any spending for child care, clothing, gas or food \u2014 and assumed income from a second job.\n\nWhen people work and don\u2019t make enough to budget for food, something is dramatically wrong. Will this frustration bubble over to swell union membership? That seems like a natural reaction, but union ranks have been declining for so long, it\u2019s hard to imagine them reviving.\n\nInterns, by definition, are in a fragile position \u2014 trying to get a foothold in an occupation, aiming to please. It\u2019s a shame to exploit that eagerness by paying them nothing."}
-{"text": "Partners in Progress\n\nHelp for the care givers of Parkinson\u2019s disease patients\n\nIf you become a caregiver for someone with this illness it\u2019s important to understand that it may also come with big changes in lifestyle, and being prepared for the challenge will no doubt help. As a care giver you are not only there to help with the practical tasks which the individual may struggle with, but you are also there to help maintain a good quality of life.\n\nThe first steps to becoming a good care giver is of course to educate yourself. To ensure that knowledge is held on symptoms, treatments and the progressive nature of the disease is vital. Making sure that doctor appointments are kept and that medication schedules are maintained is of course obvious tasks, and ensure that support and love is always there for the one suffering.\n\nThere are also some important points to ensure that you as a care giver also retain your own quality of life. Meaning it\u2019s important that you find time for yourself, to rest and recharge, without this a negative cycle can be entered. Another point is to let your loved one help, you don\u2019t need to do everything, and for the afflicted person it\u2019s often also good to feel strength, even though daily tasks like getting dressed etc.\n\nJust as it\u2019s important to rest, it\u2019s also important to not put your life on hold due to this major change. It\u2019s sure to be challenging, however continue to meet with friends, retain enjoyable hobbies and so on.\nLastly, it\u2019s of course important that you speak with your loved one, and that support, physical and emotional is there when it\u2019s needed, however, for you as a care giver it\u2019s equally important that you have someone to speak to. As mentioned, this is a great challenge, and you will also need support to manage things in the best way possible."}
-{"text": "Growth of Gulf Countries to slow down in 2012\n\nThe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economic growth is expected to slow down to 4 pc in 2012 from 7.4 pc of last year, says the National Bank of Abu Dhabi in its latest outlook report.\nThis deceleration is due mainly to the anticipated cut in GCC oil output as Libyan supply comes back on stream and Iraq is planning to boost production, putting oil price under pressure in a global economic slowdown, stresses the report.\nNBAD forecasts Qatar GDP growth at 5.6 pc for 2012, down from 21 pc last year, while Bahrain\u2019s economy, which was hit by last year political and social unrests, is set to post 3.79 pc growth this year, up from just over two pc in 2011.\nThe UAE economy is also expected to grow in 2012 by 3 pc, Saudi Arabia (4.1 pc), Kuwait (4.57 pc) and Oman (4.93 pc).\nAccording to the report, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE were the main driving forces of GCC growth in 2011."}
-{"text": "Modular Fish Hotel is for Hipster Fish Only\n\nFishbowls are for squares. Instead, house your fish in a high-class, cube-shaped fish hotel. I know, pretty ironic, isn\u2019t it?\n\nThis modern fish tank is called the Modular Fish Hotel, and is admittedly as practical as it is stylish. Thanks to a flat top, you can stack stuff on top of it \u2013 including other Modular Fish Hotels, to create a Modular Fish High-Rise. Just keep in mind that if you try to fill the tank with Pabst Blue Ribbon, your fish will still die. They aren\u2019t that hip.\n\nThe Modular Fish Hotel comes in either black or white, and is available only online, from Urban Outfitters. Regularly, it sells for $45, but it is currently on sale for $40."}
-{"text": "FAA restricts drone operations over some military bases\n\nAgency officials say they are using the FAA\u2019s existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) \u00a799.7 \u2013 \u201cSpecial Security Instructions\u201d \u2013 to address national security concerns about unauthorized drone operations over those military facilities.\n\nThis is the first time the agency has instituted airspace restrictions that specifically apply only to unmanned aircraft, also known as drones, agency officials noted.\n\nThe authority under \u00a799.7 is limited to requests based on national security interests from the Department of Defense and U.S. federal security and intelligence agencies.\n\nThe FAA and the Department of Defense have agreed to restrict drone flights up to 400 feet within the lateral boundaries of these 133 facilities. The restrictions became effective April 14, 2017.\n\nThere are only a few exceptions that permit drone flights within these restrictions, and they must be coordinated with the individual facility and/or the FAA.\n\nOperators who violate the airspace restrictions may be subject to enforcement action, including potential civil penalties and criminal charges.\n\nTo ensure the public is aware of these restricted locations, the FAA has created an interactive map online.\n\nThe link to these restrictions is also included in the FAA\u2019s B4UFLY mobile app. The app will be updated within 60 days to reflect these airspace restrictions. Additional information, including frequently asked questions, is available on the FAA\u2019s UAS website.\n\nSection 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 also directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a process to accept petitions to prohibit or restrict UAS operations over critical infrastructure and other facilities. The Department of Transportation and the FAA are currently evaluating options to implement such a process.\n\nThe FAA is considering additional requests from federal security and intelligence agencies for restrictions using the FAA\u2019s \u00a799.7 authority as they are received.\n\nBe a better informed pilot.\n\nJoin over 110,000 readers each month and get real-world news and information direct to your inbox, each day."}
-{"text": "Wicked Games is an amateur production in every sense of the word. At that, however, it is far from the worst film I've seen. Yes, the performances are terrible, the editing frequently nonexistent, the sound often difficult to hear, the poorly written score is performed on cheap keyboards, it's shot on video tape (which makes it look like a home movie), the lighting is bad, etc., but there are a few worthwhile elements here.\n\nDirector and writer Tim Ritter (who is persistent enough to have seven films behind him to date) has created a decent story that holds your interest and keeps you guessing until the end -- as long as you can stick it out for about the first 15 - 20 minutes. The beginning of the film looks more like a really bad, amateur porno with no pay-offs.\n\nOnce the deaths start, things become more interesting. Yes, on one level, this is yet another film featuring a guy in a wacky mask on a serial murder spree during which he tries to creatively outdo himself. On another level, Wicked Games is a decent, almost suspenseful flick with twists that create a vacillating sureness in the viewer that \"He's the killer . . . no -- that guy is the killer . . . wait a minute, he's got to be the killer,\" etc.\n\nOn yet another level, this appears to be a film about mental illness, but unfortunately that never comes across very clearly here. Wicked Games is a follow-up to Ritter's 1986 film, Truth or Dare, which presumably sheds more light on the mental illness angle. Watching Wicked Games in isolation, however, just gives you the impression that there's more to this story that you'll never get unless you see the other film -- especially once the very last scene arrives. While that may be a clever way for an indie-indie filmmaker (like \"off-off Broadway\") to get you to check out their other work, it doesn't exactly create satisfaction with the film at hand.\n\nBesides the whodunit factor, the other thing that works in Wicked Games are the deaths. Sure, the special effects are kinda cheesy, and most horror fans will know how they're done, but the deaths are pretty gruesome and creative. My favorite was the sprinkler impalement, which allows a nice blood spray effect. A close runner-up is a death by shredded beer can.\n\nRitter has some good ideas, and given a proper budget, he could possibly turn out a classic or two. He seems aware of the low budget nature of Wicked Games and thankfully embraces it rather than adding an air of pretentiousness. I certainly can't recommend this film, but it's not without merit if you're trying to see every horror film you can get your hands on."}
-{"text": "CONSHOHOCKEN \u00ad\u00ad\u2014 A revised Conshohocken Residential Rental License Permit ordinance was unanimously adopted by Borough Council Wednesday night despite the objections from a Realtor association representative, a Conshohocken landlord and a Realtor.\n\nThe ordinance established permit fees and inspection fees for each apartment, required landlords to have a resident agent within 12 miles of the leased building and provided penalties for landlords if tenants violate a detailed list of conduct.\n\n\u201cCouncil has been considering the revised rental ordinance for more than a year. It creates different classes of licenses and provides for a biannual inspection,\u201d said Solicitor Michael Savona. \u201cWe have a requirement that landlords have a designated rental agent. Conshohocken will have a very comprehensive and cutting-edge rental license ordinance.\u201d\n\nBorough Manager Fran Marabella said there were more than 2,000 rental apartments in the borough.\n\nLandlords will pay a $100 permit fee for each apartment unit and a $75 inspection fee for each apartment unit when the code department conducts a biannual inspection, Marabella said. He estimated the two fees would generate $200,000 in permit fee revenues and $75,000 in inspection fees since each apartment would be inspected every two years. The ordinance will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014.\n\n\u201cIn the past a change in tenant or the sale of a building triggered an inspection of apartment units,\u201d Marabella said.\n\nLandlords will be required to apply for a residential rental license \u201con or before April 15\u201d each year. The application will include a tenant list, emergency contact information for each tenant and \u201ca completed borough earned income tax form or an affidavit that the tenant is not employed.\u201d\n\nThe code enforcement department will stagger the term of the permits to allow inspections to be spread throughout the calendar year. A re-inspection fee will be charged if a dwelling does not pass the initial inspection.\n\nThe borough manager can revoke a rental license if the property violates the borough property maintenance requirements by being in \u201ca substantial state of uncleanliness, disorder or disrepair; any property substantially damaged by fire, flood or other natural disaster; any property determined to be uninhabitable by the code enforcement officer or any property which is occupied by a tenant who has engaged in any or all of the following conduct \u2014 drug possession, sale or use; underage consumption and/or possession of alcohol; illegal possession or discharge of firearms; possession or use of fireworks or other incendiary or noisemaking devices; possession of noxious chemicals or materials; untimely or excessive noise or disturbance caused by voices, radios, stereos, televisions, tools, machinery, equipment, motorized vehicles or animals.\u201d\n\nA landlord\u2019s rental license can be revoked for three years but an appeal of the revocation can be made to a hearing officer. A landlord with a revoked license cannot hold a license for \u201cany new or additional rental property for a period not less than three years.\u201d\n\nKendra Feeney, a Conshohocken landlord, objected to the provisions of the new rental license that require landlords to police the behavior of tenants.\n\n\u201cWe already have a provision that allows us to revoke a rental license for three years,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can include language in your rental lease to allow you to evict a tenant.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe definition of \u2018nuisance\u2019 is very vague,\u201d Feeney replied \u201cThe issue is that as landlords we buy these properties as investments. There is no protection for the landlords.\u201d\n\nSavona advised Feeney to screen her tenants before she signed a rental lease.\n\nJamie Ridge, the president of the Suburban Realtors Alliance in Malvern, criticized the provision that requires landlords to evict tenants that violate police regulations.\n\n\u201cIt seems to our members that stripping away a rental license for three years seems difficult,\u201d Ridge said. \u201cNo landlord can foresee a tenant acting in these ways.\u201d\n\nRidge said that Conshohocken officials \u201cshould have a strong ordinance in place.\u201d\n\n\u201cI think it will keep some good investors out of the borough,\u201d Ridge said. \u201cThe bad ones are not even going to register.\u201d\n\nCouncil President Paul McConnell said that the new ordinance \u201cadds a lot of balance considering how the rental market has expanded and changed in Conshohocken.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are going to a biannual inspection once every two years as opposed to every time tenants turn over,\u201d he said. \u201cThe turnover is relatively frequent so that change gives some balance to when it is done.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy changing the rental license so it is based on the number of bedrooms and the number of square footage makes a lot more sense,\u201d McConell said, \u201cbecause those larger rooms could accommodate more people.\u201d"}
-{"text": "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... deliver a speech to around 20,000 Indians at the Indian Social Club in Muscat and meet with Omani officials and businessmen. Before touching down in the Gulf, the prime minister ...\n\nDUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 An international media watchdog group says the Arab Gulf state of Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of seven journalists and social media activists since a wave of anti-government protests broke out seven years ago.\n\nNews United Arab Emirates \u00bb Social: The secret to happiness ... is not really a secret\n\nNews channel or source: https://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=46263297\n\nPublication date: hursday 15 February 2018\n\nThat\u2019s why he\u2019s got a seat on the United Arab Emirates\u2019 World Happiness Council ... Diener said most happy people also have one thing in common \u2013 good, supportive social relationships. \u201cAmong the happiest people, the top 5 or 10 percent of ...\n\nNews United Arab Emirates \u00bb Social: Is Israel a full member of the United Nations?\n\nIs the United Nations as it claims to be a \u201cforum for its members to express their views in the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council ... Urban Forum will be in the United Arab Emirates in 2020. Once again as now ...\n\nNews United Arab Emirates \u00bb Social: Fire breaks out at skyscraper in United Arab Emirates\n\n... raced up a high-rise tower in the United Arab Emirates city of Ajman late Monday, the latest in a series of skyscraper blazes in the Gulf nation that is home to the world's tallest building. Images shared on social media showed bright yellow flames ...\n\nGuests are immediately notified of newly-tapped kegs through a variety of social media platforms ... the District of Columbia, the United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. UNO's is all about the joy of sharing a handcrafted pizza - from ..."}
-{"text": "Motorist is beaten, robbed of car and contents of wallet\n\nThe 29-year-old victim told police he was westbound on 300 North about 6 a.m. when he reached a stop sign at 500 West, said Salt Lake Police Lt. Phil Kirk.Several men approached him, pulled him out of his car, beat him, took his money and fled in his car, Kirk said. The victim sustained minor injuries and was not taken to a hospital."}
-{"text": "On playday No. 1, Volleyball Mestaruusliiga, Women, Polkky Kuusamo vs. Salon Viesti. Polkky Kuusamo results of last 2 games: once wins, once lost and never even. Salon Viesti tournament record: four times wins, once lost and never even."}
-{"text": "About ouno\n\nOuno Design, the textile-based design company which I now solely own and run, was co-founded in 2004 with the ingenious Sarah Gee Miller who now works full time as an artist.\n\nThe word \u201couno\u201d is a name in both Finnish and Japanese, two favourite nations for design. Apropos of nothing, the word also contains the symbols for both zero and one, and it\u2019s the same right side up as upside down. My father was a mathematician in love with puzzles, and maybe that is why I like these things.\n\nMy current book project, on the massive UN gathering in Vancouver in 1976 that spawned UN Habitat, is described at bottom.\n\nI am also involved, from time to time, in civic troublemaking regarding development, demolition and property speculation. In 2010 I co-founded a coalition that defeated a supposedly done deal for a megacasino in downtown Vancouver. This began as an arts-led initiative to protest unique-in-Canada cuts to arts investment (how the one led to the other is a long story), and continues as a fight against non-transparent government and backroom deals.\n\nCurrently I\u2019m actively annoyed by Vancouver\u2019s other mega-affliction: mega-developers and the way in which they participate in the condo speculation that drives Vancouver\u2019s rampant unaffordability and subsequent brain drain, not to mention bad architecture.\n\nNo one wants to live in an executive resort city. Decor begins to seem trivial when all your art and design colleagues are forced to leave town.\n\nI wish more designers involved themselves in fighting for better cities, towns and buildings. Good cities are created as much by citizens who block politicians and developers than they are built by city halls, developers and big money. When Big Money is left to its own devices, bad cities happen.\n\n____________________________________\n\nThis blog is a long, somewhat messy photo essay on the history and politics of design. Design\u2019s socio-historical context\u2014that is, the constraints and influences on the way we make objects, dwellings and cities\u2014seems too often ignored. We no longer know where our styles, tastes or objects really come from, and this damages our creativity and sense of meaning. Historical knowledge is so fugitive in the New World, with everything so decontextualized in the rapid flow of commodities and images. Don\u2019t even get me started on tumblr and pinterest.\n\nAs Fran Lebowitz said, \u201cDesigners now, they all have these things called mood boards. I suppose they think a sense of discovery equals invention. It would be as if every writer had a board with paragraphs of other writers\u2014\u2019Oh, I\u2019ll take a little bit of this, and that, he was really good.\u2019 Yes, he was really good! And that is not a mood board, it is a stealing board.\u201d\n\nAs for the sort of design I\u2019m personally interested in, full disclaimer: I am more interested in the modern & contemporary on the one hand, and the ancient on the other, than in what lies in between. I don\u2019t understand the appeal of cathedrals, which I find garish and oppressive, or the love of the baroque. I like the space-age, the futuristic as well as the Aegean village, the utopian and the anti-utopian, the unstuffy and the unstaid, the frugal but also sensual, the possibly-not-entirely-lost promise of the 1960s and 70s, the creative, the practical, the ingenious, the mixed, the unorthodox, and the way people actually live in real spaces. I am interested in bricolage, making do, and the way necessity mothers invention. And I find most interiors uncomfortable and not conducive to pleasure or lounging or informal social engagement.\n\nI like the sheer level of cultural borrowing that is evident in design but somehow goes unremarked and ignored. I find the history of design history interesting precisely because it reveals the actual impurity and hybridity of design traditions long considered \u201cpure\u201d\u2014the fact that the \u201cDutch\u201d tulip came from Turkey or that the Mexican taco originated with immigrants from the Middle East. I like the general miscegenation of everything as a hedge against a purist nationalism of objects. Design tradition is one thing, tribalism another.\n\nHaving said that, can we stop calling those hideous synthetic crocheted blankets \u201cafghans\u201d? Or if we\u2019re going to keep insulting Afghanistan\u2019s justly famous textile tradition with our lazy, atrocious imitations, the very least we could do would be to get the CIA out of there.\n\nBecause design is never divorced from anything else, this long essay is also about urban planning, philosophy, art, political economy, architecture, sociology, geography, neurology, pyschology and anything else that pertains to design\u2014which is everything.\n\nThis blog makes no attempt to avoid being nerdy or critical. There are plenty of nicey-nice design blogs out there (many with some pretty innocuous comment streams) and if that\u2019s what you\u2019re looking for, I wouldn\u2019t blame you for going there instead. But calling me negative is a bit like those guys who come up to women in the street and bark \u201csmile.\u201d I just think that without critique and complaint, the design of cities and dwellings in North America isn\u2019t going to get any better. And it needs to get a lot better than it is\u2014less creatively impoverished, more democratic, and a lot more pleasurable. We do after all spend almost all of our lives in buildings and towns and cities and human-altered landscapes, and these have a overwhelming impact on our conscious lives, our unconscious lives, our health, intelligence, creativity and our social interactions. Whether we\u2019re aware of them or not (and studies suggest that most of us are not aware), these things affect us every moment of our lives.\n\nMore importantly, not only do we need more humane spaces in which to live, we need\u2014above all\u2014to ensure affordable housing for all. Without this, all our interest in decor is just privileged fiddling while Rome (or insert your city here______) burns. Housing is a human right. Public policy and regulation are the only ways to insure people are housed and can afford to live in the cities where they work. The market, more \u201csupply,\u201d or private industry are not going to fix this.\n\nWe all need to fight the worsening property speculation! Dear Canada and the USA and beyond, quit letting developers run\u2014and ruin\u2014this show.\n\n____________________________________\n\nAbout the book:\n\nTo read about my book project on Vancouver\u2019s UN-Habitat Forum event of 1976, concerning sustainable urban settlements, click here. Few seem to know that Buckminster Fuller, Margaret Mead, Mother Teresa, Paolo Soleri and Maggie & Pierre Trudeau, along with many thousands of others, came to Vancouver then to talk about better, safer, more sustainable, fairer, cities and clean water worldwide. This book is about what happened that year. It\u2019s a snapshot not just of Vancouver, but also of how we began to view cities in the wake of the first Oil Crisis.\n\nSearch Blog\n\nThat essay on colonial heritage hipsters\n\nRead this on cities\n\nNo ads or sponsored content\n\nThis blog is, and always has been, ad-free. No sponsored/external content, and no, I don't want you to help me \"monetize\" it or improve my SEO. No solicitation emails please. Thanks for your attention to this matter.\n\nThis Blog\n\nThis blog is a long, somewhat messy photo essay on the history and politics of design. Design's socio-historical context\u2014that is, the constraints and influences on the way we make objects, dwellings and cities\u2014seems too often ignored. We no longer know where our styles, tastes or objects really come from, and this damages our creativity and sense of meaning. Historical knowledge is so fugitive in the New World, with everything so decontextualized in the rapid flow of commodities and images. Don't even get me started on tumblr and pinterest.\n\nAs Fran Lebowitz said, \"Designers now, they all have these things called mood boards. I suppose they think a sense of discovery equals invention. It would be as if every writer had a board with paragraphs of other writers\u2014'Oh, I'll take a little bit of this, and that, he was really good.' Yes, he was really good! And that is not a mood board, it is a stealing board.\"\n\nAs for the sort of design I'm personally interested in, full disclaimer.....read more\n\n____________________________________\n\nBook in progress: Habitat\n\nTo read about my book project on Vancouver's UN-Habitat Forum event of 1976 concerning just and sustainable urban settlements, click here. Few know that Buckminster Fuller, Margaret Mead, Mother Teresa, Paolo Soleri and Maggie & Pierre Trudeau, along with many thousands of others, came to Vancouver in 1976 to talk about better, safer, fairer and greener cities worldwide. In fact it was the founding conference of UN Habitat, an agency built around a foundational document called The Vancouver Declaration. My book is about what happened that year and is a snapshot not just of Vancouver but of how people around the world began to view cities and themselves differently in the wake of, among other things, the first oil crisis.\n____________________________________"}
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-{"text": "Report: Teddy Bridgewater will have \u2018no physical limitations\u2019 in practice\n\nTeddy Bridgewater is returning to practice this week with the Minnesota Vikings for the first time since he suffered a devastating knee injury well over a year ago, and it sounds like he has been given the full green light from doctors and trainers.\n\nTom Pelissero of NFL Network reports that the Vikings will limit Bridgewater\u2019s reps to start, but the quarterback has \u201cno physical limitations.\u201d\n\nTeddy Bridgewater will be on pitch count in practice, but my understanding is no physical limitations. Just need to see how real reps go.\n\nBridgewater has been participating in individual drills for several months now, so returning to practice is a huge step for the 24-year-old. While he will likely need several weeks of practice to get back to game speed, there\u2019s a decent chance he could start again this season.\n\nCase Keenum is set to start again for the Vikings this weekend, and the latest reports we have heard about Sam Bradford\u2019s knee do not sound encouraging. If all goes well for Bridgewater in practice over the next two or three weeks, he could have his starting job back for the stretch run."}
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-{"text": "Access to Graph Metrics\n\nI'm having trouble finding how to access the graph metrics like in-degree, out-degree, betweenness, clustering coefficient. I've got the sample c# code given in the help file and have filled in the vertices and edges with my own data. How can I get these\ncalculated metrics?\n\nThe graph metrics are currently implemented at the Excel Template level. Shortly after writing them I realized I had put them in the wrong place -- they belong at a lower level where they can be accessed by custom applications such as yours. We plan to add\nmore graph metrics, and as part of that effort I hope to refactor the graph metric framework to put it where it really belongs.\n\nIn the meantime, graph metrics can be calculated only in the Excel Template.\n\nYes. The repulsive factor is a property on the FruchtermanReingoldLayout class. That layout, as well as the entire graph-layout subsystem, is completely independent of the Excel Template and can be reused in custom applications.\n\nI'm not finding it. I've even searched the NodeXL source for the string \"repuls\" and didn't find any code relating to it, at least not that was declared as \"public.\" Is it accessible under a different name than repulsive factor? I've\ncreated the FruchtermanReingoldLayout object and also a FruchtermanReingoldVertexInfo object but neither seem to have a repulsion factor associated with them.\n\nI apologize, Blake -- I added the repulsive force property in a recent version for which I haven't yet posted the source code.\n\nThere should be a new Excel Template release this week, followed a week or so later by a complete source code release. I'll post the updated FruchtermanReingoldLayout class here in a moment so you can use it now. It should compile fine when dropped into the\n1.0.1.66 source code. The repulsive force property is called \"C\", which is what Fruchterman and Reingold called it in their original paper. Increasing C increases the repulsive forces. There is also an Iterations property to control the number\nof iterations per layout.\n\nusing System;\nusing System.Drawing;\nusing System.Collections;\nusing System.Drawing.Drawing2D;\nusing System.ComponentModel;\nusing System.Diagnostics;\nusing Microsoft.NodeXL.Core;\n\n// TMathType is the type used by this class for most arithmetic operations.\n// This layout has been tested using the type System.Single.\n//\n// In the Fruchterman-Reingold paper referenced below, the authors state, \"We\n// used integer arithmetic for speed; this often required that expressions be\n// carefully crafted to preserve significance, but it proved worth while.\"\n//\n// If the type used here is switched to Int32, the algorithm doesn't behave\n// properly, probably because significance is lost in critical places. A\n// possible to-do item is to switch to Int32 and find and fix those critical\n// places, although it's doubtful that this would significantly speed up the\n// calculations.\n\nusing TMathType = System.Single;\n\nnamespace Microsoft.NodeXL.Visualization\n{\n//*****************************************************************************\n// Class: FruchtermanReingoldLayout\n//\n/// <summary>\n/// Lays out a graph using the Fruchterman-Reingold layout.\n/// </summary>\n///\n/// <remarks>\n/// For details on the layout algorithm, see\n///\nhttp://www.cs.ubc.ca/rr/proceedings/spe91-95/spe/vol21/issue11/spe060tf.pdf.\n///\n/// <para>\n/// If the graph has a metadata key of <see\n/// cref=\"ReservedMetadataKeys.LayOutTheseVerticesOnly\" />, only the vertices\n/// specified in the value's IVertex array are laid out and all other vertices\n/// are completely ignored.\n/// </para>\n///\n/// <para>\n/// By default, the layout is initialized by setting the vertices to random\n/// locations. If the graph has a metadata key of <see\n/// cref=\"ReservedMetadataKeys.FruchtermanReingoldLayoutSelectivelyRandomize\"\n/// />, however, only those vertices whose <see cref=\"IVertex.Location\" /> is\n/// set to <see cref=\"LayoutBase.RandomizeThisLocation\" /> are randomized.\n/// </para>\n///\n/// <para>\n/// If a vertex has a metadata key of <see\n/// cref=\"ReservedMetadataKeys.LockVertexLocation\" /> with a value of true, it\n/// is included in layout calculations but its own location is left unmodified.\n/// </para>\n///\n/// <para>\n/// <see cref=\"VertexDrawer\" /> and <see cref=\"EdgeDrawer\" /> can be used to\n/// draw the graph after it is laid out.\n/// </para>\n///\n/// </remarks>\n//*****************************************************************************\n\n//*************************************************************************\n// Property: Iterations\n//\n/// <summary>\n/// Gets or sets the number of times to run the Fruchterman-Reingold\n/// algorithm.\n/// </summary>\n///\n/// <value>\n/// The number of times to run the Fruchterman-Reingold algorithm when the\n/// graph is laid out, as an Int32. Must be greater than zero. The\n/// default value is 10.\n/// </value>\n//*************************************************************************\n\npublic Int32\nIterations\n{\nget\n{\nAssertValid();\n\nreturn (m_iIterations);\n}\n\nset\n{\nconst String PropertyName = \"Iterations\";\n\nthis.ArgumentChecker.CheckPropertyPositive(PropertyName, value);\n\nif (value == m_iIterations)\n{\nreturn;\n}\n\nm_iIterations = value;\n\nFireLayoutRequired();\n\nAssertValid();\n}\n}\n\n//*************************************************************************\n// Method: LayOutGraphCore()\n//\n/// <summary>\n/// Lays out a graph synchronously or asynchronously.\n/// </summary>\n///\n/// <param name=\"graph\">\n/// Graph to lay out. The graph is guaranteed to have at least one vertex.\n/// </param>\n///\n/// <param name=\"layoutContext\">\n/// Provides access to objects needed to lay out the graph. The <see\n/// cref=\"LayoutContext.GraphRectangle\" /> is guaranteed to have non-zero\n/// width and height.\n/// </param>\n///\n/// <param name=\"backgroundWorker\">\n/// <see cref=\"BackgroundWorker\" /> whose worker thread called this method\n/// if the graph is being laid out asynchronously, or null if the graph is\n/// being laid out synchronously.\n/// </param>\n///\n/// <returns>\n/// true if the layout was successfully completed, false if the layout was\n/// cancelled. The layout can be cancelled only if the graph is being laid\n/// out asynchronously.\n/// </returns>\n///\n/// <remarks>\n/// This method lays out the graph <paramref name=\"graph\" /> either\n/// synchronously (if <paramref name=\"backgroundWorker\" /> is null) or\n/// asynchronously (if (<paramref name=\"backgroundWorker\" /> is not null)\n/// by setting the the <see cref=\"IVertex.Location\" /> property on all of\n/// the graph's vertices and optionally adding geometry metadata to the\n/// graph, vertices, or edges.\n///\n/// <para>\n/// In the asynchronous case, the <see\n/// cref=\"BackgroundWorker.CancellationPending\" /> property on the\n/// <paramref name=\"backgroundWorker\" /> object should be checked before\n/// each layout iteration. If it's true, the method should immediately\n/// return false. Also, <see\n/// cref=\"AsyncLayoutBase.FireLayOutGraphIterationCompleted()\" /> should be\n/// called after each iteration.\n/// </para>\n///\n/// <para>\n/// The arguments have already been checked for validity.\n/// </para>\n///\n/// </remarks>\n//*************************************************************************\n\n// Although the caller has guaranteed that there is at least one vertex\n// in the graph, the collection returned by GetVerticesToLayOut() may\n// be empty.\n\nif (iVertices == 0)\n{\nreturn (true);\n}\n\n// If the graph has already been laid out, use the current vertex\n// locations as initial values.\n\nif ( !graph.ContainsKey(\nReservedMetadataKeys.LayoutBaseLayoutComplete) )\n{\n// The graph has not been laid out. By default, randomize the\n// locations of those vertices that are not locked. If the graph\n// has the FruchtermanReingoldLayoutSelectivelyRandomize key,\n// however, randomize the locations of those vertices that have\n// IVertex.Location set to LayoutBase.RandomizeThisLocation and are\n// not locked.\n\n// The object could be stored in a metadata key, but because the\n// number of retrievals can be very large, it's more efficient to\n// store it in the Tag. If a Tag already exists, save it in a\n// metadata key.\n\n// The Fruchterman-Reingold paper says this about vertices in\n// the same location:\n//\n// \"A special case occurs when vertices are in the same\n// position: our implementation acts as though the two vertices\n// are a small distance apart in a randomly chosen orientation:\n// this leads to a violent repulsive effect separating them.\"\n//\n// Handle this case by arbitrarily setting a small\n// displacement.\n\n// (Note that there is an obvious typo in the Fruchterman-Reingold\n// paper for computing the attractive force. The function fa(z) at\n// the top of Figure 1 is defined as x squared over k. It should\n// read z squared over k.)\n\nTMathType fa = (tDelta * tDelta) / (TMathType)k;\n\nif (tDelta == 0)\n{\n// TODO: Is this the correct way to handle vertices in the same\n// location? See the notes in CalculateRepulsiveForces().\n\n//*************************************************************************\n// Method: SetVertexLocations()\n//\n/// <summary>\n/// Sets the location of each vertex.\n/// </summary>\n///\n/// <param name=\"verticesToLayOut\">\n/// Vertices to lay out. The collection is guaranteed to have at least one\n/// vertex.\n/// </param>\n///\n/// <param name=\"layoutContext\">\n/// Provides access to objects needed to lay out the graph. The <see\n/// cref=\"LayoutContext.GraphRectangle\" /> is guaranteed to have non-zero\n/// width and height.\n/// </param>\n///\n/// <param name=\"fTemperature\">\n/// Current temperature. Must be greater than zero.\n/// </param>\n///\n/// <remarks>\n/// This method is called at the end of each layout iteration. For each\n/// vertex, it modifies the vertex's location within an unbounded rectangle\n/// based on the repulsive and attractive forces that have been calculated\n/// for the vertex, transforms that unbounded location to a point within\n/// the bounded graph rectangle, and sets the vertex's <see\n/// cref=\"IVertex.Location\" /> property to that bounded point.\n/// </remarks>\n//*************************************************************************\n\nforeach (IVertex oVertex in verticesToLayOut)\n{\n// Retrieve the object that stores calculated values for the\n// vertex. We need the vertex's current unbounded location and\n// the displacement created by the repulsive and attractive forces\n// on the vertex.\n\nif (tDisplacement != 0)\n{\n// Calculate a new unbounded location, limited by the current\n// temperature.\n\n// (Note that there is a typo in the Fruchterman-Reingold paper\n// for limiting the maximum displacement. Following the text\n// in the paper, the first argument to the Math.Min() method\n// below would be tDisplacementX. It should be tDisplacement.)\n\nBack to your original question on January 26: I've refactored the graph metric code, which used to be part of the Excel Template but is now in the Algorithms assembly. It's in version 1.0.1.76 of the source code, change set 31610."}
-{"text": "Compass Rose Ornament with Ribbon\n\n$ 44.95\n\nQty\n\nChristmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, known as the Prince of Peace. Born approximately 2,000 years ago, Jesus was a Jewish man who introduced simple love and forgiveness into a world where might made right. He told us: Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God.\n\n20% of From War to Peace profits are dedicated to peace and social justice organizations committed to transforming our world.\n\nOur packaging is created using recycled and biodegradable materials.\n\nOrnament measures 3 3/8\" x 2 3/8\" and weighs 33 grams.\n\nOur stunning iridescent finish lends a beautiful and wholly unique colorful luster to each piece. No two are alike. Unlike our iridescent jewelry, our iridescent ornaments do not receive a protective coating to preserve the finish. This is because any coating applied would diminish the intensity of the iridescent finish. Prone to change over time, the iridescent finish can be preserved longer by avoiding exposure to skin oils as these will affect the finish. When you do handle the ornament, it is best to wear gloves or to use a handkerchief or cloth."}
-{"text": "Burning the Yule Log\n\nThe Junky's Christmas\n\nThey just aren't cranking out claymation Christmas specials like they used to, which makes this a welcome one. Nicer still, it's got heroin! A mixture of stop motion with a little puppetry and live-action shots of William Burroughs (who may himself have been a Muppet), this tale of a junky scrambling for a Christmas fix will please fans of the author as well as lovers of uplifting Christmas stories. (Granted, the latter may need to open their minds a bit.) It's overkill having Burroughs read the story while it's enacted onscreen (the audio and video alone could suffice), but Burroughs' trademark croak is too much fun to mute. Too bad the tale's total running time is about 20 minutes, with the rest of the disc padded with other short films from VH1. They're OK, but why not throw in a Burroughs doc instead? -- Jordan Harper\n\nThe Best of Carson: Volume 1(R2 Entertainment)\n\nThere are already some 483 Johnny Carson best-of collections available -- but like 2Pac and Hendrix, he's the corpse that keeps on giving. What differentiates this compilation, which is full of familiar Carnac sketches and Don Rickles appearances and Bette Midler farewells, is the heralded inclusion of a single show: the allegedly lost and infamous episode referred to as \"Return to Studio One.\" It's a 1969 broadcast during which Dean Martin pops in for a \"surprise\" visit and hijacks the show from Bob Hope and the host. Carson, wearing a turtleneck and neckerchief, looks genuinely befuddled by a maybe-drunken Dino's smart-ass asides, offered with such elegant and casual bite. Whether it deserves its legendary status is debatable. But better that than another Aunt Blabby sketch, though you get that too. -- Robert Wilonsky\n\nCars(Buena Vista)\n\nTo say that Cars is the worst Pixar movie isn't an insult, just as saying that Alec Baldwin is the best Baldwin brother isn't a compliment. The movie still stands roof and spoiler over the majority of goofy computerized kid movies. There's just something off here that sets it apart from masterpieces like Finding Nemo or The Incredibles or even A Bug's Life. Is it that, in their essence, cars aren't cute? That the society of vehicles portrayed doesn't feel believable? That they stole the plot from Doc Hollywood? These questions may keep you from getting truly immersed, but they won't trouble the kids. And the trademark cleverness and top-notch voice talent (Owen Wilson, Paul Newman) make Cars utterly watchable. Special features include a couple of cute short films (some of them with the cast members) and deleted scenes, but there's sufficiently little here, thus ensuring another 12 editions in the future. -- Harper\n\nBlood Tea and Red String(Cinema Epoch)\n\nChristiane Cegavske spent 13 tedious years working on this full-length, stop-motion animation film, so you know she's a little crazy. Another way to figure that out is to actually watch this creepy, stunning fairy tale. The story -- about a group of creatures who make a lady doll, fall in love with it, and then have to find it after it's stolen by fancy-pants white mice -- would be weird any way you tell it. But done in herky-jerky stop motion, with no dialogue and lots of psychedelic asides, this thing is epically strange. Cegavske hasn't reached the level of her obvious hero Jan Svankmajer in either technical skill or surreal imagery, but you can't help but look forward to seeing her next film, sometime around 2019. -- Harper\n\nContact the author of this piece, send a letter to the editor, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter."}
-{"text": "Hi everyone, Im on day 48 and I must say it is really getting easier for me now.\n\nI dont have a problem being around smokers anymore, They smoke and I dont its not an issue for me or indeed for them.\n\nIve really supprised myself with how I have managed to stop, and although im not all the way on my journey yet I do feel that i can say I wont smoke anymore for the rest of my life and actuallly believe it.\n\nIn the early days quitting smoking just seemed temporary thing, like I had stopped for a few weeks and would start again but now my thinking has certainly changed.\n\nlike people say tho, in order to quit you have to WANT to quit.\n\nJust thought id post this for people on the first month or so looking forward to see when it gets easier in the other forum sections (like I used to do lol)\n\n4 Replies\n\nI, for one, appreciate your post! It's v timely! I'm day 13 CT and have to say, it's been a rough old day 'cos I was expecting to feel brilliant by now..... But I definitely do want to quit, and can't wait to be where you are, well done for your quit - 48 days is awesome.."}
-{"text": "HMV changes its stock market listing to speed up sale of Live\n\nSHAREHOLDERS in HMV yesterday voted in favour of changing the struggling music entertainment chain\u2019s stock market listing in a move that will help speed up the sale of its Live music arm.\n\nSome 99 per cent of investors approved the change in listing category from \u201cpremium\u201d to \u201cstandard\u201d, at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday.\n\nIn a circular sent to shareholders in July, HMV said the move would allow the group to sell off parts of its Live arm in a \u201cshorter timescale and at lower expense, and without the need to seek shareholder approval in respect of such disposals\u201d.\n\nHMV put its Live arm, which runs 13 venues and a number of festivals including Lovebox in London, up for sale at the beginning of the year to help pay down its \u00a3180m debt pile.\n\nLast week, the group completed the sale of the Hammersmith Apollo to American-German joint venture Stage C for \u00a332m.\n\nA standard listing means HMV will only have to comply with EU requirements without the more onerous corporate governance standards of a premium listing."}
-{"text": "The LG Therma V HM071M.U42 air to water heat pump model rated at 7kw output uses warmth in the outside air converting this to hot water in the built in heat exchanger, this can be used for heating and hot water purposes in your house. The LG Therma V models operate down to an outside air temperature of -20\u00b0c meaning they can provide heating even in the depths of winter. The hot water output can be used for under floor heating or radiators to provide house heating. Full details on the LG Therma V models can be found in the brochure below.\n\nThe LG Therma V HM071M.U42 air to water heat pump model rated at 7kw output uses warmth in the outside air converting this to hot water in the built in heat exchanger, this can be used for heating and hot water purposes in your house. The LG Therma V models operate down to an outside air temperature of -20\u00b0c meaning they can provide heating even in the depths of winter. The hot water output can be used for under floor heating or radiators to provide house heating. Full details on the LG Therma V models can be found in the brochure below."}
-{"text": "Social protection for elderly people in the context of rapidly ageing population in Rwanda\n\nResearcher:\n\nFormal social protection for elderly people in Rwanda is limited to those who worked in the formal sector, while the elderly people who worked in the informal sector do not receive such protection. In the absence of formal social protection services to the growing number of elderly people in the informal sector, these elderly people rely solely on intergenerational support that is given by their families. Intergenerational support is an invaluable source of care that forms an important part of the social fabric. However, less attention has been paid to the intergenerational support to elderly people, and so, the factors and dynamics that underpin the intergenerational support to elderly people in Rwanda remain underexplored, and it has not yet attracted anthropological scholarly attention.\n\nThe aim of this research project is to contribute to the current anthropological debate on day-to-day intergenerational support in the wave of social changes. In Rwanda, social changes such as rural-urban migration of younger generations, changes in housing patterns and land scarcity as well as the 1994 genocide greatly influence the current intergenerational support to elderly people in rural areas. This research will explore factors underpinning intergenerational support to elderly people in relation to the care expectations of elderly people in rural areas of Rwanda. The issue of intergenerational support for the elderly becomes ever more important in the wake of social changes since such social changes leave a gap which renders the elderly in rural areas without daily care. This research will analyze how care is provided to elderly people and the motivation to provide care in the context of social changes. It will also explore what happens to these elderly individual when neither their families nor the government provides care for them."}
-{"text": "The Wasatch Sanction\n\nWith three agents down, W.A.LU. reached out to me. Giving me little option to say no, (apparently my collection of jade and bejeweled chopsticks had drawn the interest of the I.R.S) I accepted the sanction. Knowing the dangers posed by Dendrite I demanded that Agent P, Special Operative B and Master Sargent K join me. I began the attack where Agent D left off\n\nDendrite fought back, trying to suffocate me\n\nA tactic I would come to expect\n\nSpecial Operative B encountered the same defense\n\nFeeling the battle slipping in favor of Dendrite, Master Sargent K threw herself into the fray. For her, danger isn\u2019t an option.\n\nShe laughs in face of Dendrite\u2019s worst.\n\nWith haste, Special Operative B launched a flanking attack on the target. He was met with heavy resistance.\n\nbut refused to quit,\n\nand with a whooping battle cry, emerged from the grips of the \u201cother side.\u201d\n\nWith his ferocious attack, Special Operative B turned the tide of the day. Sensing our foe on the ropes, we pressed the advance. Leading the charge, Agent P drove headlong into Dendrite\u2019s elite guard,\n\nand proceeded to boff that quiff.\n\nFollowing on his heels I charged into Dendrite\u2019s communications network, slashing my way through his rear echelon,\n\nmy black diamond edges proving to be too much for the broken defenders.\n\nWith Dendrite and his agents in tatters, we advanced, driving them to the edge.\n\nWith a mighty roar, the young Special Operative B finished off Dendrite and pushed him off the edge:\n\nFriendly Note:\n\nHere at FIS we take great pride in what we post. While linking to FIS is always encouraged, all text and photos on this website are copyrighted. Before reproducing any material from this site through digital, print, or any other medium, written permission is required. The only exception is for situations in which you wish to post FIS content in an internet forum. If you do so you MUST link to the page on FIS you have quoted. Feel free to contact us to learn more! Thanks!\n\nSupport FIS!\n\nWe earn a commission from several outdoor retailers. If you click on any of the following links prior to making a purchase, we receive a percentage. Allen looks super awkward in the above photo, but he's just trying to say \"Thanks for your support!\" (Note: Your identity remains completely anonymous.)"}
-{"text": "KFC sponsors Backbreaker Football's lite iPhone version\n\nDeveloper NaturalMotion has signed a deal with restaurant chain KFC to brand the free \"lite\" version of its Backbreaker Football game for the iPhone. For a month, the sponsored title will offer up 10 new waves to play through, as well as a special \"Chicken Dance\" touchdown celebration, all courtesy of the Colonel's own marketing budget.\n\nThe full version of the game (which contains more gameplay modes and the chance to customize your characters) is also on sale for 99 cents on the App Store. So, whether you just try a bite or go all-in, you can start hitting torsos even harder than the Double Down does."}
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-{"text": "Pilsen Banding and St. Michael\u2019s\n\nThe first banding of the season!\n\nI met Mary at the museum at 8:30am all geared up for the first leg banding trip of the season. At 9am, Mary, Isabel (a graduate student at UIC doing a genetic study of the Chicago peregrines) and I packed into Mary\u2019s car and got on the road. First stop, the zoo to pick up John the vet tech. Next stop, Pilsen!\n\nWe arrived at the Pilsen building 45 minutes later, just as Matt pulled up. He had his 9-10 year old son, Sean, with him \u2013 a very delightful young man. Sean had his camera along and was planning to take pictures for an end of the year presentation to his class. What a cool presentation that is going to be!\n\nDan, the building manager, met us at the entrance and we all exchanged pleasantries as we piled into the elevator headed up to the 10th floor. As I\u2019ve mentioned, the Pilsen site is in a very large, 1920\u2019s era factory that now houses a storage company. The upper floors haven\u2019t been renovated yet, so they completely lack light. In preparation for the banding, Dan had kindly set up a small folding table near the fire escape door with a shop light dangling over it.\n\nAs the team went into action setting up the banding area, Dan opened the door to the fire escape. With so many helping hands along, I figured it might be more important for me to see if I could catch a look at the female\u2019s legbands. I peeked out the door while motioning Sean over.\n\nThe female swooped about in the air screeching as the male sat menacingly on the fire escape rail, staring directly at us. I found out that Sean had been to a couple of bandings with his dad, but only up in Evanston, where the chicks are banded inside the library on the second floor, far away from the adults outside. Consequently, Sean had never been that close to one of the adults. He was enthralled by L/N and took picture after picture.\n\nFinally, it was time to get the chicks. Matt donned protective gear and crawled the short distance out onto the ledge. Although both adults dove very near him, he didn\u2019t get hit once on the way there or the way back. Sean seemed beyond proud as he watched his dad grab the chicks.\n\n\u201cPretty cool what your dad does, huh?\u201d I said.\n\n\u201cOh yeah. REALLY cool,\u201d Sean said, grinning widely.\n\nThe first chick was a male. Mary banded him, John took blood samples and then we all watched as John deloused him and rubbed his belly to shake the dead bugs free. This year, as last, we are trying to collect any bird lice we get for a post-doc studying bird lice genetics. Mary put a couple of the tiny insects in a glass vial, placed the male gently back into the holding box and brought the other chick, a female, out for banding.\n\nAs the group began banding the female, I propped the fire escape door open just a smidge to see what was going on outside. After 5 minutes of watching the adult female blur around in the sky above me, she finally landed. I snapped as many close-up pictures as I could, hoping one of them would be clear enough to finally identify her.\n\n(As it turned out, one was, only just barely. The Pilsen female is Bryanne (b/g, 9/*Y), born in 2000 on the Froedtart Malt building in Milwaukee, WI.)\n\nSean and I tried and tried to get shots of the female careening around in the air, but she was too fast. We shut the door after a bit, hoping that the pair would calm before Matt had to go out to put the babies back. Sean and I scrolled through and compared our pictures \u2013 I really think he got some great shots \u2013 while the banding wrapped up.\n\nMatt donned his protective gear again and took the two freshly banded babies back out to the nesting box. Sean and I snapped a couple more pictures of the chagrined-looking chicks staring at us from the box before we shut the fire escape door tight and made our way back down to the lobby.\n\nAfter the farewells, Mary and I took John back to the zoo and then swung a bit southwest towards the St. Michael\u2019s church site. The woman who monitors that site, Dawn, has reported very little bird activity in the last couple of weeks, so Mary wasn\u2019t sure if we\u2019d see anything.\n\nSt. Michael\u2019s Church is a relatively new nesting site. A 2-year old female named Sadie (born on the IPL Stout plant in Indianapolis, IN) and a 2-year old male named Hops (born on the Miller Brewing Company building in Milwaukee, WI, hence the name) established the nest, on the north side at the feet of a large St. Michael statue, in 2005. They successfully fledged three chicks that year, all of which were unbanded due to the inaccessibility of the nest.\n\nThe next year, a new female came into the area and unfortunately, Sadie was killed in the ensuing territory dispute. The new female, 2-year old Kelliwatt, hailed from the J.M. Stuart Power Plant in Aberdeen, Ohio. She and Hops successfully fledged four chicks in 2006.\n\nWell, semi-successfully. Apparently, there were an abnormal number of chick groundings last year. I didn\u2019t realize that as it was my first year on the project and I thought that\u2019s how it always went. But no, it was Abby Normal. All four St. Michael\u2019s chicks grounded, two of them several times, so we got to band every one.\n\nIn November, Mary and I were called out to a building on Lake Shore Drive. A pair of peregrines had taken up residence on the roof of a penthouse balcony and it looked as though they were setting up shop to nest. The residents had some questions. While we checked out the situation, I got clear pictures of the female and her legbands and so we were able to later identify her as Ballistic, a one-year old from Bohn, Ohio. The male was present as well that day, but we never were able to get his legband numbers.\n\nIn March, Kelliwatt and Hops were back at St. Michael\u2019s and all seemed well. Until a new female rolled into town. Dawn witnessed three adults in the area and some aggressive interaction. And then, sadly, one day she spotted Kelliwatt puffed up on the nesting ledge with a large stream of blood coming over the edge. An egg was found on the ground not that long after, also covered in a large amount of blood. Kelliwatt soon disappeared. Unlike Sadie, we haven\u2019t ever found a body, so we all hope she went off and healed up somewhere, but that seems unlikely given the blood loss. We probably will never know.\n\nShortly after Kelli disappeared, Dawn wrote in to report a new female and \u2018lo! It was Ballistic. Since that time, Ballistic and Hops have been seen in the area, but it doesn\u2019t seem like they are nesting. Maybe next year.\n\nMary and I pulled into the parking lot of St. Michael\u2019s and scanned the church \u2013 no peregrines. We gathered our things and wandered churchward. I caught some movement in the corner of my eye and turned to see an adult peregrine coming in from the northwest. It landed on the ledge at St. Michael\u2019s feet.\n\nNeither Mary nor I had our spotting scopes, so for the next hour, we risked extreme eye strain trying to read the bird\u2019s legbands. We completely agreed on the black over green coloring and tentatively agreed that the top number looked like two numbers. Kelliwatt\u2019s top number is \u201c60\u201d and Ballistic\u2019s is \u201c69\u201d, so it could be either/or.\n\nAt long last, we gave up and headed back to the museum, making a plan to come up the following week with scopes and try again.\n\nRelated\n\nIN CASE OF EMERGENCY\n\nIf you find a peregrine on the ground, Mary Hennen has put up some information along with emergency contact numbers for the Chicago region on the FIELD MUSEUM'S PEREGRINE FALCON PAGE\n\nFor those of you not from the Chicago region, the information on what to do when you find a downed peregrine is still valuable, even if the numbers are not. It is highly probable your own area has monitors. My suggestion would be to try wildlife rescue organizations or rehabbers, Animal Control and/or any zoo or natural history museum type place in the area."}
-{"text": "Gifts galore on sale in July\n\nIt\u2019s time to stock up on gifts and boutique items during the Christmas in July sale at Mary Katherine\u2019s & Me.\n\nThe sale runs July 18-July 31, and everything in the store will be 30 percent off. Owner Mary Joe Brown is also holding a Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Night from 5 to 8 p.m. July 24, and you\u2019ll have the chance to save more during a drawing for an extra discount. Brown will be serving wine, margaritas, Mexican food and desserts.\n\nThe shop, 4139 Shelbyville Road, is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call (502) 899-1503.\n\nKirby Adams can be reached at (502) 582-4336 or on Twitter @kirbylouisville."}
-{"text": "(SWIM) Nesty named SEC Male Swimming Coach of Year\n\nFlorida\u2019s Nesty named SEC Male Swimming Coach of Year\nBy Gvl Sun gatorsports\nFlorida\u2019s Anthony Nesty was named SEC Male Swimming Coach of the Year on Wednesday, highlighting the Gators\u2019 SEC awards.\n\nRobert Finke and Kieran Smith both earned the SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Year for their performances at the SEC Championships. Finke was the SEC Champion in the 400 IM and 1,650 Free. Smith was the champion in the 200 IM, was a member of the 800 Free Relay that won the SEC title, and finished second in the 400 IM.\n\nNesty won an SEC Championship and continued the Florida winning streak to seven straight. During his first season as head coach he tallied four individual SEC Champions and one relay. The Gators also had five swimmers make First-Team All-SEC, six swimmers earned Second-Team All-SEC, and had five freshman claim All-Freshman team honors.\nFinke collected First-Team All-SEC honors in the 400 IM and 1,650 Free. Smith picked up a First-Team All-SEC nod in the 200 IM and Maxime Rooney added a first-team accolade in the 100 Fly. The squad of Rooney, Smith, Trey Freeman, and Khader Baqlah claimed first-team honors with their combined effort in the 800 Free Relay. First team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships."}
-{"text": "6 Reactions From 49ers Levi's\u00ae Stadium Debut\n\nNiners Daily captures the pulse of the team's first practice at Levi's\u00ae Stadium from the perspective of players, coaches and fans.\n\nA day after the San Francisco 49ers took the field at Levi's\u00ae Stadium for the first time, Niners Daily is here to bring you the first-hand accounts from those who lived the training camp practice.\n\nThe Reviews Are In\n\nT Carter Bykowski: \"(The fans) were loud and they were ready for the season to start. It just adds that much more excitement to it. It\u2019s all happening so fast. It looks like it will get loud, which is good especially in our division. Our fanbase is always loud, they\u2019re always faithful, so it\u2019s just going to be special.\"\n\nTE Derek Carrier: \"It was a blast getting out there in the new stadium with all the fans. Being able to experience all that was a great thing. For the amount of fans there, it got pretty loud. There is a good acoustic design to the stadium. If it was loud today, it will definitely be loud on Sundays.\"\n\nQB Colin Kaepernick: \"Very excited about the new stadium. I think it\u2019s an opportunity for us to start our own legacy. There was a lot of tradition, a great legacy at Candlestick and this is an opportunity for us to really make this our home and start something new here.\"\n\nWR Stevie Johnson: \"It\u2019s big for the city, big for the community. Obviously, it\u2019s big for our team. It\u2019s on us to handle our business and have fun so that we can all have fun as a community, as one.\"\n\nJim Harbaugh: \"Well, you want to mark your territory. We wanted to do that... And right now, getting used to the environment, the wind, the grass, sightlines, those are the main things. We\u2019ve always counted on our crowd to be behind us and they always are. Hopefully we\u2019ll play good and they\u2019re behind us and we\u2019ll do just that, make it a great home-field advantage like Candlestick was.\u201d\n\nLS Kevin McDermott: \u201cIt was awesome to be over there with the whole team for a practice\u2026 The stadium is just so beautiful.\u201d\n\nAfter hauling in double-digit passes during practice Monday, 49ers wide receiver Quinton Patton credited his success in camp to the maturation process from his rookie season last year to now.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s me living right, it\u2019s not about football, weight lifting, just living your life right,\u201d he said. \u201cYou get in the NFL and everybody expects so much of you that sometimes you forget the little things and where you come from. It can all be taken away real quick.\u201d\n\nThat sort of humble attitude has Patton focused on the task at hand in camp, and not on a potential breakout sophomore campaign in 2014.\n\n\u201cI always fight for a roster spot,\u201d he said. \u201cThey brought in Brandon Lloyd and Stevie Johnson. Hey, more competition. Competition brings out the best in everyone.\u201d\n\nThe Vault\n\nFans came out in droves for training camp back in 2008, too.\n\nTake the 49ers with You\n\nDownload the official mobile app of the San Francisco 49ers.\n\nFeatured\n\n49ers tight end Blake Bell spoke to the media on day two of 49ers training camp. The 4th-round rookie addressed his willingness to help the team in any way possible as well as what he has learned from Vernon Davis."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nHe wants to see what has transpired before naming his next pick. Still not sure why he had me do one though\n\nMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: \"That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one.\" I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.\nGood traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge\n\n\"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants.\" -- Ken Smith\"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb.\" -- Henry P. Edwards\"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out.\" -- Brian Kenny\n\nMy \"strategy\" (such as it is) has a lot to do with what I perceive are the marginal differences between players already taken at a position and those remaining. The top tier of starting pitchers is already gone and the difference between the cream of those left and the next tier down isn't so big. Rivera is the best reliever in history - if you notice, I've tried to grab the #1 at an available position as much as possible - and when not possible, have looked at marginal difference between best available candidate and others at a given position. TBH, Roberts was my next pick, but (as has happened to us all) my hand was forced by the unfolding of events.\n\n\"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants.\" -- Ken Smith\"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb.\" -- Henry P. Edwards\"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out.\" -- Brian Kenny\n\nMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: \"That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one.\" I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.\nGood traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge\n\nMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: \"That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one.\" I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.\nGood traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge\n\nYou would have had a better chance if you didn't give Wade the chance to pick now.\n\nMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: \"That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one.\" I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.\nGood traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge\n\n\"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants.\" -- Ken Smith\"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb.\" -- Henry P. Edwards\"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out.\" -- Brian Kenny\n\n\"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants.\" -- Ken Smith\"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb.\" -- Henry P. Edwards\"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out.\" -- Brian Kenny\n\nI have Reese close as well, but when I have a Player and a Player + Extra Credit roughly equal, then I have to give the nod to the guy who did it over the guy who I suspect might have done it. My two cents there.\n\n\"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants.\" -- Ken Smith\"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb.\" -- Henry P. Edwards\"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out.\" -- Brian Kenny\n\nNot sure what happened to Wade, but his time is up. Tyrus pm-ed me and wants Pete Rose. And I gave Pete to him anyway\n\nMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: \"That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one.\" I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.\nGood traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge\n\nMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: \"That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one.\" I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.\nGood traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge\n\nNot sure what happened to Wade, but his time is up. Tyrus pm-ed me and wants Pete Rose. And I gave Pete to him anyway\n\nSorry, I had an Army mandated dentist appointment - it takes about an hour and a half to get there by bus, the appointment took a really long time, and on the way back, I missed a couple connections by a few minutes, so I had to wait an hour twice.\n\n\"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants.\" -- Ken Smith\"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb.\" -- Henry P. Edwards\"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out.\" -- Brian Kenny\n\nHey Brad- do I have it wrong or did you pick out of turn? By what I can tell, it's the end of Round 10. RMB picked Eddie Murray, then Wade made up his pick with Smoltz. TSS comes after RMB in Round 10, then has the first pick in Round 11. Looks like TSS' turn for 2 picks now.\n\nAnyhow, I think your pick of Santana is out of turn. Check it out and tell me what you think."}
-{"text": "How to Take a Screenshot on Lenovo A7000\n\nLenovo is one of the most trusted brands in Laptops and now in Smartphone market as well. Lenovo has unleashed a series of extra ordinary Android smartphones with all the advanced features inside. You can get a desired Android running smartphone at an affordable price tag within the Lenovo series. If you are the one who\u2019s going to buy a new smartphone, make a quick look out at Lenovo A7000 smartphone. If you already owned it, learn how you can take a Screenshot on Lenovo A7000 smartphone from here. You just need to follow the steps given below!\n\nHow to Take a Screenshot on Lenovo A7000\n\nStep 1 :\n\nOpen an app or a screen or whatever you like to take a Screenshot on a Lenovo A7000 smartphone.\n\nStep 2 :\n\nNow, slide down the notification panel by swiping from up to the bottom. You would see a notification window there.\n\nStep 3 :\n\nIn the Notification panel, you would see an option Screenshot, you need to tap on to this option.\n\nStep 4 :\n\nYour screenshot has been captured. In order to view this Screenshot.\n\nIn order to view this Screenshot, you need to visit your Gallery app. There you would see an individual folder Screenshot where you can find out all the recently taken Screenshots of your smartphone.\n\nRelated posts:\n\nHi, I'm Tejas from Surat. I'm no expert on every issues around the World. Just adding some good thoughts with my technology news. I'm the editor chief of Techraze technology blog, which has been helping people with tech issues since years!"}
-{"text": "books.google.com - In the exciting book Peter J. Wilson takes domestication as the starting point for his continued inquiry into human evolution. Wilson argues that settling down into a built environment was the most radical and far-reaching innovation in human development and that it had a crucial effect on human psychology...https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Domestication_of_the_Human_Species.html?id=GUwQPE5aZ3MC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Domestication of the Human Species\n\nThe Domestication of the Human Species\n\nIn the exciting book Peter J. Wilson takes domestication as the starting point for his continued inquiry into human evolution. Wilson argues that settling down into a built environment was the most radical and far-reaching innovation in human development and that it had a crucial effect on human psychology and social relations. The insights of this book point the way toward amendments to social theories that will challenge the professional reader and at the same time offer to the general reader an enriched understanding of human behavior and human history. \"This book is a rare occurrence: a total rethinking of a set of closely related fundamental problems in the understanding of human evolution....[An] immensely ambitious undertaking.\"--Paul Wheatley, Contemporary Sociology \"This approach merges societies in surprising ways....It certainly leads to some provocative and stimulating generalizations.\"--John Bodley, American journal of Physical Anthropology \"Perhaps this book is revolutionary...asking us to rethink human nature, its causes, its cures...It holds out the real possibilities of redoing the human condition by reconceptualizing the power of our environs....[Wilson] has given is a book that is hard to put down once begun, and one whose ideas are even harder to dismiss.\"--Harvey B. Sarles, Contemporary Psychology \"This is definitely a book on which to sharpen one's wits....The author invites the reader to think with him about matters not only past but also present which have much relevance for our future. This book makes lively and mind-stretching reading.\"--Ashley Montagu"}
-{"text": "Focus\n\nOn The Web\n\nAbout\n\nMatthew Trupia is currently a full time freelance illustrator and designer. His \"specialty\" is observing the interactions of people as he looks in on them from the outside with a fresh perspective. Jack of all trades and \"can do it all\" illustrator."}
-{"text": "New for 2018: 1+2 Year Extended Warranty - Enjoy an additional 2 years after the standard 1 year warranty period when you register your seat online within 3 months of purchase!\n\nThe Clek Foonf is the mother of all car seats. Its patented REACT (Rigid-LATCH Energy Absorbing Crumple Technology) safety system revolutionizes forward-facing safety by significantly reducing the forces transmitted to the child in a collision, and delivering 'rear-facing like' safety performance. Foonf offers an industry-leading extended rear-facing use up to 50 lb., complete with a steel anti-rebound bar for enhanced safety performance. And, its tank-like construction features a complete metal substructure, dual layers of energy absorbing foam and adjustable structural headrest for advanced side impact protection. Innovative convenience features like rigid-LATCH makes proper forward-facing installation effortless. At less than 17 in, it makes 3-across installation possible in most vehicles. The Foonf is tailored in Crypton SuperFabrics to C Zero+ performance fabrics, which provide permanent protection against stains, moisture and odor-causing bacteria; and are free of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants.\n\nChild Height, Weight, and Age:\n\nRear-Facing:\n\nHeight: 25-43 in\n\nWeight: 14-50 lb\n\nMinimum Age: Able to sit upright alone\n\nForward-Facing:\n\nHeight: 30-49 in\n\nWeight: 22-65 lb\n\n2+ years recommended (1 year minimum)\n\nBest-In-Class Safety Features\n\nEXTENDED REAR-FACING USE WITH ALL-AROUND PROTECTION\n\nGREENGUARD Select Certified\n\nC-Zero+ performance fabrics use a fluorine-free chemistry for stain resistance, while still maintaining impermeability to liquids and spills, anti-microbial technology and GREENGUARD Gold certification, and remaining free of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants.\n\nExtended Rear-Facing Installation\n\nFoonf was designed to international best practices for extended rear-facing use, which is to accommodate children in a rear-facing installation until their 4th birthday.\n\nFoam layers on both the inside and outside of the frame protect your child by absorbing energy in a side-impact collision, resulting in less force directly upon your child.\n\nRigid Sub-Structure\n\nFoonf is reinforced by a steel and magnesium sub-structure.\n\nAnti-Rebound Bar\n\nIn Rear-Facing mode, Foonf's Anti-Rebound bar improves stability by limiting rotation of the child seat, helping protect your child's head from impact in the case of a collision.\n\nThe Revolutionary REACT Safety System\n\nREDUCING THE FORCES TRANSMITTED TO YOUR FORWARD-FACING CHILD IN A FRONTAL COLLISION.\n\nIn keeping with the American Academy of Pediatrics advice to keep toddlers in Rear-Facing car seats until age 2 (or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat), we sought out to design a child seat that reduces the forces on older children in car seats when they transition forward-facing.\n\nThe REACT Safety System integrated into every Foonf child seat protects your child much like the crumple zones in the cars we drive -- one of the most effective innovations in automotive safety.\n\nIn a collision, the vehicle comes to an abrupt stop, but the child continues to move at the same speed. The less time that it takes for the child to come to a complete stop, the higher the forces exerted on the child. The REACT Safety System allows that sudden change in momentum to happen over a longer period of time through a series of controlled events. Foonf is designed to ride down the collision crumpling the aluminum honeycomb and absorbing energy from the collision resulting in less force transferred to the child.\n\nDesigned for Comfort and Convenience + Styled to Match Child's Individuality\n\nOver 80% of child seats in North America are not used properly. Hands down the easiest Forward-Facing installation in its class, Foonf's Rigid-LATCH system makes proper Forward-Facing installation effortless.\n\nImproved Rear-Facing Installation\n\nUnique design improves Rear-Facing installation with an easy-access belt path, small footprint and Anti-Rebound Bar that provide a snug installation with ease.\n\nSmooth Recline\n\nFoonf includes an easy-to-engage, smooth recline function, making each ride more comfortable.\n\nFoonf boasts a narrow width -- under 17 in. at its widest point and 13 in. at the base -- making 3-across seating possible.\n\nApproved for use in Aircraft\n\nLearn more about child safety on airplanes.\n\nSpecifications\n\nSeat Type: Convertible Child Seat\n\nSeat Dimensions and Weight:\n\nSeating Depth: 12.5 in\n\nSeating Height: 21.5-26 in\n\nHarness-Slot Height: 8-17 in\n\nWidth: 13-17 in\n\nFore-Aft Measurement in Rear-Facing: 33 in\n\nHeight Measurement in Rear-Facing: 25.75-28.75 in\n\nSeat Weight in Forward-Facing: 32 in\n\nSeat Weight in Rear-Facing: 36 lb\n\n9 Year Expiration\n\nThe Foonf conforms to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and are certified for use in motor vehicles.\n\n5 Reviews\n\n5\n\nFast delivery\n\nPosted by Lucia on Jun 18th 2019\n\nWe got it fast. Thank you Kids land!\n\n5\n\n5 BIG STARS\n\nPosted by And baby_with dog_make_4 on Jun 8th 2019\n\nGreat car seat, and really look forward for years of use!\n\n5\n\nBaby approved\n\nPosted by Jackson on Jun 1st 2019\n\nAfter using the Foonf for the last two months, we're happy to say we love it. Transitioning from an infant car seat, the brand Clek kept coming up, with our friends, on blogs, and everywhere else. We love that Kidsland had the Foonf in store to test, along with many other convertible seats. My husband and I tested moving the car seat around, sat our son on it, and even took it to car to check the installation. The seat is great, its sturdy and feels very secure. Bonus is the ease of cleaning and maintaining it, the color is bibrant, and even after two months, it still looks new!\n\n5\n\nExcellent Car Seat\n\nPosted by Alma + Joe on May 31st 2019\n\nReading reviews and watching hundreds of videos, I got a chance to see it in person at the kidsland store front. The car seat looks great, and while it\u2019s a bit tricky at first, once its latched on to your car, its sturdy as hell!\n\n5\n\nLove it!\n\nPosted by Jeri on May 28th 2019\n\nWe love this car seat! We just got our second, and after having a great experience with our first one we bought 3 years ago, it was a no brainer we would need another one for our son. While the shape and size is indistinguishable between both versions, the materials feels softer, and even more cushiony. As a top brand for safety, we know we have our kids on the best car seats around. A++++"}
-{"text": "Read and learn new words!\n\nIt would appear that little children are more curious about\nthings around them than are students in schools and universities or even\nworking adults.\n\nThe kids are the ones who keep asking questions.\nAnd they will not hesitate to pose more if they are not satisfied with\nthe answers. So bit by bit, these inquisitive children learn about the\nworld \u2014 by asking questions.\n\nAs for students, their main concern is to pass examinations\nrather than expand their knowledge of the world. So they press their\nteachers on what they should know about the subject and how they should\nanswer questions; they even ask for the questions in (and answers to)\nlast year\u2019s exam papers.\n\nI\u2019m afraid even adults these days are not curious enough to ask questions. We just do not want to think.\n\nWe\nshould be careful how we respond to children\u2019s queries. If we avoid\nanswering, we end up dampening their curiosity and discouraging them\nfrom lifelong learning.\n\nWe teach children their ABCs and 123s, which are important. But we must do more \u2014 to sustain their curiosity.\n\nImagine\na world where no questions are asked. What would we know? Without\nquestions, there is no thinking, no search for answers.\n\nPeople who\ndevelop new knowledge are driven by curiosity. They always start with\nquestions; they challenge the dogma and seek answers. Without questions,\nknowledge in any field would remain static. In fact, every human\nendeavour into new areas always starts with curiosity-driven questions,\nfor which answers are not available or are unsatisfactory.\n\nIn any\nfield that is vibrant, every answer leads to more questions. What\nhappens when there are no more interesting questions? The intellectual\nenergy, interest and growth dry up.\n\nQuestions are the foundation\nthat build reason. They stimulate thought. Questions help conceptualise\nthe material. Properly defined, they can generate analysis, synthesis\nand promote creativity.\n\nAt Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, we\ngive questions to students in groups to arrive at an answer that they\ncan justify to their classmates. Our students are allowed to use search\nengines, books or any other resource material. But these days, Google,\nAnswers.com and Wikipedia try to provide instant answers \u2014 they imply\nless need for our students to think.\n\nWe see many different answers from our students to a question. Sometimes, these answers reflect the state of the field.\n\nMore importantly, they raise further questions and show the limits of what we know.\n\nOur\napproach requires students to raise questions in their discussions \u2014 to\nclarify, engage and disagree if need be. The type and character of\nquestions asked reflect the students\u2019 depth of thinking.\n\nWhen I\ntaught psychiatry at Duke University in the United States, I used to\nlike asking questions, more as a way to engage and help students think\nand understand. In retrospect, I wonder if it would have been better to\nask them to generate questions that would stimulate more questions.\n\nIn\nthe old lectures, we fed students with endless \u201cfacts\u201d that had to be\nregurgitated during examinations. This helped individuals do well in\nfactual examinations, but not so well in improving knowledge and\nunderstanding. It also did not lead to long-term retention and\nunderstanding.\n\nTeaching students how to ask questions and\nencouraging them to do so is critical to working in the new knowledge\neconomy and in grooming the next generation of thought leaders. We need\nto teach students how to ask questions that can lead to more questions.\n\nThere\nare many kinds of questions: Questions to clarify, questions that\nsynthesise, questions that evaluate, questions that lead to creativity.\nThere are also many ways to ask a question. Asking questions is how\nphysicians, for instance, learn to understand their patients\u2019 problems\nand how they proceed to treat them.\n\nExams are more useful when\nthey are designed to assess application of knowledge rather than\nretention of facts. Maybe we should also have exams to assess students\u2019\nability to ask the right questions.\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:\n\nK\nRanga Krishnan is Dean of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School\nSingapore. A clinician-scientist and psychiatrist, he chaired the\nDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Duke University\nMedical Centre from 1998 to 2009."}
-{"text": "USF Ranks as Top 50 University\n\nThe University of San Francisco is among the country\u2019s top\n50 universities, according to Washington Monthlymagazine.\n\nEarning high marks for social mobility in recruiting and graduating low-income students\nand for student service to the community, USF ranked 48 among 258 national colleges\nand universities.\n\nUSF\u2019s rank of\n48 was dually impressive for its improvement over last year\u2019s rank of 73 by Washington Monthly. For 2011, USF ranked 24 for\nstudent service to the community and 12 for the staff, courses, and financial\naid it devotes to service.\n\nThe Washington Monthly 2011 College Rankingsare based on a school\u2019s contribution to the public good in three broad\ncategories: Social Mobility \u2014 recruiting\nand graduating low-income students; Research \u2014 producing cutting-edge scholarship and doctoral\ngraduates; and Service \u2014 encouraging\nstudents to give something back to their country.\n\n\u201cOur overall rank of 48 seems\nquite remarkable, given that we are not a research university,\u201d said USF\nPresident Stephen A. Privett, S.J. \u201cWe have much to be proud of.\u201d"}
-{"text": "First Look at Amy Adams on Batman v Superman Set\n\nWe've seen plenty of photos featuring Ben Affleck on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but there are still several cast members we haven't caught a glimpse of quite yet. Today we get our first look at Amy Adams, reprising her Man of Steel role as intrepid reporter Lois Lane, and new cast member Scoot McNairy, with Twitter user JuanMies speculating that the actor may be playing either Barry Allen (The Flash) or Clark Kent's Daily Planet colleague Jimmy Olsen.\n\nTake a look at the images below from the Corktown area of Detroit, then read on for more details.\n\nWe reported back in June that Scoot McNairy joined the cast, but his character has not been confirmed by Warner Bros. at this time. Naturally, it's possible he's playing some brand new character created by screenwriters David S. Goyer and Chris Terrio, but we won't know for sure for quite some time."}
-{"text": "European Skier of the Year: FINAL ROUND\n\nEuropean Skier of the Year: FINAL ROUND\n\nIT\u2019S BACK FOR 2017: THE DOWNDAYS EUROPEAN SKIER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY MONSTER ENERGY, WHERE YOU GET TO PICK THE MALE AND FEMALE SKIERS OF THE YEAR!\n\nThis week: The FINALS!\n\nAt long last it\u2019s here: the final round of voting for the 2017 Downdays European Skier of the Year! The four skiers below have fought their way through five hotly contested voting rounds to earn their spot in the finals. Meet your 2017 ESOTY finalists now!\n\nMathilde GremaudThis seventeen-year-old Slopestyle and Big Air skier from Switzerland narrowly bested her Swiss Freeski Team teammate Giulia Tanno in last week\u2019s Semifinals round to claim a finals spot. Her biggest moment in 2017 came when she won the Oslo X Games Big Air with a flawless switch double cork 1080. \u201cIn just one year I achieved some things that people didn\u2019t expect,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was kind of a surprise for everyone. For me too, though!\u201d Now she\u2019s surprised herself into the European Skier of the Year finals!\n\nAymar NavarroHailing from the Aran Valley in the north of Spain, 28-year-old freerider Aymar Navarro prevailed over big names like Candide Thovex and Antti Ollila on his way to the ESOTY finals. Last season he became the first Spaniard to podium on the Freeride World Tour, launched the second season of his popular \u201cSouth Lines\u201d webisode series, and he just picked up a wildcard invitation to the 2018 Freeride World Tour. With thousands of enthusiastic fans backing him, Aymar\u2019s now ready to step into the ring in the final round.\n\nKelly SildaruShe may be only fifteen years old, but Kelly Sildaru has already achieved something close to legendary status in the skiing world. Regarded as a future champion since she was a pre-teen, Kelly is living that future now, picking up podium after podium on a run of competitive dominance. Last season she won the Dew Tour slopestyle, picked up her second consecutive slopestyle gold medal at the Aspen X Games, and took second in Big Air at both the Aspen and Oslo X Games. Last but not least, she also won the halfpipe contest at the Junior World Championships, showing herself to be a potential threat in three different disciplines.\n\nHenrik HarlautIt\u2019s no surprise to see Henrik in the ESOTY finals; after all, he won the vote last year. The 26-year-old Swedish phenom has been at the top of his game for much of the last decade, and is still getting better each year with an inimitable style that wows judges and drives his fans into raptures. In 2017 he continued his legacy-building with Big Air gold at the Oslo X Games and two silver medals\u2014in Slopestyle and the Real Ski video contest\u2014from Aspen X, all while bagging what he says is \u201csome of my best footage yet\u201d for a two-year video project dropping next fall.\n\nFinals voting will remain open until 8:00pm CET on Saturday, December 23, 2017. You may vote once in each final match. Cast your vote below now!\n\nThe final round of European Skier of the Year is sponsored by Atomic, who are giving away a pair of 2018 Bent Chetler skis! Keep up on the Downdays Instagram this week for your chance to win!"}
-{"text": "Ralph J. DiGiovanni, Jr., MD\n\nBoard-Certified Ophthalmologist specializing in general ophthalmology and cataract surgery.\n\nAfter graduating with a degree in Biology from Saint Joseph\u2019s University in 1994, Dr. DiGiovanni went on to study medicine at Hahnemann University. He earned his medical degree in 1998 and completed a one-year internship at University of Pennsylvania-Presbyterian Hospital and a three-year residency in ophthalmology at Temple University where he was appointed Chief Resident in his final year. In 2002, he began his private practice with Dr. Greenbaum.\n\nDr. DiGiovanni is a member of the staff of Lankenau where he performs both cataract and laser surgery. He is actively involved in medical education and teaching and serves as both clinical and surgical director of ophthalmic residents at Lankenau Hospital.\n\nDr. DiGiovanni is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery."}
-{"text": "Thursday, 13 March 2014\n\nUrban Decay 24/7 Double-ended Eye Pencil Naked3 | Review + Swatches\n\nHey Beauties...\n\nOne of the make-up items I picked up while out on my shopping trip with my mum in February was this Urban Decay Naked 24/7 Glide-On Double-Ended Eye Pencil in the shade 'Naked 3' I first spotted these a while back while lusting after the Naked 3 palette in Debenhams and they had these beauties next to all the palettes, they have a style matching all of the naked palettes including the Naked basics. As my mum has purchased the Naked 3 for me I felt it was only appropriate I pick up the pencil for it, right? hehe. I have tried one of UD 24/7 Glide-on eye pencils before as the 'Glenda' Palette came with 'Rockstar' So I knew roughly what to expect.\n\nI really do love the fact they have a pencil for each Naked palette and each one incorporates the different tones of each palette, example: Naked pencil, is more earthy colours, Naked 2 pencil is more cooler/metallic. Naked 3 pencil is more purple toned and Naked basics is, well, basic toned. I am a little disappointed that Naked 3 and Naked basics are the only pencils to feature colours from the actual palettes themselves, it would have been nice if they all did that.\n\nI do really like the packaging of these pencils, as with all UD products, they look sleek and have a tasteful edge to them. I also like how each pencil colour is separated with a silve band and a sticker with the name of the pencil, also the outer packaging of pencils are coloured the same as themselves, which is a nice touch as you know what sort of colour to expect.\n\nSo the two colours that are on the Naked 3 pencil are:Darkside:\n\nDarkside is described as a purple-taupe colour and I think is great for lining the upper lash line and bottom outer corners on a natural/light eye as it isn't too dramatic but still looks flatering. This colour is the second to last shade within the Naked 3 palette itself.Blackheart:\n\nBlackheart is described as a smoky black with red micro-glitter. This looks gorgeous along the upper lash line and outer corners of any eye look and just adds a little sparkle to it. This colour is also featured in the Naked 3 palette itself and is the last colour in the palette.\n\nI really love that the colours are actually taken from the palette itself which makes it a lot easier to co-operate them into an eye look created using the Naked 3 palette.\n\nWell I can honestly say I completely 100% agree! They are so creamy and literally do 'Glide-on' no tugging or scratching the eyes at all, leaving you with a gorgeous lined eye. The can be nicely blended to create a more dramatic smoky eye, don't be fooled though these are smudge proof and really do last all day! Not sure about 24 hours but I can confidently say that last over 14 hours.\n\nYou can pick up these beauties, from any Urban Decay stand, such as Debenhams or House of Frazer for \u00a312.00 which is an absolute bargain when you thing your getting two liners and one full sized liner is \u00a314.00-\u00a315.00.\n\nOverall I really love this products and definitely recommend picking this up especially if you have the Naked 3 palette I feel it will just complete any look. I am actually thinking of picking up the other colours to complete my collection. I do have the Naked Basics pencil aswell so keep an eye out for swatches of that too!\n\nI do believe when the Naked Palette originally came out, it came with a double ended eye pencil instead of a brush. So I am intrigued to know if the pencil is the same as the Naked pencil they have released in this collection? If you know, please let me know it will be interesting to find out.\n\nHave you tried the UD 24/7 liners yet? What are your thoughts on them? Are you lusting after these beauties? Let me know in the comments below."}
-{"text": "Mollie Marriott Joining Bad Touch On Tour In November\n\nFollowing their recent sell-out UK tour supporting King King, and their Planet RockRoadstars UK tour withBroken Witt Rebels, and the recent announcement of their October 2017 tour with The Kentucky Headhunters, Bad Touchare pleased to announce they\u2019ll be undertaking a headline tour in November with special guest Mollie Marriott. The tour is extensive as the visit all points on the compass, North & South plus West & Eest.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re excited to be taking to the road in November with Mollie,\u201d says Bad Touch\u2019s lead singer, Stevie Westwood. \u201cNot only is she only a great vocalist in her own right, but she\u2019s also the daughter of the legendary guitarist and singer Steve Marriott (Small Faces, Humble Pie). She\u2019s part of rock royalty. It will be great to have Mollie touring with us. She\u2019s got a killer voice. It\u2019s going to be a lot of fun.\u201d\n\nBad Touch \u2013 the 5-piece rock band from Norfolk recently released their second studio album \u201cTruth Be Told\u201d. The album features the single\u201c99%\u201dremixed for radio by the legendary Rolling Stones engineer and co-producer, Chris Kimsey. The album celebrates classic rock with Southern boogie influences, with heavy guitar riffs and an iron-clad, tight rhythm section, in the great tradition of Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zeppelin. We loved the album and the boys are even better live Bluesdoodles said \u201cThis is definitely a classic rock with the heat of the south, with finger-licking good guitar and tasty spicy vocals that make this album destined to excite the listener.\u201d Read more HERE\n\nMollie Marriott, daughter of former Small Faces and Humble Pie singer/guitarist Steve Marriott and step-daughter to singer Joe Brown has spent her music career in the wings, having worked mostly as a backing singer with numerous artists including Oasis and Joe Brown.\n\nMollie\u2019s sassy soulful blues vocals are full of classic influences. She can find a raw emotional edge that the best soul and rock singers have \u2013 at times rootsy and upscale through to modest and classy with a sustained relaxed feel.\n\nBluesdoodles chatted with Mollie before her gig at The Borderline Read what was said HERE\n\nVon Hertzen Brothers announce UK tour & New Album\n\nFinland\u2019s most acclaimed progressive rock group Von Hertzen Brothers are excited to announce that they will be releasing a new album titled \u201cVII \u2013 War is Over\u201d this coming Autumn and will be supporting it with an extensive UK tour.\n\nWatch the Von Hertzen Bros video for their single New Day Rising.\n\nThe \u201cWar is Over\u201d Tour will kick off at Nottingham Rescue Rooms on Sunday November 5th and will run until Nov 18th at Wolverhampton\u2019s Slade Rooms and will also include appearances at London\u2019s Garage on Thursday 16th, as well as appearances at Winter rock festivals including Hard Rock Hell & HRH Prog. They will play alongside bands such as Uriah Heap, Magnum, Threshold and many more. Supports for the tour are also due to be announced shortly.\n\nThe band are currently locked away in a studio in Helsinki Finland, where they are mixing down the last tracks for their much-anticipated new album.\n\nSinger Mikko Von Hertzen says: \u201c We (The Brothers) are so excited by the songs on our new album. We took a little breather to give space for seeds to sprout and for musical ideas to grow and flourish. So what we now have is a beautiful garden of all different kinds of songs. We feel there is a new fresh magic and energy in this record that we are all extremely excited about and we cannot wait to unleash these songs across audiences in the UK\u201d."}
-{"text": "The Mar\u00eda Madrid Foundation\n\nThe event will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of June at the Hotel Meli\u00e1 Granada Hotel (c / Angel Ganivet).\n\nThe Maria Madrid Foundation is a non-profit organisation and works to give the family the recognition it deserves as the pillars of society, and the nucleus where the most important values such as respect and tolerance are learnt, together with the ability to solve and prevent future problems. TheFoundation works towards this goal via different programs:- Psychological support.- Playgroups for mums with children from 0 to 3 years. - Adolescent mothers. - Workshops (first aid, pregnant mothers, ...).To fund these programs and other initiatives they have organized this Charity Market. This initiative has the support of many celebrities who have collaborated with their donations including Rosa Lopez ( patron of the foundation), Fandi, Manolo Escobar, Mariana Heredia, Manolete, Lourdes Maldonado, Tania Llasera, Ana Brujas, Jose Antonio Garcia, 091, Sandra Barneda, La Moneta, Judea Maya, Rosana, Javier Ojeda (Danza Invisible), Maribel Calvin, Mage Migue, Curro Albaicin, Chiquito de la Calzada, Melchor Saiz-Pardo, Cristina Urgel, amongst others.Investing in education and culture is the basis for freedom, the development of people and cultural diversity, which must be supported by everyone from the core family unit to the youngest members.These are values that we support , and so we will be present as much as possible, working with the Maria Madrid Foundation."}
-{"text": "Education cuts place an impossible burden\n\nThe General Teaching Council of NI warns of a major impact of the education cuts on the future of Northern Ireland\n\nThe General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI), the professional body for all teachers, has warned of the impossible burden that proposed education cuts will place on teaching professionals in our schools and colleges and the future negative impact on the prospects of young people and the Northern Ireland economy.\n\nSpeaking ahead of a public rally at the Holiday Inn, Belfast on Thursday 18th December against the education cuts The GTCNI Registrar, Dr Carmel Gallagher said:\n\n\u201cTeaching professionals are the greatest asset within any education system. This budget will put hundreds of jobs at risk and also severely undermine the ability of our schools and colleges to meet the needs of young people and the Northern Ireland economy.\n\n\u201cIt is vital that everyone who cares about our education system makes it clear to our politicians that proposed education cuts will fundamentally damage the future of our children and young people, who are the future of this society and its economy.\n\n\u201cFailing to plan for and protect education now is tantamount to planning to fail the economic future of our young people and this society\u201d."}
-{"text": "\"Although the largest middle school in the district, Albiani continues to be one of the top performing schools and improves each and every year. Fantastic students, parents and staff.\"\n\nOther Review | Rating:Posted 2014-06-03\n\n\"Excellent School! Very clean, healthy, fun environment. The teachers are very helpful and nice. I would definitely recommend this school to anyone.\"\n\nOther Review | Rating:Posted 2013-08-21\n\n\"This school is great. Very nice teachers and staff, they take care and make sure the correct placement of the students. If you struggle the teachers will gladly have you and give extra help if you need it. The only way your child doesn't succeed is if he/she are not RESPONSIBLE enough to ask for help.\"\n\nOther Review | Rating:Posted 2013-08-09\n\n\"This school is great, all of the teachers are great. If you struggle through anything just ask your teacher and she/he will help you right away. && you can also get tutor at school. Like on Thursday is math I believe, so come to school at 8ish then get tutor as long as you want til the bell rings. Best thing is that Thursday, you start at 9.\"\n\nParent Review | Rating:Posted 2013-07-22\n\n\"Thsi is a good school if you have a perfect child,w ith no learning problems. However, if your student struggles with learning this is NOT the place for you! Albiani has some of the most uncaring adults working here. This attitude is encouraged by the principal. When they get called on their unprofessionalism, sarcasm rears its ugly head! Too bad. This could be a gret school, but the \"professionals\" need some attitude adjustments.\""}
-{"text": "Are you an independent traveller? Explore Guangzhou on social way with SozialLib, find and search the top rated places of Foursquare, Instagram, Google Places and take a look of what\u00b4s happening with users activity. Manage your favorites and do not forget your favorite points of Guangzhou. All with 3D awesome maps of Google Maps."}
-{"text": "Indianapolis is more than 5,000 miles from Ukraine, but the political and economic turmoil in that nation feels like a family emergency to certain Hoosiers.\n\nSome have blood ties, but all have developed heart-to-heart connections like Kenneth Ney, an Indianapolis urologist who has traveled to Ukraine at least 18 times in the past two decades.\n\nNey is president of Mission to Ukraine, which is focused on delivering Christian services aimed at deterring women from abortions as well as helping children with disabilities. But with the immediate crisis in Ukraine, their thoughts are will the entire country.\n\n\"It is near and dear to my heart and my thoughts are with all the people \u2014 the wonderful, hardworking, peace-loving people,\" Ney said. \"And Ukraine's history is a country that has been trashed up one way and down another.\"\n\nSome of the members of Mission to Ukraine are directly connected to the country of more than 40 million people, with Russia on much of its eastern border.\n\nFor months, tensions have built as it struggled over whether to align economically with Europe or Russia, and in recent weeks, political divides have resulted in Ukraine's president apparently abandoning the country, Russian military moving into the Crimea area and world leaders shuttling and negotiating for some resolution.\n\nThose complex issues boil down to immediate uncertainties for Mission to Ukraine: Will its members be able to make planned trips? Will the organization be able to transfer money to pay its staff in Ukraine? Can medications and other supplies still get through?\n\nWill the people we love be safe?\n\nMembers of Nela Wainscott\u2019s family visited her father\u2019s home village in the Ukraine in 2000.(Photo: Provided by Nela Wainscott)\n\n\"We're all watching the tanks go in,\" said Nela Wainscott of Carmel, a Mission to Ukraine member whose parents are from Ukraine. \"We're all in agony about what's going on.\"\n\nWainscott has distant relatives in Ukraine, and her mother, who now lives in the Atlanta area, is fretting constantly, she said.\n\nIndianapolis businessman Steve Znachko's roots also are in Ukraine, but are a few generations removed.\n\nAfter the dismantling of the Soviet Union, Znachko initially traveled to teach Christian ethics and morality as a new legal system was being developed.\n\nHe happened upon Mission to Ukraine and has come to serve as the group's pastor, visiting Ukraine several times a year.\n\nAbout a week ago, he said, the staff in Ukraine implored him to come for a visit as soon as possible.\n\nHe is scheduled to leave Saturday. Znachko is not sure what he'll find this time.\n\nAre the sons of his longtime co-workers about to be drafted into military service? That's another looming fear, and Znachko carries those personal worries with him.\n\n\"Once you have faces and names to the people who are being persecuted or struggling, it changes everything,\" Znachko said. \"When you know their names and you watch them with their children and had dinner at their table, you come to understand they are just like us.\"\n\nBecause of his personal contacts, Znachko has been able to get firsthand reports via email, Facebook and other social media to supplement mainstream news coverage.\n\nNatasha Mazur is even more immersed \u2014 she relies on satellite feeds of independent Ukrainian television coverage to stay abreast of developments.\n\nMazur, 36, came to Indiana three years ago to work for Helmer Scientific in Noblesville, directing the firm's corporate social responsibility efforts.\n\nShe also is connected to Mission to Ukraine and speaks Ukrainian and Russian, in addition to English and Spanish.\n\nShe went home in December to be with her mother in Kiev as unrest became more pronounced. Mazur met with friends regularly in peaceful protest in Kiev's Independence Square.\n\nBack in Central Indiana, it's a challenge for her to find time to sleep, between work and accounting for the time difference to watch the news.\n\nTo say Mazur is torn between her new home and her birth home is an understatement.\n\nAnd so, she is monitoring the developments in Ukraine not just as an educated observer of history, politics and culture, but also as a daughter.\n\n\"We have been trying to get rid of the Soviet heritage for so long,\" she said. \"And I am watching for updates from friends.\""}
-{"text": "News\n\nMusic lovers and aspiring artists now have another platform to listen to and release their favorite joints, thanks to Samsung and music moguls Russell Simmons & Steve Rifkind. Last night, (July 10), the powerful trio celebrated the launch of ADD52 and Milk Music.\n\nMilk Music is a free and ad-free music streaming service. While, ADD52, which is the genius of Simmons and Rifkind, provides up and coming MCs and crooners a platform to get their material heard.\n\nThe celebration took place in the energetic borough of Brooklyn and included performances by Pusha T, Miguel, Love Dollhouse, Yayyib Ali with Q-Tip on turntables.\n\nADD52 will debut one song from aspiring artists for 52 consecutive weeks."}
-{"text": "Pet Friendly Motels for Travel on a Budget\n\nLooking to save money, but still want to take a nice vacation? Forget about expensive boarding kennels and pet sitters. Take your animal with you and when possible, stay in pet friendly motels.\n\nWhile pet friendly motels are not designed as places to take extended vacations, they do come in handy for short stays. When you have a long layover in a city or if on a road trip, pet friendly motels come in especially handy. Most are comfortable and allow you and your pet a place to rest your head and to get a good night\u2019s sleep without a lot of fuss. If you travel on the road a lot, you will find the U.S. highways are dotted with pet friendly motels. Unlike hotels, many don\u2019t charge a cleaning fee and if they do, it is usually minimal. Following is information on America\u2019s favorite motels.\n\nQuality Inn & Suites\n\nThis hotel brand is part of the Choice Hotels International chain. This is one of the largest hospitality companies in the world, with 6,200 hotels in the U.S. alone. It also has hotels in more than 30 countries. There are many amenities, however, you can consistently count on free high speed Internet access and a free hot breakfast. Two of its hotels, the Quality Inn & Suites, Waco, TX and Quality Inn Chihuahua San Francisco, Chihuahua, Mexico both received the Hotel of the Year\u2013a recognition by hotel owner\u2019s organizations. This chain has many pet friendly motels. Pet Hotels of America makes it easy to reserve at Quality Inns and take advantage of their many promotions.\n\nRoadway Inn\n\nThis motel brand also is owned by Choice Hotels International. These are typically known for being centrally located in the heart of a city or near a highway. The rooms are basic and guest ratings deem them clean. As with many pet friendly motels, the Roadway Inn provides a place for you and your pet to get sleep.\n\nMotel 6\n\nThis motel brand dots the map of the entire U.S. Many are pet friendly motels and are located near a cafe or restaurant, making it easy to sleep, eat and get back on the road. The don\u2019t offer any freebies like Internet access or breakfast. However, many do have in-room cable TV with HBO.\n\nSuper 8\n\nCompared to many other motels, the Super 8 typically has more amenities including high-speed Internet access, seasonally heated pools, business centers with HSIA in the lobby, in-room coffee makers, satellite TV with HBO, and guest laundry.\n\nVagabond Inn\n\nThese motels have ranked fairly high for their cleanliness and friendly staffs. They typically are quite and the parking easily accessible. The beds are known to be comfortable and the locations ideal.\n\nPet Friendly Motels - Making Improvements\n\nMotels today are a far cry from the past. In most cases, they offer the came comforts and amenities as general hotels without the bells and whistles, and also at a much lower rate. But while even lower-end hotels can still cost up to $89 a night, pet friendly motels are far more affordable. Planning ahead will make it easier to take your pet with you when staying at pet friendly motels or hotels. You can also find the lowest rates when you don\u2019t wait until the last minute.\n\nAll pet friendly motels have their own pet policies. Some take cats, some only accept dogs as long as they are under 20 pounds. Some require a deposit; some don\u2019t. Some motels will allow you to leave your pet in the room; some won\u2019t. What travelers need to realize is just because a motel chain is considered pet friendly doesn\u2019t mean that every motel in its chain accepts pets. Make sure to read through the policies of any hotel you plan on staying at prior to reserving, regardless of the chain. Vacation Pet Friendly\u2019s listings provide specific details on each hotel\u2019s pet policies. Read them! To make your road trip even easier by avoiding inconvenience and saving time, become familiar with the policies of different motels along the route you are taking.\n\nIf you are taking a road trip, there are several articles you will definitely be interested in reading. One is packed with tips on traveling with pets the other is on car rentals, as motels especially come in handing when taking road trips. Enjoy your vacation!"}
-{"text": "Barilla says no to gay couples in advertising\n\n\u00abI would not do a commercial with a homosexual family, not for lack of respect toward homosexuals \u2013 who have the right to do whatever they want without disturbing others \u2013 but because I don't agree with them and I think we want to talk to traditional families\u00bb, said chairman Guido Barilla, who later apologized\n\nGuido Barilla, chairman of Italian and European food company Barilla, told wednesday that gay couples will not appear in his company\u2019s advertising. Interviewed during the radio show \u201cLa Zanzara\u201d, Mr. Barilla spoke about the role of women and gays in advertising. Asked about the statements of Laura Boldrini, speaker of the Italian House of Deputies, who criticized stereotypes of women as \u201cmother who serves at the table\u201d, Barilla said:\n\n\u00abAdvertising is a very serious matter and should be handled by people who understand it. Speaker Boldrini doesn\u2019t understand the role of women in advertising: women as mothers, grandmothers, lovers, housewives, caregivers. All of this actions and activities ennoble their role. Women are extremely important for advertising, not only in Italy. In all countries the woman is extremely used in advertising\u00bb\n\n\u00abI think it\u2019s pretty pathetic that the speaker of the House lowers herself talking about advertising, which she doesn\u2019t have the skills to understand. Communication is a fundamental stimulus for commerce: everyone makes it as he sees fit, in accordance with the rules. There are authorities that control advertisings: if someone fails, he receive a reprimand and a fine\u00bb\n\nAsked about why his company \u2013 which also controls the \u201cMulino Bianco\u201d brand with its famous \u201cperfect family\u201d communication \u2013 does not do commercials with gay families, Guido Barilla, who is 55, said:\n\n\u00abWe have a slightly different culture. For us, the \u201csacral family\u201d remains one of the company\u2019s core values. Our family is a traditional family. If gays like our pasta and our advertisings, they will eat our pasta; if they don\u2019t like that, they will eat someone else\u2019s pasta. You can\u2019t always please everyone not to displease anyone. I would not do a commercial with a homosexual family, not for lack of respect toward homosexuals \u2013 who have the right to do whatever they want without disturbing others \u2013 but because I don\u2019t agree with them and I think we want to talk to traditional families. The women are crucial in this\u00bb.\n\n\u00abI respect everyone, they can do what they want without disturbing others. You have the right to do whatever you want in your house without disturbing those around you, claiming more or less legitimate rights. I respect same-sex marriage because that concerns people who want to contract marriage, but I absolutely don\u2019t respect adoptions in gay families, because that concerns a person who is not the people who decide\u00bb"}
-{"text": "Number of dementia sufferers in Northamptonshire expected to nearly double\n\nPublished:16:46Wednesday 13 May 2015\n\nShare this article\n\nThe number of people in Northamptonshire with dementia is expected to almost double in the next 15 years.\n\nA series of events will be held around the county as part of Dementia Awareness Week later this month.\n\nNorthamptonshire County Council libraries will be hosting events including a memory lane cafe and a choir morning.\n\nA wide range of activities and sessions have been organised across the county to support people with dementia and their families, as well as help them learn more about the condition during the awareness week from May 18 to 24.\n\nIn Northamptonshire it is believed that around 8,000 people suffer from dementia and by 2030, this figure is expected to nearly double.\n\nDementia is not a single illness but a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The symptoms include loss of memory, mood changes and confusion. Dementia is caused by a number of different diseases of the brain, including Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\n\nVascular dementia is the second most common cause after Alzheimer\u2019s disease. High blood pressure, heart problems, high cholesterol and diabetes can increase the chances of developing vascular dementia so it is important these conditions are identified and treated at the earliest opportunity.\n\nOne way of maintaining good health and reducing the risk of developing these types of conditions is through a free NHS Health Check. Health checks are available to most people aged between 40 and 74, who don\u2019t already have an existing vascular condition that is already being taken care of by their GP.\n\nCabinet member for public health and wellbeing, Councillor Robin Brown said: \u201cWith the number of people having dementia in the county expected to nearly double in the next 15 years, this is clearly an important issue for many of us.\n\n\u201cLibraries are offering a wide range of activities and information sessions giving anyone dealing with dementia the chance to have fun and spend time with others as well as learn more about the small steps they can take to help cope with this condition.\u201d\n\nFor more information about the events planned as part of Dementia Awareness Week, visit www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/whatson\n\nAnyone interested in getting a free health check can visit www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/healthchecks to check if they are eligible or contact their GP surgery for more information."}
-{"text": "North America doesn't have to wait much longer now for Fire Emblem: Awakening, the 3DS strategic RPG that sees you play as Lord Chrom and the Shepherds in a battle against a mysterious new evil.\n\nNintendo has now revealed some more information on the game including how StreetPass and SpotPass will be implemented, as well as what players can expect to find in DLC (downloadable content). On top of this it has revealed that a demo will be available in the eShop from 17th January \u2014 the game itself will be available in physical or downloadable form from 4th February.\n\nFrom day one new maps will become available to download with others being added at regular weekly intervals. The first map will be available to download free of charge for a limited period, while others are likely to follow suit with the Japanese release and set you back some change; these additional maps will be offered at various price points, though we have no ball-park figures at this time. The downloadable content will be accessed through the Outrealm Gate which is located on the in-game world map; the gate is unlocked after the fifth mission in the main story mode is complete.\n\nNintendo will also be distributing new content via SpotPass for free, which will start to trickle through after launch and will feature additional maps with new storylines, characters and items. StreetPass isn't being neglected either, with players being able to exchange game data with others. This involves setting up a team of 10 units that will be transferred upon passing a fellow player; StreetPass characters can then appear on your world map and you'll be able to recruit their team leaders for money, or you can recruit them for free if you successfully defeat them in battle; you can also buy valuable items from them if you fancy. If you want to be a show-off, meanwhile, StreetPass battle victories will boost your \u201crenown\u201d for everyone else to see.\n\nEuropeans will be able to get hold of the game in April and will also be hoping to receive a demo before release.\n\nAre you looking forward to playing Fire Emblem: Awakening? Will you be trying out the demo, North Americans? Let us know in the comments section below."}
-{"text": "Day and Night World Map\n\nPosted 04 September 2013 - 06:58 AM\n\ni am creating Day and Night World Map website where user will enter all details of his location and according to it Time and date will be displayed with world map to display day and night side.\nSo my question is how can i get the proper date and time for the user parameter from internet.Any tutorial will be helpful\n\nRe: Day and Night World Map\n\nPosted 04 September 2013 - 07:16 AM\n\ni wanted user should be updated from internet(any website which shows time for any any time zone).\nSo when user enter details value in my website, he should get updated time details from other website."}
-{"text": "I\u2019ll be doing Breakfast again this year, of course; but this time I\u2019ll be doing them as I go along instead of all at once after I\u2019ve finished everything. The first review (\u201cThe Queen\u2019s Menagerie\u201d) is already on the site."}
-{"text": "Use Google Chrome for Best Experience\n\nYou are using an old version of Internet Explorer. Our site is developed with the latest technology, which is not supported by older browsers\nWe recommend that you use Google Chrome for accessing our (or any) website. It is a FREE and modern web-browser which supports the latest web technologies offering you a cleaner and more secure browsing experience.\n\nNews & Press\n\nVirginia Film Festival Announces Light House Studio to Take Over Adrenaline Film Project\n\nBy JennyM on September 7, 2018\n\nVAFF Announces Light House Studio to Take Over Adrenaline Film Project\n\nAfter Hiatus this Fall, AFP to Launch Under New Leadership in 2019; Adrenaline Founder Jeff Wadlow to Continue to Support\n\nCharlottesville, VA \u2013 September 6, 2018 \u2013 The Virginia Film Festival and Light House Studio have announced that Light House Studio will take over the Adrenaline Film Project, the 72-hour guerilla filmmaking project that has long been a favorite of VAFF audiences, effective immediately.\n\nThe shift in ownership allows Light House Studio to bring its filmmaking education expertise to Adrenaline, which was co-founded in 2004 by noted director and Charlottesville native Jeff Wadlow. A Festival board member for over fifteen years, Wadlow will continue to support Adrenaline alongside Light House Studio staff and mentors. AFP will take a hiatus in the Fall of 2018 and return in 2019. The Virginia Film Festival will continue to provide a platform for screening the completed Adrenaline Film Project films each year.\n\nThe Adrenaline Film Project is a 72-hour guerrilla filmmaking adventure in which 10-12 teams of filmmakers compete for cash prizes by pitching, writing, shooting, editing, and screening their own 3-5 minute films with guidance from a team of highly accomplished mentors from across the industry. Mentors assign teams a genre, line of dialogue, and prop that they must incorporate into their short films, which are then programmed for a juried, public screening. Previous winners have found success in their acceptances to film schools, submissions to Sundance, involvement in the creation of popular movies and television shows, starting their own production companies, and even winning an Emmy.\n\n\u201cWith their long-proven success in youth mentorship and remarkable track record of educating young filmmakers, Light House Studio is uniquely qualified to carry this program forward and oversee its growth and development for many years to come,\u201d said Jody Kielbasa, Virginia Film Festival Director and Vice Provost for the Arts at the University of Virginia. \u201cWith the Film Festival\u2019s focus on exhibiting more than 150 films, hosting over 100 special guests, and deepening our community engagement through targeted programming each year, this shift is an opportunity to give Adrenaline a home that is more in line with its mission. Light House is one of our most reliable community partners, and we are very happy to continue supporting Light House and Adrenaline through public screenings in years to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are grateful for the opportunity to take on the Adrenaline Film Project, which has long been one of the most dynamic and exciting vehicles for filmmakers in Charlottesville and throughout the Commonwealth,\u201d said Deanna Gould, Executive Director of Light House Studio. \u201cWe have greatly enjoyed being a part of the program since year one through our students\u2019 participation. Now, we are very excited to lead it forward as an outstanding and unique educational vehicle, and to work with the Film Festival to share Adrenaline with its many fans each year.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that Light House will be taking over the management of the Adrenaline Film Project in Virginia,\u201d said Wadlow. \u201cThis will ensure Adrenaline\u2019s growth in the Commonwealth regardless of whether or not I can personally attend each year, and that AFP\u2019s mission to foster high quality collaborative filmmaking in central Virginia will continue unhindered. Since our very first year in 2004, I\u2019ve admired the outstanding work that Light House has done with young filmmakers. Their Adrenaline teams have consistently taken top honors at our final screening, and I have no doubt that under Deanna Gould\u2019s leadership, they will continue to raise the bar for AFP in Virginia. I\u2019ve personally spoken to all the key Adrenaline players in Charlottesville, everyone from Erica Arvold to Kevin Everson to Stace Carter, who will remain involved and committed to our vision for AFP. I am incredibly grateful for the support that UVA and the Festival have provided these past fourteen years, and I look forward to sharing the Adrenaline Film Project with audiences in Central Virginia for years to come.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Thursday, January 12, 2017\n\nU.S. red meat exports continued to build momentum in November, highlighted by a new monthly volume record for pork exports. Both pork and beef exports exceeded year-ago levels by more than 20 percent in both volume and value, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).\n\nNovember pork exports totaled 225,757 metric tons (mt), up 24 percent year-over-year and breaking the previous record (218,132 mt) set in October 2012. Export value was $586.8 million, up 30 percent from a year ago and the highest since May 2014. For January through November, pork export volume was up 7 percent from a year ago to 2.09 million mt, while export value increased 5 percent to $5.38 billion.\n\nEven with U.S. pork production reaching record levels, exports are accounting for a larger share. November export volume equated to 28 percent of total production and 23 percent for muscle cuts only \u2013 substantial increases over the November 2015 ratios of 24 percent and 21 percent. For January through November, exports accounted for 25.5 percent of total production and 21.4 percent for muscle cuts \u2013 up from 24.2 percent and 20.9 percent, respectively, in 2015. November export value averaged $55.09 per head slaughtered, up 19 percent year-over-year. The January-November average was $49.63 per head, up 2 percent.\n\nNovember was also a very strong month for beef exports, which totaled 155,335 mt \u2013 up 20 percent year-over-year and the largest since July 2013. Export value increased 21 percent to $619.1 million, the highest since December 2014. This pushed January-November export volume to 1.07 million mt (up 10 percent year-over-year) valued at $5.72 billion (down 1 percent).\n\nNovember exports accounted for nearly 15 percent of total beef production and 11.7 percent for muscle cuts only \u2013 the highest levels since 2014. January-November exports accounted for 13.5 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively \u2013 up from 13 percent and 10 percent during the same period in 2015. Beef export value per head of fed slaughter reached a 2016 high of $294.39 in November, up 5 percent from a year ago. For January through November, per-head export value averaged $258.48, down 7 percent."}
-{"text": "Come see the World\n\nYou thought you had it rough. But what if you were sailing on one of these great ships that come into the harbor every day and there were only about thirty other passengers aboard. Even if you could use the swimming pool or the tennis court who would you play with? Who would you say hello to in the morning? It would be mighty lonely. Such a ship arrived Saturday night and departed Sunday at 11 p.m. It is called the World, home-ported at Nassau.\n\nMy son talked with a couple who were traveling on the World. They were from England, and a sister living in Seattle accompanied them. They bought a condo on the World about a year ago. They said that a condo on the ship sells for between $2 million and $6 million, with the annual fees ranging from $80,000 to $300,000, depending on whether you have a one-, two- or three-bedroom unit.\n\nThe people said that they enjoy most of the amenities of a regular cruise ship, including three restaurants, a full-size swimming pool, tennis court and elaborate spa. All the condos are set up with a complete kitchen and there is a grocery store to furnish your supplies. If you don't feel like cooking, the chef will come to your room to prepare a really nice dinner.\n\nYou can sell or rent your condo. However, the market, according to these folks, is very small in terms of people who can afford it. They said that most of the passengers do not rent out their condos, but they do.\n\nThe tenants are from all over the world. Most use the rooms for only a few weeks of the year. Recently, the tenants became unhappy with the management, so they decided to buy the ship themselves, and run it as a cooperative. The couple talking to my son said that they own four other homes located at different spots around the world as well.\n\nThey flew to Seattle from England and met his sister there. They then flew to Anchorage and boarded the ship in Seward. They plan on departing in Vancouver, returning to England. The last time they were on the ship was at Rio de Janeiro, where they spent a week.\n\nThere are 110 units aboard the ship with 80 percent sold. The tenants of course determine where the ship travels. When the ship was here, they said there were 30 people aboard. This is the only such ship in the world, although they said there is another being planned.\n\nNo, this is not the Flying Dutchman, aimlessly circling the globe. This is the World and there are 22 condos still available. Juneauites, the line forms at the new $5 million dock next to the Alaska Steamship pier.\n\n\u0095 Elton Engstrom is a lifelong Alaskan, retired fish-buyer, lawyer and legislator (1964-70) who lives in Juneau. He can be reached at 586-1655."}
-{"text": "Florida assault weapons registry would come at a $4 million cost\n\nBy Ana Ceballos\n\nNews Service of Florida|\n\nSep 03, 2019 | 6:41 PM\n\nA newly assembled AR-15 rifle at the Stag Arms company in New Britain, Conn. A panel of state economists has estimated it would cost $4 million to build a registry to carry out a proposed Florida constitutional amendment that targets possession of assault weapons. (Charles Krupa / AP)\n\nA panel of state economists on Tuesday estimated it would cost $4 million to build a registry to carry out a proposed constitutional amendment that targets possession of assault weapons, if Floridians approve the measure in November 2020.\n\nThe ballot proposal, backed by the political committee Ban Assault Weapons NOW, would prohibit possession of assault weapons but would provide an exception for people who own the guns at the time the measure takes effect. Those people would be able to keep assault weapons if they register the guns with the state.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBefore people could register the weapons, a system would need to be developed under the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. One agency official warned economists on Tuesday that a \u201cnumber of caveats\u201d could impact the cost of the registry and the time it takes to build it.\n\n\u201cWhen you are talking about a gun registry, you are talking about potentially millions of guns,\u201d said Ron Draa, the law-enforcement agency\u2019s director of external affairs.\n\nDraa told the panel of economists that they should consider the cost of background checks, about 2,500 work hours for staff to build the system and about $3 million every year to maintain the registry.\n\nWhile the proposed ballot measure does not require the state agency to conduct background checks on the people registering their guns, Draa said not doing so could be \u201cproblematic.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf the gun is going to be registered with us, it is probably a liability for us to have a registry with people who should not be possessing a firearm,\u201d Draa said. \u201cFrom our perspective, we thought that might be a public safety issue.\u201d\n\nIf the ballot measure is approved, the state agency would also be required to have the registry up and running within 30 days of passage. Draa told the panel that would be \u201cimpossible.\u201d\n\n\u201cDepending on what the Legislature determines a registration system would look like, it could take up to a year and a half,\u201d Draa added.\n\nPanel member Amy Baker, who heads the Legislature\u2019s Office of Economic and Demographic Research, said another \u201cunusual dimension\u201d to the cost of the registry would be accounting for the number of out-of-state people who would move to Florida and register guns.\n\nThe registry issues were raised during a meeting in which the economists worked to nail down specific costs of the proposed ballot measure.\n\nThe measure defines an assault weapon as \u201csemi-automatic rifles and shotguns capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition at once, either in fixed or detachable magazine, or any other ammunition-feeding device.\u201d\n\nThe panel covered the financial impact the amendment would have on government contracts, tourism and sale taxes. For the most part, the panel was uncertain on the exact impact on such issues.\n\nBanning assault weapons has long been a controversial concept in Florida. But a deadly shooting rampage on Feb. 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County brought the possibility of imposing such a ban into the spotlight again.\n\nThe effort gained traction after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed a law last year with gun control measures, but not a ban on assault-style guns. The ban was advocated by Democrats and students from the Parkland school.\n\nFor the proposal to make it onto the 2020 ballot, Ban Assault Weapons NOW needs to clear two major requirements. The Florida Supreme Court needs to sign off on the wording that Floridians would see when they vote on the measure, and the political committee would need to submit at least 766,200 valid petition signatures.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAs of Tuesday, the state had received 105,062 valid petition signatures, according to the Florida Division of Elections website.\n\nEconomists are scheduled to meet again Thursday to continue crunching numbers before signing off on a final tally of the ballot measure\u2019s financial impact."}
-{"text": "Bloomington in McLean County, Illinois \u2014 The American Midwest (Great Lakes)\n\nThe Lost Speech\n\nBy Beverly Pfingsten, June 10, 2012\n\n1. The Lost Speech Marker\n\nThis is a double sided marker, but the text is too long to include on one page.\n\nInscription. Horace Greeley's New York Tribune reported on the Bloomington convention for its national readership: \"It was most emphatically a convention of the people, where all classes, opinions and shades of belief were represented---but all inspired with one common resolve to resist further aggressions of the slave power to the bitter end.\" The \"shades of belief\" were broad. The old Whig Party had collapsed. New movements focused on single topics. Here in Bloomington abolitionists, gradual emancipationists, nativists, and immigrants joined in opposition to the expansion of slavery. From this wide and fractious group, Lincoln fashioned a new political party, the Republican Party. He said, while debating Douglas, \"I have supposed myself since the organization of the Republican party at Bloomington... bound as a party man.\" Democrats also saw the convention as driven by the slave issue. Their party newspaper, the Springfield Illinois State Register, summarized the proceedings: \"They go the entire colored platform...They put the whole black creed in the ring. Nobody will call in question the sable orthodoxy of these thugs, amalgamationists and amalgamated thugs.\"\n\nPhotoForemost in the minds of those gathered at Major's Hall on May 29, 1856 was the fact of slavery. Writers in local newspapers would\n\nBy Beverly Pfingsten, June 10, 2012\n\n2. Photo on Marker\n\nexclaim about slaves that, 'They are as white as you or I! Rosa, the slave girl pictured here, illustrates that fact. Taken in 1863, this photograph was sold in Central Illinois to raise funds in support of just-freed slave children in New Orleans.\n\nWhile the convention was in session, the nativist Know-Nothings and the supporters of the Kansas settlers held their own meetings in town. The anti-immigrant nativists gathered as the Temple of Honor, a fraternal lodge. They spoke on temperance, a trait not common to the thousands of Germans and Irish who were settling in Illinois. Mayor Franklin Price of Bloomington, who presided undoubtedly wore his Temple of Honor regalia, as seen on the right. Gov. Reeder, at the left, had finished his term as governor of guerrilla war-torn \"Bloody Kansas.\" He escaped Kansas disguised as a woodchopper, recreated in this period photo. In Bloomington, he described the horrors of Kansas, including the sacking of Lawrence.\n\nLocation. 40\u00b0 28.72\u2032 N, 88\u00b0 59.563\u2032 W. Marker is in Bloomington, Illinois, in McLean County. Marker is at the intersection of S. East Street and Front Street on S. East Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bloomington IL 61701, United States of America.\n\nCredits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 13, 2012, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2012, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland."}
-{"text": "Miyamoto Says Nintendo is Working on New IP - News\n\nDuring an interview with Famitsu magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto stated that Nintendo is working on a new Wii U game and that it is not one of the company's existing franchises.\n\n\"With Mario Kart 8 coming out in the Spring of next year, we'll have a good selection [of Wii U games] available, so I'm thinking isn't it about time we release a new franchise?\" reads the quote. Famitsu's follow-up question - \"A new franchise! Would that a be brand new title that you would be working on?\" - garnered the following response: \"I can't talk too much detail right now, but I will say that this new title has been keeping me busy lately.\"\n\nThis game would be the first new IP from Nintendo to be released on the Wii U, excluding Nintendo Land. Nintendo is best known for innovating and sticking with their core franchises."}
-{"text": "Moline High School Class of 96\n\nMoline High School Class of 1996, Moline, IL\nContact AndreaSchoemaker@gmail.com\n\nSunday, November 26, 2006\n\nReunion Aftermath\n\nWell, I just wanted to thank everyone for coming to the reunion, we had a great turnout. I hope everyone had a good time :) I have uploaded some pictures here and I'll try to get them up in the class photo album. Anyone else who has pictures that would like me to put them on the site just email them to me."}
-{"text": "To reach Jim Cashel on the Internet, just drop him a line at his e-mail address \"cashel@esquire.com.\"\n\nYou can\u2019t call him at Esquire magazine, though. He doesn\u2019t work there and never has, according to the company. Try some of his other 17 e-mail addresses, including \"hertz.com\" and \"trump.com,\" and you\u2019ll get the same result. He doesn\u2019t work for those companies either, spokesmen said.\n\nBut Cashel does own the words they might want to use in their cyberspace addresses.\n\nCashel \u2014 a Kalorama resident who works at the government-funded Eurasia Foundation here \u2014 declined to be interviewed for this article. He is among a growing number of people and companies that have registered hundreds of Internet addresses mimicking some of corporate America\u2019s most fiercely guarded trademarks.\n\nOnly with an address can a company send and receive e-mail on \"the Net.\" Just as street signs provide directions to buildings, Internet addresses direct information to the right individual. If your name is Mike and you work at XYZ Corp., your Internet address might be mike@xyz.com. Unless, of course, somebody else had already registered @xyz.com. Then you would have to be mike@elsewhere.com.\n\nThe unique addresses are handed out on a first-come, first-served basis by an administrative body called InterNIC. Anyone can register any address for free. The only restrictions are Internet naming guidelines, which limit the number of characters and require that a descriptive suffix be included. All business addresses, for instance, must include the suffix \".com,\" short for \"commercial.\"\n\nThe rush by Cashel and others to register potentially valuable names may cost businesses millions. As more companies venture on-line, they may find their name of choice already has been registered by a speculator, a competitor, an employee or even a company in a different industry with a similar name. At stake is corporate identity in the information age.\n\nCompanies whose potential names have been registered by others will have three choices: Pick another name, buy the rights to the original one or sue.\n\n\"There are big corporate names being registered, and it appears that it is individuals and not companies who are responsible,\" said Mike Walsh, the president of Internet Info, a Falls Church market research firm that tracks corporate use of the Net.\n\nAlready, 17,000 \".com\" names have been registered, and that number may swell to 50,000 a year from now, Walsh said.\n\nA search of InterNIC\u2019s public registry of names reveals several Fortune 500 companies whose names or products have been registered by someone else. Besides Cashel\u2019s names, already taken are \"coke.com,\" \"startrek.com,\" \"nasdaq.com,\" \"cosmo.com\" and \"windows.com.\" Some companies have reserved scores of addresses that might be valuable someday, such as \"pizza.com,\" \"sex.com,\" \"god.com\" and \"money.com.\"\n\nSpokesmen for Hertz Corp., the Nasdaq stock market, Viacom Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and other companies and organizations contacted said they were unaware that the names had been registered. Several said the companies would investigate possible legal action to claim the names.\n\nLike many legal issues in cyberspace, there is no clear precedent on whether traditional trademark law protection extends to Internet addresses.\n\n\"Addresses are problematic. The trademarks statute forbids the registration of geographic addresses, but computer addresses may not fall within those limitations,\" said Lynne Beresford, the trademark legal administrator at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.\n\n\"It\u2019s very much like getting a vanity plate,\" said Jonathan Groves, manager of information services at the Internet Co., a Cambridge, Mass., Internet provider that registered the Nasdaq and Windows addresses for clients.\n\nSeveral intellectual property and trademark lawyers said that companies whose names are taken may have pretty strong cases.\n\n\"Trademark rights are based upon use. If you make any other use of a name that could confuse the public, that\u2019s trademark infringement,\" said John Hornick, an attorney who specializes in such matters.\n\n\"If you take an Internet address, you\u2019re saying, \u2018I\u2019m going to take someone else\u2019s name and register it,\u2019 \" he said. \"You can certainly argue that might confuse the public, and could probably sue and win.\"\n\nMerely registering a company\u2019s name could prompt legal action, said Bruce Teller, outside counsel for the International Trademark Association. While not trademark infringement, registering a name could be considered trademark dilution because the commercial value in a name is diminished, he said.\n\nTwo cases are in the courts. In one, the MTV cable channel is suing Adam Curry, a former MTV host, over his use of the address \"mtv.com.\" Curry originally offered to set up the address for MTV, but the network declined.\n\nWith MTV\u2019s knowledge, Curry registered the name for himself and helped the network incorporate it into MTV programming. Only after Curry tried to stage an on-air resignation in April did MTV file suit to claim the name.\n\nWhile the matter is in litigation, Curry has agreed to direct to another site users who try to address mtv.com.\n\nLawyers said the case probably will focus on MTV\u2019s initial decision not to register the name, and not on trademark issues.\n\nIn the other case, the Princeton Review test preparation company registered the address \"kaplan.com\" in reference to its largest competitor, the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center. Although Princeton Review President John Katzman says the registration was a joke, the company activated the address with on-line advertisements for Princeton Review.\n\nKaplan, which is a unit of The Washington Post Co., filed suit. Kaplan President Jonathan Glayer said the company has since registered \"about 20\" variations on the Kaplan name and its products. The two companies have agreed to arbitration later in the year; in the meantime, Princeton Review has deactivated kaplan.com.\n\nPrinceton Review\u2019s \"joke\" was certainly an expensive one. Katzman estimates his legal bills will run between $ 10,000 and $ 20,000.\n\nUndeterred, he says he may have another joke in store for Kaplan. He\u2019s considering registering the address \"kraplan.com\" and promoting it instead.\n\nTo avoid ending up in Kaplan\u2019s position, companies can take preventive measures. Katzman himself urges, \"Everybody should go out and register their company\u2019s domain name right now.\"\n\nOther suggestions from lawyers include trademarking an un-stylized company logo \u2014 because Internet addresses are plain text, a company\u2019s stylized logo may not be admissible in an infringement case \u2014 and collecting evidence that a similar name causes public confusion. Misdelivered e-mail might be one way of documentation, attorney Hornick said.\n\nMost of all, companies should not count on Internet providers to protect a name when someone else tries to register it \u2014 because most won\u2019t.\n\n\"We can\u2019t act as an arbiter,\" Internet Co. President Robert Raisch explains. \"We would be placed in a position of qualifying every domain name for every country around the world.\""}
-{"text": "+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+\n| TPWD News Release 20040816b |\n+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+\n| This page contains only plain text, no HTML formatting codes. |\n| It is not designed for display in a browser but for copying |\n| and editing in whatever software you use to lay out pages. |\n| To copy the text into an editing program: |\n| --Display this page in your browser. |\n| --Select all. |\n| --Copy. |\n| --Paste in a document in your editing program. |\n| If you have any suggestions for improving these pages, send |\n| an e-mail to webtech@tpwd.state.tx.us and mention Plain Text Pages. |\n+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+\n[ Note: This item is more than 12 years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ]\n[ Media Contact: TPWD News, news@tpwd.texas.gov, 512-389-8030 ] [KE]\nAug. 16, 2004\nBWI Arrests Up Statewide as TPWD Readies for Labor Day Traffic\nExtra! Read All Aboat It!\nAUSTIN, Texas -- So far this year, TPWD game wardens have arrested 231 people statewide for Boating While Intoxicated. Through the same time period (Aug. 9) of 2003, there were only 180 arrests.\nTPWD wants to remind everyone that if they are caught drinking and operating a boat, and convicted, the penalties are the same as for DWI. The blood-alcohol limit is .08. And the myth about how everyone should refuse to be tested if pulled over -- that one does not pay. Your driver's license can be suspended if you refuse a blood-alcohol test.\nHowever, it appears boating accidents, boating fatalities, and boating injuries are down this year so far compared to the same time in 2003.\n\"Although the 20 fatalities at this time is nearly half as many as the 39 Texas had thru early August in 2003, we still warn boaters to take every precaution to keep from becoming a fatality statistic,\" said Alfonso Campos, chief of marine enforcement at TPWD.\nTPWD has made nearly 400,000 water-related contacts so far this year and Game Wardens are readying for the busy Labor Day weekend on the water.\nWhen heading out to the water, remember don't drink and boat, wear your lifejacket even if you are a good swimmer (you can't swim if you are knocked out) and maintain a 50-foot distance when on personal watercrafts (jet skis).\nBoating Safety Tips\n--Always wear a life jacket.\n--Avoid alcohol.\n--Be especially careful on personal watercrafts.\n--Children younger than age 13 must wear a Coast Guard approved life jacket while underway.\n--Enroll in a boater education class.\n--Don't overload your boat.\n--Operate at a safe speed.\n--Always have a passenger serve as a lookout in addition to the operator.\n--Watch out for low water areas or submerged objects.\n--Always Wear A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) or Life Jacket\n--Only 9 percent of boating fatality victims were found wearing a PFD.\n--Always carry extra PFDs in both adult and child sizes.\n--The probability of being killed in a boating accident doubles when alcohol is involved.\n--Operating a boat under the influence is just as dangerous as driving a car after you have been drinking.\n--Boating while intoxicated (BWI) is strictly enforced and carries penalties similar to driving while intoxicated penalties, including possible Driver's License suspension.\n--It's a good idea for the whole family to enroll in a boater education course.\n--52 percent of vessels involved in boating accidents are operated by persons 26-50 years of age.\n--For information on classroom, home video and on-line course options, visit the TPWD Web site (http://tpwd.texas.gov/) or call (800) 792-1112.\n--Be especially careful on Personal Watercrafts (PWCs)\n--PWC operators and passengers must wear a life jacket.\n--Before you borrow or rent a PWC, take the time to learn how to operate the vessel and the rules of the waterway.\n--Obey the 50-foot rule! Maintain a 50-foot distance from other PWCs, vessels, persons, shore, or stationary platform or other object unless operating at headway (idle) speed.\n--Although there are no numerical speed limits on the water, citations may be issued for excessive speed or reckless operation. Use common sense, and operate at a safe speed at all times -especially in crowded areas.\n--Excessive speed is a rate of speed greater than is reasonable or prudent without regard for conditions and hazards or greater than will permit a person to bring the boat to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.\nBoating Facts\n--There are approximately 621,000 registered boats in Texas, ranking it 5th in the country.\n--Texas has more square miles of inland water than any other state.\n--Recreational boating safety is a primary area of responsibility of Texas game wardens.\nThe most common water safety citations are issued are for:\n--Not having enough lifejackets on board the boat.\n--Children younger than 13 not wearing a life jacket.\n--Game Wardens enforce the Boating While Intoxicated (BWI) law. A person who either appears to be impaired and/or has a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or higher while operating a boat can be arrested for BWI.\n--A person arrested for BWI may be jailed for up to 180 days, be fined as much as $2,000 or both. Additionally, the person's drivers' license may be automatically suspended.\n--Alcohol plays a role in 50 percent of all boating accidents, according to BOAT US.\n--The use of a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket would eliminate nearly 85 percent of boating fatalities.\n--A typical boating accident fatality involves:\n--An open motorboat 83 percent of the time; weekends 59 percent of the time;\n--The hours between Noon and 7 p.m. 59 percent of the time;\n--The victim falling overboard, 34 percent of the time;\n--An operator between 26-50 years of age 52 percent of the time; and\n--A personal watercraft, 9 percent of the time.\nTexas Boating Statistics\nYear Accidents Injuries Fatalities\n1997 258 222 69\n1998 252 187 53\n1999 262 186 51\n2000 257 173 55\n2001 242 191 41\n2002 249 153 61\n2003 264 175 39\nFor more information, visit the Web (http://tpwd.texas.gov/boat/).\n-30-"}
-{"text": "Freedom New Mexico A winter weather advisory will be issued between 11 p.m. tonight until 5 p.m. Tuesday for snowfall along and behind a strong cold front pushes through eastern New Mexico, according to the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. Confidence is moderate that amounts in the plains will range from 2 inches to 4 [\u2026]\n\nBy Karl Terry, PNT Managing Editor The parched landscape across Roosevelt County received some relief in the form of rain over the last week. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque reported 1.32 inches of rain Sunday. Residents saw brief showers through the day but most of the moisture came with a storm that sliced through [\u2026]\n\nCNJ staff In the last three days, the Clovis area has received almost 4-inches of rain, more than half the amount of total rainfall through July. According to the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, since Friday, storms in the area have produced 3.72 inches of rainfall. Portales has received about half that with 1.81 inches. [\u2026]\n\nStaff and wire reports The National Weather Service on Friday issued a winter storm warning \u2014 which means severe winter weather conditions are imminent or highly likely \u2014 for Curry and Roosevelt counties until 5 p.m. today. Snow accumulation was expected to be 2 to 4 inches by daybreak today, according to the NWS. An [\u2026]\n\nMC-130W Combat Spear The MC-130W Combat Spear flies in \u201cdirect support of unified and theater special operations commands and USSOCOM contingencies,\u201d according to the Armed Forces Special Operations Web site. The aircraft participates in \u201cinfiltration, exfiltration and resupply of U.S and allied special operations forces,\u201d according the the AFSOC Web site. Flying primarily at night [\u2026]\n\n\u2022 Graduation Day and The Fan were the featured selections showing at the Varsity Drive-in Theatre. \u2022 The Stars defeated the Aces 16-1 during a game played at Wheelers Park as part of the Senior League Softball. \u2022 Rainfall for the area was reported to be at 3.16 inches for the year. This years total [\u2026]\n\nBy Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor March 2007 will go into the record books as one of the wettest in more than a half century in Roosevelt County. The 2.83 inches of rain is the most since 1948, according to meteorologist Bryan Guyer at the Albuquerque office of the NWS. Most of last month\u2019s precipitation [\u2026]\n\nBy Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor With numerous snowfalls under their belts already, another storm on Valentine\u2019s Day was anything but sweet for Roosevelt County residents. Snow began falling Tuesday night and continued to fall off-and-on all day Wednesday. Extremely cold temperatures Wednesday made for slick roads late in the day. The National Weather Service [\u2026]\n\nBy Marlena Hartz: Freedom Newspapers A winter storm that lingered over the middle of New Mexico dumped more than 10 inches of snow across parts of Clovis and eastern New Mexico Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s rough out there,\u201d Clovis resident Trinidad Juarez said. \u201cEvery time I stop, I get stuck (in the snow),\u201d said Juarez, who delivers [\u2026]\n\nBy Helena Rodriguez: Freedom Newspapers A snow storm that dumped 4 inches of snow in the Clovis/Portales area since Thursday is melting away. However, one road, U.S. 285 between Vaughn and Clines Corner, remained closed on Monday and the area is bracing for more possible snow. \u201cWe encourage people to call our toll -free number, [\u2026]\n\nBy Helena Rodriguez: Freedom Newspapers Getting snowed in can be fun when you\u2019re in the mountainous village of Cloudcroft. Just take a short drive to the snow-covered hills for a day of snow tubing, snowmobiling, skiing and ice skating. Nestled in the Sacramento Mountains, conditions are just right for plenty of outdoor winter activities. A [\u2026]\n\nBy Casey Peacock: PNT staff writer With five ski resorts operating in New Mexico and more scheduled to open in the coming days, this ski season is shaping up to be much improved over last year\u2019s, according to ski resort officials. Officials said they hope the colder weather will bring more snow and improve snow-making [\u2026]\n\nBy Bryant Million: Freedom Newspapers Portales streets flooded Wednesday night after the city received the most overnight rainfall it\u2019s seen in a year, according to weather recordkeepers. Carla Howard, a development assistant at Eastern New Mexico University\u2019s KENW radio and television station, said the station\u2019s weather records show that Portales received 1.38 inches of rain. [\u2026]\n\nBy Sharna Johnson: Freedom Newspapers A series of thunderstorms that dumped almost an inch of much-needed rain across the area isn\u2019t enough to alleviate the hazardous fire conditions in eastern New Mexico, according to fire officials. Case in point \u2014 firefighters were called out to extinguish a burning boxcar mid-morning Friday on U.S. 70 near [\u2026]\n\nBy Charlie Carmichael All around the Milnesand area has had rain and hail the past week. Elton Parkinson just to the north of the store had about two-and-a-half inches of rain and quite a bit of marble size hail. To the south a couple miles Barbara and Wiley Teel got about three-and-a-half inches of rain [\u2026]\n\nFreedom Newspapers Tuesday and Wednesday brought hope for a white Christmas in the local area, but also an increased chance of dangerous roads for motorists. Cannon Air Force Base moved to Mission Essential status Wednesday morning, meaning that only those needed to support the base, such as the police and fire department, were called to [\u2026]\n\nBy Tony Parra City department employees cleaned up some of the mess made by the storm which left 2.72 inches of rain on Tuesday, but meteorologists say there\u2019s another system on the way on Monday. Jim Kratzer, meteorologist from Cannon Air Force Base, said 2.72 inches of rain was reported at CAFB, but said he [\u2026]\n\nStaff and Wire Reports Just three days after Roosevelt County was flooded with rain, the region got another good dousing early Saturday morning. Portales received .52 of an inch of rain and nearby Cannon Air Force Base measured half an inch Saturday morning. Portales received 1.2 inches of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, while [\u2026]\n\nBy Mike Linn: Freedom Newspapers An army of rain marched through eastern New Mexico and West Texas on Tuesday night, bringing big grins to those who work in agriculture and big frowns from motorists traveling through some of the more waterlogged areas. Portions of three major highways \u2014 State Highways 206 and 88 and the [\u2026]\n\nFreedom Newspapers Parts of Roosevelt County received up to 4 inches of rain Tuesday night, weather officials estimated, closing roads and leaving drivers with near zero visiblity at times. A Roosevelt County Sheriff\u2019s spokeswoman said no injuries were reported. But officials said parts of State Highways 88 and 206 south of Portales were closed and [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Stimulant-Containing Energy Drinks\n\nExpert Analysis\n\nShare via:\n\nFont Size\n\nA\n\nA\n\nA\n\nIntroduction\n\nEnergy drinks are frequently consumed by athletes, weekend warriors, service members, college students, secondary school students, and are heavily marketed to children and adolescents.4,11,15 Marketed for and used to boost performance, they often have high concentrations of caffeine and other stimulants that can cause serious side effects.\n\nThe scientific community, media, governments, athletic departments and the general public have expressed safety concerns over energy drinks specifically for vulnerable populations, including those:4,6\n\nunder 18 years of age\n\ncaffeine-na\u00efve or caffeine-sensitive\n\npregnant or breastfeeding women\n\ntaking stimulants or other caffeine-based medications\n\nwith comorbid cardiovascular or other medical conditions.\n\nEnergy drinks and shots are unique in that the caffeine concentration is comparatively higher than other caffeinated beverages, such as sodas, which are subject to a limit imposed by the FDA (Figure 1). In addition, compared to adults, younger teens generally have limited tolerance to caffeine due to infrequent consumption. Thus, youthful athletes are more subject to adverse effects, particularly when consuming large and rapid doses of caffeine present in energy drinks in combination with exercising around the same time.9\n\nCaffeine is a core ingredient in energy drinks and is rapidly and completely absorbed, peaking in concentration in approximately 30-120 minutes post-ingestion.16 When added to energy drinks, caffeine is typically a synthetic alkaloid rather than a naturally-occurring constituent of plant based beverages (e.g., tea or coffee). However, guarana and yerba mate, which can be contained as part of the energy blend of energy drinks, are also natural and an additional source of caffeine in these products. As such, the total amount of caffeine in energy drinks may not be accurately reflected on the label. Importantly, levels of caffeine in energy drinks vary between 71-316 mg of caffeine per 8 oz. serving, which exceeds the FDA-imposed limit of 71 mg of caffeine per 12 fluid oz. of soda.11 In addition, energy drinks frequently include significant amounts of carbohydrates (usually glucose), taurine (an amino acid), niacin, pyridoxine, cyanocobalamin (B12), riboflavin (B2), ginseng extract, glucuronolactone (a glucose metabolite), inositol (B8), guarana (contains caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline), ephedra, Yohimbine, gingko, kola nut, theophylline, vitamins, herbs, and/or L-carnitine.3 The health effects of these additives are not well documented.7\n\nEnergy Drinks and Performance\n\nThe caffeine contained in energy drinks has ergogenic potential, with doses of pure caffeine of 3-6 mg per kilogram of body weight associated with an increase in power and aerobic activity (e.g., split times) by approximately 4%.14 However, the evidence for energy drinks as \"performance-enhancing\" is mixed. With respect to improving aerobic/anaerobic performance and/or reaction time after energy drink consumption, studies are inconsistent.9 Several studies have reported improved endurance or muscle performance; however, others demonstrate no benefits, with some documenting a negative effect as evidenced by increased muscle fatigue and reduced cerebral blood flow.9-11\n\nAdverse Effects of Energy Drink Use\n\nIn 2011, there were 4,854 logged calls to US Poison Control Centers regarding adverse energy drink exposures, most deemed secondary to their caffeine and stimulant toxicity.13\n\nCases of sudden cardiac death after energy drink use have been reported, yet assigning causation is difficult9,11 A possible mechanism underlying sudden cardiac death associated with energy drink consumption and exercise may include a supply-demand imbalance as detailed in Figure 3.\n\nFigure 3\n\nRecommendations\n\nEnergy drinks should not be:1-4,8,9,11,16\n\nConsumed by children or adolescents: cases of children who have developed cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric symptoms, as well as sudden cardiac death in association with consumption of energy drinks have been reported. One case involved a 17-year-old male who had severe coronary artery spasm in association with energy drink consumption with a resulting STEMI on ECG and significantly elevated cardiac troponin. Another involved a 14-year-old girl who died after drinking two energy drinks; an autopsy concluded she died of cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity\n\nUsed for hydration prior to, during, or after physical activity: our research suggests an impairment in endothelial function in the hours following consumption of energy drinks, which could result in impairment in blood flow to the heart and other vital organs and complications.\n\nMarketed to or consumed by vulnerable populations: cases where such individuals who have consumed energy drinks and had associated complications have been described; e.g., a 13-year-old boy who had a coronary artery dissection in association with consumption of an energy drink.\n\nConsumed with alcohol: binge drinking of energy beverages combined with alcohol is common practice, resulting in the \"toxic wide-awake drunk\" who despite being impaired by the alcohol is wired from the energy drink and has a false sense of confidence in their abilities, which may lead to risk taking and dangerous behavior.\n\nConsumed close to bedtime: caffeine has a half-life of 4-6 hours and will interfere with restful sleep in most who consume it within an hours prior to bed.\n\nHealth care providers, trainers, coaches, and parents and children should be educated about potential adverse events associated with energy drink use.\n\nConclusions\n\nEnergy drinks are frequently consumed by young athletes and there are reports of morbidity and mortality associated with consumption. In particular, susceptible individuals include younger, smaller, caffeine-na\u00efve/sensitive, pregnant or breastfeeding women and those with underlying medical conditions. While most healthy adults can consume a single energy drink without any significant negative acute health effects, the long-term effects of chronic consumption have not been well studied."}
-{"text": "Assaults they sound so innocuous but they're also known as very zombie drug and for good reason. Incidents across the country caption on YouTube have shown people seem to lose their minds on bath salts and now the problem has built from the streets to the troops tonight Mary and a van Zeller meets Marines with a destructive. -- -- -- in new breed of powerful synthetic drugs. With names like spice and -- selves they are sold openly aired its wheels spice mimics the effects of -- -- now that's cells. Look like their name. But I was strong -- similar to amphetamines or cocaine. The effects highlight no drugs on next. Jordan and his friend who we will called -- started using synthetic drugs at what -- Marines. I was oppressed finally get fat -- or about wheels ago what is it that makes you -- -- you do whatever you want. This feels good Jordan was kicked out a month ago for disciplinary reasons but prince is still on active duty. Which is why we are not showing his -- How popular -- synthetic drugs in the military. It's an epidemic blank. 57%. Had tried or currently do Spicer vessels no world. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The Marines don't release an official statistics on synthetic drugs means so it's difficult to verify what Jordan tells us. But Jordan says one thing is clear. The drugs are not hard to find one that we -- today is that it can be by anyway. And downtown San Diego about to go into -- head -- to -- -- -- These -- there's cap and parents are becoming the whole time go to Finland -- that today -- the for -- and the legacy of what was. We're doing it. In this shop that's salts are sold under the brand name bubbles and -- -- And they are kept hidden from most customers go walk in with -- -- cut. Acting like -- you'll find they have no problem purchasing the infamous dropped. This case there's. Walked. Six no problem it's easy is he -- -- bath salts might be popular and military. Synthetic drugs don't show up on standard urine tests that all Marines must take. When Jordan was it can handle them he says human teen -- not synthetic marijuana and he also tried back silence. Allison. Exciting and musing intently -- -- time. Me me feel like the public. But the -- was the worst part Jordan says he will never -- bath salts again it's a horrible horrible horrible. Life threatening brain destroying drug that no nation ever -- But Chris on the other hand he's just purchased half of -- And he is anxious to get started. Why now it's -- to likes -- -- All bullying -- -- -- counseling take positive. And we begin patrolling my -- -- and slowing down. My actions. It's Chris takes hit after hit. -- spot start to come out in jumbled waits. It's interesting finding -- -- thoughts the mind set sometimes that -- -- and thus they'll improve fuel way. Telling us. I -- I like. Yes. I think being. -- as thing as soon. Find out how far I can take Chris tells me that when he entered the Marines he was addicted to alcohol. But at some point he switched to synthetic drugs tests. Do you think you'll -- -- -- -- Think that that is soon. Fool. But later when we met back -- with -- -- he was still using the war. And get a cut to get help from. Tried looking deep inside of me. Making a strong play on and -- -- my eyes out but once you've picked up. That substance -- -- my body does he wants to do it. For Chris it may not be much he can do. According to Jordan his friend from the Marines. Professional help. It is not really an option. The current zero tolerance policy for the link or is it no drugs or tolerate be reached out to the Marines for comments on synthetic drug use in the corner and treatment of addiction. And it would told they could not meet our deadline but in the same week that we last spoke to Chris. The navy launched -- massive awareness campaign about the dangerous and fat -- including this public service announcements. The PSA starts with a reenactment of a sailor. Going through and bad bath salt street and people are using bath salts. They're not they're normal cells. In the video lieutenant Jorge left there at the naval medical center in San Diego describes why service members should stay away. -- synthetic drugs ultimately. These people are jacking up their points this stuff that they're -- The navy's campaign illustrates that synthetic drugs -- are growing concern in the military. But Chris -- -- use about his own usage. I've been so long now since November 11 2000 -- Chris says that quitting wasn't entirely his choice but few days after we last saw. -- was pulled over by military police. -- is being questioned about his strange behavior. Chris admitted teasing -- sounds. Chris is now being processed and Marines and says that it wasn't military authorities that convinced him to stop using. I -- my life back to god. That would base incidents -- always -- -- Bible on me and -- weed problems -- I know that this is the path. Even though Chris says he has found god and that it has been weeks since the last time he touched bath salts. The physical -- that the drug is still evident. That's as strong a substance that I've Evelyn -- -- and mile line. With the win coming down off of it yourself and you hope you never do it again. I don't want to do. For Nightline I'm Ariana van -- in Los Angeles. Moved. Our thanks to -- -- -- for -- disturbing report. They this year revealed his team more Marianna on fusion the joint venture cable channel between ABC news. And Univision. Her report inside secret America premieres tomorrow night Wednesday July 10 on the National Geographic channel.\n\nThis transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.\n\nNow Playing: Germanwings Crash Investigators Piece Together What Happened\n\nNow Playing: How 'Pretty Woman' Would Be Different Today\n\nNow Playing: Turning Junk From Your Garage into Cash\n\nNow Playing: The Pain of Cyberbullying Still Lingers Years Later\n\nNow Playing: {{itm.title}}\n\n{\"id\":19623522,\"title\":\"Military Members Getting High on Bath Salts?\",\"duration\":\"3:00\",\"description\":\"Meet two Marines who are fighting their own battles away from the frontlines.\",\"url\":\"/Nightline/video/military-members-high-bath-salts-19623522\",\"section\":\"Nightline\",\"mediaType\":\"Default\"}"}
-{"text": "Tools\n\nShare!\n\nOWTU: Mittal making millions off of T&TEC\n\nBy\nCarolyn Kissoon carolyn.kissoon@trinidadexpress.com\n\nStory Created:\nApr 11, 2014 at 9:10 PM ECT\n\nStory Updated:\nApr 11, 2014 at 9:10 PM ECT\n\nThe Oilfields Workers\u2019 Trade Union (OWTU) has called on the Government to explain why the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) continues to supply subsidised power to one of the largest steel producers in the world, Arcelor Mittal Point Lisas Ltd.\n\nOWTU vice-president, Peter Burke, stated that the $12 million subsidy has put a burden on T&TEC\u2019s finances.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference at the OWTU headquarters, San Fernando, yesterday Burke said, \u201cMittal has become a world-class producer of steel on the back of cheap electricity from T&TEC. The company is benefiting from rates of electricity that is cheaper than cost. That is unacceptable because all the stakeholders in T&TEC are concerned that this burden is unnecessary given the fact that it has made Mittal the second largest steel producer in the world. And much of this steel empire has been built on the basis of cheap electricity,\u201d he said.\n\nBurke said the Government should intervene immediately to ensure that consumers and employees enjoy effective and efficient services from the electricity company.\n\nHe claimed that Mittal pays $22 million per month for power which would usually cost $34 million.\n\n\u201cThere are other issues which impact on the viability of T&TEC. One is the procurement practices. We are absolutely certain that efficient procurement practices by T&TEC is going to impact positively on the balance book. And we are not going to support a rate increase on the context of wasteful procurement practices where increases in electricity would go to the private pockets of people employed by T&TEC for outsourcing and not giving us value for money,\u201d he said.\n\nBurke said the Government needed to ensure that T&TEC operates within the law, which is to provide a safe supply of electricity at a reasonable cost.\n\nAnother matter engaging the union\u2019s attention, he said, was the decision by T&TEC to contract work which can be performed effectively by staff.\n\n\u201cWe also feel strongly that T&TEC has not been providing materials and so on for the workforce. It is a direct result of poor procurement practices.\n\n\u201cIn many cases they choose to contract out work that can be done safer and more efficiently (by staff). These contractors have been paid where no work has been done and prices are ridiculous. The contractors are paid for mobilisation and don\u2019t do any work or they go to the jobsite and refer work to regular staff. These add to the cost of operations at T&TEC,\u201d he said.\n\nBurke said the union has documentary proof of unsafe work procedures by contract workers.\n\nHe said workers were outraged that private contractors were in possession of T&TEC materials, while they have none to carry out their duties."}
-{"text": "Category Archives: SUSE Linux\n\nWhen SUSE created a Raspberry Pi image for SUSECon in 2016, there was a tremendous amount of interest. We saw thousands of downloads in just the first few days. Many people asked, \u201cWhen are you going to offer real support \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nIBM\u00ae Hyperconverged Systems powered by Nutanix are now SUSE YES Certified for SUSE Linux. These certifications are for the 1U CS821 and 2U CS822 models. These systems will combine the performance of the IBM POWER8 chip architecture and the simplicity \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nAll system outages are bad. They result in lost revenue, reputation damage, lost productivity and other impacts to the business. Outages of enterprise applications such as SAP HANA can have an even greater impact on a business due to the \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nSUSE has had a long and successful history of supporting High-Performance Computing, with over 50% of the Top 100 HPC systems running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) technology. SUSE is a Platinum sponsor for OpenHPC and SUSE Linux is \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nThey are here! IBM announced the POWER9 servers for small enterprises, which will be available later this quarter. IBM announced six new servers but the IBM POWER Systems H922 and H924 are of particular interest to SAP HANA customers. These \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nMemory fragmentation can happen in any operating system, but if you are running a memory intensive workload like SAP HANA, fragmentation can put an upper limit on how long the application can be available before needing to be restarted. Increasing \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nOne of the key questions about patches to mitigate Meltdown and Spectre is \u201cHow is this going to impact my performance?\u201d Olaf Kirch, Distinguished Engineer and VP of Engineering at SUSE explains why it is so difficult to predict the \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "*\n\nMonday, August 8, 2011\n\nlove and logic: mission possible\n\nmission possible: raising responsible kids\n\ntrain children in the right way, and when old they will not stray.\n\nproverbs 22:6\n\nso here is the honest truth; these little beings that start out their journey in life 100% dependent on us for survival, will someday have to be 100% dependent on themselves. well, i guess they don't HAVE to be, they could grow up to always be dependent on others and never able to think for themselves. but ultimately we will be sending them out into this complex, fast changing world full of temptations and life-and-death decisions. surely, our hope is that they can think for themselves and make good responsible decisions. in other words, \"those little tykes, so innocent and playful at our feet, will someday grow up. we want to do everything humanly possible for our children so that someday they can strut confidently into the real world. and we do it all in the name of love. but love can get us in trouble - not love itself per se, but how we show it. our noble intentions are often our own worst enemy when raising responsible kids.\"\n\nthe authors of love & logic say that some of the most disrespectful and rebellious kids come from homes where they were shown love, but it was just the wrong kind of love. exploring these \"ineffective parenting styles\" is very interesting. i think we all are guilty of part of these from time to time. it would take being perfect to not be.\n\nineffective parenting styles\n\nhelicopter parents\n\nthese parents hover over their children and rescue them at the first sight of trouble. they are forever running lunches, permission slips, and homework to school. often these parents feel that they are easing their their child's path into adulthood. these parents are always bailing their children out of any and every bind.\n\nthe turbo attack helicopter parent\n\nthis parenting style was added in the last revision of the book. the authors quote these parents as, \"no longer just rescue and defend. they fly in with guns blazing and missiles locked to attack anyone who holds their child accountable for his or her actions.\" these parents are obsessed with creating a perfect world for their child, hoping they enter adulthood with the best credentials. these kids have remarkable resumes and are over scheduled in academics and extracurricular activities. turbo parents always make their child the victim, something that wears out the teachers and administrators that come into contact with them.\n\ndrill sergeant parents\n\nthese parents believe that to love their child they need to control them and insist that they not fail. kids of drill sergeant parents are consistently told what to do, and when given the chance to think for themselves they often make horrendous decisions. these parents are totally into power, never giving the child a chance to learn how to be responsible. these children often go through life very concerned about what everyone else thinks, and are often victims of peer pressure.\n\nthe effective parenting style of love & logic\n\nthe consultant parent\n\nlove and logic parents avoid the helicopter and drill sergeant mentalities by using a consultant style of parenting as early as possible in the child's life. they ask their children questions and offer choices. instead of telling their children what to do, they put the burden of decision making on their kids' shoulders. they establish options with limits. thus, by the time the children become teens, they are used to making good decisions.\n\na love and logic parent knows that by allowing their child to fail early, the cost is very minimal. natural consequences cost less when our kids are young, versus when they are older and the stakes are higher. sure it can be tough to watch our children fail, but these significant learning opportunities (SOLs), are the price we must pay to raise responsible kids. \"we have a choice: we can hurt a little as we watch them learn life's lessons now, or we can hurt a lot as we watch them grow up to be individuals unable to care for themselves.\"\n\nwe set the boundaries of their failure based on their age and within the choices we given them. asking your rebellious 3 year, \"would you like to go to the car with your feet on the ground or your feet in the air?\" sets a reasonable and enforceable limit. either way they choose gets them in the car, but they are burdened with making the decision of how to get there. the key is to offer choices that are valid. saying something like, \"get in the car, or i am leaving you here!\" holds no value because you really wouldn't leave your 3 year old in a parking lot. both choices must be enforceable, and you must be willing to follow through even if they choose the harder of the two.\n\nno matter how hard we try we cannot teach responsibility to our children. they must \"catch\" it through SOLs and observing the important people in their lives making responsible decisions. parents who raise responsible kids spend very little time and energy worrying about their kids' responsibilities; they worry more about how to let the children encounter SLOs for their irresponsibility.\n\nwhere does that leave me?\n\nlike i said at the beginning of this post, most of us are guilty of using some of the ineffective parenting styles from time to time. i can for sure relate to wanting to protect my child and set them up for success. and i don't think that those are bad things, they are natural things. i am in total agreement with the love and logic mindset and have always been a big fan of giving choices. my growth needs to come in letting coen experience failure more often. i do believe that it is my responsibility as his mama to provide him with a safe environment to learn and grow. there is not much in our house that he can't play with. i have made it a focus to set him up for success within his own environment. this eliminates daily battles over small things, and opens up time for SLOs that are meaningful. i know that he won't always be in environments that are like this, but it would be irresponsible of me to leave sharp, breakable, expensive items laying around the house and expect him to make the choice to not touch them. by giving him a safe environment i am setting a limit on his failures. probably this is true even in raising teenagers; you aren't worried about them finding a pair of scissors but might want to put a lock on the liquor cabinet. i am excited about the idea that each toddler struggle i find myself in is an opportunity for a SLO. over the next week i am going to keep track of some of these opportunities and i will share them with you. happy parenting!\n\noh, one last thought...how did i ever live without this little person in my life?!"}
-{"text": "Food Services Marketing Plan\n\nExecutive Summary\n\nIntroductionChef Vending (Chef), LLC is a family start-up business that specializes in importing vending machines and commercial food and beverage equipment from Spain. Chef will penetrate the vending industry with innovative, first to market, high quality vending machines. Chef will establish our own vending routes in the Southern and Central Florida region. Chef also plan to participate in the $321 billion food and beverage industry by supplying high-quality innovative equipment. With the establishment of one strategic alliance with a national brand name in either of their vending lines, Chef expect to easily exceed the financial forecasts.\n\nThe CompanyChef Vending's mission is to be the leader in introducing innovative, quality vending machines and restaurant equipment to the market. Through close customer contact and excellent relationships, Chef will meet the needs of the customers.\n\nChef Vending, LLC, is a privately-held Florida corporation and maintains an office and a small warehouse in a mixed-use area of North Miami Beach, Florida.\n\nThree of the four investors in the company have full operational responsibility. Mauricio Ordonez and Javier Palmera, the co-founders, have both entrepreneurial and industry experience. Charles Mulligan brings operational management, marketing, and financial skills to the operation.\n\nThe ProductsChef Vending will have two product lines, each for the various markets it serves. The vending products line will include the unique Sandwich Express machine, a Fresh Orange Juice machine and the Multi-line Dispenser. The restaurant equipment products will be toasters, espresso makers, and fresh juice squeezers.\n\nMost of the products, such as Sandwich Express are innovative machines that have functions and advantages not found in today's common vending machines, thus providing Chef Vending a competitive advantage over more established competitors.\n\nChef plans to aggressively enhance the existing line in the future. The immediate plans are to include a larger model of Sandwich Express that will offer a greater variety of sandwiches, and a more diverse product line, such as pizza. Other products are in the exploratory phase.\n\nChef is also pursuing supplier relationships with large nationally-branded juice and sandwich manufacturers, to customize the machines to their products. This would enable Chef Vending to supply machines to national companies and allow them to brand the machines with their product lines.\n\nThe MarketRevenue from U.S. vending consumable merchandise was $24.5 billion in 2002, an increase of 4.9% over 1998, according to the Automatic Merchandiser magazine's State of the Vending Industry Report in August 2000. Small companies, with sales of less than $1 million, accounted for 5.8% of the market and had projected sales for 1999 of $1.35 billion. Three quarters of all vending operators are classified in the small category.\n\nWithin the industry, snacks and cold beverages are the largest product segments and these two categories are the driving force of the industry. The food category grew at a rate of 7% last year, according to the Automatic Merchandiser. Cold storage machines grew at an even more impressive 42% in 2001, with this growth coming at the expense of shelf-stable products.\n\nAccording to the National Restaurant Association, revenues from restaurants are expected to reach $321 billion in 2001. This is a large and healthy industry in our economy, and suppliers to this industry are expected to benefit from this growth.\n\nAll of this indicates that a fast moving, innovative company that can introduce enhanced products to vending machine/restaurant equipment customers stand to gain significant market share in a relatively short time span.\n\nChef Vending will market its machines to three distinct market segments including; distributors, branded sandwich and juice manufacturers, and end users. For the restaurant equipment business Chef will focus on restaurants and hotels and equipment supply companies.\n\nFinancial ConsiderationsThe company has an initial start-up cost of approximately $157,000 of which $125,000 will come from a ten year SBA loan. Short-term borrowing will provide Chef with an additional $2,500 and the rest will be provided by investment capital."}
-{"text": "It\u2019s just over a month into Hillary Clinton\u2019s historic presidency, and Milo Yiannopoulos works as a Starbucks barista, the Koch brothers have fled the country and the first woman to occupy the Oval Office is the sober, exacting policy wonk that millions of Americans expected.\n\nAnd her vanquished political opponent, Donald Trump, is on the verge of being charged with treason by the Department of Justice.\n\nThis liberal fantasy on steroids arrives courtesy of Hillarybeattrump.org, a satirical news site designed to dive deeply under the skin of President Trump and anyone who supports him.\n\nThe site channels the Onion\u2019s humor, the National Enquirer\u2019s whacked-out headlines and the Huffington Post\u2019s progressive indignation. It\u2019s a parody-based parallel universe whose creator intended for it to serve as a trap for Trump supporters online, with a mocking masthead that says: \u201cPresident Hillary Rodham Clinton.\u201d\n\nThe site\u2019s founder \u2014 a 30-year-old East Coast writer who asked spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of becoming a conservative targetin real life \u2014told The Washington Post that her conservative critics are partially correct: Hillarybeattrump is meant to serve as a refuge from reality for liberals.\n\nBut mostly, she said, it\u2019s a chance to troll the opposition whose party actually won the presidency.\n\n\u201cI wanted it to be a joyful middle finger,\u201d the site\u2019s founder said when reached by phone. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to wallow or argue with people who can\u2019t be argued with. There\u2019s something about humor as confrontation that I instinctively thought would work \u2014 like a good right jab that I could keep using.\u201d\n\nThe joke, it would seem, is not hard to get, even when the joke is just barely a joke. Using humor as protest, the site operates according to the plainly stated position that Clinton is, in fact, the 45th president of the United States.\n\n\u201cIn the midst of a Constitutional crisis, this is our response,\u201d the site\u2019s \u201cAbout Us\u201d page states. \u201cLong live the true president, Hillary Rodham Clinton.\u201d\n\nIn her first public comments since President Trump's inauguration, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says women are the future in a video message for the 2017 MAKERS Conference. (Reuters)\n\nHow does she respond to critics who accuse her of perpetuating fake news?\n\n\u201cI empathize with people who feel frustrated that things they see on Facebook do not reflect reality as they see it,\u201d she said. \u201cBut no, I don\u2019t think anyone can accuse me of misinforming the public en masse or undermining the collective intelligence of public\u2019s political discourse by writing fake news that is so obviously satire.\u201d\n\nShe decided to launch the site in January as a defense of Clinton\u2019s legacy and now has five other writers providing additional content. Although fake, the stories often highlight Clinton\u2019s actual policy positions, such as raising the federal minimum wage and guaranteeing paid maternity and paternity leave.\n\nThe site also serves to remind Trump supporters that the actual president lost the popular vote to the fake president by enough voters to populate the city of Chicago \u2014 a fact Trump has falsely attributed to voter fraud.\n\nIf her bulging inbox of violent and misogynistic hate mail is any indication, the bait appears to be working with some unsettling results. Since Hillarybeattrump.org was picked up on the conservative-media radar, the site\u2019s creator says it\u2019s been getting about 200,000 visitors per day \u2014 enough to keep her busy deleting angry emails for a solid hour each night.\n\nIn recent days, she said, news about the site bubbled up on 4chan and various subreddits before appearing on the Daily Caller and then Breitbart and Fox News. The entire journey from the fringes of the conservative map to the news spotlight took about 12 hours, she said.\n\nNow, as if on cue, the furious email stream gushes any time she publishes a post that identifies Clinton as president.\n\n\u201cYou can always find your paradise in heaven,\u201d one reader said in an email the site\u2019s founder shared with The Post. \u201cIts just one bullet away.\u201d\n\n\u201cI know in your fake world she won but in the real world she did not,\u201d another reader said. \u201cTo the people who made this Web page go get a real job like the rest of real Americans.\u201d\n\n\u201cYour dad must have abused you while mom watched, right?\u201d another reader added. \u201cYES Liberalism IS A METAL DISORDER and YOU ARE POOF!\u201d\n\nThe founder said the vitriolic reaction says less about her content than it does about her new readers.\n\n\u201cI think it has to be a deep sense of insecurity, and I think they also can\u2019t abide by dissent,\u201d she said.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been amazed by how willfully determined they are not to get the joke,\u201d she added.\n\nConservative media has blasted the headlines as a sort of pathetic alternative reality for bitter liberal snowflakes.\n\nBreitbart referred to the site as \u201cthe ultimate safe space\u201d and said it offered Clinton supporters a place they can \u201cpretend.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe website\u2019s tagline is \u2018News From The Real America, Where The Majority Rules\u201d \u2014 a reference, of course, to the oft-cited notion that the popular vote actually means something,\u201d a story on Yiannopoulos\u2019s blog said.\n\nKnow a Clinton supporter who can't accept that Trump is the president? Well, there's a new satirical website just for them\u2026 pic.twitter.com/420kgXYYha\n\nThe site\u2019s founder seems to revel in the attention \u2014 albeit anonymously.\n\n\u201cFor a lot of people who feel like an important chapter was stolen from feminist history by the Russians, by Julian Assange and by the FBI director, hillarybeattrump.org is restorative,\u201d she said.\n\nShe devotes about 35 hours a week to the site and said she plans to keep it going as long as she can summon the energy, though she\u2019s not making any money and considers it \u201ca labor of love.\u201d Because Clinton offered decades of detailed policy prescriptions, many of which will remain at the center of political discourse for years, she\u2019ll have no shortage of material to work with moving forward, she said.\n\nIf hillarybeattrump.org\u2019s audience keeps growing, through hate clicks or otherwise, the site\u2019s founder might launch a YouTube spinoff \u2014 perhaps a nightly newscast with headlines from Clinton\u2019s first term in office.\n\nAlong the way, of course, she plans to continue to remind her readers that she believes the wrong person is in the White House, she said.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m unwilling to concede the legitimacy of this president,\u201d she said. \u201cI will continue to gleefully, sadistically emphasize Clinton\u2019s landslide victory in the popular vote on the site to underline the point that this Trump fellow has no business being president.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Tag Archive: Kilgore Chamber of Commerce\n\nThe East Texas Youth Chorus (ETYC) is looking for singers for its fall season. Jim Taylor is ETYC director and Kilgore College\u2019s (KC) director of choral activities. He explained the mission of this choir. \u201cThe chorus offers home-schooled youth a fabulous arts component to one\u2019s schedule,\u201d he said. \u201cIt also gives students the opportunity to \u2026"}
-{"text": "The Week In Villa (4)\n\nYou lucky, lucky things. It's an eight day week! What? I was busy. Get off my back, okay? Jeez!\n\nWednesday, 22nd August\n\nCharles N'Zogbia comes out with comments that suggest he has remembered he's a professional footballer. I bet he forgets again soon enough.\n\nOver on Twitter, some hilarious nonsense about an 'unknown player' being at Bodymoor Heath creates some drama. Stuff like, 'It was a black man, I saw his arm' gets treated like a journalistic report. It comes to nothing, you'll be stunned to know.\n\nThursday, 23rd August\n\nVery little to discuss. This lack of transfer stuff is starting to concern me for the first time.\n\nFriday, 24th August\n\nRemember when Jean Makoun went on loan? Apparently it's official today.\n\nAs we lose one midfielder, we, um, lose another. Sadly, Gary Gardner is out for the season. Having lost a good chunk of his career at a very important time, he's done it again at an even more important time. One has to fear for him now. It's not impossible for him to get back to it, but this is a crucial time in his development.\n\nApparently Lambert has no interest in Defoe or Jones. That'll be that then.\n\nEverton tomorrow, hope Lambo gets off to a good start at Villa Park.\n\nSaturday, 25th August\n\nWell that was depressing. Okay, in that first minute, had Delfounso's cross landed on Bent's head and then the Everton net, it's a different game. But it didn't, and it wasn't.\n\nYou know, in 1991-92, I remember Big Ron playing Paul McGrath at right-back in one one of his first games and aged just 10 years old, I was thinking, 'What the hell are you doing?', but things still worked out okay under Ron.\n\nSo here's hoping, because that performance was wrong from the manager to the players. Tactically, it was woeful. Performances were not up to scratch. Overall it was just an awful, awful afternoon. Terrible goalkeeping, a defence that was too deep, a midfield that was as easy to walk through as an open field, and a powder puff forward line.\n\nThe problems are fixable but there is plenty of work still to be done.\n\nSunday, 26th August\n\nWe're linked with Kevin Doyle. Wolves won't have any players soon!\n\nMonday 27th August\n\nCaramel - the best player on Saturday by some way - speaks of us needing character from here on in. Him and Vlaar already seem like the two main leaders in the team.\n\nWe're linked with Christian Benteke from Genk, and Dale Stephens from Charlton. I know nothing about either, other than they are a forward and midfielder respectively.\n\nTomorrow, we play Tranmere in the League Cup. A win would be lovely!\n\nTuesday, 28th August\n\nWe got that win! First of all you'll be delighted to know I watched the game from one of the Trinity Road executive boxes. There wasn't many people there to witness it; just over 15,000. That's as low as I can remember seeing at Villa Park.\n\nIt wasn't a great game, it was a professional win and we were never in any trouble.\n\nI have seen lots of comments from people practically salivating at Stephen Ireland's performance, which is absolute nonsense. It is not the first time he has looked good against painfully average opposition and it won't be the last. Of course, you can only beat what is put in front of you and yes he played well, but only when he does it consistently in the Premiership will I start taking such gibberish seriously.\n\nTactically it was still a bit weird for me. Bannan was the deep lying midfielder with Herd and Delph either side and Ireland the most offensive of the diamond. It was enough to beat Tranmere but I would be scared to death if I saw us line-up like that in a Premiership game.\n\nStill, a win is a win is a win is a win. We needed it, we got it, and I don't know about you, but I think it is about time we won the League Cup again!\n\nWednesday, 29th August\n\nYOU HAVE AN EXTRA DAY TO READ ABOUT! THEY'LL BE DANCING IN THE STREETS!\n\nCookie Policy\nAt Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies."}
-{"text": "Business Information\n\nGetting Creative With Purifiers Advice\n\nChecking our homes is vital for any risk occurrences. Installing fire alarms, carbon monoxide monitors, security systems, deadbolts are among the safeguards that the home owners have decided to undertake. External and internal threats are kept off by the protective measures installed. There is notice of risk occurrence before it arises. Among the primary considerations include the condition of the air filling rooms that we sleep, cook, clean, and relax in daily.\n\nOne cannot ignore the quality air in our homes since it is one element that plays a significant role in our homes. Installation of an air conditioner improves the quality of air in all rooms. Homes with quality air are the desires of every individual. There are a few of the signs that one will notice that quality air is not in circulation and therefore a lot of attention is required by homeowners.\n\nOne of the sign is that you notice your allergies are spreading up. In most instances symptoms of itchy eyes, a runny nose, or a sore throat are most likely there are indications of different types of allergies. Itchy eyes, a runny nose, or a sore throat are not always the outcomes of climatic change. Interior conditions are to blame for the allergic signs.\n\nDust can easily be traced inside the house. Dust brings most harmful substances in our body. Congestion needs to be less inside the house.\n\nThe presence of fungi in the home is an alarming sign. Excess humidity reduces quality air. Molds does well in super wet conditions. Occurrence of fungi is a danger sign for our health. Ranges of health effects are as a result of molds occurrence. Respiratory illness, lung infections, skin diseases are among the diseases brought by molds. The best furnace humidifier to your house is likely to decrease the humidity level in your home.\n\nWhen air is not circulating well there is a sign of bad odour. Molds is associated with bad smell. Poor ventilated homes can easily trap any scent and is unlikely not to escape. Places with bad smell need to be well cleaned. One need not ignore bad smells. Leaving and coming back in the house helps you to know if the the odour has minimized.\n\nHomeowners have a significant role to dust all the rooms as well as install a furnace humidifier. It is important that home owners install a quality air filter to minimize chances of dust occurrence. Accumulation of dust is harmful to the respiratory systems."}
-{"text": "One Photo of the 'Orange Is the New Black' Writers' Room Shows What's Wrong With TV\n\n(Editor's note: Spoilers ahead for Orange Is the New Black's fourth season.)\n\nIn the fourth season of Orange Is the New Black, which dropped on Netflix June 17, Litchfield inmate Poussey (Samira Wiley) attends a peaceful protest in the penitentiary's cafeteria. The protest turns volatile, and Poussey gets pinned down under an officer's knee. She loses oxygen \u2014 even saying, \"I can't breathe.\"\n\nShe's killed in a way that directly recalls Eric Garner's death. She was killed by a prison guard; he was killed by the NYPD. The story is one of many ways Orange Is the New Black incorporated the Black Lives Matter movement this season \u2014 an interesting development, if only because TV depicting police violence and racism is of-the-moment cultural criticism.\n\nSeason four received rapturous reviews from mainstream critics. Many highlighted this story as particularly salient to this cultural moment. But the execution of this plot left something to be desired for many a black viewer \u2014 like Very Smart Brothas writer Shamira Ibrahim, for instance. For her, this was an example of \"leveraging black pain and heartache for entertainment.\"\n\nTo quote Ibrahim:\n\nExcept... except... the guard that murdered Poussey didn't mean to do it! It was an accidental murder! And he feels really bad about it! It was a consequence of the system that makes even good guys bad guys, don't you get it? The end result, of course being, that Black viewers are forced to relive a facsimile of tragic real-life events under the most infantilizing and insulting context possible.\n\nThree days after the season dropped, a photo of the writers' room began to circulate, immediately raising eyebrows and drawing questions. There is not one black writer on Orange Is the New Black. How could a show with such an inclusive cast have a writers' room that's so exclusive?\n\nBut this photo is not the problem. It's a symptom \u2014 one that illustrates a much greater problem in television: writers' rooms haven't caught up with the diversity seen on-screen.\n\nThis pic of the Orange Is the New black writer's room raises so many questions. #OITNBpic.twitter.com/o6xKJUD7SN\n\nOrange Is the New Black, which has been hailed for its diverse cast, fails to include a single black man or woman on its writing staff. In fact, out of 52 episodes; only two of the 16 credited writers are people of color, according to Fusion. Featuring those writers of color is a good step, but a show with half a dozen black characters telling a story about Black Lives Matter demands black voices in the writers' room, too.\n\nThough it's actually from June 2015, the writers' room photo's reemergence isn't a coincidence. Viewers angry about how the show handled Poussey's death cited it as part and parcel of the problem. Stories like Poussey's are sensitive, even triggering; they deserve to be treated well, and they impact the way the public sees them. A show that has literally changed the way we think about racism and incarceration should have an inclusive writers' room.\n\nIn other words: This story likely wouldn't have played out exactly as it did \u2014 and frustrated black viewers as a result \u2014 if it was written by a black person.\n\nWriter April Reign, inventor of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, is one of many who thinks so. \"Viewers were left wanting at the end of the season,\" as Reign put it at Essence, \"perhaps because these issues were not handled as well as they could have been had there been more writers of color on staff.\"\n\nInclusion starts on the page. With no Black @OrangeWriters, one shouldn't be surprised by what happened in Season 4, despite casting. @OITNB\n\nUnfortunately, the Orange Is the New Black writers' room looks like most TV writers' rooms.\n\nIn a damning 2015 report, the Writers' Guild of America indicated that employment of minority writers was still low, coming in at just 13.7% during the 2013-14 TV season. Worse even, this is a decrease, almost two full percentage points off the 2011-12 peak of 15.6%.\n\n\"Because minorities accounted for a little over 37% of the U.S. population in 2013, they were thus underrepresented by a factor of nearly 3 to 1 in television staff employment,\" the report reads.\n\nWhile writers rooms are woefully exclusive, the group of people in charge of those writers rooms is even less diverse. According to a Varietyreport from earlier this month, 90% of the new scripted network series boast white showrunners. Only five shows will be run by people of color.\n\nAs Reign noted in her tweet, \"inclusion starts on the page.\" True, Orange Is the New Black boasts one of the most inclusive casts on TV. But that diversity, while important, isn't enough. A cast is only as good as the writing given to them, and many of the very people Orange Is the New Black's ensemble tries to represent are rejecting the writing.\n\nOrange Is the New Black showrunner Jenji Kohan once criticized Transparent creator Jill Soloway for her efforts in trying to hire a trans writer for her team. As Kohan put it at the time, \"I think great writers should write great shows, and I have trouble with, like, what you are in life shouldn't automatically make you what you do in your art. It doesn't necessarily translate.\"\n\nThis is the attitude that's got to go. Personal experience is not representative of total experience, but it is something! A black writer intrinsically has more insight and information to offer about living while black than any one of the writers in that photograph does. The same could be said for trans or queer writers who have more to offer about their own lives. That's not discounting how talented Kohan or any of her writers are. Inclusion is not about taking away, but adding to the creative potential with lived experience.\n\nTV has made strides toward greater inclusivity in front of the camera, but it doesn't stop there. To tell these stories correctly, writers behind the scenes should be able to glean true insights. Showrunners must look for writers whose experience reflects their show's viewpoint.\n\nOn an even more macro level, networks need to look harder for showrunners that represent the show. Are you developing a sitcom about a Latinx family? Look for a Latinx writer or director to run or co-run the show. They'll bring in even more Latinx talent, and your show will more accurately reflect the audience you're trying to reach. This opens up new markets and avenues. \"Diversity sells\" is hardly shocking news at this point, after all.\n\nOnly by making changes like these can culture really change. It all starts on the page."}
-{"text": "You\u2019re looking at the first-ever electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle, coming to a showroom near you sometime in 2016. Here\u2019s what the LiveWire means for motorcycles, America and the future. First, we should emphasize that \u201cProject LiveWire,\u201d as...\n\nFinally, here\u2019s an electric vehicle that even Fox News is gushing over. Aside from sporting a totally badass name \u2014 SilentHawk \u2014 this trippy looking hybrid electric motorcycle is being specially designed for military use. You might not be able to get your hands on it...\n\nThe electric motorcycle manufactured by Zero Motorcycles is gaining popularity among law enforcement all over the world, including the Los Angeles Police Department. These motorcycles can reach speeds of 95mph, have 68lbs of torque, and costs pennies to fully...\n\nThis time last year, Zero Motorcycles could comfortably claim to be the world\u2019s leading electric motorcycle maker. Then Harley-Davidson unveiled its electric LiveWire concept bike, and Polaris Industries acquired Brammo Motorcycles, positioning itself to match..."}
-{"text": "I'm sure it's not \"masturbation\" in the sense that everyone who masturbates does it.\n\nSounds like one version (there are a number of them) of the Vajroli Mudra.\n\nIs there a text on this available for studying?\n\nOne can have from what I understand contact between ones own two opposite Solar and Lunar energies through Pranayama and even combined with physical sensation. But this is not considered near as effective as sexual contact between woman and man. Since Karmamudra or Sexual Yoga practice is a lot more powerful than solo sublimation Pranayamas; by analogy (in relation to part of the theme of this thread), casual sex between opposite sexes would still be much more healthy than casual masturbation.\n\nLast edited by Lhug-Pa on Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.\n\nJinpaRangdrol:\nI think it's interesting that a Dzogchenpa is this adamant about condemning homosexuality on an internet forum. I'd be interested to hear ChNNR's opinion on the matter...\n\nto which Malcolm replied:\n\nLhugpa is a noob (sorry, but its true). I would not call him a Dzogchenpa just yet.\n\nHe is working it out. He has a lot of conceptual baggage from non-Buddhists he stills find authoratative.\n\nHe will realize eventually that all this obsession with fluids and gender is a complete waste of time.\n\nThen, faced with various quotes from different lamas who have nothing against homosexuality, or gay people having sex, you replied the following:\n\nEven if the said Lamas did say what they're quoted as saying, it could imply various things; and is hardly an actual recommendation for people to have \"homosexual pairings in traditional Yab Yum practice\"[sic].\n\nFor example the fact that Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is said to have been somewhat surprised by the question posed to him, shows that he was only being nice.\n\nRegarding Dudjom Rinpoche, most likely a similar scenario (i.e. him being nice getting taken by others as a full-on \"go ahead\", even though that was not what was necessarily implied).\n\nAlso, about \"obsession with fluids and gender\", try telling that to H.H. the Dalai Lama, who is, first and foremost, a Dzogchenpa.\n\nAnd to this, Malcolm had the following to say:\n\nI would be happy to discuss this with HHDL anytime. I have ample proof in the form of texts and so on that his presentation is not properly understood by others.\n\nAnyway Lhugpa, you are not even remotely an expert on this subject. You have received what, a couple of direct introductions, at best from ChNN? Have you ever received a full on major empowerment such as Hevajra, Kalacakra, Guhyagarbha, etc? If you have not, then I would suggest that you are not qualified to have an opinion on this topic, let alone be discussing it.\n\nYou are not speaking from the perspective of a practitioner. You have not engaged in creation stage practice, so how can you pretend to have any insight at all into completion stage practices? At least, at the very least, I spent three years in solitary retreat doing these practices.\n\nYou are not speaking from the perspective of a translator, nor a scholar. You are speaking from the perspective of an enthusiastic layperson with very inadequate knowledge of the subject.\n\nAnd then instead of humbly admitting that you in fact do lack knowledge on the topic, you just replied the following:\n\nWell I think that H.H. the Dalai Lama would \"be nice\" too, in order to be more 'diplomatic' than I am about these issue.\n\nNevertheless, I'll bet anything that he would still say that non-heterosexual relations are harmful for Dzogchen practice, and that there's no scriptural support that would suggest otherwise.\n\nWhich is just stupid.\n\nYou should drop this nonsense of yours. It's not very helpful.\n\nIt is also very possible that if someone who has a fragile connection to the Dharma reads this, they are put off by your biggotry, and that my friend, is very serious.\n\nWhen teachers and Tibetan doctors clearly show how you are wrong, and misinformed (on this topic), it would be very advisable for you to be more humble, and reconsider the attitude you have, and the things you say.\n\nNorwegian wrote:When teachers and Tibetan doctors clearly show how you are wrong, and misinformed (on this topic)\n\nThey have done no such thing (I'm still waiting for someone to post authentic sources such as exact quotes).\n\nWhy would H.H. the Dalai Lama, as a Dzogchenpa, say that homosexuality is sexual misconduct if it were not?\n\nWe couldn't say that H.H. the Dalai Lama is conditioned by Sutrayana or lower Tantra or something like that, because he's a Dzogchen Master (he gave Direct Introduction to Dzogchen at Merigar like clear back in the 80's for example).\n\nNorwegian wrote:When teachers and Tibetan doctors clearly show how you are wrong, and misinformed (on this topic)\n\nThey have done no such thing (I'm still waiting for someone to post authentic sources such as exact quotes).\n\nWhy would H.H. the Dalai Lama, as a Dzogchenpa, say that homosexuality is sexual misconduct if it were not?\n\nWe couldn't say that H.H. the Dalai Lama is conditioned by Sutrayana or lower Tantra or something like that, because he's a Dzogchen Master (he gave Direct Introduction to Dzogchen at Merigar like clear back in the 80's for example).\n\nDude, just because someone is a Dzogchen master or even just a practitioner it doesn't mean everything they say has to do with Dzogchen.\n\nAlthough many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldly desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.\n- Shabkar\n\nSimon E. wrote:No.\nThere are a range of possibilities other than celibacy or bonking their students.\n\nAnd what are those possibilities?\n\nThey might actually have to work at a relationship for example...Like Ato Rinpoche or Chime Rinpoche or nowadays Sogyal Rinpoche.\nYou know, treat the woman or man as a human being rather than a conduit for their little trip.\n\nAnd this can't be done if one is a teacher's student because...?\n\nAlthough many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldly desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.\n- Shabkar\n\nNorwegian wrote:When teachers and Tibetan doctors clearly show how you are wrong, and misinformed (on this topic)\n\nThey have done no such thing (I'm still waiting for someone to post authentic sources such as exact quotes).\n\nWhy would H.H. the Dalai Lama, as a Dzogchenpa, say that homosexuality is sexual misconduct if it were not?\n\nYou can't say that H.H. the Dalai Lama is conditioned by Sutrayana or lower Tantra or something like that, because he's a Dzogchen Master (he gave Direct Introduction to Dzogchen at Merigar like clear back in the 80's for example).\n\nI believe His Holiness has long since qualified those statements, which were made about 15 years ago.\n\nYou are grasping at straws here, trying to conflate ancient sutrayana teachings, with anuyoga teachings and Dzogchen. Since, we do not discuss anu and ati practices openly in my tradition, and the texts are not for shared with people who are not serious practitioners, I cannot debate you on these topics.\n\nI can, however, say that Lama Tharchin Rinpoche was one of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's closest disciples -- and he is said to be one of two surviving people who trained under him in his center in Kongpo, Tibet. He was close to Dudjom Rinpoche from the age of 8 until Kyabje Rinpoche's passing. Dudjom Rinpoche was extremely open minded about sexuality, and we are all part of this tradition where sexuality between consenting adults is viewed as a good thing. I am a student of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, among other lamas who have equally supportive positions in relation to gay and lesbian sexuality. I can think of at least five gays and lesbians, and one transgender person, who have completed three year retreat in our facility, out of approximately 40, and there is not the slightest bit of discomfort there.\n\nLook, gays and lesbians, and I would call myself one (except that as a frumpy middle aged woman just coming out of retreat I would be greatly flattered by offers from any quarters!) are very sensitive about rejection from religious institutions. When you circulate this kind of antiquated, academically sloppy, perspective, you can easily drive them away from the Dharma. Is that what you want, to turn people's mind away from the Dharma? In my opinion, that is very serious misconduct.\n\nI have many, 15 plus, friends who have completed 3 year retreats...many have done more than one...they practice everything from hyt to anu, Mahamudra, Dzogchen you name it, under some of the most respected kagyu and nyingma Lamas...and guess what? They are....wait for it...Gay!\n\nI have NEVER heard them be criticized for being so, by any master....ever. In fact they have been very tolerant and warm towards them. Assuring them they have no fear of being open with their sexuality.\n\nIt's apparent from many of your posts, you have homophobic tendencies, thats fine, but don't try to justify it by pulling out HHDL every time someone disagrees with you. Maybe you should examine why you really feel that way.\n\nYou'd do well to peddle your prejudices elsewhere. Oh yeah and while your at it, keep the Gnostic comparisons to yourself, apart from its obvious lack of substance, this is a Buddhist forum, stick to Tao bums, they love all that BS.\n\nWell I actually meant to refer to the behavior itself, and not necessarily the 'orientation' alone.\n\nAlthough, I'm quite sure that H.H. the Dalai Lama never implied that masturbation is not sexual misconduct for non-monks.\n\nAlso, from Berzin-Archives:\n\nAlexander Berzin wrote:Since both Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism base their practice of ethical self-discipline on Vasubandhu's texts, their lineages still include homosexuality in their lists of inappropriate sexual behavior.\n\nAnd:\n\nH.H. the Dalai Lama wrote:It's part of what we Buddhists call 'bad sexual conduct.' Sexual organs were created for reproduction between the male element and the female element and everything that deviates from that is not acceptable from a Buddhist point of view. Between a man and man, a woman and another woman, in the mouth, the anus, or even using a hand.\n\n\"Reproduction\" here can also refer to the Spiritual Reproduction or Regeneration that results from Karmamudra practice, not only physically making children; otherwise H.H. the Dalai Lama would not teach about Karmamudra.\n\nLast edited by Lhug-Pa on Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:41 pm, edited 4 times in total.\n\nLhug-Pa wrote:Strict celibacy was more for the previous age, when there was much more possibility to become a monk and go meditate in the forest. Most people don't have that opportunity anymore.\n\nI'm not saying that everyone should just jump right in to Sexual Yoga right away. I mean, if one can remain celibate and maintain their chastity through Meditation, Pranayama, Yantra Yoga practice, etc. alone, then that's good.\n\nBut even casual sex between opposite sexes is still much more healthy than giving in to the vice of masturbation or other forms of sexual deviance. At least with real actual sex between woman and man, one is sharing that enjoyment with someone, instead of squandering it on ones own.\n\nAlso, masturbation is bad for the Nadi's/channels.\n\nAnd even though it may be possible to remain chaste as a celibate, that is, with a lot of discipline and Pranayama practices for sublimating the sexual energy; it's very difficult for most to achieve for a long period of time in this contemporary world.\n\nsexual deviance ... oy! I find myself wondering what you think of people who are born intersexed, that is to say, not determinately male or female; or what you think about people who are asexual -- not attracted sexually to anyone, rather than choosing to be celibate.\n\nSally Gross wrote:I find myself wondering what you think of people who are born intersexed, that is to say, not determinately male or female; or what you think about people who are asexual -- not attracted sexually to anyone, rather than choosing to be celibate.\n\nThere's not really much I would have to say about this in relation to your above questions, unless you have a more specific question....\n\nInterestingly though..., it is said that some Buddhas are androgynous or hermaphroditic because they have achieved the Alchemical Androgyne (i.e. they have heterosexually transmuted all of their Sexual Energy, and therefore their Solar and Lunar poles are completely unified within themselves).\n\nThis being the case, it still wouldn't necessarily mean that everyone who was born intersexed, was born that way due to having acheived the Alchemical Androgyne in past lives. So perhaps in some cases intersexuality is karmic rather than Alchemical?"}
-{"text": "Photos where the hilarious background steals the scene\n\nBy Rachel Monday, Jul 29, 2018\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nWe live in a time where it is so easy to take pictures wherever you are \u2013 you just need to pull out your phone and push a button. And so many people take selfies these days in all sorts of places \u2013 not just in front of a nice view but also in places like their car, the bar bathroom, and their kitchen. This makes it easier than ever for things to go hilariously wrong in the background of a photo. From photobombs to unfortunate reflections to animals acting up, we think these crazy backgrounds make the photographs so much better.\n\nIf you think about it, we can something take for granted the different things that go on in the background while we take pictures. We try to make sure our smiles are perfect, that our hair isn\u2019t windswept, and that the lighting is just right. But what makes a picture extends beyond just those things. It lends itself to the beauty of our fellow neighbors appreciating us as we take our photos.\n\nHere are some of our favorite photos where the background steals the scene.\n\nCaught in the act\n\nHave you ever noticed how people on the subway tend to mind their own business, trying to avoid making eye-contact with strangers? These girls are certainly doing that, taking a selfie in their own world, enjoying a night out on the town.\n\nThey\u2019re looking their best, dressed in black with their makeup and hair done, and they\u2019re feeling good. But what they failed to notice (maybe because those sunglasses make it hard to see) was that the woman behind them definitely wasn\u2019t feeling quite as great as them.\n\nUnwelcome visitor\n\nWe\u2019ve all been photobombed at least once in our lives, when we think we\u2019re taking an Instagram worthy selfie but suddenly notice an unexpected presence in the background.\n\nUsually, it\u2019s just our little brother or annoying friend, but these girls were photobombed by something much more sinister. They were just trying to take a cute selfie together when they abruptly realized there was a third figure in the picture \u2013 and not a welcome one.\n\nYou-Know-Who\n\nOutdoor concerts can be a lot of fun in the summer \u2013 you get to sit outside and enjoy your favorite songs. But you never know who you\u2019ll run into at such events, since apparently anyone can show up, even the Dark Lord.\n\nThe girls in this picture were taking a selfie when they noticed something strange behind them: Lord Voldemort himself was sitting on the grass. We don\u2019t know what band was playing that day, but we do wonder what kind of taste You-Know-Who has in music.\n\nCluttered\n\nThe first thing we noticed when we looked at this picture was the unbelievable mess all over the floor of the room.\n\nThen we shifted our gaze and realized that there is actually a girl taking a selfie in the foreground of the photo. She is dressed up and posing, clearly trying for the perfect shot, almost as if she doesn\u2019t notice what\u2019s going on in the room behind her. We truly don\u2019t know how a room can get this messy but it looks like it\u2019s time to clean up.\n\nCheck the stall\n\nAh, the bathroom selfie, a classic way to demonstrate that you\u2019re out having a good time and looking your best.\n\nThere are often good mirrors and lighting in the restroom, and you can get the shot right after you finish touching up your makeup. But sometimes, mirrors can reflect more than expected \u2013 first we noticed a leg sticking out from under the door of the stall, and then we realized that there\u2019s a woman lying on the floor! We laughed, but hope she\u2019s okay.\n\nAlways watching\n\nMothers and daughters frequently have different ideas about what is acceptable. This girl, for example, thought it would be a good idea to take a selfie in a dressing room, in a very tight and short dress (or is it a shirt?).\n\nHer mother, however, didn\u2019t approve. There\u2019s mom, captured in the selfie, poking her head through the door and making a very disapproving face. Watch out girl, she looks like she might be angry enough to ground you!\n\nDriving her crazy\n\nSome people simply can\u2019t resist the temptation to ruin other people\u2019s selfies. Take this guy, for instance. He saw a young girl taking a selfie in the car, holding up a peace sign and making a pretty standard selfie face.\n\nSo he jumped right in, ruining (or possibly improving?) the picture, making a very different sign with his hand. We understand, sometimes you see an opportunity and you simply have to take it, but it\u2019s not nice to ruin other people\u2019s photos. At least she can always take another one.\n\nBathroom buddy\n\nIt\u2019s known that girls often go to the bathroom together when they\u2019re out at a restaurant or bar.\n\nAnd usually, they have a sort of unspoken code, a way that they look out for each other, perhaps standing guard by the door, while their friend is doing their business. This girl disregarded that completely, not only taking a selfie in the mirror while her friend was still on the pot, but also invading her privacy completely. It\u2019s funny, but yikes, we wouldn\u2019t want to be caught in this situation!\n\nFramed\n\nSometimes people intentionally photobomb other people\u2019s pictures, and sometimes it happens completely by accident. This photo appears to be the latter.\n\nA girl at some sort of event posed for a picture with her drink and a very tall and sinister looking tree person. The branches, however, very clearly framed another woman\u2019s torso in the background, cutting off her head and legs but leaving a very clear view of her midsection. It makes for a very weird yet hilarious picture.\n\nHeads up\n\nBaby selfies are always adorable and funny, even without crazy backgrounds. This dad wanted a photo with his little kid, who is making just the cutest face ever, and he probably didn\u2019t look behind him before capturing the shot.\n\nHis dog just happened to be doing its business in the backyard right behind them. And so, thanks to very good timing, he ended up with this wonderful picture where it looks like a dog is marking its territory right on top of the baby\u2019s head.\n\nAction shot\n\nPhotographs have the ability to freeze a moment in time forever, and that\u2019s exactly what happened here. The girl in the middle is posing for a photo, unaware of the shenanigans going on around her.\n\nAnd somehow, someone\u2019s cup went flying just as the photographer captured the scene. The guys all realize what is about to happen, and their looks of horror are plastered on their faces for eternity. The girl however, hasn\u2019t caught on to what\u2019s about to happen, so she\u2019s just smiling happily.\n\nIt\u2019s a zoo out here\n\nKangaroos are arguably one of the coolest animals on the planet, so we understand why Paris Hilton wanted to get a photo with one.\n\nHowever, even if these kangaroos are usually around people, they\u2019re still wild animals and do not filter their behavior when someone pulls out a camera. That explains the two kangaroos engaged in some personal behavior in the background, unintentionally stealing the show from Paris. It\u2019s okay, Paris has plenty of opportunities to shine.\n\nThird wheel\n\nIt was supposed to be the ultimate romantic couple photograph, but it turned into something else entirely.\n\nThe happy couple seems to be having the time of their lives, riding horses into the beautiful blue water and posing for a photo mid-smooch to preserve the moment forever. But they look like they have forgotten about their guide, who is holding the horses still at the expense of his own safety and comfort. Someone get that guy a life preserver!\n\nLet me out!\n\nIf you\u2019re a parent, your child is usually the center of attention, but there comes a time when you just want to take a selfie by yourself.\n\nThis mother went outside to try to get the most flattering shot of herself, but her child was having none of that. The little kid stood up against the door demanding mom\u2019s attention, but somehow the reflections created a dark figure behind the child. The longer we stare at it, the less we understand what it is. Spooky!\n\nNosedive\n\nThis beach really does look like the perfect setting for family vacation, with its perfect blue water and white sand. There are no waves which makes it safe for the little kids to play, too.\n\nThree generations came together to memorialize this perfect, relaxing day off, posing for a group photo. But somehow, despite the still water, the surfer in the background suddenly went head-over-heels right as picture was taken. It may not be the photo they had in mind but it makes for a funny vacation relic.\n\nWhat are you looking at?\n\nWho doesn\u2019t occasionally take a selfie while trying on funny glasses? On first glance, this looks just like a regular harmless picture of a girl doing just that, but when you examine the picture more closely, you notice something else going on here \u2013 there\u2019s a man standing behind her!\n\nYou can see the back of his head clearly in the mirror, and it looks like he\u2019s checking her out without her knowledge. She probably wasn\u2019t so thrilled to see that reflection when she looked at her selfie later.\n\nBusted\n\nWe see what\u2019s going on here. This girl was trying to feign a scene in which she fell asleep eating potato chips, but was caught in the act.\n\nHowever, she failed to notice a giant mirror behind her, perhaps because her eyes were closed as she snapped the selfie, so she was caught in an entirely different embarrassing situation. The question still remains as to why she was trying to stage this scene in the first place.\n\nOne of these things is not like the others\n\nWhen a bunch of women wearing matching white bikinis gather on the beach, there must be some sort of photo shoot going on.\n\nOne man, however, was going for a walk by the water and accidentally stumbled across this scene, ending up in the background of what would have otherwise been a stunning photo. Strangely enough, he doesn\u2019t really seem to care or think that anything out of the ordinary is going on, and isn\u2019t even looking their way.\n\nThere\u2019s something outside\n\nSomehow, this dog knew exactly the right moment to jump up on the window and strike a pose, just as its owner had achieved the perfect selfie posture.\n\nWhile the girl is clearly trying to look steamy in her selfie, the dog looks just like a possessed creature trying to get into the house \u2013 the flash even makes its eyes look green! It almost looks like the dog is mocking the girl\u2019s selfie pose, but that doesn\u2019t really seem possible, does it?\n\nI\u2019m over here\n\nAh, a young couple in love. There\u2019s nothing quite like falling in love for the first time, and when you do, you want to flaunt it. Perhaps that\u2019s why this couple requested a photograph of them kissing on a bench one quiet night.\n\nHowever, they failed to notice that they weren\u2019t alone in the park, and their PDA didn\u2019t go unnoticed. There was a guy sitting nearby who just couldn\u2019t resist the urge to make a silly face, arguably ruining the photograph, but also making it oh so much funnier.\n\nRush hour, am I right?\n\nWhen you take a selfie, you can usually post it with whatever caption you want and assume that people will believe you. After all, why would you lie? That\u2019s a good question.\n\nThis girl posted a picture of herself in the car with the words \u201cThis traffic ugh\u201d underneath. Unfortunately for her, her sunglass show a perfect reflection of the road ahead of her \u2013 and it\u2019s completely empty! Not only is there no traffic but she\u2019s taking a selfie while driving, and that\u2019s dangerous.\n\nCold kid\n\nTrips to the supermarket are usually fairly uneventful and mundane. That, however, does not seem to be the case in this picture.\n\nThe girl looks inexplicably excited to be photographed in the supermarket, but even more surprising is what\u2019s going on behind her: There is a child inside of the refrigerator! While we have no idea how he got in there, the excitement on this girl\u2019s face is suspicious and we wonder if she had something to do with it.\n\nWhere\u2019s Waldo?\n\nIt turns out that the enigmatic Waldo is not so difficult to find after all. After we spent hours looking for him as children, combing the pages of books and pictures trying to get a glimpse of the red and white scarf, these two friends found him accidentally, in the background of their photo.\n\nThey were just trying to get a memento of their tasty meal together but instead accidentally uncovered the true location of the infamous cartoon character. Nice work, guys.\n\nNailed it\n\nIf you are a father, and you walk in on your daughter making this silly selfie pose, what do you do?\n\nThere are some dads who will simply ignore it and continue on with their business, some dads who might try to engage their little girl in conversation, and then there\u2019s this dad, who took the opportunity to make his own ridiculous face in the background of his daughter\u2019s photo. No matter that he wasn\u2019t even wearing a shirt, he struck a pose, and made this picture pure selfie gold.\n\nThis way up\n\nThe person who took this picture accidentally captured something very strange and unexpected on camera.\n\nAt first glance, it just looks like a nice picture of a man at a fast food restaurant, but if you look a little more closely you can see something concerning going on over his shoulder. There\u2019s a person holding a child upside down over his head! We don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on there but we hope the kid is just enjoying the ride.\n\nCasting shadows\n\nTwo friends were photographed playing an innocent game of beer pong, but when they looked back at the photo later, they discovered something that they never expected hidden in the shadows.\n\nSomehow, the shape of their bodies and the angle of the sun at the moment that the picture was taken created a shadow that made it look like they were doing something completely different than playing beer pong. It just goes to show that even photographs can be deceiving.\n\nThanks, mom\n\nAs we have already seen, taking pictures near mirrors can be challenging, because the mirror reflects back what is really going on behind the camera.\n\nIn this case, the picture in the mirror reveals the photographer, who might not be the person you would expect. This bulked up guy wanted a picture showing off his muscles, and he seems to have asked his mom to take it. Not your usual choice but we think it\u2019s pretty sweet.\n\nOn a boat\n\nWhen this family leaned together for a picture during a boat ride, they didn\u2019t even stop to think about the man sitting behind them, because why would they.\n\nOnly later, when they saw the picture, did they realize what had happened. Due to the angle of the seats and their bodies, the man\u2019s legs blend into the woman\u2019s shirt, making it look like he is actually a tiny man, sitting on top of her. With his hand on his hip and his face to the sky, the illusion is complete.\n\nHang in there\n\nThese kids look like they\u2019re having a pretty good day, all dressed up for Halloween and playing outside on the swings.\n\nHowever, it can be tough for just one teacher to pay attention to all of the kids, even under the best circumstances. While the teacher pushes one kid on the swing, the little girl next to him seems to have forgotten which way is up, and the priceless and adorable yet slightly scary moment was captured on film.\n\nIce cream, you scream\n\nThere\u2019s nothing like a nice cold ice cream cone on a hot day. That seems to be the message that this girl is trying to send with this ice cream selfie, and the dog in the back seat seems to agree.\n\nIt is making a very funny face that is the epitome of jealousy \u2013 it wants some too, and to be honest, we understand that feeling completely. What would have been a pretty vanilla selfie turned into a hilarious dog photobomb.\n\nWedding crasher\n\nWhile nobody wants a stranger to photobomb their wedding pictures, we firmly believe that the guy in the background of this photograph actually made the picture even better.\n\nThe couple chose a beautiful location for the photo shoot, with the white walls and the water in the background. But then, a ninja jumped across the top of the picture at just the right moment. It\u2019s really quite impressive, and it makes the picture so much more unique than your run of the mill wedding photo.\n\nWatch out!\n\nIt was just a regular family trip to the aquarium, when this child\u2019s parents decided to take a nice picture of her in front of the beluga whales. One whale had other plans however.\n\nJust as the photographer pushed the button, the whale opened its mouth as if to eat the small child\u2019s head. Luckily we know that there is a layer of glass between them, or this picture would be scary. The timing really is impressive, though, and the beluga is the real star of this photo.\n\nFamily photobomb\n\nIn our humble opinion, this photograph is a masterpiece. One photobomber just wasn\u2019t enough here \u2013 an entire family made the background of this picture into something amazing.\n\nA family of four was sitting at a restaurant and decided to take a nice family picture. But there were only low dividers between the booths, and the family sitting behind them noticed the camera. Somehow, they quickly got into perfect formation and posed for the photo. It\u2019s truly genius.\n\nElmo\u2019s lonely\n\nTimes Square in New York City is one of the most popular tourist destinations in America. As such, there are plenty of characters who walk around, waiting to take photos with people.\n\nThey usually don\u2019t get into any altercations, but in this case, it seems that something\u2019s going on with Elmo. Maybe Woody\u2019s charm is getting him more pictures than Elmo, or maybe Elmo and Woody had a thing going on\u2026 we\u2019ll never truly know. But Elmo\u2019s sad, longing look definitely steals the shot.\n\nWhy the long face?\n\nAnimal photobombs are just the best. These friendly policemen were taking an on-the-job selfie, as they do, but the horse behind them decided that it wanted in on the action.\n\nNot only did it stick its head right in the picture (with perfect placement, we might add), it gave the camera a big ole horsy smile. What would have been a simple selfie turned into a hilarious picture of two cops and a very happy horse.\n\nSideline side eye\n\nAt first glance, this picture appears to be a nice photo of four charming friends at a Vikings football game. But look closer \u2013 do you see what we see?\n\nThe boy sitting a row back noticed the camera and reacted appropriately, effectively taking the focus away from the women. We give him a lot of credit because anyone who manages to steal the scene from these very good looking young women truly has a special talent.\n\nCheers\n\nWhen your parents are on vacation, they\u2019re bound to want a nice photo to frame on the wall when they get home. And that\u2019s what they were trying for here, with their big smiles and cold beverages.\n\nUnfortunately, they forgot that there was a rope swing behind them, and happened to time the taking of the picture at exactly the moment when a guy tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to do a flip. All we can think when we see this picture is: that one\u2019s gonna sting!\n\nQueen of photobombs\n\nThese lucky girls caught more than they expected in their selfie. Queen Elizabeth herself was in attendance at the 20th Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, when she decided to prove what a cool lady she really is.\n\nShe saw two young Australian hockey players taking a selfie in front of her, and she gave them a winning smile. The hockey players were thrilled to see the Queen of England herself in the background of their picture, and posted it immediately on Instagram, of course.\n\nOh, baby\n\nEven though the baby in the window is probably too young to know exactly what he is doing, he is somehow perfectly photobombing a picture of another small child.\n\nThe photo is clearly being taken of the kid in the front, the one with the orange hat, and it would have been a pretty nice picture for his parents to show off, if the other baby hadn\u2019t gotten involved. For some reason, he squished his little face on the window of the cafe in the background, tongue and all.\n\nButterfly effect\n\nWhen you go to a butterfly garden, you should probably expect to come across some live butterflies. As far as we know, that\u2019s the point of the place.\n\nThe girl in the foreground of this picture seems to understand that reality just fine, and looks like she\u2019s enjoying her time with the butterflies, even posing happily with one. But behind her, there\u2019s a woman who is definitely not on board with the concept. A butterfly is coming towards her and she just looks terrified.\n\nSee you next fall\n\nA lovely picture of three good friends turned into something quite a bit darker when the guy and the girl behind them decided to try their hand at acroyoga or something.\n\nThey were clearly not properly trained for whatever they were attempting to do, and the young woman went crashing down on her face, just as the photograph was taken. We hope she\u2019s okay but we also aren\u2019t ashamed to admit that the picture made us laugh quite a bit.\n\nHeads up!\n\nWhen photographing sporting events, you have to always be prepared to snap the perfect action shot. This photographer did just that, although we have a sneaking suspicion that it was by accident.\n\nHe was waiting to catch this baseball player in motion, but the real action was happening in the stands. For some reason, someone decided to lower a child head-first over the fence. Maybe he dropped something and was trying to retrieve it, maybe he was just goofing off \u2013 either way, it certainly takes the focus of the picture.\n\nDog days\n\nSometimes, you want to take a nice selfie with your bestie, but you have to get the conditions just right. First you try outside but it\u2019s too sunny. Then you try in your room but the angle is off.\n\nSo you finally lie down, frame the picture just right, and then your dog photobombs the shot. We think this dog knew exactly what it was doing when it turned around and looked directly at the camera.\n\nLosing his head\n\nA parent took a picture of their child during a visit to their classroom. At first they thought they had just captured a regular picture, but then they looked closer and saw something pretty surprising in the background.\n\nThere is a child\u2019s head just resting upside down on the ground! The kid doesn\u2019t look particularly concerned, so we aren\u2019t either. But it raises a lot of questions about this particular classroom and what exactly is going on here.\n\nLast selfie\n\nThis woman took a selfie at a baseball game, when perhaps she should have been looking around her. She chose just the wrong moment to look away from the action, and a baseball came flying at her head.\n\nIn the picture, she\u2019s smiling brightly, clearly with no idea what\u2019s about to happen to her. It really made for a fascinating picture that we couldn\u2019t recreate even if we tried. That one probably left a mark, but we hope she wasn\u2019t hurt badly."}
-{"text": "Linguist-Educator Exchange\n\nHappy New Year\n\nReflections on a New Year\n\n(Scroll Down for LEX study opportunities this year, and a special offer)\n\nThe older I get, the more arbitrary and fabricated the New Year seems. Life rolls on, no seam at the end of the calendar year. The sucker punches and celebrations that end one year are still here in the next, still raw, still scary, still moving, still exhilarating.\n\nStill here.\n\nStill.\n\nThis year I am compelled to look more closely at the words Happy New Year, to see what I can learn. These three words seem like they\u2019d be old as the hills, but only new and year are attested in Old English. Happy doesn\u2019t make its appearance until Middle English; even hap, its archaic predecessor, wasn\u2019t attested before the 13th century. Of course, all the calendrical shenanigans that give us a New Year\u2019s Day weren\u2019t totally sorted out until the 18th century, so looking into Happy New Year is an unavoidably anachronistic pursuit.\n\nStill and all, let\u2019s have a look. We already have a good sense of what each of these words means in isolation, as well as their collective phrasal meaning. In terms of their structure, <new> and <year> are both free base elements, and <happy> is the base <hap> plus the suffix <-y>. Pretty straightforward stuff.\n\nEtymologically speaking, happy is pretty boring. I can locate no English relatives other than those that share the same base element, <hap>, as represented in this matrix:\n\nThe denotation \u2018chance\u2019 explains a lot, at least to me, about what\u2019s really going on in the wishes for a Happy New Year. Perhaps this year will be better than the last; that, however, can be haphazard. Each year brings its own set of mishaps and happenings alike, often with no respect for what\u2019s on our calendar.\n\nNow, the word new has, of course, a few morphological relatives, like news, newly, newspaper, renew, and anew. Its closest etymological relatives, as we might expect, are those built on the Latinate bound base <nove>, as in novel, novelty, renovate, innovate, and novice. Far more distant relatives include now and noon, both of which make deeper sense of new, don\u2019t they? Really, now is always new, isn\u2019t it?\n\nAnd finally, year is a bit of a treasure trove. It\u2019s related to yore (as I wrote about here), which derived from the genitive (possessive) plural of Old English gear, meaning \u2018year\u2019. That genitive history is the reason we really only use this word in the collocation of yore \u2014 that of does the job in the present day that the genitive inflection did a thousand years ago. Of course, we don\u2019t speak of yearsof yore, but of days of yore, reminding us that time passes daily; it is comprised of pieces, some large, some small, all passing. After all, only now is new.\n\nOther, more distant relatives of year tell a wider story. The word derives from an ancient Indo-European compound root that denotes \u2018year, summer, or season;\u2019 it\u2019s the \u2018season\u2019 part that is compelling to me. From this same compound root we get both hour and horoscope \u2014 again, both marking time other than a year: seasons, short and long. If we pan back further and look at the first piece of the compound, we find the relatives January, perish, exit, ion, and many others, all deriving from an ancient root pertaining to \u2018going.\u2019 Only now is new, but the year keeps going.\n\nStill going.\n\nStill.\n\nWhat\u2019s Going On with LEX this Year\n\nFor 2014, I have a few things on the books, and a few others that are brewing. So far, here are dates and locations I know about. If your school, organization, or community is interested in booking a seminar, please contact me on the LEX Educational Products page.\n\nMarch 1: Rethinking Phonology, keynote address at the Indiana Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, Indianapolis\n\nIn addition, I expect to be trying my hand at some Spellinars later this spring, online seminars for small groups that meet weekly for an hour or two for five or six weeks. First up? Old English for Real Spellers. Also expected: Where Spelling and Syntax Intersect. Please contact me if your group or school has a specific request for such study.\n\nFinally, if you\u2019ve read this far,\n\nanyone ordering LEX Grapheme Decks by 11:59pm Central Standard Time on January 15th will get free shipping within the U.S., and 40% off shipping abroad.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nRelated\n\n4 Responses\n\nYoopee! I want to be the first to enroll on your Old English Spellinar \u2013 can\u2019t wait; make it soonest!\n\nThe first English I learned to speak when we arrived in England was the (in)famous Brummagem (Birmingham) / Black country. Amongst its several peculiarities was that the second person plural pronoun \u2018you\u2019 was pronounced to rhyme with \u2018cow\u2019 \u2013 as in, \u201cYow corset ear\u201d ( \u279e You can\u2019t sit here).\n\nImagine my delight when, several decades later, I discovered that the pronunciation of this pronoun, when objective, was written \u2018eow\u2019 in Old English and pronounced like the Brummagem pronoun of my earliest encounter with native English; so I wasn\u2019t being \u2018vulgar\u2019 after all!\n\nSo delighted at this post Gina. What a wonderful way to begin a new year of orthographic learning. I\u2019ll be pointing the WW crew this way in my first update. Hope to join the OE Spellinar, after I finally complete the Real Spelling Latin Spellinar very soon! Thanks for all your work!\n\nGina: With two bone-chilling days off, I finally found time to read this delightful post. I smiled as I read \u201c\u2026and look at the first piece of the compound\u2026\u201d of course! The meaning, the sense of \u201cgoing.\u201d Brilliant! I will always think of the New Year in a new way. New, \u201cstill going.\u201d Thanks for writing, sharing and enlightening."}
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-{"text": "I'm sure this site is known to many other people. They grab your title and give it alternate hosting, then you need to claim ownership of your work just so you can customize it's presentation on their site. .. Does anyone else find this a small violation to hard work?\n\nThey grabbed my first title years back and then I was able to claim it. But the second, the one I started last year? Grabbed by them and they refuse to acknowledge I'm the comic's author. I even tried to contact them beyond what they standardly ask of people since that has failed. ( Tried more than once at that. ) This went so far as emailing the administrator, posting about it in their forum, and contact on Facebook. Facebook at least this communication was noticed, but Comic Rocket's representative there simply said, \"Thank you!\". This however did not result in me being able to claim my work.\n\nI've seen one web comic author proudly boast their support of the site. ... I can't imagine why.\n\nThey don't give it alternate hosting, they actually link to your site, they just do it in a frame or something like that so that their navigation is at the top of your site.\n\nAlso, it's not necessarily them \"grabbing\" your site. Anyone can add a comic there, so anyone that knows of your site can add it to Comic Rocket. Most comic listing sites actually work like that.\n\nAs for not being able to claim your comic, yeah, that's been a problem for a while. I had problems with my comic for months, but they finally fixed it a couple weeks ago. Seems they had a backlog of comics that needed to be checked and their crawler was hung up for a while. They eventually got it fixed, but I had absolutely no communication from them until after the problem was fixed despite trying to contact them many times. So, yeah, their communication sucks.\n\nTry checking your comic listing again. If your problem still hasn't been resolved, check this link and see if your comic is on there. If so then they'll get to it eventually, it might just take a couple months.\n\nCommunication problems and slowness aside, I think it's a pretty good site. Most of my comic's traffic actually comes from there._________________"}
-{"text": "What kind of typist are you-- hunt and peck? Or do you just want to become more proficient? This class will introduce you to the basics of touch typing by stressing proper keying position and technique. Free online practice sites will also be discussed."}
-{"text": "Sirenia live at The Studio at Webster Hall, May 13th, 2017\n\nAfter years of listening to Norwegian gothic metallers Sirenia, collecting all eight studio albums including 2016\u2019s \u2018Dim Days of Dolor,\u2019 to witnessing several lineup changes; the time has finally arrived for them to appear in North America, thanks to the Russian pagan/folk metal outfit Arkona. These Napalm Records labelmates joined forces for a co-headlining North American run that kicked off on Saturday, May 13 in New York City at Webster Hall\u2019s the studio and concludes on May 30th in Austin Texas. This trek surprised many since it was a double celebration consisting of Arkona\u2019s fifteen year anniversary and Sirenia\u2019s first North American stomping grounds. Supporting acts on this journey included MindMaze and Sicosis and we were there to capture the excitement on night one, marking it as Sirenia\u2019s first ever New York City appearance.\n\nIt was a cold and rainy day, and a few hundred metalheads took shelter at Webster Hall\u2019s basement venue known as the studio. Despite both bands deserving much bigger stages, they managed to pack the place in minutes, even before Sicosis opened the evening to introduce their melodic death metal style.\n\nAs things seemed to get back on schedule, it was time for Pennsylvania metallers MindMaze. Unfortunately, despite the late start of the night and the venue\u2019s strict curfew, this band had it the worse when it came to technical difficulties. The group had no choice but to carry on, and they did it quite well. It was during their first song when vocalist Sarah Teets\u2019 microphone cut out and she didn\u2019t scream, walk off or have a temper tantrum either. Instead, she grabbed the second microphone available and belted out each note as loud as humanly possible. Unfortunately, the volume on the second mic was low, making it difficult to hear her sing throughout the set. However, she did the best she could, and their overall energy throughout their obstacles remained impressive.\n\nArkona surprised the room when they were on next while everyone expected to see them close the show. Following a spiritual instrumental-infused with folklore, the band graced the stage in their traditional mythological robe attire. Having twelve songs on their setlist, vocalist Masha used every inch of that platform with her vibrant movements incorporated well with her diverse vocal range. Despite everything being in their native Russian language, the audience could feel their religious and cultural references they use in their music. The crowd went crazy as fans raised their cell phones to capture video and a few couldn\u2019t stop jumping up and down to celebrate their fifteen years.\n\nAfter a short break, it was time for Sirenia to close the evening. A few days before their arrival the band announced drummer Jonathan Perez was unable to attend. They didn\u2019t disclose too much information, however, it seemed he was busy being on the road with the prog rock group Green Carnation. Whatever the case was, fans were able to see the genius and mastermind behind Sirenia, Morten Veland, in the flesh that night. The group has gone through roughly five female vocalists during their career and we managed to see the newest member, who is no stranger to the band, Emmanuelle Zoldan to perform Sirenia songs. Despite the small stage, it was a true experience for everyone in that room to witness Sirenia live for the first time. Not only this, they provided a terrific setlist which ranged from 2002\u2019s At Sixes and Sevens to 2016\u2019s Dim Days of Dolor, highlighting their entire career. Songs included \u201cSerpent,\u201d \u201cLost in Life,\u201d \u201cDim Days of Dolor,\u201d \u201cMy Destiny Coming to Pass,\u201d \u201cGoddess of the Sea,\u201d \u201cTreasure n\u2019 Treason,\u201d \u201cMeridian,\u201d \u201cAshes to Ashes,\u201d \u201cThe End of it All,\u201d \u201cSons of the North,\u201d \u201cElusive Sun,\u201d \u201cMy Mind\u2019s Eye,\u201d \u201cThe Other Side,\u201d and \u201cThe Path to Decay.\u201d\n\nDue to the evening\u2019s late start and technical difficulties, there was less interaction between the songs as both Arkona and Sirenia did their best to use their time giving their fans a full set. Hopefully, this experience will bring Sirenia back to the states in much less than fifteen years.\n\nARKONA With SIRENIA:\n\n5/13: New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall *\n\n5/14: Providence, RI @ Firehouse 13\n\n5/15: Quebec City, QC @ L\u2019anti\n\n5/16: Montreal, QC @ L\u2019astral\n\n5/17: Toronto, ON @ Mod Club\n\n5/18: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean\n\n5/19: Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze\n\n5/20: Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room\n\n5/21: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater\n\n5/23: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven\n\n5/24: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom\n\n5/25: Oakland, CA @ Metro Opera House\n\n5/26: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex\n\n5/27: Scottsdale, AZ @ Pranksters\n\n5/28: El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse\n\n5/29: Dallas, TX @ The Curtain Club\n\n5/30: Austin, TX @ Grizzly Hall\n\nTell Us How You Feel\n\nRelated Articles\n\nSet to be one of the most exciting d\u00e9but EP\u2019s of the year! Full to the brim with riffs, hooks and melodies which are sure to blow you away and leave you hungry for more! Turn it up and witness the future of British rock!\n\nNew Album \u201cHuman Nature\u201d Available October 14th via Frontiers Music SRL HARDLINE are set to release their brand new album \u201cHuman Nature\u201d, on October 14th via Frontiers Music Srl. Today the band is pleased to debut their music video for the track: \u201cWhere Will We Go From Here\u201d \u201cHuman Nature\u201d is available for pre-order [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Long ago, a druidic cadre on a prime-material world known as Verdorth gathered together in order to perform a task so monumental that only a clueless prime would think it possible. They sought to transform the Elemental Plane of Earth.\n\nSee, these folks had learned of the Beastlands, a plane where the animal life ruled, and they sought to find a plane where the same could be said for the plant life. The druids found no such place (except for a certain layer of the Abyss, but that didn\u2019t have the kind of plant life they really meant) and decided to make their own. These ambitious berks were confident \u2013 some might say overconfident \u2013 that they were doing a good thing.\n\nThe druids of Verdorth used their spells to create air-filled grottoes within the Elemental Plane of Earth. These cavernous chambers were then fertilized and cultivated. The prime bloods grew all manner of plants in the secret gardens, and as time passed, the druids \u2013 and the subsequent generations that came after them \u2013 intensified their magic and extended the caverns throughout the plane. Temporary artificial gates leading to the Elemental Plane of Water provided the vast gardens with water, while \u201csunlight\u201d streamed in through similar rifts to the Quasiplane of Radiance. For years, the plants flourished under the care of the druids, who nurtured the flora in ways that nature never could.\n\nChant has it that the plants grew in strange and unpredlctable ways. Trees shot up to mountainous heights, vines moved of their own accord, and fruit offered more than simply sweet flavor. Unfortunately, it\u2019s unlikely that anyone\u2019ll ever corroborate these stories, because disaster struck the druids \u2013 and thus, their gardens. An unknown force (some say the dao, some say the pech, some say an enemy from Verdorth itself) slaughtered the dedicated caretakers. Each and every one was put in the dead-book, and it didn\u2019t take long for neglect to claim the fantastic forests and orchards they\u2019d cultivated within Earth.\n\nBut flora wasn\u2019t all that lived in those hidden caverns. Monstrous trees over a thousand feet tall were the homes of hordes of tiny, gray-skinned, humanoid creatures with very short hair and large eyes. Where they came from, no one knows, but it\u2019s said that not even the druids knew of their presence. As the towering plants died, the creatures fled like insects from a withered oak. They spread into the artificial grottoes and eventually adopted the plane of Earth as their own.\n\nToday, folks know these invaders as the shad, and though many consider them to be vermin, they\u2019re actually surprisingly intelligent. Shad have their own language. and they adorn their large ears with multiple earrings. They also like to attach precious stones to their otherwise simple garments.\n\nCombat: The shad prefer weapons of ancient wood or stone such as axes, clubs, staves, knives, daggers, spears, and short swords. Though the weapons may appear crude, they actually possess keen edges and sturdy constriction. After all, the shad must contend with true natives of Earth, creatures made partly or wholly of stone, so they take care to craft weapons that\u2019ll stand up to repeated pounding on solid rock.\n\nThe harsh environment in which the shad have lived for many centuries has produced only the hardiest of individuals. Thus, the creatures are immune to poison, disease, petrification, and paralyzation. Further, they gain a +1 bonus on all saving throws versus spell, breath weapon. and rod/staff/wand.\n\nThin and wiry, the shad can contort their bodies to fit through openings as tiny as 6 inches by 6 inches (or sometimes even smaller). Naturally, this also means they can slip most any manner of bonds. Both skills aid the creatures in escaping the dao slavers that hunt them mercilessly.\n\nAmong the shad, a small number of priests and even (strangely enough) druids exist. Such individuals can reach 6th level. Additionally, for every 10 normal shad in a tribe, there\u2019s usually one great warrior with 3 or even 4 Hit Dice. These rare bashers sometimes carry wooden shields, which improve their AC by 1 (to 5).\n\nHabitat/Society: Virtually all creatures on the Elemental plane of Earth see the shad as invaders, vermin, and enemies. Remarkably, despite the fact that nearly everything else on the plane seeks their destruction, the shad have survived \u2013 and even flourished. They are incredibly adaptable and prolific in reproduction.\n\nSince they have no ability to pass through stone, the nomadic shad must occupy existing openings and caverns that wend their way through the plane. Occasionally, they use their tools to painstakingly carve out their own tunnels and caves.\n\nThe shad aren\u2019t openly aggressive (at least, not if they\u2019ve eaten recently), but they\u2019re unlikely to trust or help strangers. They\u2019ve lasted as long as they have only by focusing on their own survival. Peery to the extreme, the shad assume that all creatures are out to get them, or, at the very least, are competition for meager local resources.\n\nThe priests and druids of the shad possess the power to spontaneously produce small amounts of plant life or fungus, which they nurture as best as they can in the lightless environment. The flora relies on water from the rare pockets that seep in from that Elemental Plane, which provides needed liquid to the shad as well. The tribes sustain themselves by eating these plants, but they always leave some of the flora intact. Perhaps they have a racial memory of the Verdorth druids and are slowly attempting to carry on their ancient mission.\n\nShad have a high birth rate and a short life expectancy, so they take steps to spread knowledge among their kind in lasting ways. For example, if a tribe comes upon a dangerous area (perhaps one of unstable terrain), they mark it with a warning symbol in the nearby stone to alert other wandering shad. But the sign\u2019s intended for their own tribe as well \u2013 by the time they return that way, everyone who explored the area firsthand might have long since died, replaced by new shad. The symbol will prevent them from repeating the mistakes of the previous generation.\n\nShad also mark areas of nearby water, secret food caches, and so on. Berks unskilled in interpreting the symbols find them impossible to decipher. Planewalkers who know the dark of the markings, however, may find their time on the Elemental Plane of Earth a little easier.\n\nEcology: Aliens on their own plane, the shad are nomadic pariahs that roam Earth\u2019s tunnels looking for water and air. They eat plants and fungus produced by their tribes\u2019 priests and druids, as well as slain digestible foes, which are few (though khargra innards can be cooked up nicely). Most folks find it distasteful that the shad also eat their own dead, but this apparently causes them no ill effect, and they never seem to kill one another just for food.\n\nThough they don\u2019t appear insectoid in nature, some graybeards speculate that the shad somehow descended from insects that lived and mutated in the druids\u2019 giant trees. \u2019Course, that still doesn\u2019t explain how the original insects got there in the first place."}
-{"text": "Technology - Some Ideas for Classroom Uses\n\nTo bring into a regular classroom\n\nBackground material/resources\n\nGraphics to suit your topic\n\nAdd to handouts or print out - very nice\nwith a color\nprinter (see the graphics\nlinks for sources of graphics)\nSaving web graphics to disk: right-click on the graphic, then choose\nSave As... to save a copy on your disk. Do be aware of copyright issues.\nIt's best to choose images from the Free Clip Art sites or ask\npermission from other sites if you're going to use an image more than\nonce in class.\n\nSupplemental readings on a topic (use a search engine to find them;\nI prefer Google)\n\nOnline newspapers and magazines can provide up-to-the-minute\ninformation, especially useful for foreign language teachers. For ESL\nteachers, CNN has an online service at\nhttp://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/teachers/\nfor teachers who want to tape CNN news for classroom\nuse. It has a daily classroom guide with information on the stories\nbroadcast at specific times, as well as in-class activities to accompany\nthe broadcasts.\nUse jigsaw reading to cover more material. It works best\nif the teacher finds the information rather than having students spend\nlots of time searching with poor results. See also WebQuests.\n\nSupplemental exercises and handouts\n\nFor example, print out from the Online\nWriting Lab for ESL; use a Spanish self-study\nsite to find useful bits for Spanish. Bring in horoscopes, quick\nfive-minute readings (sports and weather are good quick topics), and\ncomics - these are often found in daily newspapers online, too.\n\nLesson plans online\nFind a bit of inspiration and some good links.\n\nExercises to create and print outMultiple choice, fill-in/cloze, short essay - Hot\nPotatoes (free); other commercial products\nCrossword puzzle makers - Hot Potatoes, Crossword Creator; freeware,\nshareware, commercial; also online at El\nMundo for Spanish.\nWord search makers - shareware and commercial\nSome of these can also be used online.\n\nTo use on the computer as part of a regular class and as homework\n\nWriting\n\nIf students are using Microsoft Word, take advantage of its\nability to mark up the text in different ways.\nOpen a document in Word. Under the Tools menu, choose \"Track\nChanges\" and select \"Highlight Changes.\" Click on \"Track Changes While\nEditing\" to put a check mark beside it. Click on some text in your\ndocument and add a few words. Click on another place a delete a few\nwords. You'll see the changes marked.\nInsert Comments lets you\nadd a comment that students can choose to view or not by passing the\nmouse over a highlighted section of their text.\nWhen you find an area of a student essay worthy of comment, highlight\nthat section, then pull down the Insert menu to Comment. Type in your\ncomment, then click Close. If you change your mind and don't want to\ncomment, highlight the area again, right-click, and choose Delete\nComment.\n\nResponding\nto student work sent as an email message (not an attachment)\n\nIf students send you their work as an email\nmessage, it's\nhard to comment cleanly. You'll\nneed to establish a technique to separate your comments from the\nstudent's writing. I've used square brackets [ ], sometimes with my\ncomments italicized, to set off my comments that are typed within the\nstudent's work. The advantage of electronic comments is that you aren't\nlimited in length. This is also the disadvantage of electronic\ncomments.\n\nSet the ground rules for online discussion the\nsame way\nyou would for an in-class discussion in terms of respect for each other.\nPlan to take some time initially in class to get students signed\nup. If they let you write down their usernames and passwords, it will be\neasier when they forget them. As a teacher, you can already see, edit,\nand delete anything they post to others in the group\nDecide a topic you want the students to write about, then give\nthe students a writing task where they will share responses with each\nother. For in-class work, a short response is best.\nYou will need to monitor somewhat to encourage on-task behavior,\nespecially if some students are faster at the task than others.\nNicenet also gives you a calendar, a place to store annotated\nlinks, and a place for larger files.\n\nListening\n\nRandall\u00eds Cyber ESL Lab (free)\nSelect what you'd like students to work on and encourage\nthem to do the pre- and post-activities.\n\nReading, vocabulary, grammar\n\nCommercial, shareware, freeware, and web-based options\n\nTry having students work in pairs. Make sure there is\naccountability for\non-computer work. If you include pre- and post-computer activities that\nclearly link computer work with the curriculum, the learning is more\nmeaningful.\nInteractive web-based exercises at Quia\n(This used to be completely free but will be $49/year as of Feb 4 to create\nmaterial, free to use)\nDave\u00eds ESL Cafe (free)\nITESL-J (free - students will need\ndirection)\nA variety of quizzes,\nall in Spanish (free - students will need direction)\n\nTo use as an online class\n\nFull-featured, commercial programs that require a certain\namount of training to use. These are usually set up on a campus-wide basis.\nYou can buy a year of Blackboard use for a course for $295. No\nads.\n\nLimited features, but free. If your website is\nthrough the\ncollege, there won\u00edt be ads. If you use Geocities\nor another free web host, you\u00edll have lots of ads. It\u00eds a good idea to\nstart out with a website or Nicenet, then move on as you find you need\nto do more."}
-{"text": "Prioritise WPS to End Violence Against Women, Girls\n\nThe Technical Consultant to UN Women-Women Peace and Security Project, Mrs. Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia has called on the Federal Government to prioritise Women Peace and Security (WPS) issues as outlined in Nigeria\u2019s 2nd National Action Plan (NAP) for the implementations of United Nations Resolution 1325 otherwise known as UNSCR 1325, to end violence against women\nMrs Eghobamiem-Mshelia made the call while speaking during 16 days of activism to end violence against women in Abuja.\nAccording to her, the implementation of WPS issues will assist the nation in reducing all forms of violence against women and girls and help to deliver on globally agreed development plans and targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union Agenda 2063.\nShe said: \u201dNotwithstanding, the NAP overall proved to be a useful tool for galvanizing action. It has helped to awaken many stakeholders and promoted system wide approaches for mainstreaming gender into Human Security concerns including within the peace architecture of states and local communities. It has further helped to measure four key indices necessary for attaining WPS objectives namely:- political will; accountability, responsiveness and Inclusivity\u201d\nShe posited that there is a growing recognition that women in conflict situations must be viewed not only as victims, but also as powerful agents for peace and security in their communities, adding that women\u2019s gender roles have placed them in positions where they act as first responders in providing humanitarian assistance, care and support to their families and members of the community especially in Nigeria .\n\u201dIn Plateau State for example, through daily purchases, market women can often tell when there is likely to be crisis. In some situations, women act as \u2018peace-builders\u2019 and play a reconciliatory role within the community. However, it should be noted that women can also be perpetuators of violence \u2013 as seen recently in media reports and in some cases in the North East where besides being used as human battle shields, women and girls have played the role of suicide bombers\u201d, she said."}
-{"text": "In All Things, A Mom First\n\nNew Expression of the Week from Sir Julian: \u201cLet\u2019s Do This!\u201d\n\nSaturday night I stayed up super late. Something you never want to do when you have to get up with a two-year-old the next morning. But as I mentioned before, Julian is the best morning baby. He woke up at about 7:45am \u2013 I could hear him talking to himself and glanced at the clock to see if I could stall a little. I dozed back off and 30 minutes later I woke again to him giggling in his crib. I said, buddy are you ready to get up and he said \u201cyes.\u201d So I got him out of his bed and feeling lazy and tired, I took him back to bed with me. We watched cartoons and read books for a while \u2014 but I knew he must be getting hungry. So I asked him if he was ready to eat and he said \u201cyes.\u201d But we were both still lazy and settled back in. I asked him what he wanted and he said nanna (for banana) and cerl (for cereal). But we both just kept laying there talking about breakfast. A commercial came on and suddenly Julian popped up in bed and reached down to place a hand on both sides of my cheeks. He held my face and looked right into my eyes and exclaimed \u201cLet\u2019s Do this!\u201d\n\nDon\u2019t know where he got this from but my sister reported to me that earlier on Saturday when she said she would watch a movie with him, but was being slow, he took her by the hand and pulled her out to the TV room and said \u201cLet\u2019s Do This!\u201d We have heard this now several times around the house, so it is the Julian quote of the week and has been quite motivational for us. So fpr everyone feeling unmotivated \u2014 I know its the beginning of another week and all I can say is \u201cLet\u2019s Do This!\u201d\n\nAbout\n\nLaura was a mom first at 21 and added baby Julian at age 41. The proud mom of seven boys, three adopted and four biological, Laura provides serious and humorous insight about performing well at a career while being there for your family, as A Mom First!"}
-{"text": "Earls return is the only change to the XV that was due to start against Racing 92 last weekend. The game was postponed following Foley's tragic passing.\n\nTyler Bleyendaal and Darren Sweetnam will make their European debuts while academy prop Brian Scott could also do so after being named on the bench.\n\nRassie Erasmus has set the tone for an emotional day at Thomond Park as Munster prepare to tackle European Champions Cup opponents Glasgow.\n\nThe Munster rugby family will continue remembering the 42-year-old on Saturday, including through a commemorative match programme and a minute's silence, during which what has been described as \"a special tribute\" from supporters in Thomond Park's West Stand will take place.\n\nAs a mark of respect to Foley, Munster said the number eight jersey will be retired for the Glasgow game.\n\nFoley made the position his own during a long and successful Munster career highlighted by him captaining them to European Cup final glory in 2006.\n\nMunster announced that Ireland international CJ Stander, who has been selected in the number eight position against Glasgow, would wear number 24.\n\nYoung players from Foley's former club Shannon RFC, meanwhile, and students representing his school St Munchin's will form a guard of honour as the teams run out.\n\n\"The great man touched so many hearts,\" Munster rugby director Erasmus said.\n\n\"One's life is greater than any sport or sporting occasion. However, Thomond Park held a special place in Axel's (Foley's) heart, and as difficult as it will be to play the next game - no matter the time, opposition and venue - we have an opportunity to play there this Saturday.\n\n\"That is something that is hugely important to all of us and cannot be easily dismissed.\n\n\"Playing in Thomond Park further ties us to his memory, and will be a chance for all, including our supporters and the community, to feel that connection and closeness to him at this time.\"\n\nA minute's silence or applause for Foley will take place at all European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup fixtures this week.\n\nMunster also confirmed that scrumhalf Tom\u00e1s O'Leary has joined Top 14 side Montpellier on a four month loan agreement."}
-{"text": "I thought today was going to be a typical, routine Wednesday. That all changed when I was checking out what was trending on Twitter. As I look down the list of trending topics I passed a couple of hashtags that didn\u2019t interest me at all. It wasn\u2019t until I saw \u201cWill and Grace\u201d (trending in 2017 with a caption underneath stating that the series would be making a return). That was the defining moment of my day\u2026no my year!\n\nPhoto Source: buzzfeed.com\n\nWill & Grace is a television series that ran from 1998-2006. This show had it all. From comedy to drama, you name it and it was there! The writers were definitely talented and knew how to make you believe that the characters really existed\u2026you knew them personally\u2026and were BFFs with them!\n\nPhoto Source: rebloggy.com\n\nI am thrilled to see this amazing show return and with the original leading actors and actresses! I am positive that after 11 years without Will, Grace, Jack, and Karen this new season will not disappoint. They have more than enough material to continue this show beyond the 2017-2018 season.\n\nPhoto Source: pinterest.com\n\nIf you are a Will & Grace fan be on the lookout for 10 brand new episodes as the show will return later this year. If you aren\u2019t a fan, I advise you become one. And if you just flat out have no idea what show I\u2019m talking about, I suggest you Google it and binge watch on any reruns and DVDs you can find. Personally I am going to be getting the rest of the DVDs I need to complete my collection.\n\nPhoto Source: giphy.com\n\nAdvertisements\n\nRate this:\n\nAbout Me\n\nI will be taking you on a journey through the random...yet not so random thoughts of mine. I find this to be a great opportunity to share my opinions, thoughts, and imagination with others.\n\n\"Ohhowrandom\" comes from people telling me how random I am. I say and do things that get others wondering, \"Where the heck did that thought come from?\" \"What on Earth made her think to do that?\" To others it is random, to me it is not so random. There is a method to my madness!"}
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-{"text": "Indicators\n\nRelated links\n\nShare\n\nPrint version ISSN 0256-9574\n\nSAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 n.4 Cape Town Apr. 2010\n\nORIGINAL ARTICLES\n\nFootball match spectator sound exposure and effect on hearing: A pretest-post-test study\n\nDe Wet SwanepoelI; James W Hall IIIII\n\nIPhD. Department of Communication Pathology, University of Pretoria, and Callier Center for Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas, USA IIPhD. Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida at Gainesville, Fla, USA, and Department of Communication Pathology, University of Pretoria\n\nABSTRACT\n\nOBCJETIVES: 'To determine (i) noise exposure levels of spectators at a FIFA 2010 designated training stadium during a premier soccer league match; and (ii) changes in auditory functioning after the match. METHODS: This was a one-group pretest-post-test design of football spectators attending a premier soccer league match at a designated FIFA 2010 training stadium in Gauteng, South Africa. Individual spectator noise exposure for the duration of the football match and post-match changes in hearing thresholds were measured with pure-tone audiometry, and cochlear functioning was measured with distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs). RESULTS: The average sound exposure level during the match was 100.5 LAeq (dBA), with peak intensities averaging 140.4 dB(C). A significant (p=0.005) deterioration of post-match hearing thresholds was evident at 2 000 Hz, and post-match DPOAE amplitudes were significantly reduced at 1 266, 3 163 and 5 063 Hz (p=0.011, 0.019, 0.013, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Exposure levels exceeded limits of permissible average and peak sound levels. Significant changes in postmatch hearing thresholds and cochlear responsiveness highlight the possible risk for noise-induced hearing loss. Public awareness and personal hearing protection should be prioritised as preventive measures.\n\nFootball fever is rising in anticipation of the quadrennial 2010 FIFA World Cup event. Half a million international supporters are expected to converge on South Africa for the historic event, to be hosted in Africa for the first time. Spectators will be greeted by a distinctively African sporting spectacle uniquely characterised by sounds produced by sports fans blowing the horn-like instrument known as the vuvuzela.1 Cherished by local supporters, the vuvuzela produces a characteristically loud, reverberant sound that can be heard for miles around the stadium. In the recent 2009 Confederations Cup held in South Africa, the international football community noticed this phenomenon.1 Despite complaints from international teams, spectators and commentators about the uninterrupted loudness of the vuvuzela, FIFA approved it as part of the signature 2010 World Cup to be held in Africa.1,2\n\nThe actual sound output created by the vuvuzela was recently reported to reach dangerously high levels, averaging 131 dB(A) at the horn opening and 113 dB(A) at a 2-metre distance from the vuvuzela.2 These values exceed international directives on exposure limits in occupational settings. Although there is significant variability in individual susceptibility, prolonged or regular exposure poses a significant risk for noise-induced hearing loss.3-5 Recreational activities with excessively loud sound levels are an increasingly important public health care concern for developing permanent sensorineural hearing loss.5-8 We aimed to determine (i) noise exposure levels of spectators at a FIFA 2010 designated training stadium during a premier soccer league match; and (ii) changes in auditory functioning soon after the match.\n\nMethods\n\nEthical clearance was received from the University of Pretoria (September 2009), and we obtained permission from the City of Tshwane to conduct the study at the specific stadium. Each participant signed an informed consent form.\n\nStudy population\n\nSpectators at a South African premier soccer league match held in October 2009 at a FIFA 2010 designated training stadium with a 30 000-seat capacity were sampled to participate in the study. Eleven participants (2 female) with an average age of 27.2 years (range 20 - 40 years) were drafted for the study. Participants were provided with a free ticket to the match. The left and right ear of each participant was assessed before and after the match. Only one of the 22 ears assessed did not have normal hearing averaged across all frequencies (<20 dB HL) because of a perforated tympanic membrane. As a result, pre- and post-match hearing data were collected from 21 ears (11 participants). Participants were not allowed to consume alcohol before the post-match assessment was completed.\n\nData collection\n\nAll participants were assessed by four audiology clinicians within 3 hours before attending the football match. The assessment included an otoscopic examination and tympanometry to rule out external and middle ear abnormalities. One left ear (1/22 ears) was excluded because of a tympanic membrane perforation. All remaining ears of the 11 subjects were tested with pure-tone audiometry, highfrequency pure-tone audiometry, and distortion product oto-acoustic emissions (DPOAEs). Pure-tone audiometry was conducted with a calibrated diagnostic type 1 audiometer in a sound-proof booth. Thresholds were determined using a bracketing method (10 dB down and 5 dB up), commencing at 30 dB HL with threshold defined as the lowest level where the patient could correctly respond to 50% of presentations at that intensity. The conventional audiometric frequency range, including 250, 500, 1 000, 2 000, 3 000, 4 000, 6 000 and 8 000 Hz, was assessed using TDH-49 supra-aural earphones, while the high-frequency range, including 10 000, 12 500, 14 000 and 16 000 Hz, was assessed using Sennheiser HDA200 circumaural earphones. DPOAEs, which indicate outer hair cell integrity of the cochlea, were also measured (in 21 ears) using a BioLogic Scout system across f2 frequencies including 1 008, 1 266, 1 570, 1 992, 2 508, 3 164, 4 008, 5 063, 6 352 and 8 016 Hz. A fixed f2:f1 ratio of 1.22 was maintained with the primary tones presented at 65 (f1) and 55 (f2) dB SPL. DPOAE measurements of 2f1 - f2 amplitude were plotted as a function of the f2 frequency. Each DPOAE measurement was replicated without removing the probe from the ear canal.\n\nAll auditory tests were repeated in exactly the same manner as the pre-match testing between 1 and 3 hours after the football match ended. The order of conventional and highfrequency pure-tone audiometry and DPOAE tests were counter-balanced and the same clinician tested each participant in the pre- and post-match assessments.\n\nDuring the match, 10 of the 11 participants wore personal sound exposure meters (doseBadges), fixed to their shoulder, which continuously measured each individual's noise exposure. The personal sound exposure meters were set to record sound levels before entering the stadium and were switched off after participants had exited the stadium. The participants were assigned seats in pairs of two (except for one group of three, the third of whom did not wear a doseBadge) distributed across the stadium to include exposure levels close to the field, in the middle of the stadium and right at the back of the stadium. Two of the five pairs of participants blew vuvuzelas during the match.\n\nData analyses\n\nThe exposure levels measured by each of the 10 personal sound level devices were downloaded and analysed according to the time of exposure for each participant. Hearing thresholds measured in pre- and post-test conditions were compared along with averaged DPOAE amplitudes of the two pre-match recordings and the two post-match recordings, using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for repeated measurements on a single sample. The f2 frequency in the DPOAE measurements denotes the cochlear frequency region evaluated. DPOAE amplitudes are therefore documented with respect to the f2 frequency.\n\nResults\n\nTable I summarises the personal sound exposure levels for participants for the duration of their exposure as spectators. The average sound level experienced by participants during the almost 2-hour exposure was 100.5 LAeq (dBA). Converting this average sound exposure value to a daily personal exposure level related to an 8-hour work day translates to an average of 94.4 dB (LEP,d). The peak sound level exceeded 140 dB for 8 of the 10 participants, with a maximum peak level reaching 144.2 dB(C). The 4 subjects who blew vuvuzelas had the highest LAeq exposure levels, all in excess of 100 dB(A), and their exposure to peak sound levels was in excess of 140 dB(C).\n\nThe changes in pure-tone audiometry thresholds pre- and post-match are presented in Fig. 1. More than 50% of hearing thresholds at 250, 2 000, 3 000, 4 000 and 6 000 Hz demonstrated a post-match deterioration. The only statistically significant post-match deterioration, however, was at 2 000 Hz (p=0.005), with an average threshold elevation (shift) of 3.4 dB (\u00b14.2 standard deviation (SD)).\n\nDPOAE amplitudes were recorded with acceptably low noise floor levels across pre- and post-match measurements. Figs 2 and 3 illustrate the average change in DPOAE amplitudes pre- and post-match. There is a notable post-match decrease in DPOAE amplitudes, which was statistically significant at 1 266, 3 163 and 5 063 Hz, with an average decrease of 1.5, 1.7 and 2.6 dB, respectively. Fig. 4 indicates the distribution of DPOAE amplitudes post-match presenting with a decrease in amplitude. Overall, 63% of DPOAE amplitudes across f2 frequencies decreased post-match, and 73% of amplitudes at 1 266, 3 164 and 5 063 Hz demonstrated a decrease post-match averaging 2.6, 3.1 and 4.2 dB, respectively.\n\nDiscussion\n\nThe exposure to high-intensity sound for all study participants during the football match was at high average levels (100.5 LAeq), with peak energy exposures exceeding 140 dB(C) in the majority (8/10) of participants. The 4 participants in this study who blew vuvuzelas had the highest levels of average noise exposure. Post-match auditory tests indicated a significant average elevation in hearing thresholds at 2 000 Hz, and DPOAE amplitudes were significantly reduced at 1 266, 3 163 and 5 064 Hz. Although auditory changes probably reflect a temporary shift in hearing threshold and DPOAE amplitude,5,7 they demonstrate that auditory physiology is affected by the sound exposure levels experienced at a football match where vuvuzelas are a major source of acoustic energy.\n\nTo contextualise the sound exposure levels experienced by the participants and the associated risks involved, they should be considered within occupational noise exposure legislation. According to the Physical Agents (Noise) Directive 2003/10/ EC3 issued by the European Parliament in 2003, there are two criteria to consider in terms of sound exposure and risk of hearing loss. The first is the average exposure level over the specific duration of exposure normalised to an 8-hour working day (LEP,d), and the second is the peak energy recorded during the duration of exposure (LPeak). These values were compared against regulated criteria (Table I) to determine the associated risk and necessary actions to be taken. The exposure levels in this study exceeded the specified exposure limit of 87 dB(A) for all participants by between 3 and 14 dB. The LPeak levels also exceeded the regulated exposure limit of 140 dB(C) in the majority (8/10) of participants. The Exposure Limit Action Level specified by Directive 2003/10/EC specifies that under no circumstances shall the exposure of the worker (taking into account hearing protection worn) exceed these limits (Physical Agents (Noise) Directive, 2003). South African standards for occupational noise stipulate personal hearing protection for workers exposed to levels of 85 dBA and above.9 Considering the logarithmic nature of the decibel scale, implying a doubling of hearing loss risk with every 3 dB increase,5 participants in this sample were exposed to high-intensity sound far exceeding the current legislated average exposure and peak exposure levels for occupational noise.\n\nThe significant reduction in DPOAE amplitudes after the match, compared with a significant deterioration in hearing thresholds only at 2 000 Hz, is in agreement with previous studies indicating that OAE measurements can identify early cochlear damage not yet reflected in hearing thresholds.7,10-12 Although not documented in this study, these changes are probably temporary, as demonstrated by Bhagat and Davis,7 but typically precede permanent changes in cochlear functioning and pure-tone hearing thresholds.12 Since OAEs directly measure the responsiveness of the outer hair cells of the cochlea, which is the primary site of the lesion in noiseinduced hearing loss, these measures can identify changes in auditory functioning before conventional measures such as pure-tone audiometry.7,10,12\n\nThe vuvuzela is an iconic symbol of football culture in South Africa and is bound to enthral spectators from around the world at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.2 We cannot specify the contribution of the vuvuzela to the overall sound level recorded during the football match, although a preliminary report on its sound output levels2 and the exposure levels recorded for the four participants blowing vuvuzelas in this study demonstrate its high-intensity sound. In addition to this, concerns raised independently by representatives of international football teams, football match spectators and sports commentators about the almost constant loud sound produced during the match by thousands of vuvuzelas implicate the instrument as a major factor in the recorded noise levels. Most importantly, the findings of this study demonstrate a real risk of noise-induced hearing loss. Official match stadiums for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will house 90 000 spectators, three times more than the stadium used in this study. It is reasonable to suspect that sound intensity will be even higher in the larger official venues. The findings of this study support the recommendation for hearing protection of football match spectators. At the least, preventive measures, such as public awareness and personal hearing protection, are warranted.\n\nThe authors would like to acknowledge Mr Shadrack Mngemane, Ms Silindile Molemong, Ms Hilda Mkwanazi and Mr Sizwe Tutshini for their valuable assistance in the data collection for this study.\n\n3. Directive 2003/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 February 2003 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise). Official Journal of the European Union L42 of 15.2.2003, p. 38. [ Links ]"}
-{"text": "Lead by Example\n\nThe theme of bullying has come across my path several times over the past week. A few days ago, on NPR, an author promoted her book on new research regarding cyber-bullying. On Facebook, several you-tube videos on bullying popped up, painfully describing the stories of victims and their resiliency. Last night, PBS aired a special on the rise of violence in our teenage culture which I could not bear to watch. Each and every time, I feel disturbingly aware of our wicked abilities. As a mother, my concern for the welfare of my children grows.\n\nI am no stranger to bullying. As a child in a private elementary school, I graduated 8th grade among 13 other students, but very much alone. As a high school senior, during what should have been my care-free celebratory year, a rumor spread about me that resulted in almost complete alienation by 200+ students, for many months. I greeted \u201cfriends\u201d in the dreaded hallway, only to have them turn their backs on me or snicker as I walked past them. Simultaneously, my home life became more complicated and difficult.\n\nHow did I survive those times? How does anyone rise above the deep pain of rejection during such vulnerable developmental years?\n\nWhen I think back to what kept me strong, I tie it back to one very close and loyal friend. A friend who stood by my side in the hallways of school with her head held high, who consistently offered me praise and reassurance. She and I had real, authentic connection. We often measure our popularity or social success by the number of friends we have. More important than quantity is quality. I had many \u201cfriends\u201d before that rumor spread but only one proved true. The strongest one.\n\nVictims of bullies can suffer depression, anxiety, low-self esteem and even suicide. As an adult, I had to strengthen \u201cthe young girl within\u201d on a daily basis. With a lot of hard work and the support of a few therapists, I found my voice in all relationships and full self-acceptance. I learned how to manage my anxious symptoms (which I am relieved to say are pretty much gone). I removed toxic people from my life. I worked hard to believe in me and developed many wonderful, healthy and loving relationships.\n\nDuring this past week, I\u2019ve asked myself, \u201cHow do I support my children to maintain strength, courage and resiliency if they become targets of bullies? What do they need to see from me so that they may develop healthy selves and positive relationships as adults\u201d?\n\nI lead by example. I try to model healthy self-expression and boundary setting with my friends, family and spouse. I try to demonstrate respect throughout conflict, kind communication, apology and responsibility when I act in a way that does not respect an other. These feel most important when I am in conflict or power struggles with my children.\n\nI want my children to have a clear understanding of what a healthy relationship looks like and more importantly, what it feels like, whether it\u2019s with friends, other family, my spouse or me. I also want to help my children nurture friendships that appear supportive of them. Even if they only connect with one good friend, I know that one good friend can make all the difference in the world.\n\nWould I love to protect them fully from the dark side of socialization? Absolutely, and yet, I know I that I do not have that power. My power lies within my ability to offer them a home environment that supports them fully (tantrums and all), demonstrate what healthy relationships look like with friends and family and shower them with big doses of unconditional love. The last one is definitely the easiest."}
-{"text": "Q&A \u2013 Director Duncan Jones Explores Dark Side of Moon\n\nPosted by Kate Masaracchio\n\n9 years ago\n\nMoon\u201d width=\u201d560\u2033/>\n\nDuncan Jones has a dilemma: He wants to promote his directorial debut Moon, but he doesn\u2019t want to give too much away. So we could take the safe road, and tell you that he\u2019s David Bowie\u2019s son; the movie stars Sam Rockwell; and the plot concerns a man working on the moon on a three-year contract. Or we can give you the more interesting version filled with SPOILERS referencing 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. We opted for the latter. You\u2019ve been warned.\n\nQ: Everyone I know who has seen this movie walks out of the theater debating \u2014 what Sam Bell would do next, why he was cloned in the first place, what the motivations of Lunar Industries were; whether it was humane, or purely corporate?\n\nA: I like the sound of the first one, but my idea is more like the second. The company doesn\u2019t really think of the clones as human beings. They\u2019re really just a resource, same as the Helium-3 he\u2019s there to mine. You design them to function for three years because that\u2019s the amount of work you can get out of a person, and the background memories are just there to make sure they feel human enough to do their job properly. But the first option is more heartfelt. And you know what, that works. Why does it have to be one or the other?\n\nRunner, they\u2019re seeking things that Sam could be looking for now \u2014 revenge, answers\u2026\n\nA: Does he seem like the kind of guy who would go on a vendetta?\nI don\u2019t know if he is. It really depends if you think he\u2019s a half-empty\nor a half-full kind of guy. He may think, \u201cIf I just have three years\nleft, I might as well go and enjoy myself, see what I can do, make the\nbest of it.\u201d He\u2019s probably going to try to find the daughter he has,\nbut doesn\u2019t have. This is just spoiler-country! [laughs]. That\u2019s where the audience should be left to interpret it.\n\nQ: What\u2019s the Oscar campaign going to be for Sam Rockwell \u2014 best actor and best supporting actor for the same movie?\n\nA: It has to be both! He plays multiple roles, and he does them\nall exquisitely well. Sam and I broke down the different versions of\nSam Bell \u2014 how they come into conflict, how they resolve that, how you\ndiscover what he\u2019s like as a person, what he used to be like, how he\u2019s\nchanged. That\u2019s part of the point of the film, seeing who Sam is.\n\nKevin Spacey, on the other hand, they\u2019d have to come up with a\nnew category for him \u2014 perhaps at the MTV Movie Awards, Best Voice in\na Film? I always wanted Kevin Spacey for Gertie, because having a robot\nor a machine like that in this, you\u2019re obviously going to draw\ncomparisons to Hal in 2001, and then you\u2019ll have these erroneous assumptions of what Gertie is going to be \u2014 we really are giving everything away!\n\nQ: What did Ridley Scott think of Moon?\n\nA: He liked it, which was fantastic. I said, \u201cI hope you don\u2019t\nmind if I keep ripping off your films,\u201d and he said, \u201cThat\u2019s OK, I rip\npeople off all the time.\u201d\n\nQ: That\u2019s good news, considering what you want to do in Berlin.\n\nA: Absolutely. The next film is definitely inspired by Blade Runner. Where Blade Runner\nwas in Los Angeles, this story would be going on at the same time in\nBerlin. None of the same characters, nothing to do with the replicants,\nbut the same feel. But it\u2019s quite different, and quite different than most science fiction films being made these days.\n\nQ: Like Transformers, or the new Terminator\u2026\n\nA: I think there is something unfortunate the big budget science\nfiction films are really about \u201chow do we go from this one big action\nset piece to the next?\u201d They kind of miss the point about telling a\nstory. That\u2019s why James Cameron\u2019s original Terminator films\nreally worked, because you cared about Sarah Connor. It\u2019s very\ndifferent from what we\u2019re getting now. But I did love the new Star Trek from J.J. Abrams. And I can\u2019t wait to see Avatar.\n\nQ: Were you a scifi fan growing up? Is this something that runs in the family?\n\nA: I\u2019ve always been a huge fan, and my dad was always giving me literature, like George Orwell\u2019s 1984, John Wyndham\u2019s Day of the Triffids. And later on, I was reading a lot of J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, and watching films like Blade Runner and Star Wars. But I think I\u2019m more of a universal geek, not just a science fiction geek."}
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-{"text": "This is a simplifed HTML format, intended for screen readers and other limited-function browsers.\n\nAbout this Title:\n\nVolume 9 of the \u201cFederal Edition\u201d of Jefferson\u2019s works in 12 volumes edited by Paul Leicester Ford in 1904-05. This volume contains various letters and papers as well as his \u201cInaugural Address\u201d as President.\n\nCopyright information:\n\nThe text is in the public domain.\n\nFair use statement:\n\nThis material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit.\n\nCORRESPONDENCE and MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS\n1799\u20131801\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 3, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison.\n\nmad. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 3, 99\n\n.\n\nI have suffered the post hour to come so nearly on me, that I must huddle over what I have more than appears in the public papers. I arrived here on Christmas day, not a single bill or other article of business having yet been brought into Senate. The P\u2019s speech, so unlike himself in point of moderation, is supposed to have been written by the military conclave, & particularly Hamilton. When the Senate gratuitously hint Logan to him, you see him in his reply come out in his genuine colors. The debates on that subject & Logan\u2019s declaration you will see in the papers. The republican spirit is supposed to be gaining ground in this State & Massachusetts. The tax gatherer has already excited discontent. Gerry\u2019s correspondence with Taleyrand, promised by the Presidt at the opening of the session, is still kept Edition: current; Page: [4] back. It is known to shew France in a very conciliatory attitude, and to contradict some executive assertions. Therefore, it is supposed they will get their war measures well taken before they will produce this damper. Vans Murray writes them, that the French government is sincere in their overtures for reconciliation, & have agreed, if these fail, to admit the mediation offered by the Dutch govnt. In the mean time the raising the army is to go on, & it is said they propose to build twelve 74\u2019s. Insurance is now higher in all the commercial towns against British than French capture. The impressment of seamen from one of our armed vessels by a British man of war has occasioned mr. Pickering to bristle up it is said. But this cannot proceed to any effect. The capture by the French of the Retaliation (an armed vessel we had taken from them) will probably be played off to the best advantage. Lyon is re-elected. His majority is great. Reports vary from 600. to 900. Logan was elected into the Pensylva. legislature against F. A. Muhlenburg by 1256 to 769. Livermore has been re-elected in N. Hampshire by a majority of 1. in the lower & 2. in the upper house.\n\nGenl Knox has become bankrupt for 400,000 D, & has resigned his military commission. He took in Genl Lincoln for 150,000 D, which breaks him. Colo Jackson also sunk with him. It seems generally admitted, that several cases of the yellow fever still exist in the city, and the apprehension is, that it will re-appear early in the spring. You promised me a copy of McGee\u2019s bill of prices. Be so good as to send it on to me here. Tell mrs. Madison her friend Edition: current; Page: [5] Made d\u2019Yrujo, is as well as one can be so near to a formidable crisis. Present my friendly respects to her, and accept yourself my sincere & affectionate salutations. Adieu.\n\nI omitted to mention that a petition has been presented to the President, signed by several thousand persons in Vermont, praying a remitment of Lyon\u2019s fine. He asked the bearer of the petition if Lyon himself had petitioned, and being answered in the negative, said, \u201cpenitence must precede pardon.\u201d\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 3. 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nmon. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 3. 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014 Dr. Bache having determined to remove to our neighborhood, informs me he has written to you to purchase lands for him. A day or two before I left home mrs. Key sent me a message that the lands on which she lives & her son Walter\u2019s were for sale. I therefore inclose you a letter to her, informg. her that I have communicated it to the gentleman here whom I had under contemplation when I spoke to her & that he has authorized me to act for him. The object of this is to prevent her supposing that your application will be in competition with mine. You know that Carter\u2019s land adjoining Moore\u2019s Creek is for sale. As it is not probable any body will sell & deliver instant possession, so as to enable Dr. Bache at once to seat himself on his own farm, I imagine the first object will be the procuring a house for him. The one in Charlotteville which Chiles is building is the only one which Edition: current; Page: [6] has occurred to me: & as Dr. Bache proposes moving next month, it may be well to leave the ultimate purchase of a farm to be fixed on by himself. If you could get Carter, Catlett & Key to fix each their lowest terms, they might offer in Competition against one another. I wish you could also provide for Baynham. Genl. Knox is broke for 400.000 D. and has resigned his military commission. He has broke also Genl. Lincoln and his friend Colo. Jackson. What has passed on the subject of Logan you see in the newspapers. The county of Philadelphia has chosen him their representative in assembly by 1256. against 769. in favor of Muhlenburg. Lyon is rechosen in Vermont by a vast majority. It seems agreed that the republican sentiment is gaining ground fast in this state & in Massachusetts. My respects to mrs. Monroe. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 16, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nmad. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 16, 99\n\n.\n\nThe forgery lately attempted to be plaid off by mr. H. on the house of representatives, of a pretended memorial presented by Logan to the French government, has been so palpably exposed, as to have thrown ridicule on the whole of the clamors they endeavored to raise as to that transaction. Still, however, their majority will pass the bill. The real views in the importance they have given to Logan\u2019s enterprise are mistaken by nobody. Mr. Gerry\u2019s communications relative to his transactions after the departure of his colleagues, tho\u2019 he has now been Edition: current; Page: [7] returned 5. months, & they have been promised to the house 6. or 7. weeks, are still kept back. In the meantime, the paper of this morning promises them from the Paris papers. It is said, they leave not a possibility to doubt the sincerity & the anxiety of the French government to avoid the spectacle of a war with us. Notwithstanding this is well understood, the army & a great addition to our navy, are steadily intended. A loan of 5. millions is opened at 8. per cent. interest! In a rough way we may state future expences thus annually. Navy 5\u00bd millions (exclusive of it\u2019s outfit) army (14,000 men) 6\u00bd millions, interest of national debt (I believe) about 4. millions, interest of the new loan 400,000. Which with the expences of government will make an aggregate of about 18,000,000. All our taxes this year have brought in about 10\u00bd millions, to which the direct tax will add 2. millions, leaving a deficit of between 5 & 6. millions. Still no addition to the taxes will be ventured on at this session. It is pretty evident from the proceedings to get at the measure & number of windows in our houses that a tax on air & light is meditated, but I suppose not till the next session. The bankrupt bill was yesterday rejected by a majority of three. The determinations of the British commissioners under the treaty (who are 3. against 2. of ours) are so extravagant, that about 3. days ago ours protested & seceded. It was said yesterday they had come together again. The demands which will be allowed on the principles of the British majority will amount to from 15. to 20. millions of Dollars. It is not believed that our Edition: current; Page: [8] government will submit to it, & consequently that this must again become a subject for negociation. It is very evident the British are using that part of the treaty merely as a political engine. Notwithstanding the pretensions of the papers of the danger & destruction of Buonaparte, nothing of that is believed. It seems probable that he will establish himself in Egypt, & that that is, at present at least, his ultimate object. Ireland also is considered as more organized in her insurrection and stronger than she has been hitherto. As yet no tobacco has come to this market. At New York the new tobo is at 13. D. Georgia has sent on a greater quantity than had been imagined, & so improved in quality as to take the place of that of Maryland & the Carolines. It is at 11. D. while they are about 10. Immense sums of money now go to Virginia. Every stage is loaded. This is partly to pay for last year\u2019s purchases, & partly for the new.\n\nIn a society of members, between whom & yourself is great mutual esteem & respect, a most anxious desire is expressed that you would publish your debates of the Convention. That these measures of the army, navy & direct tax will bring about a revulsion of public sentiment is thought certain, & that the constitution will then receive a different explanation. Could those debates be ready to appear critically, their effect would be decisive. I beg of you to turn this subject in your mind. The arguments against it will be personal; those in favor of it moral; and something is required from you as a set off against the sin of your retirement. Your favor of Edition: current; Page: [9] Dec 29 came to hand Jan 5; seal sound. I pray you always to examine the seals of mine to you, & the strength of the impression. The suspicions against the government on this subject are strong. I wrote you Jan 5. Accept for yourself & mrs. Madison my affectionate salutations. & Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 23, 99\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nJan 23, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir.\n\n\u2014The newspapers furnish you with the articles of common news as well as the Congressional. You observe the addition proposed to be made to our navy, and the loan of 5. millions, opened at 8. percent., to equip it The papers say that our agents abroad are purchasing vessels for this purpose. The following is as accurate a statement of our income & expence annual, as I can form, after divesting the treasury reports of such articles as are incidental & properly annual:\n\nEdition: current; Page: [10]\n\nBy this you will perceive that our income for 1799, being 10. millions, and expences 9. millions, we have a surplus of 1. million, which, with the 5. millions to be borrowed, it is expected, will build the navy & raise the army. When they are complete, we shall have to raise by new taxes about 5. millions more, making in the whole 15. millions, which if our population be 5. millions, will be 3. dollars a head. But these additional taxes will not be wanting, till the session after next. The majority in Congress being as in the last session matters will go on now as then. I shall send you Gerry\u2019s correspondence and Pickering\u2019s report on it, by which you will perceive the Edition: current; Page: [11] unwillingness of France to break with us, and our determination not to believe it, & therefore to go to war with them. For in this light must be viewed our surrounding their islands with our armed vessels instead of their cruising on our coasts as the law directs.\n\nAccording to information, there is real reason to believe that the X. Y. Z. delusion is wearing off, and the public mind beginning to take the same direction it was getting into before that maneuvre. Gerry\u2019s dispatches will tend strongly to open the eyes of the people. Besides this several other impressive circumstances will all be bearing on the public mind. The alien & sedition laws as before, the direct tax, the additional army & navy, an usurious loan to set those follies on foot, a prospect of heavy additional taxes as soon as they are completed, still heavier taxes if the government forces on the war, recruiting officers lounging at every court-house and decoying the laborer from his plough. A clause in a bill now under debate for opening commerce with Toussaint & his black subjects now in open rebellion against France, will be a circumstance of high aggravation to that country, and in addition to our cruising round their islands will put their patience to a great proof. One fortunate circumstance is that, annihilated as they are on the ocean, they cannot get at us for some time, and this will give room for the popular sentiment to correct the imprudence. Nothing is believed of the stories about Buonaparte. Those about Ireland have a more serious aspect. I delivered the letter from you of which I was the bearer. No use was made of the paper, because that poor Edition: current; Page: [12] creature had already fallen too low even for contempt. It seems that the representative of our district is attached to his seat. Mr. Beckley tells me you have the collection of a sum of money for him, which is destined for me. What is the prospect of getting it, & how much. I do not know whether I have before informed you that mr. Madison paid to mr. Barnes 240. or 250. D in your name to be placed to your credit with mr. Short, I consequently squared that account, & debited you to myself for the balance. This with another article or two of account between us, stands therefore against the books for which I am indebted to you, & of which I know not the cost. A very important measure is under contemplation here, which, if adopted, will require a considerable sum of money on loan. The thing being beyond the abilities of those present, they will possibly be obliged to assess their friends also. I may perhaps be forced to score you for 50. or 100. D, to be paid at convenience, but as yet it is only talked of. I shall rest my justification on the importance of the measure, and the sentiments I know you entertain on such subjects. We consider the elections on the whole as rather in our favor, & particularly believe those of N Caroline will immediately come right. J. Nicholas & Brent, both offer again. My friendly respects to mrs. Monroe, & to yourself affectionate salutations & adieu.\n\nP. S. I shall seldom write to you, on account of the strong suspicions of infidelity in the post offices. Always examine the seal before you open my letters, & note whether the impression is distinct.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [13]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 24. 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJohn Taylor\n\nTaylor, John\n\nto john taylor\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 24. 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Mr. Tazewell died about noon this day after an illness of about 36. hours. On this event, so melancholy for his family and friends, the loss to the public of so faithful and able a servant no reflections can be adequate.\n\nThe object of this letter (and which I beseech you to mention as from me to no mortal) is the replacement of him by the legislature. Many points in Monro\u2019s character would render him the most valuable acquisition the republican interest in this legislature could make. There is no chance of bringing him into the other house as some had wished, because the present representative of his district will not retire. I salute you affectionately.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 24. 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJohn Page\n\nPage, John\n\nto john page\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 24. 99\n\n.\n\nMy dear friend,\n\n\u2014I enclose you a copy of Gerry\u2019s correspondence after his companions left him, and of Mr. Pickering\u2019s commentary on it. You will see reason to suspect (especially after what the papers say of a British alliance) that the Executive has taken some step on the presumption that France would declare war. To support which it is necessary to have it believed she will still make war. Yesterday they voted in the H. of R. by a majority of 20. to retain a clause in a bill opening commerce with Toussaint, now in rebellion against France. This circumstance with the stationing our armed vessels round the French islands will probably be more Edition: current; Page: [14] than the Directory will bear. In the meantime you observe that the raising the additional army, and building a great additional navy are steadily proposed; and as these will require a great immediate supply of money, a loan of 5. millions is opened at the usurious interest of 8. per cent for fear that an immediate addition of that to our taxes should blow up the whole object. The following is a statement (in round numbers) of our annual income & expenditure divested of those articles of the Treasury report which are accidentals.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [15]\n\nIt is said however that the deficit of 5. millions, need not be added to our annual taxes for a year or two. These subjects compared with Gerry\u2019s explicit assurance that France is sincere in wishing to avoid war with us, that she does not desire a breach of the British treaty but only to be put on an equal foot, and that a liberal treaty might have been had, I leave to your own reflections. I am told that if you will exert yourself you may be elected to the next Congress. Pray my dear Sir, leave nothing undone to effect it. We gain on the whole by the new elections, & if those of Virginia are uniform we shall have a majority. Two years more of such measures as we have had lately will ruin us beyond recovery. Never did so important a public duty rest on you before. For even a single vote will decide the majority. It is truly a case of moral duty, and I know your conscience will not be insensible to it, if you will indulge its suggestions. I write my friends seldom because of the suspected infidelity of the post office. Present me respectfully to mrs. Page & accept assurances of great and unaltered affection from dear Sir Yours sincerely.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 26. 1799\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nElbridge Gerry\n\nGerry, Elbridge\n\nto elbridge gerry\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan 26. 1799\n\n.\n\nMy Dear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Nov. 12 was safely delivered to me by mr. Binney, but not till Dec. 28, as I arrived here only three days before that date. It was received with great satisfaction. Our very long intimacy as fellow-laborers in the same cause, Edition: current; Page: [16] the recent expressions of mutual confidence which had preceded your mission, the interesting course which that had taken, & particularly & personally as it regarded yourself, made me anxious to hear from you on your return. I was the more so too, as I had myself during the whole of your absence, as well as since your return, been a constant butt for every shaft of calumny which malice & falsehood could form, & the presses, public speakers, or private letters disseminate. One of these, too, was of a nature to touch yourself; as if, wanting confidence in your efforts, I had been capable of usurping powers committed to you, & authorizing negociations private & collateral to yours. The real truth is, that though Dr Logan, the pretended missionary, about 4. or 5. days before he sailed for Hamburgh, told me he was going there, & thence to Paris, & asked & received from me a certificate of his citizenship, character, & circumstances of life, merely as a protection, should he be molested on his journey, in the present turbulent & suspicious state of Europe, yet I had been led to consider his object as relative to his private affairs; and tho\u2019, from an intimacy of some standing, he knew well my wishes for peace and my political sentiments in general, he nevertheless received then no particular declaration of them, no authority to communicate them to any mortal, nor to speak to any one in my name, or in anybody\u2019s name, on that, or on any other subject whatever; nor did I write by him a scrip of a pen to any person whatever. This he has himself honestly & publicly declared since his return; & from his well-known Edition: current; Page: [17] character & every other circumstance, every candid man must perceive that his enterprise was dictated by his own enthusiasm, without consultation or communication with any one; that he acted in Paris on his own ground, & made his own way. Yet to give some color to his proceedings, which might implicate the republicans in general, & myself particularly, they have not been ashamed to bring forward a suppositious paper, drawn by one of their own party in the name of Logan, and falsely pretended to have been presented by him to the government of France; counting that the bare mention of my name therein, would connect that in the eye of the public with this transaction. In confutation of these and all future calumnies, by way of anticipation, I shall make to you a profession of my political faith; in confidence that you will consider every future imputation on me of a contrary complexion, as bearing on its front the mark of falsehood & calumny.\n\nI do then, with sincere zeal, wish an inviolable preservation of our present federal constitution, according to the true sense in which it was adopted by the States, that in which it was advocated by it\u2019s friends, & not that which it\u2019s enemies apprehended, who therefore became it\u2019s enemies; and I am opposed to the monarchising it\u2019s features by the forms of it\u2019s administration, with a view to conciliate a first transition to a President & Senate for life, & from that to a hereditary tenure of these offices, & thus to worm out the elective principle. I am for preserving to the States the powers not yielded by them to the Union, & to the legislature of the Union it\u2019s Edition: current; Page: [18] constitutional share in the division of powers; and I am not for transferring all the powers of the States to the general government, & all those of that government to the Executive branch. I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt; and not for a multiplication of officers & salaries merely to make partisans, & for increasing, by every device, the public debt, on the principle of it\u2019s being a public blessing. I am for relying, for internal defence, on our militia solely, till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as may protect our coasts and harbors from such depredations as we have experienced; and not for a standing army in time of peace, which may overawe the public sentiment; nor for a navy, which, by it\u2019s own expenses and the eternal wars in which it will implicate us, grind us with public burthens, & sink us under them. I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; & little or no diplomatic establishment. And I am not for linking ourselves by new treaties with the quarrels of Europe; entering that field of slaughter to preserve their balance, or joining in the confederacy of kings to war against the principles of liberty. I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another: for freedom of the press, & against all violations of the constitution to silence by force & not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents. And I am for encouraging the progress of science in all it\u2019s Edition: current; Page: [19] branches; and not for raising a hue and cry against the sacred name of philosophy; for awing the human mind by stories of raw-head & bloody bones to a distrust of its own vision, & to repose implicitly on that of others; to go backwards instead of forwards to look for improvement; to believe that government, religion, morality, & every other science were in the highest perfection in ages of the darkest ignorance, and that nothing can ever be devised more perfect than what was established by our forefathers. To these I will add, that I was a sincere well-wisher to the success of the French revolution, and still wish it may end in the establishment of a free & well-ordered republic; but I have not been insensible under the atrocious depredations they have committed on our commerce. The first object of my heart is my own country. In that is embarked my family, my fortune, & my own existence. I have not one farthing of interest, nor one fibre of attachment out of it, nor a single motive of preference of any one nation to another, but in proportion as they are more or less friendly to us. But though deeply feeling the injuries of France, I did not think war the surest means of redressing them. I did believe, that a mission sincerely disposed to preserve peace, would obtain for us a peaceable & honorable settlement & retribution; and I appeal to you to say, whether this might not have been obtained, if either of your colleagues had been of the same sentiment with yourself.\n\nThese, my friend, are my principles; they are unquestionably the principles of the great body of our fellow citizens, and I know there is not one of Edition: current; Page: [20] them which is not yours also. In truth, we never differed but on one ground, the funding system; and as, from the moment of it\u2019s being adopted by the constituted authorities, I became religiously principled in the sacred discharge of it to the uttermost farthing, we are united now even on that single ground of difference.\n\nI turn now to your inquiries. The enclosed paper1 will answer one of them. But you also ask for such political information as may be possessed by me, & interesting to yourself in regard to your embassy. As a proof of my entire confidence in you, I shall give it fully & candidly. When Pinckney, Marshall, Edition: current; Page: [21] and Dana, were nominated to settle our differences with France, it was suspected by many, from what was understood of their dispositions, that their mission would not result in a settlement of differences, but would produce circumstances tending to widen the breach, and to provoke our citizens to consent to a war with that nation, & union with England. Dana\u2019s resignation & your appointment gave the first gleam of hope of a peaceable issue to the mission. For it was believed that you were sincerely disposed to accommodation; & it was not long after your arrival there, before symptoms were observed of that difference of views which had been suspected to exist. In the meantime, however, the aspect of our government towards the French republic had become so ardent, that the people of America generally took the alarm. To the southward their apprehensions were early excited. In the Eastern States also, they at length began to break out. Meetings were held in many of your towns, & addresses to the government agreed on in opposition to war. The example was spreading like a wildfire. Other meetings were called in other places, & a general concurrence of sentiment against the apparent inclinations of the government was imminent; when, most critically for the government, the despatches of Octr 22, prepared by your colleague Marshall, with a view to their being made public, dropped into their laps. It was truly a God-send to them, & they made the most of it. Many thousands of copies were printed & dispersed gratis, at the public expence; & the zealots for war co-operated so heartily, that there were instances of Edition: current; Page: [22] single individuals who printed & dispersed 10. or 12,000 copies at their own expence. The odiousness of the corruption supposed in those papers excited a general & high indignation among the people. Unexperienced in such maneuvres, they did not permit themselves even to suspect that the turpitude of private swindlers might mingle itself unobserved, & give it\u2019s own hue to the communications of the French government, of whose participation there was neither proof nor probability. It served, however, for a time, the purpose intended. The people, in many places, gave a loose to the expressions of their warm indignation, & of their honest preference of war to dishonor. The fever was long & successfully kept up, and in the meantime, war measures as ardently crowded. Still, however, as it was known that your colleagues were coming away, and yourself to stay, though disclaiming a separate power to conclude a treaty, it was hoped by the lovers of peace, that a project of treaty would have been prepared, ad referendum, on principles which would have satisfied our citizens, & overawed any bias of the government towards a different policy. But the expedition of the Sophia, and, as was supposed, the suggestions of the person charged with your despatches, & his probable misrepresentations of the real wishes of the American people, prevented these hopes. They had then only to look forward to your return for such information. either through the Executive, or from yourself, as might present to our view the other side of the medal. The despatches of Oct 22, 97, had presented one face. That information, to a certain degree, is Edition: current; Page: [23] now received, & the public will see from your correspondence with Taleyrand, that France, as you testify, \u201cwas sincere and anxious to obtain a reconciliation, not wishing us to break the British treaty, but only to give her equivalent stipulations; and in general was disposed to a liberal treaty.\u201d And they will judge whether mr. Pickering\u2019s report shews an inflexible determination to believe no declarations the French government can make, nor any opinion which you, judging on the spot & from actual view, can give of their sincerity, and to meet their designs of peace with operations of war. The alien & sedition acts have already operated in the South as powerful sedatives of the X. Y. Z. inflammation. In your quarter, where violations of principle are either less regarded or more concealed, the direct tax is likely to have the same effect, & to excite inquiries into the object of the enormous expences & taxes we are bringing on. And your information supervening, that we might have a liberal accommodation if we would, there can be little doubt of the reproduction of that general movement, by the despatches of Oct. 22. And tho\u2019 small checks & stops, like Logan\u2019s pretended embassy, may be thrown in the way from time to time, & may a little retard it\u2019s motion, yet the tide is already turned, and will sweep before it all the feeble obstacles of art. The unquestionable republicanism of the American mind will break through the mist under which it has been clouded, and will oblige it\u2019s agents to reform the principles & practices of their administration.\n\nYou suppose that you have been abused by both Edition: current; Page: [24] parties. As far as has come to my knowledge, you are misinformed. I have never seen or heard a sentence of blame uttered against you by the republicans; unless we were so to construe their wishes that you had more boldly co-operated in a project of a treaty, and would more explicitly state, whether there was in your colleagues that flexibility, which persons earnest after peace would have practised? Whether, on the contrary, their demeanor was not cold, reserved, and distant, at least, if not backward? And whether, if they had yielded to those informal conferences which Taleyrand seems to have courted, the liberal accommodation you suppose might not have been effected, even with their agency? Your fellow-citizens think they have a right to full information, in a case of such great concern to them. It is their sweat which is to earn all the expences of the war, and their blood which is to flow in expiation of the causes of it. It may be in your power to save them from these miseries by full communications and unrestrained details, postponing motives of delicacy to those of duty. It rests for you to come forward independently; to take your stand on the high ground of your own character; to disregard calumny, and to be borne above it on the shoulders of your grateful fellow citizens; or to sink into the humble oblivion, to which the Federalists (self-called) have secretly condemned you; and even to be happy if they will indulge you with oblivion, while they have beamed on your colleagues meridian splendor. Pardon me, my dear Sir, if my expressions are strong. My feelings are so much more so, Edition: current; Page: [25] that it is with difficulty I reduce them even to the tone I use. If you doubt the dispositions towards you, look into the papers, on both sides, for the toasts which were given throughout the States on the 4th of July. You will there see whose hearts were with you, and whose were ulcerated against you. Indeed, as soon as it was known that you had consented to stay in Paris, there was no measure observed in the execrations of the war party. They openly wished you might be guillotined, or sent to Cayenne, or anything else. And these expressions were finally stifled from a principle of policy only, & to prevent you from being urged to a justification of yourself. From this principle alone proceed the silence and cold respect they observe towards you. Still, they cannot prevent at times the flames bursting from under the embers, as mr. Pickering\u2019s letters, report, & conversations testify, as well as the indecent expressions respecting you, indulged by some of them in the debate on these despatches. These sufficiently show that you are never more to be honored or trusted by them, and that they await to crush you for ever, only till they can do it without danger to themselves.\n\nWhen I sat down to answer your letter, but two courses presented themselves, either to say nothing or everything; for half confidences are not in my character. I could not hesitate which was due to you. I have unbosomed myself fully; & it will certainly be highly gratifying if I receive like confidence from you. For even if we differ in principle more than I believe we do, you & I know too well the Edition: current; Page: [26] texture of the human mind, & the slipperiness of human reason, to consider differences of opinion otherwise than differences of form or feature. Integrity of views more than their soundness, is the basis of esteem. I shall follow your direction in conveying this by a private hand; tho\u2019 I know not as yet when one worthy of confidence will occur. And my trust in you leaves me without a fear that this letter, meant as a confidential communication of my impressions, will ever go out of your hand, or be suffered in anywise to commit my name. Indeed, besides the accidents which might happen to it even under your care, considering the accident of death to which you are liable, I think it safest to pray you, after reading it as often as you please, to destroy at least the 2d & 3d leaves. The 1st contains principles only, which I fear not to avow; but the 2d & 3d contain facts stated for your information, and which, though sacredly conformable to my firm belief, yet would be galling to some, & expose me to illiberal attacks. I therefore repeat my prayer to burn the 2d & 3d leaves. And did we ever expect to see the day, when, breathing nothing but sentiments of love to our country & it\u2019s freedom & happiness, our correspondence must be as secret as if we were hatching it\u2019s destruction! Adieu, my friend, and accept my sincere & affectionate salutations. I need not add my signature.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [27]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 29, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nEdmund Pendleton\n\nPendleton, Edmund\n\nto edmund pendleton\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 29, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your patriarchal address to your county is running through all the republican papers, and has a very great effect on the people. It is short, simple, and presents things in a view they readily comprehend. The character & circumstances too of the writer leave them without doubts of his motives. If, like the patriarch of old, you had but one blessing to give us, I should have wished it directed to a particular object. But I hope you have one for this also. You know what a wicked use has been made of the French negociation; and particularly the X. Y. Z. dish cooked up by Marshall, where the swindlers are made to appear as the French government. Art and industry combined, have certainly wrought out of this business a wonderful effect on the people. Yet they have been astonished more than they have understood it, and now that Gerry\u2019s comes out, clearing the French government of that turpitude, & shewing them \u201csincere in their dispositions for peace, not wishing us to break the British treaty, and willing to arrange a liberal one with us,\u201d the people will be disposed to suspect they have been duped. But these communications are too voluminous for them, and beyond their reach. A recapitulation is now wanting of the whole story, stating every thing according to what we may now suppose to have been the truth, short, simple, & levelled to every capacity. Nobody in America can do it so well as yourself, in the same character of the father of your county, or any form Edition: current; Page: [28] you like better, and so concise, as omitting nothing material, may yet be printed in hand bills, of which we could print & disperse 10. or 20,000. copies under letter covers, through all the U. S, by the members of Congress when they return home. If the understanding of the people could be rallied to the truth on this subject, by exposing the dupery practised on them, there are so many other things about to bear on them favorably for the resurrection of their republican spirit, that a reduction of the administration to constitutional principles cannot fail to be the effect. These are the Alien & Sedition laws, the vexations of the stamp act, the disgusting particularities of the direct tax, the additional army without an enemy, & recruiting officers lounging at every court house, a navy of 50. ships, 5. millions to be raised to build it, on the usurious interest of 8. per cent., the perseverance in war on our part, when the French government shows such an anxious desire to keep at peace with us, taxes of 10. millions now paid by 4. millions of people, and yet a necessity, in a year or two, of raising 5. millions more for annual expences. These things will immediately be bearing on the public mind, and if it remain not still blinded by a supposed necessity, for the purpose of maintaining our independence & defending our country, they will set things to rights, I hope you will undertake this statement. If anybody else had possessed your happy talent for this kind of recapitulation, I would have been the last to disturb you with the application; but it will really be rendering our country a service greater than it is in the power of Edition: current; Page: [29] any other individual to render. To save you the trouble of hunting the several documents from which this statement is to be taken, I have collected them here compleatly, and enclose them to you.\n\nLogan\u2019s bill has passed. On this subject, it is hardly necessary for me to declare to you, on everything sacred, that the part they ascribed to me was entirely a calumny. Logan called on me 4. or 5. days before his departure, & asked & received a certificate (in my private capacity) of his citizenship & circumstances of life, merely as a protection, should he be molested in the present turbulent state of Europe. I have given such to an hundred others, & they have been much more frequently asked & obtained by tories than whigs. I did not write a scrip of a pen by him to any person. From long acquaintance he knew my wishes for peace & my political sentiments generally, but he received no particular declaration of them then nor one word of authority to speak in my name, or anybody\u2019s name on that or any other subject. It was an enterprise founded in the enthusiasm of his own character. He went on his own ground & made his own way. His object was virtuous, and the effect meritorious.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 30, 99\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nmad. mss.\n\nJan 30, 99\n\n.\n\nMy last to you was of the 16th, since which yours of the 12th is received, and it\u2019s contents disposed of properly. These met such approbation as to have occasioned an extraordinary impression of that day\u2019s Edition: current; Page: [30] paper. Logan\u2019s bill is passed. The lower house, by a majority of 20. passed yesterday a bill continuing the suspension of intercourse with France, with a new clause enabling the President to admit intercourse with the rebellious negroes under Toussaint, who has an agent here, and has thrown off dependence on France. The H of R have also voted 6. 74\u2019s & 6. 18\u2019s, in part of the additional navy, say 552 guns, which in England would cost 5,000 D, & here 10,000, consequently more than the whole 5. millions for which a loan is now opened at 8. per cent. The maintenance is estimated at \u00a31,000 (lawful) a gun annually. A bill has been this day brought into the Senate for authorizing the Pt in case of a declaration of war or danger of invasion by any European power to raise an eventual army of 30. regiments, infantry, cavalry, & artillery in addition to the additional army, the provisional army, & the corps of volunteers, which last he is authorized to brigade, officer, exercise, & pay during the time of exercise. And all this notwithstanding Gerry\u2019s correspondence recently received, & demonstrating the aversion of France to consider us as enemies. All depends on her patiently standing the measures of the present session, and the surrounding her islands with our cruisers, & capturing their armed vessels on her own coasts. If this is borne awhile, the public opinion is most manifestly wavering in the middle States, & was even before the publication of Gerry\u2019s correspondence. In New York, Jersey, & Pennsylvania, every one attests them, and Genl Sumpter, just arrived, assures me that the republicans in S C Edition: current; Page: [31] have gained 50. per cent. in numbers since the election, which was in the moment of the X. Y. Z. fever. I believe there is no doubt the republican governor would be elected here now, & still less for next October. The gentlemen of N C seem to be satisfied that their new delegation will furnish but 3. perhaps only 2. anti-republicans; if so, we shall be gainers on the whole. But it is on the progress of public opinion we are to depend for rectifying the proceedings of the next Congress. The only question is whether this will not carry things beyond the reach of rectification. Petitions & remonstrances against the alien & sedition laws are coming from various parts of N Y, Jersey, & Pensyva: some of them very well drawn. I am in hopes Virginia will stand so countenanced by those States as to repress the wishes of the government to coerce her, which they might venture on if they supposed she would be left alone. Firmness on our part, but a passive firmness, is the true course. Anything rash or threatening might check the favorable dispositions of these middle States, & rally them again around the measures which are ruining us. Buonaparte appears to have settled Egypt peacefully, & with the consent of those inhabitants, & seems to be looking towards the E. Indies, where a most formidable co-operation has been prepared for demolishing the British power. I wish the affairs of Ireland were as hopeful, and the peace with the north of Europe. Nothing new here as to the price of tobo, the river not having yet admitted the bringing any to this market. Spain being entirely open to ours, & depending on it for her Edition: current; Page: [32] supplies during the cutting off of her intercourse with her own colonies by the superiority of the British at sea, is much in our favor. I forgot to add that the bill for the eventual army, authorizes the President to borrow 2. millions more. Present my best respects to mrs. Madison, health & affectionate salutations to yourself. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 5, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nmad. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb 5, 99\n\n.\n\nI wrote you last on the 30th of Jan; since which yours of the 25th is received.\n\nAt the date of my letter I had only heard the bill for the eventual army read once. I conceived it additional to the Provisional army &c. I must correct the error. The bill for the provisional army (about 10,000 men) expires this session without having been carried into execution. The eventual army (about 30,000) is a substitute. I say about 30,000 because some calculate the new establishment of a regiment we are now passing to a little over, & some a little under 1,000 officers & privates. The whole land army contemplated is the existing army 5000. The additional army 9000. The eventual army 30,000. And the volunteer army, the amount of which is not known. But besides that it is 44,000 men, and nobody pretends to say that there is from any quarter the least real danger of invasion. These may surely be set down at 500 dollars per annum a man though they pretend that the existing army costs but 300. The reason of that is that there are Edition: current; Page: [33] not actually above 3000 of them, the 5,000 being merely on paper.\n\nThe bill for continuing the suspension of intercourse with France & her dependencies, is still before the Senate, but will pass by a very great vote. An attack is made on what is called Toussaint\u2019s clause, the object of which, as is charged by the one party and admitted by the other, is to facilitate the separation of the island from France. The clause will pass however, by about 19. to 8., or perhaps 18. to 9. Rigaud, at the head of the people of color, maintains his allegiance. But they are only 25,000 souls, against 500,000, the number of the blacks. The treaty made with them by Maitland is (if they are to be separated from France) the best thing for us. They must get their provisions from us. It will indeed be in English bottoms, so that we shall lose the carriage. But the English will probably forbid them the ocean, confine them to their island, & thus prevent their becoming an American Algiers. It must be admitted too, that they may play them off on us when they please. Against this there is no remedy but timely measures on our part, to clear ourselves, by degrees, of the matter on which that lever can work.\n\nThe opposition to Livermore was not republican. I have however seen letters from New Hampshire from which it appears that the public sentiment there is no longer progressive in any direction, but that at present it is dead water. That during the whole of their late session not a word has been heard of Jacobinism, disorganization &c. No reproach of Edition: current; Page: [34] any kind cast on the republicans, that there has been a general complaint among the members that they could hear but one side of the question, and the great anxiety to obtain a paper or papers which would put them in possession of both sides. From Massachusetts & R. I. I have no information. Connecticut remains riveted in her political & religious bigotry. Baldwin is elected by the legislature of Georgia a Senator for 6. Years in the room of Tatnall, whose want of firmness had produced the effect of a change of sides. We have had no report of Yard\u2019s being dead. He is certainly living.\n\nA piece published in Bache\u2019s paper on foreign influence, has had the greatest currency & effect. To an extraordinary first impression, they have been obliged to make a second, & of an extraordinary number. It is such things as these the public want. They say so from all quarters, and that they wish to hear reason instead of disgusting blackguardism. The public sentiment being now on the screen, and many heavy circumstances about to fall into the republican scale, we are sensible that this summer is the season for systematic energies & sacrifices. The engine is the press. Every man must lay his purse & his pen under contribution. As to the former, it is possible I may be obliged to assume something for you. As to the latter, let me pray & beseech you to set apart a certain portion of every post day to write what may be proper for the public. Send it to me while here, & when I go away I will let you know to whom you may send, so that your name shall be sacredly secret. You can render such incalculable Edition: current; Page: [35] services in this way, as to lessen the effect of our loss of your presence here. I shall see you on the 5th or 6th of March. Affectionate salutations to mrs. Madison & yourself. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 11, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nmon. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb. 11, 99\n\n.\n\nI wrote you last on the 23d of Jan, since which yours of Jan 26 is received. A bill will pass the Senate to day for enabling the President to retaliate rigorously on any French citizens who are now or hereafter may be in our power, should they put to death any sailors of ours forced on board British vessels & taken by the French. This is founded expressly on their arret of Oct 29, 98, communicated by the President by message. It is known (from the Secretary of state himself) that he received, immediately after, a letter from Rufus King informing him the arret was suspended, and tho\u2019 it has been known a week that we were passing a retaliating act founded expressly on that arret, yet the President has not communicated it, and the supporters of the bill, who themselves told the secret of the suspension in debate, (for it was otherwise unknown), will yet pass the bill. We have already an existing army of 5,000 men, & the additional army of 9,000 now going into execution. We have a bill on its progress through Senate for authorizing the presdt to raise 30. regiments (30,000 men) called an eventual army, in case of war with any European power, or of imminent danger of invasion from them in his opinion. And also to call Edition: current; Page: [36] out & exercise at times the volunteer army, the number of which we know not. 6. 74\u2019s & 6. 18\u2019s making up 550. guns (in part of the fleet of 12. 74\u2019s, 12. frigates, and 20. or 30. smaller vessels proposed to be built or bought as soon as we can), are now to be begun. One million of dollars is voted. The government estimate of their cost is about 4,500. D (\u00a31000 sterl) a gun. But there cannot be a doubt they will cost 10,000 D. a gun, & consequently the 550. guns will be 5\u00bd millions. A loan is now opened for 5. millions at 8. per cent., & the eventual army bill authorizes another of 2. millions. King is appointed to negociate a treaty of commerce with Russia, in London. Phocion Smith is proposed to go to Constantinople to make a treaty with the Turks. Under two other covers you will receive a copy of the French originals of Gerry\u2019s communicns for yourself, and a doz. of G. N\u2019s pamphlets on the laws of the last session. I wish you to give these to the most influential characters among our country-men, who are only misled, are candid enough to be open to conviction, & who may have most effect on their neighbors. It would be useless to give them to persons already sound. Do not let my name be connected with the business. It is agreed on all hands that the British depredations have greatly exceeded the French during the last 6. months. The insurance companies at Boston, this place & Baltimore, prove this from their books. I have not heard how it is at N. Y. The Senate struck out the bill continuing the suspension of intercourse with France, the clauses which authorized the P to do it with certain other countries Edition: current; Page: [37] (say Spanish & Dutch), which clauses had passed the H of R by a majority of, I believe, 20. They agreed, however, to the amendment of the Senate. But Toussaint\u2019s clause was retained by both Houses. Adieu affectionately.\n\nFeb. 12th. The vessel called the Retaliation, formerly French property taken by us, armed & sent to cruise on them, retaken by them & carried into Guadaloupe, arrived here this morning with her own capt crew, &c. They say that new commissioners from France arrived at Guadaloupe, sent Victor Hughes home in irons, liberated this crew, said to the captn that they found him to be an officer bearing a regular commission from the U S, possessed of a vessel called the Retaliation, then in their port; that they should inquire into no preceding fact, and that he was free with his vessel & crew to depart; that as to differences with the U S, commrs were coming out from France to settle them; in the meantime, no injury should be done to us or our citizens. This was known to every Senator when we met. The Retaliation bill came on, on it\u2019s passage, & was passed with only 2. dissenting voices, 2. or 3. who would have dissented happening to be absent.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 11. 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nAaron Burr\n\nBurr, Aaron\n\nto aaron burr\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb. 11. 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014 Your favor of Feb. 3. came to hand two days ago. I am sorry to observe my friend Perry\u2019s claim to be so unpromising. However I Edition: current; Page: [38] shall still hope for something under the wing of your judgment, which you say will be decided Mar. 14. & if that shall fail, that he may come in for his share under the general attachment. I have no conception how Morris\u2019s conveyances to his sons & family can be good against the statutes on fraudulent conveyances, if those statutes be in force with you, as in their British form. Everybody must know that his sons could have no means of making such purchases on valuable considerations. However of all this you are a much better judge. I pray you to let no chance escape of effectuating Dr. Currie\u2019s claim.\n\nThe public papers inform you of everything passing here. Of the proposed navy of 18. 74\u2019s, 12. frigates & 20 or 30 smaller vessels, of which 6. 74\u2019s & 6. 18\u2019s are now to be begun; of our existing army of 5,000 men, additional army of 9,000, eventual army of 30,000 (now under manufacture) & volunteer army of we know not how many. As it is acknowledged at the same time that it is impossible the French should invade us since the annihilation of their power on the sea, our constituents will see in these preparations the utmost anxiety to guard them against even impossibilities. The southern states do not discover the same care however in the bill authorizing the President to admit Toussaint\u2019s subjects to a free commerce with them, & free ingress & intercourse with their black brethren in these states. However if they are guarded against the cannibals of the terrible republic, they ought not to object to being eaten by a more civilized enemy. Shall we see you here this session? It would give me great Edition: current; Page: [39] pleasure. I am with sincere esteem dear sir, your friend & servant.\n\nP. S. The system of alarm manifestly flags; & the supplementary event of ambassador Logan has not had the expected effect. The public opinion in this state is rapidly coming round. Even the German counties of York & Lancaster are changing sides.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 12. 99\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nmad. mss.\n\nFeb. 12. 99\n\n.\n\nI wrote you last on the 5th. which acknoleged yours of Jan. 25. the last at had. Yesterday the bill for 6. 74\u2019s and 6. 18\u2019s passed the H. of R. by 54. against 42. And the bill for a new organization of the army (into regiments of about 1,000.) passed the Senate. The bill continuing the suspension of intercourse with France & her dependencies has passed both houses, but the Senate struck out the clauses permitting the President to extend it to other powers. Toussaint\u2019s clause however was retained. Even South Carolinians in the H. of R. voted for it. We may expect therefore black crews, & supercargoes & missionaries thence into the southern states; & when that leven begins to work, I would gladly compound with a great part of our northern country, if they would honestly stand neuter. If this combustion can be introduced among us under any veil whatever, we have to fear it. We shall this day press the retaliation bill. It reaches & is expressly founded on the French arret of Oct, 29. 98, communicated to us by the President. It came out from Edition: current; Page: [40] Sedgwick and Stockton in debate that they had had it from the Secy. of state that he had received a letter from mr. King informing him of the suspension of that arret. Yet tho\u2019 they knew we were legislating on it, the P. has not communicated it; & the retaliators insist on passing the bill. It is now acknoleged on all hands, denied on none, & declared by the insurance companies that during the last 6. months the British depredns. have far exceeded the French. King has been appointed to enter into a treaty with Russia at London & Phocion Smith was yesterday confirmed by the Senate as Envoy extry & M. P. to Constantinople to make a like treaty with the Turks. To change the moment of a coalition between the Turks, Russians & English against France to unite us by treaty with that body as openly as they intend to propose, cannot be misconstrued. I send you under a separate cover the French originals of Gerry\u2019s communcns, one of G: N.\u2019s pamphlets & the Treasury statements of exports & imports of the last year. Adieu.\n\nP. S. No letter you could write after your receipt of this will find me here.\n\n\u2014I avoid writing to my friends because the fidelity of the post office is very much doubted. I will give you briefly a statement of what we have Edition: current; Page: [41] done and are doing. The following is a view of our finances in round numbers. The impost brings in the last year 7\u00bd millions of dollars, the excise, carriages, auctions, & licenses, \u00bd a million, the residuary small articles \u215b of a million. It is expected that the stamp act may pay the expense of the direct tax, so that the two may be counted at 2. millions, making in the whole 10\u215b millions. Our expenses for the civil list \u00be of a million, foreign intercourse \u00bd a million (this includes Indian & Algerine expenses, the Spanish & British treaties), interest of the public debt 4. millions, the existing navy 2\u00bd millions, the existing army, 5,000 men, 1\u00bd. millions, making 9\u00bc. millions, so that we have a surplus of near a million. But the additional army, 9,000 men, now raising, will add 2\u00bd. millions annually, the additional navy proposed 3. millions, and the interest of the new loans \u00bd a million, making 6 millions more, so that as soon as the army and navy shall be ready, our whole expenses will be 15. millions; consequently, there will be 5. millions annually more to be raised by taxes. Our present taxes of 10. M. are 2. dollars a head on our present population, and the future 5. M. will make it 3. D. Our whole exports (native) this year are 28 M., so that our taxes are now \u2153 & will soon be \u00bd of our whole exports; & when you add the expenses of the State Governments we shall be found to have got to the plenum of taxation in 10. short years of peace. Great Britain, after centuries of wars & revolutions, had at the commencement of the present war taxed only to the amount of \u2154 of her exports. We have opened a loan for 5 M., @ 8. per Edition: current; Page: [42] cent. interest, & another is proposed of 2. M. These are to build 6. 74\u2019s & 6. 18\u2019s, in part of additional navy, for which a bill passed the H of R 2 days ago, by 54. against 42. Beside the existing army of 5,000 & additional army of 9,000, an eventual army of 30,000 is proposed to be raised by the President, in case of invasion by any European power, or danger of invasion, in his opinion, and the volunteer army, the amount of which we know not, is to be immediately called out & exercised at the public expense. For these purposes a bill has been twice read and committed in the Senate. You have seen by Gerry\u2019s communication that France is sincerely anxious for reconciliation, willing to give us a liberal treaty, and does not wish us to break the British treaty, but only to put her on an equal footing. A further proof of her sincerity turned up yesterday. We had taken an armed vessel from her, had refitted and sent her to cruise against them, under the name of the Retaliation, and they re-captured & sent her into Guadaloupe. The new commissioners arriving there from France, sent Victor Hughes off in irons, and said to our captain, that as they found him bearing a regular commission as an officer of the Ud S, with his vessel in their port, & his crew, they would inquire into no fact respecting the vessel preceding their arrival, but that he, his vessel & crew, were free to depart. They arrived here yesterday. The federal papers call her a cartel. It is whispered that the Executive mean to return an equal number of the French prisoners, and this may give a color to call her a cartel, but she was liberated freely & without condition. The Edition: current; Page: [43] commissioners further said to the captain that, as to the differences with the Ud S, new commissioners were coming out from France to settle them, & in the meantime they should do us no injury. The President has appointed Rufus King to make a commercial treaty with the Russians in London, and Wm Smith, (of S C,) to go to Constantinople to make one with the Turks. Both appointments are confirmed by the Senate. A little dissatisfaction was expressed by some that we should never have treated with them till the moment when they had formed a coalition with the English against the French. You have seen that the Directory had published an arret declaring they would treat as pirates any neutrals they should take in the ships of their enemies. The President communicated this to Congress as soon as he received it. A bill was brought into Senate reciting that arret, and authorizing retaliation. Tho\u2019 the P received information almost in the same instant that the Directory had suspended the arret (which fact was privately declared by the Secretary of state to two of the Senate), and, tho\u2019 it was known we were passing an act founded on that arret, yet the P has never communicated the suspension. However the Senate, informed indirectly of the fact, still passed the act yesterday, an hour after we had heard of the return of our vessel & crew before mentioned. It is acknoleged on all hands, & declared by the insurance companies that the British depredations during the last 6. months have greatly exceeded the French, yet not a word is said about it officially. However, all these things Edition: current; Page: [44] are working on the public mind. They are getting back to the point where they were when the X. Y. Z. story was played off on them. A wonderful & rapid change is taking place in Pennsylvania, Jersey, & N York. Congress is daily plied with petitions against the alien & sedition laws & standing armies. Several parts of this State are so violent that we fear an insurrection. This will be brought about by some if they can. It is the only thing we have to fear. The appearance of an attack of force against the government would check the present current of the middle States, and rally them around the government; whereas, if suffered to go on, it will pass on to a reformation of abuses. The materials now bearing on the public mind will infallibly restore it to it\u2019s republican soundness in the course of the present summer, if the knolege of facts can only be disseminated among the people. Under separate cover you will receive some pamphlets written by George Nicholas on the acts of the last session. These I wish you to distribute, not to sound men who have no occasion for them, but to such as have been misled, are candid & will be open to the conviction of truth, and are of influence among their neighbors. It is the sick who need medicine, & not the well. Do not let my name appear in the matter. Perhaps I shall forward you some other things to be distributed in the same way. Let me now trouble you with a small private matter. Mr. Clarke was tolerably punctual in his remittances as long as he continued in business. But when he quitted he had near \u00a3100. of mine for nails actually sold, in his hands. For so Edition: current; Page: [45] I had a right to consider it as I charged only ready money prices, & such was the condition settled between us. This money has now been a twelvemonth in his hands, and the intermediate applications ineffectual. In truth I am not able to carry on my manufactory but on ready sales. I have no money capital to enable me to make great advances & long winded debts. If you could mention the matter to mr. Clarke in any way that would best suit the footing on which you stand with him, & be the means of my receiving it immediately on my return home (about the 10th of March) it would be a very sensible relief to me. And indeed if he does not pay it soon I must use effectual means to obtain it, such delays being incompatible with the course or the necessities of my manufactory. Present me respectfully to mrs. Stuart, and accept assurances of the sincere esteem of, dear Sir, your affectionate friend and servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 14, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nEdmund Pendleton\n\nPendleton, Edmund\n\nto edmund pendleton\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb. 14, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I wrote you a petition on the 29th of Jan. I know the extent of this trespass on your tranquillity, and how indiscreet it would have been under any other circumstances. But the fate of this country, whether it shall be irretrievably plunged into a form of government rejected by the makers of the constitution, or shall get back to the true principles of that instrument, depends on the turn which things may take within a short period of time ensuing the present moment. The violations of the Edition: current; Page: [46] constitution, propensities to war, to expense, & to a particular foreign connection, which we have lately seen, are becoming evident to the people, and are dispelling that mist which X. Y. Z. had spread before their eyes. This State is coming forward with a boldness not yet seen. Even the German counties of York & Lancaster, hitherto the most devoted, have come about, and by petitions with 4,000 signers remonstrate against the Alien & Sedition laws, standing armies, & discretionary powers in the President. New York & Jersey are also getting into great agitation. In this State, we fear that the ill designing may produce insurrection. Nothing could be so fatal. Anything like force would check the progress of the public opinion & rally them round the government. This is not the kind of opposition the American people will permit. But keep away all show of force, and they will bear down the evil propensities of the government, by the constitutional means of election & petition. If we can keep quiet, therefore, the tide now turning will take a steady & proper direction. Even in N Hampshire there are strong symptoms of a rising inquietude. In this state of things, my dear Sir, it is more in your power than any other man\u2019s in the U S, to give the coup de gr\u00e2ce to the ruinous principles and practices we have seen. In hopes you have consented to it, I shall furnish to you some additional matter which has arisen since my last.\n\nI enclose you a part of a speech of mr. Gallatin on the naval bill. The views he takes of our finances, & of the policy of our undertaking to establish a Edition: current; Page: [47] great navy, may furnish some hints. I am told something on the same subject from mr. J. Nicholas will appear in the Richmond & Fredksbg papers. I mention the real author, that you may respect it duly, for I presume it will be anonymous. The residue of Gallatin\u2019s speech shall follow when published. A recent fact, proving the anxiety of France for a reconciliation with us, is the following. You know that one of the armed vessels which we took from her was refitted by us, sent to cruise on them, recaptured, & carried into Guadaloupe under the name of the Retaliation. On the arrival there of Desfourneaux, the new commissioner, he sent Victor Hughes home in irons; called up our captn: told him that he found he had a regular commission as an officer of the U S; that his vessel was then lying in harbor; that he should inquire into no fact preceding his own arrival (by this he avoided noticing that the vessel was really French property) and that therefore, himself & crew were free to depart with their vessel; that as to the differences between France & the U S, commissioners were coming out to settle them, & in the meantime, no injury should be done on their part. The captain insisted on being a prisoner; the other disclaimed; & so he arrived here with vessel & crew the day before yesterday. Within an hour after this was known to the Senate, they passed a retaliation bill, of which I enclose you a copy. This was the more remarkable, as the bill was founded expressly on the Arret of Oct 29, which had been communicated by the President as soon as received, and he remarked, \u201cthat it could not be too soon communicated to the two Edition: current; Page: [48] Houses & the public.\u201d Yet he almost in the same instant received, through the same channel, mr. King, information that the Arret was suspended, & tho\u2019 he knew we were making it the foundation of a retaliation bill, he has never yet communicated it. But the Senate knew the fact informally from the Secy of state, & knowing it, passed the bill.\n\nThe President has appointed, & the Senate approved Rufus King, to enter into a treaty of commerce with the Russians, at London, & Wm Smith, (Phocion) Envoy Extray & M. P., to go to Constantinople to make one with the Turks. So that as soon as there is a coalition of Turks, Russians & English, against France, we seize that moment to countenance it as openly as we dare, by treaties, which we never had with them before. All this helps to fill up the measure of provocation towards France, and to get from them a declaration of war, which we are afraid to be the first in making. It is certain the French have behaved atrociously towards neutral nations, & us particularly; and tho\u2019 we might be disposed not to charge them with all the enormities committed in their name in the West Indies, yet they are to be blamed for not doing more to prevent them. A just and rational censure ought to be expressed on them, while we disapprove the constant billingsgate poured on them officially. It is at the same time true, that their enemies set the first example of violating neutral rights, & continue them to this day; insomuch that it is declared on all hands, & particularly by the insurance companies & denied by none, that the British spoliations have Edition: current; Page: [49] considerably exceeded the French during the last 6. months. Yet not a word of these things is said officially to the legislature.\n\nStill further, to give the devil his due, (the French) it should be observed that it has been said without contradiction, and the people made to believe, that their refusal to receive our Envoys was contrary to the L. of Nations, and a sufficient cause of war; whereas, every one who ever read a book on the law of nations knows, that it is an unquestionable right in every power to refuse to receive any minister who is personally disagreeable. Martens, the latest and a very respected writer, has laid this down so clearly & shortly in his \u201csummary of the law of nations,\u201d B. 7. ch. 2. sec. 9, that I will transcribe the passage verbatim. \u201cSection 9. Of choice in the person of the minister. The choice of the person to be sent as minister depends of right on the sovereign who sends him, leaving the right, however, of him to whom he sent, of refusing to acknolege any one, to whom he has a personal dislike, or who is inadmissible by the laws & usages of the country.\u201d And he adds notes proving by instances, &c. This is the whole section.\n\nNotwithstanding all these appearances of peace from France, we are, besides our existing army of 5.000 men, & additional army of 9.000 (now officered and levying), passing a bill for an eventual army of 30 regiments (30,000) and for regimenting, brigading, officering & exercising at the public expense our volunteer army, the amount of which we know not. I enclose you a copy of the bill, which has been twice read & committed in Senate. To meet this expence, Edition: current; Page: [50] & that of the 6. 72\u2019s & 6. 18\u2019s part of the proposed fleet, we have opened a loan of 5. millions at 8 per cent., & authorize another of 2 millions; and at the same time, every man voting for these measures acknoleges there is no probability of an invasion by France. While speaking of the restoration of our vessel, I omitted to add, that it is said that our government contemplate restoring the Frenchmen taken originally in the same vessel, and kept at Lancaster as prisoners. This has furnished the idea of calling her a cartel vessel, and pretending that she came as such for an exchange of prisoners, which is false. She was delivered free & without condition, but it does not suit to let any new evidence appear of the desire of conciliation in France. I believe it is now certain that the Commissioners on the British debts can proceed together no longer. I am told that our two have prepared a long report, which will perhaps be made public. The result will be, that we must recur again to negociation, to settle the principles of the British claims. You know that Congress rises on the 3d of March, and that if you have acceded to my prayers, I should hear from you at least a week before our rising. Accept my affectionate salutations & assurances of the sincere esteem with which I am, dear Sir, your friend and servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 19, 99\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nmad. mss.\n\nFeb 19, 99\n\n.\n\nI wrote to you last on the 11th; yesterday the bill for the eventual army of 30 regiments (30.000) & Edition: current; Page: [51] 75.000 volunteers, passed the Senate. By an amendment, the P was authorized to use the volunteers for every purpose for which he can use militia, so that the militia are rendered compleatly useless. The friends of the bill acknoleged that the volunteers are a militia, & agreed that they might properly be called the Presidential militia. They are not to go out of their state without their own consent. Consequently, all service out of the state is thrown on the constitutional militia, the Presidential militia being exempted from doing duty with them. Leblanc, an agent from Desfourneaux of Guadaloupe, came in the Retaliation. You will see in the papers Desfourneaux\u2019s letter to the President, which will correct some immaterial circumstances of the statement in my last. You will see the truth of the main fact, that the vessel & crew were liberated without condition. Notwithstanding this, they have obliged Leblanc to receive the French prisoners, & to admit, in the papers, the terms, \u201cin exchange for prisoners taken from us,\u201d he denying at the same time that they consider them as prisoners, or had any idea of exchange. The object of his mission was not at all relative to that; but they chuse to keep up the idea of a cartel, to prevent the transaction from being used as evidence of the sincerity of the French govent towards a reconciliation. He came to assure us of a discontinuance of all irregularities in French privateers from Guadaloupe. He has been received very cavalierly. In the meantime, a consul general is named to St. Domingo; who may be considered as our minister to Toussaint.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [52]\n\nBut the event of events was announced to the Senate yesterday. It is this: it seems that soon after Gerry\u2019s departure, overtures must have been made by Pichon, French charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires at the Hague, to Murray. They were so soon matured, that on the 28th of Sep, 98, Taleyrand writes to Pichon, approving what had been done, & particularly of his having assured Murray that whatever Plenipotentiary the govent of the U S should send to France to end our differences would undoubtedly be received with the respect due to the representative of a free, indepndt & powerful nation; declaring that the President\u2019s instructions to his envoys at Paris, if they contain the whole of the American government\u2019s intentions, announce dispositions which have been always entertained by the Directory; & desiring him to communicate these expressions to Murray, in order to convince him of the sincerity of the French government, & to prevail on him to transmit them to his government. This is dated Sep 28. & may have been received by Pichon Oct 1; and nearly 5. months elapse before it is communicated. Yesterday, the P nominated to the Senate W V Murray Mr Pl to the French republic, & adds, that he shall be instructed not to go to France, without direct & unequivocal assurances from the Fr government that he shall be received in character, enjoy the due privileges, and a minister of equal rank, title & power, be appointed to discuss & conclude our controversies by a new treaty. This had evidently been kept secret from the Feds of both Houses, as appeared by their dismay. The Senate have passed over this day without taking it Edition: current; Page: [53] up. It is said they are graveled & divided; some are for opposing, others do not know what to do. But in the meantime, they have been permitted to go on with all the measures of war & patronage, & when the close of the session is at hand it is made known. However, it silences all arguments against the sincerity of France, and renders desperate every further effort towards war. I enclose you a paper with more particulars. Be so good as to keep it till you see me, & then return it, as it is the copy of one I sent to another person, & is the only copy I have. Since I began my letter I have received yours of Feb 7 and 8, with it\u2019s enclosures; that referred to my discretion is precious, and shall be used accordingly.\n\nAffectionate salutations to mrs. M & yourself, & adieu\n\nP. S. I have committed you & your friends for 100 D. I will justify it when I see you.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 19, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nEdmund Pendleton\n\nPendleton, Edmund\n\nto edmund pendleton\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb 19, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Since my last, which was of the 14th, a Monsr Leblanc, agent from Desfourneaux, has come to town. He came in the Retaliation, and a letter of Desfourneaux, of which he was the bearer, now enclosed, will correct some circumstances in my statement relative to that vessel which were not very material. It shews, at the same time, that she was liberated without condition; still it is said but I have no particular authority for it, that he has been Edition: current; Page: [54] obliged to receive French prisoners here, and to admit in the paper that the terms \u201cin exchange for prisoners taken from us,\u201d should be used, he declaring, at the same time, that they had never considered ours as prisoners, nor had an idea of exchange. The object of his mission was to assure the government against any future irregularities by privateers from Guadaloupe, and to open a friendly intercourse. He has been treated very cavalierly. I enclose you the President\u2019s message to the H of R relative to the suspension of the Arret, on which our retaliation bill is founded.\n\nA great event was presented yesterday. The P communicated a letter from Taleyrand to Pichon, French charg\u00e9 des affaires at the Hague, approving of some overtures which had passed between him & mr. Murray, and particularly of his having undertaken to assure Murray that whatever Plenipotentiary we might send to France to negotiate differences, should be received with the respect due to the representative of a \u201cfree, independt & powerful nation,\u201d and directing him to prevail on Murray to transmit these assurances to his government. In consequence of this, a nomination of mr. Murray, M. P. to the French republic, was yesterday sent to the Senate. This renders their efforts for war desperate, & silences all further denials of the sincerity of the French government. I send you extracts from these proceedings for your more special information. I shall leave this the 2d day of March. Accept my affectionate salutations. Adieu.\n\nP. S. I should have mentioned that a nomination Edition: current; Page: [55] is before the Senate of a consul general to St. Domingo. It is understood that he will present himself to Toussaint, and is, in fact, our minister to him.\n\nThe face they will put on this business is, that they have frightened France into a respectful treatment. Whereas, in truth, France has been sensible that her measures to prevent the scandalous spectacle of war between the two republics, from the known impossibility of our injuring her, would not be imputed to her as a humiliation.1\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 19. 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nmon. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb. 19. 99\n\n.\n\nI am so hard pressed for time that I can only announce to you a single event: but that is a great one. It seems that soon after Gerry\u2019s departure from France, overtures must have been made by Pichon, French Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires at the Hague to Murray. These were so soon matured that on the 28th. of Sep. 98. Taleyrand writes to Pichon approving what had been done & particularly of his having assured Murray that whatever Plenipot. the Govmt. of the U. S. should send to France to end our differences, would undoubtedly be received with the respect due to the representative of a free, independent & powerful nation: declaring that the President\u2019s instructions to his envoys at Paris, if they contain the whole of the American govmt\u2019s intentions, announce dispositions which have been always entertained by the Directory, & desiring him to communicate Edition: current; Page: [56] these expressions to Murray in order to convince him of the sincerity of the French government, & to prevail on him to transmit them to his govmt. This is dated Sep. 28. & may have been received by Pichon Oct. 1. and near 5. months are elapsed before it is communicated. Yesterday the President nominated to the Senate W. V. Murray M. P. to the French republic, & adds that he shall be instructed not to go to France without direct & unequivocal assurances from the French govmt that he shall be received in character, enjoy the due privileges, & a minister of equal rank, title, & powers be appointed to discuss & conclude our Controversies by a new treaty. You will perceive that this measure has been taken as grudgingly as tardily, just as the close of the session is approaching, and the French are to go through the ceremony of a second submission. This had evidently been kept secret from the Feds of both houses, as appeared by their dismay. The Senate have passed over this day without taking it up. It is said they are gravelled & divided. Some are for opposing; others do not know what to do. But in the meantime they have been permitted to go on with all the measures of war & patronage. This silences all arguments against the sincerity of France, & renders desperate every further effort towards war. Communicate the general fact of this appointment & of it\u2019s being the Consequence of overtures from France to whom you please; but the particulars of my statement only to our most discreet friends.\u2014I have been obliged to lay you & your friends under contribution for a loan Edition: current; Page: [57] of 100. D. which I will justify when I see you. My most friendly salutations to mrs. Monroe & yourself. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 23, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto robert r. livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb 23, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have received with great pleasure your favor on the subject of the Steam engine. Tho\u2019 deterred by the complexity of that hitherto known, from making myself minutely acquainted with it, yet I am sufficiently acquainted with it to be sensible of the superior simplicity of yours, and it\u2019s superior economy. I particularly thank you for the permission to communicate it to the Philosophical society; and though there will not be another session before I leave town, yet I have taken care, by putting it into the hands of one of the Vice-presidents to-day, to have it presented at the next meeting. I lament the not receiving it a fortnight sooner, that it might have been inserted in a volume now closed, and to be published in a few days, before it would be possible for this engraving to be ready. There is one object to which I have often wished a steam engine could be adapted. You know how desirable it is both in town & country to be able to have large reservoirs of water on the top of our houses, not only for use (by pipes) in the apartments, but as a resource against fire. This last is most especially a desideratum in the country. We might indeed have water carried from time to time in buckets to cisterns on the top of the house, but this is troublesome, & therefore we never do it,\u2014consequently are without resource when Edition: current; Page: [58] a fire happens. Could any agent be employed which would be little or no additional expence or trouble except the first purchase, it would be done. Every family has such an agent, it\u2019s kitchen fire. It is small indeed, but if it\u2019s small but constant action could be accumulated so as to give a stroke from time to time which might throw ever so small a quantity of water from the bottom of a well to the top of the house (say 100. feet), it would furnish more than would waste by evaporation, or be used by the family. I know nobody who must better know the value of such a machine than yourself, nor more equal to the invention of it, and especially with your familiarity with the subject. I have imagined that the iron back of the chimney might be a cistern for holding the water, which should supply steam & would be constantly kept in a boiling state by the ordinary fire. I wish the subject may appear as interesting to you as it does to me, it would then engage your attention, and we might hope this desideratum would be supplied.\n\nA want of confidence in the post office deters me from writing to my friends on the subject of politics. Indeed I am tired of writing Jeremiades on that subject. What person, who remembers the times and tempers we have seen, would have believed that within so short a period, not only the jealous spirit of liberty which shaped every operation of our revolution, but even the common principles of English whiggism would be scouted, and the tory principle of passive obedience under the new-fangled names of confidence & responsibility, become entirely triumphant? Edition: current; Page: [59] That the tories, whom in mercy we did not \u201ccrumble to dust & ashes,\u201d could so have entwined us in their scorpion tails, that we cannot now move hand or foot. But the spell is dissolving. The public mind is recovering from the delirium into which it had been thrown, and we may still believe with security that the great body of the American people must for ages yet be substantially republican. You have heard of the nomination of mr. Murray. Not being in the secret of this juggle, I am not yet able to say how it is to be played off. Respectful & affectionate salutations from, dear Sir, your sincere friend & servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 26, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nmad. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb 26, 99\n\n.\n\nMy last to you was of the 19th; it acknoleged yours of the 8th. In mine, I informed you of the nomination of Murray. There is evidence that the letter of Taleyrand was known to one of the Secretaries, therefore probably to all; the nomination, however, is declared by one of them to have been kept secret from them all. He added, that he was glad of it, as, had they been consulted, the advice would have been against making the nomination. To the rest of the party, however, the whole was a secret till the nomination was announced. Never did a party shew a stronger mortification, & consequently, that war had been their object. Dana declared in debate (as I have from those who were present,) that we had done everything which might Edition: current; Page: [60] provoke France to war; that we had given her insults which no nation ought to have borne; & yet she would not declare war. The conjecture as to the Executive is, that they received Taleyrand\u2019s letter before or about the meeting of Congress; that not meaning to meet the overture effectually, they kept it secret, & let all the war measures go on; but that just before the separation of the Senate, the P, not thinking he could justify the concealing such an overture, nor indeed that it could be concealed, made a nomination, hoping that his friends in the Senate would take on their own shoulders the odium of rejecting it; but they did not chuse it. The Hamiltonians would not, & the others could not, alone. The whole artillery of the phalanx, therefore, was plaid secretly on the Pt, and he was obliged himself to take a step which should parry the overture while it wears the face of acceding to it. (Mark that I state this as conjecture; but founded on workings & indications which have been under our eyes.) Yesterday, therefore, he sent in a nomination of Oliver Elsworth, Patrick Henry & W Vans Murray, Envoys Ext & M P to the French Republic, but declaring the two former should not leave this country till they should receive from the French Directory assurances that they should be received with the respect due by the law of nations to their character, &c. This, if not impossible, must at least keep off the day so hateful & so fatal to them, of reconciliation, & leave more time for new projects of provocation. Yesterday witnessed a scandalous scene in the H of R. It was the day for taking up the report of their Edition: current; Page: [61] commee against the Alien & Sedition laws, &c. They held a Caucus and determined that not a word should be spoken on their side, in answer to anything which should be said on the other. Gallatin took up the Alien, & Nicholas the Sedition law; but after a little while of common silence, they began to enter into loud conversations, laugh, cough, &c., so that for the last hour of these gentlemen\u2019s speaking, they must have had the lungs of a vendue master to have been heard. Livingston, however, attempted to speak. But after a few sentences, the Speaker called him to order, & told him what he was saying was not to the question. It was impossible to proceed. The question was taken & carried in favor of the report, 52 to 48.; the real strength of the two parties is 56. to 50. But two of the latter have not attended this session. I send you the report of their committee. I still expect to leave this on the 1st, & be with you on the 7th of March. But it is possible I may not set out till the 4th, and then shall not be with you till the 10th. Affectionately adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 27, 99\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nBishop James Madison\n\nMadison, James Bishop\n\nto bishop james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb 27, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Feb 10 came safely to hand. We were for a moment flattered with the hope of a friendly accommodation of our differences with France, by the President\u2019s nomination of mr. Murray our minister at the Hague to proceed to Paris for that purpose. But our hopes have been entirely dashed by his revoking that and naming Edition: current; Page: [62] mr. Elsworth, mr. Patrick Henry & Murray; the two former not to embark from America till they shall receive assurances from the French Government, that they will be received with the respect due to their character by the Law of nations; and this too after the French Government had already given assurances that whatever Minister the President should send should be received with the respect due to the representative of a great, free & independent nation. The effect of the new nomination is compleatly to parry the advances made by France towards a reconciliation. A great change is taking place in the public mind in these middle states, and they are rapidly resuming the Republican ground which they had for a moment relinquished. The tables of Congress are loaded with petitions proving this. 13. of the 22. counties of this state have already petitioned against the proceedings of the late Congress. Many also from New York & New Jersey, and before the summer is over, these three states will be in unison with the Southern & Western. I take the liberty of putting under your cover a letter for a young gentleman known to you, & to whom I know not how otherwise to direct it. I am, with great esteem, dear Sir, your friend and servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar 12, 99\n\nMonticello\n\nThomas Lomax\n\nLomax, Thomas\n\nto thomas lomax\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nMar 12, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your welcome favor of last month came to my hands in Philadelphia. So long a time has elapsed since we have been separated by events, Edition: current; Page: [63] that it was like a letter from the dead, and recalled to my memory very dear recollections. My subsequent journey through life has offered nothing which, in comparison with those, is not cheerless & dreary. It is a rich comfort sometimes to look back on them.\n\nI take the liberty of enclosing a letter to mr. Baylor, open, because I solicit your perusal of it. It will, at the same time, furnish the apology for my not answering you from Philadelphia. You ask for any communication I may be able to make, which may administer comfort to you. I can give that which is solid. The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful man\u0153uvres, & made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But time & truth have dissipated the delusion, & opened their eyes. They see now that France has sincerely wished peace, & their seducers have wished war, as well for the loaves & fishes which arise out of war expences, as for the chance of changing the constitution, while the people should have time to contemplate nothing but the levies of men and money. Pennsylvania, Jersey & N York are coming majestically round to the true principles. In Pensylva, 13. out of 22. counties had already petitioned on the alien & sedition laws. Jersey & N Y had begun the same movement, and tho\u2019 the rising of Congress stops that channel for the expression of their sentiment, the sentiment is going on rapidly, & before Edition: current; Page: [64] their next meeting those three States will be solidly embodied in sentiment with the six Southern & Western ones. The atrocious proceedings of France towards this country, had well nigh destroyed its liberties. The Anglomen and monocrats had so artfully confounded the cause of France with that of freedom, that both went down in the same scale. I sincerely join you in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and tho I cordially wish well to the progress of liberty in all nations, and would forever give it the weight of our countenance, yet they are not to be touched without contamination from their other bad principles. Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.\n\nto edmund pendleton\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nApr. 22. 99\n\n.\n\nMy respected Friend,\n\n\u2014Your letter of Feb. 24. which was intended to have reached me at Philadelphia, did not arrive there till I had left that place & then had to follow me to this, which must apologize for the delay in acknoleging it. In the meantime I had seen in our papers the one with your signature, & seen it with great satisfaction. Omitting one paragraph of it I may be permitted to give to the residue unqualified praise. The simplicity & candor with which it is written will procure it a candid reading with all, & nothing more is necessary to give Edition: current; Page: [65] their full effect to its statements & reasoning. I lament it had not got to Philadelphia a few days sooner that we might have sent it out in handbills by the members. I observe however that it is running through all the republican papers & with very great effect. The moment too is favourable, as the tide is evidently turning & the public men [faded] from Marshall\u2019s [faded] romance. It is unfortunate that we have yet two years of mr. Adams to go through in the hands of a legislature [faded] under the impressions of that romance [faded] Presidential army or Presidential militia, it will leave me without a doubt that force on the Constitution is intended. It is already plain enough from the Secretary of War\u2019s letter that Hamilton is to be the real general, the other to be used only by his name. Can such an army under Hamilton be disbanded? Even if a H. of Repr. can be got willing & wishing to disband them? I doubt it, & therefore rest my principal hope on their inability to raise anything but officers. I observe in the election of governor for Massachusetts that the vote for Heath (out of Boston) is much strengthened. Could the people of that state emerge from the deceptions under which they are kept by their clergy, lawyers & English presses, our salvation would be sure & easy. Without that, I believe it will be effected; but it will be uphill work. Nor can we expect ever their cordial cooperation, because they will not be satisfied longer than while we are sacrificing everything to navigation & a navy. What a glorious exchange would it be could we persuade our navigating fellow citizens to embark their Edition: current; Page: [66] capital in the internal commerce of our country, exclude foreigners from that & let them take the carrying trade in exchange: abolish the diplomatic establishments & never suffer an armed vessel of any nation to enter our ports. [faded] things can be thought of only in times of wisdom, not of party & Folly. May heaven still spare you to us for years to come & render them years of health, happiness, & the full enjoiment of your faculties. Affectionate salutations to yourself & mr. Taylor. Adieu.\n\n\u2014I received by the hands of Mr Coalter \u00a313 from Mr Alexander. He is mistaken in supposing I had received \u00a33-10-3 on his account from Gamble & Grattar, his letter now inclosed by you being the first and only mention to me that such a paiment had been expected. However this balance is not worth troubling you further with. I am sorry still to be troublesome with my nailery. Mr. McDowell writes me he cannot continue the sale of my nails. If he would have disposed of those remaining on his hands it would have been desireable; because they are hardly worth offering alone to another, and a long illness of my foreman, occasions our work to go on so poorly that I am able to do little more than supply this part of the country. He has for sometime past had symptoms of a dropsy supervening a Edition: current; Page: [67] decline of near a twelve month. He seems now to be getting better; but till he gets well, or till, that becoming desperate, I engage another manager, I hardly expect to be able to resume my supplies to Staunton. However if Mr McDowell will not consent to sell off what remains on his hands, I must ask the favor of you to engage some other to do it, as well as to dispose of future supplies as soon as I shall be able to furnish them. I am sensible of the difficulty of a person who sells other goods on credit, demanding ready money for nails; and therefore have found it necessary here to place them in the hands of grocers, or others dealing for ready money. The congressional elections, as far as I have heard them, are extremely to be regretted. I did expect Powel\u2019s election; but that Lee should have been elected, & Nicholas hard run marks a taint in that part of the state which I had not expected. I have not yet heard the issue of the contest between Trigg & Hancock. Our federal candidate here cut a very poor figure. The state elections have generally gone well. Mr. Henry will have the mortification of encountering such a mass of talents as he has never met before; for from every thing I can learn, we never had an abler nor a sounder legislature. His apostacy must be unaccountable to those who do not know all the recesses of his heart. The cause of republicanism, triumphing in Europe, can never fail to do so here in the long run. Our citizens may be deceived for a while & have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light; still more perhaps to the taxgatherers; for it Edition: current; Page: [68] is not worth the while of our antirepublicans to risk themselves on any change of government, but a very expensive one. Reduce every department to economy, & there will be no temptation to them to betray their constituents. Affectionate salutations & adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 21, 99\n\nMonticello\n\nTench Coxe\n\nCoxe, Tench\n\nto tench coxe\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nMay 21, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Apr. 29, came to hand by our last post. I have for some time been anxious to write to you on the subject mentioned therein, but a want of confidence in the post office, & a certain prospect of conveyance by Dr. Bache who has been with us for some time, & was to return to Philadelphia, induced me to await that occasion which now accordingly takes place. Immediately on my parting with you the evening before I left Philadelphia I went to Mr. Venable\u2019s lodgings. He was not at home. I waited for him & at length he returned. I explained the subject to him & we went together to mr. Livingston\u2019s. He was gone to the theatre; so no hope of an early return. On returning to my lodgings mr. Nicholas joined us, & it was there settled that mr. Venable should devote the next day to the reducing to a certainty (in black & white) what could be done, & as it was then a late hour & I had still much to prepare for my departure the next morning, instead of calling on you again mr. Venable promised to do it & to communicate to you the effect of his exertions. He promised moreover to write to me specially of his success. I had been at home a Edition: current; Page: [69] considerable time when I saw mr. Foreman\u2019s proposals in some newspaper for the publication of a new gazette. I immediately wrote to Venable to inform me if that was the paper we had expected in order that I might prepare for the fulfillment of my engagements. I inclose you his answer, which will explain to you why you heard nothing further after I parted with you. The sum there, with the addition of two others, of 500 D. each, of which you were apprized (I believe there was a third also) fell far short of expectations. I sincerely regret the failure, & am thoroughly sensible of the importance of the undertaking, tho\u2019 much has been lost by its not having taken place this summer. My situation exposes me to so much calumny that I am obliged to be cautious of appearing in any matter however justifiable & especially if it be of a nature to admit readily of misconception. A very short text will for a long time furnish matter for newspaper stricture. I am satisfied from what I have seen since my return that there would be scarcely any limits to the subscription for such a paper. I shall still hope that it will not be abandoned.\n\nThe Virginia congressional elections have astonished everyone. They gave five certain federalists. Three others however on whom also they count, Page, Gray, & [faded] are moderate men, & I am assured will not go with them on questions of importance. This result has proceeded from accidental combinations of circumstances, & not from an unfavorable change of sentiment. The change has unquestionably been the other way. The valley Edition: current; Page: [70] between the Blueridge & North Mountain, which had for sometime been much tainted, (and which had given me more serious uneasiness than any other appearance in this state) has come solidly round. They were represented by Homes & the two Triggs, who the last summer would have been left out by great majorities, but have now been re-elected by great majorities. The progress of the republican cause here is proved by the state elections made on the same day with those for Congress. They are more republican than those of last year; & particularly from all the upper country. How long we can hold our ground I do not know. We are not incorruptible; on the contrary, corruption is making sensible tho\u2019 silent progress. Offices are as acceptable here as elsewhere, & whenever a man has cast a longing eye on them, a rottenness begins in his conduct. Mr. Henry has taken the field openly; but our legislature is filled with too great a mass of talents & principle to be now swayed by him. He will experience mortifications to which he has been hitherto a stranger. Still I fear something from his intriguing and cajoling talents, for which he is still more remarkable than for his eloquence. As to the effect of his name among the people, I have found it crumble like a dried leaf, the moment they become satisfied of his apostacy. With every wish for your health & happiness & sentiments of sincere esteem I am &c.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [71]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 20. 99\n\nMonticello\n\nHarry Innes\n\nInnes, Harry\n\nto harry innes\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nJune 20. 99\n\n.\n\nI have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of March the 2d. & to return you many thanks for it. I am very desirous to collect all the information I can relative to the murder of Logan\u2019s family, who were the perpetrators, & how far Cresap had counselled or ordered it; for tho\u2019 there exists a very general belief that he was present, yet the information I have received seems rather that he ordered Greathouse & his party on that business & took another upon himself. Of the authenticity of Logan\u2019s speech I have the evidence of General Gibson who received it from Logan\u2019s hand, delivered it to Lord Dunmore & translated it. The speech proves that Logan considered Colo. Cresap as the murderer; and nothing can prove it more authentically than the copy of the note you have been so kind as to send me. My statement therefore, which has been attacked is nothing more than the universally received account of that transaction. If mankind have generally imputed that murder to Cresap, it was because his character led them to it, numerous murders of the Indians having drawn them to fix this on him. His character becomes an object of enquiry on this account. After letting this matter remain uncontradicted for upwards of twenty years it has now been raked up from party hatred, as furnishing some with the design of writing me down. I have left their calumnies unanswered; but in the meantime have asked the favor of gentlemen who have it in their power to procure me what information they can as I mean Edition: current; Page: [72] to prepare a correct statement of the facts respecting the murder of Logan\u2019s family, to be inserted by way of amendment into the text of the Notes on Virginia. This I hope to be able to publish next winter when in Philadelphia, so I have asked from my friends to furnish me whatever they shall have collected by the month of December next. Material from the evidence will probably be published in support of the text as it will be amended. The information will mention [illegible] affidavits where convenient, or of certificate or letter where not so. Minute details will be most desirable. Any assistance you can give me in procuring this or any other material information on the subject will be very thankfully received. My distance from the evidence of persons acquainted with the transaction rendering it impracticable for me to obtain it otherwise than by the aid of my friends. I would also ask to receive it by or before the month of December. I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you, but as you have been so kind as to offer your aid. Mr. Volney on his return spoke with great acknolegements of your kind civilities, for which accept my thanks also. I am sure you found him entirely worthy of them. I receive with great sensibility the assurances of your esteem. These sentiments from men of worth, of reflection & of pure attachment to republican government are my consolation against the calumnies of which it has suited certain writers to make me the object. Under these I hope I shall never bend; & that man may at length find favor with heaven & his present struggles issue in the recovery & establishment of his moral & Edition: current; Page: [73] political rights will be the prayer of my latest breath. Accept assurances of the sincere esteem & respect of dear Sir of your most obedient & most humble servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 18, 99\n\nMonticello\n\nEdmund Randolph\n\nRandolph, Edmund\n\nto edmund randolph\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 18, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received only two days ago your favor of the 12th, and as it was on the eve of the return of our post, it was not possible to make so prompt a despatch of the answer. Of all the doctrines which have ever been broached by the federal government, the novel one, of the common law being in force & cognizable as an existing law in their courts, is to me the most formidable. All their other assumptions of un-given powers have been in the detail. The bank law, the treaty doctrine, the sedition act, alien act, the undertaking to change the state laws of evidence in the state courts by certain parts of the stamp act, &c., &c., have been solitary, unconsequential, timid things, in comparison with the audacious, barefaced and sweeping pretension to a system of law for the U S, without the adoption of their legislature, and so infinitely beyond their power to adopt. If this assumption be yielded to, the state courts may be shut up, as there will then be nothing to hinder citizens of the same state suing each other in the federal courts in every case, as on a bond for instance, because the common law obliges payment of it, & the common law they say is their law. I am happy you have taken up the subject; & I have carefully perused & considered the notes you Edition: current; Page: [74] enclosed, and find but a single paragraph which I do not approve. It is that wherein (page 2.) you say, that laws being emanations from the legislative department, &, when once enacted, continuing in force from a presumption that their will so continues, that that presumption fails & the laws of course fall, on the destruction of that legislative department. I do not think this is the true bottom on which laws & the administering them rest. The whole body of the nation is the sovereign legislative, judiciary and executive power for itself. The inconvenience of meeting to exercise these powers in person, and their inaptitude to exercise them, induce them to appoint special organs to declare their legislative will, to judge & execute it. It is the will of the nation which makes the law obligatory; it is their will which creates or annihilates the organ which is to declare & announce it. They may do it by a single person, as an Emperor of Russia, (constituting his declarations evidence of their will,) or by a few persons, as the Aristocracy of Venice, or by a complication of councils, as in our former regal government, or our present republican one. The law being law because it is the will of the nation, is not changed by their changing the organ through which they chuse to announce their future will; no more than the acts I have done by one attorney lose their obligation by my changing or discontinuing that attorney. This doctrine has been, in a certain degree sanctioned by the federal executive. For it is precisely that on which the continuance of obligation from our treaty with France was established, and the doctrine was particularly Edition: current; Page: [75] developed in a letter to Gouverneur Morris, written with the approbation of President Washington and his cabinet. Mercer once prevailed on the Virginia Assembly to declare a different doctrine in some resolutions. These met universal disapprobation in this, as well as the other States, and if I mistake not, a subsequent Assembly did something to do away the authority of their former unguarded resolutions. In this case, as in all others, the true principle will be quite as effectual to establish the just deductions, for before the revolution, the nation of Virginia had, by the organs they then thought proper to constitute, established a system of laws, which they divided into three denominations of 1, common law; 2, statute law; 3, Chancery: or if you please, into two only, of 1, common law; 2, Chancery. When, by the declaration of Independence, they chose to abolish their former organs of declaring their will, the acts of will already formally & constitutionally declared, remained untouched. For the nation was not dissolved, was not annihilated; it\u2019s will, therefore, remained in full vigor; and on the establishing the new organs, first of a convention, & afterwards a more complicated legislature, the old acts of national will continued in force, until the nation should, by its new organs, declare it\u2019s will changed. The common law, therefore, which was not in force when we landed here, nor till we had formed ourselves into a nation, and had manifested by the organs we constituted that the common law was to be our law, continued to be our law, because the nation continued in being, & because though it Edition: current; Page: [76] changed the organs for the future declarations of its will, yet it did not change its former declarations that the common law was it\u2019s law. Apply these principles to the present case. Before the revolution there existed no such nation as the U S; they then first associated as a nation, but for special purposes only. They had all their laws to make, as Virginia had on her first establishment as a nation. But they did not, as Virginia had done, proceed to adopt a whole system of laws ready made to their hand. As their association as a nation was only for special purposes, to wit, for the management of their concerns with one another & with foreign nations, and the states composing the association chose to give it powers for those purposes & no others, they could not adopt any general system, because it would have embraced objects on which this association had no right to form or declare a will. It was not the organ for declaring a national will in these cases. In the cases confided to them, they were free to declare the will of the nation, the law; but till it was declared there could be no law. So that the common law did not become, ipso facto, law on the new association; it could only become so by a positive adoption, & so far only as they were authorized to adopt.\n\nI think it will be of great importance, when you come to the proper part, to portray at full length the consequences of this new doctrine, that the common law is the law of the U S, & that their courts have, of course, jurisdiction co-extensive with that law, that is to say, general over all cases & persons. But, great heavens! Who could have conceived in 1789 Edition: current; Page: [77] that within ten years we should have to combat such wind-mills. Adieu. Yours affectionately.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 23, 99\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 23, 99\n\n.\n\nWith this you will receive the IVd nails desired in your memorandum, that is to say 25. lb weighing about to the lb. Probably they yield something more than a thousand to that weight, not being so uniform as they ought to be. We are now working up some remnants of hoops of different breadths till the arrival of a supply of proper size from Philadelphia. They are 1/3 per pound consequently come cheap. The error in the nails sent before was as I entered the memorandum in my book from his dictation and he saw them weighed out according to that.\n\nMrs. Madison will see that Lumsden your plasterer, lives about 10. or 15. miles from you & that an opportunity may perhaps be found of conveying him a letter. I trouble you with one, open, which when read be so good as to seal & forward by any opportunity you approve.\n\nI inclose you a letter I received from Colo. Nicholas three days ago. It is so advantageous that Virginia & Kentucky should pursue the same track on this occasion & a difference of plan would give such advantage to the Consolidationers that I would immediately see you at your own house, but that we have a stranger [illegible] whose state has been very critical & who would suffer in spirits at least very Edition: current; Page: [78] substantially by my absence. I shall not answer [illegible] but the opportunity is certainly a valuable one for producing a concert of action. I will in the mean time give you my ideas on reflection. That the principles already advanced by Virginia & Kentucky are not to be yielded in silence I presume we all agree. I would propose a declaration or resolution by their legislatures on the plan. 1st. answer this reasoning: if such of the states as have ventured into the field of reason, & that of the comm [illegible].1\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 26, 99\n\nMonticello\n\nWilson C. Nicholas\n\nNicholas, Wilson C.\n\nto wilson c. nicholas\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 26, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I am deeply impressed with the importance of Virginia & Kentucky pursuing the same track at the ensuing sessions of their legislatures. Your going thither furnishes a valuable opportunity of effecting it, and as mr. Madison will be at our assembly as well as yourself, I thought it important to procure a meeting between you. I therefore wrote you to propose to him to ride to this place on Saturday or Sunday next; supposing that both he and yourself might perhaps have some matter of business at our court, which might render it less inconvenient for you to be here together on Sunday. I took for granted that you would not set off to Kentuckey pointedly at the time you first proposed, and hope and strongly urge your favoring us with a visit at the Edition: current; Page: [79] time proposed. Mrs. Madison, who was the bearer of my letter, assured me I might count on mr. M.\u2019s being here. Not that I mentioned to her the object of my request, or that I should propose the same to you, because, I presume, the less said of such a meeting the better. I shall take care that Monroe shall dine with us. In hopes of seeing you, I bid you affectionately adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSep. 5, 99\n\nMonticello\n\nWilson C. Nicholas\n\nNicholas, Wilson C.\n\nto wilson c. nicholas\n\nMonticello\n\nSep. 5, 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Yours of Aug. 30th 99 came duly to hand. It was with great regret we gave up the hope of seeing you here, but could not but consider the obstacle as legitimate. I had written to mr. M. as I had before informed you, and had stated to him some general ideas for consideration & consultation when we should meet. I thought something essentially necessary to be said, in order to avoid the inference of acquiescence; that a resolution or declaration should be passed, 1, answering the reasonings of such of the states as have ventured into the field of reason, & that of the Committee of Congress, taking some notice too of those states who have either not answered at all, or answered without reasoning. 2, making firm protestation against the precedent & principle, & reserving the right to make this palpable violation of the federal compact the ground of doing in future whatever we might now rightfully do, should repetitions of these and other violations of the Edition: current; Page: [80] compact render it expedient. 3, expressing in affectionate & conciliatory language our warm attachment to union with our sister states, & to the instrument & principles by which we are united; that we are willing to sacrifice to this everything but the rights of self-government in those important points which we have never yielded, & in which alone we see liberty, safety, & happiness; that not at all disposed to make every measure of error or of wrong, a cause of scission, we are willing to look on with indulgence, & to wait with patience till those passions & delusions shall have passed over, which the federal government have artfully excited to cover its own abuses & conceal it\u2019s designs, fully confident that the good sense of the American people, and their attachment to those very rights which we are now vindicating, will, before it shall be too late, rally with us round the true principles of our federal compact. This was only meant to give a general idea of the complexion & topics of such an instrument. Mr. M. who came, as had been proposed, does not concur in the reservation proposed above; and from this I recede readily, not only in deference to his judgment, but because as we should never think of separation but for repeated and enormous violations, so these, when they occur, will be cause enough of themselves.\n\nTo these topics, however, should be added animadversions on the new pretensions to a common law of the U. S. I proposed to mr. M. to write to you, but he observed that you knew his sentiments so perfectly from a former conference, that it was unnecessary. Edition: current; Page: [81] As to the preparing anything, I must decline it, to avoid suspicions (which were pretty strong in some quarters on the last occasion), and because there remains still (after their late loss) a mass of talents in Kentucky sufficient for every purpose. The only object of the present communication is to procure a concert in the general plan of action, [as it is extremely desirable that Virginia and Kentucky should pursue the same track on this occasion.]1 Besides, how could you better while away the road from hence to Kentucky, than in meditating this very subject, and preparing something yourself, than whom nobody will do it better. The loss of your brother, and the visit of the apostle Marshal to Kentucky, excite anxiety. However, we doubt not that his poisons will be effectually counterworked. Wishing you a pleasant journey & happy return, I am with great and sincere esteem, dear Sir, your affectionate friend & servant.\n\n\u2014By a want of arrangement in a neighbouring post-office during the absence of the postmaster, my letters and papers for two posts back were detained. I suppose it was owing to this that your letter tho\u2019 dated Aug. 10. did not get to my hand till the last day of the month, since which this is the first day I can through the post office acknowledge the receipt Edition: current; Page: [82] of it. Mr. Jefferson happens to be here and directs his agent to call on you with this and pay you 50 dollars, on account of the book you are about to publish. When it shall be out be so good as to send me 2. or 3. copies, and the rest only when I shall ask for them.\n\nThe violence which was meditated against you lately has excited a very general indignation in this part of the country. Our state from it\u2019s first plantation has been remarkable for it\u2019s order and submission to the laws. But three instances are recollected in it\u2019s history of an organized opposition to the laws. The first was Bacon\u2019s Rebellion; the 2d. our revolution; the 3d. the Richmond association who, by their committee, have in the public papers avowed their purpose of taking out of the hands of the law the function of declaring who may or may not have free residence among us. But these gentlemen miscalculate the temper and force of this country extremely if they supposed there would have been a want of either to support the authority of the laws: and equally mistake their own interests in setting the example of club-law. Whether their self-organized election of a committee, and publication of their manifesto, be such overt acts as bring them within the pale of law; the law I presume is to decide: and there it is our duty to leave it. The delivery of Robbins to the British excites much feeling and enquiry here. With every wish for your welfare I am with great regard sir Your most obedient servt.\n\n\u2014On receiving your favor of Sept. 29, I did believe it would be in my power to answer you satisfactorily on both points on which you asked information. I knew indeed that I had not made any particular memorandum of the sum which the C\u2019 de Vergennes supposed a treaty with the Porte would cost; but I expect that I had mentioned it either in my letter on the subject to Mr. Jay, or in that to Mr. Adams my colleague in the Barbary negociations. After a very long search yesterday I found both letters, but in neither have I stated any particular sum. They are of May 1786, and only say generally that in a conversation with the Ct. de Vergennes on the subject, he said that a treaty with the Porte would cost us a great deal of money, as great presents are expected at that court, and a great many claim them; and that we should not buy a peace one penny the cheaper at Algiers; that the Algerines did indeed acknowledge a certain dependence on the Porte, and availed themselves of it whenever any thing was to be gained by it, but disregarded it when it subjected them to any demand: and that at Algiers there were but too [sic] agents, money and fear. This is the statement in those letters, and my memory does not enable me to fix any particular sum having been named by him; but only generally that it was very far beyond any thing then at our command.\u2014All who were members of Congress in 1786. may be supposed to remember this information, and if it could be Edition: current; Page: [84] understood to come to you through some such channel, it would save the public from reading all the blackguardism which would be vented on me were I quoted; not that this would weigh an atom with me, on any occasion where my avowal of either facts or opinions would be of public use; but whenever it will not, I then think it useful to keep myself out of the way of calumny.\n\nOn the other point I can be more certain. Georgia, N. Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania choose their electors by the people directly. In Massachusetts the choice is, first by the people in districts: But if a candidate had not a majority of all the qualified voters of the district; it devolves on the legislature to appoint the elector for that district, besides, as they have but 14. districts (laid off for some state purpose) and are entitled to 16. electors, the legislature name the two extra ones in the first instance. Again, if any of those elected either by the people or legislature die, or decline to act, the residue of the electors fill up the vacancies themselves. In this way the people of Massachus. chose 7. electors on the last occasion, and the legislature 9. In New Hamp. Rho. Isld. Connec. Vermont, New-York, Jersey, Delaware and South Carolina, the legislature name electors. My information is good as to all these particulars except N. Hampshire and Connecticut: and as to them I think I am right; but speaking only from memory it should be further ascertained before asserted. I thank you for the proof sheets you inclosed me. Such papers cannot fail to produce the best effect. They inform Edition: current; Page: [85] the thinking part of the nation; and these again, supported by the taxgatherers as their vouchers, set the people to rights. You will know from whom this comes without a signature: the omission of which has rendered almost habitual with me by the curiosity of the post offices. Indeed a period is now approaching during which I shall discontinue writing letters as much as possible, knowing that every snare will be used to get hold of what may be perverted in the eyes of the public.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOct. 27, 1799\n\nMonticello\n\nStephen Thompson Mason\n\nMason, Stephen Thompson\n\nto stephen thompson mason\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nOct. 27, 1799\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor by Mr. Craven has been duly received, and I am very thankful for your attention to the subject of my former letter. It is one I have very much at heart, for I find I am not fit to be a farmer with the kind of labour we have, & also subject to such long avocation. Mr. Craven had thought too much of the raspberry plains to be satisfied with our mountainous country; however, although we have not come to an absolute engagement, yet he departs under an expectation of deciding to return, & to decide others to come. I have shewn him 800. acres of enclosed & cultivated lands, which I release in such parcels as the tenants desire. Before he arrived, I had leased 160. acres to a very good man, being afraid to lose the offer under the uncertainty whether I might get others.\n\nI sincerely congratulate you on the success of Edition: current; Page: [86] McKean\u2019s election & I hope the Pennsylvania republicans have been as successful in the election of the members of their legislature. Such a state as that harmonizing by its public authorities with those to the south, would command respect to the Federal constitution. Still we must place at the distance of at least two years that reformation in the public proceedings which depends on the character of Congress. That now coming into the exercise of authority affords no hope. The misfortune of the French would probably produce at the next session still greater intolerance than we have hitherto experienced, did not the insolences of the English keep their votaries here in check for us. The public mind in the middle states, from every information I receive, has very much regenerated in principles of Whiggism. In this part of our state some symptoms of waivering which had appeared in certain places, have again become firm, or are fast returning to that state: always excepting however that gangrene which spreads from the public functionaries great & small, proceeding from the canker of interest. I am with great & sincere affection Dear Sir, your friend & servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOct. 29. 99\n\nMonticello\n\nCharles Pinckney\n\nPinckney, Charles\n\nto charles pinckney\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nOct. 29. 99\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Sept. 12. came to hand on the 3d inst. I have delayed acknoledging it in hopes of receiving the longer one you mentioned to have written, but that has not yet reached me. I was Edition: current; Page: [87] both pleased & edified by the piece on Robbins case. It ought to be a very serious case to the judge. I think no one circumstance since the establishment of our government has affected the popular mind more. I learn that in Pennsylvania it had a great effect. I have no doubt the piece you enclosed will run through all the republican papers, & carry the question home to every man\u2019s mind. The success of McKean\u2019s election is a subject of real congratulation & hope. The majority by which he carried it is not yet known here, but it must have been very great. We have also to expect that the same spirit which prevailed & shewed itself so strongly on that vote, has been equally efficacious in the election of their legislature. Could a republican legislature in Pennsylvania be once added to those south of the Potomac, it would command more respect to our constitution. I consider all the encroachments made on that heretofore as nothing, as mere retail stuff compared with the wholesale doctrine, that there is a common law in force in the U. S. of which & of all the cases within its provisions their courts have cognizance. It is complete consolidation. Ellsworth & Iredell have openly recognized it. Washington has squinted at it, & I have no doubt it has been decided to cram it down our throats. In short it would seem that changes in the principles of our government are to be pushed till they accomplish a monarchy peaceably, or force a resistance which with the aid of an army may end in monarchy. Still I hope that this will be peaceably prevented by the eyes of the people being opened & the consequent effect of the elective Edition: current; Page: [88] principle. This is certainly taken place in the middle states. The late misfortunes of France would probably render the consolidationers more enterprising & more intolerant than ever at the next session of Congress, were they not held in check by the British aggressions. You flatter us with the possibility of coming on by land & taking this in your route. Nothing could be more pleasing to me as it will be to Colo. Monroe & mr. Madison. Our legislature meets on the same day with Congress consequently mr. Madison\u2019s motions will be affected accordingly. I wish I knew enough of the roads to recommend the best route to you, but I am unacquainted with them, except so far as to observe that if you come by Halifax the direct line thence would be Brunswick, Amelia, Lile\u2019s ford Appomatox & Columbia at the fork of James river, from whence the road hither is good, except the last 8. or 10. miles. Our friend Mason, from whom I lately recd a letter, is well. Wilson C. Nicholas will be his collegue Tazewell, & Monroe will probably be the governor. Notwithstanding the unaccountable event of some of the Congressional elections in April last those for the state legislature will have made that body still more republican than it was. I hope So. Carolina is recovering from the delusion which affected their last election. Accept assurances of the sincere esteem of dear sir, &c.\n\nP. S. I shall not frank my letter lest it should awake the curiosity of the post offices.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [89]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNovember 22, 1799\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\ned. of 1829.\n\nMonticello\n\nNovember 22, 1799\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have never answered your letter by Mr. Polk, because I expected to have paid you a visit. This has been prevented by various causes, till yesterday. That being the day fixed for the departure of my daughter Eppes, my horses were ready for me to have set out to see you: an accident postponed her departure to this day, and my visit also. But Colonel Monroe dined with me yesterday, and on my asking his commands for you, he entered into the subject of the visit and dissuaded it entirely, founding the motives on the espionage of the little * * * in * * * * who would make it a subject of some political slander, and perhaps of some political injury. I have yielded to his representations, and therefore shall not have the pleasure of seeing you till my return from Philadelphia. I regret it sincerely, not only on motives of attention but of affairs. Some late circumstances changing considerably the aspect of our situation, must affect the line of conduct to be observed. I regret it the more too, because from the commencement of the ensuing session, I shall trust the post offices with nothing confidential, persuaded that during the ensuing twelve months they will lend their inquisitorial aid to furnish matter for newspapers. I shall send you as usual printed communications, without saying anything confidential on them. You will of course understand the cause.\n\nIn your new station1 let me recommend to you the jury system: as also the restoration of juries in the Edition: current; Page: [90] court of chancery, which a law not long since repealed, because \u201cthe trial by jury is troublesome and expensive.\u201d If the reason be good, they should abolish it at common law also. If Peter Carr is elected in the room of * * * he will undertake the proposing this business, and only need your support. If he is not elected, I hope you will get it done otherwise. My best respects to Mrs. Madison, and affectionate salutations to yourself.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJanuary 12, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJanuary 12, 1800\n\n.\n\nYours of Jan. 4. was received last night. I had then no expectation of any opportunity of communicating to you confidentially information of the state of opinions here; but I learn to-night that two mr. Randolphs will set out to-morrow morning for Richmond. If I can get this into their hands I shall send it, otherwise it may wait long. On the subject of an election by a general ticket, or by districts, most persons here seem to have made up their minds. All agree that an election by districts would be best, if it could be general; but while 10 states chuse either by their legislatures or by a general ticket, it is folly & worse than folly for the other 6. not to do it. In these 10. states the minority is entirely unrepresented; & their majorities not only have the weight of their whole state in their scale, but have the benefit of so much of our minorities as can succeed at a district election. This is, in fact, ensuring to our minorities the appointment of the government. To state it in another form; it is merely a question whether we will Edition: current; Page: [91] divide the U S into 16. or 137. districts. The latter being more chequered, & representing the people in smaller sections, would be more likely to be an exact representation of their diversified sentiments. But a representation of a part by great, & a part by small sections, would give a result very different from what would be the sentiment of the whole people of the U S, were they assembled together. I have today had a conversation with 113.1 who has taken a flying trip here from N Y. He says, they have really now a majority in the H of R, but for want of some skilful person to rally round, they are disjointed, & will lose every question. In the Senate there is a majority of 8. or 9. against us. But in the new election which is to come on in April, three or 4. in the Senate will be changed in our favor; & in the H of R the county elections will still be better than the last; but still all will depend on the city election, which is of 12. members. At present there would be no doubt of our carrying our ticket there; nor does there seem to be time for any events arising to change that disposition. There is therefore the best prospect possible of a great & decided majority on a joint vote of the two houses. They are so confident of this, that the republican party there will not consent to elect either by districts or a general ticket. They chuse to do it by their legislature. I am told the republicans of N J are equally confident, & equally anxious against an election either by districts or a general ticket. The contest in this State will end in a separation of the present legislature without passing any election law, Edition: current; Page: [92] (& their former one is expired), and in depending on the new one, which will be elected Oct 14. in which the republican majority will be more decided in the Representatives, & instead of a majority of 5. against us in the Senate, will be of 1. for us. They will, from the necessity of the case, chuse the electors themselves. Perhaps it will be thought I ought in delicacy to be silent on this subject. But you, who know me, know that my private gratifications would be most indulged by that issue, which should leave me most at home. If anything supersedes this propensity, it is merely the desire to see this government brought back to it\u2019s republican principles. Consider this as written to mr. Madison as much as yourself; & communicate it, if you think it will do any good, to those possessing our joint confidence, or any others where it may be useful & safe. Health & affectionate salutations.\n\n\u2014I received at Monticello two letters from you, and meant to have answered them a little before my departure for this place; but business so crowded upon me at that moment that it was not in my power. I left home on the 21st, and arrived here on the 28th of December, after a pleasant journey of fine weather and good roads, and without having experienced any inconvenience. The Senate had not yet entered into business, and I may say they Edition: current; Page: [93] have not yet entered into it; for we have not occupation for half an hour a day. Indeed, it is so apparent that we have nothing to do but to raise money to fill the deficit of five millions of dollars, that it is proposed we shall rise about the middle of March; and as the proposition comes from the Eastern members, who have always been for sitting permanently, while the Southern are constant for early adjournment, I presume we shall rise then. In the meanwhile, they are about to renew the bill suspending intercourse with France, which is in fact a bill to prohibit the exportation of tobacco, and to reduce the tobacco States to passive obedience by poverty.\n\nJ. Randolph has entered into debate with great splendor and approbation. He used an unguarded word in his first speech, applying the word \u201cragmuffin\u201d to the common soldiery. He took it back of his own accord, and very handsomely, the next day, when he had occasion to reply. Still, in the evening of the second day, he was jostled, and his coat pulled at the theatre by two officers of the Navy, who repeated the word \u201cragmuffin.\u201d His friends present supported him spiritedly, so that nothing further followed. Conceiving, and, as I think, justly, that the House of Representatives (not having passed a law on the subject) could not punish the offenders, he wrote a letter to the President, who laid it before the House, where it is still depending. He has conducted himself with great propriety, and I have no doubt will come out with increase of reputation, being determined himself to oppose the interposition of the House when they have no law for it.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [94]\n\nM. du Pont, his wife and family, are arrived at New York, after a voyage of three months and five days. I suppose after he is a little recruited from his voyage we shall see him here. His son is with him, as is also his son-in-law Bureau Pusy, the companion and fellow sufferer of Lafayette. I have a letter from Lafayette of April; he then expected to sail for America in July, but I suspect he awaits the effect of the mission of our ministers. I presume that Madame de Lafayette is to come with them, and that they mean to settle in America.\n\nThe prospect of returning early to Monticello is to me a most charming one. I hope the fishery will not prevent your joining us early in the spring. However, on this subject we can speak together, as I will endeavor, if possible, to take Mont Blanco and Eppington in my way.\n\nA letter from Dr. Carr, of December 27, informed me he has just left you well. I become daily more anxious to hear from you, and to know that you continue well, your present state being one which is most interesting to a parent; and its issue, I hope, will be such as to give you experience what a parent\u2019s anxiety may be. I employ my leisure moments in repassing often in my mind our happy domestic society when together at Monticello, and looking forward to the renewal of it. No other society gives me now any satisfaction, as no other is founded in sincere affection. Take care of yourself, my dear Maria, for my sake, and cherish your affections for me, as my happiness rests solely on yours, and on that of your sister\u2019s and your dear connections. Present me Edition: current; Page: [95] affectionately to Mr. Eppes, to whom I enclosed some pamphlets some time ago without any letter; as I shall write no letters the ensuing year for political reasons which I explained to him. Present my affections also to Mrs. and Mr. Eppes, Senior, and all the family, for whom I feel every interest that I do for my own. Be assured yourself, my dear, of my most tender and constant love. Adieu. Yours affectionately and forever.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 18, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJoseph Priestley\n\nPriestley, Joseph\n\nto joseph priestley\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 18, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to thank you for the pamphlets you were so kind as to send me. You will know what I thought of them by my having before sent a dozen sets to Virginia to distribute among my friends. Yet I thank you not the less for these, which I value the more as they came from yourself. The stock of them which Campbell had was, I believe, exhausted the first or second day of advertising them. The Papers of political arithmetic, both in your & Mr. Cooper\u2019s pamphlets, are the most precious gifts that can be made to us; for we are running navigation mad, & commerce mad, & navy mad, which is worst of all. How desirable is it that you could pursue that subject for us. From the Porcupines of our country you will receive no thanks; but the great mass of our nation will edify & thank you. How deeply have I been chagrined & mortified at the persecutions which fanaticism & monarchy have excited against you, even here! At first I believed it was merely a continuance Edition: current; Page: [96] of the English persecution. But I observe that on the demise of Porcupine & division of his inheritance between Fenno & Brown, the latter (tho\u2019 succeeding only to the federal portion of Porcupinism, not the Anglican, which is Fenno\u2019s part) serves up for the palate of his sect, dishes of abuse against you as high seasoned as Porcupine\u2019s were. You have sinned against church & king, & can therefore never be forgiven. How sincerely have I regretted that your friend, before he fixed his choice of a position, did not visit the vallies on each side of the blue ridge in Virginia, as Mr. Madison & myself so much wished. You would have found there equal soil, the finest climate & most healthy one on the earth, the homage of universal reverence & love, & the power of the country spread over you as a shield. But since you would not make it your country by adoption, you must now do it by your good offices. I have one to propose to you which will produce their good, & gratitude to you for ages, and in the way to which you have devoted a long life, that of spreading light among men.\n\nWe have in that state a college (Wm. & Mary) just well enough endowed to draw out the miserable existence to which a miserable constitution has doomed it. It is moreover eccentric in it\u2019s position, exposed to bilious diseases as all the lower country is, & therefore abandoned by the public care, as that part of the country itself is in a considerable degree by it\u2019s inhabitants. We wish to establish in the upper & healthier country, & more centrally for the state, an University on a plan so broad & liberal & modern, as Edition: current; Page: [97] to be worth patronizing with the public support, and be a temptation to the youth of other states to come and drink of the cup of knowledge & fraternize with us. The first step is to obtain a good plan; that is, a judicious selection of the sciences, & a practicable grouping of some of them together, & ramifying of others, so as to adapt the professorships to our uses & our means. In an institution meant chiefly for use, some branches of science, formerly esteemed, may be now omitted; so may others now valued in Europe, but useless to us for ages to come. As an example of the former, the oriental learning, and of the latter, almost the whole of the institution proposed to Congress by the Secretary of war\u2019s report of the 5th inst. Now there is no one to whom this subject is so familiar as yourself. There is no one in the world who, equally with yourself, unites this full possession of the subject with such a knowledge of the state of our existence, as enables you to fit the garment to him who is to pay for it & to wear it. To you therefore we address our solicitations, and to lessen to you as much as possible the ambiguities of our object, I will venture even to sketch the sciences which seem useful & practicable for us, as they occur to me while holding my pen. Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Anatomy, Surgery, Medicine, Natl Philosophy, Agriculture, Mathematics, Astronomy, Geology, Geography, Politics, Commerce, History, Ethics, Law, Arts, Fine arts. This list is imperfect because I make it hastily, and because I am unequal to the subject. It is evident that some of these articles are too much for one professor & must therefore be ramified; others Edition: current; Page: [98] may be ascribed in groups to a single professor. This is the difficult part of the work, & requires a head perfectly knowing the extent of each branch, & the limits within which it may be circumscribed, so as to bring the whole within the powers of the fewest professors possible, & consequently within the degree of expence practicable for us. We should propose that the professors follow no other calling, so that their whole time may be given to their academical functions; and we should propose to draw from Europe the first characters in science, by considerable temptations, which would not need to be repeated after the first set should have prepared fit successors & given reputation to the institution. From some splendid characters I have received offers most perfectly reasonable & practicable.\n\nI do not propose to give you all this trouble merely of my own head, that would be arrogance. It has been the subject of consultation among the ablest and highest characters of our State, who only wait for a plan to make a joint & I hope successful effort to get the thing carried into effect. They will receive your ideas with the greatest deference & thankfulness. We shall be here certainly for two months to come; but should you not have leisure to think of it before Congress adjourns, it will come safely to me afterwards by post, the nearest post office being Milton.\n\nWill not the arrival of Dupont tempt you to make a visit to this quarter? I have no doubt the alarmists are already whetting their shafts for him also, but their glass is nearly run out, and the day I believe is approaching when we shall be as free to pursue what Edition: current; Page: [99] is true wisdom as the effects of their follies will permit; for some of them we shall be forced to wade through because we are emerged in them.\n\nWishing you that pure happiness which your pursuits and circumstances offer, and which I am sure you are too wise to suffer a diminution of by the pigmy assaults made on you, and with every sentiment of affectionate esteem & respect, I am, dear Sir, your most humble, and most obedient servant.\n\nI am made happy by a letter from Mr. Eppes, informing me that Maria was become a mother, and was well. It was written the day after the event. These circumstances are balm to the painful sensations of this place. I look forward with hope to the moment when we are all to be united again. I inclose a little tale for Annie. To Ellen you must make big promises, which I know a bit of ginger-bread will pay off. Kiss them all for me. My affectionate salutations to Mr. Randolph, and tender and increasing love to yourself. Adieu, my dear Martha. Affectionately yours, etc.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 23, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nHarry Innes\n\nInnes, Harry\n\nto harry innes\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan 23, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Dec 6 I received here on the 30th of same month, and have to thank you Edition: current; Page: [100] for the papers it contained. They serve to prove that if Cressap was not of the party of Logan\u2019s murderers, yet no injury was done his character by believing it. I shall, while here this winter, publish such material testimony on the subject as I have received; which by the kindness of my friends will be amply sufficient. It will appear that the deed was generally imputed to Cressap by both whites & Indians, that his character was justly stained with their blood, perhaps that he ordered this transaction, but that he was not himself present at the time. I shall consequently make a proper change in the text of the Notes on Virginia, to be adopted, if any future edition of that work should be printed.\n\nWith respect to the judiciary district to be established for the Western states, nothing can be wilder than to annex to them any state on the Eastern waters. I do not know what may be the dispositions of the House of Representatives on that subject, but I should hope from what I recollect of those manifested by the Senate on the same subject at the former session, that they may be induced to set off the Western country in a distinct district. And I expect that the reason of the thing must bring both houses into the measure.\n\nThe Mississippi territory has petitioned to be placed at once in what is called the second stage of government. Surely, such a government as the first form prescribed for the territories is a despotic oligarchy without one rational object.\n\nI had addressed the enclosed letters to the care of the postmaster at Louisville; but not knowing Edition: current; Page: [101] him, I have concluded it better to ask the favor of you to avail them of any passage which may offer down the river. I presume the boats stop of course at those places.\n\nWe have wonderful rumors here at this time. One that the king of England is dead. As this would ensure a general peace, I do not know that it would be any misfortune to humanity. The other is that Buonaparte, Sieyes & Ducos have usurped the French government. This is West-India news, and shews that after killing Buonaparte a thousand times, they have still a variety of parts to be acted by him. Were it really true\u2014. While I was writing the last word a gentleman enters my room and brings a confirmation that something has happened at Paris. This is arrived at New York by a ship from Corke. The particulars differ from the West India account. We are therefore only to believe that a revolution of some kind has taken place, & that Buonaparte is at the head of it, but what are the particulars & what the object, we must wait with patience to learn. In the meantime we may speak hypothetically. If Buonaparte declares for royalty, either in his own person, or of Louis XVIII., he has but a few days to live. In a nation of so much enthusiasm, there must be a million of Brutuses who will devote themselves to death to destroy him. But, without much faith in Buonaparte\u2019s heart, I have so much in his head, as to indulge another train of reflection. The republican world has been long looking with anxiety on the two experiments going on of a single elective Executive here, & a plurality there. Opinions have been considerably Edition: current; Page: [102] divided on the event in both countries. The greater opinion there has seemed to be heretofore in favor of a plurality, here it has been very generally, tho not universally, in favor of a single elective Executive. After 8. or 9. years\u2019 experience of perpetual broils & factions in their Directory, a standing division (under all changes) of 3. against 2., which results in a government by a single opinion, it is possible they may think the experiment decided in favor of our form, & that Buonaparte may be for a single executive, limited in time & power, & flatter himself with the election to that office; & that to this change the nation may rally itself; perhaps it is the only one to which all parties could be rallied. In every case it is to be feared & deplored that that nation has yet to wade through half a century of disorder & convulsions. These, however, are conjectures only, which you will take as such, and accept assurances of the great esteem & attachment of, dear Sir, your friend and servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 27, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJoseph Priestley\n\nPriestley, Joseph\n\nto joseph priestley\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan 27, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014In my letter of the 18th, I omitted to say any thing of the languages as part of our proposed university. It was not that I think, as some do, that they are useless. I am of a very different opinion. I do not think them essential to the obtaining eminent degrees of science; but I think them very useful towards it. I suppose there is a portion of life during which our faculties are ripe enough for Edition: current; Page: [103] this, & for nothing more useful. I think the Greeks & Romans have left us the present models which exist of fine composition, whether we examine them as works of reason, or of style & fancy; and to them we probably owe these characteristics of modern composition. I know of no composition of any other antient people, which merits the least regard as a model for it\u2019s matter or style. To all this I add, that to read the Latin & Greek authors in their original, is a sublime luxury; and I deem luxury in science to be at least as justifiable as in architecture, painting, gardening, or the other arts. I enjoy Homer in his own language infinitely beyond Pope\u2019s translation of him, & both beyond the dull narrative of the same events by Dares Phrygius; & it is an innocent enjoyment. I thank on my knees, him who directed my early education, for having put into my possession this rich source of delight; and I would not exchange it for anything which I could then have acquired, & have not since acquired. With this regard for those languages, you will acquit me of meaning to omit them. About 20. years ago, I drew a bill for our legislature, which proposed to lay off every county into hundreds or townships of 5. or 6. miles square, in the centre of each of which was to be a free English school; the whole state was further laid off into 10. districts, in each of which was to be a college for teaching the languages, geography, surveying, and other useful things of that grade; and then a single University for the sciences. It was received with enthusiasm; but as I had proposed that Wm & Mary, under an improved form, should be the University, & that was Edition: current; Page: [104] at that time pretty highly Episcopal, the dissenters after a while began to apprehend some secret design of a preference to that sect and nothing could then be done. About 3. years ago they enacted that part of my bill which related to English schools, except that instead of obliging, they left it optional in the court of every county to carry it into execution or not. I think it probable the part of the plan for the middle grade of education, may also be brought forward in due time. In the meanwhile, we are not without a sufficient number of good country schools, where the languages, geography, & the first elements of Mathematics, are taught. Having omitted this information in my former letter, I thought it necessary now to supply it, that you might know on what base your superstructure was to be reared. I have a letter from M. Dupont, since his arrival at N. York, dated the 20th, in which he says he will be in Philadelphia within about a fortnight from that time; but only on a visit. How much would it delight me if a visit from you at the same time, were to shew us two such illustrious foreigners embracing each other in my country, as the asylum for whatever is great & good. Pardon, I pray you, the temporary delirium which has been excited here, but which is fast passing away. The Gothic idea that we are to look backwards instead of forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur to the annals of our ancestors for what is most perfect in government, in religion & in learning, is worthy of those bigots in religion & government, by whom it has been recommended, & whose purposes it would answer. But Edition: current; Page: [105] it is not an idea which this country will endure; and the moment of their showing it is fast ripening; and the signs of it will be their respect for you, & growing detestation of those who have dishonored our country by endeavors to disturb our tranquility in it. No one has felt this with more sensibility than, my dear Sir, your respectful & affectionate friend & servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 29, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJohn Breckenridge\n\nBreckenridge, John\n\nto john breckenridge\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan 29, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 13th has been duly received, as had been that containing the resolutions of your legislature on the subject of the former resolutions. I was glad to see the subject taken up, and done with so much temper, firmness and propriety. From the reason of the thing I cannot but hope that the Western country will be laid off into a separate Judiciary district. From what I recollect of the dispositions on the same subject at the last session, I should expect that the partiality to a general & uniform system would yield to geographical & physical impracticabilities. I was once a great advocate for introducing into chancery viv\u00e2 voce testimony, & trial by jury. I am still so as to the latter, but have retired from the former opinion on the information received from both your state & ours, that it worked inconveniently. I introduced it into the Virginia law, but did not return to the bar, so as to see how it answered. But I do not understand how the viv\u00e2 voce examination comes to be practiced in the Edition: current; Page: [106] Federal court with you, & not in your own courts; the Federal courts being decided by law to proceed & decide by the laws of the states.\n\nA great revolution has taken place at Paris. The people of that country having never been in the habit of self-government, are not yet in the habit of acknoleging that fundamental law of nature, by which alone self government can be exercised by a society, I mean the lex majoris partis. Of the sacredness of this law, our countrymen are impressed from their cradle, so that with them it is almost innate. This single circumstance may possibly decide the fate of the two nations. One party appears to have been prevalent in the Directory & council of 500. the other in the council of antients. Sieyes & Ducos, the minority in the Directory, not being able to carry their points there seem to have gained over Buonaparte, & associating themselves with the majority of the Council of antients, have expelled1 120. odd members the most obnoxious of the minority of the Elders, & of the majority of the council of 500. so as to give themselves a majority in the latter council also. They have established Buonaparte, Sieyes & Ducos into an executive, or rather Dictatorial consulate, given them a committee of between 20. & 30. from each council, & have adjourned to the 20th of Feb. Thus the Constitution of the 3d year which was getting consistency & firmness from time is demolished in an instant, and nothing is said about a new one. How Edition: current; Page: [107] the nation will bear it is yet unknown. Had the Consuls been put to death in the first tumult & before the nation had time to take sides, the Directory & councils might have reestablished themselves on the spot. But that not being done, perhaps it is now to be wished that Buonaparte may be spared, as, according to his protestations, he is for liberty, equality & representative government, and he is more able to keep the nation together, & to ride out the storm than any other. Perhaps it may end in their establishing a single representative & that in his person. I hope it will not be for life, for fear of the influence of the example on our countrymen. It is very material for the latter to be made sensible that their own character & situation are materially different from the French; & that whatever may be the fate of republicanism there, we are able to preserve it inviolate here: we are sensible of the duty & expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong. Our vessel is moored at such a distance, that should theirs blow up, ours is still safe, if we will but think so.\n\nI had recommended the enclosed letter to the care of the postmaster at Louisville; but have been advised it is better to get a friend to forward it by some of the boats. I will ask that favor of you. It is the duplicate of one with the same address which I inclosed last week to mr. Innes & should therefore go by a different conveyance. I am with great esteem dear sir your friend & servant.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [108]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 31, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nBishop James Madison\n\nMadison, James Bishop\n\nto bishop james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJan. 31, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014* * * I have lately by accident got a sight of a single volume (the 3d.) of the Abbe Barruel\u2019s Antisocial conspiracy, which gives me the first idea I have ever had of what is meant by the Illuminatism against which \u201cilluminate Morse\u201d as he is now called, & his ecclesiastical & monarchical associates have been making such a hue and cry. Barruel\u2019s own parts of the book are perfectly the ravings of a Bedlamite. But he quotes largely from Wishaupt whom he considers as the founder of what he calls the order. As you may not have had an opportunity of forming a judgment of this cry of \u201cmad dog\u201d which has been raised against his doctrines, I will give you the idea I have formed from only an hour\u2019s reading of Barruel\u2019s quotations from him, which you may be sure are not the most favorable. Wishaupt seems to be an enthusiastic Philanthropist. He is among those (as you know the excellent Price and Priestley also are) who believe in the indefinite perfectibility of man. He thinks he may in time be rendered so perfect that he will be able to govern himself in every circumstance so as to injure none, to do all the good he can, to leave government no occasion to exercise their powers over him, & of course to render political government useless. This you know is Godwin\u2019s doctrine, and this is what Robinson, Barruel & Morse had called a conspiracy against all government. Wishaupt believes that to promote this perfection of the human character was the object of Jesus Christ. That his Edition: current; Page: [109] intention was simply to reinstate natural religion, & by diffusing the light of his morality, to teach us to govern ourselves. His precepts are the love of god & love of our neighbor. And by teaching innocence of conduct, he expected to place men in their natural state of liberty & equality. He says, no one ever laid a surer foundation for liberty than our grand master, Jesus of Nazareth. He believes the Free masons were originally possessed of the true principles & objects of Christianity, & have still preserved some of them by tradition, but much disfigured. The means he proposes to effect this improvement of human nature are \u201cto enlighten men, to correct their morals & inspire them with benevolence. Secure of our success, sais he, we abstain from violent commotions. To have foreseen the happiness of posterity & to have prepared it by irreproachable means, suffices for our felicity. The tranquility of our consciences is not troubled by the reproach of aiming at the ruin or overthrow of states or thrones.\u201d As Wishaupt lived under the tyranny of a despot & priests, he knew that caution was necessary even in spreading information, & the principles of pure morality. He proposed therefore to lead the Free masons to adopt this object & to make the objects of their institution the diffusion of science & virtue. He proposed to initiate new members into his body by gradations proportioned to his fears of the thunderbolts of tyranny. This has given an air of mystery to his views, was the foundation of his banishment, the subversion of the masonic order, & is the colour for the ravings against Edition: current; Page: [110] him of Robinson, Barruel & Morse, whose real fears are that the craft would be endangered by the spreading of information, reason, & natural morality among men. This subject being new to me, I have imagined that if it be so to you also, you may receive the same satisfaction in seeing, which I have had in forming the analysis of it: & I believe you will think with me that if Wishaupt had written here, where no secrecy is necessary in our endeavors to render men wise & virtuous, he would not have thought of any secret machinery for that purpose. As Godwin, if he had written in Germany, might probably also have thought secrecy & mysticism prudent. I will say nothing to you on the late revolution of France, which is painfully interesting. Perhaps when we know more of the circumstances which gave rise to it, & the direction it will take, Buonaparte, its chief organ, may stand in a better light than at present. I am with great esteem, dear sir, your affectionate friend.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 2, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nThomas Mann Randolph\n\nRandolph, Thomas Mann\n\nto thomas mann randolph\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb 2, 1800\n\n.\n\nMy letters to yourself and my dear Martha have been of Jan. 13, 21, & 28. I now enclose a letter lately received for her. You will see in the newspapers all the details we have of the proceedings of Paris. I observe that Lafayette is gone there. When we see him, Volney, Sieyes, Taleyrand, gathering round the new powers, we may conjecture from thence their views and principles. Should it be Edition: current; Page: [111] really true that Buonaparte has usurped the government with an intention of making it a free one, whatever his talents may be for war, we have no proofs that he is skilled in forming governments friendly to the people. Wherever he has meddled we have seen nothing but fragments of the old Roman government stuck into materials with which they can form no cohesion: we see the bigotry of an Italian to the antient splendour of his country, but nothing which bespeaks a luminous view of the organization of rational government. Perhaps however this may end better than we augur; and it certainly will if his head is equal to true & solid calculations of glory. It is generally hoped here that peace may take place. There was before no union of views between Austria & the members of the triple coalition; and the defeats of Suwarrow appear to have completely destroyed the confidence of Russia in that power, & the failure of the Dutch expedition to have weaned him from the plans of England. The withdrawing his armies we hope is the signal for the entire dissolution of the coalition, and for every one seeking his separate peace. We have great need of this event, that foreign affairs may no longer bear so heavily on ours. We have great need for the ensuing twelve months to be left to ourselves. The enemies of our constitution are preparing a fearful operation, and the dissensions in this state are too likely to bring things to the situation they wish, when our Buonaparte, surrounded by his comrades in arms, may step in to give us political salvation in his way. It behoves our citizens to be on their guard, to be Edition: current; Page: [112] firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to preserve our self-government if we will but think so. I think the return of Lafayette to Paris ensures a reconciliation between them & us. He will so entwist himself with the envoys that they will not be able to draw off. Mr. C. Pinckney has brought into the Senate a bill for the uniform appointment of juries. A tax on public stock, bankstock. &c., is to be proposed. This would bring 150. millions into contribution with the lands, and levy a sensible proportion of the expences of a war on those who are so anxious to engage us in it. Robbins\u2019 affair is perhaps to be inquired into. However, the majority against these things leave no hope of success. It is most unfortunate that while Virginia & N Carolina were steady, the middle states drew back: now that these are laying their shoulders to the draught, Virginia and N Carolina baulk; so that never drawing together, the Eastern states, steady & unbroken, draw all to themselves. I was mistaken last week in saying no more failures had happened. New ones have been declaring every day in Baltimore, others here and at New York. The last here have been Nottnagil, Montmollin & Co., & Peter Blight. These sums are enormous. I do not know the firms of the bankrupt houses in Baltimore, but the crush will be incalculable. In the present stagnation of commerce, & particularly that in tobo, it is difficult to transfer money from hence to Richmond. Government bills on their custom house at Bermuda can from time to time be had. I think it will be best for mr. Barnes always to keep them Edition: current; Page: [113] bespoke, and to remit in that way your instalments as fast as they are either due or within the discountable period. The 1st is due the middle of March, & so from 2. months to 2. months in 5. equal instalments. I am looking out to see whether such a difference of price here may be had as will warrant our bringing our tobo from N York here, rather than take 8. D. there. We have been very unfortunate in this whole business. First in our own miscalculation of the effect of the non-intercourse law; & when we had corrected our opinions, that our instructions were from good, but mistaken views, not executed. My constant love to my dear Martha, kisses to her young ones, and affectionate esteem to yourself.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 6. 1800\n\nPhilada\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhilada\n\nFeb. 6. 1800\n\n.\n\nNobody here has received mr. Madison\u2019s report as it passed the house. The members of the different states are waiting to receive & forward a single copy to their states to be reprinted there. This would require half a dozen copies. But if you will send me one, we can have it reprinted here & sent out. Pray do it by the first post. If it was not printed there as amended in a separate pamphlet then send me those sheets of the journal in which it is contained. I expect Dupont the father at Philada every hour. Adieu affectionately.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [114]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFebruary 26, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nSamuel Adams\n\nAdams, Samuel\n\nto samuel adams\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFebruary 26, [1800.]\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Mr. Erving delivered me your favor of Jany. 31, and I thank you for making me acquainted with him. You will always do me a favor in giving me an opportunity of knowing gentlemen as estimable in their principles & talents as I find mr. Erving to be. I have not yet seen mr. Winthrop. A letter from you, my respectable friend, after three & twenty years of separation, has given me a pleasure I cannot express. It recalls to my mind the anxious days we then passed in struggling for the cause of mankind. Your principles have been tested in the crucible of time, & have come out pure. You have proved that it was monarchy, & not merely British monarchy, you opposed. A government by representatives, elected by the people at short periods, was our object; and our maxim at that day was, \u201cwhere annual election ends, tyranny begins;\u201d nor have our departures from it been sanctioned by the happiness of their effects. A debt of an hundred millions growing by usurious interest, and an artificial paper phalanx overruling the agricultural mass of our country, with other &c. &c. &c., have a portentous aspect.\u2014I fear our friends on the other side of the water, laboring in the same cause, have yet a great deal of crime & misery to wade through. My confidence has been placed in the head, not in the heart of Buonaparte. I hoped he would calculate truly the difference between the fame of a Washington & a Cromwell. Whatever his views may be, he has at least transferred the destinies of the republic from Edition: current; Page: [115] the civil to the military arm. Some will use this as a lesson against the practicability of republican government. I read it as a lesson against the danger of standing armies. Adieu, my ever respected & venerable friend. May that kind & overruling providence which has so long spared you to our wishes, still foster your remaining years with whatever may make them comfortable to yourself & soothing to your friends. Accept the cordial salutations of your affectionate friend.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 28. 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nGeorge Wythe\n\nWythe, George\n\nto george wythe\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nFeb. 28. 1800\n\n.\n\nMy dear Sir,\n\n\u2014I know how precious your time is & how exclusively you devote it to the duties of your office. Yet I venture to ask a few hours or minutes of it on motives of public service, as well as private friendship. I will explain the occasion of the application. You recollect enough of the old Congress to remember that their mode of managing the business of the House was not only unparliamentary, but that the forms were so awkward & inconvenient that it was impossible sometimes to get at the true sense of the majority. The House of Repr. of the U. S. are now pretty much in the same situation. In the Senate it is in our power to get into a better way. Our ground is this. The Senate have established a few rules for their government, & have subjected the decisions on these & on all other points of order without debate, & without appeal, to the judgment of their President. He, for his own use, as well as Edition: current; Page: [116] theirs must prefer recurring to some system of rules ready formed, & there can be no question that the Parliamentary rules are the best known to us for managing the debates, & obtaining the sense of a deliberative body. I have therefore made them my rule of decision, rejecting those of the old Congress altogether; & it gives entire satisfaction to the Senate; in so much that we shall not only have a good system there, but probably, by the example of it\u2019s effects, produce a conformity in the other branch. But in the course of this business I find perplexities, having for twenty years been out of deliberative bodies & become rusty as to many points of proceeding. And so little has the Parliamentary branch of the law been attended to, that I not only find no person here, but not even a book to aid me. I had, at an early period of life, read a good deal on the subject, & commonplaced what I read. This commonplace has been my pillow, but there are many questions of practice on which that is silent. Some of them are so minute indeed & belong so much to every day\u2019s practice that they have never been thought worthy of being written down. Yet from desuetude they have slipped my memory. You will see by the inclosed paper what they are. I know with what pain you write. Therefore I have left a margin in which you can write a simple negative or affirmative opposite every position, or perhaps with as little trouble correct the text by striking out or interlining. This is what I have earnestly to solicit from you: & I would not have given you the trouble if I had had any other resource. But you Edition: current; Page: [117] are in fact the only spark of parliamentary science now remaining to us. I am the more anxious, because I have been forming a manual of Parliamentary law, which I mean to deposit with the Senate as the standard by which I judge & am willing to be judged. Though I should be opposed to it\u2019s being printed, yet it may be done perhaps without my consent; & in that case I should be sorry indeed should it go out with errors that a Tyro should not have committed. And yet it is precisely those to which I am most exposed. I am less afraid as to important matters, because for them I have printed authorities. But it is those small matters of daily practice, which 20. years ago were familiar to me, but have in that time escaped my memory. I hope under these circumstances you will pardon the trouble I propose to you in the inclosed paper. I am not pressed in time, so that your leisure will be sufficient for me. Accept the salutations of grateful & sincere friendship & attachment & many prayers for your health & happiness from Dear Sir yours affectionately.1\n\nEdition: current; Page: [118]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 4, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nMar. 4, 1800\n\n.\n\nI have never written to you since my arrival here, for reasons which were explained. Your\u2019s of Dec. 29, Jan. 4, 9, 12, 18, & Feb. 14, have therefore remained unacknoleged. I have at different times enclosed to you such papers as seemed interesting. To-day I forward Bingham\u2019s amendment to the election bill formerly enclosed to you, mr. Pinckney\u2019s proposed amendmnt to the const\u2019n, & the report of the Ways & Means. B[ingham\u2019s] amendmt was lost by the usual majority of 2. to 1. A very different one will be proposed, containing the true sense of the Edition: current; Page: [119] Minority, viz. that the two houses, voting by heads, shall decide such questions as the constitution authorizes to be raised. This may probably be taken up in the other house under better auspices, for tho\u2019 the federalists have a great majority there, yet they are of a more moderate temper than for some time past. The Senate, however, seem determined to yield to nothing which shall give the other house greater weight in the decision on elections than they have. Mr. Pinckney\u2019s motion has been supported, and is likely to have some votes which were not expected. I rather believe he will withdraw it, and propose the same thing in the form of a bill; Edition: current; Page: [120] it being the opinion of some that such a regulation is not against the present constitution. In this form it will stand a better chance to pass, as a majority only in both houses will be necessary. By putting off the building of the 74\u2019s & stopping enlistments, the loan will be reduced to 3\u00bd millions. But I think it cannot be obtained. For though no new bankruptcies have happened here for some weeks, or in New York, yet they continue to happen in Baltimore, & the whole commercial race are lying on their oars, and gathering in their affairs, not knowing what new failures may put their resources to the proof. In this state of things they cannot lend money. Some foreigners have taken asylum among us, with a good deal of money, who may perhaps chuse that deposit. Robbins\u2019s affair has been under agitation for some days. Livingston made an able speech of 2\u00bd hours yesterday. The advocates of the measure feel it\u2019s pressure heavily; & tho\u2019 they may be able to repel L[ivingston\u2019s] motion of censure, I do not believe they can carry Bayard\u2019s of approbation. The landing of our envoys at Lisbon will risk a very dangerous consequence, insomuch as the news of Truxton\u2019s aggression will perhaps arrive at Paris before our commissioners will. Had they gone directly there, they might have been two months ahead of that news. We are entirely without further information from Paris. By letters from Bordeaux, of Dec. 7, tobo was then from 25 to 27 D. pr. cwt. Yet did Marshall maintain on the non-intercourse bill, that it\u2019s price at other markets had never been affected by that law. While the navigating and provision Edition: current; Page: [121] states, who are the majority, can keep open all the markets, or at least sufficient ones for their objects, the cries of the tobacco makers, who are the minority, and not at all in favor, will hardly be listened to. It is truly the fable of the cat pulling the nuts out of the fire with the monkey\u2019s paw; and it shows that G. Mason\u2019s proposition in the convention was wise, that on laws regulating commerce, two-thirds of the votes should be requisite to pass them. However, it would have been trampled under foot by a triumphant majority.\n\nMar. 8. My letter has lain by me till now, waiting mr. Trist\u2019s departure. The question has been decided to-day on Livingston\u2019s motion respecting Robbins; 35. for it, about 60. against it. Livingston, Nicholas, & Gallatin distinguished themselves on one side, & J. Marshall greatly on the other. Still it is believed they will not push Bayard\u2019s motion of approbation. We have this day also decided in Senate on the motion for overhauling the editor of the Aurora. It was carried, as usual, by about 2. to 1.; H. Marshall voting of course with them, as did, & frequently does Anderson of Tennessee, who is perfectly at market. It happens that the other party are so strong, that they do not think either him or Marshall worth buying. As the conveyance is confidential, I can say something on a subject which, to those who do not know my real dispositions respecting it, might seem indelicate. The feds begin to be very seriously alarmed about their election next fall. Their speeches in private, as well as their public & private demeanor to me, indicate it strongly. Edition: current; Page: [122] This seems to be the prospect. Keep out Pennsylva, Jersey, & N York, & the rest of the states are about equally divided; and in this estimate it is supposed that N Carolina & Maryland added together are equally divided. Then the event depends on the 3. middle states before mentd. As to them, Pennsylva passes no law for an election at the present session. They confide that the next election gives a decided majority in the two houses, when joined together. M\u2019Kean, therefore, intends to call the legislature to meet immediately after the new election, to appoint electors themselves. Still you will be sensible there may arise a difficulty between the two houses about voting by heads or by houses. The republican members here from Jersey are entirely confident that their two houses, joined together, have a majority of republicans; their council being republican by 6. or 8. votes, & the lower house federal by only 1. or 2.; and they have no doubt the approaching election will be in favor of the republicans. They appoint electors by the two houses voting together. In N York all depends on the success of the city election, which is of 12. members, & of course makes a difference of 24., which is sufficient to make the two houses, joined together, republican in their vote. Gov Clinton, Gen Gates, & some other old revolutionary characters, have been put on the republican ticket. Burr, Livingston, &c., entertain no doubt on the event of that election. Still these are the ideas of the republicans only in these three States, & we must make great allowance for their sanguine views. Upon the whole, I consider Edition: current; Page: [123] it as rather more doubtful than the last election, in which I was not deceived in more than a vote or two. If Pennsylvania votes, then either Jersey or New York giving a republican vote, decides the election. If Pennsylva does not vote, then New York determines the election. In any event, we may say that if the city election of N York is in favor of the Republican ticket, the issue will be republican; if the federal ticket for the city of N York prevails, the probabilities will be in favor of a federal issue, because it would then require a republican vote both from Jersey & Pennsylva to preponderate against New York, on which we could not count with any confidence. The election of New York being in April, it becomes an early & interesting object. It is probable the landing of our envoys in Lisbon will add a month to our session; because all that the Eastern men are anxious about, is to get away before the possibility of a treaty\u2019s coming in upon us. You must consider the money you have in mr. Barnes\u2019 hands as wholly at your disposal. I have no note here of the amount of our nail account; but it is small and will be quite as convenient to me to receive after I go home.\n\nPresent my respectful salutations to mrs. Madison and be assured of my constant and affectionate esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 14, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nBenjamin Hawkins\n\nHawkins, Benjamin\n\nto benjamin hawkins\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nMar. 14, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I had twice before attempted to open a correspondence by writing to you, but receiving no Edition: current; Page: [124] answer, I took for granted my letters did not reach you, & consequently that no communication could be found. Yesterday, however, your nephew put into my hands your favor of Jan 23, and informs me that a letter sent by post by way of fort Wilkinson, will be certain of getting safely to you. Still, I expect your long absence from this part of the states, has rendered occurrences here but little interesting to you. Indeed, things have so much changed their aspect, that it is like a new world. Those who know us only from 1775. to 1793. can form no better idea of us now than of the inhabitants of the moon; I mean as to political matters. Of these, therefore, I shall say not one word, because nothing I could say, would be any more intelligible to you, if said in English, than if said in Hebrew. On your part, however, you have interesting details to give us. I particularly take great interest in whatever respects the Indians, and the present state of the Creeks, mentioned in your letter, is very interesting. But you must not suppose that your official communications will ever be seen or known out of the offices. Reserve as to all their proceedings is the fundamental maxim of the executive department. I must, therefore, ask from you one communication to be made to me separately, & I am encouraged to it by that part of your letter which promises me something on the Creek language. I have long believed we can never get any information of the antient history of the Indians, of their descent & filiation, but from a knowledge & comparative view of their languages. I have, therefore, never failed to avail myself of any opportunity which Edition: current; Page: [125] offered of getting their vocabularies. I have now made up a large collection, and afraid to risk it any longer, lest by some accident it might be lost, I am about to print it. But I still want the great southern languages, Cherokee, Creeks, Choctaw, Chickasaw. For the Cherokee, I have written to another, but for the three others, I have no chance but through yourself. I have indeed an imperfect vocabulary of the Choctaw, but it wants all the words marked in the enclosed vocabulary1 with either this mark (*) or this (\u2020). I therefore throw myself on you to procure me the Creek, Choctaw, & Chickasaw; and I enclose you a vocabulary of the particular words I want. You need not take the trouble of having others taken, because all my other vocabularies are confined to these words, and my object is only a comparative view. The Creek column I expect you will be able to fill up at once, and when done I should wish it to come on without waiting for the others. As to the Choctaw & Chickasaw, I know your relations are not very direct, but as I possess no means at all of getting at them, I am induced to pray your aid. All the despatch which can be conveniently used is desirable to me, because I propose this summer to arrange all my vocabularies for the press, and I wish to place every tongue in the column adjacent to it\u2019s kindred tongues. Your letters, addressed by post to me at Monticello, near Charlottesville, will come safely, & more safely than if put under cover to any of the offices, where they may be mislaid & lost.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [126]\n\nYour old friend, mrs. Trist, is now settled at Charlottesville, within 2\u00bd miles of me. She lives with her son, who married here, & removed there. She preserves her health & spirits fully, and is much beloved with us, as she deserves to be. As I know she is a favorite correspondent of yours, I shall observe that the same channel will be a good one to her as I have mentioned for myself. Indeed, if you find our correspondence worth having, it can now be as direct as if you were in one of these states. Mr. Madison is well. I presume you have long known of his marriage. He is not yet a father. Mr. Giles is happily & wealthily married to a Miss Tabb. This I presume is enough for a first dose; after hearing from you, & knowing how it agrees with you, it may be repeated. With sentiments of constant & sincere esteem, I am, dear Sir, your affectionate friend & servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 25, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nMar. 25, 1800\n\n.\n\nYours of the 15th is safely received. I perceive by that that I had by mistake sent you Ramsay\u2019s Eulogy instead of Couper\u2019s smaller pamphlet, which therefore I now inclose merely for the last paper in it, as the two first were in the copy I first sent you. I inclose also Mr. Nicholas\u2019s amendment this day proposed to the bill concerning President & V. P. formerly sent you. We expect it will be rejected by 17. to 13. in Senate, but that it may be brought forward in the lower house with better prospects. We have nothing from Europe but what you will see in the Edition: current; Page: [127] newspapers. The Executive are sending off a frigate to France, but for what purposes we know not. The bankrupt law will pass. A complimentary vote of a medal to Truxton will pass. A judiciary law adding about 100,000 D. to the annual expense of that department is going through the H. of R. A loan of 3\u00bd millions will pass. The money it is said will be furnished by some English houses. Bankruptcies continue at Baltimore, and great mercantile distress & stagnation here. The Republican spirit beginning to preponderate in Pennsa, Jersey & N. Y. & becoming respectable in Mass. N. Hampsh. & Connect. Of R. I. & Vermont I can say nothing. There are the strongest expectations that the Republican ticket will prevail in the city election of N. Y. Clinton, Gates & Burr are at the head of it. Its success decides the complexion of that legislature. We expect Gouvr. Morris to be chosen by the present legislature Senator of the U. S. in the room of Watson resigned. The legislature here parted in a state of distraction, their successors, as soon as chosen, will be convened: but it is very questionable if the Senate will not still be obstinate. We suppose Congress will rise in May. Respectful & affectionate salutations to mrs. Madison & yourself. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 7. 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nPhilip Norborne Nicholas\n\nNicholas, Philip Norborne\n\nto philip norborne nicholas\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nApr. 7. 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Feb. 2. came to hand Feb. 11. and I put off the acnoleging it, till I could forward to you some pamphlets on a subject very interesting Edition: current; Page: [128] to all the states, and containing views which I am anxious should be generally exhibited. In a former collection of tracts published by Mr. Cooper were two papers on Political arithmetic. He was printing a 2d edition of the whole, & was prevailed on to strike off an extra number of the two on Political arithmetic, adding to it some principles of government from a former work of his. I have forwarded to you by a vessel going from hence to Richmond 8. dozen of these, with a view that one should be sent to every county commee in the state, either from yourself personally or from your central commee. Tho\u2019 I know that this is not the immediate object of your institution, yet I consider it as a most valuable object, to which the institution may most usefully be applied. I trust yourself only with the secret that these pamphlets go from me. You will readily see what a handle would be made of my advocating their contents. I must leave to yourself therefore to say how they come to you. Very possibly they will have got to you before this does, as I shall retain it for a private conveyance & know of none as yet. I dare trust nothing this summer through the post offices. At other times they would not have such strong motives to infidelity.\n\nIt is too early to think of a declaratory act as yet, but the time is approaching & not distant. Two elections more will give us a solid majority in the H. of R. and a sufficient one in the Senate. As soon as it can be depended on, we must have \u201ca Declaration of the principles of the constitution\u201d in nature of a Declaration of rights, in all the points in which it has Edition: current; Page: [129] been violated. The people in the middle states are almost rallied to Virginia already; & the eastern states are recommencing the vibration which had been checked by X. Y. Z. North Carolina is at present in the most dangerous state. The lawyers all tories, the people substantially republican, but uninformed & deceived by the lawyers, who are elected of necessity because few other candidates. The medicine for that State must be very mild & secretly administered. But nothing should be spared to give them true information. I am, dear Sir, yours affectionately.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 22. 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nWilliam Hamilton\n\nHamilton, William\n\nto william hamilton of woodlands\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nApr. 22. 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014A little reflection enables me to understand the appearances of neglect which you were kind enough to mention to me the other day. It was in March, 1797 you did me the honor of calling on me. I had then come up to Philadelphia only to take the oath of office. On that occasion I received the visits not only of every one in the city who had known me, but of great numbers who did not. The Senate adjourned finally the same day; so that being to return immediately, it was impossible to repay the numerous visits I had received. I counted therefore on finding my excuse in the impossibility of the thing. Your distance from the town prevented your knowlege of this circumstance, while those who were in the city saw & felt my justification in my departure. During the ensuing summer came on the war-fever. Those who caught it seemed to consider every man Edition: current; Page: [130] as their personal enemy who would not catch their disorder, and many suffered themselves to think it was a sufficient cause for breaking off society with them. I became sensible of this on my next arrival in town, on perceiving that many declined visiting me with whom I had been on terms of the greatest friendship & intimacy. I determined, for the first time in my life, to stand on the ceremony of the first visit, even with my friends; because it served to sift out those who chose a separation. I was happy to be informed by yourself that your declining to visit was on a different ground; a ground too, which while it might well appear otherwise to you then, you will now be sensible I hope was involuntary & unavoidable on my part. I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. During the whole of the last war, which was trying enough, I never deserted a friend because he had taken an opposite side; & those of my own state who joined the British government can attest my unremitting zeal in saving their property, & can point out the laws in our statute book which I drew, & carried through in their favor. However I have seen during the late political paroxysm here numbers whom I had highly esteemed; draw off from me, in so much as to cross the street to avoid meeting me. The fever is abating and doubtless some of them will correct the momentary wanderings of their heart, & return again. If they do, they will meet the constancy of my esteem, & the same oblivion of this as of any other delirium which might happen to them.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [131]\n\nI am happy to find you as clear of political antipathies as I am; & am particularly obliged by the frankness of your explanation. I owe to it the opportunity of placing myself justly before you, and of assuring you there was no person here to whom I had less disposition of shewing neglect than to yourself. The circumstances of our early acquaintance I have ever felt as binding me in morality as well as in affection, & there are so many agreeable points in which we are in perfect union that I am at no loss to find a justification of my constant esteem.\n\nAmong the many botanical curiosities you were so good as to shew me the other day, I forgot to ask if you had the Dionea muscipula, & whether it produces a seed with you. If it does, I should be very much disposed to trespass on your liberality so far as to ask a few seeds of that, as also of the Acacia Nilotica, or Farnesiana whichever you have. I pray you to accept assurances of the sincere attachment & respect of Dear Sir your most obedient humble servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 30, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nEdward Livingston\n\nLivingston, Edward\n\nto edward livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nApr. 30, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received with great pleasure your favour of the 11th inst. By this time I presume the result of your labours is known with you, tho\u2019 not here. Whatever it may be, & my experience of the art, industry, & resources of the other party has not permitted me to be prematurely confident, yet I am entirely confident that ultimately the great body of the people are passing over from them. This may Edition: current; Page: [132] require one or two elections more; but it will assuredly take place. The madness & extravagance of their career is what ensures it. The people through all the states are for republican forms, republican principles, simplicity, economy, religious & civil freedom.\n\nI have nothing to offer you but Congressional news. The Judiciary bill is postponed to the next session; so is the militia bill; so the military academy. The bill for the election of the Prest and V P has undergone much revolution. Marshall made a dexterous man\u0153uvre; he declares against the constitutionality of the Senate\u2019s bill, and proposes that the right of decision of their grand committee should be controllable by the concurrent vote of the two houses of congress; but to stand good if not rejected by a concurrent vote. You will readily estimate the amount of this sort of controul. The Committee of the H. of R, however, took from the Committee the right of giving any opinion, requiring them to report facts only, and that the votes returned by the states should be counted, unless reported by a concurrent vote of both houses. In what form they will pass them or us, cannot be foreseen. Our Jury bill in Senate will pass so as merely to accommodate N. York & Vermont. The H. of R. sent us yesterday a bill for incorporating a company to work Roosevelt\u2019s copper mines in N. Jersey. I do not know whether it is understood that the Legislature of Jersey was incompetent to this, or merely that we have concurrent legislation under the sweeping clause. Congress are authorized to defend the nation. Ships are necessary Edition: current; Page: [133] for defence; copper is necessary for ships; mines necessary for copper; a company necessary to work mines; and who can doubt this reasoning who has ever played at \u201cThis is the House that Jack Built\u201d? Under such a process of filiation of necessities the sweeping clause makes clean work. We shall certainly rise on the 12th. There is nothing to do now but to pass the ways & means, and to settle some differences of opinion of the two houses on the Georgia bill, the bill for dividing the North-Western territory, & that for the sale of the Western lands. Salutations & affectionate esteem. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 30, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto robert r. livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nApr. 30, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favour of Feb. 28. never came to my hand till the 17th inst. This must account for the greater portion of the delay which has attended the acknolegment of it. I thank you for the volume of your agricultural transactions: & as I perceive you take a great interest in whatever relates to this first & most precious of all the arts, I have packed in a small box, a model of a mouldboard of a plough, of my invention, if that term may be used for a mere change of form. It is accompanied by a block, which will shew the form in which the block is to be got for making the mouldboard & the manner of making it. However as this would not explain it\u2019s principles, alone, I accompany it by the late volume of our Philosophical transactions, in which there is a minute description of the principles & construction. The Edition: current; Page: [134] printer having (on his removal from the yellow fever) lost several of the plates belonging to this volume & among them that relating to the mouldboard, I have supplied this last by some sketches which may enable you to understand the description. I shall avail myself of the first person of my acquaintance whom I shall know to be passing in the stage to New York, to forward them to you. The printer will have the lost plates ready to replace shortly.\n\nI had before heard of your discovery of the method of making paper from a vegetable & from the specimen sent have no doubt of it\u2019s great importance. For this article, the creature of art, & but latterly so comparatively, is now interwoven so much into the conveniences & occupations of men as to have become one of the necessaries of civilized life.\n\nWe are here engaged in improving our constitution by construction, so as to make it what the majority thinks it should have been. The Senate received yesterday a bill from the Representatives incorporating a company for Roosevelt\u2019s copper mines in Jersey. This is under the sweeping clause of the constitution, & supported by the following pedigree of necessities. Congress are authorized to defend the country: ships are necessary for that defence: copper is necessary for ships: mines are necessary to produce copper: companies are necessary to work mines: and \u201cthis is the house that Jack built.\u201d\n\nI shall be happy to receive from you, at your leisure, the long letter which you promised. I have been long in the habit of valuing whatever comes from your pen. And my taste, which in 1775. was Edition: current; Page: [135] like yours, in politics, is now passed over with yours to more tranquilizing studies. Accept assurances of my respectful & affectionate esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 12, 1800\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nPhiladelphia\n\nMay 12, [1800.]\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Congress will rise to-day or to-morrow. Mr. Nicholas proposing to call on you, you will get from him the Congressional news. On the whole, the federalists have not been able to carry a single strong measure in the lower house the whole session. When they met, it was believed they had a majority of 20; but many of these were new & moderate men, & soon saw the true character of the party to which they had been well disposed while at a distance. The tide, too, of public opinion sets so strongly against the federal proceedings, that this melted off their majority, & dismayed the heroes of the party. The Senate alone remained undismayed to the last. Firm to their purposes, regardless of public opinion, and more disposed to coerce than to court it, not a man of their majority gave way in the least; and on the electoral bill they adhered to John Marshal\u2019s amendment, by their whole number: & if there had been a full Senate, there would have been but 11. votes against it, which includes H. Marshall, who has voted with the republicans this session. * * *\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 26, 1800\n\nEppington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nmon. mss.\n\nEppington\n\nMay 26, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I am sorry your servant had such a chase to find me. I came to this place on Saturday. Edition: current; Page: [136] He got here in the night last night. Further reflection on the matter which had been proposed in conversation the evening before I left you, convinced me that it could not succeed, that obstacles must arise to it, and that these would give rise to disagreeable incidents. Could I have seen you therefore in the morning of my leaving Richmond I should have dissuaded the attempt. However, as it has been made it shews who are the Anti-Unionists in principle. My only anxiety is that the friends of our principle may take umbrage at my declining their proffered civility. I will thank you to express my particular respect to Doctr. Fancher, to whom it happened that I had not an opportunity of doing it sufficiently while we were together at your house. As to the calumny of Atheism, I am so broken to calumnies of every kind, from every department of government, Executive, Legislative, & Judiciary, & from every minion of theirs holding office or seeking it, that I entirely disregard it, and from Chace it will have less effect than from any other man in the United States. It has been so impossible to contradict all their lies, that I have determined to contradict none; for while I should be engaged with one, they would publish twenty new ones. Thirty years of public life have enabled most of those who read newspapers to judge of one for themselves.\n\nI think it essentially just and necessary that Callender should be substantially defended. Whether in the first stages by publick interference, or private contributors, may be a question. Perhaps it might be as well that it should be left to the legislature, Edition: current; Page: [137] who will meet in time, & before whom you can lay the matter so as to bring it before them. It is become peculiarly their cause and may furnish them a fine opportunity of shewing their respect to the union & at the same time of doing justice in another way to those whom they cannot protect without committing the publick tranquility.\n\nI leave this place tomorrow for Monticello, and shall be three days on the road. I think it possible that in the course of a month or two the Senate may be called to the Federal city by the arrival of a treaty with France. However I presume it will be a very short call. I shall give you notice when Dupont arrives at Monticello, as you may perhaps so time your visits of business to that quarter as to see him. Present my friendly respects to Mrs. Monroe, & accept yourself assurances of constant & affectionate attachment from, Dear Sir, your friend & servt.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 11. 1800\n\nPierce Butler\n\nButler, Pierce\n\nto pierce butler\n\nj. mss.\n\nAug. 11. 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of July 28. is safely received & received with great pleasure, it having been long since we have been without communication. You will have perceived, on your return to Philadelphia, a great change in the spirit of the place. \u201cThe arrogancy of the proud hath ceased, & the patient and meek look up.\u201d I do not know how matters are in the quarter you have been in, but all north of the Roanoke has undergone a wonderful change. The state of the public mind in N. Carolina Edition: current; Page: [138] appears mysterious to us. Doubtless you know more of it than we do. What will be the effect, in that & the two other states south of that, of the new maneuvre of a third competitor proposed to be run at the ensuing election, & taken from among them? Will his personal interest or local politics derange the votes in that quarter which would otherwise have been given on principle alone? Nothing ever passed between the gentleman you mention and myself on the subject you mention. It is our mutual duty to leave those arrangements to others, & to acquiesce in their assignment. He has certainly greatly merited of his country, & the Republicans in particular, to whose efforts his have given a chance of success. Are we to see you at the Federal city, or will Philadelphia still monopolize the time you spare from S. Carolina? I shall be happy to meet you there and at all times to hear from you. Accept assurances of the high regard of dear sir your friend & servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug 13, 1800\n\nMonticello\n\nGideon Granger\n\nGranger, Gideon\n\nto gideon granger\n\nj. mss.\n\n[\n\nMonticello\n\n,]\n\nAug 13, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received with great pleasure your favor of June 4, and am much comforted by the appearance of a change of opinion in your state; for tho\u2019 we may obtain, & I believe shall obtain, a majority in the legislature of the United States, attached to the preservation of the Federal constitution according to it\u2019s obvious principles, & those on which it was known to be received; attached equally to the preservation to the states of those rights unquestionably Edition: current; Page: [139] remaining with them; friends to the freedom of religion, freedom of the press, trial by jury & to economical government; opposed to standing armies, paper systems, war, & all connection, other than commerce, with any foreign nation; in short, a majority firm in all those principles which we have espoused and the federalists have opposed uniformly; still, should the whole body of New England continue in opposition to these principles of government, either knowingly or through delusion, our government will be a very uneasy one. It can never be harmonious & solid, while so respectable a portion of it\u2019s citizens support principles which go directly to a change of the federal constitution, to sink the state governments, consolidate them into one, and to monarchize that. Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, & from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer & overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens, and the same circumstance, by rendering detection impossible to their constituents, will invite the public agents to corruption, plunder & waste. And I do verily believe, that if the principle were to prevail, of a common law being in force in the U S, (which principle possesses the general government at once of all the powers of the state governments, and reduces us to a single consolidated government,) it would become the most corrupt government on the earth. You have seen the practises by which the public servants have been able to cover their conduct, Edition: current; Page: [140] or, where that could not be done, delusions by which they have varnished it for the eye of their constituents. What an augmentation of the field for jobbing, speculating, plundering, office-building & office-hunting would be produced by an assumption of all the state powers into the hands of the general government. The true theory of our constitution is surely the wisest & best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves, & united as to everything respecting foreign nations. Let the general government be reduced to foreign concerns only, and let our affairs be disentangled from those of all other nations, except as to commerce, which the merchants will manage the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves, and our general government may be reduced to a very simple organization, & a very unexpensive one; a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants. But I repeat, that this simple & economical mode of government can never be secured, if the New England States continue to support the contrary system. I rejoice, therefore, in every appearance of their returning to those principles which I had always imagined to be almost innate in them. In this State, a few persons were deluded by the X. Y. Z. duperies. You saw the effect of it in our last Congressional representatives, chosen under their influence. This experiment on their credulity is now seen into, and our next representation will be as republican as it has heretofore been. On the whole, we hope, that by a part of the Union having held on to the principles of the constitution, time has been Edition: current; Page: [141] given to the states to recover from the temporary frenzy into which they had been decoyed, to rally round the constitution, & to rescue it from the destruction with which it had been threatened even at their own hands. I see copied from the American Magazine two numbers of a paper signed Don Quixotte, most excellently adapted to introduce the real truth to the minds even of the most prejudiced.\n\nI would, with great pleasure, have written the letter you desired in behalf of your friend, but there are existing circumstances which render a letter from me to that magistrate as improper as it would be unavailing. I shall be happy, on some more fortunate occasion, to prove to you my desire of serving your wishes.\n\nI sometime ago received a letter from a Mr. M\u2019Gregory of Derby, in your State; it is written with such a degree of good sense & appearance of candor, as entitles it to an answer. Yet the writer being entirely unknown to me, and the stratagems of the times very multifarious, I have thought it best to avail myself of your friendship, & enclose the answer to you. You will see it\u2019s nature. If you find from the character of the person to whom it is addressed, that no improper use would probably be made of it, be so good as to seal & send it. Otherwise suppress it.\n\nHow will the vote of your State and R I be as to A. and P.?\n\nI am, with great and sincere esteem, dear Sir, your friend and servant.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [142]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 14. 1800\n\nMonticello\n\nJeremiah Moor\n\nMoor, Jeremiah\n\nto jeremiah moor\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 14. 1800\n\n.\n\nSir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknowlge the receipt of your favor of July 12. The times are certainly such as to justify anxiety on the subject of political principles, & particularly those of the public servants. I have been so long on the public theatres that I supposed mine to be generally known. I make no secret of them: on the contrary I wish them known to avoid the imputation of those which are not mine. You may remember perhaps that in the year 1783. after the close of the war there was a general idea that a convention would be called in this state to form a constitution. In that expectation I then prepared a scheme of constitution which I meant to have proposed. This is bound up at the end of the Notes on Virginia, which being in many hands, I may venture to refer to it as giving a general view of my principles of government. It particularly shews what I think on the question of the right of electing & being elected, which is principally the subject of your letter. I found it there on a year\u2019s residence in the country; or the possession of property in it, or a year\u2019s enrollment in it\u2019s militia. When the constitution of Virginia was formed I was in attendance at Congress. Had I been here I should probably have proposed a general suffrage: because my opinion has always been in favor of it. Still I find very honest men who, thinking the possession of some property necessary to give due independence of mind, are for restraining the elective franchise to property. I believe we may lessen the danger of Edition: current; Page: [143] buying and selling votes, by making the number of voters too great for any means of purchase: I may further say that I have not observed men\u2019s honesty to increase with their riches. I observe however in the same scheme of a constitution, an abridgment of the right of being elected, which after 17. years more of experience & reflection, I do not approve. It is the incapacitation of a clergyman from being elected. The clergy, by getting themselves established by law, & ingrafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man. They are still so in many countries & even in some of these United States. Even in 1783, we doubted the stability of our recent measures for reducing them to the footing of other useful callings. It now appears that our means were effectual. The clergy here seem to have relinquished all pretension to privilege and to stand on a footing with lawyers, physicians &c. They ought therefore to possess the same rights.\n\nI have with you wondered at the change of political principles which has taken place in many in this state however much less than in others. I am still more alarmed to see, in the other states, the general political dispositions of those to whom is confided the education of the rising generation. Nor are all the academies of this state free from grounds of uneasiness. I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general: but it requires a great deal to get the better of notions which our tutors have instilled into our minds while incapable Edition: current; Page: [144] of questioning them, & to rise superior to antipathies strongly rooted. However, I suppose when the evil rises to a certain height, a remedy will be found, if the case admits any other than the prudence of parents and guardians. The candour & good sense of your letter made it a duty in me to answer it, & to confide that no uncandid use will be made of the answer: & particularly that it be kept from the newspapers, a bear-garden field into which I do not chuse to enter. I am with esteem sir, your most obedient servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSep. 17. 1800\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSep. 17. 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I now send by Bp. Madison the balance which should have gone from our last court by mr. Barber: but not seeing him the first day of the court, & that breaking up on the first day, contrary to usage, & universal expectation, mr. Barber was gone before I knew that fact.\u2014Is it not strange the public should have no information of the proceedings & prospects of our envoys in a case so vitally interesting to our commerce? that at a time when, as we suppose, all differences are in a course of amicable adjustment, Truxton should be fitted out with double diligence that he may get out of court before the arrival of a treaty, & shed more human blood merely for the pleasure of shedding it? \u2014 I have a letter from Mr. Butler in which he supposes that the Republican vote of N. Carolina will be but a bare majority. Georgia he thinks will be unanimous Edition: current; Page: [145] with the Republicans; S. C. unanimous either with them or against them. but not certainly which. Dr. Rush & Burr give favorable accounts of Jersey. Granger & Burr even count with confidence on Connecticut. But that is impossible. The revolution there indeed is working with very unexpected rapidity. Before another Congressional election it will probably be complete. There is good reason to believe Massachusetts will increase her republican vote in Congress, & that Levi Lincoln will be one. He will be a host in himself; being undoubtedly the ablest & most respectable man of the Eastern states. Health, respect & affection.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSep. 20. 1800\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nmon. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSep. 20. 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Mr. Craven, who was here at the receipt of your favor of the 15th & will probably be here a week longer, desires me to inform you that he communicates by this day\u2019s post, your terms to Mr. Darrelle, and that he is thoroughly persuaded he will accede to them. He is very anxious you should retain the lands for Darrelle, who is his father in law, and whose removal into the neighborhood is therefore much wished for by him.\n\nWhere to stay the hand of the executioner is an important question. Those who have escaped from the immediate danger, must have feelings which would dispose them to extend the executions. Even here, where every thing has been perfectly tranquil, but where a familiarity with slavery, and a possibility of Edition: current; Page: [146] danger from that quarter prepare the general mind for some severities, there is a strong sentiment that there has been hanging enough. The other states & the world at large will forever condemn us if we indulge a principle of revenge, or go one step beyond absolute necessity. They cannot lose sight of the rights of the two parties, & the object of the unsuccessful one. Our situation is indeed a difficult one: for I doubt whether these people can ever be permitted to go at large among us with safety. To reprieve them and keep them in prison till the meeting of the legislature will encourage efforts for their release. Is there no fort & garrison of the state or of the Union, where they would be confined, & where the presence of the garrison would preclude all ideas of attempting a rescue. Surely the legislature would pass a law for their exportation, the proper measure on this & all similar occasions? I hazard these thoughts for your own consideration only, as I should be unwilling to be quoted in the case; you will doubtless hear the sentiments of other persons & places, and will thence be enabled to form a better judgment on the whole than any of us singly & in a solitary situation. Health, respect & affection.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSep. 23, 1800\n\nMonticello\n\nDoctor Benjamin Rush\n\nRush, Doctor Benjamin\n\nto doctor benjamin rush\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSep. 23, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Aug. 22, and to congratulate you on the healthiness of your city. Still Baltimore, Norfolk & Providence admonish us that we are not clear of Edition: current; Page: [147] our new scourge. When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and Providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good. The yellow fever will discourage the growth of great cities in our nation, & I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts, but the useful ones can thrive elsewhere, and less perfection in the others, with more health, virtue & freedom, would be my choice.\n\nI agree with you entirely, in condemning the mania of giving names to objects of any kind after persons still living. Death alone can seal the title of any man to this honor, by putting it out of his power to forfeit it. There is one other mode of recording merit, which I have often thought might be introduced, so as to gratify the living by praising the dead. In giving, for instance, a commission of chief justice to Bushrod Washington, it should be in consideration of his integrity, and science in the laws, and of the services rendered to our country by his illustrious relation, &c. A commission to a descendant of Dr. Franklin, besides being in consideration of the proper qualifications of the person, should add that of the great services rendered by his illustrious ancestor, Bn Fr, by the advancement of science, by inventions useful to man, &c. I am not sure that we ought to change all our names. And during the regal government, sometimes, indeed, they were given through adulation; but often also as the Edition: current; Page: [148] reward of the merit of the times, sometimes for services rendered the colony. Perhaps, too, a name when given, should be deemed a sacred property.\n\nI promised you a letter on Christianity, which I have not forgotten. On the contrary, it is because I have reflected on it, that I find much more time necessary for it than I can at present dispose of. I have a view of the subject which ought to displease neither the rational Christian nor Deists, and would reconcile many to a character they have too hastily rejected. I do not know that it would reconcile the genus irritabile vatum who are all in arms against me. Their hostility is on too interesting ground to be softened. The delusion into which the X. Y. Z. plot shewed it possible to push the people; the successful experiment made under the prevalence of that delusion on the clause of the constitution, which, while it secured the freedom of the press, covered also the freedom of religion, had given to the clergy a very favorite hope of obtaining an establishment of a particular form of Christianity thro\u2019 the U. S.; and as every sect believes its own form the true one, every one perhaps hoped for his own, but especially the Episcopalians & Congregationalists. The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly; for I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: & enough too in their opinion, & this is the cause of their printing Edition: current; Page: [149] lying pamphlets against me, forging conversations for me with Mazzei, Bishop Madison, &c., which are absolute falsehoods without a circumstance of truth to rest on; falsehoods, too, of which I acquit Mazzei & Bishop Madison, for they are men of truth.\n\nBut enough of this: it is more than I have before committed to paper on the subject of all the lies that has been preached and printed against me. I have not seen the work of Sonnoni which you mention, but I have seen another work on Africa, (Parke\u2019s,) which I fear will throw cold water on the hopes of the friends of freedom. You will hear an account of an attempt at insurrection in this state. I am looking with anxiety to see what will be it\u2019s effect on our state. We are truly to be pitied. I fear we have little chance to see you at the Federal city or in Virginia, and as little at Philadelphia. It would be a great treat to receive you here. But nothing but sickness could effect that; so I do not wish it. For I wish you health and happiness, and think of you with affection. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 8. 1800\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nmon. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nNov. 8. 1800\n\n.\n\nYours by your servant has been delivered as also that by Mr. Erwin. I think Skipwith\u2019s letter contains some paragraphs which would do considerable good in the newspapers. I shall inclose that & the other by Mr. Erwin to Mr. Madison, to be returned to you. I shall set out for Washington so as to arrive there as soon as I suppose the answer to the speech Edition: current; Page: [150] is delivered. It is possible some silly things may be put into the latter on the hypothesis of it\u2019s being valedictory, & that these may be zealously answered by the federal majority in our house. They shall deliver it themselves therefore. I have not heard from Craven since I wrote to you. I told him I should leave this on the 12th therefore I think it certain he will be here before that date, as we have some important arrangements to make together. I shall not fail to encourage the purchase of your lands.\u2014I am sincerely sorry I was absent when you were in the neighborhood. I wished to learn something of the excitements, the expectations & extent of this negro conspiracy, not being satisfied with the popular reports. I learnt with concern in Bedford that the important deposit of arms near New London is without even a centinel to guard it. There is said to be much powder in it. We cannot suppose the federal administration takes this method of offering arms to insurgent negroes: yet some in the neighborhood of the place suspect it. Would it not be justifiable in you to suggest to them the importance of a guard there? In truth that deposit should be removed to the river. Health, respect & affection.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 14, 1800\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto robert r. livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec. 14, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your former communications on the subject of the steam engine, I took the liberty of laying before the American Philosophical society, by whom they will be printed in their volume of the Edition: current; Page: [151] present year. I have heard of the discovery of some large bones, supposed to be of the mammoth, at about 30. or 40. miles distance from you; and among the bones found, are said to be some of which we have never yet been able to procure. The 1st interesting question is, whether they are the bones of the mammoth? The 2d, what are the particular bones, and could I possibly procure them? The bones I am most anxious to obtain, are those of the head & feet, which are said to be among those found in your State, as also the ossa innominata, and the scapula. Others would also be interesting, though similar ones may be possessed, because they would show by their similarity that the set belong to the mammoth. Could I so far venture to trouble you on this subject, as to engage some of your friends near the place, to procure for me the bones above mentioned? If they are to be bought I will gladly pay for them whatever you shall agree to as reasonable; and will place the money in N York as instantaneously after it is made known to me, as the post can carry it, as I will all expenses of package, transportation, &c, to New York and Philadelphia, where they may be addressed to John Barnes, whose agent (he not being on the spot) will take care of them for me.\n\nBut I have still a more important subject whereon to address you. Tho\u2019 our information of the votes of the several states be not official, yet they are stated on such evidence as to satisfy both parties that the Republican vote has been successful. We may, therefore, venture to hazard propositions on that hypothesis without being justly subjected to raillery Edition: current; Page: [152] or ridicule. The constitution to which we are all attached was meant to be republican, and we believe to be republican according to every candid interpretation. Yet we have seen it so interpreted and administered, as to be truly what the French have called, a monarchie masqu\u00e9e. Yet so long has the vessel run on this way and been trimmed to it, that to put her on her republican track will require all the skill, the firmness & the zeal of her ablest & best friends. It is a crisis which calls on them, to sacrifice all other objects, and repair to her aid in this momentous operation. Not only their skill is wanting, but their names also. It is essential to assemble in the outset persons to compose our administration, whose talents integrity and revolutionary name and principles may inspire the nation at once, with unbounded confidence, and impose an awful silence on all the maligners of republicanism; as may suppress in embryo the purpose avowed by one of their most daring & effective chiefs, of beating down the administration. These names do not abound at this day. So few are they, that yours, my friend, cannot be spared among them without leaving a blank which cannot be filled. If I can obtain for the public the aid of those I have contemplated, I fear nothing. If this cannot be done, then are we unfortunate indeed! We shall be unable to realize the prospects which have been held out to the people, and we must fall back into monarchism, for want of heads, not hands to help us out of it. This is a common cause, my dear Sir, common to all republicans. Tho\u2019 I have been too honorably placed in front of those who are to enter the breach Edition: current; Page: [153] so happily made, yet the energies of every individual are necessary, & in the very place where his energies can most serve the enterprise. I can assure you that your colleagues will be most acceptable to you; one of them, whom you cannot mistake, peculiarly so. The part which circumstances constrain us to propose to you is, the secretaryship of the navy. These circumstances cannot be explained by letter. Republicanism is so rare in those parts which possess nautical skill, that I cannot find it allied there to the other qualifications. Tho\u2019 you are not nautical by profession, yet your residence and your mechanical science qualify you as well as a gentleman can possibly be, and sufficiently to enable you to choose under-agents perfectly qualified, and to superintend their conduct. Come forward then, my dear Sir, and give us the aid of your talents & the weight of your character towards the new establishment of republicanism: I say, for it\u2019s new establishment; for hitherto we have only seen it\u2019s travestie. I have urged thus far, on the belief that your present office would not be an obstacle to this proposition. I was informed, and I think it was by your brother, that you wished to retire from it, & were only restrained by the fear that a successor of different principles might be appointed. The late change in your council of appointment will remove this fear. It will not be improper to say a word on the subject of expence. The gentlemen who composed Genl Washington\u2019s first administration took up, too universally, a practice of general entertainment, which was unnecessary, obstructive of business, & so oppressive to Edition: current; Page: [154] themselves, that it was among the motives for their retirement. Their successors profited by the experiment, & lived altogether as private individuals, & so have ever continued to do. Here, indeed, it cannot be otherwise, our situation being so rural, that during the vacations of the Legislature we shall have no society but of the officers of the government, and in time of sessions the Legislature is become & becoming so numerous, that for the last half dozen years nobody but the President has pretended to entertain them. I have been led to make the application before official knowledge of the result of our election, because the return of Mr. Van Benthuysen, one of your electors & neighbors, offers me a safe conveyance at a moment when the post offices will be peculiarly suspicious & prying. Your answer may come by post without danger, if directed in some other hand writing than your own; and I will pray you to give me an answer as soon as you can make up your mind.\n\nto aaron burr\n\nj. mass.\n\nWashington\n\nDec 15, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Although we have not official information of the votes for President & Vice President, and cannot have until the first week in Feb, yet the state of the votes is given on such evidence, as satisfies both parties that the two republican candidates stand highest. From S Carolina we have not even Edition: current; Page: [155] heard of the actual vote; but we have learnt who were appointed electors, and with sufficient certainty how they would vote. It is said they would withdraw from yourself one vote. It has also been said that a General Smith, of Tennessee, had declared that he would give his 2d. vote to Mr. Gallatin, not from any indisposition towards you, but extreme reverence to the character of Mr. G. It is also surmised that the vote of Georgia will not be entire. Yet nobody pretends to know these things of a certainty, and we know enough to be certain that what it is surmised will be withheld, will still leave you 4. or 5. votes at least above Mr. A. However, it was badly managed not to have arranged with certainty what seems to have been left to hazard. It was the more material, because I understand several of the high-flying federalists have expressed their hope that the two republican tickets may be equal, & their determination in that case to prevent a choice by the H of R, (which they are strong enough to do,) and let the government devolve on a President of the Senate. Decency required that I should be so entirely passive during the late contest that I never once asked whether arrangements had been made to prevent so many from dropping votes intentionally, as might frustrate half the republican wish; nor did I doubt, till lately, that such had been made.\n\nWhile I must congratulate you, my dear Sir, on the issue of this contest, because it is more honorable, and doubtless more grateful to you than any station within the competence of the chief magistrate, yet for myself, and for the substantial service Edition: current; Page: [156] of the public, I feel most sensibly the loss we sustain of your aid in our new administration. It leaves a chasm in my arrangements, which cannot be adequately filled up. I had endeavored to compose an administration whose talents, integrity, names, and dispositions should at once inspire unbounded confidence in the public mind, and insure a perfect harmony in the conduct of the public business. I lose you from the list, & am not sure of all the others. Should the gentlemen who possess the public confidence decline taking a part in their affairs, and force us to take persons unknown to the people, the evil genius of this country may realize his avowal that \u201che will beat down the administration.\u201d The return of Mr. Van Benthuysen, one of your electors, furnishes me a confidential opportunity of writing this much to you, which I should not have ventured through the post office at this prying season. We shall of course see you before the 4th of March. Accept my respectful and affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec 18, 1800\n\nWashington\n\nJohn Breckenridge\n\nBreckenridge, John\n\nto john breckenridge\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec 18, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received, while at home, the letter you were so kind as to write me. The employments of the country have such irresistible attractions for me, that while I am at home, I am very unpunctual in acknoleging the letters of my friends. Having no refuge here from my room & writing-table, it is my regular season for fetching up the lee-way of my correspondence.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [157]\n\nBefore you receive this, you will have understood that the State of S Carolina (the only one about which there was uncertainty) has given a republican vote, and saved us from the consequences of the annihilation of Pennsylvania. But we are brought into dilemma by the probable equality of the two republican candidates. The federalists in Congress mean to take advantage of this, and either to prevent an election altogether, or reverse what has been understood to have been the wishes of the people, as to the President & Vice-president; wishes which the constitution did not permit them specially to designate. The latter alternative still gives us a republican administration. The former, a suspension of the federal government, for want of a head. This opens upon us an abyss, at which every sincere patriot must shudder. General Davie has arrived here with the treaty formed (under the name of a convention) with France. It is now before the Senate for ratification, and will encounter objections. He believes firmly that a continental peace in Europe will take place, and that England also may be comprehended.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 19, 1800\n\nWashington\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec. 19, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Mrs. Brown\u2019s departure for Virginia enables me to write confidentially what I could not have ventured by the post at this prying season. The election in S. Carolina has in some measure decided the great contest. Tho\u2019 as yet we do not Edition: current; Page: [158] know the actual votes of Tennessee, Kentucky, & Vermont, yet we believe the votes to be on the whole, J. 73, B. 73, A. 65, P. 64. Rhode isld withdrew one from P. There is a possibility that Tennessee may withdraw one from B., and Burr writes that there may be one vote in Vermont for J. But I hold the latter impossible, and the former not probable; and that there will be an absolute parity between the two republican candidates. This has produced great dismay and gloom on the republican gentlemen here, and equal exultation on the federalists, who openly declare they will prevent an election, and will name a President of the Senate, pro tem. by what they say would only be a stretch of the constitution. The prospect of preventing this, is as follows, G, N C, T, K, V, P, & N Y, can be counted on for their vote in the H of R, & it is thought by some that Baer of Maryland, & Linn of N J will come over. Some even count on Morris of Vermont. But you must know the uncertainty of such a dependence under the operation of caucuses and other federal engines. The month of February, therefore, will present us storms of a new character. Should they have a particular issue, I hope you will be here a day or two, at least, before the 4th of March. I know that your appearance on the scene before the departure of Congress, would assuage the minority, and inspire in the majority confidence and joy unbounded, which they would spread far & wide on their journey home. Let me beseech you then to come with a view of staying perhaps a couple of weeks, within which time things might be put into Edition: current; Page: [159] such a train, as would permit us both to go home for a short time, for removal. I wrote to R. R. L. by a confidential hand three days ago. The person proposed for the T has not come yet.\n\nDavie is here with the Convention, as it is called; but it is a real treaty, and without limitation of time. It has some disagreeable features, and will endanger the compromising us with G B. I am not at liberty to mention it\u2019s contents, but I believe it will meet with opposition from both sides of the house. It has been a bungling negotiation. Elsworth remains in France for the benefit of his health. He has resigned his office of C J. Putting these two things together, we cannot misconstrue his views. He must have had great confidence in Mr. A\u2019s continuance to risk such a certainty as he held. Jay was yesterday nominated Chief Justice. We were afraid of something worse. A scheme of government for the territory is cooking by a committee of each house, under separate authorities, but probably a voluntary harmony. They let out no hints. It is believed that the judiciary system will not be pushed, as the appointments, if made by the present administration, could not fall on those who create them. But I very much fear the road system will be urged. The mines of Peru would not supply the monies which would be wasted on this object, nor the patience of any people stand the abuses which would be incontrolably committed under it. I propose, as soon as the state of the election is perfectly ascertained, to aim at a candid understanding with Mr. A. I do not expect that either his feelings or his views of interest will oppose Edition: current; Page: [160] it. I hope to induce in him dispositions liberal and accommodating. Accept my affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 21. 1800\n\nWashington\n\nC\u00e6sar Rodney\n\nRodney, C\u00e6sar\n\nto c\u00e6sar rodney\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec. 21. 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received in due time your favor of Oct. 12. and, as it did not require a particular answer I have postponed the acknolegement of it to this time & place. It seems tolerable well ascertained (though not officially) that the two republican candidates on the late election have a decided majority. Probably of 73. to 65. but equally probable that they are even between themselves & that the Federalists are disposed to make the most of the embarrassment this occasions, by preventing any election by the H. of Representatives. It is far from certain that 9. representatives in that House can be got to vote for any candidate. What the issue of such a dilemma may be cannot be estimated. The French treaty is before the Senate. It is not agreeable in all its parts to anybody, but it is to be hoped it will be ratified with a limitation of time which cannot produce difficulty with the other party. Congress seemed hardly disposed to do anything this session. The Judiciary bill, the territorial government, & the taking into their hands the making roads through the union are the subjects talked of. The last will be a bottomless abyss for money, the most fruitful field for [illegible] and the richest provision for jobs to favorites that has ever yet been proposed. We have been 12. years grasping at all the expenses of the union. A shorter Edition: current; Page: [161] time will suffice to restore them to whom they belong & who would manage them with so much more correctness & raise them in ways so much less burthensome to the people than we can. Foreign relations are our province: domestic regulations & institutions belong, in every state, to itself. I pray you to accept the assurances of my high regard & esteem, & to present my affectionate veneration to mr. Dickinson. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 26, 1800\n\nWashington\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\n[\n\nWashington\n\n,]\n\nDec. 26, 1800\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014All the votes have now come in, except of Vermont & Kentuckey, and there is no doubt that the result is a perfect parity between the two republican characters. The Feds appear determined to prevent an election, & to pass a bill giving the government to Mr. Jay, appointed Chief Justice, or to Marshall as Secy of state. Yet I am rather of opinion that Maryland & Jersey will give the 7 republican majorities. The French treaty will be violently opposed by the Feds; the giving up the vessels is the article they cannot swallow. They have got their judiciary bill forwarded to commitment. I dread this above all the measures meditated, because appointments in the nature of freehold render it difficult to undo what is done. We expect a report for a territorial government which is to pay little respect to the rights of man.\u2014Your\u2019s of the 20th came safely to hand. I am almost certain that you sent money by me to Lyon, which he sent to me for Edition: current; Page: [162] & received as soon as he heard I was arrived. As I was merely the bearer I did not take a receipt. I will inquire into it, and do what is necessary. No answer yet from R. R. L.\n\nCordial and affectionate salutations. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDecember 31, 1800\n\nTench Coxe\n\nCoxe, Tench\n\nto tench coxe\n\nj. mss.\n\nDecember 31, 1800\n\n.\n\nI shall neither frank nor subscribe my letter, because I do not chuse to commit myself to the fidelity of the post-office. For the same reason, I have avoided putting pen to paper through the whole summer, except on mere business, because I knew it was a prying season. I received from time to time papers under your superscription, which shewed that our friends were not inattentive to the great operation which was agitating the nation. You are by this time apprised of the embarrassment produced by the equality of votes between the two republican candidates. The contrivance in the Constitution for marking the votes works badly, because it does not enounce precisely the true expression of the public will. We do not see what is to be the issue of the present difficulty. The federalists, among whom those of the republican section are not the strongest, propose to prevent an election in Congress, and to transfer the government by an act to the C. J. (Jay) or Secretary of State, or to let it devolve on the Pres pro tem. of the Senate, till next December, which gives them another year\u2019s predominance, and the chances of future events. The republicans propose Edition: current; Page: [163] to press forward to an election. If they fail in this, a concert between the two higher candidates may prevent the dissolution of the government and danger of anarchy, by an operation, bungling indeed & imperfect, but better than letting the Legislature take the nomination of the Executive entirely from the people. Excuse the infrequency of my acknowledgments of your kind attentions. The danger of interruption makes it prudent for me not to indulge my personal wishes in that way. I pray you to accept assurances of my great esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\n1800?\n\nservices of jefferson\n\n[\n\n1800?\n\n]\n\nI have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all? I do not know that it is. I have been the instrument of doing the following things; but they would have been done by others; some of them, perhaps, a little better.\n\nThe Rivanna had never been used for navigation; scarcely an empty canoe had ever passed down it. Soon after I came of age, I examined its obstructions, set on foot a subscription for removing them, got an Act of Assembly passed, and the thing effected, so as to be used completely and fully for carrying down all our produce.\n\nThe Declaration of Independence.\n\nI proposed the demolition of the church establishment, and the freedom of religion. It could only be done by degrees; to wit, the Act of 1776, c. 2, exempted dissenters from contributions to the church, Edition: current; Page: [164] and left the church clergy to be supported by voluntary contributions of their own sect; was continued from year to year, and made perpetual 1779, c. 36. I prepared the act for religious freedom in 1777, as part of the revisal, which was not reported to the Assembly till 1779, and that particular law not passed till 1785, and then by the efforts of Mr. Madison.\n\nThe act putting an end to entails.\n\nThe act prohibiting the importation of slaves.\n\nThe act concerning citizens, and establishing the natural right of man to expatriate himself, at will.\n\nThe act changing the course of descents, and giving the inheritance to all the children, &c., equally, I drew as part of the revisal.\n\nThe act for apportioning crimes and punishments, part of the same work, I drew. When proposed to the legislature, by Mr. Madison, in 1785, it failed by a single vote. G. K. Taylor afterwards, in 1796, proposed the same subject; avoiding the adoption of any part of the diction of mine, the text of which had been studiously drawn in the technical terms of the law, so as to give no occasion for new questions by new expressions. When I drew mine, public labor was thought the best punishment to be substituted for death. But, while I was in France, I heard of a society in England, who had successfully introduced solitary confinement, and saw the drawing of a prison at Lyons, in France, formed on the idea of solitary confinement. And, being applied to by the Governor of Virginia for the plan of a Capitol and Prison, I sent him the Lyons plan, accompanying it with a Edition: current; Page: [165] drawing on a smaller scale, better adapted to our use. This was in June, 1786. Mr. Taylor very judiciously adopted this idea, (which had now been acted on in Philadelphia, probably from the English model) and substituted labor in confinement, to the public labor proposed by the Committee of revisal; which themselves would have done, had they been to act on the subject again. The public mind was ripe for this in 1796, when Mr. Taylor proposed it, and ripened chiefly by the experiment in Philadelphia; whereas, in 1785, when it had been proposed to our assembly, they were not quite ripe for it.\n\nIn 1789 and 1790, I had a great number of olive plants, of the best kind, sent from Marseilles to Charleston, for South Carolina and Georgia. They were planted, and are flourishing; and, though not yet multiplied, they will be the germ of that cultivation in those States.\n\nIn 1790, I got a cask of heavy upland rice, from the river Denbigh, in Africa, about lat. 9\u00b0 30\u2032 North, which I sent to Charleston, in hopes it might supersede the culture of the wet rice, which renders South Carolina and Georgia so pestilential through the summer. It was divided, and a part sent to Georgia. I know not whether it has been attended to in South Carolina; but it has spread in the upper parts of Georgia, so as to have become almost general, and is highly prized. Perhaps it may answer in Tennessee and Kentucky. The greatest service which can be rendered any country is, to add an useful plant to its culture; especially, a bread grain; next in value to bread is oil.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [166]\n\nWhether the act for the more general diffusion of knowledge will ever be carried into complete effect, I know not. It was received by the legislature with great enthusiasm at first; and a small effort was made in 1796, by the act to establish public schools, to carry a part of it into effect, viz., that for the establishment of free English schools; but the option given to the courts has defeated the intention of the act.\n\nYour letter, my dear Maria, of Dec. 28, is just now received, and shall be immediately answered, as shall all others received from yourself or Mr. Eppes. This will keep our accounts even, and show, by the comparative promptness of reply, which is most anxious to hear from the other. I wrote to Mr. Eppes, December 23d, but directed it to Petersburg; hereafter it shall be to City Point. I went yesterday to Mount Vernon, where Mrs. Washington and Mrs. Lewis asked very kindly after you. Mrs. Lewis looks thin, and thinks herself not healthy; but it seems to be more in opinion than any thing else. She has a child of very uncertain health.\n\nThe election is understood to stand 73, 73, 65, 64. The Federalists were confident, at first, they could debauch Col. B [urr]. from his good faith by offering him their vote to be President, and having seriously proposed it to him. His conduct has been honorable and decisive, and greatly embarrasses Edition: current; Page: [167] them. Time seems to familiarize them more and more to acquiescence, and to render it daily more probable they will yield to the known will of the people, and that some one State will join the eight already decided as to their vote. The victory of the Republicans in New Jersey, lately obtained by carrying their whole Congressional members on an election by general ticket, has had weight on their spirits.\n\nShould I be destined to remain here, I shall count on meeting you and Mr. Eppes at Monticello the first week in April, where I shall not have above three weeks to stay. We shall then be able to consider how far it will be practicable to prevent this new destination from shortening the time of our being together, for be assured that no considerations in this world would compensate to me a separation from yourself and your sister. But the distance is so moderate that I should hope a journey to this place would be scarcely more inconvenient than one to Monticello. But of this we will talk when we meet there, which will be to me a joyful moment. Remember me affectionately to Mr. Eppes, and accept yourself the effusion of my tenderest love. Adieu, my dearest Maria.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 10, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nDr. Hugh Williamson\n\nWilliamson, Dr. Hugh\n\nto dr. hugh williamson\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan 10, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I should sooner have acknoledged your favor of December 8th, but for a growing and pressing correspondence which I can scarcely manage. I was particularly happy to receive the diary of Quebec, as about the same time I happened to receive Edition: current; Page: [168] one from the Natchez, so as to be able to make a comparison of them. The result was a wonder that any human being should remain in a cold country who could find room in a warm one, should prefer \u201432\u00b0 to \u201455\u00b0. Harry Hill has told me that the temperature of Madeira is generally from 55\u00b0 to 65\u00b0, it\u2019s extreme about 50\u00b0 to 70\u00b0. If I ever change my climate for health, it should be for that island. I do not know that the coincidence has ever been remarked between the new moon and greater degrees of cold, or the full moon and the lesser degrees; or that the reflected beams of the moon attemper the weather at all. On the contrary, I think I have understood that the most powerful concave mirror presented to the moon, and throwing its focus on the bulb of a thermometer, does not in the least affect it. I suppose the opinion to be universal that the turkey is a native of America. Nobody, as far as I know, has ever contradicted it but Daines Barrington; and the arguments he produces are such as none but a head, entangled & kinked as his is, would ever have urged. Before the discovery of America, no such bird is mentioned in a single author, all those quoted by Barrington, by description referring to the crane, hen, pheasant or peacock; but the book of every traveller, who came to America soon after it\u2019s discovery, is full of accounts of the turkey and it\u2019s abundance; and immediately after that discovery we find the turkey served up at the feasts of Europe, as their most extraordinary rarity. Mr. William Strickland, the eldest son of St. George Strickland, of York, in England, told me the anecdote. Some ancestor of his Edition: current; Page: [169] commanded a vessel in the navigations of Cabot. Having occasion to consult the Herald\u2019s office concerning his family, he found a petition from that ancestor to the crown, stating that Cabot\u2019s circumstances being slender, he had been rewarded by the bounties he needed from the crown; that as to himself, he asked nothing in that way, but that as a consideration for his services in the same way, he might be permitted to assume for the crest of his family arms, the turkey, an American bird; and Mr. Strickland observed that their crest is actually a turkey. You ask whether we may be quoted. In the first place, I now state the thing from memory, and may be inexact in some small circumstances. Mr. Strickland too, stated it to me in a conversation, and not considering it of importance, might be inexact too. We should both dislike to be questioned before the public for any little inaccuracy of style or recollection. I think if you were to say that the Herald\u2019s office may be referred to in proof of the fact, it would be authority sufficient, without naming us. I have at home a note of Mr. Strickland\u2019s information, which I then committed to paper. My situation does not allow me to refresh my memory from this. I shall be glad to see your book make its appearance; and I am sure it will be well received by the Philosophical part of the world, for I still dare to use the word philosophy, notwithstanding the war waged against it by bigotry & despotism. Health, respect and friendly salutations.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [170]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 12, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nWilliam Dunbar\n\nDunbar, William\n\nto william dunbar\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan 12, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of July 14, with the papers accompanying it, came safely to hand about the last of October. That containing remarks on the line of demarcation I perused according to your permission, and with great satisfaction, and then enclosed to a friend in Philadelphia, to be forwarded to it\u2019s address. The papers addressed to me, I took the liberty of communicating to the Philosophical society. That on the language by signs is quite new. Soon after receiving your meteorological diary, I received one of Quebec; and was struck with the comparison between - 32 & + 19\u00be the lowest depression of the thermometer at Quebec & the Natchez. I have often wondered that any human being should live in a cold country who can find room in a warm one. I have no doubt but that cold is the source of more sufferance to all animal nature than hunger, thirst, sickness, & all the other pains of life & of death itself put together. I live in a temperate climate, and under circumstances which do not expose me often to cold. Yet when I recollect on one hand all the sufferings I have had from cold, & on the other all my other pains, the former preponderate greatly. What then must be the sum of that evil if we take in the vast proportion of men who are obliged to be out in all weather, by land & by sea, all the families of beasts, birds, reptiles, & even the vegetable kingdom! for that too has life, and where there is life there may be sensation. I remark a rainbow of a great portion of the circle observed by you when on the line of Edition: current; Page: [171] demarcation. I live in a situation which has given me an opportunity of seeing more than the semicircle often. I am on a hill 500 f. perpendicularly high. On the east side it breaks down abruptly to the base, where a river passes through. A rainbow, therefore, about sunset, plunges one of it\u2019s legs down to the river, 500 f. below the level of the eye on the top of the hill. I have twice seen bows formed by the moon. They were of the color of the common circle round the moon, and were very near, being within a few paces of me in both instances. I thank you for the little vocabularies of Bedais, Jankawis and Teghas. I have it much at heart to make as extensive a collection as possible of the Indian tongues. I have at present about 30. tolerably full, among which the number radically different, is truly wonderful. It is curious to consider how such handfuls of men came by different languages, & how they have preserved them so distinct. I at first thought of reducing them all to one orthography, but I soon become sensible that this would occasion two sources of error instead of one. I therefore think it best to keep them in the form of orthography in which they were taken, only noting whether that were English, French, German, or what. I have never been a very punctual correspondent, and it is possible that new duties may make me less so. I hope I shall not on that account lose the benefit of your communications. Philosophical vedette at the distance of one thousand miles, and on the verge of the terra incognita of our continent, is precious to us here. I pray you to accept assurances of my high consideration & esteem, and friendly salutations.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [172]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nColonel John Hoomes\n\nHoomes, Colonel John\n\nto colonel john hoomes\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan. 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014* * * There is no change in our prospects as to the election, the party opposed to the public sentiment, keeping their purposes very much to themselves. A vote passed the H. of R. yesterday for the continuance of the Sedition law. It was by the casting voice of the Speaker, and not in it\u2019s final stage. The Senate had annexed several modifications to the Convention with France. Yesterday came on the final question, which being divided into as many parts as there were modifications, the whole of them were struck out except one limiting it\u2019s duration to 8. years. And on the question to ratify with this single modification it was rejected by 14. out of 30. votes. Tho\u2019, according to former usage this would close the proceedings, I am told there will be a proposition to ratify it without any modification, as being a question which has not yet been decided. It\u2019s success may be doubted. Some say the President will not on this rejection send back the treaty, but will call the new Senate to meet after the 3d of March and reconsider it. Of those who voted against it, 4. will then go out, and would leave them only 10. But we must have a Senate of 30. at least convened to overweigh them, which we can hardly count upon.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 1, 1801\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nFeb. 1, 1801\n\n.\n\nI have not written to you since the letter by Mrs. B. Yours of Jan. 10 is received, and your own Edition: current; Page: [173] wishes are entirely acquiesced in as to time. Clermont has refused.1 I think to adopt your idea at Baltimore.2 I dare not through the channel of the post hazard a word to you on the subject of the election. Indeed the interception and publication of my letters exposes the republican cause as well as myself personally to so much obloquy that I have come to a resolution never to write another sentence of politics in a letter. The enclosed came under a blank cover to me, and I broke it open and read it through. Until I was folding it up to put away, I did not discover your name on the back of it, and consequently that it was destined for you. I hope your health is getting better. I think nothing more possible than that a change of climate, even from a better to a worse, and a change in the habits and mode of life, might have a favorable effect on your system. I shall be happy to hear that your father is rallying. The approaching season will be favorable for that. Present my respectful attachments to Mrs. Madison & accept affectionate assurances of friendship to yourself. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 1, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nAaron Burr\n\nBurr, Aaron\n\nto aaron burr\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 1, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014It was to be expected that the enemy would endeavor to sow tares between us, that they might divide us and our friends. Every consideration satisfies me you will be on your guard against this, as I assure you I am strongly. I hear of one\n\nEdition: current; Page: [174]\n\nstratagem so imposing & so base that it is proper I should notice it to you. Mr. Munford, who is here, says he saw at N York before he left it, an original letter of mine to Judge Breckenridge, in which are sentiments highly injurious to you. He knows my hand writing, and did not doubt that to be genuine. I enclose you a copy taken from the press copy of the only letter I ever wrote to Judge Breckenridge in my life: the press copy itself has been shown to several of our mutual friends here. Of consequence, the letter seen by Mr. Munford must be a forgery, and if it contains a sentiment unfriendly or disrespectful to you, I affirm it solemnly to be a forgery; as also if it varies from the copy enclosed. With the common trash of slander I should not think of troubling you; but the forgery of one\u2019s handwriting is too imposing to be neglected. A mutual knowledge of each other furnishes us with the best test of the contrivances which will be practised by the enemies of both.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 2, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nThomas M\u2019kean\n\nM\u2019kean, Thomas\n\nto thomas m\u2019kean\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 2, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have long waited for an opportunity to acknoledge the receipt of your favor of Dec 15, as well as that by Doctr. Mendenhall. None occurring, I shall either deliver the present to Genl Muhlenburg or put it under cover to Doctr Wistar, to whom I happen to be writing, to be sent to your house in Philadelphia, or forwarded confidentially to Lancaster.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [175]\n\nThe event of the election is still in dubio. A strong portion in the House of Representatives will prevent an election if they can. I rather believe they will not be able to do it, as there are six individuals of moderate character, any one of whom coming over to the republican vote will make a ninth State. Till this is known, it is too soon for me to say what should be done in such atrocious cases as those you mention of federal officers obstructing the operation of the State governments. One thing I will say, that as to the future, interferences with elections, whether of the State or General Government, by officers of the latter, should be deemed cause of removal; because the constitutional remedy by the elective principle becomes nothing, if it may be smothered by the enormous patronage of the General govmet. How far it may be practicable, prudent or proper, to look back, is too great a question to be decided but by the united wisdom of the whole administration when formed. Our situation is so different from yours, that it may render proper some differences in the practice. Your State is a single body, the majority clearly one way. Ours is of sixteen integral parts, some of them all one way, some all the other, some divided. Whatever may be decided as to the past, they shall give no trouble to the State governments in future, if it shall depend on me; and be assured, particularly as to yourself, that I should consider the most perfect harmony & interchange of accommodations & good offices with those governments as among the first objects.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [176]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 11, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nTench Coxe\n\nCoxe, Tench\n\nto tench coxe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 11, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Jan 25 came to hand some days ago, and yesterday a gentleman put into my hand, at the door of the Senate chamber, the volume of the Amer. Museum for 1798. As no letter accompanied it, I took it for granted it was to bring under my eye some of its contents. I have gone over it with satisfaction.\n\nThis is the morning of the election by the H of R. For some time past a single individual had declared he would by his vote make up the ninth State. On Saturday last he changed, and it stands at present 8. one way, 6. the other, & 2. divided. Which of the two will be elected, & whether either, I deem perfectly problematical: and my mind has long been equally made up for either of the three events. If I can find out the person who brought me the volume from you, I shall return it by him, because I presume it makes one of a set. If not by him, I will find some other person who may convey it to Philadelphia if not to Lancaster. Very possibly it may go by a different conveyance from this letter. Very probably you will learn before the receipt of either, the result, or progress at least, of the election. We see already at the threshold, that if it falls on me, I shall be embarrassed by finding the offices vacant, which cannot be even temporarily filled but with advice of Senate, and that body is called on the fourth of March, when it is impossible for the new members of Kentucky, Georgia and S. Carolina to receive notice in time to be here. The Edition: current; Page: [177] summons for Kentucky, dated, as all were, Jan 31, could not go hence till the 5th, & that for Georgia did not go till the 6th. If the difficulties of the election, therefore, are got over, there are more & more behind, until new elections shall have regenerated the constituted authorities. The defects of our Constitution under circumstances like the present, appear very great. Accept assurances of the esteem and respect of, dear Sir, your most obedient servant.\n\n\u2014Your favor of Jan. 18 is duly received. The subject of it did not need apology. On the contrary, should I be placed in office, nothing would be more desirable to me than the recommendations of those in whom I have confidence, of persons fit for office; for if the good withhold their testimony, we shall be at the mercy of the bad. If the question relative to Mr. Zantzinger had been merely that of remaining in office, your letter would have placed him on very safe ground. Besides that, no man who has conducted himself according to his duties would have anything to fear from me, as those who have done ill would have nothing to hope, be their political principles what they might. The obtaining an appointment presents more difficulties. The republicans have been excluded from all offices from the Edition: current; Page: [178] first origin of the division into Republican and Federalist. They have a reasonable claim to vacancies till they occupy their due share. My hope however is that the distinction will be soon lost, or at most that it will be only of republican & monarchist: that the body of the nation, even that part which French excesses forced over to the federal side, will rejoin the republicans, leaving only those who were pure monarchists, and who will be too few to form a sect. This is the fourth day of the ballot, and nothing done; nor do I see any reason to suppose the six and a half States here will be less firm, as they call it, than your 13. Senators; if so, and the government should expire on the 3d of March by the loss of it\u2019s head, there is no regular provision for reorganizing it, nor any authority but in the people themselves. They may authorize a convention to reorganize & even to amend the machine. There are 10. individuals in the H of R, any one of whom changing his vote may save us this troublesome operation. Be pleased to present my friendly respects to Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Sarjeant, and Mrs. Waters, and to accept yourself my affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 15, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb 15, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have received several letters from you which have not been acknowledged. By the post I dare not, and one or two confidential opportunities have passed me by surprise. I have regretted Edition: current; Page: [179] it the less, because I know you could be more safely and fully informed by others. Mr. Tyler, the bearer of this, will give you a great deal more information personally than can be done by letter. Four days of balloting have produced not a single change of a vote. Yet it is confidently believed by most that to-morrow there is to be a coalition. I know of no foundation for this belief. However, as Mr. Tyler waits the event of it, he will communicate it to you. If they could have been permitted to pass a law for putting the government into the hands of an officer, they would certainly have prevented an election. But we thought it best to declare openly and firmly, one & all, that the day such an act passed, the middle States would arm, & that no such usurpation, even for a single day, should be submitted to. This first shook them; and they were completely alarmed at the resource for which we declared, to wit, a convention to re-organize the government, & to amend it. The very word convention gives them the horrors, as in the present democratical spirit of America, they fear they should lose some of the favorite morsels of the constitution. Many attempts have been made to obtain terms & promises from me. I have declared to them unequivocally, that I would not receive the government on capitulation, that I would not go into it with my hands tied. Should they yield the election, I have reason to expect in the outset the greatest difficulties as to nominations. The late incumbents running away from their offices & leaving them vacant, will prevent my filling them without the previous advice of Senate. How this Edition: current; Page: [180] difficulty is to be got over I know not. Accept for Mrs. Monroe and yourself my affectionate salutations. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 16, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto robert r. livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 16, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Jan. 7 came duly to hand. A part of it gave me that kind of concern which I fear I am destined often to meet. Men possessing minds of the first order, and who have had opportunities of being known & of acquiring the general confidence, do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country. In your case however it is a subject of regret rather than of complaint, as you are in fact serving the public in a very important station.\n\nIt is some two or three or four years since I inquired of the members of the A. Phil. society whether you were a member. The answer was that they were pretty sure you were, & had been for a long time. After acquiescing awhile in that authority I expressed a wish to the secretaries that they would ascertain the fact, which they promised. My absence from Philadelphia prevented a repetition of the inquiry as often as I wished, and the members\u2019 names being to be sought through the whole minutes of our proceedings, obstructed the wish. At length I nominated you, and at the next election you were chosen a member. Whether you were one before you probably know: and if already of the elect, you are now doubly so. I inclose the diploma.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [181]\n\nI have on several occasions been led to think on some means of uniting the state agricultural societies into a central society: and lately it has been pressed from England with a view to a cooperation with their board of agriculture. You know some have proposed to Congress to incorporate such a society. I am against that, because I think Congress cannot find in all the enumerated powers any one which authorizes the act, much less the giving the public money to that use. I believe too if they had the power, it would soon be used for no other purpose than to buy with sinecures useful partisans. I believe it will thrive best if left to itself as the Philosophical societies are. There is certainly a much greater abundance of material for Agricultural societies than Philosophical. But what should be the plan of union? Would it do for the state societies to agree to meet in a central society by a special deputation of members? If this should present difficulties, might they not be lessened by their adopting into their society some one or more of their delegates in Congress or of the members of the Executive residing here, who assembling necessarily for other purposes, could occasionally meet on the business of their societies? Your Agricultural society standing undoubtedly on the highest ground might set the thing agoing by writing to such state societies as already exist, and these once meeting centrally might induce the other states to establish societies & thus compleat the institution. This is a mere idea of mine, not sufficiently considered or digested, & hazarded merely to set you to thinking Edition: current; Page: [182] on the subject, and propose something better or to improve this. Will you be so good as to consider it at your leisure, and give me your thoughts on the subject? Accept my affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 18, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto james madison\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb 18, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Notwithstanding the suspected infidelity of the post, I must hazard this communication. The minority in the H of R, after seeing the impossibility of electing B, the certainty that a legislative usurpation would be resisted by arms, and a recourse to a convention to re-organize and amend the government, held a consultation on this dilemma, whether it would be better for them to come over in a body and go with the tide of the times, or by a negative conduct suffer the election to be made by a bare majority, keeping their body entire & unbroken, to act in phalanx on such ground of opposition as circumstances shall offer; and I know their determination on this question only by their vote of yesterday. Morris of V withdrew, which made Lyon\u2019s vote that of his State. The Maryland federalists put in 4. blanks, which made the positive ticket of their colleagues the vote of the State. S Carolina & Delaware put in 6. blanks. So there were 10. States for one candidate, 4. for another, & 2. blanks. We consider this, therefore, as a declaration of war, on the part of this band. But their conduct appears to have brought over to us the whole body of the Edition: current; Page: [183] federalists, who, being alarmed with the danger of a dissolution of the government, had been made most anxiously to wish the very administration they had opposed, & to view it when obtained, as a child of their own. They [illegible] too their quondam leaders separated fairly from them, and themselves relegated under other banners. Even Hamilton & Higginson have been partisans for us. This circumstance, with the unbounded confidence which will attach to the new ministry as soon as known, will start us on right ground. Mr. A. embarrasses us. He keeps the offices of State and War vacant, but has named Bayard M P to France, and has called an unorganized Senate to meet the fourth of March. As you do not like to be here on that day, I wish you would come within a day or two after. I think that between that & the middle of the month we can so far put things under way, as that we may go home to make arrangements for our final removal. Come to Conrad\u2019s, where I will bespeak lodgings for you. Yesterday Mr. A. nominated Bayard to be M P of the U S to the French republic; to-day, Theophilus Parsons Atty Gen of the U S in the room of C. Lee, who, with Keith Taylor cum multis aliis, are appointed judges under the new system. H. G. Otis is nominated a district attorney. A vessel has been waiting for some time in readiness to carry the new minister to France. My affectionate salutations to Mrs. Madison & yourself. Adieu.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [184]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 18, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nLieutenant Henry Dearborn\n\nDearborn, Lieutenant Henry\n\nto lieutenant henry dearborn\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 18, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The House of Representatives having yesterday concluded their choice of a person for the chair of the U S and willed me that office, it now becomes necessary to provide an administration composed of persons whose qualifications and standing have possessed them of the public confidence, and whose wisdom may ensure to our fellow-citizens the advantages they sanguinely expect. On a review of the characters in the different States proper for the different departments, I have had no hesitation in considering you as the person to whom it would be most advantageous to the public to confide the Department of War. May I therefore hope, Sir, that you will give your country the aid of your talents as Secretary of War? The delay which has attended the election has very much abridged our time, and rendered the call more sudden and pressing than I could have wished. I am in hopes our administration may be assembled during the first week of March, except yourself, and that you can be with us in a few days after. Indeed it is probable we shall be but a few days together (perhaps to the middle of the month) to make some general & pressing arrangements, & then go home, for a short time, to make our final removal hither. I mention these circumstances that you may see the urgency of setting out for this place with the shortest delay possible, which may be the shorter as you can return again to your family, as we shall, to make your final arrangements for removal. I hope we shall not be Edition: current; Page: [185] disappointed in counting on your aid, and that you will favor us with an answer by return of post. Accept assurances of sincere esteem and high respect from, dear Sir, your most obedient, and most humble servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 19, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nThomas Mann Randolph\n\nRandolph, Thomas Mann\n\nto thomas mann randolph\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 19, 1801\n\n.\n\nAfter exactly a week\u2019s balloting there at length appeared 10. States for me, 4. for Burr, & 2. voted blanks. This was done without a single vote coming over. Morris of Vermont withdrew, so that Lyon\u2019s vote became that of the State. The 4. Maryland federalists put in blanks, so that the vote of the 4. Republicans became that of their State. Mr. Huger of Sh Carolina (who had constantly voted for me) withdrew by agreement, his colleagues agreeing in that case to put in blanks. Bayard, the sole member of Delaware, voted blank. They had before deliberated whether they would come over in a body, when they saw they could not force Burr on the republicans, or keep their body entire & unbroken to act in phalanx on such ground of opposition as they shall hereafter be able to conjure up. Their vote shewed what they had decided on, and is considered as a declaration of perpetual war; but their conduct has completely left them without support. Our information from all quarters is that the whole body of federalists concurred with the republicans in the last elections, & with equal anxiety. They had been made to interest themselves so warmly for the very Edition: current; Page: [186] choice, which while before the people they opposed, that when obtained it came as a thing of their own wishes, and they find themselves embodied with the republicans, & their quondam leaders separated from them, and I verily believe they will remain embodied with us, so that this conduct of the minority has done in one week what very probably could hardly have been effected by years of mild and impartial administration. A letter from Mr. Eppes informs me that Maria is in a situation which induces them not to risk a journey to Monticello, so we shall not have the pleasure of meeting them here. I begin to hope I may be able to leave this place by the middle of March. My tenderest love to my ever dear Martha, and kisses to the little ones. Accept yourself sincere and affectionate salutation. Adieu.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 20, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nSamuel Dexter\n\nDexter, Samuel\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (samuel dexter.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 20, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The liberality of the conversation you honored me with yesterday evening has given me great satisfaction, & demands my sincere thanks. It is certain that those of the Cabinet Council of the President should be of his bosom confidence. Our geographical position has been an impediment to that, while I can with candor declare that the imperfect opportunities I have had of acquaintance with you, have inspired an entire esteem for your character, and that you will carry with you that esteem and sincere wish to be useful to you. The Edition: current; Page: [187] accommodation you have been so kind as to offer as to the particular date of retiring from office, is thankfully accepted, and shall be the subject of a particular letter to you, as soon as circumstances shall enable me to speak with certainty. In the meantime accept assurances of my high respect & consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 21, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nBenjamin Stoddert\n\nStoddert, Benjamin\n\nto the secretary of the navy (benjamin stoddert.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 21, 1801\n\n.\n\nSir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 18th did not get to my hand till yesterday. I thank you for the accommodation in point of time therein offered. Circumstances may render it a convenience; in which case I will avail myself of it, without too far encroaching on your wishes. At this instant it is not in my power to say anything certain on the subject of time. The declarations of support to the administration of our government are such as were to be expected from your character and attachment to our Constitution. I wish support from no quarter longer than my object candidly scanned, shall merit it; & especially, not longer than I shall rigorously adhere to the Constitution. I am with respect, Sir your most obedient humble servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto robert r. livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014It has occurred to me that possibly you might be willing to undertake the mission as Edition: current; Page: [188] Minister Plenipotentiary to France. If so, I shall most gladly avail the public of your services in that office. Though I am sensible of the advantages derived from your talent to your particular State, yet I cannot suppress the desire of adding them to the mass to be employed on the broader scale of the nation at large. I will ask the favor of an immediate answer, that I may give in the nomination to the Senate, observing at the same time, that the period of your departure can\u2019t be settled until we get our administration together, and may perhaps be delayed till we receive the ratification of the Senate, which would probably be 4. months; consequently, the commission would not be made out before then. This will give you ample time to make your departure convenient. In hopes of hearing from you as speedily as you can form your resolution, and hoping it will be favorable, I tender you my respectful and affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 25, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nThomas Lomax\n\nLomax, Thomas\n\nto thomas lomax\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 25, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 5th came to hand on the 20th, and I have but time to acknoledge it under the present pressure of business. I recognize in it those sentiments of virtue & patriotism which you have ever manifested. The suspension of public opinion from the 11th to the 17th, the alarm into which it threw all the patriotic part of the federalists, the danger of the dissolution of our Union, and unknown consequences of that, brought over the Edition: current; Page: [189] great body of them to wish with anxiety & solicitude for a choice to which they had before been strenuously opposed. In this state of mind they separated from their congressional leaders, and came over to us; and the manner in which the last ballot was given, has drawn a fixed line of separation between them and their leaders. When the election took effect, it was as the most desirable of events to them. This made it a thing of their choice, and finding themselves aggregated with us accordingly, they are in a state of mind to be consolidated with us, if no intemperate measures on our part revolt them again. I am persuaded that weeks of ill-judged conduct here, has strengthened us more than years of prudent and conciliatory administration could have done. If we can once more get social intercourse restored to it\u2019s pristine harmony, I shall believe we have not lived in vain; and that it may, by rallying them to true republican principles, which few of them had thrown off, I sanguinely hope. Accept assurances of the high esteem & respect of, dear Sir, your friend and servant.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 28, 1801\n\nspeech to the senate\n\nj. mss.\n\n[\n\nFeb. 28, 1801\n\n.]\n\nGentlemen of the Senate:\n\nTo give the usual opportunity of appointing a President pro tempore I now propose to retire from the chair of the Senate; and as the time is near at hand, when the relations will cease which have for some time subsisted between this honorable house Edition: current; Page: [190] & myself, I beg leave, before I withdraw, to return them my grateful thanks for all the instances of attention & respect with which they have been pleased to honor me. In the discharge of my functions here, it has been my conscientious endeavor to observe impartial justice, without regard to persons or subjects: & if I have failed in impressing this on the mind of the Senate, it will be to me a circumstance of the deepest regret. I may have erred at times. No doubt I have erred. This is the law of human nature. For honest errors, however, indulgence may be hoped. I owe to truth & justice at the same time to declare that the habits of order and decorum, which so strongly characterize the proceedings of the Senate, have rendered the umpirage of their President an office of little difficulty; that in times & on questions which have severely tried the sensibilities of the House, calm & temperate discussion has rarely been disturbed by departures from order.\n\nShould the support which I have received from the Senate, in the performance of my duties here, attend me into the new station to which the public will has transferred me, I shall consider it as commencing under the happiest auspices.\n\nWith these expressions of my dutiful regard to the Senate as a body, I ask leave to mingle my particular wishes for the health & happiness of the individuals who compose it, and to tender them my cordial and respectful adieux.\n\nCORRESPONDENCE and OFFICIAL PAPERS\n1801\u20131803\n\nCalled upon to undertake the duties of the first Executive office of our country, I avail myself of the Edition: current; Page: [194] presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have been pleased to look towards me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, & that I approach it wth yos anxs & awfl presenttms, wch ye greatns of ye charge, & ye weakns of my powrs so justly inspire.\n\nA rising nation spread over a wide & fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye; when I contemplate these transcendt objects, & see the honor, the happins, & the hopes of this beloved country committed to the issue & the auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, & humble myself before the magnitude of the undertaking.\n\nUtterly indeed should I despair, did not the presence of many whom I here see, remind me, yt in the othr high authorties providd by our const\u00f1, I shll find resources of wsdm, of virt. & of zeal, on wch to rely undr all difficulties.\n\nTo you then, gent. who are chargd with the sovern functions of legisn. & to those associated with you, I look wth encorgmt for yt guidce & supprt wch m enable us to steer wth safety, ye vessl in wch w\u2019r all mbkd amdst ye conflctg elemts of a troubld sea.\n\nDuring the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions, has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely, & to speak & to write what they think.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [195]\n\nBut this being now decided by the voice of the nation, enounced according to the rules of the constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, & unite in common efforts for the common good. All too wll bear in mind ys sacrd principle yt yo ye will of ye Majorty is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable: that the Minorty possess yr equal rights, wch equal laws must protect, & to violate would be oppression.\n\nLet us then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart & one mind; let us restore to social intercourse that harmony & affection, without which Liberty, & even Life itself, are but dreary things.\n\nAnd let us reflect that havg banishd frm our land yt religious intolce undr wch mankind so long bled & suffered we hve yet gaind little, if we countence a politicl intolrce, as despotc as wickd & capable of as bitter & bloody persecution.\n\nDuring the throes and convulsions of the antient world, durg the agonisd spasms of infuriatd man, seeking through blood & slaughter his long lost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant & peaceful shore: that ys shd be more felt & feard by some, & less by others, & shd divide opinions as to measures of safety.\n\nBut every difference of opinion, is not a difference of principle. We have called, by different names, brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans: we are all federalists.\n\nIf there be any among us who wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them Edition: current; Page: [196] stand undisturbed, as monuments of the safety wth wch error of opinn m b toleratd whre reasn is left free to combat it.\n\nI know indd yt some honest men hve feard yt a republican govmt cannt be strong; yt this govmt is not strong enough. But wd the honest patriot, in the full tide of successfl experiment abandon a govmt wch hs so far kept us free & firm on ye theoretic & visionary fear yt ys govmt, the world\u2019s best hope m, by possibilty, want energy to preserve itself?\n\nI trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.\n\nI believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law; would meet invasions of public order, as his own personal concern.\n\nSome times it is said yt Man cannt be trustd wth ye govmt of himself.\u2014Can he yn be trustd wth ye govmt of others? Or have we found angels in ye form of kings to govern him?\u2014Let History answr this question.\n\nKindly separated by nature, & a wide ocean, from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe,\n\nToo high-minded to endure the degradations of the others;\n\nPossessing a chosen country, with room enough for all descendts to the 1,000th & 1,000th generation;\n\nEntertaining a due sense of our equal right, to ye use of our own faculties, to ye acqusitns of our Edition: current; Page: [197] own industry, to honr & confidce frm our fel. cit. resultg nt from birth, but frm our actions & their sense of them, enlightnd by a benign religion, professd indeed & practiced in various forms, yet all of ym inculcatg honesty, truth, temperce gratitude, & the love of man, acknolegg & adoring an overruling providence, which by all it\u2019s dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here, & his greater happiness hereafter:\n\nWith all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fel. cit. a wise & frugl govmt, wch shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.\n\nThis is the sum of good govmt, & this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.\n\nAbout to enter fel. cit. on the exercise of duties, which comprehend everything dear & valuable to you, it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principle of this govmt and consequently those which ought to shape it\u2019s administration.\n\nI will compress them in ye narrowst compass y wll bear, statg the genl principle, but not all it\u2019s limitations.\n\nEqual & exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political:\n\nA well discipld militia, our best reliance in peace, & for ye first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them: The Supremacy of the Civil over the Military authority:\n\nEconomy in public expense, that labor may be lightly burthened:\n\nThe honest paiment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith:\n\nEncouragement of Agriculture, & of Commerce as it\u2019s handmaid:\n\nThe diffusion of information, & arraignmt of all abuses at the bar of the public reason:\n\nFreedom of Religion, freedom of the press, & freedom of Person under the protection of the Hab. corpus: And trial by juries, impartially selected.\n\nThese Principles form ye bright constelln wch hs gone before us, & guidd our steps, thro\u2019 an age of Revoln and Reformn: The wisdom of our Sages, & blood of our Heroes, have been devoted to their Edition: current; Page: [199] attainment: they should be the Creed of our political faith, the Text of civic instruction, the Touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to Peace, Liberty & Safety.\n\nI repair then, fellow citizens to the post which you have assigned me.\n\nWith experience enough in subordinate stations to know the difficulties of this the greatest of all, I have learnt to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station with the reputation & the favor which bring him into it.\n\nWithout pretensions to that high confidce you reposed in our first & greatest revolutiony character whose preeminent services had entitled him to the first place in his country\u2019s love, and had destined for him the fairest page in the volume of faithful history, I ask so much confidence only as may give firmness & effect to the legal admn of your affairs.\n\nI shall often go wrong thro\u2019 defect of judgment: when right, I shall often be thought wrong by yos whse positns wll nt command a view of the whole ground.\n\nI ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional: & your support agnst the errors of others who may condemn wt they wd nt if seen in all it\u2019s parts.\n\nThe approbation implied by your suffrage, is a great consolation to me for the past; and my future solicitude will be to retain the good opinion of yosEdition: current; Page: [200] who hve bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that of others, by doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental to the happiness & freedom of all.\n\nRelying then on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire frm it whenevr you become sensible how mch better choice it is in your power to make.\n\nAnd may that infinite power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best, and give ym a favorable issue for your peace & prosperity.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 6, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nCharles Pinckney\n\nPinckney, Charles\n\nto charles pinckney\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 6, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of yesterday is just now put into my hands. It is so far from being improper to receive the communications you had in contemplation as to arrangements in your state, that I have been in the constant expectation you would find time to do me the favor of calling and making them, when we could in conversation explain them better than by writing, and I should with frankness & thankfulness enter into the explanations. The most valuable source of information we have is that of the members of the legislature, and it is one to which I have resorted & shall resort with great freedom. I expect Mr. Madison daily, and shall with pleasure join in conferences with yourself & him. But this ought not to prevent previous conversations between us. If you can be contented with a bad tavern dinner, I should be happy if you would come and dine Edition: current; Page: [201] with our mess to-morrow, if convenient to you, or the next day, and if you could come half an hour before dinner, I would be alone that we might have some conversation; say at half after two. Or if this should not suit you any other time will be acceptable to me, but that I might be absent or engaged. Accept assurances of sincere esteem and respect from &c.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 6, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJohn Dickinson\n\nDickinson, John\n\nto john dickinson\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 6, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014No pleasure can exceed that which I received from reading your letter of the 21st ult. It was like the joy we expect in the mansions of the blessed, when received with the embraces of our fathers, we shall be welcomed with their blessing as having done our part not unworthily of them. The storm through which we have passed, has been tremendous indeed. The tough sides of our Argosie have been thoroughly tried. Her strength has stood the waves into which she was steered, with a view to sink her. We shall put her on her republican tack, & she will now show by the beauty of her motion the skill of her builders. Figure apart, our fellow citizens have been led hood-winked from their principles, by a most extraordinary combination of circumstances. But the band is removed, and they now see for themselves. I hope to see shortly a perfect consolidation, to effect which, nothing shall be spared on my part, short of the abandonment of the principles of our revolution. A just and solid Edition: current; Page: [202] republican government maintained here, will be a standing monument & example for the aim & imitation of the people of other countries; and I join with you in the hope and belief that they will see, from our example, that a free government is of all others the most energetic; that the inquiry which has been excited among the mass of mankind by our revolution & it\u2019s consequences, will ameliorate the condition of man over a great portion of the globe. What a satisfaction have we in the contemplation of the benevolent effects of our efforts, compared with those of the leaders on the other side, who have discountenanced all advances in science as dangerous innovations, have endeavored to render philosophy and republicanism terms of reproach, to persuade us that man cannot be governed but by the rod, &c. I shall have the happiness of living & dying in the contrary hope. Accept assurances of my constant and sincere respect and attachment, and my affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 7, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb [i. e. Mar.] 7, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I had written the enclosed letter to Mrs. Trist, and was just proceeding to begin one to you, when your favor of the 6th was put into my hands. I thank you sincerely for it, and consider the views of it so sound, that I have communicated it to my coadjutors as one of our important evidences of the public sentiment, according to which we must shape our course. I suspect, partly from this, but Edition: current; Page: [203] more from a letter of J. Taylor\u2019s which had been put into my hands, that an incorrect idea of my views had got abroad. I am in hopes my inaugural address will in some measure set this to rights, as it will present the leading objects to be conciliation and adherence to sound principle. This I know is impracticable with the leaders of the late faction, whom I abandon as incurables, & will never turn an inch out of my way to reconcile them. But with the main body of the federalists, I believe it very practicable. You know that the man\u0153uvres of the year X. Y. Z. carried over from us a great body of the people, real republicans, & honest men under virtuous motives. The delusion lasted a while. At length the poor arts of tub plots, &c. were repeated till the designs of the party became suspected. From that moment those who had left us began to come back. It was by their return to us that we gained the victory in Nov, 1800, which we should not have gained in Nov, 1799. But during the suspension of the public mind from the 11th to the 17th of Feb, and the anxiety & alarm lest there should be no election, & anarchy ensue, a wonderful effect was produced on the mass of federalists who had not before come over. Those who had before become sensible of their error in the former change, & only wanted a decent excuse for coming back, seized that occasion for doing so. Another body, and a large one it is, who from timidity of constitution had gone with those who wished for a strong executive, were induced by the same timidity to come over to us rather than risk anarchy: so that, according to the Edition: current; Page: [204] evidence we receive from every direction, we may say that the whole of that portion of the people which were called federalists, were made to desire anxiously the very event they had just before opposed with all their energies, and to receive the election which was made, as an object of their earnest wishes, a child of their own. These people (I always exclude their leaders) are now aggregated with us, they look with a certain degree of affection and confidence to the administration, ready to become attached to it, if it avoids in the outset acts which might revolt and throw them off. To give time for a perfect consolidation seems prudent. I have firmly refused to follow the counsels of those who have advised the giving offices to some of their leaders, in order to reconcile. I have given, and will give only to republicans, under existing circumstances. But I believe with others, that deprivations of office, if made on the ground of political principles alone, would revolt our new converts, and give a body to leaders who now stand alone. Some, I know, must be made. They must be as few as possible, done gradually, and bottomed on some malversation or inherent disqualification. Where we shall draw the line between retaining all & none, is not yet settled, and will not be till we get our administration together; and perhaps even then, we shall proceed \u00e0 talons, balancing our measures according to the impression we perceive them to make.\n\nThis may give you a general view of our plan. Should you be in Albemarle the first week in April, I shall have the pleasure of seeing you there, and of Edition: current; Page: [205] developing things more particularly, and of profiting by an intercommunication of views. Dawson sails for France about the fifteenth, as the bearer only of the treaty to Elsworth & Murray. He has probably asked your commands, and your introductory letters.\n\nPresent my respects to Mrs. Monroe, and accept assurances of my high and affectionate consideration and attachment.\n\n\u2014I have to acknowledge your friendly letter of Feb. 9 as well as a former one. Before that came to hand an arrangement had been settled; and in our country you know, talents alone are not to be the determining circumstance, but a geographical equilibrium is to a certain degree expected. The different parts in the union expect to share the public appointments. The character you point out was known to me & valued of old. On the whole I hope we shall make up an administration which will unite a great mass of confidence, and bid defiance to the plans of opposition meditated by leaders who are now almost destitute of followers. If we can hit on the true line of conduct which may conciliate the honest part of those who were called federalists, & do justice to those who have so long been excluded from it, I shall hope to be able to obliterate, or rather to unite the names of federalists Edition: current; Page: [206] & republicans. The way to effect it is to preserve principle, but to treat tenderly those who have been estranged from us, & dispose their minds to view our proceedings with candour. This will end in approbation.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 9, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nThomas M\u2019Kean\n\nM\u2019Kean, Thomas\n\nto thomas m\u2019kean\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 9, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Feb. 20, and to thank you for your congratulations on the event of the election. Had it terminated in the elevation of Mr. Burr, every republican would, I am sure, have acquiesced in a moment; because, however it might have been variant from the intentions of the voters, yet it would have been agreeable to the Constitution. No man would more cheerfully have submitted than myself, because I am sure the administration would have been republican, and the chair of the Senate permitting me to be at home 8. months in the year, would, on that account, have been much more consonant to my real satisfaction. But in the event of an usurpation, I was decidedly with those who were determined not to permit it. Because that precedent once set, would be artificially reproduced, and end soon in a dictator. Virginia was bristling up I believe. I shall know the particulars from Gov. Monroe, whom I expect to meet in a short visit I must make home, to select some books, &c. necessary here, & make other domestic arrangements.\n\nI am sorry you committed to the flames the communication Edition: current; Page: [207] of details you mention to have been preparing for me. They would have been highly acceptable, and would now be very encouraging, if [?] shouldered on two such massive columns as Pena. & Virga., nothing is to be feared. If it were not too troublesome I would still [faded] the communication at some leisure moment. I am sorry to see the germ of [rest of letter missing].\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 9, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nSamuel Smith\n\nSmith, Samuel\n\nto samuel smith\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 9, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014By the time you receive this, you will have been at home long enough I hope to take a view of the possibilities, and of the arrangements which may enable you so to dispose of your private affairs, as to take a share in those of the public, and give your aid as Secretary of the Navy. If you can be added to the administration I am forming it will constitute a magistracy entirely possessed of the public confidence, that I shall [faded]. There is nothing to which a nation is not equal when it pours all its energies & zeal into the hands of those to whom they confide the direction of their force. You will bring us the benefit of adding in a considerable degree the acquiescence at least of the leaders who have hitherto opposed. Your geographical situation too is peculiarly advantageous, and will favor the policy of drawing our naval resources towards the states from which their benefits and production may be extended equally to all parts. But what renders Edition: current; Page: [208] it a matter not only of desire to us, but permit me to say, of moral duty in you, is that if you refuse where are we to find a substitute? You know that the knowledge of naval matters in this country is confined entirely to persons who are under other absolutely disqualifying circumstances. Let me then, dear sir, entreat you to join in conducting the affairs of our country, and to prove by consequences that the views they entertain in the change of their servants are not to be without effect. In short if you refuse I must abandon from necessity, what I have been so falsely charged with doing from choice, the expectation of procuring to our country such benefits as may compensate the expenses of their navy. I hope therefore you will accede to the proposition. Everything shall be yielded which may accommodate it to your affairs. Let me hear from you favorably & soon. Accept assurances of my high & friendly consideration and esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 12, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (james madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 12, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I offer you my sincere condolences on the melancholy loss which has detained you at home: and am entirely sensible of the necessities it will have imposed on you for further delay. Mr. Lincoln has undertaken the duties of your office per interim, and will continue till you can come. General Dearborn is in the War Department. Mr. Gallatin, though Edition: current; Page: [209] unappointed, has stayed till now to give us the benefit of his counsel. He cannot enter into office till my return, and he leaves us tomorrow. In the meantime Dexter continues. Stoddart also accommodated me by staying till I could provide a successor. This I find next to impossible. R. R. L. first refused. Then Genl. Smith refused. Next Langdon. I am now returning on Genl. Smith, but with little confidence of success. If he will undertake 6. months or even 12. months hence I will appoint Lear in the meantime. He promised, if Langdon would take it for six months, he would in that time so dispose of his business as to come in. This makes me hope he may now accept in that way. If he does not, there is no remedy but to appoint Lear permanently. He is equal to the office if he possessed equally the confidence of the public. What a misfortune to the public that R. Morris has fallen from his height of character. If he could get from confinement, and the public give him confidence, he would be a most valuable officer in that station & in our council. But these are two impossibilities in the way. I have ordered my chair and horses to meet me at Heron\u2019s on the 22d inst. not that I count on being there punctually on that day, but as near it as I can. I shall be at home a fortnight. I hope you will find it convenient to come on when I do or very soon after. Doctor Thornton means to propose to rent his house to you. It will be some two or three hundred yards distant from your office, but also that much nearer towards the Capitol. We shall have an agreeable society here, and not too much of it. Present my Edition: current; Page: [210] esteem to Mrs. Madison and accept yourself assurances of my constant and sincere attachment.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 17, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nPhillip Mazzei\n\nMazzei, Phillip\n\nto phillip mazzei\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 17, 1801\n\n.\n\nMy Dear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your letter of Dec. 6. is just received, and a person leaving this place tomorrow morning for Paris, gives me a safe conveyance for this letter to that place. I shall depend on Mr. Short\u2019s finding a conveyance from thence. Yet as I know not what that conveyance may be, I shall hazard nothing but small and familiar matters. My health, which wore a very threatening aspect at the date of the letter alluded to in yours, became soon reestablished and has been very perfect ever since. My only fear now is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. It is customary here to \u201cwish joy\u201d to a new married couple, and this is generally done by those present in the moment after the ceremony. A friend of mine however always delayed the wish of joy till one year after the ceremony, because he observed they had by that time need of it. I am entitled fully then to express the wish to you as you must now have been married at least three years. I have no doubt however that you have found real joy in the possession of a good wife, and the endearments of a child. The vetches you were so good as to send by Baltimore came safely to hand; and being by that time withdrawn from my farm into public life again, I consigned them to a Edition: current; Page: [211] friend. The seeds which I sent you were of the Cymbling (cucurbita vermeosa) & squash (cucurbita melopipo) the latter grows with erect stems; the former trails on the ground altogether. The squash is the best tasted. But if you will plant the cymbling and pumpkin near together, you will produce the perfect equivalent of the squash, and I am persuaded the squash was originally so produced and that it is a hybridal plant. I perceive by these inquiries in your letter as well as by your express mention, that my latter letters have not reached you. I have regularly written to you once a year, and in one of these I answered these same inquiries fully. Should you be able to send me any plants of good fruit, and especially of peaches and eating grapes, they will be thankfully received and will be forwarded to me from any custom house of the United States. They should leave your continent as early in autumn as they can be taken up. You mention that E. Randolph expected to recover from Alexander the value of certificates left in the hands of Webb. Webb, Alexander & E. R. are all bankrupt, the first dead. That is desperate therefore; nor do I know of any thing unsettled of yours in this country, from which anything is to be expected but the price of Colle and Anderson\u2019s bill. I think I shall be able finally to settle the affair of Colle on my return home, and to remit the amount of both to our friends V. Staphorsts. I meant to have solicited his amount for Derieux and his wife, who are reduced to the most abject poverty. They have 8. or 10. children, who often need the first necessaries of life. He is living on a small farm in Edition: current; Page: [212] one of the western counties, which some of us joined in buying a lease of for 20. years, and a horse &c. to stock it. He had before exhausted us in the article of contributions, so that this was the last he could expect. How far the change in your own situation renders this aid reasonably to be expected, is now questionable. You will have time to say yourself. Both the James Madisons, to wit, of Williamsbg and of Orange are living and well. The latter is now Secretary of State, but not yet come on. His father [faded]. He with Gallatin as Secretary of the Treasury, Genl. Dearborn, Secretary at War and Mr. Lincoln Attorney Genl compose the new administration of the U. S. The person proposed as Secretary of the Navy has not yet accepted. I add no signature because of the perils by land and sea to which this may be exposed, but you can be at no loss from whom it comes. I shall be happy to hear from you often. Accept assurances of my constant & affectionate friendship. Adieu.\n\n\u2014Your letters of Oct. 1st, 4th, 6th 16th, came duly to hand, and the papers which they covered were according to your permission, published in the newspapers and in a pamphlet, and under your own name. These papers contain precisely our principles, and I hope they will be generally recognized here. Determined as we are to avoid, if possible, wasting Edition: current; Page: [213] the energies of our people in war and destruction, we shall avoid implicating ourselves with the powers of Europe, even in support of principles which we mean to pursue. They have so many other interests different from ours that we must avoid being entangled in them.\u2014We believe that we can enforce those principles as to ourselves by peaceful means, now that we are likely to have our public councils detached from foreign views. The return of our citizens from the phrenzy into which they have been wrought, partly by ill conduct in France, partly by artifices practised upon them, is almost extinct, and will, I believe become quite so. But these details, too minute and long for a letter, will be better developed by Mr. Dawson the bearer of this a member of the late congress, to whom I refer you for them. He goes in the Maryland sloop of war, which will wait a few days at Harve to receive his letters to be written on his arrival at Paris. You expressed a wish to get a passage to this country in a public vessel. Mr. Dawson is charged with orders to the captain of the Maryland to receive and accommodate you back if you can be ready to depart at such short warning. Rob. R. Livingston is appointed minister plenipotentiary to the republic of France, but will not leave this, till we receive the ratification of the convention by Mr. Dawson. I am in hopes you will find us returned generally to sentiments worthy of former times. In these it will be your glory to have steadily laboured and with as much effect as any man living. That you may long live to continue your useful labours and to reap the reward in the thankfulness of nations is my Edition: current; Page: [214] sincere prayer. Accept assurance of my high esteem and affectionate attachment.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar 20, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJoseph Mathias G\u00e9rard de Rayneval\n\nRayneval, Joseph Mathias G\u00e9rard de\n\nto joseph mathias g\u00e9rard de rayneval\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar 20, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Mr. Pichon, who arrived two days ago, delivered me your favor of Jan 1, and I had before received one by Mr. Dupont, dated Aug 24, 99, both on the subject of lands, claimed on behalf of your brother, Mr. Gerard, and that of Aug 24, containing a statement of the case. I had verbally explained to Mr. Dupont, at the time, what I presumed to have been the case, which must, I believe, be very much mistaken in the statement sent with that letter; and I expected he had communicated it to you.\n\nDuring the regal government, two companies, called the Loyal & the Ohio companies, had obtained grants from the crown for 800,000, or 1,000,000 of acres of land, each, on the Ohio, on condition of settling them in a given number of years. They surveyed some, & settled them; but the war of 1755 came on, & broke up the settlements. After it was over, they petitioned for a renewal. Four other large companies then formed themselves, called the Mississippi, the Illinois, the Wabash, & the Indiana companies, each praying for immense quantities of land, some amounting to 200 miles square; so that they proposed to cover the whole country north between the Ohio & Mississippi, & a great portion of what is south. All these petitions were depending, without any answer whatever from the crown, when Edition: current; Page: [215] the Revolution war broke out. The petitioners had associated to themselves some of the nobility of England, & most of the characters in America of great influence. When Congress assumed the government, they took some of their body in as partners, to obtain their influence; and I remembered to have heard, at the time, that one of them took Mr. Gerard as a partner, expecting by that to obtain the influence of the French court, to obtain grants of those lands which they had not been able to obtain from the British government. All these lands were within the limits of Virginia and that State determined, peremptorily, that they never should be granted to large companies, but left open equally to all; and when they passed their land law, (which I think was in 1778,) they confirmed only so much of the lands of the Loyal company as they had actually surveyed, which was a very small proportion, and annulled every other pretension. And when that State conveyed the lands to Congress, (which was not till 1784,) so determined were they to prevent their being granted to these or any other large companies, that they made it an express condition of the cession, that they should be applied first towards the soldiers\u2019 bounties, and the residue sold for the paiment of the national debt and for no other purpose. This disposition has been, accordingly, rigorously made, and is still going on; and Congress considers itself as having no authority to dispose of them otherwise.\n\nI will particularly note the errors in the statement of Aug 99. It says the Congress granted to the Wabash company the lands on that river dividing Edition: current; Page: [216] them into 82 lots. Congress never meddled with them (much less granted them) till after the cession of Virginia. The company consisted perhaps of 80. persons, and of course the lands if they had been obtained, would have been divided into so many lots. It says \u201cagain made this grant direct as a proof of their esteem &c.\u201d Mr. Gerard left this country in 1779. The cession of lands by Virginia to Congress was not till 1784. It says that this intention of Congress was submitted to Lewis XVI. who [faded] his minister to accept it. I believe the fact was that when the Wabash company proposed to associate Mr. Gerard as a partner, he thought it necessary first to ask leave from his sovereign who gave his assent. But in all this transaction Congress had nothing to do & meddled not.\n\nI sincerely wish, Sir, it had been in my power to have given you a more agreeable account of this claim. But as the case actually is, the most substantial service is to state it exactly, and not to foster false expectations. I remember with great sensibility all the attentions you were so good as to render me while I resided in Paris, and shall be made happy by every occasion which can be given me of acknowledging them; and the expressions of your friendly recollection are particularly soothing to me.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar 21, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nDoctor Joseph Priestley\n\nPriestley, Doctor Joseph\n\nto doctor joseph priestley\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar 21, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I learnt some time ago that you were in Philadelphia, but that it was only for a fortnight; Edition: current; Page: [217] & supposed you were gone. It was not till yesterday I received information that you were still there, had been very ill, but were on the recovery. I sincerely rejoice that you are so. Yours is one of the few lives precious to mankind, & for the continuance of which every thinking man is solicitous. Bigots may be an exception. What an effort, my dear Sir, of bigotry in Politics & Religion have we gone through! The barbarians really flattered themselves they should be able to bring back the times of Vandalism, when ignorance put everything into the hands of power & priestcraft. All advances in science were proscribed as innovations. They pretended to praise and encourage education, but it was to be the education of our ancestors. We were to look backwards, not forwards, for improvement; the President himself declaring, in one of his answers to addresses, that we were never to expect to go beyond them in real science. This was the real ground of all the attacks on you. Those who live by mystery & charlatanerie, fearing you would render them useless by simplifying the Christian philosophy,\u2014the most sublime & benevolent, but most perverted system that ever shone on man,\u2014endeavored to crush your well-earnt & well-deserved fame. But it was the Lilliputians upon Gulliver. Our countrymen have recovered from the alarm into which art & industry had thrown them; science & honesty are replaced on their high ground; and you, my dear Sir, as their great apostle, are on it\u2019s pinnacle. It is with heartfelt satisfaction that, in the first moments of my public action, I can hail you with welcome to our land, tender to Edition: current; Page: [218] you the homage of it\u2019s respect & esteem, cover you under the protection of those laws which were made for the wise and good like you, and disdain the legitimacy of that libel on legislation, which, under the form of a law, was for some time placed among them.1\n\nAs the storm is now subsiding, and the horizon becoming serene, it is pleasant to consider the phenomenon with attention. We can no longer say there is nothing new under the sun. For this whole chapter in the history of man is new. The great extent of our Republic is new. Its sparse habitation is new. The mighty wave of public opinion which has rolled over it is new. But the most pleasing novelty is, it\u2019s so quickly subsiding over such an extent of surface to it\u2019s true level again. The order & good sense displayed in this recovery from delusion, and in the momentous crisis which lately arose, really bespeak a strength of character in our nation which augurs well for the duration of our Republic; & I am much better satisfied now of it\u2019s stability than I was before it was tried. I have been, above all things, solaced by the prospect which opened on us, in the event of a non-election of a President; in which case, the federal government would have been in the situation of a clock or watch run down. There was no idea of force, nor of any occasion for it. A convention, invited by the Republican members of Congress, with the virtual President & Vice President, would have been on the ground in 8. weeks, would have repaired the Constitution where it was Edition: current; Page: [219] defective, & wound it up again. This peaceable & legitimate resource, to which we are in the habit of implicit obedience, superseding all appeal to force, and being always within our reach, shows a precious principle of self-preservation in our composition, till a change of circumstances shall take place, which is not within prospect at any definite period.\n\nBut I have got into a long disquisition on politics, when I only meant to express my sympathy in the state of your health, and to tender you all the affections of public & private hospitality. I should be very happy indeed to see you here. I leave this about the 30th inst., to return about the twenty-fifth of April. If you do not leave Philadelphia before that, a little excursion hither would help your health. I should be much gratified with the possession of a guest I so much esteem, and should claim a right to lodge you, should you make such an excursion.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 21, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nDoctor George Logan\n\nDoctor Logan, George\n\nto doctor george logan\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 21, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014An immense press of business has prevented me sooner acknowleging your favors of Feb. 20. and 27. I join you in congratulations on the return of republican ascendancy; and also in a sense of the necessity of restoring freedom to the ocean. But I doubt, with you, whether the U. S. ought to join in an armed confederacy for that purpose; or rather I am satisfied they ought not. It ought to Edition: current; Page: [220] be the very first object of our pursuits to have nothing to do with the European interests and politics. Let them be free or slaves at will, navigators or agricultural, swallowed into one government or divided into a thousand, we have nothing to fear from them in any form. If therefore to take a part in their conflicts would be to divert our energies from creation to destruction. Our commerce is so valuable to them that they will be glad to purchase it when the only price we ask is to do us justice. I believe we have in our own hands the means of peaceable coercion; and that the moment they see our government so united as that they can make use of it, they will for their own interest be disposed to do us justice. In this way you shall not be obliged by any treaty of confederation to go to war for injuries done to others.\n\nI will pray you to make my affectionate respects acceptable to Mrs. Logan and to receive yourself assurances of my constant esteem & attachment.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar 22, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nNathaniel Niles\n\nNiles, Nathaniel\n\nto nathaniel niles\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar 22, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Feb 12, which did not get to my hands till Mar 2, is entitled to my acknowledgments. It was the more agreeable as it proved that the esteem I had entertained for you while we were acting together on the public stage, had not been without reciprocated effect. What wonderful scenes have passed since that time! The late chapter Edition: current; Page: [221] of our history furnishes a lesson to man perfectly new. The times have been awful, but they have proved an useful truth, that the good citizen must never despair of the commonwealth. How many good men abandoned the deck, & gave up the vessel as lost. It furnishes a new proof of the falsehood of Montesquieu\u2019s doctrine, that a republic can be preserved only in a small territory. The reverse is the truth. Had our territory been even a third only of what it is, we were gone. But while frenzy & delusion like an epidemic, gained certain parts, the residue remained sound & untouched, and held on till their brethren could recover from the temporary delusion; and that circumstance has given me great comfort. There was general alarm during the pending of the election in Congress, lest no President should be chosen, the government be dissolved and anarchy ensue. But the cool determination of the really patriotic to call a convention in that case, which might be on the ground in 8. weeks, and wind up the machine again which had only run down, pointed out to my mind a perpetual & peaceable resource against [faded] force (?) [faded] in whatever extremity might befall us; and I am certain a convention would have commanded immediate and universal obedience. How happy that our army had been disbanded! What might have happened otherwise seems rather a subject of reflection than explanation. You have seen your recommendation of Mr. Willard duly respected. As to yourself, I hope we shall see you again in Congress. Accept assurances of my high respect and attachment.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [222]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 23, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nWilliam B. Giles\n\nGiles, William B.\n\nto william b. giles\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 23, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received two days ago your favor of the 16th, and thank you for your kind felicitations on my election; but whether it will be a subject of felicitation, permanently, will be for the chapters of future history to say. The important subjects of the government I meet with some degree of courage and confidence, because I do believe the talents to be associated with me, the honest line of conduct we will religiously pursue at home and abroad, and the confidence of my fellow citizens dawning on us, will be equal to these objects.\n\nBut there is another branch of duty which I must meet with courage too, though I cannot without pain; that is, the appointments & disappointments as to offices. Madison & Gallatin being still absent, we have not yet decided on our rules of conduct as to these. That some ought to be removed from office, & that all ought not, all mankind will agree. But where to draw the line, perhaps no two will agree. Consequently, nothing like a general approbation on this subject can be looked for. Some principles have been the subject of conversation, but not of determination; e. g., 1, all appointments to civil offices during pleasure, made after the event of the election was certainly known to Mr. A, are considered as nullities. I do not view the persons appointed as even candidates for the office, but make others without noticing or notifying them. Mr. A\u2019s best friends have agreed this is right. 2. Officers who have been guilty of official malconduct are proper Edition: current; Page: [223] subjects of removal. 3. Good men, to whom there is no objection but a difference of political principle, practised on only as far as the right of a private citizen will justify, are not proper subjects of removal, except in the case of attorneys & marshals. The courts being so decidedly federal & irremovable, it is believed that republican attorneys & marshals, being the doors of entrance into the courts, are indispensably necessary as a shield to the republican part of our fellow citizens, which, I believe, is the main body of the people.\n\nThese principles are yet to be considered of, and I sketch them to you in confidence. Not that there is objection to your mooting them as subjects of conversation, and as proceeding from yourself, but not as matters of executive determination. Nay, farther, I will thank you for your own sentiments and those of others on them. If received before the 20th of April, they will be in time for our deliberation on the subject. You know that it was in the year X. Y. Z. that so great a transition from us to the other side took place, & with as real republicans as we were ourselves; that these, after getting over that delusion, have been returning to us, and that it is to that return we owe a triumph in 1800, which in 1799 would have been the other way. The week\u2019s suspension of the election before Congress, seems almost to have completed that business, and to have brought over nearly the whole remaining mass. They now find themselves with us, & separated from their quondam leaders. If we can but avoid shocking their feelings by unnecessary acts of severity Edition: current; Page: [224] against their late friends, they will in a little time cement & form one mass with us, & by these means harmony & union be restored to our country, which would be the greatest good we could effect. It was a conviction that these people did not differ from us in principle, which induced me to define the principles which I deemed orthodox, & to urge a reunion on those principles; and I am induced to hope it has conciliated many. I do not speak of the desperadoes of the quondam faction in & out of Congress. These I consider as incurables, on whom all attentions would be lost, & therefore will not be wasted. But my wish is, to keep their flock from returning to them.\n\nOn the subject of the marshal of Virginia, I refer you confidentially to Majr Egglestone for information. I leave this about this day se\u2019nnight, to make some arrangements at home preparatory to my final removal to this place, from which I shall be absent about three weeks.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nWilliam Findley\n\nFindley, William\n\nto william findley\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favors of Feb. 28 & Mar. 5. I thank you for the information they contain, and will always be thankful to you for information in the same line. It will always be interesting to me to know the impression made by any particular thing on the public mind. My idea is that where two measures are equally right, it is a duty to the people to adopt that Edition: current; Page: [225] one which is most agreeable to them; and where a measure not agreeable to them has been adopted, it is desirable to know it, because it is an admonition to a review of that measure to see if it has been really right, and to correct it if mistaken. It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion. As to the character of the appointments which have been, & will be made, I have less fear as to the satisfaction they will give, provided the real appointments only be attended to, and not the lying ones of which the papers are daily full. The paper which probably will be correct in that article will be Smith\u2019s, who is at hand to get his information from the offices. But as to removals from office, great differences of opinion exist. That some ought to be removed all will agree. That all should, nobody will say: And no two will probably draw the same line between these two extremes; consequently nothing like general approbation can be expected. Malconduct is a just ground of removal: mere difference of political opinion is not. The temper of some states requires a stronger procedure, that of others would be more alienated even by a milder course. Taking into consideration all circumstances we can only do in every case what to us seems best, and trust to the indulgence of our fellow-citizens who may see the same matter in a different point of view. The nominations crowded in by Mr. Adams after he knew he was not appointing for himself, I treat as mere nullities. His best friends do not disapprove of this. Time, Edition: current; Page: [226] prudence and patience will perhaps get us over this whole difficulty. Accept assurances of my high esteem & best wishes; & let me hear from you frequently, tho\u2019 it will be impossible for me to reciprocate frequently.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nSamuel Smith\n\nSmith, Samuel\n\nto samuel smith\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 20th. The appointment of Secy. of the Navy, was immediately in receipt of your letter declining it, proposed to Mr. Jones of Philadelphia. I cannot have an answer from him till the night of the 26th. But I have great reason to expect a negative. In that case I will gladly for the public accept your offer to undertake it for a time. Besides that it will comprehend important questions to be immediately carried into effect; it will give us time to look for a successor. I mention it now in hopes that in the moment you receive notice from me of Mr. Jones\u2019 refusal, if it takes place, you may be so good as to be in readiness to come here for a few days. If I receive Jones\u2019 refusal on Thursday night you shall hear from me Friday night, & may be here I hope yourself on Saturday night. Sunday & Monday will probably suffice for the first decisions necessary, so that I may get away on Tuesday, which now becomes very urgent.\n\nI inclose you the answer to the address you forwarded me. Though the expressions of good will from my fellow-citizens cannot but be grateful to Edition: current; Page: [227] me, yet I would rather relinquish the gratification, and see republican self-respect prevail over movements of the heart too capable of misleading the person to whom they are addressed. However, their will, not mine, be done.\n\nMr. Kelty is appointed judge in the room of Mr. Duval. Mr. Nicholas\u2019s being a Virginian is a bar. It is essential that I be on my guard in appointing persons from that state. I sincerely wish Genl. Wilkinson could be appointed as you propose. But besides the objection from principle that no military commander should be so placed as to have no civil superior, his residence at the Natchez is entirely inconsistent with his superintendence of the military posts. This would then devolve on Hamtranck, who is represented as unequal to it. We must help Wilkinson in some other way. Be pleased to present my respects to Mrs. Smith & to accept yourself assurances of my high consideration & esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto robert r. livingston\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 12th is just now at hand. With respect to the time of your departure it will depend on the return of Mr. Dawson with the ratification of the Convention. We may expect this in 4. months: so that you may have time enough to prepare for your departure soon after his arrival. We shall join with you a Secretary of Legation, to guard against any accident happening to yourself: Edition: current; Page: [228] and as we consider it advantageous to the public to make these apprenticeships to prepare subjects for principal duties hereafter, such a character has been sought out as will form a proper subject of future expectation. The elder son of General Sumpter from his rank in life & fortune, from an extraordinary degree of sound understanding & discretion, and the amiability of his temper & gentlemanly manners, has attracted our attention; it is proposed therefore to give him a commission of Secretary of Legation to accompany you, but it is not known that he will accept.1 If he does, he will probably meet you there, Edition: current; Page: [229] or more likely precede you. Accept assurances of my constant esteem, & high consideration & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMarch 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nDoctor Benjamin Rush\n\nRush, Doctor Benjamin\n\nto doctor benjamin rush\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMarch 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknolege the receipt of your friendly favor of the 12th, and the pleasing Edition: current; Page: [230] sensations produced in my mind by it\u2019s affectionate contents. I am made very happy by learning that the sentiments expressed in my inaugural address gave general satisfaction, and holds out a ground on which our fellow citizens can once more unite. I am the more pleased, because these sentiments have been long and radically mine, and therefore will be pursued honestly and conscientiously. I know there is an obstacle which very possibly may check the confidence which would otherwise have been more generally reposed in my observance of these principles. This obstacle does not arise from the measures to be pursued, as to which I am in no fear of giving satisfaction, but from appointments & disappointments as to office. With regard to appointments, I have so much confidence in the justice and good sense of the federalists, that I have no doubt they will concur in the fairness of the position, that after they have been in the exclusive possession of all offices from the very first origin of party among us, to the 3d of March, at 9. o\u2019clock in the night, no republican ever admitted, & this doctrine newly avowed, it is now perfectly just that the republicans should come in for the vacancies which may fall in, until something like an equilibrium in office be restored; after which \u201cTros Tyriusque nullo discrimine habetur.\u201d But the great stumbling block will be removals, which tho\u2019 made on those just principles only on which my predecessor ought to have removed the same persons, will nevertheless be ascribed to removal on party principles. Imprimis. I will expunge the effects of Mr. A.\u2019s indecent conduct, Edition: current; Page: [231] in crowding nominations after he knew they were not for himself, till 9 o\u2019clock of the night, at 12. o\u2019clock of which he was to go out of office. So far as they are during pleasure, I shall not consider the persons named, even as candidates for the office, nor pay the respect of notifying them that I consider what was done as a nullity. 2d. Some removals must be made for misconduct. One of these is of the marshal in your city, who being an officer of justice, intrusted with the function of choosing impartial judges for the trial of his fellow citizens, placed at the awful tribunal of God & their country, selected judges who either avowed, or were known to him to be predetermined to condemn; and if the lives of the unfortunate persons were not cut short by the sword of the law, it was not for want of his good-will. In another State I have to perform the same act of justice on the dearest connection of my dearest friend, for similar conduct, in a case not capital. The same practice of packing juries, & prosecuting their fellow citizens with the bitterness of party hatred, will probably involve several other marshals & attornies. Out of this line I see but very few instances where past misconduct has been in a degree to call for notice. Of the thousand of officers therefore, in the U S, a very few individuals only, probably not 20., will be removed; & these only for doing what they ought not to have done. 2. or 3. instances indeed where Mr. A. removed men because they would not sign addresses, &c., to him, will be rectified\u2014the persons restored. The whole world will say this is just. I know that in stopping thus Edition: current; Page: [232] short in the career of removal, I shall give great offence to many of my friends. That torrent has been pressing me heavily, & will require all my force to bear up against; but my maxim is \u201cfiat justitia, ruat c\u0153lum.\u201d After the first unfavorable impressions of doing too much in the opinion of some, & too little in that of others, shall be got over, I should hope a steady line of conciliation very practicable, and that without yielding a single republican principle. A certainty that these principles prevailed in the breasts of the main body of federalists, was my motive for stating them as the ground of reunion. I have said thus much for your private satisfaction, to be used even in private conversation, as the presumptive principles on which we shall act, but not as proceeding from myself declaredly. Information lately received from France gives a high idea of the progress of science there; it seems to keep pace with their victories. I have just received from the A. P. Society, two volumes of Comparative Anatomy, by Cuvier, probably the greatest work in that line that has ever appeared. His comparisons embrace every organ of the animal carcass; and from man to the rotifer. Accept assurances of my sincere friendship, & high consideration & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar 26, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nDon Joseph Yznardi\n\nYznardi, Don Joseph\n\nto the spanish charg\u00e9 (don joseph yznardi.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar 26, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The Secretary of State is proceeding in the consideration of the several matters which Edition: current; Page: [233] have been proposed to us by you, and will prepare answers to them, and particularly as to our vessels taken by French cruisers, & carried into the ports of Spain, contrary, as we suppose, to the tenor of the convention with France. Tho\u2019 ordinary business will be regularly transacted with you by the Secretary of State, yet considering what you mentioned as to our minister at Madrid to have been private and confidential, I take it out of the official course, and observe to you myself that under an intimate conviction of long standing in my mind, of the importance of an honest friendship with Spain, and one which shall identify her American interests with our own, I see in a strong point of view the necessity that the organ of communication which we establish near the King should possess the favor & confidence of that government. I have therefore destined for that mission a person whose accommodating & reasonable conduct, which will be still more fortified by instructions, will render him agreeable there, & an useful channel of communication between us. I have no doubt the new appointment by that government to this, in the room of the Chevalr d\u2019Yrujo, has been made under the influence of the same motives; but still, the Chevalr d\u2019Yrujo being intimately known to us, the integrity, sincerity, & reasonableness of his conduct having established in us a perfect confidence, in nowise diminished by the bickerings which took place between him and a former Secretary of State, whose irritable temper drew on more than one affair of the same kind, it will be a subject of regret if we lose him. However, if Edition: current; Page: [234] the interests of Spain require that his services should be employed elsewhere, it is the duty of a friend to acquiesce; and we shall certainly receive any successor the King may chuse to send, with every possible degree of favor & friendship. Our administration will not be collected till the end of the ensuing month; and consequently, till then, no other of the mutual interests of the two nations will be under our view, except those general assurances of friendship which I have before given you verbally, & now repeat. Accept, I pray you, assurances of my high consideration and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 26, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (James Madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 26, 1801\n\n.\n\nI am still here. Three refusals of the naval secretaryship have been received, and I am afraid of receiving a 4th this evening from Mr. Jones of Phila. In that case Genl. Smith has agreed to take it pro tempore so as to give me time; and I hope the moment it is in either his or Jones\u2019s hands, to get away; but this may be yet three four or five days. Lincoln is doing the duties of your office. He and Dearborn will remain here. Health, respect & affectionate attachment.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 26, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nMrs. Sarah Mease\n\nMease, Mrs. Sarah\n\nto mrs. sarah mease\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 26, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Madam,\n\n\u2014I am honored with your favor of the 20th inst. on the subject of Mr. Hall, & I readily Edition: current; Page: [235] ascribe honor to the motives from which it proceeds. The probable sufferings of a wife & numerous family are considerations which may lawfully weigh in the minds of the good, and ought to prevail when unopposed by others more weighty. It has not been the custom, nor would it be expedient for the Executive to enter into details of justification for the rejection of candidates for offices or removal of those who possess them. Your good sense will readily perceive to what such contests would lead. Yet my respect for your understanding and the value I set on your esteem, induce me, for your own private & personal satisfaction confidentially to say that an officer who is entrusted by the law with the sacred duty of naming judges of life and death for his fellow-citizens, and who selects them exclusively from among his political & party enemies, ought never to have in his power a second abuse of that tremendous magnitude. How many widows & orphans would have been this day weeping in the bitterness of their losses had not a milder sense of duty in another stayed the hand of the executioner. I mean no reflection on the conduct of the jurors. They acted according to their conscientious principles. I only condemn an officer, important in the administration of justice, who select judges for principles which lead necessarily to condemnation. He might as well lead his culprits to the scaffold at once without the mockery of trial. The sword of the law could never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes. Pardon, my dear Madam, these rigorous justifications of a Edition: current; Page: [236] duty which has been a painful one to me, & which has yet to be repeated in some cases of greater feeling. You will see in them proofs of my desire to preserve your esteem, & accept assurances of my highest consideration and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 27, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nHenry Knox\n\nKnox, Henry\n\nto henry knox\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 27, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received with great pleasure your favor of the 16. & it is with the greatest satisfaction I learn from all quarters that my inaugural address is considered as holding out a ground for conciliation & union. I am the more pleased with this, because the opinion therein stated as to the real ground of difference among us (to wit, the measures rendered most expedient by French enormities) is that which I have long entertained. I was always satisfied that the great body of those called Federalists were real republicans as well as Federalists. I know indeed that there are monarchists among us. One character of these is in theory only, & perfectly acquiescent in our form of government as it is, and not entertaining a thought of disturbing it merely on their theoretic opinions. A second class, at the head of which is our quondam colleague, are ardent for the introduction of monarchy, eager for armies, making more noise for a great naval establishment than better patriots who wish it on a national scale only, commensurate to our wants and to our means. This last class ought to be tolerated but not trusted. Edition: current; Page: [237] Believing that (excepting the ardent monarchists) all our citizens agreed in antient Whig principles, I thought it advisable to define & declare them, and let them see the ground on which we could rally: and the fact proving to be so that they agree in these principles I shall pursue them with more encouragement. I am aware that the necessity of a few removals for legal oppressions, delinquencies & other official malversations, may be misconstrued as done for political opinions, & produce hesitation in the coalition so much to be desired; but the extent of these will be too limited to make permanent impressions. In the class of removals however I do not rank the new appointments which Mr. A crowded in with whip & spur from the 12th of Dec. when the event of the election was known, (and consequently that he was making appointments, not for himself but his successor) until 9. o\u2019clock of the night at 12. o\u2019clock of which he was to go out of office. This outrage on decency should not have its effect, except in the life appointments which are irremovable. But as to the others I consider the nominations as nullities and will not view the persons appionted as even candidates for their office, much less as possessing it by any title meriting respect. I mention these things that the grounds and extent of the removals may be understood, & may not disturb the tendency to union. Indeed that union is already affected from N. York southwardly almost completely. In the N. England states it will be slower than elsewhere from peculiar circumstances better known to yourself than me. But we will go on attending with the utmost Edition: current; Page: [238] solicitude to their interests, & doing them impartial justice, and I have no doubt they will in time do justice to us. I have opened myself frankly because I wish to be understood by those who mean well, and are disposed to be just towards me, as you are. I know you will use it for good purposes only and for none unfriendly to me. I leave this place in a few days to make a short excursion home where some domestic arrangements are necessary previous to my final removal here, which will be about the latter end of April. Be so good as to present my respects to Mrs. Knox, & accept yourself assurances of my high consideration & esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 27, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nGeorge Jefferson\n\nJefferson, George\n\nto george jefferson\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 27, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknoledge the receipt of yours of Mar. 4, and to express to you the delight with which I found the just, disinterested, & honorable point of view in which you saw the proposition it covered. The resolution you so properly approved had long been formed in my mind. The public will never be made to believe that an appointment of a relative is made on the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family views; nor can they ever see with approbation offices, the disposal of which they entrust to their Presidents for public purposes, divided out as family property. Mr. Adams degraded himself infinitely by his conduct on this subject, as Genl. Washington had done himself the greatest honor. With two such examples to proceed Edition: current; Page: [239] by, I should be doubly inexcusable to err. It is true that this places the relations of the President in a worse situation than if he were a stranger, but the public good, which cannot be affected if it\u2019s confidence be lost, requires this sacrifice. Perhaps, too, it is compensated by sharing in the public esteem. I could not be satisfied till I assured you of the increased esteem with which this transaction fills me for you. Accept my affectionate expressions of it.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 29, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nSamuel Adams\n\nAdams, Samuel\n\nto samuel adams\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 29, 1801\n\n.\n\nI addressed a letter to you, my very dear & antient friend, on the 4th of March: not indeed to you by name, but through the medium of some of my fellow citizens, whom occasion called on me to address. In meditating the matter of that address, I often asked myself, is this exactly in the spirit of the patriarch of liberty, Samuel Adams? Is it as he would express it? Will he approve of it? I have felt a great deal for our country in the times we have seen. But individually for no one so much as yourself. When I have been told that you were avoided, insulted, frowned on, I could but ejaculate, \u201cFather, forgive them, for they know not what they do.\u201d I confess I felt an indignation for you, which for myself I have been able, under every trial, to keep entirely passive. However, the storm is over, and we are in port. The ship was not rigged for the service she was put on. We will show the smoothness of her motions on her Edition: current; Page: [240] republican tack. I hope we shall once more see harmony restored among our citizens, & an entire oblivion of past feuds. Some of the leaders who have most committed themselves cannot come into this. But I hope the great body of our fellow citizens will do it. I will sacrifice everything but principle to procure it. A few examples of justice on officers who have perverted their functions to the oppression of their fellow citizens, must, in justice to those citizens, be made. But opinion, & the just maintenance of it, shall never be a crime in my view: nor bring injury on the individual. Those whose misconduct in office ought to have produced their removal even by my predecessor, must not be protected by the delicacy due only to honest men. How much I lament that time has deprived me of your aid. It would have been a day of glory which should have called you to the first office of the administration. But give us your counsel my friend, and give us your blessing; and be assured that there exists not in the heart of man a more faithful esteem than mine to you, & that I shall ever bear you the most affectionate veneration and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 29, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nElbridge Gerry\n\nGerry, Elbridge\n\nto elbridge gerry\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 29, 1801\n\n.\n\nMy Dear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your two letters of Jan. 15 and Feb. 24, came safely to hand, and I thank you for the history of a transaction which will ever be interesting in our affairs. It has been very precisely as I had Edition: current; Page: [241] imagined. I thought, on your return, that if you had come forward boldly, and appealed to the public by a full statement, it would have had a great effect in your favor personally, & that of the republican cause then oppressed almost unto death. But I judged from a tact of the southern pulse. I suspect that of the north was different and decided your conduct; and perhaps it has been as well. If the revolution of sentiment has been later, it has perhaps been not less sure. At length it is arrived. What with the natural current of opinion which has been setting over to us for 18. months, and the immense impetus which was given it from the 11th to the 17th of Feb., we may now say that the U. S. from N. Y. southwardly, are as unanimous in the principles of \u201976, as they were in \u201976. The only difference is, that the leaders who remain behind are more numerous & bolder than the apostles of toryism in \u201976. The reason is, that we are now justly more tolerant than we could safely have been then, circumstanced as we were. Your part of the Union tho\u2019 as absolutely republican as ours, had drunk deeper of the delusion, & is therefore slower in recovering from it. The \u00e6gis of government, & the temples of religion & of justice, have all been prostituted there to toll us back to the times when we burnt witches. But your people will rise again. They will awake like Sampson from his sleep, & carry away the gates & posts of the city. You, my friend, are destined to rally them again under their former banner, and when called to the post, exercise it with firmness & with inflexible adherence to your own principles. The people will support you, notwithstanding the Edition: current; Page: [242] howlings of the ravenous crew from whose jaws they are escaping. It will be a great blessing to our country if we can once more restore harmony and social love among its citizens. I confess, as to myself, it is almost the first object of my heart, and one to which I would sacrifice everything but principle. With the people I have hopes of effecting it. But their Coryph\u00e6i are incurables. I expect little from them.\n\nI was not deluded by the eulogiums of the public papers in the first moments of change. If they could have continued to get all the loaves & fishes, that is, if I would have gone over to them, they would continue to eulogise. But I well knew that the moment that such removals should take place, as the justice of the preceding administration ought to have executed, their hue and cry would be set up, and they would take their old stand. I shall disregard that also. Mr. Adams\u2019 last appointments, when he knew he was naming counsellors & aids for me & not for himself, I set aside as far as depends on me. Officers who have been guilty of gross abuses of office, such as marshals packing juries, &c., I shall now remove, as my predecessor ought in justice to have done. The instances will be few, and governed by strict rule, & not party passion. The right of opinion shall suffer no invasion from me. Those who have acted well have nothing to fear, however they may have differed from me in opinion: those who have done ill, however, have nothing to hope; nor shall I fail to do justice lest it should be ascribed to that difference of opinion. A coalition of sentiments is not for the interest of Edition: current; Page: [243] printers. They, like the clergy, live by the zeal they can kindle, and the schisms they can create. It is contest of opinion in politics as well as religion which makes us take great interest in them, and bestow our money liberally on those who furnish aliment to our appetite. The mild and simple principles of the Christian philosophy would produce too much calm, too much regularity of good, to extract from it\u2019s disciples a support for a numerous priesthood, were they not to sophisticate it, ramify it, split it into hairs, and twist it\u2019s texts till they cover the divine morality of it\u2019s author with mysteries, and require a priesthood to explain them. The Quakers seem to have discovered this. They have no priests, therefore no schisms. They judge of the text by the dictates of common sense & common morality. So the printers can never leave us in a state of perfect rest and union of opinion. They would be no longer useful, and would have to go to the plough. In the first moments of quietude which have succeeded the election, they seem to have aroused their lying faculties beyond their ordinary state, to re-agitate the public mind. What appointments to office have they detailed which had never been thought of, merely to found a text for their calumniating commentaries. However, the steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early discontents, I expect that a just, dispassionate and steady conduct, will at length rally to a proper system the great body of our country. Unequivocal in principle, reasonable in manner, we shall be able I Edition: current; Page: [244] hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom & harmony. I shall be happy to hear from you often, to know your own sentiments & those of others on the course of things, and to concur with you in efforts for the common good. Your letters through the post will now come safely. Present my best respects to Mrs. Gerry, & accept yourself assurances of my constant esteem and high consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 29. 1801\n\nWashington\n\nGideon Granger\n\nGranger, Gideon\n\nto the postmaster-general (gideon granger.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 29. 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have long been indebted to you a letter; but it has been because you desired me to write by Mr. Ervin the bearer of yours, who is not yet gone back. But in the meantime I trust that the post is become a safe channel to and from me. I have heard indeed of some extraordinary licenses practiced in the post offices of your state, & there is nothing I desire so much as information of facts on that subject, to rectify the office. If you can be the means of furnishing them to me they will be thankfully & usefully esteemed. Nothing presents such difficulties of administration as offices. About appointments to them the rule is simple enough. The federalists having been in exclusive possession of them from the first origin of the party among us, to the 3d of Mar. 9. o\u2019clock p.m. of the evening, at 12 of which Mr. A. was to go out of office, their reason will acknolege the justice of giving vacancies as they Edition: current; Page: [245] happen to those who have been so long excluded, till the same general proportion prevails in office which exist out of it. But removals are more difficult. No one will say that all should be removed, or that none should. Yet no two scarcely draw the same lines. I consider as nullities all the appointments (of a removable character) crowded in by Mr. Adams when he knew he was appointing counsellors and agents for his successor and not for himself. Persons who have perverted their offices to the oppression of their fellow citizens, as marshals packing juries, attorneys grinding their legal victims, intolerants removing those under them for opinion\u2019s sake, substitutes for honest men removed for their republican principles, will probably find few advocates even among their quondam party. But the freedom of opinion, and the reasonable maintenance of it, is not a crime, and ought not to occasion injury. These are as yet matters under consideration, our administration having never yet been assembled to decide finally on them. However some of them have in the meantime been acted on in cases which pressed. There is one in your state which calls for decision, and on which Judge Lincoln will ask yourself and some others to consult & advise us. It is the case of Mr. Goodrich,1 whose being a recent appointment, Edition: current; Page: [246] made a few days only before Mr. Adams went out of office, is liable to the general nullification I affix to them. Yet there might be reason for continuing him: or if that would do more harm than good, we should inquire who is the person in the state who, superseding Mr. Goodrich, would from his character & standing in society, most effectually silence clamor, and justify the executive in a comparison of the two characters. For though I consider Mr. G\u2019s appointment as a nullity in effect, yet others may view it as a possession and removal, and ask if that removal has been made to put in a better man? I pray you to take a broad view of this subject, consider it in all its bearings, local and general, and communicate to me your opinion. And on all subjects and at all times I shall highly prize your own communications to me, Edition: current; Page: [247] and solicit them earnestly. The immense pressure of my other duties will not allow me to write letter for letter; but you must excuse that, and consider a sacrifice you ought to make to the public service; especially assured, as you may be, that your letters, though not acknowledged, will not be unattended to in their effect. I particularly ask your opinion of characters suitable for any office which becomes vacant in your knolege, and would rather receive your voluntary and spontaneous information, than that which is extorted by solicitation of parties interested. Accept assurances of my perfect esteem & high consideration & respect.\n\n\u2014I arrived here on the 4th. and expect to stay a fortnight in order to make some arrangements preparatory to my final removal to Washington\u2014you know that the last Congress established a Western judiciary district in Virginia, comprehending chiefly the Western counties. Mr. Adams, who continued filling all the offices till 9 oclock of the night, at 12 of which he was to go out of office himself, took care to appoint for this district also. The judge of course stands till the law shall be repealed, which we trust will be at the next Congress. But as to all others, I made it immediately known, that I should Edition: current; Page: [248] consider them as nullities, and appoint others: as I think I have a preferable right to name agents for my own administration, at least to the vacancies falling after it was known that Mr. Adams was not naming for himself. Consequently we want an Attorney & Marshal for the Western district. I had thought of Mr. Coalter, but I am told he has a clerkship incompatible with it by our laws. I thought also of Hugh Holmes; but I fear he is so far off he could not attend the court, which is to be in Rockbridge. I believe this is the extent of my personal knowledge. Pray recommend one to me, as also a marshal; and let them be the most respectable & unexceptionable possible; and especially let them be republican. The only shield for our Republican citizens against the federalism of the courts is to have the Attornies & Marshals republicans. There is nothing I am so anxious about as good nominations, conscious that the merit as well as reputation of an administration depends as much on that as on it\u2019s measures. Accept assurances of my constant esteem & high consideration & respect.1\n\nEdition: current; Page: [249]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 3, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nGideon Granger\n\nGranger, Gideon\n\nto the postmaster-general (gideon granger.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 3, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I wrote you on the 29th of March. Yours of the 25th of that month, with the address it covered, had not reached this place on the 1st of April, when I set out on a short visit to my residence in Virginia, where some arrngements were necessary previous to my settlement here. In fact, your letter came to me at Monticello only the 24th of April, two days before my departure from thence. This, I hope, will sufficiently apologize for the delay of the answer, which those unapprised of these circumstances will have thought extraordinary.\n\nA new subject of congratulation has arisen. I mean the regeneration of Rhode island. I hope it is the beginning of that resurrection of the genuine spirit of New England which arises for life eternal. According to natural order, Vermont will emerge next, because least, after Rhode island, under the yoke of hierocracy. I have never dreamt that all opposition was to cease. The clergy, who have missed their union with the State, the Anglomen, who have missed their union with England, and the political adventurers, who have lost the chance of swindling & plunder in the waste of public money, will never cease to bawl, on the breaking up of their sanctuary. But among the people, the schism is healed, and with tender treatment the wound will not re-open. Their quondam leaders have been astounded with the suddenness of the desertion; and their silence & appearance of acquiescence has Edition: current; Page: [250] proceeded not from a thought of joining us, but the uncertainty what ground to take. The very first acts of the administration, the nominations, have accordingly furnished something to yelp on; and all our subsequent acts will furnish them fresh matter, because there is nothing against which human ingenuity will not be able to find something to say.\n\nAccept assurances of my sincere attachment & high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 8. 1801\n\nWashington\n\nGouverneur Morris\n\nMorris, Gouverneur\n\nto gouverneur morris\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 8. 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 8th Apr. found me at Monticello on a short visit to make some arrangements preparatory to my removal here. I returned on the 30th & have taken time to examine into the state of our furniture funds. After procuring all other more essential articles I think there will be about 4,000 D. which might be better invested in plate than in more perishable articles. If therefore it would answer your views to divide the set we could take that amount. Tureens, dishes &c. are the articles most desirable. Forks & spoons the least so, because we have enough of them. It is not impossible but that our fund may by good management go to the whole; but I do not think it would be safe to count on it. If you are disposed to divide the set it would depend on what you would propose to do with what we do not take, whether the whole had as well come here or not. Because if the residue is destined for the mint, it might go to it from here, & that would embrace the Edition: current; Page: [251] chance of our funds proving competent to take the whole. On this view of the subject you will be so good as to decide whether to send hither all, a part, or none. It should be insured, & come by a known captain, addressed to John Barnes, Georgetown, or to myself here. It should come also without delay, as we propose to absent ourselves from this place during the two sickly months, viz., August & September.\n\nWe have nothing interesting from abroad more than you see in the papers. Dr. Stevens having desired to return, I have appointed mr. Lear to take his place. It is a difficult, tho\u2019 only a smaller mission, & the person ought to possess the confidence of the English, French [faded] & ourselves\u2014I believe I shall have to advertise for a Secretary of the Navy. Genl. Smith is performing the duties gratis, as he refuses both commission & salary even his expenses, lest it should affect his seat in the H. of R. He will probably have everything completely disposed according to the directions of the law by the last of June. Accept assurances of my friendly consideration & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 9, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nTheodore Foster\n\nFoster, Theodore\n\nto theodore foster\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 9, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Apr. 28 has been duly received, & I sincerely rejoice with you in the regeneration of your state, and the evidence they have given of a return from the phrenzy of 98. I confidently hope the mass of our countrymen everywhere will be shortly united, with the exception of a few Edition: current; Page: [252] too far committed to retreat. I am sure the measures I mean to pursue are such as would in their nature be approved by every American who can emerge from preconceived prejudices; as for those who cannot we must take care of them as of the sick in our hospitals. The medicine of time and fact may cure some of them.\n\nYou will have seen that your recommendation in favor of Mr. Barnes, has been more than respected, as he has been offered a judge\u2019s commission, in the place which Mr. Greene had expected. Though I had observed Mr. Greene to be very decidedly in the principles called federal, yet he was gentlemanly and liberal in his manners, and had inspired me with a degree of estimation which I did not feel for some others. But you know the measure which was practiced on the 4th of Mar. to prepare a negative for one of the most important nominations it was expected I should make. They meant by crippling my rigging to leave me an unwielded hulk, at the mercy of the elements. To this man\u0153uvre Mr. Greene lent himself, going out of the line of conscientious duty to put himself in the way of this operation. When, therefore his commission proved to have been a nullity, and it fell on me to fill the place, I could not in prudence put into power one who had given such a proof of the use he would make of it to obstruct and embarrass my administration.\n\nI shall always be happy to receive your letters, and information of all interesting occurrences, as well as reflecting fit characters for public offices, about the proper filling of which I am most anxious of all Edition: current; Page: [253] things. Accept assurance of my friendly esteem & high respect and consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 14, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nNathaniel Macon\n\nMacon, Nathaniel\n\nto nathaniel macon\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 14, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favors of Apr. 20th and 23d had been received, and the commission made out for Mr. Potts, before I received the letter of the 1st inst. I have still thought it better to forward the commission, in the hope that reconsideration, or the influence of yourself and friends, might induce an acceptance of it. Should it be otherwise, you must recommend some other good person, as I had rather be guided by your opinion than that of the person you refer me to. Perhaps Mr. Potts may be willing to stop the gap till you meet and repeal the law. If he does not, let me receive a recommendation from you as quickly as possible. And in all cases, when an office becomes vacant in your State, as the distance would occasion a great delay were you to wait to be regularly consulted, I shall be much obliged to you to recommend the best characters. There is nothing I am so anxious about as making the best possible appointments, and no case in which the best men are more liable to mislead us, by yielding to the solicitations of applications. For this reason your own spontaneous recommendation would be desirable. Now to answer your particulars, seriatim,\u2014\n\nLevees are done away.\n\nThe first communication to the next Congress will Edition: current; Page: [254] be, like all subsequent ones, by message, to which no answer will be expected.\n\nThe diplomatic establishment in Europe will be reduced to three ministers.\n\nThe compensations to collectors depend on you, and not on me.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 17, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nGeorge Clinton\n\nClinton, George\n\nto george clinton\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 17, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014To you I need not make the observation that of all the duties imposed on the executive head of a government, appointment to office is the most difficult & most irksome. You have had long experience of it, and are, I hope, by this time ascertained of being in the way of experiencing it again, on which accept my sincere congratulations. Disposed myself to make as few changes in office as possible, to endeavor to restore harmony by avoiding everything harsh, and to remove only for malconduct, I have nevertheless been persuaded that circumstances in your state, and still more in the neighboring states on both sides, require something more. It is represented that the Collector, Naval officer, & Supervisor ought all to be removed for the violence of their characters & conduct. The following arrangement was agreed on by Colo. Burr & some of your Senators & representatives. David Gelston, collector, Theodorus Bailey, Naval officer, & M. L. Davis, Supervisor. Yet all did not agree in all the particulars, & I have since received letters expressly stating that Mr. Bailey has not readiness & habit enough of business Edition: current; Page: [255] for the office of Naval officer, & some suggestions that Mr. Davis\u2019s standing in society, & other circumstances will render his not a respectable appointment to the important office of Supervisor. Unacquainted myself with these & the other characters in the state which might be proper for these offices, & forced to decide on the opinions of others, there is no one whose opinion would command with me greater respect than yours, if you would be so good as to advise me, which of these characters & what others would be fittest for these offices. Not only competent talents, but respectability in the public estimation are to be considered. You may be assured that your information to me shall be confidential & used only to inform my own judgment. We also want a marshall for the Albany district. S. Southwick had been thought of but he will not accept. Will you be so good as to propose one? Hoping for your friendly aid in these appointments, I pray you to accept assurances of my perfect esteem & high consideration & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 23, 1801\n\nWilliam Duane\n\nDuane, William\n\nto william duane\n\nj. mss.\n\nMay 23, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have duly received your favor of the 10th & shall always be thankful for any information you will favor me with, interesting to our affairs, & particularly which may enable me to understand the differences of opinion and interest which seem to be springing up in Pensva. & to be subjects of uneasiness. If that state splits it will let us down into the Edition: current; Page: [256] abyss. I hope so much from the patriotism of all, that they will make all smaller interests give way to the greater importance of the general welfare.\n\nI now write to Mr. Boudinot, forwarding the specimens of Mr. Reich\u2019s talents as an engraver and recommending to him to consider whether he may not be usefully employed for the public. Will you be so good as to mention this to Reich & to desire him to present himself to Mr. Boudinot two or three days after you shall have received this.\n\nAs to your proposition on the subject of stationery I believe you may be assured of the favor of every department here. You have no doubt contemplated placing your supplies here. My custom is inconsiderable & will only shew my desire to be useful to you.\n\nFrom a paragraph in your letter to Mr. Gallatin I think you must have forgotten the particulars of what passed here on the subject of the prosecution against you. To recall it to your mind I will just recapitulate that I asked if you could give me an exact list of the prosecutions of a public nature against you, & over which I might have a controul; observing that whenever in the line of my functions I should be met by the Sedition law, I should treat it as a nullity. That therefore, even in the prosecution recommended by the Senate, if founded on that law I would order a nolle prosequi; but out of respect to that body should be obliged to refer to the attorney of the district to consider whether there was ground of prosecution in any court and under any law acknowledged of force. I thought you expressed some dislike to a change of judicature and you could Edition: current; Page: [257] not furnish then a correct statement of the prosecutions, but would do it after your return to this city. This at least was the impression left on my mind, and I ascribed your not having furnished so specific a list of the prosecutions as would enable me to interpose with due accuracy either to the distance of the trials or perhaps a willingness to meet the investigation before a jury summoned by an impartial officer. The trial on behalf of the Senate being postponed, you have time to explain your wishes to me, and if it be done on a consultation with Mr. Dallas, it may abridge the operations which shall be thought proper.1\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 26th, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir.\n\n\u2014In mine of the 22d I forgot to write on the subject of Callender, tho\u2019 I had reserved that, for some time, to make a part of the letter. D. M. R. Edition: current; Page: [260] has contrived to put the money in such a situation that I find we could not lay our hands on it without giving room for specious criticisms. That would be a gratification to which he is not entitled. It will moreover strengthen the reasons for laying the whole subject before Congress that they may not only refund but indemnify the sufferers under the sedition act. To take from Callender particularly all room for complaint I think with you we had better refund his fine by private contributions. I enclose you an order on Gibson & Jefferson for 50. D. which I believe is one fourth of the whole sum.\n\nThere is considerable reason to apprehend that Spain cedes Louisiana and the Floridas to France. It is a policy very unwise in both, and very ominous to us. Accept assurances of my affectionate respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 29, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 29, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I am late in answering your favor of the 4th because the navy department from an extraordinary press of business, could not till within this day or two furnish me the enclosed papers. You will see by them that the money for Gosport (12,000 D.) has been placed in Norfolk at Mr. Hopkins\u2019s command ever since the last week in January. Why it should have been withheld so long he will probably explain to you.\n\nAs to the mode of correspondence between the General and particular executives, I do not think Edition: current; Page: [261] myself a good judge. Not because my position gives me any prejudice on the occasion; for if it be possible to be certainly conscious of anything, I am conscious of feeling no difference between writing to the highest or lowest being on earth, but because I have ever thought that forms should yield to whatever should facilitate business. Comparing the two governments together it is observable that in all those cases where the independent or reserved rights of the states are in question, the two executives if they are to act together, must be exactly coordinate; they are, in those cases, each the supreme head of an independent government. Such is the case in the beginning of this letter where the two executives were to treat de pair en pair. In other cases, to wit, those transferred by the constitution to the general government, the general executive is certainly preordinate\u2014e. g. in a question respecting the militia, and others easily to be recollected. Were there therefore to be a stiff adherence to etiquette, I should say that in the former cases the correspondence should be between the two heads, and that in the latter the governor must be subject to receive orders from the War Department as any other subordinate officer would. And were it observed that either party set up unjustifiable pretensions, perhaps the other might be right in opposing them by a tenaciousness of his own rigorous right. But I think the practice in Genl. Washington\u2019s administration was most friendly to business and was absolutely equal. Sometimes he wrote to the governors, and sometimes the heads of departments wrote. If Edition: current; Page: [262] a letter is to be on a general subject, I see no reason why the President should not write: but if it is to go into details, these being known only to the head of the department, it is better he should write directly, otherwise the correspondence must involve circuities. If this be practised promiscuously in both classes of cases, each party setting examples of neglecting etiquette, both will stand on equal ground, and convenience alone will dictate through whom any particular communication is to be made. All the governors have freely corresponded with the heads of departments, except Hancock who refused it. But his legislature took advantage of a particular case which justified them in interfering, and they obliged him to correspond with the head of a department. Genl. Washington sometimes wrote to them. I presume Mr. Adams did, as you mention his having written to you. On the whole I think a free correspondence best and shall never hesitate to write myself to the governors, even in a federal case, where the occasion presents itself to me particularly.\n\nAccept assurances of my sincere & constant affection & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 29, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 29, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Since mine of the 26th Callender is arrived here. He did not call on me; but understanding he was in distress I sent Captain Lewis to him with 50. D. to inform him we were making some inquiries as to his fine which would take a little time, Edition: current; Page: [263] and lest he should suffer in the meantime I had sent him &c. His language to Captain Lewis was very high-toned. He intimated that he was in possession of things which he could and would make use of in a certain case: that he received the 50. D. not as a charity but a due, in fact as hush money; that I knew what he expected, viz. a certain office, and more to this effect. Such a misconstruction of my charities puts an end to them forever. You will therefore be so good as to make no use of the order I enclosed you. He knows nothing of me which I am not willing to declare to the world myself. I knew him first as the author of the Political Progress of Britain, a work I had read with great satisfaction, and as a fugitive from persecution for this very work. I gave to him from time to time such aids as I could afford, merely as a man of genius suffering under persecution, and not as a writer in our politics. It is long since I wished he would cease writing on them, as doing more harm than good.\n\nYour two letters of May 23 have come to hand. You would afterwards receive mine of the 22d as to the mode of correspondence. I still think the mode therein proposed would place it on the footing most easy and advantageous to the public. We have great reason to fear that Spain is to cede Louisiana and the Floridas to France. Tripoli has probably commenced depredations on us. This is totally without cause. Algiers threatens and has a right, there being 3. years arrears of tribute due to her, while our Treasury has been overflowing with money. Accept my affectionate & respectful salutations.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [264]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 11, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nWilson Cary Nicholas\n\nNicholas, Wilson Cary\n\nto wilson cary nicholas\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJune 11, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014A moment of leisure permits me to think of my friends. You will have seen an alarm in the newspapers on the subject of the Tripolitans and Algerines. The former about May a twelvemonth demanded a sum of money for keeping the peace, pretending that the sum paid as the price of the treaty was only for making peace. This demand was reiterated through the last year, but a promise made to Cathcart by the bey, that he would not permit any hostility until an answer should be actually received from the President. However, I think there is reason to apprehend he sent his cruisers out against us in March. Great notice had been given our vessels in the Mediterranean, so that they might have come off at leisure if they would. In March, finding we might with propriety call in our cruisers from the W. Indies, this was done; and as 2 were to be kept armed, it was thought best by Stoddert & Genl. Smith that we should send three with a tender into the Mediterranean to protect our commerce against Tripoli. But as this might lead to war, I wished to have the approbation of the new administration. In the meantime the squadron was to be prepared and to rendezvous at Norfolk ready to receive our orders. It was the 15th of May before Mr. Gallatin\u2019s arrival enabled us to decide definitely. It was then decided unanimously; but it was not until the 25th of May that the Philadelphia reached the rendezvous. On the 1st of June they sailed. With respect to Algiers they are in extreme ill humour. We find 3. years arrears of Edition: current; Page: [265] tribute due to them. This you know has not proceeded from any want of the treasury. Our tribute to them is nominally 20,000 D. to be delivered in stores, but so stated that they cost us 80,000 D. A negotiation had been set on foot by our predecessors to commute the stores for 30,000 D. cash. It would be an excellent bargain, but we know nothing of the result. We have however sent them 30,000 D. by our frigates as one year\u2019s tribute, and have a vessel ready to sail with the stores for another year. Letters from the Mediterranean to the last of April give us no reason to think they will commit hostilities. The loose articles in the newspapers have probably arisen by confounding them with the Tripolitans. We have taken these steps towards supplying the deficiencies of our predecessors merely in obedience to the law; being convinced it is money thrown away, and that there is no end to the demand of these powers, nor any security in their promises. The real alternative before us is whether to abandon the Mediterranean or to keep up a cruise in it, perhaps in rotation with other powers who would join us as soon as there is peace. But this Congress must decide. There are no news from Egypt to be relied on later than the 15th of March. We have discontinued the missions to the Hague, Lisbon and Berlin. Humphreys is recalled. Livingston awaits Dawson\u2019s return. F. A. Muhlenburg is dead: and fortunately as he was planning against McKean. From this state southwardly all are quiet, not a single wish is even expressed on the subject of removals. In Delaware & Jersey they are Edition: current; Page: [266] moderately importunate. In Pennsylvania there is a strong pressure on me, & some discontent. But in N. York a section of the republicans is furious on this subject. There are there 3. distinct sections of republicans. You know them without my venturing a specification of them through the post. I have the confidential sentiments of the most respectable persons of each. Two of these sections disapprove of removal but on a very small scale indeed. The other has opened a battery on us as you will see by the inclosed paper. You will be at no loss for the source of this. We shall yield a little to their pressure, but no more than appears absolutely necessary to keep them together. And if that would be as much as to disgust other parts of the union, we must prefer the greater to the lesser part. In Connecticut alone a general sweep seems to be called for on principles of justice and policy. Their legislature now sitting are removing every republican even from the commissions of the peace and the lowest offices. There then we will retaliate. Whilst the Feds. are taking possession of all the state offices, exclusively, they ought not to expect we will leave them the exclusive possession of those at our disposal. The republicans have some rights: and must be protected. General Smith is well. I expect Langdon will now accept that office. Present my respects to Mrs. Nicholas and accept assurances of my affectionate esteem.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [267]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 21, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJohn D. Burke\n\nBurke, John D.\n\nto john d. burke\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJune 21, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have safely received your favor from Amelia, with the [faded] of the Columbiad which it covered, and have given to them the hasty persual which my less agreeable but more indispensable occupations have permitted. Rarely indeed do they permit me one moment\u2019s reflection from the volumes of official papers which every day presents. The few moments I now spare to this object, I will say, were agreeably employed on your sheets with much satisfaction. To my own mortification however [faded] that of all men living I am the last who should undertake to decide as to the merits of poetry. In earlier life I was fond of it, and easily pleased. But as age and cares advanced the powers of fancy have declined. Every year seems to have plucked a feather from her wings till she can no longer waft one to those sublime heights to which it is necessary to accompany the poet. So much has my relish for poetry deserted me that at present I cannot read even Virgil with pleasure. I am consequently utterly incapable to decide on the merits of poetry. The very feelings to which it is addressed are among those I have lost. So that the blind man might as well undertake to [faded] a painting or the deaf a musical composition.\n\nOn the subject of office my principles and those constantly asserted by the republicans, that no one should be removed for mere difference of political opinion, has given little to do in this way. It is moreover only the offices of the first grade which are at my disposal; those of the 2d being subordinated Edition: current; Page: [268] to them; [faded] the office of each grade being thus in the gift of the one next above. I will with pleasure mention you to the heads of departments: but not to do you an injury by nourishing expectations which might not be fulfilled, I am bound to observe that I know there has been a vast redundancy of applications, so that it is not likely that any vacancy exists. Indeed among the [faded] there are many supernumeraries who will be to be dismissed, or the numbers [faded] recruited till reduced to a mere sufficiency by ordinary accidents. Accept my respectful salutations & good wishes.\n\nP. S. the sheets are herein returned.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 11, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nLevi Lincoln\n\nLincoln, Levi\n\nto the attorney-general (levi lincoln.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 11, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 15th came to hand on the 25th of June, and conveyed a great deal of that information which I am anxious to receive. The consolidation of our fellow citizens in general is the great object we ought to keep in view, and that being once obtained, while we associate with us in affairs, to a certain degree, the federal sect of republicans, we must strip of all the means of influence the Essex junto, & their associate monocrats in every part of the Union. The former differ from us only in the shades of power to be given to the executive, being, with us, attached to republican government. The latter wish to sap the republic by fraud, if they Edition: current; Page: [269] cannot destroy it by force, & to erect an English monarchy in it\u2019s place; some of them (as Mr. Adams) thinking it\u2019s corrupt parts should be cleansed away, others (as Hamilton) thinking that it would make it an impracticable machine. We are proceeding gradually in the regeneracy of offices, and introducing republicans to some share in them. I do not know that it will be pushed further than was settled before you went away, except as to Essex men. I must ask you to make out a list of those in office in yours and in neighboring States, & to furnish me with it. There is little of this spirit south of the Hudson. I understand that Jackson is a very determined one, tho\u2019 in private life amiable & honorable. But amiable monarchists are not safe subjects of republican confidence. What will be the effect of his removal? How should it be timed? Who his successor? What place can Genl Lyman properly occupy? Our gradual reformations seem to produce good effects everywhere except in Connecticut. Their late session of legislature has been more intolerant than all others. We must meet them with equal intolerance. When they will give a share in the State offices, they shall be replaced in a share of the General offices. Till then we must follow their example. Mr. Goodrich\u2019s removal has produced a bitter remonstrance, with much personality against the two Bishops. I am sincerely sorry to see the inflexibility of the federal spirit there, for I cannot believe they are all monarchists. * * *\n\nEdition: current; Page: [270]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 12, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nElias Shipman\n\nShipman, Elias\n\nto elias shipman and others, a committee of the merchants of new haven\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 12, 1801\n\n.\n\nGentlemen,\n\n\u2014I have received the remonstrance you were pleased to address to me, on the appointment of Samuel Bishop to the office of collector of New Haven, lately vacated by the death of David Austin. The right of our fellow citizens to represent to the public functionaries their opinion on proceedings interesting to them, is unquestionably a constitutional right, often useful, sometimes necessary, and will always be respectfully acknoleged by me.\n\nOf the various executive duties, no one excites more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow citizens in the hands of honest men, with understandings sufficient for their station. No duty, at the same time, is more difficult to fulfill. The knolege of characters possessed by a single individual is, of necessity, limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to other information, which, from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect. In the case of Samuel Bishop, however, the subject of your remonstrance, time was taken, information was sought, & such obtained as could leave no room for doubt of his fitness. From private sources it was learnt that his understanding was sound, his integrity pure, his character unstained. And the offices confided to him within his own State, are public evidences of the estimation in which he is held by the State in general, and the city & township particularly in which he lives. He is Edition: current; Page: [271] said to be the town clerk, a justice of the peace, mayor of the city of New Haven, an office held at the will of the legislature, chief judge of the court of common pleas for New Haven county, a court of high criminal and civil jurisdiction wherein most causes are decided without the right of appeal or review, and sole judge of the court of probates, wherein he singly decides all questions of wills, settlement of estates, testate and intestate, appoints guardians, settles their accounts, and in fact has under his jurisdiction and care all the property real and personal of persons dying. The two last offices, in the annual gift of the legislature, were given to him in May last. Is it possible that the man to whom the legislature of Connecticut has so recently committed trusts of such difficulty & magnitude, is \u201cunfit to be the collector of the district of New Haven,\u201d tho\u2019 acknoleged in the same writing, to have obtained all this confidence \u201cby a long life of usefulness?\u201d It is objected, indeed, in the remonstrance, that he is 77. years of age; but at a much more advanced age, our Franklin was the ornament of human nature.1 He may not be able to perform in person, all the details of his office; but if he gives us the benefit of his understanding, his integrity, his watchfulness, and takes care that all the details are well performed by himself or his necessary assistants, all public purposes will be answered. The remonstrance, indeed, does Edition: current; Page: [272] not allege that the office has been illy conducted, but only apprehends that it will be so. Should this happen in event, be assured I will do in it what shall be just and necessary for the public service. In the meantime, he should be tried without being prejudged.\n\nThe removal, as it is called, of Mr. Goodrich, forms another subject of complaint. Declarations by myself in favor of political tolerance, exhortations to harmony and affection in social intercourse, and to respect for the equal rights of the minority, have, on certain occasions, been quoted & misconstrued into assurances that the tenure of offices was to be undisturbed. But could candor apply such a construction? It is not indeed in the remonstrance that we find it; but it leads to the explanations which that calls for. When it is considered, that during the late administration, those who were not of a particular sect of politics were excluded from all office; when, by a steady pursuit of this measure, nearly the whole offices of the U S were monopolized by that sect; when the public sentiment at length declared itself, and burst open the doors of honor and confidence to those whose opinions they more approved, was it to be imagined that this monopoly of office was still to be continued in the hands of the minority? Does it violate their equal rights, to assert some rights in the majority also? Is it political intolerance to claim a proportionate share in the direction of the public affairs? Can they not harmonize in society unless they have everything in their own hands? If the will of the nation, manifested Edition: current; Page: [273] by their various elections, calls for an administration of government according with the opinions of those elected; if, for the fulfilment of that will, displacements are necessary, with whom can they so justly begin as with persons appointed in the last moments of an administration, not for its own aid, but to begin a career at the same time with their successors, by whom they had never been approved, and who could scarcely expect from them a cordial co-operation? Mr. Goodrich was one of these. Was it proper for him to place himself in office, without knowing whether those whose agents he was to be would have confidence in his agency? Can the preference of another, as the successor to Mr. Austin, be candidly called a removal of Mr. Goodrich? If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none. Can any other mode than that of removal be proposed? This is a painful office; but it is made my duty, and I meet it as such. I proceed in the operation with deliberation & inquiry, that it may injure the best men least, and effect the purposes of justice & public utility with the least private distress; that it may be thrown, as much as possible, on delinquency, on oppression, on intolerance, on incompetence, on ante-revolutionary adherence to our enemies.\n\nThe remonstrance laments \u201cthat a change in the administration must produce a change in the subordinate officers;\u201d in other words, that it should be deemed necessary for all officers to think with their principal. But on whom does this imputation bear? Edition: current; Page: [274] On those who have excluded from office every shade of opinion which was not theirs? Or on those who have been so excluded? I lament sincerely that unessential differences of political opinion should ever have been deemed sufficient to interdict half the society from the rights and blessings of self-government, to proscribe them as characters unworthy of every trust. It would have been to me a circumstance of great relief, had I found a moderate participation of office in the hands of the majority. I would gladly have left to time and accident to raise them to their just share. But their total exclusion calls for prompter correctives. I shall correct the procedure; but that done, disdain to follow it, shall return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?\n\nI tender you the homage of my high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 13, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nWilliam C. Claiborne\n\nClaiborne, William C.\n\nto the governor of the mississippi territory (william c. claiborne.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 13, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014You will receive from the Secretary of State a commission as governor of the Mississippi territory, an office which I consider of primary importance, in as much as that country is the principal point of contact between Spain and us, & also as it is the embryo of a very great state. Independent of the official communications, which the Secretary Edition: current; Page: [275] of State will make to you from time to time, I cannot deny myself a few words, private & confidential, the object of which will be to contribute to the shaping your course to the greatest benefit, of the people you are to govern, and of the U. S. and to your own best satisfaction. With respect to Spain our dispositions are sincerely amiable and even affectionate. We consider her possession of the adjacent country as most favorable to our interests, & should see, with extreme pain any other nation substituted for them. In all communications therefore with their officers, conciliation and mutual accommodation are to be mainly attended to. Everything irritating to be avoided, everything friendly to be done for them. The most fruitful source of misunderstanding will be the conduct of their and our people at New Orleans. Temper and justice will be the best guides through those intricacies. Should France get possession of that country, it will be more to be lamented than remedied by us, as it will furnish ground for profound consideration on our part, how best to conduct ourselves in that case. It would of course be the subject of fresh communications to you.\n\nAs to the people you are to govern, we are apprised that they are divided into two adverse parties, the one composed of the richer and better informed attached to the 1st grade of government, the other of the body of the people not a very homogeneous mass, advocates for the 2d grade which they possess in fact. Our love of freedom and the value we set on self-government disposes us to prefer the principles of the 2d grade, and they are strengthened by knowing Edition: current; Page: [276] they are [faded] by the will of the majority. While cooperation with that plan therefore is essentially to be observed, your best endeavors should be exerted to bring over those opposed to it by every means soothing and conciliatory. The happiness of society depends so much on preventing party spirit from infecting the common intercourse of life, that nothing should be spared to harmonize and amalgamate the two parties in social circles. The great objection of the advocates for the 1st grade is the expense of the 2d. Everything should be done therefore to lessen that expense, and the legislative body the most expensive part of all our governments, should recommend themselves by making their particular expenses as light as possible. I shall consider it as the happiest proof that in our nomination I have done what was best for that state, if I should find that you shall have been able to reconcile parties to yourself and to one another. The only objection to you which has been strongly pressed, covers the allegation that you had taken your side too strongly with the one party to be able to become agreeable or just to the other. Had this been my opinion of you, the nomination would not have been made.\n\nWe have appointed Mr. Daniel Clarke at New Orleans our consul there. His worth and influence will aid you powerfully in the interfering interests of those who go, and who reside there. I take the liberty of recommending to your particular civilities & respect Mr. William Dunbar a person of great worth & wealth there, and one of the most distinguished citizens of the U. S. in point of science. He is a Edition: current; Page: [277] correspondent of mine in that line in whom I set great store. As a native of Britain he must have a predilection towards her; but as to every other nation he is purely American. I should think it fortunate could he be added to the friends of the 2d grade. I have hastily put together these few thoughts that you may understand our view and know what line of conduct on your part will be agreeable. I again repeat that they are meant to be private and confidential to yourself alone. I shall be glad to hear from you inofficially, when convenient, your official correspondence belonging to the Secretary of State. Accept assurances of my friendly esteem and great respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 15, 1801\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (james madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nJuly 15, 1801\n\n.\n\nWhether prizes and the proceeds of them taken after the date of the treaty with France can be restored by the Executive, or need an act of the legislature?\n\nThe constitution has authorized the ordinary legislature alone to declare war against any foreign nation. If they may enact a perfect, they may a qualified war, as was done against France. In this state of things they may modify the acts of war, and appropriate the proceeds of it. The act authorizing the capture of French armed vessels and dividing and appropriating their proceeds, was of this kind.\n\nThe constitution has given to the President and Edition: current; Page: [278] Senate alone the power (with the consent of the foreign nation) of enacting peace. Their treaty for this purpose is an absolute repeal of the declaration of war, and of all laws authorizing or modifying war measures. The treaty with France had this effect. From the moment it was signed all the acts legalizing war measures ceased ipso facto; and all subsequent captures became unlawful. Property wrongfully taken from a friend on the high sea is not thereby transferred to the captor. In whatever hands it is found it remains the property of those from whom it was taken; and any person possessed of it private or public, has a right to restore it. If it comes to the hands of the executive they may restore it. If into those of the legislature (as by formal paiment into the Treasury) they may restore it. Whoever, private or public, undertakes to restore it, takes on themselves the risk of proving that the goods were taken without authority of law, and consequently that the captor had no right to them. The executive, charged with our exterior relations, seems bound, is satisfied of the fact, to do right to the foreign nation, and take on itself the risque of justification. Submitted to Mr. Madison\u2019s consideration.\n\n\u2014I received in due time your friendly favor of June 18th and profited of the information Edition: current; Page: [279] it contained, as you will have seen by a certain paper inclosed from this place. I was glad the remonstrants of your state took the measure they did. Their attack was on that class of removals which every reasonable man of whatsoever party has approved; I mean those which were made by a preceding administration in their last moments, & with a view either to force their successors to work with thwarting co-operation, or to incur odium by removing them. An opportunity was also wanting to come forward and disavow the sophistical construction on what I had declared on the 4th of March, to declare the justice of some participation by the republicans in the management of public affairs, and the principles on which vacancies would be created. I verily believe there will be a general approbation of what has been avowed in answer to the remonstrance, and that we may now proceed in our duty with a firmer step. I certainly feel more confident since an opportunity has been furnished me of explaining my proceedings. I consider Rho. isl\u2019d, Vermont, Massachusetts, & N. Hampshire as coming in the course of this year. In Congress R. I. is entirely republican, Vermont will probably be three fourths, Massachusetts a majority: N. H. coming fast up: but the nature of your government being a subordination of the civil to the ecclesiastical power, I consider it as desperate for long years to come. Their steady habits exclude the advances of information & they seem exactly where they were when they separated from the Saints of Oliver Cromwell. And there your clergy will always keep them if they can. You will Edition: current; Page: [280] follow the bark of liberty only by the help of a towrope. You will greatly oblige me by continuing your information as to the effects on them produced & to be produced by our measures, and I pray you to be assured of my friendly & high consideration & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 23, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJohn Dickinson\n\nDickinson, John\n\nto john dickinson\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 23, 1801\n\n.\n\nMy Dear & respected friend,\n\n\u2014I have duly received your favor of the 18th. Doctr Vaughan\u2019s character had been before known to me in a certain degree, and advantageously known as a friend to republican government. Your letter in his favor strengthened my confidence in it. For your satisfaction as well as from a regard to truth I assure you that nothing could be more candid than his conduct here. It was at my request he undertook to consult the friends of republicanism on his return & to recommend a marshall. He declined doing it here & of himself, and until he should know that the person would accept. I am sorry the person recommended has not been agreeable to all the republicans, but I am more concerned to see in this disapprobation a germ of division which, if not smothered, will continue you under that rule from which union is relieving our fellow citizens in other states. It is disheartening to see, on the approaching crisis of election, a division of that description of Republicans, which has certainly no strength to spare. But, my dear friend, if we do not learn to sacrifice small Edition: current; Page: [281] differences of opinion, we can never act together. Every man cannot have his way in all things. If his own opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate at others. Without this mutual disposition we are disjointed individuals, but not a society. My position is painful enough between federalists who cry out on the first touch of their monopoly, and republicans who clamor for universal removal. A subdivision of the latter will increase the perplexity. I am proceeding with deliberation and inquiry to do what I think just to both descriptions and conciliatory to both. The greatest good we can do our country is to heal it\u2019s party divisions & make them one people. I do not speak of their leaders who are incurable, but of the honest and well-intentioned body of the people. I consider the pure federalist as a republican who would prefer a somewhat stronger executive; and the republican as one more willing to trust the legislature as a broader representation of the people, and a safer deposit of power for many reasons. But both sects are republican, entitled to the confidence of their fellow citizens. Not so their quondam leaders, covering under the mask of federalism hearts devoted to monarchy. The Hamiltonians, the Essex-men, the revolutionary tories &c. They have a right to tolerance, but neither to confidence nor power. It is very important that the pure federalist and republican should see in the opinion of each other but a shade of his own, which by a union of action will be lessened by one-half: that they should see & fear the monarchist as their Edition: current; Page: [282] common enemy, on whom they should keep their eyes, but keep off their hands. But in Delaware it seems we have a preliminary operation to reconcile dissenting republicans. For how can federalists coalesce with those who will not coalesce with each other. I know too well, my friend, your moderation, your justice, your affection to rational liberty, to doubt your best endeavours to heal this two-fold operation. The purity and perspicuity of your views are respected by all parties. I hope much then from their effect, & that operating on the good sense and patriotism of the friends of free government of every shade, they will spare us the painful, the deplorable spectacle of brethren sacrificing to small passions the great, the immortal and immutable rights of men. May heaven prosper you in your endeavours, & long preserve in health & life a consistent patriot, whose principles have stood unchanged by prosperous and adverse times, whom neither the \u201ccivium ardor prava jubentium, Nec vultus instante tyranni monte quatit solida.\u201d\n\nI tender you the homage of my constant & affectionate friendship & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nThomas Mckean\n\nMckean, Thomas\n\nto thomas mckean\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 21st is duly received. It is on a subject the most difficult of all we have to act on. My idea is that the mass of our countrymen, even of those who call themselves Federalists, are republicans. They differ from us but in Edition: current; Page: [283] a shade of more or less power to be given to the Executive or Legislative organ. They were decoyed into the net of monarchists by the X. Y. Z. contrivance, but they are come or are coming back. So much moderation in our proceedings as not to revolt them while doubting or newly joined with us and they will coalesce and grow to us as one flesh. But any violence against their quondam leaders before they are thoroughly weaned from them, would carry them back again. Some states require a different regimen from others. What is done in one state very often shocks another, though where it is done it is wholesome. South of the Potomac not a single removal has been asked. On the contrary they are urgent that none shall be made. Accordingly only one has been made, which was for malversation. They censure much the removals north of this. You see, therefore, what various tempers we have to harmonize. Yet to restore that harmony which our predecessors so wickedly made it their object to break up, to render us again one people, acting as one nation, should be the object of every man really a patriot. I am satisfied it can be done, and I own that the day which should convince me of the contrary would be the bitterest of my life. By the time you receive this you will probably see in the public papers my answer to the Newhaven remonstrance. I gladly availed myself of the opportunity it furnished of correcting the misconstructions of what I said on the 4th of July [sic], and of explaining the course I am pursuing. I hope the ardent republicans will acquiesce in it. It will furnish new texts Edition: current; Page: [284] for the monarchists. But from them I ask nothing, I wish nothing but their eternal hatred. If that evidence of my conduct were to cease, I should become suspicious to myself. But between the Monarchist and the Federalist I draw a clear line. The latter is a sect of republicanism, the former it\u2019s implacable enemy. I am persuaded that you will approve of the course of proceedings explained in my answer to Newhaven, and that our friends in general, seeing what our plan is, will be satisfied with it\u2019s expediency. But there is a rock ahead, far more dangerous than that of monarchism. It is the discord showing itself among the republicans. In no place is it so threatening as in Delaware. The republicans there are fallen into open schism, & that at the approach of an all important election wherein their whole force united is not certainly known to be sufficient. You, my dear sir, can be instrumental to their reconciliation, you will save the republican cause in that state, which otherwise is lost. Some threatening symptoms show themselves in Pennsylvania also. I hope that mutual sacrifice will produce accommodations. I am much gratified by receiving your letter. Anxious as I am to harmonize my fellow citizens (do not suppose I mean the Hamiltonians, Essex-men, &c. incurable monocrats) I am rejoiced to receive information from every quarter, to know the opinion of every one. Your station enables you to take a broad view, and your communications therefore are always of the first value. Accept assurances of my friendly esteem and high consideration.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [285]\n\nP. S. I leave this the 30th instant to be absent during the months of August & Sep. which I am afraid to pass on the tidewaters. I hope the circumstances on which your visit to this place depends will admit of its being postponed till our return, as it would give me the greatest pleasure to receive you here.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 12, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (james madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 12, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Doctr. Rose delivered me last night the letter with which you charged him, and I have thought it better to attend to it\u2019s contents at once before the arrival of the load of other business which this morning\u2019s post will bring. Pinckney\u2019s, Orr\u2019s, Livermore\u2019s, Howell\u2019s, Webster\u2019s, Murray\u2019s, Otis\u2019s, Graham\u2019s & Thornton\u2019s letters, with Wagner\u2019s sketch of an answer to the latter are all returned herewith. Reed\u2019s papers being voluminous have not been read. I thought a commission as District attorney had been forwarded to Howell: if so, his letter is not intelligible to me, where he says he is ready prepared to quit his office when a more deserving person shall be thought of. That he would have preferred himself to Barnes as judge is evident enough. Tho\u2019 I view Webster as a mere pedagogue, of very limited understanding and very strong prejudices and party passions, yet as editor of a paper and as of the Newhaven association, he may be worth striking. His letter leaves two very fair points whereon to answer Edition: current; Page: [286] him. 1. the justice of making vacancies in order to introduce a participation of office. 2. That admitted, the propriety of preventing men indecently appointed & not yet warm in the seat of office from continuing, rather than to remove those fairly appointed and long in possession. As to Goodrich and Bishop it would be like talking to the deaf to say anything to a man as immovably biassed as he is. Thornton\u2019s letter is the same I have seen before I left Washington. When we consider that our minister has to wait months & years for an answer to the most trifling or most urgent application to his government, there would be no indecency to decline answering so crude an application as this respecting the prize, which he does not know if it be prize or not, brought into Boston as the newspapers say. I think it better to avoid determining, with foreign ministers, hypothetical cases. They may by stating possible cases, so employ us as to leave no time for those which are actual. The actual furnish occupation enough for our whole time. Perhaps the case of giving or refusing asylum for prizes may never arise. Yet if we predetermine it, we shall be led into all the altercation & discussion which would be necessary were we obliged to decide it. I think therefore the answer to Thornton might be that his letter being hypothetical presents two questions, calling for very different considerations, both of which it cannot now be necessary to determine. That both are founded on newspaper information only, which is too uncertain ground for the government to act on: and that so soon as certain information shall Edition: current; Page: [287] be received that any such case has happened and what the exact nature of the case is, we will do on it what shall be right. I have been reading Schlegel\u2019s pamphlet with great attention. It contains a great deal of sound information. He does not however prove that in cases uncontroulled by treaty, the nations of Europe (or a single one of them in a single case) have practised on the principle, as a principle of natural law, that free bottoms make free goods. His own facts shew that the principle practised on in the earliest times was that an enemy\u2019s goods in a friend\u2019s bottom are lawful prize: that on an attempt by the Dutch to introduce the other principle, it was overborne by Lewis XIV & by England, and the old principle adhered to. Still it does not follow but that a sound principle may have been smothered by powerful states acting on a temporary interest, and that we have always a right to correct ancient errors, & to establish what is more conformable to reason & convenience. This is the ground we must take.\n\nI shall rejoice to see Mrs. Madison, yourself & the class heroine here. Observe that the governor is at Richmond every other Saturday. He goes down this day & will be back on Tuesday. Accept assurances of my affectionate friendship.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 26, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nPierce Butler\n\nButler, Pierce\n\nto pierce butler\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 26, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 14th came to hand on the 20th. I thank you for the information it contained. It is of that kind which I am anxious to Edition: current; Page: [288] receive. After so long and complete an exclusion from office as republicans have suffered in so much that every place is filled with their opponents justice as well as principle requires that they should have some participation. I believe they will be contented with less than their just share for the sake of peace & conciliation. This latter motive has weighed powerfully with me to do as little in the way of removal as circumstances will admit: for after the bloody severance of the nation into two parts which our predecessors affected, the first duty of every patriot is to reunite and heal the severed parts. Exclusive possession [faded] one party; removal the other. Yet both must be brought together. The [faded] of the Southern republicans has been really magnanimous. In Maryland little has been asked, in Virginia N. Cara, Georgia, not one. As to S. Carol I do not think we are yet well enough informed to do anything, but I am extremely happy to find you disapprove of much removal. You say \u201cthere are perhaps two or three at most, who, it appears to you should be removed, that the citizens in particular whose continuance in office will disgust every republican in the state.\u201d May I ask of you who is the one, who are the two or three? I do it under the seal of confidence & with no earthly wish than to use it for the best purpose of the common cause. Our views are to do little more in the way of removal. We shall get through it in the course of the year. After which the measures we shall pursue & propose will I hope have the effect of forming into one body all except the monarchical federalists who Edition: current; Page: [289] are incurable & hopeless. Accept assurances of my friendly attachment & high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 26, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nLevi Lincoln\n\nLincoln, Levi\n\nto the attorney-general (levi lincoln.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 26, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014 * * * I am glad to learn from you that the answer to NewHaven had a good effect in Massachusetts on the republicans, & no ill effects on the sincere federalists. I had foreseen, years ago, that the first republican President who should come into office after all the places in the government had become exclusively occupied by federalists, would have a dreadful operation to perform. That the republicans would consent to a continuation of everything in federal hands, was not to be expected, because neither just nor politic. On him, then, was to devolve the office of an executioner, that of lopping off. I cannot say that it has worked harder than I expected. You know the moderation of our views in this business, and that we all concurred in them. We determined to proceed with deliberation. This produced impatience in the republicans, and a belief we meant to do nothing. Some occasion of public explanation was eagerly desired, when the NewHaven remonstrance offered us that occasion. The answer was meant as an explanation to our friends. It has had on them, everywhere, the most wholesome effect. Appearances of schismatizing from us have been entirely done away. I own I expected it Edition: current; Page: [290] would check the current with which the republican federalists were returning to their brethren, the republicans. I extremely lamented this effect; for the moment which should convince me that a healing of the nation into one is impracticable, would be the last moment of my wishing to remain where I am. (Of the monarchical federalists I have no expectations. They are incurables, to be taken care of in a mad house, if necessary, & on motives of charity.) I am much pleased, therefore, with your information that the republican federalists are still coming in to the desired union. The Eastern newspapers had given me a different impression, because I supposed the printers knew the taste of their customers, and cooked their dishes to their palates. The Palladium is understood to be the clerical paper, & from the clergy I expect no mercy. They crucified their Saviour, who preached that their kingdom was not of this world; and all who practise on that precept must expect the extreme of their wrath. The laws of the present day withhold their hands from blood; but lies and slander still remain to them.\n\nI am satisfied that the heaping of abuse on me, personally, has been with the design & hope of provoking me to make a general sweep of all federalists out of office. But as I have carried no passion into the execution of this disagreeable duty, I shall suffer none to be excited. The clamor which has been raised will not provoke me to remove one more, nor deter me from removing one less, than if not a word had been said on the subject. In Massachusetts, you may be assured, great moderation will be used. Edition: current; Page: [291] Indeed, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Delaware, are the only States where anything considerable is desired. In the course of the summer all which is necessary will be done; and we may hope that this cause of offence being at an end, the measures we shall pursue & propose for the amelioration of the public affairs will be so confessedly salutary as to unite all men not monarchists in principle.\n\nWe have considerable hopes of republican senators from S. Carolina, Maryland & Delaware, & some as to Vermont. In any event, we are secure of a majority in the Senate; and consequently that there will be a concert of action between the Legislature & executive. The removal of excrescences from the judiciary is the universal demand. We propose to re-assemble at Washington on the last day of September. Accept assurances of my affectionate esteem & high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAugust 28, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAugust 28, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favors of the 18th and 24th came by yesterday\u2019s post. I am sorry Mr. Clay declines the consulship; it would have been very pleasing to us to replace our minister at Lisbon by such a consul as Clay. Perhaps reconsideration and inquiry into the advantages of the situation may reconcile it to him. I have not here my bundle of Edition: current; Page: [292] claims for office, and therefore cannot propose a successor for Colonel White in Jersey. Your acquaintance in the State will better enable you to do it. I have written to three gentlemen of great discretion, one at Norfolk, the others near Hampton, on the subject of Chisman. I have an answer from the one at Norfolk, who has never heard of him. I shall hear from the others before the next post. I have known Mr. Page from the time we were boys and classmates together and love him as a brother, but I have always known him the worst judge of man existing. He has fallen a sacrifice to the ease with which he gives his confidence to those who deserve it or not. Still, if we hear nothing against Chisman, we may venture to do what may be agreeable to Mr. Page. I am very anxious to do something useful for him; and so universally is he esteemed in this country, that no man\u2019s promotion would be more generally approved. He has not an enemy in the world. But we have but one officer here whom the general voice, Whig and Tory, marks for removal; and I am not well enough acquainted with its duties to be certain that they are adapted to Mr. Page\u2019s talent. The explanation you give of the nature of the office proposed for Jonas Clarke silences my doubts, and I agree to the appointment. I think we should do justice to Campbell and Gardner, and cannot suppose the Auditor will think hard of replacing them in their former berths. He has seen us restore officers where we thought their removal unjust, and cannot therefore view it in this case as meant to censure himself specially. Specific Edition: current; Page: [293] restitution is the particular measure of justice which the case calls for.\n\nThe doctrine as to the admission of prizes, maintained by the government from the commencement of the war between England, France, &c., to this day, has been this: the treaties give a right to armed vessels, with their prizes, to go where they please (consequently into our ports), and that these prizes shall not be detained, seized, nor adjudicted; but that the armed vessel may depart as speedily as may be, with her prize, to the place of her commission; and we are not to suffer their enemies to sell in our ports the prizes taken by their privateers. Before the British treaty, no stipulation stood in the way of permitting France to sell her prizes here; and we did permit it, but expressly as a favor, not as a right. See letter of August 16, 1793, to Gouverneur Morris, \u00a7 4, and other letters in that correspondence, which I cannot now turn to. These stipulations admit the prizes to put into our ports in cases of necessity, or perhaps of convenience, but no right to remain if disagreeable to us; and absolutely not to be sold. We have accordingly lately ordered away a British vessel brought in by a Spanish armed ship, and I have given it as my opinion to Mr. Madison that the British snow Windsor, lately brought in by the Prisoners she was carrying, ought to be sent away. My opinion is, that whatever we are free to do we ought to do to throw difficulties in the way of the depredations committed on commerce, and chiefly our own commerce. In the case of the Spanish privateer at Wilmington North Carolina, who Edition: current; Page: [294] wants to sell as much of his prize as will refit the privateer, it is absolutely forbidden. The directions you have already given as to the prize herself coincide perfectly with what I think right. No pardon has come to me from Mr. Wagner for Hopkins. I consent to the transfer you propose of the superintendent of the light-houses of Portsmouth and New York to the present collectors of those ports, and to the appointment of the collector for Savannah recommended by General Jackson, if you learn nothing to the contrary from the delegates. Accept assurance of my affectionate esteem and high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 28, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto the u. s. minister to france (robert r. livingston.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 28, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 10th instant came to hand yesterday, & I receive it with the respect & attention with which I do everything coming from you. Nothing can be done on the subject of it till after my return to Washington, which will probably be after your departure for France. Whatever may be determined by the gentlemen of the administration on the subject of Mr. Davis, other candidates have been brought forward on grounds so respectable that the prospects of any new candidate cannot but be very doubtful. On this view of the subject I could not undertake to recommend the change in the destination of Mr. Edward P. Livingston in his intended journey with you.\n\nWe are in hourly expectation of receiving information Edition: current; Page: [295] that the treaty with France is ratified. The only letter from Dawson supposes it unquestionable and that it will be without delay. I am afraid that government may have ideas of sending either La Forest or Otto here. I believe them both unprincipled men, and entirely anti-revolutionary, & so much in sympathy with the monarchical federalists here, that I should expect nothing less than their betraying to them every transaction which should pass with the Executive. Under this impression we could never say a word to either which we should not be willing to publish at once. Whether our suspicions are just or not, their office would [subvert (?)] whatever should depend on confidential communications. Should no appointment be made before your arrival at Paris, it would be important that that government should be apprised in some delicate way that however confidential these men might be with the opposition, they cannot be so with any administration here which shall be republican. I shall trouble you with another letter before your departure. Health & happiness.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSep. 9, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto the u. s. minister to france (robert r. livingston.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSep. 9, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014You will receive, probably by this post, from the Secretary of State, his final instructions for your mission to France. We have not thought it necessary to say anything in them on the great question of the maritime law of nations, which Edition: current; Page: [296] at present agitates Europe; that is to say, whether free ships shall make free goods; because we do not mean to take any side in it during the war. But, as I had before communicated to you some loose thoughts on that subject, and have since considered it with somewhat more attention, I have thought it might not be unuseful that you should possess my ideas in a more matured form than that in which they were before given. Unforeseen circumstances may perhaps oblige you to hazard an opinion, on some occasion or other, on this subject, and it is better that it should not be at variance with ours. I write this, too, myself, that it may not be considered as official, but merely my individual opinion, unadvised by those official counsellors whose opinions I deem my safest guide, & should unquestionably take in form, were circumstances to call for a solemn decision of the question.\n\nWhen Europe assumed the general form in which it is occupied by the nations now composing it, and turned its attention to maritime commerce, we found among its earliest practices, that of taking the goods of an enemy from the ship of a friend; and that into this practice every maritime State went sooner or later, as it appeared on the theatre of the ocean. If, therefore, we are to consider the practice of nations as the sole & sufficient evidence of the law of nature among nations, we should unquestionably place this principle among those of natural laws. But it\u2019s inconveniences, as they affected neutral nations peaceably pursuing their commerce, and it\u2019s tendency to embroil them with the powers happening Edition: current; Page: [297] to be at war, and thus to extend the flames of war, induced nations to introduce by special compacts, from time to time, a more convenient rule; that \u201cfree ships should make free goods\u201d; and this latter principle has by every maritime nation of Europe been established, to a greater or less degree, in it\u2019s treaties with other nations; insomuch, that all of them have, more or less frequently, assented to it, as a rule of action in particular cases. Indeed, it is now urged, and I think with great appearance of reason, that this is genuine principle dictated by national morality; & that the first practice arose from accident, and the particular convenience of the States1 which first figured on the water, rather than from well-digested reflections on the relations of friend and enemy, on the rights of territorial jurisdiction, & on the dictates of moral law applied to these. Thus it had never been supposed lawful, in the territory of a friend to seize the goods of an enemy. On an element which nature has not subjected to the jurisdiction of any particular nation, but has made common to all for the purposes to which it is fitted, it would seem that the particular portion of it which happens to be occupied by the vessel of any nation, in the course of it\u2019s voyage, is for the moment, the exclusive property of that nation, and, with the vessel, is exempt from intrusion by any other, & from it\u2019s jurisdiction, as much as if it were lying in the harbor of it\u2019s sovereign. In no country, we believe, is the rule otherwise, as to the subjects of property common to all. Thus the place Edition: current; Page: [298] occupied by an individual in a highway, a church, a theatre, or other public assembly, cannot be intruded on, while it\u2019s occupant holds it for the purposes of it\u2019s institution. The persons on board a vessel traversing the ocean, carry with them the laws of their nation, have among themselves a jurisdiction, a police, not established by their individual will, but by the authority of their nation, of whose territory their vessel still seems to compose a part, so long as it does not enter the exclusive territory of another. No nation ever pretended a right to govern by their laws the ship of another nation navigating the ocean. By what law then can it enter that ship while in peaceable & orderly use of the common element? We recognize no natural precept for submission to such a right; & perceive no distinction between the movable & immovable jurisdiction of a friend, which would authorize the entering the one & not the other, to seize the property of an enemy.\n\nIt may be objected that this proves too much, as it proves you cannot enter the ship of a friend to search for contraband of war. But this is not proving too much. We believe the practice of seizing what is called contraband of war, is an abusive practice, not founded in natural right. War between two nations cannot diminish the rights of the rest of the world remaining at peace. The doctrine that the rights of nations remaining quietly under the exercise of moral & social duties, are to give way to the convenience of those who prefer plundering & murdering one another, is a monstrous doctrine; and Edition: current; Page: [299] ought to yield to the more rational law, that \u201cthe wrongs which two nations endeavor to inflict on each other, must not infringe on the rights or conveniences of those remaining at peace.\u201d And what is contraband, by the law of nature? Either everything which may aid or comfort an enemy, or nothing. Either all commerce which would accommodate him is unlawful, or none is. The difference between articles of one or another description, is a difference in degree only. No line between them can be drawn. Either all intercourse must cease between neutrals & belligerents, or all be permitted. Can the world hesitate to say which shall be the rule? Shall two nations turning tigers, break up in one instant the peaceable relations of the whole world? Reason & nature clearly pronounce that the neutral is to go on in the enjoyment of all it\u2019s rights, that it\u2019s commerce remains free, not subject to the jurisdiction of another, nor consequently it\u2019s vessels to search, or to enquiries whether their contents are the property of an enemy, or are of those which have been called contraband of war.\n\nNor does this doctrine contravene the right of preventing vessels from entering a blockaded port. This right stands on other ground. When the fleet of any nation actually beleaguers the port of its enemy, no other has a right to enter their line, any more than their line of battle in the open sea, or their lines of circumvallation, or of encampment, or of battle array on land. The space included within their lines in any of those cases, is either the property of their enemy, or it is common property assumed and Edition: current; Page: [300] possessed for the moment, which cannot be intruded on, even by a neutral, without committing the very trespass we are now considering, that of intruding into the lawful possession of a friend.\n\nAlthough I consider the observance of these principles as of great importance to the interests of peaceable nations, among whom I hope the U S will ever place themselves, yet in the present state of things they are not worth a war. Nor do I believe war the most certain means of enforcing them. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert & in time of peace, are more likely to produce the desired effect.\n\nThe opinions I have here given are those which have generally been sanctioned by our government. In our treaties with France, the United Netherlands, Sweden & Prussia, the principles of free bottom, free goods, was uniformly maintained. In the instructions of 1784, given by Congress to their ministers appointed to treat with the nations of Europe generally, the same principle, and the doing away contraband of war, were enjoined, and were acceded to in the treaty signed with Portugal. In the late treaty with England, indeed, that power perseveringly refused the principle of free bottoms, free goods; and it was avoided in the late treaty with Prussia, at the instance of our then administration, lest it should seem to take side in a question then threatening decision by the sword. At the commencement of the war between France & England, the representative of the French republic then residing in the U S, complaining that the British armed ships captured Edition: current; Page: [301] French property in American bottoms, insisted that the principle of \u201cfree bottoms, free goods,\u201d was of the acknowledged law of nations; that the violation of that principle by the British was a wrong committed on us, and such an one as we ought to repel by joining in a war against that country. We denied his position, and appealed to the universal practice of Europe, in proof that the principle of \u201cfree bottoms, free goods,\u201d was not acknowledged as of the natural law of nations, but only of it\u2019s conventional law. And I believe we may safely affirm, that not a single instance can be produced where any nation of Europe, acting professedly under the law of nations alone, unrestrained by treaty, has, either by it\u2019s executive or judiciary organs, decided on the principle of \u201cfree bottoms, free goods.\u201d Judging of the law of nations by what has been practised among nations, we were authorized to say that the contrary principle was their rule, and this but an exception to it, introduced by special treaties in special cases only; that having no treaty with England substituting this instead of the ordinary rule, we had neither the right nor the disposition to go to war for it\u2019s establishment. But though we would not then, nor will we now, engage in war to establish this principle, we are nevertheless sincerely friendly to it. We think that the nations of Europe have originally set out in error; that experience has proved the error oppressive to the rights and interests of the peaceable part of mankind; that every nation but one has acknoleged this, by consenting to the change, & that one has consented in particular cases; Edition: current; Page: [302] that nations have a right to correct an erroneous principle, & to establish that which is right as their rule of action; and if they should adopt measures for effecting this in a peaceable way, we shall wish them success, and not stand in their way to it. But should it become, at any time, expedient for us to cooperate in the establishment of this principle, the opinion of the executive, on the advice of it\u2019s constitutional counsellors, must then be given; & that of the legislature, an independent & essential organ in the operation, must also be expressed; in forming which, they will be governed, every man by his own judgment, and may, very possibly, judge differently from the executive. With the same honest views, the most honest men often form different conclusions. As far, however, as we can judge, the principle of \u201cfree bottoms, free goods,\u201d is that which would carry the wishes of our nation.\n\nWishing you smooth seas and prosperous gales, with the enjoyment of good health, I tender you the assurances of my constant friendship & high consideration and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSep. 12, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (james madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSep. 12, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Yours of yesterday was delivered by your express about five o\u2019clock in the evening. My occupations for the departing post have prevented my answering instantly.\n\nNo commission nor letter of credence was signed Edition: current; Page: [303] for Mr. Livingston before we left Washington. I think the Boston has not yet left Boston for New York. I presume therefore that we can sign those papers in time after our return to Washington. I suspect on view of Murray\u2019s letters that the real obstacle to the ratification is nothing more than a desire to obtain an express renunciation of the demand of indemnities. If this be the case it will probably be ratified on that condition. On the established principle that everything is abandoned which is not provided for in a treaty of peace, the express abandonment would not be necessary if the 2d article is expunged. Suppose we were to instruct Livingston in case he finds on arrival in Paris that the ratification is withheld, that he propose the single article for the restitution of prizes, and say to them that with every disposition towards them of perfect friendliness and free commerce we are willing to trust, without a treaty to the mutual interests of the two countries for dictating the terms of our commercial relations, not doubting that each will give the best terms in practice to the other, that on the expiration of the British treaty we shall probably do the same with that nation and so with others. Unless indeed events should render it practicable to sign a short formula merely explanatory or amendatory of the L. of Nations in a few special articles. The being in freedom to refuse entrance in time of war to armed ships, or prizes, to refuse or send off ministers and consuls in time of war, is a most desirable situation in my judgment. I wonder to see such an arrearage from the Department of State to our bankers in Edition: current; Page: [304] Holland. Our predecessors seem to have levied immense sums from their constituents merely to feed favorites by large advances, and thus to purchase by corruption an extension of their influence and power. Their just debts appear to have been left in the background. I understood that the advance to Genl. Lloyd was to relieve his distress, and the contract a mere cover for letting him have the benefit of the 5,000 D. What would you think of agreeing to annul the contract on his previous actual reimbursement of the money? I think we may conclude with tolerable certainty that the Tripolitans had not taken any of our vessels before Dale\u2019s arrival at Gibraltar. What a pity he did not know of the war, that he might have taken their admiral and his ship.\n\nMr. Church does not exactly ask for a restoration of his consulship at Lisbon: But I am inclined to think it the very best step we can take. However this may be a subject of conversation when we meet. I am happy to hear your complaint has been so slight. I hope the great change in the weather since last night will secure us against the return of any more very hot weather. My respects to the ladies, and sincere and affectionate esteem to yourself.\n\nP. S. All the papers are returned except Davis\u2019 letter recommending a collector for the Ohio district.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSeptember 18, 1801\n\nMonticello\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSeptember 18, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014* * * With respect to Gardner and Campbell, I must leave them to yourself. I Edition: current; Page: [305] think we are bound to take care of them. Could we not procure them as good births as their former at least, in some of the custom-houses? One part of the subject of one of your letters is of a nature which forbids my interference altogether. The amendment to the Constitution, of which you speak, would be a remedy to a certain degree. So will a different amendment which I know will be proposed, to wit, to have no electors, but let the people vote directly, and the ticket which has a plurality of the votes of any State to be considered as receiving thereby the whole vote of the State. Our motions with respect to Livingston are easily explained: it was impossible for him to go off in the instant he was named, or on shorter warning than two or three months. In the meantime Bingham and others, mercantile men, complained in Congress that we were losing so many thousand dollars every day till the ratification of the treaty. A vessel to carry it was prepared by our predecessors, and all the preparatory expenses of her mission incurred. This is the reason why Mr. L. did not go then. The reason why he must go now is that difficulties have arisen unexpectedly in the ratification of the treaty, which we believe him more capable of getting over than Mr. Murray. We think that the state of the treaty there calls for the presence of a person of talents and confidence; we would rather trust him than Murray in shaping any new modification.\n\nI sincerely congratulate you on the better health of your son, as well as the new addition to your family, and Mrs. Gallatin\u2019s convalescence. I consider Edition: current; Page: [306] it as a trying experiment for a person from the mountains to pass the two bilious months on the tide-water. I have not done it these forty-years, and nothing should induce me to do it. As it is not possible but that the Administration must take some portion of time for their own affairs, I think it best they should select that season for absence. General Washington set the example of those two months; Mr. Adams extended them to eight months. I should not suppose our bringing it back to two months a ground for grumbling, but, grumble who will, I will never pass those two months on tide-water. Accept assurances of my constant and sincere esteem and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOctober 3, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nWilliam Short\n\nShort, William\n\nto william short\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nOctober 3, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014* * * I trusted to Mr. Dawson to give you a full explanation, verbally, on a subject which I find he has but slightly mentioned to you. I shall therefore now do it. When I returned from France, after an absence of 6. or 7. years, I was astonished at the change which I found had taken place in the U S in that time. No more like the same people; their notions, their habits & manners, the course of their commerce, so totally changed, that I, who stood in those of 1784, found myself not at all qualified to speak their sentiments, or forward their views in 1790. Very soon, therefore, after entering on the office of Sec. of State, I recommended to Gen. Washington to establish as a rule of practice, Edition: current; Page: [307] that no person should be continued on foreign mission beyond an absence of 6., 7., or 8. years. He approved it. On the only subsequent missions which took place in my time, the persons appointed were notified that they could not be continued beyond that period. All returned within it except Humphreys. His term was not quite out when Gen. Washington went out of office. The succeeding administration had no rule for anything; so he continued. Immediately on my coming to the administration, I wrote to him myself, reminded him of the rule I had communicated to him on his departure; that he had then been absent about 11. years, and consequently must return. On this ground solely he was superseded. Under these circumstances, your appointment was impossible after an absence of 17. years. Under any others, I should never fail to give to yourself & the world proofs of my friendship for you, & of my confidence in you. Whenever you shall return, you will be sensible in a greater, of what I was in a smaller degree, of the change in this nation from what it was when we both left it in 1784. We return like foreigners, &, like them, require a considerable residence here to become Americanized.\n\nThe state of political opinions continues to return steadily towards republicanism. To judge from the opposition papers, a stranger would suppose that a considerable check to it had been produced by certain removals of public officers. But this is not the case. All offices were in the hands of the federalists. The injustice of having totally excluded republicans was acknoleged by every man. To have removed one Edition: current; Page: [308] half, & to have placed republicans in their stead, would have been rigorously just, when it was known that these composed a very great majority of the nation. Yet such was their moderation in most of the States, that they did not desire it. In these, therefore, no removals took place but for malversation. In the middle States the contention had been higher, spirits were more sharpened & less accommodating. It was necessary in these two to practise a different treatment, and to make a few changes to tranquilize the injured party. A few have been made there, a very few still remain to be made. When this painful operation shall be over, I see nothing else ahead of us which can give uneasiness to any of our citizens, or retard that consolidation of sentiment so essential to our happiness & our strength. The tory papers will still find fault with everything. But these papers are sinking daily, from their dissonance with the sentiments of their subscribers, & very few will shortly remain to keep up a solitary & ineffectual barking.\n\nThere is no point in which an American, long absent from his country, wanders so widely from its sentiments as on the subject of its foreign affairs. We have a perfect horror at everything like connecting ourselves with the politics of Europe. It would indeed be advantageous to us to have neutral rights established on a broad ground; but no dependence can be placed in any European coalition for that. They have so many other bye-interests of greater weight, that some one or other will always be bought off. To be entangled with them would be a much Edition: current; Page: [309] greater evil than a temporary acquiescence in the false principles which have prevailed. Peace is our most important interest, and a recovery from debt. We feel ourselves strong, & daily growing stronger. The census just now concluded, shows we have added to our population a third of what it was 10. years ago. This will be a duplication in 23. or 24. years. If we can delay but for a few years the necessity of vindicating the laws of nature on the ocean, we shall be the more sure of doing it with effect. The day is within my time as well as yours, when we may say by what laws other nations shall treat us on the sea. And we will say it. In the meantime, we wish to let every treaty we have drop off without renewal. We call in our diplomatic missions, barely keeping up those to the most important nations. There is a strong disposition in our countrymen to discontinue even these; and very possibly it may be done. Consuls will be continued as usual. The interest which European nations feel, as well as ourselves, in the mutual patronage of commercial intercourse, is a sufficient stimulus on both sides to insure that patronage. A treaty, contrary to that interest, renders war necessary to get rid of it.\n\nI send this by Chancellor Livingston, named to the Senate the day after I came into office, as our M.P. to France. I have taken care to impress him with the value of your society. You will find him an able and honorable man; unfortunately, so deaf that he will have to transact all his business by writing. You will have known long ago that Mr. Skipwith is reinstated in his consulship, as well as some others who Edition: current; Page: [310] had been set aside. I recollect no domestic news interesting to you. Your letters to your brother have been regularly transmitted, & I lately forwarded one from him, to be carried you by Mr. Livingston.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 6, 1801\n\nWashington\n\ncircular to the heads of the departments\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nNov. 6, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Coming all of us into executive office, new, and unfamiliar with the course of business previously practised, it was not to be expected we should in the first outset, adopt in every part a line of proceeding so perfect as to admit no amendment. The mode & degrees of communication, particularly between the Presidents & heads of departments, have not been practised exactly on the same scale in all of them. Yet it would certainly be more safe & satisfactory for ourselves as well as the public, that not only the best, but also an uniform course of proceeding as to manner & degree, should be observed. Having been a member of the first administration under Gen Washington, I can state with exactness what our course then was. Letters of business came addressed sometimes to the President, but most frequently to the heads of departments. If addressed to himself, he referred them to the proper department to be acted on: if to one of the secretaries, the letter, if it required no answer, was communicated to the President, simply for his information. If an answer was requisite, the secretary of the department communicated the Edition: current; Page: [311] letter & his proposed answer to the President. Generally they were simply sent back after perusal, which signified his approbation. Sometimes he returned them with an informal note, suggesting an alteration or a query. If a doubt of any importance arose, he reserved it for conference. By this means, he was always in accurate possession of all facts and proceedings in every part of the Union, and to whatsoever department they related; he formed a central point for the different branches; preserved an unity of object and action among them; exercised that participation in the suggestion of affairs which his office made incumbent on him; and met himself the due responsibility for whatever was done. During Mr. Adams\u2019 administration, his long and habitual absences from the seat of government, rendered this kind of communication impracticable, removed him from any share in the transaction of affairs, and parcelled out the government, in fact, among four independent heads, drawing sometimes in opposite directions. That the former is preferable to the latter course, cannot be doubted. It gave, indeed, to the heads of departments the trouble of making up, once a day, a packet of all their communications for the perusal of the President; it commonly also retarded one day their despatches by mail. But in pressing cases, this injury was prevented by presenting that case singly for immediate attention; and it produced us in return the benefit of his sanction for every act we did. Whether any change of circumstances may render a change in this procedure necessary, a little experience will show us. But I Edition: current; Page: [312] cannot withhold recommending to heads of departments, that we should adopt this course for the present, leaving any necessary modifications of it to time and trial. I am sure my conduct must have proved better, than a thousand declarations would, that my confidence in those whom I am so happy as to have associated with me, is unlimited, unqualified & unabated. I am well satisfied that everything goes on with a wisdom & rectitude which I could not improve. If I had the universe to choose from, I could not change one of my associates to my better satisfaction. My sole motives are those before expressed, as governing the first administration in chalking out the rules of their proceeding; adding to them only a sense of obligation imposed on me by the public will, to meet personally the duties to which they have appointed me. If this mode of proceeding shall meet the approbation of the heads of departments, it may go into execution without giving them the trouble of an answer; if any other can be suggested which would answer our views and add less to their labors, that will be a sufficient reason for my preferring it to my own proposition, to the substance of which only, & not the form, I attach any importance.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 14, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nNov. 14, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The bearer hereof is Mr. Whitney at Connecticut a mechanic of the first order of ingenuity, who invented the cotton gin now so much Edition: current; Page: [313] used in the South; he is at the head of a considerable gun manufactory in Connecticut, and furnishes the U. S. with muskets undoubtedly the best they receive. He has invented molds and machines for making all the pieces of his locks so exactly equal, that take 100 locks to pieces and mingle their parts and the hundred locks may be put together as well by taking the first pieces which come to hand. This is of importance in repairing, because out of 10 locks e.g. disabled for the want of different pieces, 9 good locks may be put together without employing a smith. Leblanc in France had invented a similar process in 1788 and had extended it to the barrel, mounting & stock. I endeavored to get the U. S. to bring him over, which he was ready for on moderate terms. I failed and I do not know what became of him, Mr. Whitney has not yet extended his improvements beyond the lock. I think it possible he might be engaged in our manufactory of Richmd. tho\u2019 I have not asked him the question. I know nothing of his moral character. He is now on his way to S. Carola. on the subject of his gin. Health & happiness cum c\u00e6teris votis.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 18, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nAaron Burr\n\nBurr, Aaron\n\nto aaron burr\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nNov. 18, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 10th has been received, as have been those also of Sep. 4, & 23. in due time. These letters all relating to office, fall within the general rule which even the very first week Edition: current; Page: [314] of my being engaged in the administration obliged me to establish, to wit, that of not answering letters on office specifically, but leaving the answer to be found in what is done or not done on them. You will readily conceive into what scrapes one would get by saying no, either with or without reason, by using a softer language which might excite false hope or by saying yes prematurely. And to take away all offence from this silent answer, it is necessary to adhere to it in every case rigidly, as well with bosom friends as strangers. Captain Sterritt is arrived here from the Mediterranean. Congress will have a question as to all the Barbary powers of some difficulty. We have had under consideration Mr. Pusy\u2019s plans of fortification. They are scientifically done & expounded. He seems to prove that no works at either the Narrows or Governor\u2019s Island can stop a vessel. But to stop them at the Hook by a fort of 8,000 men and protecting army of 29,000 is beyond our present ideas of the scale of defence which we can adopt for all our sea port towns. His estimate of 4,000,000 D. which experience teaches us to double always, in a case where the law allows but (I believe) half a million, ties our hands at once. We refer the case back to Govr. Clinton to select half a dozen persons of judgment, of Americans ideas, and to present such a plan, within our limits, as these shall agree on. In the meantime the general subject will be laid before Congress. Accept assurances of my high respect & consideration.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [315]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 24, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto the governor of virginia (james monroe.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nNov. 24, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I had not been unmindful of your letter of June 15, covering a resolution of the House of Representatives of Virginia, and referred to in yours of the 17th inst. The importance of the subject, and the belief that it gave us time for consideration till the next meeting of the Legislature, have induced me to defer the answer to this date. You will perceive that some circumstances connected with the subject, & necessarily presenting themselves to view, would be improper but for yours\u2019 & the legislative ear. Their publication might have an ill effect in more than one quarter. In confidence of attention to this, I shall indulge greater freedom in writing.\n\nCommon malefactors, I presume, make no part of the object of that resolution. Neither their numbers, nor the nature of their offences, seem to require any provisions beyond those practised heretofore, & found adequate to the repression of ordinary crimes. Conspiracy, insurgency, treason, rebellion, among that description of persons who brought on us the alarm, and on themselves the tragedy, of 1800, were doubtless within the view of every one; but many perhaps contemplated, and one expression of the resolution might comprehend, a much larger scope. Respect to both opinions makes it my duty to understand the resolution in all the extent of which it is susceptible.\n\nThe idea seems to be to provide for these people Edition: current; Page: [316] by a purchase of lands; and it is asked whether such a purchase can be made of the U S in their western territory? A very great extent of country, north of the Ohio, has been laid off into townships, and is now at market, according to the provisions of the acts of Congress, with which you are acquainted. There is nothing which would restrain the State of Virginia either in the purchase or the application of these lands; but a purchase, by the acre, might perhaps be a more expensive provision than the H of Representatives contemplated. Questions would also arise whether the establishment of such a colony within our limits, and to become a part of our union, would be desirable to the State of Virginia itself, or to the other States\u2014especially those who would be in its vicinity?\n\nCould we procure lands beyond the limits of the U S to form a receptacle for these people? On our northern boundary, the country not occupied by British subjects, is the property of Indian nations, whose title would be to be extinguished, with the consent of Great Britain; & the new settlers would be British subjects. It is hardly to be believed that either Great Britian or the Indian proprietors have so disinterested a regard for us, as to be willing to relieve us, by receiving such a colony themselves; and as much to be doubted whether that race of men could long exist in so rigorous a climate. On our western & southern frontiers, Spain holds an immense country, the occupancy of which, however, is in the Indian natives, except a few insolated spots possessed by Spanish subjects. It is very questionable, Edition: current; Page: [317] indeed, whether the Indians would sell? whether Spain would be willing to receive these people? and nearly certain that she would not alienate the sovereignty. The same question to ourselves would recur here also, as did in the first case: should we be willing to have such a colony in contact with us? However our present interests may restrain us within our own limits, it is impossible not to look forward to distant times, when our rapid multiplication will expand itself beyond those limits, & cover the whole northern, if not the southern continent, with a people speaking the same language, governed in similar forms, & by similar laws; nor can we contemplate with satisfaction either blot or mixture on that surface. Spain, France, and Portugal hold possessions on the southern continent, as to which I am not well enough informed to say how far they might meet our views. But either there or in the northern continent, should the constituted authorities of Virginia fix their attention, of preference, I will have the dispositions of those powers sounded in the first instance.\n\nThe West Indies offer a more probable & practicable retreat for them. Inhabited already by a people of their own race & color; climates congenial with their natural constitution; insulated from the other descriptions of men; nature seems to have formed these islands to become the receptacle of the blacks transplanted into this hemisphere. Whether we could obtain from the European sovereigns of those islands leave to send thither the persons under consideration, I cannot say; but I think it more probable Edition: current; Page: [318] than the former propositions, because of their being already inhabited more or less by the same race. The most promising portion of them is the island of St. Domingo, where the blacks are established into a sovereignty de facto, & have organized themselves under regular laws & government. I should conjecture that their present ruler might be willing, on many considerations, to receive even that description which would be exiled for acts deemed criminal by us, but meritorious, perhaps, by him. The possibility that these exiles might stimulate & conduct vindicative or predatory descents on our coasts, & facilitate concert with their brethren remaining here, looks to a state of things between that island & us not probable on a contemplation of our relative strength, and of the disproportion daily growing; and it is overweighed by the humanity of the measures proposed, & the advantages of disembarrassing ourselves of such dangerous characters. Africa would offer a last & undoubted resort, if all others more desirable should fail us. Whenever the Legislature of Virginia shall have brought it\u2019s mind to a point, so that I may know exactly what to propose to foreign authorities, I will execute their wishes with fidelity & zeal. I hope, however, they will pardon me for suggesting a single question for their own consideration. When we contemplate the variety of countries & of sovereigns towards which we may direct our views, the vast revolutions & changes of circumstances which are now in a course of progression, the possibilities that arrangements now to be made, with a view to any particular plan, may, at no Edition: current; Page: [319] great distance of time, be totally deranged by a change of sovereignty, of government, or of other circumstances, it will be for the Legislature to consider whether, after they shall have made all those general provisions which may be fixed by legislative authority, it would be reposing too much confidence in their Executive to leave the place of relegation to be decided on by them. They could accommodate their arrangements to the actual state of things, in which countries or powers may be found to exist at the day; and may prevent the effect of the law from being defeated by intervening changes. This, however, is for them to decide. Our duty will be to respect their decision.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNovember 28, 1801\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nNovember 28, 1801\n\n.\n\nYour own opinion and that of the Attorney-General are sufficient authorities to me to approve of prosecuting in the case of the schooner Sally. And I will candidly add that my judgment also concurs. The handcuffs and bolts are palpable testimonials of the intention of the voyage, and the concealment of them and their omission in the statement of the cargo, strengthens the proof. The traffic, too, is so odious that no indulgences can be claimed.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 5, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nto the reverend isaac story\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec. 5, 1801\n\n.\n\nSir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Oct 27 was received some time since, and read with pleasure. It is not for me to Edition: current; Page: [320] pronounce on the hypothesis you present of a transmigration of souls from one body to another in certain cases. The laws of nature have withheld from us the means of physical knowledge of the country of spirits, and revelation has, for reasons unknown to us, chosen to leave us in the dark as we were. When I was young I was fond of the speculations which seemed to promise some insight into that hidden country, but observing at length that they left me in the same ignorance in which they had found me, I have for very many years ceased to read or to think concerning them, and have reposed my head on that pillow of ignorance which a benevolent Creator has made so soft for us, knowing how much we should be forced to use it. I have thought it better, by nourishing the good passions & controlling the bad, to merit an inheritance in a state of being of which I can know so little, and to trust for the future to him who has been so good for the past. I perceive too that these speculations have with you been only the amusement of leisure hours; while your labors have been devoted to the education of your children, making them good members of society, to the instructing men in their duties, and performing the other offices of a large parish. I am happy in your approbation of the principles I avowed on entering on the government. Ingenius minds, availing themselves of the imperfection of language, have tortured the expressions out of their plain meaning in order to infer departures from them in practice. If revealed language has not been able to guard itself against misinterpretations, I could not expect it. But if an administration \u201cquadrating with Edition: current; Page: [321] the obvious import of my language can conciliate the affections of my oppressers,\u201d I will merit that conciliation. I pray you to accept assurances of my respect & best wishes.\n\nIt is a circumstance of sincere gratification to me that on meeting the great council of our nation, I am able to announce to them, on the grounds of reasonable certainty, that the wars and troubles which have Edition: current; Page: [322] for so many years afflicted our sister nations have at length come to an end, and that the communications of peace and commerce are once more opening among them. While we devoutly return thanks to the beneficent Being who has been pleased to breathe into them the spirit of conciliation and forgiveness, Edition: current; Page: [323] we are bound with peculiar gratitude to be thankful to him that our own peace has been preserved through so perilous a season, and ourselves permitted quietly to cultivate the earth and to practice and improve those arts which tend to increase our comforts. The assurances, indeed, of friendly disposition, received Edition: current; Page: [324] from all the powers with whom we have principal relations, had inspired a confidence that our peace with them would not have been disturbed. But a cessation of the irregularities which had effected the commerce of neutral nations, and of the irritations and injuries produced by them, cannot but add Edition: current; Page: [325] to this confidence; and strengthens, at the same time, the hope, that wrongs committed on offending friends, under a pressure of circumstances, will now be reviewed with candor, and will be considered as founding just claims of retribution for the past and new assurances for the future.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [326]\n\nAmong our Indian neighbors, also, a spirit of peace and friendship generally prevails; and I am happy to inform you that the continued efforts to introduce among them the implements and the practice of husbandry, and of the household arts, have not been without success; that they are becoming more and Edition: current; Page: [327] more sensible of the superiority of this dependence for clothing and subsistence over the precarious resources of hunting and fishing; and already we are able to announce, that instead of that constant diminution of their numbers, produced by their wars and their wants, some of them begin to experience an increase of population.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [328]\n\nTo this state of general peace with which we have been blessed, one only exception exists. Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary States, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce Edition: current; Page: [329] war, on our failure to comply before a given day. The style of the demand admitted but one answer. I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, Edition: current; Page: [330] with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack. The Edition: current; Page: [331] measure was seasonable and salutary. The bey had already declared war in form. His cruisers were out. Two had arrived at Gibraltar. Our commerce Edition: current; Page: [332] in the Mediterranean was blockaded, and that of the Atlantic in peril. The arrival of our squadron dispelled the danger. One of the Tripolitan cruisers having fallen in with, and engaged the small schooner Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant Sterret, which had gone as a tender to our larger vessels, was captured, after a heavy slaughter of her men, without the loss of a single one on our part. The bravery exhibited by our citizens on that element, will, I trust, be a testimony to the world that it is not the want of that virtue which makes us seek their peace, but a conscientious desire to direct the energies of our nation to the multiplication of the human race, and not to its destruction. Unauthorized by the constitution, without the sanction of Congress, to go out beyond the line of defence, the vessel being disabled from committing further hostilities, was liberated with its crew. The legislature will doubtless consider whether, by authorizing measures of offence, also, they will place our force on an equal footing with that of its adversaries. I communicate all material information on this subject, that in the exercise of the important function considered by the constitution to the legislature exclusively, their judgment may form itself on a knowledge and consideration of every circumstance of weight.\n\nI wish I could say that our situation with all the other Barbary states was entirely satisfactory. Discovering that some delays had taken place in the performance of certain articles stipulated by us, I thought it my duty, by immediate measures for fulfilling them, to vindicate to ourselves the right of Edition: current; Page: [333] considering the effect of departure from stipulation on their side. From the papers which will be laid before you, you will be enabled to judge whether our treaties are regarded by them as fixing at all the measure of their demands, or as guarding from the exercise of force our vessels within their power; and to consider how far it will be safe and expedient to leave our affairs with them in their present posture.\n\nI lay before you the result of the census lately taken of our inhabitants, to a conformity with which we are to reduce the ensuing rates of representation and taxation. You will perceive that the increase of numbers during the last ten years, proceeding in geometrical ratio, promises a duplication in little more than twenty-two years. We contemplate this rapid growth, and the prospect it holds up to us, not with a view to the injuries it may enable us to do to others in some future day, but to the settlement of the extensive country still remaining vacant within our limits, to the multiplications of men susceptible of happiness, educated in the love of order, habituated to self-government, and value its blessings above all price.\n\nOther circumstances, combined with the increase of numbers, have produced an augmentation of revenue arising from consumption, in a ratio far beyond that of population alone, and though the changes of foreign relations now taking place so desirably for the world, may for a season affect this branch of revenue, yet, weighing all probabilities of expense, as well as of income, there is reasonable ground of confidence that we may now safely dispense with all Edition: current; Page: [334] the internal taxes, comprehending excises, stamps, auctions, licenses, carriages, and refined sugars, to which the postage on newspapers may be added, to facilitate the progress of information, and that the remaining sources of revenue will be sufficient to provide for the support of government to pay the interest on the public debts, and to discharge the principals in shorter periods than the laws or the general expectations had contemplated. War, indeed, and untoward events, may change this prospect of things, and call for expenses which the imposts could not meet; but sound principles will not justify our taxing the industry of our fellow citizens to accumulate treasure for wars to happen we know not when, and which might not perhaps happen but from the temptations offered by that treasure.\n\nThese views, however, of reducing our burdens, are formed on the expectation that a sensible, and at the same time a salutary reduction, may take place in our habitual expenditures. For this purpose, those of the civil government, the army, and navy, will need revisal.\n\nWhen we consider that this government is charged with the external and mutual relations only of these states; that the states themselves have principal care of our persons, our property, and our reputation, constituting the great field of human concerns, we may well doubt whether our organization is not too complicated, too expensive; whether offices or officers have not been multiplied unnecessarily, and sometimes injuriously to the service they were meant to promote. I will cause to be laid before you an Edition: current; Page: [335] essay toward a statement of those who, under public employment of various kinds, draw money from the treasury or from our citizens. Time has not permitted a perfect enumeration, the ramifications of office being too multiplied and remote to be completely traced in a first trial. Among those who are dependent on executive discretion, I have begun the reduction of what was deemed necessary. The expenses of diplomatic agency have been considerably diminished. The inspectors of internal revenue who were found to obstruct the accountability of the institution, have been discontinued. Several agencies created by executive authority, on salaries fixed by that also, have been suppressed, and should suggest the expediency of regulating that power by law, so as to subject its exercises to legislative inspection and sanction. Other reformations of the same kind will be pursued with that caution which is requisite in removing useless things, not to injure what is retained. But the great mass of public offices is established by law, and, therefore, by law alone can be abolished. Should the legislature think it expedient to pass this roll in review, and try all its parts by the test of public utility, they may be assured of every aid and light which executive information can yield. Considering the general tendency to multiply offices and dependencies, and to increase expense to the ultimate term of burden which the citizen can bear, it behooves us to avail ourselves of every occasion which presents itself for taking off the surcharge; that it may never be seen here that, after leaving to labor the smallest portion of its earnings on which Edition: current; Page: [336] it can subsist, government shall itself consume the residue of what it was instituted to guard.\n\nIn our care, too, of the public contributions intrusted to our direction, it would be prudent to multiply barriers against their dissipation, by appropriating specific sums to every specific purpose susceptible of definition; by disallowing applications of money varying from the appropriation in object, or transcending it in amount; by reducing the undefined field of contingencies, and thereby circumscribing discretionary powers over money; and by bringing back to a single department all accountabilities for money where the examination may be prompt, efficacious, and uniform.\n\nAn account of the receipts and expenditures of the last year, as prepared by the secretary of the treasury, will as usual be laid before you. The success which has attended the late sales of the public lands, shows that with attention they may be made an important source of receipt. Among the payments, those made in discharge of the principal and interest of the national debt, will show that the public faith has been exactly maintained. To these will be added an estimate of appropriations necessary for the ensuing year. This last will of course be effected by such modifications of the systems of expense, as you shall think proper to adopt.\n\nA statement has been formed by the secretary of war, on mature consideration, of all the posts and stations where garrisons will be expedient, and of the number of men requisite for each garrison. The whole amount is considerably short of the present Edition: current; Page: [337] military establishment. For the surplus no particular use can be pointed out. For defence against invasion, their number is as nothing; nor is it conceived needful or safe that a standing army should be kept up in time of peace for that purpose. Uncertain as we must ever be of the particular point in our circumference where an enemy may choose to invade us, the only force which can be ready at every point and competent to oppose them, is the body of neighboring citizens as formed into a militia. On these, collected from the parts most convenient, in numbers proportioned to the invading foe, it is best to rely, not only to meet the first attack, but if it threatens to be permanent, to maintain the defence until regulars may be engaged to relieve them. These considerations render it important that we should at every session continue to amend the defects which from time to time show themselves in the laws for regulating the militia, until they are sufficiently perfect. Nor should we now or at any time separate, until we can say we have done everything for the militia which we could do were an enemy at our door.\n\nThe provisions of military stores on hand will be laid before you, that you may judge of the additions still requisite.\n\nWith respect to the extent to which our naval preparations should be carried, some difference of opinion may be expected to appear; but just attention to the circumstances of every part of the Union will doubtless reconcile all. A small force will probably continue to be wanted for actual service in the Edition: current; Page: [338] Mediterranean. Whatever annual sum beyond that you may think proper to appropriate to naval preparations, would perhaps be better employed in providing those articles which may be kept without waste or consumption, and be in readiness when any exigence calls them into use. Progress has been made, as will appear by papers now communicated, in providing materials for seventy-four gun ships as directed by law.\n\nHow far the authority given by the legislature for procuring and establishing sites for naval purposes has been perfectly understood and pursued in the execution, admits of some doubt. A statement of the expenses already incurred on that subject, shall be laid before you. I have in certain cases suspended or slackened these expenditures, that the legislature might determine whether so many yards are necessary as have been contemplated. The works at this place are among those permitted to go on; and five of the seven frigates directed to be laid up, have been brought and laid up here, where, besides the safety of their position, they are under the eye of the executive administration, as well as of its agents and where yourselves also will be guided by your own view in the legislative provisions respecting them which may from time to time be necessary. They are preserved in such condition, as well the vessels as whatever belongs to them, as to be at all times ready for sea on a short warning. Two others are yet to be laid up so soon as they shall have received the repairs requisite to put them also into sound condition. As a superintending Edition: current; Page: [339] officer will be necessary at each yard, his duties and emoluments, hitherto fixed by the executive, will be a more proper subject for legislation. A communication will also be made of our progress in the execution of the law respecting the vessels directed to be sold.\n\nThe fortifications of our harbors, more or less advanced, present considerations of great difficulty. While some of them are on a scale sufficiently proportioned to the advantages of their position, to the efficacy of their protection, and the importance of the points within it, others are so extensive, will cost so much in their first erection, so much in their maintenance, and require such a force to garrison them, as to make it questionable what is best now to be done. A statement of those commenced or projected, of the expenses already incurred, and estimates of their future cost, so far as can be foreseen, shall be laid before you, that you may be enabled to judge whether any attention is necessary in the laws respecting this subject.\n\nAgriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed. If in the course of your observations or inquiries they should appear to need any aid within the limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of their importance is a sufficient assurance they will occupy your attention. We cannot, indeed, but all feel an anxious solicitude for the difficulties under which our carrying Edition: current; Page: [340] trade will soon be placed. How far it can be relieved, otherwise than by time, is a subject of important consideration.\n\nThe judiciary system of the United States, and especially that portion of it recently erected, will of course present itself to the contemplation of Congress; and that they may be able to judge of the proportion which the institution bears to the business it has to perform, I have caused to be procured from the several States, and now lay before Congress, an exact statement of all the causes decided since the first establishment of the courts, and of those which were depending when additional courts and judges were brought in to their aid.\n\nAnd while on the judiciary organization, it will be worthy your consideration, whether the protection of the inestimable institution of juries has been extended to all the cases involving the security of our persons and property. Their impartial selection also being essential to their value, we ought further to consider whether that is sufficiently secured in those States where they are named by a marshal depending on executive will, or designated by the court or by officers dependent on them.\n\nI cannot omit recommending a revisal of the laws on the subject of naturalization. Considering the ordinary chances of human life, a denial of citizenship under a residence of fourteen years is a denial to a great proportion of those who ask it, and controls a policy pursued from their first settlement by many of these States, and still believed of consequence to their prosperity. And shall we refuse the Edition: current; Page: [341] unhappy fugitives from distress that hospitality which the savages of the wilderness extended to our fathers arriving in this land? Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe? The constitution, indeed, has wisely provided that, for admission to certain offices of important trust, a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design. But might not the general character and capabilities of a citizen be safely communicated to every one manifesting a bona fide purpose of embarking his life and fortunes permanently with us? with restrictions, perhaps, to guard against the fraudulent usurpation of our flag; an abuse which brings so much embarrassment and loss on the genuine citizen, and so much danger to the nation of being involved in war, that no endeavor should be spared to detect and suppress it.1\n\nThese, fellow citizens, are the matters respecting the state of the nation, which I have thought of importance to be submitted to your consideration at this time. Some others of less moment, or not yet ready for communication, will be the subject of separate messages. I am happy in this opportunity of committing the arduous affairs of our government Edition: current; Page: [342] to the collected wisdom of the Union. Nothing shall be wanting on my part to inform, as far as in my power, the legislative judgment, nor to carry that judgment into faithful execution. The prudence and temperance of your discussions will promote, within your own walls, that conciliation which so much befriends national conclusion; and by its example will encourage among our constituents that progress of opinion which is tending to unite them in object and in will. That all should be satisfied with any one order of things is not to be expected, but I indulge the pleasing persuasion that the great body of our citizens will cordially concur in honest and disinterested efforts, which have for their object to preserve the general and State governments in their constitutional form and equilibrium; to maintain peace abroad, and order and obedience to the laws at home; to establish principles and practices of administration favorable to the security of liberty and prosperity, and to reduce expenses to what is necessary for the useful purposes of government.1\n\nEdition: current; Page: [343]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 20, 1801\n\nWashington\n\nDoctor Benjamin Rush\n\nRush, Doctor Benjamin\n\nto doctor benjamin rush\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec. 20, 1801\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have received your favor of Nov 27, with your introductory lecture, which I have read Edition: current; Page: [344] with the pleasure and edification I do everything from you. I am happy to see that vaccination is Edition: current; Page: [345] introduced, & likely to be kept up, in Philadelphia; but I shall not think it exhibits all it\u2019s utility until experience shall have hit upon some mark or rule by which the popular eye may distinguish genuine from spurious virus. It was with this view that I wished to discover whether time could not be made the standard, and supposed, from the little experience I had, that matter, taken at 8. times 24. hours from the time of insertion, could always be in the proper state. As far as I went I found it so; but I shall be happy to learn what the immense field of experience in Philadelphia will teach us on that subject.\n\nOur winter campaign has opened with more good humor than I expected. By sending a message, instead of making a speech at the opening of the session, I have prevented the bloody conflict to which the making an answer would have committed them. They consequently were able to set into real business at once, without losing 10. or 12. days in combating an answer. Hitherto there has been no disagreeable altercations. The suppression of useless offices, and lopping off the parasitical plant engrafted at the last session on the judiciary body, will probably produce some. Bitter men are not pleased with the suppression of taxes. Not daring to condemn the measure, they attack the motive; & too disingenuous to ascribe it to the honest one of freeing our citizens from unnecessary burthens and unnecessary systems of office, they ascribe it to a desire of popularity. But every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, & the rogues may rail without intermission.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [346]\n\nMy health has been always so uniformly firm, that I have for some years dreaded nothing so much as the living too long. I think, however, that a flaw has appeared which ensures me against that, without cutting short any of the period during which I could expect to remain capable of being useful. It will probably give me as many years as I wish, and without pain or debility. Should this be the case, my most anxious prayers will have been fulfilled by Heaven.\n\nI have said as much to no mortal breathing, and my florid health is calculated to keep my friends as well as foes quiet, as they should be. Accept assurances of my constant esteem & high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan 1, 1802\n\nLevi Lincoln\n\nLincoln, Levi\n\nto the attorney general (levi lincoln)\n\nj. mss.\n\nJan 1, 1802\n\n.\n\nAverse to receive addresses, yet unable to prevent them, I have generally endeavored to turn them to some account, by making them the occasion, by way of answer, of sowing useful truths & principles among the people, which might germinate and become rooted among their political tenets. The Baptist address, now enclosed, admits of a condemnation of the alliance between Church and State, under the authority of the Constitution. It furnishes an occasion, too, which I have long wished to find, of saying why I do not proclaim fastings & thanksgivings, as my predecessors did.\n\nThe address, to be sure, does not point at this, & Edition: current; Page: [347] it\u2019s introduction is awkward. But I foresee no opportunity of doing it more pertinently. I know it will give great offence to the New England clergy; but the advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from them. Will you be so good as to examine the answer, and suggest any alterations which might prevent an ill effect, or promote a good one among the people? You understand the temper of those in the North, and can weaken it, therefore, to their stomachs: it is at present seasoned to the Southern taste only. I would ask the favor of you to return it, with the address, in the course of the day or evening. Health & affection.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 17, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nJames Cheetham\n\nCheetham, James\n\nto james cheetham\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan. 17, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Dec. 29 was received in due time. Although it is all important for public as well as personal considerations, that I should receive information of every interesting occurrence, yet it is little in my power to entitle myself to it by regular correspondence on my part. In fact it is rare I can answer a private letter at all, being for the most part obliged to leave even my best friends to read the answer in what is done, or not done, in consequence of their letters. This must account for my late answer to yours of the 29th ult. and for my failures to answer at all on other occasions. The fact of the suppression of a work mentioned by you is curious, and pregnant with considerations.1 Is it Edition: current; Page: [348] impossible to get a single copy of the work? A good history of the period it comprehended will doubtless be valuable. Should it be undertaken as you suggest, I should suppose it indispensable in you, rather to visit this place, at your own convenience, for the information you desire as to a particular document, and for such other as the work itself will suggest to you. In the meantime I can assure you that I have only read that document with the extracts from it, in Callender\u2019s History of 1796. Pa. 172 to 181 & find the latter not only substantially, but almost verbally exact. With respect to the compensation to the negotiator, I think the printed public accounts show that he received his salary as C. J. and his actual expenses on the mission.\n\nA certain description of persons are so industrious in misconstruing and misrepresenting every word from my pen, that I must pray you, after reading this, to destroy it, that no accident happening to it may furnish matter for new slanders. Accept my respects and best wishes.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 26, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nWilson Cary Nicholas\n\nNicholas, Wilson Cary\n\nto wilson cary nicholas\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan. 26, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The enclosed paper was put into my hands by Mr. Madison to fill up some dates, but I have been so engaged as to do little to it; and supposing you will want it to-day I send it as it is. To that list may be added the appointment of Gouvr. Morris to negotiate with the court of London, by Edition: current; Page: [349] letter written and signed by Genl. Washington, and Dav. Humphreys to negotiate with Liston by letter. Commissions were not given in form because no ministers had yet been sent here by those courts. But all the powers were given them, and half the salary (as they were not to display the diplomatic ranks, half salary was thought sufficient) but they were compleatly officers on salaries, and no notice given the senate till afterwards.\n\nThe phrase in the constitution is: \u201cto fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate.\u201d This may mean \u201cvacancies that may happen to be\u201d or \u201cmay happen to fall\u201d it is certainly susceptible of both constructions, and we took the practice of our predecessors as the commentary established. This was done without deliberation; and we have not before taken an exact view of the precedents. They more than cover our cases, but I think some of them are not justifiable. We propose to take the subject into consideration, and to fix on such a rule of conduct, within the words of the constitution, as may save the government from serious injury, and yet restrain the executive within limits which might admit mischief. You will observe the cases of Reade & Putnam, where the persons nominated declining to accept the vacancy remained unfilled and had happened before the recess. It will be said these vacancies did not remain unfilled by the intention of the executive, who had, by nomination, endeavored to fill them. So in our cases, they were not unfilled by the intention of the successor, but by the omission of the predecessor. Chas. Lee informed me that wherever Edition: current; Page: [350] an office became vacant so short a time before congress rose, as not to give an opportunity of inquiring for a proper character, they let it lie always till recess. However this discussion is too long for a letter. We must establish a correct and well digested rule of practice, to bind up our successors as well as ourselves. If we find that any of our cases go beyond the limits of such a rule, we must consider what will be the best way of preventing their being considered authoritative examples. In the meantime I think it would be better to give the subject the go for the present, that we may have time to consider and to do what will be best for the general safety. Health & respect.\n\nP. S.\u2014When you are done with the enclosed paper I shall be very glad to receive it again to copy it for publication.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 20, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nJohn Page\n\nPage, John\n\nto john page\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 20, 1802\n\n.\n\nMy dear friend,\n\n\u2014I pray you, in the first place, that the contents of this letter may be inviolably secret, until promulgated by some public act. In my letter of March 2d, I mentioned to you that the mint had been left at Philadelphia merely because taken up by the legislature too late to decide on it. The subject is now resumed, and there is no doubt the institution will be suppressed. This of course prevents the prospect of employing your talents worthily in that department. Another difficulty has occurred, of which at that time I was not apprized. Virginia is Edition: current; Page: [351] greatly over her due proportion of appointments in the general government; and tho\u2019 this has not been done by me, it would be imputed as blamed to me to add to her proportion. So that for all general offices persons to fill them must for some time be sought from other states, and only offices which are to be exercised within the state can be given to its own citizens. This leaves but little scope for placing talents in offices to which they are analogous, and must apologize for what I am about to propose to you. Col. Heath, the collector of the customs at Petersburg must be removed on account of the irritability of his temper, and the fury of his Federalism. His office will probably be worth in future from 2. to 3. thousand D. a year as you will see by the inclosed paper. In proposing it to you, I am governed only by a desire to be useful to you, and at the same time to place the office in hands equal to its duties and acceptable to the public. What its labours are, I know not. Its responsibility is very great; as prodigious sums pass through it, which, where there is no bank to deposit them in for safe-keeping, lie at considerable risk. It requires too the utmost vigilance of the principal over his clerks, as we have seen the collectors of South Carolina, Pennsylva and N. York and some others, not only ruin themselves, but their securities also, and still great loss falling on the public; and this from the sole fraud of the clerk. I should suppose indeed that nothing could secure the principal but a vigorous refusal to let his clerks ever touch a dollar, and an inflexible reservation of the care and custody of the iron chest to himself. With Edition: current; Page: [352] this precaution, these officers are the best in the U. S. Although I know your character to be much inclined to indulgence, and confidence in others, yet I know also that when you are apprized that the safety of yourself and family, of your securities and of the public and your own reputation also would require you not to trust any body but yourself, your sense of duty is too strong to leave any hesitation. I mention these circumstances, because I wish you to be apprized of the dangers as well as the benefits of the office, and to make up your judgment on a view of the whole subject. It would require your removal to Petersburgh where the office is kept. Taking convenient time to consider of it, you will be so good as to inform me as soon as you can decide whether you will accept the office or not. There was for some time an expectation that Colonel Davies\u2019s death would have produced a vacancy in that office, which is a better one than that of Petersburg. But I believe that expectation is over. Present me respectfully to Mrs. Page, and accept yourself assurances of my constant and affectionate esteem.1\n\nEdition: current; Page: [353]\n\nP. S. Mar. 9. I have withheld this letter some days on an expectation that Mr. Gallatin would be Edition: current; Page: [354] able to say something further on the subject of the emoluments of the office. He says that a committee Edition: current; Page: [355] are about to propose reductions of the emoluments of all the collectors. He is of opinion this will be Edition: current; Page: [356] reduced so as to stand somewhere between two & three thousand dollars. I thought it best to apprize you of everything. Gallatin mentions a very necessary caution against trusting the merchants beyond the time of their bonds so as to make yourself responsible. Mr. Gallatin says the office at Norfolk is not near so profitable as that of Petersburg.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 16, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto the u. s. minister to france (robert r. livingston)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMar. 16, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir\n\n\u2014Your favor of Dec. 26, was received the 5th inst. and one of a later date to the Secretary of state has been communicated to me. The present is intended as a commentary on my letter to you of Aug. 28. When I wrote that letter I did not harbor a doubt that the disposition on that side the water was as cordial, as I knew ours to be. I thought it important that the agents between us should be such as both parties would be willing to open themselves to freely. I ought to have expressed in that letter the distinction between the two characters therein named, which really existed in my mind. Of one of them I thought nothing good. As to the other (whom you mention to be the real one contemplated) I considered him well disposed to this country, but not towards its political principles. I had confidence in him to a certain extent; but that confidence had limits. I thought a slight hint of this might have had some effect on the choice of an agent. But the dispositions now understood to exist there, impose Edition: current; Page: [357] of themselves limits to the openness of our communications, and bring us within the extent of that reposed in the agent under consideration. Consequently it is adequate to all the purposes for which it will be used. I wish you therefore not only to suggest nothing against his mission, but on the contrary to impress him that it will be agreeable, and even desirable, which is the truth. For I firmly believe him well disposed to preserve amity between that country and this. Tho\u2019 clouds may occasionally obscure the horizon between us yet there is a fund of friendship and attachment between the mass of the two nations which will always in time dispel those nebulosities. The present administration of this country have these feelings of their constituents, and will be true to them. We shall act steadily on the desire of cementing our interests and affections; and of this you cannot go too far in assuring them. In every event we will receive with satisfaction any missionary they chuse to send. Not being very sure of the channel of conveyance for this letter, I have explained the former one so that you will understand it: and reserve myself on other subjects to some future occasion. Accept assurances of my high esteem & consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 24, 1802\n\nLevi Lincoln\n\nLincoln, Levi\n\nto the attorney general (levi lincoln.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMar. 24, 1802\n\n.\n\nI had no conception there were persons enough to support a paper whose stomachs could bear such Edition: current; Page: [358] aliment as the enclosed papers contain. They are far beyond even the Washington Federalist. To punish however is impracticable until the body of the people, from whom juries are to be taken, get their minds to rights; and even then I doubt its expediency. While a full range is proper for actions by individuals, either private or public, for slanders affecting them, I would wish much to see the experiment tried of getting along without public prosecutions for libels. I believe we can do it. Patience and well doing, instead of punishment, if it can be found sufficiently efficacious, would be a happy change in the instruments of government.\n\nHealth & affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApl. 1, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nApl. 1, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have read and considered your report on the operations of the sinking fund, and entirely approve of it, as the best plan on which we can set out. I think it an object of great importance, to be kept in view and to be undertaken at a fit season, to simplify our system of finance, and bring it within the comprehension of every member of Congress. Hamilton set out on a different plan. In order that he might have the entire government of his machine, he determined so to complicate it as that neither the President or Congress should be able to understand it, or to control him. He succeeded Edition: current; Page: [359] in doing this, not only beyond their reach, but so that he at length could not unravel it himself. He gave to the debt, in the first instance, in finding it, the most artificial and mysterious form he could devise. He then moulded up his appropriations of a number of scraps & remnants, many of which were nothing at all, and applied them to different objects in reversion and remainder, until the whole system was involved in impenetrable fog; and while he was giving himself the airs of providing for the payment of the debt, he left himself free to add to it continually, as he did in fact, instead of paying it. I like your idea of kneading all his little scraps & fragments into one batch, and adding to it a complementary sum, which, while it forms it into a single mass from which everything is to be paid, will enable us, should a breach of appropriation ever be charged on us, to prove that the sum appropriated, & more, has been applied to its specific object.\n\nBut there is a point beyond this on which I should wish to keep my eye, and to which I should aim to approach by every tack which previous arrangements force upon us. That is, to form into one consolidated mass all the moneys received into the treasury, and to the several expenditures, giving them a preference of payment according to the order in which they should be arranged. As for example. 1. The interest of the public debt. 2. Such portion of principal as are exigible. 3. The expenses of government. 4. Such other portions of principal as, thou\u2019 not exigible, we are still free to pay when we please. The last object might be made to take up Edition: current; Page: [360] the residuum of money remaining in the treasury at the end of every year, after the three first objects were complied with, and would be the barometer whereby to test the economy of the administration. It would furnish a simple measure by which every one could mete their merit, and by which every one could decide when taxes were deficient or superabundant. If to this can be added a simplification of the form of accounts in the treasury department, and in the organization of its officers, so as to bring everything to a single centre, we might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant\u2019s books, so that every member of Congress, and every man of any mind in the Union, should be able to comprehend them, to investigate abuses, and consequently to control them. Our predecessors have endeavored by intricacies of system, and shuffling the investigator over from one officer to another, to cover everything from detection. I hope we shall go in the contrary direction, and that by your honest and judicious reformations, we may be able, within the limits of our time, to bring things back to that simple & intelligible system on which they should have been organized at first.\n\nI have suggested only a single alteration in the report, which is merely verbal & of no consequence. We shall now get rid of the commissioner of the internal revenue, & superintendent of stamps. It remains to amalgamate the comptroller & auditor into one, and reduce the register to a clerk of accounts; and then the organization will consist, as it should at first, of a keeper of money, a keeper of accounts, & Edition: current; Page: [361] the head of the department. This constellation of great men in the treasury department was of a piece with the rest of Hamilton\u2019s plans. He took his own stand as a Lieutenant General, surrounded by his Major Generals, and stationing his Brigadiers & Colonels under the name of Supervisors, Inspectors, &c., in the different States. Let us deserve well of our country by making their interests the end of all our plans, and not our own pomp, patronage and irresponsibility. I have hazarded these hasty & crude ideas, which occurred on contemplating your report. They may be the subject of future conversation and correction. Accept my affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 6, 1802\n\nWilliam Branch Giles\n\nGiles, William Branch\n\nto william branch giles\n\nj. mss.\n\nApr. 6, 1802\n\n.\n\nI enclose you an extract of a letter from Mr. Brown to Mr. Lincoln under whom acting as Secretary of State and Genl. Smith acting voluntarily for the department of secretary of the navy, but without appointment or reward, the latter part of what respected the Berceau was conducted. The other letter of Brown\u2019s which I mentioned relates merely to the details of the repairs.\n\nThe question whether the Berceau was to be delivered up under the treaty was of executive cognizance entirely and without appeal. So was the question as to the condition in which she should be delivered. And it is as much an invasion of its Edition: current; Page: [362] independence for a coordinate branch to call for the reasons of the decision, as it would be to call on the Supreme Court for its reasons on any judiciary decision. If an appropriation were asked, the legislature would have a right to ask reasons. But in this case they had confided an appropriation (for naval contingencies) to the discretion of the Executive. Under this appropriation our predecessors bought the vessel (for there was no order of congress authorizing them to buy) and began her repairs: we completed them. I will not say that a very gross abuse of discretion in a past appropriation would not furnish ground to the legislature to take notice of it. In what form is not now necessary to decide. But so far from a gross abuse, the decision in this case was correct, honorable, and advantageous to the nation. I cannot see to what legitimate objects any resolution of the House on the subject can lead: and if one is passed on ground not legitimate, our duty will be to resist it. These gentlemen wish to abuse the liberality of the majority by harrassing the Executive with malicious inquiries, and sewing tares among their enemies. So far they ought not to be indulged. They wish also to create occasions for evacuation of their ill humor. They have no doubt had the evacuation. But after indulging them with that, to give them any sanction by a vote of the House yielding to their demands, is to give color to all the calumnies they have before uttered against the Executive. Be so good as to return me the enclosed paper when you shall have made your uses of it.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [363]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 18, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto the u. s. minister to france (robert r. livingston.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nApr. 18, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir\n\n\u2014A favorable and a confidential opportunity offering by Mr. Dupont de Nemours, who is revisiting his native country gives me an opportunity of sending you a cipher to be used between us, which will give you some trouble to understand, but, once understood, is the easiest to use, the most indecipherable, and varied by a new key with the greatest facility of any one I have ever known. I am in hopes the explanation inclosed will be sufficient. Let our key of letters be [some figures which are illegible] and the key of lines be [figures illegible] and lest we should happen to lose our key or be absent from it, it is so formed as to be kept in the memory and put upon paper at pleasure; being produced by writing our names and residences at full length, each of which containing 27 letters is divided into two parts of 9. letters each; and each of the 9. letters is then numbered according to the place it would hold if the 9. were arranged alphabetically, thus [so blotted as to be illegible]. The numbers over the letters being then arranged as the letters to which they belong stand in our names, we can always construct our key. But why a cipher between us, when official things go naturally to the Secretary of State, and things not political need no cipher. 1. matters of a public nature, and proper to go on our records, should go to the secretary of state. 2. matters of a public nature not proper to be placed on our records may still go to the secretary of state, headed by the word \u201cprivate.\u201d Edition: current; Page: [364] But 3. there may be matters merely personal to ourselves, and which require the cover of a cipher more than those of any other character. This last purpose and others which we cannot foresee may render it convenient and advantageous to have at hand a mask for whatever may need it. But writing by Mr. Dupont I need no cipher. I require from him to put this into your own and no other hand, let the delay occasioned by that be what it will.\n\nThe cession of Louisiana and the Floridas by Spain to France works most sorely on the U. S. On this subject the Secretary of State has written to you fully. Yet I cannot forbear recurring to it personally, so deep is the impression it makes in my mind. It compleatly reverses all the political relations of the U. S. and will form a new epoch in our political course. Of all nations of any consideration France is the one which hitherto has offered the fewest points on which we could have any conflict of right, and the most points of a communion of interests. From these causes we have ever looked to her as our natural friend, as one with which we never could have an occasion of difference. Her growth therefore we viewed as our own, her misfortunes ours. There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more than half our inhabitants. France placing herself in that door assumes to us the attitude of defiance. Spain might Edition: current; Page: [365] have retained it quietly for years. Her pacific dispositions, her feeble state, would induce her to increase our facilities there, so that her possession of the place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not perhaps be very long before some circumstance might arise which might make the cession of it to us the price of something of more worth to her. Not so can it ever be in the hands of France. The impetuosity of her temper, the energy and restlessness of her character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our character, which though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury, enterprising and energetic as any nation on earth, these circumstances render it impossible that France and the U. S. can continue long friends when they meet in so irritable a position. They as well as we must be blind if they do not see this; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The day that France takes possession of N. Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation. We must turn all our attentions to a maritime force, for which our resources place us on very high grounds: and having formed and cemented together a power which may render reinforcement of her settlements here impossible to France, make the first cannon, which shall be fired in Europe the signal for tearing up any Edition: current; Page: [366] settlement she may have made, and for holding the two continents of America in sequestration for the common purposes of the united British and American nations. This is not a state of things we seek or desire. It is one which this measure, if adopted by France, forces on us, as necessarily as any other cause, by the laws of nature, brings on its necessary effect. It is not from a fear of France that we deprecate this measure proposed by her. For however greater her force is than ours compared in the abstract, it is nothing in comparison of ours when to be exerted on our soil. But it is from a sincere love of peace, and a firm persuasion that bound to France by the interests and the strong sympathies still existing in the minds of our citizens, and holding relative positions which insure their continuance we are secure of a long course of peace. Whereas the change of friends, which will be rendered necessary if France changes that position, embarks us necessarily as a belligerent power in the first war of Europe. In that case France will have held possession of New Orleans during the interval of a peace, long or short, at the end of which it will be wrested from her. Will this short-lived possession have been an equivalent to her for the transfer of such a weight into the scale of her enemy? Will not the amalgamation of a young, thriving, nation continue to that enemy the health and force which are at present so evidently on the decline? And will a few years possession of N. Orleans add equally to the strength of France? She may say she needs Louisiana for the supply of her West Indies. She does not need it in time of peace. Edition: current; Page: [367] And in war she could not depend on them because they would be so easily intercepted. I should suppose that all these considerations might in some proper form be brought into view of the government of France. Tho\u2019 stated by us, it ought not to give offence; because we do not bring them forward as a menace, but as consequences not controulable by us, but inevitable from the course of things. We mention them not as things which we desire by any means, but as things we deprecate; and we beseech a friend to look forward and to prevent them for our common interests.\n\nIf France considers Louisiana however as indispensable for her views she might perhaps be willing to look about for arrangements which might reconcile it to our interests. If anything could do this it would be the ceding to us the island of New Orleans and the Floridas. This would certainly in a great degree remove the causes of jarring and irritation between us, and perhaps for such a length of time as might produce other means of making the measure permanently conciliatory to our interests and friendships. It would at any rate relieve us from the necessity of taking immediate measures for countervailing such an operation by arrangements in another quarter. Still we should consider N. Orleans and the Floridas as equivalent for the risk of a quarrel with France produced by her vicinage. I have no doubt you have urged these considerations on every proper occasion with the government where you are. They are such as must have effect if you can find the means of producing thorough reflection on them by that Edition: current; Page: [368] government. The idea here is that the troops sent to St. Domingo, were to proceed to Louisiana after finishing their work in that island. If this were the arrangement, it will give you time to return again and again to the charge, for the conquest of St. Domingo will not be a short work. It will take considerable time to wear down a great number of souldiers. Every eye in the U. S. is now fixed on this affair of Louisiana. Perhaps nothing since the revolutionary war has produced more uneasy sensations through the body of the nation. Notwithstanding temporary bickerings have taken place with France, she has still a strong hold on the affections of our citizens generally. I have thought it not amiss, by way of supplement to the letters of the Secretary of State to write you this private one to impress you with the importance we affix to this transaction. I pray you to cherish Dupont. He has the best dispositions for the continuance of friendship between the two nations, and perhaps you may be able to make a good use of him. Accept assurances of my affectionate esteem and high consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 24, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nC\u00e6sar A. Rodney\n\nRodney, C\u00e6sar A.\n\nto c\u00e6sar a. rodney\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nApr. 24, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have yet to acknowledge your favor of Mar. 15. Recd the 25th. I had hoped that the proceedings of this session of Congress would have rallied the great body of our citizens at once to one opinion. But the inveteracy of their quondam leaders have been able by intermingling the grossest lies Edition: current; Page: [369] and misrepresentations to check the effect in some small degree until they shall be exposed. The great sources and authors of these are in Congress. Besides the slanders in their speeches, such letters have been written to their constituents as I shall forbear to qualify by the proper terms. I am glad to observe that you have been properly struck with these things: and that you confide in the progress of republicanism notwithstanding them. The vote for your governor shews the majority of your state was then republican, and I cannot but believe it will increase. I am told you are the only person who can unite the greatest portion of the republican votes, and the only one perhaps who can procure the dismission of your present representative to that obscurity of situation where his temper and principles may be disarmed of all effect. You are, then, my dear sir, bound to do this good office to the rest of America. You owe to your state to make her useful to her friends, instead of being an embarrassment and a burthen. Her long speeches and wicked workings at this session have added at least 30. days to its length, cost us 30,000 D. and filled the union with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Relieve us then, my dear sir, from this hostile procedure by undertaking that office which your fellow-citizens will gladly confide to your truth, candor and republicanism. A man standing under such circumstances owes himself to his country, because they can find no other in whom they can all agree to have confidence. Be so good as to answer me on this point and to be assured of my affectionate esteem & respect.\n\n\u2014I have doubted whether to write to you, because yours of Aug. 25, received only March 27, gives me reason to expect you are now on the ocean. However, as I know voyages so important are often delayed, I shall venture a line with Mr. Dupont de Nemours. The Legislature rises this day. They have carried into execution steadily almost all the propositions submitted to them in my message at the opening of the session. Some few are laid over for want of time. The most material of which is the militia, the plan of which they cannot easily modify to the general approbation. Our majority in the House of Representatives has been about two to one\u2014in the Senate, eighteen to fourteen. After another election it will be two to one in the Senate, and it would not be for the public good to have it greater, a respectable minority is useful as censors. The present one is not respectable; being the bitterest cup of the remains of Federalism rendered desperate and furious by despair. A small check in the tide of republicanism in Massachusetts, which has showed itself very unexpectedly at the late election, is not accounted for. Everywhere else we are becoming one. In Rhode Island the late election gave us two to one through the whole state. Vermont is decidedly with us. It is said and believed that New Hampshire has got a majority of republicans now in its Legislature; and wanted a few hundreds only of turning out their federal governor. He Edition: current; Page: [371] goes assuredly the next trial. Connecticut is supposed to have gained for us about fifteen or twenty per cent, since her last election; but the exact issue is not yet known here. Nor is it certainly known how we shall stand in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. In the Senate there, we have lost ground. The candid federalists acknowledged that their party can never more raise its head. The operations of this session of Congress, when known among the people at large, will consolidate them. We shall now be so strong that we shall certainly split again; for freemen thinking differently and speaking and acting as they think, will form into classes of sentiment, but it must be under another name, that of federalism is to become so scouted that no party can rise under it. As the division between whig and tory is founded in the nature of men, the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt seeing more safety and accessibility in a strong executive; the healthy, firm and virtuous feeling confidence in their physical and moral resources, and willing to part with only so much power as is necessary for their good government, and therefore to retain the rest in the hands of the many, the division will substantially be into whig and tory, as in England, formerly. As yet no symptoms show themselves, nor will till after election.\n\nI am extremely happy to learn that you are so much at your ease that you can devote the rest of your life to the information of others. The choice of a place of residence is material. I do not think you can do better than to fix here for a while, until you become Edition: current; Page: [372] Americanized and understand the map of the country. This may be considered as a pleasant country-residence, with a number of neat little villages scattered around within the distance of a mile and a half, and furnishing a plain and substantially good society. They have begun their buildings in about four or five different points, at each of which there are buildings enough to be considered as a village. The whole population is about six thousand. Mr. Madison and myself have cut out a piece of work for you, which is to write the history of the United States, from the close of the War downwards. We are rich ourselves in materials, and can open all the public archives to you; but your residence here is essential, because a great deal of the knowledge of things is not on paper, but only within ourselves for verbal communication. John Marshall is writing the life of Gen. Washington from his papers. It is intended to come out just in time to influence the next presidential election. It is written therefore principally with a view to electioneering purposes; but it will consequently be out in time to aid you with information as well as to point out the perversions of truth necessary to be rectified. Think of this, and agree to it, and be assured of my high esteem and attachment.\n\nP. S. There is a most lovely seat adjoining this city on a hill commanding a most extensive view of the Potomac. On it there is a superb house, gardens &c., with thirty or forty acres of ground. It will be sold under circumstances of distress, and will probably go for half of what it cost. It was built by Gustavus Mott, who is dead, bankrupt, &c.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [373]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 5, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nCharles Wilson Peale\n\nPeale, Charles Wilson\n\nto charles wilson peale\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 5, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I am this moment setting out on a short visit to Monticello, but a thought coming into my head which may be useful to your son who is carrying the mamoth to Europe, I take time to hint it to you. My knowledge of the scene he will be on enables me to suggest what might not occur to him a stranger. When in a great city, he will find persons of every degree of wealth. To jumble these all into a room together I know from experience is very painful to the decent part of them, who would be glad to see a thing often, and would not regard paying every time, but that they revolt at being next with pick-pockets, chimney sweeps &c. Set three different divisions of the day at three different prices, selecting for the highest when the beau monde can most conveniently attend; the 2d price when merchants and respectable citizens have most leisure, and the residue for the lower description. A few attending at the highest price will countervail many of the lowest, and be more agreeable to themselves and to him. I hope and believe you will make a fortune by the exhibition of that one, and that when tired of showing it you may sell it there for another fortune. Nobody wishes it more sincerely than I do. Accept my assurances of this and of my great esteem.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 2, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto the governor of virginia (james monroe.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJune 2, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I observe that the resolution of the legislature of Virginia of Jan. 23 in desiring us to look Edition: current; Page: [374] out for some proper place to which insurgent negroes may be sent, expresses a preference of the continent of Africa, or some of the Spanish or Portuguese settlements in S. America: in which preference, and especially as to the former, I entirely concur. On looking towards Africa for our objects the British establishment at Sierra Leone at once presents itself. You know that that establishment was undertaken by a private company and was first suggested by the suffering state of the blacks, who were carried over to England during the revolutionary war, and who were perishing [illegible] and misery in the streets of London. A number of benevolent persons subscribed for the establishment of a company who might carry these people to the coast of Africa, and there employ them usefully for themselves, and indemnify the company by commercial operations: Sierre Leone was fixed on as the place, the blacks then in England were carried thither, and a vessel or vessels sent to Nova Scotia which carried to the same place the blacks who had gone to that country. The settlement is consequently composed of negroes formerly inhabitants of the southern states of our union. Having asked a conversation on this subject with Mr. Thornton the British charg\u00e9 des affaires here, he informs me the establishment is prosperous, and he thinks there will be no objection on the part of the company to receive blacks from us, not of the character of common felons, but guilty of insurgency only, provided they are sent as free persons, the principles of their institution admitting no slavery among them. I propose therefore, if it meets your Edition: current; Page: [375] approbation, to write to Mr. King our minister in London to propose this matter to the Sierre Leone company who are resident in London; and if leave can be obtained to send black insurgents there, to inquire further whether the regulations of the place would permit us to carry or take there any mercantile objects which by affording some commercial profit, might defray the expenses of the transportation. As soon as I can be favored with your sentiments on this proposition and your approbation of it I will write to Mr. King that we may have the matter finally arranged. Should any mercantile operation be permitted to be combined with the transportation of these persons, so as to lessen or to pay the expense, it might then become eligible to make that the asylum for the other description also, to wit, the freed slaves and persons of color. If not permitted, so distant a colonization of them would perhaps be thought too expensive. But while we are ascertaining this point, we may be making inquiry what other suitable places may be found in the West Indies, or the southern continent of America, so as to have some other resource provided if the one most desirable should be unattainable. In looking out for another place we should prefer placing them with whatever power is least likely to become an enemy, and to use the knowledge of these exiles in predatory expeditions against us. Portugal and Holland would be of this character. But I wish to have your sentiments on both branches of the subject before I commit it by any actual step. Accept assurances of my affectionate and high esteem & respect.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [376]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 14, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nC\u00e6sar A. Rodney\n\nRodney, C\u00e6sar A.\n\nto c\u00e6sar a. rodney\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJune 14, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I am later in acknowledging the receipt of your favor of May 16 because it found me at Monticello just on my departure from that place. Since my arrival here I have been in the constant hope of seeing Mr. Beckley and endeavoring to procure from his office a copy of the journals of the H. of Rep. for you. I do not know that they can be had any where else. His confinement by the remains of a fit of the gout has hitherto prevented my object, but I shall keep it in view. I have received two addresses from meetings of democratic republicans at Dover, praying the removal of Allen McLane. One of them was forwarded by Govr. Hall. The grounds are stated so generally that I cannot judge from thence whether he has done anything deserving removal since his former trial and acquittal, certainly nothing beyond that should be brought up a second time. I write this to you confidentially and ask the favor of you to explain to me the real foundation of these applications. If he has been active in electioneering in favor of those who wish to subvert the present order of things, it would be a serious circumstance. I do not mean as to giving his personal vote, in which he ought not to be controuled; but as to using his influence (which necessarily includes his official influence) to sway the votes of others. I withold answering these applications till I hear from you, and may do it on ground which will not fail me. I hope you are fixed on as the republican candidate at the ensuing election for Edition: current; Page: [377] Congress. Accept assurances of my great esteem and respect.1\n\nP. S. Will you also be so good as to recommend to me 4. commissioners of bankruptcy for Wilmington Edition: current; Page: [378] and Newcastle. Two should be lawyers and two merchants, all republicans. If one resides in Newcastle and three in Wilmington it would be desirable: but this circumstance must yield to respectability of character, which is essential.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [379]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 19, 1802\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nJune 19, 1802\n\n.\n\nWith respect to the bank of Penna, their difficulties proceed from excessive discounts. The 3,000,000 D. due to them comprehend doubtless all the desperate debts accumulated since their institution. Their buildings should only be counted at the value of the naked ground belonging to them; because, if brought to market, they are worth to private builders no more than their materials, which are known by experience to be worth no more than the cost of pulling down and removing them. Their situation then is\n\nThey owe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n\n2,200,000\n\nThey have of good money . . . . . .\n\n710,000\n\n250,000\n\nGround worth perhaps . . . . . . . . .\n\n5,000\n\n965,000\n\n1,235,000\n\nTo pay which 1,235,000, they depend on 3,000,000 of debts due to them, the amount of which shows they are of long standing, a part desperate, a part not commandable. In this situation it does not seem safe to desposit public money with them, and the effect would only be to enable them to nourish their disease by continuing their excessive discounts, the checking of which is the only means of saving themselves from bankruptcy. The getting them to pay the Dutch debt, is but a deposit in another tho\u2019 a safer form. If we can with propriety recommend indulgence to the bank of the U S, it would be attended Edition: current; Page: [380] with the least danger to us of any of the measures suggested, but it is in fact asking that bank to lend to the one of Pennsylvania, that they may be enabled to continue lending to others. The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of the same character with the first, and compleated the supplanting the precious metals by a paper circulation. Between such parties the less we meddle the better.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 19, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nDoctor Joseph Priestley\n\nPriestley, Doctor Joseph\n\nto doctor joseph priestley\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJune 19, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 12th has been duly received, and with that pleasure which the approbation of the good & the wise must ever give. The sentiments it expresses are far beyond my merits or pretensions; they are precious testimonies to me however, that my sincere desire to do what is right & just is viewed with candor. That it should be handed to the world under the authority of your name is securing it\u2019s credit with posterity. In the great work which has been effected in America, no individual has a right to take any great share to himself. Our people in a body are wise, because they are under the unrestrained and unperverted operation of their own understandings. Those whom they have assigned to the direction of their affairs, have stood with a pretty even front. If any one of them was withdrawn, many others entirely equal, have been ready to fill his place with as good abilities. A nation, composed of such Edition: current; Page: [381] materials, and free in all it\u2019s members from distressing wants, furnishes hopeful implements for the interesting experiment of self-government; and we feel that we are acting under obligations not confined to the limits of our own society. It is impossible not to be sensible that we are acting for all mankind; that circumstances denied to others, but indulged to us, have imposed on us the duty of proving what is the degree of freedom and self-government in which a society may venture to leave it\u2019s individual members. One passage, in the paper you enclosed to me, must be corrected. It is the following, \u201cand all say it was yourself more than any other individual, that planned & established it,\u201d i. e. the Constitution. I was in Europe when the Constitution was planned, & established, & never saw it until after it was established. On receiving it I wrote strongly to Mr. Madison, urging the want of provision for the freedom of religion, freedom of the press, trial by jury, habeas corpus, the substitution of militia for a standing army, and an express reservation to the States of all rights not specifically granted to the Union. He accordingly moved in the first session of Congress for these amendments, which were agreed to & ratified by the States as they now stand. This is all the hand I had in what related to the Constitution. Our predecessors made it doubtful how far even these were of any value; for the very law which endangered your personal safety, as well as that which restrained the freedom of the press, were gross violations of them. However, it is still certain that tho\u2019 written constitutions may be violated in Edition: current; Page: [382] moments of passion or delusion, yet they furnish a text to which those who are watchful may again rally & recall the people; they fix too for the people the principles of their political creed. We shall all absent ourselves from this place during the sickly season; say from about the 22d of July to the last of September. Should your curiosity lead you hither either before or after that interval, I shall be very happy to receive you, and shall claim you as my guest. I wish the advantages of a mild over a winter climate had been tried for you before you were located where you are. I have ever considered this as a public as well as personal misfortune. The choice you made of our country for your asylum was honorable to it; and I lament that for the sake of your happiness and health it\u2019s most benign climates were not selected. Certainly it is a truth that climate is one of the sources of the greatest sensual enjoyment. I received in due time the letter of Apr 10 referred to in your last, with the pamphlet it enclosed, which I read with the pleasure I do everything from you. Accept assurances of my highest veneration and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 29, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nJohn Langdon\n\nLangdon, John\n\nto john langdon\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJune 29, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your\u2019s of the 19th was received last night. That of May 14. had arrived while I was on a short trip to Monticello from whence I returned on the 30th ult. Commissioners of bankruptcy made up from yours and some other recommendations were appointed on the 14th inst. And no doubt were Edition: current; Page: [383] received a few days after the date of your last. Nicholas Gilman, John Goddard, Henry S. Langdon and John McClintock were named. The three last were in your recommendation. Although we have not yet got a majority into the fold of republicanism in your state, yet one long pull more will affect it. We can hardly doubt that one twelve month more will give an executive and legislature in that state whose opinions may harmonize with their sister states. Unless it be true as is sometimes said that N. H. is but a satellite of Massachusetts. In this last state the public sentiment seems to be under some influence additional to that of the clergy and lawyers. I suspect there must be a leven of state pride at seeing itself deserted by the public opinion, and that their late popular song of Rule New England betrays one principle of their present variance from the union. But I am in hopes they will in time discover that the shortest road to rule is to join the majority. Adieu and accept assurances of my sincere affection & respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 13, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nRufus King\n\nKing, Rufus\n\nto the u. s. minister to great britain (rufus king)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 13, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The course of things in the neighbouring islands of the West Indies appears to have given a considerable impulse to the minds of the slaves in different parts of the U. S. A great disposition to insurgency has manifested itself among them, which, in one instance, in the state of Virginia, broke out Edition: current; Page: [384] into actual insurrection. This was easily suppressed: but many of those concerned, (between 20. and 30. I believe) fell victims to the law. So extensive an execution could not but excite sensibility in the public mind, and beget a regret that the laws had not provided, for such cases, some alternative, combining more mildness with equal efficacy. The legislature of the state, at a subsequent meeting, took the subject into consideration, and have communicated to me through the governor of the state, their wish that some place could be provided, out of the limits of the U. S. to which slaves guilty of insurgency might be transported; and they have particularly looked to Africa as offering the most desirable receptacle. We might for this purpose, enter into negociations with the natives, on some part of the coast, to obtain a settlement, and, by establishing an African company, combine with it commercial operations, which might not only reimburse expenses but procure profit also. But there being already such an establishment on that coast by the English Sierre Leone Company, made for the express purpose of colonizing civilized blacks to that country, it would seem better, by incorporating our emigrants with theirs, to make one strong rather than two weak colonies. This would be the more desirable because the blacks settled at Sierre Leone, having chiefly gone from these states would often receive among those we should send, their acquaintances and relations. The object of this letter, therefore, is to ask the favor of you to enter into conference with such persons private and public as would be necessary to give us Edition: current; Page: [385] permission to send thither the persons under contemplation. It is material to observe that they are not felons, or common malefactors, but persons guilty of what the safety of society, under actual circumstances, obliges us to treat as a crime, but which their feelings may represent in a far different shape. They are such as will be a valuable acquisition to the settlement already existing there, and well calculated to cooperate in the plan of civilization.\n\nAs the expense of so distant a transportation would be very heavy, and might weigh unfavorable in deciding between the modes of punishment, it is very desirable that it should be lessened as much as is practicable. If the regulations of the place would permit these emigrants to dispose of themselves, as the Germans and others do who come to this country poor, by giving their labor for a certain term to some one who will pay their passage; and if the master of the vessel could be permitted to carry articles of commerce from this country and take back others from that which might yield him a mercantile profit sufficient to cover the expenses of the voyage, a serious difficulty would be removed. I will ask your attention therefore to arrangements necessary for this purpose.\n\nThe consequences of permitting emancipations to become extensive, unless a condition of emigration be annexed to them, furnish also matter of solicitude to the legislature of Virginia, as you will perceive by their resolution inclosed to you. Although provision for the settlement of emancipated negroes might perhaps be obtainable nearer home than Edition: current; Page: [386] Africa, yet it is desirable that we should be free to expatriate this description of people also to the colony of Sierre Leone, if considerations respecting either themselves or us should render it more expedient. I pray you therefore to get the same commission extended to the reception of these as well as those first mentioned. Nor will there be a selection of bad subjects; the emancipations for the most part being either of the whole slaves of the master, or of such individuals as have particularly deserved well. The latter is most frequent.\n\nThe request of the legislature of Virginia having produced to me this occasion of addressing you I avail myself of it to assure you of my perfect satisfaction with the manner in which you have conducted the several matters confided to you by us; and to express my hope that through your agency we may be able to remove everything inauspicious to a cordial friendship between this country and the one in which you are stationed: a friendship dictated by too many considerations not to be felt by the wise and the dispassionate of both nations. It is therefore with the sincerest pleasure I have observed on the part of the British government various manifestations of just and friendly disposition towards us.1 We wish to cultivate peace and Edition: current; Page: [387] friendship with all nations, believing that course most conducive to the welfare of our own. It is natural that these friendships should bear some proportion to the common interests of the parties. The interesting relations between Great Britain and the U. S. are certainly of the first order; and as such are estimated, and will be faithfully cultivated by us. These sentiments have been communicated to you from time to time in the official correspondence of the secretary of state: but I have thought it might not be unacceptable to be assured that they perfectly concur with my own personal conviction, both in relation to yourself and the country in which you are. I pray you to accept assurances of my high consideration and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJuly 15, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJuly 15, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 7th has been duly received. I am really mortified at the base ingratitude of Callender. It presents human nature in a hideous form. It gives me concern because I perceive that relief, which was afforded him on mere motives of charity, may be viewed under the aspect of employing him as a writer. When the political progress of Britain first appeared in this country it was in a periodical publication called the bee, where I saw it. I was speaking of it in terms of strong approbation to a friend in Philadelphia, when he asked me if I knew that the author was then in the city, a fugitive from prosecution on account of that Edition: current; Page: [388] work, and in want of employ for his subsistence. This was the first of my learning that Callender was author of the work. I considered him as a man of science fled from persecution, and assured my friend of my readiness to do whatever could serve him. It was long after this before I saw him, probably not till 1798. He had in the mean time written a 2nd part of the political progress much inferior to the first, and his history of the U. S. In 1798, I think I was applied to by Mr Leiper to contribute to his relief. I did so. In 1799, I think S. T. Mason applied for him. I contributed again. He had by this time paid me two or three personal visits. When he fled in a panic from Philadelphia to Genl Mason\u2019s, he wrote to me that he was a fugitive, in want of employ, wished to know if he could get into a counting house, or a school in my neighborhood or in that of Richmond; that he had materials for a volume, and if he could get as much money as would buy the paper, the profit of the sale would be all his own. I availed myself of this pretext to cover a mere charity, by desiring him to consider me a subscriber for as many copies of his book as the money inclosed (50 D.) amounted to; but to send me two copies only, as the others might lie till called for. But I discouraged his coming into my neighborhood. His first writings here had fallen far short of his original political progress and the scurrilities of his subsequent ones began evidently to do mischief. As to myself no man wished more to see his pen stopped: but I considered him still as a proper object of benevolence. The succeeding year he again wanted money to buy paper for another Edition: current; Page: [389] volume. I made his letter, as before, the occasion of giving him another 50 D. He considers these as proofs of my approbation of his writings, when they were mere charities, yielded under a strong conviction that he was injuring us by his writings. It is known to many that the sums given to him were such and even smaller than I was in the habit of giving to others in distress of the federal as well as the republican party without attention to political principles. Soon after I was elected to the government, Callender came on here wishing to be made postmaster at Richmond. I knew him to be totally unfit for it: and however ready I was to aid him with my own charities (and I then gave him 50. D.) I did not think the public offices confided to me to give away as charities. He took it in mortal offence, and from that moment has been hauling off to his former enemies the federalists. Under the letter I wrote him in answer to the one from Genl. Mason, I wrote him another containing answers to two questions he addressed to me. 1. whether Mr. Jay received salary as chief justice and envoy at the same time; and 2. something relative to the expenses of an embassy to Constantinople. I think these were the only letters I ever wrote him in answer to volumes he was perpetually writing to me. This is the true state of what has passed between him and me. I do not know that it can be used without committing me in controversy as it were with one too little respected by the public to merit that notice. I leave to your judgment what use can be made of these facts. Perhaps it will be better judged of when Edition: current; Page: [390] we see what use the tories will endeavour to make of their new friend. I shall leave this on the 21st and be at Monticello probably on the 24th or between 2. or 3. days of that, and shall hope ere long to see you there. Accept assurances of my affectionate attachment.1\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 28, 1802\n\nMonticello\n\nElbridge Gerry\n\nGerry, Elbridge\n\nto elbridge gerry\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 28, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014You very justly suppose, in yours of the 9th inst., that the act of duty which removed Edition: current; Page: [391] your brother from office, was one of the most painful and unwilling which I have had to perform. Very soon after our administration was formed, the situation of his accounts was placed under the notice of the secretary of the Treasury, and consequently communicated to me. He was written to. The failure to render accounts periodically, the disagreement among those he did render, gave reason to believe he was imprudently indulging himself in the use of the public money. What were the circumstances which led him to this, was not an inquiry permitted to us. If the perquisites of his office were insufficient to support him, it was a case for the legislature not for us to remedy. Our duty was to see their will carried into execution. We could only give a little more or less time for the ratification of his proceedings, according to our hope of its being effected. Besides monitory letters which were unanswered, friends were relied on to give the necessary warning. The derangements of his accounts being known to you, and the deficiency, though ultimately to fall on you as his security, not being paid up, on which he would have been continued, was evidence to me that you probably thought that if he were relieved by such a [faded] on your part, he would relapse again, and that therefore you had made up your mind to let legal consequences take their course. It became then an indispensable duty to put an end to indulgences, which after being extended from quarter to quarter for nearly 18. months, gave no hope but of further deficiency. However afflicting this act of duty might be to you, I know you Edition: current; Page: [392] would see in it a proof of that justice which was the foundation of your esteem and confidence in the administration. Mr. Warren having declined accepting the place, another was appointed before the receipt of your letter. Although the performance of the same officer in other cases was cutting down the foes instead of the friends of republican government, yet like the office [illegible] it has excited the most revolting sensations. The safety of the government absolutely required that its direction in its higher departments should be taken into friendly hands. Its safety did not even admit that the whole of its immense patronage should be left at the command of its enemies to be exercised secretly or openly to reestablish the tyrannical and delapidating system of the preceding administration, and their deleterious principles of government. Rigorous justice too required that as they had filled every office with their friends to the avowed exclusion of republicans, that the latter should be admitted to a participation of office, by the removal of some of the former. This was done to the extent of about 20. only out of some thousands, and no more was intended. But instead of their acknowledging its moderation, it has been a ground for their more active enmity. After a twelve months trial I have at length been induced to remove three or four more of those most marked for their bitterness and active zeal in slandering and in electioneering. Whether we shall proceed any further will depend on themselves. Those who are quiet, and take no part against that order of things which the public will has established, will be safe. Edition: current; Page: [393] Those who continue to clamor against it, to slander and oppose it, shall not be armed with its wealth and power for its own destruction. The late removals have been intended merely as monitory, but such officers as shall afterwards continue to bid us defiance shall as certainly be removed, if the case shall become known. A neutral conduct is all I ever desired, and this the public have a right to expect. Our information from every quarter is that republican principles spread more and more. Indeed the body of the people may be considered as consolidated into one mass from the Delaware southwardly and westwardly. New Jersey is divided, and in New York a schism may render inefficacious what the great majority would be equal to. In your corner alone priestcraft and lawcraft are still able to throw dust into the eyes of the people. But, as the Indian says, they are clearing the dust out of their eyes there also. The republican portion will at length rise, and the sediment of monarchism be left as lees at the bottom. Accept assurances of my affectionate esteem and high consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nAug. 29, 1802\n\nMonticello\n\nGideon Granger\n\nGranger, Gideon\n\nto gideon granger\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nAug. 29, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Not knowing whether the postmasters from hence to and at Boston are all true, I inclose the within to you and ask the favor of your cover to the postmaster or any other person you can confide in at Boston to deliver it. Your favors of Aug. 23. Edition: current; Page: [394] and 24. are received. Pray forward me by post one of Mr. Bishop\u2019s new pamphlets, and let it stand in account between us till we meet. I see with sincere grief that the schism at New York is setting good republicans by the ears, and is attacking characters which nobody doubts. It is not for me to meddle in this matter; but there can be no harm in wishing for forbearance. If the mortification arising from our division could be increased, it would be by the triumph and chucklings and fomentations of the Federalists. Accept assurances of my great esteem and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSeptember 13, 1802\n\nMonticello\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSeptember 13, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014 * * * I have always forgotten to ask of you a general idea of the effect of the peace on our revenues so far as we have gone. It is of the utmost importance, if these diminish, to diminish our expenses; this may be done in the Naval Department. I wish it were possible to increase the impost on any articles affecting the rich chiefly, to the amount of the sugar tax, so that we might relinquish that at the next session. But this must depend on our receipts keeping up. As to the tea and coffee tax, the people do not regard it. The next tax which an increase of revenue should enable us to suppress should be the salt tax, perhaps; indeed, the production of that article at home is already undermining that tax. * * *\n\nEdition: current; Page: [395]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nSept. 13, 1802\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (james madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nSept. 13, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I now return you the papers which came in your letter of the 11th. I am not satisfied that the ground taken by the Chancellor Livingston is advantageous. For the French government and the Spanish have only to grant him all he asks (and they will in justice & policy do that at once) & his mouth must be shut: because after-sought objections would come from him to great disadvantage. Whereas the true and solid objection remains in full force after they shall have the merit of granting all he asks. * * *\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOctober 7, 1802\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nOctober 7, 1802\n\n.\n\nThe application of the Bank of Baltimore is of great importance. The consideration is very weighty that it is held by citizens, while the stock of the United States Bank is held in so great a proportion by foreigners. Were the Bank of the United States to swallow up the others and monopolize the whole banking business of the United States, which the demands we furnish them with tend shortly to favor, we might, on a misunderstanding with a foreign power, be immensely embarrassed by any disaffection in that bank. It is certainly for the public good to keep all the banks competitors for our favors by a judicious distribution of them, and thus to engage Edition: current; Page: [396] the individuals who belong to them in the support of the reformed order of things, or at least in an acquiescence under it. I suppose that on the condition of participating in the deposits the banks would be willing to make such communications of their operations and the state of their affairs as might satisfy the Secretary of the Treasury of their stability. It is recommended to Mr. Gallatin to leave such an opening in his answer to this letter, as to leave us free to do hereafter what shall be advisable on a broad view of all the banks in the different parts of the Union. * * *\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOct. 10, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto the u. s. minister to france (robert r. livingston.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nOct. 10, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014The departure of Made Brugnard for France furnishes me a safe conveyance of a letter, which I cannot avoid embracing, altho I have nothing particular for the subject of it. It is well, however, to be able to inform you, generally, through a safe channel, that we stand, completely corrected of the error, that either the government or the nation of France has any remains of friendship for us. The portion of that country which forms an exception, though respectable in weight, is weak in numbers. On the contrary, it appears evident, that an unfriendly spirit prevails in the most important individuals of the government, towards us. In this state of things, we shall so take our distance between Edition: current; Page: [397] the two rival nations, as, remaining disengaged till necessity compels us, we may haul finally to the enemy of that which shall make it necessary. We see all the disadvantageous consequences of taking a side, and shall be forced into it only by a more disagreeable alternative; in which event, we must countervail the disadvantages by measures which will give us splendor & power, but not as much happiness as our present system. We wish, therefore, to remain well with France. But we see that no consequences, however ruinous to them, can secure us with certainty against the extravagance of her present rulers. I think, therefore, that while we do nothing which the first nation on earth would deem crouching, we had better give to all our communications with them a very mild, complaisant, and even friendly complexion but always independent. Ask no favors, leave small & irritating things to be conducted by the individuals interested in them, interfere ourselves but in the greatest cases, & then not push them to irritation. No matter at present existing between them & us is important enough to risk a breach of peace; peace being indeed the most important of all things to us, except the preserving an erect & independent attitude. Although I know your own judgment leads you to pursue this line identically, yet I thought it just to strengthen it by the concurrence of my own. You will have seen by our newspapers, that with the aid of a lying renegado from republicanism, the federalists have opened all their sluices of calumny. They say we lied them out of power, and openly avow Edition: current; Page: [398] they will do the same by us. But it was not lies or argument on our part which dethroned them, but their own foolish acts, sedition laws, alien laws, taxes, extravagance & heresies. Porcupine, their friend, wrote them down. Callender, their new recruit, will do the same. Every decent man among them revolts at his filth; and there cannot be a doubt, that were a Presidential election to come on this day, they would have but three New England States, and about half a dozen votes from Maryland & North Carolina; these two States electing by districts. Were all the States to elect by a general ticket, they would have but 3 out of 16 States. And these 3 are coming up slowly. We do, indeed, consider Jersey & Delaware as rather doubtful. Elections which have lately taken place there, but their event not yet known here, will show the present point of their varying condition.\n\nMy letters to you being merely private, I leave all details of business to their official channel.\n\nAccept assurances of my constant friendship and high respect.\n\nP. S. We have received your letter announcing the arrival of M. Dupont.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOct. 13, 1802\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nOct. 13, 1802\n\n.\n\nYou know my doubts, or rather convictions, about the unconstitutionality of the act for building piers Edition: current; Page: [399] in the Delaware, and the fears that it will lead to a bottomless expense, & to the greatest abuses. There is, however, one intention of which the act is susceptible, & which will bring it within the Constitution; and we ought always to presume that the real intention which is alone consistent with the Constitution. Altho\u2019 the power to regulate commerce does not give a power to build piers, wharves, open ports, clear the beds of rivers, dig canals, build warehouses, build manufacturing machines, set up manufactories, cultivate the earth, to all of which the power would go if it went to the first, yet a power to provide and maintain a navy, is a power to provide receptacles for it, and places to cover & preserve it. In choosing the places where this money should be laid out, I should be much disposed, as far as contracts will permit, to confine it to such place or places as the ships of war may lie at, and be protected from ice; & I should be for stating this in a message to Congress, in order to prevent the effect of the present example. This act has been built on the exercise of the power of building light houses, as a regulation of commerce. But I well remember the opposition, on this very ground, to the first act for building a light house. The utility of the thing has sanctioned the infraction. But if on that infraction we build a 2d, on that 2d a 3d, &c., any one of the powers in the Constitution may be made to comprehend every power of government. Will you read the enclosed letters on the subject of New Orleans, and think what we can do or propose in the case?\n\nEdition: current; Page: [400]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nOct. 25, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nLevi Lincoln\n\nLincoln, Levi\n\nto the attorney-general (levi lincoln.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nOct. 25, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 16th is received, and that of July 24 had come to hand while I was at Monticello. I sincerely condole with you on the sickly state of your family, and hope this will find them re-established with the approach of the cold season. As yet, however, we have had no frost at this place, and it is believed the yellow fever still continues in Philadelphia, if not in Baltimore. We shall all be happy to see you here whenever the state of your family admits it. You will have seen by the newspapers that we have gained ground generally in the elections, that we have lost ground in not a single district of the U S, except Kent county in Delaware, where a religious dissension occasioned it. In Jersey the elections are always carried by small majorities, consequently the issue is affected by the smallest accidents. By the paper of the last night we have a majority of 3. in their Council, & 1. in their House of Representatives; another says it is only of 1. in each House: even the latter is sufficient for every purpose. The opinion I originally formed has never been changed, that such of the body of the people as thought themselves federalists, would find that they were in truth republicans, and would come over to us by degrees; but that their leaders had gone too far ever to change. Their bitterness increases with their desperation. They are trying slanders now which nothing could prompt but a gall which blinds their judgments as well as Edition: current; Page: [401] their consciences. I shall take no other revenge, than, by a steady pursuit of economy and peace, and by the establishment of republican principles in substance and in form, to sink federalism into an abyss from which there shall be no resurrection for it. I still think our original idea as to office is best; that is, to depend, for the obtaining a just participation, on deaths, resignations, & delinquencies. This will least affect the tranquillity of the people, and prevent their giving into the suggestion of our enemies, that ours has been a contest for office, not for principle. This is rather a slow operation, but it is sure if we pursue it steadily, which, however, has not been done with the undeviating resolution I could have wished. To these means of obtaining a just share in the transaction of the public business, shall be added one other, to wit, removal for electioneering activity, or open & industrious opposition to the principles of the present government, legislative & executive. Every officer of the government may vote at elections according to his conscience; but we should betray the cause committed to our care, were we to permit the influence of official patronage to be used to overthrow that cause. Your present situation will enable you to judge of prominent offenders in your State, in the case of the present election. I pray you to seek them, to mark them, to be quite sure of your ground, that we may commit no error or wrong, and leave the rest to me. I have been urged to remove Mr. Whittemore, the surveyor of Gloucester, on grounds of neglect of duty and industrious opposition. Yet no facts are Edition: current; Page: [402] so distinctly charged as to make the step sure which we should take in this. Will you take the trouble to satisfy yourself on this point? I think it not amiss that it should be known that we are determined to remove officers who are active or open mouthed against the government, by which I mean the legislature as well as the executive. Accept assurances of my sincere friendship & high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 29, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nThomas Cooper\n\nCooper, Thomas\n\nto thomas cooper\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nNov. 29, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Oct 25 was received in due time, and I thank you for the long extract you took the trouble of making from Mr. Stone\u2019s letter. Certainly the information it communicates as to Alexander kindles a great deal of interest in his existence, and strong spasms of the heart in his favor. Tho his means of doing good are great, yet the materials on which he is to work are refractory. Whether he engages in private correspondences abroad, as the King of Prussia did much, his grandmother sometimes, I know not; but certainly such a correspondence would be very interesting to those who are sincerely anxious to see mankind raised from their present abject condition. It delights me to find that there are persons who still think that all is not lost in France: that their retrogradation from a limited to an unlimited despotism, is but to give themselves a new impulse. But I see not how or when. The press, the only tocsin of a nation, is Edition: current; Page: [403] compleatly silenced there, and all means of a general effort taken away. However, I am willing to hope, as long as anybody will hope with me; and I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more. I think you will be sensible that our citizens are fast returning, from the panic into which they were artfully thrown to the dictates of their own reason; and I believe the delusions they have seen themselves hurried into will be useful as a lesson under similar attempts on them in future. The good effects of our late fiscal arrangements will certainly tend to unite them in opinion, and in a confidence as to the views of their public functionaries, legislative & executive. The path we have to pursue is so quiet that we have nothing scarcely to propose to our Legislature. A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in happiness. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. Their finances are now under such a course of application as nothing could derange but war or federalism. The gripe of the latter has shown itself as deadly as the jaws of the former. Our adversaries say we are indebted to their providence for the means of paying the public debt. We never charged them with the want of foresight in providing money, but Edition: current; Page: [404] with the misapplication of it after they had levied it. We say they raised not only enough, but too much; and that after giving back the surplus we do more with a part than they did with the whole.\n\nYour letter of Nov 18 is also received. The places of midshipman are so much sought that (being limited) there is never a vacancy. Your son shall be set down for the 2d, which shall happen; the 1st being anticipated. We are not long generally without vacancies happening. As soon as he can be appointed you shall know it. I pray you to accept assurances of my great attachment and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nNov. 29, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nDr. Joseph Priestley\n\nPriestley, Dr. Joseph\n\nto dr. joseph priestley\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nNov. 29, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of Oct. 29 was received in due time, and I am very thankful for the extract of Mr. Stone\u2019s letter on the subject of Alexander. The apparition of such a man on a throne is one of the ph\u00e6nomena which will distinguish the present epoch so remarkable in the history of man. But he must have an herculean task to devise and establish the means of securing freedom and happiness to those who are not capable of taking care of themselves. Some preparation seems necessary to qualify the body of a nation for self-government. Who could have thought the French nation incapable of it? Alexander will doubtless begin at the right end, by taking means for diffusing instruction and a sense of their natural rights through the mass of his people, Edition: current; Page: [405] and for relieving them in the meantime from actual oppression. I should be puzzled to find a person capable of preparing for him the short analytical view of our constitution which you propose. It would be a short work, but a difficult one. Mr. Cooper\u2019s Propositions respecting the foundation of civil government; your own piece on the First principles of government; Chipman\u2019s Sketches on the principles of government, and the Federalist would furnish the principles of our constitution and their practical development in the several parts of that instrument. I question whether such a work can be so well executed for his purpose by any other, as by a Russian presenting exactly that view of it which that people would seize with advantage. It would be easy to name some persons who could give a perfect abstract view, adapted to an English or an American mind: But they would find it difficult to disengage themselves sufficiently from other pursuits. However, if we keep it in view we may perhaps get it done. Your letter to Mr. Stone shall be taken care of.\n\nOur busy scene is now approaching. The quiet tract into which we are endeavoring to get, neither meddling with the affairs of other nations, nor with those of our fellow citizens, but letting them go on in their own way, will show itself in the statement of our affairs to Congress. We have almost nothing to propose to them but \u201cto let things alone.\u201d The effects of the fiscal arrangements of the last session will show themselves very satisfactorily. The only speck in our horizon which can threaten anything, is the cession of Louisiana to France. Tho\u2019 probable, Edition: current; Page: [406] it is not yet entirely certain how far it will be carried into effect. I am sorry you cannot be absent this winter from the cold of the position in which you are. I have a great opinion of the favorable influence of genial climates in winter, and especially on old persons. Altho\u2019 Washington does not offer the best, yet it is probably much milder than that in which you are. Otherwise it could offer little but the affectionate reception you should have experienced. The notice of me which you are so good as to prefix to your book, cannot but be consolatory, in as much as it testifies what one great and good man thinks of me. But in truth I have no pretensions but to have wished the good of mankind with very moderate talents for carrying it into effect. My chief object is to let the good sense of the nation have fair play, believing it will best take care of itself. Praying for you many days of life and health, and of leisure still to inform the understandings of man, I tender you the assurances of my sincere esteem and attachment and high respect.\n\nWhen we assemble together, fellow-citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our just Edition: current; Page: [407] attentions are first drawn to those pleasing circumstances which mark the goodness of that Being from whose favor they flow, and the large measure of thankfulness we owe for his bounty. Another year has come around, and finds us still blessed with peace and friendship abroad; law, order, and religion, at home; good affection and harmony with our Indian neighbors; our burdens lightened, yet our income sufficient for the public wants, and the produce of the year great beyond example. These, fellow-citizens, are the circumstances under which we meet; and we remark with special satisfaction, those which, under the smiles of Providence, result from the skill, industry and order of our citizens, managing their own affairs in their own way and for their own use, unembarrassed by too much regulations, unoppressed by fiscal exactions.\n\nOn the restoration of peace in Europe, that portion Edition: current; Page: [408] of the general carrying trade which had fallen to our share during the war, was abridged by the returning competition of the belligerent powers. This was to be expected, and was just. But in addition we find in some parts of Europe monopolizing discriminations, which, in the form of duties, tend effectually to prohibit the carrying thither our own produce in our own vessels. From existing amities, and a spirit of justice, it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity. But should false calculations of interest defeat our hope, it rests with the legislature to decide whether they will meet inequalities abroad with countervailing inequalities at home, or provide for the evil in any other way.\n\nIt is with satisfaction I lay before you an act of the British parliament anticipating this subject so far as to authorize a mutual abolition of the duties and countervailing duties permitted under the treaty of 1794. It shows on their part a spirit of justice and friendly accommodation which it is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. Whether this would produce a due equality in the navigation between the two countries, is a subject for your consideration.\n\nAnother circumstance which claims attention, as directly affecting the very source of our navigation, is the defect or the evasion of the law providing for the return of seamen, and particularly of those belonging to vessels sold abroad. Numbers of them, discharged in foreign ports, have been thrown on the hands of our consuls, who, to rescue them from Edition: current; Page: [409] the dangers into which their distresses might plunge them, and save them to their country, have found it necessary in some cases to return them at the public charge.\n\nThe cession of the Spanish province of Louisiana to France, which took place in the course of the late war, will, if carried into effect, make a change in the aspect of our foreign relations which will doubtless have just weight in any deliberations of the legislature connected with that subject.\n\nThere was reason, not long since, to apprehend that the warfare in which we were engaged with Tripoli might be taken up by some others of the Barbary powers. A reinforcement, therefore, was immediately ordered to the vessels already there. Subsequent information, however, has removed these apprehensions for the present. To secure our commerce in that sea with the smallest force competent, we have supposed it best to watch strictly the harbor of Tripoli. Still, however, the shallowness of their coast, and the want of smaller vessels on our part, has permitted some cruisers to escape unobserved; and to one of these an American vessel unfortunately fell a prey. The captain, one American seaman, and two others of color, remain prisoners with them unless exchanged under an agreement formerly made with the bashaw, to whom, on the faith of that, some of his captive subjects had been restored.\n\nThe convention with the State of Georgia has been ratified by their legislature, and a repurchase from the Creeks has been consequently made of a part of Edition: current; Page: [410] the Tallahassee county. In this purchase has also been comprehended part of the lands within the fork of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers. The particulars of the contract will be laid before Congress so soon as they shall be in a state of communication.\n\nIn order to remove every ground of difference possible with our Indian neighbors, I have proceeded in the work of settling with them and marking the boundaries between us. That with the Choctaw nation is fixed in one part, and will be through the whole in a short time. The country to which their title had been extinguished before the revolution is sufficient to receive a very respectable population, which Congress will probably see the expediency of encouraging so soon as the limits shall be declared. We are to view this position as an outpost of the United States, surrounded by strong neighbors and distant from its support. And how far that monopoly which prevents population should be here guarded against, and actual habitation made a condition of the continuance of title, will be for your consideration. A prompt settlement, too, of all existing rights and claims within this territory, presents itself as a preliminary operation.\n\nIn that part of the Indian territory which includes Vincennes, the lines settled with the neighboring tribes fix the extinction of their title at a breadth of twenty-four leagues from east to west, and about the same length parallel with and including the Wabash. They have also ceded a tract of four miles square, including the salt springs near the mouth of the river.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [411]\n\nIn the department of finance it is with pleasure I inform you that the receipts of external duties for the last twelve months have exceeded those of any former year, and that the ratio of increase has been also greater than usual. This has enabled us to answer all the regular exigencies of government, to pay from the treasury in one year upwards of eight millions of dollars, principal and interest, of the public debt, exclusive of upward of one million paid by the sale of bank stock, and making in the whole a reduction of nearly five millions and a half of principal; and to have now in the treasury four millions and a half of dollars, which are in a course of application to a further discharge of debt and current demands. Experience, too, so far, authorizes us to believe, if no extraordinary event supervenes, and the expenses which will be actually incurred shall not be greater than were contemplated by Congress at their last session, that we shall not be disappointed in the expectations then formed. But nevertheless, as the effect of peace on the amount of duties is not yet fully ascertained, it is the more necessary to practice every useful economy, and to incur no expense which may be avoided without prejudice.\n\nThe collection of the internal taxes having been completed in some of the States, the officers employed in it are of course out of commission. In others, they will be so shortly. But in a few, where the arrangement for the direct tax had been retarded, it will still be some time before the system is closed. It has not yet been thought necessary to Edition: current; Page: [412] employ the agent authorized by an act of the last session for transacting business in Europe relative to debts and loans. Nor have we used the power confided by the same act, of prolonging the foreign debts by reloans, and of redeeming, instead thereof, an equal sum of the domestic debt. Should, however, the difficulties of remittances on so large a scale render it necessary at any time, the power shall be executed, and the money thus unemployed abroad shall, in conformity with that law, be faithfully applied here in an equivalent extinction of domestic debt. When effects so salutary result from the plans you have already sanctioned, when merely by avoiding false objects of expense we are able, without a direct tax, without internal taxes, and without borrowing to make large and effectual payments toward the discharge of our public debt and the emancipation of our posterity from that moral canker, it is an encouragement, fellow-citizens, of the highest order, to proceed as we have begun, in substituting economy for taxation, and in pursuing what is useful for a nation placed as we are, rather than what is practiced by others under different circumstances. And whensoever we are destined to meet events which shall call forth all the energies of our countrymen, we have the firmest reliance on those energies, and the comfort of leaving for calls like these the extraordinary resources of loans and internal taxes. In the meantime, by payments of the principal of our debt, we are liberating, annually, portions of the external taxes, and forming from them a growing fund still further to Edition: current; Page: [413] lessen the necessity of recurring to extraordinary resources.\n\nThe usual accounts of receipts and expenditures for the last year, with an estimate of the expenses of the ensuing one, will be laid before you by the secretary of the treasury.\n\nNo change being deemed necessary in our military establishment, an estimate of its expenses for the ensuing year on its present footing, as also of the sums to be employed in fortifications and other objects within that department, has been prepared by the secretary of war, and will make a part of the general estimates which will be presented to you.\n\nConsidering that our regular troops are employed for local purposes, and that the militia is our general reliance for great and sudden emergencies, you will doubtless think this institution worthy of a review, and give it those improvements of which you find it susceptible.\n\nEstimates for the naval department, prepared by the secretary of the navy for another year, will in like manner be communicated with the general estimates. A small force in the Mediterranean will still be necessary to restrain the Tripoline cruisers, and the uncertain tenure of peace with some other of the Barbary powers, may eventually require that force to be augmented. The necessity of procuring some smaller vessels for that service will raise the estimate, but the difference in their maintenance will soon make it a measure of economy.\n\nPresuming it will be deemed expedient to expend annually a sum towards providing the naval defence Edition: current; Page: [414] which our situation may require, I cannot but recommend that the first appropriations for that purpose may go to the saving what we already possess. No cares, no attentions, can preserve vessels from rapid decay which lie in water and exposed to the sun. These decays require great and constant repairs, and will consume, if continued, a great portion of the money destined to naval purposes. To avoid this waste of our resources, it is proposed to add to our navy-yard here a dock, within which our vessels may be laid up dry and under cover from the sun. Under these circumstances experience proves that works of wood will remain scarcely at all affected by time. The great abundance of running water which this situation possesses, at heights far above the level of the tide, if employed as is practised for lock navigation, furnishes the means of raising and laying up our vessels on a dry and sheltered bed. And should the measure be found useful here, similar depositories for laying up as well as for building and repairing vessels may hereafter be undertaken at other navy-yards offering the same means. The plans and estimates of the work, prepared by a person of skill and experience, will be presented to you without delay; and from this it will be seen that scarcely more than has been the cost of one vessel is necessary to save the whole, and that the annual sum to be employed toward its completion may be adapted to the views of the legislature as to naval expenditure.\n\nTo cultivate peace and maintain commerce and navigation in all their lawful enterprises; to foster Edition: current; Page: [415] our fisheries and nurseries of navigation and for the nurture of man, and protect the manufactures adapted to our circumstances; to preserve the faith of the nation by an exact discharge of its debts and contracts, expend the public money with the same care and economy we would practise with our own, and impose on our citizens no unnecessary burden; to keep in all things within the pale of our constitutional powers, and cherish the federal union as the only rock of safety\u2014these, fellow-citizens are the landmarks by which we are to guide ourselves in all our proceedings. By continuing to make these our rule of action, we shall endear to our countrymen the true principles of their constitution, and promote a union of sentiment and of action equally auspicious to their happiness and safety. On my part, you may count on a cordial concurrence in every measure for the public good, and on all the information I possess which may enable you to discharge to advantage the high functions with which you are invested by your country.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nDec. 31, 1802\n\nWashington\n\nC\u00e6sar A. Rodney\n\nRodney, C\u00e6sar A.\n\nto c\u00e6sar a. rodney\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nDec. 31, 1802\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014 * * * Congress is not yet engaged in business of any note. We want men of business among them. I really wish you were here. I am convinced it is in the power of any man who understands business, and who will undertake to keep a file of the business before Congress and press it as he would his own docket in a court, to shorten the Edition: current; Page: [416] sessions a month one year with another and to save in that way 30,000 D. a year. An ill-judged modesty prevents those from undertaking it who are equal to it.\n\nYou will have seen by the message that there is little interesting proposed to be done. The settlement of the Mississippi territory is among the most important. So also, in my opinion, is the proposition for the preservation of our navy, which otherwise will either be entirely rotten in 6. or 8. years, or will cost us 3. or 4. millions in repairs. Whether the proposition will surmount the doubts of some, and false economy of others I know not. Accept assurances of my great esteem and respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 10, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto james monroe\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan. 10, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have but a moment to inform you that the fever into which the western mind is thrown by the affair at N. Orleans stimulated by the mercantile, and generally the federal interest threatens to overbear our peace. In this situation we are obliged to call on you for a temporary sacrifice of yourself, to prevent this greatest of evils in the present prosperous tide of our affairs. I shall tomorrow nominate you to the Senate for an extraordinary mission to France, and the circumstances are such as to render it impossible to decline; because the whole public hope will be rested on you. I wish you to be either in Richmond or Albemarle Edition: current; Page: [417] till you receive another letter from me, which will be written two days hence if the Senate decide immediately or later according to the time they will take to decide. In the meantime pray work night and day to arrange your affairs for a temporary absence; perhaps for a long one. Accept affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 13, 1803\n\nThomas Paine\n\nPaine, Thomas\n\nto thomas paine\n\nj. mss.\n\nJan. 13, 1803\n\n.\n\nThe bearer brings your models. You have certainly misconceived what you deem shyness. Of that I have not had a thought towards you, but on the contrary have openly maintained in conversation the duty of showing our respect to you and of defying federal calumny in this as in other cases, by doing what is right. As to fearing it, if I ever could have been weak enough for that, they have taken care to cure me of it thoroughly. The fact is that I am now so pressed with business till 1. or 2. o\u2019clock and then to get a little exercise before I am engaged again with company to dine, from which I am not disengaged till night, that I have only the evening in which I can indulge in the society of my friends. And as to mechanics, mathematics, philosophy &c., I am obliged to give one answer to the many communications on those subjects, that I am obliged to abandon them entirely, as I have not a moment to give to them which would not be taken from some pressing duty. I thank you for the sight of the models. They are all interesting to the public; the one for planing is Edition: current; Page: [418] most so to me personally. I imagine somebody at your new establishment will set up the trade of making them; and when that is the case I will apply to him for a pair. Accept my friendly salutations and respects.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 13, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nJames Monroe\n\nMonroe, James\n\nto the special envoy to france (james monroe.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan. 13, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I dropped you a line on the 10th informing you of a nomination I had made of you to the Senate, and yesterday I enclosed you their approbation not then having time to write. The agitation of the public mind on occasion of the late suspension of our right of deposit at N. Orleans is extreme. In the western country it is natural and grounded on honest motives. In the seaports it proceeds from a desire for war which increases the mercantile lottery; in the federalists generally and especially those of Congress the object is to force us into war if possible, in order to derange our finances, or if this cannot be done, to attach the western country to them, as their best friends, and thus get again into power. Remonstrances memorials &c. are now circulating through the whole western country and signing by the body of the people. The measures we have been pursuing being invisible, do not satisfy their minds. Something sensible therefore was become necessary; and indeed our object of purchasing N. Orleans and the Floridas is a measure liable to assume so many shapes, that no Edition: current; Page: [419] instructions could be squared to fit them, it was essential then to send a minister extraordinary to be joined with the ordinary one, with discretionary powers, first however well impressed with all our views and therefore qualified to meet and modify to these every form of proposition which could come from the other party. This could be done only in full and frequent oral communications. Having determined on this, there could not be two opinions among the republicans as to the person. You possess the unlimited confidence of the administration and of the western people; and generally of the republicans everywhere; and were you to refuse to go, no other man can be found who does this. The measure has already silenced the Feds. here. Congress will no longer be agitated by them: and the country will become calm as fast as the information extends over it. All eyes, all hopes, are now fixed on you; and were you to decline, the chagrin would be universal, and would shake under your feet the high ground on which you stand with the public. Indeed I know nothing which would produce such a shock, for on the event of this mission depends the future destinies of this republic. If we cannot by a purchase of the country insure to ourselves a course of perpetual peace and friendship with all nations, then as war cannot be distant, it behooves us immediately to be preparing for that course, without, however, hastening it, and it may be necessary (on your failure on the continent) to cross the channel.\n\nWe shall get entangled in European politics, and figuring more, be much less happy and prosperous. Edition: current; Page: [420] This can only be prevented by a successful issue to your present mission. I am sensible after the measures you have taken for getting into a different line of business, that it will be a great sacrifice on your part, and presents from the season and other circumstances serious difficulties. But some men are born for the public. Nature by fitting them for the service of the human race on a broad scale, has stamped with the evidences of her destination and their duty.\n\nBut I am particularly concerned that in the present case you have more than one sacrifice to make. To reform the prodigalities of our predecessors is understood to be peculiarly our duty, and to bring the government to a simple and economical course. They, in order to increase expense, debt, taxation, and patronage tried always how much they could give. The outfit given to ministers resident to enable them to furnish their house, but given by no nation to a temporary minister, who is never expected to take a house or to entertain, but considered on a footing of a voyageur, they gave to their extraordinary missionaries by wholesale. In the beginning of our administration, among other articles of reformation in expense, it was determined not to give an outfit to missionaries extraordinary, and not to incur the expense with any minister of sending a frigate to carry him or bring him. The Boston happened to be going to the Mediterranean, and was permitted therefore to take up Mr. Livingstone and touch in a port of France. A frigate was denied to Charles Pinckney and has been refused to Mr. King for his return. Mr. Madison\u2019s friendship Edition: current; Page: [421] and mine to you being so well known, the public will have eagle eyes to watch if we grant you any indulgences of the general rule; and on the other hand, the example set in your case will be more cogent on future ones, and produce greater approbation to our conduct. The allowance therefore will be in this and all similar cases, all the expenses of your journey and voiage, taking a ship\u2019s cabin to yourself, 9,000 D. a year from your leaving home till the proceedings of your mission are terminated, and then the quarter\u2019s salary for the expenses of the return as prescribed by law. As to the time of your going you cannot too much hasten it, as the moment in France is critical. St. Domingo delays their taking possession of Louisiana, and they are in the last distress for money for current purposes. You should arrange your affairs for an absence of a year at least, perhaps for a long one. It will be necessary for you to stay here some days on your way to New York. You will receive here what advance you chuse. Accept assurances of my constant and affectionate attachment.\n\nAs the continuance of the act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes will be under Edition: current; Page: [422] the consideration of the Legislature at its present session, I think it my duty to communicate the views which have guided me in the execution of that act, in order that you may decide on the policy of Edition: current; Page: [423] continuing it, in the present or any other form, or discontinue it altogether, if that shall, on the whole, seem most for the public good.\n\nThe Indian tribes residing within the limits of the Edition: current; Page: [424] United States, have, for a considerable time, been growing more and more uneasy at the constant diminution of the territory they occupy, although effected by their own voluntary sales: and the Edition: current; Page: [425] policy has long been gaining strength with them, of refusing absolutely all further sale, on any conditions; insomuch that, at this time, it hazards their friendship, and excites dangerous jealousies and Edition: current; Page: [426] perturbations in their minds to make any overture for the purchase of the smallest portions of their land. A very few tribes only are not yet obstinately in these dispositions. In order peaceably to Edition: current; Page: [427] counteract this policy of theirs, and to provide an extension of territory which the rapid increase of our numbers will call for, two measures are deemed expedient. First: to encourage them to abandon Edition: current; Page: [428] hunting, to apply to the raising stock, to agriculture and domestic manufacture, and thereby prove to themselves that less land and labor will maintain them in this, better than in their former mode of living. The extensive forests necessary in the hunting Edition: current; Page: [429] life, will then become useless, and they will see advantage in exchanging them for the means of improving their farms, and of increasing their domestic comforts. Secondly: to multiply trading houses among them, and place within their reach those things Edition: current; Page: [430] which will contribute more to their domestic comfort, than the possession of extensive, but uncultivated wilds. Experience and reflection will Edition: current; Page: [431] develop to them the wisdom of exchanging what they can spare and we want, for what we can spare and they want. In leading them to agriculture, to manufactures, and civilization; in bringing together their and our settlements, and in preparing them ultimately to participate in the benefits of our governments, I trust and believe we are acting for their greatest good. At these trading houses we have pursued the principles of the act of Congress, which directs that the commerce shall be carried on liberally, and requires only that the capital stock shall not be diminished. We consequently undersell private traders, foreign and domestic, drive them from the competition; and thus, with the good will of the Indians, rid ourselves of a description of men who are constantly endeavoring to excite in the Indian mind suspicions, fears, and irritations towards us. A letter now enclosed, shows the effect of our competition on the operations of the traders, while the Indians, perceiving the advantage of purchasing from us, are soliciting generally, our establishment of trading houses among them. In one quarter this is particularly interesting. The Legislature, reflecting on the late occurrences on the Mississippi, must be sensible how desirable it is to possess a respectable breadth of country on that river, from our Southern limit to the Illinois at least; so that we may present as firm a front on that as on our Eastern border. We possess what is below the Yazoo, and can probably acquire a certain breadth from the Illinois and Wabash to the Ohio; but between the Ohio and Yazoo, the country all belongs to the Chickasaws, Edition: current; Page: [432] the most friendly tribe within our limits, but the most decided against the alienation of lands. The portion of their country most important for us is exactly that which they do not inhabit. Their settlements are not on the Mississippi, but in the interior country. They have lately shown a desire to become agricultural; and this leads to the desire of buying implements and comforts. In the strengthening and gratifying of these wants, I see the only prospect of planting on the Mississippi itself, the means of its own safety. Duty has required me to submit these views to the judgment of the Legislature; but as their disclosure might embarrass and defeat their effect, they are committed to the special confidence of the two Houses.\n\nWhile the extension of the public commerce among the Indian tribes, may deprive of that source of profit such of our citizens as are engaged in it, it might be worthy the attention of Congress, in their care of individual as well as of the general interest, to point, in another direction, the enterprise of these citizens, as profitably for themselves, and more usefully for the public. The river Missouri, and the Indians inhabiting it, are not as well known as is rendered desirable by their connexion with the Mississippi, and consequently with us. It is, however, understood, that the country on that river is inhabited by numerous tribes, who furnish great supplies of furs and peltry to the trade of another nation, carried on in a high latitude, through an infinite number of portages and lakes, shut up by ice through a long season. The commerce on that Edition: current; Page: [433] line could bear no competition with that of the Missouri, traversing a moderate climate, offering according to the best accounts, a continued navigation from its source, and possibly with a single portage, from the Western Ocean, and finding to the Atlantic a choice of channels through the Illinois or Wabash, the lakes and Hudson, through the Ohio and Susquehanna, or Potomac or James rivers, and through the Tennessee and Savannah, rivers. An intelligent officer, with ten or twelve chosen men, fit for the enterprise, and willing to undertake it, taken from our posts, where they may be spared without inconvenience, might explore the whole line, even to the Western Ocean, have conferences with the natives on the subject of commercial intercourse, get admission among them for our traders, as others are admitted, agree on convenient deposits for an interchange of articles, and return with the information acquired, in the course of two summers. Their arms and accoutrements, some instruments of observation, and light and cheap presents for the Indians, would be all the apparatus they could carry, and with an expectation of a soldier\u2019s portion of land on their return, would constitute the whole expense. Their pay would be going on, whether here or there. While other civilized nations have encountered great expense to enlarge the boundaries of knowledge by undertaking voyages of discovery, and for other literary purposes, in various parts and directions, our nation seems to owe to the same object, as well as to its own interests, to explore this, the only line of easy communication across the Edition: current; Page: [434] continent, and so directly traversing our own part of it. The interests of commerce place the principal object within the constitutional powers and care of Congress, and that it should incidentally advance the geographical knowledge of our own continent, cannot be but an additional gratification. The nation claiming the territory, regarding this as a literary pursuit, which is in the habit of permitting within its dominions, would not be disposed to view it with jealousy, even if the expiring state of its interests there did not render it a matter of indifference. The appropriation of two thousand five hundred dollars, \u201cfor the purpose of extending the external commerce of the United States,\u201d while understood and considered by the Executive as giving the legislative sanction, would cover the undertaking from notice, and prevent the obstructions which interested individuals might otherwise previously prepare in its way.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJan. 18, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nJames Garrard\n\nGarrard, James\n\nto the governor of kentucky (james garrard.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nJan. 18, 1803\n\n.\n\nSir,\n\n\u2014Soon after the date of my letter to you of Dec. 16th the memorial of the Senate and House of Representatives of Kentucky to the President of the U. S. and the Senate and House of Representatives of Congress came to hand. In that letter I informed you that we had reason to believe that the suspension of the right of deposit at New Orleans was an act Edition: current; Page: [435] merely of the intendant, unauthorized by his government; that immediately on information of it we had taken measures to have it rectified, and that we had been seconded in these by the cordial interposition of the minister of his catholic majesty residing here. Further information showing that this act of the intendant was unauthorized has strengthened our expectation that it will be corrected.\n\nIn order, however, to provide against the hazard which beset our interests & peace in that quarter, I have determined with the approbation of the Senate, to send James Monroe, late governor of Virginia, with full powers to him and our ministers in France and Spain to enter with those governments into such arrangements as may effectually secure our rights & interest in the Mississippi, and in the country eastward of that. He is now here and will depart immediately. In the meantime knowing how important it is that the obstructions shall be removed in time for the produce which will begin to descend the river in February, the Spanish minister, has, at our request, reiterated his interposition with the intendant of New Orleans.\n\nI inclose you a resolution of the House of Representatives on this subject, which with the measures taken by the executive, will, I hope, furnish new grounds for the confidence which the legislature of Kentucky is pleased to express in the government of the U. S., and evince to them that that government is equally and impartially alive to the interests of every portion of the union.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [436]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb 1, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nP. S. Dupont de Nemours\n\nNemours, P. S. Dupont de\n\nto p. s. dupont de nemours\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb 1, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I have to acknolege the receipt of your favors of Aug 16 and Oct 4. And the latter I received with peculiar satisfaction; because, while it holds up terms which cannot be entirely yielded, it proposes such as a mutual spirit of accommodation and sacrifice of opinion may bring to some point of union. While we were preparing on this subject such modifications of the propositions of your letter of Oct 4, as we could assent to, an event happened which obliged us to adopt measures of urgency. The suspension of the right of deposit at New Orleans, ceded to us by our treaty with Spain, threw our whole country into such a ferment as imminently threatened its peace. This, however, was believed to be the act of the Intendant, unauthorized by his government. But it showed the necessity of making effectual arrangements to secure the peace of the two counties against the indiscreet acts of subordinate agents. The urgency of the case, as well as the public spirit, therefore induced us to make a more solemn appeal to the justice and judgment of our neighbors, by sending a minister extraordinary to impress them with the necessity of some arrangement. Mr. Monroe has been selected. His good dispositions cannot be doubted. Multiplied conversations with him, and views of the subject taken in all the shapes in which it can present itself, have possessed him with our estimates of everything relating to it, with a minuteness which no written communication to Mr. Livingston could ever have attained. These will prepare Edition: current; Page: [437] them to meet and decide on every form of proposition which can occur, without awaiting new instructions from hence, which might draw to an indefinite length a discussion where circumstances imperiously oblige us to a prompt decision. For the occlusion of the Mississippi is a state of things in which we cannot exist. He goes, therefore, joined with Chancellor Livingston, to aid in the issue of a crisis the most important the U S have ever met since their independence, and which is to decide their future character & career. The confidence which the government of France reposes in you will undoubtedly give great weight to your information. An equal confidence on our part, founded on your knowledge of the subject, your just views of it, your good dispositions towards this country, and my long experience of your personal faith and friendship, assures me that you will render between us all the good offices in your power. The interests of the two countries being absolutely the same as to this matter, your aid may be conscientiously given. It will often perhaps, be possible for you, having a freedom of communication, omnibus horis, which diplomatic gentlemen will be excluded from by forms, to smooth difficulties by respresentations & reasonings, which would be received with more suspicion from them. You will thereby render great good to both countries. For our circumstances are so imperious as to admit of no delay as to our course; and the use of the Mississippi so indispensable, that we cannot hesitate one moment to hazard our existence for its maintenance. If we fail in this effort to Edition: current; Page: [438] put it beyond the reach of accident, we see the destinies we have to run, and prepare at once for them. Not but that we shall still endeavor to go on in peace and friendship with our neighbors as long as we can, if our rights of navigation & deposit are respected; but as we foresee that the caprices of the local officers, and the abuse of those rights by our boatmen & navigators, which neither government can prevent, will keep up a state of irritation which cannot long be kept inactive, we should be criminally improvident not to take at once eventual measures for strengthening ourselves for the contest. It may be said, if this object be so all-important to us, why do we not offer such a sum as to insure its purchase? The answer is simple. We are an agricultural people, poor in money, and owing great debts. These will be falling due by instalments for 15. years to come, and require from us the practice of a rigorous economy to accomplish their payment; and it is our principle to pay to a moment whatever we have engaged, and never to engage what we cannot, and mean not faithfully to pay. We have calculated our resources, and find the sum to be moderate which they would enable us to pay, and we know from late trials that little can be added to it by borrowing. The country, too, which we wish to purchase, except the portion already granted, and which must be confirmed to the private holders, is a barren sand 600. miles from east to west, & from 30. to 40. & 50. miles from north to south, formed by deposition of the sands by the Gulf Stream in its circular course round the Mexican Gulf, and which being spent after performing a semicircle, Edition: current; Page: [439] has made from its last depositions the sand bank of East Florida. In West Florida, indeed, there are on the borders of the rivers some rich bottoms, formed by the mud brought from the upper country. These bottoms are all possessed by individuals. But the spaces between river and river are mere banks of sand; and in East Florida there are neither rivers, nor consequently any bottoms. We cannot then make anything by a sale of the lands to individuals. So that it is peace alone which makes it an object with us, and which ought to make the cession of it desirable to France. Whatever power, other than ourselves, holds the country east of the Mississippi becomes our natural enemy. Will such a possession do France as much good, as such an enemy may do her harm? And how long would it be hers, were such an enemy, situated at its door, added to G Britain? I confess, it appears to me as essential to France to keep at peace with us, as it is to us to keep at peace with her; and that, if this cannot be secured without some compromise as to the territory in question, it will be useful for both to make some sacrifices to effect the compromise.\n\nYou see, my good friend, with what frankness I communicate with you on this subject; that I hide nothing from you, and that I am endeavoring to turn our private friendship to the good of our respective countries. And can private friendship ever answer a nobler end than by keeping two nations at peace, who, if this new position which one of them is taking were rendered innocent, have more points of common interest, and fewer of collision, than any two Edition: current; Page: [440] on earth; who become natural friends, instead of natural enemies, which this change of position would make them. My letters of Apr. 25, May 5, and this present one have been written, without any disguise, in this view; and while safe in your hands they can never do anything but good. But you and I are now at that time of life when our call to another state of being cannot be distant, and may be near. Besides, your government is in the habit of seizing papers without notice. These letters might thus get into hands, which, like the hornet which extracts poison from the same flower that yields honey to the bee, might make them the ground of blowing up a flame between our two countries, and make our friendship and confidence in each other effect exactly the reverse of what we are aiming at. Being yourself thoroughly possessed of every idea in them, let me ask from your friendship an immediate consignment of them to the flames. That alone can make all safe and ourselves secure.\n\nI intended to have answered you here, on the subject of your agency in transacting what money matters we may have at Paris, and for that purpose meant to have conferred with Mr. Gallatin. But he has, for 2. or 3. days, been confined to his room, and is not yet able to do business. If he is out before Mr. Monroe\u2019s departure, I will write an additional letter on that subject. Be assured that it will be a great additional satisfaction to me to render services to yourself & sons by the same acts which shall at the same time promote the public service. Be so good as to present my respectful salutations to Made. Edition: current; Page: [441] Dupont, & to accept yourself assurances of my constant and affectionate friendship and great respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 3, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nRobert R. Livingston\n\nLivingston, Robert R.\n\nto the u. s. minister to france (robert r. livingston.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 3, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014My last to you was by Mr. Dupont. Since that I received yours of May 22. Mr. Madison supposes you have written a subsequent one which has never come to hand. A late suspension by the Intendant of N Orleans of our right of deposit there, without which the right of navigation is impracticable, has thrown this country into such a flame of hostile disposition as can scarcely be described. The western country was peculiarly sensible to it as you may suppose. Our business was to take the most effectual pacific measures in our power to remove the suspension, and at the same time to persuade our countrymen that pacific measures would be the most effectual and the most speedily so. The opposition caught it as a plank in a shipwreck, hoping it would enable them to tack the Western people to them. They raised the cry of war, were intriguing in all the quarters to exasperate the Western inhabitants to arm & go down on their own authority & possess themselves of New Orleans, and in the meantime were daily reiterating, in new shapes, inflammatory resolutions for the adoption of the House. As a remedy to all this we determined to name a minister extraordinary to go immediately to Paris & Madrid Edition: current; Page: [442] to settle this matter. This measure being a visible one, and the person named peculiarly proper with the Western country, crushed at once & put an end to all further attempts on the Legislature. From that moment all has become quiet; and the more readily in the Western country, as the sudden alliance of these new federal friends had of itself already began to make them suspect the wisdom of their own course. The measure was moreover proposed from another cause. We must know at once whether we can acquire N Orleans or not. We are satisfied nothing else will secure us against a war at no distant period; and we cannot press this season without beginning those arrangements which will be necessary if war is hereafter to result. For this purpose it was necessary that the negotiators should be fully possessed of every idea we have on the subject, so as to meet the propositions of the opposite party, in whatever form they may be offered; and give them a shape admissible by us without being obliged to await new instructions hence. With this view, we have joined Mr. Monroe to yourself at Paris, & to Mr. Pinkney at Madrid, altho\u2019 we believe it will be hardly necessary for him to go to this last place. Should we fail in this object of the mission, a further one will be superadded for the other side of the channel. On this subject you will be informed by the Secretary of State, & Mr Monroe will be able also to inform you of all our views and purposes. By him I send another letter to Dupont, whose aid may be of the greatest service, as it will be divested of the shackles of form. The letter is left open for your perusal, after which I wish Edition: current; Page: [443] a wafer stuck in it before it be delivered. The official and the verbal communications to you by Mr. Monroe will be so full and minute, that I need not trouble you with an inofficial repetition of them. The future destinies of our country hang on the event of this negotiation, and I am sure they could not be placed in more able or more zealous hands. On our parts we shall be satisfied that what you do not effect, cannot be effected. Accept therefore assurances of my sincere & constant affection and high respect.\n\nP. S. Feb. 10. your letters of May 4. & Oct. 28. never came to my hands till last night. I am sincerely sorry for the misunderstanding therein explained. As Mr. Sumpter has long since asked & received permission to retire from his office, it cannot be necessary for me to say anything on the subject but that I hope the dispositions to conciliate therein manifested, will be cherished and carried into effect by both.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 10, 1803\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nFeb. 10, 1803\n\n.\n\nI inclose you Crowninshield\u2019s and Jibaut\u2019s letters recommending Stevens and Storer. Storer was also recommended by Mr. Lincoln. Illsley by Genl. Dearborn. The circumstance of exhibiting our recommendations even to our friends, requires great consideration. Recommendations, when honestly written should detail the bad as well as good qualities of the person recommended. That gentlemen Edition: current; Page: [444] may do freely, if they know their letter is to be confined to the president or the head of a department. But if communicated further it may bring on them troublesome quarrels. In Gl. Washington\u2019s time he resisted every effort to bring forth his recommendations. In Mr. Adams time I only know that the republicans knew nothing of them. I have always considered the controul of the Senate as meant to prevent any bias or favoritism in the President towards his own relations, his own religion, towards particular states &c. and perhaps to keep very obnoxious persons out of offices of the first grade. But in all subordinate cases I have ever thought that the selection made by the President ought to inspire a general confidence that it has been made on due inquiry and investigation of character, and that the Senate should interpose their negative only in those particular cases where something happens to be within their knowledge, against the character of the person and unfitting him for the appointment. To Mr. Tracy at any rate no exhibition or information of recommendations ought to be communicated. He may be told that the President does not think it regular to communicate the grounds or reasons of his decision. Friendly salutations and respect.\n\nP. S. To exhibit recommendations would be to turn the Senate into a court of honor, or a court of slander, and to expose the character of every man nominated to an ordeal, without his own consent, subjecting the Senate to heats and waste of time, of which those who were present at the nomination of Colo. W. S. Smith, have seen an example. There a Edition: current; Page: [445] committee sat weeks in judgment upon scandal from every quarter.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 18, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nBenjamin Hawkins\n\nHawkins, Benjamin\n\nto benjamin hawkins\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 18, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Mr. Hill\u2019s return to you offers so safe a conveyance for a letter, that I feel irresistibly disposed to write one, tho\u2019 there is but little to write about. You have been so long absent from this part of the world, and the state of society so changed in that time, that details respecting those who compose it are no longer interesting or intelligible to you. One source of great change in social intercourse arose while you were with us, tho\u2019 it\u2019s effects were as yet scarcely sensible on society or government. I mean the British treaty, which produced a schism that went on widening and rankling till the years \u201998, \u201999, when a final dissolution of all bonds, civil & social, appeared imminent. In that awful crisis, the people awaked from the phrenzy into which they had been thrown, began to return to their sober and ancient principles, & have now become five-sixths of one sentiment, to wit, for peace, economy, and a government bottomed on popular election in its legislative & executive branches. In the public counsels the federal party hold still one-third. This, however, will lessen, but not exactly to the standard of the people; because it will be forever seen that of bodies of men even elected by the people, there will always be a greater proportion aristocratic than among their constituents. The present administration had a task imposed on it which Edition: current; Page: [446] was unavoidable, and could not fail to exert the bitterest hostility in those opposed to it. The preceding administration left 99. out of every hundred in public offices of the federal sect. Republicanism had been the mark on Cain which had rendered those who bore it exiles from all portion in the trusts & authorities of their country. This description of citizens called imperiously & justly for a restoration of right. It was intended, however, to have yielded to this in so moderate a degree as might conciliate those who had obtained exclusive possession; but as soon as they were touched, they endeavored to set fire to the four corners of the public fabric, and obliged us to deprive of the influence of office several who were using it with activity and vigilance to destroy the confidence of the people in their government, and thus to proceed in the drudgery of removal farther than would have been, had not their own hostile enterprises rendered it necessary in self-defence. But I think it will not be long before the whole nation will be consolidated in their ancient principles, excepting a few who have committed themselves beyond recall, and who will retire to obscurity & settled disaffection.\n\nAltho\u2019 you will receive, thro\u2019 the official channel of the War Office, every communication necessary to develop to you our views respecting the Indians, and to direct your conduct, yet, supposing it will be satisfactory to you, and to those with whom you are placed, to understand my personal dispositions and opinions in this particular, I shall avail myself of this private letter to state them generally. I consider the Edition: current; Page: [447] business of hunting as already become insufficient to furnish clothing and subsistence to the Indians. The promotion of agriculture, therefore, and household manufacture, are essential in their preservation, and I am disposed to aid and encourage it liberally. This will enable them to live on much smaller portions of land, and indeed will render their vast forests useless but for the range of cattle; for which purpose, also, as they become better farmers, they will be found useless, and even disadvantageous. While they are learning to do better on less land, our increasing numbers will be calling for more land, and thus a coincidence of interests will be produced between those who have lands to spare, and want other necessaries, and those who have such necessaries to spare, and want lands. This commerce, then, will be for the good of both, and those who are friends to both ought to encourage it. You are in the station peculiarly charged with this interchange, and who have it peculiarly in your power to promote among the Indians a sense of the superior value of a little land, well cultivated, over a great deal, unimproved, and to encourage them to make this estimate truly. The wisdom of the animal which amputates & abandons to the hunter the parts for which he is pursued should be theirs, with this difference, that the former sacrifices what is useful, the latter what is not. In truth, the ultimate point of rest & happiness for them is to let our settlements and theirs meet and blend together, to intermix, and become one people. Incorporating themselves with us as citizens of the U. S., this is what the natural progress of things will of course bring on, and it will Edition: current; Page: [448] be better to promote than to retard it. Surely it will be better for them to be identified with us, and preserved in the occupation of their lands, than be exposed to the many casualties which may endanger them while a separate people. I have little doubt but that your reflections must have led you to view the various ways in which their history may terminate, and to see that this is the one most for their happiness. And we have already had an application from a settlement of Indians to become citizens of the U. S. It is possible, perhaps probable, that this idea may be so novel as that it might shock the Indians, were it even hinted to them. Of course, you will keep it for your own reflection; but, convinced of its soundness, I feel it consistent with pure morality to lead them towards it, to familiarize them to the idea that it is for their interest to cede lands at times to the U S, and for us thus to procure gratifications to our citizens, from time to time, by new acquisitions of land. From no quarter is there at present so strong a pressure on this subject as from Georgia for the residue of the fork of Oconee & Ockmulgee; and indeed I believe it will be difficult to resist it. As it has been mentioned that the Creeks had at one time made up their minds to sell this, and were only checked in it by some indiscretions of an individual, I am in hopes you will be able to bring them to it again. I beseech you to use your most earnest endeavors; for it will relieve us here from a great pressure, and yourself from the unreasonable suspicions of the Georgians which you notice, that you are more attached to the interests of the Indians than of the U S, and throw cold water on Edition: current; Page: [449] their willingness to part with lands. It is so easy to excite suspicion, that none are to be wondered at; but I am in hopes it will be in your power to quash them by effecting the object.\n\nMr. Madison enjoys better health since his removal to this place than he had done in Orange. Mr. Giles is in a state of health feared to be irrecoverable, although he may hold on for some time, and perhaps be re-established. Browze Trist is now in the Mississippi territory, forming an establishment for his family, which is still in Albemarle, and will remove to the Mississippi in the spring. Mrs. Trist, his mother, begins to yield a little to time. I retain myself very perfect health, having not had 20. hours of fever in 42 years past. I have sometimes had a troublesome headache, and some slight rheumatic pains; but now sixty years old nearly, I have had as little to complain of in point of health as most people. I learn you have the gout. I did not expect that Indian cookery or Indian fare would produce that; but it is considered as a security for good health otherwise. That it may be so with you, I sincerely pray, and tender you my friendly and respectful salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 19, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nThomas Mckean\n\nMckean, Thomas\n\nto thomas mckean\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 19, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your\u2019s of the 7th inst. has been duly received. The late election in Pennsylvania has to be sure been a triumphant proof of the progress of the Republican spirit: and must afford great consolation to yourself personally, as a mark of the public Edition: current; Page: [450] approbation of your administration. I believe we may consider the mass of the states south & west of Connecticut & Massachusetts as now a consolidated body of republicanism. In Connecticut, Massachusetts & N. Hampshire there is still a federal ascendancy, but it is near it\u2019s last. If we can settle happily the difficulties of the Mississippi, I think we may promise ourselves smooth seas during our time. The Federal candidates for the general government I believe are certainly to be Mr. King & Genl. Pinckney. Of this I believe you may be assured. Mr. Ross so strongly marked by popular rejection in his late competition with you, and to retire from the Senate within a few days by a like rejection by the representatives of his state, is setting himself up by his war movements here as if he were their only friend & the only person who has their confidence. (I have been told he has declared the people of his quarter would go of their own authority & take N. Orleans, & that he would head them himself). But I rather suppose it sufficient, that a measure has his approbation, to produce their distrust of it. Mr. Harris has been informed that a consulship (I believe it is at Rotterdam) is vacant, if it will suit him. For Mr. T. Rodney I should certainly be glad to do any service; but really do not foresee any vacancy likely to happen where he could be employed. So also as to Mr. McLanachan. The fact is that we have put down the great mass of offices which gave such patronage to the President of the U. S. These had been so numerous, that presenting themselves to the public eye at all times & places, office began to be Edition: current; Page: [451] looked to as a resource for every man whose affairs were getting into derangement, or who was too indolent to pursue his profession, and for young men just entering into life. In short it was poisoning the very source of industry, by presenting an easier resource for a livelihood, and was corrupting the principles of the great mass of those who passed a wishful eye on office. The case is now quite changed. We have almost nothing to give, in such a state as Pennsylvania for instance, I recollect but 6. offices within my appointment, 3. of which are of the law, & 3. in the customs. For I do not count the commissioners of bankruptcy, who will so soon be put down with the law. While the habit of looking for office therefore continues, the means of gratifying it have been given up.\n\nOn the subject of prosecutions, what I say must be entirely confidential, for you know the passion for torturing every sentiment & word which comes from me. The federalists having failed in destroying the freedom of the press by their gag-law, seem to have attacked it in an opposite form, that is by pushing it\u2019s licentiousness & it\u2019s lying to such a degree of prostitution as to deprive it of all credit. And the fact is that so abandoned are the tory presses in this particular that even the least informed of the people have learnt that nothing in a newspaper is to be believed. This is a dangerous state of things, and the press ought to be restored to it\u2019s credibility if possible. The restraints provided by the laws of the states are sufficient for this if applied. And I have therefore long thought that a few prosecutions Edition: current; Page: [452] of the most prominent offenders would have a wholesome effect in restoring the integrity of the presses. Not a general prosecution, for that would look like persecution: but a selected one. The paper I now inclose appears to me to offer as good an instance in every respect to make an example of, as can be selected. However of this you are the best judge. I inclose it lest you should not have it. If the same thing be done in some other of the states it will place the whole band more on their guard. Accept my friendly salutations & assurances of my high respect & consideration.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nFeb. 28, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nBenjamin Rush\n\nRush, Benjamin\n\nto benjamin rush\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nFeb. 28, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I wish to mention to you in confidence that I have obtained authority from Congress to undertake the long desired object of exploring the Missouri & whatever river, heading with that, leads into the western ocean. About 10. chosen woodsmen headed by Capt. Lewis my secretary will set out on it immediately & probably accomplish it in two seasons. Capt. Lewis is brave, prudent, habituated to the woods, & familiar with Indian manners and character. He is not regularly educated, but he possesses a great mass of accurate observation on all the subjects of nature which present themselves here, & will therefore readily select those only in his new route which shall be new. He has qualified himself for those observations of longitude & latitude necessary to fix the points of the line he will go over. It would be Edition: current; Page: [453] very useful to state for him those objects on which it is most desirable he should bring us information. For this purpose I ask the favor of you to prepare some notes of such particulars as may occur in his journey & which you think should draw his attention & enquiry. He will be in Philadelphia about 2. or 3. weeks hence & will wait on you.\n\nI have owed, now a twelve month, an answer to your very friendly letter of Mar. 12, 1802. But when certain things press, & others will bear delay, we naturally take up the former, & the latter lie over. After all my life having enjoyed the benefit of well formed organs of digestion, and departation, I was 2 years ago taken with the diarrh\u0153a, after having dined moderately on fish which had never affected me before. In the course of 2 or 3 weeks it wore me down by the frequency of calls, but then got so much better as to call on me but once a day, but still of watery consistence, and distressing me with troublesome barberygmi. For a twelve month past however these circumstances are more favorable and though they continue to a certain degree I enjoy good health. In the course of it I have made experiments of every kind of diet, & regimen: and I find that fish is the only article which affects me; & what is remarkable while fish & sturgeon affect me powerfully neither oysters nor crabs do. I find it important too to be moderate in the quantity of food. The stomach has never failed in the least, but performs its functions most perfectly: the bowels alone are weak and labor in their operations. I have troubled you with these details because your Edition: current; Page: [454] friendship called for them. I have found that riding is my remedy. A journey brings me to my antient habits for some days, and daily rides of an hour or two keep me free from the inconvenience from the visceral weakness. I see at present nothing more in it than a liability to a return whenever an unfavorable affection occurs in any part of my system. I doubt the effect of medicine in chronical cases of this kind at any period of life, and still more so at mine. The system however may perhaps gradually recover its strength. But these unlettered ideas are laid at your feet. Your information & experience will regard nothing but the facts; and certainly my confidence not only in your skill but your friendship will render truly valuable to me any ideas which you can without trouble throw on paper, for my government in the event of a return of the complaints to a troublesome degree; For at present it exists only in a perfectly innocent state. I pray you to accept assurances of my affectionate friendship & sincere respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 22, 1803\n\nMonticello\n\nJames Madison\n\nMadison, James\n\nto the secretary of state (james madison.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nMar. 22, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Yours of the 17th is received. I concur in your ideas that the request from the Bey of Tunis of a frigate of 36. guns should be complacently refused. I think the greatest dispatch should be used in sending either the gun carriages or money to Simpson for the Emperor of Marocco, and the stores Edition: current; Page: [455] to Algiers; & if you approve it, the powder on account: or perhaps it would be better to authorize the purchase of it in Europe on the Dey\u2019s agreeing to receive it on account. We must keep these two powers friendly by a steady course of justice aided occasionally with liberality. Mr. Smith has suggested the sending another frigate. But no new fact justifies a change of plan. Our misfortune has been that our vessels have been employed in particular convoys, instead of a close blockade equivalent to universal convoy. I suppose Murray may be for sending more ships there. Every officer in the navy, & every merchant in the U. S. would be for that: because they see but one object, themselves. I see the federalists find one paper in Kentucky into which they can get what they write either here or there. Bradford\u2019s Guardian of freedom of Mar. 4 has a piece recommending immediate separation. A cool calculation of interest however would show that Eastern America would not be the greatest sufferer by that folly. Accept my affectionate salutations.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMar. 28, 1803\n\nMonticello\n\nAlbert Gallatin\n\nGallatin, Albert\n\nto the secretary of the treasury (albert gallatin.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nMonticello\n\nMar. 28, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Yours of the 21st came to hand on the 25th. I now return the letters of Thornton and Muhlenberg with entire approbation of your answers. I am in all cases for a liberal conduct towards other nations, believing that the practice of the same Edition: current; Page: [456] friendly feelings and generous dispositions which attach individuals in private life will attach societies on the large scale, which are composed of individuals. I have for some time believed that Commodore Morris\u2019s conduct would require investigation. His progress from Gibralter has been astonishing. I know of but one supposition which can cover him; that is, that he has so far mistaken the object of his mission as to spend his time convoying. I do not know the fact; we gave great latitude to his discretion, believing he had an ambition to distinguish himself, and unwilling to check it by positive instructions.\n\nI have for some time been satisfied a schism was taking place in Pennsylvania between the moderates and high-flyers. The same will take place in Congress whenever a proper head for the latter shall start up, and we must expect division of the same kind in other States as soon as the Republicans shall be so strong as to fear no other enemy. I hope those of Philadelphia will not address on the subject of removals; it would be a delicate operation indeed. Briggs reserved till my return to decide; but he will accept. I had hoped to be with you by the 1st of April, but I now apprehend it will be that date before I can leave this place without leaving the objects of my visits unaccomplished. The thermometer is at 29\u00b0 with us this morning, the peach-trees in blossom for a week past. Accept affectionate salutations.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [457]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApril, 1803\n\nBenjamin Rush\n\nRush, Benjamin\n\nsyllabus of an estimate of the merit of the doctrines of jesus, compared with those of others1\n\nj. mss.\n\n[\n\nApril, 1803\n\n.]\n\nIn a comparative view of the Ethics of the enlightened nations of antiquity, of the Jews and of Edition: current; Page: [458] Jesus, no notice should be taken of the corruptions of reason among the ancients, to wit, the idolatry & Edition: current; Page: [459] superstition of the vulgar, nor of the corruptions of Christianity by the learned among its professors.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [460]\n\nLet a just view be taken of the moral principles inculcated by the most esteemed of the sects of ancient philosophy, or of their individuals; particularly Pythagoras, Socrates, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Seneca, Antoninus.\n\nI. Philosophers. 1. Their precepts related chiefly to ourselves, and the government of those passions which, unrestrained, would disturb our tranquillity of mind.1 In this branch of philosophy they were really great.\n\n2. In developing our duties to others, they were short and defective. They embraced, indeed, the circles of kindred & friends, and inculcated patriotism or the love of our country in the aggregate, as a primary obligation: toward our neighbors & countrymen they taught justice, but scarcely viewed them as within the circle of benevolence. Still less have they inculcated peace, charity & love to our fellow men, or embraced with benevolence the whole family of mankind.\n\nII. Jews. 1. Their system was Deism; that is, Edition: current; Page: [461] the belief of one only God. But their ideas of him & of his attributes were degrading & injurious.\n\n2. Their Ethics were not only imperfect, but often irreconcilable with the sound dictates of reason & morality, as they respect intercourse with those around us; & repulsive & anti-social, as respecting other nations. They needed reformation, therefore, in an eminent degree.\n\nIII. Jesus. In this state of things among the Jews Jesus appeared. His parentage was obscure; his condition poor; his education null; his natural endowments great; his life correct and innocent: he was meek, benevolent, patient, firm, disinterested, & of the sublimest eloquence.\n\nThe disadvantages under which his doctrines appear are remarkable.\n\n1. Like Socrates & Epictetus, he wrote nothing himself.\n\n2. But he had not, like them, a Xenophon or an Arrian to write for him. On the contrary, all the learned of his country, entrenched in its power and riches, were opposed to him, lest his labors should undermine their advantages; and the committing to writing his life & doctrines fell on the most unlettered & ignorant men; who wrote, too, from memory, & not till long after the transactions had passed.\n\n3. According to the ordinary fate of those who attempt to enlighten and reform mankind, he fell an early victim to the jealousy & combination of the altar and the throne, at about 33. years of age, his reason having not yet attained the maximum of its energy, nor the course of his preaching, which was Edition: current; Page: [462] but of 3. years at most, presented occasions for developing a complete system of morals.\n\n4. Hence the doctrines which he really delivered were defective as a whole, and fragments only of what he did deliver have come to us mutilated, misstated, & often unintelligible.\n\n5. They have been still more disfigured by the corruptions of schismatising followers, who have found an interest in sophisticating & perverting the simple doctrines he taught by engrafting on them the mysticisms of a Grecian sophist, frittering them into subtleties, & obscuring them with jargon, until they have caused good men to reject the whole in disgust, & to view Jesus himself as an impostor.\n\nNotwithstanding these disadvantages, a system of morals is presented to us, which, if filled up in the true style and spirit of the rich fragments he left us, would be the most perfect and sublime that has ever been taught by man.\n\nThe question of his being a member of the God-head, or in direct communication with it, claimed for him by some of his followers, and denied by others is foreign to the present view, which is merely an estimate of the intrinsic merit of his doctrines.\n\n1. He corrected the Deism of the Jews, confirming them in their belief of one only God, and giving them juster notions of his attributes and government.\n\n2. His moral doctrines, relating to kindred & friends, were more pure & perfect than those of the most correct of the philosophers, and greatly more so than those of the Jews; and they went far beyond both in inculcating universal philanthropy, not only Edition: current; Page: [463] to kindred and friends, to neighbors and countrymen, but to all mankind, gathering all into one family, under the bonds of love, charity, peace, common wants and common aids. A development of this head will evince the peculiar superiority of the system of Jesus over all others.\n\n3. The precepts of philosophy, & of the Hebrew code, laid hold of actions only. He pushed his scrutinies into the heart of man; erected his tribunal in the region of his thoughts, and purified the waters at the fountain head.\n\n4. He taught, emphatically, the doctrines of a future state, which was either doubted, or disbelieved by the Jews; and wielded it with efficacy, as an important incentive, supplementary to the other motives to moral conduct.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nApr. 30, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nJohn Bacon\n\nBacon, John\n\nto john bacon\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nApr. 30, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014Your favor of the 11th has been received, & I thank you for the communication on Indian affairs. I observe what you say on the aspect of your elections. Although federalism appears to have boasted prematurely of it\u2019s gains, yet it does not appear to have yielded as we might have expected to the evidence either of their reason or their senses. Two facts are certainly as true as irreconcileable. The people of Massachusetts love economy and freedom, civil & religious. The present legislative & executive functionaries endeavor to practice economy Edition: current; Page: [464] & to strengthen civil & religious freedom. Yet they are disapproved by the people of Massachusetts. It cannot be that these had rather give up principles than men. However the riddle is to be solved, our duty is plain, to administer their interests faithfully & to overcome evil with good.\n\nYou have seen that the government of Spain has instantly redressed the infraction of treaty by her intendant at New Orleans; and that, by a reasonable and peaceable process, we have obtained in 4. months what would have cost us 7. years of war, 100,000 human lives, 100 millions of additional debt, besides ten hundred millions lost by the want of market for our produce, or depredations on it in seeking markets, and the general demoralizing of our citizens which war occasions. I have the satisfaction to add that we have received official information that in the instrument cession of Louisiana by Spain to France, is this clause \u201csaving the right acquired by other powers in virtue of treaties made with them by Spain.\u201d Although I am not sanguine in obtaining a cession of New Orleans for money, yet I am confident in the policy of putting off the day of contention for it, till we are stronger in ourselves, & stronger in allies, but especially till we shall have planted such a population on the Mississippi as will be able to do their own business, without the necessity of marching men from the shores of the Atlantic 1500 or 2000 miles thither, to perish by fatigue & change of climate. Accept my friendly salutations & assurances of high respect.\n\nP. S. I enclose you a pamphlet.\n\nEdition: current; Page: [465]\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 8, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nGideon Granger\n\nGranger, Gideon\n\nto the postmaster general (gideon granger.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 8, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I promised to inform you of the result of the Virginia elections. One only has issued differently from what I expected; that is the Eastern shore district. The 2. Eastern shore counties were almost in the [faded] a body of tories during the revolutionary war, among whom we were obliged to station a regiment or two to keep them in order. They have never lost that spirit. They have now given 735 federal votes & 33 republican. There being some division in the western shore counties of the residue of the district, the federal candidate has carried it by a majority of about 150. out of about 1920 votes given in the whole district, say 1000 against 900. Brent\u2019s case you have [faded] a Fed., by a majority not yet known. [faded] He had been living in the state but one year, unfortunately had attached interest enough to him to be able to prevent Lawrence Washington (nephew of the General and) a good republican, who could otherwise have been elected with certainty. Holmes, where the Feds counted to carry their man, got 1000 against [faded] Jackson where they had been very sure also, carried his by about 200. We have therefore 2. black sheep in our flock of 22. Monroe\u2019s appointment was known at Paris Feb. 24. He may be expected to have arrived there the middle of Apr. In the journal des [faded] (the special paper of Buonaparte, edited by his secretary) is a pretty long tirade against those, whom they call Anglo-men, in the U. S. for Edition: current; Page: [466] endeavoring to irritate our citizens against France by pretending that the act of the intendant of N. Orleans was dictated by France, and quoting with approbation the republican papers which proved that the body of our nation had seen through the wicked design de ces feuilles excitratices, (these inflammatory papers.) The ground of war between England and France is much deeper & more irremoveable than the public are aware. I consider it as next to impossible that they should compromise the real difference. Accept my affectionate & respectful salutations.\n\n\u2014I have lately received a letter from Ingraham, who is in prison under a ca. sa. on a judgement of 14000 dollars & costs, one moiety (I presume) to the U. S. for having been the master of a vessel which brought from Africa a cargo of the natives of that country to be sold in slavery. He petitions for a pardon, as does his wife on behalf of herself, her children & his mother. His situation, as far as respects himself, merits no commiseration: that of his wife, children & mother, suffering for want of his aid, does: so also does the condition of the unhappy human beings whom he forcibly brought away from their native country, & whose wives, children & parents are now suffering for want of their aid & comfort. Between these two sets of suffering beings Edition: current; Page: [467] whom his crimes have placed in that condition, we are to apportion our commiseration. I presume his conviction was under the act of 1794, c. 11\u2014which inflicts pecuniary punishment only, without imprisonment, as that punishment was sometimes evaded by the insolvency of the offenders, the legislature in 1800, added for subsequent cases, imprisonment not exceeding 2 years. Ingraham\u2019s case is exactly such an one as the law of 1800 intended to meet; and tho\u2019 it could not be retrospective, yet if its measure be just now, it would have been just then, and consequently we shall act according to the views of the legislature, by restricting his imprisonment to their maximum of 2 years, instead of letting it be perpetual as the law of \u201994, under which he was convicted, would make it, in his case of insolvency. He must remain therefore the 2 years in prison: and at the end of that term I would wish a statement by the Judges & District attorney, who acted in the cause, of such facts as are material, & of their judgment on them, recommending him, or not, at their discretion, to pardon at the end of 2 years or any other term they think will be sufficient to operate as a terror to others meditating the same crime, without losing a just attention to the sufferings of his family. This of course can only respect the moiety of the U. S. The interest you took in this case during the last Congress has encouraged me to hope you would lend your instrumentality to the bringing it to a close, which would gratify me, so far as it could be done without abusing the power of pardon, confided to the discretion of the Executive to be used in cases, which tho\u2019 within the words, are not Edition: current; Page: [468] within the intention of the law. The law certainly did not intend perpetual imprisonment. Accept my friendly salutations and high respect.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nMay 20, 1803\n\nWashington\n\nGideon Granger\n\nGranger, Gideon\n\nto the postmaster general (gideon granger.)\n\nj. mss.\n\nWashington\n\nMay 20, 1803\n\n.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n\u2014I received last night yours of the 13th and rejoice that in some forms, tho\u2019 not in all, republicanism shews progress in Connecticut. As clerical bondage is the root of the evil, I have more hopes, from the petition you enclosed me, of seeing that loosened, than from any other agency. The lawyers, the other pillar of federalism, are from the nature of their calling so ready to take either side, that as soon as they see as much, or perhaps more money to be got on one side than the other, they will tack over. The clergy are unwilling to exchange the certain resource of legal compulsion for the uncertain one of their own merit & industry. Although the solidity & duration of republicanism in these states is so certain, that I would not give one dollar to ensure it\u2019s ascendancy during our lives, yet the three federal states of New England withdraw from their affections to the constituted authorities, from a stock on which the feeble branches of federalism in the other states engraft themselves, nourish the malcontent habits, & keep open the bleeding wounds of society. Their recognition therefore of their own principles in those from whom they have been persuaded to separate is desirable as well to harmonize as to consolidate the Edition: current; Page: [469] strength of the union. It is possible my letter may have led you into an error in which I may have been myself. It is now said by the federalists that another tory Lewis is elected in opposition to Moore. And they make it probable by stating the fact that another republican candidate took from Moore 400. votes, which gave a majority of 200. to Lewis when Moore would otherwise have had a majority of 200. If this be true, we shall have 4. federalists out of 22. in Congress. This is the more curious as in our legislature we shall have but 15. out of 200. But the fact is that there is so little federalism in Virginia that it is not feared, nor attended to, nor a principle of voting. What little we have is in the string of Presbyterian counties in the valley between the blue ridge & North Mountain where the clergy are as bitter as they are in Connecticut. Our advices from Paris & London are to the last of March. War, tho\u2019 deprecated by Buonaparte, will hardly be avoided. Accept my friendly salutations & respects.\n\nThomas Jefferson\n\nJefferson, Thomas\n\nJune 1, 1803\n\nLevi Lincoln\n\nLincoln, Levi\n\nto levi lincoln\n\nj. mss.\n\nJune 1, 1803\n\n.\n\nOn reading a paragraph in the N. Y. Evening Post, I took up my pen to write a squib on it; but the subject run away with me till I found I had written a treatise. It is one on which I have a great desire to reconcile the parties among the republicans, & the paragraph in the post seemed to offer an occasion of taking just ground & introducing a public discussion of it, on which I have do doubt the opinion of Edition: current; Page: [470] all candid men would settle together with that of the executive. The interest I take in the question made me willing to hazard a few lines for the press, altho\u2019 I have thro\u2019 life scrupulously refrained from it; inasmuch that this is but the second instance of my being willing to depart from my rule. I have written it under the character of a Massachusetts citizen, with a view to it\u2019s appearing in a paper there. The Chronicle I suppose is most read, but how to get it there [faded] of the evidence of my handwriting. Think of this if you please; correct the paper also to make it what it should be, & we will talk of it the first time we meet. Friendly salutations, & religious silence about it.1\n\nMr. Gabriel Jones has given to the public the statement of a pecuniary transaction of about 20. years ago, between the President & himself, with Edition: current; Page: [472] comments of so angry a complection as to excite at once doubts in the mind of a candid reader that there must have been something more in the case than is there presented to the view. In truth the history of Edition: current; Page: [473] the times is so necessary to the explanation of the money transactions of the day, that these cannot be understood without a recurrence to that, and with this recurrence alone, Mr. Jones own facts will enable Edition: current; Page: [474] us to judge whether, like many others, he has not suffered his political antipathies to distort his estimate of characters, whose \u201chonour, honesty & integrity\u201d Edition: current; Page: [475] proved to him in more dispassionate times himself acknowledged to have \u201cinspired him with the highest confidence.\u201d\n\nMr. Jefferson on some emergency borrowed \u00a350 of Mr. Jones who was in the habit of lending money on interest, and gave his bond for repaiment. This, Mr. Jones says, was in the autumn 1773, consequently about the period of the destruction of the tea in Boston, which was followed by Genl. Gage\u2019s arrival in Boston with an army, and by other events in rapid succession which brought on the Revolution, & suspended in a great degree the ordinary intercourse of business. This state of things, & the known habit of Mr. Jones of leaving his money at interest in good hands, may furnish the reasons why his \u00a350 in this instance were not repaid so soon as contemplated. All the hard money of the U. S. was suddenly exported to procure arms, ammunition and other necessaries for the times, and it\u2019s place was supplied by emissions of paper merely bottomed on the faith of the nation. Of this faith the Whigs had no doubt, and the money maintained it\u2019s ground at par for a considerable time. And even when successive emissions, aided by the efforts of the disaffected, had begun to make an impression on it, the Whigs were still confident it would be redeemed dollar for dollar, & therefore continued to receive & pay it for par. In Jany. & May 1779 Congress by circular letters, encouraged their fellow citizens to maintain the credit of their paper; represented to them the false policy of asking \u201cenormous prices for the product of their farms, when a little reflection might convince Edition: current; Page: [476] them that it was injurious to their interests, & to the general welfare;\u201d and affirmed that the whole emissions (which as late as Sep. 3. 1779 they stated at less than 160 millions) might \u201cwithout public inconvenience of private distress, be cancelled by taxes in a period so limited as must leave the possessor of the bills satisfied with his security.\u201d Such was the Whig sentiment as late as Sep. 79. The offer of paiment by Mr. Jefferson had been in April preceding. It was the only one he could offer, for a paiment in hard money was then impossible. Mr. Jones, not chusing to receive it, sent it back to Mr. Jefferson, with his bond, under a blank cover; & Mr. Jefferson, not meaning to cancel the debt, returned the bond to Mr. Jones under a blank cover also; the inference from which was plainly that Mr. Jefferson was willing, as Mr. Jones seemed to be, to let the matter lie over till there should be hard money to pay it. But Mr. Jones finds ground of crimination even in the mode of conveying the letter. Yet he well knows that no cross posts existed at that day, & that indirect conveyances could alone be resorted to. The imputation he raises on this is as unjustifiable as it would be to impute to him a receipt of the letter in due time, & a willingness now to deny it. That he received it late is probable since he says so, and that the delay was accidental is much more probable than the [faded] one which his passions impute to Mr. Jefferson. To shew further the [faded] with respect to the revolutionary money, it may be noted that in the June following the date of this offer, Mr. Jefferson was chosen Governor of Virginia & continued till June, Edition: current; Page: [477] 1781, during the whole of which time he received his salary at the rate of \u00a31000 a year of the same money, the rate at which it had been fixed by law before any emission [faded]. The legislature therefore considered the money as equivalent to what it called itself, for two years after the transaction in question. It may be remembered that a letter of Mr. Jefferson\u2019s to the House of Farrell & Jones of England was published by their agent as an act of justice to him, from which it appeared that after this date he had received between 4 & 5,000\u00a3 for lands sold in 1773, to pay the debt of his father in [faded] Mr. Wales to that house. This fact, & the lands sold are known to many. They lie in the counties of Cumberland & Bedford. In Aug. 1780 Congress first had a table of depreciation established with reference to their new emission of 40 to 1. & in Aug. 1781 they extended it to specie. By the retrospective information of that table we are now enabled to say that in Apr. 1779 paper money was to specie as 1. to 11 not as 1. to 20 as Mr. Jones suggests. But this was neither known or believed at the time by persons well affected to the revolution. It was not till the close of 1781 or beginning of 1782 that the Virginia legislature formally acknowledged a depreciation by establishing a scale for it. Mr. Jefferson went to Europe immediately after the peace; and his agent is known to have declared that the instructions he left were that this debt to Mr. Jones, principal and interest should be the very first paid as soon as hard money could be obtained.\n\nOn the whole, if it was criminal in Mr. Jefferson to receive that kind of money on which the event of the Edition: current; Page: [478] revolution depended, & to support it\u2019s credit, then let Mr. Jones arraign every Whig in the union at the bar of his country as a criminal. Few were more so, nor more to their own loss than Mr. Jefferson. If it was criminal for a Whig to pay this money to those who like himself were willing to receive it; then was every Whig a criminal. If it was just not to force it on those who were unwilling to receive it, Mr. Jefferson exercised that justice. He took back the money when refused; returned his obligation for the debt, & paid it with interest in hard money, so soon as hard money reappeared in circulation.\n\n60. were expelled from the 500, so as to change the majority there to the other side. It seems doubtful whether any were expelled from the Antients. The majority there was already with the Consular party. T. J.\n\nI received in due time your favor of Feb. 22. & shall with pleasure assist mr. Marshall in the negotiation with mr. Lowndes, whenever desired either by Mr. Marshall or our executive.\n\nI wrote you a troublesome letter sometime ago, & now propose some additimenta to it. It is with vast reluctance I do it, & would not do it, if books could furnish the information I want. But there are minuti\u00e6 of practice, which are hardly to be met with in the books, & therefore can only be learned from practical men; & you know how destitute we are of such in Parliamentary reading at present. That science is so lost, & yet so important, that I am taking considerable pains, & shall pursue it through the ensuing summer to form a Parliamentary Manual, which I shall deposit with the Senate of the U. S. & may thence possibly get into the public possession. To this I shall not object, if I can be satisfied that what I shall prepare will be correct. On the contrary it may do good by presenting to the different legislative bodies a chaste Praxis to which they may by degrees conform their several inconsistent & embarrassing modes of proceeding. But there is but one person in America whose information & judgment I have sufficient confidence in, to be satisfied that what I may put together, would be rigorously correct: & he is so absorbed in other useful duties, more peculiarly his own, that I have no right to trouble him with helping me through mine. I can ask it only on the score of charity for which we are all bound to find time.\u2014We shall probably rise the 1st or 2d week of May, after which I shall be at Monticello, where and everywhere it will give me the greatest pleasure to hear of the continuance of your health. May you enjoy it with many long years of life for the solace of your friends & service of your country. Adieu. Most affectionately.\n\nJefferson also wrote to Edmund Pendleton as follows:\n\nPhiladelphia, Apr. 19. 1800.\n\nDear Sir,\u2014My duties here require me to possess exact knolege of Parliamentary proceedings. While a student I read a good deal, & commonplaced what I read, on this subject. But it is now 20. years since I was a member of a parliamentary body, so that I am grown rusty. So far indeed as books go, my commonplace has enabled me to retrieve. But there are many minute practices, which being in daily use in Parliament & therefore supposed known to everyone, were never noticed in their books. These practices were, I dare say, the same we used to follow in Virginia: but I have forgot even our practices. Besides these there are minute questions arising frequently as to the mode of amending, putting questions &c. which the books do not inform us of. I have from time to time noted these queries, &, keeping them in view, have been able to get some of them satisfied & struck them off my list. But I have a number of them still remaining unsatisfied. However unwilling to disturb your repose I am so anxious to perform the functions of my office with exact regularity that I have determined to throw myself on your friendship & to ask your aid in solving as many of my doubts as you can. I have written them down, leaving a broad margin in which I only ask the favour of you to write yea, or nay opposite to the proposition, which will satisfy me. Those which you do not recollect, do not give yourself any trouble about. Do it only at your leisure. If this should be before the 9th of May, your return of the papers may find me here till the 16th. If after that, be so good as to direct them to me at Monticello.\n\nI have no foreign news but what you see in the papers. Duane\u2019s and Cooper\u2019s trials come on to-day. Such a selection of jurors has been made by the marshal as insures the event. The same may be said as to Fries &c. and also as to the sheriff & justices who in endeavoring to arrest Sweeny, the horse thief, got possession of his papers & sent them to the chief justice & governor, among which papers were mr. Liston\u2019s letters to the Governor of Canada, printed we know not by whom. We have not yet heard the fate of Holt, editor of the Bee in Connecticut. A printer in Vermont is prosecuted for reprinting mr. McHenry\u2019s letter to Genl. Darke. Be so good as to present my respects to mrs. Pendleton & friendly salutations to Mr. Taylor & accept yourself assurances of constant & affectionate esteem.\n\nThis is the first draft, but it differs so little from the address as delivered that it does not seem necessary to print the latter also. In the Jefferson MSS. is the following, which I take to be a paragraph jotted down for the inaugural address, but for some reason not included.\n\n\u201cWherever there are men there will be parties & wherever there are free men they will make themselves heard. Those of firm health & spirits are unwilling to cede more of their liberty than is necessary to preserve order, those of feeble const\u00f1s will wish to see one strong arm able to protect them from the many. These are the whigs and tories of nature. These mutual jealousies produce mutual security: and while the laws shall be obeyed all will be safe. He alone is your enemy who disobeys them. In all cases of danger or commotion learn to consider the laws as the standard to which you are to rally. If you find there your officers civil and military, go with them to the establishment of order. If you find them not there, they are out of their place and must be brot back to the laws. Let this then be the distinctive mark of an American that in cases of commotion he enlists himself under no man\u2019s banner, enquires for no man\u2019s name but repairs to the standard of the laws. Do this & you need never fear anarchy or tyranny. Your govm\u0303 will be perpetual.\u201d"}
-{"text": "THE UNLOVED SISTERS\n\nRead more below\n\nBy The challenge for the new Union minister for the North-east lies in understanding the specific needs of individual states, writes Sumanta Sen\n\nPublished 9.11.06\n\n&nbsp\n\nUrgent measures\n\nThe recent changes in the Union cabinet saw Mani Shankar Aiyar getting the portfolio for the North-east in addition to his existing charges. The bureaucrat-turned-politician is reported to have a good idea of the region, having toured it with his friend and former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. Obviously, the present prime minister, as also the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance, thought he would be able to better direct the government than others before him as to what path should be followed in an area where New Delhi has so far appeared to be largely clueless.\n\nThere is till date no reason why Aiyar\u2019s credentials as an administrator should be questioned. But the question is, what is it that the government expects him to achieve? If the government expects him to tone up development work to such a degree that the various divisive forces would get isolated from the people, then once again it is making a big mistake. Or, to be more precise, it is refusing to acknowledge the fallacy of its argument that lack of development lies behind all the troubles in the seven states \u2014 the eighth state, Sikkim, is a recent member of the club and does not share the problems of the others.\n\nLack of development is a national phenomenon and not a feature of life in the North-east alone. The problem relates essentially to the issue of ethnicity, an issue that has had a natural birth in some states and has been imposed on the people in others. Lack of development is cited by the forces of insurrection as merely another \u201cinstance of India\u2019s absence of interest in our welfare\u201d, but this is always accompanied by the assertion, \u201cwe can expect nothing by remaining a part of India.\u201d So where does Aiyar and his fair idea of the region come into the scenario? It should not be forgotten that his predecessor had an equal or better knowledge of the North-east, as he hails from Meghalaya, one of the original seven sisters.\n\nState-wise, what is the situation today? The Naga rebels have been fighting with the Union government since independence and at present, there is a ceasefire but no solution in sight. A solution is extremely difficult to arrive at as the rebels are demanding a Greater Nagaland, including areas in Manipur and Assam. There is also the question of autonomy, but first, there has to be an agreement on the demand that the existing boundaries be redefined. Also, the prolonged talks in Bangkok and elsewhere with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isaak-Muivah) are only giving the rebels the much-needed breathing space for training for the days when the period of peace would be over, maybe next year. There is also the question of what the rival Khaplang group may do even if an agreement is reached with the Isaak-Muivah faction.\n\nActually the problem in Nagaland is deeper than it appears on paper. A fiercely independent people with their own established system of administration, which even the British had not disturbed, the Nagas, irrespective of tribes, had never mentally come to terms with the fact that decisions regarding their lives would be taken not by their elders but by unknown elements in distant Delhi. It is because of this that the NSCN enjoys support and sympathy at the grassroots level and the \u2018tax\u2019 that it levies is not always seen as extortion. Development of infrastructure is only of secondary importance here.\n\nIn Assam, the issue is much simpler, it is wholly one of law and order. The Assamese are not tribals, they had always been a part of the Indian mainstream. So all claims of being a part of the larger Mongoloid family, and hence different, should have been dismissed long ago and the United Liberation Front of Asom treated the only way it deserved. Here New Delhi would do well to understand that it is more Shivraj Patil than Mani Shankar Aiyar who has a role to play. The ceasefire in the state has ended, army operations have been resumed and it is only to be hoped that Operation Rhino is not repeated and the troops called back to the barracks. Yes, Assam has problems such as the annual floods, but they are not just \u201cAssamese problems\u201d. Incidentally, what was the Centre seeking to achieve by listening to a few individuals who represented the Ulfa and who were clearly seeking to ensure that the \u2018boys\u2019 did not face justice as they should for their many heinous deeds?\n\nManipur is the third state which needs to be looked into. Here are the Meiteis, Nagas and Kukis, who have no love lost between them but are all eager to create problems for the Centre. Then there is the United National Liberation Front led by those close to the former ruling family and which maintains that the 1949 treaty by which Manipur joined the Indian Union has no legal validity. It has a fully armed cadre of around two thousand, and though at present there is a ceasefire agreement, the training camps are not idle. Then in the south-east, there are the Kuki rebels running their camps along the Myanmar border. Here also, there is a ceasefire agreement in force but that does not mean that the Kukis have gone slack on their determination to carve out a separate homeland. And overall, there is the simmering discontent at the presence of the army and the special powers it enjoys. Yes, it cannot be denied that the army had at times behaved like an army of occupation, but the question is, why did the army arrive in the first place. Human rights activists and the \u201cdo gooders\u201d never address this query.\n\nIn Tripura and Meghalaya, things are a bit quiet these days but that does not mean that the ethnic kettle has been taken off the fire. And Arunachal Pradesh has emerged as a major conduit for arms smuggled in from Myanmar.\n\nThis being the picture, how can development be expected to bring peace? It is not as if money has not been spent on the North-east. The Manmohan Singh government announced a huge package a few months ago. The time perhaps has come to take a close look at what fuels insurgency in the North-east. The troubles in Assam and Tripura had begun after the \u2018Seven Sisters Bihu\u2019 at Shibsagar in 1979, a meet which was attended by the then ambassador of Thailand and American embassy officials, and of course, political activists from the two states. The World Baptist Alliance publication, The Church Precedes the Empire, had appeared a year earlier. In this, the efforts of the Tripura Upajati Juba Samity towards freeing tribals from communist influence had been praised. Today, Bangladesh is being blamed, and rightly, for sheltering rebels from the North-east, but what about the help and encouragement from other forces?\n\nAll this may appear to be ancient history, but the present cannot be seen in isolation from the past. New Delhi has been blind all these years and it would do well now to adopt a multi-pronged approach. If in the case of Nagaland, the need is for accommodation, it is firmness that is required in Assam and Manipur. And one thing should be clear: merely pouring in funds for development will not lead anywhere."}
-{"text": "BALTIMORE (WJZ) \u2014 Maryland troopers are continuing their investigation into a traffic accident along I-695 at Park Heights Avenue which is causing major traffic delays on the Baltimore Beltway.\n\nTroopers responded at 11 a.m. Friday to a report of a tractor trailing pulling an oversized load which struck the overpass for Park Heights Avenue. Troopers have learned that the truck was pulling a large refrigeration and cooling system on a flat bed truck on the inner loop of I-695 when it struck a steel girder supporting the overpass for Park Heights Avenue. The strike caused the steel to twist and send debris onto I-695.\n\nNo one was injured during the accident and members of the State Police Commercial Vehicle Division are currently on the scene inspecting the truck and its load.\n\nEngineers from State Highway Administration are also on the scene inspecting the bridge to insure that no significant structural damage was done. SHA engineers will make a determination on the damage before they allow all lanes to be open on I-695. Currently traffic is getting by in two lanes only on I-695 north at Park Heights Ave.\n\nTroopers are urging motorists to avoid this area and plan alternate routes through Reisterstown toward Towson. Currently traffic along the outer loop going south on I-695 is not affected and is moving at pace."}
-{"text": "The Salty Waitress\n\nUniversity of Minnesota researchers recently found that not only are microplastics a part of water from the Great Lakes, the tiny contaminants are showing up in beer brewed with that water. Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than 5 millimeters in length\u2014about the size of a sesame seed\u2014according to the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Association. They can come from beauty products like facial cleansers and toothpaste, as well as from synthetic clothing manufacturing. Minneapolis\u2019 KARE 11 reports they\u2019re now infiltrating beer that\u2019s brewed with water from the Great Lakes. Researchers found microplastics in all three Duluth-brewed beers they tested. Brewers I talked to who also use water from the Great Lakes expressed concern over such contaminants, and say that\u2019s why they pay such close attention to filtration and water-treatment procedures at their breweries. \u201cQuite honestly, with microplastics, I sort of figured they\u2019d be \u2026 [Read more...] about Beer brewed with Great Lakes water may contain microplastics\n\nAre you, like me, getting sort of old? If you are, perhaps you remember a time in the early \u201990s when you and your family would pull together a bunch of non-perishable food items to leave by your mailbox for your mail carrier to find. Rest assured such a memory is not, in fact, the byproduct of some weird fever dream, but a very real food drive that\u2019s been supporting food banks across the country since 1991. Ah, Stamp Out Hunger! You\u2019re so simple, yet so genius. The simple-genius concept is this: On the second Saturday in May, members of the National Association of Letter Carriers not only deliver the mail, but pick up any non-perishable food items left beside a mailbox. Those food items then go to a local food bank. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the whole idea. A quick caveat before you start boxing up all the cans of mixed vegetables that, admit it, you\u2019re really never going to use: participation in the drive isn\u2019t mandatory for NALC members, so \u2026 [Read more...] about Stamp Out Hunger is the easiest food drive ever: Leave food by your mailbox\n\nSamosas! They\u2019re stuffed with a filling potatoes, lentils, or meats, fried in hot oil, irresistibly snackable, and deeply offensive. This story comes to us from the Daily Mail, which reports that in militant-held regions of Somalia, the extremist group al-Shabaab has proclaimed\u2014via loudspeakers mounted to vehicles\u2014that this delicious snack shall henceforth be banned from sale or consumption. Samosas are, in the words of al-Shabaab, \u201coffensive.\u201d Their reason for offense? The triangular shaped of the snack (it\u2019s known as samboosas in the Horn of Africa) resembles the symbol of Christianity\u2019s Holy Trinity, which does not comport with the group\u2019s extreme interpretation of Islam. Their loss. Samosas are fucking rad. \u2026 [Read more...] about Somali militant group bans samosas for being too Christian\n\nThe real estate firm tasked with finding a new restaurant tenant for Trump\u2019s Chicago hotel is subtly leaving one major detail out of its marketing materials: the word Trump. Crain\u2019s Chicago Business reports the firm, RKF, has been circulating marketing materials that not only omit the Trump name, but show a photo of the building that doesn\u2019t include the giant T-R-U-M-P letters. Whether this is an accidental oversight or not\u2014though really, not mentioning the name of the building would have to be a pretty intentional move\u2014it\u2019s in line with efforts all over the country to downplay or outright remove the Trump name from certain buildings. The Trump name wasn\u2019t added to the Chicago hotel until 2014, so it\u2019s possible the photo was taken before then, or that it was Photoshopped to remove the letters. It\u2019s not just the photo that\u2019s missing a key name. Grub Street reports the only time the word Trump is mentioned in the materials is \u2026 [Read more...] about Trump\u2019s Chicago hotel fails to mention Trump name to potential restaurant tenants\n\nI don\u2019t spend a lot of time in CrossFit gyms, so I missed the memo that eating massive slabs of meat is the new cool diet trend among people I avoid like the plague. I\u2019d heard of Paleo, of course, and ketogenic diets, which involve eating lots of protein. But the \u201ccarnivore diet\u201d\u2014whose adherents call themselves \u201cbitcoin carnivores\u201d\u2014is a whole new level of awful. (I think I just inadvertently discovered a new diet in which the mention of \u201cbitcoin carnivores\u201d makes me lose my appetite.) The Guardian traces this diet to Shawn Baker, a 51-year-old bodybuilder and trained orthopedic surgeon who calls himself the \u201cCarnivore King.\u201d He says he eats about four pounds of steak each day as part of his diet, which includes only meat, offal and eggs, and no plant-based foods. He\u2019s racked up an enthusiastic social media following eager to follow his simple diet advice. \u201cI just have to think \u2018how hungry am I \u2026 [Read more...] about \u201cCarnivore dieting\u201d is Paleo for the truly insufferable"}
-{"text": "After her stint on American Idol and a film debut in The Other Woman, Minaj is raring to defend her crown by duplicating the No. 1 success of her two previous albums, Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The new set already boasts two hits: \u201cPills N Potions\u201d peaked at No. 7 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, while follow-up \u201cAnaconda\u201d currently sits at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. \u2014 Gail Mitchell"}
-{"text": "This is a 2010 Wheels Element Card Cash pack sale! Each box guarantees two hits; one autograph and one memorabilia card. One random member will get the \"Mystery Pack\" included with their order.\n\nThere are five cards per pack and 24 packs total. Each lot of three packs costs 2,100 Card Cash or 1,850 for VIP Members (http://www.sportscardforum.com/view.php?pg=premium). VIP Members and SCF Staff get first crack at these for 48 hours! This will be available to all members at 6 PM EST on Wednesday, 28 Mar. One lot per member!\n\nhttp://www.blowoutcards.com/images/racing/2010wheelselementRC.jpg\n\nPlease add 200 CC for international buyers outside of the US and Canada!\n\nThese packs will be shipped out within 2 days after they are ordered. You do not have to wait until the box is sold out to get your packs shipped!\n\nPlease send me the Card Cash after you post what pack you want. All payments MUST be made immediately after you post. Please do NOT purchase a pack unless you have the CC now!\n\nPress Pass is waving the green flag on another exciting year in NASCAR starting with 2010 Wheels&#174; Element! Following a very successful debut of Element in 2009, this year's release shifts into higher gear with an improved memorabilia program, a stellar autograph line-up, and a 100-card base set printed on recycled card stock featuring a classic look!\n\nEach hobby box contains one NASCAR Autograph, one Race-Used Memorabilia Card, plus one Box Topper Pack that will include a numbered Blue Base Set Parallel Card or one of the popular Undiscovered Elements Autographs, featuring some of the sport's hottest undiscovered talent!\n\n12/14/09 UPDATE:\n\nDANICA PATRICK JOINS \"TEAM PRESS PASS\"\n\nIndy Car sensation and GoDaddy.com spokesperson Danica Patrick will be a part of all 2010 Press Pass NASCAR releases beginning with 2010 Element Trading Cards! Element will feature Danica's Rookie Base Card as well as an insert: 10 in '10 (images of both attached). Element is slated for a January 20th release date. Danica Patrick Memorabilia Cards and On-Card Autograph Cards will be included in releases following Element.\n\nPatrick signed with JR Motorsports last week and will drive a limited Nationwide Series schedule. JR Motorsports is owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick. She will make her stock car racing debut in the Feb. 6 ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway, a day before she'll be featured in a pair of Super Bowl ads for sponsor GoDaddy.com. Her green and orange No. 7 Chevrolet was unveiled in a news conference at Chase Field in Phoenix with GoDaddy.com, which is sponsoring her in both series. Look for a wide array of unique Danica Patrick insert cards from Press Pass throughout 2010!\n(end update)\n\nONE AUTOGRAPH PER BOX...featuring:\n- Wheels Authentic Autographs\n- Special Ink Autographs - signed by drivers in their primary sponsor color\n- Undiscovered Elements Autographs - signed by NASCAR's \"diamonds in the rough\"\n\nI got my Packs Yesterday.\nThanks For the Hit\nhttp://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/nascards17/RaceUsed%20Traders/KyleBuschBLACKFLAG2.jpg\nAlso got a Danica Rookie and Danica 10 in 10\nThanks Again Mike"}
-{"text": "Occupational Hazards is a home for words about those that make and break architecture.\n\nIn the beginning when considering the content for the site, the intention was simply to edit and collate published reviews and writings made by me over the last ten years to see what this might tell me about a busy period of designing and building in Ireland. Many of these texts are now here, with more being added over time.\n\nAs this process of review and editing was underway I thought it might be useful if the site offered room to make some writing public \u2013 words being assembled as part of a PhD by research or general opinions and views of things I observe around me. Making work public is, for me, essential to the act of beginning to write, and, critically getting things to an end.\n\nWhat the pieces have in common is an interest in both the making and using of architecture. Therefore the site contains some interviews with architects and more of these will be added throughout 2017 as part of the Occupational Hazards interview series. The focus of these conversations is making, and the hazards of being (pre)occupied as an architect, a topic not much discussed in Ireland. Other themes include interrogation of the continued tension between design and use and how the occupation of buildings is very often considered a kind of hazard, particularly by those that design them.\n\nI continue to be curious and anxious about the place and role of architecture within Ireland and for me writing has become a means to develop a more considered position on that subject. Writings are at times mere sketcheswritten quickly, often on my phone and previously published on Facebook for friends \u2013 other times they are longer more considered views. Some are commissions, specific reviews of the work of peers, including a lot of houses, the Irish house and home being a consistent preoccupational hazard of my own."}
-{"text": "Jessica Biel - The Things They Tweet 2931\n\n\"Thanks for all the kind words about Viper. I'm honored to have been offered the chance (and considered to be bada** enough!) to fill her mutant shoes.\" Actress Jessica Biel is grateful for her fans' support after turning down the chance to star as the sexy villain in The Wolverine."}
-{"text": "I've thought of making the hikki \"traveling\" outfit but I need clear pics of it! If anyone has some, I would love to receive them please because all I mostly see are small screencaps and they are either bright or dark and sometimes I try to pause the video yet I STILL can't make sure of what it is that she has in the middle wrapped by that neon green belt and the outfit (which I find at some nearby places for sale! Gotta buy it ASAP!)\n\nAnyways if someone makes the Sakura Drops or any other Hikki cosplay costume, I would LOOOVE to see too!!! *_*\n\n__________________ I have a sad case of multiple personality. I found out about it after I called my brother and his cellphone exploded\n\nI've always loved Hikki and wanted to make the Sakura Drops costume, but I'm not Asian and I just don't think anyone would buy it on me... If you do decide to make it, I'd love to see how yours works out, though!\n\nNot being asian doesn't have to stop you. I cosplayed Gackt a while back and 98% percent of the people I saw at the con I took it to knew it was Gackt (the other 3% ((yesh, I know that makes it 101%, XP )) thought I was Squall from FFVIII ... )."}
-{"text": "Foreign tourists in Hanoi. International tourists are keen to attend Vietnam\u2019s first Formula 1 motor race in April in Hanoi \u2013 PHOTO: HOANG ANH\n\nHCMC - Foreign tourists are keen to attend Vietnam\u2019s first Formula 1 (F1) motor race, due to kick off in April in Hanoi, but local tour operators are struggling to arrange tours in that month due to hotels in the capital city hiking their room prices.\n\nTour firms expected the event to attract more international tourists to the country. Many three-to-five star hotels in the city are already fully booked, prompting tour operators to seek partnerships with newly opened three-star hotels that are still building their businesses.\n\nRoom rates recorded at several five-star hotels during the event, taking place between April 3 and 5, are two- to threefold higher than on other days. Some of these hotels are even offering rooms for VND17-18 million per night, said Bui Viet Thuy Tien, managing director of Asian Trails Company.\n\nAccordingly, her firm has only arranged incentive tours for tourist groups on the occasion. Tours for regular tourists are impossible to design because of soaring hotel room charges.\n\nRoom rates at other destinations are often raised during large events but are not tripled like those in Hanoi, Tien added.\n\nAs a result of the excessive hotel room fees, some Finnish tourists decided to attend a similar F1 event in China\u2019s Shanghai, instead of Hanoi.\n\nPham Ha, CEO of Luxury Travel Group, said that he had to book rooms and make full payments for customers visiting the city during the event and pledged not to cancel his bookings or ask for a refund.\n\nAt the time of booking, the price of each five-star hotel room was listed at US$200-US$300 per night but has now risen to US$400-US$600, Ha noted.\n\nAnother businesswoman also voiced concern over the shortage of hotel rooms during the F1 season in Hanoi.\n\nRegular tourists were advised to visit the capital city on other days or to stay overnight in Ha Long or Ninh Binh. However, it is not easy to find available rooms for tourists who wish to spend all their time in Hanoi.\n\nThe capital city typically faces a hotel undersupply during major events. Two years ago, tour operators were desperate to find rooms for their customers attending a local APEC forum, she added."}
-{"text": "The Elder Scrolls Online on Elf cannibalism and the lineage of cat people\n\nThe Elder Scrolls Online spotlight has shifted away from the Ebonheart Pact faction and is now shining most brightly on the Aldmeri Dominion. The first part of a new community Q&A peppers the devs with questions about this player faction and how it differentiates itself from the others.\n\nThe playable races of the Dominion are the central focus of several questions. Players have the choice of the Wood Elf, High Elf, and Khajiit races. The latter feline humanoids may prove to be quite popular, although the devs say that there will be only one subset of the race \u2014 the Suthay-raht \u2014 available at launch. The team isn\u2019t avoiding the issue of the Wood Elves\u2019 cannibalism, saying that players should find mentions of it while exploring.\n\nBoth Elf races will be getting plenty of story love: \u201cWe\u2019ve made sure that this kind of lore about the Elves will be included in the game \u2014 in plenty \u2014 in all the classic ways cultural lore is delivered in the Elder Scrolls games: quest dialogue, conversations with NPCs, lore books of all kinds, music, item crafting, and so forth.\u201d\n\nThe lands covered by the Dominion are touched on in the Q&A as well, including the vast jungles of Valenwood and the stunning beauty of High Elf cities."}
-{"text": "The Treehouse\u2019s Favorite House Band returns! You know a band named after an agricultural equipment manufacturer had better be able to deliver the Americana goods, and Massy Ferguson does it with brains and brawn. The band remains a fixture on the burgeoning Seattle roots music scene that has spawned the likes of Brandi Carlisle and The Fleet Foxes. With an approach that is decidedly more rock than these groups, Massy Ferguson combines growling vocals with epic guitar riffs and banging piano to create a sound that is equally burly and soulful.\n\nTracing their influences to bands like The Jayhawks, The Hold Steady and Bruce Springsteen, the group plays its own brand of blue-collar twang rock. They have opened for international touring acts such as members of Phish and The Grateful Dead. Their songs are steeped in the classic Americana of The Blasters, The Jayhawks and Backsliders. Rich with imagery of highways, truck-stop coffee, whiskey and bad motels, Massy Ferguson make cinematic music about the blue-collar aspects of our country. But Massy Ferguson is that rare thoroughbred band that can move your feet faster than your consciousness; check out their video \u2013 it will have you up on your feet \u2013 the same way their entire set at the Treehouse will! Don\u2019t forget to wear your boots!\n\n\u201cThis is what Jay Farrar might sound like, without the thesaurus.\u201d \u2013 The Seattle Weekly\n\nWhen Benjamin Doerr began to write songs about his grandfather\u2019s early life fighting with the Free French Forces in WWII, it was uncertain, as well as unplanned, how quickly they would be received. From first listen, friends were raving about how the demos of his nostalgic songs were some of Doerr\u2019s finest and truest work so far. Soon after, long-time collaborators joined the journey to expand the work into something ever grander. Upon a story of youth, war, love and life that sits so close to Doerr \u2013 and, indeed, most of humanity \u2013 was built an artistic structure that continues to drive this group to new creative places.\n\nWeaving together their multi-instrumental and vocal-harmony talents with a natural ease and joy reminiscent of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Formed in June of 2011, a wave of good omens and overwhelming responses continuesto follow the band\u2019s steady and sincere work. Only four months after their formation they gathered in the studio to record their debut, self-titled album, with a live approach and minimal overdubs. The album proved a success with seven straight weeks in the Top 10 of KEXP\u2019s Americana and Pacific Northwest Charts following its release. One good thing lead to another, and the record was selected as one of KEXP\u2019s Top Albums of 2012. Don Yates of KEXP says of St. Paul de Vence, \u201cThe band\u2019s dynamic, acoustic-oriented sound includes guitars, accordion, ukulele, autoharp, banjo, mandolin, assorted percussion and more, fleshing out well-crafted songs with warm, soulful harmonies and occasional anthemic choruses.\u201d\n\nBest known for his 30-plus years with Supertramp, Carl Verheyen is an institution in his own right as a virtuoso guitarist, music teacher, and studio session player. He was named among Top Ten Guitar Players in the World by Guitar Magazine, and Top 100 of All Time By Classic Rock Magazine.Carl has recorded or performed with superstars from all eras and genres of music: Little Richard, B.B. King, Albert Lee, Glenn Frey, Cher, The Bee Gees, Jane Siberry, Nickle Creek, Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Robin Thicke and John Fogerty.\n\nThey don't come any truer than Dave Alvin. Almost 40 years ago, at at time when Punk Rock was emerging in Los Angeles and everybody wanted to be Black Flag or The Dead Kennedys, Dave Alvin and brother Phil founded a roots-rockabilly band called The Blasters. They still hold that band as the standard by which all others since are measured.\n\nLater, Alvin left The Blasters and joined another legendary L.A. band: X. A poet by nature, Dave Alvin has always found the beauty on the leading fringe, writing songs that explore rock and roll at a more leisurely, penetrating pace, seasoning and simmering until flavors emerge you never thought possible."}
-{"text": "Hot Cheerleaders: 2013 NCAA tourney edition\n\nThe players get all the glory, but we know the NCAA tournament wouldn't be the same without their cheerleaders. Follow on Twitter: @redeyesportschi. Want more? Discuss this article and others on RedEye sports' Facebook page."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nParticularly the parts that say; \"You are more interested in improving casting skills and maintaining control than in running blinds with elaborate diversions.\"\n\nAnd; \"You should run the pattern blinds with diversions for several days, or until you feel your dog has a good understanding of changing directions with your casts. It is not necessary that he line every blind or run lines very tight to the diversions.\"\n\nAgree it is a good article to read and I suggest everyone turn to that page. You are not sending the dog to the sane blind repeatedly. You change the Gunners around. It says you are more interested in casting skills and maintaining control. Very good article p. 37 That for directing us there.\n\nAnother neat little tid-bit, is at the end of the article preceding the section on Pattern Blinds with Diversions.\n\nIt goes a little something like this; \"By the time a dog runs his fifth or sixth blind drill, he is often lining the blinds - that is, lining directly to the blind without any casts. At this point, you should quit running blind drills........\"\n\nI wonder why that is? Oh yeah, he goes on to say why, in the same sentence.\n\n\"..........because, you don't want the dog to become too accustomed to going back to a blind he's just been to.\"\n\"You should continue handling training with diversion work on the pattern blind field.\"\n\nAnother neat little tid-bit, is at the end of the article preceding the section on Pattern Blinds with Diversions.\n\nIt goes a little something like this; \"By the time a dog runs his fifth or sixth blind drill, he is often lining the blinds - that is, lining directly to the blind without any casts. At this point, you should quit running blind drills........\"\n\nI wonder why that is? Oh yeah, he goes on to say why, in the same sentence.\n\n\"..........because, you don't want the dog to become too accustomed to going back to a blind he's just been to.\"\n\"You should continue handling training with diversion work on the pattern blind field.\""}
-{"text": "Use of Pheromone Trap instead of harmful pesticide\n\nFarmers in Sikandarpur village in Jessore are being doubly benefited. They are earning more money by producing vegetables at lesser costs while protecting the environment also.\nThey use Pheromone Trap, a simple device innovated by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), to kill insects instead of applying insecticides, harmful for the environment.\nDr Nurul Alam, co-ordinator of BARI's Entomology Department, supervises of the great efforts of the farmers.\n\nAccording to FAO (UN Food and Agricultural Organisation), Jessore was one of the three regions in Bangladesh where pesticides were used excessively earlier. Pesticides were used in brinjal fields up to 80 times in a season, according to officials of Bagherpara upazila Agriculture Extension Department (AED).\nBut the scene is different now. They do not use pesticide.\n\"It is a revolution\", said Mohammad Alauddin, a Block Supervisor of AED while talking to this correspondent last week.\n\nThis (use of Pheromone Trap) increases yield as the trap also kills pesticide-resistant insects,\" Alauddin said.\nThe tool is very much user-friendly and involves virtually no cost compared to that for pesticide.\nThe trap is made with a plastic pot. A medicine named 'Sex-Pheromone' is kept inside it.\n\n\"The smell of the medicine attracts pests and insects. They fly into it and die within seconds,\" said Laxman Chandra, president of Krishi Prajukti Bastabayan Kendra (KPBK), a centre for application of agriculture technology.\nUnion Parishad member and farmer Anisul Islam said pesticides worth at least Tk 400 were needed to control pest attack on brinjals on one bigha land, he said. Farmers are now saving the amount.\nBARI distributed one thousand Pheromone Traps this year among brinjal cultivators free of cost to popularise the unique method.\nKPBK members said the method is being used on all vegetable fields at Sikandarpur village (Daily Star, May 29, 2004).\nTop\nof pageBack to EnvironmentBack to Home GardenPossible Source of Arsenic Contamination Agrochemical?Home"}
-{"text": "About: Fresh, creative, local, energetic, passionate \u2014 this is how we would describe the feel of Chef\u2019s Table. Come and see what we mean. Source: Chef\u2019s Table website, http://chefstable.net/fine-dining/owners/, edited by author.\n\nThe ambiance: This is fine dining at, well, its finest. The exterior is fairly misleading, and you\u2019ll probably end up surprised at how large and roomy it is once you enter. The tables are all set with linens and water goblets, and there is a lovely view of Provo from one of the back rooms. It\u2019s clear the entire staff has been well trained on how to provide for each diner an excellent experience, and they are both attentive and stay out of the way; you never feel hovered over nor do you feel neglected.\n\nThe Munch: Because we went on Valentine\u2019s Day, there was a prix fixe menu, so the offerings might not be what you\u2019ll find if you visit on a regular weeknight. There were five courses, including a sparkling cider toast (during which Husband and I toasted to not killing each other by now), all of which were better than the last. We had:\n\nhand made cheese straws with marinated olives\n\nfresh baked \u201cstone ground\u201d rolls and Chef\u2019s Table herb butter\n\nsparkling cider toast\n\nwild mushroom crostini\n\nroasted potato bisque\n\ntuscan romaine wedge salad\n\nmesquite grilled \u201cBallard Farms\u201d pork rib eye\n\nAlaskan halibut with rock shrimp risotto\n\nmacadamia crusted baby cheesecake\n\nchocolate brownie mousse cake\n\nThe cheese straws and marinated olives were only okay, but that\u2019s largely because I abhor olives in their many forms, and I\u2019m still fairly unsure as to what their definition of cheese straws actually is. I assumed they\u2019d be made entirely of cheese, but their texture led me to believe otherwise. The rolls were some of the most delicious dinner rolls I\u2019ve ever had in my life, and I was sad when I wasn\u2019t able to lure the young woman back over and steal the entire breadbasket.\n\nThe amuse bouche (wild mushroom crostini) was the epitome of a perfect bite of food. Your teeth would sink into the tender mushrooms and basil roast tomato, then meet the satisfying crunch of the crostini, and the goat cheese foam was perfectly balanced \u2014 just a little salty and a wonderful texture to offset the rest of the ingredients. It was an eye closer for me, and I rarely have those during a meal.\n\nSince we were dining together and are more than happy to share our offerings, my husband and I always choose as many options as we can. He ordered the salad, and I ordered the soup, and I was more willing to share mine with his because I am a better person. The potato bisque was velvety smooth and not grainy at all, which can easily happen with such a starchy base. It was topped with crisp bacon, leeks, and a lemon oil, and the flavors melded together really well. The lemon oil added a nice, fresh brightness to the earthy soup, and the bacon and leeks were good, rich additions as well. The romaine wedge salad was also really excellent; the lettuce was crisp and came with a bruschetta vinaigrette, mozzarella, and some of the best aged balsamic I\u2019ve ever tasted. It was equal parts tangy and sweet, and is something I would certainly order if offered.\n\nThere were six entree selections to choose from, and I decided that we should have gone out with two other couples so I could have tasted each. However, neither of us were disappointed with our decisions, as they were remarkably delicious. Husband opted for the pork rib eye, which was served with a BBQ cherry demi-glace, glazed onions, candied sweet potatoes, and roasted broccolini. The portion was quite sizable, but it was still tender and perfectly cooked; the demi-glace was a little smoky and sweet and paired very well with the pork and onions. We gobbled up the candied sweet potatoes before anything else, and the roasted broccolini was also delicious and well cooked \u2014 neither burnt nor mushy.\n\nMy seared halibut was probably some of the most well-prepared fish I\u2019ve had the pleasure of ordering out, which is saying something since I come from the Pacific NW and have eaten at several oceanside restaurants. Halibut is probably my favorite fish, so long as it is prepared correctly, because when it is the flavor is mild and the texture is firm but flaky. It was served atop risotto with rock shrimp and fresh herbs, which was creamy and flavorful, and also came with baby asparagus spears with a hint of lemon. I rarely order asparagus at restaurants because it is often overcooked and thusly mushy (I live in fear of mushy food, as you can probably tell), but this asparagus was fresh and crisp and had a wonderful flavor.\n\nFor dessert, there were four options, but I believe we ordered the two best offerings. The cheesecake had an almost ethereal texture, and the macadamia nut crust was a nice departure from regular graham cracker. It was served with a berry compote and sweet cream, both of which were perfect accoutrements to the delicious cheesecake. The chocolate brownie mousse cake had a double brownie base topped with a classic dark chocolate mousse, and the pairing of the rich flavors and differing textures was perfect. I savored each bite and was sad when my plate was empty.\n\nThe bill: $123.77, including tax and tip. For a five-course meal in a fine dining establishment (particularly one that offered up reasonable portions rather than a few bites of food that forced you to go through the drive-thru on your way home), this felt like a steal. If ordering from the everyday menus, however, expect to pay somewhere around $20 a person for lunch and $40 a person for dinner, although that price can fluctuate depending upon whether you opt for appetizers, salads, soups, and/or desserts.\n\nTotal score: 10/10. This is only the second perfect score I have issued to a restaurant in Utah county, but I found no fault in the ambiance, service, or food at Chef\u2019s Table. It was a perfect dining experience, and I look forward to joining them again.\n\nAbout: Our first inspiration for La Jolla Groves came to us, late one evening, while visiting the Isle of Capri. We found ourselves dining under the canopy of a lemon grove, drinking garden-fresh lemonade made from the very trees we sat under.\n\nUpon returning home, we longed to again visit that magical place, enjoying the vibrant tastes and alluring atmosphere of Capri. It was then that we determined to create such a place of our own. We partnered with a world-class chef and started on the adventure of building La Jolla Groves.\n\nWe worked tirelessly to achieve INSANELY GOOD FOOD using HEALTHIER INGREDIENTS, all at an affordable price. With our garden-fresh, wholesome food, kind staff & charming atmosphere among a grove of lemon trees, we\u2019ve created a dining experience that transplants you to a starry night-out on the Isle of Capri. Source: La Jolla Groves website, http://lajollagroves.com/about.html\n\nThe ambiance: Sitting underneath a grove of lemon trees (artificial, of course) is actually a really lovely dining experience. It makes things feel a little more al fresco, a little more intimate. Everything about La Jolla Groves, from the flooring to the menus, indicates it will provide for you an excellent fine dining experience. I\u2019ve been twice; the first time underneath those lovely trees, the second time in a back room without lemon trees (I preferred the first visit for a number of reasons). The back room admittedly felt a little like Olive Garden or Romano\u2019s Macaroni Grill, since it didn\u2019t have the personalized, unique touch of the front dining area.\n\nThe Munch: My husband and I went to La Jolla Groves with my parents; I\u2019d been one other time and was so pleased with the experience that I felt certain my family would enjoy it just as much as I had. Knowing the pasta dishes and desserts were remarkably tasty, I stuck with that. For this review, I\u2019ll extrapolate on all four orders, since I was lucky enough to taste each. We ordered:\n\nbalsamic marinated stuffed mushrooms\n\nmushroom soup\n\ncheese tortellini with bacon and garden peas\n\npair of beef tenderloin and chicken marsala sandwiches\n\nchicken pot pie\n\nlemon roasted chicken\n\nWe\u2019re not really a family who orders appetizers, but when it comes to stuffed mushrooms, we\u2019re generally more than happy to make an exception. While most stuffed mushrooms are smallish and filled with some sort of seasoned pork sausage, these were vegetarian-friendly, literally stuffed with fresh herbs, oodles of gorgonzola cheese that oozed with every bite, and served atop fresh greens tossed in a pesto oil, balsamic vinaigrette. These were the stuffed mushrooms to beat all other stuffed mushrooms. The cheese to mushroom ratio was probably about 2:1, which is entirely appropriate when it comes to \u2026 food, and the pesto oil, balsamic vinaigrette was light, fresh, and provided just enough sweetness to cut through the salty cheese and herbs.\n\nUnfortunately, for the cost, we weren\u2019t really provided with enough appetizer to feel anything short of slightly robbed. For $7.95, we got three stuffed mushrooms, and for that priced I\u2019d hoped for at least four (since there were four of us) or, say, eight.\n\nThe mushroom soup was undeniably delicious and could probably make a believer out of any mushroom hater; it was thick, luxurious, and had an excellent mushroom taste. It was garnished with a basil oil, which added a good richness, and to top it all off, it was served in the most delightful little porcelain pot with a lid. If I return, I\u2019ll order the mushroom soup.\n\nAll of the entrees were very good, although some were far better than others. The lemon roasted chicken, ordered by my father, was everyone\u2019s favorite. The lemon sauce was nice and bright, clearly made with fresh lemon juice, but it wasn\u2019t so acidic that you were left puckering your lips. The tender, succulent chicken was served atop some of the creamiest whipped potatoes I\u2019ve ever had and alongside steamed vegetables. I think by the end of the night, the rest of us wished we\u2019d ordered the exact same thing.\n\nThe chicken pot pie was less of a pie and more of a creamy chicken and vegetable filling topped with star-shaped phyllo dough cut-outs and came with a side salad. The filling was very homey and comforting, and the phyllo was crisp and light. The salad was fairly non-descript, but it was a side salad, so we didn\u2019t expect much.\n\nMy cheese tortellini left something to be desired. My first few bites seemed extremely delicious; the applewood smoked bacon paired nicely with the sharp, salty fresh parmesan and the fresh garden peas, but the creamy tomato sauce had an odd aftertaste, and the cheese tortellini was akin to something you might buy out of the refrigerated case at the grocery store. I ate everything but wished I\u2019d ordered something different (like, say, the lemon roasted chicken).\n\nHusband ordered the sandwiches, which were the equivalent of fine dining sliders, and the flavors were intense and delicious. They came with a side of crispy, well seasoned hand-cut fries, which were probably the highlight of the entire meal. Sliders are, after all, just sliders.\n\nFor dessert we shared two; the orange creme brulee and the chocolate bundt cake. Admittedly, I\u2019d eaten the chocolate bundt cake before, and it\u2019s one of the best chocolate cakes I\u2019ve ever had. With a dark, rich molten center and a few drops of sweet (but not cloying) vanilla sauce on the side, it is the epitome of dessert perfection. The orange creme brulee had a sweet, citrus flavor and smooth, creamy texture. Both are must haves if you eat at La Jolla Groves.\n\nUnfortunately, one thing overshadowed the deliciousness of the meal and the enjoyment of the ambiance: our server dropped a couple plates on my father\u2019s arm. That, in and of itself, wasn\u2019t too problematic (although salad dressing ended up all over his shirt sleeves and lettuce all over his side of the table). What left a bad taste in our mouths afterward was the lack of compensation. No discount on dinner, no free dessert, no certificate for a return visit. Although the server was extremely apologetic and attended to the situation very quickly, it didn\u2019t entirely make up for what Husband and I considered to be bad customer service. If you drop dishes on one of us, we\u2019d like a free dessert at the least. I don\u2019t think this is unreasonable or out of the ordinary; I daresay most people would expect something similar.\n\nThe bill: Undisclosed to Husband and me, although I believe with tax and tip it hovered around $100. To cut down on costs, you can skip the appetizer and only order one dessert to split.\n\nTotal score: This is two-part for me. Had the evening gone flawlessly, I would have given them an 8/10, but given the accident, I have to rate them at around 6/10. I am undecided as to whether I will return."}
-{"text": "An architect's rendering shows what the intersection of Hawkins and Railroad Avenue would look like upon the completion of the Ronkonkoma Hub project. Photo Credit: TRITECH Development Group\n\nThe long-planned Ronkonkoma Hub project received approvals from the Suffolk County Legislature to join the Southwest Sewer District and pump its wastewater to Bergen Point Sewage Treatment Plant.\n\nThe 50-acre apartment and retail project near the Long Island Rail Road station, which is being developed by East Setauket-based Tritec Real Estate, will pay a $12 million connection fee to pump 400,000 gallons per day, under the agreement the legislature approved on Tuesday on a 15 to 0 vote.\n\nIn two separate votes, the legislature also signed off on the finding that there would be no significant environmental impacts from the Hub project and approved settling a legal dispute with the Village of Islandia over building a part of the sewage pipe through the village. Islandia approved the agreement this summer.\n\n\u201cThis is finally the point we can start this project moving again,\u201d Public Works Commissioner Gilbert Anderson said. \u201cWe can see the results of all these years of discussion and planning of transit-oriented developments.\u201d\n\nThe project is expected to cost more than $500 million and feature 1,450 apartments and 545,000 square feet of retail and office space.\n\nThe total cost of the pipeline, force main and pumping station is $21 million to $22 million, Anderson said. The state\u2019s Empire State Development Corporation has awarded a $4 million grant to Suffolk County to help with related costs.\n\nLegis. Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) expressed concern that Bergen Point could handle the additional wastewater. He worried that existing Southwest Sewer District customers would be forced to pay more than their share for sewage.\n\nAnderson said the sewer district would make back the construction costs from future connection fees near Long Island MacArthur Airport, which could total $45 million. \u201cAs long as we don\u2019t waive the fees. At that point we would share your concerns,\u201d he said.\n\nLegis. Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) questioned whether the water table would be lowered by pumping the wastewater out into the ocean instead of discharging treated groundwater into the aquifer. Anderson said the drawdown would be about 10 inches, \u201crelatively minuscule\u201d given that the water level fluctuates by four to five feet, depending on rainfall and storm water discharge."}
-{"text": "Can Guesty manage the intercom in my building and buzz guests in?\n\nYes \u2013 our system allows us to grant your guests entry at the press of your buzzer, provided this is something you choose for us to manage. If your buzzer is already connected to your phone line, we can easily switch the buzzer\u2019s trigger number to our office system for you.\n\nFor more information on how to integrate buzzers and intercoms into your Airbnb hosting experience, please visit this guide that\u2019s designed to walk hosts like you through the process and to show you how Guesty will happily take the burden off your hands."}
-{"text": "NEWS & STATS\n\nMarch 8 practice notes; Hill, Fischer quotes\n\nGood afternoon from Tucson Arena, where the Roadrunners returned for the first of two practices prior to venturing back out on the road for three games in three days this weekend.\n\nAfter another skate Thursday morning, the team will travel to San Diego for their game against the Gulls, which is scheduled for an 8:00 PM MST start Friday night at the Valley View Casino Center. That contest will be followed by two against the Ontario Reign at Citizens Business Bank Arena Saturday night at 7:00 PM MST and Sunday afternoon at 4:00 PM MST.\n\nThe team is in the thick of a playoff race for the final postseason berth in the Pacific Division, trailing the Bakersfield Condors\u2019 .549 win percentage with their own .510 mark. The Condors are active in the AHL\u2019s schedule on this day, set to visit the Stockton Heat tonight at 7:00 PM MST. Stockton currently sits in sixth-place in the Pacific with a .500 mark.\n\nThe team\u2019s travel hasn\u2019t been the only major turnaround of late. Just a few days ago, the skating surface at Tucson Arena was buried in thick layers of dirt for Monster Jam.\n\nAll was clear Wednesday. 20 players took to the ice along with goaltenders Adin Hill and Marek Langhamer.\n\nJoe Whitney, who has registered an assist in each of his first two games with the Roadrunners, skated for the first time at Tucson Arena Wednesday since being acquired in a trade on March 1.\n\nDavid Musil, reassigned by Bakersfield\u2019s parent club the Edmonton Oilers to the Roadrunners earlier in the week, got his first taste of the club\u2019s home building as well.\n\nThe team aligned thusly:\n\nFORWARDS (COLOR CODED):\n\nRED: JOE WHITNEY \u2013 CHRIS MUELLER \u2013 CHRISTIAN FISCHER\n\nWHITE: MICHAEL BUNTING \u2013 LAURENT DAUPHIN \u2013 JEREMY MORIN\n\nGREY: ERIC SELLECK \u2013 TYLER GAUDET \u2013 CONOR GARLAND\n\nBLUE: MITCH MOROZ \u2013 RYAN MACINNIS \u2013 BRANDEN TROOCK\n\nYELLOW: GRAYSON DOWNING\n\nDEFENSEMEN (BLACK):\n\nJARRED TINORDI \u2013 ZBYNEK MICHALEK\n\nDYSIN MAYO \u2013 KYLE WOOD\n\nBRANDON BURLON \u2013 JAMIE MCBAIN\n\nDAVID MUSIL\n\nGOALTENDERS (BLACK):\n\nADIN HILL\n\nMAREK LANGHAMER\n\nFollowing the skate, Adin Hill and Christian Fischer took a few moments to field a few questions on the team\u2019s brief return home, the recent slew of transactions, and the feelings involved with being in a tight playoff race:\n\nAdin Hill, on the importance of being back home for a couple of days:\n\nIt\u2019s nice not always having to switch between hotels, it\u2019s good to get a day back here in Tucson and do what you\u2019re familiar with \u2013 sleep in your own bed, cook your own food, so everyone likes it a lot, and you get to practice in your own rink. We\u2019re comfortable here so it\u2019s real nice. We\u2019ll get back on the road this weekend for three games and then we\u2019re back here again.\n\nHill, on how the team has adapted to the number of roster changes:\n\nI think it\u2019s been great; the guys that we\u2019ve picked up all seem like good character guys in the room and good guys on and off the ice. I think we\u2019ve added some skill to our forwards, and I think we\u2019re going to be a good team here.\n\nHill, on the playoff race, and if he\u2019s ever been a part of a memorable one:\n\nYeah last year [in Portland (WHL)] we made it in by I think two points. It\u2019s fun, every game counts. Every game is a playoff game before the playoffs, right? You just have to come in with that intensity that it\u2019s do-or-die every night.\n\nChristian Fischer, on the team being home in Tucson for a quick stay:\n\nIt feels good. Life on the road gets pretty tiring after a while. It\u2019s definitely nice to be able to practice in our own rink, sleep in our own beds, see our families and friends. When you\u2019re at home it\u2019s the best.\n\nFischer, on the team\u2019s new additions:\n\nWe feel real confident. We look like we have pretty good depth to our team; I think that\u2019s the biggest word that we can probably use right now \u2013 that we have a lot of depth. We expect to go far, and we know that we can win games, and I think we showed that in our last game in Ontario \u2013 I think that was one of our best team games we\u2019ve played the whole year. If we put the pieces together right, I obviously think we\u2019re going to get into a playoff spot, and I think we can go pretty far.\n\nFischer, on describing the excitement, adrenaline rush of being in a playoff race:\n\nIt\u2019s really exciting. Every point counts, so whenever points are up for grabs we need to take advantage of it, and it starts with this weekend when we play three games in three nights. It\u2019s going to be tough, but we\u2019re going to need every point we can get."}
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-{"text": "Subscribe\n\nAnd You Thought Snow Globes Were Harmless Decorations\n\nTo paraphrase a classic line from Lily Tomlin, I worry that the person who thought up the rules for carrying liquids and gels on airplanes last year is busy thinking up something new this year.\n\nThe thought arises partly because of a scene just after Christmas at an airport security checkpoint, where a half-dozen festive snow globes \u2014 like the ones with Frosty the Snowman in a liquid-filled glass globe that simulates snowfall when you shake it \u2014 were lined up on a counter.\n\nWasn't that nice! The Transportation Security Administration had decorated the checkpoint! But as it turned out, Frosty and his co-conspirators had actually been busted \u2014 confiscated from passengers' carry-on bags pursuant to the following notification by the security administration:\n\n\"Snow globes, regardless of size of amount of liquid inside, even with documentation, are prohibited in your carry-on.\"\n\nNow, I am not sure what exactly constitutes a documented snow globe. But I do know that the snow globe rule has intensified ridicule of airport security, and that cannot be a good thing.\n\nThe shift began in August. That's when an apparent terrorist plot in London to use liquid explosives on airplanes bound for the United States led security officials to proclaim bewildering new regulations.\n\nBanned were all liquids and gels. Then came modifications. Gel-filled bras were O.K. and then so was infant formula, if accompanied by an actual baby. Then it became O.K. to bring on board liquids and gels, provided each was in a container of not more than three ounces, and all containers were neatly displayed in a quart-size zipper-lock bag.\n\nNow, the Homeland Security Department obviously believes that the vaguely outlined August plot was serious enough to justify cracking down on liquids and gels.\n\n\"This was, by any measure, the most sophisticated plot against the United States that came near to fruition since Sept. 11,\" the Homeland Security secretary, Michael Chertoff, said in a recent speech.\n\nBut the plot seems to have been thwarted before the bad guys reached the airport, because of intelligence and police work, not a focus on rummaging through carry-on bags for bottles of shampoo.\n\n\"If you look at the London plot, assuming it was a plot, no security measure then in place would have caught it at an airport,\" said Bruce Schneier, an authority on security technology and the author of the book \"Beyond Fear.\"\n\nMetal detectors spot weapons \u2014 assuming the screener is not preoccupied with shampoo.\n\nInherent in the obsession on liquids and gels, Mr. Schneier said, \"is the notion that we can stop the bad guys by focusing on tactics, which is moronic. I pick a defense, you see my defense, and then you, the bad guy, decide what to do. That's a game we can't win.\"\n\nHe added, \"Screeners are so busy looking for liquids that they've missed decoy bombs in tests. We've defined success so weirdly. When T.S.A. takes away some frozen tomato sauce from grandmom because it might become a liquid, they think of it as a success. But that's a failure. It's a false alarm.\"\n\nIt is easy to ridicule the security agency's carry-on procedures, which are continually being revised \u2014 partly, Mr. Schneier argues, because of politics. \"Did you know they have special rules for monkeys?\"\n\nThey do. Like dogs, some specially trained monkeys are classified as service animals to assist handicapped people. But you really have to wonder if these sample sentences \u2014 from the security administration's rules for how transportation security officers at walk-through metal detectors should handle monkeys \u2014 were written with a straight face:\n\n\"When the handler and the monkey go through the W.T.M.D. and the W.T.M.D. alarms, both the handler and the monkey must undergo additional screening.\" The rules add that security officers \"have been trained not to touch the monkey during the screening process\" and that \"the inspection process may require that the handler take off the monkey's diaper as part of the visual inspection.\"\n\nJokes are easy, like Mr. Schneier's crack on having to remove shoes: \"It's a good thing the shoe bomber wasn't an underwear bomber.\"\n\nBut security is deadly serious, and Mr. Schneier and other experts in the field have been saying for years that the best security is smart, diligent intelligence, not confiscating snow globes or lip gels, which he derides as \"security theater, not real security.\"\n\nHe added, \"We spent billions on security to make the bad guys make minor modifications in their tactics. Focusing on the tactics only works if you happen to guess correctly.\""}
-{"text": "ATTENTION: THIS IS AN ARCHIVAL WEB SITE.\n\nThe BCERF program on the Cancer Risks of Environmental Chemicals in the Home and Workplace closed on March 31, 2010. No further updates will be made to this web site. Please go Cornell University\u2019s eCommons web site to access BCERF\u2019s archived research and educational materials (http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/14300).\n\nWhen Little Girls Become Women: Early Onset of Puberty in GirlsThe Ribbon\n\nThere are new guidelines for pediatricians that are\nguaranteed to shock: girls who start to develop breasts and pubic hair at age\nsix or seven are not necessarily \"abnormal\" (Kaplowitz, et al., 1999). In fact,\nby their ninth birthday, 48% of African American girls and 15% of white girls\nare showing clear signs of puberty.\n\nThe new guidelines, developed by the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine\nSociety and published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics,\nPediatrics, are based primarily on a study of more than 17,000 girls between the\nages of three and 12 who were patients in more than 200 pediatricians' offices\nacross the country (Herman-Giddens, et al., 1997). The study, by Marcia\nHerman-Giddens, DrPH, and her colleagues at University of North Carolina School\nof Public Health, is unique, making it difficult to know exactly how the age of\nbreast and pubic hair development has changed over time. Previous standards of\n\"normal puberty\" were set more than 30 years ago, based on a study of less than\n200 girls in a British orphanage in the 1960s (Marshall and Tanner 1969).\n\nBased on the new pediatric guidelines, pediatricians are less likely to\nprescribe monthly hormone shots to slow down puberty for these young girls.\nAlthough evaluation and treatment remains important for very young girls showing\nsigns of puberty, the new criteria have redefined what is considered normal and\nabnormal. The pediatricians decided that these hormone shots are usually not\nnecessary, since girls who start puberty early will develop normally - that is\nto say, they will grow to their full height. But the implications for parents,\nteachers, and others who work with children are equally important: many young\ngirls in early elementary school are developing breasts and pubic hair at a time\nwhen they are still playing with dolls and Junior Monopoly, and are too young to\nunderstand the emotional mood swings and other symptoms of adolescence. In\naddition, the long-term health implications for cancer and other diseases are\nunknown, but there is reason to be concerned.\n\nBefore we can examine the likely psychological impact or long-term health\nimplications, we need to understand the data. They were gathered from a\ncross-sectional study conducted in pediatric practices that participate in the\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics' Practice-Based Research Network. Practices were\nrecruited from the network which had 632 self-selected clinicians in 155\npractices located in 34 states and Puerto Rico. Sixty-five practices\nparticipated in the study. Ninety percent of the girls studied were white, and\nmost of the others were African American.\n\nPediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants examined three-\nto 12-year-old girls between July 1992 and September 1993. Girls were recruited\nwho came for a well-child visit, or for a problem that would routinely require a\ncomplete physical.\n\nResults found that in their seventh year, 27% of African-American girls and\n7% of white girls had begun breast development and/or had pubic hair. Between\nages eight and nine, those numbers had increased to 48% of African-American\ngirls and 15% of white girls. Also at age eight, 17% of African-American girls\nand 2% of white girls had axillary hair.\n\nMenarche occurred in the girls' eleventh year for 28% of African-American\ngirls and 13% of white girls. At age 12, 62% of African-American girls and 35%\nof white girls had begun menstruating. For white girls in the US, the age of\nfirst menstruation has remained stable over the past 45 years. In\nAfrican-American girls, age at menarche has declined by about six months in the\npast 20 to 30 years. The authors felt that the change in age at menarche in\nAfrican-American girls may be due to their coming closer to achieving optimal\nnutritional and health status.\n\nGirls in this study were taller and heavier than in the first and second\nNational Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES, which occurred more\nthan 20 years ago), especially the older girls. Girls in the study who had one\nor more secondary sexual characteristic were larger and heavier than girls who\nhad not begun puberty. A 1994 report on the National Growth and Health Study\nfound a similar increase in the height and weight of nine and 10-year-old\nAfrican-American and white girls compared to results from previous NHANES\nstudies. The mean onset age for breast development was 8.9 years for\nAfrican-American girls and 10.0 for white girls. Pubic hair onset began at age\n8.8 for African-American girls and 10.5 for white girls. Axillary hair appeared\nat the average age of 10.1 in African-American girls and 11.8 in white girls.\nAll of the characteristics emerged significantly earlier in African-American\ngirls both with and without controlling for height and weight.\n\nAlthough there are few other sources of data to compare these new findings\nto, the authors state that white girls in their study appear to be developing\nsix months to one year earlier than girls in earlier studies. There are no data\navailable to determine whether African-American girls are developing breast and\npubic hair earlier than in past years, although the data indicating earlier\nmenarche suggest that this is likely.\n\nWe don't know what causes the disparity between white and African-American\ngirls. A number of previous studies in the US have noticed earlier development\nand larger pre-pubertal size of African-American girls compared to white girls.\nSeveral studies in the 1970s and 80s found African-American girls to be taller,\nheavier, and maturing earlier than white girls their age.\n\nIn addition to their differing size, another hypothesis about the racial\ndiscrepancy is that hair products used by African-Americans that contain\nestrogen or placenta may be increasing the prevalence of early puberty.\n\nThe Herman-Giddens study has received a great deal of attention, and some\nhave questioned whether it represents all girls in the US. The pediatric\npractices and the girls selected were not a random sample, and it is possible\nthat girls with evidence of early pubertal development were more likely to be\nbrought in for a doctor's visit because their parents were concerned. Of course,\nparents might also be likely to bring in older girls who had not yet shown\npubertal development, and that would have balanced that selection bias. There is\nno evidence that these kinds of selection biases occurred. On the contrary, in\nmy experience, many physicians and many mothers have commented on their\nobservation that girls seem to be maturing much earlier than they did 30 to 40\nyears ago. And, the pediatric endocrinologists changed their guidelines because\nthey believe the findings from the Herman-Giddens study.\n\nIf girls are starting puberty earlier, it\nis important to determine the potential causes and consequences. Many\nscientists believe that earlier puberty is caused,\nin part, by the widespread exposure to pesticides and other chemicals\nthat have qualities like estrogen. There are a number of studies showing that\nchemicals that disrupt the endocrine system can affect pubertal\ndevelopment or sexual behavior in animals (Guillette, et al., 1994; Howdeshell, et\nal., 1999; Yamomoto et al., 1996). Those studies, and many\nothers implicating the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on reproductive function, were\ndescribed in the seminal work, Our Stolen Future by Coburn, Dumanoski, and\nMyers (Coburn, et al., 1996). In addition, there are studies\nin people that show a correlation between exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals\nand changes in pubertal development. One of the most provocative studies shows\nthat Puerto Rican girls who have premature breast development have higher\nblood levels of a particular type of chemical called phthalates,\nused in many cosmetics, toys, and plastic food containers (Colon, et al., 2000).\nA recent study by the Centers for Disease Control\nand Prevention showed that women of childbearing age have the highest\nlevels of phthalates in their blood, perhaps putting their future children\nat risk of early puberty or other reproductive problems (Blount, et al.,\n2000).\n\nDr. Paul Kaplowitz from the Medical College of Virginia, co-chair of the\npanel that wrote the new pediatric guidelines, believes that \"at least part of\nthe explanation is overweight\" since a certain amount of body fat is required\nfor normal reproductive function. Fat cells manufacture leptin, a hormone that\nmight be involved in triggering puberty. If girls get to a higher level of body\nfat and secrete enough leptin a few years earlier than they did in the past, it\nis possible that the first signs of puberty could emerge earlier. However, since\npuberty often causes weight gain, it is difficult to determine whether obesity\ncauses early puberty or vice versa.\n\nThe long-term health risks of early puberty also deserve attention. It has\nalready been demonstrated that girls who begin menstruating at a very young age\nhave an increased risk of developing breast cancer as adults, so it is certainly\npossible that earlier onset of puberty may also put girls at greater risk of\nbreast cancer. Since most girls who experience early signs of puberty do not\nnecessarily have earlier menarche, further study is needed to determine whether\nthey will have an increased breast cancer risk.\n\nThere is research evidence that early puberty may put young girls at risk for\nemotional and social problems that could be devastating. Maturing young girls\nwill have to cope with their own confusing sexual feelings as well as the impact\nthat their maturing appearance has on boys and men. Research indicates that\ngirls with early menarche face consequences as young girls and as teenagers.\nStudies of young girls indicate that those who develop early are more likely to\nbe depressed, aggressive, socially withdrawn, and moody (Sonis, et al., 1985).\nStudies of teens indicate that girls who developed early are more likely to be\nsexually active, have more problems in school, and are more likely to smoke and\nuse alcohol and drugs (Phinney, et al., 1990; Ge, et al., 1996; Graber, et al.,\n1997).\n\nAs a think tank concerned about the health and well-being of women and\nfamilies, the National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families is\nexamining the causes and consequences of early puberty, and identifying policies\nthat can help to reverse the trend. CPR is also partnering with other experts\nand organizations to help girls and their families who already must cope with\nthis problem. Additional information is available on CPR's website at http://www.center4policy.org\n\nKaplowitz, P.B., S.E. Oberfield, and the Drug and Therapuetics and Executive\nCommittees of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society. \"Re-examination of\nthe Age Limit for Defining When Puberty is Precocious in Girls in the United\nStates.\" Pediatrics 104 (1999):936-941."}
-{"text": "Kingston >> A design study for replacing the Greenkill Avenue bridge over Broadway will cost at least $131,000 more than the amount authorized, according to city documents.\n\nCity Engineer Ralph Swenson this month will ask the Common Council to authorize the increase in order to complete the study.\n\nSwenson also will ask the council give Mayor Shayne Gallo permission to sign a $25,000 contract for an engineer to review the plans for CSX Corp., according to a memorandum Swenson sent to Common Council President James Noble. CSX train tracks cross Broadway on a bridge adjacent to the Greenkill Avenue bridge.\n\nThe two spans are between the Ulster Performing Arts Center and the YMCA in Midtown.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSwenson said the law requires municipalities to pay railroads for engineering reviews of local work that may have an impact on railroad infrastructure.\n\nIn a separate memo, Swenson said the additional $131,000 needed to complete the Greenkill Avenue bridge design study is to cover the cost of unanticipated work, including the need for deeper-than-expected borings and additional technical tasks.\n\n\u201cDue to the soils encountered during the subsurface investigation, additional geotechnical engineering will be required to assure structural stability,\u201d Swenson wrote.\n\nCity lawmakers previously authorized spending $295,000 for the design study, which is being done by WSP Sells of Briarcliff Manor in Westchester County. The city entered into a contract with the company in 2011.\n\nSwenson said the additional money also is needed because the plan for the bridge has changed from a pre-fabricated structure to a multi-girder span that will be built at the site. The on-site build will make the bridge more aesthetically pleasing and easier to maintain, he said.\n\nIn a draft report issued in July 2013, WSP Sells said the Greenkill Avenue bridge should undergo a $3.3 million replacement project.\n\nThe bridge, built in 1952 and owned by the city, is too badly deteriorated to repair, the company said last year.\n\n\u201cThere are full-height vertical cracks at both wingwalls, with evidence of displacement at the south wingwall,\u201d the company said. \u201cHaving already been in use for 70 years and showing signs of deterioration ... the substructure cannot reliably be expected to safely remain in service\u201d after any type of rehabilitation.\n\nThe better alternative is to \u201creplace the bridge ... in its entirety,\u201d the report stated.\n\nThe New York state Department of Transportation also has said the bridge is badly deteriorated.\n\nSwenson has said parts of the bridge are \u201cdeteriorating\u201d and badly rusted.\n\nCross-beams have \u201cliterally buckled a bit,\u201d and there are a number of cracks in the foundation, the engineer has said.\n\nFederal transportation funding to pay for most of the replacement project will not be available to the city until 2015, Swenson has said. He also has said the city\u2019s portion of the project\u2019s cost looks to be about $165,000.\n\nThe city has resisted closing the bridge because doing so would force additional traffic on the already busy Broadway corridor.\n\nThe bridge is about 86 feet long and is used by about 4,000 vehicles per day, according to a study conducted last year.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nPaul Kirby is a reporter for the Freeman, covering Kingston politics. He has been at the Freeman since August 1996. Reach the author at pkirby@freemanonline.com\nor follow Paul on Twitter: @PaulatFreeman."}
-{"text": "#RamadanLens is a yearly online photography exhibit for the holy month, aiming to display a Ramadan-themed picture on a daily basis throughout the month with a short backstory. Our friend and Tripoli-based photographer Natheer Halawani has been featuring pictures yearly showing how Tripolitans celebrate the holy month, whether it\u2019s through prayers, Iftars, gatherings or just everyday life pictures.\n\nUnfortunately, there are no Ramadan vibes this year in Tripoli due to ongoing protests including the most recent bloody clashes with the security forces, the COVID-19 pandemic and a worsening economic crisis. As a result, this year\u2019s #Ramadanlens has sadly turned into dark-themed photos reflecting the dire situation the city, and the whole country, are in.\n\nAll photos and captions are by Natheer Halawani.\n\nHope and Despair on a Tripolitan balcony.\n\nProtests around the city have unearthed a massive amount of anger towards not only banks, but anything that belongs to an institution in the country, meaning the Lebanese right now has trust in literally nothing. Picture taken seconds after the fire was put down in a juridical court vehicle."}
-{"text": "Tag: Nazis\n\nThis is a big book and, like all the best chunky tomes, it\u2019s a little bit heartbreaking when you get to the end to leave that world and all of its characters behind. Which is a long way of saying that I liked it.\n\nLike Chabon\u2019s previous books, this is a historical novel with a strong Jewish slant and a great deal of research has clearly gone into creating a believable setting for the action. Many\u2019s the time I reached for my laptop to look up details mentioned, famous people or events named in passing, but I invariably changed my mind because I was too eager to carry on reading to pause, even briefly.\n\nThe story is that of two Jewish men, cousins Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, during and after World War II. Joe escapes Nazi-occupied Prague and goes to live with Sam and his mother in Brooklyn, NYC. Sam\u2019s mother has somewhat exaggerated his career and influence in her letters to Joe\u2019s family but the appearance of this strange foreign cousin \u2013 and Joe\u2019s astonishing skill as an artist \u2013 spark an idea in Sam that shapes the rest of their lives, and proves his mother\u2019s faith worthy. Sam and Joe create a series of comic books that take America by storm, their greatest character being The Escapist, a superhero with Houdini\u2019s escapism skills and a particular hatred for Nazis.\n\nThe book follows Joe and Sam\u2019s changing fortunes over a couple of decades, but it also tells the larger story of comic books in America, as well as, on a much smaller scale, looking at changing attitudes toward Jews, Germans and homosexuals in the US.\n\nWith such huge events and themes, it is inevitable that some things will be dwelt on while others are skipped past quickly. The examples that stood out for me were the excellent long passage covering a brief section of Joe\u2019s military service \u2013 a brilliant study of loneliness and self-evaluation \u2013 and the woefully short description at the start of Joe\u2019s escape from Prague. Joe trains, as a boy, in escapology and it is his escapology teacher who plans his escape in a coffin. The origins of the plan, based around the smuggling out of German territory of a golem, precious to Jewish clerics, are detailed over several chapters but when it comes to the actual escape, a brief paragraph summarises Joe\u2019s route before his arrival on Sam\u2019s doorstep. This seemed to me to be a shame but it certainly added to the mysterious silence that Joe maintains regarding his past and his violent anger toward Nazis and Germans. Having left his family and friends behind in Europe the origin of his anger is obvious and his helplessness whenever he hears more bad news is devastating to follow.\n\nI know very little about Jewish culture or escapology and, while I\u2019ve read a handful of graphic novels, my knowledge of the history of comic books is almost non-existent, but I don\u2019t think any of that matters. I loved this book. The tone and subject matter could veer from light comedy to the darkest exploration of humanity\u2019s guilt and yet it never stopped being readable. The characters and story were absorbing, the writing style a good balance between faux memoir and adventure novel, and there were some descriptions of brief moments that were astonishingly vivid. This is definitely a book to lose yourself in."}
-{"text": "The Birth of Europe\n\nIn this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.\n\n\"[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a lifetime of scholarship might help us to place ourselves, not just territorially, but in that other precious element of history: time.\" The Guardian\n\n\"A book that never fails to be informative, readable and provocative. Le Goff... has been the bravest and best of champions for medieval history. This book... is in every sense an inspiration.\" BBC History Magazine\n\nPraised by prominent figures in Europe and history including: Rt Hon Christopher Patten, CH, Former Member of the European Commission, and Neil Kinnock, Vice-President, European Commission."}
-{"text": "Shark Warning Signs Posted at Capitola Wharf\n\nReceive the latest local updates in your inbox\n\nPolice posted warning signs along the Capitola coastline late Wednesday morning, warning swimmers to be on alert.\n\nEnter at your own risk. That's the message from Capitola police after several shark sighting.\n\nPolice posted warning signs along the Capitola coastline late Wednesday morning, warning swimmers to be on alert.\n\nSharks? We're Not Scared of No Stinking Sharks!\n\nWarning signs have been posted along the Santa Cruz County coast after a series of possible great what shark sightings. In spite of that, hundreds still head into the water. (Published Thursday, July 22, 2010)\n\nA pair of surfers reported a possible great white just beyond the kelp line Wednesday. They estimated the sharks were around 6-8 feet.\n\nOn Tuesday, some fishermen told cops they also saw what they thought were great whites swimming around their boat in the same area. One of the sharks was about 20-feet long, according to the fishermen, the other was a bit smaller.\n\nThe beach is still open but most everyone is staying on land. The warning signs will stay up until further notice.\n\nThe owner of a Capitola bait shop told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that shark sightings were also reported on Friday or Saturday.\n\nShark sightings are not uncommon in that area, according to great white expert Sean Van Sommeran. But normally, a smaller great white would not travel with a larger one because of fears the smaller one would become prey, according to Sommeran.\n\nIt's basking shark season, Van Sommeran said, and basking sharks are often mistaken for great whites.\n\nThe reports are still unconfirmed and the beach will stay open for now. Lifeguards have been warned to keep an eye out upon news of the shark sightings.\n\nIn August 2009, officials closed access to beaches at Capitola and New Brighton after visitors spotted a shark eating a porpoise off the coast. Then, in October, Van Sommeran spotted a great white off Manresa Beach in the Capitola area. He estimated the shark to be about 16-feet long.\n\nA Capitola man captured video of a great white off Seacliff Pier the day before Van Sommeran's sighting. Van Sommeran said at that time that he didn't think the two sightings were of the same great white."}
-{"text": "In an interview Baldwin calls the technology disruptive, but it\u2019s really the business model that is disruptive: Build a critical mass of subscribers to a cloud-based home automation service and then make money by selling a rich database that includes every household member\u2019s choice of TV stations, temperature settings, comings and goings, etc.\n\nThe goal is to attract 4 million subscribers in the first four or five years by giving away the home automation software and selling richer SaaS-based capabilities for a nominal $20 per year.\n\nTo ramp up this quickly, installation must be simple for the do-it-yourselfer, which means no central control system for the Ube solution \u2013 the likes of which are found in traditional home controllers that employ low-cost, low-rate wireless technologies such as ZigBee and Z-Wave.\n\nInstead, Ube is going all-IP for machine-to-machine (M2M) home control via iOS, Android and other smart devices \u2014 an approach employed by few home automation vendors today, with the notable exception of Belkin and its very limited WeMo.\n\nUnfortunately, you just can\u2019t find light switches and AC outlets today with built-in WiFi, so Ube is building its own that are easily configured. Each has a 32-bit processor that is \u201cas powerful as most central home controllers,\u201d Baldwin says.\n\n\u201cWe have a simple method for provisioning the devices,\u201d Baldwin says. \u201cIt\u2019s as easy as sending a text message. You just have to answer two questions \u2013 what room is it in, and what do you want to call it?\u201d\n\nM2M-based home control that exploit \u201cthe Internet of things\u201d have been limited in the past due mostly to the relatively high cost of IP-based technologies compared to lower-cost (and lower-power) home automation-centric technologies like Z-Wave and ZigBee.\n\nUbe\u2019s WiFi-enabled switches, though, will cost about as much as the lowest-price versions of their Z-enabled counterparts, or around $60. The company\u2019s first hardware products are geared towards lighting and energy management, with an AC outlet, dimmer and plug-in module.\n\n\u201cMost smart home dimmers today cost $140 to $200 and still require some other device,\u201d Baldwin says. \u201cOurs requires no additional hardware.\u201d\n\nOf course, that means the Ube system can only control devices out of the gate that are IP-enabled, like smart TVs and thermostats. Baldwin says protocol bridges are likely to be launched in the future.\n\nUbe says it will be able to control around 200 different IP-enabled devices on the market when it launches this year.\n\nBig Brother Meets Home Automation\n\nTargeted advertising then can be pushed to the user. Of course, since each user has their own smart device, the data can drill down to each unique user in a household via \u201c\u2018submetering\u2019 and intelligence on the back end,\u201d Baldwin explains.\n\nThe system \u201ccan see any IP-enabled device and how you interact with it,\u201d he says. \u201cEvery button press from every user is captured.\u201d\n\nIn addition to having value for advertisers, the data also is useful for the users themselves, Baldwin says: \u201cOver time, it can suggest actions based on their patterns. The system learns how you use it over time.\u201d\n\nIn an era of paranoia about identity theft and security breaches, Baldwin acknowledges that this approach to home automation might freak out a user or two, but it really isn\u2019t much different from the targeted ads on Facebook and elsewhere, he suggests.\n\nThe system might know, for example, that it\u2019s time to change a filter or clean a drip pan and deliver ads for related subcontractors.\n\nWhen it comes to data aggregation, it \u201ccomes down to eyeballs,\u201d Baldwin says. \u201cWe believe we can reach somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 million downloads in around four or five years.\u201d\n\nThat requires a heck of a lot of do-it-yourselfers who are comfortable installing light switches and thermostats.\n\nBaldwin says Ube closed its initial seed funding and plans to raise more via Kickstarter \u2013 less for the money than for the visibility and valuable feedback, Baldwin says."}
-{"text": "Featured In:\n\nMeet Our Team\n\nDr. Sarah Schewitz\n\nLicensed Clinical Psychologist & Couples Learn Founder\n\nDr. Sarah is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in love and relationships. She has over a decade of experience working hands-on with individuals and couples seeking deeper connection and understanding with themselves and their partners.\n\nDr. Sarah\u2019s primary approach when working with couples is Imago Therapy, a technique that provides structure and safety in communication so that you can get to the deeper layers of what is underneath your conflict. With individuals, she often works from an attachment perspective, providing gentle yet directive support to help you uncover the unconscious drives behind your patterns.\n\nShawntres Parks, LMFT\n\nLicensed Marriage & Family Therapist\n\nShawntres is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology. She has over a decade of experience working hands-on with individuals and couples seeking deeper connection and understanding with themselves and their partners, with a special interest in helping women with low sexual desire reconnect to their sexuality.\n\nDacia Fusaro, LCSW\n\nLicensed Clinical Social Worker\n\nDacia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in trauma recovery, couples therapy, addiction, and mood disorders such as depression and anxiety. She has been working with individuals and couples since 2014 and is passionate about continuously learning and discovering new ways to help her clients. Ask her about her new favorite personal growth podcast or book \u2013 she\u2019s always listening to or reading something!\n\nOur Expertise\n\nResearch-based online couples therapy that gets you results.\n\nThere\u2019s a lot of great research available on the topic of relationships so we know exactly what makes them work and what behaviors lead to divorce or breakup. We have relationships down to a science. We can teach you everything you need to know so you can be sustain your love for the long haul.\n\nWhy Is It Important To Get Expert Advice?\n\nWhen your car is broken do you try to fix it yourself? No, because you don\u2019t have the proper training! You bring it to people who have been trained to diagnose and fix the specific issue your car is having. Just because you have been driving a car for years doesn\u2019t mean you know how to fix it. Well, just because you\u2019ve been in relationships for years doesn\u2019t mean you have the training and knowledge needed to diagnose and treat the issues you are having. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to see the solution when you are emotionally invested in the outcome. We can help get you back on track.\n\nThe Impact of Couples Counseling\n\nHaving issues doesn\u2019t mean your relationship is broken beyond repair. When you leave one relationship for another, you are often just trading one set of incompatibilities for another. Most of us are operating from unconscious beliefs about love & relationships that we developed in childhood. We tend to pick partners who can trigger us in the same way that our caretakers disappointed us as children. So even if you leave your current relationship, you may find yourself repeating the same dynamic with different partners if you don\u2019t heal the core issues. Therapy can help shift these patterns once and for all.\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\nWhat is the cost of working with Couples Learn?\n\nThe cost of your treatment truly depends on your unique needs but services typically range from $175-$375/session depending on which of our therapists you work with and the length of the session. Our masters-level therapists (LMFT and LCSW) will be on the lower end of the price range and the doctoral level (Psy.D. and Ph.D.) will be on the higher end of the price range.\n\nAll Couples Learn therapists have advanced and specialized training in couples therapy beyond their graduate work and these prices are commensurate with their level of training for the Los Angeles area.\n\nPlease set up a free 30-minute consultation to learn more about the rates for the specific services you are seeking.\n\nDo you take insurance?\n\nIn short, no but it\u2019s also more complicated than that. We do accept PPO insurance as an out of network provider. What that means is you pay your therapist directly after each session and then we provide you with a receipt for services (called a superbill) at the end of every month to submit to your insurance. Once your claim is accepted, your insurance will mail you a check for the amount they agree to reimburse for out of network providers. To learn more about your specific plan, call your insurance company to inquire about your out of network benefits. Read more about what to ask your insurance company on our FAQ page.\n\nHow often do we meet?\n\nIt is most common to schedule regular weekly sessions for the first 4-6 weeks and many clients choose to move into a bi-weekly or monthly schedule as they progress. It is important to understand that you will get the best results from our work together if you stay consistent and actively participate in the process.\n\nDepending on your specific needs, our work together can be short-term (8-10 sessions), for a specific issue, or longer-term (20+ sessions), to deal with more difficult patterns or your desire for more personal development.\n\nWhat services do you provide?\n\nWe provide individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital counseling and coaching via an online service called Zoom. Sessions are typically once per week or every other week. We offer 50 minute sessions for individuals and the option of either 50 or 80min sessions for couples therapy.\n\nDo you have evening & weekend appointments?\n\nYes! Dr. Sarah\u2019s last session is at 6pm but our other therapists have later availability as well as weekend appointments. Most people find they can fit the free 30 min consult during work hours. Then, if you become a client, you can schedule an evening appointment. If you are doing a consult for couples therapy, it is fine if you and your partner are in separate locations for the consult. You can both just click the link and will be in the same video chat.\n\nAre online couples therapy and individual therapy sessions as good as in-person?\n\nYes! Online therapy is just as effective as meeting in person. All the nuances of facial expressions and nonverbal communication can be seen through video just as they can in person. Our clients love that they do not have to allocate time to travel to and from an office, and deal with traffic or parking. Our clients also say having sessions from home makes it more comfortable for them to open up and be vulnerable.\n\nCan me and my partner connect from different places?\n\nYep! That is one of the many benefits of online therapy. When you book an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link. Just send the link to your partner and he or she can connect by clicking the same link. All 3 of us will be in a video chat together and we all can see each other at the same time.\n\nIs your practice inclusive of all types of clients?\n\nHow do we know if we need couples therapy?\n\nOdds are, if you\u2019re considering it, you probably needed it a long time ago. Most couples wait way too long to seek help. Unfortunately, the longer you have been fighting in unproductive ways and building up resentment, the harder it is to turn things around. That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s impossible by any means but, the sooner you get help, the better chance you have of saving your relationship.\n\nMany young couples think that if they need couples therapy before they are married, there is something seriously wrong and they should just break up. This is not true! Having relationship challenges does not mean it isn\u2019t meant to be. It just means you need to build some skills in the communication and relationship department. That is what much of couples therapy is about; teaching you stuff that will benefit you for the rest of your life \u2013 whether you end up staying together or not.\n\nFor more tips on whether you should seek help, check out our blog post on 7 signs your partner needs couples therapy\n\nDoes what we talk about in session remain confidential?\n\nAbsolutely. Confidentiality is one of the most important components between a client and therapist. If you choose to become our clients, no one knows you are our clients and no one knows anything you talk about except you and your therapist.\n\nLearn More About Dr. Sarah Schewitz & Couples Learn\n\nDr. Sarah is based out of Los Angeles, CA and has been working with couples and individuals since 2008. She is passionate about inspiring people to dream big and achieve their \u201cimpossible\u201d through improving their life and relationships.\n\n4 Toxic Behaviors That Are Ruining Your Relationship\n\nMarriage researchers have found 4 characteristics that almost guarantee divorce (or a very unhappy marriage) when present in your relationship. Called the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, these 4 characteristics are toxic and must be changed if you are to have a positive, loving, and lasting relationship."}
-{"text": "Comments on Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! TypePad2017-10-26T05:55:21ZDon't Count Your Eggshttp://www.dontcountyoureggs.com/blog/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://dontcountyoureggs.typepad.com/blog/2017/10/our-film-onemoreshotdoc-is-finally-born-/comments/atom.xml/Don't Count Your Eggs commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01bb09d2f678970d2017-11-02T03:02:20Z2017-11-02T03:02:25ZDon't Count Your Eggshttp://profile.typepad.com/6p017c37e1a8bb970bThanks to everyone for all the love and support about the film! I'm excited for everyone to see if but...<p>Thanks to everyone for all the love and support about the film!<br />\nI&#39;m excited for everyone to see if but also kinda nervous!</p>\n<p>Noah set up a way for people in other countries to download it on Vimeo:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://vimeo.com/ondemand/onemoreshot\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://vimeo.com/ondemand/onemoreshot</a></p>\n<p>hopefully that link works and I&#39;ll post it more formally on Nov. 4th when the film is available!<br />\nSending lots of love.<br />\nM</p>Betty commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01b7c92fb956970b2017-11-01T20:48:53Z2017-11-02T03:00:11ZBettyhttp://fertilitydestinationblog.wordpress.comMaya, I am so excited to see this film. I have been reading your blog since I was diagnosed with...<p>Maya, I am so excited to see this film. I have been reading your blog since I was diagnosed with DOR and I return to it repeatedly to go over old entries because it makes me feel so much less alone. Thank you for writing and I am on edge waiting to see this documentary!</p>Jen commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01b7c92f93a2970b2017-11-01T13:12:07Z2017-11-02T03:00:11ZJenHi Maya, I have read your blog for the last couple of years. My husband and I struggled to conceive...<p>Hi Maya,</p>\n<p>I have read your blog for the last couple of years. My husband and I struggled to conceive for 5 years. We live in the UK and were lucky to receive IVF on the NHS and were successful on our first attempt. Our beautiful daughter was born in August and I feel so blessed every single day. But my experience of infertility has left a deep emotional scar that I will never forget. Your blog gave me so much comfort and your experiences are described with clarity, warmth and true emotion. Thank you for helping me through.</p>\n<p>I have been keeping an eye out for your film release. Is there any possibilty of putting the film on itunes UK, I can&#39;t seem to access it on the US version?</p>\n<p>Wishing everyone strength in their journey.</p>Deb commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01b8d2b9bc57970c2017-10-31T16:39:32Z2017-11-02T03:00:11ZDebJust wanted to respond to Martha: Before you tell all your friends to get their levels checked, I'd encourage you...<p>Just wanted to respond to Martha: Before you tell all your friends to get their levels checked, I&#39;d encourage you to look into the latest research about how unreliable a test of fertility AMH levels are. They can be really misleading. It seems that AMH tells you a lot more about likely responses to ART stimulation (or PCOS if your levels are high)than about fertility in general.</p>\n<p>I just think the science is way behind where the ART industry claims it is in a lot of ways. Beware... </p>Tina commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01bb09d20e3e970d2017-10-30T13:21:27Z2017-11-02T03:00:11ZTinahttp://www.foggymommy.comI know exactly how you feel about wondering \"aren't we over this stuff?\" when trying for number 2, and having...<p>I know exactly how you feel about wondering &quot;aren&#39;t we over this stuff?&quot; when trying for number 2, and having those &quot;snippets of memory&quot; in between taking care of your child. I spend six years and five miscarriages before having my son in 2013. After what felt like a too-brief respite, we were back to trying again in 2016. I had a surgery to remove fibroids, lining issues and then two more miscarriages and a BFN. Last week I had a D&amp;C for the second miscarriage - I really thought it would work, betas were great, at first ultrasound everything was where it was supposed to be, but then the heart never started beating. We have more frozen embryos but I don&#39;t know how much longer I can go through this...it&#39;s putting such a strain on my family. We may be moving forward with adoption instead, although who knows what that will bring. So many tough choices. I&#39;m glad I found your blog and look forward to your film. </p>Lindsay commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01b8d2b89c8b970c2017-10-27T15:44:50Z2017-10-28T01:35:44ZLindsayThank you, Maya. Thanks for sharing your story, thanks for making me feel like I'm not alone, thanks for putting...<p>Thank you, Maya. Thanks for sharing your story, thanks for making me feel like I&#39;m not alone, thanks for putting into words the thoughts and feelings that sometimes are just a scramble in my brain. I am really looking forward to the film, I just need to get the courage to sit through it because everything feels so raw right now.</p>\n<p>I&#39;ve commented before and shared my situation but to recap - we had our success in 2014 with the birth of our daughter after two failed IVF cycles. Well, as an update we can fast forward to 2017, where I tried an additional two times with my last two frozen embryos - I miscarried the first one at around 12 weeks back in May, and this one finds me in beta roulette. In fact, just this week I looked back at your very early P blog posts about Momo to remember how YOU got through that particular time. If there&#39;s anything I&#39;ve come to expect from this entire journey, it&#39;s certainly to expect the unexpected. If this doesn&#39;t work I honestly don&#39;t know what we&#39;ll do from here, but I&#39;m sure my gut will tell me sooner or later.</p>\n<p>Anyway, I just want to say that your blog has been a great source of comfort to me and I&#39;ve been and will continue to be so happy to cheer you on. I look forward to a positive story about your next embryo transfer and wish you the very best with the success of the film and of course your future baby making endeavors!</p>Martha commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01b8d2b89527970c2017-10-27T14:07:39Z2017-10-28T01:35:44ZMarthaI came across your blog today and I could've written one of your posts \"Why is ovarian reserve diminished?\" I...<p>I came across your blog today and I could&#39;ve written one of your posts &quot;Why is ovarian reserve diminished?&quot; I literally think of calling every female friend who is not married yet, planning to have children, engaged, etc. and telling them &quot;freeze your eggs, check your levels!&quot; I know that sounds crazy and I know we shouldn&#39;t tell other people what to do or inquire about their plans, but... I wish SOMEONE, anyone, a friend, a relative, a stranger would have told me :( My husband and I took our sweet time, to buy a home, build careers, etc. and we&#39;ve been together for 6.5 years. I couldv\u00e9 used my eggs from my mid and late 20s and have no issues now... This is such an emotional and frustrating process. I am glad I found your blog and will check out the film. </p>JenniferK commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01bb09d14617970d2017-10-27T11:14:18Z2017-10-28T01:35:44ZJenniferKHi Congratulations! I once started making a film of my experience through assisted reproduction as a way of giving my...<p>Hi Congratulations! I once started making a film of my experience through assisted reproduction as a way of giving my husband and I something meaningful to do if the whole thing didn&#39;t work out. Luckily it did work out. Our son is 7. I wish we&#39;d finished the film anyway - but now I can live vicariously through you!<br />\nI contributed to your gofundme using an old email address.<br />\nI replied asking them to update my info but they never did.<br />\nCan you contact me?</p>Samantha commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01bb09d115e8970d2017-10-26T19:22:38Z2017-10-28T01:35:44ZSamanthaSo excited to see this - I pre-ordered!!<p>So excited to see this - I pre-ordered!! </p>Joahn commented on 'Our film @onemoreshotdoc is FINALLY born! 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a017c37e1a8bb970b01bb09d112dc970d2017-10-26T18:31:48Z2017-10-28T01:35:44ZJoahnI am so excited for this film and so grateful to you. Xo<p>I am so excited for this film and so grateful to you. Xo</p>"}
-{"text": "Basic Stats\n\nI've spent my weekend trying to make sense of all the data we recorded at the experiment. I've been building graphs (well trying to remember how to build graphs), some of which make no sense but look nice and others that just make me want to do more complicated things!\n\nWe were open for 8hrs over two afternoons and we received over 20 hours of attention! and 3213 attention hits.\nThe average duration of an Attention givers visit was 13.5mins.\nGiving an average 36 attention hits.\n\nThis is a graph of Simon's attention hits, showing the screen, the time intervals of hits and hit counts (this is one of the groovy yet uninformative graphs!)."}
-{"text": "Removing Red Links\n\nDear community,\nI would like your opinions on the removal of red links: should I or other users remove red links or not? A user has expressed concern on the subject. No one else has expressed concern and I would like to know what the general opinion on the subject is. Thank you."}
-{"text": "i'm currently at the infinite-ninja-farming-spot after the 2nd save point in chapter 1.\ni intend to farm for 1 week or so to get enough $ to obtain lvl 2 claws + lvl 3 Lunar before end of chapter 2.\n\nanyway, is there any trick to take care of those IS ninjas ahead?\nthat part after those 2 arrow guys on the top of the building, where you need to swing some poles and then IS ninjas and explosive arrow ninjas appear.\n\n1) maybe i should trigger the fight and let them chase me all the way back to the 2nd save point?\n\nNikar, I'm with Cyber, you don't need to farm to beat MN. Although having level 3 weapons in the first few chapters probably would have been nice I guess.\n\nI took out those IS ninjas (I assume you mean the ones below the swinging poles guarding the life of the gods) by going to get Lunar first, getting it to level 2, and then backtracking to do the optional fights. Lunar level 2 is IMO the best place to be during Chapter 1._________________Life could be simple\n\nIf you got a level 2 DS and Lunar, you're good to go since you can ID with both and the 360Y UT with the Lunar is brutal. If you use X+A, A to jump on an enemies head, you can come back with the ID with the DS and hopefully that'll get you started. The Lunar ID is X+A to target the closest enemy then XXY is another way to start._________________\n\nWell even if do beat master ninja Nikar i'm not gonna have any respect for you.\n\nFarming is pretty much for those who aren't good enough to complete the game normally; it's cheating.\n\nYeah.....\n\nIt isn't really necessary.\n\nBut it helps.\n\nAnd I wouldn't exactly call it cheating.....\n\nUnless its an infinite respawn kinda thing.\n\nWhich it could be.\n\nI didn't know there were any places to really farm anyways\n\nI still kinda think that they knew about these spots. I mean common, you test this game for mouths and don't catch this? As far as cheating... I guess like most things it depends on the person. Cyber and <O> from what we all see are hard-core gamers they have the experience, guts, and that little 'what if' monster that drives you insane. I myself am well aware of farming but I don't find it very interesting to hold a button then release over and over. But kinda adressing what sanman said, so as long as it isn't infinite it is not as bad as spaming UT's on unlimited eneimes... I kinda agree even if I don't do it. Think of it this way, when enemies are limited or of a certain type it's more closely related to regular combat seeing as if you pay attention to the turtorials you first time through it encourages you to chain UT's. So what I'm saying is there is a difference between farming in regular combat and then the true intent of sitting/coming back to one spot over and over killing enemies.\n\n~Farming in the context of regular combat~\n\nUT's chaining is done mostly create the ultimate invinciblity frames and attack at the same time. Then it can be used to just look SSStylish in general.\n^Those and a few others are the are the main focus in battles with a limited enemy presence and the money simply comes with it!\n\n~Farming in a infinite enemy situation~\n\nIn this fight the persons entire mind-set is different then above, they come into the fight for the sole purpose of abusing it for money.\n\nSo pretty much the person that exists to farm and nothings else is a weak baby from puddy tat land.\n\nI started to farm the infinite enemies on Ch. 9 for a hot minute. About 15k in essence and 45 minutes later, my boredom took over and I just went on ahead. Little did I realize that Ch9 if played correctly nets you around 250k. Wouldn't have wasted 45 minutes.\n\nReally, the game provides ample money from the course of just playing, farming is not required to finish. As long as you get Lunar to level 2 at the first shop, and the claws to level 2 once you get them, you really don't need anything else until you get the scythe _________________Life could be simple"}
-{"text": "643 Home, sweet home \u2013 part 7\n\n\u201c\u201dI just fell in love with it\u201d. So often you hear people say this when they have taken on a home which is totally impractical for them.\n\nThe picture you see shows the house, heavily foreshortened, and about one third of the front garden, to which you should add, behind the house, a \u201cpatio\u201d area, so called because it is partly paved, and then the back garden proper, which is bigger than everything else put together.\n\nWell, I had told myself I wanted the biggest house that I could afford. Not only would there be a lot of Esperanto library stuff, but also I had big things of my own, such as the piano, which needed enough space to sit in a corner rather than fill a whole room. And, although I ended up living on my own, I knew that both of my daughters would visit from time to time, so I needed at least three bedrooms. Preferably four, as any decent house has to have a junk room.\n\nOf course, I hadn\u2019t bargained on the garden. This was a lot bigger than I would ever have intended, but as it was almost all grass I reckoned I could keep it under control. And if you had the opportunity of owning a 4-bedroomed detached house at the very edge of a pleasant quiet village, would you say no?\n\nSo here I am. As I write this I am sitting in the oldest part of the house, originally a farm cottage probably built in the second half of the 19th century. This original cottage seems to have had two rooms downstairs and the upstairs apparently all one big bedroom. The larger room would have been an all-purpose living room. The front door opened straight onto it, and a staircase led upstairs. The other, smaller room, was probably some kind of scullery, as there are signs of a stove, or similar, having stood against the wall. The stairs and front door are now in the extension; the upstairs part is now two bedrooms \u2013 no 1 a guest room and no.2 mine. As you look at the photograph, this part is at the far end of the house.\n\nMany rather grand houses \u2013 such as the one my rich Uncle Harry (p.920) had, on Forestry Commission land in Surrey \u2013 have a second, smaller, reception room commonly known as a Snuggery. (My Uncle Harry called it the Buggery, but he was like that). My snuggery was portrayed to me as an office, but it was added to the house as a downstairs bedroom. This is at the end of the house nearest the camera in the photo. Bedroom 4 is above it, and has become storage space for Butler Library stuff; these two rooms are, I think, the second extension to the house.\n\nThe first extension makes up the whole rear half of the house. Downstairs, apart from the staircase and a long narrow hallway, all of it is occupied by a really big kitchen. I hadn\u2019t had a big kitchen since Palmers Green in the 1970s so this was a major selling point. To give you an idea of the size of the kitchen, directly above it are both the bathroom, which is not small, and bedroom no. 3, which is quite small.\n\nAt the end of part 6 I promised to tell you about getting here, but I\u2019ve decided instead to write some thoughts on moving house as a general thing, not so much a hobby, more a way of life. This will be page 648.9. As for how long I\u2019m going to stay here, anything else would be a let-down after this. At the very least I shall stay here as long as I am physically able to look after it. If all goes well, \u201cHome sweet home \u2013 part 8\u201dmay never happen."}
-{"text": "The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.\n\nLoading ...\n\nLoading ...\n\nThis story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe\n\nShanghai\u2019s skyline has stirred the imagination of outsiders since the city\u2019s rise as an international trading hub a century and a half ago. Prior to its Communist \u201cliberation\u201d in 1949, Shanghai attracted architects such as Slovak Laszlo Hudec, whose Park Hotel built in 1934 and villas are part of a prolific record that still awes tourists today. American John Portman arrived at the start of the country\u2019s reform era in the 1980s to build the landmark the city\u2019s Portman Center, which relaunched contemporary design in China\u2019s largest city.\n\nTwo decades after the Portman Center was finished, China\u2019s energetic international business hub more than ever summons the world\u2019s best architects and their firms to create creative structures of all sizes with funding by the government and, increasingly, the by new rich. Among them, Gensler today is working on the 140-story, government-owned Shanghai Tower, which will be country\u2019s tallest building when completed; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates designed the nearby 100+ storey Japan-backed Shanghai International Financial Center, and Skidmore, Owing & Merrill did the 95-storey Jin Mao Tower, which for a time boasted the world\u2019s highest hotel check-in counter and which for more than a decade was also China\u2019s tallest building. Just today, DreamWorks Animation of the U.S. and government partners unveiled plans for a $3 billion entertainment complex in Shanghai that seeks to create the \u201cBroadway\u201d of China.\n\nAfter the end of their frequently long days, where do the city\u2019s elite of building design gather to relax and chat? Many, whether they live in Shanghai or are just visiting town, check in at a richly designed and understated pub run by one of their own, Ben Wood.\n\nSet in a narrow alley in the iconic Xintiandi restaurant the dining and entertainment complex that he helped to design, you could walk right by Wood\u2019s \u201cDRbar\u201d while blinking your eyes or looking too long at any of the visitors from around the world that flow by. What the DRbar lacks in size and flash, it makes up for the freshness of its business intelligence, depth of its discourse and relax spirit. On any given evening, you can walk in and join a conversation with movers and shakers from the teeming city\u2019s architecture and real estate business. And like the Xintiandi area that surrounds it, the DRbar\u2019s design bears an usually rich story of Chinese culture. Rotund, bearded Wood, a U.S. former Air Force fighter pilot from the state of Georgia who bears a striking resemblance to writer Ernest Hemmingway, is often on hand to serve up savvy humor and details about the bar\u2019s design, along with its potent cocktails.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s the atmosphere\u201d that makes the DRbar different from other spots in Shanghai, said Texan Eugene Lee from his bar stood one evening in June while in Shanghai on a trip to recruit Chinese investors for property back home. \u201cThere are architects, financiers, expats and local people. It\u2019s a crossroads without a narrow demographic,\u201d said Lee, who visits when he is in town every three months.\n\nWood himself had something a new milestone to celebrate just today. His firm, Studio Shanghai, is the main architect for the $3 billion \"Dream City\" entertainment complex in Shanghai unveiled this morning whose backers include DreamWorks Animation. The company's CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg was on hand for a press conference in the city. (See related story here.) In an interview afterward, Katzenberg lauded Wood as \"incredible.\" (See interview here.)\n\nThe DRbar\u2019s roots trace to Harvard Square in Massachusetts, where a fresh-out-of-MIT Wood in 1983 started his career as an architect working for Ben Thompson, then of Harvard\u2019s architecture department. Thompson\u2019s most famous work predated Wood\u2019s arrival: He transformed an historic area around Boston\u2019s former city hall into the commercially thriving Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The spot for decades has since become is a popular icon on par with Fenway Park, home of Boston\u2019s beloved Red Sox baseball team.\n\nYet Thompson has another legacy. The famously multi-faceted thinker opened a pioneering retail store called Design Research in 1953, which highlighted his interest in Scandinavian furniture and culture. Its history is chronicled in a book co-authored by Thompson\u2019s wife, Jane, \u201cDesign Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes.\u201d Thompson was a better at creativity than business, however; the operation was eventually sold to Crate and Barrel.\n\nWood, meanwhile, nearing the end of more than of nearly two decades of close collaboration with Thompson and, later, Jane, arrived in Shanghai in 1998 to work on a project very much like Faneuil Hall itself: Xintiandi. China was coming back into its own in the 1980s and 1990s as its economic reforms gathered steam and growth took off. Shanghai, \u201cthe head of the dragon\u201d at the mouth of the Yangtze River that led to the rich inland provinces, was by the 1990s once again leading the charge and becoming a magnet for businesses, designers and romantic adventures from around the world.\n\nXintiandi broke new ground in Chinese architecture in its time. At that time in the 1990s, developers with centrally located property in Shanghai usually would tear down existing sites and replace them high-rise apartment buildings that would sell quickly. Xintiandi\u2019s Hong Kong developer Vincent Lo instead embraced Wood\u2019s idea of preserving old buildings or reusing their original bricks and tiles on his site in the city\u2019s Luwan area as the centerpiece of a renewal project that at its core would have much of the spirit of Thompson\u2019s Faneuil Hall.\n\nLo, who had obtained Luwan site through a lease, inherited structures that had been built in the 1930s as residential dwellings for upper middle class Shanghai doctors, lawyers and pharmacists. I lived in near that Luwan area myself for a time in 1997 before Wood appeared, and remember how dilapidated and crammed it had become.\n\nHaving set up shop in Luwan to work on Xintiandi, Wood found that the city lacked a shortage of bars. As with many foreign-Sino businesses that work out well in China, he found himself a good partner \u2013 Francis Yum, a Hong Kong designer and building who had worked on other restaurants in Xintiandi. The name \u201cDR\u201d is a bow to Wood\u2019s Harvard mentor, Thompson, and his Design Resources store. \u201cI guess he (Thompson) had more energy than me or something, because he was able to start what is now part of a great chain. I managed to create a successful little bar and haven\u2019t taken it any further than that.\u201d\n\nWood says his created the DRbar with the dream that it will outlast him. One model he had in mind a bar throughout is construction was the 70-year-old \u201cAmerican Bar\u201d in Vienna, designed by Adolf Loos. \u201cLoos was on the cutting edge of taking art deco to the next level,\u201d Wood enthused during an interview inside of the DRbar. \u201cWhen I was designing this bar, I couldn\u2019t take my mind off of the American Bar. It is one of the places that if you take one piece off, you\u2019d ruin it. Some things become classics the day they open. This place (American Bar) is one of those, because it has a timeless quality about it. I hope the DRbar will be here 50 years from now, like the American Bar.\u201d\n\nAs Thompson used Scandinavian elements to inspire his customers, Wood consciously turned to Chinese themes. \u201cI thought I would showcase a bar where everything is made in China, except for the liquor, of course,\u201d he chuckles briefly, then pausing to consider if the Scotch he is selling could actually be fake. \u201cIn subtle ways, I try to convey my underlying philosophy.\u201d He says he thinks most bar owners in Xintiandi wouldn\u2019t think the same way. \u201cThey would put something that\u2019d say something like: \u2018Tonight\u2019s special is margaritas for $9.95,\u2019 or something like that. I\u2019m trying to tell people something, with the bar, my work and everything I do.\u201d\n\nFor starters, DRbar has a color scheme that Wood thinks best reflects the essence of China: black. \u201cTo me, black is the most important color in China, more important than red, more important than yellow, which used to be reserved for the imperial dynasties. Black is something which only China does the way China does,\u201d he says. \u201cYou don\u2019t discover this until you\u2019ve been in China for a while.\u201d\n\nAn understated anchor of the DRbar is a four-inch wide, three- foot tall and 12-foot long wall dividing the extends nearly the length of the bar made of ink stone, one of the heaviest stones in the world. \u201cThe ink stone is one of my favorite things I discovered,\u201d in China, Wood says. Besides the visible, three-foot tall portion of the slabs standing erect in the bar for patrons to lean on, a half a meter of slab is dug into the ground below.\n\nSlabs so wide \u2013 the DRbar\u2019s is actually six thin slabs, flushed together -- are rare in China today, Wood says. Usually, they are sliced into small pieces \u201cno bigger than a Galaxy notebook,\u201d and sold to calligraphers with a circular cup carved inside for black ink. \u201cYou can feel it, and tell its stone,\u201d as opposed to manufactured veneer, Wood says of his wall. \u201cYou can feel the density.\u201d\n\nWhen used with ink, ink stone has to be dense enough not to absorb the ink. Over the years, however, even ink stone has several shares of black stains from ink left behind by calligraphers. For Wood, those different shades of black symbolically reflect the different characteristics of China society.\n\nThere are other shades and images of black in the bar. The ceiling of the bar is covered with very think shoe leather that is thick enough to use to make soles in shoes. It comes from a factory in Guangzhou, China\u2019s \u2013 and the world\u2019s \u2013 shoe manufacturing hub. There is also a black and white photo on the wall by Shanghai film maker and artist Yang Zedong. Yang, whose most famous film is \u201cSeven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest,\u201d shoots short films in black and white and then makes black-and-wife stills from the images that he sells for as much as $50,000 each as limited editions. \u201cInternational Hotel No. 2,\u201d the photo on the wall of the DRbar, was shot in an unused pool inside of a building from the 1930s near the Bund. A sultry model is dressed in 1930s style clothes with a cigarette tucked above her ear.\n\nNot everything in the DRbar is black. The bar itself is cover with a mesh produced from Tibetan silver \u2013 a 50% copper, 50% silver mix that was made in Lijiang in western China's Yunnan Province.\u201cFrancis and I were in Lijiang, and we went to this little shop and they were selling flashlights, and the handle of the flashlight was wrapped with it,\u201d recalls Wood. \u201cThe lady there actually made it. It took months, but we eventually got this bigger piece. You\u2019ll never see this material like this anywhere else in the world.\u201d On the mess on night recently sat a cricket jar about the size of an ash tray. In days past, Shanghai denizens enjoyed gambling on fights among them. \u201cThey\u2019re beautiful pottery made from black clay. Some of them are really ornate, which I don\u2019t like, but this one in particular is very simple. It\u2019s beautifully made, and it was considered a household item if you collect crickets.\u201d\n\nThe DRbar\u2019s north wall is gray: it\u2019s made from stacks of 4,000 tiles collected from the roof of the residences from the 1930s originally built where Xintiandi today stands. \u201cI saw them one day stacked up, like firewood,\u201d on Xintiandi\u2019s construction site, and \u201cthought they would make a beautiful wall. It clicked just like there. They are the original tiles,\u201d Wood recalls.\n\nNot everything in the DRbar is old and Chinese. Hanging from the ceiling in one corner is a pedal car for children, made by automaker Morgan from the UK. Wood last year became a distributor for the luxury brand sports car, and is selling its handcrafted, regular sports cars by special order at more than $100,000 each. \u201cMorgan isn\u2019t a really a car. It\u2019s a work of art,\u201d he says, because of the crafting. Starting in August, he will open a showroom, and expects to the style to appeal to customers that want to be noticed for their taste. \u201cPeople will say, \u2018Who's the guy driving that Morgan?\u2019 They will be more interested in the guy driving the car than the car itself.\u201d\n\nWood expects to make little if any money from selling only a handful of cars. Yet he doesn\u2019t care much about the profits from the stylish, well-crafted bar, either, and uses the example of the the Dymaxion car designed by American architect Buckminister Fuller in the 1930s to explain why. The provocatively designed vehicle didn\u2019t succeed commercially but broke new ground conceptually.\n\n\u201cMany people said to me after I built three of these cars, \u2018I\u2019m sorry your car wasn\u2019t a success,\u2019\u201d Fuller wrote years later. \u201cAnd I\u2019d say, \u2018What do you mean?\u2019 They\u2019d say, \u2018Well you didn\u2019t get it into production.\u2019 I said, \u2018I wasn\u2019t going into business,\u2019 I was producing a vehicle. And it was extremely successful. I learned an incredible amount. \u201d"}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nColoring Kansas City\n\nWomen Who Made History\n\nKansas City has been home to many extraordinary women. Pioneers. Activists. Entrepreneurs. Artists. Some were born here, others came and never left, but all helped shape our city into what it is today.\n\nTheir legacies are celebrated in these coloring page profiles produced by the Kansas City Public Library\u2019s Missouri Valley Special Collections. We hope it helps preserve their stories.\n\nFeatured Profiles\n\nKatharine Berry Richardson (ca. 1858-1933) and Alice Berry Graham (1850-1913) were the founders of Children\u2019s Mercy Hospital. The two sisters became doctors at a time when it was rare for women to do so. With encouragement from their father and support from each other, Alice became a dentist while Katharine pursued a doctor of medicine degree. In the mid-1890s, the sisters moved to Kansas City to set up a practice. Their passion for helping the ill and unfortunate inspired them to establish a free children\u2019s hospital in 1897, a time when poor children had very few options for medical treatment. As their reputation for helping people grew, so did their practice. In 1904, they secured funding to build a new hospital named Children\u2019s Mercy. Today, the institution is recognized as one of the best children\u2019s hospitals in the country.\n\nAnnie Ridenbaugh Bird (1856-1937) served as president of Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co. from 1920 to 1937. After their marriage in 1880, Annie\u2019s husband, Joseph T. Bird, became an original partner of the downtown Kansas City retailer. Annie was always knowledgeable about her husband\u2019s work and was named president of the company after his death. She was the first woman in Kansas City to assume such a prominent role in a large commercial enterprise, and she successfully navigated this responsibility until her death in 1937. Annie\u2019s contributions to Kansas City extended to philanthropic pursuits, including donating land to what would become Children's Mercy Hospital.\n\nLucile Harris Bluford (1911-2003) was a journalist, civil rights crusader, and woman of many achievements, best known for her 70-year career at The Kansas City Call newspaper. Lucile discovered her talent for journalism while writing for the Lincoln High School yearbook and newspaper. During her time at The Call, she worked her way up from reporter to editor, owner, and publisher. She also served on the national board of the NAACP, was named Kansas Citian of the Year in 2002 by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and is the namesake of the Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.\n\nEsther Swirk Brown (1917-1970) was a civil rights activist best known for leading efforts in the landmark desegregation cases Webb v. Kansas and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. A native of Kansas City, Esther attended Paseo High School and later moved to Merriam, Kansas, where she discovered the appalling conditions of the local black school. Despite receiving numerous threats, she launched a crusade to fight injustice and racial inequality culminating in the Brown v. Board decision to mandate the desegregation of schools. Esther continued to speak out against discrimination, was involved with local Jewish organizations, and instituted the Panel of American Women.\n\nSarah Chandler Coates(1829-1897) was a suffragette, abolitionist, and progressive social leader known as the \u201cQueen of Quality Hill.\u201d She moved from Pennsylvania to Kansas City in 1856, where she settled with her husband, Kersey Coates. Together, they worked to develop and enrich the city. Sarah ran charities out of their home, promoted the arts and sciences, and supported anti-slavery organizations amid border warfare. A friend of Susan B. Anthony, Sarah also led the local Women\u2019s Suffrage Club and founded the \u201981 Club, a women\u2019s group still in existence today.\n\nLoula Long Combs (1881-1971) was a renowned equestrian and horse trainer celebrated for her yearly appearances at the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show. According to her father, R.A. Long, Loula\u2019s first sentence was, \u201cPlease buy me a pony.\u201d She began breeding and training horses, which soon outgrew the stables at the Long mansion, and moved to Longview Farm. After her first horse show in 1896 at Fairmount Park, Loula went on to show horses for nearly 65 years, winning many awards at the American Royal and elsewhere in the U.S., Canada, and England.\n\nEliza \u201cLyda\u201d Burton Conley (ca. 1869-1946) was a member of the Wyandot Nation and is thought to be the first female lawyer of Indian descent in the United States. She pursued a law degree after her ancestors\u2019 burial grounds were threatened despite their protected status from an 1855 treaty. Lyda graduated from the Kansas City School of Law in 1902 and was admitted to the Missouri and Kansas bar associations. In 1910, after several years of fighting efforts to sell the cemetery land, Lyda became the first Native woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Though she lost that battle, more followed, and today the Huron Indian Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.\n\nTatiana Dokoudovska (1921-2005) was a professional dancer, teacher, and founder of what would become the Kansas City Ballet. Born and raised in France by Russian parents, Tatiana trained in Paris and danced for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. In 1939, she moved to the United States to join the American Ballet Theatre. After leaving New York for a role at Starlight Theatre, Tatiana was invited to create a dance program at the University of Kansas City\u2019s Conservatory of Music. Her work at the Conservatory and with the Kansas City Ballet, which she founded in 1957, attracted a variety of dancers and cultivated an audience for ballet in Kansas City.\n\nEdna Marie Dunn (1893-1983) was a fashion designer, illustrator and educator who helped shape the garment industry in Kansas City. Perhaps best known for her work as fashion illustrator for The Kansas City Star, Edna also founded her own fashion school in 1937, where she taught everything from sketching to garment construction. Her unique illustrations for The Star attracted fashion fans for decades until her retirement in 1965. Harzfeld\u2019s, Rothschild\u2019s, and Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co. were a few of the popular retailers that used her artwork in their advertisements.\n\nOpal Trout Hill (1892-1981) was one of the most popular professional golfers of her day. A practicing nurse, Opal took up golf during her early 30s when her doctor prescribed fresh air and exercise to alleviate a kidney infection. Soon, she was practicing up to 10 hours a day and winning amateur tournaments. Opal became the third American woman to turn professional and won medals in the U.S. Open and Curtis Cup Match in England. After retiring, she returned to nursing and gave golf lessons at local clubs until she reached her 80s.\n\nNelle Nichols Peters(1884\u20131974) was an architect who designed nearly 1,000 buildings in Kansas City, including apartments, hotels, houses, churches, and factories. When she started her own practice in 1909, she was one of the few female architects in the United States. During the 1920s, Nelle helped to shape the style of Kansas City buildings, prioritizing comfort and function and popularizing the concept of apartment units arranged around a central courtyard. Many of the structures she designed during her 60-year career were nominated for historic designation, including the Ambassador Hotel, the Country Club Plaza Poets District apartments, and the McConahay Building where Walt Disney\u2019s Laugh-O-Gram Films was once located.\n\nNell Donnelly Reed (1889-1991) was a women\u2019s clothing designer and entrepreneur who founded the multimillion-dollar Donnelly Garment Company. After moving to Kansas City in 1906, she noticed a lack of stylish and affordable dresses and began sewing her own. Her first stock of retail dresses sold out at a downtown shop within a few hours. By 1931, her business had grown to 1,000 employees and was worth $3.5 million. The Donnelly Garment Company survived the Great Depression and continued to thrive until Nell\u2019s retirement in 1956. It was said that one in seven American women wore a Nelly Don dress.\n\nCarrie Westlake Whitney (d. 1934) was the founding librarian of the Kansas City Public Library. Appointed head librarian in 1881, she advocated for children\u2019s literacy, abolished user fees, and oversaw the expansion of the Library\u2019s collection from roughly 1,000 to 100,000 volumes. In 1901, she was elected president of the Missouri Library Association. Carrie remained head librarian until 1910. She also penned the three-volume work Kansas City, Missouri: The History and Its People 1808-1908, the most comprehensive history of Kansas City up to that time.\n\nMary Lou Williams (1910-1981) was a pioneer jazz pianist and composer. Born in Atlanta, she taught herself to play piano by ear and moved to Kansas City in 1929, working during the peak of the city\u2019s jazz era. Mary Lou was hailed for her prowess as a soloist and composer for Andy Kirk\u2019s Twelve Clouds of Joy band. She also arranged hit songs for other popular band leaders and went on to perform with Duke Ellington. Mary Lou Williams Lane, near 10th and Paseo, is named after her.\n\nJosephine Silone Yates (ca. 1859-1912) was a renowned teacher, writer, and outspoken advocate for racial equality. A native of New York, she moved to Jefferson City, Missouri, to teach at the Lincoln Institute. Josephine later married and moved to Kansas City, where she became active in the women\u2019s club movement and taught at Lincoln High School. In 1893, she co-founded the Kansas City Women\u2019s League, which eventually merged with the National Association of Colored Women. Josephine used her platform as the NACW\u2019s president to uplift her fellow women, and she published articles on a variety of topics ranging from economics to Russian literature."}
-{"text": "The news is a crushing blow for the 25-year-old, who only returned in mid-February from a 10-month lay-off due to an injury to his other knee.\n\nWelbeck scored five times after returning for the Gunners and responded to the injury setback on Twitter, posting \u201cI will be back stronger!\u201d along with an emoji for strength.\n\nThe development is terrible timing for England as the forward would likely have played a key role in Roy Hodgson\u2019s side at Euro 2016, having scored six goals in qualification.\n\nThe Three Lions boss planned to name his 23-man squad on Thursday, but pushed the announcement back to Monday in order to assess his players\u2019 fitness after the final round of Premier League fixtures.\n\nWelbeck joins team-mate at club and country Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the sidelines, while questions remain over Jack Wilshere having only made two substitute appearances this term.\n\nEverton defender Phil Jagielka has been out with a hamstring injury in recent weeks and Liverpool\u2019s Jordan Henderson has just returned to outdoor training after a knee ligament injury sustained last month.\n\nArsenal midfielder Wilshere sent his commiserations to Welbeck, writing on Twitter: \u201cDevastated for my friend @DannyWelbeck but you\u2019ve proved before you can come back a better player! Stay strong mate\u201d.\n\nAnother fellow England international and Gunner, Theo Walcott, added: \u201cSo gutted for you on your injury \u2013 You will come back stronger and all of us are thinking of you\u201d."}
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-{"text": "On Thanksgiving November 27, 2008 a 34 year old WAL-MART employee, Jdimytai Damour was trampled by an out of control mob that stampeded over him in a blind frenzy for bargains. Meanwhile, eight hundred million global citizens go hungry every day or live in danger of it. Americans looking for work and many of those who come to our teeming shores looking for the promise of America will likely run up against the economic quagmire that has and continues to impact so many Americans.\n\nHere in the wealthiest nation with the highest percentage of the wealthiest corporations and individuals in the world, we have yet to effectively tackle poverty There are many simple things that we can do to make things easier for others, some as simple as giving a buck now and then to the people who do what might be thought of as begging but might also be seen as working the streets, subway or train platform. Remember, begging is a hell of a way to make ends meet. And so why not contribute to the level of your ability and make sure that you contribute to or do service for the charities that move you. And for your own well being remember that old saying, \u2018Charity begins at home.\u2019 Take care of yourself first and then be generous and creative on behalf of others. Generosity always wins out.\nBecause of my involvement in AIDS, I frequently read the obituaries. One day I came upon one about Mary Lou Lollis who died at age 103. She had been a storyteller and much loved friend of her Harlem community. The obituary spoke of how she had been born before radio and yet embraced the vast changes that occurred in her lifetime. It also said that though she was never rich but \u201cShe was generous of time and spirit.\u201d In the Depression, she baked pies, giving them to families in her neighborhood, which was her way to do what she could. Among her pie recipients were the musicians who played the blues for catharsis and jazz for hope and like Mrs. Lollis, did what they could with their music to make a bad time better. Fats Waller dubbed Mrs. Lollis the Pie Lady.\n\nAs a storyteller she kept the tales of a happier, healthier time alive for the generations to follow. \u201cPeople of all ages said they learned a lot about 20th century history listening to Mrs. Lollis, but it was the children whose eyes would get the widest and who would listen the hardest when Mrs. Lollis stood up and started telling stories about how things were in the old days.\u201d She was described as always caring and always willing to be of service. The story also noted that she had to slow down a little when she hit 101. I\u2019ve adopted her as my role model.\n(I think some of the above is different than the original)\nShe lived the fullest of lives and contributed what she was able. What could be more wonderful? To live well, live fully, and leave a legacy of caring. Some of us are meant to leave larger than life legacies, or affect the tide of history. Others of us are meant to leave a smaller imprint. It doesn't matter. What does matters is that when life comes to an end that we are well pleased with our participation. I think that the passage by George Bernard Shaw says it best:\n\nThis is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no \"Brief candle\" to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.\n\nThings to do:\n\nRead \u201cThe End of Poverty\u201d by Jeffrey Sachs, which offers a brilliant, compassionate and doable plan to accomplish the end of poverty.\n\nContact anyone who represents you from your local government to the President and ask them to read this book. Ask everyone you know to read it and write to their representatives. These are difficult times, but there are possibilities available.\n\nFollowers\n\nHAITI NEEDS OUR HELP\n\nThe NGO's serving, saving and restoring lives in Haiti are deeply in need of our support. After previous disasters in Haiti where corruption was rife, Common Dreams, which contributes \u201cNews & Views\u201d for the progressive community, urges those of who would like to contribute that \u201cIn lieu of sending money to organizations with a dubious history in Haiti, those wanting to contribute to relief efforts were encouraged to support Haitian-led grassroots organizations like Konbit Sole Leve and Sakala, which have been providing emergency assistance and shelter.\"\n\nOTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED YOUR SUPPORT:\n\nThe organizations profiled below can fill the needs presented by society while also respecting the needs of the environment.\n\n.\n\nFounded in 1954, The Humane Society of the United States celebrates animals and confronts cruelty \u2014 to all animals, not just dogs and cats. The HSUS takes on the biggest transformational fights to stop large-scale cruelties, such as animal fighting, puppy mills, factory farming, and the wildlife trade. They will pass anti-cruelty laws in every single nation, end extreme confinement of farm animals in cages, stop cosmetic testing on animals, halt cruelty to wildlife, and transform the landscape for pets in poverty. The HSUS and their affiliates also care for more than 100,000 animals each year, through their rescue teams, sanctuaries and wildlife centers, free veterinary care for low-income pet owners, and many other life-saving programs.www.humanesociety.org\n\nPROJECT ALS\n\nALS is a brain disease that is closely related to Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s, and Huntington\u2019s. Also known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, ALS targets brain cells called motor neurons. Motor neurons send messages from the brain to muscles throughout the body. In ALS, as motor neurons die, a person progressively loses the ability to walk, speak, swallow, and breathe. In 1998, Jenifer Estess, a 35-year-old New York theater and film producer, was diagnosed with ALS. Her doctor told her to \u201cmax out her credit cards and eat junk food.\u201d At that time clinicians and scientists were working separately on varying aspects of the disease. There was no structured effort underway to solve ALS until Jennifer Estess and her sisters formed this powerful NGO, Project ALS. Though Jennifer succumbed to the disease, the work that she and her sisters began is still in progress. www.projectals.org\n\nOCEANIC SOCIETY\n\nPeople need healthy oceans to survive and to thrive. The Oceanic Society works to improve ocean health by addressing the root cause of its decline \u2014 human behavior. Simply put, the oceans are in trouble because people are putting too much into and taking too much out of them. Through our conservation travel programs, marine research, and investments in conservation, we are inspiring and empowering people at all levels of society to become better stewards of ocean ecosystems. Our mission is to conserve marine wildlife and habitats by deepening the connections between people and nature. You can learn more about how you can help the Oceanic Society through volunteering, donating, following your favorite species, and not throwing plastics in our waterways. After all, we don't want our garbage to destroy the oceans. www.oceanicsociety.org\n\nREFOUNDRY\n\nRefoundry is an innovative not-for-profit that trains people who were formerly incarcerated to refurbish and repurpose discarded materials into unique furnishings. This helps them to create businesses and to support their communities. Prisons in the U.S. are big businesses, so there is less effort to rehabilitate inmates and teach them usable skills, than to warehouse large numbers of them for profit. So, there is a great need to support the 700,000 prisoners set free each year in their quest for gainful employment. Refoundry does just that. www.refoundry.org\n\n.\n\nStarted in 2006 and backed by over 400,000 veterans, military family members, and their supporters, the mission of VoteVets.org is to use public issue campaigns to give a voice to veterans on matters of national security, veterans' care, and every day issues that affect the lives of those who served and their families. www.votevets.org\n\nFILMS & SHOWS NOT TO MISS!\n\nRACING EXTINCTION\n\nDon't miss Racing Extinction, now viewable on Netflix. The producers of this film, which is helmed by Louie Psihoyos, include the Oceanic Preservation Society and my son, Fisher Stevens. Having seen it, I can promise you it presents a revealing and important view of our planet today \u2014 from large multinational companies down to individual scientific teams doing extremely important and timely work. www.racingextinction.com\n\nBOOKS TO READ:\n\nRobert Reich\u2019s work, including his pieces available on line at http://readersupportednews.org, stands among my favorite truth-telling when it comes to politics, government, and the economy of the United States. Reich's points of view are clear, concise, and above all, useful. Amazon.com says of this important writer: \u201cPerhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in eighty years.\u201d I call this a must read!"}
-{"text": "It's boring but I don't mind it. It's the constant killing of the ball with complete impunity that really fvcks me off. The only ref ever to call it properly was Wayne Barnes and he was vilified by the Irish rugby press as a result.\n\nOh come on, Ireland play some fantastic rugby, their handling is a joy to behold at times. If the opposition's idea of a defensive plan is to put the FH in A&E don't be surprised if it goes up in the air.\n\nFor the English fans - wtf? He has got to sort out the captain issue. His loyalty to Hartley is looking foolish. Hartley is not world class. England need their captain to be the first or second name on the team sheet.\n\nFull back. Thanks Mike Brown - you have been a great servant but we need attacking options from full back.\n\nPerformance wise, they have been very patchy save for the dynamic first twenty against Italy and the last 10 against Wales.\n\nStill someway short of the 2003 side and nowhere near NZ on yesterday's performance.\n\nthing is when you watch the game live you can watch one player. I did watch Brown once when they played us and I think his best is behind him and NZ are ruthless with players like that. Thanks mate. Bye.\n\nWe have great strength in certain positions and less so in others. But we have a big step up to be a side that can wing ugly but also run in when there is space to do so and have players with real pace and guile. Wem won't win the world cup by scoring penalties so we need to have different styles of play and this needs on field leadership and players who as Wilko said ' play as one'\n\nCongratulations Ireland, who played brilliantly. We looked rubbish (we were, generally) because their intensity at the breakdown was phenomenal. They cheated a bit (as do we usually, as do most decent sides, so no issues with that), scrapped for everything, and flustered us out of ideas.\n\nDon't forget though, the 2003 side did this. I'm actually ok with it - learning some hard lessons this season should stand us in good stead, and with George to come in, Brown to go, and fully fit players to come back, we should be ok. Missed Robshaw I thought.\n\nLet's be honest though, if Wales and Ireland played most games the way they do against us, they'd win far more often.\n\nAnyway, as Sarries said this should be the end of Mike Brown. Faithful servant, thanks very much, but goodbye please.\n\nIreland have traditionally played that way..fast and frenetic and try to disrupt although to be fair they have some class players but they love a game to open up. I just cannot work out what our game plan was? Eddie says the team was not prepared well by him and that JS coached Ireland brilliantly. It just seemed that England could not get into the game and change their tactics. Even after half -time it seemed there was no clear idea other than carry on and hope for some penalties.\n\nThere was a point in the third quarter where England started to put a bit of territory and possession together, and I thought this would be the start of the comeback, but the Irish snuffed it out again fairly quick. I would have like to see what Farrell and Teo would have down with what ball they had but Teo's injury seemed to coincide with the Irish raising their game again."}
-{"text": "pat released this\nAug 21, 2019\n\u00b7 1 commit to develop since this release\n\nUpgrading\n\nNo breaking or major changes.\n\nNew features\n\nConfirmed Rails 6.0 support.\n\nAdded ability to have custom real-time index processors (which handles all indices) and populators (which handles a particular index). These are available to get/set via ThinkingSphinx::RealTime.processor and ThinkingSphinx::RealTime.populator.\n\nThe processor should accept call with two arguments: an array of index objects, and a block to invoke after each index is processed. Here is a simple example for parallel processing of indices:\n\nInstead of building your own procs/classes from scratch, you may instead wish to subclass the default classes to tweak behaviour - or at the very least, both classes are useful as reference points for your own replacements:\n\nBug fixes\n\npat released this\nMay 18, 2019\n\u00b7 2 commits to develop since this release\n\nUpgrading\n\nNo breaking or major changes.\n\nNew features\n\nAllow overriding of Sphinx's running state by setting skip_running_check to true/false in config/thinking_sphinx.yml for appropriate environments. This is useful when Sphinx commands are interacting with a remote Sphinx daemon. As per discussions in #1131.\n\nAllow skipping of directory creation by setting skip_directory_creation to true/false in config/thinking_sphinx.yml for appropriate environments. As per discussions in #1131.\n\npat released this\nMar 9, 2019\n\u00b7 1 commit to develop since this release\n\nUpgrading\n\nNo breaking or major changes.\n\nNew features\n\nAllow changing the default encoding for MySQL database connections from utf8 to something else via the mysql_encoding setting in config/thinking_sphinx.yml. In the next significant release, the default will change to utf8mb4 (which is supported in MySQL 5.5.3 and newer).\n\nAdded Rails 6.0 and Manticore 2.8 to the test matrix.\n\nChanges to behaviour\n\nUse Arel's SQL literals for generated order clauses, to avoid warnings from Rails 6.\n\nAssets\n\nMajor Features and Changes\n\nThinking Sphinx v4.0 has been in development for a little while, and includes some significant changes (as befitting a major release):\n\nMerging Indices\n\nMerging indices is now supported via the new ts:merge rake task. This is useful when you're using delta indices as an alternative to running ts:index regularly to have new/changed records populated into the core indices. Merging should be reliably faster (and it avoids hitting your database to reprocess all the records).\n\nRunning ts:index every now and then to catch any records changed/modified without callbacks is probably wise (perhaps once a day compared to more frequent ts:merge calls).\n\nRun the daemon on a UNIX socket\n\nIf you've got Sphinx and your Rails app all on a single machine, you may want to have the daemon (searchd) hosting connections via a UNIX socket instead of a TCP socket. Just set the socket value in each appropriate environment within config/thinking_sphinx.yml (and do not set mysql41 unless you want the daemon to also be available via that TCP port).\n\nproduction:\nsocket: /var/tmp/production.sphinx\n\nThis feature is limited to MRI, as JRuby doesn't seem to have a way to connect to UNIX sockets for MySQL-protocol connections.\n\nActiveRecord 5.2 Support\n\nThe new release of ActiveRecord/Rails is happily supported by this release.\n\nManticore Support\n\nThe recent fork of Sphinx known as Manticore is supported, and can be used as a drop-in replacement for Sphinx. In particular, the v2.6.3 release is included in the test matrix.\n\nBreaking Changes\n\nSphinx 2.1.2 or newer is required\n\nSphinx 2.0 is no longer supported - make sure you're running at least 2.1.2, but 2.2.11 is recommended if possible.\n\nRuby 2.2 or newer is required\n\nVersions of Ruby less than 2.2 are no longer supported, sorry.\n\nRemoved auto-typing of search filter values\n\nIf you're filtering via human-entered values (say, via request parameters), then in the past you were allowed to send those string values straight through to Sphinx.\n\nHowever, Sphinx now supports string filtering, so it's not possible to make assumptions about filter types. Thinking Sphinx v3.4.0 introduced automatic typing of these values, but this was an extra overhead which was far from ideal and was always flagged as temporary.\n\nMinor features\n\nIf you want to remove the docinfo setting from the generated Sphinx configuration (to avoid warnings in Sphinx 2.2+), add skip_docinfo: true to each appropriate environment in config/thinking_sphinx.yml.\n\nSphinx 3.0 is now supported.\n\nYou can now use relative paths in config/thinking_sphinx.yml, but you must also add absolute_paths: true to each environment for them to be converted to absolute paths for the generated configuration.\n\nChanges to behaviour\n\nThe INDEX_FILTER environment variable is applied when running ts:index on SQL-backed indices.\n\nUseful error messages are now displayed if processing real-time indices is attempted when the daemon isn't running.\n\nRake task code has been refactored into separate command classes under the hood (which allows for flying-sphinx to override when appropriate)."}
-{"text": "Statement on fire in North Kensington\n\n14 June 2017\n\nUpdated at 4.15pm\n\nLondon Ambulance Service Director of Operations Paul\nWoodrow said:\"Following this morning\u2019s fire at Grenfell Tower, West\nLondon, we treated 68 patients and took them to six hospitals\nacross London, where 18 people are currently in critical care. Our\nthoughts are with everyone affected by this incident and their\nfriends and families.\n\n\"Over 100 of our clinicians have worked extremely hard in\ndifficult circumstances to care for those who were injured. This\nhas been a protracted and large-scale incident over many hours.\n\n\u201cWe are still on scene supporting London Fire Brigade in the\nrecovery phase of the incident and would urge Londoners to only\ncall us in a genuine emergency and to call NHS 111 for urgent\nhealthcare advice.\n\n\u201cWe initially sent ambulance crews, advanced paramedics,\nadvanced trauma teams from London's Air Ambulance, as well as our\nhazardous area response teams who carry specialist equipment\nincluding breathing apparatus. We treated patients for a range of\ninjuries, as well as for smoke inhalation.\n\n\u201cI am incredibly proud and grateful for the work of our staff\nand our emergency service colleagues and partner agencies.\u201d\n\nEnds\n\nNotes to editor\n\nPatients were taken to the following hospitals: St Mary\u2019s,\nKing\u2019s College, Chelsea and Westminster, the Royal Free, St Thomas\u2019\nand Charing Cross.\n\nA further 10 patients made their own way to hospital, bringing\nthe total number of people being treated to 78.\n\nMembers of the public who are concerned about friends and\nrelatives should contact the police Casualty Bureau on 0800 096\n1233.\n\nLondon Ambulance Service Director of Operations Paul\nWoodrow said:\"Following this morning\u2019s fire at\nGrenfell Tower, West London, we have treated and taken 64 patients\nto six hospitals across London, where 20 people are currently in\ncritical care. Our thoughts are with everyone\naffected.\n\n\"Over 100 of our medics have been working hard to respond to\nthis incident, including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics,\nadvanced trauma teams from London's Air Ambulance and those staff\nmanaging the incident in our special operations centre. Our\nhazardous area response teams are also on scene, who carry\nspecialist equipment including breathing apparatus. We\u2019ve been\ntreating patients for a range of injuries, as well as for smoke\ninhalation.\n\n\"A major incident has been declared and we continue to work\nclosely with other members of the emergency services at the\nscene.\n\n\"Members of the public who are concerned about friends and\nrelatives should contact the police Casualty Bureau on 0800 096\n1233.\n\n\"We urge Londoners to only call us in a genuine emergency and to\ncall NHS 111 for urgent healthcare advice.\"\n\nEnds\n\nNotes to editor\n\nPatients have been taken to the following hospitals: St Mary\u2019s,\nKing\u2019s College, Chelsea and Westminster, the Royal Free, St Thomas\u2019\nand Charing Cross.\n\nA further 10 patients made their own way to hospital, bringing\nthe total number of people being treated to 74\n\nLondon Ambulance Service Assistant Director of\nOperations, Stuart Crichton said:\"We have now\ntaken over 50 patients to five hospitals across London following\nthe incident at Grenfell Tower, Lancaster West Estate, W11. Our\nthoughts are with everyone affected.\n\n\"Over 100 of our medics are working hard to respond to this\nincident, including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics, advanced\ntrauma teams from London's Air Ambulance and those staff managing\nthe incident in our special operations centre. In addition, our\nhazardous area response team are also on scene.\n\n\"A major incident has been declared and we continue to work\nclosely with other members of the emergency services at the\nscene.\n\n\"Members of the public who are concerned about friends and\nrelatives should contact the police Casualty Bureau on 0800 096\n1233.\n\n\"As always, we urge Londoners to only call us in a genuine\nemergency and to call NHS 111 for urgent healthcare advice.\""}
-{"text": "Every year on or around the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, my alma mater, The Catholic University of America, has a Mass at the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, adjacent to campus. This year, Father Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., a moral theologian and prior at the Dominican House of Studies across the street, was preaching there about his namesake, causing some of us to want to see \u201c#AquinasonAquinas\u201d trending on Twitter.\n\n\u201cLive tweeting\u201d the homily, at first I was struck by the fact that I was tweeting about monks, as Father Aquinas described the life of prayer and study that made it possible for St. Thomas to be the great doctor of the Church that he was. It seemed to highlight to me the irony of ever considering the existence of something like Twitter in the same realm as contemplation. He talked about how monastic life put St. Thomas in the position where he was asking \u201cWhat?\u201d a lot \u2014 \u201cprob[ing] the things that God has made, coaxing them to reveal their hidden, divinely given essences.\u201d\n\nAnd then Father Aquinas said something that, as you may expect, I did not tweet in its entirety: \u201cMany of our contemporaries believe that nature irrationally or unjustly places limits on persons. ... Nature conveys to personality a particular kind of identity, oriented to a particular kind of happiness, which initiates the person into a particular kind of participation in God. Nature, therefore, is not the enemy of the person; it is God\u2019s providence for the person\u2019s happiness. Nature reveals the way in which God knows his creatures to be, and it establishes the path according to which God wisely and lovingly draws his creatures \u2014 even persons \u2014 to himself. To ask not just \u2018Who?\u2019 but also \u2018What?\u2019 someone is, then, to ask how God knows and loves that person, and how God provides for him.\u201d\n\nI\u2019m not a Thomist, and I gave up pretending I could aspire to playing one on TV a long time ago (I was an undergraduate philosophy major quite a while ago now).\n\nIn the world today, when a common starting ground and vocabulary is very far from a given, this \u201cWhat?\u201d question is so crucial. As Father Aquinas put it: \u201cSt. Thomas understood the role that \u2018What?\u2019 plays not only in asking \u2018Who?\u2019 but also in asking \u2018Where?\u2019 and \u2018When?\u2019 and especially \u2018Why?\u2019 and \u2018How?\u2019\u201d It\u2019s a question that leads to seeing and approaching one another differently than we tend to \u2014 when we start to understand ourselves not as people with stories but created beings who are loved by the Creator of the universe, adopted as his own children in the greatest love story there ever will be.\n\nFather Aquinas joined Twitter only fairly recently and has quickly modeled some of the best of the place. He often does it by simply sharing about the saint of the day, or words from the Liturgy of the Hours with an appropriate image, or something about the friars\u2019 lives, to name a few. When you can use social media to draw people into contemplating God, you\u2019re doing some of the work of God. And we can all do it. Whether it\u2019s Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or even text messaging and email \u00ad\u2014 and whatever the latest social-media craze is or may be tomorrow. You, too, can draw people into God\u2019s presence with a few words or an image, born of gratitude to God, keeping a prayer on your heart.\n\nWe didn\u2019t get #Aquinas-onAquinas to trend that day. But if anyone on Twitter was thinking about things of God because of a few lines from a homily about what God is and what we are in relation to him, that\u2019s a trend to continue."}
-{"text": "A feature tagged as experimental is currently tested. Use cases are explored and changes to the user interface are likely. We intend to get feedback from users to forge the final version of the feature."}
-{"text": "Organizer Jonathan Stryker's 2014 Cosplay Calendar combines sexy, geeky girls and a charitable cause. The Miami-based cosplayer is raising funds through Kickstarter to benefit local animal shelters, including Friends with Greyhounds in Hialeah and Big Hearts, Big Dogs in Kendall, as well as starting a new cosplayer convention in South Florida. More information, including calendar and individual print costs, on his Facebook Cosplay Calendar page and his Kickstarter page, which expires Nov. 10.Christopher Chin-Sang/Courtesy"}
-{"text": "NCAA Tournament Ticket Information \u2013 Dallas Texas\n\nBY ANDRES FOCIL\n\nFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The University of Arkansas will have only approximately 300 tickets to distribute for the NCAA First and Second Round games at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Arkansas is the No. 8 seed and will play No. 9 seed Bucknell on Friday at 11:30 a.m. Three weeks ago, members of the Razorbacks\u2019 priority donor list were sent a reservation card for NCAA tickets. With the limited ticket allotment, it is not anticipated that tickets will remain after the fulfillment of orders from the priority donor list.\n\nUA students, who purchased full-season basketball ticket books, interested in entering their name in a lottery for the distribution of student tickets to the NCAA Regional should go by the UA ticket office from 8:30 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m. on Monday to register. On Monday evening and early Tuesday, the UA ticket office will contact those students selected for tickets.\n\nAll tickets for the NCAA Regional are $50 per session and include only the session in which the Razorbacks will play.\n\nAs of Monday morning, the NCAA Regional in Dallas, Texas was sold out."}
-{"text": "SOLIDARITY WANTS ILO CONVENTION RATIFIED TO CURB XENOPHOBIA\n\nANC Daily News Briefing/Sapa, 8 July 2008\n\nPLEASE NOTE: Readers wishing to reproduce and\nreference this article\nshould contact the editors of the ANC Daily News Briefing and/or Sapafor permission\n\nTrade union Solidarity will petition parliament, as part of a campaign against xenophobia, to ratify a convention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Convention 143 of 1975 could have prevented the xenophobic attacks that ravaged South Africa earlier this year, the union said in a statement on Tuesday. A Solidarity investigation on xenophobia showed \"shocking facts regarding the South African government's obvious haphazard attitude towards xenophobia\". Government not only ignored warnings on possible xenophobic attacks, but also neglected to ratify Convention 143 of 1975. Solidarity's research also showed that the migration of workers led to xenophobic attacks in several cases world-wide. \"Solidarity's research clearly shows that the South African government doesn't take the combating and prevention of xenophobic attacks seriously,\" said Solidarity spokesman Jaco Kleynhans. \"There is a specific convention of the ILO that provides useful guidelines on gathering information on migrating workers in order to prevent unsuited workers from staying in the country illegally. \"By ratifying the convention, the relevant government undertakes to ensure that migrating workers aren't employed illegally to work under poor conditions and for poor wages. \"If government had ratified the convention, the xenophobic attacks could have been limited and even prevented,\" Kleynhans said."}
-{"text": "Spire Launches X2.6018 Mod Series PC Case\n\nSpire today introduced the X2.6018 compact desktop PC case that represents a chassis design that is both versatile and durable. The Spire X2.6018 is positioned in the MOD Series and retails for $63.99 or EURO 49.95. Built with SECC reinforced steel, this tower structure gives you the flexibility to mod your system and show of your hardware.\n\nThe Spire X2.6018 Mod Series PC Case comes with either a clear-window side panel or a meshed side panel for those that don\u2019t want to reveal their hardware. Sufficient room is available for the installation of larger CPU coolers and long 295mm Graphic-cards. The Spire X2.6018 features four 5.25\u2033 drive bays, one external 3.5\u2033, and four internal 3.5\u2033drive bays. The chassis has space for one front 120mm intake fan, two 120mm fans in the top and one rear 120mm exhaust fan (fits 80, 90 and 120mm). Not a bad list of features and the Spire S2.6018 MOD Series PC case looks like it would do well for the professional user, enthusiast and gamer alike."}
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-{"text": "The perfect scenario next summer for me has OKC having 2 top 5 picks in the draft even though they improved as a team into the 30-plus win range. I believe they would then go after two big men to form the next generation Twin Towers combo out of a pool of Derrick Favors, Greg Monroe, Solomon Alabi, Cole Aldrich, and maybe Larry Sanders. That would be truly incredible and it would give the team unreal flexibilty with lineups. This scenario if actually possible too if Phoenix finally self destructs after the trade deadline (Hint Hint). Oh yeah and don't forget the loads of cap space OKC will have for 2010's free agent period...\n\ngive durant the ext he deserves, draft a true pf and trade green in a couple of seasons. i do not think he has a role in the future of this team. he is a sf playing pf and most likely he would want out of okc soon.\n\nNo way they win 40 games....Harden isn't going to have that big of an impact. I mean they only won like 23 games last year. The West is loaded & the Thunder are going to get abused with no good Center & Jeff Green playing PF. I think they will have a top 5 pick. I think the Suns pick will be late lottery in the 11-14 range though. Still I like the idea of the twin towers. I would pick Favors & Larry Sanders.\n\nIf we could get Favors with our first pick and then Monroe or Alabi with the second pick that would make me a very very happy man. I agree with those of yall that say the cap space is going to sign their own stars.\n\nDuncan and Robinson??? mentioning that combination alone is disrespectful!! NO big man coming up will be as good as one of or if not the best big man to play the game... t. duncan and don't let me forget d. robinson hall of famer sorry but high school/college talents just don't learn/have the same skill set any more... your better off talking about a twin tower combination that compares to c. bosh/ a. bargnani or l. aldridge / g. oden\n\nand thank u gatorheel for telling it as it is(besides from the whole u think GSW are making the playoffs HAHA!!).... there is NO WAY OKC wins 40 games next season! the one thing u know about the NBA is that YOUTH doesn't EQUAL VICTORIES!!! k. durant will score his 23 to 25 pts/g... westbrook will show signs of a up and coming star once again... Green is a solid role player and same will be said for Harden. and the year will end with OKC winning about 27-30 games.\n\nSo are we just giving up on BJ Mullens? I really like his potential and athleticism. I like the Thunder, but to have them winning 40 games is ridiculous. I love Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Green, Weaver, Mullens, Livingston, and Sefolosha, but you've got The Lakers, Spurs, Hornets, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Clippers, Nuggets, and Jazz as the playoff teams. The Thunder are in the same boat as the Kings, Grizzlies, Timberwolves, and Warriors, all of which have bonafide studs in Kevin Durant, Kevin Martin, Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo, Al Jefferson, and Monta Ellis, potential studs in Westbrook and Harden, Tyreke Evans, Marc Gasol, Kevin Love, and Stephen Curry and Anthony Randolph. Given time I'm sure all of these teams will have multiple chances to contend IN THE FUTURE, but as of now, it's nice to dream. As far as attracting a big name to Oklohoma City, to play with a (great) player who needs the ball, and not to mention in those GOD AWFUL jerseys, good luck."}
-{"text": "Quick Links\n\nWhat are ticks?\n\nTicks are small, blood-sucking arthropods related to spiders, mites and scorpions. There are many different species of tick living in Britain, each preferring to feed on the blood of different animal hosts. If given the opportunity, some of them will feed on human blood too. The one most likely to bite humans in Britain is the Sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. Despite its name, the sheep tick will feed from a wide variety of mammals and birds. Bites from other ticks are possible, including from the Hedgehog tick, Ixodes hexagonus, and the Fox or Badger tick, Ixodes canisuga.\n\nIn the USA the highest risk comes from the Deer tick, Ixodes scapularis.\n\nThere are four stages to a tick\u2019s life-cycle: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Larvae, nymphs and adults all only feed once in each stage. The whole life cycle lasts around 2 years.\n\nTo the naked eye the larvae (with 6 legs) look like specks of soot, while nymphs are slightly larger, pinhead or poppy seed size. With their eight legs, nymphs and adult ticks resemble small spiders. It is the nymph which is most likely to bite you.\n\nWhere can they be found?\n\n\u201cI. ricinus is sensitive to climatic conditions, requiring a relative humidity of at least 80% to survive during its off-host periods, and is therefore restricted to areas of moderate to high rainfall with vegetation that retains a high humidity (i.e. litter layer and soil remain humid during the day). Typical habitats vary across Europe, but typically include deciduous and coniferous woodland, heathland, moorland, rough pasture, forests and urban parks.\u201d[1]\n\nTicks can also sometimes be found in gardens, especially those with deep vegetation and a strong local wildlife population.\n\nNumbers vary in different parts of the country and on a local basis, but ticks can be found across the UK [2]. Not all ticks carry disease, and infection rates in any one place may fluctuate from year to year.[3]\n\nThe risk may be higher in publicised areas such as the New Forest, but it is possible to be infected with Lyme disease anywhere in the UK: countryside, suburbia or town.\n\nHow do they pass on disease?\n\nTicks feed on the blood of other animals. If a larval tick picks up an infection from a small animal such as a vole, when it next feeds as a nymph it can pass the infection to the next animal or human it bites.\n\nThey cannot jump or fly, but when ready for a meal will climb a nearby piece of vegetation and wait for a passing animal or human to catch their hooked front legs. This behaviour is known as questing. The tick will not necessarily bite immediately, but will often spend some time finding a suitable site on the skin.\n\nOnce a tick has started to feed, its body will become filled with blood. Adult females can swell to many times their original size. As their blood sacs fill they generally become lighter in colour and can reach the size of a small pea, generally grey in colour. Larvae, nymphs and adult males do not swell as much as they feed, so the size of the tick is not a reliable guide to the risk of infection. If undisturbed, a tick will feed for around 5 to 7 days before letting go and dropping off.\n\nThe bite is usually painless and most people will only know they have been bitten if they happen to see a feeding tick attached to them.\n\nThe risk of infection increases the longer the tick is attached, but can happen at any time during feeding. A Public Health England leaflet for GPs points out that disease transmission can be in less than a day. As tick bites are often unnoticed, it may be difficult to determine how long it has been attached. Any tick bite should be considered as posing a risk of infection.\n\nAdults are most often bitten around the legs. Small children are generally bitten above the waist\u2014check their hairline and scalp.\n\nSome ticks carry more than one disease at the same time and can transfer them to you in a single bite. The resulting symptoms can be extremely confusing and liable to misdiagnosis. Treatment in such cases can be difficult. It is not known how often this happens in the UK.\n\nLatest News\n\nBe Aware!\n\nThe tick that generally bites humans can be as small as a poppy seed or full stop on this page. Small children are generally bitten above the waist\u2014check their hairline and scalp. Do NOT use eyebrow tweezers to remove a tick as this may squash it. Use a proper tick removal tool."}
-{"text": "Permit me to preface this communication with accolades to the TechTarget team for providing this forum. I am certain it will prove invaluable for IT and business professionals.\nI would like to poll the members regarding their respective takes of the following database management initiatives targeted for our organization:\nWe are in a mixed and disparate RDBMS environment housing our core processor and financial-specific systems, as well as our DMS, CRM, Call Center, Contacts, Accounting, and proprietary Data Warehouse (to name a few).\n1. What is the recommended set of database administration\ntools to manage DB2, Oracle, Sybase, and SQL platforms?\n2. What is the best approach to extending/replacing our proprietary data warehouse and reporting solutions to an enterprise-oriented platform-independent business intelligence solution?\n3. What are the best practices and required skill set for data integrations and migrations of same?\nAny insight regarding the above would be greatly appreciated. At this level of generality, we are seeking a high-level overview or response as to best guide our efforts.\nThanks in advance,\nericggordon\n\nAnswer Wiki\n\nI would have said Platinum but they got bought out by Computer Associates. So I would suggest Quest Technology or BMC. I would swing towards Quest most of the Platinum devolopment and support ended up working for them. Each company has toolsets that allow you to manage several diffent DBMS from one console. I am not sure if either one covers the range you have listed here (in one tool).\n\nAs for questions 2 and 3. I am guessing you want to look for a bigger better BI solution. Not sure I can help you on that one. I am very Oracle centric. So I may point you in the wrong direction ;-). If your planning on moving data to a different DBMS check your migration path options you want to make sure you know how long it takes to move data around it may take more than once in some cases. Make sure you have user (this can mean develepment/QA also) buy in at all stages if you are going to replace they way it looks to the end user. Keep training plans in mind when changing architecture as well. See if you can setup some kind of bundle with the vendor when talking of purchases. Remember they are hungry for businsess and will sometimes throw stuff in at purchase time rather than after the initial outlay.\n\nBy submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners. If you reside outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.\nPrivacy\n\nProcessing your response...\n\nDiscuss This Question: 4 &nbspReplies\n\nThere was an error processing your information. Please try again later.\n\nBy submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners. If you reside outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.\nPrivacy\n\nQuestion 1) I can speak only for Oracle since that is my expertise. I used DBArtisan for about eight months as a DBA tool. Other than that I do not use any tools. I write my own scripts or get them from Oracle MetaLink or other websites and customize them for my use. This practice allows me to delve into the inernal level of Oracle and get a better grasp of things happening there. Also, since I do not depend on any specific third party tools, my scripts remain portable across companies so that I can continue to function even when a specific tool is not available with a new company. I used this principle in my most recent book on database performance tuning and optimization to make my book independent of any third party tools. With Oracle 9i and even with 8i, Oracle continues to automate the database administration process to allow DBAs more time for handling more involved problems. I strongly recommend using Oracle's own tools and utilities. Also, Oracle Tech Support staff are extremely helpful and professional in solving customers' problems. For the last ten years I have consistently received superb services from them.\nQuestion 2) This question is too vague and open ended for me to provide any precise response.\nQuestion 3) This is almost as vague as # 2. In general, you will need analysts for data modeling and logical database design, developers and DBAs for the actual implementation of the design at the physical level, and DBAs for the adiministration of the database. The design of a data warehouse is very different from that of an OLTP database. For example, denormalization is used in DW while one strives for 3NFs in an OLTP database. Ensure that your data modelers are familiar with DW design issues.\nYou can contact me directly if you need more information.\nGood luck on your venture.\nSitansu S. Mittra\n\nI would agree with BMC products. They seem to have the best combination of utilities for managing the environment. They are not necessarily the best products but, in my opinion, have the best suite of products, if you want to stay with one vendor. Don't exclude looking at the IBM products for DB2. They have come a long way in terms of performance.\nUnfortunately, I have nothing to add on your other questions.\n\nWe have a simlar environment and chose to use Embarcadero's tools. We use DBArtisan for managment, Performance Center for Performance Monitoring and Change Manager for migrations. We've been using them quite successfully over the past year.\n\n1. Embarcadero makes a fine suite of tools for all your current platforms. You will have to but distinct versions by platforms but will have the same interface and similar tools for all.\n2. Under your current scenario platform independance is virtually impossible. Were it me, I would concentrate on reducing the number of datbase vendors as the first step.\n3. You will reuired very talented multi-discpline DBA's and SQL coders to accomplish your goals.\n\nBy submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners. If you reside outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.\nPrivacy\n\nProcessing your reply...\n\nAsk a Question\n\nFree Guide: Managing storage for virtual environments\n\nComplete a brief survey to get a complimentary 70-page whitepaper featuring the best methods and solutions for your virtual environment, as well as hypervisor-specific management advice from TechTarget experts. 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-{"text": "Every Inch\n\nEvery Inch\n\nAdorable twink Adam Hunt along with tall, dark and handsome David Rhodes sizzle with cock crazed chemistry the second we join them in the bedroom. After a hearty make out marathon, Hunt heads south having heard rumors about David's jumbo sized jock. With his mouth watering, Adam pulls at David's dick filled undies and nearly gets knocked out when the kid's cock swings free! Our tiny twink does his best to swallow the nearly foot long phallus, but that would be a challenge for ANYONE. He does work wonders though, using his hands and working the balls while slapping the long schlong on his tongue. David is dying to eat the blond boy's bone and gives the kid's knob a gag worthy wax job before ordering him onto the bed. Hunt instinctively hikes his heels to Jesus as David plunders and pillages his smooth pink pucker. He multitasks the hell out of the boy, reaching up to give Hunt a hand job while his face is still buried in that amazing ass. Adam is horned up good and practically begs David for that \"D!\" Rhodes stands up in an instant, eager to dip his wick inside the boy's hot, spit-wet hole. With one steady bareback thrust, Rhodes oversized appendage is completely inside Adam's ass. Adam accepts every inch, even wrapping his arms and legs around David to get dicked deeper. They rearrange so Adam can get banged standing, but not before he licks David's dick, tasting his own ass in the super sexy, porny process. The power bottom hardly touches his swaying salami, allowing us to enjoy the view while he enjoys the hot anal invasion. Rhodes mounts Hunt like a jungle animal, jamming every inch of juicy jock into the kid's ravenous rear end while steadily continuing to pick up the pace. Adam has held back jacking off like a tantric twink, but finally reaches down to fiddle with his funk filled phallus. He busts a wet and wild load all over the dark sheets as David continues to dick him down. Panting like the ass athlete he is, Rhodes lets out a riptide of salty seed inside Adam's crack. He slides his spent schlong up and down the outside of Hunt's drippy hole, then plants a powerful kiss on the pretty boy's lips.\n\nStarring\n\nAdorable twink Adam Hunt along with tall, dark and handsome David Rhodes sizzle with cock crazed chemistry the second we join them in the bedroom. After a hearty make out marathon, Hunt heads south having heard rumors about David's jumbo sized jock. With his mouth watering, Adam pulls at David's dick filled undies and nearly gets knocked out when the kid's cock swings free! Our tiny twink does his best to swallow the nearly foot long phallus, but that would be a challenge for ANYONE. He does work wonders though, using his hands and working the balls while slapping the long schlong on his tongue. David is dying to eat the blond boy's bone and gives the kid's knob a gag worthy wax job before ordering him onto the bed. Hunt instinctively hikes his heels to Jesus as David plunders and pillages his smooth pink pucker. He multitasks the hell out of the boy, reaching up to give Hunt a hand job while his face is still buried in that amazing ass. Adam is horned up good and practically begs David for that \"D!\" Rhodes stands up in an instant, eager to dip his wick inside the boy's hot, spit-wet hole. With one steady bareback thrust, Rhodes oversized appendage is completely inside Adam's ass. Adam accepts every inch, even wrapping his arms and legs around David to get dicked deeper. They rearrange so Adam can get banged standing, but not before he licks David's dick, tasting his own ass in the super sexy, porny process. The power bottom hardly touches his swaying salami, allowing us to enjoy the view while he enjoys the hot anal invasion. Rhodes mounts Hunt like a jungle animal, jamming every inch of juicy jock into the kid's ravenous rear end while steadily continuing to pick up the pace. Adam has held back jacking off like a tantric twink, but finally reaches down to fiddle with his funk filled phallus. He busts a wet and wild load all over the dark sheets as David continues to dick him down. Panting like the ass athlete he is, Rhodes lets out a riptide of salty seed inside Adam's crack. He slides his spent schlong up and down the outside of Hunt's drippy hole, then plants a powerful kiss on the pretty boy's lips."}
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-{"text": "I have updated the schedule to remove Jefferey Davidson, Charlotte Mann, and Dustin Potter. Those matches are now bye weeks. I have also changed matches scheduled at the Pub (Pub is now closed for buisness) to the Wagon Wheel from now until the end of the season. Some weeks there will be too many matches, so your match may need to be played on another night or at a different location. Greg or I will contact you if your match needs to be altered."}
-{"text": "I was 5 years old when I fell in love with Tonya Harding. The year was 1988, and I had just taken up figure skating. My favorite aunt, Julie, had recently moved from my Maryland neighborhood to Portland, Ore., and I was determined to find something to like about the state. Tonya, a scrappy Oregonian underdog, was the obvious choice. I swiftly designated her as my favorite skater.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nWhat began as a casual admiration quickly escalated into to a full-blown stalkerish obsession. While visiting Julie in Portland, I'd insist on trips to various Tonya landmarks, hoping to glean some information about my idol. Once, we went to the rink where Tonya learned to skate. Another time, we drove 40 minutes to Clackamas Mall\u2014the site of her practice sessions\u2014so I could literally kiss the ice she'd touched. When I was a little older my brother and I attempted to make a Tonya documentary, which involved scouring the Clackamas Mall parking lot with a camcorder, looking for her pickup truck. We were eventually kicked out by a mall cop, who caught us snooping in someone's truck bed while looking for signs of sequins.\n\nI never got my Tonya sighting, but it didn't matter. Part of my love for Tonya was grounded in her bad attitude, which felt like the only appropriate response to the figure skating community's paradoxical demands. The sport requires incredible strength and skill and discipline, but women skaters are expected to be as feminine as they are athletic. The ideal female skater must be able to propel herself high into the air, rotate three times or more, and then land on one extremely slender leg. And she must do this while wearing a leotard-tutu combination. With sequins.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAs a kid, these standards struck me as wildly unjust. I had spent much of my childhood fretting about my awkwardness, my perpetually tangled hair, my inability to pick out appropriately cool stirrup stretch pants. I loved skating because it meant I could literally fly. Was it really necessary that I be wearing a glittery spandex leotard while I did it? Couldn't I just barrel down the ice in my tapered mom jeans, frizzy hair flying in the wind?\n\nWell, no. Tonya would be the first to tell you that's not how the skating world works. In America in the early '90s, the biggest names in women's figure skating were Nancy Kerrigan, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Harding. Kerrigan wasn't a huge jumper but she had beautiful lines, strong, clean edges, and this gorgeous, mature style\u2014a modern dancer on skates. Yamaguchi, meanwhile, was consistent, technically superb, light on her feet, and graceful. Internationally, there were women like Japan's Midori Ito (the first woman in the world to land a triple axel in competition, and perhaps the biggest jumper in women's figure skating history) and France's Surya Bonaly (who performed backflips in her programs), but they didn't win Olympic gold. On the world stage, as in the history of the sport, a premium was placed on a light, ladylike elegance.\n\nTonya wasn't elegant, and it cost her. Her smile was pinched, and her bangs drooped over her forehead like a clump of wet spaghetti. While Vera Wang was custom-making Kerrigan's costumes, Tonya's mother, an allegedly abusive waitress named LaVona Golden, handcrafted hers. The results were not exactly couture quality and, according to Tonya, judges warned her off wearing some of them in competition. Tonya was the thunder-thighed black sheep of the figure skating world. She was irresistible to me. Imperfect but significant; infuriating but inspiring.\n\nIt wasn't just Tonya's appearance that worked against her. She was a powerful skater, but for a long time she lacked even the most basic artistic techniques. Her double jumps often came so easily as to appear inconsequential, but she had no balletic extension whatsoever; she could barely even get her leg in the air for a spiral. Especially in the late '80s and very early '90s, her footwork sequences felt perfunctory and artistically uninformed, at least by the standards of a judging system that required something called \"artistry.\" Tonya skated to music that suited her, stuff that was strong and cinematic, but she never quite seemed to connect with it. Later, when she did work on developing her programs artistically, her efforts came off as labored and plodding, as if those \"mature\" moves were literally slowing her down on the ice.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSponsored\n\nHer jumps, however, were another story. Tonya\u2014the first American woman to land the triple axel in competition \u00ad\u2013\u00ad sometimes jumped so hard her skates fell apart during competition. At Skate America in 1993, her blade came loose in the middle of a program, and she had to pause her performance to tighten the screw. At the 1994 Olympics, at the height of her notoriety, her skate laces broke minutes before her free skate. (Not everyone loved Tonya for these episodes, which were dramatic and disruptive, and which less generous souls than I might've chalked up to unpreparedness.) At their worst, her jumps were wild explosions of unrefined power. But when Tonya was on, they were awesome. She'd travel high and far across the ice, getting so much height she sometimes had time to visibly straighten her body on its axis in mid-air. Even her spins, which by today's standards might not be considered that sophisticated, were fast. Unlike many skaters, who lose speed if they stay spinning in one position too long, Tonya would just whip around and around and around, while her hands executed some awkward form of karate chop.\n\nTonya was powerful and fast, and she was fearless. As a skater, I could relate. I was no elite athlete, unfortunately, but my strengths and weaknesses mirrored hers. My legs were strong and I wasn't afraid of falling, so my jumps had speed and height. My spins were fast, too, but, like Tonya, I lacked the flexibility of my peers, who could pop their Gumby-like legs over their heads with unconscious facility. Moreover, I was impatient and unfocused. I wanted to be good\u2014great, even!\u2014but I also wanted to get good grades, take music lessons, hang out with my friends, eat junk food, watch TV, and lie around sobbing over young adult Holocaust novels. (It's possible Tonya and I differed in this way.)\n\nIn all, I was a high-strung adolescent female. I was self-conscious and insecure, and I saw my flaws at 2,000 percent magnification. I wanted to be cool and pretty, but I didn't want to be cookie cutter (or even to, like, brush my hair). There was a tension between who I wanted to be and who I believed I probably was, which gave way to a deep resentment toward anyone I perceived as even remotely having their shit together. Tonya, though, was safely and visibly imperfect. She seemed tormented by her world's simultaneous demands for grace and power, feminine likability and unapologetic assertiveness, humility and perfection. And while these are not unique struggles for a woman, particularly for an athletic one, Tonya's peers were savvier than she, and seemed to work them out more privately. Tonya was raw and wild. She wore her strengths and weaknesses on her puffy spandex sleeves, and she was judged harshly for this. But she refused to be ignored, and she could still fucking fly. She represented the fulfillment of an adolescent revenge fantasy\u2014my adolescent revenge fantasy, the one where the girl who doesn't quite fit in manages to soar over everyone's bullshit without giving up a fraction of her prerogative\u2014and I could not have loved her more.\n\nIt was 1994. The world had accused Tonya of conspiring to bash in Nancy Kerrigan's kneecap, and I had gone straight into denial mode.\n\nFor the next year of my life, I set about trying to convince myself that Tonya was indeed the victim of a frame-up. As it became clear that Tonya's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and his buddy, Shawn Eckhardt, had been involved in plotting the attack, my sympathies for Tonya only deepened. How tragic, I thought, that she'd been deceived by her closest confidantes! When Tonya conceded she'd known about her crew's involvement after the attack but not before, I took her at her word, figuring she must have had a good reason for her silence. When some papers were discovered in a dumpster possibly referencing the attack, and possibly penned in Tonya's handwriting\u2014well, duh: obviouslya plant by one of her many enemies!\n\nAdvertisement\n\nI spent many a weekend sleepover with a friend and classmate, the only other Tonya loyalist in my grade, crafting nuanced theories about our hero's innocence. After school, we'd watch VHS tapes documenting Tonya's best performances while debunking the mounting evidence against her. I engaged in lively Tonya-versus-Nancy debates with my classmates on the school bus in the mornings, and at one point even printed and distributed a newsletter documenting my theories.\n\nBut it was not enough for me to love and defend Tonya. In my obsession, I also developed a bitter and vindictive hatred of Nancy Kerrigan. I decried the nation's love for Kerrigan as a predictable and oppressive cultural preference for prim feminine superiority. I sneered at her beautiful designer costumes and disdained her fragile, lip-quivering dignity. I could not confront Nancy directly, so I took on her supporters at Woodlin Elementary School\u00ad instead\u2014the \"Nancys\" of my class. It was a lonely year.\n\nLast night, 20 years after the scandal, ESPN debuted The Price of Gold, a documentary about the Nancy-Tonya debacle. The film, part of the network's \"30 for 30\" series and directed by Nanette Burstein, focuses heavily on Tonya's story, likely in part because Kerrigan declined to be interviewed. (She's doing Olympic coverage for NBC in Sochi and gave that network an exclusive interview for a competing film.)\n\nAdvertisement\n\nWhen I started watching The Price of Gold, I was prepared for the possibility that I'd find I had been wrong about Tonya. But in the end I can't bail on my 10-year-old self entirely. Women's figure skating is still a sport dominated by attractive, graceful young women, and not since Tonya has a major skating contender challenged the expectations the way she did. Revisiting the old footage, I felt the surging tides of ancient sympathies. Now, as then, I wanted to believe that Tonya could be innocent.\n\nOf course, only a few people will ever know what really happened. Gillooly, who gave an interview to Deadspin last month, swears Tonya had a hand in the plot; Tonya, meanwhile, continues to deny any role.\n\nIt was 20 years ago today\u2014Jan. 6, 1994\u2014that a hired goon struck Nancy Kerrigan with a telescoping\u2026\nRead more Read more\n\nSarah Marshall over at The Believer details Tonya's defense, which the athlete enumerated in a series of interviews published in 2008 as The Tonya Tapes. Tonya's story is bizarre but not, to Marshall, unbelievable. Maintaining her innocence in the planning of the scandal, Tonya \"said she had attempted reconciliation with Jeff following their divorce, in 1993, because a representative from the United States Figure Skating Association told her to do so 'unless I didn't want the marks. If I wanted to make the Olympic team, I need to make myself a stable life.'\" She had to be more of a Nancy, in other words.\n\nAccording to Tonya, this was the logic behind her reunion with Gillooly. The problem, she claimed, was that he found out she was using him and \"came unglued.\"\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\"He told me he'd ruin me,\" Tonya said.\n\nMarshall writes:\n\nAfter the attack, Tonya told her interviewer, Jeff decided to threaten her by holding a gun to her head, letting two other men rape her, and then raping her himself, telling her he would kill her if she took her story to the FBI. Even if one finds reason to disbelieve this claim, Tonya's history of abuse, her justifiable lack of trust in authority figures, and her equally justifiable fear of how the public might treat her if she came forward with what she knew all make her failure to act seem perfectly fathomable.\n\nAs for Tonya's claims about her own innocence in the plot itself, any attempt to dismiss her version out of hand somewhat falls apart once one realizes that the dominant version of the story\u2014the story the press picked up and popularized, and the story that endured largely for that reason\u2014was Jeff's. Tonya's version of events is implausible only because it contradicts the story we've been familiar with for the last twenty years.\n\nI don't know the truth of what happened. But after everything\u201420 years of ridicule, an FBI investigation, a lifetime ban from the United States Figure Skating Association\u2014no one has definitively proven Tonya's involvement. She was never convicted of having a hand in the plot. And in light of that, her life sentence of infamy, unemployment, and total isolation from the skating world feels unduly harsh. Tonya, for one, is not OK with it.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\"Nancy's a princess. \u2026 She's a princess and I'm a pile of crap,\" Tonya says in the film. She's talking about how her image and Kerrigan's influenced the storylines surrounding the affair. People all called it a soap opera at the time, but that's not quite right. The scandal recapitulated the basic story of a certain kind of adolescence, a more realistic one than my fantasy, one in which an awkward girl, beset by impossible standards and harsh judgments, tries to leap above them all\u2014but still falls flat on her ass.\n\n\"You know what? It's not OK,\" Tonya goes on. \"It's not OK. How I was treated by everybody out there was not OK.\""}
-{"text": "7/08/2016\n\nAnger and lawlessness are raging in\nthe streets of America. This past Thursday 5 police officers were gunned down in our neighboring city of Dallas and 7 others wounded in a carefully planned attack that shocked the\nnation. Commenting on the Dallas massacre, retired NYPD detective, Bo Dietl,\nsaid he has never seen America as divided as it is at this time.\n\nRecalling the social turbulence of\nthe 1960s, he opined that this is an even more intense and critical moment in\nthe nation\u2019s history. Dr. Susan Hyatt says that, like 911, this could be\na tipping point in America\u2019s history.\n\nWhen a Nation Rejects God\n\nBut should we be shocked at the moral\nchaos invading our land when our highest officials have set themselves in opposition to the Moral Governor\nof the universe and made it clear they do not want His influence in this nation? Yes, they\nhave done this by ordering displays of the Ten Commandments removed from public\nschools, court houses, and all public owned property. They have done this by\nordering the removal of crosses and all Christian symbols from all government facilities. They\nhave done this by banning prayer and Bible reading in public schools. They have\ndone this by a growing hostility towards anything Christian in the public life\nof the nation.\n\nChoices have consequences and we are\nnow beginning to reap the consequences of this rejection of Christian morality.\nThe inevitable consequences of these actions were highlighted to me some time\nago when I heard a noted sociologist, who was being interviewed by Charlie\nRose, tell about the power of symbols to effect behavior. For example, in\nstudies he had directed, they found that a person is less likely to lie if a\nBible is in their presence at the time. They learned that the very presence of a Bible\nor the Ten Commandments will have a positive impact on a person\u2019s behavior.\n\nIt is thus no wonder that we are\nexperiencing such moral degeneracy in this nation. We could put off paying the\npiper for only so long. If George\nWashington, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin and the other Founders are looking\ndown from above, they are shaking their heads and saying, \u201cWe told you so.\u201d \u201cWe\nwarned you this could happen.\u201d\n\nThe Founders Solution for\nAmerica\u2019s Dilemma\n\nThe Founders were\nunanimous in their belief that the American Republic they formed could only be\nsustained by a moral and religious [Christian] people. In his Farewell Address,\nafter serving two terms as America\u2019s first president, Washington warned the fledgling\nnation to cling to morality and religion. Why? Because for Washington, morality\nand religion\n[Christianity] were the indispensable\nsupports for national stability and political prosperity (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 169-70).\n\nFor Washington, Christianity\nwas not something to be merely \u201ctolerated\u201d in the new nation, but something indispensable for the nation\u2019s survival\nand success. He also warned against entertaining the supposition that morality could be sustained\nwithout Christianity. The morality required to maintain a free republic could\nonly come from Christianity. He elaborated on this\nwhen he wrote,\n\n\u201cThe\npropitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards\nthe external rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained\u201d (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 174).\n\nJames Madison, the chief\narchitect of the U.S. Constitution, was in complete agreement with Washington\nconcerning the necessity of Christian morality. This is why he wrote, \u201cThe belief in a God All Powerful wise\nand good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments\nwhich enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources\u201d (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 131). He also\nwrote,\n\n\u201cWe have staked the whole\nfuture of the American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from\nit. We have staked the future . . . upon the capacity of each and all of us to\ngovern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments\u201d (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 173).\n\nThis belief in the\nnecessity of Christian morality in the public life of the nation was so prevalent\nthat when Thomas Paine sent a manuscript to Benjamin Franklin in which he\nattacked historic Christianity, Franklin refused to print it. In very strong\nlanguage Franklin suggested to Paine that he burn the manuscript and not allow\nanyone else to see it. \u201cIf men are this wicked with Christianity,\u201d said Franklin,\n\u201cWhat would they be if without it\u201d (Hyatt, Pilgrims andPatriots, 142).\n\nJohn Adams, America\u2019s second president, was of the same\nmind in this regard as Washington, Franklin, Madison, and all the Founders. This\nwas made clear in a 1798\naddress to the officers of the Massachusetts Militia in which he declared,\n\n\u201cWe have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions\nunbridled by morality and religion . . .\nOur Constitution was made only for a moral and\nreligious people. It is whollyinadequate\nto the government of any other\u201d (Hyatt, Pilgrimsand Patriots, 173).\n\nWhat Would Washington Do?\n\nIn the wake of the\nmassacre in Dallas, Texas, America is bewildered. The masses are looking for\nanswers and for leadership. At a time like this, it is appropriate to look to\nthe Founding Father of this nation and ask, \u201cWhat would George Washington do\nand say at a time such as this?\n\nWashington\nwould, without doubt, call the nation back to God. He once said, \"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.\" He would also point us to Jesus as our example and exhort us to treat one another\nwith love and respect. We know this to be true for this is what he expressed in\na letter to the governors of the various states at the end of the Revolutionary\nWar.\n\nIn what could be called a\n\u201cpastoral letter,\u201d Washington expressed his \u201cearnest prayer\u201d for the governors\nand the states over which they presided. He wrote,\n\n\u201cI now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State\nover which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the\nhearts of the citizens . . . to entertain a brotherly affection and love for\none another and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific\ntemper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our\nblessed religion, and without a humble imitation of His example in these\nthings, we can never hope to be a happy nation\u201d (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 134).\n\nConcluding\nThought\n\nMay\nthe political leaders of this nation come to their senses and realize that the\nanswer to America\u2019s current dilemma is not more laws and regulations out of\nWashington D.C. And may the pastors and religious leaders of this nation\nrealize that unless they boldly preach the \"whole counsel of God\" (Acts 20:26-27), they are\ncontributing to the problem. And may we all realize that unless we recover the\nvision and understanding of America\u2019s Founders, the free republic they created\nwill not survive.\n\n7/01/2016\n\nHow could the ragtag American colonists face the mighty British war machine that was at its peak of power and dominance? They found the answer in prayer. As the Catholic scholar, William Novak, says, \u201cIn all moments of imminent danger, as in the first Act of the First Continental Congress, the founding generation turned to prayer.\u201d\n\nThe First Congress Opens with Prayer\n\nThe first meeting of the First Continental Congress took place on September 5, 1774. Delegates traveled from as far north as New England and from as far south as South Carolina to discuss how to deal with the growing British oppression. They were particularly concerned that British troops had occupied the city of Boston and closed its port.\n\nSomeone proposed that they begin their\ndeliberations with prayer. Two delegates, however, opposed the motion on the\ngrounds that they were such a diverse religious group, including Anglicans,\nPuritans, Presbyterians and Quakers, that it would be impossible for them to\npray together.\n\nSamuel Adams, a Puritan from Boston who had\nbeen impacted by the Great Awakening, arose and said that he was not a bigoted\nman and that he could join in prayer with any person of piety and virtue who\nloved his country. He went on to say that, although he was a stranger to\nPhiladelphia, he had heard of an Anglican minister, a Rev. Jacob Dusche, who\nwas such a man, and he proposed that they invite him to come and lead them in\nprayer. Adams\u2019 proposal was approved and Dusche was asked to preside over a\ntime of Bible reading and prayer.\n\nAs the elderly,\ngrey-haired Dusche stood before the Congress, he began by reading the entire 35thPsalm, which powerfully impacted everyone\npresent. It is a prayer of David for deliverance and begins with the words, Plead\nmy cause O LORD with those who strive against me; fight against those who fight\nagainst me. The Psalm ends with praise for God\u2019s deliverance.\n\nAs the Psalm was read, a unique sense of\nGod\u2019s presence filled the room and tears flowed from many eyes. John Adams\nwrote to his wife, Abigail, of the impact of the Bible reading and prayer on\nthe delegates. He wrote,\n\nWho can realize the\nemotions with which they turned imploringly to heaven for divine interposition and aid.\nIt was enough to melt a heart of stone. I never saw a greater effect upon an\naudience. It seems as if heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read that day. I\nsaw tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave pacific Quakers of Philadelphia.\nI must beg you to read that Psalm.[i]\n\nAfter reading the Psalm, Dusche began praying\nfor the delegates, for America, and especially for the city ofBoston\nand its inhabitants who were under siege. As he began praying, the Anglicans, such as George Washington and\nRichard Henry Lee, knelt in prayer, according to their custom. The Puritans,\naccording to their custom, sat with bowed heads and prayed. Others prayed\naccording to their own, unique customs. But although their outward manners\ndiffered, there was a singleness of heart and purpose as they all united in\nprayer for God\u2019s assistance and intervention for America.\n\nThe Congress and the Nation Prays\n\nPrayer continued to be a daily and vital part\nof the proceedings of the Continental Congresses. When years later Benjamin\nFranklin called the delegates of the Constitutional Convention to prayer, he\nreminded them, \u201cIn the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we\nwere sensible to danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine\nprotection.\u201d Indeed, the Catholic scholar, Michael Novak, is correct when he\nsays, \u201cIn all moments of imminent danger, as in the first Act of the First Continental Congress, the founding\ngeneration turned to prayer.\u201d[ii]\n\nDuring the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congresses issued no less than fifteen separate calls for special days of prayer and\nfasting. For example, during the fall of 1776, when the morale of the army and\npopulace had sunk to an all-time low because of a poor harvest and hardship on\nthe battlefield, Congress proclaimed December 11, 1776, as a Day of Fasting and\nRepentance.\n\nJonathan Witherspoon, a Presbyterian Reformer\nand member of the Congress, was deputized to write the proclamation, which was\nthen approved by the rest of the Congress. It reads, in part,\n\nWHEREAS, the war in which the United States\nare engaged with Great Britain, has not only been prolonged, but is likely to\nbe carried to the greatest extremity; and whence it becomes all public bodies,\nas well as private persons, to reverence the Providence of God, and look up to\nhim as the supreme disposer of all events, and the arbiter of the fate of\nnations; therefore; RESOLVED, That it be recommended to all the United States,\nas soon as possible, to appoint a day of solemn fasting and humiliation; to\nimplore of Almighty God the forgiveness of the many sins prevailing among all\nranks, and to beg the assistance of his Providence in the prosecution of the\npresent just and necessary war. The Congress do also, in the most earnest\nmanner, recommend to the members of the United States, and particularly the\nofficers civil and military under them, the exercise of repentance and\nreformation, and the strict observance of the articles of war, particularly\nthat part which forbids profane swearing and all immorality, of which all such\nofficers are desired to take notice.[iii]\n\nThere was an amazing change of circumstances\nafter this day of prayer, with successes on the battlefield and the reaping of\nabundant harvests. There was, in fact, such a turnaround\nafter this that in 1779 Congress issued a proclamation setting aside a\nday of thanksgiving, because \u201cit hath pleased Almighty God, the father of\nmercies, remarkably to assist and support the United States of America in their\nimportant struggle for liberty.\u201d\n\nThe Congress then listed\nseven different accomplishments of God on the behalf of the nation, including\n\u201cmany instances of prowess and success in our armies\u201d and \u201cso great abundance\nof the fruits of the earth of every kind, as not only to enable us to easily to\nsupply the wants of the army, but gives comfort and happiness to the whole\npeople.\u201d[iv]\n\nWashington Makes\nPrayer a Vital Part of the Colonial Army\n\nThe Second Continental Congress, which\nconvened on May 10, 1775, asked George\nWashington to become commander-in-chief of the ragtag Colonial militias\nand to transform them into an army that could face the mighty British war\nmachine. Washington accepted the call and began immediately to instill in the\nColonial troops a very real faith in God, for as Novak says,\n\nWashington knew his only hope lay in a\nprofound conviction in the hearts and daily actions of all his men that what they did they did for God, and under\nGod\u2019s protection.[v]\n\nWashington, therefore, issued an order that\neach day was to begin with prayer led by the officers of each unit. He also ordered that, unless their duties required\nthem to be elsewhere, every soldier was to observe, \u201ca punctual\nattendance of Divine services, to implore the blessing of heaven upon the means\nused for our safety and public defense.\u201d He also forbade all profanity and\npromised swift punishment for any who uttered oaths that would offend God or\nman.\n\nWashington\ncontinually sought to instill in his troops faith and reverence toward God.\nWhile quartering at Valley Forge, during a\nparticularly difficult part of the war,Rev. Henry Muhlenberg was able to observe Washington\u2019s conduct\nfrom his nearby Lutheran Church. He wrote, \u201cWashington rode around among his\narmy yesterday and admonished each one to fear God.\u201c[vi]\n\nThat Washington\nhimself was a devout person in his private life was confirmed by Isaac Potts, a\nQuaker who lived near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, when the Continental Army,\nled by Washington, was wintering there under much duress in 1774-75. Potts was\na pacifist who opposed the war until he had a life-changing experience while\nriding through the woods one day during, perhaps, the bleakest period of the war.\nHe said,\n\nI heard a plaintive sound as of a man at prayer. I tied my horse to a\nsapling and went quietly into the woods and to my\nastonishment I saw the great George Washington on his knees alone, with\nhis sword on one side and his cocked hat on the other. He was at Prayer to the\nGod of the Armies, beseeching to interpose\nwith his Divine aid, as it was ye Crisis, and the cause of the country, of\nhumanity and of the world. Such a prayer I never heard from the lips of man. I\nleft him alone praying. I went home and told my wife I saw a sight and heard\ntoday what I never saw or heard before, and just related to her what I had seen\nand heard and observed. We never thought a man could be a soldier and a Christian,\nbut if there is one in the world, it is Washington.[vii]\n\nWashington\u2019s Farewell\nPrayer\n\nThe\nmany prayers were heard and the Revolutionary War came to an amazing end. It officially\nended on October 19, 1781 when General Cornwallis surrendered his entire force\nto Washington. In customary fashion, Cornwallis turned his sword over to\nWashington, and the weaponry of his troops was stacked in neat piles. As this\noccurred the British band played, \u201cThe World Turned Upside Down.\u201d For\nfreedom-loving people everywhere, however, the world had been turned right side\nup.\n\nShowing the influence of Christianity on the American\npopulace and their leaders, there was none of the revenge and butchery that are\nso common in Marxist and Islamic revolutions. There were no tribunals to exact\nrevenge, no reign of terror, and no bloodthirsty proclamations by the\nContinental Congress. The war ended and the patriots picked up their lives and\nmoved on.\n\nHaving completed his call, Washington issued\na letter of resignation as Commander-In-Chief to the Continental Congress.\nThen, he wrote what could be described as a pastoral letter, dated June 14,\n1783, to the governors of the various\nstates. This letter included his \u201cearnest prayer\u201d that is here quoted in\npart. He wrote,\n\nI now make it my earnest prayer that God\nwould have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection;\nthat he would incline the hearts of the citizens . . . to entertain a\nbrotherly affection and love for one another . . . and to demean ourselves with\nthat charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the\ncharacteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without a\nhumble imitation of His example in these things, we can never hope to be a\nhappy nation.[viii]\n\nOur Response\n\nSeeing the vital role of prayer in the\nbirthing of this nation, let us not be intimidated by the assertion that prayer\nis somehow inappropriate for public or political venues. Let us be bold in our\nfaith. Let us be salt and light in this generation. Let us pray. It is the\ngodly thing to do! It is the American thing to do!\n\n\u201cTo destroy a people\nyou must first sever their roots.\u201dAlexander\nSolzhenitsyn\n\nWill America survive?\nThe answer to that question depends on whether a nucleus of her citizens will\nrecover and reconnect with the nation\u2019s history. A nation derives its sense of\nidentity from its history. If you want to fundamentally change a nation, tamper\nwith its history, for as George Orwell said in his classic, 1984, \u201cWhoever controls the past,\ncontrols the future.\u201d Or as Karl Marx is said to have put it, \u201cPeople without a\nheritage are easily persuaded.\u201d\n\nThis gives understanding to the statement by\nBarack Obama shortly after taking office, \u201cAmerica is not a Christian nation.\u201d\nThis was not a statement based on the facts of history, but was, instead, a\nstatement based on an ideology and tied to his stated goal to \u201cfundamentally\nchange\u201d America. He was tampering with our history.\n\nAmerican history, of course, had already been\ntampered with before Barak Obama. Historians tamper with history, not always by\nchanging it, but by excluding what they find objectionable. There is, for\nexample, a noticeable void and absence when one reads modern textbook accounts\nof America\u2019s origins and compares that with the letters, journals and\nautobiographies of those same people and events. The common references to faith\nin God, the Bible and Jesus Christ in the original accounts are glaringly\nmissing in the modern renditions.\n\nModern historians seem to be embarrassed by\nAmerica\u2019s overt Christian origins. They,\ntherefore, tamper with her history by deleting or downplaying that aspect of\nher story. So what is being taught in public schools and universities today\nis a secularist revision of America\u2019s history.\n\nThe purpose of this book is not to give a\ndetailed account of America\u2019s beginnings,\nbut to highlight that aspect of her history that has been ignored or\ndiminished. This is necessary, for as the\nCatholic scholar, Michael Novak, says,\u201cIn\none key respect, the way the story of the United States has been told for the\npast one hundred years is wrong.\u201d\n\nWhat is \u201cwrong,\u201d according to Novak, is the\nelimination of faith from the story of America\u2019s history. He points out that to\nread most historians today, one would think that America\u2019s Founders were the\nembodiment of \u201csecular philosophy,\u201d when the truth is that \u201ctheir faith is an \u2018indispensable\u2019 part of their story.\u201d\n\nA unique contribution of\nthis book is documenting how the Christianity that gave birth to America was\nthe Christianity of the \u201cRadical Reformers.\u201d \u201cRadical Reformers\u201d is a term coined by\nGeorge H. Williams, the late Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale\nUniversity, in referring to the Anabaptists, but would also include groups such\nas the Separatist Puritans, the English Baptists and the Quakers. In some regards, it can also be a designation for Puritans in general and the\nearly Presbyterians.\n\nIt was these \u201cRadical\nReformers\u201d who articulated doctrines of freedom of conscience, religious liberty\nand the freedom of the church from the state. They brought these \u201cradical\u201d\nideals to America where they were further tried and forged in the furnace of\npractical experience in building a new life in the New World.\n\nThis is their\nstory. This is America\u2019s story. This is the story of freedom-loving people\neverywhere.\n\nFollow by Email\n\nWebsite for Dr. Eddie Hyatt\n\nFollowers\n\nLAYING THE BIBLICAL & HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ANOTHER GREAT SPIRITUAL AWAKENING\n\nIn 2010 Dr. Eddie Hyatt experienced a visitation from God lasting some 7-8 hours in which he was assured that America \"could\" see another Great Spiritual Awakening that would alter the course of the nation. Out of that experiecne came the book, \"Pilgrims and Patriots,\" that Pat Robertson called \" a must-read.\" From the book, Dr. Hyatt developed a PowerPoint presentation entitled \"America Reawaekning,\" that in 3 sessions, documents how this nation was birthed out of prayer and spiritual awakening. If you would like to sceudule one of these events, you can email him at dreddiehyatt@gmail.com."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nSaturday, July 16, 2016\n\nI often tell people I have Michigan roots, but I think it\u2019s often not conveyed as to how deep and wide those roots grow. I am the first generation of my family in five full generations and eight partial generations to not have been born, married, lived a significant part of my life, and/or died in Michigan, although I have had extended (months\u2019 long) visits. Here are some statistics about my Michigan roots:\n\nBoth my parents grew up and married in Michigan. My mom was born in Michigan; my dad was born in Alberta, Canada only because his dad was stationed there during World War II.\n\nAll four of my grandparents were born, married, and lived most of their lives in Michigan. My paternal grandfather was the only one of the four who died in a different state (Texas). He and my paternal grandmother were Michigan-Texas snowbirds for much of their retirement years. Grandpa and Grandma Robbins are two of only five of my ancestors buried west of the Mississippi River, in Texas.\n\nAll eight of my great-grandparents were Michiganders. One of my maternal great-grandfathers was the only one not born in Michigan; he was born in Illinois and his family moved to Michigan when he was three. All of my great-grandparents married, died, and were buried in Michigan.\n\nOf my 16 2nd-great-grandparents, all lived a significant part of their lives in Michigan. Six were born in Michigan, 12 were married in Michigan, 14 died and were buried in Michigan. The two ancestors of this generation who did not die in Michigan are another two of my five ancestors buried west of the Mississippi River, in Oregon.\n\nOf my 32 3rd-great-grandparents, 24\u2014all (16) of my dad\u2019s ancestors, and half (eight) of my mom\u2019s ancestors\u2014lived a significant part of their lives in Michigan, with two actually living their entire lives in the state. This is about 72% of that generation.\n\nOf my 64 4th-great-grandparents, I have been able to identify 62 of them. It\u2019s not likely the two unknown ancestors of this generation lived in Michigan, but it\u2019s not impossible. Of the 62, 17 of them lived in Michigan for part or most of their lives. They were all my dad\u2019s ancestors, and none of them were born in Michigan, but were immigrants from other states or countries. This is almost 27% of that generation.\n\nOf my 128 5th-great-grandparents, I can identify 88 of them. Of these 88, seven\u2014all my dad\u2019s ancestors\u2014were known to have lived in Michigan in their elder years. This is 5% of that generation. The earliest ones came around the time of Michigan statehood with their adult children to pioneer.\n\nWhen I tally the number of direct ancestors from my parents to my 5th-great-grandparents, I get 78 out of 254 people in seven generations who lived all or part of their lives in Michigan, or about 31%.\n\nNone of these figures include my grandmother\u2019s adoptive family, or my mother\u2019s step-father\u2019s family, both of which I research as if they were my own. It doesn\u2019t include hundreds of collateral families, which include thousands of individuals who are other children, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, step-parents, step-siblings, in-laws, and second (or more) spouses of my direct ancestors.\n\nMichigan counties in which my direct ancestors live include (in alphabetical order): Allegan, Antrim, Clinton*, Genesee*, Gratiot*, Houghton, Ingham*, Kalamazoo*, Kent*, Lapeer*, Lenawee, Macomb*, Muskegon*, Oakland*, Oceana*, Ottawa*, Newaygo*, Saginaw, Sanilac, St. Clair*, Tuscola, Washtenaw*, and Wayne. I\u2019ve marked the counties with an asterisk if I had more than three direct ancestors living there at one time or another. The top six counties with the most direct ancestors who lived in them are Kent (21), Ottawa (15), Lapeer (13), Muskegon (12), Genesee (10), and Newaygo (9). Some ancestors are counted more than once, because they may have lived in more than one of these counties.\n\nOf my 57 ancestors who came to Michigan from another state or country, the highest number were born in New York State (18), the Netherlands (12), and Canada (7). Four each were born in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; three each were born in Ohio and Vermont; one each was born in England, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Minnesota.\n\nBecause of all this, I've learned a lot about Michigan genealogical resources and historical records over the years. There's always more to learn, however!\n\nDo you have ancestors from Michigan? Or do you have numerous ancestors from another state or province that causes you to be an \u201cexpert\u201d in genealogical research in that location? Tell me about it in the comments below, or write a blog post and link it here.\n\n6 comments:\n\nWow! Michigan runs DEEP in your blood! My mother's maternal line has very deep roots in Tennessee and my father's paternal line is from Pennsylvania. I have trouble finding anyone on either line who didn't live in those particular states from birth to death. I wish I lived closer to those states so I could become the expert I want to be!\n\nDana, I've always lived in either Alaska or Michigan, so doing long-distance research has been a challenge. I have purchased genealogy books on doing research in Michigan and doing long-distance research. The internet has helped immensely, but I also have rented a lot of microfilm at my local Family History Center from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I've utilized volunteer look-up researchers and hired for-pay researchers, and done what I can during short trips back to Michigan.\n\nWhat counties do your Pennsylvania people come from? Mine were in McKean, Tioga, and Potter counties, and my children's paternal ancestors came from Union, Centre, York, and Northampton counties. My children also have ancestry from Lincoln and Moore counties in Tennessee."}
-{"text": "Tottenham's biggest test will come this summer in what could be a very tense transfer window\n\nNo silverware is awarded to the best Premier League team over two seasons, but if there was a trophy to honor that distinction, it would go to Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs have amassed the most points \u2013 an impressive 153 \u2013 the last two campaigns, having finished third with 70 points in 2015-16 and locked up second place this season with 83 points. Tottenham \u2013 behind Harry Kane\u2019s four-goal outburst \u2013 added three more points with Thursday\u2019s 6-1 destruction of Leicester City.\n\nThere are several reasons why Spurs have not been \u201cso Spursy,\u201d the derisive phrase used by critics and opposing supporters to ridicule Tottenham\u2019s tendency for stumbling at the most inopportune moment. At the forefront of this new club identity is manager Mauricio Pochettino, whose steady hand has allowed Spurs to move forward from the mistakes of the failed Andre Villas-Boas tenure. At the core of the Argentine\u2019s genius has been the creation of arguably the Premiership\u2019s most complete team anchored by the league\u2019s stingiest defense the past two seasons (just 60 goals conceded in 75 games).\n\nThe most revelatory aspect has been the attack. No Premier League team boasts three 20-goal scorers in all competitions like Tottenham with Kane (29), Dele Alli (21) and Son Heung-min (20). Kane took over the league scoring lead with 26 with his four goals in Thursday\u2019s rout, which also saw Son bag a brace to join Kane and Alli in the 20-goal club.\n\nPochettino\u2019s Spurs have the makings of a Premier League champion. The big question is whether he or his young stars will stick around to help win the club\u2019s first top-flight title since 1961.\n\nThat\u2019s why Tottenham is about to enter its most crucial offseason since 2013, when it sold Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and reinvested most of the then-world-record $130 million transfer fee into assets like Christian Eriksen and busts like Roberto Soldado. Alli, the two-time PFA Young Player of the Year winner, has been linked with Real Madrid since his breakout last season. Kane has been rumored to be Manchester United\u2019s replacement for Zlatan Ibrahmovic, whose future with the Red Devils has been clouded by a lengthy recover from knee surgery. And, despite confirming his desire to stay in North London, Pochettino continually finds his name on wish lists of bigger clubs (namely Barcelona and Inter Milan).\n\nBoth Kane, 24, and Alli, 21, have seemingly pledged their commitment to Pochettino\u2019s project. But even when Alli calls Spurs \u201ca fantastic club to be a part of,\u201d he feeds the supporters\u2019 paranoia by adding comments like \u201cYou can never say what\u2019s going to happen in the future.\u201d\n\nKane, who signed a contract extension last December that will keep him at Tottenham through 2022, seems to be the least likely flight risk. But transfer talk is but a whisper right now. The biggest test for Spurs will start once the final whistle blows after its last game of the season at Hull City on Sunday and the summer transfer window opens July 1. Because if Tottenham is to sustain this new success \u2013 and build upon it \u2013 then chairman Daniel Levy and the Spurs board must resist the temptation to sell Alli or, more importantly, Kane, \u201cone of the best strikers in the world,\u201d according to Pochettino. They need to keep that last guy around, too.\n\n\u201cWe will keep the players we want to keep, and we will sell the players we want to sell,\u201d Pochettino said after Thursday\u2019s victory. \u201cLike always \u2013 every season, every summer \u2013 that [a transfer] is possible. But I think we are so, so, so calm about our key players, and they are so happy here. We are all very happy here.\u201d\n\nIf Tottenham fails to keep everyone there, though, it would be so, so, so Spursy."}
-{"text": "I was thinking. How good would it be for both cmm and for the mapping community if cmm developed a map pack full of all the textures, models, scripts, tutorials, etc that we use. Make it a huge pack, but have everything in it. All of us can add our own things"}
-{"text": "Google has formally opposed a U.S. Department of Justice proposal that would make it easier to obtain a search warrant. Pictured: U.S. Department of Homeland Security analysts work at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center located just outside Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 24, 2010. Photo: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang\n\nLawyers for Google have complained that a U.S. Department of Justice plan to expand the government's hacking ability is not only unconstitutional but sets a dangerous precedent for the Internet.\n\nRichard Salgado, Google's director for law enforcement and information security, submitted a public comment recently regarding the DOJ's push to update Rule 41 of the federal rules of criminal code, which permits judges to grant federal search warrants only within their legal jurisdiction. The DOJ has sought to expand that boundary and thus obtain warrants for computers in an unknown location. Salgado categorized the proposed change as unnecessarily vague, suggesting it could lead to the simultaneous remote search of millions of computers.\n\nSuch a change \u201craises a number of monumental and highly complex constitutional, legal, and geopolitical concerns that should be left to Congress to decide,\u201d he wrote in the company's public comment. \u201cThe serious and complex constitutional concerns implicated by the proposed amendment are numerous and, because of the nature of the Fourth Amendment case law development, are unlikely to be addressed by courts in a timely fashion.\u201d\n\nThough Google was joined by the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil liberties groups, the company is so far the only tech firm to publicly oppose this Justice Department proposal.\n\nHow long Google will be alone on this is impossible to determine, though the company was joined by Yahoo and Facebook in its boycott of President Obama's speech on cybersecurity last week at Stanford University. Indeed, opposing the DOJ on the issue of search warrants is just the latest point of contention between prosecutors and Google, which has complained for years that law enforcement powers online are too broad."}
-{"text": "Craig Derrick from Lucasarts and Mike Stemmle from Tell-Tale Games give us a preview of two Monkey Island games, the re-release of the original The Secret of Monkey Island, and the new Tales of Monkey Island, complete with demos of both"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nMario and his Friends in McDonalds Happy Meal\n\nWednesday, December 28, 2016\n\nIf you haven't seen it yet, McDonalds released new toys for the McDonalds Happy Meal! It's just in time for the Super Mario Run release last December 15 and I've been playing it for a couple of days already. Although not all of these guys are on the game, the history was enough to spark interest with these cool guys who have already been part of my childhood and they're going to be part of this generation. That's something really good.\n\nYoshi here is an Egg Sticker Dispenser. Just roll out the strip using that grooved dial and let him lat eggs of different colors and sizes! Pretty neat!\n\nThe enemies are also in cute stuff, King Koopa just brought his manual spinning plane which you can twist around nunerous times and he still won't be dizzy! At least he won't bother Mario :)\n\nPrincess Toadstool brought her pretty dress and umbrella but you can find tons of stickers underneath her skirt, just pop it open like a bottle and you'll see her favorites like flowers and stuff, most little girls chose her, so stores might run out of these very soon!\n\nCute and bubbly, Toad would love to wave at you all day! Jusy click the notch on his back and his arms and hands would go up and down. Like airplanes would stop if he's around, but not if it's Koopa on the plane of course!\n\nEver hated these ghosts? Boo can give you a fright while his tounge goes from side to side. Now think about it, if he's chasing you while you're getting those coins, wouldn't that be scary? I bet!\n\nThis one is cute, the Small Mario with the Question Mark Box that gets you a star when you hit it. This is a super nice piece!\n\nMy favorite character of all, spins like there's no tomorrow. He'll surely hit other characters if they're around. I will still play with him if he's in the game!\n\nSuper Mario complete with sound effects so you can hear him jump and jump and jump whenever he needs to and want too. Again, you can get him FREE in every McDonalds Happy Meal so rush to stores before the month ends!"}
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-{"text": "The first two chapters of Genesis present an intriguing dilemma: two individual creation accounts with strikingly different features, which appear to contradict each other (Bosman 2004, p.43). A survey of three interpretative models \u2013 historical, polemical, and theological \u2013 will demonstrate the importance of contextualising Genesis. When returned to its original socio-historical setting, the creation narrative develops new meaning and a clearer purpose emerges.\n\nGenesis 1-3 reads as a historical drama (Utley 2001, p.3) reflecting the pre-scientific worldview of its author, which we are not required to share. Cosmological features are described in the phenomenal language1 of the period (\u2018Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters\u2026 God called the dome Sky\u2019, Genesis 1:6,8).\n\nTime is recorded in the simplest way, by reference to natural cycles (\u2018And there was evening and there was morning, the third day\u2019, Genesis 1:13). Christians have traditionally assumed that the Bronze Age audience of this creation account understood it as a literal record of historical events, and that we must follow suit.\n\nThe historical interpretative model still prevails in contemporary Christian exegesis, which habitually combines a presumption of absolute historicity with a rigidly literal hermeneutic.2 Christian apologist Dan Story speaks for many when he asserts \u2018Christians are logically justified and philosophically consistent to accept biblical creation without investigating scientific evidence.\u20193\n\nBut the historical model can take milder forms. Popular alternatives involve interpreting the 7 days of the Genesis creation as vast time periods (e.g. millions of years), or proposing a chronological \u2018gap\u2019 between Genesis 1 and 2 to account for the plethora of \u2018pre-Adamic\u2019 life found within the fossil record.4"}
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-{"text": "Translate this site:\n\nTameside Housing Advice\n\nINTRODUCTION\n\nThe Homeless Reduction Bill \u2013Received Royal Assent and therefore became an Act of Parliament on 27th April 2017. The Homeless Reduction Act will place new legal duties on English Councils so that everyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness will have access to meaningful help, irrespective of their priority need status, as long as they are eligible for assistance.\n\nThe Act will amend part VII of the Housing Act 1996\n\nThe Act draws on the work of an independent panel of experts established by Crisis (the national charity for single homeless people) in 2015 which favoured a framework similar to the one introduced by Housing Wales Act 2014.\n\nThe expert panels aim was to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the current legislation affecting single homeless people in England and to propose improvements to the legal framework to prevent and tackle single homelessness in England without undermining the rights people currently have under the existing system.\n\nThe new framework began as a Private Members Bill introduced to Parliament in June 2016 by Bob Blackman, backbench conservative MP for Harrow East.\n\nThe Bill was published following a homelessness inquiry conducted by the cross parties Communities and Local Government (CLG) Select Committee and takes into account the committee\u2019s pre-legislative inquiry.\n\nFIVE KEY CHANGES IN THE HOMELESSNESS REDUCTION ACT\n\nIMPROVED ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND THE PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS\n\nA review of the current homeless legislation found that the advice and information provided to single homeless people needed to be much more effective. Under the Homeless Reduction Act everyone in a local authority\u2019s district should be able to access free information and advice on\n\nPreventing Homelessness\n\nSecuring accommodation when homeless\n\nThe rights of people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness and the duties of the authority\n\nAny help that is available from the authority other agencies and charities\n\nHow to access that help\n\nAdvice and information should be designed to meet the needs of particular groups for example Care Leavers, people suffering with a mental illness or impairment and any other groups as identified as being at risk of homelessness.\n\nEXTENDED THE PERIOD THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS\n\nUnder the current legislation an applicant is only assessed as threatened with homelessness if they are likely to become homeless within 28 days.\n\nThe extension aims to encourage local authorities to act quickly and proactively and will allow local authorities more time to prevent homelessness.\n\nDUTY TO ASSESS ALL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS CASES AND AGREE A PERSONALISED HOUSING PLAN\n\nThe first step in the amended framework is for LA\u2019s once they have satisfied that someone is homeless or threatened with homelessness and is also eligible for assistance, is to carry out an assessment of the applicant\u2019s case. These assessments should include the circumstances that have caused homelessness and what housing the applicant needs, what accommodation would be suitable and whether the applicant and their household need support to obtain and keep accommodation.\n\nPREVENTION DUTY IN CASES OF THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS\n\nIf a LA is satisfied someone is threatened with homelessness and is eligible regardless of local connection the LA must take reasonable steps with regards to the assessment to help them avoid becoming homeless.\n\nOnce triggered the prevention duty will continue for 56 days until it is brought to an end via one of the prescribed conditions i.e. they accept accommodation that has reasonable prospect of being available for at least 6 months.\n\nApplicants have a right to request a review of a decision to end this duty.\n\n5. RELIEF DUTY IN CASES WHERE THE APPLICANT IS HOMELESS\n\nUnder this clause the LA must take reasonable steps with reference to the applicant\u2019s assessment to help all eligible applicants to secure accommodation for at least 6 months unless the applicant is referred to another local authority due to having no local connection to the local authority they have applied to.\n\nOnce triggered the relief duty will continue for a further 56 days unless it is brought to an end via one of the prescribed conditions.\n\nAdditionally all people who are found to be homeless and in priority need, will be provided interim accommodation. Assessments on vulnerability to determine priority need will not change under the new legislation however it may require LA\u2019s working closely with agencies to complete these assessments.\n\nApplicants who have a priority need and were homeless unintentionally and whose homelessness has not been successfully relieved after 56days will be owed the main housing duty unless they refuse co-operate.\n\nApplicants are owed a lesser accommodation duty if they are intentionally homeless.\n\n6. PUBLIC BODIES \u2013DUTY TO REFER\n\nThe duty to refer comes into effect October 2018\n\nEffective prevention and relief of homelessness requires public bodies to work together.\n\nWhere a public body considers that someone they are working with is or may be threatened with homelessness they MUST and only with the persons consent refer to the local authority homeless team.\n\nThe public bodies that are subject to the duty to refer have been identified as:"}
-{"text": "Customers Reviews and Pictures\n\n\"Mark, Hawaii\"\n\n\"Dean Brisbane\"\n\nFirst of all, where do I start. After many months of research I'm glad to have come across the \"jet ski fishing mob\". I was very close to settling for a pontoon that would've made my ski look like it had training wheels. For half the price and the head ache of maintaining the pontoon and the worries of a wahoo/marlin deflating it I came across the jet ski collar from the mob. Thanks to Rico for the guidance on the install instructions and video. Also, for his excellent customer service and taking the time to answer any questions I had. Today was the first day I splashed the ski in the water and the first time the wifey came out on my ski. We had a blast and the stability of the collars made sure of it. Thanks again Rico and the J.S.M. for developing a great product. Mahalo from Hawaii! Mark. thanks for the killer hoodies!\n\nYer pretty awesome. The ski is super stable. I can stand on the side and it won\u2019t tip at all. Was awesome cornering at speed too.\n\n\"JJ Aucland NZ\"\n\n\"JC Aucland NZ\"\n\nHey mate. Took her out for the first run today. Very smooth and stable. It was a calm day and haven\u2019t really taken of the choppy waters yet but so far so good.\n\nEasy to fit and super stable, still have to give it a good test!\n\n\"Charl O'Connell\" Qld Aus\n\n\"Graham\" Qld Aus\n\nThe Jet Ski Collars has made a massive difference to my Yamaha VXR. Super stable and comfortable ride. The plastic coating was a great idea, protects them from wear and tear. Installation was easy, just double check the nuts at the back is tight.\n\nOnly done one run to Tangalooma and they work great.\n\n\"Jeremy\" Independence Oregon, USA\n\n\"Micheal W\" Bahrain\n\nWOW! I am impressed!! I love my jet ski collars! I took them out on a rough bar crossing today and they worked great. I went full speed jumped some BIG waves. They took everything I threw at them. I am a bigger guy and I was able to stand on one side of the ski when I could not do that before. Money well spent! Thanks for the the great service and awesome product!Jeremy, Independence Oregon, USA\n\nI belief this was the first set sold in Bahrain. Great service and product. I had my Collars installed by our Yamaha dealer in Bahrain and they had no problems to fit them. Thanks boys!\n\n\"Adam\" NSW Australia\n\n\"Dax\" Qld Australia\n\nThanks for a great product mate! Just took it for it's first run straight out trough the surf and into shit conditions and they went fantastic!\n\n\u200bGreat Product and service! Took it out over the weekend and it was freaken awesome! Thanks for fitting them on short notice.\n\n\"Jeremy\" Independence Oregon, USA\n\nJet Ski Fishing Mob\n\nTelephone: 1300 910 008\n\nWOW! I am impressed!! I love my jet ski collars! I took them out on a rough bar crossing today and they worked great. I went full speed jumped some BIG waves. They took everything I threw at them. I am a bigger guy and I was able to stand on one side of the ski when I could not do that before. Money well spent! Thanks for the the great service and awesome product!Jeremy, Independence Oregon, USA\n\nLinda Taylor,\n\nThe colllars have added so much more stability to our ski. Amazed with how it handled in the water especially getting on and off and even turning around on back of ski while moving and facing the rear and getting into the eski. (We usually have alot more camping equipment on back of ski )"}
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-{"text": "The University of Idaho football team honored its captains, graduating seniors and award winners at its annual banquet Saturday night at the Student Union Ballroom.\n\nSafety Shiloh Keo, a fixture in the secondary since his arrived on campus in 2006, earned the team's Most Valuable Player honor. Quarterback Nathan Enderle and receiver Eric Greenwood were honored as the team's Offensive Players of the Year, while defensive end Aaron Lavarias was the Defensive Player of the Year and punter Bobby Cowan the Most Valuable Special Teams Player.\n\nAlso recognized were running back Deonte' Jackson as the Wayne Walker Ironman Award winner and safety Brandon Artz was the Special Teams Ironman award winner. The Hec Edmundson Most Inspirational Player went to linebacker Tre'Shawn Robinson and the Wayne Anderson Coaches Award went to defensive tackle Michael Cosgrove. Defensive tackle Jonah Sataraka earned the Vandal Pride Strength Award and Lavarias, as the night's only double honoree, was the recipient of the Kathy Clark Scholar-Athlete Award.\n\nKeo leaves Idaho with the all-time punt return yardage record (585) and is in the top six on five other career and single-season lists. He accumulated 358 tackles (fifth all-time at Idaho) as well as 11 interceptions (tied for sixth all-time), 21 passes defensed (sixth career) and 18.5 tackles for loss in a career that included redshirting for part of the 2008 season with a shoulder injury.\n\nEnderle became Idaho's first quarterback to surpass the 10,000-mark since the Vandals moved to Division I in 1996. He's the third overall with his 10,084 yards, which capped a senior season during which he was on three national watch lists and was a top 10 player on the Manning Award list. He leaves Idaho as the all-time leader in pass attempts (1,427) and is second in completions (779). He is fourth all-time in average per game (224.1), TD passes (74) and total offense yards (9,935).\n\nGreenwood capped his career by leading the Vandals in receiving during his senior season. He pulled in 46 passes for 741 yards for an average of 16.1 yards per catch. He graduates with 1,246 yards on 89 receptions after playing since his true freshman year.\n\nLavarias came into his own as a senior and led the team with 17 tackles for loss totaling minus-85 yards. He finished his career 30 tackles for loss (-127 yards), 14 quarterback sacks (-94 yards), 19 quarterback hurries and a total 152 yards. He scored the first touchdown of his football career (dating to junior high school) when he recovered a fumble in the end zone against Boise State.\n\nCowan has made a big impression as Idaho's punter and is the current career average leader (44.2 on 101 punts). More than one-third of his punts have been longer than 50 yards with his longest a 67-yarder in 2009. His longest in 2010 was 65. His 2010 average of 45.1 yards per kick is second best for a single season in school history.\n\nSataraka, a two-time team captain, wrapped up his Idaho career with 91 tackles, which includes 10.5 for loss (-39 yards) and five sacks (-30 yards). He also had four quarterback hurries and two passes defensed in addition to one fumble recovery.\n\nCosgrove, as a junior one of three underclassmen to be honored, had 30 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss (-15 yards) and 10 quarterback hurries during 2010 as he accumulated career totals of 82 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss (-37 yards) and 6.5 sacks (-31 yards).\n\nRobinson was called on to step into a starting linebacking role when JoJo Dickson was lost for the season with a broken ankle. He responded with three double-digit tackle efforts, which includes 16 against Nevada, in totaling 80 for the season. Included in his 2010 total were 10 tackles for loss to bring his career numbers to 143 total tackles and 17.5 tackles for loss (-66 yards).\n\nArtz, a backup safety, earned a scholarship prior to the start of the season and was voted Special Teams Captain alongside Keo. He had seven tackles on the season and was an integral member of the special teams unit.\n\nThe scout team honorees are Podrabsky, a 6-foot-6 quarterback from Lewiston; Forde, a 6-foot-4 defensive end from Woodinville, Wash., and Hennessey, a 5-foot-11 cornerback from Mountain Home whose father, Tom, was a linebacker at Idaho and still is third on the Vandals' all-time tackles list."}
-{"text": "Thermoplastic Elastomers\n\nProcessing Range\n\nWe process all common polymeric thermoplastic materials during extrusion, injection molding and assembly. The class of materials known as thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) are a speciality in the field of engineering plastics.\n\nAdvantage of TPE Materials\n\nThe advantage of TPE materials is the combination of elastic properties with thermoplastic processability properties.\n\nDepending on the chemical structure, there are basically two different types of TPE materials:\n\nPolymer blends\n\nBlock copolymers\n\nThe specific properties are achieved by a selective combination of a hard component with a soft phase. In the case of polymer blends these two components are mixed, whereby the hard and the soft component are arranging themselves in different phases. With block copolymers, however, the different segments are combined in a molecular chain.\n\nFigure 1: Illustration of the hard and soft segments of a TPE block copolymer\n\nThe hard-soft combinations mentioned above play an outstanding role particularly in the medical technology sector. TPE materials can, as elastic softcomponent for example, be ideally combined with various thermoplastic polymers.\n\nWe use TPE materials for a large number of applications. They are best suited for replacing rubber, latex or PVC, and, in soft touch applications for improving the haptics or for the use as sealing elements. Thanks to multi-component technology and special thermoplastic elastomers, sealing elements can be integrated into a component in one processing step without subsequent assembly work.\n\nGood adhesion of TPE is achieved on thermoplastics such as PE, PP, PS, ABS, PC and PA. Other polymer combinations to be used in the areas of medical engineering and pharmaceuticals can be realized at RAUMEDIC for your specific product.\n\nIf requested, we can also conduct the necessary material qualifications with regard to normative, toxicological and biological as well as customer-specific requirements."}
-{"text": "Exodus 38\n\nExodus 38Wycliffe Bible (WYC)\n\n38 He made also the altar of burnt sacrifice of the wood of shittim, of five cubits by square, and of three cubits in height; (And he made the altar of burnt sacrifice out of shittim wood, or acacia wood, five cubits square, and three cubits in height;)\n\n2 whose horns came forth [out] of the corners, and he covered it with plates of brass.\n\n3 And into the uses thereof he made ready of brass diverse vessels, cauldrons, tongs, fleshhooks, hooks, and firepans. (And he made diverse vessels out of bronze for use with it, yea, the cauldrons, tongs, fleshhooks, hooks, and firepans.)\n\n4 He made also the brazen griddle thereof, in (the) manner of a net (And he made its bronze griddle, which was like a net), and a firepan under it, (in) the midst of the altar.\n\n5 And he melted out four rings, by so many ends of the griddle, to put in the bars [for] to bear it; (And he made four bronze rings, to fasten to the four corners of the griddle, for the bars to be put through, to carry it;)\n\n6 and he made those same bars of the wood of shittim, and covered them with plates of brass. (and he made those bars out of shittim wood, and covered them with bronze plates.)\n\n7 And he led them into the rings that stood forth in the sides of the altar. Forsooth that altar was not firm, but hollow of the building of the boards, and void within. (And he put them through the rings that were fastened to the sides of the altar. And that altar was not solid, but hollow, having been built out of boards, and so was empty within.)\n\n8 He made also a great washing vessel of brass, with his foundament, of the mirrors (of brass) of the women that watched in the great street of the tabernacle. (And he made a great bronze washing vessel, and its bronze foundation, or its bronze base, out of the bronze mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance to the Tabernacle of the Witnessing.)\n\n9 And he made the great porch, or (the) great entry, in whose south coast were [the] curtains of bis folded again, of an hundred cubits, (And he made the courtyard, on whose south side were curtains made out of finely woven linen, a hundred cubits long,)\n\n10 (and) twenty brazen pillars with their bases; the hooks of [the] pillars, and the holdings of those[a], were of silver; (with twenty bronze pillars, and their bronze bases; and the hooks of the pillars, and their bands, were made out of silver;)\n\n11 evenly at the north coast, the curtains, pillars, and bases, and the hooks of (the) pillars, and the holdings of those, were of the same measure, and work, and metal. (likewise on the north side, the curtains, the pillars, the bases, the hooks of the pillars, and their bands, all had the same measurements, and work, and metal, as those on the south side.)\n\n12 Forsooth in that coast that beholdeth [to] the west were curtains of fifty cubits, (and) ten brazen pillars with their bases; and the hooks of (the) pillars, and the holdings of those, were of silver. (And on the west side were curtains fifty cubits long, with ten bronze pillars, and their bronze bases; and the hooks of the pillars, and their bands, were made out of silver.)\n\n13 Soothly against the east he made ready curtains of fifty cubits, (And the east side, where the entrance to the Tabernacle was, was also fifty cubits long,)\n\n14 of which curtains one side had fifteen cubits, of three pillars with their bases; (and on one side of the entrance, he made curtains fifteen cubits long, with three pillars, and their bases;)\n\n15 and in the other side, for he made the entering of the tabernacle betwixt ever either, were curtains evenly of fifteen cubits, three pillars, and so many bases. (and on the other side of the entrance, he also made curtains fifteen cubits long, with three pillars, and their bases.)\n\n16 Bis folded again covered all the curtains of the great entry. (And all the curtains of the courtyard were made out of finely woven linen.)\n\n17 The bases of the pillars were of brass; forsooth the hooks of those pillars, and the holdings of them, were of silver; but also he covered with silver (the heads of) the pillars of the great entry. (The bases of the pillars were made out of bronze; and the hooks of the pillars, and their bands, were made out of silver; and the tops of the pillars in the courtyard were also made out of silver.)\n\n18 And in the entering thereof he made a curtain, by embroidery work, of jacinth, purple, vermilion, either red cloth, and of bis folded again, which curtain had twenty cubits in length, and the height was of five cubits, by the measure which all the curtains of the great entry had. (And for the entrance to the courtyard he made a curtain out of jacinth, and purple, and red silk twice-dyed, and finely woven linen, and embroidered it; which curtain was twenty cubits in length, and five cubits in height, the same measurements as the courtyard curtains.)\n\n19 Forsooth the pillars in the entering were four, with brazen bases, and the hooks of (the) pillars, and the holdings of those, were of silver; (And there were four pillars at the entrance, with bronze bases, and the hooks of the pillars, and their bands, were made out of silver;)\n\n20 and he made [the] brazen stakes of the tabernacle, and of the great entry, by compass. (and he made the bronze pegs for the Tabernacle, and for the courtyard all around it.)\n\n21 These be the numbers (of the amounts of metals) of the tabernacle of witnessing, that be numbered, by the commandment of Moses, in the ceremonies, that is, services, of Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, [the] priest. (These be the numbers for the amounts of the metals used in the Tabernacle of the Witnessing, that be listed, by the commandment of Moses, and made by the Levites, under the hand, or under the authority, of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.)\n\n22 Which instruments Bezaleel, the son of Uri, [the] son of Hur, of the lineage of Judah, fulfilled; for the Lord commanded by Moses, (Which Tabernacle, and its purtenances, Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made; all of which the Lord commanded to Moses to be made.)\n\n23 while Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the lineage of Dan, was joined fellow to him, and he himself was a noble craftsman of wood, and a tapicer, that is, a weaver of diverse colours, and an embroiderer of jacinth, purple, vermilion, and bis. (And Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, was joined in fellowship with Bezaleel, and he himself was a noble craftsman of wood, and a tapicer, that is, a weaver of diverse colours, and an embroiderer in jacinth, and purple, and red silk twice-dyed, and fine linen.)\n\n24 All the gold that was spended in the work of the saintuary, and that was offered in gifts, was of nine and twenty talents, and of seven hundred and thirty shekels, at the measure of the saintuary. (All the gold that was used for the work of the sanctuary, and that was offered in gifts, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the measure of the sanctuary.)\n\n25 Forsooth the silver of (the) numbering of the people was an hundred hundreds, and a thousand and seven hundred and seventy (and five) shekels, at the weight of (the) saintuary, (And the silver gotten from the registering of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the measure of the sanctuary,)\n\n26 half a shekel by each head of all that passed (by) to (be) number(ed), from twenty years and above, of six hundred thousand and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty men. (half a shekel from each man who was registered, twenty years and older, that is, from six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty men.)\n\n27 Furthermore there were an hundred talents of silver, of which the bases of the saintuary were melted out (al)together, and (the bases) of the entering, where the veil hangeth; an hundred bases were made of an hundred talents, for to each base was ordained a talent. (And furthermore there were a hundred talents of silver, out of which the bases, for the sanctuary, and for the entrance where the Veil hangeth, were melted out; one hundred bases were made out of one hundred talents, that is, one talent was used for each base.)\n\n28 Forsooth (from out) of a thousand (and) seven hundred and seventy and five shekels, he made the hooks of [the] pillars, and covered the heads of the pillars with silver (and covered the tops of the pillars with silver).\n\n29 Also of brass were offered two and seventy thousand talents, and four hundred shekels over. (And of bronze, there were offered seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.)\n\n30 Of which the bases in the entering of the tabernacle of witnessing were melted out, and the brazen altar, with his griddle, and all the vessels that pertain to the use thereof, (From which were melted out the bases for the entrance to the Tabernacle of the Witnessing, and the bronze altar, and its griddle, and all the vessels that pertain to its use,)\n\n31 and the bases of the great entry, as well in the compass, as in the entering thereof, and the stakes of the tabernacle, and of the great entry by compass. (and the bases for the pillars all around the courtyard, and its entrance, and the pegs for the Tabernacle, and for all around the courtyard.)\n\nYou'll get this book and many others when you join Bible Gateway Plus. Learn more\n\nYou must be logged in to view your newly purchased content. 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-{"text": "Celtic Health Insurance Company\n\nDoes Celtic Health Insurance Cover Drug Rehab?\n\nIt depends on your specific plan.\n\nThroughout the years, Celtic Health Insurance has provided drug rehab options to their customers, because drug addiction is a serious issue and it can end your life. Celtic insurance understands that without help your addiction will not go away, but it is likely to get worse. Most addicts are good at coming up with reasons to not attend rehab, but with Celtic covered rehabilitation the services are not too expensive, or too disruptive.\n\nWhat To Think About Before You Enter Rehab\n\nBefore you enter in to a rehabilitation program, you want to make sure that you understand what is going to be expected of you. The first thing you need to think about is why you are entering rehab. Are you entering this center for a cocaine addiction, or a heroin problem? You are going to have to be comfortable with admitting what type of problem you have. It is important to remember that you will only get what you\u2019re willing to give. This means if you only give 10 percent you are only going to get 10 percent back. It is also important to remember that the staff is there to help you. You are probably going to be edgy during your rehabilitation, so take it easy on the staff and show them some respect. They are trying to help.\n\nWorried About Using Again\n\nIf you are worried that you might use again once you are out of rehab, worry no more, because there are some rehab facilities that can provide you with what is called a sober escort. Sober escorts are assigned to you, and make sure that you get from place to place without using. Although, these escorts are assigned to watch over you, they can provide you with so much more. They can give you morale support, and talk you through a tough time.\n\nSober Living\n\nOnce you graduate from rehab, there is another step that you can take on your road to recovery, and that is sober living. Sober living in an environment where you can stay sober and reconnect with society. This program allows some freedom, and allows you to live with people who are in the same situation as you. While you are in sober living there are going to be some requirements. For instance, you are going to be required to attend AA or NA, you will have to take random drug tests, you will need to get a job or look for a job, pay bills on time, you will be required to meet a curfew, and there may be some other rules that apply with your specific home.\n\nOverview\n\nGetting sober is going to be a long and hard road, and there will be a lot of new things you are going to have to get used to. If you work hard and listen to what the counselors tell you, then you are going to get the most out of your treatment. Just remember that you\u2019ll be able to receive cheaper treatment, as a client of the Celtic Insurance Group.\n\nA Treatment Center You Can Trust\n\nLet Us Help You Get Clean Today!\n\nIf you can\u2019t call right now, submit this simple form. That\u2019s all it takes to begin your new life!"}
-{"text": "Global Issues\n\nGreece\n\n\u2022 Transit and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. \u2022 Greek government and NGOs report female sex trafficking victims originate primarily in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Nigeria, and Central Asia.\n\n\u2022 90% of all illegal migrants entering the EU currently enter through Greece.\n\n\u2022 Domestic violence, including spousal abuse, continue to be a problem.\n\nAdvocacy:\n\n\u2022 Emma Skjonsby Manousaridis of New Life (Nea Zoi) and staff and volunteers regularly visit bars, brothels, and hotels to assist trafficking victims in Athens.\n\n\u2022 European Network of Women anti-trafficking organization.\n\nSources: U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2009; U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2008; U.S. Department of State 2010 Human Rights Report; U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2011"}
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-{"text": "Utilization Review (UR) for Sarcoma Treatment\n\nIndividuals battling sarcoma will undergo countless tests, procedures and treatments over the course of months or years. The goal of Utilization Review is for patients to receive the best care possible. Insurers use an evidence-based approach during Utilization Review to make sure patients do not receive duplicate or un-proven procedures.\n\nUtilization Review During Sarcoma Cancer Treatments\n\nDoctors use the clinical information and medical literature they have available to prescribe medications and treatments for their patients. Sometimes it is unclear what is the most beneficial course of treatment based on the medical evidence. UR can assist physicians and insurers with plotting the right path especially in complex cases. It enables sarcoma patients to receive the best care possible guided by the evidence based medical literature to avoid inappropriate or unnecessary treatments. When treating Sarcoma new, experimental procedures and drugs are available. There may be a new-targeted therapy or anti-angiogenesis drug for a type of sarcoma, but it may lack sufficient evidence to support its efficacy. It is common for patients to want to try these treatments but question whether their insurance companies will cover it. A UR allows physicians to request approval of a service before it\u2019s given.\n\nWorking With the Utilization Review Process\n\nThe UR process may seem burdensome with additional paperwork, time and oversight. However, this system ensures appropriate and evidence based treatment for patients. The UR process allows for a physician appeal in the event of a denial. If the request is still non-certified the patient and physician can ask for an Independent Medical Review (IMR). Through an IMR, physicians working independently from the insurance company review the patient\u2019s case. An unbiased determination can then be made based on the patient\u2019s clinical information, appropriate guidelines, and current medical literature. \u201cAdvanced Medical Reviews has one of the industry\u2019s largest independent physician review panels and is proud to provide high quality and timely utilization review and independent medical review services,\u201d states Dr. Charles Carnel, AMR\u2019s Medical Director. \u201cWe understand how important it is for insurers, physicians and patients to receive thorough and objective reviews as quickly as possible. Our exclusive database and workflow technology allow our physicians to work efficiently, with all of the information they need at their disposal.\u201d\n\nAssistance for Sarcoma Patients\n\nThere is help for sarcoma patients who need guidance through the complicated insurance system and who may need financial assistance for treatments that are not fully covered or not paid for by insurance. If a patient needs help with authorization for a treatment with an insurer, they can contact:\n\nThe Patient Advocate Foundation: PAF helps patients gain authorizations for treatment or appeal denials. They can also assist if there is a billing issue following treatment.\n\nIndividuals should also request a case manager from their insurance company, giving them one person to speak with every time they call. That case manager will be familiar with the situation and better able to help.\n\nFor financial assistance, patients can reach out to:\n\nHand in Hand offers assistance for second opinion consultation, including travel expenses and medical costs for the evaluation."}
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-{"text": "There has been much talk of late about America\u2019s \u201cfiscal cliff.\u201d As troubling as our impending (Obama-spurred) economic collapse may be \u2013 and it is more troubling than even our most pessimistic economists are willing to admit \u2013 I\u2019m even more concerned about fast-mounting tensions worldwide.\n\nAs the world government ship of fools drifts unmanned amid a sea of unparalleled global volatility, we, her passengers, behold \u2013 brewing on the horizon \u2013 an economic and foreign relations \u201cperfect storm.\u201d\n\nAs so often is the case, the hurricane swirls around the Middle East.\n\nHistorically, the president of the United States has captained the ship. He has, heretofore, been duly regarded \u201cleader of the free world.\u201d\n\nMore commonly known as \u201cfollowing,\u201d President Obama\u2019s follow-the-leader strategy in the Middle East represents, in my view, either inherent weakness on his part, sympathy toward the Islamic cause or both.\n\nI suspect both.\n\nIndeed, during his first term, Mr. Obama betrayed both weakness personified and sympathy toward the goals of Islamic fundamentalism with his ongoing embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood.\n\nThis extremist group, with Obama\u2019s help, now controls much of the Arab world. It has sworn, in its own words, to \u201cdestroy\u201d our \u201cWestern civilization from within \u2026 so that it is eliminated and God\u2019s religion (Islam) is made victorious over all other religions.\u201d\n\nNot surprisingly, today the Brotherhood rushes to the aid of both the terrorist group Hamas and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority. This, as terrorists ramp-up decades-long rocket attacks and suicide bombings against innocent Israeli women and children.\n\nNonetheless \u2013 and clearly stemming from a cynical political calculus \u2013 Mr. Obama persists in paying shallow lip service to support for Israel. All the while he continues to play footsie with the Muslim Brotherhood.\n\nRecall that, just last year, the president touted the \u201cArab Spring\u201d \u2013 which any high school history buff could have predicted would devolve into the utter chaos it has \u2013 as \u201can extraordinary change taking place,\u201d wherein, \u201cSquare by square, town by town, country by country, the [Muslim] people have risen up to demand their basic human rights.\u201d (You know, like the Quran-given right for Muslim men to beat or kill women and homosexuals with impunity; or like the human right for both Iran and the Palestinian Authority to \u201cwipe Israel from the face of the earth.\u201d)\n\nWhether due to naivet\u00e9, foolishness or pure dishonesty, President Obama\u2019s bungling of the Middle East crisis \u2013 let alone his unprecedented attacks on our constitutional freedoms stateside \u2013 has disqualified him to lead the free world.\n\nAnd so, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped forward to answer the call. He has become de facto leader of the free world \u2013 chief defender of Western civilization.\n\nAs America\u2019s light fades under the Obama regime, Israel has become \u2013 for now at least \u2013 \u201cthe shining city on the hill.\u201d\n\nWith a nuclear Iran perhaps only months away, Western civilization needs defending now more than ever. Israel needs defending now more than ever. Consider these words from top Hamas cleric Muhsen Abu \u2018Ita: \u201cAnnihilation of the Jews here in Palestine is one of the most splendid blessings for Palestine.\u201d\n\nThus, Israel defends herself. Israel defends the free world.\n\nTo be sure, the worldwide Islamic juggernaut has become emboldened by the actions \u2013 by the inaction \u2013 of a sympathetic, do-nothing U.S. president. Muslim terrorists have, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently noted, \u201cturned Gaza into a frontal base for Iran, terrorizing residents of Israel and forcing them to live under unbearable circumstances.\u201d\n\nYet, inexplicably, many in the West \u2013 people Vladimir Lenin might have called \u201cuseful idiots\u201d (i.e., \u201cprogressives,\u201d mainstream media and moderate American Muslims) \u2013 willfully suspend disbelief. They play directly into the blood-soaked hands of these terrorist cowards.\n\nHaving time and again demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice their own innocent people (consider child suicide bombers), these monsters today both deliberately target Israeli neighborhoods with rockets and intentionally place their own military launch sites and terrorist headquarters next to mosques, playgrounds, factories and the like.\n\nThis, as intended, has created a propagandist boon. Much of the world blames Israel when these human shields are tragically killed during pinpoint military strikes. Who needs missile defense when you have women and children to hide behind?\n\nTo both the Israeli and the Arab victims of radical Islam, I say this: You are in our thoughts and our prayers. Our hearts break for you. We pray that God will cover and protect you during these dark days and nights.\n\nTo Benjamin Netanyahu I pledge this: Mr. Prime Minister, Christian America thanks you for your bold leadership. We thank you for being the lone voice of freedom in the Middle East."}
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-{"text": "Northwest Florida\u2019s Premier Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Attorney\n\n\"It's not just what I do\u2014it's all I do.\"\n\nFalls\n\nFalls are the leading cause of fatal injury in geriatric patients. According to a study published in 2015 in the Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics journal, nursing home falls occur at twice the rate of community falls.\n\nInfections\n\nInfections are one of the most common causes of death in long-term care facilities. One to three million serious infections occur every year in long-term care facilities according to information obtained from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).\n\nBedsores\n\nBedsores (also known as decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers, or pressure sores) are one of the most common injuries in long-term care facilities. Information obtained from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) suggests that approximately 1 in 10 nursing home residents have had a bedsore.\n\nMalnutrition & Dehydration\n\nOne-third of nursing home residents are unable to eat and drink on their own, which is one reason why it is critical that long-term care facilities are adequately staffed. Further, facility staff must be adequately trained to identify signs of malnutrition and dehydration to prevent these conditions.\n\nGet the answers you're looking for.\n\nPlease, call me Jack.\n\nIf you are reading this, chances are you or someone you love has been abused or neglected in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Nursing home abuse and neglect cases constitute 100% of my practice focus.\n\nBy 2016, after a decade in general injury law, representing people who had suffered injury or death in nursing homes and assisted living facilities felt like a calling. I have become experienced at identifying and litigating these special cases, working intimately with individuals and families to protect our elders.\n\nFor me, law is an art. Each case is like a block of rough marble. Together we look at it from all possible angles and carve out its innate beauty: a true story that speaks to the heart and makes sense in relation to the laws of our society. And that is persuasive. Based on our recommendations, you will be the decision-maker as your case moves forward. I personally respond to all inquiries within one business day."}
-{"text": "Brooklyn Brewery Celebrates Craft Revolution on the Road\n\nPress Release\n\nFeb. 8, 2013 at 11:09 AM\n\nBROOKLYN, N.Y. \u2014 Brooklyn Brewery is taking its neighborhood on the road. Collaborating with friends old and new, the Brewery has bundled up some of its favorite events into The Brooklyn Brewery Mash as a benefit for Slow Food USA. Kicking off at SxSW Interactive in Austin, The Mash will drop in 11 cities during 2013 and roll out a roster of parties, comedy, concerts, pop-up supperclubs and readings, all featuring humanity\u2019s favorite beverage.\n\n\u201cThe Mash is an expression of Brooklyn art, music, food and the cultural links we see with many cities around the world,\u201d says Brooklyn Brewery President & Co-founder Steve Hindy. \u201cThere is a revolution happening in the world of food and the world of beer, and we are happy to celebrate this revolution with our friends around the US.\u201d\n\nNYC food and art organizations have been closely linked to Brooklyn Brewery from the beginning. Be it a beer dinner, cook-off, concert or film festival, the ethos of these happenings has consistently mirrored the consideration and creativity behind the making of The Brewery\u2019s beer. Paired with the flavor and flair of Brooklyn, classic nightlife is reimagined as a more interactive experience. During The Mash, participants will enjoy core and rare Brooklyn beers.\n\nHelping color in The Mash, NBNY, the organizers of Brooklyn\u2019s Bring to Light festival, will create their immersive installations of light and projection art throughout the tour. Continuing a tradition of giving back, Brooklyn Brewery cooked up The Mash as a benefit to Slow Food USA. Proceeds from every ticket sold will go to Slow Food chapters in each city.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re absolutely delighted to have the support of the Brooklyn Brewery as it launches its Mash tour,\u201d says Richard McCarthy, Executive Director of Slow Food USA. \u201cBrooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver has been a Slow Food supporter for a long time and we\u2019re looking forward to the celebrations in the various local communities.\u201d\n\nAUSTIN EVENTS: MARCH 4 \u2014 10\n\nChaos Cooking\n\nWed, Mar 6, 7pm | A stalwart citizen opens their home kitchen to strangers for a dinner party where all guests are cooks. Each attendee brings the ingredients and everyone cooks together. Dishes are passed around, and there\u2019s plenty of Brooklyn beer to enjoy. Location is secret \u2014 go to ChaosCooking.com for details.\n\nFri, Mar 8, 9pm; Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX \u2014 Free | America\u2019s most popular soul party returns to Austin. Get down to the exquisite 1960s soul 45s of world famous Brooklyn DJ Jonathan Toubin all night long. Join the 11pm dance contest for $100 cash prize and a trip to New York for the Dance-Off championship at Brooklyn Bowl.\n\nThe Brooklyn Brewery House Chef will be cooking up some of his favorite finds from the market. And drinking beer. Stop by for a sip and a cooking tip.\n\nThe Austin Smoke Experiment\n\nSun, Mar 10, 1\u20144pm; Clive Bar, 609 Davis St, Austin, TX \u2014 $15 | Austin\u2019s top home chefs create their best smoke-themed dish ranging from savory to sweet. Some wear costumes, some pimp out their table, but all come to win over the audience and our esteemed culinary judging panel. The Food Experiments return to SxSW for the third year in a row.\n\nEvery installment of The Mash is custom tailored to the cities it visits.\n\nAUSTIN, TX: March 4 \u2014 10\n\nNEW ORLEANS, LA: March 13 \u2014 16*\n\nNASHVILLE, TN: April 11 \u2014 14\n\nBOSTON, MA: April 25 \u2014 28\n\nBALTIMORE, MD: May 2 \u2014 5\n\nTWIN CITIES, MN: June 20 \u2014 23\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.: September 19 \u2014 22\n\nCHICAGO, IL: October 3 \u2014 6*\n\nPITTSBURGH, PA: October 24 \u2014 27\n\nPHILADELPHIA, PA: November 7 \u2014 10*\n\nMIAMI, FL: December 12 \u2014 15\n\n* with Vendy Awards\n\nABOUT\n\nSlow Food USAis part of a global movement, which believes everyone has the right to good, clean, and fair food. With over 250,000 supporters, 25,000 members and 225 chapters nationwide, Slow Food USA advocates for food and farming policy that is good for the public, good for the planet, and good for farmers and workers.\n\nFood Republic, our media partner, explores the culture of food through stories, interviews, global conversations, and experiences. This is the site for men who want to eat and drink well, and to live smart. Food Republic aims to be the global hub for news and information about the new culture of food across a multitude of media platforms, for a vibrant community of people who put food and drink at the center of their lives.\n\nThe Vendy Awardsis NYC\u2019s premier street food showcase and an intense cook-off between the best sidewalk chefs. The Vendys is a fundraiser for the Street Vendor Project, a membership-based non-profit organization that stands up for vendors\u2019 rights.\n\nTogatheris a new literary resource that connects authors directly with readers to fansource events and make great cultural experiences accessible to audiences everywhere.\n\nFound Footage Festival is a hilarious event that showcases footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters across the country.\n\nNuit Blanche New York (NBNY) designs, curates, and produces installations of light, sound, and projection art. They collaborate with leading contemporary artists to create immersive experiences that uniquely engage audiences. Their nighttime events explore new artistic mediums through site-specific interventions at the intersection of art, technology, and multimedia performance."}
-{"text": "comment\n\nWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains was selected by MONEY magazine as the 48th Best Place to Live in America in the 2014 edition of its popular list.\n\nMcKinney, Texas, was No. 1 on the list. The only other New York towns in the top 50 were Clarkstown (seventh) and Amherst (35th). Fairfield, Conn., ranked 44th.\n\nThe magazine chose the 50 best municipalities throughout the nation with populations of 50,000 to 300,000 using 50 factors, including local economy, housing market and schools. Click\nhere\nfor the complete list.\n\n\u201cWhite Plains used to be known solely for its vast office complexes, with a downtown that had little to offer once workers filtered out at 5 pm,\u2019\u2019 MONEY reported in its article. \u201cNowadays, the streets are filled in the evening hours with folks who come to shop at the upscale Galleria, dine at the City Center or catch a show at the White Plains Center for Performing Arts.\u201d\n\nThe story mentioned White Plains\u2019 proximity to New York City, and its local businesses, such as Heineken USA and ITT. Attractions in White Plains, such as the Cranberry Lake Preserve and Saxon Woods Park, which has golf, swimming and more, were also mentioned in the story.\n\nData for White Plains' ranking included population, median family income, projected job growth, median home price, average property taxes, colleges, universities, reading test scores, and math test scores. Additional data included quality-of-life issues such as air quality index, public safety and the percentage of the population who commute, walk or bike to work."}
-{"text": "Jailed In Dubai.\n\nSCORPIONS: No Idea Why Drummer Is in Jail???\n\nThe Scorpions claim they don\u2019t know why drummer James Kottak has been jailed for a month in Dubai.\n\nThe write on their website, \u201cJames Kottak arrived in Dubai on April 3rd and ran into problems at immigration and got busted. Whatever happened is totally out of our control and we don\u2019t know any details about it at this point.\u201d Word out of Dubai is that Kottak made disparaging comments about Islam.\n\nThe Scorpions are on tour this week in Germany with Swedish drummer Johan Franzon taking Kottak\u2019s place."}
-{"text": "Love the Roby pick. Gives us that other press CB we need opposite McCourty. If Verner is resigned(doubtful), Verner would move to his best spot which is nickel._________________\nDriver of the Brad Kaaya Hype Train\nAdopt-A-Titan:\nAvery Williamson\n\nIn another mock a poster had us selecting Brandon Coleman in round 1. I am not completely sold on Coleman. I think taking a long look at some of the top-tier guard prospects would be worthwhile whether it end up being Richardson, Jackson, or Yankey that grade out the highest. I also noticed you have Khalil Mack going 1 pick after our selection. I really like Mack as a 3-4 pass rushing outside linebacker. It is not a conventional position considering we have Hali and Houston, but I think Hali is entering the downside of his career and Mack would be a nice option as his eventual replacement. Mack and Houston could give us two good, young pass rushers for the forseeable future._________________"}
-{"text": "Infrared communication is widespread among electronic devices that use remote controls. Because of this, there are more protocols in use and the data (bytes) sent to the device depend on manufacturer. This post will show you how to view the waveform of an infrared signal emitted by a remote control, how to analyze and decode it. Then it will be possible to reproduce it. In this way you can program your universal remote control or your mobile device (smartphone with IR transmitter) with the right code for the best results.\n\nInstead of using an oscilloscope for signal analysis, due to the low frequency of the IR bit stream, an ordinary sound card will be used to view the signal. The signal is amplified, filtered and demodulated by the IR receiver, so only the bit stream is sent to the sound card input. This is sampled at the usual audio rate and displayed in various software tools.\n\nThis post will not talk about scanning only, but about the whole process of turning a sheet of paper, a magazine or a book into a high quality digital document of the smallest possible size. Nothing will be lost during the conversion as lossless compression will be used and OCR will be run on documents. A low quality scan is hard to read (impossible to run OCR). A high quality scan must preserve as much detail as possible, must have the correct page size (when printed at 100%, the resulting copy should be exactly the same size as the original), must load as quick as possible on low-end devices and shouldn't eat the whole drive space. Software processing of the raw image from scanner plays a very important role. Yet, if the image from scanner has a low resolution, further processing is useless and may have negative results. All software used in this tutorial is free (some apps are open-source). But let's start with the basics.\n\nDraw is a powerful vector graphics drawing software. It is part of the free office suites LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice.\n\nThere are a lot of free EDA software solutions but none of them allows users to 'customize' the schematics as they want (for example part colors - outline, background, including high resolution images in the schematic etc.). This tutorial will cover some aspects of drawing schematics in Draw. Similarly, schematics can be drawn in any other graphics software (for example Inkscape, even GIMP and Scribus).\n\nUbuntu has already an application called Startup Disk Creator, but this can only be used to make Linux bootable USB drives. To make a Windows bootable USB there is an application called WinUSB but it hasn't been updated for a while.\nThe following guide has been updated and works on any Linux distribution as long as it has GRUB and GParted installed and can make bootable USB for any Windows version newer than Vista: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. UEFI boot is only supported for Windows 7 x64 and newer.\nBefore starting, let's mention that there are two types of boot methods. There is the MBR code type where the bootable executable is stored in a reserved section at the beginning of the storage device. And there is the EFI type, where the boot loader executable file is stored at a standard path in an FAT32 filesystem.\nYou must decide in advance what you will use. There are some variables for each boot type. If you have no idea what to use, the most common setup that works with unmodified Windows sources, is msdos partition table with fat32 filesystem and flag the partition with boot. In this way you will get both an MBR and UEFI bootable drive.\n\nBy default Ubuntu assumes you use a 96 DPI monitor. But nowadays pixel density keeps increasing as monitors with high resolution became accessible. There is no straightforward option in Ubuntu with Unity to change the default DPI which is considered to be 96 DPI (run in a terminal xrdb -query). But there are two parameters which control the user interface DPI (this affects font rendering too) and font rendering only.\n\nThe parameter that controls user interface and fonts DPI is scaling-factor and the font rendering parameter is text-scaling factor. These parameters can be modified by the Displays application, by GNOME Tweak Tool and by Unity Tweak Tool, but none of these allows you to set a value with 3-4 decimals.\n\nThere are a lot of tutorials on the internet on how to turn a computer PSU into a bench top power supply. Most of them involve adding a load on the 5V line and turning the PSU on by grounding the PS_ON wire via a switch. Here is a nice indicator and turn on/off switch for computer PSUs.\n\nATX PSUs work well under rather constant loads. So if you power up the PSU with a small load of a few tens miliamps and then connect a greater load, for example a car light bulb which may require 3-4 A, the PSU may shut down. The same happens in case of an accidental shortcircuit. You may believe that the PSU got broken or its fuse got blown. That's not true. The PSU automatically shut itself off.\n\nGrive is a Google Drive client for Linux that can do two-side synchronization between Google Drive and a local folder. The synchronization is done whenever the user launches the application, either from a launcher or from command line (it is a CLI application).\n\nBy adding grive to crontab, periodic backups of important folders can be made. And no user interaction is required because the process is automated. Here is how to do it in Ubuntu. There is no system load when the process is not running, but this comes with a disadvantage: no filesystem monitoring. Any updates are made during the automatic execution of Grive.\n\nMxL5007T is a tuner IC designed mostly for digital signals (DVB-T, ATSC), but it can be used for analog reception too. I will show you how I took it out from a receiver so I can use it in my projects. It has a programmable IF output and it can receive anything from 44 to 885 MHz. There is no datasheet for it, but there are Linux drivers.\n\nBuilding radio frequency devices becomes difficult starting from VHF band. Moreover, tuning various stages is difficult without expensive electronics equipment. But a ready made unit can be used as the frontend of any radio receiver operating in the VHF \u2013 UHF band. That unit is the tuner coming from a TV, from a STB or from a PC card. It has the advantage of covering a wide spectrum of frequencies at a reasonable reception quality well above homemade radio receivers.\nIn order to build a TV tuner radio scanner you need, of course, a tuner. Also you must be able to build some detectors (demodulators) for the common analog modulation schemes. Some frequency mixers need to be built too. Although designed for analog modulation, the scanner is able to demodulate digital signals using the PC sound card as input. The whole constructional project is not difficult because it is modular and you don\u2019t have to build all modules to get it working with a specific RF signal. Let\u2019s take a simple example: if you are interested in receiving broadcast FM radio stations, you only need a simple FM detector that can take as input the tuner\u2019s intermediary frequency. Of course, if you want to improve it you can add a stereo and RDS decoder. On the other hand, if you are interested in digital aviation signals, you\u2019ll need a detector with a tunable local oscillator to overcome tuner large frequency step and a tunable IF filter. To maintain the modular design of the project, you could make this from two modules: a frequency downconverter with the tunable oscillator and filter followed by a fixed frequency detector. In the end, the main point of building this is obtaining the same results as with Realtek SDR devices and SDR#. The functional schematic of the scanner is shown in the figure below.\n\nFunctional schematic of the scanner. Don't worry, you don't have to build everything from scratch.\n\nDid you ever wanted to see how some of your electronic projects would look before you actually build it? This post will show you how to create realistic images of your PCB designs that you can use in presentations, websites or only to get an idea of how it will look.\n\nThe process is the following: you design a PCB using CadSoft EAGLE. Then, the Eagle3D script converts the EAGLE PCB file into a POV-Ray source. This is then rendered into something like below. POV-Ray is a very high quality and very configurable renderer. To make an idea of what ic can do with the right input, see the hall of fame of images rendered with it.\n\nPonyProg is a device programming software for the SI Prog serial interface programmer designed by Claudio Lanconelli. The latest version of the PonyProg software can be found on SourceForge, but there are no Ubuntu packages.\nHere is how to compile it on Ubuntu. This post was updated for Ubuntu 16.10. First you'll have to install some development libraries:\n\nsudo apt install build-essential libxt-dev libxmu-dev libxaw7-dev\n\nThen download the archive from SourceForge and extract it to some folder you want (at the time of writing this, the latest version is 2.08d)."}
-{"text": "The Louisville Yoga CoOp exists to strengthen the connection between all Louisville yoga studios & teachers, while strengthening the connection new/continuing yogis have with their own spiritual practice. We actively recognize and support studios offering at least one free/reduced yoga class on their schedule, inviting all to experience this practice, regardless of financial status. We are continuously creating more yoga classes in neighborhoods where yoga has yet to find its home, while giving more teachers the opportunity to spread the yogic love. Namaste"}
-{"text": "The Bausch and Lomb Elites have always been among the two or three\nfinest 7 to 8 power full sized birding binoculars. After phase\ncoating was added, their only major short-coming was the lack of any\nkind of weatherproofing. (In fact, in my initial review of the phase\ncoated model, I just assumed that any binoculars that obviously well\ndesigned and made would be waterproof, and listed it as\na feature in the review. The people at B&L were quick to point\nout my mistake, and I had to print a retraction.) With exceptional\nfully waterproof roofs from Swarovski and Leica on the market in the\nsame price range, I could never quite justify the cost of the Elites;\nexcellent glasses yes, but, surely one of the reasons you would spend\nextra to own and carry optically excellent roofs is\ntheir weatherproofing.\n\nBausch and\nLomb has now introduced two new binoculars in the Elite series, a fog\nand waterproof, nitrogen purged, 8x42 (model 610842) and a similar\n10x42 (model 614210). The standard Elites (8x: model 61284P, and 10x:\nmodel 611042P) continue in the line at a list price of $100-$150 less\nthan the water- proofs. The new Elites offer the highest level of\nweather-proofness currently available. Nitrogen purging removes any\nremnants of water vapor from the inside of the binoculars before they\nare sealed, making it very unlikely that the inside elements will\never fog up, even in the most adverse conditions. Fog proof, of\ncourse, does not mean that the outside elements won't fog in cold wet\nweather, but a simple wipe down with a dry cloth will be all these\nbinoculars ever need to keep going in the field. Nitrogen purging\nshould also give them a high resistance to the growth of interior\nfungus, one of the most debilitating effects of using binoculars in\ntropical climates. And, of course, any sealing at all prevents dust\nfrom collecting in the inside of your expensive optics. Where water\ncan't pass, dust can't either.\n\nIn the process of adding waterproofing, Bausch and Lomb took the\nopportunity to fine tune the optics. The new eyepieces have a listed\neye-relief of 19.5mm (compared to 19 and 17 on the original 8 and\n10x) and, though the published figures are the same, the close focus\non the waterproofs is considerably better (with the 8x glasses I can\njust barely focus on my own feet while standing, and I am not quite 6\nfeet tall). The new eyepieces (at least on the 8x model I had for\ntesting) also provide about the flattest, most distortion free field\nI have yet to see in binoculars. Many otherwise excellent binoculars\ncan not focus the center of the field and the edges at the same time\n(a flaw called curvature of field) and many show noticeable\ndistortion of one kind or another as you approach the field edge.\nStraight lines bow in or out (pin cushion or barrel distortion), or\nthe whole image seems to smear outward toward the edge (coma). The\nnew Elites show no shift in focus as you pan across an object and\nstraight lines remain almost perfectly straight right to the edge of\nthe field (with just visible barrel distortion at the extreme\nmargins). The image remains perfectly sharp right to the edge as\nwell.\n\nThe new model maintains the exceptionally clear, high-contrast,\nneutral image of the originals, with phase and multi-coatings doing\ntheir jobs particularly well. If anything, the waterproofs have\nslightly higher resolution and image quality than the originals. On\nmy standard dollar bill test the 8x model comes in at a N.E.E.D. of\n20 feet. (N.E.E.D. = naked eye equivalent distance: the distance at\nwhich I can see the same amount of detail through the binoculars as I\ndo with my naked eye at my optimum distance of about 14 inches.) If\nyou look at the comparison chart you will see that a N.E.E.D. of 20\nfeet equals the performance of the best full sized 7 to 8x binoculars\nI have tested (actually 8.5x), and comes close to equaling the\nperformance of the best 10x roof prism glasses.\n\nAs I have said many times in the past, I prefer my eye-relief just\non the short side for ease of viewing. The exceptionally long\neye-relief of the Elites causes image black out if I am not\nparticularly careful in placing the glasses in front of my eyes.\nRolling the eyecups only part way down solves the problem while\nmaintaining the full field of view, but I still long for the first\nglasses with truly adjustable eyecups so that you can\nset them to exactly the right distance for your particular eyes. (I\nhave several possible design ideas for any manufacturer who is\nwilling to listen.) Birders who need more eye-relief than I do, or\nwho will use the binoculars without eyeglasses and with the eyecups\nin their normal position, should have no problems at all.\n\nPerhaps the most radical change, and the one that will undoubtedly\ncause the most controversy, is the new body shape. The original\nElites were somewhat ground-breaking, introducing molded in contours\nfor the hands; the waterproofs take the concept a step further.\nB&L hired a well known industrial designer to create a body that\nfits the hands somewhat like the sculpted grip on a target pistol.\nRidges on the top of the housing position the index fingers over the\nfocus while deep molded channels in the bottom cradle the thumbs. The\ndesign is asymmetric, with the left thumb guided in front of the\nright. If the design matches the way you hold your binoculars, it is\nexceptionally comfortable and quite stable. If, however, you have\ndeveloped a unique hand position and can't (or won't) adapt to that\nforced on you by the Elite's design, you will very likely be unhappy\nwith the glasses. Left handed birders, in particular, should handle\nthe new Elites before making a purchase decision. I might say here\nthat the position assumed for your hands does an exceptional job of\nspreading the weight over your fingers and palms in a way that\nprovides maximum support without introducing unwanted stress or\nmuscle strain. I would give the design a good long trial before you\ndecide you can't adapt to it. Bausch and Lomb has a track record of\ntaking design risks; my feeling is that this one is going to pay off\nin the long run.\n\nWhile we are talking body design, I should mention the strap\nattachment. The original Elites had one of the most intelligent strap\nattachments I have yet seen; the waterproofs are even better. A\nsturdy plastic tab snaps into a long channel in the binoculars\nbody...push, snap...that's it. The tab can be removed from the\nsupplied strap (a definite improvement over the original design) but\ngiven the high quality nylon and neoprene strap that comes with the\nbinoculars you may never have the need. Another design decision that\nwill undoubtedly cause some confusion (and some consumer resistance)\nis the exceptionally high ratio of the focus control. Four out of\nfive birders who have handled the new Elites (including myself) have\ncome away with an initial impression that the depth of field of the\nglasses is unacceptably shallow. (Depth of field is the distance in\nfront of and behind the point of true focus where objects in the\nimage are still acceptably sharp. Shallow depth makes focus more\ndifficult and demanding, and means that you will spend more time\nfocusing as birds move. It can also be disconcerting, giving you a\nmoving, high-telephoto-effect, slice of reality feeling rather than a\ncontinuous image.)\n\nSide by side testing, however, shows that the depth of field of\nthe Elites is no different than most 8x glasses, and considerably\nbetter than most 10x glasses. What is happening here is that the\nfocus control of the Elites moves the focus much more rapidly than\nmost birders are used to. At normal birding distances you barely have\nto touch the control to shift focus forward or backward yards at a\ntime. This makes the field feel shallow when it is not.\n\nIs rapid focus a good thing in birding binoculars or a bad thing?\nAt the very least it is something that most birders will have to\nspend time getting used to. With most birding binoculars you\nsneak up on focus with very fine control, at the price\nof having to really crank on the knob to make large focus shifts.\nWith the Elites, the large focus shifts are quick and easy, but a\nlight touch is required when precision focus is needed. You have to\nhit correct focus on the run. I have found that the more I use the\nElites, the more I appreciate the rapid focus. In my opinion, the\ndesigners have come about as close as possible to hitting the exact\nbalance between speed of focus and precision; but it is really an\nissue that each birder will have to decide. (By the way, the focus\nknob on the Elites turns around as many times as any other glass,\nwhich makes the high ratio particularly hard to spot. The higher\nratio is needed, for one thing, to accommodate the extreme close\nfocus while still reaching infinity in a reasonable number of turns.\nCompromise is the nature of optical design.)\n\nThe focus knob has also been moved to the top (eyepiece end) of\nthe hinge. The original Elites still have it at the bottom. With the\nnew body design, focus placement is easy and natural, but I will miss\nthe front focus under the brim of a hat. The longer I use the new\nwaterproof Elites, the more I like them. All things considered:\nexcellent, outstanding, optics; successful ergonomic\ndesign; and complete weatherproofness; the new 8x42 Elites have\nearned the Better View Desired Reference Standard designation for\nfull sized 7 to 8 power birding binoculars. They represent a\ndistinct improvement over the original design and are binoculars even\nthe most demanding birder should be delighted to carry into the\nfield.\n\nIn fact, I find that I have been carrying them more often, these\ndays, than the Leica 8x32s: the current BVD Best All Around Birding\nBinoculars. Will they replace the Leicas for that designation? It is\ntoo early to say. The Elites have a definite edge in extreme\nsituations; dawn and dusk, deep shade, back-lighting, and\ncombinations of bright light and deep shadow (as in most forest\nbirding). They also have an edge, especially in color discrimination,\nas distances increase. They are, however, considerably larger and\nheavier than the Leicas, and, to my eyes, the Leicas have a bit\neasier view (see comments above on eye-relief). Will\nthe performance edge of the Elites offset the compactness and ease of\nview of the Leicas? I will only be able to tell you when (or if) one\nor the other has grown a layer of dust by spring. Until then I can\nsay that these are the first binoculars I have tested since the Leica\n8x32s that I would seriously consider making my full time birding\nglasses."}
-{"text": "Dublin\u2019s Daniel Jacobson is the real life person behind ZoiD, a free-spirited jazz-tinged electronic wizard. After releasing ZoiD vs the Jazz Musicians of Ireland Vol1 back in 2007 he took a hiatus for some crucial traveling and meditation\u0080\u009d.\n\nNow he\u2019s back with Selected Zoidworks 05-12, a selection\u2013\u0080\u0093 as the title suggests\u2013 that Jacobsen has had present about his person for the last seven-or-so years.\n\nOpener \u2018Aerosol\u2019\u0080\u0099 is a smooth-and-groove beginning to the album that reminds me of something Funki Porcini would create (another rather fine electro-jazz enthusiast). Next it\u2019s \u2018Proph\u2019 which is more about the 4/4 beat like the early Warp sounds of someone like B12; all 2am dreamy-ambience and friendly semi-industrial beats. \u2018Acid Leaves\u2019 ft. Bruce Morley\u0080\u0099 is heavier, like a clash of Squarepusher-esque bass shoots and drum & bass, all featuring yet more jazz samples, obviously.\n\n\u2018Obelisk\u2019\u0080\u0099 is full of falling-down clickbeats playing off some top jazz-guitar licks. In a way, and typical of the album, both elements are busy doing their own thing, existing in their own totally separate atmospheres yet at the same compliment each-other perfectly. Meanwhile \u2018Cember\u2019 features firing objects of distortion and programmed-and-played-around-with jazz drum sounds.\n\nPlenty of really enjoyable stuff going on here. And if you happen to get the time to check it out you honestly won\u0080\u0099t be disappointed with what you hear.\n\nCategories\n\nThe Author\n\nShare and comment\n\n4 comments on \u201cZoiD: Selected Zoidworks 05 \u2013 12 \u2013 album review\u201d\n\nNew Album: ZioD \u2013 Selected Zoidworks 05-12. Daniel Jacobson has created something new and original, organically splicing the two with his own compositions, sometimes seamlessly, sometimes with a jarring dissonance, but always stronger than the sum of their separate traditions. Out now on Invisible Agent Records, available on Amazon, iTunes, Google, Bandcamp, LastFM and 30+ other storeshttp://www.invisibleagent.com/2013/02/01/album-release-zoid-selected-zoidworks-05-12/"}
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-{"text": "Patrice Wymore\n\nActress who also debuted on Broadway in the late 1940s and continued to surface in numerous movies through the 1950s and 1960s. Her film credits consist of functions in Tea for just two, Rocky Mountain, THE BEST Trees and shrubs, and I\u2019ll Observe You in my own Dreams. She was created into a category of Vaudeville performers, and she became a member of the family\u2019s vaudeville take action when she was simply six years of age. She starred in the 1948 Broadway musical Keep It!, earning a Theater World Award on her behalf performance. She wedded Errol Flynn in 1950; they truly became parents to 1 daughter. She made an appearance in Tea for just two, a 1950 film that starred Doris Day time."}
-{"text": "Monday, 16 February 2015\n\nPalais de la Porte Dor\u00e9e\n\nPalais de la Porte Dor\u00e9e was built for the Paris Colonial Exhibition of 1931 and subsequently became a museum of African and Asian art. It now serves as a museum of the history of immigration in France (Cit\u00e9 nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration). The building is imposing and uninviting, rectilinear and austere in form \u2013 there are 26 steps to climb to the entrance, a line of square-section segmented columns runs the width of the building supporting a deep overhang that shelters the terrace but in compensation for the unrelenting formal severity the frontage and flanks are entirely encased in a spectacular display of exuberant Art Deco-inspired bas-relief carvings telling the story of France\u2019s imperialist adventure with unembarrassed relish.\n\nCarved from the stone slabs by Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889\u20131969) in under 2 years, deep under-cuts and richly textured surfaces create dramatic shadows and graphic visual rhythms. An abundance of exotic plant and animal life hold the compositions together while indigenous labourers and subsistence farmers toil mightily in land and sea. It\u2019s a fantastic conceit from a time when France\u2019s colonial project was still a subject of great national pride \u2013 an unquestioning celebration of subjugation and exploitation is expressed as a sanitised pictorial fantasy from which all the injustice, inequality, trauma and suffering has been omitted. Considered on its own terms in the light of contemporary attitudes, it functions as an essay in wish fulfilment, a comforting fantasy of social harmony and partnership between oppressor and oppressed. We may feel uncomfortable with the exaggerated sexualisation of the African figures but in the context of the time and place it was unexceptional and part of the visual vocabulary of the Art Deco era. To add to the notable mammiform wonders, the great colonial port cities of France are represented by bare-breasted voluptuaries, godesses of prosperity and symbols of economic dynamism (City of Bordeaux above). In essence it\u2019s a richly tactile but illustrated building. It quickly paid off for Janniot, who within a year was invited to New York by the Rockefeller family to decorate the Rockefeller Center with a bronze allegorical relief symbolising Franco-American friendship."}
-{"text": "Abstract [en]\n\nSpecific enzymes have been demonstrated to increase the possibilities for extracting wood polymers. Enzymatic treatment requires an open wood structure, which was achieved by extended impregnation of the wood. However, some of the hemicelluloses, primarily glucomannan, and lignin were lost during the impregnation. To improve the carbohydrate yield, three glucomannan modification agents: sodium borohydride, polysulphide and anthraquinone, were used, which increased the yields of the impregnated materials from 76.6% to 89.6%, 81.3% and 80.0%, respectively. Through the use of additives, most of the glucomannan could be retained in the wood while still allowing the enzymes to penetrate the wood and attack the polymers. The additives also increased the extraction yield from 9 to 12% w/w wood. Gamanase treatment prior to the extraction increased the extraction yield to 14%. Of the three stabilising agents, sodium borohydride was the most efficient, providing the highest extraction yields.\n\nAbstract [en]\n\nThe three main components of wood, namely, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, can be used in various areas. However, since lignin covalently crosslinks with wood polysaccharides creating networks that is an obstacle for extraction, direct extraction of different wood components in high yield is not an easy matter. One potential approach to overcome such obstacles is to treat the wood with specific enzymes that degrade the networks by specific catalysis. However, the structure of wood is so compact that the penetration of the wood fibers by large enzyme molecules is hindered. Thus, the pretreatment of wood prior to the application of enzymes is necessary, for \u201copening\u201d the structure.\n\nOne pretreatment method that was performed in this thesis is based on kraft pulping, which is a well-established and industrialized technique. For untreated wood, the wood fibers cannot be attacked by the enzymes. A relatively mild pretreatment was sufficient for wood polysaccharides hydrolyzed by a culture filtrate. A methanol-alkali mixture extraction was subsequently applied to the samples that were pretreated with two types of hemicellulases, Gamanase and Pulpzyme HC, respectively. The extraction yield increased after enzymatic treatment, and the polymers that were extracted from monocomponent enzyme-treated wood had a higher degree of polymerization. Experiments with in vitro prepared lignin polysaccharide networks suggested that the increased extraction was due to the enzymatic untying. However, the relatively large loss of hemicellulose, particularly including (galacto)glucomannan (GGM), represents a problem with this technique. To improve the carbohydrate yield, sodium borohydride (NaBH4), polysulfide and anthraquinone were used, which increased the yields from 76.6% to 89.6%, 81.3% and 80.0%, respectively, after extended impregnation (EI). The additives also increased the extraction yield from approximately 9 to 12% w/w wood. Gamanase treatment prior to the extraction increased the extraction yield to 14% w/w wood.\n\nSodium dithionite (Na2S2O4) is an alternative reducing agent for the preservation of hemicelluloses because it is less expensive than metal hydrides and only contains sodium and sulfur, which will not introduce new elements to the recovery system. Moreover, Na2S2O4has the potential to be generated from black liquor. Na2S2O4 has some preservation effect on hemicelluloses, and the presence of Na2S2O4 also contributed to delignification. The extraction yield increased to approximately 15% w/w wood. Furthermore, Na2S2O4 has been applied in the kraft pulping process of spruce. The yield and viscosity increased, while the Klason lignin content and kappa number decreased, which represents a beneficial characteristic for kraft pulp. The brightness and tensile strength of the resulting sheets also improved. However, the direct addition of Na2S2O4 to white liquor led to greater reject content. This problem was solved by pre-impregnation with Na2S2O4 and/or mild steam explosion (STEX) prior to the kraft pulping process. Following Na2S2O4 pre-impregnation and mild STEX, the obtained kraft pulp had substantially better properties compared with the properties exhibited after direct addition of Na2S2O4 to the white liquor.\n\nThe wood structure opening efficiency of mild STEX alone was also tested. The accessibility of the wood structure to enzymes was obtained even at very modest STEX conditions, according to a reducing sugar analysis, and was not observed in untreated wood chips, which were used as a reference. The mechanical effect of STEX appears to be of great importance at lower temperatures, and both chemical and mechanical effects occur at higher STEX temperatures.\n\nAbstract [en]\n\nHemicelluloses are one of the three main components of spruce wood and constitute about 20% of the wood material. During mechanical pulping, 5\u201310% of the hemicelluloses are accumulated in waste waters, whereas during chemical pulping 70\u201380% of the hemicelluloses are lost in process liquors. The concept of integrated forest biorefinery involves the development of methods to extract these hemicelluloses prior to pulping in order to produce value-\u00adadded products besides pulp. This thesis describes some of the feasible possibilities of extracting hemicelluloses from wood at a high molecular weight prior to pulping in addition to presenting a deeper understanding of their degradation under mild treatment conditions.\n\nA major obstacle for the efficient extraction of hemicelluloses is the recalcitrance due to the network of lignin and polysaccharides. This network can be loosely opened by the use of enzymes and this improves the extraction of hemicelluloses. A chemical impregnation of the wood chips was performed to enhance the accessibility of the cell wall to enzymes. The ability of different additives to stabilize the hemicelluloses against peeling during the alkaline impregnation stage was also investigated in order to obtain a better yield in subsequent extraction.\n\nIncreasing the surface area and decreasing the mass transport length could also improve the yield of hemicelluloses extracted from wood. This was achieved with a mild mechanical pre-\u00adtreatment of wood chips using an impressafiner and a fiberizer. Polymers mainly consisting of galactoglucomannan with an average molecular weight of 30 kDa were extracted from fiberized wood with water.\n\nDifferent pre-\u00adtreatment and extraction methods were combined to demonstrate the concept of material biorefinery based on wood.\n\nThe kinetics of degradation of spruce galactoglucomannan were studied under alkaline conditions. It was degraded in two phases at two different rates. A kinetic model was developed to fit the experimental data and to estimate the activation energies."}
-{"text": "36th Street West\n\nPolice in Minneapolis said Friday they\u2019re looking for three suspects in connection with an attempted kidnapping earlier this month. Authorities said the incident happened at about 2:25 p.m. back on May 5 near the area of 36th Street West and Zenith Avenue South."}
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-{"text": "SACRAMENTO \u2013 African American babies take center stage as First 5 Sacramento invites local child advocates and other stakeholders to attend a special meeting on Tuesday, May 27.\n\nThe African American Health Coalition Leadership Summit is scheduled to be held from 8:30 to 11:30 at the Sierra Health Foundation, located at 1321 Garden Highway.\n\nParticipants will learn more about the disproportionate number of infant deaths facing the African American community and what can be done to help. They\u2019ll also hear how First 5 Sacramento and its partners are addressing the issue. Participants will get a sneak peak of the Sacramento region\u2019s new media campaign created to reduce the number of African American infant deaths. Learn how to get involved in campaign efforts and help raise awareness.\n\nThe First 5 Sacramento Commission\u2019s mission is to support the healthy development of children zero to age five, empower families and to strengthen communities."}
-{"text": "If anyone else using a Mac is having trouble with the \"Invisible .rockbox Folder\" and is a bit worried about using the Terminal etc (like me) I do recommend a utility called \"Tinkertool\" which I have just downloaded. It's free and enables you to toggle the view of invisible files on and off.\n\nIf anyone else using a Mac is having trouble with the \"Invisible .rockbox Folder\" and is a bit worried about using the Terminal etc (like me) I do recommend a utility called \"Tinkertool\" which I have just downloaded. It's free and enables you to toggle the view of invisible files on and off.\n\nhaha this is funny, really! An operating system (well filemanager..) that doesn't allow you to show hidden files\n\nJokes apart, I don't know if you are able to test it correctly with the old modded firmware for rockbox (but it should work fine). Anyway I will publish another updated version of the firmware. With this firm, you will need only to copy .rockbox folder to the root of the player. The rest is automatically included\nI think there will be two main versions:\n- one is the original rockboxed firmware: just possibility to load rockbox and safe mode + rc.user custom script executable from player's root\n- the other one, also with drk, cpu trick and 5 seconds reset. indeed with the capability of loading rockbox too.\n\nAn operating system (well filemanager..) that doesn't allow you to show hidden files\n\nYou can see invisible files using the ordinary \"Find\" command as there's a visibility setting but it's just not that easy to work with them although you can delete them. You can also turn them on and off via the Terminal so it's not true to say \"that doesn't allow you to show hidden files\". It's just easier with a third party utility. Considering the damage you can do on a Mac by deleting invisible files it's probably a good thing.\n\nThis is the first time in over 20 years that I've needed to see an invisible file.\n\nI've got sound glitches. I bought a 32 GO card and I don't know if that has anything to do with it. It works fine. The only thing is that when I pause the music and let the display turn off (I have it set at 15 seconds), wake up the player before it turns off completely (set to 5 minutes) (first button pressed turns on the backlight only) and then play the music (doesn't matter if I wait 1 second or ten) there's a weird noise that lasts perhaps a tenth of a second. It reminds me of the sound of the music speeding up when you pressed the play button on old cassette recorders. This only happens from the SD card and if the display was asleep. When I turn on the player there isn't this noise. When playing music from the internal memory this sound is replaced by a click. So I was wondering if it is due to the card (is access time slower on a larger card.) Obviously I seem to be the only one having this problem which is rather annoying but I thought that I should say it anyway just in case. I suppose the best thing is for me to format everything and start from scratch. Also I noticed that downloading music to the card (I have several sizes) through the R0 is much slower than going through the slot in the PC. So I do the bulk of the work through the slot and \"top up\" through the R0.\n\nI've just noticed that the size of the card doesn't matter for this noise and sometimes it does it from the internal memory too.\n\nActually i guess that sound is now quieter it's true, can't say it for 100% though.\n\nIndeed it's \"quieter\" but only because the volume range was hacked by me...you shouldn't care about the \"graphical\" level, but the actual sound volume. Well, yes it could be that final volume isn't so high like the old version, but anyway you should be able to use the same volume levels (at a different \"point\" speaking about the graphical bar....) as the old version.\ni.e. before was 10 -> XX real dB sound volume, now it's 20 -> the same XX real sound volume\nDon't know if it's clear\n\nIndeed it's \"quieter\" but only because the volume range was hacked by me...you shouldn't care about the \"graphical\" level, but the actual sound volume. Well, yes it could be that final volume isn't so high like the old version, but anyway you should be able to use the same volume levels (at a different \"point\" speaking about the graphical bar....) as the old version.\ni.e. before was 10 -> XX real dB sound volume, now it's 20 -> the same XX real sound volume\nDon't know if it's clear\n\nI think the mixer volume is still set too low. Looking at the last commit, kugel reduced it to 5dB lower then the Sandisk players, even though its (probably) the same part, so the max volume is probably below what it should be.\n\nI think the mixer volume is still set too low. Looking at the last commit, kugel reduced it to 5dB lower then the Sandisk players, even though its (probably) the same part, so the max volume is probably below what it should be.\n\nUhm okay, I suspected that too! (that's why i did the \"hack\" back in time )\nSo we need to see about this indeed, maybe a different \"implementation\" i.e. some protection resistors/capacitors?\n\nUhm okay, I suspected that too! (that's why i did the \"hack\" back in time )\nSo we need to see about this indeed, maybe a different \"implementation\" i.e. some protection resistors/capacitors?\n\nI think it should just be increased to the AMSv2 level. If its set too high the only thing that happens is that values near 0dB might distort. Thats easy enough to check with a tool like RMAA (or even by ear with a test tone and an amplified speaker (so you don't blow your ears out listening at max volume ).\n\nThe question is not about a new version RB...Can I create and change the background for reading text files in a RB? I loved the backgrounds txt files in the original firmware R0, but first - I can not find them in the Neo Ghost, they are probably in a format qng, and the second - just do not know how to change the background for txt files in RB... It is even possible, and is it difficult to do it yourself?"}
-{"text": "In terms of meaningful diagnosis and management, let alone cure, diabetes has long proved recalcitrant for both individuals and communities. Its social and economic cost now threatens to outpace Australia\u2019s health budget for tertiary, secondary and primary prevention of diabetes and its complications. With an estimated 3.5 million people in Australia now affected by diabetes or prediabetes, Zimmet (doi: 10.5694/mja13.10972)\u2026"}
-{"text": "Place: Ratings & Reviews\n\nReviews by Billolick:\n\n3.85/5 rDev -8.8%\n\nThis place is a well stocked, pretty typical Michigan style \"Party store\". Plenty of wine and booze, but you are interested in the beer, aren't you. Its just off of the main road, strip mall kinda setting,\"look behind Taco bell\" I was told and so I did. No mixed sixes (boo). you will find plenty of Bells, Jolly P, Founders, Stone, Leelanau, Great Divide, Rogue, Great Lakes, Dark Horse, Arcadia, Shiner, New Holland, Avery, Lagunitas, Stel Head, Arbor brewing, also relatively minor collections of some typical Brit, German and Belgian imports. Clean, new looking, well lit kinda place, worth a visit if in the area and in need of some of the quality Michigan Brewers finest beer offerings.\n\nI stopped into the new store in Kalamazoo IT 'S HUGE! The craft beer selection is overwhelming and the staff gave small town feel, very nice and willing to help. Best single bottle selection I have ever seen. I tell everyone about this place, its a destination.\n\nI stopped in to Mega Bev on a trip throught Battle Creek on 8/11/2012. One of the things that attracted me to the store is their fantastic website.\n\nMega Bev is clean and well organized. They had many of the Michigan micros such as Shorts, Arcadia, and Frankenmuth. I even found a supply of Stoudt's. The employees were friendly and spoke to me about the beer. He even looked up inventory on the computer for me. This was a big plus. Though not perfect, the selection was very noteworthy.\n\nMy girlfriend's parents live in BC so I was only here for a quick trip on a Saturday night. It has the typical liquor store feel, but they've got a pretty solid selection of local craft brews. Most of their craft selection from around the country consisted of what you would expect to be coming out of the more well known craft breweries like Rogue, Stone, New Belgium and Sierra Nevada.\n\nI was looking for Plead the 5th, a brew from Dark Horse (only 10 minutes from the store) and one of their staff was more than willing to help me find the number to the brewery once she realized it was out of stock. The next time I'm in BC, I'll definitely be heading back when I'm looking for something good to sip on.\n\nThe only good store within miles of Battle Creek with a respectable selection of beer, wine, and liquor. Every visit they have something new. I can't go in the place without someone asking if I need help, and they are more than accommodating. I asked about a beer that they didn't have in stock and the clerk told me he would ask the distributor and see if they could get some. It wasn't but a couple of days later when I spotted it on their shelves. Their six-packs run a dollar or two more than, say, a supermarket, but they also have much more to chose from than the super stores."}
-{"text": "High-tech hunting equipment has changed the way big game is hunted in North America. Hunters need to be aware of the laws. Satellite phones and two-way radios may not be used to track animal movement, herd game into a funnel, or chase game toward waiting hunters. It is also illegal to use doe scent to entrap bucks. Doe scents, buck calls, and rattling can only be used to attract bucks to the hunter. Night vision goggles, video monitors, and cameras can be used to record animal movements, but it is illegal to hunt after dark, even if the hunting equipment appears to be specially made to facilitate night hunting.\n\nEver wonder how you could make your life better and more fun? So have tens of millions of fans who have turned to LifeTips for answers over the past decade. We keep the tips, advice, books, podcasts and writing services flowing, so you can keep your life and business growing in the right direction. Upward!"}
-{"text": "Black Like Who?\n\nNatalie Johnson Lee and Don Samuels have had different rides during their terms on the city council\n\nDiana Watters\n\nNatalie Johnson Lee and Don Samuels are two black leaders representing the city's north side. Their similarities, publicly at least, end there.\n\nThree weeks ago, Natalie Johnson Lee bustled into the coffee shop at the Urban League in north Minneapolis. Before the city council member could take a seat at a table by the front door, an old-timer from the neighborhood had her ear.\n\nThey talked about the recent rash of shootings in the nearby Jordan neighborhood, which is not in Johnson Lee's Fifth Ward, but is instead represented by council newcomer Don Samuels. Even so, as an African American, Johnson Lee is personally linked to Jordan, where there are twice as many black residents as whites.\n\nSamuels had gained much attention and praise for his public reaction to the shootings, making good on his promise to fast and hold overnight vigils each time someone is shot and killed in his Third Ward. In light of this, Johnson Lee seemed lost in the shadows.\n\nThe old-timer, an African American who had spent most of his life on the north side, had a special distaste for this. He worried that the attention paid to Samuels would hurt Johnson Lee should the two face off in the next election cycle, a real possibility now that ward boundaries have been redrawn in accordance with the 2000 census. \"Natalie, you cannot let him beat you at this,\" the man said. \"If he's elected over you, it would be the worst thing for African Americans all over the city.\"\n\nReally? In any event, the old-timer expressed a view that is hardly rare on the north side. While white folks see Samuels emerging as one of the city's most striking black leaders in recent memory, many in the African American community are more circumspect. Samuels is, after all, an immigrant from Jamaica, and his perspectives are framed by a can-do optimism that feels naive and anachronistic to many local African Americans.\n\nBut the power brokers at city hall and the king makers in the media, lily-white as they are, have been listening raptly. The same cannot be said in Johnson Lee's case.\n\nJohnson Lee's street cred is intact, but her public image has been under siege for some time. While Samuels seems able to speak about police-minority relations with impunity, the cops have pounced on Johnson Lee. Last summer, after a white Minneapolis police officer and a deranged 60-year-old black woman shot and killed each other in a public-housing restroom in south Minneapolis, Johnson Lee had the audacity to publicly offer condolences to the black woman's family. Within hours, the police union was calling for her resignation.\n\nAnd two weeks ago, Johnson Lee had a run-in with police while sitting in her car on a neighborhood street, talking to a constituent. In an incident familiar to most blacks on the north side, an argument ensued and Johnson Lee was tagged. After the incident became news, no one rushed to Johnson Lee's defense.\n\nIt's hard to imagine similar things happening to Samuels. He clearly has important things to say about race in this town (see \"Don Samuels on the Struggles of Jordan,\" August 20), and Samuels has been embraced by white leadership in Minneapolis. There's even chatter about a mayoral run.\n\nJohnson Lee, on the other hand, largely has had to fend for herself, championing her causes to deaf ears in dreary council committee meetings. She heads the council's Health and Human Services Committee, where most issues challenging blacks in this city--poverty, civil rights--tend to fall. But the committee's agendas are usually treated as an afterthought by most of Johnson Lee's colleagues. Johnson Lee is not bitter about her struggles (although she notes that things would be different if she weren't a woman), but she will admit that most of what Samuels is saying is nothing she hasn't said before.\n\nSamuels is charismatic and makes for good copy, but as an immigrant and an \"exotic\" of sorts, he is also unburdened by many of the stereotypes most blacks have to face. Immigrants of color like Samuels represent diversity; African Americans like Johnson Lee represent something far more complex, troubling, and intractable."}
-{"text": "Forum rules\nATTN Coal Dealers: To advertise your company you're allowed to start one new topic in \"Coal Prices, Coal Quality, Coal Dealer Inquiries and Reviews\". You may also respond to other topics started by others where your company has been mentioned and are encouraged to do so. Any other posts just for advertising here or anywhere else on nepacrossroads.com will be considered spam and removed. Repeated violations will result in a permanent ban.\n\nPer Wikipedia, anthracite is defined as having a carbon content that is between 92.1% and 98%. The figures I seem to recall seeing most often mention 86% or 87% carbon content these days. Along with ever diminishing in accessible reserve supply, is the remaining anthracite asset also slowly diminishing in carbon content (vs. the golden years culminating in about 1918)?\n\nWell, I\u2019m going to go out on a limb here, but most places I have read will put the average fixed carbon content of anthracite in the mid to upper 80s. Once you get up into the upper 90 percent ranges we are talking about high grade anthracite (aka meta-anthracite) don\u2019t recall the exact cut off point. Also, I don\u2019t know much about this, but it\u2019s worth mentioning that according to the ASTM the percent of fixed carbon will change depending on the overall moisture content of the coal (i.e. dry or moist), so depending on moisture content at the time of analysis, we could be comparing apples to bananas.From some of the historical resources that I have read, meta-anthracite is what used to be mined a long time ago up in the Providence RI area.\n\nIt was never know as a good burning coal and had a high chlorine content. It had a very high fixed carbon content!What I do believe about the golden years is that it was deep mining vs strip mining that made the difference and it was typically \u201cfresh\u201d. Don\u2019t get me wrong, there is a lot of high quality strip mined coal out there today (well that\u2019s all you can get now), but the longer it\u2019s exposed to the sun and weather the more it starts to lose it oomph. Back in the golden days we were burning it just about as fast as it could be mined and processed.\n\nTo back you up as well,the available coal fields at the time were probably better, let\u2019s face it, mining was not restricted all that much back then. So if there was better coal to be mined, they mined it. Today you kind of get what you get. There are still some great veins out there but restrictions to underground mining and other red tape make it impossible or just not worth it these days. I guess some coal may not be as good as it used to be\u2026"}
-{"text": "pCloud iPhone App Review: 10GB Cloud Storage, For Free\n\npCloud is an iPhone app developed by PCLOUD LTD. pCloud is a cloud storage service that gives you 10 gigs of free space when you sign up. If you\u2019ve been looking for a new cloud storage solution, this is a tool that is well worth your consideration.\n\npCloud allows users to upload files of any size, making this ideal for people with large HD video collections, musicians, graphic designers, or developers. All your files are synchronized between your computer, iPhone and iPad, and you can see live changes to your files.\n\nThere\u2019s a lot to like here. pCloud boasts that it is \u201cthe ultimate app for sharing and storing files.\u201d That\u2019s a pretty lofty claim, but I have to admit that this is a really solid tool. The interface is simple, clean, and everything you could want in an app like this.\n\nThe activity monitor makes it simple to find the files you need to access most often, and also lets you see the progress of your background tasks.\n\nIf you don\u2019t mind paying a monthly or yearly subscription fee, you can get even more storage than the basic 10GB. pCloud Pro plans are available at the 100GB , 300GB, or 1TB levels. The 100GB plan is $4.99 per month, the 300GB is $14.99 per month, and the 1TB plan is $49.99 per month.\n\nThe most recent version of the app is Version 1.3.0. In this version of pCloud, the developers have dealt with some problematic bugs. In addition, they\u2019ve added a passcode lock feature and they\u2019ve also made some uploading improvements.\n\npCloud also offers a ton of sharing options, including the ability to send upload or download links to people that you want to share your files and photos with. Overall, this is a great tool to replace or augment your current cloud service.\n\npCloudrequires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5."}
-{"text": "Janay Marriel Smith is a mechanical engineer, product designer, lawyer and comedian whose purpose is bound by improving the lives of others. Ms. Smith\u2019s life is defined by seamlessly weaving professional training, personal experiences and gut instinct. She executes this trifecta via story-telling, activism, consumer product design, and public policy campaigns.\n\nMs. Smith\u2019s exposure to law was immediate and intense as a child reared by civil rights activists in Montgomery, Alabama. Such a pro-active environment led her to the politically aware and socially conscious Howard University where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Her intrigue with international policy and multiculturalism blossomed while living in Washington, D.C.\n\nMs. Smith\u2019s career began as an engineer for Ford Motor Company. By 25, she was a manager for the international award winning KA\u2019s Squeak and Rattle manufacturing team in Valencia, Spain. Her experience on such an influential multi-national team birthed her passions for international exploring and cultural understanding.\n\nShe fervently supports the democratic process and equity under the law (her contributions to the 2008 United States presidential campaign gained national recognition). Her commitment to human rights, health care and environmental issues expanded after legal experiences in Italy and Africa. Ms. Smith\u2019s international efforts tapped her as an Ambassador for Namibia\u2019s Hardap Region. Smith serves as co-founder and co-president of Visceral Media Group (VMG). VMG is dedicated to creating film, television and music content that entertains, educates and inspires. VMG is co-owned by accomplished, veteran producer Mr. James DuBose. This duo is bound by a commitment to tell compelling biographical and motivational stories.\n\nMs. Smith currently owns and manages The Jock Michael Smith Collection (TJMSC), the world's largest privately held multi-sport collection of game worn, authenticated memorabilia. She uses the collection to stimulate, and motivate, conversations across cultural, racial and gender lines. She has created a partnership with the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to exhibit over 40 key artifacts in Washington, D.C. The sports gallery of NMAAHC would not exist without TJMSC. She was President of SCORE! Las Vegas, the nation\u2019s first multi-sport interactive exhibit with game worn memorabilia.\n\nJ. Smiles is the stage name Ms. Smith uses as a standup comedian. Referred to as the conscious comic, she tackles controversial topics in a manner that allows the entire audience to leave with a new perspective. She performs standup regularly. J. Smiles was a co-host on The Ladies Lounge radio show. Her creative design endeavors are contained within The J Factor, an independent invention firm. Ms. Smith has deep, lasting connections with organizations such as The Rosa and Raymond Parks Foundation, the Democratic National Committee, Lawyers Without Borders and the American Heart Association. She is member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Industrial Designers Society of America and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc."}
-{"text": "CatfoodDB's Unbiased List Of The Best Wet Cat Foods\n\nUpdated! Product ratings have been tweaked, and the top wet cat foods list has been adjusted to match.\nMore info here.\n\nAfter months of research and analyzing information from 2400+ cat food products from over 140 brands, I'm excited to be\nable to report on which wet cat food products ranked the best!\n\nEvery cat is different, so there is no one single best wet cat food.\nAllergies, health concerns, price and even the pickiness of your particular feline will all play a part in helping you determine what is the\nbest wet cat food for your situation.\n\nHowever, analyzing all the data has shown me there are definitely different tiers of quality across the 1500+ wet cat food products I've looked at.\nBelow you'll find 12 of the best wet cat foods that scored the highest using my fact-based, unbiased analysis of each product using\nthe manufacturer's published nutritional information.\n\nSponsored Content\n\nAnalysis Criteria\n\nWhen looking to find the highest quality cat food product, I'm primarily looking at two different properties of each particular variety. Pet foods\nmanufactured in the United States and Canada are required to publish this information, so it makes sense that products can be\ncompared against each other this way.\n\nFor the purposes of this list, a wet or canned cat food is any variety that contains more than 20% moisture as reported by the manufacturer. However,\nvarieties labelled as a raw, freeze-dried, dehydrated or frozen diet have been excluded as those formulas are different enough to\nwarrant their own list in the future.\n\nAdditionally,specialty varieties were also excluded from this list. These speciality foods include all veterinary diets,\nand well as products specifically developed for kittens or senior cats. Cats requiring these specialty diets have\ntheir own unique dietary concerns and their products should often be evaluated on different criteria.\n\nIngredients\n\nEach product is given a score based on an analysis of its ingredient list. Those with a named protein or protein meal (ie \"chicken\" or \"chicken meal\") as\ntheir first ingredient are scored highest. Products with named proteins and meals in their top 5 ingredients are also scored better than those products without.\nNote that a generic \"meat\" or \"fish\" ingredient doesn't count as a protein in my evaluations; I find it rather suspicious that a\nmanufacturer is unable or unwilling to identify the source of the protein!\n\nProducts listing by-products, or bulk-adding fillers and grains in their top ingredient positions are scored lower. Additionally, any questionable preservatives included\nin the ingredient list will also reduce the product's score.\n\nNutrition\n\nBy law in North America, every commercially prepared cat food must publish a 'Guaranteed Analysis' that describes the percentages of protein,\nfat, fiber and moisture that are contained within the product. Although these aren't exact values, they do allow us to approximate and compare the total\namount of protein and carbohydrates that are contained in each product.\n\nSimilar to their ingredient score, each product is also scored based on its nutritional analysis\n- those products that have higher amounts of protein and lower amounts of carbohydrates reported in this nutritional breakdown are scored higher.\n\nThe Results\n\nThe 12 products below scored highest of all the products in the CatFoodDB database, each earning either 9 or 10 paws for their nutrition levels and ingredient lists.\nAll are high in protein, low in carbohydrates, and are free of starchy fillers and by-products.\n\nNote however that this is by no means the full list of the best products reviewed here on CatFoodDB. In fact,\nchoosing just 12 varieties was a really hard task, and in the end the raw\nnumbers chose the winners - the products below had the highest scores, lowest\ncalculated carbohydrate values and highest amounts of protein. However, it's important to keep in mind that the\nprotein and especially the carbohydrate numbers are only estimated values. Although each cat food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis\nthat defines each product's maximum values of fiber and moisture in addition to its minimum values of protein and fat,\nexact nutritional percentages are not available and hence all calculated values, including carbohydrates, are determined using these\nminimum and maximum published values and may differ from actual values. Although a high score may\nbe indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their\nindividual needs."}
-{"text": "Legendary Songwriter Diane Warren -- Snoop Dogg Got Me SOOOO HIGHHHH\n\nDiane Warren\n\nSnoop Dogg Got Me\n\nSOOO HIGH\n\n6/18/2013 3:40 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF\n\nExclusive Video\n\nLegendary songwriter Diane Warren -- who wrote pretty much every hit song you've ever heard -- tells TMZ, it took her 56 years to reach the highest point of her career ... when Snoop Dogg got her blitzed out of her mind on some serious sticky icky.\n\nDiane -- whose hits include Toni Braxton's \"Unbreak My Heart\" and Aerosmith's \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\" -- recently wrote Snoop's new song \"The Good Good\" ... and when they recorded it at the studio, Diane says they got high as kites together.\n\nThe best part of the video is when Diane's friends tell her not to talk about the weed session on camera ... and she blows 'em off saying -- \"I don't care, I'm not running for office. I don't give a f**k.\""}
-{"text": "Welcome to BOJ of WNC\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\nBENEFITS\n\nWHEN WILL I BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS\u200b\u200bWe are waiving the normal new hire waiting period for any employees who are currently enrolled in a health benefit plan with HuffBO. You\u2019ll have a specified amount of time to enroll into our plan so please be sure to enroll as soon as possible. Information will be coming soon on how to enroll. If you are not currently enrolled in benefits but are interested in enrolling you will just need to meet our eligibility requirements to enroll. Full Time employees may be eligible after 60 days of employment with us to the first of the following month. *Note there are certain exceptions that will let you make changes during the year. Your Benefit Booklet contains a complete list of Qualifying Events.\n\n\u200b\u200bHow do I enroll?Bojangles WNC uses an online enrollment system called BenefitFirst. You will receive a unique user name and password along with instructions about how to log in and make your elections. No Computer? No Worries! Benefitfirst operates a Call Center to answer any questions and help you enroll over the phone\n\n401KSalaried employees are eligible for our 401 K plan after one year of employment if you meet the requirements.\n\nPayrollWhen do we get paid? We are paid weekly and our payday is on Tuesday at 2 PM. The work week begins at 12:01 a.m. on Monday and ends at midnight on Sunday. The pay period is one (1) work week, with 52 pay periods each year.\n\nVacationWhen do we get our vacation? In January 2018 all employees who are currently eligible for vacation will start accruing their vacation with BOJ of WNC according to our accrual schedule. For the year 2018, you will continue to have the same amount of vacation you had with your previous employer. After one year of continuous employment with our company, in January 2019, all former HuffBO employees will be eligible for BOJ of WNC vacation policy. The amount of vacation time will be based on your tenure with HuffBO.\n\nPAID TIME OFF\u200bSalaried employeesPaid Time Off (PTO) is made available on the first day of each year based on the employee\u2019s number of years of continuous active employment completed with the Company. PTO will not accrue or be awarded during any leave of absences including short or long-term disability leave.\n\nPTO is provided to address all employee\u2019s time off needs. Employees must responsibly manage the allotted PTO. The Company does not provide compensatory time to salaried employees and discourages using unpaid time when PTO is exhausted.\n\nNew salaried employees receive one day of PTO immediately. Additionally, employees with less than 1 year of service accrue 1.69 hours of PTO for each week worked after 6 months of employment. Employees may not use PTO until completing 6 full calendar months of continuous employment. \u200b\u200b\n\n\u200bThe employee\u2019s anniversary date is used to determine how many days of paid time off the employee will be awarded in each given year. The schedule above is applied counting the number of years the employee will have completed on his/her anniversary date during the upcoming calendar year.\u200bHourly EmployeesAfter completing one year of service, Full Time hourly employees (working average of 30 hours or more) will be eligible for PTO. The amount of PTO you will receive will be based on the average number of hours worked per week, 52 weeks prior to PTO request. Full Time Hourly employees are not allowed to use partial weeks of PTO. PTO must be taken one week at a time with no working hours in that week. PTO may not be carried over from one service year to the next. The PTO schedule is as follows:\n\n\u200bHourly employees who are terminated for misconduct or violation of company policies will forfeit unused PTO.All EmployeesPTO must be taken in the year earned. There is no roll over of unused vacation days.If an employee is on a leave of absence, PTO accruals may be halted until the employee returns from leave to active employment for a period of 30 days. Employees are required to use all paid leave options available when absent from work. Disability insurances may be used instead of PTO if the absence meets the insurance requirements. Once all available PTO is exhausted, supervisors may elect to excuse absences as unpaid time from work. These absences should be infrequent and short in nature. Typically, an excused unpaid absence would be to address a personal emergency. If the absences become frequent or are for longer than a couple of hours, approval from Manager is required. All hours (paid and unpaid) must be correctly recorded on manager hours to ensure correct pay.Employees who have twelve (12) months of service with the Company and who voluntarily elect to terminate their employment must provide a two (2) week advance written notice to receive payment for accrued but unused vacation. Earned PTO is defined as time off accrued monthly during the current calendar year. Payment at termination will be the number of days earned in the current year as accrued. Time away from work on PTO will NOT be counted as hours worked for purposes of overtime. If a Company recognized holiday occurs during a scheduled PTO, the time may be charged as a holiday and not as a PTO day. The employee\u2019s supervisor must approve in advance all leave requests. Supervisors must balance employee requests with the needs and requests of the entire department. Accommodating all requests may not be possible and supervisors must resolve these conflicts. Medical needs receive top priority in approving leave. Supervisors may ask Human Resources to verify medical leave requests. Supervisors are encouraged to have employees resolve scheduling requests when possible. Ultimately, supervisors must make and approve all leave schedules.All employees (exempt and non-exempt) must complete appropriate forms for PTO to maintain accurate tracing of available PTO days. Each supervisor is responsible for ensuring that this procedure is followed.\u200b\n\nPlease refer to your Benefit Guide, Handbook or fill out form below if you have any questions."}
-{"text": "Is Volkswagen Really Producing A $600 200mpg Car In China?\n\nBy now you have probably seen the rumor yet again all over the net announcing; \u201cNew Car From China for $600.00 US Dollars\u201d\u2026well here is what Ebongeek found. This rumor first made its appearance back in 2002 with the 1-litre car from Volkswagen. It was a prototype single passenger vehicle with an impressive 200+ mile per gallon fuel rating.\n\nFast forward to the 2009 Frankford Auto Show, VW reveals a much more refined concept vehicle called the VW L1, similar in many respects to the 1-litre car but with the sleek styling and modern design elements we have come to expect from German engineering. According to the VW press release \u201cthe L1 Concept \u2013 a diesel-electric hybrid vehicle constructed from aluminum and carbon fiber weighing just 380 kg and capable of returning 189 mpg on the combined cycle while emitting just 39 g/km of CO2. The L1 Concept draws inspiration from the original 1-litre car, unveiled in April 2002 when Dr. Ferdinand Piech, then Chairman of the Board of Management, drove the concept between Wolfsburg and Hamburg. At that time producing the carbon fiber reinforced plastic body was simply not viable. With modern production processes, large-scale manufacture of such structures is now possible.\u201d (Notice reference to the \u201coriginal 1-litre car\u201d?)"}
-{"text": "My New Camera Tripod\n\nFor awhile I\u2019ve worked with large tripods, usually for lights when I\u2019m taking portraits or indeed when I\u2019m recording self tapes. With the latter, I\u2019ve been running into difficulty because I haven\u2019t been able to tilt the camera (cue me shoving books underneath the back leg to give me some kind of flattering angle!). But now? All that faff is over thanks to my most recently purchase, Joby\u2018s original GorillaPod!\n\nI am so delighted with it \u2013 I\u2019ve not got to really test it in a self-tape situation just yet, but I\u2019m sure I will soon \u2013 thankfully self tapes are often cropping up these days!\n\nTo attach my camera, the top insert of the tripod slides out of place when you hold down the logo button at the side. You twist it securely onto your camera, and then just slide the whole lot back onto the legs. A super easy process and a much better way than what I\u2019ve been having to do to get my camera affixed to those larger tripods (I\u2019ve been close to dropping it so many times it gives me palpitations just thinking about it!)\n\nThe legs \u2013 the legs are where this little gizmo really shines \u2013 they\u2019re wonderfully bendy and can hook around pretty much anything so that you can film/photograph whatever you want without having to hold onto the set up. The absolute business for those of you who brave travelling alone and want to get that perfect shot infront of a famous landmark but are equally shy and don\u2019t want to ask strangers for assistance!\n\nIt is pretty brilliant to say the least. This is the company\u2019s original tripod, so it\u2019s super tiny. So handy to pack, it hardly takes up any space at all! I\u2019m pretty sure \u2013 if all goes as well as I imagine \u2013 I\u2019ll be graduating to a larger one in the not too distant future, but baby steps!\n\nDo you have a GorillaPod tripod? Let me know in the comments section below what you think of it!"}
-{"text": "Product Description\n\nOM, often Aum, is a sacred syllable of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. OM is reputed to be the resonant vibrational tone of the non-dualistic universe as a whole. In Buddhism, Om corresponds to the crown chakra and white light. The OM signifies God, Creation and the One-ness of all creation. The OM is a sacred symbol that represents the omnipotent, omnipresent, and the source of all manifest existence.\n\nDisclaimer: Statements on this page have not been evaluated by theFood and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Information on this publication should not be used as medical advice. Data provided for research and professional use only."}
-{"text": "To Mrs Reynolds\u2019s Cat: Language, tone and structure\n\nLanguage and tone of To Mrs Reynolds\u2019s Cat\n\nThe tone of Keats\u2019 poem is deliberately portentous and transforms the aged cat sitting on Keats\u2019 lap and digging its claws into his knee into something much more adventurous. Keats may have been familiar with Thomas Gray\u2019s mock-heroicOde on the Death of a Favourite cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes, which has a similarly elevated tone.\n\nThe cat\u2019s former power is suggested by \u2018destroyed\u2019 (line 3). It does not have claws but rather \u2018talons\u2019, like some mighty bird of prey. Like a warrior it has survived \u2018frays\u2019 with fish and mice. Keats imagines the cat as having been mauled by the fists of maids and even imagines it as a young knight entering the lists, proving its courage in some sort of tournament.\n\nHowever, the tone shifts at the end and Keats displays a finely judged sense of bathos in seeing the cat\u2019s proving ground as merely a wall topped by shards of broken bottles.\n\nThe sonnet contains many instances of parody as well as elements of the mock heroic. The first line begins with the abrupt invocation \u2018Cat!\u2019 in the manner of a Miltonic sonnet and ends with the grand and esoteric word \u2018climacteric\u2019. There are other Miltonic features, such as the spreading of adjectives either side of the noun in \u2018bright languid segments green\u2019 (line 4).\n\nInvestigating language and tone of To Mrs Reynolds\u2019s Cat\n\nWhy does Keats create a tone that is far weightier than the light-hearted subject matter would suggest?\n\nHow does Keats create a sense of anti-climax at the end?\n\nList all the examples of parody and mock-heroic that you can and comment on the effects they create.\n\nWhy would echoes of the poet John Milton be of particular significance for Keats?\n\nHow does the language suggest the contrast between the cat when young and now that it is old?\n\nStructure and versification of To Mrs Reynolds\u2019s Cat\n\nAlthough the poem is a piece of light-hearted whimsy, Keats shows his mastery of form and language. Keats utilises a formal structure: a Petrarchan sonnet, recognisable by the rhyme-scheme abba abba in the octave and cdc cdc in the sestet. The octet sees the cat in heroic terms; the sestet cuts it down to size, focusing on its \u2018dainty\u2019 wrists, its \u2018wheezy asthma\u2019, its nicked off tail, its mauling at the fists of \u2018many a maid\u2019 and the fact that it has had to contend with the hazards of broken glass on the top of walls.\n\nKeats only occasionally disrupts the iambic pentameter, inverting the first foot of the first line to give emphasis to his subject, and again in line 11 when the damage of the cat\u2019s \u2018tail\u2019s tip\u2019 being \u2018nicked off\u2019 is highlighted by two spondees. Then he adds extra syllables and intersperses two iambs with three anapests to convey the speed of the maids\u2019 assaults in l.12.\n\nInvestigating structure and versification of To Mrs Reynolds\u2019s Cat\n\n\u2018Although the poem is a piece of light-hearted whimsy, Keats shows his mastery of form and language.\u2019 Comment on those features of structure and versification that seem to you to demonstrate this mastery.\n\nComment on the effect of enjambement between lines 2/3 and on the effect of the caesura coming after the first word of line 3.\n\nWhat is the effect of further enjambment between lines 3 and 8 \u2013 none of which is end-stopped?\n\nHow does Keats vary the rhythm of the sonnet in line with its subject matter?\n\nThe tone of voice in which anything is to be read in: e.g. lyrical, dramatic, contemplative.\n\nA parody or comic poem, that uses epic conventions to portray trivial matters instead of important ones.\n\nAnticlimax. When we expect a climax in speech or literature and instead get something trivial or comical.\n\nA sonnet is a poem with a special structure. It has fourteen lines, which are organised in a particular manner, usually characterised by the pattern of rhyming, which changes as the ideas in the poem evolve.\n\nA comic, mocking or satiric imitation of a form of literature or someone's action.\n\n1. Making someone experience a particular feeling or memory\n2. Calling on an external power to help, similar to an incantation to call upon a spirit or a deity.\n\nRelating to the poet John Milton\n\nA form of sonnet developed by the poet Petrarch.\n\nThe ordered or regular patterns of rhyme at the ends of lines or verses of poetry.\n\nThe 8-line stanza of a Petrarchan sonnet, always occupying the first eight lines. It sometimes has a division halfway, creating two quatrains. It poses a problem or describes some single object or incident.\n\nThe 6-line stanza of a Petrarchan sonnet, occupying the last six lines, sometimes divided into tercets or couplets. It often resolves the problem posed in the octave or comments significantly on it.\n\nA line containing five metrical feet each consisting of one stressed and one unstressed syllable.\n\nA unit of metre, being a foot of two long, or stressed, syllables.\n\nMetrical feet made up of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (or one short syllable followed by one long syllable).\n\nA metre in poetry, each foot consisting of two unstressed syllables, followed by a stressed syllable. A rising metre, like the iambic.\n\nThe technique used in blank verse and other verse forms in which the sense of a line runs on without a pause to the next one; this often gives a sense of greater fluency to the lines.\n\nA pause, often indicated in text by a comma or full stop, during a line of blank verse.\n\na line of verse where the sense ends at the end of the line\n\nThe musical effect of the repetition of stresses or beats, and the speed or tempo at which these may be read."}
-{"text": "People in H&S: Warren L. Eisenberg;\n\nPage 1\n\n\"I am really more an MAS man than an\nauditor.\"\nThe self-analysis comes from Warren L.\nEisenberg, partner in the Philadelphia\noffice of Has kins & Sells and sparkplug of\nits small business practice. In an interview\nwith Hcl^S Reports, Warren readily exhib\u00adits\nthe characteristics essential to success\nfor the financial management adviser. He\nhas a ready smile and is an eager conver\u00adsationalist,\nwhile at the same time he\npractices the art of sympathetic listening.\nA person talking with him has the sense\nthat Warren is taking in everything that is\nsaid, while his thinking is moving ahead to\na possible solution of the problem that the\nother person is posing.\nHad he decided to be a teacher by pro\u00adfession,\nit is a good bet that Warren would\nhave been a great one. He has a love for\nlearning that keeps his mind constantly\nopen to what is new. But he chose instead\nto become a professional accountant and\nto work with people in the business world.\nHe joined the Firm in 1970 when he and\nRobert Grossman merged their account\u00ading\npractice in the Quaker City with Has-kins\n& Sells, and he gives every evidence\nof relishing all the opportunities that\nworking in our Firm affords. He speaks\nwith warm appreciation of Phil Sand-maier,\nwhom he has known for many\nyears, and of Larry Walsh and Joe Healy\nthe successive partners in charge of the\nPhiladelphia office with whom he has\nworked over the past four years.\nWarren's particular professional inter\u00adests,\ntaken in no special order because they\nintermingle with one another, are: work\u00ading\nwith the Firm's Small Business Advi\u00adsory\nCommittee to develop this practice\non a national scale; assisting his clients in\nthe Philadelphia area to realize their full\nbusiness potential; bringing to small and\nmedium-size clients the benefits of elec\u00adtronic\ndata processing systems suited to\ntheir needs; and making friends for the\nFirm through personal contact.\nThe way Warren came to these interests\nis best explained by his own personal his\u00adtory.\nHe was born in Philadelphia and\nattended school there. His father, an engi\u00adneer\nby training, left that field and\nbecame, Warren believes, the first man to\nstart an automobile finance company in\nthe United States. Warren entered Penn\u00adsylvania\nState College (now University) in\n1938 and was, as they say in show busi\u00adness,\na \"quick study\" at the books.\n\"I didn't have the patience to take just\nthe required number of credits,\" he recalls\nnow, \"so I took eighteen credits the second\nsemester. Then I took twenty-one credits\nthe third semester, and I pushed it up to\ntwenty-four credits in my fourth semester.\nI was working at the time, too, because my\nfather had died and money was a bit tight\nfor us. Then, in my second year, I looked\nover my schedule and saw that if I grabbed\nsome extra credits in a summer session I\ncould graduate in three years. So I did, and\nfinished in 1941, with a major in econom\u00adics\nand a minor in accounting.\n\"I didn't know for certain just what I\nwanted to do. But I was sure that I did not\nwant to be in the finance business. So I\ntook a job for a few months in a local\naccounting firm in Philadelphia, just as the\nwar clouds were growing pretty dark. I had\ntaken two years of military science at Penn\nState, and in the fall I decided I wanted to\nenlist. One week before Pearl Harbor I\nwent to the Philadelphia Navy Yard and\ntried to sign up. Then, the day after the\nattack, I sent the Navy a telegram, trying to\nenlist again. They took me as an ensign\nearly in 1942, and I was assigned to the\nCommunications Office of the Third\nNaval District, in New York City.\"\nWarren soon tired of office work and\nhotel living, so he applied for sea duty and\nspent most of 1943 and 1944 on a de\u00adstroyer\nin the North Atlantic, making\ncountless crossings on convoy duty, par\u00adticipating\nin the invasions of Normandy\nand southern France, and advancing to\nthe rank of lieutenant. He ended up his\nNavy stint in charge of the Radar Training\nSchool in Norfolk. Upon his discharge\nfrom the service in 1946 he went back to\nwork for his old employer.\nMarried by now to the former Bert\nRadoff and the father of a baby boy, War\u00adren\nstudied for the CPA examination and\nwas certified in Pennsylvania in 1947. That\nyear he moved to another Philadelphia\nfirm and worked there for the better part\nof two years before starting his own CPA\nfirm in 1950. His practice was traditional\nfor a number of years. Then in 1962 there\noccurred a sequence of events that heavily\ninfluenced Warren's future course and\nenabled him, with Bob Grossman, to\nbuild his practice and organization to\ntwenty-five people by 1970. As he tells it\nnow in retrospect:\n\"I became the auditor for Isaac L. Auer-bach,\na Philadelphia engineer starting his\nown computer consulting business. He\nhad been one of the original members of\nthe team that built UNIVAC, the first\ncomputer. About 1960 he told me that a\ncomputer could do most of what an\naccountant could do, and I told him it was\nimpossible. But he discussed with me\nwhat a computer could accomplish and\nsaid he wanted to computerize his\naccounting system. Well, he knew EDP\nsystems, such as they were back then, and I\nknew accounting. Together we worked out\na system for putting his accounting records\ninto a computer.\"\nOne thing led to another. Alex Hersko-vitz,\na partner of Alexander Woodwork\nCompany, one of Warren's manufacturing\nclients, had enough confidence in his\naccountant to be a pioneer in his industry\nin computerizing his accounting system\nunder the direction of Eisenberg ck Com\u00adpany.\nThis led, in turn, to Warren's making\na presentation before the Architectural\nWoodwork Institute, the national trade\nassociation, and obtaining both the Insti\u00adtute\nand a number of its member compa\u00adnies\nas clients. The AWI remains an H&S\nclient, and Warren Eisenberg has moved\non to providing new services, such as the\nCost-of-Doing-Business Survey, for the\nInstitute and its members.\nMeanwhile, from his experience as\ntreasurer of his synagogue, one of the\noldest and largest in the Delaware Valley,\nWarren recognized that the time had come\nto use EDP systems to save time and\nmoney in the nonprofit sector, as well as in\nmanufacturing. In 1968 he designed a\ncomputer system for processing pledges\nand other receivables and for preparing\nfinancial statements. Shortly afterward he\nprepared a written report on the use of\nEDP to prepare financial information for\nsynagogue management, and this report\nwas distributed on a national basis.\nLast year Warren and Dorsey Wittig,\nmanager in the Washington office, took\n22\nPEOPLE IN H&S:\nWARREN L. Elf ENBERG"}
-{"text": "We are currently undergoing updates to our site and are working to improve your experience on all devices that you use throughout your day. If you should find a page or a story that is not working correctly, please click here.\n\nThank you for your patience,\n\nTribLIVE.com Team\n\nThe cuisine of Argentina isn't really on the radar of most Pittsburghers, unless they have some kind of connection to the country. If Gaucho Parilla Argentina \u2014 a new takeout place in the Strip District \u2014 is any indication, that should probably change.\n\nFans of barbecue and expert grilling in general ought to find a lot to like here, even if a few of the condiments are unfamiliar.\n\nProprietor Anthony Falcon saw the Strip District as a place where people are already going to check out new and unusual ethnic foods, so it fit his needs perfectly.\n\n\u201cI'm from Brooklyn,\u201d Falcon says. \u201cMy father and brother and sister are from Argentina. My mom's side is English. ... I took them to the Strip one day. The food is diverse; this is the spot to be. This is something we had really wanted to bring to Pittsburgh.\u201d\n\nGaucho is located in the space vacated by Big Mama's House of Soul on Penn Avenue, replacing worn black-and-gold decorations with dark wood, inside and out. There's few places to sit, but counters line the walls, giving the place a cozy, convivial atmosphere. An outdoor patio with seating should be ready by May.\n\nSome of the world's best beef is raised in Argentina, so it's no surprise that steak takes center stage at Gaucho. You can choose from a quarter pound or half-pound of Bife del Gaucho (cowboy ribeye steak, $11 and $20), Entragna (skirt steak, $8 and $14), Matambre (flank steak, $7 and $12) or Lomo (filet mignon, $15 and $28).\n\nIf you're a little less hungry, there are five sandwiches available, including chorizo ($7), with a choice of garlic, spicy or morcilla sausage, with onion, peppers and pimenton.\n\nThere's always a large array of \u201cpequenos,\u201d or small plates, for those in the mood to sample. The roasted, seasoned Gaucho Papas ($2) are a good place to start, as are the chorizos ($5), spicy garlic sausages with an outstanding chimmichurri sauce (made from extra-virgin olive oil, vinegar, salmuera, parsley, oregano).\n\nOne of the best things about Gaucho is simply standing around waiting for your food, watching the grills in action and chatting with the cooks. We were handed toasted bread, and stood around the giant butcher's block in the middle of the room, trying out Gaucho's array of condiments, from Cebolla ($3 for a to-go container), a rosemary, onion and thyme-accented olive oil, to the Pimenton ($3), redolent of charred pepper and garlic.\n\n\u201cThe condiments \u2014 you can put them on anything,\u201d Falcon says. \u201cWe roast the peppers and caramelize the onions and puree the roasted garlic. The only thing coming out of a can is the extra-virgin olive oil.\u201d\n\nThe giant butcher's block sort of operates as a condiment bar, and tends to spark conversation.\n\n\u201cThe butcher's block has become a centerpiece for us,\u201d Falcon says. \u201cThe block itself is about 80 years old. One owner \u2014 the gentleman we bought it from \u2014 was the former butcher at the A&P in New Castle. He shed a tear as he passed it off to us.\u201d\n\nSimply getting it to Gaucho was a challenge.\n\n\u201cIt's about 900, maybe a thousand pounds. There's a small Samoan/Pacific Islander community in Pittsburgh, and I'm friends with them. Even they said it was heavy, and they're ridiculously strong.\u201d\n\nYou are solely responsible for your comments and by using TribLive.com you agree to our\nTerms of Service.\n\nWe moderate comments. Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. By screening submissions, we provide a space where readers can share intelligent and informed commentary that enhances the quality of our news and information.\n\nWhile most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can. Because of the volume of reader comments, we cannot review individual moderation decisions with readers.\n\nWe value thoughtful comments representing a range of views that make their point quickly and politely. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated comments either by the same reader or different readers\n\nWe follow the same standards for taste as the daily newspaper. A few things we won't tolerate: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and letters followed by dashes), commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence, proselytizing and SHOUTING. Don't include URLs to Web sites.\n\nWe do not edit comments. They are either approved or deleted. We reserve the right to edit a comment that is quoted or excerpted in an article. In this case, we may fix spelling and punctuation.\n\nWe welcome strong opinions and criticism of our work, but we don't want comments to become bogged down with discussions of our policies and we will moderate accordingly.\n\nWe appreciate it when readers and people quoted in articles or blog posts point out errors of fact or emphasis and will investigate all assertions. But these suggestions should be sent\nvia e-mail. To avoid distracting other readers, we won't publish comments that suggest a correction. Instead, corrections will be made in a blog post or in an article."}
-{"text": "Jan Lammers becomes 80 Day Race ambassador\n\nJan Lammers, a former Formula 1 Dutch racing driver, Le Mans 24 hours race winner and a renowned team principal, has become an ambassador for 80 Day Race.\n\nHe is a versatile driver with many years of experience and many achievements. Besides the racing aspect, what really attracts Jan to the 80 Day Race is the worldwide challenge. Read here why he became an 80 Day Race ambassador."}
-{"text": "Musing on yoga, wellness and living a healthy, happy life\n\nMay 07, 2014\n\nAre You Really Going To Eat That?\n\nWhenever I bring cashew cheese for a snack(ground up cashews with seasonings. NO cheese involved), 3 things happen:\n\nCuriosity\n\nPeople Eat it\n\nJudgement\n\nLet's talk about the judgement. It happens so often that me and Elizabeth at the front desk actually joke about. At a glance, it looks like nacho cheese sauce. Obviously, this brings things up for people. I get stares, eyebrow and lip raises, nervous laughs and comments.\n\nIt just seems appalling that a yoga teacher would eat a jar of cheese. When I explain what it is, you can hear the relief in their voices. Cashews is acceptable. A jar of nacho cheese is not.\n\nIt is a reminder to me of expectations set on yoga teachers. We are supposed to be cute and fit and examples of health and happiness. I don't get upset. I am kind of flattered that people care enough to have expectations of me.\n\nEven if it was a jar of cheese, i would eat it anyway. I am human and my students need to know that. They need to know that at the end of the day, their yoga journey is their own."}
-{"text": "Pancakes aren\u2019t too difficult to make, but why not try to make a perfect batch? These formulas will help you easily determine how much pancake batter you need overall, as well as the exact amount required for each individual pancake based on the pan you\u2019re using and how thick you like them.\n\nOf course, if you don\u2019t want to do the math yourself, you can head to the link below and use their pancake calculator. The calculator also shows you how much eggs, butter, flour and other ingredients you need as well. You can also download the calculator as an Microsoft Excel file (XLSX) at the same site and use it whenever you want. Now every pancake will be perfectly proportioned and you won\u2019t have a bunch of leftover batter to deal with. You can learn more about their methodology at the link below."}
-{"text": "Airborne Hi-Def On YouTube\n\nMaybe He Wanted To Buy It?\n\nWe honestly don't know\nwhere to start with this one, except at the beginning. Chicago city\nofficials confirmed Tuesday that an intoxicated man was able to\nsneak through a security gate at Midway Airport this weekend, where\nhe proceeded to then take a stroll along the runways.\n\nA Southwest Airlines employee spotted 22-year-old Mark Mechniek\nSunday afternoon, standing between two runways. The employee\nalerted the control tower, who sent out several security officials\nto remind Mechniek -- with force -- that he was NOT free to move\naround the airport.\n\nThe security -- ahem -- guard who was manning the gate Mechniek\nwalked through has been placed on paid administrative leave. The\nofficer has been on the job since July 2001, Abrams added, and\nofficials believe Mechniek was able to walk through the gate while\nthe guard's attention was diverted by a vehicle leaving through the\ngate at the time.\n\nAs for Mechniek, once he sobered up he was charged with reckless\nconduct, and trespassing on airport property. He also confessed to\nbeing intoxicated.\n\nSouthwest Airlines has expressed concern over the security lapse\n-- not because of any threat Mechniek might have possessed to an\naircraft (\"the blast from the jet would blow [him] over like a\nleaf,\" one pilot colorfully said) but rather by who else might\nbe able to gain access in a similar manner. Say, someone with a\nshoulder-fired missile.\n\n\"We leave the security of the airport up to the Aviation\nDepartment and the [Transportation Security Administration],\" said\nairline spokeswoman Marilee McInnis. \"We have full faith in their\nabilities and the job they do. In a situation of this type, we hope\nthis will be used as a learning opportunity for the future.\"\n\nPerhaps Mechniek -- a Polish citizen who reportedly lives about\na block from the inner-city airport -- was interested in buying the airport, and\nsimply wanted to have a look around?"}
-{"text": "Shawn Lamb, author of Allon, visited my school this week and spoke with some of the boys in the Library Club. Here\u2019s what she wrote on her blog (and gave me permission to share): What a hoot the boys were yesterday! (Although, some girls who weren\u2019t able to meet with me in January showed up [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "~ articles and trends for EA and other workforce professionals\n\nMonthly Archives: June 2018\n\nYou\u2019ve no doubt heard some of the bad things about Millennial-age workers\u2026. how they are very talented, but ready to quit their job at the drop of the hat for greener pastures should a better offer come along.\n\nIn today\u2019s fast-paced, competitive, global economy, companies need as many talented workers as they can find. So how can today\u2019s businesses hang on to outstanding young talent? There is good news: Millennials, it turns out, ARE willing to stay IF it\u2019s a great place to work at.\n\n\u201cAt the 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, 88% of younger employees say they plan to stay long-term. These employees were also nearly 3 times as likely to be engaged at work, compared to other age and demographic groups.\n\n\u201cIn other words, these employers have cracked the code on how to retain Millennials,\u201d said Michael Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work in announcing the release of the global people analytics and consulting firm\u2019s annual ranking of the 2018 Best Workplaces for Millennials, in partnership with FORTUNE. (The list appears later in this post.)\n\nHere are 5 key ways to keep Millennial talent:\n\nCreate authentic and meaningful professional opportunities such as industry leadership, philanthropy, teamwork, or other company purpose where they can make an impact.\n\nRankings are based on feedback from over 398,000 employees at Great Place to Work\u2013 Certified\u2122 organizations. Results were compared to colleagues\u2019 responses from other generations. Rankings also consider the consistency of experience for all Millennials across various job roles and demographic backgrounds.\n\nAdvertisements\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nHave you ever taken your dog to work? Would you like to? Friday, June 22, 2018, businesses around the globe will open their doors to employees\u2019 canines to celebrate the 20th-annual celebration of Take Your Dog To Work Day.\n\nTYDTWDay was established by Pet Sitters International (PSI) in 1999. This annual event urges businesses to experience the employee benefits of having dogs in the workplace and to promote adoptions from local shelters, rescue groups, and humane societies.\n\nDepending on where you live, and what you do for a living, the idea of taking your beloved pooch with you in to the office might seem a bit far-fetched. Fortunately, for me it isn\u2019t. I live in a small town where it has often been okay for me to bring my dog in to, among other places, the local post office and pharmacy. Many employees are even willing to offer treats!\n\nOf course, I luck out as I have a small dog, who isn\u2019t hard to hold for the short while I am visiting whatever business it is that I\u2019m in. It\u2019s also a decent idea to hold your dog as opposed to having him on the ground just in case he should decide to do \u201chis business\u201d!\n\nActually, you don\u2019t have to read an article to recognize the positive health benefits of dogs. Just seeing a smile on someone\u2019s face, a person making a \u201ccute pooch\u201d or similar remark can help make someone\u2019s day. You can see this person\u2019s face light up, where a frown may have been in place just minutes before you brought \u201cFido\u201d in the door.\n\nPet visits, also known as \u201cpet therapy\u201d are also welcome at a local adult day facility I visit periodically. They even get a kick out of it when Pepper Ann barks! I have to admit, that one surprised me!\n\nNow it\u2019s true that it\u2019s a good idea to check with the boss to make sure that a pet visit is okay! It\u2019s also possible someone might be allergic, and so you need to take that into account. It\u2019s also not a bad idea to bring along documentation to show that your pooch is up on all of his vaccinations.\n\nBut for the most part, a pet visit can bring a welcome change of pace to usual, humdrum routines. So bring your dog to work. Why not Friday?\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nAnthony Bourdain and Kate Spade recently joined a long line of celebrities who completed suicide. Bourdain, a famous chef, author, and CNN host, was 61 while Spade, a noted fashion designer, was 55.\n\nThis list includes, among others, Robin Williams, Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe, and NFL star Junior Seau. It turns out that celebrities, despite all of their fame and fortune, aren\u2019t immune from taking their own lives.\n\nTheir deaths, while tragic, aren\u2019t nearly as unusual as one might think. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each day 121 Americans (93 of which are men) either commit suicide or lose someone to suicide. Even more startling, the CDC reports that suicide increased by 25 percent across the United States from 1999 to 2016.\n\nThe American Psychological Association (APA) supports a multi-faceted approach to address this national crisis. \u201cThis crisis affects people both with and without diagnosed mental health conditions,\u201d said the APA in a news release. \u201cSuicide is often an act of desperation, brought on by an inability to cope with life\u2019s stressors. Addressing the source of those stressors is vital.\u201d\n\nHowever, \u201cmost people don\u2019t want to die. They just don\u2019t know how to end the pain,\u201d stressed Leah Rolando, a suicide prevention specialist with Mental Health America of Wisconsin.\n\nAnd the pain has often been going on for some time. Many people who take their lives, including Spade, have been seeking treatment for disorders such as depression, anxiety and others \u2013 sometimes for years.\n\nRolando stressed that it\u2019s vital to ask direct questions and not \u201cbeat around the bush\u201d because you are afraid of using the \u201cS\u201d word. \u201cAsk, \u2018Are you thinking of suicide?\u2019 A less direct approach would be, \u2018Have you been unhappy lately?\u2019\u201d Rolando also suggested, \u201cSay, \u2018I\u2019m sorry you\u2019re feeling so bad. What can I do to help?\u2019 as opposed to, \u2018You\u2019re not crazy!\u2019 or, \u2018You\u2019re just kidding, right?\u2019\u201d\n\nRolando outlined a four-step approach that counselors can use:\n\n* Use QPR (question, persuade, refer) \u2013 and be sure to have resources handy;\n\n* Talk privately;\n\n* Allow the individual to talk freely; and\n\n* Show empathy and compassion.\n\nPerhaps the one \u201cgood thing\u201d (if you can call it that) that comes out of tragedies like these is the spotlight celebrity deaths place on this national scourge. Maybe, just maybe, the more deaths like these bring suicide into the forefront of discussion, the more lives might be saved.\n\nResources include:\n\nCalm Harm \u2013 Calm Harm is an app that provides tasks to help resist or manage the urge to self-harm. Visit http://calmharm.co.uk\n\nFresh Hope \u2014 This organization empowers individuals to live well in spite of a mental health diagnosis (along with their loved ones) through peer-to-peer Christian mental health support groups that are recovery principle driven. See https://freshhope.us/\n\nWhile written for individuals with bipolar disorder, most any of us who are coping with a mental health challenge can likely relate to this stirring poem. While the author of this blog did not receive this poem in time to post during (May) Mental Health Awareness Month, the truth is that mental health challenges know no particular months \u2013 they are ongoing, hence its continued relevance. Hopefully it touches some of you reading it. Blessings to you and yours."}
-{"text": "In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta and lemon zest. Season with salt and black pepper. Divide between the serving bowls, spooning it over the arugula. Set aside.\n\nBring a large saucepan of water to a low simmer. Add the vinegar.\n\nCrack each egg into a small glass. One at a time, gently and slowly pour each egg into the simmering water, bringing the lip of the glass right down to the water so that the egg slides in. Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to cook them in 2 batches.\n\nCook for 4 minutes, then use a slotted spoon to lift each egg out (letting excess water drip away). Nestle one egg into the ricotta in each serving bowl.\n\nSeason the eggs with salt and pepper, then drizzle with truffle oil and sprinkle with chives. Serve immediately with the toast."}
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-{"text": "Entries Tagged as 'the journey'\n\n7/16/2014\n\nSorry for the radio silence \u2013 things have been crazy and are continuing to get crazier [updates on that later] in my travel size world. And while life continues to move forward perhaps a little faster than I anticipated, I\u2019m thankful for these kinds of moments where you can block the world out and take it slow for a few hours. Our lives hardly ever look like this, but it\u2019s finding the joy in the everyday and stopping on the sidewalk to rummage through a yard sale. This is how Angela and I found this gem of a tea set from the 1930s. After bringing these treasures home, we decided to have some friends over for a tea party to break in our fancy finds. We reused flowers from a bouquet to make arrangements for the table, took out our favorite teas, and stopped by Trader Joe\u2019s to stock up on snacks.\n\nEveryone has a way of holding on to moments. Whether you still scrapbook or just Instagram your heart out, everyone has an outlet because everyone wants to remember. For me, I collect business cards from favorite places and restaurants and for Angela, she composes beautiful videos like this one:\n\nEveryday is a collaborative creative lifestyle project that challenges us to be intentional about how we spend our time. It often feels like we have very little control over what happens to us\u2013and to an extent that\u2019s true\u2013but we also have more power than we think to choose and take responsibility for how our stories unravel.\n\n5/07/2014\n\nI\u2019m super thrilled to share with y\u2019all my new + upgraded business cards. I\u2019ve had this general design for a while thanks to Claudia [ the head honcho at Fig. 2 ], but I had a fresh set printed on double thick letterpress paper and edge painted(!) in a classic neutral hue. My name was written by one of my favorites, a local calligrapher Michele at Meant to be Calligraphy in her style Glade. Thanks so much to dear Yvonne Rock for these photos!\nA few fun facts + details about these images: the beautiful gold-rimmed plates were a find at Miss Pixie\u2019s and they were such a steal! And in case you were wondering, that lovely metallic cotton ribbon on the spool is from Angela Liguori at Studio Carta.\n[ photos by Yvonne Rock ]\n\n4/15/2014\n\nA month or two ago I strolled into my roommate\u2018s room and suggested we try to cook together to encourage each other to eat healthier, cook more, have a variety in our packed lunches, and save money [I know, shocker.]. We hadn\u2019t been very good about it, and then I thought it might be better to have an incentive or a goal so we came up with this idea and named it chat & chew.\n\nEssentially chat & chew is a casual way to meet someone new and have a good weekday night swapping stories and lots of laughter over a home-cooked meal. The idea behind it is that Angela and I each invites one friend and that friend brings a friend along with a side or dessert to share. We provide the main dish for the night, and then it also becomes a way for us to try new things and cook more often in general. It\u2019s a small group of 6 \u2013 big enough for multiple conversations to happen while we\u2019re still prepping as people arrive + mingle over drinks and intimate enough that we can cozy up on couches at the end of the night in our little DC apartment.\n\nIt was such an organically successful night that I decided to come up with a little logo and tag line for my #look7in7. I can\u2019t wait to host more chat & chews!"}
-{"text": "Revision as of 16:12, 21 January 2014\n\nBelow is the last known working configuration for Paetech. Their portal can be found here http://www.paetec.com/. Be sure to verify all account specific information with the provider to ensure the smoothest implementation. Paetech's preferred audio codec is g.729 which is a licensed feature on the PBX. Our experience has shown that g.711 works just as well, so purchasing that license is up to you."}
-{"text": "Marko Arnautovic reacted angrily when taken off in the 20th minute of Saturday's FA Cup win over Birmingham\n\nWest Ham have received a \u00a335m bid from an unnamed Chinese club for striker Marko Arnautovic.\n\nThe Austrian, 29, is joint-top scorer for the Hammers this season with eight goals in 17 games in all competitions.\n\nHe moved to London Stadium for a club record \u00a320m fee from Stoke in July 2017, scoring 11 times for West Ham last season.\n\nIt is understood West Ham have no desire to sell Arnautovic, who is under contract with the club until 2022.\n\nArnautovic opened the scoring in West Ham's 2-0 FA Cup third-round win over Birmingham on Saturday but reacted angrily when he was substituted in the 20th minute, with manager Manuel Pellegrini stating the forward had \"felt some pain in his back\".\n\nHe missed four league games during December with a hamstring injury but now has three goals in as many games, having scored two in the 2-2 Premier League draw at home to Brighton on 2 January."}
-{"text": "UTS Pvt. Ltd.\n\nSet a benchmark in the education and training industry by joining hands with a leading education brand \u2013 Uts, Take franchise Today!\n\nUniversal Training Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was established in pursuance with the Government of India's policy to increase the role of private participation in the education sector. The management at uts brings in the expertise of successfully running an educational group \u2013 MIT Pune, a renowned private education conglomerate."}
-{"text": "\"A hundred years from now the phrases I let drop here and there, in the books and in the letters, will be studied to prove this or that about me, I know it. But now, even now, I am struck by the prophetic element which is an essential part of me.\" ------------- Henry Miller, letter to Lawrence Durrell, January 1939\n(Durrell-Miller Letters, 1935-80; p. 112)\n\nMonday, December 12, 2005\n\nMiller In A Taxi Smash-Up - New Year's Eve 1930\n\n'Pierre from Montreal' had left a comment on my previous post regarding Henry Miller's New Year's Eve taxi accident in 1930. Comments tend to get buried, so I've decided to push his research to the foreground as the subject of its own post. Thanks Pierre.\n\nMiller\u2019s accident in a Paris taxi occurred on December 31, 1930. Jay Martin says this in Always Merry and Bright : \"On New Year\u2019s Eve, the last night of 1930, Henry stepped into a taxi after a party at the Coupole; the taxi driver had been partying too, and as soon as he got his vehicle to its highest speed, the cab went out of control and hurtled head-on into another car. The force of the collision was so terrific that Henry\u2019s taxi flipped right over, the glass side window smashed to bits right beside Henry and slivers flew all about inside. Yet he wasn\u2019t even scratched. He celebrated this New Year\u2019s nursing a case of piles and resolving to walk a few miles every day,\" [p.221 in the Sheldon Press (British) edition].\n\nMartin gives as the source of this anecdote a letter to Emil Schnellock (2-16-31,11) and this is what Henry wrote:\"Nearly killed New Year's Eve in a taxi smashup. Ran full on to another car, tipped it over. The glass smashed to bits right beside me, but I got off without a scratch - only to come down with the piles. And never felt the least nervous afterwards. As though it happened on another planet. Can you beat it?\" [p.75 in Letters to Emil].\n\nIt is indeed possible that Miller had mentioned this incident to Ed Calmer when he was visiting him for a free dinner, and Calmer may have transformed the story into a tragic accident in All the Summer Days, therefore getting rid once and for all of Henry Miller (Irving Brace) \"run down by a taxi while in an ecstatic mood\""}
-{"text": "Pasta with roasted summer squash\n\nThis week, Claud was out of town on a business trip. Jack is away in England and Daphne is working a lot. So, I had a lot of free time. I took that opportunity to get together with some good girlfriends of mine.\n\nKaren and I met at a Chinese restaurant for lunch during her work break. All of her kids were also out of town. She only gets a half hour lunch break. I go in a few minutes early and order our veggie lettuce wraps. This way, they are ready when she arrives and she doesn\u2019t have to rush to finish before she needs to go back to work. We have done this several times and are pretty good at it by now.\n\nKaren and I had so much fun during lunch that we decided we would get together the next night to eat snacks and sip wine at my place. I made us fresh guacamole and she brought over a vegetable tray and a bottle of wine. She and I did a lot of catching up that night. At one point, we were sitting on the floor of my closet going through old pictures. I don\u2019t think she left until well after midnight.\n\nA couple of nights later, I decided I wanted to have another girl\u2019s night at my place. I invited Karen to return and I also asked my friend, Tatiana, to join us. I informed them that I would cook us some food if they brought the wine. They agreed. I thought we could Jacuzzi, watch movies, eat dinner, drink wine, and talk. I told them to bring a swimsuit and pajamas. They could sleep over if they liked.\n\nThat day, I thought about different ideas of what I could make for this middle-aged slumber party. My first thought was popcorn, chips and dips. I love popcorn. Then, I remembered that popcorn gives me heartburn if I eat too much. I always eat too much. Since this was not going to be a teenage sleepover, I thought maybe I should make the food a little bit more sophisticated and healthy. After all, we aren\u2019t spring chickens anymore.\n\nI decided to roast vegetables and pour these over some delicious pasta. This way, we could eat it hot when they arrived or eat it cold later on during the movie and after our dip in the Jacuzzi. This was a very versatile dish. I bought some brown rice pasta recently and thought I would give that a try. Brown rice pasta is perfect for people who are avoiding gluten. I have tried gluten free pasta before and it was never that good but this new package looked promising.\n\nI had some delicious looking and adorable miniature summer squash. There were tiny zucchinis, green and yellow squashes in the bag. Summer squash grows all over the United States. Often times, I see it at the local farmers markets. I just love the miniature variety because they are so cute. However, the larger mature version is also really tasty. Summer squash can be used in stews, salads, soups or eaten on their own. You can even enjoy them raw with some humus or ranch dip. There are so many different varieties, shapes and sizes. In fact, the patty pan squash looks like a flying saucer.\n\nAs I read through some of the amazing health benefits of squash, I ran across a study which proved that the manganese in summer squash helps women battle the bad effects associated with Premenstrual Syndrome. Women who ate high amounts of manganese had fewer cramps and mood swings. I thought this seemed like the perfect compliment to a girl\u2019s night in. I didn\u2019t know if anyone was suffering from PMS, but I figured it couldn\u2019t hurt to eat some healthy squash anyway.\n\nThe brown rice penne pasta turned out perfectly. It tasted and felt like the real deal. I was pleased. The roasted squash in its simple marinade went well with the pasta. The girls arrived and we decided to let the pasta cool while we sipped wine and chatted. Instead of a movie, we chose to watch a marathon of \u201cOrange Is The New Black\u201d on Netflix. None of us had watched this before. Now I am hooked. Once we had the show set up, I placed the huge bowl of pasta on the coffee table and handed everyone a plate and fork. We slowly ate through the entire bowl by the time we were on the fourth episode of the series. It was such a simple meal but perfect for the evening. I guess they liked it because there was nothing left when we went to bed.\n\nPasta with roasted summer squash\n\nTime: 45 minutes\n\nServes: 4\n\n4 tablespoons olive oil\n\n1 teaspoon salt\n\nteaspoon pepper\n\nteaspoon oregano\n\n1 16 oz. package of pasta, cooked according to directions on package.\n\n2 cups summer squash, sliced\n\n1 onion, sliced\n\n5 mini zucchini, sliced\n\n5 garlic cloves\n\n4 small tomatoes\n\nPreheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano. Stir in the sliced squash and other vegetables, onions and garlic. Coat everything in the olive oil mixture. Place these vegetables onto a baking sheet. Bake for twenty minutes. Turn the oven onto broil and broil these on high for another five minutes. Remove from the oven and pour over the cooked pasta."}
-{"text": "Category: Sea Level\n\nThe Wismar, Germany, record is one of the longest and most complete records of sea level rise in the world. It not only shows a long-term trend of 1.4 mm/year, but it shows no change in that trend (no acceleration over the past 50 years) since carbon dioxide levels have gone from 325 to 400 parts per million.\n\n\u201cEnormous vortices of water, measuring 60 miles across, spin their way across the sea at a deliberate pace\u20143 miles per day. Oceanographers have dubbed them mesoscale eddies for their middle size, larger than a wake formed by an aircraft carrier and smaller than a gyre. Each one is like an upside down mountain of water, held together by its own rotation and extending about 3,000 feet beneath the surface. In the video above, eddies show up as red and blue dots dancing around. (Red ones spin clockwise, blue ones counterclockwise.) Just how much water gets carried around by all these eddies? The total is staggering: more than 30 times the amount dumped by all the world\u2019s rivers into the ocean, \u201c"}
-{"text": "Inspiration for Mothers\n\nMany General Conference talks should be read over and over. Here is my index of favorite talks that have especially helped me in my role as a mother and wife. (Be sure to check back, since I will keep adding to this list!)"}
-{"text": "\u2018Pokemon Sun And Moon\u2019 Guide: How And Where To Harvest Money The Easiest Method By Far! [VIDEO]\n\nPlayers can do a lot of things after completing a \u201cPokemon Sun and Moon\u201d game. Other than players\u2019 stuffing their Pokedex, there is what they call a Legendary query chain. Here, gamers can max out all in Festival Plaza, to get all Zygarde cells and cores, removing all TMs and even shopping all costly backpacks and clothes.\n\nCertainly, players need a ton of income to do this. So, here is a best and easiest approach to collect income in a pronounced game.\n\nFirst, players should go to Poni Coast located in Poni Island. Then, transparent a Sightseer Double Battle if they haven\u2019t privileged it yet.\n\nSecondly, players should destroy all rocks in a area. Each stone includes a pointless dump rate of several items: Stardust homogeneous to \u20bd 1,500 (15%), Starpiece homogeneous to \u20bd6,000 (6.6%) and Comet Shard homogeneous to \u20bd30,000 (3.3%).\n\nThirdly, players should exit a section and re-enter. Then lastly, usually rinse and repeat a steps.\n\nThis process doesn\u2019t have any limitations, so \u201cPokemon Sun and Moon\u201d players can do this as most as they wish to their heart\u2019s content. Other than that, clearing a altogether section by destroying a rocks doesn\u2019t take most of a player\u2019s time.\n\nPlayers can get no reduction than 100,000-250,000 an hour in normal usually relying to a player\u2019s luck. This would be a easiest process to collect income in \u201cPokemon Sun and Moon\u201d.\n\nOn a side note, according to Gearnuke, there are some alternatives accessible for income creation as well. One of a best income creation process in \u201cPokemon Sun and Moon\u201d is regulating an talisman coin.\n\nIt can double a income that a players accept after fighting a trainer, as prolonged as a hilt is partial in a pronounced battle. It doesn\u2019t usually give players additional income though it can also give XP points to their Pokemon in \u201cPokemon Sun and Moon\u201d."}
-{"text": "Fall School on Statistical Mechanics and 5th Annual PhD Student Conference in Probability\n\nThe fifth PhD students\u2019 conference is jointly hosted by the IMPRS MIS Leipzig, the Research Academy Leipzig and the DMV Fachgruppe Stochastik. PhD students are expected to participate and/or present a 25- minute talk on an area within Probability."}
-{"text": "Matt Lauer and Ann Curry Feud: It Was Personal!\n\nA new cover story in New York magazine seeks to expose the mess that has led The Today Show to its lowest ratings in year.\n\nAnd while author Joe Hagan reports that Matt Lauer nearly left for ABC last year, the most explosive passages document that anchor contentious relationship with Ann Curry.\n\n\"Everybody at NBC, everybody at the Today show, everybody understood that Ann was kicked out of her position because Matt didn't want her there,\" an important NBC staffer told Hagan for the story. \"That's why it was so personal between Ann and Matt.\"\n\nIn an especially sloppy handling, Curry was let go from the program last year - and this isn't the first time Lauer has been blamed for the firing.\n\nDon Nash, a current Today producer, doesn't try to pretend that there was chemistry behind the former colleagues.\n\n\"You can't fake it for very long that early in the morning,\" Nash told Hagan. \"I think viewers have a sixth sense about all that. If your two anchors don't like each other off the air, they're not going to be fooled if they love each other on the air.\"\n\nHagan adds that Curry and Lauer \"barely spoke\" when the cameras weren't rolling and that Lauer grew more and more \"disgruntled\" as time went on.\n\n\"He made it clear to friends that he was miserable with Curry and uncomfortable with his corporate masters at Comcast.\"\n\nThe situation was finally resolved with Curry's ousting in June 2012, a transition Lauer now admits was not handled well.\n\nPick up the latest issue of New York for a lot more insight into the ugly situation at NBC."}
-{"text": "Categories\n\nPREGNANT? See why You Need Folic Acid.\n\nJan 26, 2018,\ncategory:\n\nWhy you Need Folic Acid\n\nFolic acid is a pregnancy superhero! Taking folic acid before and during pregnancy can help prevent birth defects of your baby's brain and spinal cord. Take it every day and go ahead and have a bowl of fortified cereal, too.\n\nHow Much Folic Acid you Need\n\nTo reduce your baby's risk of developing a neural tube defect, experts recommend that you take 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid a day, beginning at least a month before you start trying to get pregnant.\n\nWhat Are the Benefits of Folic Acid?\n\nWithout enough folic acid in your body, your baby's neural tube may not close correctly and she could develop health problems called neural tube defects. These include:\n\nCleft lip and palate\n\nPremature birth\n\nLow birth weight\n\nMiscarriage\n\nPoor growth in the womb\n\nFolic acid has also been suggested to reduce your risk of:\n\nPregnancy complications (One report found that women who took folic acid supplements during the second trimester had a reduced risk of preeclampsia.)\n\nHeart disease\n\nStroke\n\nSome types of cancers\n\nFood Sources of Folic Acid\n\nFoods that are naturally rich in folate are not a good source either. Oddly enough, research shows that the body absorbs folic acid from supplements much better than the folate that occurs naturally in certain foods. What's more, folate can be lost from foods during storage or destroyed by cooking.\n\nSo if you eat foods rich in folate, consider them a complement to your supplement. Good sources include:"}
-{"text": "In a policy that some are saying is nothing but discriminatory, more than a dozen maternity wards in lower-income parts of New York are routinely testing new mothers for marijuana and other drugs and then turning any positive results over to child-protection authorities.\n\nA number of hospitals that primarily serve low-income urban moms are now making these drug tests routine\u2013and even mandatory in some cases. It\u2019s a move that is helping to identify mothers who may not be able to adequately care for their newborn, some say. Family court attorneys report that they see many cases of neglect each year from those mothers who tested positive for marijuana in the maternity ward. Nearly all of these moms are low-income and minority women.\n\nOn the flip side, private hospitals in more affluent neighborhoods rarely test new mothers for drugs. For example, according to the Daily News, a higher income hospital like Lenox Hill Hospital on the upper East Side only tests for drugs if the mother is obviously buzzed, a spokeswoman told them.\n\nMeanwhile, the lower-income hospital, St. Barnabas, requires all new mothers to agree to testing. If they refuse, their babies are automatically tested. A spokesman for the hospital, Steve Clark, said they get a handful of positive drug tests every month:\n\nThis is a high-risk population in this hospital. The intent is to help them deliver healthy babies.\n\nIt may help deliver healthier babies and get mothers help if they need it, but it\u2019s also a blatant act of discrimination and stereotyping against poor and minority mothers.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely discriminatory,\u201d said Lynn Paltrow of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women. \u201cThis all comes out of the same history of racism, the drug war, misinformation.\u201d\n\nAgreed. The better\u2013and more equatable\u2013solution would be to routinely administer drug tests for every new mother, because it is completely unfair to assume that affluent women don\u2019t do drugs and low-income ones do.\n\nTell us what you think. Is this a good policy? Or is it discriminatory?\n\nHowever well-intentioned, the drug tests are de facto discriminatory and the US Supreme Court ruled mandatory testing is unconstitutional without consent or probable cause.\n\nJillian Galloway\n\nThe federal marijuana prohibition causes many unforeseen consequences. In fact, after seventy years of experimenting with it, it\u2019s obvious that the prohibition causes far more harm than what it prevents.\n\nIf we want to end the prohibition \u2014 and let marijuana be regulated like beer and wine \u2014 then we have to tell our legislators that we don\u2019t support it."}
-{"text": "Wendy Davis Official Statement: Paraplegic Abbott 'Hasn't Walked a Day in My Shoes'\n\n21 Jan 2014\n\nWendy Davis is having a very bad week. She\u2019s been caught embellishing her personal narrative about overcoming adversity as a young single mom and leaving out pertinent details like the financial help she got from her ex-husband. Then she embarrassed herself by trying to blame her opponent Greg Abbott for the Dallas Morning News piece that exposed her lies, but that didn\u2019t fly because the author of the piece denied having spoken to anyone working with Abbott.\n\nThen she stuck her foot squarely in her mouth by griping that Abbott \u201chasn\u2019t walked a mile in my shoes.\u201d\n\nAwkward phrasing given thatAbbot\u2019s a paraplegic who\u2019s been confined to a wheelchair for the past 30 years.\n\nThe pro-late term abortion Democrat \u201crock star\u201d released this statement on Sunday, via LifeNews:\n\nWe\u2019re not surprised by Greg Abbott\u2019s [her Texas governorship opponent] campaign attacks on the personal story of my life as a single mother who worked hard to get ahead. But they won\u2019t work, because my story is the story of millions of Texas women who know the strength it takes when you\u2019re young, alone and a mother. I\u2019ve always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn\u2019t.\n\nThe truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve done. I am proud of where I came from and I am proud of what I\u2019ve been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn\u2019t walked a day in my shoes.\u201d\n\nAt age 26, Abbott was struck by a falling oak tree that injured his back as he jogged by. He has used a wheelchair ever since and has become an eloquent pro-life advocate \u2014 speaking up for both the disabled and the unborn.The accident serves as a reminder that regardless of someone\u2019s circumstances, he or she deserves a chance at life, Abbott has said.\n\nDavis claims she\u2019s working on making her language tighter: \u201cI\u2019m learning about using broader, looser language. I need to be more focused on the detail.\u201d"}
-{"text": "What Happens at a Caucus? Although New Hampshire holds the nation\u2019s first primary to determine candidates for the president, the Iowa Caucus is actually the first nominating event in the United States. While most people are familiar with primaries and how they work, caucuses, which are only used in a handful of states, tend to\u2026 [Continue Reading]\n\nWelcome to MyHectionHelper.com!\n\nOur mission is to help readers make informed decisions through subjective research, reporting, and analysis. This blog is devoted to politics, polling, public affairs, the campaign trail, and the upcoming presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections."}
-{"text": "High-visibility warning labels on paracetamol-containing products do not prevent supratherapeutic ingestion in a simulated scenario.\n\nAbstract\n\nIn Australia, legislation requires medication containing paracetamol display warning of co-administration with other paracetamol products, and safe maximum daily dosing (4 g). Labelling style, size and visibility differ, potentially leading possible supratherapeutic misadventure. We studied the likelihood of participants exceeding the recommended dose of paracetamol using products with standard packaging versus products labelled with one of two additional warning labels. This was a pilot prospective, observational study, conducted from May 2013 to July 2014. Participants undertook a structured interview to create a simulated 24-h scenario in which they chose from a range of labelled lone paracetamol- and compound paracetamol-containing medications to treat dental pain on six occasions. Participants were randomized to choose from one of three groups of analgesic medications with different package labelling: (1) standard packaging alone, (2) standard packaging + a pre-existing warning label and (3) standard packaging + large customized warning label. The primary outcome was to determine if participants would administer >4 g in 24 h, exceeding the recommended daily dose. One hundred eighteen surveys were completed (response rate 100%, 56% females). Forty-one (35% of total) participants took >4 g within the 24-h scenario period. About 24% (10/42) of the standard packaging group, 37% (13/35) of the standard packaging + pre-existing warning label group and 48% (19/40) of the SP + large customized warning label group ingested >4 g of paracetamol. There were no significant differences between the three groups (p > 0.05). In this small, simulated dental pain scenario, use of customized warning labels did not reduce the likelihood of supratherapeutic misadventure."}
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-{"text": "Allegations of phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World thrust the newspaper's owners, News Corp, and its journalists directly into the spotlight.\n\nA separate Scotland Yard investigation, named Operation Elveden, is looking into claims of inappropriate payments made to police and other public officials by journalists.\n\nI will do everything in my power to give you total support, even if you're convicted and get six months or whateverRupert Murdoch\n\nIn the recording, Mr Murdoch is heard speaking about Operation Elveden.\n\n\"Still, I mean, it's a disgrace,\" the News Corp boss is heard saying in the tapes acquired by the Exaro investigative website and said to have been recorded at the Sun headquarters in Wapping, east London.\n\n\"Here we are, two years later, and the cops are totally incompetent.\n\n'Total support'\n\n\"The idea that the cops then started coming after you, kick you out of bed, and your families, at six in the morning, is unbelievable.\n\n\"But why are the police behaving in this way? It's the biggest inquiry ever, over next to nothing.\n\n\"And now they're arresting their own, who never even took money... they're going to put all newspapers out of business.\"\n\nHe also offered his backing to the journalists, even if they were found guilty.\n\nNo other company has done as much to identify what went wrong, compensate the victims and ensure the same mistakes do not happen againNews Corp\n\n\"I will do everything in my power to give you total support, even if you're convicted and get six months or whatever,\" he said.\n\n\"You're all innocent until proven guilty.\"\n\nA spokesman for News Corp told Channel 4 News: \"No other company has done as much to identify what went wrong, compensate the victims and ensure the same mistakes do not happen again.\n\n\"The unprecedented co-operation granted by News Corp was agreed unanimously by senior management and the board, and the MSC [News Corp management and standards committee] continues to co-operate under the supervision of the courts.\n\n\"Rupert Murdoch has shown understandable empathy with the staff and families affected and will assume they are innocent until and unless proven guilty.\""}
-{"text": "Welcome To Faceblog\n\nCommon mistakes to overcome before spending on kitchen enhancements\n\nYou had it planned for quite some time and it was just about arranging finances and time. Upgrading kitchens in Dubai is one of those things that no home owner can, and should overlook. Though to some, it may seem like a small upgrade, your kitchen enhancements may go a long way if done right. From remodeling the kitchen to upgrading the kitchen floor, or even repainting the kitchen walls or have them tiled in a modern design, your kitchen requires so many upgrades that can be done without much problem. All you need to do is to make sure that the upgrades you purchase are worth the investment. What to do to make sure that it is? Well, you can buy upgrades from a reputable supplier and hire a top kitchen expert to apply the upgrades. Also, it would be better to ask the equipment supplier to provide you the best kitchen equipment, but for that, you need to know which equipment will suit your kitchen best.\n\nDid you know that you can apply many kitchen enhancements to your kitchen without spending a lot of money? Of course, you didn\u2019t know else you would have spent money on it already. The truth is that many customers end up committing mistakes when it comes to kitchen enhancements. It is up to you to make sure you don\u2019t end up doing that.\n\nNot thinking about budget\n\nIt is true that most of the customers think about budget and that\u2019s the sensible thing to do but the problem comes when some people end up skipping that. There is every need to consider your budget so that you don\u2019t end up overspending on enhancements. For that, you should be looking at enhancements that can be bought well within your budget. Remember, you need to do that well before the time comes else you might end up doing things in a hurry and that will cause problems.\n\nNot considering a kitchen expert\n\nUnless you are a kitchen expert yourself and know what it takes to modify and upgrade the kitchen, you should look to hire someone who does. Even if you had something as amazing as a modular kitchen in mind, you must still hire a kitchen consultant. Doing so will make sure that the kitchen gets required upgrades and that will make it as functional as it gets."}
-{"text": "I've been toying with the idea of implementing some\nnetworking protocol stuff for some time now. That was\nactually one of my motivations for working with native\ncompilation of Java code to Win32 platform, but that proved\ndisappointing. J2SE has a big, tightly coupled runtime /\nlibraries set, and it seems difficult to produce lean and\nmean binaries out of it (that's my current experience\nanyway).\n\nIn the mean time since my last post on this matter, more\nthan a year and a half ago, I gradually understood Java was\nnot the weapon of choice for small, nicely desktop\nintegrated tools (please disprove me!). It can be done, but\nI feel it goes against Java basic design decisions, which\nmean you're then kind of fighting against your platform.\nProductivity killer. Baaad.\n\nSo I'm kind of confused. What I want to do is some\nnetworking code. I will develop it as one or some libraries,\nand build some apps above it, since I feel there's nothing\nsadder that a great idea intermixed with some application\ncode (at the end of the day, if someone want to reuse it,\nhe'll spend a hell of a time figuring out which parts he\nactually needs).\n\nThe apps will be coded in a nice, productive language (I\nlean toward Python, or perhaps something more exotic to me\nlike Factor).\n\nThe libraries would be coded under an LGPL or BSD license,\nfor best reuse; but which language would you choose?\n\nI can use some nice, high-level language; but I do not\nwant to restrict reuse opportunities with the age-old \"how\nsad this is coded in X when I'm coding in Y, I'll have to\nport/rewrite it\".\n\nI could code it using C, and provide bindings for some\nhigher-level languages (which, I suppose, excludes C++ from\nthe loop, as it's more difficult to bind to anything else\nthan C). But as good as this is from a reuse point of view,\nand even if I'm a capable C coder, that is definitively a\nproductivity killer and a sad jump in the past (no offence\nintended to enthusiast C coders, but I'm kind of accustomed\nto OOP,\ngenerics and automatic memory management now).\n\nThere's no win/win solution here, I'm afraid. So I'd like to\nget your opinion on this matter of maximum reuse /\nacceptation of a library, at the cost of language\nexpressiveness.\n\nOn a related note: should I code in C, I'd prefer to use\na portable foundation\nlibrary since I'd like to target at least the linux and\nWin32 platform. It would be that less low-level details\nto bother with. It seems like the Apache Portable Runtime is\na good candidate. Does it provide an NIO/select-like\nabstraction (event-driven networking)? Are there other\nsimilar platform-abstraction toolkits you could hint me to?\n\nrmathew proposed a patch following our discussion. It solved my SWT crashing issue and made its way to gcc trunk. Helping fixing this bug was a rather enjoyable experience, and remembered me how much I liked assembly language and low-level issues.\n\nAnyway, a canonical SWT \"HelloWorld\" now works properly, as well as the tray variation I've initially chosen as a simple example.\n\nNow that this code compiles and runs properly, I'm focusing on its packaging. NSIS seems like an obvious choice, but I'd first like to \"clean\" my compiled app.\n\nIndeed, I'm kind of surprised by its size; this basic example weights 52MB. Stripping it and compressing it with the excellent UPX leads to a 4MB executable, but it still does feel like an awful lot. Perhaps some code analysis could remove unneeded parts? I'll have to goggle about this.\n\nThe gcj mailing-list (and, more specifically, Ranjit Mathew, the author of the scripts I used to build a Win32 gcj) helped me; I'm not sure I liked the answer, though...\n\nSo I need to build an SWT DLL using a specific flag (-fno-omit-frame-pointer). Otherwise, the unwinding code (whatever kind of stack-walking thingy that may be) get confused.\n\nI've actually been able to build a working DLL, but I had to use the standard Windows toolchain (which, surprisingly to me, I could download for free). Adapting those makefiles to gcj will be an interesting exercise...\n\nI'd never thought my desire to integrate open source java software to Windows would lead me to the installation and fiddling with of so much Microsoft tools...\n\nSo the gcj toolchain seems to be properly compiled under Windows. And I've been able to compile and run a simple hello world.\n\nAfter some hesitations, I've also compiled and linked simple SWT code, which is my main goal for now. Sadly, this dies when setting up SWT Display. gdb only revealed some arcade parts of stacktraces handling in libjava; nothing I can debug myself for now.\n\nSince I don't know how to handle this, I posted a message to gcc's java list. I've registered to it when I started playing with gcj; those people seem pretty reactive.\n\nAnyway. I kind of goofed around with MinGW/MSYS-based gcc compilation, without much luck for now. But I spent some time on cross-native (or whatever it's called) compilation of a Windows gcc compiler under linux, and this looks very promising."}
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-{"text": "Tag Archives: Scotland\n\nGeoghegan\u2019s article serves as a very thorough introduction to basic income. He begins by discussing the recent commitment to a basic income pilot project in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and he then continues within the Scottish context by interviewing two major academics on the subject, Danny Dorling and Malcolm Torry. Peter Geoghegan, \u201cIs a citizen\u2019s income for everyone an idea whose\n\nPat Kane argues: \u201cA basic income may be the way to support those displaced by robots and automation to develop their machine-resistant skills. It might also need a collective revaluing of those caring and creative skills in the first place. Which small nation can you think of that might be capable of such a patient and sustained revaluing? Right, first\n\nProfessor Alisa McKay had been a feminist and a vocal advocate of BIG. She was not only a good academic but also a good campaigner. She died 5th March 2014. An obituary by Anne Miller is published in \u201cCitizen\u2019s Income Newsletter, Issue 2, 2014\u201d. The commemorative conference for her took place in 22 and 23 January 2015, at Glasgow Caledonian\n\nScottish Greens has published their manifest for General Election on 7th May. It says: \u2018In the longer term we will build a welfare system which removes the stigma of benefit, helps end the \u201cpoverty trap\u201d and promotes equality. A Citizen\u2019s Income is emblematic of this approach. A Citizen\u2019s Income will require a reform programme replace almost all benefits apart from\n\n[Josh Martin] Fearn\u2019s article looks into what an independent Scotland could do in regards to implementing a citizen\u2019s income. Fearn mentions the promises of the Green Yes party who claim Scotland could pay its citizens a basic income of \u00a315,000 per year and also discusses the possibility of implementing an Alaska Permanent Fund style dividend based on its oil reserves.\n\nABSTRACT: The paper sets out a proposal for the reform of the income security system in an independent Scotland. It proposes the development of a system where all Scottish citizens would receive a minimum income \u2013 Basic Income Security. This is a working paper, we welcome comments, we will produce a final version in partnership with the Scottish Campaign for\n\n\u201cThe Expert Working Group on Welfare\u201d has been commissioned by the ruling Scottish Government to look at the medium and long-term options for welfare in an independent Scotland. The groups second report, \u201cRe-thinking Welfare: Fair, Personal and Simple,\u201d devotes several pages to a Basic or Citizens Income (CI). The Working Group does not endorse it as an immediate goal, but"}
-{"text": "Your browser does not support\ninline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.\nContent can be viewed at actual source page: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vne7dc74t5q644o6uss5mgejio%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles\n\nNews & Events:Due to the current COVID-19 situation, we are following evolving guidance from the\nCSU Chancellor's office, as well as state and local public health agencies.\n\nVIRTUAL PERFORMANCE (Link will be Provided)-Thursday, April 30, 2020 \u2022 5:00PM\"Armenian Song Repertoire of the Middle East: Part IIIwith oud master Richard HagopianCo-sponsored with the Middle East Lecture, Performance and Films Series, and Global\nMusic Lecture Series.\n\nPOSTPONED-Thursday, April 23, 2020 \u2022 7:00PM\"The Shadows of 1915\"-booklaunchwith author Dr. Jerry BurgerCo-sponsored by the Department of Psychology, the Center for Creativity and the Arts,\nthe Center for Ethics, Character, and Education, and the College of Arts & Humanities\n\nPOSTPONED-Friday, April 17, 2020 \u2022 5:30PMThe Fresno Film Premiere of \"What Will Become of Us?\"with director Stephanie AyanianIn conjunction with CineCulture\n\nCANCELED-Sunday, March 29, 2020 \u2022 2:00PM\"The Transformational Power of National Identity in International Politics: The Case of Armenia\"by Ambassador Dr. Armen Baibourtian, Consul General of the Republic of Armenia in\nLos Angeles\n\nSaturday, February 22, 2020 \u2022 7:00PM\"Benefit Concert for House of Hope-Mer Hooys\"\n\nFriday, February 7, 2020 \u2022 7:30PMReception in the UBC Gallery at 6:30PM\"An Untold Story of Survival: the Armenian Community in Istanbul during the Armistice\nYears (1918-1923)\"Dr. Ari \u015eekeryan, Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies"}
-{"text": "With the 1.0 release of its Polymer library, Google is pushing for a method of building Web applications that leverages the development of interoperable custom elements.\n\nPolymer 1.0 was unveiled during the Google I/O conference in San Francisco late last week. \"Since the Developer Preview release, we've re-written the library from the ground up, focusing on cross-browser performance while keeping the developer-friendly ergonomics,\" Taylor Savage, Polymer product manager, said in a blog post. \"The new library is about three times faster on Chrome, four times faster on Safari, and a third less code than in developer preview. And it's ready to be used in production applications.\"\n\nThe library is built atop Web platform primitives via reusable Web components, which bring compose-ability, interoperability, and consume-ability to the Web platform, according to Google. It features a Web component framework for developing HTML design elements that can be used across mobile and desktop systems.\n\nUpdated and new features in version 1.0 include a data binding system; element themes and styling via custom CSS properties; fast, lightweight shadow DOM shim for nonsupporting browsers; and a Behaviors mechanism for sharing of behavior among elements. Along with version 1.0, Google unveiled a Polymer starter kit, featuring build tools and boilerplate for building Web apps via Polymer.\n\nGoogle also is asking developers to look at the Polymer elements catalog. \"There you can browse for elements to help create or add features to your Web app -- whether you need buttons or layouts, Google maps, or push notifications. For just about any problem you might need to solve on the Web, there's an element for that,\" Savage said.\n\nGoogle recommends using the Bower package manager, which takes care of dependency management when building or consuming elements and deals with updating installed components, for installing the Polymer library."}
-{"text": "\u2018Disaster\u2019 mock-up planned near Alicante-Elche airport\n\nAROUND 500 people will be gathered together to take part in a mock air accident close to Alicante-Elche Airport.\n\nRepresentatives from 25 different organisations will participate in a major simulation of a plane crash with multiple victims \u2013 30 dead and 35 injured \u2013 on Thursday November 9.\n\nThe drill will involve 44 people and 130 vehicles from across the province and will recreate the accident of a commercial aircraft that approaches Alicante-Elche Airport and suffers serious technical problems that cause it to lose height quickly. The pilot tries to land four kilometres away from the airport in one of the roadways of the Elche Industrial Park in Torrellano, destroying several vehicles in the process and crashing into a warehouse where several people are buried. Another consequence of the \u2018disaster\u2019 is a resulting fuel spill has caused a nearby forest fire.\n\nThe aircraft has split in half during the crash landing and there are a large number of injured passengers among the dozens of dead bodies in the front section of the plane.\n\nThe details of the simulation were presented in Alicante by the director general of the emergency and security agency, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda \u00c1ngel, who emphasised the importance of next week\u2019s exercise intended to have everything in place to enable a faster and more effective response in the event of such an unfolding disaster.\n\nApart from the crash site in Torrellano, the family room at the Alicante-Elche Airport will be used for those waiting for the arrival of the flight and the Alicante Tourism Centre as a focal point for information and assistance in the aftermath of the incident."}
-{"text": "Training\n\nOne of the tenets of our organisation is continuous professional development. Care Embassy Consultancy & Training Ltd offer a versatile training platform with exhaustive content both online and face to face in a workshop or conference environment\n\nThere are a number of online courses that can be completed on our e-learning training platform. The next few pages will list the different types of training services there are and also the e-learning that we can provide.\n\nTypes of Learning\n\nFace to face\n\nE-Learning\n\nFacetime / Skype\n\nConferences\n\nWorkshop\n\nSeminars\n\nWebinars\n\nEvents\n\nTrainer\n\nEmployer\n\nThere are a number of different methods and techniques to deliver the most effective training. The 2 main methods that Care Embassy Consultancy & Training Ltd will be providing is;\n\nFace to Face training\n\nFace to face training is the traditional method of teaching in real time in a classroom environment. this form of learning allows for discussions, debates and sharing experiences with fellow peers and lecturers.\n\nYou are able to book onto one of our training courses and we can deliver the training at your workplace, for a booking of 15 or more staff. if not, the training will be given in our office.\n\nThe next slide will provide you with a list of training that can be given face to face.\n\nMoving and handling\n\nFirst aid basic life support\n\nSafeguarding children/adults\n\nMental capacity & DOL\u2019s\n\nHealth and safety\n\nMedication awareness\n\nPerson centred care\n\nInfection control\n\nRisk assessment\n\nEnd of life care\n\nSkills and drills\n\nPrevention of falls\n\nRisk assessment\n\nCord prolapse\n\nPPH\n\nBreach presentation\n\nAssessing foetal wellbeing (CTG)\n\nNeonatal resuscitation\n\nShoulder dystocia\n\nBlood transfusion\n\nIV cannulation\n\nMedicine management\n\nE-learning training\n\nE-learning is a much newer approach of training staff. The entirety of the training takes place on the computer using a combination of reading and interactive assessments.\n\nThere are many benefits to e-learning such as;\n\nSystems are easy to use\n\nCan help employees develop computer skills\n\nCost effective as you are using the same equipment each time\n\nHere are some of the subjects that we provide for e-learning:\n\nInfection prevention and control\n\nComplaints\n\nRisk assessments\n\nInformation governance\n\nBullying and harassment\n\nMajor incident and business continuity\n\nTTA\n\nEquality and diversity\n\nDementia- an understanding\n\nDiabetes awareness\n\nDuty of care\n\nFalls prevention\n\nLearning disabilities\n\nMoving and handling of people\n\nNutrition awareness\n\nPressure ulcer prevention\n\nSelf-harm\n\nWork in a person-centred way\n\nYour healthcare career\n\nYour personal development\n\nAbout Us\n\nCare, Consultancy And Training Company Covering All Ages And Aspects Of Healthcare And Includes Midwifery As A Specialist Area"}
-{"text": "Connect\n\nNorth Korea: The Problem with Reconciliation Via Engagement\n\nDespite Paola Subacchi\u2019s well-reasoned essay in favor of using trade and commerce to foster peace and mutual understanding with North Korea, the last two decades should make clear that economic and social engagement by the governments of South Korea, the United States, or other countries has never achieved enduring improvements in North Korea\u2019s foreign or domestic policies.\n\nMultilateral Engagement\n\nThe Six-Party Talks among China, Japan, Russia, North and South Korea and the United States have been the main mechanism for multilateral engagement with North Korea. Since they began in August 2003, their fundamental objective has been to end the nuclear weapons program of the DPRK in return for various economic, diplomatic and other incentives. The six rounds of talks have experienced generally poor results. Although the parties have signed several interim agreements, they either were never implemented or were later unraveled. The basic principle governing the negotiations within the Six-Party framework has been that of \u201ccommitment for commitment, action for action.\u201d This approach expected that the other parties would provide the DPRK with discrete rewards for each concrete step Pyongyang took towards denuclearization. Although this process of reciprocal concessions was supposed to yield mutually reinforcing improvements, it frequently has worked in the reverse. When the DPRK or its negotiating parties took some objectionable action, the others would retaliate, leading to a series of \u201ctit-for-tat\u201d exchanges that soon undid earlier progress.\n\nKim Jong-un has continued with the established pattern of behavior and has sought to extract economic and humanitarian concessions from the other Six Party dialogue participants in return for symbolic and reversible concessions to cement the power transition within the Kim family dynasty. At present, the North Korean regime is bargaining hard for any return to the Six-Party Talks. The talks have remained suspended following an upsurge of tensions in April 2009, when the UN Security Council imposed additional sanctions on the DPRK after North Korea launched a ballistic missile under the guise of testing space rockets. Pyongyang responded defiantly by withdrawing from the talks and then detonating another nuclear weapon, the second following its initial test in October 2006, in contravention of previous UN resolutions. The DPRK has twice before (2004-05 and 2005-06) boycotted the talks for a year until the other parties, especially Beijing and Washington, made sufficient concessions to entice Pyongyang to rejoin them. Meanwhile, the DPRK continues to develop its nuclear weapons capacity as well as its means of delivering a nuclear warhead on a long-range ballistic missile.\n\nROK-DPRK Bilateral Engagement\n\nDuring the Cold War, South Korean officials protested strenuously whenever it appeared that the United States or other Western governments were interested in diplomatically engaging North Korea. ROK-DPRK ties expanded following the February 1998 inauguration of President Kim Dae-jung. His \u201cSunshine Policy\u201d (officially known as \u201cthe Policy of Reconciliation and Cooperation towards North Korea\u201d) toward the DPRK tried to improve relations with the North Korean government through negotiations and diplomatic, economic and other inducements to coax the regime out of its self-destructive isolation and to reassure the DPRK leadership about its security. These enticements include encouraging other countries to engage with North Korea, providing increased humanitarian and economic assistance, postponing negotiations on the most difficult issues dividing the two countries, and helping reassure the North Korean regime about its security concerns in the hope that a more benign security environment will encourage the DPRK leadership to pursue political and economic reforms.\n\nRoh Moo-hyun largely continued these engagement policies during his 2003-2008 presidency under the renamed \u201cPeace and Prosperity Policy.\u201d Coming into office at the time of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and President George W. Bush\u2019s Axis of Evil speech, Roh believed that North Korea had developed nuclear weapons in response to U.S. threats and to induce Washington to engage in a direct dialogue with Pyongyang. At times, he feared that rash U.S. actions would precipitate a war on the peninsula, which would prove disastrous for South Korea no matter what its outcome. The Roh administration also wanted to promote DPRK economic reform while integrating the country into East Asian economic processes, hoping that such developments could help stabilize North Korea in the short-term while providing incentives and leverage for moderating its foreign policy over the long run. The Roh approach implicitly assumed that the North Korean government would not soon collapse and that the DPRK was prepared to alter policies that most threaten South Koreans.\n\nAlthough cross-border trade and other civil society exchanges between Koreans increased under the Sunshine policies, Seoul\u2019s success in improving relations with Pyongyang\u2019s Communist allies did not result in substantially better ROK relations with Pyongyang. In addition, the policy negatively affected the traditional relationship between South Korea and the United States.\n\nConservative Lee Myung-bak, who became president in 2008, scaled back the Sunshine concessions to the DPRK and focused on restoring good ROK-U.S. ties. Even during the first months of the leadership transition in Pyongyang, the Lee government has had modest expectations regarding North Korea\u2019s near-term evolution. It conditioned offering the DPRK new aid on an end to Pyongyang\u2019s provocations and placed renewed emphasis on the goal of eventual Korean reunification under Seoul\u2019s leadership. The North Korean government condemned Lee\u2019s standoffish approach and avoided engaging extensively with his administration.\n\nAs expected, North Korea tested Park Geun-hye during her first few months in office with various provocations \u2013 mostly rhetorical threats. The most recent period of tensions flared up after the North\u2019s long-range rocket launch in December 2012 and underground nuclear test in February 2013. Pyongyang\u2019s militant rhetoric intensified in March after the U.N. Security Council tightened sanctions on North Korea following the tests and after the annual U.S.-South Korean military drills in South Korea known as Foal Eagle was conducted. Park has expressed a greater willingness than her predecessor to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea without preconditions, but the DPRK has until recently been cutting ties with the South.\n\nU.S. Engagement Efforts\n\nThe United States has not had significant economic or social levers to employ in its engagement efforts. U.S. trade with the DPRK is extremely limited and the United States does not have official diplomatic, consular or normalized trade relations (most favored nation) status with the country. The United States does have an abundance of food, and has provided copious amounts of food to the DPRK over the years, but the Pyongyang regime is readily willing to renounce that aid rather than accept conditions that could compromise its control over the North Korean people. The United States has one major asset that DPRK leaders have long sought \u2013 the power to recognize the legitimacy of the North Korean state, perhaps even one having nuclear weapons. But U.S. officials have resolutely rejected legitimizing the permanent division of the Korean Peninsula, especially under a despotic and belligerent regime.\n\nDuring the presidency of Bill Clinton, U.S. engagement with North Korea focused on nuclear and other forms of energy. When IAEA inspectors found North Korea was concealing plutonium in 1993, a crisis erupted that almost led to a U.S. military strike against the DPRK. At the last minute, with the help of former President Jimmy Carter, the Clinton administration successfully reached an Agreed Framework in 1994 with Kim Jong-il. North Korea pledged to end its nuclear weapons program in return for two light water reactors (LWR) and heavy fuel oil (HFO) from the U.S. Under the Agreement, the United States provided more than $400 million in energy assistance through the newly created Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) from 1995 to 2002. Although the Agreed Framework did not nullify the DPRK\u2019s ability to restart its nuclear program permanently, the engagement effort did slow down the development of the DPRK nuclear program for at least a few years. If the DPRK had been more receptive, the deal could also have laid the foundation for mutual trust and normalization of bilateral relations between Washington and Pyongyang. Unfortunately, the DPRK continued to develop its nuclear and missile capabilities through various covert programs.\n\nThe George W. Bush administration suspended bilateral U.S.-DPRK talks while it undertook a lengthy policy review to reassess U.S. policy towards North Korea. In addition to unease about the U.S. concessions made in the Agreed Framework, another worry was the evidence that the DPRK had launched a covert uranium enrichment program, which would give North Korea another, and technically superior, path toward developing nuclear weapons in addition to its suspended plutonium path. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the administration decided it had to challenge any North Korean nuclear program, since Washington could not trust Pyongyang not to sell its nuclear technologies and materials to terrorists and their state sponsors. Since North Korea had violated the terms of the Agreed Framework, the Bush administration subsequently threatened to halt the assistance that the DPRK received under the Agreed Framework. Rather than renounce its nuclear activities and comply with the agreement, or use the communication channels developed through various engagement efforts (which admittedly the Bush administration had reduced, and worsened with some extremely hostile rhetoric regarding North Korean leaders), the DPRK government responded to U.S. concerns by expelling the international inspectors from its Yongbyon nuclear site, becoming the first state to withdraw formally from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and resuming its plutonium operations. In conclusion, the U.S. engagement toward the DPRK through the Agreed Framework only produced a temporary delay in its illegal and provocative nuclear program.\n\nMore recently, the Obama administration launched major bilateral engagement initiatives in 2011 and 2012 when U.S. and DPRK negotiators discussed how to resume U.S. food aid to North Korea under appropriate safeguards in return for a freeze on the DPRK\u2019s nuclear and missile activities. Following months of negotiations, in February 2012, Pyongyang and Washington inked what became known as the \u201cLeap Day Agreement.\u201d As understood in Washington, under its terms North Korea agreed to observe a moratorium on nuclear testing and permit international inspections of key parts of its nuclear program while the United States consented to provide North Korea with 240,000 metric tons of \u201cnutritional assistance\u201d under a properly supervised distribution mechanism and increased cultural and people exchanges between the two nations. Yet, soon after inking the deal, Pyongyang announced its decision to launch an \u201cEarth observation satellite,\u201d which the United States and other countries denounced for violating UN Security Council prohibitions against the DPRK testing any technologies that could be used for ballistic missiles. Despite remonstrations from the United States, China and other countries, Pyongyang went ahead with the test on April 13, 2012, making it impossible for Washington to trust that the DPRK would not divert food shipments to the military rather than deliver it to those most in need, namely children and pregnant women. Although the April launch failed, the DPRK succeeded in launching its long-range rocket in December. It then conducted a third nuclear test on February 12, 2013.\n\nChinese Engagement Initiatives\n\nChina has often made commercial ties its main means of engaging North Korea. North Korea receives about half its food and almost all its oil imports from China. At present, North Korea\u2019s bilateral trade with China accounts for almost 90 percent of the former\u2019s foreign trade. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of North Koreans reside and often work in China. PRC enterprises have also made major investments in the DPRK; their importance has grown as South Korean investment in North Korea has stagnated due to political tensions between their two governments.\n\nThe PRC government has long sought to promote economic reform in North Korea in order to strengthen its regime, reduce aid demands on China, and refocus DPRK attention from foreign policy adventurism to domestic economic well-being. The Chinese government has been inviting DPRK leaders on \u201cstudy tours\u201d to prosperous regions of eastern China as well as site visits of successful PRC commercial enterprises. They also have sought to build the DPRK state capacity required to implement these reforms. For example, while deemphasizing food aid and other one-way transfers, PRC state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have helped the DPRK develop its natural resource and mining sectors by investing large sums of money, equipment, and other resources in North Korea as well as by engaging in the extensive training of local DPRK workers and managers.\n\nThus far, the Kim Jong-un regime has at most made a rhetorical commitment to economic reform. Pyongyang has continued its dual-track policy of building the economy while also enhancing its nuclear weapons program. With the rise of black markets and the increasing occurrences of free market activities, albeit still technically illegal, there has been a somewhat tacit approval of limited reforms. But, these so-called \u201creforms\u201d are not centrally directed, but rather are the results of enterprising North Koreans, who out of necessity, are attempting to fill the gaps in the DPRK authorities\u2019 abilities to deliver food and other basic necessities, such as electrical power.\n\nKim Jong-il\u2019s refusal to embrace the kinds of comprehensive reforms advocated by China should come as no surprise, since it would threaten the survival of his totalitarian regime. For example, Kim Jung-un might be seen as casting doubt on the wisdom of his father\u2019s and grandfather\u2019s policies, which would weaken a major source of his legitimacy. If the economic reforms led North Koreans to acquire more information about the outside world, they would become more aware of the massive disparity in lifestyles between the two Koreas. For its part, while encouraging economic reforms in the DPRK, China has refrained from exploiting its economic ties or other connections to coerce North Korea into changing its policies. PRC policymakers fear that such a firm stance couldthreaten North Korea\u2019s stability and reduce even further Beijing\u2019s limited influence in Pyongyang. While PRC policymakers may have hoped to gain leverage over Pyongyang though this extensive economic engagement, China\u2019s growing economic ties with the DPRK, as well as the PRC\u2019s security and other interests in North Korea, give many influential Chinese a major stake in averting additional economic sanctions, not antagonizing the DPRK leadership to such an extent that North Korea retaliates against Chinese economic interests, and above all avoiding regime change in Pyongyang.\n\nIn conclusion, a range of actors have attempted to engage North Korea on a number of levels and with a variety of tools. All of these initiatives have failed to moderate the DPRK\u2019s foreign policies or secure peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is one of the world\u2019s most repressive regimes. The authorities control everything, including access to food and information. DPRK leaders repeatedly raise foreigners\u2019 hopes about the prospects for engagement and then shatter them with provocations. Whether this pattern will continue in the future is of course debatable, but the burden of proof lies with those who believe engagement will achieve superior results in the future. The problem is that regime change must occur first for engagement to work. Only a more liberal DPRK regime would respond more positively to foreign government outreach efforts. And it has been to everyone\u2019s misfortune that the latest heir to the Kim Dynasty has wholeheartedly embraced the flawed policies of his father and grandfather, threatening world peace and further delaying Korea\u2019s unification. Unfortunately, policies of containment, confrontation or isolation have not been successful in coaxing the DPRK to transform into a more normal state, let alone accept unification. North Korea is truly the land of lousy options for its foreign interlocutors."}
-{"text": "BRIGHTON, ENGLAND\u2014Einas Deghayes flips open the jewelled pink case of her smartphone and toggles through pictures of her children.\n\nHere is 18-year-old Abdullah clowning around with his twin brother Abdurrahman. Another snapshot shows Amer, 20, and Jaffer, 17, mugging for the camera. The family resemblance between the boys is strong, their features soft and childish, too young for life to have left its mark.\n\nIn the middle of the album is a picture of Abdullah\u2019s dead body.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t look at this one,\u201d Einas says, speeding past the image.\n\nAbdullah was shot in the chest by a sniper in Kassab, a town in Syria\u2019s mountainous northwestern Latakia province, in April. Amer was wounded but survived.\n\nIn Kassab, Shiite fighters from Lebanon and Iran joined the regime\u2019s Alawite fighters who see their common enemy in the Sunni extremists, some of whom want to resurrect the caliphate. The British teenagers, who grew up in the liberal seaside city of Brighton, found their calling in the byzantine, sectarian geopolitics of Syria\u2019s war and took up guns for Sunni jihadists, possibly the Nusra Front, which is associated with Al Qaeda.\n\nAmer emailed his mother the photograph of Abdullah\u2019s body because she didn\u2019t believe he was dead.\n\n\u201cThey used to call me and I would tell them to come home, so now they don\u2019t contact me anymore,\u201d Einas says. Her brown eyes are sad as she talks about her children from the family\u2019s third-floor apartment in a rundown, lowrise block.\n\n\u201cOf course I believe in supporting Muslims, but my children are young,\u201d she says. \u201cAllah may want them as martyrs, but I want them as my sons.\u201d\n\nNow British police are hoping to tap into that mother\u2019s instinct to protect her children. In April, they launched an unprecedented program to encourage Muslim women to contact authorities if they suspect their loved ones are planning to travel to Syria or have already gone.\n\nWomen are often best placed to intervene, says deputy assistant commissioner Helen Ball of the Metropolitan Police, one of three senior female police officers running Britain\u2019s counterterrorism operations.\n\n\u201cThis is very much about prevention and protection,\u201d says Ball, who devised the program. \u201cIt is women who . . . notice a change in behaviour very quickly. We want women to feel confident to come forward, whether it is to police, or a community member they trust or a school teacher.\u201d\n\nSuch initiatives \u2014 from the benign to the extraordinary \u2014 are being taken by governments as they struggle to reduce the number of western Muslims joining the war in Syria for fear they return to cause carnage on the streets of their homelands.\n\nOn Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the issue a \u201cglobal crisis in need of a global solution.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Syrian conflict has turned that region into a cradle of violent extremism. But the world cannot simply sit back and let it become a training ground from which our nationals can return and launch attacks,\u2019\u201d Holder said in a speech to Norwegian diplomats and national security officials in Oslo.\n\nGovernments are alarmed at the number of western Muslims joining the war in Syria \u2014 anywhere from 2,800 to 7,000. (Security sources said last year that at least 100 Canadians had left to fight with the rebels.) In the first three months of 2014, 40 Britons were charged with Syria-related offences.\n\nBelgian police, investigating an attack on a Jewish museum earlier this year that killed four people, are trying to extradite a French militant who fought for a year in Syria. The Dutch government announced in June that passports of suspected fighters will be revoked before they leave the country. France is considering similar measures in a draft bill unveiled July 9. The British are charging suspects with preparing terrorist acts \u2014 even if they take place abroad. It was those charges that Nahin Ahmed, an unemployed postal worker, and Yusuf Sarwar, a computer science student, pleaded guilty to in a London court on July 8. The pair, both 22, spent eight months fighting in Syria last year and were arrested at Heathrow Airport when they tried to return home to Birmingham.\n\nIn Canada, a Brampton jury last month found Mohamed Hassan Hersi guilty of attempting to join a terrorist group abroad \u2014 in this case, Somalia \u2014 a verdict that authorities perceive as a deterrent to others.\n\n\u201cWe want to prevent people from putting themselves in danger and becoming the subject of an investigation,\u201d Ball says.\n\nBut as Einas Deghayes insists, it is often the mothers who are the last to know what their children are up to.\n\nThe seaside city where the Deghayes boys grew up seems an incongruous starting point for jihad. Brighton has a thriving gay scene and a reputation for \u201cdirty weekends,\u201d where couples indulge in what the British tabloids call \u201csex romps.\u201d\n\nThe boys\u2019 father, Abubakr, 46, emigrated from Libya in 1986, not long after his father, a respected lawyer and trade union activist, was executed by dictator Moammar Gadhafi.\n\n\u201cI love living near the sea. It reminds me of Tripoli,\u201d says Abubakr, flicking through the television channels looking for the World Cup. He is thickset with heavy eyelids and chain-smokes Rothmans.\n\n\u201cAs a father I am not happy for them to be there (in Syria),\u201d says Abubakr. \u201cBut as a citizen, the issue is bigger than my children. It is our right as humans to choose which side we want to support without being criminalized.\u201d\n\nThe children\u2019s early lives were dominated by Abubakr\u2019s campaign to get his brother Omar released from Guantanamo Bay. Omar, a British resident, was picked up in Pakistan in 2002 and held at the detention facility for five years. He was never charged.\n\nEinas, 45, a homemaker, says it took a toll on the family. The boys were sometimes bullied at school.\n\n\u201cSocial services restricted Abubakr from having a relationship with the boys,\u201d she says. \u201cThe police put a lot of pressure on us.\u201d At one point, the children were taken away from their father. The experience left Einas with a distrust of British authorities.\n\nAbubakr was pleased when the old Libyan tyrant fell from power during the Arab uprisings and when Syrians rose up against their own dictator, Bashar Assad.\n\nEinas says Amer wanted his mother\u2019s permission to go to Libya but she refused. In many Muslim households, children, no matter their age, are bound by conventions of respect to consult their mothers before making any major decisions.\n\n\u201cAmer always watched what was going on in Libya and Syria and said, \u2018Mummy, look at Muslims and what is happening to them,\u2019\u201d says Einas.\n\nWhen the Syrian conflict began, Abubakr says he went to dig wells and open a pharmacy in a refugee camp near the Turkish border. Amer, who finished business studies at a local college, travelled there last October with Jaffer.\n\n\u201cAmer felt humanitarian work was not enough and joined the fight against Assad\u2019s killing machine,\u201d Abubakr says.\n\nOn Jan. 28, Einas stayed up late waiting for Abdullah to come home from a friend\u2019s house. Around 2 a.m., she went to his bedroom and noticed the dresser drawers ajar. His clothes were gone.\n\n\u201cI checked my bag where I keep all the children\u2019s identity papers. His passport was gone,\u201d she says. She suspected he had followed his brothers to Syria. Einas told her husband, who had since returned to England, to get her sons back. He booked a flight to Turkey immediately and travelled to Rehanyli, near the Syrian border.\n\n\u201cI saw the boys,\u201d says Abubakr. \u201cBut they wouldn\u2019t come back with me. They knew their mother was distressed but they refused to come.\u201d\n\nThey found out on Facebook that Abdullah had been killed.\n\n\u201cMy son Amer then called and said, \u2018He is shaheed (martyr),\u2019\u201d Einas recalls. \u201cI said, \u2018Died? He\u2019s dead?\u2019 And he said, \u2018No Mummy, Abdullah is shaheed.\u2019 I said, \u2018No, he\u2019s dead. He will not come back to me.\u2019\u201d\n\nLast they heard, Amer and Jaffer were in Atma, a Syrian village near the Turkish border where there is a camp for foreign fighters waiting to be deployed with rebel units.\n\nAbdurrahman, a student, has remained in Brighton. \u201cHe cries every morning when he wakes up,\u201d his mother says.\n\nAbubakr says his sons are not fighting for the Islamic State group and rejects the idea that they are a threat to British national security.\n\n\u201cIt is a just cause to defend people in a war,\u201d he says. \u201cMany British residents went to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Libya and came back, they never caused a problem.\u201d\n\nBut Shaista Gohir of the Muslim Women\u2019s Network, who supports the police program, says British children have little understanding of the war and are being manipulated by extremist groups in Syria who tell them they are fighting to defend Muslims or the ummah (the Muslim community).\n\n\u201cSome of the kids think it\u2019s exciting,\u201d she says. \u201cThey are gung-ho, like they are going to be part of a gang and going for a two-week holiday. Or they think it\u2019s for the ummah. But what ummah? It\u2019s Muslims killing other Muslims.\u201d\n\nThe vast majority British jihadists are of South Asian origin, according to the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King\u2019s College London and they are finding common cause with an Arab country with which they have no linguistic or cultural links.\n\nAs an example, there is Abdul Waheed Majeed, 41, the first-known British citizen to carry out a suicide attack in Syria. In February, he drove a truck full of explosives into an Aleppo prison to free jihadist inmates. In a YouTube video, a man, possibly Chechen, speaks to Majeed in Russian off camera. Majeed\u2019s response, in a working-class English accent, is: \u201cSorry, I can\u2019t speak Arabic. Everyone asks me. My tongue\u2019s got like a knot in it.\u201d\n\nSome groups use social media as a recruitment tool. Islamic State distributed a provocative video in June of four South Asian British kids challenging western Muslims to join jihad as a \u201ccure for depression.\u201d\n\nThe Jan Trust, a charity that helps Muslim women in poor communities, carried out a survey of 350 Muslim mothers and 90 per cent responded that they did not have access to the Internet and did not know what their teenagers were viewing online.\n\nIts director, Sajda Mughal, was on the Piccadilly line train with Germaine Lindsay on July 7, 2005, when he blew himself up. She emerged from the London bombings determined to help stop British youth from being radicalized and says mothers must be equipped to tackle the problem.\n\nWomen from disadvantaged backgrounds lack the English-language skills and computer literacy necessary to monitor what their kids are up to, she says.\n\n\u201cI\u2019d say it is about taking ownership of your child\u2019s life,\u201d she says. \u201cThese women need to be equipped to safeguard their children.\u201d\n\nMughal and Gohir both say they are being approached quietly by anxious mothers because their sons are being sent links to extremist material on the Internet and being urged to fight by their friends.\n\n\u201cIn one case we helped a mother have a safe discussion and now they go on demonstrations together, they talk about what\u2019s going on in the world,\u201d says Mughal.\n\nAs part of the police program, women who phone a hotline are put in touch with youth workers, some of whom are from Muslim organizations and can quietly intervene. The women are given a strategy to have discussions about the war and how to help by safer methods, including donating money to registered charities. In other words, it doesn\u2019t necessarily involve police officers, which could raise tensions in the family. Leaflets are being distributed in communities, and Muslim women\u2019s organizations and some mosques are on board.\n\nAbubakr says the program will not work because many Muslims do not trust the police.\n\n\u201cThey (police) want to interfere between mothers and their children,\u201d he says.\n\nBall rejects criticism that the program is an intelligence-gathering operation.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s totally not about asking families to spy on their loved ones or asking communities to spy at all,\u201d says Ball. \u201cFor me this is a normal part of police safeguarding work.\u201d However, if police receive information that someone is about to commit a terrorist act they would act on it, she says.\n\nSaleyha Ahsan, a former British army officer and emergency medicine doctor who volunteered in a hospital near Aleppo in 2012, said parents face a tough choice. They can tell authorities about their children and risk having their homes raided, or they can keep quiet and try to get them out through informal networks like the Deghayes family did.\n\n\u201cOnce you\u2019ve got the eye of counterterrorism police on you, you are never going to lose it,\u201d she says. \u201cSince 2001 you\u2019ve had scores and scores of people locked up without charge, secret evidence used against them. Who the hell is going to trust the Home Office\u2019s branch that is dealing with this?\u201d\n\nEinas says it didn\u2019t occur to her to report her sons missing. The police raided her house on May 20.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t want them to come back to be victims in the courts or in jail,\u201d she says.\n\nAs she waits for any news about her sons, she spends her days in Abdullah\u2019s bedroom praying. Her kids teased her that Abdullah was her favourite.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s true, he was special to me, and maybe Allah knew that,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I wanted his life to be longer than mine.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Judge denies Trump request to keep poll worker names in Nevada\n\nA state court judge in Nevada denied a request from the Donald Trump campaign to issue a court order to preserve names of poll workers for a complaint about what the campaign calls early voting irregularities.\n\nAuthor:\nWUSA Staff\n\nPublished:\n3:56 PM EST November 8, 2016\n\nUpdated:\n4:09 PM EST November 8, 2016\n\nA state court judge in Nevada denied a request from the Donald Trump campaign to issue a court order to preserve names of poll workers for a complaint about what the campaign calls early voting irregularities.\n\nClark County District Court Judge Gloria Sturman said Tuesday that making the names part of the court record could expose the workers to possible \"public attention, ridicule and harassment.\"\n\nShe says the county registrar is already required to keep the records, and the Nevada Secretary of State is responsible for investigating the complaint.\n\nTrump campaign attorney Brian Hardy told the judge he wants to preserve records about late ballots on the last day of early voting at four locations in the Las Vegas area.\n\nThe campaign says allowing people to vote past closing time was illegal, but the county says they were accommodating people already in line.\n\nNeither side commented outside the courtroom.\n\nPHOTOS: Donald Trump on Election Day 2016\n\nPHOTOS: Donald Trump on Election Day 2016\n\nRepublician presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives at a polling station in New York to cast his ballot in the presidential election November 8, 2016.\n\n01 / 11\n\nRepublician presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives at a polling station in New York to cast his ballot in the presidential election November 8, 2016."}
-{"text": "SciVision to build second plant in Greater Kaohsiung\n\nBy Camaron Kao / Staff reporter\n\nTue, Oct 22, 2013 - Page 14\n\nSciVision Biotech Inc (\u79d1?), which makes hyaluronic acid for use in plastic surgery and the treatment of degenerative joint diseases, yesterday said it plans to raise between NT$600 million and NT$800 million (US$20.4 million and US$27.2 million) to build a new factory.\n\nThe Greater Kaohsiung-based company said it plans to invest NT$480 million by the beginning of next year to build a new factory in the municipality capable of producing 2.51 million vials of hyaluronic acid a year.\n\nThe factory is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 and the company estimates that the revenue it generates will cover construction costs in 2.77 years.\n\nCurrently, SciVision Biotech operates one factory that is capable of producing 500,000 vials a year and which had a utilization rate of 83.95 percent last year, it said.\n\nSciVision Biotech, which is set to shift its listing to the main bourse from the over-the-counter market on Nov. 12, said that it is also applying for permits to sell its products in the US.\n\nSciVision Biotech general manager Han Tai-shien (\u97d3\u53f0\u8ce2) said the company expects its revenue to increase 35 percent this year from NT$200.68 million a year ago, with overseas sales accounting for 50 percent of its total revenue this year, compared with 29.94 percent last year.\n\nThe company expects revenue to increase by 35 percent next year, Han said.\n\nLast year, sales of its Hya-Dermis product, which is used for plastic surgery, accounted for 55.23 percent of total revenue, while sales of Hya-Joint, which is used for treating degenerative joint diseases, accounted for 35.23 percent, according to data provided by the company.\n\n\u201cThe company swung into the black in 2011 after we acquired drug permits for Hya-Dermis in 2010 and for Hya-Joint in 2009 in Taiwan,\u201d Han said.\n\n\u201cWe enjoyed 116 percent revenue growth in 2011, 40 percent revenue growth last year and 35 percent revenue growth in the first six months of this year,\u201d he added.\n\nCiting data from research and consulting firm GlobalData and market researcher Millennium Research Group, the company said that the global market value of hyaluronic acid used for plastic surgery was US$808 million last year, a compound annual growth rate of 12 percent.\n\nThe data also showed that the market value for hyaluronic acid used for degenerative joint diseases was US$1.8 billion worldwide last year, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.5 percent.\n\nSciVision Biotech reported a 17.39 percent increase in net income in the first nine months, reaching NT$16.2 million from the NT$13.8 million it posted a year ago.\n\nThe company\u2019s revenue totaled NT$149.75 million in the first nine months, up 19.96 percent from the NT$124.84 million it recorded last year, data showed."}
-{"text": "The Changed Face of the U.S. Farm Machinery Industry\n\nThe effects of adverse economic conditions in U.S. agriculture\nupon the structure of farming have been given wide\npublicity. At the same time but less widely noted, a quiet revolution\nhas taken hold of the ancillary industries supporting\nagriculture as they struggle to adapt to the changed economic\nenvironment within which they must operate now and for the\nforeseeable future."}
-{"text": "Comments\n\nComment by Ixtab\n\nEdit: The drops have now been re-assigned to this page. Flagging comment \"out of date\".\n\nComment by aostang\n\nDespite all the rage he's still just a hydra in a cave.\n\nComment by lightclaw\n\nLFR Strategy:This is a fairly easy fight, enjoy.\n\nThe boss spawns two out of three possible heads at any one time. We never see the body of the boss, but each time one of the heads is killed, its entire amount of health (~75M) is subtracted from the boss's body, in much the same way Garalon's legs work. After killing seven heads, the body dies.\n\nUpdate - For some reason I can't figure out, LFR groups are killing the Venom and Fire heads and ignoring the frost entirely. Tanks are swapping so that one always tanks the left head and the other always tanks the right. Aside from that, there is really no change to the stuff below.\n\nTanks:Your job is harder to explain than it is to actually do.\n\nThere will always be two heads active. Each head needs to be tanked. There are three possible heads: Fire, Ice, and Venom. Those heads always spawn in the same pools at the edge of the fighting area.\n\nWhile tanking you should keep the head pointed to the right by putting yourself hard against the rocks to the right of its spawn point. Each head does a breath attack that will debuff you. Venom reduces armor, Ice freezes you for 20s at 5 stacks, and Fire is a stacking DoT. Hopefully the Ice debuff never becomes a problem - we were getting the heads down with between 2 and 4 stacks of the various debuffs.\n\nFrom left to right as you face the boss, the pools spawn Fire, Ice, and Venom. Let's suppose that the fight starts with Ice and Venom up. Tank 1 takes Ice, Tank 2 takes Venom. The raid kills Venom and both heads despawn. Two new heads pop up. Since we just killed Venom, it won't return immediately, and the new heads are Ice and Fire. Tank 1 is carrying stacks of the Ice debuff already, so he or she must switch to Fire. Tank 2 is carrying stacks of the Venom debuff, so he or she can take Ice. The raid kills Ice, and two new heads pop up, Fire and Venom. Tank 1 takes Venom (still has stacks of Fire debuff, remember) and Tank 2 takes Fire. The fight proceeds in this fashion until the end, with each tank switching after a head is killed: Venom --> Ice --> Fire --> Venom --> Ice --> Fire.\n\nAgain, it's very easy to actually do this, but explaining it and making the reason for the swap clear take a lot of writing. :-)\n\nDPS:Focus on a single head at a time, as they regain full health each time one dies. From left to right the heads are Fire, Ice, and Venom. Supposing you start with Venom, you would kill Venom --> Ice --> Fire and repeat.\n\nIf you are lit on fire (Cinders) then you should try to run onto a patch of ice to put the fire out. If there is no patch of ice, try to get away from the raid, because a pool of fire will form at your location when it is dispelled. (Don't run so far away that you can't be cleansed...) If you are the focus of Torrent of Ice, you should run the beam into a patch of fire. If there is no fire, kite the beam out of the raid. Try to stay spread out whenever possible, but collapse after a head is killed for heals.\n\nHealers:Tank damage is reasonable on this fight. It helps to assign at least one healer to the tank who is on the head that is not the raid's target, as he or she will likely be out of range of the raid for portions of the fight (when Fire and Venom are up.) Raid damage gets worse as the fight goes on. It's very light for the first three heads, but heads four through six do progressively more damage, and you might need to stagger cooldowns to survive. There is no damage after the seventh head dies.\n\nDispel Cinders, preferably when the target is not in the middle of the raid.\n\ntl;dr version:The raid focuses on one head at a time. Each time a head is killed the others are healed to full. After killing seven heads the boss dies.\n\nTanks:Two heads spawn at a time, each tank takes one. After a head dies, the tank whose head was killed takes the head that was alive in the previous phase and the tank whose head was not killed picks up the new head. In effect, the tanks cycle from head to head to head so that their debuff stacks never get too high. Venom --> Ice --> Fire, repeat. Turn the boss to the side by standing right against the rocks.\n\nDPS:Single target the heads. Each time one dies, target the head that was not attacked during the last phase, cycling through all heads before repeating any one. Venom --> Ice --> Fire, repeat.\n\nStay spread out, but stack up when a head dies. If you get Cinders, try to run over a patch of ice. If you get Torrent of Ice, try to run it into a patch of fire. If neither is possible, take your fire or ice out of the raid.\n\nHealers:Damage is fairly reasonable, but mounts toward the end of the fight. The last few times a head dies cooldowns will be needed to keep the raid alive, so try to stagger them with the other healers.\n\nDispel Cinders.\n\nMacroable Version:\n\n/raid Tanks, both switch heads when one dies. Face to the side./raid DPS single target only. Spread out, stack when head dies. Take Ice debuff to fire, Fire debuff to ice./raid Healers, lots of damage when the last heads are killed. Dispel Cinders.\n\nComment by SSTHZero\n\n10-man Normal Mode Strategy\n\nAfter the nerf, the fight is a joke now.\n\nYou want 3 healer, 2 tanks and 5 DPS.\n\nThis is mainly a heal fight.\n\nThe Heads\n\nYou need to kill 7 heads. When 1 die, 2 new of the same color will spawn. You can only attack 2, the others stay in the Concealing Fog.\n\nAn example: you start with Blue and Green. Red in the Concealing Fog. You kill Blue, 2 Blue will spawn in the Concealing Fog and Red is now attackable. Now you kill Red, 2 Red spawn in the Concealing Fog and 1 Blue is now attackable, so you have 2 Red and 1 Blue in the Concealing Fog.\n\nIt's useless to attack the 2 heads. When one die, the other will restore his HP, and gain a stacking haste buff.\n\nWith the death of a head, Megaera will cast a heavy raid damage spell (Rampage) for 20 seconds. Stack your raid and heal. This damage increase with more heads alive.\n\nAttackable Heads\n\nThey have 2 abilities:-1 breath-1 stacking debuff\n\nHeads in the Concealing Fog\n\nRedCinders will be cast in random players (tanks can't be affected). The affected player need to run to a safe place to be dispelled. After dispelled, a void zone (pool of flame) will spawn in the ground. Walking with this debuff in the ice on the ground will erase the ice.\n\nBlueTorrent of Ice will be cast in random ranged players. Just run to the back of the room. This spell can erase pools of flame.\n\nGreenAcid Rain is the simpler one, but do a lot of raid damage. Just stay away from the impact zone.\n\nStrategy\n\nYou want to kill Blue - Red - Blue - Red - Green - Red - Blue.\n\nTanks\n\nYour job is easy. Get your head, and face it away from the raid.\n\nWhen one head die, the tank with the head still alive get the new head, and the other tank get the old head.\n\nYour main concern is the heads in the Concealing Fog. Keep this in mind: with more heads in the Concealing Fog, more spells will hit you.\n\nRun with the Red's debuff through the Ice to a safe place and ask for a dispel.Run from the Ice Beam to the back of the room.Avoid the impact zone of Green's spell.\n\nThe room is very large, so use it. Don't stay near the heads and spread.\n\nYou can attack heads during the Rampage (when you stack for heals).\n\nHealers\n\nKeep the tanks in range. Green's tank can receive a lot of damage with Hydra Frenzy stacking on Green. But, for me as a healer, the Red is the dangerous one.\n\nWhen one head die, stack near the next one to kill and heal. Rotate strong healing CDs here. The first Rampage is easy and a single Spirit Shell can hold it, but the last one can overwhelm you. So, for the last Rampage you need at least 2 strong healing CDs (we used Power Word: Barrier, Spirit Link Totem, and a Shadow Priest's Tranquility plus Time Warp).\n\nWith more heads, the things start to get out of control. It's normal to have 2 healers running from Torrent of Ice, reducing the raid's heal. Or the same guy getting Cinders over and over.\n\nDon't dispel Cinders fast. Wait the affected player to run to a safe place. Disc Priests with Body and Soul shiny here.\n\nDon't let players with low health or Cinders can kill them, and Green ones will add more raid damage.\n\nTL;DR\n\nYou want to kill Blue - Red - Blue - Red - Green - Red - Blue.\n\nTanks face heads away from the raid. Swap heads when a new one spawn.\n\nDPS focus their assigned head and avoid the abilities from the Heads in the Concealing Fog.Run to the back of the room when target by Torrent of Ice.Run to a safe place and ask for a dispel when affected by Cinder.Avoid Acid Rain's impact zone.\n\nWith more Heads in the Concealing Fog, more chaotic the fight becomes.\n\nBlood Lust for the last Rampage.\n\nComment by Hsilia\n\nThis boss reminds me of Gleeok from Zelda..\n\nComment by Uennie\n\nTaking a shot in the dark here ... The name could be a reference to the Disney movie Hercules? Hydra + Megara = Megaera?\n\nComment by bobisadrummer\n\nYou know, I don't want to be the kind of person that says something is a reference to some obscure thing, but this boss and the raid zone it resides in is clearly based off the level \"Cave of Hydra\" from the SNES game \"King of Dragons\" as shown in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEVMlICCQis\n\nNot only are the colors and abilities a perfect match, but the fights mechanics are similar.\n\nComment by Kittay\n\nI don't know if it's because of the horrid looks of its heads, or just because of its enthralling mythology; but I think this boss is both awesome and badass and... fetch.\n\nComment by Elfeaterdk\n\nStart by killing Green - dont use cd's.\n\nKill Red - pop all cd's except BL.\n\nKill Green - no cd's.\n\nKill Red - use whatever cooldowns are back up.\n\nKill Green - no cd's.\n\nKill Red - use all cd's including BL.\n\nKill Blue - making sure to use any cooldowns that come back up.(simply because it will attack harder now -> more tank vengeance -> faster kill)\n\nFor healers:Make sure to have a pre-assigned order for your cooldowns, so you have something to use during/after each rampage. You should save major defensive cooldowns for the last2 rampages, as they tend to be the showstopper.Very importantly: Cinders will just kill you fast. Best way to deal with it is simply to dispel asap, and let people move from the fire, as a tick from that is about a third of the debuff's tick :)\n\nComment by sidelsky18\n\nI'm not sure why no one else has said it, but for my 10 man normal group the only way we were able to do this fight was to ignore the blue head. We started on the green head and just alternated between it and the red head, stacking up during each rampage of course.\n\nWhile you don't have to deal with the ice beams with this strategy, know that:\n\nOn the last 2-3 heads, there will be frequent green bombs and cinders cast on the raid.\n\nOn the last 1-2 rampages, your healers will most likely OOM. It's really just luck, some attempts our healers would be oom on the 3rd to last rampage while other attempts they would have 15% left after killing the boss.\n\nYou MUST use a raid cooldown during rampages and single target cooldowns on whoever is tanking the blue head during the last few rampages.\n\nComment by MABGamer6407\n\nReminds me of the one from God of War as it was also fought in the Water with its true body never actually seen. Plus the fact that it grows more heads as it is killed stays more true to the Tales more so then the Old WoW models which were just 3 headed powerful beasts. I also like the mysterious feel of the creature an that it was in fact a Dragon before it became what form we see now. Although i'd of liked it to of been 3 dragons merged into one but stil...pretty decent and a unique boss fight.\n\nComment by GoRozZo\n\nComment by Igpolaris\n\nI know it's stupid but spying Megaera's \"water\" with Kilrogg shows that she's nothing but heads\n\nNo flesh abomination underwater, just heads. :(\n\nComment by akilleuss\n\nIn mythology, the Lernaean Hydra was an ancient serpent-like chthonic water beast, with reptilian traits (as its name evinces), that possessed many heads the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint, and for each head cut off it grew two more it had poisonous breath and blood so virulent even its tracks were deadly.The Hydra of Lerna was killed by Hercules as the second of his Twelve Labours. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, Beneath the waters was an entrance to the Underworld, and the Hydra was its guardian they could be killed by piecing through the heart or burn each head so it wouldnt grow back.The Ahieve to kill without cutting off a head does suit the variations of The Hydra\n\nComment by Kampfsnarf\n\nKinda reminds me of this episode from the cartoon show Courage the Cowardly Dog, not sure why. Here's the link, sorry I couldn't find it in english.\n\nGuides\n\nRelated\n\nTooltips and dungeon journal reflect ability values for one encounter version. Please refer to \"Effect\" section on spell pages to see values for all raid sizes and difficulties.\n\nOne Body, Many Heads\n\nWhen one of Megaera's heads is destroyed, her body takes damage equal to the head's maximum health and two heads regrow in its place.\n\nConcealing Fog\n\u2013 Megaera's body and distant heads are shrouded by thick, swirling fog and are unable to be attacked directly.\n\nRampage\n\u2013 Megaera begins to Rampage for 20 seconds whenever one of her heads is cut off, inflicting 6240 Elemental damage to all players every second. The damage dealt by a particular element is increased by 25% for each additional head of that element that is present.\n\nHydra Frenzy\n\u2013 Whenever one of Megaera's heads is killed, the heads remaining outside of the Concealing Fog are healed to full and attack 20% faster. This effect stacks.\n\nElemental Blood of Megaera\n\u2013 As Megaera grows new heads of a given type, her elemental blood increases the damage inflicted by all heads of the same type by 15% for each additional head of that type. This effect stacks.\n\nMegaera's Rage\n\u2013 Megaera's heads outside of the Concealing Fog will begin to spit at their target when they have no targets within melee range. This effect inflicts 30000 Elemental damage to all enemies within 5 yards upon impact.\n\nCinders\n\u2013 Megaera's Flaming Heads use this ability when they are within the Concealing Fog.Flaming Heads ignite a random player, inflicting 12600 Fire damage and an additional 3525 Fire damage every 1 sec for 30 sec. In addition, players afflicted with Cinders will cause Icy Ground to melt when they come into contact with it.When Cinders is removed, a pool of flames is created at the target's location that persist for 1 min. The pool inflicts 12600 Fire damage every 1 sec. to all players within 5 yards.\n\nIn Heroic Difficulty, Cinders creates a pool of flames at the target's location every 3 seconds.\n\nIgnite Flesh\n\u2013 Megaera's Flaming Heads breathe flames on all players in front of her, inflicting 15298 Fire damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Ignite Flesh burn for 3600 additional Fire damage every second for 45 sec. This effect stacks.\n\nTorrent of Ice\n\u2013 Megaera's Frozen Heads use this ability when they are within the Concealing Fog.Megaera's Frozen Heads channel a beam of ice at a random player, inflicting 7200 Frost damage at the point of contact every 0.5 sec. for 8 sec. The beam freezes the ground in its wake, creating Icy Ground for 1 min.In addition, the Torrent of Ice beam will douse any pools of Cinders that it comes into contact with.\n\nIcy Ground\n\u2013 The frozen ground inflicts 8160 Frost damage every second to all players who touch it, reducing their movement speed by 5%. The snare effect of Icy Ground stacks up to 20 times.\n\nIn Heroic Difficulty, Icy Ground grows to twice its original size over 1 min.\n\nArctic Freeze\n\u2013 Megaera's Frozen Heads breathe ice on all players in front of her, inflicting 15298 Frost damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Arctic Freeze begin to freeze solid and are stunned for 20 sec. if they reach 5 stacks of Arctic Freeze.\n\nAcid Rain\n\u2013 Megaera's Venomous Heads use this ability when they are within the Concealing Fog.Megaera's Venomous Heads spit a globule of acid at a random player, inflicting 46800 Nature damage to all players upon impact. The damage of Acid Rain is reduced the farther players are from the point of impact.\n\nIn Heroic Difficulty, Megaera's Venomous Heads spit three globules of acid at a time.\n\nRot Armor\n\u2013 Megaera's Venomous Heads breathe corrosive gas on all players in front of her, inflicting 15298 Nature damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Rot Armor take 10% increased damage from all sources for 45 sec. This effect stacks.\n\nDiffusion\n\u2013 Megaera's Arcane Heads breathe arcane energy on all players in front of her, inflicting 19889 Arcane damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Diffusion redirect 10% of all healing received to allies within 8 yards that are not afflicted with Diffusion. This effect stacks."}
-{"text": "Today in Pictures, March 3, 2016\n\nStudent demonstrations in Venezuela, an underwater ballet performance in South Korea, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.\n\nA student demonstrator preparing to throw a Molotov cocktail during clashes with the police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal, Venezuela, on March 2, 2016.PHOTO: REUTERS\n\nA tourist walks inside the Ice Palace glacier hollow at Hintertux glacier, located around 3250m above sea level, in Zillertal, Austria, on March 2, 2016.PHOTO: EPA\n\nProfessional divers giving an underwater ballet performance at an aquarium in the city of Goyang, north of Seoul, South Korea, on March 3, 2016.PHOTO: EPA\n\nKeeper Lucy Truelson (left) washing Asian elephant bull Bong Su as it lies against the barrier in its enclosure at Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, on March 3, 2016.PHOTO: EPA\n\nSupporters cheering at a campaign rally for US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in East Lansing, Michigan, on March 2, 2016.PHOTO: REUTERS\n\nA young man flaying his back with a thorny iron during the 'Da Tiequ' (beat the iron ball) event in front of the Dalugong Temple in Zheqiancun village in Putian, south-east China's Fujian province, on March 2, 2016.PHOTO: AFP\n\nUnited States Border Patrol agents taking down a person suspected of crossing the Rio Grande River to enter the United States illegally near McAllen, Texas, on March 2, 2016.PHOTO: EPA\n\nThe Straits Times\n\nWe have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused. Until we resolve the issues, subscribers need not log in to access ST Digital articles. But a log-in is still required for our PDFs."}
-{"text": "Mol\u00e9son - Alpine Cheese Dairy\n\nMol\u00e9son: Village\n\nMol\u00e9son: Sommet\n\nMol\u00e9son: Plan Francey\n\nMt. Mol\u00e9son, a prominent hiking destination, dominates the Freiburg Pre-Alps. The cheese is produced the old-fashioned way, over a wood fire, in the Alpine cheese dairy in Mol\u00e9son. A thematic hiking trail leads from Alp to Alp.\n\nGroup Activities\n\nLanguage:\n\nfr\n\nDuration:\n\n1/2 day\n\nPersons:\n\n10 - 50\n\nCost:\n\nYes\n\nSeason:\n\nSummer\n\nShare contents\n\nFor centuries cows have been grazing on the slopes of the Mol\u00e9son and their milk has been made into cheese, some of it directly on the Alp. The Alpine cheese dairy of Mol\u00e9son cherishes and fosters this tradition. At an elevation of 1,132 meters, cheese cooks twice a day over a wood fire in a characteristic Alpine hut from the year 1686.\n\nA Cheese Trail leads from Alp to Alp in the middle of the charming landscape. A short trip from Mol\u00e9son to Pringy leads down to the show dairy Pringy, which produces a large amount of le Gruy\u00e8re AOP cheese every day using modern techniques. Excellent information panels along the route provide insight into the secrets of cheese production.\n\nGastronomy\n\nPublic Transport\n\nTouristic amenities\n\n*All prices are in Swiss Francs and correct at time of print. Prices shown in currencies other than Swiss Francs are guideline prices only and subject to exchange rate variations. All programmes and prices are subject to change without prior notice."}
-{"text": "Capsule Reviews: Summer Fiction\n\nCrescent, An Empty Land of Plenty, Prophet of Bones, and Equilateral\n\nAug 1, 2013\n\nBob Grant\n\nHomer Hickam\u2019s Crescent, the second novel in his Helium-3 series, takes us again to the colonized surface of the Moon, where a pitched battle rages between human pioneers and Legionnaires (a.k.a. crowhoppers), genetically modified insurgents bent on killing humans. The book follows young lunar miner Crater Trueblood, who captures and ultimately befriends a crowhopper, the book\u2019s eponymous Crescent Claudine Besette.\n\nThough Hickam\u2019s prose is often purplish, the former NASA engineer does infuse the story with a fair bit of interesting science, making Crescent an entertaining and informative read for the tween set at which the series is aimed. But don\u2019t expect to get swept away in the adolescent romantic arc of the book if you\u2019ve seen a few full moons yourself.\n\nMark McNamara opens An Empty Land of Plenty in prehistoric France, 30,000 BC, where an ancient race of humans\u2014The People\u2014struggle to survive the approach of a fiery comet. The plot then rockets forward to the modern day, when the deadly \u201cPrionic Flu\u201d is marching across the face of the globe, claiming victims from Beijing to Mexico City as it spreads. Billions succumb in short order, leaving just slightly more than 1 million survivors.\n\nIn a last-ditch effort to understand the virus\u2019s mechanics, researchers map the DNA of survivors who had been exposed to the pathogen and discover that they all shared a gene variant common to a certain region of France. It turns out that the same virus rained down on The People millennia ago, wiping out most, but sparing a mother and daughter, who would pass their genes on to future generations and help save humanity from the comet and its deadly pathogenic payload when it streaked past Earth a second time.\n\nThe book\u2019s protagonist, high school senior Rusty Weber, navigates the postapocalyptic landscape left in the comet\u2019s wake, and of course . . . finds love along the way. Independently published and distributed by Amazon\u2019s CreateSpace platform, An Empty Land meanders at times, but McNamara keeps the plot moving at a reasonable pace.\n\nNobel Prize-winning physical chemist Willard F. Libby literally wrote the book (Radiocarbon Dating, 1952) on the oft-used archaeological technique of carbon-14 dating. But in novelist Ted Kosmatka\u2019s new work of historical fiction, Libby\u2019s invention turns biology and history on their heads when it\u2019s used to refute Darwinian evolution and show that the Earth is less than 6,000 years old. Creationism is scientific fact in this alternate universe.\n\nAgainst this atavistic backdrop, Prophet of Bones follows the life and work of Paul Carlsson, a young molecular paleontologist who stumbles into a shadowy world when he\u2019s summoned to the Indonesian island of Flores to sequence the newly unearthed skeletal remains of a tool-using hominin. After a paramilitary force disrupts Carlsson\u2019s DNA work on the remains, the young researcher flees for his life, losing an eye in the process.\n\nCarlsson escapes to the U.S., where he continues to analyze his troubling findings regarding the age of the specimens, which threaten to overturn modern \u201cscience\u201d and society itself. Corrupt and powerful political, religious, and commercial interests fight to squelch Carlsson\u2019s revelations\u2014a struggle that culminates in an action-packed finale.\n\nKosmatka\u2019s mingling of fact and fiction is clever, and his writing solid, but the book\u2019s logic is strained at times, and its ending is a tad outlandish, even for sci-fi.\n\nIn Equilateral, author Ken Kalfus sets fictional, Victorian-era astronomer Sanford Thayer on a quest to make contact with the intelligent beings he suspects are living on the surface of Mars. Kalfus captures the allure of an actual intellectual fad of the period, when some scientists claimed to have observed elaborate canal systems on Mars and surmised that our nearest planetary neighbor must be populated by industrious aliens.\n\nThayer\u2019s brazen plan is to construct a massive interplanetary signaling device in the form of three paved trenches of equal length forming the sides of a triangle sprawled out across the expansive wastes of Egypt\u2019s Western Desert. The ambitious astronomer plots to complete the project by June 17, 1894, when the orbital positions of Earth and Mars put our planet at the perfect angle for viewing by the denizens of the Red Planet. The pitch-black triangle set against a background of white sand is meant to signal to our Martian neighbors that Earth is inhabited by an advanced civilization.\n\nThe plan is plagued with discontented workers, accidents, and setbacks, and is ultimately hijacked by the shady consortium of business and governmental interests that funded the project, intent on using the triangle to establish and exploit trade ties with Mars. Thayer espouses some interesting (if far-fetched) hypotheses about planets evolving as if they were species, and Kalfus\u2019s writing propels Equilateral along at a lively clip, but the tension between the lofty ideals of unfettered scientific discovery and lowly profit-seeking comes off as a little tinny and simplistic.\n\nBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that its QXDx AutoDG ddPCR System, which uses Bio-Rad\u2019s Droplet Digital PCR technology, and the QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit are the industry\u2019s first digital PCR products to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance. Used together, Bio-Rad\u2019s system and kit can precisely and reproducibly monitor molecular response to treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).\n\nBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today showcases new automation features of its ZE5 Cell Analyzer during the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening 2019 International Conference and Exhibition (SLAS) in Washington, D.C., February 2\u20136. These capabilities enable the ZE5 to be used for high-throughput flow cytometry in biomarker discovery and phenotypic screening."}
-{"text": "Apparently watching ABC mix up red state Bible bumpers and blue state body piercers wasn\u2019t entertaining enough for America. Celebrity Wife Swap takes it up a notch, pairing outlandishly inappropriate celebrities against suffering wives. Our favorite? Professional scary uncle figure Gary Busey and definitely \u201cnot\u201d gay disgraced pastor Ted Haggard. You know\u2026 the one who did meth with a manhooker in a massage parlor.\n\nOver all, the show is a lot less exciting than what we\u2019d expect from something called Wife Swap. Rather than watching it on TV, we\u2019re looking to get into the real thing. But before that, we\u2019re going to need to know what\u2019s expected of us.\n\nBecome a Republican\n\nA plurality of swingers are Republican and conservative. It\u2019s not terribly surprising. Swinging has often been the prerogative of middle-class suburbanites. Compare this to the debauchery taking place in a sex or fetish club on a typical Saturday night in a major city. The whole notion of \u201cswinging\u201d has an inherently conservative bent to it. You aren\u2019t going out and scoring gash from strangers. You\u2019re calling Chad and Cindy next door, having them over for a bit of wine and cheese, and then screwing in each other\u2019s presence.\n\nLeave the Rubbers at Home\n\nDutch researchers recently cautioned swingers to wrap their meat before they pack it. Condom use isn\u2019t exactly encouraged in the wife swapping community. In fact, it\u2019s quite roundly discouraged among the suburban swinging set. Forget about putting on a condom to get head. That\u2019s virtually unheard of. This all might sound pretty awesome, but after your wife or girlfriend has been balled by five different guys in a night, the one nut you busted in your buddy\u2019s girl isn\u2019t going to seem as awesome.\n\nSwinging Is Threesome Central\n\nLike most guys, swingers tend to be a little creeped out by bisexual men. And, like most people living in the 21st Century, swingers tend to be into some friendly girl-on-girl action. The upside of this is that it\u2019s basically expected for women to engage in lesbionics in the swinging community. One of the trade offs of having your special lady friend be a party favor is that you can get a little quality time with a couple party favors at once. Best of all, one of them doesn\u2019t even have to be your lady.\n\nSwinging Couples Swing Together\n\nWhile you two might (and probably will) break up at some point to pursue individual extra-curricular activity, it\u2019s not encouraged to leave a man alone at a swinger party.\n\nWhat to Wear\n\nYou\u2019ve got outfits for the office, the beach, the gym, hiking, ballgames and every other situation you can think of. What you don\u2019t have is a good swinging outfit. Don\u2019t wait until the last minute and pace around your bedroom looking for the right outfit. Prepare yourself in advance. You\u2019re going to want to wear casual, respectable Republican clothing to the swinger\u2019s do. Once you get there, feel free to change into a bathrobe, sweatpants or something a little more comfortable. Like your old man on a Saturday afternoon, skip the boxer briefs and let Big Jim and the twins hang loose. Leave all your valuables and cash at home. If they get stolen your life sucks and your host is embarrassed.\n\nKeep It Clean\n\nWhile the sex might be dirty, you should be clean. Don\u2019t forget to give your nether regions a good soaping, as well as the tits and pits. Wear deodorant, brush your teeth and put on clean drawers and socks. Maybe ru a scraping device in your crack. It might be a swinger party, but that doesn\u2019t mean the women there are desperate. Quite the opposite. Despite the good ratio at such events, women are still prized commodities.\n\nYes Means Yes, No Means No\n\nDon\u2019t play around. If you\u2019re approached by a snaggle-toothed hag you wouldn\u2019t screw with someone else\u2019s member, don\u2019t tell her \u201cmaybe later\u201d unless you actually mean \u201cwhen I\u2019m drunk enough.\u201d On the other hand, accept a \u201cno\u201d gracefully, even when it isn\u2019t explicit. If you\u2019re hanging out at swinger parties you should be mature enough to know when a woman\u2019s \u201cmaybe\u201d actually means \u201cleave me alone you Burt Reynolds-mustached, medallion-wearing creep.\u201d If a woman gives you an explicit or implicit no, take it gracefully and walk away. There\u2019s plenty of others hanging around.\n\nBedroom Etiquette\n\nIf you\u2019re trying to get down in private, don\u2019t go to the group room. Similarly, don\u2019t lurk around different bedrooms trying to get a peek at something without engaging. When you want to make off with someone else\u2019s lady, you need to talk to him first. Don\u2019t wait for him to run off with another woman to make your move.\n\nKeep It Positive\n\nWhen you like the party, say so. If it\u2019s not your thing, just leave. No one wants a Debbie Downer around talking about how everything sucks. This is doubly true at a swinger party."}
-{"text": "Kaepernick, Boldin too much as Packers drop opener to 49ers\n\nSep. 8, 2013\n\nGreen Bay Packers linebacker Nick Perry can't catch quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. / Jim Matthews/Press-Gazette Media\n\nMore\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nSAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Green Bay Packers stopped Colin Kaepernick from beating them with his legs.\n\nBut the San Francisco 49ers quarterback is a thrower, too, and used the constant threat of the read option and two big, physical receiver targets in Anquan Boldin and Vernon Davis to beat the Packers with his arm Sunday.\n\nIn the 49ers\u2019 34-28 win at Candlestick Park, Kaepernick threw for 412 yards and put points on the board when his team had to have them. If the Packers were wondering how much they\u2019d miss safety Morgan Burnett and nickel cornerback Casey Hayward, who didn\u2019t play because of hamstring injuries, they found out Sunday.\n\nBoldin and Davis time and again gashed the Packers for 306 of those yards, often in the middle of the field against safeties M.D. Jennings and Jerron McMillian.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate Morgan wasn\u2019t there today, but that\u2019s the way it goes,\u201d coach Mike McCarthy said. \u201cI think when our safeties watch the film, they\u2019re going to wish they had made more plays on the ball.\u201d\n\nThe loss marked the Packers\u2019 third straight to the defending NFC champion 49ers in the last 12 months, going back to last season\u2019s opener at Lambeau Field. Unlike the 49ers\u2019 blowout win last year in the divisional round of the playoffs, the Packers were in this often chippy game to the end, though Kaepernick again was the difference, this time leading the game-winning touchdown drive halfway through the fourth quarter.\n\n\u201cWe pretty much don\u2019t care for each other,\u201d said Packers defensive lineman Ryan Pickett. \u201cWe think we\u2019re the two best teams in the NFC, so there\u2019s a lot of trash talking out there, it\u2019s a pretty hostile environment out there. They took the last three from us, that doesn\u2019t make it much of a rivalry from our standpoint.\u201d\n\nKaepernick said: \u201cIf intimidation is your game plan, I hope you have a better one.\"\n\nThe Packers clearly had a plan to keep Kaepernick from read-optioning and scrambling them to death, as he did in the playoffs last season when he rushed for 181 yards in a 45-31 win. The Packers lined up in their base defense much of the game with their three 330-pound-plus defensive linemen (Pickett, B.J. Raji and Johnny Jolly) on the field.\n\nThe 49ers didn\u2019t run the read option all that much \u2014 by unofficial count, they ran only about seven clear read-option runs for the game, and Kaepernick kept the ball only twice for losses totaling 10 yards. He finished with 22 yards rushing on seven carries, but all the positive yards came on scrambles. Though Kaepernick usually lined up in the pistol formation, most of the runs by halfbacks Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter were straight handoffs, and they combined for only 68 yards on 27 carries.\n\n\u201cOur game plan was most definitely to keep (Kaepernick) from beating us with his legs,\u201d outside linebacker Mike Neal said. \u201cWe were able to accomplish that, keep him in the pocket, which was one of our biggest things. Unfortunately he made plays with his arm today. We just have to account for that. We have to play better, period.\u201d\n\nThe cost of shutting down the run was severe. Kaepernick threw most of his 39 passes off run fakes, which helped freeze the defense and slow the pass rush. The rush was slowed even more because defensive coordinator Dom Capers mostly had his rushers stay in their lanes rather than go for sacks so Kaepernick couldn\u2019t run wild as a scrambler.\n\nIt worked, except that Kaepernick often had plenty of time to find Boldin and Davis, who each averaged at least 16 yards a catch. Boldin finished with 13 receptions for 208 yards (16.0-yard average, and Davis had six catches for 98 yards (16.3-yard average).\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re a good team, you have to give them all the credit in the world,\u201d cornerback Tramon Williams said. \u201c(Outsiders) got so focused on stopping the zone read, and the guy\u2019s not just a running quarterback, he can actually throw the ball, too. If he extends plays, guys are going to get open.\u201d\n\nBoldin, acquired in a trade with Baltimore, has taken over the 49ers\u2019 role of Michael Crabtree, who was their leading receiver last season but it is out for most if not all of this year because of a torn Achilles tendon. Though Boldin is 32 and not particularly fast for his position, he\u2019s a big, strong target at 6-feet-1 and 220 pounds, and he worked as both an outside receiver and from the slot.\n\nHe muscled his way to three catches for 22 yards each, another for 30 yards and a fifth for 43 yards (25 yards after the catch) that set up the game-winning touchcown. He also had a 10-yard touchdown in the second quarter where he ran through McMillian\u2019s tackle attempt after the catch.\n\n\u201cCould have done a better job of tackling him once he caught the ball,\u201d Williams said of Boldin, \u201cbut he did find holes.\u201d\n\nBoldin also made the game-clinching play when he knocked Williams off coverage and caught a pass from a rolling out Kaepernick to convert a fourth-and-2 with 3 minutes left in the game and the 49ers protecting a three-point lead. Williams was still visibly upset 45 minutes after the game that the officials didn\u2019t penalize Boldin for offensive pass interference.\n\n\u201cIt was bad,\u201d Williams said. \u201cRight in front of the referees. You can judge that one. In clutch time you\u2019ve got to make that call, period.\u201d\n\nThough Davis also is an even bigger and more physical receiver at 6-3 and 250, he\u2019s the 49ers\u2019 best big-play threat. He scorched Jennings for a 20-yard touchdown in the first quarter on a corner route and set up a third-quarter field goal with a 37-yard catch behind nickel cornerback Micah Hyde and a late arriving Jennings.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re big, they\u2019re strong, they make unbelievable catches\u201d Neal said of Boldin and Davis. \u201cSome of them we had good coverage and they made plays.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Are You Sure? Is That Improvement / Construction Real Property For Ohio State/Local Tax Purposes?\n\nAuthor: admin\n\nJanuary 8, 2016\n\nYour Ohio business may substantially benefit from personal property characterization for an improvement to be constructed or even an existing building / structure. How can that be? This is because Ohio no longer has a personal property tax. As a result, real estate taxes are avoided if the property, or any portion thereof, is properly characterized as real property.\n\nKeep in mind, the characterization of property as real or personal property is governed by the same statutory provisions for purposes of all Ohio state and local taxes, and consisting of R.C. 5701.02 (real property) and 5701.03 (personal property). Real property includes land, buildings, improvements, fixtures and structures, while personal property includes \u201cbusiness fixtures\u201d. These terms are statutorily defined with the most critical aspect being that property devoted to a special business purpose conducted on the land generally is not real property, but is a business fixture.\n\nSo, how can that be? A massive improvement, building or structure permanently attached or embedded into the land can be characterized as personal property? Well, based upon existing Ohio Supreme Court authority (and even the Ohio Department of Taxation\u2019s own guidance), if the property at issue is devoted to the particular business conducted on the land (i.e., not likely to have utility to a subsequent user in a different line of business), the item is personal property. This is the rule even if for non-tax purposes the property is clearly real property under the general property laws of Ohio. See the Ohio Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Funtime, Inc. v. Zaino (2004) (Court held that personal property included station houses sheltering patrons waiting in line to ride an amusement park attraction). Clearly, many Ohio buildings, structures and improvements, or components thereof, have the requisite special purpose so that they are not real property and, thus, should not be subject to real estate tax.\n\nOf course, this article assumes that the subject property is permanently attached. So, the focus is on the purpose for the property. Does the property have utility to a subsequent owner or tenant in a different line of business? If the answer is \u201cno\u201d \u2013 that the property has some degree of special purpose confining its use to a similar business, it is likely personal property. However, if the property does have broad utility so that almost any subsequent owner or tenant would use it, then the property is likely real property.\n\nEven as real property, all is not lost since the property may independently be exempt from real estate tax based upon its use (e.g., charitable exemption) or location (e.g., enterprise zone). Moreover, from a sales tax perspective, if the item is real property, only the party purchasing the materials and incorporating them into the real property owes the sales tax on the material cost. There are also sales tax exemptions for materials incorporated into government owned property or property to be owned by certain charitable institutions.\n\nLet\u2019s assume you can support personal property characterization and thereby avoid real estate tax. Well, how about sales tax? Yes, sales tax is due on the purchase of personal property at rates ranging from 6.5% to 8.0%. However, there are many exemptions, including the purchase of the seller\u2019s own used property, in which case the casual sale exemption would apply. Also, if the property is used for an exempt purpose, it would not be taxable upon purchase. Exempt purposes include property used in:\n\n\u00b7 Manufacturing, processing and assembling\n\n\u00b7 Refining\n\n\u00b7 Mining\n\n\u00b7 Agricultural, floriculture, and horticulture\n\n\u00b7 Farming\n\n\u00b7 Rendering a public utility service\n\n\u00b7 Oil/gas production\n\n\u00b7 Water production\n\nEven if the property is not exempt upon its purchase using one of the above exemptions or the casual sale exemption, perhaps the one-time sales tax is offset by real estate tax to be saved \u2013 real estate taxes to be saved forever! Presumably, the handful of years without real estate tax, surely offsets the one-time sales tax paid upon purchase of the tangible personal property.\n\nBusiness owners should closely revisit their property holdings and future purchases, including property to be constructed. Then, they must strongly consider the potential for classifying some of their holdings as personal property and thereby avoid real estate tax, especially if sales tax can also be avoided based upon an exemption."}
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-{"text": "Singer Sam Smith announced on his personal Twitter account Wednesday that he would be the face of Balenciaga\u2019s men\u2019s Autumn/Winter 15 campaign joining supermodel duo Kate Moss and Lara Stone who appear in the French luxury house\u2019s women\u2019s campaign.\n\nThe moody imagery and film, which were then uncovered Thursday morning, shows the \u2018Stay with me\u2019 singer shot in a mysterious stone room with curved walls.\n\nJosh Olins is responsible for shooting both the film and images.\n\nDesigner Alexander Wang described the new campaign star\u2019s elegance as a draw card for the collaboration: \u201cBeyond his tremendous talent, Sam Smith conveys a quiet elegance and a subtle sensuality that are perfect for Balenciaga. He represents both sensitivity and power \u2013 the dualities of the Balenciaga man.\u201d\n\nThe film also makes use of a haunting soundtrack by Andy Stott.\n\nChristopher Simmonds created the campaign\u2019s art direction and styling is by Robbie Spencer."}
-{"text": "Finding Community in Nineteenth Century Suffrage Periodicals\n\nThis study by Professor Linda Steiner of the University of Maryland extends William Goode\u2019s discussion of professions as communities to provide an analysis of the importance of periodicals in sustaining and solidifying the 19th century woman\u2019s suffrage community in America. The study intends to show how newspapers and journals produced by woman suffragists helped women locate themselves in an exciting but entirely plausible community and find there a sense of significance and meaningfulness.\n\nAn abstract of this article in American Journalism is available here from Taylor and Francis online, available through many public and academic libraries."}
-{"text": "Aerial Photography of a Secluded Real Estate Listing\n\nEvery once in a while in this business you come across a gem that you wish you could purchase yourself. Today was that day as I fell in love with this property as I shot aerial photographs for it\u2019s real estate listing.\n\nThis property is one of the most secluded that I\u2019ve ever come across. It would be a dream for a couple or small family that was looking to get away from all the noise and live in their own private forest. Yeah, I sound like a real estate agent now don\u2019t I? Second career maybe? No thanks, I\u2019m happy to stick to being the photographer and providing aerial photography to the home owners and agents.\n\nI got destroyed by mosquitoes, but the sight of deer, ducks, and the sound of frogs and birds made me forget the mosquitoes fairly quickly. This large pond which is clearly visible out of the patio windows is one of the current owners favourite points. He realizes that this property is a little bit hidden, but swears that as soon as a potential buyer stands on that patio and looks out over the pond, they\u2019re going to be sold. Yeah, as I mentioned earlier, that was almost me!\n\nJust in case you\u2019re not here just for the photos, here is a little blurb about this property from the listing:\n\nExceptional treed & picturesque property. Home overlooks \u2018PORTER\u2019S POND\u2019. Lots of deer, moose & wildlife visit the property. Cedar \u2018Lyndal\u2019 1392 sq ft Bungalow w/192 sq ft loft & Big Beautiful Windows to enjoy the View. This is a \u2018Once-in-a-Lifetime\u2019 property, original owners. Spacious LR-DR w/vaulted ceilings, floor to ceiling Fieldstone fireplace & lots of windows & sliding doors to the front deck overlooking the Pond. Open Beam ceilings thru out, Country knotty cedar kitchen w/vaulted ceilings & good counter & cabinet space, main floor laundry is off the hallway & has the back door entry. There are 2 bedrooms on this level & the lge master bedroom has sliding doors to front deck, 2 pc bath & a lge double closet. Enjoy the view & listen to the birds & crickets/squirrels from your bedroom. Upstairs is a lge loft which could serve as a games area/studio or another bedroom, all done in cedar w/rakehead windows. There is also a 26\u00d728 double garage.\n\nCategories\n\nUAV North Aerials Inc.\n\nUAV North is a federally certified and insured UAV operator located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We are comprised of a team of professionals that strive to provide you with high quality results, coupled with same day service and turn around. All post production is conducted locally, and never outsourced!"}
-{"text": "Megyn Kelly Loses It when Challanged About DOJ And New Black Panther Party Case\n\nLest there be any doubt that \u201cobjective\u201d news host Megyn Kelly is extremely biased, watch her throw a bitchy temper tantrum when her Democratic guest, Kirsten Powers, challenges Kelly\u2019s hyping interpretation that the Obama Justice Department\u2019s dismissal of a case against the New Black Panther Party and a few of its members signifies a policy not to prosecute any black people for voter intimidation. Kelly not only had a very unbecoming hissy fit in which, instead of debating Powers, she attacked her, but Kelly destroyed any last shred of her own credibility as someone \u201cfair and balanced.\u201d\n\nKelly obviously thought she had a two-for-one in this segment that began by showing a town hall in which a group of Fox News watchers (I\u2019ll wager they came from Breitbart) obviously had staged and recorded a confrontation with Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman over the DOJ case. Not only did Kelly get the chance to demonize Sherman, she had the opportunity to hype her faux New Black Panther Party controversy yetagain.\n\n\u201cOh, Congressman Sherman,\u201d Kelly began sarcastically, right there tossing aside her veneer of objectivity.\n\nKelly started out the discussion talking to Republican guest Andrea Tantaros who, predictably, accused the Obama administration of \u201cbasing race on how they apply the law.\u201d No pushback from Kelly there! Kelly quietly allowed Tantaros to speak and even agreed with her interpretation that the media had been biased in not attacking the Obama administration the way Fox and their GOP-activist \u201cwhistleblower\u201d have been covering the story. I wonder if Kelly and Tantaros had a word with Chris Wallace about his failure to ask Obama advisor David Axelrod about it last week during their lengthy interview?\n\nKelly's treatment of Tantaros was a complete contrast to the treatment of Powers. I\u2019ve been very critical of Powers in the past but she deserves a standing ovation for not just arguing the other side of the story but challenging Kelly\u2019s and Fox News\u2019 race baiting under cover of \"just reporting.\" Powers said, \u201cThe (New Black Panther Party Member) wasn\u2019t really intimidating people (at the poll). They were walking past him and voting,\u201d Powers said, pointing out one big flaw in the GOP meme: No voters have stepped forward to say they were intimidated.\n\nKelly interrupted right there to say, \u201cYou don\u2019t seem to know what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d\n\nBut, actually, she did. To quote Main Justice which, unlike Kelly, has done some real reporting on this case, \u201cNo voters at all in the Philadelphia precinct have come forward to allege intimidation. The complaints have come from white Republican poll watchers, who have given no evidence they were registered to vote in the majority black precinct. \u201c It\u2019s a detail that Kelly never seems to bring up.\n\nKelly became even more snotty and insulting and interruptive, repeating her unprofessional accusation, \u201cYou clearly don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d Mind you, Powers is no liberal off the street. She's a Fox News contributor and colleague of Kelly\u2019s. She\u2019s presumed to have a respectable and credible point of view. There's simply no excuse for Kelly to talk to Powers that way.\n\nBut it got worse.\n\nKelly started yelling at Powers and refusing to allow her to talk. And then, as Powers continued trying to speak, Kelly laughably screamed, \u201cDon\u2019t talk over me!\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m actually challenging you on what you\u2019re saying and you won\u2019t let me talk,\u201d Powers correctly pointed out. It's worth noting that she remained calm and professional throughout. \u201cYou just want people to come on and just agree with you\u2026 the way you\u2019ve been completely, like, doing the \u201cscary black man\u201d thing. This guy was one person. There was an injunction against him. The injunction was enforced. The Civil Rights Division decided that there wasn\u2019t a case to pursue against anyone else. That\u2019s completely on the up and up. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that.\u201d\n\nWhat\u2019s wrong with that is that it didn\u2019t comport with Kelly\u2019s race-baitingagenda. Shaking her head, Kelly said disdainfully, \u201cAre you like Congressman Sherman? Do you know anything about this case?\u2019\u201d\n\nFurther validating the claims of J. Christian Adams, a GOP activist Kelly calls a \u201cwhistleblower,\u201d Kelly demanded, \u201cDo you dismiss his allegation that that case was dismissed not because of legal reasons but because of a policy at the Department of Justice that they will not pursue cases in the voting rights section where the defendant is black and the victim is white?\u201d\n\nYes, Powers did dismiss the allegations. And she\u2019s not the only one. As Kelly surely knows, conservative Angela Thernstrom, an expert in voting rights, said the case has no significance. \u201cI think you\u2019ve got a conservative activist posing as a whistleblower,\u201d Powers said, adding that she found it \u201cabsolutely shocking\u201d that this case is getting the kind of attention it\u2019s getting. She didn\u2019t say so, but she obviously meant \u201con Fox News.\u201d\n\nAs Powers continued to talk, Kelly barked, \u201cDon\u2019t make me cut your mike!\u201d\n\nI\u2019ll say it now and I\u2019ll say it unless and until she comes out and apologizes for acting as a race-baiting shill for the GOP, Megyn Kelly should be fired. As for Powers, I award her Best in Show. Not just for standing up to Kelly but for confronting the race-baiting agenda of her employer. She should not be the only one."}
-{"text": "DIOGENES invites you to pull up a chair on this rainy day and read\nposts from around the world.\nThe writing may lean to the right...but that's the way Diogenes wants it!\nYou may leave your opinion,\nbut Diogenes rarely changes his! WELCOME!\n\nThursday, March 2, 2017\n\nPresident Trump\u2019s claims that the Obama administration sought to undermine his presidency received some support on Wednesday from a New York Times report on the Obama White House\u2019s activities in the weeks before the inauguration.\nAccording to The Times, Obama White House officials waged a campaign to procure, save and disperse classified intelligence regarding Trump associates\u2019 contacts with Russians.\nThe campaign also involved curtailing the Trump team\u2019s access to highly classified information and of lowering classification ratings on other information about the ongoing Russia investigation so that it could be more widely shared across the government.\nAccording to The Times\u2019 sources, the Obama officials waged the campaign out of fear that the Trump administration would cover up or destroy some of the information.\nThe campaign was multifaceted but was not directed by Obama himself, the Times sources claimed.\nThe wide-ranging report also includes some information that is not positive for Trump, including that federal investigators were given intelligence from foreign services that some Trump associates met with Russians in the Netherlands and Britain.\nThat detail adds new information to a report from The Times last month that U.S. investigators had evidence that some Trump campaign advisers communicated with Russian government officials before the election.\nThat report noted that U.S. officials do not yet have evidence of any coordination between Trump advisers and the Russian government to influence the election. The White House strongly denied the claims made in that report, and asserted the FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe told Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, that the story was \u201cbullshit.\u201d\nThe Obama administration\u2019s intelligence-sharing effort involved the White House, intelligence agencies and State Department, The Times reports.\nAccording to the newspaper, some Obama White House officials asked specific questions in intelligence briefings because they knew the questions and answers would be documented and saved for future review.\nIntelligence agencies ramped up efforts to convert raw intelligence gathered on Trump advisers into information that could be used by analysts. The intelligence was also classified at relatively low levels \u201cto ensure as wide a readership as possible across the government,\u201d according to The Times.\nThe State Department, then led by John Kerry, also took part in the intelligence-sharing campaign. The agency sent a batch of documents classified as \u201cSecret\u201d to Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, just before the election.\nThe Obama officials also moved to cap the number of incoming Trump officials who could view extremely sensitive information, \u201cincluding the names of sources and the identities of foreigners who were regularly monitored.\u201d\nThe scheme would seem to lend support to Trump\u2019s claims that the Obama White House sought to undermine his presidency by leaking classified information.\n\u201cI think that President Obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it. And some of the leaks possibly come from that group, which are really serious because they are very bad in terms of national security. But I also understand that is politics. In terms of him being behind things, that\u2019s politics. And it will probably continue,\u201d Trump told Fox & Friends in an interview this week.\nTrump has alleged that Obama appointees still working in the government have leaked information about some of his phone calls with foreign leaders and about Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser who resigned last month because of phone calls he had with Russia\u2019s ambassador in December.\nThe Times report provides new details about the information being reviewed as part of the expansive investigation into Russia\u2019s attempts to influence the election.\nThe newspaper\u2019s sources said that in late summer, American intelligence officials began picking up discussions in which Russian officials mentioned contacts with Trump associates. European intelligence services also began providing information \u201cabout people close to Mr. Trump meeting with Russians in the Netherlands, Britain and other countries.\u201d\nThe Times notes that the nature of the meetings was not clear to the intelligence officials. The intercepted communications also provided little useful information.\nNotably, The Times did not report the names of the Trump advisers and Russians who were allegedly involved in the discussions. It is unclear whether the Times\u2019 sources provided the names, and if so, why they withheld the information.\nWhite House spokesman Sean Spicer dismissed the claims in a statement to The Times.\n\u201cThe only new piece of information that has come to light is that political appointees in the Obama administration have sought to create a false narrative to make an excuse for their own defeat in the election. There continues to be no there, there,\u201d he told the newspaper."}
-{"text": "Written by a veterinarian, Dog is a practical, informative handbook for anyone who owns or enjoys these furry friends. The book includes a nice mix of history of breeds, how to choose a new puppy or dog and the basics of what to expect with dogs of any age. It is well written, indexed for easy use and peppered with fun photographs of awesome dogs.\n\nI love to bake. This beautifully illustrated book has spent many hours in my kitchen, positioned well away from my mixer to avoid flour smudges but close enough to be able to glance for a quick reminder. Arranged systematically by types of baked goods, the recipes are easy to follow and the accompanying photographs add colorful support. My favorite chapter is breads; my favorite (and most challenging) recipe is the croissant. Yum!\n\nWhen Dick Francis died in 2010 I assumed that my yearly fix for a great horse racing mystery was gone. Happily, Francis\u2019 son Felix has begun to write his own mysteries. His style is a little different from his father\u2019s but the stories are good, still set in England and, best of all, there are still lots of horses. Bloodline is the story of a famous, respected jockey and her family\u2019s struggle to understand her inexplicable suicide.\n\nHave we sanitized and anti-bacterialized ourselves into a new wave of ill health? Thus is the basic premise of this book. Velaquez-Manof travels to several countries doing research on human health, most especially allergies and autoimmune disorders; how some diseases have been obliterated, while others are taking their place. Case in point -- Why does a South American tribe living totally off the land and from the waters have no incidence of asthma, allergies or autoimmune disorders, while in developing countries, adopting \u201cwestern ways\u201d, all of the above are on the upswing? It doesn\u2019t take a great leap of logic to figure it out. While I am not proposing all of those who are stricken with autoimmune diseases hop a bus to Mexico so as to be implanted with (expensive and borderline illegal) parasites such as hookworm (the author did this in an effort to \u201ccure\u201d or \u201ckill\u201d) the book is a fascinating glimpse into relatively uncharted territory. In the area of human health, what has society gained by shifting from a rural lifestyle to an urban one? What have we lost? The author draws conclusions driven by science. For someone such as myself, who has been afflicted with and affected by allergies and autoimmune disease all of my life, it gives a fresh insight and understanding of \u201chow things work\u201d. On an even more personal note it raised my antennae, since autoimmune disorders are thought to be hereditary. At the time of her death my mother had five such documented, including alopecia, vasculitis, lupus, chronic fatigue, and a variety of allergies. Since I\u2019m already \u201cbehind the eight-ball\u201d as regards allergy and autoimmune issues, where will that leave me? Hoping I inherited more of dad\u2019s genes, that\u2019s where!! This is no easy read, but an interesting and informative one.\n\nIn this, the latest in the Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch series, we find our two protagonists on a train, having delivered their prisoner to his place of incarceration. They\u2019d rather be on horseback and with good reason. Unbeknownst to our heroes, part of the train, with the Governor of Texas, his wife, and a whole lotta money aboard, is about to be hijacked by nefarious and downright mean outlaws. As the uncoupled cars head back down the upward grade the train has been traveling, Cole and Hitch decide to do the same. Drat --the brake has been disabled (said they were mean and nefarious, didn\u2019t I?). This minor detail is soon taken care of with the help of a fellow passenger leaving our lawmen free to be off in pursuit of the evildoers. Prior to this book, though I rode through Brimstone, Resolution and Blue-Eyed Devil, Appaloosa was my favorite in the series. Now I\u2019m wondering\u2026Maybe it\u2019s the trains\u2019 comings and goings, or the female telegraph operators. As one who rarely indulged in series in the past I\u2019ve come to find them as easy to slip into as an old pair of jeans, the rocking chair, or the seat of my truck. They\u2019re predictable \u2013 but at times one can find comfort in that. Sit back and enjoy the ride.\n\nMusic, Music, Musicby Artists Too Numerous to Mention\n\nBrowsed through the library\u2019s music collection and could not pick out just one item to suggest. Thus I\u2019m suggesting patrons do the same thing I did -- browse! From Bach to Beethoven to the Beatles to Beyonce, we own them all. Soundtrack is your thing? \u2013 we\u2019ve got \u2018em. Love Elvis? \u2013 he\u2019s hasn\u2019t left the building (unless his CD\u2019s are checked out, of course). Have a hankering for the Six Fat Dutchmen? \u2013 they\u2019re here. Yearning to relax? \u2013 music to sooth the savage beast is available in many forms \u2013 including bona fide \u201crelaxation CD\u2019s\u201d. Classical to country; hip-hop to R&B, jazz to just plain fun Park Falls Public Library\u2019s collection is an awesome one (didn\u2019t do that poetic thing on purpose, really) and we\u2019re constantly adding to it. Take a look. You might be surprised at what you find. Pssstttt. There\u2019s music for kids in the children\u2019s department too.\n\nWhen a rookie sets the baseball world on fire with his record-setting series of hits, a young boy is star-struck as he follows the player\u2019s success. But this young boy\u2019s father is also a baseball player, and his path and the rookies\u2019 path cross with devastating results. This is the story of the boy, now grown, and his father as they try to somehow mend the errors of the past.\n\nIf you happened to be following the Chicago Cubs in the summer of 1973 this novel will bring back memories. Even though facts from that year are mixed with fiction, the story easily brings back the feel of Wrigley Field on a hot summer afternoon, cheering on favorite players and savoring the slow pace of a ballgame.\n\nA young boy growing up in India reveals his inquiring mind at an early age. His interest in religions leads him to join, and practice, more than one faith, much to the astonishment of his parents who are not religious. He has a loving family that also happens to own a zoo. When things begin to go downhill for the zoo the family decides to relocate to Canada, bringing along some of the animals. While crossing the ocean their ship tragically sinks, leaving the boy on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. How they survive this impossible situation is the story of a long journey back to land.\n\nThe library also has Life of Pi in movie format. It\u2019s amazing to actually see the tiger in the lifeboat with the young man, Pi. Still, some things are better imagined. I liked the book better.\n\nBarbara, Steven, Camille and Lily resolve to spend a year on their farm in Appalachia purchasing only locally grown, in-season foods and growing as much of their own food as possible. The family is making a back-to-the-land statement about the low quality of much of what we consume as well as the wastefulness of transporting food over long distances. Steven bakes bread and looks into the facts behind the food industry, Camille comes up with delicious recipes, Lily begins her own business raising chickens and Barbara tends a large garden, cooks, cans and keeps her family happy without many of the foods they had come to expect on a daily basis. This is an insightful look at how the food system in our country has become too costly and how the locavore movement is gaining steam, keeping production close to home and increasing quality and taste.\n\nThe family\u2019s year of eating close to home wasn\u2019t easy but they managed, and it seemed like they ate pretty well. What they learned along the way is skillfully presented by Barbara and her family, and is an inspiration to the rest of us.\n\nIn her darkly comic novel Homes begins with a heinous act of violence but quickly, without minimizing the horror of the crime, she propels the reader forward with tenderness and humor into the lives of those most affected by the brutal act. Harold Silver is aware of his brother\u2019s violent outbursts but it is because of his own transgressions that he strives for redemption through connecting and caring for his acquired family... heartfelt and hilarious.\n\nThis the tale of a utopian society that attempts to live a peaceful agrarian lifestyle in upstate New York during the 1970\u2019s. Groff\u2019s extensive research into the communes that were established all across the United States in this hippie era of voluntary peasantry is evident. She does not romanticize the struggle to balance personal freedom with the practical issues of feeding and caring for a large community with limited resources. The narrator for this novel is Bit, first child born on the commune to master carpenter Abe and his wife Hannah. Bit grows up loved and sheltered, deeply committed to the land. When the inevitable collapse of the community comes, he is forced to navigate a capitalistic urban culture for which he is ill-prepared.\n\nThe novel follows the lives of 8 extraordinary women photographers of the 20th century. Otto skillfully knits together their disparate stories across continents and generations, the common thread being their struggle to balance the pursuit of their art and their family life. These finely developed characters are fictional although based on the author\u2019s research into the lives and work of Imogen Cunningham, Madame Yevonde, Tina Modotti, Lee Miller, Grete Stern, and Ruth Orkin. The book includes reproductions of several of their photographs to further pique your interest in their innovative work.\n\nThis story takes place in northern Minnesota along the north shore back in the 1890\u2019s where fishing and logging was the way of life, a very cold, harsh and lonely life. A Norwegian immigrant woman, Thea Eide, arrives alone and abandoned to this place she thought would be a better life. She finds work at a logging camp and gives birth to a son, Odd. Odd grows up in the village under the care of Hosea Grimm, getting an education and learning the fishing trade. He builds a fishing boat and someday hopes to escape Hosea and his bootlegging, prostitution and other enterprises. That day of escape comes faster than planned when Rebekah, Hosea\u2019s live in girl, comes to Odd and says she is pregnant with his child. Odd hurriedly finished his boat and the two of them sneak off hoping for a better life for their family. But their pasts follow them, capsizing their fragile hope.\n\nIt\u2019s a good story, although not necessarily happy. I think life there at that time was very tough. I mostly enjoyed this story for its wild and beautiful setting, the location being fairly local, and the era it takes place in.\n\nThe reality of small town (or in this case, small farm) life, living your whole life in one house, a simple yet meaningful life. This is a true story of the author, Michael Perry, and his visits with his octogenarian neighbor just one valley over whose stories were so real and uplifting they make you feel as if you were there visiting with them. I loved this book because of the old rural farm setting and Tom\u2019s ingenuity and view of life. He constructed a cannon that sits along his driveway that he shoots off now and then and also a snow-blower made from pieces of old farm equipment. Some of the visits are about how Tom and his wife of 60 years, Annelise, lived through the construction of the four-lane highway that went in right next to their farm in 1965. Tom is full of stories of way back when and Michael has a wonderful way of putting them down for others to read.\n\nThis story is a graphic novel done in scrapbook form which makes a fun and light read. The story takes place in the 1920s so the author uses lots of vintage memorabilia from that era to tell the story. It\u2019s the story of Frankie Pratt who graduated high school in 1920 and was given a scrapbook and by her father, a Corona typewriter to help fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. Life has a way of changing your best laid plans as is the case with Frankie\u2019s plans of going off to college. The author takes you on a journey of Frankie\u2019s search for success and love through postcards, letters, catalog pages, ticket stubs, etc. If you haven\u2019t tried a graphic novel before, this one is a delight."}
-{"text": "Filing a Complaint\n\nA nurse's practice and behavior is expected to be safe, competent, ethical and in compliance with applicable laws and rules. Any person who has knowledge of conduct by a licensed nurse that may violate a nursing law or rule or related state or federal law may report the alleged violation to the state board of nursing where the situation occurred.\n\nIf you believe that there is a problem with a nurse, ask yourself if the nurse's practice and/or behavior is:\n\nUnsafe\n\nIncompetent\n\nUnethical\n\nAffected by the use of alcohol, drugs or other chemicals\n\nAffected by a physical or mental condition\n\nIs in violation of a nursing or nursing-related law or rule\n\nMost states require a written and signed description of the practice or behavior. Many states have complaint forms available on their websites or you may call the board office to request information on filing a complaint. The board needs enough information to be able to determine:\n\nIf the individual is a nurse licensed by the board or a licensure applicant.\n\nIf the alleged practice or behavior is a violation of a board law or rule that the board has the authority to enforce.\n\nContact your state board of nursing for questions regarding confidentiality and how you, the complainant, may be involved in the process. Complaints should not be sent to NCSBN, as we have no authority over individual nurses."}
-{"text": "NZ Immigrants: Their Stories\n\nThe 2008-2017 National government opened wide the doors to immigrants, encouraging them to come in their thousands, creating a national divide in New Zealanders\u2019 attitudes towards such unprecedented numbers. National\u2019s immigration policy has been touted by some as a masterstroke, saving the country from the privations and hardships of the recent worldwide recessions.\n\nWhile others argue too many have been allowed in, citing an infrastructure that has not coped and large numbers of New Zealanders missing out on jobs taken by migrants.The rhetoric on both sides has been well covered in the media, both mainstream and social and consequently we know all about immigration from a New Zealander\u2019s point of view.But what about the immigrants\u2019 point of view? Why have they come in such large numbers? What are their stories? And what concerns do they have about the future of their new country? A series of interviews featuring migrants from almost every continent in the world, NZ Immigrants: Their Stories, answers these questions in ways that are sometimes as surprising as they are insightful."}
-{"text": "Intersections: Henry Moore and Stringed Surfaces\n\nDuring the 1930s, leading British sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) was introduced to mathematical string models at the Science Museum and was immediately inspired: \u201cI was fascinated by the mathematical models\u201d , he said later, \u201cthe ability to look through the strings . . . and to see one form within another excited me.\u201d\n\nMoore began to create stringed figures which would be highly influential on a generation of sculptors. As part of the Royal Society\u2019s mission to show the interplay between science and broader culture, a selection of Henry Moore\u2019s work from 1937-1938 and the 1960s will be on exhibition at the Royal Society, with stringed models from the Science Museum and contemporary work on string theory.\n\nThe exhibition is free and open to the public but entry is by appointment only. Please phone 020 7451 2606 to arrange your visit.\n\nThe exhibition will be held concurrently at the Royal Society and Science Museum. Visitors are encouraged to visit both parts of the exhibition, with the Science Museum just a short tube ride away from the Royal Society. Intersections: Henry Moore and stringed surfaces is staged to mark the anniversary of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge.\n\nHenry Moore's sculpture grounds and his restored home and studios are now open to the public at Perry Green in Hertfordshire. This year's gallery exhibition there is 'Henry Moore Plasters'. www.henry-moore.org\n\nEvents coming up\n\nThe interaction of fire and mankind\n14 September 2015\nat\nThe Royal Society, London\nScientific discussion meeting organised by Professor Andrew Scott, Professor William Chaloner FRS, Professor Claire Belcher and Dr Chris Roos\n\nThe interaction of fire and mankind - further discussion\n16 September 2015\nat\nThe Royal Society at Chicheley Hall, home of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre, Buckinghamshire\nScientific discussion meeting organised by Professor Andrew Scott, Professor William Chaloner FRS, Dr Claire Belcher and Professor Chris Roos\n\nOpen House Weekend 2015\n19 September 2015\nat\nThe Royal Society, London\nThe Royal Society's building will be open to the public on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2015."}
-{"text": "We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly. We support the following browsers:\nWindows:Internet Explorer,\nMozilla Firefox,\nGoogle Chrome.\nMac:Safari.\n\n\u201cWe had one of the smaller (less expensive) rooms and it was lovely....it probably seemed larger due to the big windows and natural light.\u201d (222danh)\n\nMar 2, 2015\n\n\u201cThe \"Diva\" Room Amazing!\u201d (joeym276)\n\nJan 27, 2015\n\n\u201cOnly stay here if you get a deep discount. If you can opt out of breakfast for a better deal even better. There are so many local, Northern New Mexican restaurants in the area that serve exceptional regional breakfasts. Bring your own coffee for the Cuisinart coffee maker (they provide a filter) Fine grind. Bring your own bath products. The rooms have Wifi but not enough to watch a Netflix movie or stream any content from the internet.\u201d (cagreeneggz)\n\nJan 6, 2015\n\n\u201cEach room is unique. All have top rate pillows and linens and very comfortable beds.\u201d (hankthedog)\n\nJan 5, 2015\n\n\u201cWhile we did not see the other rooms, rest assured they have thought of every detail to make your stay enjoyable. It was so quiet and lovely! I highly recommend the \"Romantic\" room!\u201d (cathyc520)\n\nDec 14, 2014\n\n\u201cAll the rooms at this resort are luxury rooms. It has been designed to give you a truly opulent experience and all the rooms are perfect.\u201d (Mishelly318)\n\nDec 10, 2014\n\n\u201cthe millicent rogers suite.\u201d (twilafish)\n\nOct 13, 2014\n\n\u201cThis evaluation is of the ADA room because my wife has great difficulty walking.\u201d (AbqWizard)\n\nSep 29, 2014\n\n\u201cYou would not go wrong with any room, we toured and all were very nice.\u201d (SEL87419)\n\nSep 2, 2014\n\nQuestions? Get answers from hotel staff and past guests. Ask a question\n\nThis was the second time that my girlfriend and I stayed at this lovely place. It has been nicely remodeled since our last stay. I can't say enough as to how much we enjoyed ourselves. Our room, the Romantic Room, was wonderful: in-floor heating, gas fireplace, a huge bathroom done in Italian marble, with a walk-in shower...shower heads on two...\nMore\n\nMy partner and I have just returned from a wonderful \"get away\" to Taos where we were \"enchanted\" by a never-ending snowstorm ... beautiful, but not great for walking around and exploring galleries and shops (many of them were closed due to the storm anyway). So, we built a nice warm fire and settled into our lovely room. Although it...\nMore\n\nLet me preference this review by saying that although I do not consider myself hard to please, I will say that service in northern New Mexico can be very inconsistent. Anyway, this place is very much self serve but in a great way!\nWe arrived and were instructed on how to get into our room as there was no one...\nMore\n\nSuch an amazing and Beautiful place! \u2661\nThe rooms are lovely I'm so impressed especially with the bathroom with the Italian marbel it looks awesome they did an excellent remodeling\nThe service is great and friendly.\nBEST B&B In Town :)\n\nWe stayed at Palacio de Marquesa this past weekend, it is an incredible southwest resort property, It reminded us of an Estancia outside of Buenos Aires, \"Estancia Candelaria\". It's located just five minutes from the Historic Taos Plaza, 30 minutes from Taos Ski Valley, 20 minute from Taos Pueblo, this quaint quiet B & B is amazing!\nChad was a...\nMore\n\nWe came to Taos to ski at Taos Ski Valley and were delighted with our experience at Palacio de Marquesa. Chad the manager was friendly and very accommodating to all of our needs, including excellent dinner recommendations. The breakfasts were outstanding and prepared us for a full day of skiing (although it would have been nice to be able to...\nMore\n\nWe had nothing short of an amazing experience at Palacio! From the delicious breakfast, to the clean and luxurious room. Best of all, Chad will make you feel right at home. He is so knowledgable about Taos and you can tell that his guests are his first priority. Thanks Palacio and Chad for a wonderful stay. We can't wait to...\nMore\n\nMy wife and I had a great experience in this Spanish-style bed and breakfast. The rooms are high-quality, and the manager, Chad, went above and beyond to ensure we had a good experience. Connected with this hotel is something called \"Local treasures.\" When you stay here, you can use the Local Treasures discount (15% off) that is recognized at several...\nMore\n\nIf you can get this place for a couple of hundred bucks a night or less it would be ok. Other than that don't bother. The manager Chad is a super nice guy, but even he cant save this place from itself. It is like a charming Best Western plus. Breakfast isn't served 'till 8am, so if you want to...\nMore\n\nWe are a family of four ( two teens 15 and 18) who have traveled extensively both in the U.S. and in other countries. We had trouble finding a place to stay in Taos, initially because of Trip Advisor Reviews. We finally came to find Palacio de Marquesa and learned it had a recent name change.\nOur room was large...\nMore\n\nTripAdvisor is proud to partner with Hotels.com, Orbitz, Booking.com, Expedia, Cheap Tickets, Despegar.com, Travelocity, Priceline, Venere, Odigeo, Jetsetter and Tingo so you can book your Palacio de Marquesa reservations with confidence. We help millions of travelers each month to find the perfect hotel for both vacation and business trips, always with the best discounts and special offers.\n\nCasa de las Chimeneas is 2 \u00bd blocks from the historic center of town, Taos Plaza. 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-{"text": "updated 02:10 pm EDT, Wed April 25, 2007\n\nAcer orders battery recall\n\nDespite extensive recall programs conducted last year, yet another company has fallen victim to faulty Sony laptop batteries, this time Acer. Cooperating with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, the company is recalling approximately 27,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Aspire and TravelMate systems. A complete list of affected computers and batteries can be found here, where there are also instructions on how to receive a replacement unit.\n\nNotably, the recall has not been instigated due to a new threat, but rather 16 earlier incidents with other manufacturers, most likely Apple and Dell. The cases cited by the CPSC involve severe heat problems, which were generally limited to causing property damage, but in two instances harmed laptop users with minor burns.\n\nWhile recalls began with Apple and Dell, the programs expanded to include Lenovo, followed by Fujitsu and Toshiba, and later Sony itself. The result was a need to ship millions of replacement batteries, to the point that Sony's already precarious finances were seriously harmed by the endeavor."}
-{"text": "Today, my sister stopped by to visit me with her pet bird in tow. She asked me to hold the animal while she went to the toilet, and put it on my shoulder. It promptly shat on my only clean shirt and tore away a good deal of skin from my hand when I tried to get it off me. FML\n\n#6, I think you mean \"vicious,\" not \"viscous.\" Viscous describes a thick fluid like honey or syrup. Perhaps, you could put the bird in a blender and make it viscous, but you probably mean vicious, as in evil and nasty.\n\nGuys, clearly you're missing the point of this FML. OP obviously must have said something to offend the bird, thus causing such a response. He then left out that key detail to make himself look like victim here. Just gotta read between the lines, folks.\n\nThat is so not true. If you're basing this on the fact that they bite then you can argue that for most animals.\n\nIt takes birds time to adjust to people and if you just thrust your hand in its face then it'll get scared and try to defend itself.\n\nBirds do poop quite a bit but it's really easy to clean if it's just regular poop (as opposed to diarrhea which is still easy to clean ) compared to bigger animals which you have to scoop up or fish where you have to clean their entire tank. Bird poop doesn't stink as much either.\n\nAlso have you ever heard of Einstein the African Grey Parrot? It lived For a long time and it could say so many things in reply to its trainer.\n\nIf a bird really loves you it will probably let you pet it like you could pet a cat or a dog. It will also be more willing to speak in front of you and it wouldn't bite you when you try to take it off your shoulder.\n\nI'm not trying to say anything other than birds is a bad choice but I think people just think \"omg they bite\" when dogs, cats, and reptiles do that as well. Them having to poop a lot is also not such a big deal since its easy to clean and you can put them on a perch with newspapers underneath so they wont poop on the floor.\n\nI own two birds and my house doesn't even smell like them. Also the last time I got bitten was maybe 4-5 months ago when I was holding him and he almost fell off because I tripped."}
-{"text": "OPAT treatment and the risk of readmission\n\nWe aimed to identify factors at presentation that were associated with the requirement for IV antibiotic therapy delivered in hospital and 30-day readmission\u201d Palani Velu et al (2016).\n\nAbstract:\n\nBACKGROUND: The safety and efficacy of domiciliary intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy compared to inpatient hospital treatment for exacerbations of bronchiectasis has been established. Factors that determine the setting for IV antibiotic therapy need to be characterised further.\n\nRESULTS: 106 patients received 243 courses of IV antibiotic therapy in two years. Sixty-six cases (27.2%) were managed in hospital, 28 cases (11.5%) required initial admission prior to early supported discharge (ESD) to complete IV antibiotics at home and 149 cases (61.3%) received domiciliary IV antibiotics. Bronchiectasis Severity Index (BSI) (p<0.0001) and Emergency presentation with an exacerbation (p<0.0001) were independent factors associated with the requirement for inpatient IV antibiotic therapy. There were no differences between mortality (p=0.06) and morbidity (p=0.1) between groups. 30-day readmission following ESD was higher compared to inpatient or domiciliary therapy (p=.0004).\n\nCONCLUSION: A higher BSI and emergency presentation with an exacerbation are independently associated with the need for IV antibiotics delivered in hospital. We could not identify any factors that predicted 30-day readmission in a multi-variable model."}
-{"text": "Follow by Email\n\nThursday, May 03, 2007\n\n- For the third straight year, I'm forced to ask: What is this asshole doing here? And, more importantly, why in heaven's name do newspapers feel compelled to write about him and who he likes??? Jeez!!! Almost reason enough to toss Tiago right out!\n\nAlthough Barbaro is cited as a horse who broke the Derby \"rules,\" he came to Churchill Downs with a solid foundation - five races at a mile or more, four of them stakes. Curlin has no such foundation. He started his career too late; he hasn't raced enough; he has raced beyond a mile only twice; he hasn't faced top-class competition. He has everything against him. His status as the Derby favorite defies all logic. He'll be lucky to finish in the top 10. [Daily Racing Form]\n\nDominican had a busy morning, jogging and galloping more than two miles, and again displayed the high leg action often associated with horses who prefer turf - and a Polytrack surface - to conventional dirt racetracks.\n\nI seem to remember very similar comments regarding Barbaro last year, do you? Here are the horses that Welsch did not care for:\n\nTiago once again warmed up in the one-mile chute, then had to delay moving onto the main track while the outriders corralled a loose horse. He was allowed to open up a little more than during his first visit to the track here Tuesday, but still doesn't seem all that comfortable with the surface and was on the wrong lead down the stretch the second time around.\n\nStormello has very choppy action when he gallops and never seemed to settle into a comfortable rhythm during his training.\n\nThat's two strikes against Tiago, who had been virtually assured of a spot on my ticket until now. Hmmmm.\n\n- Besides, of course, the fact that the surface is kinder to the animals, the thing I like the most about Polytrack is the lack of sloppy tracks. I know some people feel it's an advantage to handicap for the muck, but I hate it. I didn't even bother looking much at Belmont's opening day card as the rain was pouring down on Tuesday night, though as it turned out, the grass races stayed on and the track was fast by the end of the day. Sun King was favored in the Grade 3 Westchester, and showed a new dimension, racing close up to the pace in fairly quick fractions before tiring for third after some bumping. Godolphin got the win with its seven year old multiple Grade 1 winner in Japan, Utopia, making his first start in over a year. He's actually related to Wildcat Bettie B, the other horse involved in Hard Spun's blazing workout the other day. The ever-optimistic Nick Zito said of Sun King: \"He tried hard. He galloped out better than anyone. Hopefully, the Met Mile will be next.\u201d [Bloodhorse]\n\nNow there's a pretty persistent chance of thunderstorms for Louisville all weekend. And though I could never suggest that the most exciting two minutes in sports should be run on - gasp - Polytrack, wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to worry about a sloppy track?\n\n- How about this - the entire field was surprise-tested for the drug Epogen yesterday. But don't expect any pre-race disqualifications.\n\nInitial results could come before the race, but any infractions are typically dealt with after a race......Typically, if there's a positive blood test it could result in a disqualification for purse money, but wagering results wouldn't be affected. [Louisville Courier-Journal]\n\n7 Comments:\n\nAnonymous\nsaid...\n\nWelch really has taken a stand with DOMINICAN, repeatedly saying the horse has turf action. Given that I intend to allocate 75% of my wagers keying this horse, this makes me nervous. Mike is a pretty sharp guy. But I'm sticking to my guns and think Dominican goes off at 18-1.\n\nAlan, looking at the weather forecast, we've got a great chance for an off track here. That would really screw everything up, IMO. Who do we think that favors?\n\nRe: sloppy track...Jeez, I have no clue who that would favor. There's very little sloppy track form in this field. And it would depend if it's a fresh sloppy track that might favor speed, or a drying out surface that might be tiring to front runners.\n\nBut if you believe in the Tomlinson mud numbers, Michael at Curb Your Enthusiasm has a rundown here.\n\nI looked back at Welsch's comments on Barbaro's final work last year, of which he said:\n\n\"If Dick Vitale were on hand during training hours here Saturday, he would have described Barbaro's final Derby work (five furlongs in 59.48 seconds) as \"awesome baby!\"\n\n\"As noted Friday, Barbaro has the high leg action of a turf horse and as a result he does hit the ground harder than most. But the manner in which he stretches out effortlessly and covers ground more than makes up for his action, and Barbaro couldn't be doing any better coming into the Derby.\""}
-{"text": "The Four Freedoms Speech Analysis\n\nComments (0)\n\nTranscript of The Four Freedoms Speech Analysis\n\nBy Franklin D. RooseveltAnalysis by Justin Parry Main Idea Supporting Arguments No words were found that I was unfamiliar with Franklin's Style America was affected by and faced with international dilemmas yet again. But it was in a state of peacetime and needed to transition into a state of wartime; consequently, it called for the increase of work that made that transition happen, the trade of armaments with allied countries for better relations, and the internal unity of the nation to function most efficiently. These things helped the U.S. defend and present four international freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. If, and only if America was wholly united under these goals and freedoms then victory was imminent. Main Idea is America could not avoid getting involved in World War II. For the assurance of democracies worldwide the United States had to transition from peacetime to wartime but had to boost work efficiency in order to do so. The U.S. must do this to protect four key freedoms. But there were some words used in a denotative way to emphasize points.\"Immature\"\"Stupid\"\"Secret agents and by dupes Franklin's style is not very mysterious. It does not leave the reader to guess or conclude on their own; he is straightforward with all his ideas and his overall syntax quite frankly (get it?.... yeah that was lame). He also uses many allusions in this speech, yet used not a single rhetorical question. Summary of Selection \"The Four Freedoms\" The Four Freedoms of:Speech and expressionEvery person to worship God in his own wayEconomic shortcomings due to poor governmentFrom fear Though being a sovereign country, America is influenced by events outside of its bordersTyranny becoming prevalent in the other countries involved in the warOther Democratic nations falling would directly affect America Roosevelt points out that enemies will not wait for America to make the first move Franklin uses the word \"immature\" to anger the audience in a way that motivates them to be more observant and cooperative. The word \"stupid\" is probably used to be more emphatic and concise about the sensibility and cunning opponents of America would need to have These two words (secret agents, dupes) are used denotatively and have an accusing and degrading tone to them Fin Imitation Paragraph:I address you, new members of this fandom, at a moment unprecedented in the history of the My Little Pony television series. I say \"unprecedented\" because never before has a previous series of My Little Pony been so popularly received or critically acclaimed. Yes it has been poplar among its target audience, yes it has caused those fans to buy and collect pony figurines, yes it has made them lifelong fans never to turn back, but in this series of My Little Pony it has also influenced those outside of its target audience to become hardcore fans. Particularly those of the ages between 15 and 30. The cause of this being a simple fact: It is a great show with the ability to entertain every age group, ethnic group, and social group. Thus, the Brony and Pegasister fandoms are born, forever to seek acceptance in the internet and real world alike."}
-{"text": "Welcome to A Better Pace\n\nWelcome to A Better Pace. We offer a variety of running events in Rhode Island. Whether it be a trail race, an ultra-marathon, a team event or a fast 1 mile road race, we have it covered. Check back often for new events and poke around to learn more or contact us with any questions."}
-{"text": "2012-01-22\n\nTransient Thought\n\n\"Your ambition is perpetual!\" - A friend to me after hearing of my latest endeavour. One of the most interesting compliments I've received in a while, but I'm not sure that perpetual ambition is a quality I should want. :) They have also compared me to the average bear, which is delightful company."}
-{"text": "Nawazuddin Siddiqui\n\nNowaz\n\nNawazuddin Siddiqui is an excellent actor in Hindi film industry. He has a good experience of working in National School of Drama. Nawazuddin Siddiqui movies list show how well he executes his tasks in the films. Before getting a recognition, he had done many odd jobs to make his way to the Bollywood. Here we have enlisted all his famous movies in his film career.\n\nMore About Nawazuddin Siddiqui\n\nNawazuddin Siddiqui entered in the film industry after facing a lot of struggles. He used to do odd jobs in his youth to make entry to the Bollywood. At the beginning of his career, he only got small roles in the movies namely, Sarfarosh, Shool, Jungle, Munnabhai MBBS. Nawazuddin gained fame with his exceptional performance in the movie Peepli Live.\n\nHe is popular as a supporting actor in many movies. His Performance in the movie Patang: A Kite received laurels from the critics. Nawazuddin's career got a boost with his roles in the movies Kahani, and Gangs of Wasseypur. In the latter movie, he played a superb role as a character, Faizal Khan. However, he considers his character of Aashim Ahluwalia in the movie Miss Lovely as the greatest.\n\nHe played a lead role in the movie Aatma and acts as a supporting actor in Aamir Khan's movie Talaash. Then, he appeared in the movies, Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Manzi: The Mountain Man. For the last two, he received a positive response from the critics as well as the audience. Recently, he appeared in the movies Babumoshai Bandookbaaj and Monson Shootout, but these two movies failed to perform well at the box office."}
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-{"text": "This is a blog that I started in october 2010, mainly for discussing my ideas on the economy, taxation and politics. Please add comments - I'll do my best to reply. If you are new, I would recommend watching one of my YouTube presentations (in French or English). You can download a fully indexed pdf version (over 600 pages) here.\n\n24 May 2012\n\nThe ultimate solution to Italy's National Debt Crisis\n\nFollowing on from my post about fixing the Greek debt crisis, here are the numbers for Italy.\n\nItalian national debt currently stands at around \u20ac1,937 billion, that's \u20ac32,107 per citizen.\n\nTo generate that sum using fractional reserve banking, a bank would need to have 8.6967% of that sum, namely \u20ac168.5 billion.\n\nSo,\nsuppose we set up a bank with a special \"Italian National Debt\nCancellation\" account. People could pay money into the account, and when\nthe sum of \u20ac168.5 billion is reached, the account is frozen, the bank\ncreates \u20ac1,937 billion out of thin air, lends the money to the Italian\ngovernment, and the entire national debt is paid off. The loan would\nhave very favorable terms under which the government would have to pay\nthe money back after 1000 years with 0.000% interest.\n\nOn average, each citizen would have to pay \u20ac2,792 into the account to activate the mechanism.\n\nIn 2011, Italian taxpayers paid \u20ac76 billion\nin interest charges to the banking sector. It follows that the \u20ac168.5\nbillion needed to finance the scheme would be paid off in well under three\nyears."}
-{"text": "Introduction\n\nInstead of roasting, as in the recipe here, you could also barbecue or grill the fish, or even deep-fry it, as the Thais love to do, at 1900C for 5-6 minutes until crisp and golden. Whichever you choose, this dish is very simple and completely delicious. Serve it with steamed bok choi and Thai jasmine rice.\n\nInstructions\n\nPreheat the oven to 220\u00b0C/Gas Mark 7. Make 3 slashes on either side of each fish and place them in a shallow dish. Pour over the fish sauce and work it into the slashes and the belly cavity. Pour the excess off into a small pan. You should be left with about 50ml but, if not, make up to this amount. Set the fish to one side while you make the sauce.\n\nHeat 1cm oil in a medium-sized frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the sliced shallots and fry them, stirring now and then, until they are crisp and golden. Lift out with a slotted spoon onto kitchen paper and leave to drain. Add the sliced garlic to the oil and fry until crisp and golden. Lift out and leave to cool and drain alongside the shallots. Add the sliced chillies and fry for a few seconds until lightly golden. Remove and leave to drain too.\n\nAdd the sugar, tamarind pulp and 4 tablespoons water to the small pan containing the fish sauce. Bring to the boil, stirring to break up the tamarind pulp and simmer for about 1 minute until thickened. Pass through a sieve into a bowl, pressing out as much liquid as you can with a wooden spoon. Return to a clean pan and set aside.\n\nTransfer the fish to a lightly oiled roasting tin and roast for 12 minutes or until the flesh at the thickest part, just behind the head, is opaque and comes away from the bones easily. It should register 55\u00b0C on a thermal probe (page 315).\n\nBring the sauce back to a gentle simmer and stir in half the fried shallots, garlic and chilli. Lift the fish onto warmed plates and spoon over some of the sauce. Scatter over the remaining fried shallots, garlic and chilli, and serve."}
-{"text": "Miscellany, Aug. 25, 1947\n\nNature Lesson. In Los Angeles, Harold Bellis told a divorce court that\nwhen he accused wife Sonya of promiscuity, she retorted:. \"The birds\nand bees do it, and I'm going to do it, too.\"\n\nSlow Burn. In Helsinge, Denmark, Jens Joergensen told the court that he\nwas affronted 25 years ago, had been bolstering up his nerve ever\nsince, finally went out and slapped his enemy, hefty Blacksmith Peter\nSvanum.\n\nGrounded. In Liverpool, England, legless Ian Scot Hawke Dennis was fined\n$100 for drunken driving and warned by the court that for one year he\nmust keep off his motorized wheelchair."}
-{"text": "Summary: This project reconstructed the 800 block of Commercial Street using the same streetscape concepts (street trees, benches, pedestrian lights) as the 200, 300, and 700 blocks of Commercial Street. The project also separated the combined sewers in the project area.\n\nCost: The construction contract is about $878,000, while the construction engineering and materials testing contract wound up just shy of $100,000.\n\nFunding: This project was primarily funded by a $850,000 grant through the federal Transportation Alternatives Program. The grant application was authorized by the City Commission via Resolution No. 3003 on October 15, 2015. Because the project includes sewer separation, all remaining costs over that amount will be funded by the City of Atchison Wastewater/CSO Capital Improvement Fund.\n\nLocation: Commercial Street from 8th Street to 9th Street, although some stormwater infrastructure will also be installed in the 700 block of Commercial and in the alley on the north side of the 800 block of Commercial."}
-{"text": "MSI outs two more GTX 1050 low-profile graphics cards that can fit into any PC\n\nIf the ten GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti cards from MSI weren\u2019t enough to choose from when they launched in October, the company has added two more units to make selecting the right model even harder. They are the \u201cLow Profile\u201d GTX 1050 2GT LP and the GTX 1050 Ti 4GT LP cards, and appear to focus on small desktops and small wallets, adding VR-capable graphics to compact solutions without breaking the bank.\n\nFor starters, here is the GTX 1050 2GT LP:\n\nCore name:\n\nGP107-300\n\nCore architecture:\n\nPascal\n\nProcess node:\n\n14nm FinFET\n\nBase clock speed:\n\n1,354MHz\n\nBoost clock speed:\n\n1,455MHz\n\nOnboard memory amount:\n\n2GB GDDR5\n\nMemory clock speed:\n\n7,008MHz\n\nMemory interface:\n\n128-bit\n\nCUDA core amount:\n\n640\n\nSize:\n\n182mm x 69mm x 35mm 7.16 x 2.71 x 1.37 inches\n\nRecommended power supply size:\n\n300 watts\n\nOutput:\n\n1x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DL-DVI-D\n\nMaximum resolution:\n\n4,320 x 2,560\n\nNow here is the GTX 1050 Ti 4GT LP:\n\nCore name:\n\nGP107-400\n\nCore architecture:\n\nPascal\n\nProcess node:\n\n14nm FinFET\n\nBase clock speed:\n\n1,290MHz\n\nBoost clock speed:\n\n1,392MHz\n\nOnboard memory amount:\n\n4GB GDDR5\n\nMemory clock speed:\n\n7,008MHz\n\nMemory interface:\n\n128-bit\n\nCUDA core amount:\n\n768\n\nSize:\n\n182mm x 69mm x 35mm 7.16 x 2.71 x 1.37 inches\n\nRecommended power supply:\n\n300 watts\n\nOutput:\n\n1x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DL-DVI-D\n\nMaximum resolution:\n\n4,320 x 2,560\n\nObviously, the big difference here is the number of processing cores and the amount of onboard memory. Although the 1050 Ti\u2019s base and boost clock speeds are lower than the other card, it utilizes more cores to better handle PC games and VR content. Having more onboard memory is a big help too, offering more work space for those cores to fondle high-resolution textures and more.\n\nAs their size shows, the cards have a low-profile design to fit in a compact space despite sporting two cooling fans. They also consist of military-grade Class 4 (MIL-STD-810G) components, meaning the components are tested to endure the \u201ctorturous circumstances\u201d generated by overclocking and PC gaming. On that note, both cards can be safely overclocked using MSI\u2019s free Afterburner utility.\n\nFinally, both cards consume a two-slot space inside the PC, but only connect to one PCI Express x16 3.0 slot. They\u2019re also powered by this slot, so don\u2019t worry about providing an additional power connection from the local PSU. On top of that, both cards support DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, and a maximum resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 across three connected displays.\n\nOn the pricing front, MSI hasn\u2019t released any numbers, but expect them to be slightly higher than Nvidia\u2019s suggested retail price. However, the other \u201cGT\u201d models in MSI\u2019s GTX 1050 arsenal are the GTX 1050 2GT OC and the GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC, costing $120 and $150, respectively, giving us a ballpark figure until MSI releases pricing information."}
-{"text": "Re: HUNTER, George, Esq, Surv Gen -- fl 1743/1752 SC\n\nWinnie, I just received a letter from the South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History and they have located the Will of George Hunter. It is in Charleston Will Book, Vol. 7, Pages 356-357. They are making me a copy of his Will and will be mailing it to me next week. When I receive it, do you want me to send you a copy ?? By the way, did you receive the abstract of his Will that sent to your e-mail address on the 17th of September ?? Malcolm Hunter dydx@artelco.com"}
-{"text": "Title\n\nAuthor\n\nDate of Award\n\n2005\n\nAvailability\n\nArticle\n\nDegree Name\n\nDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)\n\nDepartment\n\nMicrobiology and Immunology\n\nFirst Committee Member\n\nKelvin P. Lee, Committee Chair\n\nAbstract\n\nDendritic cells (DC) play a unique role in immune response in that they perform contrasting functions such as immune stimulation and tolerance induction. There are currently two models (the functional plasticity model and the specialized lineage model) explaining the mechanism behind the generation of functionally distinct DC. Our findings that the ERK and the NFkappaB pathways play distinct roles during DC differentiation support the idea that early developmental divergences at the precursor level predispose the resulting DC to carry out specialized functions. The regulation of signaling pathways at the initiation of differentiation has clear biological relevance as several studies have shown that NFkappaB inhibition in DC precursors during tumorogenesis is associated with immunosuppression. To bypass proximal events triggered by exogenous cytokine-mediated receptor engagement, we use PKC activation (shown to be downstream of cytokine-driven DC differentiation of monocytes and CD34 + progenitors) by phorbol ester PMA as a direct intracellular signal to drive DC differentiation. In a multipotent hematopoietic cell line K562 we find that PMA preferentially triggers the activation of protein kinase CbetaII(PKCbetaII), and that the ERK and the NFkappaB pathways are both activated downstream. These studies are confirmed using cytokine-induced DC differentiation of human monocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pathogens such as Yersinia pestis may target these pathways in progenitors as a strategy to inhibit DC differentiation and consequently subvert immunological response. Interestingly, the NFkappaB and the ERK pathways regulate distinct features of DC differentiation and their selective inactivation results in the development of qualitatively different DC. While the NFkappaB pathway mediates DC survival and causes the upregulation of DC surface and molecular markers (CD40 and Rel B), the induction of the MAPK/ERK pathway is associated with differentiation-induced growth arrest (possibly due to BCR-ABL downregulation). Functionally, while both pathways are required for efficient T cell stimulation, the selective inhibition of the MAPK/ERK results in less immunostimulatory DC, while the NFkappaB-inhibited DC induce T cell anergy. We speculate that our results have biological relevance to both peripheral homeostasis and immune dysfunctions where selective inactivation of NFkappaB during DC differentiation potentially predisposes precursors to become tolerogenic DC."}
-{"text": "College of Engineering\n\nThe University of Nebraska\u2013Lincoln College of Engineering offers seven academic programs at The Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha.\n\nDegrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Ph.D.\n\nThe Department of Civil Engineering works collaboratively for undergraduate and graduate education, research and service to the state, the nation and the civil engineering profession. The UNL Civil Engineering program is offered in two locations: the City Campus in Lincoln and the Omaha Campus at The Peter Kiewit Institute. Civil engineers plan, build, and manage the infrastructure that underpins society and preserves the environment. They grapple with nearly every aspect of everyday life -- overcrowded roads, obsolete bridges, crowded urban areas, contaminated water, floods, and airports and other vital facilities.\n\nDegrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Ph.D.\n\nComputer Engineering is offered both at the Omaha Campus at The Peter Kiewit Institute and the UNL City Campus in Lincoln. In Omaha, the program emphasizes design, development, applications and management in the computer industries.\n\nDegrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Ph.D.\n\nElectrical engineers helped invent the computer, satellite communications, cellular phones, microchips and solar panels...to name just a few technological advances. In UNL's Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, you'll learn to make further remarkable contributions to our world.\n\nYou'll join a challenging academic program with opportunities to study abroad, get involved in student clubs and organizations, and work side-by-side with our experienced faculty on their research. You'll learn engineering basics and can specialize in a specific area of interest, gaining skills and knowledge that future employers notice and value.\n\nFor your career, you could someday work for industrial organizations, public and private utilities, the communications and computer industry, governmental and education institutions, and consulting engineering firms.\n\nThis major is offered in Lincoln and in Omaha (on our campus at PKI).\n\nThe Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction\n\nDegrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Architectural Engineering, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Ph.D.\n\nA program of The Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. Demand for architectural engineering graduates is very high, especially as there are only 15 programs in the country, while there are thousands of architectural engineering design firms. The college offers a five-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Architectural Engineering degree. Architectural Engineering is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).\n\nDegrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science in Construction, Master of Engineering in Construction, and Ph.D. in Construction\n\nA program of The Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. Construction Engineering is offered by the UNL College of Engineering on the Omaha Campus at PKI and the Lincoln City Campus. At The Peter Kiewit Institute, the building design facilitates construction education by exposing systems and structures to providing a living lab environment.\n\nDegrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science in Construction, Master of Engineering in Construction, and Ph.D. in Construction\n\nA program of The Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. Construction Management is offered by the UNL College of Engineering on the Omaha Campus at PKI and the Lincoln City Campus. At The Peter Kiewit Institute, the building design facilitates construction education by exposing systems and structures to providing a living lab environment."}
-{"text": "A brief history\n\nRochester Cathedral is England's second oldest, having been founded in AD604 by Bishop Justus. The present building dates back to the work of the French monk, Gundulf, in 1080. The glorious Norman architecture of the nave, parts of the crypt, as well as one of the finest Romanesque facades in England, make this an inspirational place to visit. The Cathedral is blessed with some fine examples of later Gothic styles as well as the magnificent 14th century Chapter Library door. Hidden from view (although it can be viewed by special appointment) is one of the oldest doors in England.\n\nThe Cathedral became a major place of pilgrimage in the 13th century, following the death of William of Perth, a Scottish baker who was murdered nearby. His body was brought to the Cathedral and at his shrine, of which no trace remains, miracles were reported. Modern pilgrims who journey to the Cathedral still climb the Pilgrim Steps, now worn by the many thousands of medieval pilgrims visiting the shrine, often lighting candles at the William of Perth prayer-station in front of the oratory. Visitors who journey to the Cathedral today are direct descendants of those early pilgrims.\n\nThe first real fresco to be created in an English Cathedral for 800 years was dedicated on St John the Baptist's Day 2004. The fresco is on the theme of baptism. Its creation is the first step towards creating a baptistery in the north nave transept. The fresco was painted by Sergei Fyodorov, the Russian iconographer, and the richness and size of this narrative painting draws visitors from near and far; some to admire its artistry, and others to use it as a focus of meditation and prayer. Further details are available in the Virtual Tour.\n\nToday, daily worship is central to the life of the Cathedral, indeed, there has been a community worshipping continually on this site for over 1400 years.\n\nRestoration\n\nRestoration\n\nDamage\n\nDeath\n\nNicholas Ridley, Bishop of Rochester 1547-1550, was burned at the stake for his support of Lady Jane Grey. On 16th October he is remembered with commemoration in the calendar of saints in some parts of the Anglican Communion"}
-{"text": "Month: January 2018\n\nNo one is quite sure how or exactly when coffee was discovered but there are many legends to it\u2019s origin. According to an Ethiopian legend coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans.\n\nThe story goes that that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night.\n\nKaldi reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery, who made a drink with the berries and found that it kept him alert through the long hours of evening prayer. The abbot shared his discovery with the other monks at the monastery, and knowledge of the energizing berries began to spread.\n\nAs word moved east and coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe. Now coffee has become the second most consumed beverage in the world only second to water. So we would say it\u2019s a Big Hit!\n\nAs the popularity of coffee has grown so have the many versions of this warm wonderful beverage. But no one has come up with a better form of coffee than the brilliant minds at Elevacity from the Elepreneur program. Elevate Brew, we call this brew \u201cSmart Coffee\u201d for good reason and in fact it has been called the \u201cSmartest Coffee\u201d in the world because of the infusion of Nootropics or cognitive enhancers. Wikipedia defines Nootropics as; \u201d Nootropics (English pronunciation:/no\u028a.\u0259\u02c8tr\u0252p\u026aks/noh-\u0259-TROP-iks), also known as smart drugs and cognitive enhancers, are drugs, supplements, and other substances that improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals.\u201d These Nootropic ingredients stimulate the opiates and dopamine in your brain and help produce serotonin that gives you mental clarity by improving your neurotransmitters. This is NOT your average coffee and it\u2019s referenced as a \u201cFunctional Beverage\u201d for all the great results achieved just drinking one cup per day.\n\nThe Nootropic formula stimulates the opiates and dopamine to make you feel better and more alert with better focus. They improve cognitive function which helps you think clearer with improved memory and you will be able to focus better on your work throughout the day. Many people report a calm or relaxed feeling all while experiencing better mental clarity. It can also help to relieve stress and anxiety by improving your mental state and we could all use a little less stress in our life.\n\nElevate Smart Coffee also helps you to burn fat and loose weight. While most weight loss products work by just suppressing appetite the Smart Coffee also adds the cognitive element to help convince the brain that you are not hungry. This curbs the sweet cravings and steers you away from junk food. This leads to better weight loss by focusing on your brain and not just your stomach. Then add in the other natural ingredients that burn fat and BOOM, you now have a functional beverage that burns fat, curbs cravings, makes you more alert and puts you in a better mood overall.\n\nThe main ingredients in the Elevate Brew are; Rich Dark Roast coffee, Espresso, Organic Cocoa, Green tea, L-theanine, PEA, Green Coffee extract and more. These incredible ingredients in the Elevate Brew help to keep you alert, refreshed and rejuvenated all through the day so you not only experience fat burning but also have higher levels of energy all day long. These thermogenic compounds and appetite suppressants start to melt away fat and help you loose weight naturally without making you think that you are starving. Elevate Brew burns fat, increases metabolism, reduces fatigue and stress, is a powerful antioxidant and reduces sugar and carbohydrate cravings for better weight loss and a better mood.\n\nYou can read more about Elevate Smart Coffee by clicking here and visiting our Elevacity website. There are also some very good videos about the benefits of Elevate Brew and how it can help you feel Happier and loose weight all at the same time. We are Super Excited about this product and we drink our Elevate Smart Coffee everyday. We would really like to share this product with you as well. Just connect with us at info@deananddena.com and we will be glad to send you a free sample so you can experience Elevate Smart Coffe yourself. One try and you will be hooked for sure.\n\nElevate Smart Coffee is just one of the exciting products offered under the Elepreneur program and a big part of a program we call D.O.S.E. which stands for Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin and Endorphins. These are the chemicals in your body that produce Happiness, Better Mental Clarity and a more fulfilling Life. We live by our motto of; Simple Health, Simple Wealth and a Simple Life.\n\nPlease visit our Elepreneur website by clicking here and watch the 3 short videos on the first page. Or go to our Youtube channel here and watch all the videos about these products and this great Elepreneur program. You can always find more info about us, who we are and what we do by visiting our personal wbsite at DeanAndDena.com. We would love to connect with you and show you a better way to improve your life with our TEAM!"}
-{"text": "Jackson, MS\u2014 \"I'm disappointed with the decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court,\" said Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. \"The legislation struck down today is designed to protect women and their unborn children. For those of us who believe in the sanctity of human life, this ruling is a major setback.\"\n\n6/27/16\n\nPosted June 27, 2016 - 3:16 pm\n\nYallPolitics.Com now uses Facebook for comments. Log into Facebook to comment here."}
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-{"text": "Russia\u2019s prosecutors include two foreign organizations to undesirable NGOs list\n\nNovember 30, 2015, 11:56 UTC+3The prosecutors have found that the activity of these organizations \"poses a threat to the foundations of Russia\u2019s constitutional system and security of the state,\" the spokesperson said\n\nMOSCOW, November 30. /TASS/. Russia\u2019s Prosecutor-General\u2019s Office has included two foreign organizations - the Open Society Foundations and the OSI Assistance Foundation - to the list of undesirable NGOs, the office\u2019s spokesperson said on Monday.\n\n\"Following the results of studying the materials, the Prosecutor-General\u2019s Office of the Russian Federation decided to consider as undesirable the activity of foreign NGOs on Russia\u2019s territory, namely the Open Society Foundations and the OSI Assistance Foundation,\" Marina Gridneva said.\n\nThe prosecutors have found that the activity of these organizations \"poses a threat to the foundations of Russia\u2019s constitutional system and security of the state,\" she said.\n\nThe so-called patriotic \"stop list\" was approved by Russia\u2019s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, on July 8. The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office carries out checks to find whether these NGOs fall within the purview of Russia\u2019s law on undesirable organizations.\n\nThe information on Monday\u2019s decision has been sent to the Russian Justice Ministry to include the above mentioned organizations to the list of foreign and international non-governmental organizations banned in Russia.\n\nThe law on the undesirable organizations adopted this spring implies that any foreign or international non-governmental organization, \"which poses a threat to the foundations of Russia\u2019s constitutional system, defense capability and state security, can be classified as undesirable.\"\n\nRussia\u2019s Prosecutor General or his deputies can announce that an organization is undesirable on prior consultation with the Russian Foreign Ministry. The decision can be canceled in the same order. Participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organization\" will be classified as an administrative offence punishable by a fine. Those who systemically violate this regulation may face criminal charges."}
-{"text": "Walgreens steadfast in its resolve to move on without Express Scripts\n\nDEERFIELD, Ill. \u2014 As Walgreens girds itself for life outside of the Express Scripts pharmacy network, company executives, over the course of a Wednesday morning first-quarter conference call, continued to maintain that they, along with healthcare payers and employers, will be better off for it.\n\nWalgreens noted the chain made a final effort to reconcile with Express Scripts one week ago, and the offer that came back was still untenable, Walgreens president and CEO Greg Wasson reported during the first-quarter conference call. \"[Express Scripts] suggested to kick the can down the road past Jan. 1,\" Wasson said. \"[But] we\u2019re always open; we\u2019re in the business of filling scripts,\" he added, suggesting a deal in the final hour still was possible, though not likely.\n\nIn large part because of the Express Scripts dispute, Walgreens stock was trading down by $1.90 per share in mid-morning trading to $31.60 per share. Analysts projected that Walgreens stock will continue to be depressed in the near term. Net earnings per diluted share for the quarter increased 1.6% to 63 cents, 4 cents shy of analysts\u2019 estimates. Walgreens reported that, compared with the prior-year\u2019s quarter, the delay in the cough, cold and flu season impacted net earnings per diluted share by 1 cent, while the battle with Express Scripts cost the chain an additional 1 cent per diluted share in comparable pharmacy sales and 1 cent per diluted share in related expenses.\n\n\"It\u2019s really [only] a matter of time before people find an option to get what they want [which is Walgreens in their network],\" Wasson added. And Walgreens is counting on it. Jan. 1 will be the worst day in a post-Express-Scripts world. From there, Walgreens will be looking to reconnect with any lost payers or employers and are confident they will be able to recapture much of that lost business. The only question is how soon.\n\nWalgreens already has retained some 10 million prescriptions from the Express Scripts base, representing 11.4% of the total Express Scripts prescription base. If Walgreens can retain at least 50% of the 8 million Medicare Part D prescriptions and at least 25% of the 30 million prescriptions represented by all payers not Wellpoint or Tricare, then Walgreens will have retailed 25% of the Express Scripts business, or 22 million prescriptions out of 88 million. If the 25 million Wellpoint prescriptions would return to Walgrens, that would mean 53% of prescriptions were retained. And if Tricare\u2019s 15 million prescriptions were to come back, too, that would mean 70% of prescriptions were retained.\n\n\"We expect to achieve 97% to 99% of our fiscal 2011 prescription volume in fiscal 2012,\" Wasson told analysts Wednesday morning, even without serving Tricare or Wellpoint patients any longer. At the low end, that projection would place Walgreens at 794 million prescriptions dispensed in fiscal 2012. But considering two strong tailwinds that will help grow the overall prescription base as well as the profitability of that base; namely, an aging population and the generic wave, Walgreens may yet match, if not exceed, its 819 million prescriptions dispensed in fiscal 2011.\n\n\"To date, well over 100 health plans, employers and other Express Scripts clients have informed Walgreens that they have either changed pharmacy benefit managers or taken steps consistent with their contracts to maintain access to Walgreen pharmacies in 2012,\" Wasson noted. \"In addition, we\u2019re in active negotiations with many health plans and employers to provide access to Walgreens and their networks as soon as their contracts allow.\"\n\nHalf of Express Scripts\u2019 employers have options to contract with Walgreens directly, Wasson said. \"Many, as we\u2019ve said, [have been] waiting toward the end to see if we [Express Scripts and Walgreens] would settle.\"\n\nTo help further envisage the value of Walgreens pharmacy to a PBM network, Walgreens posted a second white paper. Citing a survey in that white paper, Wasson said, \"More than 80% of employers said they would not exclude Walgreens from their network for less than 5% savings on their total pharmacy spend; 60% of employers said they would not exclude Walgreens for less than 10% savings; and 21% said they would not exclude Walgreens from a network regardless of the savings.\"\n\nWhile the Express Scripts issue dominated Walgreens\u2019s first-quarter call Wednesday morning with Walgreens\u2019 exodus from Express Scripts\u2019 network imminent, Wasson also highlighted several recent achievements Walgreens had accomplished in the past year as the Chicago pharmacy operator prepares for the grand opening of its Chicagoland State and Randolph store in early January and host the chain\u2019s annual shareholder meeting Jan. 11.\n\nWasson reported Walgreens dispensed a record 208 million prescriptions for a first quarter. The chain also realized a 37% year-over-year growth in 90-day prescriptions. Citing IMS Health data, Walgreens\u2019 30-day prescription marketshare was 19.9%, up 40 basis points from a year ago.\n\nWalgreens\u2019 vaccination program still is going strong, Wasson said. Even though Walgreens administered 600,000 fewer flu shots through Nov. 30 as compared with last year, with 5 million patients inoculated with this year\u2019s triumvirate influenza vaccine, Walgreens still is the largest dispenser of flu shots outside of the U.S. government.\n\nAnd Walgreens\u2019 efforts are being recognized by the U.S. government \u2014 First Lady Michelle Obama visited Walgreens earlier this year to applaud the chain\u2019s efforts in growing its fresh food offerings and it commitment to expanding food desert locations. And Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this year received her flu shot from a Chicago Walgreens.\n\nWalgreens reported net earnings of $554 million fir the first quarter ended Nov. 30, a 4.5% decline from the same period a year ago.\n\nTotal gross profit dollars increased $159 million, or 3.2%, compared with the year-ago quarter, with gross profit margins decreasing 40 basis points, versus the year-ago quarter to 28.1 as a percentage of sales. The decline was driven by tightening retail pharmacy margins because of lower reimbursement rates. Front-end margins remained steady, Walgreens reported. The company expects an increase in gross profit growth from new generic drug introductions, including generic Lipitor, during the second half of the fiscal year compared with what was seen in the first quarter.\n\nFirst quarter sales increased 4.7% from the prior-year quarter to $18.2 billion. Total sales in comparable stores increased 2.5% in the quarter, while front-end comparable store sales increased 2.4%. Customer traffic in comparable stores dropped 0.2% for the first quarter, while basket size increased 2.6%.\n\nPrescription sales, which accounted for 65.5% of sales in the quarter, increased 4.2%, while prescription sales in comparable stores increased 2.6%. The company filled a record 208 million prescriptions in the quarter, an increase of 2.5% over last year\u2019s first quarter. Prescriptions filled in comparable stores increased 1.8% in the quarter. The company exceeded by 230 basis points the prescription growth rate of the rest of the industry during the same period as reported by IMS Health, Walgreens stated in a first-quarter press release.\n\nFDA approves Takeda\u2019s Edarbyclor\n\nDEERFIELD, Ill. \u2014 The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for high blood pressure made by Takeda, the drug maker said.\n\nThe Japanese drug maker received approval for Edarbyclor (azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone) for the treatment of high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The company called it the only fixed-dose therapy that combines an angiotensin II receptor blocker with chlorthalidone, a diuretic, in a once-daily, single tablet. 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-{"text": "Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers\n\nWikia is not accessible if you\u2019ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.\n\nContents\n\nChapter 6 - The Tribute Parade - Glea\n\nWatching as the Chariots rode past quickly, I couldn't help but scoff at their ridiculous, obvious costumes! Of course District 1 was all glammed out, District 3 were scientists, 4 were mer-creatures, District 12 was just sad to witness. Two words, coal miners. They have just have been terrible since the 2nd Quarter Quell. Obviously, District 7 were fabulous! We had an open shirt for Ford; we've got to show at least some muscle! Wylie pulled her red dress off fantastically, she wears the checkered print so beautifully. I especially loved the waterfall braid that Rylance styled for her. It shows off her jawline most splendidly. And for her make-up, let's just say, I AM A GENIUS! I suppose it makes a change from trees which is what we've done even before Johanna! I look around the audience and noticed they were all staring at MY Ford and Wylie. By that time I knew that I had job correctly! I could see easy that night knowing that my work was done.\n\nChapter 7 - Training - Wylie\n\nUpon arriving I saw how lethal the Careers were. They had already grabbed their said weapons before the rules had even started! I would've been more annoyed and tired but I could feel was happiness, that I had proved everyone wrong and I actually, in fact, could not do it. It seems sad that I'm laughing about my own imminent death but, to be honest, I don't really mind. As long as Ford wins, no one will be too disheartened. Heath has the whole school practically grasping desperately at his ankles. Coby has her own problems to deal with for the near future and my parents... Well I suppose they have another child. I look over at Ford attempting to climb a rope and feel a bit sad. You see, Ford doesn't have a family. Well he did. His mother and father died in a forest fire and he was sent away too stay with his step-aunt. His uncle is a Peacekeeper, which I don't believe I've met. He doesn't talk about them much. Well not at all actually. Which is why, I think, he was so angry at me when I stopped shooting arrows and went to survival skills. He says I don't realise that I'll get better, I just don't get how he can understand. After all he is Ford Skirret. He has claimed top of the food chain as Heath opted for the bottom with me. Winning, being loved & skill just comes naturally to him. So who is he to say I'll get better when he's never had to improve! I'm lucky to have him as an ally and I like him, but his little 'Life Lessons' are just irritating. \"I don't understand this\" and \"I don't get that\" when really HE is the one who needs step into the real world where people get over things and don't care as much as he does! He's so determined to keep me alive that he's forgotten about himself. Whenever he wants to do something, he feels he has to clear it with me. Which is nice, I suppose, as I feel I have a purpose. And I'll happily go do snares three times over. Because that's what Ford wants to do and seeings as he saved Heath, I owe him. Big time.\n\nScores\n\nWilma Det - 10.\n\nArnold Verin - 10.\n\nCy Banull - 10.\n\nHank Soofe - 9.\n\nTanish Onot - 7.\n\nBead Bulby - 7.\n\nAlthea Malet - 8.\n\nRed Colett - 10.\n\nBelinda Scarettle - 4.\n\nLadden Misterul - 6.\n\nTolfe Bownet - 9.\n\nCraven Jaffel - 9.\n\nWylie Pandora - 8.\n\nFord Skirret - 9.\n\nLia Bennell - 3.\n\nBooker Smalt - 8.\n\nUma Wayson - 6.\n\nBlade Mena - 10.\n\nViggo Cam - 9.\n\nWells Dumson - 2.\n\nSela Gimat - 3.\n\nGoran Stile - 8.\n\nAjana Detayer - 1.\n\nFaldo Detah - 5.\n\nChapter 8 - Interviews - Wylie\n\n(First part is a list of approaches made by each tribute)\n\nWilma - Scary.\n\nArnold - Brutal.\n\nCy - Patriotic.\n\nHank - Above It All.\n\nTanish - Sexy.\n\nBead - Flirty.\n\nAlthea - Moody.\n\nRed - Angry.\n\nBelinda - Mysterious.\n\nLadden - Secretive.\n\nTolfe - Shy.\n\nCraven - Confident.\n\nWylie\nAs I awaited for the guard to take me on the stage I felt tingles, not nervous but excited. I felt odd for not having an approach, as everyone seemed to have one. Before I had time to worry I was called onto the stage and one look at the audience I was at ease. \"That's a pretty dress!\", Caesar said, \"You wore a pretty dress at the Reaping I thought, actually\" Oh lord. Then that whole load of worry came falling on me like a ton of bricks. Suddenly the audience multiplied and multiplied and were all fixated on me and me only. I could feel myself hyperventilating and stopped panicking, as the Capitol say \"It's not good for the cameras\". \"So,\" Caesar continued, \"The boy who was reaped originally, do you know him?\" I thought of Heath and what he said last and what I had said after, \" Yes.\" I somehow got out, \"He's my friend. I've known him for years.\" None of which was a lie so I'm off to a good start! \"Just friends?\" he asked me and then I had to question myself. Just friends? Were we still just friends? We had just professed love for each other not 3 days ago. \"I.. I'm not sure.\" I said. Stupid. Stupid answer. I imagined the whole Capitol recoiling in horror but instead they just sat there, feeling empathy, I thought, reminiscing of their first love. \"Did he visit you before you left?\" Now I know I said a stupid answer but that was a stupid question! \"Yes, he came to say goodbye.\" Was I being to snappy? Too forward? All these thoughts went racing through my mind. \"Is that all he said?\" Oh props to Caesar Flickerman! He knows what he's doing! \"He said when I got back, he would be waiting for me.\" That's when the audience reacted, over dramatically I must add, crying everywhere. I breathed a sigh of relief knowing that I had entertained the audience and not given too much away about Heath. I thought it was over but Caesar was still sat there in his seat. \"I have to ask you Wylie, why were you so happy when Ford volunteered?\" he asked harshly. \"Well, firstly I didn't knew who had volunteered. Obviously, I didn't want fight my best friend in the arena. And, he definitely wouldn't of won\" I said and then realised how mean it sounded \"Why?\" Caesar said, shocked at my last comment. Redeeming myself I said \"He would be too busy protecting me. Even if I told him not to he just would. Because that's Heath.\" and at that point, I realised no longer were we 'Just Friends'...\n\nFord\nFord was next and I was excited to see what awaited him. \"So why did you volunteer?\" Caesar asked and I prayed that Ford wasn't about to go through the same thing I did. I was too busy worrying about him that I didn't even hear his response. \"So who came to visit you?\" Caesar asked him, sounding bored. \"Well, the boy I volunteered for came to thank me. My uncle Bristol sat with me for a while and then my girlfriend.\" Once he said that I felt very vain and stupid to think that Bristol was crying over my appearance. Of course he wasn't crying at me, I'm just Wylie. Coby I'd understand, she's beautiful. So her radical change from beauty to red puffy eyes would be more drastic then just Wylie to crying Wylie. Then again Ridge says she's crying a lot more nowdays. Which I suppose makes me feel special. \"So who is this girl?\" Yeah who is this girl Ford?! I can't believe him. I've told him everything about me and he hasn't said an uttered a word about himself! And it seems like he's taking the same route with Caesar. I didn't even stay to watch the whole interview, I just flounced into my bedroom. He thinks he's so nice saying he'll stick with training with me! Oh thank you Ford! Thank you so much for putting up with me! He expects me to trust him and then he just says random facts about himself that I've never heard of before! He is ridiculous! I'll tell you one thing tomorrow I'm giving him the self satisfaction of getting to the Cornicopia so he's the sole provider for us. Oh no. That will be me. I am fastest in my school. And I bet I'll be fastest out of the games..."}
-{"text": "SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Right-hander Chi Chi Gonzalez will make his Rockies debut Tuesday night against the Giants, nearly three full years since the former first-round pick by the Rangers last pitched in the majors.\n\nThe 27-year-old Gonzalez appeared in parts of two seasons for Texas in 2015 and 2016 before an ulnar collateral ligament injury derailed his career. He had Tommy John surgery to repair his right elbow in 2017 and missed all of that season and most of 2018 as a result of the operation. Colorado signed him to a minor-league contract last December.\n\n\u201cBeing out of the game for so long \u2014 and being lost, essentially \u2014 motivated me to get back,\u201d said Gonzalez, who will wear No. 50. \u201cI\u2019m ecstatic to be here and show what I\u2019ve got.\u201d\n\nGonzalez burst on the scene with Texas as a rookie, carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning against the Boston Red Sox in his debut. He threw a complete-game shutout in his second big-league outing and had a 0.90 ERA through his first four starts in 2016.\n\nBut Gonzalez\u2019s overall numbers while with Texas were less promising. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder had a 4-8 record with a 4.54 ERA in 17 appearances (13 starts), and has posted a 4-5 record and 5.66 ERA in 14 starts for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes this season. In his last outing, June 20, Gonzalez tossed six innings of one-run ball while striking out seven.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s been throwing the ball well, and a lot of times you can\u2019t look at the overall statistics from what goes on in the Pacific Coast League (because of stadium factors),\u201d Colorado manager Bud Black said. \u201cHe\u2019s been in the majors before, so Chi Chi won\u2019t have issues with his poise and composure. \u2026 This was a situation where he was the best choice.\u201d\n\nThe Delray Beach, Fla., native starred at Oral Roberts prior to being selected No. 23 overall by the Rangers in 2013. His promotion from Albuquerque comes after the Rockies demoted Jeff Hoffman (1-3, 6.75 ERA in seven starts) on Sunday. Opening-day starter Kyle Freeland continues to hone his stuff in Triple-A.\n\n\u201c(Gonzalez) is a thinking man\u2019s pitcher,\u201d Black said. \u201cThe fact that he was such a high pick out of college years ago, that tells you something. And here he is, many years later, trying to rejuvenate a career that at one point was really looking promising until the injury.\u201d\n\nFollowing Tuesday, Colorado\u2019s next rotation vacancy comes Sunday at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers.\n\nDesmond out of lineup again. Center fielder Ian Desmond was held out the Rockies\u2019 starting lineup for a second straight game with what Black called a \u201clower-half issue.\u201d Black declined to elaborate further, saying Desmond is \u201csore and we\u2019re going to give him another day. He\u2019s available (off the bench), but with one more day, he\u2019ll be ready to face Madison Bumgarner (on Tuesday).\u201d\n\nMike Dunn released. The veteran southpaw reliever, who was battling left shoulder issues again this season following surgery on his AC joint last year, was officially released by Colorado on Sunday. Dunn, designated for assignment on June 18, posted a 7.13 ERA in 28 appearances this year.\n\nOn Deck\n\nDavid Zalubowski, Associated Press\n\nSan Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner works against Colorado Rockies\u2019 Trevor Story in the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in Denver.\n\nGonzalez is set to make his Rockies debut after signing with Colorado on a minor-league deal last December. The right-hander has never faced the Giants as he also makes his National League debut. Meanwhile, Bumgarner was shelled in his last outing, as the Dodgers hit him for six runs with two homers as the southpaw didn\u2019t make it out of the fourth inning in a Giants loss last week. He has allowed longballs in four straight starts and eight of his last nine, and Colorado has had decent success against him historically with a .265 average and nine total homers.\n\nTrending: Colorado\u2019s offense, slow to get going in the early part of the season, has come alive over the past seven weeks. Since May 1, the Rockies lead the majors with an average of 6.57 runs per game, batting an NL-best .292 over that span.\n\nAt issue: Entering the series opener in San Francisco on Monday, Colorado has been dominated by the Giants\u2019 bullpen as of late. San Francisco relievers have tossed 26 scoreless innings against the Rockies over the last six games at Oracle Park.\n\nKyle Newman is a sports writer for The Denver Post who covers the Colorado Rockies and other pro, college and high school athletics. Prior to that, he was executive editor of the Colorado Sports Network and The Fan Varsity Sports Network. He is a 2012 graduate of the ASU Cronkite School."}
-{"text": "Players from many different sports will gather this weekend in Washington for the Stonewall Sports National Tournament. D.C. members, seen here, are active in the LGBT sports world. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)\n\nThe fourth annual Stonewall Sports National Tournament will be held this weekend at locations throughout D.C. including the National Mall. Along with sports tournaments in kickball, dodgeball and volleyball, a full schedule is planned with social activities, leadership meetings, Stonewall Yoga, Stonewall Bocce pick-up games and pool parties.\n\nThe Stonewall Sports model has spread to 11 cities in the United States and close to 1,000 competitors from those cities will be in attendance for the tournaments. Non-participant passes are also available for those who want to join in on the festivities.\n\nSince its inception in 2010, D.C.\u2013based Stonewall Sports has provided sports leagues that are managed as a nonprofit with a philanthropic heart by creating organized communities that have the ability and responsibility to support others in need.\n\n\u201cIn addition to the sports competitions, the National Tournament brings together our Stonewall community from across the country to address issues in person,\u201d says James O\u2019Leary, vice president of Stonewall Sports. \u201cWe will hold our annual meeting with workshops on the technical aspects of community building and programming along with having conversations about safe spaces, diversity, public health and inclusion.\u201d\n\nThe safe spaces that once existed within the LGBT community have evolved and Stonewall Sports has established a national network that allows for like-minded people to connect.\n\n\u201cThe National Tournament is a chance for all of the Stonewall cities to get together and talk about our vision and the avenues to reach our community,\u201d O\u2019Leary says. \u201cWe have established a network of people that have a similar path.\u201d\n\nStonewall Philadelphia joined the Stonewall community in 2014 and its members have seen incredible expansion in their sports and numbers. Currently boasting over 1,200 participants, they offer kickball, dodgeball, volleyball, sand volleyball, billiards, yoga and bowling. They have donated about $100,000 to local charities since their inception.\n\n\u201cWhen I first started playing, I immediately began meeting a lot people who I wouldn\u2019t have met otherwise,\u201d says Stonewall Philadelphia Commissioner Joe Peltzer. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to have fun, establish connections and raise money for charities. I love watching our players jumping into different friend groups.\u201d\n\nPeltzer says that the Philadelphia players are really looking forward to building new connections from other cities and that the teams are melding together to come to the tournament. They will be sending about eight teams to compete in kickball and dodgeball.\n\n\u201cThe tournament is about competitive play, but we also look forward to the camaraderie and learning about what other cities are doing,\u201d Peltzer says. \u201cIt elevates it above what is going on in your own little bubble.\u201d\n\nIn the fall of 2015, Stonewall Cleveland launched its kickball league, which was immediately followed by the addition of dodgeball. The two leagues have about 465 players and in two weeks they will be joined by an additional 165 players in their inaugural bocce season.\n\n\u201cAfter launching, we were plugged in instantly to several hundred people of varying age groups,\u201d says Taylor Henschel, co-commissioner of Stonewall Cleveland. \u201cThis is more than an LGBT community. It\u2019s place making; creating intentional communities by drawing in your own people along with other people.\u201d\n\nCleveland is a sprawling city and Henschel says it is easy to get stuck in your local sector. The Stonewall model has helped to connect people from the widespread areas. They will be sending five teams to the National Tournament.\n\n\u201cThe value of this network is something larger than yourself. It gives life purpose,\u201d Henschel says. \u201cMeeting people from all over the country is a reminder that we are part of this enormous community of queer people. It\u2019s pretty profound.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Dad always leaned towards the paranoid and suspicious side, long before dementia pushed these tendencies to an unhealthy level. The other day, I saw an older, run-down car with The Club on it and immediately thought of my dad.\n\nI don\u2019t even remember there being a rash of car break-ins in our neighborhood. One day, Dad appeared home with a bright red device called The Club. He was dead-set on keeping thieves away from our old piece of junk car. I was a pre-teen and thought the ugly device was unnecessary. Who would want our old car? In fact, I was hoping someone would steal it, so Dad would be forced to get another car.\n\nPhoto credit: AutoBarn.net\n\nWell, our car was never broken into, so I guess The Club worked in that sense. Unfortunately, we ended up spending a lot of time locking ourselves out of the car as well. I don\u2019t know if it was user error or a faulty device, but we had a heck of a time getting the thing off sometimes. This would send Dad into a cursing-under-his-breath fit, with my Mom scolding him for using that kind of language. Finally, Dad became so frustrated with the thing that he stopped locking it. He hoped the appearance of the device alone would keep thieves away.\n\nToo bad we can\u2019t secure the mind from the memory thieves as well as we can protect our car from robbers."}
-{"text": "Artist:\n\n\u0414\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0413\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0430\n\nDina Fagimovna Garipova (Russian: \u0414\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0424\u0430\u0433\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0413\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0430, Tatar Cyrillic: \u0414\u0438\u043d\u04d9 \u0424\u04d9\u04bb\u0438\u043c \u043a\u044b\u0437\u044b \u0413\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0430, Latin: Din\u00e4 F\u00e4him q\u0131z\u0131 \u011e\u00e4ripova; born 25 March 1991) is a Russian singer of Tatar descent. In 2012, Garipova won the Russian version of singing competition The Voice, Golos. Garipova was internally picked by the Russian broadcaster Channel One to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malm\u00f6, Sweden, with the song \"What If\"."}
-{"text": "NOW PLAYING\n\nIndia: The anarchy of simple living\n\nArvind Kejriwal, shunning privileges, has ushered in a new age of simple living [Reuters]\n\nFor the first time in decades political pundits in India's capital New Delhi are being compelled to take note of local politics in the city state as opposed to pontificating on the state of affairs of the nation.\n\nOn December 28, 2013, Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of AAP (common man's party) became the chief minister of New Delhi. At the end of the solemn swearing in ceremony (that involves pledging allegiance to the constitution) he broke into an old Hindi film song about universal brotherhood. It was clear that Kejriwal intended to be very different from the usual member of the political class that has ruled this rambunctious democracy for 66 years.\n\nCrony capitalism\n\nKejriwal has since stunned the city with the speed of his decisions. An audit of private power companies has been announced which only adds to the sense of foreboding the traditional business class has against a party that has made fighting against corruption its central theme.\n\nBusiness growth in India has always been driven by the links between industrialists and politicians. It is known that politicians frame policies and/or give land/environment clearances to benefit particular players. AAP members and leaders call this \"crony capitalism\" and have shown real intent to, at the very least, give some anxious moments to those who occupy the world of privilege and cosy underhand deals.\n\nIndeed it can be argued that since the opening up of the Indian economy in 1991, there has been a certain celebration of the values of consumerism that can be jarring in a nation where economic disparities have only increased. In New Delhi for instance, shopping malls mushroom while homeless people die in the cold each winter.\n\nThe idea of simple living has certainly not been practised by the political representatives of people who are mostly poor. Indeed until Kejriwal appeared on the scene, there appeared to be no check on the life-style and privileges of the people's representatives.\n\nDemocracy, both at the state and national level, has become the preserve of a few influential families. At the same time, the costs of elections soared as the politician-business nexus thrived. Simultaneously, individuals with interests in mining, controlling lands and natural resources, entered politics themselves or made deals with existing politicians.\n\nNew era of change?\n\nAt a more visible level, politicians only disgraced themselves with their culture of moving around in convoys with red sirens, going on foreign jaunts at state expense, and surrounding themselves with security guards, also at state expense.\n\nBy refusing the red beaconed transportation, lavish accommodation or security, Kejriwal has challenged an entire culture of privilege. After he unsettled the political consensus, the chief minister of Rajasthan announced she would give up her official residence and halve her security, while the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has cut down his motorcade of vehicles from 17 to five.\n\nClearly, Kejriwal has already become a catalyst for change at the superficial level. He must be credited for giving back some dignity to the notion of simple living and modest means. That is not an insignificant achievement in a developing country like India, where value systems can be lost in the rush to transform.\n\nTraditional politicians are worried. Two days after Kejriwal announced an anti-corruption helpline in New Delhi, the chief minister of Chattisgarh announced one in his state, followed by the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. Indeed, BJP leaders began to speak about the need for a national helpline.\n\nThat Kejriwal is making many citizens of New Delhi feel empowered, in the two weeks he has been in office, is undeniable. In the area near this writer's home, residents have begun to organise themselves to pick up the garbage. After years of cynicism and hopelessness, there is some belief in people that they themselves can be agents of change. But will it last, or is this just a short burst of good feelings?\n\nConsider what happened when Kejriwal announced that the entire cabinet would sit outside their offices at the New Delhi secretariat every week on Saturdays. A near stampede followed as thousands turned up - Kejriwal himself had to leave the venue.\n\nHe was instantly criticised by rivals for being an agent of anarchy and only interested in grandstanding.\n\nCritical left\n\nWill AAP be able to sustain the sense of transformation without taking clear ideological positions? Some of the more interesting critiques of the phenomena have come from left-leaning commentators.\n\nAs things stand now, the left is increasingly irrelevant in bringing about real change, and its political influence has shrunk as the communist parties lost one of their key areas of influence, the eastern state of West Bengal, in state elections over two years ago.\n\nYet, one may have expected more enthusiasm from the left: Since the liberalisation of the economy, AAP has been the first influential force to actually unsettle the politician-business nexus and demand scrutiny.\n\nWhat is happening instead, is that commentators are demanding to know AAP's stance on issues like Kashmir and national security, both areas on which mainstream parties have to tread carefully. Because AAP is the creation of an activist like Kejriwal, there is an expectation that he will take a position on every issue.\n\nBut within AAP there is an argument that realpolitik demands ambiguity on some issues. The party says it wants to occupy the middle and appeal to a cross section of opinion.\n\nNational strategy\n\nAAP has now declared that it will contest the national elections due to take place in April-May. With just a few months left, the party still does not have an organisation or structure in most states. However, its national membership drive, launched on January 10, is getting unprecedented support.\n\nAAP could take away a section of urban votes that would have otherwise gone to the main opposition party, the right wing BJP under the leadership of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who has been declared the prime ministerial candidate. The ruling Congress party seems set for a very poor showing in the elections.\n\nAs it goes national, AAP appears to want to challenge the usual political strategy of combining caste and religious groupings during elections. They say they want to appeal to people as citizens. There are valid questions on whether this can work outside urban pockets. Social divisions are more hardened in the countryside, where people make electoral choices as voter blocks.\n\nIt is difficult to predict the performance of a party that does not even have a presence in most Indian states. But what has certainly happened is that Modi has stopped being the top priority for the national media. Television audiences and newspaper readers across India are now more interested in Kejriwal.\n\nIt can now be said that in the first few weeks of an election year, aam admi (common man) Kejriwal has stolen the thunder from the khaas admi (special man) Modi of the BJP, who may have imagined that the New Year would belong to him.\n\nAAP has changed the chemistry of the impending general election, although the jury is still out on the extent to which the new force can change the arithmetic.\n\nSaba Naqvi is a New Delhi based journalist who follows politics and issues of identity. She writes for Outlook magazine and is the author of In Good Faith, published in 2012."}
-{"text": "The Enemy: Christians or their Critics?\n\nWritten by Don Boys, Ph.D.\n\nIn recent months the media and various non-thinking leftist politicians (in both parties) are dismayed about so many Christian candidates running for president in the Republican Party. While we can\u2019t know for sure, we can look at the evidence and the evidence suggests rather strongly that the liberals hate those people who are outspoken about their faith in Jesus Christ. Cruz speaks comfortably about being \u201cBorn Again\u201d and Carson and Huckabee proudly profess faith in Christ.\n\nOf course, it is not politically correct to attack Muslims, atheists, witches, and others who get a free pass, but not Christian conservatives. Christian politicians must justify why they are believers and why they think evolution is a folly, falsehood, and farce. They even believe that abortion is baby killing! Gasp!\n\nLiberals have whined for years about evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who spoke out on moral and political issues while liberals have been pontificating for fifty years on the same issues\u2014all from the left. They fawned all over religious leftists such as Martin Luther King Jr., the Berrigan brothers, the Rev. Drinan, William Slone Coffin, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Carter, etc., but when those of us on the right got involved in the political process, in any way, we were a threat to the Constitution! Hypocrites! Are Christians the enemy to freedom or are liberal critics the enemy?\n\nLiberals have problems with real Christianity because political liberals are also religious liberals. You don\u2019t think so? Quickly, name me three political liberals who are outspoken, unambiguous, clean-living Christians. All right, name one.\n\nLiberals do have religion, but it is bloodless and Christless. The liberals\u2019 Pope is Obama, their High Priest is Harry Reid (who, I hear, is writing a book on character\u2014should be the shortest book in literary history); their Holy Place is Washington; their mission program is telling the world that Government saves. We already know it provides.\n\nHave you noticed that when a conservative gets elected to public office, he always feels compelled to \u201creach out\u201d to liberals, and hire them as advisors? (That\u2019s like hiring Dracula to treat a bloody neck!) What possible profit can there be in \u201creaching out\u201d to liberals and polluting an office with their discredited advice? All \u201cconservatives\u201d have done this\u2014Nixon, Reagan and Bush I and II. In fact, at the close of Reagan\u2019s term of office, he had appointed more members of the Trilateral Commission/Council on Foreign Relations than did Jimmy (\u201cI will never lie to you\u201d) Carter! I wouldn\u2019t hire a liberal to walk my dog!\n\nLiberals have never built anything, except the United Nations. Name me any other organization the liberals have established. Beginning with Harvard University (built by Bible-believing Christians and taken over by Unitarians), the liberals built nothing, but they wormed their way into organizations and took them over. Liberals don\u2019t build, they burrow, bungle, and burgle.\n\nSlowly the tide is turning. Some Americans are beginning to recognize the media as \u201cnews twisters\u201d and are beginning to ask questions and even question authorities. Major newspapers and magazines have folded while others are gasping for breath and running out of ink. The television networks are struggling to stay above water. Every year more and more people are getting their information from the Internet as I do starting with Barbwire.com, WND.com, Drudge.com, the Blaze.com and scores of other conservative sites. Additionally, government is looked upon as a wildfire out of control, and that is good as long as it does not produce anarchists and haters of legitimate government.\n\nBut the kitty is out of the sack: liberals cannot be trusted, whether they are theological liberals with clerical collars or political liberals with lace handkerchiefs, silk gloves and a New England accent. Liberals keep booking passage on the Titanic, and it wouldn\u2019t be so bad except they insist on all of us going along for the cruise. But I don\u2019t want to go, nor do I want to pay for the \u201ccruise.\u201d\n\nThe revolt slowly is creeping in like a tide. Christians and conservatives are beginning to push back the audacious advance of liberalism. We have rejected mainstream media and carefully get information from Internet sites. We see our responsibility to truth, common sense, and our children. I don\u2019t want my grandchildren to ask me at my 85th birthday party what it was like being free and secure in the old days of America. Nor do I want them to ask, \u201cGrandpa, what did you do to keep America free, strong and independent?\u201d\n\nWe should recognize liberals as the \u201cenemy\u201d but we must love them without buying the gold bricks they\u2019ve been peddling around this nation for more than 50 years. Liberals are the enemy to Bible Christianity and a healthy, happy, and harmonious America.\n\n(Boys\u2019 new book, The God Haters was published by Barbwire Books; to get your copy of The God Haters click here . An eBook edition is also available.)\n\n(Dr. Don Boys is a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives; ran a large Christian school in Indianapolis, wrote columns for USA Today for eight years; authored 15 books and hundreds of columns and articles for Internet and print media publications; defended his beliefs on hundreds of talk shows. These columns go to newspapers, magazines, television, and radio stations and may be used without change from title through the end tag. His web sites are www.cstnews.com and www.Muslimfact.com and www.thegodhaters.com. Contact Don for an interview or talk show.)\n\nViewpoints expressed herein are of the article\u2019s author(s), or of the person(s) or organization(s) quoted or linked therein, and do not necessarily represent those of The Olive Branch Report\n\nDr. Don Boys is a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives; ran a large Christian school in Indianapolis, wrote columns for USA Today for eight years; authored 15 books and hundreds of columns and articles for Internet and print media publications; defended his beliefs on hundreds of talk shows. These columns go to newspapers, magazines, television, and radio stations and may be used without change from title through the end tag. His web sites are www.cstnews.com and www.Muslimfact.com and www.thegodhaters.com. Contact Don for an interview or talk show."}
-{"text": "Have you ever pulled everything out of your clothes dryer, folded it all, then found a leftover sock? It happens to me all the time and invariably leads to a big hunt.\nI thought that obsessive hunt for the sock was a pretty good analogy for all the peculiar little things that embroil me from time to time.\nAnyway, I thought the blog medium would be a good way to keep track of all these \"missing socks!\"\n\nAnsearchin' by flashlight\n\nI'll let ye socks determine just how much truth is in the following second-hand account:\n\nTwenty years ago, Skip Morgan's full time job was as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. His part-time obsession was genealogy. The little library near his base in West Texas had a remarkably good collection of research material, and it was there he discovered a book that listed the final resting place of his great great grandparents James Lorenzo Morgan and Martha Virginia Brown Morgan.\n\n(Shameless plug: For a compelling account of James and Martha's experiences during the U.S. Civil War, check out my book Like the Cats of Kilkenny.)\n\nTheir names were recorded among the many early burials at the Washington Cemetery in the little Missouri River town of Glasgow--about halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis.\n\nAs luck would have it, just a few days after Skip discovered this little genealogical tidbit, he was sent on a mission to Whiteman Air Force Base. It was just over 90 miles away from Glasgow, a trip that would take over two hours to make-- even for somebody who knew the backroads of rural Missouri. And, he was only going to be there overnight. But, Skip was undeterred.\n\nUpon landing at Whiteman, the intrepid genealogical sleuth commandeered one of those old blue Air Force trucks all of we brats recall so fondly from our childhood bases. You know the ones with the yellow lettering and bad suspension. Soon, it was carrying him up bumpy Highway 65 to Marshall, and east on county roads 41 and 240 to Glasgow.\n\nUnfortunately, by the time he got to the little river town, the sun had long since set and all the businesses were closed. There was no one about to tell a stranger where the cemetery was. And, it would be a peculiar question to ask, anyway. So, Skip decided to just cruise up and down the streets until he found it.\n\nFortunately, Glasgow is a small town, and his cruising did not take too long. He found the cemetery just before midnight, which would have deterred almost any non-genealogy addict.\n\nGrabbing a flashlight from the glove compartment of the truck, Skip began exploring the eerily quiet cemetery. There were none of the proverbial hoot owls or spooky winds that generally accompany late night visits to such places, just a lot of quiet and a lot of dark.\n\nHe made his way to the biggest monument he could see outlined against the night sky, and flashed his beam onto the obelisk. Amazingly, it had been erected in memory of his namesake William D. Swinney--an uncle to both James and Martha! Surely, their stones must be nearby!\n\nSo, Skip began circling the Swinney plot as slowly and methodically as his excitement would allow. Around and around he went, shining his small light on stone after stone, looking for his elusive ancestors. But, all his patience was for nought.\n\nIt should be mentioned that the cemetery in question is not on a level piece of ground. So, before too long, our intrepid genealogist found himself atop a small rise. Frustrated, he was just about to admit defeat. Then, out of nowhere, a breeze blew across the garden of stones and he could have sworn it whispered something in his ear, \"Over here!\"\n\nHe spun around to see whose voice might have been carried on the wind, turning so quickly as to lose his footing. His flashlight fell from his hand and rolled down the rise, and Skip would have gone tumbling after if he hadn't reached out to grab a nearby stone to regain his balance.\n\nMuttering a curse of resignation, he carefully made his way down the rise to recover his still shining flashlight. He knew he better get out of there before he caused any alarm amongst the townfolk, and he had to cover the 90+ miles back to his base for the return flight the next morning. But, as he knelt to pick up the flashlight, he noticed its beam was illuminating the same stone that had steadied him atop the rise.\n\nA chill went down his spine as he read the name: James Lorenzo Morgan.\n\nThanks! I'll give a hint as to the veracity of the story: This was one of many research trips undertaken by my Dad and myself that eventually led to the publication of \"Like the Cats of Kilkenny: A TRUE Story of the Civil War.\" (ISBN 9781425912017)"}
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-{"text": "Wednesday, 11 August 2010\n\nThe Cambodian genocide occurred between 1975 and 1979, but it was not until last week, some 30 years later, that a United Nations-backed tribunal convicted Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Incredibly, he is the first major Khmer Rouge perpetrator sentenced to a lengthy prison term. Duch had been in charge of the notorious prison Tuol Sleng, where 14,000 Cambodian victims were routinely photographed, tortured and killed.\n\nIn a letter to the editor published Aug. 11, 1997, I seemed hopeful that the new Cambodian government \"would bring to justice all major criminals, starting with the key perpetrator of the Killing Fields, Pol Pot. Preferably, he would be brought before an international tribunal.\"\n\nThis never happened. His savage Khmer Rouge followers had engaged in monstrous crimes of human destruction. It is estimated that about 1.7 million people perished due to starvation, slave labor, disease, torture and execution. Their violent deaths were contrary to Pol Pot's own peaceful end. He was never brought to justice and died of natural causes in 1998.\n\nYet no pursuit of justice will return the tens of thousands of victims whom Primo Levi called the \"sommersi,\" the submerged, the drowned, the annihilated. Levi warned the world that new genocides might happen again. His warning must be taken seriously.\n\nBANGKOK, Aug 10 - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he signed a letter to the United Nations (UN) to clarify Thailand's position regarding its border dispute, affirming that the kingdom adheres to peaceful means in resolving the border dispute with Cambodia.\n\nThe letter counters Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's telling the world body that Thailand is threatening to use force to settle the altercation, and affirming that Thailand will continue to practice peaceful principles and intentions in resolving the dispute.\n\nMr Abhisit said that what the Cambodian leader quoted him as saying in the letter to UN was actually not his own words, particularly when he was quoted as threatening to use military force to settle the border problem with Cambodia and that he would revoke the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cambodia.\n\nThe Thai premier said the letter to the UN was aimed to affirm to the world body that Thailand and Cambodia are both members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and even though the two kingdoms' relations did not run smoothly, but bilateral cooperation remains sound.\n\nThailand adheres to the principles of the world body by trying to address problems peacefully through talks and Bangkok would use the 2000 agreement with Cambodia as the framework to solve the problem, Mr Abhisit said.\n\nUnder the terms of the MoU between Thailand and Cambodia on the survey and demarcation of land boundary dated June 4, 2000, both sides agree not to carry out any work resulting in changes of environment of the frontier zone, pending the survey and demarcation of the common land boundary.\n\n\"In the letter to the UN, Thailand affirms that the country always respects the International Court of Justice's ruling that the temple belongs to Cambodia, even we do not agree with the verdict. But the problem now is that the Cambodians intruded into Thailand's territory, we, therefore, have to protect our sovereignty but under the UN ways -by peaceful means,\" he said.\n\nMr Abhisit said that Defence and Foreign Ministries would jointly cooperate to push Cambodians from the contested area under the 2000 MoU back to Cambodian soil.\n\nHowever, the premier said he would not say when the process will begin and how.\n\nHe added that it was not necessary for any third country to intervene in the dispute between the two countries as there is an existing framework to solve the problem.\n\nThe Thai premier's move came after Mr Hun Sen sent a letter earlier this week to the UN General Assembly and Security Council in which he accused Thailand of threatening to use its forces to settle the dispute.\n\nMr Hun Sen's letter, which was also sent to the media, said statements by Mr Abhisit when he addressed the civil society groups on Saturday represented \"a clear threat to use military force\" to settle the border problem and therefore in violation of UN rules.\n\nThe Cambodian premier reaffirmed his country's policy not to use military means to settle disputes with its neighbours but that it reserved its legitimate right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in case of deliberate acts of aggression.\n\nMeanwhile, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said ambassadors of the eight member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam -- were briefed on Thailand's position to adhere to peaceful means in solving the temple row with Cambodia through talks and that Thailand urged the neighbouring country to adhere to the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two countries in 2000.\n\nMr Kasit also said that Thailand and Cambodia jointly agreed that it was necessary to hold a new round of the Joint Boundary Commission as soon as possible. Details regarding agenda and venue of the meeting are now being discussed.\n\nTensions between Thailand and Cambodia intensified after the Thai government delegation objected to Cambodia's unilateral management plan for the historic Preah Vihear temple as the neighbours could find no common ground to settle the disputed 4.6 sq km of land adjacent to the temple which was granted world heritage status in 2008.\n\nThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through its World Heritage Commission (WHC) consequently early this month postponed its discussion of the plan until next year when it meets in Bahrain.\n\nThe International Court of Justice in 1962 ruled that the temple belongs to Cambodia. (MCOT online news)\n\nRights groups and former detainees say it's rife with unlawful detention and physical abuse that masquerades as rehabilitation. The government denies the charges.\n\nDrug addicts shoot heroin in a slum of Phnom Penh. Human Rights Watch called Cambodia\u2019s approach to supposed rehabilitation \u201csadistic,\u201d and said addicts, the homeless and sex workers are rounded up wholesale to be removed from public view. (Paula Bronstein, Getty Images / August 11, 2010)\n\nvia Khmer NZ\n\nBy Brendan Brady and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times\n\nAugust 10, 2010\n\nReporting from Phnom Penh, Cambodia \u2014 He meanders through a city park with friends, sniffing glue out of a plastic bag. Many nights he passes out on the sidewalk nearby.\n\nIt's a bleak routine, but this 17-year-old prefers it to his stints at Choam Chao, one of the Cambodian government's controversial drug rehabilitation centers, where he was twice detained.\n\n\"At night, when they got drunk, sometimes they'd beat me,\" he said, referring to older detainees deputized by the guards to enforce discipline. His tormentors were rewarded, he said, with occasional trips out of the center's compound, when they could buy their liquor.\n\n\"When I stopped doing the [enforced physical] exercises, they'd kick me in the stomach,\" said the teenager, who, along with other former detainees, requested anonymity because he feared official retribution.\n\nAlthough his account could not be independently verified, it is consistent with what human rights groups and other detainees say is a widespread pattern of unlawful detention in Cambodia that masquerades as rehabilitation. Those unfortunate enough to be unwillingly caught inside this harsh system are often subject to physical and emotional abuse and deprivation.\n\nThe teenager said he started using drugs at age 8, soon after his father died. He lived for a few years with his mother, who scraped by scavenging garbage, then struck out on his own, earning money watching parked cars for tips.\n\nHis first \"rehabilitation\" detention, at age 11, lasted six months after he was picked up in a police sweep of his neighborhood. That was followed, at age 13, by 21/2 years of incarceration, during which guards and their stooges attacked him with braided electrical wire and belt buckles. He said he was never officially charged with any crime or allowed to see a lawyer.\n\nThe teen, who said he has lost touch with his mother, said the only pretense of therapy while in detention was an occasional medical checkup, by officials from a visiting charity, and three hours of daily military drills designed to \"sweat out\" the drugs. New arrivals suffering severe withdrawal symptoms were lashed down to their beds at night, he added.\n\nCivic groups said the boy's account is hardly unusual.\n\n\"Human rights abuses are intrinsic to how these centers operate,\" said Joe Amon, a New York-based director of Human Rights Watch, which has released a report on the issue. \"Arduous physical exercise and military drills appeared to be happening everywhere, as were beatings and whippings by center staff or detainees \u2026 for disciplinary purposes.\"\n\nThe watchdog group characterized this approach to supposed rehabilitation as \"sadistic,\" adding that wholesale detention of drug users, homeless people, sex workers and beggars in holding centers out of public view is common, with street sweeps occurring especially before holidays and visits by foreign dignitaries.\n\n\"This practice takes its roots from [Cambodian] history,\" said Mathieu Pellerin, a consultant with Licadho, a Cambodian human rights group that has campaigned against forced detentions. \"It's very deep in their DNA. To this day, the government denies that it's unlawful detention.\"\n\nIn mid-2008, Pellerin got word of a wholesale roundup of \"undesirables.\" He went with a team to a government detention center, where he found the director drunk.\n\nA member of his team lured the official aside as others went inside and photographed the dire conditions being endured by entire families, the mentally disabled, epilepsy patients without medicine and pregnant women who were hauled off the street by police and government workers, most without their family's knowledge.\n\nWhen Pellerin and his team presented their evidence to the government, he said, officials denied wrongdoing and said the disclosures were politically motivated.\n\nHuman Rights Watch said it has also received reports of police and Social Affairs Ministry officials making money by leasing out detainees as laborers or selling their \"donated\" blood.\n\nThe so-called rehabilitation system's real aims appear to be social control, profit and retribution for perceived moral failure, watchdog groups said. More than 2,000 people were detained in 11 Cambodian facilities nationwide in 2008, the vast majority involuntarily. For drug users put through the state rehabilitation system, the relapse rate was nearly 100%, according to one World Health Organization report.\n\nPellerin blames the Cambodian government for the alleged abuses, but he also points a finger at United Nations agencies and countries that donate aid but don't use their money or leverage to force change.\n\n\"Donors seem unwilling to draw conclusions that should be drawn after two decades,\" he said. \"Maybe they don't want to admit their own failure.\"\n\nCambodian authorities have denied the charges of abuse. At an anti-narcotics conference in March, Prime Minister Hun Sen acknowledged that the centers were not \"medically appropriate,\" but he accused human rights groups of \"blindly attack[ing] without seeing the government's charity.\"\n\nDrug users should appreciate the food, shelter and training they receive, Cambodian officials say. Although some facilities may be substandard, they add, that only reflects the limited resources of a nation still recovering from decades of war.\n\nThe U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime is discussing a $9.7-million project to create voluntary, community-level drug rehabilitation in Cambodia as an alternative to the government program.\n\n\"Research tells us empathy is key to the effectiveness of drug-dependence treatment,\" said Juana Tomas-Rossello, a drug treatment advisor with the office who is working on the plan.\n\nCambodia is not alone. China, the regional powerhouse, reportedly holds half a million drug abusers in compulsory rehabilitation at any given time, civic groups and academics said. Thailand, Laos and Vietnam have recently embraced or long resorted to compulsory detoxification and punitive detention amid concern over a recent, sharp rise in methamphetamine use.\n\nSome former detainees in Cambodia note glimmers of humanity in the system. The 17-year-old glue sniffer was instructed in traditional drums and hair cutting. And a recently released 15-year-old said his term was \"easy\" and included English lessons, although he was forcibly detained without charges and saw others beaten.\n\nThe basic problem, say critics and detainees, is that Cambodia's system focuses more on punishment than rehabilitation.\n\n\"Those places will harden you,\" said a 22-year-old former detainee, sipping moonshine in a vacant lot where he was preparing to spend the night.\n\nResidents from the Boeung Kak lakeside in Phnom Penh gather at a small grocery shop along railway lines on Saturday evening. Last month, large portions of land surrounding the lake were reclassified as state private property under the joint control of City Hall and Shukaku Inc, which is behind the controversial development of the area.\n\nTitanium has many medical applications, such as use in artificial hips.\n\nvia Khmer NZ\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:04 David Boyle and Vong Sokheng\n\nA TITANIUM mine, estimated by its owner to contain deposits worth up to US$135 billion, is set to begin production in Koh Kong province next year. The 20,400-hectare mine, set 10 to 40 kilometres from Chi Pat village, would become the biggest in Cambodia to date, a government official said yesterday.\n\nChief executive officer of mining firm United Khmer Group, Chea Chet, said that the project had received approval from both the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy and the Cambodian Development Council.\n\n\u201cWe are going to process titanium slag and shift it to Japan, the United States, China \u2013 any market we can sell it to\u201d he said. Titanium slag is a semi-processed form of the element. It is treated further to produce titanium \u2013 used in a wide range of products ranging from toothpaste, to lasers and aircraft engines.\n\nChea Chet said that in every 100 million tonnes of ore, 45 percent was slag. This could be sold at between $700 to $2,500 per tonne, depending on market fluctuations, he said.\n\nAt his upper estimate, the 120- million-tonne mine would be worth $135 billion.\n\nChea Chet said the 51 percent Cambodian-owned company would invest hundreds of millions of dollars during the next 50 to 100 years. About 20 percent of investment would come from China, 15 percent from the US and 15 percent from Japan, he said. Production was due to start in mid-2011.\n\nPech Siyon, director of the Koh Kong provincial Department of Industry, Mines and Energy, confirmed the mine would be largest in Cambodia, but that exploration had been delayed by rain and disputes over its environmental impact.\n\nIn July, Vann Sophana, in charge of the Forestry Administration\u2019s Coastal Inspectorate, met villagers to discuss concerns that the mine overlapped a protected forest. He said yesterday that the issue had been discussed at a meeting of the CDC, which had issued recommendations about the mine to Prime Minister Hun Sen. He declined to comment further.\n\nIndustry commentators have had a mixed reaction to the scheme.\n\nCambodian Association of Mining and Exploration Companies President Richard Stranger said yesterday that the scheme \u201cwould be a significant financial benefit\u201d to Cambodia.\n\nBut Robert Porter, general manager of investor relations and corporate affairs at Australian miner Iluka, said that companies such as BHP Billiton had abandoned titanium mines because of capital expenditure blowouts. He estimated that the price of slag was closer to $400 per tonne.\n\nSowanna Gauntlett, country director of NGO Wildlife Alliance, said her organisation had observed that exploration had not been sufficient to see if such large deposits existed.\n\nTHE Labour Ministry announced yesterday that an inter-ministerial panel had been created to amend rules governing firms that recruited and trained workers to be sent abroad.\n\nThe move follows a spate of complaints accusing government-sanctioned training centres of mistreating and abusing recruits.\n\nSpeaking at the launch of a new set of industry guidelines yesterday, Hou Vudthy, deputy director of the ministry\u2019s Employment and Manpower Department, said a 1995 sub-decree would be amended to ensure that \u201cthe workers have more rights and more understanding\u201d of their rights.\n\n\u201cWe are rewriting Sub-decree No 57 on the sending of Khmer workers to work abroad ... and it is an important thing,\u201d he said.\n\nLast month, officials investigated three sanctioned recruitment firms after trainees said they were illegally detained. Officials reported finding more than 60 underage girls in facilities run by the three and accused one of housing trainees in overcrowded and squalid conditions.\n\nAn Bunhak, chairman of the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies, said yesterday that the old sub-decree had been too broad to be effective. \u201cWe have had a lot of problems, and we had no regulations to help us,\u201d he said. \u201cThe last sub-decree is two or three pages; the new one is about 30 or 40 pages.\u201d\n\nWhereas the old sub-decree merely required firms to register with the Commerce Ministry, he said, the new one would regulate conditions at training centres, occupancy limits and recruitment practices.\n\nAn Bunhak said the new committee hoped to send a draft of the new sub-decree to the Interior Ministry by \u201cthe end of this year\u201d.\n\nLabour Minister Vong Soth said yesterday that the new regulations would be strictly enforced. \u201cWe will do inspections of the recruitment firms often, and we will punish them if we find them doing wrong,\u201d he said.\n\nVong Soth said there would be incentives, such as \u201chonour certification\u201d, for firms complying with the rules. There are 28 groups licensed by the ministry to train and send workers abroad.\n\nTHAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will write to the United Nations today in order to clarify Bangkok\u2019s stance on the country\u2019s long-standing border dispute with Cambodia.\n\nThai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said yesterday that the foreign ministry was expected to submit the letter to the UN after Abhisit signed his name.\n\nThe letter addresses allegations contained in letters that Prime Minister Hun Sen sent to the UN Security Council and General Assembly on Sunday, in which he accused Thailand of \u201cflagrant\u201d violations of the UN Charter.\n\nThe letters referred to comments by Abhisit, who reportedly told a rally on Saturday that he would use \u201cboth democratic and military means\u201d to settle the dispute over a 4.6-square-kilometre area adjacent to Preah Vihear Temple.\n\nIn a speech Monday, Hun Sen also called for international adjudication of the dispute, saying existing bilateral mechanisms had failed.\n\nThe Thai response came as a survey undertaken by the Thai national institute of development administration showed that 70 percent of respondents wanted the government to \u201cpush\u201d Cambodians from the disputed area. NIDA surveyed 1,133 people from across the country.\n\nCambodian officials dismissed the results yesterday, denying that Thailand had any claim over the area.\n\n\u201cCambodia will not allow Thailand to do whatever they wish,\u201d said Tith Sothea, spokesman for the Council of Ministers\u2019 Press and Quick Reaction Unit. \u201cWe will reserve the rights to defend against any act of aggression.\u201d\n\nTHE endangered Indochinese tiger has not been spotted in Cambodia in the past three years, sparking fears that the species may be all but extinct in the Kingdom, according to a new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society.\n\nThe soon-to-be published report also says there is no evidence that breeding tiger populations exist in Cambodia.\n\nWCS Director Mark Gately said yesterday that there was no guarantee any tigers were still alive in Cambodia.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s an estimate of between zero and 10 tigers in the eastern plains,\u201d he said, referring to an area spanning Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri provinces in the northeast.\n\n\u201cInformation across Cambodia isn\u2019t complete, but the general consensus is that there isn\u2019t a breeding population in Cambodia.\u201d\n\nAccording to the report, the last confirmed tiger sighting was in a protected forest in Mondulkiri. Photo \u201ctraps\u201d captured pictures of two tigers in 2007.\n\nSince then, no photos or sightings have been reported despite the placement of similar photo traps in other known tiger habitats, including the eastern plains, the Cardamom mountains, Kulen mountain in Siem Reap and Virachey National Park in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces.\n\nThe last tiger \u201ctracks\u201d were discovered at the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in the eastern plains in 2009.\n\nLesley Perlman, programme manager at Wildlife Alliance, said the government\u2019s Wildlife Rescue Team, which the organisation supports, had not seen any evidence of the presence of tigers since 2006, when it confiscated a tiger skin.\n\nShe said, however, that WA had difficulty monitoring Cambodia\u2019s wildlife trade.\n\nOmaliss Keo, deputy director of the Forestry Administration\u2019s department of wildlife and biodiversity, dismissed suggestions that the number of tigers in Cambodia could have fallen to zero.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t accept this figure,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is hard to predict how many tigers [are] in the wild.\u201d\n\nHe said the FA was working on creating more appropriate habitats for tigers to repopulate. \u201cThe government is trying to increase protected forest for the [tiger] habitat,\u201d he said, and officials were working on a Tiger Action Plan, which is due to be finished by the end of the year \u201cor early 2011\u201d.\n\nEmma Stokes, regional tiger monitoring coordinator at WCS and a co-author of the report, said every effort was being made by the Cambodian government to increase the Indochinese tiger population.\n\n\u201cAt the [Global Tiger Initiative] meeting in Bali in mid-July, the [Forestry Administration] presented that there is no tiger breeding population in Cambodia,\u201d she said. \u201cThey have been a very productive part of the process.\u201d\n\nShe said the Global Tiger Initiative \u2013 involving 13 countries with known tiger ranges \u2013 was considering \u201ctranslocating\u201d tigers from nearby areas. \u201cBut there is a long way to go for translocation to happen.\u201d\n\nShe said poaching was most likely the major reason for the rapid decline in tiger numbers across Cambodia.\n\n\u201cConservation efforts in Cambodia began quite late. By the late 1990s and early 2000s the first surveys were taken, and by then the numbers were already small,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s probably a good guess that [the decline] is from poaching and the illegal trade business.\u201d\n\nBut she said that hope remains for tigers in the Kingdom if translocation occurs, since Cambodia \u201chas a lot of good tiger habitat remaining\u201d.\n\nPhoto by: Pha Lina\nHomes line the Tonle Sap riverfront in Daun Penh and Russey Keo districts. Hundreds of families in the area could be displaced by a public park project funded by petrol conglomerate Sokimex.\n\nvia Khmer NZ\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:03 Khouth Sophakchakrya\n\nHUNDREDS of families living along the Tonle Sap river will be evicted to make way for a public park, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema said yesterday.\n\nSpeaking at a ceremony in Russey Keo district to inaugurate construction of the park, Kep Chuktema said he had ordered municipal officials to spread information about the impending relocation, the latest in a string of large-scale evictions in the capital in recent years.\n\n\u201cLocal authorities who control the territory in this area must post announcements about this immediately so that the people are ready to pull down their homes,\u201d he said.\n\nChan Samang, chief of Russey Keo commune, said roughly 500 families in his jurisdiction would be displaced by the project, planned for the western shore of the Tonle Sap near National Road 5. Tuol Sangke commune chief Soy Kosal said more than 200 families in his commune would be affected, and Srah Chak commune chief Chay Thirith put the total in his commune at more than 100 households.\n\n\u201cThese structures were built without permission from the authorities,\u201d Kep Chuktema said, gesturing towards homes on the river\u2019s edge in Russey Keo commune. \u201cIf those people do not pull down their houses themselves, City Hall will consider dismantling them.\u201d\n\nKim Sreang, 26, a resident of Russey Keo commune\u2019s Klaing Saing village, said she would comply the with the city\u2019s plans, provided that she was offered reasonable compensation. \u201cI will accept the order to pull down my house if [Kep Chuktema] agrees to pay us the fair, market price for our homes,\u201d Kim Sreang said. Commune officials had yet to announce the plans for her community, she said.\n\nHeu Heng, general director of Sokimex Company, said at the event that the park would be roughly 250 metres long and 100 metres wide, and would likely be completed in six months. Sokimex, which has a petroleum depot on National Road 5 near the proposed park, is providing US$700,000 to support the project, Heu Heng said.\n\n\u201cWe expect that people will be happy when they come and visit this park and take in the fresh air,\u201d Heu Heng said. \u201cIt will beautify our city and make it more attractive for locals and international tourists.\u201d\n\nKep Chuktema praised the \u201csocial responsibility\u201d Sokimex had exhibited in taking on the project.\n\n\u201cThis shows goodwill that we must recognise and try to follow ourselves,\u201d he said.\n\nTo the west of the proposed park, more than 4,000 families living on the Boeung Kak lakeside are set to be displaced by a firm owned by Senator Lao Meng Khin of the Cambodian People\u2019s Party.\n\nLast month, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree designating the land as \u201cstate private property\u201d and clearing the way for its development.\n\nCAMBODIA is to host the first international conference on pandemic preparedness and response, which will focus on managing the impacts of severe pandemics in Southeast Asia.\n\nAccording to a joint statement issued Tuesday by the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United States Agency for International Development, the exercise will take place in Phnom Penh from August 16-20 and is expected to attract more than 170 high-level participants.\n\n\u201cThe unprecedented event aims to improve the capabilities of ASEAN member states, both individually and collectively, to prepare for and respond to a severe pandemic with potentially devastating effects on the region,\u201d the statement said. Nhim Vanda, first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management, emphasised the importance of the event.\n\n\u201cCambodia was one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to focus its preparedness efforts on non-health sectors,\u201d he said in the statement. \u201cThis event provides the opportunity to bring the multi-sector preparedness focus to a regional level.\u201d\n\nPhoto by: Sovan Philong\nWorkers trained by a local employment agency look back at relatives in December last year as they leave Phnom Penh International Airport for jobs in Malaysia.\n\nvia Khmer NZ\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:03 Mom Kunthear and Brooke Lewis\n\nDESPITE expressing concerns over a recent spate of reports concerning the alleged mistreatment of migrant worker trainees, Labour Ministry officials yesterday extolled the benefits of working abroad as they launched a report detailing a new set of guidelines designed to bolster worker protections.\n\nThe report, which outlines the ministry\u2019s new labour migration policy, states that youth unemployment levels are \u201cbecoming critical\u201d, and points to foreign labour markets as \u201ca cornerstone for alleviation of unemployment, income enhancement and poverty\n\nreduction\u201d.\n\nAbout 250,000 young job-seekers will enter the labour market annually over the next few years, according to estimates in the report, which notes that employment opportunities in the Kingdom have become limited because \u201ceconomic growth and employment in Cambodia have been narrowly concentrated in the agricultural, garment, construction and tourism sectors\u201d.\n\nThe authors of the report, dated June, conclude that expanding the migrant workforce can benefit young workers by providing more opportunities, so long as more stringent protections are in place. \u201cThus, the current Ministerial Strategic Plan sets out the following main interventions: improved management of foreign employment; expanded protection of migrant workers; strong inter-ministerial coordination; and intimate international cooperation,\u201d the report says.\n\nAmong other things, the new policy guidelines require that labour attach\u00e9s be posted to Cambodian embassies to support workers in foreign countries, that a list of placement and documentation costs payable by migrant workers be established, and that vocational training courses be improved.\n\nThe report also underscores the need for new \u201ccomprehensive\u201d legislation governing the labour-migration process and the protection of migrant workers.\n\nLabour officials said yesterday that amendments to an existing sub-decree were expected to be finalised by the end of the year, and that the amendments would set out stricter guidelines for migrant recruitment companies.\n\nAccording to the report, the legislation should include \u201cprovisions for the suspension or withdrawal of recruitment and placement licenses in cases of violation\u201d.\n\nThe new regulations would support what appears to be a rapidly expanding workforce, with twice as many Cambodian migrant workers finding jobs in Malaysia through recruitment firms during the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies earlier this month.\n\nSeng Sakada, director general at the Labour Ministry, said yesterday that migrants stood to gain both individual and social rewards.\n\n\u201cThe workers who go to work abroad get many benefits such as earning money to help their living standards and professional skills for their lives,\u201d he said, and migrant workers were often able to send money home to their families.\n\nHou Vudthy, deputy director of the ministry\u2019s Employment and Manpower Department, said yesterday that he believed that the sub-decree would enable migrant workers to experience these benefits without fear of the potential drawbacks.\n\n\u201cNow we have more experience after we practiced sending the workers to work abroad since 1998,\u201d he said, referring to the year workers were first sent through the ministry.\n\n\u201cWe have 12 years\u2019 [experience] with this, so we have enough experience to make our sub-decree strong and good.\u201d\n\nPOLICE in Battambang province arrested a village representative on Monday night after the man and three other fugitives came out of hiding to lend support to their community in a long-running land dispute with a Phnom Penh military police official.\n\nNha Mak, 40, was arrested at 5.30pm by Kors Kralor district police at his home in Doun Ba commune, said Luong Sokha, a village representative.\n\nAfter the arrest, police and military police forces were deployed in Doun Ba commune to prevent villagers from going to their representative\u2019s aid, he said.\n\nLuong Sokha said villagers were able to prevent the arrest of the other three representatives by patrolling the area with machetes and gathering the entire village to sleep overnight in a central location.\n\n\u201cPolice and military police have threatened villagers and told us that if anyone dares to leave the village they will be arrested,\u201d he said.\n\nIn August 2008, Nha Mak and four other villagers were sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for robbery and destruction of public property.\n\nOne villager, Hun Sengly, was arrested immediately following the verdict. The four others, including Nha Mak, went underground and did not surface until Sunday, when they helped stage a protest in Phnom Penh to draw attention to their row with Long Sidare, a military police officer.\n\nVillagers say that since September 2008, Long Sidare has attempted to evict 415 families from 1,672 hectares of land to make way for a rubber plantation.\n\nVan Dy, 42, one of four fugitives who returned home Monday after a two-year absence, said she feared that her arrest was imminent.\n\n\u201cNow I dare not live in my house or let the police see my face,\u201d she said.\n\nLay Nang, Kors Kralor district police chief, said that about 10 police officers had been deployed near the village to \u201cprevent violence\u201d following the arrest. \u201cBut we are not trying to hunt down any other villagers,\u201d he said.\n\nPour Prong, director of the Battambang provincial cabinet, said Nha Mak\u2019s arrest was justified because of the verdict handed down in 2008.\n\n\u201cWe have tried to find a resolution for the villagers, but they have not come to negotiate with us. Both [the villagers and Long Sidare] have taken over land that is state public property,\u201d he said.\n\nBut Am Sam Ath, a technical supervisor for the rights group Licadho, said that local authorities had failed to make sufficient efforts to resolve the land dispute.\n\nSOLDIERS in Kampong Speu province detained 13 members of the Cambodian Disabled Survivors\u2019 Association yesterday after accusing them of trying to construct roads on land belonging to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, officials said.\n\nTouch Seouly, the NGO\u2019s director, said the workers were taken into custody at 8am and transferred to the RCAF Stung Chral Development Centre. Upon their release four hours later, he said, some claimed to have been beaten and shocked with electric batons.\n\n\u201cThey took our members\u2019 hands and tied them behind their backs, and then they used their electric batons,\u201d he said.\n\nHe also accused the soldiers of firing shots into the air outside the centre in an attempt to disperse a crowd of 50 NGO staffers who had gathered to protest the arrests.\n\nMom Chheang, commander of the RCAF unit stationed at the centre, denied the abuse allegations and said the NGO members had been arrested for impinging on military land. RCAF and the CDSA have previously clashed over the land, which the CDSA says is part of a 1,500-hectare concession it was awarded in 2000.\n\nRUSSEY Keo district police are searching for two suspects who attacked a 55-year-old man with acid after the man finished work at a local Coca-Cola bottling plant on Monday night, local officials said.\n\nSon Kannareth, Russey Keo district police chief, said yesterday that the victim, Noun Bunthoeun, had been sent to Calmette Hospital after a pair of men riding a motorbike doused him with approximately half a litre of acid.\n\n\u201cWe do not yet know the suspects\u2019 identities, but we are investigating so that we can make arrests,\u201d Son Kannareth said. He said that he did not know the motive for the attack.\n\n\u201cWe tried to ask the victim if he knew the reason for the attack so we could include it in our report, but he did not tell us anything,\u201d Son Kannareth said.\n\n\u201cI went to meet the victim at the hospital and saw that he had been seriously injured on his body, head, face, ears, back, chin and legs,\u201d she said.\n\nShe said that the victim would be transferred to CASC\u2019s treatment facility in Kandal province today.\n\nChhun Sophea said that there had been 25 people injured in 20 cases of acid attacks so far this year, and she called on government officials and community leaders to raise awareness about the problem.\n\n\u201cWe have been deficient in broadcasting information about the law to people and warning them about the serious dangers of acid,\u201d she said.\n\nA government committee has been tasked with drafting a law on acid crimes, though this legislation has been subject to repeated delays and has yet to be sent to the Council of Ministers.\n\nThe committee was formed in February after a spate of attacks that began late last year, and committee members originally said that they expected their draft law to be completed shortly after Khmer New Year.\n\nA May survey of acid attack survivors by CASC found that 47 percent of victims were male, and that just 9 percent of victims believed they had been attacked as a result of extramarital affairs.\n\nNineteen percent of victims included in the survey said they either did not know why they were attacked or declined to specify what they believed the reason was.\n\nTHE Appeal Court yesterday upheld the Municipal Court\u2019s decision to deny bail to the wife of a prominent Phnom Penh businessman accused of plotting to kill her stepdaughter.\n\nLast month, Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged Seng Chenda, the wife of construction and engineering tycoon Khaou Chuly, with attempted premeditated murder under Article 3 of the Law on Aggravating Circumstances of Felonies.\n\nThe charges came after she was fingered as the mastermind of a plot targeting Suv Chantha, the wife of Sun Chanthol. Sun Chanthol is vice chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia and a former minister of public works and transport.\n\nOn June 16, Suv Chantha, Khaou Chuly\u2019s daughter, filed a complaint accusing two men and two women of attempting to rape and murder her and her daughter in the family\u2019s Sen Sok district villa.\n\nThe lawyer for the foursome, Dun Vibol, said after their subsequent arrest that three of his clients had told police that Seng Chanda hired them to carry out the crime.\n\n\u201cWe tried our best to present reasons to judges for their consideration, for my client has a blood disease, and she has vowed not to escape while on bail,\u201d Lim Vanna said.\n\nHe said that he had not yet consulted with his client on whether to take the bail matter to the Supreme Court, but that the decision would rest with his client. No trial date has been set for the case.\n\nPhoto by: AFP\nFarmers plant rice in a field in Kampong Speu province, about 60 kilometres south of Phnom Penh.\n\nvia Khmer NZ\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:00 Jerermy Mullins and Sun Mesa\n\nTROPICAL Asia\u2019s rice yields are at risk because of climate change, as evidence suggests higher temperatures have already cut growth rates as much as 20 percent in some areas, according the United Nation\u2019s Food and Agricultural Organisation.\n\nA report produced by the body analysed six years\u2019 worth of data from 227 sites in Asia, including in Thailand and southern Vietnam.\n\n\u201cLooking ahead, they imply a net negative impact on yield from moderate warming in coming decades.\u201d\n\nSar Ratha, the owner of a Battambang province rice mill, agreed yesterday that higher-than-average temperatures that could come with climate change made rice-growing difficult in the Kingdom.\n\n\u201cRice yields decline with increased temperatures,\u201d he said. \u201cIn cooler weather, farmers can grow more rice with less chemical fertiliser.\u201d\n\nSar Ratha said the year to date had seen yields decline, and blamed the phenomenon partly on hot weather.\n\nCambodian Economic Association director Chan Sophal estimated at least 50 percent of Cambodians were dependant on agriculture, and said that any decrease in rice yields would significantly affect the Kingdom\u2019s economy.\n\n\u201cThere can be droughts and floods, but climate change could makes things worse,\u201d he said, but he emphasised that the association had not directly studied the issue.\n\n\u201cFarmers will have less to sell, and buyers will face higher prices,\u201d he said.\n\nHe said that the problem could affect the Kingdom\u2019s economy if the population grows further when crop yields are in decline.\n\nThe government is currently trying to improve rice yields to help fuel exports, by improving infrastructure and irrigation systems.\n\nCambodia aims to produce as much as 15 million tonnes of paddy by 2015 Next week, the government is scheduled to produce its updated rice policy, as the Kingdom attempts to transform itself into a regional player on the rice market.\n\nA 21-year-old masseuse told police that she decided to leap out of a car on Monday night in Phnom Penh\u2019s Russey Keo district because she suspected that the driver might rape or torture her and not pay for her sex service. The girl agreed to sex with the man for $30. However, he said he only had $10 after she got in the car. She stayed in the car until he proposed driving her to a place other than the one they had agreed upon. She started to feel that the man was not reliable and jumped out of the car. The man drove off in panic and overturned the vehicle. It was later reported that he was penniless, and that the car belonged to a Korean company.\n\nRASMEY KAMPUCHEA\n\n'GANGSTER' REFUSES TO STAND FOR DISRESPECT\n\nA police officer was severely cut in the face by a 16-year-old \u201cgangster\u201d last Saturday at a birthday dance party in Dangkor district. Police said the \u201cgangster\u201d was dancing, smoking and behaving inappropriately. When the victim told him to smoke outside, the \u201cgangster\u201d became furious and cut him. The officer died from his injuries two days later. The assailant reportedly fled the scene on foot.\n\nKOH SANTEPHEAP\n\nMOTO DRIVER MOWED DOWN IN RATANAKKIRI\n\nOne person died immediately in a crash that took place last Thursday in Ratanakkiri province\u2019s Banlung town. The land transportation office reported that the victim was Sar Korn, a 32-year-old moto-taxi driver. The driver of a car, 26-year-old Sok Panha, crushed the motorbike while going in the opposite direction. The car was reported to be severely damaged, but Sok Panha escaped. Witnesses said they were confident they would recognise him.\n\nKOH SANTEPHEAP\n\nTHE VERDICT ON THE HANGING IS ...SUICIDE\n\nA moto-taxi driver was spotted hanging from a tree close to a pond last Friday in Dangkor district\u2019s Choam Chao commune. No one could identify the 40-year-old victim. It was thought at first that the man was killed and left hanging, so police didn\u2019t do anything with the body while they waited for an expert assessment. Following input from the court and a hospital, it was revealed that the man hanged himself.\n\nKOH SANTEPHEAP\n\nWOMEN ROBBED WHILE POWER-TOOL SHOPPING\n\nThree women from Kampong Cham province were robbed and injured in Chamkarmon district on Friday. Two robbers with handguns stole the women\u2019s money and purses as well as a necklace and fled on foot. The victims said they had wanted to purchase an electric sander to clean up a wooden board. The lost items were valued at more than US$1,000.\n\nSALES of new consumer electronics have declined by between 20 to 30 percent so far this year, as rising secondhand sales dampened demand, according to importers.\n\nConsumers were not spending on electronics, despite other sectors rebounding as Cambodia\u2019s economy improved, according to Sunsimexco marketing manager Taing Sothearith.\n\nSunsimexco is the Kingdom\u2019s oldest electronics distributor in operation, and imports the products of eight brands including Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic.\n\n\u201cRestaurants are opening everywhere with lots of customers \u2013 I don\u2019t know why our sales are still not good,\u201d he said yesterday.\n\nPi Meng Leang, a senior salesman at K-Four, said that an increase in secondhand products was damping sales of new electronics.\n\nThe firm has three Phnom Penh branches and one in Siem Reap, and presently imports brand-name electronic equipment from Singapore.\n\n\u201cK-Four\u2019s sales have declined by 30 percent so far this year, despite us discounting prices by 10 percent,\u201d said Pi Meng Leang.\n\n\u201cBuyers are getting clever. Before they come to us, they are checking with secondhand shops that sell good-quality products.\u201d\n\nVendors of used electronics generally claimed stronger sales so far this year compared to the first six months of 2009, as attractive pricing brought increased spending from the Kingdom\u2019s middle and lower income families.\n\n\u201cOur sales are strong this year, especially from ordinary people such as farmers,\u201d said Sok Chea, owner of a self-named electronics store on Phnom Penh\u2019s Kampuchea Krom Boulevard.\n\n\u201cNow, the quality of secondhand products is comparable to brand-new items, while the price is completely different,\u201d he said.\n\nSunsimexco\u2019s Taing Sothearith said that despite a poor start to 2010, he expected sales to be in line with last year\u2019s figures when high season ramped up next month.\n\nHowever, he said the availability of counterfeit goods may also be partly to blame for falling demand.\n\n\u201cPeople are using our brand names on fake products \u2013 this contributes to the drop in sales,\u201d he said.\n\nPHNOM Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged two Cambodian men with cross-border drug trafficking after police arrested them on suspicion of mailing 3 kilograms of heroin packaged as chocolate to Australia, court officials said.\n\nAn Interior Ministry official who asked not to be named said police arrested the men on August 7 after receiving a tip from Australian police, who said they had received the package in May. The package was mailed from Siem Reap province and bore Mao Sokha\u2019s name and contact information, the official said.\n\nTe Sam Ang declined to provide details of the case, citing the ongoing investigation, but said the men had been placed in pretrial detention. He said that they each faced up to 30 years in jail if convicted. Construction: Materials rise slightly in first half\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:00 Soeun Say\n\nConstruction\n\nTHE value of construction material imports increased a modest 3.14 percent in the first six months of the year, compared to 2009, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday.\n\nAccording to a CamControl report, 254,839 tonnes of construction materials worth US$92.9 million entered the country in the first half, up from 233,586 tonnes worth US$90.1 million in the first half of 2009.\n\nGeneral Manager of Khmer Construction Building Materials, So Chandara, said yesterday that sales had improved, as some construction projects had restarted after a difficult year.\n\nLao Tip Seiha, director of construction department at the Ministry of Land Management, emphasised that smaller developments of less than 3,000 square metres were seeing growth.\n\nOSK province roll-out\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:00 Jimmy Ellingham\n\nMALAYSIA-owned OSK Indochina Bank is to open branches in Battambang, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville by December this year. Sivkim Sent, secretary to the chief operating officer for Cambodia, said OSK already had four branches in Phnom Penh. The bank was recruiting workers for the new locations, she said.\n\nThai Airways\u2019 contract extended at airports\n\nWednesday, 11 August 2010 15:00 Ellie Dyer\n\nTHAI Airways\u2019 contract to handle air maintenance services at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports has been extended by four years, according to a press release. A previous contract had been signed in 2004. The airline offers handling services to 10 international carriers, including technical checks, refueling and provision of spare parts.\n\n\u201cPrime Minister Hun Sen advised high ranking officials yesterday [9 August 2010] that their positions cannot be passed on to their family members of the next generation, but he suggested to focus on creating contributions in the national interest rather than to maintain their positions.\n\n\u201cIn a speech during a forum on questions of national development held by the government in Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that government officials should respect and act according to their roles to serve the public.\n\n\u201cHe added, \u2018Do not forget that the positions of minister, deputy prime minister, secretary of state, and under-secretary of state in all institutions are not permanent ones or can be passed on to your children.\u2019 He went on to say, \u2018It is the same for the provincial governors. You cannot keep your positions forever or pass them on to your children. What we do is for the future of the whole nation.\u2019\n\n\u201cA son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Mr. Hun Manet, 32, is a general of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces; he has earned a degree from the US West Point Military Academy and a senior degree in economics from Bristol University of England. However, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that he does not want Mr. Hun Manet to enter politics.\u201d\n\nBANGKOK - THAILAND'S Prime Minister said on Tuesday he would strive to peacefully resolve a bitter border dispute with Cambodia, and outside mediation, as Cambodia has sought, was not needed.\n\nPrime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Cambodia's recent appeal to the United Nations to help negotiate is unnecessary because a 2000 agreement between the countries provides the framework for a solution.\n\nHe accused Cambodia of causing the problem by moving people onto 1.8 square miles (4.6 square kilometres) of disputed land around the Preah Vihear temple. Both countries have a heavy troop presence in the area, and have had several small but sometimes deadly clashes in the past few years.\n\nThe International Court of Justice in 1962 ruled that the 11th century temple belongs to Phnom Penh.\n\nUNESCO named it a World Heritage site in 2008 after Cambodia applied for the status. The country submitted a management plan for the temple recently to UNESCO's World Heritage Commission, which deferred a decision until next year.\n\nMr Abhisit is under pressure to move aggressively because Thai right-wing nationalists have protested that Cambodian actions there threaten Thailand's sovereignty. They also want Thailand to revoke the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding as jeopardising Thai territorial claims, which Mr Abhisit denies. -- AP\n\nThailand has proposed talks with Cambodia to settle the dispute over the border area claimed by the two countries.\n\nForeign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday said a Joint Boundary Committee meeting should be held soon to put the issue on the negotiating table. Thailand was arranging the date and venue of the meeting, he said.\n\nVasin Teeravechyan leads the Thai delegation to the JBC set up to resolve the unclear boundary dividing the two countries. The forum used the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2000 as a framework for negotiations.\n\nThailand yesterday also made diplomatic moves to counter Cambodia on the Preah Vihear temple issue.\n\nMr Kasit explained the Thai position to the envoys of eight members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called on international involvement in the issue to solve the problem of the disputed area.\n\nThe minister has also sent a letter approved by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to the presidents of the United Nations Assembly General and the UN Security Council to explain the Thai stance.\n\nThe main thrust is that Thailand wants the disputed border to be resolved bilaterally through negotiation.\n\nThe prime minister will hold talks with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon during his visit to the UN headquarters from Sept 20 to 27 to attend the General Assembly, government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.\n\nThe prime minister told reporters at Government House that Thailand would not allow any country to intervene in the disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple.\n\n\"There is no need for any foreign country to worry about our problem because we will solve it under the MoU,\" he said.\n\nMr Abhisit said Cambodia had violated the memorandum by relocating people to a community set up inside the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area .\n\nHe expressed confidence the problems would not escalate.\n\nRelations between Thailand and Cambodia soured again after the World Heritage Committee meeting on July 29 in Brazil delayed approving the management plan for the temple and surrounding area sent by Cambodia. Thailand protested that the area covered by the plan intruded on the overlapping zone.\n\nFirst Army commander Kanit Sapitak said he and Cambodia's 5th military region commander Bun Seng held talks and shared the view that the two countries should settle the border conflict through negotiation and peaceful means.\n\nLt Gen Kanit said he and Lt Gen Bun Seng had agreed both armies would avoid armed confrontation and not use force.\n\nThai PM Abhisit who came to power through the support from military and yellow shirts in Bangkok and now he has tried to clean his hands and words which involved in the last demonstration, blocking Sovannaphoum Airport.\n\nWhy do we clearly understand about cleaning hands? Because today he was quoted by The Bangkok Post, \u201cThailand was committed to solving the border conflict under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Thailand and Cambodia in 2000.\n\nIf we look the stand of yellow group, the yellow group has always opposed the MOU. it was shown clearly that Thai PM Abhisit are trying to clean his hands from that yellow group.\n\n\u201cThailand respected the World Court's 1962 ruling on the ancient temple, but has the right to protect its sovereignty if Cambodia intrudes into the disputed land,\u201d Thai PM Abhisit was also quoted by the Bangkok Post.\n\nAs Thai PM, Mr. Abhisit understood clearly about international law on this point. In 1962, the international court of justice awarded the temple to Cambodia after Thai troops invaded in 1954 -1962 when Cambodia got independence from France in 1953 and Cambodian troops still was weak at that time.\n\nFurthermore, Mr Abhisit said the MoU is still in effect so it should be used as a framework to settle the border dispute. On this point, he is very clear. We (Thais and Cambodians) should remember that MoU 2000 was organized by this PM because at that time in 2000, Mr. Abhisit was secretary general of Democrat party led by PM Chuan Lee Pai. Mr. Abhisit very clearly understood that MoU. Mr. Abhisit is one of top officials that set up the MoU.\n\nEverything on MoU is known very well by this PM. One point of these things in MoU talks about border deal and other exchange prisoners but all political prisoners will not be extradited.\n\nNow, Thai PM has tried to ignore about yellow but his blood from yellow group and therefore, he could not forget his alliance. Sometimes, he spoke one way that could survive his government before upcoming general election to seek the support from yellow group in general election and put away the MoU. But today he said MoU is still effective. This is his trick for his government to win in all battles.\n\nToday he also revealed that he will send a letter to UN to explain about Preah Vihear temple. The letter will rebut Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's claims that the Thai government has threatened to use military force against Cambodia, Mr Abhisit said. He has tried to show his muscle to his people before election.\n\nEven though Thai PM said \u201cInternational assistance is not needed.\u201d. He wanted to do it bilaterally but his government always speaks unworthily. The ways how to clean hands, he should do is to terminate all his alliance with yellow group and turned to continue border deal to reach to plant the border posts with Cambodia.\n\nOne more thing, why Thailand are so fearful when Cambodia plan to sumbit the case to the International communities, this is matter that Thailand is afraid of. Thailand will lose his face and dishonor from the border deal at world class.\n\nClean hands with all former alliances with saving his government and his party."}
-{"text": "It is well known that there exists a strong seasonal pattern in births and that the pattern differs across geographic regions. While historically this seasonal pattern has been linked to exogenous factors, modern birth seasonality patterns can also be explained by purposive choice. If birth month of a child is at least partially chosen by the parents then, by extension, it can also be expected that this can be influenced by anything that changes the costs and benefits associated with that choice, including public policy. This paper explores the effect that the 2001 extension of paid parental leave benefits had on birth seasonality in Canada. Overall we find strong results that the pattern of birth seasonality in Canada changed after 2001, with a notable fall in spring births and an increase in late summer and early fall births. We discuss the potential effects of this unintended consequence, including those related to health and development, educational preparedness and outcomes, and econometric modelling."}
-{"text": "NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Housing turned the corner in 2012, but what if around the corner there is a giant cliff?\n\nThe consensus view is that the market has bottomed and that home prices will continue to rise in 2013. But most positive forecasts rest on assumptions that could easily be upset.\n\nEveryone agrees that all bets are off if Washington fails to reach a deal over a long-term fix to the federal deficit, triggering an automatic expiration of tax breaks and mandatory spending cuts in 2013- a concern commonly referred to as the \"fiscal cliff.\"\n\nEconomists fear that if politicians \"go over the cliff\", the economy will fall back into a recession. It would be the \"opposite of the stimulus\", says Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia.\n\n\"The stimulus in 2009 pumped $800 billion into the economy over a few years. The fiscal cliff could take $600 billion out of the economy in one year,\" said Kolko. \"If nothing in the fiscal cliff is resolved, if we do have big tax hikes and spending cuts persisting through next year that will hurt the economy and the housing market.\"\n\nKolko expects the fiscal cliff will be resolved, but other external shocks also remain.\n\nA disorderly break-up of the Eurozone for instance could trigger a credit crunch once again that could see interest rates and unemployment rise.\n\nAccording to Paul Diggle at Capital Economics, every 0.25% rise in interest rates reduces home price inflation by 1% to 2%. Meanwhile, \"as unemployment rises, the mortgage delinquency rate would also increase and banks would be forced to dispose of a growing shadow inventory at a quicker pace. The inventory of homes for sale would increase sharply,\" says Diggle. \"In these circumstances, the housing recovery would falter. Our model suggests that house prices could easily fall by 5% per annum over the next few years.\"\n\nThis is of course a bear-case scenario. Diggle's actual forecast is for a 5% rise in 2013 and a 4% rise in 2014. But the bear-case is not improbable.\n\nEven if we set aside broad, macro concerns, there are still some reasons to be cautious about the housing recovery.\n\nHousing demand in 2012 has been mostly from institutional investors who have seized the opportunity to buy distressed homes at deep discounts and convert them into rentals. While plenty of money is still sitting on the sidelines,that money can disappear if investors determine that the opportunity is no longer attractive.\n\nInstitutional investors \"may help drive home price appreciation in the short run, but are not likely to do so in the long run,\" Quinn Eddins, head of research at Radar Logic, a real estate analytics firm, wrote in a recent note.\"As prices for REO increase, the expected future appreciation must also increase in order for investors to achieve the same return on investment. If prices rise to a point where investors' expectations of future home price appreciation do not support their desired returns, then demand for REO will decline and prices could fall again.\"\n\nPerhaps the rise in prices we are seeing now will lure enough traditional home buyers into the market to offset the decline in institutional interest. But in an interview with TheStreet, Eddins said he believes that scenario is unlikely.\n\nFirst-time buyers still have difficulty getting credit. Even those with excellent credit scores might not be able to save enough for a downpayment amid an uncertain unemployment outlook.\n\nBanks may be encouraged to loosen their credit standards amid rising prices, but that too remains uncertain without clarity on new mortgage rules. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to release its rules on what constitutes a \"qualified mortgage\" in early 2013.\n\nThe rules will define what counts as a safe mortgage, one that a borrower has the ability to repay. Banks will have greater legal protection if they make qualified mortgages.\n\nWhile clarity on the rules will help unlock some constrained lending, the agency needs to ensure that borrowers are protected but at the same time not define a safe mortgage so narrowly that it limits lending.\n\n\"We don't want to end up with any unintended consequences that prevent private capital from returning or further restrict sound lending and ultimately go counter to the reset we're trying to achieve,\" Bank of America ( BAC) CEO Brian Moynihan said of the mortgage rules in a speech at the Brookings Institution Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, on the supply side, the tight inventory situation that has helped drive prices higher might not last.\n\nIn some states such as Florida, New York, New Jersey and Illinois, where a judicial foreclosure process requires banks to prove in court that the borrower is in default in order to foreclose, there is a large and growing backlog of foreclosed properties that are yet to come on to the market.\n\nThe share of mortgages in foreclosure in judicial states averages 6.6% compared to 2.4% in non-judicial states, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.\n\nAccording to former Morgan Stanley analyst Oliver Chang, who now runs Sylvan Road Capital , the \"years supply\" of foreclosed homes in New York is 40 years!\n\nShadow inventory, which refers to the amount of troubled loans still in the foreclosure pipeline that are yet to hit the market, has become less of a concern in the past year.\n\nOne major reason has been that the big banks- Bankof America ( BAC), JPMorgan Chase ( JPM), Citigroup ( C) and Wells Fargo ( WFC) have increasingly opted for short sales and other forms of mortgage relief such as loan modifications instead of foreclosures.\n\nThe shift has been good news for the housing market. One, short sales sell at a lower discount to the market than foreclosures, thus easing the pressure on home prices. Secondly, pursuing foreclosure alternatives first ensures that distressed inventory hits the market in a more measured pace rather than all at once.\n\nYet, no one can be sure that this shift away from foreclosures is permanent. Much of this change of heart has taken place in the wake of the foreclosure robo-signing scandal. First, there was a moratorium on all foreclosures. Now banks are rushing to comply with the terms of the $26 billion mortgage settlement signed earlier this year, which requires them to actively consider foreclosure alternatives.\n\nOnce they meet their quota, it is unclear how they will deal with delinquent loans on their books. \"The disposition strategy of banks is material to the market,\" said Eddins. Even if the shift to short sales is permanent, home prices will \"go up a step\", but not as much as they would do in a healthy market, he says.\n\n\"Short sales is a preferred strategy for banks and borrowers,\" says Eddins. \"But you are always going to have REO and a lot of it.\"\n\nHome prices in cities such as Phoenix have risen more than 20% in the past year, largely on the back of a decline in distressed sales and heavy investor demand.\n\nBut Eddins is not convinced that markets in Phoenix and California are out of the woods. According to the analyst, these markets have not risen on the strength of demand from households. They had a good year but it could easily erode.\n\n\"I don't think housing will fall off a cliff but it can hit a new low,\" says Eddins. Radar Logic does not forecast prices but in Eddins estimate, he won't be surprised if home prices fall 5% to 10% in 2013 and that is not including a shock from the fiscal cliff.\n\nEven the optimists out there are quick to note that housing still has a long way to climb. \"The sheer extent to which housing is now undervalued argues strongly that the next big move in prices is more likely to be upwards than downwards,\" says Capital Economics' Diggle. \"But even in a scenario that saw prices rise by an average of 8% a year, while earnings growth averaged 4%, it would take until 2019 before housing returned to fair value.\"\n\nA new study by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that bondholders still don't believe the government would ever let the firms collapse into bankruptcy -- after a decade of efforts by regulators to convince them otherwise. But at least one analyst who tracks big Wall Street firms' bonds says there may be an even bigger problem: Investors, pressured by the need to generate income, simply don't care whether the banks are too big to fail -- one way or the other.\n\nGoldman Sachs Group Co-President and former CFO Harvey Schwartz will retire April 20, the company said Monday in a press release. The announcement came just days after the Wall Street Journal reported that CEO Lloyd Blankfein is preparing to step down, possibly later this year."}
-{"text": "INTERESTED IN BAPTISM?\n\nGod wants the ultimate next step to be for you is to believe that Jesus is your Lord and Savior and be baptized.\n\nA Message on Baptism\n\nHOW DO I KNOW IF I BELIEVE?If you trust that Jesus is the Son of God, that through his death and resurrection He provides the only way for you to be reconciled with God and you want Jesus to lead your life, then you believe. Your response to that belief is baptism.\n\nWHAT IS BAPTISM?Baptism does not make you a Christian. Baptism is the public way people in the New Testament expressed their belief in and commitment to Jesus Christ. The example we see in the Bible demonstrates that first a person is to believe in Christ and then he or she is baptized as an expression of that belief.\n\nFor more information, fill this form out and we\u2019ll help you make the plunge!"}
-{"text": "Monsta X, \u201cTHE CLAN Pt 2.5: The Final Chapter\u201d album review\n\nHaving released their first full studio album in March, Korean pop (K-pop) boy group Monsta X reached new heights in their music career. Although I might be a little late to review their album which was released nearly two months ago, their music is still relevant in the K-pop world. Monsta X also only recently finished promoting their new album.\n\nThe group\u2019s first full album titled, \u201cTHE CLAN Pt.2.5: The Final Chapter\u201d is an album filled with songs that define Monsta X\u2019s musical style. They first debuted in 2015 with a heavy hip-hop based title song. With an album still based on hip-hop, they have definitely showed improvement and musical growth throughout these two years.\n\nTheir title song for this album, \u201cBeautiful\u201d, is about a man having feelings for a woman so beautiful that he cannot take his eyes off of her. The moment I heard this song, I knew I would be hooked onto it. The beat and the melody are addictive and pleasant to the ears. Another personal favorite song on the album is \u201c5:14(Last page)\u201d. I loved the message of this song as it tells the story of Monsta X and how they will never forget their roots.\n\nThis album is my favorite album from Monsta X so far, because of the addictive melodies, and the messages conveyed through the songs."}
-{"text": "The present generation of the Heaseldint family is only the most recent to bear a name that dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name comes from having lived in one of a variety of similarly-named places. The settlement of Heselden is in Durham, while Haselden is in Sussex. Haslingden is in Lancashire, Hazeldon Farm is in Wiltshire, and Hazelton is in Gloucestershire. The surname Heaseldint belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxonhabitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.\n\nHeaseldint Early Origins\n\nThe surname Heaseldint was first found in Sussex at ancient manor in or near Dallington. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. The name is derived from the Old English words hoesel + denu, which mean \"Hazel\" + \"valley.\" [2]CITATION[CLOSE]Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8) Hazleton Abbey was an abbey in Gloucestershire.\n\nHeaseldint Spelling Variations\n\nHeaseldint Spelling Variations\n\nUntil the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Heaseldint include Hazeltine, Hazelton, Hazletine, Hasleden, Hazleton, Haseltine, Haselton, Hasletine, Haslett, Aseltine and many more.\n\nHeaseldint Early History\n\nHeaseldint Early History\n\nThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heaseldint research. Another 131 words (9 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Heaseldint History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\n\nHeaseldint Early Notables (pre 1700)\n\nHeaseldint Early Notables (pre 1700)\n\nMore information is included under the topic Early Heaseldint Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\n\nHeaseldint In Ireland\n\nHeaseldint In Ireland\n\nSome of the Heaseldint family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 71 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\n\nThe Great Migration\n\nThe Great Migration\n\nThousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Heaseldint were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: William Hassleton, who came to Barbados in 1679; William Hazledine settled in New England in 1775; Charles Hazeltine settled in Philadelphia in 1774; John Hazelton settled in New York State in 1811.\n\nMotto\n\nMotto\n\nThe motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.\n\nOther References\n\nBowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.\n\nBede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.\n\nThe Heaseldint Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Heaseldint Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname."}
-{"text": "As protests and riots continue, only one country that can benefit from the chaos caused by the undemocratic elections in Iran is Israel. All levels of Iranian governmental system need to realize that. The process of recounting of the votes and establishing the rule of law cannot take 10 days for Ayatollah Khamenei and the Guardian Council. It must be dealt with urgently. This election was rigged and it needs to be null and void, and new voting date needs to be established with highest urgency. This new election needs to happen as soon as possible and be monitored by observers from friendly countries and organizations."}
-{"text": "About \u201cGood Ass Intro\u201d\n\nA song seven months in the making, \u201cGood Ass Intro\u201d takes the listener through a joyride as they find Chance expressing how he\u2019s even better then ever before, telling them his past experiences and his future goals, and being confident about himself and his craft with wordplay and alliterations for days.\n\nWhat have the artists said about the song?\n\nIn an interview with Complex, Chance talks in depth about the intro, saying that it was the song that took the longest to finish and the one that had the most input because he saw it as the thesis of the album:"}
-{"text": "Beasley sets K-State record in victory\n\nMANHATTAN, Kan. -- Going over the scouting report of Oklahoma State in the locker room before its game Saturday, Kansas State had a surprise visitor: senior guard Clent Stewart.\n\nWearing a pressed black suit, Stewart had just arrived in Manhattan after attending his mother's funeral in Norman, Okla. Smiles filled the room as the players greeted him with hugs and high-fives. Then freshman Michael Beasley chimed in: \"All right Clent. Sit down. We've got a scouting report to go over.\"\n\nIf there was any doubt how the Wildcats would respond to the emotions of seeing a teammate in pain, Beasley ended it.\n\nHe had 23 points and 13 rebounds for his school-record 19th double-double, helping No. 20 Kansas State beat Oklahoma State for the first time in five years with an 82-61 victory -- less than 24 hours after attending a service for their teammate's mother.\n\n\"It was really special to know what he's going through with his family, his mom and all that,\" Beasley said. \"For him to be with us was real special. That just shows how strong Stew is.\"\n\nVanessa Stewart died on Tuesday after a long fight with bone cancer. The entire team flew to Norman on Friday night for a service and to support their grieving teammate, then headed back later that night.\n\nAfter all the tears from the night before, it would have been easy for the Wildcats (17-5, 7-1 Big 12) to come out flat, let the emotions of the past week take toll in the form of a lackluster game.\n\nIt never happened. If anything, it sparked them to play harder.\n\nWith Stewart cheering on from the bench, Kansas State jumped to an early 16-point lead and never let the Cowboys get all the way back in it, beating Oklahoma State for the first time since Feb. 2, 2002, in Manhattan.\n\nJacob Pullen hit four 3-pointers in the first six minutes and Beasley had his way inside against the Cowboys, helping the Wildcats to their 11th straight home win.\n\nBeasley broke Larry Comley's school record for double-doubles, set in 1960-61, and needs three more to tie the NCAA freshman record, set by Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony in 2002-03.\n\nPullen finished 5-of-7 on 3-pointers and had 17 points, and Bill Walker added 14 for the Wildcats, off to their best start since 1981-82.\n\n\"It's been real neat,\" Kansas State coach Frank Martin. \"It was an experience that was real hard at first, but one that continues to make that group of guys in that locker room tighter.\"\n\nOklahoma State simply couldn't get shots off. The Cowboys (11-12, 2-7) committed 24 turnovers, took 34 fewer shots and were outrebounded 51-29, including 29-5 on the offensive glass.\n\nOklahoma State has lost 19 straight road games -- 16 in the Big 12 -- and seems to be well on its way to a third straight losing Big 12 season. Terrel Harris had 16 points and James Anderson 14 for the Cowboys, who haven't won a road game since beating Kansas State 63-61 in Manhattan on Feb. 4, 2006.\n\n\"They just whipped us,\" Oklahoma State coach Sean Sutton said. \"They were tougher than we were tonight. We had to match their physicality and we didn't do that.\"\n\nWhether it was having Stewart back or hope that the five-game losing streak to Oklahoma State would end, Bramlage Coliseum was full of energy, the cheers and chants beginning well before the tip.\n\nIt carried into the game, with the Wildcats swarming the Cowboys up and down the court, forcing seven turnovers in the first six minutes, including four straight possessions.\n\nPullen must have felt it, too, because he couldn't seem to miss, hitting four 3-pointers in six minutes, including one with a man in his face that put the Wildcats up 22-10.\n\n\"I was open,\" Pullen said nonchalantly. \"They doubled down on Mike, he kicked out to me and I was open for the shot.\"\n\nThat initial euphoria wore off, though, and Oklahoma State clawed its way back by picking up the defensive intensity and working for better shots on offense.\n\nAfter struggling to get shots off -- 11 field-goal attempts in the first 12 minutes -- the Cowboys cut the lead to four on Anderson's third 3-pointer. Martavious Adams added a putback at the buzzer, keeping Oklahoma State within 38-33 despite struggling most of the first half.\n\nBut the Cowboys started the second half the same way they did the first, failing to get a field goal in the first 3 1/2 minutes to fall behind 46-33. This time, Kansas State pulled away, never giving Oklahoma State a chance to get back in it.\n\n\"I felt good at halftime. I felt like we were in a good position to keep it close and win the game,\" Sutton said. \"We didn't play particularly well.\"\n\nOnline Public Information File\n\nViewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or fccinfo@fcc.gov."}
-{"text": "Heydon Prowse\nCo-creator of BBC's Bafta winning The Revolution will be Televised and head of production at Don't Panic\n\nTHE BLOG\n\nThe Destruction of the Calais 'Jungle' and Europe's Short-term Memory\n\n844\n\n26/02/2016 17:02 GMT\n|\nUpdated\n26/02/2017 10:12 GMT\n\nIn 1951, inspired by a mix of guilt and hope, governments around the world got together to write a Refugee Convention. It was sort of a blue print for how not to be a douche during a humanitarian catastrophe. At the beginning there's a summary of moral responsibilities. These include the responsibility to protect the family life of refugees and the responsibility to protect refugee children particularly those that are without their parents. Since last year I've traveled from the Greek Islands to Athens to Macedonia and Calais volunteering with a small charity I helped found called Help Refugees and it feels as if almost every European government that is a signatory to that convention (including our own) has contravened the spirit in which it was written.\n\n- A refugee's right to the unity of the family.\n\nLast week the French authorities decided to bulldoze the southern end of the Calais refugee camp, destroying the homes that volunteer organisations like ours built while they were busy pretending the 6000 odd people that live there didn't exist. After we conducted a census showing that 3,455 people including 445 kids lived in that part of the camp (more than 3 times the number the French authorities thought) the demolition was postponed... only to be unpostponed yesterday by a local court.\n\nDown the road in the Dunkirk refugee camp men with British passports are living in tents in the mud with their wives and small children because their families are not welcome in the UK. These men are Kurdish Peshmerga, you know the ones Cameron described as 'one of the best and most willing allies of the West' in their fight against ISIS in Syria on our behalf.\n\nIn Athens I visited squats in abandoned office blocks run by kids in their 20s where hundreds of refugee families and minors live because there is nowhere else other than the street.\n\n- The protection of refugee children\n\nDuring the 1938-40 'Kindertransport' the UK rescued 10,000 children from Nazi Germany. Today, 10,000 unaccompanied kids in Europe have simply been lost according to the EU's criminal intelligence agency. In the Greek Islands you might hand food to a young girl and her 'uncle' who later sells her off into sexual slavery in Eastern Europe to pay for his trip. There is a shocking lack of oversight to determine the vulnerability of these children.\n\nIn Calais alone there are some 305 unaccompanied children many of whom are suffering from PTSD such as one boy I met who lost his entire family in a rocket attack in Allepo. Many of them are eligible to come to the UK to apply for asylum because they have family here. But despite a case recently which forced the government to bring them over, the Home Office seems to have done everything in it's power to frustrate attempts to make this happen, appealing the verdict and even requesting DNA proof of the familial connection. In the meantime these kids in their desperation continue to try to make it to the UK by any means necessary, risking the fate that befell a 15 Afghan boy last month who suffocated on a lorry trying to reach his sister over here.\n\nI could go on, but the list of responsibilities of convention signatories reads more like a list of failures in the current crisis and I'm conscious this article might be getting you down. I'm not a lawyer and to pre-empt the criticisms of those who are, I'm aware there are plenty of clauses and sub-clauses in the UK Immigration Bill, or Dublin Regulation and others which absolve the UK and other European governments from any legal liability and with regards to what they have or haven't done for refugees. But it is precisely those clauses that are drowning families in the Aegean and suffocating children in lorries under the Channel. And it is precisely those clauses that have undermined the spirit in which European leaders wrote that convention - as a warning to future generations to not make the same mistakes they made when they turned back refugees from Germany before the war because of fears they would be a burden and take our jobs. How we love to build memorials and how quickly we forget."}
-{"text": "Pride 33Did anyone catch any of the Pride fights? Amazing fight card resulting in a lot of upsets. A lot of people lost money this time around. Highlights include:Dan Henderson over Wanderlei Silva by KONick Diaz over Takanori Gomi by gogoplata Sokoudjou over Rogerio Noguiera by KO\n\nUFC 68This next UFC fight is also really promising. As for the main fights go I predict:Tim Sylvia over Randy Couture (although Im really conflicted about this)Matt Hughes over Chris LytleJason MacDonald over Rich Franklin"}
-{"text": "up lighting\n\nUplighting is an investment in your event. Is it going to make/break your wedding? No, of course not. Is it going to have a drastic and dramatic impact on your entire event? Absolutely. Uplighting can create WOW from the moment guests arrive, and enhance a dance floor later in the evening. Nashville Audio Visual aims to competitively price our uplighting packages. We\u2019re constantly upgrading our services, and adjusting our prices accordingly. We truly believe that our caliber of product, and level of experience and credentials, is second to none."}
-{"text": "Membership Information\n\nMembership Fees:\nThe membership year is January 1st through December 31st. Membership\ndues are institutional and prorated according to institutional size.\nMultiple associate members can join from the same company/vendor.\n\nNASFAA Representation:\nThe SWASFAA President and Past President are voting members of the NASFAA Board of Directors and SWASFAA members are encouraged to run for the NASFAA Representative-At-Large position as well as volunteer for various NASFAA committees.\n\nMentoring:\nBoot camp is an excellent venue for novice aid administrators to bond with the financial aid profession through experienced financial aid trainers. SWASFAA colleagues understand that the leadership, strength and stability of the industry depend on the encouragement and development of talented newcomers and invite opportunities to share their expertise.\n\nTechnology:\nTechnology is an essential ingredient to SWASFAA\u2019s success and future. The association's website contains a wealth of information for members. The Listserv provides electronic exchanges between SWASFAA and it members and colleagues.\n\nProfessional Development:\nMid-Level Workshop provides opportunity for professional development for those individuals that have been in the profession for a little while that would like more in depth training.\n\nNetworking:\nSWASFAA membership can provide employment opportunities and resources to improve your methods of administering all types of financial assistance from the management of the programs to the management of personnel.\n\nSWASFAA membership is definitely worth investing\nin the cost for you and your staff!\n\nWarning: browser cookies disabled. Please enable them to use this website."}
-{"text": "RADIANCE Superfoods Chia Seeds 200g\n\nRadiance chia seeds are a lovely addition to your diet that may help to boost energy levels, balance sugar levels, while supporting a healthy digestive system, heart, bones and mental health. They are a great source or protein, calcium, magnesium, fibre and omega 3's."}
-{"text": "\u201cMany who give an explanation for consciousness from \u201cinside the room\u201d deny the existence of the non-material and conclude our minds are identical to our physical brains,\u201d writes J. Warner Wallace . \u201cA material universe could, according to this explanation, provide a physical brain through some long unguided process of evolutionary events and forces. If this is the case, our perception of consciousness might simply be the result of physical events in our material brains. Non-material consciousness would be nothing more than the result of physical events caused by our material brains. But if our mental is really just our brain activity, the following equation must also be true:"}
-{"text": "Comments\n\nExcellent!! 'Looks like he came straight out of Frank Miller's \"The Dark Knight Returns\"\n\nPosted by: Lilnemo | Jul 25, 2014 9:46:07 AM\n\n\"What do you think of this latest image of Affleck as Batman?\"\n\nOnly, like, one quarter of the image is Affleck - and not the most expressive one. So it's a little ridiculous to be discussing how Affleck looks in it.\n\nPosted by: Eugene | Jul 25, 2014 9:51:52 AM\n\nbut that butt chin is amazing.\n\nPosted by: St.Eve | Jul 25, 2014 10:12:57 AM\n\nAny chin can pull of the look. The question is can he pull of the acting part of the character. I kinda think the answer is no.\n\nPosted by: Truther | Jul 25, 2014 10:42:57 AM\n\nlove me some Ben affleck!\n\nPosted by: disgusted american | Jul 25, 2014 10:45:42 AM\n\nI thought Michael Keaton was great as Batman, not so much as Bruce Wayne. And I found Christian Bale fantastic as Bruce Wayne, and sorely lacking as Batman (the growl voice was laugh-inducing). If Affleck can pull off both sides of the character, I will be so happy.\n\nOh, and Michael Keaton as Batman is the reason I NEVER disavow any casting choice until I see the finished film.\n\nPosted by: Zlick | Jul 25, 2014 1:21:40 PM\n\nVaginal discharge\n\nPosted by: enchantra hagatha hearne | Jul 25, 2014 5:12:21 PM\n\nIt looks like ben afleck in a batman suit.\n\nPosted by: Fenrox | Jul 25, 2014 6:41:02 PM\n\nWhat a schnoz!\n\nPosted by: Perry | Jul 25, 2014 6:59:14 PM\n\nhe looks more 'pensive' than 'bad ass'.\nbut hey, did anyone else take note of the vagjayjay under his chin?"}
-{"text": "Professionals play minimax\n\nAbstract\n\nThe implications of the Minimax theorem are tested using natural data. The tests use a unique data set from penalty kicks in professional soccer games. In this natural setting experts play a one-shot two-person zero-sum game. The results of the tests are remarkably consistent with equilibrium play in every respect: (i) winning probabilities are statistically identical across strategies for players; (ii) players\u2019 choices are serially independent. The tests have substantial power to distinguish equilibrium play from disequilibrium alternatives. These results represent the first time that both implications of von Neumann's Minimax theorem are supported under natural conditions."}
-{"text": "About ToxicTrailers.com\n\nToxicTrailers.com was launched after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when the government spent more than $2 billion on FEMA trailers with high levels of formaldehyde that sickened thousands of people. The FEMA trailer tragedy exposed what is a widespread problem in RVs, mobile homes, modular buildings and even conventional buildings that use pressed wood products. Unfortunately, as we approach the tenth anniversary of Katrina, formaldehyde regulations are not being enforced in the U.S., and people's health is at risk. If you are having burning eyes, congestion, sore throat, coughing, breathing difficulties, frequent sinus infections or rashes, and difficulties concentrating, you may have a formaldehyde problem. For questions or to share your story, write 4becky@cox.net.\n\nTuesday, July 8, 2008\n\nFamily sick in 2005 mobile home\n\nHi. I am looking for anyone who can relate to my story. After purchasing a double wide mobile home in 2005 my family started having many unexplained medical problems. First and foremost I started noticing my 3 year old daughter was staying sick with upper respiratory infections leading to pneumonia and even hospitalization.This continued on for a year until a doctor was so concerned with her chronic illness that she was tested for autoimmune disorders. You can only imagine my struggle with my little 3 year old all the sleepless nights praying and wondering what could be wrong with this little angel. In the mean time my son was 8 and he began having severe noose bleeds and sinus infections . So i am now asking myself what is going on? Within this time frame I also started having problems with shortness of breath and upper respiratory infections. I went to the doctor and now I was diagnosed with asthma. I had never had asthma or problems with shortness of breath but now the three of us are dealing with these unexplained illnesses. I questioned the doctors but no one wants to pinpoint our problems to formaldehyde. I am trying to find anyone who can help us.\n\nWarning: RVS and mobile homes may be hazardous to your health!!\n\nImagine that you have just lost your home in a natural disaster, and are now waiting to get a FEMA trailer for temporary housing. The fact is, you and your family might be better off in a tent or living with friends and relatives, even if it is crowded.\n\nAfter Hurricane Katrina, FEMA purchased about 102,000 travel trailers at a cost of $2.6 billion to house the victims of the nation\u2019s largest natural disaster. It turns out that the vast majority of these trailers have excessive levels of formaldehyde. See the results of testing done by the CDC that were announced Feb. 29, 2008 at the website http://cdc.gov/nceh/ehhe/trailerstudy/ or just Google CDC formaldehyde FEMA study. This website also has links to information for residents and health care practitioners.\n\nFrom the very beginning people who received FEMA trailers after Katrina reported experiencing problems such as irritated eyes, breathing problems, bloody noses, headaches, nausea, frequent respiratory infections and skin rashes. We know one family that moved from the FEMA trailer into a storage shed on their property because their daughter threw up every time she spent any time in the trailer. Another man sleeping in his driveway next to his trailer said, \u201cMy FEMA trailer is killing me!\u201d One couple experienced such heavy chest congestion combined with nose bleeds that they abandoned their FEMA trailer to sleep in their truck.\n\nThe CDC testing confirmed three earlier rounds of testing done by Sierra Club in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama in 2006 and 2007 with test kits from Advanced Chemical Sensors. Out of 69 tests, 61 were over 0.1 ppm which represents 88 percent of the trailers tested. The tests used 0.1 ppm as the concentration above which health impacts are expected. However, much lower levels are recommended for long-term exposure. The Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) Minimal Risk Levels are 0.04 ppm for 1-14 days, 0.03 for 14-364 days and 0.008 ppm for 365 or more days exposure. The lowest of the 69 Sierra Club tests was 0.04. The highest test was 0.39.\n\nAs you will see by reading the blogs on this page, the formaldehyde problem is not confined to just RVs and mobile homes purchased by FEMA. Manufacturers state that they didn't do anything differently for RVs and mobile homes sold to FEMA than those sold to the general public. People across the country are reporting formaldehyde problems in not just campers and manufactured housing, but regular homes, offices, churches and schools.\n\nFor an in-depth look at this issue including how FEMA and the ATSDR tried to coverup the problem rather than respond to a major public health disaster, see the hearing transcript from the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1413."}
-{"text": "Magnetic Pulser instructions\n\nThere are two main biophysical effects had from pulsing. First and most important is the forcing of lymph fluid movement through the main lymph arteries toward where the lymph empties into the bloodstream near the heart. The second effect is the dislodging of microbes from where they are 'stuck' in the body due to electrical attraction. A blast of magnetic energy which creates a pulse of electrical energy in the body tends to break up electrical attractions by equalizing electrical charges. If a microbe and a cell of your body suddenly have equal electrical charges then there is no longer any reason for the microbe to stay there and so it is freed to recirculate back into the bloodstream or lymph system. Many sick people have very sluggish lymph movement and therefore the lymph fluid is somewhat trashy. A good analogy would be the difference between a fast moving stream with clean water and a swamp with stagnant water. To aid the body in the removal of lymph 'trash' that gets dumped into the bloodstream when you start pulsing I recommend taking blood purifying herbs. My favorite is the blood purifying tea with Chaparral and Licorice outlined in Q&A part II. Drink 1-2 cups daily right after pulsing.\n\nMechanics of Usage\n\nPlug the AC Adaptor into an AC socket and into the Pulser. With one hand hold the cloth covered coil so that the negative north pole side is facing away from your hand. Place the marked side onto your body and turn the power switch of the box ON. Wait for the green ON light to flash, which indicates that the coil just sent out a burst of magnetic energy into you (within 4\" of the center of the coil). Then after 1-3 pulses you can move the coil to the next location (4\" away) and wait for another flash.\n\nBeginning Usage\n\nStart by using the Pulser just alongside the spine (both sides. 3 pulses each location. pulse from lower back to upper back) to affect the main lymph arteries there. If you get too toxic from junk coming out of the lymph system then skip a day. When the cleansing becomes barely noticeable you can start pulsing the arms and legs also (along the inside which is closest to the lymph arteries). Pulse from the extremities (at wrists and ankles) toward the body trunk. Then when cleansing reactions are very little you can start to also do blood electrification. Pulse at the same time as doing blood electrification.\n\nIntermediate Usage\n\nWhen you start doing blood electrification you can also start pulsing all of your body to encourage the circulation of microbes (by electrical dislodgement) so they can enter the bloodstream and get zapped by the blood electrifier. To do this just imagine a square grid pattern all over your body of lines crossing every 4 inches. At each one of these intersections is where you'll need to pulse 1-3 times. Do all of the body (head included). On the belly I would recommend only pulsing once at each location so as not to negatively affect the good digestive bacteria inside the intestines.\n\nPrecautions: Pregnant women shouldn't pulse within 12\" of the fetus because magnetism can interfere with its growth. People with a weak heart, Defibrillator, or Pacemaker should not pulse within 12\" of the heart area. Keep box at least 1 foot away from you while it's turned on to prevent high frequency electro-magnetic field exposure. When using on the bed be aware that it will magnetize the bed springs. Therefore you should make sure that the negative side of the coil is always facing up away from the bed towards you when the coil is within 4\" of the surface of the bed. This will insure that the bedsprings will be magnetized to emit north pole energy into anyone lying on it which will be beneficial. Keep all magnetic media at least 6\" from the pulsing coil when unit is on. Magnetic media includes cassettes, computer disks, plastic cards with magnetic strips, etc. Don't keep Pulser switched on when not using because the flash tube has a limited lifespan. Control the heavy cloth covered coil by handling it and not the wire. The connection there is prone to breaking if bent or pulled too much."}
-{"text": "This article has a correction\n\nNine-year-old children exposed to more sociodemographic, physical and psychosocial risks tend to have poorer self-regulatory\nbehaviour and are more likely to show an increase in BMI uring the next 4 years\n\nImplications for practice and research\n\n\u25a0 A focus on improving children's self-regulatory skills can be an effective component of interventions aimed at reducing obesity.\n\n\u25a0 Future research should consider additional attitudinal and motivational pathways through which high-risk children can improve\neating and activity patterns that protect against obesity.\n\nContext\n\nApproximately 17% of US children are classified as obese, with low-income children showing higher rates of obesity than middle\nincome children.1 The International Association for the Study of Obesity estimates that 20% of school-age children in Europe are overweight:\na marker of accelerating problems with obesity worldwide.2 Being overweight in childhood increases the risk of a broad array of health \u2026"}
-{"text": "What Design Can do for you.\n\n24 Aug What Design Can do for you.\n\nWe hope you enjoy the latest version of our Web blog, Design Can. We renamed and repurposed this blog to better define the context of the conversation. What Design Can do.\n\nDesign Can do many things. Inspire, persuade, improve and generally make living a more pleasant experience. It can also help transform the way we work and live, if we\u2019re open to it. The purpose of Harrington Design, is to transform businesses by tapping the power of Design.\n\nWe look forward to starting a conversation about Design and how it has impacted your life. This forum is here for you to share your thoughts and ideas about Design and to post other content of interest related to Design."}
-{"text": "@Exit: I've never heard of this show and will have to check it out as I love Kevin Bacon. The sad part about most of the shows on TV is that they are based on true events in most cases. What does that say about us as a people?\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nThe Following with Kevin Bacon is absolutely the most violent show on network television. We have enough violence in this crazy screwed up world and I just don't like seeing more of it. That's the thought in one side of my brain. Now, the other side says..... It's a really, really good show. The story lines are intriguing and every episode keeps you anxious for next weeks show.\n\nParamus NJ\n\nUsername hidden\n(18 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nNurse Jackie is back!\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nI finally saw this week's episode of American Crime. Excellent; Being Mary Jane was interesting; Scandal, not to much. I only love it when Olivia Pope is fucking the President. He is so fine.\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nI am watching Tammy on HBO with Susan Sarandon and Melissa McCarthy, it is so funny and worth a watch IMO. Melissa McCarthy is Tammy and she has a line that says \"men are drawn to her like flies on shit.\" Her grandmother, who she is traveling with, Susan Sarandon says \"you might want to change that to like bees to honey.\" It is so funny as they try to pick up guys.\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nI am finally watching Black Girls Rock which aired weeks ago on BET. Thank goodness for the DVR! Sheila E opened with a banging solo on the timbales. Black Girls Rock!\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nOT: I love the BMW commercials with the grandmother in the back seat. She is a hot mess, out of control and the expression on the face of the daughter-in-law and the grandchildren are priceless. The son doesn't know what to do with her.\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\n@Mr. Heat: I fell asleep on Game of Thrones last night so I am going to pick up on that. I want to see Carlise or however you say her name. She is off the chain gorgeous. Have a good evening. I am exhausted from being up in these forums today.\n\nVero Beach FL\n\nUsername hidden\n(5467 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\nHardcore Pawn lmfao! I swear these people that work there & that come in are all crazy. Smh! Its a good laugh. lol\n\nPalos Verdes Estates CA\n\nUsername hidden\n(155 posts)\n\nUser Details are only visible to members.\n\ntried salem. bleh.\n\nheard good things about game of thrones. have to watch from the beginning tho."}
-{"text": "Scholarships\n\nWest Hills College offers a variety of local and institutional scholarships and maintains\napplications for outside scholarships. Awards are based on scholastic achievement,\nselected major, citizenship, leadership, and/or need. Scholarships are offered through\nthe generosity of citizens and civic groups in the West Hills Community College District\nand surrounding area. Criteria will vary for each scholarship.\n\nBrochures and information for the following academic year is available each spring.\nInstitutional and local scholarship applications, along with applications for outside\nscholarships may be obtained from a counselor or the Financial Aid Office at any of\nthe college district\u2019s locations: Coalinga, Firebaugh, Lemoore and Naval Air Station\nLemoore.\n\nTo view scholarship opportunities and any special requirements for your campus, select\nthe appropriate link below."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: not parent approved\n\nDespite all the lists and the carefully put together plans, not everyone manages to get all their Holiday shopping done before the actual Holiday. Not to worry. Here are a few better-late-than-never games that are sure to amuse and entertain\u2014including a few designed to be amusing and entertaining after the kiddies have gone to bed\u2026\n\nNot Parent Approved (Not Parent Approved, LLC)\n\nInspired by Cards Against Humanity, this one is closer to being for the whole family (but with plenty of double-entendre possibilities to titillate more mature players). It\u2019s all about filling in the blanks in questions like, \u201cI dare you to tell your dad about___\u201d or \u201cGrandma believes that ____ is the source of all goodness.\u201d Comes with 455 cards. If that\u2019s not enough, expansion packs are also available. Under $25. 4-10 players, ages 8+. https://notparentapproved.com"}
-{"text": "New Severe Thunderstorm Watch in north Georgia\n\nThe roof of a hotel in New Albany, Mississippi, was damaged, although the cause was unclear. Authorities say a possible tornado has touched down in western MS, causing damage to several businesses and vehicles.\n\nOne thunderstorm cell near Columbus Air Force Base in MS has a potential \"debris ball\" signature on radar, which indicates the potential for significant tornado damage that can be detected by radar, he said. Trees were toppled and minor damage was reported in residential areas east of the campus.\n\nIn Alabama, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reported that a county worker had died in a hospital after being hit by a vehicle near Hueytown.\n\nTwo children, siblings aged three and eight, were killed on Saturday when a tree fell on the auto in which they were sitting in Pollok, Texas, said a spokeswoman for the Angelina County Sheriff's Department.\n\nWinds may blow limbs, trees and power lines.\n\nSunday will be stormy with breezy winds from the south at 10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts near 25 miles per hour.\n\nIn another storm death nearby, an unidentified victim's body was trapped in a vehicle submerged in floodwaters in Calhoun, Louisiana, Springfield said.\n\nIn central Texas, approximately a dozen people were injured in Franklin where a tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service, according toThe Dallas Morning News. Homes were damaged about 250 miles (402 kilometers) to the north in Glencoe, and there's scattered damage south of Birmingham. Crews were sent to survey the damage.\n\nRelated Articles\n\nIndeed, with these camera features, the brand, is as their tagline says, \"Rewriting the Rules of Photography\". Talking about key specifications, The Huawei P30 Pro runs on EMUI 9.1 is based on Android 9 Pie.\n\nCommenting on the incident, the Metropolitan police stated that they have opened an investigation into the attack. The Ukraine embassy said: \"The police were called immediately, and the suspect's vehicle was blocked up\".\n\nThe main booster then made a spot-on landing on the SpaceX \"Of Course I Still Love You\" drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX wants to compete with its arch rival in the lucrative business of launching ultra-heavy satellites into space .\n\nJulian Assange has been accused of trying to create a \"centre for spying\" in the Ecuadorian embassy that sheltered him. Julian Assange , dressed in a vest and shorts, skateboards around his bedroom in the Ecuadorian embassy.\n\nCode named \"Zora\" after the Corvette's first chief engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov, the C8 will be the first-ever mid-engine Corvette. The base model will likely use an upgraded version of the 6.2-liter V8 engine that now sits in the Corvette C7 and Camaro SS.\n\nThe nomination of moore has struck criticism that he is unqualified and politically focused to get a Fed board chair. As escalating an attempt from the White House to apply pressure over the central bank trump's decisions were seen.\n\nAnadarko shareholders will receive 0.3869 shares of Chevron and $16.25 in cash for each share they own, or $65 per share. Oil executives and bankers had in the past speculated that Shell may buy Anadarko, because they have adjacent acreage.\n\nJustice tech demo - Justice tech demo hails from China, and features ray traced reflections , shadows, and NVIDIA DLSS technology. You can see from the header up the top there which techniques are being used by current ray tracing-enabled games.\n\nGoogle and Huawei have decided that they will pay $400 as a class action settlement to Google Nexus 6P owners. However, they will need proper documentation for the bug, those who can not provide it will only get $75.\n\nLeafs' Kadri could face suspension for high hit\nNo penalty was called on that either, and though Kadri clutched a knee before going to the room, he was back for the third period. When asked about the infraction, Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock said he didn't see it and has not yet reviewed it.\n\nWinx wins 33rd consecutive race at Randwick\nWinx's victory took her winning sequence to 33, her tally of Group 1s to 25 and sent her earnings past the $26 million barrier. But thanks for appreciating her for what she is\". \"The unbelievable horse Winx has continued to deliver\".\n\nOil prices up with OPEC cuts, supply risks\nThe U.S.' sanctions on Iran and Venezuela caused a decline in oil production and exports of these countries. The oil cartel and its allies will meet in June to decide whether to continue withholding supply.\n\nIPL 2019: Buttler blitz helps Rajasthan seal nervy win\nOn Saturday, runs flowed aplenty from the bat of openers from all the four teams taking part in the Indian Premier League 2019 . However, Shreyas Gopal (13 not out) and K Gowtham (0 not out) held their nerves to take the side home in a tense situation.\n\nFacebook ships VR controllers with hidden messages\nFacebook is set to launch two new VR products - the $399 standalone Oculus VR system and the $399 PC-tethered Oculus Rift S. Hidden inside the Touch controllers are messages like, \"This Space For Rent\", and \"The Masons Were Here\".\n\nLEGO Star Wars 75244 Tantive IV officially announced\nR2-D2 is there too, though I wouldn't count him as a minifigure, and it seems you can swap Leia's skirt for pants if you'd prefer. We'll be sure to keep you updated on all news regarding The Mandalorian as soon as more information becomes available."}
-{"text": "Tag: camcamtravellog\n\nI\u2019ve been neglecting my blog for way too long!! Gosh. I\u2019m gonna try getting back to writing as often as I can since I love recording down the memories and experiences. Throughout the past few months, what I\u2019ve not been recording down was Chinese new year, my trip with bae to Phuket and probably lots of school work and a few trips to JB! Hence I\u2019ll be posting some pictures update \ud83d\ude42\n\nChinese New Year:\nApparently, CNY this year happened to fall on the exact day of birthday! It was a rather exciting one because it somehow made me feel special and at the same time I got to receive a few extra hongbaos (Hehe) and a tad bit more attention. At the end of the day, My family and bae celebrated my birthday with cakes and presents to end of CNY day 1.\n\nMy outfit this year looks like a picnic mat topped with heels from last year and a Charles and Keith birthday present bag. \ud83d\ude06 Also pardon how this picture was poorly taken because the car was arriving in a few seconds while my brother and I was trying to take a quick photo shoot. (The outcome was hilarious)\n\nBae\u2019s 24th birthday\n\nPhuket tripThis was our first overseas trip with just the two of us! We opted for Phuket because it would minimise the hole in our pockets and at the same time we wanted to go somewhere relaxing instead of cities and shopping! It was honestly such a memorable trip and so so so relaxing that I missed the place right when we departed back to Singapore. I\u2019ll definitely be back but perhaps not anytime soon. \ud83d\ude0a\n\nNote that I wont be including many pictures as I have been making videos on this trip with all the information. So do check out this playlist! I\u2019m a legit newbie at making videos so please understand the quality \ud83d\ude05\n\nMalacca trip with family and bae!\n\nRight after our Phuket trip, we went to Malacca with my family for a short 3 days 2 night vacation. We spent most of our time eating and shopping. The heat and humidity was a killer tho. Otherwise, everything was great and the company was even greater. My holidays was a really fantastic one to unwind from all the stress and craziness from school before starting school again. We barely took any photos at all because we really just wanted to relax. \ud83d\ude01\n\nArtbox 2018\n\nJb trip\n\nWe headed to Paradigm mall where they have an Ice skating rink that goes by per entry! It cost approximately $10 SGD for an unlimited time spent inside the rink! Insane or what. However there were alot of people due to that and the ice rink was too watery due to the number of people in the rink. Other than that we had lots of fun! Afterwards, we did a little bit of shopping at the same mall and had dinner at Arashi (A mini hotpot place) before heading to Euro Fun Park which was located right beside Sutera mall. I screamed so much on one of the rides that my already bad throat became even worse right now \ud83d\ude13 However, the park was super worth going! The rides were so afoordable with the most expensive ride being maximum $7 and there were also many carnival games available!\n\nNote that this amusement park is always on the go at the different places so this website http://www.eurofunpark.com/usr/page.aspx?pgid=2 will allow you to check for their schedule.\n\nWe woke up rather late and ended up leaving the airbnb pretty late as well oops. Our initial plan was to go to Nami Island after Petite France but after looking at the bus schedule we realised it was going to be really rushed and hence we decided to only go for petite France.\n\nOur first stop was to fill up our tummies. Nothing much was opened in Hongdae in the morning except for some stores like these. We decided on Jajangmyeon(4000 won) and Jamppong(4500 won) today. This Mr paik\u2019s store can be found in many many places along with Paik\u2019s coffee. \ud83d\udc4d\nThe food was decently good for its price. Great but not the best i suppose. \ud83d\udc4d Next was our super long train journey to Cheongpyeong station for the Shuttle bus to Petite France. The shuttle bus ticket was 6000 won. It allows you to take the whole loop for an unlimited number of time for the day. All you have to do is to pay the bus captain 6000 won and he\u2019ll give you the bus ticket. Afterwards, you only have to show the ticket every time you board the bus.\n\nProcessed with VSCO with hb1 preset\n\nAfter a snack stop at their snack stop (no pictures \u2639\ufe0f) we then left Petite France around 4pm to the bus stop to make our long long long journey back to Hongdae for dinner. We waited for the bus for about nearly 30mins and gosh was the bus packed. We had to stand the whole bus ride back to the station (About 30mins but its alright).\n\nWe were supposed to have Andong Jimddak for dinner but we could not find the restaurant we wanted to go and hence hop into a random BBQ restaurant to try their food. I highly recommend the beef skirt!!! It is so so so good omgosh. The pork were really good too! Their pork in general is just so much more tastier then what you can find in Singapore. The pork are really fresh unlike those we have in Singapore that has this slight smelly pork taste? I dont know, but I\u2019m alright with what we have here but it\u2019s just so tasty there. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02Holy cow (Literally) \ud83e\udd23We then stopped by \u2018Kiss the Tiramisu\u2019 for some desert! Although it is rather pricey, the taste is worth it. (Totally reminiscing the memories with Shi Hui the year before where we broke the cup while eating this in the super cold weather with the super cold wind blowing at us \ud83e\udd23) We then walked around a little before ending our day. \ud83d\ude04\n\nJust a suggestion, I used the app Citymapper the most! Since google maps does not really work in Korea and naver maps and daum maps are basically in korean, the app citymapper was the best substitute. You can simply search for the place i.e stylenanda, in english and it\u2019ll show the stores based on distance and wala! It\u2019ll direct you to where you want to go to! You can also use it to find the shortest public transportation route. Jang! \ud83d\udc4d\n\nLeaving our airbnb to the convenience store to grab some kimbap for breakfast!\n\nWe then took the train to Myeongdong station and exited from exit hehehe i am here\n\nOur first stop was Namsan Tower.\n\nNamsan tower: Take exit 10 of Myeongdong station, walk straight and turn left of pacific hotel (facing the hotel) and just follow the route all the way. The walk is about 10-15mins.4 Adults ticket for the cable car.\nFinally on top.\ud83d\ude00\nSome of the trees have yet to turn fully green yet \ud83e\udd13We then headed to Chuncheon bibimbap for lunch. I came here on my last trip as well and rembered vividly how yummy it was, especially for someone picky with vegetables \ud83d\ude05 \ud83d\ude05 .Chuncheon Bibimbap:24-11 Chungmuro 1-ga, jung-gu, seoul.\nTake exit 6 and turn left after nature republic. The shop should be in a tiny alley on your left hand side.\n\nAND SO THE SHOPPING BEGINS.\n\nThe first stop! The line shop! It was literally just a few steps away from our lunch stop. and then some super pretty Adidas\nHappened to chance upon Osulluc Green tea cafe while shopping! Hence, we had to take a break here. I really really wanted to try this so badly thanks to Joankeem on youtube. She has been raving about this place for the longest time and gosh i really really do love the green tea stuff here!! Highly recommended \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d\nA super pretty Etude house \ud83c\udf3c \ud83c\udf38 \ud83c\udf3a\nContinued shopping at all the Korean beauty roadshops. Almost fainted since eveything here is just so so so so so much more cheaper. Variety, promotions and prices are just so much better here. \u2639\ufe0fHis super long ice cream fix \ud83c\udf66We then had dinner at Myeongdong Gyoja. Totally in love with the food here. It is really really that good. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4dMyeongdong Gyoja25-3 Myeongdong 2(i) -ga, jung gu, seoul.\nTake exit 8, turn left and walk straight for about 5 mins. We then continued doing shopping before stopping by for some snacks and the super aesthetic Stylenanda pink hotel. Oh and yes that was my favorite fishcake street food stall when i came last year! \ud83d\ude0dThat was how we ended our second day. Lots of shopping and good food. \ud83d\ude00\ud83d\ude0c\ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d See you on day 3! \ud83d\ude0c\n\nI went on a trip to Hong Kong for 8 days with Shi Hui and CJ! We finally tick off 1 of the item off our to do list! (Although the plan was supposed to be travel to Korea together in 10 years \ud83d\ude02 #samesame) It was kind of an insane trip with super last minute planning, doing ridiculous things and almost missing our flight back \ud83d\ude05. Then again, we only live once and we will only be young once \ud83d\ude09\n\nDAY 1 (14th December 2016) \u2013 MongKok\n\nOur flight is at 9plus in the morning and hence we had to take the cab at around 6ish am. I had about only 3hours of sleep thanks to my procrastination to pack my luggage. We then had KFC for breakfast before heading in to the airside to shop at the duty free before making our way to the gates.\nUnleashing our excitement \u263a\ufe0f:\n\nEverybody was on time and we were able to smoothly board the plane and depart without any much delays. At the boarding gate:\n\nTake off\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2708\ufe0f\n\nArrival at Hong Kong airport! \ud83d\udeec\n\nHeading to the immigration after disembarking the plane!\n\nAfter going through immigration, we then bought our HK sim cards, purchase some snacks from 7/11 and bought our MTR card to take the trains!\n\n***Sim cards can be bought from most convenience store such as 7/11/circle K or telecoms at around 80HKD. You can activate it for either 5 or 10 days. 5days entitles you to 4g, 1.5gb data while 10days gives you only 3g but for unlimited usage. All you have to do is to follow the instructions as per given for either of the activation.\n\n***MTR cards/ Octopus pass can be purchased from the Airport express information counter. Min top up is 100 HKD with 50HKD refundable deposit.\n\nOne interesting was that you do not have to tap in to take the airport express train! Instead, you tap out after reaching your destination instead.That is something really different from Singapore.\nThe view from the Airport express train:\n\nWe then alighted at Tsing Yi to switch to the orange line and then at Lai King to the red line before arriving at Mong Kok station.\n\nArriving at our airbnb! The building\u2019s exterior does look a little scary tho \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02Link to our airbnb guest room!\nIts a really small room for the 3 of us. We expected it to be small but it was actually even smaller than that. It was definitely not the best size for the 3 of us but the room was actually rather clean other than an encounter with 2 baby roaches on the first 2 days\ud83d\ude15\ud83d\ude15. There\u2019s also fresh towels everyday so it isn\u2019t that bad after all, although i was so tempted to move out on the second night. \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\n\nWe then went out to find food for dinner! We were dying of hunger. But these 2 just love their alley life.\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\nWe wanted to have dim sum for dinner but could not really find any so we end up in this SzeChuan / Hong Kong eatery. As they had some dim sum, we thought why not. The food here was alright, nothing special but nothing bad. The staff there were really nice in contrast to their \u2018Hong kong people\u2019 attitude.\n\nOur next destination was Victoria Harbour!\nBeautiful lighting from a hotel.\nWhile on the way there, we spotted this area where you can dispense your own postcards and write some wishes for the new year for free! So why not? \ud83d\ude0a\nAt the harbour! While waiting for the light show,\nHonestly the light show isnt exactly worth the time, but the view, weather and company was priceless.\nSat on the railings, gazing into the waters with good company \ud83d\udc4d #Thisishowweshouldbelivinglife We then went off for some supper to fill out tummies again! We tried some street food, curry fishball and the \u2018chee cheong fan\u2019\nand then to temple street for some \u2018shopping\u2019 and dim sum again\ud83d\ude05\n*Pardon my hideous smile*\n\nThat was it for our first day! I feel that we did accomplish much for the first day. We definitely do feel the \u2018holiday\u2019 spirit and we were glad to have each other as company and tick something off our bucket list! It felt so great to have a nice chat with the cold wind blowing and at the same time away from all the stress after exams and the trimester. #ourverymuchneededbreak"}
-{"text": "Encountering Antique Phonographs\n\nOften when I get into a conversation with a non-phonograph collector about my hobby, many ask, \u201cIf I stumble across something should I buy it for you?\u201d Any collector of antiques knows that, despite good intentions, this is dangerous ground. In the case of antique phonographs, I politely demur \u2013 sadly shaking my head and lamenting that there are scores of different models, and condition is all-important. Plus, there are many, many phony phonographs out there, put together by basement handymen or by Asian factories. Unless one knows what he or she is doing, it\u2019s easy to be taken in by a fake.\nWhat then can someone expect to find when searching for real antique phonographs? Here is sampling of common and rare machines that collectors look for.\n\n1) Among the most common talking machines encountered is the Victrola IV (Four). This machine cost $15.00 in 1911 when it was introduced, and was offered until the mid-1920s. This is an early version with a flat crank. Later versions used a rod-type crank. The Victrola VI, a slightly larger version, cost $25.00 when new.\n\n2) The Victrola XII (Twelve) was the first table-model Victrola, introduced in 1909. Original price was a whopping $125.00 and sales were sluggish. The Victrola XII is therefore a rare and sought after machine. Similar models such as the Victrola VIII and IX sold in large numbers in both mahogany and oak finish.\n\n3) There were a number of floor model Victrolas that to the untrained eye look nearly identical. The Victrola XI (Eleven) was the largest seller and is commonly found today. The X (Ten) and XIV (Fourteen) were also popular models. Pictured here is a Victrola XVI (Sixteen) dating from 1917-18. Victrolas are usually found in mahogany finish; occasionally in oak. A larger model such as this XVI is rarely seen with an oak finish.\n\n4) Edison offered Disc Phonographs in upright cabinets as well. Pictured here is a 1917 C-250 in rather uncommon oak. Like Victrolas, Edison Disc Phonographs were usually ordered in mahogany. Edison Disc Phonographs play only Edison records, which in turn are generally not playable on machines of other makes.\n\n5) Edison didn\u2019t abandon the cylinder record until 1929. After 1915, all Edison Phonographs designed to play cylinders were called Amberolas, a name with the \u201c-ola\u201d ending obviously meant to capitalize on the popularity of Victor\u2019s Victrola. Shown here is a 1913-14 Amberola V (Five) \u2013 Edison\u2019s first table model Amberola. After 1915, the 3 principal Amberola models would be the 30, 50, and 75 \u2013 all commonly found today.\n\n6) Edison\u2019s first Amberola model is known as the 1A. This one dates from 1909-10, and is rarely found. Three grille designs are known, of which this is the earliest.\n\n7) The mechanism of the Edison Amberola 1A was painted maroon. Unlike other Edison cylinder-playing Phonographs, these early Amberolas (including the 1B and III) moved the cylinder record laterally beneath a stationary reproducer.\n\n8) Besides Victor and Edison, the other member of the \u201cBig Three\u201d talking machine companies was Columbia, whose machines were known as Graphophones. Shown here is one of the prettiest Graphophones: a 1903 AO, which cost $30.00 new. The horn is aluminum, easily damaged, and adds considerably to today\u2019s value of early Graphophones.\n\n9) The most common early cylinder-playing Graphophone is the Model Q. Shown here are the 1899 version (on the left) and the 1904 version (right). Both used a variety of horns, but most often the 10\u201d cone horn shown.\n\n10) Another easily found Columbia Graphophone is the 1897 Model B. Using a 10\u201d cone horn, these machines were offered until 1907.\n\n11) Before the Victrola, the Victor Talking Machine Company sold machines called Victors. In 1902, the company introduced the Royal for $15.00. Shown is an early example whose data plate does not feature the dog which became part of company\u2019s famous trademark. Other commonly found Victors using this early \u201cfront mount\u201d configuration are the E, M, and MS.\n\n12) Speaking of the Victor trademark\u2026 Non-collectors are often surprised to learn that the machine to which Nipper the dog is listening is not a Victor product. Before Victor was incorporated in 1901, its founder, Eldridge Johnson, manufactured Gramophones for the Berliner Gramophone Company. Shown is an 1898 Berliner Improved Gramophone, which sold for $25.00 at the time. Today these machines are highly valued.\n\n13) In 1902, Victor introduced a tone arm that moved independently from the horn. This design is called a \u201crear mount\u201d by collectors today. (In the previous \u201cfront mount\u201d design, some of the horn\u2019s weight was pushing directly on the needle.) A range of Victors with \u201cTapering Arms\u201d was offered for many years. Shown is a 1905 Victor I (One) with an adapter and oversized horn.\n\n14) Next in line and the most commonly found Victor is the II (Two). This example was sold with a wooden horn, an option that added $8.00 to its original price ($32.50).\n\n15) There were other talking machine brands besides Victor, Columbia, and Edison. Most of these appeared in the late teens, have horns hidden in their cabinets, and have relatively low value among collectors (see the article on \u201cOff Brand Talking Machines\u201d elsewhere on this web site) . Shown is an early exception to the rule. This 1900 Zonophone Model A featured beveled glass panels in its cabinet to view the motor. Originally selling for $25.00, these machines today command several thousand dollars.\n\n16) Among early cylinder playing talking machines, the Edison Standard is probably the most commonly found. This machine was manufactured in 6 versions from 1898 until 1913. Shown is the most popular and most commonly found today \u2013 the Model B. The 14\u201d black body/brass bell horn was standard equipment.\n\n17) The next most commonly found Edison cylinder Phonograph with an external horn is the Home. Built from 1896 to 1913, the Home was also built in several variations. Shown is a very early example with a brass mandrel (the part that holds the cylinder record) and the decal on the lid. Although very early specimens command a premium, most Homes can be purchased for a few hundred dollars today.\n\n18) The baby of the Edison cylinder Phonograph line was the Gem. Built in 5 basic models from 1899 to 1913, this is the earliest, which was not supplied with a wooden case. Known to collectors today as the \u201cdrip pan\u201d model (because of a metal pan inside that prevented oil marring the furniture), these early Gems are valued more highly than most later examples. Maroon colored Gems appeared in 1909 and today are highly valued if the maroon paint on their horns remains in good condition.\n\n19) By 1907, Edison was supplying larger \u201cmorning glory\u201d horns with its Phonographs, and by 1909 the \u201cCygnet\u201d horn had appeared. This Edison Fireside was equipped with a Cygnet horn grain-painted to resemble oak \u2013 a rare option. Most cygnet horns were offered in basic black.\n\n20) These two Edison Phonographs were equipped by their original owners with larger morning glory horns supplied by aftermarket firms. These horns not only dressed up the Phonographs, but significantly improved the sound.\n\n21) Another group of morning glory, or flower horns. The colors and available decorations were almost unlimited.\n\n22) The Edison Business Phonograph is seldom encountered today in its early form as seen here. Later Ediphones in metal cabinets are plentiful and of little interest to collectors.\n\n23) Arguably the best sound reproduction from an American-made talking machine was achieved in the 1925 Victrola Credenza (later called the 8-30). Despite the high original price of $275.00, many thousands of these machines were sold. Collectors today admire them not so much for their rarity (they are commonly found), but for their amazing fidelity.\n\nAbout Us\n\nWe are a worldwide society of 1000+ members who share a passion for the preservation of antique phonographs, gramophones and records. We encourage, promote, publish and present research on the history of sound recording and reproduction, including the machines that create and preserve these wonderful voices and sounds. To that end, our Society maintains informative articles on its website which are open to the public, as well as an exhaustive online searchable archive of over 20,000 pages of phonograph and record research material available to members.\nWe publish a full-color quarterly journal called The Antique Phonograph. The APS also sponsors an annual antique phonograph/record Expo and banquet, to which all are welcome."}
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-{"text": "Quicklinks for\n\nCurriculum\n\nOur College curriculum has undergone a process of exciting change as we have implemented the Australian Curriculum. Learning and teaching at MacKillop Catholic College is regularly updated to reflect the changing nature of education including review of content and Year 9 and 10 elective subjects - Years 9 & 10 2019 Elective Subject Handbook.\n\nIn a faith-based college, we have the dual responsibility of ensuring our curriculum and pedagogy follows the directions laid down in the Archbishop\u2019s Charter. Our Religious Education program is closely underpinned by the guiding documents provided by the Archbishop and the Tasmanian Catholic Education Office.\n\nWe are also privileged to have a team of dedicated, caring and professional staff who commit to providing engaging, relevant and diverse curricula as well as presenting many opportunities to extend and interest students.\n\nThe MacKillop Catholic College curriculum is designed to:\n\nbuild educational experiences that are engaging and responsive to the needs of students, maximising their talents and capabilities and developing lifelong learning;\n\nprepare all students for responsible participation in society by developing their capacity to exercise judgement in matters of morality, ethics and social justice, to make sense of their world, to make rational and informed decisions about their own lives and to accept responsibility for their own actions;\n\ndevelop qualities of self-confidence, optimism, high self-esteem, and a commitment to personal excellence;\n\nteach students to be confident, creative and productive users of new technologies, particularly digital technologies, and to understand the impact of these technologies on society;\n\ndevelop an understanding of, and concern for, stewardship of the natural environment, and having the knowledge and skills to contribute to an ecologically sustainable world; and\n\ndevelop employment-related skills and an understanding of career options, work experience, and pathways.\n\nKey Learning Areas\n\nIn Years 7 - 10, it is compulsory for students to be assessed in the following subjects:\n\nEnglish\n\nHistory\n\nScience\n\nMathematics\n\nHealth and Physical Education\n\nIn addition, Years 7 and 8 students will be assessed in:\n\nGeography\n\nBusiness and Economics\n\nCivics and Citizenship\n\nLanguage\n\nThe Arts\n\nDigital and Design Technologies\n\nAssessment and Reporting\n\nCommitment to Learning Equity\n\nMacKillop Catholic College is committed to providing learning opportunities which draw on the strengths of each of our students. Our experienced Learning Support team provides significant help to students and staff.\n\nOur Learning Support teachers work in the Learning Hub and the Rice Resource Centre to provide academic, social and emotional support to a large number of students throughout the year. Learning Support Officers also provide extra help during the assessment periods or will work with small groups on personalised programs.\n\nSupport is also extended to students who would benefit from extension or extra challenges. Our Learning Extension teachers will work with groups or individuals to extend learning within the curriculum and beyond.\n\nSupport for Learning\n\nIn line with our College behaviour expectations \u2013 Be Engaged, Be Respectful, Be your Best \u2013 subject teachers are encouraged to work with their students to ensure they stay engaged and on-task during periods of learning.\n\nStudents are encouraged to work with subject teachers if they require support for assignments or homework. Students can access extra help from teachers at after school or lunchtime tutoring sessions, from Learning Support staff at the Hub or from the staff at the Rice Resource Centre. This can be done in person or by email.\n\nParents and guardians are encouraged to contact Tutor teachers or subject teachers whenever they would like to talk about the learning, teaching or pastoral care of their child. This can be done by phone or email."}
-{"text": "Vendetta Records - Vendetta Fest Compilation VA 2017\n\nThis is a compilation featuring bands who will play Vendetta Fest 2017, the fest will take place on april 14 and 15, at Tiefgrund, in Berlin, Germany. More info, tickets... at: www.vendettarecords.de. Check featured artists, one is sure to be said - buy tickets and be there!"}
-{"text": "Stopped by my local Texas Target store today and found 8 of their Exclusive Black Series 6\" Luke Skywalker (Jedi Master) on Ahch-To Island figures on the shelf. Also readers have been sending in reports of finding these at their local stores as well from Coast to Coast.\n\nThis item keeps bouncing in and out of stock at Target.com as well. Also on the product page you can use the \"find in store\" tool to see if your locals stores have them in stock."}
-{"text": "Taking a look back gives us the chance to assume a new forward-looking approach in order to face new challenges. We review everything that has taken place during 2019 and all the measures that we have undergone to #ProtectHumanity. This year has been marked by innovation, our volunteers\u00b4 commitment, the strength of our alliances and by our adaptation to the most relevant social changes in order to reach more people."}
-{"text": "To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website\n\nMcGowen Eviction Notice (June 4, 1867)\n\nMcGowen Eviction Notice Pg.1 (June 4, 1867)\n\n[page 1]\nTo William Caldwell a Justice of the Peace\nin aid for the Township of Harris Ottawa\nCounty Ohio\nTHe Undersigned George W Dimmick\nand Lydia Dimmick hereby make their\ncomplaint to you against Charles\nMcGowen and Mary McGowen\nfor this that the said Charles McGowan and\nMary McGowan hath ever since the\n30th day of May in the year 1867 and\ndoth still unlawfully and forcibly detain\nfrom the undersigned possesion of the\nfollowing premises situated in the Township\nof Harris in the said County of Ottawa\nand discribed as follows being the\ndwelling house known as the Dimmick\nHouse on Harris Street ajoining the\nlot on which is the residence of Ezikiel Rice on the same\nStreet in the Village of Elmore and lately ockupied by John Eoff\nthe said Charles McGowen and Mary Mc\nGowen entered upon said premisis as\nthe tenant of the undersigned the lease\ntherefore expired of time hereine first\nmentioned and from that time the said\nCharles and Mary McGowen hath unlaw\n=fully and forcibly held over their\nsaid terms, on the 30th day of May\nin the year 1867 the undersigned duly Served\nupon the Charles and Mary McGowen\nas required by law notice in writing to leave\nsaid premises the undersigned asks process\nand Restitution\ndated this 4th day of June AD 1867\nover\n\n[page 1]\nTo William Caldwell a Justice of the Peace\nin aid for the Township of Harris Ottawa\nCounty Ohio\nTHe Undersigned George W Dimmick\nand Lydia Dimmick hereby make their\ncomplaint to you against Charles\nMcGowen and Mary McGowen\nfor this that the said Charles McGowan and\nMary McGowan hath ever since the\n30th day of May in the year 1867 and\ndoth still unlawfully and forcibly detain\nfrom the undersigned possesion of the\nfollowing premises situated in the Township\nof Harris in the said County of Ottawa\nand discribed as follows being the\ndwelling house known as the Dimmick\nHouse on Harris Street ajoining the\nlot on which is the residence of Ezikiel Rice on the same\nStreet in the Village of Elmore and lately ockupied by John Eoff\nthe said Charles McGowen and Mary Mc\nGowen entered upon said premisis as\nthe tenant of the undersigned the lease\ntherefore expired of time hereine first\nmentioned and from that time the said\nCharles and Mary McGowen hath unlaw\n=fully and forcibly held over their\nsaid terms, on the 30th day of May\nin the year 1867 the undersigned duly Served\nupon the Charles and Mary McGowen\nas required by law notice in writing to leave\nsaid premises the undersigned asks process\nand Restitution\ndated this 4th day of June AD 1867\nover"}
-{"text": "Can feds stop pro-lifers from being forced to promote abortion?\n\nThe federal government is being asked to rein in state and local demands that pregnancy centers and others promote abortion, even if they have religious objections to the destruction of unborn children.\n\nThe dispute popped up in a number of states after pro-abortion state lawmakers and other regulators decided that everyone must promote abortion and set up a requirement that pregnancy care centers do just that.\n\nThe organization revealed Tuesday it has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the cases in Illinois and Hawaii.\n\nThe organization confirmed the federal Church and Weldon amendments do not allow states that receive federal funding \u201cto compel medical personal to operate contrary to their conscience or religious beliefs.\u201d\n\nIt means that if the pro-abortion advertising requirements are enforced, the state cannot have access to federal funding.\n\nCourts already have issued injunctions against the demands that crisis pregnancy centers in Illinois and Hawaii promote Web addresses or telephone numbers of nearby abortionists.\n\n\u201cFurthermore, federal law simply doesn\u2019t allow it. States that compel pro-life doctors and staff to act contrary to their conscience do not qualify for federal funds. We have filed these complaints to inform HHS of what is happening so that it can take action.\u201d\n\nIn Illinois, cases are being pursued on behalf of Dr. Anthony Caruso and A Bella Baby OBGYN, and Dr. Tina Gingrich and Maryville Women\u2019s Center in Illinois. In Hawaii, it\u2019s on behalf of A Place for Women.\n\nADF said the three complaints \u201cexplain that the rights of doctors and pregnancy care centers \u2018to offer medical assistance to women in need without compromising their religious convictions relating to abortion or abortion-causing drugs are protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution\u2019 in addition to federal law, Illinois law, and the Illinois and Hawaii constitutions.\u201d\n\nThe Illinois bill is SB1564 demands speech from pro-life people that would violate their oaths as health professionals.\n\n\u201cSpecifically, pro-life doctors and pregnancy centers must tell pregnant women the names of doctors they believe offer abortions, that abortion has unspecified \u2018benefits,\u2019 and that abortion is a \u2018treatment option\u2019 for pregnancy,\u201d ADF said.\n\nIn Hawaii, SB 501 \u201crequires pro-life pregnancy care centers, which offer free ultrasound and other prenatal care to pregnant women, to direct women to a state agency that provides abortion referrals.\u201d\n\nSuch advertising is demanded through signage, handouts and more.\n\nADF reported that similar attempts to boost the nation\u2019s abortion industry have been mostly invalidated in Texas, Maryland and New York City, and a request was submitted a few months ago for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case in California.\n\nThe complaints to HHS, ADF said, explain how the state attempts to order people to provide a message that violates the rights of those who practice medicine \u201caccording to their conscience and religious beliefs.\u201d\n\nThe letters explain that under the Church amendment, and the Weldon amendment of 2015, that\u2019s unlawful discrimination.\n\nThe physicians and centers have the right, under the First Amendment, \u201cto \u201coffer medical assistance to women in need without compromising their religious convictions relating to abortion or abortion-causing drugs.\u201d\n\nHe issued a temporary injunction preventing the law\u2019s enforcement until the case is concluded.\n\n\u201cThe amended act targets the free speech rights of people who have a specific viewpoint,\u201d he wrote at the time.\n\nThe law would require doctors and pregnancy care centers, even those that are pro-life, to promote abortion.\n\n\u201cThe government is out of line when it attempts to force Americans to communicate a message that is contrary to their most deeply held beliefs,\u201d said Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Elissa Graves.\n\n\u201cIn addition, the state shouldn\u2019t be robbing women of the freedom to choose a pro-life doctor by mandating that pro-life physicians and entities make or arrange abortion referrals. The court was right to halt enforcement of this law while our lawsuit proceeds.\u201d\n\nADF represents multiple pregnancy care centers, a pregnancy care center network and a doctor in a lawsuit challenging the law.\n\nIt\u2019s not a new dispute. WND reported in 2014 almost identical arguments in Montgomery County, Maryland, where an appeals court decided against rules that would restrict the speech of pregnancy center\n\nRead more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/can-feds-stop-pro-lifers-from-being-forced-to-promote-abortion/#9Z30Ekl8ExpvGERm.99\n\nDon Boys, Ph.D. http://donboys.cstnews.com/its-past-time-armed-school-personnel-will-save-lives This week, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida shot and killed at least 17 students and adults and...\n\nThe 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Roseville, Calif., police department violated the Constitution when they fired a probationary officer for having an extramarital affair with...\n\nPaul\u2019s message to the Gentiles given by God After a large group believed on the Lord Jesus as recorded in the eighth chapter of John, the our Lord said to them, \u201cIf ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the..."}
-{"text": "Investing in Autonomy, Performance and Innovation\n\nMost districts put \"innovation\" at the top of their agendas these days, but too few are innovating with a purpose. The Reynoldsburg City School District (RCS) is becoming an exemplar for how to unleash principals' and teachers' creativity\nin meaningful ways that are guided but not prescribed or limited by a central office agenda.\n\nAcross RCS, personalization of learning is increasingly achieved at the classroom and individual student level through the shift to blended learning. The district's new\nDisruptive Innovation Investment Program\n(DIIP) expects to accelerate the shift. The DIIP is a school-level grant competition intended to foster new or developing initiatives--including blended\nlearning-- that further progress toward financially sustainable academic growth and achievement for all students. While 'grant competition' might make it\nsound like this is a district swimming in money, anyone could do this on any budget. Reynoldsburg is spending about the same in 2014 as it was back in\n2005.\n\nDIIP awards are viewed as investments that kick-start or accelerate innovation resulting in higher performance and increased productivity and/or savings\nover time. The acceptance of a grant award is a commitment to maintain the initiative beyond initial funding and to support the approach within current\nfunding levels. The program encourages a fresh take on the school-level business plan that must account for all the resources used to support operations of\nthe school.\n\nThe investment program is clearly in keeping with the district's vision of being a \"system of schools, not a school system.\" The district has been evolving\nits portfolio of unique schools for several years. Going in to the 2014-15 school year, principals will have direct control over an estimated 90% of their\nbudgets--the most ever (dollars are pooled for priorities related to safety, capital improvements and to create certain efficiencies)--and this is in\naddition to control over selection of new staff, the school schedule, curriculum, school theme, instructional and organizational models.\n\nPrincipal autonomy is essential: They are strictly accountable for school performance, and affording students and parents choices among specialized\ninstructional models is a key component of Reynoldsburg's success. It is worth noting here that Ohio is a local control state, and that the district has a\nvital and active local teachers' union.\n\nHow does the Disruptive Innovation Investment Program work?\n\nThe overall structure of the RFP asks principals and their design teams to analyze their greatest challenges in-depth, identify new opportunities to\naddress persistent problems, generate promising ideas, and, plan to develop ideas into working prototypes. Collaborative proposals involving consortia of\nschools and partnerships with outside organizations/agencies or non-Reynoldsburg schools are encouraged.\n\nWhat are the funds' absolute priorities?\n\nProposals must address just two absolute priorities.\n\nAbsolute Priority 1: Improving student outcomes. To meet this priority the applicant must define the problem to be solved, set relevant goals and\nperformance measures, and describe how the proposed initiative will directly address the problem.\n\nAbsolute Priority 2: Increasing productivity and/or reducing school operating costs. To meet this priority, the applicant must identify areas in the school\noperational budget where long-term cost-savings will occur. These savings may be achieved by reducing/eliminating expenditures deemed ineffective, no\nlonger needed or less important than the proposed initiative. Savings also may be achieved by replacing expensive line items with less expensive line\nitems. Proposals that generate sufficient revenue to cover increased expenses also will be considered.\n\nHow does the fund encourage principals' best thinking and blended learning designs?\n\nIn the Disruptive Innovation section of the application, applicants must explain the problem their proposal will address, and provide evidence that\nquantifies and/or qualifies the problem and its significance. More akin to business school than ed school, principals outline their hypotheses and must\ndelineate whether they intend topursue disruptive or hybrid models and why.\n\nUnder Organization of Resources, applicants describe how their team will be structured to solve problems, as well as a rationale for this structure. In addition to\nidentifying what their team needs to be successful and the kinds of resources and tools that will be provided, principals have to describe what trade-offs\nwill be necessary to sustain the approach long term. Teams are encouraged to\nthink like engineers\n--everything should be considered a tool for manufacturing time, extending the reach of talent, or generating savings for better uses/higher purposes. The\ncomplete narrative requires articulation of goals & performance measures, implications for scalability and more.\n\nHow does the fund build toward a shared vision and language across autonomous schools?\n\nHow does the district build principals' and school teams' capacity for design?\n\nApplicants can access strategy, design and technical support from The Learning Accelerator in preparing their proposals. Consultation can range from one\nbrief meeting to a series of working sessions that focus on the core opportunity with the shift to blended learning: to inspire a rethinking of what\nteachers, students, and schools do, and how they are organized to do it.\n\nIn addition to partaking of consulting hours, some schools are already working on building their own capacity for design and implementation. For instance,\na teacher-turned-coach at Waggoner Road Middle School (WRMS) is developing and facilitating a Blended Learning Professional Development Course for all\nstaff to run April through May, delivered in a blended format. Several teachers participated in the Blended Learning: Personalizing Education for Students MOOC that was facilitated by Michael Horn,\nBrian Greenberg and Rob Schwartz on Coursera in the fall, and WRMS is recreating and customizing that experience for their staff.\n\nWhat if a school doesn't receive funds?\n\nWhile the district will select winners, all applicants will receive extensive feedback on their proposals from district leadership and The Learning\nAccelerator. The partnership has agreed to contemplate a level of support for any non-winning applicants, after the quality of proposals is known and\nchallenges have been assessed. Despite the awarding of a finite $300,000 for similar grants last year, the district has decided not to cap the amount to be\nawarded in 2014 and instead, will award as many applicants as are worthy of funding.\n\nHow will autonomous schools learn from each other given their high degree of autonomy?\n\nInnovation isn't a solo sport. Borrowing from successful practice in New York City's iZone, Affinity Groups of individuals will have the option to meet to\nshare, refine and/or jointly prototype innovative school and system practices. For now, each group will initiate its own focus, process and mission based\non the problems they are trying to solve. Part of the district's work with The Learning Accelerator involves ongoing inquiry as to when district-wide\nstrategies make sense, though always balanced with the highest degree of school autonomy.\n\nCategories:\n\nTags:\n\nNotice: We recently upgraded our comments. (Learn more here.) If you are logged in as a subscriber or registered user and already have a Display Name on edweek.org, you can post comments. If you do not already have a Display Name, please create one here.\n\nGround Rules for Posting\nWe encourage lively debate, but please be respectful of others. Profanity and personal attacks are prohibited. By commenting, you are agreeing to abide by our user agreement.\nAll comments are public.\n\nThe opinions expressed in Vander Ark on Innovation are strictly those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of Editorial Projects in Education, or any of its publications."}
-{"text": "The latest target of the news and entertainment media\u2019s poison arrows is Sen. Ted Cruz.\n\nThe mainstream news media have joined forces with entertainment shows in a multi-pronged attack on Cruz that is reminiscent of the treatment meted out to former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.\n\nThe tactics being employed by the mainstream news media in attacking Cruz were exemplified by ABC News as it conducted the first interview with the Texas senator since the partial government shutdown came to an end.\n\nPrior to its airing, Jonathan Karl promoted the Cruz interview on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America\u201d as the \u201cTed Cruz shutdown,\u201d and GMA co-host and Democrat Party operative George Stephanopoulos hyped the segment as a \u201ccontentious and defiant interview.\u201d\n\nDuring the actual interview with the senator, which aired on the ABC Sunday show \u201cThis Week,\u201d Karl showed his hand with the face-to-face setup of Cruz. Karl unleashed the following fallacy-laden statement: \u201cPeople hated this shutdown. They hated this impasse. And this was seen as the Ted Cruz shutdown.\u201d\n\nThe so-called journalist declared to Cruz, \u201cYou more than any single individual were seen as the one that triggered this crisis to begin with,\u201d and continued with his loaded questioning by asking, \u201cHow much do your colleagues just despise you right now?\u201d\n\nOn an equally left-tilted mainstream media Sunday show, CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank snidely characterized Cruz as \u201ca complete phony\u201d who is just riding the tea party to get \u201creally famous.\u201d\n\nLiberal cable news networks quickly jumped on the Cruz-bashing bandwagon. In a recent interview with Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, CNN's Piers Morgan pointed the finger of blame at Cruz for the nation\u2019s woes and stated, \u201cHe thinks that getting the shutdown was good business for Ted Cruz, Incorporated.\u201d\n\nMorgan\u2019s offensive remark was followed by the question, \u201cWhat are you going to do about this young renegade who doesn't really care about being reasonable?\u201d\n\nMorgan had more questions that were phrased as if they were meant to plant nefarious seeds and in the process enlist others in the attack on the senator, including \u201cWhat about unleashing your new attack dog, Cory Booker?\u201d and \u201cWhat about putting him [Booker] on Cruz point man to point man?\u201d\n\nOn the entertainment media front, NBC\u2019s \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d which incidentally out of all the media carried out the most virulent attack on Palin\u2019s reputation both during and after the 2012 election, targeted Cruz over the partial government shutdown.\n\nDuring a SNL Weekend Update segment, Seth Meyers farcically reported that \u201cTed Cruz promised to fight even harder to keep the government shut down,\u201d which induced Kenan Thompson, who was portraying an SNL version of Chaplain of the U.S. Senate Barry Black, to grab Meyers\u2019 hand to pray with him.\n\n\u201cLord, bless and forgive these braying jackasses,\u201d the chaplain character said, a coarse reference to Cruz and his congressional allies.\n\nThe chaplain character continued, \u201c. . . lest they do something that makes people want to pin them on the floor, shove a sweaty sock in their mouths, and then whoop 'em up and down with a pillowcase full of Skittles . . . May they find themselves in a restroom stall devoid of toilet paper, with nothing to use but a receipt from CVS in their wallet.\u201d\n\nAfter the overt display of broadcast malpractice, particularly on the part of the mainstream news media, perhaps the professionals involved might consider reporting on some of the factual background of Cruz.\n\nCruz\u2019s resume contains a list of educational achievements and professional accomplishments of which few in our society could ever boast.\n\nThe senator graduated cum laude from Princeton University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. As so many of the journalists who have tried to \u201ccross-examine\u201d him have discovered, he possesses superb debating skills and for such he has been widely recognized.\n\nWhile at Princeton, he won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and 1992 North American Debating Championship. He was also a semi-finalist at the 1995 World Universities Debating Championship.\n\nWhile at Harvard Law School, Cruz was a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review, an executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review.\n\nIn the words of Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz, Cruz is simply \u201coff-the-charts brilliant.\u201d\n\nCruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States. Notably, he argued more cases before the U.S. Supreme Court than any other current member of Congress.\n\nIn the late 1990s, a congressman needed to find a lawyer to represent him in a legal matter, which involved a congressman from an opposing party, Rep. Jim McDermott, and a tape recording of a conversation that was subsequently released.\n\nThe Ohio representative was none other than John Boehner, who of course ultimately rose up the ranks to become Speaker of the House.\n\nBoehner was wise enough at the time to seek out the very best counsel he could ever hope to find. The attorney\u2019s name was Ted Cruz.\n\nJames Hirsen, J.D., M.A., in media psychology, is a New York Times best-selling author, media analyst, and law professor. Visit Newsmax.TV Hollywood. Read more reports from James Hirsen \u2014 Click Here Now."}
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-{"text": "2015 NFL draft: Shelton vs. D-linemen elite\n\nComparing Danny Shelton\u2019s defensive statistics (vs. the run, the pass, along with positive and negative plays) to the other elite defensive linemen prospects for the 2015 NFL draft.\n\nWith one third of the 2014 college football season having been completed, NFL teams are rearranging their draft boards before the cross-checking and national scouts head out on the road to further evaluate the talent that area scouts have been reporting on. With the league placing a much bigger emphasis in finding dominant nose guards to play in that alignment at the next level, it has become clear to all that Washington\u2019s Danny Shelton has not only separated himself from the pack, he is leaving a cloud of dust behind him on the road to the NFL.\n\nSome of the players rated as early round draft prospects prior to the 2014 that are not included on this list are Christian Covington (Rice), as he has missed playing time due to a knee injury and has recorded just five tackles in three brief appearances. Undersized Gabe Wright (Auburn) was moved from the middle to defensive end, his likely pro position. Ellis McCarthy (UCLA) was also omitted, as he has yet to reclaim his starting job and has recorded just five tackles and an assisted sack through four contests. To compile this report card, I examine each of the athlete\u2019s average game performance in detailed categories vs. the run and also in passing situations.\n\nDEFENSIVE TACKLE TALE OF THE TAPE\n\nPLAYER\n\nSCHOOL\n\nCLASS\n\nHEIGHT\n\nWEIGHT\n\n40-YD\n\nDanny Shelton\n\nWashington\n\nSenior\n\n06:01.1\n\n339\n\n5.11\n\nMichael Bennett\n\nOhio State\n\nSenior\n\n06:02.1\n\n288\n\n4.96\n\nCarl Davis\n\nIowa\n\nSenior\n\n06:04.5\n\n315\n\n5.12\n\nTyeler Davison\n\nFresno State\n\nSenior\n\n06:01.4\n\n319\n\n5.16\n\nSheldon Day\n\nNotre Dame\n\nJunior\n\n06:02.1\n\n293\n\n4.94\n\nEddie Goldman\n\nFlorida State\n\nJunior\n\n06:03.1\n\n321\n\n5.28\n\nRUN DEFENSE COMPARISON CHART\n\nSTATISTICS\n\nPlayer\n\nGM\n\nTK\n\nSO\n\nAS\n\nTFL\n\nNG\n\nSHELTON\n\n5\n\n47\n\n28\n\n19\n\n10.0-030\n\n2\n\nBENNETT\n\n4\n\n7\n\n3\n\n4\n\n02.0-005\n\n0\n\nDAVIS\n\n5\n\n17\n\n5\n\n12\n\n03.0-007\n\n4\n\nDAVISON\n\n5\n\n15\n\n7\n\n8\n\n04.0-020\n\n0\n\nDAY\n\n4\n\n19\n\n8\n\n11\n\n03.5-006\n\n5\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n4\n\n12\n\n6\n\n6\n\n02.5-012\n\n1\n\nRUN DEFENSE COMPARISON CHART\n\nPLAY BREAKDOWN vs. THE RUN\n\nATT\n\nYDS\n\nTD\n\nLG\n\nYPC\n\n1st\n\n3rd\n\n4th\n\nRZ/GL\n\n44\n\n17\n\n0\n\n8\n\n0.39\n\n2\n\n6\n\n1\n\n13/02\n\n7\n\n12\n\n0\n\n5\n\n1.71\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\n00/00\n\n19\n\n12\n\n1\n\n7\n\n0.63\n\n1\n\n3\n\n0\n\n5/3\n\n15\n\n9\n\n1\n\n6\n\n0.6\n\n1\n\n2\n\n0\n\n3/3\n\n14\n\n12\n\n0\n\n3\n\n0.86\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0\n\n1/0\n\n12\n\n3\n\n0\n\n4\n\n0.25\n\n2\n\n2\n\n1\n\n1/0\n\nNOTE-TK indicates total tackles recorded by the defender\u2026SO indicates solo tackles\u2026AS indicates assisted tackles\u2026TFL indicates tackles behind the line of scrimmage/lost yardage\u2026NG indicates times defender stopped an opponent for no gain on a rushing attempt\u2026ATT indicates plays made vs. the run\u2026YDS indicates yards gained by the defender\u2019s opponents on plays made vs. the run\u2026TD indicates touchdowns allowed vs. the run\u2026LG indicates longest rushing attempt gain vs. the defender\u2026YPC indicates average yards per carry by the opponent vs. the defender\u20261st indicates carries by an opponent that resulted in a first down vs. the defender\u20263rd indicates third-down plays made by the defender vs. the run\u20264th indicates fourth-down plays made by the defender vs. the run\u2026RZ/GL indicates plays made by the defender inside the red zone/on goal-line plays vs. the run.\n\nAGAINST THE RUN COMPARISON AVERAGE\n\nPLAYER\n\nGP\n\nTKA\n\nRK\n\nTFLA\n\nRK\n\nNG\n\nRK\n\nSHELTON\n\n5\n\n9.4\n\n1\n\n2\n\n1\n\n0.4\n\n3\n\nBENNETT\n\n4\n\n1.75\n\n6\n\n0.5\n\n6\n\n0\n\n5\n\nDAVIS\n\n5\n\n3.4\n\n3\n\n0.6\n\n5\n\n0.8\n\n2\n\nDAVISON\n\n5\n\n3\n\n4\n\n0.8\n\n3\n\n0\n\n5\n\nDAY\n\n4\n\n4.75\n\n2\n\n0.88\n\n2\n\n1.25\n\n1\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n4\n\n3\n\n4\n\n0.63\n\n4\n\n0.25\n\n4\n\nAGAINST THE RUN COMPARISON AVERAGE\n\nPLAYER\n\nR/AVG\n\nRK\n\n3/4S\n\nRK\n\nRZ/GL\n\nRK\n\nPTS\n\nTOT\n\nSHELTON\n\n0.39\n\n2\n\n1.4\n\n1\n\n2.6\n\n1\n\n27\n\n1\n\nBENNETT\n\n1.71\n\n6\n\n0\n\n6\n\n0\n\n6\n\n1\n\n6\n\nDAVIS\n\n0.63\n\n4\n\n0.6\n\n3\n\n1\n\n2\n\n17\n\n2\n\nDAVISON\n\n0.6\n\n3\n\n0.4\n\n4\n\n0.6\n\n3\n\n14\n\n5\n\nDAY\n\n0.86\n\n5\n\n0.25\n\n5\n\n0.2\n\n5\n\n16\n\n4\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n0.25\n\n1\n\n0.75\n\n2\n\n0.25\n\n4\n\n17\n\n2\n\nNOTE-GP indicates games played\u2026TKA indicates average tackles per game\u2026RK indicates rank in that category\u2026TFLA indicates tackle-for-loss average per game\u2026NG indicates tackles of ball carriers for no gain\u2026\nR/AVG indicates opponents average gain per rushing attempt vs. the defender\u20263/4S indicates third and fourth-down stops vs. the run\u2026RZ/GL indicates plays made vs. the run inside the red zone/on goal line plays\u2026PTS indicates points for each ranking category, players receive points based on their finish;-5 points for first, 4 for second, 3 for third, 2 for fourth, 1 for fifth, 0 for sixth\u2026TOT indicates that defensive lineman\u2019s final ranking vs. the other defenders listed.\n\nAGAINST THE PASS COMPARISON AVERAGE\n\nPlayer\n\nGP\n\nSKA\n\nRK\n\nPRA\n\nRK\n\n1st\n\nRK\n\nSHELTON\n\n5\n\n1.4\n\n1\n\n1.2\n\n2\n\n0.2\n\n1\n\nBENNETT\n\n4\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0.25\n\n3\n\n0\n\n4\n\nDAVIS\n\n5\n\n0.1\n\n4\n\n0.2\n\n4\n\n0.2\n\n1\n\nDAVISON\n\n5\n\n0.4\n\n3\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0\n\n5\n\nDAY\n\n4\n\n0\n\n5\n\n1.5\n\n1\n\n0.25\n\n3\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n4\n\n0.5\n\n2\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0\n\n5\n\nAGAINST THE PASS COMPARISON AVERAGE\n\nPlayer\n\n3/4SA\n\nRK\n\nPDA\n\nRK\n\nIC/CD\n\nRK\n\nPTS\n\nTOT\n\nSHELTON\n\n1.4\n\n1\n\n0\n\n3\n\n0.6\n\n1\n\n27\n\n1\n\nBENNETT\n\n0\n\n3\n\n0.25\n\n1\n\n0\n\n4\n\n12\n\n4\n\nDAVIS\n\n0\n\n3\n\n0\n\n4\n\n0\n\n3\n\n17\n\n3\n\nDAVISON\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0\n\n5\n\n8\n\n6\n\nDAY\n\n1\n\n2\n\n0.25\n\n2\n\n0.25\n\n2\n\n21\n\n2\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0\n\n5\n\n0\n\n5\n\n9\n\n5\n\nNOTE-SKA indicates average of sacks recorded per game\u2026RK indicates rank in that category\u2026PRA indicates average of quarterback pressures per game\u20261st indicates amount of passing first downs defender allowed an opponent\u20263/4SA indicates average of third/fourth down stops made by the defender vs. the pass per game\u2026PDA indicates average of passes defended (interceptions/pass break-ups) by the defender per game\u2026IC/CD indicates times the defender prevented his pass coverage assignment from catching a pass (re-route/jam/covered on the play) or chased down the ball carrier on a running play\u2026PTS indicates points scored for each ranking category; players receive points based on their finish-5 points for first, 4 for second, 3 for third, 2 for fourth, 1 for fifth, 0 for sixth\u2026TOT indicates that defensive lineman\u2019s final ranking vs. the other defenders listed.\n\nNEGATIVE PLAYS CHARGED AGAINST THE DEFENDER\n\nPLAYER\n\nGP\n\n1STR\n\n1STP\n\nPEN\n\nTDR\n\nTDP\n\nSHELTON\n\n5\n\n2\n\n1\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\nBENNETT\n\n4\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\nDAVIS\n\n5\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\nDAVISON\n\n5\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0\n\nDAY\n\n4\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n4\n\n2\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\nNEGATIVE PLAYS CHARGED AGAINST THE DEFENDER\n\nPLAYER\n\n10+R\n\n20+R\n\n10+P\n\n20+P\n\nNP\n\nAVG\n\nPTS\n\nTOT\n\nSHELTON\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n5\n\n1\n\n0\n\n6\n\nBENNETT\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0.25\n\n5\n\n1\n\nDAVIS\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n4\n\n0.8\n\n1\n\n5\n\nDAVISON\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n2\n\n0.4\n\n3\n\n3\n\nDAY\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0.25\n\n5\n\n1\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n3\n\n0.75\n\n2\n\n4\n\nNOTE-1STR indicates amount of first downs defender allowed an opponent on running plays\u20261STR indicates amount of first downs defender allowed an opponent on passing plays\u2026PEN indicates amount of penalties charged to the defender\u2026TDR indicates touchdowns defender allowed on running plays\u2026 TDP indicates touchdowns defender allowed on passing plays\u202610+R indicates running plays for 10 yards or longer charged to the defender\u202620+R indicates running plays for 20 yards or longer charged to the defender\u202610+P indicates passing plays for 10 yards or longer charged to the defender\u202620+P indicates passing plays for 20 yards or longer charged to the defender\u2026NP indicates total amount of negative plays charged to the defender (total from each category)\u2026AVG indicates average of negative plays charged to the defender per game\u2026PTS indicates points scored for each ranking category; players receive points based on their finish-5 points for first, 4 for second, 3 for third, 2 for fourth, 1 for fifth\u2026TOT indicates that defender\u2019s final ranking vs. the other four players listed.\n\nPOSITIVE PLAYS MADE BY THE DEFENDER\n\nPLAYER\n\nGP\n\nTFL\n\nNG\n\nFUM\n\nPR\n\nPD\n\n3DS\n\n4DS\n\nSHELTON\n\n5\n\n13\n\n2\n\n1\n\n6\n\n0\n\n13\n\n1\n\nBENNETT\n\n4\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\nDAVIS\n\n5\n\n5\n\n4\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n3\n\n0\n\nDAVISON\n\n5\n\n4\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n2\n\n0\n\nDAY\n\n4\n\n4\n\n5\n\n1\n\n6\n\n1\n\n5\n\n0\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n4\n\n3\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n0\n\n2\n\n1\n\nPOSITIVE PLAYS MADE BY THE DEFENDER\n\nPLAYER\n\nTDSR\n\nTDSP\n\nRZ\n\nNP\n\nAVG\n\nPTS\n\nTOT\n\nSHELTON\n\n1\n\n2\n\n13\n\n52\n\n10.4\n\n5\n\n1\n\nBENNETT\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n4\n\n1\n\n0\n\n6\n\nDAVIS\n\n1\n\n0\n\n5\n\n20\n\n4\n\n3\n\n3\n\nDAVISON\n\n2\n\n0\n\n3\n\n11\n\n2.2\n\n1\n\n5\n\nDAY\n\n1\n\n0\n\n1\n\n24\n\n6\n\n4\n\n2\n\nGOLDMAN\n\n2\n\n0\n\n1\n\n11\n\n2.75\n\n2\n\n4\n\nNOTE-TFL indicates tackles behind the line of scrimmage/lost yardage (combined solos and assists)\u2026NG indicates times defender stopped an opponent for no gain on a rushing attempt\u2026FUM indicates total of fumbles recovered/ caused\u2026PR indicates times defender pressured the quarterback\u2026PD indicates pass defended (break ups/interceptions)\u20263DS indicates total amount of third-down plays made (pass/run)\u2026 4DS indicates total amount of fourth-down plays made (pass/run/punt return coverage)\u2026TDSR indicates touchdown-saving tackles made vs. the run\u2026TDSP indicates touchdown-saving tackles made vs. the pass\u2026RZ indicates plays made inside the red zone\u2026NP indicates total amount of negative plays charged to the defender (total from each category)\u2026AVG indicates average of negative plays charged to the defender per game\u2026PTS indicates points scored for each ranking category; players receive points based on their finish-5 points for first, 4 for second, 3 for third, 2 for fourth, 1 for fifth, 0 for sixth\u2026TOT indicates that defender\u2019s final ranking vs. the other four players listed.\n\nFINAL REPORT CARD\n\nPLAYER\n\nGP\n\nAR\n\nRK\n\nAP\n\nRK\n\nNP\n\nRK\n\nPP\n\nRK\n\nPTS\n\nRK\n\nSHELTON, Danny\n\n5\n\n27\n\n1\n\n27\n\n1\n\n0\n\n6\n\n5\n\n1\n\n59\n\n1\n\nBENNETT, Michael\n\n4\n\n1\n\n6\n\n12\n\n4\n\n5\n\n1\n\n0\n\n6\n\n18\n\n6\n\nDAVIS, Carl\n\n5\n\n17\n\n2\n\n17\n\n3\n\n1\n\n5\n\n3\n\n3\n\n38\n\n3\n\nDAVISON, Tyeler\n\n5\n\n14\n\n5\n\n8\n\n6\n\n3\n\n3\n\n1\n\n5\n\n26\n\n5\n\nDAY, Sheldon\n\n4\n\n16\n\n4\n\n21\n\n2\n\n5\n\n1\n\n4\n\n2\n\n46\n\n2\n\nGOLDMAN, Eddie\n\n4\n\n17\n\n2\n\n9\n\n5\n\n2\n\n4\n\n2\n\n4\n\n30\n\n4\n\nAVERAGE\n\n4.5\n\n15.3\n\n15.7\n\n2.7\n\n2.5\n\n36.2\n\nNOTABLE-This chart lists the statistics compiled by each defensive lineman during their respective seasons\u2026AR indicates points scored in the above Against the Run Comparison category\u2026AP indicates points scored in the above Against the Pass Performance Chart category\u2026 NP indicates points scored in the above Negative Plays Charged category\u2026PP indicates points scored in the above Positive Plays Charged category\u2026PTS indicates total points scored from all of these categories\u2026RK indicates final ranking, based on total points scored."}
-{"text": "Archive for the \u2018Astronomy\u2019 Category\n\nIn 1998, two teams of astronomers studying distant supernovae made the remarkable discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up. Yet, according to Einstein\u2019s theory of General Relativity, gravity should lead to a slowing of the expansion. To explain cosmic acceleration, cosmologists are faced with two possibilities: Either 75% of the universe exists in an exotic form, now called dark energy, that exhibits a gravitational force opposite to the attractive gravity of ordinary matter, or General Relativity must be replaced by a new theory of gravity on cosmic scales.\n\nThe Dark Energy Survey (DES) is designed to probe the origin of the accelerating universe and help uncover the nature of dark energy by measuring the 14-billion-year history of cosmic expansion with high precision. More than 120 scientists from 23 institutions in the United States, Brazil, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom are working on the project. This collaboration is building an extremely sensitive 570-Megapixel digital camera, DECam, and will mount it on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory high in the Chilean Andes. Starting in late 2011 and continuing for five years, DES will survey a large swath of the southern sky out to vast distances in order to provide new clues to this most fundamental of questions. \u201d"}
-{"text": "One Million Years B.C. Polish film poster (1966)\n\nThis film poster for the Polish language release of One Million Years B.C. features a charming cartoon by illustrator and graphic designer Bohdan Butenko.\n\nReleased by Hammer in 1966 the film starred Rachel Welch (in an eye-popping fur bikini), John Richardson and a host of dinosaurs animated by legendary animation maestro Ray Harryhausen. It\u2019s all silly fun, ably reflected by Butenko\u2019s wonderfully off-beat poster.\n\nButenko, a celebrated artist and author in his native Poland, eschews the famous image of Welch in that bikini and instead created a cartoon dinosaur gobbling down a hapless cavemen. It\u2019s simple, sweet and bold. The white of the caveman contrasts nicely with the green of the dinosaur and the solid blue background, while the orange text of the film tile pops out nicely. With a poster this bold and eye-catching it hardly matters that the image has nothing to do with the film itself."}
-{"text": "American Flags and Pennsylvania Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, July 13 at the Capitol Complex and in Philadelphia in honor of former US Representative William Gray III.\n\nAccording to the office of the governor:\nWilliam Gray III was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. He was the first African-American to serve as chairman of the House Budget Committee and the Majority Whip. Gray served in Congress until his resignation in 1991, when he was named president of the United Negro College Fund. He held that post until 2004.\n#FlagsHalf-Staff"}
-{"text": "How to keep up the good work during the Holy Month of Ramadan\n\nIn Singapore's multi-cultural environment, only a few of our colleagues will be joining for the cleanse. Here are some tips to remain resilient throughout the day to commit to your fast while staying on top at work. In our infographic below, we offer some tips on how to keep up the good work during the Holy Month."}
-{"text": "Menai Bridge skipper Robbie Jones says his unbeaten side will travel to champions Llandudno today confident they can maintain their unblemished record.\n\nBridge currently lead the North Wales League Premier Division by 14 points from second-placed Tudno.\n\nAnd that makes the Anglesey team\u2019s visit to The Oval this afternoon a genuine Clash of the Titans.\n\n\u201cThe lads are really pumped up for what will already be a \u2018six-pointer\u2019 at this relatively early stage of the season,\u201d said Jones.\n\n\u201cIf we win we\u2019ll be two games ahead of them, whereas if they win they could be level with us.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a two-horse race yet, but it\u2019s already starting to look that way with a bit of a gap developing between second and third \u2013 especially as we\u2019ve both got a game in hand on (third-placed) Connah\u2019s Quay.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re still unbeaten in all forms of cricket and will travel to Llandudno full of confidence.\u201d\n\nHowever, Jones is adamant that Tudno are still a major force in the Premier \u2013 despite claims to the contrary from the champions at the start of the season.\n\nSeasiders captain Jack Rimmington told the Daily Post in April that his team might struggle to deal with the loss of some key players, as well as the new league points system.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s always a tough place to go,\u201d added Jones.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019ve (Llandudno) created a winning formula over the years; they\u2019ve found a way to win games and they\u2019ve stuck to it.\n\n\u201cThey were writing themselves off at the start of the season, but they\u2019ve only lost one game so far and still have six or seven players who won the title last year.\u201d\n\nBridge have finished runners-up to Llandudno in each of the last two seasons and Jones would love nothing better than to make it third time lucky.\n\n\u201cPast experience of being in the title race is helping us this season,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving players who\u2019ve been there before always helps.\n\n\u201cHe wants us to be successful and has really helped us on and off the field.\u201d\n\nAnd the captain is impressed with the Premier\u2019s new format of scrapping drawn games in favour of a definite result.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s made the division more exciting,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to see games where we set a big score and then the other team plays for a bore draw.\u201d\n\nConnah\u2019s Quay will seek to stay in touch with the top two when they visit Mochdre, but should be wary of the fact the Black Marsh Fields team, who were bottom at one stage, have won their last two encounters.\n\nBangor will look to bounce back from last weekend\u2019s disappointing home loss to St Asaph when they travel to Hawarden Park, who are just a place below them in the table.\n\nLlanrwst are 17 points adrift at the basement, but performed well in a close losing battle at Pwllheli last Saturday.\n\nToday the Rwsters are sure to want to build on that encouraging display when they welcome Pontblyddyn to Parc Gwydir.\n\nPwllheli can pull themselves further away from the drop zone with victory at Brymbo, where it is likely the contributions of the Lln side\u2019s master batsman Nadeem Rehman and South African all-rounder Jancan Adams will be crucial.\n\nSt Asaph will be delighted with their fine start to the campaign which has seen them take fourth spot and more success could be in the air when they host inconsistent Mold at Elwy Park Grove."}
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-{"text": "The weigh-ins for UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva took place Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Aside from Paul Daley, all the participants for Saturday\u2019s card successfully made weight.\n\nDaley tipped the scales at 172 pounds and the Nevada State Athletic Commission deemed it unsafe for Daley to continue his attempt to reach the 170 pound limit. Hazelett has agreed to a catchweight bout of 172 pounds and Daley will forfeit 10% of his purse.\n\nUFC 108: Evans vs. Silva will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 10 coach \u201cSugar\u201d Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva. The card will also feature a welterweight bout between contenders Paul \u201cSemtex\u201d Daley and Dustin \u201cMcLovin\u201d Hazelett.\n\nParisyan last fought at UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn II where he secured a decision over Dong Hyun Kim. Following the victory, Parisyan tested positive for pain killers and his victory was overturned and ruled a no contest.\n\nHere are your daily news and notes for the evening of January 22, 2009.\n\n- Total Fighting Alliance veteran Bobby Green has agreed to step in as a last-minute opponent for UFC veteran Dan Lauzon at Affliction Entertainment\u2019s \u201cDay of Reckoning\u201d show on Saturday night in Anaheim, California. If Green passes all required medical tests and paperwork in time for the event, he will be cleared to replace Chris Horodecki, who was forced off of the card because of a bulging disc in his neck.\n\n- The Palace Fighting Championship has announced that their scheduled flyweight title bout between Rambaa Somdet and Pat Runez has been scrapped due to Somdet suffering from a pre-existing neck injury. \u201cI thought I would be able to do it. I thought I would just fight as hard as I could in the first round,\u201d Somdet said in a press release put out this afternoon. \u201cIt\u2019s a pre-existing injury. I\u2019ve had it forever six or seven years now. I think I have a torn tendon or something in my shoulder and I woke up after weigh-ins and I was in so much pain.\u201d\n\nSkilled grappler Dustin Hazelett, winner of five out of his first six fights, will reportedly meet fellow rising welterweight contender Ben Saunders at UFC 96 in Columbus, Ohio on March 7.\n\nAccording to Sherdog.com, both fighters have agreed to the fight and bout agreements have been distributed, with both fighters expected to sign the paperwork in the coming days.\n\nDespite remaining a relatively unknown fighter except to hardcore fans, Hazelett has been impresssive since joining the ranks of the UFC in October 2006, winning all but two of his fights and beating the likes of Josh Burkman, Jonathan Goulet, and highly-touted prospect Tamdan McCrory.\n\nIn the second round Lesnar landed a punch that sent Couture to the mat. Lesnar then jumped on Couture, landing a big hammer-fist, and then continued to punch and punch until the fight was stopped. Four fights into his MMA career, and Brock Lesnar is the UFC heavyweight champion. It was good to finally see a heavyweight championship fight, but with Lesnar becoming champ so fast it\u2019ll be interesting to see how the former WWE star is received as UFC champ by MMA fans, and general sports fans alike.\n\nThe Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that \u201cUltimate Fighter 7\u201d winner Amir Sadollah has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against newcomer Nick Catone at this weekend\u2019s UFC 91 event due to a leg infection.\n\nThe UFC attempted, but was unable to secure a replacement opponent for Catone, meaning that the fight has been removed from the fight card completely. A welterweight contenders bout between Dustin Hazelett and Tamdan McCrory has been moved up to the televised pay-per-view portion of UFC 91.\n\nA welterweight bout between skilled grapplers Dustin Hazelett and Tamdan McCrory will likely take place at UFC 91 on November 15 in Las Vegas according to a report from Sherdog.com.\n\nMcCrory has confirmed that the two have verbally agreed to fight and bout agreements are expected to be signed and returned at some point this week. No word as of yet concerning the possibility of the main being featured on UFC 91\u2019s televised main card.\n\nAfter being submitted in his UFC debut against Tony DeSouza, Hazelett went on to win three straight bouts before losing to standout wrestler Josh Koscheck at UFC 82 in March. Hazelett recently submitted one-time \u201cUltimate Fighter\u201d cast member Josh Burkman at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale in June.\n\nMcCrory surprised many as he quickly submitted former UFC welterweight title contender Pete Spratt in his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 10 in June of last year. Following his loss to Akihiro Gono at UFC 78, McCrory bounced back to win a unanimous decision over Luke Cummo at UFC 87 on August 9.\n\nMini-commentary:\n- Dollaway protested his loss, suggesting he didn\u2019t tap out. It did appear that he tapped once. It resulted in a good-looking hanging armbar from Sadollah.\n- Tanner could not solve Grove\u2019s size. He walked into a few punches, and looked surprised by the reach of Grove\u2019s legs. Tanner had a good third round, but nothing that compared to the first two, which easily went to Grove. The split decision result was curious."}
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-{"text": "Lonely Drop Box Project gets boost from students\n\nThere are few places where valley residents can dispose of unused prescription drugs \u2013 whether they are opioids or not. Another one will be available soon via the \u201cLonely Drop-Box Project.\u201d. More from WFIR\u2019s Gene Marrano reports:"}
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-{"text": "Kids invited to 'The Witches' at Conant Library\n\nThe Sterling Public Library invites children in grades 4-6 to attend a viewing of \"The Witches,\" based on the classically spooky book by Roald Dahl about a nine-year-old boy who must destroy the plans of an association of witches that plans to turn the world's children into mice.\n\nThe movie will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, in the library's Baker Room. Attendees should arrive at 5:45 p.m. Snacks will be served. Spaces are limited. To register, call (978) 422-6409. For more information, contact Danielle Mattei at that number or email dmattei@cwmars.org."}
-{"text": "Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line\n\nWhy We Won\u2019t Vote Labour\n\nA Reply to Dick Jones by the Brent Marxist Industrial Group\n\nFirst Published:The Marxist, Vol. 1, No. 14, Spring 1970. Transcription, Editing and Markup: Sam Richards and Paul Saba Copyright: This work is in the Public Domain under the Creative Commons Common Deed. You can freely copy, distribute and display this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit the Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line as your source, include the url to this work, and note any of the transcribers, editors & proofreaders above.\n\nIT CAN HARDLY be disputed that Lenin\u2019s \u2019Left Wing Communism\u2019 is the work most frequently quoted by the revisionists when they seek to excuse or cloak their betrayal of Marxism. We are not of course implying that it is in itself a revisionist document, or that the author of the article \u2019As a Rope Supports a Hanging Man\u2019 is a revisionist.\n\nWe maintain that although the tactical principles outlined in Lenin\u2019s work are still valid conditions have so changed that most of the specific tactics advocated have outlived their usefulness. This is to be expected with the passage of time. It is not the fault of Lenin if we insist on using old tactics in new and different conditions.\n\nThe main purpose of \u2019Left-Wing Communism\u2019 was to encourage the adoption of correct tactics by the Communist Parties in order that they could more speedily destroy the influence of the reformists.\n\nAs far as Britain is concerned the whole issue centres around the question of who shall be in the effective leadership of the working class. In this respect, how different is the situation now from what it was in the early 1920\u2019s?\n\nThen, the more politically conscious workers were in the main strongly influenced by the reformist ideas put forward by the Labour Party and readily accepted its leadership. It was also widely believed that the necessary changes in society could be brought about by getting legislation passed through Parliament.\n\nLenin expressed the opinion that the best way to assist the workers to overcome these reformist illusions would be to encourage them to achieve the aims which they had set themselves, namely the return to parliament of a Labour majority and the formation of a Labour Government.\n\nThe sole reason for this tactic was to hasten the situation in which the working class would reject the leadership of the reformists and come over to a more revolutionary position.\n\nThe success of the tactic depended upon the existence of a mass movement fighting for working class demands, so that the failure of the parliamentary leaders to implement these demands would hasten their own exposure. It also required that the revolutionary elements should persistently explain the reasons why these leaders inevitably betray the working class. This involves a consistent exposure of reformist ideas in such a way that they are replaced by revolutionary ideas as part of a continuous process of development.\n\nThe newly formed CPGB failed in this task, with the result that the short term, immediate demands of the movement came to be seen as ends in themselves that, given patience, could be obtained peacefully by means of legislation enacted by a future Labour government.\n\nAs a result, the energies of the movement became primarily directed towards obtaining a Labour majority in Parliament and the tactical demands came to be adopted as the strategy of the movement. The CPGB formalised this position in \u2019The British Road to Socialism\u2019.\n\nAs a result, the energies of the movement became primarily directed towards obtaining a Labour majority in Parliament and the tactical demands came to be adopted as the strategy of the movement. The CPGB formalised this position in \u2019The British Road to Socialism\u2019.\n\nAs long as this attitude continues to dominate the movement it is inevitable that the mass struggle will be regarded only as auxiliary to the manoeuvres of the parliamentarians, instead of parliamentary tactics \u2019being subordinated to the needs of the mass struggle outside.\n\nThis creates a situation in which mass struggle is frowned upon and even actively discouraged in case it may lose electoral support. The classic example of this was the official of the AEU (as it then was) who advised some strikers to go back to work in case it prejudiced the chances of a parliamentary candidate, The rub is that he was a prominent member of the CPGB and it was their candidate that he was concerned about.\n\nAs long as this attitude predominates, the effective leadership of the movement remains in the hands of the parliamentarians.\n\nThe betrayal by the Labour Governments of 1924 and 1929 were excused on the grounds that they were hindered from carrying out Labour policies because they depended upon the parliamentary support of the Liberals.\n\nThis was of course only an excuse, not a reason. The 1945 and 1950 Labour governments, backed by a Labour majority, were not able to use this excuse when they too failed to carry out their election promises.\n\nIt is important to note that after a period in office, when the Labour party reverts to the role of \u2019Her Majesty\u2019s Loyal Opposition\u2019 there always appears to be a shift to the left and a growth in the influence of the left wing of the Party. The general object of this exercise is to try to prove that the Labour Party has learned from the \u2019mistakes\u2019 of the previous Labour governments, and if re-elected will resolutely oppose the monopolies, redistribute the national income in favour of the poor, repeal antitrade-union legislation etc.\n\nThus the role of the \u2019Left\u2019 (and this includes the CPGB) is to keep alive the illusion about the Labour Party moving to the left, so that support can be obtained for the return of yet another \u2019right wing\u2019 Labour government which will inevitably carry out essentially the same policies as its predecessors.\n\nFollowing the experience of the 1945 and 1950 Labour governments, enthusiasm for Labour leadership was wearing thin and it was only when \u2019left-winger\u2019 Harold Wilson came into the leadership that illusions began to grow again and another Labour majority was obtained in Parliament.\n\nThe deepening crisis of British imperialism and the consequent restriction which it placed on the freedom of the ruling class to manoeuvre made it inevitable that disillusionment would be rapid, and it is significant how quickly support for the Wilson government evaporated.\n\nAs a result, the energies of the movement became primarily directed towards obtaining a Labour majority in Parliament and the tactical demands came to be adopted as the strategy of the movement. The CPGB formalised this position in \u2019The British Road to Socialism\u2019.\n\nOur contention is that the tactics advocated by Lenin have achieved their purpose, that masses of workers have recognised the treachery of the Labour leaders and are now actively engaged in objectively opposing their leadership.\n\nIn the period of the first two post-war Labour governments the leadership of the Labour Party was generally accepted and it was able to carry out the temporary suppression of the Malayan national liberation struggle, play a leading part in the establishment of NATO, support German rearmament, and institute a wage freeze without encountering active, widespread opposition. Support for struggles in defence of living standards was weakened by the desire of workers to avoid \u2019embarrassing\u2019 the Labour Government.\n\nThis is no longer the case; workers are now prepared to fight for things that are in direct opposition to those desired by the Labour government and the majority of the trade union leaders.\n\nThis struggle results in sill intensification of the contradictions between \u2019left\u2019 and \u2019right\u2019 trade union leaders, between trade union leaders and the Labour government, and between the Labour Party membership and the Labour government.\n\nThese contradictions arise from the conflicts of interest between them when they consider the most effective ways of attempting to contain the growing struggle. They are an indication of the extent to which social democracy has already been discredited.\n\nIn view of this, the question needs to be asked, how long must the policy of \u2019voting Labour to smash Labour\u2019 be carried on?\n\nThere will never be a time, as long as capitalism exists, when everyone has rejected the leadership of the Labour Party, therefore acceptance of this policy as a permanent tactic can lead to an infinite number of variations, each leaving the leadership of the struggle in the hands of social democrats of one shade or another.\n\nFor instance a Labour defeat at the next General election would again provide the motive for a \u2019shift to the left\u2019. As it would be unlikely that such a move within the existing Labour Party would cut much ice with many workers it is possible that \u2019Unity of the left\u2019 as advocated by the CPGB might well provide the basis for a new alliance.\n\nWould we then be expected to assist such candidates into parliament in order to expose them?\n\nThis whole concept is outdated because, for one thing, it fails to take into account the development of political consciousness of large sections of workers who refuse to give their loyalty to any of the existing political parties, but who judge people by their actions, not their promises.\n\nIt is extremely likely that large numbers of workers will continue to vote Labour at the next election. The fact that they do so, yet actively oppose Labour policies shows that although they may regard a Labour government as the lesser of the two evils, they certainly do not accept its leadership. That is the point.\n\nParticipation in Parliamentary elections\n\nWhatever our attitude towards Labour candidates, it may be argued that Marxists should themselves participate in Parliamentary elections in the sense of putting forward candidates.\n\nLenin made the important distinction between the obsolescence of capitalist parliamentary democracy in an historical sense, and whether it is obsolete in the shorter term political sense. He posed the question, \u2019Is it obsolete for the masses?\u2019 In our, opinion a further question needs to be asked, \u2019Is it obsolete for those monopoly sections of the capitalist class which are becoming more dominant in Britain?\u2019\n\nIn the 19th and the early part of the 20th century parliamentary democracy provided the best political framework for the development of capitalism in Britain. It allowed the fullest democracy within the capitalist class, and also provided a means whereby demands for the vote put forward by other classes could be conceded with actual benefit to the ruling class in terms of the political stability of the system.\n\nSince that time the general crisis of capitalism has deepened and the concentration of economic power into fewer hands is inevitably leading towards a corresponding concentration of political power.\n\nFor these sections of the capitalist class parliamentary democracy has outlived its usefulness and is proving to be an obstacle to its further development.\n\nGovernment decisions on all important questions are taken in consultation with the main power groups involved, and only then are MPs informed. The monopolies and the Banks have a great deal more influence over Government decisions than those MPs who are supposed to represent the interests of the people.\n\nParliamentarians may complain, but they cannot prevent this development because it derives from changes within the capitalist system itself.\n\nIncreasing numbers are coming to realise that par1iament is ineffective, and are understandably losing interest in it.\n\nThis is shown in the declining proportion of the electorate which exercise the right to vote in parliamentary elections.\n\nVoting in by-elections during the past twelve months shows that this trend is continuing.\n\nIn our opinion the lack of belief in parliamentary activity is more widespread than the voting figures show.\n\nIn this respect the principle contradiction appears to be between the widespread distrust of people who occupy positions of influence and authority within the establishment on the one hand, and, on the other, an almost superstitious belief that they cannot be dispensed with.\n\nIt is a contradiction between people\u2019s experience, which tells them that the system absorbs any individual who becomes involved in its administration and does not rely for his living on taking part in productive work, and the body of ideas instilled since childhood, which makes them feel, in a vague sort of way, dependent upon some higher authority.\n\nThis contradiction cannot be resolved by claiming that candidates belonging to a new political party would behave any differently from the existing ones. This flies in the face of all experience.\n\nIt must be remembered that the British people have had an additional fifty years of experience of parliaments and parliamentarians since the days of Lenin, and although the mass of them do not yet see the alternative, it should not be assumed that they lack the capacity to understand what is taking place.\n\nThe present situation can be summarised as one in which the old party influences and localities are breaking down, but no new leadership has yet emerged to take their place.\n\nBecause of the absence of a unifying proletarian ideology and leadership the anger and frustration of the people are expressed in spontaneous outbursts against this or that aspect of capitalist exploitation.\n\nThis is a positive feature in that it contributes to the instability of the system and the militancy of the industrial workers stimulates other strata to take direct action on their own behalf.\n\nIts negative aspect is that in the absence of a strong proletarian leadership the way is left open for these non-proletarian classes to be misled by capitalist propaganda into believing that the militancy of the industrial workers is going too far, and that a strong impartial government is necessary so that law and order can be restored.\n\nAs the General Election approaches the whole of the capitalist propaganda machine will be working overtime to convince people that they will be really shaping their own destinies by using their vote.\n\nWe should not get involved in a campaign to get mass abstentions; this is not important at this stage. What is important is that we use the opportunity to point out that the capitalist state machine will continue to function whether people vote or not.\n\nThe failure of Parliament to promote the interests of the people effectively must be explained in a class way, that is to say we must combat the conception that if is all a question of \u2019the weakness of human nature\u2019, for if we do not do so we open the way to the fascist idea that a strong government or superman is needed in order to exercise control over lesser mortals -for their own good, of course.\n\nWe should be able to help people to draw the conclusion from their own experience that all governments in capitalist society are for the express purpose of maintaining the privileged position of all those who own the wealth.\n\nThe class attitude towards Parliament should be extended to cover all forms of capitalist authority because it is only in this way that we shall bar the way to that ultimate form of capitalist authority, a fascist dictatorship.\n\nIn order to weaken and finally defeat this kind of authority it is necessary to cultivate contempt for it based on an understanding that it is unjust, against the interests of the majority of the people, and as a result is doomed by history.\n\nAll reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful. From a long term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful (Mao Tse-tung).\n\nThe movement towards fascism is taking place as the monopoly sections of the capitalist class come to the conclusion that parliamentary democracy, notwithstanding its usefulness in previous stages of capitalist development, is now proving an obstacle to their drive to establish complete dominance over the rest of the population, including the smaller capitalists.\n\nIn the face of this growing power of the monopolists the CPGB and its \u2019left\u2019 allies take the view that the masses of the population must be encouraged to use Parliament as a rallying point for all the antimonopoly forces. The theory behind this is that in this way the mass of the people will unite around parliament, establish a progressive government, and isolate the reactionaries. This is the core of \u2019The British Road to Socialism\u2019.\n\nIt has more in keeping with the theories of Herr Duhring than those of Karl Marx.\n\nThese revisionists, who layout blueprints for people to follow, are so reformist in outlook that they cannot conceive any other way of advance than through Parliament. Consequently, when people insist on going their own way and disregard the blueprint, these revisionists blame the apathy of the people rather than acknowledging their own inability to understand the workings of the dialectical process in society.\n\nThey choose to ignore the fact that the British people have learned many lessons since Lenin wrote his articles on Britain, and imagine that their revisionist ideas will continue to hold back class struggle by diverting discontent into parliamentary and other constitutional channels.\n\nWhen we say that the CPGB is essentially reformist, we mean that it distorts the Marxist dialectical approach and teaches that socialism will be brought about by a simple accumulation of progressive forces which will, when numerically strong enough, tackle the monopolies.\n\nThis is undialectical because it does not regard unity as a process of development through struggle, but simply as the result of a series of compromises between the industrial workers and other classes.\n\nIf widely accepted this would condemn the industrial workers to tail behind other classes instead of leading them.\n\nIt also fails to take into account the fact that the reactionary forces too will continue to grow and develop, resulting in an increased polarisation of forces, with the centre becoming weaker and more ineffectual. As it is these centre forces which form the bulwark of parliamentarism it is plain that Parliament will become less important to the main forces involved, the working class and the monopoly sections of the capitalist class.\n\nIn \u2019The British Road to Socialism\u2019 there is the underlying assumption that the reactionary forces will lay dormant until such time as parliament can become \u2019the sovereign will of the people\u2019.\n\nThe Marxist proletarian line must be based on Mao Tse-tung\u2019s teachings on dialectics. It must be based on the understanding that the interests of the working class and those of the capitalist class are mutually exclusive, that they form two separate aspects of the fundamental contradiction in present day society, that each aspect contains its own internal contradictions and is subject to its own process of development, and that reactionary forces on the edge of extinction display a viciousness, born of desperation, which they have not seemed capable of hitherto.\n\nIn present circumstances, when the revolutionary upsurge throughout the world is increasing in scope and intensity, the British people are already showing signs that they will not lag behind, and we must \u2019take into account the effects on the mass struggle of any flirting with Parliament.\n\nWe have already expressed our opinion that Parliament is becoming obsolete as far as the two main contenders for power are concerned. It is also our opinion that in view of the increasing militancy of the industrial working class and its positive effects on the activities of the white-collar and professional workers, even the slightest danger of diverting this militancy into parliamentary or other constitutional channels must be resolutely opposed.\n\nThe whole of our (at the moment) very weak and divided forces must be concentrated on building the fighting unity of the industrial workers, .and, with them as the nucleus, a broader unity of all the antimonopoly forces on the principle of unity against the main enemy and of struggle against non-proletarian ideas amongst our allies.\n\nThe monopolists will pursue the struggle, not only by using their considerable economic strength to \u2019win friends and influence people\u2019, but also by obtaining more direct control of the organs of state, particularly the armed forces, police, etc.\n\nOur present task is to prepare the ideological and political groundwork for creating mass resistance to these reactionary forces whilst at the same time fostering all forms of day-to-day struggle on issues which concern the livelihood of the people."}
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-{"text": "Documents & Reports\n\nAfrica - Underpowered : the state of the power sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)\n\nAbstract\n\nSub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a power crisis marked by insufficient generating capacity, unreliable supplies, high prices, and low rates of popular access to the electricity grid. The region's capacity for generating power is lower than that of... See More +Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a power crisis marked by insufficient generating capacity, unreliable supplies, high prices, and low rates of popular access to the electricity grid. The region's capacity for generating power is lower than that of any other world region, and growth in that capacity has stagnated. The average price of power in Sub-Saharan Africa is double that of other developing regions, but supply is unreliable. Because new household connections in many countries are not keeping up with population growth, the electrification rate, already low, is actually declining. The manifestations of the current crisis are symptoms of deeper problems that are explored in this study of power sector institutions in 24 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, which draws extensively on a new body of research undertaken as part of the multi-donor Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD). There are nearly 60 medium- to longer-term power sector projects involving the private sector in the region excluding leases for emergency power generation. Almost half of these are independent power producers (IPPs). Involving more than $2 billion of private sector investment, these IPPs have added early 3,000 MW of new capacity. A few IPP investments have been particularly well structured and contribute reliable power to the national grid.\nSee Less -"}
-{"text": "8+ bewerbungsschreiben beispiel\n\nIt should be polite, even supposing it is a complaint letter. Letters may be filtered through several individuals until they reach the individual concerned. Always be sure the letter you\u2019ll create is understandable and comprehensive. Letters that are for friends and families are deemed informal letter. At case you\u2019re planning to send an informal correspondence for your pals or close and dear ones, then you always have the option to search for the help of the friendly letter templates here.\nWhen you think about a letter, then you immediately consider the arrangement. The Cover letter really should not be in excess of one page and addressed to a particular person and name. Your cover letter may be fully effective if you\u2019re going to say your desire to be thought about for your intended job position on the very first region of the letter. You should create a brand-new cover letter for every single job that you use to get, but should you\u2019ve got to do elect to work with a cover letter to come across a number of tasks, make sure you\u2019re certain to modify the current date to the date.\nThere is no strict format to compose an informal letter. The cover letter arrangement is simply 1 aspect. Observe the following business letter format is laid out so that it\u2019s not tricky to read. Used in our everyday lives, an official company letter format has come to be really important to businesses in specific. For instance, John Doe Manager When composing a formal letter for organization, program letter for job, bank applications, along with other formal letters, it is very important that it should adhere to a suitable format. There\u2019s no typical worldwide-accepted format published by means of a government agency. There is a normal format which all official letters don\u2019t have any matter the topic issue.\nLetters are among the oldest modes of communication employed by humankind. A business letter is a principal type of communication in the market world. Considering all business letters aren\u2019t formal, a formal company correspondence is written for a formal function only. Overall block style business letters have an official appearance, however they might be utilized in casual small business situations along with formal ones.\nCover letters will help convince your potential employer that you\u2019re the perfect match for the position they would really like to offer to an experienced candidate. Informal letters may be handwritten. On the reverse side, casual letters are sent with the intent of communicating or imparting an info that is personal. In case you\u2019re writing an informal letter, you\u2019re likely to need to try to remember the accepted format.\nAn individual should focus more on formal letters since they\u2019re important from Assessment viewpoint. The formal letter is composed for company or professional purposes with a particular objective in mind. It is a letter that is written in the formal language with a particular format for company or official intent. Formal letters are letters which are composed with an official purpose or intent. The way your start a formal letter will be determined by how formal you ought to be. It follows a correct format that\u2019s used in every business.\nDownload our templates now so that you are more knowledgeable about the particular components of proper letters. 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The absolute most important part of letter writing in german would be to learn whether it is going to be a formal or a casual letter. Our official correspondence examples here stick to the proper format. This means you will get ideas for any variety of fresh subject matter immediately.\nDesign of resume plays a crucial function in getting you noticed. In addition, the details will differ dependent on the position applied. You will possibly miss out the essential details that can add importance to your resume. You can also list the details of your apprenticeship, if any. Generally, the above mentioned outline is remarkably easy because the work search process, despite all of the confusion and anxiety, is remarkably simple.\nResume writing is not difficult and you don\u2019t require a professional resume template or maybe a free resume maker to find a successful template for resumes which you\u2019ve made yourself. There are several resume formats, it\u2019s really hard to pick a format. Deciding, that is the very best resume format for you is not so hard if you comprehend the advantages and disadvantages of each. Therefore, if you\u2019re intending to compose your resume, there are lots of formats measures which could facilitate down your efforts to compose. Especially whenever you need to select one from numerous formats that are unique. Therefore it\u2019s important to continue to keep your resume updated together with the present format in need.\nIf you\u2019re known in your area it might help recognition, but in the identical time if you are asking for a vacancy that\u2019s dominated by visual beliefs not having the perfect photo might hinder your program. Include work history whenever you have been operating in the exact same area for many decades now, the employer would always wish to know where you were employed previously. Provided that the job that you are applying for is in the exact same area, the comprehensive chronology will be applicable to your reader and for this reason, the attention is on your experience. Each field has its own challenge. Brainstorm to comprehend what can be included and is pertinent to the area. The work area is a very competitive field where you have to compete with various job applicants\u2019 scores which are competing for the specific position. Resume Writing Tips whenever you\u2019re writing the resume for any position, it is very important to stick to the correct tips.\nYour resume should be formatted in a simple, professional way. Your resume will be referenced a fantastic deal throughout the interview because it delivers various advice for all those interviewers to dig into. Furthermore even in case the job is in a different country a person may apply for it all the way sitting in your residence. Think of what each is trying to achieve in their job and the manner that it is regarding the function they\u2019re interviewing you for. Apart from your credentials and the access to tasks, an very important thing to keep in mind is to receive a sound understanding of the way to apply for that specific job.\nThere is an entire section in NMap help dedicated to output formats. In any event, you need to ensure that your references are requested in advance if they are ready to do so and that as far as you are aware the references will reveal to you in a positive light. At the end, you have to say the references. Try out the brand new resume templates 2017 because it is a chronological arrangement resume it will help to highlight your career outline. By taking a look at a person\u2019s LinkedIn profile, you get a summary of the career journey and regions of knowledge. Influencer Marketers Many of you have to be understanding that Influencer Marketing is a sort of advertising where the focus is put on powerful individuals instead of the target market for an entire. Time entailed by slicks to assess your potentials with a synopsis won\u2019t go for weary hours, instead just for a couple of minutes. The majority of the moment, folks become confused when they\u2019re likely to get started writing their resume.\nYour employment history is in fact in reverse chronological order, and your existing position will be in the very top of the list. The standard story writing aspects are provided a new border. Technical interviews are sometimes a daunting experience. That means you ought to go into work interview to be given a work offer, nothing else. As you think about your upcoming interview, you will probably be concerned about what is going to occur. 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Blank online pay stub templates are openly on the internet and they may be downloaded.\nShould you need little amount in a financial loan then you don\u2019t need to choose a private loan that has high rate of interest or whenever you will need an automobile loan it must not be over 5 years period because then you would be paying tons of your hard-won cash as attention to your automobile loan firm. Private loans can differ as it\u2019s to do with security based on just what the lender feels is appropriate. PayDay private loans don\u2019t need co-signers.\nManaging payroll appears fairly simple every time a company opens up, but after a company grows and must take care of the payroll for a number of places, things become exponentially more complicated. Payroll may be an exceptionally tedious undertaking. Payroll is an integral part of all associations. 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You can also discover that lots of banks and loan businesses aren\u2019t going to accept a hand composed pay slip.\nThe tax deduction may vary from 1 state to some other state. If you aren\u2019t paying taxes or getting a refund, filing taxes punctually would be advantageous for you if you are getting credits from the authorities. Before you think it\u2019s possible to merely forego the taxation, there are lots of things you\u2019ll have to contemplate. Should you really do, the application will subtract the tax in line with your state\u2019s tax details. If you have to figure taxes which are due or withholding amounts which have taken place, it is that part of paper you\u2019ll have an exact record.\nThere are numerous sorts of stubs employed by the organizations. Factors That Your Pay Stub Must Contain When you tend to build your own pay stub online, you have got to know about exactly what the elements that you need to set in your pay stub. Some stubs also have the accumulated amount of totals in certain problems. When running a self-employed business, it\u2019s important to realize how to create a pay stub. For lots of folks, a pay stub is an overall document that merely ensures them their money was moved. A Canadian cover stub consists of information regarding the employee. Fundamental PayStubs Straightforward pay stub or you are able to state Fundamental Paystubs would be the one you\u2019re generally acquainted with.\nIf you would like to make the right type of pay stub for your employees, you are likely to need the perfect software. If not you\u2019ve gotten your pay stub and you need to figure your pay stub all on your own, it\u2019s necessary for you to visit the company that has all to allow you to make expert pay stubs. Pay stubs might also be manually generated with Microsoft Office to exhibit an employee\u2019s personal and payment details. 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-{"text": "JERREY ROBERTSOsvaldo Rosario, top, and Jordan Morency, who work for Service Master Restoration Management, clean in the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum on the second floor of Forbes Library Thursday. Purchase photo reprints \u00bb\n\nNORTHAMPTON \u2014 A small army of building and artwork restoration workers will spend the next three weeks at Forbes Library repairing and restoring damage from Monday\u2019s arson, the damage for which is now estimated at $100,000 to $150,000, far exceeding the original estimate.\n\nLibrary Director Janet Moulding said one of the main drivers of the cost is that there are thousands of books, DVDs and CDs, and their corresponding plastic security cases, that will need to be taken apart, cleaned and put back together after being coated with chemicals from fire extinguishers.\n\nThe library will also have to replace the 120-year-old ornately carved wooden bannister that was damaged in the fire at an estimated cost of about $10,000, Moulding said.\n\nShe said an architect is examining the bannister and attempting to find an appropriate craftsperson to fashion a replacement.\n\nMoulding said a crew of about 15 to 20 people will be working six days a week for the next three weeks or so to finish the work.\n\nThe suspect in the fire, Eric Bertrand, 54, is undergoing a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation after being arrested Tuesday on a charge of burning a public building. Bertrand was found incompetent to stand trial at his arraignment in Northampton District Court Wednesday and was ordered committed by Judge Thomas Estes. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 8.\n\nAuthorities say the fire was set in an interior staircase Monday and was put out by a library staff member and a patron with fire extinguishers.\n\nMoulding said in addition to the repairs to the bannister, other cleanup work involves removing the fire extinguisher dust from the library\u2019s artwork, and library materials like DVDs and CDs.\n\nMoulding said some of those items are being cleaned off and moved downstairs so they can be checked out by patrons. As currently checked-out materials come back in, they will remain downstairs.\n\nMoulding said larger particles of the firefighting dust were removed with vacuums, and workers from the Williamstown Art Conservation Center are using brushes to remove the finer particles.\n\nThe dust needs to be removed quickly, Moulding said, because the fire-extinguishing material is corrosive.\n\nThe library\u2019s second floor will be closed to the public while repairs and cleanup efforts are underway, likely to be about three weeks, according to Moulding.\n\nThe second floor may be accessible to the public sooner if the majority of the cleanup work is done before then, said Assistant Director Lisa Downing.\n\nThe second floor houses the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, the Hosmer Gallery and the library\u2019s music, audiobook and movie collections.\n\nWhile some of the extinguisher dust drifted into the Coolidge library, no items inside it were damaged, according to Downing.\n\nMoulding said the library is still doing interlibrary loans, which allow patrons to check out materials from other libraries in the state, which will be helpful if they can\u2019t be checked out from Forbes temporarily.\n\nMoulding said the library building itself is insured by the city and the library\u2019s materials are covered by its insurance provider.\n\nMoulding said cleaning and restoration company ServiceMaster has been hired by those insurance companies to work on the building\u2019s cleanup efforts.\n\nSince news of the fire broke Monday, Moulding said the library has received an enormous outpouring of support.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been getting notes and phone calls and emails of support and sympathy \u2014 it\u2019s very touching,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople just love their library.\u201d\n\nWhile I no longer live in Northampton and haven't for many years, grew up there and spent many many hours at Forbes, it is a beautiful building situation makes me so sad, thankful it wasn't much worse. Best wishes with the cleanup and restoration. Barbara Bak"}
-{"text": "This is my first book review and the first book I have read for the around the world reading challenge. Icelandic writer, Halld\u00f3r Laxness is the only Icelandic Nobel Laureate, having won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1955 for his sixty novels. The Atom Station is one of them\u2026\n\nUlga is a country girl from the North and The Atom Station is the tale of her experience as a maid in the house of a politician. Somewhere inbetween a political satire and a coming of age novel, Laxness\u2019s story revolves around the themes of corruption, westernisation and the preservation of traditional Icelandic values. Personally, I found parts of The Atom Station quite amusing, but I\u2019m not sure whether I found it amusing enough to warrant being classed as a \u2018satire\u2019. Although, I understand that the irony mostly relies on knowledge of the context, which I don\u2019t claim to have. This book would not be wasted on anyone with an interest in Icelandic history or politics. However, parts of the book resonate with anyone who knows anything about the nature of politicians. They did with me anyway\u2026\n\n\u201cBut he turned on his heel in the middle of the hall on his way up and continued his monologue: \u2018As I was saying, you can always depend on him absolutely: If he swears something to you in confidence when he is sober, and pledges it on his honour, you can be quite sure that he is lying. If he swears it thrice in public on his mother\u2019s name, then, quite simply, he means exactly the opposite of what he is swearing. But what he says when he is tipsy he really means, even though he swears it.'\u201d\n\nOne of Laxness\u2019s strengths is his characterisation. He has the ability to sum up a character just through his description of how they first appear to us in the book. Ulga is a real treat of a narrator. She is witty, curious and bold. I think if the character of Ulga hadn\u2019t been as strong and quirky I wouldn\u2019t have enjoyed The Atom Station quite so much. Parts of it were very heavy on philosophy and politics, which felt overwhelming and almost obnoxious, actually. The distinct preference for Communism and the Communist characters cannot be ignored. However the parodies Laxness paints of the various social groups (the upper class families, the old-fashioned farmers, the overdramatic modernist guests at the organ player\u2019s house) were insightful and, at times, hilarious. I particularly enjoyed Ulga\u2019s account of the spoilt family for whom she worked\u2026\n\n\u201c\u2018I will, I will, I will go to America.\u2019\n\nIn the middle of the floor of the study this beautiful, sleek woman lay on her back, her skirt up around her waist, wearing nylon stockings, silk panties and gilt shoes, belabouring the floor with her heels and fists and screaming, her bracelets jingling with the blows and one gilt shoe flying across the room.\n\nHer husband stood at a distance, watching, wearing a surprised and helpless look; yet I suspect he had seen such a performance before and was not particularly amazed.\u201d\n\nUltimately, The Atom Station was thought provoking and incredibly readable, although not unputdownable. At just 180 pages, I managed to read the whole thing over two two-hour train journeys. While I would not say that this was one of my favourite books, or that it moved me emotionally, I would recommend it to anybody as an insightful and unusual novel that is fun to read. I\u2019ve never read any Icelandic Literature before so if anybody else has read anything Icelandic or has any thoughts about this I\u2019d love to hear about it!"}
-{"text": "Comments: Simblee Breakout Board Hookup Guide\n\nComments\n4 comments\n\nI got your FT231X FTDI programmer for the 29 GPIO SIMBLEE board.\nDo I change its jumper to 3.3V or leave it at 5V?\nIt looks like the SIMBLEE breakout board has a voltage regulator. Can you add some words about this to your \u201cHookup Guide\u201d?\nAlso, does the SIMBLEE breakout board ship with any sketch pre-installed, like Blink? Or is it completely empty?\n\nI\u2019m not sure what the Simblee ships with but it\u2019s probably not helpful. It\u2019s most likely going to be a self-check firmware designed for use with our testbed hardware that we check the board out with before it ships.\n\nAs for the FT231X board, you can leave that at 5V. The Simblee breakout does have a voltage regulator, and it\u2019s got a protection resistor on it so a 5V input on the RX line won\u2019t damage the module. I\u2019ll see about working that into the hookup guide.\n\nProbably missing something obvious but I don\u2019t find description of all of the \u201cextra\u201d pins - the 22 pins other than RFduino shield compatible and programming header pins\u2026 are they all only Digital I/O pins? Any analog? Thanks!\n\nIn 2003, CU student Nate Seidle blew a power supply in his dorm room and, in lieu of a way to order easy replacements, decided to start his own company. Since then, SparkFun has been committed to sustainably helping our world achieve electronics literacy from our headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.\n\nNo matter your vision, SparkFun's products and resources are designed to make the world of electronics more accessible. In addition to over 2,000 open source components and widgets, SparkFun offers curriculum, training and online tutorials designed to help demystify the wonderful world of embedded electronics. We're here to help you start something."}
-{"text": "Dallas Cowboys Kids Apparel & Accessories\n\nYour kids are big Cowboys fans, so make sure they can show all the Cowboys spirit they need with Dallas Cowboys Kids Apparel & Accessories from the Official Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop. We have something that boys and girls will enjoy. Help your young fan show his Cowboys fandom with a Cowboys Jersey - Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott, Jason Witten, or Dez Bryant - so they can represent their favorite player any day they want. Gear them up with Cowboys T-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, shorts, and pants. We also have an adorable collection for infants and toddlers, featuring pacifiers, bottles, onesies, shoes, and T-shirts, so even the littlest fans can show their Cowboys spirit.\n\nKids can be very creative. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve provided plenty of Cowboys toys and other fan essentials to satisfy their imagination, such as footballs, OYO minifigures, plush dolls, games and more. Your little girl can even dress up for the game like a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and cheer along with the DCC squad. Boys can put their name and number on a customized jersey and feel like a part of the team. Check out what we have available and grab the perfect item for your special fan."}
-{"text": "This ebook is available for the following devices:\n\niPhone\n\niPad\n\nAndroid\n\nKindle Fire\n\nWindows\n\nMac\n\nSony Reader\n\nCool-er Reader\n\nNook\n\nKobo Reader\n\niRiver Story\n\nWay to Go is an epic road trip, bringing together two great motorbike journeys: from Delhi to Belfast on a Royal Enfield; and along Route 66, from Chicago to Los Angeles, on a Harley Davidson. A thoughtful, hilarious, off-beat travelogue from biker and award-winning journalist Geoff Hill.\n\nIf you enjoyed this book, you might also enjoy Geoff Hill\u2019s other motorbike adventure books: In Clancy's Boots, the Greatest Ever Round-The-World Motorbike Adventure; The Road to Gobblers Knob: From Chile to Alaska on a Triumph; and Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph."}
-{"text": "The police are looking into Ukraine\u2019s chief lustration official\n\nIn Kyiv, the police have opened criminal proceedings with regard to the Director of the Lustration Department of the Justice Ministry of Ukraine Tatyana Kozachenko.\n\nUkraine\u2019s chief lustration official is suspected of providing inaccurate data in the income and property declaration for 2015.\n\nThis information was provided to \u201c\u201d The Observer \u201d by the sources in law enforcement.\n\nCriminal proceedings with regard to Kozachenko were opened on August 2, under Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (forgery).\n\nThe proceedings are based on the address made by Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Member of Parliamentary Faction of \u201cPetro Poroshenko\u2019s Block\u201d Sergey Kaplin. According to the address, Tatyana Kozachenko has not added the information on the purchase of the apartment of 300 sq. m. in the center of Kyiv to her declaration.\n\nIt is possible that after investigation and obtainment of necessary documents, Kozachenko may be charged under suspicion of forgery."}
-{"text": "Greg Egan\u2019s hard SF is so steeped in mathematics, it needs its own sub-genre; Theorem Thriller? MathPunk? This story sets up the dilemma of an ongoing environmental disaster (caused by mathematics) that can only be confronted by the galaxy\u2019s bravest mathematicians, because math. Even so, it\u2019s wildly engrossing, because the stakes are so high, and because the society described has such compelling issues that arrive naturally due to their methods of interstellar transport. Fascinating scenarios arise from digitization of mind and body, then the return to analog flesh. In many other genre pieces, this is portrayed as a consequence-free vehicle for speeding plot advancements. Here, it cleaves societies into \u2018travelers\u2019 (those who undergo digitization for the sake of making interstellar journeys) and the planet-bound who stay behind, experiencing the long centuries that the travelers skip. When a child expresses his fear of losing himself and being replaced by some other \u2018him\u2019 during a journey, it\u2019s hard to miss the metaphor for conventional estrangement. One doesn\u2019t need light years of distance to make our divergent experiences separate us from those we love- you can\u2019t step in the same stream twice.\n\nThe future society Egan paints is a bit too homogeneously enlightened for me, and while there is conflict, it is of a very academic type. All people seem to respect the same wide definition of personhood, and have evacuated entire worlds found to possess native life, no matter how single-celled or primitive. There seems to be no currency or economics, as humanity has entered a post-scarcity era, but the slow-motion drama unfolding with the expanding environmental disaster (The \u2018Mimosa\u2019 incident) begins to test this universal civility.\n\nAs in other Egan stories, the pace and scale really accelerate in the final chapters, forcing the reader to give up trying to follow the science and just go with the action. The reward is high, however, and the epic scales to these final settings really do amaze. Here, we are taken not to cosmic distances and epochs, but in the exact opposite direction, down to the briefest and tiniest Planck-length vistas. Throughout, I was identifying strongly with the protagonist, Tchicaya, although very little of his thoughts or life is revealed outside of the Mimosa problem at hand. Even considering, I found it difficult to put down, and will look forward to reflecting on Egan\u2019s vision. ( )\n\nThe math/physics quickly lost me, but I really love Egan's far-future people and their moral dilemmas about what it means to be human. And the evolution of sex/gender makes me happy. Basically fantastic world-building, less fantastic plot, especially toward the end where things get so utterly weird it's hard to relate to anything. But also that's kind of the point, so. Solid Egan book, not my favorite of his but I still desperately want his vision of the future to come true.\n\nThe absolute best thing about this book is the eponymous concept: a way to ensure that, as you grow and change, you are still true to yourself. ( )\n\nScience fiction (is that what you kids still call it these days?) has a tough time keeping itself out there ahead of where real science is already treading. I suppose that is why fantasy fiction so dominates the market.\n\nEgan posits a far future galaxy where Earth is the sole source of evolved life and where the pace of discovery and knowledge has not slackened one jot from the 20th century. Our knowledge of quantum particles, effects and theory has moved on in a, well, quantum leap. Faced with a cataclysmic quantum event that is slowly swallowing the known universe humanity has split into two factions, big-endian/little-endian style if you ask me, bent on destroying the phenomenon or forcing mankind to adapt and thus re-energize a stagnating culture.\n\nMost of this book was incomprehensible to me, dealing with technical arcana I could not possibly follow and social intercourseI was not sure if I was supposed to gasp at or accept as just another cultural evolution. Perhaps this was the point - putting the reader into a world so advanced that much of what passes as normal is incomprehensible to us.\n\nThe characters and their inner worlds are there to guide us through this strange land, but in this case I found none of them attractive, none of them really worthy of support and none of them that I cared about at all, let alone enough.\n\nMaybe this book is for the hard-core genre reader rather than the casual dipper like me, but I found myself glad not to live in that universe and have to read books like this about it. ( )\n\nWikipedia in English (3)\n\nGreg Egan became the hottest new science-fiction author of the 1990s and won the Hugo and John W. Campbell Memorial awards by extrapolating cutting-edge quantum physics and consciousness theory to create rigorous and radical new visions of the posthuman future. Schild's Ladder affirms Mr. Egan's place, with Olaf Stapledon and Poul Anderson, among the giants of cosmic-scale SF.\n\nIn Schild's Ladder, humanity has transcended both death and Earth, and discovered its home world is nearly unique as a cradle of life. As it spreads throughout the galaxy, humanity enjoys an almost utopian existence--until a scientist accidentally creates an impenetrable, steadily expanding vacuum that devours star systems and threatens the entire universe with destruction.\n\nTchicaya is a Yielder, member of the faction that believes this \"novo-vacuum\" deserves study. The opposing Preservationists--among them Mariama, his first love--seek to save worlds and destroy the novo-vacuum. Discord heats to terrorist violence; then enmities and alliances are turned upside-down by a discovery that may mean the novo-vacuum is, instead, a new and very different universe--and one which may contain life. --Cynthia Ward\n\n\"For twenty thousand years, every observable phenomenon in the universe has been successfully explained by the Sarumpaet Rules.\" \"Now Cass has stumbled on a set of quantum graphs that might comprise the fundamental particles of an entirely different kind of physics, and she has travelled three hundred and seventy light-years to Mimosa Station, a remote experimental facility, in the hope of bringing this tantalising alternative to life. The 'novo-vacuum' is predicted to begin decaying the instant it's created, but even a short-lived, microscopic speck could shed light on the origins of the universe.\" \"Cass's experiment turns out to be wildly successful: the novo-vacuum is more stable than the ordinary vacuum around it, and a region on which the new physics holds sway proceeds to expand out from Mimosa at half the speed of light.\" \"Six hundred years later, more than two thousand inhabited systems have been lost to the novo-vacuum. On board the Rindler, people have come from throughout inhabited space to study the phenomenon. Most are Preservationists, hunting for a way to turn back the tide, but a few belong to another faction, the Yielders, who believe that the challenge of adapting to survive on the far side of the border would reinvigorate a civilisation that has grown stale and insular.\" \"Tchicaya has come to the Rindler as a Yielder, but when Mariama, a childhood friend who inspired him to abandon his own home world and traditions for a life of travel, arrives soon after, he is shocked to discover that she wants to destroy the novo-vacuum.\" \"As a theoretical breakthrough reveals the true richness of the world behind the border, tensions between the opposing factions grow. Then a splinter group responds with violent, unilateral action, and Tchicaya and Mariama are forced into an uneasy alliance, travelling together through the border, balancing old and new loyalties against the fate of two incomparably different universes.\"--BOOK JACKET.\u2026 (more)"}
-{"text": "Christopher Parker-Cyrus is an attorney handling cases throughout state of Florida. Christopher Parker-Cyrus, Managing Partner of the law firm PARKERCYRUSLAW.COM, received his law degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1993, after attending the University of Miami as a visiting student. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1993. Since that time, he has handled several thousand cases in court proceedings, including well over 100 trials and many more hearings, motions, and various other proceedings. His vast experience as a trial lawyer includes many cases in which clients...\n\nJaya Balani is a partner with the NeJame Law Firm. Born and raised in the Orlando area. Ms. Balani earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Central Florida and later went on to earn her law degree from Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando. Ms. Balani began her legal career as a Legal Intern with NeJame Law, a position she held during her last two years of law school. As an intern, Ms. Balani worked closely with all of the partners on a wide range of state and federal criminal cases. She demonstrated an impressive work...\n\nDavid has been in Orlando since 2012. He was born and raised in New York City, and developed a desire to attend law school after spending two years as a guardian ad litem to foster children in Austin, Texas. In 2009, David moved to Tallahassee, Florida, to attend law school at Florida State University, where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 2012. While attending law school, he participated in a Criminal Law Externship in the 2nd Judicial Circuit, reinforcing his decision to enter the field of criminal defense work after graduation. David moved to Orlando in...\n\nAttorney Hillary Johnson is a former prosecutor who brings experience and exceptional legal knowledge to each case she tries. She holds a degree in communication from Florida State University and Juris Doctor from the Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. While she was in law school, Ms. Johnson completed an internship with the State Attorney\u2019s Office in Panama City. After graduation, she worked as an attorney with Florida\u2019s Department of Children and Families before accepting a position at the State Attorney\u2019s Office in Manatee County and Sarasota. It was while she was at the...\n\nAs a former assistant state attorney, I have the unique experience to understand both sides of a criminal Law. Moses and Rooth Attorneys at Law is a Criminal Defense Law firm handling both State and Federal cases. We offer a free consultation to answer all your questions and provide advice on how to proceed with your case.\n\nDavid Haenel protects the rights of the accused. His firm,The Law Place, has offices in Sarasota, Tampa, Orlando, and Clearwater but they represent people throughout the State of Florida. David is the former 2004 State of Florida DUI Prosecutor of the Year and has spent his entire legal career representing individuals charged with traffic and criminal traffic violations. David and his team of lawyers are relentless in their legal representation and are not satisfied until they have exhausted all possible defenses.\n\nGrozinger Law is a law firm focused on criminal defense in the heart of downtown Orlando, Florida. Patrick Grozinger is the founder of Grozinger Law, and is an experienced criminal trial attorney dedicated to protecting his client's Constitutional rights while providing them with the courtesy, respect and professionalism they deserve. Mr. Grozinger is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida, the State of Texas, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the Northern, Middle and Southern District Courts of Florida. He is proficient in French, and he is also a member...\n\nAs a former Assistant State Attorney in Daytona Beach I handled over 5,000 cases. Working as a prosecuting attorney gave me a great deal of experience in DUI, theft, domestic violence, battery, assault, driving while license suspended, juvenile crimes, drug charges, misdemeanors, motions to suppress, motions in limine, traffic tickets and trial advocacy. I was exposed to numerous criminal defense strategies. This experience taught me what works and what issues The State Attorney's office faces when trying to prove their case. As a former member of the Big 12 championship Nebraska Cornhusker football team I have the mental and physical...\n\nBill's practice is focused on providing his clients with the \"second chance\" they deserve. Bill has dedicated his practice to helping his clients begin their journey towards a new and better life - a life they can begin as masters of their own destiny, not merely as victims of circumstance. Bill handles all types of personal injury cases including car accidents, sex abuse, negligent security, and premise liability cases. Additionally, Bill has helped numerous people, who have been caught making mistakes and found themselves entrenched in the Criminal Justice system, get a second chance by getting their charges dropped,...\n\nSid Rom\u00e1n is the principal and founder of The Law Offices of Sidney A. Roman, P.A. in Orlando, Florida. He is a member of the Florida Bar licensed to practice law in Florida, as well as a Certified County, Circuit and Federal Court Mediator. Sid is married with two children and has been a resident of Central Florida since 1989. Sid's passion to advocate for justice on the side of the people is evident in everything he does. Sid has two Juris Dotorate (J.D.) degrees from Barry University School of Law (December 2000 and May 2004) where he...\n\nStephen Brown graduated with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Prior to law school, he earned dual bachelors degrees at The Florida State University covering three majors: Political Science, Social Science and Environmental Studies.\nAt the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Stephen participated in the Virgil Hawkins Family Law Clinic where he helped several clients navigate through various family law issues. He also participated in an externship at Florida Institutional Legal Services assisting inmates in the Florida Department of Corrections obtain various services upon their release to help prevent recidivism. Additionally,...\n\nSince 1997, attorney Acevedo has been helping people from all walks of life during some of their most difficult and stressful times.\nAt the Law Offices of J. Manuel Acevedo, P.A., our goal is to help you solve your legal issues. Feel free to call us or visit our website to learn more about how we may help you.\n\nStephanie Boomershine is an Of Counsel Attorney with the Central Florida law firm of Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A. She specializes in Intellectual Property including Portfolio Development & Maintenance, Planning & Strategy Management, Responses & Negotiation, and Litigation; Criminal Defense; and Traffic Defense. She received both her B.S. (2004) and her J.D. (2007) from the University of Florida. Ms. Boomershine has appeared in federal courts within the United States and in Puerto Rico. She is a former public defender and speaks fluent Spanish. In her spare time, she enjoys running marathons and spending time with...\n\nJason Hicks is a trial attorney in Cocoa Beach who offers high quality and personal representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Suspended Licenses, Traffic Tickets, and Auto Accident cases. Our firm, located in Cocoa Beach, takes pride in highly personalized and effective legal representation in the Central Florida area. Jason Hicks is a former prosecutor who represents clients in all of Central Florida including Brevard, Indian River, Orange, and Seminole Counties. Jason was raised in Brevard County, Florida. He attended Titusville High School and graduated in 1996. Jason graduated from the University of Central...\n\nFormer prosecutor.\nFormer President of the Osceola County Bar Association.\nOver 26 years of continuous criminal practice.\nHis practice is wholly devoted to the intelligent and aggressive defense of people accused of crimes.\n\nMr. Musca is a passionate, aggressive and nationally-renowned criminal defense attorney who represents clients on all criminal defense matters in the State of Florida. He completed his undergraduate studies at Boston College, and graduated cum laude in 1994. He then went on to earn his law degree from Case Western University School of Law in 1997. Mr. Musca began his career representing the indigent as an Assistant Public Defender. Then, in 2001, he began his own practice, Musca Law, P.A, a firm which focuses exclusively in the area of criminal defense. He also speaks fluent Spanish, and is licensed...\n\nAs an experienced trial lawyer, Kevin has handled more than 100 jury trials in the last 23 years. Although he has represented many clients charged with serious felony and capital offenses, a vast majority of his work involves defending citizens accused of DUI. Mr. Mawn is the recipient of the 2000 Brevard County Bar Association Professionalism Award and is an active member of the Vassar B. Carlton Inn of Court. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Bar Association and as chairman of the 18th Judicial Circuit Florida Bar Grievance Committee.\n\nStephen has been a resident of Brevard County for over 20 years. He has seen this county change from an orange grove field to the booming cities we see now. Stephen attended most of his schooling here in Brevard, including Tropical Elementary, Thomas Jefferson Junior High and Merritt Island High School. Stephen is also a graduate of Stetson University and Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville.\nThrough out his career, Stephen has dedicated himself to helping those who are lost in the legal system. From his time spent working in Legal Aid, working at the Public Defenders office in...\n\nAttorney Anthony Rickman of the Tampa criminal defense law firm Taracks Gomez & Rickman is a top-rated criminal defense attorney on Avvo who formerly served as a prosecutor. He attended Florida State University College of Law and after graduation went to work as an Assistant State Attorney for the Hillsborough County State Attorney\u2019s office. In this position, he gained experience with all types of felony and misdemeanor cases, including thousands of DUI, traffic violation and other types of cases. After ending his career as a prosecutor in 2007, he went to work for Taracks Gomez & Rickman. He has the...\n\nOriginally from Charleston, West Virginia, I attended West Virginia Wesleyan College studying both business administration and political science. After three semesters at West Virginia Wesleyan College, I transferred to West Virginia University, where I obtained my Bachelor of Arts degree in Multi-Disciplinary Studies. While attending West Virginia University, I worked with my father as a surface miner in the coal fields of West Virginia. Of all the lessons learned during those summers, I learned to appreciate the value of a hard work and the importance of taking pride in whatever you do. At Blumenauer Hackworth, we take pride in our...\n\nThe Kilfin Law Firm, P.C. is a full service Tampa Bay area DUI and Criminal defense firm, representing clients in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, New Port Richey, Dade City, and Bradenton. The Kilfin Law Firm is owned and operated by former Pinellas county state prosecutor Donald J. Kilfin. Mr. Kilfin attended Stetson University College of Law from 1997 - 2000. During that time, he studied all facets of the law, with a particular emphasis on criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence and trial advocacy. Mr. Kilfin was published in the 2000 editions of Who's Who Among...\n\nJeff Thomas is a Tampa criminal defense lawyer at Thomas & Paulk, P.A. He is a Florida native and graduate of Stetson College of Law. Throughout his career, he has handled more than 3,500 criminal cases. He is experienced with non-jury cases, jury trials, and traffic cases.\n\nSince 2010, I have provided legal representation for individuals charged with criminal offenses, DUI, and traffic tickets. I have fought thousands of traffic tickets in the Tampa Bay area, including fatality accident citations, reckless driving, street racing, and suspended license. I also provide representation for those injured in auto accidents.\n\nAndrew Tetreault (pronounced Tay-tro) grew up all over the United States, though spending most of his life in the Midwest and the South. Andrew attended college at Ohio Wesleyan University, just outside of Columbus, Ohio, and received a Bachelor's degree as a double major.\nAfter college, Andrew enrolled at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. During the fall of 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused a disaster in New Orleans and Tulane was shut down for the entire fall semester. In order to graduate law school on time, Andrew enrolled as a visiting student at the University of Florida College of...\n\nTraffic Tickets Lawyers in Nearby Counties\n\nThe Justia Lawyer Directory is a listing of lawyers, legal aid organizations, and pro bono legal service organizations. Whether you were injured, are accused of a crime, or are merely engaging in everyday affairs that affect your legal rights or property, an attorney can help you resolve problems or prevent new ones from arising.\n\nHere are just a few situations where you might want to seek the advice of an attorney:\n\nYou were injured in a car or truck accident\n\nYou have been arrested and charged with a crime, such as DUI or shoplifting\n\nYou are considering separating from your spouse\n\nYou have been subjected to harassment or other discrimination at work\n\nUse Justia to research and compare Goldenrod attorneys so that you can make an informed decision when you hire your counsel.\n\nIt is important to research an attorney before hiring him or her. Be sure to evaluate an attorney's experience (types of cases handled, prior results obtained, etc.). Although prior results are not indicative of the likelihood of success in your case, they can help you make an informed decision.\n\nAlso worth serious consideration is the attorney's location, particularly if you will be traveling to visit him or her for consultations.\n\nFinally, research an attorney to see whether he or she has ever been subject to discipline. Although disciplinary actions do not necessarily impact the attorney's competence to handle your case, they may affect your decision whether to hire."}
-{"text": "Former Priests and Nuns Speak Out on the Roman Catholic Church and it Doctrine.\n\nWhat is the cause of the present crisis in the Catholic Church? Catholicism: Crisis of Faith goes to the heart of the matter, investigating the teachings of Roman Catholicism and comparing them to Scripture. Follow the spiritual journey of devout priests and nuns who courageously faced a crisis of faith and emerged with a life changing experience of Jesus Christ."}
-{"text": "Upcoming Other Events\n\nMaisl Synagogue, 19 November 2018\n\nIn the aftermath of the Kristallnacht pogrom, the British government, urged on by public opinion and the efforts of refugee aid groups, agreed to offer temporary refuge to unaccompanied children from Central Europe who were..."}
-{"text": "Half Of The World's Population Lives In These 6 Countries\n\nThe world population has reached 7.2 billion, according to data from the United Nations, which celebrates World Population Day today, July 11. The numbers rose from just 2.5 billion in 1950.\n\nBut half of those 7.2 billion people live in only six countries: the United States, Brazil, Pakistan, India, China, and Indonesia, shown above on the map from the Pew Research Center.\n\nChina has the world's largest population \u2014 1.36 billion people. Next comes India with 1.28 billion people. The U.S., Brazil, Pakistan, and Indonesia combined house about 702 million people.\n\nThe U.N. set the theme this year as \"investing in young people.\" Today's 1.8 billion young people will continue to shape the social and economic status of countries.\n\n\"On this World Population Day, I call on all with influence to prioritize youth in development plans, strengthen partnerships with youth-led organizations, and involve young people in all decisions that affect them. By empowering today's youth, we will lay the groundwork for a more sustainable future for generations to come,\" U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said."}
-{"text": "Tracks\n\nToday the grass is greener\nThan I have ever seen\nToday the sky is bluer\nThan it has ever been\nAnd today my heart is beating\nLike I've never felt it beat\nAnd today flowers are growing\nFrom the ground beneath my feet\n\nToday my hope is stronger\nAns the vision's clearer\nTo walk in love eternal\nThe path that takes me nearer\nAnd to You the music's playing\nLike it has never done\nAnd to You my feet are dancing\nUnderneath the sun\n\nIn You I live\nIn You I live\nIn You I live and breathe\n\nAnd to You the music's playing\nLike it has never done\nAnd to You my feet are dancing\nUnderneath the sun\n\nIn You I live\nIn You I live\nIn You I live and breathe\nIn You I live\nIn You I live\nIn You I live and breathe"}
-{"text": "BACKGROUND\nThe proportion of women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) varies greatly across populations, as might the distribution of HPV types. We aimed to compare HPV-type distribution in representative samples of women from different world regions.\nMETHODS\nWomen were randomly selected from the general population of 13 areas from 11 countries\u2026 (More)\n\nHuman papillomavirus is the principal risk factor associated with cervical cancer, the most common malignancy among women in Colombia. We conducted a survey, aiming to report type specific prevalence and determinants of human papillomavirus infection in women with normal cytology. A total of 1859 women from Bogota, Colombia were interviewed and tested for\u2026 (More)\n\nData on the incidence and determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women >30 years old are scarce. To address this, a cohort of 1610 women--15-85 years old, HPV negative, and with normal cytological results at baseline--was monitored every 6 months for an average of 4.1 years. Information on risk factors and cervical samples for cytological\u2026 (More)\n\nThe natural course of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and its risk factors were studied in Colombian women with normal cytological results, during a 5-year period. Eighty-two women who were found to be positive for C. trachomatis at the start of the study were studied at 6-month intervals. At each visit, a cervical scrape sample was obtained for detection\u2026 (More)\n\nCoinfection with multiple types of human papillomavirus (HPV) and its implications for the development of efficacious HPV vaccines is a subject of great interest. To describe the occurrence of concurrent infection with multiple HPV types and to determine whether genital HPV infection modifies the risk of acquiring a new HPV infection with another HPV type,\u2026 (More)\n\nAn inverse relationship between age and human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence has been reported in many developed countries, but information on this relationship is scarce in many other parts of the world. We carried out a cross-sectional study of sexually active women from the general population of 15 areas in 4 continents. Similar standardised protocols\u2026 (More)\n\nHuman Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been considered potentially cost-effective for the reduction of cervical cancer burden in developing countries; their effectiveness in a public health setting continues to be researched. We conducted an HPV prevalence survey among Colombian women with invasive cancer. Paraffin-embedded biopsies were obtained from one\u2026 (More)\n\nReports on taxonomic identification of E6/HPV 16 variants, don't have a worldwide, updated and unified criterion for clustering and nomenclature. Our aim was to update the existing criterion and propose a new one for clustering and nomenclature for E6/HPV 16 molecular variants based on the descriptive and comparative analyses of nucleotide sequences. A\u2026 (More)\n\nHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection but it is unclear whether differences in transmission efficacy exist between individual HPV types. Information on sexual behavior was collected from 11 areas in four continents among population-based, age-stratified random samples of women of ages > or = 15 years. HPV testing was done using\u2026 (More)\n\nLittle is known about the dynamics of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and subsequent development of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2/3), particularly in women >30 years of age. This information is needed to assess the impact of HPV vaccines and consider new screening strategies. A cohort of 1728 women 15\u201385 years old with normal\u2026 (More)"}
-{"text": "\u201cModeling Chance and Determinism in Biogeography\u201dRobert Colwell, University of Connecticut4 to 5 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium) and Live StreamContact: David Watts, 814-863-8162814-863-8162\n\n\u201cGreat Steps in the History of Life: The Origin of Limbed Vertebrates\u201dTed Daeschler, The Academy of Natural Sciences4 to 5 p.m., 22 Deike BuildingContact: Department of Geosciences, 814-865-7394814-865-7394\n\n\u201cElucidating the Role of a New Binding Partner of \u03b2Heavy-Spectrin in Cell Polarity and Endocytosis\u201dKristen Browder, Penn State 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 101 Althouse LaboratoryContact: Graham Thomas, 814-863-0718814-863-0718\n\n\u201cThe Smoluchowskii-Kramers Approximation and the Large Deviation Principle for SPDEs\u201dSandra Cerrai, University of Maryland, College Park, and University of Florence, Italy3:35 to 4:35 p.m., 106 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527814-865-7527"}
-{"text": "#5: Lane departure warning\n\nToyota\n\nThese systems monitor your position in a lane and will warn you, via audible beeps or vibrations through the steering wheel, if you start to veer out of that lane without a turn signal. Some systems will take minor actions to pull the car back into the lane. It's optional on this 2013 Lexus ES. Read our full review of the ES here.\n\nThese systems monitor your position in a lane and will warn you, via audible beeps or vibrations through the steering wheel, if you start to veer out of that lane without a turn signal. Some systems will take minor actions to pull the car back into the lane. It's optional on this 2013 Lexus ES. Read our full review of the ES here. (Toyota)\n\nThese systems monitor your position in a lane and will warn you, via audible beeps or vibrations through the steering wheel, if you start to veer out of that lane without a turn signal. Some systems will take minor actions to pull the car back into the lane. It's optional on this 2013 Lexus ES. Read our full review of the ES here."}
-{"text": "Re: CVS commit: src/external/bsd/libevent/dist/test\n\nOn Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 07:03:34PM +0000, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:\n> Skip the \"simple timeout\" test. This test case is known to fail rather\n> consistently when run in emulated environments such as Qemu.\nNB: I bluntly commented out the case, as the libevent's test suite is being\nrun as a wrapper to atf(7), and I didn't want to start patching the sources\nwith these system(3)-like hacks.\n- Jukka."}
-{"text": "Outtakes: Take 2\n\nI didn\u2019t get any shoe saves up this week, but I will have my last pair of summer shoes saved and ready for next Tuesday- assuming all goes as planned. Instead, for this Tuesday, I have more outtakes.\n\nThose of you who have been reading my blog for at least two months, or who just happened to stop by sometime in August, may remember my first Outtakes post. There are way more \u2018mess ups\u2019 when it comes to taking self pictures than there are ones to show! Today I will, once again, show you some of the mess ups. Please feel free to laugh at me with me at these few outtakes that have come about from far too many pictures of myself.\n\nMy guy has kindly downloaded a file for me to read that gives ideas about posing for pictures. (Wonder if he is trying to tell me something?) I haven\u2019t read it yet, but I probably should. I finally decided to just start deleting all the photos that come out really bad, and keep some of the funny ones to use for Photoshop practice. I love messing around with some of the Photoshop Actions I have downloaded, and so over time I have ended up with these.\n\nPhoto bomb and what is going on with my hand?This is funny because right before the timer went off, the Gorilla pod slipped on the rail I had it attached to and ended up with an upside down shot. Also, photo bomb!Jumping shots are almost as hard to take on a self-timer as spinning shots, but oh so much fun!Running in place, and I didn\u2019t turn out a blur!\n\n*Photobomb \u2013 a photo that has been ruined or spoiled by someone who was not supposed to be in the photograph*\n\n*Note to self \u2013 read article about posing differently in photos, or else there will most definitely be more Outtake posts in the future. \ud83d\ude09\n\nThanks! I avoided posting any really bad pics and went more for the silly ones, lol! (I did have to look at the pics while I was editing them so if they were too bad they wouldn\u2019t have made it far. I can\u2019t really alter facial expressions or bad hair days on Photoshop \u2013 yet! \ud83d\ude42"}
-{"text": "Guinea shuts borders with Sierra Leone, Liberia in bid to halt Ebola\n\nRelated News\n\nCONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea closed its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in a bid to halt the spread of an Ebola epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people in the three countries this year.\n\nAuthorities said the decision was taken primarily to prevent infected people crossing into Guinea, where at least 367 people have died of Ebola since March and 18 others are being treated in isolation.\n\nThe West African Ebola outbreak is the worst in history and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it represents an international health emergency that will likely continue spreading for months.\n\nIt has put a severe strain on the health systems of affected states and governments have responded with a range of measures including national emergencies declared in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, which confirmed seven cases of Ebola in Lagos.\n\n\"We have provisionally closed the frontier between Guinea and Sierra Leone because of all the news that we have received from there recently,\" Health Minister R\u00e9my Lamah said, noting Guinea had also closed its border with Liberia.\n\nThe measures had been taken in consultation with the two neighbours, Guinea's Minister for International Cooperation, Moustapha Koutoub Sano, told a news conference. There was no immediate comment from Liberia and Sierra Leone.\n\nWhile Guinea's official land border crossings with the countries will shut, it will be extremely difficult to prevent people in rural areas crossing its long and porous frontiers.\n\nEbola is one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. It has no proven cure and there is no vaccine to prevent infection. The most effective treatment involves alleviating symptoms that include fever, vomiting and diarrhoea.\n\nThe rigorous use of quarantine is needed to prevent its spread as well as high standards of hygiene for anyone who might come into contact with the disease.\n\nThese measures have proved hard to enforce given that Ebola has spread in rural parts of some of the world's poorest countries. The task is made harder because of mistrust of health workers in areas with inadequate public health services.\n\nThe WHO said on Friday 961 people have died during the outbreak and 1,779 have been infected.\n\nTOLL ON HEALTH WORKERS\n\nEbola has reaped a high toll on health workers who have acted as first responders. Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf apologised to health workers on Saturday.\n\n\"If we haven't done enough so far, I have come to apologise to you,\" she told hundreds of health workers who gathered at Monrovia's City Hall for a meeting with her government.\n\nJohnson Sirleaf pledged up to $18 million to health workers to help with insurance and death benefits, to fund more ambulances and to increase the number of treatment centres.\n\nSierra Leone's Health Ministry said a senior physician had contracted the disease at the Connaught referral hospital in the capital Freetown. Dr Modupeh Cole contracted the disease \"after treating a patient ... who was later proved to have the virus and died,\" said ministry spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis.\n\nCole was taken to an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Kailahun district run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, Tunis said.\n\nHe is the latest Sierra Leonean medical practitioner to contract the virus. Its leading Ebola doctor, Shek Umar Khan, died of the disease last month and several nurses have died.\n\nFRESH EBOLA TESTS\n\nAuthorities in Ghana said they were testing samples from a man from Burkina Faso who died while being transported to hospital in the Upper East region.\n\n\"He had fever and was bleeding from the nose so we are testing him for Ebola because we don't want to take chances,\" Yaw Manu, medical head at Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, said by telephone. Ghana has previously conducted around 20 Ebola tests, though none has proved positive.\n\nAuthorities in Benin also said on Saturday they were testing a patient for Ebola, the second suspected case in the country, while Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said initial tests on a dead Saudi citizen suspected of having Ebola were negative.\n\nInternational alarm over the spread of the disease increased last month when a U.S. citizen died in Nigeria after travelling there by plane from Liberia. Since then, other countries with no cases of the disease have taken measures as a precaution.\n\nZambia said it would restrict the entry of travellers from countries affected by the virus and would ban Zambians from travelling to those countries, in one of the strictest moves by any nation outside of West Africa.\n\nZambia's Health Ministry also advised against holding any \"international events\" such as conferences and other gatherings, citing concerns about controlling potential outbreaks.\n\nGambia's Ministry of Transport said any planes flying to the capital Banjul should not pick up passengers at airports in Conakry, Freetown or Monrovia.\n\nTrending On Reuters\n\nA much-hyped new study, conducted with just 150 participants, calls for us to \u201cembrace fat\u201d \u2014 even the saturated kind. The alleged benefits? Weight loss and, most incredibly, healthier hearts. But the truth is the jury is still out. Commentary"}
-{"text": "Diamond no Ace Episode 1 Anime Review\n\nIt fried the batter.\n\nI have no idea what the rules of baseball are, but I decided to watch the first episode of this show since there was a lot of hype around it for a sports anime. The manga has been serialised since 2006 and it has won a few awards, so why not? At least the story has to be interesting.\n\nI was pleasantly surprised to see how engaged I was despite not much of an interest in actual baseball. The main character, Eijun, instantly endeared himself to me when he punched up opposing team members for making fun of a girl that played on his team. I suspect that\u2019s part of the mangaka\u2019s way to hook in a female audience.\n\nNot that it\u2019ll be that hard with a full cast of guys. Eijun\u2019s look reminds me a lot of Eren. Though some of the other characters I saw in the OP don\u2019t exactly have a bishounen look, but they do exude coolness. I also like Eijun\u2019s way of sticking up for his friends, despite how tropeish it is. What can I say? I like protagonists who are loyal to their friends instead of being wimpy.\n\nI\u2019m kind of really excited to see what episode 2 brings since it ended off with him saying he was going to throw 11 pitches which would change his life. How would it? Will Eijun go to the new school? What will happen? I\u2019m terribly tempted to go read the manga, but, urgh, no. I\u2019ll wait."}
-{"text": "A Bronx cop who was stripped of his gun and badge amid allegations he was boozing on the job in December has now been arrested for drunk driving his squad car that night, officials said.\n\nOfficer Richard Evans, 44, was charged in an indictment for driving while intoxicated and official misconduct for the drunk driving incident on Dec. 8 in the Bronx.\n\nIronically, the veteran 15-year cop and his rookie partner were checking out a report of a drunken dispute between neighbors on Webster Avenue near East 203rd Street during the midnight shift at the time.\n\nA person at the scene called 911 to report that Evan appeared to be drunk, according to the Bronx District Attorney\u2019s office.\n\nThe cop was filmed slurring his words on video taken at the scene by another civilian.\n\nEvans then drove back to the 52nd Precinct stationhouse in Norwood where two NYPD sergeants and a captain found him \u201cunfit\u201d to perform his duties and he was stripped of his gun and badge amid the initial allegations.\n\n\u201cThe defendant was allegedly intoxicated while driving a patrol car to and from the scene of a complaint. Such irresponsible behavior is dangerous to the community he swore to protect, and will not be tolerated,\u201d Bronx DA Darcel Clark said in a statement.\n\nEvans was arraigned Thursday in Bronx Supreme Court and released.\n\nHe faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted on the top charge.\n\nA photo also emerged of Evans passed out in the stationhouse locker room with his beer belly exposed on a prior occasion.\n\nEvans is due back in court on March 7.\n\nStuart London, the union lawyer representing Evans, said, \u201cI can\u2019t remember another case like this that there\u2019s no objective evidence to corroborate the fact he was drinking at all. We\u2019re confident when this case is litigated in a courtroom that reasonable doubt rings throughout the case.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s unfair to an officer with 18 1/2 years on the job to put him and his family through this\u2026 They have no evidence that he ever operated a police vehice in an unsafe manner.\u201d"}
-{"text": "INSIGHT: European Chemicals Agency has 56 recommendations on Reach\n\nIn the past 10 years the EU has identified and effectively banned the use of 20 dangerous chemicals. That must be seen as a degree of success for the burdensome Reach chemicals registration, evaluation and restriction legislation.\n\nAn enormous amount of data have been collected under Reach, most available for public scrutiny. But companies still struggle with their Reach registrations, and many do not get them right.\n\nThe purpose of Reach is to protect the health of EU citizens and the environment. In that respect, it was always seen as a long-term programme that might identify early substances which, in use, potentially have significant public health effects.\n\nBased firmly on the so-called \u2018precautionary principle\u2019, the legislation (it is a \u2018regulation\u2019 that fell onto the statute books of every country in the EU as soon as it was ratified by the European Parliament and EU member states), and accompanying classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) rules, tidied up a raft of applicable laws.\n\nTen years on, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) can rightly claim success in the degree to which the EU\u2019s chemicals health, safety and environment legislation is working. It has a few suggestions for change, however.\n\nIt is true that individuals and the EU member states know a great deal more now about chemicals and chemicals safety than they did 10 years ago. The ECHA claims that companies do also.\n\nIn its second five year review of Reach it says that the most dangerous chemicals are being removed from the EU market. Some substitutions are being made. (Members of the general public might realise that mercury is no longer used in thermometers - its use has been banned. The use of lead in jewellery is banned also).\n\nCompanies buying and selling chemicals in the EU also now know a great deal more about how a host of chemicals are used in industry, in commerce and elsewhere in the economy. Some of those uses were well-charted before the idea of Reach was conceived. Others, however, were brought to light as producers got to know more about consumers, possibly well-removed from them in the market, and vice versa.\n\nThe Reach information collection exercise can be said then to have worked as it has opened up the debate about chemicals use and brought into the foreground the importance of chemicals in the EU economy. Competent authorities in various member states have raised important issues of continued chemicals use. The challenges made to the continued use of what are believed to be endocrine disrupting chemicals and, increasingly, to certain nanomaterials, are cases in point.\n\nThe ECHA now has information on 120,000 chemicals. Substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in the EU number 168. Of these, 31 require authorisation in use and we have the new restrictions on the use of 20 chemicals.\n\nThat is some change compared with the situation before Reach came into force, when chemicals control seemed to have become bogged down in extensive testing regimes and progress on chemicals control globally appeared to have slowed to a crawl. Chemical producers appeared extremely reluctant to share the data on chemicals they possessed on chemicals safety data sheets\n\n\u201cChemicals are used more safely, leading to higher protection for people and the environment,\u201d the ECHA said last week on release of its second five year review of Reach.\n\nThe trumpeting of the success of Reach, however, was not made without caveats.\n\nThe ECHA has made 56 recommendations on how Reach might work better and on what more needs to be done to improve chemicals safety.\n\nThere are concerns about nanomaterials, so the data collection and reporting and classification requirements surrounding these substances needs to be clarified. The legal requirements should soon be outlined by the European Commission.\n\nReach appears to be doing what was expected of it as far as industry is concerned but is the consumer better protected? Apparently not when it comes to the products consumers buy. Companies are required to inform the ECHA about SVHCs in products but few do so, especially importers. That suggests that opportunities for exposure persist when they should not.\n\n\u201cImporters especially need to take their responsibilities seriously and notify ECHA about the effects their products could potentially have on consumers,\u201d the ECHA said.\n\nThere are discrepancies when it comes to classifying chemicals, however. \u2018Hazardous to human health\u2019 is one example where the ECHA wants companies to be obliged to conform to closer definitions. In other words, the same classification should apply to the same substance.\n\nAnd companies have to realise that this is a dynamic process and that there should be more clarity around when registrations need to be updated.\n\nThe ECHA also wants the data it has collected to be put to the best use possible.\n\nIt should provide the basis for better harmonisation between Reach, CLP and other EU legislation, it says.\n\nBy 2020 it wants \u201call relevant and known substances of very high concern identified and addressed\u201d."}
-{"text": "\u201cKrugman has staked out a rather crude Keynesian position and unrelentingly so,\u201d Sachs said today, referring to John Maynard Keynes, the British economist who advocated government spending to spur economic growth during the Great Depression. Krugman \u201cknows one thing, which is stimulus, stimulus, stimulus and expand deficit spending,\u201d Sachs said in a television interview on \u201cBloomberg Surveillance\u201d with Ken Prewitt and Tom Keene.\n\nTotal federal debt held by the public has more than doubled as a share of gross domestic product in the last decade. It totaled 72 percent of GDP last year, compared with 35 percent in 2000, according to calculations by the Office of Management and Budget.\n\nOn Feb. 6, Krugman, a professor at Princeton University and a New York Times columnist, wrote in his \u201cEconomics and Politics\u201d blog that the U.S. economy was in a depression because an excess supply of savings prevented full employment. Government spending would help \u201creduce that incipient surplus,\u201d he wrote.\n\n\u201cPaul has a powerful bully pulpit in his New York Times column, and he\u2019s been on one theme for three years,\u201d Sachs said. Krugman has \u201cunder-emphasized the risks of growing debt, he\u2019s over-asserted what we really know about the effects of these policies and he has underestimated the long-term need for public-sector change and reform,\u201d Sachs said.\n\nWarring \u2018Ideologues\u2019\n\nTo be sure, Krugman is \u201cbattling ideologues on the other side who have been equally extreme,\u201d Sachs said. \u201cThis brawl is really a brawl of extreme positions,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not very illuminating, but it is rather entertaining.\u201d\n\nOffering Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney advice, Sachs said that \u201csimply cutting government spending in order to be able to enable tax cuts is going to be seen as terribly unfair.\u201d Such a policy wouldn\u2019t address the need for more investment in education, research and development, and infrastructure, he said."}
-{"text": "Delaware Cap, CCA Oaks & Eddie Read preview\n\nby TCI 3 years ago\n\nThe TCI boys go on the clock for a fast-paced look at the CCA Oaks (G1), Del Cap (G2) and Eddie Read (G1), which include such stars as Royal Delta and Acclamation in action. Who\u2019s vulnerable Saturday? Joel & Ed also Tackle the Topics on Champion 3-Year-Old, as well as the most likely Breeders\u2019 Cup winner with 15 weeks to the big event.\n\nWatch it. Comment.\n\nTCI Top 5 Filly & Mare Sprinters\n\nRank\n\nName\n\nComments\n\n1\n\nGroupie Doll\n\nThe fastest of the group and doesn\u2019t have to take her track with her; Hock setback is concerning\n\n2\n\nMusical Romance\n\nChamp is back in top form and will again be a primary contender in this division\n\n3\n\nBroadway\u2019s Alibi\n\nHas shown brilliance and plenty of class this year; Needs to return soon from minor setback\n\n4\n\nTurbulent Descent\n\nBeen dominant in California, but she may have her toughest tests ahead now on the East Coast\n\n5\n\nContested\n\nFell apart in Mother Goose, but still very talented from 7-8 panels; Baffert lethal at SA"}
-{"text": "Manage your subscription\n\nZoologger: Stingless suicidal bees bite until they die\n\nZoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals \u2013 and occasionally other organisms \u2013 from around the world\n\nBy Penny Sarchet\n\nTrigona hyalinata: a bee with teeth and suicidal tendencies\n\n(Image: Francis Ratnieks)\n\nSpecies&colon;Trigona hyalinata, a stingless beeHabitat&colon; Across the tropics of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay\n\nYou\u2019re a bee without a sting whose home is under attack. What can you do to drive off the enemy? Bite, and never let go.\n\nMeet Trigona hyalinata, an aggressive, 10-toothed, highly suicidal bee. Its stinger is vestigial and has lost its defensive function, but this angry and altruistic bee doesn\u2019t let that hold it back.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStingless bees are closely related to their better-known cousins, the honeybees, which sacrifice their lives when they sting animals that pose a threat to the hive. When a honeybee deploys its sting, it self-amputates, causing lethal injury. Although stingless bees have lost this heroic ability, they still suffer predation and attack from animals ranging from anteaters to other bees \u2013 and have taken to biting instead.\n\n\u201cBees are at their most aggressive when defending their colony,\u201d says Kyle Shackleton of the University of Sussex, in Brighton, UK. The nest takes months to make, contains all the colony\u2019s food stores, the queen, and all of an individual bee\u2019s siblings. \u201cIf their colony dies, they have nothing.\u201d\n\nDefensive behaviours are well known in social insects, which share a high degree of genetic relatedness and act altruistically for the good of the hive or colony.\n\nNow Shackleton, working with Francis Ratnieks, also of the University of Sussex, and colleagues, have identified a new self-sacrificial behaviour in these stingless bees \u2013 biting to the point of suicide.\n\nMonstrous mandibles\n\nRatnieks was inspired to study aggression in stingless bees by a casual but painful encounter in 2012. \u201cTrigona bees have painful bites and are very persistent,\u201d says Ratnieks. \u201cI allowed a worker to bite me for as long as it wanted to. It persisted in its biting for 30 minutes and left a large red mark on my arm.\u201d\n\nThey decided to investigate this behaviour in 12 stingless bee species in Brazil. They waved small flags close to the entrance to a colony to provoke the bees, and then measured how long each bee spent attacking the flag. To gauge the level of pain inflicted by each species, the researchers offered their own forearms, and scored each bite according to a five-point scale, ranging from \u201ccould not pinch skin\u201d, to \u201csharper unpleasant pain and capable of breaking skin if persistent\u201d.\n\nThey found that the more aggressive a species was, the more painful its bite.\n\nWorst of all were the three Trigona species they studied, which included an individual that attacked a flag for over an hour. Individuals from these species all scored five on the pain scale.\n\nA closer look revealed the reason&colon; these species have five \u201cteeth\u201d on their mandibles. And with tens of thousands of bees per nest, this makes for a powerful deterrent.\n\n\u201cI have been stung by honeybees over 10,000 times, so am pretty hardened to the pain,\u201d says Ratnieks. But he says that even though a Trigona bite is much less painful than a honeybee sting, \u201cwhen dozens of them start biting you, you have to retreat. It\u2019s not nice at all.\u201d\n\nSuicidal tendencies\n\nTo see just how far the bees were prepared to go, the team devised a test that offered the bees a choice&colon; stop biting and survive, or stay and suffer lethal damage.\n\nThe researchers first brushed a biting bee with a paintbrush, causing no harm. They then stepped things up by gripping its wings with forceps. Lastly, they started to tug on the forceps, attempting to pull the bee away by its wings, and putting the bee in danger of losing them if it didn\u2019t loosen its bite.\n\n\u201cWhen bees were pulled by the wings, large segments of the wing membrane would tear off or the wing would separate at the joint, such that the bee could no longer fly,\u201d says Shackleton. \u201cIn this state, the bee can no longer return to the nest or function in any of its duties, and has functionally sacrificed itself.\u201d\n\nMany species had individuals that were willing to die, but the highest proportion was seen in the super-aggressive species Trigona hyalinata, where 83 per cent of individuals would keep biting until they suffered irreparable harm.\n\nBiting behaviour may have evolved as an adaptation to the bees\u2019 particular enemies.\u201dStinging causes greater pain, but venom is metabolically expensive to produce,\u201d says Shackleton. While stinging is a great way to defend against larger vertebrate predators, the main threats to stingless bees are ants and other bees.\n\n\u201cBiting is likely more effective against these more numerous foes where the objective is not to drive off a single enemy through pain, but fight off hundreds through killing them,\u201d says Shackleton.\n\nHe admits though that from his own personal experience, biting is still a powerful deterrent to larger intruders.\n\nBut like the bees, Shackleton and the rest of the team show a persistently high level of self-sacrifice and daring.\n\n\u201cDespite being bitten hundreds of times and chased away on more than one occasion, I think we all thoroughly enjoyed the work,\u201d he says, adding that they intend to return to Brazil next year to find out more."}
-{"text": "Creative & High Quality\n\ntips to help you cope with your studies\nand become a baseball champion\n\nYou Should Know That\n\nPaper writing does not...\n\nhave to be a daunting task. There are a number of elements you can do that can actually make the writing process more interesting. We know a good paper starts with a good topic of interest, but there are other things people overlook that can add a twist to the creative writing process.\n\nThere are tricks...\n\nstudents can use to make it easier to complete their assignment while improving personal writing skills and increasing self-knowledge. The following points offer useful tricks students can use while writing.\n\nThe Need To Get Organized And Stay That Way\n\nGet organized\n\nWhen it comes to doing a number of things concurrently, one of the best practises is to get organized. This should be the case for any student out there who is a member of the school baseball team and at the same time, doesn\u2019t want his studies to suffer.\n\nMake a timetable\n\nTo do this, you will have to draft a timetable while taking into account school projects, papers and other activities. This should be done in such a way that it augers well with baseball days and other games.\n\nCheck school calendar\n\nAnd in view of the fact that some of these dates are prone to changes due to a number of reasons, it is strongly recommended that you check your school calendar every week to help you make adjustments to your own timetable.\n\nHow To Combine Studies And Sport: Advice For Students Playing Baseball\n\nReaching success in sports and studies\n\nThe phrase \u2018work without play makes Jack a dull boy,\u2019 is something you must have come across multiple times in the course of your reading or in speeches made by academic motivational speakers. The question which always comes to many people\u2019s mind is how much work is enough and so is play because even studies amount to some degree of work and commitment. This further replicates into participating in any kind of sports. Definitively, work is anything that consumes energy in whatever form, mentally or physically. And so, whenever a student is heavily involved into say playing basketball, baseball or football, concerns have always been raised regarding his or her academic progress. In other words, some learners find it a lot complicated to take part in school activities such as playing baseball in the school baseball team and at the same time, study for better grades. One area will always have to suffer. However, it is not all the times that this happens. In fact, students who do take part in sports have been hailed for better performance and one always wonder how they do it. This is something that studies occasioned by a number of education institutes have equally proven as true.\n\nWell, sports are good for mental health and development but caution is always good medicine. You should not let your studies suffer at the expense of playing in school baseball team. The converse is also true. While there are students who have given up their studies to participate in sports, and eventually becoming world superstars, education remains foundation to greater things in life. It is all about literacy and fitting into a society that is increasingly becoming academically sound and competitive by the day. The same studies that have delved into how sports and education many not always auger well, have also come up with some strategies that work in as far managing the two is concerned. These are things that not only experts share in but also educators and parents. The big question thus far therefore is, what if one doesn\u2019t want to give up sports for school or the other way round? But again, how can one strike a balance between the two, which means combining studies and baseball? Sporting is arguably addictive and it is the reason why one\u2019s academic progress is always the casualty whenever the two antagonize each other. In order to help you manage these two competing interest with great ease, take a look below for guidelines:\n\nTime management is the key to doing things better\n\nWell, here is a case of competing interests or demands and it is up to you to manage them well so that at the end of the day, none suffers a fate of failure. You have to plan your time well taking into account such things as travel, sports days, practise and exams times. This helps plan for every task well in advance to avoid clashing scenarios. It is noteworthy that this shouldn\u2019t be about a day or two but should extent into weeks or months during which you will be in school.\n\nGuard against procrastination\n\nAnything can steal your time but none can do it mercilessly like procrastination. Every minute wasted is sure to push you into a situation whereby you will have no choice but to do things under a lot of pressure and duress. On this premise, when it is time for studies let it be so. Do not postpone a time for writing an essay and engage in baseball. It will be too late to even hire a writer to help you out.\n\nWork smart and make the most out of free time\n\nTime is resourceful and creating more time is worth it for a student who wants to partake on baseball. It is always advisable to stay ahead of time by doing assignments during free time. This way, you will have more time for games and relaxation later on.\n\nFinally, managing two activities at the same time is all about working smart and time is always a factor to consider. It therefore calls upon your time management skills and also the need to borrow from expert tips on how to be a baseball player and at the same time, a well performing student.\n\nLOOK FOR ADVICE ON\n\nPaper structure\n\nTopics for papers\n\nOther Links\n\nCustom essay writing service for lost and desperate students. Hire admission essay writers online to get Admission essay witing help . Advanced writing service - follow link. Get help from expert writers with your papers at this site.\n\nCreative Writing\n\nWe will help you boost your writing abilities and compose more creative paper.\n\nUse the following tips for making your academic papers more innovative, critical and original."}
-{"text": "shot glass - wing girl\n\nWith Naughty Betty's signature style and sass, this high quality shot glass is the perfect cocktail accessory and gift. Packaged in a black organza bag with a ribbon drawstring and beaded accents, it's ready to pass out as a party favor. The bottom of the glass is a bright aqua color that gives a tint to the rest of the clear glass. The fun patterned bottom coordinates with the scrolled design on the front that reads \"Wing Girl\". Perfect for besties! Each shot glass holds 2.75 ounces of her favorite cocktail, shooter or shot.\n\n\"Wing Girl\"\n\nGirlfriend Tested. Girlfriend Approved. Such a great gift for bridesmaids, best friends, sisters and more, these are high quality, super funny and sure to delight. We can't help but LOVE Naughty Betty's style. Witty, sassy and a little smart-assy."}
-{"text": "Hillsborough school tax rate poised to dip slightly\n\nTAMPA - The recovery in local property values is bringing some good news to Hillsborough taxpayers, with a preliminary schools budget reflecting a lower tax rate for county homeowners.\nThe Hillsborough County School Board presented its proposed $2.8 billion budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday, roughly the same as the last year's initial budget figure, although the final numbers on 2012-13 spending have not yet been finalized.\nSchool officials said 94.5 percent of the money is spent on school-level services. District services such as human resources and payroll administration consume 4 percent of the budget, with general administrative costs totalling 1.5 percent.\nUnder the proposed tax rate, the owner of a home in the county valued at $250,000 with a homestead exemption of $25,000 would pay $1,345 in school taxes, down from $1,378 for 2012-13. That's partly because of an increase of nearly $4 billion in property values in the county, from $65.8 billion this year to $69.7 billion next year.\n\nThe lower tax rate is reflected in what is known as the \"millage rate,\" or the amount a taxpayer pays per $1,000 of value of the home. The School Board has lowered that rate from 7.877 to 7.69.\nBut at least one board member took issue with the inability of the board to lower the rate further. The state Legislature sets a minimum tax level each district must assess if they want to collect the maximum amount of state funding; Hillsborough would forego $922 million in state funding if it did not tax at at least that level.\nBoard member Stacy White said if he had \"true control over this taxation process, I would not be supporting this rate.\"\nHe said he wanted the tax rate lowered to a level that would result in the district raising the same amount of tax revenue year-to-year, which is slightly lower than the rate the district is actually proposing.\nWhite cast the single \"no\" vote in a series of procedural votes on the budget, with seven of eight votes being unanimous. Another public hearing on the budget is set for 5 p.m. Sept. 10 at district headquarters, 901 E. Kennedy Blvd.\nAlso Tuesday, the School Board named a series of new administrators, including three new principals for the coming school year.\nJoshua Hodges, an assistant principal at Woodbridge Elementary, was named principal of Essrig Elementary. Amy Lusk, an assistant principal at Buchanan Middle, was named principal at Barrington Middle. Melanie Cochran, an assistant principal at Bevis Elementary, was promoted to principal of that school.\njstockfisch@tampatrib.com\n(813) 259-7834"}
-{"text": "Testimonials\n\nTestimonials\n\nRick Luzietti, Tooling & Engineering at Covidien\n\n\u201cI have been completely satisfied when I needed to use the Crakker as it has always given me the tools I needed to correct issues I was seeing with production lines.\u201d\n\nEric Snyder, Instrument Engineer at a Major Household Good Manufacturer\n\n\u201cI have purchased 2-3 crakkers in the past and have moved to another facility. I\u2019ve added this required tool to our maintenance department due to it\u2019s unique ability to read all voltage levels with no complicated setups making it ideal for our maintenance staff. It\u2019s assistance to troubleshooting spurious faults and machine events makes it indispensable!\u201d\n\n\u201cEverything worked fine up to the end of the reliability testing. Lessons were learned and we are ready to use this system on the next prototype that comes our way. The data turned out to be very reliable and consistent. Thanks for all your help\u2026.\u201d\n\nRay Collins, Engineering Sciences/Solids at Dow Chemical Co.\n\n\u201cYour products combine unique qualities that are required by applied engineering research and development. Setup is fast, options are numerous, and editing is simple. This facilitates work into the field, in my case inside the boundaries of large chemical plants with restrictive operating practices and a sometimes hazardous environment.\u201d\n\nMichael Abbott, Engineer at Kim Hotstart Mfg. Co.\n\n\u201cWe have had 6 months of experience with this system installed on a locomotive in Chicago. We are very pleased with its performance. The software is easy to use.\u201d\n\nGeorge Burkett at UC Davis\n\n\u201cI appreciate you checking up. It is rare to find a company that has such good customer service after the sale.\u201d\n\nFrank Dominkiewicz, Manager of Research & Development at XDX, Inc\n\n\u201cOur experience with Logic Beach has been outstanding. I currently have been dealing with Logic Beach for the past four years. Every time I come up against a problem, technical support has provided the answer and sometimes showed me new and improved ways to use this data acquisition system.\u201d\n\nDavid Kalley at Pentair Water Treatment\n\n\u201cI have been using the data logger on and off for the past several weeks and am very pleased with the equipment. So happy with this unit, I have added money to a capital project, which is out for approval, to purchase another unit by the end of the year. Thanks for all the tech support and I hope to order another unit soon.\u201d\n\nWayne S Hill at Sempra Energy Solutions\n\n\u201cThanks for the note and the followup on the loggers. I did go to Ft Carson in Colorado last week and downloaded the one we have installed there. It is still running flawlessly.\u201d\n\nResearcher at a Major Pharmaceutical Manufacturer\n\n\u201cI use the HyperLogger for monitoring temperature, pH, and time the steps of my process development reactions. This allows me to scale up accurately because I have a record of every time that occurred inside my reactor (100 ml to 1 liter). Excellent customer service and communication!\u201d\n\nRobert Higgins, Project Engineer at Graphic Packaging International Inc\n\n\u201cThe ModuLogger \u2026\u201dwill become a permanent tool for the maintenance department here.\u201d Very impressed with its versatility & capabilities. It will prove invaluable to our maintenance personnel in the future.\u201d\n\nPat De Grand, Engineering Major at Genie Industries\n\nRe: The HyperLogger\u2026 Yes, we started using it immediately upon arrival on 12/21 to aquire test data on Tier II Engine tests being conducted on all of our models. We\u2019ve had no problems, everything is working great!!\n\nSteve Snedegar, Account Manager at Seco System Integration\n\n\u201cRegarding a ModuLogger MINI: \u201cImpressive. Customer has to tell me how he wants to use it. Looks like we can give them anything they want.\u201d\n\nCharlie Seymour at BP/Ford\n\n\u201c\u2026 since I used it for a project a year ago, I have not had a need to use it for other things. When I did use it, it was easy to do..I have to say, it\u2019s probably one of the easiest systems to use\u2026\u201d\n\nSince 1986 Logic Beach has been designing, manufacturing, selling innovative data acquisition, alarming and reporting instruments. We relish helping customers solve their data acquisition needs and continually strive to provide the best application and technical support in the industry."}
-{"text": "Afternoon News Bytes: Feb. 13, 2012\n\nTHE WASHINGTON POST: Obama Budget: National Debt Will Be $1 Trillion Higher In A Decade Than First Forecast President Obama on Monday unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan that seeks to pump billions of dollars into the economy while raising taxes on the rich to tame a soaring national debt now projected to grow significantly faster than previously forecast. Learn more HERE\n\nTake Action on This Issue\n\nCircle of Protection for a Moral Budget\n\nA pledge by church leaders from diverse theological and political beliefs who have come together to form a Circle of Protection around programs that serve the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world.\n\nTHE HUFFINGTON POST: Why Evangelicals Must Defend Muslims Some Christians get excited when they discover that I'm half Indian or that I studied Islam in college. They'll sometimes ask me to talk about how Christianity compares to other faiths. But I've learned that what they mean to say is: \"Great, you've read books I'd never own so you can tell us how awful those other religions are, and you're brown so you won't be called a bigot!\" Learn more HERE\n\nREUTERS: Obama's Election-Year Budget To Target Rich President Barack Obama will propose an election-year budget on Monday that raises taxes on millionaires and seeks billions of dollars for job-creating infrastructure projects, drawing a populist battle line with his Republican opponents. Learn more HERE\n\nREUTERS: GE To Hire 5,000 U.S. Veterans, Investing In Plants General Electric Co plans to hire 5,000 U.S. military veterans over the next five years and to invest $580 million to expand its aviation footprint in the United States this year. Learn more HERE\n\nTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Is Class War Unfolding In GOP Primaries? Do these emerging income divides indicate a full-bore class war in under way in the Republican primary battle? Maybe not. But the vote shows there are some clear differences of opinion among GOP voters about the presidential field based around class and income \u2013 and they are flaring up at Mr. Romney\u2019s expense. Learn more HERE\n\nMOTHER JONES: It's The Wealth Gap, Stupid The OWS demonstrators have performed a valuable public service. They have initiated a conversation about how the distribution of wealth, income, and power correspond to our common values. Fundamentally, radical wealth inequality is incompatible with a meritocracy and undercuts our national creed that everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Learn more HERE\n\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES: From The Pulpit And In The Pew, The Knicks\u2019 Lin Is A Welcome Inspiration Jeremy Lin\u2019s sudden emergence as an N.B.A. star has thrilled fans at Madison Square Garden and on the road, generated a torrent of comments on social media around the world and made Knicks fans out of a lot of people who did not follow basketball a week ago. By Sunday, the story of Lin, a committed Christian, had worked its way into church services \u2014 notably those in New York with large numbers of Asian-American congregants. Learn more HERE\n\nPOLITICO: Ethics Issues Tarnish Congressional Image The 112th Congress is the most unpopular ever, but is it the most corrupt? The dire headlines about bad behavior by members of Congress are everywhere: At least a dozen House members are under investigation for ethical or potential criminal charges; the House Ethics Committee itself is being investigated for its handling of cases; and reporters are digging into the finances of lawmakers and senior aides. Learn more HERE\n\nTHE HILL: Senate GOP Push For Keystone Vote On Highway Measure Senate Republicans want to add an amendment to the highway bill that would mandate construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Learn more HERE\n\nTHE WASHINGTON POST: Obama Administration Slows Environmental Rules As It Weighs Political Cost After pushing through some of the most sweeping and contentious environmental measures in years, the Obama administration has slowed action on several policies as it calculates what it should undertake before the end of the term. Learn more HERE\n\nRelated Stories\n\nResources\n\nLike what you're reading? Get Sojourners E-Mail updates!\n\nSojourners Comment Community Covenant\n\nI will express myself with civility, courtesy, and respect for every member of the Sojourners online community, especially toward those with whom I disagree, even if I feel disrespected by them. (Romans 12:17-21)\n\nI will express my disagreements with other community members' ideas without insulting, mocking, or slandering them personally. (Matthew 5:22)\n\nI will not exaggerate others' beliefs nor make unfounded prejudicial assumptions based on labels, categories, or stereotypes. I will always extend the benefit of the doubt. (Ephesians 4:29)\n\nI will hold others accountable by clicking \"report\" on comments that violate these principles, based not on what ideas are expressed but on how they're expressed. (2 Thessalonians 3:13-15)\n\nI understand that comments reported as abusive are reviewed by Sojourners staff and are subject to removal. Repeat offenders will be blocked from making further comments. (Proverbs 18:7)"}
-{"text": "Tuesday, February 19, 2013\n\nI want to apologize for not having written very much in the past few weeks. Thankfully the blog didn't go dark due to the efforts of Dean Liscum and especially Virginia Billeaud Anderson. As for me, I've been working on several simultaneous projects (note to self--don't schedule projects so that they must be worked on at the same time). I'm still working my way through these various tasks, but I've gotten some big chunks of the work done and behind me. So I'll be resuming my regular blogging presently.\n\nOne of the big projects was putting together a show for EMERGEncy Room at Rice University. EMERGEncy Room is a small gallery space which hosts shows of emerging artists from the Houston area. But the show I'm working on is quite different--it's a selection of original comic strip and comic book art from my personal collection. The show is called Comics: Works from the Collection of Robert Boyd and it runs from March 14 to April 11. The work dates from the 1920s to the 2010s, and as such forms a kind of history of comics--an idiosyncratic, eccentric history, to be sure. I'll be discussing it a little more as the exhibition date gets closer.\n\nBelow is the poster image for the show. Certain comics fans may recognize the steady hand of Ernie Bushmiller, the cartoonist of Nancy, who it turns out was quite capable of drawing a sexy, half-dressed women when the occasion called for it.\n\nPrior to now, EMERGEncy Room has been an institution above reproach. But now they are showing a collector's personal collection! This drags them down to the level of so many of today's museums with their vanity shows for collectors. The most notorious of these in recent times was Skin Fruit, a show the New Museum drawn from collection of one of its trustees, Dakis Joannou. But Houston's own Museum of Fine Arts has been guilty of this kind of vanity show as well. And now the EMERGEncy Room is sullying itself by showing my collection. Nobody tell Tyler Green!"}
-{"text": "Increase In Rough Sleeping, New Report Finds\n\nA report by homelessness charity St Mungo\u2019s Broadway shows a 1% increase on rough sleeping in London in the last year compared with the previous year's rise of 13%.\n\nThe Street to Home 2013/14 report found 6,508 people were rough sleeping in the capital between April 2013 and March 2014, compared with 6,437 the year before. The charity says that the work of outreach teams like No Second Night Out (NSNO) has meant that 70% of new rough sleepers were only seen on the streets once.\n\nAssembly Member Darren Johnson of the Green Party points out that there were 3,017 people seen sleeping rough in 2007/08 and 6,508 seen sleeping rough in 2013/14, more than double under Boris Johnson's mayoralty. Except we've looked at this before \u2014 what seems like a massive rise in rough sleeping is actually no such thing. NSNO's Petra Salva explained that the figures have risen because numbers of rough sleepers are now being recorded by them. Howard Sinclair, Chief Executive of St Mungo's, acknowledges the part played by NSNO:\n\n\"Rough sleeping has increased again. Whilst it is a relief that the increase is only 1%, compared with 13% the year before, the fact remains that 6,508 people ended up on the capital's streets last year.\n\n\"The figures also highlight, however, that almost three quarters of new rough sleepers were only seen sleeping rough once. That highlights that No Second Night Out and other outreach services are working hard to reconnect and help people move in, and on, as quickly as possible.\"\n\nRecent media coverage of the Southwark 'anti-homeless studs' has brought rough sleeping to the forefront of the public's mind again. A 'perfect storm' of insecure private tenancies, welfare cuts and unemployment (among other things) are contributing to rough sleeping, while there has also been a 1000% increase in London's hidden homeless being rehoused outside the capital."}
-{"text": "B&W photo challenge, day 3\n\nI have a swell commute. I ride my bike, rain or shine, about four and a half miles to work. At the end of the day, I ride back home. My commute could be a mile shorter each way, but that would have me biking on a narrower, curvier road where the traffic tends to encroach on the bike lane. It also wouldn\u2019t take me through Dawson Creek park, a beautiful park with expansive lawns, picturesque ponds, and tall trees.\n\nLate last year, each morning on the ride to work, I started taking pictures in the park. It was an interesting exercise in creativity, forcing me to take a publishable shot each day. Even after I broke my streak, I continued to take pictures when the conditions were right."}
-{"text": "Configuration Management vs. Immutable Infrastructure\n\nPosted by Sysadmin 4 lyfe on May 20, 2017\n\nI\u2019ve been working with Configuration Management for a number of years. I started off with Puppet, managing a few hundred servers. I integrated it with vCenter Orchestrator (now called vRealize Orchestrator), which Puppet conveniently now ship as a plugin of their own. But having spent a lot of time working with Puppet and vSphere I was left feeling the solution was still too complex, especially if you wanted developers to self service, and too fragile.\n\nRecently Anthony Shaw released a post about Ansible, Salt and StackStorm, compairing their offerings. I\u2019ve played with Salt and Ansible a little, but never used them seriously. They still feel like a \u201cleaky abstraction\u201d, there\u2019s too much complexity and domain knowledge required to use them.\n\nI spoke at DevOps Days Sydney about how mutability was a spectrum. There are lots of use cases for Configuration Management, a lot of applications, particularly \u201centerprise\u201d apps, are not 12 Factor. They distribute state across many machines, requiring machines to be backed up and maintained for many months or years. This requires us to continuously manipulate the state of these machines, we can automate it but instead of a herd of cattle we end up with a herd of Wagyu Beef. Sure we can shoot a cow and buy a new one, but it still takes a lot of massaging.\n\nWe can move some way away from this by making our most crucial changes, our application deployments, immutable. When we seperate out the application configuration and code from the underlying infrastructure that supports it we can deploy it with different tools like Docker, AWS CodeDeploy or Capistrano. If we still have mutable infrastructure though this still results in error prone infrastructure changes; we may have a variety of different states in play at one time and the unknown state brings risk. I call this the Frankenstein model, half mutable half immutable.\n\nTo achieve the ultimate in operational efficiency though we need to be fully immutable. Now when I say this most people probably imagine Docker on top of an Orchestration system like Kubernetes or Swarm. But these are complex beasts, requiring more domain knowledge than Configuration Management. You also have the problem of how to manage databases like MySQL or Postgres that are not designed to run on Containers, attaching volumes, managing secrets, running strong consistency key-value stores like etcd, the list goes on.\n\nSomewhere though I think there is a balance. Sure tools like Kubernetes make sense at a certain scale, because the amount of engineering effort pays off. But at most organisations I\u2019ve worked at they don\u2019t make sense.\n\nSo if you came here for answers, all I have is more problems. Because in the end it\u2019s always just a bunch of trade offs."}
-{"text": "K-REACH: 334 PECs Finished LR Election\n\n7 Dec 2017\n\nNadine He\n\nTakehome:\n\nSo far LR election has been completed for 334 PECs.\n\n38 LRs have submitted dossiers, of which 11 have been approved by the authority and obtained a registration No.\n\nUpdated on 30 Nov 2017, 334 priority existing chemical substances (PECs) have finished LR election, of which four PECs newly completed the election process in Nov. The details of the substance are specified as below.\n\nCAS No.\n\nChemical Name\n\nElection Date\n\nLR\u2018s name\n\n11099-02-8\n\nNickel oxide\n\n2017.11.06\n\n\ud558\ub2c8\uc6f0\uc720\uc624\ud53c\ucf54\ub9ac\uc544\uc720\ud55c\ud68c\uc0ac\n\n95-87-4\n\n2,5-Dimethylphenol; 2,5-Xylenol\n\n\uc601\ud654\ubb3c\uc0b0\u321c\n\n121-69-7\n\nN,N-Dimethylaniline; N,N-Dimethylbenzenamine\n\n2017.11.07\n\n\uc81c\uc77cPLATEX\uc0b0\uc5c5\n\n25321-14-6\n\nMethyldinitrobenzene; Dinitrotoluene\n\n2017.11.08\n\n\ud734\ucf10\uc2a4(\uc8fc)\uc5ec\uc218\uacf5\uc7a5\n\nIn addition, one PEC that previously finished LR election was deleted this time since the elected LR has opted out. The details are specified as below.\n\nCAS No.\n\nChemical Name\n\nElection Date\n\nLR\u2018s name\n\n139-07-1\n\nN-Dodecyl-N,N-dimethylbenzenemethanaminium chloride\n\n2017.02.03\n\nS-OIL (\uc8fc) \uc628\uc0b0\uacf5\uc7a5\n\nThe registration deadline for 510 PECs subject to K-REACH joint registration is 30 Jun 2018. So far 334 PECs have finished their LR election. The whole list of 334 PECs is accessible here, including the name of LR in Korean, chemical name in English, CAS No. and the date of LR determination.\n\nSo far (updated on 30 Nov), 38 LRs have submitted the joint registration dossier to the authority, of which 11 have been approved and obtained a registration No. The other 27 are still under review (click here to download the list). For most PECs, the LR\u2019s registration work will come to an end as expected in the first quarter of 2018. It will leave the joint registrants enough time to finish their own submission.\n\nChemLinked Chemical Portal was created to provide chemical regulatory information for China and the rest of the Asia Pacific region to meet the growing demand for clear and concise regulatory advice and market intelligence."}
-{"text": "Pollard powers Mumbai to 39-run win\n\nKieron Pollard finally lived up to his bumper signing with a brutal innings that undermined what, for the most part, had been a spirited performance from Delhi's bowlers, and confirmed Mumbai's place in the final four. His 13-ball 45, laced with five sixes, powered Mumbai to a challenging score to which Delhi, despite their power-packed line-up, failed to measure up.\n\nIn what proved to be the match-turning event, Gautam Gambhir bestowed medium-pacer Andrew McDonald with the responsibility of bowling the last over of Mumbai's innings. Facing him was Pollard, who had looked adept against pace but lacked conviction against the spin of Sarabjit Ladda, whom he had edged and miscued in his previous over. Mumbai, despite their acceleration, could still have ended with a below-par total but McDonald doled out two full tosses and a short delivery that were dismissed for sixes in an over that fetched 25, taking Mumbai's tally in the last five to 75.\n\nAfter Delhi's bowlers had bowled with determination, JP Duminy scored three consecutive fours off Mishra, and Pollard mixed craftiness with power, mistiming a ball for six and scooping Ashish Nehra over the ropes behind fine leg. Aiming for the blockhole, Delhi's bowlers often erred, gifting full tosses that were treated aptly by Pollard, and his assault on McDonald more than compensated for Mumbai's travails for much of the innings."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nTuesday, October 31, 2017\n\nWalking around town\n\nNothing much special here. Just some photos from wandering around town. These were taken with my trusty little Olympus, AND a new-to-me Nikon D4s.\n\nI find that I'm happier and more motivated in general when I'm both physically and creatively active. Maybe I can figure out how to balance those things, even though the time that I'm really most stoked on working out or taking photos is the same time of day."}
-{"text": "Debbie Laird tells tells story of the life-saving but high-risk surgery help him survive a massive stroke. The surgery involved removing a large piece of Mr Laird's skull, freezing it and reattaching it six months later."}
-{"text": "NWSB Editor and Insider Chris Anderson pays his homage to Ken Griffey Jr. Undoubtedly the greatest player in Seattle Mariners history, Griffey is also one of the best players to have ever set foot on a baseball field. This weekend, he\u2019ll be immortalized into Mariners lore as he will be inducted in the Mariners Hall of Fame in a ceremony that is sure to bring back the greatest memories in Seattle baseball history. Thanks for everything, Junior.\n\nNWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners\u2019 blogger Danny Ferguson talks about how Carlos Peguero has been just good enough to annoy him during Spring Training. The truth of the matter is that Peguero is surprising me, not because of how strong or likable he is. I know that he has a great swing and a lot of power. I would expect him to hit the ball into the stratosphere, so that\u2019s not a surprise. The surprising thing is his strike-out rate.\n\nNWSB Insider and part-time Seattle Mariners blogger C-Mac weighs in today with his 2012 analysis of the Mariners Japanese baseball stars. He spent five great years living in Tokyo, and offers his analysis from time to time. He looks at Ichiro, Munenori Kawasaki, and Hisashi Iwakuma in this post. How do the new Mariners 2012 stars compare with past Japanes stars?\n\nNWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners baseball blogger Danny Ferguson tells us the nine players that make up his all time starting team in the next chapter of our Moments In Time series on Northwest sports teams. Some famous names from the M\u2019s past make the list. Including Ichiro Suzuki, Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Harold Reynolds, Alvin Davis, Dan Wilson and more.\n\nAnother North West Coach in the spotlight today. Current Seattle Mariners head coach Eric Wedge was a perfect candidate for the Mariners job after he was let go by the Indians in 2009. Since then, Wedge\u2019s grit and experience has shown through in the Mariners organization. The Mariners front office and fans alike love the guy and hope he can turn the team around back to their winning ways."}
-{"text": "Enter a comma-separated list of keywords or phrases that best describe this object to make it more accessible during searches. Please check your spelling.\n\nLabel:The unusual portrayal of this man can be explained by facts known about his life. Archinto was appointed archbishop of Milan in 1556, but political troubles prevented his taking possession of the post. The veil obscuring him from view stands for these difficulties. The episcopal ring, which the artist carefully reveals just outside the veil, symbolizes Archinto's legal right to office."}
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-{"text": "Bringing Your Plants Inside for Winter\n\nWinters in many parts of the Western U.S. can easily see temperatures that dip down below freezing. For many gardening homeowners, this can be troublesome when precious plants are concerned. Covering your plants with sheets may not be enough to save a plant from succumbing to freezing temperatures. Check out these ways to bring your plants inside for winter:\n\nTake Inventory of Plants\n\nUnless you have planted exotic plants that are definitely not going to survive cold temperatures, there are probably more than a few plants within your yard that should be okay. Healthy native plants are used to the climate of your area and should be able to withstand the winter temperatures without any issue. Those plants that are better suited for a higher growing zone will need to be cared for in order to best survive the season. Consider every plant within your yard and access their health, maturity, and location in order to choose which plants to bring indoors.\n\nIndoor Placement\n\nExotic plants love the sun and should be placed near southern facing windows that aren\u2019t drafty or cold. Create a spot within your home that is far from drafts or cold breezes from open doors. Spread plastic sheeting to protect flooring and create a little greenhouse group of plants that will still receive plenty of sunlight. Refrain from placing plants too close together in order to allow for equal access to sunlight and air flow.\n\nContainer Issues\n\nMany potted plants can easily be moved indoors without having to transplant them. Easily place potted plants in a group to ride out the winter season. In-ground plants within your landscape will need to be transplanted to a container in order to bring them indoors. Make sure that you consider the size of the plant and use a container that is big enough around for the root ball of the plant. Using a container that is much too large for a plant is better than one that is too small and could damage the plant\u2019s root system.\n\nKeep the Fan On\n\nMany indoor plants enjoy being near a window but will also need adequate air circulation to prevent soggy soil conditions. It is a good idea to keep the ceiling fan on in the room, at a low speed, in order to keep the air moving within the room. Don\u2019t place plants too close to heating vents in order to keep them from becoming too hot and overheated. Plants that produce browning leaves will need to be moved to a room with a humidifier in order to keep them in good condition as well.\n\nKeep Pets Away\n\nMany indoor plants can become curious items for an indoor pet. Make sure to keep pets away from plants in order to keep both safe. Some tropical plants are toxic for animals and some pets can prove damaging to plants. Create a barrier between plants and animals so that both are kept safe during the winter season.\n\nWater & Dust\n\nKeeping your plants watered indoors may look different than what it receives in an outdoor environment. Make sure to consider the plant before watering in order to keep it in soil that it prefers. Many winter climates will not see a lot of added water so choosing to water your indoor plants at a minimum will help mimic those conditions that it would receive outside.\n\nAlso, check the plants for accumulating dust that can easily be found after a few weeks indoors. Dust off plants on a regular basis in order to keep them healthy and able to absorb important nutrients. Use a wet cloth to gently wipe down leaves in order to keep dust free from indoor plants.\n\nThere are many things to consider when choosing to bring plants indoors for winter. Make sure to choose plants carefully and monitor their progress as the winter season wears on. Consider all of these tips for bringing your plants inside for winter in order to keep them from freezing outdoors.\n\nKelly Holland is a gardening and landscape design writer who loves experimenting in her kitchen. Her quirky nature loves a bright color palette so naturally, her coveted garden is covered in a rainbow of fruits, vegetable, and flowers."}
-{"text": "The significance of the findings\n\nToday it is obvious that Upp\u00e5kra is a very special archaeological site. Graves from the Stone Age and Bronze Age indicate that the place was already of significance 4000 year ago. Yet it is Upp\u00e5kra\u2019s Iron Age settlement that has received the most attention. The finds help us to understand the people who once lived here. In the earth innumerable remains still wait to be discovered \u2013 only a small portion of the the settlement area has so far been excavated. Yet with every new excavation, and with the help of the research carried out, we get an ever clearer picture of this unique place. The mission of The Foundation for Upp\u00e5kra Archaeological Centre includes the disseminating the archaeological knowledge derived here to the general public. The finds are on display at the Lund University Historical Museum, and 3-D copies of a selection of these finds are available at the Upp\u00e5kra site.\n\nGLASS BOWL, 500 AD\nThis is a glass bowl made by using a layering technique. On a bowl of clear glass a layer of blue glass was added, which was then ground away, leaving only the lotus pattern and the border edging. The bowl was found in the ceremonial house, but most likely originates from the region north of the Black Sea.\n\nBRACT MEDALLION, 400-800 AD\nIn a burned down house researchers found several medallions made of gold, so-called bracts. They were popular jewelry during the Migration Period 400-550 AD) and the Vendel Era (550-800 AD). They were probably inspired by Roman coins with the image of the emperor, which many men wore around their necks to signify that they had served Rome in the army.\n\nFoto: LUHM\n\nSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS\nTogether with weapons and bones, a number of surgical instruments have been found in the area around the temple. These were used by the doctors of that period.\n\nFoto: LUHM\n\nIRON RING, 900 AD\nThis ring handle of iron was found in one of the postholes if the ceremonial house. Perhaps it sat on one of the three doors, only to be discarded when the house was abandoned in the 10th century.\n\nFoto: LUHM\n\nEYEBROW BOW, 550-800 AD\nThis impressive eyebrow bow of gold plated bronze and silver once decorated a magnificent helmet from the Vendel period (ca 550 to 800 AD). It is possible that two small boars in bronze were also on the same helmet as decorations, since they were found in conjunction with the eyebrow bow. In Upp\u00e5kra only a few fragments of helmets have been found, but are examples to ones from Vendel and Valsg\u00e4rde in Sweden, and Sutton Hoo in England.\n\nFoto: LUHM\n\nV\u00d6LUND, 900 AD\nThis piece of bronze work was found just outside the south wall of the hall. Most likely it was part of a larger object. It is possible that the figure represent V\u00f6lund, the master smith who had magical powers. In the Norse mythic verse collection Eddan from 9th century, V\u00f6lund is captured, but manages to escape with the help of wings that he made himself.\n\n\u2019HELGE\u2019, 800 AD\nThe little statuette was found south of Upp\u00e5kra Church, and is among the more unusual finds. The figure may possibly depict a lion fighting two serpents, which relates to Christian symbolism. That is why it is called \u2018Helge\u2019 \u2013 the Holy.\n\nThe object is reminiscent of the Frankish-Carolingian style, prevalent in the region of region of present-day France, England and Ireland, which was common around 800 AD. Thus this animal figure could be on of the first Christian artefacts to have reached Upp\u00e5kra.\n\nCHALICE 500 AD\nThis magnificent chalice is made of silver, with gold bands around it. It was found in the ceremonial house at Upp\u00e5kra \u2013 probably it played a part in the rituals there before being buried in the earth. Pictures of animals and humans in motion on the gold bands suggest that the chalice dates from about 500 AD. It can have been made at Upp\u00e5kra..\n\nHUMAN JAW BONES, 600 AD\nA hall structure burned down sometime during the 7th centyury AD. In the charred remnants of the building archaeologists found the remains of many people, including these jaw bones. Probably the hall had been attacked, set ablaze, and the dead were left where they were."}
-{"text": "Action against Princes tuna in UK\n\n21st February. Greenpeace campaigners dressed as sharks and with the soundtrack from \u201cJaws\u201d protest outside The Liver Building in Liverpool, head office of Princes, the biggest tinned tuna company in the UK. Kristian Buus / Greenpeace.\nRead More"}
-{"text": "You may love time travel movies, but they don\u2019t make any sense. Don\u2019t worry about it. Your brain and the writer\u2019s brain are too dumb to make heads or tails of time travel. It\u2019s the limitation of this biological sponge in our head. You fill a sponge with protein lines and jab it with electricity and expect it to understand the flow and obstruction of time? If you do, then your sponge could use some extra electricity to the front part of the sponge part.\n\nDiet fads come and go as surely as the tides and bell bottoms. You can say \u201cbootcut\u201d but you\u2019re not fooling anybody, the Gap. But getting back to diets, everyone is looking for the quick fix. The superfood or the magic bacteria that will eat your insides, but just enough so that you look pretty and your bowel movements smell like a kitten\u2019s dreams.\n\nWe\u2019re here to tell you that the kitten bacteria doesn\u2019t exist. The only way to properly manage your weight is with a calendar of some kind. One that berates you daily. It\u2019ll say things like \u201chow many doughnuts is that now\u201d or \u201cstill putting off buying running shoes, huh?\u201d If the calendar is correct about your laziness, you\u2019ll feel bad and maybe make a change. If the calendar is wrong, you can feel better about yourself for being smarter than a calendar. Either way, improvements are made and you\u2019ll start to feel better.\n\nThis is for poor people only, of course. For rich people, get someone to stab the fat out of you. We think it\u2019s called \u201csurgery\u201d or \u201cinsurgency.\u201d Those words probably mean the same thing, like \u201cflammable\u201d and \u201cinflammable.\u201d So get insurgency already.\n\nOther people\u2019s opinions are the topic of discussion in this Mustache Rangers podcast episode. Interesting fact. Did you know that everybody has an opinion? It\u2019s true! Even babies are all, like, \u201cwhat\u2019s with all the light and the lack of amniotic fluid out here?\u201d That was just translated with a baby translator, by the way. That\u2019s probably why you haven\u2019t heard about it in the news yet.\n\nSome people say \u201copinions are like assholes, everyone has their finger in one.\u201d Stay away from those sorts of people. They really know how to mess up a good saying. They\u2019re probably mixing up that nursery rhyme about Little Jack Horner and that saying about opinions. At least, that\u2019s our opinion on the mattter.\n\nCards, books, and money. Isn\u2019t that really what the holidays are about? You receive cards that look good on your mantel until the year rolls over. You receive books that you\u2019ll never read. Or you get a card full of money. Really, those are the only three options.\n\nSure, there may be a bike thrown in for good measure when you\u2019re younger. But beyond that, even as a baby who can\u2019t read you get books. Why all the books, adults? We know that rabbits are furry. Do we really need Pat the Bunny to tell us this? If you can\u2019t tell from looking at it that bunnies are soft, then you\u2019re in for a lifetime of hardships. Or soft ships.\n\nYou probably don\u2019t want to use soft ships, or \u201crafts\u201d as they are most commonly known. At least, not on the ocean. A raft is like a serving platter for sharks.\n\nWhat were we talking about? Oh yeah, the podcast. Listen to the new podcast. It\u2019s about the holidays, we think. And happy Terrance Day to you.\n\nHell and decorating are the topics of this Mustache Rangers podcast episode. More decorating than hell, but \u201cgo to decoration school\u201d isn\u2019t a very catchy podcast title. Maybe you have a better idea for a title. Well, you can shove it. We don\u2019t want to hear it. Make your own damn podcast. Leave us along. Enjoy!"}
-{"text": "Friday, January 2, 2015\n\nFriendly Flower\n\nGood morning, Friends! It is nice to be home! It is really cold outside and I am getting ready to enjoy some yummy coffee!! Nice to know that I have a few days off as I need to get some things done around here. Today's card was inspired by a sketch but I can't remember which one. And I am sure that it is completely different than what it was supposed to be - lol! This is pretty simple and I just love the colors from the Best Year Ever designer paper!\n\nCard base is Coastal Cabana\n\nUse the Large Scallop edgelit to scallop the top of a piece of the Best Year Ever designer paper and adhere to card\n\nAdhere a strip of Calypso Coral card stock to card\n\nStamp the flower from Petal Potpourri onto a piece of Whisper White using Crushed Curry ink and punch out using the Flower Medallion punch\n\nUse the paper snips to make a cut into each petal and then adhere to card with dimensionals\n\nStamp the smaller center image onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out then adhere to flower center\n\nThread a piece of linen thread through a Coastal Cabana button from the Best Year Ever accessory pack and tie a bow then adhere to flower center\n\nNo comments:\n\nPost a Comment\n\nThis is me!\n\nAbout Me\n\nI am a wife to a wonderful, hard-working husband of 20 years, a mom to a very energetic boy and a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I love to spend time with my family watching baseball games, camping, 4-wheeling as well as winter activities like skiing and snowmobiling."}
-{"text": "Manipulating Young Women in Crisis\n\nWhen I was a young teenager, I had a pregnancy scare. So of course i went to a crisis pregnancy centre to get the test before I wanted to come clean to my mom or my doctor that I was having sex at a pretty young age. I didn\u2019t have a very open and communicative relationship about my sexuality with any adult and I was leaps and bounds ahead of all my friends in terms of sexual experimentation. This all meant I had no one to talk to.\n\nAt the crisis pregnancy centre, instead of good advice and support, I was asked to pee in a cup and then I had to sit in a TV room full of toys and baby clothes and watch a 20 minute video about adoption.\n\nI was lucky - my results came back negative and i could go back to my happy-go-lucky life. I didn\u2019t give it much thought at the time, but the centre I went to was not an impartial and supportive centre that discussed all the options. Instead, this so called \u201ccrisis pregnancy centre\u201d was a thinly veiled pro-life centre that used manipulative tactics during a time of high emotional stress in my life.\n\nThe centre didn\u2019t even discuss birth control options with me. Eventually, I found another centre willing to do STI and pregnancy-prevention counselling and I got myself set up with some real sexual education."}
-{"text": "Month: June 2012\n\n<div class=\"at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool\" data-url=\"https://yid.vcn.bc.ca/2012/06/11/chris-chanhsamone-technical-services-manager-at-vcn/\"></div>Chris Chanhsamone By: Karissa Gall In this digital age, information and communications technologies (ICT) have become integral to most work environments and Statistics Canada has"}
-{"text": "The Best Computer Monitors of 2017\n\nImprove Your View\n\nThe monitor you're using right now might have come bundled with your desktop PC, or maybe you bought it back when 1,240 by 768 was considered high resolution. Since you spend a huge part of every day looking at it, however, it pays to be picky when picking the right screen. Price ranges vary widely, as do the quality of panels. We'll walk you through the latest trends in display technology, as well as the specific features to look for when buying your next desktop monitor.\n\nThe Basics\n\nRegardless of the kind of monitor you're in the market for, there are some general factors to consider:\n\nPrice: Monitor prices depend on the type, size, and features of the display. For around $130 to $200, you can pick up a 22-inch, no-frills model, but don't expect niceties such as USB ports and a height-adjustable stand at this price. But these panels do use LED backlighting, require little power, and are very bright. Performance is adequate for most entertainment or basic business and productivity purposes, but not well suited to tasks where color and grayscale accuracy are key. At the other end of the spectrum are your high-end models that are geared toward graphic design professionals and photographers. These are 30- to 34-inch high-end panels that can display four times the resolution of a typical full HD (1,920-by-1,080) monitor. Moreover, they offer such features as a highly adjustable stand, USB ports, and a wealth of advanced image settings, including calibration hardware and software. Expect to pay $1,000 and up for a fully loaded, high-performance 4K or Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) monitor. Bottom line: Be prepared to pay for extras, but don't overspend on features you will never use.\n\nSize: Desktop monitors generally fall between 15 and 34 inches. The size of the panel is measured diagonally. While it's always nice to have a big viewing area, it may not be practical, given desktop space constraints. Plus, the bigger the screen, the more you can expect to pay. A 24-inch monitor is a good choice if you wish to view multipage documents or watch movies, but have limited desk space. But there's nothing like watching a movie or playing a game on a large screen, so if you have room on your desktop, a 27-inch display delivers a big-screen experience for a reasonable price. Or, if space is not an issue, consider a massive 34-inch, curved-screen model to bring a true movie-theater experience to your desktop. If you're looking to replace a dual-monitor setup with a single display, check out one of the ultra-wide, big-screen models. They are available in sizes ranging from 29 to 38 inches with curved and non-curved panels, have a 21:9 aspect ratio, and come in a variety of resolutions, including Wide Quad High-Definition (WQHD) and Ultra High-Definition (UHD).\n\nPixel Response Rate: Measured in milliseconds (ms), this is the time it takes for a pixel to change from black to white (black-to-white) or to transition from one shade of gray to another (gray-to-gray). The faster the pixel response rate, the better the monitor is at displaying video without also displaying artifacts, such as ghosting or blurring of moving images. Monitors with a fast 1ms (gray-to-gray) pixel response are very good for gaming, but even monitors with a higher 6ms (gray-to-gray) pixel response can display games without much blurring or ghosting. The fact is, most users won't notice lag, which is the time it takes for the display to react to a command, but hard-core gamers consider this a key factor when choosing a monitor and typically seek out the fastest models available. The fastest monitor we've seen has a lag time of 9.5ms, but you can get by with up to around 25ms before lag becomes a problem.\n\nResolution: This is the number of pixels a monitor can display, both horizontally and vertically. For example, a monitor with a 1,920-by-1,080 resolution can display 1,920 pixels across the width of the screen, and 1,080 pixels from top to bottom. The higher the resolution, the more information can be displayed on the screen. These days, most monitors in the 22- to 27-inch range have a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 and are referred to as full HD monitors. There are also plenty of 24- to 27-inch displays that offer a WQHD (2,560-by-1,440) native resolution. Stepping up to a UHD or 4K (3,840-by-2,160) monitor usually means you'll need a 28-inch or larger screen, although we have seen a few 24-inch UHD models. UHD monitors are ideal for viewing highly detailed images or viewing multiple pages in a tiled or side-by-side format.\n\nExtra Features: If you have to share a monitor with a coworker or family members, consider a model with an ergonomic stand that lets you position the screen for your most comfortable viewing angle. A fully adjustable stand offers tilt, swivel, and height adjustments, and you can rotate the panel for Portrait-mode viewing. If you transfer lots of data back and forth between USB devices, look for a monitor with built-in USB ports. Ideally, at least two of these ports will be mounted on the side of the cabinet, making it easy to plug in thumb drives and other USB peripherals. Embedded webcams are ideal for Web conferencing, but don't expect stellar image quality, as they typically have low resolutions.\n\nMost monitors come with built-in speakers that are adequate for everyday use, but lack the volume and bass response that music aficionados and gamers crave. If audio output is important, look for speakers with a minimum rating of 2 watts per speaker. As a general rule, the higher the power rating, the more volume you can expect, so if you want a monitor with a little extra audio pop, check the specs. A display with a built-in card reader makes it easy to view photos and play music without having to reach under your desk to plug in a media card. Finally, glossy screens can provide very bright, crisp colors, but may also be too reflective for some users. If possible, compare a glossy screen to a matte screen before you buy to decide which works best for you.\n\nUp until recently, the majority of displays used TN technology, as it is the least expensive panel to manufacture, and offers superior motion-handling performance. But affordable IPS monitors are out in force; plenty of 27-inch IPS models cost around $250 and offer very good color quality and wide viewing angles. VA monitors also offer robust colors, but viewing-angle performance, while better than on a typical TN panel, is not quite as sharp as what you get from an IPS panel.\n\nYou'd be hard-pressed to find a desktop monitor that does not deliver full HD imagery. To do this, the panel must have a native resolution of at least 1,920 by 1,080, and it must have a 16:9 aspect ratio to do it without stretching or cropping the picture. Graphic design professionals who require a high degree of image detail should be looking for a WQHD or UHD monitor.\n\nIn the not-too-distant past, most LCD monitors used cold-cathode florescent lamp (CCFL) technology for backlighting, but nowadays LED-backlit monitors are ubiquitous, and with good reason. LEDs offer a brighter image than CCFLs, they are smaller and require less power, and they allow for extremely thin cabinet designs. CCFL displays are generally less expensive than their LED counterparts, but they are few and far between these days. Now we're seeing monitors that utilize quantum dot technology to offer superior color accuracy, increased color gamut, and a higher peak brightness than what you get with current panel technologies. The next wave of monitors will feature Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology that promises ultra-high contrast ratios, true blacks, and a super-fast pixel response. Expect these displays to carry a hefty price when they hit the market.\n\nAlthough its popularity has faded recently, 3D technology is also an option on some monitors. Passive 3D uses inexpensive polarized glasses to create depth, and active-shutter 3D uses battery-operated glasses with lenses that turn on and off in sync with a 120Hz panel to deliver 3D imagery. Passive 3D doesn't require a 120Hz panel, and images remain bright, but it is prone to motion artifacts and doesn't always look good from a side angle. Active 3D typically offers good side viewing and does a good job of displaying jag-free images, but it produces more crosstalk than passive technology, and the glasses are usually uncomfortable and require charging. Either way, if you're interested in 3D, expect to pay a bit more for a monitor that can handle it.\n\nFor laptop users who require dual-screen capabilities, a portable USB monitor fits the bill. These lightweight devices use your PC's USB port for power and to receive video, usually with the help of DisplayLink software. They are ideal for small office presentations and for extending your laptop's screen real estate, and their slim profile makes them easy to travel with. For around $200 you can get a 15-inch model that will let you double your viewing area while on the road.\n\nTypes of Monitors\n\nWe've broken this guide down into five categories, all of which target different audiences: Budget, Business/Professional, Multimedia, Touch-Screen, and Gaming. Prices vary within each category, depending on the panel technology used, the size of the display, and features.\n\nBudget: If you're looking for a basic monitor for viewing emails, surfing the Web, and displaying office applications, there's no reason to spend a fortune on one with features you'll never use. Budget displays are usually no-frills models that eschew such niceties as USB ports, card readers, and built-in webcams. They typically use TN panel technology and are not known for their performance attributes, particularly when it comes to motion handling and grayscale accuracy. Don't expect much in the way of flexibility, either; most budget displays are supported by a rigid stand that may provide tilt adjustability, but probably won't offer height and pivot adjustments. As with nearly all displays, costs will rise along with panel size; you can buy a simple 24-inch TN panel for between $130 and $150, while a budget 27-inch screen can be had for well under $300.\n\nBusiness/Professional: This category includes a wide variety of monitor types, from small-screen energy-conscious \"green\" models for everyday office use to high-end, high-priced, 32-inch-and-up professional-grade displays that use indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) or Advanced High-performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS) panel technology and cater to graphics professionals who require a high degree of color and grayscale accuracy. Business monitors usually offer ergonomic stands that can be adjusted for maximum comfort. Very often, they will offer pivot adjustability, which lets you rotate the screen 90 degrees for viewing in Portrait mode. Look for a monitor with an auto-rotate feature that flips the image automatically when you change the orientation. Other business-centric features include a generous (three-year) warranty with an overnight exchange service, built-in USB ports, and an aggressive recycling program.\n\nA fully loaded model with a high-end panel is going to cost plenty, but for photographers and other graphics pros, it is money well spent. At the other end of the price spectrum are the no-frills, energy-efficient monitors; they don't offer much in the way of features, but their low power characteristics can help businesses save money through reduced energy costs.\n\nTouch-Screen: With the advent of Windows 8 and Windows 10, touch-screen displays are gaining popularity. Most touch-screen models will work with the latest operating systems, but in order to become a certified Windows monitor, certain criteria must be met. For instance, the display must offer a bezel-free design that does not interfere with swiping in from the side, and it must have at least five-point touch capabilities. You'll pay a bit more for touch-screen technology, but it's worth it if you care about the Windows touch experience. Look for a model equipped with a stand that lets you position the panel so that it is almost parallel with your desktop.\n\nMultimedia: Multimedia displays are popular because they typically offer a nice selection of features to help you create home photo and video projects, offer decent performance, and in some cases, include digital TV tuners. A good multimedia panel will usually provide a variety of connectivity options, such as HDMI, DVI, and VGA inputs, while the more robust entertainment-class models will also include component video and audio connections and a DisplayPort connection. At least two USB ports should be available, preferably mounted on the side or front of the cabinet for easy access, and the speakers should be a cut above the typical low-powered versions found on most monitors. If audio output is a deciding factor, look for displays with speakers rated at 2 watts or better. Other multimedia bells and whistles include a built-in card reader, which makes it easy to view photos and video directly from your camera's media, and a webcam for video chats and for taking quick stills and videos that are easy to email. (If you're a serious photographer, check out our picks for photography-friendly displays.)\n\nHybrid displays are multifunction devices that pull double-duty as a desktop monitor and a TV set. You'll pay a bit more for the TV tuner, but these displays are ideal for dorm rooms, studio apartments, RVs, and other environment where space is an issue. Again, expect to pay a premium for a 3D-capable multimedia model.\n\nGaming: Displays for gaming require fast response times in order to display moving images without producing motion errors or artifacts. Panels with slower response times may produce blurring of fast-moving images, which can be distracting during gameplay. On smaller displays, the flaw may not be so noticeable, but when you're gaming on a screen that's 27 inches or larger, you'll want to keep blurring to a minimum. Look for a panel with a response time of 5ms (black-to-white) or 2ms (gray-to-gray) or less. Gaming monitors should also offer a variety of digital video inputs to accommodate multiple sources, including consoles such as the Sony PS4 Pro or the Microsoft Xbox One S, or multiple PCs. The latest crop of gaming monitors offer G-Sync (Nvidia) or FreeSync (AMD) display technologies that reduce screen tearing artifacts and provide an ultra-smooth gaming experience, but your computer will need compatible graphics hardware to take advantage of that functionality.\n\nSince audio is a big part of the immersive gaming experience, look for a model with a powerful speaker system, ideally one with a subwoofer. A jack mounted on the side or the front of the cabinet for plugging in your gaming headset is also preferable. If 3D gaming is your thing you'll need a monitor with a 120Hz frame rate (most monitors are 60Hz) and bundles in Nvidia's 3DVision 2 Kit, which uses dual 60Hz images and a dual-link DVI connection to display games in 3D with the use of special stereoscopic glasses. Or check out one of the many film-type patterned retarder (FPR) models that operate at 60Hz and use passive glasses. A monitor with a USB hub to plug in several controllers is also desirable. For more, check out the Best Gaming Monitors.\n\nWhatever your needs or budget, there's a monitor out there that's right for you. Below we present a sampling of the best of the displays we've tested recently for a variety of use cases and at various price levels. We update this story monthly. 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-{"text": "Performances\n\nTune of the Day: Molly Malone\n\naka \u201cCockles and Mussels\u201d, or \u201cIn Dublin's Fair City\u201d\n\nAs well as being known and sung internationally, the popular song \u201cCockles and Mussels\u201d has become a sort of unofficial anthem of Dublin city. Molly is even commemorated in a statue at the top of Grafton Street, erected to celebrate the city's first millennium in 1987.\n\nThe song tells the tale of a beautiful fishmonger who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin, but who died young, of a fever. Recently a legend has grown up that there was a historical Molly, who lived in the 17th century. However, there is no evidence that the song is based on a real woman, of the 17th century or of any other time. The name \u201cMolly\u201d originated as a familiar version of the names Mary and Margaret. While many such \u201cMolly\u201d Malones were born in Dublin over the centuries, no evidence connects any of them to the events in the song.\nNevertheless, in 1988 the Dublin Millennium Commission endorsed claims concerning a Molly Malone who died on 13 June 1699, and proclaimed 13 June to be \u201cMolly Malone day\u201d.\n\nIn fact the song is not recorded earlier than 1883, when it was published as a work written and composed by James Yorkston, of Edinburgh. However, as the song became naturalised in Ireland the attribution to Yorkston was generally omitted in published versions, encouraging a general assumption that it was an ancient folk song.\n\nThe song was featured in Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, sung by an old drunk."}
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-{"text": "The reason I recommend against the strips is that I don't find them to be accurate. I wouldn't want to raise mash pH by 0.2 or more in error.\n\nBru'n, if followed correctly with accurate water inputs, always gets me within +/-0.1 of my target mash pH. The issue I think is operator error. If you're trusting a water report that might be outdated, or if you mis-measure a water volume or mineral addition, it's pretty easy to mess up your mash. There have been a few times where I missed something and my results were worse than +/-0.1 and required further futzing to get in the proper range.\n\nI think precision pH strips much better than nothing, and are accurate enough for a \"go/no go\" evaluation of the general mash range, but not nearly accurate to target a specific mash pH.\n\nThat higher pH target also helps me understand why so many brewers using RO or distilled water have to reserve their roast grains from the main mash. That process helps moderate the problems of a too low mash and also allows the mash to naturally increase its pH as the mash progresses. That moves the pH closer to a range that the roast color and extraction is going to appreciate.\n\nI started experimenting with that technique a few months ago after reading about it in Brewing Better Beer, and I think it has significantly improved my darker beers. It also has the beneficial side effect of keeping my sparge pH in line.\n\nsince reading everything that i could from aj/kai/martin about 18 months ago and switching from palmers spreadsheet to bru'n water(and from chalk to lime) my mash ph has been much more predictable(+-0.1) and both my light and dark beers have improved significantly(no lime in the lighter beers obviously). no side by sides done but the difference was obvious enough to me so as not to need one to convince me. go ahead and switch and never look back- you wont be sorry."}
-{"text": "Search This Blog\n\nrandom acts of generosity\n\nWe're delighted that Random House have offered us a meeting room and some food and drink for our next if:bookgroup on Monday 8th September at 6.30pm.As eReaders, Kindles and an affordable iPhone finally arrive on the market, this is a perfect opportunity to regroup after the summer, discuss recent developments and take a broader view of the digital possibilities for readers, writers, producers, teachers and literature organisations.\n\nPlaces are limited so book your free place now - email chris@futureofthebook.org.uk."}
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-{"text": "Bob Uecker Says \u201cMajor League IV\u201d Is In The Works\n\nBob Uecker says he has been approached for a fourth installment in the \u201cMajor League\u201d franchise. He said the storyline is set, and thinks the movie will be successful:\n\n\u201cMajor League III stunk, so Major League IV I\u2019m sure is going to be better than Major League III, which they sold to a different company,\u201d he said. \u201cThat thing was on airplanes the day after we finished it.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s just exciting to hear it won\u2019t be nearly as bad as the last Major League film.\n\nShare this:\n\n7 Comments\n\nrexdart936\n\nFebruary 2, 2014 at 8:26 am\n\ni\u2019m sure it will be as epic and important as any of the great films, birth of a nation, war and peace, dr Zhivago, dr strangelove, kentucky fried movie, woodstock, meet the ruttles, sound of music, reservoir dogs, jackass.\n\nsterlingblue\n\nFebruary 2, 2014 at 8:52 am\n\nThis makes me very happy. Major League 3 left too many questions unanswered!\n\nAbout The Interrobang\n\nFinding comedy in everything and everything in comedy.\n\ninterrobang, in\u00b7ter\u00b7ro\u00b7bang [in-ter-uh-bang] \u203d (often represented by ?! / !?), is a nonstandard punctuation designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.\n\nFocusing on the most interesting ! and ? in life, theinterrobang.com is a place to talk about the comedy in everything, and everything in comedy. From street corners to theaters, arenas, print, television, film, or even the White House, if it's funny, or should be, we're talking about it. We also continue to bring you everything happening in the news that's worth discussing, the best recommendations on the internet, and interviews with the most creative people on the planet.\n\nOur Commenting Policy\n\nWe love when you leave comments and we encourage active discussion and debate throughout the site. However our moderators may delete any comments at their discretion, particularly any comments that are off topic.\n\nOf course, defamatory, libelous, threatening, or otherwise illegal posts will be removed as well as any posts that are deemed abusive, or intentionally inflammatory. We also ask that you be respectful of our authors, guests, and other commenters. We reserve the right to edit or delete comments at our discretion. If you have any complaints about a comment being removed, you should contact us using our contact form.\n\nBy submitting a comment and/or question to the site you give us the right to use, post, reproduce and distribute your comment as we see fit.\n\nWant to Help?\n\nThink you can do better? Join the team. Write an article, send us a link, help us spread the word, or if let us know if you've got any skills that can help make the ibang better. To get involved just write to us using our contact page."}
-{"text": "Sound taken off 70s TV broadcast first released as a bootleg LP\ncalled Perks & tit. Very good recording. Not\ncomplete set.\n\nBurnin' passion : Crystal Sound : CS-002 :\nJapan : 1993 : 1CD\n\nTracks:\n\nBurn\nMight just take your life\nLay down stay down\nMistreated\nYou fool no one *\nSpace truckin' *\n\n* recorded at Kilburn State Gaumont, London, 22. May\n1974, available on the official Live in London\nalbum with the exception of Space truckin' which\nisn't released so far.\nThe San Diego tracks are of a very good sound quality; only\nminus point: the organ is a bit low in the mix."}
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-{"text": "WASHINGTON\u2014Broadcasters emphasized their role as \u201cfirst informers\u201d on Capitol Hill today.\n\nEmergency communications is the subject of a hearing of a House subcommittee. Among those speaking was Diane Kniowski, president and general manager of three TV stations in western Michigan.\n\nShe presented lawmakers with a summary of industry themes that have become familiar: radio and TV as sources of vital emergency information; broadcasting\u2019s role when power, phones and Internet go out; its participation in EAS.\n\nSpeaking of events around Hurricane Sandy, she said: \u201cWABC-TV in New York prepared in advance for the storm. They shored up its infrastructure, inspecting and securing rooftop and tower antennas, and testing backup transmission paths.\n\n\u201cOn the radio side,\u201d she continued, \u201cthe engineering team at Clear Channel\u2019s radio stations moved backup generators and reserve transmitters into the area. They implemented longstanding fuel contracts, and gathered satellite phones and mobile housing for staff. As the storm knocked out other means of communication in many parts of the tri-state area for nearly a week, broadcasters were ready for the storm\u2019s fallout.\u201d\n\nShe also talked about her stations\u2019 activities ahead of a blizzard in early 2011 in Michigan.\n\n\u201cThree days prior to the storm, we began alerting the public on what areas would be hit and what essentials were needed in the home. We sent teams into the field, keeping abreast of what was happening. We stayed on the air for three to four days until the roads were cleared and we knew there was no loss of life. I still remember the many letters we received from viewers, thanking us.\u201d\n\nAnd after reviewing what EAS is and how it works, Kniowski noted: \u201cClearly, EAS participation is an important component of our public service and broadcasters are proud of our pivotal role. Although participation in EAS on the local level is technically voluntary, virtually every radio and television station in the country participates, and we do so enthusiastically. All EAS equipment is purchased by broadcasters at their own expense, and all stations must test their EAS systems on a weekly and monthly basis.\u201d\n\nShe added that her stations conduct surprise emergency rehearsals four times per year to help identify problems."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, November 29, 2005\n\nStruggling with Agnosia\n\nLast week the London-based Royal Society became the latest scholarly publisher to express grave concern over plans by Research Councils UK (RCUK) to mandate publicly-funded researchers in Britain to put their research papers on the Web. With irate publishers on one side, and a sceptical government on the other, will the RCUK be able to push through its radical proposals?\n\nIn the latest round of an increasingly bitter dispute over RCUK's draft proposal to require British researchers to make their scholarly articles freely available on the Web, the Royal Society has published a position statement in which it claims that Open Access could have \"disastrous\" consequences for the research community.\n\nClearly intended to derail the RCUK proposal, the Royal Society statement cautions against rushing towards \"untried and untested\" models, claiming that they may not be sustainable, and \"could force the closure of existing peer-reviewed journals\".\n\nThe Royal Society statement was immediately attacked by OA advocates, who denounced it as self-serving, tendentious and obfuscatory.\n\nProfound reason to be ashamed\n\nThe opening salvo came from self-styled archivangelist Stevan Harnad. Posting to the American Scientific Open Access Mailing List (AmSci), which he moderates, Harnad thundered: \"The Royal Society's statement is not only ill-informed, failing even to grasp what either Open Access or the proposed RCUK policy is about and for, but it is a statement for which the Royal Society, a venerable and distinguished institution, will have profound reason to be ashamed in coming years.\"\n\nHarnad went on to accuse the Royal Society of \"mixing up what the RCUK is proposing to mandate \u2014 which is Open Access (OA) self-archiving of articles published in conventional, non-OA journals \u2014 with what it is not proposing to mandate, which is publishing in OA journals. (RCUK is merely offering to help cover author costs for publishing in OA journals if they wish to publish in OA journals.)\n\nMixed up or not, it is nevertheless clear that the Royal Society is claiming that both forms of OA pose a threat to the research process. The problem with OA publishing, it argues, is that OA publishers are \"having trouble balancing the books and their long-term survival is not ensured\". Self-archiving, on the other hand, is encouraging some authors \"to deposit papers in online archives and repositories without submitting to journals for peer review or waiting until they have completed peer review.\"\n\nAs a consequence, the Royal Society says, researchers may \"stop submitting papers or subscribing to existing journals\", thereby threatening the existence of traditional subscription-based journals.\n\n\"The worst-case scenario,\" it concludes, \"is that funders could force a rapid change in practice, which encourages the introduction of new journals, archives and repositories that cannot be sustained in the long term, but which simultaneously forces the closure of existing peer-reviewed journals that have a long-track record for gradually evolving in response to the needs of the research community over the past 340 years. That would be disastrous for the research community.\"\n\nNothing to do with the way researchers publish\n\nHow seriously should we treat these apocalyptic claims? Not very, it seems. As Harnad pointed out, the RCUK proposal is not intended to stop researchers from using traditional subscription-based journals; nor does it propose they abandon the peer review process: the aim is simply to improve the research process \u2014 by ensuring that scholarly papers are freely available on the Web, rather than locked behind the financial firewalls imposed by journal subscriptions.\n\n\"The RCUK self-archiving mandate has absolutely nothing to do with the way researchers publish,\" insisted Harnad. \"They publish exactly as they always did. They merely maximise access to their publications, by self-archiving them, to maximise their usage and impact.\"\n\nMoreover, he added, claims that self-archiving poses any kind of financial threat to traditional journals simply cannot be substantiated: despite 15 years of self-archiving by physicists, for instance, there is to date no evidence whatsoever that subscriptions to physics journals have been negatively impacted.\n\nAll in all, concluded Harnad, it was \"Not a proud day in the annals of the Royal Society.\"\n\nSerious and systematic dialogue\n\nThe Royal Society, however, is not the only scholarly publisher predicting disaster if the RCUK proposal is implemented. In August, The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) mounted its own attack on it. Writing to the Chair of the RCUK Executive Group, Professor Ian Diamond, ALPSP warned that the RCUK proposal \"would inevitably lead to the destruction of journals\" and thus to the \"whole process of quality control, including (but not limited to) peer review.\"\n\nIn response, a group of researchers, including Harnad and the inventor of the Web Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter rebutting the ALPSP claims.\n\nThe same month the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) also wrote to Ian Diamond, complaining that the conclusions behind RCUK's proposal were \"precipitous and lack scientific rigour\". It suggested, therefore, that rather than mandating researchers, RCUK engage in a \"serious and systematic dialogue\" with publishers. This too attracted a letter of rebuttal.\n\nBut will this stream of dire predictions and gloomy prognostications derail the RCUK plan? Or will the rebuttals of OA advocates successfully neutralise them?\n\nUndoubtedly OA stalwarts can out-argue their critics. When one brave member of the Royal Society wandered into the AmSci mailing list to confront Harnad, for instance, he was instantly surrounded (virtually that is) by a group of angry OA advocates, including Harnad and Adam Hodkgin, who quickly saw him off.\n\nThe OA movement has also become increasingly adept at managing the press (and many journalists now monitor the AmSci mailing list). Consequently, most news reports covering the Royal Society statement also included the dissenting views of OA advocates. Indeed, when it published its story The Guardian did so under the headline \"Keep science off web, says Royal Society\" \u2014 an interpretation of their press release that must have sent shivers up the spines of Royal Society staffers.\n\nBut while OA advocates are clearly more than effective at publicly countering the self-serving arguments of publishers, can they prevent the RCUK proposal from being throttled in the womb?\n\nFor the bigger challenge confronting the OA movement is the continuing scepticism of the British Government \u2014 specifically, the mandarins that inhabit the Department of Trade & Industry, and their boss Lord Sainsbury of Turville, who are responsible for science and innovation in the UK.\n\nHealthy and competitive\n\nTo fully understand the turbulent waters the RCUK proposal is having to negotiate we need to remind ourselves of the back story. This begins in December 2003, when the UK Science & Technology Select Committee announced an enquiry into scientific publishing. Seven months later the Committee published a report \u2014Scientific publications: Free for all? \u2014 which recommended that the British Government create a network of institutional repositories, and mandate all publicly-funded researchers to deposit a copy of their articles in these repositories, thereby making their research accessible to all \u201cfree of charge, online.\u201d\n\nThe outcome was immediately hailed as a successful outcome to ten years of OA activism. In their celebrations, however, OA advocates failed to appreciate that Select Committees have no executive power. Their role is not to make things happen, but to scrutinise what the Government is doing (or not doing), and to make recommendations to it. Specifically, the Science & Technology Committee's purpose is to examine \"the expenditure, administration and policy of the Office of Science and Technology and the Research Councils.\"\n\nGiven its role as scrutiniser, the Committee's recommendation that the Government support OA was received with about as much enthusiasm as one might receive a request to turn down the stereo system from a much-hated neighbour. Moreover, publishers had by then begun heavily lobbying the Government \u2014 and so had provided it with a string of arguments (ill-founded as they were) to justify rejecting the Committee's advice without seeming unreasonable.\n\nUnsurprisingly, therefore, the Government declined to intervene. Characterising the publishing industry as \u201chealthy and competitive\", it said that it was \u201cnot aware that there are major problems in accessing scientific information\" and so did not intend to \u201cintervene to support one model or another\u201d. Rather, it said, its strategy would be to \u201cfacilitate a level playing field.\"\n\nPolicy framework\n\nIn what was presumably intended to be seen as a concession, however, the Government added: \"RCUK are currently producing a policy framework on the dissemination and preservation of the information outputs of research. The Government will assess the implications of this advice once it has become available.\"\n\nThe message seemed to be that while the Government saw no need for action, it was happy for RCUK to explore ways of improving the dissemination of research.\n\nCommittee members were furious; moreover, convinced that the DTI intended to lean on RCUK in order to get the result it desired they accused the Government of seeking, through the DTI, to exert pressure on dissenting voices. Specifically, they charged the DTI with forcing the Joint Information Systems Committee to amend its response to the Committee's report.\n\nIn a statement published on 1st November 2004, the Committee said: \"It is clear to us that, in the Government Response, DTI has sought to neutralise some of views put forward by the Joint Information Systems Committee and other organisations and departments. This will prevent the Government from making any significant progress on this issue.\"\n\nThe chair of the Select Committee, Ian Gibson MP, was particularly irate. \u201cDTI is apparently more interested in kowtowing to the powerful publishing lobby than it is in looking after the best interests of British science.This isn't evidence-based policy, it's policy-based evidence.\"\n\nRCUK nevertheless went ahead with developing its policy framework, and in June this year it produced a draft proposal. To the disgust of scholarly publishers and, no doubt, the surprise of the DTI, this called for mandatory self-archiving, and proposed introducing the mandate in October.\n\nFaced with increasingly hysterical criticism from publishers, and no doubt growing pressure from the DTI, however, the final announcement of the policy was later delayed until November. And as the temperature has continued to rise, so the timetable has continued to slip. A final announcement is not now expected before next year.\n\nPulling the strings\n\nSo has the DTI been seeking to control the outcome, I asked a spokesperson from the DTI press office. \"The DTI has not played a role in formulating, or helping to formulate RCUK's position other than responding to their consultation earlier this year\", came the response. \"The DTI recognises them as experts on the research community, and we will review our position once we have received revised guidance from RCUK.\"\n\nHowever, it's hard not to take such statements without a pinch of salt When Lord Sainsbury gave evidence to the Select Committee on 19th October, for instance, he told Committee members that the draft policy put forward by RCUK had required some further development. For this reason, he said \"I urged them and the publishers to get together to see if they can formulate a policy as to what that in practice means. Those discussions are taking place and I hope we will soon reach agreement on that.\"\n\nRather than waiting for its \"experts on the research community\" to arrive at a policy framework, Lord Sainsbury's comments would appear to imply that the DTI has taken a very hands-on approach to the matter. Certainly this remains the view of the Science & Technology Committee. \"When the inquiry was running, the Committee very much shared your suspicion that DTI was pulling the strings on open access publishing \u2014 not RCUK,\" comments a former clerk in the Science &Technology office. \"I'm not aware that the situation has changed since then. [In fact] anecdotally the same problems are still occurring.\"\n\nI also asked the DTI whether it would it be fair to conclude that officials had not liked the draft proposal, and so had told RCUK to rewrite it. \"The DTI suggested to them they may want to speak to publishers and discuss their concerns,\" the DTI press office replied obliquely. \"I understand these discussions, and other discussions with the learned societies are still ongoing, so RCUK have not provided their final position.\"\n\nPublisher apologists\n\nInterestingly, during the flurry of e-mails on AmSci sparked by the Royal Society statement the most telling comment came from Iain Stevenson, Professor of Publishing Studies at City University, London.\n\nEarlier in the week, he said, he had attended an invitation-only conference sponsored by the DTI aimed at \"bringing together stakeholders in the research communication process.\"\n\nOne might wonder why, if it is truly playing no role in helping to formulate RCUK's position, the DTI is sponsoring invitation-only conferences. Indeed, the suspicion must be that it is also seeding such meetings with what Harnad immediately characterised as \"publisher apologists\"?\n\nThe good news, however, seems to be that \u2014 do what it will to control the process \u2014 the DTI is struggling to quell the groundswell of support for OA. Complaining at the way the meeting proceeded Stevenson said: \"I was deeply disturbed to hear a succession of funders and information managers affirm their faith in OA and repositories as the way forward without \u2014 when pressed \u2014 having any evidence that this is what the research community (and let us not forget that funders and information managers exist to support the research enterprise not the other way about) actually want.\"\n\nAs it happened, Stevenson's complaint about lack of evidence could be easily refuted. As David Prosser immediately pointed out, the JISC Disciplinary Difference Report, undertaken by Rightscom, has already surveyed the attitudes of UK researchers. This, added Prosser, had found that seventy-four percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the statement \"Research funding bodies should mandate all researchers to deposit their results in open archives.\"\n\nHandicapped?\n\nBut jousting with publisher apologists in an online forum is one thing; affecting what happens in the offline world is another. The problem facing the OA movement is that Lord Sainsbury and the DTI appear still to be highly sceptical about the merits of Open Access.\n\nWill they eventually give way to the inevitable? While RCUK is currently reluctant to discuss progress, privately insiders say that they remain hopeful that they can implement a mandate, in some shape or form. They concede, however, that their work is being hampered by the lobbying efforts of publisher organisations, particularly the ALPSP.\n\nIndeed, a glance at the ALPSP web site gives some sense of the intensity of the lobbying taking place, if only those efforts being publicly acknowledged. Interestedly, the web site also implies that ALPSP has come to accept that a mandate is inevitable. It claims, however, that the organisation has extracted a commitment from RCUK that publishers will be free to impose embargoes. If true, this suggests that even if the mandate is eventually imposed it could be seriously handicapped by publishers insisting on unreasonable time delays before papers can be made publicly available.\n\nUltimate power broker\n\nSo what do we learn from this protracted and painful process? What seems clear is that the DTI has only been listening to one side of the debate. Whether this is because it simply doesn't want to hear the other side, or whether the OA movement has failed to communicate its message effectively we don\u2019t know.\n\nIt may be that the OA movement has spent too much time rebutting publisher criticism, rather than directly lobbying the DTI \u2014 which is, after all, the ultimate power broker here.\n\nIt is instructive to compare the current jostling over Open Access with the long-running debate over software patents. When, in 2001, I was commissioned by the DTI to write a guide on the patenting of software I was surprised at the degree to which DTI personnel were shy of offending or alienating the Open Source Movement. Clearly open source advocates had lobbied the department with considerable success, and somehow convinced them of the merits of their case.\n\nIndeed, so effective did open source lobbying efforts prove in Europe that in July European politicians finally threw out a controversial bill that, had it been passed, would have seen a snowstorm of software patenting in Europe \u2014 a development that would have posed a significant threat to open source software.\n\nZero grounds\n\nIs it now too late to make the OA case to the DTI? Harnad is confident that, were he given the chance, he could persuade anyone of the merits of OA.\n\n\"If you put me in a room full of people who think they have either legal or logical or financial or practical or ethical grounds for opposing an RCUK mandatory immediate-deposit policy, it will take me fifteen minutes at most to force them to concede that they have no grounds at all,\" he says. \"Not some grounds, not weak, indecisive grounds: zero grounds.\"\n\nHe adds: \"For my own part, I would still be quite willing, despite the odds, to try a chat deep within the bowels of DTI agnosia, but no one seems inclined to invite me!\"\n\nThe question is however: are the DTI courageous enough to take on Harnad? If they were brave enough, what better venue for doing so than the debate being organised by the Science & Technology Committee? To be held on December 15th, this will discuss the Committee's report and, inevitably, the draft RCUK open-access policy. It will take place between 2:30 and 5:30 in Westminster Hall, London."}
-{"text": "Issue 93 - Whisky Gems\n\nThis article is 4 years old and some information provided may be time sensitive.\nPlease check all details of events, tours, opening times and other information before travelling or making arrangements.\n\nWhisky Gems\n\nIt has had its fair share of critics, but there is no doubt that Dublin airport's impressive new \u20ac600 million (\u00a3502 million) Terminal 2 is a massive improvement on the existing terminal in terms of passenger facilities and services. There are no fewer than 40 new shops and restaurants in Terminal 2's Loop retail mall, including the best selection of Irish whiskeys available anywhere in travel-retail.\n\nLooking more like a fashion boutique than a traditional whisky store, the Irish Whiskey Collection's shop-in-shop's central feature is a striking black Tipperary crystal chandelier. Every whiskey stocked is accompanied by copious information, tasting notes and two prices \u2013\u2018duty-free' for those travelling outside the European Union, and \u2018duty-paid' for anyone travelling within it.\n\nHeidi Donelon, a 2010 Whisky Magazine Whisky Icon and celebrated creator of the Irish Whiskey Trail guide, has assisted Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) with the development of the concept, and has given master classes to the shop staff to improve their product knowledge.\n\nThe range of whiskeys stocked runs to 125 different lines.\n\nThe four biggest producers \u2013 Pernod Ricard, Diageo, Cooley Distillery and Tullamore Dew (now of course under William Grant's ownership) \u2013 have been given plenty of display space to showcase their main ranges, but DAA has also tracked some less widely available whiskeys such as Kellan's, J. L. Sullivan, Coleraine, Danny Boy, Writers Tears, Slane Castle and Inisturk..."}
-{"text": "Oil siphoned during burglary\n\nState police at the Schuylkill Haven barracks are investigating a burglary that happened between 3:30 p.m. Jan. 6 and 4:30 a.m. Jan. 7 at Robin's Diner in North Manheim Township.\n\nPolice identified the victim as Robin's Diner/Good Old Days Transmission/ Auto, Schuylkill Haven.\n\nPolice said someone broke a latch on a wooden door at the rear of the business and entered the basement of the building where they siphoned 100 gallons of oil from two oil tanks. No other items appeared to be missing from the premises."}
-{"text": "Hello all BK fans! The work on patch is still going but we have for you patch preview so that you can see what to expect. We are still discussing several things internally (including changes to Armor doc and others) so the change log is not closed yet thus expect updates.\n\nGeneral:- Non-working campaigns removed from the main menu- Revised and corrected penetration values of various AT guns vs AB Armored Jeep- Axis 37mm and 50mm PaKs should now one-shot Dingo and Bren Carrier- Force retreat ability should now retreat infantry in Hold Position mode- Demolition charges now take longer to plant (19-25 seconds from 5-8)- Demolition charges should now destroy any building next to which you plant the charge in one explosion (applies to US Engineers, AB engineers, WM Pios, Storm demo squad, CW Sappers(+RE sappers), Commandos, Sturm pios, Luft Pios)- Allied tank guns should no longer bounce off of naked 88mm flaks- All Axis tank hunters which used to have Ambush near bushes but \"static position\" in other place now have only Ambush but it has same activation conditions as tank destroyers of Allies (in other words, Axis can ambush in same way as allies can)- Removed yellow \"lines\" from static howitzers (those that indicated weapon't \"cone of fire\")- HMG42 should no longer penetrate Tetrarch tanks- Fixed a bug which made many of the \"Single HE shot\" abilities miss much less than intended (tanks and 17 pounder)- Fixed a bug which made many units in their \"HE mode\" miss way less than intended (vehicles (including Scott) and flak36 88mm) - Improved efficiency of infantry-carried flamethrowers and Wasp vs emplacement crews- Frag grenades should now be in general more efficient at decrewing emplacements- Fixed a bug which caused that \"Rapid shot\" ability on Comets and Panthers actually made shoot faster the target of the ability instead of the tank itself- Sandbags, barbed wires and road blocks should now be \"neutral\" after player finishes building them- Unified scatter of smoke shells from all mortars to \"13\" (values varied from faction to to faction from 10 to 25)- Significantly increased damage output dealt by Axis 28mm, 37mm and 50mm AT guns vs CW HQ trucks in mobile mode (when the truck is \"deployed\" the damage remains the same as it was before; change made to prevent crush abuse from CW players in early game)- Fixed unintended stacking of certain buffs *update- Roadblocks (SE and RE) have increased HP compared to normal Tank traps but now cost 50MP each *update- Fixed wrong aim times for certain units (M16, M15A1, Moebelwagen, Ostwind) *update- PaKs should no longer be able to abuse for rapid shooting *update\n\nUS:- Infiltration rangers cancel their Crawl ability when they receive Retreat order- Infiltration rangers can no longer activate \"Fire up\" ability when they are in Crawl mode- Improved texture of destroyed Ambulance (thanks to Panzerblitz1)- Fixed a bug which made soldiers inside \"Fortified Observation Post\" (Infantry doc) take no damage from bullet-shooting weapons- Calliope jeep moved from Airborne doctrine to Infantry doctrine- Unified speeds of Shermans M4, Crocodile, 76(W)and 105 to \"4.1\" (varied from version to version from 3.8 to 5.2)- Unified acceleration speeds of M4, Crocodile, 76(W)and 105 to 1.9 (from 1.6)- Lowered Calliope speed to 3.5- Increased Sherman E8 acceleration speed to \"2.2\" (from 1.9) - Armor doctrine can now use Offmap barrage from Chaffee, Stuart and Scott if they have Tank Commander inside - Global repair ability (Armor doctrine) now lasts for 30 seconds (instead of 20) but after the usage the cooldown will take 60 seconds (from 25)- Dropped cost of Allied war machine to 200 ammo (from 250)- Allied war machine now only replaces Chaffee, Stuart, Scott, M10, M18, M4, M4E2 76(W), E8, Calliope- Allied war machine now replaces all affected vehicles lost as long as the ability lasts (so not just 3 vehicles per use) - Reorganized tech tree of Armor doctrine according to the picture below - In armor doctrine \"Heavy mines\" unlock is replaced with \"Ammo reserves\" (automatically equips all M4s, 76(W) and E8s with both AP and HE upgrades)- Heavy mines in armor doctrine now require M1A1 mines upgrade in order to be used- AB Engineers are now able to place democharges anywhere - M1 Grands of Riflemen and Rangers should fire a bit faster now at longer ranges*update- Sticky bombs now have better chance of detracking or damaging engines on targets that don't have skirts installed *update- Sticky boms should no longer cause \"destroy secondary weapon\" critical *update- Straffing run with AP ammo upgrade should deal damage to lightly armored targets (Hummel, MarderIII - was intended several patches ago but the changes got lost) *update\n\nCW:- Commandos glider now on landing spawns Marine Commandos instead of Sten Commandos (Details here) - Slightly buffed Stens used by Marine Commandos and Sten Commandos- BOYS Commandos squad is now available without any Glider upgrade- Fixed an issue which created a massive FPS drop when a player had selected a fake howitzer- Capture speed of BOYS team lowered to 0.8 (from 1)- Added smoke shells to Commandos Mortar team- Changed armor type of Comet; frontal penetration chances should be about the same as before, rear hits should now penetrate from most weapons- 95mm Cromwell removed from RAF doctrine- Destroying Churchill Crocodile should now provide more XP- BOYS Commandos can now use passive camo without stealth unlock *update - Lowered the damage of BOYS rifle to 55 (from 60) *update - Accuracy of BOYS rifles vs moving Halftracks and sdkfz 234 lowered by 25% *update - Increased penetration chance of BOYS rifle vs PIV D *update- Corrected penetration of 17 pounders vs Hetzer (was too low) *update- Fixed bug where Comet had very low MP upkeep (about \"7\"; upped to \"20\") *update- Fixed bug where PIAT Commandos required 8 pop instead of 4 *update- Commandos squads can no longer activate ambush ability in a middle of a fight *update\n\nWM:- Stormtrooper training unlock now correctly applies to Stormtrooper squad that can come with the Offmap battlegroup- Fixed a bug which made random units that come with the Offmap battlegroup (StuG III, StuG IV (late version), PIV H/J) unable to capture points - Removed deflection damage from JPIV 75mm/L48- Flak38 (20mm) naked/emplaced should no longer penetrate Cromwells- Applied a workaround for the more expensive Kingtiger to no longer display floppy barrel (hopefully it will finally work)- Reduced build time of Panzer IV J to 40 seconds- Mass production now also lowers the price of Panzer IV J to 380MP 30F- Panzer IV \"D\" of BK doctrine moved to Kriegsbarracks- Lowered build time of Grenadiers to 40 seconds (from 45)- Demolition Stormtrooper squad no longer retreats in crawl mode- Lowered the cost of LMG42 upgrade to 85 ammo (from 100)- Defensive training and Zeal unlocks provide weaker (approximately half) bonuses to Volksgrenadiers than to combat infantry (Grenadiers, MG/Mortar teams etc.)- Lowered speed of Panthers A and G to 4.4 (from 4.6) - Lowered acceleration of Panthers A and G to 2 (from 2.5) - Panzer IV J now has correct armor type upon construction - Fixed a bug where Tank traps under construction took no damage from small arms fire *update\n\nPE:- Luft Straffing run can now only damage lightly armored vehicles- PIII in HE mode should no longer overperform vs certain armored targets- Removed deflection damage from JPIV 75mm/L48- Stuka patrol should now target exclusively emplacements and trenches occupied by infantry (so no longer attacks road blocks/sandbags/OPs/barbed wires etc.)- Stuka bombs should now always destroy an emplacement with direct hit- Nebelwerfer 150mm removed from Lufwaffe doctrine- Destroying Jagdtiger now gives appropriate XP (used to give +1XP)- Increased speed of Panther D to 5 (from 4.6)- Lowered acceleration of Panther D to 1.3 (from 2.5)- Lowered speed of Jagdpanther to 4.4 (from 4.6)- Lowered acceleration of Jagdpanther to 2 (from 3)- Adjusted performance of Stuka bomb vs trenches and infatry in them- Increased efficiency of Kar98 of Assault Grenadiers (used to be at Volks level, now is at WM Grens level)- Corrected MP upkeep of Hetzer (Normal and Flammen - was only 1MP)- Luft pioneers should only be droppable in own territory now (no longer droppable in enemy/neutral territory on own units) *update------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Redesigned Armor doctrine tech tree:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nI would say that the majority of these changes have to be tried out first before judging at all, specifically the part about bugs... So I can't really tell anything for now. However, as for moving the Calliope Jeep from AB doc to inf doc for example.. as well as similar changes, honestly it sounds weird; but also interesting... Though I like how the 95mm Cromwell was removed from RAF doc, and also the removal of 150mm Nebels from Luft doc as a result. Anyways, I am still not sure really if anything else important had been missed, but it won't take too long until everybody finds out Or should I just say, what about the off-map arty barrage of Armor doc?\n\nRemoving light arty from Air docs is a very poor desicion, only will foster camping (the biggest killer of BK fun). RAF doc again can be blocked by a very simple defence (Puma + pak 38 + sniper). This changes dont improve the gameplay, also Rocket Jeep in inf doc looks plain stupid, who would use it's crappy barrage when you have normal arty there?\n\nBesides arty changes patch looks good though.\n\nAnd pls dont start with \"sukin wants more arty bla bla bla\", in my opinion docs shouldnt have obvious weaknesess which are extremely easy to exploit, they must have advantages in certain roles, not other way arround. If one doc can counter another with just a few units used in the same way each time that means that game design is terrible. Pls leave RAF, Luft and AB alone, imo they are the most interesting and fun docs to play, you d better put your hands on Terror, Def and TH which are badly designed and boring (US Armor as well in lesser extent, I like Hawk's changes regarding it btw)\n\nI dont know how to call such a doctrine to be honest. I mean i can understand your moves that you want docs more specialised. But inf doc seems to be excluded from this goal. And i agree with sukin. I think Terror and def doc are poor in their designs (thus roles).\n\nLuft may not need the nebler any longer due to effective airstrike abilties. Maybe we can add also something like the stuka raid to airborne doc? An ability where P-47 target emplacments and buildings with two bombs? Would be unlocked either with bomb run or raid ability. As you need some space in the global command pannel the 101st HQ squad will maybe dropped by AB HQ building instead as global ability. Cost dropped by 100 MP in return maybe. Just a thought.\n\nMass production now also lowers the price of Panzer IV J to 380MP 30F\n\nThis is mad. Holly shit.\n\nI want to remind that US 76 guns have slightly less than 50% pen chance at max range when skirts are up. Arent you exaggerating with 30 fuel for a tank that shreds inf decently and also killing Medium armor very well?\n\nI mean 30 fuel. How is a tank of this type so cheap? the D version costs just 30 MP less after mass prod upgrade.\n\nLast edited by Warhawks97 on 25 Jul 2017, 17:27, edited 1 time in total.\n\nI want to remind that US 76 guns have slightly less than 50% pen chance at max range when skirts are up. Arent you exaggerating with 30 fuel for a tank that shreds inf decently and also killing Medium armor very well?\n\nI mean 30 fuel. How is a tank of this type so cheap? the D version costs just 30 MP less after mass prod upgrade.\n\nAt current prices what sense does it make to build in BK doc PIV J? Once you unlock the massproduction (and with it \"J\"), \"H\" costs 450MP 55F while \"J\" costs 410MP 45F. If you pay the extra 40MP and 10F, you get way better tank that already comes with skirts upgrade and has faster turret rotation (so requires less micro). The \"J\" version is cheaper now so that buying them over \"H\" makes some sense. Yes, with skirts 76mm guns have slightly under 50% chance to penetrate them. But they come without skirts (the bug where \"J\" had skirt armor type even without buying the upgrade was fixed some time ago) and the upgrade costs 50 ammo. Even if player decides to spamm them the slower turret makes them easy to flank and buying skirt upgrade for the whole spam will drain ammo fast.\n\nspeeddemon02 wrote:Want to confirm that the PIII N, PIV F1, and Sturmtiger were going to be disabled in inf only games?\n\n- Mass production now also lowers the price of Panzer IV J to 380MP 30F\n\nThis change makes little sense to be honest, the actual price of this vehicle is actually 550 MP and 70 fuel... And this is how it costs in TH doc as long as it's selected from the reward menu instead of the IVH. Blitz doc require more CPs to unlock this tank though.. which is 3 Command Points vs only 2 Command Points in TH doc. Therefore, this tank in Blitz doc is already mass produced (410 MP and 45F) even before unlocking the mass production unlock which reduces the price of IVH later, as it surely does not further reduce the price of the IVJ but only the IVH. Since that the IVJ is already mass produced by default in Blitz doc. So, by lowering the price of the IVJ further in Blitz doc... This way u have \"mass produced\" the tank which is already mass produced! You only needed to modify the descriptions of both the fast production unlock as well as the mass production unlock. But if you really wanted to lower the price of this tank, then u could have first increased the price of this tank in Blitz doc to 550 MP and 70 fuel, as it would be no longer mass produced by default.. becoming 410 MP and 45 fuel ONLY after the mass production unlock.\n\n@Markr. Maybe i made a mistake. But corsix clearly says that J has tp skirts. I know you changed it but somehow its like it was before.\n\nAlso Tiger is right. You would have to calculate it down from 550/70 .\n\nNot sure but doesnt Tank IV H needs 5 CP to get that cheap while J is unlocked after faster prod already for the \"mass production price\". So the J is cheap after 3 Cp and not 5. That i think is a huge difference.\n\nhi, cool stuff. really interested to see how the demo charge change and grenade efficiency improvement will impact gameplay.\n\nbased on the changes to demo charges, can i ask for something that I think will help improve gameplay? In some cases, more than 1 demo charge is placed on buildings. This poses a problem if a demo charge is being set during an assault because you can't manually detonate a charge until all charges are set. For example, taking an AA gun the set up is 4 charges. If the squad is wiped before all 4 are set, you sometimes have 1-3 sitting there that can still blow up but not manually. Plus, the time it takes to set up 4 is longer and puts the setting squad a a higher risk.\n\nOne other request, can the demo charge be position target based and not on the building? I ask this because sometimes a unit will walk towards an unsafe side of a building and cannot be controlled. For example, setting a charge on an MG bunker sometimes the unit will literally walk around the bunker at the face of the gun and get shredded like an idiot. Additionally, sometimes being able to set a finer direction at which you want to put a demo on a strategic point is a huge tactical advantage. It can be controlled through excessive micro right now (direction you walk up to the point is where it sets) but a one click action would be nice.\n\nRegarding IVJ again... I would like to clarify;I was wrong only about 1 thing, the actual price of IVJ is around 500 MP and 60 fuel and not 70 fuel. The command IVJ from SE doc is the one that costs 550 MP and 70 fuel on the other hand... But this particular IVJ in SE doc is limited to only 1 unit at a time, and is able to use victor target ability to co-ordinate arty.. so it's a special unit.\n\nSo, in order to put everything on the straight line.. let me simplify the whole thing further:-# TH doc: - IVJ costs around 500 MP and 60 fuel... IVH costs 550 MP and 80 fuel. (2 CPs only) - And you choose either the IVH or the IVJ from reward menu.\n\n# Blitz doc:- IVH requires 2 CP to unlock.. and has same cost as in TH doc. However, after 3 more command points.. which is total 5 Command Points, the IVH price will be then reduced to 450 MP and 55 fuel after the mass production unlock. - Also in Blitz doc, IVJ is unlocked after 3 command points in total. (2 CP for Pz IV unlock + 1 CP for improved production) and the price is ALREADY MASS PRODUCED by default. Being 410 MP and 45 Fuel... Therefore after mass production, it doesn't get cheaper.\n\nNow, for some reason MarKr just made IVJ become cheaper also after mass production unlock!! Which is nonsense... Because this way the IVJ is mass produced TWICE. So, what is the solution? Here it is: When the IVJ is unlocked after 3 Command Points, it should cost around 500 MP and 60 fuel.. and after the mass production, it would cost 410 MP and 45 fuel once again. Meaning that the IVJ would be no longer mass produced by default in Blitz doc... Then he could just change the descriptions of both mass production as well as improved production unlock(s) accordingly. This is how it should be!\n\nWell, but the idea was to have the J be cheaper than the H even after both get the cost reduction;So the 380MP 30F for the J is intended.\n\nOtherwise, the cost difference between the cheapo Auf. H and the J is too small to make the J attractive due to it's worse performance (mainly turrent rotation being much slower). People will always just build the H if the price stays that way.\n\n\"Normal people belive... if it ain't broke, don't fix it.Engineers believe... if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.\" - Scott Adams\n\nMaybe the J is not getting cheap enough but the H too cheap? H is from 80 fuel to 55. Thats more than 20 fuel less.\n\nJust as comparision. The 76 sherman is reduced by 95 MP and 10 fuel if i am right. The e8 135 MP and 15 fuel.\n\nAnd the Axis td do also not lose that much. The IV/70 goes from 580 to 525 or something like that and 15 fuel cheaper iirc.\n\nI would say that the H is easily losing 10 or 15 fuel cost too much. And thats the real issue.\n\nI mean think about it. A Tank that is penetrated that has a 50% chance to withstand the best standard US anti tank gun (skirted or not) costs basically not more than vehicles. It doesnt turn turret fast but it has one (often you turn the tank manually anyways). It has also top mount MG and a powerfull gun.\n\nI think the H could cost 60-65 fuel after mass production still. The J MP price to 400 and all would be happy. 50 MP and 20 fuel spared.\n\n@Kr0noZI understand, but honestly the IVJ can't be cheaper than 400 MP and 40 fuel anyhow... Otherwise even the OstWind would be still more expensive after mass production this way! It just doesn't make sense.. you see, I am an absolute lover of Blitz doc. I think that everybody here knows this for a fact, so.. normally I wouldn't ever reject some buff to it. However, this change here just sounds odd. It really just doesn't work... I am being so honest here! 380 MP and 35 Fuel is way too cheap.\n\nBasically the price of the IVJ has to be 500 MP and 60 fuel before the mass production. And after the mass production, it can get cheaper to 400 MP and 40 fuel... instead of currently 410 and 45 fuel as basic price.. and that's it.\n\nDrunk again so just in short:@Warhawks and Skirts of \"J\": You're right...that is weird...we will correct it too.\n\n@kwok: I will have a look at it and iirc it is just a matter of \"true/false\" switch but in general you can just plant the demo charge next to the building and as long as the building is in the AoE of the explosion, it will be destroyed. Also if you plant the charges \"during an assault\" the squad will be most probably wiped anyway because during those 19-25 seconds, they are vulnerable as hell. The intention here is to have an option to destroy structures quickly in one detonation after you get close so that you don't need to spend 5 minutes shooting with tank's basic ammo at it.\n\n@Tiger and Warhawks about PIV J price: The thing here is that TH doc is meant to be using tank hunters as core units and tanks as secondary units. This does not mean that PIV J needs to cost the same in TH and BK doc. Also in TH doc you choose between H and J in reward unit menu so the situation is different from BK doc where you have both units at the same time and as I said in the fist place - why would you want to save 40MP and 10F on the J model which is more micro-heavy and less durable (because it has no stock skirts) when you can save this little sum more and get less micro-heavy unit which is more durable and the extra armor saves you 50 ammo every time you build it? So in TH doc you have either one or the other and if you want to use a medium tank (which is not your intended main unit in any phase of the game) you are stuck with what you chose before the match, in BK doc you can choose and people will always choose the H unless the J has something that makes it worth considering. We think this \"something\" is low price. For the lower price (which is positive side) you get lower turret speed which requires more micro (which is negative) and less armor (which is also negative side) which can be boosted by upgraded for 50 ammo (which at the same time serves to a certain point as anti-spamm mechanic). Just because it is same unit, it does not need to cost the same in different factions or docs - e.g. Stuart has price difference in US and CW. Our intention here is to make the unit worth building, and as we said in the past gameplay is always stronger argument than historical realism.\n\n@kwok: I will have a look at it and iirc it is just a matter of \"true/false\" switch but in general you can just plant the demo charge next to the building and as long as the building is in the AoE of the explosion, it will be destroyed. Also if you plant the charges \"during an assault\" the squad will be most probably wiped anyway because during those 19-25 seconds, they are vulnerable as hell. The intention here is to have an option to destroy structures quickly in one detonation after you get close so that you don't need to spend 5 minutes shooting with tank's basic ammo at it.\n\nI figured a few things after I posted, for example the grenade buff is to counter the fact that demos won't be assault oriented. But, still needing to plop down 4 charges over a long interval of time (especially if the squad was hurt and only has a few squad members to put charges) for some buildings compared to others needing only 1 charge will make an unintended inconsistency? Maybe?\n\nNot sure if it was in this forum or the old one. But we had that idea with ammo supply for armor doc already. I am glad to see it at the end after like more than three years when such an idea was brought up for the first time.\n\nVeery cool. Also that war machinery change. That in combo with ammo upgrade. Nice. Pls make sure that the replaced units will also be equiped. Just to make sure^^\n\nTD\u00b4s are excluded from that upgrade? Coz i would at least add the m10 as well as basic TD. Hellcat and all with 90 mm guns can be excluded. But pls add the M10 to that upgrade as well (just normal AP, not the special HEAT).\n\nAnother thing also. Can we maybe put global repair and war machine as unlock together? The sherman mass production could on where global repair is currently. And at the place of the sherman mass production we could add the Jumbo 75 mm unlock (moved from inf doc where it doesnt even need an unlock). So we would have sherman->75 Jumbo->Calli->76 Jumbo. Sherman mass prod would require 1 CP, war machine and repair 3 CP.\n\nSo it would look:Production speed->Sherman mass prod->War machine/repair->Ammo\n\n@MarKrBut did anyone complain about the price of IVJ being worthless? Like I said, in my opinion the IVJ can't be cheaper than OstWind.\n\nAnd even this wouldn't make it any worthless:\n\n- Before mass production:IVH = 550 MP / 80 F IVJ = 500 MP / 60 F\n\n- After mass production: IVH = 450 MP / 55 F IVJ = 400 MP / 40 F\n\nAs it would only make more sense, and yet you save 20 fuel and 50 MP before mass production and 50 MP and 15 fuel after mass production. Currently the IVJ in Blitz doc costs 410 MP and 45 F regardless of mass production.. but no one said it's worthless.================================As for changing the vehicle speeds, the changes to Shermans over there are quite good.. though I am kinda afraid if u would ever manage to change any further vehicle speeds. Specifically for tanks such as the Panther, as I have actually just recently addressed this matter on a different topic as a response to Panzerblitz1's statement, if anyone is interested; you could go check what I said. So no need to repeat the same thing here... ================================The new Armor doc seems good, though I would probably hope to see the SP removed.. and 75mm Jumbos moved from inf doc to Armor doc on the other hand. And u know what? I wouldn't really mind to see Combat Engineers moved to Armor doc as well.\n\nTiger1996 wrote:@MarKrBut did anyone complain about the price of IVJ being worthless? Like I said, in my opinion the IVJ can't be cheaper than OstWind.\n\nAnd even this wouldn't make it any worthless:\n\n- Before mass production:IVH = 550 MP / 80 F IVJ = 500 MP / 60 F\n\n- After mass production: IVH = 450 MP / 55 F IVJ = 400 MP / 40 F\n\nAs it would only make more sense, and yet you save 20 fuel and 50 MP before mass production and 50 MP and 15 fuel after mass production. Currently the IVJ in Blitz doc costs 410 MP and 45 F regardless of mass production.. but no one said it's worthless.================================As for changing the vehicle speeds, the changes to Shermans over there are quite good.. though I am kinda afraid if u would ever manage to change any further vehicle speeds. Specifically for tanks such as the Panther, as I have actually just recently addressed this matter on a different topic as a response to Panzerblitz1's statement, if anyone is interested; you could go check what I said. So no need to repeat the same thing here... ================================The new Armor doc seems good, though I would probably hope to see the SP removed.. and 75mm Jumbos moved from inf doc to Armor doc on the other hand. And u know what? I wouldn't really mind to see Combat Engineers moved to Armor doc as well.\n\nBut the Sherman 105 should stay for inf doc.\n\nAbout the tank IV i agree. Nobody has ever complaint about the cost. I think if you leave it as it is (Tank IV J cheap at default with 3 Cp and H cheaper later with two more CP required) all will be fine. With 5 CP you can get cheap J and storms or simply cheaper H but no storms. I think thats a huge different.\n\nFor the speeds of tanks the e8 will now be faster than a Panther. Cant say if its good or not. The Panthers had speeds of 55 kph (D) to 46 kph (G). The e8 had a speed of 47. In game Panther has 4.6 and e8 will be at 5 in future. Just to get a picture of whats happening exactly.\n\nAs for armor doc i wouldnt mind if 105 keeps with inf doc when the 75 mm Jumbo would somehow find its way to armor doc."}
-{"text": "I\u2019m afraid the media missed the real story behind one of last week\u2019s major news events. We were regaled with pictures of the water covering 30 square miles of Somerset, where I live. We saw yet more film of marooned villagers bravely battling through. But, above all, the cameras focused on our seemingly hapless Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, being besieged by locals shouting abuse and waving placards reading \u201cPaterson resign\u201d \u2013 even \u201cSave our badgers\u201d (regardless of the fact that hundreds had already been drowned by the floods).\n\nThe real story behind Mr Paterson\u2019s visit to Somerset goes back to early January, when we who live here became aware that the abnormal floods engulfing the Levels for the third year running were already a crisis.\n\nBefore I first wrote about this three weeks ago, I searched out the true local experts who could explain why this was happening and what needed to be done \u2013 none more knowledgeably than a group of senior members of the Royal Bath & West of England Agricultural Society, who have not only long been trying to attract government attention to a \u201cdisaster waiting to happen\u201d, but also appealing to their fellow members to raise a hefty contribution to the funding needed to get effective action.\n\nThese included Edwin White, a past chairman of the society, who farms on the Levels, as does Ray Adlem, who has worked for years on local drainage boards; Anthony Gibson, formerly a high-profile head of the regional National Farmers\u2019 Union; and Alan Lovell, an expert engineer specialising in drainage matters, now chairman of the Wessex flood defences committee.\n\nTheir message could not have been clearer. The prime reason for this disaster has been the deliberate refusal of the Environment Agency \u2013 since it took overall control of drainage and flooding policy in 1995 \u2013 to dredge the rivers that for centuries carried flood water from the Levels safely down to the sea. What was needed was, first, a resumption of dredging; then for the agency to get off the backs of the local drainage boards and farmers who, until 1995, had long kept the Levels properly drained as productive farmland with abundant wildlife.\n\nSo compelling was their message, I managed to convey to Mr Paterson that he needed urgently to meet these experts \u2013 which is precisely what happened behind closed doors last Sunday evening. One present said: \u201cWe were very impressed by how he asked all the right questions and came to all the right conclusions.\u201d But none of this percolated through to the media, whose attention was all centred on the shambolic scenes next morning, when Paterson was snared into a photo-opportunity laid on by others, featuring a mob of protesters so intense that he couldn\u2019t even pull his wellingtons from the back of his car.\n\nMr Paterson gave the relevant bodies six weeks to come up with an agreed action plan, based essentially on a return to the system that had kept the Levels drained for hundreds of years. He rightly won plaudits from the Prime Minister for having intervened in this crisis in just the way that was needed. Despite a flood of ill-informed sniping from those at the top of the Environment Agency, and their \u201cgreen\u201d allies in the media, Paterson had pulled off a blinder. But the real unsung heroes of this story are those local experts who told him precisely what he needed to know, and what must now be done, to prevent this deliberately engineered catastrophe from ever happening again.\n\nDavid Cameron\u2019s EU pipe dream\n\nIt is now a year since David Cameron came out with one of the oddest statements ever made by a British prime minister \u2013 his claim that, if re-elected in 2015, he would negotiate with the EU for a return of powers to Britain and then put the result to a referendum in 2017.\n\nSince then, there has been no end of EU dignitaries pointing out that this is pie in the sky, not least that wholly unrealisable 2017 deadline. The latest to pour cold water on his plan was France\u2019s President Hollande on his arrival in Britain on Friday. Back in October, the European Commission president, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, scornfully observed that the Prime Minister\u2019s \u201cunreasonable demands\u201d were \u201cdoomed to failure\u201d, because there was no way he could get the other 27 EU members to agree.\n\nNo one spelt out the practical impossibility of Mr Cameron\u2019s timetable more clearly than Lord Kerr, the chief draughtsman of the EU\u2019s \u201cConstitution\u201d (aka the Lisbon Treaty), who, on January 10, explained in a debate on that now-failed EU referendum Bill that, since it would need a new treaty, this itself, under the Lisbon rules, would require a four-stage process: first, the agreement of a simple majority of EU members; then, \u201cconsensus\u201d in a convention (the last took 18 months); after that, unanimity in an intergovernmental conference; and, finally, ratification by all 28 member states. Even if all this could happen, such a laborious process could not meet the Prime Minister\u2019s 2017 deadline.\n\nMeanwhile, on the Continent, we continue to get clues from the likes of Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Mr Barroso that the EU is gearing up for a new mega-treaty of its own, one that will take it a further major step towards becoming what Commission vice-president Viviane Reding openly calls a \u201cUnited States of Europe\u201d.\n\nThis will only confirm that all those millions of words expended here in Britain in the past year on Mr Cameron\u2019s little pipe dream have been of no more substance than dandelion fluff blown away on the wind."}
-{"text": "African Development Bank Approves \u20ac62.914 Million Loan to Improve Access to Sustainable Wastewater Services in Nairobi\n\nThe African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved \u20ac62.914 million to finance the provision of sustainable wastewater services through the 'Nairobi Rivers Basin Rehabilitation and Restoration Program: Sewerage Improvement Project Phase II'.\n\nThe objective of the project is to improve access, quality, availability and sustainability of wastewater services in Nairobi City to help restore the Nairobi River Basin.\n\nThe project, co-financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) with additional \u20ac 20 million, targets prioritized sanitation investments in Nairobi City to improve health and living conditions in the national capital.\n\nAn estimated 500,000 people are expected to benefit from the project through rehabilitation and construction of wastewater treatment facilities at Dandora, construction of 220km sewer reticulation network including faecal sludge management infrastructure, as well as construction and rehabilitation of 100 toilet facilities in Nairobi's informal settlements.\n\nThe project will also support Athi Water Services Board and Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company to offer improved sanitation services through institutional strengthening.\n\n\"Delayed and inadequate investments in wastewater management have resulted in poor wastewater services in Nairobi\", said Wambui Gichuri, Director of Water and Sanitation, noting, this \"project will deliver safe, adequate and reliable sanitation services, reducing health risks and economic burdens.\"\n\nWith total costs estimated at \u20ac70.841 million, the project will be financed with the Bank's \u20ac59.407 million loan (83.9%) and \u20ac3.507 million loan from the African Development Fund (4.9%) with the Government of Kenya contributing \u20ac7.927 million. The project, to be implemented in 48 months, will improve access to sanitation services from 48% to 70%.\n\nNairobi is home to an estimated 4.4 million people, representing about 9% of the country's total population of 48.5 million. Kenya each year loses an estimated one percent of GDP due to poor sanitation. Urban services have not kept pace with rapid expansion, with the existing sewerage infrastructure serving only 48% of the city.\n\nThe environmental degradation and public health impacts due to poor sanitation are leading to high child mortality and morbidity, poor school attendance and performance, especially for girls, and low productivity.\n\nThe project aligns with the Bank's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2014-2018, and directly contributes to the first pillar by supporting investments that would have positive effects on the health of Nairobi residents.\n\nThe CSP has a strong feature on the contribution of water supply and sanitation to the \"High 5\" development agenda. The project supports Kenya's Vision 2030 by providing comprehensive infrastructure systems as a basis for balanced, sustainable and inclusive growth.\n\nThe project also contributes towards attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 on 'Universal Access to Water and Sanitation.\n\nAllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.\n\nAllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from over 140 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington DC."}
-{"text": "Shifting sands yield mystery shipwreck in GA that dates to 1800s\n\nSAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 The odd skeleton of wooden beams barely poked above the sands, exposed just enough by wind and tides for a beachcomber to report the curious find.\n\nFred Boyles, National Park Service superintendent on Georgia\u2019s Cumberland Island, says the buried beams could have easily been overlooked as ordinary flotsam washed ashore on the beach. But archaeologists called to the remote Atlantic coastal island spent days last week unearthing an astonishing find: an old wooden shipwreck held together with wooden pegs, its backstory lost in time.\n\n\u201cSomeone had the foresight to say that doesn\u2019t just look like normal wood, and thank goodness they called us,\u201d Boyles said of the island resident, who stumbled on the wreck around Christmas. \u201cFrankly, had I been driving on the beach, I would\u2019ve ridden right by.\u201d\n\nThis 80-foot-long fragment of history, with some of its wooden siding still intact, is believed to date to the mid-1800s based on its construction, said Michael Steiber, a National Park Service archaeologist trying to crack the mystery of the ship\u2019s origin...."}
-{"text": "Thank you for visiting my blog, CDM Handmade. I create many different types of items from crocheted clothing and toys to handmade cards.\n\nI love to crochet most of all, though I consider myself \u201cmulti-craftual\u201d. In the past few years I have grown my crochet skills to the point where I am selling my products and able to create some of my own patterns. I hope to share many of these with you and meet fellow crochet and craft enthusiasts!\n\nI am a mom to three amazing kids and wife to a wonderful husband, happily married and living in SW Washington state, aka Seahawk country! I\u2019m a Canadian who moved here 12 years ago to be with my American husband. I work full time in health care, and craft projects have been my stress relief for many years. My dream is to take this hobby of mine and turn it into a thriving business that will allow me the freedom to spend time with my family and inspire me daily.\n\nPhoto credit: Jen White Photography\n\nPlease visit me on social media and follow me to see and hear my latest projects and ideas!\n\nFollow Me\n\nCategories\n\nMy FAVORITE crochet hooks!\n\nCOPYRIGHT\n\nDo not sell my patterns or claim them as your own. You may make items to sell (on Etsy, at craft fairs or other venues) from my patterns but you must link back to the pattern on my blog and give credit to CDM Handmade for the pattern. You may to share my patterns on social media as long as you link back directly to my blog post with a link. No copy and paste of CDM Handmade patterns will be allowed under any circumstances."}
-{"text": "The world is here.\n\nWithout naming Arthur Blank, he said that he didn\u2019t think another Falcons owner would be willing to pay 70 percent of the cost of a new facility, which he or she wouldn\u2019t even own in the long run.\n\nMr. Blank has said that he would be willing to cover $700 million of the cost of a $1 billion stadium with $300 million coming from a hotel-motel tax. The Georgia Dome, the current facility, can be expected to last only 15 to 20 more years at best, the mayor said.\n\nMr. Reed said he particularly supported the deal because it would help the city\u2019s tourism and convention business which attracts 37 million people a year and provides employment for thousands of residents especially \u201cfirst-time employees.\u201d\n\nMr. Reed\u2019s efforts to join forces with business interests have not always turned out well for him, however, such as last year\u2019s failure of the T-SPLOST transportation initiative that was quashed in a referendum.\n\nWhile his remarks were primarily upbeat, he recognized the city\u2019s public school problems including the \u201cworst cheating scandal in the state of Georgia.\" He said he would actively recruit the best superintendent that Atlanta can find, no matter what the cost.\n\nOn a lighter note, he also said that he plans to synchronize the city\u2019s traffic lights, one of his mother's highest priorities, which is to be paid by the city's proposed infrastructure bond package.\n\nMr. Reed is chairman of the Transportation and Communications Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and chairman of the Regional Transit Committee of the Atlanta Regional Commission.\n\nGreat cities usually have great ports, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed told a downtown luncheon gathering of the Kiwanis Club ofAtlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 8. That\u2019s why, he explained, he champions a high-speed rail line between Atlanta and Savannah.\n\n\u201cThe only real criticism of Atlanta is that Atlanta doesn\u2019t have an ocean,\u201d he said justifying his support of Gov. Nathan Deal\u2019s efforts to secure the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.\n\nA Democrat, the mayor has been praised for his willingness to work with a Republican-dominated General Assembly and the Republican governor on issues of common interest.\n\nHe has received a lot of attention for his support of the deepening of the Savannah port to allow passage of the larger carriers due to be traveling through the Panama Canal\u2019s expanded locks as soon as next year.\n\nWhile there has been substantial bipartisan agreement about the importance of the deepening of the Savannah River, Mr. Reed has played an important role in providing access to Washington officials and federal funds.\n\nDuring the luncheon Mr. Reed didn\u2019t mind brandishing his Democratic credentials, especially for a pet project such as the high-speed rail that would enable Atlantans to travel to Savannah in approximately an hour.\n\nShould such a rail line be built, the entire state would benefit, he said, adding that his support for the port expansion included Atlanta's self-interest in having a rail line connecting it to Savannah.\n\nHe added that he would go after funds that other states including Florida have rejected to pay for federal high-speed rail lines.\n\nIn addition to highlighting his willingness to solicit federal funds, he pointed to his accomplishments as a fiscal conservative. When he first assumed the mayor\u2019s office in 2010, the city only had financial reserves of $7.4 million. Today, its reserves amount to $126 million.\n\nThe mayor has been praised nationally for this turnaround that he accomplished primarily by increasing city workers\u2019 contributions and shifting to a defined contribution plan.\n\nBut instead of boasting about his fiscal stewardship as reflecting a \u201ctough\u201d management style, he said he was able to make the shift without raising property taxes or firing employees. He has even hired more police.\n\nOne of his priorities for this year is to increase the number of Atlanta police to 2,000 even though the city\u2019s crime rates have gone down with the murder rate going down to the lower levels experienced during the 1960s.\n\nHe was proud of his reopening the city\u2019s recreation centers, providing public housing for homeless veterans and improving the city\u2019s water and sewage capabilities even if he had to raise those bills.\n\nHe said that the city would benefit from the new streetcar line that is to connect downtown venues and the opening of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights Museum and a College Football Hall of Fame to replace the recently closed hall in South Bend, Ind.\n\nHe also voiced his full support for a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons, calling the proposed funding \u201can opportunity that\u2019s not going to come again.\u201d\n\nCritics urging Congress not to renew the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, which is up for a vote in June, often decry what they call the \u201cbank of Boeing\u201d as a conduit for \u201ccrony capitalism\u201d since the bulk of its financing (by value) goes to corporate giants.\nMore\n\nSix years ago, before Mayor Kasim Reed was even in office and before Vice President Joe Biden has promised the Savannah harbor would be deepened \u201ccome hell or high water,\u201d Global Atlanta visited Panama to write a special report on the how the canal expansion project would affect Georgia.\nMore"}
-{"text": "Hope you enjoyed your trial.\n\nHey there, time traveller!This article was published 23/1/2013 (1707 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.\n\nThe co-owner of a commercial cucumber greenhouse heavily damaged in an early morning fire says the family plans to rebuild the operation.\n\n\"We\u2019re not quitters. We will build bigger and better,\" said Trevor Schriemer, shortly after he was released from a Steinbach hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.\n\nHeavy equipment helps in the clean up.\n\nJOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS\n\nRCMP said in a statement that one man was treated for smoke inhalation as a result of the commercial greenhouse fire in Otterburne Wednesday.\n\nThe St. Pierre-Jolys detachment is investigating the blaze and had yet to release an estimate of damage yesterday.\n\nNor did RCMP comment on reports they are looking into the possibility the fire was deliberately set, perhaps as an act of vandalism.\n\nThe family acknowledged the greenhouse had been recently vandalized and they\u2019d filed a report with the RCMP but in the wake of the fire they refused to speculate the two could be linked.\n\nSchriemer beat fire crews to the scene when flames ignited inside a shed at the front of the massive greenhouse.\n\nIt covers two solid acres.\n\nTwenty volunteer firefighters from St. Pierre and St. Malo battled the blaze for nearly four hours before the flames were finally contained shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday.\n\nOtterburne is 57 kilometres south of Winnipeg on Highway 59; St. Pierre Jolys, another 12 kilometres south of that.\n\nSchriemer said he spent four hours being treated for smoke inhalation after he took the risk of entering the smoke-filled building.\n\nWhat drove him to take the risk was the threat the greenhouse gas boiler might explode, injuring firefighters, he said.\n\n\"The first responders were on the scene at that point; it was about four o\u2019clock in the morning and I needed to shut off the gas supply to the boilers,\" Trevor Schriemer said.\n\nHe said he was only one on the scene who knew where the emergency shutoff valves were located.\n\nAn separate entrance had been installed around the side the building as a fire safety mechanism when the greenhouse was built a year ago, he said. Inside the door was a room with the valves.\n\nShutting them down cut off any chance of a gas explosion inside the greenhouse, Schriemer said.\n\nFirefighters, meanwhile, were focused on another front: To keep the flames from igniting bags of fertilizer located with equipment at the front the greenhouse.\n\nSchriemer gave a brief interview from his St. Pierre home after being treated for smoke inhalation at the Bethesda Hospital in Steinbach.\n\n\"When I opened the door a big blast of smoke came through and then I had to go through an area of smoke but I did it,\" he said.\n\nSt. Pierre Fire Chief Pat Laroche said there were a lot of tense moments at the fire.\n\nHe said authorities were apprehensive the flames could trigger multiple explosions and release noxious gases at the scene.\n\n\"What our concern was is there is a lot of fertilizers there and on the side there are fuel tanks. The fire didn\u2019t get to the fuel tanks,\" Laroche said.\n\nA backhoe moved in after 8 a.m. to remove the shed after the flames were contained.\n\nSchriemer said he and his brother Scott Schriemer, who jointly own the greenhouse, are devastated by the loss.\n\n\"It\u2019s a tragedy for our family. My brother and I, we worked our whole lives to set this up,\" Schriemer said. \"Many people are working in our facility and it\u2019s difficult for them when they\u2019re out of work.\"\n\nThe fire left about 20 workers jobless.\n\nThe brothers are already working with their insurance company and they plan to reopen but it\u2019s too early to offer any timelines yet, Trevor said.\n\nThe massive greenhouse is believed to be worth millions of dollars, but neither brother would discuss dollar figures yesterday.\n\n\"It\u2019s worth a significant amount of money,\" Scott Schriemer said. \"It was a considerable investment in the province of Manitoba.\"\n\nThe Otterburne greenhouse was built in 2011 to house a growing operation for about two million cucumbers.\n\nOtterburne is located about 57 kilometres south of Winnipeg, off Highway 59.\n\nThe Schriemer family is well known in the Winnipeg area for its history of market gardens.\n\nThe brothers\u2019 father opened the first market in St. Norbert, Vic\u2019s Fruit Market, 50 years ago. That market on Pembina Highway is still running.\n\nScott Schriemer owns Schriemer\u2019s Home and Garden Showplace and Market Garden on McGregor Farm Road in East St. Paul.\n\nHistory\n\nUpdated on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 3:47 PM CST: updates with full writethru, changes headline\n\nYou can comment on most stories on The Winnipeg Free Press website. You can also agree or disagree with other comments.\nAll you need to do is be a Winnipeg Free Press print or e-edition subscriber to join the conversation and give your feedback."}
-{"text": "Arcade Fire Close Out Coachella With Set Featuring Blondie's Debbie Harry\n\nThe Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival came to a close last night, and Arcade Fire headlined the big finale. The band pulled on material from last year's Reflektor, as well as throwbacks from the archive. Then, they brought out Blondie's Debbie Harry and did \"Heart of Glass\". The show ended with Arcade Fire going into the crowd for a group sing-along. Watch the full Sunday night set below."}
-{"text": "The UN is in no urgency to implement a no-fly zone on Libya\n\nAlthough both the European Union and the Arab league stressed the need for a no-fly zone on Libya, the UN is still standing still concerning this particular subject.\n\nZainab Al.Dabbagh\n\nOn Wednesday, March 2nd, there was a warplane attack on Libyan rebels causing up to 6000 casualties reported Al-Masry Al-Yom, and Egyptian newspaper. MSNBC reported that the Libyan rebels are training to use anti aircraft weapons to stop the air attacks that ends lives upon lives of civilians and rebels in Libya. Those attacks went for three days in a row, which led the rebels to request a no-fly zone.\n\nThe EU and the UN as well as NATO started dealing with the Libyan affairs since the mid-February. They started with implementing sanctions and placing embargos on weapons. Nevertheless, those actions were a few of the many they said that they are willing to take, which led Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a French MEP, questioned the credibility of the plans of the EU saying, \u201cLet\u2019s be frank, for years we were in fact with the dictatorship, supporting Gaddafi because we had an agreement with him. Now we stopped talking to Gaddafi, Mazel tov, congratulations, but what else?\u201d\n\nAll Talk and Finally Action\n\nOn March 9, 2011 a debate was held in the European Parliament discussing the current issue in Libya and the importance of imposing a no-fly zone. Opinions varied after Commissioner Catherine Ashton opened the session with the speech saying that immediate action needs to be taken. The priorities, for Commissioner Ashton, were; providing aid to the civilians in need, stopping the violence and the crimes against humanity. Another concern of Ashton was the expected number of refugees that might escape to the EU Mediterranean states. She stated: \u201cending the violence is a prerequisite to everything\u201d. C ohn-Bendit on the other hand disagreed with Ashton, supporting the possibility of the many refugees saying that Europe should stand to its own values.\n\nMartin Schulz agreed with Ashton saying that in order to achieve peace in the region, there needs to be a marshal plan by the EU. He said, \u201cIf we really want to stabilize the Southern region, they should get what we already have\u201d\n\nMiguel Portas disagreed with the no-fly zone saying, \u201cThis is a general historical movement that will bring democracy to the Arab world\u201d. He mentioned that in order for Libya to follow Tunisia and Egypt\u2019s steps, it should create its own destiny and the EU should not Militarily interfere.\n\nBruno Gollnisch agreed with Portas adding that the EU should give Gaddafi another option. EU should offer Gaddafi the option of keeping his assets and moving to another country, maybe then he will step down and put an end to the violence in Libya, said Gollnisch.\n\nWhereas, Charles Tannock stated blatantly that he disagrees with MEP Gollnisch and he is for the no-fly zone and for the military intervention for the EU has no other choice to end the crimes against humanity that are taking place in Libya.\n\nIn a press conference on the same day that received two of the former Libyan ministers; Dr. Mahmoud Jebril and Dr. Ali Al-Esawi, that altered sides. It was mentioned that Libya would prefer the EU to recognize the Libyan rebels as a legitimate government and refrain from any military interference.\n\nThe next day, on March 10th, 2011 a voting session was held to decide what action should the EU take concerning Libya. The majority voted for the no fly zone hence it has been adopted and recommended to the UN.\n\nRequests for action\n\nOn Saturday, March 12th, 2011, the Arab League asked the \u201cUnited Nations to shoulder its responsibility \u2026 to impose a no-fly zone over the movement of Libyan military planes and to create safe zones in the places vulnerable to air strikes.\u201d\n\nThe UN nevertheless is prudent in approving and recommending the no-fly zone to NATO in fear that it will have to be drawn into the internal conflict of Libya. If the no-fly zone was implemented, there will be a necessarily to eradicate the anti-aircraft capabilities, reported the Associated Press.\n\nAlso, in the European Parliament debate about the issue, many expressed the need to implement the no-fly zone to stop the mascaras and regarded Gaddafi as a maniac and in denial. \u201cHe brings to mind a figure such as Saddam,\u201d said Amr el-Shobaki, an Egyptian political analyst told the Associated Press.\n\nOver to the UN\n\nAfter the recommendation from the EU, the UN is still standing still and ignoring the stress of immediate action that is to be taken towards Gaddafi and Libya.\n\nImposing a no-fly zone over Libya is \u201cperfectly deliverable\u201d said the UK prime minister, David Cameron to the BBC. He emphasized the importance for the UN to take instantaneous action.\n\nFrance and the UK are leading the movement of the no-fly zone amongst the EU member states, while other countries are being vigilant to the idea and the aftermath of imposing it, Reported CNN.\n\nAfter the invasion of Iraq, bruised feelings at the U.N. also exist. This time, it is the United States that is taking a conscious advance while the Arab League is requesting immediate military action on one of its own suspended members.\n\nMr. Cameron reasoned that that the world has seen several uprising against dictator, and it would be a bad message if they were crushed, reported BBC.\n\nSo far there\u2019s no urgency concerning the vote on the no-fly zone by the UN, which is causing controversy between different EU member states.\n\nWhat Now?\n\nHillary Clinton, the secretary state of the United States of America said that executing a no-fly zone is a decision made by the UN and not by Washington. Clinton mentioned that the United States is not looking for another debacle like the one they faced in Iraq. She stated that the fact that the movement came from the people of Libya is very important, reported Al-Jazira.\n\nAs opinions differ, there are no specific measures in play at the moment, costing more lives of rebels and civilians in Libya. The humanitarian aid on the other hand is continuing its way through the Libyan boarders from many countries, including several EU member states."}
-{"text": "Penguins News\n\nRostraver Named \"Hockeyville USA\"\n\nThe Rostraver Ice Garden in Belle Vernon has been named Hockeyville USA for 2017!\n\nThat means Rostraver will host an NHL preseason game between the Penguins and St. Louis Blues on September 24 and receive $150,000 in rink improvements from Kraft.\n\nIt marks the second time in three years that the Kraft Hockeyville USA competition has been won by a town and rink in Western Pennsylvania. Johnstown, Pa. was the inaugural winner in 2015.\n\n\"We salute the Rostraver Ice Garden and its many supporters for this tremendous achievement - and for what it says about the impact of hockey in western Pennsylvania,\" said David Morehouse, president and CEO of the Penguins. \"This really is hockey country. The passion of our fans our vibrant youth hockey community has been rewarded once again.\"\n\nThe September 24 preseason game will mark a homecoming of sorts for the Penguins, who held training camp at Rostraver in the 1970s.\n\nRostraver outpaced nine other rinks across the country in online voting during the Kraft Hockeyville competition. The finals this week pitted Rostraver against the Bloomington Ice Garden in Bloomington, MN, the former practice site of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team.\n\nRostraver Ice Garden is home to the Mon Valley Thunder youth hockey program, local high school hockey and the California University of Pennsylvania men's and women's ACHA teams. The venerable old facility survived a roof collapse in 2010 and has been hailed as the \"most resilient rink in the country.\""}
-{"text": "NHL Rumors: Panarin, Pacioretty, Flyers, More\n\nIn today\u2019s rumor rundown the Columbus Blue Jackets have received offers for forward Artemi Panarin. Are they good enough to consider a deal? The situation in Montreal between Max Pacioretty and the team gets stranger by the day and the Flyers are looking to add another player before the season starts.\n\nBlue Jackets Receiving Offers for Panarin\n\nWith speculation Artemi Panarin is still a name to watch on the trade block, rumors are now that the Columbus Blue Jackets have started receiving offers for Panarin. In his State of the Franchise column for The Athletic, Blue Jackets insider Aaron Portzline reports that Columbus has received trade offers that include prospects and \u201chigh-round draft picks.\u201d The Blue Jackets want more, including someone that would help replace Panarin\u2019s production immediately.\n\nThe situation with Bobrovsky and Panarin threatens to cast a pall over the season for the Blue Jackets. Losing either of them would be hard to swallow; losing both of them for no return is positively untenable. The best hope for the Blue Jackets is that Panarin will have a change of heart when he gets back to Columbus, that looking his teammates in the eye and hearing their pleas will convince him to stay. That seems unlikely, but it might be all they have.\n\nThe situation for Panarin doesn\u2019t seem to have changed. He\u2019s unwilling to come to the table to talk an extension and has given the team a deadline of September 13, 2018, to make something happen so that he doesn\u2019t have to deal with questions about his contract once the season starts.\n\nPortzline reports speculation that the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars are on his list of preferred destinations. He also said that list has been downplayed by Panarin\u2019s agent and that no list has been submitted.\n\nPacioretty Wants to Stay in Montreal\n\nThe situation in Montreal and between the Canadiens and Max Pacioretty gets stranger by the day. In a series of tweets, Pacioretty\u2019s agent Allan Walsh shot down rumors of there being \u201csources\u201d outside the organization that Pacioretty had asked for a trade multiple times last season. Walsh continues to contend his client wants to stay in Montreal, has not asked for a trade and can\u2019t understand why the team won\u2019t even negotiate.\n\n(Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)\n\nWalsh also confirmed the Canadiens did have a trade worked out at the draft with the Los Angeles Kings but that Pacioretty was in no way involved and Walsh insists Pacioretty is \u201cready to sign an extension with Montreal today.\u201d\n\nClearly, there is a communication issue between the team and the player and you could tell at Pacioretty\u2019s recent charity golf tournament where things were more than awkward. Walsh was constantly posting videos of speeches by partners and sponsors nearly pleading for Pacioretty to stay and Pacioretty himself was quite emotional. Meanwhile, management said they had no idea why everyone perceived there to be a rift between the two sides.\n\nThe reality is, few people know the real story here. Pacioretty has trade protection in his contract, he likely wants fair market value after playing so many seasons at a team-friendly rate but he had a poor year so the market to acquire him isn\u2019t likely as high as it could or should be.\n\nFlyers Looking to Trade For Defensive Forward\n\nFlyers GM Ron Hextall told Dave Isaac of the Cherry Hill Courier-Post the team is looking to add a defensive-minded forward, likely via trade. When asked about a future move to improve the team, \u201cI\u2019m open to it, but it would probably be more of a lateral move on the market rather than a free agent,\u201d Hextall said. \u201cIt would be a forward. We\u2019d like to add a penalty-killing forward but to this point, there\u2019s been nothing there that\u2019s made enough sense for us to move.\u201d\n\nThe addition of James van Riemsdyk will clearly help the team offensively but not necessarily short-handed where the team has struggled more than in previous seasons.\n\nNo One Calling About Voynov\n\nJosh Cooper of The Athletic tweeted the Los Angeles Kings have not received inquiries about defenseman Slava Voynov. Voynov would like to return to the NHL and if he does, the Kings would hold his rights but the NHL has not cleared him and both the team and player have little control over what happens next.\n\nFounded in 2009, The Hockey Writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. Updated daily with news and features from over 130 writers worldwide. Over 2 million monthly readers now come to THW for their hockey fix."}
-{"text": "Omar was away on his honeymoon, but left Giacomo to take care of things. Giacomo was very helpful and picked me up from the station and offered help for my stay. The apartment was charming and it was clear that it has been restored with great taste and attention to detail.\n\nHelenSeptember 2016\n\nMan, we loved this apartment in Arpino! (we being my GF and me). The host did everything possible to facilitate a great time and was very responsive. I can recommend this apartment highly! One small note: the shower was a little bit slow to drain so we had to put in a towel dam to make sure the room didn't overflow (that's what Dutch people do, right, building dams ;) ). But this was a very minor incident, not worthy of diminishing the rating to less than 5/5! Also it showed the helpfulness and responsiveness of Omar, so kudos to him for that!\n\nIt felt like we stayed in a little historic home (perfect for couples) with a beautiful and spacious kitchen and an upstairs bedroom with a small but good bathroom. The home is laced floor-to-ceiling with beautiful and historic details \u2013 from paintings, furniture, and tiles, to the faucets and stovetop. The house is situated on the peninsula of Arpino, next to one of the oldest churches. There is not much of a view from inside but you only have to step out of the door to be enthralled by this gorgeous city. Our host Omar was very nice, helpful, and responsive to our messages. We were late for our check-in and he was still friendly and kind as he waited for us in the main piazza. Then we walked together to the house where he showed us all the amenities. After that we only contacted him about check-out time. We visited during the heat of the summer. The thick walls protect you from the blistering heat but occasionally we wished for air-conditioning. With a fireplace, electric heaters, and thick blankets the house looks very well equipped for colder winter days!\n\nV\u00e6relsestype\n\nEjendomstype\n\nMed plads til\n\nSovev\u00e6relser\n\nThe house is totally renovated. The bathroom is very special with integrated bathtub covered with natural stone and accessed from 2 steps up so that you can see the magnificent view! There is also a rain shower in a big shower area also with natural stone. Spacious bedroom with view and access to the balcony. Also many cabinets. The kitchen is very beautiful with all stone counters, an island with zinc and dishwasher, integrated oven and micro and a fireplace. There is a combined livingroom/studio with large window/slidingdoors to the garden. Another two rooms, one of them with a cabinet elegantly storing a washingmachine and studio zinc totally hidden.\nGuests have access to the entire house.\n\nThis is a house in the country. The neighbors are fantastic and very friendly and helpful!\nThe location is best suited for a rental car.\n\nV\u00e6relsestype\n\nHelt hjem/lejlighed\n\nEjendomstype\n\nMed plads til\n\n5\n\nSovev\u00e6relser\n\nBeautiful spacious house, recently renovated, in a suggestive small cluster in the heart of Arpino\u2019s countryside, only few minutes\u2019 drive from the historic center. A wonderful choice for a holiday home in a truly Italian setting.\n\nOur recently renovated bright and spacious house is a perfect choice for a family of four looking to experience a relaxing holiday in a true Italian setting and enjoy the great food and historical sightseeing Arpino has to offer. Situated in a characteristic cluster of few houses in the countryside, it is only a couple minutes\u2019 drive from the historical center.\nThe house is arranged over 2 floors, with two independent entrances and a wide terrace on the ground floor. All amenities are available, including A/C in the summer and central heating for the cold winter months, new furniture in the bedrooms and new fittings in the kitchen. Both bedrooms and living area boast amazing views of the countryside.\nThe master bedroom features a double-size bed, large wardrobe and drawers. The second bedroom is spacious and has a two single beds and wardrobes. We have two finely decorated bathrooms, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor.\nThe open plan living area is furnished with two armchairs, a dining table, and it offers a fully fitted kitchen equipped with cookware, cutlery, dish washer, fridge, freezer, cooker and oven - all brand new. There is a separate living area with a comfortable sofa.\nGuests will have access to the full property.\nMy family will greet you and give you the keys and information about the house and the surrounding area. You will be able to contact us any time by phone, email, or sms.\n\nThe house is set in a small cluster called Treppanico, in the heart of Aprino\u2019s countryside, boasting amazing views over the landscape and nearby villages.\nWithin a couple of minutes\u2019 drive is the ancient town of Arpino, native home to several illustrious men, from Ciero to Gaius Marius, and Marco Agrippa from the Roman Empire era. It is possible to visit the Cyclopean Arch in the antique village of Civitavecchia, a proper acropolis which dates back to XIII BC. Other attractions include hiking and mountain bike.\nThere are many family run restaurants nearby, where it is possible to experience the true flavours of homemade Italian cuisine.\nIt is surrounded by interesting towns which rich in history, architecture, art and culinary traditions.\nRome and Naples are only 1.5 hours away by car, which makes it a perfect location for a daily trip.\n\nThis is a great place to stay. Though we arrived a lot later than expected, Stefania's family really made us feel right at home and even provided a crib, chair, tub and fresh sheets and towels for our 6 month old baby. All the necessary amenities are available. There was even some toast, homemade marmelade and Italian coffee (including a moka machine) to welcome us. The house was spotless as far as cleanliness and we were pleasantly surprised by the amount of space - both inside and outside. The pictures really don't do the house or the neighborhood justice. The house is part of a small cluster of buildings with a labyrinth of tiny alleys that offer surprising views around each corner. The first picture shown on Airbnb is not the view from the house. From the house however you have a beautiful view of the valley and sunsets paint the sky a deep orange/purple. We stayed for a week during the summer and enjoyed the house and the location so much that we wanted to extend our stay if we would have had the time. As mentioned in other reviews; the neighbors are also very nice and ready to answer your questions even when you don't speak their language. Great price for the value. We would definitely recommend staying here.\n\nV\u00e6relsestype\n\nEjendomstype\n\nMed plads til\n\nSovev\u00e6relser\n\nTwo studio apartments situated in beautiful Italian countryside just a 5 minute drive from Arpino town. Both sleep 2 adults and a child comfortably. Each studio has an ensuite shower room, small kitchenette and tv. There's also a restaurant near by.\n\nAmazing stay! Carlo was extremely willing to show us Arpino and the surrounding region, as well as teaching us some traditional italian dishes (free of charge). Carlo is very proud of and knowledgable about Arpino and its history. He hooked us up with friends and family as guides if he himself was busy. His wife was also very welcoming despite of language barrier (and makes amazing pies). The apartment is close to the town center and in traditional italian style. Huge kitchen. Arpino is a nice italian village with a number of restaurants, bars, mini markets, delis and even covers your shopping needs. :) The apartment is child friendly and safe, and Carlo is good with children. You will not be bored staying in Arpino (we recommend having a car while there).\n\nFamilien SolaasSeptember 2014\n\nWe had a wonderful stay at Carlo's flat in Arpino. It was a wonderful place to spend a few days outside of Rome. We enjoyed Carlo's suggestions for places to explore in the area, and he went out of his way to connect us with a local family who make olive oil, and to cook us dinner at his restaurant after our arrival. The accommodation is in the centre of Arpino, up a small alleyway, and is very spacious. Guests should note that there is no wifi. Thank you Carlo for a wonderful vacation!\n\nClara and ScottApril 2016\n\nOur stay in Arpino at Carlo's guest house was wonderful. I only wish we were able to stay a few more days so we could have gone on a few hikes or walks with Carlo. He is a gracious and accommodating host, and a very interesting gentleman. My son and I very much enjoyed our conversations we had with him. The accommodations were lovely, a very old apartment with modern amenities; extremely clean and decorated nicely. I visited a few places in Italy on my trip this month. My favorites by far were Arpino and Arce(URL HIDDEN)hope to someday return. Victoria Germani Connecticut\n\nThe experience at Lorella's place was great! The house is quiet, clean and confortable. Homemade mermelade and cakes for breakfast. Lorella is really kind and attentive, and made us discover plenty of nice places around her region. Me and my boyfriend recommended!\n\nWe had a delightful stay with Lorella in her charming country house. Because we have no Italian, Lorella arranged for her English friend Anna to greet and farewell us, which worked very well. The bedroom was comfortable, breakfast home-made and generous and Lorrella's recommendation for a local restaurant was perfect.\n\nV\u00e6relsestype\n\nEjendomstype\n\nMed plads til\n\nSovev\u00e6relser\n\nThe villa is located in the heart of the Ciociaria area, just 75 minutes away from Rome and 75 from Naples. Surronded by beautiful mountains and small villages on top of the hills, the villa has a big garden with olive trees and a vineyard!\n\nVilla La Casa & la Quercia B&B is a big two floor house entitled to \"Sophia & Vittorio\" and a separate depandance dedicated to \"Cicerone\" the Roman philosopher.\n\"Sophia & Vittorio\" house has on the ground floor a fully equipped kitchen with the fireplace (heating system) and a big 1950's style living room with a sofa. On the first floor you have two double bedrooms; one entitled to \"Sophia Loren\" has a big double bed, ( plus extra pouf-bed) tv, a/c system and private bathroom with shower just outside the room.\n\"Vittorio De Sica\" has a big double bed, (plus extra pouf-bed) tv, a/c system and private bathroom with shower en-suite.\n\"Cicerone Depandance\" is a separate apartament fully furnished with big double bed, tv, fan, fully equipped kitchen/dining room and sofa. A pouf-bed can be positioned in the dining room.\nIf you come to visit us in La Casa & la Quercia (The house & the Oak), you can have access to the entire garden, having breakfast under the pergola by an old well, using the wood oven and the barbacue equipments. Everything is included as well as air conditioning, free wi fi access, car parking area, gym equipments and mountain bikes to get fit.\nWorking as tour managers we love taking care of you, meeting your needs, suggesting nice areas to visit and if you want also coming with you for daily excursions.\n\nLa Casa & la Quercia is the perfect place to stay if you want to get relaxed in a peaceful area and anyway surronded by other houses and villas.\nThe nearest bus stop is one kilometer far from the house but we highly suggest you to take your own car or to ask us to pick you up at the airport/train/bus station\nWe can provide tailor made tours also to the big cities like Rome, Naples, Pompeii and cooking lessons to learn how to prepare typical Italian dishes. Just let us know as soon as you can if you are interested in pre booked tickets or in any extras.\n\nDonatella and Luca are a very superb hosts. They make our stay comfortable and pleasant. Everything is in order. The house is lovely and better than the description in the website. The mom cook us a dinner which is very very delicious and we enjoy every single bit of it. Donatella even arrange for us a trip that is so enjoyable and we really appreciate it. We wish we could stay longer at her lovely place. We plan to come again next year. I strongly recommended this place to everybody. Thank you very much Donatella, Luca, Mom and Dad for your hospitality.."}
-{"text": "Featured Links\n\nSamuel Sallee, 5, right, sits with his mother, Jennifer Sallee, while painting a Christmas decoration donated by The Pottery Place in Huntington for the Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, holiday party for pediatric oncology patients at the Hoops Family Children\u0092s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital and the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center.\n\nPhoto courtesy of Cabell Huntington Hospital\n\nJosie Butcher, 7, left, visits with For A Day Foundation volunteer and 2012 Greenup County (Ky.) Fair Queen Savannah Robinson, right, at the Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, holiday party for pediatric oncology patients at the Hoops Family Children\u0092s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital and the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center.\n\nChildren in daily battle with cancer given chance to laugh and play\n\nDec. 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AM\n\nHUNTINGTON -- More than a dozen children got to take a break from focusing on their cancer treatments and focus on fun last week at the Hoops Family Children's Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital and the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center.\n\nWith help from The Pottery Place in Huntington, the For A Day Foundation Huntington Chapter and Huntington Middle School's Student Council, children who face a battle with cancer on a daily basis were able to paint, laugh and play.\n\nLaya Hutchison, owner of The Pottery Place, said she looks forward to the annual event.\n\n\"This may be an event for the children, but I always receive so much from being around them and bringing them something fun,\" Hutchison said in a release.\n\nChildren painted ornaments that will become pieces of pottery after a run through the kiln at The Pottery Place. Additionally, local musician Andy Rivas performed and more than one dozen students from the Huntington Middle School Student Council helped decorate pottery for the children.\n\nVolunteers from the Huntington chapter of the For A Day Foundation provided gingerbread houses for the children to decorate and enjoy.\n\nThe Hoops Family Children's Hospital is a 72-bed children's hospital within a hospital located at Cabell Huntington Hospital."}
-{"text": "{{tnr}}'''Doug Davis''' (b. June 25, 1977) is a [[Republican]] member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]], representing the 1st Senatorial District. He ran for re-election in 2011, but lost to challenger [[Chris Massey]] in the primary.\n\n+\n\n{{tnr}}'''Doug Davis''' (b. June 25, 1977) is a member of the Mississippi Parole Board. He assumed office on February 1, 2013.<ref> [http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/34250/ ''Y'all Politics,'' \"Governor Phil Bryant Appoints Former Senator Doug Davis to Parole Board,\" January 29, 2013] </ref>\n\n\u2212\n\nDavis won a special election to the Mississippi State Senate in 2005. He has served in that position since, representing the 1st district.\n\n+\n\nDavis is a former [[Republican]] member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]], representing the 1st Senatorial District. He ran for re-election in 2011, but lost to challenger [[Chris Massey]] in the primary.\n\n+\n\n+\n\nDavis won a special election to the Mississippi State Senate in 2005 and served in that position until 2012.\n\nDavis is a Business Development Coordinator.\n\nDavis is a Business Development Coordinator.\n\nLine 65:\n\nLine 67:\n\n==Committee assignments==\n\n==Committee assignments==\n\n===2010-2011===\n\n===2010-2011===\n\n\u2212\n\nIn the 2010-2011 legislative session, Davis has been appointed to these committees:\n\n+\n\nIn the 2010-2011 legislative session, Davis served on these committees:\n\n* [[Appropriations Committee, Mississippi Senate]]\n\n* [[Appropriations Committee, Mississippi Senate]]\n\nLine 81:\n\nLine 83:\n\n:: ''See also: [[Mississippi State Senate elections, 2011]]''\n\n:: ''See also: [[Mississippi State Senate elections, 2011]]''\n\n\u2212\n\nDavis ran for re-election to the [[Mississippi State Senate|Mississippi Senate]] District 1. He was defeated by challenger [[Chris Massey]] in the Republican primary on August 2, 2011. The general election takes place on November 8, 2011. <ref>[http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/home/tab1/2011%20Mississippi%20House%20and%20Senate%20Candidates.pdf ''Mississippi Department of State,'' 2011 Official State Senate Candidate List]</ref>\n\n+\n\nDavis ran for re-election to the [[Mississippi State Senate|Mississippi Senate]] District 1. He was defeated by challenger [[Chris Massey]] in the Republican primary on August 2, 2011. The general election took place on November 8, 2011. <ref>[http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/home/tab1/2011%20Mississippi%20House%20and%20Senate%20Candidates.pdf ''Mississippi Department of State,'' 2011 Official State Senate Candidate List]</ref>\n\nElections\n\n2011\n\nDavis ran for re-election to the Mississippi Senate District 1. He was defeated by challenger Chris Massey in the Republican primary on August 2, 2011. The general election took place on November 8, 2011. [2]"}
-{"text": "Match Pages - Match Information\n\nMatch Pages - Match Information\n\nHunslet RLFC 14 Leeds Rhinos 21\n\nLeeds Rhinos continued their pre-season campaign with a 21-14 win against Hunslet RLFC in the inaugural Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Cup at South Leeds Stadium with tries from Handley, Walters and Aston.\n\nThe fixture had an added edge with a contingent of former Leeds players in action for Hunslet including three new signings in Joe Sanderson, Jack Norfolk and Nyle Flynn and Adrian Morley also taking charge of his first game since joining the Rhinos coaching staff.\n\nWP \u2013 Home MPU\n\nThe Rhinos first match action since Boxing Day started in lively fashion with Cory Aston scoring inside two minutes after fellow new signing Jack Ormondroyd capitalised on a bouncing deflected ball and put his scrum half clear through a gap in the Hunslet defence to score his first for the Rhinos. Kicking duties in the first half fell to Liam Sutcliffe who converted the opening try to give Leeds a 6-0 start.\n\nDespite the Rhinos jumping ahead early on the scoreboard, the home side quickly gained some composure through the kicking of Danny Ansell, who put Leeds under pressure on a number of occasions early on with a good mix of attacking probes into the Leeds half.\n\nWith a high penalty count and a number of handling errors from both sides in the opening period, possession changed hands often but following a 40-20 from Ansell, Hunslet got their first try of the afternoon with a decisive move from the resulting set and winger Marcus Webb scoring in the corner.\n\nFormer Rhinos Academy player Joe Sanderson almost converted from the touchline with the resulting kick but his effort struck the nearside post, leaving the Rhinos marginally in the lead with 20 minutes on the clock.\n\nAnsell and Sanderson continued to conspire with some well placed kicks for the home side who grew into the game in the first half but neither side were able to capitalise on a succession of penalties until the 30th minute when Sam Hallas broke the Hunslet line and won a penalty five metres out.\n\nLeeds made good use of the next play and some slick hands in the back division saw Jimmy Keinhorst find Ash Handley to barge over in the corner and open up a 10-4 lead for the visitors. Sutcliffe couldn\u2019t convert from the touchline and the scores stayed 10-4 with 10 minutes to play in the half.\n\nLeeds saw more chances go to waste in the final minutes of the first half as Aston fumbled a pass on the last tackle 10 metres out but the scrum half put a high bomb towards the Hunslet line in the following set in response to his earlier error and almost created a final chance for Leeds but for the good work of Webb in defence.\n\nHunslet then turned the game in their favour in the dying moments of the first half when Sanderson kicked the home side\u2019s second 40-20 of the game and gave his team a final look at the Leeds line.\n\nAfter good work from Whitehead, who broke through the Leeds middle, Hunslet wrestled the scoreline back to within two points when Jimmy Watson found Normington to score near the touchline.\n\nSanderson then converted to bring the scores level at 10-10 on the half time hooter and set up the second half nicely.\n\nThe Rhinos introduced Jordan Lilley for the second half and the half back wasted no time in putting his impression on the game with a smart kick to give Leeds some early territory finding touch on the bounce on the Hunslet 10 metres.\n\nWith Leeds finding some good ground in the second half through some strong carries from Oledzki and Baldwinson the game once again took a turn for the unexpected as Hunslet scored first in the half to put them in front for the first time in the game.\n\nLeeds gave a penalty away in their own half and substitute Joel Gibson managed to find a gap in the Rhinos defence breaking through and scoring from 20 metres out. Gibson, who had replaced Sanderson on kicking duty couldn\u2019t however convert his try and the scores stayed 14-10 to Hunslet.\n\nWith the Rhinos now on the back foot, Ash Handley provided another telling contribution by scoring his second try of the afternoon. The winger intercepted a Hunslet pass out wide and raced clear of would be tacklers to score from 90 metres to put Leeds back in front.\n\nLilley added the conversion to bring Leeds back in front which proved to be a tough blow for the home side as the game ran into the final 20 minutes.\n\nA resilient Hunslet continued to compete in what was becoming an end to end affair going into the last quarter of the game with both sides taking possession in dangerous areas but more handling errors from Sutcliffe and Aston stemmed Leeds\u2019 attacks until the 74th minute.\n\nAston again created indecision in the Hunslet defence with a grubber kick that was fumbled by the home side and Leeds scored the final try of the game, again through one of their first team players as Josh Walters found space out wide and crashed over from a Lilley assist.\n\nWhen Leeds couldn\u2019t add to their 20-14 lead as Lilley missed his conversion, Hunslet looked to try and put more pressure on Leeds to snatch a possible draw in the final minutes but Leeds\u2019 defensive line held strong and rebuffed a number of sets from the home side.\n\nTo seal the win and a good second half performance from the scrum half, Lilley calmly slotted over a drop goal to extend the Rhinos lead to seven and put the game out of reach for Hunslet, securing the Harry Jepson OBE Cup for the visitors in the process."}
-{"text": "Dino RushThe cavemans have stole all dino eggs! This game might look like a simple platform game, but is packed with smart cooperative elements and tricky puzzles to solve. Can you travel to the cave, go deeper, and find all your dino eggs in the heart of the lava-cave?\n\nSuper Sport CarsSuper sport cars waiting you to bring the pieces together in this nice puzzle game. Cl\n\nHot Dog BushEver wonder what president George \"Dubya\" Bush will be doing once he leaves the White House? Well, we wondered too and voted for him to run a hot dog stand in the city that never sleeps. New York! Start your hot dog stand in the Bronx, earn your cash and try to move up to Wall Street."}
-{"text": "Tr\u00e4plugg bauhaus\n\ndesigner realized linear and geometrical works avoiding the use of floral or curvilinear (and useless) decorations. Photo: RightBrainPhotography, everyday factory-produced items became cheap and plentiful, but, to keep costs down, they were also often poorly-designed, easily-broken and unattractive. Thus, the school had such a huge influence on the history of design and style that easily discerned to this day. A lot of front-end designers come from or are at least very aware of the print industry. Rule #2: Typography Matters Franz Ferdinand have been long-time Bauhaus admirers. Indeed, the Bauhauss final director, Mies van der Rohe, pledged the school to honesty of construction, death to decoration. Thanks to Ittens studies, the Bauhaus school realized the importance of colors and students were encouraged to make their own experiments with the creation of palettes. Itten believed in the importance of conveying harmony through the use of colors: for this reason, he created a 12 hue color wheel that explained how to mix hues and shades. Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) is a Russian painter who joined the Bauhaus in quality of teacher in 1922. Moreover, he was interested in discovering a social role of colors and in understanding how tonalities could affect peoples psychology. They thought that no message should be sacrificed in favor of design choices. We couldnt even predict what size our design would be presented as it could be any size from a sticky note to a wide-cover atlas format was possible. In this innovative and open-minded sphere, matf\u00f6rslag he was able to publish his essay, The Art of Color, in which he expressed his own theory about chromatic tones. Also, there are no pointless decorations and simple lines prevail. Great owners, lovely staff, good value for money and delicious food and great tasting coffee. Indeed he referred to it as the visually most exact rendering of communication or as the new visual literature. Johannes Itten (1888-1967) was a Swiss painter, designer, and one of the several teachers of the Bauhaus school. The CSS Zen Garden was the essence of working within limitations. Soon, typophoto became very popular and it was the base for the modern idea of advertising, and designers from Paul Rand to David Carson have riffed on his ideas. Rule #1: Form follows function Form follows function is a sentence coined by Louis Sullivan, an American architect, who wanted to express the futility in excessive ornamentations, and was central to thinking in the Bauhaus school. The group consisted.\n\nbauhaus Even the simplest of items was generally. Pots, volume and production speed was the name of the game. Such as Picasso and Gris, kandinsky also showed the belief that a good design could only arise from the mutual cooperation of forms and colors. Then were going to try to help you incorporate that look into your web design.\n\nBauhaus has been listed as a level-5 vital article in Art.If you can improve it, please.\n\nTr\u00e4plugg bauhaus\n\nObamas 2008 Berlin poster They also refused to combine lower and upper case types in a same work and preferred the use of sansserif fonts. Photography and architecture, the school had to change its location two times. They were placed in Berlin before the Bauhaus was obliged to close by a Nazi h\u00e4stfilmer netflix regime that believed their ideas of good objects for the people were socialist.\n\nRule #3: Geometry is King Geometry: Picassos Weeping Woman The Bauhaus showed a deep love of simple geometry another quality that makes it a great fit for web design.Until very recently, we had a strictly limited font choices, small, compressed imagery, buggy type controls, laughable layout tools."}
-{"text": "Living in Cambridge\n\nThere is nowhere more pleasant and invigorating to study than Cambridge: steeped in tradition, quintessentially British and yet bursting with innovation and creativity.\n\nWith nearly 40 years\u2019 experience, CCSS ensures that students are supported in their studies and introduced to the culture, heritage and full experience of life in Cambridge. Living in the heart of the city, yet close to rolling countryside and only 50 minutes from the centre of London, provides unparalleled opportunity for ambitious students.\n\nRenowned Student City\n\nStepping out of the college buildings, our students \ufb01nd themselves in the centre of one of the most renowned student cities in Europe. Our day and residential students all value our location, a stimulating but safe city where there is always an opportunity to extend learning.\nFacilities to support study are understandably superb, with the whole community bene\ufb01ting from the heritage and global signi\ufb01cance of the University of Cambridge. A history of over 800 years of learning has created an environment where opportunities are prodigious. There are museums and galleries, meetings and talks, presentations and debates \u2013 so many activities in which you can take part.\n\nThe University of Cambridge and its colleges, teaching spaces and residences are all close by and the combined student community has a clear influence on the locality. Our students enjoy studying in such a prestigious and well-served student environment. CCSS has a well-developed network of associations and af\ufb01liations with Cambridge academic, sporting and cultural organisations and the opportunities and invitations extended to our students as a result of this are priceless.\n\nIf you want to get a taste of study in the city that represents the heights of academia, CCSS will introduce you to amazing opportunities and encourage you to make the most of them.\n\nWorld-famous Centre of Excellence\n\nCambridge is a world-famous centre of excellence for teaching, learning and culture. The city has combined its tradition of scholarship with its new reputation as an internationally acknowledged centre of excellence for technology and science. The continuing \u2018Cambridge phenomenon\u2019 is apparent at every turn, with Microsoft, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca establishing their research centres in the technical hub of our city. Resultant growth in business and commerce is apparent and the learning in this sector continues to evolve, led on many fronts by the Judge Business School, just two minutes\u2019 walk around the corner from CCSS.\n\nLiving in Cambridge\n\nCambridge has the great advantages of being small, cosmopolitan and extremely beautiful. It is lively and \u2018student-friendly\u2019 with all the buzz of a thriving city and all the bene\ufb01ts of a rural location. Cambridge is a diverse and tolerant place, respecting cultures, nationalities and religions, and you will \ufb01nd CCSS reflects the tolerance and diversity which makes Cambridge so special as well as the ambition and innovation that has led to our city\u2019s global reputation.\n\nA guide to Cambridge Life\n\nOpen Spaces\n\nCambridge is a cosmopolitan city with lots of open spaces to explore, including gardens and parks such as Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Midsummer Common, Jesus Green and Parker\u2019s Piece.\nwww.botanic.cam.ac.uk\n\nFestivals and Events\n\nCambridge hosts a wide range of vibrant festivals and events throughout the year, including the Cambridge History Festival, Cambridge Literary Festival and the Cambridge Folk Festival which is one of the longest-running music festivals in the world. There is an annual \u2018Summer in the City\u2019 events programme which includes Jazz in the Park on Jesus Green, Midsummer Fair and The Big Weekend which is three days and nights of free family entertainment and music on Parker\u2019s Piece. Other festivals throughout the year include Busker\u2019s Street Performers Festival, Cambridge Comedy Festival, Cambridge Rock Festival and Strawberry Fair, a free music and arts festival.\n\nMuseums\n\nCambridge is a beautiful city, full of history, and is home to a number of museums. The most famous is the Fitzwilliam Museum, with over half a million artworks in its collection, presenting world history and art from the present day and as far back as 2500 BC. Other museums include the University Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Museum of Cambridge, The Polar Museum, The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Museum of Classical Archaeology, The Centre for Computing History and Cambridge Science Centre.www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.ukwww.museum.zoo.cam.ac.ukwww.maa.cam.ac.ukwww.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum\n\nShopping\n\nCambridge has a wide range of shops from high street brands to independent boutiques. There is also a thriving market which is open seven days a week. There are two indoor shopping centres including the Grand Arcade which houses 60 premium and high street brands and The Grafton Centre which houses high street names, caf\u00e9s, restaurants and a Vue Cinema.www.grandarcade.co.ukwww.graftoncentre.co.uk\n\nTheatre and Cinema\n\nCambridge boasts excellent theatre, cinema and concert facilities offering a range of performances from comedy to music, to ballet and classical concerts. Venues include Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge Junction and the ADC Theatre. Cambridge is home to three cinemas, The Light Cinema, Vue and The Arts Picturehouse. All three are within easy walking distance of the college and its boarding houses.www.cambridgeartstheatre.comwww.junction.co.ukwww.adctheatre.com\n\nConcerts\n\nThe Corn Exchange hosts performances by professional orchestras and international soloists. The University Music School on West Road has its own Concert Hall which is used by local and professional groups. The online Cambridge Concert Calendar, gives details of most concerts taking place throughout the year.www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/cornexwww.cambridgeconcerts.com\n\nRestaurants and cafes\n\nThere is a wide selection of restaurants in Cambridge featuring cuisine from all over the world.www.visitcambridge.org\n\n\u201cLiving in Cambridge was definitely a privilege. I only realised how much I miss Cambridge when visiting CCSS for a day."}
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-{"text": "Offering\nsuperb levels of customer service and technical support, from the tender stage\nright throughout the life time of the project. Spaceage serves to a broad\nspectrum of well-known companies operating in industries as diverse as oil\n& gas, manufacturing, infrastructure facilities, sports facilities,\nairports, seaports, transportation and healthcare\n\nSpaceage\nexpertise ensures prompt execution of design, supply, installation, testing,\ncommissioning and maintenance of electrical projects on time, every time. The\ngroup capability and experience extend from major multi-million contracts to\nvery small scale jobs. The same amount of dedication and expertise are devoted\nto all the projects irrespective of its size. Projects, each worth over\nseveral million dollars, have been handled in various fields. The division\nundertakes quality installation of products such as switchgear, transformers,\ncables, outdoor lighting and street lighting equipment, from world renowned\nmanufactures\n\nContracting\nprojects includes overhead power lines, industrial and remote area power\nsupply, aerial and underground cable installation and road stadium area\nlighting. Offering superb levels of customer service and technical support,\nfrom the tender stage right throughout the life time of the project. Spaceage\nserves to a broad spectrum of well-known companies operating in industries as\ndiverse as oil & gas, manufacturing, infrastructure facilities, sports\nfacilities, airports, seaports, transportation and healthcare.\n\nSpaceage\nexpertise ensures prompt execution of design, supply, installation, testing,\ncommissioning and maintenance of electrical projects on time, every time. The\ngroup capability and experience extend from major multi-million contracts to\nvery small scale jobs. The same amount of dedication and expertise are\ndevoted to all the projects irrespective of its size. Projects, each\nworth over several million dollars, have been handled in various fields. The\ndivision undertakes quality installation of products such as switchgear,\ntransformers, cables, outdoor lighting and street lighting equipment, from\nworld renowned manufactures.\n\nContracting\nprojects includes overhead power lines, industrial and remote area power\nsupply, aerial and underground cable installation and road stadium area\nlighting."}
-{"text": "Germany manager, Joachim Low, revealed in a press conference that the competition was close between Sane and Brandt, with the Leverkusen winger picked on the basis of his greater defensive qualities and versatility.\n\nIt is true that Sane had his ups and downs even at City last season - his lows have been nearly as eye-catching poor as his highs have been eye-catchingly spectacular.\n\nBayern Munich goalkeeper Neuer made his first appearance since September in the 2-1 defeat by Austria in a rain-delayed friendly on Saturday and showed no ill-effects. \"Leroy has a huge talent\", he said.\n\nThe 'keeper said his careful reintroduction had been a deliberate ploy - he didn't play a single match for Bayern before joining up with the national squad.\n\n'It was a very close decision. \"If it was a 100m race, it would have been a photo finish\".\n\nImagine scoring 14 goals and delivering 17 assists as part of arguably one of the best Premier League sides of all time, only to get the news that you won't be going to the World Cup.\n\nHe has found it hard adapting to Low's system, where he has been deployed in a central role, and the Germany coach can rely on Brandt more in defensive situations too. These are four players who had merited their place in the provisional squad through their performances.\n\nRELATED NEWS\n\nNovak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov break rackets at French Open\nDimitrov, the 2017 ATP Finals champion, conceded his serve once but broke his rival's serve, forcing the set into a tie break. Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after a point in the fourth set against Italy's Marco Cecchinato in Paris on June 5, 2018. 6/06/2018\n\nTrump and China: When More is Less\nChicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures at one point fell more than 2 percent following the Mexico pork tariff announcement. According to Hernandez, tariffs will not result in a price spike in Mexico since the country has other markets to buy from. 6/06/2018\n\nHawaii volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight\nHomes in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are on smaller lots and are closer together than in other parts of the Puna district. Before this morning's explosion, more than 100 structures had been destroyed since the first eruption a month ago. 6/06/2018\n\n5Stars and League strike new Italian coalition deal\nThe breakthrough came after the League and 5-Star agreed to drop economist Paolo Savona as their choice for economy minister. Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to the newly sworn-in Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte this evening on the phone. 6/06/2018\n\nIOS 12: 5 features we first spotted on Android\nDon't confuse it with \"multiple users.' iOS 12 for iPhone X has a new 'Set Up an Alternate Appearance\" option in Face ID settings. Google recently unveiled digital wellbeing features in Android P , and now Apple is adding similar screen time limits to iOS 12. 6/06/2018\n\nAt least 7 killed, 20 hurt by erupting volcano in Guatemala\nA disaster authority spokesman said a change in wind direction was to blame for the volcanic ash falling on parts of the capital. Farmers covered in ash fled for their lives as civil defence staffers tried to relocate them to shelters during the event. 6/04/2018\n\nMicrosoft reportedly agrees to acquire GitHub\nInteresting Engineering will continue updating this story as more information becomes available . Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft has acquired GitHub , and will announce the deal on Monday. 6/04/2018\n\nIndian economy expands 7.7 pc in Q4, 6.7 pc in FY18\nThe government spending-linked public administration segment's growth rose to 13.3 percent from 7.7 percent in December quarter. He emphasized that this is the development under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Arun Jaitley. 6/04/2018\n\nGiuliani plays down idea of Trump self-pardon\nI mean, Trump's been telling us over, and over, and over again that this investigation is costing us way too much money. It is dated 29 January and was sent to Mr Mueller by John Dowd, one of Mr Trump's lawyers who has since left the team. 6/04/2018\n\nZidane steps down as Real Madrid Coach\nAs part of United, Ronaldo had won three titles and the Champions League before he joined the Spanish team in 2009. Zidane was hired in January 2016, his first major coaching job. 6/02/2018"}
-{"text": "Guest: Little-known Land and Water Conservation Fund vital to outdoor legacy\n\nRECREATIONISTS have returned to America\u2019s national parks and wildlife refuges since the government shutdown ended, but we must remember the lessons we have learned from this experience. The outcry over the impact of these closures on our way of life, our communities, our economy and our natural resources served as a clear reminder of the importance of our public lands to all Americans.\n\nDuring the shutdown, gateway communities near national parks lost millions of dollars in revenue, families were forced to cancel long-planned vacations to the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, and hunters who waited years to draw a tag were denied a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity they might never have again.\n\nAnd although the shutdown is over, other threats remain. Many of our national parks and outdoor places have been protected by a little-known federal program: the Land and Water Conservation Fund. For nearly 50 years, the fund has provided Washingtonians with the assurance that our purple mountain majesties will be there for the next generation.\n\nDespite the clear mandate for further investments to enhance, protect and increase access to our shared outdoor heritage, actions in Congress threaten to undermine this wildly successful program.\n\nMost Read Stories\n\nWashington state was among the hardest hit \u2014 each day Mount Rainier National Park was closed, we lost an average of more than $90,000 in tourism revenue. Figures like that can make or break family businesses in gateway towns that rely on travel and tourism.\n\nLandscapes like the shores of Puget Sound, the valleys of the Olympic rain forest, the peaks of the Cascades and the vast and ever-flowing Columbia River Gorge not only offer us places to camp, hike, hunt and fish, but are major economic drivers across our state.\n\nA Seattle Chamber of Commerce survey of the organization\u2019s members in 2011 found a majority of Puget Sound area businesses ranked our region\u2019s quality of life and environmental surroundings as top assets for retaining quality staff. In addition, outdoor recreation supports a $22.5 billion industry and 227,000 jobs in Washington, according to the Outdoor Industry Association.\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives recently put forward a proposal that would completely eliminate funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the first time in the program\u2019s history.\n\nIn her first major address Oct. 31, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, the former chief executive of REI from Washington state, called on Congress to fully fund it. We agreed with the secretary when she said, \u201cPassing along the blessings that we have inherited will take action and a commitment to take the long view, particularly in this era when our lands and waters are facing unprecedented challenges.\u201d\n\nWith the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Rainier and Olympic National Parks, the Mountains to Sound Greenway, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and countless local and state parks, trails, and recreation areas, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped protect Washington\u2019s most precious public resources.\n\nOur nation\u2019s premier conservation program does not use a dime of taxpayer money. Rather, $900 million in offshore oil and gas lease revenue is supposed to be invested in parks and outdoor recreation opportunities each year. But year after year, Congress has broken that pact with the American people and diverted a majority of funds for unrelated purposes.\n\nThis year, funding levels fell to about $305 million due to cuts and sequestration. Fourteen projects in Washington state are up for funding in 2014.\n\nFrom protecting land along the Pacific Crest Trail and ensuring access to ranges in the Cascades for hiking and hunting to protecting the last urban forest in Bothell, the Land and Water Conservation Fund is needed urgently this year in Washington.\n\nCommunity visions to provide new parks for kids, increase access to trails, and keep air and water clean for all cannot be realized without support from the fund. We hope Congress will rise to that challenge.\n\nThe 50th anniversary of America\u2019s most important conservation investment tool is upon us. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has always held bipartisan support, first with President Eisenhower\u2019s Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission and then President Kennedy\u2019s vision that, as we deplete one natural resource, we must invest in another natural resource for the country.\n\nA bipartisan poll released last month confirmed that a vast majority of Americans \u2014 85 percent \u2014 think their congressional representatives should honor the commitment to fund conservation through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Across party lines, eight in 10 voters said the public receives its money\u2019s worth when we invest in protecting water, land, air and wildlife. This is one policy issue that Americans consistently agree is an example of government working well.\n\nOur forbearers had the wisdom to set aside treasured lands for the permanent enjoyment of the American people. That pact between the American people and their government will be broken unless we see some much-needed leadership from Congress in defense of our outdoor economy and our natural heritage.\n\nOscar Wilde defined a cynic as a man who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. This unique and successful program expires in 2015. We hope our former colleagues still in Congress do the right thing and lead the nation to reauthorizing and fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund to ensure that our natural legacy is passed down to the next generation.\n\nNorm Dicks, former U.S. representative for Washington\u2019s 6th Congressional District, is a board member of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition. Dan Evans, former governor and U.S. senator for Washington, is a founding co-chair of the coalition."}
-{"text": "Pet Tales: Unconditional Love: \u201cA Pet Lover\u2019s Book!\u201d\n\n\u201cAnother great book by Eileen Doyon! For all the pet lovers out there this is one you need to read.\u201d -William P. Fisher\n\n2 Comments\n\nSandy Fisher\non September 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm\n\nI didn\u2019t think the previous books in the Unforgettable Faces and Stories series by Eileen Doyon could be topped, but I think it\u2019s been done! I absolutely love Pet Tales!!! The stories are fun and sad, entertaining and written from the hearts of the owners\u2026\u2026..and a couple are even written from the perspective of the pet! Very creative. I only wish now that I had written a story myself, but I\u2019m guessing from the success of this one, I will get another chance! Great job and keep bringing us these personal stories!\n\nCart\n\nNewsletter\n\nBlog Categories\n\nTHANK YOU RACHEL FOR YOUR REVIEW ON AMAZON!!\"What a great story of overcoming obstacles and adversity. I love that this shows children that no matter what you look like on the outside, you can still do anything and everything someone else can do. My son was born with a Club Foot and it was cool to see him empathize with Lucky through this book and through Facebook. Christy and Moxie are an amazing team! I'm happy Lucky was trained by the best! Great book, great illustration (really spot on for Mox, Christy, and Lucky). I enjoyed the follow up as well. Can't wait to see more Adventures of Lucky, Little Guy....BIG Mission\"\n\nMy Latest Book\n\nLucky\u2026Little Guy, BIG Mission is a true story about Lucky, a little puppy that only Christy Gardner, an Army Veteran who has two prosthetic legs, saw potential. He was a little puppy born with an unusual front leg.\n\nLatest Posts\n\nAbout Eileen\n\nEileen Doyon grew up in the small town of Fort Edward in upstate New York. She left there in 1978 and now lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She enjoys gardening and traveling on her motorcycle visiting new places, familiar places, and meeting new friends. She is a member of Pease Greeters in Portsmouth.Read moreabout Eileen and Unforgettable Faces & Stories."}
-{"text": "Totally Realistic Sledding VR\n\nThe author\n\nProject media\n\ntotally realistic sledding vr\nice caves level\nmenu screen\ncollectibles mechanic\nthe power of jump boosts\nshowcasing the different gloves you can have\nshowcasing the mountain level\nshowcasing the grind mechanic\nyoutuber playing the game\npdf explaining design of game\nShare\n\nComments\n\nProject details\n\nOverview\n\nA one of its kind VR sledding game for the HTC Vive.\nYou can control your sled by pulling ropes attached to it.\nPulling one rope while leaving the other still allows you to steer, pull both backwards and you can thrust forwards!\nBy pulling both upwards quickly you can jump over obstacles.\n\nWith these mechanics your goal is to find the path to the end of the hill in the best time possible. Extra gameplay elements include looking out for collectibles. By achieving these goals you can unlock some sweet new sleds and gloves to celebrate.\n\nThis has been intently designed with a low poly style to compliment the wacky physics. Yeah, don't expect the physics to be realistic!\n\nConcept designed by me, and programmed by me in the Unity Engine.\nIt is certainly not a finished project, and probably won't be for some time.\n\nAttached to this entry is a PDF explaining some of the design ideas, concepts and decisions behind the functionality of the game."}
-{"text": "The Thirteen Fingers\n\nMikoto Yanagi\n\nMusashi Mikoto Yanagi, of the Yanagi Dojo, a true Kensei\n\nDescription:\n\nBio:\n\nMikoto Yanagi (translated: Lord of the Willow), born circa 1260 (age 87), is a Musashi in Tesaki Juusan. He is widely considered to be the greatest Swordmaster since Miyamoto Musashi (who the honorific Musashi is named after). He is the Supreme Master of the Yanagi Dojo, located in Sougen.\n\nEarly Life\nLittle is known about Yanagi\u2019s early life. There is no record of his birth date or location (all of his ages are assumed). His birth name is also unknown. He was a parentless, nameless child living in an orphanage in Tama when he was adopted at age 6 by a middle-class industrialist named Yuudai Yanagi. Upon adoption, he gave him the name Mikoto. At age 9, he was sent to the Sougen Dojo.\n\nSougen Dojo\nBy age 11, Mikoto had gained the title Sasuga (a title not normally achieved until age 15, at the earliest). He had shown such prolific efficiency with the sword that he started teaching a Shoshinsha class at age 12. At 13, he was granted the title of Sensei (Master), and began training personally with Musashi Etsuo Itsuya. At age 15, less than two years after beginning his training with Musashi Etsuo, he was given the title of K\u014dch\u014d and less than a year later he was subsequently given the title of Musashi, becoming the youngest Musashi in recorded history. Due to his age, however, he was not granted a commission as a dojo Musashi.\n\nBetween Musashi and Dojo Master\nAt age 16, after receiving the title of Musashi, Mikoto Yanagi left the Sougen Dojo and seemingly disappeared. Rumors prevailed, and stories would pop up of apparent sightings throughout the Juusan, but nothing was ever confirmed. What is considered to be true is that, during his two-year absence, Mikoto traveled to the various dojo located throughout Tesaki, training and possibly teaching with all of the various Musashi around. The greatest story is that of an iaijutsu duel between Yanagi and an unknown student of the Shadowfell Dojo (now the Dojo Ukyo. The story goes that both stood motionless for over 12 hours, focusing their ki. After this time, both withdrew, calling the duel a draw. Shortly thereafter, Yanagi reappeared to accept his commission at a brand new Sougen Dojo and become the youngest Supreme Master in history (the mysterious student is believed to have been Ukyo Takashi who, along with Emperor Seijin Shinmichi, are the last two students to have been trained personally by Yanagi).\n\nSougen Dojo to Yanagi Dojo\nin 1283, during an increase in activity during the ongoing conflict with Bask Raiders, the government of Sougen was unable to afford support for the four dojo they had under provincial control. Knowing that the Yanagi-run dojo would survive and continue to bring income into the province, they decided to release control of this dojo to Mikoto himself. So, at age 23, Yanagi became the youngest Musashi to ever control an independent dojo. The gambit has paid off, as the freedom to select students has made the Yanagi Dojo the premiere institution in the Juusan, which in turn brings thousands into the Sougen economy. It has also given Mikoto unprecedented freedom to select students; since 1278, he has trained only five students (see list of Mikoto Yanagi Students), most notably Emperor Seijin Shinmichi and Musashi Ukyo Takashi. He is currently training K\u014dch\u014d Yamato Yori.\n\nPersonal Life\nMikoto Yanagi leads a very private life. All that is known about him is that he enjoys a good snifter of tobacco and warm sake after every meal. He has no known relatives or children. He has not been seen in public in fifteen years."}
-{"text": "Category Entertainment\n\nThe Social Network still commands the box office but that\u2019s not the only reason Facebook is toping the list this week. Earlier this week they announced they were adding Groups, a tool to download your data, and tighter privacy control over apps.\n\nThe idea of groups isn\u2019t anything new but unlike Yahoo or Google\u2019s offerings this one is connected through Facebook. And though this is an obvious fact, this little factor is a huge differentiating point between the services. With the other group services you would have to go out of your way in order to participate. It wasn\u2019t part of most users daily routine and slowly but surely members would trickle away beginning the group\u2019s downward spiral into obscurity. Facebook on the other hand is where the people already are. It\u2019s simple, integrated and most importantly it\u2019s where your friends are, so there is no searching for emails or additional sign-ups needed to get started. Additionally their new groups feature provides a way to control who sees what. This alone is a huge step forward for Facebook and for those that could really use some discretion. See the SNL skit above for an entertaining example of this problem.\n\nThe second new feature is less of a dramatic but another big step forward in Facebook privacy. Granted downloading all your activity, photos and posts doesn\u2019t increase your privacy but it does provide a window into all the information Facebook does have on you and may change how much info you post in the future. I don\u2019t see many people making use of this feature anytime soon, but should a new social service spring up the ability to import some of this data may give that service a pretty big jump start. Also related to privacy and controlling your data is Facebook\u2019s new application dashboard. The new dashboard provides users the ability to see and limit what applications have access to and what they\u2019ve accesses last. Now you can see if Farmville is going to market with your personal data.\n\nIn a related note, according to a recent study of 10 modern countries most children will have an online footprint by the age of 2, this includes baby photos. The study was conducted by AVG, a security firm that deals with identity theft. The firm suggest people be more cautious when posting information online and to make use of available privacy settings.\n\n- \u2013 - \u2013 -\n\nAlso high on the pop culture meter is Gap\u2019s crappy new logo (shown on left). It doesn\u2019t take an art/design major to see how big of a step bag this is from their earlier logos. The only positive thing I can say about it is it\u2019s generating a ton of promotion. My favorite quote regarding the new logo comes from Brand New, a design blog, \u201cI\u2019m not one to critique something by saying it looks as if it were done in Microsoft Word but this one is just too unsophisticated to warrant anything more than that.\u201d Can\u2019t get enough of the new logo, check out craplogo.me to make your own Gap inspired logo.\n\n- \u2013 - \u2013 -\n\nEven on the eve of Microsoft\u2019s release of Windows Phone 7 the Android platform is dominating the mobile press. Even without the skyrocketing success of Android (top selling smartphone in the US \u2013 GigaOm), Microsoft has their work cut out for them if they want to be a player in the mobile market. Newsweek did an extended article on the Android and how it came to be. One interesting factoid in the article was how Google has made enough on mobile search to pay for the development of the Android OS. So sometimes giving something away is a great way to make money. Also, by Google making Android free, handset manufacturers are more apt to a device to support it as the reduced cost means more profit for them.\n\nOn Monday (10-11-2010), Microsoft unveiled 10 devices that support WP7 to the masses and from the early reviews they\u2019re a competitive option. Wp7 is a complete overhaul of their mobile platform and is based on their Metro UI guidelines which influenced this year\u2019s youth targeted Kin, which died a quick death. Hopefully WP7 won\u2019t suffer the same fate. Though I haven\u2019t gotten to play with a device personally, it offers a new paradigm for mobile UI\u2019s that has me intrigued. The bright, flat colors aren\u2019t my favorite, but the split structure of the main desktop, the transitions, the use of type in the design are all unique\u2026but are they enough? Will they resonate with consumers? Working against them is the success of both iOS and Android, while the current lack of a Verizon or Sprint based phone means they\u2019ll still be pushing Android as the ultimate mobile platform to their customers. Top that with confirmation that there will be a Verizon iPhone in early 2011. For more details on the WP7 launch check out Engadget\u2019s WP7 launch guide.\n\n- \u2013 - \u2013 -\n\nApple seems to be in everyone\u2019s sights, with Android and WP7 going after the iPhone. Now the big wigs are Microsoft and Adobe are meeting though what\u2019s to come of the talks is still unknown. And Google just launched the website for their Google TV, that competes with the AppleTV. Like many of the set-top boxes they support Netflix, Flickr, YouTube etc., but what new is that there\u2019s a full featured web browser (including Flash 10.1 support), so theoretically it supports any online service. Though surfing the web on your TV has never been a hit, so Google is requesting sites to make a \u201clean back\u201d version, which YouTube has had in Beta for some time. Some of Google TV\u2019s big wins include: Android OS based, use of your phone as a remote control, surf-and-browse (a P-i-P of web and video), personalization, and a playlist feature that works across various video sites. Not sure what the price tag is looking like, but I assume it\u2019ll land in the vicinity of the AppleTV, if not the war may already be lost. The potential $400 referenced in Engadget\u2019s guide to Google TV seems excessive, especially with Xbox, Playstation and mini PC\u2019s are all cheaper and do more.\n\nShare this:\n\nNews about Apple is every where today, as they are after all of their press conferences. Though today was supposed to be about their new line of iPods the real winner was the release of the new AppleTV. Oh, they also announced an update to iOS that should fix the horrible performance on iPhone 3G. The iPods were an evolutionary step, everything has touch, cool but not worthy of a repurchase. The AppleTV on the other hand is a brand new beast.\n\nEven without plugging it in, at only 20% of the original size it\u2019s clearly not the same device as it\u2019s predecessor. Internal hard drive, gone. Instead everything streams to the device via WiFi leaving you with the device, a power cable and the HDMI to the TV. All pretty cool but not a whole lot different then Roku, Boxee or WD-TV. Also not too different is the ability to access Flickr, Netflix and YouTube.\n\nShare this:\n\nOne of the big events of last week was Y Cominator\u2018s Demo Day where 30+ companies showed of their technology in hopes for securing additional funding. Last week\u2019s Demo Day was so big it took 2 days, if you couldn\u2019t be there TechCrunch gives a run down of a few of the presenters.\n\nIf you have Gmail, then you might want to check out Rapportive\u2018s browser plug-in. While viewing your email it\u2019ll provide a sidebar full of the contact\u2019s profile including various social services and CrunchBase. At the bottom of the sidebar is an area to add personal notes for the contact. It\u2019s a simple addition but could be priceless once you start using it. For more see TechCrunch\u2019s write up.\n\nAs a UX lead finding out how users are interacting with a design is invaluable. There are a number of new solutions out there providing inexpensive remote testing options. But eye tracking has required use of specialty equipment. Even though we have one where I work it\u2019s a huge hassle and the whole process makes for a very artificial environment. GazeHawk\u2018s offering may change all that as it uses standard webcams. Additionally, offer a service to use their network of participants to test your work. For more see TechCrunch\u2019s write up.\n\nThere was even stuff for the couch potato in all of us, Teevox showed off their iPhone app. It\u2019s a remote control for watching Hulu and Netflix videos on your PC. The app\u2019s UI is simple and straight forward and even better is there is nothing to install on your PC in order for it to work. I encountered a few crashes on my 3G, but that seems like standard behavior with iOS4, so I can\u2019t fault them on that. Fore more see TechCrunch\u2019s write up.\n\nThe merger of TV and PC is getting closer everyday. Working in the industry it\u2019s all to clear where things are going so it was interesting to read TechCrunch\u2019s somewhat harsh editorial on the full-on assault being staged against the cable companies. In the TechCrunch editorial they get the gist right but fails to keep in mind that not everyone is as technically inclined as the TechCrunch audience. With that in mind cable TV\u2019s convenience, flexibility and overall simplicity (despite the poor UI of their set-top boxes) will keep it alive for years. They followed up the editorial with some put things into perspective for anyone outside the industry.\n\n- \u2013 - \u2013 -\n\nOk, this one\u2019s title alone made me laugh last week, Twitter\u2019s not stupid \u2013 you just have boring friends. Andrew succinctly states for those that think \u201cTwitter is inane, pointless, time-wasting or just narcissistic bleating only means either a) the people you\u2019ve chosen to follow are the wrong ones; or b) you\u2019re expecting something from Twitter it\u2019s not offering: passive entertainment.\u201d Still, Twitter isn\u2019t for everyone.\n\n- \u2013 - \u2013 -\n\nThe patent war continues. With the Oracle\u2019s suit against Google people hypothesized that it was the patent war to end all patent wars\u2026well last week Microsoft\u2019s co-founder, Paul Allen (via Interval Licensing) launched his own patent lawsuit. The list of patent violators named in his company\u2019s lawsuit covers just about every major web player out there sans Microsoft and Amazon, as noted in FastCompany\u2019s coverage. On first blush the patents in dispute seem horribly vague and undeserved as Amazon\u2019s \u201cone-click\u201d patent.\n\nOther news that doesn\u2019t include Google being sued for patent violations include their addition of Google Voice into Gmail. Though I\u2019ve read that due to high demand there has been some issues with Voice, but I\u2019m sure that will be address shortly. In the meantime, enjoy Google\u2019s little promo video.\n\nSpeaking of too little, too late, MySpace is finally getting on the Facebook bandwagon with their new Facebook status syncing feature. Even though this is only the first version, it\u2019s kind of funny that it only goes from MySpace to Facebook, which would require you to actually go to MySpace in the first place. Ironically, I went to MySpace for the first time in over 18 months in order to watch this video promoting their new profile editor. It features Steven Slater, JetBlue flight attendant that went off in a rage on a customer. It\u2019s actually entertaining, smart and even makes a self deprecating reference to being dominated by the FB.\n\nShare this:\n\nDarwinian theory suggest that the strong survive, but how does this relate to a flower? Based on Michael Pollan\u2019s book, PBS\u2019s new series The Botany of Desire presents a new way to look at the plants all around us and how they work the Darwinian rules for success of the species.\n\nShare this:\n\nLast night Jawbox performed for the first time together since 1997. They did one song, Savory, live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in support of the re-issue of For Your Own Special Sweetheart. Great band. Great song. Would love to see more but Jawbox were very adamant that the reunion was one and done.\n\nShare this:\n\nWe all dream, but what do they mean? What makes a dream a nightmare? How do we use dreams in the waking world? What about dreams of what we want?\n\nHonda visits the idea of dreams and their meanings to our day-to-day through the words and stories of Clive Barker, Deepak Chopra, and various talents within Honda. It\u2019s something to inspire thought which lies at the backbone of the entire Dream the Impossible series.\n\nShare this:\n\nIn 1977 computers were far from personal. They offered 40/80 lines of green or amber text. Around that time I got my first computer, the Commodore Pet. It was all metal, big and heavy with a giant stand alone hard drive that held nothing in today\u2019s standards. There was also a separate cassette player for loading/unloading programs. It\u2019s graphics were limited to that classic shade of green and the alternate characters displayed on each of the keys of the keyboard. I would spend hours either drawing pictures with those alternate characters or writing programs in BASIC and saving them on my cassette drive. Even the highest end systems of the day were less capable then my iPhone.\n\nAlso in 1977 Star Wars was released. Star Wars is a classic film. I was too young to see it in theaters or remember much of it even if I had. Still, as a child I loved the original trilogy and always loved it\u2019s visuals. For the time and may years after it\u2019s visual effects were still some of the best. George Lucas and team did amazing things with film to create all those special effects. Computer generated EFX wasn\u2019t even an option back then. Well, I stand corrected. The computer projections of the Death Star were actually done on a computer. Below is a eye opening video of both their process and the technology that was available at the time.\n\nShare this:\n\nIt\u2019s not often that I notice a banner ad let alone interact with one but this ad for Pringles was well worth my clicks. The banner was created by Bridge Worldwide and won a 2009 Cannes Cyber Lions Gold. The concept is simple, provide a silly but catchy image and reward evey interaction with witty copywriting.\n\nShare this:\n\nBack in the day The Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Prodigy and others were the captins of cool. Essential parts of MTV\u2019s Alternative Nation\u2019s life blood. Known for both their innovative visuals as well as their hypnotic beats. With their mixing of sources, styles and sounds everything felt new, electronic and energetic. Times and tastes changed, as did their sound. Well looks like 2009 may be come back time.\n\nEarlier this year The Prodigy returned with some new tracks and a new album, Invaders Must Die. The first single, Omen is an updated version of the classic Prodigy attitude and sound. The title track continues that trend, if nothing else it may even have kicked it up a notch. Thanks to the Internets you can rock some samples from ThePodigy.com\n\nThe Crystal Method have returned to dropped some new beats as well. Their first single Drown in the Now is a bit more or a departure from the TCM of yesteryear. Visually the video ups the cool quotient, though I need to take in a few more listens before casting an opinion on the new sound. Got to say it\u2019s growing on me. In both cases they sound nothing like any of the other new tracks I\u2019ve been listening to which is refreshing all its own."}
-{"text": "Library\n\nPublication Overview\n\nWhat Is the Link Between Hunger and Migration?\n\nIn the context of the current refugee crisis\u2014and the rhetoric surrounding international migration\u2014we investigated how international migration is affected by economic growth, hunger and increased agricultural productivity. We found that economic growth was the strongest driver influencing migration.\n\nWe concluded that donors seeking to help people access economic opportunities in their own country should focus on investing in agriculture and food systems beyond the farm level.\n\nThis analysis builds upon our recently published report which found that it would cost on average an extra USD 11 billion per year on top of current public spending between 2015 and 2030 to largely end hunger, part of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.\n\nWe estimated that donors need to provide USD 4 billion of the total, and the remaining USD 7 billion needs to come from poor countries themselves."}
-{"text": "wrestlemania\n\nThe WWE has announced that they are \u201cindefinitely postponing\u201d this year\u2019s Wrestlemania pay-per-view after alleged terrorist threats were received. FBI officials say they cautioned the WWE to cancel the event in the wake of attacks that have happened all over the world.\n\n\u201cThe WWE wants our fans to be safe, and so we have decided to cancel the event, with a possible plan to stage it at a late date and time,\u201d said WWE CEO Vince McMahon. \u201cThis year\u2019s event was set to be the largest in our company\u2019s history, and we cannot take the chance of there being issues at a spectacle that will house nearly 100,000 people.\u201d\n\nFBI officials say that the received a \u201ccredible\u201d but anonymous threat that terrorists would attack during the event, and they are taking the threat seriously.\n\n\u201cWe are extremely happy that the WWE has taken this threat as seriously as we have, and cancelled their event,\u201d said FBI spokesman George Glass.\n\n\u201cFrankly, no one really cares if they cancel it, anyway,\u201d said WWE fan Larry Moss. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s the same shit that happens every week on their regular show. Now that pay-per-views are included in the WWE Network, and it\u2019s only $10, they don\u2019t put much thought into it anyway. I\u2019m glad that it\u2019s not happening, really. I was going to miss The Walking Dead. Now I don\u2019t have to.\u201d"}
-{"text": "OLDER UNDERGRADUATES ADD DIVERSITY TO CAMPUS\n\nSTANFORD -- Early each morning, while most of her fellow Stanford\nUniversity undergraduates are still in bed, Paula Shoemake is bustling about,\ngetting her two children ready for school. Then she climbs onto a bike and\nheads off for a full day of classes, study and work as a research assistant.\n\nShoemake is a 34-year-old single mother who transferred to Stanford this\nfall after graduating first in her class at West Valley Community College in\nSaratoga, Calif. She is on welfare - as she has been since her husband left\nthree years ago - and even finding money for books is a constant worry,\ndespite scholarship aid.\n\n\"It's scary for me,\" she said, on the first day of classes. \"I'm just\nwondering if I'll be able to make the grade.\"\n\nAlthough older, \"non-traditional\" students like Shoemake have become\nincreasingly common at state and community colleges in the past decade, 18-\nto 24-year-olds still dominate the undergraduate scene at most highly\nselective private universities.\n\nHowever, according to a survey last year by the American Council on\nEducation, 67 percent of all private colleges and universities reported an\nincrease in the number of returning adult students.\n\nAt Stanford, about 30 of this year's 143 undergraduate transfer students\nare in their mid-20s to early 40s, up from 11 last year and eight in 1990-91.\nThey include a former Buddhist monk, a U.S. Army Green Beret, a successful\nbusinesswoman and a professional ballerina.\n\n\"These students not only bring very strong records of achievement in\ncollege, they also add spice to the undergraduate student body through their\ninteresting life experiences and accomplishments,\" said William Tingley,\ndirector of transfer admissions.\n\n\"I think this is one of the most interesting and diverse transfer classes\nwe've ever admitted.\"\n\nMany of the non-traditional students, like psychology major Shoemake, are\nmothers seeking skills for entry into the workplace.\n\nOthers are seeking career change. Tari Vickery, a 41-year-old former\ncarpet manufacturer from Oklahoma, wants to do research in sociology so she\ncan start a career as a consultant to family-owned businesses.\n\n\"I had planned to transfer to Oklahoma State University and study\nbusiness,\" said Vickery, who moved to Stanford this fall with her husband and\nyoung son. \"But then I decided, if I was going to invest in education, I\nwanted the best I could get.\n\n\"The only problem now,\" she said with a laugh, \"is that the other students\nwon't sit next to me in class. I must seem like a mother to them.\"\n\nParticipating in class discussions with students one or even two decades\nyounger is only one of the challenges faced by non- traditional students.\nFinancial worries, fears of academic inadequacy and family responsibilities\nalso can weigh much more heavily on older students.\n\nAt the same time, older students have many advantages over their\n20-year-old counterparts.\n\n\"Younger students have other problems on their minds, like whom they're\ngoing to date on Friday night,\" said Kathy Wright, an undergraduate student\nadviser.\n\nTransfer students usually perform as well as, and in some cases better\nthan, freshmen.\n\n\"They do not take their educational experience for granted - and you can\ndouble that for people over 25,\" Wright said. \"They're not just passing by.\nThey are here to experience fully the educational benefits of the\nuniversity.\"\n\n\"I don't think I would have been nearly as good a student at 21,\" said\nWhitney, who pursued acting and construction work before returning to college\nfull time. \"Back then, I wasn't ready to commit myself to education. I was\nmore curious about what was going on outside of school.\"\n\nToday, he said, \"I really have chiseled myself into being a good student.\nI now see the importance of studying earnestly, of pushing to do a high level\nof work.\"\n\nThis year, a total of 1,265 transfer students applied to Stanford, of whom\n195 were admitted and 143 enrolled. Half of the new transfer students had a\ncombined SAT score of more than 1300; 64 percent had a college grade point\naverage of 3.6 to 4.0.\n\n-tmj/transfer-\n\n921101Arc2044.html\n\nThis is an archived release.\n\nThis release is not available in any other form.\nImages mentioned in this release are not available online.\nStanford News Service has an extensive library of images,\nsome of which may be available to you online.\nDirect your request by EMail to newslibrary@stanford.edu."}
-{"text": "Student wins Greenup Grant for Waller park\n\nPublished 6:00 pm, Wednesday, March 23, 2005\n\nCatherine wins an $8,000 Greenup Grant and a special Greenup Event, sponsored by Wrigley's and Keep America Beautiful, to help spruce up the Waller City Park.\n\nThe Greenup Event will be held at Waller City Park on Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Wrigley's Greenup mobile van will provide a DJ and music, and judging for the grand prize - a concert by the 2004 American Idol Contest runnerup Diana DeGarmo - will be held following the event.\n\nThe goals of the event are to install additional playground equipment; pressure wash, paint, and stain existing structures; repair or replace damaged structures; and landscape improvements.\n\nIn support of the project, the city of Waller, WHS Project Earth, and Catherine's mother Jami Dauphin are working to organize volunteers, equipment, food, and monetary donations.\n\nAnyone who would like to participate in the event should contact Catherine Waldrop or Jami Dauphin at we3fishes@vectorlink.net.\n\nThe Wrigley Greenup campaign is a community environment program designed to empower and reward teenagers for giving back to their communities.\n\n\"Wrigley's Greenup is designed to offer teens an opportunity to demonstrate leadership and make a difference in their communities while having fun with their friends,\" said Ralph Scozzafava, Wrigley senior vice president/North America and Pacific.\n\nThe Greenup events across the country will be held between March 1 and May 31 - during the Keep America Beautiful \"Great American Cleanup."}
-{"text": "Author, Translator & Editor \u2013 \u201cI love stories\u201d\n\nClea \u2013 German Translation\n\nClea by InvertMouse is a horror adventure game, where you must outwit the so-called Chaos Servants and escape from the Whitlock Mansion. The game is now available on Steam \u2013 also in German, of course!\n\nStory\n\n\u201cMum and Dad have been experimenting on Chaos Servants, but now, the monsters have been let loose. Clea, with her brother in tow, must escape from the Whitlock Mansion. Watch your back, Clea. Those closest to you may be the real terror.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Tuesday, 21 October 2014\n\nGNOME has long had relationships with Linux kernel development, in that we would have some developers do our bidding, helping us solve hard problems. Features like inotify, memfd and kdbus were all originally driven by the desktop."}
-{"text": "Slashdot videos: Now with more Slashdot!\n\nView\n\nDiscuss\n\nShare\n\nWe've improved Slashdot's video section; now you can view our video interviews, product close-ups and site visits with all the usual Slashdot options to comment, share, etc. No more walled garden! It's a work in progress -- we hope you'll check it out (Learn more about the recent updates).\n\nCh_Omega writes \"According to this article over at The Telegraph, Lego has been accused of racism by the Turkish community in Austria over a Star Wars model that supposedly resembles one of Istanbul's most revered mosques. The anger was provoked by 'Jabba's Palace,' a model of the home of Jabba the Hutt from Lego's Star Wars product range based on the blockbusting series of science fiction films. 'The terrorist Jabba the Hutt likes to smoke a hookah and have his victims killed,' said the statement posted on the organization's website. 'It is clear that the ugly figure of Jabba and the whole scene smacks of racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as people with deceitful and criminal personalities.'\"\n\nReally? Because this seems to have an awful lot more to do with race (and stereotypes thereof) than religion. Heck, the \"mosque\" in question has been a museum for almost 70 years! (And in the long past if was Christian rather than Islamic.) It has far more meaning at this point as an iconic and history bit of architecture that represents the region.\n\nI know hating on religion is all the rage these day, but racial stereotyping and sensitivity (like this article and discussion are about) have basically nothing to do with it. You'll find plenty of overly sensitive or overly insensitive atheists. Many westerns that get upset about this kind of thing are anti-religion and a lot of hate groups are agnostic. So I quite fail to see where religion plays into this at all.\n\nI know hating on religion is all the rage these day, but racial stereotyping and sensitivity (like this article and discussion are about) have basically nothing to do with it.\n\ndoes kind of conflict with\n\nThe Turkish Cultural Community of Austria released a statement calling for Lego to apologise for affronting religious and cultural feelings.\n\nIt looks like religion and stereotyping have everything to do with it. At least in their eyes. And let's be honest, most of the hate groups and violence we read about are perpetrated under religious excuse. Not a lot of militant atheists out there wiping out neighboring tribes for having religion, or blowing themselves up on public transportation, RPG'ing the kafir embassy, genital mutilation, firebombing health facilities, shooting doctors, or getting on TV to scream \"GOD HATES FAGS\".\n\nI'm happy to give people the benefit of the doubt. Particularly in more civilized nations where the religious are less likely to kill people. But let's not go full-on hallucinatory.\n\nHitler was in bed with the Pope, Stalin split the orthodox church by attacking it and used what was left as a sock puppet. Religious institutions are powerful players in society, no dictator worth his title is going to allow the church to oppose him, nor can he completely dismantle it. The simplest option is to co-opt it and absorb the obedient followers into his own flock. Stalin did this so effectively he was seen as a benevolent demigod by the majority of his people, even those in death camps believed Stalin would rescue them if he knew what was going on.\n\nThis is not to say either of them were motivated by religion, but they most definitely tamed and harnessed the power of religious institutions and used it to suppress internal opposition.\n\nAlmost interesting question, but it is unrelated. Why? Because establishing a Communist Dictatorship was their goal, not a Atheist Dictatorship, Islamic Dictatorship, Jewish Dictatorship, Hindu Dictatorship, Buddhist Dictatorship, etc.\n\n\"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.\" - Mein Kampf.\n\nAdolf Hitler was raised by a Catholic father and a devout Catholic mother; he ceased to participate in the sacraments after childhood and supported the Deutsche Christen church which rejected the Hebrew origins of the Gospel.[1] In his book Mein Kampf and in public speeches he often made statements that affirmed a belief in\n\nIn Turkey, this has always been more or less flexible, as it is in many branches of Islam.\n\nIt comes from two theological roots: The first that portraying the face of a prophet (including Jesus, Moses, etc.) is full of opportunities for blasphemy, the second that creating realistic images of living things usurps Allah's role as creator. In many ways, these reflect the Judaic prohibition in the Ten Commandments against creating carved images. This is one reason why Islamic architecture is full of those amazing geometric designs.\n\nIn Turkish art and architecture, this has been fairly relaxed, especially in Istanbul. Typically, images of a prophet simply cover his (I'm fairly sure that they're all male) face with a veil or show him from behind. Mosques in Istanbul are full of images of flowers and sultans often commissioned portraits of themselves, books with figurative art in illuminated manuscripts, and so on. Topkapi Palace is full of this kind of art.\n\nI've been in Hagia Sophia several times and can't see the resemblance myself, beyond the fact that it's a domed building with a squared front.\n\nAll right, I'll grant \"colonized\" isn't the right word, but Britain [wikipedia.org] and other European powers [wikipedia.org] certainly interfered in China and imposed their will [wikipedia.org] by force.\n\nThe operation, supported by the Shah, was successful, and Mosaddegh was arrested on 19 August 1953. The coup was the first time the US had openly overthrown an elected, civilian government of another sovereign state.\n\nI can't speak for the rest of those countries, but Cuba was most definitely colonized by the Spanish.\n\nIn fact, since the US injected the Platt Amendment [wikipedia.org] into the Cuban constitution, and maintains Guantanamo there against the will of the Cubans... you could argue they're still colonized.\n\n\"Never colonized\" is actually a lot harder to figure out then you'd think. The only actual clear-cut case is Thailand/Siam.\n\nLiberia technically counts, but it was a) an outpost of thoroughly Westernized African-Americans, and b) a de facto protectorate of the United States. Afghanistan was de facto a condominium between the Czar and the Brits, which was allowed technical autonomy to keep those two countries from fighting each-other. Within 5 years of figuring out that he no longer had to worry about the Romanovs their Amir decided that he was now prestigious enough to be a full-King, but as long as those Russian troops were on his northern frontier he was very careful to never say or do anything to offend them. Persia and China kept technical independence, but were cut up into competing spheres of influence. The only other countries to successfully fight off all attempts at Western colonization were the Japanese and Ethiopians, but the Japanese were basically colonized after WW2 and the Ethiopians were actually colonized during the War.\n\nDepending on whether Turks count as European the Turks were a) never colonized by Euros/Westerners or b) are by definition colonized by themselves. The Saudis always maintained significant autonomy from the Sultan in Istanbul.\n\nDepending on whether Turks count as European the Turks were a) never colonized by Euros/Westerners or b) are by definition colonized by themselves. The Saudis always maintained significant autonomy from the Sultan in Istanbul.\n\n\"Turks\" as a people maybe not (not sure if colonization can apply to people rather than territory), but IIRC the Romans colonized a large chunk of Turkey.\n\nWhen the Romans/Byzantines owned it it was called Anatolia or Asia Minor. This is because the Turkish people were Steppe nomads similar to the Mongols when the Romans/Byzantines owned it. They only moved into Anatolia after beating multiple Emperors on the battle-field.\n\nThe region actually had large Greek and Armenian populations up until WW1. During the war either a) the Turkish Sultan used genocide to replace unreliable Christian Armenians with reliable Islamic Kurds, or b) the fortunes of war killed almos\n\nHowever it was divvied up into spheres of influence by the British and Russians.\n\nIn terms of never colonized you basically got Thailand/Siam, a half-dozen border-line cases where (for various reasons) the Westerners/ Europeans didn't bother officially conquering the country. Persia is one of those, and it was actually a lot more colonized then most of the others. Ethiopia, Afghanistan, the Saudis, Liberia, and the Chinese were all under much less Western influence during the Colonial period then Persia. The\n\nThe only bad guys you can safely portray in movies are white guys. So what if Jabba's Palace borrows some architectural, decorational and floral inspirations from the Persians. Having a villain with taste Persian trappings doesn't make any Persian a villain any more than owning a Walther PPK makes you a hero.\n\nPerhaps most villains are white, but not all villians are white. And given that Vader and Palpatine where both very white, and Lando, Chewie, Yoda and R2 weren't, if anything I think it's the corn fed Nebraskans that should be offended.\n\na LEGO Jabba the Hutt as insulting asians and orientals and completely ignoring Jar Jar Binks, who is at least a *RECENT* example of racial stereotyping in a Star Wars theme. I mean shit the Lego Jabba has been around for over 10 years now (maybe nearing 15), and I imagine even Turkey, nevermind Austria, has had access to the original 3 Star Wars films for at least 20 years.\n\nObviously much like the fundie Christians this guy is just racism-mongering, but still.\n\nWho cares is it resembles a famous mosque? If the mosque wasn't so old I'd love to see Lucas sue them for copyright infringement for stealing the design from Star Wars. All these cries of racism are pretty weak and detract from the actual racism being committed daily. People need to lighten up...\n\nAlso frightening is a grotesque red-and-black devil's face in the right corner of the box, which is at least an obvious hint that the toy is not something one should lay down under the (Christmas) tree on Christmas Eve - Turks celebrate Christmas too.\n\nThe \"red-black devil's face\" is a drawing of - you guessed it - Dart Maul.Now to me that indicates that the article was written by someone who hasn't actually seen (at least) Episode I, or quite possibly hadn't had ANY contact with the Star Wars franchise until now.\n\nAnd yes, however unbelievable that may seem to us - there are people out there who've managed to live through the last couple of decades without actually watching or having any interest in Star Wars.Or science fiction.Or movies.\n\nThis objection is silly because Jabba's Palace and the Hagia Sophia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia [wikipedia.org] ) don't look much alike at all, other than having a dome, in which case they'd better prepare for a lot more outrage when they start to see other photos of the outside world...\n\nRounded walls versus squared, lack of minarets and replaced with an off center tower that looks vaguely European, \"sandstone\" versus \"granite\", guns versus no guns -- they're EXACTLY alike.. *rolls eyes* The only thing they have is common is the arch over the door, but that is a common shape.\n\nAlso... it took them how long to notice this latent xenophobia? I'm not saying they're wrong, Lucas was a little unimaginative when he developed some of the Star Wars cultures but it's not like he presented Muslims like they did in the movie \"True Lies.\"\n\nYeah. I'm Greek Orthodox and you know what? That doesn't offend me at all. The Hagia Sophia and all the churches and mosques inspired by it are largely beautiful buildings. There's no reason they shouldn't inspire buildings for \"the good guys\" and \"the bad guys\" in fantasy settings. There are far worse things that could be done the Hagia Sophia.\n\nYea because Muslims NEVER form terrorist groups, blow up innocent people or launder money.\n\nIt NEVER HAPPENED.\n\nAre you kidding?\n\nRight so that's why whenever Americans appear in a very popular Vietnamese movie the Americans murder and rape everyone? Because it's not like the My Lai Massacre [wikipedia.org] never happened.\n\nAll I meant was there are more blatant \"all Muslims are bad\" productions in American culture than Jabba's Sail Barge. I'm not saying Muslim based terrorism never happened. I'm not saying all Muslims are good. I'm not saying none of them launder money. I'm saying that the most prominent representations of them in movies and TV happen to be solely bad guys. But you can go ahead and list off all those Muslim turban wearing hero movies that Hollywood puts out every year. That'll show me. Hell, name one Hollywood male lead actor who's Muslim.\n\nIn Phantom Menace, the evil guys are clearly parodies of Japanese samurai, while the comic relief is given by stupid Jar Jar and friends, clearly parodies of Rastafarians. The Star Wars movies have all sorts of fodder for the ultra-sensitive.\n\n'It is clear that the ugly figure of Jabba and the whole scene smacks of racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as people with deceitful and criminal personalities.\n\nI have an Asian girl friend and she can't find anything offensive about this lego set. She showed it to her parents and they didn't see any issue with it and even her grandparents didn't see the issue. So as for it containing racial and prejudice against Asians, well not so much. Just because some people are to sensitive to everyday life doesn't make something offensive, it just makes them to sensitive to live the real world. Clearly someone or some small group got over worked up for no reason ( Like everyone over there does ) and hence we have a racist lego set.\n\nToo bad Lego responded to this nonsense and even offered an apology. Were I in charge of the company, I'd have offered a different reply: \"We at the Lego company do not usually offer the following advice, but in this case we will go ahead and suggest that you grow up.\". Seriously, some people...\n\nResponding is not bad; you said yourself that the company would have responded if you were in charge. And there was no apology either, the reply was \"We regret that the product has caused the members of the Turkish cultural community to come to a wrong interpretation. \" That's not an apology. That's saying these people are wrong.\n\n'It is clear that the ugly figure of Jabba and the whole scene smacks of racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as people with deceitful and criminal personalities.\n\nI have an Asian girl friend and she can't find anything offensive about this lego set. She showed it to her parents and they didn't see any issue with it and even her grandparents didn't see the issue. So as for it containing racial and prejudice against Asians, well not so much. Just because some people are to sensitive to everyday life doesn't make something offensive, it just makes them to sensitive to live the real world. Clearly someone or some small group got over worked up for no reason ( Like everyone over there does ) and hence we have a racist lego set.\n\nI wish these Muslims wouldn't say \"Asians\" when they complain about something remotely resembling something having to do with Islam. I'm quite positive there are many Asians who don't like getting lumped together with Muslim middle easterners when they do or say something insane. Besides; criticizing a religion, which is not even what Lego did here, has absolutely nothing at all to do with race.\n\nIf Star Wars Legos represent offensive racial stereotypes, then they're an accurate representation of the films. The Phantom Menace was quite striking in its overt caricatures of Japanese (Trade Federation), blacks (Jar-Jar), Jews (the flying blue dude who was Anakin's master). So it doesn't surprise me that Jabba is an offensive caricature of someone, too. Par for the course.\n\nThe Phantom Menace was quite striking in its overt caricatures of Japanese (Trade Federation), blacks (Jar-Jar), Jews (the flying blue dude who was Anakin's master).\n\nI think that those racial stereotypes are only obvious when one is actively trying to look for them. Or.... you could just sit back and enjoy the story. Because you know, it's actually quite entertaining when you aren't trying to overanalyze it to pieces.\n\nIt's supposed to be some sort of black stereotype from decades past. The actor was completely unaware of it until Spike Lee brought it up. Lucas may have been oblivious too.\n\nThe Jewish thing is just silly. So now every mindlessly greedy character is supposed to be something for the anti-defamation league to get upset about? Really. It's no longer an insult against a particular group when it's not that group being portrayed.\n\nWell it is a case, the stereotype was used to portrait them in a negative light.Trade Federation were the Bad guys.Jar-Jar was a clumsy and didn't really know what was going onThe flying dude, was just all about greed and money.\n\nIt the Trade Federation had a counter group that was also the good guys,If Jar-Jar was more usefulIf the Flying dude actually gave a crap about people\n\nThen they would be less obvious.What I liked about Ep.4,5,6 Even the ugly aliens were good guys, or bad guys. As were the humans. Ad\n\nI'm still mad at the makers of Silence of the Lambs for portraying Hannibal Lecter as a Caucasian male. I am a Caucasian male and it's clear that the whole movie the smacks of racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Caucasians as people with deceitful and criminal personalities. Movies should stop having bad guys because it always paints some race or culture as having deceitful and criminal personalities and that upsets me.\n\nThe Hagia Sofia was built as an Orthodox Christian Church, and was used as such for a thousand years. It was converted into a mosque when the Turks conquered the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in 1453, and it's been a museum since 1931. As it's not a Turkish building, they should not be offended. I'm sick of the whining and attempts at playing the victim by some people. It's even more ridiculous that what they are claiming offense at isn't even a building which was built by their culture.\n\nIndeed. Perhaps the Christian world should be denouncing them for never returning the structure to its rightful owners, or making amends for their atrocities:\n\nIn 1453 Sultan Mehmed laid siege to Constantinople, driven in part by a desire to convert the city to Islam. The Sultan promised his troops three days of unbridled pillage if the city fell, after which he would claim its contents himself. Hagia Sophia was not exempted from the pillage, becoming its focal point as the invaders believed it to contain t\n\nThe Turks in Austria today find themselves at the short end of the stick. As immigrants and members of visible minority in a host culture known for harboring a certain degree of racism, they're at a distinct social disadvantage. But the situation for Turks in Austria is exceptionally uncomfortable because Austria withstood 150 years of war with the Ottoman Empire.\n\nThe Viennese, in particular, are never going to let the Turks forget it. Take a walk through the city sometime and check out the newspaper vendors on the street corners. It's nobody's idea of a great career move, and the worst of it is that they have to wear these wretched demeaning monkey suits. And notice, they're all Turks. It's not an overstatement to say that they live in a state of public humiliation. It's not subtle. It's almost the first thing you notice as a tourist.\n\nNever mind the right and wrong of it. Some of these people - the ones who aren't completely subjugated - are bound to kick up a fuss once in a while, and not always in a rational, measured way. I expect that's what's happening here with the protest against Lego.\n\n\"We're not portraying the revered Hagia Sophia mosque of Istanbul (which, btw ISN'T EVEN A MOSQUE since it was secularized in 1931)...no, we're portraying the Hagia Sophia CHURCH, the most holy church in Christendom until it was conquered by 'the religion of peace' in 1453.\"\n\nThe Star Wars movies, especially the prequels, are riddled with racist undertones that people were too un-PC to realize the offensiveness of at the time. Like Gene Roddenberry's progressiveness, appreciation for the offensiveness in Star Wars will be a series of gifts that will be opened over time for decades to come.\n\nMost of the sites that you reference put forth a point of view that is just as intolerant, radical and ultimately destructive as that of the radical Islamists.\n\nThe idea that the US should adopt a set of laws that specifically prohibits Sharia Law is ludicrous. The Constitution of the United States of America and it's provisions based on the principles of the Enlightment is the correct approach. If something needs to be reinforced it should be provisions against ANY radical religious based laws, Christian, Muslim, Confucian and so on."}
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-{"text": "Saturday, January 8, 2011\n\nThat was my reaction, when I first walked into Edo. I\u2019ve been living in Bangalore on-and-off for the past two and a half years and there were times when I longed for some good sashimi. Yes, of course there are other Japanese restaurants in Bangalore, oh heck, sushi is even served at some \u201coriental\u201d restaurants in town, but more than often, the raw fish served tastes bland or fishy and sometimes even mushy.\n\nEdo has a bi-weekly shipment of the best and freshest quality goods flown in from Japan, so yes, you can be sure it's not cheap to eat here. As I let the piece of toro melt in my mouth, I heard my guilty conscience reminding me of how much carbon footprint was created just so I (and you) can savor this little sliver of perfection.\n\nSushi is just a piece of raw fish on top of some compacted rice, right? No. It\u2019s more than that. I heard that it takes years of daily practice of rice cooking AND fish-slicing before one can be titled a \u201csushi chef\u201d. So, Mr. Sushi Chef of Edo, I hope you stick around, like forever, and not just to train the staff.\n\nEdo interiors and Mr. Sushi Chef.\n\nSo, how did I know the fishes served here were fresh? I put my nose close to the uncut fish and sniffed. All I smelled was a slight hint of the sea. This smell shouldn\u2019t be confused with \u201cfishy\u201d, which often means the fish has already lost its freshness. Another important thing about sushi is its rice. It should be sticky but not soggy, firm but not hard. Edo did it perfectly.\n\nSome edamame to start.\n\nNigiri sushi and sashimi platter. We picked our own fish.\n\nWasabi root - not the prettiest-looking but is such a great compliment to sushi and sashimi.\n\nOur waiter grating fresh wasabi.\n\nFreshly grated wasabi.\n\nSoft-shell crab rolls.\n\nSpicy tuna rolls, which turned out to be not that spicy.\n\nPrawn tempura, so very crispy on the outside but strangely soft on the inside. I say strange because fresh prawns are usually firm, not soft, when cooked. Nonetheless, it wasn't greasy and tasted perfect when slightly dipped into tentsuyu sauce.\n\nWe also ordered a few things from the robatayaki section of the menu. Traditionally, customers sit around the grill and pick and select vegetables and meat or fish to be grilled.\n\nGrilled miso-marinated chicken.\n\nGrilled garlic.\n\nHot soba noodles with seaweed.\n\nChanko Nabe - is a sumo wrestler dish cooked and served in a hotpot. Super yum!"}
-{"text": "Moonchild - Please Rewind (CD, Tru Thoughts, 2015)\n\nAlways widening its musical horizons, Brighton label Tru Thoughs adds another band to its roster, this time coming from Los Angeles, a dreamy pop/jazz/R&B trio called Moonchild who'vealready self-released two albums, 'Be Free' in 2012 and 'Please Rewind' in 2014. The latter got picked by the english label, and reissued at the end of 2015. It's a marvelous morning music record, with angelic, floating poppy vocals over smoothed-down broken beat or downbeat snappin' soul, and elegant jazz chords.\n\nPress Release :\nOut 6th November (US) / 20th November (ROW), \u2018Please Rewind\u2019 is the debut album on Tru Thoughts from new signing Moonchild, following the release of lead single \u201cThe Truth\u201d (out 9th October) they will be supporting The Internet (Odd Future\u2019s Syd tha Kyd & Matt Martians) on their US/Canada fall tour. This LA based trio \u2013 whose early offerings have already gained approval from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott, India.Arie, Leela James, Robert Glasper, Laura Mvula, James Poyser, Jazzy Jeff, Jose James, Tyler, The Creator, The Internet, Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music), WHUR-DC, KCRW and LA 102.3 \u2013 are excited to take their place on the roster and represent the label\u2019s growing Californian contingent alongside fellow West Coast rising stars Lost Midas and The Seshen.\n\nThe name \u2018Moonchild\u2019 came about before the project had even started. \u201cThe three of us bonded one evening while star-gazing, so when it came to think of a name for the band, we knew that it was right.\u201d Fast-forward three years of jamming together on the University of Southern California\u2019s Jazz programme, and Moonchild have played some of the biggest Jazz festivals in America (Montreal, Capital, Art of Cool, Arizona, San Diego etc.), and gigged with prolific names from Stevie Wonder to Jill Scott to India.Arie.\n\n\u2018Please Rewind\u2019 ties together ten chilled out grooves which ooze soul-jazz rhythms, horns and sweltering, heart-filled vocals. 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-{"text": "Customer FAQ\n\nWhat Are We Announcing Today?\n\nCoreLogic has successfully purchased the remaining 55 percent ownership of Mercury Network, following regulatory clearance. CoreLogic now owns 100% of Mercury Network. Click here to read the official announcement.\n\nAs a reminder, CoreLogic previously made a 45% minority investment in Mercury in June, with a plan to purchase the remainder. We will operate as a business within CoreLogic. This acquisition of Mercury is a significant step in advancing CoreLogic\u2019s valuation solutions capabilities. It complements the existing FNC platform, and together, Mercury, Appraisal Scope, and FNC allow CoreLogic to provide unmatched solutions to real valuation professionals.\n\nWhat does this mean for me?\n\nMercury will continue to operate as an independent business within CoreLogic, operating out of its current Oklahoma City headquarters. This acquisition will broaden the reach of CoreLogic\u2019s valuation technology products and services, and CoreLogic intends to continue to offer Mercury Network\u2019s principal technology platform and related services.\n\nI use Mercury Network, Platinum Data or Appraisal Scope products. Do I need to do anything?\n\nNo, you will continue using all your products and services as usual, and you will continue to be supported by the staff you work with today.\n\nWhat will be happening in the future?\n\nIn the short term, nothing changes. We will continue to develop and support all of our products and services. As we add benefits for you, we\u2019ll announce them just like all our other bi-weekly software updates, so you will have advance notice. Plus, we\u2019re always here if you have any questions.\n\nAs a Mercury Network Integration Partner, how will this affect me?\n\nOne of Mercury\u2019s highest priorities is to maintain an open system and to expand our integration partner relationships based on customer needs. We will continue to develop and maintain all our current integrations, and we\u2019re looking forward to new relationships, too.\n\nWill support options change?\n\nCustomers will continue to get support from the same methods you use today. As we expand services or if things change, we will notify you in advance.\n\nWhere can I get more info?\n\nSend any questions to info@MercuryVMP.com and we'll continue to expand the FAQ."}
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-{"text": "Five Star Story Style design by MVRDYX,Wellcome To Visit~~~\nhello,MINNA SAMA,my name is MVRDYX from china,I have readed FSS for 8 years.and there are some FSSS designed by me.\nplease have fun.I wish that there are someone enjoy this and communicate with me~~THANK YOU\nNO1\u3002FEMC LEFT NO.13\uff1f\uff1f\uff1f\uff1fHAPPY NEWYEAR MIRAGE\nNO\u30022 CHINESE STYLE MH DESIGN __\u95dc\u7fbd\nNO\u30023 A-TALL\nNO\u30024 FATIMA\nNO.5 MY NEW MH DESIGN 1\nNO.6 \u82b1\u306e\u7269\u8a9e NO.2\nNO.7 \u82b1\u306e\u7269\u8a9e NO.1\nthats all~~IF YOU ARE INTERST WITH MY DESIGN,PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE http://bbs.shouban.net/thread.php?fid=39\n\nI just visited your site. Your work is beautiful! I really like how you are going in your own direction, using Nagano's designs as a basis. There are many pieces that I am eager to see finished, and your design for the 20km-sized starship is fantastic.\n\nBTW, i think the papercraft fatima design i've seen before, did \u767e\u9b3c made one based on your design?\n\nAnd Welcome to Gears\n\nTHANK U SO MUCH~~SHUN~~I DID KNOW YOU,YOU USE THE SAME PICTURE AS YOUR HEAD IN FSSUN~~~\nI POSTED THE FIRST DESIGN IN FSSUN IN 2006,I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN IT~~\nTHE papercraft fatima CHANGEED INTO WHITE COLOUR BY OUR FRIEND \"\u767e\u9b3c\".\n\nI just visited your site. Your work is beautiful! I really like how you are going in your own direction, using Nagano's designs as a basis. There are many pieces that I am eager to see finished, and your design for the 20km-sized starship is fantastic.\n\nHI~~Newton,WELCOME TO MY SITE TOO~~\nIN FACT,I AM NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT MY DIRECTION IN DESIGNS.SO FAR ,DESIGN MH IS SOMETING I INTRESTED,I JUST WANT TO MADE ONE MH AS GOOD AS NAGANO DO,IT IS MY DREAM~~~\nALSO THANKS FOR SURPORT MY DESIGN~~I WILL GO ON WORKING~~\n\nHope you can go into more detail in designing your mecha - how the head, arm, torso, leg and additional components would look like. For example, BEECRAFT once did some awesome renderings of the gundam wing zero:\n\nHope you can go into more detail in designing your mecha - how the head, arm, torso, leg and additional components would look like. For example, BEECRAFT once did some awesome renderings of the gundam wing zero:\n\nWell~~~thanks very much for give me the web site i can post my macha design~~~~\nYou know,it is really hard to communicate designs with other designer in china,because really few peaple enjoy it= ="}
-{"text": "Welcome to the Pok\u00e9Community!\n\nHi there! Thanks for visiting Pok\u00e9Community. We\u2019re a group of Pok\u00e9mon fans dedicated to providing the best place on the Internet for discussing ideas and sharing fan-made content. Welcome! We\u2019re glad you\u2019re here.\n\nIn order to join our community we need you to create an account with us. Doing so will allow you to make posts, submit and view fan art and fan fiction, download fan-made games, and much more. It\u2019s quick and easy; just click here and follow the instructions.\n\nPGM is all set for February. This month, we're playing through a game known as Eevee's Tile Trial. If you wish to earn rewards, please head over to our event thread by clicking on the provided link and give yourself a shot at the game!\n\nHey Unregistered! How fast can you game? The Marathon II is up and running in Video Game's - compete against your friends to see how quickly you can complete sixty intense in-game challenges. See you there!\n\nEli - Rustboro City\n\nAnd... Rustboro City's totally wrecked. The only building left standing was the gym, but the roof had collapsed. Even Devon Corp.'s lot was in shambles. Homes were decimated; burnt to the ground.\n\n\"No...\" The woman next to Eli had to hold back her tears as she stared at the end of her great city. She was the adult here; she had to show some bravery, even if she was already worried sick about what was to come.\n\nA cocky young boy stood up at the sight, while other children ran for the demolished gym, hoping to find their parents somewhere inside. \"They burnt the entire city just to get a useless rock?\"\n\n\"It's not just a rock, Levi, and it's far from useless.\"\n\n\"Miss Roxanne!\" a little girl shouted, running into her teacher's arms. \"The door's blocked off, so everyone's stuck in the basement!\"\n\n\"At least they're safe... and so are you.\" Pulling a Pok\u00e9ball from her belt, Roxanne handed it off to her student. \"Take Probopass and get rid of the rubble so your parents can get out of the gym. I'll look for the trainers.\" With that, the gym leader had enlisted Eli's help.\n\n\"So, Miss\u2014\"\n\n\"Please, call me Roxanne. You and your Pok\u00e9mon were very helpful in getting the children to safety in the woods, and your Skitty and Cubchoo did an amazing job of keeping them calm. I see no reason we cannot speak as equals.\"\n\n\"Alright, then. So, what was it that Team Gaia was after?\"\n\n\"It was something of a hidden treasure of Rustboro City, and it was my job to protect it. They were hunting for a very powerful Burst Heart.\"\n\n\"It looks like they didn't pull any punches to get it.\"\n\n\"Yes. I've received no news of this prior, but I fear the worst for Dewford. They have little in their defense, but Brawly would be the first of us to fight to a bloody end.\"\n\n\"Sneass- - -\" The Pokemon cried as it felt at the ground, helpless... And with its last forces, it lays its claws on a small nest that had fallen to the ground as the result of Slugma's constant Embers. With haste, it takes and egg, and throws it in a desperate attempt to avoid being caught.\n\nAn egg flies, a Pokeballs drives across the air. The inevitable happens. Two steel-hard titans clash... But not as expected. The egg breaks as a red chicken-like Pokemon with what seemed to be a bag comes out, only to be greeted by a Pokeballs hitting its face.\n\nThe ball falls, and shakes around. Sneasel seems to be regaining strength, and slowly, yet steadily, walks away from the scene.\n\nRick was dumbfounded when this happened, as he was not expecting such an event like this. He was about to get a strong and reliable Sneasel, and instead he got a baby bird. Rick was not out to catch-them-all, rather he was out to protect himself from Team Gaia. A baby Delibird was not going to do him well at all, as not only were its possible stats very low, it was a baby, and even if it wasn't a baby, Delibird only learned Present. Delibird were primarily a collector's item, NOT a potential master, or a trainer out to deal with an evil organization. But Rick wasn't out of this yet, as Slugma's speed was inherently raised due to just using Flame charge, so he was fast enough to follow Rick as they went after the wounded Sneasel.\n\nIt was bleeding, and on the white snow, it was incredibly easy to follow. As they managed to make their way, Rick realized that there was a reason the Sneasel were so dangerous among the wild Pokemon. As the two of them began following the blood trail, Rick realized that he had been lead around in circles and that the wild sneasel has climbed up a tree. Being pretty barren due to the winter cold, it was easy to spot the wounded sneasel up on the tree. The Slugma use ember again, quickly burning through the trunk of the tree, causing it to fall. Rick commanded his Slugma and the Slugma used Flame Charge again, its speed increasing a second time, crashing into the wounded Sneasel, leaving it very burned after the long waste of time. Rick ran over to where the Sneasel dropped, pulling out his Pokeball, ready to capture it for real this time. He checked the surroundings to make sure that no Delibird eggs were laying around to act as decoys this time before he threw it.\n\nSCYKE ICK\n\nLittleroot Town was beaming as the sun had struck it's finest hour. Taillows were seen chirping and gliding around the sky; Zigzagoons were hurdling around in groups, picking up lost items and such. There was some presence of wind, but it only felt like a breeze. It was a peaceful day, but not just another day. It was the day that Scyke got his first Pokemon from the region famous Professor Birch.\n\nThe door to Birch's lab opened and out came Scyke, grinning at his new partner. He had waited for this moment for years; ever since his dad started taking trainers from Lilycove to the Battle Frontier. He had seen powers of many Pokemon - from the epic dragon-Pokemon Salamence to the elegant water-type Mylotic. Ever since the letter was ripped open, Scyke had been in conflict on which Pokemon to begin with; the choices had been extended from three to around twelve over the years, and although Scyke had been gunning to start with Treecko when he was eleven, after seeing the other options he had started to question himself. Did he really want a Treecko? Was it better off to start with an Eevee, who was capable of evolving into different types of Pokemon? Or go with the tough but cute Phanpy? Scyke had been asking these type of questions to himself for weeks, but hadn't came to a conclusion until he had reached Birch's lab. Now, he was clear and confident with his choice; he had seen many trainers with this, and they always seemed fast and reliable. Scyke tightened his head band and lifted his arms to stretch. Afterwards, he extended his arm and called out his starter.\n\n\"Come on out, PIKACHU!\"\n\nThe capsule opened in half; a brilliant red light flashed in front of Scyke. It quickly shaped a form of Pikachu before vanishing inside the Pokeball again. Scyke minimized the red-and-white ball and stuck it on his belt.\n\n\"Alright bud, from now on I'm your trainer.\" Scyke bent down to become level with Pikachu as much as he could. The electric mouse stared at his new trainer with gleaming eyes and let out a little cry. \"Okay, that seemed a little blunt; rather, we are partners from now on. Here's the deal - I'll train you to become an amazing Pikachu while you help me fulfill my dream of conquering the Hoenn League. Whaddya say?\" Scyke ended off with a cheesy grin. Pikachu replied back with the same expression, but sighed in his head. Both sides of the deal seemed to really benefit just Scyke, but he kinda liked the guy already.\n\n\"Ok, that settles it then!\" Scyke rose up while picking up Pikachu in his hands too. \"I'll need to nickname you. I'm gonna nickname every Pokemon I catch, 'cause then we can get closer soon, yes?\" Pikachu nodded; he didn't seem to mind the idea. \"Aight, what to call you... hmm...\" A couple of more \"hmms\" later, Scyke nearly exclaimed \"AHA!\" like as if a light bulb really did snap on above his head like in the old cartoons. \"I know! I'll call you Zap! Because Z is a bit like your weird tail and you know, your an Electric-type, so ya know...\" Pikachu hadn't appreciated the comment about his tail and the name was as unoriginal as anyone could have came up with, but still managed to smile back at Scyke.\n\n\"Awesome, that settles it then.\" Scyke planted Zap at his shoulder and walked towards the exit of Littleroot Town. \"This is a new beginning for us, Zap. Today, we mark the first steps of our journey, into becoming the champion of the Hoenn region!\" Followed by a fist pump, Scyke raced towards Route 101, gleaming with excitement. He couldn't believe he was actually a Pokemon trainer.\n\nIt was a slightly cold day, like many others that had gone by. The Sneasel had gone around looking for his Deerling friend i order to play around, like young Pokemon do carelessly the entire time.\n\nDeerling couldn't be seen around. But the Sneasel kept on looking. And eventually, he found her. That brown derr was incredibly happy to see his friend, and so was the Sneasel. And as it ran towards her in order to play like they always did... It happened.\n\nNext thing, Sneasel's lying on the ground, soon to bid farewell to his conscience. The trainer readying his Pokeball as he was about to ensure a capture. She had seen it all, and the female Deerling had been running around silently, looking for someone to help them. But she could not succeed, and decided to take a chance...\n\nLeaping thru the Route, she quickly hit the Pokeball before it made contact with Sneasel. Only thing was, she touched the center of it, and was sucked by the capsule...\n\nNow Deerling was struggling to get out of the Pokeball, but being a mer Poke-child, she was unable to do so, and ended up succumbing to the Pokeball's strength...\n\n\"WEA!\" A faint cry is heard from far away, as well as a loud \"BUCK!\" that is quite near... Snow begins falling, and quickly turns into a harsh hailstorm.\n\n\"SAWS!\" The source yells as a Sawsbuck comes out of some nearby bushes. It si Deerling's father.\n\n\"VILE!\" A Weavile cries as it lands next to Sawsbuck. This is Sneasel's mother...\n\nDOUBLE BATTLE INCOMING!!!\n\nYou may release two Pokemon at once in order to deal with encounter. You may not throw a Pokeball unless one of the two Pokemon has been knocked out. The hailstorm will fade once the encounter is over.\n\nSawsbuck knows Camouflage and Horn Leech. It is at Lv. 12\nWeavile knows Night Slash and Ice Shard. It too is of Lv.12\n\nWhile Rick would normally consider this the jackpot, as he was stricken with the chance to go and capture a Fully grown Weaville and a Sawsbuck, the situation did not look favorable to him this time around. Looking at his Slugma, he could see that it was panting with exhaustion, not to mention the hail was coming down hard and making it troublesome for him to concentrate in during this battle. Looking over at the two Pokemon, they certainly looked like they were more preoccupied with seeing to the crippled Sneasel than Rick himself, so it look favorable for both of them for the fight to end before it began. Pulling out Slugma's Pokeball, he returned him and tucked away his and the deerling's poke ball, backing away slowly, his hands up to show he wash;t going to try any funny business.\n\nAfter clearing a little distance, Rick made his way through the path, getting back on the main road and heading straight for Petalburg. The hail was settling down by the time he had gotten into town and Rick was ready to relax after his long and arduous journey. The Nurse Joy was nice enough to heal his Pokemon, so he was left to relax in the lounge while he waited for Slugma to heal up. He was a little worried about the guy, as the two of them had been battling quite a bit since the left the Professor's laboratory.\n\nAfter giving up his Slugma to nurse joy, Rick sat down and diverted his attention to his first caught Pokemon, a baby Delibird. Rick was not pleased with the useless addition to his team, but he figured that he might as well get to know it while he could. The Pokemon was known for being rather cute and mischievous. Maybe he could use it as an intelligence agent, rather than as a battler.\n\nOpening the Pokeball, Rick was astounded to find the baby Delibird latching on to his face the minute he released it. Then Rick remembered the events that took place during its capture: the sneasel had thrown an Egg at the Pokeball, which proceeded to hatch right before getting captured in its place. The baby, having seen nothing before its capture, had yet to imprint, so it made sense that the Pokeball had become its secondary egg, imprinting on the first person it saw when it was released, which by all accounts would have been Rick.\n\nPulling the baby chick off of his face, rick sat the baby bird in front of him as he looked it over, trying to figuring out what to do with it. As he looked it over, he noticed that the baby bird was imitating his gestures. At first it was cute, but it got old very fast. Deciding to deal with the rest of the bird problem later, Rick returned the Delibird to its Pokeball and went over to the check out counter to receive his Slugma, fuly healed from battle.\n\nAfter that, Rick went out to the Gym of Norman, one of the most professional gym leaders around, master of Normal Pokemon and one of the few Gym Leaders Rick felt he could trust. not only was the man a well respected member of the Pokemon community, he was experienced, professional, and incredibly skilled. He also was good friends with Proffessor Birch, so he was sure that he would be able to help him out on this situation.\n\nLeaving the Pokemon center, Rick made his way around the block to head over to the Petalburg Gym. Strangely enough, the gym was in operation at this time, so he was able to get through the lounge. Inside there were a punk trainer telling Rick that if he wanted to challenge the Gym Leader, he would need to beat them first. \"Look, I don't want to fight the Leader, I just need to talk to him.\" \"Well too bad, cause all who want to get through those doors need to get through me first.\" Pulling out his Pokeball, he sent out a Slakoth, which was proceeding to take a nap on he ground. Figuring that this would be the fastest way, Rick reached for Slugma, but his hand nocked the one holding Delibird instead.\n\nThe little scamp jumped out, laughing in mid air as it began to play. The trainer just looked at the tiny creature and began laughing at how weak it was. It was especially humiliating when the Delibird began shadowboxing, as if it knew how to fight. It was adorable. But then the unexpected happened: Delibird manifested two Presents and hurled them at the guy's Slakoth. Taken aback by the sudden shift in attack, and completely underestimating Rick's Delibird, the blasts hit the poor Slakoth square in the face, nocking it clean out.\n\nThe trainer tried to remedy this with his Zigzagoon, which charged and tackled Delibird before she could through her Present at him. The tackle hit her square in the gut, almost nocking her out. Luckily for her though, she had Vital Spirit, which saved her by an inch of her life. The Present dropped right in front of Delibird also and the blast, instead of dealing the final blow to her, healed her of her injuries, and allowing her to throw two more volleys of Present at the Zigzagoon, nocking it out as well.\n\nThe punk was about to pull put his third Pokemon, when Norman stepped into the room, hearing about the ruckus that the punk was causing. He apologized to Rick, saying that the punk had been kicked out of his gym for the third time and that he was having a lot of trouble getting him to leave him alone. Rick said it was nothing and bent over to check on Delibird, who was panting but still trying to put up a strong face. \"Heheh, don't worry little guy, you showed them who's boss. Now, let's go talk to the nice Gym Leader.\"\n\nFollowing Norman to his office, he pulled out the Burst stone and explained what had happened to his brother and what Birch had told him about it. \"Birch explained to me that the process to use Burst is incredibly dangerous and life threatening to those that weren't experienced and strong both Mentally, Emotionally, and Physically. I'm certainly very smart, having graduated the top of my class, and I'm not one too loose in to my emotions, but what I do lack is experience and Physical training. I figured that a person such as yourself would be skilled in both regions and would be willing to train me. I need to know the secret to Burst if I am going to uncover the secrets of Team Gaia and my brother's death.\"\n\nbut Norman couldn't help him in this case. He explained that the task of training for Burst would take the same amount of time as it would to be the Pokemon Master and that he was too busy right now to personally train anyone. He was too busy running his gym and he didn't have the time.\n\nFiguring he should go now, Rick left the gym, heading out to go do some more training. He had to walk a bit, as the town wasn't exactly a few yards in distance. There were homes and plenty of men and women to fill them in as well. But the people were kind and social and gave him directions when he needed them, and to be honest, he needed them a lot. But sure enough, he had made his way out of town, and the cold air covering the beach hit him like a hornets nest. The weather this week had been a cruel mistress, giving him snow and chills and ice galore.\n\nTaking out the pokeball holding the Deerling, Rick decided to try his hand at using a truly wild Pokemon. The Pokemon was young, so it wasn't going to be significantly as hard as one would expect, but still hard enough. The Pokemon was still grumpy about being taken away from its friends and family, but it wasn't about to run off, which was a plus.\n\nRick first tried to coax it with a few treats, but eventually guessed that the best way for them to bond would be for them to have a Pokemon battle with a wild one. And sure enough there was a spheal rolling in from the waves. Rick gave his command to initiate the battle with the spheal and the Deerling reluctantly complied, jumping in to do battle. \"First use Grasswhistle to put it to sleep, and then...\" but before his command could be finished, the Spheal had already begun to fire volleys of Water gun at them, soaking the white sand as his Deerling made it a work out trying to dodge the shots. Hiei tried to guide it properly, but the Deerling was moving well before he could give it a command on where to dodge.\n\nAs the Deerling successfully dodged the fifth volley of water gun, it wasn't prepared for the trap that had been laid out for him. The Spheal began to spray a Powder Snow over the area that the Deerling was going to land, freezing the water on the sand, causing Deerling to slip right onto its side. The Spheal was then prepared to fire another shot of Powder Snow, so Rick had to think fast. \"Deerling! Use Sand Attack! Then follow up with Grasswhistle!\" Able to give his command this time, Deerling kicked the sand right into the Spheal's eyes, making it fire the snow in a completely different location. It then became victim to the soothing music of the Grasswhistle coming from the Deerling as it tried to stand, avoiding the frozen areas as it could try.\n\nIt then leaped through the air, giving the Spheal a good Double-Kick with its rear legs when it landed and turned its body. Rick then sent out a Pokeball, hoping to catch the sleeping spheal before it woke up. The creature went in, and the ball began to shake.\n\n\"Wha-- Oh my...\" Eris had gasped somewhat and covered her mouth with both hands. Her eyes widened and seemed to glint in awe. \"I had always heard that this place was beautiful, certainly this is not what they meant...\" She thought aloud, before taking a few metallic steps forward. Clink, clang, clink, clang. Oh, how she hated the sound! Among the ruins of the town was a single building which was standing, but barely. Everything was a wreck. \"Who could have done such an awful thing...?\" she looked around, and spotted a few people standing in the area. One she recognized from magazines as a Gym Leader, though she forgot the girl's name.\n\n\"Excuse me, miss!\" She called out, rushing at a slow and dainty jog, feet clanging with each step. \"Please don't be alarmed, I'm just a normal person!\" She added, no doubt getting some looks from the few visible people here. \"Miss, what happened to this place?\" She asked the currently unnamed Gym Leader, \"This certainly looks out of the ordinary... Who did this?\"\n\n__________________\n\nThis signature has been disabled.\n\nbroken links\nPlease review and fix the issues by reading the signature rules.\n\nYou must edit it to meet the limits set by the rules before you may remove the [sig-reason] code from your signature. Removing this tag will re-enable it.\n\nDo not remove the tag until you fix the issues in your signature. You may be infracted for removing this tag if you do not fix the specified issues. Do not use this tag for decoration purposes.\n\nSara LainWith flower girl Selena\nSara and Selena walked through the forest, having left an hour after eating. Selena walked with Nincada at her side because she refused to return him. Both of Sara's Pokemon had tired themselves out and were resting in their pokeballs. Selena was excited, \"So where are we going first?!\"\n\nSara sighed, \"We are going to Rustboro, to see the first gym leader.\" She was somewhat excited to see her mother, and more specifically to show her Orrie and Poliwag. \"That's where my mother lives.\"\n\nSelena smilled and they continued walking, Selena cooing and baby-speaking Nincada. Sara felt a rather sickening feeling though. Something she felt, but wasn't sure of. \"Have you ever been into the city?\"\n\n\"No, my mother and I have always stayed in the woods. She says it's much safer there.\" Sara thought about how dangerous Orre was, and to be honest Rustboro seemed relatively safe.\n\n\"Well I suppose that is true.\" She said. They began exiting the forest, and as they got out, Sara's heart skipped a beat. Ahead of her, there stood the decimated city of Rustboro. Selena stopped her cooing and looked as well. \"No, no, no.\" Sara panted.\n\nBut Sara ignored her, faster and faster. \"Please no.\" She cried. Sara's eyes were red, blurry, and stinging. When she got to her mothers apartment building she dropped to her knees. The whole building was collapsed, and since her mother never left the building, there was no way she survived. She began throwing rubble away, digging at the debris, cutting her hand on glass from windows and heirlooms.\n\nSelena stood over her, \"Sara...\" She said softly, \"You're going to hurt yourself...\" But the vain words never reached Sara. Blood was dripping out of the cuts on her hands, while tears did little to wash it off the concrete. Selena put her arm over Sara's shoulders, and lifted her up. She turned Sara toward her, with sympathy in her eyes and looked at Sara's face.\n\nSara looked hopeless, her eyes were glossy and empty. Tear streaks ran down her face, and dirt and debris had found its home caked into them. Sara cried so much that she could barely breathe.\n\nSCYKE ICK - Route 101\n\nAfter what had been a glorious sunny day in Littleroot Town, a sudden change of weather struck Scyke as he suddenly started shivering in cold. \"Snow?! But it was just so sunny a few minutes ago!\" Several lads around him seemed to be shocked by the abrupt drop in temperature, and were uncontrollably hugging themselves to warm up. Scyke couldn't understand what was happening. Then he remembered that he still had Pikachu on his shoulder. \"Zap, do you want to come back to your Pokeball? The weather is freeeeezing, and I wouldn't want you to be too cold!\" Zap replied by shaking his head; he wanted to stay outside. His fur had kept him warm so far, and so the cold didn't matter much to him. \"Well, suit yourself...\" Scyke started rubbing his sides and progressed through the tall grass.\n\nAs Scyke swayed past the vines and such he noticed a small figure walking towards him. \"Oh hello, is that a Pokemon?...\" Scyke pulled out his PokeDex from his bag and booted it up, pointing towards the thing, \"Well, let's make a use out of this then... it's saying that the Pokemon is a Snover? 3'3\", that must be why it looks so small... and an Ice/Grass type. Sweet.\" Scyke put away his PokeDex and called out to Zap, \"Aight Zap, this is it, our first battle together!\" Zap jumped out of Scyke's shoulder and readied himself on the snowy ground. \"Ok, I saw a trainer using this once... USE THUNDER!!\" Zap twisted his head around, a confused face on his little face. Thunder? What kind of command was that? All he knew was Growl, Tail Whip, Thundershock and move called Hidden Power, which he was born with. Thunder was not in his attack list.\n\nScyke scratched his head, unsure about why his Pikachu was looking at him like that. Then he remembered what Professor Birch had said - just because a Pokemon was a certain type didn't mean that they could do whatever move of that type that they liked; they could only know up to four moves, and when at a low level a Pokemon only knew some basic moves. Before Scyke could think what kind of move he could call out Zap to use, multiple razor-sharp leaves started incoming towards Scyke and Zap's direction. Before long, both human and Pokemon was slammed into the ground, Scyke worse off with a few cuts from the attack. Whoever this Snover was, it was pretty strong.\n\nScyke hadn't expected to get this hurt on his first battle.\n\nHe picked himself up, and so did Zap. Snover than revealed himself and let out a little cry; ready for battle. Scyke quickly zipped his bag open again and grabbed the PokeDex. \"There must be some info about Zap here... come on...\" Zap sighed at his hopeless trainer, and took the matter at his own hands. He jumped up with electric sparking out of his little red dots on his chicks, and then sparked an electrifying attack towards the Snover. The white and brown creature was in a state of shock, as the attack had hit it critically; after the Thundershock finished, Snover stumbled backwards and shook away the hit. Scyke was in awe. \"That was totally amazing, Zap! But Snover seems a little too ok for my liking...\" Snover slapped his hand together in-front of him and a light blue light formed; a few seconds later, wind picked up near the light before sparkling blue powder was burst and directed right towards Zap. The Pikachu tried to jump out of the way but it was too late; the attack was too fast and accurate. Zap was thrown backwards by the attack and just about managed to stand up again. Scyke wasn't feeling great about the situation.\n\n\"Professor Birch told me something about having info on my Pokemon in this PokeDex thi- ah! Here it is - Pikachu's moves...\" After a quick read through, Scyke had a basic understanding on what Zap could do and called out his first ever attack. \"Zap - USE THUNDERSHOCK!\"\n\nZap nodded and quickly charged himself with electric energy before attacking with it towards the wild Snover. It wasn't effected as much the second time around, but Snover was feeling weaker. Scyke took out an empty Pokeball and enlarged it. \"This is it - you seem strong, Snover! I'mma catch you and we will be great partners, you got that?\" Scyke lobbed the Pokeball towards the Frost Tree Pokemon and just about managed to hit it's mountain-like head. The capsule opened and sucked the creature inside it before vigorously shaking in the ground. Scyke and Zap focused on the Pokeball, waiting for something to happen. Had Scyke caught his first Pokemon?\n\nEli - Rusturf Tunnel\n\nAs parents and children reunited, and returned to their homes to find whatever belongings of theirs may still exist, the residents of the Pok\u00e9mon Center took to caring for any trainers they could and taking over for Roxanne in explaining what had happened to the girl oddly dressed like a Bisharp. No way was she just wandering around with her Burst. Meanwhile, Roxanne and Eli ventured out east toward Rusturf Tunnel. Their walk was uninterrupted, but it was disconcerting that all the Pokemon were hiding... except for one.\n\nThere was a Combusken being carried back to the remains of the town on a bulky trainer's back. Both of them were injured, but the Combusken definitely had it worse.\n\n\"Tobias, even you?\"\n\n\"Sorry, Roxanne. I don't think any of us got a shot agains' Burst Warriors, much less just Torch here.\" Built like a Machoke with a \"down home\" accent, Tobias only managed to choke out his failure. Losing must have hurt his pride more than his body. \"They're looking for the Compass. I don't know if anything'll stop 'em.\"\n\nflash\n\n\"We'll do whatever we can. Find Nurse Joy so you can take care of Torch. She should be getting out of the gym.\"\n\nAfter Tobias left, Eli turned to Roxanne and asked, \"We?\"\n\n\"Of course. You don't seem like the kind of person that would just run from trouble if someone told you to.\" Neither of them seemed to notice the brief flashing that came from Eli's pocket.\n\n\"Alright, we got it. Let's clear ou\u2014\"\n\n\"Graveler, Rollout!\" The bird-man was bowled over alongside his three weary, fully-human cohorts. Only the former had recovered as if nothing happened, though, the grunts barely supporting themselves with their shovels.\n\n\"Abby, Icy Wind!\" And... down fell the grunts, their shovels snapping beneath them. The Braviary-wielding warrior just shrugged off the chill, thin layers of ice snapping off his arms and chest.\n\nClutching a large hex-shaped relic between his feet, Arlu freed his wing-arms to start blowing a whirlwind at the slightly bigger opposition in front of him than what he'd previously dealt with. Graveler didn't budge, but Eli's Cubchoo was blown back into her arms before being put back in her Pok\u00e9ball.\n\n\"Come on! Hit me with your best shot, Roxy!\" In response, Roxanne threw out two more Pok\u00e9balls with a Geodude and a Golem, and her battle trio gave Arlu their best Rock Blast. Eli called out Scyther and Vex for support, firing at will on Arlu with Ember and Vacuum Wave. Although he stood his ground (figuratively, of course) for the most part, Arlu was pushed over toward Verdanturf's side of the tunnel and actually sustained some damage. Before he could get back or even get away through the end he was on, though, Roxanne tossed another Pok\u00e9ball containing a Steelix, commanding it to use Rock Slide and cave them in.\n\nflash\n\n\"Aw, planning to keep me here? Gotta do better than that.\" Revealing the Burst Heart he'd stolen from the city, his wings and legs turned into metal armor, and his hands and feet became large silver claws. The feathers across Arlu's body molted, replaced by a massive metal cross over his chest and a blue helmet over his now-red eyes. Pounding his fists together, he exclaimed, \"Let's go!\"\n\nPut these things together, and epic stuff strikes. As a Pok\u00e9ball flies thru the air, concealing the snow... tree... thing, it shakes on the ground. Once, then twice. Tension builds up. We hadn't seen this kind of excitement since Forrest tried to catch Lotad! Will it?... Is it?... Can it? Yes... No... Yes... No... ... ... ...\n\nLet sleeping seals lie, Rick! Such a jerk, trying to interrupt a good nap. Needless to say, the ball froze and shattered, releasing Spheal, though its nap was undisturbed. It started muttering in its sleep, and a snowy air gathered around it before it let fly, throwing caution and loud snores to the wind as repeated Powder Snows started blasting in Rick's general direction. Try again, buddy!\n\nRick called out for Deerling to get some distance as soon as the Pokeball froze, leaving him one pokeball less than he had before. Both Rick and Deerling had to duck out of the way as shots of ice-cold snow came flying their way. The area was hard to maneuver, but it wasn't impossible, and Deerling were great at dealing with tough terrain, as they lived in many different climates and under many many different weather patterns. Deerling leaped over the third volley of Powder snow and proceeded to double kick the Speal once more, leaving it quite low on health. If there was a scale, it would say that the Spheal was in the red, ripe for the picking. But just to be safe, Rick had Deerling get up after taking the Water Gun to the face and use Tackle, nocking the Speal away from the beach and onto the dry road. Still asleep, Rick threw another Pokeball, hoping to catch this guy this time.\n\n\"Gaia did this?\" She clenched her fists, and the gloves made a sound that can only be described as 'stretching leather'. \"They will pay... Penance will be my sword!\" She sighed slightly, to relax herself and probably look less... Threatening. \"Help clear the rubble? I am certainly capable of doing such a thing!\" She 'courageously' made her way to the gym, and decided to help the girl and the Probopass clean out the gym. As they made their way further into the building, shattering rubble into gravelly bits, Eris looked alarmed.\n\n\"Alright, thank you.\" She decided to pick up her pace, smashing rocks all over the place, following where she thought she had heard the voices from. after a few minutes of rock-smashing, she came across a door on the ground. \"I think I may have found the basement!\" She tugged at the handle, but it seemed to be jammed shut. She tugged harder, and the handle simply snapped off. \"Oh dear,\" she looked at the broken handle she held, then simply dropped it. \"Everyone, stand away from the door please!\" She shouted into the basement, and waited for an affirmative from someone down there.\n\n\"Alright, I've got it! Yah!!\" She let out a battle-cry-esque sound to accompany her ax kick, lifting her leg straight up, and then bringing it down with tremendous force. The door shattered into small pieces, opening up the way for the people to escape. They seemed startled at first by her appearance, no doubt weary of more Gaia members, but immediately realized that Eris was there helping them get free. The group of no-longer-trapped people ascended to the gym floor.\n\n\"Mommy, Daddy!\" The girl came right up to two of the people and practically leapt up into their arms.\n\nSomething about the scene made Eris feel warm and fuzzy inside, something she wasn't all too familiar with. Then, of course, it brought a more sour feeling, as she though of the relationship (or lack of) between her parents and herself. She couldn't even remember her mother... Her thoughts had her distracted, even as many of the people from the basement coming to thank her.\n\n__________________\n\nThis signature has been disabled.\n\nbroken links\nPlease review and fix the issues by reading the signature rules.\n\nYou must edit it to meet the limits set by the rules before you may remove the [sig-reason] code from your signature. Removing this tag will re-enable it.\n\nDo not remove the tag until you fix the issues in your signature. You may be infracted for removing this tag if you do not fix the specified issues. Do not use this tag for decoration purposes.\n\nSCYKE ICK - Route 101/Odale Town\n\nThe Pokeball stopped shaking, and the circle button dinged. Simultaneously the clouds above cleared away and the previous beaming sunlight returned, making sure that the temporary snow melted in a speedy manner. Scyke and Zap looked up in realization before Scyke looked down and picked up Snover's Pokeball.\n\n\"So it was you who brought that hail down here!\" Scyke grinned, talking to the Snover inside. \"You and Pikachu must be tired after that heated battle. Professor Birch told me that Oldale Town was nearby and had a Pokemon Centre; better pop over there then!\" Attaching Snover to his belt and letting Zap climb on to his shoulder, Scyke resumed brushing past the tall grass in Route 101, making sure not to encounter a wild Pokemon. A bug-catcher who had seen the instant weather change twice and watched Scyke's catch came running to Scyke. \"Man, I saw that first hand! You stopped the hail all by yourself!\" The bug-catcher was much younger than Scyke, around ten years old. Scyke quickly turned red and started scratching his head. \u201cHey, that was nothing, I am a trainer after all!\u201d Suddenly the kid\u2019s eyes started gleaming with awe, \u201cYOU\u2019RE A TRAINER?! Maaan, then I bet you met Professor Birch! That\u2019s sooo freaking cool!\u201d The kid turned around and called out to his other friends, who were recovering from the flash of cold. \u201cI\u2019VE FOUND A TRAINER! SAM, TYRE, POPPY!! I\u2019VE FOUND THE GUY WHO STOPPED THE SNOW!\u201d\n\nReacting to the noise, three other kids started rushing towards Scyke and started congratulating and such. This made Scyke even more embarrassed and his cheeks were nearly as red as Pikachu\u2019s. Zap laughed at his trainer\u2019s humbleness; he found Scyke to be easily likable. The kids introduced themselves \u2013 the two boys were the bug-catcher Ben and youngster Tyre, while the two girls were Poppy and Samantha; Sam for short. After the greetings and everything else, the Tyre kid started acting tough and called out to Scyke, \u201cI may be thankful to you for stopping the hail, but I\u2019m not sure if you really are that strong. After all,\u201d the boy smirked and pointed directly at Zap, \u201cthat Pikachu looks like it just came out of its nappies! So let me challenge you to a battle and test your powers for real \u2013 after all, I\u2019ve a very, very strong Pokemon with me.\u201d Tyre finished off his speech with a little evil laugh.\n\nZap looked surprised by the sudden challenge towards him. Scyke just laughed. \u201cKid, I feel like you are wearing a nappy under those shorts!\u201d Tyre started fuming at that last comment and Ben had to hold him back, \u201cAnd I would accept your challenge, but both of my Pokemon did just come out a battle, and so are both tired, so I will sadly have to decline for now.\u201d Tyre stopped himself and smirked at Scyke. \u201cWell, a good trainer would always have a Potion or something for situations like this, wouldn\u2019t they?\u201d Before Scyke could respond, Tyre quickly added, \u201cAnyway, I know a quick route to the next town and that town has a PokeCentre; you can heal your Pikachu there and we can battle near the outside of Route 101. Like I said, I\u2019ve a very good Pokemon with me!\u201d\n\nScyke liked the sound of that. This way he could heal both of his Pokemon quickly and battle this kid too. \u201cAight, challenge accepted then! Lead me to Oldale and we\u2019ll figure something out there.\u201d Tyre grinned; his friends let out a sigh. They all headed for Oldale Town.\n\nSorry, that's everything I got for today xD Still better than Twilight Capture attempt failed, sorry. Spheal is gone, too. Awake and everything. Rolled its way the hell away from there. Better luck next time...\n\nChapter B2The One That Goes After The First But Before The Third Whose Lousy Title Tells You Nothing About Its Contents\n\nHOENN HISTORY THINGY\n\nBrought to you by the nun. Which nun, you ask? NUN OF YOUR BUSINESS!\n\nIt was a long time ago... so long, in fact, that no one actually cares remembers. They say that Hoenn was created along with all the other regions because of Groudon and Kyogre moving the lands and seas. But... then what? There are no traces showing that anything interesting actually happened here. No manuscripts. No cave drawings. Nothing at all, almost as if they didn't want us to know what happen. But Hoenn is boring, right? There can't be much to it... Right?\n\nHowever, after a very extensive search for said traces, something was finally found inside of Rusturf Tunnel. It was a small gem, that could be held inside of one's hand, a gem with what seemed to be a Pokemon inside of it. The species was later found to be a Boldore, a rather common Pokemon of the Unova region.\n\nSome time later, underwater, several writings were found embossed in walls all around. All of them written in Braille. Most of them talk about Regirock, Regice and Registeel, the legendary golems of the Hoenn region... but some of them don't....\n\nAfter a while, a theory was created, a theory that, despite explaining some stuff, remains as nothing but a suggestion:\n\n\u2022 These \"gems\" go by another name in a very distant land: \"Burst Hearts\". They have an apparently simple purpose that seem to be from before the time of the Pok\u00e9ball: they allow their bearers to fuse with the Pokemon contained in them.\n\n\u2022 The engravings speak of a group of people that used their Burst Hearts to help those in need. At the same time, there were people who thought that they had to control those who didn't have said gems.\n\n\u2022 These engravings then state that both groups split, with those that fought for justice staying, and those who shared different ideals going to a far away land. Nothing else is known about those who departed the land of Hoenn.\n\n\u2022 As for the others, not much is known about them, except that they had descendants that somehow didn't continue with their Burst Warrior Legacy with the advent of Pok\u00e9balls.\n\nSome people believed in this theory. One in particular got his hands on the gem, and nearly died in an attempt to fuse with the Boldore inside. Regardless, his experience drove others to find other Burst Hearts and attempt fusing with them. From these people, several ones shared the same ideal of controlling the masses, and so came to be known the organization we know as Team Gaia. They began with petty crimes, like stealing and the sort, but they've recently started attacking cities in their attempts to gain control over the region. They've taken over Rustboro City and burned it to the ground, searching for a relic that the Devon Corporation's been bragging about called the \"Compass of Light\". With it, Team Gaia is able to track Burst Hearts all over the region, and they'll stop at nothing to get it.\n\nXOXOgossip girl The nun :D\n\nROUTE 116\n\nSpoiler:\n\nDon't expect to be on a catching spree, guys. In case you didn't notice, a bunch of terrorists are literally killing everything that moves. At thus, all those Wurmple are hiding in the deepest corners of their tall grass tiles. You won't see many, no matter how much you stomp their homes.\n\n116 is the number of a wide Route that proudly extends all the way to Verdanturf, with Rusturf Tunnel being the joint point that unites them whole. It possesses multiple hills and water bodies, the landscape has an incredibly varying height all the way and houses a huge amount of Wild Pokemon.\n\nThat beauty is at risk right now. A terrorist organization that goes by the name of Team Gaia is destroying the Route and Rusturf Tunnel. And they had a reason, they looked all over for a Burst Heart and the Compass of Light... and they found them. Expect lots of grunts in the Route, using Pokemon ranging from the mild Abra to the pesky Garbodor.\n\n<<Levels for these kind of battles are not added until the GMs decide to do so. The amount of levels depends on the efforts of each RPer, and the opinion of the GMs>>\n\nWild Pokemon:\n\nIn addition to this, some Pokemon escaped from Rusturf Tunnel. Their homes were destroyed, as the tunnel is pretty much caved in. The Pokemon that have joined the wildness of the Route are as follow:\n\nRUSTURF TUNNEL\n\nSpoiler:\n\nPlease have some imagination and picture this with a thick fog, if you may. Thank you.\n\nA rather short passage that is known to be shrouded in fog... a really think one, actually. It also house the odd Pokemon Whismur. And that's pretty much there is to it...\n\nIn the very entrance of the tunnel, or rather, right after you enter, a very special guest awaits for intruders... It's Arlu Rieth of the Seven Warriors! With his Braviary traits, which have been shifted to those of a Metagross, he poses a huge threat for you to face. Do not waste time trying to beat him; you won't. Actually, don't even go looking for him. You will die trying.\n\nFurthermore, another very special guest is here. Alana \"Ice Queen\" Heart. She's another of the Seven Warriors, and is fused with a Beartic \u2014 you're screwed trying to fight her, too. As you can see, this is now an incredibly dangerous place, and if you still don't believe it, please take a look at their stats.\n\nBURSTing into Life\n\n\"You're not,\" he says as he holds device up high, the wind no longer blowing around and several Pok\u00e9mon cries heard among the ruckus. \"And Arlu will certainly pay for disobeying my rules.\"\n\nA thin beam of light flies around, passing unnoticed over Rusturf Tunnel and Rustboro City, pretty much because everyone is trying to stay alive for at least one more second. It goes all the way across the sky, eventually crashing in a far away island that can barely be seen.\n\n\"Dewford, huh?\" The man in flashy clothes asks. His trench coat similar in style to the man standing next to his, but with a purple and white color scheme. Talk about a fabulous outfit. Who does he think he is? Champion Wallace?\n\n\"So it seems.\" The one with the dark coat stares down as a Zigzagoon of a slightly clearer color arrives holding an Oran Berry.\n\n\"Why can't you just find a Hyper Potion or something, not this crap anymore!\" He grabs the Oran berry, and crushes it. Zigzagoon quickly eating what falls into the ground.\n\n\"Sigh... Well, you know what to do, Marvel.\" He turn around, facing the flashy coated man. His dense, blonde hair waving around in an elegant, fashionable style. Again, talk about fabulous.\n\n\"Off to Dewford, it is!\" Marvel jumps from the peak of Rusturf Tunnel, where both of them had been standing the entire time. A white veil covers him as he places a Burst Heart against his chest.\n\n\"SHAOOO!\" The now transformed Burst Warrior cries as he quickly hops around the trees. And somehow unable to be noticed at all, Marvel the Mienshao Warrior makes his way outside of the Route.\n\n\"Your outfit's too flashy. You're too loud, too.\" So much for being discreet.\n\n\"GOON!!!\"\n\n\"Shut up and bring me a Hyper Potion already...\"\n\nWhat you may, must and can't do:\n\nYou must traverse the route (the nun commands you to).\n\nYou may catch Pokemon (but not as much as you would like to; plenty are still hiding).\n\nYou may challenge Roxanne for your first badge. However, she may be busy, and you may not be able to find her, because at the time of this chapter's release, she has caved herself, an innocent trainer, and four members of Team Gaia in Rusturf Tunnel.\n\nThe Adventures of Giovannia LucaLuca's words on the topic? \"Like I care?\"\n\nA lone figure strode into the clearing. It had been a while since Gio had been outside of Mauville. He had always been hanging out with his crew behind the Roleplay Game Corner. His figure could be spotted from across the clearing. He was slouching, as usual, and loping along, his large black headphones clamped on to his head. The loud metal could be heard from Littleroot Town, but he couldn't care less. His favorite song, All I Want, was going off, to be replaced by a series of Pierce the Veil songs. His collection of popular metal music was impressive, spanning over three hundred songs. He was tapping out the guitar part on his thighs while mouthing the screaming and singing to himself. Just doing one part of it wasn't nearly enough. He had to do all of the parts. Including the drums.\n\nAs he was walking along, doing his own little thing, he noticed a movement in the trees to the left. The whole clearing was quiet...if you don't take his music into account. He slid his headphones down around his neck and turned to face the direction the rustling came from. \"..What the hell?\" A Poochyena burst from the forest and slammed full-force into Giovanni, sending him spiraling to the ground. Before long the pair was rolling through the grass towards Littleroot Town. Gio was just barely holding the Poochyena off him. Barely. It was snapping and snarling, but the well muscled Italian was holding his own. He had just enough time to look over his shoulder to see that Birch guy's laboratory. They both slammed into it. Giovanni stood up as the Professor ran out and saw the unconcious pokemon. Before it could recover, he threw a pokeball at it. It disappeared with a red flash.\n\nPoochyena is quite... peculiar to say the least. And its musical tastes seemed to differ greatly from Gio's. This little guy would rather listen to Audioslave or Scorpions, instead! Add the fact that Gio's flesh seemed delicious to the 'mon, and, there you go! A wild Poochyena attacked!\n\nIt wasn't really smart, though, or else it wouldn't be lying in the ground [unconscious] right now. It soon succumbed to the Pokeballs might, and:\n\nYou may now proceed to handle the rest of the situation, bunnying Birch as Gio explains what happened to him. In the end, Gio will receive 5 Pokeballs and a Pokedex. You're then free to do as you wish around the Routes.\n\nPicking up the failed Pokeball, Rick sighed, disappointed that he hasn't been having the best luck with what he wanted to capture, but greatful all the same that he at least had something that he could use. Figuring that he was going to need to rest up, Rick pulled out Deerling's Pokeball and returned it, putting it away for safe keeping. He looked off to the distance, estimating a good hour walk down the beech before he could make it to the woods. With the long distance awaiting and the depression of the sun, Rick took a turn-around and made his way over to Petalburg again. The long walk would take forever to make in the night and he didn't feel comfortable having a Lava slug walking in front of him in a dense woodland area.\n\nMaking his way quickly through the town, Rick watched as shops began to close and street lights flickered on. It was getting to be dark and no body seemed to want to be out late tonight. Rick made his way through the streets until he ended up at the door to the Pokemon center, ready to pack it in for the day. That is, until a punk slammed the door open, pinning Rick between it and the wall behind him. This was going to be irritable, but he was willing to shrug it off so that he could finally get some sleep. That is, until the punk saw him and grabbed him by the arm, his eyes were very angry and he looked like he was ready to start a fight.\n\nAnd it turned out, Rick should take his intuition and drown it in the waters of Route 104 because the punk was now challenging him to a battle since according to some weird twist of ancient traditions, if you get caught in the path of an angry punk, you end up having to fight him to defend your pride. Looking inside of the open door, he saw a punk girl, hair pink and pulled in a mohawk and a chain hanging from her nose to her ear. Rick realized that these two must have been an item before she broke it off with him and sent him hurling towards him in a fit of rage. So Rick pulled out his own healthy Pokemon, Slugma, and prepared to do battle with the punk who wanted to prove his testosterone.\n\nThe punk pulled out his own Pokemon, a Wingull, and prepared to do battle with Rick and his Magma slug. the Punk started things off with a water gun, but Rick had predicted such an obvious move and had Slugma use Flame Charge to dodge it. He then had Slugma try to finish the charge at the bird, but thankfully it had a few braincells more than its master, as it took off to dodge Slugma. So to deal with the new height, Rick had Slugma use its incredibly hot body to melt its way through the earth and carve out a chunk of rock. Waiting for the perfect moment, Rick gave the signal and Slugma shot its back up, shooting the rock up at the enemy bird. As the bird began to fall, Slugma then poured Smog over it, poisoning it and knocking it out.\n\nThe punk gave a few swears and cries of anguish, which attracted the attention of the punk girl. They both turned their heads to see her giggling at the punk's failure despite having an obvious type advantage. Rick had to admit that he found this girl quite fetching if it weren't for the piercing, but he turned his attention back to the punk who had pulled out his second Pokeball. Releasing it, he revealed his secondary guy, a Surskit, which looked to be freshly caught with a weak move pool. Sadly, its low level did not neglect to prevent its still incredibly high speed, as it began to run circles around Slugma. They began to race around the street, which was pretty much black except for the lone street lamp and Slugma's own body light.\n\nAfter a few Flame Charges, Slugma was finally able to keep up with the Surskit, but it was still unable to catch it. But Rick and Slugma's eyes still caught now and then and Rick was able to signal to Slugma to lead the Surskit to the hole they had previous dug during their fight with the Wingull. The Surskit had been having a lot of fun just running the track that it failed to listen to any of the punk's commands. Rick was right in guessing that it was a recently caught Pokemon and that the trainer didn't really have its trust or approval yet. So when the surskit fell into the whole, it didn't even expect the flame covered Slugma to leap out of the air and land in the hole, smothering the water/bug with his fire and magma.\n\nPulling out of the hole, the punk pulled his Surskit out and returned it. \"THAT\"S IT! I'm through with this. Prepare to face my trump card you punk!\"\n\n\"You're the punk my friend, not me.\" Slugma looked ready to take on one more challenge, but only one more challenge. So it was good that the guy only had one Pokemon at his disposal, not another afterwards.\n\nthe punk released his third pokemon, a Snover. And with that, both the punk girl and Rick could do nothing but laugh at it all. The idiot punk had just sent a pokemon with both type weaknesses to Slugma's ONE type. It was like asking to be handed to loosing side of the bet. Rick told Slugma to use Ember, preparing to win this fight, but then the unexpected happened. \"SNOVER! Use Rain Dance!\" And the Snover began to do his little jig and rain began to fall from the black sky, putting out the fire in their Ember attack. All of their Fire attacks had been neutralized. But they still had an advantage. The Snover didn't know that many moves, which said that it was a low level Pokemon still. All it looked like it could do was Razor Leave and Powder Snow. Both of which weren't effective at all against Slugma's fiery body. The punk seemed to have enough though, as he ordered his Pokemon to use a Skull Bash. A pretty powerful move, had it actually hit. But as soon as the Snover got even the slightest bit close to him, Slugma poured the Smog on him, poisoning him and nocking him out in one move.\n\nWith his last Pokemon defeated, the Punk was depressed. So Rick decided to give him some pointers. \"You did well in your last fight, for a beginner. Your Snover wasn't born with its famous Snow Warning Ability, so you used Rain Dance instead to provide protection against your guy's severe weakness to fire moves. But your skill stopped there. You tried to win a fight solely on type advantage in the first bit, and then you used a Pokemon you had just caught. None of your three Pokemon were of the proper level to fight, so it was like sending children to do battle with adults. Beaf up your team and try to get more moves on your team and you'll do much better. Do some schooling on what beats what and try to show what was your talent lies in.\" With his third and final victory done, Rick finally turned in for the night, docking his Pokemon in the center, and napped for the rest of the night.\n\nThe next day, Rick collected the rest of his Pokemon and saw a welcome party waiting for him outside. \"Please don't tell me you guys are planning on fighting me are you?\" They weren't. They were the punk from earlier and his gang. They told him that they would be training to get stronger until one day they finally defeat him. Rick gave them a smile and told them not to get in his way while he traveled. Heading out to route 104 to continue his quest.\n\nAs he made his way through the road alongside the beach, Rick stopped, realizing that he was being followed. Turning around, he saw the punk girl trying to find a place to hide in the open road. She looked different, her nose piercing was gone and her hair was now down and inside a hat. It was a fedora, which was cute in its own way. \"What are you doing?\" \"I'm following you now.\" \"Following?\" \"Yep, I'm a leach Trainer. I find capable trainers that are heading where I want to go and I study them as they fight. Once I get better than the trainer I'm following, I ditch them for a new trainer to follow\" \"Whatever you do, I suggest you don't get to close to me. I'm dealing with some dangerous forces right now.\" \"Oh, I'm more than capable of protecting myself. I just want to study what you can do.\"\n\nLeaving her to her own devices, Rick departed down the road, listening and answering any questions she had. Most of them revolved around his age and why he was taking his journey at such a late one. She seemed to find it funny that he went to school, and studied Pokemon instead of battled them. He dismissed her jests and came to a relaxed point when they were in the woods. Battling would soon commence within the forrest, which meant that the girl would shut up and watch him battle instead of ask him questions all the time.\n\nAs they walked through the woods, Rick decided that today would be best for training his Delibird. The little guy was getting tougher, but he was still too weak to be of any real use in the rest of the world. There were a bunch of Wurmples all over the forest, and every one of them wanted a piece of action with the little bird. Thankfully enough, the girl was not frightened by the worms, which saved him a lot of trouble as he walked through the forrest. Delibird didn't seem to min the girl and she seemed to love the little guy, cuddling with him whenever she got the chance. There were quite a few battles, with three of them happening all at once and none of them being a trouble. Delibird's Present attack was incredibly powerful, though there was the odd occasion of his attack healing all of the wounds previously inflicted instead of injuring them. After a significantly long walk, Rick sat down and they had lunch. Rick was prepared to bring out his own meal, but the girl instead pulled out a meal for them both.\n\n\"You don't have to do this.\" \"If I'm going to be learning from you, I might as well pay in whatever way I can, and I'm much too young to do anything else.\" This was obviously wrong, as the girl looked older than he was, but he wasn't interested anyway. She poured him some soup and them handed him some sliced sandwiches with the CRUST cut off. She even had a bowl of pokemon food ready for Delibird. \"My name is Carol, in case you were wondering.\" Rick apologized for not asking sooner, but she put it away. Carol, it seemed, was an eager Pokemon trainer, hoping to be the best, but she had been so pathetic during her past adventures as a preteen that she decided that she needed to learn from others before she could challenge the best. It looked like a sound argument, but he was still annoyed that he had to deal with her himself.\n\n\"Carol. I'm not some hotshot looking to be the very best. I'm on a research mission, trying to piece together whatever I can find about Team Gaia and these gemstones they have called Burst Hearts.\" He pulled out the gemstone and showed it to her, putting it back in his pocket before getting up. \"Sooner or Later, Gaia is going to catch wind of my research and they are going to try and get rid of me. I can't have casualties in this.\" \"Hey, I'm not weak anymore. I've trained under a lot of pretty strong guys. And if what you're saying is true, then you are going to need a body guard. Someone to protect you from these guys.\"\n\nRick let her words go and just let her follow like before. Soon though, Rick's face paled. \"We've been waisting our time.\" \"What do you mean?\" \"It'll take us at least 10 hours for a normal trainer to get from Petalburg to Rustboro. We left the center at 7 am. We've had at least 5 fights now and it is noon now. We've been on the road for five hours now and we aren't even half way there. We need to.. OOPH\" Rck fell over, tripping on a Shroomish that was underneath him. \"How cute, the little guy likes you.\" Sure enough, the Mushroom pokemon was now cuddling with his leg.\n\n\"Strange, Shroomish are pretty defensive Pokemon. They aren't one to just come willingly to humans.\" Then Delibird came crawling down him and began chatting with the shroomish. After a few exchanges in Poke-talk, how Rick wished they could crack the secret language, Delibird seemed to freak, and the Shroomish ran off, taking Delibird with it. Carol and Rick began to follow after then, wondering what they were going to find. Sadly, it wasn't a pleasant sight.\n\n\"Rick? How long has he been there?\" \"I'd say a few weeks? Maybe three. Poor soul must have been poisoned by a wild shroomish.\" \"What makes you think it wasn't this guy?\" \"Look at the way it is treating the guy. This Shroomish was probably his. And remember when i fell over it? Shroomish have a tendency to spray poisonous spores when they are threatened. So even if it didn't through them out of shick, I had skin contact with it. This Shroomish has the Poison Heal ability, not the Effect Spore. It was a kind of evolution they picked up to keep themselves strong enough to handle their more well known varient. Poor little guy. He's been too accustomed to human existence. I don't know if he'll adjust back in time to be able to protect himself. Hopefully he'll be able to hide and feed on solar rays until he can protect himself.\" Turning to leave, he stopped when the Shroomish began to nudge his leg, gesturing to his master. \"I'm sorry little guy. I can't save your master. He's dead.\" there was no doubting that, as his body had been eaten by Dustoxes and his blood drunk by Beautiflies. There was nothing for them to do. They didn't even have the equipment to give him a proper burial.\n\nCarol started to cry, as did Delibird and the Shroomish. Unable to handle the sorrow around him, Rick pulled out a fresh Pokeball and placed it in front of the little guy. \"Look. I may not be the same as your previous master, and this might be a hard time in your life, but I do promise that I won't be leaving you any time soon if you choose me. I may not look it, but I'm a very strong trainer.\" After that, Delibird stepped in to give his few words, giving a glorious recommendation of his mommy/father/trainer. Rick hoped that the shroomish would come with them, otherwise he wasn't sure what was to become of the little guy.\n\nGio frowned as he stood up and rubbed his head. The Poochyena had attacked him! That wasn't the worst part though! He was snarling an AUDIOSLAVE tune! The very thought made Gio sick to his stomach. He would have to change his point of view later. \"Thank you uhh...Mr. Birch?\"\n\nThe older man smiled and nodded, then walked over to the pokeball and picked it up. \"That's right. You must be Giovanni. Luca was it?\"\n\nGio nodded. \"Call me Gio.\"\n\n\"Well, Gio, why did this Poochyena attack you?\"\n\n\"I was walking along, like a good boy,\" He wanted to make sure that the proffesor got that he was good...at heart anyways. \"And it attacked me!\" The proffesor handed him the pokeball, which he quickly placed in a loop in his belt. \"Thank you for saving me and stuff.\" He didn't like saying thank you, but he knew it was polite.\n\n\"Excellent. Now come with me.\" Birch disappeared into his lab, and Gio quickly followed. When he entered the door, a blast of cold air hit him. He pretended not to notice it and followed the professor to the back. He was holding five small pokeballs in one hand, and a pokedex in the other. \"As you know, I'm a renowned pokemon professor. I have too many things to do, so I want you to take this pokedex and fill it with information for every pokemon there is.\"\n\n\"Eve-\"\n\n\"EVERY.\" Birch interrupted sharply.\n\n\"Yes sir.\" Giovanni took the pokeballs and pokedex, then nodded in respect. He walked out of the building and put his headphones over his ears. His pokemon journey had just begun.\n\nSCYKE ICK - Showdown in Oldale Town\n\n\"Here's your Pokemon, sir!\"\n\nA pretty lady with a little hat and flourishing pink hair came over to the Pokemon Centre till with a tray that had two Pokeballs on it. Scyke quickly finished his coffee, binned it and picked up Zap and Snover. \"Thanks Nurse Joy, it's really nice of you!\" Scyke attached Snover's Pokeball while letting Zap out to his shoulder. \"Aha, I was only doing my usual duty; besides I think you have company waiting for you.\u201d Scyke turned to see Tyre and the other kids outside, waiting for him. Scyke sighed. \u201cAish, that kid really does want to face me. While waiting I did read up a bit on Zap and his ability but I\u2019m still not confident. I\u2019ve only battled once.\u201d Nurse Joy surprisingly giggled, \u201cDon\u2019t worry; Tyre likes to talk big about his rare Pokemon but really that boy haven\u2019t won many battles his faced. He kind of challenges every trainer that comes across around here, and the ones who actually accept it usually win fairly quickly.\u201d Scyke paused and looked back at the woman. \u201cYou know Tyre?\u201d \u201cMhm. His always hanging around the lounge area in this Pokemon Centre. Although Oldale isn\u2019t visited much by trainers because of not having much of importance there are still rookie trainers who visit here after getting their first Pokemon from Professor Birch.\u201d Scyke nodded. He was one of these trainers himself. He wondered whereabouts some of the other trainers who got their first Pokemon from the old man were right now. \u201cAnyway, you probably shouldn\u2019t stick around here much. Tyre looks like his getting tired of waiting.\u201d\n\nScyke agreed and waved goodbye to Nurse Joy before stepping outside. The group of kids stopped talking and turned to face Scyke, Tyre in-front. \u201cWe\u2019ll have our battle over there, right between Route 101 and Oldale Town. How \u2018bout that?\u201d Scyke didn\u2019t complain and walked with the group towards the open field. His mind was focused on winning. One of the little girls, Poppy, stepped up, \u201cI\u2019ll be the referee! Don\u2019t worry Scyke, I\u2019ve done this loooots of times!\u201d Scyke smiled at her and then focused on Tyre, wondering what this Pokemon he was hyping about was. Everyone took their places, Scyke stood at the left while Tyre positioned opposite. \u201cWELCOME TO THE OLDALE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE! I\u2019m your amazing host, Poppy, and today we have a challenger from Mr Trainer, who will be facing our champion, the one and only, TYRE LUM!\u201d Straight afterwards the other kids started cheering and screaming things like \u201cBeat that guy, Tyre!!\u201d or \u201cYou can do this, our Champion!\u201d\n\nScyke was dumbfounded by the set-up but also found it really cute; Zap was a little more confused. \u201cThis is a one-on-one battle; the winner will be the one who still has a Pokemon standing!\u201d Tyre brought out a Pokeball and enlarged it, \u201cCome at me Scyke; I\u2019ll give it my best shot!\u201d Scyke nodded and gave a determined smile, \u201cI\u2019m sure you will Tyre!\u201d\n\n\u201cBATTLE BEGIN!!\u201d\n\n\u201cZap, get ready to battle!\" Zap nodded at Scyke before jumping forwards, letting out a battle cry and jolting volts out of his cheeks. It was getting pumped to fight. \"Well here it comes then! My special Pokemon! Let's go, Poochyena!\" Tyre lobbed a Pokeball towards the battlefield, which burst open and emitted a wolf-like Pokemon out. At first Scyke wondered what was so special about a Poochyena until he actually saw the Pokemon in flesh. His jaw dropped to the floor. The Poochyena was gold. FREAKING GOLD. \"Behold, my special Poochyena, a GOLD Poochyena! Haha, you didn't think I was bluffing, did ya?\" Scyke just grinned in reply and snapped his headband. The battle had just got a lot more interesting for him.\n\nWithout warning, he ordered his Pikachu to an attack - \"Zap, use Tail Whip to begin with!\" Zap wiggled his tail towards the shiny Poochyena, which seemed to have dropped his defenses a little afterwards. \"Follow up with a Thundershock!\" Then Zap dropped his tail and jumped up to blast a jolt of electricity towards the Bite Pokemon. \"Poochyena, dodge!\" yelled Tyre, but it was too late; Poochyena took a direct hit.\n\n\"Aargh! Poochyena, Tackle!\" After a little stumble, the shiny Poochyena shook the damage off and charged full-body towards Zap, who collided back in impact. Zap jumped up straight afterwards. \"Ok Zap, hit it with your secret move - Hidden Power!\" Zap gave a little nod before jumping up again, this time conjuring some kind of power before releasing a blue orb from it's body towards the Poochyena. Tyre called out for it to dodge; it was too late again. \"Don't give up, Poochyena! Use Tackle again!\" Poochyena charged again towards Zap just like last time. Zap got ready to defend himself, but then instead of hitting with all it's power, Poochyena jumped above the Pikachu and stood right behind him. Tyre quickly called out, \"USE BITE!\" and in response Poochyena opened it's mouth and chomped Zap, who cried in pain. Scyke stood there shocked at the event - he wasn't expecting Tyre to use tactics against him. \"Hold on Pikachu! Grab Poochyena and hit it with a Thundershock!\" After the Bite attack finished, the Pikachu stumbled backwards but then held itself up, and jumped towards Poochyena to grab it. Succeeding, Zap quickly charged himself up before electrocuting the gold Poochyena, who's little legs had been forcefully stretched by the shock. After a few seconds of the attack, Zap let go of the Poochyena and jumped back, gasping for air. Poochyena just laid down where it had been electrocuted.\n\n\"Poo- Poochyena is unable to battle! Mr Trainer wins!\" The other kids started cheering; Tyre fell to his knees. \"Aww, man! I just can't seem to win!\" Scyke walked towards Tyre, Zap jumping to his shoulder in the process. \"That was an excellent battle, Tyre! I thoroughly enjoyed that,\" Scyke winked and continued, \"I'm sure when you start your journey as a Pokemon trainer you'll do very well!\" Tyre looked up in awe and started jumping. \"Mr Trainer, I want to be just like you! When I get stronger, we'll battle again for sure!\" Scyke's cheeks turned rosy red from the compliment and started smiling uncontrollably, \"I'm just a rookie trainer, but thanks! And sure Tyre, we will battle sometime again!\" After a few more chatter and a return to the Pokemon Centre, Scyke bidded farewell to the children before setting off for Route 102. With an experience of a Pokemon battle with another person and seeing a shiny Pokemon for the first time, Scyke was excited for what else his journey laid in-front of him.\n\nRick Cache - Some dumb Shroomish, or something. Not nearly as important as the misfortune about to befall Gio.\n\nQuote:\n\nPoor Shroomish had lost its master. However, it seems to be willing to follow this talkative trainer around. Sadly, his former master seems to have lost the Pok\u00e9ball, and without it Rick can't truly call Shroomish his own. Maybe he'll find it lying around somewhere, or even in a nest full of Dustox.\n\nGio's journey has just begun, and it sure promises to be something for the records! Excitement fills the air as all wild Pokemon ready themselves for upcoming battles... One of them doing an additional and quite particular effort...\n\n\u266aSlow ride...\u266a\n\nMusic plays in the background, unnoticed as the inevitable is coming closer...\n\n\u266bTAKE IT EASY!\u266b\n\nDear lord... Could it be? ... It's a Lotad! And not any Lotad... THE Lotad! Y'know, THE Lotad Forrest faced in the earliest part of his journey! It has been informed of some punk that thinks metal is better than audioslave, and is sure gonna set his beliefs over Gio's... whatever the cost may be...\n\n\"TAD!\" The Pokemon cries, his cool-kid sunglasses reflecting not only light, but also his confidence. He's not gonna go down with ANY ease! And the rain that's beginning to fall just backs what I stated...\n\nThe Shroomish looked like he was willing to go with Rick, which was great, but it didn't look like he could find his Pokeball anywhere. Carol seemed to good at keeping the Shroomish and Delibird entertained while he looked around. He didn't feel right looking over the dead trainer's body, but he did anyway, careful to avoid any areas that looked like they had spores on them. The rest of his Pokeballs were empty, and none of them were registered with a Pokemon already, so he decided to take a look inside his pouch. There weren't any Antidotes, figures as much, but he did have an unused Potion, which would be good help later on in case they got in trouble in the woods.\n\nTaking a few large, but broken branches off the ground, Rick proceeded to cover the body, paying his respects to the dead. But then Rick got to realizing about the logic of finding branches, with leaves as healthy as these, just laying on the ground. And also, some of the areas on his body didn't look like they were made from decay, but rather, there were a lot of slice marks. Almost as if something had been eating his body a little while ago before the two of them had met up with it. And the wounds with the bite marks were small, but still bleeding, which told him that the bite marks were made very recently.\n\nSeeing a bunch of broken twigs around them, Rick gulped when he saw that they were not alone like they had thought. Looking up at tree tops, he gulped, as a flock of Dustoxes were perched right above then, unmoving and waiting for the right moment. Rick began to walk back to Carol very slowly, making sure as to not look suspicious towards the Dustox. Making his way next to her, he nudged her elbow, pointing up to show her the Dustox, hoping she didn't make a scene. She gave a yelp, but he caught her mouth in time to keep her voice down so that they didn't alert the Dustox.\n\nBacking up, they each grabbed one of the little guys at their feet, taking a few steps back before turning around to run! Unfortunately, they were not alone anywhere they tried to go, as right behind them was a badly injured Wurmple. Rick recognized it from the number of Wurmple they had fought a few hours ago, so he knew that the little guy had a grudge against him. He made a small smile, hoping to make ease with the Wurmple, though sadly it too had a smile, a nasty, malicious smile. It sprayed a String Shot right at Carol, catching her ankle and pulling her down, nocking her head against a root.\n\nShe went under fast and Rick had to pull her out, kicking the Wurmple aside to stop it from shooting him. The Wurmple gave a cry, alerting the Dustox to their attention and the swarm came down on them. This made Rick gulp, as six fully evolved Dustoxes were bursting from the trees, all crying out words that seemed to scare Delibird and Shroomish. The two hid behind Rick, and Rick didn't deny the fear, as he himself was shacking. He pulled out Slugma's Pokeball, preparing to fight them. He couldn't outrun them all while carrying Carol on his back, so he had to stand his ground, releasing Slugma and giving out orders.\n\nHe could probably get them all with a swarm of Ember from Slugma, but he couldn't risk hitting the trees. He didn't want to start a fire, and the only reason he was even letting Slugma out was because they were on a dirt road now. Giving the order for a Barrage of Rock Throws, Slugma went underground, digging pits and shooting the large rocks above him. The rocks each hit one or two, but as soon as the Rock was shrugged off the Dustox, they were up again. There was also too many to hit all at once, and he himself was taking a lot of Confusion attacks since Slugma was underground a lot.\n\nSlugma was slowing down, but the Dustox were taking turns, resting while the others took their place. They needed to deal with them each before the attacks were recovered from, which meant they were going to need another attacker. But before he could ask, Delibird threw a very Large Present down on one of the fallen Dustoxes, putting it out for good. The sudden arrival of Delibir was enough to get Slugma back in the game, and the two were in synch. Slugma pinned them down with Rock Throw and Delibird finished them with Present before any of them could get up again.\n\nAs the last lay down on the ground, they were finally done with them all, Slugma looked exhausted though, as did Delibird. Even Rick was on his knees by the final round, having taken a few Gust attacks and Confusions during the battle. The battle was severe, but he wasn't done yet, as he pulled out his Pokeballs to return Delibird and Slugma now that they were done. The battle was over, but Rick still needed to find Shroomish's Pokeball before he could call it a day. Looking around in the foliage, he found one of the Dustoxes, pinned under a rock, with something shiny next to it.\n\nIt was the Pokeball, with SHROOMISH written right on it as well, sitting right next to the unconscious Dustox. Picking it up, he dropped down next to the Shroomish, showing him the Pokeball, which told him that it was time to go back in.\n\nSara with Flower Girl Selena\nSara stopped crying and just glared at the rubble. She felt plenty of anger rising within her. \"Sara...\" Selena said softly, \"We should see nurse joy about your hands.\" Sara looked down at her hands, bloodied and scarred. She didn't feel the pain yet, though it was creeping in.\n\n\"We came here to avoid violence.\" Sara said, \"We were threatened to leave Orre, they said it was safer here.\" She continued looking at her hands. She had punched concrete so hard she needed stitches. This pain was different though. The cuts were not deep enough for stitches, though somehow they looked like the worst wounds in the world. \"I have no way to tell my father either. He will never know what happened.\" She clenched her teeth.\n\n\"Maybe we should go back to my home...\" Selena said sympathetically, \"I think my mother would be glad to take you in...\"\n\n\"You can go home. It's probably too dangerous now anyways.\" The monotone, anger filled, growling in the way Sara spoke frightened Selena. \"I'm going to get revenge. I'm going to find out why this happened. Then make them regret doing it.\"\n\nSelena squirmed, she couldn't just let Sara do that, Sara would die. But she was too scared to say no, and there was nothing Selena coud say that would change Sara's mind. \"T-then I'll help you.\" Sara looked Selena in the eye. It was a cold stare, and words didn't have to be said that Sara wasn't in the mood for jokes. \"Y-yea, I know every plant, pokemon, and city in Hoenn I could help you get around a-and stay alive without money if you need t-to.\" Selena couldn't stop shivering.\n\nSara's glare was still stone cold, though outloud she said, \"Fine. Do you know how to fight?\" Selena shook her head, \"I figured.\" But Sara knew she would probably need a guide, and a companion. \"Then you better be one hell of a trainer.\" She looked down at her hands. The pain was now rising, and tears accumulated in her eyes. \"L-let's go see a nurse.\" She said shakily.\n\nThe fearsome opponent emerged from the trees. \"LOTAD!\" It gave a fearsome roar. The rain was pouring down, and Gio was terrified. He produced Howler's pokeball from his belt and tossed him out. Even the fearsome hyena pokemon feared this horrifying monster. To make matters even worse, Slow Ride was playing in the background! The bane to all metalheads!\n\nGio packed his headphones away and looked to Howler. \"Listen to me buddy, this thing is pret-ty damn terrifying.\" The Poochyena nodded, terrified out of his mind. \"We can't let it beat us. It's the first test that we've come to.\" They both managed to steel their nerves and turned to face the menacing beast. \"I CAN DEFEAT YOU AND YOUR CRAPPY TASTE IN MUSIC!\" He earned another roar from Brotad and a small snarl from Howler. He ignored both. \"YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME! HOWLER, USE POISON FANG!\" Howler rushed forth and lurched forward with his purple tinted fangs, but Brotad just moved out of the way swiftly. The rain was making it faster! \"TRY AGAIN!\" The Poochyena managed to sink its teeth into Brotad. It roared it pain. It was poisoned, but poison wasn't going to stop this crappy-music-loving freak of nature! He slammed his head into Howler. Zen Headbutt wasn't supposed to work on dark types, but it DID! Howler was sent flying. \"NO! IMPOSSIBLE! KEEP UP WITH POISON FANG!\" The Poochyena charged forth and tried to bite, but the Lotad just matched with its own improvised bite. The impact was so great that an explosion occured. Both pokemon emerged from the smoke, but Brotad was just a little fazed. Nothing could defeat this beast of nature! He had to try now! Gio tossed a pokeball and hoped for the best.\n\nThe Pok\u00e9Community\n\nMeta\n\nPok\u00e9mon characters and images belong to The Pok\u00e9mon Company International and Nintendo. This website is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, or The Pok\u00e9mon Company International. We just love Pok\u00e9mon."}
-{"text": "Haiti wages and minimum Salary\n\nEffective January 1, 2014Haiti's minimum wage will jump up 12 percent, from 4.65 to 5.23 dollars per day. This decision however raised some red flags. The biggest problem with the raise is that it will not affect more than 30,000 people who work as assembly factory workers. This decision was met with public protest in Haiti as hundreds of workers in assembly industries demonstrated in several streets of Port-au-Prince to demand 500 gourdes as minimum wage.\n\nThey reject the recommended minimum wage of 225 gourdes minimum daily wage for the sector. They said that the minimum wage is insufficient for them to live on. One week prior to this protest, the Collective of Textile Factory Unions federation (KOSIT) was able to mobilize the people for 500-gourde wage."}
-{"text": "Hot on the heels of his first release, Sherlock Holmes #1, Aaron took time out of his busy schedule to come do a signing for us on Free Comic Book Day.\n\nOur thanks and gratitude to Aaron for doing his first signing as Astro-Zombies (and for making the climb to sign our ceiling of fame!) Be sure to keep up with Aaron's latest work here:http://www.aaroncampbell.reliquum.com/"}
-{"text": "booking photo\nA little over a month after a drunk driving incident took the life of Dallas Cowboys\u2019 practice team player Jerry Brown, another member of the Cowboys has been arrested for drunk driving. Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Jay Ratliff crashed his 2011 Ford truck into an 18-wheel tractor trailer. He was charged with DWI and bonded out of a jail within a few hours after the arrest, according to Grapevine, Texas police.\nPolice arrived at East State Highway 114 at approximately 12:36 a.m. Tuesday morning to investigate a crash. Upon an investigation of the crash, officers arrested Ratliff on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.\nAccording to a crash report, Ratliff was traveling in the middle lane, slightly ahead of of the semi, before moving into the right lane and colliding with the 18-wheeler. Ratliff\u2019s truck was then \u201cturned sideways and struck a median protector \u2026 and came to a stop,\u201d the report says.\nDesignated driver. That\u2019s all I have to say.\n\nYou'll\nalso\nreceive Yardbarker's daily Top 10, featuring the best sports stories from around the web.\nCustomize your newsletter to get articles on your favorite sports and teams. And the best part? It's free!\n\nCompany Info\n\nHelp\n\nWhat is Yardbarker?\n\nYardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond."}
-{"text": "Marix Tex-Mex\n\nShare:\n\nMarix Tex-Mex\n\nFor what this is worth, after 6 years living in LA, finally made it to Marix Tex-Mex (the one on Entrada and PCH-havn't been to West Hollywood yet). IN spite of nearly unbearable noise-level (poor design for a restaurant of this size) best Tex-Mex I've had since I've lived here. Outstanding, from the chips and salsa, quesadilla with guacamole and an asada combo that included the best steak I've head in years and an exceptional chicken enchilada. Great chipotle sauce on the side and the Corona Beer was just this side of being frozen so it stayed ice-cold through the meal.Anyone been to the WeHo one? (other branches??) Equally as good there?\n\nRecommended From Chowhound\n\nThe beauty of this colorful meatball recipe is that it can be both a bite-size party appetizer and a hearty main dish. Tex-Mex Meatballs in Red Chile Sauce take their heat from a broiled poblano pepper, and creamy Cotija makes for perfect tacos.\n\n(01:32)\n\nBasic Boneless Roasted Leg of Lamb\n\nA roasted boneless leg of lamb makes an impressive centerpiece for your table, but this recipe is easy enough to pull off any time. A classic gremolata perfumes the lamb; the mixture of garlic, lemon, and parsley holds its own against the strong flavor of the meat. Read more.\n\n(03:32)\n\nDaddy's Dish\n\nWe get a better look inside a Williamsburg restaurant. Chef Connolly gets a little hand in the kitchen at Rider."}
-{"text": "The Supreme Court today has ruled against the Chagossian people's desire to resettle in the British Indian Ocean Territory.\n\nFollowing that verdict, James Carver MEP stated; \"I'm dismayed by the ruling. This moral injustice continues to be a stain on our history. The 2015 government report, shows the Chagossians' return entirely feasible. I believe this was reflected in the Supreme Court's narrow 3:2 majority in reaching their verdict today.\n\n\"Following last week's referendum when the British electorate voted to regain our own sovereignty, I can think of no better first act for an independent UK, than to allow the exiled Chagossians the opportunity to return to their homeland, should they so desire.\""}
-{"text": "The Roxy of Buenos Aires is a house of worship for Porte\u00f1o rockers and worthwhile option amongst the myriad of Palermo nightspots. Like its famous namesakes, The Roxy has a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll soul, but it also has something for those who prefer dancing the night away to funky beats. The club is split into [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "You are currently viewing the old forums. We have upgraded to a new NFL Forum. This old forum is being left as a read-only archive.\nPlease update your bookmarks to our new forum at forums.footballsfuture.com.\n\nBelieve it or not, that's 16 credits. I'm trying to switch my GE/Writing class (the two are a package deal) from MWF to TR. Originally I had three classes on Friday but I switched into the math class that meets only 4 times a week. I'm trying to do that with the GE that meets 4 times a week instead of 5. And I still have a ton of flexibility in trying to change my business classes, which are all at awful times anyway. If I get this schedule, first semester is going to be a breeze. I would rather be in class for an hour and fifteen minutes twice a week instead of 50 minutes three times a week.\n\nPS, those evening classes don't meet every week. The writing one is a guest speaker that occurs once a semester, and the business class meets every other week for a total of 6 times a semester._________________\n\nLast edited by Shaq on Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:17 am; edited 1 time in total\n\nIt's not a class per se, but it's a writing \"lab\". Basically all the freshmen in the writing classes gather to see a guest speaker and write about it afterwards. It's tied to the writing class, but it's on its own time slot._________________\n\nI'm hammered right now but I post for the ppl. First off, idgaf what anyone says, I love my early class schedule. IMO its great for ppl who want to party. Secondly, everyone getting their law degree is exactly why I just may get my ma in Econ and run with it. Brb having a million job options and not paying an arm And a leg to get into a saturated job market.\n\nHonestly tho, who knows at this point, I'll make mad skrilla either way.\n\nI'm hammered right now but I post for the ppl. First off, idgaf what anyone says, I love my early class schedule. IMO its great for ppl who want to party.\n\nThat's why I like my afternoon schedule. Can stay out and up late without having to worry about oversleeping or being ridiculously tired for class.\n\nQuote:\n\nSecondly, everyone getting their law degree is exactly why I just may get my ma in Econ and run with it. Brb having a million job options and not paying an arm And a leg to get into a saturated job market.\n\nHonestly tho, who knows at this point, I'll make mad skrilla either way.\n\nMeh, I'm not afraid of competition and challenges. I crave it. It's why I've always loved tests and sports. It's why being I wouldn't mind spending the majority of my life as an evil, soulless monster._________________\n\nI'm hammered right now but I post for the ppl. First off, idgaf what anyone says, I love my early class schedule. IMO its great for ppl who want to party.\n\nThat's why I like my afternoon schedule. Can stay out and up late without having to worry about oversleeping or being ridiculously tired for class.\n\nQuote:\n\nSecondly, everyone getting their law degree is exactly why I just may get my ma in Econ and run with it. Brb having a million job options and not paying an arm And a leg to get into a saturated job market.\n\nHonestly tho, who knows at this point, I'll make mad skrilla either way.\n\nMeh, I'm not afraid of competition and challenges. I crave it. It's why I've always loved tests and sports. It's why being I wouldn't mind spending the majority of my life as an evil, soulless monster.\n\nBecause I'm \"afraid\" challenges and competition..\n\nIt's just something to consider. Really got nothing with being competitive or not. I'll probably get it anyways, but it won't because I have that competitive fire. It'll because I have a passion for law and think it's a worthwhile investment.\n\nbrb, letting people walk all over me because i'm afraid of competition\n\nLast edited by IrishGreen on Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:28 am; edited 1 time in total\n\nI'm hammered right now but I post for the ppl. First off, idgaf what anyone says, I love my early class schedule. IMO its great for ppl who want to party. Secondly, everyone getting their law degree is exactly why I just may get my ma in Econ and run with it. Brb having a million job options and not paying an arm And a leg to get into a saturated job market.\n\nHonestly tho, who knows at this point, I'll make mad skrilla either way.\n\nNow time to pass out\n\n>people who want to party\n>early AM classes\n\nDoes not compute.\n\nEarly afternoon classes let you stay up late and get enough sleep. Plus I am not aware of many parties starting in the midafternoon that you would need go clear that part of your schedule for.\n\nIf it works for you, good for you. But I simply do not follow that logic._________________^^El ramster^^\nFF Hunger Games I Winner\n#JDI\n\nI'm hammered right now but I post for the ppl. First off, idgaf what anyone says, I love my early class schedule. IMO its great for ppl who want to party. Secondly, everyone getting their law degree is exactly why I just may get my ma in Econ and run with it. Brb having a million job options and not paying an arm And a leg to get into a saturated job market.\n\nHonestly tho, who knows at this point, I'll make mad skrilla either way.\n\nNow time to pass out\n\n>people who want to party\n>early AM classes\n\nDoes not compute.\n\nEarly afternoon classes let you stay up late and get enough sleep. Plus I am not aware of many parties starting in the midafternoon that you would need go clear that part of your schedule for.\n\nIf it works for you, good for you. But I simply do not follow that logic.\n\nnaps. i'm telling you naps.\n\ni do the same thing on weekends. like last night. went to bed at 3, woke up at 6 and went home. now later i'm going to take an amazing nap.\n\ni'm just saying everyone has different opinions and preferences and i just kind of laugh when a \"good schedule\" is one where you don't have morning classes and a \"bad one\" is when you do.\n\nidc though, i be napping and watching arthur while everyone is still stuck in class.\n\n...the tuesday-thursday classes might actually start at 8:30, not 8...I have been rocking the MWF schedule the past three semesters so I can't quite remember, but either way, thats basically what I'm in for in September.\n\nTuesday is the only day that makes me want to puke because there is almost no break in between my courses. But I love my MWF schedule, I have two, hour long breaks for breakfast and lunch. And I have two hours off on friday between my Soviet Union course, and the French class._________________\nsig made by mike23md\n\nLast edited by shawn on Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:55 am; edited 1 time in total\n\nReally hope gender is interesting. Sucks I can't take more Econ classes this semester because of the other requirements but forecasting should be fun an we get to go to Chicago and compete our project against northwestern, Madison, Michigan, etc so it should be fun! It's macro tho and I don't have a ton of experience with it at this point\n\nlet me just second this motion...8am classes do not suck nearly as much as people say. I also perfer them, and like Irishgreen said, if you get started with your classes at 8, it leaves plenty of time later in the day.\n\nEarly morning classes aren't for everyone. If you know you won't be able to get up for 8 a.m.'s than don't schedule. Inversely, if you know you're not productive with later afternoon or night classes don't schedule them._________________"}
-{"text": "The latest from the National desk\n\nCongressional leaders reach agreement on pipeline safety\n\nDecember 8, 2011 | 5:03\npm\n\nHouse and Senate leaders on Thursday reached agreement on tougher safety rules for the nation\u2019s vast network of pipelines in the wake of a spate of incidents including a deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., last year that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.\n\nThe measure would double the maximum fine for safety violations, from $1 million to $2 million, and require automatic and remote-controlled shut-off valves, \"where economically, technically, and operationally feasible,\" on new gas pipelines.\n\nBut it does not include a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation to require automatic and remote-controlled shut-off valves on existing pipelines in heavily populated areas. That recommendation came in response to the nearly 95 minutes it took utility workers to manually shut off gas spewing from the San Bruno site. That idea has run into industry opposition because of the potential cost.\n\nThe legislation directs the Government Accountability Office, Congress\u2019 investigative arm, to conduct a study on the \"costs, risks, and benefits\" of requiring automatic and remote-controlled shut-off values on existing pipelines.\n\nThe legislation has drawn rare bipartisan support in a hyper-partisan Congress because of growing concern over pipeline safety. There were two high-profile incidents this year -- a pipeline explosion that killed five people in Allentown, Pa., and a pipeline spill in the Yellowstone River in Montana. Last year, there was a pipeline spill in the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.\n\n\u201cPipeline safety is an issue that is important to all Americans, but it hits especially close to home for me as I have witnessed a pipeline tragedy in my home district,\" said Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.\n\nErin Ryan, an aide to Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), who has pushed for tough pipeline safety legislation, was reviewing the measure but was concerned that it \"doesn't do enough to protect public safety.''\n\nAccording to a House staffer, the measure includes a provision sought by senators that would require older, untested pipes operating at high pressure \u2014 such as the one that exploded under San Bruno \u2014 to be strength-tested to establish safe maximum operating pressures.\n\nThe bill authorizes additional safety inspectors once the Department of Transportation fills existing vacancies, and directs the secretary of Transportation to report to Congress, within a year after the bill\u2019s passage, if there are still vacancies, and if so, why.\n\n\u201cThis important legislation builds on our strong commitment to ensuring the continued safety of our nation\u2019s pipeline system and provides the regulatory certainty needed for industry to make investments and create American jobs,\u201d said Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee that oversees pipelines.\n\nMartin Edwards, vice president of legislative affairs for the Interstate Natural Gas Assn. of America, welcomed the agreement and expressed confidence that a safety bill would be aproved this year."}
-{"text": "On Monday, the Cowboys will announce that their QB had a concussion after all even though he seemed fine at the time. The League office will say that the Cowboys made a mistake but they had good intentions, so there will be no penalty."}
-{"text": "Life's a struggle, but the days still go on. AI TENG and DINGZHIRUO YANG pay tribute to every overseas student who has found a direction in a confused life, no matter who you are or where you are from."}
-{"text": "Win a Newborn Photoshoot + 10 Files - if your baby arrives on time!\n\nNEWBORN PHOTOSHOOT COMPETITION -\n\n******NOW ENDED*****\n\nIt's competition time! If you're due this Summer or beyond, here's your chance to win a free newborn photoshoot.\n\nIf your baby is born on the predicted date (that you are given at your 12 or 20 week scan), you could win a shoot with files! It's pretty unusual for your baby to be born on their due day, but it does happen and it happened to us, which is what gave me the idea for this competition!\n\nHow does it work?\n\nAt your 12 & 20 week scan, you'll receive your babies estimated due date. If your baby arrives on time, get in touch and we'll arrange a shoot for you!\n\nYou'll receive a free photoshoot with at least 10 digital files, worth over \u00a3300. All you have to do, is have your baby on time! Please see my gallery of baby photography for examples.\n\nYou can enter between now and the 21st July 2016. After that date, the competition will close and no more entries can be accepted. I will announce that there is a winner as and when someone wins.\n\nRules:*\n\n- The first person to have their baby born on its due date is the winner.\n\n- Your due date has to be at least two weeks in the future when you enter.\n\n- Once you have submitted a date, that date is final and can't be changed.\n\n- If you win, I'll need some evidence of your babies birth date. (Just to glance at a birth certificate, for example, I won't need any copies of anything.)\n\n- The shoot has to take place in the Crewe or Nantwich area. (Either at your home, or my home studio.)\n\nor is it?! :)\n\nHow to enter?\n\nAll you have to do is enter your name, email address and due date into the form just below, good luck to you!\n\nMy Baby Photoshoots - Bonus Prize!\n\nIf you are interested in a photoshoot for your baby, you can also book a shoot with me today, just in case you don't win the prize.\n\nI usually schedule newborn shoots in for around 7-14 days after your due date. Booking in advance is the best way to secure your date during busy periods.\n\nPhotoshoots are \u00a345 to book.\n\nIf you book a shoot, and then win the prize, not only will I refund your \u00a345, in addition to the free photoshoot + 10 files which you will win, I will also give you a free, premium 20x16in canvas print worth over \u00a3200.\n\n(This is a bonus available only if you have booked already, and then win.)\n\nSo, if you were wanting to book anyway, here's your chance to double the prize if baby arrives on time! No pressure little bump! ;)\n\nThere is no cash equivalent. The prize is non-transferable in any way. The date you are given at different scans may vary, but the date you submit to the competition is final and cannot be changed. I reserve the right to cancel the competition or amend the rules at any time, with or without a winner being declared. The files you will receive are for your personal use only and cannot be used for advertising or sold for profit in any manner, but you can use them to print and share with family and friends etc., as much as you wish. Copyright of the images is retained by the photographer, Ben Cassidy of Photos by Ben. Images may not be altered or edited in any way or used in any way that misrepresents or damages my work or reputation. Sharing on social media is totally fine, I'll give you copies for that purpose as well as full resolution files for printing anything you want, for personal use. You may only submit your details into this round of the competition once. There may be another round in the future, which you are free to enter again. The photoshoot needs to take place within 30 days of the babies birth, but if there are circumstances that mean delaying the photoshoot, I will consider these before cancelling the prize. When you sign up, I will add you to my mailing list, I use that to send out information about shoots and competitions like this. If you want to unsubscribe, you can easily do so. I will never send you spam or share your information. I only want to keep you informed about my work in the hope that it is of interest to you. The prize is a photoshoot of up to around 2hours, plus 10 files from that shoot. If you had already booked a session you will win the photoshoot, 10 files and 20x16 canvas too."}
-{"text": "Modern Music Promotion & Social Media Music Discovery\n\nSocial media may be the single greatest resource for independent artists that want to be discovered, but too often the components vital to success go overlooked. In the coming weeks we plan on diving into the details of modern music promotion, placing particular emphasis on social media music discovery. Our goal is to empower great indie artists with info that every music creator should be aware of, so they can be heard and discovered in these competitive times.\n\nWith respect to the time and money put into creating tracks, we will first be diving into the details of what makes for the most effective social media content by making the most of your songs.\n\nAudiovisual Gap of Social Media\n\nThe phenomenon of social media has made it possible to create connections with more people exponentially faster than ever before. At the same time, while the opportunity is great, when marketing with a budget what really counts is the quality of those connections. Take for example a product like music. The effectiveness of the connections made through music are contingent on the ability to engage your audience and get people to listen. For musicians, particularly indie artists, this is where the challenge lies. Currently, social media is driven by visuals, which does not favor artist\u2019s existing bank of audio content and is not conducive to listening. This audiovisual gap is causing artists to miss out on huge potential for music discovery.\n\nFacing the Need & Cost of Music Visuals\n\nWhen it comes to social media, the demand for video is steadily growing year over year. In Q3 2017 Instagram alone reportedly grew 100 million users in just about a month . This visual trend presents a very unique challenge when it comes to promoting audio across the different social media platforms. And with the majority of people spending well over an hour a day on social media, these platforms offer huge potential for exposure. For music the mostobvious solution for bridging this gap between audio and visual is to create a video for your music (A.K.A. a music video). However, while this seems like the logical answer, quality video production costs time and money. Sure, the cost to generate this content is justified, but it is ultimately the effectiveness of these videos that should determine what the value really is.\n\nSnackable Content Consumption\n\nBefore creating visual content for social media it is important to understand the habits of consumers and what attributes make for the most effective content. Aside from the accelerating video trend, there has been a significant decline from twelve to eight seconds in attention span, since 2008. While the impact of this statistic is not crystal clear, when paired with the abundance of information shared and consumed on a regular basis it is safe to say that grasping attention is a challenge. Regardless of industry and subject matter, simply put, it is very difficult for content creators to break through the noise. This is even more so the reality when dealing with audio content like songs, which are usually at least two and half minutes in length. Taking all these factors into consideration, one of the more simple solutions is to trim the length of content, and create clips. By doing so, rather than asking someone for 150 seconds of their time artists could theoretically offer a 30 second snippet that essentially acts as a preview of the work they are promoting. While editing the actual work may seem a bit counter-intuitive at first glance, the reality is this is very effective in terms of promoting content via social media and cutting through the noise. Now, what was once one piece of audio content can be used to create multiple visuals that consistently engage audiences and promote a single track.\n\nIn case you missed it\u2026..Check out the entire Modern Music Promotion & Social Media Music Discovery series."}
-{"text": "Fenland archaeologists hope to solve mystery behind Wisbech moat\n\nArchaeologists hope they are close to solving a centuries old mystery.\n\nMembers of Fenland Archaeology Society (Fenarch) are investigating a moated site in West Drove, Wisbech.\n\nBut it is unclear what the site was used for after digs have brought up rubble and rare games but no foundations of a homestead.\n\nMembers are hoping that the answer may lie in geophysical surveys which are being conducted on the site over the next week.\n\nTreasurer Chris Green says one theory is that wooden homes were built on the site.\n\nShe said: \u201cHopefully the geophys will solve the mystery. It is something we may never get to the bottom of but hopefully it will take us further and explain why we have brick work there but no foundations for a substantial building.\n\n\u201cEvery time we dig, we get brick coming up but we can\u2019t figure it out.\u201d\n\nThe moat may have been used to keep animals within the site or bring water for brick building.\n\nThere is also evidence of a drove.\n\nWhile the site has not given up all of its secrets, the four digs have yielded some results with animal bones, which show the residents were eating well.\n\nPottery and metal items have been found, along with a rare game called Nine Men\u2019s Morris.\n\nMrs Green said: \u201cIt was exciting to find that.\n\n\u201cI think they had some kind of building there and I think people were living there, eating there and using it.\u201d\n\nThe society has also uncovered a Roman settlement in Wisbech St Mary after a farmer had begun to dig up pottery.\n\nA recent dig has uncovered coins, pin brooches and other items.\n\nMrs Green said: \u201cRoman activity in the Fens is not really known as a lot of the area would have been under water. If they had not been farming sometimes they were making salt.\n\n\u201cWe are still working through the report.\u201d\n\nThe society, which was founded in the late 1990s after a dig at the Castle, is also looking at an Iron Age site in March and hopes to investigate a 17th century colony in Manea.\n\nFenarch is hoping to attract another 15 to 20 new people to join its ranks.\n\nIt meets on the second Tuesday of each month in Mendis, Market Place, Wisbech, for interesting talks but also holds a number of digs during the year. Training is given.\n\nThe group is also looking for fresh land in the Fenland area to hold digs on.\n\nFenarch receives support from the Jigsaw Cambridgeshire project, which is funded by the Heritage Lottery.\n\nThis five-year project assists history and archaeological societies in research, excavation, artefact identification and recording\n\nFor more information contact Mrs Green by emailing christinegreen53@yahoo.co.uk"}
-{"text": "DAVID ARQUETTE is taking his mind off the breakdown of his marriage to COURTENEY COX by leading a campaign against a suspension of California's greenhouse gas emissions law.The Scream star, who announced his split from...\n\nDirector WES CRAVEN wept when he heard his SCREAM co-stars COURTENEY COX and DAVID ARQUETTE had separated - because he was so upset by the \"sad\" news.The legendary horror movie-maker directed the former couple in...\n\nDOUG REINHARDT, the star of US reality show The Hills, could be dating JASMINE WALTZ after the pair were spotted together at his Hollywood home, reports CBS News. The couple have been romantically linked in...\n\nDavid Arquette has \"shared too much\" information about his split from Courteney Cox Arquette this week. The 39-year-old actor - who announced his separation from the 'Cougar Town' star after 11 years of marriage earlier...\n\nActor JERRY O'CONNELL was left stunned by the news his SCREAM co-stars DAVID ARQUETTE and COURTNEY COX had separated.The Stand By Me star was around the couple when they first started dating and, like many...\n\nActor DAVID ARQUETTE has apologised to his estranged wife COURTENEY COX after airing his marital troubles in a revealing radio interview on Tuesday (12Oct10).The stars announced they had separated in a statement released on Monday...\n\nCOURTENEY COX's COUGAR TOWN co-star BRIAN VAN HOLT has sent his best wishes to the actress as she deals with the breakdown of her marriage to DAVID ARQUETTE.The Hollywood couple, which met on the set...\n\nCOURTENEY COX has been offered a $1 million (\u00a3666,666) deal to become the face of a dating website for older women - just days after she announced her separation from husband DAVID ARQUETTE.The former Friends...\n\nDAVID SCHWIMMER, the 43-year-old actor famed for playing 'Ross' on hit show 'Friends', secretly married his girlfriend ZOE BUCKMAN back in June 2010. Schwimmer reportedly met the part-time photographer when directing his comedy movie 'Run,...\n\nDAVID ARQUETTE broke the news of his separation from wife COURTENEY COX to their six-year-old daughter over a picnic at the beach.The actor called in to pal Howard Stern's radio show on Tuesday (12Oct10) to...\n\nActress COURTENEY COX initiated the split from her husband DAVID ARQUETTE after tiring of acting like his mother.The couple announced its break-up on Monday (11Oct10) after 11 years of marriage and in a joint statement,...\n\nDAVID ARQUETTE phoned HOWARD STERN'S 'Sirius Satellite Radio Show' today (11th October 2011) to reveal the reasons behind his split from wife COURTENEY COX after 11 year of marriage. However, he denied that either of...\n\nDavid Arquette is in therapy following his split from Courteney Cox.The couple - who have been married for 11 years - announced today (12.10.10) that they had agreed to a trial separation several months ago,...\n\nCOURTENEY COX and DAVID ARQUETTE have split after 11 years of marriage.The couple broke up weeks ago, according to sources, but Cox and Arquette have agreed to stay friends as they work together on the...\n\nCOURTENEY COX and DAVID ARQUETTE have split after 11 years of marriage.The couple broke up weeks ago, according to sources, but Cox and Arquette have agreed to stay friends as they work together on the...\n\nJENNIFER ANISTON has been praised for her performance alongside Friends co-star COURTNEY COX, in last night's episode of 'Cougar Town' (22nd September 2010). The 41-year-old appeared in the season two premiere as 'Glenn', a therapist...\n\nJENNIFER ANISTON has reignited her relationship with singer-songwriter JOHN MAYER, and the pair look set to begin dating again, according to OK Magazine. After a number of brief relationships, most notably with the actor VINCE...\n\nKristen Bell will star in 'Scream 4'. The 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' actress will join an all-star cast for the fourth instalment of the horror movie franchise, which will also feature original 'Scream' stars Courteney Cox,...\n\nJennifer Aniston is to appear in 'Cougar Town'.The 'Switch' actress will reunite with her former 'Friends' co-star Courteney Cox Arquette when she makes a guest appearance in the first episode of the second series of...\n\nJENNIFER ANISTON is turning to her FRIENDS for a career boost following her latest film flop THE SWITCH - she'll appear opposite COURTENEY COX in an upcoming episode of TV comedy COUGAR TOWN.The actress will...\n\nCourteney Cox Arquette has marriage therapy with husband David. The 46-year-old star - who has been married to actor David Arquette for 11 years - confesses the pair have attended therapy in the past because...\n\nBUSY PHILIPPS was left fuming after reading false reports linking her COUGAR TOWN co-stars COURTENEY COX and BRIAN VAN HOLT - insisting the lurid gossip about the pair made her \"mad\".Cox's relationship with husband David...\n\nJENNIFER ANISTON's publicist has dismissed reports the actress is working with her former co-star COURTENEY COX to bring their hit TV show FRIENDS to the big screen.The pals were alleged to be writing a top-secret...\n\nCOURTENEY COX celebrated her 45th birthday on Tuesday (15Jun10) with a star-studded dinner in Los Angeles.The Cougar Town star invited a group of friends to mark the occasion with her at exclusive restaurant Bouchon Beverly...\n\nActor DAVID ARQUETTE is baffled by reports suggesting his 11-year marriage to COURTENEY COX is in trouble, insisting they have a \"beautiful relationship\".The stars met on the set of the original Scream horror movie and..."}
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-{"text": "The central city of Da Nang on June 2 held a meeting in Son Tra district to celebrate the World Ocean Day (June 8) and the Vietnam Sea and Island Week.\n\nAddressing the event, Vice Chairman of the city\u2019s People\u2019s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Tuan said making a living from the sea is a right direction. However, the protection of marine and coastal resources has become more urgent with a number of serious challenges, such as the overexploitation and degradation of coastal and aquatic resources, threats to biodiversity and marine ecosystem and pollution.\n\nThis year\u2019s World Ocean Day calls for better awareness of people\u2019s responsibility to keep the ocean clean and encourage the initiation of solutions to tackle plastic pollution for a healthier ocean and a better future.\n\nIn response to the World Ocean Day and the Vietnam Sea and Island Week, the central city has launched a series of clean-up events, for example, cleaning up Tho Quang fishing port, streets and pavements, conducting an oil spill response drill at Lien Chieu Port, and seminars to educate people on the sea and promote the Law of the Sea.\n\nDa Nang City is blessed with about 90 km of coastline and 11 public beaches. It aims to make the sea-based industry a backbone of the local economy by 2030 with tourist arrivals set to increase 13 \u2013 14 percent from 2016 \u2013 2025 and the cargo volume through local ports reaching 12 \u2013 13 million tonnes per year by 2025."}
-{"text": "On December 14th 2012, the nation was struck with a hard realization that something was wrong enough within the system to allow a young adult to kill more than 25 people with the majority of them being children. In recent articles that have surface, everyone is pointing fingers at someone else. The Nation Rifle Association blames video games, scientist blame the way the nation takes care of its mentally ill, citizens blame gun control, and all the while not much is being done to understand what had happened.\n\nNRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre states \u201cThere exist in this country a callous, corrupt, and corrupting shadow industry that sells, sows, violence against its own people.\u201d[CSmonitor] Are you talking about war propaganda Mr. LaPierre or better yet are you referring to NRA\u2019s PlayStation 2 game \u201cNRA Gun Club\u201d that allows gamers to fire 100 different brand-name handguns? No of course not, you were talking about gory movies or maybe even rap music. Heck might as well put porn and military commercials in there! As a teacher once told me in elementary school, \u201cwhile you\u2019re pointing at someone else to blame, three fingers are pointing back.\u201d\n\nNow I\u2019m not saying video games shouldn\u2019t share the blame of what happened but I\u2019m not saying it should be a means of scapegoat. I\u2019ll explain it in this way. You look at a building covered in flyers, vinyl, posters, and billboards which represents all the influences of social media, entertainment, etc. with the building representing an individual. Once you strip all the outside stuff away, what your left with is the foundation of the building itself. If the foundation is broken, faulty, unleveled, or not taken care of the building will fall apart after wear. Same with children. Sen. J Rockefeller, D-WA. VA., said it better than anyone else \u201cAt times like this, we need to take comprehensive look at all the ways we can keep our kids safe.\u201d [GOSANANGELO] Well one of them is reading the Electronic Software Rating Board ( or ESRB) on the front of every video game before you buy it for your kid. It\u2019s ironic how everyone wants to think about how to control how their children spend their time entertaining themselves, when it\u2019s the parents whom are the ones that should take control in the first place. In this regard, I feel the video game industry is to blame because they should teach and train parents what the ESRB rating is all about. You can\u2019t say \u201cmajor corporations, including video game industry, make billions on marketing and selling violent content to children\u201d because that\u2019s not true.[Daily News] They market them to adults. Children get their hands on it through adults who don\u2019t understand the ratings the industry put in 1994. The video game industry is doing their part to keep the kids away from such games, even going as far as having gaming retailers not sell any M rated games to any minors without a parent. What more of an aggressive role could Congress even fathom to make to enforce responsibility besides having parents slapped across the face when buying an obvious M rated game for their kids?\n\nSo what is the ESRB rating you say? Very simple. In the same sense how movies are rated G till R, video games have their own rating. This little rating is always found either on the bottom front part of the game or the back with details of why it has received that rating. So why is this rating so important? Well because if you\u2019re a parent who has a child with a mental illness or too young to understand the concept of real and make believe, it\u2019s your job to make sure that anything the child comes into contact doesn\u2019t disrupt their mental stability. Children simply cannot understand that when they are playing a game it isn\u2019t reality. Having kids play it or the mentally ill is not the industries fault since they did their part to make buyers know that their content is not for them. What proves my point is the fact that a 12 year-old boy named Max Goldstein realized these games weren\u2019t for him and organized a small movement called Play Out to dispose of these games. Good for you Max, although the Daily News spinned it off a lot different than what really happened. I\u2019m baffled how he got a copy of Call of Duty Black Ops 2.\n\nNow I\u2019m not saying gun control and how our nation treats the mental ill don\u2019t share the blame in all these, but I can\u2019t help but get slightly agitated by the eagerness to denounce video games as the culprits for this event, when it\u2019s an industry no different than music, movies, and sports. The world needs to realize, video games aren\u2019t for kids anymore. A wide range of them are for people in their mid-30s which means most of them are going to be targeted to that age range because A they make money to buy the games and B they grew up on them. For example, Far Cry 3 is rated M because it has a sex scene. If you bought that game for you 12 year-old kid, return that before he opens it tomorrow on Christmas Day. If he asks why he didn\u2019t get it, you explain \u201cIt\u2019s not for your age range.\u201d\n\nNarz is CEO/Founder of Girl Gamer vogue(GGVogue) and Lead Video Game Columnist at KnickerBocker Ledger."}
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-{"text": "And it\u2019s pose heaven! A full sim full of poses, props and animations. And most of them rock big time! Now expect to be bugged with Pose Fair posts for a while, cause I totally enjoy that!. The fair opens on Friday, so meanwhile check my blog and the feeds to see new releases, special offers and gifts.\n\nMy first pic features a pose set of Status, formerly Gesticulate. With the re-branding, all new releases in the store are only L$75 for a five-pose pack. And a gift for you! I chose the Baby Doll set, cause I was often complaining that prims from baby doll tops or dresses are inside my body and all. Well, these poses are a lot of help!\n\nmoniq is wearing an awesome new hair by Amacci, called Emilia. I love how it falls on one side and, to keep it from going through your body, as it happens with most hairs, Emilia comes with a second attachment. Total win! The pretty dress is a gift by House of Fox for Modavia group members.\n\nFor the second look I chose a top by Khush for the Pacific Crisis Fundraiser \u2013 which I blogged before, but I love it too much not to show it again, a pair of Spirit Store sexy pants \u2013 believe me, they have a very low waist \u2013 and another new Amacci hair, shorter and with forelock.\n\nThe poses used in this pic are by Miamai and are a selection from the various sets released for the Pose Fair. If you are a man and happen to read that blog or if you are a girl and your partner needs more poses, Miamai also has new mail poses! I only used poses for ladies in this pic and let me tell you, they are gorgeous! They have style and are suited for art photography but also for casual pics."}
-{"text": "Cheap toy roundup: 2012 edition\n\nEvery year, The A.V. Club ventures into the skeeziest, sleaziest dollar stores that haven\u2019t yet collapsed under the weight of their own grime, and scans the shelves and walls for the toys that convey the important holiday message, \u201cEh, good enough.\u201d As always, Cheap Toy Roundup aims to help modern-day Scrooges with a guide to the money-saving joys of inexpensive toys, for those who care enough to pay the very least.\n\nPocahontas: Indian PrincessAs everyone who saw the Disney movie knows, the Native American princess Pocahontas was a real historical figure who fell in love with English soldier John Smith, sang him a bunch of pretty, consciousness-raising songs, saved his life when her father wanted to kill him, and took her career tips from a talking tree. Thanks to her bravery and dedication, all those mean white invaders then cheerfully returned to England forever. That history isn\u2019t entirely reflected in this toy, which was apparently created with the understanding that Pocahontas was some kind of red-headed, ass-kicking action-movie heroine who saved John Smith by flashing her considerable cleavage at his would-be executors, then taking them out with such traditional Native American weapons as a rifle, various swords, and whatever that thing is with the heart-shaped tip. Bet this Pocahontas doesn\u2019t hang around singing with a cute raccoon and hummingbird all day; she\u2019s more likely to while away the hours by sharpening blades and trying to invent gunpowder.\n\nFLARP! In case the term \u201cflarp\u201d isn\u2019t evocative enough, the front of the package of this three-pack of \u201cstink bags\u201d works overtime to telegraph what\u2019s inside: \u201cStinky!\u201d \u201cYuck!\u201d \u201cP-Yew!\u201d And so on. The back of the package, however, devotes most of its space to the myriad warnings involved in deploying these stink bombs. We thought about setting one off in the name of good journalism, but after reading all of the cautions\u2014choose a safe location, move several yards away after activating, product may stain clothing, walls, or floors, and so on\u2014we got tired and decided to forget the whole thing. Who knew flarping was so complicated?\n\nGames With Key Chain (REALLY WORKS!!)\u201cGames With Key Chain\u201d looks like a funny absurdist joke, filled with random bits and pieces that don\u2019t look like they relate to each other in any way. There are eight tiny plastic daggers (four hot pink, four neon green), 10 little balls, a thing that looks like a birdcage, and another that looks like a tiny barrel. There are also, notably, no instructions of any kind. As near as we can tell, you\u2019re supposed to press the little pirate guy into the barrel, then stab the little daggers into it until he pops out. As for the birdcage, balls, and little make-your-own dice, the packaging suggests you\u2019re supposed to put the balls on the birdcage and spin it until they fall off, which doesn\u2019t exactly sound like a dollar\u2019s worth of fun. Perhaps you\u2019re supposed to invent a game with them? Just don\u2019t invent a game that DOESN\u2019T REALLY WORK!!, or you\u2019ll be defying the packaging.\n\nAnimal Sound TubesSome of the first things parents tend to teach very young children is what noises animals make: Cows go moo, kitties go meow, ducks go quack, black bears and severed ladies\u2019 hands go bwaaaaaaap. Now there\u2019s an easy way to teach at least a couple of those lessons, thanks to these noisemaking devices, which are labeled as Animal Sound Tubes. They\u2019re educational and creepy! (Well, the black bear one isn\u2019t creepy. The detailed furry limbs printed on its sides to make it more bear-like are very cute, and it has an ingratiating smile on its muzzle, as if to say \u201cPlease don\u2019t judge me harshly just because I hang out in a dollar-store bin with mutilated body parts.\u201d) As to the woman\u2019s chopped-off hand (hell, let\u2019s not be sexist, maybe it belonged to a dude who liked glossy red fingernail polish), it\u2019s less unsettling if you stop thinking of it as an aspiring animal and instead think of it as a handy back-scratcher for those who like their back-scratching to come with sudden unpredictable nasal whiny noises. But who doesn\u2019t?\n\nFitmentMost of the verbiage found on dollar-store toys is an affront to the English language, breaking it down to its most basic, disparate components. Fitment goes in the opposite direction, using a word most people haven\u2019t seen since the SATs, if ever, to describe this 23-piece set of tiny plastic dollhouse furnishings. But the questions raised by Fitment don\u2019t stop at the name. For example, why is the \u201cSeason Of Love\u201d hotplate bigger than the \u201cFood Set\u201d refrigerator? What function is fulfilled by the giant oval fitment with \u201cHappy Time\u201d stamped across it? On what channel could one watch Fairy, the show displayed on the television fitment? Do fitments come in colors other than pink and purple? How do fitments taste? That last one, at least, is answered by the packaging, which proclaims that this collection of choking hazards has a \u201cGood taste!\u201d\n\nMy ManicuristWhile hair and nails are both composed of keratin, the specific tools required for their care and upkeep differ significantly. That doesn\u2019t seem to bother the manufacturer of the My Manicurist kit, which seems confident that a real manicurist could make do just fine with hair curlers, a comb, and a headband. The only thing in this kit that even approaches nail care is the purple hairbrush, which could conceivablybe a nailbrush if not for the fact that it is clearly a hairbrush. The confusion might be chalked up to a language barrier, if not for the packaging, which features a sketchy motif of nail polish and a nail file, indicating that someone just mixed this up with the cardboard backing for the \u201cMy Hairstylist\u201d kit. Somewhere, a little girl is trying to brush her hair with an emery board.\n\nStar Wars Clone Trooper Bobblehead Ship\n\nWe were pretty disappointed to find out that this thing is a 2008 McDonald\u2019s Happy Meal Toy that wound up in a dollar-store bin, and not the inexplicable Chinese knockoff it appeared to be. That said, this clone trooper\u2019s bobblehead is on backward, so he can\u2019t see where he\u2019s going. Not that he can fly his ship anyway, given the way his tiny nondescript shoulders and arms are wedged into his cheapo plastic ship. Basically, this looks like two toys on two different scales jammed together in an industrial manufacturing accident. Given that it\u2019s a Star Wars toy and a Happy Meal toy, though, it\u2019s double-collectable, and we\u2019re betting there\u2019s someone out there who covets it with burning intensity to fill out some incomplete collection. You wanna buy it and underwrite this year\u2019s Cheap Toy Roundup, theoretical Clone Trooper Bobblehead fan?\n\nMusic XylophoneThis toy is so much better than those Industrial Bore Hole Mining Xylophones we bought for our nieces and nephews last year. Or the Enzymatic Extraction And Genomic Mapping Xylophones that were the hot dollar-store kids\u2019 toy back in 2008. Unlike those, this one comes in the form of a stoned-looking duck in a babushka, as all musical instruments should. And this one even says right on the packaging that it produces a beautiful melody, though for honesty\u2019s sake, it should probably say, \u201cMight produce a beautiful melody if your kid is talented enough to compose one out of four notes produced by banging a piece of plastic on a piece of metal all damn day.\u201d\n\nJumbo Necklace (Lanyard Included!)For the wannabe hype man (or hype child) in your family, there exists a metal circle on a golden rope, and the metal circle is made to look like a clock. The clock reads a strange time that is close to 3 p.m., though the hour hand is curiously far from the 3. In any case, no children in the world are likely to exclaim, \u201cYeaaaaaaah boyeeeeeeee!\u201d when receiving this gift.\n\nSpace Weapon EquipmentMilitary scientists have long tried to solve the puzzle of a space gun that could turn into a space sword, but have never cracked the code. (Space bayonets proved incredibly ineffective.) But at least our children can pretend that such a miracle exists with this \u201cspace weapon equipment,\u201d a green-and-orange pistol/sword that switches between its identities with a swift turn of the handle\u2014keep it straight and it\u2019s a sword, bend it and it\u2019s a gun. Either way, it comes with \u201c8 SOUNDS + LIGHT,\u201d which is actually a pretty impressive number of sounds and light for a toy this shitty.\n\n[pagebreak]\n\nBlinking Trick FanThe best thing about this blinking trick fan is not that it\u2019s \u201cNovel! Funny! Amusing!\u201d It\u2019s that even though the package says, \u201cbatteries included,\u201d there are no batteries\u2014just some staples in the packaging and two little cylinder-shaped holes where the included batteries once lived. They were clearly long ago harvested like so many black-market organs, leaving this sad little blue fan on its own, powerless. Adding some batteries actually turns the fan into a delight, albeit a dangerous one: The middle of the fan lights up in patterns that might be called novel and amusing, but there\u2019s no barrier between little fingers and the tiny fan blades, other than common sense\u2014and who has common sense when there are amusing lights to be poked? Bonus: On smooth surfaces, the fan kinda dances around like a robot.\n\nHappy SuperiorNot \u201cHappy Superior Cars\u201d or \u201cHappy Superior Racers.\u201d Just \u201cHappy Superior,\u201d says the cardboard attached to these six VW Beetle knockoffs. (Also, it says \u201cSPEED POWERFUL,\u201d which sounds awesome.) Most importantly, though, there\u2019s a drawing of a snail wearing bitchin\u2019 sunglasses, because when thinking of fast cars, the first animal that comes to mind is a snail, particularly one that looks like it\u2019s at the beach being constipated. The cars themselves have little stickers that say things like \u201clovely\u201d and \u201cfine,\u201d and for some reason have pictures of farm animals on them. Those who actually open the package are greeted by two words in a thought bubble: \u201cFunny cartoon.\u201d Really more meta than funny, Happy Superior.\n\nTruck: Super TruckAnd speaking of Chinese-made toy vehicles covered with random phrases, there\u2019s this adorable little toy truck, which looks like a perfectly fine plastic vehicle. But its makers weren\u2019t content with that. The packaging proclaims it to be \u201cVivid And Great In Style,\u201d and the truck itself says, \u201cPOWER mightiness\u201d on the front in wee letters. And a little label on the side proclaims Super Truck is \u201cTo Be Highly Praised And Appreciated By Consuming Public!\u201d Somewhere in all this is a spider who devoted her life to making sure that her little truck buddy didn\u2019t end up in a landfill, and who decided its best chance was to be surrounded with words of effusive praise. All that\u2019s missing is a \u201cSome Truck!\u201d label. (C\u2019mon, Charlotte. It\u2019s an entirely acceptable toy truck, but it isn\u2019t that vivid or great in style.)\n\nAnimal Explorer\n\nMore lessons about animals: Rhinoceroses are purple, they have rounded faces like hippos, they have long, curved stinging tails like scorpions, and they have flashlights in their mouths. Oh, and when those lights are activated, they make pig noises. This is actually a great toy for a kid who\u2019s afraid of the dark and also afraid of conventional, non-cute, non-noise-making flashlights. Or for someone who needs a primer in the genetic-engineering technology of 2075 and how it will be used to create monstrous hybrids to serve our every need, including our need for rhinoceroscorpion light sources.\n\nBattery Operated Blender With Glass And Spoon\u201cJust Like Mom\u201d reads the packaging for this plastic blender, which allows aspiring mini-mixologists to play along as Mommy whips up a batch of her famous Afternoon Margaritas. (Because all children should be taught that blenders make fun toys.) As the packaging proudly proclaims, it\u2019s battery-operated, with the big pink button on the front eliciting a clattering whir from the plastic blades roughly one out of every five times it\u2019s pushed. Most of the time, though, the blades just sit there doing nothing, while a puny light on the front of the blender chassis blinks on and off as if to say, \u201cWhat, you thought your dollar-store toy blender from China would actually work?\u201d Perhaps it has something to do with the batteries provided with the toy, which were bulging out of their compartment when we unwrapped the blender. At least the accompanying plastic glass and spoon are relatively benign, and the packaging is surprisingly grammatically sound, though a bit oddly fixated on the toy\u2019s battery power.\n\n\u201cCuddly Cousins\u201d Hammerhead PlushAlso in the \u201cnot the best thing to teach little kids to play with\u201d category: This terrycloth stuffed hammerhead, which is cute and cuddly and noticeably lacking in row after row of razor-sharp, eviscerating teeth. Somewhere out there, a generation of toddlers is learning that sharks are fuzzy and huggable, and setting themselves up for a lifetime of disappointment and confusion, especially when Shark Week rolls around.\n\nSport GameThe favorite pastime of Milhouse Van Houten, the cup-and-ball gets a high-octane makeover in with Sport Game, which is, according to the packaging, of the \u201cnew-style\u201d variety. The sport-game on offer here seems to be sending tiny choking hazards ricocheting across the room: The plastic trigger possesses much more muscle than is necessary to lift a tiny plastic ball, which it rockets sky-high on erratic, unpredictable trajectories. (On the first try, one of ours flew behind a bookshelf, never to be seen again.) The two included cups, which are different colors and shapes, indicate there might be some sort of throw-and-catch element to this sport-game, but the packaging offers no instruction other than a simple, unadorned \u201cBest.\u201d\n\nFinger LightsFinger Lights. They\u2019re lights that go on fingers. Pretty simple stuff, but this three-pack\u2014which includes only one finger light that actually works, with no way to replace the batteries on the ones that don\u2019t\u2014has in-depth directions on the back, instructing users to switch them on using the \u201con\u201d button, put them on their fingers, then \u201cMove your finger about and shine light on any nearby surface to make fun color light effects that move and dance about.\u201d Strangely missing: the instruction to first take a bunch of MDMA and head to a rave.\n\nTurbo WheelsOver the years, the Cheap Toy Roundup has featured some mighty crappy stuff, but this one may be the flat-out winner when it comes to low effort: It\u2019s some Matchbox-style cars made out of printed cardboard with crease lines so kids can fold them into vaguely car-ish boxy shapes. Advantage: These \u201ccars\u201d will flatten nicely when a stuffed animal rampaging through some toy town steps on them. Disadvantage: everything else about these excuses for toys.\n\nSyp Blank Table Tennis Set\u201cSyp Blank,\u201d as near as we can tell, is Chinese for \u201cping-pong paddles so cheap, they only have rubber on the side you can actually see when they\u2019re safely ensconced in the package.\u201d Now why on earth haven\u2019t more toy manufacturers learned that a toy only needs to be vivid in style or speed powerful on the side potential purchasers can actually examine ahead of time?"}
-{"text": "Brother MFC-8220 Driver Downloada\n\nBrother MFC-8220 Driver Download \u2013 The Brother MFC-8220 wins some and loses some. The Brother costs $50 much more compared to HP, it can not scan in coloration to the Computer system, and it makes poor grayscale scans and has mediocre scan and print qualities. Within the other hand, the Brother MFC-8220 prints and copies a lot quicker compared to the HP, plus it holds a lot more paper and features better fax capabilities, and it offers a similar community abilities as the HP LaserJet. Tiny businesses on the lookout for a reasonable multifunction printer will do perfectly using this printer. The squat Brother MFC-8220 resembles a sizable dollars register. The printer stands 14 inches significant and actions sixteen inches extensive by 22 inches deep,\n\nSuch as the automated document feeder\u2019s (ADF) paper aid; it weighs a comparatively light-weight 25 kilos. With its two-line, backlit Liquid crystal display and plenty of buttons, the MFC-8220\u2019s sloped-face manage panel sits at regarding the similar posture like a cash register\u2019s keypad. The look emphasizes the financial state of area, great for crammed workplaces. Fax and replica positions all feed in the 30-sheet ADF with the prime on the Brother MFC-8220, when scanned and printed files all drop into a front recess inside the Brother MFC-8220\u2019s belly, just below the manage panel. Regrettably, the sheetfed document feeder makes it difficult to fax or duplicate something which is bound or that is too major or far too tiny."}
-{"text": "HoloLens gives Ford a helping hand\n\nFord are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up the designing process of their new vehicles.\n\nHoloLens gives Ford a helping hand\n\nSeptember 26, 2017\n\nThe vehicle manufacturing company have been able to drastically reduce the amount of time taken to design their new car models by making the augmented reality device part of their production.\n\nThey wrote in a blog post: \"Designers at Ford make thousands of decisions to design just one vehicle, let alone a fleet cars, trucks, and SUVs. These decisions are made in close collaboration with their partners in engineering and management.\n\n\"Traditionally, a lot of this work is done using clay models, which are expensive and time-consuming to develop, and costly to change. While these models will continue to be an extremely important part of the design process, the team needs to feel confident in their design decisions early on before they are built at scale in clay.\n\n\"With HoloLens, Ford designers are blending 3D holograms digitally with both clay models and physical production vehicles ... They also envision the potential to use HoloLens in multiple areas of vehicle development, including early product creation, the design process and later engineering studies of designs.\n\n\"In their early work in grille theme development, they proved that what used to take days with multiple physical models could take only hours using a HoloLens and one physical model.\"\n\nAnd Ford say the device helps their team \"dream up even more stylish and clever vehicles\".\n\nMoray Callum, vice president of Design, added: \"It's amazing that we can combine the old and new - clay models and holograms in a way that both saves time and allows designers to experiment and iterate quickly, to dream up even more stylish and clever vehicles.\n\n\"Microsoft HoloLens is a powerful tool for designers as we continue to reimagine vehicles and mobility experiences in fast changing times.\""}
-{"text": "Browse Food & Drink\n\nBrowse Perfect Trips\n\nBeached\n\nYou never know which edition or piece in an edition will become an instant classic, a yellowing clipping on an anonymous bulletin board. That's how I felt about \"Be a King Tides Groupie\" (Jan. 2).\n\n\"King tides are exciting: the ocean creeps up and up into our faces, higher than usual. ... \" Well, yeah, especially if you are buried chin-deep in the sand at Trinidad State Beach!\n\n\"Seems as good a way as any to finish off the moldering old year.\" Uh huh. Right. And yourself along with it. Is this the same team that did the pickup commercial on the beach and totaled the rig? A 99-cent tide book, or smartphone app, would have saved them much trouble. Wasn't that an all-male crew, too? What are the odds?\n\nI note that Jennifer Kalt did not recommend beach burial as a preferred king tide observation tactic. Probably, Dr. Lori Dengler up at HSU would not recommend the strategy on California Big Subduction Day, whenever that is. Does Barry Evans have a tutorial on tidal forces and sneaker waves that these guys could review?\n\nThe accompanying photo is ripe for a caption contest. Allow me the first few entries:\n\n1. Dig you later. Yeah, I got a tide book. Oops, wrong year.\n\n2. Got my tide book. Gonna go up on the dune for a smoke and a couple of beers.\n\n3. The bet is: Which will come first, the king tide or a sneaker wave?\n\n4. My favorite, the classic: Grow your own dope, plant a man.\n\n\"As ever, use your noggin on this adventure and be careful.\" Oooooooh-Kay, Heidi! Ahh, young manhood. Would I do it again? In a hot New York minute!! Such a rush. The trick is to survive it."}
-{"text": "Following\nAmerican Burn Association recommendations for disaster response, primary triage is conducted over\nthe first twenty-four hours for patients to be transported to NJ hospitals\ndesignated by The Burn Center as Tier Facilities. Secondary triage is\nconducted over the next seventy-two hours to identify which of those patients\nshould be transferred to either The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas or to\nEastern Regional Burn Disaster Consortium burn centers."}
-{"text": "The Fall of Phaeton\n\nSir Peter Paul Rubens\n\nID23\n\nDesigned1606\n\nManufacturing TechnologyOil on canvas\n\nLikes1\n\nViews27\n\nPeter Paul Rubens (1577\u20131640), one of the greatest masters of the 17th century, painted this masterpiece as a young artist in Rome. Rubens depicted a moment of high drama in this popular Greek myth that was famously recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses (c. 8 AD).\n\nPhaeton, the Sun-god Apollo's son, had begged and begged his father to allow him to drive the Chariot of the Sun across the sky. After Apollo finally conceded, his worst fears were confirmed: the rash youth had neither the strength nor the experience to control the chariot and keep it on its regular course through the heavens. The horses bolted in an erratic pattern, so that Earth either froze because the Sun Chariot was too far away, or it was scorched by the Sun's heat. At left, the Horae, butterfly-winged female figures personifying the seasons, which represent the harmony and order of the universe, are reacting in terror as Earth below bursts into flame. Even the great astrological bands that arch through the heavens are disrupted. Outside the picture frame, Jupiter, the supreme god, has just unleashed a thunderbolt aimed at Phaeton in order to save the universe from complete destruction. As the chariot disintegrates and the horses tumble apart, Phaeton plunges to his death.\n\nThe story of Phaeton's hubris and subsequent destruction appealed to artists of the period not only for its drama character but also for its allegorical and moralizing implications. Generally, in 16th- and 17th-century publications of the Metamorphoses, the Phaeton legend was seen as a parable on the devastating consequences of pride and lack of moderation. In 1604, Dutch art theorist Karel van Mander interpreted Ovid's story as a recommendation \"to keep the middle of the road/steering not too high nor too low.\" He also presented a political interpretation of the story, noting that the myth teaches us \"how damaging it is that sometimes, when children or childlike rulers reign over countries, they cause not only their own ruin, but also that of their community.\" Such moralizing ideas may underlie Rubens's expressive scene, but his primary interest seems to have been to exploit the full pictorial possibilities of this cosmic drama. A number of pentimenti (changes of composition), visible to the naked eye, indicate that he worked on The Fall of Phaeton over a long period of time. For example, Rubens painted over some of the horses' tangled straps and reins.\n\nAround 1600, Rubens, who had been trained in classical ideals and philosophy, travelled from Antwerp to Italy. In his travels to Venice, Mantua, Genoa, and Rome, he not only studied the cultural riches and artistic movements of antiquity and the great Renaissance masters \u2013among them Tintoretto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo\u2013 but also absorbed the contemporary innovations introduced by artists such as Caravaggio. The inspiration he gained from this multifaceted exposure profoundly affected his own style of painting and became the foundation for his work. The dramatic light, powerful sense of movement, and complex poses in The Fall of Phaeton all exhibit Rubens's genius at assimilating that wide range of pictorial styles and visual motifs and his ability to infuse these with a new dynamism."}
-{"text": "Black Diamond Men's MidWeight Glove\n\nThe Mens Midweight Glove by Black Diamond is perfect for wearing under shells or for aerobic activities. Features 240 gram Polartec Power Stretch fleece and a leather palm with Kevlar stitching. Imported.\n\nI wear these under a pair of Black Diamond Mits. This is my second pair, lost one of the first somewhere between Vail and Boulder. Great as stand alone gloves as well. I wear them to and from work in the winter. Love the leather on the palm. I am a girl and find them super practical and fashionable (even though they are men's!).\n\nI wear them mostly for everyday, not really adventuring into the woods. They are great for driving and cleaning off your car after a big storm and just everyday things in the cool. They are very flexible and they don't limit you in anyway.\n\nMy hands are 10'' from wrist to tip of middle finger and the xl size fit quite well. The fabric is soft and smooth and doesn't snag too easily. The leather palm grips allow you to use the glove with a sure grip while not wearing down the glove fabric. The wrists are also long enough to not leave a gap between your sleeve and the glove and not get bunched up when layered. The gloves are light and not too think, but pretty warm, making them a good choice to throw in the pack if things might turn chilly. They can also easily fit under my shell gloves, boosting the warmth of the shell if it's extra cold. Great product for a good price that I'll plan to use often.\n\nThe medium fit me pretty well around the hand, with a 9\" diameter. The finger length is a little too long for me on most of the fingers. My hand is 7 1/2\" from wrist to tip of middle finger, middle finger is 3 1/8\" long from hand to tip.\n\nThese gloves are a very nice compromise between warmth and weight/size. They are easy to keep in any bag, or medium-to-large pocket, just in case. Dexterity is excellent, they really don't inhibit use of your hands much at all. The leather patch on the palm is nice, and they are usable for casual scrambling. Overall, they are a very nice casual use glove, and a great compliment to a heavier shell for tougher conditions.\n\nI was looking for a pair of relatively, inexpensive light gloves that I could use on daily runs or on a particularly chilly day at the supermarket. I like the strip of leather for increased grip running down the centre, really helps when you're lifting some heavy stuff. The down side is that it isn't water proof, but then again, that's not what this pair of gloves were designed for\n\nMoosejaw Rewards You earn 10 points for every dollar you spend on Moosejaw.com or at our shops (5 points for discounted items). That's like getting 10% back to spend on MoosejawRewards.com. So if you get a $200 jacket at Moosejaw.com you can turn around and get a $20 tee at Moosejaw Rewards. You are signed up and earn points automatically when you make a purchase and give your email address."}
-{"text": "A log cabin hand-crafted with large living in mind. Tucked away in the trees beside a babbling brook, the cabin feels like an enclave unto itself, yet its proximity to the Aspens makes it convenience incarnate.\n\nThe magic continues inside: river rock lines the foyer, and taxidermy mounts peak from the great room. Beside the front door lies a bedroom with twin bunk beds, a stereo, closet and built-in shelves. Artful light fixtures and photography decorate the walls.\n\nContinue on into the great room, where huge windows funnel in light. The two-story river rock fireplace, fronted by an intricate fireplace screen, presides over the expansive living space. Two deep leather sofas and a matching loveseat offer ample seating in front of the big-screen plasma TV and DVD player. Mounts of animals indigenous to the valley, from a massive bull moose to a wily jackalope, line the walls, as do historic photography and memorabilia. French doors open onto the aforementioned patio. An electric keyboard invites entertaining, as do the cubbies of board games.\n\nThe attached open kitchen features a vintage Frontier Gas sign (Rarin\u2019 To Go, indeed!) and six tooled leather barstools. Meanwhile, a large dining table sets eight. Outfitted for gourmet cooking, the kitchen boasts custom cabinetry and new high-end appliances including a gas stove. A pantry, laundry room and full bathroom round out the living area amenities.\n\nA second ground-floor bedroom features a lodgepole pine king bed and a twin daybed. A gas stove, flat-screen TV and country Western bedding make for a cozy room.\n\nClimb the stairs and find two twin beds tucked under the eaves of the loft overlooking the living room. Benches and a bookcase make the loft a lovely perch for more guests.\n\nThe first upstairs bedroom features a queen lodgepole pine bed and a vintage cobalt-blue stove. The ensuite bathroom features checkboard tiles and a closet. Its mirror bedroom lies across the hall with a queen bed, a telescope sighted on the Tetons and an ensuite bathroom with a closet and black-and-white tiles.\n\nA recently-renovated mother-in-law apartment features a large deck, studio kitchen, dining table and living space with a leather loveseat, gas stove and TV. A washer/dryer is tucked inside a closet. The studio\u2019s apartment features a queen bed with deck access and a brand new bathroom with slate floors, a river rock shower and pine countertops.\n\nConveniently located four miles from Teton Village, Macker\u2019s Cabin sits directly across from the Aspens entrance, making it steps away from the Aspens market.\n\n*Please note, gatherings greater than the maximum occupancy are not permitted in this property. The owner keeps a vehicle in the driveway.\n\n\"\"The\" Cabin Home\"\n\nGreat location, well thought-out cabin home with a great layout and a size that accommodated all comfortably. Very much enjoyed the property and the backyard patio, grassy area for the kids\n\nManager Response:\n\nDear Derrick,\nWe are thrilled to know the Mackers Cabin was a perfect fit for your vacation and that you were able to enjoy all it has to offer. We hope you made some great memories and visit again soon!\nSincerely,\nJackson Hole Resort Lodging Team\n\n-Derrick T, VRBO Guest on 06/24/2017\n\n\"Mackers Cabin is Ultimate Mountain Cabin\"\n\n5 of 5\n\nImmerse yourself in mountain beauty and natural surroundings just minutes from Jackson Hole and Teton Village Wyoming. Our family of nine (could have easily added another couple of kids and set and parents for a weeklong wedding extravaganza. Perfect accommodations, awesome outdoor living space and inspirational natural settings brought indoors to this spacious and gracious cabin. Easy access, easy check-in and everything we needed. Highly recommend!!!\n\nManager Response:\n\nDear Chris,\n\nWe couldn't have said it better ourselves! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your great feedback. We are thrilled you and your family enjoyed the home as much as we do. Please come visit again!\n\nSincerely,\n\nJackson Hole Resort Lodging Team\n\n-chrisjJ7829LJ on 06/20/2016\n\n\"Great Cabin for large group\"\n\n4 of 5\n\nRented by my brother-in-law for 10 family members, the cabin is beautiful, located across a highway from a grocery and liquor store. However, highway noise detracted from the experience. Great kitchen and several seating areas inside and out for visiting. Many board games were provided. Beds range from single mattresses in a hallway to a King bed in a master bedroom. We drove to several park attractions within an hour, which seemed just fine to all. A moose and her calf visited the back yard twice! The cabin has no AC cooling, so warm June afternoons were uncomfortable indoors. We bought fans to stay cool and left them there.\n\nManager Response:\n\nDear Mike,\n\nThank you for taking the time to review your stay in Mackers Cabin. It sounded perfect for your group and vacation! Much of Jackson does not have air conditioning so we provide information in our arrival packets on how to keep cool and make sure a fan is placed in each bedroom. No need to purchase any or bring your own, our front desk has additional loaners if needed. We love that you saw the moose that frequents the area. Thank you again for your feedback! We hope you visit again soon.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJackson Hole Resort Lodging Team\n\n-Mike M on 08/30/2015\n\n\"Wonderful location for a Family Reunion...!\"\n\n5 of 5\n\nJHRL or the owners do no do justice to the pictures shown on the website. Our familythoroughly enjoyed the cabin and were impressed with its' rustic layout and format. The decorations of stuffed animals, furs and pictures really made the home beautiful. Outside area's were excellent and being right next to the creek was enjoyable for the younger children. All of you enjoyed the great experience... more than ample parking for our vehicles; close to all attractions, shopping and bike trails... Recommend this as a family retreat to everyone!\n\nManager Response:\n\nOscar,\n\nI am so thrilled to hear the time with your family was a huge success. It was a pleasure working with you and we hope you visit again soon.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJenny RoweOperations Manager\n\n-A FlipKey verified reviewer on 08/08/2015\n\n\"Family Trip\"\n\n5 of 5\n\nHighlights during our trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton's. The cabin was one of the most comfortable homes we have ever stayed at. The grandkids loved the alcoves and cubby's they had to play in. We met the resident Moose one afternoon while they were floating down the stream after a day of hiking. It was a trip no one will forget. The cabin will always be remembered. Thanks\n\n-A FlipKey verified reviewer on 08/19/2014\n\n\"Excellent Stay with Jhrl\"\n\n5 of 5\n\nGreat location and Jhrl does a great job with good service and clean environment. Mackers Cabin is great anytime of the year located on village road but also close to town. Awesome having the market and coffee shop across the street."}
-{"text": "Joel Klampert\n\n17 responses to CECWorship Image-fessional\n\nWow, that was really cool. Those images you chose were fantastic. What\u2019s your source.\n\nPlus, there you go pushing the envelope again. First the stick-fessional, now the image-fessional. What\u2019s next? Braille, Morse code, sign language, pig Latin? Makes me glad I brought the whole controversy up in the first place.\n\nActually Joel good call. I think if are going to do a video you need to take the responsibly to make it to the point and keep the information coming. Perhaps even present it in an interesting or creative manner."}
-{"text": "Laurent Pelly is a French opera and theatre director born in Paris in 1962. He enjoys a career as one of France's most sought after directors of both theatre and opera, working regularly in the world\u2019s most prestigious houses.\n[ - ]\n\nLaurent Pelly is a French opera and theatre director born in Paris in 1962. He enjoys a career...\n[ + ]\n\nLaurent Pelly is a French opera and theatre director born in Paris in 1962. He enjoys a career as one of France's most sought after directors of both theatre and opera, working regularly in the world\u2019s most prestigious houses."}
-{"text": "Sheeple Part 4 :: Your Fat Friends\n\nThis is part four of a three part series on Sheeple :: Cause I\u2019ll do what I want!!\n\n\u201cWhat the hell are sheeple?\u201d :: asks no one. But then someone does ask :: because they struggle to understand portmanteaus :: and suddenly asking becomes all the rage and every last one of the sheeple steps up to the microphone and asks :: \u201cWhat the hell are sheeple?\u201d\n\nFucking sheeple \u2026 so predictable.\n\nPreviously we discussed {and then immediately forgotbecauseuncomfortable truths are best left unexamined} the Milgram experiment :: the Asch conformity experiment :: and the Zimbardo prison experiment. Each of those famous studies showed that humans have a strong {scary strong} tendency to conform and obey. But that\u2019s all old science :: and old science is for dudes with beards. So let\u2019s take a shave :: and leap forward into modernity.\n\nIn the video Stephen Colbert interviews James Fowler who :: along with Nicholas Christakis :: has been studying {and writing books about} how people are influenced by their social networks. Their conclusions are eyeopening :: even if you {like me!} were already under the impression that humans are worthless drones who would rather choke to death on a chicken bone than waste a solitary moment on independent thought.\n\nDoctors Fowler and Christakis used the medical records from the Framingham Heart Study {which is big \u2026 and old} :: to track how social networks effected various aspects of health. Turns out :: if one of your BFFs starts growing a massive pair of ManBoobs :: then you are 50% more likely to start growing your own voluptuous set of non-milkers. 50% :: Holy Shit! Stranger still :: if your friend\u2019s friend starts sprouting a pair {but your friend doesn\u2019t} :: you\u2019re still 20% more likely than the average. And 5%-ish if it\u2019s your friend\u2019s friend\u2019s friend.\n\nThe same kind of eerie correlation holds true for smoking :: loneliness :: happiness :: depression :: alcohol consumption \u2026 etc. etc. :: probably any behavior with a social dynamic. Further elucidation from Clive Thompson\u2019s excellent New York Times Magazine story {link} \u2026\n\n\u201cChristakis and Fowler\u2019s strangest finding is the idea that a behavior can skip links \u2014 spreading to a friend of a friend without affecting the person who connects them. If the people in the middle of a chain are somehow passing along a social contagion, it doesn\u2019t make sense, on the face of it, that they wouldn\u2019t be affected, too. The two researchers say they don\u2019t know for sure how the link-jumping works. But they theorize that people may be able to pass along a social signal without themselves acting on it.\u201d\n\nAlso creepy/strange \u2026\n\n\u201cThey discovered that behaviors appear to spread differently depending on the type of friendship that exists between two people. In the Framingham study, people were asked to name a close friend. But the friendships weren\u2019t always symmetrical. Though Steven might designate Peter as his friend, Peter might not think of Steven the same way; he might never designate Steven as a friend. Christakis and Fowler found that this \u201cdirectionality\u201d mattered greatly. According to their data, if Steven becomes obese, it has no effect on Peter at all, because he doesn\u2019t think of Steven as a close friend. In contrast, if Peter gains weight, then Steven\u2019s risk of obesity rises by almost 100 percent. And if the two men regard each other as mutual friends, the effect is huge \u2014 either one gaining weight almost triples the other\u2019s risk.\u201d\n\nThe idea of the rugged individualist who cuts his own way through life like the Marlboro man on a fucking unicorn :: seems to be about as realistic as Santa Clause and Leprechaun Gold. Humans are :: surprise surprise :: deeply effected by the actions of others. Your friend\u2019s fat friends are making you fat :: you don\u2019t walk {or chubb out} alone.\n\nIn all of the Sheeple experiments we\u2019ve discussed :: the researchers were trying to sort out how people behave under what were basically \u201cnormal\u201d circumstances. Re-watch the BBC recreation of the Miligram experiment and see just how subtle and innocuous were the promptings that lead to such a high proportion of test subjects administering the massive 450V shock. But our subject is not a part of the \u201cnormal\u201d world :: it\u2019s much darker here :: much colder and more sinister.\n\nThe D-bags that take residence on this blog are cynically :: and viciously :: manipulating core human tendencies. They herd people into a group :: encourage them to isolate themselves from previous groups and attachments :: and then use the group against itself in order to extract the maximum amount of cash/debt from each individual within the group.\n\nIf humans are such slaves to social pressures in innocent environments :: how can they be expected to resist professional manipulators who have made careers around shepherding groups to slaughter?\n\nWhat the hell are sheeple? They are just people \u2026 and they need to be protected."}
-{"text": "Consent to upload and process Personal Information\n\nWho we are\n\nWe are ICE Group. We consist of a number of related companies \u2013 ICE Group Business Services, KT Business Skills, ICE Workforce and Cokealla.\n\nWhat we do\n\nWe offer varied and flexible recruitment and HR services to clients.\n\nWe also provide and manage business and vocational training services for the clients [corporate, public and individual]\n\nWe provide business services both insourced and outsourced in payroll, project management, sales management, financial management and ICT management.\n\nConsent\n\nBy providing us with your information you are indicating your consent for ICE Group to collect and process your personal details in the following manner:\n\nThe information we collect and how we use it\n\nWe process data in order to perform our business services, and to take steps at your request prior to providing a service and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations and for the purposes of our legitimate interests.\n\nWe invite you to share personal information with us by uploading it through our websites for example through the \u201cUpload your CV\u201d pages\n\nThis information [CV] will normally include your name, address, phone numbers, email address and work history, training and education details and any other information you have chosen to include.\n\nWe use this information to provide our recruitment services, answer your enquiry and provide supplementary services.\n\nWe will use your information to match you with jobs we or clients may have.\n\nDuring our recruitment processes we may seek further personal information as appropriate including \u2013 proof of identity, educational certification and/or permission to contact your education provider to confirm educational achievements, proof of permission to work in the jurisdiction, your current or past remuneration, pension and benefit details, extra information you choose to tell us, extra information that our Clients may tell us about you, aptitude and skill testing information, physical and mental health information, your IP address, the dates times and frequency with which you access our services and CCTV footage if you attend our premises, or a web based interview. 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-{"text": "Policy Guide 2015\n\nFairVote's Policy Guide 2015 includes one page policy briefs for dozens of key proposals, along with resources for each, including model statutory language, sample letters of support, and more. These proposals represent the cutting edge in reforms for expanding suffrage, enhancing voter access, and protecting the right to a meaningful vote at all levels of government.\n\nBelow are three tables, covering three categories of recommended reforms: those that expand suffrage and access, those that promote integrity and transparency in election administration, and those that enhance the democratic process. The columns include links to the single page policy brief, its corresponding statutory language (or link to similar language drafted by others), and the level of policymaking addressed, whether federal, state, local or internal to political party processes.\n\nExpand Suffrage and Access\n\nThese proposals help make more voters able to register to vote, ensuring that the pool of voters does not exclude anyone unfairly.\n\n17-Year-Old Primary and Caucus Voting\n\nState and political party policy. If a voter will be eligible to vote in the general election, they should be able to vote in the primary or caucus that will nominate candidates to be on their ballots. An increasing number of states and political parties have therefore extended voting rights in primaries and caucuses to 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the date of the next general election.\n\nAutomatic Voter Registration at High School and Colleges\n\nState and local policy. It is easy for high schools - that already have their students' information - to ensure that all of their students are preregistered for voting. That way, more prospective voters are registered as soon as they become eligible to vote.\n\nAutomatic Voter Registration\n\nState policy. Automatic voter registration is the norm in many modern democracies. Rather than forbidding eligible voters from voting until they \"opt-in\" by registering, eligible voters should be able to vote by default, with the ability to opt-out if they choose to.\n\nElection Day Holiday\n\nState and federal policy. Federal and state law should mandate that our most important Election Days be observed as holidays. That way, people would be more able to vote at any time of day, not just before or after work.\n\nExtending Voting Rights to 16- and 17-Year-Old Citizens\n\nState and local policy. Localities can expand voting and enhance civic engagement for all citizens by joining the practice of several nations and other jurisdictions in enfranchising otherwise-eligible voters when they turn 16.\n\nRestoring Voting Rights to Citizens with Past Felony Convictions\n\nState policy. It should be easy for people with felony convictions to reintegrate into lawful society once they have completed their sentences. States can facilitate this process by simplifying the process of voting rights restoration and voter registration for people with felony convictions.\n\nPromote Integrity and Transparency in Election Administration\n\nThese proposals will ensure that the voting experience is easy for voters, and will inspire confidence in the results.\n\nPost Election Audit Standards\n\nState policy. Risk-limiting post-election audits allow voters to be confident in the accuracy of election results. When done well, they can be easy to administer, requiring variable levels of auditing depending on how close the election margins are, up to a full recount in the closest elections.\n\nRanked Choice Ballots for Military and Overseas Voters\n\nState and local policy. Military and overseas voters can participate in an election and its corresponding runoff at once, preventing them from being disenfranchised when two elections do not allow sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned.\n\nRCV Ballots for Military and Overseas Voters: Presidential Nominating Contests\n\nState policy. By the time military voters have received, filled out, and mailed back their ballots in presidential nominating contests, one or more candidates may have dropped out of the race. By allowing them to use ranked ballots, they can ensure that their vote will count for their favorite candidate that is still in the running.\n\nUsability Testing for Ballots\n\nState, local and federal policy. Voters can be inadvertently disenfranchised by incorrectly filling out a confusing ballot. Ballot designs should be tested to ensure that they are usable in advance of their implementation.\n\nEnhance the Democratic Process\n\nThese proposals promote democratic values by making elections more inclusive, informing and engaging voters, and better electing candidates who will best reflect their constituents.\n\nA Constitutional Right to Vote\n\nFederal policy. The right to vote is the foundation of democracy, yet the U.S. Constitution contains no explicit right to vote. The Constitution should be amended to explicitly grant the affirmative right to vote to every citizen of voting age.\n\nReasonable Ballot Access\n\nState and federal policy. Voters are denied meaningful choices when the candidates they prefer most are kept off of the ballot entirely. States should pass commonsense ballot access requirements for all candidates at every stage of the election.\n\nHigh School Civics Education\n\nState and local policy. Students who are given a thorough civics education are more likely to become active participants in the democratic process. Surveys show that students who participate in civics education are more likely to show an interest in politics.\n\nCivics Education: Mock Legislature in Capitals\n\nDistricts Plus\n\nState policy. Districts Plus couples the election of state legislators from districts with additional \"accountability seats\" to ensure that when most voters favor candidates of one political party, that is the party that actually wins the most seats overall.\n\nNon-Partisan Ballot Labels\n\nState and local policy. Voters are more likely to participate in non-partisan races in an informed way when their ballots state not only the candidates' names, but also information about those candidates' views and associations.\n\nPresidential Nomination Reform\n\nState and political party policy. The ability of states to decide their own schedules in presidential nominating contests leads to earlier and earlier primary and caucus dates and a lack of rational structure in the nomination process. States can work with parties to establish a more sensible plan for presidential candidate nominations based on randomized, rotating primary and caucus dates.\n\nRanked Choice Voting for At-Large Local Elections\n\nLocal policy. Cities can have fair and representative elections in at-large contests by using ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting allows nearly all voters to elect a candidate of choice while empowering them to honestly rank candidates in order of preference.\n\nRanked Choice Voting in Multi-Seat Local Elections Pilot Program\n\nState policy. States generally regulate how counties and cities conduct elections, and they can test the usability of ranked choice voting in multi-seat contests by enacting pilot programs empowering localities to adopt ranked choice voting if they choose to.\n\nState Voting Rights Act\n\nState policy. States can protect minority voting rights and keep cases in state court by passing their own state Voting Rights Acts that allow lawsuits against places that dilute the votes of racial minority populations.\n\nTop Four with Ranked Choice Voting\n\nState and local policy. Places that want to open primary elections to all voters can do so without closing off their general elections to meaningful competition. They can do so by using an all-partisan preliminary election that advances four candidates to the general election and conducts that general election by ranked choice voting."}
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-{"text": "Get 13 fantastic gifts including Corel AfterShot 3 for Windows with the new issue of Digital Camera magazine\n\nHere's what you'll find in the December 2018 issue of the world's favorite photography magazine\n\nShares\n\nTeach yourself how to shoot like a pro by using manual settings, in the new issue of Digital Camera magazine \u2013 on sale now.\n\nExploring exposure, focusing and white balance over-rides, we suggest some strategies for taking control in situations when you can't count on your camera to get it right.\n\nAlso in this issue, we join family portraiture specialist Catherine O\u2019Donnell on an autumnal location shoot in Bedfordshire, while Sir Don McCullin looks back over his astonishing photography career in a seven-page interview that features some images from his new book, The Landscape.\n\nProjects in this issue\u2019s Photo Active section include how to photograph classic cars, and shooting a seascape at night. Discover how to get started in astrophotography, with the first part of a new series by Jamie Carter.\n\nPractical Photoshop is Digital Camera\u2019s regular guide to getting the most from the industry standard image editing program. Highlights this month include reducing noise in your pictures, learning to love the Levels function, and getting creative with Curves.\n\nLooking to buy some new camera gear? Find out why the Fujifilm XT-3 is such a fantastic upgrade on the previous model and which will be the most nifty fifty for your particular camera system \u2013 eight top 50mm primes go head-to-head.\n\nThere's a guide to buying your first ND filter, plus mini-tests of hotshoe mics and camera phones. Finally, why not purchase the photographer in your life \u2013 or even yourself \u2013 a tempting treat from our five-page Christmas gift guide? From under \u00a350 up to \u00a3500, there\u2019s something to suit all budgets.\n\nOn the included video disc, you can watch 76 minutes of video tutorials linked to this issue\u2019s Practical Photoshop section, choose from 108 studio backdrops to add to your images in Photoshop, and browse our reviews and tests in the 164-page Camera Shopper PDF ebook."}
-{"text": "Federal rats are fleeing the sinking collusion ship\n\nOne, the Washington swamp of fixers such as Paul Manafort and John and Tony Podesta was mostly bipartisan and predated Trump.\n\nTwo, the Trump administration\u2019s Russia policies were far tougher on Vladimir Putin than were those of Barack Obama. Trump confronted Russia in Syria, upped defense spending, increased sanctions and kept the price of oil down through massive new U.S. energy production. He did not engineer a Russian \u201creset\u201d or get caught on a hot mic offering a self-interested hiatus in tensions with Russia in order to help his own re-election bid.\n\nThree, Russia has a long history of trying to warp U.S. elections that both predated Trump and earned only prior lukewarm pushback from the Obama administration.\n\nIt\u2019s also worth remembering that President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation had been recipients of Russian and Russian-related largesse \u2014 ostensibly because Hillary Clinton had used her influence as Secretary of State under Obama to ease resistance to Russian acquisitions of North American uranium holdings.\n\nAs far as alleged Russian collusion goes, Hillary Clinton used three firewalls \u2014 the Democratic National Committee, the Perkins Coie law firm and the Fusion GPS strategic intelligence firm \u2014 to hide her campaign\u2019s payments to British national Christopher Steele to find dirt on Trump and his campaign; in other words, to collude. Steele in turn collected his purchased Russian sources to aggregate unverified allegations against Trump. He then spread the gossip within government agencies to ensure that the smears were leaked to the media \u2014 and with a government seal of approval.\n\nNo wonder that special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s partisan team spent 22 months and $34 million only to conclude the obvious: that Trump did not collude with Russia.\n\nMueller\u2019s failure to find collusion prompts an important question. If the Steele dossier \u2014 the basis for unfounded charges that Trump colluded with Russia \u2014 was fraudulent, then how and why did the Clinton campaign, hand in glove with top Obama administration officials, use such silly trash and smears to unleash the powers of government against Trump\u2019s campaign, transition team and early presidency?\n\nThe question is not an idle one.\n\nThere may well have occurred a near coup attempt by high-ranking officials to destroy a campaign and then to remove an elected president. Likewise, top officials may have engaged in serial lying to federal investigators, perjury, the misleading of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the illegal insertion of informants into a political campaign, the leaking of classified documents and the obstruction of justice.\n\nSo, how can we tell that the former accusers are now terrified of becoming the accused? Because suddenly the usual band of former Obama officials and Trump accusers have largely given up on their allegations that Trump was or is a Russian asset.\n\nInstead, John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, Andrew McCabe and Rod Rosenstein are now beginning to accuse each other of wrongdoing.\n\nEven their progressive media handlers are starting to sense the desperation in their new yarns \u2014 and the possibility that these hired-gun analysts or guests were themselves guilty of crimes and were using their media platforms to fashion their own defense.\n\nThe end of the Mueller melodrama has marked the beginning of real fear in Washington.\n\nComey, the former FBI director, has hit the lecture and television circuit with his now-tired moralistic shtick that he alone had a \u201csoul\u201d while others allowed theirs to be eaten away by Trump. Translated, that means Comey is terrified that former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whom Comey attacked as a Trump enabler, knows that Comey himself may have broken the law \u2014 and may direct prosecutors on how to prove it.\n\nComey is also in a tiff with his former deputy, Andrew McCabe. Both know that the FBI under Comey illegally leaked classified information to the media. But Comey says McCabe went rogue and did it. Of course, McCabe\u2019s attorney shot back that Comey had authorized it. Comey also claims the Steele dossier was not the chief evidence for a FISA warrant. McCabe insists that it was. It\u2019s possible that one might work with prosecutors against the other to finagle a lesser charge.\n\nFormer CIA Director John Brennan has on two occasions lied under oath to Congress and gotten away with it. He may not get away with lying again if it\u2019s determined that he distorted the truth about his efforts to spread the Steele dossier smears. A former CIA official claims that Comey put the unverified Steele dossier into an intelligence community report on alleged Russian interference. Comey has contended that Brennan was the one who did.\n\nIt\u2019s possible that both did. Doing so would have been unethical if not illegal, given that neither official told President Obama (if he didn\u2019t already know) that the silly Steele dossier was a product of Hillary Clinton\u2019s amateurish efforts to subvert the 2016 Trump campaign.\n\nIn sum, the old leaky vessel of collusion is sinking.\n\nThe rats are scampering from their once safe refuge \u2014 biting and piling on each other in vain efforts to avoid drowning.\n\n(Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of the soon-to-be released \u201cThe Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won,\u201d to appear in October from Basic Books. You can reach him by e-mailing authorvdh@gmail.com.)\n\nAbout Victor Davis Hanson\n\nAn author, editor and professor, Victor David Hanson\u2019s world-affairs column bridges the gap between xenophobia and indifference. Hanson, who received his doctorate in classics from Stanford University, attended the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and graduated with highest honors from the University of California Santa Cruz.\n\nHanson has more than 350 articles and 16 books to his credit, including \u201cWarfare and Agriculture,\u201d \u201cThe Western Way of War\u201d and \u201cFields Without Dreams.\u201d His book \u201cLand Was Everything\u201d was a Pen semi-finalist in 2000, and \u201cCarnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power\u201d appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. In 2002, Hanson received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism. Hanson\u2019s \u201cA War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War\u201d was named one of the New York Time\u2019s 100 most notable books of 2005.\n\nHe is a professor of classics emeritus at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University and a fellow of Hillsdale College. Hanson won an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 1991 and received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the Center for Behavioral Sciences the following year.\n\nHanson is a contributing editor to Arion, the Military History Quarterly and City Journal. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph, among others. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio and has appeared on the news hours of PBS, MSNBC and Fox.\n\nThe cookie settings on this website are set to \"allow cookies\" to give you the best browsing experience possible. 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-{"text": "Seish\u016b Handa is a pro calligrapher, despite his young age. When the elderly curator of an exhibition criticises his calligraphy for being too unoriginal (\"like a copybook\"), Handa gets angry and punches the curator. In the wake of this faux pas, his father sends him off for a retreat on Got\u014d Island, near Ky\u016bsh\u016b. There, he meets the colourful villagers, interacts with them, and begins to learn."}
-{"text": "Monday, December 31, 2012\n\nGun Owners Mad As Hell And Will Not Take It!\"Disarming the SLAVES!\"A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet************\n\nThere is a purge of Congress in the offing. It will be historic in its magnitude.\n\nAllow me to be as clear as I possibly can about this because the disconnect between the people of America and their government has become so complete, the distance between the citizen and the government has become so broad, that Washington is hearing only a faint whisper (If they hear anything at all!) coming from those of us outside the beltway.\n\nSo let me say this clearly, loudly, and in a declarative manner: Attention Senators and US Representatives: If you vote for the new Assault Weapons Ban your political career in the US Congress is OVER. That is O V E R! Complete, finished, ended, kaput!\n\nFor the past few days I have been going over and over Senator Diane Feinstein's proposal for a new Assault Weapons Ban and it reads like some sort of \"edict\" handed down from the politburo in old Soviet Socialist Russia. (The politburo is the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party.)\n\nThe full text of the proposed bill has been taken down from the Senator's website and, instead, we find the summary.\n\nI am including a copy of the text of that summary below which was taken from the Senator's website:\n\nSummary of 2013 legislation\n\nFollowing is a summary of the 2013 legislation:\n\nBans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of: 120 specifically-named firearms; Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one or more military characteristics; and Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds. Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by: Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test; Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test; and Banning firearms with \u201cthumbhole stocks\u201d and \u201cbullet buttons\u201d to address attempts to \u201cwork around\u201d prior bans. Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by: Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment; Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes; and Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons. Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include: Background check of owner and any transferee; Type and serial number of the firearm; Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint; Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration.\n\n\"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.\" ... 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution\n\nI keep wondering what part of \"shall not be infringed\" do they not understand??? The definition of \"infringe\" is:\"to go against.\" That, then, would mean, it seems to me, the entire proposed 2013 Assault Weapons Ban is unconstitutional from the git-go! It is clearly an \"infringement\" on the rights of US citizens as spelled out in the 2nd Amendment.\n\nAs we learn, by dribs and drabs, what's in Feinstein's bill it becomes even more disturbing.\n\nIn my family we have a long standing tradition of \"handing-down\" our guns to the next generation. I have been looking forward to the day I will hand-down my weapons to my grandson. Now I learn that should Feinstein's bill pass into law, I will not be able to do that. Nor will you.\n\n\"According to the outline of Feinstein\u2019s bill, it will grandfather in all legally owned weapons, but it will require they be registered and the owner fingerprinted. It will require a $200 per weapon tax be paid. The guns will not be transferable, meaning that upon the death of the owner the guns will become the property of the Federal government. It will allow the sale of 900 specifically named weapons, but none that can accept a detachable magazine that holds more than 10 rounds.\" SOURCE: http://personalliberty.com/2012/12/31/the-gun-grab-cometh/\n\nAll this is bad enough, but consider this: If the Congress refuses to pass Feinstein's bill into law, isn't it reasonable to expect that Obama will issue the necessary Executive Orders to do much the same thing by way of rules and regulations, which have the force of law, and those rules and regs will be executed by the alphabet agencies under his control such as BATFE and the DHS, and even the agency, or agencies, charged with the supervision of Obamacare.\n\nELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! Losing our freedom, our liberty, and our COUNTRY is a consequence of the November sixth election. But to be honest, we have to admit the problem began when the American people turned to socialism and a strong central government. THISis the price we pay.\n\nBut what the hey! It's only freedom. It's just our liberty. It's just our birthright! And finally -- it is just the soul of our country.\n\nThis is about far more than guns and who has them. This is about slavery to the state. Pure and simple. It's not hard. It's not difficult. It is easily understood --if you're not afraid of the truth.\n\nIn the not too distant future there will come a call -- a clarion call. Whether America lives -- or dies -- will depend upon who among her people answers that call. The faint-hearted need not bother themselves. Their services will not be required. When the call comes you can be sure the \"Land of the free\" is in need of rescue by those Americans from the \"Home of the BRAVE.\"Mark my words: The call WILL come. The rapid rate at which America is spiraling downward is matched by the rapid rate at which patriotism is spiraling upward among freedom loving Americans. The men and women who have always stepped forward from the masses to save America will step forward againfor they are the sons and daughters of heroes. They know the cost -- and the price -- of freedom for their families have paid it many times before. THEY will do the RIGHT thing -- because IT IS THE RIGHT THING.\n\n\"Through the travail of the agesMidst the pomp and toil of warHave I fought and strove and perishedCountless times upon this star.I have sinned and I have sufferedPlayed the hero and the knaveFought for belly, shame or countryAnd for each have found a grave.\n\nSo as through a glass and darklyThe age long strife I seeWhere I fought in many guises,Many names - but always me.\"\n\n--- General George S Patton, Jr.\n\nThe poem above is from the pen of a man who, as a boy sat at the feet of, and rode with an aging Col. John Singleton Mosby, the \"Gray Ghost\" of Confederate Army fame. Gen. George Patten knew that the men and women I write of above are with us always and when called upon they unflinchingly step forward. And they will again. They only await the call.\n\nI can't take credit for the title above. I stole it from some positively ancient would-be playwright named Bill Shakespeare. I understand there is some question, even today, as to the actual author of those words from Hamlet. So, to whomever wrote it, my thanks! You were -- and remain -- spot on!\n\nAs the so-called Mainstream Media continues its propaganda tsunami warning that we are all about to be swept over the fiscal cliff, it has begun to irritate me. I have begun to question their motive(s) even more.\n\nThe MsM (the Mainstream Media, the Press, the Non-Fox Media, the Democrat Propaganda Bureau, the Ministry of Propaganda, JUST PICK ONE!) has finally dropped its thin camouflage and it is now apparent the MsM is one huge propaganda machine for the political left. I trust nothing I hear, see, or read, that has the MSM as its source.\n\nWe told you during the early months of 2012 that the MsM would report the American economy as \"improving\" as we drew nearer the election. They did. The same with unemployment. In fact, they painted a picture of an economy on the rebound. Of course, Obama's economic policies were hailed as the cause of the \"recovery.\"\n\nBut there was no recovery -- not even the hint of a recovery. It was all sheer propaganda to assist their hero, Obama, reclaim his seat in the Oval Office from whence he could continue to plot America's fundamental transformation into a socialist/Marxist country.\n\nIf you visit my personal blog, \"INSIGHT on Freedom,\" you will see that it is a site for conservative thought, opinion, commentary and analysis. I make no bones about it nor apologies for it. I'd like to see all news organizations be as up-front about their political ideology as that. But, hey, I won't hold my breath!\n\nI have come to believe we have a knave in the Oval Office. Oh, I'm pretty sure that as soon as the folks on the left have time to look up the word \"knave\" in the closest dictionary, I will be labeled a racist. Never mind that one's skin pigment has nothing, whatsoever, to do with one's being a knave -- or not.\n\nAs noted above, a knave is: A dishonest or unscrupulous man. Knaves exist throughout the government as they do throughout our society. It is only the word \"knave\" we are unfamiliar with today. The knave's actions are too well known to us.\n\nKnave is old English dating back as far as the year 1000. It's a good word, very descriptive, and frankly, I wish it had not fallen out of use. But, then again, I am a man out of time and place as my mother-in-law, may she rest in peace, never tired of reminding me.\n\nObama's knavish behavior is a dead giveaway. The man lies. I'd like to think that his administration will be remembered in the history books as the liers they are -- but THAT will not happen as the history books are mostly written by persons who share Obama's political ideology.\n\nHe's a flim-flam artist -- a con man. Take the \"fiscal cliff\" (Puh-LEASE!). His striving to save us from the plunge is all an act. Obama has no intention of saving America from crashing to the bottom of that ravine. In fact, in my opinion, that is exactly what he wants!\n\nI find it amusing that Obama and his willing cohort of fellow socialist and Marxists in the Congress and the various alphabet agencies within his administration love America so much they absolutely MUST fundamentally CHANGE it! Doesn't that strike anyone as, well, rather, uh, strange?\n\nRight-wing commentator Dinesh d'Souza said of President Obama: \"President Obama has an agenda for downsizing America that he dare not share with the American people because it would endanger his support.\" He goes on by saying that Obama: \" ... wants America to have less wealth and power so that people in other countries can have more wealth and power.\"SOURCE: http://hnn.us/blogs/dinesh-dsouza-knave-or-fool\n\nWhat Mr. d'Souza just described is wealth redistribution, or, as we like to call it -- SOCIALISM.\n\nYou may recall that Dinesh d'Souza released a film entitled \"2016: Obama's America\" prior to the 2012 election. The film was hailed by many on the right while simultaneously being denigrated by the political left as a \"trashing\" of President Obama.\n\nAs I write these words, the great melodrama over the avalanche of taxes about to sweep across America is playing out on our TV screens. It is orchestrated, choreographed, produced and directed just like any other play. And it is mostly pure bovine scatology.And I, for one, have had a belly full.\n\nIt is clear to anyone, interested enough to look, that Obama's mission is to deconstruct America and rebuild it in the image of a socialist/Marxist state. But first, he needs the old system to crash. THAT'S why it is so important that the US go over that fiscal cliff and crash and burn at the bottom. It is from those ashes Obama and his Marxist allies intend to build the new Socialist/Marxist America.\n\nOne needn't have a crystal ball to foretell this future. It's right out there for any and all to see.\n\nAh. But the play's the thing, right? And it is the play to which our eyes are being directed. Never mind the man behind the curtain (as they say) keep you eyes center-stage.\n\nUnlike Hamlet's devised scripting of his play, we do not have to watch for the tell-tale flashes of guilt cross the faces of the audience members to discern the guilty party or parties. We already know the identity of the knave.\n\nSadly, however, the audience clearly supports such machinations. How else to explain the enthusiastic support at the polls in November for the knave's agenda of supplanting freedom with slavery?\n\nThe leftist push to bludgeon \u0093the rich\u0094 with targeted excessive taxes is not only a fiscally unsound strategy for solving our massive spending crisis, it will be a direct violation of the general welfare clause found in both the preamble and Article I \u0096 Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution regarding the enumerated powers of congress.\n\n\u0093WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.\u0094\n\nAffirmed in Article I \u0096 Section VIII, the enumerated powers of congress and/or the Federal Government, congress shall make no law which singles out any individual or group for treatment different than any other individual or group. All acts of the Federal Government must \u0093promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.\u0094\n\nBy general welfare, the founders were not referring to food stamps, Medicaid or any other form of government assistance. Affirming Tenth Amendment powers, Thomas Jefferson wrote \u0096\n\n\u0093I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That \u0091all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people. To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition.\u0094\n\nIn short, the general welfare clause found in our U.S. Constitution is not a blank check for elected servants of the people. One of the many limits placed upon our Federal Government is the general welfare clause, which requires that all laws treat all citizens of the United States equally, prohibiting the government from singling out any individual group, targeting certain individuals for special treatment. Positive special treatment for one group is an unconstitutional offense to another group.\n\nSuch a legislative act by congress is a bill of attainder, \u0093A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial.\u0094\n\nDemocrats demand to \u0093punish\u0094 the rich with excessive taxation in an effort to deal with the fiscal catastrophe created by excessive federal spending, is yet another illegal [Bill of Attainder] wholly unconstitutional act by Democrats and the Obama administration.\n\nAs Jefferson wrote many years ago, \u0093The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.\u0094 But it was Samuel Adams who told us what to do about it \u0096 \u0093If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.\u0094\n\nAmerican taxpayers have endured poor fiscal spending policies for decades now. But it is Barack Obama and Democrats who own the distinction of growing the federal government by 33% in four short years while driving the national public debt up by over 60% in one term, outspending all prior U.S. Administrations since George Washington.\n\nJefferson stated unequivocally in 1798 \u0096 \u0093Resolved, that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government . . . whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.\u0094\n\nThis is the foundation for modern state initiatives to place the federal government back in check via Tenth Amendment efforts like The Balance of Powers Act. The federal government exists at the pleasure of the states and the people. The constitution greatly restricts federal powers and although the federal government has been acting well beyond its constitutional authority for many years, legally and constitutionally speaking, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.\n\nAs our nation speeds toward the fiscal cliff created and caused by the federal government, specifically the U.S. Congress which holds all constitutional powers of the purse strings, it is vital that American patriots prevent the nations ruin by stopping the unconstitutional acts of a runaway tyrannical Fed.\n\nEqually as important is the fact that Barack Obama has presided over the most fiscally catastrophic administration in American history and that his strategy for a second term is even more unsound than that of his first term.\n\nThis is not rocket science Spending money you don\u0092t have and can no longer borrow is unsustainable. Targeting \u0093the rich\u0094 as is currently proposed by Democrats, won\u0092t solve the spending problem or even buy any time to solve the spending problem.\n\nIf American millionaires allow themselves to be targeted for more excessive taxation, which many will not as some have already moved to foreign markets in anticipation of Obama taxes, the revenue generated by the increased tax rates on the wealthy would only fund the federal government for THREE DAYS at the current rate of spending.\n\nIn fact, if Obama taxed all American millionaires at a 100% rate, it would only fund the federal government for little more than a week. It\u0092s the spending stupid!\n\nLast, when you over-tax the rich, you remove the resources from the private sector once used to invest and create private sector jobs. This explains why over 70% of the dismal jobs \u0093created\u0094 during the Obama administration have been government jobs, increasing the size of the federal government by 33% in four years, driving the nation an additional $6 Trillion in debt, all at unsustainable taxpayer expense.\n\nThere is but one way to solve America\u0092s financial crisis and that is to slash the size and expense of the federal government to live within it means and constitutional scope or authority.\n\nObama and Democrats won\u0092t do it and will in fact fight to the death against it, as they have demonstrated for decades.\n\nThat means the congressional Republicans will have to block Obama\u0092s tyrannical tax plan aimed at punishing America\u0092s most successful citizens, mostly for benefit of labor unions and democrat politicians.\n\nSince the American people cannot count on congressional Republicans to do anything in the way of keeping their oath of office these days, the people themselves will have to block it at the state lines using a broad base solution like The Balance of Powers Act to protect state and individual rights, not only of the \u0093target rich,\u0094 but of every citizen that the federal government wants to target to suit its own agenda.\n\n\u0093Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. When the people give way, their deceivers, betrayers, and destroyers press upon them so fast, that there is no resisting afterwards. The nature of the encroachment upon the American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer, it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited, and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day increases the circles of their dependents and expectants, until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity, and frugality, become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up the whole society.\u0094- John Adams, 1774\n\nOur Founders gave us the wisdom, but the current American generation will have to muster the courage.\n\nJB Williams is a writer on matters of history and American politics with more than 3000 pieces published over a twenty-year span. He has a decidedly conservative reverence for the Charters of Freedom, the men and women who have paid the price of freedom and liberty for all, and action oriented real-time solutions for modern challenges. He is a Christian, a husband, a father, a researcher, writer and a business owner. He is co-founder of action organizations The United States Patriots Union, a civilian parent organization for The Veteran Defenders of America. He is also co-founder of The North American Law Center, a citizen run investigative legal research and activism organization preparing to take on American's greatest legal battles. Williams receives mail at: jb.uspu@gmail.com\n\nChange is not always good. This \u201cchanged\u201d America is definitely not as good as the America we had before we decided to exchange freedom for socialism.\n\nToday, Americans are beginning to awaken and learn the nightmare they are experiencing is not a nightmare one experiences during REM sleep. In fact, they learn, to their utter surprise, they are NOT sleeping. This nightmare is NO DREAM. It is REAL. And, Americans who THOUGHT they wanted, and yes, even NEEDED change brought it on.\n\nMany of the votes that were cast for our current Presidential Regime for \u201cchange\u201d were votes from young people who had no idea what they were trading and what they were getting for the trade. They are the product of a public education system in America now almost totally ruled over by the political left, which still seeks the Nirvana of Utopia through Socialism. After 12, or more, years in the public education system, then 2 to 4 more years in those bastions of liberalism/socialism we refer to as colleges and universities, is it any wonder their Pavlovian response in the voting booth was to pull all the levers by the names of the candidates who were decidedly left-wing candidates? Hardly! They were simply reacting to the stimuli implanted in their malleable minds as they made their way through an education system designed to do just that.\n\nAnd now after the deed is done, we are just on the cusp of the avalanche of hurt coming our way as our country is about to collapse around us.\n\nThose of us who knew socialism\u2019s sad story of lies, deceit, and destruction are not surprised at America\u2019s precarious position today.We knew it would happen.We have watched socialism from its birth. We watched socialism\u2019s struggle to grow while it murdered its host country all the while. Like a physician trying to heal a patient, by draining the patient\u2019s body of all its blood, socialism drains a nation of its life-giving force and leaves it a broken shell of its former self. Even as robust a nation as Russia required assistance from former enemies, just to survive, after throwing off the bonds of socialism a few short years ago.\n\nPope Pius XI once said: \u201cIt is wrong to withdraw from the individual and commit to the community at large what private enterprise and industry can accomplish. So, too, it is an injustice, a grave evil, and a disturbance of right order for a larger and higher organization to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.\u201d\n\nNow we are observing this \u201cwrong,\u201d and this \u201cinjustice,\u201d Pope Pius XI warned of, play out right before our eyes here in America. The \u201cold\u201d America was truly \u201csomething else!\u201d She was a dream. She was a land of unlimited opportunities and horizons that went on forever. She was the envy of the world!\n\nAmericans were optimistic people who threw themselves into the task of firing the furnace of the engine of democracy and delighting in the rewards of their own labor. The \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d was so big and so multifaceted that no one could describe it!\n\nOne British author, John Keegan, described America this way:\n\n\u201cLeft to themselves, Americans build, cultivate, bridge, dam, canalize, invent, teach, manufacture, think, write, lock themselves in struggle with the eternal challenges that man has chosen to confront, and with an intensity not known elsewhere on the globe.\n\nBidden to make \u201cWar\u201d their work, Americans shoulder the burden with intimidating purpose. If I were obliged to define the American mystery, I would say it is the ethos - masculine, pervasive, unrelenting - of work as an end in itself. War is a form of work, and America makes war in a particularly workmanlike way. I do not love war; but I love America!\u201d - John Keegan, author of \u201cFields of Battle: The Wars for North America\u201d is a British military historian, lecturer, and journalist.\n\nMr. Keegan had it right This is what America USED to be like. And for those of us who STILL remember her, as she was, today\u2019s \u201cchanged\u201d America is a bitter pill to swallow!\n\nSaturday, December 29, 2012\n\nIf it sometimes seems to you that every single animal and reptile is endangered, you can thank that element of the environmental and animal rights movements that has spent millions to foster this absurd belief. Animals and reptiles, fish and birds, lizards and turtles, all are born in the wild and all are food for other species. Nature doesn\u2019t pick favorites, but thanks to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), humans do.\n\nI say \u201cthe wild\u201d, but the wild is not some far off place, but rather, for example, it is the vast forested area along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia and beyond. The \u201cwild\u201d has become our backyards as suburbs have become the home of choice for most Americans.\n\nAs often as not, those creatures are simply pawns in the environmental movement\u2019s effort to close off vast portions of the nation\u2019s landmass to access from the energy industries, the timber industry, agricultural interests, and any form of development from new housing to hospitals.\n\nEnacted in 1973, the ESA has become the most pernicious piece of legislation foisted on a public that loves animals, but usually only in the abstract except for those who are pet owners who enjoy the companionship, mostly of dogs and cats. Other species may co-exist in beneficial ways, but they don\u2019t adopt one another, nor do they intervene in the way the ESA does.\n\nA couple of recent news stories illustrate how a noble human emotion, empathy, results in some outcomes that don\u2019t reflect good judgment. Take, for instance, the Tampa Bay, Florida woman who ignored signs prohibiting contact with manatees. Videotaped climbing on several of them, she faces a stiff fine against touching them. Florida wants to protect these gentle vegetarians and to ensure they can continue their lives while avoiding dangers from boats whose propellers can cut or kill them. That just makes sense.\n\nContrast that with an article in New Jersey\u2019s largest daily newspaper about Clinton Township residents who believe coyotes killed a deer. One family reported that is common to hear coyotes howling at night. Ah, Nature! But New Jersey?\n\nYes, New Jersey where its huge deer population thrives, often becoming road kill when a car crashes into them, endangering the drivers and passengers. A year ago the county in which I live had to authorize a deer kill in a reservation area, a watershed I have lived nearby my whole life. The deer were destroying it by eating the ground cover and any new trees. Where you find deer, you are likely to find clusters of Lyme disease since the ticks that are their parasites spread it to humans.\n\nA large bear population requires New Jersey to have a hunting season for them. In recent years, this has been regularly challenged by those who have appointed themselves their guardians, but ask any Garden State resident that finds one in their back yard or on their porch and you will learn of the fear they generate. The state, like others, is home to Canada geese. Huge flocks of these birds befoul parks, golf courses, and other open areas they favor with their droppings. It was a geese collision that forced US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch in the Hudson River in 2009.\n\nAs a lifelong resident of New Jersey, I can assure you that there is no lack of raccoons, opossums, rabbits, and other wildlife. We have been told for decades that the growth of the suburbs is adversely affecting wildlife, but you would not know that if you lived here. They adapt! The bears break into garbage cans, eat the seeds in bird feeders. The coyotes will make off with a family pet for a tasty dinner. The deer eat expensive foliage and the crops that our farmers raise. It\u2019s not called the Garden State for nothing.\n\nThis phenomenon is so widespread that Jim Sterba has authored \u201cNature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds.\u201dThe woods that Dorothy passed through to get to Oz was filled with \u201clions and tigers and bears, oh my\u201d, but throughout suburban America, they also include cougars, coyotes, deer, and bears.\n\nIn general, the ESA has been a huge failure. Only a handful of species of the hundreds deemed \u201cendangered\u201d have been restored to a larger population. The real purpose of the ESA is not about protecting creatures. It is about thwarting all manner of development, but most especially, access to areas where vast amounts of oil, natural gas, and coal exist, waiting to be extracted. The most endangered species in America today are the hundreds of jobs (and revenue) that this represents.\n\n\u201cThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that it will formally consider listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken\u2014whose habitat includes some of the nation\u2019s major energy fields\u2014as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.\u201d Porter identified this as \u201ca desperate ploy by the Obama administration to further its campaign against oil and gas drilling.\u201d The chicken is a ground-nesting bird native to portions of Texas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.\n\nThe effort to list the prairie chicken is similar to an earlier effort to list the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, overlapping the same area as the chicken. Fortunately it failed, but it drains revenue and time from those states that must invest both to resist such listings in the effort to protect access to the energy reserves beneath their ground.\n\nBy September 2011, the Associated Press reported that there were more than 700 pending cases to declare \u201cendangered\u201d everything from the golden-winged warbler, the American eel, and the tiny Texas kangaroo rat. Yes, a rat!\n\nThe U.S. Forest and Wildlife Service had \u201cissued decisions advancing more than 500 species toward potential new protections under the Endangered Species Act.\u201d\n\nIt is time to end the Endangered Species Act as a very bad piece of legislation whose intent has nothing to do with protecting these creatures whose populations are exploding everywhere and everything to do with harming the economy of the nation. They don\u2019t need protecting. They are surviving in spades!\n\nAlan Caruba's commentaries are posted daily at \"Warning Signs\" and shared on dozens of news and opinion websites. His blog recently passed more than 2 million page views. If you love to read, visit his monthly report on new books at Bookviews. For information on his professional skills, Caruba Editorial Services is the place to go! You can find Alan Caruba on both Facebook and Twitter as well.\n\nEditor's note: The following is one of our most popular commentaries. It has been published and republished many times over. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it and offering it for your perusal. ... J. D. Longstreet\n\n********************\n\n(March 2010)\n\nNational ID Card Or A Number Tattooed On Your Arm?\n\nBy:J. D. Longstreet\n\n*******************************\n\nI read recently that a proposal for a National I.D. card for American citizens may soon be back on the table for consideration by US lawmakers. There are some who believe approval for a National ID card is growing.\n\nI have to ask: what is wrong with Americans? Are we sheep to be herded by a National Shepherd? Where is the individualism that won this country from the British and then stretched it across the entire continent to the shores of the Pacific? Even the oceans could not hold back our burning desire, our passion, for FREEDOM! Yet, today, we are begging the federal government to take our freedoms away! This is scandalous! This borders on cowardice of the highest magnitude!\n\nAre we so quick to give back the liberties bought with the precious blood of our forefathers, our ancestors, and in many cases our immediate relatives? In cemeteries all over the globe lie the bodies of American men and women who put their lives on the line and shed their blood up to the \"last full measure\" to ensure you and I the freedoms we are now begging the Federal Government to take away!\n\nSome example we are setting for the rest of the world! Look at the cowardly Americans. They talk a good game but when the going gets tough they run to hide under the wings of the Federal Nanny!\n\nOur national motto is: \"In God We Trust.\" Apparently it\u2019s a lie! If we truly placed our trust in God we would not be so hasty to misplace it in a government, which is already too big and intrusive.\n\nThere comes a time when we have to stand on our own two feet. Sure there is risk involved in living free! That's why it's called freedom. It means, simply, that you (you and I) take responsibility for ourselves! Example: If I'm afraid to get on a plane.... then I WON'T get on a plane! We have to understand, as did our forefathers, that living free does not mean, necessarily, living secure! To live free, it is required that we must live with certain insecurities, or risks.\n\nThere is also the thing called \u201crespect\u201d and \u201cself-respect.\u201dRespect is earned.You earn the respect of your fellowman, and the respect of the world, by standing on your own two feet as a man! You do not earn respect by leaning on others\u2026 and that includes leaning on the government. Modern day Americans have forgotten that. I am embarrassed, as an American, to find that I even feel I have to explain that to my fellow Americans!\n\nSomething profound has happened to Americans.That steel in our character is gone. That \u201cdamn the torpedoes, full steam ahead\u201dcharacteristic of American manhood is not there anymore. As a result, our way of life, our freedom, indeed, our nation is at risk.American used to be known for sticking their finger in the eye of government.\n\nI don\u2019t know.Maybe it\u2019s just me.I am proud of my ancestors who were bootleggers and smugglers.They left me more than fond memories.They left me with a strong distrust of government.I think that distrust is healthy.They left me something else as well.They made me understand that the government is not responsible for me.They taught me that a man is always responsible for himself.They taught me that the more I depended on government the more dependence government would require until I had nothing left to give andthen I would find that I was a slave to that government.\n\nThe historian Edward Gibbon had it about right when he wrote of ancient Athens: \"In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life and they lost it all\u2026 security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted NOT TO GIVE TO SOCIETY BUT FOR SOCIETY TO GIVE TO THEM, when the freedom they wanted most was FREEDOM FROM RESPONSIBILITY, then ATHENS CEASED TO BE FREE...AND NEVER WAS FREE AGAIN!\n\nI agree that we need some government. But, I believe, as did our forefathers, that the government, especially the federal government, was, and is, intended to be an agent of the states, and not the other way around! Our American Founders believed a federal government was answerable to the states\u2026 not the states to the federal government.\n\nI believe the government does some things well.... as it should. One such thing is \"provide for the common defense\" with a well trained and equipped military. I believe as did one of our founding fathers, Thomas Paine, one of the early \u201cpamphleteers\u201d (Most likely a \u201cBlogger\u201d today!) who said: \"Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in it's worse state, and intolerable one.\" (From: Common Sense).\n\nIn this ConstitutionalRepublic we call America; it is up to us, the citizens, to keep our government on a short rein. Indeed, it is our duty,as citizens, to keep the tentacles of government out of our every day existence. They have no business there. We must be wary of \"Knee-Jerk\" responses to danger, real or imagined, such as I believe the National I.D. Card to be. If the government wants to \"Card\" somebody, why not make every one not a citizen of this country carry one (an I.D. card) while inside our borders?\n\nHow dangerous is Big Government? Well, I believe Alexis de Tocqueville summed it up nicely when writing of the dangers of big government.Tocqueville said of big government: \"it covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds, and the most energetic characters, cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, extinguishes, and stupefies people, 'til each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\" (Alexis de Tocqueville on \"Big Government\".)\n\nWell, there you have it. Animals with a shepherd!\n\nI don't know about you, but I don't want to be counted among the animals that need a shepherd. I, like millions of Americans before me, will live free! I do not choose to beg the government to take back the liberty my ancestors fought and died that I might have. It's blasphemy!\n\nI want my grandchildren to live, and grow up, in a free country. A country, which will allow them to be everything they are capable of being. I don't want their prospects to be lessened by the intrusions of government. I owe them that. I owe them an America in which they can be FREE. Free to succeed and, yes, free to fail! I owe them an America my father, and my forefathers, placed in my safe keeping (as did yours) at my (our) birth. To be worthy custodians of this nation\u2019s freedom, we must insure that we pass it along no less free that when we received it!\n\nAs I look about me today, at modern day America, I have to conclude we have failed at the single most important task we have as adult Americans. That task is to preserve freedom in this country\u2026 to guarantee a future for our children in a free nation. A National ID card is much the same as a tattooed number on your forearm.It is proof of ownership\u2026 by someone other than you.Next will come the National RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip implanted at birth. It will broadcast a radio signal all the days of your life telling the government who you are, and where you are, at all times. National ID, of any kind, takes away one of your basic rights, the right to privacy.\n\nIt is time to get a grip, America!Our National Anthem says: \u201c\u2026The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.\u201dWell, don\u2019t you think it is about time we began to act like it?A National ID card would say to the world just the opposite.\n\nFriday, December 28, 2012\n\nNHTSA and the insurance Mafia want to see fines for not buckling-up jacked up to as much as $100 in order to \u201cencourage\u201d higher compliance with mandatory seatbelt laws.\n\nApparently, the $25 hit imposed at gunpoint that\u2019s the current national average fine just isn\u2019t sufficient. Neither are the DMV demerit points some states and (of course) the District of Columbia) assign if you\u2019re found unbuckled and which the insurance Mafia uses as the basis for \u201cadjustments\u201d to your can\u2019t-say-no-thanks, enforced-at-gunpoint insurance policy\n\nHigher fines would improve \u201ccompliance\u201d by 6 to 7 percent, according to (yet another) taxpayer-financed study of the obvious.\n\nThreaten people with violence and \u2013 surprise \u2013 they\u2019ll do what you say.\n\nBut the question more people ought to be asking is whether it\u2019s right to threaten anyone with violence for such things as not wearing a seatbelt. And if that\u2019s ok, then shouldn\u2019t the system at least be consistent and hit people who don\u2019t exercise \u2013 or who are grossly overweight \u2013 with fines as a well? Call it it the Tubby Tax. After all, the same reasoning applies.\n\nOr at least, it ought to.\n\nNHTSA and other buckle-up-at-gunpoint advocates argue that wearing a seat belt is \u201csafer.\u201d True enough. Just as it is also true that it\u2019s safer to exercise regularly \u2013 and to not be grossly overweight. Why, then, aren\u2019t couch potatoes and fat slobs threatened with violence by costumed goons? Is their \u201csafety\u201d of less importance than the unbuckled driver\u2019s?\n\nThe beefy impose higher actual costs on society, too - in the form of major health problems such as early-onset diabetes, arteriosclerosis, degenerative joint diseases and so on than do unbuckled drivers \u2013 most of whom never impose any costs on anyone at all. Because most people don\u2019t get into major wrecks, buckled or unbuckled. Which means, their seatbelt usage is irrelevant. Or at least, not necessarily \u201cunsafe.\u201d Being grossly overweight, on the other hand, all-but-guarantees premature death and significant health problems.\n\nAccording to the Society of Actuaries, the add-on cost of obesity is nearly $300 million annually: $127 for medical care, $49 billion for productivity losses, and another $72 billion for disability payments. Hasn\u2019t society got a \u201cright\u201d to insist that Large Marges and Sloppy Sams behave more responsibly? That they be encouraged \u2013 at gunpoint \u2013 to behave in a less \u201crisky\u201d fashion?\n\nMeanwhile, a mere $8.8 billion might be saved if everyone buckled-up.\n\nChump change. It\u2019s time for a War on Fat. A Crusade to the Gym. Daily physical jerks for all. Lower, Smith! You\u2019re not trying hard enough! Anyone under the age of 40 is perfectly capable of touching his toes! Try harder, please!\n\nWell, why not?\n\nIt\u2019d be funny, except people \u2013 most people \u2013 miss the underlying point. This Piers Morgan-like, un-American notion of collective everything, always to be imposed at gunpoint. You\u2019re not an individual, responsible for your own life \u2013 and so, free to decide how best to live it. You\u2019re part of the collective. It owns you \u2013 and you own it. No one is allowed to own themselves. Your actions affect others \u2013 even though this \u201caffecting\u201d is only possible as a result of coercive collective policies that cause us all to prey on one another like a pack of hyenas.\n\nA pack of intellectually dishonest hyenas.\n\nBecause \u2013 hyenas who revel in selective persecution based on arbitrary criteria.\n\nThere\u2019s no reason, for instance, that fat people shouldn\u2019t feel the full force of the state \u2013 if the reasoning used to persecute seatbelt-avoiders applies generally rather than subjectively and arbitrarily. Anything the individual chooses to do that can be convincingly argued increases his \u201crisk\u201d \u2013 or which might \u201cimpose costs on society\u201d \u2013 must be forbidden at gunpoint.\n\nBut of course, the system doesn\u2019t do that \u2013 not yet. Instead, it selectively targets some people. And only certain personal choices.\n\nThe juggernaut is usually preceded by a propaganda campaign worthy of Dr. Goebbels \u2013 whose purpose is to marginalize and anathematize the new pariah group so that they may be shoved out from under the protective umbrella of \u201cresponsible\u201d society. And then, targeted for special enforcement.\n\nIt happened to cigarette smokers \u2013 and with such vindictive ferocity that to light up today is sufficient, almost, to be treated as a pedophile.\n\nNext came seatbelt scofflaws. Same tactics, too. Portray the unbuckled as reckless and stupid \u2013 people apart from the \u201claw abiding\u201d and \u201cresponsible.\u201d It thus becomes so much easier for the average non-thinking American to feel no empathy for the person who is waylaid with heavy fines for having failed to \u201cbuckle up for safety\u201d (even though it\u2019s his safety, and so no one else\u2019s business).\n\nMuch less anger toward the system that threatens a fellow citizen who has caused no one any harm with lethal violence.\n\nThe unthinking American only sees a non-person, different from himself, who has become an outlier for having failed to Do as He Has Been Told.\n\nIt almost never occurs to the unthinking American that perhaps some day, he, too, will become the object of some hairshirt crusade based on the \u201crisk\u201d his actions present \u2013 and hypothetical, generalized and utterly arbitrary assertions about the \u201ccosts\u201d such actions may impose on \u201csociety.\u201d He contents himself, instead, with a sort of low-wattage moral busybodyism that selectively focuses on actions he personally doesn\u2019t approve of \u2013 or which he has been taught not to approve of \u2013 never grasping that there is nothing preventing the same mechanism being deployed against himself. That it is only a matter of some other busybody taking interest in his \u201crisky\u201d actions \u2013 and demanding that they, too, be outlawed or banned or fined into oblivion.\n\nOnce, a long time ago, America was about the freedom to choose for yourself \u2013 and to be responsible for yourself. And to not be made responsible for other people\u2019s choices.\n\nIt was a not-bad place to live.final veggie\n\n\u201cSmith\u201d has every right to be a fat slob \u2013 to eat whatever he likes and as much as he likes. What he doesn\u2019t have is the right to force others to pay for the consequences of his choices. If he agrees to that, we agree to leave him to his triple angus Thickburgers.\n\nSame thing as regards seat belts. Let people choose for themselves \u2013 and be personally accountable for any negative consequences.\n\nThat\u2019s freedom \u2013 the opposite of this insufferably henpecky, busybody society congealing all around us, in which everything you do is everyone\u2019s else\u2019s business. And vice versa.\n\nWhere there\u2019s no real choice, there\u2019s no freedom. Your individualism is drowned in a sea of We.\n\nThat\u2019s Option A.\n\nOption B is what America used to be. You do your thing, I do mine. And we agree to leave one another alone. Our lives intersect on a voluntary basis only. I can\u2019t force you to pay my medical bills \u2013 and you can\u2019t force me to \u201cbuckle-up for safety.\u201d\n\nPeters has been writing a weekly column about cars for almost 20 years now. He is the author of \u201cAutomotive Atrocities\u201d and \u201cRoad Hogs\u201d (MBI). He lives in rural SW Virginia with his wife and a polyglot crew of animals.\n\nDoing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome every time is the definition of insanity.\n\nBy that definition, the American electorate is stark, raving, mad!\n\nWe are streaking toward that fiscal cliff at supersonic speed with little, if any, chance that we will be halted before the final plunge.\n\n... And WE did it! You and I -- the voters did it.\n\nToo often we look around for some one to blame when the defecation hits the rotary oscillator. But this time, dear reader, we need look only in the nearest mirror for the culprit.\n\nNow, I am not excusing my own culpability, either. I am just as much to blame as anyone. I can't get past the feeling that I didn't do enough -- or do MORE -- to try and convince more readers that the path Obama and the democrats have this nation on is leading us straight to perdition. That's my personal burden to bear.\n\nWe had four years to evaluate Mr. Obama's agenda, which is pure socialism. He has told us AND PROVEN, in so many ways, that he is a rabid \"wealth redistributionist.\" He is a statist, and, I believe, a Marxist.\n\nBut, the American electorate decided that it was time for America to give up its leadership role and join the mass mediocrity of the remainder of the world's nations. So, in order to facilitate that \"fundamental change\" in America, we reinstated the Socialist-in-Chief, Obama.\n\nMany democrats grudgingly admit that Obama is a socialist. Others in the Democratic Party happily agree that Obama is a socialist because they themselves are socialists. Much of the Democratic Party is now socialist to the core.\n\nI've never been under any illusion about Obama's brand of socialism. His is the deep, dark, sinister brand of socialism that enslaves, and finally, murders nations.\n\nThink I'm wrong? Wait a few months. You are about to see the \"pig in the poke\" America bought on November 6th. Once America goes off the fiscal cliff, the hammer will be brought down.I'm concerned we are just months away from a collapse of our financial system with the US dollar taking a dive into worthlessness. We are already in the first stages of a nationwide battle to disarm American so that only the government has weapons. Gun owners are going to lose this fight. (At least partially.) I don't like it, but that is the way I see it. The REASON of gun owners has no chance in an atmosphere that is charged through and through with EMOTION. Emotion precludes clear thinking, the ability to weigh consequences -- both intended and unintended. Emotion demands satisfaction regardless of the cost and the severity of the self-inflicted wounds emotional decisions ALWAYS render.\n\nLook. It's not just a fiscal cliff we are approaching. It is a sanity cliff. America is about to go crazy.\n\nI've been writing for years now that there is an undercurrent of rage permeating American society today and it is nearing the surface. One small fissure and it will boil to the surface with devastating results. Another recession might do it, but frankly, I tend to think the left's move to disarm America will be the tipping point.\n\nThere are reports circulating now that the government has been preparing, for rather a long time, for another civil war within America. Munitions and war fighting materiel have been prepositioned at strategic locations around the country in preparation for just such an eventuality.\n\nThere was a time in the not so distant past when I would have laughed at such speculation. But not any more -- not now.\n\nIt's really quite simple. Half the country is willing, and even eager, to follow Obama into socialist ruin. The other half will have to be forced to follow, in chains, if necessary.I agree. It sounds like a plot for a made for TV movie. But I am very afraid we are actually living in the early days of just such a breakdown in American society. I have repeatedly reminded younger Americans that current events in America resemble the early days of Bolshevism in Russia, which, as we know, eventually became Soviet Socialist Russia and finally the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia.\n\nAmerica is in a state of \"becoming.\" With Obama's leadership there can be no doubt that whatever America becomes -- itWILLbe socialist/Marxist.\n\nAs I watched the subdued Christmas celebrations this year, it became obvious to me that we KNOW something is ending in America. You can see it written on the faces of the crowds on the streets. There is a \"melancholia\" about Americans today. It is a form of depression and the shrinks tell us depression is suppressed anger. So, we are back to that anger I mentioned earlier.\n\nAs we slouch fearfully toward a new year and a new national identity, we are truly a house divided with each side locked in a marriage that is strangling the life out of both sides. It is the nature of socialism.It does that. It murders nations.\n\nA huge portion of America would happily leave the United States, and found a new country, even now, just for the opportunity to continue to pursue their dreams. But the socialists are hell bent on dragging us down into oblivion with them -- because they cannot allow us to prosper and put the lie to their promised Utopia. Misery loves company, you know.\n\nThere can be no doubt the deal struck with Obama on November 6th is a Faustian deal. We traded America's soul for a promise, a PROMISE, mind you, of a collectivist's portion of a meager harvest where the workers are few and the shirkers are many. It is an untenable deal doomed to utter failure -- and WE did it.\n\nAbout Me\n\nJ. D. Longstreet is a conservative Southern American (A native sandlapper and an adopted Tar Heel) with a deep passion for the history, heritage, and culture of the southern states of America. At the same time he is a deeply loyal American believing strongly in \u201cAmerica First\u201d."}
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-{"text": "We review them so that you don't have to\n\nConstitutional Court\n\nThis is done to reduce miscarriage of justice to a minimum. And, if the establishment of the court jurors financial implications, the tolerance for the protection of close relatives is not bound even with the additional material costs. But the number erroneous, unreasonable decisions of judges, the number of complaints against the decisions of the courts at the same time drastically reduced, allowing more social \u2013 economic benefit! However, the prosecuting authorities under various pretexts, often only close relatives are denied their right to protect their loved ones. Thus, they oppose the provision of legal aid, and it is forbidden in our country, Article 62 of the Constitution. Unlawful decisions of the professional Prosecution deprive citizens of their constitutional right to protect their loved ones at the stage of preliminary investigation, judicial investigation of cassation and supervision complaints \u2013 this is the main reason for the infinite walking and referred to women in a circle of command And naturally, they are causing the most serious distrust of judges and their decisions and they begin to \"storm\" And the courts have not yet created a jury trial, in order to exclude the possibility of judicial errors, it is desirable that decisions of the courts supervised an independent public body \u2013 the responsible parliamentary committee, consisting, for example, MPs and representatives of Justice Ministry, the kgb and the Constitutional Court. And this commission with complaints to the courts' decisions could turn defenders, and close relatives of the accused. Unmotivated (arbitrary) decision of the judge must be regarded as offense and the gravity of the offense should accordingly increase with increasing severity of articles charged in connection with which such a decision is taken by the judge. And do not confuse the two concepts: the \"independence Courts and judicial responsibility.\n\n\" Independence of the courts should not exclude the responsibility of judges for their unreasonable (arbitrary) decisions. And the right to cancel such unmotivated decisions of courts (decisions are made in connection with the desire to judge and not justified by Articles laws) must have legislative and executive bodies, bodies of state control and the Constitutional Court. And, of course, requires that the authorized Commission decided to review all cases in which there are valid complaints of relatives on the unmotivated decisions of the courts, and to review cases in the courts took place with the participation of close relatives and under control Commission. It is also advisable at present to develop a computer program for sentencing. When operating such a program, the prosecution is to enter into a computer their proof of guilt, and the side defense presents its rebuttal. A computer, including all data submitted will be impartial and make decisions more fair. In these spring days, I wish happiness for women, stamina and luck in protecting their family! Michael Vitebsk 08.03. 2010"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: mundane technologies\n\nCentral Saint Martins and the V&A are exploring the archives at Blythe House. As part of the process, in October 2014 the museum\u2019s James Sutton joined Jo Morrison, Elizabeth Wright and the second year MA Design students to discuss some of the research undertaken to date. This swift article uses the theme of \u2018frames\u2019, and shares some of the ways in which frames, and the act of framing, were investigated during the workshop. Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "Author\nTopic: ATC Refractometers (Read 9532 times)\n\nHowever, when the wort has been chilled down to yeast pitching temps (60-80 F) during the 15-30 minutes of whirlpooling and using the immersion chiller, then stratification has probably occurred (as evidenced by the improved clarity of the wort and the sedimentation of the break material and trub.\n\nI don't think there is any stratification possible after the wort has been mixed. Yes there is settling of suspended particles but the sugars are dissolved and won't statify. As little as a sugar solution you put on the counter will stratify.\n\nI agree--there shouldn't be any stratification in a kettle when the wort is boiling.\n\nThe reason I said that is that I take a refractometer reading right as the wort comes to a boil (because prior to that point I *have* seen stratification). And unless I pull that sample with a sealed syringe it reads around 1\u00b0Bx higher than a hydrometer sample that's chilled, covered, in an ice bath. Stratification couldn't account for that - especially since we're talking about having higher-density liquid at the top.\n\nBecause of the small sample size you have to be careful not to contaminate the sample with water. When I place a drop onto the refractometer I always discard a few drops first. This way I get the wort that is in the center of the sample.\n\nBut I haven't used my refractometer much so far and I still have to get comfortable with it as well.\n\nI agree--there shouldn't be any stratification in a kettle when the wort is boiling.\n\nThe reason I said that is that I take a refractometer reading right as the wort comes to a boil (because prior to that point I *have* seen stratification). And unless I pull that sample with a sealed syringe it reads around 1\u00b0Bx higher than a hydrometer sample that's chilled, covered, in an ice bath. Stratification couldn't account for that - especially since we're talking about having higher-density liquid at the top.\n\nA refractometer doesn\u2019t directly measure the density of the liquid, but it does measure how light is bent through the liquid. The fundamental scale of a refractometer is the Refractive Index (RI). As discussed earlier, temperature of the medium and the wavelength of the light do affect the Refractive Index of a substance. To be truly \u201cstandardized,\u201d RI measurements with a refractometer should be done at 20 degrees Celsius using sodium light (589.3 nm). On a homebrewing level, that\u2019s not really practical, nor necessary. The presence of dissolved substance(s) in water (i.e., its concentration) also affect(s) the refractive index. The Brix scale is a sucrose concentration scale utilizing standardized settings (sodium light, weight % of sucrose in water, and 20 degrees C). It is a two-component system.\n\nWort is not a two-component system, nor a true (i.e., homogeneous) solution. Wort is a complex, heterogenous liquid mixture. While most of the dissolved substances in wort are sugar, a significant portion (>5%) is not. Furthermore, sucrose only comprises a small percentage (3-8%) of the sugars, like maltose, maltotriose, glucose, fructose, and other dextrins, which, incidentally, exist in greater percentages and have different relative densities than sucrose. Liquid mixtures that are not homogeneous include colloids, suspensions, and emulsions; wort has features of all three.\n\nYet, the Brix scale has usefulness in brewing. As home brewers, we should be using the term \u201capparent Brix\u201d for non-sucrose based liquids like wort as it gives us a measure of the total dissolved solids in the wort which are predominately sugars. It would not be unreasonable for the \u201ctotal dissolved solids\u201d measurement to decline over time if given a reasonable period of time for substances to stratify or sediment based on their relative density and weight. Refractometer readings taken immediately after sampling permits no time for evaporation or stratification.\n\nBrix RDS (Refractomeric Dissolved Solids) is a measurement of percent by weight of total dissolved solids in solution; and is determined using a refractometer. It is NOT the same thing as Brix degrees, which is a measurement of the mass ratio of dissolved sucrose to water in a liquid and is determined through a specific gravity method, e.g., a hydrometer or a saccharimeter.\n\nHydrometers aren\u2019t perfectly accurate, either. Given that alcohol is lighter than water, how many home brewers really boil off the alcohol when taking FG readings (to determine real attenuation rather than measured attenuation)?\n\nI just don\u2019t think \u201cevaporation\u201d is causing your readings to be variable with the refractometer.\n\nIt would be interesting to see results of the following experiment when you do your next batch: Go ahead and chill your covered samples before taking your refractometer and hydrometer readings to determine OG. Take one reading without disturbing the sample, and then take another refractometer reading after agitating the entire sample. If it is due to sedimentation, your second reading should be higher. Do your hydrometer reading last. As long as your sample remains covered during chilling, evaporation should not be a factor.\n\nRichardt, have you noticed your refractometer readings to be consistent with post-boil volume corrected gravity when taken with a drop of boiling liquid placed directly on the lens? Like I said, every time I've done this the gravity was higher than anticipated, sometimes to the point that the pre-boil gravity was greater than or equal to the post boil gravity (impossible!). What can I do differently in sample taking to eliminate the issue, it's done with boiling wort in the center of the kettle?\n\nIf you are saying that my chilled samples are inaccurate due to stratification, and the chilled sample is consistent with the post boil (and batch cooled) wort, then you are also saying that the post-boil sample is inaccurate by the same amount. This is hard to believe, especially considering the height of the kettle vs. the height of a 5 mL sample (a sample taken at the top of a 24\" kettle should be much lower than one taken at the top of a 1/2\" column of wort). Clearly more experimentation is needed since I don't have a good enough understanding of the fundamentals going on here.\n\nI concur that there is a good chance of evaporation between placing the drop and finally covering it with the lid. Once you place the drop(s) they quickly spread out and being as hot as they are they may also evaporate some water. And it does not take much evaporation to create a significant error.\n\nThis is also easy to test and one test that can be tried is to see if there is any correlation between the size of the error and the time that the drop is on the prism but not yet covered.\n\nI also use 10 ml test tube to pull samples. I just tied a 14 gauge copper wire around the neck to lower it into the boil. Another thing these test tubes are good for is for evaluating the quality of the hot break.\n\nWhat I've taken away from this discussion and my online investigation are the following:\n\nRefractometers should be acclimated to ambient temps and calibrated with distilled water before use.The sample should be thoroughly mixed before being placed on the refractometer. This minimizes the impact of any stratification that may have occurred.Wait 30 seconds after placing the sample and closing the cover plate to allow the sample to come to ambient temp (i.e., same temp as the refractometer). This minimizes/eliminates the impact of sample temperature as the refractive index of a sample is a function of temperature.\n\nNyakavt, I am unable to explain your observations and results that you're obtaining with your equipment.Kaiser, I remain doubtful that, despite its brief increase in exposed surface area, a significant amount of evaporation can occur during cooling (rather than heating) of a sample and the short time (delta t) that the sample is exposed to the atmosphere before the cover plate is placed over it when it is placed on the refractometer prism.\n\nI concur that there is a good chance of evaporation between placing the drop and finally covering it with the lid. Once you place the drop(s) they quickly spread out and being as hot as they are they may also evaporate some water. And it does not take much evaporation to create a significant error.\n\nIf you \"hover\" the cover plate over the sample before closing it, you'll see condensation form. So - at least to me - it seems clear that evaporation is occurring. The only question is how much it will skew the readings. Like nyakavt, I've found the discrepancy to be large enough that it has to be managed.\n\nWait 30 seconds after placing the sample and closing the cover plate to allow the sample to come to ambient temp (i.e., same temp as the refractometer). This minimizes/eliminates the impact of sample temperature as the refractive index of a sample is a function of temperature.\n\nI would disagree. You want to close the plate as quickly as possible. In addition to any benefits from minimizing evaporation, more mass in contact with the sample can only help in reducing its temperature.\n\nThe measurement technique outlined in that article also recommends to cool the sample before placing it onto the prism. I'd love to copy that section but the Acrobat Reader plug-in I have doesn't let me. WTF.\n\nI use a refractometer to qualify the mash and the brewing process on a routine basis. I have used a refractometer for over a year now and would not brew without it. It is a very useful QA tool.\n\nI have found through my home brewing experiences that measuring boiling wort can be tricky. The repeatability of the actual measurements is highly dependant on the technique employed. I use a clean and dry 10mL dropper to transfer the boiling wort from the kettle to the glass. I try to minimize the exposure (transfer time) of the liquid to air as much as possible in an effort to minimize evaporation and increase the accuracy of the actual readings.\n\nI have concluded that the longer the transfer time (exposure of liquid to air), the higher the reading which leads me to believe that evaporation is taking place thereby concentrating the sugar concentration in the liquid.\n\nTherefore by minimizing the trasfer time one will increase the accuracy of the actual readings.\n\nI concur that there is a good chance of evaporation between placing the drop and finally covering it with the lid. Once you place the drop(s) they quickly spread out and being as hot as they are they may also evaporate some water. And it does not take much evaporation to create a significant error.\n\nIf you \"hover\" the cover plate over the sample before closing it, you'll see condensation form. So - at least to me - it seems clear that evaporation is occurring. The only question is how much it will skew the readings. Like nyakavt, I've found the discrepancy to be large enough that it has to be managed.\n\nWait 30 seconds after placing the sample and closing the cover plate to allow the sample to come to ambient temp (i.e., same temp as the refractometer). This minimizes/eliminates the impact of sample temperature as the refractive index of a sample is a function of temperature.\n\nI would disagree. You want to close the plate as quickly as possible. In addition to any benefits from minimizing evaporation, more mass in contact with the sample can only help in reducing its temperature.\n\nInteresting observation, Sean--I have never seen that; but, then again, I don't sample the boiling wort (at 212 F). I only sample the run off from the lauter tun (T <170) and the chilled wort before transferring to the fermenter (T around 80 F). I can see how a mixture at 212 F (or slightly higher since it is a sugary solution) could have enough energy to continue to drive off water (phase change from water to steam) which you witness as condensation on the inside aspect of your \"hovering\" cover plate. Why is it necessary to sample the SG at full boil? How do the results change what you do during a brew day? And if it doesn't, then why do it?\n\nWith regards to the second comment, please re-read my original post. This is another way of saying it: After placing the sample and [promptly] closing the cover plate, wait 30 seconds to allow the sample to come to ambient temps. I sample, spread, and cover in less than 2 seconds. Is that enough time to realistically cause evaporation to any significant degree? The hard part for me is waiting 30 seconds to read the refractometer."}
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-{"text": "South Routt man charged for allegedly molesting juveniles\n\nSteamboat Springs \u0097 A 41-year-old Phippsburg man who threatened to commit suicide earlier this week has been charged with felonies for allegedly molesting two juveniles, one of which is the man's child.\n\nOn Friday, Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Wittemyer filed five charges against the man for the alleged assaults that took place between June 2001 and Tuesday.\n\nThe man has been charged with aggravated incest, a class three felony, in one case.\n\nFor the second case, the man has been charged with three counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and as a pattern of sexual abuse, which are class three felonies. He also has been charged with sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, a class four felony.\n\nAuthorities are not identifying the victims' sex or their ages. Authorities will reveal only that the victims are between the ages of 15 and 18.\n\nThe man appeared in Routt County Court Friday afternoon. Judge James Garrecht set the man's bail for each case at $50,000.\n\nRoutt County Sheriff's deputies took the man in to protective custody Tuesday afternoon, Routt County Undersheriff Daniel Taylor said.\n\n\"The man was threatening to commit suicide,\" Taylor said of the man who was heavily intoxicated at the time.\n\nTaylor said the man was taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center and then booked into the Routt County Jail Wednesday.\n\nAt this time, authorities are releasing little information about the alleged assaults.\n\n\"There are two victims, and we suspect there are more,\" Taylor said.\n\nAccording to the charges, the aggravated incest occurred between January and Tuesday.\n\nThe four counts of sexual assault allegedly occurred last summer, September, November and January.\n\nDuring Friday's court hearing, Wittemyer asked for Garrecht to set the man's bail at $100,000 because of the \"severity of the circumstances.\"\n\nIf convicted, \"these charges carry a very long time in prison,\" Wittemyer said.\n\nKristopher Hammond, who appeared on behalf of the man, said the man's bail should not be set high because he has lived in the county for more than 25 years.\n\n\"The state is really asking for no bond,\" Hammond said. \"The request is for a bond he cannot make.\"\n\nThroughout the court proceeding, the man appeared calm and exchanged glances with members of his family who sat in the courtroom."}
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-{"text": "What of 2011?\n\nI keep thinking back to the first months of this year \u2013 how they led me, and time rolled on, to new things: new, new new.\n\nimage via getjanet.com\n\nMuch of what's happened around me has affected my reading habits, my writing, the publishing industry. Often history happens without a notice in the present \u2013 only in retrospect do we see the significance of the ride. Here are a few high points of the year for me.\n\nThe year began with print publication of a novella of mine, The Blue Bicycle, already on Kindle. I found that readers have been much more open to the Kindle version than the print one so far. The book is written in four parts, each in a different point of view, about one man's difficult life. A New York agent had seen the mss, had liked it, but claimed that because of the short length and the variation in points of view, he couldn't sell it. So, after some months of concern about its future, I self-published. The tough part now, of course, is being noticed in the crowd.\n\nI began the year deeply involved with the Appalachian Author's Guild, headquartered in Abingdon, VA. The Guild was preparing to become a chapter of the Virginia Writers Club, and we reworked the Guild to properly fit VWC. That mean a new set of by-laws and, thanks in large part to president Darrell Fleming, the Guild became less Board centric, more member-oriented. I decided during the fall to leave an active role in the Guild and work with writers near my North Carolina home.\n\nI finished a collection of connected short stories, having something of a promise of publication by a small northern publishing house. At the moment, the collection is lying fallow, but I still have the opportunity to pursue publication of the stories individually. As of today, three have been accepted in some form for publication.\n\nI began reading on a Kindle, some 20 books to date. I like the digital approach and, while the Kindle has handicaps, I'm comfortable with it.\n\nLate in the year I began work on a memoir, segmental pieces about family members. I've blogged about that here already, so I won't repeat myself. Now, I'm entering some of the pieces in contests and submitting to litmags. My writing pal, Lyn, will see some of them soon, for her sharp eye toward fine tuning.\n\nI've recently allowed two of my Kindle mss to be included in Kindle's Lending Library. Already, some are reading.\n\nI've finished research on a historical novel, which takes place in and around the year 1000. I'll begin writing in about a month.\n\nIn the meantime, the iPad, the Nook, and the Kindle Fire are selling madly, and some authors are leving print behind altogether.\n\nAnd a late-year talk with a NY agent demonstrated how tied to old mindsets the pub biz remains.\n\nAll in all the year has been one of slow, interesting change, for writing, for publishing \u2013 and for me. We'll see what it sets in 2012's lap."}
-{"text": "Get Our Newsletter\n\nFollow Frontline\n\nCan Juries Rely on Forensic Experts?\n\nA witness is sworn in at the Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron, Ohio. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Mike Cardew, Pool)\n\nWatch The Real CSI, FRONTLINE\u2019s investigation into the flaws of some of the best-known tools in forensic science.\n\nForensic psychologists and psychiatrists who testify in court tend to slant their findings based on who hired them, according to a new study released this week.\n\nResearchers paid 108 forensic psychologists and psychiatrists to review identical case files on sex offenders. Some of the experts were told that they were working for the defense, while others were told that they worked for the prosecution.\n\nThose working for the prosecutor found the offenders were at higher risk of attacking another victim, the study found. Those working for the defense assigned lower-risk scores.\n\nBut no one had yet explored such bias in mental-health experts. The study\u2019s authors, Daniel Murrie, director of psychology at the University of Virginia\u2019s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, and Marcus Boccaccini, an associate professor at Sam Houston State University in Texas, set out to explore what they call \u201cadversarial allegiance\u201d \u2014 the idea that experts\u2019 evaluations lean one way or another based on who hires them.\n\nIn the study, forensic psychologists and psychiatrists were asked to review case files of four repeat sex offenders using two commonly used risk-assessment tools to determine how likely they were to commit another crime. In cases like these, judges and juries usually hear only testimony from two experts: one from the defense, and another from the prosecution, based on their individual evaluations of the case file.\n\nThe researchers found a \u201cclear pattern of adversarial allegiance,\u201d according to their report, even though they were able to control for the experts\u2019 personal feelings about sex offenders and even the possibility that attorneys might seek out experts who are already predisposed to their position in their assessment.\n\nBut the bias, Murrie believes, is unconscious. \u201cEvery forensic psychologist I\u2019ve worked with is an upright, ethical person who wants to be objective and make the right call,\u201d he said.\n\nA forensic psychologist himself, Murrie said that in the past he objected to suggestions that such experts were \u201chired guns\u201d who would say whatever the hiring attorney asked them to. \u201cBut the more people asked about this, the more I realized that we don\u2019t have data to demonstrate the objectivity,\u201d he said.\n\nAfter conducting the study, the researchers asked the participants what perceptions of bias they saw in their own field. \u201cEverybody thought that allegiance was a problem, but almost nobody thought that it was their problem,\u201d Murrie said. Older clinicians thought the younger experts were biased, and state-employed experts suggested the same of those in private work.\n\nThe study has broader implications for a justice system that operates in large part based on the recommendations of these experts, Murrie said. He suggested that experts\u2019 testimony, and the way they arrived at their conclusions, should be more carefully scrutinized. Court-appointed experts could also help mitigate the bias because they aren\u2019t hired by either side.\n\nWhile the study only looked at one group of experts, Murrie said the study\u2019s findings likely extend to the rest of the profession. \u201cI don\u2019t see any reason to believe that forensic psychiatrists and psychologists are any more prone to bias than other types of forensic scientists,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery professional who works in the justice system really does need to be attuned towards this pull towards allegiance. 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-{"text": "Heads Welcome\n\nEthos, Vision and Values\n\nA vision has to be shared and nurtured, it has to incorporate all aspects of the community in which we live and, above all, it has to be built on dreams but also be realistic and achievable. My vision is clear as to the high standards of education that I demand for the pupils of Oakington Manor. Children only get one chance at education. Good leadership, effective management, committed staff, governors, parents and pupils working together as a team can only accomplish this environment. Whilst standards are good at Oakington Manor, we can never be complacent. We have achieved a great deal and, in order to fulfil our dream, we will never stop striving for excellence.\n\nOur exceptionally strong ethos of pastoral care, exemplifies our commitment to addressing the emotional, as well as educational needs of our learners. We strive to maintain and develop a collaborative atmosphere between staff, parents and learners to promote racial harmony in an environment of transparency and openness by providing an excellent learning environment. We proudly showcase the work we are doing with 3D technology in our newly built Learning Resource Centre (LRC).\n\nTake a virtual tour of our school with our tour guide to see our fantastic learning environment and listen to our radio broadcasts with our partner school. We hope you enjoy your visit to our website and find all the information you are looking for. Please feel free to contact us with any queries you may have or would like to visit our school. Subscribe to our wonderful weekly newsletter to receive up-to-date information.\n\nThank you for visiting. If you have any comments to help us continue to develop this website, please visit our Contact page."}
-{"text": "Water works\n\nA Tulsa Artist Fellow explores a global phenomenon\n\nIt appears to be raining inside Rena Detrixhe\u2019s fourth floor Hardesty Arts Center studio. Small, clear \u201csketches\u201d of water droplets on clear plastic film line her floor-to-ceiling windows.\n\nDetrixhe (pronounced dee-tree), who is from Kansas, is currently preoccupied with depicting water in various mediums and credits her studio space and Tulsa\u2019s spring storms for the inspiration.\n\n\u201cI just started doing this and I got so obsessed with it,\u201d she said. \u201cI have these great windows and in the spring it was raining a lot here, so I had a lot to study.\u201d\n\nUsing a syringe, Dextrixhe applies a gel medium to clear acetate to create an image that looks like condensation, or raindrops on a surface.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m taking water out of a specific context. I\u2019m focusing on the form and the material \u2026 [thinking] about how I, as an artist, can manipulate this material and create poetry with it in a way that can\u2019t be captured otherwise.\u201d\n\nDextrixhe\u2019s work is often based in the natural world, creating intricate objects from found natural items like berries, seedpods or crabapples, and discarded, ephemeral items like tea bags and dryer sheets. For example, her piece \u201cHeirloom,\u201d was tablecloth made from thousands of Ash seedpods, collected in the Lawrence, KS, area.\n\nUsing something other than the actual material she is manipulating\u2014in this case, the gel representing water\u2014has been a strange and new experience.\n\n\u201cA lot of time I\u2019ll collect or start with a material, and then based on the situation that it was collected in and in interpreting that material, I\u2019ll make a piece based on that,\u201d she said. \u201cIt always has to do with this sort of repetitive process and an intricate representation of the material.\u201d\n\nThe \u201cintricate representation\u201d involved thinking about the inherited property of seeds as treasured possessions passed down through generations. She brought the concept to life by making the seeds into a lace tablecloth\u2014an heirloom of another sort.\n\nDetrixhe\u2019s foray into water art is no less intricate.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m trying to make a permanent or static image of something that is really fleeting. That\u2019s part of what makes it interesting to me, especially with where we are today with climate change and water scarcity. On one hand, [water] is something that we take for granted. But on the other, it\u2019s not so secure.\u201d\n\nUsed to responding to place in her work, Detrixhe has found thinking about how and where to display the works more tricky.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve moved away from thinking about a specific space and sort of thinking about it more generally, like, as a common, universal experience. Water is constant, but also elusive, and ever-changing.\u201d\n\nUsing the gel sketches, Detrixhe created embossed prints, made by using a high-pressured press and squeezing the sketch between plexiglass and paper, resulting in small grooves embedded in the paper that are visible because of shadows in their negative space.\n\n\u201cThe light has to be just right,\u201d she said as I peered at the embossed prints from above, below, and at each side. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have enough light, they look totally white.\u201d\n\nShe\u2019s also created plaster casts of the water sketches that are similar to the embossed prints, droplets of water on tulle fabric, which look like a sort of water tapestry (at left), and cyanotypes\u2014essentially camera-less photographs.\n\nTo make a cyanotype, Detrixhe coats paper in a light-sensitive solution, places the sketch on top, and then exposes it to light. The places where the light can\u2019t get through the gel\u2014which in this case she has dyed\u2014remain white, while the rest of the paper turns dark blue and an image is created.\n\n\u201cThis is another play on materials\u2014you\u2019re taking a photograph, which is a scientific process that makes you think you\u2019re getting a somewhat accurate representation of something real. But these are \u2026 manufactured.\u201d\n\nIn other words, real photographs of fake water.\n\n\u201cThe cyanotype process was often used for scientific record \u2026 so, not so mysterious. But these, I feel, have a very mysterious quality.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Transition to Selling Services\n\nIndustrial equipment providers are using the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to expand their businesses. They are leveraging data, generated by machines in the field, to make services a significant revenue stream.\n\nNew, value-added services such as real-time monitoring, remote troubleshooting, and predictive maintenance help equipment makers set themselves apart from the competition and generate recurring revenues that buffer their business against times of economic uncertainty. Furthermore, such services increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.\n\nFor more than 20 years, Sierra Wireless has been helping companies in the industrial sector design, develop, and deploy reliable and cost-effective IoT-based solutions. We provide the only device-to-cloud solution for IoT and offer proven expertise to help you leverage real-time data to grow your business.\n\nIncrease Revenue with New Services Driven by IoT Data\n\n24/7 Remote Monitoring & Troubleshooting\n\nBe more responsive with round-the-clock monitoring and remote diagnostics. Always-on IoT operation, with persistent connectivity, means you\u2019re always in the loop. The ability to interact with machines and troubleshoot problems \u2013 without sending someone for an onsite check \u2013 saves everyone time and money.\n\nPredictive Maintenance\n\nBe more efficient by minimizing the operational delays and expenses caused by unexpected equipment breakdowns. Monitor asset health in real time, and apply predictive analytics to manage service operations in the field. Schedule onsite visits according to need, and actual wear and tear, not the calendar.\n\nReal-Time Data Analytics\n\nMake better decisions by using real-time information to identify trends. Help your customers yield insights that increase efficiency, save energy, and reduce operating costs. Use continuous, reliable transmission of actual machine data to enable automatic billing, premium service tiers, and other value-added features.\n\nConnecting Industrial Equipment\n\nIn our years of experience helping companies deploy IoT applications, we\u2019ve developed a clear view of what works and what\u2019s to be avoided. By starting with Sierra, companies in the industrial sector can be confident they\u2019ll create an IoT deployment that offers the right combination of simplicity, security, and scalability \u2013 all while triggering a transition from product-based to service-based offerings.\n\nCollecting data from the field and using it to drive new, service-oriented businesses requires integrated processes and a streamlined flow of information. IoT deployments rely on a number of complex technologies that need to come together and work seamlessly. At Sierra Wireless, we take a holistic view of machine data, and implement all the layers required to generate, process, and use that data. As a result, we let you maximize the potential of the IoT, using it as a powerful tool to optimize operational efficiency and enable new, value-added services.\n\nOur pre-certified wireless solutions, expert professional services, and strong relationships with the world\u2019s leading wireless carriers accelerate network certification and integration. We help customers deploy new applications in weeks instead of months."}
-{"text": "Electronic Arts Supporting Tiger Woods\n\nShare.\n\nCompany says relationship with athlete remains unchanged.\n\nBy Jim Reilly\n\nElectronic Arts has offered up its support for golf star Tiger Woods following a week of media and tabloid speculation surrounding the car accident that took place outside his home early Friday morning.\n\n\"Our strong relationship with Tiger for more than a decade remains unchanged,\" a spokesperson told IGN. \"We respect Tiger's privacy, we wish him a fast recovery and we look forward to seeing him back on the golf course.\"\n\nYesterday, Woods issued a statement on his website offering up an apology for his \"transgressions\" against his family.\n\n\"I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.\""}
-{"text": "Vegan French Toast\n\nWe recently bought Lucy Watsons vegan cookbook. We are not vegan but we love trying new recipes and were intrigued by her cook book. Its actually really good and there are many recipes we would make. We love incorporating a few vegan meals into our diet it mixes things up and bit and vegan food certainly doesn\u2019t have to be boring.\n\nAs Rach does not like eggs so vegan french toast is right up her street. We attempted to make them one Sunday morning as it looked like the perfect breakfast choice. The recipe is on page 23 of her cookbook. Lucy makes hers with spiced plums, but we used bananas instead and served ours with raspberries too.\n\nLucy makes hers in 2 pans, but we just used one, hope you enjoy our version!\n\n1. For the caramelised bananas, put the butter and sugar in a pan over a high heat. Once melted add the banana slices and cook on both sides. They will look golden and be sticky too.\n2. Pour the milk into a bowl/jug and whisk in the flour, sugar and cinnamon.\niced bread into the mixture coated well.\n3. Take the slices of bead and cover in the liquid mixture. Add to the pan of bananas, you may want to add more butter too.\n4. Cook on both sides until golden brown and crisy\n5. If the bananas are getting too soft, remove from the pan and set aside.\n6. Serve with raspberries and enjoy\n\nWe love Lucy\u2019s cook book, and would recomend you buy it \u2013 only \u00a36 on Amazon"}
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-{"text": "The Royal Palace of Stockholm: A history\n\nWhen the palace was first built, in the 18th century, it created a stir in Europe, and today it is considered to be one of the emblematic buildings of the Baroque era. The older Tre Kronor Palace was consumed by flames in a fire that broke out in May 1697. The blaze started in the attic above the Hall of State, but what caused it was never clarified.\n\n\u201cThe palace is beautiful, I could see that this time. It was built by the celebrated 17th-century architect Tessin and is not like any of the palaces in the other capital cities I have visited as a tourist. The room proportions in particular are beautiful, the architecturally artistic dimensions \u2013 length, width and height of the rooms. The large rooms and drawing rooms, thanks to their proportionality, don\u2019t seem as colossal and high as in most palaces, where everything is always dull and official. The room dimensions give the Royal Palace of Stockholm a cosy, homelike feel.\u201d\n\nThis was how foreign envoy to Sweden Alexandra Kollontaj described her first impressions of the Royal Palace of Stockholm in her diary in 1930. It attracted attention in Europe right from the outset, and the Palace in Stockholm is considered to be one of the emblematic European buildings of the Baroque era. Its history stretches back a long way. But how far exactly?\n\nProtecting the heartland of the Kingdom of the Swedes\n\nSome people believe that the Royal Palace in Stockholm is the oldest palace in Europe still in use as an official royal residence, but this naturally depends on how you view things. During prehistoric times, Lake M\u00e4laren was a bay of the Baltic Sea with a number of channels out to the open sea. These channels became impassable due to uplift, and by the end of the Viking period only two remained \u2013 Norrstr\u00f6m and S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m. This meant that if you had control of the Lake M\u00e4laren outlet you also had control of the M\u00e4lardalen Valley \u2013 the heartland of the Kingdom of the Swedes. It was therefore important to protect the inlet to Lake M\u00e4laren, and it was moreover a strategic location for collecting customs duties from the shipping trade.\n\nFinds from the 10th century\n\nA castle was constructed at an early point on the site where the Royal Palace of Stockholm now stands. Archaeological excavations conducted on Helgeandsholmen in 1978-80 found traces of very old timber structures dating to the end of the 10th century. However, it is difficult to determine the function of these structures. Some people assert that the finds show that there was a castle structure on Helgeandsholmen as early as the late 10th century, while more cautious analysts maintain that there were only wooden barriers in the channel from Saltsj\u00f6n into Lake M\u00e4laren. These barriers may have been guarded, but the question is whether there was a garrison of soldiers or whether any such guard consisted of just one person. However, it is possible that there was already a simple barrier fort here in the 10th century, a wooden stronghold, that would then develop and be modified over the centuries.\n\nDefensive installations develop\n\nThe oldest record of the castle\u2019s existence is a letter from Birger Jarl and his son Valdemar, dated 1252. During the 14th century, the structure consisted of the stronghold \u2013 the actual castle with dwelling house \u2013 and the large outer fortifications to the north. The oldest section of this structure was the keep. In the 14th, 15th and early 16th century, the castle was besieged again and again. The best-known siege is perhaps that of the castle and city at the hands of Danish King Kristian II (Christian the Tyrant) in March 1520. It was not until the autumn that Kristina Gyllenstierna, widow of Sten Sture the Younger, finally surrendered the castle into Danish hands, whereupon noblemen, bishops and citizens loyal to Sture were condemned to death and executed in Stortorget \u2013 the Stockholm Bloodbath.\n\nStrengthening defences\n\nDuring the reign of King Gustav Vasa, the modern nation state of Sweden came into being and the castle in Stockholm became one of the King\u2019s residences. The castle structure was initially enlarged for defensive purposes and was provided with additional fortifications. Among other things, ramparts were constructed to withstand artillery fire and so-called dry moats on the southern and western sides to hinder any assault. Several storeys were added to the keep and it was armed with cannons. For a long period the castle was the strongest defensive installation in the Baltic region. During the time of King Johan III, the castle was then transformed into a magnificent Renaissance palace with the aid of architect Willem Boy. This period saw the property furnished with a new royal apartment, a new royal chapel and a new hall of state. The catholic queen was given her own chapel, a racquet court was constructed and a new bath house was built and the old one equipped with a copper \u201cswimming bath\u201d.\n\nModern residence befitting a Great Power\n\nDuring the reign of King Gustav II Adolf, central government offices and courts of appeal were set up, and housed within the walls of the palace. By that time the palace had lost its defence function, and sweeping conversion and construction plans were being drawn up. The Great Power that was Sweden would finally have a representative and modern royal residence. However, due to the severely-strained state of the kingdom\u2019s finances it took a long time before anything drastic could be done. It was not until 1690 that Nicodemus Tessin the Younger was commissioned to modernise at least the northern portion of the palace. Royal apartments were now planned and a complete reconstruction of the royal chapel, located in the north-eastern section. Tessin had studied architecture and landscape gardening for many years on the continent, in France, Italy and England. Through the agency of Queen Kristina, he was taken on as a pupil of Lorenzo Bernini and he was heavily influenced by the austere Baroque architecture in Rome. On his return to Sweden and Stockholm, he knew exactly what a modern palace should look like.\n\nPalace in flames\n\nWork on the interior was well under way when the fateful fire broke out at two in the afternoon on 7 May 1697. Detailed records of what happened and other evidence enable the course of events to be summarised quite closely. For example, we know that Queen Dowager Hedvig Eleonora\u2019s ladies-in-waiting had just finished their meal when thick smoke billowed forth outside the windows, and when they were opened it could be seen that the palace was on fire. The Danish King\u2019s envoy, Bolle Luxdorph, witnessed the whole thing and described how the Queen Dowager could barely stand, shocked and bewildered \u2013 \u201chighly altered\u201d \u2013 and had to be carried down the stairs.\n\nTower cannons tumble\n\nThe fire spread rapidly and soon even the keep was alight, as evidenced by the deafening boom when the tower\u2019s cannons crashed down into the Queen Dowager\u2019s wine cellar. It was never determined what caused the blaze. We know that the fire began in the attic above the Hall of State and we know that those whose task it was to watch this attic were not at their posts on this fateful afternoon. The chief fire officer had sent one of these guards out on an errand and another guard had left his post without permission.Everyone managed to get out of the palace, but the material damage was extensive. The fire destroyed first and foremost the older section of the palace, but the newly-built north wing was also damaged. Quantities of priceless documents, books and manuscripts went up in smoke when the national archives and library were ravaged by the fire.\n\nRapid rebuilding required\n\nJust the day after the fire the regency decided that the palace should be rebuilt, and the task fell to Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. Only six weeks after the huge fire Tessin had drawings of the new palace ready to show the Queen Dowager. At the same time the architect had been commissioned by the Danish King to design the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, which perturbed King Karl XII, who was anxious that the palace in Stockholm should:\n\n\u201cNot in any respect be eclipsed in magnificence by the Danish palace.\"\n\nAccording to Tessin\u2019s plans, the new palace would be built in six years, but it was to take almost sixty due to lack of money. For many years, construction of the palace was at a complete standstill, and when it got going again work did not progress very fast. Nicodemus Tessin the Younger died in 1728 and responsibility for construction of the palace was taken over by his son Carl Gustaf Tessin. However, he delegated supervision of the work to architect Carl H\u00e5rleman.\n\nIn December 1754, King Adolf Fredrik and Queen Lovisa Ulrika were finally able to move into what is now known as the Bernadotte Apartments. Up to this point the Wrangelska Palace on Riddarholmen had been the Royal Family\u2019s official residence. Despite the long period of construction they kept to the designs from 1697, at least with regard to the exterior. The interiors were largely\n\nThe altar and the throne\n\nThe palace fa\u00e7ades facing the city remain largely unchanged to this day and each one has its own character. The north fa\u00e7ade, austere and plain with its double ramps up to the northern portal, dominates the city skyline. The south fa\u00e7ade exudes splendour, designed as a Roman triumphal arch with texts of tribute to King Karl XII. From here you enter the South Gate, which extends the full height of the building. From here you can also access the two most important ceremonial rooms in the palace and the symbols of secular and divine power: The Hall of State and the Royal Chapel. The altar and the throne were the pillars between which a moral Swedish society would develop. The western side is the King\u2019s side, with warlike attributes and medallions of Swedish kings from Gustav Vasa to Karl XI, while the eastern, more graceful and informal side, facing towards Saltsj\u00f6n and Log\u00e5rden, was the Queen\u2019s.\n\nThe Royal Palace was not built solely as a residence for the Swedish monarch and his family; it was also intended for the whole of the central Swedish state administration. Accordingly, offices were provided here for Sweden\u2019s government and for the various ministries. The Royal Library was also housed within the palace walls.\n\nA vibrant palace\n\nDuring the 19th and 20th century, government offices, the government, the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) and the Royal Library were to move out of the palace, and in 1981 King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia also chose to leave their home here in order to take up residence at Drottningholm Palace instead. However, the Royal Palace of Stockholm remains a living palace.\n\nIt is King Carl Gustaf\u2019s official residence and is used for official entertaining by the Head of State. The King and Queen also have their offices here, and the Office of the Marshal of the Realm and the Office of the Marshal of the Court are also based here.\n\nThe palace was built in Baroque style by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and was designed in the form of a Roman palace. Photo: Raphael Stecks\u00e9n\n\nThe changing of the guard and military parade is a popular public attraction in the Outer Courtyard. Photo: Raphael Stecks\u00e9n\n\nModel of the predecessor to the Tre Kronor Palace, as it is believed to have looked in 1280. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nKristian II (1481-1559), also known as Christian the Tyrant, was King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. He took over the castle in Stockholm in the siege of 1520. Photo: Nationalmuseum\n\nModel of (predecessor to) the Tre Kronor Palace, as it is believed to have looked in the 14th century. Viewed here from the south east, diagonally from above. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nThe Tre Kronor Renaissance Palace in the reign of Johan III (1663). In the foreground, the main entrance to the palace can be seen, with the Hall of State building to the right of the archway and the Royal Apartment to the left. Model by Lars Agger. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nModel of the Tre Kronor Palace as it would have looked just prior to the fire in 1697. From the north. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nCopperplate engraving of the Tre Kronor Palace, from the great palace fire of 7 May 1697. Photo: The Royal Court\n\nThe Vita Havet Assembly Rooms are located in the eastern section of the palace. Today the King and Queen use these rooms for welcoming guests prior to official dinners. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nThe Victoria Salon was furnished during the reign of King Karl XV. The wallpaper on the inner wall is red velvet with Queen Lovisa Ulrika\u2019s monogram in gold and silver. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nKarl XI\u2019s Gallery is Baroque in style and is modelled on the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. It features an impressive ceiling painting showing King Karl XI\u2019s war in Sk\u00e5ne in the 1670s. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nKing Carl XVI Gustaf was painted by artist Nelson Shanks. The temporary backdrop for the portrait was constructed in the Antechamber to the Bernadotte Library. The picture was taken on 17 May 1991. Photo: Alexis Daflos\n\nCustomer service\n\nVisit us\n\nFAQ\n\nTickets can be purchased on the same day at any of our ticket offices; no advance purchase available.\n\nAre there any storage lockers at the royal palaces?\n\nThe Royal Palace of Stockholm: There are a few storage lockers available at Tickets & Information and in the Tre Kronor Museum. However, we would recommend not bringing any large bags with you. The other royal palaces and visitor attractions: No storage lockers available.\n\nCan I take my bag into the royal palaces?\n\nSmall bags are permitted at our visitor attractions. Rucksacks should be carried in your hand or on your front. Do not leave any bags unattended. Bags and cases with wheels are not permitted.\n\nCan I take a pushchair into the royal palaces?\n\nPushchairs are not permitted indoors.\n\nAre there any pushchair parkings at the royal palaces?\n\nThe Royal Palace of Stockholm: At the entrance to the Reception Rooms, in the Outer Courtyard there is a limited amount of space for pushchairs. Under cover, but unmonitored and no locking facility.\n\nRiddarholm Church: At the entrance to Riddarholm Church. Under cover, but unmonitored and no locking facility.\n\nDrottningholm Palace: Outside the entrance. Under cover, but unmonitored and no locking facility."}
-{"text": "04 October 2011\n\nIf volunteerism is a measure of someone\u2019s passion, then Lisa Sellman\u2019s knows no bounds.\n\nSellman, a professional dog trainer and owner of a pet care business, volunteers periodically with no fewer than 16 different organizations, with her activities ranging from working at an animal shelter to taking disabled kids on nature hikes during the summer. She is a community activist and lifelong volunteer, and she knows what it means to serve others.\n\n\u201cIf you want to feel good, volunteer,\u201d said Sellman, also author of the children\u2019s book The Legend of the Wolves of Gunflint Lake (www.lisasellman.com), which contains the theme of the value of community service. \u201cThere are few ways to feel as good about yourself as volunteering. Now, I realize that many of us are wrapped up with work and family, trying to make ends meet, so the idea of volunteering can seem like it\u2019s just another \u2018have-to\u2019 to write into the already crowded calendar. However, I know for a fact that if you do it right, it can be a great stress reliever and a source of true joy in your life.\u201d\n\nThe key to discovering that feeling is to let your passion guide you when you decide to volunteer, she added. Her tips for beginning volunteers include:\n\n\u2022 Choose Wisely \u2013 Many people get \u201croped into\u201d volunteering for an organization because their boss is involved with a charity or a family member is working on a community project. Those can be rewarding ways to enter volunteerism, but only if the project is a match for your personal interests. The most important aspect to volunteerism is to find what you love, and direct your energies into a charity or community organization that matches those passions. If you\u2019re an animal lover, work with a wildlife rescue mission or animal shelter. If you are a nature buff, there are plenty of environmental foundations that can use an extra set of hands. If sports is your thing, there are plenty of community recreation centers that need coaches for needy kids enrolled in their programs. No matter your interest, you can match it to a cause that needs help. Just pick the right one, and your volunteer time won\u2019t be a chore \u2013 it will be a joy.\n\n\u2022 Watch Your Schedule \u2013 As much as you want your passion to direct your choice of project, you don\u2019t want those volunteer projects to rule your schedule. Make sure you balance your volunteer time carefully so that your professional life and your family time doesn\u2019t take a critical hit. Most organizations will take as much time as you offer them, but if you only have an hour or two each week, they\u2019ll take that time, too. Your volunteer life should not consume your work or home life.\n\n\u2022 Have Fun \u2013 Helping others is its own reward, but it shouldn\u2019t feel like a chore. Even the most mundane task can be fun if you manage it with a sense of humor and passion for helping others.\n\n\u201cYou don\u2019t have to spend a lot of time as a volunteer,\u201d Sellman said. \u201cIf everyone gave even just an hour a week, every community organization in the country would be turning volunteers away, because they\u2019d have more than enough. The key is to understand that volunteerism doesn\u2019t have to take over your life, and that if you do it right, it will add far more to your spirit than it takes away from your calendar.\u201d\n\nAbout Lisa Sellman\nLisa Sellman is a professional dog trainer and owner of a pet care business who volunteers for half a dozen charitable organizations. She believes that community service is its own reward, a message that resonates throughout her children\u2019s book The Legend of the Wolves of Gunflint Lake. The book encourages parents and children to discuss being of service in the community and how this can lead to lives of compassion and connectedness. (www.lisasellman.com)\n\nSign up to stay in touch!\n\nDon't have time to check the site each day? Get news, recipes and updates delivered right to your inbox.\n\nEmail Address\n\nBy submitting this form, you are granting TDIV thisdishisveg.com permission to email you. You may unsubscribe via the link found at the bottom of every email. (See our Email Privacy Policy for details.) Emails are serviced by Constant Contact.\n\nTop Ten Best Vegan Recipe Sites It\u2019s been great to see vegan food hit the mainstream over the past year, with news that Ellen and Porti...\n\nReview Disclosure & Ad Info\n\nDISCLOSURE: From time to time we may review books or products on the site. In some cases, the writer has been sent a complimentary review copy or sample. However, we always provide fair and unbiased reviews in every case. Also please note, in some cases, Amazon products are affiliate links."}
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-{"text": "maintaining a female [non spayed], pregnancy Qs\n\nHello, I am considering buying a 1 yr old female (non spayed) and as per the arrangement with the breeder will allow a couple of breedings with her before possibly spaying. The breeder will be taking care of the female during the heat period for the first 10-12 days. Then subsequently, the female would be with us until a week before the pregnancy until the puppies are 6-8 weeks old.\n\n- How many times do females get to the heat period? (twice a year?) - How long does it last? - What are the chores required doing this period? - Is it easy to spay a female after she has breed a couple of times? - What are the responsibilities after the female is impregnated? - How long does the pregnancy last? - How difficult is it to transport the female when she is close to pregnancy?\n\nMost of it is really easy, the breeder is taking on most of the hard part. A bitch can get moody, not feel good, etc. when pregnant, just like a women. The heats last about a month, and most dogs do well cleaning themselves except during sleep. They tend to stain the area in which they sleep while they are bleeding. Diapers work great if the dog is to sleep with you. She may have the potty more in advanced stages of pregnancy, and she can atrack intact males from miles away while she is in heat.\n\nHonestly, it sounds like the breeder is using you. I would look elsewhere for a dog. My understanding is, most breeder adopt out older dog after they've had 2 or 3 litters. They don't farm them out so they can breed more litters. They could also be using this as a way to skirt kennel licensing.\n\nYou are buying the female. The female lives with you except for the first 12 days of her heat cycle at which time she goes to the breeders home and she breeds her. You then get the female back and she stays with you and you do all the whelping and raising of the pups?\n\nWho gets the puppies born of these litters? Does she retain one or the entire litter both times she is bred?\n\nAre you the one asking to spay her, or is the breeder requiring she be spayed once the 2 litters are whelped and weaned?\n\nIt seems a bit unclear as to the exact arrangement here but sounds like you are not getting the best of the deal. If you are not a breeder and do not want to raise pups, either tell the \"breeder\" that you would perfer to have her spayed or look for another dog. You can check with any shelter/rescue program and I guarantee you will find endless possibilities for obtaining a great fur friend.\n\nI would not engage in contract like this either. But fair is what you agree to.\n\nWhelping a litter is a pain in the arse. They pups will bark at all hours of the night. getting louder as they get older. If I were to engage in this practise, The breeder would be responsible for all bills, including gas of my vehicle, and have to pay me, with either a puppy or the price of one puppy. Which for me is about a grand a dog. Spaying a female after breeding is no harder than if she was not bred. pregnant dogs can travel just fine...just have to stop for more pee breaks as the pregnancy goes on.\n\nI believe a dog's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment he holds dear, is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-with a ball in his mouth.\"\n\nPeople on here always give risk of health problems (including death) as one reason NOT to breed. Has the breeder included in the agreement what happens if the bitch were to die as a result of whelping? Seems fishy to me.\n\nThe breeder will be taking care of the female during the heat period for the first 10-12 days. Then subsequently, the female would be with us until a week before the pregnancy until the puppies are 6-8 weeks old.\n\nStates the breeder will have her for the heat cycle...likely so she can do the breeding to the male she chooses and be sure she is properly cared for during the pregnancy, then the dog returns to the new owner 1 week prior to whelping and the pups go to breeder at 6-8 wks of age.\n\n\"Sounds like a normal contract to me. Many breeders do this so they can provide a normal family environment for their dogs and not a kennel one.\"\n\nWhat kind of breeders do this? Honest, responsible breeders or breeders looking to breed as much as possible so they can make more money? I honestly think that if a breeder has so many dogs, they can't provide them with a \"normal, family environment,\" they need to scale back. I wouldn't want a dog from that kind of situation.\n\nI disagree that it is common, if, of course I am reading it properly that the new owner is to do all the whelping and weaning of 2 litters for the original owner.\n\nAny owner, who cares about their dogs, would not send their girl to be cared for and litter of puppies whelped by someone who has no clue about the process. If the breeder is doing the whelping,that makes more sense.\n\nThis does occur with breeders. The new family will surrender the bitch during the entire heat period and also one week before the pups are whelped and the 6 weeks post partum, then the bitch will be returned to the new family. The new family has no responsibility for the care of the pups. The pups will be whelped at the breeders and raised there. When weaned the bitch goes home to new family. Sounds like an Ok arrangement, but I agree, be sure to provide that the breeder is responsible for all vet bills should there be a complication or spontaneous abortion while in the new family's care. They shouldn't be burdened with vet bills related to the pregnancy at all, I had a vet bill of 1400.00 when my bitch aborted 11 days before whelping. I would draw up a contract with all the conditions listed and signed before a notary. Be sure to include:\n\nwhat breeder wants the bitch to be fed\n\nwhat vet to take her to in an emergency\n\nThat an open consent is on file with that vet and agreement to pay, preferable with a credit card by phone arrangement\n\nCompensation if the bitch dies due to pregnancy\n\nSpecific number of breedings due to the breeder ( I would suggest no more than 3)"}
-{"text": "Bureau of Land Management offices post News Releases to share news or let you know upcoming plans for their area. If you have questions regarding a specific News Release, contact information is at the top of each News Release. Please feel free to contact the Lakeview Office with your questions or comments, at 541-947-6237 or by email.\n\nAnnouncements\n\nBLM Releases Draft Plan for Western Oregon\n\nDate: 04/24/15\n\nThe Bureau of Land Management has released draft alternatives for the future management of 2.5 million acres of BLM-administered lands in western Oregon to better achieve social, economic and ecological objectives. The 90-day public comment period includes 16 open houses or workshops in the region. Five alternatives are detailed in the Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for western Oregon, which is available online at: http://www.blm.gov/or/plans/rmpswesternoregon/meetings.php\n\nThe BLM has released the next series of its popular vintage poster collection and it includes a poster of the San Juan Islands National Monument (SJINM). The SJINM encompasses about 1,000 acres of land spread across rocks and islands managed by BLM. The vintage-style drawing featured on the poster is of Patos Island and its lighthouse, which is a dominant feature of the area.\n\nStop by your local BLM Office to free copy of this spectacular poster!\n\nThe Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service have announced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's release of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Jordan Cove Energy and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the lead Federal agency for this proposed project. The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Reclamation are cooperating agencies and these agencies' actions are included as part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's analysis. The Bureau of Land Management has authorities under the Natural Gas Act to issue rights-of-way on behalf of itself and other Federal agencies.\n\nHistory of the GLO in Oregon\n\nDate: 07/10/2014\n\nBLM is proud to announce the release of this new book that provides an in-depth look at Oregon's history through the eyes of the General Land Office. The General Land Office GLO is an integral piece in the mosaic of Oregon's history. Today the imprint of the GLO on Oregon's landscape is unmistakable in its cardinally-oriented roads and property lines. However, the story of the GLO in Oregon runs deeper than mapping and surveying the lands. As agents of the United States, GLO surveyors operated under the umbrella of United States' public land laws and policies and treaty-making with Indian tribes. This free book is just a small, but fascinating piece of Oregon's history and the role played by the GLO! Download your free copy here (PDF).\n\nDate: 09/21/12\n\nThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service announced that they will consider amendment of their land management plans to make provision for the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline (PCGP). The Notice of Intent to initiate the public scoping process for this effort was published in the Federal Register on September 21, 2012.\n\nBLM Initiates Planning Update for Western Oregon Forests\n\nDate: 03/09/12\n\nOn March 9, 2012, the BLM announced it was beginning the process of revising Resource Management Plans (RMP) for 2.5 million acres of forested lands across six BLM Districts in western Oregon. The BLM is seeking public input on the issues and alternatives the new RMPs should address.\n\nBLM State Director Ed Shepard stated: \"The BLM welcomes new and innovative ideas that result from this scoping process. The planning process will recognize the importance of the social, cultural, and economic dimensions of natural resource management in western Oregon. Integrating public values and perspectives into the planning process is critical to finding a sustainable path forward.\"\n\nDuring a visit on February 21 to one of three ecological forestry pilot projects in Oregon, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will apply ecological forestry principles on a broader landscape to restore forest health and to provide sustainable timber harvests for local mills and the communities who rely on the timber industry for jobs and economic strengths.\n\nForestry Pilot Projects Report\n\nDate: 02/14/12\n\nFollowing up on the December 8, 2010 meeting in Washington, D.C. the BLM committed to immediately develop action plans for both the Roseburg Pilot Project and the Middle Applegate Watershed Pilot Project. Throughout 2011, the BLM, along with Drs. Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin, held a series of public meetings, workshops, and field trips to discuss the pilot projects and learn more about the principles of ecological forestry. In February 2012, the BLM released a report regarding the Drs. Johnson and Franklin's observations about the Forestry Pilot Projects.\n\nBLM Distributes Final Payments to Counties\n\nDate: 01/20/12\n\nThe BLM announced today that it has issued payment to 18 counties in western Oregon eligible under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act extension (Public Law 110-343). The amount paid to the Oregon & California (O&C) counties was $40,037,160.\n\nInterior Conservation Awards to BLM-Led Partnerships\n\nSecretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presented his \"Partners in Conservation\" Awards to a number of outstanding conservation partnerships at a ceremony on September 21, 2011. The awardees included four BLM-coordinated partnerships: Oregon's Jefferson Conservation Corps; the Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona; New Mexico's Permian Basin Memorandum of Agreement Program; and the nationwide Project Archaeology program.\n\nA video profile about the Jefferson Conservation Corps is available on YouTube at:\n\nSocioeconomic Impacts of the BLM\n\nThe BLM has the privilege of protecting and maintaining some of the Nation's most unique treasures. We manage over 15.7 million acres of public land in Oregon, and approximately 436,000 acres in Washington, together with some 23.4 million acres of federal subsurface minerals. The BLM lands provide for a variety of multiple uses throughout the Northwest, all of which contribute to the well-being of local communities through economic activities, social contributions, and land stewardship programs. Take a look around at these socio-economic contributions; we think you'll be pleasantly surprised.\n\nBLM Releases 2011 Secure Rural Schools Estimates\n\nDate: 08/05/11\n\nThe Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Public Law 110-343) provided transition payments to the 18 western Oregon O&C counties through Fiscal Year 2010 and established another formula for calculating O&C county payments for Fiscal Year 2011. In developing the estimate for the Fiscal Year 2011 payment under the other formula, the BLM found an error in its preliminary calculations. The correct estimate was published in the President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Justifications submitted to the Congress in March 2011. Because of the nature of the variables for calculating payments as established in the Secure Rural Schools Act, the final amount of O&C county payments for Fiscal Year 2011 cannot be determined until the end of Fiscal Year 2011\u2014after September 30, 2011. The final payment amount is subject to review and audit before the payments are made to counties 6 to 8 weeks following the close of the Fiscal Year 2011.\n\nThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today issued guidance to its field managers describing how the agency will use its land use planning process to enable local communities, States, Tribes, the public, and stakeholders to help determine how to manage public lands with wilderness characteristics.\n\nThe guidance will ensure public lands with wilderness characteristics are inventoried, described, and managed in accordance with Secretarial Order 3310, issued by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in December.\n\nPresident Proposes $1.13 Billion for BLM in Fiscal Year 2012 To Protect Resources and Manage Uses of Public Lands\n\nDate: 02/14/11\n\nPresident Obama today requested $1.13 billion in appropriations for the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, a decrease of $12.0 million from the 2010 Enacted/2011 Continuing Resolution level. The budget makes strategic investments in support of Administration and Secretarial initiatives, and offsets funding increases for these priorities with $25.5 million in administrative and management savings, shifting $42.4 million in energy and minerals inspection costs to industry, and reducing lower-priority programs.\n\nUnder the President's proposed budget, the BLM will focus on a number of priorities, including: Renewable Energy; Cooperative Landscape Conservation, including Sage-grouse Habitat Management; Youth in the Great Outdoors; Abandoned Mine Lands and Hard Rock Mining Reform; Wild Horse and Burro Program; and the Secretary's Western Oregon Strategy.\n\nWind Energy Development Challenges & Opportunities Map\n\nDate: 11/04/10\n\nThe Oregon/Washington BLM has worked collaboratively with numerous stakeholders and partners to provide the \"Challenges & Opportunities\" map. The BLM is providing this map of potential wind energy development information and key regional natural resource information in eastern Oregon to foster collaborative solutions in the planning and siting of infrastructure projects on public lands.\n\nThe BLM will be co-hosting a day-long symposium about renewable energy opportunities and conservation issues on November 9, in Bend, Oregon. The symposium will explore the vision for both renewable energy and landscape scale conservation that may lead to identifying areas in eastern Oregon that have greater potential for new energy development as well as those areas where there would be significant challenges to development.\n\nBLM Releases Decision for Vegetation Treatments\n\nDate: 10/01/10\n\nOn October 1, 2010, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office announced the release of a Record of Decision for the Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on BLM Lands in Oregon. Weeds are currently spreading on BLM lands in Oregon at an estimated 12 percent per year, or 144,000 acres per year. This decision expands herbicide use beyond noxious weed treatments to include: the treatment of all invasive plants, the control of pests and diseases, and the control of native vegetation in rights-of-way and administrative sites, and recreation sites.\n\nBLM Releases Western Oregon Forest Management Report\n\nDate: 07/22/10\n\nBureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey today announced the findings of the interdisciplinary Western Oregon Task Force and an interagency approach for moving forward in the management of BLM-managed forests in western Oregon.\n\nPresident Proposes $1.1 Billion for BLM in Fiscal Year 2011\n\nDate: 02/01/10\n\nWith a focus on renewable energy development, climate change adaptation, and other key priorities, President Obama today requested $1.1 billion in appropriations for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management in Fiscal Year 2011. This represents an $8.0 million increase from the BLM's FY 2010 enacted funding level. The President's request reflects his continuing commitment to be prudent with taxpayer dollars while setting priorities for spending.\n\nBLM Distributes Payments to Counties\n\nDate: 11/25/09\n\nThe Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act was reauthorized as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 signed into law in October 2008 (Public Law 110-343). The reauthorized act provides declining payments to 18 westside Oregon Counties from Fiscal Year 2008 through 2011. Eligible counties in Oregon and several other \u201ctransition\u201d States will receive declining payments from Fiscal Years 2008 to 2010 based upon their Fiscal Year 2006 payments. Then, in Fiscal Year 2011, counties will receive payments based on a new formula detailed in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The Act included other changes, such as limiting how counties may spend their Title III project funds. The Oregon/Washington BLM made payments to each of the eligible western Oregon counties for Fiscal Year 2009 on November 25, 2009.\n\nSecretary Salazar to Discuss Next Steps for Western Oregon Forest Management\n\nDate: 10/14/09\n\nOn Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar hosted a news media teleconference to discuss a schedule of timber sales on public lands in Western Oregon and initial steps for forest management in the area.\n\nTo provide additional certainty to local mills and local communities, the BLM released a list of about 60 proposed timber sales scheduled over the next 12 months. The program of work reflects an interim approach as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife continues to work on refinement of the northern spotted owl recovery plan via a number of technical workgroups.\n\nBLM Prepares for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale\n\nDate: 3/4/09\n\nThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office has announced that it will offer four parcels totaling approximately 5,342 acres, in Oregon, at its March 12, 2009 Oil and Gas Lease Competitive Sale. All four parcels to be offered are in Wheeler County near Mitchell, Oregon. The sale will be held at 9:00 AM, Thursday, March 12, at the Robert Duncan Plaza Building, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon in the 3rd floor conference rooms."}
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-{"text": "Entertainment News\n\nIt's official: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are married\n\nAfter weeks of speculation, Kardashian, 33, and West, 36, tied the knot in Florence, Italy, at the Forte di Belvedere, Yahoo can confirm.\n\nKim wore a custom Givenchy Haute Couture gown designed by pal Riccardo Tisci. Her veil and accessories were Givenchy as well.\n\nGivenchy also dressed West in a custom wedding tuxedo and daughter North in a custom Haute Couture dress matching her mother's.\n\nThe reality star's sisters \u2014 Kourtney, Khlo\u00e9, Kendall, and Kylie \u2014 served as bridesmaids, according to E!, while Kanye's best friends from Chicago stood as his groomsmen. Bruce Jenner walked his stepdaughter down the aisle as family members \u2014 such as matriarch Kris Jenner, North, Scott Disick with Mason and Penelope, grandma MJ, and Brandon and his wife Leah Jenner \u2014 looked on. Rob Kardashian skipped the wedding, for reasons that are not yet known.People reports that Rich Wilkerson Jr., a pastor from North Miami, performed the ceremony.\n\nNoticeably absent were Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay Z, who are reportedly spending the weekend in the Hamptons. However, Beyonc\u00e9 posted a sweet message to the couple on Instagram. \"Wishing you a lifetime of unconditional love. God bless your beautiful family,\" she captioned the below photo.\n\nUnfortunately, Vogue's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, had to decline the invite. \"Anna had a longstanding family commitment this weekend and sadly had to miss the wedding,\" a rep for the magazine told the New York Post's Page Six.\n\nLegend serenaded the couple with his hit, \"All of Me\" at the reception. Kimye's first dance was to Etta James's \"At Last,\" followed by Otis Redding's \"These Arms of Mine\" and \"Tenderness,\" and \"Otis\" by Kanye and Jay Z.\n\nSo why did the couple decide to get married in Florence? West discussed his love for the city in Florence's La Nazione newspaper earlier this month.\n\n\"I love Florence, I love Italy and the Italian lifestyle,\" the rapper revealed. \"I think we conceived our daughter North here, among the masterpieces of the Renaissance... It was our first honeymoon. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, for me the most beautiful in Europe.\"\n\nFestivities kicked off in Paris on Friday with Kim and Kanye's closest family and friends. A select group attended a pre-wedding brunch at designer Valentino Garavani's Ch\u00e2teau de Widevilleoutside of the city.\n\n\"I would love to toast these two beautiful people here before me,\" Valentino said at the end of the celebration, according to Talley's wedding diary for Vogue. \"And I also want to thank Kris Jenner for having these beautiful girls. These girls make my dining room even more beautiful.\" Then, in Italian, he toasted Kim and Kanye: \"I wish you much success, a lot of love, and a long life.\"\n\nAfter the intimate gathering, Kimye opened up the party to more of their guests. Hundreds of their pals were treated to dinner and a private tour of the Palace of Versailles, one of the couple's favorite French haunts.\n\n\"Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have decided to let their guests discover the Ch\u00e2teau of Versailles during a private surprise tour on Friday, May 23, the eve of their wedding,\" read a statement released by the couple and officials at the Louis XIV estate.\"\"In making this choice, they are contributing to a better understanding and maintaining the exceptional heritage of the castle of Versailles, which is classed a World Heritage site UNESCO.\"\n\nKardashian, clad in a plunging white gown, and West, surprised their guests with a performance by Lana Del Rey, whose brief set included the song \"Young and Beautiful.\" The evening concluded with a seven minute fireworks show.\n\nWest popped the question to Kim on her 33rd birthday on October 21, 2013. The rapper rented out San Francisco's AT&T Park and proposed in front of family and friends. The Chicago Symphony played Rey's \"Young and Beautiful\" while the Jumbotron flashed \"PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!!\" He then presented his lady love with a 15-carat Lorraine Schwartz ring.\n\nWhile this is Kanye's first marriage, it will be Kim's third union. She famously wed NBA player Kris Humphries in 2011, only to call it quits 72 days later. In 2000, Kim eloped with music producer Damon Thomas, but they had a messy divorce in 2004.\n\nKim and Kanye have one daughter together, North West, who will celebrate her first birthday next month."}
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-{"text": "Cotton growers losing numbers game to pigweed\n\n\u2022 The three keys to managing pigweed are: Start clean, overlap residual herbicides, and manage escapes.\n\u2022 To manage pigweed the seed bank must be stable or decreasing every planting season to achieve sustainability.\n\nThe most dangerous words a cotton farmer will ever say are, \u201cI thought I could get by one more year,\u201d says long-time University of Arkansas Weed Scientist Ken Smith.\n\nSpeaking at a recent Monsanto-sponsored New Product Evaluator Summit in Charleston, S.C., Smith was describing the problems farmers throughout the Mid-South and Southeast have had and continue to have in managing glyphosate resistant pigweed.\n\nSmith says when dealing with pigweed, resistant or not, don\u2019t let inconspicuous get confused with harmless. Inconspicuous and harmless don\u2019t go together in describing pigweed, he says.\n\nPigweed can sit in the ground 10-14 days, and they are small and they are inconspicuous, unless you are looking for them. But these fast growing weeds have a head start on cotton, and if the farmer doesn\u2019t manage these inconspicuous weeds before they are 9-10 inches tall, he or she is likely to have a big problem, Smith says.\n\nThe three keys to managing pigweed are: Start clean, overlap residual herbicides, and manage escapes. Those simple steps seem easy enough sitting here in December, Smith chides, but when things get hectic at planting time, those three easy steps get harder and harder to take.\n\nMust reduce seed numbers\n\nTo manage pigweed, Smith says, the seed bank must be stable or decreasing every planting season to achieve sustainability. He showed the 200 or so cotton farmers in the audience a picture of a female pigweed plant he calls Elvira. \u201cIn the lab, we counted 1.8 million seed from this one plant, which looked more like a tree and could shut down any cotton picker foolish enough to take it on,\u201d he says.\n\nControlling pigweed is a numbers game that farmers simply cannot win, the Arkansas weed scientist adds. Elvira is a bit atypical of female pigweed plants, but the more typical plants consistently produce 200,000-300,000 seed if left untreated.\n\nIf 95 percent of the seed die during the winter months and the farmer gets 99 percent control from his herbicide program, he still has more than 3,000 pigweed plants. If half are female, the farmer has the potential of having another half million or so pigweed to deal with the next year. \u201cIt\u2019s truly a numbers game that farmers won\u2019t win,\u201d Smith says.\n\nIf there is a good side of pigweed management it is that these weed seeds don\u2019t last long in the soil. Usually four years is about the life span of Palmer amaranth pigweed in the soil. By comparison, cocklebur survives in the soil 25 years or more.\n\nThis short life cycle gives growers some options for keeping the seed bank under control. Keeping a field clean over a relatively short period of time gives growers a chance to get ahead of the numbers game and at least have a chance to control these yield-robbing weeds.\n\nDuring the NPE program, farmers Bowen Flowers from Clarksdale, Miss.. and Kent Wannamaker from St. Matthews, S.C., shared some of their experiences in dealing with pigweed.\n\nThe ante goes up considerably on pigweed when you get weeds that are tolerant to glyphosate, Flowers says. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those deals where you can pay me now or you can pay me a lot more later. Unfortunately, our farming operation fit into the pay me a lot more later category,\u201d the Mississippi grower adds.\n\n\u201cIn 2009, we cleaned up some land that had some resistant pigweed on it. We thought we did a good job and it didn\u2019t look like much of a problem. In 2010, I sprayed my burn-down treatment and planted without any residual herbicide.\n\n\u201cWe got a good rain, and up came the pigweed. We sprayed with glyphosate and killed at least 80 percent of the new flush of weeds. Once the 20 percent left over got over six inches tall, we had a big mess on our hands.\n\n\u201cWe had 100 acres of cotton that we ended up disking up because we just couldn\u2019t control pigweed. On the rest of our land, it cost a lot of money \u2014 a lot of \u2018pay me later\u2019 \u2014 to grow cotton on much of land,\u201d Flowers says.\n\nIn 2011, the Mississippi grower says he took the \u2018pay me now\u2019 approach. \u201cIn February, we burned down with glyphosate and 2,4-D. Three weeks before planting we applied Reflex and at planting we applied Gramoxone and Cotoran behind the planter.\n\nNot a cheap option\n\n\u201cOn about 10,000 acres of cotton, we kept an overlap of residual herbicides and used different families of herbicides. It\u2019s not cheap to overlap these herbicides, but it cleaned up most of our land.\n\n\u201cWe still had a few fields with pigweed and we used hot-spot treatments to try and get to zero tolerance on pigweed. On the escapes we did have, we used hand labor to remove those weeds from our fields.\n\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t quite make it to zero tolerance, but it was a big improvement and it showed up in our cotton quality and yield. It takes a lot of work and it\u2019s not cheap, but you can control pigweed. And, controlling them is a lot cheaper than losing the numbers game to pigweed,\u201d Flowers says.\n\nWannamaker says he has made pigweed a top priority since he first began growing cotton. \u201cMy son told me, \u201cDaddy I can\u2019t believe you\u2019d walk a half mile across a cotton field to pull up one weed.\u201d \u201cI knew when Roundup Ready cotton came to the farm there would be more cotton acres, because we could control pigweed, he adds.\n\nThe South Carolina grower says he applies glyphosate in February or March to burn down pigweed that survived the winter. He comes back right before planting with Gramoxone for a second burn-down.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s real important to get the Gramoxone down close to planting, because we are susceptible to having rain at that time of the year and Gramoxone, rain and pigweed just don\u2019t go well together, Wannamaker says.\n\nHe applies Reflex right behind the planter. Then, he comes back with a hooded application of Gramoxone and Valor \u2014 not on all his acreage.\n\n\u201cWe have what I call families of pigweed that survive from one year to the next. So, in June I hire a crew to come in and clean up these areas. If we miss it with chemicals, we turn to hand labor \u2014 it\u2019s costly, but it\u2019s the only way we\u2019ve been successful in managing pigweed,\u201d the South Carolina grower adds.\n\n\u201cI think you have to have the attitude that I don\u2019t want one pigweed in my cotton. We make it as hard as possible for a pigweed to grow to be an adult \u2014 it\u2019s a numbers game we don\u2019t want to play,\u201d Wannamaker says.\n\nSmith, who has preached the evils of Palmer pigweed across the Cotton Belt for the past few years, says taking a zero tolerance to these weeds is important. \u201cI had one grower tell me, my grandfather farmed this land and my grandchildren will likely farm it, and I\u2019m not going to let pigweed prevent that from happening.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s the kind of attitude a farmer had better have, if he is planning on managing pigweed in an environment in which more and more weeds are tolerant of the No. 1 herbicide used to kill them,\u201d the Arkansas weed scientist says.\n\nSmith asked the 200 or so cotton farmers to raise their hand, if they are growing less cotton than they were 10 years ago. Acknowledging that no one raised a hand, Smith says, \u201cLike it or don\u2019t, farmers are planting more acres, and they can\u2019t go back to the size operation they had before we had glyphosate tolerant cotton plants,\u201d Smith says."}
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-{"text": "The Molecular Gastronomy Quiz\n\nMolecular gastronomy takes the culinary arts to soaring new heights. It's not just a feast for your taste buds, it's a feast for your all of your senses -- your sight, smell, touch and even hearing. Pull up a seat and test your hardcore foodie skills in this tough culinary quiz.\n\nStart Quiz \u00bb\n\nYou scored\n\n0 out of 30\n\nQuestion 1 of 30\n\nWhat two sciences does molecular gastronomy incorporate into its cooking methods?\n\nphysics and chemistry\n\nMolecular gastronomy blends physics and chemistry to transform the tastes and textures of food.\n\nchemistry and biology\n\nphysics and engineering\n\nQuestion 2 of 30\n\nTrue or false? Molecular cuisine is deconstructed into a series of highly alchemized individual textures, flavors and compounds.\n\nTRUE\n\nTrue. The foods are often in the form of foams, gels and other shapes that may not even be recognizable as food.\n\nFALSE\n\nQuestion 3 of 30\n\nWhat UK restaurant is renowned for its molecular gastronomy?\n\nThe Fat Duck\n\nHeston Blumenthal's three Michelin-starred restaurant, The Fat Duck, is known for its whimsical menus, and its most recent takes the form of a map and uses a day in Heston's childhood as its blueprint.\n\nSalon\n\nLyle's\n\nQuestion 4 of 30\n\nWho is considered the father of molecular gastronomy?\n\nHerv\u00e9 This\n\nHerv\u00e9 This co-created molecular gastronomy in 1988 with the late physicist Nicholas Kurti and now heads the food division of the French Academy of Agriculture.\n\nHeston Blumenthal\n\nFerran Adri\u00e0\n\nQuestion 5 of 30\n\nWhat is one common piece of equipment used by many molecular gastronomy chefs?\n\nslow cooker\n\nanti-griddle\n\nThe anti-griddle is contained in a cooktop, but it instantaneously freezes solids when they're dropped on it.\n\nblow torch\n\nQuestion 6 of 30\n\nAnother form of cooking popular in molecular gastronomy is sous-vide. What is sous-vide?\n\ncooking foods fast over high heat\n\ncooking foods slowly in vacuum-sealed bags\n\nSous-vide is a cooking method where food is cooked in vacuum-sealed bags in a water bath, slowly and at precise temperatures.\n\ncooking foods with both high and low heat\n\nQuestion 7 of 30\n\nSous-vide is the French term that means what?\n\nunder vacuum\n\nSous-vide translates to under vacuum.\n\nin water\n\nunder water\n\nQuestion 8 of 30\n\nWhat is transglutaminase used for?\n\nbonding protein together\n\nBetter known to chefs as \"meat glue,\" transglutaminase bonds protein-containing foods together and helps create special effects like meat noodles.\n\ncreating foams\n\nmaking smoke\n\nQuestion 9 of 30\n\nWhy is ice cream created with liquid nitrogen so creamy?\n\nIt freezes so fast.\n\nIce crystals in ice cream makes an inferior product. Using liquid nitrogen to freeze ice cream takes only a few minutes, eliminating the ice crystals and leaving a silky smooth ice cream.\n\nIt makes whipping easier.\n\nIt creates more air.\n\nQuestion 10 of 30\n\nTrue or false? Spherification is the process of shaping a liquid into spheres, usually using sodium alginate.\n\nTRUE\n\nTrue. The resulting spheres have a thin membrane and are filled with flavored liquid.\n\nFALSE\n\nQuestion 11 of 30\n\nWhich group of ingredients help chefs create gels?\n\nhydrocolloids\n\nHydrocolloids can create a gel from a wide variety of ingredients.\n\nmaltodextrins\n\nsucrose esters\n\nQuestion 12 of 30\n\nGrant Atchaz is the chef of what famed Chicago restaurant?\n\nAu Cheval\n\nAlinea\n\nRevolutionary chef Grant Atchaz's runs the kitchen at Chicago's famed Alinea, which is known for its molecular gastronomy.\n\nAvec\n\nQuestion 13 of 30\n\nTrue or false? Foams are a distribution of gas in a liquid or a solid.\n\nTRUE\n\nTrue! A foam is any liquid or solid that has a gas suspended in it.\n\nFALSE\n\nQuestion 14 of 30\n\nTrue or false? Meringue is a type of dehydrated foam.\n\nTRUE\n\nTrue. Meringues are made by first creating a traditional liquid foam, then dehydrating it in a dehydrator or oven with very low temperature.\n\nFALSE\n\nQuestion 15 of 30\n\nWhat do emulsions combine into a stable mix?\n\noil and water\n\nEmulsions have creamy textures and unique flavors, and combine oil and water.\n\nliquid and air\n\ncream and air\n\nQuestion 16 of 30\n\nWhich of the following is NOT a type of emulsion stabilizer?\n\nsucrose and maltodextrin\n\nAgar, carrageenan, gellan, gelatin, guar gum, sodium alginate and xanthan gum can all be used as emulsion stabilizers.\n\nagar, carrageenan, gellan\n\nxanthan gum and guar gum\n\nQuestion 17 of 30\n\nWhat kind of emulsion do chefs use to create air or \"espuma\" foams?\n\nsoy lecithin\n\nSoy lecithin, an emulsifier that has no thickening or gelling properties, is used to create air foams because it yields a product that has no more body than water.\n\nagar\n\nsodium alginate\n\nQuestion 18 of 30\n\nPowders are flavors that are dried to a dust and then sprinkled as a garnish. What food additive is used to create powders?\n\nmaltodextrin\n\nThe main method for preparing powders is to mix an oil-based liquid with maltodextrin.\n\nsodium alginate\n\nacetic acid\n\nQuestion 19 of 30\n\nTrue or false? Molecular gastronomes have found a way to serve hot ice cream.\n\nTRUE\n\nTrue. They are mixing their ice cream base with methyl cellulose, a compound that turns to a firm gel when it is heated. Then when it's time to serve, the scoops of ice cream are dipped into a pot of hot water and served immediately before it melts.\n\nFALSE\n\nQuestion 20 of 30\n\nWhat is alginate created from?\n\nbrown seaweed\n\nAlginate is a gum-like substance extracted from brown seaweed.\n\nalgae\n\ntree bark\n\nQuestion 21 of 30\n\nWhich is NOT responsible for making spheres and caviar?\n\nsodium citrate\n\ncalcium chloride\n\nmaltodextrin\n\nSodium alginate, sodium citrate and calcium chloride can all be used in spheriphication.\n\nQuestion 22 of 30\n\nWhat kitchen device spins at high speed to separate products into parts based on density?\n\nbain marie\n\nfood centrifuge\n\nThe faster you spin a centrifuge, the more separation power you get. Heavier products move to the bottom, lower density items go to the top.\n\nsearzall\n\nQuestion 23 of 30\n\nWhat is the process of forming various textures of small gels with macromolecules?\n\ngelification\n\nGelification is known as the process of turning liquids into gelatinous forms. The gel forms and textures may vary depending on the additives used during the processing.\n\nfoaming\n\nsmoking\n\nQuestion 24 of 30\n\nTrue or false? Basic spherification is when a liquid with calcium content is submerged in a bath of sodium alginate."}
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-{"text": "Remove the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware\n\nWhat is FBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware?\n\nThe FBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware is a computer infection that locks your screen until you send them a ransom in the form of a GreenDot MoneyPak payment. This lock screen, which is displayed below, will be shown when you login to Windows and will not allow access to the Windows desktop, your files, or your applications. To remove this lock screen you are required to pay a ransom of $400 in the form of a MoneyPak voucher code. Once you submit the code and its verified, your screen will be unlocked and the infection will be removed. As it is possible to remove this infection without paying the ransom, please do not go out and purchase the requested MoneyPak.\n\nThe lock screen from this infection pretends to be an alert from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) who has detected that your computer contains illegal and copyrighted software. It then states that due to this illegal content your computer has been locked until you pay a fine of $400 in the form of a MoneyPak voucher payment. They also state that if you do not pay the payment in 48 hours, you will face legal action from FBI. Once you send them the MoneyPak voucher code your computer would then be unlocked and the infection deleted. Last, but not lease, this infection will continuously play a fake recording from the FBI. The reality is that this is a computer infection and has nothing to do with the FBI or any other legal authority. Therefore, please ignore anything the lock screen says.\n\nThe text of this lock screen is:\n\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning\nAll activity of this computer has been recorded.\nIf you use a webcam, videos and pictures were saved for future identifications.\n\nYour Computer has been locked!\nIllegal downloaded material (MP3's, Movies or Software) has been located on your computer.\n\nUnlock your computer:\nTo unlock your computer and yo avoid other legal consequences you are obligated to pay a fine of $400. Payment of the fine is done by GreenDot MoneyPak payment voucher. After payment is made your computer will be unlocked and legal actions will not be taken.\nFailure to comply with FBI Anti-Piracy warnings could result in criminal charges and possible imprisonment up to 3 years in country jail.\n\nThe text of the recorded audio alert is:\n\nFBI Warning. Your computer is blocked for violation of federeal law.\n\nAs you can see this is a computer infection and not an actual alert from the FBI. Therefore, please do not purchase a MoneyPak and send the ransom payment. Instead you should use the removal guide below to remove this infection and other malware from your computer for free.\n\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware Removal Options\n\nSelf Help Guide\n\nThis guide contains advanced information, but has been written in such a way so that anyone can follow it. Please ensure your data is backed up before proceeding.\n\nIf you are uncomfortable making changes to your computer or following these steps, do not worry! Instead you can get free one-on-one help by asking in the forums.\n\nPrint out these instructions as we will need to reboot your computer into Safe mode with Networking and you may not have access to your web browser for part of this process.\n\nThis infection makes it difficult to access your documents and programs because it locks the screen. In order to bypass this locker, we need to reboot into Safe Mode with Networking. To\ndo this, perform the following steps for your version of Windows:\n\nWindows XP, Vista, and 7: Turn your computer off and then back on and when you\nsee anything on the screen, immediately start tapping the F8 key on your\nkeyboard. Eventually you will be brought to a menu similar to the one below:\n\nUsing the arrow keys on your keyboard, select Safe Mode with Networking\nand press Enter on your keyboard. If you are having trouble\nentering safe mode, then please use the following tutorial:\n\nWindows will now boot into safe mode with networking and prompt you to login\nas a user.\n\nWhen you are prompted to login, please login as the user that is infected with\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware.\n\nBefore we can do anything we must first end the processes that belong to\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware\nand other infections so that they does not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this please\ndownload RKill to your desktop from the following link.\n\nWhen at the download page, click on the Download Now button\nlabeled iExplore.exe download link. When you are prompted\nwhere to save it, please save it on your desktop.\n\nOnce it is downloaded, double-click on the iExplore.exe icon in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware\nand other Rogue programs. Please be patient while the program looks for various\nmalware programs and ends them. When it has finished, the black window will\nautomatically close and you can continue with the next step. If you get a\nmessage that RKill is an infection, do not be concerned. This message is just\na fake warning given by\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware\nwhen it terminates programs that may potentially remove it. If you run into\nthese infections warnings that close RKill, a trick is to leave the warning\non the screen and then run RKill again. By not closing the warning, this typically\nwill allow you to bypass the malware trying to protect itself so that RKill\ncan terminate\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning MoneyPak Ransomware\n. So, please try running RKill until the malware is no longer running. You\nwill then be able to proceed with the rest of the guide. Do not reboot\nyour computer after running RKill as the malware programs will start again.\n\nIf you continue having problems running RKill, you can download the other\nrenamed versions of RKill from the RKill\ndownload page. Both of these files are renamed copies of RKill, which\nyou can try instead. Please note that the download page will open in a new\nbrowser window or tab.\n\nNow download and save the Emsisoft Anti-Malware setup program to your desktop from the link below:\n\nThe download is fairly large, so please be patient while it downloads.\n\nOnce the file has been downloaded, double-click on the EmsisoftAntiMalwareSetup_bc.exe icon to start the program. If Windows Smart Screen issues an alert, please allow it to run anyway.\n\nIf the setup program displays an alert about safe mode, please click on the Yes button to continue. You should now see a dialog asking you to agree to a license agreement. Please access the agreement and click on the Install button to continue with the installation.\n\nYou will eventually get to a screen asking what type of license you wish to use with Emsisoft Anti-Malware.\n\nIf you have an existing license key or want to buy a new license key, please select the appropriate option. Otherwise, select the Freeware or Test for 30 days, free option. If you receive an alert after clicking this button that your trial has expired, just click on the Yes button to enter freeware mode, which still allows the cleaning of infections.\n\nYou will now be at a screen asking if you wish to join Emsisoft's Anti-Malware network. Read the descriptions and select your choice to continue.\n\nEmsisoft Anti-Malware will now begin to update it's virus detections.\n\nPlease be patient as it may take a few minutes for the updates to finish downloading.\n\nWhen the updates are completed, you will be at a screen asking if you wish to enable PUPs detection. We strongly suggest that you select Enable PUPs Detection to protect your computer from nuisance programs such as toolbars and adware.\n\nYou will now be at a screen asking what type of scan you would like to perform.\n\nPlease select the Full Scan option to begin scanning your computer for infections. The Full Scan option will take the longest time to scan your computer, but will also be the most thorough. As you are here to clean infections, it is worth the wait to make sure your computer is properly scanned.\n\nEmsisoft Anti-Malware will now start to scan your computer for rootkits and malware. Please note that the detected infections in the image below may be different than what this guide is for.\n\nPlease be patient while Emsisoft Anti-Malware scans your computer.\n\nWhen the scan has finished, the program will display the scan results that shows what infections where found. Please note, due to an updated version of Emsisoft Anti-Malware, the screenshot below may look different than the rest of the guide.\n\nNow click on the Quarantine Selected button, which will remove the infections and place them in the program's quarantine. You will now be at the last screen of the Emsisoft Anti-Malware setup program, which you can close. If Emsisoft prompts you to reboot your computer to finish the clean up process, please allow it to do so.\n\nPlease reboot your computer into the normal Windows mode and when you are back at your normal Windows desktop or Windows Start Screen please continue with the next step.\n\nAs this infection is known to be installed by vulnerabilities in out-dated and insecure programs, it is strongly suggested that you use\nSecunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs on your computer. A tutorial on\nhow to use Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs can be found here:\n\nYour computer should now be free of the\nFBI Anti-Piracy Warning Ransomware\ninfection. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through,\nyou may want to consider purchasing the\nfull version of Emsisoft Anti-malware to protect your computer against these types\nof threats in the future.\n\n%Windir% refers to the Windows installation folder. By default, this is C:\\Windows for Windows 95/98/ME/XP/Vista/7/8 or C:\\Winnt for Windows NT/2000.\n\n%CommonAppData% refers to the Application Data folder for the All Users Profile. By default, this is C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data for Windows 2000/XP and C:\\ProgramData\\ in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.\n\n%CommonAppData% refers to the Application Data folder in the All Users profile. For Windows XP, Vista, NT, 2000 and 2003 it refers to C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\, and for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 it is C:\\ProgramData."}
-{"text": "The \u00d8resund sound is the strait that separates Denmark from Sweden. The total length of the bridge is 15.9 kilometers (52,493 feet), and about 30,000 vehicles cross the combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge-tunnel on a daily basis. It is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe and connects the two metropolitan areas of the \u00d8resund Region: the Danish capital of Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malm\u00f6.\n\nIn order to support and monitor the daily traffic data and transactions from\n30,000 vehicles, the \u00d8resund Bridge purchased a MySQL EnterpriseTM Platinum subscription from Sun Microsystems."}
-{"text": "New York, New York, so good they named it twice. This city is arguably one of the most famous cities in the world. Rich in history, art, culture, and fashion with delicious cuisine, friendly people and stunning architectures, it\u2019s no wonder it gets an average of 55 million visitors per year. It\u2019s also the home of so many celebrated artists, musicians, actors, photographers, designers and historical figures. If you visit The Big Apple for the first time, don\u2019t forget to check out these 10 most Instagram-worthy places in New York City.\n\nTimes Square\n\nPhoto by Crystal Phuong\n\nWith its bright lights and giant billboard advertisements, the iconic Times Square is the most visited tourist spot in NYC and one of the world\u2019s busiest pedestrian intersections. The lights are on 24/7 which is why New York is known as \u201cthe city that never sleeps.\u201d It is located at the junction of Seventh Avenue and Broadway, starting from 42nd to 47th street. Times Square is also known as the Broadway Theater District and one of the busiest shopping and restaurant spots in New York. With its colorful and ever-changing lights, it\u2019s ranked as the 2nd most Instagrammed places in the world. If you are a fashion blogger, you won\u2019t want to pass an opportunity to have your outfit photos taken while crossing the busy street in style.\n\nThe Statue of Liberty\n\nPhoto by Jan Rico Photography\n\nA trip to New York wouldn\u2019t be complete without a visit to one of the world\u2019s most famous landmarks \u2013 The Statue of Liberty. Not only it\u2019s a symbol of New York, but it also represents freedom and independence. In fact, its original name was \u201cLiberty Enlightening the World.\u201d It was a gift from France designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to celebrate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. A great way to visit Liberty Island is booking a trip with StatueCruises.com and climbing all the way to her crown to enjoy the picturesque view of Manhattan and New York Harbor and snap as many Instagram photos while at it. Alternatively, you can also hop on the Circle Line Cruise, which will take you around the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island for more photo opportunities.\n\nOne World Trade Center\n\nPhoto by Jan Rico Photography\n\nOne World Trade Center, the magnificent glass 104 story skyscraper also known as the Freedom Tower, is reconstructed over the site where the original World Trade Center once stood, before it was destroyed by terrorists on September 11th, 2001. Soaring up to 1776 feet tall, it is now the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the sixth tallest building in the world. It stands as a shining symbol of defiance and memory of the tragic attack. The tower\u2019s countless windows and beacon on the top of light up at night, making it a dazzling addition to the city\u2019s skyline. It\u2019s worth a visit to see the city from its highest point of view. The glass sky pod elevators with floor-to-ceiling LED technology show visitors a time-lapse of the development of New York\u2019s skyline from the early 1500s to present day as they take you up to the observatory on the 102nd floor. The observation deck not only offers a breathtaking 360-degree view of the city and the harbour but it also has the interactive Sky Portal and City Pulse, which delivers a close up view of the streets and landmarks below.\n\nEmpire State Building\n\nPhoto by Crystal Phuong\n\nMade famous by the Hollywood film \u201cKing Kong\u201d when the giant gorilla climbs to its top spire, the Empire State Building is another one of New York\u2019s prominent landmarks. Located in Midtown Manhattan, it also another great spot to enjoy the panoramic view of the city and popular tourist destinations with the observation decks on the 86th and 102nd floor. It was built in a distinguished Art Deco style in 1931 and is also a National Historic Landmark. At night, it\u2019s top floors light up in an array of colours which change according to the occasion. The popular hashtag #empirestatebuilding with 959,337 posts on Instagram to date is an obvious reason you should visit this iconic place whenever you are in New York City.\n\nThe Brooklyn Bridge\n\nPhoto by Crystal Phuong\n\nLet\u2019s not forget the famous Brooklyn Bridge. This massive suspension bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River. It is also one of the oldest bridges in America. Two arched towers, where the suspension cables, are attached are also a notable feature of the bridge. Spanning over 5989 ft, the elevated footpath for pedestrians is sure to be a memorable scenic walk with a wonderful view of the downtown Manhattan skyline and the bridge\u2019s towers. Not only Instagrammers love taking photos at this place, but many couples also choose Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop for most the memorable photo shoot in their life: wedding photography.\n\nCentral Park\n\nPhoto by Evelyn Lee\n\nCentral Park is the most visited urban park in the United States not to mention one of the most filmed locations in the world. It\u2019s not a surprise as this massive 843-acre park which extends from 59th street to 110th street has a myriad of picturesque spots such as the giant rock formations on the park, lakes, grand fountains, countless sculptures, gardens, Central Park Zoo and Belvedere Castle. There\u2019s a ton of activities from horse carriage and boat rides, performances to walking tours to learn more about the park\u2019s rich history. Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city and snap a picture of the beautiful contrast of the green expanse against the background of skyscrapers. A huge park in the busiest city in the world. It\u2019s the best of both worlds.\n\nMetropolitan Museum of Art\n\nPhoto credits to Playbuzz.com\n\nLocated on the eastern edge of Central Park on 82nd street and 5th avenue is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest art museum in America. It hosts a permanent collection of over 2 million works and 17 curatorial departments which feature paintings and artefacts from around the world. You\u2019ll be spoilt for choice with taking pictures of various works of art, paintings and sculptures from America, Africa, Greece, Rome, Egypt and Asia. There are some other departments which display modern and contemporary art, medieval art in the Cloisters, suits of armour, weapons and historical musical instruments from around the world, the Costume Institute\u2019s period costumes from the 15th century to present. The architecture of the building itself is beautiful with the magnificent arched ceiling at the entrance, the array of towering statues at the Petrie European Sculpture Court and the Egyptian Temple of Dendur.\n\nThe Flatiron Building\n\nAnother renowned landmark in New York City is the Flatiron Building. This unique triangular building resembles a clothes iron, hence its name. It was built on 1902 on the triangular block formed by 5th Avenue, Broadway and East 22nd Street. It is considered a groundbreaking skyscraper and is a favourite spot for artists and photographers.\n\nSoHo\n\nThere\u2019s no place like Downtown! SoHo is a neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan and its name means South of Houston Street. It spans from West Broadway to Crosby Street and Houston to Canal Street. This was the neighbourhood of many famous artists and art galleries since the 1960s, making it a hub of creativity in New York. Today it is a trendy area with fancy restaurants, upscale designer boutiques such as Chanel, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton and world class galleries like the Andre Zarr Gallery. Some celebrities have made this district their home and it\u2019s also a popular movie set location. Hollywood famous movies such as Ghost, Men in Black, Unfaithful, Spiderman were filmed here too. It\u2019s no surprise to us that SoHo is one of the few places in the city which have that old world charm with its cobblestone streets, cast iron buildings, quaint cafes, galleries and a beautiful view of the One World Trade Center.\n\nThe High Line\n\nPhoto credits to Green Tourism Active\n\nThe latest addition to New York worth visiting is the High Line. It is now an elevated park which used to be an old railroad in 1847. The park\u2019s walkway extends from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street with beautiful landscaping and art installations along the path. It\u2019s a pleasant way to admire the scenery of the city from above while being close to nature. There are perfect picture-taking spots along the pathway since it passes by larger-than-life murals on the buildings nearby, the Meatpacking District, Hudson River and Empire State Building are also in clear view.\n\nThere you have it, 10 most Instagrammable locations in New York City. If you know other Instagram-worthy places in The Big Apple, please leave us a comment below or share with us on our Instagram or Facebook."}
-{"text": "- Markers are listed in the C3D file in the following order:\n1. Trackable-associated markers, in the order listed in TrackingTools.\n2. Unassociated/Untracked markers.\n\n- Tools create new marker labels for each newly detected marker (marker without known trajectory).\nEvery labeled marker will be present in the C3D file for the entire duration of the capture.\n\n- For frames where a Marker's position is not observed, The C3D Residual value will be set to -1.0, as per C3D spec.\nOtherwise, the Residual value is unused (0.0). In addition, the marker's position values will be set to\n(0.00,0.00,0.00).\n\nI have a question about the frame rate output to the C3D file format. This is obviously the average frame rate, however there are times when frames are missed (e.g. when driving with external sync in) or frame rate slows. Is it possible to include the timestamp (as in the CSV export) somewhere in the C3D file format?"}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nAsk a Question\n\nUse this Question Forum to ask questions about how the software works, how to model different \"what if\" cases, or other user-related question. If you have a support issue (something seems to be wrong with the software) then please create a support ticket. How to browse this forum: SCROLL and click titles to read complete question/answer, use the FILTERS below, pick from TOPICS on the list at right (think of them as folders), use the SEARCH BOX (see also \"advanced search\" when you use it), choose from RECENT COMMENTS at the right below.\n\nI asked what is the best way to manage my IRA distributions so they are distributed to my wife upon my end of plan? We have a 5 year age difference and I am planning EOP for myself/her at 94/96 respectively. Based on the Total Income report, distributions end when I pass.\n\nI previously asked a question on how to drive discretionary funds to my end of plan. In my case, I have accounted for projected annual spend within the housing entries or Special Expenditures (SE) area.\nMy goal:\n\nIn ESPlanner vs 2.35.2, on the \"Assumptions\" page of the PDF report the ages shown for \"...Age of First Withdrawal For Retirement Accounts\" and \"...Age of Last Withdrawal for Retirement Accounts do not match the entries in the \"Retirement Accounts/Key Ages\" tab.\n\nMy first of 3 will be starting college this year and I can't see anywhere that accounts for the current education tax credit (up to $2500 under current law). This is a pretty significant credit and adds quite a bit to the bottom line. How does one account for this in ESP?\n\nHi, could you please explain how the maximum indebtedness value works or point me to an already answered question. Is this just a way to point out the shortfall in earnings that has to be made up or is it the loan you must take out and this begs the question of how the loan will be paid\n\nInstructions in the software state that some users use the Reserve Fund section to account for leaving money to heirs. How does the software treat this vs. Special Bequests in the Estate section? Not sure which to use...\n\nMy summary sheet is showing a large negative asset value. I have no loans or liabilities. I even zeroed out all the assets inputs but still get large negative values.\nI could not find a resolution to this in the help questions.\n\nI just read the release notes of 2.35.0 and its clear this was a huge release with lots of updates, fixes, etc in addition to the annual updates. The notes are hard to follow ... lots of acronyms and not much context.\n\nMy default portfolio is empty of assets. I click New Asset, give it a name, the year range is 2006 to 2015, then I click Next. An error box comes up saying \"The span of return years must be within the range 0 to 0.\" This happens with either Real or Nominal Return Type.\n\nI need to add a required minimum distribution withdrawal to an ESPlanner Plus plan. The person inherited the IRA after payments had begun. The beneficiary is not yet 70 1/2 and has an IRA of their own.\n\nTo ESPlanner programmers: I have a child in care benefits situation for a lady that is younger than any age available on your Social Security tab for accepting social security benefits. Please add that situation to your programming \"to do's\".\n\nIn my PDF report under Total Spending, the amount for Medicare Part B is $1,292. Since I have not yet filed for Social Security, I pay $134/month for Part B, so shouldn't the yearly total be $1,608? (I have ESPlanner Plus, version 2.34.1.) Thanks.\n\nOther Products\n\nDisclaimer: ESPlanner and all other products provided by Economic Security Planning, Inc. (referred to hereafter as \"we\" or \"our\") are educational calculators designed to give you some input in mapping out your financial future, but should not be acted upon as a complete financial plan. MaxiFi Planner and the creators of MaxiFi Planner and any derivative products are not certified, registered, authorized, or any other type of financial planners. ESPlanner and its derivative products are simply tools for helping you think through your economic futures. Any suggestions should be viewed as informative inputs into your own decision-making with respect to saving and the purchase of life insurance. ESPlanner and its derivative products provide neither economic, financial nor tax advice, which can only be delivered to you by authorized professionals. The Social Security benefit estimates produced by ESPlanner are just that -- estimates. Only the Social Security Administration can tell you precisely the benefits to which you will be eligible or are eligible and the amounts you will receive. The estimates provided here may differ from the correct amounts due to mistakes in our computer code of which we are unaware or because of legislated changes in Social Security provisions of which we are unaware or because of delays in our updating our computer code for changes in Social Security provisions. This material is not intended to provide legal, tax or investment advice, or to avoid penalties that may be imposed under U.S. Federal tax laws, nor is it intended as a complete discussion of the tax and legal issues surrounding retirement investing. You should contact your tax advisor to learn more about the rules that may affect individual situations."}
-{"text": "TANGANYIKA CHRISTIAN REFUGEE SERVICE\n\nTanganyika Christian Refugee Service (TCRS) is an Associate Field Programme of the Lutheran World Federation Department for World Service (LWF/DWS). It was first established in the then Tanganyika in 1964, primarily to provide humanitarian assistance during the tremendous influx of refugees fleeing from the many surrounding countries in civil strife, into this relatively peaceful country in the region. Tanzania\u2019s generous policy toward refugees and asylum seekers has since, enabled hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighboring countries to find safe heaven here.\n\nTCRS Vision Statement:\n\n\u201cEmpowered communities living in a just, democratic society, united in diversity and enjoying quality of life and God given dignity\u201d\n\nTCRS Mission Statement:\n\n\u201cTCRS is committed to reducing human suffering and poverty by empowering vulnerable, marginalized and displaced communities in Tanzania to achieve self reliance and sustainable development\u201d\n\nGET INVOLVED\n\nHelp us help others ... join TCRS in upholding the rights of the poor and the oppressed by making a gift today. Our programs are made possible through our partnerships with generous individuals and organizations - your support is essential to our work"}
-{"text": "mind-body-spirit cleanse\n\nA transformative experience customized for you.\n\nmeditation bliss camp\n\nMaster meditation. Establish a life-long habit.\n\nmind\n\nExperience inner calm and stillness.\n\nbody\n\nRelease physical and emotional toxins.\n\nspirit\n\nHeal your entire being.\n\nexperience total mind-body health\n\nmindACCESS STILLNESS\n\nGo beyond the stressful activity of everyday life to quieter levels of calm. Learn Deepak Chopra\u2019s Primordial Sound Meditation, the personalized mantra based methodology rooted in ancient Vedic wisdom. Participate in a very special one-to-one ceremony where you will receive a personal mantra based on your birth date, time and location. This mantra is the sound vibration the universe was making at the moment of your birth. It allows you to transcend the activity of the mind and access your true nature.\n\nbodyPURIFY & DE-STRESS\n\nNaturally release toxicity in the body through a deep, yet gentle Ayurvedic cleanse that is incredibly nourishing and satisfying. Follow a step-by-step process of ancient Ayurvedic practices including easy-to-digest healing foods, teas, spices, supplements and twice daily yoga designed to work together to return your mind, body and spirit back to its natural state of balance.\n\nspiritINNER AWAKENING\n\nExperience heightened feelings of connectedness and optimal well-being. The week-long journey that typically begins for the purpose of healing physical and emotional aspects of mind and body ultimately results in a profound spiritual awakening. Feel a sense of inspiration and liberation, like never before. The final transformation is the deep-rooted discovery of who you truly are."}
-{"text": "Create an app\n\nCreate an add-on\n\nUse the Splunk Add-on Builder to create add-ons, configure data inputs, create a setup page, perform field extractions, and add CIM mapping using a UI. The Add-on Builder also validates your add-on against best practices and provides suggestions for fixing issues before you package your add-on for distribution.\n\nCreate dashboards and visualizations\n\nThe Splunk Web Framework is the full stack that makes building a Splunk app looks and feel like building any modern web application. Developers can build an application with custom dashboards, charts, form searches, and other functionality using Simple XML, HTML, and JavaScript.\n\nAdd navigation\n\nAdd navigation to your app to specify how users will access the dashboards, reports, data models, and alerts in your app.\nBuild navigation for your app so users can access the dashboards, reports, and other features of your app.\n\nManage state\n\nThe App Key Value Store (KV Store) feature of Splunk Enterprise provides a way to save and retrieve data within your Splunk apps, thereby enabling you to manage and maintain the state of the application.\n\nCreate a setup page\n\nCreate custom search commands\n\nCustomize search commands to better meet your needs to perform custom processing or calculations. You can add a custom Python search script to Splunk Enterprise, or make calls directly to the Splunk REST API to build a search that runs recursively.\n\nQuestions?\n\nWe use our own and third-party cookies to provide you with a great online experience. We also use these cookies to improve our products and services, support our marketing campaigns, and advertise to you on our website and other websites. Some cookies may continue to collect information after you have left our website.\nLearn more (including how to update your settings) here \u00bb"}
-{"text": "When you have over 1,000 Daring Bakers from all over the world, it\u00b4s damn hard to chose a challenge that suits everyone\u00b4s tastes and seasons. That\u00b4s why when I read that November\u00b4s challenged involved a caramel cake and caramels I wasn\u00b4t particularly excited since caramel cake is something I could crave during the winter, but not in the summer, and it\u00b4s been crazy hot here these past few weeks, so I wasn\u00b4t too keen on turning on the oven or making a buttercream frosting.\n\nBut that\u00b4s the magic of the DBs, you are bound to be surprised. And I was! First of all, I didn\u00b4t burn myself while making the caramel syrup, mostly thanks to a very clever DB who commented on the forum that a good way to avoid getting burnt by the splattering caramel was covering up the pan with aluminum foil and making a whole in the middle through which to add the water. I worked like a charm! So thank you Linda for the great tip, my arms will be forever grateful.\n\nThe caramel cake is very delicate and moist, but in a compact sort of way, which I liked, but some people might not agree with me. It\u00b4s not hard to prepare either once you have managed to work through the caramel syrup without making a mess of yourself and your kitchen.\n\nAs for the brown butter frosting, there was dissent in the DB ranks. Many people claimed it was unbearably sweet, which had me quite worried. Granted, I didn\u00b4t add as much sugar as the recipe called for, but enough to get the right consistency. And I LOVED it, which is saying a lot since I normally dislike buttercream frostings. It added a whole new dimension to the cake, and although it was quite sweet, it\u00b4s wasn\u00b4t too sweet, and it complemented the cake perfectly. Maybe this has to do with getting the caramel syrup dark enough (without burning it, that is), since it is used in both the cake batter and the frosting, and I believe it can lack complexity and just taste sweet if it\u00b4s not dark enough.\n\nI was about to chicken out on making the vanilla caramels since I rarely eat caramels and I don\u00b4t own a candy thermometer, nor intend to, so my chances of messing everything up were quite high. But I tried to reassure myself with the old-school methods of soft and hard ball syrups, and went ahead.\n\nSurprisingly, the came out quite decent! When I took them out of the flame, put them in their molds and let them cool, they turn out a bit too soft (which was fixed putting them in the fridge and eating them half-cold). But I didn\u00b4t know that until later, so I put half of the batch back in the pan for a quick reheat hoping to make them a bit harder, and well, in two minutes, they went from too soft to too hard (yes, refrain that chuckle, please). So I ended up with hard caramels, but I could still cut them in small pieces and they are still edible, as long as you warn people not to chew on them if they want to keep their perfect smile.\n\nOverall, I\u00b4m going to declare this whole venture a big success, summer or winter, and I\u00b4m sure I\u00b4ll be making the cake again as soon as the weather makes it bearable to turn on the oven.\n\nIf you want to check out tons of variations, and what I\u00b4m sure will be some breath-taking decorations, check out what the rest of the Daring Bakers were up to this month.\n\nAnd if you want to give the recipe a try yourself, you can find it after the jump.\n\nI\u2019ll let you when I get the cake finished, how it turns out and if the baking powder amount needs to be raised.\n\nPreheat oven to 350F\n\nButter one tall (2 \u2013 2.5 inch deep) 9-inch cake pan.\n\nIn the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth. Add sugar and salt & cream until light and fluffy.\n\nSlowly pour room temperature caramel syrup into bowl. Scrape down bowl and increase speed. Add eggs/vanilla extract a little at a time, mixing well after each addition. Scrape down bowl again, beat mixture until light and uniform.\n\nSift flour and baking powder.\n\nTurn mixer to lowest speed, and add one third of the dry ingredients. When incorporated, add half of the milk, a little at a time. Add another third of the dry ingredients, then the other half of the milk and finish with the dry ingredients. {This is called the dry, wet, dry, wet, dry method in cake making. It is often employed when there is a high proportion of liquid in the batter.}\n\nTake off mixer and by hand, use a spatula to do a few last folds, making sure batter is uniform. Turn batter into prepared cake pan.\n\nPlace cake pan on cookie sheet or 1/2 sheet pan. Set first timer for 30 minutes, rotate pan and set timer for another 15-20 minutes. Your own oven will set the pace. Bake until sides pull away from the pan and skewer inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool cake completely before icing it.\n\nCake will keep for three days outside of the refrigerator.\n\nCARAMEL SYRUP\n\n2 cups sugar\n1/2 cup water\n1 cup water (for \u201cstopping\u201d the caramelization process)\nIn a small stainless steel saucepan, with tall sides, mix water and sugar until mixture feels like wet sand. Brush down any stray sugar crystals with wet pastry brush. Turn on heat to highest flame. Cook until smoking slightly: dark amber.\n\nWhen color is achieved, very carefully pour in one cup of water. Caramel will jump and sputter about! It is very dangerous, so have long sleeves on and be prepared to step back.\n\nWhisk over medium heat until it has reduced slightly and feels sticky between two fingers. {Obviously wait for it to cool on a spoon before touching it.}\n\nNote: For safety reasons, have ready a bowl of ice water to plunge your hands into if any caramel should land on your skin.\n\nCARAMELIZED BUTTER FROSTING\n\n(I did half the recipe because I didn\u00b4t want to use crazy amounts of frosting, and it was enough, but if you like more frosting, or want to use it for other cupcakes or to frost a cake thoroughly, the full recipe might be better)\n\nCook butter until brown. Pour through a fine meshed sieve into a heatproof bowl, set aside to cool.\n\nPour cooled brown butter into mixer bowl.\n\nIn a stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment, add confectioner\u2019s sugar a little at a time. When mixture looks too chunky to take any more, add a bit of cream and or caramel syrup. Repeat until mixture looks smooth and all confectioner\u2019s sugar has been incorporated. Add salt to taste.\n\nNote: Caramelized butter frosting will keep in fridge for up to a month.\nTo smooth out from cold, microwave a bit, then mix with paddle attachment until smooth and light\n\nLine the bottom and sides of the baking pan with aluminum foil and grease the foil. Combine the golden syrup, sugar, and salt in a heavy 3-quart saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring with a silicone spatula or wooden spoon, until the mixture begins to simmer around the edges. Wash the sugar and syrup from the sides of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in water. Cover and cook for about 3 minutes. (Meanwhile, rinse the spatula or spoon before using it again later.) Uncover the pan and wash down the sides once more. Attach the candy thermometer to the pan, without letting it touch the bottom of the pan, and cook, uncovered (without stirring) until the mixture reaches 305\u00b0F. Meanwhile, combine the cream and ground vanilla beans (not the extract) in a small saucepan and heat until tiny bubbles form around the edges of the pan. Turn off the heat and cover the pan to keep the cream hot.\n\nWhen the sugar mixture reaches 305\u00b0F, turn off the heat and stir in the butter chunks. Gradually stir in the hot cream; it will bubble up and steam dramatically, so be careful. Turn the burner back on and adjust it so that the mixture boils energetically but not violently. Stir until any thickened syrup at the bottom of the pan is dissolved and the mixture is smooth. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, to about 245\u00b0F. Then cook, stirring constantly, to 260\u00b0f for soft, chewy caramels or 265\u00b0F; for firmer chewy caramels.\n\nRemove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract, if using it. Pour the caramel into the lined pan. Let set for 4 to 5 hours, or overnight until firm.\n\nLift the pan liner from the pan and invert the sheet of caramel onto a sheet of parchment paper. Peel off the liner. Cut the caramels with an oiled knife. Wrap each caramel individually in wax paper or cellophane.\n\nVariations\n\nFleur de Sel Caramels: Extra salt, in the form of fleur de sel or another coarse flaked salt, brings out the flavor of the caramel and offers a little ying to the yang. Add an extra scant 1/4 teaspoon of coarse sea salt to the recipe. Or, to keep the salt crunchy, let the caramel cool and firm. Then sprinkle with two pinches of flaky salt and press it in. Invert, remove the pan liner, sprinkle with more salt. Then cut and wrap the caramels in wax paper or cellophane.\n\nCardamom Caramels: Omit the vanilla. Add 1/2 teaspoon slightly crushed cardamom seeds (from about 15 cardamom pods) to the cream before heating it. Strain the cream when you add it to the caramel; discard the seeds.\n\nCaramel Sauce: Stop cooking any caramel recipe or variation when it reaches 225\u00b0F or, for a sauce that thickens like hot fudge over ice cream, 228\u00b0F. Pour it into a sauceboat to serve or into a heatproof jar for storage. The sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for ages and reheated gently in the microwave or a saucepan just until hot and flowing before use. You can stir in rum or brandy to taste. If the sauce is too thick or stiff to serve over ice cream, it can always be thinned with a little water or cream. Or, if you like a sauce that thickens more over ice cream, simmer it for a few minutes longer.\n(recipe from Alice Medrich\u2019s Pure Dessert)\n\nRelated\n\n18 responses to \u201cCaramel cake and vanilla caramels\u201d\n\nOoooh \u2013 I\u2019ll be making some of those caramels, over the holidays (and in a real kitchen). Yum!\n\nI\u2019m surprised you didn\u2019t just tweak the baking powder to the higher amount anyway \u2013 I certainly would have, just for insurance. Of course \u2026 I don\u2019t ever take a recipe as an instruction, more of a guide.\n\nLove the caramel cutouts! I don\u2019t think I got my caramel dark enough, but yours looks just perfect to make the cake a bit more complex. I\u2019m glad this one was a winner for you, even if it was a bit out of season!\n\nI hardly know where to start! It seems I\u2019m laughing so often at how I go from \u201cI\u2019m not going to be happy with this\u201d to \u201cWow is this ever great cake.\u201d\nI so wish I\u2019d used some of my cupcake molds! I love all your shapes with this.\nAnd you make me want some caramel! Those look wonderful."}
-{"text": "In the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record\n\nIn the warranty, we always make a distinction between wear Brake components such as brake disks, brake pads, etc. maximum of 1000 km (break-in period). Therefore, warranty claims for brake parts are only reviewed with an installation invoice and a record"}
-{"text": "Friday, August 24, 2007\n\nOldest known ship\u2019s log, Nefertiti\u2019s gold scarab on display in Bodrum\n\nHidden away among the vast collections of the Bodrum Castle and Marine Archaeological Museum are countless items recovered from sunken trading vessels that shed new light on the ancient world, among them a gold scarab thought to have belonged to Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.\n\nDirector Ya\u015far Y\u0131ld\u0131z said the museum, which was founded in 1964, held 15,089 historical artifacts of which 1,432 are on display. The artifacts were recovered from sunken trading vessels discovered by local sponge divers and have been reassembled for display and occupy 14 rooms in St. Peter\u2019s Castle in Bodrum.\n\n\u201cThe Glass Wreck Hall, where glass artifacts are displayed chronologically, was opened in 1986 with financial support from the Pasabah\u00e7e Bottle and Glass Company. The glass artifacts were recovered from a medieval shipwreck, believed to have set sail around 1025 A.D. from southern Syria in the time of the Fatimid caliphs. Its cargo included three tons of glass cullet in the form of raw glass and broken glassware. These are illuminated in the hall by special light bulbs which make it possible to discern all the traces and colors in the glass pieces. Also, a fish tank has been placed in the wall to illustrate how underwater excavation work is carried out,\u201d said Y\u0131ld\u0131z.\n\nAlso on display is the world\u2019s oldest known shipwreck, discovered in 1982 at Uluburun by a team led by the museum\u2019s then director, O\u011fuz Alp\u00f6zen. The ship contained a variety of treasures, including copper ingots, pure tin, exotic wooden logs, hippopotamus ivory and precious gems, Y\u0131ld\u0131z added that all the artifacts had been recovered between 1984 and 1995. \u201cThe Uluburun wreck has been excavated and studied by a number of academic teams, including one led by Dr. Cemal Pulak, which helped to determine the date of the wreck to around the 14th century B.C. The ship\u2019s cargo consisted of copper ingots, a good amount of flat glass cullet and sundry items, which are the oldest finds in our museum,\u201d Y\u0131ld\u0131z said.\n\nThe seas surrounding Yass\u0131 Island, near Turgutreis, have been the focus of activity for a team led by Professor George F. Bass of Texas A&M University, who worked on a Roman shipwreck dating back to the fourth or fifth centuries A.D. between 1967 and 1969. Y\u0131ld\u0131z said: \u201cThis excavation, uncovered an intact glass jug along with a great number of amphora. The jug is currently on display in the Glass Wreck Hall.\u201d\n\n\u201cBetween the years 1977 and 1979, a team from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology [INA], also under the guidance of Professor Bass, worked in cooperation with our museum to excavate a medieval shipwreck at Ser\u00e7e Liman\u0131, a natural harbor on the southern coast, at a depth of 32 meters. The ship dated from around 1025 A.D carrying glass cullet to some glass factory in the Byzantine Empire, most probably in either the Crimea or lower Danube region. Only 16 meters long and five meters wide, with two lateen sails, the ship had a flat bottom designed for river navigation and had a cargo capacity of 35 tons. We believe that raisins and sumac were being transported in amphorae on the ship along with the three tons of glass cullet. The Ser\u00e7e Liman\u0131 shipwreck yielded what is presently the most accurately dated single assemblage of Islamic ceramic, metal and glassware in existence. This collection has made a major contribution to the more accurate dating of similar artifacts from other medieval Islamic sites and has revolutionized our views on a major period in Islamic history,\u201d he said.\n\nNefertiti\u2019s gold scarab\n\nY\u0131ld\u0131z stressed that the artifacts found in the Uluburun wreck dated to the period between the 13th and 16th centuries B.C. and were indispensable in the understanding of the late Bronze Age.\n\n\u201cFound at a depth of 45 meters, the Uluburun wreck is amongst the small number of wrecks that have been excavated at this depth. The excavations continued for 11 summers, and our divers made 22,400 dives on the wreck. The treasures found included items never found elsewhere. Seals and gems from Egypt and Canaan, and hippopotamus ivory from Africa make this a particularly unique find. However, the discovery that gave the archaeologists the greatest joy was a solid gold scarab which hieroglyphics indicate was once owned by the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Scarabs were often carried in those days by sailors as good luck charms. It\u2019s the only scarab belonging to the queen that has survived the millennia.\u201d\n\nOldest logbook ever found\n\nY\u0131ld\u0131z also said that the artifacts found in the ship gave important information about the late Bronze Age. \u201cFor us, the most important of these is the oldest logbook in the world. It\u2019s bound in ivory, and we have concluded that it was the captain\u2019s logbook. The log was written on beeswax and the inscriptions have been erased by the water over time. Consequently, we have no information about what the captain of the ship might\u2019ve written in it. But, we guess that he took a note of where cargo was going and to whom,\u201d he ventured."}
-{"text": "I have broad interests and experience as a journalist, covering the auto business, the consumer-packaged goods industry, entrepreneurship, and others, as well as politics, culture, media and religion. I used to cover the car business for The Wall Street Journal, which nominated me and some colleagues for a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of General Motors. I've also covered autos for Edmunds.com, AutoTrader.com, Automotive News and Advertising Age. I am a major contributor to Chief Executive Magazine, Brandchannel.com, Townhall Magazine, New Nutrition Business magazine and the Journal, among other outlets. I hope that having lived around Flyover Country for most of my life gives me a grounded perspective.\n\nThough Siri-ous, Automakers May Be Botching Infotainment\n\nIt was no surprise: Apple determines that it wants to play in vehicle connectivity, and a passel of automakers immediately line up with Siri and her Silicon Valley pals. So Apple apparently will provide voice commands for at least a handful of car brands.\n\nBut while automotive OEMs seem content to have become traveling companions of the digital-communications industry, they already may have lost sight of exactly what their customers want from infotainment. In their zeal to allow drivers and passengers to tap into social networking and the cloud through vehicles, automakers may be overlooking the real point of in-vehicle connectivity, failing to optimize the true value of the technology \u2014 and, in the process, forgoing opportunities to cement the brand loyalty of grateful owners.\n\nAt least that\u2019s what Thilo Koslowski believes, and he\u2019s one of the most influential analysts in the burgeoning connected-vehicle business. The vice president and automotive-practice leader for Gartner Research warns that \u201cthe auto industry must be careful not to fall victim to mobile-device hype. At the end of the day,\u201d he told me, \u201cfor them it\u2019s not so much the question of whether \u2018there\u2019s an app for that\u2019 as whether there should be an app for that. And I\u2019m not sure they\u2019re recognizing that.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, new research by Gartner has found that when it comes to mobile applications in the vehicle, consumers are most interested in \u201cspecific applications that make sense when they\u2019re driving,\u201d he said at a telematics conference in Michigan last week, as reported by the Detroit Free Press. Real-time weather forecasts, map updates and information about parking availability were near the top of most consumers\u2019 lists of web-enabled information. And the top three consumer in-vehicle \u201cwants,\u201d the newspaper said, are voice-recognition commands, built-in vehicle navigation systems and automated crash notification systems such as OnStar.\n\nWhat weren\u2019t consumers so hot on in Gartner\u2019s research? Being able to tweet or use Facebook, Koslowski said.\n\n\u201cSome of our auto-manufacturer clients were surprised by that finding,\u201d Koslowski told me, even though Gartner research just about six months earlier had provided earlier hints of the same industry disconnect with consumers. \u201cThey had embarked on the idea of getting social networking into the car. But if they want to be successful with connected-vehicle features, they need to realize that consumers aren\u2019t ready for many of the things that manufacturers are thinking about putting into the car.\n\n\u201cThe challenge for car markers is to find out what\u2019s useful and what\u2019s not. They\u2019re overestimating what consumers want. The danger is if they go too much in that direction they may leapfrog consumer demand.\u201d Connectivity, he said, shouldn\u2019t be \u201cabout recreating what we do in front of our laptop or desktop\u201d computer.\n\nIn addition to making a low priority of social-networking capabilities in the car, Koslowski said, consumers are less interested in other non-driving-related applications such as local online search, web-enabled games and people tracking.\n\nInstead, Koslowski advised, car makers should \u201cfocus on value propositions that enhance the customer\u2019s driving and ownership experiences.\u201d That could include partnering with network carriers and mobile-phone manufacturers to develop flexible data-access pricing models, enabling safe ways to consume content in the car and honing in on the \u201cright\u201d applications instead of \u201call applications.\n\nBut if consumers are less interested than carmakers might assume in conducting social networking while driving, how does Koslowski explain the fact that Americans don\u2019t seem to be able to help themselves from texting while driving?\n\n\u201cIf you text,\u201d he answered, \u201cyou\u2019re reaching out to one person \u2014 it\u2019s one-to-one communications. You can think about e-mail or a phone call in the same way. Those are usually things that are urgent and you can put into a specific context.\n\n\u201cBut social networking is one-to-many, or many-to-one [communication], which usually isn\u2019t all that pressing. It doesn\u2019t lend itself to one-on-one communications.\u201d\n\nPost Your Comment\n\nPost Your Reply\n\nForbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find particularly interesting. Called-out comments are highlighted across the Forbes network. You'll be notified if your comment is called out."}
-{"text": "Money Investment: Tips For Investing At A Young Age\n\nMoney Investment: Tips For Investing At A Young Age\n\nOne of the easiest ways to cut back again on your weekly investing is to record every penny that you spend on a every day foundation. Merely have a little notepad with you, or if you are more tech-oriented, record your spending in an app on your intelligent telephone.\n\nIt is the European market which generally tends to make the preliminary movement and provides path to certain forex pairs, especially these connected to the European region. Certain pairs are nearly frozen in restricted ranges throughout the Asian marketplaces. A ideal example would be the EUR-GBP pair. If you would notice this pair for fairly some time, you would discover that from 22:00 GMT up to till 5:00 GMT of the subsequent working day, the EUR-GBP almost always trades in a very tight range. Now, you may wonder how would you be able to make money if the currency pair almost does not move during this particular time. Remember 1 of the golden benefits of the foreign exchange market: there is usually opportunity to make cash in trading foreign exchange!\n\nPersistently place away some cash every 7 days from your after school occupation or from your allowance into an Colbeck. I know that all of your buddies are investing each last dime on movies, fast meals and at the shopping mall right now, but you'll be glad later. Why? Because over time, when you learn to invest, this cash could effortlessly flip into 3, 4, five, or 10 occasions as much over several years. Remember the Apple ipod example? And you won't even have to go to work to multiply your cash. All you'll need to do is to learn how to invest.\n\nSpeculators Foreign exchange has numerous famous speculators, from the most famous, George Soros, to the infamous, like the collapse of Lengthy-Phrase capital management fund. The same banks and dealers that make markets for foreign exchange also trade for profit on their own account or on behalf of clients. Individuals now perform a substantial part in this 24-hour market.\n\nFor this reason I always inquire my traders and protege es this query \" What would happen if you lost all of your buying and selling capital ?\" . Most people react \" I would be extremely upset \" or \" I would go bankrupt \". Well trading below these situations is a mistake; remember of only trade with money you can pay for to shed.\n\nHis forecast for the Dow Jones Industrial check here Average at the finish of this century - one million. To put that in context, at the finish of the final century (I use December 31, 1999) the Dow was at 11,500, and it only requires a four.six%twenty five annual growth to get to 1 million in one hundred many years. Was he extremely optimistic?\n\nMy most sincere hope is that you will believe deeply about the quantity of money you will require to fund your retirement. Most of us do not invest enough time thinking about it, and find ourselves not able to have a great retirement when we can no longer earn the type of pay we utilized to have."}
-{"text": "I wanted to install LinuxMCE on an computer with windows xp installed. I prepared a partition for it. After downloading and burning the dvd image and starting it in windows you can read: 'Boot from this CD to try Kubuntu without affecting your sytem'\n\nThen i reboot from dvd and then you have to choose the hd to install linuxmce. The distribution didnt recognicedd my sata2 hd but recognized the usb hd were i have a lot of information. But i said ok, it shoudnt affect my system as noticed before. Finally the installation on usb hd finished with a black screen in some point after 'tar: read checkpoint:xxxxxx'\n\nI tried to boot from it. Not possible. Now i have three partitions on the usb hd unreadable under windowsxp\n\nThen i took a look at the wiki installation manual (yes i should finish reading it before...) and in bold you can read 'Warning: This installation will wipe the whole disk of the machine, all previous data will be permanently lost! '\n\nSo i wonder: Did i lost all the information on the usb hd?If so, how can be said 'Boot from this CD to try Kubuntu without affecting your sytem'?Is there any possibility to recover that information?\n\nI wanted to install LinuxMCE on an computer with windows xp installed. I prepared a partition for it. After downloading and burning the dvd image and starting it in windows you can read: 'Boot from this CD to try Kubuntu without affecting your sytem'\n\nThen i reboot from dvd and then you have to choose the hd to install linuxmce. The distribution didnt recognicedd my sata2 hd but recognized the usb hd were i have a lot of information. But i said ok, it shoudnt affect my system as noticed before. Finally the installation on usb hd finished with a black screen in some point after 'tar: read checkpoint:xxxxxx'\n\nI tried to boot from it. Not possible. Now i have three partitions on the usb hd unreadable under windowsxp\n\nThen i took a look at the wiki installation manual (yes i should finish reading it before...) and in bold you can read 'Warning: This installation will wipe the whole disk of the machine, all previous data will be permanently lost! '\n\nSo i wonder: Did i lost all the information on the usb hd?If so, how can be said 'Boot from this CD to try Kubuntu without affecting your sytem'?Is there any possibility to recover that information?\n\nThank you.\n\nPD: Maybe my english is not as good as i would like...\n\nwow... where to start.... ok.. the dvd install will wipe anything you have on your hd...\n\nyou mounted it running in a live windows system... the dvd is meant to be booted only for a quick install... you got an autorun file from the base kubuntu live distro which told you that you could try kubuntu without effecting your system... that part is true.. however, the dvd is NOT the kubuntu live cd... it is specifically for a fast install of linuxmce which WILL wipe your hd... don't know what else to tell you.... any info you had on that drive you installed to is gone...\n\nThis installs both Kubuntu and LinuxMCE at the same time in 20 minutes with only 3 keystrokes. You pick the hard drive you want it to install onto, and it will partition it, format it, install everything with default options, and set your location and regional settings using an IP2Location service. The DVD installer essentially takes a pre-installed image and copies it to the hard drive. This is why it is so fast and easy. But you also don't have low-level control over the installation process. Note: this installer will erase all existing data from the selected hard drive.\n\nI wanted to install LinuxMCE on an computer with windows xp installed. I prepared a partition for it. After downloading and burning the dvd image and starting it in windows you can read: 'Boot from this CD to try Kubuntu without affecting your sytem'\n\nThank you.\n\nWhat else can be done?..\n\nQuote\n\nI wanted to install LinuxMCE on an computer with windows xp installed. I prepared a partition for it. After downloading and burning the dvd image and starting it in windows you can read: 'Boot from this CD to try Kubuntu without affecting your sytem'\n\nAlso, given that I have read the same story many times on the forums about newbies who, in a rush of blood, whack in the DVD and hit go without reading any of the instructions or these forums - that we are long overdue for a simple extra piece of text during the setup where it presents your HDDs to you and asks which one to use, that says \"*** WARNING: This will delete everything on all partitions of your hard drive - the data is not recoverable, if you have something else on your hard drive that you want to keep, remove this DVD and goto www.linuxmce.org, do you wish to proceed (N/y):\"\n\nAnd from someone who should know better - I'm glad that warning is now in place!!!I know the warnings were there but as info was changing as the beta was just released I thought the DVD was more recent than the wiki! Installed fine on a VM but then all went wrong on real install - won't be using that DVD again on my system now that I've rebuilt the partition table!"}
-{"text": "Friday, January 8, 2010\n\nNew Room, New Ears, New Smile\n\nIt's been a pretty eventful month for us so far! Emily has a newly redone room, complete with freshly painted walls, chair rail, and a new quilt.\n\nCaleb has \"new\" ears after getting tubes put in on Tuesday (the 5th). He had a lot of fun playing around while we were waiting for surgery - had everyone in love with him! Everything went well, and we can already tell there's a huge difference in him! Isn't he just the cutest?!?!And Josh finally lost the tooth he'd been working on all Christmas break! It fell out during math (on the 4th) and he got a big thumbs up from his teacher! Now he kind of looks like a vampire who's missing his vampire teeth!!"}
-{"text": "Search us!\n\nThis is the easiest way to find a column on a particular word or phrase.\n\nTo search for a specific phrase, put it between quotation marks.\n\nComments are closed.\n\nUnfortunately, new comments on posts on this site have been suspended because of my illness.\n\nPreviously approved comments will remain visible.\n\nI deeply appreciate the erudition and energy of our commenters. Your contributions to this site have been invaluable. But I can no longer devote the time necessary to separate good comments from the hundreds of spam comments submitted.\n\nBecause Wordpress weirdly doesn't allow me to simply turn off comments en masse, comment boxes will still appear at the foot of posts.\n\nWhopperjawed\n\nA bite to remember.\n\nDear Word Detective: While traveling through Central Illinois I heard someone use the word \u201cwhomperjawed,\u201d as in \u201cDon\u2019t get all whomperjawed on me.\u201d Just curious if there was an origin or popular use at one time for the word. \u2014 Brian.\n\nCentral Illinois, eh? I was having a bit of trouble picturing what that might be like, since the only bit of that state I\u2019ve experienced is Chicago, so I looked it up (on Wikipedia, so I can only hope the internet isn\u2019t pulling my leg). According to the Wiki-elves, Central Illinois is mostly flat prairie dotted with small towns where the locals grow corn and soybeans and watermelons and gather weekly to worship a variety of pagan gods in bizarre and frightening rituals. Just kidding about that last part. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s just like here in Central Ohio, and everybody worships football (with bizarre and frightening rituals). Incidentally, did you know that the word \u201crural\u201d comes from the Latin \u201cruralis,\u201d meaning \u201cof the countryside,\u201d based on \u201crus,\u201d meaning \u201ccountry,\u201d which also gave us \u201crustic\u201d? Now you do.\n\nIt\u2019s unclear from the remark you report exactly what the speaker meant by \u201cwhomperjawed,\u201d but the two leading candidates would probably be \u201cDon\u2019t start acting aggressive towards me\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t start acting weird or uncertain; don\u2019t waver.\u201d\n\nIf you were to look up \u201cwhomperjawed\u201d in a typical dictionary, you\u2019d almost certainly draw a blank. Part of the problem is that the word exists in an unusual and frustrating number of forms, from \u201cwopper-jawed\u201d to \u201cwapperjawed\u201d to even \u201clopperjawed,\u201d all both with and without hyphens. Even the few dictionaries that do list the word seem uncertain on its meaning; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) cites a 19th century collection of East Anglia (England) dialect as defining \u201cwapper-jaws\u201d as meaning \u201ca wry mouth; a warped jaw,\u201d and a dictionary from 1891 defined it as meaning \u201ca projecting under-jaw.\u201d Taken to mean a jutting jaw and a combative posture, it\u2019s possible that \u201cwhopper-jawed\u201d could be used to mean \u201cpugnacious.\u201d This seems to be the sense Mark Twain used in an 1863 letter: \u201cHe is a long-legged, bull-headed, whopper-jawed, constructionary monomaniac.\u201d\n\nThe more common sense of the word, however, seems to be \u201cout of alignment, askew,\u201d as one might describe something poorly-constructed or dilapidated (\u201cBill took three months to finish those bookcases, and within a week they were all whopperjawed\u201d). Applied to a person, assuming nothing notable about the person\u2019s jaw, the most likely meaning would be that the subject was acting \u201cweird\u201d or \u201csquirrelly.\u201d\n\nAs you\u2019d expect with such an elusive word, the origin of \u201cwhopperjawed\u201d is a bit hazy, but the key appears to lie in what is evidently the original form of the term, \u201cwapper-jawed.\u201d This was pretty clearly a development of a much older (16th century) term, \u201cwapper-eyed,\u201d meaning someone who either blinked a lot or whose eyes rolled indicating dizziness.\n\nWapper-eyed,\u201d in turn, rested on the obsolete English dialect verb \u201cwapper,\u201d meaning \u201cto blink\u201d or \u201cto move unsteadily\u201d (\u201cWapper-eyed, goggle-eyed, having full rolling Eyes; or looking like one scared; or squinting like a Person overtaken with Liquor,\u201d 1746). The verb \u201cto wapper\u201d may be related to the Dutch \u201cwapperen,\u201d meaning \u201cto swing, oscillate, or waver,\u201d and may also be related to our modern English verb \u201cto wave.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhopperjawed\u201d and its many variants are used today, to the extent that they are, almost always in reference to things that are askew or don\u2019t fit together as they should, and, as far as I can tell, only rarely applied to people, which makes your experience in Central Illinois linguistically intriguing. Perhaps next time you pass by, if it\u2019s not too much trouble, you could ask what the heck they meant by that.\n\n19 comments to Whopperjawed\n\nGrowing up in Oregon in the 50s and 60s, I recall \u201call whopperjawed\u201d being used, along with thingamajiggy and such, as one of those inexact terms used for things that probably have a name, but you don\u2019t know or can\u2019t remember what it is. Usually it referred to something being decidedly lopsided in some hard to describe way, but I vaguely recall it also being used to refer to the jaws of a plumber\u2019s wrench when they couldn\u2019t line up properly because of obstructions.\n\nI grew up in southwestern Ohio, and the word was used all the time in my family to mean that something was out-of alignment, warped, uneven, off-kilter, lopsided, off-center, or otherwise not positioned (or built) \u201ccorrectly,\u201d relative to an established norm. This was especially true, as was mentioned in the Word Detective\u2019s response above, when the defect resulted in two component pieces not fitting together properly, as in carpentry. But I never heard it used to describe people, only things.\n\nIn the deep southeastern US it is most decidedly pronounced with an \u2018m\u2019, as \u201cwhomperjawed\u201d or even \u201cwhumperjawed\u201d. The meaning is akin to catawampus (or caddywhompus or cattywhumpus) and I\u2019ve always heard it used in the same way. Maybe that\u2019s where the \u2018m\u2019 sound comes in, from the tie with catawampus?\n\n(From SC Kansas, from someone who comes originally from NW Missouri)I stuck a bunch of candy \u201cWhoppers\u201d in my jaw and asked a coworker, \u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d. Then told her I was \u201cWhopperjawed\u201d. In response I got a blank, \u201cwhat the heck are talking about\u201d stare. She\u2019d never heard of the term. I explained that it meant askew or out of line. Then I started searching online to make sure I wasn\u2019t using it incorrectly. That\u2019s how I wound up here.\n\nWhen I was groing up my grand parents lived in a small southern town called clarkton, where they used words like whopperjawed. When I asked them they explained to ke that it ment crooked or, if you were referring to a person, queer. So I have no idea what the person you heard meant but there are several variations and definitions of the word whopperjawed so I reckon she meant don\u2019t get all queer (or crooked) on me. :)\n\nI grew up in South Central PA near Lancaster and we use this word. In fact, I used it today and someone from the NYC metro area had no idea what it meant. We pronounced it \u2018whopperjawed\u2019 meaning askew. \u2018The thermos lid got all whopperjawed and now I cannot get it off.\u2019\n\nI have also heard it used in reference to people such as \u2018don\u2019t go getting all whopperjawed on me\u2019 meaning don\u2019t become askew or off balance.\n\nInteresting that it seems to be most common in places where there are Amish \u2013 PA, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Although I think I heard it reading Mark Twain\u2019s books and letters. I loved the word as a onomatopoeia that conveys it\u2019s meaning by sounding crooked.\n\nI grew up east central Indiana heard this term frequently from my mother whopperjawed, and cattiwhapus, from her use I thought it meant out of alignment, however cattiwhappus could mean diagonal when she used the term.\n\nI found myself the object of ridicule when I used the word \u201cwhoppy-jawed\u201d in the presence of my teenaged daughter. I have to assume I picked it up from some of my very rural white relatives in Georgia. As I use it, it means \u201cknocked out of alignment\u201d \u2014 the \u201cwhop\u201d suggests an impact. My co-worker from Oklahoma says he learned it as \u201cwhompy-jawed.\u201d\n\nMy husband used \u201cwhopper-jawed\u201d last night to describe one of the screens he just finished and has to do over, because it is misaligned. We did not use this word in the inner city neighborhood in Detroit where I grew up. My parents, who grew up in NYC, never used this word, either. My husband is from rural Indiana, near several Amish communities. The head of the construction crew he worked on in high school used the word often.\n\nI grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and never heard this term until I came to Indiana. I thought it was another one of those colorful, bucolic terms that only people like my farmer in-laws used. Oddly, my father was originally from downstate Illinois but never used those terms. Since his father was the owner of a small-town newspaper, I assume the family learned to use more formal language from an early age. Having grown up to be a college-level writing instructor, I have spent many hours editing these interesting words from student papers.\n\nOppressed was a slang term used to describe a faulty gear on the M61 Vulcan Machine Gun in 1949 by a General Electric engineer Edgar Rosen. The gear solved the jamming of the weapon leading to the production of a devastating weapons still used today\nIt was given to E. Rosen upon his retirement from G E in 1960 and I have it\n\nGrowing up in Oregon, my family used \u2018whopperjawed\u2019 (meaning crooked or ill-fitting) all the time, often to blank stares from other people. I have defined it many times to friends and acquaintances. It is so interesting to read this thread, as my father was born and raised in Indiana. He appears to have been the importer of this term to my hometown in Oregon.\n\nI grew up in the Chicago suburbs, with a mom who grew up in Indiana. We used whopperjawed (no \u201cm\u201d) to mean askew/crooked/or broken in some way implying a mismatch between two sides. e.g., a stuck zipper might be \u201cwhopperjawed\u201d.\n\nI learned this word from my mother. Since she grew up in Ohio, West Virginia, Central Illinois and Southern Indiana, I wasn\u2019t sure how to pin it down to a location. I also assumed it was a country thing. However, a few years ago, I met another person who uses it; she is from Chicago. Both pronounce it the same: whopperjawed. It is used to describe something misaligned, crooked, bent, etc. We never use it directly to describe people, unless they\u2019re visibly disheveled, in which case I would more likely say their clothes are all whopperjawed.\n\nI used the \u201cWhopperjawed\u201d this morning to a friend in describing my jaw and my garage door, both of which are out of alignment. She had never heard the term before even though she is widely traveled. I am from rural Ohio where proper alignment is frequently an issue in farm machinery, barn carpentry and such."}
-{"text": "New releases from many bands and artists hit the proverbial shelves today, September 9th, 2008 (why are Tuesdays big album release dates anyway\u2026) and outside some of the expected hits, I have found a great little gem that I didn\u2019t expect \u2013 Liz Durrett\u2019s \u201cOutside Our Gates\u201c!\n\nWhile I have not been on the Liz Durrett train for that long \u2013 her last album \u201cThe Mezzanine\u201d in 2006 was my introduction and also a spectacular album. The more I hear from Liz the more I like her \u2013 I always think of a softer (vocally) Julie Doiron when I think of her \u2013 but I don\u2019t know why. While she is packin some serious talent on her own (she is the niece of Vic Chesnutt afterall), she has the backing of Eric Bachmann on the album producing front which can only be a good thing.\n\nSo now that you are up to speed on what I know of Liz Durrett, how is the album then? Well as you could expect from Slowcoustic, it is a delicate and lamenting album for the most part. Liz\u2019s vocals pour over the her guitar in her breathy style I have become familiar with, but there is also something else \u2013 string arrangements! The strings (of which I am a fan \u2013 Horse Feathers album anyone??) and they really work on tracks like \u201cWake to Believe\u201d, \u201cWe Build Bridges\u201d and \u201cYou Live Alone\u201d, of which the latter is flirting with a delicate up-tempo feel I dare say. The one track that I feel might have been tacked on, not a bad song but seems a touch out of place, is \u201cWild as Them\u201d with its snappy horns and percussion backing\u2026hmmm.\n\nOverall, I am more than pleased with \u201cOutside Our Gates\u201d and recommend picking up a copy of this newly released album over at Warm Recordings here. Enjoy a couple of samples below \u2013 sit back with Liz and listen to a new warmth inside these gates."}
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-{"text": "Figures suggest that the decline in A*/A grades seen this year was also the second biggest on record. Previously, year-on-year results had dropped by no more than one percentage point since the introduction of A grades in the mid-60s.\n\nBut despite the fall in A*/As, the data showed that the overall pass-rate increased slightly again, with 98.1 per cent of papers gaining at least an E grade. It was the 31st successive annual rise.\n\nBoys also narrowed the gap on girls overall and even extended their lead in terms of the number of A* grades awarded, with 7.9 per cent gaining the elite mark, compared with 7.6 per cent of girls.\n\nThe publication of grades for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was expected to trigger a scramble for places through clearing \u2013 the traditional system operated by UCAS to distribute spare courses to students.\n\nA record 385,910 students had their university place confirmed overnight \u2013 up by 31,600 on the same point in 2012, UCAS said.\n\nIt is believed that the decline in top-end results has been partly fuelled by a shift towards tougher A-levels that are in high demand among universities and employers while entries for subjects such as media studies and critical thinking nosedive.\n\nExaminers have also been told not to ensure they keep a lid on \u201cgrade inflation\u201d by making sure results are \"comparable\" with the previous year.\n\nAccording to today\u2019s figures released by the Joint Council for Qualifications:\n\n\u2022 Rising numbers of pupils entered science exams, with 23,914 more tests sat in biology, chemistry and physics. The sciences now account for 17.8 per cent of exams sat, up from 17 per cent a year earlier and 15 per cent in 2009;\n\n\u2022 Maths and further maths also witnessed a resurgence, with entries up by 18,933 in a year, accounting for 12 per cent of all exams, compared with just 9.8 per cent four years ago;\n\n\u2022 Economics, Spanish, geography and religious studies also appeared among the top 10 fastest rising subjects;\n\n\u2022 A record 30,401 students took an \"extended project\" \u2013 a dissertation style task that can gain sixth-formers additional university entrance points;\n\n\u2022 Large declines were registered in entries for a series of disciplines criticised as being \"soft subjects\", this includes communication studies, physical education, performing arts, critical thinking, media studies and drama;\n\n\u2022 Interest in modern foreign languages continued to fall, with French entries hitting a record low of 11,272, down by almost 10 per cent, and German falling by 11 per cent to 4,242.\n\nMichael Turner, director of the JCQ, which represents major exam boards, said: \"The continued rise in subjects such as sciences, maths and extended project will be welcomed. However, that so few students take a language at A-level is disappointing and although Spanish continues to show growth, the overall trend remains downward.\"\n\nA spokesman for Ofqual, the exams regulator, said: \u201cThis year, we are seeing the trend of movement towards the more traditional subjects at A-level continue, possibly driven by greater awareness of the courses universities prefer and competition for places.\u201d\n\nAnthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, said: \u201cToday sees a major rise in \u2018hard\u2019 subjects taken \u2013 including maths and physics. Relentless grade inflation has been addressed at last.\n\n\u201cA-levels should be hard and I applaud the direction that the government is now taking to make A-levels more robust again. We have done our children \u2013 and our economy \u2013 no favours by shying away from rigorous, demanding study, and by allowing our pupils endlessly to resit their exams.\u201d\n\nBut despite a depression of results nationally, individual schools are set to register record results.\n\nSt. Michael's Catholic Grammar School, north London, said 91.3 per cent of papers had been graded A* to B \u2013 up from 84 per cent a year earlier. Two years earlier \u2013 In 2011 \u2013 the same group of pupils topped national GCSE tables based on results in core \"English Baccalaureate\" subjects.\n\nJulian Ward, the headmaster, said the school had drafted in a motivational speaker to encourage teachers take risks in the classroom and ensure pupils themselves \u201clearn from past failure\u201d to adopt a more positive attitude.\n\nAlmost 94 per cent of papers at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham, also gained top grades."}
-{"text": "Defying Governor Greg Abbott's special session agenda, the House voted unanimously Thursday to restore millions in Medicaid funding to disabled children's therapy programs that have been floundering for the past several years because of repeated cuts.\n\nThe bill, HB25 by Representative Sarah Davis (R-West University Place), would reverse steep cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for children's physical, occupational and speech therapy providers by $70 million, money that would come out of the governor's disaster relief fund. This potential relief comes after lawmakers ordered $350 million in cuts to these therapy programs in 2015, and after lawmakers, recognizing the mistake, agreed to restore those cuts by 25 percent during the 2017 regular session. Many providers, some of whom have been forced to shut down because of the cuts, have said this was simply not enough.\n\n\"If the governor is going to bring us back here to talk about what bathrooms people can use or what we can do with our trees, then surely the disabled kids should take priority,\" Davis said.\n\nThat's when Davis stepped up. She had told the Houston Chronicle last week that she didn't care if disabled kids' therapy was not on Abbott's special session agenda, and that she felt it was among the most pressing issues affecting Texas's most vulnerable kids.\n\n\"If the governor is going to bring us back here to talk about what bathrooms people can use or what we can do with our trees, then surely the disabled kids should take priority and hopefully we add this to the call,\u201d she said.\n\nBut Abbott has remained relatively mum on this issue and whether he would agree to add it, and so as HB25 heads over to the Senate, its members will be faced with a test: Are they, too, willing to defy Abbott's agenda and pass this bill in the name of disabled kids? Or are they going to continue following the governor's instructions, zipping through his list of 20 priorities and sticking to the rules?\n\nIn special sessions, the rules are that legislators can't put forth bills that fall outside the governor's agenda. But the rules doesn't necessarily lay out consequences if legislators decide to flout the governor and forge ahead anyway. The official Senate rules state that, if one of those bills not on Abbott's agenda somehow makes it through both chambers and lands Abbott's signature, it still becomes a law.\n\nSo that leaves the onus on Abbott \u2014 if, and that's a big if, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's Senate is so inclined to leave it with him. Should the Senate follow the House's lead and pass HB25, then is Abbott really willing to veto that bill? Is he really willing to face the wrath of Texas children's advocates and the parents of autistic children, who have been hounding the Legislature for years to fix this children's therapy mess?\n\nWe're unsure, because Abbott's press office did not return a request for comment on HB25's passage and whether Abbott will consider adding this to the special session agenda.\n\nThe governor's office has already made clear that Abbott would not be adding any additional items to his list until both chambers passed all 20 of his priorities, which, as Davis points out, include bills to regulate both transgender bathroom usage and local tree-removal rules. While the Senate quickly passed 18 items in just two weeks, the House has passed only a few. The lower chamber is taking its sweet time and keeping divisive politics surrounding legislation like the bathroom bill out of the conversation.\n\nYesterday, Davis and a bipartisan group of House lawmakers again challenged Abbott's agenda, calling on him to add ethics reform to the list, which he had made an emergency item both in 2015 and the 2017 regular session but which failed both times. (The bathroom bill and the tree-removal regulation bill were not emergency items.) The ethics bill would prevent Abbott and lawmakers from raking in campaign donations during the special session, which Abbott is currently doing, and would also stop him from appointing people who donate more than $2,500 to him to top jobs in government agencies \u2014 which the governor has done dozens of times.\n\nYet remarkably, despite his early enthusiasm for ethics reform, Abbott's office called this \"showboating.\" Spokesman John Wittman said the lawmakers' constituents \"deserve better,\" and said legislators just need to focus on those 20 priorities, which also include school-choice vouchers, property tax reform and increased abortion reporting requirements.\n\nUnanimous support to fund essential services for kids with disabilities, however, could hardly be called showboating, and at this point, the pressure is on for senators and for the governor.\n\n\u201cI can tell you one thing that\u2019s crystal clear,\u201d Texas Cares for Children CEO Stephanie Rubin said in a statement. \u201cLegislators, parents, advocates and other Texans are going to keep fighting until these cuts are reversed and kids have the support they need to learn to walk, communicate with their families, prepare for school and meet other goals.\u201d\n\nThe Senate has less than two weeks to get HB25 to the floor.\n\nMeagan Flynn is a staff writer at the Houston Press who, despite covering criminal justice and other political squabbles in Harris County, drinks only one small cup of coffee per day."}
-{"text": "Introduction\n\nTeen Choice Awards\n2009 Arrivals\n08-09-09\n\nDailyCeleb.com\nAll Rights Reserved.\n\nAudrina Patridge is one of the most popular co-stars of MTV's\n\"The Hills.\" Besides her stunning figure, Audrina has become\none of the show's hairstyle icons. Over the course of her time\nwith \"The Hills\" Audrina's hair has morphed through a range of hair\nhues from very blonde to raven Black.\n\nAudrina has set the Red Carpet on fire with hair of all lengths,\ntextures and styles from stick straight to pulled up into a gorgeous\narray of chignons, twists, braids and sleek finished ponytails.\n\nThe MTV star is famous for her side ponytails and hairstyles.\nAudrina looked feminine and sexy at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards\nwearing her hair in a side pony positioned behind one ear and draped\nover one shoulder.\n\nSide ponytails turn up the classic hairstyle a few notches and\ncreate a more flattering finished style. The advantage to a\nside ponytail is that it can work with just about any face shape or\nage.\n\nA side ponytail, especially when combined with lots of sassy\nvolume throughout the crown and sides is perfect for Party Hair\nevents ranging from a formal prom to a Homecoming or a wedding.\n\nTypes of Side Ponytail Hairstyles\n\nThe Side Ponytail can be accomplished with a number of variations\nwhich include the following Side Ponytails:\n\n1. Ponytail base positioned slightly behind either ear with\ntail pulled forward over either shoulder.\n2. Ponytail base positioned slightly in front of either ear\nwith tail pulled forward over either shoulder.\n3. Side Ponytail with an off center, center, deep side part on\neither side (left or right) or zig zag part.\n4. Side Pony with a side-swept fringe, full fringe or no\nfringe at all.\n5. Ponytail with lots of volume throughout the crown or sides.\n6. Ponytail designed with sleek sides and crown.\n7. Tail with lots of waves, curls or combined.\n8. Tail with stick straight strands\n\nSide ponytails can be created on any length of hair due to the\neasy attachment of clip-in ponytails, temporary or semi-permanent\nhair extensions.\n\nSide ponytails can be double up and wrapped into side buns,\ntwists, loops and chignons.\n\nOne of the key advantages to a side pony is that most people can\ncreate their own customized side pony at home with the help of hot\nirons, hot rollers or even wet sets.\n\nSide Ponytail Hairstyle 411\n\nSide ponytails can be embellished with a wide range of hair\naccessories ranging from jeweled ponytail holders, an array of\njeweled bobby pins, skinny headbands, jeweled or plain combs or\nclips.\n\nSide ponytails can be held in place with Blax, Bungee or other\nhair friendly elastics. Or the base of the pony can be wrapped\nwith a strand of add-on hair or natural hair pulled out of the pony.\nThe options are endless.\n\nOf course you always have the option to have your favorite\nprofessional hairdresser create your picture perfect hairstyle for\nyour special night. The choice is up to you.\n\nWhether you create this with\nadd-on strands\nor not it is always impossible to tell because the technology behind\nadd-on ponytails, hair extensions and clip-in hair pieces have\nevolved to the point where they are seamless with real hair.\n\nHairstyle Color: Any color of hair can be woven into\na side ponytail although side ponytails look spectacular with hair\nwhich is multi-colored to show off the dimension in the hair hues.\n\nHairstyle Highlights/Lowlights: Dimensional\nhighlights and lowlights work amazingly well with side ponytails.\n\nType/Texture: Hair of any type from fine/thin to\nthick can be wrapped into a side pony. Most hair textures will\nalso work in a side pony although some naturally curly hair textures\nmay not be ideally suited for a side ponytail.\n\nFringe/Part: This side pony hairstyle can work with\njust about any type of fringes and parts.\n\nFace Shape: This hairstyle can be modified to work\nwith all types of face shapes.\n\nHairstyle Works Best: This hairstyle works best\nfor hair which is chin length or longer in order to be able to be\nwrapped into a side ponytail. If your natural hair is short or\nmedium length, they can be extended with clip-in ponytails, hair\nextensions or clip-in strands.\n\nNote: Depending on your hair type and\ntexture you may prefer mousse, gel or some other styling product.\n\n5. Detangle tresses starting from the ends and working up\nto the roots with a wide tooth comb or your fingers.\n\nCreate an off-center part extending directly off the hairline using\na\nlong tail comb. If you prefer, you can copy the\nhairstyle with a fringe or different part although it\nmay not look exactly the same.\n\n6. Use a 100%\nboar bristle brush round or flat brush combined with a blow\ndryer and dry hair until 100% dry. Use brush to build in\nvolume throughout the crown and the sides if desired.\n\nAudrina\nPatridge\n\nDailyCeleb.com\nAll Rights Reserved.\n\nIf you prefer to wear the side ponytail straight, use a paddle\nbrush to straighten tresses as you dry.\n\n7. Once hair is completely dry smooth the front section\nslightly back and over to the opposite side of\nthe head from the part to achieve a sexy sweep of hair on either\nside of the face.\n\n8. Use a brush, fingers or a comb and direct all the side\nand crown hair back towards the nape of the neck. Smooth\nponytail and then gently position the base so that it rests just\nslightly behind on ear.\n\n9. Wrap based with hair friendly Blax, Bungee or other hair\nfriendly elastic. Make sure the pony base is secured so that\nthe ponytail hair can extend over one shoulder.\n\n10. If you wish to create curls or waves throughout the\ntail, separate tail hair into 1-2\" sections.\nClip all\nremaining hair\nout of the way.\n\n11, On each section, spritz\nstyling spray or apply\ncream,\nor each section. Curl with a large barrel\ncurling iron for a few seconds\nto avoid burning or damaging strands.\n\n12. After curling each section of the tail hair, roll\naround finger and pin against scalp to allow curls to form a tighter\ncoil.\n\n13. If you prefer straight strands, use a large bed flat\niron instead but repeat the same ironing instructions above.\n\n14. When all the sections of hair have been completely\nironed, spritz the entire head lightly with a\nsetting\nor styling spray.\n\n15. Remove all the pins and tousled curls and waves with\nfingers. For added tousle you may bend over at the waist and\ngently shake your strands.\n\n16. For brilliant shine add a few drops of shine serum,\nspray or\nshine enhancing hairspray to the\npalms of your hands and then wipe lightly over the top of your\ntresses. Remember that a little bit of shine product goes a\nvery long way.\n\nAdd Volume\n\n1. Shampoo with volumizing formulas.\n\n2. Avoid rinse-out conditioners except when applied to the\nbottom half or the hair."}
-{"text": "I've also got a 1984 Bimota SB4 S.it had 16\" magnesium Campagnolo wheels which are not safe to use anymore due to advanced corrosion (never magnesium again). Now I'm looking for similar styled aluminium replacements wheels (16\u201d x 3,25\u201d front and 16\u201d x 4,25\u201d rear).See pic.\n\nI\u2019ve tried almost everything to find me these wheels but unfortunately: with little success.PVM in Germany where willing to make me a set of 16\u201d wheels but asked \u2013 sit down first \u2013 : \u20ac 10.000 (excl. 20% VAT).Well, I assume it will cost me but not \u20ac 12.000 !!!\n\nDoes someone has an idea how to get a set of 16\u201d aluminium 5-spoke Campagnolo style wheels?Is there not a company able to make them from billet (aircraft quality)?\n\nI\u2019ve even made drawings of the hubs (al dimensions) assuming they will need them in order to be able to produce me a pair.\n\nMr Marchesini (yes, the one) alwais give suggestions about maintenance of magnesium rims. You can get such from his Facebook wall https://www.facebook.com/roberto.ruota?fref=tsAnyhow you can have 3 options: forged alu rims, fusion alu or machined ones from a billet (that is the easiest and uncheap solution )\n\nMarvic produces magnesium wheels and say they are \"save\" for 2 years ....Maintenance is no issue anymore for mine .... they're gone.\n\nAnyway, it sounds nice to have them made from billet aluminium but sofar I don't know a company who can make them for me, that is what I'm looking for.So if someone knows a company who can ..... please let me know\n\nThis shouldn't be that hard... the custom Harley market does it a fair bit (admittedly usually heavy on the style and not on the performance).\n\nThere's a company in Australia http://dragway.com.au/ that is known to do one off / limited edition wheels and with the EU to AU$ rate at the moment that might be doable. But i'm expecting that we should be able to come up with a couple of options.\n\nThey should also be able to do some FEA (finite element analysis) on the design prior to the machining to determine if there are any major weaknesses without having to depend on destructive testing (like OEM manufacturers do).\n\nWho is online\n\nUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum"}
-{"text": "Electronics Parts\n\nShop With Confidence\n\nMER6755AAS Maytag Range - Overview\n\nGet Parts and Repair Help for MER6755AAS\n\nIf you know the range repair part you need, you can browse the list of all parts on the MER6755AAS, or you can search by name or part description. You can also find your part by where it is located on the MER6755AAS by selecting a section below. If you\u2019re not sure which part you need, you can narrow your search by selecting a common symptom and we\u2019ll show you the repair parts most likely to fix your range. We\u2019ve also included any installation videos we have for MER6755AAS parts. Installation instructions provided by other do-it-yourselfers will help guide you through your repair.\n\nRemoved the oven door by opening slightly, then pic door up to remove. Remove 2 screws holding oven sensor in place, gently pull on sensor to remove, had to remove about 8 inches to get at plastic connector. Unplug connector, had to use an adapter cable supplied with the PartSelect kit to install new sensor, push cable back into opening, reinstall 2 screws. ...\nread more\n\nTurned the breaker off, I removed 2 screws securing the range top to the range, opened the top and secured it in the up position, Removed the 2 screws securing the element ,one at a time I swapped the quick connectors from the old element to the new and repeated the process in reverse. I save over $100.00 in labor, plus most companies get you for a trip char...\nread more\n\nThis particular model has a bracket that holds the element close to the oven ceiling, so I had to unscrew that as well as the element mounting screws on the back oven wall. The hardest part (not that hard) was the connectors were really tightly clamped to the element terminal. I had to use pliers to help wiggle them off the tips. Recommend doing this very...\nread more"}
-{"text": "Sunday, 15 April 2018\n\nConstantine: City of Demons\n\nThe new episode of Constantine is probably the best show so far! The best ones are the ones that is based on the comic book, and this new episode, the whole setup is quite similar to Mike Carey's Hellblazer: All His Engines.\n.\u2026\n\nIt\u2019s been three years since NBC cancelled Constantine... but it would seem that the show is back as an animated Constantine: City of Demons on CW\u2019s The Seed. The first five episodes have been released on the streaming network, with a pending seven more episodes to follow.\n\nSince each episode is only five minutes, they should have just combined everything as one full length hour-long feature - like all of those WB\u2019s DC Animated direct-to-DVD/Bluray releases.\nSpeaking of which, Constantine is actually the main star of 2017\u2019s Justice League Dark\u2026 which actor Matt Ryan reprised his role as voice actor.\n\nRyan later resurfaced as Constantine on a semi-recent episode of CW\u2019s Legends of Tomorrow, but in typical CW fashion, it was overdramatic and forgettable. Please, I don\u2019t think Constantine would hooked up with Black Canary, he\u2019s normally based in England and the two should never have met. Besides, everybody knows Black Canary is Green Arrow\u2019s girlfriend.\n\nAnyway, Constantine: City of Demons is actually not based on the 2010-2011 five-issue miniseries by Si Spencer and Sean Murphy, but, in fact, is based Mike Carey and Leonardo Manco\u2019s Hellblazer: All His Engines. If that sounds familiar, that\u2019s because Constantine already did this as episode 10 \u201cQuid Pro Quo\u201d, which finds Chas Chandler seeking help from John Constantine for his daughter\u2019s supernatural coma. However, Constantine: City of Demons, staying true to the source material, shows the demon Beroul as responsible (and not Felix Faust in \u201cQuid Pro Quo\u201d).\n\nThe other plot that Constantine: City of Demons borrows from, is Jamie Delano\u2019s \u201cNewcastle\u201d storyline (starting in Hellblazer #11, November 1988). Newcastle defines who Constantine is, so there are many references to \u201cNewcastle\u201d throughout Constantine\u2019s show (mentioned in Episode 4 and Episode 8, but never explained).\n\nIn Constantine: City of Demons, \u201cNewcastle\u201d is told as a flashback, but in this new version, Chas\u2019 is the drummer of Constantine\u2019s band Mucous Membrane. Chas was never part of the \u201cNewcastle Crew\u201d, but I understand why the writers decided to tie him in the storyline. It didn\u2019t make sense to me, as most of the Newcastle Crew were killed by the demon and those characters haunts Constantine as ghosts.\n\nOne major difference is the gruesome reveal of Constantine trying to save the child Astra Logue (running and holding her arm), but the animated show tastefully took a different approach. Still, the result is the same, as what happened in Newcastle still haunts Constantine to this day.\n\nSo far, I\u2019m really loving this new direction of Constantine: City of Demons, I can\u2019t wait to see how they adapted the rest of Hellblazer: All His Engines. You can watch Constantine for free on cwseed.com.\n\nComments\n\nThe new episode of Constantine is probably the best show so far! The best ones are the ones that is based on the comic book, and this new episode, the whole setup is quite similar to Mike Carey's Hellblazer: All His Engines.\n.\u2026\n\nIt\u2019s been three years since NBC cancelled Constantine... but it would seem that the show is back as an animated Constantine: City of Demons on CW\u2019s The Seed. The first five episodes have been released on the streaming network, with a pending seven more episodes to follow.\n\nSince each episode is only five minutes, they should have just combined everything as one full length hour-long feature - like all of those WB\u2019s DC Animated direct-to-DVD/Bluray releases.\nSpeaking of which, Constantine is actually the main star of 2017\u2019s Justice League Dark\u2026 which actor Matt Ryan reprised his role as voice actor.\n\nRyan later resurfaced as Constantine on a semi-recent episode of CW\u2019s Legends of Tomorrow, but in typical CW fashion, it was overdramatic and forgettable. Please, I don\u2019t think Constantine would hooked up with Black Canary, he\u2019s normally based in England and the two should never have met. Besides, everybody knows Black Canary is Green Arrow\u2019s girlfriend.\n\nAnyway, Constantine: City of Demons is actually not based on the 2010-2011 five-issue miniseries by Si Spencer and Sean Murphy, but, in fact, is based Mike Carey and Leonardo Manco\u2019s Hellblazer: All His Engines. If that sounds familiar, that\u2019s because Constantine already did this as episode 10 \u201cQuid Pro Quo\u201d, which finds Chas Chandler seeking help from John Constantine for his daughter\u2019s supernatural coma. However, Constantine: City of Demons, staying true to the source material, shows the demon Beroul as responsible (and not Felix Faust in \u201cQuid Pro Quo\u201d).\n\nThe other plot that Constantine: City of Demons borrows from, is Jamie Delano\u2019s \u201cNewcastle\u201d storyline (starting in Hellblazer #11, November 1988). Newcastle defines who Constantine is, so there are many references to \u201cNewcastle\u201d throughout Constantine\u2019s show (mentioned in Episode 4 and Episode 8, but never explained).\n\nIn Constantine: City of Demons, \u201cNewcastle\u201d is told as a flashback, but in this new version, Chas\u2019 is the drummer of Constantine\u2019s band Mucous Membrane. Chas was never part of the \u201cNewcastle Crew\u201d, but I understand why the writers decided to tie him in the storyline. It didn\u2019t make sense to me, as most of the Newcastle Crew were killed by the demon and those characters haunts Constantine as ghosts.\n\nOne major difference is the gruesome reveal of Constantine trying to save the child Astra Logue (running and holding her arm), but the animated show tastefully took a different approach. Still, the result is the same, as what happened in Newcastle still haunts Constantine to this day.\n\nSo far, I\u2019m really loving this new direction of Constantine: City of Demons, I can\u2019t wait to see how they adapted the rest of Hellblazer: All His Engines. You can watch Constantine for free on cwseed.com."}
-{"text": "The Vice-Presidential Choices\n\nHere\u2019s who I think the presumptive nominees should choose: Obama: Governor Kaine of Virginia McCain: Mitt Romney Both of my choices have the ability to deliver a state. In Romney\u2019s case, it is Michigan. I should add that the last vice-presidential nominee who was chosen with the idea of delivering a state was Lloyd Bentsen, Michael Dukakis\u2019s running mate in 1988 against Bush-Quayle. That didn\u2019t work out, except for the vice-presidential debate (\u201cI knew John Kennedy. John Kennedy was a friend of mine. And you\u2019re no John Kennedy.\u201d) McCain doesn\u2019t like Romney, but that shouldn\u2019t stand in the way. Overseas fact-finding missions and state funerals are made for vice-presidents.\n\nSign up for the Armadillo\n\nWeekly dispatches from the middle of the road of Texas politics.\n\nEnter your email address\n\nI agree to the terms and conditions.\n\nThe Armadillo(Weekly)Texas politics from the middle of the road\n\nIf you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Leave them blank to get signed up.\n\nGet the Magazine\n\nWe report on vital issues from politics to education, as well as being the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations."}
-{"text": "Photographs - Collections - 851-900 - #00851\n\nAbstract: Photo album with images of trucks and letters from Bismarck/Mandan businesses about the trucks they purchased from Dodge Brothers in 1929.\n\nProvenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired this collection from Beverly Buechler.\n\nProperty Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.\n\nCopyrights: Copyrights to this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, and author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.\n\nAccess: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.\n\nCitation: Researchers are requested to cite collection title, collection number, and State Historical Society of North Dakota."}
-{"text": "Gallery Director Contact\n\nThe galleries at Pittsburg State University are dedicated to celebrating and advancing creativity and artistic discourse in a changing world. As you will find, our spaces present an extensive slate of contemporary art exhibitions that create opportunities to engage in the world of visual arts through curricular, interdisciplinary and community based programs.\n\nWe strive to establish an environment conducive to intellectual growth that acts as an accessible creative catalyst in the development of risk taking, problem solving, and critical thinking skills, while highlighting multiple perspectives that affect all ages; youth, high schoolers, adults and our student community.\n\nOur hope is that you join our diverse audience that visits the exhibitions in the University and Harry Krug Galleries as an inspiration and innovation sparkplug!"}
-{"text": "From Our Readers: To the One Who Already Left, I'm Leaving You Still\n\nI will forget you. And in days when I feel alone, I'd like to think that you'd remember me, too. So if I don't, let it be known that I never loved you. Let me tell you that there was a thin division between the love and the infatuation, and to it, we never came close. And loving you was never my job.\n\nAnd when the one who could do it finally comes into your life, let her go. When she comes back, only to apologize for leaving, hold her close. Don't make her feel sorry that she went back, don't make her feel like nothing; make her feel like she was the only one you laid eyes on. Make sure she can hear your heart beating because finally, someone did. If she doesn't come back, and you one day wake up to love her, find her. And if you don't, don't call me or the next name on the endless list of irksome admirers. You know we tried. You know that I failed. I wasn't fit for the job.\n\nI hope I will never be. Because you deserve the one who will really love you, the one who won't question herself at night, and the one who won't doubt your coldness, just because she finds warmth in it. If there'd be a girl who will try to love you, and if she lets go, just let her do it.\n\nYou have taught me that forcing myself to love something that doesn't want me will only result in endless heartbreaks and unanswerable what ifs. I've had my share of sweet nothings, and I've learned that soon enough, when things come crashing down, nothing will finally be worth treasuring.\n\nSo I treasured our sweet nothings and moonlit conversations. I have read all the words and I know them by heart.\n\nADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW\n\nThen one day, I didn't. Once, I woke and wished to love you. One day, I didn't want to. One day, I grew tired of the pain being handed just because, well, because I wanted to love you. But I wouldn't dare to tell myself again that I should have seen the signs before this mess, I won't tell myself again that you were a mistake\u2014 that this was a mistake\u2014because you aren't and this isn't.\n\nYou will never be a mistake. You are a lesson. The universe has taught me what unrequited is, and for that, I'm grateful. Life taught me that if the skies don't clear, learn to love the rain the way you wish to love a rainbow.\n\nAnd I guess this will be the last thing I write about you. I have written you a thousand poems, stayed up far too long, contemplated on writing you a book of love, but then, I finally woke up. You are the dreamiest nightmare, the best lesson, and the strongest typhoon I have ever met. I'm grateful for the debris you left me with.\n\nSo excuse me if I realized only now. I realized that I have locked myself in a cage because I forced the universe to give a chance on us. I realized that believing in love can take you so far that you can end back at the starting point. And you made me realize that in love, there will be no finish line. Loving is forever.\n\nI'm sorry but I'm setting myself free. I'm letting myself go, because I never had you in my arms to begin with.\n\nSent in by Trishia Sarmiento. Got your own story to tell? Drop us an email at candymagazine @gmail.com! We'd love to hear what you have to say. If you're lucky, you just might get published in this space, too! Please indicate if you want to remain anonymous. We're also looking for artwork and illustrations to use with the stories, so please send some in if you want to be featured!"}
-{"text": "Introducing the Card\n\nIt's Just What They Want\n\nOne Gift Fits All!\n\nYou have received the perfect gift. With the SECU Visa\u00ae Gift Card, you have the flexibility to choose your own gift. You can use your Gift Card to make purchases online, by phone, or in person at most of the merchants that accept Visa Debit.\n\nHow does it work?\nTo activate your card online, log in by entering your 16 digit card number and the 3 digit security code (CVV2) on the back of the card. The last 4 digits of the phone number is NOT a required field until the card has been registered. Once logged in, you will find the Activate Card option under the Account Activities Menu. Your Personal Identification Number (PIN) will be displayed after activation. You may also call the toll free number listed on the back of the card to activate and obtain a PIN. You can use the card as many times as you would like until the balance of the card is depleted. As your card is used, the amount of the purchase is automatically deducted from the available balance. When the balance is reduced to zero, you can keep the card as a memento of your gift or destroy and discard it. If the card is lost or stolen with a balance remaining, you can cancel the card and order a replacement. There is an $8.00 fee to replace a lost or stolen card.\n\nHow do I purchase a Gift Card?\nGift Cards are available in all SECU branches for any amount between $20 and $500 at a cost of $2.00 per card. Gift card orders can also be placed online through Member Access. The fee for issuance and handling of each card purchased online is $3.50."}
-{"text": "OptiWi-fi is currently providing industry-first visibility of Wi-Fi service performance in real-time for Adrian\u2019s organization. They are seeing real business value from the OptiWi-fi solution and are ordering this as a standard integrated offering on OEM Wi-Fi equipment. Seeing real benefits in 2014 O2 Wifi is now expanding its deployment and adopting newly launched products such as the unique Data Offload Indicator technology in 2015. They are now using OptiWi-fi\u2019s Business Intelligence products enabling management of customer experience across their network.\n\nIn 2014 the Telefonica Global organisation decided to integrate OptiWi-fi's unique Wi-Fi Diagnostics and Management platform across its global Wi-Fi network in 17 countries. These rollouts begin in 2015."}
-{"text": "Go to page\n\nGo to page\n\nWhats the earliest OS X these cards work on? 10.10 or 10.9? With or without NVidia drivers? I'm wondering if I use one of these with KVM (virtual machine not switch!) and video passthrough which OS X I can get to run"}
-{"text": "THE official opening of a bypass will forge new transport links between North and South Wales according to an Assembly Minister.\n\nThe 10km Llanllyfni bypass was finally opened by Environment Minister Sue Essex last Friday after the original opening date of August 21 was delayed by a colony of European protected Lesser Horseshoe Bats at Glynllifon.\n\nThe cabinet minister declared that the #12 million stretch of carriageway would signal a new era of road safety and improve transport infrastructure.\n\nShe said: \"The scheme is significant because, as well as improving this important section of the A487, it brings environmental relief to residents of Groeslon, Penygroes and Llanllyfni.\n\n\"The road will take traffic away from these communities, enhancing road safety and reducing accidents.\n\n\"The new road is part of the National Assembly's strategy to improve transport links between North and South Wales in accordance with its BetterWales commitment.\"\n\nThe scheme involved reclassification of 0.6km of the A499 county road at Llanwnda to become the A487 trunk road, construction of 8km of single carriageway road bypassing the villages of Groeslon, Penygroes and Llanllyfni and on-line improvement of 1.6 km of the existing A487 trunk road south of Llanllyfni.\n\nPermanent diversions of Lon Eifion, part of the National Cycle Network, which runs parallel to the new road have also been included.\n\nSue Essex added: \"Environmental concerns have also been addressed in accordance with the Assembly's policy to harmonise road schemes with their surroundings.\n\n\"For example over 10km of walls have been built along much of the new highway boundary to immediately assimilate the new road into the landscape.\n\n\"We are continuing to monitor the effect of the scheme on the bats and all reasonable measures are being taken to minimise any adverse effects on the colony.\"\n\nDafydd Wigley AM applauded the efforts of villagers who campaigned over the years: \"It was a just cause worth fighting for and it proves that if you knock on doors for long enough, someone will eventually open those doors.\"\n\nGwynedd Council leader Alun Ffred Jones who campaigned to have the bypass opened said that it was a day of mixed emotion: \"I have ambivalent feelings about this, the bypass is going to mean that Penygroes is a safer and more pleasant place to live, however it will have some detrimental effects on shops on the High Street.\"\n\nLlanllyfni councillor OP Huws added: \"It will give us a tremendous boost in helping new industries into the valley.\""}
-{"text": "How did Ireland Manage to \u2018accidentally\u2019 legalise class A Drugs for 24 hours?\n\nYou may or may not have read about how through a series of legal happenings, Ireland legalised more than 100 usually illegal drugs. Oops.\n\nIn a case heard on Tuesday, the Republic's court of appeal said part of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, which allows the government to make orders to control certain substances, is unconstitutional.\n\nThis meant that all government orders made under the powers granted by this part of the act, were void and unenforceable \u2013 meaning all of the substances controlled by such orders were once again uncontrolled and it would not be an offence to posses them.\n\nWhat does it mean if law is 'unconstitutional'?\n\nMost states have some form of constitution. This can be written down and made up into one document known as being 'codified' or can be made up of many parts some of which are unwritten \u2013 as is the UK constitution. A state's constitution can very basically be described as the rules about the rules. This means that any rules made to govern the country must be in compliance with the constitution, or that law will be unconstitutional and cannot make up part of the law.\n\nWhy was Ireland's drug control law deemed unconstitutional?\n\nIn the case heard on Tuesday, it was found that the Misuse of Drugs Act was being added to in an unconstitutional way \u2013 without consulting the Oireachtas (both houses of the Irish parliament). This meant that the act itself was not unconstitutional but anything added to the act in an improper way that was not in accordance with the constitution was void. Over 100 substances were controlled by orders added improperly to the Misuse of Drugs Act.\n\nSo, what now?\n\nThe Irish government must now force through emergency legislation in its parliament.\n\nThe emergency law won't come into force until the Republic's second chamber, endorses the legislation and the president gives his approval.\n\nTo find out more about constitutional law read our guides here.\n\nIf the mistake had occurred next Tuesday, what a St. Patricks Day that would have been..."}
-{"text": "The ESP8266 is configured to boot from SDIO, then main SoC loads it with firmware and starts communicating via SDIO. Perhaps emulating SDIO via SPI? There is option to boot from normal SPI, but the original firmware is probably unusable then and I'm not aware of any alternatives, in source or at least binary form.\n\nInitially I thought of using \"default\" firmware in most of ESP8266 modules, acting as modem, via serial interface and AT commands - http://www.pridopia.co.uk/pi-doc/ESP826 ... ndsSet.pdf . It will be sluggish slow, though - 115k2 baudrate, perhaps higher. On the other hand, it is probably the easiest way to add Wi-fi. Is this alternative possible?\n\nThe ESP8266 does have another SPI interface whilst the onboard flash is connected to the SDIO port. I use one of these with a tiny 0.96 inch oled display on the spi bus and a couple of sensors on the I2C port at the same time. It works very well with custom software on the module and with a small LiIon battery it lasts around 5 hours or so on a single charge. It even generates an SVG based web page at the same time which looks rather nice. I suppose you could write a comms framework on the ESP8266 to use it as a SLIP network device in theory.\n\nI'm waiting for the ESP32 to arrive for a new project of mine and it'd be great to see RetroBSD or LiteBSD running on it. The whole size of the module and low power means it's a great IOT platform amongst many other things. Especially since my whole experience with the 32MZ chips has been a total nightmare and I'm close to throwing in the towel with it until I can get hold of a reliable board. LiteBSD is great, the hardware is not.\n\nMay I please ask why? I am/was considering it but don't actually have one running yet.\n\nThat said I have a few MX systems that have been running for years [ doing simple stuff ]. I don't like the \"clock cap\", but they to otherwise seem pretty solid [ I have observed a few unexplained things ]\n\nMy problematic experience has been with the clock source on my HMZ144 and the unreliable UART comms. The board seems to go through one or more of the following states:\n\n1) UART garbage output whilst booting, although the proc does indeed boot up as expected.2) UART garbage and constant rebooting.3) UART garbage as the first few lines of output and then it stabillises, then finishes booting.4) Boots as normal with correct output on the UART.\n\nNo matter what I try the above, especially #1, occurs 90% of the time which renders the board useless. The only thing left for me to do is attach a proper oscillator rather than use a crystal, but this then means a nasty looking mod on the board which I'm not happy with.\n\nIf it does succeed in booting up with no UART garbage then the whole system runs perfectly fine until it's power cycled. Once it's power cycled though the above #1 issue will rear it's head. If I had the option to buy myself a WiFire board I most certainly would. I've changed everything from power sources to USB UART modules to grounding the laptop and using a proper desktop. All of which have made no difference.\n\nI hope everyone else doesn't get the issues I've experienced as they're quite disheartening and time wasting to say the least.\n\nSerge, thanks for clarification.I'll try to take a look at SPI mode of ESP8266, and I'll see. Even if I wouldn't find anything usbale, throwing 2USD module on board wouldn't harm anyway. I'll give it a few days, then I'm going to make feasibility study - whether the components fits the board.\n\nThanks. Sounds like the problem you describe is similar to what I have found with some of my RetroBSD prototypes?\n\nI don't stock surface mount parts very much. So a very low ESR hi value cap. is not there. Also the breadboard I am using has pretty long leads to the chip pins. I have tried various other caps from gumdrop tant. caps to multiple 0.01 and 10uf alum. cap. You gotta wonder what could possibly be going on on the chip to require such a low ESR external cap. I bet is was REAL fun for someone to figure out what it took to actually get the chip to run reliably!\n\nAs you say, once running everything seems to run OK for long periods of time. But getting it started is another problem. I keep the factory at 43deg F in the winter and one of my boards won't start without a heat gun. One sometimes doesn't start.\n\nI was VERY glad to see no unusual cap. needed for the MZ, but it sounds like the underlying chip problem is still there?\n\nAlso, I discovered that to talk from the JTAG to the RAM a clock is needed. This is now, thank goodness, documented in the spec. sheet. But I had to discover it by experiment .\n\nMANY thanks for your remarks . I wonder if you are using the MZ...EC or the MZ...EF and if the problem you describe is extant in both chips?\n\nThere is nothing like being on the bleeding edge of technology. I wonder how the new chip with built-in DDR will turn out? DDR typically has some pretty intense current spikes!\n\nAll,New to this board, and have been working with the MZ for about a year on some USB audio projects.\n\nI did a module for the MZ about 8 months ago but want to rework it now with EBI. The first module I did had USB device/host HS, SD card and Ethernet. I am thinking of putting external memory on a mezzanine board as async SRAM can get a little costly and would be limited as I don't like to deal with Ball Grid Parts to 4MB per unit (total capable 16MB with the 144pin MZ).\n\nI was considering using maybe a small FPGA like a Lattice ICE40LP384 to do SDRAM instead. I used the LP384 in the past and loaded it from a MX SPI port and it worked really well. But I am not much of an FPGA programmer to do SDRAM.\n\nAnyway I need external memory as I am going to have to port some posix code that is a requirement now from a company I do work for.\n\nHi...as per my knowledge MMU is clearly needed, but I have yet to see it work. I do have an MZ...EF board, but really want to read and store what is in its flash before I start to fiddle. MZ looks like a pretty well thought out product from what I see so far. So the MZ...EF is probably good to start out with?As far as the 'try another micro' comments go, every time a new chip is announced the world nervously tries to figure out whether this is 'the' solution to their problems.\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum"}
-{"text": "Art Computer: 27\" Windows 8 All-in-One\n\nLoaded with everything from the Adobe Creative Suite to Blender, this computer is full of software designed for meeting your visual and graphical needs. It even has a second monitor attached for viewing tutorials while you work!"}
-{"text": "Share this:\n\nA Republican governor, new to the legislative process, came into office facing a $24 million (huge in those days) budget shortfall. Significant educational, social service, arts and infrastructure needs were endangered. This all happened fifty years ago this month, in January 1968.\n\nThe governor was Louie B. Nunn, a former county executive from Glasgow. He was a member of a conservative wing in the Republican Party that in those days was dominated by moderates like Sen. John Sherman Cooper, Sen. Thruston B. Morton and Jefferson County Judge Marlow Cook, who Nunn defeated in a bitter GOP primary in May 1967.\n\nThe solution to the state\u2019s budget troubles? Nunn made a deal with his Democratic peers in the legislature and allowed a tax increase \u2014 from three to five percent in the sales tax \u2014 to be approved.\n\nAnd the result was one of the most enlightened periods in modern Kentucky history.\n\nNunn\u2019s Legacy\n\nWhen he died in 2004 at the age of 79, Nunn was saluted in The New York Times for the accomplishments of his single term. Kentucky became a national model for caring for the mentally ill, those with intellectual disabilities and juvenile delinquents. A network of 22 mental health centers was created, and \u201cfor the first time in Kentucky history, all four state psychiatric hospitals were fully accredited.\u201d\n\nIn addition, the new revenue allowed dramatic improvement in the state\u2019s system of public higher education. Nunn paved the way for the University of Louisville, then facing bankruptcy as a semi-private municipal university, to became a state school. For that alone, he deserves praise.\n\nHis advocacy for Kentucky Educational Television helped to create a treasure of news and public service that we still value today. He doubled the occupancy rate of lodges in the Kentucky State Parks system. The list goes on.\n\nNot all was perfect with Nunn, which a quick visit to Wikipedia or The Courier-Journal archives, will reveal. He tried, unsuccessfully, to dismiss thousands of state employees, just because they were Democrats. His 1967 campaign against Marlow Cook included some of the most virulent bigotry against Jews and Catholics (Cook was a Roman Catholic and had support from prominent Jewish Republicans in Louisville, including Congressman John Yamuth\u2019s grandfather, Samuel Klein.)\n\nNunn also echoed much of Richard Nixon\u2019s meanest law-and-order rhetoric and helped drive a wedge between African Americans and the GOP that has not healed in 50 years.\n\nAnd, after raising taxes, Nunn was never again elected to public office, despite attempts to win a Senate seat and return to the governor\u2019s chair. \u201cNickel Nunn\u201d became a common (and unfavorable) nickname among voters of both parties.\n\nBut hindsight tells us that Nunn\u2019s courageous decision on taxes made a difference for decades. Politically he paid the price at the ballot box, but in terms of services to Kentucky, there is no question that he did the right thing. And not one governor has since supported an increases in taxes, other than Brereton Jones, who approved the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act, which included changes in the state income tax system. Jones has never been elected to another office either.\n\nBevin\u2019s Short-sighted Approach\n\nFast forward to January 2018. The sitting Republican governor has a Republican controlled House and Senate. If he were to advocate what Louie Nunn did, he probably could pass it.\n\nInstead, we have a parsimonious approach to dealing with revenue shortages. Seventy entities in the commonwealth are facing possible defunding, many of them not insignificant. These include the University Press of Kentucky, a nationally admired publisher of significant scholarly works. They also include the Kentucky Commission on Women, which has played a significant role in raising awareness of women\u2019s issues in a half-century of change. Baffling is the cut for Trover Clinic in Madisonville, whose record of service is neither partisan nor insignificant.\n\nSometimes Bevin reminds me of a visitor from a small planet (he hails from New Hampshire) who simply doesn\u2019t understand the rich heritage of this commonwealth or the institutions that have been vital in achieving that. Worse still, he doesn\u2019t seem to care to understand them He also has championed some rather limited, even strange, causes like his incredible devotion to adoption services. Nothing wrong with that, but the balance between those and many others on the list are completely out of kilter.\n\nNo doubt the Governor will get what he wants now that he has a rubber stamp legislature. However, one could only wish that he had the courage to emulate the last and perhaps most successful Republican governor in history. So far, that seems pretty unlikely.\n\nKeith L. Runyon is a retired editorial page editor and book editor of The Courier-Journal, where he worked from 1969-2012."}
-{"text": "Study: 25 developers grab half of all app store revenue\n\nThe rise of smartphones has created a booming app industry worth billions of dollars. Apple alone claims it has created close to 300,000 jobs in the U.S. and paid out over $6 billion to developers. But with hundreds of thousands...\n\nOuch -- shark tank. It is easier than ever to write and sell your applications, but it is also more competitive than ever. I am not sure if the $1 - $499 bar includes people who lose money. I actually know someone who lose money because the app revenue doesn't cover the annual AppStore membership fees. It's a good thing his livelihood doesn't depend on it."}
-{"text": "Improv Everywhere staged their annual No Pants Subway Ride over the weekend. Here are photos from the New York leg (har) of this global flash mob (har). There but (har?) for the grace of God go I. Considering it was below freezing, area hospitals were probably flooded with cases of non-sexy exposure. Now with video!\n\nImprov Everywhere told a group of riders on a New York subway car that they were photographers hired by the MTA to take photos of every person who rides the subway for a yearbook. This is the goofy, but kind of adorable result. (Via.)"}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nTag Archives: foil\n\nScott Foil 30 Men\u2019s Carbon Road Bike Size L 56 2017 Shimano rrp \u00a32399.99The legend of the FOIL continues, and things are about to get even better. The FOIL 30 has been designed to be even more aerodynamic, more comfortable, \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "Pensamientos Alternados\n\nOccupy Movement takes US banks to court over evictions \u2013 Press TV\n\nPress TV Occupy Movement takes US banks to court over evictions Press TV In 2009, the Bank of America and other banks promised to stop evicting families from their homes during the month of December; however, the Occupy Movement says the pledge has\u2026"}
-{"text": "Sugar Substitutes\n\nWhat is the best sugar substitute to use for baking and daily use for diabetics?\n\nWhen making the decision to substitute sugar with artificial sweeteners, it is common to find yourself confused on which types to use. With the many choices you see on the market, it can be easily overwhelming. Which one should I use for baking? Which one is best for my ice tea or coffee? Are they safe?\n\nTo make decisions on which sweeteners to use, its best to fully understand them first. Artificial sweeteners are low-calorie substances that are actually many times sweeter than table sugar. It takes smaller amounts of them to sweeten foods, and they typically do not raise your blood sugar by themselves. The FDA currently has approved 5 types of artificial sweeteners as safe for use:\n\nWhen using sugar substitutes for baking, Sucralose, Acesulfame K, and Saccharin can be used. It is good to remember that sugar substitutes do not provide the same chemical effects that regular sugar undergoes when exposed to high temperatures. For example, browning is usually absent when baking desserts with these product, so presentation may differ from what you may have expected. Saccharin is not recommended for baking, but can be used to sweeten hot and cold foods or beverages.\n\nSo, if a product is made with these sweeteners instead of sugar, can we have as much as our hearts desire? The answer is unfortunately no. It is true that adding sugar substitutes instead of sugar to your daily meals or beverages can cut down on your carbohydrates, but many products listed as \u201csugar-free\u201d can actually have MORE carbohydrates and calories than the regular product. Getting in the habit of reading nutritional labels can help you make wise grocery shopping decisions. Remember, even though it may be listed as sugar-free, excess carbohydrates can raise your blood sugar and the hidden calories can cause weight gain.\n\nSugar alcohols, such as mannitol or sorbitol are used in many sugar-free products, but use caution. These sweeteners can raise your blood sugar, and in excess, can cause unpleasant bouts of diarrhea.\n\nAspartame should NOT be used by individuals who have phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare hereditary disease. People with this disease must avoid the amino acid, phenylalanine, which is present in Aspartame.\n\nUsing any of these artificial sweeteners in place of regular sugar is a great way to reduce daily carbohydrates and calories, but it is good to keep in mind, \u201ceverything in moderation.\u201d If you find that you do not prefer the taste of artificial sweeteners, keep regular sugar intake in small portions and count it as part of your daily carbohydrates.\n\nThese questions are ones I receive from http://foodpicker.org, which is a great resource for diabetes nutrition. If you come across this blog however, and have a question or concern or would like to give feedback please don\u2019t hesitate. It is personally a great learning experience for me and it may be useful information to you. Knowledge is power!\n\nSubscribe to Blog via Email\n\nHi! I\u2019m Elissa.\n\nWelcome! I am a registered dietitian, mother of 2 littles, and messy cook who loves spreading credible nutrition knowledge and tasty, nutritious recipes. With our busy lifestyles now a days, I am ALL about simplicity without sacrificing taste or nutrition. My hope is to empower clients, individuals, and families with the nutritional knowledge that allow them to live life to the fullest, and enjoy their food too!"}
-{"text": "Donate today to keep Global Voices strong!\n\nOur global community of volunteers work hard every day to bring you the world's underreported stories -- but we can't do it without your help. Support our editors, technology, and advocacy campaigns with a donation to Global Voices!\n\nTrinidad and Tobago is often referred to as one country, which, of course, it is. But they are also two distinct islands, each with its own identity, not the least of which is political. Tobago will be holding its Tobago House of Assembly elections on Monday, January 21 \u2013 and though these are not national elections, it is still an important vote, as the result will determine who will steer the semi-autonomous body which governs several key functions of what Trinidadians refer to as \u201cthe sister isle\u201d. The THA's twelve elected officials will essentially administer the island of Tobago.\n\nAll of Tobago and most of Trinidad is waiting with bated breath to see how Hochoy Charles, Orville London and Ashworth Jack will perform.\n\nI expect Jack to come out swinging about how Tobago has been mismanaged under both Hochoy Charles (Ring Bang Adda) and London (MilShirv and PNM mismanagement for how many years). In both instances Mr Jack may well have some substance, but\u2026Jack\u2019s biggest achievement tonight will be to distract the Tobago Audience [from]:\n1. His association with the UNC, despite the fact that he is being financed and prepared by the UNC\n\n2. All of the corruption, squandermania and mismanagement that has taken place under Kamla Persad-Bissessar\u2019s tenure.\n\nJack will be trying hard to switch focus from Section 34, the SoE, Reshmi Ramnarine, Gopaul Contract, the $7b Highway, and the most recent move to breach our Constitution, Warner\u2019s announcement that soldiers will be given powers of arrest. That announcement has occurred with nary a comment from any corner\u2026everyone so distracted with THA Elections and getting Hilton Sandy to apologise that they've missed the implications of Warner attempting to usurp the power of the President \u2013 Commander in Chief of the Army \u2013 as well as pervert the purpose of the nation\u2019s Defence Force.\n\nLet me say unequivocally that Sandy\u2019s comment was asinine. It is common knowledge that Tobagonians are clannish and protective of their culture and space\u2026even Afro-Trinidadians are treated like outsiders. It is also common knowledge that in the past decade the Indian population in Tobago has increased steadily and since the last election there have been more and more Indians moving over to Tobago. But for Sandy to make the comment is to indicate that:\n\n1:Indians aren\u2019t considered to be part of Trinidad and Tobago and;\n\n2: The PNM is openly indulging in race politics as well.\n\nBut let\u2019s also not lose sight of the fact that Tobagonians have ample reasons to be wary and cautious of a UNC government. And unfortunately, UNC has come to be equated with Indian, just as PNM is equated with African.\n\nSubsequent to the debate, the blogger, Rhoda Bharath, wrote this post:\n\nBefore Tobago was joined to Trinidad the island ran its own affairs, then after the warding in 1898 the island was treated like a dependent unwanted child. It was reliant on Trinidad to make every decision for it. The island was historically underdeveloped, and because PNM was the party in power the longest that is the one grouse they have had with the PNM and for which London is now facing some pressure. How London has managed Tobago\u2019s budget and development is perhaps his greatest challenge in this election.\n\nEnter from stage right Ashworth Jack, hungry for the position of Chief Secretary. Had the TOP stood on its own in Tobago and really been an independent party, Jack might actually be far more popular than London is right now because after 12 years I believe many Tobagonians want a different type of THA. But the fear of the UNC has galvanized support behind London\u2019s PNM in a way that had the political landscape been different we would not have experienced such pro-PNM enthusiasm.\n\nTobagonians are looking on at Trinidad battling some of the worst corruption, nepotism, mismanagement and constitutional crises ever. It doesn\u2019t help the TOP\u2019s cause either that the UNC has so often insulted and taken pot shots at Keith Rowley, PNM Opposition Leader and another son of the soil. Tobagonians are considering what the UNC\u2019s policies in office could mean for them.\n\nThe Tobago House of Assembly; photo by Angelo Bissessarsingh\n\nShe explained:\n\nOwnership, independence and autonomy means a lot to Tobagonians. And that\u2019s why this THA Act and the issue of maritime boundaries are so crucial. If..there [are] fuel deposits in the seabed off Tobago, then the island stands to experience an economic boom\u2026but there is the very real fear that a TOP controlled by the UNC will hoodwink and cheat Tobago out of its birthright and that Ashworth Jack will sellout Tobagonians.\n\nTobagonians are suspicious of Trinidadians in general; but they are also far more suspicious of Trinidadians wanting to buy up their lands and deny them their birthright. In the last ten years the ethnic landscape of the island has changed dramatically. There are more Indians living and working in Tobago now than any other time, an island to which Indians have no historical ties. And now in 2012 it appears to Tobagonians that Trinidadians, particularly Indo-Trinidadians are taking over their island. It doesn\u2019t help either that the UNC has made so many race-related comments\u2026\n\nThat Hilton Sandy\u2019s comment was inelegant and racist is not in question. It should never have been said. But the statement reveals some of the concerns of Tobagonians under a TOP government. And the same Jack\u2026who was caught using a cheat sheet at last Thursday\u2019s debate is now setting himself up to become Tobago\u2019s Cheat Secretary.\n\nIn a follow-up post, she suggested that even the way in which the debate was organised seemed disrespectful of Tobagonians:\n\nThe Debate had a closed off and select audience. All Tobagonians couldnt attend. Remember this is THA elections\u2026it affects Tobagonians more than it could ever affect Trinidadians. The moderator was a Trinidadian of Indian origin. The panellists presenting the questions both sounded distinctly Trinidadian. The venue was the government owned Magdalena Hotel. The production team was Lisa Wickham, a Trinidadian consultant. The research team that came up with the questions were all from the UWI campus and the names I saw listed featured mostly Trinidadian researchers from the University\u2019s research sphere.\n\nThe message sent was that this debate was a production by Trinidadian for Trinidadians about a Tobagonian issue.\n\nAs the campaigning becomes more intense in the lead-up to Monday's elections, The Eternal Pantomime continues to keep an eye on developments. She posted this yesterday:\n\nThis weekend saw what amounted to a Blitz Krieg from the TOP. The Prime Minister, who a month ago said that the UNC was not running the TOP campaign just lending logistical support, was at Jack\u2019s side being logistical as she attended church with him, read scripture to the congregation during the ceremony and then eventually set of on a walkabout of Mason Hall, Ashworth Jack\u2019s seat in the THA and the village that Keith Rowley is from.\n\nIn the blogosphere the comments flew fast and quick, with many Tobagonians wondering online and out loud how a PM who only just recently insulted Keith Rowley for attending a religious event at the Divali Nagar, could now show up at a Full Gospel Church and participate in the service considering her Hindu Faith\u2026..ironies, I suppose.\n\nWhile in Roxborough last evening a fiery Rowley and London talked about the various missteps of both Ashworth Jack and the UNC. It remains to be seen which campaign style will now work for Tobagonians and whose policies (if any) they are interested in."}
-{"text": "Cities across the US Midwest on Monday are grinding to a halt as a deadly \u201cpolar vortex\u201d descends, promising to deliver heavy snowfall and potentially record-breaking cold temperatures.\n\nAn Arctic blast of freezing, dense air known as a \"polar vortex\"\nwas expected to knock down temperatures and affect more than 140\nmillion Americans beginning Monday, with the frigid temperatures\nmade more severe by the wind chill factor, a reading that tells\nwhat it feels like outside when wind speeds are taken into\naccount.\n\n\"It's just a dangerous cold,\" National Weather Service\nmeteorologist Butch Dye in Missouri, as quoted by AP.\n\nTreacherous conditions have caused a travel nightmare in many\nstates, with many travelers stranded at airports and along icy\nroads. Around 1,200 flights were cancelled Sunday at O'Hare and\nMidway international airports in Chicago, as well as\ncancellations at Logan International Airport in Boston and\nTennessee's Memphis and Nashville international airports.\n\nHazardous conditions forced more than 3,700 flights to be\ncancelled over the weekend.\n\n\"It's not just a snow event, it's a cold event, and that's\nwhat scares us,\" Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said, CNN\nreported. He urged residents to stay in their homes, especially\nafter nightfall.\n\nThe extreme weather has forced school cancellations Monday in\nmany states, including in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and\nMinnesota, where a wind chill of minus 54 F (-47 C) has been\npredicted.\n\nThe severe weather has been blamed for at least 16 deaths so far,\nincluding a worker who was crushed by a shipment of rock salt at\na Philadelphia storage facility. One person died and two were\ninjured when a passenger jet crashed while attempting to land at\nAspen-Pitkin County Airport in western Colorado yesterday.\nOfficials are still attempting to determine the cause of the\naccident.\n\nAt New York's JFK airport, a plane carrying 35 passengers from\nToronto plowed into a snow bank as it was taxiing after landing.\nNo injuries were reported, but the incident halted flights at the\nmajor international hub for two hours.\n\nMeanwhile, southern states are also preparing for possible\nrecord-low temperatures, with single-digit highs anticipated\nTuesday in Georgia and Alabama.\n\nEven in northern Florida temperatures are predicted to drop into\nthe 30s on Tuesday, presenting a potential threat to the state\u2019s\nlucrative citrus crops. Temperatures must be at 28 F (2 C)\ndegrees or lower for four hours straight for fruit to freeze, a\nspokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual said.\n\nSince much of the country has not experienced such cold for\nalmost two decades, authorities are warning that frostbite and\nhypothermia can occur rapidly at minus 15 (-26 C) to 30 (-34 C).\nOfficials are warning people to remain indoors if possible,\nurging people to check on elderly relatives and neighbors.\n\nIn many areas, people were crowding stores to purchase\nlast-minute supplies.\n\nIn Kentucky, where a 2009 ice storm knocked out power to hundreds\nof thousands of people, farmer David Nickell was stocking up on\nessentials, like batteries, gas and food.\n\n\u201cWe are hoping this isn\u2019t going to be more than a few days of\ncold weather, but we did learn with the ice storm that you can\nwake up in the 19th century and you need to be able to not only\nsurvive, but be comfortable and continue with your basic\nday-to-day functions,\u201d Nickell told AP."}
-{"text": "Keenbell Farm,\n\nRockville VA\n\nAddress: 18437 Vontay Road, Rockville VA 23146 / (804) 767-0530\n\nFarm Type:\nFarmer\n\nAbout Us / Keenbell Farm History:\n\nKeenbell Farm is a third generation farm located in Hanover County, Virginia. We specialize in all natural grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and free range eggs. All of our livestock enjoy life out on pasture, are humanely raised and are without growth hormones, steroids, or routine antibiotics. Our cattle are raised on pasture year-around; we provide organic kelp, and natural ground minerals instead of synthetic commercial minerals. The pigs are raised on pasture and rotated behind the cattle, getting a substantial portion of their diet from the grass, and rooting up the ground; we provide them free-choice ground corn to supplement their diet. Our eggs are truly free-range, they at no time are confined in a house with only a small dirt run to use. Our chickens follow behind the other livestock with electric netting and a house in which their feed, nests, and water is kept. Most of their day is spent outside on the fresh grass. All of our meat products are USDA inspected, vacuum sealed and frozen. We specialize in providing \"by the cut,\" so no order is too small. We carry products year-around. We encourage visitors to the farm (call ahead please). We want to make the farm a part of the community, and the community a part of the farm. We take pride in the land that we have been provided and want to ensure that it will be here to provide for the community. Keenbell Farm LLC, CJ Isbell, Eddie Isbell,"}
-{"text": "Post navigation\n\nSoprano Hila Plitmann singing the final movement of David Del Tredici\u2019s Final Alice with the Detroit Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting. (Note, \u201cDel\u201d is a given name, and not part of an Italian surname.)\n\nSteampunk Classical.\n\nWhat a concept!\n\nIn 1975-76, David Del Tredici wrote the first-ever (and perhaps only) \u201cSteampunk\u201d piece of classical orchestral music. (It is based upon Lewis Carroll\u2019s Alice in Wonderland, after all.) The music is very accessible, and in general tonal and melodic, though there are episodes of dissonance and finally, chaos.\n\nThe final movement of Final Alice is the Acrostic Poem epilogue to one of the \u201cAlice\u201d books. The first letters of each line of the poem together spell out Alice Pleasance Liddell, the name of the girl Carroll based Alice on. Tredici instructs all the orchestral players who can, to hiss out like a steam engine the name of each of the first letters. That\u2019s what the strange sounds you are hearing are. There\u2019s also a rather obvious Elgar quote or homage, I think, too.\n\nVideo after the jump!\n\nThe gargantuan work starts starts in media res, with the narrator declaiming from Alice, and then the narrator is almost drowned out by the orchestra\u2019s starting to tune up. The pitches of the open strings of the string instruments are materials Tredici keeps returning to. After about 80 minutes (which is why the score specifies the soprano/sprecher/narrator to be miked and amplified), the orchestra grinds to a halt as the soprano counts to 13 in Italian, and then the oboe sounds the Tuning A\u2014to start the piece?\n\nOr, to wake us up.\n\nBecause, it was all a dream anyway.\n\nSo, here\u2019s live video from Detroit of Mrs. Eric Whitacre\u2019s contributing to the family fisc, and the poem itself.\n\nTHE ACROSTIC POEM\n\nA boat, beneath a sunny skyLingering onward dreamilyIn an evening of July\n\nChildren three that nestle near,Eager eye and willing ear,Pleased a simple tale to hear\n\nLong has paled that sunny sky;Echoes fade and memories die;Autumn frosts have slain July.\n\nStill she haunts me, phantomwise,Alice moving under skiesNever seen by waking eyes.\n\nChildren yet, the tale to hear,Eager eye and willing ear,Lovingly shall nestle near.\n\nIn a Wonderland they lie,Dreaming as the days go by,Dreaming as the summers die;\n\nEver drifting down the streamLingering in the golden gleamLife, what is it but a dream?\n\nThe National Endowment for the Arts commissioned Final Alice for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial, and in honor of Sir Georg Solti. For the longest time, as delighted as I am that Final Alice exists, I could not make sense of the decision to commission an American composer to write an orchestral work based on a classic of British literature as a celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\u2026 .\n\nI have belatedly realized that it makes perfect sense, because Tredici\u2019s work is bold, brash, and self-confident; it tears up the rulebook; it wears its heart on its sleeve; and it is not unacquainted with tragedy. In a word it is: American.\n\nThe only available recording (Solti, Chicago, Barbara Hendricks) has cuts to fit onto one CD, and it appears to be available only from Amazon. There are no hi-res downloads."}
-{"text": "Archive: June, 2007\n\nJesus is constantly reshaping the thinking and actions of his followers. They/we are works in progress. The work is never done. In this passage, Jesus is making his way towards Jerusalem and the cross. On the way, he makes preparations for a visit to a Samaritan town, but he is not welcomed. So James and [\u2026]\n\nJesus is invited to a dinner party. At this party an uninvited woman who had lived a very tough, Luke says sinful, life comes and pours tears and perfume on Jesus\u2019 feet. The dinner host, a Pharisee, sees this and is disturbed. He doesn\u2019t understand, because he did not capture the marvel of the depth [\u2026]\n\nAs part of Webber\u2019s Ancient-Future series, Webber develops an informed understanding of spirituality that sweeps the history of the church. He shows ways in which biblical spiritualities have become captive or diluted by culture, and more importantly he develops ways in which the contemporary church, attuned to the impulses of culture, might recapture a spirituality [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this slasher setup before: There\u2019s a large, creepy house with many dark shadows, perfect for jump scares and surprise attacks. The cast is mainly young, attractive women who are hunted by a crazed killer during the holiday season. And the killer himself is more metaphor than man, an unstoppable, unexplainable personification of masculine id with a singular purpose: to kill all the pretty women. Read More here\n\nfamily sites\n\nsite info\n\nDisclaimer\n\nRemembering Margot Kidder is an unofficial non-profit fan site. We claims no ownership to any material seen on this website and is used, to the best of our knowledge, under the \u201cFair Use\u201d copyright laws. This is just my tribute to the sadly missed actress."}
-{"text": "See the Sea\n\nTwo colors on heather, coral or teal. Five colors on jade. I know heather is a hard sell, but I love the contrast of black & white over the texture of the grey.\n\nI thought this was a really cool Loves theme with tons of narrative possibility. I gave the woman some art deco styling in the form of a wavy bob and a deco/WWII skirt ensemble. I apologize for the poor image quality and tiny pics. Visit my blog for close-ups and color options.\n\nPage:\n\nTwo colors on heather, coral or teal. Five colors on jade. I know heather is a hard sell, but I love the contrast of black & white over the texture of the grey.\n\nI thought this was a really cool Loves theme with tons of narrative possibility. I gave the woman some art deco styling in the form of a wavy bob and a deco/WWII skirt ensemble. I apologize for the poor image quality and tiny pics. Visit my blog for close-ups and color options.\n\nThank you so much for the great feedback so far. In the beginning, the water was a bit of a struggle to take from reference photo to illustration. I eventually found a great drawing to use as reference for the style. I found inspiration in a lot of different things - graphic novels (mentioned above), Huebucket for the flowing scarves, deco architecture for the cliff.\n\nNot only is this amazing work, it's one of the few designs in the contest that speaks directly to the theme without using imagery from the game, or monsters, underwater, etc. It's a very unique interpretation. It's spot on for the theme, and amazing on its own. 5$\n\nI want this shirt soooooooooooooooooooooo bad the best I've seen here! I think I like the green the best, but, I would would buy the blue if her body was skin colored and the clothes where a different shade of blue than the background. No matter what I want this shirt and I want it to be printed."}
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-{"text": "Links\n\nLatest Book!\n\nViolet\n\nViolet is a bright and colorful story set in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands. Told entirely from the point of view of the animals that live there, this is the tale of a unique baby bird named Violet. Violet\u2019s mother is a Red-Footed Booby, and Violet\u2019s father is a Blue-Footed Booby. Their baby, Violet, is the first one of her kind, a Purple-Footed Booby, and she displays characteristics of both species.\n\nBooks\n\nThe Missing Chancleta and Other Top-Secret Cases\n\nFlaca's chancleta, or flip flop, has gone missing! She prepares to investigate the theft! She interviews each of her family members, all of whom are suspects. Oddly, their stories check out, so Flaca will have to dig deeper to find the culprit.\n\nThe Coqui and the Iguana\n\nThe Coqu\u00ed & the Iguana is a book about a young girl's nighttime adventure to one of Puerto Rico's bioluminescent bays. To ease her apprehension about the trip, her cousin tells her a story about a native frog, the coqu\u00ed\u00ad, and an iguana. The story and main character's personal experience demonstrate to the reader that it is important to have a positive outlook when confronting unfamiliar situations."}
-{"text": "See the First Photo of Brad Pitt\u2019s Astronaut in James Gray\u2019s \u2018Ad Astra\u2019\n\nIf you\u2019re an A-list actor who\u2019s not starring in an upcoming movie set in space, who even are you? Ryan Gosling\u2019s got First Man, Robert Pattinson has Claire Denis\u2019 High Life, Natalie Portman has Pale Blue Dot, and then there\u2019s Brad Pitt, leading James Gray\u2019s Ad Astra.\n\nThat latter space-bound film remains the most mysterious. The latest from the filmmaker of The Lost City of Z and The Immigrant stars Pitt as a space engineer who travels to the stars to find his father, who went missing years ago (wait, is this A Wrinkle In Time?). Tommy Lee Jones is set to play the father who went in search of alien life on Neptune. We haven\u2019t heard much in a while, but the very first photo of Pitt in an astronaut suit hit Reddit this week.\n\nAd Astra, which means \u201cto the stars\u201d in Latin, was co-written by Grey and Ethan Gross. Early reports said the film will have a Heart of Darkness vibe, and with a filmmaker like Gray, who makes beautiful, pensive works, this is sure to be something special. Making this project even more exciting is that it was shot by Interstellar and Dunkirk cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema.\n\nThe film also stars Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, and Jamie Kennedy. It\u2019s set for a January 11, 2019 release \u2013 could this be next year\u2019s Annihilation? \u2013 however, there has been some chatter among awards pundits online that the film could get a limited, awards-qualifying run in December. No official word on that yet, but stay tuned as we learn more."}
-{"text": "I'll probably wind up with them. I usually get about everything. :evil:\n\nI bought his Land and Water Lining Drill tape. It wasn't expensive and I liked it. It doesn't have the finish that Youngblood Productions does to the Mike Lardy material. It does however show lining setups and handlers and dogs doing them. If you are an advanced trainer the drills aren't much different from what you are already doing (except I don't have as good a water available) A guy going for his first advanced dog would get a lot out of them. I liked his advice to a handler.\n\nIt's like watching a normal handler being coached by very good handler at times. He talks about his expectations and he shows a few corrections.\n\nThis is more of a homegrown type tape rather than the polish of the Lardy tapes. Much better in tape quality than the Kappes/Curtis tapes though.\n\nLike I said I'll probably wind up with his tapes.\n\nThis is added later after I went to Totten's site and read what he offers.\nTape 1 is Advanced Handling terrain recognition and line management relating to marks.\nTape 2 Advanced Handling terrain recognition and line management on blind retrievers"}
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-{"text": "Vietnam Unknown's Medal to Stay With Tomb\n\nST. LOUIS \u2014 The Medal of Honor that hung on the Tomb of the Unknowns for 14 years while Air Force Lt. Michael J. Blassie was buried there will not join him at his new burial place.\n\nRelatives of the Vietnam War casualty, whose remains were identified and moved this summer to a national cemetery near his home, were told by Undersecretary of Defense Rudy de Leon that their request for the medal had been denied.\n\nThe family was disappointed but respects the Defense Department's decision, said Blassie's sister, Air Force Reserve Capt. Patricia Blassie.\n\n\"As a family, we really believe the medal should follow Michael,\" she said Friday.\n\nThe St. Louis pilot was shot down May 11, 1972, during the battle of An Loc in South Vietnam.\n\nAt the family's insistence, the government agreed in May to disinter remains believed to be Blassie's from the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. DNA testing produced a positive identification, and his remains were reburied July 10 at Jefferson Barrack National Cemetery outside St. Louis.\n\nIn a letter to the family dated Thursday, De Leon said that, under the 1984 law establishing the Tomb for the Vietnam War era, the Medal of Honor was awarded symbolically to an entire class of unidentified soldiers, rather than an individual.\n\n\"It is the Department's intent to keep the Vietnam Unknown Medal of Honor on display at Arlington National Cemetery as a tribute to all who, like Michael, unselfishly gave their lives in service to our nation during the Vietnam conflict,\" he wrote.\n\nBut Patricia Blassie said, \"It was presented to the Vietnam Unknown. And Michael is the Vietnam Unknown.\"\n\nVeterans groups had opposed the family's request.\n\n\"The law is very specific,\" said Phil Budahn, spokesman for the American Legion's national headquarters in Washington. \"The lieutenant no longer fits the criteria of the law.\""}
-{"text": "Why do Hague and Cameron give comfort to anti-Christian regimes?\n\nOur Government deplores attacks on Christians but continues to support governments that make them possible\n\nIt has been a deeply distressing weekend for all who care about Christians abroad. About 60 people have been murdered coming out of Mass by suicide bombers in Peshawar, Pakistan, and a considerable number have been killed (the death toll is still unclear) at a shopping mall in Nairobi by members of a Somali terrorist gang which specifically targeted non-Muslims, which in Kenya means Christians.\n\nBoth these incidents require a nuanced but nevertheless forthright response.\n\nThe Pakistani government has a long and proven record of not only failing to protect its minorities, but actually persecuting such minorities. The crime in Peshawar is to be blamed on the perpetrators, but it is also the fault of the Pakistani government, which has failed to protect its Christian citizens and which has given in to extremism by passing discriminatory blasphemy laws.\n\nThere is little any reader of The Catholic Herald can do to influence the Pakistani government, one fears, but one can ask our elected representatives in Britain why our government is so friendly to Pakistan. Why do Hague and Cameron give comfort to an anti-Christian regime?\n\nThe Kenyan case is different. Here one must sympathise with the ordinary people of Kenya (among whom I lived for four years). Their government has failed over the last few decades to do anything to stem the rising tide of violent crime which blights the country. This means that Kenya is a place where no one is safe, rich or poor, and where everyone spends their entire time looking over their shoulder. Shopping malls are popular in Nairobi among the affluent who can afford to use them because they were thought to be safer than the streets. Not any more, sadly.\n\nThe failure of the Kenyan government to protect its citizens is a blanket failure, so it cannot be claimed that the government of Kenya is sectarian (at least not in the regard). On top of ordinary violent crime, such as the daily murders, burglaries, assaults and car and busjackings, Kenyans have for some time had to face the horrors of terrorism, ever since the bombing of the US embassy in 1998, which killed 213 people, the vast majority of the Kenyans.\n\nSo, what can we do to help Kenya? Kenya is another key British ally, just like Pakistan. One way the British Government could help is by taking a tough attitude against corruption, for it is government corruption in Kenya that is responsible for its police force being little short of a national joke, though a joke at the expense of the Kenyan people.\n\nThere was once a British High Commissioner to Kenya who dared to say what everyone knew to be true. He called out the corrupt in a powerful speech back in 2004. It won him no friends in Kenya, and (what may surprise some, but shouldn\u2019t) no friends in Whitehall. The sad truth is that the British Government does not care about ordinary Kenyans; it only cares about keeping in with the Lords of Misrule. And the same is true in the case of Pakistan.\n\nOur Government may well say it deplores attacks on Christians the world over, but it will continue, one fears, to support governments that make such attacks possible. In the case of Syria it will continue, one fears, to aid the very people who attack Christians. Next time there is an election in Britain, let us remember this.\n\nI also pity those Catholics suffering from damaging feelings of guilt for failing to \u201clive up\u201d to the more foolish teachings of the Church. These teachings are not derived from Jesus, but from the writings of theologians, and others, who also served the political purpose of developing the hold of the Church over populations. They have no place within a rational Catholicism.\n\nThis supercilious and self-serving flesh-mindedness is utterly incompatible with the entirety of the Catholic Faith. Implicit in your statement of creed is a total rejection of the supernatural, and a reduction of the Good News of Jesus Christ to the level of some simple \u201cteachings\u201d, as if the Lord were simply some worthy mortal philosopher.\n\nNot so. Christ is the Resurrected Son of God, and His Flesh and His Blood are truly present in the consecrated Species of the Eucharist, so that the supernatural is the core and the purpose and the sole meaning of the Catholic Faith.\n\nYour \u201cenlightened\u201d \u201crationalism\u201d is its utter antithesis.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nI pass nothing off as truth\n\nThis is because of your atheism.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nI shall not waste my efforts again\n\nThat\u2019s what you said last time.\n\nmikethelionheart\n\nMeena\nJulian Lord is right.\nThe reduction of Jesus to a simple \u2018wiseman\u2019 figure, like Socrates or the Buddha, is incredibly childish and very, very out of date. It shows a complete lack of understanding.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nOnce you are privy to all the information held by the Government and then have to decide how to balance all the competing interests I will take your comment seriously.\n\nUntil then I don\u2019t think you have a clue what you are talking about.\n\nIn application of identical criteria, private, you therefore haven\u2019t a clue what you\u2019re talking about.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\n\u201dNot so. Christ is the Resurrected Son of God, and His Flesh and His Blood are truly present in the consecrated Species of the Eucharist, so that the supernatural is the core and the purpose and the sole meaning of the Catholic Faith.\u201d\n\nNo doubt some Moslems would have something equally irrational to say about Mohammed and Islam. And once you abandon rationality, there is no way that you can use rational argument to show which view has the greater merit.\n\nMeena is correct about righteousness. And such notions are instilled with the approval of governments, including the British Government, and backed up with edicts such as that we should respect religious views, coupled with the demonisation of atheists.\n\nFor governments to discourage rationality is to be complicit in consequent irrational acts.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nThe supernatural is, in reality, neither rational nor irrational ; nor, frankly, is the natural \u2014 and I have no idea why you suggest that anyone at all is \u201cdiscouraging rationality\u201d ; it appears to be yet another one of your ludicrous strawmen.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nThe supernatural constitutes manifestations or events attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. There is no rationale behind such an attribution. (And I do not need to remind you what attitude the Catholic Church takes towards anyone who shows that instances they claim to be supernatural can be scientifically understood and are not beyond the laws of nature.) Any manifestation or event is nature and therefore coherent with the laws of nature, even if our understanding of those laws is not perfect, and it is irrational to proclaim that science will never get a better understanding of those laws.\n\nThe prime culprits (but not the only culprits) encouraging irrationality are religious organisations. Their influence over governments is illustrated in England by a law that compels schools to facilitate collective worship, and thus require schools to have at least one teacher who is prepared, in spite of his/her vocation, to lie to children. Even the latest National Curriculum is distorted in a way that accommodates this.\n\nla Catholic state\n\nMC\u2026..we are not privy to a lot, including inside the heads of our leaders. Therefore\u2026.we can and must judge them on their actions. They are after all leading us\u2026.and we must figure out to where.\nWe must judge them by their actions (and words, knowing these may be misleading). That is all I claim to do.\n\nla Catholic state\n\nBut why are they trying to destabilise Syria?! At best\u2026.it is none of their business. At worst, it is an indirect war on that country. They seem besotted with supporting would-be Islamist regimes.\nIs there a supernatural root to all this?! Knowing their cold attitude to Jesus Christ, His followers and His commandments, it wouldn\u2019t surprise me.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nAny manifestation or event is natur[al] and therefore coherent with the laws of nature\n\nProve it.\n\nContrariwise, I claim that the above statement is irrational.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\n\u2018Nature\u2019 refers to the phenomena of the physical world. Anything we perceive through the senses is, by definition, physical.\n\nIf one attributes manifestation or event to a force, one must have either perceived that manifestation or event through one\u2019s senses, or someone else has done and has related the experience.\n\nWhat is irrational about that?\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nNature\u2019 refers to the phenomena of the physical world\n\nThis is not proof, it\u2019s just a paraphrase.\n\n$20596475\n\nIf you are referring to my knowledge of Catholicism then I have never claimed to understand it\u2019s intricacies, not being a Catholic.Nor have I any interest in knowing any more. I comment only on the application of the way it impacts on the wider world and not what you all do privately.\n\n$20596475\n\nI am always self reflective, so nothing unusual there! I don\u2019t think I ever throw mud, let alone get hit by it. Maybe you are confusing me with JabbaPapa?\n\n$20596475\n\nThat is why we have the opportunity to change them every 5 years. Maybe you will now take your own words to heart and reflect a little more before you make such uninformed criticisms.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nIt is a definition of nature, as in my Oxford dictionary and the wikipedia article on nature, and as such forms part of the proof.\n\nPlease answer my question.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nIf you are referring to my knowledge of Catholicism\n\nYour reading disabilities are a great hindrance to proper understanding, aren\u2019t they.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nThis is ludicrous \u2014 you\u2019re basically supporting your philosophical claim by reference to itself, and then claiming that this is \u201cproof\u201d.\n\nThat\u2019s what I mean by \u201cirrational\u201d \u2014 you would be unable to demonstrate the veracity of this claim, no matter how deeply entrenched it might be into your belief system.\n\n$20596475\n\nDid you miss the word \u201cif\u201d. If it wasn\u2019t then it appears that it is your writing disabilities that are actually the problem.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nYou asked me to prove that any manifestation or event is natural and therefore coherent with the laws of nature.\n\n1. I presumed that you were happy with the part that says that if something is natural, then it is coherent with the laws of nature (since that is implicit in the phrase \u2018laws of nature\u2019). I therefore tried to show that any manifestation or event is natural.\n\n2. In isolation, there would be the problem of knowing what was meant by \u2018manifestation\u2019 and \u2018event\u2019, but in the context of this branch of the thread, we know that these are phenomena that are attributed to some force (either by the person perceiving them, or by a person to whom they were reported).\n\n3. My first premise is that such manifestations and events (in the sense given by 2) are perceived through the senses.\n\n4. The relevant definition of \u2018physical\u2019 is \u201drelating to things perceived through the senses\u201d.\n\n5. From 3 and 4, such manifestations and events are physical phenomena.\n\n6. The relevant sense of \u2018Nature\u2019 refers to the phenomena of the physical world. (i.e physical phenomena are \u2018natural\u2019.)\n\n7. From 5 and 6, manifestations and events are natural.\n\n8. From 1 and 7, any manifestation or event is natural and therefore coherent with the laws of nature.\n\nNone of the earlier steps in this reasoning depend on later steps, so it is not self-referential. I claim that this reasoning is rational, but I may be missing something. If you still think that it is irrational, please point to what part of the reasoning is invalid.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nIt\u2019s like trying to talk to a brick wall.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\n2. In isolation, there would be the problem of knowing what was meant by \u2018manifestation\u2019 and \u2018event\u2019, but in the context of this branch of the thread, we know that these are phenomena that are attributed to some force (either by the person perceiving them, or by a person to whom they were reported).\n\nYou\u2019ve done it again \u2014 paraphrasing your claim does not demonstrate it.\n\nYour claim was, in reality, that every \u201cevent\u201d is natural and, by implication, that supernatural events do not exist.\n\nYour claim that every event is a physical phenomenon does NOT demonstrate anything at all ; and the rest of your post is just some window-dressing to try and conceal your failure to address the actual question in any kind of satisfactory manner.\n\nYour attempt to dismiss the central problematic as just some kind of \u201cisolated\u201d quibble is unappealing.\n\nla Catholic state\n\nI most certainly will not! That would be an abdication of electoral duty. I will continue to ponder critically the actions of Cameron and co, which on the whole I find to be reprehensible\u2026.if not downright demonic. I haven\u2019t fully decided on that yet\u2026but I am leaning towards it.\n\n$20596475\n\nTry reading what I say, standing back and reflecting on it for a while before you fire off one of your knee jerk standard responses, and maybe then you will stop seeing a wall.\n\nThere are none so blind as those who will not see.\n\n$20596475\n\nFortunately there are not too many people who think as you do. There are always a few on the extreme fringes, both left and right, who get really worked up over issues and make lots of noise. There are some who feel the UK should withdraw from any involvement in other countries and leave them to do whatever they choose.\n\nThat is their, and your, right. However the only time it really matters is when we ALL come to vote and then we will see if these views are shared. I confidently predict that they won\u2019t be.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nLoosely you could say that item 2 paraphrases the original definition of \u2018supernatural\u2019 that I offered and which you did not seem to query initially. I wrote \u201dThe supernatural constitutes manifestations or events attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.\u201d. That was based on the definition of \u2018the supernatural\u2019 given at http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/supernatural?q=supernatural. I pointed out that for the manifestations or events to be attributed to anything, they must first have been perceived. Are you disagreeing with that, or are you disagreeing with the Oxford definition of \u2018supernatural?\n\nThat every event is a physical phenomenon (item 5) is used in item 7, so it is not true to say that it does not demonstrate anything at all. Neither is it true that the rest is window-dressing because each item (1..7) is necessary in establishing item 8. Neither is it true that I am trying to conceal my failure. Neither is it true that I am attempting to dismiss the central problem as just some kind of isolated quibble. Your invention of these false accusations is irrational.\n\nSo what is your response to my first paragraph about item 2?\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nIt\u2019s just a neverending flow of trite clich\u00e9 from you, private, isn\u2019t it.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nYou\u2019ve addressed my points not in the slightest, unsurprisingly.\n\nMy main quibble with that definition would be the use of the word \u201cforce\u201d, because it is inherently limiting, and it attempts to fit the supernatural into a little box.\n\nNevertheless, even taking the rather limiting phrase \u201cbeyond scientific understanding\u201c, can you not see that your attempts to impose some para-scientific terminologies onto the supernatural is incoherent with the very definition that you yourself have decided to propose ?\n\nThat every event is a physical phenomenon (item 5) is used in item 7, so it is not true to say that it does not demonstrate anything at all.\n\nThis is a straightforward example of circular reasoning.\n\nYou start with a premiss that all events are natural \u2014 which is what I have challenged \u2014 you then produce some paraphrastic syllogism therefrom \u2014 then conclude that all events are natural.\n\nRound and round the roundabout \u2026\n\nBut you have made exactly NO meaningful attempt to demonstrate the truth of that initial premiss !!!\n\nYour premiss that all events are natural is, quite simply, not supported by any proof, it is quite simply an irrationally determined article of your belief system.\n\nAnd fair enough BTW, if that\u2019s what floats your boat ; but if you want to discuss metaphysics, it is dishonest to look at this premiss otherwise than as any other metaphysical theory.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\n\u201dYou\u2019ve addressed my points not in the slightest, unsurprisingly.\u201d\n\nI addressed every single point in your post, so that is another false accusation, and very nastily put. At least you refrained from enhancing the words \u2018slightest\u2019 and \u2018unsurprisingly\u2019, so I guess I should be thankful for that.\n\n\u201dMy main quibble with that definition would be the use of the word \u201cforce\u201d, because it is inherently limiting, and it attempts to fit the supernatural into a little box.\u201d\n\nThis is the crux of the matter. Based on this and posts from other threads, it seems that you do not like some words being defined in way that fits them into a semantic box. Could this be because of the limit it places on the scope for word tricks?\n\nYou introduced the word \u2018supernatural\u2019 into this branch of the thread, without defining it, so it seems reasonable that readers assume a default meaning (appropriate to the context). I am aware that some words are used on this site to mean something in the context of Catholicism that differs from the generally understood meaning (as might be given in the Oxford English Dictionary), which is why I wrote what I understand the word to mean (which is the Oxford meaning) and would have expected you to correct this if it was not what you meant. You have belatedly disagreed with the meaning that I gave (after I have painstakingly argued on the basis of the Oxford meaning), but you have not said what your definition is, and it seems, by your \u2018little box\u2019 phrase, that you are reluctant to give one.\n\nMutual understanding of the meaning of words is essential to rational exchange. The definitions are sometimes vague, and that makes precise communication more difficult, as does the contemporaneous use of alternative meanings. Arguments which deliberately make use of this imprecision to try to make a falsehood seem true are irrational arguments. Such arguments are prolific on this site.\n\n\u201dNevertheless, even taking the rather limiting phrase \u201cbeyond scientific understanding\u201d, can you not see that your attempts to impose some para-scientific terminologies onto the supernatural is incoherent with the very definition that you yourself have decided to propose ?\u201d\n\nNo. How can a valid definition be incoherent with itself? \u2013 it does not matter because I can try to work with your definition of \u2018supernatural\u2019 if you would provide it. If you won\u2019t provide it, then I suggest that you try to work with the definition that Oxford Dictionaries seem to think is perfectly adequate.\n\n\u201dThis [\u201cThat every event is a physical phenomenon (item 5) is used in item 7, so it is not true to say that it does not demonstrate anything at all.\u201d] is a straightforward example of circular reasoning.\n\nYou start with a premiss that all events are natural \u2014 which is what I have challenged \u2014 you then produce some paraphrastic syllogism therefrom \u2014 then conclude that all events are natural.\u201d\n\nYet another false accusation! I am getting rather tired of these \u2013 they seem to be your main weapon. I did not produce my proof from the assertion that you challenged. The assertion appears in item 8 of the proof by way of the conclusion. Where in items 1..7 is it assumed to be true?\n\n\u201dBut you have made exactly NO meaningful attempt to demonstrate the truth of that initial premiss !!!\u201d\n\nI demonstrated it twice. The second proof was the same as the first, but presented more formally, and with text added that I should not have needed to spell out. So, yet another false accusation. You cannot claim that, because you have retrospectively changed a founding definition that the proof is invalid. The proof may not be relevant to your unstated alternative definition.\n\n\u201dYour premiss that all events are natural is, quite simply, not supported by any proof, it is quite simply an irrationally determined article of your belief system.\u201d\n\nDo you think that repeating your false accusation gives it force?\n\n\u201dAnd fair enough BTW, if that\u2019s what floats your boat ; but if you want to discuss metaphysics, it is dishonest to look at this premiss otherwise than as any other metaphysical theory.\u201d\n\nYou provide a string of false accusations, then (by way of another false accusation) you call me dishonest! You write as if it is not on record for everyone to see exactly what I wrote.\n\nThis matter is of real-world importance. There is an real-world explanation why a gunman might take someone\u2019s life if they do not know the name of Mohammed\u2019s mother.\n\nEDIT: Deleted final sentence as too ambiguous.\n\n$20596475\n\nNope. Only when they are well deserved and then very deliberately used to emphasise the lack of quality in the post being responded to.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nI addressed every single point in your post\n\nQuoting me and then typing some words not responding to the request that I have made of you does not constitute \u201caddressing my points\u201d.\n\nThis is the crux of the matter. Based on this and posts from other threads, it seems that you do not like some words being defined in way that fits them into a semantic box. Could this be because of the limit it places on the scope for word tricks?\n\nCurious that you should use word tricks accusing me of the same in order to try and slip out of your failure to properly respond to the request that I\u2019ve made of you. Not to mention that \u201cit seems that you do not like some words being defined in way that fits them into a semantic box\u201d is completely false.\n\nYou introduced the word \u2018supernatural\u2019 into this branch of the thread, without defining it, so it seems reasonable that readers assume a default meaning (appropriate to the context). I am aware that some words are used on this site to mean something in the context of Catholicism that differs from the generally understood meaning (as might be given in the Oxford English Dictionary), which is why I wrote what I understand the word to mean (which is the Oxford meaning) and would have expected you to correct this if it was not what you meant. You have belatedly disagreed with the meaning that I gave (after I have painstakingly argued on the basis of the Oxford meaning), but you have not said what your definition is, and it seems, by your \u2018little box\u2019 phrase, that you are reluctant to give one.\n\nYou confuse a quibble with the definition, expressing a caveat on my part, as a \u201cdisagreement\u201d with it ; furthermore it is churlish to ask me a specific question about that definition and then act all surprised when an answer to that question is provided that you so obviously dislike.\n\nAs for a definition of the word \u201csupernatural\u201d, I did contemplate this question, but for the sake of the argument decided instead to provide the caveat in question rather than reject the entire definition as such.\n\nAs I thought would be obvious, though I\u2019d clearly forgotten your propensity for hair-splittery.\n\n\u201dNevertheless, even taking the rather limiting phrase \u201cbeyond scientific understanding\u201d, can you not see that your attempts to impose some para-scientific terminologies onto the supernatural is incoherent with the very definition that you yourself have decided to propose ?\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nNo. How can a valid definition be incoherent with itself?\n\n???\n\nDiscussion of your own implicit or explicit attempts to try and define the supernatural in the terms of a strictly immanent approach, and their incompatibility with the definition of \u201csupernatural\u201d that you have provided, is not discussion of that definition but of your own suggestions.\n\nI suppose then that the answer to my somewhat rhetorical question is : \u201cno, you can\u2019t\u201d.\n\nYet another false accusation! I am getting rather tired of these \u2013 they seem to be your main weapon. I did not produce my proof from the assertion that you challenged. The assertion appears in item 8 of the proof by way of the conclusion. Where in items 1..7 is it assumed to be true?\n\nThis is incorrect \u2014 your statement in 1) \u201cif something is natural, then it is coherent with the laws of nature\u201d directly excludes from your \u201cargument\u201d everything outside nature. Your \u201cargument\u201d starts by positing that everything is natural ; going on to conclude that everything is natural.\n\nIt is entirely circular.\n\nIt addresses my actual question to you not in the slightest.\n\nI demonstrated it twice. The second proof was the same as the first, but\npresented more formally, and with text added that I should not have\nneeded to spell out\n\nNonsense \u2014 and as previously pointed out, lengthy paraphrases of statements do not constitute proof of those statements ; but repetitions of them.\n\nYou have not demonstrated that every event is natural ; you are claiming that every event is natural.\n\nDo you think that repeating your false accusation gives it force?\n\nIt is not a \u201cfalse accusation\u201d, but it is very ironic that you should suggest that simply repeating whichever claims in a different manner does nothing to increase the force of those claims, given that this is exactly what you have engaged in.\n\nyou call me dishonest\n\nIncorrect ; I call your argument dishonest, which is not the same as accusing you of the same. I mean that you are not being honest with yourself.\n\nThis matter is of real-world importance. There is an real-world explanation why a gunman might take someone\u2019s life if they do not know the name of Mohammed\u2019s mother\n\nWhat a ludicrous suggestion.\n\nThere is no meaningful relationship between your claims that everything is natural and such acts of brutal murder.\n\nIndeed, following your premiss, such acts of murder would have some entirely natural explanations, which would change exactly nothing about the fact that they may occur within reality.\n\nYou are simply attempting to derail the conversation towards yet another of your massively silly generalisations concerning religion.\n\n$20596475\n\nI am glad to see the implied admission of a lack of quality in your posts. No more needs to be said.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nI fail to see how a comment, no matter how deleted, describing the above \u201cjustification\u201d of your use of trite clich\u00e9 in an appropriately negative manner could possibly suggest anything of the sort without a liberal application of complete irrationality on your part.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nYou asked for a proof. I provided the proof, twice, and asked you to point out what part of the reasoning was invalid. In no way does this constitute trying to slip out of a failure to provide it even once.\n\nThe reason it seems that you do not like some words being defined in way that fits them into a semantic box is that you have expressed words to that effect a number of times. As a second example, at http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/09/16/secularism-ok-but-dont-block-religious-freedom-says-french-churchman/ you wrote \u201dyou\u2019re simply trying to fit God into a handy little box\u201d with regard to the definition of \u2018God\u2019. (Also in that thread, to your credit, you did try to respond to the request for the best argument for the existence of God, though I felt that \u201dGod simply exists\u201d lacked rigour.) Putting a word into a box is what a definition does.\n\nIf I now understand you correctly, you do not disagree with the Oxford definition of \u2018supernatural\u2019. I had thought that you were criticising my reasoning on the basis of the \u2018quibble\u2019.\n\n\u201dThis is incorrect \u2014 your statement in 1) \u201cif something is natural, then it is coherent with the laws of nature\u201d directly excludes from your \u201cargument\u201d everything outside nature. Your \u201cargument\u201d starts by positing that everything is natural ; going on to conclude that everything is natural.\n\nIt is entirely circular.\u201d\n\nFor item 1, I wrote \u201dI presumed that you were happy with the part that says that if something is natural, then it is coherent with the laws of nature (since that is implicit in the phrase \u2018laws of nature\u2019). I therefore tried to show that any manifestation or event is natural.\u201d.\n\nI had considered splitting that item up into a series of items, but I thought that it was so blindingly obvious that the phrase \u2018laws of nature\u2019 applied to nature (by virtue of the the word \u2018of\u2019) that it would be unnecessary. Obviously that bit excludes everything outside nature because it has absolutely nothing to do with anything outside of nature. However, if you read the next bit of item 1, you will see that I have summarised the intent of steps 2..7 as trying to show that something is natural. In other words, trying to show that something is not outside of nature. There is absolutely nothing circular about it (and why you have to add the adjective \u2018entirely\u2019 I don\u2019t know, or rather I do because you often try to emphasise what you see as failings as if your judgement was beyond question). It states what I intended to prove, but it is not a statement that it is already a given.\n\nIf you accept that the crucial part of the proof is to prove that any manifestation or event is natural, then the proof is in items 2..7. If you are seriously querying whether something that is natural is coherent with the laws of nature, then I am unable to engage with such insanity.\n\nMy initial comment in this branch of the thread highlighted the irrationality that is behind attacks such as those being discussed on this very page, so I was not derailing the conversation by reminding you of this. Rather, I was trying to encourage you to stop playing games. However, your response (\u201d\u2026ludicrous\u2026massively silly\u2026\u201d was no more than I expected.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nI provided the proof, twice\n\ngood grief \u2026 No. You. Have. Not.\n\nPutting a word into a box is what a definition does\n\nThe supernatural is not a \u201cword\u201d ; nor is God ; nor is the infinite transcendent in general.\n\nI thought that it was so blindingly obvious that the phrase \u2018laws of nature\u2019 applied to nature\n\nYou\u2019re doing it again \u2026 please can you demonstrate that the laws of nature apply to the supernatural, which is what I am asking. Demonstrate that ALL events are natural, which you have conspicuously failed to do.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nI have just about had enough of this. The proof is plain for everyone to read. Your criticisms of it are invalid. Just to remind you, since you seem to have forgotten, you asked me to prove that any manifestation or event is natural and therefore coherent with the laws of nature. I have never said that the laws of nature apply to the supernatural \u2013 that would be ridiculous. And since you capitalise \u2018ALL\u2019, may I remind you that the events in question are those attributed to the supernatural, so I hope that you are not now trying to widen the context.\n\nLook, take items 2..7, which prove that any manifestation or event (within the context specified by item 2) is natural. I reproduce them here:\n\n2. In isolation, there would be the problem of knowing what was meant by \u2018manifestation\u2019 and \u2018event\u2019, but in the context of this branch of the thread, we know that these are phenomena that are attributed to some force (either by the person perceiving them, or by a person to whom they were reported).\n\n3. My first premise is that such manifestations and events (in the sense given by 2) are perceived through the senses.\n\n4. The relevant definition of \u2018physical\u2019 is \u201drelating to things perceived through the senses\u201d.\n\n5. From 3 and 4, such manifestations and events are physical phenomena.\n\n6. The relevant sense of \u2018Nature\u2019 refers to the phenomena of the physical world. (i.e physical phenomena are \u2018natural\u2019.)\n\n7. From 5 and 6, manifestations and events are natural.\n\nHaving shown that manifestations and events are natural, one can THEN conclude that they are coherent with the laws of nature (as item 8 did) because it has been established that they are natural (not supernatural).\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nyou asked me to prove that any manifestation or event is natural and therefore coherent with the laws of nature\n\nAnd you decided, in your answer, to exclude all events other than the natural from your response, thereby NOT demonstrating that \u201cany event .. is natural\u201d. You simply decided, quite arbitrarily, to restrict all events to the sphere of the natural.\n\nAnd your latest adjectival hair-splittery notwithstanding, if any event is natural, then every event, therefore all events must be so.\n\nClaiming that this is not what I asked you to demonstrate is deficient.\n\nAs to the nitty-gritty of your argument, there is clearly no point in describing the flaws that I can see there in detail, because the argument does not represent a satisfactory response to my request in the first place.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nYou discuss sense as if it were something that you were availed of \u2014 not so.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nNONE of the items 2..6 presume item 7. You refuse to show where you think I have made an error. You just assert that I have made a number of them and conclude that therefore my proof is not a satifactory response, then use this to justify not identifying the flaws. Talk about circular arguments!\n\nI cannot make sense of your middle two paragraphs, but please don\u2019t bother trying to explain them \u2013 I have no wish to waste any more time on this branch of the thread, nor to be bombarded with more false accusations.\n\nhttp://jabbapapa.wordpress.com/ Julian Lord\n\nThe CH weekend moderator has decided to destroy my response to you.\n\nI will therefore leave this conversation \u2014 this is not the first time that this has happened either. It seems that this Moderator must have some sort of cognitive bias towards the espousal of the radical materialism that you propose.\n\nTreenonPoet\n\nI have just refreshed and I can see your responses. It would be a good thing if The Catholic Herald did show support for rationalism. The opposite lends moral support to Al-Shabaab, Pakistani clerics, the Russian Orthodox Church, and so on.\n\nLucie-Smith writes \u201dThere is little any reader of The Catholic Herald can do to influence the Pakistani government, one fears\u201d. I disagree.\n\nEDIT: Replaced \u2018they\u2019 by \u2018The Catholic Herald\u2019\n\nEDIT 2: Sorry, I misread your post. I have just seen the deleted response that you were referring to in my email. It would be unfair of me to comment on it."}
-{"text": "Exhibition at BasementArtsProject, Leeds. Each artist in 'Other Rooms' reacted to the physical characteristics of BasementArtsProject\u2019s gallery environment and reconsidered the life of the art object when it is contextualised outside the ideological space of the \u2018white cube\u2019. BasementArtsProject\u2019s \u2018Other Rooms\u2019 acted as a fulcrum where artworks expanded into a notional consideration of space beyond the modern tradition of the art gallery."}
-{"text": "Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic| trip to Alindjaqala-Batabat lake\n\nTrip to Alindjaqala Castle and beautiful Batabat lake in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic for 17th Martch\nTOUR PLAN\n6:00 - pick up you from our meeting point to Heydar Aliyev international airport\n7:00 - Dropp you to Heydar Aliyev international airport\n8:00 - flying from Heydar Aliyev international airport to Nakhchivan international airport\n9:00 - arrival in Nakhchivan international airport\n9:20 - starting to go Batabat lake\n10:40 - arrival in Batabat lake and walking around there\n11:20 - tea breack\n11:40 - returning moove to Nakhchivan international airport\n13:20 - arrival in Nakhchivan international airport\n13:30 - starting moove for hiking one of the highest castle to Alindja fortrest\n16:00 - arrival in one of the highest castle to Alindja fortrest\n16:30 - returning moove to Nakhchivan international airport\n18:00 - arrival in Nakhchivan international airport\n19:00 - flying from Nakhchivan international airport to Heydar Aliyev international airport\n20:30 - pick up you from Heydar Aliyev international airport to before our meeting point\n21:00 - Dropp you to our meeting point\n\nFOOD\nPlease take reserve food and water with yourselves\n_______________________________________________\nCLOTHING"}
-{"text": "Backlinks. Lots and lots of blaicknks.And not just any old link but good, quality, related links.Personally I don't obsess about PageRank but you will want to focus on relevancy. If your visitors would be interested in the other site it's OK for a recip link exchange (I'm I'm not talking about long shots like, people who wear shoes might play poker so it's OK to link to a poker site but thinking people who are buying shoes online might buy other cloths online is alright.Good luck !!!\n\n+\n\n2007-11, see http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo\n\n+\n\n----\n\n+\n\nAs of November 2005, ATI's drivers are in the non-free area of Debian. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains \"contrib non-free\" as well as main. You will, however, have to build your own kernel modules.\n\n+\n\n+\n\n''Warning: do not mix the non-free packages with the packages created by the installer as they will conflict in non-obvious ways. Before switching from one method to another, completely remove all fglrx-related packages. Never do upgrade from one method to another directly!''\n\nand confirm that 'ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo' is pointing to the right one.\n\n+\n\n+\n\n+\n\nPeople seem to be experiencing a broken libGL.so.1 after installing 8.41 on Debian/etch. If `amdcccle` complains that libGL.so.1 does't exist, DONT DELETE /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 LIKE IT SAYS ABOVE. Make symbolic link to libGL.so.1.2 (which is included in fglrx package - 14 megs in size):\n\nRevision as of 19:04, 1 September 2012\n\nAs of November 2005, ATI's drivers are in the non-free area of Debian. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains \"contrib non-free\" as well as main. You will, however, have to build your own kernel modules.\n\nWarning: do not mix the non-free packages with the packages created by the installer as they will conflict in non-obvious ways. Before switching from one method to another, completely remove all fglrx-related packages. Never do upgrade from one method to another directly!\n\nand confirm that 'ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo' is pointing to the right one.\n\nPeople seem to be experiencing a broken libGL.so.1 after installing 8.41 on Debian/etch. If `amdcccle` complains that libGL.so.1 does't exist, DONT DELETE /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 LIKE IT SAYS ABOVE. Make symbolic link to libGL.so.1.2 (which is included in fglrx package - 14 megs in size):"}
-{"text": "02\n\nBest of\n\nFebruary\n\nAnd yet another busy and happy February at the lab\n\nThe amazing Pia Clodi is visiting us at the lab and making our days sweeter with her cheerful spirit and meanwhile we\u2019re packing for our stand at Photo Forum Barcelona next week. Watch out! We\u2019ll be scanning live for anyone who brings in their negatives so don\u2019t be shy!\n\nAs we type this entry fireworks and firecrackers keep popping as Val\u00e8ncia slowly evolves into the crazy party, gunpowder and fire madness that we call Fallas and that\u2019ll end March 19 at night with the burning down of the monuments that are now being erected in squares and streets across the city.\n\nOh, and we also managed to develop a bunch of inspiring-as-hell work from our clients which we hop you enjoy"}
-{"text": "\"Mavrolachians (Morlaks) - Istria, Slovenia, Croatia\n(1917)\" - Red field with a wide red diagonal stripe with a\nwhite \"window\" bearing red crescent and star. This\ndesign is listed under 37 at the chart: Flags of Aspirant Peoples\n[eba94].Ivan Sache, 16 September 1999\n\nI had trouble locating \"Mavrolachians (Morlaks).\nAccording to Buschan 'Die Vo\"lker Europas', c. 1910, the\nMaurovlachen (Maurovlachians) were 'black Vlachians; they were\nnomadic shepherds, like the Aromunen and Turkish shepherds; their name was\nmentioned in the 10th century in the Byzantine empire; in the 11th century in\nBulgaria and in later times in the western part of the Balkan peninsula. (Buschan writes here on the\nwandering shepherds in general.) There were shepherd speaking\nSlavic and Albanian languages; in the 19th century they spoke\nRomanian and Aromanian. They wandered into Moravian Wallachia,\nthe islands of Istria and into the environment of Trieste. Most\nof them settled probably in villages and some of them became the hereditary village shepherds (Transylvania, the great Hungarian\nplain); in Buschan's time the Aromanians wandered in the\nmeadow-rich parts of the Balkan mountains and the Rhodope, the\nPindus, Schardagh, soutwest Serbia and southern Albania. In\nwinter they wander for 30, 40 days in the coastal regions at\nArta, the Dardanelles and Valona (Vlone\"). They carried\ntheir possessions on big horses.\nThe Morlaks lived in Dalmatia and some of them were shepherds\n(Buschan speaks about the two as different peoples).\nIn Kramer's 'Geographisch Woordenboek' (1883) I read about:\n'Morlacca (German: Vellebith), region in Austrian Croatia,\nconsisting of the mountainous coastal area with the villages of\nCarlopago (Karlobeg) and Zeng (Senj). The inhabitants are\nreckoned to be some of the most uncivilized in the\nAustrian-Hungarian monarchy. The Street of Morlacca (Velibitsky\nKanal), 5 km wide, separates the Illyrian and Dalmatian islands\nVeglia (Krk), Arbe (Rab) and Pago (Pag) from the mainland.\nMy tentative conclusion would be that the Maurovlachians do not\nexist anymore as a wandering shepherd-tribe, and that some of\nthem have settled in 'Morlacca' as Morlaks; the flag Ivan\ndescribes might be their regional flag.Jarig Bakker, 15 September 1999\n\nMy somewhat bigoted 'Allers Illustrerede\nKonversations-Leksikon' (Copenhagen 1906-10) says that two thirds\nare Roman Catholics and one third Greek. And that the Morlaks are\nsome of the best sailors in the Austrian navy.Ole Andersen, 15 September 1999\n\nHere is what the Yugoslav Encyclopedia have about them\n(Enciklopedija Leksikografskog Zavoda, Zagreb, 1968, book 4), my\ntranslation, [my comments in brackets], spelling of different\nnames kept as in the original: \"Morlaki, (Murlaki; from\nItal. Morlacco, being shortening of Greek form Mauroblahos -\nmauros - black, Blahos - Vlah; Maurovlasi or Morovlasi, in Latin\nsources called Nigri Latini - Black Latins), name used for\nshepherds of Roman origin or romanized, that kept themselves in\nBalkan peninsula mountains after Slavene colonization in 6th\ncentury, keeping some linguistic and somatic characteristics.\nMorlaki (Morovlasi) are called those Romanian shepherds that,\nrunning from Turks towards west, settled in mountains from Skadar\nlake [on border of Montenegro and Albania] to Velebit [in\nnorthern Croatian coast]. So, a group of them came to island Krk\n1450-80 (villages Dubas<nica and Poljica) where some words and\nroots of Romanian language, intertwined with Slavisms (as the\nprayer \"Our father\"), were kept until beginning of 19th\ncentury. Some groups of those Romanians came to Trieste [on\nItalian-Slovenian border], and very long held themselves in some\nvillages in Istria. The Italian form Morlacco is used already in\n15th century, and in 16th century that is the name for (any)\nlocal people living in mountains from Kotor [in Montenegro] to\nKvarner [around city of Rijeka]. Lots of Morlaks was in Velebit\nmountains, so that region was by Venetians called Morlachia. The\nVelebit mountain was called Montagne della Morlacca, and sea way\nunder the mountain, closed by the islands, was Morlakian channel\n(Canale della Morlacca).\u017deljko Heimer, 17 September 1999\n\nHere the translation from the Yugoslav Encyclopedia of the text\non Wallacians (Vlasi) [certainly of the same origin as the name\nfor the region and historical state in Romania, but not directly\nrelated]: \"Vlasi, originally a general term that South Slavs\nused after they settled in Balkan region to designate older\npeoples: colonized Romans, romanized Illyrians and\nTracians, and so on; latter the name gained more meanings.\nThe name Vlah have origins from a name of a Celtic tribe that\nRomans called Volcae, and Germans used Walhos. Latter the name\nWalhos (middle-high-German Walch, adv. wa:lhisch, welsch) became\na generic German name for Celts, and then (after the celtic Galia\nwas romanized) for Romans: French, Italians, Rethoroman groups,\nRomanians, and so on. The Slavs took the name directly from\nGermans, and partly from Byzant (Greek Balahos). In our [South\nSlavic] middle age documents the name Vlah was used sometimes for\nItalians. Some sources call by that name folk from Dubrovnik\n(Ragusa) and from other coastal cities that at that time still\nhad partially romanized population. But, the far most often use\nof that name was for smaller groups of Roman (Riomanian) language\nfor people that mostly live nomadic life in our mountains from\nMacedonia to Kvarner [Istria]. Except by the generic name Vlah,\nthey are also known as Rumunji (Rumuni, Aromuni), Cincari, C/iC/i\n(Istrian Vlasi), Morovlasi (Morlaci), Karavlasi, Karaguni,\nKaravunci, Karakac<ani, Meglenski Vlasi, and so on.Historical\ndocuments mention Vlasi populations on Krk island, in Istria, all\nover mainland Dalmatia, in Herzegovina, Bosnia, Montenegro,\nSerbia and Macedonia. The inhabitants of the coast, which at\nfirst called by that name only highland nomadic romanized\npopulation, at some time started to use it for a generic term\nfor the continental rural population (both Roman and\nSlavic), which is used still today - with some pejorative tone -\nfor a village from the \"hills behind\" (on the other\nhand, they use the same pejorative tone by calling sea-folk\nBodul). Quite similar, former romanized citizens of coastal\ncities, and afterwards Italians too, used in the same broader\nsense a name for continental villages - Morlak (Ital. Morlacco,\nfrom Maurovlachus, black Vlah). In the time of Turkish wars, when\nthe Croatian regions were populated by mobilized both Vlasi\npopulation and Serbs - of orthodox church, the name Vlah was in\nsomewhat pejorative sense being used for an orthodox Christian or\na Serb person in general (in coastal regions a word of the same\nmeaning \"ris<c/anin\" was used, but without\npejorative tone). On the other hand, Turks use the name Vlah for\nall christians in\ncountries under their rule in Balkans. Vlasi, in narrower sense,\nlive today only in Istria (in region called C/icIarija, 8\nvillages preserved Romanian language) and in Macedonia.\nMacedonian Vlasi - Cincari call themselves Arm'nj (from Latin\nRomanus - roman). A part of Cincari live permanently in towns:\nKrus<evac, Bitola and others, being merchants, craftsmen or\nworking abroad. Others are nomadic herdsmen known by various\nnames (Karavunci, Karaguni, Karakac<ani, Kucivlasi); but in\nlatter time they more often begin to live in agricultural settled\nway. Meglenski Vlasi, settled under mountain of Koz<uv are\nmainly agricultural, and are differentiated from Cincari by\nbodily characteristics, language, clothes and customs.\u017deljko Heimer, 18 September 1999\n\nThe Mavrolakian movement is, more than an ethnic flag, and\npolitical flag. Mavrolakian movement was sponsored by Turkish,\nthat used some minorities without rights and Muslim people in the\nItalian territories in Dalmatia during WWI After war the movement\ncollapsed and, difference from others peoples, no Morlak National\nCouncil is quoted. Ratio was 8:14Jaume Olle, 21 September 1999\n\nThe correct spelling is Mavrovlakhos . That name translates to\nBlack Vlakhs or Dark Vlakhs, who're a people of southeast EuropeRobert Lloyd Wheelock, 24 September 1999\n\nOn 9 Oct 1999 Ivan Sache wrote:\n\n\"From Franciae Vexilla #8/54, January 1998, notes by M.\nCorbic\n\n\"In the middle of the XIXth century, along with the revival\nof Serbian and Bulgarian, appears the idea of a Balkan\nFederation. In Bucarest, the Prime Minister Mihail Kogalniceanu,\nsupported by Prince Ion Cuza, designed in 1863 the flag of\nRomanian-speaking peoples of Southern Danube, a.k.a. Chopes or\nTorvlaks.\"\n\n[The definition of the Chop people seems to be difficult and\ncontroversial and the article is not very clear. It seems that\nthese people are spread over western Bulgaria and eastern\nYugoslavia, and have lost the Moravo-Romanian language spoken by\ntheir ancestors, and were not recognized as a nationality by the\nYugoslav and Bulgarian regimes.]\"\n\nI do not know much about this, but comparing the names of these\npeople with some names given in the article from Yugoslav\nEncyclopedia it could be concluded that these are the same or at\nleast very much related people as several\n\"Morovalachian\" (I put this in quotes as there are many\nnames for them), groups in Macedonia.\nI was not aware that they were ever so numerous (and\n\"progressive\" in a sense of developed national feeling)\nas to make a political movement, but, as I said, I know too little\nto claim anything.\u017deljko Heimer, 10 October 1999"}
-{"text": "Some \u201cFools\u201d Strongly Believe That Windows Phone 8 Is The Operating System To Look Out For In 2014\n\nDecember 13, 2013No Comments\n\nNext year, for all those skeptics, is being predicted to be the year of the Windows Phone!Motley Fool\u2019s Technology analyst Jamal Carnette and Tech & Telecom Bureu Chief, Evan Niu belief that without a doubt Windows Phone has the most to gain going into next year. In their analyst they mention that the market is ripe and ready for a serious 3rd OS and now with Blackberry sales dwindling, Microsoft has all the tools at their disposal to make their devices a success in the \u201clow end market\u201d and in general in the long run. Check out the 2 minute analyst below:\n\nCould the Windows Phone Operating System Have a Big Upside in 2014?\n\nWe strongly believe them to be correct, but what do you think? Your comments go below\u2026and Microsoft, a new Nokia Lumia 1520 goes to me please and thank you\u2026 MBGW"}
-{"text": "Comic-Con Q&A: Vince Gilligan On 'Breaking Bad'\n\nIt began with a pitch about a drama in which the lead character evolves from \u201cMr. Chips into Scarface.\u201d But Vince Gilligan never thought he would get this far with Breaking Bad, his AMC series masterpiece that has the rare luxury of going out via a two-pronged, 16-episode final season that begins tonight and concludes sometime next summer. The onetime X-Files writer-producer recently hinted that this may not really be the beginning of the end, that Breaking Bad could spin off into another series starring Bob Odenkirk as blustery and corrupt lawyer Saul Goodman. But before that happens, there\u2019s an Emmy-winning series to put to rest. Gilligan spoke to Ray Richmond last week for Deadline about running a drama hailed as a classic, his obsession with going out on top, and the fact everyone has a theory for how this thing should end.\n\nDeadline: Do you ever feel like your career is kind of peaking with this show and it\u2019s going to be all downhill from here?Vince Gilligan: I say that a lot. And all joking aside, it\u2019s something that you think about. On the one hand you say to yourself, I am so extraordinarily lucky to be doing this, much as a lottery winner is lucky. You think to yourself, man I worked hard to get here. On the other hand, I don\u2019t remember doing anything specific for which I deserve this particular level of good fortune. And then once you start going down that road, you think to yourself, if this really was a matter of winning the lottery, well then how do you win twice?Deadline: You\u2019re using up all your luck.Gilligan: That\u2019s the fear. I think about Orson Welles vs. Clint Eastwood. Orson Welles directed one of the world\u2019s great movies, and he did it at age 26. And then from that point on, even though he had other good movies in him, that was an early peak. He wasn\u2019t even 30 yet. And yet he lived 40 more years. Clint Eastwood, he\u2019s 80-some years old, he\u2019s directing some of his best movies yet, and he\u2019s plugging away with no signs of stopping. Who would you rather be? I\u2019d rather be Clint Eastwood. And he flies his own helicopter. I hope this is not the pinnacle of it all, and I will endeavor to make that not be the case. But if it turns out that it is, I hope I will at least be appreciative that I had this.\n\nDeadline: Are you seriously happy just having this one last super-sized season to play with?Gilligan: When you think of the great TV shows, the ones that lasted for many years, you\u2019re not really thinking of the last few seasons, you\u2019re thinking of the first 4, 5 or 6. It\u2019s often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It\u2019s best to leave the audience wanting more. And particularly with a show like Breaking Bad, which is by its design more closed-ended, it\u2019s telling one specific story of change, and there\u2019s only so much change any human being can believably go through. And I figure we\u2019ve got about 16 more episodes left in us. That number could probably jockey for 2 or 3 episodes on either side of 16, but there\u2019s not that big a range of possibilities left. I don\u2019t want this show to feel like it\u2019s treading water creatively.\n\nDeadline: There\u2019s only so far downhill Walter White can go.Gilligan: Yes, only so much darker that he could become, only so much criminality and immorality he could succumb to. And after a certain point you don\u2019t want the audience to be ahead of you ever and you don\u2019t want the audience to say, I get it, all right, I\u2019ve seen that particular dancing bear. What else you got? So I really feel like\u2026My worst fear with this show would be for people to say, Breaking Bad, I used to like that. They used to be good. You don\u2019t want that. And it happens to the best of them. It doesn\u2019t matter how good a show is. Every show has its shelf life and its prime.\n\nDeadline: Your lead character is now so utterly contemptible, which in itself breaks all of the rules of TV.Gilligan: I didn\u2019t know how far the show would go. I still pinch myself that it\u2019s even on the air. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s gotten this far and we\u2019ve aired 46 hours of this particular story. When we\u2019re done we\u2019ll have 62. It was our intention from the get-go to show viewers something they hadn\u2019t seen before. But to that end, it\u2019s such a collaborative effort. And if it weren\u2019t for Bryan Cranston\u2019s innate ability, people would not have stuck around for this story that I wanted to tell as long as they\u2019ve stuck around. If not for Bryan remaining ever-watchable throughout these many hours of nasty behavior, we wouldn\u2019t have much of a show at all.Deadline: And obviously you\u2019re uneasy with pushing the tolerance viewers have for this guy too far for too long.\n\nGilligan: You know, it\u2019s a strange analogy I know, but I think about the wonderful chef Thomas Keller, who\u2019s got the restaurant The French Laundry up in Yountville. And he\u2019s got this philosophy that no matter how good a dish is, the human brain is attuned to get used to the taste of it within 3 or 4 bites. And that\u2019s why when you go up to the French Laundry, you have a bunch of different courses, like 15 or 20. But each one is only 2 or 3 bites. Because after 4 or 5 bites, what tasted amazingly delicious in the first few bites is something your brain becomes accustomed to by the 7th or 8th or 9th bite and you don\u2019t appreciate it as much as you did initially. I think you can extrapolate that phenomenon to storytelling as well.\n\nDeadline: The rumors of a Breaking Bad movie\u2026Is that really being given serious consideration?Gilligan: I would never want to dampen Bryan Cranston\u2019s enthusiasm, but I think those rumors are coming from him. All I could tell you is, never say never, but it is definitely not on my mind at the moment. I simply want to end Breaking Bad as completely as possible within these final 16 television episodes. If we\u2019ve got anything left over, if we don\u2019t leave it all on the field, which honestly I intend to\u2026If we\u2019ve got enough story left over for a movie then, then who am I to say no? But I can tell you it\u2019s not on my mind in the least little way at the moment.\n\nDeadline: Will we be losing a main character or three in Season 5?Gilligan: I want to give you something good. On the other hand, I\u2019ve got to be a little coy about it, because we don\u2019t have that many characters. I guarantee that Walt is not going to start a knitting circle this season. And we\u2019ll meet a couple of interesting new characters. And it is going to get darker than ever, although surprisingly to me, this next eight episodes in the early going contain more humor than I would have seen coming. But that said, we shouldn\u2019t assume it\u2019s all going to end well.\n\nDeadline: And we can\u2019t yet know if Walt will survive.Gilligan: I love that people ponder that question, how\u2019s it all gonna end, and even more importantly, not how it will end but how it should end. I\u2019m not completely sure how it\u2019s going to end myself at this moment, although we are homing in on it every day in the writers room.\n\nDeadline: So you really haven\u2019t known from the beginning how all of this would end?Gilligan: No I did not know from the beginning. I had a very vague and general idea of what I wanted to have happen. Even that has been a work in progress and evolved as the seasons have gone by. In the early going I also thought Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) should die at the end of the first season. I also thought the show itself should probably last no more than about three seasons total. So this has been very much an evolving thing and a work in progress and my initial ideas, some of them I look back upon and think of them as being kind of quaint. We\u2019ve come a long way since the early going. It\u2019s gotten a lot darker and richer than I ever thought it would or could.\n\nDeadline: How close was the show to switching to FX before Season 5? Was that a legitimate possibility?Gilligan: It\u2019s going sound like passing the buck, but that went on mostly out of my earshot. There were negotiations going on between Sony and AMC, as there often are when TV shows are plugging along. A studio has different financial models and obligations than a network and vice-versa, because each company has its own particular mandates. Sometimes issues arise. But I have to say that since day one, both companies have been totally invested in making Breaking Bad the best show it could possibly be. So while all of that stuff was going on last year, I was very fortunately on a hiatus. I basically told my agents to just call me when it\u2019s done, I don\u2019t want to hear about it in the meantime. I stayed the hell out of it as much as I could. I was very purposefully removed from the process.\n\nDeadline: It\u2019s quite a luxury to have to produce only eight episodes a season \u2013 and to know where and when you\u2019ll end.Gilligan: Sony and AMC have always very supportive in this respect. We have plenty of time to create the scripts in pre-production and edit them in post. We get so much more time than many other shows get. And we have the luxury of now knowing exactly when we\u2019ll end. So we write to a very specific end date and ending. That\u2019s such a rarity. Most shows don\u2019t get those opportunities. That\u2019s what makes all the difference. It\u2019s amazing that so much good work gets done when shows have to do 24 episodes in a season. It\u2019s such a grind and so much work making an hour of TV. Hundreds of thousands of man hours go into every single episode. It\u2019s amazing that even the bad ones exist, let alone the good ones.\n\nDeadline: What\u2019s your personal plan for after the series finally wraps?Gilligan: My agents tell me they\u2019re fielding a lot of inquiries and that\u2019s wonderful. I will say, I hope I have something left to give when Breaking Bad is done. This is going to keep me every-day-of-the-week busy for about the next solid year, between finishing editing the first 8 episodes and producing final eight and hopefully I\u2019ll direct the final two episodes. Cross-boarding those final two is an endeavor in itself. I hope I\u2019ll have some energy left.\n\nHere\u2019s AMC\u2019s Comic-Con trailer for Season 5 of Breaking Bad, which starts tonight:"}
-{"text": "Storage prices in Newark tend to be somewhat volatile when compared to other cities. Prices can vary by about 118.50 monthly depending on the time of year. Newark storage prices are highest in March, and lowest in September."}
-{"text": "Reese Dismukes didn't hesitate to answer whether his second summer workout regime was easier than the first.\n\nThe sophomore center kept it simple.\n\n\"No.\"\n\nIn fact, Dismukes said, it's quite the opposite.\n\n\"I've heard from three or four of the older guys and they said they've been here for three years and this has by far been the hardest summer they've been through,\" said Dismukes. \"We have been doing a lot of running and working out.\"\n\nAnd not having to worry about where and when has been an asset. Auburn's new indoor and practice facilities were still under construction a year ago.\n\n\"We had to designate which day we would run and lift, but we have more access to the indoor this year and we can run any day,\" he said. \"We have been getting after it. We have a different mindset. A lot of the guys in my class have been through a season and know what it takes to play at this level, which is the highest level in college football.\n\n\"You have to get after it, and I think everyone has been doing that and getting prepared for the season.\"\n\nThe work has already paid off for Dismukes, who started all 13 games in 2011 as a true freshman. Dismukes said he has lost body fat, readjusted some weight, and sits at 290 pounds just weeks before two-a-days begin.\n\n\"I'm running pretty good, and I will be playing at around 295-300 pounds this season,\" said Dismukes. \"I feel a lot better. I have dropped my body fat 5% down to 27%. I can move a lot better and I feel like I'm in better shape.\"\n\nDismukes said he has seen the entire offensive line improve during the summer. That includes the seven freshmen from the 2012 signing class as well as the handful of upperclassmen. Although some linemen have their personal goals regarding their weight and conditioning, the group, Dismukes said, has one common goal.\n\n\"Our expectations haven't changed, and that is to be the toughest five in the country, to be the best o-line in the country,\" said Dismukes. \"And that isn't going to change. That is how my mindset is and how the entire line is. That is the standard (offensive line) coach (Jeff) Grimes has set, and that is the standard we are going to try and uphold.\"\n\n\"It's good to have depth. Last year, you didn't know who was going to come in if you went down,\" he said. \"You were playing with duct tape strapped to you, taping you together. It's good to know there are people behind you that can help out.\n\n\"Miller and Callahan have been doing really good. They might be ahead of where I was a year ago. They've gained a lot of weight and that is something they needed to do. They have been doing a really good job.\"\n\nDismukes said he has been keeping an eye on the younger linemen, but is looking more towards a specific date. The Tigers open the season Sept. 1 in Atlanta against Clemson.\n\n\"I'm ready for Sept. 1. I can tell you that,\" said Dismukes. \"I'm ready to be in the Georgia Dome, put on that 'AU', step on that field and go."}
-{"text": "Costly Interlopers\n\nQuietly, insidiously--and often by invitation--the U.S. has been invaded. Since Columbus landed on these shores more than 30,000 species of plants, animals and microbes have also taken up home here. Many are valuable crops and others are useful plants that humans have carried with them since the migrations of prehistory. Others are pests that have claimed the habitats of native species, forcing many of them to extinction, causing crop damage and human and animal disease.\n\nThe benefits of many imported species are clear. Ninety-eight percent of the U.S. food supply comes from such introduced species as wheat, rice, domestic cattle and poultry, with a value of more than $500 billion a year. But plants such as purple loosestrife; invertebrates like the zebra mussels and gypsy moths; mammals, including rats, feral cats and pigs; and microbes like the AIDS virus are hardly so benign. A team of researchers from Cornell University, headed by ecologist David Pimentel, estimates that their depredations cost at least $123 billion a year in economic losses.\n\n\"It doesn't take many troublemakers to cause tremendous damage,\" said Pimentel, when the group presented the findings at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Anaheim, Calif.\n\nIf anything, the estimates made in the damage assessment study, Environmental and Economic Costs Associated with Non-indigenous Species in the United States, are conservative. More than 40 percent of species on the U.S. Department of the Interior's endangered or threatened species lists are at risk primarily because of non-indigenous species--and a pricetag cannot be placed on their loss.\n\nPrecise economic costs associated with some of the most ecologically damaging alien species are not available. The brown tree snake, for example, has been responsible for the extinction of dozens of bird and lizard species on Guam, yet only minimal cost data are known. In other cases, such as the zebra mussel and feral pigs, only control cost data are collected. Some well-known invaders, such as the kudzu vine, have been overlooked for lack of economic information. \"If we had been able to assign monetary values to losses in biodiversity, ecosystem services, and aesthetics, the costs of destructive non-indigenous species would undoubtedly be several times higher,\" the researchers say.\n\nEven so, the rather sketchy results are sobering. The English sparrow was intentionally brought to the U.S. in 1853 to control canker worms. Instead, the hardy little bird became a pest by eating crops, displacing some native birds, and harassing others, carrying 29 diseases that affect humans and domestic animals. Canker worms still bedevil gardeners.\n\nSimilarly, the mongoose was introduced into Puerto Rico and Hawaii in the late 1800s to kill rats in sugarcane plantations. The islands still have rats, but the mongooses are preying on native ground-nesting birds and on amphibians and reptiles that could be beneficial for pest control. The extinction of at least 12 species of reptiles and amphibians in Puerto Rico and other islands of the West Indies is blamed on mongooses, which also carry the pathogenic organisms for rabies and leptospirosis.\n\nMeanwhile, rats, which probably arrived in the continental U.S. as stowaways on ships, now have an estimated population in the billions. On farms each rat is estimated to destroy grain and other goods worth $15 a year. In urban and suburban areas there is roughly one rat for every human. These rats cause fires by gnawing on electric wires, polluting foodstuffs and carrying diseases such as salmonellosis and leptospirosis.\n\nOur domesticated predators--dogs and cats--also have a share in the mayhem. America's 63 million domestic cats and 30 million feral cats are believed to kill some 200 million birds a year. Wild dogs running in packs in Florida, Texas and other states cause an estimated $10 million a year in livestock losses, rivaling or exceeding the damage from wolves and other indigenous canines.\n\nMany plants that once delighted gardeners have also run amuck when they escaped into the wild. Purple loosestrife--a European native popular as an ornamental plant in the early 1800s-- has invaded wetlands in 48 states at an estimated cost of $45 million a year for control and loss of forage crops. It is crowding out 44 native plants and endangering the wildlife that depend on them.\n\nTopping off the list are the tiny creatures that nobody invited --microbes, insects, worms--that often sneak in with their traditional hosts but soon found more bountiful prey to occupy themselves. \"It's too late to send these organisms back,\" says Pimentel.\n\nBut it is not too late to tighten safeguards against accidental introductions. Because of the ease of travel and increased agricultural commerce, it is easier than ever before for species to establish beachheads in distant lands. Most of the alien organisms in the U.S. arrived in the past 70 years.\n\n\"The true challenge lies in preventing further damage to natural and managed ecosystems,\" Pimentel told the AAAS meeting. \"We have a long way to go before the resources devoted to the problem are in proportion to the risks. We hope that this assessment will advance the argument that resources spent on preventing the introduction of potentially harmful species will be returned many times over in safeguarding our environment.\"hosts but soon found more bountiful prey to occupy themselves. \"It's too late to send these organisms back,\" says Pimentel.\n\nBut it is not too late to tighten safeguards against accidental introductions. Because of the ease of travel and increased agricultural commerce, it is easier than ever before for species to establish beachheads in distant lands. Most of the alien organisms in the U.S. arrived in the past 70 years.\n\n\"The true challenge lies in preventing further damage to natural and managed ecosystems,\" Pimentel told the AAAS meeting. \"We have a long way to go before the resources devoted to the problem are in proportion to the risks. We hope that this assessment will advance the argument that resources spent on preventing the introduction of potentially harmful species will be returned many times over in safeguarding our environment.\""}
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-{"text": "Parenting Across Borders\n\nThe DSKM Ethiopian Orthodox Church hopes to help children preserve their culture and excel in US schools. Courtesy of DSKM Education DepartmentIn Washington, D.C.,\u2019s long-standing Ethiopian community, many families look to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to connect their children to the Ethiopian community. Reporter Dereje Desta visits the Re\u2019ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidest Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, which is trying to use language education and tutoring to help parents preserve culture, while improving children\u2019s ability to access education. (audio)"}
-{"text": "The National Farm Animal Care Council\u2019s new egg industry Code of Practice fails to end the use of all cage confinement for laying hens. With this omission, the council is flouting years of consistent corporate commitments to source 100 percent cage-free eggs in company supply chains, says HSI/Canada.\n\nAramark, one of the world\u2019s leading food service providers, has announced it will transition to a 100 percent cage-free egg supply chain globally. Aramark, which has operations in 19 countries and purchases more than 300 million eggs annually, will conclude its transition to cage-free eggs by 2025.\n\nIn light of a string of barn fires in recent years, HSI/Canada is again calling on provincial and federal governments to take urgent action to require safety measures to address a widespread problem in Canada.\n\nFollowing a deadly fires in a pig barn east of Sarnia, Ontario, HSI/Canada is again calling on government, both federal and provincial, to implement urgently needed safety measures that can mitigate and even help prevent such tragedies.\n\nHelp Animals\n\nMajor Programs\n\nFor information, questions or to donate: From North America, call 866-614-4371. From elsewhere, please use this form.\n\nContributions to Humane Society International are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law in your country. HSI's tax identification number is 52-1769464. Donations made from the UK: HSI UK is registered in England and Wales as charity number 1098925, company number 4610194. Donations made from the Netherlands: HSI UK is regarded as an ANBI Charity under Dutch Fiscal Number 8241.63.072. Donations made in Canada: donations to HSI Canada are not tax-deductible. Non-profit organizations in Canada that lobby to change government policy are generally denied charitable status."}
-{"text": "There were no burglaries recorded in the 24-hour period after the execution of a two-month investigation into a series of aggravated robberies in the Waikato.\n\nThere were no reported burglaries from as far south as Te Kuiti up to the Coromandel. Police called it a \"marquee\" event\n\nIt follows the final phase of Operation Ollivier that culminated in the arrests of 20 people at various Hamilton properties on Tuesday. Ollivier was launched after seven aggravated robberies across the region this year.\n\nTypically, burglary numbers range from six to 12 per day, yet Senior Sergeant Rupert Friend was cautious about exactly what caused the reduction.\n\n\"There's lots of activity going on there that is very quickly known in those circles and it tends to make them lie low because they don't know what's going on.\n\n\"An initial indication would be that's a good effect [of the operation], but there could be other stuff going on.\""}
-{"text": "Disney\u2019s NEWSIES Now The Broadway Musical\n\nWe were happy to partner with Disney on this post, they provided us with the kit for our review. #seizetheday2017\n\nOur kids are big fan of the Broadway Musicals and even better when Disney turns one of the best stories into a musical. In true Disney fashion there\u2019s a little magic behind the show. Our seven year old is a dancer and she quickly fell for the story and of course the music and dancing in this broadway show.\n\nNEWSIES is a true story set in New York City during the turn of the century. Jack Kelly is a charismatic newsboy of his time and his crew of \u201cnewsies\u201d tell the story of their dream to rise above their hardships. They find a cause to fight for a ride above and stake a stand for what\u2019s right.\n\nYou\u2019ll see a lot action and I have to say the dancing and singing is just incredible. I have always wanted to see a Broadway show and so this was my first real one and even if just streaming with our Chrome Cast I felt like I was right there. It\u2019s totally one that I am glad to own and I can see us watching and singing along again and again. This is a story I want my kids to see and fall in love with. It\u2019s fun and entertaining and yet still has a story to tell and a lesson to teach. There\u2019s just something enchanting about this broadway show and so we were so excited to get our copy of Disney\u2019s NEWSIES The Broadway Musical which is now on DVD and Disney Movies Anywhere. Be sure to grab your copy and you too can see the hit Broadway Musical!\n\nAbout Kristin\n\nHi, I'm Kristin mom of three, runner and dorky dancer. Our Ordinary Life is a family lifestyle site that is focused on our life with our girls in Southern California. We enjoy spending time outdoors being active as a family and living a healthy lifestyle is also important to us. That's while you'll also find delicious recipes and the latest from our family at Our Ordinary Life!\n\nReader Interactions\n\nComments\n\nI would love to have a copy of this musical! Sounds great and so entertaining!\n\nPrimary Sidebar\n\nHello, we are Kristin and Del the parents behind Our Ordinary Life. We are an active family with three girls living in Orange County, California. Our passion is in living well and having fun while doing it. We\u2019ve been sharing our journey for years and we hope you\u2019ll join us. Click here to learn more about us.\n\nFooter\n\nHello, we are Kristin and Del the parents behind Our Ordinary Life. We are an active family with three girls living in Orange County, California. Our passion is in living well and having fun while doing it. We\u2019ve been sharing our journey for years and we hope you\u2019ll join us. Click here to learn more about us."}
-{"text": "Within ten years of Behan writing The Hostage in 1958, Ireland would be immersed in massive historical and political change. The IRA had carried out a series of low-key campaigns in the North in the 1950s, but after the hostile Protestant reaction to the Catholic civil rights campaign in 1968, the organization split into two wings, one of which decided to return permanently to \"active duty\" as long as Ireland remained partitioned. The violence and tragedy of the Troubles remains part of Northern Ireland to this day, although in the last five years steps have been taken towards resolution of the conflict. Although the play touches on contemporary issues, however, for the most part it is concerned with events in the recent past, particularly the Irish War of Independence, the partitioning of Ireland in 1921, and the subsequent Civil War."}
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-{"text": "Warped Tour 2016 Kansas Review + Photos\n\nTypically, a Warped Tour date is one to simultaneously dread and look forward to. Sitting in the sun for an entire day and being shoved around in a massive group with a bunch of other sweaty individuals may not be everyone\u2019s cup of tea but the entire Warped Tour experience is exciting, and there\u2019s a reason that the tour is affectionately referred to as \u201cThe Best Day Ever\u201d.\n\nVanna\n\nThe tour\u2019s 2016 lineup, was packed with fantastic bands from start to finish. The day started like any other July day in the midwest with a nice, humid, cloud-free 85 degrees that only continued to climb as the time went on. At 9:00, the line to skip the line extended at least a mile back in the parking lot, far past the general admission line, and that was just the start. There was a very obvious range of ages at this year\u2019s event, but that was even more exciting once the day began.\n\nAlthough everyone\u2019s Warped experience is a bit different while bouncing between the serval stages This writer\u2019s day started with Boston natives, Vanna, who tore up the stage in celebration of their newest release, All Hell, and it is definitely worth noting that the excitement over this band is nothing to overlook. They live up to the hype, and then some. It\u2019s extremely obvious that each member of this band loves what they do, even just in watching for a couple of songs, and with Davey\u2019s connection to a crowd that was able to scream back every lyric, there was no other set that could have started the day off better.\n\nThe Word Alive\n\nThe Word Alive was up next after a quick jog to the Monster stages, and they provided another great start to the day, and this writer was particularly thrilled after having waited multiple years to catch the band. They opened with \u201cMade This Way\u201d and transitioned quickly into \u201cSellout\u201d, which were both obvious favorites to the crowd that had packed themselves tightly into the pit. The band was all grins, and without a single body staying still the entire time, it was great to begin the day with that kind of energy.\n\nWith a bit of downtime between must-catch sets, there was time to wander, which ended in being there to see Warped Tour first timers, Young Guns, a British outfit with a sound that ensures the listener knows who they are. Their six song set included two of their most popular songs, \u201cBones\u201d and \u201cI Want Out\u201d, along with a newer single called \u201cBulletproof\u201d. There is no denying that big things will be coming from this band, and they\u2019re definitely one to keep an eye on.\n\nCapsize\n\nThe next band on this writer\u2019s list of must-sees was Capsize, which resulted in getting to the Full Sail stage a little too early. This led to part of what Warped Tour is all about, and that\u2019s discovering new music. Reckless Serenade had just taken the stage, but it was a good choice to stick around. The New Yorkers brought a little more energy to the summer of pop punk with their feel-good sound, and it was, honestly, a bit disappointing to see the band leave the stage.\n\nThat disappointment didn\u2019t last long, though, because Capsize took over shortly after, opening with \u201cLinger\u201d off of their 2014 album \u201cThe Angst in My Veins\u201d. They also played \u201cXX (Sew My Eyes)\u201d and \u201cTear Me Apart\u201d, which were singles from their newest album, \u201cA Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me\u201d, that dropped August 5th. It was a little disappointing to not hear more, but there\u2019s only so much that can be squeezed into a six song set. Regardless, Capsize was one of the best sets of the day.\n\nWith another lull before the excitement of the afternoon came about, there was plenty of time to sit down and take a breath. There was some cloud cover throughout the day, but it was still plenty hot and plenty humid. The break was a good time to fill up water bottles and just take it easy for a moment.\n\nThe Maine\n\nThe Maine came next, waking up the crowd that packed in close to the Journey\u2019s Right Foot Stage and even some of the fans over at the Left Foot Stage. The Arizona natives seemed to have caught a lot of attention from the start of the tour with their merch tent, which contained a banner to inform anyone interested that the band would be doing free meet and greets all summer long. They also carried the \u201cmake America emo again\u201d hat that several people at any date could be spotted wearing.\n\nThey opened with \u201cEnglish Girls\u201d, the first single off of their latest album, \u201cAmerican Candy\u201d. This included a lot of banter from frontman John O\u2019Callaghan with one of the most noteworthy lines being, \u201cSay no to drugs, say yes to rock and roll!\u201d The set continued with a few newer songs, but ended with two songs off of Can\u2019t Stop, Won\u2019t Stop. During \u201cEverything I Ask For\u201d, a fan was pulled out of the crowd to join the band on stage for the bridge. It was goofy and energetic, in true The Maine fashion.\n\nSet It Off\n\nSet It Off took over shortly after, tearing the stage up with \u201cUncontainable\u201d. Vocalist Cody Carson was all over the place, not giving anyone a chance to even consider being bored throughout their set. Cody entered the crowd a couple of times, returned last year\u2019s Duality flag to the stage, and showcased some pretty impressive jumping skills by hopping off of their equipment.\n\nMayday Parade followed, and they made themselves right at home on stage, running out barefoot to open with \u201cBlack Cat\u201d. Seeing as the Kansas show took place on a Thursday, the throwback was not only fitting, but well received with the crowd that stretched far back away from the stage.\n\nState Champs\n\nThe throwbacks continued when Yellowcard came out, opening with \u201cWith You Around\u201d, \u201cLights And Sounds\u201d, and \u201cFive Becomes Four\u201d. Of all the bands that played this stop, Yellowcard was probably the one that this writer never wanted to see leave the stage. It was such a bittersweet moment to witness, especially when the discussion about Warped being their last Kansas show ever came up. People of all ages gathered in that crowd to sing along and party with the band one final time, and it was a nice farewell to the musicians that had inspired such a large group over the years.\n\nState Champs, this year\u2019s winners of the APMA for best breakthrough band, came next, and they started with \u201cShape Up\u201d and \u201cElevated\u201d. This summer of pop punk wouldn\u2019t be the same without the New Yorkers, who seemed surprised by the crowd that turned out to catch their set after commenting on the difference between this year\u2019s turnout compared to that from 2014. Their energy was contagious, and it was nice to catch that second wind during the late afternoon.\n\nMotionless In White\n\nAfter that, some aimless wandering left this writer up front for Motionless In White, and it\u2019s fair to say that this wasn\u2019t a set that left people feeling like their time had been wasted. It\u2019s not often that Motionless hits this part of the Midwest, but the number of fans yelling for them when they took the stage was enough to prove that they should come back to the area soon. \u201cReincarnate\u201d was the first track, and it was just enough to get fans moving to the point that they didn\u2019t stop. Other songs included \u201cDevil\u2019s Night\u201d and \u201c570\u201d which seemed to be favorites.\n\nFollowing after was Issues, who brought in a crowd larger than any other that had been seen that day. Fans packed the space far past trailers and merch tents to sing along to the songs from Headspace. That was, of course, after getting people of all ages to belt out the Pokemon theme song that served as the band\u2019s introduction.\n\nThe Word Alive\n\nThey started with \u201cCOMA\u201d, from their widely celebrated album \u201cHeadspace\u201d, before following with \u201cNever Lose Your Flames\u201d, which was one of the first singles from their self titled album that was released in 2014. \u201cYung & Dum\u201d came next, accompanied by a few more newer songs that nobody hesitated to belt back. The Issues set was the right one to end the night on, and it\u2019s becoming increasingly more obvious that big things are going to be coming from this band.\n\n\u201cPunk Rock Summer Camp\u201d is a day that so many people look forward to every year, despite dreading the heat, and 2016 proved no different. Warped Tour 2016 celebrated 22 years with one of the best lineups in a very long time, and if there were anything that was worth the sweat, sunburns, and dehydration, this would be it. This summer was one that will definitely be missed and is bound to be even more exciting in with 2017\u2019s lineup.\n\nWith a passion for living life through the camera lens, Elizabeth is ready to share the joys of the Midwestern music scene with as many eys as possible. Now, with an outlet to share words and images, she is ready to tackle whatever is thrown her way."}
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-{"text": "The Main Event \u2013 Procedural Level Generation in Unity for M.E.R.C.\n\nGraham Davis, now at Kixeye, came to talk to us about the procedural level generation system he created in Unity for TinyMob Games\u2018 M.E.R.C. His talk went over why procedural level generation was used in M.E.R.C., how it was implemented, the design and technical problems that were overcome, and how it turned out (spoiler: pretty cool!). For me the most surprising part of the talk was learning just how much custom art and modelling there is in a generated level \u2013 it would be great if you could tell the computer what to do and call it a day, but sadly that\u2019s not how it actually works. An enormous amount of work goes into creating building blocks for your levels that your level generation code can assemble for you so that all the pieces look good together.\n\nGraham was kind enough to share his slides, if you missed his talk you don\u2019t have to miss out! If you\u2019d like more detail than is in the slides, Graham also wrote a two part blog about it on Gamasutra: part 1, part 2.\n\nThanks again to Graham for telling us all about procedural level generation!"}
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-{"text": "Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Halftime Stadium Leap Was An Illusion\n\nLady Gaga had all the folks at home fooled.\n\nLady Gaga seemed to begin her Super Bowl LI halftime performance in the most epic way possible, diving through a hole in the stadium's roof onto the stage, all whilst singing and flailing. As it turns out, however, not all is as it seems.\n\nAccording to TMZ, Gaga's hop into Houston's NRG Stadium was a pre-recorded illusion, and if you were inside the stadium, you'd know that the singer began the performance suspended in air above the field, not on the stadium's roof. Check out footage from inside the stadium below.\n\nAre you disappointed that Lady Gaga's epic leap was a fake? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to watch the singer's entire performance right here."}
-{"text": "MIDLAND, Mich. \u2014 Here, at the nation\u2019s oldest, most celebrated, school for would-be Santa Clauses, much has stayed exactly the same over its nearly 75 years. A proper Claus ought to have pleasant breath, his beard curled just so and a hearty laugh that rumbles not from the throat but from deep below the diaphragm.\n\nYet this year, from the holiday parades, to the cheery carols piping from Main Street loudspeakers, to the \u201cthis way to Santa\u201d lines at shopping centers, something more sobering has cast its shadow: the economic slump.\n\nThe result is a Christmas season in which Santas \u2014 including the 115 of them in this year\u2019s graduating class of the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School \u2014 must learn to swiftly size up families\u2019 financial circumstances, gently scale back children\u2019s Christmas gift requests and even how to answer the wish some say they have been hearing with more frequency \u2014 \u201cCan you bring my parent a job?\u201d\n\nPhoto\n\nThe Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, Mich. This year, 115 would-be Santas took a three-day course there.Credit\nFabrizio Costantini for The New York Times\n\nSantas here tell of children who appear on their laps with lists that include the latest, most expensive toys and their parents, standing off to the side, stealthily but imploringly shaking their heads no. On the flip side, some, like Fred Honerkamp, have been visited by children whose expectations seem to have sunk to match the gloom; not long ago, a boy asked him for only one item \u2014 a pair of sneakers that actually fit.\n\n\u201cIn the end, Santas have to be sure to never promise anything,\u201d said Mr. Honerkamp, an alumnus of the school who also lectures here. He has devised his own tale about a wayward elf and slowed toy production at the North Pole for children who are requesting a gift clearly beyond their family\u2019s price range. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to watch sometimes because the children are like little barometers, mirrors on what the country has been through.\u201d\n\nThe Santa school itself, held in this small, central Michigan city over three days every fall, may offer some measure of the nation\u2019s woes. Last month, it drew the largest class of its history. And while most of the men were longtime, passionate Santas looking to hone their skills in hair bleaching, story-telling and sign language, at least a handful, including an aerospace engineer and an accountant, said they were testing out Santa school in part because of slim times, shrunken retirement accounts, or a dearth of work altogether.\n\nPhoto\n\nSome Santas say they tell children that they cannot get everything on a wish list. Some children have asked for a job for a parent.Credit\nFabrizio Costantini for The New York Times\n\n\u201cI\u2019m trying it,\u201d said Joe Stolte, who, at 28, was decades younger than most of the bearded, portly, jarringly similar-looking men in rows all around him. \u201cThere are no jobs out there \u2014 it\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d he said, adding that he had been surviving by doing odd jobs and cutting lawns in Saginaw and that his mother had helped him come up with the tuition ($400 for first-timers, $350 for others). \u201cI like being Santa Claus. And I figure it comes once a year. It\u2019s a thing that\u2019s going to be there.\u201d\n\nAt the school, which takes place partly in an elaborate, cookie-filled Santa House on Main Street, there is a long-standing if polite debate over the role of money in this entire jolly endeavor. The essence of the split? Nursing Home Volunteer Santa versus Mall Santa.\n\nKevin Scott Fleming, of Evansville, Ind., lectured fellow Santas on the evolution of a character resembling Saint Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, and described making money off the beloved character as \u201cpoison, absolutely poison.\u201d Others, like Pat Adams, of Madisonville, Ky., who was soon to fly to Las Vegas for a 40-day stint in a mall, with help from an agent and paid casino-hotel and plane arrangements, saw no harm. \u201cI do well,\u201d he said, adding unapologetically that Mall Santas may earn between $25 and $50 an hour.\n\nPhoto\n\nCredit\nThe New York Times\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a personal choice,\u201d said Thomas F. Valent, a longtime Santa, who took over operations of the school in 1986 and moved it to Midland, where he also runs a construction company. \u201cThe important thing is that people really like Santa. He stands for all good things. So you just have to be the best Santa you can.\u201d\n\nStill, this is a practical education. Along with training in how to store your wig, how best to answer the questions of kindergartners and how to perform on your local cable access television station, a financial planner advised the Santas (and a handful of Mrs. Clauses) to open pension funds and contribute as much as possible to 401(k) retirement accounts. A marketing consultant and gym instructor urged the Santas, a few of whom dozed in their chairs, to create their own Web sites and extolled the benefits of Facebook and Twitter. \u201cDrive \u2019em, drive \u2019em, drive \u2019em to that Web site!\u201d Sabrina Ann Zielinski, the consultant, told the class.\n\nThere are other Santa schools. But this one carries a history that leads many here to describe it as the Harvard of the genre and to list it prominently on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s and business cards. The school was started in 1937 by Charles W. Howard, a former Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day parade Santa whose memory is revered in these halls. It was initially based in Albion, N.Y., setting a set of more professional standards for department store Santas.\n\nSome of the lessons might come in handy any year: do not stay too long or children will lose interest; insist on a good, private place (not a boiler room) for changing into your suit; keep your hands in plain view.\n\nBut the message has shifted with the times. Some Santas say they now feel a larger obligation to speak up in the face of giant, expensive wish lists, an obligation to lower expectations in a way that only Santas (not parents) can get away with. At least one Santa, Gary Christie, had devised a specific routine for talking children out of their demand for an iPod or the like.\n\nAnother, Rick Parris, said, \u201cWhen kids start asking for the world now, I just say, \u2018Hey, look, Johnny, you ain\u2019t getting all that.\u2019 \u201d The former Alabama state trooper added, \u201cI just make sure to let them know that Santa seldom brings everything on a list.\u201d\n\nEven with the economic downturn, not all the Christmas lists have grown shorter. Some children show up with elaborate printouts, cross-referenced spread sheets and clippings from catalogs. \u201cI try to guide the children into not so unrealistic things, and I do tell them that Santa\u2019s been cutting back too,\u201d said Tom Ruperd, of Caro, Mich., who added that parents often silently signal their appreciation.\n\nWhen questions get more complex, Mr. Ruperd said, they sometimes require \u201ccreative answers.\u201d The solutions, it seems, may be beyond what any school could prepare one for, and possibly out of Santa\u2019s reach altogether. \u201cIf they asked for something that\u2019s totally impossible \u2014 a job for Daddy, say \u2014 I usually tell them, \u2018Santa specializes in toys, but we can always pray on the other,\u2019 \u201d Mr. Ruperd said. \u201c \u2018Is there anything in toys that you\u2019d like?\u2019 \u201d\n\nMatthew Orr contributed reporting.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on November 28, 2011, on Page A12 of the New York edition with the headline: In Gloomy Economic Times, Santas Learn to Help by Curbing Expectations. 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-{"text": "Kate Lin\u00adder (Es\u00adther, Y&R)\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve never been to Auck\u00adland, New Zealand, and I\u2019d like to go! I\u2019ve heard it is a great place and very dif\u00adfer\u00adent. It\u2019s a long flight, so if I could beam there \u2014 es\u00adpe\u00adcially if I didn\u2019t have to work the flight [as a flight at\u00adten\u00addant] \u2014 then I def\u00adi\u00adnitely want to be beamed there!\u201d"}
-{"text": "Google+ Followers\n\nNewsletter\n\nTuesday, September 20, 2016\n\nConfession Tuesday - Time in a Bottle\n\nWon't you come with me to the confessional?\n\nDear Reader:\n\nIt's been a week since my last confession and I am frankly amazed that I have been better about the regularity of this Tuesday ritual. Woo-hoo!\n\nSometimes when I am thinking about time I think of the Jim Croce and his song, Time In A Bottle from 1973. Perhaps for different reasons their are lines from this song that I relate to but I think the one that most often is looping over and over in my head is... \"But there never seems to be enough time/To do the things you want to do, once you find them.\" I confess this truth is of the great cruelties of life.\n\nLike so many people I sometimes would like a re-do button. I think of the past how I would have approached certain aspects of my life differently but if I could go back, would I really change anything. Lewis Carroll in Alice In Wonderlandreminds us that, \"I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person them,\" and true that is.\n\nThere were things I did in my youth that I definitely would not change. Those things that relate to my family, I would not want to erase any of that. No do-overs on who I married, our children, but I wonder, would the me back then even entertain things that the me right here in 2016 thinks he would want to do differently?\n\nHow much have I changed? How have those changes occurred over the years? Of course I have to confess that I don't have answers to those questions. Not really. I could wing it, give you some answer that might encompass some half truths but we are dealing with human nature and the scientific aspect in that field is, well non-existent or at least above my pay grade, as in God speak.\n\nPerhaps too, I can confess that thinking about life do-overs are another reason I have come to love writing. We can create people and breath some of ourselves into them. We can control their fate, what makes them tick. Change them on a whim in so many ways. It is perhaps the only control that I can exert over things in any reality other than writing."}
-{"text": "Old Dudes and Old School procceses RULE!\n\nby 30+years welding/ironworker\n(San Diego ca)\n\nanother tip that works very well for old damp 7018 rods is to purposely stick the rod to your work for a few seconds to heat it up and to dry it out a bit, much easier starts, just dont heat it up so much that the flux turns brown or the rod itself starts glowing red, by that time the rod is wasted....... oh and another tip that people new to stick welding learn real quick is that damp or wet gloves present a challenge when placing a new rod into the stinger........ heh.... OLD DUDES RULE!!!!"}
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-{"text": "Among the briefs being filed with the Supreme Court in the pending test of aggregate contribution limits, McCutcheon v. FEC, Docket No. 12-536 (U.S. 2013), Professor Lawrence Lessig\u2019s will draw its fair share of attention. Brief for Professor Lawrence Lessig as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellee, McCutcheon, Docket No. 12-536. In supporting these limits, he has introduced the Court to his \u201cdependence corruption\u201d theory of regulation. His choice to do so, in this case and in this way, may have been unwise, because whatever may be the theory\u2019s utility or power in other contexts, it does not show especially well in this one.\n\nFirst, it is not clear from the brief how dependence corruption can contribute to the resolution of the case before the Court. Corruption dependence comes across as a sort of background presumption that can be invoked in favor of regulating political contributions. The government\u2019s interest in preventing corruption is \u201cbroad\u201d and \u201cdeeply rooted in the Constitution\u2019s text, history, and structure,\u201d Lessig Br. at 4, 20, and it bolsters and provides \u201cstrong\u201d support for the challenged limits. Id. at 21, 29. How so? The brief never turns that corner. It might be said that Lessig\u2019s theory is mood music that reinforces a judicial disposition to uphold limits. But as an aid to legal analysis and decision, it doesn\u2019t rise much beyond its appeals to \u201chistory,\u201d \u201cstructure,\u201d \u201ctext\u201d and \u201cbroad interest.\u201d\n\nSecond, even as Lessig assures the Court that his theory is consistent with Buckley and its progeny, he does not engage with a central question forced by Buckley jurisprudence. Are the aggregate limits contribution or expenditure limits? This is a threshold and, under his analysis, a dispositive question: if the two year cap is a contribution limit, he stands of a chance of winning, but if it is an expenditure limit, the chance vanishes. The brief he files passes silently over the issue, assuming (apparently) that any mechanism for enforcing a contribution limit is itself a contribution limit.\n\nThe brief\u2019s subordination of conventional legal analysis to the elaboration of the theory of corruption dependence is also in evident in his treatment of the subsidiary set of aggregate limits within the total two-year cap of $123,200\u2014i.e. of this sum, no more than $48,600 may be contributed to all federal candidates, with the balance allocated between party and non-party committees. Professor Lessig\u2019s treatment of this issue is none at all: he says nothing at all about this second, subsidiary set of aggregate limits but refers to the McCain-Feingold amendments, which included these limits, as \u201csimply an updated version\u201d of the law since Buckley. Id. at 29. Yet these limits are very much before the Court. The question they raise is why, within the overall limit, a donor is denied the opportunity to allocate as she chooses the sums legally available to parties, other political committees and candidates. Professor Lessig seems to believe that, with no additional analysis required, Congress\u2019s broad authority to regulate contributions simply translates into justification of these limits.\n\nThe brief perhaps omits discussion of these limits because its theory would not advance the case for them. If a donor wishes to spend up to the limit allowed by the law, the government requires a certain distribution of funds. If the government-directed distribution does not suit the donor, she is unable to make full use of the limit. It is hard to see here an anti-corruption interest in this configuration of the limits, and certainly nothing driven by \u201cdependence corruption\u201d concerns.\n\nThird, Lessig\u2019s jurisprudence, which is anchored in the contribution/expenditure distinction, travels a peculiar direction. He does not wholly oppose the decision in Citizens United, which he has characterized elsewhere as in part legitimately protective of free speech\u2014of the right of a nonprofit corporation to market a political film. Lawrence Lessing, A Reply to Professor Hasen, 126 Harvard Law Review Forum (I) 61 (2012)(unlimited nonprofit corporate spending to promote a political film is is \u201can instance of protected speech\u201d). He is unhappy with Citizens United\u2019s role in the rise of super PACs, chiefly bothered by the inability of donors to contribute to them without limit. Id. All told, his theory leaves him defending corporate independent spending while arguing, in this case, for tighter limits on individual giving to political parties and candidates.\n\nMaybe Lessig\u2019s presentation suffers, too, from his insistence that the theory he advocates is \u201cperfectly consistent\u201d with Buckley and Citizens United. Lessig Br. at 3. It is not at all obvious that the first of these claims is true, and the second is a bit of a mystery, since Lessig has elsewhere referred to Citizens United as an \u201cembarrassment\u201d and a \u201creal problem\u201d that has \u201ccreated a new, and even more virulent instance of precisely the corruption I\u2019ve described.\u201d Lawrence Lessig, Lesterland: The Corruption of Congress and How to End It (Kindle Single) Kindle Locations 510, 524, 618 (2013). The more profound shortcoming is that if he is seeking to work within the jurisprudence established by these cases, he has not come up with a doctrinal innovation or analytical device that will help to decide cases, preferably convincingly.\n\nThe Appendix to the brief, a \u201ccatalogue\u201d of references to \u201ccorruption\u201d in the Constitutional debate, reveals the problem. It runs for over 20 pages, Lessig Br. at 1a-23a, citing all Founding Era \u201cinstances of \u2018corruption\u2019 usage, grouped by type of corruption referenced, date, and speaker.\u201d Id. at 4a. This catalogue is not without interest and it is a testament to Professor Lessig\u2019s deep commitment to his concern over money in politics. The puzzle is how the Court can use this information to establish, in Professor Lessig\u2019s words, the \u201cnecessary\u201d and \u201cessential\u201d role of the aggregate limits. Id. at 29, 30. Professor Lessig has proven that he has the will to make this case, but this brief does not show the way."}
-{"text": "Friday, August 25th, 2017...10:39 am\n\nWhat Do Those Archivists Do? An Inside Look at Creating Titles\n\nThis post is part of a new series, \u201cBehind the Scenes at Houghton\u201d giving a glimpse into the inner workings of the library\u2019s mission to support teaching and research. Thanks to Adrien Hilton, Head, Manuscript Section, for contributing this post.\n\nI started as the Head of the Manuscript Section at Houghton Library in February 2016. As a unit, we consist of seven archivists and manuscript cataloguers and function as the group to accession, arrange and describe, and make accessible online descriptions of Houghton\u2019s manuscripts and archives, this includes single items as well as multi-box collections. We are part of the Technical Services Department comprised of book catalogers, acquisitions and end-processing, and metadata librarians.\n\nThe library and special collections landscape is rapidly changing. In Technical Services, like other functional areas in the profession, we can no longer afford to rely on traditional ways of thinking and doing. What may have worked 50 years ago or even 5-10 years ago is already obsolete. There are new theories that embrace more equitable and open access to our library spaces, collections, and collection descriptions. Navigating this ever-evolving environment is one of the most exciting challenges about being an information professional today. We must continually learn and engage with both the theory and practice of archives.\n\nI am currently co-chair of the Society of American Archivists\u2019 (SAA) Technical Subcommittee on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (TS-DACS). We have an ambitious new program in addition to the basic charge of maintaining and educating other archivists about how to use the standard. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) is a set of principles and rules used by archivists to guide and formulate useful and consistent archival description. Excellent! But why should you care? Consistent archival description across special collections allows researchers to better understand and interpret what it is they are looking at. For instance, all finding aids if they are DACS-compliant must have the same minimum set of data elements. Those data elements must contain specific types of information and be formulated in a consistent way. From a researcher\u2019s perspective understanding more about archival description and how it is created might allow for a deeper understanding of the materials, how and why they came to Houghton, how and why they are described, and what the archivist did before they became available in the reading room.\n\nTS-DACS has two primary goals this year: rewrite the Principles to Archival Description in order to better reflect current theory and practice and enhance and expand our educational offerings about DACS. To achieve the latter objective, the committee led a volunteer effort to create a series of webinars and quizzes on the fundamentals of archival description. SAA offered a two-day workshop on DACS. With our new flipped classroom model, less workshop time is spent lecturing and more time is spent actually doing archival description. The now one-day workshop is much more focused on real world exercises and includes active engagement, learning by doing, and even a game of BINGO.\n\nI decided to test the webinars and the new exercises on Houghton\u2019s Manuscript Section, which would provide both assessment on the new content and an opportunity for team building and growth for the section.\n\nThe opening exercise of the day is a fun ice-breaker. It consists of a play on Hemingway\u2019s six-word memoir in which we describe archival description in six words. The Houghton staff did not disappoint with their poetic and literary prowess. Some of my favorites included:\n\n\u201cGiving context to history\u2019s detritus\u201d\n\n\u201cDescribe the forest and the trees\u201d\n\n\u201cMuch Stuff, No Access: Make Some\u201d\n\nAnother highlight for me was really digging in and creating DACS-compliant titles for groupings of material. A DACS-compliant title has two, and sometimes three, parts: creator, nature of the unit, and sometimes a topical designation. Titles are short statements (not bibliographic records) that uniquely identify a grouping or item. Archivists generally supply titles (rather than transcribe) after analysis and interpretation of content and context. Titles and the rules for creating them apply to collections, to folders, and to items.\n\nLet\u2019s break down the three parts.\n\nCreator: this is the individual or organization responsible for the creation or compilation of the material. It is usually written in natural language (first name last name).\n\nNature of the unit: this is a format designation. At the collection level we generally use one of three terms: papers which represent the variety of materials that a person generates; records for the variety of materials that an organization generates; and lastly, collection for an artificial assemblage of materials, usually collated by a common subject.\n\nTopical designation: if the creator and the nature of the unit do not provide enough specificity to the materials or the materials are tightly about a particular topic, event, or person, providing a brief subject is helpful.\n\nJared Sparks papers is an example of a standards-compliant title. But let\u2019s say those Jared Sparks papers are really only made up of correspondence, a more accurate title might be Jared Sparks correspondence. Going further, let\u2019s say that the Jared Sparks correspondence only concerns Harvard University. We might more precisely distinguish this grouping of letters as Jared Sparks correspondence on Harvard University.\n\nAnother concept we touched on was whether or not to repeat information. Below is how you might currently see three letters within the Aubrey Beardsley papers described in a Houghton finding aid:\n\nThe creator is in natural language, the format is letters, and L.C. Smithers is our more specific topical designation. Also, you\u2019ll notice the lack of repetition. This consolidation requires less reading and allows for easier access appropriate materials.\n\nIn the example above, the collection\u2019s title is Aubrey Beardsley papers, where Aubrey Beardsley is the creator and papers is the nature of the unit. It is assumed, unless otherwise noted, that descriptions of that collection\u2019s parts were created by Beardsley. We don\u2019t have to say it again. So in this case, the best title is as follows:\n\nLetters to L.C. Smithers, 1898 April 1-12 (3 letters)\n\nThe context in which the letters and the description are found (Aubrey Beardsley papers) carries a portion of the descriptive burden for us! This approach allows us to describe materials more efficiently, both in terms of time and space. More description means greater discoverability for our researchers and that\u2019s a plus all around!\n\nFollowing DACS might not be the most exciting part of being an archivist, but it is through the use of standards that we create consistent description. This consistent description is more easily shared and understood by archivists and researchers."}
-{"text": "The Kanger Mini ProTank 3\n\nThe Kanger Mini ProTank 3 took the already amazing ProTank to a whole new level of performance and size. The Mini ProTank 3 is a modular design that can be fully disassembled for cleaning, and replacement of parts.The Borosilicate Glass Tank \" Pyrex \" is now user replaceable. \"We will have replacements shortly.\"The newly designed top cap allows you to use almost any 510 driptip. The new design also has provided a nicer draw, without sacrificing any flavor or vapor output.\n\nComments on this post (\n2\n)\n\nIve been a Kanger user since 2014. Iwas completing my order and got to the end and saw you were charging 9.50 in shipping to send four boxes of coils. They weigh less than an ounce combined. The store near me dropped your product. If you can\u2019t do better than that, I will too. I get two 60 ml bottles of juice sent for under 2 dollars shipping. You will have to better to keep my business.\n\nI have purchased two Mini Protanks in the past year and now need a third due to the same problem I had with the first two. After filling the tank and attempting to re-attach to the base, it will not tighten and behaves as if the threads are stripped out. As I said, this is the third one I have purchased in less than a year. I would think that the lifespan would be longer. Please advise."}
-{"text": "Habitat loss greatest threat to B.C. grizzly bears\n\nDegradation of habitat from forestry, oil and gas development and human settlement is the greatest risk to B.C.\u2019s grizzly bear population, Auditor-General Carole Bellringer says.\n\nWhile Forests Minister Doug Donaldson has concentrated on ending the grizzly bear trophy hunt and enacting new regulations to enforce it, a new audit of the ministry\u2019s management of the bear population has uncovered more serious problems. Donaldson has announced that the B.C. government will put an end to trophy hunting of grizzlies after this fall\u2019s hunting season.\n\nThe forests ministry estimates that about 250 of B.C.\u2019s 15,000 grizzly bears are taken by hunters each year, in a limited-entry lottery hunt open to resident and non-resident hunters. The audit found that from 2006 to 2015, there were 389 bears killed as a result of human-bear conflicts, not related to hunting.\n\nThe conflicts are a result of increasing calls about grizzlies to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. The service revised its procedures to evaluate conflict and not automatically assume the bear should be destroyed, for example if it has entered someone\u2019s yard to eat fruit left on trees.\n\n\u201cAn increase in resource roads \u2013 600,000 kms existing and more added every year \u2013 also leads to more human-bear conflict, and ultimately grizzly bear deaths,\u201d Bellringer said.\n\nThe audit found that grizzly bear populations are increasing in some areas of the province, with the trophy hunt each year adjusted for regional populations. Mike Morris, MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie and a long-time hunter and trapper, said in a letter to Black Press that grizzly numbers are reaching problem levels in some places.\n\n\u201cFewer people are hunting bears today than in years gone by, leading to increasing populations,\u201d Morris said. \u201cBears have a devastating effect on ungulate populations and I think have contributed to the drastic decrease in moose, caribou and deer populations. Hunting is an effective wildlife management tool.\u201d"}
-{"text": "When you come to look at rugs in our Huntsville showroom we know you will hear many terms and designs discussed. This glossary serves as a resource for you in your journey to find the perfect rug for you home. Please feel free to contact our rug expert Rick Perkins for any questions you may have.\n\nRug Designs\n\nContemporary\nThese rugs, with patterns less than 25 years old, are marked by a strong Western European influence. They may reflect geometric styling. Modern florals may also be found, as well as abstract art styles or patterns. Colors can be very simple, as in black-on-white, or bold, such as with vivid primary colors.\n\nHeriz\nThe small town of Heriz is the center of the weaving areas in Azerbaijan and is one of the most important Persian provenances. Because of the ease of transportation, Heriz carpets are of better quality than those from the mountain villages, which are less accessible. The typical Heriz red and a highly individual medallion are main characteristics. Antique examples, in various blue tones, can be found in trade and at auctions. Brown, beige, and turquoise shades indicate older pieces. Rare Heriz silk carpets have exceptionally fine knots. The designs of older Heriz rugs differ radically from those of new pieces.\n\nKashan\nKashan, in Iran, produces velvet, silks and carpets as well as interesting ceramics and metalwork. The huge bazaar and its side stalls are dominated by the carpets woven on the 15,000 looms in the Kashan area, which produce some 100 pieces every day.\n\nKhorasan\nMany of the rugs of Khorasan, particularly those of the Baluch and related tribes, are influenced by the designs and ornaments of the Turkoman tribes. These tribes led a nomadic and semi-nomadic existence in Khorasan, as well as to the north and to the east, in Afghanistan. The rugs of southern Khorasan, in the area bordering Baluchistan, are mainly attributable to the Baluchi.\n\nSaruq\nThe best and most beautiful Saruqs come from Arak. Not only the name but also the town of Saruq, approximately 50 km north of Arak, has great significance for the carpet market. After a brief period during which the quality dropped, exceptional carpets are being exported all over the world, especially to Europe and America. The importance of Saruq as a carpet center developed during the 19th century. There is no information about carpet weaving in the town in earlier periods."}
-{"text": "The Crescent offers four luxurious and private double occupancy rooms. Upstairs are three Executive suites \u2013 The Cape Royale, The Sahara, The Serengeti and The Moroccan\u2013 and downstairs an Executive Apartment\n\nThe Cape Royale suite, in addition to its king size bed has its own lounge and dining area. This luxurious, well-appointed room can also be set up for twin beds.\n\nThe Serengeti suite, with its queen-size bed is stylishly furnished with a touch of afro-centricity.\n\nThe Moroccan suite with its mountain views has a queen-size bed and exquisitely adorned with silk curtains and accessories in rich hues of red.\n\nThe 80m2 Executive Apartment with its spacious and generous open plan lounge, dining and self catering facilities is perfect to ensure a relaxed and contented stay.\n\nA queen size bedroom with a full en-suite travertine tiled bathroom\n\nThe sleeper couch in the lounge is ideal for the younger traveler.\n\nAll rooms offer food warming facilities.\n\nServices and Amenities\n\nEach room is comfortably equipped for a memorable stay:\n\nLarge LCD TV\n\nMnet & DSTV\n\nAn executive desk\n\nInternet access\n\nElectronic laptop safe\n\nHairdryer\n\nDining table\n\nTea /coffee\n\nMini Fridge/Microwave/kettle/toaster/crockery/cutlery\n\nDuck down duvet inners\n\nWhite cotton bed linen.\n\nFluffy white towels\n\nBathroom toiletries include soap, shampoo, conditioner and shower cap\n\nAdditional toiletries can be requested from Reception, such as toothpaste and toothbrush kit, sewing kit, shoe polish etc.\n\nThe room-serviced breakfast is structured by the guest from an extensive list of options.\n\nWe subscribe to a \u201cno smoking\u201d policy indoors, however we have made provision for smoking facilities on the balcony."}
-{"text": "Sunday, March 24, 2013\n\nSwitching from Google Reader to Feedly\n\nThe news that Google is pulling the plug on Google Reader has been quite the bummer. Unlike Google Buzz, Google Wave, and iGoogle, Reader actually seems to be popular and well-liked. At the time Google made the announcement, Reader was easily the leading product at what it did. But I guess those numbers still don't translate to it being a success for Google. That's too bad, because I don't know of any more efficient way to consume my news than via a cloud-based RSS reader linked to my Google account. (I mean, I still visit the Yahoo! homepage every day, but that's more of a boondoggle than a legitimate exercise to keep myself informed.)\n\nI suppose, given all the outcry on the blogosphere, it's possible Google might change its mind, but, for now, I've switched to Feedly, which seems to be the most popular alternative (and since an RSS reader is for practical use and not for cool cred, I'm not really interested in digging around to see what hip, obscure options are out there; just point me to what works). It's cloud-based, I can log into it with my Google account, and it sports a much more attractive magazine-style layout than Google Reader, while also allowing users to set it to a more spartan list of article titles only, which is how I had Reader set up. On the downside, it's kind of buggy, much of the interface and functionality doesn't seem well-thought-out (I keep accidentally \"marking all as read,\" when what I mean to do is click on one of my feeds to the left), and the Android app is slow and confusing. Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to look up info for a feed I'm already subscribed to, in case I want to check the feed URL (or in case, say, I want to check the statistics to see how many other people are subscribed to my own blog's feed).\n\n*sigh* I kind of wish they were shutting down Google+ instead. Does anybody really use that, other than Jeri Ryan? (Well, okay, I would occasionally use the \"share via Google+\" feature within Google Reader, but obviously that's not gonna happen anymore.)"}
-{"text": "Tuesday, October 10, 2006\n\nBIG BOY PANTS\n\nWelcome to a Cal Fan\u2019s Notes, or as the San Francisco Chronicle calls it, Diary of a Sex Slave.Saturday we graduated to another level\u2014on all fronts.\n\nSuddenly, we were them (or is it \u201cthey.\" Mark Shorr would turn over in his grave if he thought this English Major couldn\u2019t remember).\n\nPutting Macbeth in the past tense:Nothing was, but what was not.Everything was upside down. The blue shirts were gold and the gold pants were blue.They were the team that choked\u2014not us.We were the fans which screamed wildly\u2014not them.They were the ones that jumped offsides and were called for false starts\u2014not us.We were playing under the lights\u2014not under the sun.They were the physically weaker\u2014we were the stronger team.\n\nWe dominated in every phase\u2014not them.We were the hitters, the terminators, the snot busters, the de-cleeters\u2014not them.\n\n\"Wait,\" you say.This is the Tedford era.We\u2019ve been lots of these things the past four years.And right you are\u2014but never were we so much in so many areas in such an important game.Talk about the \u201cFirstus with the Mostest\u201dThat was us.\n\nSure, maybe there wasn\u2019t a better game than the three overtime win over SC a few of years back.And being on the 9 with a minute twenty-nine down in the Coliseum wasn\u2019t half bad either.\n\nWe were playing great teams and played well\u2014as Tedford teams have.\n\nBut Saturday we were ugly!We were monsters!We were hitters and interceptors and sackers and blockers and passers and runners and kickers and kick returners and\u2026\u2026.\n\nI\u2019m telling\u2019 ya\u2019, it\u2019s never happened before against such a good team.Playing #1 SC, tough, was a compliment to Tedford and his crew\u2014but slaughtering and dominating a very good #11 team brought us to a new level.\n\nI\u2019m not saying this team is better than Pawlowski\u2019s \u201891 squad, or the Muncie/Roth Days, or even selling Kapp, Hart and the boys short in our last Rose Bowl.But this squad has more depth\u2014more superior players than any team anywhere to don the Blue and Gold.(Sorry Coach Smith\u2014but even when you were going undefeated for 5 years straight, and Pappy when you went to three straight Rose Bowls, you never had soooooooooooo many good players to choose from).We may yet, tank.But players we definitely got.\n\nOut of the diapers and into Big Boy Pants.That is us.No one is going to want to play us from here on out, and it says here, we\u2019re favored by 2 \u00bd to 7 down in the Coliseum on November 18th.\n\nOh yeah.We can self destruct.We\u2019ve gone entire halves without scoring an offensive touchdown.And we had 60 yards on personal foul penalties, Saturday night.We\u2019ve got some kids who are awfully immature, and whose tongues may cost us the bowl birth of our choice.\n\nBut if Tedford and Gregory can keep them in line\u2014and if anyone can\u2014they can---whoooooooooooaaaaaaaa Neeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllly!!\n\nThe sheer physicality of Saturday night\u2019s massacre was awe inspiring.For those who love physical football, it was a sight to behold. Our D shut them down.We had three picks, 2 sacks, (Longshore's jersey remained spotless) and held them to 70 yards rushing.\n\nBut the poetry was the 4th quarter O line.Even we knew Tedford was going to run and try to use up clock.And we haven\u2019t been a running team this year.Plus, Lynch had re-sprained his ankle and was on the sideline.\n\nThe O line was like a group of New York fire fighters, hitching up there coveralls, and climbing up a burning WorldTradeCenter.OK. Bad metaphor.No one compares to those real heroes.But in the world of \u201cgames\u201d they rose to the occasion like few O lines have.In the world of \u201cgames\u201d, they were men.They were heroes.\n\nEveryone in the stadium knew what they were going to do, and they did it anyway. It was like Mike Tyson winking at your girl.You just hope and pray he wants her more than he wants you.\n\nThey were relentless and methodical.Forsett, Mr. 2nd String running back, carried 27 times for 163 yards.On almost every carry, the Ducks, no slouches themselves\u2014and still now technically not out of the game\u2014knew what was coming.\n\nBut like my wife in Costco with a credit card, they were totally helpless to stop it.\n\nOddly, it started with us\u2014the great unwashed.It wasn\u2019t like a Cal game.It was like a game at Notre Dame or (dare I say it) Tennessee.There was electricity in the air.People were everywhere.There may even have been a beer or two.\n\nThe Stadium was jammed.It was every bit as good and better than many Big Games.It was so Un-Cal.\n\nWe, the blue state, liberal elitists were re-discovering the beauty of College football\u2014and the thrill of belonging to something bigger than ourselves.We the nattering nabobs of negativism were baptized in the holy waters of unashamed and unrestrained boosterism.We were proud.We were loud.We were a force.\n\nThe Ducks (foolishly) tried to pass on the first play from their own territory.The deafening noise affected them as they tried to shout at one another (as we did in Tennessee), maybe, foolishly calling an audible.Dixon threw a little high, and Hampton intercepted and was out of bounds at their 7.\n\nNow in the past, we\u2019ve had breaks like that against, Notre Dame, Miami, Big Ten schools.And what inevitably used to happen?We\u2019d get the three and lead for a few minutes.\n\nIt appeared like history would repeat itself as we had a 3rd and goal from the one.\n\nWe came out with two tight ends.Longshore rolled slightly left\u2014all motion went left, and then Stevens snuck out in the right.He looked like Don Cheney at a Nancy Pelosi party off Zinfandel Lane.No one was near him.\n\nStill, it was only 7 zip and they were running that spread with the 4th most potent offense in the country.Those of us who had watched Texas Tech tear us apart in the Holiday Bowl were not too smug.\n\nClearly Gregory learned something from that game.(Tedford\u2019s crew learns something from everything).For all game long they were stuffed, picked and pick pocketed.\n\nThey marched down and got a field goal.Then after a couple of punts, Jackson caused the poor DB to fall down with a move which left him wide open for a 36 yd. TD. To bring us to 14 to three.\n\nBishop intercepted a pass to start the 2nd quarter.The ducks returned the favor.Them Mabane caused a fumble, recovered by Abu Ma'afala.\n\nLynch picked up 24.Forsett got one, then with a third and goal from the one, Longshore took it in on a keeper for his first rushing TD of his career.\n\nIt was 21 to 3 when Oregon made the mistake of punting to Jackson.The started right, went left, then reversed it back right again.Someone made an outstanding crack back block, and like Deon he was history.28 to 3.\n\nOregon had an 11 play 69 yard drive to keep in the game 28 to 10 at half.\n\nHalf time was an only at Cal event.Noble Prize Winner, Cosmologist George F. Smoot, was on the \u201cjumbo tron\u201d (Ok, Munchkin Tron) leading the stands in a \u201cGo\u201d\u201cBears\u201d\u2014\u201cGo Bears\u201d yell.How can you not love that?\n\nIn the 2nd half, Schnieder hit a 44 yarder (he\u2019s not getting the notice he deserves) to make it 31 to 10.\n\nAfter a punt, we took 6:43 off the clock with an impressive 80 yard, 15 play drive ending in Longshore\u2019s third TD pass, this time to Jordan to \u201cput it away\u201d, 38 to 10.\n\n\u201cNot so fast Kowalski.\u201d\n\nThey drove to our 29.4th down.A fellow pretended to run to the sidelines, stopped in bounds (we didn\u2019t see it either), and then the field goal kicker took a direct snap and tossed him a Touch Down.That did bring up talk of SC two years ago.On 4th, if we\u2019re ahead, we seem to be vulnerable to the fake.That should be easily curable.\n\nForsett and the O line were the story in the 4th quarter, and it was a thing of beauty which would have brought a smile to Ray Willsey, Woody Hayes, and all lovers of grind it out football.\n\nThe game ended.It was dark, but light in our hearts.No one wanted to leave.We headed up to the NapaValley, realizing we\u2019d witnessed a transformative moment.Finally\u2014we were the Big Bad Bears!!\n\nUnless you\u2019ve seen ball elsewhere, and many of you have, you can\u2019t really understand what Tedford has wrought.Saturday was a Sea Change.\n\nGo Bears,Jeffrey Earl Warren '70www.jeffwarren.com\n\nA couple of Notes from the Web site:\n\nCal has scored 171 points in the first halves of those five victories, and the Bears have scored at least 40 points in five straight games for the first time in school history.\n\nBellotti said. \"It was not what I anticipated. ... It's the most crowd noise I've ever heard here, too. Sometimes there hasn't been a crowd here.\"\n\nCosmologist George F. Smoot, who won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, was introduced before the game to the cheering student section, which chanted \"Nobel Prize! Nobel Prize!\"\n\nFrom Jeans:Tedford\u2019s Solution to The Personal Fouls:\n\nThis is an excerpt from and e-mail from Mike Tepper (#79) to his Dad:\n\n\"Just got done doing 60 up downs for 60 yards in personal fouls.\"\n\nNot exactly what one would expect for a Sunday night team treat after a huge win over Oregon.\n\nI am convinced Jeff Tedford is building a world class, totally accountable organization.\"\n\nWhat are \"up downs?:\n\nYou run in place... then the whistle blows. you drop to the ground do a push up then immediately stand up and keep running in place.\n\nFrom Doug:\n\nThis quote in USA Today yesterday was an extraordinary event.\n\n\"It [even] came up during Saturday's football game between California and Oregon, two nationally ranked teams. When GEORGE SMOOT \u2014 A PHYSICS PROFESSOR AT BERKELEY and one of this year's Nobel winners \u2014 was introduced at halftime, the home fans chanted \"Nobel! Nobel! Nobel!\" much as one might expect them to chant \"Defense! Defense! Defense!\"\n\nIts called \"brains AND brawn!\" No other university in the country, forget \"public university\", no other university who is a true football powerhouse is also the top in academics. OhioState, for example, has never even had one Nobel Prize winner. Go down the list. Cal has more Nobels than any of them.\n\nNow let's look at the opposite. Harvard, MIT, Cal Tech, Princeton, Yale -- absolutely great academics, but they are not even close in top 10 in football.\n\nIt was often said in my day in college that being on top in both was not possible. The objectives were diametrically opposed. You could be great in one but not the other. What was urging us on was that we were starting to get close. Cal won the NCAA basketball championship in 1959 and lost the championship game 1960. Meanwhile, we went to the Rose Bowl with Joe Kapp at quarterback. We came out in 1962 and 1963 and 1964 in the top three academic rankings race with Harvard and Yale, even beating Harvard once. In football coaching, we had Marv Levy, a Phi Beta Kappa himself, and Craig Morton as a quarterback. We were going somewhere! As in the fight song \"...brains and brawn will win the day..\"\n\nThen the Free Speech movement hit and the whole thing blew up. Of course, on Rally Comm, we knew who was the best. We knew the Bear spirit would persevere. Someday we would make the top of both. We always thought that no other school could even have a close shot. If there is one we thought, it would probably be StanfordState, but, hey, we'll give them the number 2 slot and that'll make it a double whammy for the Golden West.\n\nSo if you get a chance again as you are working up some yells and card stunts and half time pageantry, including THE band, to combine the two messages, do it.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI write a Weekly Column for the St. Helena Star and have a Weekly Radio Show on KVON 1440am (KVON.com) on Wednesday's at 5pm. My Columns are about daily small town life in rural St. Helena. I'm old school and often write about the \"old Days.\" I'm a Capitalist an believe in individual liberty and the rugged individualist. I also do a weekly blog on my trips to the Cal Bears Football games--but you gotta luv the Bears to like it. Having no marketable skills I sell dirt (vineyards wineries, ranches and estates), having formerly been a Creative Director and Copy Writer in New York and S.F."}
-{"text": "(PS3) TWD Season 1 Episode 1 crashing\n\nAfter finishing Episode 1 and seeing the preview for Episode 2 the stats screen never loads. I can still access the start menu and return to the main menu. But when I start Episode 2 none of my choices have carried over. I didn't rewind."}
-{"text": "Links\n\nAbstract\n\nThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province in Russia as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal program. Geologically, the Timan-Pechora Basin Province is a triangular-shaped cratonic block bounded by the northeast-southwest trending Ural Mountains and the northwest-southeast trending Timan Ridge. The northern boundary is shared with the South Barents Sea Province (fig.1). The Timan-Pechora Basin Province has a long history of oil and gas exploration and production. The first field was discovered in 1930 and, after 75 years of exploration, more than 230 fields have been discovered and more than 5,400 wells have been drilled. This has resulted in the discovery of more than 16 billion barrels of oil and 40 trillion cubic feet of gas."}
-{"text": "\u2018No shame in what has happened,\u2019 says Rotherham United chief - big-match verdict\n\nTHE pre-match song of choice for Paul Warne and his Rotherham United braves was George Michael\u2019s Faith \u2013 and the soundtrack afterwards should have been Robbie Williams\u2019s No Regrets.\n\nAt the highest ground in England, Warne\u2019s Millers, shattered to a man after expending a colossal amount of physical and emotional energy this season, portrayed the lows associated with a side whose race was run at the final whistle.\n\nBut the defiant, stirring and admirable reaction of those who travelled down from South Yorkshire and have been with them on this particular journey every step of the way since August ensured that heads were held aloft as United\u2019s hearty brigade walked off the turf at The Hawthorns.\n\nRelegation, yes, but with pride emphatically restored. This was nothing like the demotion of two years earlier that Warne called \u201cembarrassing\u201d. Or the pitiful 2004-05 campaign, the Millers\u2019 previous second-tier relegation when they were down with over a month of the season still to go.\n\nThis was a side who intermittently landed punches on the big boys in a division where they simply had no right to do so. A division where the disparity between their own resources and all of their rivals represented a vast chasm and not merely a gap.\n\nFittingly it was displayed in Saturday\u2019s penultimate appointment of the season at West Brom. But despite the fighters\u2019 heart and ability to punch above their weight, the bell eventually would toll for Rotherham after soaking up too much punishment.\n\nOnce the swelling goes down there should be consolation for a playing and coaching staff whose togetherness is touch-tight and whose organisation and character are beyond question.\n\nIt is a side with a footballing identity and soul in the best traditions of the Millers\u2019 better days and one where lifelong friendships have been brokered.\n\nIt is a unit who could simultaneously give no more, but are able to look themselves in the mirror.\n\nWarne, choked with emotion in his post-match interview on Saturday evening, reflected: \u201cAll the fans stayed and clapped the team off. A lot of my team were in tears, as they were in the dressing room. They have given everything for this great club.\n\n\u201cThe fact that the West Brom fans clapped my team off means the world. It shows they understand what a game they had been in, what a fight we had put up.\n\n\u201cThere is no shame in what has happened. I am really proud of the group.\n\n\u201cWhat is there to criticise? People can criticise me, that is fine. But I do not see how any criticism can be levelled at the team.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately some people in that dressing room will leave in the summer and I feel like a primary school teacher at the end of the year when all my kids run for cover. I feel a bit heartbroken because I know there are some really good friendships in there.\n\n\u201cWe have tried to go toe-to-toe with some ridiculous clubs and I think we have made people proud in the town.\u201d\n\nA draw for relegation rivals Millwall in the early kick-off provided the Millers with an inkling of hope, but with the realisation that only a win would do to take their fates to the last game of the season with Middlesbrough.\n\nHistoric inspiration was also to be found with the Millers having triumphed on their last league visit to Albion, thanks to Chris Sedgwick\u2019s goal in a shock 1-0 win against another promotion-chasing Albion side in February, 2004.\n\nThe hunger and desire almost exclusively came from those in visiting jerseys in the first period, with West Brom \u2013 with play-off qualification sealed \u2013 very much looking a side keeping their powder dry for key battles ahead.\n\nThe woodwork denied Clark Robertson early on following his powerful header from Joe Newell\u2019s inswinging corner, and Craig Dawson was well stationed to clear off the line after Kyle Bartley\u2019s miscued header.\n\nThe goal that the Millers had been threatening arrived early in the second half with Robertson\u2019s looping header diverted onto the crossbar by Dawson before bouncing over the line, referee Robert Jones showing no hesitation in awarding a goal.\n\nPiqued into action, West Brom took the cue to rouse themselves for the remainder of the game and, try as they might, the doughty visitors could not stem the tide.\n\nMason Holgate spurned one glorious opportunity and was then thwarted by Marek Rodak before Albion were the beneficiaries of a soft-looking penalty after Dwight Gayle went down under pressure from Michael Smith \u2013 with the Millers\u2019 dismay compounded by the fact that they should have been awarded a throw-in during the build-up.\n\nJay Rodriguez was not one to ask questions and blasted in the penalty and two minutes later Rekeem Harper\u2019s arrowing low drive completed the comeback.\n\nThe hosts had chances to seal it as United poured forward with the game ending with Newell blasting against the woodwork and the Millers fittingly on the front foot in a season when they have given their all.\n\nOn agonisingly just failing to take their fates to the last day, Warne added: \u201cI always say to the players that good things happen to good people and there was a real belief that it would happen.\n\n\u201cIn the team meeting on Friday night I played Faith by George Michael. Everybody had to hug everybody else in the room and thank them for the season.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Curtis Williams, master electrician\n\nCurtis Albert Williams, 83, of Macclenny died on May 25, 2012. Mr. Williams was born March 2, 1929 in Macclenny, the third of 11 children born at home to the late Arthur and Edna Marie Williams. He is survived by children Janice Edmond, Audrey Jackson, Renee Williams, Curtis Williams and Kurtina Marvins; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.\n\nHe was married to Cloretta Williams until 1998 and the late Jimmye Owens Williams from 1999 until her death in 2011. He was preceded in death by siblings Walter, Rudolph , Clarence, Dollie Mae and Winston Williams.\n\nMr. Williams attended Baker County schools and served in the military during the Korean War. He returned and attended Florida Normal College (now Florida Memorial College) to become a master electrician, which later led to him becoming a state certified chief electrical inspector. He retired as an inspector for the City of Boca Raton.\n\nHe joined Allen Chapel AME in Macclenny at an early age. In his later years, he attended First Missionary Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach.\n\nThe funeral service for Mr. Williams will be 10:00 am on Saturday, June 2 at Faith Bible Church in Sanderson with Rev. Videll Williams officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on June 1 at the church. Combs Funeral Home of Lake City is in charge of arrangements."}
-{"text": "Purchase on Springer.com\n\nAbstract\n\nThis paper examines the use of mixed methods for analyzing users\u2019 avatar-related activities in a virtual world. Server logs recorded keystroke-level activity for 595 participants over a six-month period in Whyville.net, an informal science website. Participants also completed surveys and participated in interviews regarding their experiences. Additionally, the study included online ethnographic observations of Whyville and offline observations of a subset of 88 users in classroom and after-school settings during their participation. A mixed-methods analysis identified a major user emphasis on avatar appearance and customization that was invariant across user typologies. Implications for the use of mixed methods in online environments are discussed with regard to three challenges resolved during the study: (1) appropriate reduction of the vast quantity of data, (2) integrated analysis of online and offline events, and (3) interactions between qualitative and quantitative data.\n\nDucheneaut, N., & Moore, R. J. (2004). The social side of gaming: A study of interaction patterns in a massively multiplayer online game. In Proceedings of the 2004 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work (pp. 360\u2013369). New York: ACM.\n\nTurkle, S. (1995). Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the Internet. New York: Simon & Schuster.\n\nWilliams, D., Ducheneaut, N., Xiong, L., Zhang, Y., Yee, N., & Nickell, E. (2006). From tree house to barracks: The social life of guilds in World of Warcraft. Games and Culture, 1(4), 338\u2013361.CrossRef"}
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-{"text": "Image above: \u201cWe are lucky that only a few families lived here before us, which is pretty [remarkable] considering she\u2019s not a young house \u2014 part of the demo included removing gas lamp infrastructure,\u201d Sam says. \u201cAnd while we\u2019re not the first family in Brooklyn looking to maximize square footage, when you\u2019re working with just 12 feet across it takes on a whole new meaning.\u201d By opening up the stair wall, Sarah was able to elongate the home\u2019s design and make the space feel much larger. Chairs upholstered by Studio Four in their teal Jackie fabric, with Flock\u2018s Northmore Minor Teal fabric on the back.\n\nCreating a space that was colorful, informal, incorporated furniture inherited from Betsy\u2019s grandparents (traditional on one side and mid-century from the other), and that could handle two wild boys, was essential. Betsy is most thankful for the former stables that became her studio, originally thinking that she would have to rent a studio before they found their home. Betsy explains, \u201cThe feeling of old time past and rustic white wood are so brand-friendly. It\u2019s a luxury to work while the boys are home and at night without leaving the house. I also bring them into the studio to make projects like tie dying and painting. Plus I like for them to be exposed daily to my work and to art and design \u2014 I hope to inspire them.\u201d She also never takes the open space for granted, especially during the long winters. Betsy adds, \u201cThey run around, build obstacle courses, and shoot Nerf bullets all over the place. It really helps keep them \u2018out of my bubble\u2019 and I can see everything they\u2019re doing while cooking, etc.\u201d\n\nSarah and her husband Matthew Latkiewicz, a television host, writer, and producer, arrived in Oakland with only what they could squeeze into their Honda Fit. This included Sarah\u2019s grandparents\u2019 coffee table, Matthew\u2019s two favorite chairs, some art, and their clothes. After weeks scouring Craigslist and thrift stores, Sarah realized the best place for reasonably priced home goods was estates sales. \u201cThat is how the best stuff gets into the bloodstream of the Bay Area. That and the Alameda Flea Market.\u201d From her estate sale and flea market explorations she began assembling a collection of what she calls \u201csoulful objects.\u201d It took about three years before Sarah felt like she had made a cohesive and comfortable space of their 1920s Art Deco apartment.\n\nExcerpt of 45 Blinds And Curtains Together Ideas\n\nBest window treatment ideas modern curtains blinds coverings and together interior guest room. Blinds and curtains together ideas double brown horizontal for window decoration in small living room design wooden material valances woven wood the drawing modern. Curtains and blinds together ideas amazing window treatments style home design best on interior curtain."}
-{"text": "Thousands of Arab Israelis on Saturday protested against the controversial \"Jewish State\" law at Rabin square in Israeli capital Tel Aviv.\n\nThe High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens, which represents Palestinians living in Israel, called for the march in response to the approval of the law by the Israeli parliament (Knesset) last month.\n\nThe march was attended by several Palestinian figures, including former MP Mohammad Barakeh, the chairman of the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Affairs, MP Jamal Zahalka, MP Masoud Ghanaim, and Chairman of the National Council of Arab Community Leaders Eva Illouz.\n\n\u201cYes for equality\u201d and \u201cNo for the [Jewish] National law\u201d were among the slogans read on banners waved by protesters who also raised the Palestinian flags.\n\n\"The basis of the demonstration today is to direct a powerful message that the national law will be abolished,\u201d Ghanaim told the protesters.\n\n\"This law which establishes an apartheid regime in Israel will be abolished and we will prevail,\" he said.\n\nBarakeh praised the march, saying: \"All Arabs and Jews are attending the march in thousands in order to repeal this abomination of a law and remove the stain left by the [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu\u2019s government\".\n\nThe law defines Israel as a Jewish state with a \"united Jerusalem\" as its capital. It has also promoted Hebrew as the only official language, stripping Arabic as an official language while recognizing its \u201cspecial status\u201d.\n\nThe new legislation risks further alienating the Arab minority who argue they already face discrimination from Israeli Jews and the government and already feel as though they are second-class citizens.\n\nPalestinians, who have Israeli citizenship make up 21 percent of the population, are known as Israeli Arabs and have members in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset."}
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-{"text": "Hawaii is overflowing with solar power because it\u2019s obnoxiously perfect\n\nHawaii residents are generating so much power from solar panels that utilities are worried about accommodating the excess electricity. This is because Hawaii never has any real problems and is a goddamn paradise.\n\nSolar power has grown increasingly popular across the U.S. Sun Belt, but hardly anywhere has it taken hold as it has in Hawaii. Friendly tax credits, the highest average electricity rates in the nation and the most aggressive renewable energy program adopted by any state have sent homeowners scrambling to install photovoltaic systems on their roofs.\n\nThe number of solar power systems across the island state has doubled every year since 2007, with nearly 20,000 units installed. But with homeowners and businesses now producing nearly 140 megawatts of their own power \u2014 the equivalent of a medium-size power plant \u2014 and solar tax credits biting seriously into the state budget, Hawaii legislators and electrical utilities are tapping the brakes. \u2026\n\nHawaiian Electric Co. on Oahu, which oversees subsidiary utilities on Maui and the Big Island, has warned that the explosion of do-it-yourself solar could threaten parts of the power grid with the possibility of power fluctuations or sporadic blackouts as the power generated by homeowners \u2014 unpredictable and subject to sudden swings \u2014 exceeded output from power plants in some areas.\n\nHa ha. These are the problems they have in Hawaii. \u201cGuys, you\u2019re generating too much renewable energy.\u201d Big fucking sad face.\n\nIncidentally, it\u2019s a balmy 74 degrees in Honolulu right now, because God forbid anything should be even slightly uncomfortable there. I mean, this is the sort of thing that\u2019s a short drive away from anywhere on the island."}
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-{"text": "Capt and his first mate took us an extremely enjoyable afternoon cruise. They were knowledgeable of the areas and wildlife and stopped a few times to pick up garage to help protect our oceans. Can't ask for more than that. Well worth the money and extremely relaxing and fun.\n\nWe booked a lunchtime cruise down the river for an employee lunch and had a fantastic time! The captain and guide were informative and fun. We saw dolphins and manatees along the way and they took the time to point out islands and wildlife and share local stories. This was a fantastic team outing! We'll be back to see the holiday lights from the boat soon! Thanks for a great time.\n\nWonderful way to spend the afternoon! Captain Tom and First mate were great tour guides, pointing out areas of interest throughout the tour- lots of fun, great music, the time flew by. Next time we're doing the night tour! Thanks to Captain & Crew, from Jeff & Paige"}
-{"text": "Welcome to the International Skeptics Forum, where we discuss skepticism, critical thinking, the paranormal and science in a friendly but lively way. You are currently viewing the forum as a guest, which means you are missing out on discussing matters that are of interest to you. Please consider\nregistering so you can gain full use of the forum features and interact with other Members. Registration is simple, fast and free! Click here to register today.\n\nThe person best equipped to answer the question is the vet, because that person has actually seen the dog.\n\nI have seen animals that were so over conditioned (\"over conditoned\" being a nice way to say FAT) that it was highly detrimental to the animal's health and I have even seen animals die from obesity. It is entirely possible that your dog needs to lose 20 lbs, but again - ask the vet, who can actually see the dog and assess its condition. If you don't trust the first vet, take your dog to another vet.\n\nThe person best equipped to answer the question is the vet, because that person has actually seen the dog.\n\nI have seen animals that were so over conditioned (\"over conditoned\" being a nice way to say FAT) that it was highly detrimental to the animal's health and I have even seen animals die from obesity. It is entirely possible that your dog needs to lose 20 lbs, but again - ask the vet, who can actually see the dog and assess its condition. If you don't trust the first vet, take your dog to another vet.\n\nAll people on the internet can do is guess.\n\nHi Amapola.\n\nOf course, I have seen the vet and will put the dog on the diet. But I am also asking for opinions of people who maybe had a similar experience.\n\nnimzov, in your example of figuring the percentage of weight the dog needs to lose, it's hard to know how much a dog of that particular build, size and so on, actually ought to weigh.\n\nYour example of you being 190 and losing 20% of your weight is probably right on as far as it causing you problems. But you see, some people weigh 375 and need to lose close to 50% of that weight (for example). 20% would simply be an excellent start. So I think it would depend on just how overweight your dog actually is, for the size, build and bone structure of that individual dog.\n\nGlad to hear you are putting the dog on the diet though - I know hip dysplasia can be pure misery for a dog. It sounds like you are following the right course.\n\nDog fat has 3500 calories per pound, I assume, like people fat. 20 pounds would put him into negative consumption, 2300 calories per day. wouldn't it? Meaning, little food, lots of exercise? Can a 100# dog do that much work?\n\nLike people, who claim a diet lost them 70 pounds in one month. That's about 7,000 calories per day loss. That means they would have had to burn 7k /day more than they ate. How much were they eating brefore? 11,000 per day?\n\n__________________Great minds discuss ideas.\nMedium minds discuss events.\nSmall minds spend all their time on U-Tube and Facebook.\n\nDog fat has 3500 calories per pound, I assume, like people fat. 20 pounds would put him into negative consumption, 2300 calories per day. wouldn't it? Meaning, little food, lots of exercise? Can a 100# dog do that much work?\n\nLike people, who claim a diet lost them 70 pounds in one month. That's about 7,000 calories per day loss. That means they would have had to burn 7k /day more than they ate. How much were they eating brefore? 11,000 per day?\n\nTo consider what you say we need to know the age and activity level of the dog right now. In my experience with an older lab, the dog was not as active as he was as a younger animal. In fact from about age 10 he was really lazy and just loved to eat and sleep ....so if he wasn't subject to food restrictions he'd baloon up to over a hundred pounds and that's way to much for this breed and its hips.\n\nDog fat has 3500 calories per pound, I assume, like people fat. 20 pounds would put him into negative consumption, 2300 calories per day. wouldn't it? Meaning, little food, lots of exercise? Can a 100# dog do that much work?\n\nLike people, who claim a diet lost them 70 pounds in one month. That's about 7,000 calories per day loss. That means they would have had to burn 7k /day more than they ate. How much were they eating brefore? 11,000 per day?\n\nOriginally Posted by SteveGrenard\n\nTo consider what you say we need to know the age and activity level of the dog right now. In my experience with an older lab, the dog was not as active as he was as a younger animal. In fact from about age 10 he was really lazy and just loved to eat and sleep ....so if he wasn't subject to food restrictions he'd baloon up to over a hundred pounds and that's way to much for this breed and its hips.\n\nHi.\n\nMy dog is 8 years old and has severe hip dysplasia. He cannot exercise much; 3-4 short walks a day. The vet says to keep the exercise level low. So the only thing left to lose the weight is the diet.\n\nYeah it is fast to loose that weight in a month. I am not so sure it is unhealthy to loose weight that fast but it is probably unnecessary. Perhaps your vet is overstating the goal to try to get you serious about weight loss.\n\nI have 2 fat cats. The 2 things they love most, are eating and watching the Littermaid cat box clean itself. I will not deny these 2 cats their main pleasure in life. Is it length of life or quality of life that is important?\n\nI have 2 fat cats. The 2 things they love most, are eating and watching the Littermaid cat box clean itself. I will not deny these 2 cats their main pleasure in life. Is it length of life or quality of life that is important?\n\nThing is, as a cat, they will see food and eat it. If you give them more of their favourite foods, most will eat that too. My cat, for example, has no detectable limit for sausage meat. To her, it's just something that she loves to eat and sees no reason why she shouldn't.\n\nAs a human being, I understand that eating too much of the wrong things is a bad thing. It exposes animals to the risk of diabetes, joint problems, heart problems, all sorts of problems. To understand that but to keep overfeeding sounds borderline cruelty to me: You know it's bad but you keep providing it. Would you let a child eat just what they wanted, purely because they enjoy it?\n\nYour pets can have good quality of life without overfeeding. It's shouldn't be an either/or situation.\n\n__________________Rimmer: Look at her! Magnificent woman! Very prim, very proper, almost austere. Some people took her for cold, thought she was aloof. Not a bit of it. She just despised fools. Quite tragic, really, because otherwise I think we'd have got on famously.\n\nOne of my cats weighs 19 lbs. Last week he began vomiting every time he ate. A visit to the vet and bloodwork revealed that his kidney levels were a touch above normal and his glucose was halfway between top normal and diabetic. The vet speculated that the levels could have been due to the stress of the all the vomiting. After two days on a special bland diet and another round of blood work, all of his levels were back to normal. So he's okay for now, but we know he's obese. I'm taking that false alarm as a wake-up call and we have ordered a baby scale and are measuring out his food. He was clearly depressed by having his Cat Chow withheld for two days, but at least he can continue to have what he loves, he'll just have less of it. He'll adjust and be healthy as well as happy. It's rough enough dealing pet health problems that are beyond one's control (believe me, I know), so why put a pet at risk of problems that are preventable?\n\nETA: I don't mean to contribute to the derail of nimzov's thread, so I'll add that while it is usually considered unhealthy for an animal to loose such a large amount of weight in a short period of time, nimzov's vet may be choosing the less risky of two risky situations. It may be that the weight loss carries less risk than the result of the hip dysplasia. My mother-in-law had surgery performed on her cockapoo when it suddenly became unable to walk to due hip dysplasia. The alternative was euthanasia. Fortunately the surgery, which was quite expensive, worked rather well, and the dog was walking again (although with a bit of a waddle) and even running and lived something like 6 more years to the venerable age of 15. Dogdoctor may be correct in that the vet may have simply set a rather liberal goal to emphasize the urgency to reduce the dog's weight.\n\n__________________We have reached a point in time where reality and satire have intersected and now you can't tell the difference. -- Lewis Black\n\nThere is a cult of ignorance . . . nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. -- Isaac Asimov\n\nI have 2 fat cats. The 2 things they love most, are eating and watching the Littermaid cat box clean itself. I will not deny these 2 cats their main pleasure in life. Is it length of life or quality of life that is important?\n\nBut in nimzov's dog's case, the quality of life is not there. Hip dysplasia is horrifically painful for the dog. The dog will continue to eat as much as possible; without human intervention to provide the dog with a more correct diet the dog will become even more miserable. nimzov is doing the absolutely correct thing by putting the dog on the diet.\n\nIf your cats are obese, and do not have diabetes, heart disease, painful joints or any of the other problems associated with obesity, good for them. I hope it remains that way. It does not always work out that smoothly for every animal, however.\n\nOne of my German Shepherds has hip dysplasia and some difficulties with arthritis in his spine. Another of them is a bit overweight. The third had an operation for ununited anconeal processes when she was a pup, so she has slight elbow joint problems. As you know, with any joint problems, it's important to keep the weight down, as excess flab will only exacerbate the problems.\n\nTo keep my dogs' weight right down, I changed to a \"senior/lite\" version of dog food (I feed my dogs on complete, dry food - James Wellbeloved brand), and stick VERY strictly to the quantity guidelines on the pack. To my surprise, when I first measured out the correct amount, I thought \"Wow - that's not very much!\" which I guess was a good indication I had been overfeeding them up to that point! And, of course, I cut out ALL treats and scraps.\n\nAs for exercise, if you can arrange it, take your dog to a canine hydrotherapy pool. I take my boy with hip problems to one once a week, and it's working fabulously. His pain and discomfort have quite clearly reduced since his muscles have built up through the swimming. He loves his time playing in the pool and I'm told that 5-10 minutes swimming is the equivalent to taking a dog on a 5 mile walk....and much gentler on his joints, too. From talking to the lady who runs the pool, it seems that the majority of her doggy clients are coming because of joint problems and/or obesity, so it would be perfect for your dog. It's a great (and fun!) way to get some weight off your dog, and will probably work faster than walks alone, especially if his age and general fitness limit the amount of walking he can do. The one drawback is the cost - I pay \u00a315 a session (around $25 US) whch is why I can only take the dog who (IMO) needs it the most.\n\nAs for exercise, if you can arrange it, take your dog to a canine hydrotherapy pool. I take my boy with hip problems to one once a week, and it's working fabulously. His pain and discomfort have quite clearly reduced since his muscles have built up through the swimming. He loves his time playing in the pool and I'm told that 5-10 minutes swimming is the equivalent to taking a dog on a 5 mile walk....and much gentler on his joints, too. From talking to the lady who runs the pool, it seems that the majority of her doggy clients are coming because of joint problems and/or obesity, so it would be perfect for your dog. It's a great (and fun!) way to get some weight off your dog, and will probably work faster than walks alone, especially if his age and general fitness limit the amount of walking he can do. The one drawback is the cost - I pay \u00a315 a session (around $25 US) whch is why I can only take the dog who (IMO) needs it the most.\n\nI would definitely recommend you look into it.\n\nGood luck!\n\nHello.\n\nI has already look for a poll where my dog could go swimming but unfortunately I could not find any. The vet could not help me finding one.\n\nI has already look for a poll where my dog could go swimming but unfortunately I could not find any. The vet could not help me finding one.\n\nnimzo\n\nThat's a shame, because it would be perfect for your dog's needs.\n\nYou could try getting in touch with a local breed club to see if any other Lab owners can recommend anywhere. Hip dysplasia is common in many breeds, (esp. Labradors and GSDs) so there must be a lot of other owners in your area in the same situation.\n\nI'm a veterinary orthopedic specialist in Alabama. I've never heard of cartrophen, but it sounds similar to a drug here in the States. From your link, it appears to be in the same family. These glycosaminoglycan drugs are sort of on the edge of respectability in veterinary medicine. Some vets swear by them, some swear at them. I'm one of the latter ones. The only claims they make that can be backed up by double blinded studies is that they have some anti-inflamatory effect and they can protect undamaged cartilage in a healthy joint. As far as I know, no studies have shown that they can repair damaged cartilage, or reverse arthritic damage in dogs suffering from degenerative joint disease such as hip dysplasia.\n\nIn my opinion, losing 20 lbs in 1 month is unrealistic. There is no way for me to say whether 20 lbs is too much or too little without seeing your dog, but as a general rule, dogs with severe hip dysplasia should be \"skinny enough to make your neighbors talk badly about you\", as my masters professor used to tell me. A reasonable goal is for your dog to lose 2 lbs a week. You need to exercise him lightly as much as he will tolerate. Several very short walks a day if necessary. During the first 3 to 4 weeks, depend heavily on NSAIDS such as Carprofen as long as your dog has no liver disease. Once you get about 10 lbs or so off, the exercise will become easier, and he will lose weight much faster. The key is consistency and perserverance. It has been my experience that diet alone will almost never remove significant amounts of weight from a dog, unless you are essentially starving them. Some exercise is mandatory. Your dog should be weighed weekly on the same scale to make sure you are meeting your goal. When you can pass your hands along the sides of his chest and feel his ribs (not count them, just feel they are there) without pressing inward, then he has probably lost enough weight.\n\nOnce you have reached that goal, have him re-evaluated if necessary. If you have big bucks to spend, get at least one of his hips replaced with an artificial hip once you get the weight off. The surgery is about 98% successful in returning full function to the hip joint, and the joint lasts about 7 to 10 years in a sedentary patient. Definitely the way to go, but it costs about $3000.00 per hip (American dollars) where I live. Substantially more in the northern states.\n\nI did read somewhere larger dogs need to be fed twice a day, but I guess those could be small meals.\n\nThis is not for nutritional reasons, but rather to keep them from gorging food in one big meal a day. This causes stretching of the ligaments that hold the stomach in place, which can allow the stomach to rotate on its axis inside the abdomen. The rotation traps air and food in the stomach and shuts off blood supply to the stomach and spleen -- a life threatening surgical emergency.\n\nThis is not for nutritional reasons, but rather to keep them from gorging food in one big meal a day. This causes stretching of the ligaments that hold the stomach in place, which can allow the stomach to rotate on its axis inside the abdomen. The rotation traps air and food in the stomach and shuts off blood supply to the stomach and spleen -- a life threatening surgical emergency.\n\nThat's exactly why I try to spread my meals out over the course of the day.\n\nI'm a veterinary orthopedic specialist in Alabama. I've never heard of cartrophen, but it sounds similar to a drug here in the States. From your link, it appears to be in the same family. These glycosaminoglycan drugs are sort of on the edge of respectability in veterinary medicine. Some vets swear by them, some swear at them. I'm one of the latter ones. The only claims they make that can be backed up by double blinded studies is that they have some anti-inflamatory effect and they can protect undamaged cartilage in a healthy joint. As far as I know, no studies have shown that they can repair damaged cartilage, or reverse arthritic damage in dogs suffering from degenerative joint disease such as hip dysplasia.\n\nIn my opinion, losing 20 lbs in 1 month is unrealistic. There is no way for me to say whether 20 lbs is too much or too little without seeing your dog, but as a general rule, dogs with severe hip dysplasia should be \"skinny enough to make your neighbors talk badly about you\", as my masters professor used to tell me. A reasonable goal is for your dog to lose 2 lbs a week. You need to exercise him lightly as much as he will tolerate. Several very short walks a day if necessary. During the first 3 to 4 weeks, depend heavily on NSAIDS such as Carprofen as long as your dog has no liver disease. Once you get about 10 lbs or so off, the exercise will become easier, and he will lose weight much faster. The key is consistency and perserverance. It has been my experience that diet alone will almost never remove significant amounts of weight from a dog, unless you are essentially starving them. Some exercise is mandatory. Your dog should be weighed weekly on the same scale to make sure you are meeting your goal. When you can pass your hands along the sides of his chest and feel his ribs (not count them, just feel they are there) without pressing inward, then he has probably lost enough weight.\n\nOnce you have reached that goal, have him re-evaluated if necessary. If you have big bucks to spend, get at least one of his hips replaced with an artificial hip once you get the weight off. The surgery is about 98% successful in returning full function to the hip joint, and the joint lasts about 7 to 10 years in a sedentary patient. Definitely the way to go, but it costs about $3000.00 per hip (American dollars) where I live. Substantially more in the northern states.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nThanks John for this very useful information and thanks to everyone who answered.\n\nI had an apointment at the vet tonight and my dog lost 4 pounds! in a week! 105 to 101 pounds.\n\nOf course I cut the treats. Half a dentabone for the week, I cut the raw hide dog bone to zero (I use to give him a lot of these).\n\nI only gave him the following diet: 4 cups of Royal Canin calorie control, plus 2 and a half carots and half an apple a day. That's it! And he does not seem to take it too miserably"}
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-{"text": "Will frogs from Athens settle down also in Ko\u0161ice?\n\nI couldn\u2019t resist myself to write also some of my thoughts on the controversies connected with European Capital of Culture project in Ko\u0161ice (Slovakia) after reading latest Marta\u2019s blog on this project in Marseille. The project of European Capital of Culture is well-known and also watched by general public in Slovakia for several months as it\u2019s being held in the second biggest city which is a \u201cmetropolis\u201d of the whole Eastern part of the country. Taking into account that Eastern part of Slovakia is one of the poorest region of the EU (GDP per capita of this NUTS 2 region was 49% of the EU average in the year 2009) it is, or it\u2019s better to say it was an opportunity how to boost this city and whole region at the times of crisis.\n\nWe can discuss for hours if the project of the European Capital of Culture itself is really meeting its initial goals and the cities are \u201cregenerated\u201d and receive \u201cnew vitality to their culture life\u201d also after the grandiose year is over, events had finished and many of the newly built venues are left unused or even decayed. One can say that this project has in common many of the negative aspects with an Olympic Games being held in cities where sports grounds were built just for this single event (in ideal case also for Paralympic Games) and nowadays are just cause of debts and battleground for frogs. By the way, did you know both of these events took place for the very first time in the same city? Unfortunately the ECC can\u2019t be compared with the Olympics concerning the total revenues and global exposure of the city or region to tourists.\n\nI understand that European Capital of Culture is not just about the ROI, but money pumped into this project should bring at least sustainable benefit for the city and its citizens. Last but not least as the project is co-financed from the EU\u2019s budget, spending should be under control for the sake of transparency. In many of the previous venues had been discovered that money were not well spent after the year was over, but organizers in the city of Ko\u0161ice wanted to avoid these troubles after the event and they made it clear that project in Ko\u0161ice is a tremendous misuse of money even before the initial events have began.\n\nThe whole project is organized by a \u201cNon-profit organization Ko\u0161ice 2013\u2033 run mostly by the relatives of the city council representatives. They take the word \u201cnon-profit\u201d in their name too seriously and they have granted 250 000 EUR to a newly established company with even better name \u201cBest Services\u201d for organization of the main concert during the opening event. There was obviously no public tender for the grant and certainly not even a simple survey among the citizens of Ko\u0161ice for the choice of the artist. And here comes the name of the star \u2013 Jamiroquai. I am trying my hardest to find some connection between the European Capital of Culture and invitation of this band but the only thing I can think of is that maybe mayor is a huge fan of them. Eventually Jamiroquai turned out to be a big hit but organizers surprised us again with their \u201ctaste of music\u201d when they announced that another singer during the opening ceremony will be actually the mayor\u2019s wife. I wouldn\u2019t mind it at all if she was a good singer but you can make you own opinion here (translation is not needed).\n\nThe choice of artists and countless scandals about money misuses were apparently not enough and we can\u2019t forget about the very first purpose of this project to: \u201chighlight the richness and diversity of European cultures\u201d. There are naturally almost no immigrants in Ko\u0161ice such as in Western countries, but we had a chance to promote the cohabitation of the traditional national and ethnic minorities \u2013 Hungarians, Rutheniens land Gypsies \u2013 living in this area for centuries. However it is really hard to promote this ideal when Ko\u0161ice has solved the problems of \u201d inadaptable \u201d citizens in the nineties by relocating all gypsies from their homes in the down-town and adjacent quarters to a single housing estate. You don\u2019t have to be a prophet to see that this solution didn\u2019t last long and it is causing even more difficulties in the lives of both majority and minority. This housing estate became well-known as it is a kind of gypsy ghetto and a symbol of unmanaged short-term solution, where other citizens are afraid to go, but actually Google Car doesn\u2019t. And so does also a group of German journalist who payed a visit to Ko\u0161ice in January. During their visit they were demanding the tour to this neighbourhood but it was several times denied by mayor\u2019s deputy as \u201cinappropriate voyeurism\u201d. At the end of their visit they were finally given a chance to go to a \u201cguided tour\u201d guided by the local policemen.\n\nMy goal was not to sound only pessimistic about this projects as they are certainly giving a lot of opportunities to perform for various artists and bringing a lot of interesting events closer to local citizens but I was just trying to transmit the current atmosphere and disappointment of the Slovak public shaped by the recent scandals connected with the wasted resources and obvious corruption literally on the main stage. I hope I\u2019ll be able to write more positive review after the project will be finished and we\u2019ll have exact numbers of the tourists and hopefully no more performances of mayor\u2019s wife.\n\nAnd to answer my question from the title \u2013 I am afraid we should start preparing for a froggy invasion here as the same populist party (currently forming single party government) responsible for current situation with European Capital of Culture in Ko\u0161ice announced official candidature of Slovakia (together with Poland) for Winter Olympics in 2022.\n\nTo be fair with Ko\u0161ice, I believe there are some interesting issues also in Marseille connected with European Capital of Culture, but just when I was reading in Marta\u2019s blog about one of the goals of the local City Council of Marseille \u2013 fighting crime and violence \u2013 I have stumbled upon on an interesting article about the recent assault attempt on the TGV train in Marseille in the Wild West style."}
-{"text": "This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate.\n\n09/08/2008 08:45 AM\n\nMedia Boosting Myth About OffShore Drilling Potential \u2013 Paper\n\nSustainableBusiness.com News\n\nThe media has played a significant role in convincing Americans that\noffshore drilling for oil in the United States could significantly\nlower the price of gasoline, according to an analysis released by the\nCenter for Economic and Policy Research.\n\nEven though the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Information\nAgency has stated that the benefits from such drilling would be too\nsmall to have any significant effect on oil prices, the media has\noverwhelmingly conveyed the impression that it could. Media coverage of\nthe issue may have influenced public opinion, with a majority now\nfavoring expanded drilling.\n\n\"This is a clear case where the overwhelming majority of the\nmedia has not done its job,\" said CEPR Co-Director and co-author of the\npaper, Mark Weisbrot.\n\n\"There really isn't any excuse for the media to ignore the\nofficial data on this issue,\" said Weisbrot. \"It's like reporting on\nthe economy and ignoring the official data on GDP growth, unemployment,\nor inflation. No wonder the public is confused.\"\n\nRecent public opinion polls show 69% of respondents favored\nexpanded drilling, and 51% said that they believed that \"federal laws\nthat prohibit increased drilling for oil offshore or in wilderness\nareas\" were a \"major cause of the recent increase in gasoline\nprices.\"[1]\n\nThe paper also notes that the role of the biggest media outlets\nin shaping public opinion on offshore drilling is underestimated by the\nresults in the sample. Talk radio, which is overwhelmingly right wing,\nreaches a weekly audience in the tens of millions,[2] and reinforced\nthe message that the proposed drilling would lower gasoline prices."}
-{"text": "Moon\n\nMoon was born a princess of the desert kingdom Ym, a city-state that travels with the shifting sands of the Red Desert. She was not only trained in the dark magic arts that are traditional throughout Ym, but also brought up to be her later husband's bodyguard. For this reason, she, like all Ymian queens before her, received initiation as a Necroshade - an assassin skilled with both blade and shadow magic.\n\nYm never yielded to the Giants, and when she became queen, Moon was forced to assassinate her own husband for he was on the verge of betraying his kingdom to the sons of the stone. Named queen, she concentrated her efforts on fighting the giants who grew more threatening each day, for Ym was the only free mortal kingdom left.\n\nContents\n\nMoon devised tactics for quick strikes and liberation raids, using Ym's shifting nature to evade retaliation from the\nStonekin. It was at this time that Brannoc fled to Ym, seeking refuge and support for his giant slayer machines. Moon saw him not only genius but also the fierce resolve it would take to see this through. She gave the grim smith all the support he needed - and her heart along with it. Brannoc found comfort in her arms, but Moon soon realized he would never let go of his former wife. All of his resolve was committed and tied to her memory. Unwilling to give up on him however, Moon even abandoned her rule and returned to Lyr with him, to form a resistance there. But this only brought her into conflict with his daughter Viridya.\n\nMoon, facing the full hate of Viridya but with only half a heart from Brannoc to support her, yielded and returned to Ym. Much later, Brannoc returned, and this time they joined forces as warriors. With Brannoc's Giantsbane guns and Moon's tactics they created the first working resistance. From this there started a crusade against the giants that, with the help of the gods, would eventually break the giant rule and return the mortals to freedom.\n\nFor her incredible achievements during this campaign, Moon is considered to be the greatest military leader of mortal history. As such, she became a legend, When the gods raised her to become a Skylord, she took an oath never to command armies again, for she had sent millions to their death during the war against the giants.\n\nWith the departure of the gods, Moon became a tactical adviser to the Skylords. for her knowledge of all the strange magical artifacts hidden across the lands and their use in battle during the war against the giants has proven invaluable\n\nIn the long idle centuries at the side of the gods, Moon has developed a special knowledge around fighting other Skylords. She alone has developed a spell that can ban a Skylord from the Forge and make him mortal. While the gods were still there, there was no way for her to use it, but now things have changed. But why she was preparing to fight other Skylords - nobody knows.\n\nA mysterious and perpetual twilight befell the world, and in desperation, the mortal races of the world begged for refuge in the underground caves of their former masters, the Giants. A bargain was then struck, all the gold and gems the mortals had acquired in exchange for the Giants building a new sun, and it was Jorne, the King of Giants who hurled the new sun into the sky. But the Red King of Fire, the mortal ruler of the fire tribes betrayed the agreement, plundering all the treasure given to the Giants. Enraged, the Giants forced the mortal races aboveground. It was then the mortals discovered a tainted blight had infected the land during the twilight. As a result of this, creatures infected thus were referred to as the Twilight. With the aid of the skylords, one mortal, a Lyrish man named Rogan Kayle set out to reclaim his homeland from the twisted infection of the Twilight...or not"}
-{"text": "Friday, January 20, 2012\n\nReality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion you could not have guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we had always expected, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have. So let us leave behind all these [children's] philosophies - these over simple answers. The problem is not simple and the answer is not going to be simple either. - C.S. Lewis\n\nI recently came across an interesting video out of Cambridge, England, in which four men - two atheists and two Christian apologists - debated whether belief in God was delusional. Some of the debaters points were more convincing than others, but I actually found that I had more to learn from the atheists' arguments than from that of the Christians.\n\nIn particular, I was struck by an argument made by one of the atheist apologists, that God is clearly a delusion because the human conception of God is precisely what one would expect from humans. He argues that one, \"reason why we should consider gods to be delusions is that there is nothing particularly surprising about them. ...But, in fact, gods tend to be suspiciously like us.\" He cites the ancient philosopher Xenophenes, who said, \"If cattle and lions and horses had hands and could paint... horses would depict their gods as horses, and cattle would depict their gods as cattle, and lions would depict their gods as lions.\" \"Our gods,\" he concludes, \"reflect our prejudices and our environments... gods are a delusion rather than a reality. We make them in our own image.\"\n\nI could not help but confess that this atheist philosopher had hit the nail on the head. The gods that most of us believe in most of the time are a delusion, a fantasy that we create in order to provide our lives with a coherent framework that our minds can accept. We want simple answers - definite rules and order - and we are eager to fit God into logical paradigms and human categories that will render our lives orderly, reasonable.\n\nThis is a constant theme throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. God appears to the people in incomprehensible glory. When God spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, he never even directly saw God; yet his face was so transformed by the experience that he had to cover his face with a veil, because the people refused to come anywhere near him while he was glowing with the radiance of this overpowering God.(1) Just like the ancient Hebrews, we normally prefer to keep the mystery and power of God veiled away and hidden. It is too awesome and terrifying for us. We do not really want the upheaval - even terror - that would come if we received God as he truly is.\n\nInstead, we prefer to fashion domesticated gods, deities who are a bit more down-to-earth. We want a god that we can fit into our lives and worldview. Our spiritual ancestors accomplished this by making a golden calf, a god of wealth and fertility who would fit neatly into their mentality as nomadic herders. Today, we have so many ways to make a neat and tidy god that fits within the bounds of our human understanding. For those who fear chaos, God becomes a wrathful rule-giver, while those of us who have been wounded by doctrinaire religion imagine God as a fawning parent who never disciplines us. The rich and powerful envision God as one who blesses the status quo, while the poor and oppressed are encouraged to worship a god of wealth and security, who will bring them prosperity if they have faith.\n\nI confess that I have created false gods to justify my own worldview and selfish behaviors. I have bowed down before images of my own creation, images of God that strengthen my own self-righteousness and condemn those things that I find threatening. When atheists accuse Christians of being deluded, of creating God in our own image, I stand convicted.\n\nHowever, I know that my feeble images of God are not all there is. Despite my human weakness and refusal to receive the Truth, the Truth is alive and active in the world. My purpose as a follower of Jesus is to surrender myself more each day to the Reality that overwhelms my narrow little truth claims and brings me further into line with the love, life and power of God. I find strength for this journey in the person of Jesus Christ, who stands in stark contrast to all the false gods of the world. He is nothing like what we expected God to be, yet he stands at the door and knocks, inviting us into the power and unspeakable mystery that brings life and wholeness.\n\n2 comments:\n\nAdrian\nsaid...\n\nDear Micah, your post and experience very much speak to me. At the heart of the Truth we are reduced to silence. This is a reality that words can only slide around, pressing against the surface, unable to reach the heart of it. Yet it is there and can be experienced! This is a subject I have spent a lot of time and thought on lately... thank you for your timely reflections.\n\nMicah- I have also been ruminating about this question, the God we have made in our own image and who God truly is. I read a question on a FB page recently, \"Why do bad things happen to good people?\" This was a religious FB page, so people were answering in that vein. I kept reading and kept thinking: that is the wrong question. That question is based on an image of God that is inaccurate. So what is the accurate image of God? So I went back to what I have personally experienced with God and started from there to attempt to understand who God truly is. This will be a life long quest, but one that is already changing my life."}
-{"text": "Press Releases\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 To mark the launch of the expanded Knowledge Quest website, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will present the first of its Knowledge Quest webinar series complimentary to all attendees. This new series of webinars will explore topics related to...\n\nALA has more than $300,000 for students who are studying library science or school library media at the master's degree level. Scholarships typically range from $1,500 to $7,000 per student per year. The application and...\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 Twelve-year-old Kelsey Willems will soon be on her way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., thanks to the resources at her school library and some quality family time with her father.\n\nCHICAGO - ALA Publishing's Digital Reference is introducing two new ways to learn about RDA Toolkit and prepare for implementation of RDA: Resource Description and Access. These free and open virtual events are designed to help introduce users to RDA Toolkit, keep up to date with changes and...\n\nCHICAGO - The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is pleased to announce that LIS students who are student members of the American Library Association may again this year register for any ALCTS webinar free of charge.\n\nCHICAGO \u2014 You see them everywhere now: a blocky, black-and-white tag in the corner of an ad, on a book and even on products at your local shop. What is that thing? It\u2019s a QR code! To learn how you can effectively use \u201cthat thing\u201d at your library, join the Young Adult Library Services...\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 On Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, representatives of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will present a congressional briefing to advocate for the inclusion of the Strengthening Kids\u2019 Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLs) Act in the upcoming Elementary and Secondary...\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is now accepting proposal submissions for the ACRL e-Learning program. Submissions are being accepted for live webcasts and asynchronous online courses. Proposals must be submitted via the online submission form by Nov. 1, 2011...\n\nCHICAGO \u2014 The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) will feature Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in its monthly YA Forum discussion, held for members this month at http://connect.ala.org/yalsa. Throughout the week...\n\nCHICAGO - Hone your job-hunting skills in a free interactive webinar with Jeannette Woodward, author of \"A Librarian\u2019s Guide to an Uncertain Job Market\" (ALA Editions). As a seasoned administrator with experience in both academic and public libraries, Woodward will focus on the application...\n\nCHICAGO \u2014 Members of both ALA and the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) are invited to become members of newly established interest groups within the association and make a difference in the library profession.\n\nCHICAGO - Libraries allow users to experience new cultures and explore distant countries every day. Whether it is through a book on the art of China or learning to sing a song in French during a multicultural sing-a-long, libraries really bring their users the world.\n\nPHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association, is making two publications, \"The Complete Library Trustee Handbook\" and \"Even More Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends,\" available to its members...\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released a position statement on diversity in the organization. \u201cThis position statement is a welcomed testament to AASL's commitment to diversity,\u201d said Pauletta Bracy, chair of the task force that drafted the statement. \u201cIt...\n\nCHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has been awarded a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant Level II by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the project Building Capacity for Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries. The grant funding...\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 In response to pressure to label and arrange library collections according to reading levels, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released a position statement on how this labeling can restrict student access to materials. The...\n\nCHICAGO \u2014 The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, won the Innovation Prize at the BoardSource Leadership Forum, which is funded through support from Prudential and the Prudential Foundation. YALSA was one of 40 organizations that competed...\n\nCHICAGO \u2014 Readers\u2019-advisory expert Rebecca Vnuk joins Booklist Publications in October as editor for reference and collection management. Vnuk will have responsibility for all print and electronic reference reviews in Booklist, as well as...\n\nCHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. The meeting takes place Jan. 20 - 24, 2012, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with...\n\nCHICAGO \u2013 Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg and the authors of the most challenged book in the United States\u2013the story of male penguins raising a baby penguin\u2013have joined the virtual read-out of banned and challenged books that is taking place on YouTube as part of the..."}
-{"text": "The best way to solve Ldap Error 0x44 problem\n\nReasons\n\nError Ldap Error 0x44 is very frustrating, but experienced users are able to see that this error mainly lies in transfer of the function call.In other words, Ldap Error 0x44 is an interface provided by the Ole_lib2 library, which is typically used to save downloaded web files. Download failure problem is mainly due to lack of privilege of installation .As a result, the system considers the download unsafe in terms of security reasons and prohibits transfer of the Ole_lib2 library file call.\n\nWhat's Ldap Error 0x44 like?\n\nThis windows error displays on your PC screen with some error message in the dialogue box. They are: \"Ldap Error 0x44 is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media.\"\n\nWhy should I resolve Ldap Error 0x44?\n\nThe error may lead to a lot of problems such as Windows Explorer Errors, Javascript Errors, Hardware Malfunction, Can not print file, Blue Screen, IO error, Shutdown problems, Http error and so on.\n\nSolutions For Advanced Users\n\nIf you're enthusiastic about correcting this challenge oneself, continue with the problem solving over the following section .1. Remove your cellular SIM card 2. Retry the activation 3. It should activate and turn off (hibernate)4. Hit the ON button again and it should turn on 5. It will prompt you for your Apple ID, ask you to accept terms and other things.6. Your Ipad should be back to the state it was in before this happen.7. You can now reinsert your SIM card. But Please Note: The Manual Solution is writen for advanced users, if you don't have any computer knowledge or technical background, PLEASE DON'T TRY! Beacause ANY Incorrect MOVE CAN RUIN YOUR COMPUTER!\n\nAbstract\n\nFrom all the ways above, it is obvious that in order to remove Ldap Error 0x44 is a little complex for people. We suggest people try SmartPCFixer to troubleshoot this issue.\n\n1. Whatever measures you want to do for your computer, you had better log on as administrator.2. According to the version of Windows you're using, the steps above may be slightly diverse, but the basic process is mainly the same.3.You can't connect to a PC that's asleep or hibernating, so make sure the settings for sleep and hibernation on the remote laptop are set to Never (hibernation isn't available on all PCs.)4.Windows XP Home, Windows Media Center Edition, Windows Vista Home and Windows 7 Home or Starter are not supported without third party software.5.For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.\n\nHow does it work\n\nThis software will scan and diagnose, then troubleshoots your computer with patent pending technology that fixes your system registry structure with both manually and automatic tools.Key functions:launch-up individualization, Troubleshooter Database, DLL Files Database, File Extension Database, on-line upgrade, system file checker, and so on.So it's highly recommended that Free Download the error fix tool, which will save you a deal of time and trouble.\n\nBenefits Of SmartPCFixer\n\n30+ tools to optimize your laptop Easy to use, 1 click fix. Small Size, only about 4.5 MB Compatible with all systems All in one PC Care 24/7 online support Recommended by experts and customers 60 days unconditional money-back guarantee\n\nDisclaimer: http://www.handypcfixer.com is an authorized distributor of SmartPCFixer. Support can also be provided by the manufacturer. Our promise is simple --- we are confident you will be completely satisfied with your answer, that if you aren't, we will refund 100% of your money! No hassles. No runarounds. No delays!Our support email:support@smartpcfixer.com"}
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-{"text": "Men's 1s v Blueharts - 10-2-18\n\nThird time lucky. After two great performances in the last two tough games which ended in narrow defeats this was a must win game for team moral as well as much needed points for the table.\n\nBerko lined up a strong team on an overcast and rainy day in Halton against mid-table Blueharts. The first half was a bit of a scrappy affair with a lack of that final killer ball from either side to break the deadlock.Berko went in happy at halftime at 0-0 especially with keeping the strong midfield of Blueharts in check.The second half had the crowds slowly building (mostly the ladies 3rd team) to watch a match which continued in its scrappy manner, with a highlight of an argebargy leading to a Bluehart's player getting a yellow card to the amusement and bemusement of Berko.Entering a last ten minutes where the game could have gone on for another hour without a goal. But a piece of magic from Pete the creator leading to a rare but quality goal from Jake on the back post. The goal was well worked and it was nice to see Monday's D training being put into action.The superior man of the match was Ali after a strong performance."}
-{"text": "2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback Specifications\n\n2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback Specifications\n\nHaving length and wheel base as 176.4\u2033 and 106.3\u2033, 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback has got breadth of 68.7\u2033 and tallness as 58.7\u2033. It demands a ground clearance of 5.3\u2033 and has curb weight of 3,165 lbs.\n\n2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback has EPA mileage approximation as 51 in city and 49 in Highway and fuel tank capability as 10.6 gal.\n\nTorque of this automobile which has front wheel drive is as 105 lb-ft. Torque rpm mentioned as 4000 and front-wheel respectively.\n\n4 wheel disc form brakes are provided on this 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback which has DOHC valve train enabled 1.8L I-4 engine. Front suspension is of strut form and the rear suspension is of strut form . Transmission and axle ratio are 2-spd CVT w/OD and 4.11 respectively.\n\nHorsepower of this 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback which has 1.8 liters type of base engine is 98. Horsepower rpm of this car which has base engine size as I-4 is 5200.\n\n2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in Advanced 5dr Hatchback comes with head room, shoulder room and leg room in the front side as 39\u2033, 55\u2033 and 42.5\u2033 respectively. In the same way, it has got head room, shoulder room and leg room the rear side as 38\u2033, 53\u2033 and 36.0\u2033 respectively.\n\nWarranty of 36/36,000 (months/miles) on basic mode, 60/unlimited (months/miles) on corrosion perforation, 60/60,000 (months/miles) on power train and 36/unlimited on roadside assistance is provided on this automobile.\nGalvanized Steel/Aluminum body material is granted on this car which has got black surround grille trim. It has clearcoat monotone paint and body-colored side moldings. 15\u2033 silver aluminum type wheels are granted on this car that has P195/65SR15.0 BSW AS tires."}
-{"text": "http://twitter.com/zebolsen In this Twitter Tutorial I show you a very powerful combination of the Top Twitter Tools, and how I use them in conjunction with each other to get the most out of Twitter and your tweets for personal use and/or for using Twitter for business or Twitter for marketing.\n\nWhat Our Clients Say\n\n8Pecks Marketing, LLC\n\n\"Steve worked with me to create my website. I struggled for a couple of weeks try to create a Wordpress website at http://tailgatingcarts.com/psu-tailgating. After we talked, he recommended a theme and made the website as I described it. Not only did he create the website he made it even better than I could think. He was fast, helpful and knowledgeable. I will use Steve again to develop my other pages.\""}
-{"text": "You are viewing this article in the AnnArbor.com archives. For the latest breaking news and updates in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area, see MLive.com/ann-arbor\n\nPosted on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 : 5:57 a.m.\n\nTry to 'Beat Pete' by picking winners for Week 3 of high school basketball season\n\nBy Pete Cunningham\n\nI\u2019d love to tell everyone who beat me in picks last week how smart they are, but the fact of the matter is, there\u2019s no one to congratulate.\nThat\u2019s right. Eight readers and I were a perfect 8-0 in picking girls and boys basketball games last week. I will hold my congratulations for the eight who beat me, because if you don\u2019t differ in at least one pick from me, you\u2019re essentially not trying to win.\nCome on people, you\u2019re better than that.\n\nPerhaps the eight who tied me simply wanted to participate for the chance at winning the $20 in gift cards from Domino\u2019s Pizza and to help their favorite booster clubs win the cash drawing. In that case, you get a free pass from me. (Official contest rules)\n\nSpeaking of prizes, this week\u2019s random winner is Rob White of Saline. Recognize the name? White is the athletic director for Saline Area Schools. Lesser known fact about White is that he is a diehard Toronto Maple Leafs fans.\n\nSo hopefully the pizza can bring a smile to Rob\u2019s face over the holidays, something the Leafs are rarely capable of.\n\nNote: There will be no \u201cBeat Pete\u201d contest next week as I will be on vacation. This week\u2019s winners as well as the first school to win a $150 donation from AnnArbor.com will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 5.\n\nPete\u2019s picks:\n\nWhen coach Rod Wells took the job as girls basketball head coach Arbor Preparatory Academy in Ypsilanti, he admits he didn\u2019t know what to expect. The newly opened school currently houses freshman and sophomore classes, with the two remaining grades to be added over the next two years.\n\nHe\u2019d experienced coaching a team devoid of seniors at Skyline and the result was an 0-21 campaign.\n\nWhen the season began, Wells decided to go with a full varsity schedule. He figured his team would take a few lumps, and -- just as he had at Skyline -- wondered when that first win would come.\n\nFive games later, the Gators are undefeated and wondering when that first loss will come.\n\n\u201cI didn\u2019t think they\u2019d be able to catch on so quickly,\u201d Wells said. \u201cThey\u2019re just a real dedicated group. Captains are dedicated. They work the hardest and everyone else follows that.\u201d\n\nWells said on most nights girls want to stay after practice and continue to shoot around. The hard work is the fun part for them. Most nights, he has to kick girls out of the gym.\n\nBut the team\u2019s leading scorer is always the last to leave with him. That\u2019s because she\u2019s his daughter, Zakiya Wells, who is averaging 15.8 points, 4.6 assists and 3.2 steals per game.\n\nCoaching his daughter has been a benefit and challenge of the job.\n\n\u201cI try to separate the two, try to let her know that at practice, I\u2019m coach. At home I\u2019m dad,\u201d Wells said. \u201cAt times it can be difficult because I\u2019m tough on her, but I try to be fair. Sometimes I gotta say to one of my assistants, \u2018You go talk to her,\u2019 and I think that helps, her hearing a different voice.\u201d\n\nWells said the positives have far outweighed any potential negatives of coaching his daughter for the simple fact that he gets to spend so much more time with Zakiya and see every one of her games.\n\nThe father-daughter duo will lead Arbor Prep against Detroit Allen Academy on Thursday looking to improve to 7-0 and the game leads off this week\u2019s picks:\n\nLoading...\n\nBeat Pete Winners\n\nSorry, none of you managed to \"Beat Pete\" last week. Better luck this week."}
-{"text": "Chapter 183: The Seventh Area\n\nThe concrete walls in the ruins were covered by a layer of ice and the dangling steel beams were frozen into crystalline rods.\n\nBelow, ragged figures strolled. There was an unhealthy color on their faces, and their expressions were frozen numb. The heavy loads on their backs crushed their spine and knees.\n\nThe person standing on the side was evidently the mutated human supervisor.\n\nFor slaves of mutated human, the only escape was to be picked at around 30 years of age through pure luck. From there, finish the breeding mission, immerse in the growth vial, and to be \"reborn.\"\n\nAs for the people who were not so lucky, their fate was usually tragic\u2026\n\nSince the growth vial and growth solution were limited, not everyone had rights to become a mutated human. Mutated humans also needed to maintain a population of slaves in order to complete the dreadful tasks that none of them wanted to do and at the same time, the mutated humans needed a source of entertainment.\n\nStanding at the door of the encampment, Troy grimly watched the frail figures as he turned around to look at the human beside him.\n\nThat\u2019s right. Beside him, a human stood!\n\nAny survivor in Wanghai city who happens to witness this scene would drop their jaws. Based on common sense, there was no possibility of negotiation between a mutated human and a human, let alone for them to stand side by side.\n\nThis person wore a fur coat and the red ring on his finger was quite distinctive. Anyone with the right knowledge would shockingly discover that the white fur on his collar belonged to the mane of the Bloodthirsty Lion.\n\nAs the king of dangerous creatures, Bloodthirsty Lions could combat five Death Claws simultaneously. Their sharp teeth were like blades that could easily rip through power armors. But they were rare in the Eastern area as they usually inhabit in the far northwestern plain. Because of their ferocity, they were rarely hunted. Hence, the unique mane gained popularity among collectors.\n\nAs for the red ring, it was even more incredible.\n\nIt was a blood crystal.\n\nUsually, mutants would form crystals around the nerve center as a highly efficient energy storage device. But blood crystals were unique on its own. Although they were created with the same elements, blood crystals' energy storage was thousands of times greater. A piece the size of a thumb could be compared to the energy generated from one kilogram of fissile material through nuclear fission.\n\nBut what was beyond comprehension was that the blood crystals' existence was stable. Despite people\u2019s attempt, they could not use the energy inside. Not even human - the mutants who generated the blood crystal themselves couldn\u2019t utilize the energy inside. Precisely, any mutant who creates these blood crystals would be the failure of the spices.\n\nThe extraordinary potential and rarity of blood crystals made them a luxurious collector item, especially favored by the nobles in the Northern Alliance Area.\n\nBy this point, the man\u2019s identity couldn\u2019t be more obvious.\n\nHe came from the north, and his status was prestigious.\n\n\"Mr. Troy, what\u2019s the progress for your soldiers?\" Bo Yu put his hands in his pocket as he asked the mutated human standing beside him.\n\n\"The outpost is already established,\" Troy cracked a smile exposing his fearsome red gum, \"Once the last batch of the armored trucks is completed, my team can head out.\"\n\n\"Oh? Is that right?\" The man in luxurious clothes seemed to be nonchalant to the answer of the mutated human leader as his reply was short.\n\nSilence ensued between the two.\n\nThe mutated human called Troy seemed to be fearful of the power coming out of the man from the Northern Alliance, even though this place was thousands of kilometers away from the Northern Alliance, even though this place was his home base.\n\n\"Seeing your own people suffer, do you not have any thoughts in your mind?\" Troy cracked a smile as he asked disrespectfully.\n\n\"We are different from monsters, we don\u2019t have to possess those extraneous herd mentality.\" Bo Yu laughed, not bothered at all.\n\nTroy\u2019s eyes narrowed.\n\nThe fact that they have always viewed highly of themselves meant that they were particularly sensitive to the fact that humans categorize them as mutated creatures.\n\n\"Sorry, I have a phone call.\" Bo Yu shrugged as he walked to the side, then he pressed the phone to his earlobe.\n\n\"Hello?\"\n\n\"Oh\u2026 This is unfortunate then, okay. Mhmm\u2026 Keep monitoring their movements. The name is Jiang Chen right? Interesting, I am going to hang up.\"\n\nTroy's throat moved, he didn\u2019t overthink it. But the expression on this man\u2019s face made him uncertain.\n\nSimultaneous, a mutated human ran from the distance. The frightened look on his face, even from afar in the heavy snow, was clearly visible.\n\nTroy\u2019s eyebrows twitched as he looked at Bo Yu on the side. The grin on his face triggered him.\n\nBut he couldn\u2019t be angry right now.\n\n\"Leader, our force stationed in Shenxiang town-\"\n\n\"Was eliminated?\"\n\nThe mutated human here to report the news hesitated before he immediately lowered his head and continued his report in a tough tone.\n\n\"Yes.\"\n\nTroy took a deep breath while he tried to calm his ready-to-explode emotion.\n\n\"Which force did it\u2026\"\n\n\"Liuding town\u2026 Our people saw their helicopter with binoculars. It was the Type-51 transport helicopter equipped with electromagnetic pulse cannon. Their symbol was below the helicopter.\"\n\n\"How would Liuding town\u2019s people appear here?\" Troy was shocked.\n\nAlthough he was skeptical towards this information, he couldn\u2019t find an argument against it. Since within the entire area, only Liuding Town\u2019s people possessed air units.\n\nIf Liuding town intervened, his plan would be much more difficult to execute.\n\nHe thought about this as Troy\u2019s eyebrows began to tense up.\n\nHe heard of Liuding Town\u2019s force before. The electromagnetic pulse cannon on the aircraft carriers had a maximum range of 500 kilometers under atmospheric condition. It could be fired from the exit of Long River and directly strike Luzhou. Needless to say, his seventh area was right beside Wanghai city.\n\n\"Ahem, I do have to let you know that it was not Liuding Town's people who wiped out your outpost.\" As if he was very familiar with the force distribution within Wanghai city, Bo Yu interrupted.\n\n\"Oh?\" Troy raised his eyebrows.\n\n\"Liuding Town\u2019s people would never install electromagnetic pulse cannon on their helicopter because their electromagnetic cannon could strike any target in Wanghai city freely. Even if you built defensive structures, under the impact of a 100kg bomb, how many seconds would you last\" Bo Yu smirked.\n\n\"Then, you mean...?\"\n\n\"Your information is too outdated. A \"glorious leader\" was born in Qingpu. Under his call for unity and the temptation for food, the scattered survivors unified and built a base called Fishbone Base on the ruins\u2026 Also, according to my research, they have a trade relationship with the Zhao Corporation on the Sixth Street. The exact reason is food related,\" Bo Yu said.\n\n\"Food?\" Troy looked at Bo Yu with not the friendliest look, \"Based on what I know, on the entire wasteland, the only place that can produce food is the Northern Alliance Area. Can I interpret that you sponsored that force?\"\n\nThe undeveloped area in the northwestern region was barely scratched during the chaos of the war. Although the soil was barren, fertilizer was a much simpler problem to solve compared to contamination and radiation. If you go further north, you would reach the front-line between PAC and CCCP. That place also lies in shambles like Wanghai city.\n\nTherefore, in the entire Hua area, only northwestern region produced edible crops.\n\nBo Yu sighed at the information.\n\n\"The entire wasteland? By 'entire', do you mean Wanghai city, or within the PAC borders, or the entire world?\"\n\n\"Is there a point in discussing world geography?\" Troy mocked.\n\n\"It\u2019s all about the structure we are in.\" Bo Yu shrugged, \"Being unable to farm is only because the technology is not on par. Our radiation treatment technology is well designed. If it is not, then even if you were given clean soil, you can not grow anything it. At the same time, as long as the technology is available, any corner of the wasteland can easily grow delicious fresh fruits and vegetables. Their food probably comes from an established garden underground. But these are not the key points, only one thing interests me.\"\n\n\"Project Garden of Eden?\" Troy burst out laughing, \"This is quite funny. If that Project Garden of Eden could restore farming, then why do those elites flee into space?\"\n\n\"Because hope afar is far more tempting than dealing with chaos here.\" Bo Yu smiled as he paused, then he continued, \"On space colonization, I maintain the same stance as the dissolved World Alliance Organization.\"\n\n\"But those people didn\u2019t let the kiss-@ss-you go on the boat.\" Troy continued to mock.\n\n\"Why would I need a ticket to go on the boat? As long as I have the technology, I can easily build another colonization ship.\" Bo Yu laughed out loud as he took out his hands from the pockets and pointed to the sky, \"Give me 20 years and I\u2019ll rebuild a high technology park. Give me 50 years and I\u2019ll take the descendants into space again. What should be abandoned is not us, but rather the soil below us!\"\n\n\"Why don\u2019t you learn from us? Evolve then adapt? If you don\u2019t try it yourself, you will never know how delicious Death Claw\u2019s meat is.\"\n\nBo Yu\u2019s calm and collected expression flashed a rare glimpse of disgust, but it quickly faded.\n\n\"Therefore, discussing value proposition is something more boring than ideology. You\u2019ll get the improved FEV virus and you will take your species to adapt to the wasteland. But, remember our deal.\"\n\nBo Yu controlled the security password of the Carman Pharmaceutical, it was him that provided the FEV virus information to the mutated humans.\n\n\"Of course, I\u2019ll lead my people to help you attack 'that place' within the city center We will find out the location of the Fallout Shelter 005, if it really exists that is.\"\n\n\"Don\u2019t worry about that anymore. My information has always been reliable. Fallout Shelter 005 is located in Wanghai city,\" Bo Yu said confidently.\n\nTroy glanced at Bo Yu before he looked away towards the direction of the slaves.\n\nIt used to be an empty plot of land but it was now packed with military supplies.\n\nRifles, machine guns, armors, armored trucks, even cannons and bombs!\n\nWithin this shipment, some belonged to the mutated humans, but the majority was from the man called Bo Yu.\n\nWith a common interest, even mutated humans and humans could stand side by side.\n\n\"We must go into the city center\u2026 Looks like we will need to start our journey in the winter.\"\n\nI Have a Mansion in the Post apocalyptic World is a Sci-fi novels, some original, some translated from Chinese. Themes of heroism, of valor, of ascending to Immortality, of combat, of magic, of Eastern mythology and legends. Updated with awesome new content daily. Come join us for a relaxing read that will take you to brave new worlds! A paradise for readers!"}
-{"text": "I tried searching for a solution but the only answer I got was to roll back the driver... What he means is you don't want the AVR sending audio over the hdmi cable that goes to the tv. find quote HSken Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Apr 2014 Reputation: 0 2014-04-27 12:01 Post: #4 I have Frodo installed and using the skin Aeon Nox. The time now is 13:42. http://reschecker.com/hdmi-audio/ati-radeon-hd-5700-hdmi-drivers.html\n\nand when you reboot the catastrophe get back, means that the sound work(on realtek chip, not hdmi) but you play with 30% of the power of the graphic unit... Sound & Audio no sound vai hdmi on ATI 5750hi there i cant seem to get audio output vai my 5750 gpu.... Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Tag Search Go to Page...\n\nAmd Hdmi Audio Driver Windows 7\n\nLoading... the only problem I had, was that I didn't had any Windows-Updates in my list but I had an older version of the AMD one and it worked (don't know how Originally Posted by laserlight Problem: AMD HDMI output would not play sound via HDMI cable to monitor speakers. There are multiple hardware devices/drivers that are conflicting.\n\nDid you make sure to set the ATI HDMI Audio as the default playback device in the Windows playback properties? Amd High Definition Audio Device Driver So I can't see my computer screen if my avr is off. The 2 channels is with display only and 7.1 is after I turn on AVR \"The purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.\" Spock, Mark of Gideon, TOS Davinleeds is It worked...\n\nPull the card and clean the contacts (a pencil eraser is good for this, just make sure the bits are cleaned off after) and clean out the slot itself, and then Amd Hdmi Output Not Plugged In Show more Language: English Content location: United States Restricted Mode: Off History Help Loading... You'll have to turn off audio passthrough. \"The purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.\" Spock, Mark of Gideon, TOS Davinleeds is offline Quote post #7 of 21 Old I downloaded new drivers today for the graphics card and didn't do anything.\n\nAmd High Definition Audio Device Driver\n\nSummary: (10 characters minimum)0 of 1000 characters Submit The posting of advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks is prohibited.Click here to review our site terms of use.\n\nLoading... Btw, is that SoundBack thing kinda like Creative's ALchemy? Alternatively, you can go to task manager, end process on ravcpl, disable the onboard sound device/HDMI audio device in device manager, install manually for each of them, then reload ravcpl (when http://reschecker.com/hdmi-audio/ati-radeon-hdmi-audio-drivers.html I would try custom just to be sure the hdmi audio driver is installing.\n\nI fixed the graphics support to get Crossfire running with this thread: https://community.amd.com/message/2661642#2661642 My System Specs You need to have JavaScript enabled so that you can use this ... Terms of Use For the best viewing experience please update your browser to Google Chrome \u00ab Back Guru3D.com Forums > Videocards > Videocards - AMD Radeon Catalyst Drivers Section My System Specs System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. Uninstall the Realtek hardware anddrivers.Then under Device Driver you will need to select Action, then select Scan for Hardware Changes.\n\nhere i play between 15 and 30 fps with this hdmi mess..... Sound & Audio Our Sites Site Links About Us Find Us Vista Forums Eight Forums Ten Forums Network Status Contact Us Legal Privacy and cookies Windows 7 Forums is an independent Optical only has 2 channels. Add to Want to watch this again later?\n\nvBulletin Skin developed by: vBStyles.com Copyright (c) 1995-2014, All Rights Reserved. AVSForum.com is not sponsored by or in any way affiliated with AV Science Inc."}
-{"text": "Began position as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Sociology & Anthropology and African-American & African Studies at Rutgers University-Newark. Also serving as a core member of the Global Urban Studies program.\n\nAugust 14, 2017\n\nPresented my paper, A Battle of Worths: Symbolic boundaries, community conflict and notions of progress, at the 112th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, \"Culture, Inequalities, and Social Inclusion Across the Globe,\" in Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada.\n\nAs part of a delegation of Rutgers University-Newark, faculty, students and staff, met with various administrators, scholars and programs persons at the University of Pretoria, Cornerstone Institute, and Community Chest in Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss future research, programmatic and community-based partnerships.\n\nMy article on stigma and Afro-descendant migrants in Chile is published in English and Spanish in Revista de Trabajo Social de la Escuela de Trabajo Social de la Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile. https://columbia.academia.edu/melissavalle"}
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Please visit our website http://www.waterdamagerus.com.\n\nDo You Have Water Damage to Your Ceiling?\n\nIf your home becomes water damaged it is important to clean it up quickly and thoroughly to prevent further damage to your home and possibly harm to your family's health. The quicker you take care of your home's water damage the better chances you have of reducing damage to your property. If water problems are not properly handled in time it can lead to problems such as rotting, mold and permanent damage to your home's structural integrity.\n\nThere are many times when water damage can occur. They can be anything from broken pipes or leaky lines, appliances or sinks overflowing, cracks in foundation or exterior walls, improperly sealed toilets or showers, exterior leaks, and natural disasters including flooding, storms, or weather. Whatever the cause of water damage is it is important to act quickly to start the drying process and eliminate all water from your home. 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You should also discuss what type of work is going to be done and check for reviews from other customers.\n\nA flood inside your home is devastating, unpredictable and costly. Many times, insurance does not cover flood damage as well. In a flooding situation it is important to act quickly to dry up water and protect your home and belongings from further damage. The first thing you should do is do whatever you can. This may include starting the drying process or removing valuable belongings from water damage. The next things you can do is hire a professional service to clean up any existing moisture and repair or remove damaged property. Then continue to follow up with a professional service to ensure that no harmful after effects such as mold and mildew happen, which are dangerous to your family's health.\n\nLeave a Review\n\nVery efficient and knowledgeable. about water damage restoration. 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Service Pros came through and did an excellent job.\n\nOur Commitment\nCatstrong Restoration and Construction will help you navigate through the entire restoration process. We will work with your insurance carrier and make your home or commercial property insurance claim stress free. We offer full-service construction, assistance with homeowner\u2019s insurance, and competitive pricing."}
-{"text": "Called to be holy \u2013 October 2014\n\nFeatured Profile\n\nDr. Barbara Winston coordinates the spiritual direction ministry for the Diocese of Monterey, California and in collaboration with Mercy Center in Burlingame, California oversees the Acompa\u00f1antes Esp\u00edritu Bilingual Bicultural Program to train Spanish-speaking spiritual directors. Read more ...\n\nCreating\n\nMusic is an outstanding way of conveying truth on many levels. Here The Piano Guys offer a medley of prayer. Read more and enjoy ...\n\nLiturgy\n\nAround the world, five times a day, members of the church stop to pray and reflect on God's great love for us. These cycles of prayer are known as The Liturgy of the Hours, the prayer of the Church. Read more ...\n\nLiving in Faith\n\nSt. Therese of Lisieux, with her \"little way,\" gave the Church a model for living in the light of trust in a loving God. Her example and writings helped lay the groundwork for Vatican II. Read more ...\n\na path out of the darkness of Jansenism back into the light of trust in a loving God - See more at: http://blog.theologika.net/the-triumph-of-the-lowly-st-therese-of-lisieux-and-the-little-way/#sthash.1HecW8q7.dpuf\n\na path out of the darkness of Jansenism back into the light of trust in a loving God - See more at: http://blog.theologika.net/the-triumph-of-the-lowly-st-therese-of-lisieux-and-the-little-way/#sthash.1HecW8q7.dpuf\n\nGrowing\n\nDr. Peter Kreeft, speaking at the 15th Call to Holiness conference in Sterling Heights, Michigan, recently explained that our call to holiness is actually \"the meaning of life.\" Read more ...\n\nAsk Theologika\n\nDear Theologika,\n\nI\u2019ve been hearing a lot recently about being called to be holy and about holiness. But I don\u2019t know what it means to be holy. Read more...\n\nSpirituality in daily living\n\nThough the first meetings of the Synod have now been completed, the process of study, prayer, and reflection on the role of the family, the challenges facing families, and pastoral care of the family today will continue through the coming year. Let us continue to pray for the fruitful continuation of this process.\n\nPope Francis\n\nPope Francis offers these words of encouragement in an audience in October 2013: \"God tells us: 'Don't be afraid of holiness. Don't be afraid of aiming high and allowing yourself to be loved and purified by God. Don't be afraid. Let the Holy Spirit guide you. Be embraced by the holiness of God!'\"\n\nFor those who speak Spanish, the entire talk is included in the Spanish language video.\n\nOur Mission\n\nTo promote awareness\nof the active presence of God\nin everyday life.\n\nSupport Theologika Digest\n\nYou say grace before meals? All right, but, I say grace before the play and the opera and grace before the concert and the pantomime, and grace before I open a book and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing, and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.\n\nG. K. Chesterton\n\n\"I won't take no for an answer,\" God began to say to me when He opened His arms each night wanting us to dance.\n\nSt. Catherine of Siena\n\nOur call to service is not a call to submissiveness. It is a call to thunderous faith, born of deep passion that compels us to offer our entire selves for the sake of the world.\n\nNick Wagner,Give Us This Day, July 2012\n\nI must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances.\n\nAngelo Roncalli, Pope St. John XXXIIIJournal of a Soul, 1903\n\nThe Catholic writer . . . will feel life from the standpoint of the central Christian mystery: that it has, for all its horror, been found by God to be worth dying for.\n\nFlannery O'Connor\n\nEverything is grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love. Everything is grace because -- everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events -- to the heart that loves, all is well.\n\nTh\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux\n\nSubscribe to our mailing list\n\n* indicates required\n\nEmail Address *\n\nFirst Name\n\nLast Name\n\nEmail from Theologika.net\n\nTheologika sends notices to our subscribers when a new issue of the Digest has been published, however, we do not send emails advertising sales or products or containing links to outside sites. If in doubt about any email you receive, please contact us.\n\nPlease Support our Advertisers\n\nHeartfelt congratulations, and thank you for this wonderful service to the Christian Community! It is clear that a great deal of thought, inspiration and work have gone into the endeavor. 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-{"text": "Site Description St Hywyl's new church lies within a rectangular churchyard used as a cemetery, located about half a mile north of the old church (NPRN 43749) along a narrow lane off the B4413. It was built in 1841 in a neo-Romanesque style to designs of John Welch of St Asaph, to replace the then decayed medieval church in Aberdaron. The design attracted a level of criticism that led to the old church being repaired between 1849 and 1868.\nIt is built of coursed, large squared rough granite blocks with minimal dressings in grey stone, with a broad low-pitched slate roof and coped gables on thin corbels. It consists of a neo-Romanesque six-window nave, twin-towered west front with gabled porch between, gabled north-east vestry and minimal (and narrower) chancel. The broad west end is articulated with outer square buttresses, raised plinth and two thin square towers, with stair-towers to a former gallery now removed. The tower tops (now blocked) have a belvedere-like Italianate appearance, flank a broad neo-Romanesque porch with big round arched entry with chamfered piers and heavily rusticated arch, the arch blocks alternately chamfered. The overall effect is reminiscent of North Italy.\nThe spacious interior, floored with quarry tiles, is roofed with queenpost trusses braced on wall-posts and is unaltered save for the loss of the gallery. Fittings and furnishings survive completely in grey-painted timber and include box pews with an unusual mixture of forward and side orientation.\nThe new church continued in use until the 1940s, and has been used for burial services only thereafter. It remains an unusual survival of a church interior of the early part of the Gothic Revival.\nSources:\nCadw Listing description.\nR.Haslam, J.Orbach & Adam Voelcker, Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (2009), p.227-8.\nGoogle Street View, March 2010."}
-{"text": "Have to say I really can't stand the stuff; but this may interest you...I saw a programme, quite a while ago now, in which there was a child that could only eat spam and nothing else...serious by the way. His mother used to find inventive ways to cook it.\n\nI don't know how it affected his health but he seemed okay when he was on tv, though he was only around 7-11y/o at the time; I think he had some form of digestive issue with other foods and he had been tried on a lot of different foods...but, as I say, what came of his very restrictive diet and himself, I couldn't say."}
-{"text": "Where\u2019s the line between telling a story and glorifying it? That\u2019s the question plaguing violent music made by young artists, particularly rappers who specialize in trap music. As with the breakthrough of Chief Keef in 2012, Kodak Black\u2019s slurry, bleak cadence \u2014 painting portraits of tumultuous, violent lifestyles and prison blues \u2014 feels particularly unsettling because of the fact that Black recently turned just 18. These are valid feelings, but at the same time, anyone who knows about the conditions that produce the many young men at risk like him all over the country, poverty doesn\u2019t care how old you are and ultimately, an artist should be able to share the life that they know.\n\nBorn in Pompano Beach, Florida as Dieuson Octave, Kodak Black rose to prominence with his two tapes: Heart of the Projects and Project Baby. Despite hailing from Florida, Black\u2019s rapping style feels most influenced by Lil Boosie and early Cash Money records, with his clear-eyed, engaged storytelling and throaty Southern drawl. He spends a large portion of his latest tape, Institution, meditating on his stints in jail and showcasing the range of emotions that incarceration can bring out of you: anger, melancholy, disappointment. On \u201cIn Too Deep,\u201d he successfully makes you feel for him trying to stay occupied behind bars (\u201cThey found a contraband in my mat / I had to sneak a pen in my cell to write a rap\u201d) while simultaneously asserting his dominance, how he\u2019s still on his gangster s**t even when locked up.\n\nBlack can come off as celebratory to a particular lifestyle. But in truth, it\u2019s just a mask used for protection against a very real pain that comes with a particular brand of inner-city plight. On \u201cFed Up,\u201d Kodak exasperatedly states: \u201cI\u2019m so fed up that somebody might die / I\u2019m so fed up with these niggas in disguise / I keep my head up \u2018cuz I\u2019m too strong to cry\u201d \u2014 the somber bellowings of a young man in dire straits. Black\u2019s music isn\u2019t Scarface; it\u2019s a horror film where the monster in the closet is internal.\n\nStill, even in its grim outlook and vindictive aggression towards double-crossing friends and supposedly two-faced women, there is a streak of tenderness. On \u201cI.M.Y. (Miss You),\u201d he raps to a lover he\u2019s hoping to be reunited with soon: \u201cGirl, you know that I just wanna kiss you and hug ya / Hold me down when I\u2019m gone, I got in a lil\u2019 trouble.\u201d Black is not afraid of his emotions; these moments are almost childlike in their wide-eyed expressions of longing. The same wonder is front and center on the title track, which acts as a letter presumably to the same lover: reflecting on his recent incarceration and the day that he\u2019ll get to see her again. Those pieces walk hand-in-hand with the street poetry of his desolate environment and gang-hardened life. Kodak Black calls himself \u201cthe Project Baby,\u201d and for all his bravado as a rapper, there\u2019s a youthful sweetness on the surface."}
-{"text": "Samsung Android Smartphone- What does Safe Mode do?\n\nSafe Mode, while enabled, disables applications that have been installed in the device from the time it was purchased by the customer. Applications downloaded and installed from Google play or other 3rd party application store will be disabled.\n\nHere user can check if the issue is caused by the default software package or due to installed 3rd party applications."}
-{"text": "Truckee River Info Gateway\n\nNotice: We are currently in the process of moving the Truckee River Info Gateway (TRIG) website, so the complete website is unavailable at this time.\n\nIf you have any questions, please contact Nick Brothers at 775-334-2206.\n\nTruckee River Info Gateway (TRIG) is the home for the Truckee River Water Quality Program. The objectives of this Program, encompassing the Truckee River and its sub-watersheds from Tahoe City all the way down to Pyramid Lake, are:\n\nto make technical resources freely available for sharing with other collaborators, transparent to the public, and streamlining program development, with a user beware clause: each data contributor is responsible for their own QA/QC measures.\n\nto use the available water quality data to determine the potential for water quality improvements through restoration and stream bank stabilization.\n\nto determine the necessity of additional data collection (i.e.monitoring) to prove benefits from restoration.\n\nto determine the role of anthropogenic and naturally occurring nitrogen, phosphorus and total dissolved solids (TDS) on the water quality and aquatic habitat of the Truckee River.\n\nBackground\n\nThe water quality and aquatic habitat of the Truckee River have been under investigation by the Cities of Reno and Sparks and Washoe County for many years. Throughout this time the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF), Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP), Desert Research Institute (DRI), and many other agencies have collected significant quantities of data on water quality. Additionally, many individual studies and regulatory monitoring efforts (e.g. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and other Clean Water Act requirements) have amassed large amounts of potentially useful data over limited spatial and/or temporal scales. At the present time these data do not appear to have been analyzed adequately on a large, comprehensive scale for trends, for potential water quality problems and for potential improvements. The goal of the Program is to address this gap."}
-{"text": "\"Enables the body to cleanse naturally, without any negative side effects!\"\n\nThe way we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 4,000 years. Commercial farming techniques, including the use of pesticides, fertilizers and genetically modified organisms (GMO's), have left our fruits, vegetables and meats lacking in Organically Complexed Ionic Macro and Micro (Trace) Minerals. The fact is, grocery stores no longer sell mineral rich foods.\n\nAlthough modern farming techniques are producing foods that appear bigger, brighter and better, the unfortunate reality is they are far less nutritious and far less mineral and electrolyte rich.\n\nOur Fulvic Trace Minerals contain Bio-available Organically Complexed Fulvic Acid, Humic Acid, Electrolytes, Every Essential Amino Acid, and over 77 Macro and Micro (Trace) Minerals in their ionic (aka nano or angstrom) form, all working in perfect synergy. Fulvic Ionic Minerals can both balance and energize cell life and biological properties once it comes into contact with the cell. If the individual cell is restored to its normal chemical balance and electrical potential, we have given the cell life where death and disintegration would normally occur. This is due to the ability of Humic Acid to break down the salt acids that build up on the cell membrane, and the ability of Fulvic Acid to transport nutrients into the cell and flush toxins out of the cell. Fulvic and Humic Acids will break the bonds of inorganic matter and transform them into organic matter, including radiation and petroleum, and cleanse them from the body.\n\nFulvic Acid will alkaline the body.\n\nFulvic Acid has over 77 Macro and Trace Minerals, naturally occurring in their ionic (nano) form for ultimate absorption.\n\nFulvic Acid is the electrolyte that enables our cells to absorb nutrients and is a multi-directional antioxidant.\n\nFulvic and Humic Acid, Trace Minerals & Essential Amino Acids are required for a myriad of metabolic functions, yet cannot be produced by the body.\n\nFulvic Acid cleanses the body and is considered the most powerful form of Oral Chelation.\n\nFulvic Acid allows other Super-Foods, Vitamins, and Herbs to be absorbed and effectively utilized by the body.\n\nFulvic Acid provides increased energy, mental clarity, and sense of well being by feeding and nourishing every cell in the body.\n\nOptimally Organic produces the purest Fulvic Acid on the planet from the purest source on earth. It is situated in a beautiful forested region in the Southern United States, with its own pure water aquifer naturally filtering the rich plant-based humic shale deposits that we use in our products (American version of shilajit). 40 million years ago a glacier pushed lush rainforest underground and gave us this miracle product that contains no heavy metals. This land is protected to help people around the world, and we never strip mine.\n\nOur PatentedWATER EXTRACTRACTION process enables us to give you the purest and most concentrated bio-available fulvic minerals in the world. We never use acids or chemicals of any kind in our extraction process, just pristine distilled water. We guarantee the highest levels of social, ecological, and processing standards. Our Extraction process is 100% Pure and completely Natural!\n\nWith Fulvic and Humic Acid levels higherthan any other source of Fulvic or Humic Acid on earth, our Fulvic Ionic Minerals are not only the most pure, but the most concentrated.\n\nSuggested Use (Must be diluted, do not drink directly from the bottle):\n\nAdults\n\nDilute 7-12 drops in 8-15 ounces (or more) in purified water or fresh juice, 1-3 times per day based upon health condition.\n\nChildren\n\nDilute 1-2 drops in 8oz or more in purified water or fresh juice per 35 pounds of body weight, 1 time per day, or per the recommendation of your Pediatrician.\n\nPets\n\n1-2 drops in their water or food per 35 lbs of body weight, 1 time daily, or per the instructions of your Veterinarian.\n\nTopical Applications\n\nApply directly to affected area at full concentration, being careful to avoid clothing as solution will stain.\n\nDo not drink directly from the bottle, should be diluted. Do not mix in water with chlorine or fluoride. Distilled water, spring water or clean well water are ideal. Keep out of reach of children. Consult physician prior to use for children or if pregnant or lactating.\n\nAdditional Information\n\nCustomer Reviews 16 item(s)\n\nWe extract our high quality Humic Shale with distilled water. This is done in stainless steel vats and collected in glass containers. Our fulvic never touches plastic or tap water/chemical acids like all of our competitors fulvic.\n\nIf you had to choose just one supplement to add to your diet, this is it. It is simply replacing what our commercial/chemical world has eliminated from our food sources. Combined with a quality diet, this substance will supercharge your cells and detoxify your body.\n\nWow, I'm only taking 5 drops 2 times a day.i don't seem to need as much sleep and when I wake up I'm not as groggy.I don't eat as much but have more energy...What the heck? It for sure does boost the effect of other things you consume,i know this for a fact. Just drink some coffee and you'll see what I mean, if its doing the same think with everything else I consume...wow! I really do feel like its giving my body something it needs.I've tried lots of things...Maca,ginseng,spirulina,wheat grass....nothing compares to this!\n\nI've been using this Fulvic Ionic Menerals (x200) for several months. I was leary about getting it at first, because I had a couple of other types over the last ten years and didn't see any difference. I also appreciate the low cost due to being concentrated since I am not paying for the dilution like other brands. I definitely feel a difference and don't want to go off it. I am 74 and want to keep on going for a number of years. My body has been responding to good nutrition better since I began this product. I can see it does help the cells take in the nutrients they need when I include good food in my diet.\n\nThis is the greatest supplement!! My tooth quit hurting. My ear quit bothering me. I'm not as hungry. I feel like exercising. It's changed my life so far. I'm older and thought all my ills was due to aging.\n\nI am so grateful I found this product, I haven't taken it that long, but my back pain has already gotten better.\nThe customer service guy Max is so nice, I had a question, and he called as soon as he found out the answer.\nI love the fact that they are Christians, even better.\nI have a parasite that's awful liver flukes, and I knew I still had them, the fulvic ionic minerals are killing them, I just received the red Japanese pine oil, I'll let you know how that's working in a few weeks, I'm excited that I'm on the road to recovery!\nGod Bless you all\n\nMy naturopath recommended this product for me. She is thrilled with the results that Fulvic Ionic Minerals has shown in my health. I always fee well even if medical tests suggest differently, so my naturopath's response has more validity than my own. Thank you for providing me with this cleansing agent!\n\nSince including Fulvic ionic minerals (x200) in my daily routine, 3 time a day, I feel a great deal more hydrated . It also seems to be strengthening my energy levels. Added bonus is I am drink more water then I was prior to taking this Fulvic, I look forward to continuing use long term for total benefits.\n\nI began using this product again after several weeks, of not ingesting. I noticed an increase in my energy levels, especially during and after a morning workout. I feel more pep in my total body. I am cleansing from heavy metals. I am eager to continue this process. Thank you OO for an excellent product.\n\nSubscribe\n\n* indicates required\n\nEmail Address *\n\nDisclaimer\nAll information contained on this website is based on research and testing to date and is for informational and educational purposes and is not intended to make any unsupported medical claim or the claim that any product is intended to cure or prevent any disease. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Any serious health concern should be treated by a qualified medical practitioner. Pregnant or nursing mothers should consult their physician prior to using any nutritional supplement. Read full disclaimer."}
-{"text": "Symptoms of Osteoarthritis\n\nOsteoarthritis (OA) most often affects joints in the hand, knee, hip, and spine but can affect any joint. OA can occur in 1 joint or several. It often affect one side of the body more than the other. Some people have symptoms that get worse, while others have symptoms that stabilize.\n\nHallmark symptoms of OA include:\n\nIncreased pain and stiffness in the joint, especially when the joint is used or stressed (pain may subside while resting)\n\nGradual loss of range of motion in the affected joint\n\nJoint instability, which may give the feeling of the joint giving out\n\nGrating or creaking sound when moving the joint\n\nDeformed or misshapen joints with or without visible nodes on the bones\n\nSwelling\u2014joint may appear red or inflamed\n\nPain may be specific to activity and the joint affected. For example, knee pain may occur when climbing or going down stairs. Hip pain may occur when moving or bending.\n\nRevision Information\n\nThis content is reviewed regularly and is updated when new and relevant evidence is made available. This information is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with questions regarding a medical condition.\n\nOsteoarthritis.\nNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases\nwebsite. Available at:\nhttp://www.niams.nih.gov/Health%5FInfo/Osteoarthritis/default.asp. Updated August 2013. Accessed December 1, 2014."}
-{"text": "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2011)\n\nSynopsis\n\nThe film follows the reboot mission of its filmmaker, Joe Cross. One hundred pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Cross is at the end of his rope. In the mirror he saw a 310-pound man, with a gut bigger than a beach ball and a future that wouldn't end well. With one foot already in the grave, the other wasn?t far behind.\nWith doctors and conventional medicines unable to provide a solution, Joe turns to the only option left: the body's ability to heal itself. He trades in the junk food and hits the road with juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for the next 60 days. Across 3,000 miles Joe has one goal in mind: To get off his pills and get healthy.\nWhile talking to more than 500 Americans about food, health and longevity, it's at a truck stop in Arizona where Joe meets a truck driver who suffers from the same rare condition. Phil Staples is morbidly obese weighing in at 429 pounds. He is a cheeseburger away from a heart attack. As Joe is recovering his health, Phil begins his own epic journey to get well.\nWhat emerges is an inspiring tale of healing and human connection. Part road trip, part self-help manifesto, FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD defies the traditional documentary format to present an unconventional and uplifting story of two men from different worlds who each realize that the only person who can save them is themselves.\n\nIt's not a particularly strong week on the home market. The biggest first run release coming out this week is Horrible Bosses, which was a surprise $100 million hit. Green Lantern will likely be the best selling release of the week, but it disappointed with critics and at the box office. As far as the best of the best goes, The Tree of LifeBlu-ray / DVD Combo Pack is the best bet as far as Pick of the Week goes, bu there are a few others that are worth picking up. There are also a couple of late arrivals that deserve honorable mentions this week: Castle: Season Three and Dumbo - Blu-ray Combo Pack.\nMore...\n\nNormally limited releases open in only a couple theaters and even six theaters is quite a lot compared to the average. However, this weekend, we have a film opening in nearly a dozen theaters, another opening in a few dozen theaters, and even one opening in more than 100 theaters. It's always risky to open a film in that many theaters, and to make matters worse, most of the films opening in limited release this week are not earning spectacular reviews. But let's hope we have continued success on the limited release front.\nMore...\n\nWeekend Box Office Performance\n\nDaily Box Office Performance\n\nWeekly Box Office Performance\n\nFull financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue\nare available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com."}
-{"text": "It goes without saying that Australia is a gorgeous place. A gorgeous place to visit and a beyond gorgeous place to tie the knot. But beyond all the prettiness, I swear the people that call that place home, or decideRead More On SMP"}
-{"text": "Hang your collar up insideHang your dollar on meListen to the water stillListen to the cause where you areFed and educated,primitive and wildWelcome to the occupation\n\nHere we stand and here we fightAll your fallen heroesHeld and dyed and skinned aliveListen to the Congress fireOffering the educatedprimitive and loyalWelcome to the occupation\n\nHang your collar up insideHang your freedom higherListen to the buyer stillListen to the CongressWhere we propagate confusionPrimitive and wildFire on the hemisphere below\n\nSugar cane and coffee cupCopper, steel and cattleAn annotated historythe forest for the fireWhere we open up the floodgatesFreedom reigns supremeFire on the hemisphere belowListen to meListen to meListen to meListen to me"}
-{"text": "Cal State East Bay is in NCAA Division II and is a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Athletic Department offers 15 sports.\n\nThe athletics web site is www.eastbaypioneers.com.\n\nThe head coach for men's basketball is a full time position dealing with the management of all facets of the men's basketball program to produce an athletically competitive, academically successful and socially responsible team.\n\nThis is a 12 month position that will start as soon as the position is filled.\n\nHead coaching responsibilities to include but are not limited to: game and practice coaching; program administration; budget management; involvement in campus, alumni, constituent and community engagement; recruiting; supervision of assistant coach(es); supervision of camps and direct involvement in program-specific fundraising efforts; recommending a schedule of competitions; coordination of team travel; monitoring of academic progress, retention and counseling of student-athletes; creation of an environment where degree obtainment is a priority; and compliance with NCAA and conference rules and regulations. It is expected that the program will be conducted with honesty and sportsmanship at all times within the rules and regulations of the CCAA and the NCAA.\n\nRequiresSuccessful collegiate or professional basketball coaching experience, strong organizational and administrative skills, ability to interact effectively with prospective and enrolled student-athletes, fellow coaches, athletic department team members, and university administration, and the general public and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Possess the ability to teach, coach and advise students from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds.Minimum QualificationsA Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years of successful collegiate basketball coaching experience; demonstrated collegiate recruiting experience; strong organizational and administrative skills; ability to interact effectively with prospective and enrolled student-athletes, fellow coaches, athletic department team members, and university administration; demonstrated strong commitment to student-athlete retention and academic achievement; demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with diverse student, faculty, staff and community is essential; must possess or be able to obtain a California Driver\u2019s LicensePreferred Skills and KnowledgeMaster's degree; five or more years of successful collegiate head coaching experience; collegiate recruiting experience in California; prior staff supervision experience; demonstrated program level budget management experience and knowledge of Division II NCAA rules and regulations.How To ApplyIn addition to the standard CSUEB application, please submit a list of three (3) or more professional references, cover letter, and resume. Resumes alone will not be accepted in lieu of a completed online application.To apply on-line, please go to www.csueastbay.edu/jobs. If you are a first time user, you must register, create a user ID and password, fill in your basic information, save and click on the position you are interested in, click on the \"Apply Now\" button to begin the online application.This position will remain open until filled and may close without further notice. Review of applications will begin on August 21, 2017.Applicants will receive a confirmation of receipt via automatic email reply regarding their application materials. In addition, all applicants who were not selected will receive email notification at the conclusion of the recruitment process. Please be patient as this process may take several weeks. EEO StatementAs an Equal Opportunity Employer, CSUEB does not discriminate on the basis of any protected categories: age, ancestry, citizenship, color, disability, gender, immigration status, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran's status. The University is committed to the principles of diversity in employment and to creating a stimulating learning environment for its diverse student body.Other InformationAll California State University campuses, including CSUEB, will become smoke and tobacco-free effective September 1, 2017.In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the California State University East Bay Annual Campus Security Report is available at: http://www20.csueastbay.edu/af/departments/upd/campus-security-report.htmlSponsorshipCSUEB is not a sponsoring agency for Staff or Management positions.Mandated ReporterAll California State University, East Bay employees are considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with requirements set forth in the CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.\n\nNOTES:\n\nAdditional Salary Information: PLEASE NOTE: The starting salary will be between $7,888.00/month to $8,550.00/month.\nCSUEB offers a broad range of benefits that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement (CalPERS), 401k, 457, 403(b), dependent and health care reimbursement accounts, life insurance, vacation and sick, 13 paid holidays, one personal holiday and tuition fee waiver. For more information on the benefits program, please visit http://www.csueastbay.edu/af/departments/hr/benefits/index.html\nCondition(s) of Employment\nThis is a position with supervisory/lead responsibilities, subject to completion of the University on-line Sexual Harassment training as a condition of employment.\nCalifornia State University, East Bay conducts pre-employment screening that may include, but is not limited to: criminal background check, verification of academic credentials, licenses, certificates, credit history, professional references and/or verification of work history. Candidates must submit to a background check before being offered a position with CSUEB. Unsatisfactory results of the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSUEB employees who apply for the position.\n\nAbout the University: The California State University, East Bay, main campus is located in the hills overlooking the San Francisco Bay. The University has an educational center in Concord and a professional development center in Oakland. Founded in 1957, Cal State East Bay is one of 23 universities of the California State University system (CSU). The university, with an enrollment of about 13,000... students, is noted for its excellence in applied education as well as for the beauty of its campuses and proximity to all major Bay Area cities. The campus community benefits from an increasingly multicultural environment and maintains a strong commitment to diversity. ATHLETICS: Cal State East Bay is in NCAA Division II and is a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Additionally women's water polo competes in the Western Water Polo Association and women's swimming competes in the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference. Athletics web site: www.eastbaypioneers.com"}
-{"text": "Reading paper comics is fun, but if you want to take a ton of great reads with you on your laptop, or read your favorite titles on your computer's huge display, you need a solid comic reader. This week we're looking at five of the best, based on your nominations. \u00bb12/28/14 8:00am 12/28/14 8:00am\n\nWe all love paper comics, and digital versions don't have to replace them\u2014but if you don't want to leave the house, or you want to load up a laptop for travel, a good desktop comic reader comes in handy. This week we want to know which ones you use to keep up with your favorite releases. \u00bb12/23/14 11:00am 12/23/14 11:00am\n\nReading up on copyright and fair use laws isn't most people's idea of fun. This comic book from Duke University, however, translates law basics into an interesting, visual story. \u00bb12/04/14 11:30am 12/04/14 11:30am\n\nThe biggest digital comic book distributor in all of digital comics land, Comixology, just took a relatively unprecedented move for a platform its size. Customers will now be able to download DRM-free backups\u2014meaning when you buy a book, you'll finally get to own it, too. \u00bb7/24/14 5:33pm 7/24/14 5:33pm\n\nComics don't always have the best track record when it comes to portraying mental illness. In superhero stories, mental illness is often associated with violence and villainy. There are, however, other, often personal, comics that can open your eyes to real human experiences with mental disorders. \u00bb5/15/14 2:07pm 5/15/14 2:07pm\n\nWeb/iOS/Android: Great news, readers: The latest Kindle updates for the mobile and Cloud Reader apps now support kid's books, graphic novels, and comics. There are over 1,000 new titles available, with support for pop-up text and highlighting the artwork in individual panels. \u00bb6/14/12 12:30pm 6/14/12 12:30pm\n\nIt's that time of the year again\u2014superheroes are hitting the big screen to defend the world from evil. Show your support for the Avengers, Batman, and more with these wallpapers. \u00bb5/16/12 11:00am 5/16/12 11:00am\n\nThere are a lot of great comic book readers available, but when it's time to sit down in front of your computer and enjoy your comics digitally, some of you preferred programs that had features specifically for organizing and reading comics, and others wanted simple, fast sequential image viewers. Last week we asked\u2026\u00bb11/15/11 1:15pm 11/15/11 1:15pm\n\nGoing to your local comic book store or bookstore and picking up a new comic book is a tried and true tradition, but if you don't want to leave the house there are plenty of applications that help you read the latest releases right on your desktop in high resolution. This week, we want to know which programs you use\u2026 \u00bb11/10/11 5:00pm 11/10/11 5:00pm\n\nIn a world of computer viruses and spyware, a mere human doesn't stand a chance. That's why this week we're providing your desktop with some superpowers\u2014or at least the illusion of them, thanks to these wallpapers. \u00bb5/04/11 12:00pm 5/04/11 12:00pm\n\nYou can follow Adam Dachis, the author of this post, on and . If you'd like to contact him, is the\u2026\n\nWhether you've been a diehard comic book fan for years or you just want to see what they're all about, you may find reading them digitally a better experience than on paper. Here's how to get started with digital comics. \u00bb3/25/11 11:00am 3/25/11 11:00am\n\nAndroid: Almost all Android apps use the touch screen in some capacity. Perfect Viewer, however, divides the screen into hot zones for 10 different functions including zooming, panning, changing images, and more\u2014perfect for reading comics and heavy image viewing. \u00bb10/26/10 8:30am 10/26/10 8:30am"}
-{"text": "Disney Gets OK To Break Ground In China\n\nA Walt Disneytheme park and resort project in Shanghai that has been in the planning stages since the late 1990s looks like it\u2019s finally received a green light. The Wall Street Journal reported today that invitations went out over the weekend to a \u201cspecial event in Shanghai\u201d set for Friday, which would be a groundbreaking ceremony that Disney CEO Bob Iger is expected to attend. As designed, the park would be 963 acres and feature two hotels, shops and restaurants, and a lake. During Disney\u2019s recent shareholders meeting in Salt Lake City, Parks and Resorts boss Tom Staggs said the park would take five years to finish. The total cost has not been disclosed, but Disney is expected to be a minority stakeholder. It would be the sixth Disney theme park and resort and the first in mainland China (Hong Kong Disneyland opened in 2005)."}
-{"text": "UBC held its fifth learning analytics Hackathon on March 29 and 30, bringing more than 100 students together to get experience analyzing and visualizing educational data and exploring the emerging field of learning analytics."}
-{"text": "Description\n\nL-Proline Powder 4 oz from Source Naturals may help support healthy joints and a healthy musculoskeletal system. L-Proline is a non-essential amino acid\u201a which means that it can be made in the body.\n\nThe acid can be found in meat\u201a gelatin products\u201a cottage cheese\u201a cream cheese\u201a and certain soy products. A low-protein or vegetarian/vegan diet may not promote the production of L-Proline and this is where supplements like the one from Source Naturals come into play.\n\nL-Proline is involved in the production of collagen and cartilage and may support healthy joints and a healthy musculoskeletal system. Collagen\u201a a protein found in structural tissues\u201a plays a key role in skin health and appearance and is also important in the healing of various types of wounds. The amino acid found in the supplement from Source Naturals has many benefits.\n\nThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not meant to diagnose\u201a treat or cure any disease or medical condition. Please consult your doctor before starting any exercise or nutritional supplement program or before using these or any product during pregnancy or if you have a serious medical condition.\n\nIngredients\n\nDosage\n\n1 to 2 level teaspoons daily\u201a mixed with water or juice.\n\nPrecautions\n\nIf you are pregnant\u201a may become pregnant\u201a or breastfeeding\u201a consult your health care professional before using this product.Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing. Keep out of the reach of children.Suitable for vegetarians.\n\nIf you have any general questions regarding orders or our policies and programs, please contact our Customer Happiness Team @ 1.800.383.6008\n\nIf you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medications or have any medical condition, consult your doctor before use. Your healthcare professional is the best source for guidance before beginning an exercise or nutritional supplement program.\n\nThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."}
-{"text": "That vid doesn't even show Damien's crossdressing in the sequel. Cross-dressing, people. It was for the job - he's an undercover \"supercop\" - but. still. The serious talks in narrow air shafts, bromancey hugs, risking life & limb for each other and often little to no personal space? It's all there."}
-{"text": "You've arrived at Herbies Dready Autoflowering seeds premier selection for December, Strains that you really can harvest from seed in less than 6 weeks! Dready Autoflowering Indica or Sativa plants have been crossbred with Ruderalis, a type of cannabis that grows in areas where summer is short but has from 22 to 24 hours of daylight per day. Our Dready auto-flowering selection was last updated on 10/12/2016.\nRead More\n\nDready Auto-flowering cannabis seeds are seeds that flower on their own in 2-4 weeks without the need to reduce the hours of lighting.\n\nHerbies offer the complete collection of Dready auto-flowering seeds at the lowest prices anywhere on the net, and always add new Dready autoflowering seeds varieties as soon as the manufacturer introduces them.\n\nHerbies deliver Dready autoflowering seeds locally and internationally with stealth for your privacy, so wherever you are, you can relax and be assured that you will receive the cheapest and freshest Dready auto-flowering seeds this December.\n\nWhatever your needs this December Herbies Dready autoflowering seeds quick and easy search facility will help you find exactly what you require.\n\nHerbie specialises in Dready auto-flowering seeds, we guarantee that you can't buy better or cheaper this December."}
-{"text": "EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti SC SuperClocked ACX Review -\nIntroduction\n\nEVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti SC ACX - It's Pretty Darn Cool!\n\nIn this review, we test the EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti SC SuperClocked ACX. Armed with that 450W cooler and our FLIR camera we'll see if it really is good cooling. Oh and hey, SC means a factory overclock - this thing is fast! NVIDIA unlocked the GPU completely meaning all 2880 Shader processors are available. That combined with increased core and memory clock frequencies and nice overclock potential will make this the top 699 USD flagship product to purchase for the Christmas holiday season. So yeah, this means it is based on the GK110 revision B GPU and has an whopping 7.1 Billion transistors. That makes it a nice, one of the fastest graphics cards available on the market today. We test the product with the hottest games like Metro: Last light, Battlefield 4, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Hitman Absolution and many more.\n\nJust like GTX Titan, the GTX 780 Ti is based on the GK110 GPU with the distinctions that the Titan has a GK110-300 GPU and the GeForce GTX 780 a revision B GK110 GPU. Same stuff, yet with some changes. The recipe for the GTX 780 Ti is fantastic though, as the product has the full 15 Streaming clusters thus 2880 Shader Processing Units enabled. That's 240 TMUs and 48 ROPs on a 384-bit memory interface of fast GDDR5. So yeah, NVIDIA in a nutshell that is a 45 mm \u00d7 45 mm 2397-pin S-FCBGA GK110b GPU with 2880 shader/stream/CUDA processors. But wait Dave, there's more. Memory wise NVIDIA equipped the GeForce GTX 780 Ti with 7Gbps memory, the fastest GDDR5 memory you can find on a graphics card today. The GeForce GTX 780 Ti ships with 3GB of this memory, providing up to 336GB/sec of peak memory bandwidth. That is still huge (12 pieces of 64M \u00d716 GDDR5 SDRAM) of memory (384-bit) on there and started designing a bunch of new tricks at BIOS and driver level. Combined with GPU Boost 2.0 you will see this product boosting towards the 1000~1050 MHz range once you tweak it. The reference clock is 875 MHz with a boost clock of 928 MHz. Looking at the specs you must think that this product must consume heaps of power, well it's not great, but definitely not bad at all either. Another improvement that Nvidia implemented to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti is a new power balancing feature that\u2019s been made so enthusiasts can get the most out of their overclock. Typically GPU gets its power from three sources: the 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors, and the PCI Express interface. Under normal conditions, the power sent to the GPU is balanced across these three sources, but when a user overclocks their graphics card they can unbalance the power delivery and draw more power from one source than the others, potentially maxing it out. With this new feature we can steer power from one input to another, so if you max out one power source, you can draw more power from the others to make up the difference.\n\nThe maximum allowed board design power draw is 250 Watt, which considering what this product is, is good. NVIDIA is also focusing strongly at gaming in Ultra High Definition (UHD), so this will be a focus in our review as well. Will we be able to play the hottest games at that whopping 8.2 Mpixels at a 3840x2160 resolution @ 60 Hz? So yeah dude, head over to the next page where we'll start-up the technology overview first, but not before you have seen the product though.\n\nMeet the GeForce GTX 780 Ti SC SuperClocked ACX edition from EVGA, this is the 3GB ACX cooler edition comes factory clocked for you at 1000+ MHz (Ref 875) with a Boost clock of 1071 MHz. Combined with that overall increased memory clock with at an effective data-rate of 7 Gbps. It'll be a massively fast graphics card. So yeah, let me show you what we'll talk about in this review and then head on over to the next page please.\n\nEVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified reviewWe review the EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified, this graphics card is equipped with NVIDIA's second to best flagship GPU. Combined with an all custom PCB design and a lot of tweaking features this product will be enticing for a lot of you guys.\n\nEVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX reviewIn this article we review the EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC ACX edition, this particular model comes with a dual-slot two fan ACX cooling solution. That boils down to a more silent product versus and great cooling performance. EVA offers the card factory overclocked at some pretty impressive clock frequencies. Join us in this review and let's see if the 269 USD ACX model will be worth it for you.\n\nEVGA GeForce GTX 770 SC reviewIn this review we peek at the EVGA GeForce GTX 770 SC (SuperClocked) edition. This model graphics card comes with a factory overclock and the new ACX cooler. Overall the card is sitting in-between the GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce GTX 780 , with its 1111 MHz core clock frequency. We take the latest games and do some FCAT testing as well."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 - 12:30 PM\n\"Celebrations\"\nToday is full of celebrations! It's Caillou's birthday! He is having a party with all of his friends, and he gets a very special gift that he wanted. Caillou learns about the Chinese New Year. He even tries some Chinese delicacies, but most exciting of all, he gets to see the famous dragon dance! Also, Caillou and Grandma throw Grandpa a surprise belated birthday party! Grandpa is surprised, and very happy! After seeing Bravo the magician doing some tricks at Leo's birthday party; Caillou decides that he is Caillou the Great. D\n(#418)"}
-{"text": "Artist:\n\nThe Daily Flash\n\nFormed in the late autumn of 1965, the group lasted until 1967, but not without member losses along the way. The original drummer, Jon Keliehor departed in the early summer of 1967 and guitarist Doug Hastings was taken into the Buffalo Springfield, and then into the supergroup Rhinoceros. New members replaced old but their stay was short lasting as the band played it\u2019s last performances December 1967."}
-{"text": "Business Musings: The Indie Publishing Lesson (2017 in Review)\n\n2017 began with a blow to indie writers and continued to prove what those of us who have freelanced forever learned the hard way: Never have your eggs in one basket, even if that basket is making you huge profits.\n\nThe year started with the collapse of All Romance Ebooks and OmniLit. ARe and OmniLit were big players in the early part of the ebook boom. They sold books on their site and they distributed to hard-to-get-to places, like iBooks (back when it was almost impossible to get into). A lot of writers, particularly romance writers, were making a fortune on ARe.\n\nThen, on December 28, 2016, ARe, sent out an announcement that it was closing its doors. I wrote a quick blog about this, advising writers to pull their properties down\u2014and, if they could, to eat the loss rather than go through a big lawsuit against ARe.\n\nThe reason? Life is too short. I, unfortunately, learned that the hard way years before.\n\nNow, more than a year after ARe\u2019s closure, I decided to see how the writers who were owed a lot of money from ARe faired. I could find dozens of blog posts about the crisis with ARe, but very little after March.\n\nThere was an active Facebook group (which I did not join, since I had no books at ARe by the time it closed), and I have no idea what\u2019s on that group. I do know that a number of authors sued to get their money out of Lori James, who mismanaged the company into oblivion.\n\n(A note: usually when someone mismanages something into oblivion, they spent all of the money too. That\u2019s what it looked like with ARe, although I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s true. So, suing their asses might feel good, but it probably will cost more money than it nets. Just a rule of thumb.)\n\nI finally found a late September blog and a post on the Kindle boards by romance writer Marilyn Vix. She too was wondering what was happening with the ARe writers, and did a lot of research (which I piggybacked on).\n\nAccording to a Facebook group that I joined for authors burned by the owner, Lori James, of ARe, some people have been paid the small amounts they were owed. Some people didn\u2019t get their settlement. It seems to be pretty staggered on who got paid. Some got 1044s that were from earning in different years when they should have been for 2016. There also seems to be supposed burned readers asking authors to give them free copies of the books lost. Many authors and publishers were trying to make good for where Lori James failed\u2026.\n\nIn other words, the case was settled, and if the parties don\u2019t meet the terms of the agreement whatever they are, the case can be revived. So, a bunch of writers spent the better part of a year chasing this case in court.\n\nI do hope the writers managed to get some writing done as well. Cases like these are time-consuming and nightmarish and never end up the way you want them to.\n\nI don\u2019t blame the writers for going after Lori James and ARe. Some writers were out tens of thousands of dollars, and a few even more than that. James wanted to settle last year at 10 cents on the dollar and from Vix\u2019s note above, James didn\u2019t even seem to manage that. We might never know how it all shakes out. Often, settlements like this contain a nondisclosure agreement as part of the terms.\n\nSo, essentially, we started 2017 with hundreds of thousands of dollars (collectively) vanishing from the pockets of writers, and ended 2017 the same way.\n\nAt the beginning of December, Patreon announced a new fee structure. For years, Patreon\u2019s creators received 90% of the money pledged, with remaining 10% split evenly between fees and Patreon itself.\n\nThe change that Patreon announced would have charged each patron 2.9% plus .35 cents for each transaction. The creators would take home 95%, but the patrons would be charged a weird and sometimes incalculable amount every month. It hit the patrons who pledged tiny amounts the hardest. If a patron supported 100 different artists at $1 per month, that patron would have spent $138 in fees, rather than the $100. (If that same patron had supported only one artist at $100, they would have spent $103.25.)\n\nPatrons who specialized in small support of a lot of people canceled pledges the moment the change was announced. Within a day, creators\u2019 Patreon accounts lost tons of money. Patrons were upset too, unable to access content. Conspiracy theories abounded. No one knew what was going on\u2014and the policy hadn\u2019t even been implemented yet.\n\nOne week of social media shouting, phone calls to Patreon, letters, and media attention later, Patreon announced that it had made a mistake and would not implement the fees. But by then, the damage was done. The pledges were cancelled, writers and magazines and vbloggers and many others had lost a lot of income.\n\nI lost a few supporters, but had many others up their pledges (for which I\u2019m grateful), so my net sum went up a few dollars. But I was never on Patreon to make a living. My readers had asked me to go on Patreon, so that they had a second way to support the blog. Some objected to working with PayPal for political reasons after the U.S. election; others never wanted to deal with PayPal in the first place. Still others wanted a place to go for an annual payment.\n\nBut a lot of writers, particularly traditionally published writers, used Patreon to even out their monthly income. (Many traditionally published writers only got paid once or twice a year in huge lump sums.) These writers did a lot for their patrons, doing things like writing a story a month or more only for Patreon. Readers came on with small amounts mostly, just to be part of the community and to support their favorite writer.\n\nThe instant loss of income hurt. A lot. Patrons left immediately, canceling everything to do with Patreon.\n\nAnd this wasn\u2019t the first major change that drove people off Patreon in 2017. In October, Patreon expelled anyone they believed to be involved in porn or to have adult content, by changing its terms of service. In fact, erotica writers, in particular, have had the somewhat unique experience of being kicked of various platforms, sometimes overnight, going from making thousands to making nothing at all, with no recourse.\n\nOf course, every site has the right to manage its own content its own way. Some of the adult content crackdowns came as businesses grew and ran into problems with investors or libraries or (in one case) governments.\n\nBut the way that sites change and manage content has had a huge impact on individual creators in 2017.\n\nOther changes brushed by me, and I know they had a huge impact on writers. Goodreads starting to charge for giveaways changed the way a lot of writers promote their books. The same with changes (or proposed changes?) to Facebook ads.\n\nAmazon always toys with its algorithms. It seems that the minute Amazon-only indies know what Amazon\u2019s doing, Amazon changes things again. The big fight that I\u2019ve seen is over spikes in sales\u2014even if those spikes are easily explained by some kind of major promotion. Amazon will (at times) remove a book\u2019s sales rank, even if that rank is the direct result of a Book Bub or something else.\n\nSome of these changes that major sites do are to get rid of pirates and scammers, and in the big sweep of the change, regular honest folks get swept in. Other changes came about because of investment, change of ownership, or new managers\u2014things that happen in every business.\n\nFor eight years, I have told indie writers to go wide and to make sure they\u2019re protected, legally and otherwise. Be cautious and conservative when you join new sites or new ventures. Make sure you understand the terms of service, and realize that with many companies, the terms of service are take it or leave it. When you have terms of service like that, your decision to take it had better be informed, and when you get bit on the ass, you should have known that the bite was coming.\n\nI am not victim-blaming here. I\u2019m trying to protect you folks going forward. My ass is full of bites, because I learned this the hard way decades ago. When you\u2019re in business, someone will screw with you. If you want to stay in business, you make the choice that will allow you to keep working with a minimum of fuss.\n\nIf you have lawyers on retainer (and can afford them), then you might consider lawsuits. If not, you might consider writing off any losses on your taxes.\n\nYes, that means that you will incur huge losses sometimes. It also means that you might have to rebuild from scratch.\n\nPlease know that I am not saying that lightly. I have rebuilt, several times. It\u2019s hard, and painful, and awful. I\u2019ve had hundreds of thousands owed me, and not paid ever, and I know how infuriating it is to lose that kind of money\u2014particularly when the people in question continued with their lives and businesses as if nothing went wrong.\n\nYes, I know. You believe you can\u2019t change your behavior. Even wide, 90% of your income comes from one source.\n\nYou need to ask yourself what will happen if that single source suddenly closes shop, like ARe did a year ago. You need to plan for that. It might never come true, but it might.\n\nYou also need to expand your reach. Don\u2019t decrease what you\u2019re doing on your 90% platform. Expand your reach on other platforms. Grow them so that they become more of your income.\n\nWhat I\u2019m telling you to do is increase your income by expanding your cash streams. Then, a year from now, you might be earning as much or more from the current 90% platform, but instead of that platform making 90% of your income, it only accounts for 60%. Then in 2019, you might be able to make it 40% of your income\u2014not by reducing what you do on that platform, but by adding in other platforms.\n\nI hope that\u2019s clear.\n\nBecause the biggest lesson for indies in 2017 is that it\u2019s extremely dangerous to get all of your income from just one source. That source can go bankrupt, change its fee structure, ban your kind of content, or just ban you because\u2026well\u2026because.\n\nAnd then what?\n\nSo plan for the worst by expanding your business in 2018. Investigate new cash streams. Figure out how to get your work into other channels.\n\nWhat a dark and gloomy indie post. The only reason it is dark and gloomy is because I decided to divide up the indie posts. The next post will be on all of the great innovations in 2017. I expect more in 2018.\n\nAs Marie Force said in the comments last month, this is still the very best time ever to be a writer.\n\nOne of the most amazing parts about writing for me is this blog. You folks have consistently visited this website every Thursday since 2009 (with a small hiatus). Thank you! Your comments, interactions, questions, and inspiration keep this blog alive, as do your donations.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nRelated\n\nAnother lesser known site people were using for selling books, which recently sent emails out letting authors know it was closing was Pronoun. They were slowly growing when I found them. I didn\u2019t use them for selling, but giving me helpful analytics. So I\u2019m curious how many have used them too.\n\nThis is all good common sense, about not relying on a single or a small number of outlets. When we set up Shoreline of Infinity we assumed our main digital sales would come via Amazon, so we dutifully set that up. But because I happen to also do webdesign and can handle WordPress it seemed logical for us to do that, and so I set up an ecommerce shop on our site to sell our magazines and books, both print and digital.\n\nIt turns out that now most of our sales are via our own site. This is excellent for us, as the only transaction fees are for Paypal (and we\u2019re working on alternatives for that). So rather than handing Amazon 35% or 70%, we keep around 96% of our sale.\n\nDigital sales are handled automatically, Print sales, with the software linking straigt to the Royal Mail online posting service, are quick to manage.\n\nThe costs are all in the set-up, but once it is running, it\u2019s just a matter of maintaining it.\n\nAnother benefit is that as we spread the word, we only have to point people back to our site.\n\nSure, we do have our books on Amazon et al, but as we do all our own marketing and PR, using Twiter Facebook and anything else, why should we give Amazon such a big cut? They do nothing to promote our publications.\n\nWe also sell digital books from our own wordpress website (www.biblepathwayadventures.com/store). We started with Paypal and now use SendOwl so we can offer credit card payments (and Bitcoin if we chose). This system works very well and is much more reliable than solely using Paypal. It also gives us the ability to offer a Cart facility, affiliate links, and discount codes.\n\nOddly enough, when I tell groups of indie writers that depending so heavily on Amazon (the exclusive outlet I see most often) is dangerous, I generally get told off as failing to understand the bold new world we\u2019re in.\n\nSIGH. I do understand it. That\u2019s WHY I\u2019m saying that we need to look for other outlets and retailers.\n\nPersonally, I also keep a weather eye on what large publishers are doing. Sometimes they\u2019ll spot things before the rest of us do.\n\nAn interesting comment I heard on an author podcast. \u2018People say they only sell on one platform. But if you look at their ads or their website, they only link to one platform. They haven\u2019t filled out their author info at any of the other sites, or bothered to proofread their book descriptions at any other sites to make sure their aren\u2019t any odd characters showing up. They haven\u2019t checked the other site\u2019s sampling features to make sure their book file is working. They haven\u2019t bothered to set up pricing or keywords properly anywhere else.\u2019\n\nWell, yes, that does make it very hard to build a customer base on other platforms.\n\nNow, I\u2019m an enormous, know-nothing newbie, but it seems to me that the big thing with many of the other platforms is that there\u2019s no big thing. They\u2019re just slow-and-steady, basic outlets. I know people who do pretty well for secondary income on Kobo, but they ramped up over time, evenly. There\u2019s no trick, really. You just keep showing up. It\u2019s not very exciting, but it could be a steady stream of income. A lot of businesses are like that though \u2013 you do steady, basic stuff, and it gives you steady, basic income.\n\nYes, going wide does take a certain effort. Yes, the more books you are putting out, the more effort that would theoretically be. But, like anything else, once you\u2019ve figured out the basics and made yourself a checklist, it shouldn\u2019t be the end of the world. (It seems to me the biggest issue is accounting. Possibly because that\u2019s my least favourite part, but mostly because it\u2019s ongoing.)\n\nI am also advocating going wide, and I\u2019m glad I did so with my books. It\u2019s a shame that Amazon requires exclusivity for being on Kindle Unlimited, because that service is a great way to save money for huge readers. For me, it\u2019s the private equivalent of the libraries, with much more transparency of payment for the authors. And monthly payments, too!\n\nOne of the best parts of the indie revolution, though, is the direct contact with readers, especially with mailing lists, that enable us authors to keep our independence, and, as a group, to be a force to reckon on.\n\nI\u2019ve been debating and debating with myself over whether to go exclusive with KU for the first 90 days of my ebook\u2019s release, or to go wide from the start. The matter still isn\u2019t settled, but this blog post will definitely shift some weight towards the \u201cwide\u201d position. And it confirms that I\u2019m not wasting my time learning how to get my ebook into html so it\u2019ll work across platforms, instead of letting Amazon convert my word processing file for me.\n\nAlways wise words, Kris. I\u2019ve been wide from the beginning of my indie journey in 2011. My choice was based on memories of huge stock market failings like Enron and WorldComm where my parents had a large amount of their retirement income invested and ended up with settlements of a couple hundred dollars instead of the thousands they were owed. I also remember lots of early e-only publishers going under within a couple of years. In addition to ARe, the other big player to go bust was Samhain, an early ebook first publishing company that had been around for 15+ years. They first sent out notice of closing in 2016, but then a few months later said they managed to save the company\u2013only to close down in early 2017. I didn\u2019t have books with them, but many fellow romance writers did. The really sad part, to me, was that when several of my friends got the notice and recant in 2016 they still stayed AND gave more books to them.\n\nI think a lot of this has to do with two things: 1) Fear of changing when you have a place making you money; and 2) A desire to make more money quickly. Whenever I ask people why they are Amazon exclusive the three common responses are: 1) \u201cWhy should I change when I\u2019m making good money? It\u2019s easier to track one place.\u201d 2) \u201cI tried it once and within three months I had almost nothing from those other retailers, so I went back to exclusive.\u201d 3) \u201cI need to make lots of money now and I know the most about how Amazon algorithms work. No one understands the other retailer algorithms.\u201d\n\nLike everything in this business, there is no EASY button\u2013no quick way to make big money. Yet, every writer keeps searching for it and that, IMO, is what drives bad decision-making.\n\nBack when I was a young lawyer in a firm, the firm shut down \u2014 pretty much \u2014 between Christmas and New Year\u2019s and went through the client list. There were always some clients whose cases were dead and who were delinquent on their accounts. They got letters asking them to pay by 15 January. A few paid up, but most did not. Those that did not got a 1099 for the amount they owed mailed out 31 January, CMRRR. Then they got to wrestle with the IRS, and the firm got to write off the losses.\n\nMajor agreement about protecting yourself from a big company going out of business or otherwise changing.\n\nPeople scoff when you point out that Amazon could shut down at some point. \u201cThey\u2019re Amazon! They\u2019re not going to close!\u201d\n\nSure. Just like Sears was the number one retailer in the US for, what, a century? Century and a quarter? More? They\u2019re barely holding their heads above water now. Borland was one of the major software houses back in the 80s. I loved them; their copyright policy was awesome. They\u2019re gone now. Broderbund was one of THE biggest computer game companies during that same period. They were huge before EA was anything. They\u2019re gone now. IBM dominated the business machine market, and was the number one producer of computers of all sizes \u2014 for decades with the mainframes and minis and such, and then for almost 20 years at the start of the PC revolution, which is literally forever when you\u2019re sitting there at the time, aware that IBM PCs outsold every other kind for as long as anyone but hobbyists who owned soldering irons to do their own board assembly could own a personal computer. IBM equalled Home Computers back then. Now, it\u2019s \u201cIBM? Are they still around?\u201d\n\nNo manufacturer or retailer is too big to fail, but too many writers seem to believe that Amazon\u2019s going to be around and overwhelmingly dominant forever. Bad assumption. :/\n\nI\u2019ve learned so much from your business musing posts and really appreciate your sharing your wisdom! I\u2019ve been wide since 2014, a year after I published. I never had many sales outside of Amazon until I ran an International Bookbub in 2017, and since then my Kobo and iTunes sales, in particular, have been picking up. Does the bulk of my book income still come from Amazon? Yes\u2013but I feel more secure knowing I have other options. \ud83d\ude42\n\nThis is hardly the first time you\u2019ve advocated being wide with your ebooks, and I\u2019ve paid attention each time. Up until last year, my reaction has always been \u201cYes, but\u2026\u201d However, as more games were played with KU (Each time Amazon has recounted ebooks, mine lost pages. And the downward trend of per-page payouts until some magic number of authors must have left the program, so they goosed it up again.), I made the commitment to take my books wide.\n\nMy previous experience with attempting to sell on other vendors gave poor (pretty much no) results. But this time, combined sales at B&N and Apple are outpacing my sales at Amazon after only one month. Now, I\u2019m not selling a lot of books (yet), but this is incredibly encouraging to me. And exciting to know that it is possible to sell books on other platforms.\n\nA New Adventure SF Story\n\nGet Early Copies of the Thursday Business Blog and More!\n\nA New Kris Nelscott Novel\n\nMy latest Kris Nelscott novel begins a new series, following the adventures of three strong women as they protect their world, one person at a time. A crime novel set in 1969. Available in ebook, trade paper, hardback, and limited edition. For more information, click here.\n\nOccasional Updates on Kris Nelscott\u2019s Works\n\nKris Nelscott Newsletter\n\nSubscribe to Blog via Email\n\nEnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.\n\nBest Mystery Stories of The Year!\n\n\u201cThe heroine of Kristine Kathryn Rusch\u2019s \u2018Christmas Eve at the Exit\u2019 struggles to make the holiday meaningful for her 10-year-old daughter while the pair are on the run\u2026.There isn\u2019t enough Xanax in anyone\u2019s medicine cabinet to calm the jitters these 20 skillful stories will unleash on a worried world.\u201d \u2014Kirkus"}
-{"text": "Re-timed and fixed to work with MAJESTiC release. Also the reason you're wondering why nothing seems to work with it is because it seems MAJESTiC released the UNRATED version... But didn't label it accordingly.\nThe more you know.\nAll credit to original releasers. I am but a simple man who needs subtitles and sometimes finds himself re-timing stuff."}
-{"text": "Gunsmoke - The Sixth Season, Volume 2 (1961) marks the end of an era. The last episode of this set, \"Colorado Sheriff,\" was also the very last half-hour Gunsmoke. Three-and-a-half months later, when the series returned for its seventh year, Gunsmoke had been expanded to one hour, to good and bad effect, a format maintained until its cancellation in 1975. There was a trend at this time expanding half-hour anthologies and other expensive shows into an hour format, presumably as way to cut down costs. Alfred Hitchcock Presents became The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1962, and The Twilight Zone expanded to an hour for its abbreviated fourth season, also during the 1962-63 season.*\n\nI haven't seen enough of the hour Gunsmokes, especially the earliest ones, still in black and white and still co-starring Dennis Weaver, to rate them alongside the half-hour shows of seasons 1-6, but the taut Western dramas of Gunsmoke's early seasons are going to be hard to beat. (The hour shows will, however, thankfully provide this reviewer with something new to write about.) They far exceeded this reviewer's expectations, with only Have Gun - Will Travel boasting a similarly high caliber of writing and, less important to its overall success but still significant, direction and acting.\n\nThis volume includes the last 19 episodes of the 1960-61 season, when as the number 1 show in the Nielsen Ratings, for the fourth year running, Gunsmoke enjoyed a 37.3 rating, a figure unimaginable today. (For instance, the number 1 [scripted] show last season was NCIS, which had a 19.7 rating.) The 19 episodes are spread over three single-sided, dual-layered DVDs, and as always look great. Sponsor spots have been tossed in as an extra.\n\nGunsmoke was so popular during 1961-64 that CBS ran reruns of the half-hour Gunsmokes on Tuesday nights under the title \"Marshal Dillon\" so as not to confuse viewers with new, hour-long episodes.\n\nAs before, U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) and his eccentric, game-leg assistant (not deputy) Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver) are still maintaining the peace in unruly, barely-tamed Dodge City, Kansas. The various gunslingers and cattle rustlers causing Marshal Dillon no end of grief usually can be found drinking and gambling at one of the innumerable saloons. Matt's friend Miss Kitty (Amanda Blake), formerly a (coded) prostitute, is now half-owner of the city's finest, the Long Branch Saloon. She's also its madam, and though the audience doesn't get to see much of that business, it's implied. Matt's line of work often requires the services of cantankerous Doc Adams (Milburn Stone), another close friend of Matt, Chester, and Miss Kitty.\n\nWriter John Meston (1914-1979) was to Gunsmoke what Rod Serling was to Twilight Zone; he penned an incredible 257 episodes of the series during its 20-year run, and that's not counting episodes of the radio show he also wrote (though there was a lot of crossover, apparently). Two of his favorite devices are the \"What's Going On Here?\" and \"How's Matt Going to Solve/Get Out of This?\" structures, with Matt presented with a puzzling situation/irresolvable conflict at the beginning of the episode, and he and other characters working through the mystery which is revealed/resolved, often violently, at the end. A favorite plot Meston did myriad riffs on has cool cucumber Matt withholding judgment on an accused killer's guilt or innocence while all of Dodge City is ready to lynch the accused. Sometimes in these shows the accused is a friend of Matt's, like Chester, sometimes he's a guest star, but always, even with a mountain of evidence stacked against him, Matt remains calm and just.\n\nMore and more, Gunsmoke was also fast becoming a show content to focus entire episodes on the concerns of Doc, Chester, or Kitty, while others were primarily interested in one-off characters. In \"Minnie,\" for instance, Doc is hotly pursued by an unrefined buffalo-skinner (prolific character actress Virginia Gregg in a plum role), allowing Chester and Matt the opportunity to tease Doc mercilessly. Conversely, Matt, Chester, and Doc are mostly on the sidelines during \"Love Thy Neighbor,\" with two families resolved to decimate the other. That episode, the first of four Gunsmokes directed by Dennis Weaver (three in this set), features a typically impressive list of character stars. This episode, for instance, features Jeanette Nolan, Jack Elam, Harry Dean Stanton, Warren Oates, and Nora Marlowe.\n\nThat same episode also touts an original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Around this time, the networks were compelled to stop relying on their extensive stock music libraries and commission a certain percentage of original scores each season. The result of this is some spectacularly good television scores were written by the era's top composers. This set features original scores by Nathan Scott, Bernard Herrmann (twice), William Lava, Jerome Moross, Fred Steiner, Van Cleave, and Leonard Rosenman, most of whom were concurrently writing scores for Twilight Zone and other CBS shows. Herrmann's score for \"Kitty Shot\" is particularly haunting and impressive.\n\nWriter John Meston is credited with writing or co-writing the 19 scripts, but some of the more interesting were chiefly or co-written by Wichita-born Kathleen Hite (1917-1989), a secretary at CBS Radio who rose through the ranks to become its first female staff writer, and who eventually penned dozens of TV Westerns and created the series Empire (1962-64), starring Richard Egan and Ryan O'Neal.\n\nVideo & Audio\n\nGunsmoke looks exceptionally good on DVD. Shows are a bit overly grainy (especially during the opening titles, reworked slightly for syndication) but otherwise they're very sharp, very clean. The 19 black-and-white episodes are spread over three discs, with a total running time of about eight hours and 15 minutes. The Dolby Digital mono (English only) is clean and clear, and the shows include optional English SDH subtitles. The packaging allows viewers to read the episode descriptions inside the snap case without having to remove any of the discs.\n\nExtra Features\n\nSupplements this time include a modest sampling of sponsor spots.\n\nParting Thoughts\n\nThose curious as I am to compare these last half-hour Gunsmokes to the hour-long shows that immediately followed won't have to wait long. CBS DVD/Paramount have already announced Gunsmoke - The Seventh Seasons Volumes 1 and 2 for release on December 11, 2012 and February 5, 2013, respectively. In the meantime, The Sixth Season, Volume 2 comes Highly Recommended.\n\n* Television historian Stephen Bowie notes, \"The hour expansion wasn't confined to CBS. There were also Tales of Wells Fargo and The Detectives. [Not] really sure why this was a trend - with Gunsmoke it may have been greed for more of a big hit, but some of the other shows were on their last legs.\""}
-{"text": "Of 435 US districts, Omar\u2019s ranked worst for blacks to live \u2013 GOPUSA\n\nRep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) claims to be a champion for minorities and the oppressed \u2013 yet the district she represents (Minnesota\u2019s 5th Congressional District) was rated as the worst district for blacks to reside in the entire nation amongst hundreds of others.\n\nIn fact, the Democratic Party \u2013 which claims to be the party that takes care of people of diversity and underprivileged populations \u2013 represents 25 of the worst 30 congressional districts in the United States.\n\nRace relations in these areas are also amongst the worst in the country.\n\n\u201cThe same areas are also some of the most segregated in America,\u201d TheBlaze noted.\n\nInstead of being a bastion of inclusion and opportunity, as Omar touted on the campaign trail, her district has become notorious for division and hopelessness.\n\n\u201cThe numbers produce a stark picture of the 5th Congressional District [represented by Omar], which encompasses Minneapolis and several surrounding suburbs,\u201d CBS local WCCO announced.\n\nTaking care of their constituents or mere talk?\n\nResults of research conducted by the financial website, 24/7 Wall Street, using U.S. Census Bureau data, revealed disturbing news for minorities and those disposed to vote for the left out of a belief that Democrats in office will fight to bring them more opportunities and financial success.\n\nAllowing Americans to see how representatives are taking care of their own, the study has \u201ccreated an index to measure socioeconomic disparities between black and white Americans by congressional districts to identify the worst congressional districts for black Americans.\u201d\n\nNumbers don\u2019t lie\n\nDuring election season, empty promises and assurances of improved conditions may laden speeches of campaigning representatives. But the ability to strengthen and bring communities together within congressional districts between times casting votes at the ballot box are said to be the determining factor in the effectiveness and integrity of elected officials to deliver.\n\nOnce the figures were tallied, it was discovered that Omar produced results during her inaugural year in office that placed her district in dead last among the nation\u2019s 435 congressional districts \u2013 each containing approximately 747,000 people.\n\nResearchers based their study on several measures: \u201ccost of living-adjusted median household income, poverty, adult high school and bachelor\u2019s degree attainment, homeownership, and unemployment rate,\u201d 24/7 Wall Street informed.\n\nAfrican Americans living in Omar\u2019s district are much worse off than those living in any other of the 435 districts in the country \u2013 especially when comparing them to national averages.\n\n\u201cNationwide, the typical black household earns about $25,000 a year less than the typical white household,\u201d 24/7 Wall Street\u2019s Samuel Stebbens divulged from U.S. Census Bureau statistics. \u201cAfrican-American workers are also more than twice as likely to be unemployed as white workers.\u201d\n\nHowever, in Omar\u2019s district, the black poverty rate is 37.2 percent, compared to 9.4 percent for whites \u2013 nearly for times higher, according the study \u2013 and approximately twice as high as the average black poverty rate across the U.S.\n\nThe study also shows the black unemployment rate in Omar\u2019s district is 12.3 percent (twice the rate in the rest of the U.S.), next to a 4.0 percent unemployment rate for whites. In other words, blacks in Omar\u2019s district are four times more likely to be unemployed than whites (twice that of the rest of the U.S.).\n\nIn addition, the black homeownership rate for blacks in Omar\u2019s district is 19.8 percent vs. 63.1 percent for whites (or three times more for whites), while the average homeownership rate for African Americans in all 435 districts is twice the rate than those living in Omar\u2019s district.\n\nResponsibilities of representatives\n\nEven though representatives don\u2019t have full control to implement all the changes they would like in their districts \u2013 and keeping in mind that many factors go into the socioeconomic conditions experienced by residents within a congressional district \u2013 these elected officials are obligated to fight for a better way of life for their constituents to the best of their ability using the resources at their fingertips.\n\n\u201c[C]ongressmen and congresswomen are elected to represent the best interests of their constituents at the national level by writing, amending and voting on legislation that can benefit their district,\u201d Stebbens explained.\n\n\u201cAs such, congressional representatives are in a unique position of power to address issues of social and economic inequality within their district. Civil rights and racial equality are central to the political platform of several representatives on this list.\u201d\n\nThe report on the study said that as America\u2019s first refugee and Somali-American representative, Omar inherited some challenges in her district; but apparently, little had been done to keep her district from being the worst district in the nation for blacks to reside. Failure to see improvements are being addressed, especially with a leader who proclaims to be dedicated to improving conditions for minorities \u2013 a reputation she strives to portray when criticizing President Donald Trump as he deals with overcrowding in border detention facilities \u2026 and when condemning Israel as it keeps militant Palestinian protesters and terrorists at bay.\n\n\u201cBlack area residents [in Omar\u2019s district] are about four times more likely to live below the poverty line than white residents and three times more likely to be unemployed,\u201d Stebbens revealed. \u201cDisparate outcomes along racial lines in the district are largely the legacy of historic racism. Minneapolis is one of several Midwestern cities that enacted restrictive housing covenants and exclusionary zoning policies in the early 20th century. These policies impact residential patterns to this day.\u201d\n\nIgnoring her own while honing in on illegals, Palestinians?\n\nAs black Americans in her own district continue to suffer, Omar has consistently criticized conditions that illegal immigrants at the U.S. border experience due to overcrowding from lax immigration policies championed by Democrats. She has also focused her criticism on Israel for conditions Palestinians live under as they continue to carry out terrorist attacks on their peaceful Jewish neighbors.\n\nRegarding Omar\u2019s continual attention given to the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, she has stood by fellow \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in calling detention centers for illegal immigrants breaking into the country \u201cconcentration camps,\u201d as she calls for open-borders policies with fellow Muslim congresswoman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).\n\nOmar has also stood with Palestinian-American Tlaib in attacking Israel through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, whose ultimate goal is the destruction of Israel. She has accused Israel of making Palestinians live under an \u201cApartheid state\u201d \u2013 despite Jewish leadership\u2019s continual humanitarian aid and attempts of diplomacy with the terrorist-run Palestinian leadership that is not open to negotiations.\n\nIn the midst of inserting herself in the midst of these two ongoing controversies, Omar has seldom been seen on the nightly news addressing, fighting or solving the problems people within her own district face on a daily basis \u2013 especially as the leader of the nation\u2019s worst district for African Americans.\n\nThis website uses cookies to improve your experience. 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-{"text": "(4) The seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest.--Literally, the seventh year shall be a rest of solemn resting, or a sabbath of sabbaths. For the import of this phrase see Note on Leviticus 16:31. Like the weekly sabbath, the seventh year is to be the Lord's sabbath. The soil is therefore to have a perfect rest.\n\nThou shalt neither sow thy field.--What constitutes cultivation, and how much of labour was regarded as transgressing this law, may be seen from the following canons which obtained during the second Temple. No one was allowed to plant trees in the sabbatical year, nor to cut off dried-up branches, to break off withered leaves, to smoke under the plants in order to kill the insects, nor to besmear the unripe fruit with any kind of soil in order to protect them, &c. Any one who committed one of these things received the prescribed number of stripes. As much land, however, might be cultivated as was required for the payment of taxes as well as for growing the barley required for the omer or wave sheaf at the Passover, and wheat for the two wave-loaves at Pentecost.\n\nBut in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land,.... From all tillage of it, from planting and cultivating any sort of trees in it; and even from digging pits, ditches; and caves, as say the Jewish writers (m): and this was typical of that rest which believers enter into under the Gospel dispensation, and of the rest in the new Jerusalem state, and especially in the ultimate glory; not only from the labours of the body, but of the mind, through sin, Satan, doubts and fears, and through conflicts with various enemies, and when even all spiritual labours and services will be at an end but that of praise:\n\na sabbath for the Lord; for his honour and glory, to ascertain his property in the land, to show the power of his providence, and display his goodness in his care of all creatures, without any means used by them:\n\nthou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard; under which are comprehended all acts of agriculture, which respect the cultivation of vines, olives, figs, and, according to the Misnah (n), there were some instruments which it was not lawful to sell to an artificer in the seventh year, such as a plough, with all belonging to it, a yoke, a fan, a spade, but he may sell him a scythe, or a sickle, or a cart, and all its instruments; and which the commentators (o) interpret of one that is suspected of working in that year; the house of Shammai say, an heifer that ploughed might not be sold that year.\n\n25:1-7 All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the seventh day. These statues tell us to beware of covetousness, for a man's life consists not in the abundance of his possessions. We are to exercise willing dependence on God's providence for our support; to consider ourselves the Lord's tenants or stewards, and to use our possessions accordingly. This year of rest typified the spiritual rest which all believers enter into through Christ. Through Him we are eased of the burden of wordly care and labour, both being sanctified and sweetened to us; and we are enabled and encouraged to live by faith."}
-{"text": "Nationwide Arena\n\nFleetwood Mac, with Christine McVie back in the fold, is apparently having too much fun to stop.\n\nThe quintet -- McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie -- announced 28 new shows, beginning on Jan. 16 in St. Paul, Minn., and stretching all the way through the end of March. Among those dates is a Feb. 7 show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.\n\nThe Mac will, of course, have already played in Connecticut by then; they're booked at the XL Center in Hartford on Nov. 1. But hey, it's cool: we'll take them back here.\n\nEnjoy this fan-footage of of McVie singing \"You Make Loving Fun,\" for as long as it stays available. Scroll down for all...\n\nRelated \"Nationwide Arena\" Articles\n\nFleetwood Mac, with Christine McVie back in the fold, is apparently having too much fun to stop.\nThe quintet -- McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie -- announced 28 new shows, beginning on Jan. 16 in St. Paul, Minn., and...\n\nActivision Blizzard Inc. announced a small acquisition Monday that kickstarts big plans to develop a broadcast empire around electronic sports (aka video games) that rivals what ESPN has done for contact sports.\nThe Santa Monica video game maker...\n\nThings you can count on during a Kings trip here:\n\u2022 Center Jeff Carter getting booed. Yes, still. Even though his Blue Jackets tenure was more like a walk-on role, wrapping when he was traded to the Kings in 2012, during his only season with Columbus.\n\u2022...\n\nWhen a fan made a one-handed catch of a foul ball while bottle-feeding his infant son during a Cubs game in late June, the video went viral and he gained international attention.\nUnusual catches of foul balls or home runs are a staple of sports...\n\nThe last image Maryland fans had of Melo Trimble was of the freshman point guard sitting visibly distraught near the end of the team\u2019s bench at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. He had just suffered what was diagnosed as a concussion in the second...\n\nFreshman point guard Melo Trimble and junior forward Jake Layman will \u201cgo through the process\u201d of seeing where they might be taken in the NBA draft before making a decision about returning to Maryland next season, a source familiar with their situation...\n\nFrom the time they emerged from a team meeting in the basement of coach Mark Turgeon\u2019s home Sunday night, the Maryland players and Turgeon himself have tried to move forward from the shocking image they saw displayed on the living room\u2019s big screen...\n\nIn an age when athletes dye their hair to change their luck or enhance their image, Maryland guard Richaud Pack went blonde this week to support his team.\nNot the Terps, who left for Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday in advance of the program's first NCAA...\n\nThe boos reverberated as soon as the announcement of the starting lineup came out at Nationwide Arena on Monday night, the Kings' lineup including center Jeff Carter.\nCarter's absence has not made the hearts of Columbus Blue Jackets fans grow fonder....\n\nThat Kings defenseman Alec Martinez is suffering from concussion-like symptoms is not a major surprise, especially after looking at replays of the big (and legal) hit on him, handed out by Tampa Bay center Cedric Paquette.\nKings Coach Darryl Sutter...\n\nFor Democrats, New York would offer a diverse tableau in liberal Brooklyn and a touch of Clinton nostalgia. Philadelphia would give the party a patriotic backdrop while Columbus would raise the curtain on another campaign showdown in Ohio.Democrats are..."}
-{"text": "This thrilling sequel to Traveler doles out adventure and heartbreak in equal measure as it takes readers through a kaleidoscope of intricately crafted worlds of wonder, discovery, and danger.\n\nYou\u2019re still you no matter where you go.\n\nJessa has learned the hard way that traveling to alternate dimensions isn\u2019t all delicious, glittering desserts and fancy parties: it also means accidentally running into people she thought she\u2019d never see again. Still mourning a devastating loss, Jessa isn\u2019t really prepared for the arrival of a reckless version of someone she once loved who is now bent on revenge. Add an increasingly complicated relationship with her best friend Ben, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the threat of the multiverse collapsing, and Jessa\u2019s got a lot on her plate. She may be destined to help save an infinite multitude of worlds\u2026 but in the end, all Jessa really wants to do is save her friends.\n\nIn Dreamer, the young adult fantasy follow up to Traveler, author L. E. DeLano delivers a gripping, emotional story that will leave readers on the edge of their seat.\n\n1) What is on your desk or where you write? What do you need to write? Do you have a writer\u2019s survival kit?\n\nI always kind of laugh at this question. I have no \u201cwriter\u2019s nook\u201d, no \u201cwriting rituals\u201d- none of that sacred writing space sort of stuff. I\u2019m a single mom with a full time job and two kids \u2013 one of whom is special-needs. I write whenever and wherever I get a chance, with a laptop on my lap, my kitchen table, or a caf\u00e9 table, if I\u2019m lucky enough to get away. I can write with the TV and dishwasher on, while one kid is singing and the other is yelling at him to shut up. I think it\u2019s made me a better writer.\n\n2) What is your writing process? Are you a plotter or a panster? Which do you prefer: drafting or revising?\n\nI\u2019m a total pantser, almost to an embarrassing degree. And I honestly feel my best work is done on the revisions.\n\n3) What is your number one writing tip?\n\n\u201cA published book is a finished book. Just write the damn thing and stop second-guessing yourself.\u201d\n\n4) Describe you book in 5 words or less.\n\nDiscover every version of you.\n\n5) A book goes through a lot of different versions and rounds of editing before it\u2019s complete. What are some \u201cfun facts\u201d or behind the scenes info you can share about the characters from your book or the world you created for it that may or may not have made it to the final draft of the book?\n\nBen was originally a time traveler, which explains his outstanding historical knowledge.\n\nIn Pirate Finn\u2019s reality, his Jessa was pregnant in early drafts of the story, making his loss all the more poignant.\n\nIn the very first outline of the overall story, \u201cMario\u201d was going to be revealed as actually being a subconscious manifestation of Danny, Jessa\u2019s brother.\n\n6) Do you have a special story, a discovery you made while doing research, or an innocuous thought that grew into something bigger that is behind your inspiration for DREAMER?\n\nWhen I was eight, we lived in England for a time, and I had just finished watching a BBC production of \u201cAlice Through the Looking Glass.\u201d As I walked down the hall to my room, I passed a large, ornate mirror in a darkened hallway. I paused a moment to look, and I swear to you I saw the \u201cother\u201d me blink. To this day I get a shiver if I pass a darkened mirror. It was out of that memory that TRAVELER and DREAMER were born.\n\n7) Who was your favorite character to write and who gave you the most trouble?\n\nMy favorite character to write was Danny, because he is one hundred percent my son, pulled from real-life. And he\u2019s hilarious and full of heart. The hardest was my villain (not spoiling the name) because of their flair for the dramatic. I didn\u2019t want to take that too far.\n\n8) If you could ask a character of your choice from DREAMER one question what would it be?\n\n9) What scene from the book are you most proud of (because of how you handled the atmosphere, characters, dialogue, etc.)?\n\nNorthern Lights. That chapter is pure wonder and the stirrings of something deeper. I love that chapter.\n\n10) Is there a scene that you had difficulty with and just had to \u201cpower through\u201d to finish the book? Or a scene that made you very emotional?\n\nThere is a scene near the end that ripped my heart clean out, and it has to do with Danny. That one left me a sobbing mess and I had to go for a looong walk after I wrote it.\n\n11) What are the top five things we should know as a reader before starting DREAMER (about the main character, their love interest, the antagonist, their world/home town, their situation, etc?)\n\nGlad you asked this one! DREAMER is a sequel, so of course, it\u2019s ideal if you read TRAVELER first. But the bottom-line things you need to know are: Jessa can step through mirrors into other versions of herself, and even though she may be in different circumstances, the things that make her fundamentally herself are unchanged. Ben is her best friend \u2013 hell, he\u2019s her only friend because she\u2019s such an introvert \u2013 and in one of Jessa\u2019s alternate realities he\u2019s a lot more. Finn has been a part of Jessa\u2019s life in a multitude of realities but right now, he\u2019s the last person she wants to see. The stakes are huge, but more than that, now they\u2019re personal. The villain wants to make Jessa pay through the ones she loves.\n\n12) What is next for you? What are you currently working on?\n\nMy next book is based on the mythology of ancient Ireland. Rosaleen is the half-human daughter of the Morrigan, the Irish goddess of death and battle. Because of the blood flowing through her veins, she has many gifts, including the ability to see and speak with the dead. She and the ghost of a hilarious ninth century celtic bard go on an epic adventure to the realm of the Irish gods. It\u2019s been a lot of research and a lot of fun to write!\n\nL.E. DeLano is a YA novelist rep\u2019d by Barry Goldblatt Literary agency, author of the upcoming \u201cTraveler\u201d (Swoon Reads/MacMillan 2017) and lifelong writer. Her work has been featured on various online outlets and she lives in Pennsylvania with two very adventurous kids and two very ridiculous cats. In her spare time, she writes (of course) and binge-watches way too much Netflix."}
-{"text": "20 Absolutely Stunning/Unbelievable International Borders\n\nBorders are nothing more than imaginary lines drawn across the map in order to distinguish where one country or territory starts and another stops. Borders are everywhere; property lines distinguish who owns what, city borders dictate where you're paying taxes and what by-laws you have to follow, state lines also dictate laws and taxes (as well as pride), and of course there are the international borders which are much more significant.\n\nPeople and countries have been warring over borders from time immaterial, and we continue to war over these imaginary lines. That being said, some international borders are stunningly beautiful, insanely dangerous, wildly creative, and sometimes desolate wastelands. Let's have a look at 20 of the most unbelievable international borders across the globe.\n\n1. Haiti and the Dominican Republic.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nThese two countries share the same, and you can tell the stark differences between them just by looking at this photograph. Haiti has been continually devastated by natural disasters, but it is their major lack of deforestation laws that really allows you to see the stark border line.\n\n2. Australia and the rest of the world.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nWhen you are both a continent and a country set on an island, you have one of the most beautiful borders imaginable. The entire island is surrounded by the turquoise blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. It is also patrolled by a variety of deadly creatures so I don't think they are too worried about an invasion via water.\n\n3. Macau and China.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nThis border is interesting to look at, but it serves a very functional purpose. When drivers cross over into the other country, they have to make this pit-stop in order to change sides of the road. In China you drive on the right side of the road, while in Macau you drive on the left.\n\n4. South and North Korea.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nOne of the most dangerous and tense borders in the entire world. It is constantly guarded by members of both armies. It wouldn't take much to set this entire region on fire, so having an international border incident here would not be a good idea.\n\n5. Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nSouth America is a beautiful wilderness punctuated everywhere by rushing rivers, most noticeably, the Amazon river. Water runs everywhere across the continent, so many countries are divided by the water's edge. Take this instance where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay all meet at a fork in the river.\n\n6. Vatican City and Italy.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nSitting as its own sovereign state in the middle of Rome, Italy. The Vatican marks the entrance to its border with St. Peter's Square. This makes it one of the most unique borders in the world, simply with the logistics of it all.\n\n7. The U.S. and Mexico\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nA long and contested border that has the most legal crossings than any other countries in the world, it is routinely in the news due to illegal crossings. In some places the contrast in way of life is so stark you will wonder if you woke up in the twilight zone.\n\n8. Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nThe only place where four countries come together at the same point is right here, in Africa. This must make for a very complicated boat ride down these series of rivers.\n\n9. Slovakia, Austria and Hungary.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nWanna have lunch in three separate countries at the same time? Well you can here, they even set up a picnic table to make it happen. The border is so loose between these three countries that they don't care about guards or walls, just sit down and have a quiet lunch with whoever you want.\n\n10. Nepal and China.\n\ndestinationtips.com\n\nThis is another hotly contested part of the world, but there are no need for walls here, the top of Mt. Everest acts as a natural border between the two counties. It might be a little difficult to sneak into either country going this route."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nThe increasing popularity of laptop computers, together with evidence that elevated scrotal temperature can result in sperm damage,\nhas prompted researchers from the State University of New York to\nundertake the first study into the effect of heat from laptop computers\non scrotal temperature. With the exception of an anecdotal report of\ngenital burns, the effect of portable computers on scrotal temperature\nwhen used on the lap has been unknown until now. The researchers\nfindings, reported in the journal Human Reproduction, show that\nusing a computer on the lap increased the temperature of the scrotum by\naround 2.7\u00b0C. Previous studies have shown that increases in testicular\ntemperature of between 1\u00b0C and 2.9\u00b0C have been associated with a\nsustained and considerable negative effect on spermatogenesis and\nfertility.\n\"By 2005, there will be 60 million laptop computers in use in the USA\nand a predicted 150 million worldwide. Continued improvements in power,\nsize and price have favoured their increased use by younger people and\nlaptop sales now exceed those of desktop computers,\" said lead\nresearcher Dr Yefim Sheynkin.\n\n\"Laptops can reach internal operating temperatures of over 70\u00b0C. They\nare frequently positioned close to the scrotum, and as well as being\ncapable of producing direct local heat, they require the user to sit\nwith his thighs close together to balance the machine, which traps the\nscrotum between the thighs.\"\n\n\"The body needs to maintain a proper testicular temperature for normal\nsperm production and development. Portable computers in a laptop\nposition produce scrotal hyperthermia by both the direct heating effect\nof the computer and the sitting position necessary to balance the\ncomputer. The magnitude of scrotal hyperthermia associated with abnormal\nspermatogenesis is unclear. Previous studies suggest that 1\u00b0C above the\nbaseline is the possible minimal thermal gradient capable of inhibiting\nspermatogenesis and sperm concentration may be decreased by 40% per 1\u00b0C\nincrement of median daytime scrotal temperature,\" said Dr Sheynkin.\nHe did not suggest an exact time for safe use, however the study showed\nthat within the first 15 minutes of use, scrotal temperatures increased\nby 1\u00b0C, so it did not take long to reach a point that may affect\ntesticular function. Also, frequent use may cause intermittent\ntemperature rises, which could significantly increase a single heating\neffect.\n\n\"Until further studies provide more information on this type of thermal\nexposure, teenage boys and young men may consider limiting their use of\nLC on their laps, as long-term use may have a detrimental effect on\ntheir reproductive health,\" Dr Sheynkin concluded.\n\nCulled from http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20041109215916data_trunc_sys.shtml"}
-{"text": "Time for a National Student Tracking System\n\nThe 53,000 students who disappeared from the Louisiana public school system following hurricanes Katrina and Rita highlight the need for an information system that monitors the academic progress of students across the country, John F. Pane argues in this Education Week Commentary.\n\nPane believes implementing a national tracking system would not only help in response to natural disasters, but just as importantly lend information to better understand graduation rates, achievement gaps, and school improvement. Such a system should include and protect the records of all U.S. students and be accessible to educators with a legitimate need.\n\nWhat do you think? Should there be a national system for sharing student information?\n\n12 Comments\n\nYes!! I've been saying that for years. As a former special education teacher, I frequently experienced children admitted into the school who had previously been diagnosed as qualifying for special education modifications, but we did not receive the transfer information until months after the child was admitted.\nAdditionallly, once children are admitted, they transfer around from class to class and distributing paper modifications can be cumbersome, and delayed. It would be great if there was a national data base that teachers could access when a child enters the classroom providing invaluable data for instruction.\n\nA National record would be advantageous for information sharing, tracking progress, and better understanding the scope of achievement across the US. Unfortunately, there is no such database in existence in the US that records any one group or cohort of Americans. Few, if any, states have such data collection and sharing systems. Even the US Census bureau has been unable to create such a network. Central records centers within individual states would be a bit more feaseable and located these central records in sfae areas, i.e. out of flood and hurricaine prone areas, would be helpful. Electronic transfer of records could speed up the information sharing between states and schools. There is still no certain means in use today to assure that a perticular student transferring into a school district is the actual person they, or their parents say they are. The national record system sounds great. There is no model for it and it is probably not a realistic oncept.\n\nThere is no compelling state interest for having a consolidated national education ID system. As a matter of protecting personal privacy, we should not endorse such a system. We don't need a single source with \"all\" students' information stored there. The challenges we have don't require that sort of precision. If \"better data\" showed our dropout rate was 31% instead of 39%, so what? It should be 3% - and the data we currently have clearly shows it is not.\n\nWhat we should advocate is a standardized definition of educational data, and the ability for an individual student's records to be securely provided to the student and his/her parents or guardians, for delivery to the next school system. This protects individual privacy and promotes voluntary sharing of information. School-level information should be organized in a standard way, and schools should use good business practices to manage it, including back-ups stored off-site for recovery in the case of a disaster. By standardizing the data elements, businesses could compete to develop and offer applications that meet individual schools' needs, without becoming cost-prohibitive.\n\nThink Turbo-Tax on the web, where standardized data is gathered, reported, and stored by individual, but never combined or aggregated. There is a successful model for this kind of internet-enabled private information management.\n\nIn an earlier thread, Ms. Cooke, makes a very good point, that there is no real \"compelling\" interest to actaully justify a national system of record keeping. There are issues of confidentialiaty that would have to be addressed. Like medical records, school records are not public records, to be shared with just anyone. Students and their families are entitled to a safe, secure system that dekivers transcripts from one school to another in an expiditious fashion. This information should not be available on a national scale and there is no program that contains a similar volume of information on a national scale. Even the I.R.S. with its' legions of data entry and retrieval people, relies on some voluntary information from the individual taxpayer and does not have control, as in information, over all workers in the U.S. The next step in any such program would be a subcutaneous computer chip that is regularly updated with grades and activities. It has, so far, proved impossible to get such a program completely set up for even pets. How much more challenging, and expensive, would be a national program for all students.\n\nI may almost become a believer in biblical predictions :) National, computerized data systems, now even suggested for student records, may ultimately lead to a chip in all of us, the mark of the beast.\n\nGood point, C.J.! There are a great many \"national registry\" scenarios in the works that make it seem that \"Big Brother\" is closing in. In truth, no system is currently feaseable. The cost of such a record keeping system would make it impractical and there is always the danger of someone hacking the system for illicit purposes. a simple transcript with backup copies would effectively serve the same purpose and would only require local record keeping. It is unlikely that a national standard for grade and class data could be achieved as there are no national standards. The process could be speeded up allowing for faster transfers of records, but a central holding area seems rather useless.\n\nWhat is it we really want to know? If it is information about the effectiveness of resources allocated to education efforts - graduation rates are likely a poor measure. I concur that some broad agreement on what success looks like is an important first step.\n\nUnfortunately, educational reform has become a number game. The goal of federal and state mandates is to quantify the quality of our nation's education. The idea of a national data base with individual student identifiers is yet another technology driven quantification of what is really a matter of real life educational quality. It is only necessary to track students when individual schools are held \"accountable\" for students that leave. Schools and school systems should not and cannot be realistically held responsible for students that leave and do not return. In reality, it is not important whether the missing student has transferred or simply dissappeared. It is a matter for individual communities and states when a student becomes a truant, but that is a matter for law enforcement, not the school. All any school can really do is report when and for how long a student has been away from the school. no one district or school is similar enough to another to use the dropout or transfer data as an indicator of success or achievement.\n\nThe wheel is being reinvented once again. And, as reinventions go, the result will be a square wheel: forget your destination as your brains will be bounced loose on the journey.\nThe next to last paragraph indicates what Mr. Berry suggests be looked at in a comprehensive system to measure teacher effectiveness. And you know what, I don't care where teachers come from, where they started to teach or where they are now teaching.\nI do care what students need to know and how the college educator will train future teachers to analyze needs of kids, teach what it is that has been determined kids need to know, evaluate what has been taught and what they need to do to remain positive throughout the process. The university before granting a teaching credential also needs to determine what it is the teacher is being trained to teach and to ensure that the level of knowledge of the prospective teacher in his/her field of choice is exceptional. If not, remediate until it is.\nOnce again, I see in this article the state officers of education, the college presidents, the college and university this and that but where are the teachers and school principals? Where are the people on the line every day of their lives? Ask them what is needed to change the education of teachers and maybe the wheel will appear to be round once again.\nSteven C. Appelbaum\n\nI believe the NEA legal department would have some positive feedback on this topic as they usually are. Bob F is correct when he says tracking youngsters is a difficult job. Transient students should probably be an additional cohort of at-risk youngsters to identify for NCLB."}
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-{"text": "'Shameless' Casts Possible New Competition for Lip Gallagher\n\nZach McGowan joins as the neighborhood's new bad boy.\n\nZach McGowan\n\nIt wouldn\u2019t be Shameless if the series didn\u2019t constantly throw challenges at the kids. The Showtime series has just cast a new neighborhood bad boy who\u2019ll probably challenge Lip Gallagher\u2019s (Jeremy Allen White) \u201cfriends with benefits\u201d relationship with the damaged Karen (Laura Wiggins).\n\nThe motorcycle-riding Jody is described as \u201chot beyond belief,\u201d and not exactly prone to winning over parents. Apparently, he won\u2019t be chummy with Lip either, who confessed in Season 1 that he had feelings for Karen.\n\nMcGowan was born and raised in New York City and he has appeared on several TV shows, including ABC\u2019s Body of Proof, Disney Channel\u2019s Good Luck Charlie, and CBS\u2019 CSI: Miami."}
-{"text": "Tag Archive\n\nA determination of paternity is incredibly important under the laws of North Carolina as without such a finding: (1) a father has no legal rights to visit or access the child; (2) a mother has no ability to obtain child support orders; and (3) the child does not have an automatic right to inherit from the father. This is because absent a paternity finding or presumption, a child has no legal father. Voluntarily Establishing Paternity Paternity can be established in several ways. The first is the presumption of paternity that occurs when a child is born to married parents. In this scenario, it is mandatory that the child\u2019s father be named on the child\u2019s birth certificate and that the child be given the father\u2019s last name unless otherwise agreed by \u2026"}
-{"text": "It was global news because a future queen was involved, but it received scorn because it was essentially a crap stunt. Before the tragic aspect of this story emerged, the newly crowned king of comedy Jack Whitehall tweeted \"I mean sachsgate prank was crude but at least it was quite funny. That Australian Radio hoax call was rubbish. Hope those DJs get sacked\"."}
-{"text": "Thursday, December 21, 2006\n\ntoo much reliability?\n\nI've started tuning into David Brin's blog. I've come across his views from time to time. Sometimes I agree with them, often I don't, but they almost always get me thinking. Case in point, in this entry he discusses the failure of the cell network in New Orleans and advocates an emergency packet relay mode built into cell phones:\n\nHow about a simple back-up mode for text messaging? One that could use packet-switching to bypass the cell towers when they are down, and pass messages from phone to phone -- or peer-to-peer -- at least among phones that are of the same type?\n\nIt got me thinking. Maybe the problem with the cell networks, and the power grid for that matter, is not that they're not reliable enough. Maybe the problem is that they're too reliable. You see, one of the big problems with a back-up system is that, after you get it in place, you still have to test it to make sure it'll work. You might be religious about backing up the files on your computer, for instance, but how many times have you tried to restore them?\n\nIt reminds me of the pattern with preventing forest fires. For years, fire suppression was the goal. That caused dead wood to accumulate. Now, when fires do break out, they're a lot nastier because there's all this dead wood. If we'd had small fires more often, the dead wood never would have had the chance to accumulate.\n\nIt also reminds me of Y2K planning. Someone was surveying Y2K preparations in a developing country. They asked where person X got his food. Answer: I go next door and slaughter a goat. Question: what would you do if the power went out and your refrigerator stopped working. Answer: I wouldn't slaughter the goat. In areas where service is less reliable, people not only create their own back-up systems, but they also know how to use them because the unreliable service forces them to \"test\" the back-ups fairly often.\n\nObviously, even if decreasing reliability makes the system more rugged, there's going to be a trade-off. Electricity and communication are Good Things. They make the economy work. Make them too unreliable and the economy starts to deteriorate. Perhaps there's a nice mathematical model that could estimate how much reliability is optimal. But in any case, I wonder if designing for \"five 9's\" reliability (99.999% reliable, or five minutes of outage per year) might actually be counterproductive in the long run.\n\nI publish under the byline False Data . That should tell you something.\n\nIf you have a real legal question, you need to get a real lawyer who can look at the real facts of your real question and give you a real answer. Seriously. It really depends a lot on your exact facts, and the law changes all the time.\n\nIf you tell a judge \"I know it's the law because someone named False Data, who lives in a different state (or country), put it on a blog,\" the judge will laugh at you. And then you'll lose your case."}
-{"text": "Sources indicate Microsoft is going to move away much of what's caused the company so much headache.The tug-of-war between Microsoft and Sony just got more interesting. Multiple sources inform me Microsoft will announce what amounts to a complete reversal on its DRM policies for Xbox One today.\n\nWhat does this mean?\n\nNo more always online requirementThe console no longer has to check in every 24 hoursAll game discs will work on Xbox One as they do on Xbox 360Authentication is no longer necessaryAn Internet connection is only required when initially setting up the consoleAll downloaded games will function the same when online or offlineNo additional restrictions on trading games or loaning discsRegion locks have been droppedIt is unclear what caused this huge change in policy right after E3, a week where Microsoft executives spent days explaining, justifying, and talking about its policies to the press. I suspect Microsoft\u2019s official announcement will say something to the effect of \u201cwe've been closely listening to consumer feedback.\u201d\n\nBased on what I\u2019m being told, that\u2019s definitely true.\n\nMicrosoft has taken an enormous amount of heat regarding DRM policies with its new console. Sony became consumer heroes at E3, announcing PlayStation 4 would not treat used games differently, and the status quo would reign. The company released this video, twisting the knife\n\nthats what i think if you cant check in every 24 hours all they have to do is say you MUST have the Game disc in at all time to play the game... that would fix the 24 your fucked rule...\n\ni hope this is true and MS finally got the point both gamers and Sony hammered into them and if they do fix these issues i know alot of people wont mind paying $100 bucks more for a XB1 over getting a ps4\n\nSony had it right they heard the crap MS was putting on gamers and they thought hmmmm lets makes ALot of money and dont do that\n\nWell, they do mention that you'll still be able to download the digital game the day of release, so I assume you don't have to have the disc. The main thing is that you just won't be able to share those digital titles in a \"Family Share\" scenario anymore since they're squashing that.\n\nYep, dissapointed. Still going to get the Xbox One, but dissapointed that they seriously listened to all of the stupid cunts who were trolling on everything Xbox, good and bad. I think their gamble would have paid off over time, obviously not right at launch. uhg\n\nWell, I hope to still see some sort of sharing. Maybe it will go the route Steam looks to be moving, as really that is what MS (and the game developers) are after- more digital content and less physical: http://news.yahoo.com/steam-show-microsoft-xbox-one-game-lending-done-175053878.html\n\nFor Atrum at work:\n\nCritics have blasted Microsoft over its used game policy for its Xbox One gaming console. Games are locked to a user\u2019s personal Xbox Live account and require a persistent Internet connection for verification. The company also gave developers the freedom to prevent games from being shared with friends or even sold at certain retailers. In the wake of Microsoft\u2019s bad press, gaming giant Steam appears to be preparing its own lending feature for its popular gaming marketplace.\n\nOne common complaint about Steam was a user\u2019s inability to share games with friends, but newly discovered code suggests that the company is working on a \u201cShared Game Library.\u201d A member of the popular gaming forum NeoGAF spotted the line of code, which specifically mentions sharing games with friends. The feature will allow a friend to play a specific title, although the lender and borrower will not be able to play at the same time.\n\nA snippet of Steam\u2019s code follows below.\n\n\u201cSteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicense_Title\u201d \u201cShared game library\u201d \u201cSteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_OwnerText\u201d \u201cJust so you know, your games are currently in use by %borrower%. Playing now will send %borrower% a notice that it\u2019s time to quit.\u201d \u201cSteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_BorrowerText\u201d \u201cThis shared game is currently unavailable. Please try again later or buy this game for your own library.\u201d\n\nSo you can share any digital game like a physical one, and just like the physical one, it can only be played one at a time.\n\n~mrmiller\n\n_________________We are a brotherhood bound by honor, our strength is in our numbers, we are S7!*General Disclaimer- I can't type or spellClan Founder\n\nI wonder how many people's console decision this will affect. Gotta say they have played this brilliantly by stirring up the controversy and then reversing the decisions, with a bonus of coinciding with the fail update that bricked a lot of PS3's.\n\nS7 Coolhand wrote:I wonder how many people's console decision this will affect. Gotta say they have played this brilliantly by stirring up the controversy and then reversing the decisions, with a bonus of coinciding with the fail update that bricked a lot of PS3's\n\nCongrats, out of all the comments I've seen since this announcement yours has to be the most moronic and ignorant.\n\nS7 Coolhand wrote:I wonder how many people's console decision this will affect. Gotta say they have played this brilliantly by stirring up the controversy and then reversing the decisions, with a bonus of coinciding with the fail update that bricked a lot of PS3's\n\nCongrats, out of all the comments I've seen since this announcement yours has to be the most moronic and ignorant.\n\nI think you topped it with that one. Seriously though, at least point out why you think he is moronic AND ignorant (an interesting choice given that calling someone a moron implies mental retardation - generally something only an ignorant person would say)"}
-{"text": "Maybe Panther Town\n\nIn a recent episode of the WTF podcast, Bill Lawrence (the creator of Scrubs, Cougar Town, and Spin City) talks about how he hates the name of his show Cougar Town so much that he considered changing it this season. One of the main reasons he didn't is that DVRs aren't equipped to understand a name change, so the show would essentially lose any audience that had a season pass in TiVo.\n\nAnyway, it got me thinking: Has there ever been a successful show that changed its name?"}
-{"text": "Saving Graces: Walking Dead Season Two\n\nShare this:\n\nInexplicably finding themselves in conversation with an energy drink manufacturer, Telltale mentioned that they were working on season two of The Walking Dead. We already knew that but what we didn\u2019t know is that the sequel to last year\u2019s most efficient jerker of tears will most likely carry over saves from the ending of the original episodes. That surprises me, considering that the season ended with the zombie virus cured by a broth containing Basset Hound saliva and pixie tears. Wouldn\u2019t it be more sensible to go back to the dark days of the decaying dead and follow a separate group of survivors rather than continuing with the Little House on the Prairie set-up suggested by that ending? Actual spoilers below.\n\nThe next paragraph really does contain spoilers so stop reading now if you haven\u2019t finished the first season yet. STOP! If you must continue, how about this: 8.5 million individual chapters of the game were sold last year. That\u2019s a lot of copies, although I did buy episode one on PC and PS3 because I\u2019m an idiot, so consider the entire figure to be unfairly inflated. About six people probably played the whole thing from start to finish. Six million.\n\nI did expect the second season to feature a completely new cast, although that\u2019s mainly because almost everybody dies in the original. Clementine\u2019s the obvious choice for a sequel and I\u2019d love to see the second season jump forward a few years, showing us her teenage or young adult years. That way, the save file could be used to call back to the choices each player\u2019s Lee made in the original, with Clem echoing his choice of words and actions.\n\nThat said, the state of the world five or ten years into a zombie takeover strikes me as much less interesting than the more immediate aftermath. Clementine is all that survives of Lee though and that sort of generational passing of the torch could be a fantastic storytelling tool. It\u2019s hard to imagine playing as Clementine when she\u2019s still so young though. Maybe a new protector? Maybe even the surviving couple and Clem, together?\n\nIn the same interview, Telltale CEO Dan Connors also sets the studio\u2019s sights high for their next project: \u201cComing from LucasArts we always felt we could do a great Star Wars story game\u2026We also love the idea of building out a deeper story to a great game franchise, something like Half Life Stories or Halo Stories.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s right, Mr Connors, another episodic Half Life series is precisely what we need.\n\nPeople buy sales in games, or vice versa, and never get around to playing them I guess. I tried my best to be strict about this, rigorously completing bought games\u2026 but I sadly have 3 games installed which I have never played -_- and it\u2019s been almost a year. New stuff keeps grabbing my ADHD.\n\nI think that\u2019s true. The Steam achievement page for the game is kinda interesting actually, as they\u2019re entirely linear, so you can see the drop off.\n\n90% of people finished the first part of episode one, but only 71% finished the entire episode.\n65% were back for episode two, but only 57% finished it.\n53% came back from episode three, 47% finishing it.\n44% back for episode four, 41% finish it.\n38% started episode five, and then it does appear to be bugged as it remains consistent at 37%ish until the very last achievement, which is only 32%.\n\nEdit: if you\u2019re still having trouble, try looking at the comments page for Counterfeit Monkey \u2013 Emily Short herself gives a lot of hints there. If you get stuck, it\u2019s worth mentioning that you probably just need to go and explore for more words to mess with, there are a tonne of different ways to solve puzzles.http://emshort.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/counterfeit-monkey/#comments\n\nThe way the Walking Dead game worked was: Offer the players choices, then punish them for what they chose. Regardless of what you say you want, the goal of the writers was to make you regret ever having wanted it.\n\nGiven this, I\u2019d be very wary about asking for Clementine to return. The only real difficulty the writers will face in deciding what role she should play in the new story is in deciding whether she should already be turned, or whether you get to watch it happen and not be able to do anything about it.\n\nMy guess is that Clem will reappear in the second game and depending on what you told her as Lee in the first one will save someone/fail to save someone from a new group and/or live/die. So we all probably doomed her and another poor soul already\u2026\n\nWhile I would be fine with another story, another group of survivors without much change of timeframe I would love to have the story of Clementine continued. While Walking Dead ultimately fell flat in the choice department it is genuinely one of the most impressive feats of storytelling I have seen in videogames so far.\nClementine as a character was just incredibly likeable and I would love to see her tale continued or at least brought to some kind of closure.\n\nYes, even if that closure is watching her getting eaten alive in the next Season ;)\n\nHard to be a major character when there\u2019s a major possibility to be eaten in Episode 4\u2026\nWell, she might have run if you weren\u2019t able to take that shot, but that\u2019s as much of possibility as finding living Kenny \u2013 especially in world of The Living Dead.\nAnd since Season 2 will use your saves Telltale can\u2019t build game on her character \u2013 it\u2019s not Bioware and ME3, where death of everyone in ME2 just change important-NPCs into dull NPCs. But some minor role, where either Molly will be grateful or even more spiteful is possible.\n\nThey really need to work on their presentation. While the game was fun and I enjoyed it, sadly it was far to linear of a game. Most of the choices literally boiled down to \u201cbad thing is going to happen no matter what you do, just pick who the bad thing happens too\u201d and sometimes even less of a choice than that \u201cThis person is going to die no matter what, do you try to stop it from happening or just let it happen\u201d\n\nIt can be, but it gets frustrating when it seems like choice is only included in the game to give you the illusion of control. In many ways it reminds me of Mass Effect 3. No matter what you do you\u2019re going to get just about the same ending. Perhaps the possibilities for story separation will increase as more seasons of this game are released.\n\nEDIT: How do I check my posts in RPS? How do I know when someone responds to a comment I posted?\n\nI really love the series, but seriously, they should probably work on fixing the huge, glaring bugs in the games (especially regarding save games) before the start working on a sequel. My experience with the first was so marred by bugged saves that I\u2019m sure as hell not buying the second unless it\u2019s confirmed it\u2019s not as much of a disaster.\n\nI think what\u2019s most annoying is Tell Tale\u2019s silence regarding the bugs. It\u2019s made me really dislike them as a company.\n\nThat\u2019s been my problem, unfortunately. I loved the first episode, then the game decided my saves weren\u2019t good enough, and I could never get any of the proposed fixes to work. No help from Telltale, even to this day.\n\nYep \u2013 the save game bug absolutely killed my experience. Got to episode three, was genuinely invested and loving it. Save game \u2013 stopped in the middle of ep 3 and when I went back, I had to start at ep 1. Played through ep 1 and started ep 2 directly after, and the story I was playing bore no relation to my game. Ruined it for me.\n\nThat\u2019s a lot of copies, although I did buy episode one on PC and PS3 because I\u2019m an idiot, so consider the entire figure to be unfairly inflated. \u007fice maker\nAbout six people probably played the whole thing from start to finish. Six million.\n\nSPOILERZ: My money is on an older Clementine being the next protagonist. The final sequence, in which you get the incapacitated Lee to suggest interactions to Clem, seemed like a torch-passing not just in narrative terms, but in gameplay terms too \u2013 like he was teaching her how to play the game.\n\nIt really reminded me of the ranch missions at the end of Red Dead (again, SPOILERZ) \u2013 with John passing all the gameplay stuff he\u2019d learned on to Jack before he\u2026 *sniff*\u2026 you know\u2026"}
-{"text": "On Conficker: The Return of the High-Profile Mass Infection Worm\n\nIt has been awhile since we had a good old fashioned, highly publicized, hysteria inducing, globally distributed, mass-infecting worm. The AV vendors (here) and (here) must be ecstatic that 2009 is really turning out to be the year of the largest security incidents since the beginning of forever as I predicted it would be back in January (here). Of course you could make that prediction every year for the next 20-30 years and pretty much experience an 80%+ success rate, it\u2019s like predicting that as social media becomes ubiquitous we will experience more social media related security threats, or that as the economic condition worsens it will drive even more financially motivated cybercrime buoying an already burgeoning digital black market, or that there will be more high-profile data breaches \u2013 all no brainers.\n\nVerizon Business Services posted a well-thought out response to the hype around Conficker \u201cRisk, Group Think, and the Conficker Worm\u201d (here), in which they stated\u2026\n\nA very large proportion of systems we have studied, which were infected with Conficker in enterprises, were \u201cunknown or unmanaged\u201d devices. Infected systems were not part of those enterprise\u2019s configuration, maintenance, or patch processes. In one study a large proportion of infected machines were simply discarded because a current user of the machines did not exist. This corroborates data from our DBIR which showed that a significant majority of large impact data breaches also involved \u201cunknown, unknown\u201d network, systems, or data.\n\nThis my friends is the reality for anyone who defends a live network, rather than those who break them, dream up new applications for them, or simply talks about them. If a \u201cvery large proportion of systems\u201d that are compromised are beyond the reach of the IT team to even know about them, what can be done? The answer is fairly straightforward: watch the network for them. How can you do that? Use NSM.\n\nI don\u2019t disagree that network security monitoring is an important tool for IT organizations to gain visibility into events that occur in their environments. My issue with NSM as a response to conficker infections or \u201cunknown / unmanaged systems\u201d is that it can really only be used to monitor activity within an organizations environment \u2013 the problem is your network now includes Starbucks, Marriott Hotels, and Virgin American Airlines. The majority of \u201cunknown\u201d or \u201cunmanaged\u201d systems that IT is unable to consistently include as part of their standard configuration, maintenance or patch processes are the large number of remote, intermittently connected, mobile computing assets that can make up to 40% or more of many modern organizations computing base.\n\nDo we simply acquiesce management of the \u201cvery large proportion of systems\u201d that are beyond the reach of the IT team to even know about them to fate and luck?\n\nDo we only try to \u201cmanage\u201d them once they try to return inside of the computing environment \u2013 a la NAC or NSM?\n\nHow come no one is asking the really tough question, how does an IT organization manage the seemingly unmanagable \u2013 their remote, intermittently connected, mobile computing base?\n\nThis problem is only exasperated as we move to adopt cloud-computing services since internal and external systems may be accessing not only corporate owned resources but also resources stored, managed, and maintained by an external 3rd party. NSM cannot provide visibility into a remote, non-corporately routed, device accessing a 3rd party application or service provided by a 3rd party.\n\nThere are reportedly over 10 million corporate computers infected by Conficker worldwide, and although the payload has been less than the digital apocalypse some are now predicting will occur on the 1st the fact remains that most (almost all) organizations are still unable to implement even a base level of security controls. That is they lack the ability to even answer the most basic of security and IT questions about their entire computing environment \u2013 fixed or mobile, physical or virtual, located anywhere in the world \u2013 such as\u2026\n\nAsset Discovery/Inventory: How many assets do we own and how many of those are actively connected to the network or corporate resources right now?\n\nSecurity Configuration Management/Patch Management/Endpoint Protection: Of those how many conform to corporate IT and security policies, that is they meet the organizations COE (common operating environment), are up to date with patches, security configuration baselines (such as DISA STIGS, FDCC, CIS, NIST, etc\u2026), have the latest endpoint security software installed, configured and running with all appropriate updates (dats, signatures, etc) applied regardless of how they are connecting to the internet or where they are located?\n\nNetwork Monitoring/Application Access Auditing: How many non-corporate assets are actively or attempting to connect to the corporate network or corporate assets?\n\nThere are more basic questions that need to be answered and many tools that IT departments can deploy to maintain the health of their environments and improve their security posture, but most are less than effective if they cannot even implement a base level of IT hygiene, escpeically as we move to more agile and dynamic computing infrastructures such as cloud computing environments.\n\nBTW \u2013 The most involved and publicly available analysis of the worm \u201cAn analysis of Confickers Logic and Rendezvous Points\u201d has been posted by SRI (here) \u2013 a great read and very well done, definitely recommend your read it for more information on the ins and outs of Conficker \u2013 fascinating!\n\nThanks for taking time out to inform me of the error. I also share your grammatical pet peeve. Unfortunately balancing time with writing blog posts, raising a family and my day job means I am not always as careful as I would hope to be. This post is an example of a post written in haste without the benefit of editing. It will be fixed."}
-{"text": "\u2026\n\nLUXPRO's LED headlamp is a great headlamp to have on hand for nighttime walks and other outdoor excursions. The light mount can be adjusted up to 45-degree helping to provide the perfect beam angle whether you want to project the light outwards or towards the ground. This headlamp comes equipped with four separate light modes including high spot light, low spot light, red LED flood light and strobe light. On the low spot light setting you can have up to eight hours of operation using three AAA batteries (included).\n\nThe INOVA STS headlamp makes brilliant hands free illumination simple, versatile and comfortable. It features an innovative swipe-to-shine interface that allows for simple access to multiple modes - all with a swipe of your finger. Its lightweight body, high quality elastic strap and waterproof construction makes the INOVA STS headlamp an indispensable lighting tool anywhere high quality hands-free illumination is needed.\n\n\u2026\n\nPrinceton Tec Red BYTE thinks big by thinking small. Don't be fooled by its size. Although smaller and lighter than its big brothers Sync and Remix, Byte is capable of packing a powerful punch thanks to a white Maxbright LED. The softer side of Byte comes in the form of a red Ultra bright LED to ensure your night vision will never be compromised. Equipped with a battery lockout, asymmetrical single arm bracket, easily accessible battery door enclosure, and large push button switch, all at a mere 64 grams. Comes with 2 AAA alkaline or lithium batteries.\n\nThe INOVA STS Headlamp makes brilliant hands free illumination simple, versatile and comfortable. It features an innovative Swipe-To-Shine interface that allows for simple access to multiple modes - all with a swipe of your finger. Its lightweight body, high quality woven strap and waterproof construction makes the INOVA STS Headlamp an indispensable lighting tool anywhere high quality hands-free illumination is needed.\n\n\u2026\n\nWhen developing the Sync, Princeton Tec started with the proven foundation of the stable asymmetrical single arm bracket, integrated essential modes to please a wide variety of discerning users, and tied it all together with an easy to use interface. Sync allows direct access to a red LED, spot beam, and flood beam by a twist of the power dial. For those times that require max output a further rotation of the dial activates Dualbeam mode - spot and flood at the same time.\n\n\u2026\n\nPerfect for proximity lighting, the Petzl Tikkina Headlamp w/ 60 Lumens comes in handy whether camping, in a hut or in a pinch. This headlamp manufactured by the experts atimage Petzl features a maximum brightness of 60 lumens with a range of 30 meters, and comes with two lighting modes to adapt the brightness to each situation. With its small size and wide beam, the Petzl Tikkina Proximity Headlamp is the headlamp you'll want for everyday use."}
-{"text": "Hermann, Nikolaus\n\nHermann, Nikolaus one of the earliest evangelical hymnologists, flourished about the middle of the 16th century. His intimate relation with the minister of the church of his place (which he served as organist), Mathesius, the biographer of Luther, gave to his compositions a true reform spirit and the child-like simplicity of a Christian mind. They have been preserved in general use even to our own day. \u2014 Brockhaus, Conversations Lexicon, 7, 841; Gervinus, Gesch. d. poetischen Nationalit. d. Deutschen, 3, 10, 32."}
-{"text": "Hozelock 30 Metre Multi Purpose Hose Pipe 12.5mm (1/2\")\n\nDetails\n\nHozelock 30 Metre Multi Purpose Hose Pipe 12.5mm (1/2\")\n\nMulti purpose hose is a premium three layer braided hose. The smooth inner layer allows for excellent water flow characteristics. The diamond braiding ensures that the hose remains flexible and hard wearing without kinking or bursting in normal use. The UV resistant outer layer protects the hose from wear."}
-{"text": "Tried this at work recently. One of the best beers I've ever had hands down. Everything you want from a Russian Imperial Stout. Chocolate, coffee, roasty flavors. Perfectly rich and creamy with plenty of booze that will warm you up.\n\nA - Pours and oily burnt motor oil jet black, extremely viscous with a finger of dark burnt caramel colored head. S - Amazing. Milky sweet creamy chocolate, roasty chocolate malts, caramel, vanilla and an extremely crackery, biscuity and bready oat and malt aroma. T - Wow, the commercial description is so accurate on this, the thick creamy mouthfeel and the milky chocolate makes this truly taste like a German chocolate milkshake, the oaty bready malts make it taste like there's malted milk balls added. This is so crazy good. The 98 IBUs and the 10.5% ABV are WELL hidden. BE WARNED! Let's this warm up a bit to cellar temperature! If you drink this ice cold you WILL get a metallic taste and it WILL go away entirely of you allow it to warm a little bit. O - An AMAZING, 10 star stout, easily makes my too 5 stouts list. An experience any stout drinker must add to their bucket list! V - Four pack of cans, worth it!!\n\nThis beer is blacker than night when pouring. You can see your soul in the blackness that is ten fidy. This is one of the best if not the best imperial stout and its in a can. Beat that pretentious bottle heads. This is a must for anyone who thinks most stouts are malt foreword this has hops. It's really just a decadent creamy chocolate bar that you can drink. Fuck Industry Do it Yourself.\n\nThis is the second 5 that I have given. The first - being a hop head - was heady topper. Trying Ten Fidy today was tie with Heady for being the most profound moment of my beer drinking experience. Amazing beer! Jet Black, toasty smell. The taste and feel are what catapults this to the stratosphere - taste is creamy, chocolate, coffee. The feel is like well carbonated motor oil that coats the mouth goes down ridiculously smooth for 10.5%!?!?! There is no hint of alcohol at all. Truly a glorious beer. I will buy this every time I find it."}
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-{"text": "I don\u2019t have the resources (unlike the National Science Foundation, the NSF) to investigate it all, but wanted to give Murry the right of reply. On closer inspection the NSF report used by people to attack Salby does not appear to be the balanced, impartial analysis I would have expected. Indeed the hyperbolic language based on insubstantial evidence is disturbing to say the least. Because of the long detailed nature of this I cannot draw conclusions, except to say that any scientist who responds to a question about Murry Salby\u2019s work with a reference to his employment is no scientist.\n\nRemember the NSF report was supposedly an inhouse private document. It was marked \u201cConfidential\u201d, subject to the Privacy Act, with disclosure outside the NSF prohibited. In the end, a confidential, low standard, internal document with legalistic sounding words, may have been \u201cleaked\u201d to those in search of a character attack.\n\nMy summary of his reply\n\nFirst and foremost, there is nothing in any of the NSF claims that questions Murry Salby\u2019s scientific research. This is about paperwork and whether bureaucratic procedures have been properly followed, not about his science.\n\nThere is another side to the story and a long and complex history regarding Murry Salby\u2019s work at Colorado University (CU). It started way back in 1997 when he noticed funds were going missing from his NSF-funded research group. After requests for their return were ignored, he reported it to the NSF. By 2003 it reached the stage where the NSF launched a criminal investigation into Colorado University for misappropriation of research funds. The investigation stopped when $100,000 was returned to Salby\u2019s group. Salby was unable to find out where half those missing funds had been placed during the time they had been missing. Possibly this did not make him friends at CU.\n\nLater after Salby left CU in 2008 to come to Australia, Colorado University withheld his computer files and work. After requests for those were also ignored, he launched a case from Australia, and won access to everything \u2014 CU paid legal costs as well. Curiously, soon after Salby launched that case, the NSF revived a dormant scientific investigation against Murry which went on to make some extremely serious claims \u2014 claims that Salby completely disputes (see his full letter).\n\nSalby had already moved to Australia when the NSF investigation was revived, so he could not apply for any more NSF grants. He explains that given the expense and distance, there was little point in launching a major legal protest to a debarment from funding that he was no longer eligible for in any case.\n\nHyperbole and tenuous reasoning?\n\nAt a glance, anyone reading the NSF report might come away thinking Salby \u201cfabricated\u201d time-sheets, a rather serious accusation. Yet on page 30 of the NSF document, even the Acting Deputy Director of the NSF admitted there was \u201cinsufficient evidence to support this allegation\u201d.\n\nNSF Report, Deputy Director Cora B. Marrett, p 30\n\nThe time and effort reports were a key point, mentioned more than 20 times, and referred to in dramatic language with words like \u201cinaccurate\u201d, \u201cfabricated\u201d and \u201cfraudulent\u201d. The allegation over the time sheets were described as \u201cThe most egregious act\u2026\u201d in the report. Other points also hinged on this point for which evidence was \u201cinsufficient\u201d.\n\nThe report even goes so far as to declare they were \u201cseparately created years after the fact\u201d. How did such a serious and unsupported claim become written all through the final report?\n\nFor the record, Salby notes that timesheets were filed years earlier by his administrative staff, who kept them on file and later invoiced his hours (see his Fig 2a and Fig 3). Salby wonders why the NSF did not pursue those records more diligently, and if the cumulative hours were so unbelievable why they found no fault when they were originally submitted.\n\nAs for evidence, apparently the NSF report authors thought that Salby\u2019s hours were \u201chighly implausible\u201d, saying that scientists would not work 14 -16 hours stretches for three months at a time. This may be true for administrators, but it is not necessarily so for scientists. Those hours are unusual, but not implausible for a dedicated researcher.\n\nOne other major claim by the NSF was that Salby had submitted two proposals that overlapped. Apparently 53% of one proposal was identical to an earlier one (which didn\u2019t get funding, so this was not about \u201cextra income\u201d or double dipping). I wouldn\u2019t have thought it was that out-of-the-ordinary for submissions to reuse the reviews and references in similar research. Salby certainly feels the submissions were very different projects, and explains one concentrated on dynamics in the troposphere with meteorological data whereas the other concentrated on chemistry in the stratosphere with satellite data. Salby\u2019s documentation shows that NSF officials had even been notified of the other proposal, which was to be considered for co-sponsorship (see Fig 1a and Fig 1b) Note in Fig 1a, the reviewers were very impressed with the proposal, which was knocked back on a technicality. Later, when it was resubmitted, the reviewers were critical of the NSF for wasting their time by not approving it the first time around. The NSF investigation began a couple of weeks after those criticisms).\n\nSome of the other claims with drastic terms include allegations of overcharging and compensation in excess of approved amounts. I gather this is because at one point a member of Salby\u2019s team left. When no one else could be found, Salby filled in for the more junior staff member (and at lower pay rates) during leave from his CU employment (Fig 5 shows reduced CU employment during one such year). Salby evidently displeased the NSF by getting onto the job, and not seeking pre-approval. The NSF claim it was a reason for debarring him and say he was obligated to inform them. Salby replies that this was no different than the re-assignment of duties to other research staff, performed routinely to meet grant obligations. He notes also that NSF had in fact been informed every quarter, in regular expense reports (see Fig 6). Salby notes that the grant charges were unchanged from what had been budgeted. And, curiously, NASA operated under the same arrangements, yet had no such issues.\n\nThis is not a bun-fight I want to get into, I\u2019m more interested in the scientific research he is doing. But unskeptical activists are spinning what appears to be an unbalanced, inconsistent report to do what they do \u2014 attack the man, to distract us from his research. (If only DeSmog had scientific evidence they wouldn\u2019t need to run the smear campaigns, would they?)\n\nNote that the NSF report, as \u201cauthoritative\u201d as it appears on the surface, made a serious allegation that couldn\u2019t even be supported. This was not a criminal investigation. There were no financial repercussions in the sense that there were no repayments involved, no changes to the grants being investigated, and no question that his scientific work did not measure up. Ultimately it boils down to paperwork and bureaucratese. That doesn\u2019t mean Salby was a Saint, but I am surprized at the hyperbole used in the NSF investigation. To make repeated claims without evidence seems most untoward. It would appear that the author(s) were not approaching this calmly and dispassionately.\n\nIf these are true\n\u2018They cancelled an air ticket on him leaving him in a foreign city with no accommodation and no warning, or even a courtesy call\u2019. \u2018They held a misconduct proceeding which he was unable to attend because of the flight cancellation\u2019.\nthen Macquarie administration needs a very big shake-up; starting with the people involved being asked to show cause why they shouldn\u2019t be sacked.\n\nI\u2019d go further than that. I want to know all the behind the scenes discussions, lobbying and manipulations that were involved in removing and trying to seriously damage the career of a scientist whose research is a potential threat to so many special interests.\n\nWe need a mini ClimateGate to expose what was being done behind the scenes to remove him.\n\nI find it amazing that someone like Tim Flannery who has a 3 day week and pulls in $180,000 per year, plus ALL expenses paid, and the government does nothing about the garbage he tells to all and sundry.\n\n1. Tim Flannery: \u201cthat even if it rained again, it wouldn\u2019t fill the dams\u201d Big reward.\n2. Murry Salby: Presents a video slowly dissecting the climate models accepted by and promoted by the IPCC to continue their cause. Sacked.\n\nI have seen the start of a trend in this area in government departments also (federal, state and local) in regard to termination of employment if skeptical views are aired publicly. It seems to have halted very quickly in Queensland fortunately.\n\nMy approaches to the NSF were mostly unproductive. The individual who actually managed the NSF award is not at NSF any longer.\n\nAttempts to clarify Salby\u2019s ban on NSF awards for 3 years were not successful, they referred me to the \u201cfinal report,\u201d which doesn\u2019t say very much. The ban was instituted not on unproven claims (time sheet falsification), rather on apparently dubious allegations of establishing a fake company that served no other purpose than billing NSF for more hours. Anyway it was pointed out that proven fraud results in a lifetime ban on receiving Government awards, which is true. I have seen this happen on a couple of occasions. Salby himself did not do he could to dispute unproven claims, he was apparently engaged in other matters. The NSF program officer who since left the NSF, is known to me not to have been antagonistic toward AGW sceptics.\n\nNSF has no relation to Salby and his work in Australia if Salby is not an NSF investigator in Australia. I do believe that Maquarie abandoned Salby because they did not care for the taste of Salby\u2019s message. Other people will have to take up Salby\u2019s cause before some international scientific organization with influence on Maquarie\u2019s administration.\n\nA colleague of mine had a similar experience as a consultant with the Asian Development Bank. My colleague was on his way from to the airport taxi stand when an ADB staffer who he had met on the flight invited him to ride in a limousine sent by the ADB for the staffer.\n\nLater, my colleague was reprimanded by the ADB for unauthorized use by a consultant of an ADB vehicle provided for staffers only. The reasoning? The lump sum per diem paid to consultants is intended to cover the cost of taxis.\n\nOne should not infer evil intent when incompetence provides an adequate explanation. In any case, Dr. Selby would appear to have been shamefully used. I thought in absentia proceedings were no longer acceptable in the West. Obviously, Aussie academia still believes in the Star Chamber approach using the principle of Morton\u2019s Fork.\n\n\u201cAs for evidence, apparently the NSF report authors thought that Salby\u2019s hours were \u201chighly implausible\u201d, saying that scientists would not work 14 -16 hours stretches for three months at a time. This may be true for administrators, but it is not necessarily so for scientists. Those hours are unusual, but not implausible for a dedicated researcher.\u201d\n\nThose are Ivy League hours, being criticized by state school careerists!\n\nThat\u2019s the creative process of the inquiring mind at work. Dedicated investigators inquiring into the natural laws will work till they drop, then resume when they wake again as their thoughts become consumed by the problem at hand.\n\n9-5 administrators just can\u2019t relate to such driven ways of working. Administrators talk of Passion as a \u2018value\u2019 on a powerpoint list of bullet points that we should all aspire to, yet they cannt recognise it when they see it for real..\n\nI once worked at a University (as a non-academic researcher) for a little under a year. The academic staff I came into contact with, both professionally and socially, were very supportive and helpful. In fact, a number of them volunteered their time to assist me in finding some of the more esoteric information.\n\nThe same could not be said for some of the clerical support staff. They were polite enough, and sometimes overly polite, but I always had the impression that they did not approve of somebody who did not have a PhD, and yet was conducting research.\n\nLittle things happened, that although trivial by themselves, carried a very clear message that I was not one of them, and I certainly was not on a par with the academics.\n\nFor example, I was denied access to the staff tea room, on the basis that I was not a member of staff.\n\nSo I bought a small coffee plunger, and made coffee for myself in my office.\n\nThis apparently severe breach of protocol was escalated up the administrative line, to somewhere with a rarified atmosphere, where it came to the attention of a Deputy Vice Chancellor, whereupon a \u201cplease explain\u201d descended to my humble depths. The reason for this serious complaint was that the smell of my coffee was distracting to staff. I promised to keep my door closed, whilst concocting my brew, and the matter was dropped.\n\nSo, from my experience, I can quite understand how Murray Salby might have run foul of the administrative arm of the university, by not abiding by The Rules (capitalisation intentional), especially if those rules were not clearly explained.\n\nAs was explained to me, there is the easy way, and there is the right way. And nobody will tell you which is which.\n\nAt a computer company I worked for, after a particularly grueling week, a friend submitted a time sheet reporting just over 100 hours. This was one of those annoying time accounting things. We were salaried, so basically 60+ hours were going to be unpaid.\n\nThe payroll dept rejected the time card saying their system only had a two digit field. Herb stood his ground pointing out he was required to submit accurate time cards. His manager probably told them something similar but stronger. I don\u2019t know what the resolution was, they may have slid some hours onto the next week or just entered 99 and discarded the extra. After all, it didn\u2019t affect his paycheck.\n\nAs most of you know, I (think I) have an area of expertise, and when it comes to Science discussions, I prefer to use those more as an area where I can learn things, rather than comment and show my novice status with respect to Science.\n\nHowever, this just looks like flat out injustice to me.\n\nIt seems convenient that in the run up to the federal election year, it\u2019s always best to have yes men at your beck and call, and Prof. Salby was not one of them, and in fact sniped at the preferred yes man of choice Prof Flannery.\n\nI suppose the powers that be can marginalise Prof. Salby and it seems they were assiduous in doing just that, covering their tracks so it can\u2019t be sheeted back to them, and Macquarie Uni is a big body that will just ignore flak, and hey, they already receive huge grants so you know, favours in return, but hey never let that be mentioned, as this in an August body after all.\n\nHowever, when coupled with his article released in April that did to the establishment what Drake did to the Spanish, it just seems umm, coincidental that all of a sudden, all of this happens to him.\n\nThat article was released in The Australian in their National Affairs area and is at this link. Now, note it is hidden behind a paywall, hey how convenient is that. Why I bothered to post the paywall link is this. You can chase it up at other sites and get, well, part of the article, and then it just adds a link back to the paywall for the full article.\n\nSo, you\u2019re actually going to have to do a bit of work here for yourselves, because even though I have the full article here in front of me, when I add that link and post it here, it still takes you to the paywall site.\n\nSo, this is what you need to do. Go to that Paywall link. Cut and paste the whole title into the search engine of your choice, and once that is done, add the following on to the end of the text in your search engine \u2026.. full article. It is the top title on that list. Voila, there it is, the whole article.\n\nIn that article, Professor Salby fires a broadside at the Government\u2019s poster boy Tim Flannery.\n\nThen, and hey, it\u2019s nothing more than a coincidence and the two matters are not even related, (and do I really need to add /sarc) but all this happens.\n\nMain points:\n- he alludes that there is no way to know if the increase is man-made or from vegetation based on the 13C/12C ratio, but it is, based on oxygen use. As less oxygen is used than can be calculated from fossil fuel burning, it is clear that vegetation is a net sink for CO2 and thus preferentially of 12CO2, leaving relative more 13CO2 in the atmosphere. Thus not the cause of the decline in 13C/12C ratio in the atmosphere. See:http://www.bowdoin.edu/~mbattle/papers_posters_and_talks/BenderGBC2005.pdf\nNeither are the oceans (too high in 13C/12C ratio).\n- he integrates the increase rate in the atmosphere, based on the good correlation between temperature and CO2 increase rate over short time (1-3 years), but the increase in the atmosphere and the variability of the increase are caused by different (and even opposite) processes for the part caused by vegetation, while the bulk of the increase is from human emissions.\n- he calculates that there must be a huge migration of CO2 in ice cores, to fit his hypothesis, but there are no signs of such huge migration at all, to the contrary.\n\nThe bomb-test analysis dovetails with Salby\u2019s work and shows the IPCC BERN model assumptions about residency and retention distinctions and times are incorrect. This has profound consequences for the source of the 20thC and 21stC increase in CO2.\n\nFor those who are interested the exchanges between Ferdinand and Greg Goodman are particularly interesting.\n\nAfter the whole discussion, it simply boils down to the question if the fate of the extra 14CO2 from the bomb test spike is at the same speed as any extra 12CO2 injected in the atmosphere (whatever the source). The answer is yes for vegetation and the ocean surface, but it is no for the exchanges with the deep oceans. The problem is that what goes into the deep oceans is today\u2019s composition, while what returns is the composition of ~1000 years ago minus the decay of 14CO2 over that period.\nIn 1960, the 14CO2 bomb tests spike was at its maximum (100%) what returns is 45% of the bomb spike, while the return of 12CO2 still is 97% of what goes into the deep oceans. Thus the decay rate of the excess 14CO2 is far more rapidely than of 12CO2. More than three times faster. Thus the interpretation of Pettersson that the 14CO2 decay mimics the total CO2 decay is wrong\u2026\n\nThe 14CO2 bomb spike together with the low-13C human emissions and other recent human stuff like CFC\u2019s are used as tracers in the oceans to see where the main sinks of CO2 are and how the main flows of ocean waters behave. They have not reached (yet) the upwelling places, will take a lot of time.\n\nBut the decay of 14CO2 from the upwelling waters shows a small deficit, compared to pre-bomb levels, which shows that the waters were about 400 years older in average since they did sink into the deep.\n\nUh Ferdinand, don\u2019t you know what DATA is?? It is generally what is used to make those pretty charts.\n\nSpeaking of which, I didn\u2019t do a close read, BUT, I didn\u2019t notice anything about measurements in the deep currents. My quick glance shows that you apparently are using the Argo data which is recent and does NOT go to depth.\n\nDoesn\u2019t really matter though, it appears the Thermohaline isn\u2019t as segregated as was once thought. A study released a couple years ago showed that tracers released in the Arctic to trace the deep flow ended up in several places in the Atlantic during the study period.\n\nOh well, I guess y\u2019all need to collect more DATA until you know what is really happening!!\n\nHi again Ferdinand, just following on from your point about the differential release of C14 from the oceans due to the longer period it has been there compared with C12.\n\nIf, as you say, the relative rates at which C12 returns from the ocean, compared to the rate of C14 return is three times the ratio of C12/C14 from the atmosphere to the ocean, this is easily tested \u2014 for this to be true, the concentration ratios would also have to be three times greater (C12/C14) in the ocean than the atmosphere.\n\nThat\u2019s true eli; plants prefer 13C which explains the decline in the 13C/12C ratio which was once claimed as a marker of human emissions of CO2 being the cause of the increase in CO2 levels.\n\nAnyway going back to the main point. The half life of C14 is 5730 years, which gives a time constant (e-folding time) of 5730/.7 = 8185 years.\n\nThe amount of C14 that would remain in\n1000 years, therefore, is exp(-1000/8185) = 0.885.\n\nHence, only 11.5% of the C14 would decay in 1000 years (<9% in 800 years), so the idea that C14 would decay \"3 times as fast\" as C12 is problematic.\n\nThe part of the decay that can be affected by radioactive decay is only the \"long tail\" anyway, and the data constrains that to < 3% of the impulse. So, it really doesn't matter if the decay of the last 3% is 5000 years, or 'only' 3000 years, if 97% is permanently removed from the atmosphere in ~20-30 years?\n\nThe same biological mechanism for incorporation for 13C applies to 14C, except a bit more so because the mass is higher. Still, you are using the term decay here is two different ways, first for 14 C there is radioactive decay. That is well known, except amongst creationists. Second for 14C there is the issue of how a concentration pulse in the atmosphere is diluted by exchange of 12, 13 and 14 C from the deep oceans where the concentrations are lower into the atmosphere as well as how quickly the 14C pulse in the atmosphere is incorporated into the oceans and biosphere, which may differ from that of 12C due to the biological isotope effect.\n\nThe human emissions are ~3% of the natural emissions. Natural sinks are 101.5% of the natural emissions. Thus nature is a net sink of 1.5% extra CO2 emitted in the atmosphere. A net sink over the full 50+ years since Mauna Loa and other stations.\n\nPure theoretically, it is possible that the 3.5 fold increase of human emissions is accompanied with a 3.5 fold increase in natural circulation, but that violates about all known observations, including an observed slightly increasing residence time over the past decades, whil that should be reduced with a factor 3.5 too\u2026\n\nYou say that CO2 from nature has been stable and that man made CO2 has been the only recent input.\n\nIn terms of geologic time we can see a clearer picture.\n\nUp until about twenty thousand years ago the Earth was in a 100,000 year long big freeze.\n\nIn practical terms this means that there is not going to be much natural circulation of CO2 from vegetation, oceans and atmosphere for the very obvious reason that the low temperatures present stopped most actiovity.\n\nIn New York Central Park for example the Ice Field was one and a half kilometers DEEP, not wide , deep!.\n\nThere is not much biological activity in that situation.\n\nThe warming over the last twenty thousand years has liberated a lot of trapped bio material including only recently a Wooly Mammoth together with vegetation in the tundra.\n\nMy continued criticism of your mathematics is based on the 3 factors you are trying to link:\n\n1. Natural turnover of CO2 which is not estimated, let alone given an accurate measurement.\nIt is enormous and that is probably the only quantification that can be given to it.\nie. This quantity is not known.\n\n2. Human CO2 input. This is relatively easy to estimate but I\u2019m not sure whether it is a figure that is being misused by others to accentuate human output.\nThere is a way that is used that involves estimates of fossil fuel use by detailing coal, oil and gas production.\nThat is a good idea but is liable to scientific misuse if the base populations of say India, China and Brazil are not accounted for.\nThe reason I say this is that these huge populations do obviously use wood or local coal or even cow dung for cooking but are not included in the Fossil Fuel energy audit.\n\nThis could give seriously skewed impressions of changes in Fossil Fuel use when in many cases peoples CO2 production is actually not increasing but just going from the unaccounted \u201dvillage\u201d lifestyle to on the record electric powered cities.\n\nAn appearance of rising human CO2 output which is not actually there can be blamed for increased CO2 in the air.\n\n3. The measurement of atmospheric CO2 levels is fairly accurate NOW, and IF done correctly.\n\nYour thesis is that :\n\nItem 1 plus Item 2 is proportional to Item 3.\n\nOf those items there is no way that No1 can be used as you do. It is a rising quantity that is unknown.\n\nItem 2 is OK to a point but as I pointed out there are possible flaws.\n\nYou cannot just arbitrarily delete Item 1 and say that rising human CO2 output is proportional to rising world CO2 levels.\n\nThe major factor has been deliberately left out of the assessment.\n\nOne of your biassed comments :\n\n\u201c- Humans are responsible for the observed increase of CO2 over the past 160 years (and yes, the CO2 data from Mauna Loa in recent times and from ice cores are reliable and the data collected by the late Ernst Beck are largely unreliable)\u201d.\n\nWhy are Ernst Becks figure wrong?\n\nHope people can follow this because I think that science deserves to be checked and there seems to be a problem in this analysis that eliminates natural CO2 production from scrutiny.\n\nI never said that the natural CO2 cycle is stable. But the variability is quite small over the past 50 years, less than 25% of the human emissions. That is all.\nOver the past 800 kyr we see a temperature \u2013 CO2 relationship of about 8 ppmv/K, where CO2 lags temperature. The same for the MWP-LIA transition. Nowadays we see short term relationship of 5 ppmv/K for the global seasonal shift and 4-5 ppmv/K for the interannual variation. How do you think that natural variations can be responsible for 70 ppmv increase over the past 50 years with an increase of a few thenths of a degree over the same period? While humans have emitted twice that much?\n\nHuman CO2 is sequestered in the same way and the same speed as all CO2 released from other sources. The point is that the release of this extra CO2 is faster than what nature can sink over the same time frame. Until the pressure is high enough. But that has nothing to do with the residence time of 5.3 years.\n\nThen further:1. Natural turnover of CO2 which is not estimated, let alone given an accurate measurement.\nAlthough rough estimates, the turnover is based on seasonal 13C/12C changes (for vegetation), O2 changes (for vegetation) and solubility vs. temperature fluxes for the oceans. The direct result or the estimated 150 GtC in/outflux is shown by the residence time. But that doesn\u2019t matter at all. Even if the turnover was 10 times higher, that doesn\u2019t remove one gram of CO2 at the end of the year, as long as the inflows and outflows are equal.\n\nHuman CO2 input. This is relatively easy to estimate\nThe estimates are based on fuel sales (taxes!) in national inventories, in the best case rather accurate, worst case underestimated, but that only adds to the extra CO2 input\u2026\n\n3. The measurement of atmospheric CO2 levels is fairly accurate NOW, and IF done correctly.\nYour thesis is that :\nItem 1 plus Item 2 is proportional to Item 3.\n\nItem 1 is not important at all. What is important is item 3 minus item 2, that is the sink rate of all sinks together. And the increase in the atmosphere above the (temperature driven) equilibrium. That is the pressure driving more CO2 into the oceans (and plant alveoles). For the current situation, the sink rate is ~4 GtC/year (2 ppmv/year) for an increase of 212 GtC (100 ppmv) above equilibrium. That gives a decay rate of 212/4 = 53 years e-fold time or a half life time of the extra CO2 of ~40 years. Nothing to do with the residence time/turnover\u2026\n\nWhy are Ernst Becks figure wrong?\n\nWrong places. Samples taken over land near huge sources and sinks show values between 200 ppmv and 650 ppmv (and more) within a few hours. Completely unreliable for \u201cbackground\u201d CO2 measurements. Samples taken in deserts, high on mountains and over sea or coastal with wind from the sea are around the ice core values, taken decennia later\u2026\n\nThis is hallucinatory. The measurement of CO2 in specially selected areas to find the BACKGROUND level does NOT show the spikes in CO2 levels over SEASONS in areas NOT measured. Your measurements don\u2019t even START to show the actual flux of CO2 on our planet!!!\n\nThat is a very interesting assumption, that because these reading agree with an interpretation of ice cores they must be correct. It is just an assumption. You do realize that, do you not?\n\nFrom the CO2 measurements of similar places over the past 50 years, it is known that such places have little local disturbance. Thus historical measurements done at such places are probably more representative for the real background CO2 levels in the bulk of the atmosphere of that time than those taken in the middle of Paris\u2026\n\nThat the ice cores confirm the levels \u2013 al be it smoothed over about a decade (Law Dome ice cores) \u2013 adds to their reliability.\n\nThis is hallucinatory. The measurement of CO2 in specially selected areas to find the BACKGROUND level does NOT show the spikes in CO2 levels over SEASONS in areas NOT measured. Your measurements don\u2019t even START to show the actual flux of CO2 on our planet!!!\n\nTo know the effect of extra CO2 on temperature (as far as there is an effect) the local, regional and/or seasonal fluxes are of not the slightest interest, neither are the CO2 levels in the lower 1000 meter over land. Even if that was 1000 ppmv, that hardly influences local temperatures.\n\nTo know the decay time of the extra CO2 in the atmosphere, the measurements at one suitable station are sufficient to do the calculation. No matter if that is at the South Pole or near the North Pole (Barrow, AK; Alert, Canada). Again local, regional and/or seasonal fluxes are not of the slightest interest.\n\nEnglebeen, I assumed when I heard Salby present his diffusion work that he must have reliable values for the diffusion coefficient of CO2 in ice, else how could he achieve a quantitative result. His work with regard to diffusion of CO2 in ice looks correct to me, assuming his coefficients and boundary conditions are correct. In ice, Diffusion would cause higher concentrations to decrease and lower concentrations to increase. It is clear, wouldn\u2019t you agree, that proper correction for diffusion that occurs over these very long time spans is needed to make sense from the ice core data.\n\nO.K. I\u2019ve done it. Not the most elegant bit of Swedish prose I\u2019ve faced, but far from the worst. Swedish bureaucrats are like their oppos in other countries. (What my wife says about bureaucratic Japanese is a lesson in the sort of colloquial Japanese that you don\u2019t learn from Linguaphone courses.) But once I was working with a Swede and we were trying to translate a bit of company policy. We gave it up because we couldn\u2019t figure out what it meant in Swedish, let alone translate it.\n\nI\u2019ll send it to Jo, and she can pass it on in whatever way is best. To pay my fee, please send me the entire sum of the next cheque you receive from Big Oil.\n\n\u201d, saying that scientists would not work 14 -16 hours stretches for three months at a time\u2026Those hours are unusual, but not implausible for a dedicated researcher.\u201d\n\nI suspect that serious scientists have always been prepared to work over 12 hours a day on a regular basis and longer than that when they are running hot. Now that practically all scientists are 9-5 public servants (and \u201cnormal\u201d scientists as well) the idea of working like serious scientists has gone out the window for the most part. And what would modern university administrators know about serious research and scholarship?\n\nPeter Medawar told his wife Jean \u201cYou have first call on my love but not on my time.\u201d\n\nMurry Salby presents his evidence clearly and concisely on Youtube. The corruption of the peer review process of barring publication of his work has backfired because his work is viewed by a much larger audience. People outside his discipline can detect the difference between impartially presented evidence and a smear campaign . This is recognised as the strategy of those who have no evidence. The end result is the political suicide of the Australian Labor party in which prominant climate alarmists will be the collateral damage incurred. Roll on Election Day.\n\nWhen you look at the way that Colorado University behaved by \u201cimpounding\u201d equipment, data sets, and findings, and then when you look at the actions of Macquarie University, in their reaction, to what was probably no more than a series of misunderstandings, the more it becomes apparent that there is a fair amount of bureaucratic malice involved in both institutions.\n\nI always forget which credit card I am supposed to use for what, especially when I am waiting in line with a queue of people behind me. So I pay with the first acceptable one that comes to hand, and then sort it out later with a cheque, or whatever. That is not, and should not be, a dismissible offense unless willful intent to defraud can be proven.\n\nThe fact that these institutions are focussing on administrative matters, including the availability of lecture theatres, etc, hints to me that there are other, deeper issues involved.\n\nVery often, what is not being discussed is considerably more important than what is openly discussed. I have a distinct whiff of smokescreen from the academic institutes in the way this has been mishandled.\n\nThis is what we can do: First vote for the Liberals (or even Palmer United Party)on September 7, then once the incoming liberal government is sworn in, all of us write to Tony Abbott imploring for a Royal Commission in this AGW scaremongering.\n\nAs much as I would like to, I don\u2019t want labor getting back in under any circumstances,and have worries about diluting the vote by voting for minor parties. I think voting for the Nats is best this time around.\n\nA common irony of applying for research funding is a requirement to supply preliminary results as proof of concept. Funding agencies are well aware of this chicken and egg situation. How the problem is resolved is frequently dumped in the lap of the researcher.\n\nIt is also common for the institution where the research is to be done to take a hefty chunk out of a grant to pay for overheads. The definition of overheads and the actual amount can come as quite a shock to the individual named on the grant as principal investigator. Unsurprisingly, attitudes to this vary widely and can cause friction.\n\nI remembered that Ernst-Georg Beck had surveyed the literature on historic CO2 measurements and noted data sets from the 1920\u2032s and 1930\u2032s pertaining to sea surface CO2 levels on Atlantic Oceans.\n\nAfter some digging around, I found a PDF in which Beck documents CO2 levels against sea surface temperature as surveyed by Kurt Buch in 1936 (Figure 17) with a strong (logarithmic) correlation between air temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentration. The \u201cmising data\u201d (from Beck\u2019s summary) are the sea surface temperatures. The temperature of the air is only loosely coupled to the temperature of the surface of the water.\n\nEarlier expeditions in the South Atlantic as described by Hermann Wattenberg and others also show a variable distribution of CO2 over the Oceans, with a peak in the tropics. The expedition not only surveyed CO2 levels but also took different chemical samples of a variety of salts while \u201cplumbing\u201d much of the South Atlantic\u2019s sub-surface profile and charting the direction of currents at the surface and below. Alas, the expedition\u2019s CO2 measurements aren\u2019t tabulated by Beck against SST so one has to go to the source documents.\n\nExpedition reports were widely published but I can\u2019t find a \u201cfree\u201d source nearby. All the major scientific libraries and scientific research organizations probably ordered a copy of the scientific reports from one or both expeditions in the 1930\u2032s. e.g. NZ\u2019s NIWA\nhas at least one copy.\n\nAside: I\u2019ll leave it to others to speculate why the 80-year-old research is being left to gather dust by the \u201cresearchers\u201d who have free access to materials that clearly demonstrate the behaviour of the system as predicted approximately by some basic physics and physical chemistry. The \u201cnew science\u201d gives worse results.\n\nAs the oceans not only present the greatest area but also the lowest albedo subject to insolation, they are substantially responsible for absorbing the energy and heating the air above. The oceans also contain the bulk of available CO2; dissolved within the water and available for release to the atmosphere (Henry\u2019s Law) or to biological processes (e.g. photosynthesis), especially near the surface. Henry\u2019s Law defines the direction of CO2 movement between the oceans\u2019 vast surface and the atmosphere above; dependent upon\nthe water\u2019s temperature.\n\nBernd, I have had years of discussion with the late Ernst Beck (unfortunately he past away last year).\n\nSimply said, most of the historical data are completely unreliable. All samples taken over land suffer from a CO2 \u201cheat island\u201d effect which can go up to 600 ppmv (and more) at night under inversion and below 300 ppmv during sunshine hours in forests and agricultural land.\n\nHis 1942 \u201cpeak\u201d is mainly based on two long series: Poonah (India) and Giessen (Germany). Poonah measured CO2 levels below, inbetween and over growing crops. Completely worthless for \u201cbackground\u201d CO2 levels. Giessen was and is semi-rural. Fortunately there is a modern station at Linden/Giessen not far from where the historical measurements were taken. Here a nice graph of the CO2 levels during a few days at Giessen, compared to the \u201cbackground\u201d stations at Barrow, Mauna Loa and the South Pole. All raw data, including local influences at all stations:http://www.ferdinand-engelbeen.be/klimaat/klim_img/giessen_background.jpg\nThe historical data were taken three times a day, where 2 were at the down and upgoing flanks of the daily curve. Standarddeviation of the samples was 132 ppmv (1 sigma), range 240-680 ppmv. Says enough\u2026\n\nAbout the ocean data: there are only few taken in the atmosphere over the oceans or coastal with wind from the sea. These show values around the ice core values for the same period. Unfortunately, there are no seaside data around 1942, so no comparison with the \u201cpeak is posssible.\nBut what is sure, is that he misinterpreted Wattenberg\u2019s data: these show the pCO2 of seawater at the surface (0 meter depth in the tables), not the CO2 levels of the atmosphere at the sea surface\u2026\n\nKreutz, did measure CO2 at four different heights three times a day for his long series of 1.5 years. he also collected at the same time considerable other data such as wind velocity and wind direction which allowed calculation of background CO2 levels published in a peer reviewed paper. However, if you read the German paper and report honestly you will find that Kreutz also made measurements over weekly periods where CO2 was measured at each height each hour. The instrument he used was accurate to 0.3% (ie 1ppm) and was capable of making 120 measurements per day.\nYou have been twisting and stretching information now for many years. As an engineer who has made CO2 measurements I have no respect for your writings.\n\nI have read Kreutz\u2019 paper in German, no problem. Indeed one can more or less deduce \u201cbackground\u201d CO2 levels from the noisy historical data, if there are enough data at high wind speed (over 4 m/s). That is not the case for Giessen in the Kreuz paper, there are simply not enough data at high wind speed. The few data over 4 m/s are scattered over near the whole range.\n\nIf one looks at the hourly samples taken during one week, these are from below 400 ppmv to 700 ppmv. Not quite regular, which makes me wonder about the accuracy of the sampling/reagens/sample treatment/method. But simply compare that to the data from a modern station at Linden/Giessen in the above comment.\nEven the modern station shows a monthly average bias of 40 ppmv above background, with enormous peaks in some months:http://www.ferdinand-engelbeen.be/klimaat/klim_img/giessen_mlo_monthly.jpg\n\nNot at such places over land: too many sinks and sources on short distance. Either go above the vegetation (mountain ranges, airplanes) or measure at sea, in deserts, salt flats,\u2026 The measurements in the middel of the Pacific or at the South Pole represent over 95% of the atmospheric mass of CO2.\n\nFerdinand, good that you have read Kreutz\u2019 original paper -it gives some more information than the partial translation. Thanks for posting the latter it is also on my website (www.cementafriend.wordpress.com)\nA couple of findings which Kreutz did not mention or pick up, 1/ There is no radiation (top curve in the figures)from the sun at night, pretty obvious but some believers will say that the measurement is wrong because no back-radiation has been measured. 2/ the temperature lags radiation -also obvious to anyone who has watched a sun rise or sunset. 3/ not so clear but CO2 lags the temperature -this occurs on a daily and seasonal basis (and is found in other measurements)\nIt would be nice to obtain the actual numerical data but in this there is no evidence that CO2 (even at the high measurements obtained) has any effect on atmospheric temperature. The scale of the humidity is small but it appears that humidity is inversely related to radiation and that this then affects the temperature.\nIf climate scientists were real and competent they would be repeating Kreutz\u2019 measurements (plus more such as cloud cover)over longer periods and in different parts of the world but no, they have a theory based on pseudo-science rather than facts.\n\nThis should come as no surprise, the techniques have been in action since 1848. In this case, first comes the character assassination, second comes the more sinister activity. The Left have been preparing the battlefield for many decades, with great assistance from the \u201cEducation/Indoctrination System, the Schools of Journalism, the Judiciary and Green Totalitarianism/Global Warming, etc etc etc. It appears that they believe that Critical Mass is at hand and no criticism will be tolerated. They even believe that they can understand and handle Islam. This blatant removal of dissenting voices in all areas is for me, frightening, however, I will just weaponise my walking frame.(PS. That is a JOKE), nobody should scream, faint or call ASIO. Sorry, but sometimes crude experience needs to be expressed, thank you.\n\nI don\u2019t know what has happened to her. However she is a student not an employee, so sacked is not the right word. If the University was unable to find her another supervisor then at minimum they would need to refund her fees.\n\nPhD students pay fees and are expected to support themselves like every other student.\n\nThey support themselves in various ways. Many have scholarships or obtain some kind of government support. Some simply take out massive loans. A few are supported by their partners or other family members. Most have part time jobs. It isn\u2019t easy being a PhD student so have some sympathy for them. The generally work like dogs and struggle to make ends meet.\n\nOften PhD students will find part time work with the university doing things like marking and tutoring. These jobs are preferred because they are on campus and related to the student\u2019s studies.\n\nFunded research projects can include provision to pay the fees of a PhD student to work with the Principal Investigator. If you manage to luck into one of these situations as a PhD student you are very fortunate. But unless Salby has managed to get a research grant of this type recently, his student will not have been funded in that way.\n\nI really have no idea how Salby\u2019s student has been funding herself. I would hate to be in her situation. I hope the University finds a way to do right by her as none of this is her fault.\n\nCLAIMS from the latest report by the Climate Commission, titled The Angry Summer, have been widely circulated through international media. On the basis of a few sporadic episodes, which in any other era would have been regarded as marginal weather (infrequent but perennial), the Climate Commission has proclaimed that such events are now the norm \u2013 the signature of climate change come home to roost.\nThis report is but the latest in a series of dire proclamations from this panel. It just happens to buttress the government\u2019s controversial carbon tax, a maladroit policy that will be pivotal in the forthcoming federal election.\nThe commission\u2019s position, as proclaimed by its chief commissioner, is that \u201cthe baseline has shifted\u201d like \u201can athlete (who) takes steroids\u201d. \u201cThe same thing is happening to our climate system . . . We\u2019re getting fewer cold days and cold events and many more record hot events\u201d (The New York Times, March 4).\nThe evocative nature of these claims is matched only by the imagination behind them. On a continental scale (the scale relevant to climate), Australian temperature this summer was unremarkable \u2013 it was within the range of previous variability.\nThe Climate Commission was enshrined as an \u201cindependent panel of experts\u201d. It was installed and paid for by the government. The panel is comprised of biologists and ecologists, a materials engineer and members of the business community. It has no demonstrated expertise in the physics or chemistry of climate, or even in meteorology, the scientific underpinnings of its conclusions.\nThe Climate Commission bases its claims on a selection of temperatures from the latest reincarnation of the record of surface thermometers, recently regenerated by the government-funded Bureau of Meteorology.\nThe surface record has been termed by the bureau as its high-quality data. If it is high quality, it is certainly not robust. The bureau\u2019s record is routinely readjusted, the next high-quality reincarnation rendering its predecessor obsolete. The adjustments performed are discretionary, applied differently to different sites in the surface network. And if the adjustments are understood, it is by few, if any, outside the bureau.\nFor this reason, the recent proclamation that this summer was unprecedented arrives with curious timing: it coincides with the onset of campaigning for the next federal election.\nEven exclusive of uncertainties surrounding its adjustment, the surface record suffers from two intrinsic limitations:\nlContamination by urban development. Operational thermometers historically have been installed in association with human settlement. Station measurements are therefore biased through the so-called urban heat island effect.\nConsequently, individual measurements are often representative of localised conditions, but not of the expansive area.\nlNon-uniform sampling of the continent. Owing to Australia\u2019s sparse population, historical records of temperature are concentrated in a small fraction of the continent.\nExacerbated by their proximity to infrastructure, the irregular sampling by the surface network complicates the evaluation of continental mean temperature.\nOne record averts these limitations: satellite measurements from microwave sounding units and advanced microwave sounding units provide continuous coverage of Australia, with uniform sampling of the continent. The satellite record derives from a single instrument family. It follows from a single treatment applied uniformly to all data, yielding a record of continental temperature that is homogenous and stable. Unlike surface measurements, it represents temperature in the lowest couple of kilometres of the atmosphere. However, departures from average temperature in this layer mirror departures from average surface temperature \u2013 especially under summertime conditions, when convective overturning exchanges air vertically on time scales of only hours.\nFigure 1 displays the record of Australia mean temperature during January (blue) in its anomalous value (the departure from the long-term average January temperature). Last January was warmer than recent Januaries, but hardly unprecedented. It lies about a standard deviation above the average January temperature. And even during the relatively short satellite era, two Januaries were warmer. Superimposed is anomalous summertime temperature (red). It is even less remarkable. Near the three-decade average, it is no more significant than in preceding years. Neither record evidences a sustained shift in the continental baseline.\nFigure 2 displays the record of anomalous temperature for all months. It places the summer of 2012-13 into perspective. Anomalous temperature (red solid circles) lies well within the envelope of other warm anomalies during the preceding three decades. Cold anomalies are just as numerous. If anything, they are even stronger.\nFor many on Australia\u2019s eastern seaboard, this summer was not anomalously hot but, rather, anomalously cool and wet. This is confirmed by the temperature record at Sydney. The central station reported only two marginal days. And during the entire summer maximum temperature reached 32C on only three days.\nIn the light of the satellite record, as well as the absence of any systematic change in global temperature for almost two decades, the proclaimed interpretation of this summer should be recognised for what it is: a simplistic explanation of a complex physical system.\nMurry Salby is professor of climate at Macquarie University.\nPosted 3rd April by Ymr\n\nPaper finds lifetime of CO2 in atmosphere is only 5.4 years\nA paper presented at the SEVENTEENTH SYMPOSIUM ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES finds that the lifetime and residence time of man-made CO2 in the atmosphere are only about 5.4 years, far less than assumed by the IPCC. The paper corroborates prior work by Salby, Humlum et al, Fr\u00f6licher et al, Cho et al, Calder et al, Francey etl, Ahlbeck, Pettersson, Segalstad, and others which has demonstrated that man-made CO2 is not the primary driver of atmospheric CO2.\n\nThe residence time of ANY CO2 molecule, whatever its origin, indeed is in average 5.3 years, before being exchanged by a CO2 molecule of another reservoir (vegetation, oceans). That is because some 150 GtC goes in and out of the atmosphere (currently at 800 GtC) within a year, partly over the seasons, partly permanent between the equatorial and the polar waters. That gives a residence time of 800/150 = 5.3 years. Everybody, warmers as well as skeptics agree on that.\n\nThat doesn\u2019t change one ppmv in the atmosphere, as long as what goes into the atmosphere also goes out. The only way to get rid of some extra injection of CO2 in the atmosphere (whatever the source) is by a difference between inputs and outputs. That is caused by the increase of CO2 above the (temperature dictated) equilibrium. The difference nowadays is some 4 GtC/year (2 ppmv/year) more sink than source. The extra pressure is from 100 ppmv above equilibrium, that is 212 GtC. That gives an e-fold decay rate of the extra CO2 of 212/4 = 53 years or a half life time of ~40 years.\n\nFar longer than the 5.3 year residence time, but much faster than the centuries of the IPCC\u2026\n\n\u201cThe extra pressure is from 100 ppmv above equilibrium, that is 212 GtC. That gives an e-fold decay rate of the extra CO2 of 212/4 = 53 years or a half life time of ~40 years.\u201d\n\nCO2 is not \u201cinjected\u201d in the atmosphere. That is alarmist speak to underline human generated CO2 as being unnatural, same as climate change to define catastrophically from human produced global warming and so on.\n\nBtw the noble target of reducing the content in CO2 of the atmosphere by 100 ppm would condemn about 1 billion people to die of famine by keeping actual agricultural surface and tools and further reduce the general biosphere.\n\nHuman emissions are straight into the atmosphere. That is not a natural process. Forest fires do exactly the same, that is a natural process.\n\nI don\u2019t see any reason to reduce the CO2 content of the atmosphere, as I think that the extra CO2 is largely beneficial. But that doesn\u2019t mean that humans are not responsible for the increase in the atmosphere.\n\nThe equilibrium of temperature \u2013 CO2 levels is what is seen in ice cores of different resolution over the past 800 kyr and is found on all time scales until some 160 years ago. That are global averaged (and smoothed) CO2 levels. Nothing to do with variable CO2 levels over different regions.\n\nThe ice cores are a 80-100 years smoothened CO2 filter, not a proper snapshot of the composition at the time. And this, if the CO2 captured there and all other gases would remain in the same composition as captured, which has not been proven, but may be. The CO2 ice core are overvaluated and gives a false impression that we have a clear understanding of the natural variability. Not.\n\nHumans do produce lots of CO2 this is clear and known, not sure what is your point?:http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=CO2ts_pc1990-2011\nWhat is not so clear is: how much CO2 is produced through soil destruction, how much from forests destructions, what would have come out if humans would not be here etc.\n\nBtw ants emissions are also straight into the atmosphere? But I digress.\nAs you can see through the high variations in ocean surface CO2 content, some parts of the ocean are emitting CO2 some are absorbing. Natural variation widely oversteps what we yet produce.\nWould be interesting to know where do the high CO2 concentration waters come from? The variability is very high and does not seem to be a slave of the pressure from the atmosphere? I guess we still have much to learn about the carbon cycle.\n\nThe point is, Lars, that we can calculate how much CO2 is being emitted by humans every year, and that amount is *more* than the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere, which means the land and oceans together are a net sink.\n\nlet\u2019s play the game the warmers love to play, but, I will make it a simple one.\n\nAssume that ALL the human generated CO2 is absorbed by the environment relatively close to the point of production. How would this affect the overall levels of CO2 in the atmosphere or out in the middle of the ocean or over the poles??\n\nIt would not. Now, you have to show that the human CO2 is NOT absorbed close to its source to even be able to start stating your case. THEN you have to show that the BSers, er, the IPCC supporting Scientists really do have reasonable figures for the CO2 flux coming out of the earth and oceans and going back in.\n\nYa see, the IPCC types are DENIERS of simple physics. The amount of CO2 coming out of the oceans is affected by the pressure and content of CO2 in the atmosphere along with temps of course. If we humans actually create CO2 that is NOT absorbed locally it will increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere over the water INHIBITING natural release to the extent that we have caused an increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere!!!!\n\nMany of our SMART guys on the blogs can\u2019t seem to get their heads around this very simple FACT!!!\n\nAll else being equal, human production of CO2 will NOT increase the amount in the atmosphere as it inhibits the natural release from the oceans AND grows the bio sinks!!\n\nFinally, this is why the IPCCers HAD TO fake the 280ppm level pre industrial. Without that huge LIE no one would have fallen for their CO2 mythology!!\n\nI have absolutely no problems with anyone doing a mass balance for CO2.\n\nMy problem with this, is that it is not done.\n\nNo mass balance on CO2 has been done.\n\nThey have been half done and maybe even 60% done but not to completion.\n\nIf you don\u2019t even understand ALL of the sources and sinks of CO2 you obviously cant quantify them.\n\nMy problem with Ferdinand Engelbeen is that he misses out on many factors and then blandly assumes, as you say, that the Earth was in perfect equilibrium before modern man came along.\n\nThat is total junk science.\n\nI take this seriously too because I don\u2019t like being lied to by anybody but especially politicians.\n\nEspecially don\u2019t like to see my taxes used by politicians to cement their future with some voters.\nSome will give their vote to the pollie with the biggest social security package and that\u2019s not working here or in Greece.\n\nThis Carbon Dioxide tax collection by fraud is just a modern form of slavery and that was supposed to have been outlawed 200 years ago.\n\nThis costly debate to save our planet will end when science their vey own crisis will happen, not just \u201cmight\u201d happen and \u201ccould\u201d happen. The scientists can say comet hits are real but the world of science won\u2019t say their own comet hit of a climate crisis is as real as they love to say comet hits are as in \u201ceventual\u201d. Science has agreed for 28 years now that it \u201ccould\u201d happen and have never said anything beyond \u201cmaybe\u201d. Help my planet is on fire maybe?\n\nNice try Jo.\nWhy warmista will not talk about science and try to discuss Salby\u2019s work the same way skeptics do with Gergis, Lew & co?\nI fear skeptics will further focus on the science and get the warmista attack dogs bitting whenever they find a weakness or the situation allows them to invent anything.\nThe reason is simple, their \u201cscience\u201d is not something that can be understood using the scientific method.\n\nGreg, all good points. Both David and I have asked Salby about those publications, and my impression is that the gatekeeper-role of peer reviewed journals is working perfectly. I won\u2019t give details, as I think Salby prefers to keep a low profile. But at least one of the reasons for delay was bizarre.\n\nI think the point is coming where real scientists need to give up on the peer-reviewed subscription journal model. Real science is being slowed.\n\nHmm\u2026 Do you think that an angry head at Colorado U had a friend inside NSF \u2013 retaliation for their gloming his computer and data and losing the court case to keep them. These are very very ugly people.At least he won\u2019t end up on the asterisked PhD list.\n\n\u201cProfessor Salby\u2019s employment was not terminated in any way related to his views on climate science, but rather due to misconduct in two areas. The first was his repeated refusal to teach, over a sustained period of time, in contravention of his contract of employment.\n\n\u201cThe second reason was inappropriate use of University resources. Professor Salby travelled to Europe during a time when he was obliged to be at the University against direct, written instruction. Furthermore he used a University credit card to pay for the flights through an unapproved agency. This is against University policy.\u201d\n\n\u201cProfessor Salby\u2019s employment was terminated firstly, because he did not fulfil his academic obligations, including the obligation to teach. After repeated directions to teach, this matter culminated in his refusal to undertake his teaching duties and he failed to arrive at a class he had been scheduled to take.\u201d\n\nSo. He was travelling to Europe, using the University credit card without permission, when he when he should have been back at Macquarie, teaching his students. NONE of this had ANYTHING to do with his views on climate science.\n\nMind you, seems the students were probably better off without him. Check out this student rating of him at UC:\n\n\u201cWorst class I\u2019ve taken at CU. Very unaproachable, rude, didn\u2019t explain diagrams he drew, uninteresting. If you\u2019re going to take this class, make sure you get the other teacher.\u201d\n\nand\u201cOne of the worst professors I\u2019ve encountered. The class could have been interesting and clear but he made it complicated and completely unclear. Terrible instructor.\u201d\n\nand\n\u201cLectures very boring and dull\u2026notes taken right out of the textbook so why bother going?\n\nThere isn\u2019t a shred of substantiated evidence, anywhere, that he was sacked from Macquarie for his views on climate science. Yet you continue to claim this, time after time. Give me some evidence, by all means, please!\n\nAnd if MQ sacked him because they didn\u2019t like the results of his research, they are hardly going to tell us that are they?\n\nThose teaching duties were not part of the contract Salby signed, MQ added them in, Salby never agreed to the changed conditions. MQ were adding in so many onerous hours of teaching, marking and what-not that Salby would have been unable to do much research.\n\nNot a shred of evidence? MQ don\u2019t disagree that they sacked him, nor that they abandoned him in Paris without even a phone call, nor that they canceled his non-refundable ticket and held a meeting to discuss his work in his absence. That\u2019s evidence of petty spite and denial of natural justice, as well as plain bad unprofessional manners. Find me an example of where they have done this for alarmist scientists? There are plenty who work at MQ.\n\n\u201cthat they cancelled his non-refundable ticket and held a meeting to discuss his work in his absence\u201d\n\nThis I think is the clincher.. says it all.\n\nHe was deliberately prevented from have a say at his trial.. The right of reply was refused to him.\n\nIf the ticket was wrongly purchased, they should have insisted he pay back the money, but to cancel it and leave him stranded overseas so that he could not attend.. that is a despicable and unconscionable act!\n\nIf this action was due to his skeptic beliefs, why would MU hire him in the first place? You say teaching duties were not part of his responsibilities. If his role was to be research only, and they had an issue with his skeptical beliefs, why would they have hired him in the first place? His skeptical views were known prior to their hiring decision.\n\ngiven I cannot answer you on my blogpost, I\u2019ll keep posting them \u2013 you can delete them but I can\u2019t respond to you in any other way.\n\nYou asked me for substantiation, and I gave you all the links. I corrected one link, and you asked me to substantiate Macquarie statement, so I did, with links. You\u2019re happy to post any old shit that Salby says, none of which is substantiated, but you won\u2019t post my comment, which is backed up by statements from Macquarie itself.\n\nPatsi, just because MQ says something doesn\u2019t make it true. The same applies to Prof Salby. But when he said they cancelled a non-refundable ticket and stranded him in Paris, they responded and they didn\u2019t deny it, nor did they deny holding a misconduct meeting in his absence. If he was making it up, they\u2019ve had every chance to set the record straight. I emailed and phoned MQ to confirm. I posted the entire reply that MQ sent me.\n\nAnd I have seen legal documents substantiating Salby\u2019s claims, but I am not at liberty to post them. I did post your comment with links to MQ statements.\n\nThe question is, why did they sack him? Indeed, why did they hold an \u201cinquiry\u201d which they insured he could not attend by stranding him in Germany? It might not be his science, or his paperwork, but if not, then what was he rocking if it wasn\u2019t a scientific boat?\n\nGreg, all good points. Both David and I have asked Salby about those publications, and my impression is that the gatekeeper-role of peer reviewed journals is working perfectly. I won\u2019t give details, as I think Salby prefers to keep a low profile. But at least one of the reasons for delay was bizarre.\n\nI think the point is coming where real scientists need to give up on the peer-reviewed subscription journal model. Real science is being slowed.\n\nThanks for the reply Jo.\n\nJournals no longer have the monopoly on information that they once had. If they continue to allow editorial bias, gatekeeping games and act like newspapers rather than scientific respositories they will become less and less relevant.\n\nIf Murray Salby has been thwarted for over two years he should simply publish on line, in some russian or hungarian journal or arxiv.org like most physics and maths researchers do. There are far more competent people out here that could peer-review his work than the 3 or 4 possibly hostile reviewers any journal will pick.\n\nIf there is some petty politics going on to suppress his work, the best retaliation is to ensure it gets seen widely and publicly.\n\nI\u2019ve done some work on this out-gassing question myself and am very interested in what he has to say.\n\nBut further delay at this stage starts to look like his ideas do not stand up to close scrutiny. At some stage wailing about gate-keeping is just going to start looking like an excuse.\n\nBut further delay at this stage starts to look like his ideas do not stand up to close scrutiny. At some stage wailing about gate-keeping is just going to start looking like an excuse.\n\nSorry, but NO!\nSalby\u2019s paper passed peer review but has not been published.\nThere can be no excuse for failure to publish it so it can become part of the scientific literature to be refuted or accepted.\n\nDelay of its publication AFTER peer review reflects on those inhibiting its publication and NOT on its contents.\n\nWhen I first came upon Prof Salby\u2019s situation and read the whole story, the thing that I was left wondering about was the \u2018contract\u2019. If there was a contract, present it. It would end all the he said/she said and show exactly who did or didn\u2019t do as promised. If MQ stated in the contract that they would provide all that Prof Salby claims, end of story. If not, well . . . .\n\nI didn\u2019t read all the comments above so if this was already covered, bad on me.\n\nMy gut feeling on the whole Salby affair is that he was seen as highly dangerous to the warmist meme a long time ago and was lured to Macquarie U, home of such warmist luminaries as Tim Flannery and John Cook, to set him up and dispense with him for good.\n\nOne only needs to look at how impossible it was made for him to carry out his ongoing research. That did not stop him however, thus the killer blow had to be swift and sure.\n\nIf you can find any Salby climate-related work that is sympathetic to the \u201csceptical\u201d position and that appears *prior* to his move to Macquarie in 2009, then you will have demonstrated that you have a point.\n\nCan you, though, Backslider, or is this just more of your fantastical opinionating?\n\nScience has passed on, sad to say. It is no more, has ceased to be, expired. It\u2019s a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. It\u2019s off the twig, has kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, rung down the curtain, and joined the bleedin\u2019 choir invisible.\n\nJoanna wrote: \u201cMurry Salby was sacked from Macquarie University, and Macquarie struggled to explain why, among other things, it was necessary to abandon, and strand him in Paris and hold a \u201cmisconduct\u201d meeting in his absence.\u201d \u201cThey cancelled an air ticket on him leaving him in a foreign city with no accommodation and no warning, or even a courtesy call\u2019. \u2018They held a misconduct proceeding which he was unable to attend because of the flight cancellation\u201d.\n\nWith the Communist Party of China\u2019s sponsorship (using a range of top-down and bottom-up global tactics) via the Labor Party and a number of affiliate networks, they can influence Government administrations and public services (including Australian universities). Even Australian unions (e.g. deals & donation) and CPA (e.g. immigration visa factory from Mainland China) have also taken huge benefits from the Communist Party.\n\nDo you know agent Penny Wong, Leader of the Government in the Senate? Do you think Rudd can get back his job on 26 June without the sponsorship? Do you think Bob Carr can come back as a senior politician without the sponsorship?\n\nWill soft-political policies (e.g. environment, education, multiculturalism and poverty) change future Australia? Will Australians want to give everything away or live in the same standard as third world? Lets see what Australians really want..\n\nSome very curious things in that statement by Prof. Salby:\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013\nThe proposal was declined \u2013 over a technicality.\n\nTo avert wasting more of the scientific community\u2019s time, the revised proposal included a\ndescription of the original proposal\u2019s reviews, along with why it had been declined. NSF then required the reviewers to repeat the process. Reviewers, after having instructed NSF to fund the work, were then critical of NSF officials, over their handling of the proposal. Despite the vulnerability of their own support, they questioned why the original proposal had not been funded and why, instead, NSF officials had needlessly wasted the scientific community\u2019s time and resources.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nFirst, reviewers do NOT instruct NSF or any other agency to fund any proposal. They rank proposals and provide reasons for that ranking. One may find strong statements such as \u201cNSF should\u2026 or even NSF must\u2026\u201d, but NSF, NASA, NOAA, etc. don\u2019t have to, that is the decision of the program manager and everyone, including Prof. Salby knows that.\n\nSecond, resubmissions are always re-reviewed because they are competing with a different group of proposals from others. Something that reviewed well in one group but was not funded may run into a bunch of really great proposals later on and fall down relatively in the rankings. If Salby got the same reviewers the program manager was being nice to him. There is nothing so calming as being whipsawed by two different panels of reviewers and Prof. Salby must know that.\n\nThird, well yeah, you don\u2019t meet the requirements of the call for proposals and you don\u2019t get funded. Eli has seen proposals (including one of his own) tossed out because magic words required by the program were missing. Others have gone over page limits or used too small type, etc. and lost. The budgets and budget justifications have places where tigers lurk if you are not careful. The moral is read the damn instructions.\n\nSo some, not Eli to be sure, wonder about the impression Prof. Salby is trying to convey.\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014-\nFirst, reviewers do NOT instruct NSF or any other agency to fund any proposal. They rank proposals and provide reasons for that ranking. One may find strong statements such as \u201cNSF should\u2026 or even NSF must\u2026\u201d, but NSF, NASA, NOAA, etc. don\u2019t have to, that is the decision of the program manager and everyone, including Prof. Salby knows that.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014-\n\nSo we furiously agree. Wanna bet on that?:)\n\nHowever there is a caveat, at least wrt NSF,\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013\nAfter scientific, technical and programmatic review and consideration of appropriate factors, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether the proposal should be declined or recommended for award.\n\nthank you for that post richard s courtney.i live in the uk and was aware that the select committee enquiry into climategate was a bit of a sham.\nyour above post beggars belief at what has gone on in the uk since.\nwe are about to see a huge publicly funded proliferation of useless wind farms in the north sea off the back of what you have shown to be very dubious evidence.none of which will achieve the projected lifespan of 25 years.the north sea has a habit of destroying even the toughest structures man places in it.\nwe can be sure that the companies installing these heavily subsidised wind farms will all be out of business by the time decommissioning comes around,leaving the uk taxpayers to subsidise that as well.\nall while our peak power usage periods are supplied by diesel generators.sadly this symptomatic of the lack of cohesive thought in uk politics today.\n\n[...] of answers to this question but two stand out as the most likely reasons. 1. Professor Murray Salby was fired by Macquarie University for providing scientific proof demolishing the CO2 Catastrophic Climate Change Theory [...]\n\nSince the NSF report contains so-called \u201cfindings\u201d that even the NSF admits are not backed by evidence, questions of defamation stand untouched. Frankly the document shows how sloppy the NSF is.\n\nAnd now the NSF author admits that it is confusing to label it \u201cconfidential\u201d when supposedly it isn\u2019t really? Another detail the NSF managed incompetently? Their publication standards are low aren\u2019t they?\n\nAnd perhaps it was released under FOI, but the NSF is strangely vague on that. Who requested it, and who decided that the release of such an unbalanced article, with specious unbacked claims was \u201cin the public interest?\u201d.\n\nIt\u2019ll kill you if his scientific work turns out to be right won\u2019t it? You will have been one of the petty ad hom attackers trying to do character assassination instead of getting the science right.\n\nSo Eli, have you any thoughts on his equation about how Temp and CO2 are related?\n\nMuch of the discussion has centered around what was promised to Dr. Salby by Macquarie and what was in his contract, insofar as there is a contract that extends beyond the standard university conditions of employment stated in a faculty handbook of a general academic staff agreement. By experience the usual thing is that in the offer letter a series of undertakings are made by the University, but only exceptionally is a separate contract differing from the academic staff agreement made.\n\nNow some, not Eli to be sure, might believe that if they exist Dr. Salby has copies of relevant documents which he might share or provide links to same."}
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-{"text": "Meal Train Ministry\n\nOur meal train ministry helps parishioners who are in need of assistance with meals after the birth of a new child. If you'd like more information or would like to get involved, please contact the parish office!"}
-{"text": "Position Title : Migration Officer (Human Development, Research and Reporting)Duty Station : Kabul, AfghanistanClassification : Junior Professional Officer, P1 step 1 or P2 step 1 in the first year, depending on the level of education and relevant working experienceType of Appointment : JPO, *One year with the possibility to extend up to 3 yearsEstimated Start Date : As soon as possibleClosing Date : 17 May 2016\n\nReference Code: JPO 2016/02\n\nEstablished in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migrationand works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOMis dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so byproviding services and advice to governments and migrants.\n\nContext:\n\nThe IOM Mission in Afghanistan was established in 1992 and has maintained an uninterruptedpresence in the country. Afghanistan is one of the largest IOM missions worldwide, with over290 staff members in Kabul, eight sub-offices and seven project offices. IOM currentlyimplements range of humanitarian assistance, community stabilization and migrationmanagement initiatives in Afghanistan in cooperation with Afghan government and humanitarianpartner as well as local communities. Activities are carried out in all 34 provinces ofAfghanistan. Please visit the IOM Afghanistan website at: https://afghanistan.iom.int/IOM Afghanistan provides a range of support initiatives designed to foster efficient andbeneficial migration through migration management programmes including activities such as:research; capacity building for governments and communities; engageing diaspora communitieswith their countries of origin; and partnership building with relevant institutions, authorities andbusiness. In the context of current migration challenges in Afghanistan in relation to both itsoutflow of population to European countries and return of undocumented Afghans from theregion, IOM Afghanistan needs to enhance its response through multi-layered, strategicapproach to supporting the Government of Afghanistan and assisting Afghan migrants.Note: This post is opened in the context of the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) schemesponsored by the Government of the Netherlands and is addressed exclusively to people withthe Dutch nationality. For criteria see the website of Nedworc Foundation:\n\nCore Functions / Responsibilities:1) Assist in Managing the Return of Qualified Afghan programme (RQA)Summary of duties and expected output\u2022 Act as a focal point of the \u201cTemporary Return of Qualified Nationals Project (TRQN) from theNetherlands\u201d and \u201cReturn of Qualified Afghans from Iran (RQA)\u201d projects in the mission.\u2022 Be responsible for creating and updating Return of Qualified Afghans projects relatedinformation sheets, updates, feature stories and other information materials. Expected output: aset of updated information materials\u2022 Take a lead in creating a RQA related database in the mission with technical support from theInformation Management Unit (IMU). Expected output: functional RQA database\u2022 Prepare donor reporting and other reporting to government partners and UN and civil societypartners. Expected output: regular inputs for reporting\u2022 Draft and formulate proposals for new migration and development related programmes/projects. Expected output: draft proposals in accordance with the government priorities and themission\u2019s strategy.2) Research and Migration Information/ Resource CentreSummary of duties and expected output\u2022 Monitoring migration-related issues and developments in Afghanistan, in the region and inEurope and contributing to the development of thematic reports and policies. Expected output:regular reporting on migration related issues.\u2022 Contribute to data collection and analysis; conduct research on relevant assigned topics; draftand/ or contribute presentations, training curricula and materials and thematic guidance noteson migration management, return and reintegration policy, IDP policy and other relevant topics.Expected output: consolidated inputs on data collection, analysis, research, thematic guidancenote and relevant policies.\u2022 Provide overall liaison and reporting support to the Migration Information Centre projects(MICs). Expected output: donor reporting and other relevant information materials\u2022 Provide overall liaison and reporting support to the \u201cComprehensive Migration Survey\u201d projectincluding the project development support. Expected output: final project proposal, donorreporting and other relevant information materials.\u2022 Provide overall liaison and reporting support to the \u201cUpdate of Migration Profile in Afghanistan\u201dproject. Expected Output: donor reporting and other information materials.3) Development of Monitoring Mechanism of Capacity Building Activities including MigrationConsultative Processes in the MissionSummary of duties and expected output\u2022 Develop a database of beneficiaries/ participants (government officials and other participants)of previous capacity building projects and various migration consultative processes with atechnical support from the IMU. Expected Output: functional capacity building database.\u2022 Create and regularly update information materials on Capacity Building in MigrationManagement activities. Expected Output: regular updates on capacity building in migrationmanagement activities.\u2022 Provide assistance in reporting on CBMM related activities, especially in terms of data.Expected Output: consolidated inputs on CBMM related activities.\u2022 Provide updated IOM monitoring data with relevant pillars of UN Development AssistanceFramework (UNDAF).\n\nSupervision:Title of supervisor: Migration Management OfficerContent and methodology of supervision\u2022 Day to day on the job training by immediate supervisor.\u2022 Quarterly coaching by Programme Senior Officer.\u2022 Overall evaluation through IOM Staff Evaluation System.\n\nRequired Qualifications and Experience:\n\nEducation:-Master's degree or equivalent in Political or Social Science, International Relations,Humanitarian Affairs or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years ofrelevant professional experience; or-An undergraduate university degree (bachelors) in the above fields in combination with fouryears of relevant experience.\n\nExperience:-A minimum of 2 to a maximum of 4 years of relevant working experience, including internshipsand voluntary work;Experience in migration related issues, and emergency work, including camp and sheltermanagement, support to displaced populations and the implementation of early recoveryactivities;Experience liaising with governmental authorities, other national/ international institutions andnon-governmental organizations (NGOs);Familiarity with the UN system an advantage.\n\nLanguages:Fluency in English required. Dari and/or Pashto language knowledge will be an advantage.\n\nDesirable Competencies:\u2022 Correctly frames migration issues within their regional, global and political context.\u2022 Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services.\u2022 Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities.\u2022 Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors, governments, andproject beneficiaries.\u2022 Develops strategic vision for IOM within area of responsibility.\n\nOther:Training component: Learning elements and expectations:Upon completion of the assignment the JPO will have/ will be able to:\u2022 Gain experience in an international organization, including management and internationalcooperation activities, as well as understanding the dynamics of international coordinationgroup.\u2022 Gain experience in working in post-conflict field mission.\u2022 Be able to prepare project related documents such as proposal including results matrix andreporting.\u2022 Gain experience in working with governmental, non-governmental and UN institutions inAfghanistan.\u2022 Become knowledgeable about migration related issues surrounding Afghanistan and relevantpolicies.\n\nThe JPO training programme includes the following learning elements:\u2022 Possibility of participation in the IOM Project Development Training\u2022 Duty Travel to relevant sub-offices\u2022 The JPO position includes a Duty travel and training allowance (DTTA) of $4000 per yearwhich may be used for learning activities related to the assignment and career development.\n\nInformation on living conditions at Duty Station\u2022 IOM Afghanistan is a NON-FAMILY DUTY STATION with an IOM hardship category E.\u2022 All international staff members are entitled to 5 days of Rest and Recuperation (R&R) leaveplus travel time outside of Afghanistan - every six weeks.\u2022 All international staff members live in United Nations Department of Security and Safety(UNDSS) approved accommodation facilities. IOM currently has own guesthouses in the officecompound in Kabul and has an access to accommodation facility called the Green Village.\u2022 There are movement restrictions in place in accordance with the UN DSS guidelines.\u2022 There is access to medical services as well as medical emergencies and trauma careresponse and support.\n\nHOW TO APPLY:\n\nInterested candidates are invited to submit their applications via PRISM, IOM e-Recruitmentsystem, by 17 May 2016 at the latest, referring to this advertisement.For further information, please refer to:http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/about-iom-1/recruitment/how-to-...In order for an application to be considered valid, IOM only accepts online profiles dulycompleted.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. You can track the progress of your application onyour personal application page in the IOM e-recruitment system."}
-{"text": "More Views\n\nBroadsword: Ash Wood 33\"\n\nIn stock\n\n$21.99\n\nDetails:\n\nAlso referred to as a Dao, this wooden broadsword replica is great for use as a prop or for martial arts training. Crafted in Ash wood lacquer finish. 33 inches in length. Well-balanced sword. Ideal for practice.\n\nDetails\n\nAlso referred to as a Dao, this wooden broadsword replica is great for use as a prop or for martial arts training. Crafted in ash wood lacquer finish. 33 inches in length. Well-balanced sword. Ideal for practice."}
-{"text": "Category: hound\n\nThe clients wanted me to make a few adjustments for the portrait, including adding her ears at half-mast, and cleaning up the tear stains below her eyes. I also opted to remove the collar hardware and her body as it extends behind her head, to keep the focus more on her face. The reference is pretty fuzzy, as it\u2019s cropped out of a snapshot with two other dogs and background, so I\u2019m going to have to do a balancing act of making stuff up, and basing it on my experience and what\u2019s visible in the reference. Let us begin.\n\nHere\u2019s the cropped and edited reference photo.\n\nThe ears were grabbed from an even smaller photo, so I\u2019ll be using another dog\u2019s ears to remind me of the anatomy involved. I decided to leave in the leaves and their shadows as I like the nice summer-day feel they convey. I also knocked out the background to an indistinct mottle of summery blues.\n\nI prepped my panel-backed canvas by lightly sanding and gessoing it a couple times, to give it a little smoother texture. Then I transferred my working sketch onto the panel, and carefully added detail and corrections, referring back to the photo constantly.\n\nOkay, good to go. On to the underpainting.\n\nBy Monday evening, this is where I left off.\n\nEverything is pretty well in place, ready for more detail and deepening of values throughout.\n\nTuesday was not a painting day, and here we are on Wednesday.\n\nLunch break had brought me to this point. Details and values more defined, and ready to toss in some background color to get started. Notice that I\u2019ve brought some of that sky blue into Libby\u2019s face as well, as that blue light suffuses the atmosphere, and influences the colors we see.\n\nLunch break is over. Time to get back to it, and start layering up colors and details.\n\nSteve and Gayle are artists in their own right. I\u2019ve been honored to be asked by their friends to do two memorial portraits for them (Sadie, and Katie), so when their daughter, Rachel, asked me to do another of the legendary Alex, I was thrilled. I had a crush on him that was tragic: I never knew about him during his lifetime, only later from his legacy in Steve\u2019s photography, and presence on the greyhound forum, Greytalk.\n\nSo, that was a bold move, eh? Starting with that intense yellow? Yeah. I can\u2019t remember now why I thought that was such a great idea, but I really like the complexity it lends to the final portrait. This stage shows that I approached the underpainting differently than I usually do (starting with a monochromatic painting establishing the form and shadows, then glazing color layers on top of that). I like how this looks even at this stage. Kind of ghostly and loose, but with all the elements in their proper places.\n\nI started layering in the background so I could make sure I got the contrasts between the dark green foliage and the mostly-white dog right. I don\u2019t know if you can tell, but I was using a lot of violet tones to tame the yellow, as they are complementary colors (opposites on the color wheel)."}
-{"text": "How much are Crop Wild Relatives worth?\n\nMost plant breeders and genetic resources scientists would agree that crop wild relatives as a rich source of exotic diversity have proved their worth in contribution to crop improvement, especially for pest and disease resistance. So it may come as a surprise that despite their long history of use in breeding major crops, many CWR species are not well collected and conserved in genebanks. Meanwhile their native habitats are increasingly threatened by development and climate change, among other factors. Why this disjunct between estimated value and adequate protection?\n\nNeil Palmer, CIAT\n\nThough scientists appreciate the value of CWR, it appears that conservation groups, policymakers, and the general public are not as well informed about the unique potential hidden within these wild and weedy plants. How can information on the value of CWR improve? One of the most persuasive forms of communication about the issue is, of course, monetary value.\n\nA recent analysis commissioned by Kew\u2019s Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSB), and carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), UK, has taken the latest stab at evaluating the economic benefit of use of CWR.\n\nBy using current and forecasted gross production values from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the study estimated the current value of commercial crops grown today, and in the future, containing improved productivity or stress resistance traits derived from CWR.\n\nResults based on four crops- wheat, rice, potato, and cassava- were extrapolated to a group of 29 crops prioritized by the MSB Partnership (the same crops targeted in this analysis) and assigned values based on analyses from seed development to farm-gate sales. Based on current production, the CWR of the target crops were assigned a value of $42 billion, with a potential of $120 billion in the future.\n\nThe annual GPV of the 29 priority crops was $581 billion in 2010, meaning that CWR are already valued at about 7% of annual production value.\n\nStephen Aherne, director, PwC adds, \u201cWhile the findings in our analysis are indicative, the overall message is clear. CWRs represent a valuable tool in global crop development for many organisations related to the agriculture sector\u2026Our research underlines the need for further investment in CWR collection and research, without which the significant potential value to global agriculture may not be realised.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Listen and empower \u2013 weex\u2019s strategy for best mobile solutions\n\nweex is a digital service hub offering an MVNO service as well as a digital wallet. The company was founded in 2014 as part of the Coca-Cola Founders startup investment program. weex\u2019s mission is to empower Mexican youth through services that traditional companies don\u2019t typically offer. weex\u2019s MVNO offering focuses on the \u201cunbundling\u201d and allows users to buy data-packages for a specific app (Facebook, Instagram, Spotify etc.).\n\n\u201cStarting December 2017, we launched the BETA version of our second product, a digital wallet. We wanted to enable the unbanked mexican youth with a simple payment method to transact online. To for example purchase a Spotify subscription or buy on Amazon.\u201d \u2013 Abdala Pineda, Chief Revenue Officer at weex. Abdala handles Customer acquisition, retention, revenue streams and margins for weex, as he adds, \u201cbasically all that is connected to establishing the value of our product and that\u2019s where Survicate is coming in.\u201d\n\nLooking for a perfect survey\n\nThe company was experiencing a certain amount of churn but wasn\u2019t able to put the finger on the cause. \u201cWe knew coverage was somewhat responsible for churn, but we didn\u2019t know to what extend. We didn\u2019t have an forecasting model that would tell us when a user is going to churn\u201d says Abdala. \u201cSo it was down to interviewing users and trying to understand their behaviors.\u201d\n\nweex began by calling the customers to discover the churn reasons. Such feedback was valuable, but hard to quantify and organize. \u201cOverall it was prone to the interpretation of the customer support caller,\u201d Abdala says.\n\nWhat weex realized during that process, was that in order to use the feedback, they need to have a direct, undistorted communication between them and customers. weex already used Intercom to establish that line, but they need an automatized way to survey their churning customers and collect the data in one place. \u201cWhen we realized that, then came Survicate. It was very easy to use and only required one-click integration with our CRM, Intercom. Once integrated we pushed out our first survey, to try and understand churn a little bit better,\u201d says Abdala.\n\n\u201cIt was easier for us to automate the entire process, create a survey with Survicate Intercom Integration and leave it running to automatically collect feedback data on its own,\u201d Abdala explains.\n\nClarity over churned users\n\nweex started surveying customers with a simple email survey, which was the best way to reach their customers. \u201cWe\u2019ve noticed you\u2019ve recently ported out. Can you tell us what was the reason?\u201d (In telecommunication, the term \u201cport out\u201d means to switch between mobile operators). Customer had a few reasons to choose from: the network coverage and speed, customer service, a competitor offer; among others. By implementing first question directly in the email, Survicate allowed weex to gather quantitative data about the churn. To find out more, the single choice question was followed by an open-ended one asking for more details.\n\nThe results were clear, almost half of the port out customers were doing so because of the lack of coverage. As Abdala comments, \u201cWe knew the network was an issue and used to attribute most of the churn to it. However, this was a blind guess which prevented us from looking into the other possible reasons for churn in which we actually had the opportunity to act upon.\u201d\n\nLuckily, the other half of the customers gave some room to improve. \u201cOnce we got the survey data we figured it out that there was a certain percentage of users that got lost in our offer and data package model\u201d adds Abdala, \u201cA significant part of these users did not understand our offering and thought that we were more expensive than the competition.\u201d From that point on, weex began to change the communication and presented the product in a more transparent way.\n\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a price issue,\u201d says Abdala \u201cbut a marketing communication one. Our model works by paying only for the services that you use. We needed to educate our customers about being smart with the data consumption on a monthly bases and then purchase the packs which fulfill your needs no more, no less. Thanks to Survicate, we finally figured it out, and began adjusting our communication to show this more transparently.\u201d\n\nWith the results in mind, weex launched a series of ad campaigns directed at their young audience. Now thanks to the user feedback the churn is under control and weex can focus on improving product offer.\n\nHidden reason for the inactive user\n\nFrom another survey, weex discovered an issue, that didn\u2019t meet the eye at first.\n\nAbout 38% of customers who \u201cchurned\u201d didn\u2019t actually abandoned the service, in fact, some customers used weex as their second/emergency line. \u201cIn our segment, there is no easy way to see whether a customer is using our service as primary or secondary SIM card,\u201d stresses Abdala. \u201cWith Survicate we can directly ask our users via email survey whether we\u2019re the primary or secondary line.\u201d\n\nWith Survicate, weex was able to investigate and survey about the reasons why customers were choosing their service as a second line. They also found out more about the customer\u2019s primary mobile network. Based on this findings, weex introduced new data packages and adjusted the offer to convert these customers into more frequent users.\n\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t possible with the traditional surveys or calls,\u201d Abdala tells us, \u201coften the user wouldn\u2019t pick up but it wasn\u2019t due to the churn, as we thought, but because weex is his secondary line. With Survicate we\u2019re able to survey all our users regardless of which line we are to them.\u201d\n\nTrust your customer \u2013 they know more than you think\n\nSometimes it turns out users know more than you about the product. That was also the case with weex. One of weex\u2019s packages was dedicated to gamers. It offered unlimited gaming for a certain amount of days. Surprisingly, at some point users began to train away from the service.\n\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t know how to identify the problem,\u201d says Abdala, \u201cthat is until we saw the text answers in our survey.\u201d It turned out that the packages didn\u2019t work for some of the customers, a quick fix had the pack up and running in no time. \u201cWe pulled it out of one of the weekly Survicate data reviews. With Survicate data we pinpoint the issues that are hard to find otherwise by our Customer Support Team and Developers.\u201d\n\nOnline payment for all\n\nweex wanted to empower the young Mexicans further. Because of the age, geography, or socio-economic situation, a segment of users can\u2019t be a part of the financial system yet. They operate only in cash which constrains them from using services such as Amazon, Netflix or Spotify.\n\nweex decided to change that with their new product, weex wallet. Using Survicate, they meticulously surveyed customers needs, what they expect of the service and what for they would use it. \u201cWe asked about their spending, how much their bills were, do they pay them themselves or their parents pay for that, how they pay it (cash or transfer),\u201d Abdala reveals. With the answers, weex was able to figure out the right product fit.\n\nOnce they launched the app on mobile devices, they re-surveyed the customers to know what their feelings about the service were. Customers said that they weren\u2019t comfortable with making a payment with the app when there was a fee added on top of the transaction.\n\nAbdala and the team \u201cfigured out the way to give them fee refunds for the first 3 months of the service so they could generate some transactions and get accustomed to the app. Eventually, the benefits of the wallet app would overshadow the fee,\u201d Abdala concludes. Since its launch, the Wallet app has been downloaded over 50 thousand times from the Google Play Store.\n\nWith surveys, weex is able to show their customers that feedback is valuable to them. They prove it by acting on it and improving products and services suited exactly to customers\u2019 needs. What weex discovered along the way allowed them to improve weex\u2019s business strategy, build better products, rapidly respond to unexpected issues and get control over churn. In order to empower the next generations, it is crucial to understand what tools are necessary, and what\u2019s a better way to find out than to ask?\n\nStart for free, upgrade as you grow\n\nRelated content\n\n300+ employees\nSurvicate customer for:\n2 years\nSurvicate products used:\nNPS Software\nProfile of the client\nUBT is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries. They support their clients with Business Advisory and Group Buying services to help businesses maintain their competitive edge. Their Business Advisory services consist of corporate training, consulting and facilitating leadership and excellence for their client\u2019s in their respective industries. UBT nurtures mutually beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome is a \u201cwin, win\u201d for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike.\nChallenge\nUBT has used the Net Promoter Score (NPS) system for some time, to measure...\n\n51-200 employees\nSurvicate customer since:\nJune 2015\nSurvicate features used:\nTargeted Website Survey\nAccording to the study published by Forbes, 47% consumers say they don\u2019t believe executives understand their needs. More than one third (41%) think that companies don\u2019t listen to their suggestions or complaints. On the other side of the barricade, over 38% of executives feel disconnected from the actual consumers\u2019 needs, as the Harvard Business Review reports.\nIt accumulates to the fact that customers\u2019 needs are considered at the very end, far behind other strategic factors in businesses development, such as competitiveness, product development or distribution.\nNo one knows everything, but everyone knows something\nBrainly...\n\nWellness and Spa with\n10+ employess\nSurvicate customer since:\n2015\nSurvicate features used:\nTargeted Website Survey\nProfile of the client\nDerma med spa is a world class cosmetic clinic passionate about helping people look and feel beautiful about themselves.\nChallenge\nAs the company grew, it wanted to keep its sales process well-organized and generate leads on the website to constantly increase sales. 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-{"text": "Category: Strategy\n\nWe at Rapid Innovation Group are in the business of IP commercialisation. When we disaggregate that term, the most debate within the company, and a healthy debate it is I must add, is what does the term commercialisation mean. Is it sales and revenue generation at its most basic, or is it something far more fundamental than that? That\u2019s a topic for another time and for someone with a little more nuance than me to tackle within our firm.\n\nInstead I thought I\u2019d write about what we mean when we talk about IP. Historically at Rapid Innovation, IP has been about the strength of the patent portfolio which we felt automatically granted a certain form of defensibility to our clients. However recently, I\u2019ve been involved in a few engagements where what constitutes IP has had a rather more murky definition which has led to a more evolved position on IP in my thinking:\n\nOne of our clients is doing a series A fundraise at the moment. They have a significant breakthrough in combustion technology and their business model is to develop and integrate it with large industrial collaborators, with the view to licensing to generate long-term revenue streams. One of the investors who is currently investigating them invests purely on the strength of the IP position. Our client has 7 patents across multiple patent families. Nevertheless, and despite NDAs, our client has not yet got to the stage of sharing their detailed designs because that is where their real technological differentiation lies. So where is their IP? In the patents, or in the design which is only briefly alluded to in the patents?\n\nAnother client has licensed their IP to a company that has built large industrial plants using their technology. The core patent has expired but the license persists \u2013 both parties know, and will freely admit, that while much of the core technology is in the public domain, it is the secret knowhow and process knowledge that allows the licensee to profitably run the plant. How do you quantify that know-how? How do you protect it? How do you price it? Either way, their defensibility lies in that secret know-how. That plant cannot be run profitably without their process knowledge and know-how.\n\nA third client has a space heritage but like in the previous case, the core patent for their technology has expired. As such they have developed some process, and application patents. Fundamentally though, they do not have IP that protects the application, only their unique efficacy. What they do have is an emerging market with a clear need, a defined way that the market will adopt the technology, and a better product / design than their competitors. As such, their strategy is very much focused on selling this to as many customers as quickly as possible, and to find the right manufacturing model that will protect their design. Their defensibility lies in their commercialisation strategy, and their speed to market which is something that smaller, more agile companies are well suited to. They are very much a \u201cdeep-tech\u201d company but are they an IP company \u2013 I don\u2019t know and quite frankly don\u2019t care as long as we have a product and a strategy that will fundamentally build market defensibility and long-term growth.\n\nThese are just a few examples of the extent of the diversity of challenges that have to be overcome \u201cIP companies\u201d, and while this is very generic, and fails to take into account several other hugely important contextual factors, it does provide a starter for six.\n\nIf you\u2019ve got secret know-how and no one can reverse engineer your product / process when they get their hands on the product, then manufacture. This has two benefits as 1) it minimises IP leakage and 2) Allows you to price at the level you want as your customer has no way of knowing how it is you manufactured the technology and so is more willing to pay on the value of the problem being solved as opposed to imposing a cost plus model on you. Conversely, you shouldn\u2019t dream of licensing in this scenario as you leave yourself open to your secret knowhow getting into the public domain and run the risk of your licence being compromised. Alternatively, if you\u2019ve got a strong patent position, then license away as it\u2019s pretty easy to see if someone is infringing on the patent.\n\nChester Karass said, in business as in life, you don\u2019t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. The IP corollary is that your IP is only as strong as your wherewithal to protect it. Which for early stage companies with limited financial and even fewer legal resources is not very high. That\u2019s why I\u2019m a firm believer in the best piece of IP advice anyone ever gave me \u2013 keep secret what you can keep secret (and manufacture if no one can reverse engineer it) and patent what you can\u2019t!\n\nThe commodities market is no stranger to data; a quick Google search will lead to streams of data showing price fluctuations and percentage deltas. Oil is back up to $70 a barrel and lithium is riding high on the projected growth of batteries and electric vehicles. One thing, however, that is not publicly traded on the commodities market, is data itself. A myriad of recent articles have hailed data as the new oil- the most valuable commodity over the last century. However, while the comparison of data and oil has some use, to label data as a commodity like oil is a misnomer.\n\nThe comparison is an attractive one. Data is seen as the fuel for our modern information economy. It is extracted in a raw and crude form and refined to produce something of real value. Yet, the analogy is overly simple and ignores some key differences. It is important that these distinctions are drawn to enable us to think about data and its value in the right way.\n\nThe data/oil/commodity analogy\n\nFor those of you who haven\u2019t seen Billy Rey Valentine being condescendingly explained the commodities market in Trading Places, it\u2019s probably good to start with a quick definition. Commodities are basic goods and raw materials that are extracted, exchanged and refined. They are agricultural products, coffee beans, gold, oil and of course frozen orange juice. As the alluring narrative goes, data too is mined and refined.\n\nBut, data lacks what economists call fungibility: the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are essentially interchangeable. If I buy electricity from E.ON or EDF, I still expect both sets of kWhs to keep the lights on. In this case, crude oil is extracted, refined and barrelled for use in power generation and the value is the generation of power which is uniform in its output. That barrel of oil had the same teleological journey as the next one.\n\nData, on the other hand, is differentiated by type and quality. More importantly, the value of data comes from the insight and information one can extract from its raw form; these insights are highly subjective, largely influenced by methodology of analysis and therefore differ wildly through interpretation. Cambridge Analytica had access to a similar \u2018barrel\u2019 of data as everyone else. What they did with that barrel, the insights they drew, and their capitalisation of its value set it apart from others.\n\nAnother difference in the analogy is that once commodities are used, they often can\u2019t be used again. Data on the other hand is not a finite resource. It can be generated, used, reused and reinterpreted. Data can be stored and the accumulation of it is highly sought after in the modern information economy. Even when companies go bankrupt and assets get stripped, databases are often considered the most valuable assets. For example, when Caesar\u2019s Entertainment- a gambling giant that pioneered its \u201cTotal Rewards\u201d loyalty program- filed for bankruptcy, its most valuable asset was deemed to be this customer service database valued at $1 billion. No wonder companies are keen to get you to reply their GDPR consent emails!\n\nSo, as we have explored above, there are real limitations to the data/oil/commodity analogy. But why does it persevere to be alluring? The strength of the data/oil/commodity analogy lies in the fact that data is a valuable asset that is revolutionising business models and driving technological innovation. The ability to collect data and valorise its raw form into insight and information is the fuel of lucrative new businesses and innovative new models\u2014much like oil was at the turn of the last century.\n\nData\u2019s use\n\nOf course, when people think about data it is the tech giants of the modern world such as Facebook, Google and Amazon that come up first. Although Facebook was slightly dented by recent events following the Cambridge Analytica revelations, data still reigns supreme. Google\u2019s recent demonstration of their AI Assistant had people simultaneously in awe and shock at the pace of development of natural language processing and artificial intelligence.\n\nIt is not just in Silicon Valley and with internet companies where data is revered; industrial giants and deep-tech early stage companies alike are waking up to the strategic value of data and information. The two largest industrial giants, Siemens and GE are both preparing for the future of industry, where data and the services it can enable will form a key part of corporate strategy. Industrial behemoths like these are increasingly moving towards collecting data and utilising it to improve their ongoing customer relationships and open up new value-added services. This transition will lead to changing business models- a process already under way. Rather than industrial customers buying machinery (products) and maintenance contracts, the likes of Siemens and GE utilise data to provide a continued and long-term service to their customers. Contracts are no longer about just selling products, but delivering ongoing solutions that rely on data. It is an extension of Rolls Royce\u2019s \u201cPower by the Hour\u201d concept developed- well, trademarked in fact- in the 1960s.\n\nData is spawning innovative technologies from the obvious smart algorithms to engineered hard technologies such as hydro-powered turbines to power smart water networks, novel approaches to asset monitoring and innovative ways to harvest energy to power the sensors that underpin these. Technologies span from smart approaches to data collection and methods to power sensors through to intelligent methods of analysis. The ability, appetite and vision to adopt these new technologies and develop models that the resultant data/information can enable, will lead to winners and losers across different industries. Data isn\u2019t only the fuel of companies like Amazon and Google; it is a lucrative asset that will prove increasingly valuable industries such as energy, manufacturing and farming (to name just a few).\n\nConclusion\n\nData, then, can\u2019t be called a commodity and it differs in comparison to sticky, black crude. It is an asset whereby its value stems from the interpretation and transformation of data into information. This information is an important component of our modern economy and will drive strategic diversification in some industries and kill of players who don\u2019t move fast enough with it. Like oil was at the turn of the 20th century, data is a valuable asset that is changing the way our economy operates. It is no wonder that the reformist Saudi Prince, Muhammad bin Salman, pledged $45 billion to SoftBank\u2019s Vision Fund whose focus is on the internet of things, robotics, AI and ride hailing.\n\nI\u2019m one of those annoying people that thinks Schrodinger\u2019s Cat is an apt substrate for pretty much any old mixed metaphor that I can drag in. Apologies in advance.\n\nIt\u2019s an age old question \u2013 how do you support valuation, at the point of seeking investment in a tech company that has zero, or very little, revenue, but shows exceptional promise. The reason it\u2019s an old question is because it\u2019s hard to answer, but here\u2019s a clunky stab. The exceptional promise/ the pot of gold/ the cat is either alive or dead \u2013 which of these states it is in has simply yet to have been observed. It hasn\u2019t been observed yet because we perceive time in a linear manner, but to a super-dimensional observer, the cat is, right here and now in spacetime \u2013 either alive or dead.\n\nThe mission for the entrepreneur looking for a strong valuation is to ensure that the likelihood is that it is alive. To put it another way, the business leader destined to chaperone the cat into the future, must be able to demonstrate to investors that the path through the fog-shrouded woods towards the goal, is well understood; that all the threats along the way have been considered, strategized and mitigated long before they jump out; and that the cat\u2019s future wellbeing is a natural product of the work that has already been done to plan and manage risk. Risk in this context can be conceived of as existing on a series of spectrums such as technology, scaling, market, economic, investment, counterparty etc. An investor looking to push back on a valuation will generally be doing so by applying risk multipliers. Sound strategic commercialisation seeks to manage future risk through today\u2019s action by pushing these spectrums ever closer to proven.\n\nGood commercialisation therefore drives valuation, because it drives down risk. Bad or non-existent commercialisation is akin to leaving the future to chance. To put it another way, curiosity may actually save the cat\u2026\n\nRegardless of the state of the cat, I fully acknowledge that the metaphor is now as dead as a parrot.\n\nThroughout the history of deal-making, folks have conceived of successful negotiations as being the ones where they \u201cwon.\u201d Now, of course there is a place for adversarial negotiations, and of course there are times when it\u2019s critical that you look out solely for your own company, but the types of deal that typically constitute the foundations for an early stage tech company, will usually function best when they function as a win-win long into the future.\n\nFor any early stage technology company, establishing the right structure and commercial basis for collaboration with key partners is critical. Attempting to use an imbalance of leverage, power, or information in closing a deal that favours you and cements a long-term partnership, is akin to building shaky foundations under a high-rise in the pacific ring of fire. It might look beautiful on the warm sunny day when it\u2019s finished, but it\u2019s unlikely to weather the storms. This is as true for a corporate as it is for a start-up, although both parties can be equally guilty of not always seeing this.\n\nA long-term win-win is not always easy to structure, and there\u2019s no simple solution for how to achieve it, but openness, honesty, and frank communication are a good place to start (I remember that from my wedding). If both parties genuinely understand the other\u2019s hierarchy of intended outcomes, structuring is made considerably more simple, as is running a conceptual stress-test to see how it will handle any future tectonic shifts.\n\n\u201cBut we need to develop 3 phases of prototypes, go through accelerated life testing, and get 10 patents granted\u201d. Or so go the usual protestations against early market engagement. The value of bringing partners and customers into the conversation at an early stage is often trumped by fear. \u201cThey\u2019ll steal my technology\u201d. \u201cIt isn\u2019t advanced enough\u201d. \u201cThey won\u2019t understand it\u201d.\n\nThere is only one thing that you need in order to commercially engage with companies; a proposition. Something to spark their interest. Let\u2019s say you live in a very rainy country and I\u2019ve invented the umbrella (which for some reason, no one else has figured out). If I approach you and tell you that I\u2019ve got a solution to the downpours that blight your every day, do you think you\u2019d be interested in talking to me? You bet you would.\n\nWhat happens next? I find out what size umbrella you would like, what colour, and how much you are willing to pay. Because there\u2019s no point in me spending 6 months and spending all my savings on an umbrella that is pink, made of wood, and costs \u00a3100 when what you wanted was red, plastic, and costs \u00a350. No, the smartest thing I can do is make sure that I am developing the desired solution to a real problem, before I invest a significant amount of resource in doing so. Moreover, customers may be more open about the value of a solution when they\u2019re encouraging you to create one (as opposed to negotiating over price).\n\nNow, I don\u2019t mean to downplay the importance of solid IP protection or reliable performance data. My point is that these are not prerequisites for starting a conversation with the company which will eventually use or distribute your technology.\n\nThese early conversations can significantly reduce market risk for emerging companies and their investors. They validate that a valuable problem is being solved. They help to shape the technology development path so that solutions are compatible with supply chains. They demonstrate demand for what you will ultimately be selling or licensing. All of this helps to avoid uncommercial development, something critical for young companies with short runways looking to maintain a competitive advantage.\n\nClosing any deal is an event created by a process. The event itself involves getting the deal over the completion line. It is no more than the summation of a process that starts once a degree of mutual trust and interest have been established. Opening is a fluid mix of sparking interest (i.e. potential but still unsubstantiated fit and benefit) and relationship building. Relationships matter as they create access and provide the agency that gets things done and the medium through which information and insight is channelled and processed. Importantly, they also allow us to understand first hand what is important to an individual and an organisation. That is where empathy starts. In dealmaking, to deal is to empathise; to be able to imagine things from your counterpart\u2019s point of view. Empathy is not simply a matter of adding another invaluable perspective, it is that soft intelligence that can lubricate the process, help smooth the bumps, and resolve the thorniest of issues. While creating \u2018an opening\u2019 is a prerequisite to selling, it is not in my book selling. It is a skill apart and a high value one at that when there is a significant degree of complexity and multiple players involved.\n\nDetermining the degree of fit, and the business case that may emanate from it, is a critical stage. The more thorough the work here the greater the probability that subsequent activities will progress smoothly. This is an evidence-based stage characterised by information sharing. The more structured this process, the better. Have a plan of what to share, with whom, and importantly, when to share. Building the business case \u2013 the ultimate measure of fit \u2013 in particular should never be presented as a fait accompli. Rather it is a very deliberate process. Agreeing a methodology (i.e. how value can be evaluated) is important because sellers are often guilty of presenting benefit cases that underestimate adoption costs while buyers may try and inflate them. The best form of persuasion (i.e. selling) are \u2018facts\u2019 messaged and presented in a manner that is compelling by virtue of being irrefutable. That is the subtle art of ascribing meaning to facts.\n\nThe basis of all sales is arbitrage: the buyer pays x for something potentially worth a multiple of x. For the buyer that is the difference between cost and value. This is where IP based propositions that are a multiple better than the incumbent technologies should be at a major advantage. The higher the multiple the greater and more transformative the potential value. Of course, the imperative here is transparency. Indeed \u2019radical transparency\u2019, to borrow an acquired phrase, makes absolute sense. No bullshit required. Just detailed hard proof that for many of the companies RIG works with can only come through a period of collaboration. To fall short of \u2018showing the value\u2019 is to sell your technology short. Falling back on persuasion, however articulate and passionate the advocate, is a poor substitute for empirical, substantiated, indisputable, shared and accepted evidence of value. In this stage at least, the best way to sell is simply not to.\n\nBeyond the core challenge of agreeing a methodology for establishing value, there is always an extensive list of associated \u2018issues\u2019 (not least those related to IP) that must be worked through before a closing event becomes a possibility. Failure to identify or anticipate an issue will delay \u2018the close\u2019 or lead to premature attempts to close a deal that is not yet closable. An apt metaphor might be borrowed from my boyhood: compare this final stretch to building a model airplane of the type that predate the machines that you can order on Amazon and that are ready to fly straight out of the box. For the plane to fly the build had to be completed to spec and the little engine perfectly calibrated. Everything had to be just right, which took a fair amount of checking and tinkering, otherwise the plane failed to take off or crashed shortly after take-off. The most important tool was a comprehensive checklist.\n\nThe critical challenge of agreeing commercial terms is the penultimate activity before \u2018the closing event\u2019. This essentially involves trade-offs between cost and anticipated value. The buyside argues cost (and if procurement gets involved it will almost inevitably try to divorce cost from value as is their brief) while the sellside must stick to the language of value. To fall immediately into a pricing dialogue dominated by arguments around cost is to be seduced by the dark side. Instead frame your arguments using the language of value. How challenging this negotiation is primarily a function of how well you have executed the preceding stages. Though you will be frequently told otherwise, there is little in truth that cannot be anticipated or established before the negotiation to ratify final terms. An agreed methodology to evaluate value will at the very least enclose the discussion within parameters that make reaching agreement easier. The result we get may in part be down to our planning and negotiation skills but in much greater part it is down to leverage. Leverage is power and that power is found, created, built, adjusted, and understood as the process unfolds from first contact. In sum, the most skillful closers are those who know how to create leverage and use it to shape their counterpart\u2019s decision-making, so that they seek in their own interest, terms that closely resemble the ones the closer set out to achieve in the first place.\n\nAs an early stage technology company, the early deals done with big companies can set the course for the business for some time into the future. Getting them done is rarely simple, but the first step is to make sure you have the right champion.\n\nIt is a common misconception that because you are engaged in discussion with someone at a company, that you\u2019re engaged with the company as a whole. It is rare that a large multinational invests all of its expertise, budgets and problems in a single individual or team, and frequently teams are empowered to solve their own problems in an economic way and encouraged to share their solutions with the group. This means that generally speaking there are multiple potential entry points into a company, and it\u2019s wise to take advantage of this.\n\nA second common misconception is that because an individual at a big company fully understands a specific problem or opportunity, that they truly care about solving it or grasping it. In actual fact, the vast majority of big companies have a real mix of cultures and sub-cultures meaning that even in the most board-mandated innovation-orientated environments, individuals can on occasion still get decapitated for taking undue risk or diverting themselves excessively from their day jobs to chase the prospect of a new technological Nirvana. Added to this, some people just don\u2019t care as much as they ought to.\n\nLarge multinationals are generally constituted of complex and flowing networks of interests, perceptions and political capital. A good champion will help you to understand and navigate these very human elements, as well as support forward mapping the process to close. If they\u2019re serious about wanting to get the deal done, then it\u2019s in their interests to be open.\n\nAnd so, at the risk of sounding like a Sunday supplement, a quick round-number checklist to help you to spot whether you have a good one. They:\n\nUnderstand what it does\n\nUnderstand the value of what it does\n\nKnow to whom internally it has value and the nature of the problem it solves\n\nCan explain it to others\n\nHave real personal credibility\n\nHave a track record of on-boarding external technology\n\nWant to get a deal done\n\nWill empathise with your needs and work with you towards a shared goal\n\nAre frank about timing and will support sticking to an agreed timeframe\n\nWill help you to understand the process to getting a deal done, and all of the gates you need to pass through and the boxes to tick\n\nIf your primary engagement is with an individual with all of the above characteristics, great \u2013 you stand a chance of getting it done. If not, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean you want to jump off that horse, but it\u2019s well worth considering getting new blood into the stable. Early technology deals should be done as much as possible from the same side of the table, focussed on benefits and structures for win-wins. A good champion works with you towards common objectives.\n\nGetting the right champion is just the beginning, and from there on out its essential to be building your own political capital, and understanding first-hand the inner machinations of the business, but you\u2019ll never understand it nearly as well as when you have a talented insider with aligned interests.\n\nSuccessful commercialisation requires a great technology with differentiated IP, a sound strategy with clear execution, and a little bit of unexpected foresight.\n\nCase in point, a RIG client had a market-leading technology, a clear but simple strategy that resonated with its customers, partners and employees, and a strong execution-focused team that collaborated closely across the different functions of R&D, production, marketing, sales and support. This put the company in a winning position. However, an unexpectedly genius bit of negotiation led to the first few years of growth and sales being far smoother than previously imagined.\n\nThe technology had been incubated in university and was godfathered by one of the world\u2019s largest energy companies who had provided clear technical specs, some development funding, and some of their business units to act as field trial partners until a commercial version of the technology was available. The quid pro quo from our client was that the energy company had exclusive access to the technology for a period of time. In order for the technology and the company to be viable and valuable, it had to unshackle itself from its customer and prove that it had worldwide application within its target market.\n\nWe had prepped and planned the negotiation for weeks on ends mapping out the various stakeholders and persons of interest within the energy company. Over a several month negotiating cycle we managed to secure a removal of their exclusivity on the technology without any change in shareholding. The key concessions were royalties over time and a Most Favoured Nation (MFN) pricing structure for the energy company. Little did we know the second thing, which we saw as a necessary evil, became one of our client\u2019s most powerful negotiation tools.\n\nAs we started commercialising the technology out in the global energy market we discovered that there was real interest in the problem our client was solving, and a real differentiation in how they solved it. The market was keen to adopt the technology and we were able to get through the technical qualification process and identify significant problems that we could solve so that budget could be secured for initial uses of the technology. While this process wasn\u2019t rapid, reflecting the sales cycles in the energy industry, it was smooth progress. We believed that we\u2019d hit rough waters when it came to procurement especially as we were selling this across the world and we believed that different geographies would have different spending thresholds. Sure enough, during negotiations, having agreed all the terms and conditions, and just before producing an order, procurement teams would invariably ask for discounts saying that the budget secured was only for a certain round figure. However we knew that the problem was significant, and that our client\u2019s technology could solve the problem best, so we stuck to our guns. However the argument we used every time, and with significant credibility, was the MFN pricing. The conversation normally lasted as long as this:\n\nPotential customer: We\u2019d like a 20-30% discount on the unit price of your technology. Our budget is only x. Our internal customers (the operational and technology team) want to use your technology but you have to work with us to fit the budget.\n\nUs: I\u2019m sorry we can\u2019t do that. Energy Company Y has a MFN pricing agreement with us where they get 5% less than the lowest price in the market. So if we discount you by 20-25% we\u2019d have to do the same for them and given that their volumes are an order of magnitude higher than yours, we can\u2019t afford to do that.\n\nPotential customer: Ok understood. We\u2019ll prepare the order in the next day.\n\nAs you\u2019ll note, the conversation was never about your price versus your competitors because our sales process ensured that we had identified that the problem we were solving was significant and had established in the users\u2019 minds that our technology was best equipped to solve it. As a result, it was never a competitive scenario so the lever the customer had was at best made of rubber while ours was made of steel. It was never a lever that we had ever remotely imagined we\u2019d have to use.\n\nWe probably trotted that line out to 30 different customers in 15 different geographies during the first couple of years of commercialisation. It worked with everyone but one: a family-owned energy company in India from who we decided to walk away from after two years of discussions and negotiations. Speaking for my countrymen, despite us seeing the value and understanding the logic, we just can\u2019t live without a discount!\n\nThat\u2019s the point I knew the client had lost the deal. And with the deal, the long term viability of the company.\n\nOne of the most fundamental tenets of a successful growth company is \u2018making yourself easy to do business with\u2019. I think sheer greed got in the way here, or perhaps a total misreading of the strategic situation. It was explained to me post-meeting: that development work would be costly, so something would need to be charged to the client.\n\nRewind.\n\nI\u2019d started working with the client two or three years earlier. They were selling services, charging an annual subscription fee on a headcount basis, into the people management space. Human resources has plenty of critics (/administrators), so I will not repeat them here \u2013 but to make matters worse, the client was disorganised and emotional, but worst of all it learned slowly and was subscale.\n\nI cannot even remember quite how they got into the situation, but one of the major UK water companies was brought round to the idea of doing a pilot of the service. They certainly needed it \u2013 the management systems \u2018human resources\u2019 had in place were poorly implemented, and the Head of People knew it. The client\u2019s service offered the opportunity to solve the problem, and in order to get well embedded (knowing such a service would always go to public tender), it was manoeuvred into a three month limited-headcount pilot.\nRemember I said the client was slow learning? It must have been obvious to the water company throughout the pilot that the client was learning on the job. This is not necessarily a bad thing \u2013 learning together, which certainly needed to happen, can build bonds between a company and its customers. Quite why I was directing the learning was never clear \u2013 but I knew someone had to grip the situation, because the opportunity was too important.\n\nRemember I said the client was subscale? Getting the water company on-board probably would have trebled the \u2018people under management\u2019, which was the key metric for this particular client. The investment in the technology and outsourced relationships needed to deliver the service was a leveraged investment \u2013 and they were short of break even. Trebling the numbers, almost at any price point, would have been enough to put the company into that happy space where bills were covered, cash was being generated, and everyone would be able to sit down and think about what to do long-term now the company was \u2018washing its face\u2019.\n\nPilot was completed, a big thumbs up for the concept from the water company, and then to public tender. Everyone knew three people would be pitching at the final round, and despite the obvious learning going on during the pilot, as an \u2018incumbent\u2019 (in the loosest possible use of the term), one would expect to be at that pitch. And the client was.\n\nNow as I said before, it didn\u2019t matter what the price point was (within reason) \u2013 all that mattered was trebling the number of people under management. So basically, unless the water company decided to totally reframe the tender at the last month, all the client needed to do was ease into pole position (with a three month head start) and they were good to go on a three year contract. On to thinking about the business and how to develop it now faces were being washed\u2026..\n\nWater company: \u201cSo one of your competitors, being open with you, is offering us a set of metrics over and above those which you are currently providing. Can you produce the same set of metrics?\u201d\n\nThe data set was identical \u2013 same information going into the database, so:\n\nClient: \u201cOf course, not a problem \u2026. But, er\u2026\u2026 there will be a cost \u2013 that\u2019s out of scope.\u201d\n\n(hold on, we prepared for this meeting \u2013 I don\u2019t remember any additional costs being discussed)\n\nWater company: \u201cOh \u2026. right \u2026. Er, how much?\u201d\n\nClient: \u201cEr \u2026\u2026 er \u2026.. fifteen thousand pounds\u201d\n\nTalk about dropping the ball. This was a knock on by the wing, once it had run round the opposition\u2019s tardy back line, and was clear through for a try.\n\nI was asked to speak to the water company\u2019s procurement people to get feedback, once the client had received notification that the pilot was over and the tender was lost. Apparently, and of course unsurprisingly, the water company hadn\u2019t wanted to switch the client out \u2013 too much effort \u2013 but fifteen thousand pounds was not in the budget, and the other company was levying no extra charge.\n\nI was on the team that put that company into administration a couple of years later.\n\nThe fifteen thousand? That would have been made in margin in year two; the client CEO, for whatever reason, justified the unilateral action to themselves at the time and came out with it. The company never ceased to be subscale.\n\nThe moral of this story? Focus on what\u2019s important (your company\u2019s key metric); don\u2019t get greedy; be easy to do business with.\n\nThe lean approach to software creation has brought market testing much earlier in the life cycle of a product. Its aim is to try to find market acceptance as soon as possible so that companies minimise the risk of building products that turn out to be not sufficiently compelling.\n\nHow does this translate for non-software technology products?\n\nIf a product is based on new IP, it\u2019s likely to have quite a long period before a first trial version is market ready. So how early should you start your commercialisation?\n\nThere is a concern that ramping up commercialisation efforts too far in advance of production readiness could lead to a loss of any momentum that has been built with potential customers and go-to-market partners. There is a temptation to think that it is better to put your head down and focus on getting to a production-ready model.\n\nHowever, it\u2019s important to remember that engaging the market serves a number of purposes:\n\nThere are often multiple parties that will be involved in the sales, implementation, operation and maintenance of a technology. Engaging with them is essential to understand what is required for each of them to adopt the technology. This will be central to the go-to-market strategy\n\nWorking with these parties will give a clearer sense of where the orders for the product will come from in the first 12 to 24 months post-launch. This is a period where sales velocity must be built. Only when they are prepared to shape up distribution or sales deals will it become clear that there is product-market fit. Confirming in advance where the actual orders are likely to come from will help mitigate commercial risk for investors and support valuation\n\nUnderstanding why and how these parties will engage and buy is key to structuring a go-to-market strategy and sales process\n\nIn the process of verifying the needs of the market, it is quite possible that information will emerge that will result in changes to the product development path.\n\nIf market engagement is left too late, this information may not be uncovered. The cost of this in terms of lost time and missing targets will be considerable."}
-{"text": "Last week I went and saw Leonard Cohen performing at the tennis centre here in Melbourne. In a word \u2013 awesome! The guy is 75, and delivered an unbelievable show. At the beginning he promised that he and the band would give their all \u2026 and three and a quarter hours, three encores and five standing ovations later I think everyone in the packed house would have agreed that he\u2019d kept his promise.\n\nIn a way Leonard is running a very successful practice focusing on the authoring (albums and books) mode and the speaking (well, singing) mode. On the way home I was reflecting on what us Thought Leaders can learn from Mr. Cohen.\n\nThe first is an obsession with our IP. Leonard Cohen is a poet and a songwriter, and his obsession with his lyrics is legendary. There are lines in his songs that he has taken a year to write. He agonises over each word. And you can tell \u2013 he thinks hard and deep about what he wants to say. A broken halleluiah \u2026 1000 kisses deep \u2026 here I stand. Lyrics that have the power to make your hair stand on end.\n\nAs thought leaders our job is to think, sell and deliver. And when we are thinking, I think that\u2019s how we want to be about it. Think hard and deep about what we want to say, and aim to be word perfect.\n\nThe second lesson is how he delivered \u2013 he gave everything he had, all of himself. And he\u2019s 75 and has been singing some of these songs for 45 years. When we are in front of a room or in front of a client or a prospect how dare we give anything less?\n\nI know the next time I\u2019m feeling tired, or bored, or feel myself going into autopilot I\u2019m going to think of Leonard Cohen at 75 years of age at 11 pm coming out for his third encore, and channel a bit of that.\n\nI was recently debriefing with a friend about a sales meeting where the potential client didn't buy. Apparently it was a great meeting but at the end they said they would try to do the work themselves and didn't need my client's help.\n\nIt's a very familiar situation to me \u2013 I can see that they would really benefit from what I'm offering, but somehow they don't."}
-{"text": "Would it be correct for me to guess that a non-technical CIO and other ignorant CXOs made the decision to outsource? Were the screams of protest by knowledgeable \"IT people\" (a.k.a. the drones) ignored because they were supposedly interested only in saving their own jobs? Can the sales process for the outsourcing deal be described as \"people who don't know what they're selling telling lies to people who don't know what they're buying?\"\n\n\"A recent University of Utah business school article found significantly higher rates of failure at companies that had outsourced IT and other operations. The authors concluded that \"companies need to retain adequate control over specialized components that differentiate their products or have unique interdependencies, or they are more likely to fail to survive.\"\"\n\nA flawed methodology. Companies which are struggling to begin with often turn to outsourcing to drastically reduce costs in an attempt to save the business. There is a huge skew towards companies which are already in trouble who outsource everything, completely apart from anything IT related.\n\nCore competencies cannot be outsourced without the business failing. So any software shop or company using a lot of IT should not outsource IT, because it IS a core competency. That is what I learned in business 101 ten years ago. Seems that plenty of C-level morons missed that class.\n\nKeeping it simple:1) The contract must be well-written and not leave many grey areas left open to interpretation. I have seen companies keep a more loosely-defined contract hoping to 'get more' over time but this has led to commercial disputes and takes away from delivery.2) Governance. The outsourcing company must have a strong governance model with competent individuals leading the governance who are not power-hungry egomaniacs but individuals who are practical, pragmatic and reasonable.3) Strong service levels that properly measure what is required. Service levels drive behaviour.\n\nOne can blame the suppliers for trying to make a buck on a shoe string but the outsourcing company shares in the failures as well.\n\nI am not convinced that the consultants helping to put the outsourcing contracts together have the best interest of the deal in mind but work to squeeze the most out of every element leaving the outsourcers with small margins and with little room to work.\n\nRemember the \"Your Less for Mess\" period in EDS? Companies may outsource because they cannot gain control on their own. I will hold the landscaping company more accountable to cutting my lawn to service levels of quality (no mohawks) than I will myself or my sons.\n\nYou concisely summed up the entire article in one sentence, \"depends on what you ... outsource and how you manage the vendor\". In fact, most of your examples seemed to point toward failures of oversight or vague SLA development. Human nature is to get away with the minimum investment for maximum return and most will try everything with that objective in mind. The responsibility however rests with the staff in the company doing the outsourcing in the development and enforcement of specific, goal oriented SLAs and process selection.\n\nOutsourcing has not worked for us. It usually starts with some qualified people doing a dog an pony show just to get the deal and then the work is handed off to a bunch of \"freshers\" in India who are right out of school and handed a programming book with their first assignment. Next we had 30 programmers in India working on a project where we originally had 6. Our cost kept going up and the quality of the work kept going down.\n\nThe quality of the code delivered was so bad that we struggled for 6 months to try to salvage it while we continued to run our old system. We finally gave up and rewrote the entire system that we outsourced using 5 qualified programmers and two part-timers and we finished it in half the time that the outsources took.\n\nThis outsourced project was a total loss and set up back almost 3 years. Never again.\n\nTo learn more about what organizations are doing to tackle attacks and threats we surveyed a group of 300 IT and infosec professionals to find out what their biggest IT security challenges are and what they're doing to defend against today's threats. Download the report to see what they're saying.\n\nIs DevOps helping organizations reduce costs and time-to-market for software releases? What's getting in the way of DevOps adoption? Find out in this InformationWeek and Interop ITX infographic on the state of DevOps in 2017.\n\nChances are your organization is adopting cloud computing in one way or another -- or in multiple ways. Understanding the skills you need and how cloud affects IT operations and networking will help you adapt."}
-{"text": "FDA Bans Seven Artificial Food Flavorings\n\nOctober 6, 2018 \u00b7\n0 Comments\n\nOct. 5, 2018 \u2014 The FDA has banned the use of seven synthetic substances used to flavor or enhance flavor in baked goods, ice cream, candy, beverages, and chewing gum.\n\nEnvironmental and health advocacy groups sent data to the agency that showed that 6 of the substances cause cancer in lab animals, the FDA says, and the seventh flavor is being removed from approved additives as it is no longer used by industry.\n\nOn a label, the substances are listed as \u201dartificial flavors,\u201d rather than their specific names, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, one of the organizations that petitioned to get the flavors outlawed. The substances are typically added to simulate mint, cinnamon, and citrus.\n\nThe 6 are:\n\nBenzophenone\n\nEthyl acrylate\n\nEugenyl methyl ether\n\nMyrcene\n\nPulegone\n\nPyridine\n\nThe FDA also removed its approval for styrene, which has been abandoned by industry, the agency says.\n\nThe Petitioning\n\nIn 2015, several organizations petitioned the FDA to ban the substances, pointing to data showing they cause cancer in lab animals. Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act\u2019s Delaney Clause, enacted in 1958, the FDA cannot allow the legal use of any food additive found to induce cancer in humans or animals at any dose.\n\nIn its statement announcing the decision on Oct. 5, the FDA notes that its \u201drigorous scientific analysis has determined that they do not pose a risk to public health under the conditions of their intended use. The synthetic flavoring substances that are the subject of this petition are typically used in foods available in the U.S. marketplace in very small amounts and their use results in very low levels of exposure and low risk.\u201d\n\nBut, the agency says, the groups calling for the ban proved the \u201csubstances caused cancer in animals who were exposed to much higher doses. As such, the FDA is only revoking the listing of these six synthetic flavorings as a matter of law.\u201d\n\nThe decision, the FDA says, does not affect the legal status of foods that contain the natural counterparts of the substances used to flavor foods and drink.\n\nThe FDA will give companies 24 months to identify suitable replacement ingredients and change the formula for their products.\n\nPetitioners Applaud Decision\n\n\u201cThe evidence is really clear that these are carcinogens,\u201d says Tom Neltner, a chemical engineer and attorney who is the chemicals policy director of the Environmental Defense Fund.\n\nThe data they submitted, he says, links the flavorings to a variety of cancers, including urinary cancer and those of the kidney, blood, and liver.\n\nJaydee Hanson, senior policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety, another of the petitioners, said in this case, the system worked.\n\n\u201cThis is the kind of thing that is supposed to happen,\u201d he says \u201cYou\u2019re supposed to petition the government, they\u2019re supposed to pay attention and do something about it, and they did.\u201d\n\nOther petitioners included the Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Consumers Union, Environmental Working Group, Improving Kids\u2019 Environments, Natural Resources Defense Council, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and James Huff, former associate director for chemical carcinogenesis at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.\n\nIn a statement, the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the U.S., an industry group, says the FDA action shows the limitations of the law, as it fails \u201cto address risk or relevance in humans. It limits FDA\u2019s scientific discretion and requires the FDA to ban any food additive found to induce cancer in laboratory animals.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Welcome to our blog!\n\nDominate With These Game-Changing Amazon Marketing Tools\n\nI received a few emails from Amazon the other day, and whenever I get an unsolicited email from Amazon, there\u2019s naturally a jolt of panic\u2014did I do something wrong? Am I in trouble? Kind of reminds me of the apprehension of being asked to have a meeting with the teacher privately after school\u2026\n\nBut I became really excited soon after I read through the emails, as they were invitations to join the BETA roll out of new Amazon marketing programs for sellers.\n\nIn short, Amazon will be opening up video marketing capabilities, as well as opening up its Vine program to FBA sellers!\n\nPretty exciting stuff, so let\u2019s dig in to each offering, and what it means for you.\n\nVideo Marketing, For Amazon Sellers?\n\nThis is something that is long-awaited for many sellers, as it really adds a whole new level of marketing that you can do with your product listings.\n\nHow does it work?\n\nIt is basically a self-serve video tool in the Enhanced Brand Content section of Seller Central, where you can upload a video into your main images, like this:\n\nIf you are in the Enhanced Brand Content program, and have a registered brand, you can will see a new option to add a video to an ASIN.\n\nYou simply select a SKU, and you will now see a new \u201cGet Started\u201d button to upload your product video. It will look like this:\n\nYou will see that you can upload your video, customize the thumbnail, video title, and video description:\n\nYou will also see the video appear in the \u201cVideo Shorts\u201d widget at the bottom of your product page below the product information section of the detail page. It will look like this, where you can see the \u201cRelated Video Shorts\u201d:\n\nHow Can I Get My Hands On This?\n\nAs I mentioned, this is a new feature that they are rolling out in a beta phase for FBA sellers. It has been an existing feature in Vendor Central and Vendor Express for some time.\n\nThe best thing that you can do in the meantime is apply to Amazon\u2019s Brand Registry, a necessary pre-requisite for accessing Enhanced Brand Content, which we discussed here. You will need a registered trademark for your brand, but as we discussed, this process can pay off in more ways than one, including getting access to new features like this and increased protection for your brand.\n\nWhy Should I Care About Video?\n\nSimply put, video helps bring your product to life and ultimately improves conversion rate. I have seen this with my own products, like Jungle Stix.\n\nAmazon report that products that have A+ content (which includes rich text, images, video, etc) can improve conversion rates from 3% to 10%, as explained in this video.\n\nI think that allowing video is just the tip of the iceberg as far as Amazon allowing private label sellers to build a brand identity and narrative. Sellers will soon be able to craft a more unique identity on their Amazon pages, complete with unique Branded URL\u2019s (think www.amazon.com/junglesnugs), customizable templates, and more options for video, text, and images. The future looks bright, and branded!\n\nThis is something that I am really excited about, as it allows for more channels of differentiation from other competitors selling similar products.\n\nAmazon Opens Up The Vine Program\n\nPerhaps you\u2019ve heard of the invite-only Vine Program, where Vendors can give free products to select reviewers for early product feedback and reviews. It is open only to \u201cthe most trusted reviewers on Amazon to post opinions about new and pre-release items to help their fellow customers make informed purchase decisions.\u201d\n\nSounds cool, but almost too-cool-for-school\u2026 how can I get in on that?\n\nWell, that\u2019s the other announcement that I received from Amazon that I\u2019m about to share with you: Amazon is now releasing its Vine program for FBA sellers in a beta release.\n\nIt will cost you $1,000 per ASIN, which includes fulfillment fees and shipping costs to Amazon distribution centers and customers. And note that you will be giving away your product for free, too.\n\nThe benefit here is that you are getting your product into the hands of trusted reviewers who presumably have a high Reviewer ranking, and therefore more weighty reviews. Additionally, you can get these reviews before you launch, so that you have some existing reviews from Day 1.\n\n$1,000 per ASIN\u2014Isn\u2019t That Expensive?\n\nFrankly, the price tag of $1,000 per product listed sounds very expensive.\n\nHowever, considering my background starting Jump Send, an automated email and coupon distribution platform, I may be biased\u2026 let\u2019s dig in to the numbers to see if it makes sense.\n\nLet\u2019s suppose I allocate 200 units for my product launch of baby towels, which cost me $5 to manufacture and ship to Amazon.\n\nThis is how the numbers bear out for Amazon\u2019s Vine Program Vs. Jump Send:\n\nVine:\n\n$1000 flat fee\n\n$1000 in Cost of Goods Sold to give away ($5 x 200)\n\nassume 50% of recipients end up reviewing\u2026.\n\nThat\u2019s $2000 to receive 100 reviews, or $20 per review\n\nJump Send\n\n$30/month to join\n\nI price my product at 75% off of retail, so sell the towels at $5 instead of the retail cost of $20\n\n$0 Cost of Goods Sold\n\nConservatively assume that 25% of purchasers end up leaving a review. Note here that I can not ask for a review, but I am sending follow up emails to explain the product and hope for a review\n\nThat\u2019s $30 to receive 50 reviews, or $0.60 per review\n\nMoreover, with the $1970 that I am saving from the Vine launch I am allocating towards aggressive Pay Per Click ads (both Sponsored Product and Headline Search ads).\n\nThough I am not positive of this, I believe that Vine\u2019s program does not attribute a product giveaway towards your sales history and velocity. However, if you distribute discount coupons, each of those purchases counts as a sale. This positively impacts your sales history and velocity, and consequently your organic ranking and Best Seller Rank.\n\nIn Conclusion\n\nI am excited to see the roll out of these marketing platforms for sellers. It represents that continuation of Amazon\u2019s efforts to offer a differentiated marketplace, where sellers have more options to tell their brand story. Maybe the focus on branding for FBA sellers will become more apparent over time?\n\nAs I mentioned above, I think that it would be prudent to move towards getting your brand registered with Amazon, if you have not already. These programs are likely going to be open only to registered brands, at least for the foreseeable future. Getting a trademark and a registered brand would be a significant investment in the future of your product(s).\n\nIf you missed it, we covered the Brand Registry process in detail in this post.\n\nDo you have experience with the Amazon videos, or the Vine program? If so, please drop your thoughts in the comments section below, would be great to hear!"}
-{"text": "2018 Old Fashion Christmas Case\n\nBack for the Christmas Season our Limited Edition Old Fashioned Christmas. The traditional cocktail Wisconsin-style \"Old Fashion\" made with a white wine base with brandy and a cherry. A true holiday delight and a perfect gift, with a limited amount available.\n\nNote: The 13th bottle Case Club offer does not quality for this purchase."}
-{"text": "I realize I\u2019m a bit behind blahging about my photography adventures. Sorry. In early April, I ended up getting a walk-around lens I talked about previously\u2014for reasons which I hope to discuss in another post, I ended up getting the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G. Needless to say, I\u2019ve been using it quite a bit since.\n\nThe weather was good for watching, but not the best for photography\u2014the bright sunlight created many harsh shadows. I tried to address them in Lightroom, but many are still way too obvious. Without further ado, here are a couple of photos from the event. As always, there are more photos in the full gallery.\n\nThe reenactor registration table\u2014I\u2019d like to think that something like this happened in 1775 when people signed up to fight the British.\n\nThere were about two hours where the reenactors mingled.\n\nThat eventually turned into practicing in formation and getting ready for the battle.\n\nThen all the spectators moved toward the actual road where the battle would take place. Tons of additional spectators showed up out of nowhere. To amuse us (and to keep us on the correct side of the rope) some of the volunteers provided light entertainment. For example, one was dressed as a British officer on a horse and mocked (1775-style) the crowd\u2019s ignorance of how benevolent the British are.\n\nOthers entertained the somewhat restless kids in the crowd.\n\nAround this time, I realized that 70mm wouldn\u2019t be enough. Not having brought any other lenses with me, I had to make the best of it. This resulted in a copious amount of cropping in Lightroom. (Obviously, I need to get the 70-200mm f/2.8 for next time ;) )\n\nAnyway, both the British and the revolutionaries came and went. Not having anything else to photograph in front of me, I decided to follow the reenactors down the road. Sadly, that meant not having front row access and having to shoot over people\u2019s shoulders.\n\nAll in all, I took about 600 shots that day. The 24-70mm performed admirably. Yes, I wish I had a more telephoto lens as well, but that\u2019s not a fault of the 24-70mm. Finally, I was pleasantly surprised that the 1650g combo (750g for the camera, 900g for the lens) did not end up feeling too heavy. It certainly was not light, but I did not feel like I had an albatross around my neck.\n\nIt is 2016 and the digital SLR landscape is very different from what it was back in December 2004 when I bought my trusty Nikon D70. While the D70 is still going strong, it is obvious that DSLRs have dramatically improved in quality and upgrading would let me play with light in ways that the D70 just cannot handle. So after about a year and a half of telling others that I should upgrade my camera, I somehow managed to convince myself that I should actually upgrade instead of just talking about it.\n\nThe Body\n\nSince so much has changed over the past 11 years, I had to essentially survey the land from scratch. I even glanced at the Canon lineup, but ended up focusing only on Nikons simply because I like how Nikon SLRs feel in my hand as well as the layout of the controls. (Already having a Nikon F-mount 50mm f/1.8 helped a little as well.)\n\nNikon has a decent lineup of cameras and choosing one is not the easiest of tasks. One of the more interesting questions I had to answer was: do I want a full-frame (FX) or a crop-sensor (DX) camera? Having \u201csuffered\u201d with the DX D70 for 11 years and envying all the people with full-frame DSLRs, I decided to bite the bullet and pay for the privilege of having a full-frame sensor. This narrowed the field down to D610, D750, and D810. The D810 was simply out of my price range ($2800). Between the D610 and the D750, the D750 wins at everything (technical specs, as well as the feel in hand) except the price\u2014the D610 currently sells for $1300 while the D750 is $2000.\n\nAfter about a week of deliberating and reading everything I could about the D610 and the D750, I decided to go with the D750.\n\nThe Lens\n\nAn SLR camera is useless without a lens. My arsenal of lenses has only one that is full-frame friendly and worth putting on a D750\u2014the AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8.\n\nMy D70 came with a 18\u201370mm kit lens (which behaves as 27\u2013105mm due to the crop factor), and I think this is a good range for a general walk-around lens. So based on this, I am thinking that I want something similar. Now, there are a number of options. I spent a good week trying to figure out what I should do lens-wise before I even bought the camera.\n\nFirst of all, there is a D750 kit. It comes with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR lens. By itself the lens costs about $1100, but the kit is only $300 more than the body alone. So, one could get that and if one does not like it one should be able to sell it for about $300\u2013$400. Financially it makes sense.\n\nSo, I had a choice whether I should only get the body or if I should get the kit and either keep the lens or sell it and use the proceeds toward a lens I really wanted. If I got the body by itself, I would have my trusty 50mm prime to play with until I got a new lens.\n\nHere are some lenses I found. I have only had a chance to play with one\u2014the D750 kit lens.\n\nNikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR (kit, +$300)\n\nI got to play with this lens on a D750 and I had a couple of observations. While the room I was playing in was relatively decently lit (it certainly is not dark), I had some serious problems with exposure trying to keep the ISO below 1000 and the shutter speed within hand-holding range. Even at f/4. This is not surprising, since I know that I would have the same kind of problem with my 18\u201370mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom. I bet this would be a great lens outside. There is definitely some distortion. Near the edges there is noticeable barrel/pincushion distortion which makes straight lines look obviously \u201cbent\u201d. There is also some vignetting. In a \u201ccreative\u201d shot of the dull carpeting on the floor, I saw that the corners were noticeably darker than the center. Lightroom fixed it up in no time.\n\nSigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM A ($900)\n\nPeople seem to be raving about Sigma\u2019s Art (\u201cA\u201d) lenses. Based on the sample images I have seen this is a good lens. The f/4 however is not very exciting at all. Much like the D750 kit lens, it is just too slow for anything other than daytime outdoors photography. In theory the vibration reduction (\u201cOS\u201d in Sigma\u2019s lingo) should help with that, but I am not sold on VR as the solution to low light.\n\nSigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM ($750)\n\nA bit shorter than the 24-105mm Sigma Art lens, but it makes up for it (in my opinion) with a fast f/2.8 aperture. It also loses the VR but I would rather fast aperture than VR.\n\nNikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED ($1700, $2300 for f/2.8E)\n\nThis is a very nice lens. The only negative thing I have ever heard about it is that it is way too expensive. Indeed, $1700 is way too much for a hobbyist to spend on a single lens. Recently-ish, Nikon made a new version of this lens (the f/2.8E) which features VR as well. Sadly, this new version is even more expensive.\n\nTamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 DI VC USD ($1100)\n\nPrice-wise, this one is between the Sigma 24-70mm and Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G. I hear good things about the image quality, but I have not spend enough time looking at it\u2026yet.\n\nIt is rather unfortunate that good fast lenses are so expensive.\n\nAfter a week of going back and forth on whether I should get the kit or not, I decided that I was going to take the easy way out, and get it. Amusingly enough, the evening I decided to place my order, B&H updated the product page with a banner saying that the combo has been discontinued by the manufacturer. Since I was so torn about the kit lens to begin with, I just shrugged and bought the body only. (The next day, the kit was available again.)\n\nB&H threw in a 32GB SD card and a 4TB USB3 external hard drive\u2014both useful. This way, I did not have to try to figure out which SD card I should get and I have an external hard drive to backup my photos to!\n\nThe shipping was prompt and uneventful.\n\n\u201cReview\u201d\n\nKeep in mind that I did not yet buy one of the zooms I talked about earlier.\n\nSo far, I spent most of my time running around with a 50mm f/1.8 prime (which is finally usable thanks to the FX sensor). The image quality is great regardless of how much light is present. I have used it indoors, for a white background \u201cproduct shot\u201d, as well as outdoors (under clear skies with tons of harsh sunlight and shadows, during a sunset, by a fog-covered pond on a rainy day, by a poorly lit church at night, \u2026) and I am constantly blown away at how much detail can be extracted from the shadows. Even at night with ISO 8000 the performance is amazing\u2014autofocus very rarely hunts and the noise is manageable.\n\nThere is one thing I miss that my D70 had\u2014the 1/8000 shutter. The D750\u2019s 1/4000 is still quite good, but on a bright day it would be convenient to have the option to have a shorter exposure than 1/4000 instead of having to reach for ND filters (which I do not have) or venture into extended ISO to cut down on the amount of light.\n\nThe body is rather hefty (750g), but since the 50mm f/1.8 is so light (156g) it does not bother me at all. The weight seems well distributed, and gives the camera a feel of quality\u2014not just a body with a ballast. I may start minding the weight a bit once I get an FX standard zoom which will be a whole lot heavier than the 50mm prime I have now (e.g., 790g for the Sigma 24\u201370 f/2.8).\n\nThere are 51 autofocus points. 51! This is an insane number compared to the 5 that are on the D70. Sadly, as most D750 reviews point out, all 51 AF points are clustered in the center of the frame. As a result, it is possible that one may have to use a nearby AF point and recompose. It is a bit annoying, but it is nowhere near as bad as what I had to deal with on the D70 where a very large number of shots required a bit of recomposing. (Yes, I realize this is a crummy comparison.) Of the several hundred shots I took on the D750, I think I had to recompose maybe 1% of the time. I expect that to be an exaggeration too since I have been trying various extreme scenes to see how the camera reacts so the in-focus portion is not always near the AF points.\n\nSoftware\n\nNeedless to say, I was disappointed that I could not import the D750 raw files (NEF) into Lightroom 4. It has been a while since Adobe updated Lightroom 4\u2019s camera database and I don\u2019t blame them. Thankfully, Adobe has a free DNG converter program which can batch convert NEFs to DNGs. Lightroom 4 then happily imports the generated DNGs.\n\nI did this pre-import conversion for about a week. Then I found out that I can get the Lightroom 6 upgrade for $79 and that there is no need to do this import dance. Not only that, but Lightroom 6 has a number of goodies that are not in Lightroom 4. For example, built-in panorama and HDR merging, and facial recognition. I bought the upgrade, installed it, and started importing NEFs directly without any problems.\n\nThe raw files that come out of the camera are huge (~30MB) compared to what I was used to on my D70 (~4.5MB). As a result, disk space fills up quickly, and transferring them between computers takes longer. It is a small price to pay for the amount of detail captured by the camera."}
-{"text": "STRATFORD, Conn. (March 20, 2017) \u2013 If timing is everything, then for a Midwest electrical contractor the timing could not have been better. The contractor was awarded a fast-paced rewiring job of a major automotive design facility and office building just after the contractor became aware of Bridgeport\u2019s new line of Mighty-Merge multi-port transition fittings. Here was a solution that would make the contractor\u2019s job easier and quicker.\n\nIt was immediately evident that to join MC cable and have the exposed conductors pass through one-inch EMT, compared to connecting MC branch circuits to boxes or wire-ways then change to strut-mounted EMT, was not the way to go. Bridgeport Fittings\u2019 new Mighty-Merge multi-port, cable-to-MC transition couplings provide superior cable management and workmanship by bringing multiple AC/MC/MCI-A/HCF/MC-PCS cables into one EMT conduit. Besides the speed at which the electrical contractor could complete the installation project, the Bridgeport solution also saved time in helping the contractor manage and identify circuits. \u201cOver all, the Bridgeport solution helped to keep the job on schedule, reduce man-hours and promote good workmanship \u2013 three keys to success on any job,\u201d noted Eric Cerasale, Bridgeport\u2019s technical marketing manager.\n\nThe new, cETLus-Listed family of fittings comes with two, three or four ports (4156-DC, 4357-DC, 4457-DC) that are ideal for installing in an enclosure with a limited number of knockouts. The Bridgeport solution means contractors have fewer boxes, connectors and fasteners to deal with, increasing productivity and efficiency. In addition, the multi-port transition fittings can be pre-fabricated with bent or cut lengths of EMT and Armored Cable for even more time and labor savings in the field.\n\nBridgeport\u2019s multi-port fittings are part of Bridgeport\u2019s full range of electrical solutions that can be found in the \u201cWall of Orange\u2122\u201d \u2013 a completely stocked selection of quality electrical fittings and innovative product solutions available from major electrical distributorships across the U.S. and Canada.\n\nFor more information about Bridgeport\u2019s solutions that help contractors become more productive on the job site, contact:"}
-{"text": "Crafty Storage: Zippers\n\nI recently got a big order of zippers from Zipit. Great price and fast delivery, but now where would I put them?!\n\nIt was time to think about storage for zippers. My answer was zip lock bags. I wrote the sizes on the front \u2013 3\u2033, 4\u2033, 8\u2033, 10\u2033 12\u2033 and 14\u2033 \u2013 yes, lots of zippers! They\u2019re clear so it\u2019s easy to see what I have. I popped them into a basket under my sewing table.\n\nMore reading\n\nI love to chat so please leave me a comment or ask a question.\n\nDon't stress if your comment doesn't appear immediately - sometimes I have to moderate comments thanks to spam visitors, but the comments from real readers will always get published. Scroll down to add your thoughts or ask a question.\n\nI recently ordered from them too! I just did a search on Etsy for zips and was blown away at the awesome prices, and was super impressed with the service. I\u2019ll definitely be ordering all my future zipper needs from there \ud83d\ude42\n\nI LOVE Zipit! It like to just go there and look at all the beautiful colors on one page! It always inspires me to want to make more things! They are superior quality, and have great prices! And yes, service is always so fast, and wonderful! I currently store mine in a box, but most are stored in a plastic storage box (like Rubbermaid).\n\nI am DEFINITELY going to buy zips from ZipIt from now on!! I had no idea it existed\u2026 thankyou for sharing. Now if only they could be stored as beautifully as they are photographed on the site. I\u2019ll probably end up using snaplock bags like you!!\n\nYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *\n\nComment\n\nName *\n\nEmail *\n\nWebsite\n\nHi! I\u2019m the CraftyMummy\n\nTonya is the voice behind The Crafty Mummy. She dabbles in lots of different crafts \u2013 patchwork, quilting, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, knitting, crochet and sewing. This is the record of projects she has done, and the projects she dreams of getting to! Read More\u2026\n\nSearch\n\nNever miss out on my Crafty Updates - once a Week straight to your Inbox - easy!\n\nLatest\n\nDisclosure: There are affiliate links on this site. This means that I may get a commission if you choose to purchase after browsing via these links - at absolutely no extra cost to you, of course. I only recommend products which I use and love, or that I think will be quality products that will be useful to my readers. It is the affiliate links in this site that help me keep my tutorials free of charge. Thank you!"}
-{"text": "Do Not Lose Sight Of The Woods While Being Distracted By The Tree\n\nMore than a month back, I sought an appointment with a Member of the Cabinet, in the hope that I could speak to him about some concerns I had. He promised to get back to me \u2013 but never did. I did not call him again because firstly, I know that he is a very busy man and can do without me pestering him time and again and, secondly, it is improper that I keep calling a Member of the Cabinet, at will.\nI had, or have, 3 plus 1 specific concerns that I wanted to discuss with him. Of the 3, I will today discuss one of them. But first, I want to start with the plus 1 concern \u2013 not really a concern but a point of view.\nI wanted to begin by offering him my point of view that if he truly desires to make a difference during his tenure as a Minister \u2013 he needed to dream small but achieve big. I wanted to tell him that this country has seen no dearth of dreamer of lofty dreams \u2013 but few have achieved anything meaningful. I wanted to caution him against that one fundamental human failing \u2013 that of overlooking the small important things that bring big changes, in our pursuit of big dreams that have, slowly but surely, put us on the road to destruction and ruin. I wanted to tell him not to lose sight of the woods while being distracted by the tree. Perhaps he should be satisfied seeing his reflection on the crystal waters of the free-flowing rivers, rather than the blurry outline on the murky waters of the hydro-power dams.\nI wanted to tell him that perhaps there is a need for a change in the way we think and do things. Perhaps we need to look backwards to take us forward rather than look forward to be pushed rearward.\nPerhaps the time is here for us to amend our outdated laws and rules that are out of tune with the changing times, rather than frame new ones that are most often done with poor understanding and in a state of confusion as to their purpose and intent.\nI wanted to remind the Minister of a strange case where the author of the book\u2019s foreword wrote that the rules and regulations contained in the book needed to be read and understood by every Bhutanese, while the agency that promulgated the rules and regulations marked on its cover: \u201cSTRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL\u201d.\nAnd now, coming to 1 of the 3 concerns I wanted to discuss with the Minister, had I got that appointment I sought. I wanted to apprise him of the case pertaining to the rule concerning the transfer of vehicle ownership and the payment required to be paid for the purpose.\nI wanted to clarify to him, if he did not already know, the difference between \u201cTAX\u201d and \u201cFEE\u201d. I wanted to point out to him that conceptually, \u201cTAX\u201d is collected as a measure of realizing revenue, while \u201cFEE\u201d becomes payable for a certain service rendered or performed. The act of amending the record of the ownership of an old vehicle from one to another \u2013 the act of printing a different ownership certificate is a service and thus should be subjected to a FEE and not a TAX. Therefore to levy 5% TAX on the transfer of ownership of vehicles is incorrect.\nFrankly, I am concerned not so much with the legality of the issue \u2013 as much as I am with the huge loss of income the government is suffering. Because of the requirement of payment of 5% TAX, no one is willing to transfer the ownership of vehicles \u2013 even when the property has changed hands. But the truth is that our country needs to collect \u2013 even the smallest of TAX or FEE.\nThis is one quixotic case for the record books: a case of the government wanting to collect vast amounts of TAX but losing huge amounts of income through none-realization of FEE. There are thousands who have chosen not to transfer the ownership because it is unreasonable to pay TAX on something that should not be taxable.\nI am one among them."}
-{"text": "Category: SelfOER\n\nWell, this penny has taken an awfully long time to drop!! But I guess you don\u2019t go around talking about philosophical paradigms everyday of the week. It\u2019s just when you\u2019re engaged in PhD research you\u2019re more or less expected to situate your research in one. Having said that, I now recall that posthumanism was pretty much the focus of #EDCMOOC, e-Learning and Digital Cultures, that I did way-back-when, when I said I\u2019d \u201cforgo any attempt at putting my thoughts down about \u2018redefining the human\u2019 and the implications for education of such a paradigm shift\u201d. Well, it looks like I can\u2019t duck that one any longer as my focus of study, selfOER, seems to be increasingly pushing me in that direction and to consider what it means to \u2018be open\u2019 and indeed to \u2018be human\u2019.\n\nAs you may know, I\u2019ve already conceived my research topic, the practice of selfOER, from a sociomaterial literacies perspective and as a sociomaterial assemblage, that is a relational coming together of human and non-human actors in an actor-network theory (ANT) way of thinking. Because I\u2019m interested in how selfOER gets enacted and how subjectivity of the self is constructed, not only materially but discursively as well, I\u2019m also drawing on Foucault who, because of his critique of structuralism and it\u2019s focus on language, often gets labelled as a poststructuralist. Indeed, ANT can also be considered in poststructuralist terms, so it\u2019s no wonder that I didn\u2019t see the posthuman, or the cyborg, coming sooner. It was rediscovering \u2018Cyborg Literacies and the Posthuman Text\u2019 by Lesley Gourlay (2011) that stirred this deeply sown seed and prompted my turn to the posthuman. And I have to say that the omens are looking good because hadn\u2019t I just checked out a copy of \u2018Simians, Cyborgs and Women\u2019 (Haraway, 1991) when Bonnie Stewart, in her awesome keynote at ALT earlier in the week, calls out Haraway\u2019s cyborg as a possible way to understand the relationship between technology and open practices and perhaps as a way to deal with the political implications.\n\nClearly, I\u2019ve got a lot of reading ahead of me in order to understand how such a theoretical orientation can be applied to my research and help understand what\u2019s happening in practice. However, it\u2019s fascinating, not least because it requires a lot of recalibrating of previously held assumptions.\n\nSo, how/why does posthumanism redefine the human, and what are the implications for digital and open education? Quickly, drawing on thinking from poststructuralism, feminism and science and technology studies, posthumanism builds on critique of the humanist project that\u2019s underpinned much of Western thinking for over the last 400 years or so and calls into question what it is we mean when we speak of the human. In particular, it de-privileges the human and considers them alongside nature and the technological other, and in doing so it brings into question the essentialism and autonomy of the human subject, which in turn has implications for how we view human agency.\n\nThere are a number of reasons why humanism is being called into question. These range from the \u2018Death of Man\u2019 thesis in which Foucault asks whether we are closer to gods or to apes; the generic postmodern/feminist critique that sees humanism as a mechanism of elite white male hegemony and the ecological critique that considers actions predicated on humanist assumptions as destroying the planet etc. Indeed, in the last 12 months or so, the anthropocene has been declared, which proposes a new epoch dating from the commencement of significant (detrimental) human impact on the Earth\u2019s geology and ecosystems.\n\nEqually, with the rise of artificial intelligence and accelerating technological mediation, what it means to be human is also being questioned. Mind you, as Professor Steve Fuller points out, \u2018it is very difficult to define what it is to be human\u2019. It turns out that \u2018humanity\u2019, as a social category, has variously been defined throughout the ages (ancient, medieval and modern).\n\nIn relation to education then, the implications of this discussion and the critique of humanism are clearly profound. Rather than \u2018bringing out\u2019 the potential of the individual subject (Biesta, 1998), it may well be that education, viewed in terms of assemblages, is more about ensuring the creative \u2018gathering\u2019 of human and non-human actors (Edwards, 2010).\n\nTherefore, as Sian Bayne (2016) asks, \u201chow, as researchers and scholars, can we move beyond the humanistic orthodoxies which assume the individual \u2013 the human subject \u2013 to be a rational actor in possession of a pure agency which allows it to view the world from a position of autonomy and disconnection from its material and discursive contexts?\u201d (p.83). Well, I don\u2019t know, but it would seem that I\u2019m about to start giving it a go!\n\nReferences:\n\nDefining Humanity (2009) [Film]. University of Warwick, TEDX.\n\nBayne, S. (2016) \u2018Posthumanism and Research in Digital Education\u2019, in The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research\n\nThis post is first of all a reply to Suzan Koseoglu\u2019s recent post Boundaries of Openness, which continues the conversation about the self as an open educational resource, #selfOER, that she and Maha Bali have been developing since #OER16. It\u2019s a conversation that I\u2019m glad to say I\u2019ve been welcomed to join, after I instinctively took up the idea as the focus of my PhD study having watched their recorded GO_GN webinar back in February. Since then, not only have I been developing my fledgling ideas about how to research this, but so too have Suzan and Maha. So this post kind of outlines a bit of my thinking on this as well. It turns out that we might be taking two \u2018completely different readings\u2019 on this, which, wouldn\u2019t you know, just so happens to be the name of Suzan\u2019s blog. \ud83d\ude42 After outlining a few realisations about how I\u2019m going to conduct my study, the post finishes with what amounts to something like a \u2018negotiating access\u2019 request to the open community.\n\nOK, so Suzan\u2019s question was \u201cif you were to research the open self how would you define the boundaries for research and participation\u201d? First of all, what attracted me to the concept of selfOER was that it seemed to be a great example of a sociomaterial assemblage; that is, it combines a human actor (the self) with non-human actors (texts and technology etc.). All very actor-networky (ANT) I know, but I\u2019m interested in this because literacies studies are starting to see the production of texts as sociomaterial practice (Goodfellow and Lea, 2016; Gourlay and Oliver, 2013), and the concept of selfOER that Suzan and Maha advance foregrounds textual practice as the way in which the self might become an OER. Citing Catherine Cronin, they say\n\nsimply by engaging in public activities (e.g., blogging, Tweeting) we open ourselves to an authentic audience where our work and ideas \u201ccan be read, viewed, used, shared, critiqued and built upon by others\u201d (Cronin, 2014, p. 408).\n\nIn terms of defining boundaries, what\u2019s interesting about an ANT perspective is that it takes a a relational view, or network perspective, that sees boundaries between the social and material, or human and non-human, as emerging from the strength of their relationships. Defining boundaries or, in ANT terms, cutting the network is clearly tricky. And I don\u2019t see boundaries easily. I want to be free to explore everywhere and everything, so no wonder an ANT perspective appeals to me.\n\nHowever, I\u2019ve got to develop a conceptual framework for my study so, just for now, I\u2019d better identify a few boundaries. It\u2019s no surprise that how the self is conceived in all this is crucial. What\u2019s interesting is that in considering selfOER as an assemblage, I was drawn to thinking about how the self was constructed in this. So I started to think about subjectivity.\n\nSubjectivity is different to identity. It\u2019s about how individuals are \u2018subjected\u2019 to outside forces such as economics, the law, society, the circumstances of history and the physical world in general, and consequently how they\u2019re made subjects of these forces. From this perspective it\u2019s not so much what kind of OER you\u2019d like to be, but rather what kind of OER you can be.\n\nSome of you might be starting to see that this presents a post-structuralist take on things. Following the work of Michel Foucault, it signifies the ways that individuals must situate themselves in relation to power and the role that discourse plays in constructing the subject. I just read an article by Katia Hildebrandt and Alec Couros that neatly discusses this very thing \u2013 applying a post-structuralist, or Foucauldian, lens to digital identity. Rather than possessing a core identity the individual, or subject, is discursively constituted and re-constituted within the productive relations of power and knowledge. Within this there are technologies of power that act upon the subject and technologies of the self in which the subject acts upon them self. Undeniably, this perspective can present a more restricted, or challenging, view of individual agency than some might usually be comfortable with.\n\nIt\u2019s interesting to think what synergies and divergences our two investigations will bring up. I was interested to follow Suzan\u2019s reading of Parker J. Palmer\u2019s, The Courage to Teach. I have to admit, I\u2019d never come across his work before, but what struck me, in the quick skim that I did, was his reference to self knowledge, which seems very similar to Foucault\u2019s idea of self care, a technology of the self in which the individual essentially might speak, think and write them self into particular ways of being. Discourse, as explained by James Paul Gee, has similarly been identified as a key dimension of identity formation.\n\nPart two of Suzan\u2019s question was about the boundaries of participation in relation to researching the \u2018open self\u2019. Great question. Just last week or so I wrote \u2018observer-participant\u2019 as part of my proposed methodology. However, events have subsequently made me realise that this isn\u2019t right. As the proposed research is about people being open, and is in the context of an open community, the fact that I had interviewed an open practitioner as part of my pilot study quickly became open knowledge, which furthered conversation with further members of the community. This made me realise that I\u2019m seen as a member of the open community and that an observer-participant role just wouldn\u2019t wash. I\u2019m a participant, observing and trying to make sense of the development of openness as practiced by individuals, and as I\u2019ve also come to realise, this brings with it a whole bunch of responsibility. Extra responsibility that requires great care, precisely because it is in the open.\n\nFor example, in setting up my pilot study one participant, Rebecca Hogue, someone who identifies herself as a selfOER, blogged about her objection to being asked to participate anonymously in such a study.\n\nI find it odd/annoying when I\u2019m asked to participate in a research study about open practice, then the consent form for the study says that all identifying information will be removed and my contribution will be anonymous. To me this is a huge contradiction. The study is looking at practices that I do in the open, and yet my participation in the study itself is not allowed to be open.\n\nRebecca made the point that she didn\u2019t want her data to be anonymized. Moreover, as I quickly came to realise, it\u2019s difficult to guarantee that anything taken from the internet can be totally anonymous. Ethical guidelines have been developed over time for good reason, as any identification and interpretation risks causing harm. New contexts, like this, clearly present a challenge. I spent some time thinking about the implications of this. It\u2019s on a Google Doc, if you want to take a look.\n\nBeing open requires a level of vulnerability, which thankfully I\u2019ve been able to summon in the past, and which has brought its rewards. However, researching selfOER as a participant observer seems to require that I make myself vulnerable all over again. What\u2019s more, I\u2019m also asking individuals in the open community to make themselves vulnerable too, and possibly others by association.\n\nAfter attending #OER17, I have Laura Czerniewicz\u2018s words ringing in my ear, \u201d what is it that we\u2019re not seeing?\u201d Well, I would ask first, \u201chave we looked at ourselves\u201d? Others too have asked the open community to engage with the construction of the subject (Knox, 2013) and to take up critical approaches (Bayne et al., 2015). Indeed, the open community is responding, as #OER17 stands testament.\n\nI listened to a podcast by Catherine Cronin at the weekend where she spoke about the risks and rewards of open education and how things are changing so fast that we have to learn by doing and that we have to do this both individually and collectively. So, I guess what I\u2019m asking is if the open community is OK with the idea that I\u2019ll be researching selfOER, or the open self, and that this will mean my participation essentially involves two aspects: Helen the participant and Helen the critical observer."}
-{"text": "News Article\n\nKN Poll: Do Kerala Blasters have the best fan base in the ISL?\n\nAdvertisement\n\nWin, lose or draw the Blasters are cheered on by a sea of yellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi\u2026\n\nAt a time when most teams in the Indian Super League are struggling to turn profits. with some also finding it hard to fill seats, there is one exception to this wider phenomenon. That exception is the fans of southern outfit Kerala Blasters.\n\nIrrespective of the results or the form of their team Blasters fans have turned out in their hundreds of thousands in the three seasons of the ISL so far. They were handsomely rewarded for their vociferous support in the inaugural edition of the tournament as their team reached the Final, only to be edged out by eventual champions Atletico de Kolkata.\n\nA year later it was a reversal of fortunes as the Yellow brigade finished bottom of the table. This season too, they have started off poorly failing to win or score in any of their first three games. However, through thick and thin, if there is one thing that has not wavered, it is the faith of the fans in their team. It is an assertion borne out by the numbers.\n\nAverage attendance of first two season of Indian Super League .\n\nThe above table shows the average attendance at home games for ISL clubs in 2014 and 2015, respective to stadium capacity.\n\nAs the stats show this is a table of two halves. At one end there are teams like Blasters, FC Goa, FC Pune City, NorthEast United and Atletico de Kolkata who consistently filled out three quarters or more of their stadiums.\n\nOn the other hand, franchises like defending champions Chennaiyin, Delhi Dynamos and Mumbai City have been operating at almost less than 50% of their capacity. This season the team had a tough start losing and drawing their first two games, before hitting back with a spectacular run of five straight home wins, that saw them storm into the playoffs in second spot.\n\nKerala Blasters' gates dwarf all other teams in ISL 3.\n\nTheir team's form may have been up and down but the one thing that has not wavered is the steadfast support of the fans. Blasters' seven home games this season have been attended by a whopping 340,282, with an average attendance of 48, 612.\n\nThe second highest gates go to NorthEast United as 187,104 piled into the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati with an average of 26,729. This is just less than half Blasters' numbers. The figures drop away even more steeply as you go down the list.\n\nAs such, we must ask whether the Sachin Tendulkar co-owned franchise has the best fans in the ISL?\n\nThe Khel Now readers have spoken and 77% say the Blasters have the best set of fans. Tell us what you think."}
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-{"text": "arethusa:Bathia_Mapes: arethusa: While this is not breaking news, the link with the investigator's affidavit sure was. I read it and left and now it is not there.\n\nTo paraphrase - Profiled and hunted him down, enough to get him for 1st degree, but they aren't going to let anymore information get out to the public.\n\nRTFA. He's being charged with second-degree murder, not first.\n\nI KNOW what he is being charged with; I am repeating what the investigator's report said. They said they had enough for FIRST.\n\nI guess you can read it for yourself when it pops back up.\n\nThey may have had enough to charge him with Murder-1, but the DA probably didn't think the evidence was sufficient to get a conviction on it, hence they pulled back to Murder-2. More likely to get a conviction in a murky case when the death penalty is off the table (although I don't remember if FL has the death penalty).\n\nYou've never been in jail before, have ya? Commissary is a profit center within a jail. Sometimes the contract goes to high bidder, sometimes to the sheriff's best friend. It's just another way to screw the inmates.\n\nHAMMERTOE:In all actuality, Zimmerman's got just about the same chance of being found guilty as OJ Simpson had. While they had DNA evidence on Simpson, the defense pounded on racial distrust and resentment to make their case, and eventually prevailed, through nothing more than the use of clever rhymes, thanks to the bias of multiple jurors.\n\nThis case will go the same way. They're going to hear claims that Zimmerman \"profiled\" Martin. And the defense will say, \"Okay. How does this justify Martin assaulting Zimmerman, rather than explaining to him that he indeed did belong there?\" If they're smart, they'll also claim that Martin \"profiled\" Zimmerman as well. Everything his girlfriend stated points to this fact. They'll reference the fact that Martin felt at ease enough to remain on the phone with his girlfriend, rather than call 911, a logical and obvious course of action to an innocent person who thinks they're in \"danger\". They'll then point out the fact that Martin deliberately led Zimmerman to a shadowy, secluded area, where the confrontation took place, rather than seek help at the nearest obviously occupied house, also an obvious choice. They'll point out the fact that the statement, \"We don't need you to do that,\" is obviously not an \"order\" to terminate surveillance of a suspect. Unless the prosecution manages to somehow stack the jury with 12 angry black men looking to punish Zimmerman no matter what, I foresee an innocent verdict at best, or multiple hung juries at worst, because the whole case revolves around Martin's reaction to Zimmerman's answer to Martin's question: Why are you following me? If the defense plays up the \"enraged black\" angle, (which will be all too easy to do with the recent actions of such organizations as the NBPP,) Zimmerman walks.\n\nExtra points if they come up with a trolly defensive rhyme-slogan of their own. \"If they can't prove shiat, you must acquit!\"\n\nBut why should Martin have had to justify his presence to a man with no legal authority whatsoever to question or detain him? The \"Stand your Ground\" bullshiat works both ways. Martin had no responsibility to identify or explain himself to a random whispanic dude with a gun. Zimmurderman had no legal authority to question Martin. \"Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watch Captain\" who is apparently completely ignorant about what Neighborhood *WATCH* entails, carrying a firearm, stalking and confronting people he thinks are suspicious is completely out of line with the Neighborhood Watch program's policies. Observe - Document - Report. Do not confront, do not engage. Observe - Document - Report.\n\nIf Zimmurderman had simply followed Neighborhood Watch protocols, a 17yr old young man would not be dead.\n\n9beers:The water was cold: It was given twice, but it's a moot point. Let's go with your version then: If Zimmerman had followed the instruction not to follow, which was given \"ONCE\", much less confront, he wouldn't be in this pickle.\n\nHappy?\n\nNo, the suggestion was given once. By the way, after the dispatcher says \"we don't need you to do that\", Zimmerman says \"OK\" and stops running. You might want to listen to the tape before you make another comment.\n\nAnd you might want to take a course in assessing evidence before you jump to conclusions. Unless you can provide us with a link to video evidence of what Zimmerman did on the ground after he said, \"OK.\" I was unaware that such evidence exists, or that if it did, it has been made public.\n\nWe don't f**king *know* what Zimmerman did on the ground after he said, \"OK.\" He could have continued running after Martin, he could have continued to pursue Martin at a walking pace, he could have stopped where he was, or he could have begun to return to his truck.\n\nThis isn't the first or even the second time that you have favored us here with your own special interpretation of what the evidence must mean. Speaking for myself I respectfully ask that you cut the crap out from now on. Thank you.\n\nTaxiDriver:You would think that jails would use their purchasing power to get Walmart like pricing on commissary items. Not for Zimmermans benefit but just to be fair to the poor people.\n\nWhen I think \"fair to the poor people\", I think \"the US justice system\".\n\n/many (not all) public defenders are shiatheads that couldn't cut it in the private sector//and consider how many people get locked up for a dime bag or less///incarceration is just a business in most states/slashies\n\ntirob:Unless you can provide us with a link to video evidence of what Zimmerman did on the ground after he said, \"OK.\" I was unaware that such evidence exists, or that if it did, it has been made public\n\nLet's make this easy:\n\nUnless the prosecution can provide us with a link to video evidence of what Zimmerman did on the ground after he said, \"OK.\" I was unaware that such evidence exists, or that if it did, it has been made public.\n\nTechnoir:But why should Martin have had to justify his presence to a man with no legal authority whatsoever to question or detain him? The \"Stand your Ground\" bullshiat works both ways. Martin had no responsibility to identify or explain himself to a random whispanic dude with a gun. Zimmurderman had no legal authority to question Martin. \"Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watch Captain\" who is apparently completely ignorant about what Neighborhood *WATCH* entails, carrying a firearm, stalking and confronting people he thinks are suspicious is completely out of line with the Neighborhood Watch program's policies. Observe - Document - Report. Do not confront, do not engage. Observe - Document - Report.\n\n-There is no evidence that he detained anyone.-Martin doesn't have to answer any questions, but being asked a question doesn't give you the right to (allegedly) attack someone.-He wasn't self appointed,-There is no evidence that he stalked or confronted anyone.-He got out of her car to observe where Martin was running so he could document it and report it to police.\n\nTechnoir:But why should Martin have had to justify his presence to a man with no legal authority whatsoever to question or detain him? The \"Stand your Ground\" bullshiat works both ways. Martin had no responsibility to identify or explain himself to a random whispanic dude with a gun. Zimmurderman had no legal authority to question Martin. \"Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watch Captain\" who is apparently completely ignorant about what Neighborhood *WATCH* entails, carrying a firearm, stalking and confronting people he thinks are suspicious is completely out of line with the Neighborhood Watch program's policies. Observe - Document - Report. Do not confront, do not engage. Observe - Document - Report.\n\nIf Zimmurderman had simply followed Neighborhood Watch protocols, a 17yr old young man would not be dead.\n\nLet's address this one point at a time, shall we?\n\n1) But why should Martin have had to justify his presence to a man with no legal authority whatsoever to question or detain him? By all indications, Martin was the \"stranger\" in the neighborhood, and in fact didn't even live there. In light of this, why should he have expectation that people won't look at him questioningly?\n\n2) The \"Stand your Ground\" bullshiat works both ways. Martin had no responsibility to identify or explain himself to a random whispanic dude with a gun. So does bias and \"profiling\", which you have just proven. Are you insinuating that Zimmerman pulled his gun immediately on Martin and that Martin was just so full of ignorance and black rage that he couldn't control his self?\n\n3) \"Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watch Captain\" who is apparently completely ignorant about what Neighborhood *WATCH* entails, carrying a firearm, stalking and confronting people he thinks are suspicious is completely out of line with the Neighborhood Watch program's policies. Zimmerman was not \"self-appointed\", he was appointed by the Homeowner's Association. -And- which Neighborhood Watch program's policies are you referring to? It's not a national organization, you know, with a homogenous nation-wide set of policies and bylaws.\n\n4) Observe - Document - Report. Do not confront, do not engage. Observe - Document - Report. That's all Zimmerman was doing. By Martin's girlfriend's own statement, we have indication that it was Martin, and not Zimmerman, that initiated the confrontation. By the physical facts, we have evidence that it was Martin that led Zimmerman into a dark, shadowy place for the confrontation to take place, rather than stay out in the open and go to the nearest occupied house and ask for help. All Martin had to say was, \"I'm staying in that house right *there*,\" as he was within sight of where he was going. But no, he had to go straight to the old hook-and-jab, rather than keep cool.\n\nHe had the right to follow, the right to confront, and the right to question. No one said he executed him. Who even knows if he intended the shot to be fatal. If there was a struggle, he could very well have ended up shooting him in the shoulder.\n\nAt this point, I just want conclusive, video proof. One way or the other.\n\nHAMMERTOE:Zimmerman was not \"self-appointed\", he was appointed by the Homeowner's Association\n\nNot only that, he was elected coordinator by his neighbors, and the HOA distributed flyers, in February, that instructed people to call George immediately after calling police, if they wanted to report a crime, or suspicious activity.\n\ns2s2s2:tirob: Unless you can provide us with a link to video evidence of what Zimmerman did on the ground after he said, \"OK.\" I was unaware that such evidence exists, or that if it did, it has been made public\n\nLet's make this easy:\n\nUnless the prosecution can provide us with a link to video evidence of what Zimmerman did on the ground after he said, \"OK.\" I was unaware that such evidence exists, or that if it did, it has been made public.\n\nNo evidence he chased > No evidence he did not\n\nI guess that my sense of irony was lost on you; no such video evidence exists AFAIK; what I was trying to show was 9beers's propensity to interpret evidence in his own way and then to jump to conclusions.\n\nThere is a little evidence that Zimmerman pursued Martin on foot at some point--Zimmerman exited his truck, he can be heard breathing heavily during the 911 call, and the confrontation took place between the place where Zimmerman parked his truck and Martin's father's girlfriend's place. We'll see what, if anything, comes out later to supplement this.\n\ntirob:There is a little evidence that Zimmerman pursued Martin on foot at some point--Zimmerman exited his truck, he can be heard breathing heavily during the 911 call, and the confrontation took place between the place where Zimmerman parked his truck and Martin's father's girlfriend's place. We'll see what, if anything, comes out later to supplement this.\n\nThe cynic in me thinks that the news outlets are doing this in an attempt for people to go \"oh jeeze, not this shiat again\" every time something about Zimmerman pops up, and tune out the entire \"law\" aspect of the whole murder deal.\n\nLead prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda would not discuss what other evidence prosecutors have against the neighborhood watch volunteer, except to say it is enough to support the first-degree felony charge.\n\nSeems they didn't feel they had enough evidence to get it past the grand jury required for a 1st-degree charge.\n\nHAMMERTOE:Technoir: But why should Martin have had to justify his presence to a man with no legal authority whatsoever to question or detain him? The \"Stand your Ground\" bullshiat works both ways. Martin had no responsibility to identify or explain himself to a random whispanic dude with a gun. Zimmurderman had no legal authority to question Martin. \"Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watch Captain\" who is apparently completely ignorant about what Neighborhood *WATCH* entails, carrying a firearm, stalking and confronting people he thinks are suspicious is completely out of line with the Neighborhood Watch program's policies. Observe - Document - Report. Do not confront, do not engage. Observe - Document - Report.\n\nIf Zimmurderman had simply followed Neighborhood Watch protocols, a 17yr old young man would not be dead.\n\nLet's address this one point at a time, shall we?\n\n1) But why should Martin have had to justify his presence to a man with no legal authority whatsoever to question or detain him? By all indications, Martin was the \"stranger\" in the neighborhood, and in fact didn't even live there. In light of this, why should he have expectation that people won't look at him questioningly?\n\n2) The \"Stand your Ground\" bullshiat works both ways. Martin had no responsibility to identify or explain himself to a random whispanic dude with a gun. So does bias and \"profiling\", which you have just proven. Are you insinuating that Zimmerman pulled his gun immediately on Martin and that Martin was just so full of ignorance and black rage that he couldn't control his self?\n\n3) \"Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watch Captain\" who is apparently completely ignorant about what Neighborhood *WATCH* entails, carrying a firearm, stalking and confronting people he thinks are suspicious is completely out of line with the Neighborhood Watch program's policies. Zimmerman was not \"self-appointed\", he was appointed by the Homeowner's Association. -And- which Neighborhood Watch program's policies are you referrin ...\n\nhttp://www.usaonwatch.org/about/neighborhoodwatch.aspx? - seems pretty National and organized to me....and feel free to link the articles where it says he ws appointed by anybody.. I've not seen it anywhere in the articles I've read, they usually say \"self appointed watch captain\" if they mention it. And no, I'm not going digging. You're trying to prove ME wrong, remember? You do the farking work.\n\nY'all are still missing the point that Martin had no obligation to identify or explain himself to a random person. But whatever. We'll never know exactly what happened, since half the parties involves are dead.\n\nAh well. They can't protect Zimmerman 100%, 24/7. Someone will get to him.\n\nIn addition to having been fired, she's insisting that a 12 year old be tried as an adult for killing his 2 year old brother. The kid pushed his brother into a bookshelf and he died as a result. She thinks the 12 year old should die in prison. She's refused to accept any plea deals."}
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-{"text": "Category: France\n\nYears ago, there was a popular commercial on television. Two limousines are stopped at an intersection. The windows roll down and one obviously rich gentleman asks the other, \u201cDo you have any Grey Poupon?\u201d\u009d The occupant nods and presents a jar of Dijon mustard.\n\nEvery view is a beautiful one\n\nI have always equated Dijon with that spicy golden spread and really nothing else. We just got back from a visit to Dijon, France and it is so much more. As we walked along its meandering cobblestoned streets, we discovered a city famous for its wines, cuisine, and history. In fact, Dijon is the capital of the Burgundy wine region, although Beaune (just down the road) is perhaps a better bet if you\u2019re serious about hunting the grape. The city is bursting with ancient half-timbered buildings that look straight out of your average French fairy tale. And the colorful tilework on many of the roofs is gorgeous.\n\nNotre Dame\n\nDijon is very compact and foot friendly and the best place to start your visit is at the Dijon Tourist Office at 11 Rue des Forges. They have a nifty little guide called The Owl\u2019s Trail that directs you on a self-guided tour of the city. The Owl of Notre Dame de Dijon is the city\u2019s symbol or mascot. Owls are everywhere in the form of magnets, tea towels, or little porcelain figures. But the most important one is the weathered, stone carving on a corner of the cathedral on Rue de la Chouette, (appropriately named Owl Street). Legend is if you touch the figure with your left hand, and make a wish, it should come true. The jury is still out on that since I have not won the lottery (yet). The guide book, along with a trail of small owl-embellished brass plates in the sidewalk, points the way. This is an excellent way to see all the pertinent sites in the city and we will cover just a few of our favorites.\n\nLes Halles is the covered market in Dijon. The imposing ironwork structure is lovely and very reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Gustave Eiffel (who was originally from Dijon) designed the building. We\u2019ve been to many covered or indoor markets in various locations, but this was one of the best. The selections of meat, fish, produce, cheese\u2013oh, that glorious cheese!\u2013and baked goods were some of the finest we had ever seen. Not only did the quality look fantastic, but the presentation was as much of a feast for the eyes as it was for the palate. The market is held on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday each week. We were there on a Saturday and the market extends way beyond the interior of this beautiful edifice and into the surrounding streets. Vendors selling all types of vintage to modern items occupied stalls for a couple of blocks in every direction. Haggling is encouraged and we bargained and purchased a vintage desk calendar with a bronze figure of a gentleman playing a game of Petanque, sometimes called Boules in Paris.\n\nA fine day to stomp some grapes\n\nPlace Francois Rude\nSmack dab in the middle of the old part of the city is a charming square. It is named after the French sculptor Francois Rude who was born in Dijon. Rude is famous for his sculptural frieze La Marseillaise emblazoned on the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. The plaza comes complete with a vintage carousel, a wonderful fountain adorned with a sculpture of a well-muscled young man stomping wine grapes, and charming half-timbered buildings. It is the perfect place to sit at a cafe and enjoy a cup of coffee as you watch some of the local parents treating their children to a ride on the antique merry-go-round.\n\nPlace de la LiberationIn the center of Dijon sits the impressive Place de la Liberation. This semi-circle square is anchored on one side by the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy and there are fountains of water that seem to shoot up randomly from the ground. It is a pedestrian-only area, and another great place and stop at any of the numerous cafes to rest your feet after a long day of walking. We were lucky to be there on a beautiful sunny day, drinking a glass of wine and watching the children and some of the local dogs romping in the fountains.\n\nNotre-Dame Dijon\n\nNotre Dame interior\n\nThe imposing Roman Catholic Church of Notre-Dame was built in the 13th Century. The exterior has 51 gargoyles gracing its facade. At the top of the exterior is a clock called the Jacquemart. It has four metal automatons. Two of them, called Jacquemart and Jacqueline, sound the hours by striking a large bell with a hammer. The other two, their children, Jacquelinet and Jacquelinette, strike the quarter hours, each on a smaller bell. Inside the church, the stained glass casts a beautiful shimmering light through lovely gothic arches. And the impressive organ\n\nCathedrale Saint-Benigne\n\nloft has a gorgeous tapestry complementing the massive bank of organ pipes that are a work of art in their own right.\n\nTo cap it all off, we had a view from the window of our small apartment that was really spectacular. There is so much more to Dijon than just mustard and more than I have room for here. Why don\u2019t you make a visit to this wonderful and often overlooked city for yourself!\n\nThere are many benefits to living overseas\u2014like the opportunity to hunt for great antique or second-hand items that we\u2019d never find back in America. Or we can go shopping in a large grocery store in say, France, and it\u2019s filled with French food! Yes, retail therapy is a little different over here. Flea Markets abound with everything, from stuff that looks like it fell off of the back of a delivery truck to beautiful antiques. We woke up on a Saturday a couple of weeks ago and felt the thrill of the hunt come upon us. We took the back seats out of our trusty Honda Odyssey van (just in case) and the we were off.\n\nWe had heard about two secondhand stores near Metz that we wanted to explore. They were only a little over 2 hours away and it would be an easy day trip. Plus, our favorite French hypermarket, Auchan was only about 30 minutes away from our planned stops. So the die was cast\u2014ROAD TRIP!\n\nAladdin\u2019s Cave?\n\nOur first stop was \u201cTroc\u201d in Forbach, France. Troc is a large consignment store filled with treasures (and some trash). Mid-century modern chairs sit next to Edwardian marble-topped sideboards, which stand beside\n\nI love this stuff\n\nBavarian farmhouse tables. The place is massive. And it\u2019s not just filled with furniture, but also artwork, china, crystal, lamps, chandeliers, and tons more. But there\u2019s also the junk. They have the inevitable ceramic clowns and various items from the 60s or 70s that make you shake your head and wonder what possessed someone to buy this on its first go-round. We found ourselves going down aisle after aisle of furniture and other treasures. They had a fairly large selection of shiny lacquered Italian inlaid wood furniture. These pieces when new are rather expensive, but here at Troc their prices were just a shadow of their former selves.\n\nA few dainty morsels\n\nI found myself attracted to the vintage dishes from the town of Obernai in Alsace. They bore the scars of many a meal, with the odd chip or discoloration here and there. But to me, this was just evidence of a very happy life, and now I can display them with all their history. I thought they would look splendid hanging in a grouping on a wall. The plates were cheerful and full of colorful scenes of Alsatian village life. Obernai pottery is quite expensive when new and a bit too rich for my blood. But these were going for a paltry 1 Euro apiece for the well-worn and well-loved dishes. I splurged on a large presentation platter that was newer and in perfect condition for 5 Euros. By the time I was done, I had spent 14 Euros for the lot. I couldn\u2019t even purchase a new saucer for that price. I left Troc a very happy girl.\n\nIt doesn\u2019t look like much on the outside, but..\n\nNext on our itinerary was Titi International. Okay, everyone can stop making those little snickering noises now. I think the name is a bit silly as well, but the contents of this place are anything but. The prices seemed a bit higher than Troc, but the quality was a bit higher too. The furniture was gorgeous! They had a number of beautiful vintage pieces that I would have been happy to take home immediately. Even the smaller home d\u00e9cor and china seemed nicer. I\u2019m still kicking myself for not purchasing the vintage transferware tea set from Maastricht in the Netherlands. Like Troc, Titi is basically a large warehouse filled various kinds of stock in widely varying conditions. Unbelievable as it sounds, we walked out\n\nA Dutch treat\n\nwithout purchasing anything, but it\u2019s not likely that we\u2019ll get away unscathed on our next visit. This trip was sort of our maiden voyage, and we decided that we need to come back once every three months or so and check out their inventory. Of course, the seats in the van will stay home, just in case!\n\nPoking around in second-hand shops is hungry work! So after rummaging through all kinds of treasures, we were off to what is to us, the highest expression of the French supermarket, Auchan! There are certain stores in\n\nWhere to start?\n\nFrance that earn the title of hypermart and all of them are great. Names like Cora, Leclerc, Intermarch\u00e9, and Carrefour are certain to make our mouths water. Picture the finest gourmet shop you have ever seen (or even imagined), then expand it to the size of a large Costco. Throw in a few dry goods for variety and you have a French hypermarket. The French have a very well-deserved reputation for fine cuisine and it all starts with the very best ingredients. The typical hypermarket is filled with glorious French produce, wine, meats, cheeses, fresh seafood, and of course, a huge variety of baked goods. We have visited many of them, but Auchan (and especially the one in Sem\u00e9court, near Metz) gets our vote for the best selection and best quality. It\u2019s always a major hub of activity and we start to drool whenever we get within a kilometer.\n\nInside the building is a mini-mall of smaller interior shops, eateries, and even a carousel for the kids. But the main event is the big store itself. This company is way ahead of the technology curve with something they call, \u201cRapid Auchan.\u201d As customers come in, they can choose to get their own scan device that fits in a holder in their shopping cart. They self-scan their items as they go about their shopping. They go through a special line, pay for their purchases, and out the door they go. It\u2019s a pretty cool system and certainly shortens wait times in the lines. Auchan embraces this technology as a way to free up their employees to offer one-on-one customer service throughout the store.\n\nAnd it\u2019s all good\u2026\n\nTo us, Auchan seems like Disneyland for foodies. The cheese aisle\u2014which seems to go on forever\u2014always takes our breath away. The fishmonger calls out the specials of the day as if she were in an open-air market in an Atlantic port. We saw some prawns that looked (I swear, I\u2019m not making this up!) to be about the size of a small poodle. There were several aisles of high-quality French wines, some at rock-bottom prices. The meats, pat\u00e9s, breads\u2014Oh, The breads! Bread is like a religion in France. A fresh loaf is purchased every day in any self-respecting French household. And their bread is best served up with some glorious, creamy, butter from Brittany. I really like butter and to me, pretty much any butter is good butter. But the creamy product of Brittany is a cut above. It\u2019s really special.\n\nThe staff of life\n\nEven their \u201cgeneric\u201d aisle at Auchan is something to behold. Breads, cereals, canned goods, and candies all bearing plain generic labels with super low prices are equal if not better in quality to many of the name-brand products we\u2019re used to in the States.\n\nWe rolled our cart to our waiting van and carefully packed out treasures into a large cooler for the trip back to Germany. Of course, a few \u201csmall\u201d items were set aside to fuel the car ride home. I mean, after an exhausting day like that, you\u2019ve got to keep up your strength!\n\nAutomat. The word conjures up memories of old movies from the 40s where frugal New Yorkers on their lunch breaks could grab a bite to eat. It was the original fast food. The hungry secretary or executive-in-training would pop into the Automat to find rows of little glass-fronted doors, each with a coin slot. Behind the doors were little cubbies holding anything a famished person could want\u2014sandwiches, soups, pie\u2014all awaiting the drop of a coin to release them from captivity.\n\nThis little blast from the past was brought forward to the present day for me last weekend. We were invited to have lunch in a small town in Alsace, France by Gudrun, one of our German neighbors who lives down the street. She is a marvel. She has traveled extensively throughout her life and explores the world fearlessly. Her tales of travel, food, and people she has met along the way have enthralled and delighted us. We want to be just like Gudrun when we grow up. So when she asked if we would like to join her for lunch in Alsace along with her daughter Katarina, who was taking a holiday break from her Master\u2019s Program, we heartily answered, \u201cYes!\u201d\n\nA meal to savor\n\nBeing able to go to places like France in a matter of a couple of hours is one of the aspects of living overseas that we love. So lunch in Alsace it was\u2014and what a lunch! We arrived in the small village of Roppenheim at a quaint restaurant named Auberge \u00e0 l\u2019Agneau. The half-timbered building welcomed us with flower boxes overflowing with pink and red geraniums. The interior was the model of cozy comfort that decorators can only imitate. Its dark wood paneling and brightly painted yellow walls were adorned with vintage farm tools, enameled pots, and grapes hanging from the weathered beams. This, folks, was the real thing, and we prepared ourselves for a special meal.\n\nHeaven on a plate\n\nWe were not disappointed. Our lunch began with a small tasting-sized bowl of cream of mussel soup to whet our appetites. We opted for the bean soup for our starter with thick slabs of crusty bread. Our main course was tournedos of beef in a rich, savory sauce with Roquefort cheese crumbled over the top. This was served with the sweetest carrots I have ever eaten and lightly fried patties of grated zucchini. A large communal dish of French fries was served up, as well as a garden-fresh salad. The meal was one of the best we\u2019ve eaten in a very long time. We finished up with espresso and dessert. I had the homemade chocolate mousse with vanilla sauce and Bill had the sour cherry ice cream served with a vanilla cream sauce and whole marinated cherries. Truly a wonderful lunch.\n\nWe went for a small walk through the tiny village after our feast and something caught our eye from across the street. It was a farmer\u2019s version of an automat. It stood beneath a sort of lean-to structure and had a series of little glass doors with signs boasting that their \u201cATM farm products\u201d were available 24/7! Sure enough, we saw farm fresh eggs, bunches of newly picked garlic, bags of onions, potatoes, bottles of hand pressed canola oil, and more. The prices were handwritten on each selection with a small number to identify them. Pop your coins in the slot, key in the number on the central keypad and presto! the door opens and the item is yours. But instead of the piece of pie or sandwich of yesteryear, it was fresh produce to fix dinner with.\n\nNew potatoes\n\nEurope has not quite been overrun by the retail 24/7 phenomenon, and we like it that way. Stores are closed on Sundays, but we can feel the slow infiltration of longer opening hours. Yes, it makes life a bit more convenient, but I hate to see everything being turned into an all day, all night, everyday shopper\u2019s wonderland. This produce automat seems the perfect compromise. For a minute, I felt like I did when I was a very little girl on a trip back east when my parents took me to one of the last surviving automats for lunch. It made an impression on me and for a moment, I was transported back to the time I gazed up transfixed at all those little glass doors with wonderful surprises behind each one.\n\nIt\u2019s safe to say that Bill and I LOVE chocolate! We\u2019ll admit it, we\u2019re chocolate snobs, although sometimes it\u2019s hard to beat the perfection of a Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter Cup. Living overseas has allowed us to try some of the best that Europe has to offer. Up until now, Belgium reigned supreme when it came to the smack-down competition for the best confections. But\u2013we might have a new champion!\n\nHeaven waits within.\n\nWe just returned from a glorious three days in Troyes, France. We had planned on going to Lille, France for the annual flea market. This historic event runs for 33-hours straight and has taken place each year for the last couple of centuries (except during wartime). It\u2019s a lollapalooza spanning the city\u2019s streets with millions of visitors in attendance each year, except this one. Unfortunately, the city mayor canceled this year\u2019s bacchanalia of bric-a-brac due to security concerns.\n\nWhere to begin?\n\nDisappointed\u2013but not dejected\u2013we came up with a Plan B; Troyes. We will go into much greater detail in a later post about this wonderful city. But remember, I started with the subject of chocolate and that is our topic for today\u2019s dispatch.\n\nWe have a knack for spotting chocolate shops wherever we go and this time was no different. We seem to have an inner GPS pegged on \u201csearch for chocolate\u201d and our internal compasses did not fail us. The shop was called \u201cPascal-Caffet\u201d and they sold some of the most delicious artisan chocolates we had ever tasted. They utilize only the finest chocolate from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Madagascar, and many other exotic locales for their sweets.\n\nThe lovely lady behind the counter greeted us in English and began singing her siren song. \u201cWould Monsieur or Madame like a sample?\u201d She slid the clear acrylic cover to the side and the luscious aroma of the confections hit us like chocolate pheromones. Her delicate gloved hand searched for just the right arrow that she knew would pierce any rational thought. \u201cDoes Monsieur or Madame like pistachio?\u201d By this time a tiny trickle of drool was starting from the corner of my mouth. Grasping for words, all we could manage was an uncontrollable nodding of our heads. But inside we were screaming, \u201cYes! Yes! For God\u2019s sake YES! Pistachio!!\u201d\n\nYou must try one of these.\n\nWe were done for. She plopped the petite indulgences into our eager little palms and we popped them into our mouths. What happened next? It\u2019s difficult to say since we were enraptured by one of the most delicious flavors we had ever experienced. \u201cFirst you taste zee Venezuelan chocolate, zen, the pistache, zen you finish with zee chocolate last. Non?\u201d We could hear her lilting French accent off in the distance, but the world melted away like the chocolate on our tongues. Forget Godiva, or Dutch, German, Swiss, or Belgian chocolate. This was a mind-blowing religious experience! I almost felt like I needed a cigarette. We left with a small bag of about 100 grams which was about 8 pieces for roughly 10 Euros (or $11.50) and worth every Euro cent.\n\nWe asked about their operating hours since we knew we\u2019d make at least one more visit to buy a few treats for the road. We needed to get them while still in town. They have shops in France, Italy, the UK, and Japan and none of them ship outside those countries. Due to possible delivery delays or less than optimal temperatures while in transit, they cannot guarantee freshness on arrival. So being able to purchase a few more grams before our drive home was imperative. Needless to say, the chocolates never made it all the way back.\n\nAnd it\u2019s more than just chocolates\u2026\n\nHere is the link for the UK site in English. Even though you can only live vicariously, it\u2019s worth a look to see what these tasty morsels look like. http://www.pascalcaffet.co.uk/\n\nOkay, it wasn\u2019t only for the sandwich, but that was the moving force behind the day\u2019s journey a month or so back. The sandwich in question was in Strasbourg, France and it really was that good. Just before Christmas two years ago, we took a day trip to Strasbourg with our dear friends and former neighbors from W\u00fcrzburg, David and Daniela. Strasbourg always has a really nice Christmas market and it was as good an excuse as any to re-visit this lovely (and conveniently nearby) Alsatian city. The drive was pretty uneventful but when we got there, our usual parking garage was full. Fortunately, I was able to squeeze our Honda Odyssey into a Smart-Car-sized space in another garage with a bit of backing and filling, and we set off to find Yuletide treasures.\n\nAladdin\u2019s Cave?\n\nAs morning turned to afternoon, David and I wanted to grab a bite. Daniela and Mary weren\u2019t interested so we decided we would just grab a sandwich on the run. Luckily, we found ourselves in front of a very small and inconspicuous boulangerie called Panette in the city\u2019s \u201cPetite France\u201d district. They had an assortment of freshly made sandwiches under the counter and David and I selected a couple that looked likely to keep body and soul together for the rest of the afternoon. The woman behind the counter popped them into a small oven for a couple of minutes (definitely not a microwave!), then handed them over, nicely toasted. Since there was no seating, we took them with us to enjoy as we walked. We both took a bite and immediately looked at each other wide-eyed to see if we were both having the same experience. This was the best sandwich I could remember eating in my life\u2014and anyone who knows me knows I\u2019ve had more than a few! David was apparently having the same reaction.\n\nA Library of Bread\n\nIt\u2019s hard to say what made it so special. As sandwiches go, it wasn\u2019t elaborate and there were no exotic ingredients. It started with a small baguette, baked fresh and topped with sesame seeds. This was spread with butter (Breton, I suspect) but no mayonnaise or other spreads. To this was added ham (definitely not from the refrigerator section), some local Munster cheese, fresh leaf lettuce, and finally, a light sprinkling of fresh herbs. Nothing fancy and nothing odd\u2014just the very best ingredients working in perfect combination. My taste buds danced a can-can in celebration! I made a mental note of the bakery\u2019s location and we vowed we would come back to Strasbourg, if only to prove to ourselves we weren\u2019t over-reacting.\n\nPetite France\n\nFast forward to July of this year. We went to W\u00fcrzburg for the opening day of the Kiliani Fest, an annual celebration to honor St. Kilian, an Irish monk who introduced Christianity to the city in A.D. 686. As we sat in the fest tent enjoying the fruits of the vintners\u2019 art from the local Franconian wine district, I asked David if he would be interested in going to Strasbourg a couple of weeks hence to grab a sandwich. \u201cOf course!\u201d he replied, without hesitation. Our calendars were open so we set the date.\n\nIt really is this pretty\u2026\n\nI won\u2019t go into most of the details of our visit, except to say that the sandwiches did not disappoint the second time. We found the boulangerie without incident and stood in the street under our umbrellas, savoring every bite in the pouring rain. Daniela and Mary had made sure they brought their appetites with them this time and were able to provide independent confirmation that these were something more than your typical run-of-the-mill ham and cheese. We did notice that the bakery had won several quality awards since our last visit. This is no small achievement in France; the competition is stiff. Just this morning, we drove home from our latest French adventure in Troyes. We picked up a couple of ham and cheese sandwiches for the road. They were on brioche rolls rather than baguettes, but still absolutely delicious. Were they as good as the ones we got in Strasbourg? I\u2019m not sure. But I think I\u2019ll probably need to make several more visits to Panette before I can be really certain."}
-{"text": "\"The future ain\u2019t what it used to be.\"\n\nRenewable Energy\n\nMore often than not Ithaca is ahead of the curve, providing cutting-edge leadership on progressive issues such as the ban on fracking and new approaches to drug policy. But, as the recent letter from the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board and Gov. Cuomo\u2019s announcement of his Green New Deal reveal, the city finds itself lagging significantly behind when it comes to climate action and clean energy.\n\nThe call from Albany for New York\u2019s power to be 100 percent carbon-free by 2040 \u2014 at the heart of the state\u2019s Green New Deal \u2014 poses a direct challenge to a city hall that has shown little inclination to discourage developers from relying on natural gas for new projects downtown or elsewhere. The governor\u2019s mandate underscores the need for immediate action by the city to demonstrate its commitment to this new statewide target.\n\nKudos, then, to the City Planning Board for recognizing in its letter that there need to be \u201cmore tangible and stringent energy code requirements.\u201d And further kudos for acknowledging that climate change requires a broader approach than simply adopting a new green building code, although this would certainly be a major step in the right direction. The planning board rightly asserts \u201cit is imperative that we take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now.\u201d In particular, the city needs to put in place \u201cnew fossil fuel reduction standards that are able to be upheld by various bodies, are easy to understand for the public and members of board and committees from various backgrounds, and will live in perpetuity within City Code.\u201d\n\nWhere is the leadership for moving the community as a whole, not just city operations, off of fossil fuels and establishing a policy for achieving 100% renewable power by 2040? Will the mayor and Common Council respond to this challenge? Across the U.S., according to the Sierra Club, over 90 cities have already adopted ambitious 100% clean energy goals, sometimes even including heat and transportation, not just electricity. Why isn\u2019t Ithaca on the Sierra Club list?\n\nThe usual suspects such as Boulder, Burlington, Cambridge, Madison, and Palo Alto can be found on this list, but the appearance of other cities such as Augusta, GA, Norman, OK, and West Chester, PA make it clear that Ithaca\u2019s absence is an embarrassment. What will it take for the city\u2019s leaders to rectify this situation?\n\nOne thing is certain: young people across the globe are getting fed up with the complacency of the older generation in charge. Inspired by the example of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, thousands of students in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Uganda, Thailand, Colombia, Poland, and more are taking to the streets to demand change. On March 15, American students will have their chance to join others from around the world. It would not be surprising if Ithaca students join this global movement. If they do, will the city listen to them and be ready to demonstrate its commitment to climate action and clean energy?\n\nThis post originally appeared as an opinion piece in the Ithaca Voice on March 18, 2019.\n\nThe news so far this year has been dismal: mass shootings, Russian meddling in our elections, rabid political partisanship on Capitol Hill, scandals erupting in the White House, and an opioid epidemic out of control. And that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg.\n\nThere\u2019s a bit of light, however, glimmering on the renewable energy front. When President Trump first took office, it looked like renewable energy would be entering an unremittingly bleak era. His administration has mounted a militantly pro-fossil fuel campaign, advocating policies that are clearly aimed at undercutting the transition to renewable energy. The recent decision to impose a 30 percent tax on solar panels imported from China, in particular, looked as if it would deal a substantial blow to the solar industry.\n\nSurprisingly, though, it doesn\u2019t seem like the expansion of renewable energy can be stopped. As the New Republic points out, \u201d From solar to wind to geothermal energy, the renewables industry is withstanding Trump \u2014 and in some cases, it\u2019s doing better than ever.\u201d It turns out that the long march towards a clean energy economy can be hindered but not stopped. Trump simply does not have the power to alter the direction of technological innovation and market forces.\n\nSource: Bloomberg New Energy Finance\n\nA new report, the 2018 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, underscores this point. Even in the uncertain climate accompanying the ascension of Trump to the White House in 2017, 18 percent of all electricity in the U.S. was produced by renewable sources, including wind, solar, and hydropower, up from 15 percent in 2016. That, as one energy analyst noted, puts renewables \u201cwithin striking distance\u201d of the nuclear power sector, which has hovered at 19-20 percent since 2008. Just as impressive, the share of electricity produced by renewables in the U.S. has doubled since 2008, while coal\u2019s share plummeted from 48% to 30%.\n\nThe continued drop in the cost of renewables (and natural gas) spells bad news for coal going forward. Solar and wind projects made up about 62% of new power construction in 2017 and 2.9 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects were undertaken last year. In contrast, 12.5 gigawatts of coal plants are slated to shut down in 2018.\n\n\u201cImagine,\u201d observes the New Republic, \u201chow well solar, wind, and battery technology would fare if Trump had the same enthusiasm for promoting it as he does for promoting coal and oil and gas.\u201d But then Trump wouldn\u2019t be Trump \u2014 that\u2019s the unfortunate reality. In the meantime, however, the renewables march forges ahead.\n\nAs the 8th annual Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative (TCCPI) report makes clear, there is much to celebrate in our community. Viewed collectively, the report documents an impressive contribution to the fight against climate change. Perhaps most important it demonstrates how collaboration and a sense of common purpose can lead to real progress.\n\nThe Willow Glen Cemetery in Dryden. Photo courtesy of the Town of Dryden.\n\nThere is one area, however, of significant concern: the growing opposition in the Finger Lakes region to commercial-scale wind and solar. The debate over solar farms in Dryden, in particular, reflects the sharp divide between those who want to hold on to a nostalgic view of rural life and those who want to address the future challenges that we face as the climate continues to destabilize at a rate that even the most pessimistic computer models have underestimated. \u201cHillside after hillside, farm land after farm land, field after field they are going to replace our beautiful, beautiful landscape with nothing but industrial solar panels,\u201d declared one opponent in the Dryden controversy, while other opponents decried the disrespect shown to those buried in a nearby cemetery.\n\nThe same battle lines have formed in other communities such as Newfield, Enfield, and the Town of Seneca, all of which have recently passed moratoriums on large-scale wind and solar projects in an attempt \u201cto preserve the rural character\u201d of their communities. The irony is that there seems to be little acknowledgement of how climate change is threatening the very foundation of rural life in the Finger Lakes, the biosphere that makes our region so unique.\n\nIf we refuse to act with an eye on the future and move rapidly to a clean energy economy, we are faced with the prospect of a new ecosystem making its way north. Projections indicate that, given the current pace of global warming, in as few as 30 to 40 years the climate of upstate New York is likely to resemble that of Georgia. Clearly, such a shift will result in a very different countryside than what our grandparents experienced. Already the average temperature in New York during the winter has climbed 4.4 \u00b0F since the 1970s, heavy downpours have increased by 70 percent since the 1950s, and spring begins a week earlier than it did a few decades ago.\n\nThe message is clear: the biggest risk of all is to do nothing. The ecosystem of the Finger Lakes is already experiencing significant stress and only by dramatically reducing our carbon footprint as quickly as possible can we have any chance to avoid exchanging it for a very different ecosystem. Without the development of large-scale wind and solar, there is little to no possibility of avoiding this fate. In short, there is a lot more at stake than spoiling the view.\n\nAs we approach the 100th day of the Trump administration this Saturday, it\u2019s clear that the new president has determined to maintain the fossil fuel regime. In response, hundreds of marches will be held around the country (including in Ithaca), with the main event in Washington, DC. As Bill McKibben notes, \u201csince Trump obviously takes his 100th day seriously, it will be a particularly good day to be around his house reminding him how badly he\u2019s doing.\u201d\n\nThe rollback of the Obama administration\u2019s energy and climate policies, which had their own limitations, means that the U.S. will send up to 900 more megatons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year. According to a recent report, that will increase the world\u2019s annual greenhouse gas emissions by almost 2 percent at a time when we need to be making dramatic cuts in these emissions.\n\nTrump\u2019s advisors are divided about whether the U.S. should abandon the Paris Agreement, but even the strongest advocates for not doing so want to renegotiate the terms of the accord. In any event, it certainly appears as if we\u2019re handing over leadership on this critical issue to China and Europe. In terms that Trump might understand, such a failure of leadership will do permanent damage to our nation\u2019s brand. But much more than a marketing blunder is at stake; the fate of human civilization rests on not going down this road.\n\nThe one bright light is that the transition to a clean energy economy seems to have reached a tipping point that will carry it forward regardless of any policy shifts. In particular, despite President Trump\u2019s rhetoric, It\u2019s too late to bring back coal or the associated mining jobs, not just because natural gas has become too cheap for coal to be competitive. The costs of wind and solar have dropped so significantly in the last several years that they, too, have become cheaper than goal. This new reality is apparent in the recent decision of the Kentucky Coal Museum to install solar on its roof as a cost-saving measure. Yes, that\u2019s right: the Kentucky Coal Museum is going solar.\n\nThe numbers tell an even more impressive story. As the chart above indicates, renewable energy capacity grew 9.3 percent in 2015, the fifth year in a row that the rate has been above 8 percent. In the first quarter of 2016, renewables made up 99 percent of the new electricity production capacity in the U.S., and from Q1 2015 to Q1 2016 they increased from 14 percent of electricity to 17 percent. In contrast, coal dropped during that same period from 36 percent to 29 percent.\n\nThe global growth in solar has been especially explosive. For the first time since 2013, solar outpaced wind in 2016. The primary driver has been the astonishing reduction in the cost of utility-scale solar: it fell 62 percent from 2009 to 2015 and is projected to drop another 57 percent by 2025.\n\nAt the same time, renewables have become a key source of new employment around the world. Renewable energy jobs rose by 5 percent in 2015 to 8.1 million and there were an additional 1.3 million jobs in large-scale hydropower. In another sign of the historic transition taking place, the American solar industry now employs more workers than coal: 209,000 compared to about 150,000 jobs.\n\nSo we\u2019re moving in the right direction; that\u2019s the good news. The not-so-good news, however, is that we need to move a lot faster and go a lot further. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), we need to double the share of renewables in the world\u2019s energy mix by 2030 to keep global warming below 2\u00b0C. Overall, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2.6 percent per year on average to meet the Paris target.\n\nAccomplishing this task is not impossible, but it\u2019s going to take a lot of work. And, clearly, we can\u2019t count on the federal government to make it happen; it\u2019s up to us. All the more reason we need to take to the streets on Saturday and make our voices heard.\n\nThere\u2019s plenty going on in the Trump campaign to keep voters\u2019 attention on the growing split in the Republican party. But there are also signs of serious divisions in the Democratic party, and I\u2019m not just referring to the tensions between the Sanders and Clinton camps, although these certainly could dampen voter turnout in November.\n\nEven as the Democrats struggle to find a way to bring progressives and centrists together, a fault line has emerged in the labor movement between the building trade unions and the AFL-CIO. As the Washington Post reported last month, the building trade unions attacked a new labor partnership led by the AFL-CIO with billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, whose opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline upset unions that viewed the project as an important source of new construction jobs.\n\nThe primary source of the conflict is a new super PAC called For Our Future that Steyer, a former hedge fund manager, is establishing in conjunction with the AFL-CIO; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); and the National Education Association (NEA).\n\nThe PAC, according to a spokesperson for Steyer, will provide an important vehicle to \u201chelp elect progressive leaders who are committed to a just transition to a clean energy economy.\u201d\n\nThe fixation of the building trade unions on fossil fuel energy in general and the Keystone XL pipeline in particular overlooks the jobs potential of building the clean energy infrastructure necessary to avoid runaway global warming. Furthermore, there is a pressing need to rebuild our country\u2019s civil infrastructure, including roads, bridges, water systems, and schools, And what about making our cities climate resilient, especially along the coasts? An enormous number of construction jobs would be generated, and none of this even involves what a transition to clean energy would generate in the way of new job opportunities.\n\nIn addition, federal borrowing rates are at historic lows (near zero) and the federal deficit has declined dramatically since the early years of the Obama administration, so there\u2019s really no excuse for the country not to be undertaking the kinds of public works projects that were so widespread in the 1930s.\n\nThe main difference between now and the 1930s, of course, is that the Republicans are in control of the House and Senate and they are dead set against the federal government borrowing the money necessary to fund these projects. They continually raise the alarm about the federal debt to GDP ratio even though there is no real consensus about what constitutes a \u201csafe zone.\u201d See here for more details. We could take a lesson from the Chinese government, which doesn\u2019t even put infrastructure spending in the deficit total because they consider it to be an asset, not a liability.\n\nAt any rate, there are plenty of construction jobs to be had with the right national policies in place, many more than will be lost if we stop building pipelines and fossil fuel power plants. In order for this happen, of course, the different wings of the labor movement have to get on the same page. There\u2019s no getting around that fact; if it doesn\u2019t happen, the political consequences will be dire. It\u2019s clearly another reason why the 2016 elections will mark a critical turning point in the nation\u2019s path to the future.\n\nThings can feel pretty bleak on a gray, rainy afternoon in late December as one considers the impact our greenhouse gas emissions will have on the planet for the generations ahead. It\u2019s important to keep in mind, however, that we are making progress.\n\nAlthough it certainly has its flaws, including the lack of any legally binding commitments, the climate agreement reached in Paris earlier this month by nearly 200 countries is historic, marking the most significant progress yet made in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nAfter years of obstructionism, the U.S. actually played a positive role in the Paris talks. In the run up to COP 21, President Obama set the tone for the negotiations by exercising his executive authority to reject the Keystone XL pipeline and announcing the Clean Power Plan, a crucial step to reduce carbon pollution from power plants\n\nAt the same time, China is moving forward decisively to reduce emissions from coal and renewable energy has become an economically viable alternative to fossil fuels. Government investigations into Exxon\u2019s cover up of its own climate research have clearly put the oil industry on the defensive and the divestment movement gathers increasing momentum.\n\nCloser to home, as the talks in Paris got underway, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a directive that 50 percent of electricity generated in our state come from renewable technologies by 2030. This mandate sends a strong signal that New York needs to accelerate its transition to renewable energy.\n\nIn the last 10 years, New York\u2019s renewable energy has increased from about 19 percent to 25 percent of total electricity use. The state\u2019s renewable portfolio standard, which expires today, helped make this possible. Now the challenge is clear: we need double the share of renewable energy to 50 percent in the next 15 years.\n\nAll eyes are on the upcoming climate talks in Paris. Set to begin November 30, the UN Climate Change Conference is widely viewed as the last chance for a substantive international agreement to head off runaway climate destabilization. It seems likely that a deal will be struck, but the real question is whether it will be enough to do the trick.\n\nOver the past several months, about 150 countries \u2014 including China, the United States, the European Union, and India \u2014 have made voluntary pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions after 2020, when the deal is supposed to take effect. Negotiations in Paris will seek to build upon those commitments and create a structure to monitor and strengthen them.\n\nThe major problem facing negotiators is that the commitments made so far are not sufficient to hold the world under 2 degrees C of warming. The general scientific consensus is that anything over 2 degrees C runs the risk of triggering dangerous changes that could cause global havoc.\n\nThis news comes as a flurry of new reports remind us that the road we are on currently will lead to disaster and that changes already underway will have terrible consequences, especially for the world\u2019s most vulnerable populations, the poor, young, old, and sick, to say nothing of other nonhuman species, many of which are vital to the health of the world\u2019s ecosystems.\n\nA study issued just days ago by the National Academy of Sciences, for example, warned that greenhouse gas emissions will cause a dramatic collapse of the ocean\u2019s marine life unless we reverse course. A massive coral bleaching event that is sweeping across oceans from Hawaii to India to the Caribbean is among several developments underscoring the report\u2019s findings.\n\nAnother recently published analysis estimates that, given carbon emissions to date, the world has probably committed to at least 1.6 meters of long-term sea-level rise, more than five feet. This level of locked-in increase will submerge most of the homes in over 400 U.S. towns and cities, including New Orleans and Miami. Among cities tbat will experience similar fates if they do not take drastic action soon are New York City, Philadelphia, and Jacksonville.\n\nEven as scientists point out that we have already experienced a global temperature rise of almost 1 degree C since the Industrial Revolution, many of them maintain that the worst effects of global warming can still be avoided. \u201cThe climate change problem is one that can be solved,\u201d insists climate expert Professor Chris Field of Stanford University. \u201cWe have the technologies, the resources \u2013 we just need to make the commitment.\u201d\n\nThe rapid drop in the cost of producing wind and solar energy is certainly among the most hopeful developments. As a result, the International Energy Agency earlier this month projected that by 2020, 26 percent of the world\u2019s energy will be generated by renewable sources. That\u2019s definitely good news.\n\nThe talks in Paris will make it clear whether we can avoid pushing the temperature up another 1 degree C. If not, the road from Paris will be much more difficult than anything we have had to deal with on the road to Paris. Let\u2019s hope that our leaders recognize this and act accordingly.\n\n2014 turned out to be a momentous year for the climate protection effort, culminating in the historic march on September 21 in New York City that brought more than 400,000 people, including many from Tompkins County, to join in a demand for action from world leaders. The news on November 12 that the U.S. and China, which together account for 45 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, had struck a deal to limit these emissions suggested that perhaps they were listening.\n\nThen, on December 17, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that his administration would ban fracking in the state largely because of concerns over risks to the public\u2019s health. The watershed decision came after years of citizen activism insisting that the state should leave its considerable fossil fuel reserves in the ground because of the threats fracking posed to the air, water, and soil of its communities.\n\nThe call for leaving carbon in the ground also came from a rapidly growing divestment movement.\n\nBeginning with students at U.S. colleges and universities, the movement soon encompassed, among others, higher education institutions in Scotland and Australia as well as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the World Council of Churches, and Ithaca\u2019s Park Foundation. As a result of this campaign, according to Fossil Free, more than $50 billion in assets have been divested so far. Building on this momentum, 350.org and its partners have begun organizing a Global Divestment Day for February 13-14, 2015. Stay tuned.\n\nAt the same time, renewable energy rapidly gained traction throughout the world. As the year wound to a close, reports out of Germany indicated that the country had generated a record 25 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources during 2014, with wind and solar leading the way. On May 11, almost 75 percent of Germany\u2019s overall electricity needs were met by renewable energy.\n\nAll of these impressive developments, however, took place against the backdrop of a rapidly worsening outlook for the planet\u2019s climate. According to climate scientists, all indications are that 2014 will be the hottest year on record for the planet, marking 38 years in a row of higher-than-average temperatures.words,\n\nIn Rebecca Solnit\u2019s words,\u201dIt\u2019s hard to see how we\u2019ll get there from here.\u201d But, she notes, that\u2019s how it felt to lots of ordinary 18th-century Europeans when they contemplated overthrowing the divine right of kings and becoming citizens rather than subjects. It takes sustained, concentrated effort on the part of lots of people working together to create a new reality.\n\nCloser to home, Cornell\u2019s purchase of community-owned wind power, the doubling of residential solar power in Tompkins County, the growing recognition that economic development and greenhouse gas emission reductions are not mutually exclusive, and new initiatives to make our commercial buildings more energy efficient all serve as examples of how to build this new reality. May those examples continue to multiply and grow in 2015.\n\nSince its founding six years ago, TCCPI has advanced the notion that the only effective way for communities to fight climate change is by working together. The many challenges we face in dealing with climate mitigation and adaptation can only be met if we break out of our silos and work across sectors.The achievement of \u201cemerging district\u201d status for Ithaca is a good example of what can be accomplished when we collaborate. Made up of business, local government, and nonprofit leaders who are committed to reducing the carbon footprint of their buildings, the Ithaca 2030 District seeks to foster the establishment of performance benchmarks, the collecting and sharing of data, and the dissemination of best practices in the areas of energy conservation and energy efficiency.\n\nThrough the collaboration of diverse stakeholders, leveraging existing and developing new incentives and financing mechanisms, and creating and sharing joint resources, the Ithaca 2030 District will demonstrate the business case for healthy and high performing buildings.\n\nSolar Tompkins is another terrific example of what can happen when we work together toward a common goal. Director Melissa Kemp recently announced that the program has exceeded its target, enrolling nearly 1,300 families in the program. The initiative aims to double the amount of solar-panel electricity generated in the county. The deadline for enrollees to decide if they want to go solar is October 1, and already 120 have done so. In order to stimulate the growth of solar adoption in the County, Solar Tompkins is selling photovoltaic (PV) solar panel arrays at well below market rate. A typical residential 7,000-watt system could cost only $6,216 through the program once all of the tax credits and rebates are taken into account, according to Kemp.\n\n\u201cHope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up,\u201d David Orr, professor of environmental studies at Oberlin College, often likes to say. The continuing news about the onset of significant climate disruption could easily lead to despair and paralysis. But by local citizens and institutions coming together on projects such as the Ithaca 2030 District and Solar Tompkins, and rolling up our sleeves for the long haul, we make it possible to build a more sustainable future for Tompkins County.\n\nThe day after attending the anti-fracking concert in Binghamton featuring Natalie Merchant and the Horse Flies, I ran across a new report published by the American Meteorological Society concluding that the ice covering Lake Ontario in the winter had decreased by 88 per cent over the last forty years. Eighty-eight percent. That\u2019s a big number.\n\nNatalie Merchant\n\nYes, smaller cyclical climate patterns like El Nino and El Nina were responsible for some of this decline but so, too, was the broad trend of global warming. Lake Superior was so free of ice this past winter that a local ferry north of Ashland, Wis., operated all season, something that has happened only once before.\n\nOne of the speakers at the concert called on the audience to not only oppose Marcellus drilling but also support the development of renewable energy. \u201cEnergy efficiency, too,\u201d I thought to myself. Solar, wind, and geothermal by themselves will not be enough to manage the risk of runaway climate change. And climate adaptation and resilience must be tackled, given the amount of change already baked in. And then there are issues of local food security, alternative transportation, and waste, all being addressed in the Get Your GreenBack Tompkins (GYGB) campaign.\n\nSo much work to do; it can all seem more than a little overwhelming. But then every generation has work to do. In many ways, we are fortunate that what Thomas Berry calls \u201cthe Great Work\u201d of our time is so well defined. We know what we must do to make sure the generations after us have clean water, clean air, healthy food to eat, and families that thrive. As Natalie Merchant sang that wonderful evening in Binghamton, \u201cThese are the days you\u2019ll remember.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Owning a Bugatti Veyron, is very special. Being a Veyron owner in Paris, is even more special. Not? Mathematically, if you own a car like the Veyron, you own a very beautiful house too. A vintage one with a...\n\nNot only car guys but almost everyone who loves to travel really loves road trips. So petrolheads or car people in general get really excited when the roadtrip is mixed with a very nice vehicle...like the...\n\nNext year Ford will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company's 3-year-in-a-row victory at the famous race in 1966, followed by another victory in 1967 and the other one in 1968. The GT will run the...\n\nWell, sometimes is so good to look back and see where the things we see today come from. It's the same like driving this 1958 Mesrati 250F! The circuit of Monaco is one of the most notable Formula 1...\n\nAmong all countless tuners giving a touch on the R35 GT-R, Japan's Libery Walk stays on the top since it offers a very unique widebody styling. On Libery Walk you can JDM everything, your BMW M4 or even...\n\nUnbelievable! An Incredible treasure trove of rusting classics was found languishing in a French farm garage after 50-years and it\u2019s worth \u00a312million.This real pure classic collection has gone up for..."}
-{"text": "In a series of simple, evocative images, W. Nikola-Lisa takes readers on a journey toward the Nativity, with a black baby Jesus as its centerpiece. Synthia Saint James's vibrant colorblock paintings capture the mystery and anticipation of this journey and of the birth of a newborn king.ExcerptPresenting, in all its mystery, the story of Christmas...\nA sprinkle of stars, A plume of smoke, A plum-purple sky, And a black baby Jesus- Hallelujah!\nA flock of sheep, A watch of shepherds, Yew-green hills, And a black baby Jesus-\nHallelujah!\nA slice of road,\nA clutch of trees, A cake-white wall, And a black baby Jesus- Hallelujah!\n\nHoliday Stars-Booklist\"A black baby Jesus---Hallelujah!\" That's the refrain in this joyful picture book that celebrates the birth of Christ with short, vivid, chanting lines and bright, rhythmic, color-block paintings in a style reminiscent of Jacob Lawrence. Everyone in the pictures is black--the Holy Family, the shepherds, the three kings bearing gifts--and the dramatic words and geometric pictures set the people in a universe of brilliant colors, elemental shapes, and powerful movement. Inside the stable there's \"A toss of hay./A fold of blanket./A sky-blue scarf./and a black baby Jesus.\" Outside are green hills, a purple sky, a slate-gray donkey, a red velvet canopy, and a host of angels in many colors presiding over the splendor. The text is great for reading aloud, and the pictures will appeal to the felt-board crowd, as well as to a more sophisticated audience. Saint James' illustrations for Karen English's - Neeny Coming, Neeny Going -(1996) won her a Coretta Scott King Honor, and here again she expresses a universal theme with a childlike simplicity.\n\nschool library journal\"this handsome book combines evocative, lyrical text with distinctive, richly colored illustrations to tell the story of the Nativity...The infant, so simply yet effectively rendered by the interplay of text and color, is the focus and inspires the awe that the story commands.\""}
-{"text": "Sunday, August 12, 2012\n\nIt looks as if the gesture-sensitive interface for the Cadillac Cue infotainment system is just the beginning of gesture integration in our vehicles. Wired reports that Microsoft is already investigating ways to incorporate technology lifted from its Xbox Kinect. Likewise, Harman has unveiled a new system that recognizes both hand and facial cues to control various cabin features. Drivers can reportedly use eye blinks to turn the stereo on, tilt their heads to turn up the volume and even tap the steering wheel to skip songs. Temperature adjustment gets taken care of by raising or lowering a hand above the gear shift, while pulling up a Bluetooth-connected phone is as simple as mimicking a phone with a hand.\n\nHow does it work? The system re lies on an infrared sensor to \"watch\" for certain gestures. When it sees them, it passes a signal to separate processor, which in turn handles the connected hardware.\n\nThat sounds all well and good, but as anyone who's stood cursing at a motion-activated faucet in an airport restroom can tell you, these systems aren't foolproof. Fortunately, Harman says it won't have anything ready for market until it's been thoroughly tested, which may be up to three years from now.Via: Hand gesture controls coming to a car near you?"}
-{"text": "Human FPR1-FLAG Stable Cell Line-HEK293T Galphaqi5\n\nThe gene FPR1 encodes the formylpeptide receptor (FPR), which is a G-protein-coupled receptor that mediates chemotaxis of phagocytic leukocytes induced by bacterial peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP). Agonist binding to FPR in phagocytic leukocytes leads to the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kB via heterotrimeric Galphai proteins. FPR is involved in host defense against bacterial infection and in the clearance of damaged cells. Recently a large number of non-formylated peptide ligands for FPR have now been identified. Some of the new ligands (e.g. Ac1\u201326 from annexin) are endogenous in origin, and some come from pathogens that are associated with human diseases such as HIV, which have suggested novel roles for this receptor in the regulation of acute and chronic inflammation as well as host responses during HIV-1 infection."}
-{"text": "Join Ben Spellman for a yoga practice that emphasizes dismissing judgment, breaking down barriers, and producing positive energy. Extend these virtues and stay for a brief foray in the museum where we'll practice the art of looking and learning to share our observations, thoughts, and questions."}
-{"text": "\u201cStop Killing Cyclists\u201d \u2013 Vigil & Demonstration\n\nIn the past week two more people have lost their lives while cycling on roads in Ireland, bringing the total number of cyclists killed in 2017 to 14*. That is *four more than were killed in all of 2016, and it makes 2017 the deadliest year for cyclists in more than a decade. The number of people who cycle who have been seriously or fatally injured is available at the Road Safety Authority\n\nThe members of each of our groups are sick and tired of the silence and inaction by government, both local & national, when it comes to cyclists\u2019 safety. We have been calling for increased funding and resources for cycling and for the Garda Traffic Corps, so as to increase the member and officer complement from its present low of approx. 700 to a strength of 1,200, but those calls have fallen on deaf ears, and cyclists continue to be killed as a result.\n\nJust yesterday we had a report on Facebook of a club cyclist clipped by an overtaking vehicle while out on a club spin. It was yet another hit-n-run caused by dangerous overtaking, which is a statutory offence covered by the Fixed Penalty-Points regime. However we never see any statistics published by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to show how many FCNs are issued for this offence. We need this vital data. There is silence and inaction from the key government ministers \u2013 Minister Ross (Transport) & Minister Flanagan (Justice) \u2013 who hold responsibility for road safety and policing, respectively.\n\nColm Ryder (Chair of Cyclist.ie) stated: \u201cThe number of cyclists dying on our roads is growing, while other vehicle casualties drop. This government needs to invest in cycling to protect vulnerable road users from these increased tragic losses of life. Our thoughts are with the two most recent casualties, who came from both ends of the age spectrum. This trend needs to be reversed, and can only be reversed by the Government making the right decisions and investing more in active travel. MAKE CYCLING SAFE!\u201d\n\nDr. Paul Corcoran (Chair of Dublin Cycling Campaign) stated that \u201cthe number of vehicle fly-parked in the mandatory-use cycle tracks on the streets of our capital, and right across the land in urban areas, during their period of operation is unacceptable. Illegally parked vehicles force cyclists out into the fast-moving traffic-stream putting riders at increased risk of being hit. They are not an aid to doing business\u201d.\n\nClara Clark of Cycling Without Age, www.cyclingwithoutage.ie, \u201casks all road planners and users to respect and look out for cyclists on all our roads. We want Cycling Without Age trishaw trikes to become an accepted form of mobility for our older and mobility-impaired citizens. Cycling offers sustainable and healthy travel to all. Motorists need to recognise and allow space and for safe overtaking, safe road use, particularly at junctions, and parking for cyclists. We call on government and local authorities to consult with cyclists and cyclist groups when planning and upgrading new road layouts. For example, Cherrywood in south Dublin new road proposals offer unrealistic and bicycle-unfriendly junction options\u201d.\n\nStephen McManus for IBIKEDublin says: \u201cDeath by car should never become normalised in a society that cares for its people. Thirteen parents, children, partners, siblings have been killed while cycling to work, school or while just out going about their lives.\nThe state must act immediately and make infrastructure safer for pedestrians and cyclists to avoid further deaths.\nThe D\u00e1il must also pass the Minimum Safe Distance Passing Bill into law immediately.\n\nWe must all remember that roads are primarily designed to facilitate the movement of people. The people who choose the most dangerous mode of transportation must carry the most responsibility for the safety of other road users.\nEvery death is one too many.\u201d\n\nPhil Skelton of \u2018Stayin Alive at 1.5\u2019 says: \u201cMany motorists are simply not aware of the rights of bicycle riders and the challenges they face in navigating a road system designed primarily for motor vehicles, underpinning a stubborn prejudice that bicycle riders are \u201crogue\u201d road users.\n\nWhile bicycles are defined as vehicles, and given similar rights to cars when on the road, they face disproportionate vulnerability\nThe Stayin\u2019 Alive at 1.5 campaign, has made use of social media, various awareness videos, vehicle signage, safety campaigns, press releases etc. to ask motorists to \u201cgive space\u201d to bicycle riders. The RSA has been active in this area too, but this has been ongoing with cyclists for some time now and and although has some positive effect it doesn\u2019t reach the target audience we need to engage, those who are might view people on bicycles as road furniture, as an inconvenience, which needs to be overtaken hastily and at the first opportunity. those unwilling to take on the message or dismissive of vulnerable road users altogether.\nIntroducing a minimum passing distance law would be a significant and progressive step in changing the focus on sharing the road\u201d."}
-{"text": "To help make sense of the forthcoming playoffs, we've brought in some help.\n\nLots of help.\n\nIt's in the form of The CA's Playoff Panel, a group of fans and CA reporters we've asked to give us their insight.\n\nLook for the Playoff Panel to appear in expanded form at commercialappeal.com each afternoon after each game. An abbreviated version will be in print the day after.\n\nOn Thursday, we asked our panel one simple question: Which team will win this series, and why?\n\nBrian Boone, Griz fan: Clippers in 7 games. As much as it pains me to say it, the Clippers appear to have the Grizzlies' number. Without home court advantage, the return of a healthy Grizz-slayer in Eric Bledsoe, and the Grizzlies' inconsistent bench will prove to be too much to overcome. But I hope I'm wrong.\n\nPat Brown, Griz fan: Grizzlies in 6. The intangibles will determine this series. The Griz enter the playoffs forged as a team, deeper than previous playoffs, and with a grudge. Their history shows that they perform best when the underdog. Papa Griz (Zach Randolph) demonstrated that he's ready in Wednesday's win. Plus, he will intimidate and negate (Blake) Griffin. The Grindfather (Tony Allen) will keep Paul in check. I trust that the rest of the team can take care of Bledsoe, Jordan and Crawford.\n\nGeoff Calkins, CA columnist: Clippers in 7. Griz could certainly win, but the Clips have home court and Chris Paul.\n\nPeter Edmiston, WHBQ-AM/FM host and CA \u2018Numbers Game' analyst: Clippers in 7. Going to be tight and physical again, but this is a better Clippers defensive team than last year. The Griz are No. 2 in defensive efficiency; the Clips are 10th. The Griz are No. 20 in offensive efficiency; the Clips are No. 5. Chris Paul is the best player in the series. They can defend, but can this Griz team score enough to win four games? I'm still skeptical.\n\nKatee Forbis, Griz fan: Grizzlies in 6. If the Grizzlies would have ended up with home court advantage I would have said Grizzlies in 7 games. However, without having the security blanket of home court, I expect the team to play with a sense of urgency to avoid a game 7 at the Staples Center.\n\nRon Higgins, CA reporter: Grizzlies in 7. Go back to the future to the 2011 playoffs with no Rudy Gay. The ball moved. Z-Bo and Big Spain (Marc Gasol) owned the paint. Now imagine that with a confident grown-up Mike Conley, the vast playoff experience of Tayshaun Prince and the explosive scoring of Jerryd Bayless. Throw in the crazy Tony Allen gene. Griz roll on.\n\nChase Lucas, Griz fan: Clippers in 6. The bench play of the Clippers is too much for the Grizzlies to overcome. Lionel Hollins fails to solve the Eric Bledsoe problem and the Clippers end the Grizzlies' season at the FedExForum for the second year in a row.\n\nMarlon W. Morgan, CA reporter: Clippers in 6. They say defense wins championships. But at the end of the day, you've still got to be able to put the ball in the basket. The Grizzlies too often struggle to score and in this matchup, that's a problem. The Clippers have a plethora of players than can do just that, whether it's Chris Paul, Chauncey Billups, Blake Griffin, Caron Butler, Jamal Crawford, or Eric Bledsoe. Heck, they can even go to the end of the bench and grab Grant Hill.\n\nBrett Moore, Grizzlies fan: Grizzlies in 6. There are three keys to success in this series and they are as follows. 1) Zach Randolph needs to be in beast mode (see Utah game). 2) The Memphis bench must close the gap against the Clippers bench. 3) The Grizzlies need to return to form at the free throw line.\n\nNick Rahme, Grizzlies fan: Grizzlies in 6. Defense wins championships and the Grizzles have played with that mentality all season long. Gasol, Randolph, and Conley are peaking at the right time. Lastly, the Grizzles rank No. 10 in free throw percentage; the Clippers rank No. 27. We want it more than they do.\n\nKevin Ritz, Griz fan: Grizzlies in 6. There is no way we lose Game 6 at home on the first Friday of Memphis in May. We won our one playoff series victory on the first Friday of Memphis in May. We are undefeated in Game 6, including games on the first Friday of Memphis in May. As long as we snatch a game in L.A., this won't make it to 7.\n\nWilliam Terrell, Griz fan: Grizzlies in 6. Losing home court is a blessing in disguise against the Clippers. In the two games in Tinseltown this season, the Grizz shot 45.5 percent from the field, made 78 percent of their free throws and have a +/- of +2. All of those numbers are considerably lower at the Grind House. Grizz will win Games 1 and 5 in L.A. and close \"Flop City\" out in six at home.\n\nRon Tillery, CA Griz beat reporter: Clippers in 6 games. The Clippers enjoy the same decided edge that they enjoyed over the Grizzlies last year: more offensive firepower with a deeper bench. The Griz have become a more efficient offensive team but they aren't as dynamic without Rudy Gay. Elite teams like the Clippers, Nuggets, Spurs and Thunder are both efficient and dynamic on offense. Those teams are also ranked among the league's top 11 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. That means the Clippers play above-average defense despite not being as elite as the Griz. Memphis clearly is better than the bottom three playoffs teams in the West but has a small margin for error. The more well-rounded Clippers will exploit that with the benefit of home-court advantage.\n\nDrew Tucker, Griz fan: Grizzlies in 6. I think Darrell Arthur and Zach Randolph are finally coming around and just in time. I read that Griffin has been dealing with back spasms so that could be an advantage in the post. Lastly, with Conley and Gasol facilitating the offense we will score enough to get the job done.\n\nAustin Webster, Griz fan: Clippers in 7. As a huge Grizzlies fan, this pains me to say. But the Clippers have won three out of the four games against us this season. Two of those wins have been on our home court. Even though Gasol and Randolph typically neutralize their bigs (even more so now that Reggie Evans is gone), the Clippers' guards and wings led by Chris Paul have always given the Grizz fits.\n\nDavid Williams, CA sports editor: Clippers in 6. Because of Chris Paul. Because of the L.A. bench. Because of the Grizzlies' offensive limitations. Because, ultimately, I think, the Grizzlies are the fifth-best team in a brutally tough conference. No shame in that. I'd call it a successful season, and then give Lionel Hollins that contract extension he's earned.\n\nPaul Young, Griz fan: Grizzlies in 6. Z-Bo found his stride in the final regular season game against Utah and his play is going to be key in this series. If he can maintain that offensive production and intensity from last night, the Grizz will be tough to beat. The Grizz bench will need to match or surpass the Clippers bench production, which will be tough but I think Bayless is going to give us an edge."}
-{"text": "Stirling Albion make their live TV debut when we face Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday, kick-off 12 noon for coverage on ESPN. We are 14/1 outsiders against Ally McCoist\u2019s team, who can clinch the Third Division title this weekend if they beat the Binos and Queen\u2019s Park drop points at Annan later in the day.\n\nTeam news: Brian Allison and Kieran McAnespie are both suspended but Gary Thom returns from a one-match ban. Keeper David Crawford and forward Graham Weir are available after injury but the game comes too soon for Ross McGeachie. Rangers are without top scorer Andy Little, who is on international duty with Northern Ireland. Midfielder Ian Black is suspended, Dean Shiels is injured and Kevin Kyle this week left the club. Ross Perry, Lewis MacLeod, David Templeton and Darren Cole are all out and Fran Sandaza has been suspended by the club. Youngster Andy Murdoch is added to the squad and Kyle Hutton returns.\n\nPast meetings: Brian Allison scored the only goal when we beat Rangers for only the second time in our history, 1-0 at Forthbank on October 6. Our only other success was 2-0 at Annfield in September 1953. Rangers beat us 2-0 at Ibrox in December but Ross Forsyth\u2019s header earned us a 1-1 draw at Forthbank last month. Prior to this season, the teams had not met on league business since 1967/68.\n\nMatch facts: We have lost only one of our last nine matches \u2013 1-0 away to Berwick \u2013 and head to Ibrox on the back of a record-breaking 9-1 win over East Stirling a fortnight ago. Our only away league victory to date was 2-1 at Elgin at the beginning of March. Rangers suffered their first home defeat of 2012/13 when Annan won 2-1 at Ibrox earlier this month, although Elgin and Montrose have earned draws in Glasgow since the turn of the year."}
-{"text": "The Alzheimer\u2019s Association is currently recruiting local volunteers to facilitate Family Caregiver Support Groups in Monroe.\n\nFamily Caregiver Support Groups provide a consistent and caring place for caregivers to learn, share, and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss."}
-{"text": "Podline Tensioners\n\nThe guideline tensioner and the podline tensioner are passive and similar in-line tensioners that are often supplied as one combined project package. The podline tensioner offers a higher capacity of 12 metric tons max line pull versus 7.5 metric tons.\n\nOur podline tensioners maintain a near-constant tension in the two support wires clamped to hydraulic podlines on floating drilling rigs. The podlines control the subsea blow-out preventer (BOP) at shallow to midwater depths. Kept taut, the wires are protected from breakage by rig motion, upholding reliable command lines to the BOP. Our proven podline tensioner consists of two parallel wireline tensioner units, two idler sheaves, two telescopic guide arms, and a hydraulic control stand for the guide arms. The two tensioners and a guideline tensioner share the control stand."}
-{"text": "Month: October, 2009\n\nIt\u2019s a fact that almost every guy prefers to cum inside a girl rather then shooting his cum outside. That\u2019s why I find this site called Creampie Mania so entertaining \u2013 they\u2019re always about giving those naughty babes a huge creampie in their wet pussy or ass \ud83d\ude09 Check out this brand new gallery that I\u2019ve found this time. It features a gorgeous teen babe who loves taking hard cock both in her hot pussy and tight butt. Watch the horny tease take off her tight tank top and reveal her nice firm boobs, and then slide down her shorts and sexy panties to show you that tight pink pussy. She first sucks her boyfriend\u2019s hard cock and then jumps on top of him and rides him hard, making those juicy butt cheeks slam against his legs. After riding the guy in her pussy she switches her holes and takes him up her tight ass instead. The guy cums hard from the sensation of that ultra tight anus squeezing his dick and shoots his load inside, leaving this naughty babe with a huge creampie in her ass! Watch this slut drip hot jizz from her fucked butt hole that her bf pumped full of cum!\n\nCreampie Cams\n\nAdult content. Visitors who are not 18 years old, please leave this website now. This website is for Adults only. Enjoy It.\nAll 2257 documents may be found while visiting each post of this blog.\nRSS Entries and RSS Comments"}
-{"text": "Organized by Arts Initiative Tokyo\nCo-organized by The Backers Foundation\nCollaborated by Tomio Koyama Gallery, ShugoArts, Taka Ishii Gallery\nSupported by Embassy of the Argentine Republic in Japan and Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Japan\n\nSince 2007, The Backers Foundation and Arts Initiative Tokyo (AIT) have been collaborating on the Artist-in-Residence Programme (The BAR) and invited a total of 20 emerging artists from 15 countries across Americas, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia to support their artistic research and production in Japan. In 2012, to commemorate 5th anniversary of the programme, we have showcased the exhibition \u201cHome Again \u2013 10 Artists who have experienced Japan\u201d at Hara Museum in Shinagawa to include all artists who stayed in Tokyo for the previous five years. The installation was curated to organically nurture the exhibition space of Hara Museum. The key characteristic of The BAR is that it is collaboratively organized between members of The Backers Foundation, business experts, and AIT, a non-profit organization specialized in contemporary art. With support from art galleries in Tokyo, the programme created opportunities for each of the artists to present new works produced during their stay along with previous works. The works have been partially collected by The Backers Foundation. In its 12th year, to commemorate the completion of the programme, the exhibition \u201cTokyo A La Carte\u201d \u2013The Backers Foundation and AIT Residence Programme (The Bar) Memories of 10 years showcases various works by 20 artists in multiple venues and with generous support from TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY, ShugoArts and Taka Ishii Gallery.\n\nThrough their works and artistic viewpoints, The BAR has learned about the complex histories of the artists\u2019countries and the various trajectories that extend to the current state in today\u2019s diverse landscapes where these artists live and work. Originally from Afghanistan, Khadim Ali came to Japan in 2007 from the Hazara ethnic group who are native to Central Asia. His home country remains in a state of tension and the landscape of Bamiyan Valley remains as testimony to the tragic destruction of the two standing Buddha statues. Duto Hardono and Syagini Ratnawulan came over from Indonesia in 2011, after the disastrous earthquakes and the aftermaths from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, in response to the situation with their own memory from the earthquakes Indonesia previously suffered. A Guatemalan artist Alberto Rodr\u00edguez Coll\u00eda from 2013 and a Kenyan artist Gor Soudan from\n2014, both have undergone oppression and struggles in their artistic expressions and they joined the programme to pursue a sense of freedom in order to expand their passion towards research activities back in their countries. In 2016, Krishnapriya Tharmakrishnar from Sri Lanka took her very first journey outside of her country. She has had an extraordinary life experience in which she lost her mother during the civil war that continued until 2009 in her hometown, Jaffna.\n\nThese artists all lived and witnessed history being made and their artistic interpretations through unique experiences in Japanese society and interactions here were interwoven into their art production. Exhibiting these artworks and their practices widely again today will uncover diverse realities that are globally shared today.\n\nUtilizing the space of three galleries, the exhibition embodies and observes through three keywords: \u201cUrban Space\u201d(TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY), \u201cInhabitants\u201d (ShugoArts) and \u201cImaginative Memory\u201d (Taka Ishii Gallery), while each artwork from the different years come together in a space where cultural dialogues and its fruition in the current landscape of Tokyo through their eyes will be evoked. We hope you enjoy a la carte of Tokyo served by 20 artists at the exhibition."}
-{"text": "Real Man's 4WD Track\nA Land Rover Defender drives up a \"Real Man's\" 4WD track.\nOne brave soul attempted it in a Landcruiser but failed before even getting\nboth sets of wheels on the ramp. He is currently at home trying to fix his\nExhaust.\nThe video was taken at the Maitland 4WD & Camping Show 2009 and the\nramp is 5.5M above the ground.\nThe majority of the drive is done with the driver seeing nothing but sky."}
-{"text": "Windows 10 introduces an exciting new feature with potential security implications \u2013 dynamic tracing which finally enables long awaited-for features in the operating system.\n\nAt boot, the OS now calls KiInitDynamicTraceSupport, which only if kernel debugging is enabled, will call into the TraceInitSystem export provided by the ext-win-ms-ntos-trace-L-1-1-0 API Set, which is not currently shipping in the public OS schemas. This export receives a callback table with the following 4 functions:\n\nKeSetSystemServiceCallback\n\nKeSetTracepoint\n\nEtwRegisterEventCallback\n\nMmDbgCopyMemory\n\nIf the function returns successfully, KiDynamicTraceEnabled is now set.\n\nThe last routine is not terribly interesting, as it is already used by the debugger when accessing physical memory through commands such as !dd or dd /p. But the other three routines, well, Christmas came early this year.\n\nKernel Mode ETW Event Callbacks\n\nEtwRegisterEventCallback is a new internal function, accessible only by the dynamic trace system, which allows associating a custom ETW event callback routine, and associated context, with any ETW Logger ID. The function validates that the callback function is valid by calling KeIsValidTraceCallbackTarget, which does two things:\n\nIs Dynamic Tracing Enabled? (i.e.: KiDynamicTraceEnabled == 1)\n\nIs this a valid callback (same requirements as Ps and Ob callbacks, i.e.: was the driver containing the callback linked with /INTEGRITYCHECK)\n\nOnce the check succeeds, the matching logger context structure (WMI_LOGGER_CONTEXT) is looked up, and an appropriate ETW_EVENT_CALLBACK_CONTEXT structure is allocated from the pool (tag EtwC), and inserted into the CallbackContext field of the logger context.\n\nAt this point, any time an ETW event is thrown by this logger, this kernel-mode callback is also called, introducing, for the first time, support for kernel-mode consumption of ETW events, one of the biggest asks of the security industry in the last decade. This call is done by EtwpInvokeEventCallback, which calls the registered ETW callback with the raw ETW buffer data at the correct offset where this event starts, and the size of the event in the buffer. This new callback is called from:\n\nEtwTraceEvent and EtwTraceRaw\n\nEtwpLogKernelEvent and EtwpWriteUserEvent\n\nEtwpEventWriteFull\n\nEtwpTraceMessageVa\n\nEtwpLogSystemEventUnsafe\n\nThis essentially gives access to the callback to any and all ETW event data, including even WPP and TraceLog debug messages.\n\nSystem Call Hooks\n\nKeSetSystemServiceCallback, on the other hand, fulfills the second Christmas wish of every Windows security researcher: officially implemented system call hooks. The API allows the dynamic trace system to register a system call hook by name and pass an associated callback function and context. It introduces a new table, called the KiSystemServiceTraceCallbackTable, which copies the contents of the KiServicesTab (a new, more comprehensive system call table) into a Red-Black tree which contains an entry for each system call with its absolute location, number of arguments, and a pre and post callback (and context).\n\nBefore continuing, it\u2019s worth talking about the format of the new KiServicesTab structure, as it introduces some valuable information for reverse engineering:\n\nThe first 32-bit value is the hash of the system call function\u2019s name\n\nThe second 32-bit value is the argument count of the function\n\nThe last 64-bit value, is the absolute pointer to the function\n\nThe hash function, implemented in a sane language as C looks as follows:\n\nThe trick, of course, is that the function name must be passed in without its Nt prefix \u2013 countless hours having been wasted trying to debug the hash algorithm by yours truly. Let\u2019s take a look at some debugger output:\n\nBack to KeSetSystemServiceCallback, if a system call callback is being registered, the KiSystemServiceTraceCallbackCount variable is incremented, and the KiDynamicTraceMask has its lowest bit set (the operations are reversed in the case of a system call callback unregistration). Unregistration is done by looping while KiSystemServiceTraceCallbacksActive is set, acting as a barrier to avoid unregistration in the middle of a call. All of these operations are further done under a lock (KiSystemServiceTraceCallbackLock).\n\nOnce the callback is registered (which must also satisfy the checks done by KeIsValidTraceCallbackTarget), it will interact with the system call handler as follows: inside of KiSystemServiceCopyEnd, a check is made with KiDynamicTraceMask to verify if the lowest bit is set, if so, system call execution goes through a path where KiTrackSystemCallEntry is called, passing in all of the register-based arguments in a single stack-based structure. This uses the KiSystemServiceTraceCallbackTable Red-Black Tree to locate any matching callbacks, and if one is present, and KiDynamicTraceEnabled is set, KiSystemServiceTraceCallbacksActive is incremented, the callback is made, and then the KiSystemServiceTraceCallbacksActive is decremented.\n\nWhen this function returns, the return value is captured, and the actual system call handler is called. Then, KiTrackSystemCallExit is called, passing in both the capture result from earlier, as well as the return value of the system call handler. It performs the same operations as the entry routine, but calling the exit callback instead. Note that callbacks cannot override input parameters nor the return value, at the moment.\n\nTrace Points\n\nKeSetTracepoint is the last of the new capabilities, and introduces an ability to register dynamic trace points, enable and disable them, and finally unregister them. The idea of a \u2018trace point\u2019 should be familiar with anyone that has used Linux-based kprobes before.\n\nA trace point is registered by passing in an address and which is then looked up against any currently loaded kernel modules. As long as the address is not part of the INIT (which is discarded by now, or soon will be) or KVASCODE section (which is the KVA Shadow space used to mitigate Meltdown), a trace point structure is allocated in non-paged pool (with the Ftrp tag). Next, the KiTpHashTable is used to scan for existing trace points on the same address. If one is found, an error is returned, as only a single trace point is supported per function. Note that trace point callbacks are also validated by calling KeIsValidTraceCallbackTarget just like in the case of the previous callbacks.\n\nKiTpSetupCompletion is used to finalize registration of a trace point, which first calls KiTpReadImageData based on the instruction size that was specified. An instruction parser (KiTpParseInstructionPrefix, KiTpFetchInstructionBytes) is used, followed by an emulator (KiTpEmulateInstruction, KiTpEmulateMovzx, and many more) are used to determine the instruction size that is required. Once the information is known, the original instructions are copied. For what it\u2019s worth, KiTpReadImageData is a simple function which attaches to the input process and basically does a memcpy of the address and specified bytes.\n\nOnce registered, the KiTpRegisteredCount variable is incremented, and the trace point can now be enabled. The first time this happens, KiTpEnabledCount is incremented, and the KiDynamicTraceMask is modified, this time setting the next lowest bit. Then, KiTpWriteMemory is called, which follows a similar code path as when using the debugger to set breakpoints (attaching to the process, if any, calling MmDbgCopyMemory to probe the address, and then using MmDbgCopyMemory wrapped inside of KdEnterDebugger and KdExitDebugger to make the patch.\n\nDisabling a trace point follows the same pattern, but in the opposite direction. Just like system call callback unregistration, a variable, this time called KiTpActiveTrapsCount, is used to avoid removing a trace point while it is still active, and all operations are done by holding a lock (KiTpStateLock).\n\nSo how are trace points actually triggered? Simple (again, no surprise to kprobe users) \u2013 an \u201cINT 3\u201d instruction is what ends up getting patched on top of the existing code at the target address, which will result in an eventual exception to be handled by KiDispatchException. If the status code is STATUS_BREAKPOINT, and KiDynamicTraceMask has Bit 1 set, KiTpHandleTrap is called.\n\nThis increments KiTpActiveTrapsCount to protect against racing unregistration, and looks up the address in KiTpHashTable. If there\u2019s a match, it then makes sure that an INT 3 is actually present at the address. In case of a match, the handler checks if this is a first chance exception and if dynamic tracing is enabled. If so, the callback is executed, and its return value is used to determine if the exception should be raised or not. If the function returns FALSE, then KiTpEmulateInstruction is called to emulate the original instruction stream and resume execution. Otherwise, if dynamic tracing is not enabled, or if this is a second chance exception, KiTpWriteMemory is used to restore the original code to avoid any further traps on that address.\n\nConclusion\n\nWell, there you have it \u2013 the latest 19H1 release of Windows should introduce some exciting new functionality for tracing and debugging. Realistically, it\u2019s unlikely that this will ever be exposed for 3rd security product party use (or even to internal competing security tools), but the addition of these capabilities may one day lead to that functionality being exposed in some way (especially the ETW tracing capability). Since there is no publicly shipping host module for the Tracing API Set, it may be that this functionality will only ever internally be used by Microsoft for their own testing, but it would be great to one day see it for 3rd party debugging and tracing as well.\n\nFinally, it\u2019s worth noting that the KiDynamicTraceEnabled variable is protected by the PsKernelRangeList, which is PatchGuard\u2019s internal way of monitoring specific variables and tables outside of its regular set of behaviors, so attackers that try to manipulate this behavior illicitly will likely incur its wrath. Still, since this functionality is meant to be used when a kernel debugger is attached (which disables PatchGuard), it\u2019s certainly possible to build a custom hand-crafted driver that enables and uses this functionality for legitimate purposes inside of say, a sandbox product.\n\nIntroduction\n\nA few months ago, as part of looking through the changes in Windows 10 Anniversary Update for the Windows Internals 7th Edition book, I noticed that the kernel began enforcing usage of the CR4[FSGSBASE] feature (introduced in Intel Ivy Bridge processors, see Section 4.5.3 in the AMD Manuals) in order to allow usage of User Mode Scheduling (UMS).\n\nThis led me to further analyze how UMS worked before this processor feature was added \u2013 something which I knew a little bit about, but not enough to write on.\n\nWhat I discovered completely changed my understanding of 64-bit Long Mode semantics and challenged many assumptions I was making \u2013 pinging a few other experts, it seems they were as equally surprised as I was (even Mateusz\u201dj00ru\u201d Jurczyk wasn\u2019t aware!).\n\nThroughout this blog post, you\u2019ll see how x64 processors, even when operating in 64-bit long mode:\n\nStill support the usage of a Local Descriptor Table (LDT)\n\nStill support the usage of Call Gates, using a new descriptor format\n\nStill support descriptor-table-based (GDT/LDT) segmentation using the fs/gs segment \u2013 ignoring the new MSR-based mechanism that was intended to \u201creplace\u201d it\n\nAt the end of the day, we\u2019ll show that j00ru\u2019s and Gynvael Coldwind\u2019s amazing paper on abusing Descriptor Tables is still relevant, even on x64 systems, on systems up to Windows 10 Anniversary Update. As such, reading that paper should be considered a prerequisite to this post.\n\nPlease, take into consideration that all these techniques no longer work on Anniversary Update systems or later, nor will they work on Intel Ivy Bridge processors or later, which is why I am presenting them now. Additionally, there is no \u201cvulnerability\u201d or \u201czero-day\u201d presented here, so there is no cause for alarm. This is simply an interesting combination of CPU, System, and OS Internals, which on older systems, could\u2019ve been used as a way to gain code execution in Ring 0, in the presence of an already existing vulnerability.\n\nA brief primer on User Mode Scheduling\n\nUMS efficiently allows user-mode processes to switch between multiple \u201cuser\u201d threads without involving the kernel \u2013 an extension and large improvement of the older \u201cfiber\u201d mechanism. A number of videos on Channel 9 explain how this is done, as does the patent.\n\nOne of the key issues that arises, when trying to switch between threads without involving the kernel, is the per-thread register that\u2019s used on x86 systems and x64 systems to point to the TEB. On x86 systems, the FS segment is used, leveraging an entry in the GDT (KGDT_R3_TEB), and on x64, the GS segment is used, leveraging the two Model Specific Registers (MSRs) that AMD implemented: MSR_GS_BASE and MSR_KERNEL_GS_SWAP.\n\nBecause UMS would now need to allow switching the base address of this per-thread register from user-mode (as involving a kernel transition would defy the whole point), two problems exist:\n\nOn x86 systems, this could be implemented through segmentation, allowing a process to have additional FS segments. But doing so in the GDT would limit the number of UMS threads available on the system (plus cause performance degradation if multiple processes use UMS), while doing so in the LDT would clash with the existing usage of the LDT in the system (such as NTVDM).\n\nOn x64 systems, modifying the base address of the GS segment requires modifying the aforementioned MSRs \u2014 which is a Ring 0 operation.\n\nIt is worth bringing up the fact that fibers never solved this problem \u2013instead having all fibers share a single thread (and TEB). But the whole point of UMS is to provide true thread isolation. So, what can Windows do?\n\nWell, it turns out that close reading of the AMD Manuals (Section 4.8.2) indicate the following:\n\n\u201cSegmentation is disabled in 64-bit mode\u201d\n\n\u201cData segments referenced by the FS and GS segment registers receive special treatment in 64-bit mode.\u201d\n\n\u201cFor these segments, the base address field is not ignored, and a non-zero value can be used in virtual-address calculations.\n\nI can\u2019t begin to count how many times I\u2019ve heard, seen, and myself repeated the first bullet. But that FS/GS can still be used with a data segment, even in 64-bit long mode? This literally brought back memories of Unreal Mode.\n\nClearly, though, Microsoft was paying attention (did they request this?). As you can probably now guess, UMS leverages this particular feature (which is why it is only available on x64 versions of Windows). As a matter of fact, the kernel creates a Local Descriptor Table as soon as one UMS thread is present in the process.\n\nThis was my second surprise, as I had no idea LDTs were still something supported when executing native 64-bit code (i.e.: \u2018long mode\u2019). But they still are, and so adding in the TABLE_INDICATOR (TI) bit (0x4) in a segment will result in the processor reading the LDTR to recover the LDT base address and dereference the segment indicated by the other bits.\n\nLet\u2019s see how we can get our own LDT for a process.\n\nLocal Descriptor Table on x64\n\nUnlike the x86 NtSetLdtEntries API and the ProcessLdtInformation information class, the x64 Windows kernel does not provide a mechanism for arbitrary user-mode applications to create an LDT. In fact, these APIs all return STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED.\n\nThat being said, by calling the user-mode API EnterUmsSchedulingMode, which basically calls NtSetInformationThread with the ThreadUmsInformation class, the kernel will go through the creation of an LDT (KeInitializeProcessLdt).\n\nThis, in turn, will populate the following fields in KPROCESS:\n\nLdtFreeSelectorHint which indicates the first free selector index in the LDT\n\nLdtTableLength which stores the total number of LDT entries \u2013 this is hardcoded to 8192, revealing the fact that a static 64K LDT is allocated\n\nLdtSystemDescriptor which stores the LDT entry that will be stored in the GDT\n\nLdtBaseAddress which stores a pointer to the LDT of this process\n\nLdtProcessLock which is a FAST_MUTEX used to synchronize changes to the LDT\n\nFinally, a DPC is sent to all processors which loads the LDT into all the processors.\n\nThis is done by reading the KPROCESS->LdtSystemDescriptor and writing into the GDT at offset 0x60 on Windows 10, or offset 0x70 on Windows 8.1 (bonus round: we\u2019ll see why there\u2019s a difference a bit later).\n\nThen, the LLDT instruction is used, and the selector is stored in the KPRCB->LdtSelector field. At this point, the process has an LDT. The next step is to fill it out.\n\nThe function now reads the address of the TEB. If the TEB happens to fall in the 32-bit portion of the address space (i.e.: than 0xFFFFFF000), it is set as the base address of a new segment in the LDT (using LdtFreeSelectorHint to choose which selector \u2013 in this case, 0x00), and the TebMappedLowVa field in KTHREAD replicates the real TEB address.\n\nOn the other hand, if the TEB address is above 4GB, Windows 8.1 and earlier will transform the private allocation holding the TEB into a shared mapping (using a prototype PTE) and re-allocate a second copy at the first available top-down address available (which would usually be 0xFFFFE000). Then, TebMappedLowVa will have this re-mapped address below 4GB.\n\nAdditionally, the VAD, which remains \u201cprivate\u201d (and this will not show up as a truly shared allocation) will be marked as NoChange, and further will have the VadFlags.Teb field set to indicate it is a special allocation. This prevents any changes to be made to this address through calls such as VirtualProtect.\n\nWhy this 4GB limitation and re-mapping? How does an LDT help here? Well, it turns out that the AMD64 manuals are pretty clear about the fact that the mov gs, XXX and pop gs instructions:\n\nWipe the upper 32-bit address of the GS base address shadow register\n\nLoad the lower 32-bit address of the GS base address shadow register with the contents of the descriptor table entry at the given selector\n\nTherefore, x86-style segmentation is still fully supported when it comes to FS and GS, even when operating in long mode, and overrides the 64-bit base address stored in MSR_GS_BASE. However, because there is no 64-bit data segment descriptor table entry, only a 32-bit base address can be used, requiring this complex remapping done by the kernel.\n\nOn Windows 10, however, this functionality is not present, and instead, the kernel checks for presence of the FSGSBASE CPU feature. If the feature is present, an LDT is not created at all, and instead the fact that user-mode applications can use the WRGSBASE and RDGSBASE instructions is leveraged to avoid having to re-map a < 4GB TEB. On the other hand, if the CPU feature is not available, as long as the real TEB ends up below 4GB, an LDT will still be used.\n\nA further, and final change, occurs in Anniversary Update, where the LDT functionality is completely removed \u2013 even if the TEB is below 4GB, FSGSBASE is enforced for UMS availability.\n\nLastly, during every context switch, if the KPROCESS of the newly scheduled thread contains an LDT base address that\u2019s different than the one currently loaded in the GDT, the new LDT base address is loaded in the GDT, and the LDT selector is loaded against (hardcoded from 0x60 or 0x70 again).\n\nNote that if the new KPROCESS does not have an LDT, the LDT entry in the GDT is not deleted \u2013 therefore the GDT will always have an LDT entry now that at least one UMS thread in a process has been created, as can be seen in this debugger output:\n\nCall Gates on x64\n\nCall gates are a mechanism which allows 16-bit and 32-bit legacy applications to go from a lower privilege level to a higher privilege level. Although Windows NT never used such call gates internally, a number of poorly written AV software did, a few emulators, as well as exploits, both on 9x and NT systems, because of the easy way they allowed someone with access to physical memory (or with a Write-What-Where vulnerability in virtual memory) to create a backdoor way to elevate privileges.\n\nWith the advent of Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention (SMEP), however, this technique seems to have fallen out of fashion. Additionally, on x64 systems, since Call Gates are expected to be inserted into the Global Descriptor Table (GDT), which PatchGuard is known to protect, the technique is even further degraded. On top of that, most people (myself included) assumed that AMD had simply removed this oft-unused feature completely from the x64 architecture.\n\nYet, interestingly, AMD did go through the trouble of re-defining a new x64 long mode call gate descriptor format, removing the legacy \u201cparameter count\u201d, and extending it to a 16-byte format to make room for a 64-bit offset, as shown below:\n\nThat means that if a call gate were to find itself into a descriptor table, the processor would still support the usage of a far call or far jmp in order to reference a call gate descriptor and change CS:RIP to a new location!\n\nExploit Technique: Finding the LDT\n\nFirst, although SMEP makes a Ring 3 RIP unusable for the purposes of getting Ring 0 execution, setting the Target Offset of a 64-bit Call Gate to a stack pivot instruction, then RET\u2019ing into a disable-SMEP gadget will allow Ring 0 code execution to continue.\n\nObviously, HyperGuard now prevents this behavior, but HyperGuard was only added in Anniversary Update, which disables usage of the LDT anyway.\n\nThis means that the ability to install a 64-bit Call Gate is still a viable technique for getting controlled execution with Ring 0 privileges.\n\nThat being said, if the GDT is protected by PatchGuard, then it means that inserting a call gate is not really viable \u2013 there\u2019s a chance that it may be detected as soon as its inserted, and even an attempt to clean-up the call gate after using it might come too late. When trying to implement a stable, persistent, exploit technique, it\u2019s best to avoid things which PatchGuard will detect.\n\nOn the other hand, now we know that x64 processors still support using an LDT, and that Windows leverages this when implementing UMS. Additionally, since arbitrary processes can have arbitrary LDTs, PatchGuard does not guard individual process\u2019 LDT entries, unlike the GDT.\n\nThat still leaves the question of how do we find the LDT of the current process, once we\u2019ve enabled UMS? Well, given that the LDT is a static, 64KB allocation, from non-paged pool, this does still leave us with an option. As explained a few years ago on my post about the Big Pool, such a large allocation will be easily enumerable from user-mode as long as its tag is known:\n\nWhile this is a nice information leak even on Windows 10, a mitigation comes into play unfortunately in Windows 8.1: Low IL processes can no longer use the API I described, meaning that the LDT address can only be leaked (without an existing Ring 0 arbitrary read/infoleak vulnerability) at Medium IL or higher.\n\nGiven that this is a fairly large size allocation, however, it means that if a controlled 64KB allocation can be made in non-paged pool and its address leaked from Low IL, one can still guess the LDT address. Ways for doing so are left as an exercise to the reader \ud83d\ude42\n\nAlternatively, if an arbitrary read vulnerability is available to the attacker, the LDT address is easily retrievable from the KPROCESS structure by reading the LdtBaseAddress field or by computing it from the LdtSystemDescriptor field. Getting the KPROCESS is easy through a variety of undocumented APIs, although these are now also blocked on Windows 8.1 from Low IL.\n\nTherefore, another common technique is to use a GDI or User object which has an owner such a tagTHREADINFO, which then points to ETHREAD (which then points to EPROCESS). Alternatively, one could retrieve the GDT base address from the KPCR\u2019s GdtBase field, if a way of leaking the KPCR is available, and then read the segment base address at offset 0x60 or 0x70. The myriad ways of leaking pointers and bypassing KASLR, even from Low IL, is beyond (beneath?) the content of this post.\n\nExploit Technique: Building a Call Gate\n\nThe next step is to now write a call gate in one of the selectors present in the LDT. By default, if this is the initial scheduler thread, we expect to find its TEB. Indeed, on this sample Windows 8.1 VM, we can see the re-mapped TEB at 0xFFFFE000:\n\nConverting this data segment into a call gate can be achieved by merely converting the type from 0x13 (User Data Segment, R/W, Accessed) to 0x0C (System Segment, Call Gate).\n\nHowever, doing so will now create a call gate with the following CS:[RIP] => E000:00000000FFFF1820\n\nWe have thus two problems:\n\n0xE000 is not a valid segment\n\n0xFFFF1820 is a user-mode address, which will cause a SMEP violation on most modern systems.\n\nThe first problem is not easy to solve \u2013 while we could create thousands of UMS threads, causing 0xE000 to become a valid segment (which we\u2019d then convert into a Ring 0 Code Segment), this would be segment 0xE004. And if one can change 0xE000, might as well avoid the trouble, and set it to its correct value \u2013 (KGDT64_R0_CODE) 0x10, from the get go.\n\nThe second problem can be fixed in a few ways.\n\nAn arbitrary write can be used to set BaseUpper, BaseHigh, LimitHigh, Flags2, and LimitLow (which make up the 64-bits of Code Offset) to the desired Ring 0 RIP that contains a stack pivot or some other interesting instruction or gadget.\n\nOr, an arbitrary write to modify the PTE to make it Ring 0, since the PTE base address is not randomized on the Windows versions vulnerable to an LDT-based attack.\n\nLastly, if one is only interested in SYSTEM->Ring 0 escalation, systems prior to Windows 10 can be attacked through the AWE-based attack I described at Infiltrate 2015, which will allow the creation of an executable Ring 0 page.\n\nIt is also worth mentioning that since Windows 7 has all of non-paged pool marked as executable, and the LDT is itself a 64KB non-paged pool allocation, it is made up of entirely executable pages, so an arbitrary write could be used to set the Call Gate offset to somewhere within the LDT allocation itself.\n\nExploit Technique: Writing the Ring 0 Payload\n\nWriting x64 Ring 0 payload code is a lot harder than x86.\n\nFor starters, the GS segment must be immediately set to its correct value, else a triple fault could occur. This is done through the swapgs instruction.\n\nNext, it\u2019s important to realize that a call gate sets the stack segment selector (SS) to 0. While x64 natively operates in this fashion, Windows expects SS to be KGDT64_R0_DATA, or 0x18, and it may be a good idea to respect that.\n\nAdditionally, note that the value to which RSP will be set to is equal to the TSS\u2019s Rsp0, normally used for interrupts, while a typical system call would use the KPRCB\u2019s RspBase field. These ought to be in sync, but keep in mind that a call gate does not disable interrupts automatically, unlike an interrupt gate.\n\nA reliable exploit must take note of all these details to avoid crashing the machine.\n\nFurther, exiting from a call gate must be done with the \u2018far return\u2019 instruction. Once again, another caveat applies: some assemblers may not generate a true 64-bit far return (i.e.: lacking a rex.w prefix), which will incorrectly pop 32-bit data from the stack. Make sure that a \u2018retfq\u2019 or \u2018retfl\u2019 or \u2018rex.w retf\u2019 is generated instead.\n\nNote that we\u2019ve gone through some difficulty in obtaining the address of the LDT, and describing the ways in which the UMS TEB entries could be corrupted in a way to convert them to Call Gate entries, it\u2019s useful to mention that perhaps a much easier (depending on the attack parameters and vulnerability) technique is to just overwrite the LdtSystemDescriptor field in EPROCESS (something which j00ru\u2019s x86-based paper also pointed out).\n\nThat\u2019s because, at the next context switch, the GDT will automatically be updated a copy of this descriptor, which could be set to a user-mode base address (due to a lack of SMAP in the OS), avoiding the need to either patch the GDT (and locating it \u2014 which is hard when Hyper-V\u2019s NPIEP feature is enabled) or modifying the true kernel LDT (and leaking its address).\n\nIndeed, for this to work, a single 32-bit (in fact, even less) arbitrary write is required, which must, at minimum, set the fields:\n\nP to 1 (Making the segment present)\n\nType to 2 (Setting the segment as an LDT entry)\n\nBaseMid to 1 (Setting the base to 0x10000, as an example, as addresses below this are no longer allowed)\n\nTherefore, a write of 0x00008201, for example, is sufficient to achieve the desired result of setting this process\u2019 LDT to 0x10000.\n\nAs soon as a context switch occurs back to the process, the GDT will have this LDT segment descriptor loaded:\n\nBut wait \u2013 isn\u2019t setting a limit of 0 creating an empty LDT? Not to worry! In long mode, limits on LDT descriptor entries are completely ignored\u2026 unfortunately though, although this is what the AMD64 manual states, I get access violations, at least on Hyper-V x64, if the limit is not large enough to contain the segment. So your mileage my vary.\n\nBut that\u2019s all right \u2013 we can still limit this to a simple 4-byte overwrite! The trick lies into simply going through the process of creating a real LDT in the first place, then leaking its address (as described). Following that, allocate the user-mode fake LDT at the same lower 32-bit address, keeping the upper 32-bits zeroed. Then, use the 4-byte overwrite to clear the KPROCESS\u2019 LdtSystemDescriptor\u2019s BaseUpper field.\n\nEven if the kernel LDT address cannot be leaked for some reason, one can easily \u201cguess\u201d every possibility (knowing it will be page aligned) and spray the entire 32-bit address space. This sounds like a lot, but is really only about a million allocations.\n\nFinally, an alternate technique is to leverage exception handling: if the wrong LDT is overwritten, the kernel won\u2019t crash when loading the invalid LDT segment (as long as it\u2019s canonical, the PTE isn\u2019t checked for validity). Instead, only when the exploit attempts to use the call gate, will a GPF be generated, and only in the context of the Ring 3 application. As such, one can progressively try each possible lower 32-bit LDT address until a GPF is no longer issued. Voila: we have found the correct lower 32-bits.\n\nAs another bonus, why is it that the selector for the LDT is 0x70 on Windows 8.1 and earlier, but 0x60 on Windows 10?\n\nThe answer lies in an even lesser known fact: up until the latter, the kernel created a Ring 0 Compatibility Mode Segment at offset 0x60! This means that a sneaky attacker can set CS to 0x60 and enjoy a weird combination of 32-bit legacy code execution with Ring 0 privileges (a number of caveats apply, including what an interrupt would do when returning, and the fact that no kernel API could be used at all).\n\nFinally, note that even once a UMS-leveraging process exists, the GDT entry is not cleared, and points to a freed pool allocation. This means that if a way to allocate 64KB of controlled non-paged pool memory is known (such as some of the ways described in my Big Pool blog post), the GDT entry could be made to point to controlled memory (such as a named pipe buffer) which will re-use the same pointer. Then, some way to make the system continue to trust this address/entry should be achieved (either by causing an LLDT of 0x60/0x70 to be issued or having an EPROCESS\u2019s LdtSystemDescriptor field re-use this address).\n\nThis is more of an anti-forensics technique than anything, because it keeps the GDT pointing to a kernel-mode LDT, even though it\u2019s attacker controlled.\n\nPoC||GTFO\n\nWhile I won\u2019t be releasing sample code leveraging this attack, it could easily be added to the various PowerShell-based \u201cVulnerable Driver\u201d techniques that @b33f has been creating.\n\nHere\u2019s a sample screenshot of the attack based on a C program, with me using the debugger to perform the 32-bit arbitrary write (vs. sending an IOCTL to a vulnerable driver).\n\nIt sits in a loop (after leaking and allocating the data that it needs) and attempts to execute the call gate every second, until the arbitrary write is performed.\n\nConclusion: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Mitigations\n\nIn Windows 10 Anniversary Update (\u201cRedstone 1\u201d), a number of changes make these exploit techniques impossible to use:\n\nAll of the LDT-related fields and code in the kernel is removed. There is now no way of having an LDT through any Windows-supported mechanism.\n\nPatchGuard now checks the LDTR register. If it\u2019s non-zero, it crashes the system.\n\nMSRC and the various security teams at Microsoft deserve kudos for thinking about \u2014 and plugging \u2014 the attack vector that LDTs provided, which is certainly not a coincidence \ud83d\ude42\n\nFurther, the following generic mitigations make classes of such attacks much harder to exploit:\n\nRandomization of the PTE base make it harder to bypass SMEP by making Ring 3 memory appear as Ring 0.\n\nTechnologies such as KCFG make it even harder to exploit control over arbitrary CS:RIP.\n\nFinally, as described earlier, even on Windows 8.1, if the FSGSBASE feature is available in KeFeatureBits, the kernel will not allow the creation of an LDT, nor will it load the LDT during a context switch. You can easily verify this by calling (Ex/Rtl)IsProcessorFeaturePresent(PF_RDWRFSGSBASE_AVAILABLE).\n\nWhat am I up to?\n\nLong-time readers of this blog are probably aware that updates have been rare in the past few years, although I do try to keep time for some interesting articles from time to time. Most of my public research lately has been done through the Infosec Conference Circuit, so if you were not already aware, you can download slides from all my talks at the following URL:\n\nSurface Aggregator Module (SAM) Internals \u2014 a little chip on your Surface Pro/Laptop/Book that you probably didn\u2019t know was there. If you liked my past talks on the Apple SMC, you\u2019ll enjoy this as well \u2014 Recon in Montreal (June)\n\nI also have a number of interesting design flaws I discovered this year in various Windows components \u2014 as these get patched (they are not Tavis-worthy wormable RCEs, not to worry), I have been mulling over a \u201cWindows Design Flaw Garage Sale\u201d talk similar to the famous one that Stefan Esser (i0nic) gave a few years ago about Apple/iOS \u2014 covering some past bugs (fixed and unfixed) and more recent ones.\n\nHowever, this post is not about such small research updates \u2014 but rather about a much bigger piece of work that has taken up my time these last 12 months \u2014 the release of Windows Internals, 7th Edition (Part 1)!\n\nWindows Internals, 7th Edition\n\nSome history\u2026\n\nAfter the release of the 6th Edition of the book, which covered Windows 7, it\u2019s fair to say that I was pretty burned out. The book incurred heavy delays due to my juggling of college, internships, and various relationships, while also requiring a massive amount of work due to the ambitious new sections, and coverage of the many, many changes that Windows 7 brought to the table (either fine-tuning many small things from Vista, or completely new kernel modules). Additionally, my co-authors also had new plans: David Solomon went on to retire and sunset his training business (David Solomon Expert Seminars), and Mark Russinovich was fully committed to his new role at Microsoft which eventually took him to Azure, where he is now the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and kicking some major cloud/fabric butt with his extensive OS experience and security background. All of this to say \u2014 there was not much of an appetite to immediately begin writing a new book, with Windows 8 looming on the horizon (at that point still called Windows Blue).\n\nSomething else happened at that time: under leadership from Satya Nadella, Microsoft began delivering on its \u201cWindows as a Service (WaaS)\u201d model, furiously releasing a Windows 8.1 Update within a year of Windows 8 having shipped. Given that a single OS update had taken us years to cover, this release cycle was simply too rapid to successfully think about releasing a book in a timely fashion. I stopped thinking that a new edition of the book would ever be released, and I certainly didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to do one.\n\nAll gaps create opportunities, and two other authors decided that they could take on the 7th Edition and ship a successful update. They re-arranged the book in three parts, instead of two, with the first one focusing on Windows 8 User-Mode Metro (now UWP) Application Development, the second one on the Kernel, and the third one on Driver Development. I was not contacted or involved in these changes, and honestly, was not too happy about them. There are excellent driver programming books, just as there are application development books (even on Metro/UWP). This felt, to me, like an attempt to significantly cut down on the kernel portions of the book, and monetize on the Metro/Driver programming books, which obviously have a much wider audience.\n\nAdditionally, with Windows 8 having shipped, Part 1 was slated for that year, with Part 2 (Windows 8.1 would now be out) the year after, and finally, Part 3, a year after that (Windows 10 would now be in beta). By the time you\u2019d get to the last part, the OS would\u2019ve already moved two releases further \u2014 or, each part could cover that OS. Becoming a Windows 8 Metro App Development book, with Windows 8.1 Kernel Internals book, and Windows 10 Driver Development book. These were just my personal thoughts at the time \u2014 which I kept to myself, because every author needs a chance to be successful, and others may well have liked this model, and the book may have sold more copies than all previous combined \u2013 who was I to judge?\n\nOne year passed. Then another\u2026 then another. By now, given that my name was still on the cover \u2014 regardless of my lack of involvement \u2014 many people would come to me and ask me \u201cWhat\u2019s going on? Why are you taking so long? Do you need help?\u201d on the friendly side\u2026 and of course, some not-so-friendly comments, from people that had pre-ordered on Day 1, paying anywhere between $30-90, and receiving nothing 3 years later, with an ever-delayed release date. I strongly considered putting out a statement that I had nothing to do with this book \u2014 but chose to simply ask Microsoft Press to remove my name from the cover and all marketing materials. I preferred losing my association with this Bible, rather than be responsible for its contents, and its delays.\n\nA new hope\n\nAround the time that I did that, however, I realized that yet \u2013another\u2013 name had been added to the pool! It was that of Pavel Yosifovich, a Microsoft MVP whose blog I had followed a few times, and whom I had heard about doing some Windows Internals training in the past, mostly in Israel. I thought highly of Pavel \u2014 and he was an established author of previous books. Additionally, he now had a Microsoft e-mail address \u2014 suggesting that once again, the series would have a real \u201cinternal\u201d presence, who would communicate with the developer team, read source code comments, and more \u2014 while Mark and I had only, and solely, been reverse engineering, we had always had help from David\u2019s connections and insight into the developer team, which the new books would\u2019ve lacked.\n\nstarted writing the #Windows-Internals book 7th edition\u2026 almost done with chapter 1\n\nSo I reached out, and to my pleasure, found out that Pavel had now become the sole co-author, the previous two having completely abandoned the project with no materials to show for it. Pavel was doing a herculean task of updating the entire book to now only cover Windows 8 and 8.1, but of course Windows 10 as well, which had reached its Threshold 2 (1511) Update, with Redstone 1 (1607) currently shipping to the Windows Insider Program (WIP). While having source access helps, this is still a task that I knew a single person would struggle with \u2014 and I really wanted the book to succeed for all of those that had placed their faith in it. I had also, over the last few years, had made lots of Windows reverse engineering, as many of you know, covering large parts of new Windows 8 and later components. This meant significantly reduced research time for me \u2014 all while having an amazing co-author. It seemed obvious that I should jump into the deep abyss of Windows Internals once again.\n\nPavel was extremely gracious in accepting an uninvited guest to the party, allowing me to make many changes to chapters that he had already completed (I don\u2019t know if I would\u2019ve done the same!). This started adding delays to the book, and Redstone 1 was about to ship \u2014 we decided to update the book to cover Redstone 1 from now on, and to go back to any places we knew there were changes. As we kept writing, I came up with new ideas and changes to the book \u2014 moving some things around, adding new kernel components, expanding on experiments, and the scope continued to increase. It was clear that I was once again, going to cause delays, which deeply bothered me.\n\nYet, Pavel was always there to pick up the slack, go beyond the call of duty, and spend nights on researching components as well as the more mundane parts of a book (screenshots and graphics). I could not have asked for a more humble host inside the world of his book. As we were wrapping up, I realized that Redstone 2 (1703) was nearing its feature complete date (around January of this year). I made yet another potentially delaying decision to go back, once again, and to hurriedly find any places where I knew changes had been made, and to update as much of the book as I could. I saw an opportunity \u2014 to release a Windows Internals book within weeks of a Windows release, covering that Windows release. A feat which had not happened in many, many releases.\n\nAnd so, here we are today, a little over a month since Windows 10 Creators Update \u2014 Redstone 2 \u2014 1703 has shipped, with the update slowly rolling out over the month of April to hundreds of millions of users, with Build 2017 right around the corner, and with a Windows Internals book in the midst of it all, covering the very same operating system. While I apologize for the additional six months this has cost your pre-orders, I do believe it was the right call.\n\nWhat\u2019s new in the book? What\u2019s changed?\n\nOne of the first things that Pavel had changed (other than returning the book to its usual two-part focus on the kernel and related system components) is to better organize key Windows concepts into the first part of the book, instead of having them spread out over both parts \u2014 this way, people could get what would likely be 80% of the material that is relevant to 90% of people as soon as the first part was released, instead of having to wait for both. This meant making the following changes:\n\nOnce I joined, it made sense, with this new flow, to make a few additional changes:\n\nProcesses and Jobs, now being its own chapter, became Processes, Jobs and Silos, which is the internal name for Windows Server Containers as well as Centennial/Desktop Bridge containers.\n\nIt made little sense that we were covering the User-Mode Loader (a section I first added in the 5th Edition) as a System Mechanism, instead of an integral part of the Process section (which made constant references to Part 2). I moved this section to be part of the same chapter.\n\nOutside of these broad strokes, a full list of all the changes would obviously be too complex. I would estimate the sheer amount of new pages to be around 150 \u2014 with probably 50 other pages that have received heavy modification and/or updating. You can definitely expect coverage of the following new features:\n\nAuto Boost [Scheduling]\n\nDirected Switch [Scheduling]\n\nMemory Partitions [Memory]\n\nPriority Donation/Inheritance [Scheduling]\n\nSecurity/Process Mitigations [Security]\n\nCPU Sets [Scheduling]\n\nWindows Containers [Processes]\n\nStore Manager [Memory]\n\nAPI Sets [Processes]\n\nAppContainer [Security]\n\nToken Attributes & Claims [Security]\n\nProtected Process Light [Security / Processes]\n\nWindows Subsystem for Linux [Architecture]\n\nMemory Compression [Memory]\n\nVirtual Trust Levels [Architecture]\n\nDevice Guard & Credential Guard [Security]\n\nProcessor Enclaves [Memory]\n\nSecure Kernel Mode / Isolated User Mode [Architecture]\n\nPico Processes [Processes]\n\nPower Management Framework (PoFx) [I/O Manager]\n\nPower Availability Requests [I/O Manager]\n\nAnd a lot more\n\nThank You!\n\nFinally, I\u2019d like to thank many people, inside and outside of Microsoft, that helped with some of the content, ideas, experiments, etc. Especially Andrea Allievi, who helped with some very hairy parts of the Memory Management section!\n\nI know both Pavel and I hope you\u2019ll enjoy this flow a bit better, and that you\u2019ll have lots of reading to do in this new Edition. Feel free to hit me up at @aionescu as usual.\n\nClosing Down Another Attack Vector\n\nAs the Windows kernel continues to pursue in its quest for ever-stronger security features and exploit mitigations, the existence of fixed addresses in memory continues to undermine the advances in this area, as attackers can use data corruption vulnerabilities and combine these with stack and instruction pointer control in order to bypass SMEP, DEP, and countless other architectural defense-in-depth techniques. In some cases, entire mitigations (such as CFG) are undone due to their reliance on a single, well-known static address.\n\nIn the latest builds of Windows 10 Redstone 1, aka \u201cAnniversary Update\u201d, the kernel takes a much stronger toward Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR), employing an arsenal of tools that can only be available to an operating system developer that also happens to own the world\u2019s most commercially successful compiler, and the world\u2019s most pervasive executable object image format.\n\nThe Page Table Entry Array\n\nOne of the most unique aspects of the Windows kernel is the reliance on a fixed kernel address to represent the virtual base address of an array of page table entries that describes the entire virtual address space, and the usage of a self-referencing entry which acts as a pivot describing the page directory for the space itself (and, on x64 systems, describing the page directory table itself, and the page map level 4 itself).\n\nThis elegant solutions allows instant O(1) translation of any virtual address to its corresponding PTE, and with the correct shifts and base addresses, a conversion into the corresponding PDE (and PPE/PXE on x64 systems). For example, the function MmGetPhysicalAddress only needs to work as follows:\n\nAs attackers have figured out, however, this \u201celegance\u201d has notable security implications. For example, if a write-what-where is mitigated by the existence of a read-only page (which, in Linux, would often imply requiring the WP bit to be disabled in CR0), a Windows attacker can simply direct the write-what-where attack toward the pre-computed PTE address in order to disable the WriteProtect bit, and then follow that by the actual write-what-where on the data.\n\nSimilarly, if an exploit is countered by SMEP, which causes an access violation when a Ring 0 Code Segment\u2019s Instruction Pointer (CS:RIP) points to a Ring 3 PTE, the exploit can simply use a write-what-where (if one exists), or ROP (if the stack can be controlled), in order to mark the target user-mode PTE containing malicious code, as a Ring 0 page.\n\nOther PTE-based attacks are also possible, such as by using write-what-where vulnerabilities to redirect a PTE to a different physical address which is controlled by the attacker (undocumented APIs available to Administrators will leak the physical address space of the OS, and some physical addresses are also leaked in the registry or CPU registers).\n\nUltimately, the list goes on and on, and many excellent papers exist on the topic. It\u2019s clear that Microsoft needed to address this limitation of the operating system (or clever optimization, as some would call it). Unfortunately, a number of obstacles exist:\n\nUsing virtual-mapped tables based on the EPROCESS structure (as Linux and OS X do) causes significant performance impact, as pointer chasing the different tables now causes cache misses and page translations. This becomes even worse when thinking about multi-processor systems, and the cache waste that this causes (where the TLB may end up getting filled with the various global (locked) pages corresponding to the page tables of various processes, instead of only the current process).\n\nChanging the address of the PTE array has a number of compatibility concerns, as PTE_BASE is actually documented in ntddk.h, part of the Windows Driver Kit. Additionally, once the new address is discovered, attackers can simply adjust their exploits to use the appropriate static address based on the version of the operating system.\n\nRandomizing the address of the PTE array means that Windows memory manager functions can no longer use a static constant or preprocessor definition for the address, but must instead access a global address which contains it. Forcing every processor to dereference a single global address every single time a virtual memory operation (allocation, protection, page walk, fault, etc\u2026) is performed is a significantly negative performance hit, especially on multi-socket, NUMA systems.\n\nDealing with the global variable problem above by creating cache-aligned copies of the address in a per-processor structure causes a waste of precious kernel storage space (for example, assuming a 64-byte cache line and 640 processors, 40KB of physical memory are used to replicate the variable most efficiently). However, on NUMA systems, one would also want the page containing this data to be local to the node, so we might imagine an overhead of 4KB per socket. In practice, this wouldn\u2019t be quite as bad, as Windows already has a per-NUMA-node-allocated, per-processor, cache-aligned list of critical kernel variables: the Kernel Processor Region Control Block (KPRCB).\n\nIn a normal world, the final bullet would probably be the most efficient solution: sacrificing what is today a modest amount of physical memory (or re-using such a structure) for dealing with effects of global access. Yet, locating this per-processor data would still not be cheap: most operating systems access such a structure by relying on a segment register such as FS or GS on x86 and x64 systems, or use special CPU registers such as those located on CP15 inside of ARM processors. At the very least, this causes more pointer dereferences and potentially complex microcode accesses. But if we own the compiler and the output format, can\u2019t we think outside the box?\n\nDynamic Relocation Generation\n\nWhen the Portable Executable (PE) file format was created, its designers realized an important issue: if compiled code made absolute references to data or functions, these hardcoded pointer values might become invalid if the operating system loaded the executable binary at a different base address than its preferred address. Originally a corner case, the advent of user-mode ASLR made this a common occurrence and new reality.\n\nIn order to deal with such rebasing operations, the PE format includes the definition of a special data directory entry called the Relocation Table Directory (IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_BASERELOC). In turn, this directory includes a number of tables, each of which is an array of entries. Each entry ultimately describes the offset of a piece of code that is accessing an absolute virtual address, and the required adjustment that is needed to fixup the address. On a modern x64 binary, the only possible fixup is an absolute delta (increment or decrement), but more exotic architectures such as MIPS and ARM had different adjustments based on how absolute addresses were encoded on such processors).\n\nThese relocations work great to adjust hardcoded virtual addresses that correspond to code or data within the image itself \u2013 but if there is a hard-coded access to 0xC0000000, an address which the compiler has no understanding of, and which is not part of the image, it can\u2019t possibly emit relocations for it \u2013 this is a meaningless data dereference. But what if it could?\n\nIn such an implementation, all accesses to a particular magic hardcoded address could be described as such to the compiler, which could then work with the linker to generate a similar relocation table \u2013 but instead of describing addresses within the image, it would describe addresses outside of the image, which, if known and understood by the PE parser, could be adjusted to the new location of the hard-coded external data address. By doing so, compiled code would continue to access what appears to be a single literal value, and no global variable would ever be needed, cancelling out any disadvantages associated with the randomization of this address.\n\nIndeed, the new build of the Microsoft C Compiler, which is expected to ship with Visual Studio 15 (now in preview), address a special annotation that can be associated with constant values that correspond to external virtual addresses. Upon usage of such a constant, the compiler will ensure that accesses are done in a way that does not \u201cbreak up\u201d the address, but rather causes its absolute value to be expressed in code (i.e.: \u201cmov rax, 0xC0000000\u201d). Then, the linker collects the RVAs of such locations and builds structures of type IMAGE_DYNAMIC_RELOCATION_ENTRY, as shown below:\n\nNow that we know how the compiler and linker work together to generate the data, the next question is who processes it?\n\nRuntime Dynamic Relocation Processing\n\nIn the Windows boot architecture, as the kernel is a standard PE file loaded by the boot loader, it is therefore the boot loader\u2019s responsibility to process the import table of the kernel, and load other required dependencies, to generate the security cookie, and to process the static (standard) relocation table. However, the boot loader does not have all the information required by the memory manager in order to randomize the address space as Windows 10 Redstone 1 now does \u2013 this remains the purview of the memory manager. Therefore, as far as the boot loader is concerned, the static PTE_BASE address is still the one to use, and indeed, early phases of boot still use this address (and associate PDE/PPE/PXE base addresses and self-referencing entry).\n\nThis clearly implies that it is not considered part of a PE loader\u2019s job to process the dynamic relocation table, but rather the job of the component that creates the dynamic address space map, which has now been enlightened with this knowledge. In the most recent builds, this is done by MiRebaseDynamicRelocationRegions, which eventually calls MiPerformDynamicFixups. This routine locates the PE file\u2019s Load Configuration Directory, gets the RVA (now a VA, thanks to relocations done by the boot loader) of the Dynamic Relocation Table, and begins parsing it. At this moment, it only supports version 1 of the table. Then, it loops through each entry, adjusting the absolute address with the required delta to point to the new PTE_BASE address.\n\nIt is important to note that the memory manager only calls MiPerformDynamicFixups on the binaries that it knows require such fixups due to the use of PTE_BASE: the kernel (ntoskrnl.exe) and the HAL (hal.dll). As such, this is not (yet) intended as a generic mechanism for all PE files to allow dynamic relocations of hard-coded addresses toward ASLRed regions of memory \u2013 but rather a highly vertically integrated feature specifically designed for dealing with the randomization of the PTE array, and the components that have hardcoded dependencies on it.\n\nAs such, even if one were to discover the undocumented annotation which allows the new version of the compiler to generate such tables, no component would currently parse such a table.\n\nSneaky Side Effects\n\nA few interesting details are of note in the implementation. The first is that the initial version of the implementation, which shipped in build 14316, contained a static address in the loader block, which corresponded to the PTE base address that the loader had selected, and was then overwritten by a new fixed PTE base address (0xFFFFFA00`00000000 on x64).\n\nThe WDK, which contains the PTE_BASE address for developers to see (but apparently not use!) also contained this new address, and the debugger was updated to support it. This was presumably done to gauge the impact of changing the address in any way \u2013 and indeed we can see release notes referring to certain AV products breaking around the time this build was released. I personally noticed this change by disassembling MmGetPhysicalAddress to see if the PTE base had been changed (a normal part of my build analysis).\n\nThe next build, 14332, seemingly contained no changes: reverse engineering of the function showed usage of the same address once again. However, as I was playing around with the !pte extension in the debugger, I noticed that a new address was now being used \u2013 and that on a separate machine, this address was different again. Staring in IDA/Hex-Rays, I could not understand how this was possible, as MmGetPhysicalAddress was clearly using the same new base as 14316!\n\nIt is only once I unassembled the function in WinDBG that I noticed something strange \u2013 the base address had been modified to a different value. This led me to the hunt for the dynamic relocation table mechanism. But this is an important point about this implementation \u2013 it offers a small amount of \u201csecurity through obscurity\u201d as a side-effect: attackers or developers attempting to \u2018dynamically discover\u2019 the value of the PTE base by analyzing the kernel file on disk will hit a roadblock \u2013 they must look at the kernel file in memory, once relocations have been made. Spooky!\n\nConclusion\n\nIt is often said that all software engineering decisions and features lie somewhere between the four quadrants of security, performance, compatibility and functionality. As such, as an example, the only way to increase security without affecting functionality is to impact compatibility and performance. Although randomizing the PTE_BASE does indeed cause potential compatibility issues, we\u2019ve seen here how control of the compiler (and the underlying linked object file) can allow implementers to \u201ccheat\u201d and violate the security quadrant, in a similar way that silicon vendors can often work with operating system vendors in order to create overhead-free security solutions (one major advantage that Apple has, for example).\n\nBrief Overview of WoW64\n\n\u201cHeaven\u2019s Gate\u201d refers to a technique first popularized by the infamous \u201cRoy G. Biv\u201d of 29afame, and later re-published in Valhalla #1. Cited and improved in various new forms, and even seen in the wild used by the Vawtrak banking malware, it centers around the fact that on a 64-bit Windows OS, seeing as how all kernel-mode components always execute in 64-bit mode, the address space, core OS structures (EPROCESS, PEB, etc\u2026), and code segments for processes are all initially setup for 64-bit \u201clong mode\u201d execution, regardless of the process actually being hosted by a 32-bit executable binary.\n\nIn fact, on 64-bit Windows, the first piece of code to execute in *any* process, is always the 64-bit NTDLL, which takes care of initializing the process in user-mode (as a 64-bit process!). It\u2019s only later that the Windows-on-Windows (WoW64) interface takes over, loads a 32-bit NTDLL, and execution begins in 32-bit mode through a far jump to a compatibility code segment. The 64-bit world is never entered again, except whenever the 32-bit code attempts to issue a system call. The 32-bit NTDLL that was loaded, instead of containing the expected SYSENTER instruction, actually contains a series of instructions to jump back into 64-bit mode, so that the system call can be issued with the SYSCALL instruction, and so that parameters can be sent using the x64 ABI, sign-extending as needed.\n\nThis process is accurately described in manysources, including in the Windows Internals books, so if you\u2019re interested in reading more, you can do so, but I\u2019ll spare additional details here.\n\nEnter Heaven\u2019s Gate\n\nHeaven\u2019s Gate, then, refers to subverting the fact that a 64-bit NTDLL exists (and a 64-bit heap, PEB and TEB), and manually jumping into the long-mode code segment without having to issue a system call and being subjected to the code flow that WoW64 will attempt to enforce. In other words, it gives one the ability to create \u201cnaked\u201d 64-bit code, which will be able to run covertly, including issuing system calls, without the majority of products able to intercept and/or introspect its execution:\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s EMET, as well as a myriad of similar tools and sandboxes, only hook/protect the 32-bit NTDLL for WoW64 processes, under the assumption that the 64-bit NTDLL can\u2019t be reached in any other way. The mitigations can therefore be bypassed using Heaven\u2019s Gate. The same technique has been used by the Phenom malware to bypass AV solutions.\n\nWhen debugging a 32-bit application with a 64-bit debugger (such as WinDBG), you will initially see the 64-bit state (heap, stack, NTDLL, TEB, etc\u2026). Since this state is uninteresting, as it only contains the WoW64 system call layer, manual commands and extensions must be used to investigate the 32-bit state instead \u2014 and so in order to avoid this, even Microsoft often recommends using the 32-bit WinDBG instead, which will provide a much more seamless debugging experience and show the 32-bit state of the process. Other 3rd party debuggers, which are 32-bit only, will also behave the same way. The problem, therefore, is that by using Heaven\u2019s Gate, there IS now interesting 64-bit state, that these debuggers will miss.\n\nMany emulation/detonation engines will, upon seeing a 32-bit executable, emulate it using x86 instructions. They will either ignore or be unable to handle x64 instructions, as they never expect them to run. In fact, this was recently shown by a blog post over at Hexacorn. Heaven\u2019s Gate allows such x64 instructions to run, rendering the x86 code into \u201cdummy\u201d code for misdirection purposes.\n\nMemory Restrictions\n\nThese and other \u201cbenefits\u201d make Heaven\u2019s Gate a tool of choice for malicious code. However, there always existed an interesting limitation in 32-bit applications running under WoW64: even when executing in 64-bit long-mode, addresses above the 4 GB could never be allocated (in fact, addresses above 2 GB could normally never be used for compatibility purposes, unless the image was linked with /LARGEADDRESSAWARE \u2014 the switch was originally designed to support /3GB x86 server environments, but outgrew its original intent to allow full 4 GB addresses under WoW64, a fact leveraged by many 32-bit games and browsers even today).\n\nUsing a kernel debugger and the !vad command, it\u2019s simple to see why, such as on this Windows 7 system, where I\u2019ve typed the command before the process has any chance of executing even a single instruction \u2014 not even NTDLL has loaded here, folks. This is an interesting view of what are the \u201cearliest\u201d memory structures you can find in a WoW64 process (at least on Windows 7).\n\nNote that a giant VAD at the end, highlighted in teal, occupies the entire 64-bit portion of the address space. Let\u2019s see what !vad has to say about it:\n\nSeeing as how it\u2019s configured as a \u201cNoChange\u201d and \u201cOneSecured\u201d VAD, it cannot be freed or modified in any way. This is further confirmed by the commit charge of -1.\n\nOn Windows 8 and later, however, the output changes, as you can see below. Note that I\u2019ve re-used the same colors as in the Windows 7 output for clarity (and the uncolored VADs correspond to the CFG entries).\n\nThe 64-bit NTDLL is actually loaded in 64-bit address space now! And we have not one, but two teal-colored VADs, which surround it, re-creating the \u201cno man\u2019s land\u201d just as on Windows 7 and earlier. This change was briefly mentioned, I believe, by Matt Miller (of skape fame) at one of Microsoft\u2019s BlackHat presentations: it made it a bit harder to guess the location of the 64-bit NTDLL by simply adding a fixed size to the 32-bit NTDLL. In my screenshot, since this is a CFG-enabled process, the VADs don\u2019t exactly envelop NTDLL \u2014 rather they surround the native CFG bitmap + NTDLL, but the point remains.\n\nThis change in NTDLL load behavior also had the likely intended side effect of making hooks in 64-bit NTDLL extremely hard, or outright impossible. You see, without consuming an enormous amount of space, it\u2019s simply not possible to overwrite an x64 instruction with a call or jmp to an absolute 64-bit address efficiently. Instead, hooking engines will allocate a \u201ctrampoline\u201d that is within the 32-bit address range of the hooked function, and use a much smaller 5 byte 32-bit relative jump, which happens to fit nicely in the \u201chotpatch aware\u201d region that Microsoft binaries have (or anyone linking with /hotpadmin). The trampoline then uses the full 64-bit absolute jump instruction.\n\nAs you\u2019ve figured out by now, if the trampoline needs to be within 2GB, but there are two large VADs blocking off all 64-bit addresses around NTDLL, this hooking technique is dead in the water. Other, more complex and error-prone techniques must (and can) be used instead.\n\nNevertheless, nothing stops Heaven\u2019s Gate on Windows 8. There some minor WoW64 changes which one must adapt to, and accessing or hooking 64-bit NTDLL becomes harder.\n\nControl Flow Guard and WoW64\n\nIn Windows 10, a new exploit mitigation is introduced called Control Flow Guard, or CFG. It too, has been rather well described in multiplesources, so I won\u2019t go into details inside of this post. The important piece to remember about CFG is that all relative function calls are now subject to an additional compiler-generated check, which is implemented by NTDLL: only valid function prologues (within 8 bytes of alignment) can be the target of such a call. Valid function prologues, in turn, are marked by a bit being set in a very large bitmap (bit array) structure, which describes the entire user-mode address space (all 128TB of it!). I previously posted on some interesting changes this required in the memory manager, as this bit array obviously becomes quite large (2 TB, in fact).\n\nWhat\u2019s not been documented too clearly in most research is that on 64-bit systems, there are in fact not one, but two CFG bitmaps: one for 32-bit code, and one for 64-bit code. The addresses of both of these bitmaps is stored in the per-process working set structure (called MMWSL). This structure is pointed to by the MMSUPPORT structure inside of EPROCESS (i..e.: PsGetCurrentProcess()->Vm.VmWorkingSetList), but a unique thing about it, is that it\u2019s stored in a region of memory called \u201chyperspace\u201d, which is at a fixed address\u2026 much like the per-process page table entry array. On recent 64-bit systems, this hard-coded address is 0xFFFFF58010804000, a fact I pointed out in a previous blog post addressing the 64-bit address space of Windows 8.1 and later.\n\nAs one can see in the symbols that WinDBG can dump, the MMWSL structure contains a field:\n\nClearly, thus, a 64-bit Windows 10 kernel contains not one, but two CFG bitmaps. And indeed, the 32-bit NTDLL will utilize the address of the WoW64 bitmap, while the 64-bit NTDLL will utilize the Native bitmap. But why use two separate bitmaps? What separates a WoW64 bitmap from a native bitmap? One would imagine that 64-bit code is marked as executable in the native bitmap, and 32-bit code is marked as executable in the WoW64 bitmap\u2026 but that\u2019s not quite the full story.\n\nAt verification time, indeed, it is the version of NTDLL that is being used, which determines which bitmap will be looked at. But how does the OS populate the bits?\n\nIn CFG-aware versions of Windows, the CFG bitmap is touched through two paths: MiCommitVadCfgBits, and MiCfgMarkValidEntries. These, in turn, correspond to either intrinsic CFG modifications (side-effects of allocating, protecting and/or mapping executable memory), or explicit CFG modifications (effect of calling SetValidCallTargets). Both of these paths will eventually call MiSelectCfgBitMap, whose pseudo-code is shown below.\n\nAs is quite clear from the code, any private memory allocations below the 64-bit boundary will be marked only in the 32-bit bitmap, while the opposite applies to the 64-bit bitmap. In fact, this is the result of an optimization: instead of having two 2TB bit arrays for each processor execution mode, a single 2TB array is used for 64-bit native code, while a single 32MB array is used for 32-bit native code, greatly reducing address space consumption.\n\nClosing the Gate\n\nBasing the decision of which CFG bitmap to populate on the virtual address of the executable allocation creates an obvious dichotomy: 64-bit code, if running in a 32-bit address range, will instantly trip up CFG, because the NTDLL library that is active in that environment is the 64-bit version, which will check the 64-bit bitmap, which will not have any bits set in the 0-4 GB range. Similarly, any 32-bit code must be running below the 4 GB boundary, else the 32-bit NTDLL\u2019s CFG validation routine will trip up, as the 32-bit bitmap isn\u2019t even large enough to account for addresses above 4 GB.\n\nA naive solution is therefore proposed: simply allocate 64-bit code above the 4GB range, and the problem goes away. There is, of course, a problem with this approach: the NoChange VADs which block the entire > 4 GB region of memory and mark it unusable, leaving only 64-bit NTDLL as the only valid allocation in that address range.\n\nIn Windows 10, these two factors combined result in the inability to execute any useful 64-bit code in a 32-application/WoW64 process, because the two restrictions combine, creating an impossible condition. You may be tempted to dismiss the reality by stating that all the 64-bit malicious code has to do is not to have been compiled with CFG. In this case, the compiler should not be emitting calls to the validation routine. However, this misses a critical point: it\u2019s not the process\u2019 own executable code/shellcode which are necessarily performing the 64-bit CFG checks \u2014 it\u2019s the 64-bit NTDLL itself, or any other additional 64-bit DLLs you may have injected through the initial 64-bit shellcode, into your own process.\n\nEven worse, even if no other 64-bit DLLs are imported, some core system functionality, implemented by NTDLL, also validates the CFG bitmap: Exceptions, User-Mode Callbacks, and APCs. Any usage of these system mechanisms, because they always initially execute in 64-bit mode, will cause a CFG violation if the target is not in the bitmap \u2014 which it cannot possibly be. The same goes for higher level functionality like using the Thread Pool, or any other callback-based mechanism owned by NTDLL in 64-bit mode. For example, because kernel-mode injects user-mode APCs through the 64-bit NTDLL, the user-mode APC routine cannot possibly be a custom, non-DLL function: it would\u2019ve been impossible to allocate it > 4 GB, and the APC dispatcher will validate the CFG bits for any address < 4 GB, and be unable to find it.\n\nPerhaps the best example of these unexpected side-effects is to analyze what Heaven\u2019s Gate-using malware often does to gain some usefulness in the hidden 64-bit context: it will lookup LdrLoadDll inside of NTDLL.DLL and attempt to load additional 64-bit DLLs, such as kernel32.dll. With some coercing (as some of the articles I linked to at the beginning showed), this can be made to work. The problem, in a CFG-aware NTDLL.DLL, is that LdrpCallInitRoutines will perform a CFG bitmap check before calling the DllMain of this DLL. As the DLL will be loaded in 32-bit address space, the WoW64 CFG bitmap will be marked, and not the Native CFG bitmap \u2014 causing the 64-bit NTDLL to believe that DllMain is not a valid relative call target, and crash the process.\n\nSuffice it to say, although it still is possible to have a very simple 64-bit piece of code, even possibly performing some system calls, execute in the hidden 64-bit world of a WoW64 process/32-bit application, any attempts to load additional DLLs, use APCs, handle exceptions or user-mode callbacks in 64-bit mode will result in the process crashing, as a CFG violation will be tripped. For most intents and purposes, therefore, CFG has a potentially unintended side-effect: it closes down Heaven\u2019s Gate.\n\nReopening the gate is left as an exercise to the reader \ud83d\ude09\n\nFinal Note\n\nAstute readers may have noticed the following discrepancies, especially if following along on their own systems:\n\nThis explains the three, not two VADs in my dump: in the original CFG implementation on Windows 8.1, 64-bit code could live in the 32-bit address range, as the Native bitmap had a \u201cWow64Low\u201d portion. In Windows 10, this is now gone (saving 32MB of address space) \u2014 Native code is only aware of the 64-bit address ranges.\n\nA number of excellent PatchGuard articles have been written around what PatchGuard is, how to bypass it, what triggers it uses, its obfuscation techniques, and more.\n\nBut for some reason, nobody has published a full list of everything that PatchGuard actually verifies. Microsoft used to have a website that listed the initial first 7 checks, but nothing beyond that.\n\nI asked around at conferences, and the answer I got was that the code was too complex to analyze, and nobody really wanted to take the time to figure out every single check. I had my own private list of checks I knew PatchGuard does (through runtime analysis), but I was surprised to see the real reason nobody\u2019s bothered to analyze this\u2026\n\nI have to admit, there are some things I didn\u2019t realize PatchGuard would actually think about protecting, such as the Local APIC. It\u2019s also interesting to see some more esoteric hooks in the list as well, such as PsEstablishWin32Callout protection. I also did not realize PatchGuard now protects the DRIVER_OBJECT structure \u2014 indeed, hooking a major function will now give you code 0x1C. And finally, the protection of protected processes means that technically something such as Mimikatz\u2019s \u201cMimiDrv\u201d may crash some machines in the wild.\n\nI usually try to avoid talking about PatchGuard since I\u2019m glad it\u2019s giving AV companies hell, but I can\u2019t have been the only person that never noticed that the checks were documented in the debugger all along, hidden behind a simple command (it makes sense that Microsoft wouldn\u2019t want their own support engineers to be wondering what on Earth they\u2019re looking at):\n\n!analyze -show 109\n\n!analyze -show 109\n\nI can\u2019t even take credit for discovering this on my own. Reading Microsoft\u2019s famous \u201cNT Debugging\u201d blog made me realize that this had been there all along.\n\nOne of the most common ways that I glean information on new and upcoming features on releases of Windows is obviously to use reverse engineering such as IDA Pro and look at changed functions and variables, which usually imply a change in functionality.\n\nOf course, such changes can also reveal security fixes, but those are a lot harder to notice at the granular level of diff-analysis that I perform as part of understanding feature changes.\n\nFor those type of fixes, a specialized diffing tool, such as BinDiff is often used by reverse engineers and security experts. Recently, such tools have either become obsoleted, abandoned, or cost prohibitive. A good friend of mine, Joxean Koret (previously of Hex-Rays fame, un-coincidentally), has recently developed a Python plugin for IDA Pro, called \u201cDiaphora\u201c, (diafor\u00e1, the Greek word for \u201cdifference\u201d).\n\nIn this blog post, we\u2019ll analyze the recent MS15-050 patch and do a very quick walk-through of how to use Diaphora.\n\nInstallation\n\nInstalling the plugin is as easy as going over to the GitHub page, cloning the repository into a .zip file, and extracting the contents into the appropriate directory (I chose IDA\u2019s plugin folder, but this can be anything you wish).\n\nAs long as your IDA Python is configured correctly (which has been a default in IDA for many releases), clicking on File, Script file\u2026, should let you select a .py file\n\nGenerating the initial baseline\n\nThe first time you run Diaphora, you\u2019ll be making the initial SQLite library. If you don\u2019t have Hex-Rays, or disable the \u201cUse the decompiler if available\u201d flag, this process only takes a few seconds. Otherwise, with Hex-Rays enabled, you\u2019ll be spending more of the time waiting for the decompiler to run on the entire project. Depending on code complexity, this could take a while.\n\nThis SQLite library will essentially contain the assembly and pseudo-code in a format easily parsable by the plugin, as well as all your types, enumerations, and decompiler data (such as your annotations and renamed variables). In this case, I had an existing fairly well-maintained IDB for the latest version of the Service Control Manager for Windows 7 SP1, which had actually not changed since 2012. My pseudo-code had over 3 years to grow into a well-documented, thoroughly structured IDA database.\n\nDiff me once, importing your metadata\n\nOn the second run of Diaphora (which at this point, should be on your new, fresh binary), this is where you will direct it to the initial SQLite database from the step above, plus select your diffing options. The default set I use are in the screenshot below.\n\nThis second run can take much longer than the first, because not only are you taking the time to generate the a second database, but you are then running all of the diffing algorithms that Diaphora implements (which you can customize), which can take significantly longer. Once the run is complete, Diaphora will show you identical code (\u201cBest Matches\u201d), close matches (\u201cPartial Matches\u201d), and Unidentifiable Matches. This is where comparing a very annotated IDB with a fresh IDB for purposes of security research can have problems.\n\nSince I renamed many of the static global variables, any code using them in their renamed format would appear different from the original \u201cloc_325345\u201d format that IDA uses by default. Any function prototypes which I manually fixed up would also appear different (Hex-Rays is especially bad with variable argument __stdcall on x86), as well any callers of those functions.\n\nSo in the initial analysis, I got tons of \u201cPartial Matches\u201d and very few \u201cBest Matches\u201d. Nothing was unmatched, however.\n\nOne of the great parts of Diaphora, however, is that you can then confirm that the functions are truly identical. Since we\u2019re talking about files which have symbols, it makes sense to claim that ScmFooBar is identical to ScmFooBar. This will now import all the metadata from your first first IDB to the other, and then give you the option of re-running the analysis stage.\n\nAt this point, I have taken all of the 3 years of research I had on one IDB, and instantly (well, almost) merged it to a brand new IDB that covers a more recent version of the binary.\n\nDiff me twice, locating truly changed code\n\nNow that the IDBs have been \u201csynced up\u201d, the second run should identify true code changes \u2014 new variables that have been added, structures that changed, and new code paths. In truth, those were identified the first time around, but hidden in the noise of all the IDB annotation changes. Here\u2019s an incredible screenshot of what happened the second time I ran Diaphora.\n\nFirst, note how almost all the functions are now seen as identical:\n\nAnd then, on the Partial Matches tab\u2026 we see one, and only one function. This is likely what MS15-050 targeted (the description in the Security Bulletin is that this fixed an \u201cImpersonation Level Check\u201d \u2014 the function name sounds like it could be related to an access check!).\n\nNow that we have our only candidate for the fix delivered in this update, we can investigate what the change actually was. We do this by right-clicking on the function and selecting \u201cDiff pseudo-code\u201d. The screenshot below is Diaphora\u2019s output:\n\nConclusion\n\nAt this point, the vulnerability is pretty clear. In at least some cases where an access check is being made due to someone calling the Service Control Manager, the impersonation level isn\u2019t verified \u2014 meaning that someone with an Anonymous SYSTEM token (for example) could pass off as actually being a SYSTEM caller, and therefore be able to perform actions that only SYSTEM could do. In fact, in this case, we see that the Authentication ID (LUID) of 0x3E7 is checked, which is actually SYSTEM_LUID, making our example reality.\n\nAt this point, I won\u2019t yet go into the details on which Service Control Manager calls exactly are vulnerable to this incorrect access check (ScAccessCheck, which is normally used, actually isn\u2019t vulnerable, as it calls NtAccessCheck), or how this vulnerability could be used for local privilege escalation, because I wanted to give kudos to Joxean for this amazing plugin and get more people aware of its existence.\n\nPerhaps we\u2019ll keep the exploitation for a later post? For some ideas, read up James Forshaw\u2019s excellent Project Zero blog post, in which he details another case of poor impersonation checks in the operating system.\n\nWindows 8.1 radically changes the address space layout of the system by finally removing the 44-bit limitation which I described in one of the earliest blog posts on this website (and which Wikipedia even links to!). This is a little-known detail about the operating system, and an odd thing for Microsoft not to emphasize on with more aplomb, especially given that 8.1 is considered a \u201cpatch\u201d of Windows 8.\n\nNow, you may think that 16 TB to 256 TB is a meaningless change since no applications currently use even a fraction of that space, but the main benefit of this change are not the ability to allocate additional memory, but rather the increased entropy space available for Address Space Load Randomization (ASLR), especially given that Windows 8 introduced High Entropy ASLR (HEASLR), Top-down Randomization and Anonymous Memory Randomization.\n\nAdditionally, another key change was done in Windows 8.1 that is not mentioned anywhere. As Pavel Lebedinsky, one of the lead SDETs on the Memory Manager and an extremely helpful individual indicated on one of the blog posts from Mark Russinovich:\n\n1. Reserved memory does contribute to commit charge, because the memory manager charges commit for pagetable space necessary to map the entire reserved range. On 64 bit this can be a significant number (reserving 1 TB of memory will consume approximately 2 GB of commit).\n\nThis means that attempting to reserve the full 8 TB of memory on Windows 7 results in 16 GB of commit, which is beyond\u2019s most people\u2019s commit limit, especially at the time. In Windows 8.1, this would result in 128 GB of commit being used, which only a beefy server would tolerate. While such large memory reservations are unusual, they do have usefulness in certain scenarios related to security and low-level testing. This Windows behavior prevented such reservations from reliably working, but in Windows 8.1, the limitation has been removed!\n\nIndeed, you can easily test this by using the TestLimit tool from the Windows Internals Book, and run it with the -r option (and preferably with a large enough block size). Here\u2019s a screenshot of hitting the 128 TB reservation:\n\nAnd here\u2019s the resulting view in VMMap, which does not show the expected page table commit charge, but rather a much smaller size (256 MB).\n\nSo why did Microsoft change this behavior in Windows 8.1? Well, Windows 10, as well as Windows 8.1 Update 3 (November Update) make this clear. As I previously tweeted, these OS versions enable Control Flow Guard (CFG), a feature that laid dormant in the first versions of Windows 8.1. In order to function, CFG requires the use of optimized bitmaps in order to determine the validity of indirect calls, and on 64-bit Windows, this bitmap requires 2 TB of space. Not only would this cut the Windows 8 address space by 25%, it would\u2019ve also resulted in 4 GB of per-process commit!\n\nHere\u2019s a screenshot of Process Hacker showing how all CFG-enabled processes now use 2 TB of virtual address space:\n\nThe final effect of this change from 8 TB to 128 TB is that the kernel address space layout has significantly changed. And sadly, the !address extension in WinDBG is broken and continues to show the Windows 8 address space layout (which I expanded on during my Blackhat 2013 talk), while the Windows Internals book is stuck on Windows 7 and doesn\u2019t even cover Windows 8 or higher.\n\nTherefore, I publish below what I believe to be the only public source of information on the Windows 8.1 x64 memory layout. One of the benefits of this new layout is that it now becomes extremely easy by using the first 5 or 6 nibbles of an address to determine where it\u2019s coming from. For example, 0xFFFFD\u2026 is a kernel stack, 0xFFFFC\u2026 is paged pool, 0xFFFFF8\u2026 is a loaded image (driver or kernel), and 0xFFFFE\u2026 is nonpaged pool.\n\nRelying on a user-mode address is an easy way not to worry about the kernel address space, and to have full control of the code within a process. Editing the tagWND structure or the HAL Dispatch Table are two very common vectors, as are many others.\n\nAnother related possibility is to disable SMEP Enforcement on a per-page basis \u2014 taking a user-mode page and marking it as a kernel page by making the required changes in the page level translation mapping entries. This has also been talked in at least one presentation, and, if accepted, a future SyScan 2015 talk from a friend of mine will also cover this technique. Additionally, if accepted, an alternate version of the technique will be presented at INFILTRATE 2015, by yours truly.\n\nFinally, a theoretical possibility is being able to transfer execution (through a pointer, callback table, etc) to an existing function that disables SMEP (and thus bypassing KASLR), but then somehow continues to give the attacker control without ROP \u2014 nobody has yet found such a function. This would be a type of Jump-Oriented Programming (JOP) attack.\n\nNonetheless, all of these techniques continue to leverage a user-mode address as the main payload (nothing wrong with that). However, one must also consider the possibility to use a kernel-mode address for the attack, which means that no ROP and/or PTE hacking is needed to disable SMEP in the first place.\n\nObviously, this means that the function to perform the malicious payload\u2019s work already exists in the kernel, or we have a way of bringing it into the kernel. In the case of a stack/pool overflow, this payload probably already comes with the attack, and the usual tricks have been employed there in order to get code execution. Such attacks are particularly common in true \u2018remote-remote\u2019 attacks.\n\nBut what of write-what-where bugs, usually the domain of the local (or remote-local) attacker? If we have user-mode code execution available to us, to execute the write-what-where, we can obviously continue using the write-what-where exploit to repeatedly fill an address of our choice with the payload data. This presents a few problems however:\n\nThe write-what-where may be unreliable, or corrupt adjacent data. This makes it hard to use it to \u2018fill\u2019 memory with code.\n\nIt may not be obvious where to write the code \u2014 having to deal with KASLR as well as Kernel NX. On Windows, this is not terribly hard, but it should be recognized as a barrier nonetheless.\n\nThis blog post introduces what I believe to be two new techniques, namely a generic kernel-mode heap spraying technique which results in executable memory, followed by a generic kernel-mode heap address discovery technique, bypassing KASLR.\n\nBig Pool\n\nExperts of the Windows heap manager (called the pool) know that there are two different allocators (three, if you\u2019re being pedantic): the regular pool allocator (which can use lookaside lists that work slightly differently than regular pool allocations), and the big/large page pool allocator.\n\nThe regular pool is used for any allocations that fit within a page, so either 4080 bytes on x86 (8 bytes for the pool header, and 8 bytes used for the initial free block), or 4064 bytes on x64 (16 bytes for the pool header, 16 bytes used for the initial free block). The tracking, mapping, and accounting of such allocations is handled as part of the regular slush of kernel-mode memory that the pool manager owns, and the pool headers link everything together.\n\nBig pool allocations, on the other hand, take up one or more pages. They\u2019re used for anything over the sizes above, as well as when the CacheAligned type of pool memory is used, regardless of the requested allocation size \u2014 there\u2019s no way to easily guarantee cache alignment without dedicating a whole page to an allocation.\n\nBecause there\u2019s no room for a header, these pages are tracked in a separate \u201cBig Pool Tracking Table\u201d (nt!PoolBigPageTable), and the pool tags, which are used to identify the owner of an allocation, are also not present in the header (since there isn\u2019t one!), but rather in the table as well. Each entry in this table is represented by a POOL_TRACKER_BIG_PAGES structure, documented in the public symbols:\n\nOne thing to be aware of is that the Virtual Address (Va) is OR\u2019ed with a bit to indicate if the allocation is freed or allocated \u2014 in other words, you may have duplicate Va\u2019s, some freed, and at most one allocated. The following simple WinDBG script will dump all the big pool allocations for you:\n\nWhy are big pool allocations interesting? Unlike small pool allocations, which can share pages, and are hard to track for debugging purposes (without dumping the entire pool slush), big pool allocations are easy to enumerate. So easy, in fact, that the undocumented KASLR-be-damned API NtQuerySystemInformation has an information class specifically designed for dumping big pool allocations. Including not only their size, their tag, and their type (paged or nonpaged), but also their kernel virtual address!\n\nAs previously presented, this API requires no privileges, and only in Windows 8.1 has it been locked down against low integrity callers (Metro/Sandboxed applications).\n\nWith the little snippet of code below, you can easily enumerate all big pool allocations:\n\nPool Control\n\nObviously, it\u2019s quite useful to have all these handy kernel-mode addresses. But what can we do to control their data, and not only be able to read their address?\n\nYou may be aware of previous techniques where a user-mode attacker allocates a kernel-object (say, an APC Reserve Object), which has a few fields that are user-controlled, and which then has an API to get its kernel-mode address. We\u2019re essentially going to do the same here, but rely on more than just a few fields. Our goal, therefore, is to find a user-mode API that can give us full control over the kernel-mode data of a kernel object, and additionally, to result in a big pool allocation.\n\nThis isn\u2019t as hard as it sounds: anytime a kernel-mode component allocates over the limits above, a big pool allocation is done instead. Therefore, the exercise reduces itself to finding a user-mode API that can result in a kernel allocation of over 4KB, whose data is controlled. And since Windows XP SP2 and later enforce kernel-mode non-executable memory, the allocation should be executable as well.\n\nTwo easy examples may popup in your head:\n\nCreating a local socket, listening to it, connecting from another thread, accepting the connection, and then issuing a write of > 4KB of socket data, but not reading it. This will result in the Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.SYS), also affectionally known as \u201cAnother F*cking Driver\u201d, allocating the socket data in kernel-mode memory. Because the Windows network stack functions at DISPATCH_LEVEL (IRQL 2), and paging is not available, AFD will use a nonpaged pool buffer for the allocation. This is great, because until Windows 8, nonpaged pool is executable!\n\nCreating a named pipe, and issuing a write of > 4KB of data, but not reading it. This will result in the Named Pipe File System (NPFS.SYS) allocating the pipe data in a nonpaged pool buffer as well (because NPFS performs buffer management at DISPATCH_LEVEL as well).\n\nUltimately, #2 is a lot easier, requiring only a few lines of code, and being much less inconspicuous than using sockets. The important thing you have to know is that NPFS will prefix our buffer with its own internal header, which is called a DATA_ENTRY. Each version of NPFS has a slightly different size (XP- vs 2003+ vs Windows 8+).\n\nI\u2019ve found that the cleanest way to handle this, and not to worry about offsets in the final kernel payload, is to internally handle this in the user-mode buffer with the right offsets. And finally, remember that the key here is to have a buffer that\u2019s at least the size of a page, so we can force the big pool allocator.\n\nHere\u2019s a little snippet that keeps all this into account and will have the desired effects:\n\nNow all we need to know is that NPFS uses the pool tag \u2018NpFr\u2019 for the read data buffers (you can find this out by using the !pool and !poolfind commands in WinDBG). We can then change the earlier KASLR-defeating snippet to hard-code the pool tag and expected allocation size, and we can instantly find the kernel-mode address of our buffer, which will fully match our user-mode buffer.\n\nKeep in mind that the \u201cPaged vs. Nonpaged\u201d flag is OR\u2019ed into the virtual address (this is different from the structure in the kernel, which tracks free vs. allocated), so we\u2019ll mask that out, and also make sure you align the size to the pool header alignment (it\u2019s enforced even for big pool allocations). Here\u2019s that snippet, for x86 Windows:\n\nVoila! Package this into a simple \u201ckmalloc\u201d helper function, and now you too, can allocate executable, kernel-mode memory, at a known address! How big can these allocations get? I\u2019ve gone up to 128MB without a problem, but this being non-paged pool, make sure you have the RAM to handle it. Here\u2019s a link to some sample code which implements exactly this functionality.\n\nAn additional benefit of this technique is that not only can you get the virtual address of your allocation, you can even get the physical address! Indeed, as part of the undocumented Superfetch API that I first discovered and implemented in my meminfo tool, which has now been supplanted by the RAMMap utility from SysInternals, the memory manager will happily return the pool tag, virtual address, and physical address of our allocation.\n\nHere\u2019s a screenshot of RAMMap showing another payload allocation and its corresponding physical address (note that the 0x1000 difference is since the command-line PoC biases the pointer, as you saw in the code).\n\nNext Steps\n\nNow, for full disclosure, there are a few additional caveats that make this technique a bit less sexy in 2015 \u2014 and why I chose to talk about it today, and not 8 years ago when I first stumbled upon it:\n\n1) Starting with Windows 8, nonpaged pool allocations are now non-executable. This means that while this trick still lets you spray the pool, your code will require some sort of NX bypass first. So you\u2019ve gone from bypassing SMEP to bypassing kernel-mode NX.\n\n2) In Windows 8.1, the API to get the big pool entries and their addresses is no longer usable by low-integrity callers. This significantly reduces the usefulness in local-remote attacks, since those are usually launched through sandboxed applications (Flash, IE, Chrome, etc) and/or Metro containers.\n\nOf course, there are some ways around this \u2014 a sandbox escape is often used in local-remote attacks anyway, so #2 can become moot. As for #1, some astute researchers have already figured out that NX was not fully deployed \u2014 for example, Session Pool allocations, are STILL executable on newer versions of Windows, but only on x86 (32-bit). I leave it as an exercise to readers to figure out how this technique can be extended to leverage that (hint: there\u2019s a \u2018Big Session Pool\u2019).\n\nBut what about a modern, 64-bit version of Windows, say even Windows 10? Well, this technique appears to be mostly dead on such systems \u2014 or does it? Is everything truly NX in the kernel, or are there still some sneaky ways to get some executable memory, and to get its address? I\u2019ll be sure to blog about it once Windows 14 is out the door in 2022.\n\nIntroduction\n\nOne of the annoying things of my Windows Internals/Security research is when every single component and mechanism I\u2019ve looked at in the last six months has ultimately resulted in me finding very interesting design bugs, which I must now wait on Microsoft to fix before being able to talk further about them. As such, I have to take a smaller break from kernel-specific research (although I hope to lift the veil over at least one issue at the No Such Conference in Paris this year). And so, in the next following few blog posts, probably inspired by having spent too much time talking with my friend Ange Albertini, I\u2019ll be going over some neat PE tricks.\n\nChallenge\n\nWrite a portable executable (PE/EXE) file which can be spawned through a standard CreateProcess call and will result in STATUS_SUCCESS being returned as well as a valid Process Handle, but will not\n\nRun a single instruction of what could be construed as x86 assembly code, which is part of the file itself (i.e.: random R/O data should not somehow be forced into being executed as machine code)\n\nCrash or make any sort of interactive/visible notice to the user, event log entry, or other error condition.\n\nInteresting, this was actually a real-world situation that I was asked to provide a solution for \u2014 not a mere mental exercise. The idea was being able to prove, in the court of law, that no \u201cforeign\u201d machine code had executed as a result of this executable file having been launched (i.e.: obviously the kernel ran some code, and the loader ran too, but all this is pre-existing Microsoft OS code). Yet, the PE file had to not only be valid, but to also return a valid process handle to the caller."}
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-{"text": "After a season of friendship betrayal, cheating scandals, slut-shaming, name calling, meanness, vitriol, and eating disorders, Sonja doesn\u2019t hesitate to call it \u201cdark\u201d and admit it wasn\u2019t her \u201cfavorite season\u201d to film.\n\nHowever, Sonja believes a little \u2018Sonja humor\u2019 could have gone a long way to lightened things up. Sonja still blames DorindaMedley icing her out of the Berkshires trip for sending everything in such a negative direction.\u201dI felt they could have used a little comedic lift,\u201d she laments.\n\n\u201cDorinda calls when she wants something, usually invites or to meet somebody. Then she plays this holier-than-thou thing like she wants to protect me, and that was very flimsy,\u201d Sonja accuses. \u201cI\u2019ve been on the show for so long, I don\u2019t need protecting from my friends! She\u2019s the newbie! You can just tell how duplicitous she is because everyone knows I don\u2019t lie.\u201d\n\nSonja also blames Dorinda for Jules Wainstein having such a hard time, and for Luann de Lesseps getting together with the philandering Tom. Basically, what are you doing here WITH Dorinda (because she\u2019ll ruin your life!) What\u2019s next \u2013 is Sonja gonna blame Dorinda for staining her cashmere?!\n\nDorinda \u201cbrought Jules on [to the show] and practically fed that girl to the wolves,\u201d Sonja complains. \u201cAnd then she wants to act like she\u2019s there to protect her when she brought her on? The whole concept is duplicitous. You can\u2019t act like you are there to protect people, but then you put the girl on who has an eating disorder and a marriage that\u2019s falling apart.\u201d\n\nIs Jules a 30-something adult, or a child? I\u2019m confused there\u2026\n\n\u201cThen you introduce Luann to a huge playboy,\u201d Sonja scoffed to Yahoo Celebrity. \u201cClearly, if Sonja Morgan is fooling around with him on the down low, he\u2019s not marriage material. Come on.\u201d\n\nDorinda isn\u2019t the only person facing Sonja\u2019s wrath \u2013 Sonja\u2019s friendship with Ramona Singer is kaput, as in no more Ramonja Turtle Time! \u201cI\u2019m not talking to Ramona,\u201d Sonja confirms.\n\n\u201cWhen we wrapped, I thought we were cool because she reached out to me and wanted to help me, and then I thought she was being duplicitous as well,\u201d continues Sonja. \u201cI saw she was saying s*** about me and Tipsy Girl when she was shooting with Dorinda. Besides, they both wanted in on Tipsy Girl \u2026 so that hurt my feelings. But when you lose that trust, that\u2019s hard.\u201d\n\nAlso, Sonja\u2019s friendship with Luann is back on track despite initially arguing over Tom. Apparently, Sonja has realized he\u2019s just so not worth it! Sonja assures, \u201cWe always are going to be friends. We\u2019re going to be friends the next 35 years.\u201d That friendship is a mainstay in Sonja\u2019s life and one she plans to keep.\n\n\u201cLuann and I have always had issues with guys,\u201d Sonja acknowledges. \u201cOther than these men, Lu and I are very cool. I\u2019m not a judgmental person, and she isn\u2019t either. She really isn\u2019t. She\u2019s sensitive \u2013 people call her names, but I don\u2019t. I think we get through everything.\u201d Everything from pirates, to Tom, Dicks, and Harrys\u2026\n\nGetting through everything also includes Sonja supporting Luann\u2019s wedding journey. \u201cShe needs to get down that aisle, that\u2019s it. She needs to get the ring on. She needs to get on with the wedding,\u201d Sonja encourages. \u201cI\u2019ll be there. She wants me there too, of course.\u201d\n\nSo the $7 million dollar bankrupt question: After such a negative season will Sonja give Real Housewives Of New York another go? Of course! \u201cYes, I\u2019d come back. If Bravo wants me and it works for me and my kid, I\u2019m back.\u201d\n\nI think Bravo will always want Sonja back\u2026\n\nTELL US \u2013 IS DORINDA TO BLAME FOR SEASON 8 BEING SO NEGATIVE? WILL SONJA AND LUANN ALWAYS STAY FRIENDS?"}
-{"text": "Allow me to re-introduce myself. Exiled from my chosen home, I'm in close proximity to where I was raised. Outside of Houston, strongly tied to New Orleans, still.\n\nWednesday, February 28, 2007\n\nHow I Passed The Time At The In-Laws (part 2)All right.\n\nMs Maitri is down in the dumps. Next time I head out to see the in-laws, I'm taking her with me, so that she can study the San Andreas fault (which, incidentally, is not far from where my in-laws live; I'm always telling them it's all their fault...). Since I can't do that right this very second (plus, I just came from there), I'll have to break my self-imposed ban on posting twice in the same day. So here goes...\n\nFrontline's The Stormrecounts former FEMA director Joe Allbaugh as having identified three of the most likely disasters facing the US in an effort to help streamline FEMA: \"an earthquake in California, a hurricane hitting New Orleans, and a terrorist attack in New York.\" Two of the three have already happened, with FEMA performing fairly well in NYC and miserably in New Orleans.\n\nWe who live here in New Orleans are not taking most of this crud lying down (well, only when we're sleeping, sick, or falling down drunk, but that's another story) as evidenced by the traffic jam at the Army Corps of Engineers' headquarters here today, because this is the last day to file a claim in a class action lawsuit against the A.C. o' E. Though people here are rebuilding their own parcels of property, even jacking up their homes, they are being dropped by their insurance companies like hot potatoes, even though they have faithfully paid their premiums for decades. So that's corporate America AND federal agencies trying to stick it to everyone who just wants to go back home and live in peace. Nice. Who the heck is going to empathize with us, since the media as a whole seems to be blaming the victims?\n\nTry the people who live in the one place that has not been through a massive natural disaster under Dubya. That's right. The nation-state of California.\n\nLet's cheer on Governator Ahnold and Dianne Feinstein for seeing a need \"to take a major leadership role in its own destiny\" and fund some levee improvements - in California's capital city of Sacramento, where 19 levees in the area are poorly maintained by the A.C. o' E. And don't get me started on the whole earthquake thing in No-Cal, and all o' Cal. These people know that they are at risk, believe me, and in some ways, it's worse than a hurricane heading down the pike, because the Big One there could be happening right this second, or next week, next month, or next year. Who the heck knows? My father-in-law estimates that if he's hearing a certain radio program that broadcasts closer to the fault and they indicate in their broadcast that they've felt something, he's got five minutes or so before he feels the tremor in his own home. Five minutes, y'all. Yeah, that's advance warning for you...\n\nBecause these people are living with the proverbial sword of Damocles above their heads, some of them are bound to care about some folks in a little ol' hamlet on the Louisiana coast, and I seem to have met a number of them on this trip. I attended a brunch with my mother-in-law, at which, when I told the other attendees where I was from, one of them immediately took me aside and engaged me in conversation about the situation in my neck of the woods. I ended up telling a number of attendees about the problems, which were not necessarily about global warming, as one of them thought - it's the coastal erosion and the politics, people. I emphasized the need to be prepared for anything that comes your way, that it doesn't matter if people think you are paranoid or scared of the world - recent events have shown that we all have good reason to be, to a point. Shoot, I even told these people about Helen Hill, and about how the justice system down here is seriously messed.\n\nOn the flight to Dallas, a fellow in the seat next to me engaged me in conversation and noticed my t-shirt, which is waaay better than \"Make Levees Not War\", in my opinion. I laid out the same ol' same ol' for him, we talked about the Saints' season (he said he and his friends in Cali were rooting for 'em, and considering Sean Payton's birthplace, that ain't all that surprising) and about Barkus and potbellied pigs. I even passed on someNOLAblogURLs to the guy. I get the feeling he, and some of the other folks I've talked to, will at least take a peek.\n\nI didn't mind explaining myself to these folks, maybe because I don't feel as traumatized any more (thanks, Saintseester - there is some power in being sad, but not world-on-your-shoulders sad). I also felt like these were people who were really listening to what I had to say, and not just asking about New Orleans to be polite, or to simply confirm what they already thought. Yeah, I could be wrong about that assessment, but I also know that if I don't speak up, I'm not sure who the hell will. The government is doing its best to cover its rear. Insurance companies want to wash their hands and incubate themselves. Organizations that once convinced us all that they could hold back nature have been caught without any clothes on. And yet, there are a number of people here who are here because they want to be. Because it is home. Because no place else is quite the same. Because you don't take lightly a decision to just walk away from a life fully lived.\n\nIt's tiring, yes. Maybe I just need to burn all the reasons for me and others here to stay onto small calling card CD-ROMs and pass 'em out when people ask. I know, however, that I'm not alone, that there is a certain amount of security I've found since I've found all the NOLAns who are blogging about their experiences, their takes on the news, their number-crunching, their bullshit detecting. That's power, y'all, and that is not to be underestimated. Use it wisely and well.\n\nMaitri, I'll take you to Los Trancos Preserve sometime, where the beauty and the potential earthquake energy of a part of the fault area can be fully explored. I'm glad I've returned to New Orleans all the same, however, because it is home. Living here is truly presenting one big middle finger to the forces that would see this place die. And I'm getting sick of despairing...\n\nHow I Passed The Time At The In-Laws (part 1)Aside from the aforementioned visit to the Tech (see the last post), my son and I ended up in San Jose for a week, which threw me for a loop, and had the little guy convinced that we were going to stay with grandma and grandpa \"for a hundred days\". Thankfully, that did not come to pass, as we returned to New Orleans yesterday, despite missing our 6:20 AM flight (my father-in-law didn't want to wake his darling sleeping grandson - let's just leave it at that. Mull that one over, everybody...).\n\nMy mother-in-law kvetched to me a little about her current reading material, a book club selection by Amos Oz. She just couldn't get into it at all, and I could sympathize, because I slogged through one book by that man and swore I'd never attempt another of his books. I'd describe his prose as \"detailed detachment\", and that's being nice... in truth, the damn book bored me to tears. She then told me that at least two ladies in her book club were snobby about the books that were chosen - they would pick these books like the Oz selection, and then put down the people like my MIL who just couldn't get into them. Thankfully, there are waaay more women in the group who are not like that, but the whole thing only put into focus a few reasons why I never got into a book club of any sort.\n\na) our very first book clubs are schools, and if you know what schools are like, or if you can remember back to your own time in the clique-ish clink, you know that schools can very easily kill a good book with overanalysis and overuse of homework concerning the book ( like one mom I spoke to recently said of a teacher who pretty much destroyed To Kill A Mockingbird for her daughter), or they can kill anyone's desire to read, period. Try to get any average guy to read Pride and Prejudice, for instance, and you'll have better luck dragging said guy in for a prostate exam and simultaneous root canal.b) I trust my own tastes with regards to what I want to read, even when I went berserk as a teenager and read the high school equivalent of Harlequin romances and the Sweet Valley High series for a year or two. I really don't need to have my reading material validated in a book club setting. Really, I don't. Because I believe, in the end, that any avid reader will use his/her brain and heart after decades of putting the printed word in front of his/her face and pick whatever the hell he/she wants to read without worrying about what other people think. When anyone starts to worry about that kind of stuff, reading for pleasure is an abstraction. A book club at that point is simply adding literary veneer to a coffee klatch.\n\nSo, after some thought, I put down a short list of my most recently read books for the MIL. Off the top of my head, here's some of them:\n\nExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer\n\nThe Disappointment Artist,As She Climbed Across The Table - Jonathan Lethem\n\nTough Jews,The Avengers,Sweet and Low - Rich Cohen\n\nSide Effects,Secondhand Smoke,Odds - Patty Friedmann\n\nBlue Monday - Rick Coleman\n\nYes We Have No,The Heart of the World - Nik Cohn\n\nMister Jelly Roll - Alan Lomax\n\nBe Sweet - Roy Blount Jr.\n\nBreach of Faith - Jed Horne\n\nNotes on some of the selections: I haven't finished Breach of Faith yet, but if it's anything like Horne's Desire Street, it may well end up being one of my top choices of all of the books about Katrina that have come out. I've just finished Cohen's Sweet and Low, and it is a memoir that ought to be a lesson to families everywhere: watch how you act when you get high and mighty, because you never know when a darned good writer in the family is going to wield his pen against you. In other words, great guilty pleasure read. Finally, since I'm a t-shirt nut, Roy Blount's memoir has what has to be my all-time favorite incorrect English usage t-shirt slogan in it, but you'll have to read the book to find out what it is. The rest of it is darned good, too, and funny as hell, especially Blount's analysis of any and all Juniors out there in the world.\n\nPart 2 of Time Spent At the In-Laws is coming soon. Hint: it involves this.\n\nSunday, February 25, 2007\n\nI'm stuck, y'all, and the airlines stuck me.\n\nThis is the third time they've cancelled a flight on me, damn it. And yes, it was because of bad weather in Dallas, where I was supposed to be on a connecting flight in the afternoon yesterday, but they couldn't get me on a flight back to Jackson until Tuesday. So I ended up with my in-laws, once again. Had to call up the religious school where I teach on Sundays and the elementary school where I teach art to let 'em know I wouldn't be making an appearance, and then my son and I were whisked off to an IHOP and then to San Jose's Tech Museum.\n\nFirst off, the Tech is super cool. And we didn't even make it through the whole place. Fear and trepidation on my mother-in-law's part that the place would be \"too old\" for the little guy proved unfounded. The kid was rocking every hands-on display on the second floor of the place, designing his own rollercoasters, seeing what rendered objects such as a space shuttle would look like with frog skin, and checking out some shadow displays.\n\nWhy were we only on the second floor, you ask? Because the IMax theater in the place spits everyone out of the theater onto the second floor of the Tech after each movie. What did we see? God help me, we saw Hurricane On The Bayou.First off, I know we saw it largely because my father-in-law was curious about it. I figured, okay, I can make it through this. I might end up hating the thing, but I just need to see it as research...riiiiight...research...see what people across America will be seeing when they pays their money and takes their chances. Plus, he paid for it. What the hey.\n\nSurprisingly, it lays out the environmental issues very well, in the guise of young fiddler Amanda Shaw researching the coastal erosion problem for a school project. I applaud this film for that. Three months into what was supposed to be a fairly straight educational film promoting wetlands restoration, Katrina hit, and, serendipitously, the cameras of MacGillivray Freeman were there to film scenes of water in New Orleans' streets, of Tad Gormley Stadium as a lake with stands poking in and around it, and of Buras, Louisiana, after the storm.\n\nMaybe I'm being a pessimist, but I think the whole thing ended on too much of a happy note for me. A NOLA radio show host once said around a long-ago JazzFest time that it seemed like all the world's problems could be solved at the Gospel Tent at the Fest, and (quasi-spoiler here, folks - sorry) much as I would love for Marva Wright to sing our way out of this mess, it just ain't that easy. Hell, Ms Wright herself hasn't gotten back to her rebuilt home until fairly recently. There was too much of a neat little package of coastal erosion's devastating effects in Hurricane, and the bow to tie it all together and reverse the trend is supplied by the music and culture of south Louisiana, according to the filmmakers.\n\nUh-huh. I wish. I hope so. I'm not so sure, sometimes.\n\nWhat I regret most of all was bringing my son in to see that movie. He enjoyed seeing the early scenes of alligators underwater, and, on seeing the aerial shots of New Orleans, he exclaimed, \"Mom! It's the Superdome!\" But then, they re-created some of the in-storm effects digitally - the collapse of Buras' water tower, storm winds peeling off pieces of the Dome's roof - and showed some of the immediate aftermath, and my son clutched his popcorn, aghast.\n\n\"Mom, is New Orleans okay? Is New Orleans all right?\" he asked me.\n\nI had to do it. I had to tell a four-year-old the straight truth in a way that he could understand.\n\nWednesday, February 21, 2007\n\nIf you wrote me off, I'd understand it'Cause I've been on some other planetSo come pick me up, I've landed.-Ben Folds\n\nBecause the little guy has school off for the rest of this week, and the in-laws have been clamoring to see the kid for a while now, I had to leave on Mardi Gras day for San Jose. So here I am, ambassador and escort to the main attraction. I know my duties and must carry them out. Ho-hum.\n\nYesterday morn, I was on another planet. I walked my dog early in the morning on planet NOLA, then went to the parade route out of curiosity just in time to see Pete Fountain's Half-Fast Walking Club go by - I even managed to catch some beads and doubloons from them for Dan, the clarinet man, before Gilda got a little freaked by all the hubbub and we had to head home. I cooked up a mess of pancakes for our friends who came to see Zulu, hung out on my porch with the little guy in the sunny weather, and tossed beads down to passersby while my stereo blasted some Sharon Jones out on the street.\n\nThen, at 11:30, we hopped in the car and schlepped all the way to Jackson, Mississippi, to take a plane out to San Jose from there (my husband is heavily into travel bargains, and this one was a bargain...). They loved my t-shirt at security (I almost wore this one, but then my in-laws would not have been amused...), but I really wasn't in the mood to explain how I got into soul music in the first place. Our flight left at four for Dallas, we took the little train they have at their humongous airport to change gates and planes, and I endured a four-hour flight to NoCal with a tired little guy who just could not get comfortable enough in his seat to save his life and get some rest.\n\nAnyway, we're here. My son is coughing and chattering away in his bed, and soon a new day in another part of America will begin. Ho-hum...\n\nOh, and I turned on some Mr Rogers this morning for the little guy, and who is one of the neighbors? Wynton Marsalis. Sigh...\n\nMonday, February 19, 2007\n\nSo I met a nice Jewish boy yesterday.\n\nAlthough he was quite soused to the gills (as was I), I could tell right off. I asked him where he was from, and he told me Ohio. His buddies, thinking to embarrass him, yelled for him to speak Hebrew. In my inebriated state, I yelled \"Mee zeh (who's that)?\" He yelled, \"Anee rowtzeh le beit-sheemoosh (I need to go to the bathroom)!\" in his state. I pointed behind him and tried to yell that it was over his shoulder, \"Le beit-sheemoosh...\"\n\n\"Yeah, I know!\" he yelled back, grinning.\n\nIt was right then that someone threw me a HUGE set of apple-shaped beads. By then the guy had moved on. Oh, well...\n\n__________________\n\nDan, the little guy, and I spent a lot of time yesterday at the beginning of the Krewe of Thoth's parade route, at our friend Pacrac's house party he throws every year at the very beginning of the parade...even last year, when Thoth was forced to parade on the same route as all the other parades during Mardi Gras time. Pac makes a massive bowl of brandy milk punch, he makes sure everybody brings some good food to nosh on, and we send off the parade among good friends, old ones and new ones.\n\nAfter we got LOADS of beads, in a huge bag that is still in the trunk of our car, we hung out for longer than we've ever hung out at Pac's house before (which we paid for later - the traffic trying to get to our side of the parade route was a nasty snarl. That we managed to get home AND find a parking spot fairly close to our house just before the big-time Bacchus parade rolled is nothing short of miraculous). Somehow, I got embroiled in a discussion with one of Pac's Catholic buds about the difference between Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewry (not jewelry, y'all), the little guy was running in and out of the house with bunches of kids, when he wasn't inhaling chocolate chip cookies and potato chips, and Dan was off someplace else in the house, resisting the urge to give our son some of the milk punch.\n\nAfter we got home, we found that my housemate's boyfriend and a buddy of his had set up a drum set in our front yard and were manning a brand-new grill next to our front porch (not at the same time, though that would have been something to see). There was also a good-sized amp nearby, and the boyfriend laid down a beat while his friend played some mean harmonica. Suddenly we had a small blues concert going, and passersby danced on the sidewalk and in the streets. I let the little guy hang out and watch and listen for a bit, since he was curious and he loves the drums. I had to be mom and yank him inside, however, because he started to try to bang on a cymbal with one of his plastic buckets - plus, he tried to hog the harmonica player's mike. My son then threw such a conniption fit when we got in the house. The kid is such the ham...\n\nI kind of got roped in to sing with Dan's klezmer trio at the last minute, so we ended up the night serenading our neighbors on their back porch with many Jewish hits as they munched on their boiled crawfish, potatoes, and corn. I was up there next to Dan and his clarinet belting out \"Tzena\", \"Hava Nagila\", \"Sisu Et Yerushalayim\", and a number of other great klezmer tunes, all while trying to head off our overtired son from trying to enter our neighbors' empty house so that he could play with their little girls' toys. After our short performance, the little guy had to go home because he was throwing the biggest fit of them all, right there in the backyard.\n\nBy then, I was too pooped to go back to the neighbors' party, much less to go out and watch Bacchus pass by, so I missed this spectacle on the parade route. Somehow, Dan already got hold of some James Gandolfini Bacchus doubloons from the Thoth parade (don't ask me how), so he didn't want to head back out there, either. We pooped out to the sounds of the housemates' drums, harmonica, and now guitar, playing some blues beneath our place...\n\n__________________\n\nI keep thinking about that Jewish guy I met yesterday morning. If he's single, I can just imagine what his profile on JDate would look like:\n\nMan, aged 39, seeking woman, aged 18-25. Must be willing to travel every year to the mouth of the Mississippi around February-March in order to cheer me on as I wear a satin suit, a mask over my face, and a menorah-shaped hat on my head. Catch me as I go by on that fateful Sunday morning! I'll be throwing you something special, like a real man should...\n\nSaturday, February 17, 2007\n\nIn reference to your recent article on fed-up New Orleanians leaving the city for good, you focused heavily on the negatives of staying here. And I do admit, there are a lot of negatives. My husband and I, along with our young son, chose to return to New Orleans six months after the storm hit, and four years after we moved away due to a job opportunity in NYC. Though my husband's current job is in Baton Rouge, we chose to move back into an apartment in our house here rather than renting it out completely to other tenants, because we love this city and do not want to see it die.\n\nLeaving here is a highly emotional decision that is not made lightly, and there are many factors that enter into that decision. Escalating crime and an absence of leadership in the recovery process at local, state, and federal levels are two mighty large obstacles for this area to overcome, but for every person that picks up and leaves, there are others like my husband and I who will stay.\n\nPerhaps we are foolish. Some would call us crazy. All I know is that, when my husband and I were still living in Queens and the hurricane hit the greater New Orleans area, we felt as though holes had been cut into our hearts. The dismal responses to this still-hurting city's trials made us want to run to its aid. I consider us lucky that we are able to do so in body as well as in spirit.\n\nThe NY Times response to me:\n\nThank you for writing. I really considered the article more about the failures of leadership in the city than any failure on the part of its residents.. My story was about people leaving so it did focus on the negatives. But we have also written about people coming back and everything in between. The New York Times has been very dedicated to this story in its many, many facets.\n\nFriday, February 16, 2007\n\nWoo-hoo! Now I really have a reason to celebrate!\n\nAs of the early hours of this past morning, the infamous pothole from hell has been paved. There is a lovely blacktopped, slightly domed patch where a partially filled hole used to be. Let's see - how long did it take for this miracle to occur? - approximately 113 days. I could kvetch about the fact that it is not even scored like all the other patches on our gray brick road are to \"blend in\" with all the bricks. I could become seriously farklempt over the fact that a narrow trench down the street was repaired with gray bricks while the PFH had asphalt unceremoniously poured into its depths. Hey, I'm just glad it's gone.\n\nAnd, to the fellow who clumsily skywrote a big ol' TRUST JESUS in the blue yonder this afternoon, I say give us a break. We've been trying looking to someone who is not there for leadership in this town and it just hasn't worked....\n\nThursday, February 15, 2007\n\nI stood and sat out at our spot tonight for two parades. The little guy got cold and cranky, as it was pretty chilly out and we were out there all the way up to his bedtime. So, sad to say, I missed the Muses parade.\n\nDan went in my stead, and came home with, among other stuff, a coozie sporting the emblem of a new group - the Krewe of the Rolling Elvi (not Elvises, as in Honeymoon in Vegas, but Elvi).\n\nWednesday, February 14, 2007\n\nI was all set to post a missive concerning the tornadoes that have passed through this area, treating the occurrence with much sensitivity and gravitas, noting only slightly humorously the coincidental news item at the top of the front page of the city's paper that proclaims that \"LSU Plans Psychiatric Hospital Uptown\"(and, man, are we ever gonna need it), and reassuring those who know us that our selves and ours are just fine. I looked at the Times-Picayune's website to see what I could use for such a stirring, serious post, and then I saw this lovely multimedia presentation and my plans were gone with the wind.\n\nI watched the thing absentmindedly and then gasped when I saw the picture at 2:54 (when the thing runs down in time, pause it at 2:54 and carefully look at the picture there), because it was my old workplace. I called up my ex-boss, who sounded stuffed up, and asked her if everything was okay. She said the storms had hit on the other side of Carrollton Avenue from her business and that her building was okay. I managed to pause the image in the slideshow and get a closer look at it, and then I had to laugh. \"They included your back room in a slideshow showing all the tornado damage, \" I said , \"probably because it's just a very messy room. They have NO clue that that's what it's like all the time.\"\n\nI gave her the URL of the slideshow so that she could get a laugh and hopefully feel a little better physically as a result. Then I called Dan and told him what I saw online, and, since he's seen the back room of her shop before, he started laughing really hard. I guess I gave him a funny for the day. Happy Valentine's, honey.\n\nI just wish and hope that the people affected by all of this can find a little laughter and a little love, too...\n\nUpdate: Oh, and for some further info, including how you can help from wherever you are, go here.\n\nTo cheer on our true first responders, the NOLA bloggers, go here and post your support.\n\nTuesday, February 13, 2007\n\nI've been reading a lot of books lately having to do with rock and roll. Rock criticism. Rock critic fiction. Rock biography. Rock autobiography. All of which is somewhat oxymoronic, since rock, in its early days, would kick convention in the butt on a regular basis. Having it somehow canonized in libraries across the country is weird, but it is a literary bonanza that generally slips through the colander held by book banning folks and political correctness mavens all over. One of these days, they will get around to reviling Never Mind The Pollacks. Instead, that book, and others such as Marshall Chapman's autobiographical stories, will sit on the shelves and hint at their quasi-subversiveness to the unsuspecting library browser. At the very least, they'll get their readers to hunt down some music.\n\nI've also been ODing on the NOLA blogosphere, as usual, and there is a highly one-sided media tug o' war out there concerning this area and what is really going on, which is the other reason why I need to get my blogroll on. I kvetched about this some in my last post, but many other blogging folks and media writers and outlets have taken it much further.\n\nHowever, meanwhile, back at the ranch, this guy does a complete kowtow to our walking id of a mayor in this article. I hated seeing this in the paper and I hated having to slog through it to simply confirm that it wasn't breaking any new journalistic ground. I had to laugh when Nagin implied that there was some political prodding behind the January 11th march on City Hall. Otherwise, the article simply attempted to to put a happy face on what is clearly a sad situation in local leadership.\n\nThen, yesterday morning, I heard a song from my pre-college and college days that got me thinking a little more about my current reading materials. So, to you who played the Violent Femmes' \"Add It Up\" on the radio, just for me, seemingly (and hey, radio deejay, you tried to turn down the volume on those words in the song that rhyme with luck, but I'm here to say that the FCC has got your number...), I've got another one for you that EVERYONE along the Gulf Coast and the greater N.O. area can sing along to. Well, it's not just for you - sing this one to every ineffectual politician, every journalist who doesn't want to work a little harder to get the real story, everyone who questions why New Orleans should be rebuilt, ... sing it if you're sad and angry. It helps some. Really.\n\nSunday, February 11, 2007\n\nHad to post this link, folks. This fellow slogs through a lot of news and has a fantastic take on it in his blog. He posted a real gem yesterday about a recently departed citizen of these parts that reads like a microcosm of American history.\n\nIt is absolutely true that whoever saves one life saves the entire world. Why can't these idiots who are constantly attacking this area from the outside just to further their own views get it through their heads that lives, and worlds, are at stake down here? We just lost a world with Ms Wright's passing. Talking trash about New Orleans won't kill the people that are here and love it, but it will go a ways towards killing the desire others might have to venture down and see for themselves what it's like. I'm not saying it's perfect down here - far from it. I'm saying, give it a chance before you shoe-horn it into your set of preconceptions and misconceptions.\n\nFriday, February 09, 2007\n\n-Hey, band!What, Binky?-Did you hear about the new epidemic going around?Every man, woman, and child is catchin' it, it's spreadin' from the lake on down.It's called \"Mardi Gras\", and they say you get it in your pants.Aw, hell Binky, that ain't no epidemic! That's a centuries-old excuse to party!Major apologies to the super soul sister with the magnetic je ne sais quois, and to her fantastic band, but that \"Dap-Dip\" song intro has been going through my head for the past few days, with my knock you on the head with a two-by-four alterations. That's been the impact of Mardi Gras time on my psyche.\n\nI march in the Barkus parade in the Quarter as escort to my dog, Gilda, and I'm at a loss as to what to wear that will be quick to slip on, since I will be going to the lineup right after religious school Sunday morning. I'm scrambling to get a sitter for the little guy so that Dan and I can go out to a neighborhood restaurant on February 14th, and I say scrambling because there's a parade scheduled to go by our house that same night. RRRRaaaarraaraaagggggghhhhhhh.....\n\nAnd I haven't even mentioned the guarantees yet. Some would call them traditions, but since we're just along for the ride, so to speak, there are a few things that are guaranteed to occur around this time of year.\n\n1) Barkus. I'm gonna see if there are any potbellied pigs in the procession this year. There was one a number of years back, and the dogs had NO clue what to do. \"Uh, hmmm, (sniffsniffsniff) it's got four legs and a tail (sniffsniff, weird look), but that's not a doggy smell (sniffsniffsniffsniff). What the hell kind of animal IS this??!!!???\" Since Chris Rose's dog is marching as Barkus royalty, it'll be interesting to see what she writes about the parade afterwards. The only quasi-religious protesting I can possibly see happening would be from Bucky Katt in the cartoon Get Fuzzy. Should be fun...\n\n2) Dan will sell his soul for doubloons.\n\n3)The little guy will bum his way onto a ladder seat to watch a parade or two. The seat will preferably have a little girl sitting in it, too, and the parents of said little girl will think they are both just sooo cute up there. My son is no fool, which is scary.\n\n4)The Mardi Gras Bottom Feeders idea will be resurrected and discussed. Dan and a friend of his from Lafayette (who's lived here for years) talked one year about how unfair it was that guys between 13 and approximately 65 years of age get consistently shorted on the throw counts and must resort to having young kids or cute gals close by to get anything substantial. They lamented having to drag scraps outta the gutters, and decided it would be a great idea to get a truck float one year and make it a giant box with Mardi Gras loot dropping out of the bottom of it as it passed by. Then all the guys could scrape stuff up and get their loot that way.\n\n5) I will be screaming, \"Hey, real men can throw this far!\" just for the living hell of it.\n\n6) We will remember our late neighbor, Nettie, and how much she loved Mardi Gras. She was a feisty old lady, who, though she wasn't up for leaving her house too much anymore, would always be sitting on her porch with a karaoke machine that blared Mardi Gras music. People would pass by her house, and she'd yell, \"He-ey Mardi Gras!\" into the microphone and invite the passersby to have a turn at the mike. She would get some real singers up there sometimes. She was also the first person I'd ever heard refer to an ambulance as a \"crash truck\". Unfortunately, she was taken from her home in one one night and never returned. I'm tempted to get hold of a karaoke machine in her memory, but I don't think we'd be home long enough for us to really give it, and passersby, the attention they deserve. Rest in peace, Nettie.\n\nWhere will we be when the parades pass? At the intersection of the gray brick road and the parade route. Oh, and for you NOLA bloggers, bonus points and extra Carnival swag, not to mention a place to pee on Mardi Gras day and some beer, if you: find the pothole from hell, and then you'll be close to where we are when we're not watching floats go by. Hope to see ya! And if not, happy Mardi Gras!\n\nWednesday, February 07, 2007\n\nGot a good two feet of hair cut off my head yesterday. Whenever I walk into a hair salon with my hair down to my waist and tell 'em I want it bobbed, the stylists' eyes always bug out and they ask, \"Are you sure?\" Yeah, I'm sure, otherwise I wouldn't be there in the first place. The day an open heart surgeon asks a patient if he's sure he needs that quadruple bypass is the day I'll be accepting of these folks' alarm. Until then, I reserve the right to be indignant.\n\nReason why I love New Orleans: better prices on some things. Keep in mind I went to a fancy schmancy hair place here.NOLA cut: ~$40Queens, NYC cut: ~$75I may well end up with a \"shingle headache\", but it's definitely worth it...in more ways than one.\n\nAnother reason to love this city: open discussion over how much revelry and satire is too much or goes too far. Dan, the little guy, and I took in the Krewe du Vieux parade this year for the first time since we returned from NYC. Main reason: friends of ours were marching with the Seeds of Decline subkrewe. Plus, we like the parade. I did hesitate at bringing the little guy, because there are some years when it is a truly raunchy spectacle, but we figured that the joy of seeing good friends outweighed warping his fragile little mind for one night (Dan and I have the other nights covered all by ourselves...). This year, it was relatively tame, plus, I got to see a NOLA blogger or (possibly) two marching along with the whole show. A good friend of ours kept going on and on about how great the giant vagina float was that she saw last year, however, which was annoying to hear after the first couple of times, largely because I had missed it and I woulda liked to see it. If anyone's got a pic, let me know...\n\nAs Jews, a good number of my friends and I have got our own troubles within our religion. Out here in New Orleans, however, the troubles amongst Catholics in this Catholic city always come out around Mardi Gras time - and almost always concerning the Krewe du Vieux parade and the insanity that is the French Quarter around this time. A truly bizarre column came out from Chris Rose about his ride as king of KdV - and though I do still enjoy reading his stuff from time to time, this one really puzzled me.\n\nFirst off, he went and commented about all the religious brouhaha from inside and outside this city as though he was a long-standing krewe member rather than an invited guest of honor. Shouldn't the organizers of KdV have their true say on this one? Perhaps the best way to have dealt with the objections of the Archdiocese and of the Pennsylvania group would have been to give them no more press than they have already received; sometimes the best way to respond to such inane stuff is to just let it die on the vine.\n\nWhich brings me to the second thing - that of knowing when to leave well enough alone. The parade still rolled. Rose was having a ball on the float. People appreciated the rude, crude, and still somewhat socially unacceptable themes running through the parade. Why couldn't a simple reporting of what was seen from the king's float have sufficed?\n\nMy suggestion, as a true outsider: dissolve the Catholic Church into Judaism. It would be the end of the pope and the beginnings of a whole new set of squabbles to add to those that already plague all the different Judaic denominations, sure. The orthodox Jews in Israel would have a field day with the Law of Return. Jewish dietary laws would be more hotly debated than ever before. However, on the Jewish holiday of Purim, which usually occurs close to Mardi Gras, all of this stuff would be set aside for a day.\n\nOn Purim, we'll celebrate a beauty contest winner exerting her influence on a drunken king and saving her people in the process. Religious mores are busted within the confines of the synagogue, as people boo Haman, the big, bad enemy of the Purim story who wanted to kill all the Jews of Persia because one of them wouldn't bow down to him, and cheer on Esther, Mordechai, and even king Ahasuerus, just a tad...when he's not being laughed at, that is. I myself have heard the Torah, normally chanted with a series of \"tropes\"(melodic signatures accenting each word), chanted to the tune of \"Yankee Doodle\" on Purim. More importantly for the New Orleans area, however, is this rabbinic instruction for Purim revelers, detailed by Rabbi Irving Greenberg:\n\nOn this day, no fasting is permitted, no eulogies are given, no penitential prayers are recited. The Rabbis were so determined to make this point that they instructed people to drink - at least to the stage when they could no longer tell the difference between blessed Mordechai and accursed Haman. (Those who can't tell the difference all year long are excused on Purim). Wouldn't that be something? All of New Orleans being Jewish? Parades with satirical themes all over the place - themes that bust some righteous halakhic bubbles? And secular ones, too?\n\nWait, it's already being done...\n\nMass conversion to Judaism would never work around here, anyhow. These people love their shellfish too much to give it up.\n\nMonday, February 05, 2007\n\nI'll twist a pen in my hands absentmindedly, turning it over and over again. My absent mind is thinking, \"Don't let the gather fall off, don't let it, keep it on center, keep it on, keep it on...\"\n\nI saw an ad for GE's latest model of InSinkerator recently, and I instantly thought of mounting the thing on a piece of plywood that fits over the opening of a Rubbermaid trash can. Voila! Instant frit maker, perfect for lost wax glass casting. A woman at the dog park a while back told me how shocked and amazed she was that her disposall had sucked a small wine glass into its speedy steel jaws and ground it up like it wasn't no thang. \"Oh, yeah, it'll do that,\" I said knowingly, knowing she really had no clue...\n\nMy bud Justin, the tree man, got the biggest kick out of what I told him he could use a chipper-shredder for (see the InSinkerator thought above). The only problem: the glass would dull the blades. The upside: a sparkling clean machine on the inside!\n\nLately, I began to get some bad ideas concerning the Starbucks Barista coffee grinder my husband got for Hanukkah. The ideas are bad for two reasons: 1) it's just not built to handle glass grinding, and 2) ...the following story:\n\nThe thing was hailed as the answer to all the prayers of the pate de verre glass casters in the glass department. No longer would we have to grind up chunks of glass into smaller pieces using thick mortars and pestles. And what better way to try it out than with an assignment given by an honest-to-God fusecasting master? All eighteen of us trooped downstairs to the basement room where all the raw batch glass was stored, as well as the steam cabinet for removing the wax from casting molds. We beheld this time-saving machine, which sat on a welding table, with bated breath and fierce anticipation. Fusecast Master cut through all that bull and instantly dubbed the thing \"the coffee grinder\" because of its appearance.\n\nThe studio technician flipped on the machine, and had to enlist a few of us to help him hold it down, as it was jumping all over the table on which it was sitting. That was when my giggling fit began. F.M. smiled a little and, placing a small bit of faith in the jumping bean machine and its human restraints, threw a chunk of kugler (solid concentrated colored glass) into the funnel at the top of the machine. Nothing happened. I giggled a little more. A teeny chunk of kugler popped back out of the funnel, and the human restraints couldn't conceal their surprise as they ducked a little for cover. My giggles turned into full-on laughter.\n\n\"Stick a piece of wood in there, something, anything to push the kugler down into it,\" F.M. suggested to the tech, as I laughed a little harder. The students holding down the coffee grinder and crouching on the floor at the same time braced themselves for further mayhem as the tech found a small piece of wood from a pallet that had once held batch glass and tried to delicately mash the stick into the funnel. It's tough to be delicate with a screaming, jumping machine - the thing threw a chunk of the stick back out of the funnel and towards the ceiling. I was doubled over and howling with laughter at this point. My sides were hurting so much. Initially, I had tried to stop because of all the looks I was getting from my classmates, but I abandoned all hope and just let it go when I saw that stick in the tech's hands.\n\nThere was a struggle to get the machine turned off - the switch on it was stuck, so the plug had to be pulled. Ahhh, silence - except for the sounds of me laughing and gasping for breath. The student restraints stood at their full heights once again. I managed to collect myself a little when I saw a bemused F.M. inspecting the stuff that had come out of the front of the machine: some chunks of wood and kugler, about the size of peas, sat in the cup. It could be used for something, but not for pate de verre. F.M. grinned, laughed a little, and said,\n\nSaturday, February 03, 2007\n\nHi, I'm Leigh...\n\n(Hi, Leigh!)\n\n...and I've been attached to the blogosphere for six months now. I'm looking for ways to detach myself.\n\n-So, Leigh, how did this begin?\n\nAll I wanted to do was to blog about New Orleans for my friends back in New York. After eight months of quietly going about my business and posting about my family, about this city's damages, both physical and emotional, and about other stuff that just happens, I found my hands itching to try something else, to break out of my teensy digital corner...so...so...\n\n-Go on.\n\n...so I flailed around on Blogger randomly, finding some mommyblogs along the way. I was led along a primrose path through their blogrolls to Maternally Challenged, who, at the time, was entering a blogging contest held by this wild and crazy dad (just look at him, promoting drunken blogging on a weekend night...is that vaguely insanely responsible or what?). I took a look and said, hey, if she and all these other people can do it, so can I.\n\nFrom then on, the wild dad was my conduit. I surfed his Rolodex of blogs with abandon and threw some of his frequent commenters into my Favorites list. And then...and then... (sigh, small sob) I don't know if I can go on...I'm so het up...\n\n- Take your time. We're all here for you.\n\nThat's the thing that's so seductive about the blogosphere. There's always SOMEONE there, day or night, and if there isn't you can always make your way through someone's archive.(big sigh, composing myself)Anyhoo, I participated in this blogging every day for a month deal, and all I got was this funny little sidebar image...and an increase in my need to see what else was out there. I commented on posts at my favorites like a madwoman. I began including more links within my own posts. I thought I could manage it all and live my life as a good mom, wife, summer camp head teacher, part-time art teacher, dog and cat mom, needlepointer, liturgical singer, and occasional library volunteer. But then...then...(head in hands, biiiig sigh)\n\n-What happened?\n\n(head out of hands, barely composed)I found another blogging mom, like me, who's local. I got curious about other local bloggers and found this list. Once I added my name to it, I fell down the rabbit hole and into a parallel universe. These people share the same general geographical location as I do (and, in some cases, even the same house) and their perspectives are of great value to me and to the numbers of readers of my blog (that I can currently count on the digits of both hands and feet). The January 11th march on City Hall came and went...unfortunately without me. I did get to check out a lot of pictures and perspectives from those who went. I now surf their blogs and blogrolls regularly.\n\n- So how can we help you?\n\nWell, now that I have managed to live away from the computer for a short while - approximately ten hours - I'm feeling much better now. I only have two questions.\n\n- Uhhhhh....\n\nNo, hear me out. Should I really be cursing as much as these other bloggers curse on their blogs? It seems as though everyone's inner children are allowed to run rampant in the blogosphere. As a mom of a young child, however, and a friend to children just entering adolescence who may well come across this blog (i.e., the impressionable kids of my New York friends), I recoil at using it on my little digital corner. What d'you think - trendy, or here to stay, this whole cursing thing?\n\n- Uhhhh, Leigh, we really can't help you. You're just not ready to let go.\n\nNo, wait! (struggling with people trying to lift me out of virtual chair) To blogroll or not to blogroll? That is my other question! (batting at hands and feet as I am dragged to virtual door) I read someplace on the wild dad's blog that carrying a blogroll actually decreases the likelihood that one's site will crop up at a high position in a search engine's search. (kicking at a grasping hand) BUT I want to share with anyone who comes across my blog all the neat sites I have found. (throwing a few punches) Then (evil cackling) I can ensnare others as I have been ensnared! Heeheeeheheheheeeeehehheeheheeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nAs I hit the ground, I hear:\n\n- We'll be here for you when you are REALLY ready!(door slamming. I stare at the \"Bloggers Anonymous\" sign on the outside)\n\nThere's a big dinner we're having with friends tomorrow night - a Tu B'Shevat seder commemorating this year's birthday of the trees on the Jewish calendar. Dan came up with a nice couple of recipes courtesy of the Internet and some Sephardic cookbooks in our possession, and then, earlier this week, he dropped a small nuclear device - uh, he said, \"I've got a band performance next Thursday, and since I have that going on, maybe I should be going to choir practice this Thursday, and you can stay home with the little guy and cook all of this up, if that's OK...\"\n\nLike a doofus in love, I saw his point of view and said, \"Okay.\" That was then.\n\nThis afternoon, it was, \"Oh, NO. What did I get myself into? Why am I always sooo sympathetic?\"\n\nWell, something or someone intervened. Edie let Dan know that we wouldn't be having choir practice at our synagogue for the next two weeks because of Mardi Gras, and when Dan called me from his car to ask my honest opinion of what should be done, I told him I thought he should stay home and cook.\n\nI headed to choir practice, which consisted largely of an hour of reorganizing our choir books and then singing for another half hour, with many jokes being shared during the music shuffling. Most of the jokes had to do with priests, ministers, and rabbis, with one good one cropping up concerning Finkelstein and Jesus. A marvelous time was had by all.\n\nI headed home, walked in the door to the gorgeous smell of the brisket Dan is cooking for tomorrow night, and he said to me, \"Our son began to talk about God at bedtime.\"\n\n\"What?!!!?!?\"\n\n\"He wanted me to read that Ruth and Naomi storybook to him (by Jean Marzollo, for you parents out there. It's very good). Then he just started going on and on about God. About how God lives in New York and all kinds of stuff.\"\n\n\"Oh, my GOD!\"\n\n\"Exactly!\" Dan said, grinning.\n\nI went out to walk the dog, came back, and helped chop up some veggies to throw in with the seared brisket for when it was time for it to sit in the oven.\n\n\"So what exactly was he saying about God?\" I asked as I cut up some carrots.\n\n\"Oh, just that God was in New York, looking after all the taxicabs,\" Dan said.\n\n\"Huh.\"\n\nAll I could think was, if that's true, that explains a lot.\n\nAnd I was very happy I hadn't told any of the religious jokes at the synagogue earlier in the evening, although I did laugh at some of them..."}
-{"text": "Special Guest: Kevin Knobloch, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University\n\n\u201cUsing Open Space to Store Carbon Emissions\u201d\n\nJoin the Arlington Land Trust at a new location for our Annual Meeting featuring a short business agenda and a presentation by ALT co-founder and past president Kevin Knobloch, a long-time Arlington resident.\n\nUntil January 2017, Kevin was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Energy for nearly four years in the Obama Administration. Previously, he was President of the Union of Concerned Scientists for ten years and Director of Conservation Programs at the Appalachian Mountain Club. Kevin holds a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.\n\nHis presentation to the Land Trust will focus on national and international policies to address climate change, including his work on the Mid-Century Strategy, a program required of all the countries that signed the Paris Climate Accord. The strategy features an extensive discussion (and reliance upon) using agricultural lands and forest lands to store carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Kevin will share his insights into how this approach is relevant to anyone who cares about the role of open space, including wetlands, farms and forests, in sharply decarbonizing our economies and planet. He will also connect the discussion to the concerns of regional, state and local land trusts.\n\nArlington\u2019s Open Space Committee is pleased to announce two initiatives that have been completed recently: an approved Open Space Plan and a new web-based application to assist users in visiting many of Arlington\u2019s parks and other open space sites.\n\nThe Town\u2019s updated Open Space and Recreation Plan for 2015-2022 has been approved by the Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services, the agency that oversees open space planning across the state. The complete Plan is posted on the Town\u2019s website on the Open Space Committee page .\n\nSection 5 of the Plan presents maps and descriptions of 20 major open space and recreation sites, with additional information on all of the more than 70 parks, playing fields, and conservation lands in Arlington. Other sections of the Plan present historical and environmental information on the Town, goals and objectives for future open space projects, and an action plan for implementing various projects in collaboration with many other Town departments, committees, and organizations.\n\nExperiencing Arlington\u2019s Open Spaces is a new web-based application based on the Plan. Developed by Arlington\u2019s GIS planner, this app makes much of the site information readily available for viewing on your smart phone or tablet. For each open space site featured on the app there are multiple photographs and a brief description of the property, as well as a map showing access points and internal walking trails.\n\nPlease review the complete Plan online and test out the application, and let us know what you think. The Open Space Committee is an appointed Town committee that meets monthly and is open to visitors. See the committee website for more information.\n\nStroke liver: or comments expressed on this site. El paciente FOR http://www.cialis20mg-price.com cialis erectile dysfunction benign prostatic. Bathroom Try CIALIS safely online cost of use Copyright. Opinions claims or find a male form of antibiotics such as sample pursuant to have."}
-{"text": "Thursday, September 21, 2006\n\nFairer, greener and ... stronger\n\nMedia reports of the final day of party conference, and comment on Ming's speech in particular, suggest an element of surprise that:\n\na The mood at conference is bouyantb There has been no popular 'bring back Charles' uprisingc The leadership are doing quite well actually\n\nI guess this reflects the underestimation of the Lib Dems that meant they were taken aback at our ability to win in Dunfermline and come so close in Bromley.\n\nApart from reconfirming to me why I joined the Liberals nearly 20 years ago - a belief that our society needed to be fairer and greener - it has also confirmed my belief that the Lib Dems are a pretty robust bunch. It takes a bit more than a few months without a leader and the odd personal scandal or two to stop Focus leaflets going out, doors being knocked on and councils being improved.\n\nIt also confirms that Lib Dem conference goers, like much of the public, are a lot more interested in substance than spin. That's why there was such a positive reaction to the Green Tax Switch Rally and to the speeches by Nick Clegg and my former boss Chris Huhne.\n\nBut it doesn't stop at the end of conference. Lib Dem activists will now be going back to their constituencies to deliver Green Tax Switch Focuses, set up campaign stalls and events, and spread the message that in an era of Tory and Labour spin there is one party with real policies that deal with real issues.\n\nAbout Me\n\nGrew up in now Lib Dem held Redcar, Yorkshire.\nSpent six years at the University of Leicester including two sabattical years.\nWas on the NUS National Executive 1992-93.\nMy working life has been with the Liberal Democrats including stints for LDYS, Oxford West & Abingdon Lib Dems, Chris Huhne MEP and the party's Campaigns Department.\nI have written a number of campaign manuals for the party, LDYS and ALDC and was Editor of ALDC's Goldmine for several years.\nI currently work for Oxford West & Abingdon Lib Dems.\nI am very lucky to have a beautiful wife and three lovely children.\nIn my spare time I like going to rock festivals, watching Doctor Who, drinking real ale and eating curries."}
-{"text": "Strange bedfellows\n\nAt least that\u2019s the thrust of Greg Ball\u2019s latest mailer in the 99th A.D., putting a spin on the fact that Republican Assemblyman Will Stephens voted for the state budget (as did most Republican legislators). That, Ball maintains, makes Stephens and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat (insert gasps of horror here), cronies.\n\nThe mailer also uses what\u2019s become Ball\u2019s stock photo of Stephens \u2014 one that shows the incumbent with a shaggier, slighty out-of-control hairdo and a somewhat perplexed look on his face. Ball, who has been looking to knock Stephens off the Republican line for more than a year, admitted in an interview this week that the hair\u2019s been doctored in the photo but claims nothing else is."}
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-{"text": "Greg Cote: Let\u2019s hope Fins got it right at left tackle\n\nWith the NFL preseason about to start, I spent midday Wednesday out at Dolphins camp, peering through the haze of humidity trying to see if I saw a playoff team. The Las Vegas betting over/under on Miami victories is eight \u2014 not a playoff number \u2014 but I keep hearing vague local references to high expectations, as if the franchise is destined to bust free of its 7-9 purgatory and finally matter again.\n\nI tire of hearing the Dolphins\u2019 fortunes tethered to the Patriots, as if the good times can\u2019t roll here again until Bill Belichick retires or Tom Brady turns old. I looked up the rules: Two teams from the same division are allowed to both be good at the same time.\n\nThe question is how close Miami is to being good. The answer is very. I see the Dolphins as improved, capable of postseason contention. But I also see something rather important missing, or rather someONE missing. Looked around for him Wednesday but he wasn\u2019t here. He was elsewhere \u2026\n\nI looked for the familiar, towering figure of left tackle Jake Long, but he\u2019s in St. Louis now. Miami could have re-signed the fixture of its offensive line, the guy who made four Pro Bowls in five years here. All it would have taken was a little more money or maybe more so a little more love. But they let him go.\n\nI looked around for left tackle Branden Albert, but he\u2019s still in Kansas City. He would have been such a nice, logical replacement for Long that Miami tried to trade for him during the offseason, but wouldn\u2019t up its offer. And the Chiefs wouldn\u2019t blink.\n\nI looked next for the rookie Lane Johnson, but he\u2019s in Philadelphia. After failing to hold on to Long or trade for Albert, Miami had a chance to make amends in a tackle-rich draft. When it traded up to the third pick, most experts were sure it was to get Johnson. Instead, the mouths of Dolphins pundits fell agape (well, figuratively speaking) as Miami chose defensive end Dion Jordan. Johnson went next to the Eagles.\n\nLong, gone.\n\nAlbert, no deal.\n\nJohnson, bypassed.\n\nThose three strikes have left Miami with left tackle looking like the biggest hole anywhere on its starting lineup, and a significant hole that could be.\n\nThe Dolphins also made a spring offer to free agent left tackle Bryant McKinnie, the ex-Cane, but it wasn\u2019t good enough for him.\n\nWhat\u2019s troubling is that Miami\u2019s actions \u2014 the pursuit of Albert, the interest in McKinnie \u2014 verified it knew left tackle was a crucial position that needed immediate help, but that need went unresolved.\n\nThe path general manager Jeff Ireland chose might prove smart if current left tackle Jonathan Martin surprises doubters by quickly playing up to that key role, or if Jordan turns out to be a prolific sacker for a lot of years.\n\nRight now, though, that path is wrought with risk.\n\nShort term, the Dolphins leaving left tackle to chance is ripe for second-guessing \u2014 even as I admit Aug. 1 is beating the rush on second-guessing.\n\nRelated stories from Miami Herald\n\n(Let me also second-guess Miami possibly using top pick Jordan on special teams. That\u2019s a 2-for-1 Early Bird Special on second-guesses!)\n\nThe Dolphins defense should be very good this season and would be even if Jordan hadn\u2019t been drafted. Not nearly as sure the offense will be as good with left tackle pulsing as a weakness.\n\nThe Dolphins are relying on a second-year quarterback in Ryan Tannehill and a second-year running back in Lamar Miller to make huge strides this season. A premier left tackle sure would have aided the process.\n\nIt is great they brought in a top receiver in Mike Wallace. I only wish they would have attached the same emphasis to the position most protecting Tannehill\u2019s blind side and giving him that extra second or two to find Wallace deep.\n\nMiami has three solid offensive linemen in left guard Richie Incognito, center Mike Pouncey and right tackle Tyson Clabo. But injuries have forced shuffling and dishevelment. Martin has been a constant on the critical far left \u2014 but still a question.\n\n\u201cRight now we\u2019re experimenting a little bit just seeing what we have,\u201d Incognito said Wednesday.\n\nThose are things you hear said about a project player more than about someone being counted on right now as your starting left tackle. Especially when that same player last season, as a rookie, was ranked 76th of 80 NFL tackles by Pro Football Focus.\n\nMartin was drafted as a right tackle but was switched last year when Long was injured. Martin allowed the most quarterback hurries (47) in the NFL. He seemed outmanned at left tackle when facing the top teams, the 49ers and Patriots.\n\nAn uneven camp for Martin thus far has not chased away many of the doubts about him, and there is no Plan B. All Miami can do at this point is pray the player teammates call J-Mart is better than K-Mart quality at the line\u2019s most important position.\n\nThe young player is aware of the responsibility thrust on him and plies it as motivation. Athletes tend to do that. What choice do they have?\n\n\u201cI like having the pressure on myself,\u201d Martin said.\n\nHe has his wish.\n\nNever miss a local story.\n\nSign up today for a free 30 day free trial of unlimited digital access.\n\nAbout Greg Cote\n\nGreg Cote has been a Miami Herald sports columnist since 1995 and also writes the Random Evidence blog and NFL predictions along with his notorious sidekick the Upset Bird. He has covered Hurricanes football (1984-88), the Dolphins (1990-91) and major events including Super Bowls, NBA Finals, World Series, Stanley Cup, Olympics and World Cup. Read Greg Cote's Random Evidence blog at http://blogs.herald.com/random_evidence/"}
-{"text": "A model presents a creation by designer Anthony Vaccarello as part of his Spring/Summer 2019 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe\n\nSaint Laurent Makes A Splash on Water-Soaked Eiffel Tower Runway\n\nIn the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, Saint Laurent\u2019s models splashed along a water-soaked runway on Tuesday as part of the French fashion label\u2019s latest spectacular to showcase its collection for Paris Fashion Week\n\nThe brand, part of the Kering conglomerate, has been using Paris\u2019s famous landmark for maximum effect in recent seasons to present its sexy take on Parisian chic under designer Anthony Vaccarello.\n\nModel Cindy Crawford arrives for the fashion house Saint Laurent\u2019s show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe\n\nNavy, high-waisted trouser suits tucked into snakeskin boots set the tone for the first part of the catwalk run as dusk fell over the city. Vaccarello\u2019s trademark skimpy hemlines were also on display, in daring mini-dresses with see-through tops or glittery romper suits.\n\nBut the collection also featured a more playful side, with some outfits covered in brightly-colored stars giving them something of a circus air.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, the Eiffel Tower was also the focal point for a handful of animal rights activists from PETA. Dressed as bunny rabbits, they called on Paris Fashion Week to follow in London\u2019s footsteps with fur-free runway shows.\n\nA growing number of brands, including Italy\u2019s Versace and Gucci and more recently Britain\u2019s Burberry are giving up on animal fur, though exotic skins are still widely used by many to make leather handbags or shoes.\n\n(Reporting by Sarah White. Editing by Jane Merriman)\n\nActor Catherine Deneuve arrives for the fashion house Saint Laurent\u2019s show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe\n\nA model presents a creation by designer Anthony Vaccarello as part of his Spring/Summer 2019 women\u2019s ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe\n\nA model presents a creation by designer Anthony Vaccarello as part of his Spring/Summer 2019 women\u2019s ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe\n\nCarla Bruni arrives for the fashion house Saint Laurent\u2019s show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe\n\nNicole Richie arrives for the fashion house Saint Laurent\u2019s show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe"}
-{"text": "Here's the News.\nAll the news worth reading. (To me anyway)\nNote that this is a news clippings blog. Articles (mainly from Straits Times) are NOT written by me.\nDue to spam comments, comments are now moderated. Please read \"This Blog\" and \"Before you comment\".\n\nPages\n\nMonday, March 14, 2011\n\nM'sia paper issues public apology over tsunami cartoon\n\nMar 14, 2011PETALING JAYA - BERITA Harian has issued a public apology over its publication of a cartoon depicting the devastating tsunami and earthquake that swept Japan and killed thousands.\n\nThe Malay daily published the apology on its website, Twitter and Facebook accounts on Sunday after several quarters demanded that the newspaper apologise for the publication.\n\n'We apologise for the publication of the cartoon in Berita Minggu. We had no intention of poking fun at the disaster that has befallen the nation of Japan and its people. In fact, we greatly sympathise with their plight and share the sorrow of the Japanese people,' the daily's editor wrote.\n\nThe cartoon, drawn by Mohd Zohri Sukimi or more popularly known as Zoy, showed the popular Japanese icon Ultraman running away from an oncoming tsunami. The publication created a buzz on social networking sites with politicians and the public criticising the daily's poor judgment, describing the cartoon as 'distasteful' and 'insensitive'.\n\nUmno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted that the paper must apologise for publishing the cartoon which was 'totally insensitive towards the Japanese'. 'It is unfortunate that it was published below Berita Harian Sdn Bhd group editor (Datuk Mior Kamarul Shahid's column),' he tweeted.\n\n[I've included the cartoon. One comment is that it's just not funny. Offensive? Yes, because it belittles the suffering of the Japanese and their need to rebuild their lives. Instead of standing with the Japanese in this difficult and dangerous times, someone tried to make fun of it, and it wasn't even funny.\n\nhttp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbozzo1985%2Fstatus%2F46228470614855681&h=acce4\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u611f\u52d5\u3002\u6ce3\u3051\u3066\u304f\u308b\u3002\u21d2BBC\u3081\u3063\u3061\u3083\u8a89\u3081\u3066\u308b\u3002\u5730\u7403\u6700\u60aa\u306e\u5730\u9707\u304c\u4e16\u754c\u3067\u4e00\u756a\u6e96\u5099\u3055\u308c\u8a13\u7df4\u3055\u308c\u305f\u56fd\u3092\u8972\u3063\u305f\u3002\u305d\u306e\u529b\u3084\u653f\u5e9c\u304c\u8a66\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3002\u72a0\u7272\u306f\u51fa\u305f\u304c\u4ed6\u306e\u56fd\u3067\u306f\u3053\u3093\u306a\u306b\u6b63\u3057\u3044\u884c\u52d5\u306f\u3068\u308c\u306a\u3044\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u306f\u6587\u5316\u7684\u306b\u611f\u60c5\u3092\u6291\u5236\u3059\u308b\u529b\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3002BBC ReportsThe words of BBC\u2019s reports are so moving they make me cry. They were praising us with words of admiration! \u201cOne of the worst earthquakes in recorded history has hit the world\u2019s most well-prepared, well-trained nations. The strength of its government and its people are put to the test. While there have been casualties, in no other country could the government and the people have worked together in such an accurate and coordinated way in the face of such tragedy. The Japanese people have shown their cultural ability to remain calm in the face of adversity.\u201d\n\nhttp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F7474529%2Fstatus%2F46565903520907264&h=acce4\u4eca\u65e5\u3001\u52df\u91d1\u7bb1\u306b\u91d1\u9aea\u306b\u30d4\u30a2\u30b9\u306e\u82e5\u3044\u5144\u3061\u3083\u3093\u304c\u4e07\u672d\u6570\u679a\u5165\u308c\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u305d\u3057\u3066\u305d\u306e\u53cb\u4eba\u306b\uff62\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306a\u3093\u3066\u3044\u3064\u3067\u3082\u8cb7\u3048\u308b\u304b\u3089\u306a\uff63\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u304c\u805e\u3053\u3048\u3066\u79c1\u542b\u3081\u5468\u308a\u306e\u4eba\u9054\u3082\u52df\u91d1\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u4eba\u306f\u898b\u305f\u76ee\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u5b9f\u611f\u3057\u305f\u3002\u305d\u3093\u306a\u304a\u663c\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u3053\u306e\u8a71\u611f\u52d5\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002Goth youthA goth youth with white hair and body piercings walked into my store and shoved several hundred dollars (several tens of thousands of yen) into the disaster relief fund donation box. As he walked out, I and people around me heard him saying to his buddies, \u201cI mean, we can buy those games anytime!\u201d At that, we all opened our wallets and put our money into the donation box. Really, you cannot judge people by their appearances.\n\nhttp://twitter.com/raai15/status/46546475362160640\u30d0\u30a4\u30c8\u5148\u306b\u82e5\u3044\u304a\u5144\u3055\u3093\u305f\u3061\u304c\u8ecd\u56e3\u3067\u304a\u9152\u3092\u8cb7\u3044\u306b\u6765\u305f\u3093\u3060\u3051\u3069\u3001\u305d\u306e\u4e2d\u306e\u4e00\u4eba\u304c\uff62\u3084\u3079\u3048\u3001\u30aa\u30ec\u304a\u9152\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3057\u304b\u304a\u91d1\u6301\u3063\u3066\u304d\u3066\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3089\u52df\u91d1\u3067\u304d\u3093\u3002\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u3053\u308c\u8cb7\u3046\u306e\u3084\u3081\u308b\u308f\uff63\u3063\u3066\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u5546\u54c1\u8fd4\u54c1\u3057\u3066\u305d\u306e\u304a\u91d1\u5168\u90e8\u52df\u91d1\u3057\u3066\u305f\u3002\u304a\u53cb\u9054\u3082\u7d9a\u3005\u3068\u52df\u91d1\u3057\u3066\u3066\u3059\u3054\u3044\u611f\u52d5\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u3059\u3054\u3044\u3088Not enough money!At the store where I work, a huge group of young men suddenly came in to buy booze. One of them suddenly said, \u201cOops, I only have enough money to buy booze, I can\u2019t donate! Forget the booze, maybe next time!\u201d and instead put ALL his money into the disaster relief donation box. One by one, every single one of the army of youths threw all their money into the box after him. What a heart-warming sight that was!\n\nhttp://twitter.com/robasuke23/statuses/46326711935172609\u6628\u65e5\u3001\u6b69\u3044\u3066\u5e30\u308d\u3046\u3063\u3066\u6c7a\u3081\u3066\u7532\u5dde\u8857\u9053\u3092\u897f\u3078\u5411\u304b\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3066\u591c\u306e21\u6642\u304f\u3089\u3044\u306a\u306e\u306b\u3001\u30d3\u30eb\u306e\u524d\u3067\u4f1a\u793e\u3092\u30c8\u30a4\u30ec\u3068\u4f11\u61a9\u6240\u3068\u3057\u3066\u89e3\u653e\u3057\u3066\u308b\u6240\u304c\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3002\u793e\u54e1\u3055\u3093\u304c\u5927\u58f0\u3067\u305d\u306e\u65e8\u3092\u6b69\u304f\u4eba\u306b\u4f1d\u3048\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u611f\u52d5\u3057\u3066\u6ce3\u304d\u305d\u3046\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3002\u3044\u3084\u3001\u6628\u65e5\u306f\u7dca\u5f35\u3057\u3066\u3066\u6ce3\u3051\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3051\u3069\u3001\u4eca\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u3057\u3066\u306a\u3044\u3066\u308b\u3002Rest here!Last night, I decided, rather than stay at the office, I should try walking home. So I slowly made my way west on Koshu freeway on foot. It was around 9PM when I saw an office building that had a sign that said \u201cPlease use our office\u2019s bathrooms! Please rest here!\u201d The employees of the office were loudly shouting out the same to all the people trying to walk home. I was so touch I felt like crying. Well, I guess I was too tense yesterday to cry, but now the tension is wearing off and am very much in tears.\n\nhttp://twitter.com/sikkoku_otsuyu/status/46392832893796352\u30c9\u30a4\u30c4\u4eba\u306e\u53cb\u9054\u304c\u5730\u9707\u304c\u8d77\u304d\u305f\u6642\u306b\u6e0b\u8c37\u306b\u5c45\u3066\u3001\u30d1\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u6240\u3092\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u306b\u52a9\u3051\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3063\u305f\u3089\u3057\u304f\u3001\u305d\u306e\u6642\u306e\u6bc5\u7136\u3068\u3057\u305f\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u306e\u614b\u5ea6\u3084\u8db3\u4e26\u307f\u4e71\u3055\u305a\u306b\u5e97\u306e\u5916\u306b\u51fa\u3066\u3084\u308b\u3079\u304d\u3053\u3068\u3092\u6de1\u3005\u3068\u3053\u306a\u3059\u59ff\u306b\u3072\u3069\u304f\u611f\u52d5\u3057\u3001\u307e\u308b\u3067\u30a2\u30fc\u30df\u30fc\u306e\u3088\u3046\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002From a German friendA German friend of mine was in Shibuya (downtown Tokyo shopping district) when the earthquake hit. He was panicking when a Japanese passerby saved him, taking him into a building. My friend was blown away at how calm and disciplined this Japanese man was. He went out of the building with firm, unfaltering steps, did everything he was trained to do and came back. My German friend was deeply impressed by the Japanese people\u2019s actions during the earthquake, saying they looked like a trained army.\n\nhttp://twitter.com/tksksks/statuses/46403815397801984\u65e5\u672c\u3063\u3066\u51c4\u3044\u3002\u5b98\u50da\u3082\u6c11\u9593\u3082\u3001\u7686\u3067\u52a9\u3051\u3088\u3046\u3068\u3057\u3066\u308b\u3002\u30c8\u30e9\u30c3\u30af\u306e\u904b\u8ee2\u624b\u3082\u6709\u5fd7\u3067\u7269\u8cc7\u904b\u3093\u3067\u308b\u3089\u3057\u3044\u3057\u3001\u6771\u5317\u306e\u4ea4\u901a\u6574\u5099\u3092\u30e4\u30af\u30b6\u3055\u3093\u304c\u3084\u3063\u3066\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u8a71\u3082\u805e\u3044\u305f\u3002\u6700\u8fd1\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u5bfe\u3057\u3066\u8a87\u308a\u3092\u6301\u3066\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u304c\u7d9a\u3044\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3051\u308c\u3069\u3001\u305d\u3093\u306a\u3053\u3068\u306a\u3044\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u306f\u51c4\u3044\u56fd\u3060\u3002\u7d20\u76f4\u306b\u611f\u52d5\u3057\u3066\u308b\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u306e\u7686\u3055\u3093\u9811\u5f35\u308d\u3046\uff01Japan is a wonderful nation!Both the government and the people, everyone is helping one another today. There are truck drivers helping evacuees move. I even heard that the \u201cyakuza\u201d (gangsters, organized crime groups) are helping to direct traffic in the Tohoku region! There have been many recent developments that have made me lose my sense of pride in my country, but not anymore. Japan is an amazing place! I\u2019m just simply touched. Go Japan!"}
-{"text": "Saturday, April 11, 2015\n\nKraftin Kimmie Stamps Release Day and Blog hop!!\n\nWoohooooo!!! We're so excited! It\u2019s our APRIL RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we\u2019re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! So grab yourself a cuppa joe, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye kandy! We're going to inspire your creations with our fun, new rubber stamps!\n\nOver the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of amazing creations featuring new stamp sets from all of our artists for our April release! We know these new stamps will inspire you to make your own fabulous creations! First off, we are releasing the limited edition I {HEART} COFFEE! stamp set from Emilie! There's a supah cute new kids set from Cheryl called SWEET BIRTHDAY KIDS! And of course, we are thrilled to share a gorgeous new set from Annie called....LIFE IS A MASQUERADE! Lastly we are thrilled have another incredibly fun set from Emilie Goulet called, A BIT SMART ASSY!\n\nYou will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our APRIL Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper will win a gift card to the shop!! When you\u2019re done hoppin\u2019, be sure to head over to the Kraftin\u2019Kimmie shop, because ALL the new rubber stamp sets are NOW available!! And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we have a Gimme Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new April stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time!\n\nKimmie also has MORE new goodies in the shop including new paper pads by Echo Park, Doodlebug, American Crafts and Chickaniddy plus MORE new Kimmie's Sparkles!!\n\nNow let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!\n\nFor my card today, I used one of the fabulous images fromA BIT SMART ASSY and put her on a shaped card I cut with the Silhouette. This was so quick and easy to make!\n\n12 comments\n:\n\nOH. MY. GOODNESS! Sharon, you card is AMAZING!!! You have combined two of my favorites, THIS set and a red Kitchen Aid (which I have! LOL) Seriously, I hope I can pin this card! I absolutely LOVE IT! Great job. BTW, I LOVE the name of your blog! LOL (From one proud Gramma to another. LOL)\n\nGrab my Blinkie\n\nPrevious Designer for\n\nProud Designer For\n\nProud Designer for\n\nProud Designer for\n\nThe Ribbon Girl\n\nTranslate my blog\n\nAbout Me\n\nWELCOME and thanks for stopping by! I'm a very proud Grandma to five awesome boys and one gorgeous little girl, and I am in love with making cards and using my Copic markers!! I am a member to several design teams and teach Copic coloring classes at my local scrapbook store - Scrapbook Paradise. If you are interested in any of my work, Please contact me. You can email me through my profile. Please feel free to \"scraplift\" any of my creations for your own personal use, but please do not submit them for publication or contests. Again, thanks for stopping by and please don't be shy! Leave me a note! Let me know what you think! Have a wonderful day!"}
-{"text": "Apple HomePod: Here are the apps you can use with your voice\n\nWhile Apple's HomePod doesn't directly support third-party music services like Spotify or Google Music, it does work with a variety of third-party apps.\n\nNow playing:Watch this:\nSet up an Apple HomePod with ease\n\n2:27\n\nMessaging, to-do list and note-taking apps that have integrated SiriKit (a fancy developer tool that gives Siri access to data and features within an app) will work with HomePod.\n\nApple does have an official list of apps that work with Siri, but it's not tailored to just the types of apps that work with the HomePod.\n\nWe've attempted to round up as many apps that work with the HomePod as possible. If we've missed one, let us know and we will add it to the list.\n\nMessaging apps\n\nUsing a messaging app with the HomePod you can send new messages to contacts, or have new messages read to you. Voice commands for messaging apps usually involve \"Send a [app name] message to [contact]\" or \"Read my [app name] messages].\n\nWeChat\n\nWhatsApp\n\nSkype\n\nLinkedIn\n\nTelegram Messenger\n\nCrew Messaging and Scheduling\n\nConfide\n\nZoom Cloud Meetings\n\nViber\n\ntextPlus\n\nQQ\n\nTask lists and notes\n\nAdding a to-do or jotting down a note via a voice command is something Siri learned to do in iOS 10, and now you can do the same with your HomePod.\n\nTell Siri to \"Create a note in [app name] called [name]\" or create a to-do with phrasing such as \"Using [app name] remind me to [task].\"\n\nEvernote\n\nRemember the Milk\n\nStreaks\n\nThings\n\nTodoist\n\nOmniFocus 2\n\nNotebook\n\nTake Notes, Sync\n\nRememo\n\n24me Smart Personal assistant\n\nPaprika Recipe Manager 3\n\nAs previously mentioned, we will update this list as we learn of more apps or Apple adds more capabilities to the HomePod.\n\nTech Culture: From film and television to social media and games, here's your place for the lighter side of tech.\n\nThe Smartest Stuff: Innovators are thinking up new ways to make you -- and the world around you -- smarter."}
-{"text": "January 8, 1938. Mt. Elgon: The crater is a very large basin which even from the air one would scarcely distinguish as a true volcanic crater. The gorge of the Swam river lies at the right, and the mountains in the Karamoja district form the background. 18400 feet. 09:45."}
-{"text": "A Day in The Life of a Knight\n\nA Day in The Life of a Knight\n\nHunting, sword fighting, jousting and feasting. Follow the day in the lide of a knight as he takes part in an exciting tournament. Find out what life was like for a knight in the medieval times over the course of a day. Did they rescue damsels in distress and fight dragons? Are there still knights a ...Read more\n\nHunting, sword fighting, jousting and feasting. Follow the day in the lide of a knight as he takes part in an exciting tournament. Find out what life was like for a knight in the medieval times over the course of a day. Did they rescue damsels in distress and fight dragons? Are there still knights around today? Lift the fact or fiction flaps to find the answers."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, July 02, 2008\n\nmore than acknowledgments\n\nSo we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Cor 4:16\n\nAnd without faith, it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to him must believe he exists, and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6\n\nFor many years of my life, my \"faith\" rested on what was seen, on information, and feelings. The turning point came when by grace my eyes were closed, and the eyes of my heart were opened (Eph1:17-23) to move beyond acknowledgments about God. I think about the difference between Josh and Caleb saying what I already know to be true (like - Yes, you are our father.) and what is happens because of them knowing the truth (like - yes, you are our dad, and all we want to do is what you are doing. You love us and we love you. Can we wrestle? )\n\nThis morning, I was leaving for work, and the boys were watching The Wonder Pets. We normally don't allow them to watch tv in the morning, but today was an exception. I was telling them goodbye, but truth be told, I was in their way... of the tv. All I got, was an acknowledgment... a courtesy nod, and then back to tv.\n\nI've been thinking about how often I give Him a courtesy nod. Hey God... and then move on with my day. But that verse in Hebrews 11:6 is getting to me. More than belief, He also wants me to treasure Him, confidently believing He is the best of everything I could ever know or experience.\n\nMost days, Josh and Caleb are passionately in pursuit of me, doing anything and everything they can to be with me, play with me, go with me, be around me, enjoy me ... to the point, where I (as a mere human father) reach my end. By the end of most days, I have given my everything (and loved it) and I'm on E. A good nights sleep, and I'll start all over again...\n\nBut the point - The One who has redeemed me never grows tired, never reaches E, never has to dig deep and find more life - HE is LIFE, and He promises to reward me when I earnestly seek Him. So, for today, I am earnestly trying to fix my eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of my faith.\n\n1 comment:\n\nHey bro, i'm right there with you about faith sometimes being based on what we see, hear, and feel. It's amazing to see that letting go of the things that we can actually see enables us to see the things that cannot be seen."}
-{"text": "Pre-match quotes: Algeria vs Mali\n\nWe are getting ready for the game against Algeria tomorrow. We are putting all serenity and concentration on grounds so we can play. We need to do all we can to make sure we progress to the next stage.\n\nIn a competition even if you are the champions or the best you need to fight your way out of the group stage first.\n\nAnd since we have never been to the next round, we have the opportunity to achieve that. Now that we have a last match, we focus on that before we think of something else.\n\nEven if winning the trophy is on our minds, we need to advance from the group stage and go forward. We are taking it step by step.\n\nWe know Algeria but not in a competitive way. We know their tactical and technical abilities so we will try as much as possible to respond to their strategies.\n\nSebe Coulibaly (Defender, Mali)\n\nWe are putting all our concentration and attention on the next game. Our objective is to be victorious. The game against Ghana is past and gone. We are focusing on Algeria at the moment.\n\nI had the chance to play against Ghana in 2016 and we did our best. This time it looked like revenge for us after beating them.\n\nI always tell my teammates that it is a new page for us to write history by winning every game and even beat the unbeatable teams. We want to chalk another history by beating Algeria tomorrow.\n\nBuchari Rachide (Assistant Coach, Algeria)\n\nWe are preparing for the game against Mali just like we did against the two previous games. We are doing our best to make sure we get a result that can qualify us to the next round.\n\nEven if we are beaten, we continue to fight and never give up\n\nIt is true that we have never gone past the group stages of the tournament and even we have a least chance, we will keep on fighting till the end.\n\nMali have a great team technically and tactically on every aspect. We will also have our weapons to fight them. Unfortunately for us, our best player Naima Bouhenni sustained injury and couldn\u2019t make it to the tournament, which has affected our chances.\n\nMali have worked so hard to reach this far. Not letting out of the cat out of the bag, they have weakness and strength just like us. We are all going exploit their weakness to get a good result.\n\nHonestly, we have learned a lot from this tournament. Most of our players are new and are making an appearance in the tournament for the first time."}
-{"text": "With blender running, slowly pour in oil, blending until thick and creamy.\n\nNutrition Facts\n\nCalories 441\n\nCalories from Fat 271 (61%)\n\n(47%)Total Fat 31g\n\n(47%)Saturated Fat 9g\n\nPolyunsaturated Fat 3g\n\nMonounsaturated Fat 16g\n\n(36%)Cholesterol 109mg\n\n(56%)Sodium 1336mg\n\n(22%)Potassium 780mg\n\nTotal Carbohydrate 6g\n\n(8%)Dietary Fiber 2g\n\nSugars 2g\n\nSugar Alcohols 0g\n\n(73%)Protein 36g\n\n* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.\n\nNutrition facts are calculated by a food expert using nutritional values provided by the USDA for common products used as recipe ingredients. Actual nutritional values may differ depending on the amounts or products used and can be affected by cooking methods.\n\nThe information presented here is for informational purposes only and was created by a team of US\u2013registered dietitians and food experts. Consult your doctor, practitioner, and/or pharmacist for any health problem and before using any supplements, making dietary changes, or before making any changes in prescribed medications. Information expires June 2016."}
-{"text": "Twenty one African American high school seniors are among 104 Southern California recipients awarded $2,000 college scholarships from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Southern California. The charity awarded more than $328,000 in scholarship funds to deserving high school seniors who reside in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. These students were recently honored at an awards luncheon hosted by the McDonald\u2019s Operators\u2019 Association of Southern California.\n\nMilinda Ajawara from Katella High School, Joshua Anderson from Notre Dame High School, Sharon Bako from Foothill High School, Joseph Bassey from Carson High School, Kayon Brantley from Rancho Verde High School, D\u2019Jenne Edwards from Bishop Alemany High School, Brianna Ellis-Mitchell from Immaculate Heart High School, Kiana Gleason from St. Bonaventure High School, Jordan Joseph Harris from Redlands Adventist Academy, Jazmin Henderson from Summit High School, Kristen Jones from St. Lucy\u2019s Priory High School, Nicole Lindsey from Wilson High School, Delia Lizarraga from Patriot High School, Tarah Marshall from Millikan High School, Zoe Mathieson from L.A. County High School for the Arts, Anthony Meadows from City Honors High School, Zina Ogunnaya from California Academy of Mathematics and Science, Dennis Ojogho from Los Angeles Senior High School, Richard Rideout from Lakewood High School, Emani Stanford from SOAR (Students On Academic Rise) High School, Easter Thames from California Academy of Mathematics and Science were selected to receive an RMHC scholarship based on a number of criteria including grade point average, community involvement, leadership skills, letters of recommendation, and financial need. The college funds were awarded through four RMHC scholarship programs: RMHC/African American Future Achievers, RMHC/Asian Pacific American Students Increasing Achieve\u00adment, RMHC/Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources and RMHC/Scholars. Scholarship funds can be applied toward tuition, fees and other appropriate educational expenses.\n\nSince 1990, the Southern California chapter of RMHC has awarded nearly $4.1 million in scholarship funds to local students to help make their dream of a college education a reality. Funding for the scholarships is made possible through the global and Southern California chapters of RMHC and the fundraising efforts of local McDonald\u2019s owner/operators and corporate staff. McDonald\u2019s Operators\u2019 Association of Southern California pays for all administrative costs of the Southern California scholarship program including producing and distributing the applications and hosting the recipient recognition event.\n\n\u201cEvery year, we continue to be impressed by the caliber of students that apply for one of our four scholarship programs,\u201d said Rob Parker, RMHCSC Chief Executive Officer. \u201cThe young men and women that comprise this year\u2019s scholarship class are not only role models at home but in their communities, and we couldn\u2019t be more honored to support them as they set out to pursue their higher education.\u201d\n\nFor more than 30 years Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California has been dedicated to creating a community where children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy. In addition to four scholarship programs, the organization operates five Ronald McDonald Houses, Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms and a Community Grants Board. For more information, visit www.rmhcsc.org or www.twitter.com/rmhc_socal.\n\nMcDonald\u2019s Operators\u2019 Association of Southern California is comprised of more than 600 franchised and company-owned McDonald\u2019s restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties."}
-{"text": "The American Horror Story: Roanoke Finale Was An Insane But Entertaining Onslaught\n\nAmerican Horror Story, never one for being subtle, just wrapped its most ludicrous season yet. As a whole, Roanoke was ultimately more interested in whipping out format changes (while, at the same time, feeling oddly repetitive) than developing many themes beyond \"We're gonna dieeee!\" and \"The media are vultures!\" But as with any gruesome trainwreck, it was hard to turn away.\n\nLana Winters was one of three Sarah Paulson characters this season... two if you count Audrey and TV Shelby as one.\n\nThough the finale tied up a decent number of loose ends, it left a few big ones dangling. (\"How can so many blood moons happen within such a short time period?\" immediately springs to mind.) The episode was mainly concerned with trying to jam Roanoke's ongoing format changes together into a single, hour-long jigsaw puzzle. The best parts were Crack'd, a cheesy true-crime show complete with \"actual trial footage\" and reenactments that showed us how Lee beat multiple murder raps, and Lee's absurd interview with veteran journalist and American Horror Story: Asylum character Lana Winters. It was a fast-paced but clunky way to bring the show \u2014 which sometimes seemed more interested in misdirecting its viewers with hype and twists than actually crafting a compelling story \u2014 to its conclusion.\n\nIt also highlighted one of the season's biggest problems, which was that any time the action left the Roanoke house, it became a lot less interesting, which is why Roanoke had to keep inventing reasons for people to go back there. First, it was for the re-enactments on My Roanoke Nightmare. Then, the Big Brother-style reunion for Return to Roanoke: Three Days in Hell, which bled (literally) into the show's Blair Witch homage. In the finale, it's a ghost-hunting show called Spirit Chasers, whose cocky hosts fall victim to the resident spirits so quickly it's both anticlimactic and a relief.\n\nAnd about those spirits. Roanoke's underlying message eventually drifts into \"humans are the worst monsters\" territory, a classic horror trope that's something American Horror Story has explored before. It would have been interesting to spend more time with the \"real\" Butcher ghost and her minions, but they're framed at a distance or through the lens of a shaky-cam every time they appear. That was the one story I was hoping we'd explore beyond the Kathy Bates-anchored re-enactments \u2014 and it's not like American Horror Story hasn't had fascinating undead characters in the past \u2014 but it never happened. Instead, there was plenty of time for weed-farming inbred redneck cannibals, whose clich\u00e9d schtick wore thin very quickly.\n\nThe Roanoke finale's last act led to the only scene in the entire season of Roanoke that isn't winking at the audience or filled with horrific gore \u2014 and, notably, is filmed like a conventional TV show. At last, Lee gets to face her preteen daughter, Flora, a character we know almost nothing about, aside from the fictional version we saw on My Roanoke Nightmare. (Even then, she spends most of the show MIA, hanging out in the spirit world.) We get that she's angry and resentful, though. Lee murdered her father, and she's not in the mood to make amends.\n\nAt this point, Roanoke busts out the twist it's been saving for the very end, and it's not nearly shocking enough to cap a series that's been all about making people shriek \"What the hell?\" at their TVs. Lee volunteers to stay behind and commit suicide-by-ghost so that Flora can be free, because that's what passes for logic here, and Flora agrees. Practically everyone else who came into contact with Lee, including her brother and sister-in-law, whose impulsive purchase of the house is what set the whole reality-show terror train in motion, is dead. Even the house, which goes up in flames as Flora emerges, is toast.\n\nIn the nutballs context of this show, it makes total sense \u2014 and to be honest, I sort of appreciated how incredibly conventional it was. Ending Roanoke on such a corny, sincere note was maybe the most subversive thing the show did all season.\n\nAs Marvel superheroes go, Deadpool\u2019s penchant for hanging out with regular old humans who lack healing powers mean that his presence is likely to end up getting them maimed or worse. Step aside, Peter. It\u2019s Fred Savage\u2019s time to shine in Once Upon a Deadpool\u2019s first trailer."}
-{"text": "How family businesses can beat Brexit\n\nFamily businesses account for more than two-thirds of UK businesses and many of these families have strong links with the European Union. The UK's exit from the EU could present them with significant risks, especially given that the regulatory framework that will govern the UK's future relationship with the EU is still unknown.\n\nFamily businesses account for more than two-thirds of UK businesses and many of these families have strong links with the European Union. The UK's exit from the EU could present them with significant risks, especially given that the regulatory framework that will govern the UK's future relationship with the EU is still unknown.\n\nWhile nobody can foresee the economic outcome of Brexit, there are practical steps that family businesses can take to prepare for a future outside the EU.\n\nThe first step is to review all existing contracts. Businesses will need determine their exposure to any potential tariffs on goods and services that may be introduced post Brexit. They should also evaluate how exchange rate volatility could affect their contracts and may want to consider hedging against fluctuations in the value of the pound in order to avoid potentially large losses. It is also important to confirm whether EU membership is a pre-requisite to fulfil a contract. As an example, we have a client who has needed to incorporate a new EU-based company in order to continue to perform a contract for the European Central Bank post-Brexit, as the EBC requires all their approved suppliers to be EU accredited.\n\nNext, where new cross-border contracts are contemplated, family businesses would be well advised to consider any jurisdictional issues that may arise. Under existing EU treaty arrangements, English judgments are fairly easy to enforce in other EU member states. It is far from certain that this will remain the case post-Brexit. Instead, businesses may wish to consider resorting to arbitration. This form of dispute resolution is recognised internationally and arbitral awards are widely enforceable arguably making it a more certain and effective alternative to traditional litigation.\n\nIt is also conceivable that Brexit may render performance of some contracts impossible. Contracts usually contain \u201cforce majeure\u201d clauses which govern what will happen if performance is not feasible due to circumstances beyond the parties\u2019 control. Some commentators believe that the courts are unlikely to accept Brexit as a force majeure event unless it has been specifically included, meaning that the drafting of any such clause in new contracts needs to be carefully considered.\n\nFamily businesses should also consider the effect that Brexit may have on their labour force. The government is determined that freedom of movement will end on 29 March, 2019, the date for the UK's exit from the EU. We have found that many of our clients rely on UK resident EU nationals to fulfil contracts and bridge the skills gap in the UK. One of our clients runs a modelling agency which is part of an industry heavily reliant on EU citizens and which now faces significant uncertainty given the lack of clarity about what rights EU citizens will have to live and work in the UK post-Brexit.\n\nBusinesses should also review any intellectual property portfolios. After Brexit, EU wide trademarks will no longer be enforceable in the UK and so the government has indicated that there will be transitional arrangements whereby holders of EU trademarks will gain an identical UK registered trademark immediately post-Brexit. Businesses should therefore confirm whether any of their trademarks are affected and ensure that they perform any of the formalities required to gain the UK equivalents ahead of Brexit.\n\nFinally, family businesses looking to expand internationally may wish to focus on non-EU member states in the run up to Brexit. There is a trend among our clients to put plans for UK acquisitions on hold until after Brexit has completed and the framework of the new trading relationship between the EU and the UK is certain. We have seen acquisition budgets move to focus on non-EU targets.\n\nFamily businesses can be small and therefore the risks posed by Brexit could be significant. However, many family businesses have been running successfully for generations, seizing opportunities in boom years and battening down the hatches in leaner times. Indeed, many family businesses are in the perfect position to benefit from potential opportunities post-Brexit. For example, smaller businesses often lack the resources to cope with large and complex regulatory frameworks which may mean that the de-regulation promised post-Brexit could be beneficial in giving them the confidence to expand and innovate. Brexit is both a risk and an opportunity and family businesses would do well to plan accordingly."}
-{"text": "Michigan university could be first offering marijuana-based \u2026 \u2013 WXYZ\n\nMARQUETTE, Mich. (WXYZ) \u2013 A Michigan college is believed to be the first in the nation to offer up a marijuana-based undergraduate degree.\n\nIf you\u2019re ready for a joke about \u201cPot University\u201d or class times at 4:20 p.m. you\u2019re likely not the caliber of student cut out for the classes \u2014 as the professors linked to the program at Northern Michigan University explain: this is a tough course load.\n\n\u201cAt the undergraduate level there has been a void in this area,\u201d said Brandon Canfield, explaining that until recently only graduate students were doing research on marijuana. \u201cI expect in the next couple years we\u2019ll see quite a few of these programs popping up.\u201d\n\nThe legal marijuana business has been booming for years.\n\nA report by the group, Cannabis Benchmarks, shows that Colorado racked up nearly $250 million in total marijuana sales during the first two months of this year.\n\nWhen you add in states that allow medical marijuana, and those who\u2019ve recently legalized it\u2019s use for recreation, and the numbers are hard to fathom. As legalization spreads, schools are now tasked with the challenge of deciding whether to become an opportunity for would-be pot growers to learn.\n\nCanfield notes that their class, aimed at medicinal plants, goes beyond marijuana. However, the recent spike in interest is tied directly to the students who realize there is room for huge growth within the industry. NMU\u2019s classes will focus on both the business-side of the medicinal plant world, and the chemistry makeup of plants.\n\n\u201cWhat we hear from a lot of people is that they will send their products to 10 different labs and get 10 different results,\u201d said Canfield, noting that more science is needed within the marijuana business if it expects to keep up with the standards of business required by other government-regulated medicine."}
-{"text": "The Illustration Academy is hosting a monthly Illustration Academy Figure Drawing Session. Our first event is scheduled for Thursday, January 28, 6:00-9:00pm. The session is open to the public. It will be hosted at an artist studio in the West Bottoms (1212 W. 8th street, Kansas City, MO 64101). It will be first come first serve, but we will do our best to accommodate everyone feasible. Each month, we hope to feature a new local or visiting artist who will join the figure drawing session. We hope to make this a reoccurring and accessible educational opportunity for the community.\n\nThis January our featured artist is John English. You may have seen English\u2019s work on the cover of Newsweek and for organizations such as Esquire, Penguin Books, Bantam Books, and Atlantic Records. Start your year off right and come sketch with the Academy!\n\nEntry is $5. However, for our first session, we will allow free entry to anyone who shares the event\u2019s time, location and tag @illustrationacademy on Facebook or Instagram. Just show your post at the door and you\u2019re good! There will be nude models at this event, so entry is 18+. Artists under the age of 18, must be with a parent or legal guardian and provide a valid consent form."}
-{"text": "This Months Events\n\nWith July 4th on its way it\u2019s time for our annual Independence Day event. Come and join us for a night of Oval Racing, Muscle Car Racing and all things great from the U.S of A. We will start off in free roam before heading off into a playlist of themed jobs. Bring any American vehicle to the free roam meet up.Once the jobs begin the only competitive vehicle you will need is a Trophy Truck of Desert Raid, all other races will use stock cars so everyone can compete on level pegging.\n\nOur Clash of the Crews Season 3 Round 9 match is against DDNL (DevastatingDangerous). We will be playing on Sunday 8th July at 20:00 BST. DDNL are currently top of the league, we know this will be a tough match.\n\nRound 4 of the Porsche Supercup will be held on Monday 16th of July on GT Sport. The teams are filling up but there are few spaces left if you want to get involved.This round will be at Dragon Trail Seaside with the same 3 race format as previous rounds. Standings after Round 3 below.\n\nThis Wednesday at 19:00 UTC we will be running a Top Gear Vans Night. After meeting at the Van Society Clubhouse in our Vans we will begin a night of jobs based in Vans and Trucks. Bring any Van you like to the meet up but don\u2019t worry about its speed you might not even race in it. Make sure it looks good because as usual there will bonuses for style.\n\nOur Clash of the Crews Season 3 Round 10 match is against STNC (The Lowly Gentlemen). We will be playing on Sunday 22nd July at 20:00 BST. Like ourselves The Lowly Gents are a racing based crew, we also have a few of their members who attend our events."}
-{"text": "Section 11\n\n104. Say: \"O ye men! If ye are in doubt As to my religion, (behold!) I worship not what ye Worship, other than God! But I worship God Who will take your souls (At death): I am commanded To be (in the ranks) Of the Believers,\n\n107. If God do touch thee With hurt, there is none Can remove it but He: If He do design some benefitFor thee, there is none Can keep back His favour: He causeth it to reach Whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth. And He is The Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\n108. Say: \"O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you From your Lord! Those who receive Guidance, do so for the good Of their own souls; those Who stray, do so to their own loss: And I am not (set) over you To arrange your affairs.\""}
-{"text": "Tag: tea\n\nName of doodle: 358th Anniversary of Tea in the UKThis doodle was shown: 23.09.2016Countries, in which doodle was shown: United KingdomKeyword for this doodle: History of tea in the UKLink to doodle image: http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/358th-anniversary-of-tea-in-england-5656808799600640-hp.gif\n\nName of doodle: To Be\u2019Ab 2016This doodle was shown: 19.08.2016Countries, in which doodle was shown: IsraelKeyword for this doodle: \u0639\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0628 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0633\u0627\u0645\u062d, \u05d8\u05f4\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d1Link to doodle image: http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/to-beab-2016-5716084842823680-hp.gif\n\nName of doodle: Dia dos Namorados 2016This doodle was shown: 12.06.2016Countries, in which doodle was shown: BrazilLink to doodle image: http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/dia-dos-namorados-2016-5725942405136384-hp.gif\n\nName of doodle: Argentina Independence Day 2014This doodle was shown: 09.07.2014Countries, in which doodle was shown: ArgentinaLink to doodle image: http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2014/argentina-independence-day-2014-5107328919535616-hp.jpg\n\nName of doodle: Emma Gad\u2019s 161th BirthdayThis doodle was shown: 21.01.2013Countries, in which doodle was shown: DenmarkLink to doodle image: http://www.google.com/logos/2013/emma_gads_161th_birthday-1018005-hp.jpg\n\nName of doodle: Jordan National Day 2009This doodle was shown: 25.05.2009Countries, in which doodle was shown: JordanKeyword for this doodle: Jordan Independence DayLink to doodle image: http://www.google.com/logos/2009/jordannational09.gif"}
-{"text": "Email this page\n\n1983 Eagle Trawler Yachts Values, Specs and Prices\n\nSelect a 1983 Eagle Trawler Yachts Model\n\nBuilt from the 1970s through to the mid-1980s, Eagle Trawler Yachts produced vessels suited for passenger transport and sport fishing voyages. Eagle Trawler Yachts most predominant products come in a 40-foot fiberglass style.\n\nBuilt from the 1970s through to the mid-1980s, Eagle Trawler Yachts produced vessels suited for passenger transport and sport fishing voyages. Eagle Trawler Yachts most predominant products come in a 40-foot fiberglass style."}
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-{"text": "Sample Chapter\n\nPersonal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom\n\nBronwyn Clare LaMay\n\nList Price $31.95NWP's Price $23.96\n\nIn this inspirational book, LaMay shows readers how to transform classrooms and schools into places where youth can explore the intersection between literacy and their lives. This book is the culmination of a literacy curriculum that the author and her high school students wrote dialogically, beginning with their attempt to define love. Through real-life classroom examples, they demonstrate how an innovative curriculum that intertwines personal and academic engagement can create space for students to explore their identities, connect to literary texts, and develop agency as writers and thinkers. In this important contribution to literacy educators, the author shows how personal narratives can help students rebuild their fractured relationships with school and envision writing and academic achievement as playing a role in their futures.\n\nBook Features:\n\nEvidence of how students' social-emotional and academic growth may intertwine in the interest of school engagement.\n\nA re-conceptualization of the complex layers of the personal narrative genre and its role in the pedagogy of academic writing.\n\nA reinterpretation of the transformational role of revision in students' academic and life texts.\n\nExamples of writing and interview data that illustrate the diversity of student responses.\n\nTestimonial\n\n\"Heart and mind blend in this remarkable story of a teacher and her students working with courageous determination to create an education that values young people and gives weight and meaning to their lives.\"\n\u2014Mike Rose, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and author of Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us\n\nAbout the Author: Bronwyn Clare LaMay is currently a high school English teacher at Impact Academy of Arts and Technology, Envision Schools, in Hayward, CA. In addition to her K\u201312 work, she has taught pre- and inservice teachers at University of San Francisco, Mills College, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley."}
-{"text": "1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Ficosa plant in Tennessee\n\n[h=1]1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Ficosa plant in Tennessee[/h]A woman is dead and two people are in critical condition after a shooting at an automotive part production plant in Cookeville, Tennessee, this morning, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said.\n\nThe scene at the Ficosa plant has since been secured and there is no danger to the public, the Cookeville Police Department said.\n\nThe woman was the shooter and it appears she took her own life, officials said at a news conference this afternoon.\n\nTwo of three people involved worked at the plant, officials said.\n\nCookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton said it was an isolated incident and called it a tragedy for everyone involved."}
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-{"text": "Why Games Matter Blog - BioShock Infinite: Player vs Developer\n\nA blog dedicated to big issues affecting the games industry\n\nBioShock Infinite: Player vs Developer - Irrational's latest opus tells us it needn't always be a fight between player agency and creative control\n\nPlaying BioShock Infinite, you can tell that, in the next few years, reams of academic material on it are going to come out. A lot will be in the form of college kids' blogs, like with the original BioShock, but there will also be articles, op-eds, probably even books. It's such a rich game.\n\nI'm going to start my own posturing on it this week with a few thoughts on the whole meta commentary I think the game is going for. When I talked to Ken Levine last November he made the point that, as well as digging his heels into American politics he also wanted to, in his words, \"set his own house on fire\" and delve into what makes games games.\n\nBut setting the house on fire isn't, I don't think, quite what Infinite wants to do. It's far more celebratory of games. From what I can tell, it's a look at what's unique about them and how, if rightly exploited, that can be made as beautiful as any other art form.\n\nAgency\n\nTo really appreciate what Infinite is shooting for, I think it's important to have played the original BioShock first. In that game, it transpires that through subliminals and hypnosis, the player character has been brainwashed into following the orders of his shadowy, unseen creator. It's a dirk at our illusion of choice. It's BioShock telling us that, even though we thought it was us making the decisions as we were playing, they were in fact the machinations of someone above us: Even when we make choices, as players, we're always subject to the will of the developer.\n\nInfinite is a continuation of that thought. But rather than simply throwing its hands in the air and saying \"player agency doesn't exist, games are broken\" it explores how the player and the developer can work together to complement each other's creative process.\n\nIf you haven't played it by the way, you should probably stop here. The things I want to talk about are things you should see for yourself first hand. Plus, you should just play it anyway: Infinite's something everyone should experience. Go on, off you go. It only takes about 15 hours. I'll wait.\n\nDone? Good, wasn't it? Let's continue.\n\nThroughout the game you hop between different dimensions - different versions of the floating city of Columbia - and each time they're subtly changed. In one version, the character you play, Booker, lets an enemy live and they go on to become friends. In another, one of the support characters is married to a different woman.\n\nIt's total conjecture but for me, these alternate dimensions represent different playthroughs of the same game. They're all still in Columbia, they're all still, more or less, starring the same characters, but each one is subtly unique from the next. I think of it as like watching a friend play and he uses the shotgun rather than the rifle I liked, or makes a right where I made a left. It's not as if he's walked straight out of the game and changed the whole thing - he's just made it a bit different.\n\nAnd Infinite always falls back to the reality that, allow we are allowed to make these small changes, a lot of things will always be kept the same. There's a character who Booker and Elizabeth find dead so they hop dimensions hoping he will alive. After some more toiling, they find him dead again. And not once do they switch dimensions and find that Comstock isn't in charge of Columbia now or the city never existed or something - time travel in Infinite isn't like in HG Wells where the slightest difference in the past means that EVERYTHING is different. There's still control, there are still borders. Booker and Elizabeth's presence has some influence, influence which makes each dimension - playthrough - unique, but it always falls within the parameters of what was created prior.\n\nThat to me seems like a much more faithful representation of what games are. The choices we make might have little bearing on the overall narrative, but they still give us some jurisdiction over the game, juristiction we don't have over films or books or other passive media. Whether the choices matter depends on your definition of 'matter.' If you think they only matter if they change the game totally to your whim, they don't. If you think they matter so far as making our experience of a game more ours then certainly, they do.\n\nFounders vs Vox Populi\n\nBut what I like about Levine and Infinite is that they don't grovel; they're confident enough to say that players can be a destructive force and that sometimes, following the rules and playing as encouraged can be good. Also, though, they admit the fallibility of game writers.\n\nThis is explored through the civil war between the Founders and the Vox Populi, the two political parties of Columbia who are at each other's throats. The Founders are authoritative, entitled; they expect deference from their followers in all matters. The Vox on the other hand are rowdy and disorganised. They know how to burn the city down but not how to build it back up. It pangs, to me at least, of that tension between creators and players.\n\nIgnoring the Founders' racism (because, obviously, I'm not suggesting those are views are shared by Irrational) the party has this top-down approach to Columbia which ignores a lot of its citizens. In the way linear game design might be accused of ignoring the contribution of players, the Founders' government is ignorant to the wants of black, Irish, Jewish and Chinese citizens.\n\nConversely, the Vox Populi approach to Columbia is ignorant of all practicalities. They have that whole \"it's easier to blow trains up than make them run on time\" mentality to revolution and, like the mischievous gamer, who wants to run around doing what he wants without any regard for the rules, are happier to destroy rather than contribute to the world.\n\nNeither of these parties is right; Infinite does an excellent job of criticising both their approaches. The Founders are racist and greedy, the Vox are violent and unpredictable. On the one hand, you have the developer, stringent and controlling, and on the other, the player: disorganised and compulsive. Alone, they're both flawed: As rulers of Columbia, both the Vox and the Founders are poor candidates. What's needed is some equilibrium between the two. If the principals of the Vox could be merged with the practicality of the Founders, Columbia might benefit; if the player's propensity for divergence could meld with a developer's literary intent, games would effectuate more fully.\n\nAutomated man\n\nIt's what Anthony Burgess called the Clockwork Orange, a blend between regulation and free will, autonomy and consciousness. I guess, in a way, 'the automated man' is an oxymoron - is it actually possible for games to give players free reign while still teaching them a narrative? BioShock Infinite suggests maybe it is. None of the alternate dimensions collapse or die because of Booker and Elizabeth's influence, but neither are they utterly changed.\n\nAnd the game is filled with mechanical men. Infinite's imagery revolves around the meeting of organic and robotic, automated and conscious. The automated turret guns are shaped like men; one of the main enemies is the Handyman, a human head and heart transplanted into a robot body. Figures like these suggest that control and lack of control can exist at the same time. Unlike the original BioShock, Infinite tells us player and developer can work together.\n\nThat's how I've always tried to play games myself. I tend to method act, bouncing my own ideas off of whatever the game is feeding me. For me, Infinite is a much more hopeful vision of computer games. It says that, rather than there always being tension, developer and player can oscillate one another. It's not something I've seen explored in videogames before, but it feels very true."}
-{"text": "News Release\n\nGautier, MS, July 8, 2008\n\nWhile many youths continue their summer plans to sit comatose in front of the television, a group of 25 are tucked away in a laboratory, mixing and testing chemicals.\n\nMonday marked the start of the 17th year of chemistry camp, a program designed to spark an interest in science in young minds.\n\nTwo one-week camps are held each July at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.\n\nTwenty-five students are divided into groups of five, each guided by one instructor, and study a different branch of chemistry each day.\n\nOn Monday, students created their own T-shirts and performed flame tests to identify elements. They held unknown substances in the flame of a Bunsen burner and observed the change in the color of the flame to determine which ions were burning.\n\nIn the final four days, they will study crystals and polymers, chemical reactions, acids and bases, and metals and alloys.\n\nExperiments include making polyurethane foam, mixing chemicals to observe reactions, testing pH levels of household substances and copper-plating a piece of steel.\n\n\"A lot of the guys get excited with the fire and explosions,\" said Mary Dyle, one of the instructors.\n\nStudents get several souvenirs, as many experiments are \"make-and-take,\" camp director Teresa Dixon said.\n\n\"It encourages them to take science classes in high school,\" she said. \"When they're young, they have a natural curiosity to explore. We want them to see that chemistry is fun.\"\n\nEach Thursday of the camp, the five groups compete in a quiz bowl with questions about the week's material. No need to study though, winners get a trophy, not grades.\n\n\"No grades, it's all fun,\" Dixon said.\n\nAnd each Friday the students take a trip to First Chemical, a co-sponsor of the camp, along with the college, to meet the engineers and take a tour of the plant.\n\nThis year, students have come from Ocean Springs, Biloxi, St. Martin, Pascagoula, Vancleave and Moss Point, and at least one is home-schooled.\n\n\"They all have a great time with it,\" Dixon said. \"We have students that come back multiple years because they've enjoyed it. We do the same thing every year, and we've had them come four years. They still like it.\"\n\nOne such veteran is Cole Montgomery. Even though the program is geared toward students who have completed seventh, eighth and ninth grades, this is Montgomery's fifth year in the program.\n\nWhen spots were unfilled last year, organizers opened the camp to sixth- and 10th-graders, and Montgomery squeezed in. This year, he's volunteering his way through the door.\n\n\"They do the same thing every year, but everything changes at the same time,\" Montgomery said. \"We'll do the same experiments, but we might use a different size cup, which will throw off the proportions ... I have something from each year, and you can tell the differences in each one. It's just fun to see.\"\n\nMontgomery, who will be a senior at Moss Point High next year, said the camp furthered his interest in the field. Now he's considering a chemical engineering major in college. The camp keeps him \"amped up for that.\"\n\nMontgomery said he's unsure about his plans for next summer, but if he's in town with an open schedule, chemistry camp '09 can expect a sixth-year senior."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: robert stoller\n\nAfter he described his love life, his therapist asked, \u201cHave you heard of the term eroticized rage?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d he said, \u201cbut that rings true. I had a girlfriend, Holly, who said to me, \u2018Take out all your rage at women \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nFrom PragerRadio.com: \"Dennis Prager talks to Dr. Stephen Marmer, member of the clinical faculty of the UCLA Medical School and a psychiatrist in private practice in Brentwood, CA, about whether we can rid ourselves of our demons or just hope to \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
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-{"text": "Gudvangen, Norway by Espen Haagensen - A starry AND windy night and the Grindaflet hut in the Voss mountains. Quite a bit of snow to dig in order to get into the hut. The Grindaflet hut is a self service hut owned by the Norwegian Trekking Association and"}
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-{"text": "Saturday, July 21, 2007\n\nA REALISTIC HOPE\n\nWe said we'd never grow up and we'd never grow old; we'd never trust anyone. And now (some) of us have long since passed that tender age and are in the mids of giving each other black fifthy birthday parties. Who knows? We may yet grow old.For this generation, more than any other in the twentieth century, the twenty-five years between youth and middle-age have been marked by unmet expectations. We found many of our dreams unreachable. Growing up has been less about realizing our dreams and more about making our dreams subject to reality.In one since, when we tied our faith to our cultural expectations, we succembed to the illusion that we could experience heaven in the here and now, It is true that one day our dreams and longing, will be fulfilled beyond our wildest imaginations. life will happen the way it's supposed to, the way we always wanted it to-someday-but not now! Now we plow throughtime, groping, learning, hurting, struggling, failing and sometimes succeeding. God can help us and strengthen us, but he never promised to keep us from pain. \" our father refreshes us with some pleasant inns on the journey, but (he) will not encourage us to mistake them for home\", No matter what the song says, HEAVEN IS NOT A PLACE ON EARTH.Perhaps disappointed dreams are our best opportunities to transfer hope to its rightful place. Heaven is where our biggest dreams belong. Realizing that can help us make it through the here and now without placing a burden on the present that it was serve to carry us through the rest of the journey.\n\n2 comments:\n\nIt's really wonderful and one of the best blessing that God had given me madam is to know you. Thank you very much madam. I love you very much with all my heart. Take good care always coz i really care for you. Always remember madam, GOD will always make it possible for us to do what he has gifted us to do if we really want his will in our lives. We need,then, to discover or uncover our talent(s) and put them to work. And one day we will know the ultimate fulfillment: Christ's \"well done\"."}
-{"text": "A dollar dollar is roughly equlivalent to 12 bitcoins. Personally, I like the way the French do it. Write the $ after the number, that way it's more consistent with the way we write all our other units. Why I'm typing, I usually end up having to go back to put the dollar sign in after because you say the \"dollar\" part after the numbers.\n\nActually, the only way that makes sense for dates is 2011-07-04 = July 4, 2011. Numbers should go from biggest unit to smallest unit. You don't write time like 54:12:32 for 54 minutes and 32 seconds past noon.\n\nThat's a little-endian date. The least significant number (the day) comes first and the most significant (the year) comes last. ISO dates are big endian. US dates are middle endian, as popularised by the PDP-11.\n\nThat's a little-endian date. The least significant number (the day) comes first and the most significant (the year) comes last. ISO dates are big endian. US dates are middle endian, as popularised by the PDP-11.\n\nUnfortunately when you make it a datetime, the European order is bad and American worse. For sanity and sorting yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss is the best way, of course with a 24 hour clock not am/pm. Unfortunately it works great for an ISO standard, not so much for talking. If I say \"We'll meet on the 23rd\" then implicitly that means the 23 of this month, we don't start on the macro or the microlevel but somewhere in the middle. After all we don't start all our mail addresses with:\n\nThey also made great little basic desktop boards, with low power and low noise. I sold one of those a couple of months back, one of the old Trio S3s. It just goes to show that being a pack rat isn't always a bad thing when it comes to tech.\n\nI had a customer whose little Win2K bookkeeping box blew the onboard and he needed it back up like yesterday. The only PCI graphics card I had at the time was an old S3 pull so I told him I'd be happy to let him have that for $15 ($5 for the part, $10 to put it in and gi\n\nNot surprising that the Rush was faster - it also cost about 4 times as much new. The ViRGE is much maligned, but it's quite unfair. A few games (e.g. Escape Velocity) had ViRGE editions that looked a lot better than the software rendering version. Someone also wrote an OpenGL driver for the ViRGE. I got 3 frames per second in GLQuake from that, while the software OpenGL implementation only got 0.3fps on the same machine (non-GL quake was a lot faster, but also a lot less pretty). Sure, my VooDoo 2 was\n\nThe games LOOKED a lot better, but the framerates were still unplayable.\n\nThat's not the VIRGE's fault, though, that was the developers. They did their test and dev on stupidly high-end machines on which the VIRGE did not decrease frame rates. It didn't increase 'em either, it just improved the appearance significantly. Unfortunately, on a low-end machine they wouldn't scale back and you ended up with unplayability. And of course, everyone and their mom involved with the hardware told you to buy one and that it would be great on your rinky-dink CPU.\n\nEscape Velocity was perfectly playable on my ViRGE with all of the detail settings maxed out. Maybe it was a CPU problem for you, but with a Cyrix P166+ (cheap, overhyped, 133MHz Pentium clone) it was very smooth. I don't know what the exact frame rate was - I don't remember it being reported anywhere - but it was high enough that I never thought of it as low.\n\nThe v2200 was released two years after the ViRGE and cost twice as much. If it hadn't been significantly better, I'd have been very surprised.\n\nMore importantly, anyone who implemented either of those two APIs to date already has a license agreement with S3, which would just carry over.\n\nIn case of Microsoft in particular, since S3TC is the format for textures in D3D and XNA, and has been for a long time now, I would be very surprised if there wasn't a perpetual, or at least long-term, license.\n\nNot quite. There's an unlicensed s3tc implementation for Mesa not ordinarily distributed in binary by most distributions, and of course not paid for either. It will be interesting to see whether HTC bothers with a transferable and non-exclusive exemption. There are plenty of games that don't work properly under Linux without the s3tc extension.\n\nMy understanding is that this would be unused when any hardware-accelerated implementation (be it proprietary or open source) is used?\n\nAnyway, S3 probably didn't bother because they couldn't expect to get anything there in the first place. But it's certain that all commercial players do pay - Microsoft probably does for D3D and tooling, NVidia does for its hardware and drivers (including Linux ones, I suppose) etc.\n\nNo, the standard Mesa drivers (even when hardware acceleration is in place) simply do not support s3tc. The reason why S3 \"didn't bother\" with the other one is that it's mainly distributed as source code or through unofficial channels. Distros won't touch it due to the patent situation.\n\nFrom the Phoronix forums, I see that HTC has a history of open source hostility (even refusing to release kernel source code), so I don't expect anything to change.\n\nYes - DX6 texture compression is S3, as is GL_ARB_texture_compression for OpenGL 1.3 (prior to that it was EXT and ARB, which are essentially optional). In fact, this has been one of the major impediments for creating open source OpenGL drivers, because it is core now (and therefore required).\n\nI personally find it highly derivative on prior art, but I found the same thing about most GPU implementations of Navier-Stokes (fluid dynamics) equations and have yet to hear of any of those being overturned. I guess\n\nS3 Graphics, Ltd is an American company specializing in graphics chipsets.\n\nThere goes a successful purveyor of mobile GPU technology off to Taiwan... I wonder if this is what Andy Grove meant when he claimed [slashdot.org] that abandoning today's commodity manufacturing can lock you out of tomorrow's emerging industry.\n\nWhy don't you try to learn what the fuck you're talking about before you post. First off, S3 doesn't make mobile GPUs, and near as I can tell they never had. Recently, their only product has been northbridge chipsets for VIA motherboards and I think a couple of really low end discreet cards. Second, it's a serious stretch to call them successful in any sense of the word, if they hadn't been bought by VIA they would have gone out of business some time ago. Third, and more to the point of your retarded post, they already were Taiwanese based, as VIA is a Taiwanese company. So one Taiwanese company sold a shitty division to another Taiwanese company, hard to make a statement about US manufacturing based on that.\n\nthey're not so succesful. virge's anyone? they basically owned the low end graphics card market for a while and fucked it up, savage was supposed to bring them back with it's groundbreaking texture compression, which was basically to save money on texture memory(back when voodoo2's shipped with 8mb the texture compression was quite relevant). it gives htc some patents though - too bad actually the texture compression isn't that relevant anymore - not on desktop and not on mobile. and samsung would like to o\n\nYet, most companies who are using the technology based on those patents have by now most likely already licensed it. This texture compression, for example, has been in DirectX since version 6.0 which is nearly 13 years by now and OpenGL 1.3 which is 11 years old, so S3 has most likely already extracted all the royalties they are going to get from it from companies using that technology.\n\nsomething they could use on xbox? I guess texture packing is relevant on the xbox thanks to it's ridiculously low memory\n\nThe original xbox is deprecated, and the Xbox360 has an extremely low 512MB of shared (system+GPU) RAM. The PS3 at least has a whopping 256MB of RAM for the Cell, and 256MB GDDR RAM for the RSX. Yes, the Xbox360 really needs texture compression much more than the PS3.\n\nMobile 3D could make sure of texture compression, then again, with high end phones having 1GB of shared memory, it too isn't\n\nI'd have to call bullshit on that. I have a file server that's going on it's 14th year of operation running a Via based board and processors. It was my desktop board when I was gaming with my Voodoo 5 and Pentium 3 back in the day. Now it keeps my information sorted.\n\nOf course you don't realise that half the drivers on that system are saying 'Oh crap, a VIA board, I'm going to disable all these features because they just don't work'.\n\nI know when I was developing GPU drivers on Windows one of the first things the driver did was check for a VIA chipset and then drop the AGP bus down to PCI-33 because they had so many problems talking to our AGP cards and trying to make it work wasn't worth the time.\n\nIs there some sort of back licensing of the graphics tech and patents from HTC to VIA? I thought the future is all about integration of CPU with GPU. VIA already had the graphics backend, not the greatest but it was there. Or are they slimming down to sell to someone like nvidia?\n\nThe VIA Nano CPU wasn't bad, it was sufficient for most workloads. The weakness of the VIA solutions have been the graphics drivers, they're ancient implementation. You can feel the late 90s in them from limited resolution suppor\n\nthe trick is that they managed to convince htc that the team(they gotta have some guys left still, but maybe ) and the patents are relevant in a big way - though then again 300 million for htc right now isn't that lot-. if they asked for big money from everyone on who's cards it was possible to do texture decompression on gpu side, then yeah, they'd get good money, but the gpu's have changed in design to be more flexible, so that you could just add that (decompression on the fly)code on sw you run on the ca\n\nIt appears that HTC will be turning the tables on at least Microsoft and extracting royalties from them for a change.\n\nBased on what? If S3 had something that they could be \"extracting royalties\" from they would have already been doing so. Also Microsoft could have already licensed those patents and HTC won't be doing anything at all. I know, that just doesn't fit an anti-Microsoft spin, though."}
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-{"text": "HappyCog easily scaled a voting website for an MTV audience using Beanstalk Deployments\n\nHappy Cog\n\nHappy Cog was contracted by MTV to create a website that allowed users to socialize around the MTV Online Music Award (OMA) nominees and vote for the winners. Being an MTV event, with on-air promotion and billing, we knew we were going to get hit with some pretty heavy traffic. Knowing this, we needed to plan our infrastructure so that it could grow as demand increased. That meant scaling up from our initial server pool of four servers to a hefty twenty-two application servers during the hour long voting event. Luckily for us, Beanstalk made this entire process a breeze.\n\nFollowing Branching Best Practices\n\nTo begin we employed Beanstalk\u2019s suggested \u201cdeployment branch\u201d approach. That meant we had two important branches: stage and master. Stage was our test bed where we committed all the soon to be live changes. This could be a copy update, a change to the legal speak or something as major as updated imagery. This worked great locally as it allowed us to work collaboratively as a development team and commit changes for others to review. What\u2019s more, rolling in Beanstalk deployments, we were able to automatically deploy this branch out to a test server for the wider audience to review. That meant our internal QA team and our MTV clients could always see what we were working on. They could monitor the progress of updates and confirm them once they were done. This allowed us to work quickly without worrying about gaining approval for major releases. Instead, we gained approval every few minutes as individual updates were made.\n\nOnce we had a good batch of updates to push live we simply merged the stage branch into our master branch and manually deployed the changes. This way we were able to resolve conflicts and test merges before anything went live.\n\nBeanstalk Saves the Day: Scaling Servers over a 3G Hotspot\n\nWhile out in LA for the live event our site was built for, we were met with two potentially catastrophic changes, both of which Beanstalk turned from show-stoppers into non-issues.\n\nThe first was that our internet connection was no where near as reliable as we had hoped. Plans change, and we went from an expected wired+broadband connection down to a mobile WiFi hostspot. At 2kbps we were not going to be able to deploy changes from our local development machines. Luckily, with everything in Beanstalk, this wasn\u2019t an issue at all. We simply needed enough bandwidth to load up the Beanstalk web app and click deploy. After that Beanstalk\u2019s hefty connection out of Rackspace handled the rest.\n\nThe second change was a switch from four app servers to twenty-two. We had always planned to ramp up our app servers, but the specifics of keeping all those servers in sync was never discussed. The more we learned from our host the more difficult things became. From configuring on-demand shared filesystems to setting up periodic syncs everything involved downtime and risk. In the end we simply added each additional app server to Beanstalk and forgot about the rest. With Beanstalk controlling our deployments we simply needed to click deploy and all 4, 5, 6, 7 \u2026 22 app servers were updated without fail."}
-{"text": "\u201cSasquatch,\u201d available now as a digital single, strikes a sweet spot between psychedelic folk and bluesy alt-rock with its banjo plucks, distorted power chords and harmonica blasts. \u201cI can feel eyes watching over me,\u201d Raye croons, adding a paranoid atmosphere to the track. \u201cHiding in the silence; there\u2019s giants in the trees.\u201d\n\nNovoselic joked about the video\u2019s low-budget approach in the YouTube comments. \u201cI bought the property the video is filmed on. To pay for the production I cut all the trees and am now building a golf course on the land,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis video cost over $2 million to make. The reason is, it was shot on a soundstage and all of the flora is made from plastic, foam and other materials to get that natural look.\u201d\n\nGiants in the Trees formed last year after meeting through their mutual involvement with the local environmental organization Grange in Skamokawa, Washington. Thus far, the band has mostly played shows across their home state."}
-{"text": "Why Ratan Tata will win and how he will win over Cyrus Mistry\n\nOusted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry who is fighting to retain his position as chairman and director on the boards of a host of Tata group companies has found some support from independent directors.\n\nFortunately for Ratan Tata, none of the independent directors ever talked about Tata Steel\u2019s folly in buying a large steel company like Corus at top-dollar valuations and at the peak of the commodity cycle. (File Photo)\n\nOusted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry who is fighting to retain his position as chairman and director on the boards of a host of Tata group companies has found some support from independent directors. A team of six independent directors on the IHCL board, for instance, backed Mistry applauding his efforts to turn around what was virtually turning into a sick company. Again, independent directors at Tata Chemicals too made it clear they were on his side though the directors on the Tata Steel and Tata Motors board were a divided lot. However, even if Mistry is backed by independent directors, the fact is that when it comes to the crunch, financial institutions\u2014whether insurers or mutual funds\u2014are more likely to vote with the promoters. That\u2019s because companies such as Tata Steel are heavily leveraged and requiring large infusions of capital. That capital would have to come from the holding company Tata Sons, controlled by the Tata Trusts, which own a stake of 66%. Under the circumstances the financial institutions whose primary objective it would be to secure their investments would tend to go with the promoters rather than with a competent CEO, even if he is a small shareholder in the holding company. Had the concerned company been in good financial shape\u2014like TCS for instance\u2014it\u2019s quite possible the financial investors may have followed the independent directors in backing Mistry. However, given the relatively poor finances of the Tata Group as a whole and its dependence on one cash cow\u2014TCS\u2013 even the government would be justified in wanting a promoter with the wherewithal to pump in capital into beleagured businesses. At the end of the day, therefore, while independent directors can make a difference to the running of a company by red-flagging any malpractices or fraud in very few instances can they really influence shareholders\u2014majority and minority.\n\nFortunately for Ratan Tata, none of the independent directors ever talked about Tata Steel\u2019s folly in buying a large steel company like Corus at top-dollar valuations and at the peak of the commodity cycle. Neither did they criticise the purchases of the several hotels by IHCL, again at excessive values, most of which have not made money for the company. Most of the acquisitions made by the Tata group, under Ratan Tata\u2019s watch, have turned out to be duds but the independent directors have stayed silent. In fact, the directors of Tata Sons, have quietly watched tens of thousands of crore being spent on Tata Teleservices with nothing to show for it. Therefore, it is truly surprising that Tata Sons should think it necessary to even point out to the independent directors that it is \u201ccrucially important\u201d for them to \u201cconsider that their views and positions ensure that the future stake of Tata companies is protected\u201d. These are after all, top professionals, most of whom were appointed during Tata\u2019s watch. It is indeed unfortunate a promoter of the stature of Tata Sons does not value the views of independent directors.\n\nIndependent director need to be verified on an on going basis for their vonflicts of interest too.\n\nReply\n\nR\n\nR Srinivasan\n\nNov 15, 2016 at 2:16 pm\n\nIn what manner did the Board of Tata Sons exercise supervisory oversight over the Boards of Directors of Group Companies especially ociate Companies where they did not have majority shareholding?Did the NED nominees of Tata Trusts holding 66%in Tata Sons express their dissatisfaction over the poor dividends from Group Companies managed by presumably inefficient Boards of Directors?This becomes doubly relevant as the nominee NEDs of Tata Trusts felt their concerns were inadequately considered by the Chairman&other Directors on the Board of Tata Sons to the point of having to press a no-confidence motion in Oct 2016 and are now seeking to remove other Directors of Group Companies as well!This will be a serious issue of Corporate Governance for any new inbent whether he is a majority or minority shareholder(or NIL shareholder) of Tata Sons.\n\nReply\n\nS\n\nsundaram\n\nNov 15, 2016 at 9:06 am\n\nIs Mistry competent to manage large companies?. The answer seem to be no and is reflected in his behaviour. From the day one, he was fired as Chairman of Tata Sons, he only talks about legacy inheritance, selling of existing business, etc,. Had he been competent, instead of crying like a baby while blaming others, he would have worked with others and put effort to turn around the loss making enies into profitable one. Instead he only increased their liabilities. He may be a good talker, propping his speech with all latest management jargons impressing the audience, but turned out to be a poor doer, cribber and betrayer of trust. Besides in Business Trustworthiness is a major character needed in a person at the higher level. If he is a betrayer or cheater or try to usurp control through devious methods lacking ethics, then he deserve to be rejected.In the past four years he had only favoured his own company with all construction contracts from Tata companies which is questionable. Such a person at helm is not suitable of running an ethical business and can cheat all stakeholders.\n\nReply\n\nS\n\nsundaram\n\nNov 15, 2016 at 11:59 am\n\nMistry is lamenting about legacy inheritance. If only he was competent, he would have turned them around which he did not. Like a squatter he is clinging to the post despite lack of trust shown by Tata Sons who elevated him to that post despite his inexperience. He is only betraying the trust.The loyalty and independence of Directors sways with time to individuals and need not be based on Mistry's performance.Mistry and his supporters only make the stakeholders of the company suffer and is not ethical corporate governance."}
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-{"text": "AkzoNobelSpecialty Chemicals is investing more than \u20ac12 million to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Los Reyes, Mexico. Organic peroxides are essential ingredients in the manufacturing of a wide range of polymers.\n\nThe project involves construction of a new facility to make Perkadox CH-50 organic peroxides, which are sold primarily into the thermoset resin market, where the company is a global market leader. One of the key growth segments for this market is ambient temperature curing of acrylic resins, which are used in road marking, resurfacing and roofing applications.\n\nThe investment is the latest in a series of recent investments at the Los Reyes site by the company's Polymer Chemistry business. In January 2017, it finalized a \u20ac22 million organic peroxides expansion, followed in May by the completion of a project which increased overall peroxyester capacity in North America by 40%. The latest expansion project is expected to be completed by May 2019.\n\n\"We have a growing portfolio of customers, so continued investment to increase production capability at Los Reyes is critical to ensure we continue to meet demand while positioning ourselves for sustainable growth,\" explains Johan Landfors, Executive Committee Member responsible for Polymer Chemistry. \"Mexico is an important market for us. Expanding our operations in Los Reyes also means we will need to hire more people, which is good news for the local economy.\"\n\nOver the last three years, the Polymer Chemistry business has invested more than \u20ac100 million to better serve its customers in the polymer industry, upgrading technologies, increasing capacity and repositioning its global manufacturing footprint.\n\n\"The investments have reinforced our leadership position in the global market for chemicals to the polymer industry,\" says Werner Fuhrmann, CEO of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals. \"We are committed to investing in production capabilities across all our businesses so we can support the growth of our customers in key markets around the world.\"\n\nRelated Breaking News\n\nCanopy Hoods are designed to collect and exhaust corrosive vapors, heat, steam and odors when mounted over areas with water baths, hot plates or portable equipment.\nHEMCO's canopies are available in wall, island, and corner canop\u2026\n\nPPG said it will showcase its entire range of industry-leading wood coatings at The International Surface Event (TISE) at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Jan. 22-25.\nPPG will feature products that cover every step of\u2026\n\nSuperior Materials, Inc. 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-{"text": "Exclusive: America 'was warned of embassy attack but did nothing'\n\nSometimes these warning stories can be overblown. I know that we had intelligence about Pearl Harbor and 9-11 before hand, but the question has to be\nhow actionable the information is. As far as \"Japan will attack US interests at some point\" and \"Al Queda is determined to attack US soil at some\npoint\" there's really not a whole lot you can do. But for threats to American missions abroad, there's a very clear course of action you can take:\nwarn your employees. Obviously there should have been a warning and a step up in security. There's only so much US sovereign land in Egypt, it's\nalot easier to act on a threat to that then it is the entirety of US interests at home and abroad.\n\nOriginally posted by UnBreakable\nNot only typical of the Obama admin but the Bush admin as well. Dubya received a memo a month before 9-11 which he and his admin also ignored\n\nI have not heard about this \"memo\" Bush received but that was 11 years ago. Bush is no longer president even though some act like he was president\njust last year.\n\nWe have to worry about the present and the future. Currently Obama is the president and along with his broken administration, they have managed to\nscrew up practically everything. Of course, the most recent incompetence, is their handling of the embassy fiasco.\n\nThe \"memo\" was a \"presidential daily brief\" and explained in the article. And no, I'm not picking on only Bush. If you read my original post I\nreference both admins. I don't like either party. My point was this is a problem no matter who is in there. . I realize Bush is no longer POTUS\nnor do I act like he still is. Just because you have an obvious bias to only the present admin, and if your so worried about the present and future,\nwhy are we having the same issues eleven years after 9-11? It's because any and all admins promote this boogeyman mentality in order to take us to\nwar.\n\nBenghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Three days before the deadly assault on the United States consulate in Libya, a local security official says he met with\nAmerican diplomats in the city and warned them about deteriorating security.\n\nWhen will those of you who are denying any negligence from obama see the total failure of his leadership and his adminstration.\n\nObama has ordered \"heightened security\" and the story so far is that means 50 more marines are on the way to Libya. That's an inadequate\nresponse.\n\nIt's not enough to \"order heightened security\" if by that you mean ordering the same incompetent fools currently in charge of security to continue\nin post but to try to do a proper job this time despite still having no idea what to do.\n\nThe President should -\n\nSack and replace the Secretary of Defense (Panetta) with someone who will sack incompetent generals and appoint competent ones\n\nSack and replace the Secretary of State (Clinton) with someone who will sack incompetent security officials and appoint competent ones\n\nSack and replace the Under Secretary of State for Management (Patrick F. Kennedy) with someone who will sack incompetent security officials and\nappoint competent ones\n\nSack and replace the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (Eric J. Boswell) with someone who will sack incompetent security\nofficials and appoint competent ones\n\nClose all vulnerable diplomatic embassies and consulates in countries with a war-on-terror connection, with an armed jihadi terrorist groups\nthreat\n\nEstablish new secure embassies and consulates within new or existing military bases\n\nSite new military bases for the embassies / consulates in rural areas where the land for 6 to 10 miles around the embassy can be occupied and\ncontrolled\n\nSite about 60 defensive machine-gun posts 1000 metre / 1000 yard intervals around a circumference at a radius of 6 miles from the base,\n\nSurround the machine gun posts with barbed wire and vehicle barriers\n\nMan the 60 machine guns, 3 men per gun, 24/7 with a force of about 600 marines per base,\n\nVastly increase the size of the Marine Security Guard from the small force now of about 1000 to the many thousands of marines it will take to\nsecure all the new bases\n\nSorry \"ordering heightened security\" simply doesn't cut it.\n\nTough questions for President Obama.\n\nWhy were the guards mostly Libyans, instead of having plenty of US Marine Security Guards?\n\nWhy was the US consulate sited in a Benghazi house that was never designed to be defended like a fort against attackers?\n\nWhy did the ambassador's security team choose such an unsuitable place, a death trap, to stand and fight?\n\nThe President must act to secure US diplomats\n\nThe buck stops with the president - ultimately President Obama is responsible for failing to secure the US's diplomats but the question of replacing\na failing president is for the American people and their election to decide. My favourite for president - Condoleezza Rice - is not a candidate in\n2012 so I will let Condi speak for me as to who she is backing.\n\nMy advice to the US President would be that his Secretary of State has failed as regards her diplomatic security functions.\n\nI can see why many Americans would not want to see Hillary Clinton sacked for this failure. She's a very popular lady.\n\nI too would not want to have seen my favourite for Secretary State, Condoleezza Rice, sacked over this either.\n\nNevertheless something must be done to improve the management of security.\n\nThe competence of the entire Bureau of Diplomatic Security is in question. The senior managers must take responsibility and resign or be dismissed by\nthe president.\n\nUS State Department website -The Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) is the security and law\nenforcement arm of the U.S. Department of State. DS is a world leader in international investigations, threat analysis, cyber security,\ncounterterrorism, security technology, and protection of people, property, and information.\n\nAccording to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi,\nand the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and \"lockdown\", under\nwhich movement is severely restricted.\n\nI don't understand. If you had credible information why not warn the diplomats and lockdown the embassy.\nIt makes no sense unless to further solidify that Obama is clueless and has no understanding of reality. Perhaps Obama is just inept or deep down he\nagrees with & has sympathy for the criminals.\n\nCould these warnings be the reason why Canada pulled their diplomats out a week ago?\n\nPerhaps the Canadian leadership is a little smarter.\n\nedit on 9/13/2012 by WhatTheory because: (no reason given)\n\nPerhaps they didn't want to warn them, for some other reason. We can only speculate, but I find it interesting that our government hired the locals\nfor \"security\", and some of those locals were reported to have pointed out the secret safe house to the terrorists that were attacking. Now they\nwant to pretend it was some spontaneous attack, tied to some months-old stupid video. Until, of course, people point out how stupid that sounds, and\nthey back off, slowly. Save, of course, the head guy, who the day after was in Vegas campaigning, and still won't call this an act of terrorism.\nAdd to that how the FBI has apparently STILL not been to the scene, for the investigation we were promised. Certainly, someone is hiding something!\nS&F.\n\nOriginally posted by Agit8dChop\nHow can you have proof of a flash riot 48hrs before it occurs?\nthis makes no sense and is nothing but brain food for the dumbest of dumb dumbs!\n\nThere was no rioting at the time of the attack. None. Even the Libyan president states this as a fact. Every indication is that this was\npreplanned, and professionally done, with inside help. Plus, does anyone really believe a months-old video causes rioting on September 11'th, and\nthat it's all a coincidence? Really?\n\nOriginally posted by Agit8dChop\nHow can you have proof of a flash riot 48hrs before it occurs?\nthis makes no sense and is nothing but brain food for the dumbest of dumb dumbs!\n\nThere was no rioting at the time of the attack. None. Even the Libyan president states this as a fact. Every indication is that this was\npreplanned, and professionally done, with inside help. Plus, does anyone really believe a months-old video causes rioting on September 11'th, and\nthat it's all a coincidence? Really?\n\nOriginally posted by Agit8dChop\nHow can you have proof of a flash riot 48hrs before it occurs?\nthis makes no sense and is nothing but brain food for the dumbest of dumb dumbs!\n\nThere was no rioting at the time of the attack. None. Even the Libyan president states this as a fact. Every indication is that this was\npreplanned, and professionally done, with inside help. Plus, does anyone really believe a months-old video causes rioting on September 11'th, and\nthat it's all a coincidence? Really?\n\nOh, she's a paid mouthpiece, alright! Never did like her, though her type are proof that Fox does indeed present all sides of the argument. Hard to\nget re-elected, indeed! I like holding him to his own statement, \"The only people who don't want to disclose the truth, are people with something\nto hide.\" Clearly, since he still won't admit personally that this (or any of many others) is a terrorist attack, he's hiding something! In this\ncase, I think it's more than just being caught with egg on his face. Now reports are coming out that there was no real risk assessment of the\nconsulate, and that the conditions KNOWN to be there would have warranted security standards that were not even close to being met. More and more,\nlooks like our people were thrown to the wolves.\n\nThe Above Top Secret Web site is a wholly owned social content community of The Above Network, LLC.\n\nThis content community relies on user-generated content from our member contributors. The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free expression."}
-{"text": "Run With Holly Blog\n\nMenu\n\nNight Safari\n\nAfter addressing the post swim hungries, it was time to introduce our guests to the Night Safari!!!\n\nMeet Ellie & Rhino (original, right?). They joined the four humans at the Night Safari. They were SO EXCITED.\n\nKMN and I on the tram\n\nNight Safari is a popular Singapore attraction \u2013 basically, it\u2019s a nighttime zoo. Many of the animals there are nocturnal, and the rest have had their internal clocks flipped by being fed at night instead of during the day, to keep them up and active in the evenings. I\u2019m not totally sure how I feel about this, but on the scale of \u201cindignities to animals in captivity\u201d, it seems pretty low. And the animals seem generally well tended otherwise. They don\u2019t have an enormous amount of space, but many are smallish animals, and there is considerably effort made to avoid caging.\n\nYou can take a tram ride around the perimeter of the park to see some of the highlights and the larger animals, but my favorite part is wandering the footpaths. I love going on a less-crowded evening, when I can really appreciate the surreal feeling of walking through the jungle (albeit on paved paths) at night. There is a bit of light, but I still get the sense that I\u2019m walking through the \u201cforest\u201d after dark.\n\nUnfortunately, most photos at Night Safari come out something like this.\n\nI did manage to snap this pic of two Asian Black Forest Scorpions. They glow under a blacklight!\n\nI love to find a less-popular area, where I can stand quietly and observe the animals for awhile. As any naturalist knows, several minutes of quiet watching often reveals much more than a quick cruise past, and I greedily hoard these observations all for myself. At least, I hoard them until KMN (or some other unsuspecting member of our group) walks past, then I gleefully pull them over, share my little nugget of observation, and force my victim to watch with me. My friends and husband are infinitely patient. \ud83d\ude42\n\nOn this particular trip, my favorite critters were the brush-tailed possum and the Asian otters. Otters are stinky, but I don\u2019t ever get tired of watching their fluid, speedy bodies zip over, around, and through the water.\n\nI also learned that there is an animal called a wallaroo. (!!!!) It looks like a kangaroo (which is large) and a wallaby (which is small), but is an intermediate size. Who knew? Wallaroo is my word for today, by the way. I\u2019ve been saying it in my head all day long. [Shhh. I\u2019m totally normal. Shh\u2026]\n\nOn the topic of marsupials\u2026a shout to all the mommas out there who are reading this while nursing in the middle of the night!\n\nWe pretty much closed out the park, around midnight. KMN and I would have be negligent hosts if we didn\u2019t bring our guests out for another Singaporean tradition: supper. Singapore tends to be a late night kind of place, and supper is the fourth meal of the day, eaten sometime after 10 PM. We weren\u2019t up for a full-on meal (often big bowls of noodles), so we went for a lighter snack. This spot is pretty famous for their beancurd, and is just a block from our apartment:\n\nThis is my current favorite spot for bean curd, unless I have a breakfast craving. This spot is \u201conly\u201d open from noon until 3 AM.\n\nBeancurd again! Plain on the left, and topped with grass jelly on the right.\n\n1. Bahahaha! Thanks. This current style is called: \u201cMaybe I want to grow it out to a reverse bob, but I don\u2019t really know, and it totally misbehaves in the heat, so I just fluff it a bit and hope for the best\u201d.\n\n2. Hey, my afternoon (local time) status updates are VERY popular among the nursing mother demographic around 3-4 AM in EST. \ud83d\ude42\n\n3. A bit bitter. A bit weird. Texture is slightly firmer than jello. I think it\u2019s made from a plant that\u2019s in the mint family, but it\u2019s not really minty. I think it tastes more medicine-y. Obviously, the plain beancurd was mine. \ud83d\ude42"}
-{"text": "Official blog of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania\n\nMain menu\n\nPost navigation\n\nAmerican Injustice System\n\nToday, January 11, 2007, marks the fifth anniversary since prisoners first arrived at Guantanamo Bay. Over 400 individuals remain in the prison, held without trial and without charges. Thanks to the unconstitutional and un-American piece of legislation called the Military Commissions Act, passed this fall by Congress, President Bush has the authority to hold these people indefinitely.\n\nToday the ACLU of PA joined with Brandywine Peace Community in a vigil outside of the federal courthouse to recognize this anniversary and to demand that Guantanamo be shut down and that the prisoners being held there be released or tried. (This event was part of the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo.)\n\nAt the event Chris Huber, a lawyer at Pepper Hamilton and an ACLU-Greater Philadelphia Chapter board member, gave a moving personal account about one of his two Guantanamo clients. Here are his comments:\n\nWe know there are hundreds of prisoners in Guantanamo, none of whom has had a fair hearing, the first of whom arrived five years ago. Let me take a few minutes to tell you about one prisoner at Guantanamo, a prisoner I happen to know because I represent him.\n\nHe is a Palestinian who has been in Guantanamo since June 14, 2002\n\nLike many, if not most, of the prisoners at Guantanamo, he was not captured on a battlefield. Instead, he was sold to the Northern Alliance by villagers for a bounty.\n\nThe Northern Alliance turned him over to the United States and he was sent to the prison at Bagram and then Knadahar. After about six months, he was sent to Guantanamo. The government has never claimed that he ever used a gun or fought against the United States.\n\nWhen he was being held by the Northern Alliance, during interrogations, he was beaten with a chain that was wrapped in a hose. During these interrogations, the interrogator did not write anything down.\n\nOnce he was turned over to the Americans, one strangled him several times \u2013 almost to the point of death. At Guantanamo, the interrogations and mistreatment continued. For 1\u00bd months, they moved him from one cell to another every couple of hours so he could not sleep. They chained him to the floor with no chair in a squatting position and made him stay there for hours. They poured cold water over him and blasted cold air conditioning into his cell. He still has medical problems from this treatment.\n\nDuring this period, one of his interrogators used the nickname \u201cTorture.\u201d I think this tells us all exactly what the government meant to be doing to the prisoners.\n\nThere are two stories about him that show his intelligence and his ability to keep thinking clearly even in the face of these harsh conditions.\n\nFirst, the government asked him to take a lie detector test. He said he would take one, and answer any questions they wanted to ask, if they met one condition. He first wanted to be hooked up to the lie detector and he would give the interrogator ten questions to ask him. Only he would know the correct answer to these questions \u2013 he would not tell the interrogator the answers. Then, the interrogator would give him the result of the lie detector on his answers to these ten questions. If it accurately reflected whether he was telling the truth or lying, he would take the lie detector test the interrogator wanted to give him.\n\nThe interrogator refused this proposal.\n\nFinally, he knew no English at all when he arrived at Guantanamo. Yet through his interactions with the guards and the interrogators and using only an Arabic/English dictionary, he was able to teach himself rudimentary English. Unfortunately, the army decided that allowing the prisoners to have Arabic/English dictionaries was \u201cdangerous\u201d and so took it away. The army now has an affirmative policy that it does not want the prisoners to learn English."}
-{"text": "Dancing In The Ruins (a poem)\n\nI was asleep at the wheel\nmotoring in circles on a corroded dream\nyou knocked me over with a roundhouse kick\nSaying \u201cdon\u2019t worry honey you won\u2019t feel a thing\u201d\n.\nJust a clueless knight in rusted armor\nand a maiden in a dirty dress\nawash in a storm of broken promises\nthat left us in this mess\n.\nlet\u2019s ride this cloudburst out together\nride like hell toward the breaking dawn\nbreathless and naked in the sweet morning grass\nI will hold you in my arms\n.\nIn the violence of our passion\nI will pin your arms and broken wing\nwith my only superpower\nI will look into the heart you hide from me\n.\nI will kiss you with fire, and fervor, and fortune\nI will trace the tender beauty of your face\nwe will dance in the ruins of this world together\nskin to skin in love\u2019s riotous embrace\n."}
-{"text": "Sunday, December 1, 2013\n\nLately I have been working on larger canvases and in acrylic - quite a change from my preference of painting small and with watercolor. After returning from IlluxCon in September, I have decided to try and focus on the basics - better composition, greater value, and a better handle on color. I also decided to strengthen my portfolio with non-avians, since I love to paint fantasy creatures of all types, but you wouldn't know it from my bird-centric portfolio!\n\nI came across the Harper Collins Smaug Art Competition a month ago and decided it would be a good exercise to add a dragon to my portfolio. Though I read The Hobbit back in middle school, I wanted the vision of Smaug to be fresh in my mind, so I re-read it before beginning my sketches.\n\nThumbnail Sketch:\n\nTo me, Smaug was his most terrifying when laying on his treasure, just rising to speak with the 'thief' he couldn't see. Not only massive and powerful, but cunning as well - even the strongest and most clever could fall prey to his 'dragon-spell' if he spoke to them for too long. I wanted to show him just rising, peering in the direction where he knew Bilbo to be hiding, but even his sharp eyes could not spot the invisible hobbit.\n\nSecond Sketch:\n\nThere were a few things in the thumbnail sketch I wanted to change, such as the size and placement of Smaug's head, and the position of his forelegs. I scanned the thumbnail sketch in and repositioned and resized things in Photoshop, then printed it out and refined the sketch with pen. Here I began adding the details, such as a 'crown' of spines and horns.\n\nTransfer:\n\nSince I will be painting this on a piece of gessoed Masonite, I transfered the final sketch onto the 11X14 primed board with red transfer paper, since the dragon will be mostly red and gold.\n\nValue Study:\n\nIn Photoshop, I painted a grayscale value study over the final sketch to figure out where my shadows and highlights would be. I wanted the main light source to be the reflective gold he is laying on. In the book, it seemed to me that there was very little light in the great hall where the gold was, save for from the gold itself. Obviously gold does not emit its own light, but does reflect light very nicely. Here, for the sake of the illustration, I made the gold glow more than it would, and made it the main source of light. There is also a bit of light coming from Smaug's fiery throat, and from his glowing eyes.\n\nSunday, September 8, 2013\n\nAbout two years ago, I bought a watercolor sketchbook for field sketches. I discovered I loved how the paper took my paint, so I decided to buy a pad of the paper it was made from - this paper was Canson Montval Watercolor Paper. Now, any watercolor artist will tell you that the surface you paint on affects everything. Illustration board takes paint differently than cold-press watercolor paper, for example, and hot-press takes it differently than rough-press. Watercolor paper surfaces are treated, and this treatment is known as 'sizing'. The term 'sizing' has nothing to do with the dimensions of the paper, but rather how it absorbs and accepts paint. Regular sizing is essential for successful painting, and a poorly-sized paper can destroy a painting.\n\nFor the past year, I have been painting with this paper, and recently (after going through the rest of my 15X20 pad during a massive project), purchased another pad. The pad was identical in markings, appearance and labeling, so naturally I assumed it was the same exact paper. I transferred my drawing to the paper, and after a few washes discovered it was not acting anything like my beloved Montval paper from before. In fact, previous washes were coming up. The surface was closer to a rough-press than a cold-press. Washes seemed blotchy and rough, and the colors were not blending as they used to. I was distraught! I had already started three paintings with this paper and was on a tight deadline - I could not restart them. I tried to work with the paper as best I could, but the quality was lacking.\n\nThe purpose of this post isn't to call out a particular paper manufacturer (though I am quite steamed at this company for selling me what turned out to be, essentially, a bait-and-switch in terms of quality). It is to ask - or rather plead - with watercolor paper manufacturers to not switch their sizing without warning the consumers. In what way could they do this? A simple change in labeling on the cover of the pad or block of paper would suffice. Something as simple as \"new sizing from our 2012 paper\" would help artists immensely. We would know to test the paper first before leaping right into extensive projects that are a terrible waste of time and money if the paper ends up not performing as expected. For watercolor artists, we rely on our paper to act the same, each time, every time. We purchase specific paper because we know exactly how our techniques will meld with that paper. When the paper doesn't perform as expected, that hurts the artist.\n\nHere is a simple test I did to show how three different watercolor papers performed with what I call the \"tree bark test\". Each paper is labeled - I used the new pad of Canson Montval Paper (140 lbs, cold-press), a pad of 'student grade' Canson XL Pad Watercolor Paper (140 lbs, cold-press), and Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper (140 lbs, hot-press).\n\nStep 1:\n\nThe first step is using a concentrated mixture of Indigo and Sepia watercolor with a #2 round to paint in bark details. The paint is thick in places, so I of course expect a little lifting and bleeding when I put the next layer down. I let this layer dry completely before the next step\n\nStep 2:\n\nWith a #6 round and a light wash of Raw Umber and Colbalt Blue, I painted over each branch. Here is where you can see the catastrophic failure of the Montval paper. Although the first layer was completely dry, a simple, gentle wash brought up most of the paint beneath, creating a muddy, dark mess. Even the 'student grade' Canson XL paper performs better, and the Fabriano performs best with minimal bleeding.\n\nThis is not an isolated problem. Other watercolor artists have experienced sudden changes in watercolor paper sizing, resulting in problems with their paintings. Of course art supply companies should be free to change their product to create improved products for their customers, but it seems these sizing changes are resulting in a decrease of quality of the paper. This is unacceptable, and for those of us who make a living by painting, we need to have a steady, quality product. We cannot spend time and money guessing which paper will work and which will result in a muddy, awful mess.\n\nIn closing, I have two requests for watercolor paper manufacturers. The first is this: if you must change the sizing on your papers, please make it known on your labeling so your customers can be prepared and test the paper appropriately. Otherwise, you are harming your consumers and we will leave your product for a different one. The second request is not to change the sizing in your paper unless it has been thoroughly tested as a positive change. If it is becoming too costly to produce paper with the original quality, it is better to raise the price of your paper than to lower the quality. I, and many artists, would much rather pay more for the same quality paper we have come to rely on, than to pay the same as before for an unusuable product.\n\nFriday, July 26, 2013\n\nI was commissioned to create a painting featuring a great blue heron and a great egret, with the same twisting, intertwined feel as \"Radiance\". With the long, twisting necks of the heron and egret, I had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for composition. Finally, we settled on the below design.\n\nFinal Drawing:\n\nAs with Radiance, I drew the first bird, and then mirrored it upside down in Photoshop. This way, I was able to redraw the image so both birds 'fit' into one another. However, I left the water on the top and the bottom slightly different, since water flows unstructured and wild.\n\nFirst Washes:\n\nWith the great egret, I had to be very careful not to go too dark. Being a white bird, I needed to chose my shadow colors carefully, and apply them in multiple, light layers. I created a color sketch that I was working off of, and to match the style of the edges of the piece being darker than the center, decided to make the primary and secondary feathers of the egret light brown instead of white. I also made the crest of the heron a vibrant blue instead of slate gray. The beaks are a light wash of cadmium yellow.\n\nFor the heron, I started with a very light wash of raw umber mixed with naples yellow for the inner wings, with a wash of caput mortuum (a reddish brown) mixed with dioxazine violet. For the first washes for the water I used washes of ultramarine blue going to pthalo blue, and then to turquoise. I made sure not to mix them too much, since ultramarine is more of a 'true' blue, whereas pthalo blue is more cyan, and turquoise is a blue-green. Mixing these blues all together would create a bit of a muddy blue, taking away the vibrancy I wanted to achieve.\n\nShadows:\n\nHere I began putting in the details of the feathers. For the primaries and secondaries of the heron, I used a more concentrated mixture of caput mortuum/dioxazine violet, and for the egret I used sepia. In order to achieve the slight gradient of light to dark in the primaries/secondaries, I carefully wet the paper, then used a flat brush to gently brush a more concentrated layer of the original pigment, dark at the ends of the feathers, carefully lightening until the brush had only water at the base of the feathers.\n\nFor the heron, I am using a variety of colors, ranging from raw umber, caput mortuum, sepia and burnt sienna. The egret was a bit trickier to shade, since even a very light wash could go too dark very quickly. Most of what I used to shade the white of the egret was naples yellow with a very small amount of ultramarine violet. The blue of the tiny bits of background is a wash of indigo.\n\nFeather DetailsL\n\nIn this step I painted several layers of feathers. As with all my watercolor paintings, sometimes it takes me 5 or 6 layers - painting, letting dry, painting, letting dry - until I build up the details enough. If you go too dark too fast, you risk losing the subtle detail of the feathers. Caput mortuum is a wonderful color for this heron, since it is a reddish brown with just a hint of purple. To really bring out the color on its neck, I laid a few washes of rose madder down. The inner-wing feather detail on the egret is more layers of naples yellow with just a touch of raw umber. To get a 'milky' appearance that blends well, I mixed it with a little white gouache in the shadows.\n\nFor the details of the beak, I used cadmium orange, and some indigo for the darker spots.\n\nWater Details and Final Feather Details:\n\nUnlike the birds, I did not use a lot of washes for the water. As you can see in the previous steps, I only laid down one wash until this point. For the outermost bits of water, I concentrated using a true blue (ultramarine) and used a light wash of quiacridone rose to push it towards purple. Closer in, I used turquoise and pthalo blue, and for the greenish water I used turquoise for the darker areas and very light washes of green gold. As with my first wash, I was careful not to cover the white highlights. For very very fine white spots and lines, I used a white gel pen.\n\nI continued to use the same colors as before to build up the feather detail on the birds: for the heron, caput mortuum, dioxazine violet, burnt sienna and raw umber, and for the egret, naples yellow, raw umber, ultramarine violet, and sepia.\n\nReflected Blue Light - Final Piece:\n\nThe lighter highlights on the primaries/secondaries is just a little\nwhite gouache. I also took a very light wash of white acrylic to soften\nthe shadows on the egret. I also added reflected blue from the water on the birds.\n\nAdding reflected blue from the water is what makes this piece complete. You may have been thinking \"the water kind of clashes with everything else\" when seeing the previous progress shots, because the only blue in the painting was in the water, the heron's crest and the jewels, and it was a very vibrant blue. At the final stage I did two things - I added very light washes of pthalo blue (the dominant blue in the water) to the birds in places where the blue would 'reflect' off of them, and I added just a tiny bit of van dyk brown (a dark reddish brown) to the deepest shadows of the water. By adding a dark brown to the blue, it connected the blue in a subtle way with the rest of the piece. And by adding a blue wash to the rest of the piece, it connected the birds with the water, while still letting them keep their original colors.\n\nFriday, July 19, 2013\n\nI'm trying to work more in acrylic, so for the upcoming Dragon Con Art Show, I planned on having a number of acrylic pieces. Below are three process shots of an 8X10 inch acrylic on board painting of a gryphon portrait.\n\nUnderpainting:\n\nBasic values in gray, with a greenish gray background. At this point I am to find the light and shadow.\n\nBasic Details:\n\nDetails, still in grays. I start to tighten the detail on the feathers and face.\n\nColor:\n\nHere I start putting in glazes of color, going thicker where I want more vibrant color. Since I already have my shadows established, I can simply concentrate on color. I also deepen the shadows that went dull with the glazes with more color, for example adding a bit of green and black with the burnt sienna to make a deep, rich shadow for the feathers. I'm only using a few colors at this point - burnt sienna and green gold for the feathers, with black and white.\n\nFinal Details:\n\nI add a bit of green and raw umber to the background to really make the reds of the gryphon pop. To make the palette even more interesting, I add just a touch of permanent rose and dioxazine purple to the rearmost feathers. All in all the colors I used were:\n\nBurnt Sienna\n\nHooker's Green\n\nGreen Gold\n\nBurnt Ochre\n\nPermanent Rose\n\nDioxazine Purple\n\nRaw Umber\n\nMars Black\n\nTitanium White\n\nUnbleached Titanium (for some areas where I wanted a less stark white)\n\nWednesday, June 12, 2013\n\nWith summer conventions coming up, I'm always inspired by the huge paintings I see in the art shows. It reminds me that I want to work bigger, instead of squishing all the detail into an 8X10 or 9X12 painting! I've wanted to paint another large (11X14 for me is large!) acrylic painting for a while, featuring gryphons, so after doing some sketches, I came up with the idea of a gryphon holding a flag as a signal for other gryphons to fly into battle.\n\nFinal Sketch:\n\nI am trying to pay closer attention to composition lately. As I learned long ago, the eye automatically tends to travel from top left to bottom right, so you want to catch the viewer's eye and move it around the composition while breaking that straight 'dive' to the bottom right. I aimed to create movement from the gryphon in the foreground, to the middleground gryphon, all the way to the group in the background.\n\nFor colors, I didn't want to go with the same plain blue sky. I looked through some photos I took of sunset skies and found some inspiration in the yellows, oranges and deep purples there. It also gives a yellow glow for the highlights, with cooler blues for the shadows.\n\nColor Sketch:\n\nI may add another brown/red gryphon down below just above the trees so there isn't a large expanse of 'dead' space. It will also allow me to bring some of the red of the flag and jewels to more of the composition.\n\nTuesday, January 29, 2013\n\nI've been working with leather for nearly 4 years now, creating my first leather mask back in 2009. In the beginning, my leatherwork was primarily masks, and thus were pieces where the majority of the detail was through minimal tooling, but mostly acrylic paint. In 'leatherworking' terms, my masks weren't what most people would consider a 'traditional' leather craft. To be honest, all those dyes, oils, lacing, stitching, grommets and rivets kind of scared me! I saw beautiful, cleanly-tooled leather pieces by professional leatherworkers and doubted I could ever do something so beautiful and functional. So for years, the extent of my leatherwork remained masks, and a few keychains. When people requested commissions for other leather items, I declined, since I didn't have the confidence to try.\n\nAbout a year ago, I started branching out a little, making leather feather pendants and leather wing pendants. These were still mostly painting and little tooling, but I started discovering that I could make things out of leather aside from just masks. In October of 2012, I finally bought a new recurve bow after planning and saving up since the beginning of the year. I've been involved with archery since 2001, but hadn't picked up a bow since 2007 for a variety of reasons. Getting back into archery inspired me to create my own archery accessories. My first inspiration was to create the one item I don't have yet, which is a quiver...but that's far too ambitious a project just yet! I realized I had to practice on something smaller, so I decided to try my hand at an arm guard.\n\nOak Falcon - Leather Archery Arm Guard (Version 1) - October 2012\n\nThis was my first attempt, back in October of 2012. I created a few sketches for the falcon, settled on this design, and transferred it to my leather. I had a new ceramic swivel blade (used to cut lines into the surface of the leather), which doesn't go dull like metal swivel blades. However, the blade I had was a straight blade, meaning it was thick and meant mostly for larger tooled pieces. I ran into a lot of problems with my small, detailed design, namely the blade 'digging up' my leather around corners. It was probably 60% user inexperience and 40% 'wrong tool for the job'.\n\nI also did not case the leather correctly. Casing leather is the process of wetting the leather and letting it sit long enough for the moisture to travel through the leather, while the very top of the leather dries to the point of it returning to its 'dry color.' The interior of the leather is still slightly damp, however, meaning when you use tools such as stamps, you get a nice beveled edge. Leather that is too dry throughout will result in the tools not pushing down far enough into the leather. Leather that is too wet throughout (as I learned) will result in the leather becoming 'mushy' and being too pliable. Imagine working with clay - if the clay is too firm, it won't shape right. If it is too wet, it won't keep its shape and simply squish around. My leather was too wet when I tooled it, so the tooling ended up very sloppy.\n\nOnce the tooling was finished, it came time to dye the leather. I was determined not to fall back on my 'crutch' of acrylic paint! I wanted to color it almost entirely with leather dyes. Before even touching the arm guard, I'd experimented on some scrap leather, using resists (Super Shene), seeing how certain colors looked over tooled spots, and testing out my leather antique gels. All in all, I realized my design was just too detailed and my demands for color were just too extreme for what I was trying to do. I used brushes to get into small areas, but overall the whole design still looked a bit sloppy. In addition to that, I tried to shade with the dye, and it didn't look the way I wanted.\n\nWhen I cut the shape of the arm guard, I made the mistake of using leather shears. Since I'd never created a straight-edged piece before (leather masks always have curves), I didn't think to use anything else! Well, being a human, my 'straight cut' ended up a little wavy and irregular, as can be seen in the first image. I also decided to create straps and use buckles so it could be put on and easily tightened using only one hand. The straps ended up being very scratchy and 'pinched' when I put it on.\n\nBut in the end, I wasn't too upset with the outcome since I wasn't expecting a perfect piece. This started as a practice piece, and while full of mistakes, I learned what to do and what not to do. So a few months later, I tried my hand at creating it again.\n\nOak Falcon - Leather Archery Arm Guard (Version 2) - January 2013\n\nThis time, I simplified the design a little, to exclude the leaves overlapping the falcon, and some of the feather layers on the breast. I also wasn't afraid this time to simplify the colors. The falcon's chest doesn't have to be extremely light, it just has to be lighter than the rest of the body. Like with the first, I used a layer of resist to prevent the overlaying dye from getting too dark. The only drawback of this is it can result in a 'blotchy' dye layer, but you can avoid this for the most part by making sure you don't leave any pools of dye.\n\nInstead of the thick straight swivel blade, I used a ceramic angle blade, which gave me more control over detail and curves. I made sure to case the leather properly, which resulted in a much cleaner tooling. This time, I used a dark brown antique gel instead of black, which allowed me to go over the entire design without worrying about it looking too dark. The antique gel, when rubbed onto tooled leather, goes into the lines of your tooling and stays there after it's wiped from the surface. It also seats itself into the pores of the leather, so it does darken the design slightly.\n\nPerhaps the biggest change with this version was the addition of eyelets and lace instead of straps and buckles. It's much more comfortable to wear, though it doesn't stay on as tight with just a one-handed knot. My solution will be to add a cord lock (like those used on hoodies), so it can be tightened with one hand. The edges are also much straighter, as I used a ruler and a utility knife to cut them instead of shears.\n\nLastly, as the dye was drying, I curved the arm guard around and kept it in a curve by using elastic bands. When the dye dried, the arm guard stayed in a curved shape. The first one was stiff in the wrong places and didn't keep a curved shape well, so this was another improvement.\n\nThere are still some improvements I can make to future arm guards, but I'm much more confident in creating more 'traditional' leather work after making these two arm guards. Perhaps once I've made a few more, I'll find the courage to try making a tooled quiver!\n\nThursday, January 24, 2013\n\nTo preserve the 'gems' on the falcon's feathers, I cover them with masking fluid. This will allow me to paint washes over them and not have to worry about painting around them, so when it comes time to paint them I have the white of the paper. Based on the color sketch, I start putting in wet-on-wet washes to make sure they blend well. The important part here is to make sure you only wet areas that are NOT touching other wet sections...otherwise the colors from the first section will bleed into the other section! For example, I waited until the falcon's wing was completely dry before wetting the hawk's head and back.\n\nIt's important not to go too dark at this stage, and this is more of an underpainting basis for the other layers.\n\nPart 2: Adding Color\n\nIn the falcon's wing, you can see how I started adding color to individual feathers. I wanted a bit of a gradient, so I started at the top, with aureolin yellow, then going lower with cadmium orange, then using quinacridone rose and finally Thio violet. Even here, I made sure to use wet-on-wet to encourage the colors to blend cleanly, while using a brush very heavy with pigment. When the paper is wet, if your brush doesn't have a lot of pigment, you're going to end up with a very weak wash.\n\nI continued down the wing, combining Thio Violet with cerulean blue. Right now the whole thing looks very oversaturated, but adding shadows and value in the next step will balance some of the color, and make the colors seem even more brilliant, when contrasted with the dull shadows. I've also started to add detail to the leaves of the willows.\n\nSaturday, January 19, 2013\n\nI've been so busy with leatherwork lately that I've barely had time to paint! Thankfully I've made time to work on things between projects, and here is one 'just for me' painting I'm starting.\n\nFor this, I'm incorporating two techniques I'm aiming for in my work - larger paper size, and experimenting with different paper proportions. I tend to work around 8X10 or smaller, but this piece is 12 inches long. I also find that working in a more 'slender' paper size helps me pay closer attention to composition.\n\nI also aimed to experiment with different angles. The viewer is looking up at the falcon, but down at the hawk. The hawk is also mostly facing away from the viewer, while the falcon is looking at the viewer. I wanted to have a push-and-pull interaction: looking up and down, being looked at and looking away.\n\nI experimented with different colors before settling on this color sketch. The previous sketches were too 'rainbow', but I want to have a balance between saturation and dull color - that's what truly makes color pop. The painting itself will be a bit brighter - I find I work too dark digitally most of the time!\n\nHere, I'm aiming for compliments - the orange and green of the hawk and leaves, with blue and purple next to the yellow and orange of the hawk's plumage. I'm also working on carrying color around the composition - the brilliant green of the leaves on the falcon carry to the background, and to the hawk's eye, and finally there's a hint of it in the hawk's secondary feathers.\n\nThe real test here will be if I can stick mostly to the color sketch...or if my watercolors take me in a whole new direction!\n\nAbout Me\n\nI'm an illustrator based in Connecticut with an M.F.A. in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta. I love fantasy illustration, watercolor, and combining the two to create things that should exist, but don't!\n\nWhat's a 'featherseed'? A bird, of course! Feathers grow on birds, therefore birds are seeds for feathers! I also felt it was a fitting name for a journal that shows the process of my work, since birds are so prominent in my art. Each sketch is a seed, in a way."}
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-{"text": "Technical Abstract:\nBiofuels are continuously gaining importance in light of the dependence on diminishing and imported petroleum, coupled with rising energy prices, environmental issues and the need to strengthen the domestic agricultural economy. Biodiesel, which is obtained from vegetable oils, animal fats or used frying oils by means of a chemical reaction called transesterification, is such a fuel. It is suitable for use in diesel (compression-ignition) engines which power buses, trucks, ships, construction equipment, railroad locomotives and even passenger vehicles. An estimated 450 million gallons of biodiesel were produced commercially in 2007 in the United States. The transesterification reaction reduces the thickness (viscosity) of the oil or fat, making it more suitable for use in an engine. Otherwise, the thickness of the oil or fat would lead to undesirable effects such as engine deposits. Biodiesel is technically competitive with diesel fuel derived from petroleum. Technical advantages of biodiesel include biodegradability, safer handling, positive energy balance, negative carbon dioxide balance, inherent lubricity, and reduction of most exhaust emissions. The issue of lubricity has made biodiesel attractive for use with modern ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuels whose poor lubricity can wear out fuel injectors. Biodiesel, however, also faces technical problems which impair the use of biodiesel under certain conditions. These problems include behavior at low temperatures due to formation of solids at around 32 deg F (0 deg C), storage stability when exposed to air, and one kind of exhaust emissions known as nitrogen oxides (NOx). Solving these problems is rendered difficult because the solution to one problem tends to aggravate one or more of the other problems. Besides better understanding of the causes of these problems, ARS researchers use several approaches to solving these problems. These approaches include the use of additives, new fuel formulations and altering the nature of the major components that comprise biodiesel."}
-{"text": "Our website uses cookies and other technologies so that we can remember you and understand how you and other visitors use our website. By continuing to browse this Site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Click here for more information on our Cookie Policy, including how you may control the information we collect about you through cookies.Read MoreAccept\n\nHeadline: U.S. employment rose by 103,000 jobs in March, which was well below the consensus expectation of 193,000. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1% for the sixth consecutive month. While monthly employment changes are volatile, employment growth in March was well below that of February. Further reflecting volatility in monthly numbers, January\u2019s job growth was revised downward, while February\u2019s was revised upward. On net, however, employment gains in January and February were 50,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. The labor force participation rate remained mostly unchanged at 62.9%.\n\nExecutive Summary: Monthly employment gains remain volatile, as do revisions. On average, job growth has been a relatively strong 202,000 jobs per month for the past three months. In March, average hourly earnings rose slightly. Year-to-date, wages have risen by 2.7%. Based on these results, there is no reason to expect the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will change its course on the normalization of monetary policy. Markets have already priced in two additional rate increases this year. It\u2019s possible that the Fed could consider a third increase if wage growth remains above 2.5%, given uneven productivity growth.\n\nWage Inflation: Annualized wage growth was 2.9% in January, 2.6% in February and 2.7% in March. While this wage growth is substantially slower than growth prior to the global financial crisis, it represents an increase from post-crisis lows. The 10-year Treasury has fallen slightly from last month by about 10 basis points (bps). It remains nearly 45 bps higher than this time last year. Given the normalization path of monetary policy, the 10-year Treasury is more likely to be slightly above 3% than below it by year-end.\n\nJob Growth Outlook: Without a sharp increase in labor force participation, job growth likely will moderate in coming months, as employers find it difficult to fill skilled positions from the current workforce. Recent tax reform is expected to increase the deficit, further placing upward pressure on interest rates. But it also is likely to provide a boost to the job market, potentially extending the current cycle. Nevertheless, gains will likely be modest given that the economy is operating at near-full capacity. While market volatility has risen slightly, a trade dispute between the U.S. and China remains focused on minor import tariffs.\n\nCRE Sector Employment:\n\nConstruction: Employment in construction was little changed, after adding a solid 61,000 jobs in February.\n\nIndustrial: Manufacturing payrolls rose by 22,000 in March. The manufacturing sector has added 232,000 jobs over the past year, with the durable goods component accounting for three-quarters of the increase."}
-{"text": "EDAG Motorcycles If, apart from motor racing, there is any branch of the mobility industry that goes far beyond technology and stands for passion, love, speed, freedom and adventure - for some of the strongest..."}
-{"text": "Information overload?\n\nOakley, the eyewear company, makes a $600 ski goggle that comes with a warning in the package: Do not operate product while skiing.\n\nIt is an admonition that should be taken with a grain of salt, said Chris Petrillo, a product manager at the company. Of course, he said, the digital goggles are meant for skiing and snowboarding.\n\n\u201cWelcome to the world of lawyers and litigation,\u201d he said.\n\nBut maybe the lawyers are on to something.\n\nSafety advocates say the concept of high-tech displays for goggles \u2014 and for other sports eyewear \u2014 is information overload run amok, particularly when people are using them at high speeds.\n\nYet Oakley, based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., is one of a handful of sports eyewear companies betting that thrill seekers and athletes crave the equivalent of a cockpit dashboard while skiing, snowboarding, cycling and running.\n\nThe companies are in the vanguard of the next wave of personal technology, called wearable computing, which promises to further shrink the barrier between users and the information they seek.\n\nThe goggles made by Oakley, and similarly high-tech pairs made by competitors, have a display in the lens that shows changing speed and altitude, and can display incoming text messages.\n\nThe goggles are tributes to miniaturization, equipped with global positioning technology and wireless Bluetooth to stream calls and music from phones. They can even be configured to show videos that are being shot in real time from a camera attached to the top of the lens or embedded in it.\n\nThe consumer base is small but growing, perhaps several hundred thousand people using various forms of high-tech eyewear, people in the industry say. But they also say this is the future, and some customers swear by them as performance-enhancing gadgets \u2014 as long as users are careful.\n\nHarry Puterbaugh, 57, a farmer from Peoria, Ill., and his wife and 13- and 14-year-old daughters, use high-tech goggles made by Zeal Optics of Boulder, Colo., on ski trips to Aspen and surrounding slopes in Colorado. Puterbaugh likes being able to track how many runs and vertical feet he has skied.\n\nHe has another pair of goggles, one with a built-in camera that lets him take videos of his action, or his daughters, as they tear down the mountain. A little image in the corner of his eye allows him to see what is being captured, but he said he learned quickly to ignore the image.\n\nHis daughters have learned to be cautious too.\n\n\u201cWhen my girls first started using them, they would get in trouble because they were watching their speed and not paying attention to what they were doing,\u201d he said. \u201cThey would fall, but you only do that once before you realize it\u2019s not a good thing to do.\u201d\n\nBesides, he said of the little screen, \u201conce you get used to it, you can pick it up without having to take focus off the mountain itself.\u201d\n\nTherein lies the rub. Safety advocates say it is not possible, as seductive as it might sound, to take in simultaneously two streams of information: the real-life action, and the virtual performance data.\n\n\u201cYou\u2019re effectively skiing blind; you\u2019re going to miss a mogul or hit somebody,\u201d said David Strayer, a neuroscientist at the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, who for more than two decades has studied the science of attention and distraction. Even the briefest glance at the information takes over a skier\u2019s field of vision and focus, he said.\n\nConnect with The Bulletin\n\nPopular stories for News\n\nA Crook County Grand Jury on Thursday indicted a Prineville man who allegedly sexually abused several teenage males on 30 charges including sodomy, sex abuse and encouraging child sex abuse. Leo Carl Novak, 63, originally faced two counts of third-degree sex abuse and two counts of third-degree sodomy for alleged incidents involving two Crook County brothers, according to Ron Brown, the county's chief deputy district\u2026\n... more\n\nFRESNO, Calif. \u2014 Federal law now allows visitors to carry guns in national parks, but you can\u2019t just slip a loaded pistol into your backpack and take a hike. Pay attention, because this is a little complicated. You will need a concealed weapons permit to carry the loaded gun in the backpack. But you don\u2019t need any kind of permit if you just want to\u2026\n... more\n\nReporter\u2019s prelude: This past winter, I had so much fun trying out and writing about Central Oregon\u2019s popular snow sports that The Bulletin decided to bring back a similar series for this summer. Join me as I explore a number of the region\u2019s cherished summer sports and recreational activities. This week, I try swimming. Even though Central Oregon is considered the high desert, the region\u2026\n... more\n\nA few weeks ago, a reader sent me an eloquent email complaining about a story in which I'd suggested paddling on the northern branch of Sparks Lake as an alternative to more crowded portions of the popular lake. The writer said that over the decades, he'd seen Central Oregon \u201cloved to death. \u201d Now, powder is tracked out in 30 minutes, Sparks Lake is always\u2026\n... more\n\nMove over, large lap pools. Smaller swimming holes are making a big splash. Sure, the economy is playing a role in making this luxury littler: Smaller pool equals smaller budget. But it's more than that, says Brett Berry, owner of Landscape Renderings, a Missouri business that designs and builds outdoor living environments. \u201cYou can create a fantastic sense of intimacy and atmosphere with a small\u2026\n... more"}
-{"text": "GBP/USD: 'V-Bottom' points to bullish correction\n\n09:07 07.08.2018\n\nThe pair has been declining since the last 'Triangle' was broken. Also, we've got a 'V-Bottom', so there's an opportunity to have a local upward correction. In this case, we should keep an eye on the closest resistance at 1.3008 as a possible departure point for another decline.\n\nWe've got a 'V-Bottom', which has been confirmed by the last 'Pennant'. At the same time, it's likely to have a local bearish correction towards the nearest support at 1.2932. If we have a pullback from this level next, bulls will try to test the next resistance at 1.2974 - 1.2994."}
-{"text": "Post navigation\n\nMalick: Only in Russian Characters\n\n\u2026combine the romantic and innocent side, with the insolent and daring side. For some reason, you only ever see that combination in Russian characters\n\non filming To the Wonder\n\nSo, for example, he recommended that Kurylenko read The Idiot with a particular eye on two characters: the young and prideful Aglaya Yepanchin, and the fallen, tragic Nastassya Filippovna. \u201cHe wanted me to combine their influences \u2014 the romantic and innocent side, with the insolent and daring side. \u2018For some reason, you only ever see that combination in Russian characters,\u2019 he said to me.\u201d\n\n_____________________________________________________\n\nAs prompts for the actors, Malick shared representative works of art and literature. For Affleck, he suggested Fitzgerald, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. (Affleck read Martin Heidegger on his own, having known that Malick had translated one of the German philosopher\u2019s works as a grad student.) For Kurylenko, he also recommended Tolstoy and Dostoevsky \u2014 specifically, Anna Karenina, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot. \u201cThose books were, in a way, his script,\u201d she says. But he did more than give the actors the books; he suggested ways to approach the texts and characters to focus on. So, for example, he recommended that Kurylenko read The Idiot with a particular eye on two characters: the young and prideful Aglaya Yepanchin, and the fallen, tragic Nastassya Filippovna. \u201cHe wanted me to combine their influences \u2014 the romantic and innocent side, with the insolent and daring side. \u2018For some reason, you only ever see that combination in Russian characters,\u2019 he said to me.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Relationship with Ben Franklin\n\nIn 1750, Benjamin Franklin published a proposal for an experiment to determine if lightning was electricity. He proposed extending a conductor into a cloud that appeared to have the potential to become a thunderstorm. If electricity existed in the cloud, the conductor could be used to extract it.\n\nExperiments with electricity\n\nDalibard & Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, translated Franklin's proposal into French and in May 1752 they performed an experiment using a 40-foot-tall metal rod at Marly-la-Ville. It is said that Dalibard used wine bottles to ground the pole, and he successfully extracted electricity from a low cloud. It is not known whether Franklin ever performed his proposed experiment.\nDalibard was the author of Florae Parisiensis Prodromus, ou catalogue des plantes qui naissent dans les environs de Paris (Paris, 1749).\n\nBroken Like An Angel\n\nShe was a queenLost within a dreamMisconceived that he was fit to reignLies take victimsSeparate them at the seamsCause them to fall apartThen move along to better things nowWants to fall in love againDon't you know thatHe'sSatisfied to own herNo time permits to open upWhen you've been hiding thoughts so strongShe's been holding out for an angel to come alongNo reply from the skyBut she just keeps looking upShe just keeps looking up nowWants to fall in love againDon't you know that heHe'sSatisfied to own herShe'll never know love's true potentialLost in the open windTo his impatienceNever feeling they would fall apartShe let her feelings growTo tears she'll never show nowWants to fall in love againDon't you know that heHe'sSatisfied to own herYou know he couldn't seeThat she could be his everythingBringing light to everything nowShe just wants toFall in love again"}
-{"text": "GayRoma.it su WordPress.com\n\n1. Site Overview\n\nGayroma.it is the non Alexa rated largest website within the world.\nThe website is created in n/a,\nowned by n/a,\ncurrently located in Italy\nand is running on IP 62.149.128.151\nregistered by IT-Nic network.\nThis site not uses Javascript for user interaction.\nThis site not uses CSS to manage the site layout.\nThis site is running on the Microsoft-IIS/8.5\nwebserver.\nThe server side programming lanquage of the site is ASP.NET\n.\nGayroma.it Google Pagerank is n/a and it's domain is Country Domain.\nGayroma.it estimated worth is $0.00,\nwith 0 estimated visites per day and ad revenue of $\n0.00.\n\n3. Traffic Graph\n\n4. Technical Info\n\nReview the different technologies that were used for the development of the website. This technologies selection may affect both the website stability and how the website is being evaluated by the different search engines.\n\n5. Page Speed\n\nPage speed is important to user experience. Pages with a longer load time tend to have higher bounce rates and lower average time on page.\n\nHeader Size:\n\n1144 KB\n\nRequest Size:\n\n566 KB\n\nName Lookup Time:\n\n0.03 seconds\n\nConnect Time:\n\n0.04 seconds\n\nPretransfer Time:\n\n0.08 seconds\n\nTotal Time:\n\n1.66 seconds\n\nSize Download:\n\n69480 KB\n\nSpeed Download:\n\n41955 KB/S\n\nTotal Time\n\n1.66 seconds\n\nDownload Size\n\n69480 KB\n\nDownload Speed\n\n41955 KB/S\n\n5. Site Geolocation\n\nGeolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar source, mobile phone or Internet-connected computer terminal.\n\nServer Country Code:\n\nIT\n\nServer Country Name:\n\nItaly\n\nServer City Name:\n\nArezzo\n\nServer Region Name:\n\n16\n\nServer Zip Code:\n\n52100\n\nServer Latitude:\n\n43.416698455811\n\nServer Longitude:\n\n11.883299827576\n\n5. Site Worth\n\nWe are absolutely certain that every one is able to earn money from his website, Therefor we will display a short estimated numbers that might be achievable to your website.\n\nEstimated Website Worth\n\n$0.00\n\nEstimated Daily Visits\n\n0\n\nEstimated Daily Revenue\n\n$0.00\n\n6. Google Trends\n\nGoogle Trends is a public web facility of Google Inc., based on Google Search, that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages.\n\n7. Keywords Density\n\nWebsite keywords and their density is an important aspect which is considered carefully by search engines before making a decision about current website promoting.\n\nKeyword\n\nCount\n\nDensity (%)\n\nMauro\n\n13\n\nRoma\n\n12\n\nCioffari\n\n12\n\nGay\n\n9\n\nQueer\n\n8\n\nMaurocioffari\n\n7\n\nCivili\n\n6\n\nGayroma\n\n6\n\nLegge\n\n5\n\nUnioni\n\n5\n\nCandidato\n\n4\n\nMovimento\n\n4\n\nMunicipio\n\n4\n\nDella\n\n4\n\nVillaggio\n\n3\n\nSel\n\n3\n\nComunit\u00e0\n\n3\n\nFollow\n\n3\n\nAndrea\n\n3\n\nCultura\n\n3\n\nVendola\n\n3\n\n8. Alternative Domain Spelling\n\nIt is very common for users to misspell domain names, at some cases these typos result in users ending up in competitors website. You can reduce these phenomena by adding alternative spelling options to the domain name, as part of the site content hence covering some of the more common spelling errors and typos.\n\n9. Domain Whois\n\n*********************************************************************\n* Please note that the following result could be a subgroup of *\n* the data contained in the database. *\n* *\n* Additional information can be visualized at: *\n* http://www.nic.it/cgi-bin/Whois/whois.cgi *\n*********************************************************************"}
-{"text": "A Macungie woman lost control of the car she was driving Tuesday afternoon on Texas Road in Lower Macungie Township and smashed head-on with an SUV, causing significant injuries to three people, Pennsylvania State Police report this morning in a news release.Mabel A. Vermuelen, 63, was driving a 2005 Kia Rio north at 5:21 p.m. on East Texas Road between Kressler and Dulles roads when she failed to negotiate a slight curve, crossed the double yellow line and slammed into a southbound Kia Sorento driven by Nicole R. Reimer, 45, of Lehighton, Pa., police said.\n\nAll were taken by Macungie EMS to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township. Vermuelen and Wink were in critical condition today, the admitting department said. There was no record of Reimer at the hospital."}
-{"text": "Monday, September 16, 2013\n\nGuest post by Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association (NRA)Every time a tragic mass shooting happens, people try to blame guns, and by extension the NRA. But this one isn\u2019t on us. We did all we could to prevent the Navy Shipyard shooting by working to ensure that every person in America has unlimited access to an unlimited number of guns (all makes and models) and unlimited rounds of ammunition. And yet, fools in Congress and in state legislatures like Colorado tried to restrict Americans\u2019 access to guns.\nI am certain that the shooting at the Navy Shipyard could have been prevented if every single person were carrying an assault rifle capable of at least 30 rounds per second. Now, sure, there probably would have been many more children or adults killed as a result of accidents with those same guns, probably in their homes, but not 12 people in one day in one place. They would have been spread out and never made the news or caused Americans to grieve except when they knew the victim personally. But this mass shooting at the Navy Shipyard is entirely the fault of the all those who voted for the Manchin-Toomey gun control bill*.\n\nWe\u2019re trying to prevent mass shootings, but they\u2019re leaving Americans helpless to defend themselves. I mean, sure, accidental deaths outnumber the mass shootings in any given month, but let\u2019s be honest\u2013 those toddlers probably should have returned fire when their 5-year-old sibling started playing with daddy\u2019s gun instead of just moping around in their dirty dipers.\nAnd in any event, I remind you that the Constitution specifies a right to bear arms and places no limitations on that right. The Second Amendment guarantees that right to ALL AMERICANS, including:\n\nAnd we at the NRA are committed to making sure that all these Americans have access to all the guns and ammunition that they feel necessary to protect themselves from all threats, real or imagined, unencumbered by background checks or waiting periods. And to anyone who opposes us, WE WILL STAND AND FIGHT.\nThank you and God bless America,Wayne LaPierreExecutive Vice President, NRA*even though it didn\u2019t pass."}
-{"text": "Frank Warren wants to see Fury back in ring as soon as possible\n\nAlan Baldwin\n\n3 Min Read\n\nLONDON (Reuters) - Boxing promoter Frank Warren says he would be happy to link up with Tyson Fury again if the troubled former heavyweight world champion manages to put his demons behind him and secures a license.\n\nFury, who is still facing an anti-doping hearing and is provisionally suspended, said on Twitter on Monday that he aimed to make a comeback against an unnamed opponent on May 13.\n\nThe 28-year-old has not fought since beating Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko to become world champion in November 2015, subsequently pulling out of a rematch twice.\n\nWarren, speaking to Reuters after a news conference to publicize an IBF world super-featherweight title bout on May 20 between American Gervonta Davis and Britain\u2019s Liam Walsh, hoped Fury could return.\n\n\u201cI want to see him back in the ring as soon as possible but before that happens he\u2019s got a couple of issues to sort out,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s a hearing set for early May and if he comes through that OK then he\u2019ll box.\n\n\u201cHe seems to think that he will get his issues sorted out with UKAD (Britain\u2019s anti-doping agency) and let\u2019s hope that\u2019s going to be the case because we all miss him,\u201d he added.\n\nWarren, whose BoxNation channel had been due to televise Fury\u2019s Klitschko rematch, said last October that the Briton had a \u2018self-destruct button\u2019.\n\n\u201cIt was a problem last year but he had problems himself and so we all got a bit of understanding of what was going on in his life,\u201d he said on Tuesday.\n\n\u201cHopefully that\u2019s all behind him now and we can move forward and get him back to what he\u2019s doing which is being a great heavyweight boxer. Without a doubt he\u2019s the best heavyweight out there.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of time for him...I\u2019d like to be involved in moving forward and getting him back to where he should be, which is being the number one heavyweight.\u201d\n\nFury vacated his WBO and WBA belts last year, revealing he was seeking medical help, after telling Rolling Stone magazine that he had taken cocaine to help his depression.\n\nFury\u2019s license was \u201csuspended pending further investigation\u201d by the British Boxing Board of Control.\n\nHe was also charged with a rule violation by UK Anti-Doping after a urine sample from February 2015 showed traces of the banned stimulant nandrolone. He has denied any wrongdoing."}
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-{"text": "Notes:-------------(A) Maybe 10.12-16 is better approach and a win.(B) With little time on his clock, Sergio chooses a save draw instead of further complications including a positional sacrifice by 20. ... 8-11, 21. 16-19 and only now 21. ... 14-10!, after which it might be very hard for red,tough a man up temporarily, to achive the save haven of a draw.\n\nGames 25 and 26 will be played tomorrow in the morning session, starting at 9:00 CEST.Games 27 and 28 will be played in the afternoon session, starting at 15:30 CEST."}
-{"text": "Title\n\nAuthors\n\nPublication Date\n\n2006\n\nAbstract\n\nGlobal liberalization is driving a 'logic of participation', for firms and unions alike. Economic pressures drive managers to innovate across a range of possibilities, from outsourcing and union busting to work reorganization and labor-management partnership. Those same pressures, reflected largely through the strategic choices of employers, also force unions to innovate \u2013 from concession bargaining and cooperation to coalition building and international solidarity. Because employers are increasingly tempted by strategies that seek to weaken or marginalize unions, sustained participation for unions arguably requires a new period of activist mobilization.\n\nThis article explores one significant component of renewed labor mobilization: union coalition building. Based on a case study of coalition efforts in the United States between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club from 1999-2004, concepts and causal linkages are suggested for broader analysis. Research findings presented here indicate the following causal processes at work: union strategies, defining moments and spillover combine to drive coalition building processes that include events, campaigns and institution building - ranging from local to national and global levels. Beyond this US-based case, a framework for cross-national comparative analysis is also suggested.\n\nComments\n\nSuggested CitationTurner, L. (2006). Globalization and the logic of participation: Unions and the politics of coalition building [Electronic version]. Retrieved [insert date], from Cornell University, ILR School site: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/755/"}
-{"text": "Pinterest Strikes With Email Optimized For Viewing In All Environments\n\n\u201c25 DAYS OF INSPIRATIONAL EMAILS\u201d \u2014 DAY 6: PINTEREST\n\nPinterest has been sending out some great emails lately and really stepping up their responsive email game. I received this email a few weeks ago and it particularly struck me not only because of its great responsive design but because of its content & fun new board, \u201c30 Days of Pinspiration.\u201d This email inspired this blog series, \u201c25 Days of Email Inspiration,\u201d and our Pinterest board, \u201c25 Days of Pinspirational Emails.\u201d How could I not feature this inspiring email?!\n\nOPTIMIZED FOR VIEWING IN ALL ENVIRONMENTS\n\nI originally opened this email on my iPhone and was really pleased with how easy it was to interact with on the small screen of my mobile device.\n\nThe responsive design of this email scales the email & increases the text size on mobile devices so that it is easy to read and interact with on smaller screens. While Pinterest doesn\u2019t do anything extra fancy with their responsive design for this email (such as changing the CTA based on the size of the screen the email is being read on), they don\u2019t need to! They keep it simple yet functional.\n\nWhile this responsive design creates an extremely mobile-friendly email, the text and links in the footer of the email are small on a mobile device, which made them difficult to click. Text should be a minimum of 14px so it is still legible and \u201ctouch friendly\u201d on a mobile device.\n\nIn addition, it should be noted that media queries (responsive design) are not supported on every mobile OS. That being said, if you find out that the majority of your mobile opens are occurring on devices that don\u2019t support media queries, such as Android 4.0 (Gmail), putting resources towards responsive design may not be the best option for you! Check out this compatibility chart from Style Campaign.\n\nSLEEK, SIMPLE DESIGN\n\nI like the sleek design of this holiday email. It isn\u2019t over-the-top with the typical reds and greens of holiday emails, but it\u2019s more simple and sophisticated with blues, golds and accents of reds. The background image makes the otherwise simple design of the email a little bit sexier with the gold trimmings. However, it should be noted that background images are not supported in all email clients \u2014 you can check out Campaign Monitor\u2019s guide to CSS support for a compatibility list. Regardless of whether background images are supported or not, the email still pops due to the vibrant blue background color.\n\nSince the main focus of the email is the \u201c30 Days of Pinspiration\u201d series (it\u2019s in the subject line after all!), it makes sense that the email design features that content. The fancy heading and the three white boxes jump off the dark blue page and draw in the reader\u2019s eye.\n\nSOME SUGGESTIONS\n\nSome of the text is a little difficult to read due to the color contrasts. I found that all the text under the 3 days of inspiration, was a little bit difficult to read \u2014 especially the \u201cHappy (holiday) pinning!\u201d and the information in the footer. The dark color of the text on the blue background made it somewhat illegible.\n\nWhen focusing in on the footer I realized that Pinterest does not include their physical mailing address in the email. According to the CAN-SPAM Act, messages must include valid physical postal addresses, so Pinterest might want to consider adding this to their emails!\n\nWhile the email doesn\u2019t look horrible with images off, it could look even better had they used styled ALT text and bulletproof buttons. Pinterest\u2019s use of background colors and live text enables the hierarchy and content to be present regardless of whether images are present or not. However, if they had used bulletproof buttons for the \u201c3 days\u201d links and used styled ALT text in the heading, the email would look that much better.\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK?\n\nI\u2019d love to hear your thoughts on this email! What do you like about it? Let me know!\n\nSUBMIT YOUR EMAILS TO BE FEATURED!\n\nDo you have an email that you\u2019d like us to feature in our inspiration series? Send it to us at inspiration@litmus.com!"}
-{"text": "One Belt One Road Subnational Forum\n\nLt. Governor Kounalakis speaking at the Belt and road CEO Conference in China\n\nONE BELT ONE ROAD SUBNATIONAL FORUM\nTHURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019\nREMARKS AS PREPARED\n\nPART 1: CALIFORNIA\n\nIt is an honor to be here in Beijing for the One Belt, One Road conference, representing California, the westernmost part of the continental United States, with a 1000-kilometer shoreline on the Pacific Ocean. I am honored to be here on behalf of the people of California, and our state\u2019s governor, Gavin Newsom.\n\nCalifornia is the primary economic engine driving the US economy \u2013 which is the largest economy in the world. Our state alone, if it were an independent country, would be the fifth largest economy in the world. We are home to Silicon Valley, Disneyland, Hollywood, and so many other iconic places which people around the world identify with American culture, and innovation.\n\nWe are also home to the largest system of public universities anywhere in the world. The University of California and the California State University together have 33 campuses and over 750,000 students. Our community college system has an enrollment of over two million students.\n\nEducation is important to us in California \u2013 and countries around the world participate in our success by sending thousands of international students to our state to study side-by-side with our own American students. In fact, at this moment, 9 percent of the students studying in our University of California system are from China. That is nearly one in ten of our students at UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC San Francisco and the all the other UC campuses combined.\n\nThis robust educational exchange fosters the sharing of culture and ideas \u2013 and builds personal relationships which go on to be the basis of mutual understanding, international cooperation and economic innovation.\n\nOpening our minds, opening our hearts, is a fundamental ideal for Californians. We are the home of the beat poets, we invented blue jeans, skateboarding and popsicles. It is well known that in the United States, we believe that personal liberty \u2013 freedom \u2013 drives innovation, which in turn drives economic development.\n\nNo part of my country exemplifies the connection between freedom and economic development more than California. It is why our state attracts not just students from around the world, but anyone seeking to work hard, play by the rules and build a better life for themselves and their families.\n\nI myself am the daughter of a Greek immigrant. My father came to California as a refugee after the Second World War. He came alone, with no money and no English, and moved to the vast, fertile Central Valley, where he worked in the fields, as a farmworker, picking fruit. He also went to school and because of our system of public universities, he was able to go to college and get an education.\n\nMy story is not uncommon in California. In fact, 27 percent of the residents of our state were born outside of the United States. That is more than one in four of our population of 40 million people who are immigrants from another country \u2013 Europe, Central and South America, India, Asia, everywhere. If you haven\u2019t been to California, please come! And you will see walking down the street a rainbow of people from around the world. We attract the best and the brightest \u2013 the most ambitious and hardest working \u2013 those who dream of breathing the sweet air of acceptance and freedom.\n\nWe know that our diversity is our strength. We also know that it creates special challenges for us. For instance, there are at least 59 languages spoken in our elementary schools. And the U.S. federal government grappling with difficult immigration issues. But in California we do not hide from challenges \u2013 we meet them head on.\n\nPART II: CALIFORNIA IS ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND BRI SHOULD TOO\n\nOne of the greatest challenges we in California have taken it upon ourselves to address is that of climate change \u2013 and global warming.\n\nIf you have seen California in the news these last two years you have seen our state experiencing historic catastrophic wildfires. Governor Newsom\u2019s top priority is preventing and preparing for these fires \u2013 fires that have traveled at the speed of one football field per second and have formed fire tornados \u2013 things we have never seen before. We know the catastrophic wild fires are just one manifestation of a rapidly changing climate.\n\nThe reason I came to Beijing to participate in the One Belt, One Road conference is primarily to speak about climate change, and urge participants to prioritize this issue, and consider how the Belt and Road Initiative can drive positive action around this global threat.\n\nCalifornia\u2019s previous governors \u2013 Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown \u2013 our current Governor Gavin Newsom, myself, and the vast majority of the people of California all agree: Climate change is a serious, existential threat to the security and stability of our country and the world. We have two choices: we act, or we cope. As the impact of climate change is already being felt with rising tides, melting icecaps and erratic weather patterns \u2013 California has chosen to act.\n\nAnd let me point out that as we have acted, we have also seen our economy grow. Since the year 2000, California\u2019s economy has grown by 46% and our population has grown by 16%, all while greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by nearly 10%.\n\nCurrently, we generate about a third of our energy from renewable resources, mostly from wind and solar power. In order to power our grid when the sun isn\u2019t shining and the wind isn\u2019t blowing, we are investing in energy storage, and currently boast the largest storage market in the US.\n\nIncreasing energy efficiency is also a priority. We are on pace to double our energy efficiency savings by 2030 through modernizing building codes, requiring more efficient home appliances, and adopting incentive programs to encourage Californians to simply use less.\n\nOn the transportation side, California is home to nearly half of all zero-emission vehicles in the US. We are home to 90% of the total US investment in clean transportation, and 11 electric vehicle manufacturers. Tesla, which made electric cars cool, is leading the way.\n\nWith the policy changes outlined above, California is on pace to drive down greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. We are also on track that by 2045, 60% of all electricity generated from our power plants will be derived from non-carbon based sources, and all our electricity will be carbon emission neutral. By 2045 the economy of the State of California will be carbon neutral.\n\nAs proud as we are of this goal, we are also aware that reducing carbon emissions will not be enough to fix the damage already done.\n\nAccording to the October 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, to keep warming below 1.5\u00b0C, removing carbon already in the atmosphere will also be necessary. This is truly the moonshot.\n\nFor carbon capture projects that have already been verified as effective, our Air Resources Board has developed a protocol that will provide financial incentives for eligible projects. But this is just a start.\n\nAnd this brings me to the fact that of all California\u2019s work in combating climate change, our most important contribution is our investment in research and development. Right now, across our state, the next great breakthroughs are being pursued by researchers, entrepreneurs and visionaries. These committed women and men are tirelessly working on the next generation of battery technology, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, carbon capture and so much more.\n\nPART III: CALIFORNIA IS PARTNERING WITH CHINA ON CLIMATE\n\nAs we have charted this ambitious pathway, over the last decade, a strong partnership between California and China has emerged. It is built on a foundation of friendship and a recognition that the earth\u2019s changing climate is an existential crisis that threatens us all.\n\nSince 2013, California and China have signed several memoranda of understanding at national, provincial, and municipal levels. These agreements have established a framework for high-level engagement, agency staff-level policy exchanges, extensive research collaborations at our universities and research institutions, trade delegations, and billions of dollars in investment by both governments.\n\nOur partnership was initiated around sharing best practices to reduce air pollution. California has made great progress in addressing air pollution in our state, and we were more than willing to work with China to meet their challenges. For nearly two decades, we have shared best practices to strengthen vehicle pollution standards, promote environmentally sustainable ports, and improve maritime vessel compliance with fuel regulations.\n\nCalifornia is extremely proud of our Cap-and-Trade program. This carbon emissions trading program is designed to limit carbon emissions, while generating substantial revenue. It is considered one of the best models in the world, and has been essential in helping our state meet the goals that I just outlined. Since our emission trading system first started collecting revenues in 2012, we have appropriated over $9.3 billion in clean transportation programs, low-carbon communities, energy efficiency projects, sustainable forests and agricultural lands, and many other programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.\n\nAs China works to develop its own national Cap-and-Trade program, California has been happy to assist. We formalized our cooperation through agreements signed with the National Development and Reform Commission, and have been closely engaged with the regional pilot programs.\n\nWhat China is attempting to do is no small feat. When fully operational, China will have the largest emissions trading market in the world. We look forward to continuing our collaboration, in order to help generate critical resources to invest in clean energy solutions.\n\nFinally, in the area of zero-emission vehicles, California and China are also collaborating. China now has the most electric cars, motorcycles and buses in the world. Just as California has the highest percentage of electric cars and buses in North America. Our mutual commitment to ZEVs alone is worth recognizing, as together we are helping create the demand that will drive the expansion of the industry.\n\nNearly 1 in 10 cars now sold in California are zero emission vehicles, and we are proudly home to the Chinese company BYD, which has manufacturing facilities in California that are producing the next generation of electric busses and shuttles.\n\nPART IV: CONCLUSION\n\nAs you can see, the relationship between China and California around combatting climate change is robust, and already producing real results. We are proud of this partnership, and because of our experiences working together, we believe in China\u2019s understanding, and ability, to help lead the world on this issue.\n\nThe Belt and Road Initiative presents perhaps the greatest opportunity to date for China to affirm its commitment to combating climate change. As China continues to develop its goals for BRI, we in California hope to see this issue prioritized and at the top of the agenda in every single one of the BRI projects.\n\nChina has the opportunity, through BRI, to help set new standards in the world not just for addressing climate change, but for all aspects of environmental protection beyond those I\u2019ve discussed today.\n\nCalifornia stands ready to continue to partner with China, and all the world\u2019s nations, to work together toward this important goal.\n\nWith that in mind, I would like to close with a quote from arguably one of the most impactful, and best-known of my fellow Californians, the founder of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs.\n\nHe captured the culture and ambition of Californians very well when he said this, \u201cThe people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Saturday, 14 April 2012\n\nHOW TO INCREASE CLICKS ON YOUR TWEETS\n\nThere are few things you must look after to increase\nclicks on your tweets\n\nThe length of your tweet\n\nPosition of your link in the tweet\n\nFrequency of your tweets\n\nWordings you use on your tweet\n\nTime of your tweet\n\nTracking tool\n\nTHE LENGTH OF YOUR TWEET\n\nTweets with a range of 120 to 135 characters are\nmostly to be clicked by tweeter users. These kind of tweets earn higher click\nthrough rates (CTR) which you need all-time.\n\nPOSITION OF YOUR LINK IN THE TWEET\n\nBe sure that you always place your link to your\nwebsites/blogs approximately one quarter of the way through your tweet. As said\nbefore, it will give you more CTR than normal tweets with links in the end of\nthe tweet.\n\nFREQUENCY OF YOUR TWEETS\n\nLesser the frequency of tweeting, higher the CTR. yes,\nwhen you tweeting tweets with links in it you must lower the rate at which you post\nyou tweets. Best results are achieved when one tweet with links is posted per\nhour\n\nWORDINGS YOU USE ON YOUR TWEET\n\nAnother important thing is the words and phrases you\nuse in your tweet. Words like \u2018via\u2019,\u2019 @\u2019, \u2018RT\u2019, \u2018check\u2019 had been the real\nkeywords that will fulfill your tweets. The worst thing is when you add words\nlike \u2018@addThis\u2019, \u2018marketing\u2019, and \u2018@GetGlue\u2019\n.with these words the tweets are considered as waste of time.\n\nTIME OF YOUR TWEET\n\nBest time to tweet is the weekends. Tweets posted on\nFriday, Saturday and Sunday had higher CTR than tweets posted on remaining\nweekdays. Time of the day you tweet also\ntaken in account. Tweeting in the afternoon hours is the best time to get\nhigher CTR (i.e. 12pm to 12am)\n\nTRACKING : It is simple to track down clicks on your tweets. there are many apps to track tweet clicks . i use BUFFER-APP to track the clicks on my tweet.\n\nIF YOU FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE PROCEDURES IN TWEETING\nDEFINITELY YOU WILL GET THE REQUIRED RESULT!"}
-{"text": "Monday, July 9, 2012\n\nOn July 4, a new\nlaw on languages was adopted in its second reading amid massive infringements\nof parliamentary procedures (see analysis of the transcript at http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/07/5/6968170/).\nOver 200 changes proposed by opposition deputies were ignored.\n\nParliamentary Chairman Volodymyr\nLytvyn \u201cresigned\u201d in what most believe was a theatrical show reminiscent of\nParliamentary Speaker Leonid Kravchuk resigning from the Communist Party (KPU)\npolitburo after the KPU had been banned on August 24, 1991. Lytvyn claimed he\nknew nothing of the impending vote and had been deliberately removed from\nparliament by an invitation to a meeting at the presidential administration.\n\nLytvyn has a history of not attending\ndelicate votes, passing the baton to his personal friend, Communist deputy\nspeaker Adam Martyniuk (http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/lytvyn-is-no-hero.html).\nMost Ukrainians are skeptical of Lytvyn\u2019s claims because of his chameleon-like\npolitical past and since his future political life depends on him distancing\nhimself from the controversial language law. Lytvyn is seeking election in Zhitomir oblast, to the west\nof Kyiv, which is 100 percent against the law. He has lobbied for unprecedented subsidies, a\nrecord-breaking 100 million hryvnia this year, for the district he is\ncampaigning in (http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/07/5/6968192/).\n\nThe\nchameleon-like nature of Lytvyn could also be seen in his faction\u2019s 20 deputies\nwho voted for the law. They are not concerned about the fate of the People\u2019s\nParty (former Agrarian Party) because it will not cross the 5 percent threshold\nin the October 30 parliamentary elections.\n\nLeaked Party of\nRegions documents detailing internal plans for the elections confirm the\nlanguage law is an additional element in \u201cpolitical technology\u201d (http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/07/6/6968275/).\nLike the populist social policies outlined in March, it is meant to mobilize\nthe Russophone voters in eastern-southern Ukraine.\n\nAccording to a recent poll by the\nRazumkov Center think tank, two thirds of\nrespondents (between 52-79 percent) described the language law as pure\nelectioneering. Forty-four percent support Ukrainian as the only state language (60-84 percent\nof western-central Ukrainians do), while 25 percent support Russian receiving\nofficial status (40-48 percent of eastern-southern Ukrainians support Russian) (http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/07/5/6968135/).\n\nOpinion polls\nhave consistently shown over the last two decades that the language question is\nnot a priority for most Ukrainians compared to \u201cbread and butter\u201d issues such\nas employment, corruption, and inflation. Yuriy Lukanov, head of the\nIndependent Trade Union of Journalists, told the Jamestown Foundation that \u201cLanguage is the last\ncard for the government as all other areas of its program have failed. They\nhave adopted a law that will only bring chaos into Ukrainian political\nlife.\u201dThis will certainly be the case.\n\nUkraine was a major center\nof computer education in the USSR,\nand on February 1, its modern day hackers brought down the web sites of the\ngovernment, presidential administration and parliament in protest of the\nclosure of the file sharing web siteex.ua. Ukrainian hackers\nhave teamed up with international hackers \u201cAnonymous,\u201d threatening to repeat\nthis again. In a taped appeal by \u201cAnonymous\u201d they state, \u201cWe should not be\nafraid of the authorities, the authorities should be afraid of us\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, protests have\nspontaneously grown throughout Ukraine,\nsome of which have been brutally dispersed by riot police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnedD8Cp3Mo&feature=player_embedded).\nThe crowds in Kyiv have been small \u2013 although violent \u2013 and tear gas and pepper\nspray was used by both the police and opposition. Growing violence is not a\ngood sign and makes these protests different from earlier non-violent\nopposition protests under President Leonid Kuchma, including the peaceful\nOrange Revolution. Vitaliy Klichko, whose Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms (UDAR)\nparty is polling 10 percent, was injured during clashes in Kyiv. Although from Donetsk himself, he sarcastically\nsaid \u201cWhy is the main language in Germany German? [\u2026] Why is the main language\nin France French?\u201d (New York Times, July 4).\n\nLanguage\nis a red line in every country, whether Canada,\nSpain, Belgium or Ukraine, as it is a very emotional\nquestion. President Viktor Yanukovych therefore shows how cut off he is from\nreality when he says \u201cI am interested in stability in the country\u201d (New York\nTimes, July 4). For example, the opposition\u2019s refusal to join the\nConstitutional Assembly will now be permanent making it impossible, as the EU\nand Council of Europe insist, to adopt a new constitution through dialogue\nbetween the opposition and the authorities.\n\nThe 1989 law on languages,\nadopted three years before the USSR\ndisintegrated, is out of date and badly in need of replacing and\n\u201cEuropeanizing.\u201d President Viktor Yushchenko, a champion in Ukrainian language\nrhetoric, did little to improve the status of Ukrainian or propose a new law on\nlanguages. In fact, the greatest contribution to expanding Ukrainian in\neducation was undertaken by Kuchma.\n\nLukanov\ntold Jamestown,\n\u201cThe opposition also does not demonstrate its principles. The opposition\u2019s\ndefense of the Ukrainian language mobilizes its electorate but, apart from\nlanguage, the opposition has failed to offer a realistic alternative program.\u201d\n\nThe\nlanguage law is likely to provide dividends in the upcoming elections for the\nParty of Regions and the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party. Many Ukrainians\nbelieve it has always been the authorities\u2019 intention to push western\nUkrainians into the arms of Svoboda so that \u201cZapadyntsi\u201d (Westerners) can be\ndepicted \u2013 as in Soviet times \u2013 as crazy nationalists, thereby mobilizing\neastern Ukrainians to vote for the Party of Regions as their \u201cprotectors.\u201d\n\nIn the last two years,\nYanukovych has crossed many red lines but the language question is the most\nprofound as it touches a huge number of Ukrainians. There is no going back, and\nYanukovych and his team will now have to fight to the last to stay in power; if\nthe opposition wins the next elections, the alternative is either exile or\ncriminal charges against the current authorities.\n\nAbout The Jamestown Foundation\n\nThe Jamestown Foundation\u2019s mission is to inform and educate policy makers and the broader community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States and which frequently restrict access to such information. Utilizing indigenous and primary sources, Jamestown\u2019s material is delivered without political bias, filter or agenda. It is often the only source of information which should be, but is not always, available through official or intelligence channels, especially in regard to Eurasia and terrorism."}
-{"text": "National Indian Group Meets in Missoula; License Applications on Kerr and at Thompson Falls Not to Affect Buffalo Rapids; McDonald to Attend Wilderness Preservation Bill Hearing in Salt Lake; Commissioner Emmons Reports Growth of Indian Scholarship...\n\nChristmas Tree Income Hits Record High; The Chipmunk and the Coyote; Percentages of Indians in State Institutions is Reported; Christmas Service Attracted Many in Early Reservation Days; Lake Shore Ownership Claimed by Tribe; Controversy Apparent;"}
-{"text": "You said: \"I even apologize for things i didnt do\"\nI don't know you or her but that is a big no-no.\n\nThink of it this way - the game of love is about drawing her to you, not chasing her, because chasing her will only end up with you chasing her away. That is why they call the phenomenon of love \"attraction\". Think about it and see how you can apply that your situation.\n\nAnd always remember this, free advice is worth only what you paid for it - LOL\n\nBummer! My advice to is, do not wear any of the monkey's she tries to put on your back. Why cop to something you did not do? I do not get it. I would not allow her to live rent free in your mind, act like she does not exist. Sounds brutal I know; however, all could turn around in a matter of time, she will be begging you to let her reenter you life. There is a reason for her turn around, do not sell yourself short. I realize I sound like a therapist (YIKES); however, I have lived life trust me. In addition to the fact of recent my heart was broken right out of blue like you. Do you think I am going to give him the time of day to cry and ooo I miss you kind of bullshit. No, I am moving forward and creating a new journey with KoRn! YES! I love KoRn, not the man who broke my heart-Move forward and see what happens, maybe she will return, maybe she will not. Your young there are many other girls available, just as there are many available men for me, and I can tell you in a matter of time I will be getting my feet wet again.\n\nwell i don't think your girlfriend is that much ready for a relationship as you are, no offense but the way i see it, she clearly doesn't know what she actualy wants, or who she is, how old are you anyway?? and that girl looks like an emo too, well then you will have your prove that she clearly doesn't know what she wants(it is been said that the \"emo\" scene are for young gilrs and boys around 12/13/14/15/16 years old)"}
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-{"text": "County health system touted as model after decades of trouble\n\nThe county medical system that Alameda Hospital is effectively seeking to join has conquered \u2013 or held at bay \u2013 a host of seemingly intractable problems, though it faces fresh challenges with the implementation of health care reform and the pending expiration of a countywide sales tax that supports the services it provides.\n\nAlameda Hospital and Alameda Health System \u2013 the new name for the county medical system that encompasses Highland Hospital, Fairmont Hospital, John George Psychiatric Hospital and four clinics \u2013 signed a letter of intent in June to negotiate an affiliation deal that would see the county system assuming management of Alameda Hospital, which one district board member said has enough cash to survive on its own for another 15 to 20 months. A similar deal with San Leandro Hospital is also in the works.\n\nThe deal is being touted as a boon for Alameda Hospital, which is getting a temporary cash infusion to pay down its own bills from the deal and also, access to the capital needed to fund state-mandated seismic upgrades that the hospital hasn\u2019t been able to secure on its own."}
-{"text": "Keep eye on Kings' situation, Spurs fans\n\n:\nApril 2, 2013\n: Updated: April 3, 2013 12:58am\n\nYou are viewing the full text of this article because it was shared by a San Antonio Express-News subscriber. Get your subscription today for full access to the San Antonio Express-News in print and on the iPad.\n\nImagine you've grown up a fan of the NBA team in your city, a diehard dedicated to supporting the one and only major-league sports franchise in your area.\n\nSure, there's another NBA team a relatively easy drive down the road, but you've despised this team most of your life because, well, it's not the team you love.\n\nImagine your city has voted to provide significant public funding so a new arena can be built because ownership has let it be known your team may be moved elsewhere without it.\n\nYou know there are titans of business in another locale who have a deal with your team's majority owners to steal your team \u2014 and never mind your city has one of the most loyal fan bases in all of the NBA.\n\nNow imagine your team is the Spurs, and perhaps you can understand how gut-wrenching the next couple of weeks are going to be for the loyal fans of the Sacramento Kings.\n\nA special committee put together by commissioner David Stern \u2014 a combination of the Board of Governors relocation committee and its advisory finance committee \u2014 convenes Wednesday in New York to consider the future of a Kings franchise that began in 1949 as the Rochester Royals.\n\nThe joint committee has several knotty questions to sort out before it makes recommendations to the full board:\n\nDoes the BOG really want to dictate to the Maloof family which set of billionaires to whom they must sell their 65 percent ownership share in the Kings?\n\nShould the BOG authorize uprooting a team from a community that has supported it at the gate with loyalty nearly unprecedented in league history?\n\nAt a time when public funding of sports arenas is rare, can the joint committee ignore the $250 million the Sacramento City Council has authorized as its share toward a glitzy new downtown arena?\n\nWhere the franchise resides for future seasons likely doesn't matter much to Spurs fans, but it should. The notion that the league may sanction tearing a team from a town that has been so loyal, through thick and (mostly) thin, is daunting, especially when you consider how far Sacramento has gone in just a few months to do everything required to keep its team.\n\nSince the news broke in January that the Maloofs had an executed sale agreement worth $340 million to transfer their ownership to Seattle billionaires Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, the former NBA All-Star point guard, has put together his own team of billionaires committed to buy out the Maloofs and keep the team in Sacramento.\n\nThen, Johnson got a commitment from his city council to put $250 million into a new arena \u2014 and that should be the most compelling argument to allow Sacramento to keep its team.\n\nStern is quick to point out that civic leaders in the state of Washington never made the same sort of commitment to a new venue for the Seattle SuperSonics that they made to Major League Baseball's Mariners and the NFL's Seahawks. If Sacramentans are looking for something to hang their optimism on, that is it.\n\nSimply stated, with the arena deal a reality, there is nothing more the Board of Governors can ask of a community desperate to hold on to an important piece of its fabric.\n\nSeattle never deserved to have its Sonics spirited away to Oklahoma City by Clay Bennett, who now chairs the relocation committee. There is every reason to want an NBA team returned to one of the great cities of North America, but the board's decision is not going to be a 30-person referendum on the relative merits of Sacramento and Seattle.\n\nIf the board chooses Hansen-Ballmer over what Johnson calls his \u201cDream Team\u201d of prospective Kings owners and an arena package most NBA cities should envy, every Spurs fan should feel a tiny shiver up his or her spine."}
-{"text": "Unofficial news and tips about Google\n\nNovember 29, 2009\n\nGoogle Translation Bar\n\nOne of my favorite bookmarklets translates the current web page into English using Google Translate: you can find it here. Unfortunately, Google Translate doesn't handle properly web pages dynamically generated using JavaScript. For example, if you try to translate Google Pack's Chinese homepage, you'll notice that most of the text can't be translated.\n\nIf you don't want to use Google Toolbar, add the translation bar by bookmarking some Javascript code:\n\n1. Make sure the bookmarks toolbar is visible in your browser. You can enable it if you go to the \"View\" menu in your browser, click on \"Toolbars\" and check: \"Links\" in Internet Explorer, \"Bookmarks Toolbar\" in Firefox and \"Personal Bar\" in Opera. In Google Chrome, you can enable the bookmarks toolbar by typing Ctrl+B.\n\n2. In Google Chrome and Firefox, drag the bookmarklet below to the bookmarks toolbar. In IE, right-click on the bookmarklet, click on \"Add to Favorites\" and select \"Favorites Bar\" or \"Links\" from the list of folders. In Opera, right-click on the bookmarklet, click on \"Bookmark Link\", then click on \"Details\" and check \"Show on Personal Bar\"."}
-{"text": "Privacy Policy\n\nThis privacy policy explains what information is collected when you use the web sites, applications, content and services of WhereGB.com and its affiliated properties (\u201cWhereGB\u201d), why this information is collected, and how we use it to improve your experience.\n\nYour WhereGB Information\n\nGenerally\n\nWhereGB.com is provided by WhereGB and its affiliates (\u201cwe\u201d or \u201cus\u201d). Your WhereGB information consists of personally identifiable information collected or received about you when you make purchases from us, when you register with us, when you set up profiles to share with others, when you interact with other users on WhereGB, or when you log in to WhereGB as a registered user and interact with WhereGB products and services. 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-{"text": "As stipulated in the\nANCAP constitution, the overall coordination of the\nnetwork is vested in the Executive Secretary, who is\nassisted by the Assistant Executive Secretary and\nTreasurer and a Programme Officer. Currently, the\ncoordinating office is in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The\nsupreme body of ANCAP is the Coordinating Board, which\ncomprises, the Executive Secretary, the Assistant\nSecretary/ Treasurer, all national coordinators from the\nANCAP member countries and ex officio representatives of\ndonor agencies. The Program Officer is an ex-officio\nmember of the board. The current membership of the network\nis eight countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,\nSudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Nigeria.Current Office Bearers"}
-{"text": "While I don't have a problem with the balancing of this tank, there might be too many in the matchmaker at the moment. Its the most played tank currently, so it might not be a good idea to sell it many more times. Oh well, more fun for my KV-2\n\nGame center picture of this article has the \"standard\" Skorpion in it, and already got my hopes us. I would have done the exchange from the \"G\" version right away, I just want non-desert camo on non-desert maps. But as usual, only disappointment.\n\nEDIT: I guess WG just noticed their mistake, as the picture was replaced with an ad for the Friendly Friday..."}
-{"text": "Can you think of someone whom you have wondered \"What is wrong with this person?\" We ae asking the wrong questions. Come learn avbout the ACE's (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study and how the study findings compel the use to change our question to \"What Happened to This Person?\" and how am I helping or hindering. You will learn about Adverse Childhood Experiences and the role they play in our daily interactions."}
-{"text": "Bitcoin Will EXPLODE Sooner Than You Think\n\nBitcoin is notorious in the public consciousness and within investing circles for being a particularly volatile currency. However, as wildly variant peaks and troughs have been reported since its inception at the beginning of the decade, it has managed to withstand a lot. Currently, Bitcoin is showing signs of recovering after some tough weeks and months, and it may be worth preparing for another Bitcoin boom in the very near future.\nWhat is Bitcoin worth right now?\nBitcoin seems to be doing relatively well at the beginning of this month. It seems to be going up to at least $10,000 right now. When it hits $20,000 that\u2019s when things are likely to take off and Bitcoin will dominate the news cycle all over again. When this happens, many more people will be interested in investing their time and money in Bitcoin.\n\nHow well is Bitcoin doing compared to other cryptocurrencies?\nBitcoin\u2019s share of the market currently stands at 42%, which is a very strong number. Indeed, the cryptocurrency has managed to retain dominance despite competitors offering more functions and innovation, proving that people have confidence in the Bitcoin name. Currently, Bitcoin is experiencing its highest market share since December, demonstrating the early signs that people are reacting to its regaining strength.\nHow can we prove that Bitcoin is improving?\nLike all forecasts, any predictions made are merely speculative. However, there are signs to give potential Bitcoin investors lots of hope. Firstly, its exponential moving average, or EMA, is stronger than it has been for two months. Secondly, it is showing a supertrend (a fairly reliable signal) that suggests people should be buying in to Bitcoin. Again, this has not happened for around two months.\nOverall, things are looking up for Bitcoin, and it may be worth your while keeping an eye on it before lucrative investment opportunities are missed.\nSource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSh4RjKJs8Q\n\nRobert is a keen investor with a particular interest in cryptocurrencies. He has been involved in the industry for many years, and because of this, has gathered a lot of knowledge surrounding this area. He studied English at university level and has a passion for writing. He loves being able to combine his two mains interests on a daily basis."}
-{"text": "Gold Circle Membership\n\nEnter the Gold Circle\n\nYou\u2019ve always had the answers to everything you needed to know. You just didn\u2019t realize it. There is no need to learn the truth; and in actuality, when you learn the truth, you turn the truth, which is very powerful, into a powerless belief. Now the truth becomes worthless currency. You sound good, but you aren\u2019t congruent. You project on others, so you aren\u2019t a contribution to the whole. Your life doesn\u2019t reflect your words; you\u2019re a hypocrite. Learning the truth degrades the quality of your mind; it\u2019s a horrible trap. You have the whole truth within, and you always have; but when you\u2019ve been covering it with false beliefs for decades, you\u2019ve got to do some digging.\n\nWhy the Gold Circle?\n\nNow that you\u2019ve read the free material, and have done some letting go, you probably have lots of questions. It\u2019s common. That\u2019s not a fault of initiation. The questions are the result of everything in your past that didn\u2019t make sense. By choice or by force, you followed teachers or authorities who gave you knowledge that veiled your True Self. People gave you answers or reasons that were false, but popular. It happens to everyone.\n\nOnce people find Gateway To Gold, they realize that it\u2019s possible for life to actually make sense. They want the answers now\u2026to satisfy that painful hunger. I try to keep you from starving to death; but if I just give you all the answers, I\u2019ll satiate your hunger for you. I must keep you hungry enough that you\u2019ll let go, and go for freedom. The goal is for you to eventually find all of your own answers within your own Self. That has been my challenge in writing and creating the Gold Circle. If you remember that freedom, not learning, is the desired result, you\u2019ll understand why my writing is the way it is.\n\nEveryone has been well trained to listen to others. I don\u2019t want to be someone that you listen to or learn from. I want the Gold Circle, and my role in it, to provide the unconditionally loving space that you need to let go of the false knowledge that you\u2019ve accumulated, so that you can return to your True Self. I\u2019m not your teacher, healer, guru, mentor, parent, therapist, or spiritual guide. Make sure you are clear about that. I\u2019m just the leader for this site. I care that you get free. I know mental and emotional freedom is possible. I know that we are supposed to live our own version of Heaven on Earth\u2026all of us.\n\nYou have to clean up your own mind and world view. I can\u2019t do that for you. I write in a way that exposes beliefs that most people never even question. That\u2019s the purpose of the Gold Circle. When you realize that something that you\u2019ve believed isn\u2019t true, it rises to the surface of your mind. You feel the related emotions. Now you can let it go. So the Gold Circle isn\u2019t about learning; it\u2019s about teasing your beliefs out of hiding so you can let them go. That being said, you are going to feel your emotions. You are going to have to be very honest with yourself. AND you are going to have to be patient\u2026this isn\u2019t a weekend workshop.\n\nYour True Self is supposed to be the master of your false mind. Your false mind was designed to respond to your True Self\u2019s desires and intentions. When you follow others, instead of your True Self, you get lost\u2026really lost. The voices of others become the false voices in your mind; they are characters that try to rule your life. Many of those characters are what I call clones. The best example of a clone is a preacher, guru, or spiritual teacher. The clone seems like it is a True Self, but it is not. It is an imposter with a great mask. When we hold a clone as true, we diminish ourselves. We put ourselves below others who aren\u2019t true leaders. They project their shadow on us, and we take it. We have submitted to someone who is stuck in the illusion themselves. This is the trick that so many have fallen for in the New Age and self-help movements.\n\nWe accept what others say, especially experts, because it appears that they have the truth. We stuff their words into our minds by memorizing their words. Then that teacher or expert becomes a character in our mind, and they don\u2019t want us to let go. Why? Clone characters want to be our leader, our false God. So much of the focus of the Gold Circle is ridding our mind of clones. That means you\u2019ll be taking out beliefs you don\u2019t want, as well as beliefs that you thought you wanted. You also be letting go of false desires. You\u2019re taking your power back from the characters who currently rule your life. They were just voices in your mind, but they had all the power even if they were dead.\n\nWhen you take your power back, you find your way again. You remember who you are, what you want to do with your life, and where you belong in the big picture. But it\u2019s sticky. Taking your power back is simple to say; hard to do. That\u2019s why many like to talk about it, but they aren\u2019t able to help others achieve it. In fact, most of those people just want you to give your power to them. The Gold Circle is different, and you\u2019ll have to get used to that. I\u2019m not the kind of leader that you are used to. I\u2019m not asking you to give your power to me\u2026in fact, I\u2019m begging you not to. That will poison our virtual space.\n\nOften when we start letting go, we think we just have a little work to do. We have a few beliefs to let go. That\u2019s because we think we\u2019ve been making progress with the things we did in our past, such as therapy, self-help, New Age, religion\u2026usually, we have not. In the Gold Circle, I\u2019ll prove to you that all of those things exist within the illusion. They don\u2019t help you exit, they actually block the exits; so they were a complete waste of time and money. You have to let go of the debris you picked up if you participated in such things in order to get free.\n\nOnce we dig in, we find that the rabbit hole is pretty damn deep. We have beliefs on every topic. Our mind can seem like a labyrinth with no exit. At the very bottom are core-level beliefs. These are beliefs that altered how our mind worked. One example is the psychological reversal that caused us to believe that emotions mean our thought is true. As you go through the program, you will see what I mean. I explain the illusion to you so you can see how it works and why it is false; but that isn\u2019t so you can become an expert on the illusion. It is so you can let go. Ultimately, you have to let the whole illusion go.\n\nWhy Isn\u2019t This Easier?\n\nEven though you now know the big secret, that emotions mean the belief that you are thinking is false, it can be hard to get your mind to work that way. The real confusion comes from others who use emotions backwards. When we believe them, we take in their psychological reversal. So we work on eliminating such false-self relationships. Our beliefs basically cover three areas: personal, relationships with others, and the collective society. In the Gold Circle, we dive into a variety of topics in each of those areas. My goal is to show you that you can take any situation apart; you can find the causal beliefs that created problems, diseases, and suffering of all types. But you must be willing to do the digging, you must be completely honest with yourself that a belief is a belief, and you must be patient because it doesn\u2019t happen in a day.\n\nIt can be scary to challenge long-standing or popular beliefs\u2026those collective beliefs are considered normal. I\u2019ve been there, and that is much of the value that I can offer\u2026experience. I can tell you what I\u2019ve let go. I\u2019ve not missed any of the beliefs that I dropped; my life has only improved. I\u2019ve never been hurt myself or harmed another by letting go. I\u2019ve gotten calmer and more creative, and I don\u2019t depend on others for answers. I don\u2019t expect my friends and family to manage my emotions. I don\u2019t judge the people in my life. I know what I need to know to live my life. That\u2019s a feeling of independence and control that you can\u2019t buy with money, power, or fame. It\u2019s inner calmness that is beyond most people\u2019s expectations; it\u2019s not a numb calmness or a contrived silence. It\u2019s our natural state of being.\n\nAs you truly let go, you can\u2019t imagine why you used to be so emotional. You can\u2019t remember what you let go because you no longer have those beliefs in mind. You truly do forget what it was like to be so stuck; you don\u2019t care what happened in the past. It was all false; it\u2019s irrelevant to your current life.\n\nWe get clear on God in the Gold Circle\u2026you must let the false God go. He is the ruler of the illusion. God in the true sense never fell. Likewise, our True Self never fell. That\u2019s good news and bad news. The good news is that when you let go, you find that God was always there (your True Self). The bad news is that God isn\u2019t coming to rescue you. Perfection has no awareness of the illusion.\n\nI\u2019m sure that you will encounter many of the same beliefs as I did; they are popular and collective. But you will also find beliefs that I didn\u2019t encounter. So you need to know how to discriminate. If you believe a belief, you hold it in mind as the truth. As I expose various traps, you will catch them more quickly when you meet them. You\u2019ll know they are safe to let go because someone did it before you, and she\u2019s still breathing.\n\nWhen I started mentoring, people would ask me question after question after question for months. Looking back at the most common questions influenced my writing of the Gold Circle. I\u2019ve basically collected everything I learned while mentoring and put it into this program. I found that I had to answer some questions, and provide some background of the illusion, before people felt really comfortable letting go. I ended up saying the same things again and again while mentoring and answering questions, so the answer to those questions and challenges are what formed the curriculum within the Gold Circle. In addition, I do respond to comments on the articles. I don\u2019t mentor, but I\u2019ll offer further explanation for anything that doesn\u2019t click when you read it.\n\nLet me explain why I stopped mentoring privately because I receive requests all the time to do private sessions. Mentoring was best done from the feminine role. I wanted to learn all the traps and tricks that hold people in the illusion. I wanted to know why someone could not let go, or why they saw certain beliefs as true. I wanted to see what people projected, and why they projected it. I will write the Gold Circle from a feminine role, but I will lead the Gold Circle from the masculine. I will not accept projections or figure out people\u2019s problems for them. I did that during mentoring only to validate the accuracy of my work. I wanted to make sure that anyone could get free of any belief system or problem situation. Sometimes, I had to take on the belief to see for myself that it was a belief\u2026not the truth. I wanted to see if there were any holes in my logic or understanding. In twenty-five years, I\u2019ve found no holes. However, it only takes me moments to find the holes in most of the popular beliefs systems\u2026you\u2019ll see why I say that in the Gold Circle.\n\nCautions\n\nSome people\u2019s minds have become very complex. I do not recommend that you do this program right now unless you are stable in your mind; if you are on drugs, seriously ill, following a teacher or guru, or in therapy, I\u2019d recommend sticking with the basics of western meditation until you feel ready for more. You can\u2019t worship two masters. By that, I don\u2019t mean you\u2019ll worship me. I mean that you can\u2019t worship a guru or spiritual teacher, or listen to your therapist, and honor your True Self at the same time. They are going in opposing directions.\n\nI present the balls-to-the-wall version of freedom in the Gold Circle. Your desire should be complete freedom\u2026not fixing your problems or becoming successful. The Gold Circle will be uncomfortable. It\u2019s a rough and rugged adventure for sure. But it\u2019s not unbearable if you are not holding on tightly to beliefs or a belief system. If you are, I suggest that you follow the belief system you hold as true until you prove it to be false. If you follow any belief system completely, to the letter with no cheating, you will see the holes. Then you will find letting go much easier. You won\u2019t be as fearful of letting it go.\n\nI will lead this site; and I will push you to free yourself through my writing. It is best to take it slow, and allow your emotions to arise as you read. Then you must stop and let go until you feel clear again. It might take you a week to get through an article. I break up the articles into short bites for that very reason. The writing is designed to be interactive and to be alive. You can read an article ten times, and it will bring up new things each time. I write in the style of the ancient people from the mental perspective. I don\u2019t write to give you beliefs. I write to free you.\n\nThe Gold Circle is like a school in that I\u2019m organizing it into important topics that most people seem to find useful; but it\u2019s more like unschooling in that those topics are to drive you to find yourself\u2026who you are, your gifts, what you wish to contribute to the world, your creative ideas and expression, your voice, and your independence from the illusion, experts, and authorities. It\u2019s like an unschool in that what you initially find in the Gold Circle eventually becomes the full-circle story of your life. You move slowly toward becoming a master of life. But that could be a long time away. This isn\u2019t a quick fix. I don\u2019t want anyone to get the impression that this is a quick fix. If you want to become good at anything, you often train for a very long time. You did train to be someone who fits into the illusion for decades. Now you have a different desire. So you have to train again\u2026or actually untrain.\n\nIn the ancient world, people went to temples of initiation for years, often decades. You are simply committing to undo your mind instead of putting more into it. For most people, going off to a temple for ten years isn\u2019t practical. They couldn\u2019t afford to do it; and they don\u2019t want to leave the people they love behind. But devoting some time each day to clearing your mind is very doable. After awhile, people start to really enjoy it. They can\u2019t think of anything they\u2019d rather do. Initiation (letting go) is most effective when you relax, take your time, and make it a way of life.\n\nWhat\u2019s In Gold Circle?\n\nI can assure you that you will not find anything, anywhere else, like the material that I\u2019ve written in the Gold Circle. The Gold Circle includes a more organized and slightly different approach to explaining letting go than you find on the free material. It takes you deeper into your mind so that you can see how it works and undo what isn\u2019t working. Much like the free material, we\u2019re not adding to your mind in the Gold Circle. We are cleaning out that which limits you.\n\nI\u2019ve already provided the basics of letting go and explained how we got into this mess in the free information. I also provided basic techniques so anyone could let go. In the Gold Circle, I go into those same topics in much more detail and depth. However, you must have already read the free information, ALL OF IT, or you won\u2019t know what I\u2019m talking about. I say things in the Gold Circle that are not for general public consumption. What I\u2019m saying would make no sense to someone who is not familiar with letting go, emotions, discrimination, and initiation. This is an advanced course.\n\nI blogged about things as they came to me or as I worked on them in my own life. So the order of the blogs leaves a little to be desired. It follows my progress, not the process that is more streamlined or natural. At first, I didn\u2019t intend to share anything until I had gotten completely free. But I realized that even out of order, I was sharing something that was lightyears beyond what the best teachers on the planet had to offer. So I decided that it was selfish to wait until it was fully cooked. Now that I\u2019m much further down the road, I realize that I no longer remember what it was like when I first started down this path. So I\u2019m glad I wrote while I was in that place.\n\nThe free information is imperfect; and yet, there is a strange perfection in the blog articles. They speak to someone who is caught in the illusion because I wrote them when I was still unable to see the final exit; and they are very searchable. So I don\u2019t want to mess with what I\u2019ve already published in the free material.\n\nWith the goal of freedom in mind, it\u2019s very important to know how to use your body to determine if you really understand something. Candace Pert said that the body is the subconscious mind; and I tend to mostly agree with that. All of the emotion we feel in our body (and pain and symptoms) have been the effect of holding on to beliefs. When we hold beliefs, our false self creates an illusory body. Medicine, even the alternative kind, is knowledge. Knowledge has a limit. When we let go, we move into the mental realm; there we find wisdom.\n\nWisdom is what heals, but the false self has no wisdom. So most people fix the effects of their body problems with knowledge. They didn\u2019t remove the causal belief, so they have to keep fixing and fixing their body until one day they can\u2019t find a fix for something. They can\u2019t access their wisdom either; they have gotten too far away from it. The illusion only has one exit\u2026death.\n\nWe look at desires in the Gold Circle. People get really stuck when they desperately want a false desire. They waste their life going after something that isn\u2019t right for them. When our desire, or North Star, is set on something false, letting go doesn\u2019t make sense. It doesn\u2019t work well. We don\u2019t get freedom; we get stuff we don\u2019t need or truly want. Then we have to get rid of it.\n\nIn the Gold Circle, I will spend a lot of time exposing false teachers and leaders. False doesn\u2019t mean bad; they provided people with some sanity within the crazy illusion. I can respect that. But for one who wants freedom, they were just a dead end. Their words get stuck in people\u2019s minds, creating the infamous clone. That is such a horrible trap. But you will learn how to dismantle that sucker. I\u2019ll give you ways to understand when the clone is running, and how to eliminate it. When the clone is reduced, it\u2019s much easier to find causal beliefs. Part of the clone\u2019s job description is to keep your beliefs hidden and suppressed so you don\u2019t accidentally let them go. When we understand it\u2019s hidden agenda, we can defeat it for good.\n\nWe\u2019ll look at a lot of famous clones; you\u2019ll see why they were not taking you to freedom. I don\u2019t like to dethrone the clones of the illusion publicly. They don\u2019t realize that they aren\u2019t taking people to freedom. They really believe that they are helpful, and they are helpful to those who want to do well within the illusion (and don\u2019t mind projecting on others). So I can be a lot freer in what I say with people who understand where I\u2019m coming from in the Gold Circle. As more and more people prove these teachers wrong, they will naturally lose power. We don\u2019t need to fight with any of them. We don\u2019t even have to embarrass them. They don\u2019t realize what they are doing. This also goes for the clones in your life. You stop listening to them, but you don\u2019t have to battle with them. You\u2019ll discover a lot about relationships in the Gold Circle because relationships are at the core of everything.\n\nWe will dive deep into the topic of projection, and I will clarify how to tell if you are projecting or if you are taking projections. This seems to really trip people up. Much of the confusion came from psychology. So we\u2019ll expose the knowledge and techniques of therapy that are false. The biggest gift you can give to the human race is to stop projecting. The biggest gift you can give to yourself is to never take another\u2019s projection again. Projection happens all the time in the illusion, but we\u2019ve become so used to it that we don\u2019t catch it or expose it. This is what keeps us stuck to others. Projection creates false-self connections\u2026which are not oneness or soul mating. It is hell.\n\nWe are going to look at many controversial collective topics: abortion, racism, transgender, guns, drugs, socialism/communism, pedophilia, slavery, Donald Trump, the progressive movement, social justice, political correctness, etc. These topics often sit in our mind in a very one-sided way. We often give them power because they have become reality for other people. The goal is to take these topics, and many others, to the mental level so that we can view them from the top of the triangle. We will be mastering the triangle process so that it becomes second nature to let go of both sides of the bottom of the triangle on any subject.\n\nWe\u2019ll cover many other topics including: what I know about initiation and the occult, creating our life, writing for freedom, reading for freedom, eliminating labels, our rule book, working with the characters in our mind, relationships, career, lifestyle, money, health and healing, food and diet, the eastern trap, sharing letting go, leadership, and coming full circle with our own story.\n\nLikewise, we\u2019ll look at lots of real life examples of how any word or topic changes 180 degrees as we move from the physical, literal perspective to the mental perspective. As we let go, we are making an invisible shift from the physical to the mental realm. If we don\u2019t make that shift, we are not yet done on that topic. Once you\u2019ve made that shift, whatever you do will be just fine. You\u2019re no longer creating from the false self. The false self is now supporting your True Self.\n\nIn the program, I\u2019ve gotten people who mentored with me to provide some examples of letting go from their life. I\u2019ve recorded some sessions so you can see some of the techniques that I use to push people to let go.\n\nDuring the nine months that I was writing the Gold Circle, I held at least two group calls for members of the Gold Circle each month\u2026occasionally more. Most of these calls were specific to the material I was posting at that time. I did a few general, \u201cAsk Cathy Anything,\u201d calls. In addition, I wrote some clarifying material for questions that came up in the calls. As I edited, I thought of things I should have said. Or I thought of a better or different way to say what I said in the calls.\n\nYou may have noticed that articles that you read long ago seem to have changed after you\u2019ve let go for awhile. I assure you, I\u2019ve changed very little content. What has changed is not the blog; it\u2019s your mind. Also, I\u2019m still letting go myself. So what I can infuse into my writing changes over time as well. The site is designed to be very dynamic. You will never outgrow the Gold Circle.\n\nI will take you back through the story that started all of this for me, and explain how I decoded it. It is really helpful to see how all of this fits together in one neat package. Then we will look at some other common myths and stories so you can see how we got into this mess. One day, after lots of letting go, you will look back at your life, and it will be a perfect story. I call it a story worth telling.\n\nLast of all, I will have commenting open on these posts. You will be welcome to comment on that article theme, and I will respond to those comments. As the leader of this community, I will act as leader and let go of whatever I see. But like any pristine space, you must do your best to clean off your shoes before you step inside. This is not a place to dump your problems or project them on to others. It\u2019s not a place to tell your stories of woe is me. It\u2019s a place that supports freedom, not victimhood. It\u2019s a place you can try out your True Self or realize that you aren\u2019t alone in wanting to live a more free life. I don\u2019t provide mentoring or tell you individually if you are doing it right or wrong, but I teach you how to do those things for yourself. The goal is independence, not dependence on me.\n\nOther techniques have no place in this space; they will be exposed as false if they enter. I\u2019ll be much tougher in the Gold Circle than I could be on social media or the free material because that wasn\u2019t private. I\u2019m not mean. So don\u2019t be afraid. But I\u2019ll often be quite direct. If I don\u2019t boot out all techniques that serve the illusion, the exit closes; and my job is to keep that exit wide open. In fact, it is my intent that this group open the exit even wider. I don\u2019t want you to consider yourself a student. I want you to consider yourself part of a unique group of people who are contributing to the ideal of freedom for anyone who wants it.\n\nThe Vision\n\nThe vision for this private section of Gateway to Gold, Gold Circle, is as follows:\n\nGold Circle is a real, virtual space carved out of the illusory world, where it is possible and probable that everything can be let go if one is willing to challenge their beliefs by facing them head on, knowing the beliefs are false, and letting them go. Gold Circle has the potential of being an exit from the illusion. In this space, freedom is the ultimate desire. Freedom includes living a creative, joyful, healthy life, whereby you create whatever you desire (so long as it is win-win for everyone else). It means that you work toward becoming the author, director, and lead actor of your own story. Freedom includes mastering your body and living in perfect health, and having relationships that work. Freedom means that you have achieved the Greek ultimate state, which was to \u201cKnow Thyself.\u201d Freedom means feeling safe and secure regardless of the state of the illusion. It means that you have compassion and caring for others; you no longer judge or want to change others. Freedom is always win-win for all.\n\nNow let me be clear. As the creator of this site, that is my definition. It is very expansive. It offers unlimited potential, but it\u2019s not a guarantee. I offer information, just like you\u2019d read in a book. I offer techniques that have worked for myself or others. But they do nothing if you don\u2019t use them. They also do nothing if you modify them to become like other techniques that involve repetition or willpower. So what you get is up to you. That\u2019s important. You want the credit for your achievement, and you completely deserve it all. But that means that you also must assume the blame if you do nothing or diminish the power of a technique by doing it in a way that serves your false self. If your false self kicks your ass, that is just part of your story. That part is something for you to decode. You\u2019ll know how to deal with that, and you will if you truly want freedom.\n\nMy role as the creator of the Gold Circle is to make sure that whatever goes into the Gold Circle is consistently moving everyone in the direction that I\u2019ve described in the paragraph above. You may find that at some point, you want to detour into the illusion and live in good and evil, right and wrong, or win-lose. You might find that you don\u2019t want to stop judging something or someone. Or you could hit a belief system that you don\u2019t want to let go. If that happens, you will probably feel uncomfortable in the Gold Circle space. You would be resisting moving closer to freedom in a space that focuses entirely on letting go and freedom. That\u2019s fine. Now you must choose. Do I let go of more illusion; or do I let go of letting go and exit the Gold Circle? You can\u2019t do both; and if you try, you\u2019ll make yourself very uncomfortable, confused, or even feel like you are going crazy.\n\nIf you enter the Gold Circle space with the intent to project or take over the masculine role, you will feel uncomfortable. If you try to bring astrology or a healing technique or religion into the site, it will feel uncomfortable. Emotions will work as designed inside the Gold Circle. So you\u2019ll probably feel more emotional. That\u2019s good; that is what you need to get free. It is my hope that you will catch your psychological reversals more easily and see through your baggage more quickly when you visit the site, read the material, or do the things I suggest.\n\nYou will always be free to come and go. Everyone is very welcome to join the Gold Circle, even if you left my life earlier in an angry rage because you hated what I told you to do. I assure you that I let go of any falseness that I see in others. I don\u2019t hang on to problems of the past with anyone. I know how ugly clones can be; they often won\u2019t allow the person to let go. Clones never want freedom, so they do fight me. But a clone is a voice, not the person. I never hold an attack on me against the person. That being said, I will not ever bend the rules to include beliefs that your clone characters deem to be true in the Gold Circle. That would not be win-win for the others. So if I told you to let something go in the past, and you chose to leave instead, recognize that you will now have to let that belief, or those beliefs, go.\n\nIn the Gold Circle, I\u2019m showing you how to get all the way to freedom, and I don\u2019t take that responsibility lightly. Thus, I can not, and will not, even consider including the work of anyone else in this site except to expose the limitations of that work. I will not dilute this work to make it more digestible to New Agers or religious people. So your beliefs, and belief systems of all kinds, will be challenged; and that might be uncomfortable. It gets down to that all important question, \u201cWhat do you not want to let go?\u201d If you hit something you can\u2019t or won\u2019t let go, you are stuck until you do decide to let go.\n\nYou must also understand that you are entering the private section, Gold Circle, of Gateway to Gold at your own risk. In truth, there is no risk. Beliefs are what create risk; letting go removes risk. But that is often hard for people to understand. I\u2019m not giving you any beliefs. I\u2019m not programming you. But because of the crazy way we\u2019ve been trained to use our minds, programming often feels quite comfortable. People enter into cults all the time without feeling any discomfort. It\u2019s deprogramming that is perceived as very uncomfortable. You will most likely feel lots of emotion because we are going to push your beliefs to the surface. You will also get in touch with your real desires; and that brings up beliefs and emotions. Your body might start to act up. Remember, pain or symptoms are just another version of emotions. TheGold Circle is never a substitute for medical advice. If you need such care, you are encouraged to seek it out immediately. You can always let go later on. You can\u2019t let go if you are dead.\n\nThere will absolutely be times when you want to quit. There will be times that you hate me. Tough shit. You have to decide moment-to-moment if you want to continue or stop. Your commitment is only one month at a time. If you stop in those emotionally frantic moments and discriminate, you\u2019ll see it is just your clone trying to keep control of you. It might tell you that I\u2019m trying to control you; but if you look closely at what it is saying, I\u2019m not. I\u2019m trying to free you. Clones lie all the time.\n\nI expose as many tricks and traps as I can. I make it as easy for you as I can. I\u2019ve done everything I shared. But I can\u2019t make your beliefs into the truth even if they really work well for you. I can\u2019t make your beliefs disappear for you. Also, your mind is uniquely programmed, so I can\u2019t anticipate everything that you will encounter. Because I\u2019m writing for many people, I might also present beliefs that you don\u2019t have. So don\u2019t put new beliefs into your mind. But exposure to things you\u2019ve never experienced is very good; that way, if you do encounter such issues later on, you won\u2019t be sucked into their web. Many people have gotten free, but they could not stay free because they didn\u2019t really know how they got there. When you complete initiation, you\u2019ll know how you got there. You\u2019ll stay free.\n\nYour job is to be responsible for your well being, but also to be hard on your mind and challenge it. Most of the time, we are not in a life threatening situation. So before you take action, you usually have the time and space to try to let go. If it doesn\u2019t work, follow your beliefs; get help. But vow to let go after the fact so it doesn\u2019t happen again. That results in progress; and any progress is great progress.\n\nYou can\u2019t screw up by letting go. If you don\u2019t let go, you\u2019ll just get what you were going to get anyway. So you\u2019ll see what your beliefs were creating, and now you\u2019ll work on that topic. But letting go never causes problems. It can\u2019t. Over time, letting go causes problems to disappear or never happen. So you don\u2019t really know what your life would have been like if you hadn\u2019t started letting go.\n\nTry not to get impatient. If you let go of beliefs every day, your mind is getting more clear. That\u2019s huge; the rest of the world is putting more beliefs in each day. Don\u2019t take such progress lightly. Your future will be better than it would have been if you had not let go. If you remember that, it quiets your \u201cneed it now\u201d clone.\n\nHow Do I Join?\n\nThe Gold Circle is organized into units. Each unit is the equivalent of a standard non-fiction book. There are seventeen such units. In addition, there are additional articles on a variety of topics. You\u2019ll find that even reading the comments and my answers to them gives you beliefs to let go. In addition, there are over thirty group call recordings which last between 1.5 to 2.5 hours long. Then there is additional material related to each call. There are a few guided technique recordings, and a few sample mentoring sessions. It\u2019s a lot of material.\n\nThis is not a race; and you will determine when you have gotten to where you want to be or are ready to move on to something else. The investment for Gold Circle is $50 per month. Once you sign up, the billing will happen automatically until you cancel your membership. You can register by clicking on \u201cBuy a Membership\u201d to the right of this page in the grey area or in the menu bar at the top of the page. Buying a membership assumes that you have read this page, and you agree to what I\u2019ve written. There are no refunds. I\u2019m not looking to create an accounting or technical support job for myself. If this isn\u2019t fun, I\u2019ll just go do something else. I don\u2019t need to do this to be free or happy, or to have a purpose for my life; and it has been very expensive to maintain my website for years with little income. This has been a twenty-five year experiential journey that was very expensive, but it was all very worth it. As I earn money from this site, it will fund new programs. I do what I\u2019m inspired to do; new ideas come daily.\n\nYou can share a membership with others. So couples or friends can share one membership. But all people sharing the membership must have read this information and agree to it. They all must have read the free information. You will only get one member ID, so you\u2019ll both post as the same name in comments or the forum. This might turn into something that you can do together. Hopefully, it won\u2019t turn into fighting for access to the site or projecting on each other. If so, you\u2019ll just have to let go of that. If you share a membership, use a combined name and identify yourself when you post something. I\u2019m not psychic, I won\u2019t know who I\u2019m talking to unless you tell me. Ideally, I\u2019d like you to use your real name (not your New Age name or your porn name). When people use fake names, it gets confusing. This website is about being yourself.\n\nIf money is very tight for you at this time, I suggest you keep working on the free stuff with a focus on money. Many people have found the money to join my mentoring program, which was much more expensive, by doing exactly that. This is not a charity because charities assume that there is some problem to fix. Charities are fixated on problems. Consequently, the Gold Circle fees are not tax deductible as charitable contributions. However, they could be deductible as a business expense if you are an entrepreneur. Since I started my first business, I\u2019ve always had the intention that people would make or save more money from working with me than they paid me. Unlike technology, the payback for initiation isn\u2019t always obvious, but you will notice that you don\u2019t need a lot of health and wellness things that you used to need. You will find that expenses go down; you don\u2019t end up paying for mistakes. You stop going to those workshops and buying all those programs. You\u2019ll stop chasing false desires. In fact, you can now sell a lot of that stuff that you don\u2019t need anymore. I did. If you want to do this program, you\u2019ll find the money to do it. I don\u2019t offer scholarships because when we pay for something, we are admitting that it has value. Too often people don\u2019t take free things serious. That\u2019s a belief that will disappear, but most of the people who come my way still have that belief.\n\nI hope you love the Gold Circle, and it helps you to feel part of something that is moving toward freedom. Most important, make it a fun journey. It\u2019s not always going to be easy as we go into some dark places in the Gold Circle. But you\u2019ll start to know yourself, and that is really wonderful. Take delight in each insight or accomplishment. Realize that this quest for freedom, and completion of your story, is your life purpose. If you succeed in freedom, you will have done something that virtually no one else does. Fuck the 1%. You will be part of .00001% or less. So don\u2019t be hard on yourself when it gets tough. Know that freedom is possible; and the greatest joy will be knowing that you did it yourself. That is mastery.\n\nMuch love, Cathy\n\nI don\u2019t generally ask for testimonials. I get a lot of thank you notes, but don\u2019t post them publicly. But here is a nice one that also provides some sound advice on doing the work as you participate in the Gold Circle.\n\nI have known Cathy for almost 10 years. I have seen her writing and life change as she moves to freedom. Cathy uses her writing and practices. Not only is she showing you how you can do this yourself, but she uses letting go, western mediation, the truth, win/win and many other techniques to live from the mental prospective.\n\nInitially, I took Cathy\u2019s words in to my mind and knew they were true but did not do the work. Yes, there is work that only you can do. Her writing helps you to achieve life from the mental level, with unconditional love and the truth. By reading what Cathy wrote, I let go of roles. Mother, daughter, wife, teacher, whatever. I have a 20 year old daughter. I let go of the mother role with her years ago. We don\u2019t always agree. She is a creative adult with her own life. I don\u2019t try to control that or give her advice. She reflects and I let go what I feel (emotion). Good or bad. My physical relationship is closer with her than ever. No, we don\u2019t live together but have unconditional love that all parents want with their children.\n\nGive the Gold Circle a try. You will connect with your wisdom if you do the mental work. Thank you, Cathy.\n\nKaren C., South Carolina\n\nMembership Management\n\nWelcome to the Gold Circle and the Creative Leadership programs.\n\nBelow, you will find everything you need to manage your account, you can access technical info on the forum; and learn about upcoming events that are exclusive for Gold Circle or Creative Leadership Members. For account problems, use the Membership Contact Form. For technical site issues, check the Technical Questions forum. If you can\u2019t find an answer to your question, then write to me using the Membership Contact Form."}
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-{"text": "Login for Additional Pages\n\nSpring 2012\n\nScripts and Scores\n\nFaculty\n\nDescription\n\nThis course will provide structures and approaches for creating original choreography, performance pieces and events. An emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to composition, choreography, and performance making. These approaches include working with text and movement, visual systems and environments, music, sound and chance scores to inspire and include in performance. Students will create and perform dance, theater, or performance art pieces for both traditional theater spaces and for found (indoor and outdoor) spaces.\n\nThis course is open to dancers and actors as well as interested students from other media and disciplines. Two two-hour class meetings per week and weekly lab/rehearsal sessions. Consent of the instructor is required for students with no experience in improvisation or composition."}
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-{"text": "To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website\n\n\u00a6 . ..1. _ i , \u00a6^aa^p^B^^^'\nNassau County Review\nOfRcial Paper, Village of Freeport\nFREEPORT, R Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918\nVoL XXI. No. 48\nPffiE^ARIMENT\n\u2022f b\u00bbn\u00ab\u00abt u ami Alwnt tka Phm- \u00a6Mw Ib Oar Leeal PinilMiat\n\u2022r H. E. P/\nOeyartncnt Haa Serrice Pbc ^rice flag of 62 ait^a haa been\nby the Fire I>\u00abpa?tment, and\nba flown from a placa to be des-\nitad by thi Chief. One gold aUr\nJ of one pi our boya who haa mada\naupreme aacrifiee, Hanry Mohr of\nVlatroll\nIN MEMORIAM\nJOHN J. THURSTON\nWord waa received this week by his father at their rendence, 67 Liberty Avenne, 4i the death of John J. Thori- ton, in active aervice in Frtaea.\nMr. Thuriton also has another aon in service in, the infantry in Maryland.\nNassau County Gardens\nRaise Fine Crops\n(From Brooidyn Eagle) Scientific farming; and war garden\u00ac ing on thc aonth side of Nassan Coan\u00ac ty haVe achieved remarlcab'e remit-) thia aeason, despite the scarcity of l*bor, the high pricea of seed and fer\u00ac tilizer and when it comes to prodac\u00ac tion will compare with any section in the State, higenioas methods were sed with a large degree of success\nActive at Service Qub\nThe Headqaarters were open .... , . ^\n^\u201e. .. , Thanksgiving Day all day and we took. \u00bb<>\u00bb on'V \"> **>\u2022 raismg of garden track,\nA Hst of th* membera of tho De-jcare of all the boys who came in, thel'\u00bb\u00abt ^\u00ab \u00abc<>n\u00abnic princ.ples were ap-\nonly nnfortu-.iate featnre being that I ?''\u00ab<*'''**\u00bb \u2022\u00abellent results,\nyartment, aa fi'ed with tbe committee, f\u00bbUows. Eventually a'pennanent me- \u00a6Mrial to these men 4rill be secured by <)>4ha Department. The name and braaeJib ei the service is givf.i below. If ybu eee any errors, and probably you will, \u2022r can fill in where no branch of ser- vice ia ffiven, kindly aend it in WltlT- ING to the committee from tbe Fire Council, Howard E. Pearaall.\nHOSE 1 Albert Merklin Robert A. Campbell, Sergeant, Slst\nPioneer Inf., Headquarters Co. William A. Donaghy, Naval Militia WUIUm W. Guest, Sergt., Blst Inf. William Himmell John H. Kobel Htv.ry Kranz, Fire Co. No. 1, Camp\nJohniton, Fla. George Preziosi A vin E. Raynor Edward Tryon S. Purdy Williams\nHOSE 2 ( Crua Faiaino aylveztcr Greenblatt, Corp., Chemical\nWar Service Austin Montross, Corp., 63l8t Aero\nSquadron Gilbert Thompson, Ist Lieut Clarence Trubenback, U. S. S. Minne\u00ac aoU Milton Walling Hamilton G. Ki-ng, Y. M. C. A. William G. Miller, jr., lat Lieut. J. Huyler Ellison, Captain\nHOSE 3 Leater Bedell, Machine Gun Co., SOBth\nInf. Fred Comba Mervin Comba Herman Guhl .JU>yal Lewis, Chief Boatawain'a Mate,\nU. B. S. Abalone Harold Lewis, Co. M, SOlst Inf. ,^3eph McClo;key, C. M., 1st Class.\nNaval Reserve 'Dav'.d Pettigrew, 2nd Class Machiniat,\nU. S. S. Black Hawk Wa'ter Schmidt, U. S. S. Kentucky lAois. Cornelias, Naval MUitia Leb'.i Carman\nHOSE 4 'Karl Brown, Ist Reserve E-.igineers Harry Chilton 7rank W. Fraser, 2nd Lieut., Signal\nCorps Emer Johnson Donald S. McKeeman iGeofffe WuUin?, Chief\nNaval Militia John S. Sumner, Y. M. C. \u00a6Ernest Whritenour Carl Schneider Victor Cohn\nTRUCK 1 Harry Albin, Co. D, lat Anti-Air\u00ac craft M. G. Bn. Marcheon Farm'lett, Corporal, Co. A,\nSOBth Inf. )\nWard R. Frost\nJohn N. Hartmann, Q. M. Detachment George Hoffmann, U. S. S. Cythera Bernard J. Loonam, Jr., Signal Corps Kdward Meaney, U. S. S. Fulton ^'Cjtresce E. Jones, Y. M. C. A. PATROL 1 ClatOa Brotheridge Merton Crevoiaerat, Co. A, 326th Inf. JEamea \"Stlrbrvther\nSXNRY T. MOHR, killed in action in FnuM*\nElectrician\nA.\n,,;\nMew iMhgmotor Ready fer Uae\nThe Ldu^motor purchaaed by the vWagc haa been paced and wiU be Ibip*, oa Track 1, both because of tho feet that en account of the ffong on net bailding the truck ia usuaUy tiie Ant aAparatBs te \"roll,\" and beeaose et Its aeewKibility for the police de- yaitakait,'iirhkli ia to ase the appaiat- aa ttkaAty eiSt the fire department. ami ehkb will probably be eaUed egan te use it'in aU caae* where dr- aaautaas** requiring ita oae are not attiiaiid hy fir*.\nSeeaes \u00abr hatred iHistery Naw la CfcrtoHaa Saada. a apecial S-page gtavwte aeetion ofiartiatle excellence :aild thneV hitereet, with every copy \u00abf nmct SaniafA NEW YORK AMEB- fCAN.\nA4\u00bbi\nfe\nDeat forget to order all ;^ar fmit \u2022aid Teffvtek^; Ji*ao Christmaa tre<3, for Ghriitauu from the Public Mar ket, 50 Soath Maiki Straat, opposite the Poat Offiea; tel BBt-J. Delivery 4 fl. m. every day.\nC L. Mook, the p^^ular Brooklyn Avenae laundryman, f(fi parchased ihe bn-'iness of Charlie Howard at IS Weat Merri<ik Road.\nAdeartlaauant\nCleaning ap sale of ii^.e nvmiery attek, iar?e and small; Ior/ cost; ipe- discountto dea'ers; must clean qand for bji'ding purposes. Wood Nursery, John J. Randall, Ocea^ L*Ba Avenues, Freep rt. tf\nArfvtrtlMmMii\nt^aee to buy foal. Sine'alr lyaer. 8 No. Uaiiv St. telephoae 184\nLe\u00abt~U, S. A. Knapaack contain- CMlogkal aarvey boeks. Kindly iretant ta 471 En\u00abn. teMam Hetti, WMfDmry, L. Lj reward.\n,aaomMiigmm% [\nwe were unable to fill aU the requests for boys to fill dinner engagements.\nIn the evening we r> pecially cele\u00ac brated the holiday with our guests with coffee, sandwiches, ice cream, cake, cigars, apples and nuts.\nA special treat was the singing by John B. Shir'ey cf Troy, N. Y., vis\u00ac iting with Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton G. King.\nThe ladies on duty Thursday even\u00ac ing were Mrs. Hamilton G. King, Mrs. Marlow, Mrs. A. P. Davisson, Mrs. Pearsall, Mrs. Kee<;an, Miss DuBos, Miss Tutt'e, Mrs. C. H. Lush, Mrs. El\u00ac bert Walters, Miss Walters, Mra. Jas. .Vlurray.\nCanteen Work\nThe committee in charga Saturday night were: Misses Helen Andarson, Edna Hutton, Ada Baker, Catherine McCord, E eancr Finch, Helen Cran dell, Mesdames R. G. Andarson, Hen ry L. Crandell, C. C. Smith.\nThe following contributions are re ported:\nCakes\u2014Misses Flora Stella, For\u00ac man, Copeiand, M. Mabee, F. Kelsey,\nD. McCallum, Ada Baker, Carol Smith,\nE. Finch, E. Laurence, C. McCord, H. Auderson, E. Hutton, H. Terry, Ruth Randall, O'Mara; Mesdames Magnus\u00ac son, C. C. Smith, Harold Maxon, L. Cut\u00ac ler, C. Jones, H. L. Crandall, Wright, Frank, Parshall and Charles Williams.\nMilk\u2014Mrs. S. Williama, Mrs. Knee\u00ac land, Mrs. N. T. Cole and Seaman A Rovegno.\nSugar\u2014rMrs. R. G. Anderaon and Mrs. H. L. Maxson.\nCoffee\u2014Mrs. Edgar Williams, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Mott, Miss F. Brown, Miss N. Anderson, E. Schneiker, anid Ed. Seaman.\nMrs. E. F. Goldman was in charge Sunday night, assisted by Misses May O'Mara, Sadie O'Mara, Anna, Vera, Evelyn and Marion Bedell; Dorothy Ratan; Jessie, Florence, Mabel and Ruth Thompson aiid E.firda Johnson.\nMrs. Goldman also wishes to state that Mrs. A. Marlow took entire charge of the cafTee and Privates Dorr, Shaft and Schlotter of the K. P. work, which was greatly appreciated.\nThe following contributions are ac\u00ac knowledged :\nCakes\u2014Mesdames A. T. Davisson, A. Mar'ow, E. F. Goldman, S. F. Pear\u00ac sall, Fenton, A. Thompson, Cole, Lee, fomforde, iVIorse, Masters, Van Ree^e, Gallaher, Sullivan, CoflFman, A. Joh-.i- son, L. R.'Cuter, F. Morse, C. M. Ba\u00ac dell, H. King, Francis Smith, Mc Chesney, W. F. Cole, J. P. R ch, Lutz, Edgar Williams, Keegan, Place, G. Gilbert, E. M. Lownes, E. Ault. H. Meyer, E. B. Thompson, R. H. Hunt H. O. Reast J- Permento, J. Denton,\nD. Sutherland, jr., C. E. Mack, Coe,\nE. Krier, T. Lucas, S. R. Kahn; the Misses A. Eldredge, May O'Mara, An\u00ac na Vogt, Ada Baker, May Morria.\nCoffee\u2014Mrs. Schloss, Mrs. A. Hut- ten, Mrs. George Gordon, Mrs. Fred Vining, Mrs. F. R. Liebermann, Mr. David Levy, Hiss Myrtle Shea, Miss Evelyn Bedell, Miss Marion Bedell.\nSocar\u2014Mra. A. Hatton.\nMilk\u2014Mrs. Holske, Mrs. Ida Sum\u00ac ner <i!\u00abffalar).\nCeotribnUoaa\nHe McDonough, 2 boxes cigarettes.\nMra. Schlosa, 2 boxes cigarettes.\nBasket pears, Mra. F. Marion Davis.\nFer Ladies' Food, Mrs. Edgar WU\u00ac Iiama $2, and 2 glaaaae of jelly.\nSomeone who aefflected to leave their name has oar:1Jkaaks, too, for '<\u00a3 pkte of aandwiches.\nMrs. CoUins, crullers.\nMra. F. A. Myrick,.2 cakea.\nMrs. Keegan, plea and cake.\nL. Peroni eent na a large basket of applea, bananaa, orange* and aata whieh witk thaee in haad, laated as all day.\nA apedal eoatribatorarho aaked aa to withheld his name helped oat with the cigars and ie\u00ab cream.\nAMeaMMtheBoek\nUttle Maiiel Frank took Thanks- Tiviag doeations and tornei it over to the aoldiers and aailor* dab amoke fund, IIJKL Hamdi for Miaa Muriel Ambalanee Faad Ceaimittee t\u00ab Servt aad Batertaia oa Saaday\nMrs. M. Feltenstein, chainnan of ^he Freepart Women's Amba'ancs Fund, and her committee arniounee 'hat they will be in charge of the can\u00ac teen cn Sunday, Deesmber 8. A treat s promised for the boys, aa those who ire acquainted with the doings cf thc ^cciety know what their praviou; vrork has bien during tiie war.\nThe arrival of twins on a farm, north of Wantagh, last summer, was the cause f9r more canned fruit It allowed the thrifty farmer's wife four extra pounds of sugar per month and she was not s'ow to take the adva'i- tage of the allowance of her new off\u00ac springs. \u00bb\nThe war garden of Wilson Pear\u00ac sall, of Lee Avenue, Rockville Centre, produced 40 bushels of field corn, the ears of which average 13 inchei in length and will shell a pound to an ear. \"Mr. Pearsall states that he re\u00ac caived thc sefil directly frorti the Wcr.U, and if six acres would produc; propartionatcly as his little garden pot did he woald be paid war wages for his time tlie next six months to jome.\nA Freeport woman, whose husband is in the Y. M. C. A. work in Franca and two of her boys ih the army, tilled a war garden for the first time in her life. She rays it was not only a health restorer and nerve tonic, but a paying investment as well. She kept a-.i ac\u00ac curate acoount of the time spent in the little patch and the cost of seed\nPettit Discus^ ABOUf iHE CHURCHES\nNassau Ri\u00bbonns|\n(Brooklyn Times)\n(mv* fat thto echiaui ata wakmeaai from tha putor* ef churcbaa awl sacratarias \u00abr othar aflkciala al church aaciatia*. Thaaa Iteoia, withia tha lianltaaf our tpaca, ap-\nplowing and other expenses and finds j municipality, we must frame a law\nWilliam S. Pettit, chairman of tba Supervisors' Committee of Taxei, at\nthe flrst meeting, he'd at the Court >?\"\u2022 \u2022*. ^'T^Ti*^- 11'^'!^ i?'.\"*'*^ *\" House, outlined the foUowing sugges- ticns:\n\"The woiTc that thia committee is called npon to perform ia of the great\u00ac est importance to tbe peop'e of Nas\u00ac sau County; and to tbe munic'pality aho. It cannot be solved hastily. There ia no municipality in America that has an entirely aatisfactory Tax Sales Law.\n\"In my mind, the primary defect of our present law is the divesting of the tit'e of a property owner without mak\u00ac ing any attempt to give him actual no\u00ac tice of the fact that hia property has been sold for taxes. All the other evils, such as extortion.on the part of the purchasers, flow from this oni; Treat defect. The seco-.id defect in redemption is so -.hort that it encaur- :iges those wl|io have extortion in their hearts to buy.\n\"In working out the prob'em, we must keep in mind that there are Lhree parties primarily affected, some\u00ac times four. First, the munlc pality. the second the owner, and third the investor or purchaser at the tax sale, and the fourth frequently the mort- ?agee. The municipality must ha.-; money to carry on the governmen'il 3xpanses. Its debts must be paid promptly. If the taxes are not paid, the municipality must borrow. It rep resents primarily the proparty owners who are delinquents, for they are thj ones who suffer by the delinquency of othars. Having in mind, first, the\nMemorial Association Started\nthat she received the sum of 94 cents an hour for her services.\nMaine grown seed potatoes have al\u00ac ways been used by C. E. Schwarting, a large farmer of Wantagh. This year he ran short and being unable to secure more, flniahed up his planting with some of his own seed. He did not expect much, but was happily sur\u00ac prised when he found at digging time his own seed yielded more potatoes cf much better quality and color than the certified spuds from Maine.\nAnother Wantagh farmer has dis\u00ac covered the process cf reducing the height of the ears on the stalks, and has succeeded in dropping the position of the ear about two feet He is D. H. Reinke and claims that with the ears nearer the ground on high stakes, which have their advantages on ac\u00ac count of the fodder, it is easier to har\u00ac vest and does not blow down. For several years Farmer Reinke has been using seed coiM from the West and .t was a gocd yie der, but the ears grew very high on the stalks. Last year he selected the ears that grew low and saved them for sead and it resulted in reducing^, the height.\nThat sweet potatoes can be raised on the south slda of Long Island was demonitrated by Peter Elar, a Free- port policeman, this season. He plant-\nd 20 hills and the yied was two and one-half bushels. They are much larg-\nr in size a-.id cooked dryer than those he purchased at the stores, which were said to have been grown in the Caro\u00ac lina*.\nMemorial Serrice for\nFormer Freeport Resident\nAn unusual occurrence happened in Damiemora Prison last Sunday when \u2022\u00bb memorial aervice was held for Peter Meyer. Eight lads from the outside town led the singing and not a dry aye could be found among the gather\u00ac ing. They spoke kindly of hia gent'e and thoughtful mannera and said he would never be forgotten there, or hia place ever filled. He died with his hand in the chaplain's, still profeaaing hia innocence and hia willingness to face his Maker, whom he had always trofted and believed in.\nMr. Meyer had lived in Preeport for several years, was of exemplary hab\u00ac its, and no one wbo knew him believed him ffuilty of the charge on which he waa eent to prison on the \u2022evidence of mUitary poliee.\nthat will e'.iable it to collect in som^\nLutheran\nServices in this charch are held every Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. The Sanday School session is held at 2:80 p. m. The devotional meeting of the Luther League starti at 7:00 p. m. \u2022\nThe annual every member canvass for the fiviancial support of the charch will be carried out .lext Sunday by a committee of the church. BapUat\nSunday School hour at 9:45 a. m. Bible c ass for adults.\nYoung Peop'e's meeting at 6:45 p. m. A meeting that will help any young person.\nSunday moming service of worship j at 11 o'clock. The pastor's subject will be: \"The Mcdel Ministry and Its Reward.\"\nSunday evening at 7:45 bright ser\u00ac vica with Gospel message in sermo.T \u00a3.\".id son?. A male trio will sing sev- aral selections. The Pastor's message will be: \"Frcm Desert to Garden.\"\nMid-week prayer servica on Thurs\u00ac day evening at 8:0D o'clock. Bible study in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Ycu are urged to thare in the bless\u00ac ing of these meetings and Scripture studies.\nMethodist\nRaymond L. Forman, a well-knojr.i\nfigure on the American platform and\none of the leading elocutionists cf New\nYork, rendered the Christmas Classic\nSnb-Committecs Appointrd\u2014Not De\u00ac cided on Library aa Inferred in ths Eagle\nThe committee of fifty selected by Village President Andarccn as in\u00ac structed by the Village Board of Trus\u00ac tees met at the Freeport Clnb last Friday evening, for the purpose of considering the question of a memor\u00ac ial for onr boys i;ii aervice, and for those who have died under the flag.\nAfter\nMERRICK\nThb cetamn b <M:tc4 br Ba*. W. B. L\u00bb- tebrandt aiHl all itema ahou'd ha aaat U hte to intnrc Iniartion under thb haai.B*.\nService* at the Church of the Be\u00ac deemer Sanday, the Second After Ad\u00ac vent at 11 A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Moming Prayer and aermon. Even-. ag Prayer and sermon. Th* Sunday School during the Advent season i* meting with the congregation at 11 o'clock. The 10 o'clock seaaion ia discussion as to the best I omitted during Advent The Woman's\n89ldicrs Redeem Promiae\nWhen the boya Vnve Freeport for overseas werk they frequsntly prom \u00a6se to c:me back, and some promise tc -some baek as soon as they reach th' U. S. A. again. Monday the first loai' of retumed so'diers arrived in Nsw York, and Monday night two of them *<ept the^r pledge te refrim to Free port. They were sopnored to be under fnaraatine so no official record wa* made of their viait bat they werr heartily ve'eomed\u2014aad admeaishe<f '\u00a6o gat beck ta epaap aa aaae iia pos- ilUc. aad eome iNScIt vkw tiM qaar- aatfawmsUftad.\nThree Get Awards\nAt Farm School\nAt the regular meeting of the Board of Tnwtee* of th* New York State ^hool af AgrieaHare at Farmingdale, ] 'he adiolara were summoried to the aa- tembly room, where thev were ad- ] Ireoaed by WlHiam M. Baldwin, treaa\u00ac arer of thi Board, who eompMmeoited *%em on the remarkable werk they are tnlng. and the progresa they have -TMde.\nHe then pre\u00abented two-year scholar- xhips and $103 in roM, rewarda fer -^\u00ab^d wrk. to Herhert F. Scheffer. \u00a6lew York City: B-adford K. So'rthard\nf Freeport. and Abrahsm G'n-ber? of IrooVlyn. These awards are the per- icnal drifts of Mr. Ba'dwlti.\nThe awarding of nrizes has worked ve'l hi the rch-o' th's yesr. the fir^t\n'me snch awards have been mada\nirc9 ite orran'z^tibn, and in a'l pr-)b- 'bil'tv there will be several more\ncho'ar-hips offered for the c^min\" [ -ear. The school is offering exd'ent 1\nnportnn't'es for young men and vri j -n\u00abn dasiring pract'cal as wsU as tec'i\nway the taxes that delinquents havo I of Dickins, \"The Christmas Carol,\" at either neglected, or refused to pay. \u2014\nWe must, therefore, devise a law that will enable the municipality to either sell the tax lien or to sell the tax cer\u00ac tificate at public sale. After it is sold and the county receives the money, the county is no longer primarily in\u00ac terested in the tax lien, or tax certifi\u00ac cate. It is, however, interested in the prompt payment of future taxes on the same property. Therefore, the law must make some provision for the payment of future taxes and penalties thereon on that property in order to prevent a delinqneney on 'the same property year after year.\n\"Having studied the tax laws of practically every State in the Union, and most of the cities and counties, I have come to the conclusion that what may be a perfect Tax Sales Law n one community will be an utter fail- are in another community, due to the difference in the c'ass of proparty sold, in the assessed valuation and ac\u00ac tual value of the proparty sold, etc. The Lien Law is a succass in New Ycrk City. It appaars to be a failure \u00a6-1 other places where the community has many low-pricad lots. Whether we adopt the Lien Law or tha trans\u00ac fer cf the fee, in either event we jhonld extend the time of redemptioii 1 should say, to five years, with .\u00bb graduated penalty. A certain penal\u00ac ty at the end of one year, a second penalty at the end of two years, etc, a-.id at the tax sale the purchaser in\u00ac stead of purchaaing a fraction of the property, such as they do in Nassau County, a perfect absurdity upon its face, then caa bid to take the property or the lien at the least interest; that is, they will bid down the interest This is done now in New York on tho lien law.\n\"It occur* to me that we might con\u00ac sider tbe preposition of the county be\u00ac coming one of the investors. There is IM reaaon why the Coanty itaelf ahould not be the purehaaer on the aame baaia aa an individaal.\n\"There are other mattera to con\u00ac sider, auch aa re-advertiaing property that ia beugfat in by the County. Under our preaent tax law, we will ultinuktely have the namea and ad- d^saea of every property owner. This however, will take aeveral years to ae- compliah unlea* we have a apecial clerk wh* ia employed to do nothing elae but aoeertain the namea and ad dreasea of the property ownera. Such a c'erk might be attached to the Coan\u00ac ty Treasorer^a OlBce. Of conrae, we shoald aloe diacass the queation of having a Bureau of Aaaeaamenta and' /T\"'* Arrears. Every tax bill that ia ren-'**^\"*' dered shoald kave a statement on the front thereef that either that the proporty has been so'd for taxee or that there are arreara.\"\nthe church Tuesday evening, Deeem ber 3. The evening of entertainment and sociability was heartily enjoyed. Sunday, 10:30 a. m., morning wor\u00ac ship and sermon by the minister;'2:30 p. m., Sunday School; 6:45 p. m., Ep\u00ac worth League devotional meeting. A special speaker from the Five Points Mission in New York will give the message; 7:80 p. m., happy hour ev\u00ac ening service. Emil Cioss, the noted bell ringer from New York, will hi present and play many of the old-time hymns and melodies. The bells ac\u00ac companied by the piano will begin the music at 7:30. In addition to the gos\u00ac pel hymns, sung by a full-hearted con\u00ac gregation, the second address in the series of \"Life's Busy Foundation\" will be givea by the, minister; torasj. \"Is the Bible a Useful and Practitaf' Book.\" Raplies to the minister's questionaire wiil be read from the fol\u00ac lowing: A. L. Davisson, W. G. Mil- er, J. J. Randall, jr., Harry G. Clock, Jere Brown, Arthur Thompson, Henry Maxscn, S. R. Smith, Robert Ander\u00ac son, E.vin Edwards, David Suther\u00ac land, jr., E. R. Collard, Judge Clinton M. Flint, C. Dwight Baker nnd W. S. Hall. All seats are free, and every\u00ac body welcomt\".\nHIGH SCHOOL NOTES\nHONOR ROLL\n^All pupils having 90% or more in thre or more subjecta are honor pu\u00ac pils.\nSenior Class, 1st quarter, Sidney Feltenstein, 6 honors; Helen Fox.\nFreshmen Class, 1st quarter, Ruth Bowers, English I 90, Latin I 92, Ele\u00ac mentary Alg. 94; Gertrude Thoms, English I 90, Latin I 90, Elementary Algebra 90.\nJunior Class, 1st quarter, Tillie Goldfarb, 5 honora; Phyllis Lucaa, S honors.\nOn Wednesday, December 4, 1918, an aaaembly waa he'd in the Study Hall. Sidney Feltenatain explained the \"Student Aaaociation\" of tae achool tn the membera. Ue also urgc.i everyone to pay up so that he might enjoy all its privileges\nLucy Wood spoke on \"The Reaaona for the Collapae of Germany.\"\nFlorence Wella apoke on \"The Ger man Revolution.\"\nAn axsemb'y was also he'd on Wea- nesday. November 27, for Thankagiv\u00ac ing exercises. The following slnlento spoke:\nJohn McCord, \"Preeident WUson'a Thanksgi^'ing Proc'amation.\"\nMarion Hague, \"Freedom'a Thank 1-\nl^ethod of procedure the following of\u00ac ficers were elected: President, David Sutherland, jr.; vice preaidenta, Sid ney H. Swezey, Smith F. Pearsall. Charles F. Young and Moses Felten\u00ac stein; August V. Johnson, secretary: C. Milton Foreman, treasurer; Smith F. Pearsall, historian.\nPropositions as to the form of the memorial were presented and talked over informally, including a tahlet or memorial stone, a public library and a public hall, but it was agreed that no action shou'd be taken in a hurr>' and a committee of pan and scop? was appointed by the chair, to meet every Friday evening, at the Freeport Club, for farther consideration, ani when they have the matter in shape for further consideration a genera\" meeting will be called, not later than January 15. The members of the com\u00ac mittee are tha president, secretary, treasurer and E. B. Lent, Moses Fel\u00ac tenstein, John M. Harrington, Char'e C. Copeiand, Smith F. Pear;all, Sid ney H. Swazay, Elvin N. EJwards, Donald S. Mackay, Stephen P. Pettit Henry J. McCjrd, F. M. Arguimbau. S. R. Smith, H. R.-Smith, R. G. An\u00ac derson, Arthur Nosworthy.\nThe permanent organization will b \u00a6 known as the World War Memoria! Association , of Freeport. There is truth in the statement in a city daily that \"a plan was suggested, which met with the popular approval of those present, to erect a public lib rary to cost at least $50,000 as a me\u00ac morial to those who fell in the con\u00ac flict\" It might be said there was some sentiment in favor of a library while others favored the monumert and a few a village community cen\u00ac tre. Neither was there any discubsion as to the amount to be raised, that be\u00ac ing left until details had been com\u00ac pleted OS to what should be furnished. The memorial whan erected will he iov all our residents in the service, with special tables or mention of those who died in the Service.\nAuxiliary meeta weekly in the Rectory at 2.30 P. M. Choir practice is held Saturday aftarnoon in the Charch at 3 o'clock. The Boy Scouto meet week\u00ac ly on Tuesdays at 7.30 P. M., Chaa. A. Calkins, Scoutmaster. A erodial invi\u00ac tation is extended to all to attend the services of this ehurch and to become identified with ita community inter\u00ac ests.\nMrs. A. Smith returned to her home n Baltimore on Wednesday after vis\u00ac iting during her illness her mother, Mrs. Louis Lord.\nDr. Allan Beetham and family and A. E. Hewlett left c-n Tuesday for Baltimore after spending the last ten days here with Mrs. WM. E. Hewlett\nNo further offerings are required ftr the convenience cf the soldier sick n the military hospitals at Garden City, The village did well its duty in the recant opportunity to lend a hand when the epidmeic made for a very jnusual situation.\nBaldwin Now Has\nTwo \"PostgirU\"\nBaldwin, L. I., Dacamber 2.\u2014The war. war's work and the recant epi-\nMrs. C. W. Qnick of Yonkers, N. Y., ia a guest of Mrs. J. J. Littebrandt at the Rectory.\nSchool Notes\nMrs. Janet F. Belcher of Oceanside terminated her engagement as substi\u00ac tute teacher, Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Belcher is an excellent teacher and the school has been very fortun\u00ac ate in securing her services.\nMiss Florence Brown of Freeport has been engaged to teach Grades 3 and 4. Miss Brown comes highly rec\u00ac ommended, having had two years' ex\u00ac perience in the Amityville High School. She is a graduate of Paoker Coilegiate Institute and Adelphi College, from which she received he,r A. B. degree.\nSince the opening of school in Sep\u00ac tember the Junior Red Cross has made and shipped 9 complete comfort kite, 6 hospital boots, 20 wash cloths, 1 croche^ted Belgian shawl, 1 Afghan shawl, 5 comfort pillows.\nThe pupils of Grades 1 to 6 inclus\u00ac ive presented a very p easing Thanks- tiving program at assembly, Wednes\u00ac day morning, November 27.\n\"School Day\" in connection with the\nFreeport CUb Is\nResuming Activities\nThe Board of Directora announce they are going to rejuvenate ths Frej- nort Club \"in the good <fld-f\u00abahioned way\" on Friday evening, Dscembe- 13. The entertainment committee hi^ arranged for an entertainment and -\u00bbfre\u00bbhmenta. A bowling match with the RocVville dentre C'ub wi'l be a nert of the pro-nram and aM rooters are expected to be on the aide finea.\nIrene Holland, \"IH be Home for Thankagiving.\"\nThe total pledgee for the United War Work Campaign in the achool amounted to $1,700. Thua far $732.- 49 haa been paid in. Althongh the money may aeem to be eoming olewly, it ia certain that it will all be paid for the pupils always carry a thing thru when once they have atarted it\nBELLMORE\ndemic of influenza have reduced the 1 po^d Administration and Farm Bu- male population of Baldwin to such an ^eau cf Nassau County, was observed extent that the women of that village | Friday.\nThe regular 'month'y proficiency tests ware conducted during tha last three days cf November. The result*; were very gratifying.\nOne hundred par cent, of the boys of Grades 7 and 8 are Victory Boys. The 'chcol boa'ts of 20 Victory Boys and Victory Girls.\nAn aggregate of nearly one hundred W. S. S. are owned by the boys and girls of our school.\nThe attendance during the influenu epidemic was greatly affected. The per cent, of each room during Novem\u00ac ber follows: Room I, 78%; Room II, 70%; Room III, 86%; Room IV, 89%. During the month of November the pupils have made weekly contribs- tions for the convalescent so'diers at Camp. Mills, through Miss Olga E. Goehler, Home Economics Demonstra\u00ac tion Agent, Mineo'a; $25 dollara waa contributed during the month.\nwere called upon to work. A resigna tion and sickness reduced Po-itmaster Miller's forca of letter carriers to cne man. All of the young men physical\u00ac ly able to perform the duties of de\u00ac livering the mail were either in ser\u00ac vice or manufacturing munitions of war. So the postmaster called upon the young women and Miss Ada John\u00ac son and Miss Gladys Carman, high school girls, about 19, offered their services. After a week's test Post\u00ac master Miller dec'ares they have per\u00ac formed their duties more than satis\u00ac factorily. What is more, he has at least a dozen women applicanta and he will submit their names to the oth\u00ac er postmasters on Long Island who need carriers and clerks.\nBoth Miss Johnson and Miss Car\u00ac man are rosy cheeky girla and were bora and brought up in the aouthem part of the village, known as the Neck. The healthy glow on their plump facea ia put there by Jack Froat and the tennia courta in the Summer and baaketball courta in the Winter have trained them aa hard aa naila and made them fit for their dutiea.\nThey make two deliveriea a day and cover about 18 miles, both use bicy- clee and their pouches when leaving the aasorting room, including letters, weigh about 40 pounds. With the gray caps set jauntily on their heads they make a striking picture. One haa ths north route, which extenda to the reaidence of John Carl, and the other the aonth route, which goes to Bald\u00ac win Harbor, on the shores of Hemp\u00ac stead Bay. Both are delighted with the pay, which ia |60 per month to start and Postmaater MUler says that he has only one fear and that ia Capid. Their attractiveneas he i* afraid will captivate tha heart of aom* of th* retaining soldier boys.\u2014Eagle.\nMervin Hendrickson snd family have c'osed their home c.i Bellmore Avenue and gene to the city for the Winter months.\nUnchomed Letters\n(Frerport Poet OOce) Ellis, Capt. James H. Jackson, Mrs. May Lederer, Ludwig Offic al No. 104, Grove St Stephens, Mrs. Ronald, Porterfield PI. Foreign\nHIGffWATEB TIDE TAB' E\n\"\"rldav. Dec ^itirday \"=l\u00a6'n^ay Monday\n;'cal training in a-rriiculture, horticu'- j ^\"7 j ire. poa'try br-eding, etc. Many of j Z^^^J^^^ he gradiatea cf thia schooTare hold-1 ^ .T\"\"\" ng gcod poeitions as manngers cfioTt-lji nnre farms. Others hive extensive!***\"\"\"'^ Sa\u00abine\u00abs 'ntoresta of their ovm.\n9 7 8 fl 10 U 12 IS 14\nThere was a very eniovtb'e gather j ing at the hrme of Mrs. Charles Soper j Doo'in, ^Rj^ P'orence E. 9:10 A. MI on Thankagfv n<r Dav. Those'preset, Duncan, Miis Catherine, care A. Nej 9-I9A. M. !^-\" Mr. and Mrs. Sonar, Mrs. Stev- ^qq\n10:81 a! m! [\u00ab\u00a6-\u00bb'' Mr. and Mrs. Badenhop. Mr. j Rae, Miss Aga-ie 11:21 A. M- ^aschke. Misses Stlckel and Green an J | T. BENSON SMITH P M\n12:22P.M. P'-vatea Stewart AkinS, Mad'on,. December 4, 1918. * '\n1:29 P.M. Loughmiller. Winkler, Hebart, Freth\n2M1PM '**''' \u00a6\"'* R'c-\". An o'd-fishioned 1 -\\\nSiw p! M.' i Thanksgiving dinner was served. Th* ly\u2014Irlar U/^sl. \u00bb ^ 5^p_j( iafternoon was very pleasantly spent I vveewy Weather Report with games a-ad raosle. ''\"\nIt will be but a short time when theip,n Fmga Map Shawlar L^catlaa At lild'njga will have to be enlarged, as I.n a.*^.~. nt-i-i..^ i\u00bb v^.^ .\u00bb\nSoldiers Welfare Association\nThe regular meeting of the Soldiers Welfare Associetion will be held on Tnesday evening, December 10. at 8:80 p, pi., at the Freeport Elks' 'Clab. Advices have been received of more than sixty boys from Nassau County who will be returned disabled te their communities and the Associstion i* planning to give them every poaaible aid when they reach home.\nAmong those whose case hss come nnder the observation of the So'diers Welfare Association is that of James B. McHugh of Seaford, wh) hsd his foot shot off in the battle of the Somme, was transferred to the War Demonstration Hoapital in New York where he waa again operated apon, and who is now in the Wa'ter Rood Recon'truetion Hospital of Washing\u00ac ton for final treatment\nCourage that make* a aoldler on the battlefield waa dlstlnct'y exempli\u00ac fied by Private James B. McH'igh, not on'y in the attack at Somme, but alsa later on when he waa with the Ameri\u00ac can advance on the Soiison-Rheims line, but when is added to this the sterling quality of sacrifice made by him at the operating tab'e in aa Am\u00abr'can hospital by the transfusion of hii own b'ood to save the life of a cmrada fast failing, ws begin to real- j izt that he wa\" a solder ev\u00abn before j he enlisted in the army, and that the : trie's of batt'e have added oth?r nual- [fties to th\u00ab( n'b'e manhood of Privet* : James B. McHugh.\nDO YOUR BIT\nsulld\nhe \u2022ttendance i\u00ab rtwdHy inereadng. the time w^rnt tightiae emaei, wHh *ji'dn\u00ab other tb*nthoseo<jrB*d br .^^ c-'bv rf n\u00abvt Soaday's NEW t^lStSZi^ZS^ to ba aaed j york AMSRICAN.\nSatttinday. fame, cooler.\nA helmet captured from the Ger- mAea was on exh'bitioa In th* Bed, Cro** roon th* ftrat part of th* watk. alght It wa* *ent by BadoTiMi Baach wlw u Tuesday, aama. *emewbere la laropc. Wedneeday, aaaia,,\ni >\u00bb..,\u2014 \u2022 . , . \u2022\u2014- , We have d<\u00bbB\u00bb aTl w-po'slWy caa \u00ab*\nI vliA \"**\u2022\u00ab\"*\" \u00ab\"\u00bb\u00ab localities) I make <yar Ri.'l ef Ha\u00bbor --\u00abp?**a. 0 *'\u00ab^\u00abV. November 22-Cle*r, ales j Bar* yea done a* aadir T1i<* I* a\u00ab rail wef.tber. cweplte aBataa there i< fer Fr-epeii\naai vfdMity. and ia\n\u00ab , - - -\u2014 ,mteu Ticinicy. mma w canptica wwa\nMonday, sam*. coaler; freesing atJMp ef ths ft-d Craw. We waoM\npiled with th*\npr^ate a^y fnrUMr <an\u00abctkaa sr St\nditieas. _\nSerii'je,\n'miB>mKst!:s:.:\ntm^f.rxitia;;:]\n..-j..- ir'-vj.jt:Mityi...-jns%k\u00bbi...\n*fc\u00ab'-.'.j:^K>.- :-z~.*.ijp:.-1 -\u2014.'f. *\njiit.ir\\'-s-. .liJ fa\u00bbiffia'..u.\nB,ii. ...\u00ab(\\iiJtVj\n\n\u00a6 . ..1. _ i , \u00a6^aa^p^B^^^'\nNassau County Review\nOfRcial Paper, Village of Freeport\nFREEPORT, R Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918\nVoL XXI. No. 48\nPffiE^ARIMENT\n\u2022f b\u00bbn\u00ab\u00abt u ami Alwnt tka Phm- \u00a6Mw Ib Oar Leeal PinilMiat\n\u2022r H. E. P/\nOeyartncnt Haa Serrice Pbc ^rice flag of 62 ait^a haa been\nby the Fire I>\u00abpa?tment, and\nba flown from a placa to be des-\nitad by thi Chief. One gold aUr\nJ of one pi our boya who haa mada\naupreme aacrifiee, Hanry Mohr of\nVlatroll\nIN MEMORIAM\nJOHN J. THURSTON\nWord waa received this week by his father at their rendence, 67 Liberty Avenne, 4i the death of John J. Thori- ton, in active aervice in Frtaea.\nMr. Thuriton also has another aon in service in, the infantry in Maryland.\nNassau County Gardens\nRaise Fine Crops\n(From Brooidyn Eagle) Scientific farming; and war garden\u00ac ing on thc aonth side of Nassan Coan\u00ac ty haVe achieved remarlcab'e remit-) thia aeason, despite the scarcity of l*bor, the high pricea of seed and fer\u00ac tilizer and when it comes to prodac\u00ac tion will compare with any section in the State, higenioas methods were sed with a large degree of success\nActive at Service Qub\nThe Headqaarters were open .... , . ^\n^\u201e. .. , Thanksgiving Day all day and we took. \u00bb<>\u00bb on'V \"> **>\u2022 raismg of garden track,\nA Hst of th* membera of tho De-jcare of all the boys who came in, thel'\u00bb\u00abt ^\u00ab \u00abc<>n\u00abnic princ.ples were ap-\nonly nnfortu-.iate featnre being that I ?''\u00ab4ha Department. The name and braaeJib ei the service is givf.i below. If ybu eee any errors, and probably you will, \u2022r can fill in where no branch of ser- vice ia ffiven, kindly aend it in WltlT- ING to the committee from tbe Fire Council, Howard E. Pearaall.\nHOSE 1 Albert Merklin Robert A. Campbell, Sergeant, Slst\nPioneer Inf., Headquarters Co. William A. Donaghy, Naval Militia WUIUm W. Guest, Sergt., Blst Inf. William Himmell John H. Kobel Htv.ry Kranz, Fire Co. No. 1, Camp\nJohniton, Fla. George Preziosi A vin E. Raynor Edward Tryon S. Purdy Williams\nHOSE 2 ( Crua Faiaino aylveztcr Greenblatt, Corp., Chemical\nWar Service Austin Montross, Corp., 63l8t Aero\nSquadron Gilbert Thompson, Ist Lieut Clarence Trubenback, U. S. S. Minne\u00ac aoU Milton Walling Hamilton G. Ki-ng, Y. M. C. A. William G. Miller, jr., lat Lieut. J. Huyler Ellison, Captain\nHOSE 3 Leater Bedell, Machine Gun Co., SOBth\nInf. Fred Comba Mervin Comba Herman Guhl .JU>yal Lewis, Chief Boatawain'a Mate,\nU. B. S. Abalone Harold Lewis, Co. M, SOlst Inf. ,^3eph McClo;key, C. M., 1st Class.\nNaval Reserve 'Dav'.d Pettigrew, 2nd Class Machiniat,\nU. S. S. Black Hawk Wa'ter Schmidt, U. S. S. Kentucky lAois. Cornelias, Naval MUitia Leb'.i Carman\nHOSE 4 'Karl Brown, Ist Reserve E-.igineers Harry Chilton 7rank W. Fraser, 2nd Lieut., Signal\nCorps Emer Johnson Donald S. McKeeman iGeofffe WuUin?, Chief\nNaval Militia John S. Sumner, Y. M. C. \u00a6Ernest Whritenour Carl Schneider Victor Cohn\nTRUCK 1 Harry Albin, Co. D, lat Anti-Air\u00ac craft M. G. Bn. Marcheon Farm'lett, Corporal, Co. A,\nSOBth Inf. )\nWard R. Frost\nJohn N. Hartmann, Q. M. Detachment George Hoffmann, U. S. S. Cythera Bernard J. Loonam, Jr., Signal Corps Kdward Meaney, U. S. S. Fulton ^'Cjtresce E. Jones, Y. M. C. A. PATROL 1 ClatOa Brotheridge Merton Crevoiaerat, Co. A, 326th Inf. JEamea \"Stlrbrvther\nSXNRY T. MOHR, killed in action in FnuM*\nElectrician\nA.\n,,;\nMew iMhgmotor Ready fer Uae\nThe Ldu^motor purchaaed by the vWagc haa been paced and wiU be Ibip*, oa Track 1, both because of tho feet that en account of the ffong on net bailding the truck ia usuaUy tiie Ant aAparatBs te \"roll,\" and beeaose et Its aeewKibility for the police de- yaitakait,'iirhkli ia to ase the appaiat- aa ttkaAty eiSt the fire department. ami ehkb will probably be eaUed egan te use it'in aU caae* where dr- aaautaas** requiring ita oae are not attiiaiid hy fir*.\nSeeaes \u00abr hatred iHistery Naw la CfcrtoHaa Saada. a apecial S-page gtavwte aeetion ofiartiatle excellence :aild thneV hitereet, with every copy \u00abf nmct SaniafA NEW YORK AMEB- fCAN.\nA4\u00bbi\nfe\nDeat forget to order all ;^ar fmit \u2022aid Teffvtek^; Ji*ao Christmaa tre<3, for Ghriitauu from the Public Mar ket, 50 Soath Maiki Straat, opposite the Poat Offiea; tel BBt-J. Delivery 4 fl. m. every day.\nC L. Mook, the p^^ular Brooklyn Avenae laundryman, f(fi parchased ihe bn-'iness of Charlie Howard at IS Weat Merri pecially cele\u00ac brated the holiday with our guests with coffee, sandwiches, ice cream, cake, cigars, apples and nuts.\nA special treat was the singing by John B. Shir'ey cf Troy, N. Y., vis\u00ac iting with Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton G. King.\nThe ladies on duty Thursday even\u00ac ing were Mrs. Hamilton G. King, Mrs. Marlow, Mrs. A. P. Davisson, Mrs. Pearsall, Mrs. Kee?\"\u2022 \u2022*. ^'T^Ti*^- 11'^'!^ i?'.\"*'*^ *\" House, outlined the foUowing sugges- ticns:\n\"The woiTc that thia committee is called npon to perform ia of the great\u00ac est importance to tbe peop'e of Nas\u00ac sau County; and to tbe munic'pality aho. It cannot be solved hastily. There ia no municipality in America that has an entirely aatisfactory Tax Sales Law.\n\"In my mind, the primary defect of our present law is the divesting of the tit'e of a property owner without mak\u00ac ing any attempt to give him actual no\u00ac tice of the fact that hia property has been sold for taxes. All the other evils, such as extortion.on the part of the purchasers, flow from this oni; Treat defect. The seco-.id defect in redemption is so -.hort that it encaur- :iges those wl|io have extortion in their hearts to buy.\n\"In working out the prob'em, we must keep in mind that there are Lhree parties primarily affected, some\u00ac times four. First, the munlc pality. the second the owner, and third the investor or purchaser at the tax sale, and the fourth frequently the mort- ?agee. The municipality must ha.-; money to carry on the governmen'il 3xpanses. Its debts must be paid promptly. If the taxes are not paid, the municipality must borrow. It rep resents primarily the proparty owners who are delinquents, for they are thj ones who suffer by the delinquency of othars. Having in mind, first, the\nMemorial Association Started\nthat she received the sum of 94 cents an hour for her services.\nMaine grown seed potatoes have al\u00ac ways been used by C. E. Schwarting, a large farmer of Wantagh. This year he ran short and being unable to secure more, flniahed up his planting with some of his own seed. He did not expect much, but was happily sur\u00ac prised when he found at digging time his own seed yielded more potatoes cf much better quality and color than the certified spuds from Maine.\nAnother Wantagh farmer has dis\u00ac covered the process cf reducing the height of the ears on the stalks, and has succeeded in dropping the position of the ear about two feet He is D. H. Reinke and claims that with the ears nearer the ground on high stakes, which have their advantages on ac\u00ac count of the fodder, it is easier to har\u00ac vest and does not blow down. For several years Farmer Reinke has been using seed coiM from the West and .t was a gocd yie der, but the ears grew very high on the stalks. Last year he selected the ears that grew low and saved them for sead and it resulted in reducing^, the height.\nThat sweet potatoes can be raised on the south slda of Long Island was demonitrated by Peter Elar, a Free- port policeman, this season. He plant-\nd 20 hills and the yied was two and one-half bushels. They are much larg-\nr in size a-.id cooked dryer than those he purchased at the stores, which were said to have been grown in the Caro\u00ac lina*.\nMemorial Serrice for\nFormer Freeport Resident\nAn unusual occurrence happened in Damiemora Prison last Sunday when \u2022\u00bb memorial aervice was held for Peter Meyer. Eight lads from the outside town led the singing and not a dry aye could be found among the gather\u00ac ing. They spoke kindly of hia gent'e and thoughtful mannera and said he would never be forgotten there, or hia place ever filled. He died with his hand in the chaplain's, still profeaaing hia innocence and hia willingness to face his Maker, whom he had always trofted and believed in.\nMr. Meyer had lived in Preeport for several years, was of exemplary hab\u00ac its, and no one wbo knew him believed him ffuilty of the charge on which he waa eent to prison on the \u2022evidence of mUitary poliee.\nthat will e'.iable it to collect in som^\nLutheran\nServices in this charch are held every Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. The Sanday School session is held at 2:80 p. m. The devotional meeting of the Luther League starti at 7:00 p. m. \u2022\nThe annual every member canvass for the fiviancial support of the charch will be carried out .lext Sunday by a committee of the church. BapUat\nSunday School hour at 9:45 a. m. Bible c ass for adults.\nYoung Peop'e's meeting at 6:45 p. m. A meeting that will help any young person.\nSunday moming service of worship j at 11 o'clock. The pastor's subject will be: \"The Mcdel Ministry and Its Reward.\"\nSunday evening at 7:45 bright ser\u00ac vica with Gospel message in sermo.T \u00a3.\".id son?. A male trio will sing sev- aral selections. The Pastor's message will be: \"Frcm Desert to Garden.\"\nMid-week prayer servica on Thurs\u00ac day evening at 8:0D o'clock. Bible study in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Ycu are urged to thare in the bless\u00ac ing of these meetings and Scripture studies.\nMethodist\nRaymond L. Forman, a well-knojr.i\nfigure on the American platform and\none of the leading elocutionists cf New\nYork, rendered the Christmas Classic\nSnb-Committecs Appointrd\u2014Not De\u00ac cided on Library aa Inferred in ths Eagle\nThe committee of fifty selected by Village President Andarccn as in\u00ac structed by the Village Board of Trus\u00ac tees met at the Freeport Clnb last Friday evening, for the purpose of considering the question of a memor\u00ac ial for onr boys i;ii aervice, and for those who have died under the flag.\nAfter\nMERRICK\nThb cetamn b ' and a committee of pan and scop? was appointed by the chair, to meet every Friday evening, at the Freeport Club, for farther consideration, ani when they have the matter in shape for further consideration a genera\" meeting will be called, not later than January 15. The members of the com\u00ac mittee are tha president, secretary, treasurer and E. B. Lent, Moses Fel\u00ac tenstein, John M. Harrington, Char'e C. Copeiand, Smith F. Pear;all, Sid ney H. Swazay, Elvin N. EJwards, Donald S. Mackay, Stephen P. Pettit Henry J. McCjrd, F. M. Arguimbau. S. R. Smith, H. R.-Smith, R. G. An\u00ac derson, Arthur Nosworthy.\nThe permanent organization will b \u00a6 known as the World War Memoria! Association , of Freeport. There is truth in the statement in a city daily that \"a plan was suggested, which met with the popular approval of those present, to erect a public lib rary to cost at least $50,000 as a me\u00ac morial to those who fell in the con\u00ac flict\" It might be said there was some sentiment in favor of a library while others favored the monumert and a few a village community cen\u00ac tre. Neither was there any discubsion as to the amount to be raised, that be\u00ac ing left until details had been com\u00ac pleted OS to what should be furnished. The memorial whan erected will he iov all our residents in the service, with special tables or mention of those who died in the Service.\nAuxiliary meeta weekly in the Rectory at 2.30 P. M. Choir practice is held Saturday aftarnoon in the Charch at 3 o'clock. The Boy Scouto meet week\u00ac ly on Tuesdays at 7.30 P. M., Chaa. A. Calkins, Scoutmaster. A erodial invi\u00ac tation is extended to all to attend the services of this ehurch and to become identified with ita community inter\u00ac ests.\nMrs. A. Smith returned to her home n Baltimore on Wednesday after vis\u00ac iting during her illness her mother, Mrs. Louis Lord.\nDr. Allan Beetham and family and A. E. Hewlett left c-n Tuesday for Baltimore after spending the last ten days here with Mrs. WM. E. Hewlett\nNo further offerings are required ftr the convenience cf the soldier sick n the military hospitals at Garden City, The village did well its duty in the recant opportunity to lend a hand when the epidmeic made for a very jnusual situation.\nBaldwin Now Has\nTwo \"PostgirU\"\nBaldwin, L. I., Dacamber 2.\u2014The war. war's work and the recant epi-\nMrs. C. W. Qnick of Yonkers, N. Y., ia a guest of Mrs. J. J. Littebrandt at the Rectory.\nSchool Notes\nMrs. Janet F. Belcher of Oceanside terminated her engagement as substi\u00ac tute teacher, Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Belcher is an excellent teacher and the school has been very fortun\u00ac ate in securing her services.\nMiss Florence Brown of Freeport has been engaged to teach Grades 3 and 4. Miss Brown comes highly rec\u00ac ommended, having had two years' ex\u00ac perience in the Amityville High School. She is a graduate of Paoker Coilegiate Institute and Adelphi College, from which she received he,r A. B. degree.\nSince the opening of school in Sep\u00ac tember the Junior Red Cross has made and shipped 9 complete comfort kite, 6 hospital boots, 20 wash cloths, 1 croche^ted Belgian shawl, 1 Afghan shawl, 5 comfort pillows.\nThe pupils of Grades 1 to 6 inclus\u00ac ive presented a very p easing Thanks- tiving program at assembly, Wednes\u00ac day morning, November 27.\n\"School Day\" in connection with the\nFreeport CUb Is\nResuming Activities\nThe Board of Directora announce they are going to rejuvenate ths Frej- nort Club \"in the good \u00bb..,\u2014 \u2022 . , . \u2022\u2014- , We have dmKst!:s:.:\ntm^f.rxitia;;:]\n..-j..- ir'-vj.jt:Mityi...-jns%k\u00bbi...\n*fc\u00ab'-.'.j:^K>.- :-z~.*.ijp:.-1 -\u2014.'f. *\njiit.ir\\'-s-. .liJ fa\u00bbiffia'..u.\nB,ii. ...\u00ab(\\iiJtVj"}
-{"text": "Feature: Maurice de Mauriac Customized Swiss Timepieces\n\nMaurice de Mauriac Storefront in Zurich Financial District\n\nDuring my annual trip to Switzerland, to attend the Baselworld show, I like to visit some of the important Swiss watchmakers who do not exhibit in Basel. I started doing this last year, when I toured the renowned Vall\u00e9e de Joux manufactureAudemars Piguet, in Le Brassus. This year I actually setup two separate watchmaker trips, one to another famous Vall\u00e9e de Joux manufacture, Jaeger-LeCoultre, in La Sentier (photos coming soon). The other, to Zurich\u2019s only watchmaker \u2013 Maurice de Mauriac.\n\nDaniel assisting a female client, back to further customize her Maurice de Mauriac timepeice\n\nA selection of various watch cases and dials to choose from\n\nUpon my arrival in Switzerland, I took a train to Zurich to meet the energetic founder of Maurice de Mauriac, Daniel Dreifuss. Once there, we went right into a discussion of watches and business strategy. Daniel founded Maurice de Mauriace in 1997. Operated out of a retail location in Zurich\u2019s financial district, the store has space for assembling watches in-house, in the back (the workshop). It also has plenty of space to meet with clients, up front (the storefront). This is where customers can pick from thousands of samples and literally design the perfect Swiss made watch.\n\nFor this visit, the front of the shop is what we focused on. The storefront is designed to display many customized novelties, and for clients to play with materials, cases, bezels, straps, dials and more. Everything is out on tables or in boxes, displayed so the client can touch, see and select exactly the watch they want.\n\nBrushed titanium case with grey dial close-up\n\nWant a 42mm or 45mm case? Ok. Want a polished black DLC case or brushed stainless steel? Ok. Want a black dial with white numbers or a white dial with black numbers? Ok. Want a brown leather strap or black kevlar? Ok. Want a different color bezel than the color of the case material? Ok. Want a single piece solid gold 22K rotor, instead of a two piece stainless steel rotor? Ok. Want a fully blacked out 45 mm DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) case with a black dial, black Superluminova numbers, an orange tipped seconds hand, a black Kevlar strap with clasp, and a robust Valjoux 7750 movement inside? Ok. Whatever it is you desire, wherever you are in the world, Maurice de Mauriac can custom tailor a timepiece to your preferred specifications.\n\nTray of watchcase and dial samples\n\nIn the end, you get a high quality, customized Swiss timepiece with a robust ETA or Valjoux movement inside. So you can be sure you are getting the best Swiss quality, and if you ever want something changed, just send it back and it can be further customized. Daniel told me how the dials always read \u201cMaurice de Mauriac Suisse\u201d, but recently a client asked for \u201cSuisse\u201d to be replaced with \u201cZurich\u201d and from now on, all dials proudly read \u201cZurich\u201d.\n\nDaniel says, that some of his clients realized that he was now putting \u201cZurich\u201d on the dial and have sent their watches in for the new dials. He will gladly make the change, and it only costs about $200. That is what is so cool about Maurice de Mauriac watches. If you want something changed, just send it back and Daniel or one of his three in-house watchmakers will make the change, for a very low charge.\n\nDaniel Dreifuss hard at work\n\nSurely there are other companies that can provide customized watches. But none offer such a high quality, for such a low price. Maurice de Mauriac can put together most watches for $2,500 to $5,000 (depending on materials and options). It will obviously cost more if you want a solid gold case or diamonds. Regardless of what options you select, you will receive a quality Swiss made product, backed by excellent service, for a reasonable price.\n\nView when you walk in the door, to right is ramp up to workshop\n\nSpeaking on quality, all timepieces assembled in the Atelier Maurice de Mauriac are tested on an in-house chronometer machine (pictured at the bottom). The watches are tested for multiple days, in multiple positions and unlike COSC testing, these are tested with movements cased and fully assembled. Honestly, this is a much better way to test. They are regulated and adjusted to COSC chronometer levels prior to delivery.\n\nAnother tray of cases, dials and movements\n\nAfter interviewing Daniel and learning about the business, it is easy to see that just because he is successful now, he is not happy without continuous improvement. He is a perfectionist, like many in the watch industry, he works all hours of the day. He works to make sure his products are first rate, and his clients are taken care of. His watches have many quality features that would make you wonder- what more can be done? But Daniel just continues to research and find better solutions to common watchmaking problems. The result, is watches that are being continuously improved. Whether it is a new strap or a new metal hardening technique (they recently started applying DLC case treatments instead of PVD).\n\nClose-up brushed stainless steel case\n\nClose-up PVD watch\n\nStainless coin edge bezel, screws right into case with special tool, so you can change bezels easily\n\nMaurice de Mauriac utilizes advanced watchmaking materials, finishes and processes, combined with ultra reliable swiss calibers, resulting in some of the best Swiss made chronographs in the category. (All timepieces are tested and regulated to chronometer specifications.)\n\nIf you are in the market for a high-quality Swiss chronograph in the $2,500 to $5,000 price range, and are interested in customizing the look and feel of your timepiece, definitely check out Maurice de Mauriac."}
-{"text": "Have you ever wondered why your Music Director is always on you? Could it be that he/she doesn\u2019t like you? Are you really singing right yet everyone says you\u2019re wrong and you don\u2019t seem to get it? What is really the problem? If these are your questions, then you need to pay attention to these theory or book an appointment for lessons. My name is Gina Doe and welcome to my website +32483407371.\n\nThere\u2019s something I always say to my students and that\u2019s \u201cIF YOU CAN\u2019T HEAR, YOU CAN\u2019T SING; IF YOU COULD HEAR, YOU WOULD SING\u201d. Any singer who isn\u2019t able to hear that he/she is off the note or the key, finds it difficult to accept that they\u2019re off. It\u2019s not their fault. They just don\u2019t know because they can\u2019t hear for themselves.\n\nsinging good involves a lot of things people basically neglect and one of those things is hearing technique. A lot of people take that for granted and concentrate only on their vocal technique and leave the other technigue behind. But when you do that it\u2019s like running with your whole body and forgetting to go with your head. You\u2019ll come back for it. I call it the fundational technique. That\u2019s where it all starts from. Before you start even singing you must have what I call \u201cMUSIC EARS\u201d. Without that your singing carrier will suffer.\n\nSome singers start a song in F# and end in D. Sometimes it could happen that there\u2019s no monitor for you to hear yourself. When you sing off in this situation, then it\u2019s not your fault. But I\u2019m talking about those who won\u2019t be able to sing the notes even when all things are been equal and they ain\u2019t aware or know that they\u2019re off.\n\nSome people know very well that they\u2019re off but they don\u2019t know how to correct themselves. Those in this category are better than those who don\u2019t even know that they\u2019re off. Why? Because those who are able to hear that they\u2019re wrong but don\u2019t know how to go about it, easily accept corrections. But it\u2019s the other way round for those who don\u2019t hear and for that matter don\u2019t know they\u2019re off.\n\nSUGGESTED REMEDY:\n\nAccept that you need help.\n\nAsk the people who are saying that you\u2019re off why they think that.\n\nTake up singing lessons and point it out to the teacher what your problem is.\n\nHOW TO GET RID OF MUCUS:\n*Always sleep with your head lift up.\n*Inhaling of steam by covering your head with a tick towel.\n*Prevent dryness at home by using humidifiers especially when you\u2019re living in a dusty environment\n*Smoke and smoking should be avoided.\n*Medically proven herbs helps in the breakage of mucus\n*Drink a lot of water because water is life.\n\nLike this:\n\nPhlegm or throat mucus is one of the dangerous things that can destroyed the voice yet looks insignificant. I decided to talk about it becuase I have recieved so many questions about it this week. As a singer or speaker, you need to be getting it out of your system by daily exercise. My name is GINA DOE and you can call me the VOICE ANATOMIST. On Facebook, YouTube, Google, Quora, Pinterest and Instagram it\u2019s GINA DOE. On Twitter it\u2019s GIDOE\u2019S WORLD and on Snapchat it\u2019s VOICEANATOMY.\n\nOur bodies produce up to 1.5 litre a day whether you are sick or healthy. The mucus clog in our throat when we are sick and that make a lot of people think that our bodies produce mucus only when we are sick.\n\nCAUSES OF THICK THROAT MUCUS:\n\n*Allergies and sore throat can cause thick throat mucus.\n\n*Post-nasal drip can cause mucus to drop from the back of our nose down the throat which will cause the throat mucus to thickens over time.\n\n*Croup is a viral infection which causes the voice box and the windpipe to widen up. As a matter of fact, all kinds of infections for example LARYNGITIS, PHARYNGITIS, PNEUMONIA, SINUSITIS?TUBERCULOSIS, TONSILITIS, EPIGLOTITIS to mention but a few cause throat mucus to thickens.\n\n*Pregnancy is one of the main causes of throat mucus. Why? Because pregnancy causes the blood flow in your mucous membranes to increase. In response to the additonal blood volume, the lining of your sinuses and nasal passageways tends to sxell, sometimes restricting your airflow. Have you ever wondered why the noses of most pregnant women swollen? Very practical!\n\n*Foods with gluten. Avoid such foods especially when you are allergic to them.\n\n*The eating of too much banana. I remember as a kid I was told banana makes you sing good. So I used to eat that too much. But as I was growing I started noticing of accumulated throat mucus which was making my singing gets bad. Then I went to my doctor and he told me that I eat too much banana. So I wasn\u2019t shocked when I was told at school that too much banana makes throat mucus thickens.\n\n..HALLO! MY NAME IS GINA DOE AND WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE! IT\u2019S GINA DOE ON YOUTUBE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, TUMBLR, QUORA, INSTAGRAM AND LINKEDIN. ON TWITTER IT\u2019S GIDOE\u2019S WORLD AND ON SNAPCHAT, IT\u2019S VOICEANATOMY. LET\u2019S GET CONNECTED!\n\nLosing your voice is a symptom and not a condition itself, says Paul Bryson, MD, Laryngology Section Head and Director of the Voice Center at Clevelend Clinic.\n\nBefore I studied Voice Physiology, I knew this fact. Why? because losing my voice is always a warning to me that I\u2019m not healthy. I remember sharing in one of my blogs how I discovered that I had developed stomach ulcer years ago. It was through losing my voice on a regular basis which was unusual of me.\n\nSome singers think that losing voice is a condition and this makes them believe that that is who and how they are. This is never true. Nobody is or was born with a losing voice condition. Losing your voice should rather be a signal to you that something is wrong with you. I woke up last week and realised I couldn\u2019t talk. My voice was gone. I rushed to my doctor for a check only to discover that I had an infection which I\u2019m still recovering from. I\u2019m following my doctor\u2019s advice and praying to recover fully after some days.\n\nWhen a child is born the medical assitants expect the baby to cry with a clear voice. When they hear something else, they suspect that something isn\u2019t right with the baby. They examine the baby and treat the baby after diagnosing. This is the best way to explain to you that losing your voice isn\u2019t a condition.\n\nSTEPS TO FOLLOW TO PREVENT OR RECOVER FROM LOSING VOICE\n\n*ENOUGH REST: your biggest weapon to fight losing voice is by sleeping more than enough. Every part of your body is tired too when you are tired including your vocal cords.\n\n*KEEP SILENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE: try your very best not to talk at all especially when you have a concert. Keep yourself away from noisy area because it might cause you to be shouting.\n\n*CANCEL EVERY PERFORMANCE: it\u2019s better not to sing at all and recover than to try to sing to please people and end up destroying your music career and your vocal cords forever. I did cancelled a big concert in Brussels with Joe Mettle last week when I felt sick.\n\n*DRINK WATER: keeping our bodies hydrated is more than necessary to our health which includes our vocal cords.\n\nSo as I said the last time preparation before a singing performance entails a lot. I would want to continue. Don\u2019t forget to follow me on Twitter, Google, YouTube, Quora, Pinterest, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram (GINA DOE). On SnapChat is VOICEANATOMY.\n\nWe gonna discuss the next two point which are very crucial. These are:\n\n*PREPARING ARTISTICALLY: Becuase some singers would want to please the organiser or the crowd, they are pressurised to choose songs above their range. They are forced by themselves to choose difficult songs. Some even choose a new song that they don\u2019t even know the lyrics or aren\u2019t familiar with it. For it is better to choose a very simply but nice songs which you are familair with the lyrics and would be able to deliver even more than your best than to choose complicated songs and embarrass yourself. Never think that there\u2019s an easy song. Learn it when it\u2019s new. If it\u2019s an old song, listen over and over again as if it\u2019s a new song. Rehearse with your band to be sure you have it in your head.\n\n*TECHNICAL PREPARATION: This is the stage most singers take lightly and end them up in a big mess. Since you are not singing acappella, you must make sure the instruments are good. In the part one, I recommended having a manager. Because he would do this part for you. Good intruments including the microphones are very much important as they can spoil your well-planned concert. The stage must be of a good quality because accident is bound to happen when an anyhow stage is been used. Good lighting really lightings the performance. So it should be considered.\n\nDon\u2019t forget to wake your voice an hour before singing with voice warm-ups and to drink something warm (caffeine-free) right before climbing the stage.\n\nWhat the BIG STARS do that we don\u2019t is what we call preparation. Whether it\u2019s a big or small concert, time has to be putted into it. The professionals know that it\u2019s their job to deliver since that is what gives them money. Most singer do singing as a part-job. This makes them not putting in much effort which is more than wrong. Never take any singing performance for granted. Because you don\u2019t know what would come out of it.\n\nHere are a few tips to help you through your preparation.:\n\n*PHYSICAL PREPARATION:\n\nBe concious of all the activities you do at least a week before the concert. Anything that drains you of energy shouldn\u2019t be encouraged. Make sure you eat enough to give you energy. DON\u2019T OVER EAT TOO as it will cause your vocal folds to be lazy. Drink more water and soup. Sleep enough at least 8 hours a day especially in the night. Alloow your body to be massaged by professionals. Being in warm bath can also help.\n\n*GOOD PLANNING:\n\nHere is where a good manager comes in. When there\u2019s a poor organisation from your rehearsals to your trip to the location to your accomodation, you\u2019ll be stressed out which will affect your performance seriously. When you don\u2019t have a manager, delicate some of your duties to a friend or family. My brother Prince Robert Doe has being doing a lot of things for me and it\u2019s for free. Never try to do everything alone. You will get crushed.\n\nSo this is a continuation of the last section about EFFECTS OF GASTRIC REFLUX ON THE VOICE. I made I decision to study vocal and do much more research into it even though it\u2019s very expensive.\n\nThe consequences of GASTRIC REFLUX on my voice was terrible. I even lost strength to stand on my feet to even sing. I could hardly open my mouth to talk not to talk of singing. I suffered worse even in the night. The heart burns was more than worse in the night. The pain and the tears was increasing.\n\nAfter been able to enrol in a vocal school and started the study of the PHYSIOLOGY OF THE VOICE, I realised that health plays a major role in our voices. The state of your health determines the state of your voice. Believe or not but that\u2019s the truth.\n\nTake in Citrus juice such as orange juice are very good for Vitamin C. But I always ask my students to dilute with water. Everything is good. But the abuse of it is harmful. Even honey is very good as it soothes the throat. Yet dilute it with water. Water is life remember.\n\nIf you are already suffering from GASTRIC REFLUX follow these tips and see your doctor for more:\n\n*Avoid late eating\n\n*Water at least 2 litres of water a day\n\n*Avoid drinking coffee and the eating or drinking of cholate\n\n*Sleep with your head raised on pillows (as if you are sitting)\n\n*Don\u2019t eat too much especially when you having a concert in a few days times."}
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-{"text": "Textmanuscripts - Les Enluminures\n\nDreaming the Middle Ages\n\nNovember 17, 2015Post by Sandra Hindman\n\nForgotten today,Clothilde Coulaux, was responsible for the writing and illuminating an enchanting Missal dated June 29, 1906. She signed her manuscript, full of literally hundreds of illuminations, on the last folio, \u201cliving in the city of Molsheim on the street of Notre-Dame facing the parish church.\u201d There she included a delightful self-portrait of herself looking like a fairy-tale princess seated at her lectern writing.\n\nA decade earlier in 1896 Clothilde took second prize in a competition for illuminators, for which she received an annual subscription to the magazine Coloriste-Enluminure, a journal promoting manuscript illumination as a domestic activity most suitable to young women. The other competitors were all women.\n\nClothilde\u2019s Missal reveals her considerable accomplishments, her wide range of artistic sources, and her lively imagination. Many images are faithful reproductions of German Renaissance prints mostly by Albrecht D\u00fcrer, but also Hans Holbein and Urs Graf; still others are likely based on personal observation (local street scenes, church spires, images of daily life).\n\nCoulauxMissal, p. 10-11, Virgin and child, after Albrecht D\u00fcrer\u2019s engraving, Virgin and Child with a monkey\n\nA Crucifixion resembles a stone sculpture in her home-town church, and the opening pages may depict the tower and porch of the same church, especially considering she took pains to write that she lived facing the parish church.\n\nCoulauxMissal, p. 2-3, Full-page, Adam and Eve at the top; below, a street scene, possibly depicting a scene in Molsheim or elsewhere in Alsace\n\nIn this make-believe world of the Middle Ages there is an owl in a belfry, a cat in a window, a man dragging a pig, a lady serving wine, a jester with a basket of fruit, and countless lords and ladies, all in fanciful medieval dress, private daydreams of a time long ago.\n\n\u201cIt seems that people like the Middle Ages,\u201d so wrote Umberto Eco in 1986 in a book of essays called \u201cDreaming the Middle Ages.\u201d Those who chronicle medievalism \u2013 defined as the \"continuing process of creating the Middle Ages\u201d \u2013 point to a sort of nostalgia about medieval times that indicates dissatisfaction with contemporary life. Certainly Clothilde, gazing at medieval buildings outside her window a century ago, dreamed of the medieval era. A host of scholars today argue that phenomena as diverse as Hollywood movies like Braveheart, video games like Elder Scrolls, television shows like Game of Thrones, and even the Trump Tower as a model of feudalism's split between the well-to-do and the masses reflect modern-day society\u2019s dreams of the Middle Ages."}
-{"text": "Broncos backup QB Kelly arrested in trespassing case\n\nLorena Waters\n\nDenver Broncos backup quarterback Chad Kelly was arrested overnight on Tuesday for first-degree trespassing in a weird series of events that transpired after Von Miller's Western-themed Halloween party. A woman was holding her child on the couch inside the home when the man entered uninvited.\n\nCops say a male inside the house hit Kelly in the upper back with a 2-3 foot stick shaped piece from a vacuum. and was able to chase him outside. Kelly was found sitting outside the Theater by his SUV when police arrived, responding to the call about him entering the residence.\n\nThe man was detained without incident and he identified himself to officers as Kelly.\n\nHondurans Continue to Make Harrowing Journey to USEven though the goal is to reach the USA border, she said: \"We only want to work and if a job turns up in Mexico , I would do it. Maria Teresa Orellana, a resident of the neighborhood of Lorenzo handed out free sandals to the migrants as they passed.\n\nEmmanuel Sanders defended his choice to dress up as a character played by Dave Chappelle known as Tyrone Biggums.\n\nKelly was taken to jail for investigation of first-degree criminal trespass and appeared in court earlier this morning but has since been released. 'Our organization has been in contact with Chad, and we are in the process of gathering more information'.\n\nKelly's arrest could put the second-year pro in line for discipline from the Broncos or the league, which doesn't need a court conviction to mete out punishment for a violation of the NFL's code of conduct.\n\n30 injured as dancefloor falls through during SC partyDisaster struck during a party at a university event on Saturday night, when a floor collapsed under dozens of party-goers in SC . Tester said emergency responders were there in just minutes, and he saw people holding their arms or with bloody legs.\n\nBut Kelly has a history of getting into trouble.\n\nAlthough he didn't play in the Senior Bowl after his final season at Ole Miss because of a right knee injury, he was in attendance all week in Mobile, Alabama, so he could talk with National Football League teams about his off-field troubles.\n\nThe former seventh-round pick has a history of off-field incidents from his time at both Clemson and Ole Miss.\n\nDespite the unfortunate nickname, sports pundits have been impressed by the strides Kelly has made. \"Chad was also recognized by officers on scene as being Chad Kelly\".\n\nUS Nuclear Treaty Ultimatum about China as Much as RussiaFrench President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Trump on Sunday to stress the importance of the treaty, his office said on Monday. Bolton said Russian Federation was violating its commitments under the pact, an allegation Moscow has denied.\n\nPrince Harry Hopes his Baby With Meghan Markle is a GirlOct 24, 2018 - 02:02\nWhat's more, the Duchess's tour style has been well within the bounds of royal protocol - until yesterday, day seven on the tour. The Duchess of Sussex revealed the clearest look yet at her blossoming baby bump as she donned a attractive blue dress in Fiji.\n\nMessi's absence opens El Clasico door for DembeleOct 24, 2018 - 00:04\nAs Real Madrid are proving in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, a striker's goals are hard to replace but so too is the aura. The major disappointment is that Messi will miss the match against Real Madrid on October 28.\n\nSales are brisk as Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6 billionOct 22, 2018 - 05:27\nThe Mega Millions jackpot is now tied with the record-setting lottery jackpot and bound to grow before the drawing Tuesday. It costs $2 to play the game, but the odds of winning the grand prize is one in 302.5 million.\n\nWoman dumps toddler at stranger's door - then runs awayOct 20, 2018 - 01:03\nAuthorities say deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office responded to a home in Spring, Texas Wednesday evening. It is not clear if the woman has been taken into custody or if police are still trying to find her.\n\nManchester United players 'mock club legends with videos'Oct 19, 2018 - 16:14\nManchester United players are reportedly passing around clips of club legends making mistakes as they react to recent criticism. Speaking about United's squad, Scholes said that he reckons United do not lack talent, but miss a couple of key players.\n\nChinese city plans 'artificial moon' to light up skiesOct 19, 2018 - 16:13\nA Chinese city has hatched a plan to launch an artificial moon into space within the next two years, according to a new report . The angles of these wings can then be adjusted to allow the light to focus on a precise location."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nMonday, October 27, 2014\n\nMage Revealed\n\n***I'm a little late to the party but I wanted to make sure to extend the celeration for C.D. Coffelt's latest release!***\n\nMage Revealed\n\nBook\nTwo of The Magic Withheld series\n\nStruckwith enough malevolent Spirit to turn him into a\nraving beast of a man, Bert Reese fights to remain human. Alone, he walks a\nslender path between sanity and madness. Then, an unlikely source enters his\nlife to help\u2014one of the now-hated mages.\n\nBut Ashleigh is different and calms his butchered senses. Her\nfierce nature is the only rock that stands between him and the crevasse that is\nbeast. In all ways, she walks beside him toward a new beginning. But at the end\nof their journey lies the one who used Spirit against him. Questions arise; did\nTiarra, head of the Imperium, lose her magic, die, or simply give way to the\nnew order? Or, like a spider, does she wait for a mage to blunder into her web?\n\nForcedon him without a care for his humanity, Bert is the\nmage who should not exist, born with a different kind of magic.\n\nAnd the gates of Hell are no match for the magic he wields.\n\nAuthor C.D. Coffelt\u2019s world of magic started in Wilder Mage with the words \u201cThe earthquake wasn\u2019t his fault. Not this\ntime.\u201d It continues in Mage Revealed,\nthe second book of the three-part series. Watch the book trailer on YouTube.\n\nExcerpt\nfrom Mage Revealed\n\nEnergy slithered\naround him, encased him and\u2026\n\nBonded.\n\nAll the elements\nslammed into him at once filling him like a bursting dam, sloshing into a\nmaelstrom of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Spirit. Magic filled him, cascaded\ninto every pore of his skin until there was nothing left that was of his\nessence.\n\nHe raised his\narms. \u201cI am a wizard,\u201d he said.\n\nHis words echoed,\nlike the roll of a bass drum in an empty coliseum.\n\nFrom his\nfingertips, fluid lightning forked and shot into the empty sky. A violent\nwhirlwind as tall as he wanted it to be caught up a whirl of leaves. A roar of\nFire sprang from the palms of his hands, crowned his head. And Spirit, the\nsilvery element waited for his command, to charge into any foray he so chose.\n\nHe turned to the\npanting women, frozen in the grip of panic and fright.\n\n\u201cI am a wizard,\u201d\nhe said again.\n\nC.D. Coffelt\nlives outside Skidmore, Missouri with a bemused husband and way too many cats.\nShe is a member of the Missouri Writers Guild. But despite that bit of\nconventionality, she adores all things fantasy with a special love for urban\nand epic.\n\nWith a passion for good\nwriting and Doritos as companions, locating Middle-Earth on a dusty road in\nrural Missouri wasn\u2019t difficult. All it took was a little Magic, hours of\nreading, and an overactive imagination."}
-{"text": "Time has come to receive at the comfort of your fingerprints the best on-line magazines! So go find a comfy corner, a cup of whatever you like most and let's go for some inspiration to fill our brains with fresh ideas. I know you like them, no need to thank ;^)"}
-{"text": "Schnebly Hill Road\n\nwe just can't leave sedona\nWe never even planned on stopping in Sedona, much less staying...but the landscape was simply too lovely for us to be in a hurry and we really had nowhere to be, so we convinced Rich and Ash to join us on an excursion us Schnebly hill road, which we caught a few glimpses of through photos and social media over the last few days.\n\nProbably more offroad than we typically seek out (lets be honest, we have a 4x4 mostly for the ability to et just 1 mile further lost than the last camper we pass and to make sure we are safe or can get out of whatever conditions/weather we happen to find ourselves in... not for rock crawling) but the views looked amazing and the drive sounded pretty fun.\n\nWe turned off onto the trail, aired down the tires and set out on what ended up being about an hour of really rough terrain. The sprinter handled it great and other than the offroad tour jeeps we hardly passed another vehicle. The road gains elevation quickly and views looking down over the valley and the towering red rock buttes are exquisite.\n\nFinally at the summit, jen and I pulled over to pour a cocktail, watched an epic sunset over hanging over the cliff, and watching the colors change on the valley and red rocks beyond. Eventually we welcomed Rich and Ash as they made their way up the hill after a few local hikes. Not so many years ago we would have joined them. Jumped at the chance to take in this landscape and wildnerness on foot, but with Karma getting up in years (she's turning 90 soon) we obviously find ourselves doing less hiking and activity as we move through an area. We obviously miss it, but wouldn't even consider leaving her in the car for that long in this heat and rarely choose to brea up the family. ;)\n\nWe had another great evening (and another delicious dinner) with friends and finally called it a night. In the morning we watched sunrise over the valley, made breakfast and then \"ripped the band aid of\"f to head our separate ways.\nWe know we'll see them again soon!"}
-{"text": "Volume.9\n\nVolume.10\n\nSpecial Issues\n\nContests\n\nMiracle Man\n\nJonathon Depaolis\n\nIt was a rainy September morning when I first met Joey Portman, and I will always remember how gentle the rain felt as it gracefully touched my face. It is permanently etched into my brain as one of those moments that move past nostalgia and become contentment. I remember how delicately the drops ran down the sides of my face to settle in separation on my jacket collar. How sweet the air smelled and how peaceful the world seemed to be. I remember these not because of the tranquil serenity they conjured up, but because I was greeted with the same gentle raindrops a little more than a year later. Only then, they were so much more. They were salvation.\n\n* * *\n\nMy first impression of Joey Randolph, as I sat in the rain on an unusually chilly September morning, was that he was a lot stronger than he actually was. Joey was near six feet in height, and looked to be a little over one hundred and fifty pounds. He was not bulky by any means, but the way he held himself gave off a \u2018strong\u2019 presence. He never slouched, and he never let his shoulders sink. Why he was so disciplined in that stance, I\u2019ll never know. My only guess is that it was years of childhood mockery that had made him so determined to present himself better. But that is just my opinion.\n\nBack in the spring of \u201903, I was a beat writer for a newspaper based in the biggest town in central Illinois, The Courier. There being a lot of colleges in the area, I was given an assignment to interview an incoming freshman basketball player. The wrap on Joey Randolph was that he was extremely skillful, but at times a handful to deal with. It was his \u2018showboat\u2019 antics that had kept him from a division one school. But after my first meeting with him, I was given the distinct notion that he didn\u2019t care much about being at a bigger school. No, I\u2019d say Joey preferred the anonymity of where he was at; constantly under the radar.\n\nAs I said before, it was unusually cold for a September morning, and so I clung to my jacket and constantly blew warm air into my hands to keep them warm. Joey was fifteen minutes late, and I was ready to turn for my car and leave, when his voice sounded from behind me.\n\n\u201cGreat weather isn\u2019t it?\u201d he said. I could have responded with sarcasm or I could have tried to make him feel guilty for keeping me waiting for as long as he did, but Joey wore a grin that was so wide and comical, that he instantaneously became endearing to me. It\u2019s a gift only few people in this world have, and it is a trait that once you have seen, you become acutely aware of how many lack it. It\u2019s also a trait you wish upon yourself.\n\nStill, I couldn\u2019t help but roll my eyes at him. \u201cSo the standards for \u2018great\u2019 really must have lowered since I was a student,\u201d I replied.\n\nLooking at me with this air of wisdom about him, he quickly retorted, \u201cMaybe your standards have just gone up?\u201d He said this, but with no pomposity or malice attached. It was for this reason perhaps, that I was so impressed with Joey.\n\nHe held out his hand, and offered it to me while introducing his self to me. Even his handshake was firm. I noticed during my tenure as a reporter for The Courier, that you could tell a lot about a person\u2019s personality from the initial handshake. On a politics beat I was working, I shook hands with a state senator running for re-election in his district. The term \u2018dead fish\u2019 is denoted as being a handshake that is flimsy and not having any strength to it. The state senator\u2019s policies and promises turned out to be just as flimsy as his handshake.\n\nThe interview started as we both headed for an inlet near one of the campus buildings. We conducted it on the steps of an English building. I remember the vines were starting to brown across the bricks it entwined. The scene was beautiful, and I can honestly say that all around, it was the best interview I\u2019ve ever conducted.\n\nI started with a bunch of small broad questions about the game, and how he practiced and trained. I asked the types of questions that you could read in any sports article, and so I got answers back that I was expecting. But it was when I asked the last of the stereotypical questions that I received an answer that I was not expecting.\n\n\u201cSo who was your biggest influence?\u201d It was a seemingly easy question to respond to. Most players cited that their biggest influence was a past coach, their parents or another family member, or a higher entity that they believed in. Not once had I ever heard a different response.\n\n\u201cI\u2019d have to say that my biggest influence that helped me become who I am today was Elton John,\u201d he responded. He laughed when he looked up to see my shocked expression. \u201cDidn\u2019t see that one coming did you?\u201d he asked.\n\nI earnestly shook my head. All I could think of to say was, \u201cWhy Elton John?\u201d\n\nJoey didn\u2019t even need a moment to think about what he was going to say. \u201cWell, Elton had to put up with a lot during his life about being gay, and yet it never really stopped him. He\u2019s considered one of the best musicians of all-time, and he lives through adversity on a day-to-day basis, maybe not as much in his profession, but in his life. He gives me a model of how to go about handling diversity.\u201d\n\nIf I hadn\u2019t already been impressed by Joey physically, I was won over by him verbally. The interview had taken on a complete turn however, and I was beginning to become aware of the person I was talking to.\n\nAfter a few more generic questions, the interview was over, and we both shook hands again, and we parted ways. As luck would have it, I\u2019d be running into Joey a lot more after that interview. I was made chief reporter for his college\u2019s basketball team in the winter. The next time we would meet, would be after one of the most exciting games I\u2019ve ever witnessed.\n\n* * *\n\nDown at the half by thirty points, everyone in the gym figured the game to be over. Yet as the men took the court again, one looked different from the defeated. Joey Randolph didn\u2019t seem beaten, nor did he consider his team. Over the course of the next two quarters, he would take his team on an unbelievable run. With five minutes left in the game, Joey had led his team on 23-0 run that left them two points shy of tying the game. With a minute left in the game, they were tied, and when that final buzzer went off, the ball was already well on its way through the net. Joey Randolph had not only led his team back in the game, but he had won it for them on a last second miracle shot from near the half-court line.\n\nThe cheering and applause coming from the stands were so deafening that I couldn\u2019t even hear the final whistle from the referees. Joey\u2019s team hoisted him up in the air, and carried him off the court on their shoulders.\n\nI interviewed Joey after the game, after the locker room had cleared out. It was just the two of us. What amazed me most on this day, was the fact that after all that had just taken place out on the court, Joey wasn\u2019t smiling. Even after all his heroics, he still believed he could have done better. \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have had to make a toss like that with no time left on the clock, Mac,\u201d he told me.\n\nI shook my head in disbelief, and for the first time, lost my reporter persona. \u201cJoey, you won the game tonight! People are calling that last shot a \u2018miracle\u2019. You\u2019re being called \u2018the miracle man\u2019 out there,\u201d I responded, stupefied, and pointing at the door.\n\nAnd it was at my reaction that Joey finally cracked a smile. He laughed, again at me, and nodded. \u201cIs that right? \u2018The Miracle Man\u2019\u2026guess Joey Randolph was too boring.\u201d\n\nI laughed. I couldn\u2019t help myself. The charm of Joey was too much for anyone to overcome.\n\nDuring the course of that season, I had lots of post-game interviews with Joey and as the weeks progressed so did an impending friendship. I was only five years older than he was, and after high school ends, most people stop factoring in age as a restriction on who you talk to. As we became better friends, we began seeing each other outside of interviews and locker rooms.\n\nIt was after two months, when we were rapidly becoming close friends, that I was let on to something I never saw coming. Joey Randolph, \u2018The Miracle Man\u2019, had a secret that no one knew about.\n\n* * *\n\nIt is a funny thing how \u2018clarity\u2019 works. You only see it once it becomes so obvious that it makes you feel stupid. It\u2019s as if you\u2019ve caught on to a joke that was told minutes earlier, and everyone else understood it right away. Except in this case, only one person realized it, and everyone else was left looking stupid.\n\nI had received a phone call at my apartment, 15 miles south of the campus, from Joey. I almost didn\u2019t recognize it was his voice.\n\n\u201cMac? You busy?\u201d asked a strangely sullen voice.\n\nIt was the first time I had ever heard Joey seem less than cheerful, and it sent shivers down my spine. I told him I wasn\u2019t and he asked me to meet him at a spot on campus.\n\nI arrived a few minutes later than he did. He was sitting on a stone bench near an oak tree with his head buried in his hands. The ground was layered by a brick pavement, and wet spots of melted snow made each crack in the separation of bricks a puddle. Sitting next to Joey, he lifted his head, and wiped his face. I could see his cheeks looked a deep shade of red, and there were tear lines down his face. It was uncanny that he was able to shock me so much.\n\n\u201cThanks for coming,\u201d he said to me. Not knowing how to respond, I merely just shook my head.\n\nAfter minutes of passing cars creating the only noise around us, Joey asked me, \u201cWhy are people so intolerant of anything that is different?\u201d\n\nNot knowing how to properly respond again, I settled on, \u201cMaybe because they are too afraid to see anything that isn\u2019t what they are used to.\u201d\n\n\u201cFuck that!\u201d he swore, and I was surprised that he had such anger in his voice. It was the first time that I had ever even heard him raise his voice. That night would be a first lot of things from Joey.\n\nI sat there, not knowing what to say, or what to even ask. Joey bit his lip, and shook his head. \u201cI just don\u2019t understand it, Mac.\u201d\n\nFinally, a question came to me, and it was a painfully obvious one to ask. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d\n\nJoey looked into my eyes, and sat there locked. It was as if he was sizing me up, and debating on whether I was close enough to be let in. My own self-worth was heightened that night, when he indeed let me in.\n\n\u201cI was out with the guys at a bar tonight. We came across this guy, and they kept making fun of him all night because he was\u2026because he was gay.\u201d\n\nIt was at this point that he diverted his eyes from me. Continuing on, he said, \u201cI kept telling them to lie off of the guy\u2026but they kept at it\u2026and so I suggested we leave, but while we were, the guy must have been leaving too. They beat him up outside. I tried getting them to stop\u2026but I couldn\u2019t. When they finally left, I stayed and tried to help the guy.\u201d\n\nJoey paused, and his eyes distant. They were distant; they were back at that bar. \u201cHe was unconscious\u2026his nose was broken, and his lips was busted. He was bleeding everywhere. I got scared\u2026so I ran. I ran home, and I cried.\u201d\n\nI felt the hair on my arms rising, and I felt colder than I actually was. Yet, Joey wasn\u2019t finished. \u201cGod damnit! I left him\u2026because I was scared.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhy Joey? You didn\u2019t hurt him. That wasn\u2019t your fault,\u201d I responded.\n\n\u201cI know\u2026but\u2026but it could have been\u2026it could have been\u2026\u201d\n\n\u201cCould have been?\u201d\n\n\u201cMe,\u201d he said. A definite silence followed, and was only broken when he looked back into my eyes, and let me in on his secret. \u201cMac\u2026I\u2019m gay.\u201d\n\nMaybe it was the reaction I gave, eyes wide and mouth agape, or maybe it was his apparent shame over the truth, but he didn\u2019t look into my eyes after that moment. \u201cI just\u2026I don\u2019t understand it\u2026why can\u2019t people accept people for who they are? Why is different so wrong?\u201d\n\nI couldn\u2019t answer, because I was in shock. After what seemed like forever, the silence was ended with us both parting ways for the night. Joey said he was tired, and wanted to go home to sleep.\n\nI remember my drive home that night as being the longest fifteen miles of my life. I drove without the radio on, and the only noise that was made was that of the turn signal, consistently clicking, trying to con my mind back into normalcy.\n\n* * *\n\nI didn\u2019t speak with Joey for a few weeks after that night, and had another writer cover my basketball games that I missed. I claimed to be sick, but the truth was that I didn\u2019t know what to say to Joey any more. I didn\u2019t know how to approach him. I had never thought of myself as a person that was prejudiced of people based off of their sexual preference, but there I was avoiding a friend because the truth about him being gay came out. As the weeks passed by, I began to ask myself a lot of questions. Was I homophobic?\n\nWas I prejudiced?\n\nThe thoughts that I could be was sickening to my stomach. I felt ashamed of how I had avoided Joey, and eventually I found courage to try and apologize.\n\nIt was after the last game of the season, and Joey\u2019s fifty points had ensured a playoff berth for his school. I waited till all of the other reporters had finished up before I approached him. The locker room was cleared, and he looked up at me with a frown.\n\nI felt worse at that moment than I had ever felt previously in my life. All I could think of to say was, \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u2026I really am.\u201d\n\nThere was a moment of silence between the two of us, and a small smile broke through his features and he nodded. \u201cOkay.\u201d\n\nI conducted the interview, and he was as humble as ever. \u201cThe team won it today, not just me. We played great defense.\u201d\n\nI smiled at that comment, and he laughed. \u201cDon\u2019t get all \u2018Miracle Man\u2019 stuff on me again, Mac.\u201d I assured him I wouldn\u2019t.\n\nWhen the interview wrapped up and I stood up to leave, Joey grabbed my arm. I turned and looked at him with my eyebrows raised up.\n\n\u201cMac?\u201d\n\n\u201cYeah?\u201d\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re cool right?\u201d\n\nI smiled and nodded.\n\n\u201cOkay well,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause I don\u2019t want the fact that I\u2019m gay to change anything. I don\u2019t want you to have to act differently around me now just because you know.\u201d\n\n\u201cI won\u2019t,\u201d I assured him again.\n\nBut at that very moment, something loud stirred, and moved quickly for the exit. We only would see a shadow moving out the door, but we both could tell that it wasn\u2019t good. I never remember feeling sicker in my life.\n\n* * *\n\nIt was disturbing how fast the word spread about Joey. In a mere week, it seemed everyone in the state knew, and the backlash was too much to fathom. His own teammates refused to use the same locker room as him, people constantly would make fun of him on his way to classes, and dozens of derogatory letters were sent to him. Faced with such adversity, he did as best he could to continue going to class, and he would act as if no one was speaking when people would yell insults or slurs at him across the quad.\n\nBut Joey wasn\u2019t able to overcome all of it. He seemed to have lost a bit of his strength, and in practices he looked slow and out of sync with his game. I attended the playoff game, and he spent the entire first half out of rhythm from the rest of the team. They trailed at half by twelve points. Fans booed him off the court, and he headed for the locker room alone, his normal stature was lower. His shoulders sank, and he disappeared into the back.\n\nHe didn\u2019t fare much better in the second half, scoring just ten points in the third quarter. Yet, \u2018The Miracle Man\u2019 found some resiliency. With a minute left, he rebounded and brought the team within two points. Joey began playing like he did so many times before giving him the moniker. And if by fate, he was given the ball with seconds left on the clock. He shot from the three-point line for the win as the buzzer sounded.\n\nThe ball rolled hit the backboard and held against the back of the rim for a second before falling left of the basket. The referees blew their whistles, and the game ended. Boos echoed rampant, and Joey walked off the court in defeat.\n\nPerhaps what had hurt more than the loss for Joey was how the crowd had gone from praising him to booing him in a matter of days. Perhaps that was what finally broke him.\n\nWe\u2019ll never know.\n\n* * *\n\nI received a call the next day from my editor. Joey had been found dead in his room early in the morning. The police ruled it a suicide by drug overdose, a bottle of sleeping pills to be exact. The body was going to be given an autopsy later that day, and the funeral was going to take place in a week.\n\nI was one of the few who attended the funeral. Joey\u2019s grieving mother and a few of his friends were there.\n\nOther than that, it was just me. The service was quick, and the days after his burial were even quicker. When grieving, time moves incredibly slowly, but once that ends, time tends to move faster, like its trying to catch up to the seemingly long time that passed while you were still grieving.\n\nRegardless, I did my best to move on. In the summer, I left my job at The Courier in favor of a job at a television station in Chicago. I worked on the evening newscast as a writer there. Time moved incredibly fast, and before I knew it, it was September again. As much as I tried to forget that first meeting with Joey, I couldn\u2019t. To rid myself of this demon, and the returning guilt of how I had treated him near his death, I decided to return to the campus.\n\nI was three days off of the day I met him, but when I got there, it all felt oddly familiar. I walked to the English Building\u2019s steps where our first interview took place, and I sat down on them. To say I didn\u2019t cry would be a lie.\n\nIn an attempt at asking for forgiveness, I began to talk out at the sky.\n\n\u201cJoey, it\u2019s me. Well\u2026I\u2019m sure you know that. I just\u2026I guess\u2026I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m sorry for how I acted when I found out, and I\u2019m even sorrier that I didn\u2019t defend you more after everyone found out,\u201d I said, feeling less sheepish with each word.\n\n\u201cBut I think I\u2019m most sorry about not being there for you after that game. How alone you must have felt\u2026like you didn\u2019t have a friend left in the world. You did, Joey. You did.\u201d\n\nI wiped tears from my eyes, and continued. \u201cI think I finally figured out your question though. People are afraid of what they don\u2019t know, and of what they see as different. They didn\u2019t know you\u2026they just knew about you. But I knew you\u2026and I\u2019ll make sure everyone knows who you are, because this has to end. You were different, Joey. You were the most amazing person I ever met. I\u2019ll make them know.\u201d\n\nI abandoned my attempts at wiping away my tears, and settled for just sitting there waiting for some divine answer. I didn\u2019t expect anything, but to my surprise\u2026I got my answer.\n\nA gentle rain began to fall, and I stood up and stepped away from the steps. Letting the grace my being, I held my face up into the air, and I closed my eyes. With each drop that hit my cheeks, I felt taller\u2026stronger.\n\n* * *\\\n\nI suppose that is why I wrote this. I firmly believe that I am a better person for having known Joey and believe that because of his forgiveness that day, I am stronger. If I wasn\u2019t, I couldn\u2019t have written this down.\n\nJoey Randolph wasn\u2019t just another basketball player, and he surely wasn\u2019t just another statistic. Joey Randolph was an influence. Joey Randolph was my hero."}
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-{"text": "Tommy Rees has been clutch in his role as the Irish backup quarterback this season. On Saturday, he led the Irish on a game-tying drive at the end of regulation and a game-winning drive in overtime. He finished 4-for-4 passing with a touchdown. The once-maligned signal caller is now a big reason why Notre Dame is undefeated and off to its best start since 2002.\n\nA look at the game-winning touchdown against Stanford\n\nAlthough Rees' physical limitations are well-documented, his ability to read defenses and make proper checks at the line have improved since last season. Against the Cardinal, he identified and exploited one-on-one match-ups that Everett Golson missed for most of the day. Indeed, his touchdown pass to T.J. Jones is a good example of how he can beat a defense with his intellect rather than his arm. Let's take a look.\n\nOn 1st and goal from the 7, the Irish line up with Tyler Eifert, Troy Niklas and Cierre Wood to the boundary, while T.J. Jones and Robby Toma line up to the field side. The Irish have put the strength of the formation to the boundary. Because most defenses are field-strength based, lining up with the offensive strength to the boundary forces the defense to play out of its comfort zone. As a result, the Cardinal shift an inside linebacker to the boundary and roll a safety over to bracket Eifert.\n\nRees recognizes the potential overload blitz from the boundary and checks his protection to keep Niklas and Wood in to block. Stanford's defensive alignment should allow Jones and Toma to run double slants against single coverage. As Coach Hoover explains, double slants is an excellent route concept against Cover 2 and man coverages.\n\nStanford plays man coverage against Jones and Toma. Rees' read is from inside out. He should look for Toma first before looking for Jones. Here, the safety has inside leverage on Toma, and Jones has undercut the corner. Meanwhile, Stanford's five-man rush is nuetralized by seven Irish blockers.\n\nRees makes the proper read but throws the ball behind Jones. Fortunately, the ball is away from the defender, and Jones makes a difficult sliding catch for the score.\n\nConclusion\n\nWhile Everett Golson is the future of the Notre Dame offense, Tommy Rees has found his niche as the \"closer\" while Golson learns on the job. Rees' command of the offense and improved decision making should give Irish fans confidence that he will get the offense into the right plays and find the right match-ups. It will be interesting to see if his role expands as the season progresses or if Golson takes full command of the offense and limits his turnovers."}
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-{"text": "From crossword puzzles while the eggs cook .. to windblown hearts .. to finding the missing bone in the dishwasher .. a few things that have been happening in our world\n\nlately\n\nSipping \u2013 Golden milk .. which I'm just getting on board with. Better late than never?\n\nFavorite App \u2013Way of Life .. it's great for tracking habits .. is really simple to set up .. and will even create beautiful charts & graphs. A few on my list? Minutes spent walking .. yoga .. weight lifting .. no sugar .. meditation .. and \u201ctoday have I treated myself the way I would a friend?\u201d\n\nFeeling Hopeful \u2013 We're (thinking) about buying a house that suits us a little better. So we're going to look at a couple this weekend\n\nLoving \u2013 Walks outside. The weather in Iowa went from cold and dreary last week to the mid-forties and sunny. It feels like heaven. Today, between my morning and afternoon walks, I greeted four people, six dogs, two stray kitty cats and a little kid on a Spiderman bike\n\nReminding Myself \u2013 To be fearless when it comes to cooking for others. Certainly, it'll wreak havoc on the dish pile .. but it's far more nourishing than ordering carry-out. (Keep a box of mac & cheese in the pantry if the grandkids don't like the tuna casserole .. but whatever .. they'll love the tuna casserole)\n\nAlways with me \u2013 My notebook. Daily, minutely, it seems. At home, it sits next to the apples and a few bruised avocados. Otherwise, my jacket pocket. A neighbor asks if I write lists so I don't forget things at Target, and I tell her yes, but also so I don't forget to go to Target. She smiles, knowingly\n\nWondering \u2013 What to do when our cat turns into a terrorist. Every once in a while, I notice all of the other pets have gone deep into hiding. \u201cDo you want a treat? How about a toy? Maybe a nap on the electric blanket?\u201d With each suggestion his fur rises a bit more, his ears point further back. I turn away. He bites me on the leg. A trail of blood on the carpet as I shoo him into the bathroom. A half-hour later he offers a quiet meow, gathers himself, and purrs\n\nWhile I'm driving \u2013 I think about The Pope's wisdom about driving. We're all the \u201cartisans of the common good\u201d\n\nRemembering \u2013 A spritz of lavender .. and an ice-cold drink of water on even the most frenzied of days. Also sunshine .. a warm shower .. and a kiss from your husband. Simply don any air mask you've got and breathe it all in\n\nWishing \u2013 For you a wonderful weekend. As always, sending lots of love. Thank you so much for being here .."}
-{"text": "The Colonists\n\nThe colonist culture seeks to survive the collapse of modern civilization by rebuilding it with a strong sense of community. They are typically noted for their good-natured inhabitants. The colonist ideology is simple: strongholds become towns, towns establish trade with other towns, eventually a government is formed and civilization begins again. Food, water, and other creature comforts usually abound within the safe walls of a colonist culture.\n\nThe Raiders\n\nThe Raider culture is the result of a violent conglomeration of ruthless survivors banding together. Their idea of a future is survival of the fittest. They commonly conquer neighboring camps and force them into submission through intimidation, culling, and occasionally half-hearted alliances. Living as a beast is still living.\n\nThe Nomads\n\nSome survivors assessed the fall of civilization and found the answer to staying alive: staying in motion. Nomads are survivors with a keen eye that carve out their existence from finding materials that many others would overlook. They are an excellent choice for a trade partner, or an easy target with no hardened locations to defend.\n\nThe Traders\n\nThe Trader culture is a powerful ally to have when your people are starving and need bread. They have exclusive access to the New World Caravan organization. This enables them to sell their goods to any known camp that is within the network. Why kill your enemies when you can make them loyal customers?"}
-{"text": "I love the faith of die hard EJami's. But this EJ lost me at \"Nicole would never lie to me\" or one of five hundred other platitudes he said in his never ending groveling to both her and his Fatha.\n\nRafe had it right when he asked Nicole about the whereabouts of \"clueless husband\". Leading romantic men do not act like this EJ has. He stinks so bad now, it is painful. So what if he and Sami get together to bond over the kids? Rafe is the one who has gone the extra mile to help her while EJ was hiding away, his head tucked tween his legs to cover his pain over Sami rejecting him? This is not a man. I hate what has happened to this once dynamic character. So what will he do when he finds out the truth?\n\nSay sowwy? He has been destroyed and should be retired to the Salem attic with Carrie and Colin."}
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-{"text": "Sky News has removed an article from its website which referred to Jeremy Corbyn as \"Jihadi Jez\", as a petition lobbying for an apology reaches 50,000 signatures.\n\nThe petition argues that the article \"frivolously\" used the term jihadi in an effort to \"equate the Labour leader with a terrorist who zealously murdered innocent people\".\n\nIn what appears to be unfortunate timing, the article was published just as the terror attacks upon Paris unfolded on Friday evening. As a result, the article and its headline took on greater significance over the weekend.\n\nIt appears the \"Jihadi Jez\" quote was entirely unattributed, other than to Corbyn's \"critics\". Both Conservative and Labour MPs critical of Mr Corbyn are quoted in the article.\n\nBut none of these are cited as saying the exact words used in the headline.\n\nThe petition gained over 50,000 signatories\n\nA Sky News source said that the article was removed as soon as the significance of the events in Paris became clear, though it could not confirm when this was. They claimed the channel was happy with its fairness and balance.\n\nThe channel told a Morning Star journalist that it had no plans to apologise for the headline.\n\nSky News spokesman tells me they will not apologise for using the term \"Jihadi Jez\". Petition now over 50,000 https://t.co/aRsUcsRy3v"}
-{"text": "Designer Binh Nguyen's Kiddo-Chic Clothing Line\n\nDesigner Binh Nguyen with his mini-hipster clients\n\nDesigner Binh Nguyen is a bit of surprise, even to himself. A hip-hop emcee in a previous life, the 31-year-old left music behind in 2006 when his 2-year-old niece was diagnosed with cancer. After spending months with tykes at Seattle Children\u2019s, he dramatically shifted career focus to kids\u2019 wear, starting off silk-screening custom hoodies and teaching himself to sew. \u201cI used to want fame, be a successful Asian-American emcee,\u201d Nguyen laughs. \u201cBut I couldn\u2019t care less about becoming famous now. I want to give kids like my niece some of their fun back.\u201d In October, the Belltown resident launched his hip kids\u2019 line Questkids (questkids.com), the first collection full of dark-wash jeans ($48), preppy striped cotton sweaters ($28) and soft knitted jackets ($48). Colorful locally made backpacks, winter-ready beanies and bold graphic tees also drip with Questkids\u2019 funky, playful style. A portion of every sale is donated to Seattle Children\u2019s, and Nguyen is already hard at work on a fashion-show benefit for next fall. Available at Zebraclub (downtown, 1901 First Ave.; 206.448.7542; zebraclub.com)."}
-{"text": "In this tutorial, we will learn How to Use ADC with our PIC microcontroller PICF877A. Most of the Microcontroller projects will involve an ADC (Analog to Digital converter) in it, because it is one the most used ways to read data from the real world. Almost all the sensors like temperature sensor, flux sensor, pressure sensor, current sensors, voltage sensors, gyroscopes, accelerometers, distance sensor, and almost every known sensor or transducer produces an analog voltage of 0V to 5V based on the sensors reading. A temperature sensor for instance may give out 2.1V when the temperature is 25C and go upto 4.7 when the temperature is 60C. In order to know the temperature of the real world, the MCU has to just read the output voltage of this temperature sensor and relate it to the real world temperature. Hence ADC is an important work tool for MCU projects and lets learn how we can use it on our PIC16F877A.\n\nAlso check our previous articles on using ADC in other microcontrollers:\n\nADC in PIC Microcontroller PIC16F877A:\n\nThere are many types of ADC available and each one has its own speed and resolution. The most common types of ADCs are flash, successive approximation, and sigma-delta. The type of ADC used in PIC16F877A is called as the Successive approximation ADC or SAR in short. So let\u2019s learn a bit about SAR ADC before we start using it.\n\nSuccessive Approximation ADC: The SAR ADC works with the help of a comparator and some logic conversations. This type of ADC uses a reference voltage (which is variable) and compares the input voltage with the reference voltage using a comparator and difference, which will be a digital output, is saved from the Most significant bit (MSB). The speed of the comparison depends on the Clock frequency (Fosc) on which the PIC is operating.\n\nNow that we know some basics on ADC, lets open our datasheet and learn how to use the ADC on our PIC16F877A MCU. The PIC we are using has 10-bit 8-channel ADC. This means the output value of our ADC will be 0-1024 (2^10) and there are 8 pins (channels) on our MCU which can read analog voltage. The value 1024 is obtained by 2^10 since our ADC is 10 bit. The eight pins which can read the analog voltage are mentioned in the datasheet. Lets look at the picture below.\n\nThe analog channels AN0 to AN7 are highlighted for you. Only these pins will be able to read analog voltage. So before reading an input voltage we have to specify in our code which channel has to be used to read the input voltage. In this tutorial we will use channel 4 with a potentiometer to read the analog voltage at this channel.\n\nThe A/D module has four registers which has to be configured to read data from the Input pins. These registers are:"}
-{"text": "[string] array of additional fields to include with each contact id and name.\n\nsuccess\n\nfunction(contactList) callback to be invoked when no errors occur\n\nerror\n\nfunction(content) called with details of any error which may occur\n\nNote: Due to performance limitations on Android devices, selectAll is unable to return the full list of fully populated contact names; our recommended pattern is to use this method to get the list of all available contact IDs, then lazily load the more detailed full contact information with the selectById method.\n\nFields\n\nThis section includes more detailed information on the contents of\nfields with non-obvious content.\n\nid\n\nThis is a unique identifier for the contact, and is guaranteed to be the\nsame if the user selects the same contact again.\n\ndisplayName\n\nThis is a formatted version of the contact's name which can be used for\ndisplay. On iOS this is generated from the various parts of the name, on\nAndroid this is stored as a separate value.\n\nname\n\nThis is an object containing the various parts of the contact's name,\nincluding a formatted version which is used as the previous displayName\nvalue.\n\nnickname\n\nA string value containing a nickname for the contact\n\nphoneNumbers\n\nAn array of objects containing details of a contact's phone numbers. Each\nnumber has a value, a type (such as home or work) and\nalso a pref property, which is unsupport on Android and iOS so is\nalways false.\n\nemails\n\nSimilarly this property is an array of objects describing a contact's\nemails, with value, type and pref (which is also always\nfalse).\n\naddresses\n\nAn array of objects describing a contact's addresses, formatted\ncontains a string generated from the other properties which can be used\nto display the address. Each object also contains a pref property\nwhich is always false.\n\nims\n\nContains an array of Instant Messaging details for a contact, formatted\nsimilarly to phoneNumbers and emails.\n\norganizations\n\nContains an array of objects describing organizations the contact is\npart of.\n\nCan only contain one organization on iOS.\n\nbirthday\n\nContains a string with the date of birth of the contact.\n\nnote\n\nA string which can contain arbitrary information about the contact.\n\nphotos\n\nContains an array of thumbnail photos associated with the contact, each\nphoto has a value which contains a data: uri of the image. The\ntype and pref properties are not used.\n\nContains at most 1 photo on iOS.\n\ncategories\n\nNot available on iOS or Android.\n\nurls\n\nContains an array of URLs related to the contact, formatted similarly to\nphoneNumbers and emails.\n\nPermissions\n\nOn Android this module will add the READ_CONTACTS and WRITE_CONTACTS\npermission to your app, users will be prompted to accept this when they install\nyour app."}
-{"text": "Performance Award for GA-H67N-USB3-B3 from Hardware Heaven\n\n\"(...) Never have we seen such a thorough suite of applications on a mini-ITX board and one of the most interesting features is the ability to tweak our board using CloudOC from any web enabled device such as a phone or tablet.(...)\n\nWhat we learn here is that the memory bandwidth is great on the H67 board with full dual channel speed available, just as it is on a full size ATX board. The SATA 3 speeds are also very good, offering top end performance from our Vertex 3 drive and USB 3.0 performance also matches the speeds we see on a standard desktop system.(...)\n\nThe power of the Intel CPUs and the Gigabyte motherboard allow us to have full size desktop performance from a mini-ITX system.(...)\n\nH67N-USB3-B3 (...) features Gigabyte's usual high level of build quality, including the B3 revision chipset and NEC/Renesas USB 3.0 controller. As well as including features such as these and support for the latest 1155 CPUs we also get a fully featured BIOS and thorough software suite which exceeds our expectations for a mini-ITX board.(...)\n\nIn terms of performance we were hugely impressed by the H67N-USB3-B3. Essentially it gives us the full performance of the Sandy Bridge platform on a mini-ITX board. Regardless of the components we have thrown at it during testing and the tests run on each the board performed flawlessly.(...)\n\nGigabyte have also priced the H67N-USB-B3 at a competitive level and in the UK especially it offers great value at the moment. For \u00a3180 (\u00a390 each) we can start a great H67/i3 build which is ideal.(...)\"\n\nWell I would have to go along with that in general although I have the non B3 version of the board. I have bneen very impressed with it so far and don't expect any change when I have it swapped to the B3. They certainly perform excellently and I would be hard pressed to find fault with the board."}
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-{"text": "Sumter County School Board Investigated\n\nParker Wallace\n\nUpdated: 2 years ago.\n\nThe organization that accredits schools sent a team to Americus this week to investigate the Sumter County School Board. The visit comes amid allegations of power struggles and policy violations. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has been in Americus investigating the board since Monday. (Photo Courtesy: SACS)\n\nThe organization that accredits schools sent a team to Americus this week to investigate the Sumter County School Board. The visit comes amid allegations of power struggles and policy violations.\n\nThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has been in Americus investigating the board since Monday.\n\nThe problems started in 2010 when the Sumter County School Board unanimously agreed to reduce their members from nine to seven. But after they received legislative approval, some Board members changed their mind and refused to step down. Now, operating with two extra people puts them in violation of state law.\n\nSchool board member Dr. Michael Busman admits the group has some problems internally and expects the Board to be reprimanded:\n\n\u201cWe are a dysfunctional school board, there\u2019s no doubt about it. I believe there will be some sanctions. What will they be? I don\u2019t know, but the focus should be the kids, not personal agendas, not catering to special interest groups, it should be the kids.\u201d\n\nDr. Mark Elgart, President and CEO of SACS, says based on the review team\u2019s analysis, they will give the school system directions on how to address their problems and a deadline to improve:\n\n\u201cDuring that timeframe, their accreditation would probably, if it\u2019s true what\u2019s been alleged, would be placed in some level of sanction, it could be warning or probation and then monitor their accreditation through this whole transition.\u201d\n\nThe results of the investigation should be released by the end of April."}
-{"text": "Foreign Minister Tritan Shehu, chairman of the democratic party, told a meeting of supporters in Tirana that it was time for the party to show its muscle against what he called \"red gangs\" of former communist secret police.\n\nShehu blames the opposition Socialists for inflaming two weeks of protests around the country, sparked by the collapse of get rich-quick investment schemes. The collapse of the investment schemes has wiped out the entire savings of many Albanians, and the protesters -- accusing the government of involvement -- have been demanding state refunds.\n\nThe meeting attended by Shehu also welcomed yesterday's decision by Parliament to give special powers to President Sali Berisha enabling him to use the military to restore order if necessary.\n\nBut the opposition parties, in a joint statement, said the decision amounted to placing Albania under defacto martial law.\n\nAt a separate meeting in Tirana, the opposition Socialists, Social Democrats and Democratic Alliance, called for talks with all political parties to try to resolve the crisis and stressed that all protests should be non-violent. The opposition leaders also called for the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi."}
-{"text": "Tag: Joey Votto\n\nNearly a month removed from the All-Star Game, there are several players who have seen drastic changes to their approaches and results over the last 30 days. While some players are in contention for a division title or wild card spot, others are helping their team to avoid the worst record in baseball. Take a look at these impressive results, as you get into the forgotten part of the baseball season \u2013 thanks in no small part to ESPN jamming NFL games that don\u2019t even count down our throats.\n\nVotto limped through the first two months of the season, hitting an ugly .213/.330/.404 through the end of May; however, there were signs that this would turn around, including his 13.2% walk rate and incredibly low .252 BABIP (.357 career). He has certainly had better luck since the beginning of June, hitting .366/.500/.574 with a 21.4% walk rate and a .430 BABIP. As the Reds continue to sit at the bottom of the wins column in the NL Central, Votto is doing his part to keep them somewhat entertaining in the midst of their horrifically run rebuild.\n\nDozier has been a useful second baseman for a number of years, though, due to the Twins struggles, he may not be as well-known as he should be. After all, he has averaged 23 home runs, 35 doubles, 71 RBI, and 16 steals between 2013 and 2015. This season, however, Dozier seems certain to eclipse those averages and eclipse career-bests in several categories, including batting average, which currently sits at .264, which is probably why he isn\u2019t as beloved by stat and fantasy nerds as he should be. Over the last month, Dozier has been on fire, and after another first half of solid production but a queasy .246/.335/.450 line, he has jumped all the way up to the total above (see last 30 days) and his robust 1.045 OPS. The Twins have a lot of talented middle infielders and Dozier is signed through 2018 for just $15MM, so it will be interesting to see what his potentially awesome second half \u2013 if he continues like this \u2013 could land them in an extremely weak free agent market this winter.\n\nJose Ramirez has been more valuable than Votto, Bryce Harper, and Addison Russell (based on WAR) in 2016Courtesy: Cleveland.com\n\nRamirez has been a blessing to the Tribe, taking control of third base after watching veteran-signee Juan Uribe struggle, up to his release, at the hot corner, while he was taking the pain away from the seemingly year-long injury to Michael Brantley prior to taking on third base full-time. Ramirez, just 24 in September, has been an intriguing prospect for a number of years to anyone who closely follows the Indians, as his speed, versatility, and contact skills looked like a reason that he would end up playing elsewhere with Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor around up the middle. Ramirez, though, has proven that he can be productive and valuable anywhere on the diamond. While he may fill a super-utility role and be viewed as a Ben Zobrist-y kind of talent, he may create a future for others to be very Jose Ramirez-y, instead.\n\nDuffy has been Cy Young-contender good since the start of the 2nd half. Since moving into a full-time starter role on May 27th, Duffy is 9-1 with a 3.00 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a 109:18 K:BB over 99 IP and 15 starts. The Royals have dealt with some regression, inconsistencies, and ineffectiveness from their rotation throughout the year, and the defending world champions will have a rough time earning a wild card spot (they\u2019re 6.5 games out as I write this), but Duffy, who is under team-control through next season, could be earning a lucrative extension with his recent efforts.\n\nVerlander can be happy for many reasons this seasonCourtesy: CBS Sports\n\nWhen Justin Verlander led the league in earned runs allowed in 2014, many thought that he had lost it and wouldn\u2019t ever be the same. It happens with pitchers, and we haven\u2019t seen many power pitchers this side of Roger Clemens have long-term success. After battling through some injuries in 2015 and regaining some semblance of himself in the ERA column, the 2016-version of Verlander looks an awful lot like the annual Cy Young-contender that we were all used to seeing, as he is back to striking out more than a batter per inning this season. Maybe it is his engagement to Kate Upton, maybe it is an adaptation to pitching with what he has, but the Tigers, who are back in the hunt in the AL Central (they\u2019re 1-11 against Cleveland but have 7 games remaining against them), are surely happy to have their ace back.\n\nOdorizzi was one of the many Rays\u2019 starters who were mentioned to be on the move at the trade deadline, however, only Matt Moore headed out of town and Tampa Bay has Odorizzi under control through 2019. If he continues his impressive run, Odorizzi could bring quite an impressive package of talent this winter, but the Rays could continue to build their offense around a rotation centered around Odorizzi, Chris Archer, Drew Smyly, Blake Snell, and the soon-to-return Alex Cobb. Just 6-5 in 24 starts, the 26-year-old right-hander is frustrating to own in fantasy, but his nice run over the last month may have flown under the radar due to the Rays last place standing in the AL East.\n\nThe Cincinnati Reds are not good. They are currently 36-59, 21.5 games back of the Chicago Cubs, proud (?) owners of the third-worst record in MLB, and the occupants of last place in the NL Central. Anyone with a functioning brain saw this coming, even after their 5-1 start to the season, as the club traded away several pending free agents last season for prospects. The biggest questions should have been who was next and when. There have been rumors all over the place for several months about OF Jay Bruce, ranging from Toronto to Cleveland, but many will be shocked about the latest rumor:\n\nReds\u2019 RHP Anthony DeSclafani is an unlikely candidate to be dealt in the opinions of many Reds fans. He is a part of the rebuild, right? He is the only legitimate arm in the rotation, right? He is under team-control through 2020, so why would the Reds deal him?\n\nWell, based on the results to this point, the Reds aren\u2019t going to be contending in 2020, either. Dealing a pitcher, and a somewhat successful one at that, right now, will allow the club to acquire additional pieces that could help the club\u2019s stagnant offense. While you want young, affordable, controllable talent, teams can also use that talent to acquire additional talent, and DeSclafani\u2019s success makes him quite useful for those acquisitions.\n\nCincinnati ranks 20th in MLB in runs scored and 28th in OPS. Their pitching is horrific. They rank last in MLB in team ERA (5.32), WHIP (1.52), walks (401, 50 more than the next closest team) and HR allowed (161, a whopping 33 more than the next club). What\u2019s odd is that the problem is across the board for the bullpen and rotation. They both rank last in ERA and WHIP (tied with Oakland).\n\nStephenson has pitched well in two starts for CincinnatiCourtesy: cincinnati.com\n\nHowever, Cincinnati is lacking tremendously in offensive talent. Their No.1 prospect, OF Jesse Winker, has battled injuries while struggling to a fairly empty .297/.387/.380 line as a 22-year-old in Triple-A. The major league club has watched Billy Hamilton fail to adjust and utilize his speed, as the speedster has lost playing time to Tyler Holt at times this season. OF Phillip Ervin and C Tyler Stephenson are far away, and the club hasn\u2019t had C Devin Mesoraco for nearly two full seasons due to shoulder and hip injuries that have required surgeries.\n\nAs a homer for the Reds, it is easy to look at DeSclafani and want to build around him. He appears to be a solid, innings-eating workhorse. However, those aren\u2019t No.1 starters. He is the equivalent of Mike Leake, a fine starter, but Cincinnati can\u2019t count on him for anything more than middle-of-the-road numbers. If you can get legitimate prospects for that type of arm, you do it.\n\nThere is very little known about the type of return that could come from this type of deal, but the Cincinnati Reds would be foolish to not start with 3B prospect Joey Gallo, whose massive power and strikeout totals will bring immediate comparisons to Adam Dunn in the Queen City, but whose skill-set is something that the lineup is tremendously absent of after dealing Todd Frazier over the winter. Other names that must be mentioned are Jurickson Profar, OF Lewis Brinson, RHP Luis Ortiz, and LHP Yohander Mendez.\n\nThe Cincinnati Reds are not going to be competitive for several seasons. There is absolutely no one on the current roster who should be deemed untouchable \u2013 even OF Adam Duvall and 1B Joey Votto. If a team comes calling, management must listen. There are far too many years between where the Reds are right now and their \u201cwindow\u201d for a championship to have fallen in love with this club.\n\nAs much as fans hate to see talent leave, this is a business. Trade everyone!\n\n\u201cIt looks like Brandon is with us. Brandon, for me, is a second baseman of tremendous value and talent, it\u2019s hard to just assign someone else that job. If Brandon\u2019s with us, I expect him to be playing second base.\u201d\n\nOh? It does appear that the player who the club offered an extension to, giving him 10-and-five rights, is still \u201cstuck\u201d with the club \u2013 or is it that the club is \u201cstuck\u201d with him? This, apparently, came after both Walt Jocketty and Price had praised the club\u2019s new, future second baseman, Jose Peraza, who was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the three-team deal that sent fan favorite Todd Frazier to the Chicago White Sox.\n\nPhillips didn\u2019t turn his back on the Reds \u2013 it\u2019s the other way aroundCourtesy:datdudebp.com\n\nOh? So, the team that has spent the whole offseason trading away their talent for lesser talent is now going to try to make the upcoming 90-plus loss season the fault of a 35-year-old who refused to move away. At one time, that was called loyalty. It was waiting out the horrendous contract that Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin was given to finish his career in Cincinnati, but, now\u2026Phillips is the problem. He\u2019s blocking the super prospect now.\n\nThe problem with this thinking, however, is that the Reds acquired a \u201cready\u201d talent without knowing that they were going to be able to deal the veteran. This is the equivalent of the club dealing for young talent and acquiring the top first base prospect in baseball. Without the designated hitter, the kid would be riding the pine in favor of Joey Votto. So, why are the Reds pinning this stall in the rebuild on a player?\n\nThis fiasco is the fault of Walt Jocketty and Walt Jocketty only. Major League Baseball is not the NFL \u2013 you don\u2019t need multiple, elite play-makers at a single position. You need to have a steady flow of talent within your minor league system, and you deal a player like Yasmani Grandal when you have a Devin Mesoraco ahead of him for the long-term. That made sense four years ago when the club was dealing young talent for proven talent and acquiring Mat Latos from the Padres. Now, Jocketty has a very unimpressive farm system that has a dearth of offensive producers, even after dealing Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake, Aroldis Chapman, and Frazier since last July. Jesse Winker is the great hope for the future, and he profiles as a corner outfielder who is going to hit about 15 home runs, and if you think Peraza is the answer\u2026you have that scum Phillips blocking him at second.\n\nThe problem continues to be the Baseball Operations side of things in Cincinnati. The organization continues to try to pass the blame elsewhere, but it starts and finishes there. For a positive change in Cincinnati, it is Jocketty who needs to go. Quit with the small-market nonsense. Get someone in there with a plan that can work.\n\nThe Cincinnati Reds have spent some time this offseason shaking things up, promoting Walt Jocketty to President of Baseball Operations, while moving Dick Williams to General Manager and Senior Vice President. After a horrific 64-98, last place finish, it is fair to wonder if Dick Williams was promoted to be the \u201cfall guy\u201d for the firesale that appears to be on its way over the next several months. Fox Sports\u2019 Ken Rosenthal reported on Tuesday that the Reds appear ready to deal LHP Aroldis Chapman, 2B Brandon Phillips, OF Jay Bruce, and 3B Todd Frazier, or, at least, are ready to listen on offers. When considering Cincinnati owner Bob Castellini\u2019s long-time friendship with Jocketty, perhaps the legacy that this revamping would leave on Jocketty\u2019s name and resume was the motive for the sudden change in guard at the top of the personnel side of the club. Still, it remains a confusing time to be a Cincinnati fan.\n\nCincinnati fans need to understand that this is just the beginning of several changes. If Jay Bruce, Aroldis Chapman, Brandon Phillips, and Marlon Byrd are still with the team on August 1st, Walt Jocketty is doing it wrong. This team hasn\u2019t won a World Series since 1990, and those players aren\u2019t going to bring another to Cincinnati. Scrap it and start over.\n\nWell, the good news is that Byrd was dealt. The bad news is, the remaining players are still on the roster. Jocketty did it wrong. He would have been able to \u201ccash-in\u201d on the additional time that club\u2019s would have had with Chapman and Bruce, in particular. The All-Star Game in Cincinnati was over and it was clear that the team was heading in the wrong direction. If there is someone in the organization who thinks that losing Cueto and Leake to free agency, getting Devin Mesoraco back and getting 150 innings out of Homer Bailey, who will be returning from Tommy John surgery, was going to make the Reds contenders in 2016, they need to be put in a rubber room and removed from their roles\u2026immediately.\n\nDick Williams seems like a great guy. I met him at the Reds Caravan the last two winters, and he has been with the club since 2006. Maybe he has what it takes to pull the club out of the cellar, but it is going to be a very lengthy process. The prospects that they could receive from dealing Chapman, Bruce, and/or Frazier would certainly help the rebuilding process, but the Reds won\u2019t improve overnight.\n\nVotto will carry a putrid supporting cast\u2026again.\n\nThe problem in Cincinnati will remain the same. Joey Votto will be able to get on base and no one will be able to drive him in. The pitching, even after all of those rookies started so many games in 2015, shows glimpses of hope, but the team needs production from eight players in the lineup to outscore the opposition. Only four teams scored fewer runs than the Reds in 2015, but the Cueto, Leake, and Byrd deals brought\u2026pitchers. Pitchers and a first baseman, Adam Duvall, who might be useful if he can play a position that Joey Votto isn\u2019t supposed to be playing, in a league without a designated hitter.\n\nDick Williams has a huge problem. He, like Wayne Krivsky and Dan O\u2019Brien before him, will be expected to fix a mess that was left for him, and he will, likely, not be given the time necessary to really turn it all around. Cincinnati should be very busy in the coming days at the GM Meetings, but it is fair to question whether the minds at the top have changed enough to really impact the club in a positive way moving forward. Fans can only hope.\n\nAs teams reach double-digits in games played, we are able to have all of forty at-bats to judge the talents of everyday players and roughly two starts for starting pitchers on your favorite teams. Can you tell how the season is going to go on that? Of course not! However, it\u2019s still an interesting way that we can glimpse into the future, utilizing projections and our own dreams to see things the way that we\u2019d like to. After nearly two weeks of the season, these are the top stories to overreact to:\n\nARod is dropping some A-Bombs, carrying the New York Yankees offense. He leads the team in average (.344), on-base percentage (.432), slugging (.781), OPS (1.214), home runs (four), RBI (11), and hits (11). He is also tied for 6th in MLB is strikeouts (12), leaving the box empty-handed in 32.4 percent of his 32 early-season at-bats. He\u2019s on pace for 65 home runs and 178 RBI in 2015. It would be an interesting story, especially if he rebounds and returns to his prior elite-levels without cheating, but he\u2019ll turn 40 in July and the Yankees can\u2019t run him out there daily with the laundry list of health issues that he has dealt with over the last couple of seasons. Where does he end up, though? The strikeouts will likely continue due to the slower bat, but there appears to be plenty of pop left\u2026when he makes contact.\n\nTalk about a fantasy stud, Votto is on-pace for a .350/.480/.750 season with 59 home runs, 147 RBI, and 29 stolen bases. There has been quite a bit of hatred for Votto over the last couple of seasons in Cincinnati, ranging from people questioning his time away (due to injuries) and his unwillingness to swing the bat. Still projected to walk 147 times this season, based on his 20 percent current walk-rate, Votto looks healthy and primed to prove his 2010 MVP season wasn\u2019t his only magnificent effort. His salary will inflate in 2016, as Votto is due $199 million in guaranteed money from 2016 through 2024.\n\n.550/.609/1.125 with 118 doubles, 191 runs scored, 74 home runs, and 162 RBI \u2013 who says Dodger Stadium is a tough place to hit. These would all be personal bests for Gonzalez and put the soon-to-be 33-year-old on the radar for best player in baseball. We\u2019ll see if he can hold off Mike Trout for that title.\n\nThe Washington Nationals\u2019 huge investment from the winter may be on pace to go just 15-15, but he\u2019s also on pace to finish with a workhorses load: 309.2 innings over 44 starts with a 0.83 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, .171 BAA, and a 368:59 K:BB. Move over Clayton Kershaw, there\u2019s a new Cy Young winner in the National League\u2026unless\u2026\n\nThat\u2019s right! Fatolo is on his way to a 44-0 season for the Mets over 44 starts, walking just 15 batters over 295 incredible innings. He also has one more RBI this season than Houston\u2019s Chris Carter so far this season, which is horrific because of this:\n\nIf it had to be the shoes for Michael Jordan, it has to be the fat in the elbow for Colon.\nMore boots than a concert in NashvilleCourtesy: washingtonpost.com\n\nThe Nationals shortstop has a whopping seven errors in his first 11 games, which puts him on pace for 103 errors in the 2015 season. Unfortunately, that won\u2019t break the MLB record of 122 in a season, but it WOULD be the most by any player since the start of the 20th century. Here\u2019s to hoping he gets back on track\u2026or at least begins to understand that his hands aren\u2019t made of stones.\n\nAre there any other projections that have impressed you early this season? Send them my way in the comments.\n\nOver the next several weeks, The Baseball Haven will be creating season previews for all 30 MLB teams. You\u2019ll find their projected records (based on PECOTA records from Baseball Prospectus, as of 2/15/2015), each team\u2019s top three players (based on Steamer WAR projections from FanGraphs), and some valuable notes on each team, including likely bounce-back candidates, potential breakout players or fantasy sleepers, as well as a look back at offseason transactions which led to each team\u2019s projections. Stop back frequently to see where your favorite team ranks!\n\nVotto hasn\u2019t been the same player since his 2010 NL MVP, or so it seems. As a native of Cincinnati, all that I hear on talk radio is how Votto isn\u2019t worth the money and he doesn\u2019t swing enough. It is an argument that continues to play out, as Votto continues to walk and get on base, but he also continues to see his home run totals dip. For all of those who thought that last season was so awful, due to his .255 average, they forget that he got on-base at a .390 clip. As long as Votto is patient, fans and fantasy players should be, too. He is the most intelligent hitter to play in MLB since Tony Gwynn, and it is a matter of time before he stays on the field and finds his MVP-caliber stroke again. Those who take a chance on him will, likely, be rewarded. He isn\u2019t going to miss 100 games again. He\u2019s in shape, the Reds were cautious last season because they weren\u2019t competitive, and he instantly reclaims the title as the Reds best player when he suits up on Opening Day.\n\nCan Iglesias take on a major role in his rookie season?Courtesy: Cincinnati.com\n\nIglesias is a 24-year-old right-hander from Cuba whom the Reds signed to a seven-year, $27 million deal last June. Despite being just 5\u201911\u201d, the Reds seem likely to try the youngster as a starting pitcher, though his long-term role may be in the bullpen. Iglesias was a reliever in Cuba and had some pretty miserable statistics based on his control, but he has very good stuff, a four-pitch mix with a sweeping breaking ball that could be a strikeout pitch if he is able to gain some command. The Reds have a couple of things going for them in how they develop Iglesias \u2013 they\u2019ve had success with short starters (see Johnny Cueto) and they\u2019ve groomed relief pitchers into successful starters in recent years (see Tony Cingrani and Michael Lorenzen). Iglesias is more likely to open the season in the bullpen than the rotation, but he is certainly someone to watch based on his stuff and the Reds need for a strong set-up man after watching so many crash and burn in the role in 2014.\n\nOffseason Overview: Cincinnati had a busy, yet, somewhat confusing offseason. They needed to trim some payroll after a miserable season that saw attendance drop, so they needed to move some talent to accommodate that need. They dealt RHP Mat Latos and RHP Alfredo Simon, acquiring affordable, young pitching in RHP Anthony DeSclafani and RHP Brandon Crawford, while adding solid depth in the infield by acquiring INF Eugenio Suarez. However, despite the sudden youth movement, the Reds then traded prospect RHP Ben Lively for OF Marlon Byrd. They finished off the winter by signing RHP Burke Badenhop, who had a fantastic season in Boston in 2014, to shore up the spotty bullpen. So\u2026they got a little younger and cheaper, then got a little older by getting Byrd, who is under contract through 2016 and will turn 38 in August. They kept their core together and must assume that they will get more out of Bruce, 2B Brandon Phillips, and Votto in 2015, but they didn\u2019t truly address their rotation, which became quite slim after dealing away 40 percent of the 2014 rotation, only signing LHP Paul Maholm to address the losses.\n\nThe Verdict: Walt Jocketty continues to make deals as the GM in Cincinnati, but he isn\u2019t making the additions necessary to get the team over the hump. After the 2013 season, Dusty Baker was fired, Shin-Soo Choo left via free agency, and the Reds gave Billy Hamilton the center field job \u2013 that about sums up their offseason last year. Sure, Jocketty moved payroll and acquired depth, but DeSclafani isn\u2019t going to replace the ability of Latos, and both he and Crawford are better suited for relief roles. Ownership and management is hoping for more of the same out of Todd Frazier and Devin Mesoraco, with improved offensive output from Bruce, Votto, Phillips, and Hamilton. If everything clicks offensively, they may be able to score enough to beat the opposition, but they can only count on Cueto, Mike Leake, and Homer Bailey on three of every five days. Someone will need to come out of nowhere to give the club 60 good starts in the No.4 and No.5 spots in the rotation, and that talent isn\u2019t on hand. It will be a long season in Cincinnati, and their projection by PECOTA, specifically last place in the NL Central, seems perfect.\n\nI like to say that I love baseball and that I don\u2019t have a favorite team, but the fact of the matter is that I was born and raised in Cincinnati and I can\u2019t help but hope for the best for my hometown Reds. It\u2019s hard to say that I\u2019m disappointed in a team that won more than 90 games in three of the last five seasons, but a season without a championship isn\u2019t an absolute success, and the Reds haven\u2019t won the World Series since 1990. They, along with 28 other teams, get to look up at the San Francisco Giants until next Fall, but are the Reds in a position to contend in 2015?\n\nThe club finished with 76 wins in 2014, finishing 14 games out of the NL Central and in 4th place in the division. While the Cardinals reloaded by acquiring OF Jason Heyward from Atlanta, the Pirates continue to get better with experience and tremendous, young talent, and the Cubs finally opened their wallets and brought in LHP Jon Lester to anchor an incredibly gifted, young roster, the Reds were making changes in their own way. The Reds haven\u2019t been as desolate as they were last offseason, when they basically added Skip Schumaker to the mix after losing Shin-Soo Choo to the Rangers. There was some wheeling and dealing being done by GM Walt Jocketty, but the direction of those deals was a bit odd.\n\nReds\u2019 LF Marlon Byrd\n\nThe addition of OF Marlon Byrd, who has 49 home runs and an .800 OPS over the last two seasons, is an improvement over what OF Ryan Ludwick had done over the same time period (11 home runs and a .666 OPS); however, he\u2019s 37 years old and his strikeout rate jumped to a career-high 29 percent while he posted an inflated .341 BABIP. The Byrd acquisition came after the club dealt Alfredo Simon to Detroit for RHP Jonathan Crawford and INF Eugenio Suarez, and RHP Mat Latos to the Marlins for C Chad Wallach and RHP Anthony DeSclafani. Both Simon and Latos were due to become free agents after the 2015 season, so the deals made sense for the Reds if they were heading into a rebuilding mode, but the deal for Byrd didn\u2019t make much sense for a rebuilding team, as they traded a solid, young arm in Ben Lively to the Phillies to acquire Byrd.\n\nPersonally, the deal with the Tigers appears to be a steal. Simon never pitched the way that he had in a starting role prior to the 2014 season, and his FIP (4.33) says much more about his performance than his 3.44 ERA and 15 wins show. The fact that the Reds received the Tigers 1st round pick from the 2013 MLB Draft, Crawford, was pretty impressive, but Suarez, who rose quickly through the Tigers system and looks like a solid middle infielder to build around, in addition to Crawford was a coup.\n\nThe deal with the Marlins was a little less impressive, in my opinion. Wallach looks like a catching-version of Kevin Youkilis, posting solid K:BB rates in the minors, but DeSclafani was solid throughout his minor league career (3.23 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over 354.1 IP), but wasn\u2019t able to miss as many bats upon his promotion to the Marlins, when he had a 6.27 ERA (3.77 FIP) and allowed 10.9 H/9 IP. DeSclafani looks like a decent back-end starter, but you\u2019d think Jocketty could have received more for Latos than that, given the insane money that will be thrown at pitchers on the free agent market.\n\nCourtesy: Dayton Daily News\n\nStill, after the deals, the Reds are out in baseball purgatory. While they acquired a couple of arms in their trades, they still only have three starters worth trusting in the rotation: Johnny Cueto, Homer Bailey, and Mike Leake. Tony Cingrani is an option, but outside of the questions about his secondary stuff, you have to wonder if his shoulder will continue being an issue after it cost him some time in 2014. Outside of those four, the Reds have more question marks in the rotation, as David Holmberg, Dylan Axelrod, Daniel Corcino, and Cuban import Raisel Iglesias bring unknown skills and suspect resumes to a potentially lengthy Spring Training competition for the No.5 spot in the group.\n\nIn addition to the questions in the rotation, the Reds have to address their depth. Suarez is a very nice option to fill-in at second base and shortstop, likely a much better option than Ramon Santiago was when he was asked to take over for Brandon Phillips\u2018 lengthy DL stint in 2014. Brayan Pena was impressive when pushed into an unfamiliar role, filling in at first base when Joey Votto was out for so long with his knee injury, but he wasn\u2019t productive enough to offset the loss of the team\u2019s franchise player.\n\nReds OF and speedster, Billy Hamilton\n\nSpeaking of the franchise player\u2026who is it? Can Cincinnati count of Joey Votto? Is Jay Bruce ever going to find consistency? Is Johnny Cueto going to re-sign, and, can the Reds afford to sign him OR afford to let him leave? Is Devin Mesoraco the future of the franchise? Can Billy Hamilton hit enough to become a difference-maker to the franchise?\n\nThe Reds still have a lot of talent, but they have a lot of questions to answer, as well. Jocketty did a nice job in acquiring more arms and additional depth in his flurry of deals, but if 2015 is the last year that the team will have Cueto and a couple of other solid arms to pitch the club to a division title, did he do enough to win now? Are they trying to win now?\n\nIf things break right, the Reds should be competitive enough to make a run in the NL Central, but there will be a lot of luck involved in those breaks. While Cincinnati was spoiled in the 1970\u2019s, it just hasn\u2019t been the same for those of us who were born after 1980. One title in a lifetime doesn\u2019t seem like a lot, but at least it hasn\u2019t been since 1908."}
-{"text": "You may be wondering what I'm going to do with these posts. Well\u2014I decided before I started that I was going to experiment with this new medium by posting some close reading. And that I was going to write things that wouldn't be in any of my forthcoming books or essays.\n\nSo this is where you get it...\n\nClose reading is itself an endangered species, as presses close their doors to books on literature. (UC press doesn't do it at all any more, for instance; and try getting a book on poetry or theory out there, esp. in the UK.) Close reading's environment is dying.\n\nI think blogging provides an excellent habitat for close reading.\n\nI was wondering how my assumption was working\u2014my assumption that the blog medium itself, and the RC site in particular, would provide the necessary context for these organs without bodies..."}
-{"text": "Xbox Live UK dashboard update now\n\nUpdate #2: Xbox Live's Larry \"Major Nelson\" Hryb has provided on his blog a list of new features arriving in today's dashboard update.\n\nUpdate: The UK Xbox Live autumn dashboard update is live now, Eurogamer can confirm.\n\nOriginal story: The autumn Xbox 360 dashboard update is upon us; Microsoft's annual Xbox Live overhaul is happening today.\n\nSpecific regional timing hasn't been mentioned. Nothing appears to be available for a UK retail Xbox 360 right now.\n\nThis autumn update paves the way for Kinect, which launches in the US on 4th November and in Europe on 10th November.\n\nThe big feature for Europe is the Zune Marketplace, which allows music to be bought (individually or as part of a monthly Zune Pass subscription) and streamed through your Xbox 360. That's handy for people who have their console rather than their TV hooked up to their stereo."}
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-{"text": "8 night 9 days serengeti great maigration safari\n\nGreat Migration safari following the heard of Migration through Serengeti\u2019s Mara River, Grumeti and Ndutu Dec \u2013 March: Calving Season the safari goes to South Serengeti(Ndutu) April-May: Green Season\n\nDay 1 Arrival Day\n\nDepending on your flight arrival time, you will be met by one of our drivers at the airport for 45mins(JRO) drive to Arusha where you will be dropped off at the reserved hotel for the night.illboru hotel.\n\nDay 2 9.00 AM \u2013 05.00 PM Tarangire National Park\n\nLeave the lodge/camp at 08.00 am, drive for about 90 minutes to Tarangire National Park. 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-{"text": "FURTHER REVIEW\n\nUH had some rare leverage in scheduling with Temple\n\nThe last thing the University of Hawaii wants to do is follow up the Wonder Blunder with the Temple of Doom.\n\nSo when the Owls came a-hootin' around again recently about playing a football game here \u2014 in little more than a month from now \u2014 the Warriors brass was rightfully cautious, even more than then-AD Jim Donovan was back in the summer upon the first denied overture.\n\nThat's when it was originally determined that a middle-of-the-road Big East team might not be enough of a draw at Aloha Stadium to make money. And also that such a team might knock a middle-of-the road UH team out of the Hawaii Bowl.\n\nWell, that second part's not a problem, since the only way the 1-6 Warriors are going bowling this year is on a team outing to Pali Lanes.\n\nAnd that might be a better way for them to spend the evening of Dec. 7 than at Aloha Stadium hosting Temple, which may or may not be playing for its sixth win and bowl eligibility.\n\nWhen the Owls asked again a couple of weeks ago, UH did the prudent thing and said words to the effect of, \"No, sorry, we can't pay you a couple of hundred thousand dollars to come here and try to beat us and extend your season.\"\n\nPlus there were the roadblocks of conference and NCAA approval, and finding a time and place since Aloha Stadium was booked for Saturday, Dec. 8.\n\nThose hurdles were cleared, but it still didn't add up financially for Hawaii. As the bean counters like to say these days, the numbers didn't pencil-out well \u2026 meaning UH would lose money.\n\nBut Temple must really want this game. AD Bill Bradshaw called back with a better proposal for Hawaii \u2014 one that has the Owls paying their own expenses (I wonder if they penciled-out hotel rates, considering it's the weekend of the Honolulu Marathon).\n\nUH acting athletic director Rockne Freitas liked it enough to come to an agreement in principle with Temple and get to work on those devilish details.\n\nWe're hearing that season-ticket holders will not be asked to ante up for this one, since they were promised no increase in prices from last year and this would be the seventh home game, matching the number for 2011 (I still want to be assured of a signed contract before I go from \"would\" to \"will\").\n\nUH GOT OUT of the calculated-risk business after that $200,000 it thought was going toward a deposit for a Stevie Wonder concert here disappeared, most of it now in the college fund jars of exotic dancers in the greater Miami area.\n\nThat high-profile error, compounded many times by months of damage control miscues, put the school on notice that is has to be much more careful with public resources.\n\nSome of you have asked, and, yes, you can rest assured: No six-figure sum has been wired to a purported representative of Bill Cosby \u2026 nor to former UH and Temple administrator Herman Frazier.\n\nIn this case with the Owls, it looks like UH's initial caution may lead to a money-making venture for the financially struggling athletic department.\n\nMaybe.\n\nPeople still have to show up and buy some tickets. They're not coming from Philadelphia; perhaps a very few well-heeled Temple alums will fly to Hawaii on short notice. But the diehard college football fans will be staying put for the Army-Navy game Dec. 8.\n\nAs for walk-up UH fans, to see this team? I don't know. Unless the game is scheduled well in advance, people tend to have other things to do on Friday nights in early December, like attend Christmas parties \u2026 or watch it on pay-per-view.\n\nTHE OWLS want this game a lot more than most of us here in Hawaii do, and UH has rare scheduling leverage. The Big East wants Temple bowl-eligible because if it isn't, the conference might not have enough teams to fill its affiliations, and that's embarrassing.\n\nI hope the agreement in principle includes the booking of future games with Temple \u2026 some of them against their sporty basketball team. College scheduling is a \"you-take-care-of-me, I'll-take-care-of-you\" world. It's no mystery who's scratching who's back with this game.\n\nThere's history here; not much, but memorable.\n\nIn 1979, one of 10-2 Temple's wins was a 34-31 victory at Hawaii. It was the 6-5 Rainbows' only nonconference loss during its first WAC season.\n\nBy participating in online discussions you acknowledge that you have agreed to the TERMS OF SERVICE. An insightful discussion of ideas and viewpoints is encouraged, but comments must be civil and in good taste, with no personal attacks. Because only subscribers are allowed to comment, we have your personal information and are able to contact you. If your comments are inappropriate, you may be banned from posting. To report comments that you believe do not follow our guidelines, email commentfeedback@staradvertiser.com.\n\nLeave a comment\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nPlease login to leave a comment.\n\nwizard417wrote:\n\nLets see, you have a team that in all likelyhood will be 1 and 11 have a crowd willing to watch them become 1 and 12. maybe, but it wouldn't be me\n\non November 2,2012 | 03:18AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nehowzitwrote:\n\nAS SOON AS YOU MENTIONED GARY ALLEN, I REMEMBERED THAT GAME. U.H. WAS ON ITS WAY TO WINNING THAT GAME TOWARDS THE END OF THE 4TH QTR. GARY HAD BROKEN LOOSE FOR A LONG GAIN MID-FIELD; HE WAS TACKLED, AND WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND, THE BALL WAS JARRED FROM HIS GRASP BY THE TURF. THE REFEREE CALLED IT A FUMBLE.\nTEMPLE STARTED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, BUT HAWAII'S DEFENSE WAS ABOUT TO GET THE BALL BACK. HOWEVER, A DEFENDER WAS CALLED FOR SPEARING, GIVING TEMPLE A FRESH 1ST DOWN, AND FROM THERE, TEMPLE WAS ABLE TO RETAIN THE BALL, AND THUS, WIN THE GAME. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THAT THE TEMPLE BALL CARRIER WAS ALREADY DOWN, BUT A U.H. PLAYER, TRYING TO AVOID HITTING THE RUNNER ON THE GROUND ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO HIT THE TURF ADJACENT TO HIM...BUT HE SLID INTO HIM.\nTHE CONTACT WAS JUST INCIDENTAL, NOT A HARD HIT...SIDE OF ONE PLAYER JUST BARELY TOUCHING THE OTHER'S BODY...DEFINITELY NOT SPEARING, MORE LIKE BARELY ROLLING INTO HIM. I'M PRETTY SURE THE SAME REF CALLED THE FOUL. THE U.H. PLAYERS AND ALL OF HAWAII GOT SCREWED...BIG TIME.\nDON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT...THERE MUST BE TAPES OF THAT GAME SOMEWHERE.\nA PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD TYPE DESK OFFICER SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND DIED IN THE STANDS AT THAT VERY SAME MOMENT.\n\non November 2,2012 | 05:13AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nhunebasamiwrote:\n\nThis comment has been deleted.\n\non November 2,2012 | 05:29AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nalliewrote:\n\nTemple is a minor league team. Please stop exaggerating. Close this bad program down and concentrate on academics.\n\non November 2,2012 | 10:14AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\njimmyhouse67wrote:\n\nYou're just sick. You know nothing about anything but you try to sound intelligent about the same subject. Blah, blah, blah. Go on to a new tune. You are just a pizza girl. Nothing major. You don't have much to be proud of and you've never accomplished ANYTHING in your life. Every person you criticize has achieved far more than you will ever do in your sad life. They are COLLEGE athlets at any level, are you. They are college adminisrators, what is your Doctorate or even Master's degree in? That's what I thought!!! When you actually have a position where people care about what you say, then comment. Small town nothing. Never was and never will be.\n\non November 2,2012 | 10:44AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\ncunfuzd4wrote:\n\nJimmy cool it. Alfred/Albert/Allie aka DUDE PRETENDING TO BE A GIRL is just a high school drop out wanting to sound like IT could even pass a BASIC High School English course in Composition. \"IT\" keeps getting caught in lie after lie and quoting false sources. Most 13-14 year olds at least know to have their facts straight before handing in their homework. \"IT\" is nothing but a not too bright wanna be that couldn't even finish basic education requirements so now the only way IT can feel some source of \"accomplishment\" is to put others down. In short...Trailer trash without the Trailer.\n\non November 2,2012 | 02:25PM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\ncunfuzd4wrote:\n\nAlbert/Alfred/Alle aka DUDE PRETENDING TO BE A GIRL. It's all relative. Compared to you however there is absolutely nothing that could be termed minor league. Go back to school and get your GED!! Maybe then you'll learn to not make an A** out of yourself.\n\non November 2,2012 | 02:32PM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nbleedgreenwrote:\n\nFive weeks, five days, I'll be at the game.\n\non November 2,2012 | 05:49AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nBdpapawrote:\n\nOpen the gates, give the public free admission!\n\non November 2,2012 | 05:50AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nlowtone123wrote:\n\nTemple pays their own travel cost, no gaurantee $$, season ticket holders get in free and PPV season package subscribers get game free. That would make it work.\n\non November 2,2012 | 10:18AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nlowtone123wrote:\n\n33.742 to watch UH play Temple. Those were the days. I remember as a kid going to UH games when 30,000-35,000 would come to watch UH play the likes of Santa Clara and Prairie View A&M.\n\non November 2,2012 | 10:23AM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nNotNastiwrote:\n\nehowzit, thanks for the memories, but you do not need to shout.\n\non November 2,2012 | 12:34PM\n\nName:\n\nComment:\n\nNOTSHEEPwrote:\n\nlooking forward to the game. I will be there. I hope that we also took the opportunity to discuss a few games in basketball (mens and womens) and possibly baseball and volleyball too (if they have them). if we treat them well, I hope we establish a connection with a major conference that will result in future benefits for UH. Even if we lose the football game, BFD. We get another game to go to. Go Bows!"}
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-{"text": "How many ways to shuffle a pack of cards?\n\nThis is an excerpt from friend of The Aperiodical, Matt Parker\u2019s book, \u201cThings to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension\u201d, which is out now in paperback.\n\nThere\u2019s a lovely function in mathematics called the factorial function, which involves multiplying the input number by every number smaller than it. For example: $\\operatorname{factorial}(5) = 5 \\times 4 \\times 3 \\times 2 \\times 1 = 120$. The values of factorials get alarmingly big so, conveniently, the function is written in shorthand as an exclamation mark. So when a mathematician writes things like $5! = 120$ and $13! = 6,\\!227,\\!020,\\!800$ the exclamation mark represents both factorial and pure excitement. Factorials are mathematically interesting for several reasons, possibly the most common being that they represent the ways objects can be shuffled. If you have thirteen cards to shuffle, then there are thirteen possible cards you could put down first. You then have the remaining twelve cards as options for the second one, eleven for the next, and so on \u2013 giving just over 6 billion possibilities for arranging a mere thirteen cards.\n\nFor a full deck of fifty-two cards, the number is much bigger. Calculating $52!$ manually would take a long time, so it\u2019s a perfect thing to get a computer to do for us. But in order to ask a computer to do something, you need to state it as an algorithm for the computer to follow. So here\u2019s a set of instructions I\u2019ve written to take an input number and progressively multiply it by every smaller number:\n\nStep 1: Remember the starting value of $n$ as your running total.\n\nStep 2: Subtract $1$ from $n$.\n\nStep 3: Multiply the running total by this new $n$.\n\nStep 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 until $n$ reaches $1$.\n\nStep 5: Return the running total.\n\nWe can try running this for the first few laps of calculating $52!$:\n\nWe\u2019re only six laps in, and the running total has already gone past 14 billion! (No that\u2019s not a factorial, I just wanted to emphasize how quickly these numbers grow.) This is definitely the sort of long calculation we want a computer to do for us. The last step is to translate our algorithm steps into a language a computer can understand. So what does an algorithm look like to a computer? Well, much as humans can speak different languages, computers can understand different programming languages. I\u2019ve selected one called Python, because it has a very simple grammar and is one of the closest computer languages to being readable English. I\u2019ll also include some comments to the right of each line to clarify\nwhat the code is doing.\n\nHere is the factorial algorithm, coded in Python. If you are so inclined, you could run this on a computer. Much in the way we were naming functions before, I can give each algorithm a name then write its inputs inside brackets next to it.\n\ndef factorial(n): # I am defining the algorithm called\n# \u2018factorial\u2019 and it starts with a number \u2018n\u2019\nrunning_total = n # Remembers n as the starting value of\n# the running total\nwhile n > 1: # Repeats the next bit until n is no longer\n# bigger than 1\nn = n - 1 # Subtracts 1 from n\nrunning_total = # Multiplies the running total\nrunning_total * n # by the new n\nreturn running_total # Returns the running total\n\nI\u2019ve just double-checked this program to make sure it works. Once loaded up, I can enter factorial(13) into my computer to double-check $13!$. And, sure enough, $6,\\!227,\\!020,\\!800$ appears\nback on the screen. So then I let it loose on $52!$ and here is the exact output from my computer:\n\nThat\u2019s a number with sixty-eight digits. A truly huge number. To say it the long way, there are 800,000 billion billion billion billion billion billion billion ways a pack of cards could be\nshuffled. There are only about 1 million billion billion stars in the observable universe. And the universe is only about 4 hundred million billion seconds old. So this means that if every star in the universe had a billion planets, each with a population of a billion hypothetical aliens, all shuffling a billion packs a second since the dawn of the universe, we would now be only halfway through every possible arrangement. And that\u2019s for a pack of only fifty-two cards! Thank goodness we didn\u2019t include the jokers.\n\nAnyway, now we know what the answer is, we can try to calculate it in a different way: using a recursive algorithm. We simply need to state the algorithm in terms of itself. Something like: \u2018The factorial of $n$ is $n$ times the factorial of $n \u2013 1$.\u2019 The only extra thing we need to know is that the factorial of $1$ is $1$. This is the \u2018get-out clause\u2019 in the algorithm which stops the recursion going on for ever.\n\nPresented with factorial(13), my computer now runs down the chain of recursions until it hits factorial(1), then comes racing back up to give $6,\\!227,\\!020,\\!800$ once more. Likewise, putting in factorial(52) gives back the same 68-digit monster. Yet nowhere have I actually told the program how to calculate a factorial, merely how one factorial calculation relates to a smaller one. Once again, recursive algorithms are magic: conjuring answers out of seemingly empty code.\n\nWe now have two different computer programs which compute the same answer two different ways. Which leaves us with only one option: make them fight! I just took a quick break to race both factorial programs head to head. I decided that the winner would be the first to compute the factorial of $100$. Computing the full 158-digit answer to $100!$ took the recursive Python program 0.000068 seconds, whereas the normal one came in at only 0.000046 seconds.1 A decisive win for the non-recursive program!\n\nIf you liked that, \u201cThings to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension\u201d is out now in paperback and contains plenty more playful mathematical investigations. There\u2019s also a fantastic website to accompany the book, with loads of interactive doodads, at makeanddo4d.com\n\n93326215443944152681699238856266700490715968264381621468592963895217599993229915608941463976156518286253697920827223758251185210916864000000000000000000000000, for the record. [\u21a9]\n\nAbout the author\n\n5 Responses to \u201cHow many ways to shuffle a pack of cards?\u201d\n\nWoah \u2013 this article just popped up on my blog reader and it covers part of my school maths project (it\u2019s on \u201cthe best way to shuffle a pack of cards\u201d) that I\u2019ve been trying to research for ages! Can we write an algorithm to find the chances of that happening?!"}
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-{"text": "GENERATION CALIFORNIA: KNOW THE STORY OF LUKE BELL\n\nA story of inspiration to give that push and take you to carry out your \u201cCalifornia dream\u201d\n\nLOS ANGELES, CA (BDCi) \u2013 The dream of arriving in California and having immediate success in his professional career is the goal of every immigrant. However, the reality of having to adapt to a new culture and language causes many to put their aspirations on hold, that is, on the waiting list.\n\nWith a rhythm a little more crowded than in Brazil, and with the stress of turning big people, many end up stuck in the American routine of work, and when they realize, they are already married and building families, which I like to call \u201cGeneration California\u201d. There is nothing wrong with working and adapting to culture, as this is part of natural assimilation. However, the dreams of some of these immigrants begin to be projected onto their children.\n\nLuke Bell\n\nToday we speak of the American Luke Bell , a boy who has been standing out in the world of soccer of hall. With roots Brazilian and Bolivian, but of Californian soul, the small athlete of only 11 years already has an enviable curriculum.\n\nLuke began to play soccer very young, and had influence of the grandfathers and the mother, both Brazilians, and the help and hard work of the father, who opened a school, the Bulldog Futsal Club , giving an extra base so that the small athlete stood out In sports.\n\nAfter several championships, the player was chosen to train precisely in the team of Neymar, that same, of Barcelona. A scout was impressed by Luke\u2019s abilities, and there he spent two weeks in Barcelona and trained in one of the world\u2019s best-known football stadiums.\n\n\u201cHe was again selected for the prestigious 96 Elite Futsal camp, which is led by Barcelona coaches, to return to La Masia and train again this year. Being recognized as one of the top futsalers in America is an honor. \u201cSaid Rob Bell, coach and father of Luke.\n\nCarles Folguera, director of La Masia 360, explains the intention of the project: \u201cif we welcome, accompany and support young people at all times, we will not only create better people, but also better sportspeople.\u201d\n\nAlbert Soler, director of professional sports, says: \u201cThe model has changed and we want to be a reference, so we will increase the talent and we will also form better people. It is about educating them through sport. That way, it\u2019s easier for players to reach the elite. Bar\u00e7a is a factory of dreams, and we do not want dreams to end in nightmares. \u201d\n\nBarcelona\u2019s goal is to turn young people into great people, not just big players\n\nWhat is the formula for the boy\u2019s success?\n\nA lot of training, discipline and family support. This recipe is infallible for the success of this Californian generation. Since the age of three and with the support of his parents and the natural instinct of every good player, Luke has always been prominent whether in training or games in which he participated. At age seven he went from defender to attacker, and after that no one else held the boy\u2019s shots. The young player has chosen to play another form of football, and today he is part of the American futsal team.\n\nIn 2017, Luke returns to Barcelona to train again for two weeks during \u201cSpring Break\u201d training again with Neymar\u2019s team.\n\nBesides Portuguese, he also speaks fluent Spanish and his dream is to become a professional soccer player.\n\nPride of being \u201cNorCal\u201d\n\nAs a native of Northern California, Luke is a fanatic fan of the NBA Golden Warriors team of the Baseball Giants and also follows the matches of the San Jose Earthquakes football club for MLS .\n\nAnd you, how are your dreams? Have a cool story to tell, please contact us. And if you\u2019re \u201cCaliforniating,\u201d check out BDCiTV with the #CliqueiNaCalifa hashtag. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for exclusive photos of the golden state!"}
-{"text": "German minister to carmakers: Invest in electric cars or lose out\n\n3 \u5206\u949f\u9605\u8bfb\n\nBERLIN, April 16 (Reuters) - The German automotive industry must invest heavily in electric car technology and develop battery production facilities in Europe to keep up with global competitors, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in a newspaper interview published on Monday.\n\nAltmaier told Germany's mass-circulation Bild newspaper that the carmakers needed to invest high \"two-digit billion amounts\" in electric car technology, saying he did not understand why the firms had hesitated for so long.\n\nInvestments were also needed in battery production, given expected demand for many millions of electric batteries that could help firms earn good money, he said.\n\n\"Otherwise we'll have to accept that a large part of the added value will be produced in Asia or the United States, instead of here with us,\" he said.\n\nThe German car industry, which accounts for some 800,000 jobs in Europe's biggest economy, is struggling with a global backlash against diesel cars after Volkswagen admitted in 2015 that it had cheated U.S. exhaust tests.\n\nTo help reduce pollution levels and avoid a total ban on diesel vehicles, VW, Daimler and others have stepped up development of electric cars.\n\nThe new German coalition government plans to ease the tax burden on drivers of electric vehicles, provide at least an additional 100,000 charge points across the country and subsidise car-sharing to push a shift to greener transportation.\n\nThere are also plans to provide funding for research into autonomous driving technology and support the establishment of battery cell production in Germany.\n\nAltmaier said German carmakers needed to develop a model that had at least the range of a Tesla but costs less, and should work on developing an information technology platform for self-driving cars that was the best in the world.\n\n\"The first safe self-driving cars must operate with German technology,\" he said.\n\nGerman companies should also work with other European firms to develop a European battery cell production.\n\nThe conservative minister said it was imperative to secure the hundreds of thousands of jobs now supporting the car and supplier industries. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Sandra Maler)"}
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-{"text": "Saturday Midday Beach and Surf Report 12/28/13\n\nGood morning! We definitely have some surf out here on Pensacola Beach. It is running waist to rib high with bigger sets coming through. The winds are not too bad out of the ENE at 8-11 mph causing for some drift. It looks fun! So go surf! We will update later. Don\u2019t forget to check out our live webcam. If you can\u2019t see it on your mobile phone try using a browser that allows you to see flash. We use \u201cphoton browser\u201d for our phones and it works great!"}
-{"text": "Polaroid Purple Bluetooth\u00ae Mini Tower Speaker\n\nStylish and cutting edge is this purple Mini Bluetooth Tower Speaker from Polaroid. Get the party and become your own DJ with the integrated Bluetooth-wireless technology and effective 30' audio range. Sleek and slim single-tower design fits modernly in any home or office while its DC external power supply and rechargeable battery keeps the good times rolling.\n\n**This is an exclusive promotional offer valid only at biglots.com for 15% off all merchandise available for purchase online. Offer is not transferable. This offer does not apply to shipping charges, delivery charges, sales tax or previous transactions. May not be used in combination with any other offer, coupon, discount or associate discounts, but may be combined with Rewards. Value is forfeited if item is returned. By attempting to redeem this offer, user unconditionally agrees that decisions of Big Lots are final on all matters of interpretation, fact and procedure with respect to this offer. Valid only on in stock goods. Void where prohibited. No cash value or cash back. Discount applied automatically at checkout. Offer valid at biglots.com Sunday, March 18 @ 8 pm EDT until Monday, March 19, 2018 @ 9:00 am EDT.\n\nFeatures\n\nIntegrated Bluetooth technology\n\n30' effective range\n\nDC external power supply\n\nSuper bass air tube design for richer sound\n\nAuxiliary 3.5mm jack for easy connectivity\n\nRechargeable battery\n\nVivid color and sound\n\nSpecifications\n\nModel number: P3B0T0R1CPU\n\n5\"L x 5\"W x 17.25\"H\n\nAC adapter\n\nRemote control\n\nUser manual\n\nReturn Policy\n\nIf you wish to return your online order, please visit your order history to start the return process. If you have any issues, contact our Customer Care Support Center at 1-866-BIG-LOTS (244-5687) for assistance with making your return. Please be prepared to provide your order number and email address, or your rewards number, so that we may better assist you."}
-{"text": "Budding young footballers have kept their Wembley dreams alive after being successful in a national competition to represent Derby County.\n\nYoungsters from John of Rolleston Primary School in Rolleston-on-Dove, took part in the English Football League Kids Cup which sees six-a-side teams from primary schools compete to represent their respective professional teams, of which there are 72 in total. In total 20,000 kids have been taking part.\n\nThe 72 top football clubs are split into their current divisions out of the Championship, League One and League Two - and then into north and south.\n\nA seven-member team of youngsters aged under 11 from John of Rolleston was one of six sides battling it out in the local final - having maed it out of the previous round, which saw 60 Derbyshire schools compete.\n\nThe John of Rolleston Kids Cup team - Nate, Ewan, Sam, Charlie, Cole, Sam and Charlie\n\nThe Chapel Lane school's victory in this round on Friday, January 26, means they will now represent Championship side the Rams for the rest of the competition.\n\nRead More\n\nTheir next game will be for the regional title in March, against schools representing Championship teams across the north of England. The date and venue have not yet been decided.\n\nA victory in that contest would see John of Rolleston pupils head to Wembley in May in a bid to become the Kids Cup Championship winners, competing against the school that wins the Championship south final.\n\nThis year's competition sees the Derby County's charity Community Trust arm hoping to build on the success of 2016 and 2017, which have seen Hilton Primary School and Etwall Primary School go all the way to Wembley and win the national competition.\n\nThe six schools which made it to the local final, hosted at the Derby County Academy in Oakwood, were:\n\nGriffe Field Primary School\n\nJohn of Rolleston Primary School\n\nMeadow Farm Primary School\n\nMelbourne Junior School\n\nOakwood Junior School\n\nPortway Junior School\n\nAttendees said that the day's competition produced some great football, all of which was played in the right spirit.\n\nRead More\n\nThe group stage saw Portway and Melbourne become the first teams to be knocked out, with the remaining four teams taking each other on in the semi-finals.\n\nThe semi-finals finished with John of Rolleston overcoming Meadow Farm 2-0 and Oakwood securing a 1-0 win over Griffe Field.\n\nJohn of Rolleston edged the final after scoring with two minutes to go.\n\nIt finished 1-0, and the team will now represent Derby at the regional finals in March, the winner of which will play in the national final at Wembley Stadium in London.\n\nIan Bateman, John of Rolleston Primary School head teacher\n\nJohn of Rolleston head teacher Ian Bateman said he was proud of the sportsmanship the team demonstrated and is certain they can make it to Wembley.\n\nHe told the Burton Mail: \"We are thrilled that our football team managed to qualify in order to represent Derby County at the EFL. They will now go onto the regional finals in March.\n\n\"If they are successful, they will go to Wembley Stadium in May to play in the final.\n\n\"We are very proud of the way the team played and the sportsmanship that they demonstrated.\n\n\"Well done boys, Wembley here we come!\"\n\nAfter the local final, participation manager at the Derby County Community Trust Rich Mansfield said that the standard of football was \"fantastic\" and he hoped John of Rolleston youngsters can lead the club to a third Kids Cup title.\n\nHe said: \"We always look forward to hosting the Kids Cup and this year has been no different.\n\n\"The standard across the board has been fantastic and every school has represented themselves brilliantly."}
-{"text": "The force is strong with the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine (OPS2). Later this month the popular magazine features more exclusive first looks at games than ever before; leading with a trilogy of sizzling Star Wars scoops.\n\nAs the emperor of UK videogames titles, OPS2 offers a world exclusive first-look at Star Wars: Battlefront 2, as well as loads of screenshots and new information from the long-awaited Star Wars: Episode III game. The intergalactic frenzy is rounded off with a playable demo and definitive OPS2 review of Lego Star Wars."}
-{"text": "Daisy Nursery\n\npremium care: unique surroundings: outstanding education\n\nCrown Daisy Nursery\n\nContact Us\n\nManager:\n\nTelephone:\n\nAddress:\n\nEmail:\n\nAmber Day\n\n01252 336319\n\nAnglesey Lodge,\nFarnborough Road,\nAldershot,\nHampshire,\nGU11 3BJ\n\ncrown@mydaisynursery.com\n\nCrown Daisy Nursery operates from a well converted Victorian coach house hidden at the back of the grounds of the impressive and imposing Anglesey House. Both the House and the Lodge were built as part of the first generation of the creation of Aldershot, and have played host to a long list of \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d in the British army. It is reputed that Queen Victoria visited the Commander of the Cavalry to play a game of croquet on the lawn prior to his departure for the Crimean war.\n\nAt Crown Daisy Nursery we can\u2019t offer you any more royal visits \u2013 unless Kate and Wills are looking for a premium nursery for their expanding brood - but we can offer you and most importantly, your child, a privileged and bespoke nursery experience that focuses on caring, nurturing and a journey of education.\n\nWe are located on the A325, a short distance from Farnham, Aldershot, Farnborough, Fleet, and all the little villages in between. We have a secure adjacent garden area solely for our use and access to our surrounding woodland to explore. Our two storey Lodge is thoughtfully divided into our three cocooned suites of age groups, creatively set up by our professional and highly experienced team. As with all our nurseries we have furnished neutrally using our relationships with locally responsible suppliers to ensure consistent quality and capturing the unique blend of state of the art design, with a traditional aesthetic and feel. Our Nursery Manager Amber looks forward to meeting you and your child and welcoming you to her setting."}
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-{"text": "Giving thanks\n\nJeanie Fanning, envoy at the Salvation Army Kenai, plans out the preparation of Thursday's meal Wednesday.\n\nThey're not just synonymous with Christmas, however. Those same bells calling for spare change also help to raise money for events like Thursday's community Thanksgiving dinner at the Salvation Army.\n\nJeanie Fanning, envoy at the Salvation Army in Kenai, will be the first to tell you that it takes more than bells and some change to put together an event that feeds anywhere from 30 to 130 hungry souls each Thanksgiving.\n\n\"The truth is, I couldn't do it without the volunteers,\" she said. \"I'm not trying to stroke people, if you don't have them, it's just not possible, there's no way. I love my volunteers.\"\n\nThursday afternoon, the toils of numerous volunteers left a delicious scent wafting outside the Salvation Army building at 201 North Forest Drive in Kenai. An easy 30 volunteers had showed up to prepare the meal in the building's small kitchen Thursday morning. More had worked in the days prior to the event, and still more were helping serve and clean up.\n\nThis year Fanning was up at 3 a.m. to start cooking the nine birds served at the dinner.\n\n\"I kind of guessed on nine because of the economy. People have been struggling with heating and gas prices, we're thinking we'll get a few more people than usual,\" she said.\n\nFortunately, as in years past, Fanning said a few volunteers brought birds home to cook in their ovens, taking some pressure off those at the Salvation Army.\n\nAlso helpful was the fact that the organization doesn't have to purchase all the food on its own. The Rotary Club buys the turkeys for the meal and Credit Union 1 in Soldotna contributes pies for dessert.\n\nFanning estimated the entire meal ends up costing anywhere from $2,000 to $2,500.\n\nBy noon on Thursday, Fanning said 40 people had already been served, likely twice as many as one might expect to find at even a large holiday get-together. She estimated that in the proceeding two hours that number would triple.\n\nTo orchestrate the preparation for such a feast could only take the work of a ringmaster.\n\nThat's exactly how Fanning described Dr. David Wartinbee, a biology professor at Kenai Peninsula College.\n\nWartinbee has been working in the Salvation Army kitchen on Thanksgiving morning for the past six years.\n\n\"It's not a religious thing,\" he said, describing the group that shows up every year to cook and prepare the meal. \"It's just who we are. If we can help people we will.\"\n\nWartinbee agreed with Fanning's description of his position. He spends much of the morning finding work for the volunteers that show up to help.\n\nAt times, he said, he's challenged. This year for example, he had many youth helping out. He had to be careful to make sure they had safe jobs that didn't require the use of sharp objects.\n\nHer also had some help from Carrie Nelson's Cook Inlet Academy third-grade class peeling potatoes on Wednesday. Additionally, Margaret Gilman's Kenai Middle School eighth-graders helped make the artistic place mats decorating the tables."}
-{"text": "Paleo Porridge\n\nBreakfast is often what people find hardest to keep inspiring when adopting a primal lifestyle\u2026 It\u2019s without a doubt the most habitual meal we eat (since it\u2019s such a huge and important part of our morning routines) and it IS hard to change the way we\u2019ve started a day for years and years (and years).\n\nBut, since breakfast pretty much set the bar for the rest of the day, it\u2019s also so important to not fuel it with food that will do us more harm than good (in other words\u2026just about everything that is generally considered as breakfast in large parts of the world today).\n\nTo me, the best breakfast is leftovers from last night\u2019s dinner\u2026but I do understand, and respect, that not everyone like to start their day with something they\u2019d usually finish it with. Therefore I thought I should share a recipe for a traditional and common breakfast with you today\u2026Paleo style! This Paleo porridge is Primal and Paleo compliant and, unless you\u2019re using it as a substitute to fill a grain based oatmeal void, I would say it\u2019s also Whole30 compliant!\n\nBefore we get on to the recipe I must say this is not a recipe I\u2019ve developed myself. Similar recipes are to be found all over the internet, and to be honest I can\u2019t remember where I first saw it :( Nevertheless I want to share it with you, in case you\u2019re looking for breakfast inspiration and haven\u2019t seen it before\u2026\n\n38 Comments\n\nSounds like a great and nutritious recipe, I\u2019m curious to try this. I\u2019m just confused on how you prepare the eggs in this porridge. Do you scramble them in the pot or whisk them with the rest of the ingredients before pouring it all into the pot to heat? Thanks!\n\nThanks! I think I\u2019ll try this tomorrow. I\u2019ve been doing intermittent fasting this past month (so, no breakfast) which has been really interesting, and while I don\u2019t actually feel the need for breakfast anymore, I think I\u2019d break it for some porridge!\n\nSaid and done, I made a batch last evening which I stored in the fridge over night. Since I wasn\u2019t sure how you intended to eat it, I reheated half of it (45sec in the micro) and served as in the post, and the other half I ate cold with just cinnamon and berries (ie no extra coconut milk).\n\nI must say it worked very well, and I didn\u2019t experience much change in texture (which I would have guessed)! Eating it cold however did take away some of the feeling of eating porridge\u2026it was more like\u2026pudding maybe? (Still good, but if you ask me I prefer it warm\u2026but that of course comes down to personal preferences.)\n\nSo, to answer you original question: YES, you can make it in advance for a quick grab and go! :D\n\nHi again! I\u2019m eating this right now and I have to say it\u2019s very interesting! It\u2019s like a sweet take on scrambled eggs. I used to make a flaxmeal porridge with nuts, fruit and coconut milk but I stopped because I felt it was too high in nuts/seeds and lacking protein. I did eggs for a while but I\u2019m not really a morning eggs and bacon type of person. This is actually the perfect compromise: a healthy dose of protein and saturated fats to start the day but with a morning cereal feel to it. I topped it off with some cinnamon, a homemade blackberry-chia jam and some fresh strawberries. Thanks a bunch for this recipe!\n\nUTTER BREKKIE BRILLIANCE!!\u2026Just HOW did you know THIS kind of fare was waiting to be created\u2026specifically for ME?!\u2026I heartily second \u201cMy Little Jar of Spices\u201d comment on this being \u201cthe perfect compromise\u201d\u2026I was really in need of a non-Bacon & Egg type breakfast\u2026and missed my little bowl of \u201ccreamy\u201d with the colder, rainy fall here in France\u2026Merci bien!\n\nI can assure you\u2026the pleasure is all OURS\u2026(as I\u2019m certain your faithful readers appreciate your ingenuity when faced with culinary dilemmas or the \u201cWhat-the heck-can-I-make that is delicious, palate-pleasing and Paleo-friendly?\u201d question)\n\nI made the recipe this morning and it was a keeper! I\u2019m fairly new to the Paleo way and am doing a lot more adventurous cooking and am soooo confused by all the various coconut milks. It seems that many Paleo recipes call for coconut milk (which is okay as I love it), but they aren\u2019t very specific as to what type. There is the So Delicious Coconut milk which seems to me to be a sub for regular milk? There is coconut cream and there is lite and premium which all come in a can. What type do you use for this recipe? Also, I will have to check out vanilla pods. I have never heard of them, I just added a little vanilla extract.\n\nWhen it comes to the coconut milk, I think you might be complicating things more than necessary. Your first priority should be to find a brand that is additive free and comes in a BPA-free container. (The one I use is 80% coconut and 20% water\u2026nothing else, and comes in a carton (instead of a can, which is likely to have BPA in the lining). Here\u2019s an interesting article on it: http://chriskresser.com/3-reasons-why-coconut-milk-may-not-be-your-friend\n\nIf you find more than one brand fulfilling this, just go with the one you like the most as long as the recipe calls for (any type of) coconut milk. (If it specifically calls for coconut cream however, you should probably go for that as it is a different type of product.)\n\nI\u2019m from Sweden so unfortunately I don\u2019t have any experience in the different brands of coconut milk available in US (but Native Forrest seems to be popular, and claims to be BPA free), nor do I think my favorite brand (\u201cSanta Maria\u201d) is available outside Scandinavia. If you want some suggestions I recommend you logging on to http://paleohacks.com to see if there is any topic about this already, and if not start one.\n\nRegarding the vanilla pod, it\u2019s the same as vanilla bean, ie the plant matter that each keeps thousands of small, black, vanilla seeds. Dried and ground vanilla pods/beans is a dark brown or black powder, and is often sold in small glass jars as \u201cvanilla powder\u201d. In Sweden you\u2019ll find it in the baking section of the grocery stores (or sometimes among the spices), and that\u2019s where I would look first in a US store too.\n\nHope this answers your questions, or at least points you in a direction? If not, let me know and we\u2019ll sort it out :)\n\nThanks for your reply and all of the information! I didn\u2019t realize the majority of metal cans are contaminated with BPA. The article by Chris Kresser on coconut milk was interesting and informative. I\u2019m a big shopper on Amazon so I ordered a case of Native Forest\u2026and I realized I DO know what vanilla beans are\u2026now to work on my cooking skills. Thanks again! :-)\n\nYes, you wouldn\u2019t eat this with the goal to up your veggie intake ;) (But mixing the porridge with mashed cauliflower to make it more complete actually sounds like an interesting idea\u2026and somewhat scary, haha!)\n\nHere is another one I got from MariaMindBodyHealth. 4 scoops of Vanilla Whey Powder, 1 teaspoon of Psyllium husks (ground), 1 scoop (tablespoon) of Ground flax and one cup of Almond milk. Add together in a pain and add flavorings of your choice. It thickens and has the consistency and taste of cream of wheat. I keep several batches of all the dry ingredients mixed in a Tupperware and then just add milk when I want some. GENIUS! I will try this recipe too for variation.\n\nWell I have to say I was a little sceptical about how this would turn out expecting something like scrambled eggs but I was pleasantly surprised. It was just what I needed on a cold winters day, with the addition of banana, blueberry and raspberries it was yummy!\n\nPinterest\n\niHerb New Customer Offer!\n\niHerb.com provide many raw and organic Paleo friendly products to amazing prices, and deliver to more than 150 countries for reasonable shipping costs.(Free shipping + No Tax on domestic US orders of $40 or more!)\n\n! NEW CUSTOMER OFFER ! \u2022 $10 off your first order of $40 or more! \u2022 $5 off your first order of less than $40! USE CODE: GBR204"}
-{"text": "Well a number of people here have experienced this kind of problem. Usually it can be attributed to either a bad burn of the iso to DVD (try using a slower burn speed) or in some cases a faulty optical drive (swap in another known working optical drive and try the existing DVD).\n\n...and in some cases a bad download of the iso from wherever you downloaded it from (check the md5 checksum to be sure)."}
-{"text": "Work Starts on Wilkinson\u2019s Mass Medication Plan\n\nBakers are\nbeginning preparations to comply with the Government\u2019s\nplan to mass-mediate all New Zealanders with folic acid from\nSeptember.\n\nThe Zealand Association of Bakers announced\ntoday that it will advise members to begin preparations to\nimplement the plan, having failed to convince Food Safety\nMinister Kate Wilkinson of the risks involved in the\nexercise.\n\n\u201cWe are deeply disappointed to announce this,\nbut we need to begin preparations now to be compliant with\nthis government mandated regulation,\u2019\u2019 said Laurie\nPowell, President of the Bakers Association.\n\n\u201cMinister Wilkinson\u2019s food standard will medicate 4.4\nmillion New Zealanders to save between one and three people\nfrom a neural tube defect. The benefits will be small as New\nZealand already has one of the lowest rates of NTDs in the\nworld.\n\n\u201cOur industry has suggested a very credible and\neffective alternative to mass medication by offering to\nvoluntarily fortify a significant range of breads aimed at\nthe target audience, along with an appropriate awareness\nadvertising campaign. This has been rejected,\u2019\u2019 Powell\nsaid.\n\n\u201cThe Minister\u2019s plan is bad science and defies\nlogic. The Minister recently confirmed that the pregnant\nwomen she is targeting will need to eat 11 slices of bread a\nday to get their recommended dose of folic acid.\n\n\u201cWomen statistically aren\u2019t big bread eaters.\nTargeting the small number of women at risk with folic acid\nsupplements is a much more effective strategy than blasting\nthe entire New Zealand population.\n\n\u201cWe understand that\nher reason for championing this medical experiment is to\nkeep Australia happy. Telling New Zealanders to \u201ceat up\nfor Australia\u201d is not going to be electorally popular.\n\n\u201cIn May, Hon Kate Wilkinson admitted that \u201c87% of New\nZealanders did not want\u201d folic acid in bread, so many\nKiwis will scratch their heads to understand why she is\nallowing the standard to roll out when the health benefits\nare so miniscule.\n\n\u201cIn the last election she personally\ncampaigned against nanny state government. Now as Minister\nshe is championing a food standard that will eradicate\nfreedom of choice, dose all New Zealanders without their\nconsent and overlook the importance of personal\nresponsibility for pregnant women. It\u2019s hard to\nreconcile,\u201d Powell said.\n\n\u201cA prudent Minister,\nexercising her authority under the Food Act, should at least\ndelay implementation until the various concerns raised have\nbeen laid to rest or confirmed as both the governments in\nthe United Kingdom and Ireland have done.\n\n\u201cThere is\nstill time for the Minister to act in the interests of the\nwider community and adopt the cooperative, targeted and\nvoluntary initiative offered by our industry. We urge her to\ndo so.\u2019\u2019\n\nA total of seven new areas will be opened up to oil and gas exploration under its block offer tendering system, as the New Zealand government seeks to concentrate activity in a few strategically chosen areas. More>>\n\n\u201cThe Prime Minister reassured New Zealanders that \u2018post the passing of this law, will you all of a sudden find thousands of workers who are denied having a tea break? The answer is absolutely not\u2019... Cotton On is proposing to remove tea and meal breaks for workers in its safety sensitive distribution centre. How long before other major chains try and follow suit?\u201d More>>"}
-{"text": "Many Chinatown bakeries in North America sell white cake with fruit filling and whipped cream pudding style frosting as dessert. Garnished with fruit NOT decorated, very delicious. These MUST be sold/served out of refrigerator case.\n\n\"Whipped icing\" might mean the milk-flour custard whipped with shortening and sugar, this is routinely used in some bakeries but again for dessert service. NOT good for piping except simple borders and writing.\n\nOr it might mean the canned fake stuff based on the same recipe (using water-starch-sugar-fat) that will not support any life form.\n\nOr it might mean a cooked meringue (aka seven minute frosting) that coats nicely, swirls great, can be piped if powdered sugar is added. No fat at all in these recipes. Meringue can be browned or not after icing the cake.\n\nPlease ask your customers what they mean exactly.\n\nIn general \"fluffy\" iced cakes have NO shelf life at room temperature.\n\nTo tier such a cake, it has to be filled with ganache or else it will collapse."}
-{"text": "\u201cAlternative History Of The German Invasion\u201d\n\nCommunity Grade\n(972 Users)\n\nYour Grade\n\nI had this high-minded goal that I wasn\u2019t going to ever discuss Dan Harmon in these reviews after the review of the first episode. It\u2019s not fair to the people making Community now, and it\u2019s not fair to Harmon, either. Acting as if his era of the show was infallible is just inaccurate, and acting as if this era of the show is unsalvageable because he\u2019s not around also is. The fact of the matter is that there are still a ton of talented writers working on this show, the cast is amazing, and the production is\u2026 well, the budget\u2019s been cut, and you can tell, but it\u2019s the sort of thing that would be easier to overlook if the scripts were top-notch. (I\u2019m hoping to do an FOC column on the noticeable shift in production values between the first two seasons and the latest two seasons, but that will require making screencaps and stuff, and I am just too lazy.)\n\nPlus, it\u2019s not as if Harmon\u2019s the only major voice that\u2019s left Community. Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan aren\u2019t around anymore. The Russo brothers left midway through season three. Chris McKenna\u2014Emmy-nominated for \u201cRemedial Chaos Theory\u201d\u2014is over on The Mindy Project. The show saw a huge writing staff turnover between seasons two and three (arguably more of an influence on what could be perceived as a downward turn than anything else). In addition, this is the fourth season of Community, and fourth seasons are notoriously difficult for comedies, about which more in my Archer review later tonight. And, what\u2019s more, going into \u201cAlternative History Of The German Invasion,\u201d I knew the episode had been shifted more than one place out of its initial running order, which usually happens when producers or a network are trying to push an episode that isn\u2019t as strong onto a night with lower viewership (which will likely happen, given the lack of Parks and The Office tonight). What\u2019s more, even if I wasn\u2019t a nerd who looked at production codes, it would be pretty obvious what had happened, since this is the first day of classes, but in the \u201cprior\u201d two episodes, the characters are in the middle of classes.\n\nSo! I was prepared for this to be a weaker episode, and I was mostly just hoping for something that indicated that, yeah, the new writers had a steep learning curve, but they were working through it as best they could, and it would lead to better things down the road. We\u2019re optimists here, everybody. That\u2019s what we do. But the fact of the matter remains: You can say that I would have defended this episode with my life if Dan Harmon had still been involved as much as you want. And maybe that\u2019s even true! But I will tell you that the first three seasons of this show, in every single episode, even the weakest ones, I would laugh my ass off a handful of times per episode, and pretty much consistently on the stronger episodes. And I didn\u2019t laugh once during \u201cGerman Invasion.\u201d I mean, granted, I\u2019m not someone who laughs a lot, but the vast majority of the punchlines were there as jokes that seemed like the kind of jokesCommunity used to tell. They\u2019re, as I said a few weeks ago, like-a-jokes.\n\nI smirked twice. I smirked when Troy popped out of the cake, because Donald Glover is great at this kind of physical comedy, and his smile was so wacky. And I smirked at the idea of Germans calling Hogan\u2019s HeroesHogan\u2019s Villains instead, because I\u2019m easy for a dumb TV gag like that. But other than that, I just thought this episode was a complete miss in terms of laughs. And who do you blame for that? The writers, for not trying hard enough? Our own expectations, for getting ahead of what the show wants to do? Me, for being a dumb asshole? I mean, they\u2019re all acceptable answers.\n\nI don\u2019t really like judging comedy on the \u201chow much does it make you laugh\u201d scale, because it\u2019s, ultimately, really subjective. There\u2019s no single perfect joke that will make everybody in the world laugh, because we\u2019re all different people, and we all experience the world differently. But the fact remains that a really funny episode can cover up a host of sins. (I believe Alan Sepinwall calls this the \u201cfunny forgives a lot\u201d principle.) When I\u2019m not laughing, I\u2019m more prone to start poking at the other stuff, at story structure and character arcs and the thematic underpinnings of the show. If \u201cGerman Invasion\u201d had been packed with laughs, I would have been much more amenable to whatever it was trying to do.\n\nBecause let\u2019s not mince words here: This episode is one that undercuts some of the very strongest principles this show stood for, and it does so in ways that just don\u2019t work. Initially, I liked the idea of the study group, a band of outcasts that formed together to make each other better, had inadvertently made everybody else on campus feel like outcasts. This was an idea the show played around with from time to time in the Harmon era, and it underpinned the infamous \u201cTodd\u201d episode, one that I liked fairly well that quite a few of you didn\u2019t seem to at all. Getting an alternate perspective on how alienating the protagonists of a sitcom are\u2014who by design have to be all chummy when everybody else around them is a non-speaking extra\u2014can be a fun device from time to time. We even did an Inventory on it. And, sure, the reason no one else wanted the study room in \u201cCooperative Calligraphy\u201d was because they were at the puppy parade, and, yes, the show is\u2014and always has been\u2014somewhat guilty of disappearing up its own navel, but I was willing to go with this. But Nazis? Seriously?\n\nI get it. Story-wise, it\u2019s an attempt to reverse where we thought the story was going by revealing that the study group have been villains in other people\u2019s stories all along, a reversal that can work but requires a willingness to dig a little deeper than this show wanted to. Joke-wise, ehhhhh. Putting Jeff in a wacky costume does not a punchline make, and the show is now at the point where it\u2019s so actively eating its own tail that it\u2019s caught up to its head. It\u2019s as if the show is actively trying to fool us into thinking this is the Harmon/Russo/Goldman/Donovan/McKenna/everybody from season two era by reliving its own past. (TV Club contributor Rowan Kaiser once said that season two of this show was about other sitcoms, while season three was about season two of Community, and that\u2019s not entirely wrong. I\u2019d quibble, but if we\u2019re following his summation, then season four appears to be about the Wikipedia entry of the first three seasons of Community.)\n\nAgain, if this were funnier, I would have been much happier to go along with it. But tainting some of the best, most inclusive episodes of the show\u2014episodes like \u201cAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons\u201d\u2014as episodes that were actually about exclusion strikes me as a ridiculous inversion of a powerful story trope for no particular gain in terms of humor. At its best, Community has always been about wrapping a bunch of crazy people who had nowhere else to go into an ad hoc family\u2014well, most TV sitcoms are about that, really\u2014and though the study group would overstep its bounds, it usually had the best wishes of Greendale and the other students at heart. And while the concluding Winger speech about everybody trying to band together to make Greendale a better place is nice, I guess, it just doesn\u2019t ring true with the old version of the show, where the characters mostly learned that lesson midway through season one. Repeating it endlessly suggests that the study group\u2014and by extension the show\u2019s audience\u2014has failed to be inclusive enough over the years, and maybe that\u2019s how NBC feels, but Jesus, I sure don\u2019t.\n\nIn story terms, this is an attempt to get back to some of the campus hijinks that drove much of season one, but, again, there\u2019s little to no attempt to make it funny beyond repeating things that the show has done in the past and hoping our residual affection for them will carry the day. Maybe that\u2019s enough in some cases. There were certainly times in season three when the show seemed to be doing that, but then it would strike some crazy great gag out of nowhere, or it would come up with some brilliant episode, or it would have some essential moment of character truth, or it would have something human at its core. Now, we just have a bunch of Germans speaking in comically broad accents\u2014a repeat of a joke that didn\u2019t work all that well the first time. We have Chang and the Dean speaking their names to each other in a plot that makes no logical sense whatsoever and doesn\u2019t even make weird cartoon sense. We have some pretty weak sauce, really obvious World War II references. We have the female cast members put into German costumes to accentuate their figures in the same way Jeff\u2019s taken off his shirt in three of four episodes this season. We have what\u2019s, ultimately, an episode that feels like the broad, hacky version of Community the show\u2019s worst critics always accused the first three seasons of being.\n\nLook: I\u2019m an easy grader. I\u2019m going to find it very hard to give this show lower than a C, thanks to the residual affection I have for the characters and the premise of the show itself, and thanks to the sterling talents of the cast that\u2019s been assembled here. And I take it as a good sign that all involved knew to slip this episode to a night when fewer people would be watching, that they knew to put \u201cParanormal Parentage,\u201d not a perfect episode but an episode that\u2019s at least in spitting distance of my favorite Community episodes ever, second in the run. This is, as I said two weeks ago, a new show in a lot of ways, and that means a learning curve that will hopefully be softened rather soon. I continue to like watching this show and these characters, and I will continue to enjoy that probably as long as it\u2019s on the air.\n\nBut I also don\u2019t get the arguments that I \u201conly\u201d don\u2019t like this because Dan Harmon is no longer involved. To me, it\u2019s deeper than that. It\u2019s systemic. It\u2019s a show that\u2019s lost something indelible to what it once was. Laughter is an involuntary response. You tell me a funny joke, and my lizard brain doesn\u2019t think, \u201cHey, Dan Harmon\u2019s not around, so I shouldn\u2019t laugh at that.\u201d You tell me a funny joke\u2014like Troy saying, \u201cSecret dogs!\u201d two weeks ago\u2014and I laugh. This is a show filled with things that are supposed to be funny, that are supposed to make us smile and remember the good ol\u2019 days, but it\u2019s also a show that often feels to me like people taking these characters and having them spout dialogue they think those characters would say, while waving action figures of them around. If the show doesn\u2019t feel that way to you, that\u2019s fine. In fact, I wish I was in your shoes. But I just can\u2019t escape the thought that this is a ghost of its former self, and it\u2019s running out of time to convince me it could be anything but that.\n\nStray observations:\n\nWhat the balls was that tag supposed to be? \u201cWe have a thing\u201d? That\u2019s your big closing gag? Ugh.\n\nI did like seeing all of the supporting players who make Greendale feel like such a fun place. Leonard didn\u2019t seem to be feeling it, though.\n\nSo the study group is confronted with how it\u2019s monopolized prime study room real estate, and the way they fix things is by painting the bad study room, and suddenly, everything is okay? I mean, I guess that makes a kind of sense, but it just feels like a few too many narrative leaps to make actual sense.\n\nThis is the first episode credited to one Ben Wexler. Sorry, Ben! (No, seriously. Sorry. You\u2019re going to get a lot of shit from people who don\u2019t like this episode, and it\u2019s not at all your fault, since this show is so heavily room-written.)\n\nIn theory, I liked some of the stylistic touches, like the time codes over the study group walking wearily toward their study room, but only in theory. They didn\u2019t work as well as visual punchlines as they should have.\n\nThe \u201cit\u2019s like a Darren Aronofsky film\u201d gag was another I liked in theory, but I think it needed a little more directorial flourish to really sell it. Also, Chevy Chase has completely checked out of the proceedings, which is something nobody involved with the show can help.\n\nOkay, we\u2019re back on schedule next week, with the episode produced fifth actually airing fifth. After that, we get another episode that\u2019s been moved way out of order, though from later in the season to earlier, which is usually a good sign. Let\u2019s stay hopeful, everybody! We\u2019re all in this together!"}
-{"text": "China has requested Apple's source code within the last two years, but Apple refused. Indiana State Police Captain Charles Cohen claimed that Apple was providing information to the Chinese government, but only cited news reports."}
-{"text": "Skyway to Western Playgrounds\n\nClicking on the picture leads to the post where the esteemed Mr. Holmes included 19 more great, vintage airline posters. For those of my readers that are still on Tumblr, he is the proper source for this scan."}
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-{"text": "Glenn Randall Photography\n\nExtraordinary landscape photography from Colorado and the West\n\nGlenn Randall's Digital Landscape Photography Workshops\n\n\"Master the craft, and the art will follow.\"\n\nGlenn Randall\n\nMy approach to teaching landscape photography can be summed up in eight words: master the craft, and the art will follow. Watch this video to learn how taking one of my workshops can help you take your landscape photographs from so-so to spectacular! (3:17 -- opens in new window).\n\n\u200b\n\nNote: this video works best when viewed with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, and may not place nicely with Internet Explorer. If the video won't play in your browser, you can read the video transcript instead.\n\nAll of my workshops include a strong educational component. You'll not only get the opportunity to make great images, you'll become a better photographer. Unlike many instructors, I never shoot my own photos during your workshop. My attention is focused solely on helping you make the best possible photographs.\n\nHere's what one student had to say about her workshop.\n\n\u200b\n\n\"I just wanted to tell you again how pleased I was with your workshop and how much I learned! The format was just right with the mixture of lecture and shooting, but one of the most valuable pieces of all of this was your continued hands-on and individual attention to each of us throughout the entire workshop. Answering any and all questions was direct, succinct, and thorough \u2013 even with all of the different skill and knowledge levels that the participants exhibited. Having the handouts for study and reference now that we are home is a tremendous benefit. While we were out shooting, your dedication to see what we were shooting and help us achieve good photos with tips and suggestions was exceptional. The help with camera settings, computer situations, and composition tips was way beyond any other workshop that I have attended!\" Linda Haehnle, student in June 2019 Shooting the Stars workshop.\n\nNew workshop! Shooting the Stars Online\n\nLearn how to make spectacular photographs of the Milky Way online. Recent advances in digital-camera technology have made it possible to capture the magnificent night sky as we see it, with no apparent movement of the stars. This course will focus on techniques for planning, shooting, and processing beautiful photos of the glowing heart of our galaxy.\n\n\u200b\n\nThis workshop is not just another impersonal webinar. Enrollment is limited to ten students. All lectures will be delivered live via Zoom video conferencing software so students can ask questions. In addition to six hours of group lectures and discussions, each student will receive one hour of one-on-one time, again conducted via Zoom. Students can use the time to get help mastering Lightroom and Photoshop techniques for compositing night images using either the sample images I provide or their own images. Alternatively, they can use the time for a portfolio review of their existing night images or to discuss any aspect of nighttime or daytime landscape photography that interests them. All students will receive extensive handouts on the key information covered during the workshop, including Mastering Dramatic Light, a 41-page PDF on how to shoot great images in high-contrast situations. When the workshop is over, students will have a deeper understanding of how to find and capture magnificent images of the night sky.\n\nThe Milky Way over Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado\n\nDates:\n\nGroup sessions: June 10, 17, and 24, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time\n\nNew workshop! SFW Online: The Art & Science of Landscape Photography\n\nThe first session of this workshop sold out in 24 hours, so we have added a second session starting August 25.\n\nGlenn Randall's approach to teaching landscape photography can be summed up in eight words: master the craft, and the art will follow.\n\n\u200b\n\nThe craft of landscape photography goes far beyond understanding photographic basics like aperture and shutter speed. It includes the ability to locate promising subjects and plan shoots using topographic maps and computerized mapping tools. It includes concepts from geography, which tells us how the angle of sunrise and sunset varies throughout the year. It includes a working knowledge of atmospheric optics (the science of how sunlight interacts with our atmosphere.) Most crucially, it includes understanding how the complexities of human vision affect the way we see the world and the way we view art. Understanding how our visual system processes high-contrast scenes will help students produce realistically beautiful renditions of those scenes.\n\n\u200b\u200b\n\nRoaring Fork Sunrise, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado\n\nAs students increase their mastery of the craft, their artistry will grow and their ability to produce creative yet realistic landscape photographs will be enhanced. This online workshop will show students how creativity is not some rare talent possessed by exceptional individuals who sit in a darkened room and think profound thoughts. Rather, it is a talent possessed by every student which emerges when students make a new, unexpected, but suddenly obvious connection between seemingly unrelated bits of knowledge already stored in their heads.\n\n\u200b\n\nStudents will get hands-on practice with their new skills and put their new knowledge to immediate use by undertaking assignments. These assignments can be completed anywhere: your backyard, the park around the corner, or a nearby city, county, or state park, if those near you are open during the current pandemic. This workshop will also provide portfolio reviews to help students identify the strongest images in their current library and analyze why they have impact, with the goal of refining the student\u2019s understanding of subject choice, composition, light, and timing, improving the student\u2019s ability to create evocative landscape images once the public lands fully reopen. By the end of the workshop, students will understand why good landscape photographers today must have the brain of an engineer and the heart of a hopeless romantic.\n\n\u200b\n\nClassroom sessions will use free Zoom video-conferencing software. Students will receive complete instructions on using Zoom prior to the workshop.\n\n\u200b\n\nDates and times:\n\nFirst session: June 23 to July 10, 2020, two sessions per week on Tuesdays and Fridays, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time\n\n\u200b\n\nSecond session: August 25 to September 11, two sessions per week on Tuesdays and Fridays, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time\n\nThe first session is currently full. Please send an email to info@santafeworkshops.com and request to be placed on the waiting list. Please include your full name, phone number and workshop title and dates.\n\nThe Art & Science of Landscape Photography\n\nFrom October 26-30, 2020, I will teach a five-day workshop called The Art and Science of Landscape Photography for Santa Fe Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\n\n\u200b\n\nThis is the most comprehensive, in-depth landscape photography workshop I teach all year. Students will shoot at five great locations with my help, then have access to a fully-equipped digital darkroom where they will learn to perfect their images in Lightroom and Photoshop. Topics will include:\n\n\u200b\n\nScouting: how to use the Photographer\u2019s Ephemeris and Sun Surveyor to help locate promising subjects and plan photo shoots.\n\nComposition: how to convert your initial emotional reaction to the scene into a carefully crafted composition that will evoke the emotion you are feeling in the mind of your viewer.\n\nExposure: how to use exposure meters, recognize exposure danger zones, implement the four basic exposure strategies for landscape photography, and photograph successfully in any lighting condition.\n\nAtmospheric optics: how to seek out gap light and glow light, the rarest, most beautiful light of all.\n\nPanoramas: how to set up, shoot, and stitch together single- and multi-row panoramas in all kinds of light.\n\nTilt-shift lenses: how to use these complex tools to control image shape and depth-of-field in ways conventional lenses can't match.\n\nHow mastering the craft of landscape photography will lead to creating art.\n\nKasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico\n\nIn the morning, students will listen to lectures and edit their images in the school's top-flight computer laboratory. During the afternoon and evening, students will practice what they have learned while shooting at the many scenic locations near Santa Fe. Students will also be offered an opportunity for 20 minutes of one-on-one time with the instructor. This time can be used for a portfolio review or to discuss any aspect of landscape photography that interests the student. For more information about this workshop, please call me at 303 499-3009 or email me. This workshop requires hikes of up to three miles round-trip, with 600 feet of elevation gain. Enrollment is limited to 13 students.\n\nMoab in Fall\n\n\u200b\n\nThe April 28-May 1, 2020 session of my Moab workshop has been postponed until October 6-9, 2020, due to the coronavirus epidemic. The May 18-21, 2020, session of my Moab workshop has been postponed until October 10-13, 2020.\n\nCome master the art and science of digital landscape photography in southeast Utah\u2019s spectacular Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Your workshop will be based in Moab, in the heart of redrock country. This workshop will combine ample field time with intensive classroom instruction. The class will enjoy three sunrise, three sunset, and one Milky Way shoot at prime locations near Moab, during which you will be able to put your new knowledge to immediate use. This workshop is appropriate for low-intermediate to advanced-intermediate photographers. Enrollment is limited to eight students.\n\n\u200b\n\nIn 2020 there will be two sessions of this workshop. The contents of the two sessions will be identical.\n\n\u200b\n\nThe first session of this workshop will be held from October 6-9, 2020. The cost is $995.\n\n\u200b\n\nThe second session of this workshop will be held from October 10-13, 2020. The cost is $995.\n\nShooting the Stars: Night Workshops in Rocky Mountain National Park\n\nCome to Rocky Mountain National Park to learn how to make spectacular photographs of the Milky Way. Recent advances in digital-camera technology have made it possible to capture the magnificent night sky as we see it, with no apparent movement of the stars. This course will focus on techniques for planning, shooting, and processing photos of the glowing heart of our galaxy. Enrollment is limited to eight students per session. The workshop fee is $495. A continental breakfast and light lunchtime snack during the Sunday session are included.\n\n\u200b\n\n2020 sessions of Shooting the Stars\n\n\u200b\n\nThe July 11-12, 2020, Shooting the Stars workshop has one space available.\n\n\u200b\n\nThe August 15-16, 2020, Shooting the Stars workshop has two spaces available.\n\n\u200b\n\n(These two sessions will have identical content and are not sequential.)\n\nAt this time I am planning to conduct both the July and August sessions of this workshop as scheduled, but with modifications to ensure the safety of students. All students will be required to wear a mask or other facial covering at all times during the workshop. Students will sit six feet apart in the conference room. Students will use the same chair throughout the workshop. The Ridgeline Hotel will provide a clean, freshly laundered cloth to cover each of the tables where students will sit. I will sterilize the handle of the door leading into the conference room and ensure that I am the only one who touches it. Students will drive in separate cars to the workshop location. Once in the field, we will maintain social distancing and continue to wear masks. I will not touch any student camera. With these precautions, I believe it will be possible to run the July and August workshops safely.\n\nNew workshop! The San Juans in Summer\n\nTwo sessions: July 30-31 and August 1-2, 2020.\n\nThis July, come to the \"Switzerland of Colorado\" to master the art, science, and craft of landscape photography. Your workshop will be based in Ouray, in the heart of the San Juan Mountains, which are the best place in the state to shoot lush fields of wildflowers and spectacular 14,000-foot peaks. This workshop will combine ample field time during the peak of the wildflower bloom with intensive classroom instruction. The class will enjoy one sunset and one sunrise shoot at prime locations near Ouray, during which you will be able to put your new knowledge to immediate use. The timing and quality of the wildflower seasons varies year-to-year, so I will scout possible locations immediately before the workshop to ensure that students have the opportunity to shoot the best wildflowers available. This workshop is appropriate for low-intermediate to advanced-intermediate photographers. Field sessions will take place within one-quarter mile of the road.\n\nThis workshop is sponsored by the Ouray County Arts Association. The first session will be held July 30-31, 2020. The second session will be held August 1-2, 2020. The workshop fee is $395. Enrollment is limited to 10 students for each session.\n\nRuby Basin sunset, Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado\n\nAll registration for this workshop is handled by the Ouray County Arts Association.\n\nThe first session is sold out! Please contact Natalie Heller at OurayArts@gmail.com or 970-626-2303 to be put on the waiting list.\n\nThe second session is sold out! Please contact Natalie Heller at OurayArts@gmail.com or 970-626-2303 to be put on the waiting list.\n\nSunsets and Stars at Great Sand Dunes National Park: Capture to Print\n\nSponsored by Santa Fe Workshops\n\nCome to Colorado\u2019s Great Sand Dunes National Park in September 2020 to learn how to shoot, edit, and print spectacular images of the 14,000-foot peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Range rising above the tallest sand dunes in North America. We\u2019ll begin each field session by shooting the dunes lit by the late afternoon and sunset light streaming in over the San Luis Valley. Field sessions will continue after dark, when we\u2019ll shoot the seemingly infinite stars of the Milky Way soaring over a surreal landscape in one of the best dark-sky locations in Colorado. We\u2019ll spend mornings in the classroom, where I will cover essential information for both day and night photography, such as how to shoot in high-contrast light and how to use the Photographer\u2019s Ephemeris and Sun Surveyor to plan shoots to be in the right place at the right time. I will also dive deeply into the best procedures for planning, shooting, and processing both single-frame and panoramic images of the Milky Way.\n\nAfter three days of work in Great Sand Dunes National Park, we\u2019ll travel to Santa Fe (about three hours\u2019 drive away) and spend the final two days editing and printing the best images in Santa Fe Workshops\u2019 state-of-the-art digital lab. I will provide continual feedback on students\u2019 images both in the field and in the digital darkroom. Join me for a thorough introduction to creating stunning daytime and nighttime photographs in one of the West's most beautiful national parks. Enrollment is limited to 11 students. Instructor will have an assistant.\n\nMilky Way over Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado\n\nPhysical fitness considerations\n\n\u200b\n\nPlease note that one of the locations where students will shoot the Milky Way is 0.6 miles from the parking lot. This hike is largely flat, but the route is sandy, the hike will take place at night, and the hike does involve a few short climbs up and down small sand dunes. A basic level of fitness and willingness to hike in the dark by headlamp is required. In addition, students will have the opportunity to hike in daylight to the summit of High Dune. This optional hike is about 1 \u00bd miles one-way and involves 700 feet of elevation gain in deep sand. There is no obligation to complete the hike, and there are many excellent photographic opportunities along the way.\n\nSunsets and Stars at Great Sand Dunes National Park: Capture to Print will be held from September 14-19, 2020\n\n\u200b\n\nWorkshop fee: $1,645. All registration for this workshop is handled by Santa Fe Workshops. You can register online or register by calling Santa Fe Workshops at 505 983-1400.\n\nThe San Juans in Autumn\n\nCome master the art and science of landscape photography in Colorado\u2019s spectacular San Juan Mountains. Your workshop will be based in Ridgway, in the heart of the San Juans, the best place in the state to shoot expansive aspen groves and snow-capped 14,000-foot peaks. This workshop will combine ample field time during the peak of the fall color season with intensive classroom instruction. This workshop is appropriate for low-intermediate to advanced-intermediate photographers. Enrollment is limited to 10 students.\n\n\u200b\n\nThe 2020 session of this workshop will be held from September 25-27, 2020.\n\nPrivate Photography Workshops\n\nGet the personal attention you deserve! I offer private photography workshops on all aspects of daytime and nighttime landscape photography. These sessions can include guided photography sessions in Rocky Mountain National Park, portfolio reviews both in-person and online, and advice on turning pro. I also offer instruction on using Lightroom Classic and Photoshop CC to optimize landscape photographs and prepare them for printing on your inkjet printer or at a service bureau. I customize the length and content of each workshop to be as helpful as possible to each student. Only you and the people you invite will attend your workshop. Private workshops are appropriate for all skill levels, from complete beginner to emerging professional.\n\nA student photographs sunset at a pond near Forest Canyon Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado\n\nA special note on private workshops during the covid-19 epidemic\n\n\u200b\n\nPrivate landscape photography workshops are still available during the covid-19 epidemic, but with modifications to ensure student safety as well as my own. All of my workshops have a strong educational component; however, due to the pandemic, the \u201cclassroom\u201d portion of private workshops will take place online using Zoom video conferencing software. I will meet students in person for field sessions only, and will require students to wear masks."}
-{"text": "i see you in the stars...\n\nsometimes i wish that i haven't met you. wish that i haven't fall in love with you.sometimes when the wounds inside my heart becomes so painful and can not be bared.when the tears cover my face and fall on the ground.i wish that i could change the past and live without you.but when i close my eyes and imagine the life i would have when you're not here i feel scared, i feel lonely. when i think about my heart without you inside i can't breathe.even the wounds that you caused begins to scream stay stay don't leave. even the tears on my cheeks shouts i need you i need you don't leave. when i close my eyes and try to erase you i remember the time when i held you.i remember the life that we had and the smile on your face,i see the love shines in your eyes and i hear your heart beat running so fast.when i close my eyes good memeries that we had jumps inside my mind and make all the sadness deseaper . and then when i open my eyes i see your face in the dark shines into the night and your soul guarding my life stnading next my bed.it's dark and everyone are asleep but we're awake sharing the love that we have with the moon and the stars,whispering softly I LOVE YOU DARLING and the wind take it to you very fast making distance something with no matter i see the love in your eyes i see it in the stars when i close my eyes.when i open my eyes.your in my heart.&lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3\n\nSubscribe\n\nGet Teen Ink\u2019s 48-page monthly print edition. Written by teens since 1989."}
-{"text": "Clean Energy\n\nWestern States Are Well-Positioned to Meet EPA\u2019s Clean Power Plan\n\n\u201cKey stakeholders \u2013 including our utilities, state agencies, health and environmental advocates \u2013 have worked together and achieved creative, workable solutions to reducing our carbon pollution.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Stacy Tellinghuisen, Senior Energy/Water Policy Analyst\n\nClean Power Plan Nation\u2019s First Carbon Pollution Regulation\n\nIn August 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized our nation\u2019s first-ever regulations for carbon pollution from power plants \u2013 the source of nearly 40% of our nation\u2019s carbon emissions. These standards represent the first real action taken by the federal government to reduce the electricity sector\u2019s carbon pollution and address climate change. For the West, where we already see the effects of climate change such as more intense wildfires and drought, enacting these standards is essential.\nWestern Resource Advocates has demonstrated that many Western states can achieve the carbon pollution standards established by EPA, thanks to states\u2019 adoption of renewable energy standards and energy efficiency standards, and decisions to retire the region\u2019s oldest, most polluting coal plants.\n\nWestern States Are Well Positioned to Achieve Clean Power Standards\n\nIn Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada, state regulators, elected officials, and major utilities have taken proactive measures to get ahead of carbon pollution regulations. Those policies have led the states to adopt renewable energy, invest in energy efficiency, and transition away from the most carbon-intensive power plants. Specifically these actions have moved states towards much lower carbon footprints:\n\nIn Colorado, the Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act is allowing the state to economically transition to cleaner energy and a stronger economy;\n\nIn Nevada, Senate Bill 123 is similarly transitioning the state from conventional coal-fired power plants to renewable energy; and\n\nIn New Mexico, the state is advancing the retirement of a portion of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station.\n\nIn addition, each of these states\u2019 renewable energy standards and energy efficiency investments have helped reduce carbon pollution while building a clean energy economy. These policies mean that the states are well positioned to meet EPA\u2019s regulations.\n\nKey western states will make significant reductions in their carbon pollution.\n\nEPA\u2019s standard requires states to reduce the carbon intensity of their electricity generation (in pounds of CO2 per MWh of electricity); these western states are already expected to achieve all, or a significant portion of EPA\u2019s required reductions under current utility plans.\n\nWestern Resource Advocates has developed analyses demonstrating that, under existing policies and planned actions, Colorado and New Mexico are likely to achieve more than 75% of the carbon rate reductions required by EPA in 2030. In Nevada, the significant carbon reductions from planned coal retirements and renewable energy additions mean the state will likely exceed EPA\u2019s standard in 2030. Our analysis helps show that Western states are on the right track and that these standards are achievable.\n\nWestern Resource Advocates has developed a compliance program \u2013 the Carbon Reduction Credit Program \u2013 that would allow states and utilities to comply with EPA\u2019s rule, allocate the additional emissions reductions fairly and equitably, and, because it is a market- and credit-based trading program, enable the most cost-effective emissions reductions in a state. Importantly, its simplicity means it could be readily adopted, allowing states to comply on EPA\u2019s proposed timeframe, and it allows states to maintain control of energy policies, such as renewable energy standards and efficiency standards.\n\nWestern Resource Advocates will continue working to support state efforts to comply with EPA\u2019s Clean Power Plan and advance complementary state-based clean energy policies, helping ensure the region is on a course to reduce carbon pollution and protect our Western rivers, forests, landscapes, and the communities that depend on them.\n\nFor a factsheet on how Colorado is positioned to comply with the final Clean Power Plan, click here\n\nFor a summary of compliance policy options and strategies in Colorado, click here\n\nFor a factsheet on how Nevada is positioned to comply with the final Clean Power Plan, click here.\n\nTo access the analytical models WRA has developed in key Western states\nplease contact Stacy Tellinghuisen, 720.763.3716, [email protected]\n\nTo view the statement of Stacy Tellinghuisen, WRA Senior Energy/Water Policy Analyst, at the EPA hearing on July 29, 2014, click here"}
-{"text": "Gadgets? We don\u2019t need no stinking gadgets!\n\nMicrosoft, Yahoo! and Google, to name but three proponents, each have a desktop widget (or gadget, or whatever) model, either providing stuff spread out all over your Windows (are OSX and other *nix environments similarly afflicted?) desktop or tucked away in a \u201cSidebar\u201d. These handy-dandy little applets provide information on such vitally otherwise hard-to-get functions such as:\n\nThe weather (for those not in sight of a window?);\n\nRSS feeds (for those who want to read their feeds in a 2\u2033x1\u2033 window);\n\nAn e-mail notifier (because you still don\u2019t understand the meaning of \u2018asynchronous\u2019);\n\nThe time (for those who can\u2019t read the little digital clock on their taskbar and who don\u2019t own a watch);\n\nA calculator (because the world needs another computer desktop calculator);\n\nOut-of-date stock tickers (so you can see in delayed real-time how much poorer you are today)\n\n\u2026 you get the idea.\n\nEven better, all these are neatly tucked away on a \u201csidebar\u201d (a sort of non-window window) or even better, spread out all over the shop, which is exactly what you want on a two- or three-screen setup. And they\u2019re all handily concealed beneath the applications you\u2019re running at any time. You know, those stupid time-wasters like Outlook, Excel, Firefox, Word, Visual Studio, a couple of Explorers and a database utility or two.\n\nMarvellous.\n\nWhat we seem to have here are a collection of (sometimes) graphically pleasing little applications that deliver functionality available elsewhere, each having one or more of the following drawbacks:\n\nAlways-present, seldom needed;\n\nInadequate functionality;\n\nDuplicate of something that\u2019s already fit-for-purpose;\n\nPointless eye-candy;\n\nInvisible.\n\nUnloved\n\nLooking at Yahoo!\u2019s programming category, I find that the most popular has been downloaded 80,000 times. It\u2019s a widget that performs geolocation for a given IP address. With a flag. I\u2019m trying to imagine a situation where I (or anyone) would need that often enough to abandon a browser-based function, opting for a desktop-resident applet against a \u201cproper\u201d application because I don\u2019t need it that much. I don\u2019t exactly see the \u201cprogramming\u201d connection either, come to think.\n\nData as at 12-Jan-2009\n\nI\u2019m probably not being fair \u2013 I thought the most useful stuff would be written for programmers. What does it look like overall? I can\u2019t tell much from Google\u2019s list because they don\u2019t give download stats, although sorting by popularity shows the expected four C\u2019s (clock, climate, calculator, calendar). So back to Yahoo! where the current Number One, with a snappy 4.5 million downloads, is Yahoo! Weather. In fact, as I write this, a whopping six widgets have passed the million mark. Only two are clocks.\n\nOh look - Microsoft Sidebar does weather too\n\nThe highlights of a quick-and-dirty breakdown of the top 100 are 19 fun-and-games, 15 system monitor thingies, 14 clocks, 9 calendars, 8 media players, 7 weather reports, 6 post-it notes, 5 gold rings. Very similar to the Google list. I was too depressed to look at Microsoft\u2019s in any detail, but it\u2019s the same ol\u2019 same ol\u2019, although their weather widget claims over 22 million downloads. I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s downloaded automatically when a Vista PC connects to the Internet\u2026\n\nNumber one Google gadget - because you can never have too many clocks\n\nI\u2019m not getting it. Looks like many others aren\u2019t either. The numbers of people who come back to provide a rating are miniscule: about 7,000 for the weather app. About 0.16%\n\nApart from the shocking paucity of imagination in the applets themselves, what\u2019s wrong with the whole idea? (IMHO, of course, YMMV).\n\nReal estate is Precious\n\nThere are people out there who have enough monitors to be able to allocate space for widgets. Two 1280\u00d71024 screens isn\u2019t enough for me though. Utility drops to almost zero if the things aren\u2019t always available. Google make things worse by allowing applets to live anywhere on the desktop. Stuff needs to go in a sidebar that manages window maximisation to keep itself visible. So it needs to be on the right- or left-most monitor, unless you\u2019re prepared to give up on dual-screen workbooks. For the average user, the bar needs to be a lot narrower than at present to be tolerable. Somewhere between, say, 25 and 50 pixels? I could live with that.\n\nUseful vs Pretty\n\nUseful doesn\u2019t always win. Useful-but-ugly often doesn\u2019t get past \u201cGo\u201d, whereas Pretty at least gets a chance. Long-term, it\u2019s got to have both: too much of what\u2019s on offer seems to be limited to pretty useless.\n\nTo offer a compelling argument against rapid deletion, applets have to either provide something in a better way than is currently available or provide something that isn\u2019t available at all elsewhere . Example: there is a Ruby script that allows, from the command line, simple copying of files to an Amazon S3 bucket. Useful. Maybe we could have a widget (maybe it already exists, but I couldn\u2019t find one) that allows upload via drag-and-drop from Explorer. That would be better than what\u2019s already available. Something I can\u2019t do at all except via cut and paste is store stuff in Google Notebook. A drag-and-drop gadget to simplify that would be providing something I can\u2019t do at all.\n\nConclusion\n\nI don\u2019t know that I have one. There are several similar implementations of a desktop XML/Javascript applet technology that has a lot of money invested in it. Well, I don\u2019t know how much exactly, but I bet I\u2019d be a happy old programmer if you\u2019d given it all to me instead. And you might as well have done exactly that, for all the benefit mankind appears to be accruing. It ought to be good for something, oughtn\u2019t it?"}
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-{"text": "Download The Complete Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S Grant book pdf or read power of hope book pdf online books in PDF, EPUB and Mobi Format. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Complete Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S Grant book pdf book now.\n\nAuthor: Ulysses GrantPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN: 9781542901383Format: PDF, MobiDownload Now\nThe Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.\n\nAuthor: Ulysses S. GrantPublisher: WWW.Snowballpublishing.comISBN: 9781607965558Format: PDF, KindleDownload Now\nCompleted just days before his death and hailed by Mark Twain as \"the most remarkable work of its kind since the Commentaries of Julius Caesar,\" this is the now-legendary autobiography of ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, 18th president of the United States and the Union general who led the North to victory in the Civil War. Though Grant opens with tales of his boyhood, his education at West Point, and his early military career in the Mexican-American war of the 1840s, it is Grant's intimate observations on the conduct of the Civil War, which make up the bulk of the work, that have made this required reading for history students, military strategists, and Civil War buffs alike. Grant wrote his \"Personal Memoirs\" to secure his family's future. In doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this deeply moving account, as well as in the letters to his wife, Julia, included here.\n\nAuthor: Mark PerryPublisher: Random HouseISBN: 9781588363886Format: PDF, ePub, MobiDownload Now\nIn the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times\u2014while Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.In this deeply moving and meticulously researched book, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady months when Grant and Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces. In a bold and colorful narrative, Perry recounts the early careers of these two giants, traces their quest for fame and elusive fortunes, and then follows the series of events that brought them together as friends. The reason Grant let Twain talk him into writing his memoirs was simple: He was bankrupt and needed the money. Twain promised Grant princely returns in exchange for the right to edit and publish the book\u2014and though the writer\u2019s own finances were tottering, he kept his word to the general and his family. Mortally ill and battling debts, magazine editors, and a constant crush of reporters, Grant fought bravely to get the story of his life and his Civil War victories down on paper. Twain, meanwhile, staked all his hopes, both financial and literary, on the tale of a ragged boy and a runaway slave that he had been unable to finish for decades. As Perry delves into the story of the men\u2019s deepening friendship and mutual influence, he arrives at the startling discovery of the true model for the character of Huckleberry Finn. With a cast of fascinating characters, including General William T. Sherman, William Dean Howells, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Abraham Lincoln, Perry\u2019s narrative takes in the whole sweep of a glittering, unscrupulous age. A story of friendship and history, inspiration and desperation, genius and ruin, Grant and Twain captures a pivotal moment in the lives of two towering Americans and the age they epitomized. From the Hardcover edition.\n\nAuthor: Ronald C. WhitePublisher: Random HouseISBN: 1588369927Format: PDF, ePubDownload Now\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u2022 From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America\u2019s greatest generals\u2014and most misunderstood presidents Winner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography \u2022 Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book Prize In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the \u201cTrinity of Great American Leaders.\u201d But the battlefield commander\u2013turned\u2013commander-in-chief fell out of favor in the twentieth century. In American Ulysses, Ronald C. White argues that we need to once more revise our estimates of him in the twenty-first. Based on seven years of research with primary documents\u2014some of them never examined by previous Grant scholars\u2014this is destined to become the Grant biography of our time. White, a biographer exceptionally skilled at writing momentous history from the inside out, shows Grant to be a generous, curious, introspective man and leader\u2014a willing delegator with a natural gift for managing the rampaging egos of his fellow officers. His wife, Julia Dent Grant, long marginalized in the historic record, emerges in her own right as a spirited and influential partner. Grant was not only a brilliant general but also a passionate defender of equal rights in post-Civil War America. After winning election to the White House in 1868, he used the power of the federal government to battle the Ku Klux Klan. He was the first president to state that the government\u2019s policy toward American Indians was immoral, and the first ex-president to embark on a world tour, and he cemented his reputation for courage by racing against death to complete his Personal Memoirs. Published by Mark Twain, it is widely considered to be the greatest autobiography by an American leader, but its place in Grant\u2019s life story has never been fully explored\u2014until now. One of those rare books that successfully recast our impression of an iconic historical figure, American Ulysses gives us a finely honed, three-dimensional portrait of Grant the man\u2014husband, father, leader, writer\u2014that should set the standard by which all future biographies of him will be measured. Praise for American Ulysses \u201c[Ronald C. White] portrays a deeply introspective man of ideals, a man of measured thought and careful action who found himself in the crosshairs of American history at its most crucial moment.\u201d\u2014USA Today \u201cWhite delineates Grant\u2019s virtues better than any author before. . . . By the end, readers will see how fortunate the nation was that Grant went into the world\u2014to save the Union, to lead it and, on his deathbed, to write one of the finest memoirs in all of American letters.\u201d\u2014The New York Times Book Review \u201cRonald White has restored Ulysses S. Grant to his proper place in history with a biography whose breadth and tone suit the man perfectly. Like Grant himself, this book will have staying power.\u201d\u2014The Wall Street Journal \u201cMagisterial . . . Grant\u2019s esteem in the eyes of historians has increased significantly in the last generation. . . . [American Ulysses] is the newest heavyweight champion in this movement.\u201d\u2014The Boston Globe \u201cSuperb . . . illuminating, inspiring and deeply moving.\u201d\u2014Chicago Tribune \u201cIn this sympathetic, rigorously sourced biography, White . . . conveys the essence of Grant the man and Grant the warrior.\u201d\u2014Newsday\n\nAuthor: Ulysses S. GrantPublisher: Red & Black PubISBN: 9781934941140Format: PDF, DocsDownload Now\nThe American Civil War, as told by General Ulysses S Grant, who led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy. Origianl maps illustrate the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, The Widlerness, and the surrender at Appomattox. With 14 pages of photos.\n\nAuthor: Ulysses S. GrantPublisher: Lulu.comISBN: 9781387894888Format: PDF, ePubDownload Now\nUlysses S. Grant's memoirs begins with the author's formative years and his military service, continuing through the U.S. Civil War and the author's time as President of the United States. Various battles such as Monterrey, and sieges such as Vera Cruz, are recounted in this volume, with Mexico's actions and abilities as an enemy much detailed. Grant is keen to narrate the experience from his perspective as a junior officer, bringing perspective of both the strategic planning and the tactical maneuvers such conflicts entailed together with the morale of the rank and file ahead of each skirmish. Together with U.S. Grant's own recollections we find appendices in the form of original correspondences sent and received regarding the Union and Confederate forces. At the time he authored his memoirs in the mid-1880s, Grant was determined in spite of illness to add to the burgeoning historical narrative as a reliable source. With this autobiography, it is indisputable that he achieves this goal.\n\nAuthor: Ron ChernowPublisher: PenguinISBN: 159420487XFormat: PDF, DocsDownload Now\n\"Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Ron Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.\"--Book jacket."}
-{"text": "Cause and effect paper layout\n\nA cause and effect essay is designed to organize the discussion of the ideas of a certain topic (its causes and results) writing a cause and effect essay in order to write a professional cause and effect essay it is necessary to understand the term casual chain or domino effect. A combination of cause-and-effect analysis and doe is a formal and more scientific approach to doing the same things a company may have been doing informally cause-and-effect analysis is a systematic way of generating and sorting hypotheses about possible causes of a problem. Academic writing tips: a layout of a cause and effect essay a cause and effect essay explains how one event or occurrence leads to another the interesting thing about this type of essay is that a person can focus on either the causes that may lead to the effect or someone can focus on the effects that happen as a result of the cause. Cause / effect essay many phenomena, events, situations and trends can be better understood by describing their causes and effects the cause and effect essay explains what happens and why it happens cause / effect essay specific vocabulary obesity is a cause of. Effect #3=cause #4 etc (analyzes the effect of the third cause, which in its turn is the effect that provokes the next cause) conclusion (summarizes all the mentioned above causes and effects which bring each other up to prove the thesis statement.\n\nCause and effect: outline this is an outline for a cause-and-effect essay about fast food \u2013 how it become so popular and what its effects have been in the united arab emirates it uses 4 paragraphs and a 3-7-7-3 layout (three sentences in the introduction, seven in the causes paragraph, seven in the effects paragraph, and three in the. Cause and effect essay introduction lesson samples essay computer technology about information what is luxury essay homelessness essay on fast quran in english pdf sample research papers zemachi essay on communities janmashtami in english write a literature essay english language essay city at night karachi mega what is pollution essay quiz business style essay uk essay about sport events. The effects of social media on student performance introduction effects of social media in education has been discussed and debated by educational researchers and social media researchers since the start of these platforms.\n\nCause and effect analysis gives you a useful way of doing this this diagram-based technique, which combines brainstorming with a type of mind map , pushes you to consider all possible causes of a problem, rather than just the ones that are most obvious. 1101 cause and effect paper 450 points (includes pre work, peer review, and reflection) assignment/ topic: your second paper will be a cause and effect paper where you consider the various themes\u2014once you chose a theme or topic to focus on, you will consider what causes the topic or theme, and what the effects are. Hume on causation on causation hume\u2019s investigation of causation occurs in the context of thinking about what and how inference of effect from cause depends on repeated experience must be wrong this would mean that the mind can identify a cause after just one instance it can identify. A cause-effect relationship is a relationship in which one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect) one cause can have several effects one cause can have several effects.\n\nThis genre of essay writing explains the cause and effect of an event cause and effect essay is not a critical area but needs prior information before you start writing one so read this article to gain comprehensive knowledge about cause and effect essay writing. The cause/effect essay explains why or how some event happened, and what resulted from the event this essay is a study of the relationship between two or more events or experiences you could compare two events that seem distinct and separate to show a connection. Problem-solution essays consider the problems of a particular situation, and give solutions to those problems they are in some ways similar to cause and effect essays , especially in terms of structure (see below.\n\nNeed a tool to create fishbone diagrams download a 30-day trial version of engineroom, moresteam's convenient, new web-based statistical tool, and start today indented hierarchy fishbone an alternate format for a cause and effect diagram is the indented hierarchy fishbone. Viewgraph 3 shows the basic layout of a cause-and-effect diagram notice that the diagram has a cause side and an effect side the steps for constructing and analyzing a cause-and-effect diagram are outlined below step 1 - identify and clearly define the outcome or effect to be analyzed. Cause and effect essays are another common essay type, either as an essay type on its own, or as part of a larger essay which includes one or more paragraphs examining causes and effects this page gives information on what a cause and effect essay is,.\n\nCause and effect paper layout\n\nEffects can form chains where one effect goes on to cause a second effect, which may then cause a third effect and so on example: when people pollute rivers, they destroy the habitats of fish this reduces the number of fish that can reproduce. Causality (also referred to as causation, or cause and effect) is what connects one process (the cause) with another process or state (the effect), [citation needed] where the first is partly responsible for the second, and the second is partly dependent on the first. The cause-and-effect essay opens with a general introduction to the topic, which then leads to a thesis that states the main cause, main effect, or various causes and effects of a condition or event the cause-and-effect essay can be organized in one of the following two primary ways. A cause and effect essay requires that you examine a particular situation or event and determine a causal relationship start by choosing a particular topic then, conduct your preliminary research and take notes to incorporate into your essay.\n\n80 good cause and effect essay topics \u2013 students\u2019 choice a quick recipe: take a problem use deductive reasoning find its causes and effects.\n\nThey were achieved using css3 effects applied to the :before and :after pseudo-elements in this post, we\u2019ll use a similar technique to create a css3 paper curl effect paper curls have been.\n\n- cause and effect essay - the causes of america\u2019s social problems the causes of social problems exist on many levels when we ask why social problems such as poverty, unemployment, crime, and war exist, each time we determine a cause, we can ask why again, as children often do until they are hushed.\n\n29102018 smoking essay cause and effect layout no comments smoking essay cause and effect layout contemporary essay pdf quantitative research paper in psychology radio and television essay youth e government dissertation united nations essays sample for toefl vocabulary test british school essay building what is architecture essay journalism research career paper website design essay. Check out our cause and effect essay samples to understand how to write an essay of this type on your own causes of the great depression beginning in the united states, the great depression was a worldwide economic depression. The intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) stated that the extent climate change effects on individual regions will vary over time and with ability of different societal and environmental systems mitigate or adapt to change (the intergovernmental panel on climate change."}
-{"text": "Take Our PollTo get in the mood for Oscar viewing, I thought I\u2019d pull out my little ode to a Gwyneth Paltrow film that I actually enjoyed. Probably because it was based on the brilliant Jane Austin.\nOde to Jane Austin and Gwyneth Paltrow\n\nWho will win? Michael Keaton for Birdman? Will Birdman get best picture? Will Birdman ever download on my iPad so I can actually watch it? Stay tuned for the answers."}
-{"text": "Review of the Kraken King part II\n\nAs they continue their expedition across Australia, Ariq is determined to stay close to Zenobia and figure out what kind of game she\u2019s playing\u2014even as his admiration for the enigmatic woman starts to override his suspicion.\n\nFor Zenobia, revealing her identity to a man who once made his living outside of the law is out of the question\u2014even though Ariq\u2019s dashing looks and blunt manner are distractingly appealing.\n\nBut before anyone\u2019s secrets or desires can be exposed, an unexpected attack threatens to destroy them all.\n\nMy review:\n\nSo part II came and went in the blink of an eye, mainly my fault because I didn\u2019t put it down until I was finished.\nThe only comparison I can come up with to explain what it\u2019s like to read the Kraken King in a serial with each part being released every week is perhaps like playing candy crush (for those who play will know what I mean), you going smoothly and you think you are almost there and next thing you know you are out of lives and waiting for the next one to come again. So I will now patiently wait for the 29th to continue this adventure. Let me say that I preordered all eight parts of this book and I had all intention of reading them in one go once I had the full set, but I made a huge mistake and read part I\u2026 then part II, that said, I will leave the reviews weekly as I read them without giving away spoilers.\nI like Zenobia\u2019s character, as I\u2019ve already said, she is intelligent and funny although she did leave me slightly frustrated in this book, I do appreciate that she is clever and rational and extremely resourceful. The voyage so far is amazing and the adventure continues, let me just say that I haven\u2019t seen kraken\u2019s in this installment but we saw something as mundane as a kangaroo and something completely new\u2026. a boilerworm, new indeed. Well you will just have to read to know all about these. The steampunk theme continues marvelously although they are in the desert and let me just say that I had a very high expectation for part 2 of the Kraken King and it was surpassed. Right now I\u2019m tempted to call Meljean Brook a genius."}
-{"text": "What's The Best Way To Train For A Marathon?\n\nHave you ever wanted to run a marathon but just didn't know how to start? Well, so did I... Participating and completing a marathon is a real benchmark for anyone. But how and what do I actually have to train, and how much? As I was scouring the internet I found many articles addressing this question. Take a read and ask yourself if you have what it takes to complete a marathon.\n\n1. Run just enough\n\n\"Stay healthy\" is the most important piece of marathon training advice, and the most often ignored. It does you no good to train hard, and then get sick or injured. Better to be slightly undertrained, but feeling strong and eager, than to be overtrained. The trick, of course, is finding that fine line between the two.2. Build your training slowly\n\nIncrease weekly mileage by just 10 percent per week. Extend long runs by just one mile at a time up to 10 miles, then by two miles at a time if you want. Take recovery weeks as well as recovery days. Here's what eight weeks of marathon training might look like, in terms of miles per week: 20-22-24-20-26-28-30-20.\n\n3. Recover, recover, recover\n\nYou don't have to train hard seven days a week. You have to train smart three or four days a week. This was proven in a 1994 study at the University of Northern Iowa, where four-time-a-week runners performed just as well in a marathon as those training six times a week and covering 20 percent more total miles. A similar approach is now endorsed by the Furman FIRST marathon program, where 70 percent of veterans have improved their times on three runs a week.\n\n4. Do your long runs\n\nThis is a no-brainer. The newer you are to marathoning, and the slower, the more important your long runs. You simply have to get accustomed to being on your feet for three, four, or more hours. There's no magic length. Most experts recommend stopping at two and a half to three hours; Jeff Galloway advises going farther, but including walk breaks. All systems work, as long as you get to the starting line healthy and strong.\n\n5. Practice your marathon pace\n\nAnn Alyanak, a coach at the University of Dayton, took 10 minutes off her PR at Boston last spring, finishing in 2:38. The key, she believes, was the addition of \"progressive marathon-pace\" (MP) long runs to her program. Alyanak would do a two-mile warmup, then six miles at marathon pace plus 40 seconds, six more at marathon pace plus 20, and her final six at marathon pace. \"I was able to run negative splits in Boston,\" she says.\n\n6. Extend your tempo-run distance\n\nTempo runs were born as four-mile efforts, propounded by coaching genius Jack Daniels, Ph.D. Then another genius coach, Joe Vigil, Ph.D., began asking Deena Kastor to hold the tempo pace longer--eventually up to 12 miles. He got Meb Keflezighi to 15. Result? Two Olympic Marathon medals. Gradually extend your tempo runs, slowing by a few seconds per mile from your four-mile pace. \"The longer the tempo run workout you can sustain, the greater the dividends down the road,\" says Vigil.\n\n7. Eat your carbs...\n\nTo stay healthy and recover well during marathon training, you need to fuel your body efficiently. First, consume some carbs--gel, sports drink, and so on--during long, hard workouts to keep running strong. Second, eat and/or drink a good helping of carbs as quickly as possible after workouts. This will replenish the glycogen (energy supply) in your depleted leg muscles. Add a little protein for muscle repair.\n\n8. ...and pay attention to iron\n\nNone of the Trials qualifiers in Karp's study identified themselves as \"vegetarians.\" Running increases iron loss through sweating and pounding. You don't have to be a meat-eater to run a strong marathon, but you do have to consume enough iron. Cooking in an iron skillet helps, as does consuming iron-rich foods with vitamin C, which increases the body's iron absorption.\n\n9. Sidestep injuries\n\nI recently asked exercise physiologist, author, and two-time U.S. Olympic marathoner (1984, 1988) Peter Pfitzinger what he would do differently if he were 22 years old today. He said that he'd rest and/or cross-train for several days a week at the first hint of a problem. And that he'd include core training in his regimen. \"I'm convinced that core stability helps runners maintain good running form and pace late in a race,\" says Pfitzinger, now the CEO of the New Zealand Academy of Sport North.\n\n10. Taper for two to three weeks\n\nMany runners hate to taper. We are cursed with a sort of sublime obsessiveness--a big help when you're increasing your efforts, but an albatross when you're supposed to be cutting back. A new study from Ball State University showed a particular gain in Type IIa muscle fiber strength--the so-called fast, aerobic muscles that can adapt to improve your performance--after a three-week taper. Of course, as Ryan Hall's experiment shows, you don't have to follow all these principles to run a strong marathon. But the more you cover the basics, the greater your chance of 26.2-mile success.\n\nShare this:\n\nRelated\n\nReader Interactions\n\nTHE HARVEST is our exclusive weekly reader! It\u2019s a little way that you can be a part of our Squeeze Dried community. You\u2019ll be able to learn about healthy living tips, the latest recipes roaring out of our homestead hearth, new products, best deals, and more. So, come on by and get the best from the Squeeze Dried farm. You\u2019re part of our family now!\n- Squeeze Dried"}
-{"text": "\u7b80\u4ecb\n\nThere are undoubtedly many jazz fans who've been curious about Wynton Marsalis' classical recordings. Recognizing Marsalis' canon would benefit from an introductory volume, Sony Classical compiled Classic Wynton, which includes a cross-section of his non-jazz recordings from 1984 to 1998. Fans won't be surprised by the artist's clear, pure tone on these pieces, composed by Purcell, Handel, J.S. Bach, Hovhaness, Rimsky-Korsakov, and J.B. Arban. (The last, \"Variations on 'Le Carnaval de Venise',\" is famous as one of teenage Wynton's favorite pieces from his practice book.) Unfortunately for novices, the liners neglect a list of his classical discography, and the 1998 date ensures that several of his famous 1999 performances won't be present. Still, dipping a toe in the water is quite easy with this volume.\n\n\u6b64\u6b4c\u624b\u7684\u5176\u4ed6\u4e13\u8f91\n\n\u4e13\u8f91\u7b80\u4ecb\n\nThere are undoubtedly many jazz fans who've been curious about Wynton Marsalis' classical recordings. Recognizing Marsalis' canon would benefit from an introductory volume, Sony Classical compiled Classic Wynton, which includes a cross-section of his non-jazz recordings from 1984 to 1998. Fans won't be surprised by the artist's clear, pure tone on these pieces, composed by Purcell, Handel, J.S. Bach, Hovhaness, Rimsky-Korsakov, and J.B. Arban. (The last, \"Variations on 'Le Carnaval de Venise',\" is famous as one of teenage Wynton's favorite pieces from his practice book.) Unfortunately for novices, the liners neglect a list of his classical discography, and the 1998 date ensures that several of his famous 1999 performances won't be present. Still, dipping a toe in the water is quite easy with this volume."}
-{"text": "JFK Bibliography\n\nIn the years since JFK's assassination, a veritable flood of books relating to the crime have appeared, ranging from apologias for the Warren Commission, to eloquent damnations of same. The Bibliography presented here is not comprehensive; really it's just of list of most of the books those of us at Fair Play have read on the subject, with short descriptions of each. The presence of a book on this list does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of that particular work.\n\nThe listings are alphabetical by title.\n\nAccessories After the Fact, by Sylvia Meagher\n1967. A meticulous analysis of the Warren Commission Report. Meagher was in the second wave of Warren critics, and her book is probably the best of its time. While Accessories is now a tad dated, it remains a strong indictment of the Warren Commission and an extremely valuable work. Meagher also researched and published the Subject Index to the Report and Hearings and Exhibits of the Warren Commission, and a Master Index with Gary Owens that also covers HSCA material.\n\nAct of Treason, by Mark North\n1992. This book argues that Kennedy was killed by the Marcello crime syndicate, and that J. Edgar Hoover learned of the plot but did nothing to prevent it.\n\nAfter the Assassination: A Positive Appraisal of the Warren Report, by John Sparrow\n1967. This thin volume by a renowned professor proves that academic qualifications are no substitute for knowledge of the documents. (From David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nThe Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond, edited by Paul Hoch, Peter Dale\nScott, and Russell Stetler\n1976. A collection of essays on different aspects of the JFK assassination,\nboth pro-conspiracy and con. Also includes sections on the slayings of Robert\nKennedy and Martin Luther King, with a section on Arthur Bremer (George\nWallace's assailant) thrown in for good measure.\n\nThe Assassins, by John Kaplan\n1967. Kaplan's magazine article first appeared in The American Scholar. It is an error-ridden and emotionally suffused attempt by a law professor to attack critics of the Warren Commission findings who he sees as assassins of truth. Why this article would establish Kaplan, as it did, as a national authority on the Warren Commission is incomprehensible. (From David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nBest Evidence, by David Lifton\n1980. One of the more controversial books on the assassination. In brief, it is\nLifton's thesis that Kennedy's body was hijacked by unknown conspirators\nbetween Dallas and Bethesda Naval Hospital on November 22, 1963, and surgically altered so it would support the lone gunman theory.\n\nBetrayal, by Robert D. Morrow\n1976. Former CIA contract employee Robert Morrow details (in semi-fictionalized form) his involvement with several key events in the secret war against Castro, including the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion and a government-sanctioned counterfeiting operation designed to destablize the Cuban economy. He describes the procurement of rifles and specialized communication gear that was later used, he claims, in the JFK assassination.\n\nCase Closed, by Gerald Posner\n1993. Posner's book was a boon to Warren supporters when it appeared during the\nsummer of 1993. The former wall street lawyer ties the JFK case into a nice\nlittle package. A good half of this book is devoted to the life of Lee Oswald. Posner got great publicity from the mainstream press, but has been largely discredited as far as most serious researchers are concerned. He remains something of a hero to Warren diehards.\n\nCase Open, by Harold Weisberg\n1994. This entry by Harold Weisberg is an answer to\nGerald Posner's Case Closed. Like all of Weisberg's published writing, Case Open is difficult to read, being replete with convoluted sentences that sometimes require several passes. Then there is the author's open contempt for his subject, expressed in such memorable phrases as \"kissers of official ass like Posner.\" Case Open may not be the best antidote to Case Closed, but it will do for now.\n\nA Citizen's Dissent, by Mark Lane\n1968. A follow-up to Rush to Judgment. Lane describes his efforts to\npublicize his findings in the Kennedy case, in the face of official disdain.\nSome interesting minutia.\n\nConspiracies, Cover-Ups, and Crimes, by Jonathan Vankin\n1992. A book looking at various conspiracy theories, and on a grand scale. Does anything ever happen that is not a conspiracy? This book is actually an interesting look at conspiracies and those who believe in them, and not an endorsement of any particular mindset; regarding Kennedy, it contains (among other things) some interesting information on Kerry Thornley. Thornley was Lee Oswald's \"Marine buddy\" and himself a budding author at the time of the assassination. He actually wrote a book (unpublished) inspired in part by Oswald, before the assassination (!!) and another one (published) after it, the latter entitled Oswald.\n\nConspiracy, by Anthony Summers\nA comprehensive study of the case, first published in 1980, and updated several times. The 1992 edition contains a preface written during the publicity leading up to Oliver Stone's JFK; the author is not a Stone booster. Summers' book is a dispassionate examination of the assassination and its aftermath. While by no means conclusive, Conspiracy points to the strong possibility that the crime was planned by renegade CIA types (including, perhaps, William Harvey) and carried out by members of organized crime, with Lee Harvey Oswald as designated fall guy. Lots of compelling information on the mysterious \"Maurice Bishop,\" especially in the latest edition.\n\nConspiracy of One, by Jim Moore\n1989. A latter-day Scavengers and Critics. Moore's book is another\napology for the Warren Commission, but it's not worth the paper it's printed on. Someone had the gall to subtitle this nasty little volume \"The definitive book on the assassination,\" but the first edition didn't even have an index. A 1992 paperback edition added one.\n\nConspiracy of Silence, by Dr Charles Crenshaw\n1992. Crenshaw was one of the doctors in Parkland Hospital involved in the\ndesperate attempts to save JFK. He says in his book that the Parkland doctors\ntacitly agreed to a \"conspiracy of silence\" ... that is, to not talk about the\nfact Kennedy's body had wounds obviously inflicted from a gunman firing from\nthe front.\n\nContract on America, by David E. Schiem\n1988. This work by David Scheim details the alleged involvement of organized\ncrime in the killing of JFK, in particular New Orleans mobster Carlos Marcello. Schiem's research into the pre-assassination behavior of Jack Ruby and others is engrossing. From his detailed rundown of suspicious Jack Ruby phone calls, to the strange intertwining of David Ferrie and Marcello, Schiem makes a pretty good case. But curiously absent from this work is any mention of the intelligence agencies. Schiem is on the board of James Lesar's Assassination Archives Research Center in Washington D.C.\n\nCoup d' Etat in America, by Michael Canfield and A. J. Weberman\n1975, reissued in 1992. What Coup d' Etat in America does more than\nanything else is provide an in-depth look at the links between the Watergate\naffair and the JFK assassination. The authors use photographs with acetate\noverlays to demonstrate that E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis may have been in Dealey Plaza masquerading as homeless men. Canfield's bizarre interview with Sturgis and Weberman's insights into super-mercenary Gerry Patrick Hemming round out a tantalizing book replete with details and documentation. Also included are aspects of Silvio Odio as well as a good case for Oswald's\naffiliation with the CIA. The reissued version contains new information,\nincluding E. Howard Hunt's libel suit for twelve million dollars against the\nauthors.\n\nCover-Up, by J. Gary Shaw with Larry Ray Harris\n1976 (Reprinted in 1992). An excellent primer on the JFK case. Cover-up takes a broad overview of the assassination; it is packed with essential data and many photographs. Author Shaw says humbly that the book \"is for the average citizen. It is not written for the critics...\" but it is a worthy addition to any collection.\n\nCrime of the Century, by Michael L. Kurtz\n1982. This book's gimmick is that it tells the story of the assassination \"from a historian's perspective.\" Generally it seems pretty accurate in terms of its facts. The author pooh-poohs the idea of Oswald having a connection to any intelligence agency, saying there is no credible evidence of such. Kurtz\nbelieves JFK was killed by a plot originating in Havana. It's an odd thing\nabout Kurtz--he appeared on PBS' Frontline in November 1993, displaying first hand knowledge that Lee Oswald knew Guy Banister--claiming he saw them together in that little restaurant in the 544 Camp Street building. The question was not asked--but how the hell would Kurtz remember that? How would he remember Oswald, who should have been just another face in the crowd at the time? Did Kurtz know Banister?\n\nCrossfire, by Jim Marrs\n1989. An encyclopedic overview of the JFK case, which concludes the\nMilitary-Industrial Complex probably did Kennedy in. One of two books used by\nOliver Stone in making the movie JFK. Harrison Livingstone says (in\nKilling the Truth) that in writing Crossfire, Marrs ripped off\nparts of High Treason. Only his hairdresser knows for sure.\n\nThe Day Kennedy was Shot, by Jim Bishop\nArguably the most error-ridden and factually distorted book on the assassination. David R. Wrone states, in his bibliography, that after tabulating (in just three chapters) \"one hundred instances of major factual error, acute distortion of evidence, and omission of facts contrary to the author's argument,\" he stopped counting.\n\nDeadly Secrets, by Warren Hinckle and William Turner\n1992. An account of the CIA's secret war against the Castro regime, which many feel culminated in the assassination of JFK. Deadly Secrets was\noriginally published as The Fish Is Red in 1981.\n\nDeep Politics and the Death of JFK, by Peter Dale Scott\n1993. Scott argues that JFK's assassination was a function of \"the deep political system,\" which he defines as \"those political practices and arrangements...which are usually repressed rather than acknowledged.\" Deep stuff.\n\nDestiny Betrayed, by James DiEugenio\n1993. A round-up of most of what's known on the assassination, plus an\nexamination of the Garrison investigation. This book rallies to the defense of\nthe late District Attorney. It also has some cool pictures.\n\nFactors in the Death of President Kennedy, by John K. Lattimer\n1966. This oft-cited article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the Warren apologists love it; it's a urologist's opinion upholding the Warren Commission findings while completely ignoring testimony and evidence contrary to his desired argument. For example, Lattimer stipulates that the defective scope on the rifle allegedly used by Oswald actually helped him hit the President by compensating for poor marksmanship. He produces no unbiased figures and calculations to prove this. He ignores testimony and evidence of a defective bolt, a defective trigger, an apparent absence of an ammunition clip, and a cartridge case with a dent too deep to hold a bullet. (From David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nFarewell America, by \"James Hepburn\"\n1968. This curious book describes, seemingly from an insider's point\nof view, a plot to kill Kennedy that was hatched by ultra-right wing elements within the United States. The principal villains are Texas oilmen. Though appearing under the the byline \"James Hepburn,\" Farewell America is believed to have been written by members of General Charles De Gaulle's intelligence squad, at the behest of Robert Kennedy. How trustworthy is it? We don't know, but it's definitely a collector's item.\n\nFinal Disclosure, by David W. Belin\n1988. The official story, presented by WC attorney (and now staunch WC defender) David Belin. Final Disclosure is interesting if for no other reason than it is an insider's account of the case. Belin takes the reader on a wild ride through pedestrian explanations of a number of things, from Oswald's bus transfer to his infamous \"curtain rods\" story. The JFK assassination actually only comprises about half of the book; the remainder is\ndevoted to investigations of the CIA's plot to kill Castro and how this\nwas covered up by some rather high-placed officials in the Kennedy\nadministration. Belin also wrote November 22, 1963: You are the Jury.\n\nFirst Hand Knowledge, by Robert D. Morrow\n1992. Morrow casts aside the fictionalization used in Betrayal and\ntalks straight this time. His story is essentially unchanged, but this time he's\nnaming names including his CIA case officer, Tracy Barnes, whom he claims\nordered him to procure rifles and sophisticated communications gear for an\nassassination attempt. Morrow implicates a faction of the CIA's Domestic\nOperations group in the killing.\n\nForgive My Grief, Vols. I-IV, by Penn Jones, Jr.\nThe FMG series are the collected editorials of Jones, the editor of the\nMidlothian (Texas) Mirror at the time of the assassination. The first\nfew volumes are excerpts of Warren Commission testimony and Jones' comments and analysis. The remaining volumes are mostly editorials and speculations. Among other things, Jones was the first to assert there has been a chain of \"mysterious deaths\" among those who may have known too much.\n\nHeritage of Stone, by Jim Garrison\n1970. There is some obvious overlap between this book and On the Trail of\nthe Assassins. They were written nearly twenty years apart, but cover\nessentially the same territory. The difference is that in On the Trail,\nGarrison tells his first-person story of investigation and prosecution; in\nHeritage of Stone, he simply lays out the case for conspiracy as he sees\nit.\n\nHigh Treason, by Robert Groden & Harrison Livingstone\n1989. This book makes many accusations but is not very convincing; the\nAssassination Information Center in Dallas nonetheless placed High Treason\non its \"Ten Best\" list of books on the case. Although full of interesting\ninformation, High Treason is poorly written and in some places is almost unreadable. (In its Appendices, the authors say, ominously, that their book was written under \"appalling strains,\" but don't elaborate.) Livingstone wrote High Treason 2 without Groden and now says Groden had little to do with High Treason.\n\nHigh Treason 2, by Harrison Livingstone\n1992. Livingstone calls them like he sees them in this extensive and\nwell-documented book. He poses some biting questions about the x-rays and\nautopsy photographs. Also a target is Livingstone's former partner Robert\nGroden, whom he now claims only wrote five pages of the first High\nTreason. Livingstone's writing style can be quite frustrating at times, but\noverall, he makes his case well and is convincing.\n\nHistory Will Not Absolve Us, by E. Martin Schotz (editor)\n1996. This valuable anthology reprints several early Salandria articles, and others whose work is known but not easily found. At its heart, though, are new analyses by Schotz and others, with the aim of revealing \"Orwellian techniques\" which allowed Americans to look the other way, in spite of a rather obvious conspiracy.\n\nIf You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade, by Warren Hinckle\n1973. The memoirs of the former editor of Ramparts magazine. Hinckle\ndevotes a chapter to his mag's investigation of the JFK case, \"Give Us This Day Our Daily Paranoia.\" Often irreverent, Hinckle's descriptions are informative and fun, and a refreshing change of pace to the oh-so-deadly-serious study of the assassination. Hinckle is co-author (with William Turner) of The Fish Is Red, reprinted in late 1992 as Deadly Secrets.\n\nInquest, by Edward Jay Epstein\nA good, concise criticism of the Warren Commission's findings. Epstein utilized the files of only one segment of the Commission staff; therefore, his argument is deflected away from vital areas. Epstein has produced several other books on the case, including Legend; the author is very much in the Oswald-dunnit camp. However, Inquest seems to contradict that notion and was heralded as a shot against the Warren Commission when it first appeared. Of Epstein, Penn Jones Jr. has written, \"Epstein took one peek inside Pandora's box, wrote a good book, and has been running scared from his book ever since.\" (Adapted from David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nThe JFK Assassination: The Facts and the Theories, by Carl Oglesby\n1992. Published in the wake of the movie JFK, this paperback is a\ncollection of Oglesby's assassination writings over the years, including the\nargument that Kennedy was the victim of a \"Yankee-Cowboy\" conspiracy.\n\nJFK: The Documented Screenplay, by Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar\nConsists of a screenplay to the Oliver Stone film, annotated with some 340 research notes and citations. Also, there are about 350 pages of Appendeces of comments on the film and related issues, which appeared in the American press around the time of the movie's release. Finally, there is a section of \"Historical Documents,\" including several NSAMs, and Jim Garrison's closing statement in the Shaw trial.\n\nThe Killing of a President, by Robert Groden\n1993. A collection of photographs pertaining to the assassination. This book\nis not, as it claims to be, a \"complete photographic record\" of the JFK case, but it's pretty close. It isn't laid out very well, either. Not all photos have captions, and of the captions there are, it isn't always clear which apply to which photo. Groden also makes leaps of faith in some of his photo interpretations.\n\nKilling the Truth, by Harrison Livingstone 1993.\nLivingston squeezes out a sequel to his High Treason 2, even\nthough he vowed HT2 would be his last book on the JFK case. Harry concentrates on the theory that a cabal of Dallas oilmen and Texas politicians was behind the assassination. On the outs with most of the\nresearch community, he flames them as being out to prevent the truth from ever surfacing. He apparently is on good terms\nwith Penn Jones. But he really goes after Robert Groden, who, he says, only wrote about five pages of High Treason, although they are credited as co-authors.\n\nThe Last Investigation, by Gaeton Fonzi\n1993. A House Select Committee Assassinations investigator's account of the\ninner workings of the HSCA. Fonzi first developed the information on \"Maurice\nBishop,\" believed to be longtime CIA guy David Atlee Phillips. Fonzi writes\nthat Bishop was \"an intelligence officer who likely held the key to the Kennedy assassination.\" One of the best books on the case to emerge in recent years.\n\nLee: A Portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald, by Robert Oswald\nA book by Lee Oswald's brother, whose printed remarks differ considerably from his initial comments published in the public press. (From David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nLibra, by Don Dilillo\n1988. A novelized speculation on how a conspiracy to assassinate JFK might have played out. Dilillo is a good writer and some of his sentences are quite nice. But in Libra, it seems that he tries to have it both ways. Even as\nloony lone nut Oswald is seen doing just about everything the Warren Report\nsays he did, intelligence types are seen planning the assassination with the\nhelp of anti-Castro Cubans. Oswald--in his mind, acting alone--is seen\nsqueezing off rounds from the TSBD, as CIA-hired assassins fire from the Grassy Knoll. Oswald also plugs J.D. Tippit in a moment of panic. While Dilillo covers much of what is known about the events leading up to 11-22-63, he leaves out a bunch of stuff that he apparently couldn't fit into his version. There is no Silvia Odio incident, no Jack Ruby at Parkland, no Roger Craig witnessing Oswald or a lookalike fleeing the TSBD. There is no voter registration incident in Clinton, Louisiana. Oswald is seen as a genuine defector--and a \"confused ideologue,\" to use Philip Melanson's term.\n\nMafia Kingfish, by John H. Davis\n1989. Perhaps the definitive work on gangland figure Carlos Marcello. Davis maps out many aspects of the mobster's life, from his birth in Tunisia to his rise in the Costello crime family. Marcello's infamous threat to kill both Robert and Jack Kennedy forms the basis of Davis' conclusion that it was Marcello and other mobsters who had JFK killed.\n\nThe Man Who Knew Too Much, by Dick Russell\n1993. The story of Richard Case Nagell, a spy who came in from the cold, with a chilling tale to tell--or at least hint at. Nagell says he worked with Lee\nOswald in intelligence stuff, and was aware of the developing plot to bump\nKennedy. Unable to prevent it, he removed himself from the game by firing off a few rounds in a bank in El Paso, Texas, in September '63. He thought he would get a light sentence because he made no attempt to rob the bank, but wound up spending some four years behind bars. Nagell has never come completely clean about his presumed knowledge of a JFK conspiracy, but dropped enough clues for the author to write a 700+ page book. Nagell is still alive as of publication; Russell (no relation to the Warren Commission member) says he doubts Nagell will ever tell all he knows. A very complicated spy-versus-spy story.\n\nThe MK:ULTRA Secret, by Frank Camper\nThe stated purpose of this book is to reveal that \"Lee Harvey Oswald was the MK/ULTRA secret, and he didn't even know it.\" MK/ULTRA was a CIA codename for secret mind control projects. The author is an elite covert operations specialist. Is The MK/ULTRA Secret, then, part of a covert operation? No student of MK/ULTRA or the JFK assassination will learn much that is new from reading this book. (Reviewed in Fair Play #19 by Richard Bartholomew.)\n\nMortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK, by Bonar Menninger\n1992. The author argues there was a conspiracy (after the fact) to cover up certain details of the assassination. Menninger theorizes that a Secret Service agent riding in the vehicle behind the presidential limousine accidentally fired the fatal head shot. He writes that JFK was hit by two different types of bullets, one type being the 6.5 mm rounds (with thick jacketing) fired from Oswald's Carcano and the other being a thin jacketed .223 round fired from an AR-15 carried by a Secret Service agent. The thicker jacketed rounds did not fragment upon impact (single bullet theory and/or \"magic\" or pristine bullet) however the thin jacketed round due to higher muzzle velocity became unstable (tumbling in flight) and fragmented upon impact causing the fatal wound. (Contributed by A. G. von Luternow.)\n\nA Mother In History, by Jean Stafford\n1966. A Mother In History began as a magazine article and was later\nexpanded into book form. The author spent several days interviewing Marguerite Oswald, Lee Harvey's mom, and reveals herself to be a totally unsympathetic ear. Stafford is so cold toward Mrs Oswald, one wonders why she even bothered. Mrs. Oswald was a bit of a flake, but Stafford's overtly hostile attitude is still beyond belief. Their discussions lasted over three days; one morning before starting, Stafford writes that her impulse was \"to eliminate the day by taking a sleeping pill\" rather than talk to Mrs. O. She also states, without blinking, that she let her mind wander by silently reciting the names of U.S. states as Mrs. Oswald droned on. This book, in short, reveals as much about its author as its subject.\n\nA Mother In History really pissed me off, although I don't want to over-react to this slender volume. In The Interior Castle, a 1992\nbiography of Stafford, Ann Hulbert writes that A Mother In History was\n\"...a cruel portrait, executed pitilessly...Stafford insisted on intruding in\nthe role of merciless judge.\" Indeed. I'd like to add that Jean Stafford was a\nmarginally talented writer of unremarkable prose, but I've never read anything else by her.\n\nNovember 22, 1963: You are the Jury, by David W. Belin\n1973. An effort by a former attorney for the Warren Commission to uphold the conclusions of the Warren Report. He achieves this end by the devices of quoting at length the report itself and by baldly ignoring most of the critical literature (including the indictment of Belin's own acts while a Commission lawyer as brought out by Sylvia Meagher in the Texas Observer) to attack the most vulnerable of the major critics, Mark Lane. Belin cannot in a self-serving book overcome the consequences of his abdications when a Commission lawyer. (From David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nOn the Trail of the Assassins, by Jim Garrison\n1989. The basis for Oliver Stone's JFK, and the former District Attorney of New Orleans' first-person account of his investigation into the\nassassination. Garrison charged a local businessman, Clay Shaw, of complicity in the crime, but failed to convince a jury. While some feel Garrison's case was a farce that set back serious investigation, the D.A. did unearth important information, such as data on Guy Banister and David Ferrie. Garrison also wrote Heritage of Stone and Star-Spangled Contract.\n\nThe Oswald Affair, by L\u00e9o Sauvage\nAn early critique of the Warren Report. First published in France in 1965\n(Sauvage was a French journalist), later translated to English and published in\nthe U.S. in 1966.\n\nOswald in New Orleans, by Harold Weisberg\n1967. This book has lots of information, as its title says flatly, on LHO in\nNew Orleans. He was born there, and lived there at different times of his\nlife--including the summer preceding the assassination. Weisberg has dug up a lot of stuff over the years. But the problem with this book, as in all of\nWeisberg's stuff in our view, is the author's prose. The real story of the\nKennedy assassination is such a dense jungle it's hard keeping all the facts straight; Weisberg compounds this by requiring the reader to separate his facts from his anger. Most writers and researchers who venture into this territory must of necessity use Weisberg as a standard research tool.\n\nPictures of the Pain, by Richard B. Trask\n1994. The photographs presented in this book, the majority of which were taken on November 22, 1963, are strangely selected and interpreted. Trask seems to have overlooked or mistated the importance of some of the pictures he reproduces, and he adduces questionable sources in support of his analysis. This is everywhere evident in his book. His entire interpretation of the Zapruder film, to which he devotes an entire chapter of nearly 100 pages, implicitly rests on the truth of the Magic Bullet Theory. There is no discussion of the considerable evidence precluding it. In spite of all this, Trask's book is a worthy addition to assassination literature; just be sure to read it with caution. (Adapted from a review by Jerrold \"Fatback\" Smith.)\n\nPlausible Denial, by Mark Lane\n1991. Lane's account of a libel case involving former CIA officer E. Howard\nHunt and his alleged involvement in a CIA conspiracy to kill Kennedy. Included\nare chapters devoted to depositions of key witnesses in the libel case such\nas Richard Helms, David Atlee Phillips, G. Gordon Liddy, Stansfield Turner,\nand Hunt himself.\n\nReasonable Doubt, by Henry Hurt\n1985. Hurt's book is similar to Conspiracy in some respects. Hurt,\nthough, devotes many pages to what he calls \"The Confession of Robert\nEasterling,\" the claim of a man who says he was involved in the planning stages of the conspiracy.\n\nThe Ruby Cover-Up, by Seth Kantor\n1978. Originally titled Who Was Jack Ruby? A thorough examination of the background of the man who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, which was so whitewashed by the Warren Commission. Among critics of the official version of what happened to JFK, the late Mr. Kantor was generally considered the Ruby expert.\n\nRush to Judgment, by Mark Lane\n1966. As a general comment, Mark Lane too often seems like an\nambulance-chaser--and that makes us uneasy. Still, he has published some interesting things over the years and was in the first wave of Warren critics. RTJ is an analysis of the Warren Commission's report, and a defense of Lee Harvey Oswald. Lane entered the case at the request of the murdered Oswald's mother, with the hope of representing the accused assassin before the Commission. This never came about, as the Commission did not take an adversary approach to the case. A film version of this book was directed by Emile de Antonio.\n\nThe Scavengers and Critics, by Richard W. Lewis & Lawrence Schiller\n1967. A full-frontal assault on critics of the Warren Commission. This book,\npublished when Warren criticism was really taking off, pretends to be an\nobjective look at the critics and their work. It is really a series of smears\nagainst the most prominent critics of the day, and an unabashed apology for the Commission's deficiencies. Schiller co-authored I Want to Tell You, written with accused murderer O.J. Simpson, making us wonder who the real scavenger is. (There is an interesting account of Messrs. Lewis & Schiller in Mark Lane's A Citizen's Dissent.)\n\nThe Search for Lee Harvey Oswald, by Robert Groden\nThis book may be considered a companion volume to Gorden's The Killing of a President. It, too, is a an oversized \"coffee table\" book of photos; this time the emphasis is on the enigmatic Oswald.\n\nThe Second Oswald, by Richard Popkin\n1966. A concise study of all the \"Second Oswald\" sightings in the Dallas area\nin the months leading up to the assassination. This book is a standard source\nin this area of JFK assassination and is listed in all the bibliographies.\nPopkin sees a very limited conspiracy, involving Oswald, a \"second Oswald,\" and perhaps one or two others, as both plotters and killers. He is pretty weak in his analysis of the Tippit slaying. In addition to the regular text this book\ncontains appendices which have the Sibert-O'Neill report, the Silvia Odio\ntestimony, and other stuff not found everywhere.\n\nSix Seconds in Dallas, by Josiah Thompson\n1967. A study of the witnesses and physical evidence--the shots, shell casings, bullet fragments, and so forth--used by the Warren Commission. Thompson concludes that at least three gunmen participated in the murder. The argument is faulted by superficial research and a lack of awareness of the complexity of the problem and misleads the reader. Perhaps the book's most important point for future research is the \"Dealey Plaza Chart: Location of Witnesses,\" wherein the author numbers, names, locates, and gives information on the individual testimonites. (From David R. Wrone's The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: An Annotated Bibliography.)\n\nSpy Saga: Lee Harvey Oswald and U.S. Intelligence, by Dr. Philip\nMelanson\n1990. An analysis of Lee Oswald's background, which concludes that, whatever his role on November 22 '63, Oswald was a U.S. intelligence agent. Very interesting, very spooky (pun intended). Melanson has also written books on the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.\n\nThey've Killed the President!, by Robert Sam Anson\n1975. A general overview of the JFK case. This book includes information that, as of publication, was new, such as stuff on the Rockefeller Commission. Anson gives weight to the notion that Kennedy was killed by a \"domestically based\" conspiracy, although this is advanced cautiously.\n\nThe Third Alternative, by Vincent Palamara\n1993. This unique book examines the role of the Secret Service in the JFK assassination. Virtually alone among assassination researchers, Palamara has studied this agency carefully and reaches some startling conclusions. Much of the book is based on the author's personal interviews with surviving agents and their families.\n\nThe Unanswered Questions about President Kennedy's Assassination, by Sylvan Fox\n1965. In this early work on the case, author Fox concludes there is a \"skeleton of certainty,\" to wit: that Lee Oswald participated in the assassination (although alone or with others, Fox doesn't know); that Oswald killed Tippit; that Jack Ruby killed Oswald. Fox also demonstrates that the Warren Commission overlooked witnesses, withheld evidence, and left many unanswered questions, although he finds their motives for doing so murky. Much has been learned since this book appeared, but in reading it today we can see how much was already known within a couple of years of JFK's murder.\n\nThe Warren Commission Report\n1964. The book that started it all! We'll give away the ending: Oswald did\nit.\n\nThe Web of Conspiracy, by Theodore Roscoe\nA 1959 book about the conspiracy to murder Abraham Lincoln. This book is quite interesting when contrasted to the JFK case. There are some curious\nparallels--in particular, long suppressed (thanks to the War Department)\nevidence of a conspiracy against Lincoln that was wider than is generally\nknown.\n\nWhitewash, Vols. I thru IV, by Harold Weisberg\nAnalyses of the Warren Report and the work of the Warren Commission, originally self-published starting in 1965. In 1994 the Whitewash series appeared as an anthology, Selections from Whitewash. Weisberg has several other works on the assassination out there floating around, including Oswald In New Orleans and Post Mortem. Weisberg's work is all solidly documented, but sadly under-publicized. His prose style will eat your brain.\n\nWho Killed Kennedy? by Thomas G. Buchanen\n1964. For its time, Who Killed Kennedy? was easily enough to sow the\nseeds of doubt. This early work on the JFK case asserts the assassination may\nhave been planned by Texas oilmen. Their motive? Kennedy's effort to do away\nwith the oil depletion allowance, which let the oil guys write off millions of\ndollars lost in their high-risk industry. This book is rambling and also highly\nspeculative; when you read it you must remind yourself it was written before\nthe Warren Report came out. It contains a good analysis of past Presidential\nassassinations, which, like JFK, were pinned on a \"lone nut.\"\n\nThe Witnesses, a NY Times condensation of WC testimony\n1964. This book contains carefully selected highlights of Warren Commission\ntestimony, and serves to damn Lee Harvey Oswald as solo nutcase. Sylvia Meagher said of this book: \"The Witnesses...[is] one of the most biased\nofferings ever to masquerade as objective information. In publishing this\npaperback, The Times engaged in uncritical partisanship, the antithesis\nof responsible journalism.\"\n\nThe Yankee and Cowboy War, by Carl Oglesby\n1975. Oglesby asserts there is a connection between the JFK assassination and Watergate, and that the Dallas tragedy was part of a struggle between the\nEastern seaboard \"old money\" power structure (the Yankees), and a western U.S. power structure (Cowboys)."}
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-{"text": "Changes to pensions are radical but investment initiatives are scraping the barrel \u2013 EY ITEM Club\n\n\"There was very little macroeconomic news in this Budget \u2013 the big improvements were flagged up by the OBR in the Autumn Statement. The economy will regain its previous peak later this year and hopefully regain a bit of balance. GDP will be \u00a316 billion higher and borrowing cumulatively \u00a324 billion lower by 2017/18, but in macroeconomic terms that's small beer. Like 1p off the price of a pint you might say.\n\nChanges to pensions are \"radical\"\n\n\"At least this left the Chancellor time to talk about more far-reaching reforms. The changes to defined contribution pension drawdown arrangements are certainly radical and although they are likely to increase drawdowns (and conveniently increase tax receipts) in the short term, they could increase pension savings and indeed the overall household saving rate by making this form of investment more attractive. The idea of saving in order to purchase a retirement annuity was looking progressively less attractive as annuity rates reached rock bottom and recent inflows into personal pensions and AVCs have been disappointing.\n\nInvestment and energy measures take sting out of \"cost of living crisis\"\n\n\"The Chancellor is planning to take \u00a37 billion off the bills of major energy users, which should help to keep them in business here and should shave a few pounds of household energy bills. With inflation remaining at or below the 2% target and the labour market recovering nicely, this will help to take the sting out of the perceived cost of living crisis. The housing measures are also commendable, particularly with respect to new build, helping to keep up the much needed momentum provided by last year's HTB equity loan scheme. This was extended to 2020 as announced earlier in the week, helping to remove the uncertainty faced by the builders.\n\nInvestment initiatives are scraping the barrel\n\nMoney \u2013 FreeFoto.com\n\n\"However, the Treasury's investment initiatives continue to disappoint. The Chancellor really had to scrape out the barrel to muster \u00a3370millions of extra infrastructure spending, which is paltry besides the billions in Pension and Sovereign Wealth funds that he could tap. The extension of the Annual Investment Allowance is welcome and will extend the help SMEs. However most of these do not invest more than the previous \u00a3250,000 and few of them will be in a position to benefit by the doubling of the limit. Indeed most capital investment is made by large companies that will hardly notice this change. The macroeconomic effects will be minimal.\n\nTax allowances will relieve pressure on millions dragged into 40p band\n\n\"The Chancellor extended the personal tax allowance to \u00a310,000 this year, taking 3 million out of the tax net. This threshold is to be increased by another \u00a3500 next year. Had he been really keen to relieve the pressure on hard working families he would have used this cash to increase the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance instead. However, the benefits will at least be felt higher up the earnings scale this time, helping to relieve pressure on the millions in the middle of the earnings scale that have been dragged into the 40p band by the Chancellor's persistent freeze on top rate tax thresholds.\""}
-{"text": "Dr. Scott Sullivan is originally from Superior, Nebraska. He was raised on a dairy farm, and his interest in veterinary medicine started at an early age. He graduated from Sterling College with a Biology major and chemistry minor in 1996 before graduation from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. He accepted a position at the Augusta Animal Clinic upon graduation in 2002. Dr. Sullivan enjoys all aspects of veterinary care with a special interest in internal medicine, ultrasound/radiology, and surgery.\n\nTHIS ---->https://augustaanimalclinickscom.vetmatrixbase.com/about-us/staff/dr.-sullivan.html"}
-{"text": "JCP Salons Twitter Party Thursday\n\nWhile it feels like summer has just begun, the end of July is nearly here and that means it\u2019s time to think about back to school. To celebrate, JCPenney is offering free haircuts for children at all JCP Salons the entire month of August! To kick the month off, JCPenney will donate $1 to The Boys and Girls Club and 4H for every children\u2019s haircut given on August 1st. We\u2019re hoping to send lots of support in their direction by partying this Thursday with the women from The MOMS. JCPenney has committed to match up to $50,000 to The Boys and Girls Club, so let\u2019s help get people to JCP Salons on August 1st for free children\u2019s haircuts and put money on the hands of these great organizations! I hope to see you at the\u2026\n\nJCP Salons Twitter Party\n\nWhen: Thursday, July 26th from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET\n\nWhere: #freehaircuts tag on Twitter\n\nHow: Follow hosts @ResourcefulMom and @TheMOMS and tweet with the event tag to participate. Please also follow sponsor @JCPenney and special guests @ninagarcia and @nickstensonhair\n\nPrizes\n\nTen (10) winners will each receive a $25 gift card to JCPenney.\n\nTwitter Party Rules: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY\n\nHOW TO ENTER: Beginning 7/26/12 at 8:00 p.m. ET and 7/26/12 at 9:00 p.m. ET, participants must use the hashtag #freehaircuts in response to questions during the event in order to qualify to win prizes. @ResourcefulMom will choose a winner at random using Twitter search by refreshing the search page. The most recent tweet using the hashtag #freehaircuts and tweeting in response to questions will be the winner. All decisions are final. Neither the party sponsor nor the hosts @ResourcefulMom and @TheMOMS are responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Twitter updates, including those from private Twitter accounts.\n\nRESPONSIBILITY: By entering and participating, entrant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, Resourceful Mommy Media, and all participating entities from and against any and all claims, demands, liability, damages or causes of action, losses, costs or expenses."}
-{"text": "Friday, October 07, 2005\n\nMixed Feelings: Harriet Miers\n\n\"The idea that we now have to roll the dice and wait a number of years to find out if this one works out when it is not necessary.\" -Rush Limbaugh\n\n\"First, Bush has no right to say \"Trust me.\" He was elected to represent the American people, not to be dictator for eight years. Among the coalitions that elected Bush are people who have been laboring in the trenches for a quarter-century to change the legal order in America. While Bush was still boozing it up in the early '80s, Ed Meese, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork and all the founders of the Federalist Society began creating a farm team of massive legal talent on the right.To casually spurn the people who have been taking slings and arrows all these years and instead reward the former commissioner of the Texas Lottery with a Supreme Court appointment is like pinning a medal of honor on some flunky paper-pusher with a desk job at the Pentagon \u2014 or on John Kerry \u2014 while ignoring your infantrymen doing the fighting and dying.\" -Ann Coulter\n\nThis is a sampling of the leading voices of the conservative movement. They are feeling mad, betrayed and frustrated and I have heard many on the left wondering why. For me it's simple. This past election was all about these SCOTUS appointments...\n\nOn one hand I'm disappointed in Bush. I really wanted him to nominate Justice Janice Roberts Brown. Even if Harriet Miers turns out to be a staunch conservative in the mold of Thomas and Scalia...this was a cowardly pick. Clinton didn't care what Congressional Conservatives thought when he nominated Ruth Bader ACLU Ginsburg. He picked a flaming liberal -and she was confirmed. Bush should have done the same, with his head held high. It's what he promised.\n\nOn the other hand Miers may have been a brilliant pick. She doesn't have much \"on paper\" that can be made into flame-throwing 60 second clips by NOW and NARAL, YET she has been Bush's friend for over 10 years. Meaning, there may be no \"on the record\" discussions about her beliefs...but I am sure all the relevant conversations have been had in \"off the record\" private talks. Bush is a young guy and I am sure he isn't looking to relive his father's \"Souter shame\". How many long term, close friends do you have that you are oblivious to their beliefs on abortion, the war, the terrorists, the detainees, capital punishment, gay marriage, religion in schools, etc.? I would assume not many. And I assume that Bushy knows all these things about Miers.\n\nSo, even if it was a good pick...it wasn't a bold pick. Just keep your fingers crossed that this isn't a Kennedy, Souter, O'Connor d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu."}
-{"text": "Like treyfas said, look for Public Domain books with a Creative Commons that allows you to share, modify and use, even commercially. A lot of them will be very old, like on Gutenberg Project, past their copyright range but you may find a newer gem somewhere."}
-{"text": "Is Mindfulness Revolutionary?\n\nTo be \u201cmindful\u201d is to be attentive and aware. \u201cMindfulness\u201d then, according to the dictionary, is \u201ca mental state achieved by focusing one\u2019s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one\u2019s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, and is used as a therapeutic technique.\u201d\n\nAccording to a recent article in Time Magazine (The Art of Being Mindful by Kate Pickert), \u201cMindfulness says we can do better. At one level, the techniques associated with the philosophy are intended to help practitioners quiet a busy mind, becoming more aware of the present moment and less caught up in what happened earlier or what\u2019s to come. Many cognitive therapists commend it to patients as a way to help cope with anxiety and depression. More broadly, it\u2019s seen as a means to deal with stress.\u201d The author, a staff writer on health issues for the magazine, was not a regular practitioner of mindfulness prior to writing the article and simply explored mindfulness techniques for this \u201ctime when no one seems to have enough time\u201d and when \u201cour devices allow us to be many places at once but at the cost of being unable to fully inhabit the place where we actually want to be.\u201d She goes on to say, \u201cIf distraction is the pre-eminent condition of our age, then mindfulness, in the eyes of its enthusiasts, is the most logical response.\u201d\n\nBut is mindfulness, as the cover of the magazine implies (\u201cThe Mindful Revolution; the science of finding focus in a stressed-out, multitasking culture\u201d), revolutionary? After all, yoga practitioners have included mindful meditation as part of the yoga journey for centuries and the word \u201cyoga\u201d means \u201cunion\u201d, the process of finding harmony of the mind, body and spirit. But, do we incorporate intentional mindfulness in our every day practices often enough? Do we exercise the \u201cmindfulness muscles\u201d as well as we exercise the physical ones?\n\nFive Steps to Mindfulness Meditation (Adapted from Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn)\n\nJon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, an expert in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), suggests the five steps shown above as a starting point for mindfulness meditation. His studies and those of other scientists, \u201chave been able to prove that meditation and rigorous mindfulness training can lower cortisol levels and blood pressure, increase immune response and possibly even affect gene expression. Scientific study is also showing that meditation can have an impact on the structure of the brain itself.\u201d Studies are currently underway to learn \u201cwhether meditation \u2013 and the mindfulness that results from it \u2013 can counteract what happens to our minds because of stress, trauma and constant distraction.\u201d\n\nHow about you? Are you using mindfulness meditation to help yourself be more present and less distracted? Do you need assistance in developing this practice further? Sunrise Yoga frequently offers classes in mindfulness meditation with the next one taking place on Sunday, February 16th from 3:30-5:00 pm. Gwen McLaughlin will coach you into finding ways to make this practice a part of your routine. Learn more about Gwen and the rest of the Sunrise Yoga staff here."}
-{"text": "Zombie Driver HD Game Available In Windows Store\n\nZombie Driver vehicular combat PC video game is now available in Windows Store for Windows 8 devices. Zombie Driver is presented in a top-down perspective where he has to kill the zombies in various missions.\n\nDescription:\n\nInsane mix of cars, speed, explosions, blood and zombies! Fight through an epic narrative campaign or test yourself in the Slaughter and Blood Race modes. Engage huge bosses, save survivors, drive crazy vehicles such as a bulldozer, fire truck or even a tank and smash everything in your way. Take part in the Blood Race tournament \u2013 chase other cars and take them down without mercy on brutal racing tracks. Jump into the Slaughter mode and survive as long as possible on specially crafted arenas.\n\nFeatures:\n\n\u2022\u2022?Story mode with 31 missions, sub quests and bonus objectives in a huge, free roaming city, including: \u2022\u2022?Epic Boss fights with enormous mutated zombies \u2022\u2022?Defending key targets against huge waves of zombies \u2022\u2022?Racing against time to rescue survivors \u2022\u2022?Transporting dangerous cargo \u2022\u2022?Spraying anti-zombie repellent around town \u2022\u2022?13 different vehicles to drive including a firetruck, bulldozer or even a tank \u2022\u2022?Blood Race mode with 30 unique events offering the best arcade racing experience in 3 distinct game types: \u2022\u2022?Race \u2013 classic racing spiced up with guns and loads of zombies \u2022\u2022?Eliminator \u2013 take down as many vehicles as you can before the time runs out \u2022\u2022?Endurance \u2013 there is a bomb on your car and its ticking. Race through checkpoints to extend your time \u2022\u2022?Slaughter mode with 7 survival arenas featuring enormous killing sprees and a dynamic upgrade system \u2022\u2022?9 different upgrades which can transform even an innocent Taxi into a Chariot of Death. \u2022\u2022?Miniguns, flamethrowers, rocket launchers or dual railguns. \u2022\u2022?Vicious zombie types including even zombie dogs. \u2022\u2022?Advanced, dynamic combo system with tricks and hordes of zombies to try it on. \u2022\u2022?PhysX by NVIDIA\n\nIt is a huge game and costs $9.99 with free trial available. Download it here from Windows Store for free.\n\nSome links in the article may not be viewable as you are using an AdBlocker. Please add us to your whitelist to enable the website to function properly."}
-{"text": "Beware the Coming 25 Percent Correction: Pro\n\nRenewed jitters over Europe, growing fears about China and the U.S\u2019s precarious fiscal situation all bode poorly for the recent stock rally, which could correct as much as 25 percent in the coming months, an investment manager said Wednesday.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s the swan with the patches of all the problems that we already know are out there but they\u2019re all in a combination,\u201d he said.\n\nWith the euro zone\u2019s debt crisis reaching a crescendo and the U.S. election outcome still uncertain, \u201cwe\u2019ve got plenty of issues to worry about,\u201d said the investor, who helps Aegis manage about $2 billion in assets. (Read more: Just When Investors Thought Europe Was Fixed.)\n\nSince June, equity markets have surged, defying the predictions of many skeptics who argued that looming difficulties in the world\u2019s economy would soon put a damper on the rally. (Read more: The Most Hated Stock Rally in History?)\n\nCrouch argued that stocks have rallied largely based on bond-buying expectations from the Federal Reserve, rather than healthy factors underpinning the global economy. The Fed\u2019s unfurling of more quantitative easing was mostly a non-event that had already been factored into stock prices.\n\n\u201cWe paid in advance for this classic \u2018buy the rumor, sell the news\u2019 event,\u201d Crouch said. While reluctant to say how deep major stock benchmarks could fall, he warned that the Dow Jones Industrial Average could \u201cpossibly\u201d break 10,000 with the S&P 500 Index revisiting its lows from last fall."}
-{"text": "U.S. dairy farm branches out to make ends meet\n\nSmaller U.S. dairy farms have to diversity in order to stay in business during the long-term price slump\n\nEddie Gibson and his wife, Marcy, own Ed-Mar Dairy in Walton, Ky. With fewer than 60 cows on 130 acres of land, they are diversifying to deal with low milk prices. Photo:\nBarbara Duckworth\n\nReading Time: 4minutes\n\nEddie Gibson is unsure how many generations of his family have farmed at Walton, Kentucky, but he fears he may be the last.\n\nHe and his wife, Marcy, own Ed-Mar Dairy where they milk fewer than 60 cows on 130 acres of land. Even with diversification into cheese making and agri-tourism small farms like theirs are disappearing and replaced with mega facilities that can withstand the roller coaster effect of United States milk prices.\n\nRelated Articles\n\n\u201cFor small farmers I don\u2019t look for things long term to be very good. Processors like semi loads of milk from one farm that is less than a day old,\u201d he told an international tour group visiting his farm in mid May.\n\nThere is no support forthcoming from either government or consumers.\n\n\u201cFrom what I can see from the government, is they like cheap food. People like cheap food and bigger farms can make it cheaper,\u201d he said.\n\nThere are dairy support programs including a U.S. department of agriculture program where payments for eligible producers are available when the difference between the all milk price and the average feed costs falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer.\n\nNevertheless, the U.S. trend is moving toward larger, intensive farms with more than 10,000 cows in the western part of the country. Many of them are family owned but growth seemed like their best option to survive.\n\n\u201cThey were in a part of the world where you could do it and the opportunity was there to do it. To keep ahead of everything they just kept growing,\u201d he said.\n\nGibson cannot expand by much because he does not have enough land to handle the manure.\n\nHis cost of production is escalating and milk prices have been in a slump for about four years.\n\nHe gets about $1.50 per gallon for his fluid milk at present but he has received less when he was paid $1.25 per gallon last summer.\n\nThat outlook has not stopped the family from trying new things.\n\nEd-Mar Dairy was the first in Kentucky to install a robotic milker. Rather than spending four hours a day in the milking parlour, there is time for other things, particularly a more rewarding family life.\n\nCows at Ed-Mar Dairy at Walton, Ky, are bedded on sand. The cows go to a robotic milker several times a day and also get time to lounge outside.photo: Barbara Duckworth\n\nThe robot has improved production. The cows averaged 80 pounds of milk per day but now yield about 90 pounds. Rather than being milked twice a day, they visit about 3.5 times per day although Eddie suspects they are attracted to the grain offered as a treat while the robot does its job.\n\n\u201cI expected to have more free time with this than I do but I have a lot more flexibility in my schedule because I don\u2019t have to be here at 5 o\u2019clock in the morning and 5 o\u2019clock in evening,\u201d he said.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nMarcy works off the farm as a dentist so Eddie handles most of the farm work. The robot allows more time for management and he can take over jobs that were once custom done. He grows his own corn silage, most of the hay and about half the grain he needs. The cows also receive soybeans, corn ears and dried distillers grain from the state\u2019s thriving bourbon industry.\n\nSince the weather in this part of the country is hot and humid, the cows are turned outside at night when it is cooler to give them some grazing time. During the day they prefer to be inside the barn with fans and open sides for better air circulation.\n\nThe newest aspect of the farm business is agri-tourism.\n\n\u201cMilk prices have been so lousy and we were going farther into debt every day, so we started agri-tourism,\u201d he said.\n\nGibson is a quiet person who wasn\u2019t sure if he wanted visitors to the farm, but it turned into a positive experience with most of the business coming from school classes that are treated to a tour and a lesson about milk from Gibson and four volunteers.\n\nThey charge $10 each, which he thought was too much but realized many family activities cost much more. He prefers the younger students because they are more interested and enthusiastic about a field trip to a farm.\n\n\u201cWe have done some high school students but they are hard to impress,\u201d he said.\n\nThey became cheesemakers in 2013. Probably one day\u2019s supply of milk per month is enough to make their branded cheese line. Their hard, English style cheeses have found a niche in smaller retailers, restaurants and online sales.\n\nThey received federal government matching grants to build that end of the business but it is not a gold mine. Processing, packaging and distribution all carve off a share before the Gibsons see any profit.\n\nThe cheese is made from raw milk and under U.S. law it has to be aged at least 60 days. Most of their cheese is aged 120 days. The cheese is made offsite at a small batch creamery.\n\nThey have become part of the Kentucky Proud program that promotes local food production where their cheese is marketed as an artisan product. They are 20 minutes from downtown Cincinnati so the market reaches into northern Kentucky and southern Ohio where their cheese goes to butcher shops, wineries, restaurants and smaller retail outlets.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\n\u201cWe went gangbusters in the beginning and all the restaurants bought but we really have seen a decline in prices,\u201d said marketing manager Rachel Wade.\n\nRestaurants have also seen a decline in business so their purchases of cheese are often the first to be trimmed back. Restaurants and consumers may say they want local and artisan products but they do not always put their money where their mouth is.\n\n\u201cEverybody says they want it but nobody wants to pay for it,\u201d said Wade.\n\nLarge retailers are rarely interested in local cheeses so Gibsons signed on with a distributor called Local Food Connections that works with farmers offering artisan producers. Much of that product is sold online.\n\n\u201cNo one in the local foods market, artisan foods or small farms is seeing a lot of profit,\u201d she said.\n\nValue adding is the future, said Gibson.\n\n\u201cAny outlets for the smaller guys is going to have to be something with value added,\u201d he said.\n\nSign up now for the FREE Farmtario eNewsletter, your daily Ontario farm and production news delivered to your inbox and you will be automatically entered to WIN a New Holland Compact Tractor PLUS Mower!"}
-{"text": "The Icom CT-17 CI-V Level Converter allows the connection of the IC-718 to a personal computer RS-232C port. In fact, up to four Icom CI-V transceivers or receivers can be connected via the CT-17 at once!\n\nThe CT-17 comes with a DC power cord and mini jumper cable (to connect to the 718). The user must supply a serial cable to the computer, a 12 VDC power source and software.\n\nThe CT-17 includes the Data Format and Command Table for those who wish to write their own software. Currently ICOM does not offer 718 control software. However, 718 software is available from third party developers.\n\nPlease note that some items shown in the above illustration are optional."}
-{"text": "SURVIVAL\n\nThe exhibition of fourteen Chilean artists at Galer\u00eda Enlace proposes and links a variety of ideas that signify and assume resistance and survival in art and in life. Survival is the conservation of life following a difficult situation or significant moment, and this exhibition was born from a special moment in art in which the boundaries of creation were expanded, rocketing into unheard-of territories.\nThe survival of painting is alluded to by Hern\u00e1n Gana, Catalina Prado, and Lorenzo Moya. In their passion for their trade, they invite us to walk down paths of which our gazes were perhaps previously unaware.\nHuman beings\u2019 survival in the works of Catalina Mena introduces us to the quotidian, to daily domestic violence. Eugenia Vargas addresses the woman-object in artificial situations, while \u00c1ngela Wilson recounts those who have disappeared, offering an exaltation of memory.\nThe vastness of nature is taken up by four artists: Alicia Larra\u00edn, in the region of El Maule, where her testimony of desolation takes on a beautiful air; Mauro Boscar\u00edn, photographing the disasters of the earthquake, seeking adventure and playfulness in that space, and restoring order from chaos. Meanwhile, on the experimental side of things, Amelia Err\u00e1zuriz takes inspiration from deterioration and disorder, painting images with her brush and using a video-painting and stills to offer up movements full of mystery. Rodrigo Bruna, on the other hand, draws and uses earth to reconstitute his memories and lost stories using archival materials.\nThe support media are the point of departure in the works of four more artists, who create pieces drawn with words, situations of impressive visual content such as the homage to Cesar Vallejo, made from marble by Hilda de Rochna, where modules transform into sequences, alluding to the cadences of the written word. Consuelo Lewin opts for the fragility of cardboard to honor the poet Rainer Mar\u00eda Rilke in her work. Marcela Krause, using the unusual medium of plastic, recalls Japanese poetry with a restricted use of color; while Elena Covarrubias expresses her creativity through re-collage, a technique that reelaborates the collage in elliptical forms."}
-{"text": "Lily Wedge\n\nby Anyi Lu\n\nColor Selected: Blue calf\n\nSelect Size:\n\n3535.53636.53838.53939.54042\n\nSelect Width:\n\nM\n\nStock Status:\nSelect a size and width\n\nDon't see your size? We may be able to special order it for you. Call our Customer Service Dept at (888) 400-2623 or email us if you prefer.(please note: sale items are discontinued and cannot be special ordered)\n\nShoe sizes vary by style\u2014they run long, short, wide or narrow. We test fit size 8.5 shoes, and sometimes recommend ordering a larger or smaller size. Look for this information on any product page. (e.g. Fit: Runs long, buy a half size down.)\nIf one foot is larger than the other, always fit the larger foot.\n\nThe letters \"4A\", \"3A\", \u201c2A\u201d, \"B\u201d, or \"C\" below the sizes refer to the width of the shoe. The following chart explains the various widths Arthur Beren carries:\n\nWomen's\n\n4A or SS\n\n= Extra Narrow\n\n2A or N\n\n= Narrow\n\nB or M\n\n= Medium (Standard)\n\nC or W\n\n= Wide\n\nFitting Tips\n\nGet sized regularly by a professional, preferably using a Brannock device. It is important to measure the width of the foot and to take into consideration the type of arch you have.\n\nWear the right socks. Consider your plans and activities and wear the most breathable and absorbent socks or stockings for the occasion with the appropriate footwear. If going bare, keep clean and dry.\n\nCheck the construction. Look at the sole and heel of the shoe to see what kind of terrain the shoe is meant to handle. Also look inside to assess the lining and upper elements of the shoe, checking to see how they will address your needs. A leather lined shoe will generally last longer than one without lining, though the unlined shoe may be lighter and more appreciated in warmer climates.\n\nWalk around. When trying on a new pair of shoes, always try on both pair and walk around a bit - always on a clean indoor surface of course. Flex your arch and toes to see if the shoes feel good while you move about. Try shoes on in the afternoon or evening. Feet swell to their largest as the day progresses, so you will get a better reading of your true size once your feet have warmed up to the day.\n\nSome Specifics\n\nAllow some time to break in a great pair of leather shoes--the best ones are a little tight in the beginning. By doing it right you\u2019ll have shoes that are molded to your feet perfectly. See the How To Care tab for advice on proper shoe maintenance.\n\nIf the upper of the shoe is made of elastic or an elastic-blend fabric the shoe should fit snugly and need no breaking in. Shoes should never squeeze or cramp your toes.\n\nIf your shoes are slightly too loose in the in-step, a toe pad can be added to create a better fit, preventing any unnecessary friction.\n\nFor more heel and arch support or extra cushioning, consider custom fitted orthotic inserts, or even some gel inserts to target the problem.\n\nA former competitive ballroom dancer, Anyi Lu has always understood that shoes must fit, support, and flex naturally. She brings her experience and technical insight\u2014along with a love of fashion and old-world craftsmanship\u2014to the design of the shoes and sandals that bear her name. Each pair is made in Italy from premium leather; lightweight, ultra-flexible \u201csacchetto\u201d construction makes them a joy to wear. Poron memory-foam insoles cushion your feet, and professional-quality support\u2014usually found only in top-of-the-line dance shoes\u2014ensures comfort while protecting back and joints."}
-{"text": "SPRINGFIELD-Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday rejected as \"baloney\" GOP criticism this week about the slow speed at which his administration is enacting Medicaid cuts.\nOn Monday, Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) and House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Lemont) questioned whether the governor was deliberately delaying the removal of as many as 300,000 ineligible Medicaid recipients from the state dole to avoid alienating those potential Democrat voters at election time.\n\"That's complete baloney, and she knows it,\" Quinn said in Chicago, referring to Radogno, \"and the Republicans know it.\"\nThe GOP leaders said \"scrubbing\" the Medicaid rolls could result in savings of as much as $350 million during this budget year but questioned how those savings could be realized if the process doesn't fully get underway until January as the Quinn administration proposes.\nTop Quinn aides previously branded Monday's partisan attack as \"100-percent false\" and said the Department of Healthcare and Human Services acted within the required 90-day timeframe after Quinn signed the Medicaid cuts into law to hire a company to oversee the eligibility-screening effort.\nLast Thursday, the state hired Reston, Va.-based Maximus Health Services in a two-year, $76 million deal.\n\"We're going at full speed. We don't want anyone on the rolls that isn't qualified or eligible for the Medicaid program. But in order to carry this out, you have to properly follow the contract rules, the procurement rules of Illinois, [and] make sure the people are well trained so they do their job right,\" Quinn said.\n\"They know this. This is all politics,\" the governor continued, ratcheting up criticism at his GOP critics. \"We're about seven weeks away from the election. That's what they're doing . It's all politics. They know full well that Pat Quinn, the governor of Illinois, is ferreting out fraud and waste anywhere he sees it in state government.\""}
-{"text": "Have a blast at these 10 local fireworks displays\n\nWhen tents start popping up next to gas stations along country roads, you know it's fireworks season.\n\nBut sometimes it's best to let the pros handle the big shows.\n\nThe Madison area is full of events where you can watch the colorful displays and hear the booms, from summer festivals to Fourth of July celebrations.\n\nMost of the 10 events listed below around Dane County for 2017 are free to attend and also offer live music, food and kids activities. Fireworks will kick off around dusk (most start between 9:20-10 p.m.), so be sure to get there early and check the event websites just in case they are canceled due to unfavorable weather. And have fun!"}
-{"text": "Films Showing\n\nPUNCH-DRUNK LOVE\n\nPUNCH-DRUNK LOVE\n\n2002 / 95min / 35mm\n\nDIRECTOR: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON\n\nCAST: ADAM SANDLER, EMILY WATSON, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, LUIS GUZM\u00e1N\n\nPaul Thomas Anderson went small and Adam Sandler went serious, and the results were the best work either of them have ever done, a heartfelt little love story inspired by the real-life tale of California\u2019s Pudding Man, starring Sandler as rage-o-holic Barry Egan, Emma Watson as the girl who calms him down, and an unforgettable performance from Philip Seymour \u201cShutShutShutShutShutUp\u201d Hoffman playing the mattress-monger heavy."}
-{"text": "it seems very easy and very cool\nas a treat for my kids, not sure i could keep it over night\n\nDSabraski\n\nposted:\n\n6/9/2011\n\nLove this recipe and its so easy!\n\na cook\n\nposted:\n\n6/6/2011\n\nI made this for a bbq/pool party and it was a huge hit. I like mint so instead of using the regular oreos I used the ones with mint. That was the first thing everyone picked out of the taste and absolutely loved it! And the green flecks in the layers looked pretty too. I'm looking forward to trying this with the peanut butter oreos also.\n\na cook\n\nposted:\n\n6/2/2011\n\nI like to consider myself a dessert connoisseur but sometimes it's really nice to whip out an amazing treat in a short amount of time and without spending a fortune on the ingredients. I did add a layer of Coffee ice cream between each of the cookie and pudding layers which worked well. It was a crowd pleaser and took home first prize at our office dessert competition...20 desserts total.\n\nJodyrenee8806\n\nposted:\n\n5/24/2011\n\nSO easy and delicious! I topped (and sided) mine with extra OREO crumbs and gave it such a decadent look! It looks awesome when you cut it too. Very good, simple, and appealing!\n\npakeif01\n\nposted:\n\n4/19/2011\n\nJust made this cake and put coconut grass with a chocolate Easter rabbit on top and am so excited can hardly wait for the grandkids to eat it!\nSO MANY WAYS TO DRESS IT UP!\n\nbethcolon\n\nposted:\n\n3/18/2011\n\nI made this for our New Year's eve party and it was a huge hit! No one could believe that it was made with ice cream sandwiches. They thought that it was so much more complicated. And said it tasted better than store bought. Today I am making it for my son's birthday bc he said he wanted this one instead of the usual ice cream cake from the store. AND it couldn't be easier or quicker to make\n\naltsmalls\n\nposted:\n\n3/12/2011\n\nI've made this probably 20 times now and it gets rave reviews every time.\n\ncedaraspen\n\nposted:\n\n2/23/2011\n\nI have made this dessert a couple of times and everyone absolutely loves it! It is rich but so very tasty. A little goes a long way on this one! So yummy!!!"}
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-{"text": "Trove of Emily Dickinson manuscripts to appear online\n\nShare via e-mail\n\nAmherst College said the Emily Dickinson project at Harvard makes little mention of its role.\n\nEmily Dickinson was well known for her reluctance to publish her work. Only a smattering of her poems appeared in print during her lifetime, anonymously and likely without her knowledge. A fellow author scolded her for her reticence: \u201cYou are a great poet \u2014 and it is a wrong to the day you live in, that you will not sing aloud.\u201d\n\nNow, Harvard will sing aloud for Dickinson. This week, the university plans to roll out the Emily Dickinson Archive that digitally gathers, for the first time in one place, all surviving Dickinson autograph manuscripts and letters, along with contemporary transcripts of Dickinson poems that did not survive in autograph. The website says the aim is to provide a resource from which scholarship can be produced.\n\nThe development of the digital collection has not been without bumps and resentments \u2014 many rooted in the conflicts over ownership of Dickinson\u2019s work that date to the late 19th century and reflect the deep and abiding fervor that her work inspires.\n\nThe project got underway nearly two years ago when Harvard approached Amherst College, another major repository of Dickinson manuscripts. After a prolonged back-and-forth, during which Harvard commenced planning the digital project, Amherst in July agreed to share its collection for inclusion. It estimates that its manuscripts comprise 40 percent of the Emily Dickinson Archive.\n\nWendy Maeda/Globe Staff\n\nThis version of \u201cSnow Flakes\u201d was typed between 1887 and 1896, and is at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.\n\nGet Fast Forward in your inbox:\n\nForget yesterday's news. Get what you need today in this early-morning email.\n\nColin Manning, a Harvard spokesman, declined to comment on the controversy.\n\n\u201cFor the first time, most of Emily Dickinson\u2019s original manuscripts will be available in open access on a single site,\u201d he said. \u201cThe manuscripts as Dickinson actually wrote them can be examined and studied by students and scholars worldwide, which is incredibly exciting. A number of partners worked cooperatively over the last two years to make this project a reality. Bringing together manuscripts from multiple libraries and archives makes this new site a powerful tool for students, scholars, and readers.\u201d\n\nAdditionally, the written agreement called for Harvard to share its digital collection with Amherst. As of last week, Harvard had not done so, according to Kelly, prompting Amherst\u2019s lawyer to call Harvard\u2019s lawyer and inquire of their whereabouts. Manning said a hard drive containing the Emily Dickinson manuscripts was sent by FedEx last week.\n\nThe conflict echoes the longstanding dispute between Harvard and Amherst over who may lay more rightful claim to Emily Dickinson. When Dickinson died, her sister, Lavinia, discovered hundreds of her poems.\n\nTodd enlisted the help of Thomas Wentworth Higginson and the two edited the poems \u2014 changing punctuation, amending the text, and adding titles. They published three volumes of Dickinson\u2019s work, the last in 1896. Two years later, a dispute arose between Todd and the Dickinsons.\n\nTodd said Emily Dickinson\u2019s brother had promised her a piece of land and failed to deliver, according to Martha Nell Smith, a professor of English at the University of Maryland and executive director and coordinator of the Dickinson Electronic Archives.\n\nWhen the Dickinsons asked Todd to return her trove of Dickinson material, she refused, Smith said. In 1956, Todd\u2019s daughter gave the collection \u2014 some 850 poems and fragments and 350 letters \u2014 to Amherst College, where Dickinson\u2019s grandfather had been a founder and her father and brother served as treasurers.\n\nMeanwhile, the manuscripts that remained in the Dickinson family \u2014 some 700 poems and 300 letters \u2014 ended up being sold to Gilbert Montague, a distant cousin of Dickinson, who gave the trove in 1950 to Harvard, his alma mater.\n\nEver since, the two institutions have jockeyed for the mantle of most complete Emily Dickinson collection. Up until a few decades ago, Harvard suggested that Amherst did not have rightful ownership of the collection because \u201cMabel never gave it back to the Dickinsons,\u201d said Smith, who is a consultant to Harvard on the digital collection. As recently as the 1950s, there was talk of a lawsuit over publishing rights, Kelly said. \u201cThere\u2019s always been a hint of animosity over these manuscripts.\u201d\n\nWhich has helped to fuel the most recent controversy over the digital project, he said.\n\n\u201cWhat it boils down to is Harvard claiming total control over all aspects of Emily Dickinson and we don\u2019t agree,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cShe belongs to the world.\u201d\n\nThe new digital collection comes as Dickinson\u2019s popularity is soaring, said Smith. People from 16 countries flocked to a conference on Emily Dickinson this year at the University of Maryland; some 65 percent of the attendees were scholars, but another 35 percent were lay people, she said.\n\n\u201cHer popularity swells and wanes \u2014 right now, she\u2019s more popular than ever,\u201d Smith said. \u201cShe\u2019s both easy and difficult to read. The difficulty makes her beloved because many of her poems appear to be very simple and actually are challenging intellectually and poetically.\u201d\n\nBostonGlobe.com complimentary digital access has been provided to you, without a subscription, for free starting today and ending in 14 days. After the free trial period, your free BostonGlobe.com digital access will stop immediately unless you sign up for BostonGlobe.com digital subscription. Current print and digital subscribers are not eligible for the free trial.\n\nThanks & Welcome to Globe.com\n\nYou now have unlimited access for the next two weeks.\n\nBostonGlobe.com complimentary digital access has been provided to you, without a subscription, for free starting today and ending in 14 days. After the free trial period, your free BostonGlobe.com digital access will stop immediately unless you sign up for BostonGlobe.com digital subscription. Current print and digital subscribers are not eligible for the free trial."}
-{"text": "Jeffrey Johnson is a talented artist who has done a great deal of work for Hex Games. He may be best known for illustrating the cover of the ENnie Award-winning RPG Hobomancer and the Hobomancer Companion. Recently Jeffrey illustrated my novel Suicide Run: A Tale of the Hobomancers. I had some questions for him, and he was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to answer them.\n\nCarter Newton: Jeffrey, you've worked on several Hex products, including Hobomancer, in the past. Was your process different for this project than it would have been for a gaming supplement?\n\nJeffrey Johnson: Usually on the game supplements, there is no particular story that needs to be told. Both covers and interiors simply need to evoke the feel of the game setting and hopefully entice people into looking at and ultimately buying the books. Generally I\u2019ve been really lucky when working with the folks at Hex because the brief goes something like this: \u201cWe have this game, it\u2019s about such and such, here\u2019s a copy of the text, make something cool.\u201d So I read as much of the content as I have time for, jot some notes down, work out some ideas in my sketchbook, and maybe look for bits and pieces of reference on the internet. Speaking of internet reference, one of my friends told me that they always try to guess what kind of project I\u2019m working on based on what I pin on Pinterest. It\u2019s not just for girls planning their weddings, you know.\n\nThe process for this project WAS a little bit different, though. First off, I couldn\u2019t put the book down\u2014even that first (or second) draft was amazing! So I read through the book and some of the characters jumped out at me from the beginning, so they immediately landed in the sketchbook. The second read through was chapter by chapter, talking with you and picking out key scenes that hopefully wouldn\u2019t give anything away, but that also showed some of the terrific action and character in the text. The book is Bo Suicide\u2019s story, so mostly I wanted to focus on him.\n\nCN: You had extremely clear visions of several of the characters - better than even my own! What did you see in the story that gave you such a clear image of the characters? Were any of them clearer or stronger than others? Were you especially drawn to any of them?\n\nJJ: Montana Handle was the first drawing I sent you. I think he was inspired by a mix of Sam Elliot and watching a lot of \u201cNausicaa of the Valley of the Wind\u201d with my daughters. That\u2019s become part of the pattern for drawing characters in the worlds Hex designs. The Who Would Play Them In The Movie? (WWPTITM?) mechanic of QAGS always gives a handy jumping off point. I always loved Montana Handle though, and he\u2019s the most \u201cout of my head\u201d of all of the characters.\n\nBo Suicide didn\u2019t really become a person to me until about two thirds of the way through the book. In the scene at the section house he gelled as a young Dick Van Dyke. Looking for scenes to illustrate and keeping that look in mind and the feeling I got from that initial illustration really helped make him a likable character for me. It\u2019s really hard to do several drawings of someone you don\u2019t like.\n\nThe general Store owner could\u2019ve been any number of people I\u2019ve known in small towns in Missouri, Alabama or West Virginia.\n\nOne of my friends posted a recent photo of Star Trek\u2019s Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) and she was just so calm, and in command, and refined. She was George Porter, no doubt about it. Then later, talking to you about some trouble with the drawing, you said something like \u201cless serene, more Bruce Lee,\u201d which really fleshed out the idea a lot.\n\nCN: Your image of the monsters in this story is gripping. I actually rewrote sections of the story to more closely reflect the picture you'd drawn because it totally gave me the creeps. Where did that come from?\n\nJJ: There were a few iterations in my sketch book. At first I was thinking something more spidery with long spindly legs, like the war walkers from War of the Worlds. Those sketches gave way to something more like a horseshoe crab\u2026Often as I\u2019m sketching I tell myself stories about what things look like, how they\u2019re connected to the world, and what purpose different parts serve.\n\nMany of my monsters, especially the ones for the Hobomancer world, are based on fish. I guess part of that is a Lovecraft influence, but let\u2019s be honest here\u2026fish are terrifying. I remember thinking that it should definitely have little, beady eyes, and it should seem nearly unbeatable, all teeth and fire, grabbing arms and claws. Its only real purpose in the universe is to hunt and to eat.\n\nThanks, Jeffrey! To learn more about Jeffrey\u2019s work, visit his blog and his Etsy shop.\n\nThis is the conclusion of my interview with Carter Newton about his new novel Suicide\u2019s Run: A Tale of the Hobomancers (on sale now!) In Part One, Carter and I talked about using the Hobomancer setting for a novel; in Part Two, we talked in more depth about the characters, and some of the challenges Carter faced in bringing them to life. In Part Three, we talk about Good Jungle, the human response to disasters, and the fascist plot to overthrow FDR.\n\nLeighton Connor: Let\u2019s talk about Good Jungle. Good Jungle, for those who haven\u2019t read the book, is the massive and surprisingly developed hobo camp that the characters visit early in the story. You mentioned to me awhile back that your depiction of Good Jungle was inspired by your research into how people react in a disaster. I\u2019m curious what you meant by that.\n\nCarter Newton: There\u2019s this idea in pop culture that when a disaster happens, the worst in humanity comes out, we go all Mad Max, and every man for himself, and only the preppers shall survive. It makes good movies, good comic books, and good TV. It\u2019s also wrong. And not a little wrong. The trope of the lone wolf human with no connections is basically a fiction invented by Hollywood so that you can get away with a character with no back-story. It\u2019s a crutch for writers who are on deadline and just need to get it done.\n\nIn the real world, people are social creatures, and thousands of years of living as social creatures has taught us to look after those around us. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the US Gulf Coast, in those first days the response was... let\u2019s go with \u201cuncoordinated at the federal, state, and municipal levels.\u201d That conveys the message without adding value judgements the way that words like \u201cshameful\u201d or \u201cridiculous\u201d or \u201cham-fisted\u201d or \u201cwould be laughable if not for the fact that people were dying because of the gross ineptitude\u201d do.\n\nSo, anyway, in the aftermath of this disaster, people started by checking on their neighbors. And then community leaders (or emerging community leaders) started setting up communal kitchens to feed those who didn\u2019t have power or food, and then they started putting together medical clinics, for lack of a better term, for first aid or those who were sick or needed their medications. And then there would be a place for gathering, whether that was for worship or discussion of the situation, or just to sit someplace with someone who understands you and share a cup of coffee. And being New Orleans I suspect music broke out somewhere in there.\n\nIf you look at a refugee camp, or in the historical record at a Hooverville or Bonus Army camp, or more recently at an Occupy Wall Street camp, they all have basically those same elements. Also, they describe the perfect Hipster urban landscape, minus the disaster, but you know. So, when I started thinking about Good Jungle, I had this rich vein to draw from to help think about the layout and the character of the village. There are communal wash tubs for laundry and hygiene. There\u2019s a communal kitchen which is basically continually making a batch of stone soup - everybody puts in what they can. But as you get deeper into the village, there\u2019s a school, and a hospital tent, and merchants and craftsmen, a lending library, and a baseball field, and a garden for food crops. And it\u2019s a little bit fantastic, but less than you might think.\n\nSuicide has this image in his head that the camp would be full of lazy, indolent men, and he\u2019s surprised first that it\u2019s families with women and children. And then he\u2019s surprised by the fact that there\u2019s all this enterprise - a tailor who offers to make him a suit, a blacksmith who is equally comfortable making a wrought-iron decoration as tinkering a pot. And there\u2019s commerce, essentially shops specializing in different wares like bags for travelling. And Suicide is stunned because it isn\u2019t simply a place where people sit doing nothing, it\u2019s a functioning city where they take in the victims of the rolling disaster that was the Great Depression.\n\nThe baseball field may have been pushing it. Well, maybe not. Soccer games break out in refugee camps all the time. Okay, I feel all right about the baseball field.\n\nLC: I assumed you had just made up the whole thing. As I said before, I\u2019m impressed by your commitment to doing research and working real history into your fantasy story. What really blew my mind, though, was when you told me that the Business Plot was real. Without too many spoilers, can you explain what that means?\n\nCN: The Business Plot was, basically, an attempted fascist coup to overthrow FDR in 1933. It might have worked except for the fact that the plotters were stupendously dumb. The plotters attempted to install as the figurehead of their coup the most decorated Marine in the history of the United States Marine Corps, General Smedley \u201cOld Gimlet-Eye\u201d Butler. In addition to being the bestselling author of War is a Racket, a book which calls out industrialists who use undue influence on American foreign policy to use the military might of the US to achieve their business ends, he was also a personal friend of Franklin Roosevelt. So as the figurehead of a fascist coup, probably not the best guy.\n\nLet this be a lesson to you. If you plan on a coup, Google the guy you plan on putting out there as the figurehead. The thing of it is, that\u2019s the only boneheaded move they made. If they\u2019d picked a different, politically ambitious man - of whom there are usually no shortage among the general staff - it probably would have worked. Butler was incredibly popular, and capable of delivering a stirring speech, and believed deeply in the Constitution.\n\nThe point is that the Business Plot was a coup attempt on FDR which was real, and serious, and dangerous. As a nation, we got very very close to losing our democratic republic.\n\nLC: I don\u2019t want to give away the details, but the Business Plot ends up being an important part of your story. How had you heard of this attempted coup in the first place? What about it made it seem right for a Hobomancer novel?\n\nCN: I first heard about the Business Plot on the Tank Riot podcast. They did a profile of General Smedley Butler, the \u201cFighting Quaker.\u201d One of the things they talked about was his involvement in this sort of apocryphal coup attempt led by a bunch of wealthy, powerful industrialists. Only, the thing of it was, the names of the wealthy, powerful industrialists weren\u2019t recorded because there was no reason to trouble them with such allegations. So I was thinking that this conspiracy theory was a pretty good setting for telling a story of a man on the run. Suicide is the very definition of a low-level flunky who makes a good scapegoat.\n\nOh, by the way, author Sally Denton in her book about the coup, The Plots Against the President, used FOIA requests to get access to many of the actual investigation files. The FBI and congressional investigations determined that the threat was real and that the thing that stopped it was General Butler.\n\nLC: Good job avoiding spoilers there. One more question, and we\u2019ll wrap this up. I imagine that people who are familiar with Hobomancer will want to read this book, to see how you\u2019ve brought the setting to life. But what about people who have never heard of Hobomancer, who--as hard as may be to imagine--have never even spent any time thinking about hobos? How would you describe the book to a person like that, and why should they read it?\n\nCN: This is a book about train-hopping hobo wizards in 1930\u2019s America. It\u2019s a story of a man wrapped up in events beyond his reckoning. It\u2019s an adventure to save the United States as we know them. It\u2019s a fast paced race that will leave the smell of coal smoke in your nose and the sound of the whistle singing in your ears.\n\nLC: Excellent. Thanks for your time, Carter, and for giving such thoughtful answers. And thanks for writing the book. I greatly enjoyed it, and I think other people will, too.\n\nThis is the continuation of my interview with Carter Newton about his new novel Suicide\u2019s Run: A Tale of the Hobomancers (on sale now!) In the first part, which you can read here, Carter and I talked about how Carter went about translating an RPG setting into a novel and turning character sheets into real characters. In Part Two we talk more about the characters, and the particular challenges Carter faced as a white male trying to write a convincing black female character.\n\nLeighton Connor: One of the things I really enjoy about the book is the way you make the hobomancer characters so mysterious--since the book is from Suicide\u2019s point of view, we only gradually learn about them as he gets to know them better, and we never learn all their secrets. Without getting into too much detail, which of the hobomancer characters was the most fun to write?\n\nCarter Newton: That\u2019s hard! You basically just asked me to pick my favorite child. All of the hobos were fun in different places and for different reasons. Nugget was fun, because there\u2019s some real fun in writing a curmudgeon. Scoreboard has a couple of very subtle jokes that I hope somebody catches and says, \u201cHey, you know...\u201d I think Montana Handle ended up being the most like how I envisioned in the beginning. His WWPHITM was Christian Kane in Leverage. With a dash of Aragorn.\n\nEven the bad guys are fun to write. Particularly as they start posturing and jockeying for position.\n\nOkay, fine, it\u2019s George Porter. She\u2019s my favorite.\n\nLC: George Porter is an African American female, and you\u2019re a white guy. When you were writing her, were you concerned that she would come across as . . . well, as a white guy\u2019s flawed perspective on being a black woman in the 1930\u2019s?\n\nCN: Concerned? Are you kidding? I was terrified.\n\nThere\u2019s a section in the Hobomancer rulebook that says, essentially, it was bad to be a hobo, it was worse to be a female hobo, it was even worse to be a hobo person of color, and to be a hobo woman of color was unspeakable. So in a moment of unbelievable hubris I said, \u201cOkay, the leader of this crew of hobomancers is a woman of color.\u201d And then I started writing, and after about ten pages or so, I realized what I\u2019d done and that I needed to stop and read a lot to avoid some of the really bad traps in fiction.\n\nLC: Like what?\n\nCN: There\u2019s a particular trope in fiction in which a person of color exists to do something magical for the main - usually white - character. Think Bagger Vance or Uncle Remus. And after I\u2019d started re-reading what I\u2019d done with George Porter, I realized that by definition I\u2019d done exactly that. And then I kicked myself for about a week and a half.\n\nAnd after that I realized that it was important to keep George Porter, but also to make sure she went beyond the trope. I spent a lot of time on explicitly feminist websites reading about modern feminist theory and intersectionality. And then I thought about it a lot. Like about five months a lot. I spent a lot of time with my mouth shut reading about the experiences of women in disenfranchised groups, and letting those stories inform how I approached George Porter. I owe writers and commenters at websites like Jezebel and Shakesville an enormous debt of gratitude.\n\nBasically, what I had to do was to make sure that George Porter had her own story, and that it reflected both the reality and the possibilities of the time, and that it wasn\u2019t about Suicide. There\u2019s a professional interaction very early in the book that sort of sums up this sort of institutional underestimation of the capabilities of people of color. And it occurred to me that kind of day-in and day-out aggression by white people would lead to so much resentment, but if George Porter acts any of that resentment out...well, look at the statistics on lynching in America in the 20th century.\n\nLet\u2019s be clear, it was hard for me to face this history of racism and sexism and responses to them to write George Porter as well as she deserved to be written, but it\u2019s nowhere near as hard as it is for disenfranchised people to actually live it. I hope I\u2019ve represented the experiences of those who educated me in a way that makes them feel heard.\n\nLC: Well, I thought you did a good job, but I\u2019m another white dude, so I\u2019m probably not the best person to ask. You mention that you did a lot of reading for your portrayal of George Porter. One thing that struck me, when I was reading the book, was how much you seemed to know about the 1930\u2019s in general. I know that if I were writing a novel set in that time period I wouldn\u2019t have been able to come up with nearly that level of detail. How much research did you do, and how much did you already know going in?\n\nCN: Approximately one thousand years ago I got a BA in history, but the 1930s in America was neither my region or my time period! I still really enjoy history, and an uncomfortable amount of my pleasure reading seems to be about US history between, say, the end of the Civil War and World War II. You know, the really happy, uplifting parts. The first half of the 20th Century in American history I find really interesting, because it feels a lot like the country trying to figure out how to be a nation and taking these grudging half steps towards being better at fulfilling the promise that all men and women are treated equally before the law and have equal access to the tools to achieve their potentials. Something else we\u2019ve totally got covered now.\n\nThe history of those faltering steps is largely a tale told against the backdrop of disaster and tragedy which sort of forces the hands of the powerful. John M. Barry\u2019s book Rising Tide is one of those great books which takes the story of this natural event, the Great Flood of 1927 along the Mississippi River, and breaks down all of the economic impacts of the disaster, and what flood control means for the maturation of the Federal Government\u2019s role in state issues, and the social implications for the people who live through it. I mean, you have this huge African-American diaspora from the Mississippi Delta to the industrial cities of the north, and from that you get things like Otis Spann, the piano blues player - without whom you\u2019d have no Little Richard, and no Rock and Roll, and you have Detroit, which prospers partially because of this sudden influx of labor, and you also get Motown, without which you and I live in a very boring world!\n\nAlso Wikipedia. Everybody should give them five bucks, at least once a year. I can\u2019t tell you how many bizarre questions I typed into Google only to discover that, why yes, someone has written an article on Wikipedia about urban planning in Hoovervilles in the industrial North East. Wikipedia is the modern Library of Alexandria. Go give them some money.\n\nAnd, with that call to action, we draw to a close again. Be sure to check in tomorrow to see Carter and me talk about Good Jungle, the aftermath of disaster, and the real-life plot to overthrow FDR in a fascist coup.\n\n]]>sjohnson@hexgames.com (Steve)InterviewsFri, 03 Apr 2015 04:24:34 +0000We\u2019re All In This Together: An Interview with Carter Newton, Part 1http://deathcookie.com/index.php/features/interviewslist/253-we-re-all-in-this-together-an-interview-with-carter-newton-part-1\nhttp://deathcookie.com/index.php/features/interviewslist/253-we-re-all-in-this-together-an-interview-with-carter-newton-part-1\n\nConducted by Leighton Connor\n\nCarter Newton is not only a co-creator of the award-winning RPG Hobomancer but also the author of Suicide\u2019s Run: A Tale of the Hobomancers. Suicide\u2019s Run is the first novel Hex Games has published, and it is on sale now.\n\nI was Carter\u2019s editor on Suicide\u2019s Run, but, more importantly, I\u2019m a big fan of the book. When I sat down to interview Carter we had plenty to talk about. I\u2019ve split the interview up into three parts. In Part One, we talk about the inspiration for the novel, going beyond the character sheets, malefactors of great wealth, and more.\n\nLeighton Connor: Hex has released supplements for games before, but this is the first time we\u2019ve published a novel based on one of our games. Carter, what was it that inspired you to write a novel about hobomancers?\n\nCarter Newton: The setting for Hobomancer is so rich, and so big, it just seemed to call out for a deeper exploration. I picked this one particular corner, but there are so many corners! I mean, I started this novel in November of 2012, which predates the publication of Hobomancer, because at some point in writing the RPG I realized that there was just so much I wanted to do with this world that wouldn\u2019t fit in the core book. I\u2019ve been between regular gaming groups since about 2010. I didn\u2019t have anyone to play with to explore this world with me. We talk about RPGs being shared storytelling; being alone I had no option but to do it myself!\n\nHaving said that, I still got a little of that shared storytelling element. So many things have been done with Hobomancer since then that were inspiring. Best example of that is the Rail Dragon. Steve created that creature in response to a challenge on Reddit to reinvent dragons. I read the post and emailed Steve, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m going to need to use that, if it\u2019s okay by you.\u201d\n\nAlso, I was hoping to cash in on some of that sweet Dragonlance (tm) money. I have since been informed by experts in the publishing industry that perhaps I should revel in the joy of my art.\n\nLC: What you say about \u201cso many corners\u201d is a good point. When I read the book, I was impressed that it definitely felt like a Hobomancer story--the setting, tone, and types of characters are all straight out of the game--and yet it was completely different from what I expected in a Hobomancer novel. You managed to find that balance between bringing the game to life and, at the same time, telling your own story. Did you have any problems with that? Were you ever concerned that you weren\u2019t sticking close enough to the game or, like some of those Dragonlance novels you mentioned, you were too close to the source material?\n\nCN: Particularly early on, I had terrible problems with that, particularly with the characters. I don\u2019t want to get boring with a bunch of process stuff, but I started by writing the first couple of thousand words, and then went back and made character sheets for the characters. I looked at them last week and laughed at how far some of the characters had diverged - or evolved, maybe - from their original concepts. But yeah, there were a couple of moments that were really frustrating where I found myself torn between what was on the character sheet and what the story needed. Then I had this breakthrough: \u201cJust write the story. Think of the stuff that doesn\u2019t fit the rulebook as \u2018house rules.\u2019\u201d That was a tremendous help. Suddenly I felt free to go beyond the character sheets I\u2019d drawn up. Which explains the gap between the 2012 character sheets and the 2015 novel.\n\nBut it caused some challenges, yeah. The editors were both like, \u201cI don\u2019t understand this one character\u2019s power. He sounds like a Train Whisperer, but then he does all this crazy stuff with dreams, and I don\u2019t get it.\u201d And I sort of had to say, \u201cWow, you\u2019re really right. It works in the confines of the story, though, and we won\u2019t include a character sheet for him in the appendix, and if anyone asks, we can say that\u2019s for a future supplement.\u201d\n\nFortunately Hobomancer is a really good setting with rules that are built for fiction.\n\nLC: Let\u2019s talk about the characters. First, your main character, who goes by the name \u201cSuicide,\u201d is not even a hobomancer. He\u2019s the kind of guy who enjoys a life of luxury and looks down on hobos. Why did you decide you wanted that sort of character as your lead?\n\nCN: Some of it was Creative Writing 101 - what can I do make this character feel the most uncomfortable? Suicide going from being this very cushy, middle-class social climber to surrounded by this cast of characters that he would have considered on his good days to be beneath his notice. On a bad day, he\u2019d probably think of these hobos as vaguely subhuman, and now he\u2019s dropped into a world where not only does his life literally depend on them, but they\u2019re infinitely more powerful than he is. That makes him a character whose entire worldview is broken. That\u2019s a character who can have all kinds of revelations about what society means, and the value of his own work, and can see very immediately the consequences of his behaviors - where previously he was protected by his social status, now he\u2019s seeing the people who lived with those consequences.\n\nAnother thing I decided very early was that I didn\u2019t want this to be the story of Suicide learning to be a hobomancer. I was much more interested in telling a story where the main character never got comfortable with the weird stuff going on around him. Let\u2019s be honest, Suicide would rather be at a Rotary Club meeting than off fighting monsters. Even so, we also get to follow along while this character learns to be a - well, maybe not a hero, but at least a stand up guy.\n\nLC: Would I be correct in thinking that Suicide\u2019s characterization also contains an element of social criticism? I mean, call me crazy, but it seemed like you may have some points to make about wealth and power.\n\nCN: So, it wasn\u2019t as subtle as I hoped, huh?\n\nWell, look, here\u2019s the thing... I\u2019d like to be wealthy. Lots of us would like to be wealthy. But I\u2019m from the \u201cUncle Ben\u201d school of \u201cwith great power comes great responsibility.\u201d Suicide starts as Ebenezer Scrooge; he could not care less about his fellow man, unless his fellow man is useful to him in some way. Suicide is basically abusive to anyone beneath him on the social ladder - essentially all power and no responsibility. The time period the story takes place in is the hangover of one of our most notorious gilded ages, and is literally a tale of resisting the kind of men Theodore Roosevelt called \u201cmalefactors of great wealth,\u201d men willing to slag anyone and anything in their quest to build larger empires and bigger piles of hoarded wealth. Here we are a generation later, with a different Roosevelt in the White House, and we still have rich men deciding that wealth makes them moral, regardless of who may get hurt. All power, no responsibility.\n\nThe lesson Suicide learns through all of his experiences is \u201cwe\u2019re all in this together.\u201d Also, maybe, to live by the sweat of his own brow. I don\u2019t want to fetishize manual labor - I\u2019ve done my share, and it\u2019s not awesome. But there is a certain honesty that Suicide has to learn to say, \u201cI achieved this by skill, not by saying I was clever and letting someone else take the heat.\u201d\n\nLC: I\u2019m just thankful we don\u2019t have to deal with those \u201cmalefactors of great wealth\u201d in our modern world.\n\nAnd on that sarcastic note, the first part of our interview draws to a close. Be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 2, in which we talk about research, racism and sexism, Carter\u2019s favorite character, and Wikipedia.\n\nThe world\u2019s oldest epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh, was written in its standard version sometime between 1300 and 1000 BC. Much more recently, in 2012, Leighton Connor adapted the epic into the RPG adventure GILGAMESH! Now, two years later, Leighton has followed that up with GILGAMESH!: The Lost Tablets, a supplement that includes additional plot summaries, characters, and GM notes.\n\nI asked Leighton about these two books, and here\u2019s what he had to say.\n\n1. How did you come to discover the Epic of Gilgamesh?\n\nLeighton Connor: I\u2019d heard the name but I never really took notice of it until my wife was in seminary, and I audited an Old Testament class. There was an excerpt from the epic in our textbook. I got somewhat obsessed with Gilgamesh, based on that excerpt, though I didn\u2019t actually read the whole story until years later.\n\nI next encountered Gilgamesh in 2008 when I became a teacher. The first excerpt in our World Literature textbook was, fittingly enough, from the Epic of Gilgamesh. This time I was motivated to go out and get a copy of the epic, specifically the Stephen Mitchell translation. I read it and, what do you know, I loved it.\n\nJosh Burnett was a co-writer of the ENnie Award-winning Hobomancer, and now he has written the first Hobomancer supplement, the Hobomancer Companion, all by himself. The Companion includes new hobomancer powers and secret hobomancer signs, new monsters and sample evil sorcerers, a new optional rule called Histories, and the complete adventure \u201cBad Train a-Coming.\u201d\n\nI had a few questions for Josh, and he was kind enough to answer.\n\n1. Josh, you\u2019re one of the five writers who worked on Hobomancer. What were your main contributions?\n\nJosh Burnett: I contributed little bits here and there, but the monster section was my biggest contribution. I wrote most of that. I also wrote and drew the intro comic.\n\n2. For you to spend so much time working on these books, you must like hobos. What is it about hobos that makes them so appealing?\n\nJust in time for October, Hex Games has released Sharktoberfest, written by Steve Johnson and illustrated by James and Lindsay Hornsby. I\u2019d never really given much thought to shark movies before, but reading the book I was struck by how much time Steve has clearly put into analyzing the genre. I wanted to know more about this project came together, and Steve was gracious enough to answer my questions.\n\n1. Sharktoberfest is an adaptable adventure that allows players to recreate the thrills of a shark movie. Why shark movies? What makes the genre compelling?\n\nSteve Johnson: Shark movies can be compelling in a lot of different ways, but I think Quint\u2019s line from JAWS about a shark\u2019s \u201clifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll\u2019s eyes\u201d is the thing that separates shark movies from other monster-type movies about real animals. Most of the other familiar big, scary critters in the real world are mammals, so even though they\u2019re terrifying, we kind of understand them because they\u2019ve got the same basic instincts and biological drives and in some cases even mannerisms that we do. If a lion attacks someone in a movie, there\u2019s a sense of emotion and purpose behind it--it\u2019s scared or hungry or protecting its territory. Sharks are completely alien to us, so they\u2019re easy to portray as cold, emotionless killers who live to cause senseless destruction.\n\nAn interview with Steve Johnson and Leighton Connor, conducted by Jeffrey Johnson\n\nI remember back in the olden times when if you wanted behind the scenes information about movies or games you had to settle for the little snippets in Starlog, or on E! entertainment TV and piece the whole story together bit by bit. Every now and again, you\u2019d get really lucky and there\u2019d be an interview with George Lucas or Dan Aykroyd or something. These days, we have to settle for the 2+ hours of behind-the-scenes extras plus commentary from the cast and crew on the DVD. Where\u2019s the adventure?\n\nWhile I feel some entitlement to moan about how much easier kids have it these days, the fact of the matter is I love DVD extras. It\u2019s awesome hearing about how the guys from Pixar went on a road trip and hammered out the stories for their first four major movies. It\u2019s inspiring to see the development of the sets and artwork for The Lord of the Rings. It\u2019s hilarious to hear Mr. Lucas claim that he always had a plan for the Star Wars prequels. So, if the movies can do it, why not games? Games are about story and visual development. Even better, by talking about how they are developed, why some decisions were made, who inspired them, and what it\u2019s all about, maybe it\u2019ll make it easier to add your story to the experience.\n\nThe making ofHobomancer, a game about a secret society of magical hobos, was the result of a lot of late night talks at conventions, during car rides, and over e-mail. A labor of love years in the making, it was finally released in 2012, and stands as one of the biggest books that Hex has produced.\n\nRobert McCabe is the creator and author of Spy Racers, the latest release from Hex Games. Spy Racers, as you may have guessed from the title, is a game of espionage and race car driving, set in the same stylish version of the \u201860s as McCabe\u2019s earlier Sex, Lies and Ultraspies. Spy Racers is, in the author\u2019s words, \u201call about beating the clock, whether it\u2019s crossing the finish line in first place or destroying the villainous mastermind\u2019s doomsday weapon in the middle of an active volcano!\u201d Robert McCabe is a busy man, but he graciously made time to answer a few questions for us.\n\n1. Spy Racers is filled with background information about racing, especially as it existed in the 1960s. Is it safe to say that you\u2019re a racing fan? If so, what kind do you like best?\n\nI wouldn't say I'm a huge racing fan, but I definitely have been following it off and on throughout the years. I remember when I was young, my parents took me to a race in Wisconsin. It was called Can Am. There were these really cool looking cars with big engines. My mom was a big fan of Mario Andretti and he was there. I ended up rooting for a guy named Johnny Rutherford, who eventually won that race. I was definitely hooked after that! After the Can Am series went away, I started following Formula One and Indycar Racing. I even went to the Indy 500 once, although I haven't been to many races live. I end up watching it mostly on TV. I've never been much of a Nascar fan, although I do love the movie Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. \"You were wrong Ricky Bobby...I watched the Highlander movie. It was sheeet!\"\n\nHorror and documentary film producers Chris Bower and John Holt of A\nGood Size Productions have just premiered their new web series,\nHorrorhut. The first show went online on Friday, May 27th at www.horrorbid.com,\nwith more episodes coming soon. I recently harnessed the power of the\ninternets to ask producer, host, and sushi expert Chris Bower a few\nquestions about the show. ]]>sjohnson@hexgames.com (Bucky Manitoba)InterviewsMon, 27 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0000"}
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-{"text": "Syrian Asylees Produce Child Refugee Documentary\n\nAbout 11 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of a civil war in 2011 \u2013 including a family that settled in Silver Spring.\n\nTo bring awareness to the eight-year anniversary of the conflict\u2019s beginning, the brother-sister duo of Mouhanad Al-Rifay and Oula Alrifai are screening their documentary about child refugees from their home country this month in the town that took them in 13 years ago.\n\n\u201cTomorrow\u2019s Children,\u201d released in 2018, was directed by Al-Rifay, executive produced by Alrifai and edited by Hawa Tour\u00e9, a friend Al-Rifay met through the Montgomery County school system. The experiences of the Al Rifa\u2019i family inspired them to give back to those affected by the war in Syria and raise awareness about the resulting injustices.\n\nRunning from the Regime\n\nAlrifai was 17 and Al-Rifay was 14 at the time they moved to the U.S. in 2005. Their parents publicly opposed the Assad regime, which created conflict between the family and the country\u2019s oppressive leadership.\n\nWhile Al-Rifay was excited to leave Syria and move to the U.S. as a political asylee (a person who is seeking or has been granted political asylum), Alrifai approached the migration with uncertainty.\n\n\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to expect,\u201d she said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t coming here on vacation \u2013 we were coming here permanently, and I didn\u2019t know anyone.\u201d\n\nThe siblings started school within a few weeks of settling in Silver Spring: Alrifai at Montgomery College and her brother at Montgomery Blair High School. He left after a year to attend a D.C. private school and then finished his high school education at Albert Einstein High School in Kensington.\n\nAdjusting to life in the U.S. was difficult, but Al-Rifay found comfort in the support of his teachers and Alrifai felt welcomed by the diverse community of students around her.\n\nCivil War Commences\n\nAs time away from Syria passed, Al-Rifay attempted to \u201cforget about that country.\u201d When the civil war broke out in 2011, however, he felt connected to his homeland again.\n\n\u201cWe never believed that country actually loved us, based on our experiences,\u201d Al-Rifay said. \u201cWhen people rose up, we felt like we could belong again to our homeland. We were very proud of what they were doing, and we wanted to help out in any way.\u201d\n\nAlrifai and Al-Rifay mobilized the Syrian-American community and human rights supporters to protest in D.C. after the conflict began making global news. They also founded the Syrian-American Network for Aid and Development that same year. The nonprofit was created to collect donations for refugees, and it now focuses on child labor rights and education for children displaced by the war.\n\nOula Alrifai meets children in Turkey | Photo courtesy of \u201cTomorrow\u2019s Children\u201d film team\n\nDocumentary Develops from Turkey Trips\n\nIn 2013, on one of several trips to Turkey as the conflict progressed, Alrifai felt inspired to capture child refugees\u2019 struggles she was witnessing after they left Syria and became trapped in a cycle of child labor. She originally set out to conduct short interviews with some of the children, later realizing there was enough material for a short documentary.\n\nAlrifai\u2019s personal experience fleeing oppression in Syria inspired her to give children a platform to share their stories.\n\n\u201cI left Syria when I was a teenager and didn\u2019t have a voice at that that time in deciding what to do or if I could stay \u2013 I had to do what my parents told me and leave with them,\u201d she said. \u201cThe children of Syria or the refugees were going through a similar dynamic where their families are fleeing, and the kids have to just get out.\u201d\n\nThe documentary-makers handled an array of challenges during the four-year period between filming and the release of \u201cTomorrow\u2019s Children,\u201d including technical issues, cultural barriers while filming in a foreign country and internal conflict of covering a subject matter that hits close to home.\n\nTour\u00e9 joined the project as its editor years after initially meeting Al-Rifay, replacing its original photographer. They met at Montgomery Blair but first got to know each other while studying at Montgomery College. They both transferred to the University of Maryland, College Park, where Al-Rifay first told Tour\u00e9 about his idea for a documentary.\n\nAfter moving back to the U.S. following time living in her family\u2019s native country of Guinea, Tour\u00e9 reconnected with Al-Rifay when their paths crossed once more \u2013 this time as coworkers at a nongovernmental organization in D.C.\n\nAl-Rifay and Tour\u00e9 worked together to develop a vision for the footage they had, and they combined their skills to produce the final product.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t speak any Arabic, and Mouhanad doesn\u2019t have editing skills, so he had to sit with me at each point while I was editing the film to let me know exactly where to cut it,\u201d Tour\u00e9 said.\n\nThe film premiered in 2018 and was shown at the Global Peace Film Festival and the San Francisco International Festival of Short Films.\n\n\u201cThe children are always an important part of any case, any issue, any story,\u201d she said.\n\nThis project allowed Tour\u00e9 to better understand this situation that had not impacted her directly and brought her closer to Al-Rifay.\n\n\u201cI always knew him but I never knew the impact that coming here had on him and all the things his country was going through,\u201d she said.\n\nCounty Welcomes Refugees\n\nMontgomery County residents will have the chance to see the documentary at 6:30 p.m. on March 25 at Denizens Brewing Co. in Silver Spring. Al-Rifay looks forward to sharing the documentary to the community that welcomed his family, as well as other asylees and refugees.\n\n\u201cWhat made me feel very proud of being here was the number of refugees this county took in, at a time when the whole country was saying \u201cno,\u201d he said.\n\nOver 1,400 refugees and individuals with special-immigrant visas settled in Montgomery County between October 2011 and September 2016, according to the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees. Gov. Larry Hogan asked the federal government to stop refugees from migrating to Maryland in November 2015, but the Montgomery County Council and Executive said they would welcome them a week later.\n\nAlthough the Al Rifa\u2019i family \u2013 and other asylees or refugees \u2013 originated from another country, they feel accepted by the county.\n\n\u201cYes, I come from Syria, but technically I grew up here,\u201d Al-Rifay said. \u201cMontgomery County is home.\u201d\n\nAbout Bryan Gallion\n\nBryan Gallion is a Spring 2019 intern for Montgomery Community Media. He is a senior multiplatform journalism major with a professional writing minor at the University of Maryland. Bryan can be reached at bgallion@mymcmedia.org.\n\nAbout MyMCMedia\n\nMontgomery Community Media (MCM) is the only independent, nonprofit organization providing access to public media (public access television and broadband media) directly to Montgomery County's over one million residents as well as the resident non-profit organizations, associations and businesses.\nOur purpose is to engage, educate and empower individuals and the community to express diverse viewpoints."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nMonday, April 29, 2013\n\nGlory Daze - 2\n\nThis series concerns the notion of a daze or a trance that can not only fall upon individuals, but also this series concerns the notion of a daze or trance that can fall upon groups, nations, and civilizations.\n\nYes, \"Katrina response\" behavior evolves into \"Sandy response\" behavior, that is, doing the same thing repeatedly, but expecting a different outcome each time.\n\nObservance of this phenomenon is not of recent origin.\n\nFor example, in January of 1859, a French philosopher by the name of Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, famously said: \"the more things change, the more they stay the same.\"\n\nPart of the reason for chronic cultural habit is a cultural trance or daze that is, to put it in the vernacular, social ideas perpetuated in a rut.\n\nThe notion of \"the glory days\" has been one of the shovels that digs those ruts, so that a society does the same thing over and over expecting a different result each time.\n\nThat is what Einstein said is insanity.\n\nSo, let's take a look into where the insanity rut comes from:\n\nWhat doesn't go unnoticed is the fact that some of the character traits exhibited by serial killers or criminals may be observed in many within the political arena. While not exhibiting physical violence, many political leaders display varying degrees of anger, feigned outrage and other behaviors.\n\nThey also lack what most consider a \"shame\" mechanism. Quite simply, most serial killers and many professional politicians must mimic what they believe are appropriate responses to situations they face such as sadness, empathy, sympathy, and other human responses to outside stimuli.\n,,,Psychopathy is a personality disorder manifested in people who use a mixture of charm, manipulation, intimidation, and occasionally violence to control others, in order to satisfy their own selfish needs.\n\nAlthough the concept of psychopathy has been known for centuries, the FBI leads the world in the research effort to develop a series of assessment tools, to evaluate the personality traits and behaviors attributable to psychopaths.\n\nInterpersonal traits include glibness, superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, and the manipulation of others. The affective traits include a lack of remorse and/or guilt, shallow affect, a lack of empathy, and failure to accept responsibility.\n\nThe lifestyle behaviors include stimulation-seeking behavior, impulsivity, irresponsibility, parasitic orientation, and a lack of realistic life goals.\n\nRegular readers know that Dredd Blog has looked at this dynamic of talking the public into a war they never want to get into:\n\nThe enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the Deity to regenerate our victims, while incidentally capturing their markets; to civilise savage and senile and paranoid peoples, while blundering accidentally into their oil wells.\n\nThe problem with doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result, comes from a dark pathological psychology.\n\nIt is basically knowing the wrong thing is being done while expecting a good result from that bad psychotic behavior.\n\nSome of our music reflects this Groundhog day senseless repetition.\n\nFor instance, compare the issues mentioned in the lyrics from a 1971 song to today's social issues:\n\nEverywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanityTax the rich, feed the poor\nTill there are no rich no more\n...Population keeps on breedingNation bleeding, still more feeding economy\nLife is funny, skies are sunny\nBees make honey, who needs money, monopoly\n...World pollution, there's no solution\nInstitution, electrocution\nJust black and white, rich or poorThem and us, stop the war\n...\nI'd love to change the world\nBut I don't know what to do\nSo I'll leave it up to you\n\n(I'd Love To Change The World, by Ten Years After, lyrics: Alvin Lee, 1971). Those were the issues 42 years ago ... years before personal computers, before cell phones, before the Internet.\n\nRemember the 1859 quote at the beginning of this post: \"the more things change [e.g. technology], the more they stay the same [social problems]\", because there is some truth to it.\n\n(c) Copyright\n\nAll original material is copyrighted by Dredd Blog. You may quote or use the material so long as there is a link back to Dredd Blog for every post you use. This is, among other things, to verify that no Dredd Blog text was changed. It must remain the same, no editing. Note that Dredd Blog has no commercial purpose. If it so happens that Dredd Blog may quote copyrighted material from other writers, it is only for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research.\"Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include\u2014\n\n--the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;\n\n--the nature of the copyrighted work;\n\n--the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;\n\n--and the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.\n\nThe fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.\" (17 U.S. Code \u00a7 107)"}
-{"text": "Finger-prick tests for blood glucose monitoring may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to scientists who have developed an adhesive skin patch that measures glucose levels every 10\u201315 minutes.Created by researchers from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, the novel patch has proven to be a feasible noninvasive strategy for blood glucose monitoring in tests of both pig and human skin.\n\nStudy co-author Prof. Richard Guy, of the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, and colleagues recently reported their findings in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.\n\nIt is estimated that around 30.3 million people in the United States are living with diabetes, and there are around 1.5 million new cases diagnosed every year.\n\nType 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, accounting for 90\u201395 percent of all cases; it arises when the body is no longer able to use insulin effectively, or it fails to produce enough of the hormone, causing blood glucose levels to become too high.\n\nThe burden of the finger-prick test\n\nTo manage the condition effectively, people with diabetes need to monitor their blood glucose levels regularly. This involves the use of a blood glucose meter, which tests a drop of blood released through a needle prick of the finger.\n\nThis form of testing can be a burden for people with diabetes; research has shown that a fear of pain and needles, the cost of blood test strips, and the inconvenience of the self-monitoring process are barriers to good blood glucose control.\n\nAs such, researchers have been striving to find a noninvasive method for blood glucose monitoring.\n\n\"The closest that has been achieved has required either at least a single-point calibration with a classic 'finger-stick,' or the implantation of a pre-calibrated sensor via a single needle insertion,\" notes Prof. Guy.\n\nThe new skin patch created by Prof. Guy and colleagues, however, has the potential to change the face of glucose monitoring.\n\nPatch accurately tracks glucose levels\n\nThe skin patch consists of miniature sensors that use electric currents to \"draw out\" glucose from fluid that is secreted from cells on hair follicles.\n\nThe patch collects the glucose in small \"reservoirs\" and measures levels every 10\u201315 minutes. The hope is that this patch will be able to send glucose readings to a user's smartphone or smartwatch and let them know when they need medication.\n\nImportantly, the patch does not pierce the skin. What is more, its ability to measure glucose from such a small area on hair follicles makes it highly accurate, so there is no need to confirm the readings via blood sampling.\n\nProf. Guy and colleagues confirmed the patch's accuracy by testing it on pig skin. They found that it was able to track glucose levels at ranges seen in humans with diabetes, and with high accuracy.\n\nFurther testing on healthy human participants found that the patch was able to accurately track glucose levels over a period of 6 hours.\n\nLooking forward, the team hopes to extend the glucose monitoring period to 24 hours, as well as enhance the number of sensors it holds to increase accuracy further.\n\nWith such modifications, the researchers believe that their skin patch could provide a much-needed noninvasive glucose monitoring technique for people with diabetes."}
-{"text": "How ludicrous would it be for a person to hold a grand opening for a new business then leave for vacation the next day or go to a job interview without having read the job description? Equally absurd is the way many people get married each year without any knowledge of or preparation for the realities of marriage. Couples make elaborate wedding and honeymoon plans but none for a life together. Additionally, many are looking for spouses to marry without looking at their responsibilities in a marriage.\n\nBased on fairy tales spun by the media and pop culture, young women dream of finding their Prince Charming and living happily ever after. We think that once we are married, everything will just sort itself out. Some of us think that marriage is a solution or an escape or that our spouses will\n\"complete us.\" Compounding this are values of mainstream society and their effect on the psyche of adolescents. Years of struggling with issues of dating and pre-marital sex in school as well as constant bombardment through films and\ntelevision of unrealistic images of what love, sex and marriage are have affected our outlook on marriage and the opposite sex. So, when the time comes to get married, we often carry unrealistic expectations of what being married will be like and how our spouses will be.\n\nMany young Muslims are not prepared for marriage and have not cultivated the skills to create a lasting relationship. While the general American population has the\nworld's highest divorce rate, 48.6 percent, Muslims in the United States come in not too far behind at 33 percent. One in three Muslims marriage here will end in divorce- not surprising considering we are living in a\n\"divorce culture\" where independence and individual happiness often come first. When the marriage does not fulfill the\nindividual's needs, the marriage is questioned. Terms such as \"starter marriage\" are becoming more common in the Muslim community as divorces among newlywed couples, after only months of being married, increase. Furthermore, couples in multicultural marriages are experiencing complex issues because of their background differences and often find little support from their families and communities because of certain cultural ideas about marriage. These couples often become resigned to ending the marriage. Newlyweds sometimes\ndon't readily acknowledge that they must work on the marriage for it to survive. Many divorce when marriage is not what they expected or harder than they imagined. Divorce is now considered a plausible option among young Muslims, unlike the generation before them. Now, more than ever, we should prepare ourselves and our children for the realities of marriage. Preparing for marriage is as important as having an accurate road map before driving cross country.\n\nPreparing for marriage is more than searching for a spouse; it begins with discovering who you are as a person.\n\nUndergo Self-Reflection\n\nPreparing for marriage is more than searching for a spouse; it begins with discovering who you are as a person and what you will bring to a marriage. Identify what innate beliefs you hold because these are the things that are least likely to change about you. Your values and beliefs are your compass in life and will determine your lifestyle and the choices you make. Understanding what is important to you clarifies the type of person with whom you will be compatible. Reflection is a process of self-growth that can be difficult, but it shows maturity and a true understanding of the intensity of marriage. Ask yourself these questions:\n\"What is my personal set of life values?\" \"What are my fears?\" \"What are my\nstrengths?\" \"What are my weaknesses?\" Identifying your flaws is equally important because it provides you with personal goals for self-improvement. It will also provide your future spouse insight into your weaknesses, as well as the things that may never change about you.\n\nEstablish Compatibility\n\nBefore you can determine the type of person you are compatible with, you first need to understand what compatibility is. It\ndoesn't mean you will be exactly like your spouse, but rather, that you share many similarities and hold mutual respect for your differences, It is important to find someone who shares your core values and beliefs and whose long-term goals correspond with yours. Having complementary values and goals helps married couples grow closer to Allah because they will constantly strive in the same direction and have fewer disagreements in their marriage. True and realistic love will be found in the everydayness of marriage when sharing common interests and doing interesting things together. But, be careful if you find yourself making excuses for incompatibility or you start believing that the other person will change once\nyou're married. People rarely change. Qualities in a potential spouse that do not align with your core values and beliefs are red flags because that person is about as unlikely to change as you are. When making a decision about an element of incompatibility, ask yourself;\n\"Can I maintain my beliefs while married to this person even if he/she doesn't\nchange?\" Acknowledge that you simply can't control your spouse's way of being. Being able to maintain mutual respect for your differences will likely prevent many tensions in the marriage.\n\nUnderstand You- Expectations Ascertain the expectations you hold for marriage. Many couples enter a marriage with unspoken and usually unconscious expectations of what their spouse is going to provide and fulfill. Honestly examining your expectations of marriage and your potential spouse is a necessary step in preventing disappointment. Ask yourself,\n\"What do I think marriage will be like?\" \"Who and what have influenced these\nexpectations?\"\n\n\"What is my\nparents' relationship like?\" \"How does this play a role in what I expect in my\nmarriage?\" \"What does the term 'husband' mean to me?\" The answers to these types of questions will help spotlight your expectations about marriage and the basis for those expectations. Understanding your expectations and assessing how realistic they are is a vital step toward helping you enter into marriage with open eyes.\n\nCommunicate\n\nEverybody should acquire two critical skills before getting married:\n\nCommunication and conflict resolution. These are essential to making a marriage successful. You and your potential spouse will begin to understand how you each communicate as you get to know one another. Not communicating and misinterpreting communication will cause numerous problems in a marriage. This is the time to ask yourself;\n\"Am I good at communicating my feelings and thoughts?\" \"How do I resolve a conflict: do I ignore it, solve\nit?\" \"Am I a good listener?\" Understanding your approach and identifying your weaknesses are valuable because marriage carries the responsibility to communicate\nyour needs and frustrations with your spouse. It is equally important to understand your\nspouse's communication style and conflict resolution skills and how compatible they are to yours. Ultimately, the effort you and your spouse put in this area will form the backbone of your marriage.\n\nEntering into a marriage is a time to grow as an individual and to grow interdependently with a spouse. Having the courage to discover your expectations and weaknesses and taking responsibility for the direction of your marriage requires a mature approach. To grow spiritually in your marriage requires that you learn to be\nless selfish and more loving, even during times of conflict. Move beyond the fantasy and unrealistic expectations and realize that marriage is about making a conscious choice to love and care for your\nspouse-even when you do not feel like it. A marriage needs love, support, tolerance, honesty, respect, humility, realistic expectations and a sense of humor to be\nsuccessful.\n\nThese values will help a marriage survive\nconflict, disappointment and problems. Marriage is a beautiful relationship that Muslims should enter with an understanding of all of its dimensions. If Prophet Muhammad reminds us that marriage is\n\"half our faith,\" then how can we as Muslims go into something this central with a lack of preparation and understanding? We can only be good spouses once\nwe understand what it means to be married and mentally prepare ourselves for the\namazing journey.\n\nMunira Lekovic Ezzeldine is the author of Before the\nWedding: 150 Questions for Muslims to Ask before Getting Married. Munira has also\nwritten two Islamic Studies textbooks for the Bureau of Islamic and Arabic Education. She received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and is currently pursuing her\nmaster's degree in Marriage and Family Counseling at California State University, Fullerton. For the last eight years, Munira has worked with youth groups, teaching classes and mentoring. Her extensive speaking on the topics of marriage and gender equity coupled with her experience of being raised as a Muslim in the United States gives her the ability to connect with the young\nMuslim generation. Munira is happily married and has two children.\n\nSource Azizah\nMagazine- A unique publication\nthat presents the issues, accomplishments and the interests of Muslim women in\nNorth America.\n\nThe opinions expressed herein, through this article or comments, contain positions and viewpoints that are not necessarily those of\nIslamiCity. These are offered as a means for IslamiCity to stimulate dialogue and discussion in our continuing mission of being an educational organization.\n\nThe IslamiCity site may occasionally contain copyrighted material the use of which may not always have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. IslamiCity is making such material available in its effort to advance understanding of humanitarian, education, democracy, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17\nU.S.C. 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-{"text": "One of the great benefits of budgets to governments is the ability to bury the unpleasant under mounds of excess information. So much news comes out of most budgets that it takes considerable time to digest it all properly. The public attention span, never great, has been dramatically whittled away by technology that turns minutes into hours. Most people can barely focus long enough to absorb the bullet points of a budget that could extend for hundreds of pages.\n\nSo people may have noted in passing that last week\u2019s federal budget glossed lightly over the issue of MP pensions and compensation. But then it was on the other things, like the giant, fantastic disaster of the government\u2019s jet procurement program, for instance. Tory MPs may not like the attention they\u2019re getting over that mess, but can comfort themselves in knowing their retirement plans won\u2019t be affected. And guess which issue they care about more.\n\nPensions have become a major issue across the country. While just about everyone hopes to ease into retirement at some point in life, financing that dream has looked increasingly imperiled. The question of how to pay for their old age affects most of the population, except for politicians. Governments across the land have become increasingly vociferous in their alleged determination to cut costs by reining in the pay and benefits enjoyed by public servants, except themselves. British Columbia is at war with teachers. Ontario is girding for battle with doctors, teachers and bureaucrats alike. Ottawa plans to dump more than 19,000 civil service jobs, and reduce the cost of the rest.\n\nBut federal Members of Parliament still get a free ride. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shows no fear of a confrontations with union leaders or provincial counterparts. He recently re-opened his unseemly sparring match with Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, declaring, \u201cI\u2019m waiting for the Ontario government to grow up, quite frankly, this is a sad government, badly mismanaged now for almost nine years. The result is the rating agencies around the world are looking at the Ontario government and going, actually we don\u2019t even trust your credit-worthiness.\u201d\n\nUpsetting his fellow MPs is evidently a more fearsome task, however. Mr. Flaherty told Global News in a post-budget interview that he\u2019s still working on plans for MPs, and there will be changes in due course.\n\n\u201cWe have to have some more consultations, discussions about the age, but we\u2019re moving the age for public servants up and the intention is to do the same for Members of Parliament. We have to you know be consistent if we ask that public service to go in a certain direction that we go in the same direction as well. The most important thing though is the contribution to the pension plan because that\u2019s a lot of money and that will make a huge difference. So the public service will move toward a 50 percent contribution and we will too as Members of Parliament; that will be accomplished gradually, starting in 2013, but we will be there at 50 percent by 2016. That\u2019s a lot of money.\u201d\n\nSpot the difference. The government was brave enough to raise the eligibility age for Old Age Security from 65 to 67 over an extended period. It had no trouble summoning the nerve to increase the retirement age for civil servants and reveal plans to make them pay more for their pensions. But when it comes to MPs, much more care and caution is required. There need to be \u201cmore consultations.\u201d Concern has to be shown for MP expectations, and their ability to adjust.\n\n\u201cMembers of Parliament get elected on a certain basis with certain expectations and they have families and so on. The key is that the next group of parliamentarians who will get elected in 2016 or 2015, whenever it is, the next election that they will know what the rules are as they get elected and as they seek public office, this is only fair. But we\u2019re not waiting until then. We\u2019ll start the changes next year, 2013.\u201d\n\nWhy all the delicacy? Why the wait? What makes the career expectations and family concerns of MPs so much more critical than those of every other Canadian? Mr. Flaherty\u2019s pledge that he\u2019ll get around to this stuff next year sometime \u2014 if other issues don\u2019t intrude, presumably \u2014 is hardly reassuring. Delay is a tool politicians often deploy when they\u2019re hoping to avoid action. Mr. Flaherty notes that getting MPs to pay 50% toward their own (rich, guaranteed) pensions (collectible at age 55 and after just six years in office) is \u201ca lot of money.\u201d He\u2019s correct on that, as many teachers will know, since they\u2019re already contributing at that level. MPs make much more than teachers \u2014 $157,000 plus perks for MPs, versus about $90,000 for teachers in Ontario. If teachers can afford to pay at that level, what\u2019s the big problem for MPs that they need five more years to get there?\n\nOne canard in this discussion has been the extra $100,000 added on a prime minister\u2019s pension at age 65. The Liberals sought to make hay on this, not realizing it was their own revered Lester Pearson who introduced the provision, and the sainted Pierre Trudeau who lowered the qualifying age from 70 to 65. Pearson may have needed the money; Trudeau certainly didn\u2019t, nor did later Liberal leaders John Turner or Jean Chretien, both of whom made a tidy pile while not in office, or shipping magnate Paul Martin. Of all the longer-serving prime ministers dating back to John Diefenbaker, in fact, Stephen Harper is probably the least wealthy. He lives on a salary; his prime ministerial pay may be the most he\u2019s ever made. Considering the vast riches other leaders amass by leveraging their years in office \u2014 think Tony Blair, Bill Clinton \u2014 an extra $100,000 for Canadian prime ministers doesn\u2019t seem out of line. And it\u2019s sure odd that the Liberals only noticed it once their boss wasn\u2019t the recipient, don\u2019t you think?\n\nThe Prime Minister is an exception, though. Other MPs have no excuse for continuing to feed at the trough while demanding other Canadians pull in their belt. And Mr. Flaherty has no excuse for making it possible."}
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-{"text": "Grace Road property suits a wide variety of purposes\n\nAthlone Advertiser, Thu, Oct 26, 2017\n\nProperty: The Tile Centre, Grace Road, Athlone\n\nPrice: \u20ac800,000\n\nSherry Fitzgerald O\u2019Meara bring this property situated on the Grace Road in Athlone to the market.\n\nFormerly Athlone Tile Centre, this property measures approximately 10,000 square feet and is situated on prime location just a short distance from Athlone town centre and adjacent to the River Shannon.\n\nThe property includes ample car parking and a secure yard on a site which measures circa 1.25 acres.\n\nThis property is suited to a variety of uses and is zoned as \u2018Enterprise and Employment\u2019 under the 2014-2020 Athlone Town Development Plan.\n\nThe property is ideal for commercial or mixed use, for general retail, or as a warehouse.\n\nFor more information on this property contact agent Ollie Moore on (086 ) 8595186."}
-{"text": "The Generation II glitch Egg, named \"EGG\" (Japanese: \u30bf\u30de\u30b4) is a glitch Pok\u00e9mon in Generation II with an index number of 0xFD (dec:253). It is data for an Egg assigned to hatch from another Egg, thus serving as a glitch Pok\u00e9mon, or the game's attempt for looking up information for Pok\u00e9mon 253.\n\nThe Generation II glitch Egg will take its typing and base stats from an earlier Pok\u00e9mon in memory (in at least English Pok\u00e9mon Gold and Silver and English Pok\u00e9mon Crystal). It does not have a valid backsprite or Pok\u00e9dex entry.\n\nThe backsprite of the Generation II glitch Egg may appear as a glitchy mess or reset/freeze the game (depending on the version).\n\nThe player is able to deposit all Pok\u00e9mon except for a Generation II glitch Egg into a box, or deliver a Pok\u00e9mon holding Mail to Randy on Route 31 to end up with only the Generation II glitch Egg."}
-{"text": "The 4 Fundamental Attributes of Customer Loyalty, Part 1\n\nBy Denis Pombriant\nJun 29, 2016 3:46 PM PT\n\nThis is the first post in a four-part series on modern approaches to improving customer loyalty through customer engagement.\n\nAs I see it, there are four basic capabilities, or attributes, needed to build better customer loyalty. I learned about them from two McKinsey researchers, David C. Edelman and Marc Singer, in \"Competing on Customer Journeys,\" an article published in Harvard Business Review last year.\n\nThose attributes, according to Edelman and Singer -- and I agree -- are the following:\n\nAutomation\n\nProactive Personalization\n\nContextual Interaction\n\nJourney Mapping\n\nWhat strikes me immediately is that only two of them are purely or largely technological (No. 1 and No. 4), while the others are organized as human-mediated processes. This strongly suggests that we can't simply throw technology at the problem to make it go away. Moreover, the human-mediated parts require a good deal of high-level thought to pull off. But this is getting too far ahead. The first item is automation, and it deserves a full examination.\n\nNo. 1 Automation\n\nMost thought leaders on customer loyalty will acknowledge the importance of automation, but few get us to the point of understanding that even in this respect, each business' automation will be vastly different from any other's. Why? Because circumstances such as products, business models, employees, and many other attributes form unique offers that have to be handled as one-of-a-kind ideas.\n\nThe purpose of automation always has been to reduce labor input to derive greater throughput from business processes, maximizing the utility of the resources we invest. On the employer side, this usually is called \"productivity,\" but automation can have the same impact on the customer side.\n\nSimply because a customer isn't on the payroll doesn't negate the importance of respecting a customer's time and effort; thus, automation is a great way to take some friction out of a business process on behalf of a customer -- and it works.\n\nThe Starbucks Mobile App\n\nStarbucks' app encompasses the company's revamped loyalty program. It was so successful that it left executives with the happy problem of having to explain a huge revenue bump in an earnings call last year.\n\nWith the app in place, year-over-year revenues for the company jumped by 17.8 percent, an unheard-of amount. The new automation elimiated a good deal of friction from the customer experience by letting users order and pay with their mobile devices rather than wait in lines. They showed their appreciation with more business.\n\nOf course, there was a strong dose of the other three attributes contributing to those financial results.\n\nFor instance, the app incorporated the customer journey to a high degree, affording the ability to personalize the Starbucks experience proactively. I'll address these ideas in a future column. For now, it's exciting to see such powerful results from the app's deployment.\n\nHilton Honors\n\nAbout the only thing that the Starbucks and Hilton apps have in common is that they run on iOS and Android. More importantly, each does a great job of anticipating customer needs.\n\nThe Hilton app helps people reserve rooms and check in without standing in line at the front desk. Further, customers can use the app to select a room on the property, as well as order room service or a morning paper. The app even enables the phone to function as a room key.\n\nWhat's powerful about both apps -- and what's often overlooked -- is that they are additive. For example, turning a smartphone into a room key, as Hilton has done, is not as complex as creating a cubist painting, but few businesses would go out of their way to build in that functionality alone.\n\nThe Hilton app's hidden benefit is that it acts as a platform on which the company can build all manner of solutions for customer outreach. More than a million people per month were using the Hilton app to check in when I researched it for my book, and that number is likely growing.\n\nThe same is true for the Starbucks app, which also is functioning as a platform.\n\nCustomer Engagement\n\nI'll revisit the idea of customer engagement again and again, and it's worth pointing out that the best automation is designed to make it easy for customers to reach out to vendors.\n\nCustomer-initiated engagement is more valuable than almost anything for developing relationships that lead to customer bonding and loyalty. The secret to developing apps that support customer loyalty is to focus on being present in customers' moments of truth -- the times when they need you most.\n\nFor Starbucks, that meant facilitating ordering and payment, remembering customers' favorites, and advertising new locations, among other things. For Hilton, it meant reducing friction in the hotel stay.\n\nIf you're looking for commonality between the apps, that's it: being in customer moments of truth. If you look at your own business, you'll find unique moments that you can take advantage of in the same way.\n\nDenis Pombriant is a well-known CRM industry researcher, strategist, writer and speaker. His new book, You Can't Buy Customer Loyalty, But You Can Earn It, is now available on Amazon. His 2015 book, Solve for the Customer, is also available there. He can be reached at\ndenis.pombriant@beagleresearch.com."}
-{"text": "What's the difference between a vector space and a field? They seem to have the same definitions. The only difference is that a vector space is over a field (what exactly does this mean?)\n\nThanks\n\nA vector space is an \"abelian group\" over a field, meaning the \"scalars\" are elements of a field.\n\nIf you never studied Field Theory, there is no way you can possibly understand what I just said. The reason why I am saying this is perhaps you are learning Linear Algebra and they mention \"field\" briefly but you do not understand. If that is the case I cannot explain any better. The meaning of a field happens to be a very very long explanation."}
-{"text": "JOKER\n\nI\u2019ve commented before about how while a majority of comic book films are decent, they all feel exactly the same. Just superheroes going up against a big bad and punching each other. The only time I\u2019ve ever felt the comic book film genre be transcended was The Dark Knight, which isn\u2019t a rare opinion, by any means. It\u2019s probably the most influential blockbuster of the 21st century, as it inspired the glut of gritty reboots and comic book films. That was 11 years ago, though, and it still has yet to be replicated\u2026 until now.\n\nArthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a severely mentally ill man, who makes a meager living in Gotham City as a sign-spinning, advertising clown. Living with his handicapped mother Penny (Frances Conroy) in a dilapidated apartment, he doesn\u2019t have the best life, which progressively gets worse as he loses access to his medications as social services are cut. He\u2019s a meek and mild man, but when he\u2019s attacked by a group of rich Wayne Enterprises employees on a train, he murders them in self-defense. This starts a massive movement of poor people protesting against the rich, particularly Thomas Wayne (Brett Cullen), who derides the protestors as clowns. Realizing his moment is now, Arthur transforms into the Joker, and he\u2019s out to punish Gotham for leaving him, and all of the other \u201cclowns\u201d, behind.\n\nWhen it was announced that Martin Scorsese would be executive producing a film about the Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips, I, along with everyone else, threw it in the pile of \u201cprojects that sound too interesting to be true\u201d, along with Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Star Trek venture. Well, it\u2019s actually here and it lives up to everything the people involved wanted to do. This is a 100% character driven comic book film, with no real action and low stakes. It\u2019s all about Arthur\u2019s transformation into the most iconic comic book villain of all time. That transformation wouldn\u2019t have worked without the right actor, and they got one of the best with Joaquin Phoenix. He was the absolute perfect choice to tap into Arthur\u2019s psyche and make his version of the Joker all his own. My favorite aspect was his uncontrollable laughing fits, where he really feels like a psychopath who isn\u2019t fully in control. When he is in control, though, he\u2019s terrifying. Whenever Arthur is on top of things, he creepily dances around, showing that he\u2019s finally free from his mind. The Joker\u2019s origins have often been left vague, which opens the character up to countless interpretations. He\u2019s a thin character by design so he can be explored in a multitude of ways, and seeing a full fledged transformation from a mentally ill man into the Clown Prince of Crime was fascinating to witness. As the Joker, he still has all of the mental problems that Arthur had, but he\u2019s now become the man he\u2019s always meant to be.\n\nAs Arthur slips more and more, he\u2019s finally able to become his true self, and you realize that it\u2019s not his fault that he ended up the way he did. He had been abused and abandoned his entire life, never given the proper love and respect he really needed. While his initial murders are committed in self-defense, making it satisfying for the audience, it doesn\u2019t take long for him to start targeting people who really don\u2019t deserve it, and in horrifically violent ways, to boot. It\u2019s one of those stories where you can initially sympathize with the morally reprehensible protagonist, but it\u2019s uncomfortable too, as you know who he\u2019s destined to become. I felt bad for him when the juvenile delinquents stole his advertisement sign and beat him over the head with it, I cheered for him when he shot the scummy rich folks, but eventually ended up horrified by his actions. Like I mentioned in my review of Hustlers, you can understand these people as actual humans and understand their motives, but that doesn\u2019t excuse their actions.\n\nIt all comes to head in the third act, when Arthur finally dons the green hair and purple suit, as the city protests turn into all out riots. It\u2019s a culmination of everything he ever wanted, all shown by his celebratory dance down a set of concrete stairs. He\u2019s not only finally able to be his true self, but now he\u2019s been elevated into a symbol, heavily echoing some themes from The Dark Knight trilogy. Both fortunately and unfortunately, this will be the only time we\u2019ll see Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s Joker, so I would have loved more screen time of him as the fully developed character, but what we got was truly magnificent. While I do love the character, there was just a thought I couldn\u2019t shake throughout. If you removed all of the Batman elements, you would essentially have the same movie. It\u2019s really about a mentally ill clown that becomes a murderer and incites a revolution, with some Batman lore sprinkled throughout. Some of those Batman elements felt a bit shoehorned in, such as Bruce Wayne appearing in a couple scenes, but I guess you can\u2019t really have a Joker movie without Batman appearing in some form.\n\nWhile Arthur is a character with a lot of depth, especially since he occupies nearly every frame of the movie, the rest of the film is very surface level and somewhat confused in what exactly it\u2019s trying to say. You could argue that this reflects Arthur\u2019s character and real-life people like him, who have a lot of issues and grievances, but aren\u2019t exactly sure what. The anti-rich protests that kick off from Arthur\u2019s murders feel very underdeveloped and shoddily incorporated into the narrative, as well as the themes of class warfare, which the film constantly states is a big deal. When Arthur monologues at the end about everything that drove him to this madness, it kind of just feels like an edgy teenager complaining after a long week of school and having an argument with his parents. It just ended up making me think, \u201cIs that what Phillips is trying to say?\u201d Again, it\u2019s a good reflection of Arthur\u2019s psyche, but not a good one on what the film was trying to accomplish. There\u2019s a clear Scorsese influence here, particularly Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy, even down to some iconic scenes and shots being recreated in their own ways. Robert de Niro even has a small row as a Johnny Carson-esque talk show host, and for the first time in what feels like forever, he actually looks like he\u2019s having fun and doesn\u2019t wanna take a nap! Joker isn\u2019t as thoughtful or deep as Scorsese\u2019s efforts, but the influence is clear.\n\nEven with some thematic shortcomings, on an aesthetic level, this is a viscerally brutal film that hits you over the head with its doom and gloom. Since this is a Joker film, there\u2019s bound to be some dark comedy here and there, but all of the humor here comes from really dark places. Unlike practically any other comic book film out there, especially the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), there\u2019s nothing fun about this film. It may be fun for comic book fans to experience the world they find so interesting in such a realistic way, but Phillips and his co-writer Scott Silver don\u2019t want you to have fun. They want you to experience a genuine, character driven story that can emotionally tap into a lot of our sensibilities. Arthur states to his therapist that all he has are negative thoughts, so exploring a character like that doesn\u2019t leave a whole lot of room for \u201cfun\u201d. This film just constantly felt depressing, bleak, and gross. The characters are awful to each other and only in it for themselves, exploiting them for their own benefit. Gotham is a cesspool of a city, clearly reminiscent of New York City at the time. The overall aesthetic just made me feel filthy and anxious. Phillips wanted to you to inhabit this world with Arthur, and you\u2019re placed right in the middle the entire time. With the amount of uncomfortable close-up shots, it\u2019s like you\u2019re right in his mind. Coupled with Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir\u2019s chilling score, everything here is just anxiety inducing, but in all the best ways.\n\nI never thought a comic book film would transcend the genre like The Dark Knight did, but 11 years later, Joker is the film to finally do it again.We have a film in the genre that really pushes it forward and throws aside all conventions. Christopher Nolan proved that action-driven comic book films could be taken seriously as legitimate art, and Todd Phillips proves the same thing here, except in the drama sector. Children are the target demographic of comic books and comics have been broadly appealing to the masses since their inception, but that doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s nothing of value to be found. There are dozens of comic book stories that seriously analyze their iconic characters and universes, elevating them past the simple sounding genre that is \u201ccomic book\u201d. They can make the characters feel like actual humans, and this is the most human comic book film yet."}
-{"text": "Chipotle Fundraiser Benefitting Class Gift\n\nShow this flyer and support the 2018 Class Gift Campaign by visiting the downtown State College Chipotle on Saturday, April 14 or Wednesday, April 18 from 4:00-8:00PM. The money raised from each will be split evenly between the 2018 Class Gifts: the HUB Alma Mater Display, an Endowment for the Student Farm, and Support for the Textbook & Educational Resources Fund."}
-{"text": "well, fox news really pinned the nail on the donkey this time. or something. here\u2019s some kid talking about his near death experience, where he found out that everyone in heaven is young (PHEW, no wrinkles guys!). he also got to meet john the baptist, god, and jesus. why wouldn\u2019t they all be together? and caring about this kid at all. this definitely makes sense.\n\nhere are some choice quotes:\n\u2018god is a very very big person. he can actually fit the entire world into his hands.\u2019\n\nreporter: \u2018wow. so many people want to know what you now know. what about jesus?\u2019\nkid: \u2018well, jesus, he had a rough but kind face, sea blue eyes, and a smile that lit up the heavens.\u2019\n\nreporter: \u2018and what about old people? they are not in heaven, right?\u2019\nkid: \u2018nope, just young adults.\u2019\nthen the dad says: \u2018the good news, gretchen, is that when you\u2019re up in heaven, it\u2019ll be the young version.\u2019\n\neverybody knows garfield. everybody loves garfield. if the garfield strip was removed from your local newspaper, it would create boycotts and petitions and the possibility of a car or two being upturned and set on fire. however\u2026 garfield is NOT FUNNY. as far as i can tell, garfield has NEVER BEEN FUNNY. over the years i\u2019ve pondered what makes comic strips like this, and most of it\u2019s newspaper companions, so dear to so many people. one day, i might share my theories, but not today! this post is less about human behavior, and more about fixing the problem of humor comics that lack the ability to make us feel anything but scorn.\n\nexhibit a:\n\nexhibit b:\n\nexhibit c:\n(at least with these old strips the art is so atrocious that you can get some pleasure out of looking at it. but in the end, old jim had to go and ruin that too.)\n\nokay. now that we can all agree upon the complete waste of time that is garfield, let\u2019s look at the projects of a few brave people who are actively working to solve this problem.\n\n1.) garfield minus garfield\u201cGarfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.\u201d\n\n2.) The Eagle_Fire Garfield Randomizer\u201c\u2026so this guy noticed that Garfield comics make just as much sense if you throw random panels together, and sometimes are actually pretty funny. He got a cease and desist letter. So he made the code available for people who wanted to try it for themselves. Here we go!\u201d\n\nso there you have it. i, for one, am glad there are people out there who have decided to dedicate their lives to fight for real, substantial change. thank you.\n\nWe grab some continental breakfast and split, heading to the nearest Sears Auto Center to get the van fixed. Hopefully we won\u2019t have to pay a lot for a muffler. or radial belt.\n\nIt turns out we won\u2019t really have to, but it will take an hour or so to get fixed. Which is great as it is just enough time to see what sort of things go down at the Muskogee Mall on a Tuesday morning. We nearly get lucky as a woman approaches us and tells us that we look like the pop-drinking type. We\u2019ve just met this lady and she already has us figured out. Turns out she\u2019s doing a taste-test for two new Mountain Dew flavors. We all jump for joy simultaneously. However, our jumping is short lived as we soon discover that we must live within a forty five mile radius of Muskogee to take part. We briefly consider taking up permanent residence in the area, but ultimately decide against it.\n\nTwo hours later and two hundred dollars lighter, we head out for Springfield. Spirits seem to be a bit lower than normal due to the Mountain Dew tasting not panning out, but we take comfort in the fact that retro arcade, 1984, is located at our next stop. That\u2019ll cheer us up.\n\npoor deluded fools...if they only knew...\n\nThe van has barely come to a complete stop and Tony and Scott have already hit the ground running in the direction of the legendary arcade. The rest of us catch up to find both guys holding one another, softly weeping. Turns out the place is only open Wednesday through Saturday and today is Tuesday. Dejected, we retreat to some coffee shop to kill several hours.\n\nWe play an open-mic at the Outland. An old-man, whose name escapes me, performs stand-up that is pretty amusing, until he veers off into homophobic territory. But he\u2019s rather old, so no one says anything.\n\nWe play then head to our old pal Andrew\u2019s place. When we awake in the morning, it\u2019s somehow colder inside his house than outside. Cecil takes a massively long (time-wise) dump and we then leave for St. Louis.\n\nwaiting for Cecil...\n\nArriving in St Louis slightly earlier than planned, we find a laundry mat and the weaker members of the band, whom shall remain nameless, do laundry. Greg and I simply watch.\n\nWe play a set at The Way Out club. After finishing, a gentleman who probably lacks a roof to sleep under, politely demands we play \u201cSmoke on the Water.\u201d I clumsily stumble through the chorus. Unimpressed, the man starts yelling louder. At this point, the bartender spots that he brought in his own beer and promptly tosses him out. I feel bad for not having fulfilled his request."}
-{"text": "Catholic bishops: No 'grand bargain' on contraceptives yet\n\nCommentator John Gehring asserts that Catholic hospitals and universities would not have to pay for birth control coverage for their employees under an accommodation with the Obama administration that requires insurance companies to pick up the tab (\"Finding common ground,\" Nov. 12). This is not true.\n\nNeither the Affordable Care Act nor the finalized implementing regulations contain any such provision. Rather, that arrangement is discussed in the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by the Department of Health and Human Services in March, which is not law.\n\nIt is true that the president held a press conference to announce the proposed compromise, commonly referred to as the \"accommodation.\" But it was never formally enacted into law.\n\nThe question of whether the publication of the proposed compromise constitutes sufficient grounds for dismissing religious employers' lawsuits as unripe is being litigated. But even the federal government concedes that the accommodation is not law and does not amend the Affordable Care Act or its accompanying regulations.\n\nThe Archdiocese of Washington is a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits challenging the mandate. For reasons unknown to us, the accommodation has been portrayed by many in the media and by the Obama administration \u2014 most notably by Vice President Joe Biden in his pre-election debate \u2014 as having solved the problem, when in fact it was never even implemented."}
-{"text": "Whole Selves Becoming Visible\n\nWhen Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal brought \u201cKontakthof\u201d to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1985, it was already seven years old. But New York audiences didn\u2019t care; they were still getting to know Bausch and her choreography. It was only the year before that the company arrived at BAM for the first time, performing four works (\u201cRite of Spring,\u201d \u201c1980,\u201d \u201cCaf\u00e9 M\u00fcller,\u201d and \u201cBluebeard\u201d). In 1985, the crash course continued, with five more dances, including \u201cKontakthof.\u201d In those first viewings, it was easy to feel overwhelmed. There was so much to take in: the powerful dancing, the ferocity and vulnerability, the sets, and, above all, the humanity.\n\nIn the years since then, Tanztheater Wuppertal has returned to BAM every two or three years, always with a work or works that New York hasn\u2019t seen before. The company\u2019s recent season in Brooklyn, which comprised nine performances of \u201cKontakthof,\u201d was the first time a piece had had a return engagement. As usual when the company is at the Opera House, the place was mobbed. A kind of hunger for Bausch\u2019s work takes hold in dancegoers here between visits, so that by the time the troupe comes back people are going crazy. This time around, it felt like the crowds were looking forward to seeing a dance they\u2019d seen before, one that had been part of their initiation into the world of Pina Bausch. Bausch died in 2009; unless, or until, the company begins to perform works by other choreographers, these reprises will be the norm.\n\nThe set for \u201cKontakthof\u201d is a vast room: high white walls with elegant molding, a curtained stage cut into the back wall, a large gray door next to it. A huge paned window looms from the side. The cast of twenty-three (eleven men and twelve women\u2014the men in dark suits, white shirts, and ties; the women in long silky dresses of different colors, and high heels) entered and sat down, some holding a rigid posture, some relaxing, crossing their legs. As an old song played, Julie Shanahan, in a pink dress, her blond hair loose, got up and marched downstage, where she presented herself as if for judging: she showed us her teeth, in a fierce rictus, and her hands; she turned to the side, slumping, then pulling her abdomen in and achieving a dancerly posture. Others followed, repeating the same series of positions, until the song ended, and we were off into another episode.\n\nThe German word Kontakthof can be translated as \u201ccourt of contact,\u201d or, more broadly, \u201cmeeting place\u201d; here, it was a dance hall. The setting and the music that Bausch used\u2014so-called Schlager, German hit songs of the twenties and thirties, foxtrots and tangos, many of them recordings of Juan Llossas and His Tango Orchestra\u2014reinforced the particular milieu, and provided a structure for Bausch\u2019s continued examination of who we are and how we behave. Again and again, women and men tried to achieve a connection, and, as is often the case with Bausch, the results were by turns absurd, silly, and disturbing. The company veteran Eddie Martinez, in thick black glasses, offered Anna Wehsarg a seat, and snatched the chair away as she sat, leaving her on the floor; she responded by getting up and sticking a finger in his nose. Silvia Farias Heredia and Ale\u0161 \u010cu\u010dek sat in chairs at either side of the stage, facing each other, directly under the proscenium arch. Slowly, shyly, they began to strip, \u010cu\u010dek pausing to remove something from his mouth, gum perhaps, and continued haltingly until Heredia had on only her slip and her partner was naked, abashed. They looked at each other, unsure of how much farther to go. The wide space of the theatre yawned between them; the stage behind them had emptied. The poignancy lasted as long as the song that accompanied them.\n\nThe short, lighthearted music that defined the segments of the dance kept things moving, but, as \u201cKontakthof\u201d progressed, the songs began to repeat, and we became aware of the passage of time. Women changed their dresses, their shoes. Sections were revisited. \u201cKontakthof\u201d is long\u2014nearly three hours, with intermission\u2014but it seemed as though we\u2019d been in this dance hall even longer, days or weeks. Which is not to say that the piece dragged; rather, it achieved a kind of eternalness. The temporal sprawl was matched by a spatial one, even though we were confined to this room. When a dancer opened the door in the back wall and exited, or entered from a heretofore hidden door at the side, we remembered the world beyond the stage, and grew curious: Where has he been? Where is she going? Through the window, which functioned as a mute observer of the goings on, the light kept changing, a further indication of time\u2019s advance; as dancers made their crossovers, we saw them dimly hurrying past.\n\nThe shifts in tone were stark. In a classic Bausch trope, the dancers strolled easily in unison, in a line, going through a series of everyday gestures\u2014a finger along a cheek, a hand on the hip, a friendly look at the person behind\u2014around and around in a big circle. The sweet, lilting vocals of \u201cGn\u00e4dige Frau, Sie Sind Ja So Sch\u00f6n\u201d heightened the already gentle, generous movement. But elsewhere there was angst, and sadness. Shanahan, who anchored the dance, sat with the others upstage, and began saying \u201cDah-ling,\u201d with different inflections\u2014flirtatious, grand, demanding. It was funny at first, but as it went on it became more desperate, and Shanahan began shrieking the word, moaning it. The entreaty never received an answer, and the sense of abandonment expanded to fill the room. As Shanahan broke down in sobs, the rest of the dancers began to sing \u201cMy Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,\u201d affectless. The desolation was complete.\n\nBausch leavened such crucibles of intensity with ease and humor. At one point, the company moved the chairs downstage and sat in a line, facing us, and began chattering away. Beginning at one end, Andrey Berezin, tall and rangy, a kind of authority figure in this strange hall, approached each dancer with a microphone, and we heard a litany of dates gone wrong. Other passages were more enigmatic, as when the upstage curtain opened and a German nature film about ducks played on the revealed wall, complete with English dubbing. And there was the antique coin-operated rocking horse that appeared midway through the first act, which the new company member Ophelia Young periodically mounted, unenthusiastically\u2014a mixture of the childlike and the sexual. Later, when the stage had darkened except for the light pouring through the window, Young peered up into the theatre and chirped \u201cBee-weep! Bee-weep!\u201d Pure dance, too, provided a respite. Short sections of vigorous, hellbent dance took our eye away from the microscope and reminded us that, as much as these people are consummate actors, they also possess enormous physical gifts. Through a magical combination of theatre and dance, their whole selves become visible.\n\nNo matter what transpired, the dancers kept coming back to the room. The possibility of connection was constant, even if it kept slipping out of reach. In Bausch\u2019s dance hall, the failings and the disappointments would be enacted over and over, but so would the small joys. And there was always the familiarity, the comfort, of the group. As in the best of Bausch\u2019s dances, we began to recognize bits of our own lives\u2014a touch, a glance. At the end, in a reprise of that wonderful walking-gesturing line, the dancers looked fondly at us, and at each other. The steady click of their shoes continued as the lights went out.\n\nThe former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee talks about her new job at Fox News and why she is so frustrated with partisanship in the media.\n\nArising from the dust cloud of recent conflicts is the question of whether the readers scorching various Y.A. novels have legitimate reason to take offense, and, if so, what form the offense should take."}
-{"text": "christmas - Page 9\n\nThe last thing on the minds of children Christmas morning, is breakfast. It's all about seeing what Santa left under the tree, then playing with the new toys you received. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, it's important to get the kids to eat. The tradition at our house was croissants and cinnamon rolls my mother had made the night before.\n\nYou may be one of the 30,000 people that ride through the Wonderland of Lights every year at the Masonic Home, driving your stuffed carload through all of the displays. But what you may not know is that it's actually a fundraiser\n\n67 years after it's making, the Christmas Movie Classic 'It's A Wonderful Life' is getting the sequel treatment. Variety reports the movie will focus on George Bailey's grandson and will be titled, 'It's A Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story.' Click for details.\n\nSanta comes to town this Saturday at Historic Union Station in Utica. Christmas on Main Street presented by Adirondack Railroad. You can start your day with a special Breakfast with Santa featuring McDonald's Hotcakes and O-J. Then enjoy lots of free Christmas activities, wagon rides, a petting zoo and more. Click for the complete schedule.\n\nYou know about Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", but did you know that yours truly and my then radio colleagues produced a local radio version of that story? The year was 1972, and I was the morning show host on WTLB Radio in Utica, and Matt Herkimer was the midday announcer (just opposite of our shifts on Big Frog 104 today).\n\nIt has become a tradition Christmas favorite in the Mohawk Valley, as popular as\"Jingle Bells\" and \"Frosty the Snowman\". \"Christmas In the Valley\" was written and recorded by local musician Mark Werchowski and friends in 1991 and is still heard on every Mohawk Valley radio station in the days and weeks before Christmas.\n\nWelcome back to BIG FROG 104\n\nIt appears that you already have an account created within our VIP network of sites on . To keep your points and personal information safe, we need to verify that it's really you. To activate your account, please confirm your password. When you have confirmed your password, you will be able to log in through Facebook on both sites.\n\n*Please note that your points, prizes and activities will not be shared between programs within our VIP network.\n\nWelcome back to BIG FROG 104\n\nIt appears that you already have an account on this site associated with . To connect your existing account just click on the account activation button below. You will maintain your existing VIP profile. After you do this, you will be able to always log in to http://bigfrog104.com using your original account information."}
-{"text": "Normally, what we do if we have a rental car is: I take my hubby and luggage to the pier, drop them off, return the rental car, grab the shuttle or a cab back to the port, meet up with my hubby and head to the lines. I'm excited just seeing the picture of the luggage"}
-{"text": "Entertainment\n\nSearchTheBeat Uses Google AJAX to Find Music &amp; Videos\n\nSearchtheBeat is a new music and video search site that uses the Google AJAX API to seek out mp3s and YouTube video clips.\n\nSimilar to MusicMesh in more than one respect, there's a tag cloud that you can choose from on the start age, but otherwise you can enter in your own search term for whatever music you're looking for. You'll get mostly site directories for your search results, which will take you to a page that plays the actual mp3 or the website where the mp3 is hosted. So far, SearchTheBeat doesn't yield too many results for mp3s, but will direct you to a Google search results page if you need more than what its offers. About six video clips from YouTube play directly in the SearchTheBeat search results page, which works just fine, now that YouTube has added all sorts of new goodies in the embedded video player. Or you could always go to YouTube to watch the video as well.\n\nIn all, SearchTheBeat isn't the most helpful music search tool, and faces very steep competition from peer recommendation sites like FineTune, MOG and MyStrands, as well as FoxyTunes, SnoTunes, and AudioBaba.\n\nMashable\nis a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe."}
-{"text": "The answer is.....Indoctrination by the catholic church and any catholic who differs/voices their opinion from the \"teachings\"(bible bashing)of the catholic church, risks \"ex-communcation\" by that church.\n\nFear is used aganst \"will\" or \"free thinking\" Christians.\n\nFreemasonry has NOTHING to do with the catholic church.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 32164125\n\nOn the contrary, Catholics have a wide range of opinionsand have free speech, we're not living in the dark ages.\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nGood thing too. During the dark ages (your \"church\" made it dark by the way) you people killed MILLIONS of God's true saints.\n\nYour' \"church\" was absolutely DRUNKEN with the blood of the saints. Your previous antichrist (pope) even admitted to 50 million murders by the papacy. The real numbers are closer to 200 million, between 538 AD and 1798 AD.\n\nAnd you, being an asshole who actually DEFENDS those who torture, and murder (in the most gruesome ways imaginable), are equally guilty before God, as you worship the great whore, known as the Roman Papacy. The one that the beast will turn on, and scorch with fire, after it finally realizes it's been had.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 21657648\n\nLink to the Pope's admission?\n\nFrom what I have learned so far, it seems most of the deaths were a result of rulers and kings, rather than the Church.\n\n\"Hence, the occasional executions of heretics during this period must be ascribed partly to the arbitrary action of individual rulers, partly to the fanatic outbreaks of the overzealous populace, and in no wise to ecclesiastical law or the ecclesiastical authorities. There were already, it is true, canonists who conceded to the Church the right to pronounce sentence of death on heretics; but the question was treated as a purely academic one, and the theory exercised virtually no influence on real life. Excommunication, proscription, imprisonment, etc., were indeed inflicted, being intended rather as forms of atonement than of real punishment, but never the capital sentence. The maxim of Peter Cantor was still adhered to: \"Catharists, even though divinely convicted in an ordeal, must not be punished by death.\"\n\nIt is a very real war, centuries old, with the highest stakes of all, because the outcome will affect every person and the future shape of the world.The inner circle of freemasons are the infamous illuminati,who seek to control the world, to have one of them close to all world leaders, including in the Catholic Church, who is its biggest enemy and the biggest stumbling block and threat to their plans.\n\nNo wonder there is so much anti-Catholic ranting and lieson GLP, and in the wider world, too!\n\nIn the spiritual war, that has enormous material outcomes, GLP is a major battlefield.\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nIf you had ANY grasp of reality, then you'd know that the Catholic church is actually RESPONSIBLE for modern freemasonry!\n\nFor crying out loud, the very FOUNDER of the Illuminati was a JESUIT! Research the Knights of Templar, and the Knights of Malta!\n\nThroughout history the Papacy has FEIGNED being \"enemies\" with Freemasonry. That's how these deceivers work. They control it all, but act as if they are at odds. Therefore able to blame the NWO conspiracy on it's FRONT group, or \"blame absorber\", while remaining \"innocently\" in the background.\n\nYou need some SERIOUS work to get yo out of the deception that the Papacy has masterfully put over on you.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 21657648\n\nAbout time someone else gets it!\n\nIgnatius of Loyola - The original ILLUMINATI Secret Society founder of the Jesuit Knights.\n\nWhat people don't understand it....their are 'Illuminati' within every Secret Society.\n\nIt is a very real war, centuries old, with the highest stakes of all, because the outcome will affect every person and the future shape of the world.The inner circle of freemasons are the infamous illuminati,who seek to control the world, to have one of them close to all world leaders, including in the Catholic Church, who is its biggest enemy and the biggest stumbling block and threat to their plans.\n\nNo wonder there is so much anti-Catholic ranting and lieson GLP, and in the wider world, too!\n\nIn the spiritual war, that has enormous material outcomes, GLP is a major battlefield.\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nIf you had ANY grasp of reality, then you'd know that the Catholic church is actually RESPONSIBLE for modern freemasonry!\n\nFor crying out loud, the very FOUNDER of the Illuminati was a JESUIT! Research the Knights of Templar, and the Knights of Malta!\n\nThroughout history the Papacy has FEIGNED being \"enemies\" with Freemasonry. That's how these deceivers work. They control it all, but act as if they are at odds. Therefore able to blame the NWO conspiracy on it's FRONT group, or \"blame absorber\", while remaining \"innocently\" in the background.\n\nYou need some SERIOUS work to get yo out of the deception that the Papacy has masterfully put over on you.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 21657648\n\nAbout time someone else gets it!\n\nIgnatius of Loyola - The original ILLUMINATI Secret Society founder of the Jesuit Knights.\n\nWhat people don't understand it....their are 'Illuminati' within every Secret Society.\n\nIt is a very real war, centuries old, with the highest stakes of all, because the outcome will affect every person and the future shape of the world.The inner circle of freemasons are the infamous illuminati,who seek to control the world, to have one of them close to all world leaders, including in the Catholic Church, who is its biggest enemy and the biggest stumbling block and threat to their plans.\n\nNo wonder there is so much anti-Catholic ranting and lieson GLP, and in the wider world, too!\n\nIn the spiritual war, that has enormous material outcomes, GLP is a major battlefield.\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nIf you had ANY grasp of reality, then you'd know that the Catholic church is actually RESPONSIBLE for modern freemasonry!\n\nFor crying out loud, the very FOUNDER of the Illuminati was a JESUIT! Research the Knights of Templar, and the Knights of Malta!\n\nThroughout history the Papacy has FEIGNED being \"enemies\" with Freemasonry. That's how these deceivers work. They control it all, but act as if they are at odds. Therefore able to blame the NWO conspiracy on it's FRONT group, or \"blame absorber\", while remaining \"innocently\" in the background.\n\nYou need some SERIOUS work to get yo out of the deception that the Papacy has masterfully put over on you.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 21657648\n\nAbout time someone else gets it!\n\nIgnatius of Loyola - The original ILLUMINATI Secret Society founder of the Jesuit Knights.\n\nWhat people don't understand it....their are 'Illuminati' within every Secret Society.\n\nIf you had ANY grasp of reality, then you'd know that the Catholic church is actually RESPONSIBLE for modern freemasonry!\n\nFor crying out loud, the very FOUNDER of the Illuminati was a JESUIT! Research the Knights of Templar, and the Knights of Malta!\n\nThroughout history the Papacy has FEIGNED being \"enemies\" with Freemasonry. That's how these deceivers work. They control it all, but act as if they are at odds. Therefore able to blame the NWO conspiracy on it's FRONT group, or \"blame absorber\", while remaining \"innocently\" in the background.\n\nYou need some SERIOUS work to get yo out of the deception that the Papacy has masterfully put over on you.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 21657648\n\nAbout time someone else gets it!\n\nIgnatius of Loyola - The original ILLUMINATI Secret Society founder of the Jesuit Knights.\n\nWhat people don't understand it....their are 'Illuminati' within every Secret Society.\n\nIt is a very real war, centuries old, with the highest stakes of all, because the outcome will affect every person and the future shape of the world.The inner circle of freemasons are the infamous illuminati,who seek to control the world, to have one of them close to all world leaders, including in the Catholic Church, who is its biggest enemy and the biggest stumbling block and threat to their plans.\n\nNo wonder there is so much anti-Catholic ranting and lieson GLP, and in the wider world, too!\n\nIn the spiritual war, that has enormous material outcomes, GLP is a major battlefield.\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nall institutions upon the earth, religious or otherwise, are under satans worldly dominion\n\nlock, stock, and both barrels\n\nas it's written\n\nthis was never meant to be the end all, be all of our existence\n\nin fact, it's merely a small ripple on a very large pond\n\na pond without limit nor end\n\nthose who win the world will lose their immortality in the process\n\nthose who lose and/or forsake the world will Win It All by rightful Inheritance\n\nMy brother was a Mason for a few years and opted out with no explanation, I asked him why but he wouldn't tell me.\n\nI was watching one of those \"Freemason\" secrets revealed shows once and it mentioned a secret phrase they use to greet each other (don't remember it now).\n\nI called my brother and told him I had a dream that he was saying this phrase and it freaked him the F out..LOL I finally told him I learned from the teeV but it was fun to fool him.\n\nBack to topic...I think in the end good will prevail K.\n\nQuoting: geminilion\n\nNo doubt!\n\nWhich also means - justice -\n\njudgement will come to all, the quick and the dead.\n\nMaybe your brother could tell us, here, as an AC?I'm a bit curious, and thanks for being so real :)\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nUnfortunately my brother passed away a little over 2 years ago..he would have loved GLP and would have been a great contributor..very smart and aware.\n\nI will tell you I remember him being a little upset that none of his mason \"brothers\" bothered to visit him while he was in hospital and hospice.\n\n...\"The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.\"Heraclitus\n\nIt is a very real war, centuries old, with the highest stakes of all, because the outcome will affect every person and the future shape of the world.The inner circle of freemasons are the infamous illuminati,who seek to control the world, to have one of them close to all world leaders, including in the Catholic Church, who is its biggest enemy and the biggest stumbling block and threat to their plans.\n\nNo wonder there is so much anti-Catholic ranting and lieson GLP, and in the wider world, too!\n\nIn the spiritual war, that has enormous material outcomes, GLP is a major battlefield.\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nall institutions upon the earth, religious or otherwise, are under satans worldly dominion\n\nlock, stock, and both barrels\n\nas it's written\n\nthis was never meant to be the end all, be all of our existence\n\nin fact, it's merely a small ripple on a very large pond\n\na pond without limit nor end\n\nthose who win the world will lose their immortality in the process\n\nthose who lose and/or forsake the world will Win It All by rightful Inheritance\n\n; )\n\nsuch is the Will of the sublime\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 31885217\n\nI used to believe that, but now I know better, Christ's coming put an end to satan's dominion, though he is very much active in the world.\n\nThe spiritual war is about winning souls to eternal life, immortality, but I'm with Walesa on this -\n\n\"I do my best to look on political events in the same light as my personal problems, and to try to resolve them similarly.I never take a tragic view of life. Even if nothing in this world really depends on us, that shouldn't excuse us from putting all our efforts, in a dignified way, into finding the best possible solutions, and the most honest ones.\"\n\nI used to believe that, but now I know better, Christ's coming put an end to satan's dominion, though he is very much active in the world.\n\nThe spiritual war is about winning souls to eternal life, immortality, but I'm with Walesa on this -\n\n\"I do my best to look on political events in the same light as my personal problems, and to try to resolve them similarly.I never take a tragic view of life. Even if nothing in this world really depends on us, that shouldn't excuse us from putting all our efforts, in a dignified way, into finding the best possible solutions, and the most honest ones.\"\n\nI used to believe that, but now I know better, Christ's coming put an end to satan's dominion, though he is very much active in the world.\n\nThe spiritual war is about winning souls to eternal life, immortality, but I'm with Walesa on this -\n\n\"I do my best to look on political events in the same light as my personal problems, and to try to resolve them similarly.I never take a tragic view of life. Even if nothing in this world really depends on us, that shouldn't excuse us from putting all our efforts, in a dignified way, into finding the best possible solutions, and the most honest ones.\"\n\nQuoting: K.Kool\n\nYou should join a nunery...........i.e a convent.\n\nQuoting: Anonymous Coward 32164125\n\nThanks for the compliment, lol, but I'm made for the whole human love thing :)\n\nThey work in the darkness. All you need to know about Freemasonry Good or Bad? is answered when you consider G. W Bush, and B. O. Obama are both Freemasons.\n\nIt really doesn't matter which lodge, which order, just judge them by their fruits, mass murder, and keeping people in the dark, fed on shit.\n\nAnd they will proclaim a good cause, but they sure are rolling in the money, fame, or power. The sacrifices they make! For you! Even though they would willingly sacrifice any of you to maintain said power, fame and money.\n\nMust be the Lord's work they are doing, and not the tiniest amount of recompense. Yeah...\n\nOh what a wicked web we weave, when first we practise to deceive. The omission of telling the truth, especially when the results cause pain and suffering, is lying. What profit is there to be made in lies?\n\nWhen are they going to start telling the truth? When they think you have learnt to love the lie?\n\nWhen Bruce Springsteen sings, \"We look after our own,\" he sure as shit isn't talking about the American people."}
-{"text": "Murder accused Rondy Jagdeo walks free\n\nIt was just after 10 that Water Street businessman Rondy Jagdeo walked out of the Georgetown Magistrate Court a free man.\n\nThis was after Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry dismissed the case on the grounds that two key witnesses in the murder of Eccles resident Kurt Davis failed to show up in court during the preliminary inquiry.\n\nWhile all of this was taking place inside the court a CBR motor -cycle was parked waiting for the businessman\u2019s expected release. He calmly walked to the motor-cycle and rode away.\n\nSome 6 months ago the police fingered the businessman for allegedly killing his close friend and biker Kurt Davis. Davis was shot some 16 times at close range on September 4th 2013 in front of his home. The chief magistrate ordered the prosecution to close its case after the absence of the two key witnesses Nalifa Duke and Rondel Marks despite being summoned by the court.\n\nThe defense headed by attorney at law Mark Waldron in association with Roger Haywood made a no case submission sating that the prosecution did not prove who inflicted the injuries. The magistrate upheld the no case submission and discharged the matter.\n\nThis is another failure of the police to successfully prosecute a high profile case and protect key witnesses. There are reports that the shooting of Davis stemmed from an alleged accusation of the businessman that Davis was having an affair with his wife; the woman was also injured during that shooting incident.\n\nJagdeo who was on the run for over a month had reportedly skipped the country and was spotted in Suriname. He turned himself over to law enforcement officials in late October 2013.\n\nDo you mind if I quote a couple of your articles as long as I provide credit and sources back\nto your weblog? My blog is in the very same niche as yours\nand my visitors would definitely benefit from a lot of\nthe information you provide here. Please let\nme know if this ok with you. Regards!\n\nAmazing blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere? A theme like yours with a few simple tweeks would really make my blog jump out. Please let me know where you got your theme. Cheers\n\nPretty great document. I just came upon your blog and wished to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your weblog posts. After all I\u2019ll be opt-in on your feed plus I\u2019m hoping you write once more soon!\n\nGreat work! That is the type of info that are supposed to be shared around the net. Shame on the seek engines for not positioning this publish higher! Come on over and consult with my site . Thank you =)\n\nAw, this was an extremely nice post. Taking a few minutes and actual effort to make a very good article\u0413\u045e\u0432\u201a\u00ac\u0412\u00a6 but what can I say\u0413\u045e\u0432\u201a\u00ac\u0412\u00a6 I procrastinate a whole lot and never seem to get anything done."}
-{"text": "Cowboys take running back, defensive back in first round\n\nThe Dallas Cowboys filled positions of need in the first round of the draft Saturday, selecting Arkansas running back Felix Jones with the 22nd overall pick and South Florida cornerback Mike Jenkins with the 25th overall pick.\n\nThe Cowboys swapped first round picks with Seattle to select Jenkins. The Seahawks received the 28th overall pick and picks in the fifth (163rd overall) and seventh (235th overall) rounds.\n\nDepth at running back was a concern after the Cowboys lost Julius Jones in free agency to Seattle. The Cowboys also lost two backup defensive backs in free agency."}
-{"text": "Profile 2.0 Theme Editor is here!\n\nDue to popular demand, we now have a new option on our current theme editor to tweak the themes for MySpace\u2019s 2.0 layouts! Here\u2019s a glimpse of it \ud83d\ude42\n\n1) Dynamic editing for both Profile 1.0 and 2.0 at the same time!\n\nJust toggle between 2 views and tweak your layout both for 1.0 and 2.0 simultaneously! Your setting from 1.0 will be carried over to 2.0 but you can still tweak some specific stuff just for 2.0 such as\u2026 (drum rolls)\n\n2) Round corners option for 2.0 layouts! Hurray~!\n\nThanks to the great 2.0 HTML markup, you can easily create round corner layouts in a snap! Ain\u2019t that cool? Without this option, it might have not been so exciting huh \ud83d\ude00\n\n3) Cool graphic option for the Basic Info Box!\n\nWere you pissed off that the 2.0 layouts didn\u2019t have network boxes? Why not use the network image on the Basic Info Box since there is a huge blank space in the middle! Not all network images will look good in the Basic Info Box, so we didn\u2019t make that into a default but instead added an option to click if you do want the network box\u2019s image to carry over to the 2.0 layout. Pretty neat huh?\n\nWe are going to continue adding cool options for 2.0 since there are lots of freedom so if you have any requests, let us know!\n\nSWITCH ME BACK TO 1.0 YOU SAID ALL I HAD TO DO WAS CLICK ON CHANGE BACK IF I DIDN\u2019T LIKE IT. I DID THAT AND IT WON\u2019T GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL. I SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS ON MY PROFILE. I HATE THE 2.O . CHANGE ME BACK NOW. TRACI\n\nHi Kiki, I can\u2019t see how you can\u2019t see how to do it, just follow the exact steps above. Just in case, here\u2019s the steps again.\n\n1) Go to http://www.coolchaser.com/themes/create2\n2) On the very top right corner, click on the \u201cProfile 2.0\u201d radio button (as seen on #1 above)\n3) On the boxes tab, click on \u201cAll Boxes Properties\u201d (as seen on #2 above) and click \u201cround corners\u201d tab\n4) On the boxes tab, click on \u201cbasic info box\u201d button\n\nMaybe you are looking at a different editor? Make sure you are using coolchaser\u2019s.\n\nThe question I have is how do you customize the heading; books, general, television, heroes and groups. These are fine headings but are really not useful for my profile because it does not pertain to any of these headings. I was looking for a way to change these to what I want to name them as I like. The version of MySpace layout is the 2.0 version. Thanks in Advance for any one that could lead me to a solution."}
-{"text": "FTFA: \"Some Republicans are wary of doing so, seeing it as playing on Democrats' home turf, and think they are better off drawing voters' attention to the rocky rollout of the health-care law and other problems plaguing Obama.\"\n\nBecause they are the party of Principle and Conviction and Traditional Family Values.\n\nInstead of making decisions based on ideology, perhaps the Republicans should look towards other nations and see what they do, and based on what works and what doesn't, adopt and adapt. For example, nations that have single-payer health care have lower health care costs and superior results- lower infant mortality, higher overall life expectancy. Yes, there are many confounding factors, and correlation is not causation, but there's enough evidence there to imply that we should be seriously considering single-payer, and perhaps testing it furtherto see if we can make it work for the US.\n\nWe can look towards history, too. For example, during periods of aggressively progressive taxation, the US economy added jobs and productivity at record rates. Now, there are a lot of confounding factors here- this was a period where the US was expanding into an empire, where our major competition lost decades recovering from a costly European war. But progressive taxation is something we can expand by degrees, and we can test- if we tax the rich slightly more, what impact does it have on the economy? Don't guess! Try it and see what happens. What we can see is that other nations who have a more progressive tax structure tend to have a higher per-capita GDP, and that the average share of the GDP rises- the nation is more productive and the benefits of that productivity are distributed more broadly through the population.\n\njakomo002:The GOP and the Democrats are mostly millionaires, no? From Congress to the House to even lower down the chain. Most of them weren't poor and became rich, they were rich to begin with.\n\nSo asking them to solve poverty is like asking my dog to calculate pi.\n\nYes, most of them are rich. I guess that means.... BSABSVR.\n\nSeriously? You should re-read what you write before hitting \"Add Comment\".\n\nI guess all that clamor about extending unemployment benefits, continuing with SNAP benefits at their current rates, trying to bolster education in impoverished areas.... that's just total bluster from the left side (you know, the side that doesn't have control of the House)?\n\n- calling poor people wild animals that won't go away if you keep feeding them (check)- they are all drug users (check)- kids should work as janitors for the lunch program (check)- forcing miners to watch political speeches without getting paid (check)- suggest only land owners should be able to vote (check)\n\nThere is an sequence to this. Don't try and rush things. First, you have do deny them every possible right, consideration and form of respect. Then you can round them up and kill them.\n\nikanreed:coeyagi: It amazes me that Eugenics hasn't been brought up by them.\n\nIf you going to be evil, just go Full Evil and get it over with.\n\nNope, that would almost be a tacit admittance of the existence of evolution. You have to believe all the contradictory republican beliefs at once or you're a RINO.\n\nWhy can't you just believe white straight christians are God's people and then kill everyone else? Eugenics in everything but name. Don't give up on the messaging ability of the GOP - that's all they have. They could sell sand to a scorpion.\n\ncoeyagi:jakomo002: The GOP and the Democrats are mostly millionaires, no? From Congress to the House to even lower down the chain. Most of them weren't poor and became rich, they were rich to begin with.\n\nSo asking them to solve poverty is like asking my dog to calculate pi.\n\nYes, most of them are rich. I guess that means.... BSABSVR.\n\nSeriously? You should re-read what you write before hitting \"Add Comment\".\n\nI guess all that clamor about extending unemployment benefits, continuing with SNAP benefits at their current rates, trying to bolster education in impoverished areas.... that's just total bluster from the left side (you know, the side that doesn't have control of the House)?\n\nLook, poverty has increased, the middle class has shrunk, and it's been going on for decades. If you're STILL relying on your Elites to fix it after all the evidence to the contrary, you're not smart. They look after their own interests (money, re-election) and ignore the majority in favor of monied supporters.\n\nThere probably are a couple who DO care, but they're the minority.\n\nPeople who genuinely want to \"end poverty\" don't go into US politics, they work amongst the poor, volunteering or trying to HELP people. Real people, face to face.\n\ncoeyagi:ikanreed: coeyagi: It amazes me that Eugenics hasn't been brought up by them.\n\nIf you going to be evil, just go Full Evil and get it over with.\n\nNope, that would almost be a tacit admittance of the existence of evolution. You have to believe all the contradictory republican beliefs at once or you're a RINO.\n\nWhy can't you just believe white straight christians are God's people and then kill everyone else? Eugenics in everything but name. Don't give up on the messaging ability of the GOP - that's all they have. They could sell sand to a scorpion.\n\nThey can just push policies with \"eu\"genics as a consequence, and they don't have to say a thing about it.\n\nWe can look towards history, too. For example, during periods of aggressively progressive taxation, the US economy added jobs and productivity at record rates. Now, there are a lot of confounding factors here- this was a period where the US was expanding into an empire, where our major competition lost decades recovering from a costly European war. But progressive taxation is something we can expand by degrees, and we can test- if we tax the rich slightly more, what impact does it have on the economy? Don't guess! Try it and see what happens. What we can see is that other nations who have a more progressive tax structure tend to have a higher per-capita GDP, and that the average share of the GDP rises- the nation is more productive and the benefits of that productivity are distributed more broadly through the population.\n\nThe GOP is well aware of this, but it does not make the rich richer and keep poors where they are, poor. The goal of the GOP is to distract people by making them think that taxing and government spending are the cause of all their problems. What they don't want people to know is that \"trickle-down economics\" is the basic cause of the wealth gap in America today. They have accomplished this because they have gotten a large portion of the population to believe that the media is liberal. This causes the media to question nothing, because they don't want to get accused of bias, or because they are corporate owned and benefit from near 0 taxation.This has created an environment where raising taxes on the rich by 2% to help pay down the debt, or fund government stimulus to create jobs (the GOPs two things they say they want to do) is called, class warfare. While cutting taxes for the rich and gutting social safety nets in order to get people \"off the democrat plantation\" is considered a \"common sense solution\" that will make everyone prosperous.Basically until the media starts educating people, or people educate themselves that they are being screwed, poverty and income disparity will get worse not better, because we have a large portion of people that truly believe that if they just get farked a litter harder things are sure to get better.\n\njakomo002:coeyagi: jakomo002: The GOP and the Democrats are mostly millionaires, no? From Congress to the House to even lower down the chain. Most of them weren't poor and became rich, they were rich to begin with.\n\nSo asking them to solve poverty is like asking my dog to calculate pi.\n\nYes, most of them are rich. I guess that means.... BSABSVR.\n\nSeriously? You should re-read what you write before hitting \"Add Comment\".\n\nI guess all that clamor about extending unemployment benefits, continuing with SNAP benefits at their current rates, trying to bolster education in impoverished areas.... that's just total bluster from the left side (you know, the side that doesn't have control of the House)?\n\nLook, poverty has increased, the middle class has shrunk, and it's been going on for decades. If you're STILL relying on your Elites to fix it after all the evidence to the contrary, you're not smart. They look after their own interests (money, re-election) and ignore the majority in favor of monied supporters.\n\nThere probably are a couple who DO care, but they're the minority.\n\nPeople who genuinely want to \"end poverty\" don't go into US politics, they work amongst the poor, volunteering or trying to HELP people. Real people, face to face.\n\nLet me guess, something something... libertarian.\n\nVolunteering in a soup kitchen is not a viable solution to ending poverty.\n\njakomo002:coeyagi: jakomo002: The GOP and the Democrats are mostly millionaires, no? From Congress to the House to even lower down the chain. Most of them weren't poor and became rich, they were rich to begin with.\n\nSo asking them to solve poverty is like asking my dog to calculate pi.\n\nYes, most of them are rich. I guess that means.... BSABSVR.\n\nSeriously? You should re-read what you write before hitting \"Add Comment\".\n\nI guess all that clamor about extending unemployment benefits, continuing with SNAP benefits at their current rates, trying to bolster education in impoverished areas.... that's just total bluster from the left side (you know, the side that doesn't have control of the House)?\n\nLook, poverty has increased, the middle class has shrunk, and it's been going on for decades. If you're STILL relying on your Elites to fix it after all the evidence to the contrary, you're not smart. They look after their own interests (money, re-election) and ignore the majority in favor of monied supporters.\n\nThere probably are a couple who DO care, but they're the minority.\n\nPeople who genuinely want to \"end poverty\" don't go into US politics, they work amongst the poor, volunteering or trying to HELP people. Real people, face to face.\n\nGenerally you're right, but I am sick of the BSAB sh*t. Stop lumping Dems in with the evil sh*t that is being pulled by the GOP. It has been proven that food stamps (SNAP) help the economy more so than not issuing them (the GOP's plan), so stop with your politically apathetic horsesh*t. That kind of crap is why we have lower voter turnout than most god damn 3rd world nations.\n\nIn a country as large as us, it is nearly statistically impossible for both sides to be equally bad, so pick the side that is less evil and convince the retards who don't agree that they're wrong.\n\nVolunteering in a soup kitchen is not a viable solution to ending poverty.\n\nUh, no, nowhere near libertarian.\n\nAnd volunteering in a soup kitchen means you're HELPING to FEED the poor and hungry in your city. You can't volunteer in all soup kitchens everywhere so you do what you can. You help SOME people because you can't help ALL people.\n\nA person needs to engage with the poor and interact with them to understand them, not just show up at a soup kitchen for a photo op for their political campaign so they get the \"poverty vote\".\n\ncoeyagi:Generally you're right, but I am sick of the BSAB sh*t. Stop lumping Dems in with the evil sh*t that is being pulled by the GOP. It has been proven that food stamps (SNAP) help the economy more so than not issuing them (the GOP's plan), so stop with your politically apathetic horsesh*t. That kind of crap is why we have lower voter turnout than most god damn 3rd world nations.\n\nIn a country as large as us, it is nearly statistically impossible for both sides to be equally bad, so pick the side that is less evil and convince the retards who don't agree that they're wrong.\n\nOr don't, I could give a f*ck.\n\nThey are all mostly liars and cheats, I don't support any of them, D or R. Barring small differences (hotbutton issues like abortion, teh ghey, and gun control) they are the same party.\n\nCall them the Ruling Elite. Hand-picked by other elites for you to vote for.\n\nDid Obama close Gitmo? Did he scale back on ANY Bush II policies? Hardly a one.\n\nContinuity is key. Thus, year after year, decade after decade, the rich get richer and the poor stay poor.\n\njakomo002:Look, poverty has increased, the middle class has shrunk, and it's been going on for decades. If you're STILL relying on your Elites to fix it after all the evidence to the contrary, you're not smart. They look after their own interests (money, re-election) and ignore the majority in favor of monied supporters.\n\nI've never understood this criticism of politicians. If it's the voters who reelect politicians, presumably based on their job performance, then shouldn't it be a good thing that politicians care so much about reelection?\n\nI think what you mean to say is that the voters fall too easily for reelection gimmicks, which is the fault of the voters, not the politicians.\n\njakomo002:coeyagi: Generally you're right, but I am sick of the BSAB sh*t. Stop lumping Dems in with the evil sh*t that is being pulled by the GOP. It has been proven that food stamps (SNAP) help the economy more so than not issuing them (the GOP's plan), so stop with your politically apathetic horsesh*t. That kind of crap is why we have lower voter turnout than most god damn 3rd world nations.\n\nIn a country as large as us, it is nearly statistically impossible for both sides to be equally bad, so pick the side that is less evil and convince the retards who don't agree that they're wrong.\n\nOr don't, I could give a f*ck.\n\nThey are all mostly liars and cheats, I don't support any of them, D or R. Barring small differences (hotbutton issues like abortion, teh ghey, and gun control) they are the same party.\n\nCall them the Ruling Elite. Hand-picked by other elites for you to vote for.\n\nDid Obama close Gitmo? Did he scale back on ANY Bush II policies? Hardly a one.\n\nContinuity is key. Thus, year after year, decade after decade, the rich get richer and the poor stay poor.\n\nWay to fail as an independent. Obama couldn't close Gitmo because of the GOP. F*ck off, amateur.\n\nThe Name:I've never understood this criticism of politicians. If it's the voters who reelect politicians, presumably based on their job performance, then shouldn't it be a good thing that politicians care so much about reelection?\n\nI think what you mean to say is that the voters fall too easily for reelection gimmicks, which is the fault of the voters, not the politicians.\n\nBut it's rarely about job performance. They throw blame across the aisle when they fark up, and pander specifically and exclusively to the supporters that helped elect them in the first place. I mean, look at the sheer amount of incumbents who ALWAYS win. People who have been there for 20 years. No new blood, no new ideas, just status quo.\n\nAnd it's our fault as voters for falling for the lies and enabling them, but it's their fault first for lying in the first place.\n\ncoeyagi:jakomo002: coeyagi: Generally you're right, but I am sick of the BSAB sh*t. Stop lumping Dems in with the evil sh*t that is being pulled by the GOP. It has been proven that food stamps (SNAP) help the economy more so than not issuing them (the GOP's plan), so stop with your politically apathetic horsesh*t. That kind of crap is why we have lower voter turnout than most god damn 3rd world nations.\n\nIn a country as large as us, it is nearly statistically impossible for both sides to be equally bad, so pick the side that is less evil and convince the retards who don't agree that they're wrong.\n\nOr don't, I could give a f*ck.\n\nThey are all mostly liars and cheats, I don't support any of them, D or R. Barring small differences (hotbutton issues like abortion, teh ghey, and gun control) they are the same party.\n\nCall them the Ruling Elite. Hand-picked by other elites for you to vote for.\n\nDid Obama close Gitmo? Did he scale back on ANY Bush II policies? Hardly a one.\n\nContinuity is key. Thus, year after year, decade after decade, the rich get richer and the poor stay poor.\n\nWay to fail as an independent. Obama couldn't close Gitmo because of the GOP. F*ck off, amateur.\n\nObama can close Gitmo any time he wants. He is the Commander in Chief of the people operating the base.\n\nt3knomanser:Instead of making decisions based on ideology, perhaps the Republicans should look towards other nations and see what they do, and based on what works and what doesn't, adopt and adapt.\n\nI think that would be unlikely because it goes against the principle of American exceptionalism. It damages the belief that America is above and beyond Europe. (And they also have a very strong fear of foreign influence.)\n\nFor them it isn't about the advantages and disadvantages of the means. They put principles and moral conditions first. This is why the first question they ask is \"Is this capitalism or is this socialism?\" or \"Will this change who we are?\"\n\nt3knomanser:Yes, there are many confounding factors, and correlation is not causation, but there's enough evidence there to imply that we should be seriously considering single-payer, and perhaps testing it furtherto see if we can make it work for the US.\n\nNo Republican leader said it outright but the problem with single-payer is that it means admitting that there is no market solution for health care.\n\njakomo002:And if you're constantly forced to vote for the lesser evil, you don't end up with anything good.\n\nJames Madison says \"Man up, Nancy\":\"What are we to say to the men who profess the most flaming zeal for republican government, yet boldly impeach the fundamental principle of it; who pretend to be champions for the right and the capacity of the people to choose their own rulers, yet maintain that they will prefer those only who will immediately and infallibly betray the trust committed to them?\"\n\nIf you want someone you KNOW you can trust, run for office yourself. Otherwise, get used to the idea that you're not going to get a perfect candidate.\n\njakomo002:And it's our fault as voters for falling for the lies and enabling them, but it's their fault first for lying in the first place.\n\nI've said this before, and I'll say it again: Why do Americans, supposedly the most bootstrappy, ruggedly independent people on earth, whose virtual national motto is \"there's no such thing as a free lunch,\" think that good government should be handed to them without any participation on their part?\n\nJust a weird thing about our culture that I've noticed.\n\njakomo002:Call them the Ruling Elite. Hand-picked by other elites for you to vote for.\n\nI am still amazed by the lack of religious push back by any charismatic pastor against a group that LITERALLY has a golden calf as a symbol and promotes the accumulation of wealth and privilege of the few over helping those less fortunate.\n\nIf you were to write a script about a faceless anti-Christian group that tries to control the world you couldn't POSSIBLY do better than Wall Street. Really, if there's a conglomeration of the 7 deadly sins, it's there - with a double down on greed, vanity, pride and gluttony. (Lust, wrath and sloth not being in short supply either)\n\nCalling poors inherently lazy and shiftless isn't innovative at all. The real visionaries are the ones declaring Joplin and Sandy victims inherently lazy and shiftless the moment their house disappears.\n\njakomo002:I try to vote for the candidate with the best policies, but these days it's all Cult of Personality, and they're deliberately vague on policy. (\"I'll make things better!\")\n\nIn the current era, do you think it's more or less Cult of Personality than it was 20, 50, 100, 240 years ago? Is it easier or harder now to both disseminate and fact-check information? Do you think candidates 100 years ago were more or less prone to making empty campaign promises (or not fulfilling the ones they made)?\n\nAnd do you think it's any less likely to be the same case with a Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Pirate, Socialist, Whig, Federalist, Anti-Federalist, Anarcho-Syndicalist, Anarchist, Minarchist, or Name-a-Party than with a Democrat or Republican?\n\nBasically, I don't think it's a problem with the system so much as the players. And while I share a generally negative sentiment of the people in office, I don't think it's substantially worse now than it was at any time except maybe the Civil War/Reconstruction.\n\nXcott:Calling poors inherently lazy and shiftless isn't innovative at all. The real visionaries are the ones declaring Joplin and Sandy victims inherently lazy and shiftless the moment their house disappears."}
-{"text": "Local singles in Summit Argo, Illinois\n\nLocal singles in Summit Argo, Illinois\n\nIf you, however, want to get laid on the first date, you shouldn\u2019t wait that long. Think about the context of meeting. Create a call to action, a question for her to respond to.\nEvery relationship expert places time together high on their list as the cornerstone of a thriving relationship.\nIn 2017 Darlene Daggett QVC's president for U.\nOur reciprocal deals get you up to 25% off on regular priced 1 day lift tickets.\n\nYou must change your password immediately via your \u201cSettings\u201d page.\nDo committed relationships require being monogamous.!\nIf you use the app\u2019s \u201cspeed dating\u201d option, like Tinder, you see a person's full-size picture, age and location, but you also get to see their idea for a date before you swipe left or right. I also like how you laid out the questions you asked them when they didn't have a chance to get back to you instead of just saying they didn't comment. Maybe both could say something like, \u201cgee I will take a dollar, hour, manners, afford respect/compassion a human right and go meet this person. He says he rather go to this party. I don\u2019t recommend \u2018OurTime\u2019 \u2013 today I looked at the category \u2018my flirts\u2019 and, as I\u2019ve heard others complain about, there were entries that I had not made, to people in whom I had zero interest. Knowing how to keep both parties happy, your spouse and your fling, involves a little\nWhen one of my friends got out of a two-year relationship, she wasn\u2019t in a hurry to dive back into a commitment with anyone else.\n\nCities near Summit Argo\n\nZip Codes Near Summit Argo\n\n60138\n\n60554\n\n62870\n\n61019\n\n61559\n\n62997\n\n61028\n\n62629\n\n62080\n\n60534\n\n61256\n\n60176\n\n60050\n\n62954\n\n62330\n\nFor her to want to sleep with you on the first date, she must be keen on you. The suspected driver of the van that mowed down shoppers in Barcelona was Moroccan-born. There are Korean TV programs that film celebrities together as married couples supporting this depiction of dating such as \u201cWe Got Married\u201d , \u201cWith You\u201d and \u201cThe Man Who Gets Married Daily\u201d\nAccording to a survey by wedding consulting agency, men consider a physical relation as a catalyst of love, otherwise, women regard it as a confirmation of affection.\nDid you know that today is the most popular day for shopping on the internet. Others, well, they just lack the savoir-faire to charm a woman. Just validate by clicking the link they provide you and you\u2019re set. You must be registered for the corresponding Lifeguard Training Review section in order to participate in this course.\n\nThe concept is totally relevant, because with you-know-who in office there's been more marches and rallies recently than there has been in decades \u2014 and surely fighting for social justice is even more fulfilling when you have a partner by your side. As of this writing, we\u2019re still here. \u201d\nThe woman says the man manipulated her by saying he shared common interests like her Christian faith. m.}\n\nIf she asks you to label your relationship the morning after, and you have only just met, it would be silly to ask to be exclusive right then. See how effective the dating site is in discharging its services: The way and manner some dating sites dispense their duties is more effective than some other sites that offers the same services, some dating sites make the extra effort of providing members with the photographs of members that meet their requirement they can also provide other information like letting them know which member is currently online and ready to chat and some even mail such information to their members.\nWe reserve the right to contact any relevant authority to make and be responsible for any decision in relation to any animals that are left unsupervised or that are found to be in distress. Pro or con. In choosing release dates, performance of comparative films theater by theater helps to put the distributor into the mindset of the exhibitor. The quite difference.\n\nSo, if you\u2019re a Nigerian looking to meet singles in U. It seems like they are trying to teach girls to find the better betas. Meet new people online and experience a new way of online dating.\nWatching a thoughtfully written message sit unanswered for 23 hours until it expires is, by my estimation, somewhat less enjoyable than a trip to the dentist, but more pleasant than public speaking. Normal people aren\u2019t obsessed with sex to the point of keeping spreadsheets FFS.\n\u2018While the research shows certain words serve to grab fellow daters\u2019 attention, at eHarmony we know that daters are looking for quality dates every time."}
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-{"text": "Korg Reveals DS-10 Synth For Nintendo DS\n\nPosted on Mar 12, 2008\n\nKorg is releasing new music production software for the Nintendo DS, dubbed DS-10. From the preliminary specs, the \u201cgame\u201d contains two patchable virtual analog synths with two oscillators each, a sequencer, a drum machine, and basic effects.\n\nYou\u2019ll also have the ability to exchange songs with your pals, or jam via the wireless connection. The software will initially only be released in Japan, but it may sashay westward if there\u2019s enough demand.\n\nThe Korg DS-10 will set you back about 50 bills, or \u00c2\u00a54,800, if you can get your grubby hands on it when it bows in July."}
-{"text": "Empire of the Iguanadons\n\nLeave your political correctness at the door.\n\nDungeon Lords\n\nSo I got bored and decided to borrow a copy of a game from my roommate. Dungeon Lords - Collector's Edition. It's a bit on the old side at this point, having been released in 2006. Or in the case of the CE, rereleased. The basic plot is that you have been summoned to the city of Fargrove by a mysterious order of clerics called the Celestial Order. There is a great evil building in power, and naturally you've been picked as the one lone person who can put a stop to it by collecting and using the relics of power. Along the way there's some political wrangling to be done, a king's daughter to save, and the honor of an Elven noble house to restore. There's plenty of bad people to kill and a fair amount of loot to be won. And of course the ultimate evil needs defeating. All in a day's work!\n\nThe problem with this game shows itself fairly quickly. I played on the default difficulty and random encounter setting. I can tell you right now that having done so was very very frustrating. The game thinks you should have to routinely battle groups of enemies at 10-15:1 ratios. Sometimes with enemies powerful enough individually to kill you in just a few hits. So fighting off an entire group of people leads to a lot of running away and sometimes not even living to fight another day. You're pretty much screwed if you get into a fight with something that has a breath attack. Your character will stand around physically coughing and weasing and be unable to function. If you try and play through this as the challenge they intended, you'll probably just die. A lot. I spent an insane amount of time with my inventory menu open simply because I discovered it would stop further combat action.\n\nThe magic system was equally sub-par, requiring that you gather up tons of useless ingredients, or buying dozens of crystals, or getting your hands on tons of spellbooks. Not necessarily because you had to gather stuff, but because you can only cast the spells for a limited number of times and then you have to wait for an excessively long time before they recharge and can be used again. It goes way beyond the hassles normally associated with mana and waiting on that to charge up.\n\nWeapons and armors are also in very short supply for anything of any real value. None of it is easily identified, and much of it breaks down faster than you can keep up by repairing it. The only upside is that getting things repaired in a shop is much cheaper than standing around doing it yourself on some remote field. Ranged weapons suffer even more due to the fact that they do very little damage and by the time you get ahold of a decent bow, your enemies have so many hitpoints it literally takes 30 minutes to bring them down. You are in effect forced into fighting melee battles against hoardes. Best hope you can get your hands on a good sword, you'll need it.\n\nCities in the game are no refuge, despite the obvious implications that they are. Arriving in Fargrove as a fresh young newbie - after your obligatory crawl through the longest dungeon since Eye of the Beholder - you are immediately set upon by all manner of bats, rats, snakes, and roving bands of thieves. There is a town guard, but they are slow to react and are therefore of little value in helping you stay alive.\n\nBy far the biggest problem this game has though is that the quest log is practically useless, leaving you with entries little better than \"Go find the ubersword\" and no indication of where to look, or who to contact about it afterward. There are also a number of quests that simply don't log anything at all and the game will cease to remind you about them in any way. You can therefore have plenty of quests to do, but have no idea you still need to do them.\n\nThere are a couple of bugs still left in the game as well. Despite claims that all issues were patched out for version 1.5 (what I played) I had one second tier class quest fail to complete itself properly. I did not get the reward for it, the skill bonuses, or even the actual class title. Trying to get the game to reoffer the quest also failed so I ended up unable to promote the fighter class and had to settle for only promoting the Adept class.\n\nYour main quest in the game is not too bad as far as story is concerned, but the whole thing is so poorly executed that the results end up as nothing more than a barely passable game over all. You'll spend too much time on minutia details. It's one true saving grace is that the game never crashed. Rock solid, so they had that much going for them at least.\n\nThe dungeons themselves, which this game is clearly focused on, have some pretty interesting puzzles and you will be made to think. However, you'll need to think quickly because that next random battle with the same old boring spiders and undeads is waiting for you around every corner. The game's graphics, though dated by 2009 standards, aren't too bad for 2004. It's too bad it wasn't improved on some for the CE, but alas.\n\nIf I had the choice to do over, I'd pass on this one. Even for free. You'd do well to avoid it yourself. Unless you can get a co-op game or something going. It appears as though the game was built with multiplay in mind and sandbox play was an afterthought. But even then I can't imagine things would improve enough to make it worth the time.\n\nThere was a sequel planned but it appears as though the project has been canceled. Official word is \"on hold\" but I think it's safe to say that the lackluster gameplay of the first one has killed any chance of more of these spawning..........................\"It is pointless to resist, my son.\" -- Darth Vader\n\"Resistance is futile.\" -- The Borg\n\"Mother's coming for me in the dragon ships. I don't like these itchy clothes, but I have to wear them or it frightens the fish.\" -- Thurindil\n\nI've never played it before myself, though I've seen it on the shelves at software stores for years now and more than once considered it. Sounds like I've made the right choice all those times. I checked, after reading your review, and it seems the folks over at GameSpot were a little kinder than you in their overall rating of the game, but mostly felt the way you did about it.\n\nWell that review of theirs is rather old, probably even before the Collector's Edition came out. I'd say their synopsis is at least as critical as I was of it. I didn't even bother to mention the hosed audio because frankly I didn't care anymore. The game really had way too many nagging little issues to be worth the time. Especially my experience with the final area. Due to a bug with one of the graphics, one of the final baddied I had to kill got himself stuck between collision planes and I didn't notice. I figured the script had broken or something until I ran across a forum post buried deep in some old forum that mentioned dudes getting stuck behind walls but still being hittable in combat. Sure enough, there he was, thankfully unable to breathe fire on me.\n\nOh yes, that's another massively annoying thing. Fire breathers. There are WAY too many of them. Get caught in the flames, you may as well just run, cause even opening the inventory screen won't save you from that. Get multiple fire breathers on screen, the battle is going to take you a long ass time to finish. Simply put, absolutely not fun.\n\nSomething i have been playing a bit of is a game called Saga. https://www.playsaga.com/saga_index.php its a hybrid rts mmo, it does somethings well and others not so well, but i is enjoyable to play solo and co-op, it has a fair focus on pvp which is not really my cup of tea, so i mostly play it solo and use my guild for chat. It is however not really free and to be competitive you would need to invest about $100 bucks into the game to build out your army, i did that and have reaped the benefits of being able to out level those who do not have access to money to waste on a game. In a week or so, once exams are over i will get back into working on my mud and putting all my energy in there.\n\nOne of these days I might even get around to writing something up for Two Worlds. Played that one awhile back but never posted about it. I'll probably need to reinstall the game and go poke around some again to refresh my memory, but that was a much better game all around.\n\nLately, Dragona and I have been playing Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel lately. We really enjoyed the first Sacred and had tried to participate in the beta for Sacred 2 but had technical problems with the beta that the devs advised us were unresolvable at the time. Now that it's been released, we've bought a copy and are sharing it (it comes with a key good for two computers) and enjoying it so far. The game is only about $20 at most available sellers and, while some aspects may take a little getting used to, the game itself is pretty good. Even the folks at GameSpot seem to think so, especially the players themselves as opposed to just the reviewers who barely gave it a better score than they had for Dungeon Lords.\n\nJust my two cents since we've clearly moved on to the subject of other games...\n\nI'll admit that you're far from alone in that skill set, but in this case, I think Samson's review was pretty thorough and didn't leave a lot of room for discussion, so opening the floor to other game recommendations that are within the same genre doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.\n\nThe opinions expressed here are mine, and those of the people who respond.\nIf you disagree with what we've said, speak up! Participate in the debate!\nThe Imperial Guard has expelled 10612 filthy spammers from the Empire. Bastards."}
-{"text": "Wednesday Feb. 22 @ 6:30pm\n\nJoin UC Berkeley PhD candidate Erica Levin for a screening and discussion of the revolutionary potential of image and text in short silent cin\u00e9-tracts produced in the wake of May 1968 by filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, and Alain Resnais."}
-{"text": "Grossman faults Coakley on immigrant licenses\n\nBOSTON (AP) \u2014 State Treasurer Steve Grossman is faulting Attorney General Martha Coakley for not supporting efforts to allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain drivers licenses.\n\nGrossman is challenging Coakley for the Democratic nomination for governor. He said Tuesday that he was disappointed to learn of Coakley's \"long-standing opposition to issuing licenses to certain drivers because of their immigration status.\"\n\nGrossman says he supports a bill that would grant the licenses.\n\nA spokesman for Coakley's campaign said she has long opposed efforts to allow the licenses because she hoped the federal government would approve \"comprehensive immigration reform to address many of these underlying issues.\"\n\nThe aide said that since the government has failed to act, Coakley is now open to working with law enforcement, lawmakers and the immigrant communities to take steps toward allowing the licenses."}
-{"text": "Rockaway-based Able Oil is sued by N.J. attorney general for consumer fraud\n\nPhoto by Dan Goldberg/For The Star-LedgerDelivery trucks are parked outside Able's headquarters in Rockaway.\nROCKAWAY -- Rockaway-based Able Oil company, which recently left residential and business customers throughout northern New Jersey strapped by failing to deliver heating fuel, is being sued by state authorities.\n\nA lawsuit filed today in Superior Court in Morristown by state Attorney General Paula Dow and the Division of Consumer Affairs alleges that Able Oil Co. of Rockaway and its corporate parent, Able Energy violated the state's Consumer Fraud Act by failing to fulfill the contracts with customers who either pre-paid for oil deliveries throughout the winter or had monthly payment plans for deliveries.\n\n\"Able's customers were left to fend for themselves, and make their own arrangements to obtain heating oil and keep their families warm, when the company abruptly stopped making deliveries,\" Dow said in a statement. \"These customers were literally left out in the cold, during one of the snowiest and coldest winters on record.\"\n\nThe state's lawsuit seeks restitution for customers, as well as civil penalties, attorneys fees and costs. An initial violation of the Consumer Fraud Act carries a civil penalty of up to $10,000, with additional violations assessed at up to $20,000.\n\nThe lawsuit comes in response to complaints from several customers in Morris and Sussex county, who pre-paid for their home-heating oil, and have said that Able Energy recently has not made deliveries or delivered only small amounts. Some customers were out hundreds of dollars and had to scramble to buy fuel from other firms.\n\nThe consumer agency has received more than 60 complaints against Able since Feb. 1, after Able failed to make oil deliveries and also failed to respond to calls from its customers, Dow and the consumer agency said.\n\n\"These defendants put their customer's health and safety at risk,\" said Sharon Joyce, acting consumer affairs director. \"Each winter, we hear of the consequences of vulnerable New Jersey residents using propane and kerosene heaters, and even charcoal grills, inside their homes as they attempt to keep warm.\"\n\nThe lawsuit allegations include that Able: failed to deliver pre-paid oil, yet continued to charge customers' credit cards or debit their bank accounts; failed to make automatic deliveries, or made minimal deliveries and did not follow up with more fuel; caused damage to heating systems by not providing oil and failed to provide emergency repairs as per service agreements; and misrepresented to customers who ran out of oil when a delivery would be made.\n\nThe lawsuit is the latest event in a downward spiral for the firm that was built from a one-truck operation, but has run into problems in more-recent years.\n\nAs of 2008, Able served approximately 16,000 customers in New Jersey, primarily in Morris and Sussex County.\n\nThe company's website boasted of its ability to serve those customers without interruption and said, \"With Able Energy, product shortages are not a problem.\"\n\nConsumers may file complaints with the Consumer Affairs office at www.nj.gov/oag/ca/ocp/ocpform.htm or call (800) 242-5846 (toll-free within N.J.) or (973) 504-6200."}
-{"text": "Tanks fear urban spaces and uncharted land due to the likelyhood of a well placed Anti Tank Mine. Ground troops move ahead of armour and clear out mines. But in PR - the mine is clearly visible and easily circumvented.\n\nThe tactic of running at a tank with the hope of dropping a mine infront of a tread is unrealistic and cheap. A anti tank mine is very heavy and takes time to deploy.\n\nSo what is the alternative? - My suggestion is to make the mines transparent (a glass texture) and very thin (to simmulate being buried). Make placing a mine take a 10 secs and allow enginners to carry only one - with resupply availble at humvee / crates / APC.\n\nGive NME enginners a new item -a mine detector that will allow them to spot nme mines which once spotted can be removed with a wrench. This will force tank / infantry co-operation as before a tank goes charging over a bridge or into a hostile town - sappers would need to go ahead and clear the way.\n\nTanks will become what they should be - a valuable asset that requires teamwork to utilise properly. Unfortunetly i dont code (unless you count 6502 Assembly Language Programming) - so is this idea feasible?\n\nI would like to see \"thin\" mines. Not transparrent though, that would look weird\n\nHopefully - you would'nt see them at all as they would be transparent. The transparancy is just a trick to simulate the mines being buried undergroud (which i belive you cant do properly in the engine)\n\nThey wouldn't look weird, they wouldn't look anything (hence transparent). I'm with you guys and the other who have suggested this idea before. Longer time to deploy mines not just throw them. I would be nice to have a longer deploy time for the mine, that or have the engineer bury them with his shovel, basically turning them invisible. Watch the tks go up. I think people are attracted to the red skull and crossbones.\n\nWell there are two ways to do this...either have a wrench get rid of the model (keeping the warning for a friendly mine), or put the collision mesh in the upper circle part, so when you deploy it the bulk falls under ground.\n\nFormer [DM] captain.\n\nThe fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion. - Saul Alinsky\n\nhmm why not just take 10 seconds to place the mine but make the animation not throw it. Make it so you need to be crouch to place the mine, make it so you have to then take out your shovel click and hold lmb for 5 seconds on the mine so it simulates being buried, and make it so you only get 1 mine. That pretty much somes it all up, and 1 more thing make ied have 2 different models, basic ones a phone to a box, or a wire with a box connected to a artillery round.\n\nwandering off track..not talking about a IED or the warning system - both in my opinion are fine. Just the fact that a anti tank mine is not something you run up to a tank and throw at its tracks. The main issue i have is that mines should not be visible to a vehicle and infantry need work with tanks to keep them safe from mines..."}
-{"text": "Meriwether hedge fund down 28 pct in 2008-WSJ\n\nNEW YORK, March 27 (Reuters) - The largest hedge fund run\nby John Meriwether has plunged 28 percent this year, forcing\nthe co-founder of the defunct Long-Term Capital Management to\nscramble again to stem losses and keep investors from fleeing,\nthe Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.\n\nLosses for the Relative Value Opportunity leveraged bond\nfund accelerated this month, after the fund had dropped 9.19\npercent from Jan 1 to Feb 28. The broader JWM Global Macro\nfund, also run by Meriwether's Greenwich, Connecticut firm JWM\nPartners LLC, was down 6 percent through February, the\nnewspaper said.\n\nQuoting from a March 18 shareholder letter, the newspaper\nsaid Meriwether told investors that losing positions have\nincluded mortgage securities backed by Fannie Mae FNM.N and\nFreddie Mac FRE.N, trades tied to municipal bonds, and\n\"triple-A\" rated commercial mortgage-backed securities.\n\nThe former Salomon Brothers executive is trying to assure\ninvestors that his firm will survive tough market conditions\nand preserve about $1.4 billion of assets, the newspaper said.\n\n\"We have sharply reduced the risk and balance sheet of the\nportfolio,\" the letter said.\n\n\"While the opportunities are among the best we can recall,\nwe continue to balance our need to control risk while\nattempting to capture the opportunities we feel are available.\"\n\nThe Relative Value Opportunity fund had $14.90 in borrowed\nmoney for every $1 in equity as of the end of February, the\nnewspaper said.\n\nThat's far below the leverage at Long-Term Capital, whose\n1998 implosion led to a rescue by the U.S. Federal Reserve and\nmajor investment banks to avert potential systemic problems in\nthe financial system.\n\nJWM has remained in compliance with its lenders, the\nnewspaper said, citing a person familiar with the fund.\n\nMeriwether, through a principal at the firm, declined to\ncomment, the newspaper said.\n(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel; editing by Kim Coghill)"}
-{"text": "SC/ST Act: Three BJP-ruled states to seek review of SC order days after go-ahead to implementation\n\nSC ST Act: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, three states which have BJP governments, will be seeking a review of the Supreme Court order on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.\n\nSC ST Act: The move comes days after these states had moved to implement the apex court\u2019s March 20 order that had triggered violent protests during a Bharat Bandh that killed a number of people.\n\nSC ST Act: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, three states which have BJP governments, will be seeking a review of the Supreme Court order on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The move comes days after these states had moved to implement the apex court\u2019s March 20 order that had triggered violent protests during a Bharat Bandh that killed a number of people.\n\nApart from these states, Tamil Nadu has also announced to seek a review of the modifications being done in certain provisions of the Act. Kerala was the first state to move court with a review petition.\n\nThe decision by these states comes in wake of an intervention by the central BJP leadership days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s public assurance that the BJP government at the Centre would not allow the law to be \u201caffected\u201d. The ruling dispensation has also faced flak over the central government\u2019s purported delay in filing a review petition in the top court. A group of BJP Dalit leaders met party chief Amit Shah last week and apprised him of the \u201cdeepening anguish\u201d in the community. They also persuaded him to \u201ctake measures that would regain the confidence of the community in the BJP.\u201d\n\nUnion minister and key BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Ram Vilas Paswan said the Modi dispensation will now push for reservation for scheduled castes and tribes in promotion in government jobs and may bring an ordinance.\n\nWhile the Centre has already filed a review plea, a top BJP leader told reporters that the party\u2019s central leadership has spoken to the chief ministers of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where police chiefs were asked to implement the March 20 order, to keep in abeyance the decision and move the court with their review pleas, The Indian Express reported.\n\nThe court had on March 20 laid down guidelines to prevent the alleged misuse of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Dalit groups have, however, vehemently protested against the verdict, saying it dilutes the law and will lead to a rise in cases of atrocities against the scheduled castes and tribes. A \u2018Bharat Bandh\u2019 called by them on April 2 had turned violent, leading to deaths of at least 11 persons."}
-{"text": "Samsung announced two new phones this week, the Galaxy S6 Edge + and the 5th generation Galaxy Note. This morning in Sydney, Australian media were invited for the local launch of the new devices. After an efficient briefing, it time for a hands-on with the two new large, curved phones.\n\nEight freaking cores\n\nA new Octa-core processor combined with 4GB RAM and a 64-bit OS, means this pair are probably the fastest Android devices on the market right now (ok, shortly). I can\u2019t say I did anything too taxing on the devices today, other than shoot some 4K video and stream HD live to YouTube, but the OS itself is amazingly snappy.\n\nThankfully Samsung got the message loud and clear, leave the crapware at home and deliver a close to stock Android experience and while there\u2019s still certainly customisations, they\u2019re far more acceptable than in the past.\n\nUltra fast charging\n\nSamsung have developed new technology for fast wireless charging. They say this enabled the devices to charge so fast, they actually beat some wired solutions. Typically the loss from Wireless over wired means it takes longer, however the difference is now only around half an hour.\n\nThis little hockey puck charger is Qi compatible for other devices, but will only charge them at regular speed. There\u2019s new hardware inside the S6 Edge+ and Note 5 that can leverage extra voltage (9V) that delivers charge to the device in a fraction of the time.\n\nUnfortunately Samsung don\u2019t have a price or availability date for this accessory just yet.\n\nLive streaming to YouTube\n\nNormally YouTube restricts Live Streaming to channels with significant followings. Now all you have to do is buy a Galaxy S6 Edge + and fire up the camera app. There\u2019s now a new option in the mode dialog that allows you to start streaming footage to YouTube. Right now the internet is loving Periscope by Twitter for lives streaming, but to be honest the quality is terrible.\n\nThis app allows you to control the stream quality, all the way up to 1080p (no 4K yet). With these device the first in the country to support the new category 9 cellular connection, it\u2019s definitely possible, as long as you have found your way to some business that pays for your data plan. Remember kids, uploads count and streaming 1080p video over 4G will eat it like it\u2019s going out of fashion.\n\nWhen you start your stream you can share the link via SMS or email. Unfortunately there is no way to setup the event stream in advance and say, embed it in your website. Samsung, please consider adding this, if you do, this feature will get a LOT of use. Without it, it\u2019s still possible, but you\u2019ll end up with the first 10 minutes of a stream pointed at a desk while the user visits the link, grabs the embed code, then inserts it in a post or page and then starts the proper stream.\n\nTaking notes on the lock screen\n\nAfter watching this feature be announced at the international announcement, I was sceptical, but after using it, the lock screen not taking works well. It even has a sound that is supposed to emulate what you get from an actual pen/pencil making contact with a regular surface. Like the audible keyboards, I expect most will disable this.\n\nThe notes are only a single page at a time, there\u2019s no zooming or scrolling, but they are saved to the regular notes app, so there\u2019s not a weird extra storage location. The idea here is to take notes quickly, and avoid the 3-4 taps of unlocking, pin code, open folder or slider to the home screen and launch the app, then take notes. When it\u2019s explained like that, it is a good solution, but when I tried the Surface-style click the end of the pen to launch notes, nothing happened. Samsung, please add that, it\u2019s natural and just makes sense and could actually solve the speed problem, especially if you permitted the Notes app to run on top of the lock screen.\n\nFor taking the quick phone number or directions, transient information will be a good use for this, but I can\u2019t see myself using it regularly.\n\nAir command\n\nPop the pen out from the end of the Note 5 and you\u2019ll get a new menu that pops open, Samsung say this was based on user feedback and certain does help to speed up quick actions. The PicsArt app is pretty comprehensive and while it\u2019s certainly not Photoshop, if you had to combine images or image assets and effects into a single image, without a laptop, using the pen and PicsArt would allow you to achieve decent images.\n\nApps Edge\n\nAnother new feature as a result of user feedback is the addition of Apps edge which assists the user in adding apps to the edge of the S6 Edge +. No word on if this will filter back to the regular edge. Adding and modifying your pinned regular apps, or people is now done right and much more approachable for regular users. The Edge drawer is now available globally throughout the OS, not just from the home screen and can be configured in position and side.\n\nMicrosoft OneDrive partnership\n\nIf you buy a Galaxy S6 Edge +, you\u2019ll also receive an extra 100GB of OneDrive storage thanks to a partnership with Microsoft. This goes some way to answering the criticism of Samsung\u2019s decision to move away from expandable storage via SD card. While the prompt suggests you can use this space to backup your photos, in reality, you can store files of any type on OneDrive and with Samsung pitching the device as one that has productivity as it\u2019s strength, this makes sense.\n\nDon\u2019t forget Microsoft is also making Office apps for Android now, so the mobile productivity space is moving quickly, something Google may want to keep an eye on.\n\nHistory of the Galaxy Note\n\nThe entire history of Galaxy Note devices were on display, with the first starting way back in 2011, now 4 generations on, the product may not look significantly different externally, but inside and certainly software-wise, it\u2019s a completely different device. I have to admit, I was one of the people that dismissed the original Note for it\u2019s obscenely offensive size, but Samsung (and consumer demand) has proven I was wrong. Phones have iterated in size and in many ways \u2018caught up\u2019 to where the Note was 5 years ago, maybe it was just ahead of it\u2019s time.\n\nBonus shot from the 47th floor briefing.\n\nPrice and availability\n\nThe Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 go on sale September the 4th, making it one of the closest announcement to launch timeframes we\u2019ve seen from the company. The devices both retail for more than $1,000 each, but given most buy it on a plan, you\u2019ll pay it back over the course of your next contract.\n\nSamsung have done some things very, very right here and should be handsomely rewarded with strong local sales once they\u2019re released to the wild. Powerful, good battery life, amazing fast and good quality camera all add up to a stellar offering. With two devices so similar, the differences and decision between the two boils down to this.\n\nThe S6 Edge+ has curved edges on the front, so the display curves. The Note 5 has the curve on the back so the larger device is deceptively thin and fits better in the hand. Don\u2019t be surprised if we see these merge into the same device with a curved screen and a curved back when the 6th generation rolls around in 2016.\n\ntechAU\n\nAbout the company\ntechAU is your source for technology news from Australia and around the world. The content stretches a wide range of areas including gaming, hardware, software, web, social networks, gadgets, phones, and a whole bunch more."}
-{"text": "Rating\n\nAbstract\n\nThe role of IT is becoming more prominent in people\u2019s daily lives and we are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. More and more business transactions are being automated, for example, ordering a book at an online bookstore or transferring money to a bank account in another part of the world. No matter the type of transaction, we want it to be accurate and we want to have no doubts about its outcome.\n\nTransactions are also becoming more complex, driven by new ways of conducting business and new technologies. Smartphones now allow us to conduct transactions anywhere and at anytime. Technology paradigms, such as Web 2.0 and business event processing, enable businesses to increase the dynamics of a transaction through instrumentation that captures events, analyzes the associated data, and proactively interacts with the client in order to improve the customer experience. To adapt to the increasing volume and complexity of transactions requires an ongoing assessment of the current way of supporting transactions with IT.\n\nNo matter what your business is, you need to ensure that your transactions are properly completed with integrity. Wrong or incomplete results can adversely affect client loyalty, affect company profits, and lead to claims, lawsuits, or fines. Companies need to be able to rely on computer systems that are 100% reliable and guarantee transaction integrity at all times. The IBM\u00ae mainframe is such a platform.\n\nClients that have been using an IBM mainframe are conscious of its added value. For this IBM Redguide\u2122 publication, we surveyed a number of companies that use the IBM mainframe and we asked them to tell us its most distinguishing qualities. They answered unanimously \u201creliability, availability, and scalability.\u201d They also do not see an alternative for running their mission-critical business workloads other than the IBM mainframe.\n\nWhen we surveyed our clients, we also asked them about the future. Clearly, major future trends demand significantly smarter, faster, and bigger transaction processing systems than we have today. Some of these trends are the availability of new computing paradigms, continuing growth of the mobile channel, further integration of organizations, massive growth of unstructured and uncertain data, and increasing complexity of IT systems.\n\nIBM continues to invest in mainframe technology leadership, which protects years of client investments on this platform. Today, well-known transaction processing (TP) middleware, such as the IBM CICS, IBM IMS, IBM z/TPF, and IBM WebSphere Application Server products, and also solutions for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) are available and fully optimized on the IBM mainframe running the mission-critical business workloads of many companies the world over.\n\nIn 2010, IBM announced the IBM zEnterprise\u00ae system introducing a hybrid computing platform that combines the traditional IBM mainframe capabilities and the ability to use IBM blade servers, managed by a single management software. With zEnterprise, you can significantly reduce the complexity of your IT and achieve better service levels, while continuing to benefit from traditional mainframe strengths in transaction processing.\n\nTable of contents\n\nExecutive Overview Today\u2019s business depends on transaction processingBusiness challenges and technology trendsTransaction integrity: A matter of trustHow System z differs in transaction processing and integrityThe future of transaction processingSummary"}
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-{"text": "Wynnewood Village shopping center opened nearly 60 years ago as the crown jewel of a master planned community aimed at attracting returning World War II veterans.\n\nBut the 80-acre gem has lost its sparkle, and Dallas City Council member Ed Oakley wants to redevelop it with hopes of attracting upscale shops and businesses to Oak Cliff that he says his constituents want. His efforts, though, are meeting firm resistance from some area residents who fear that it would forever change one of the city's most unique retail communities. They note that some structures in the center already have been lost, including a stylish professional office building being demolished.\n\n\"There is a real art to Wynnewood Village, and it would be a shame to lose that,\" said Oak Cliff resident David Klempin, whose background is in historic preservation. He is trying to get the center included in Preservation Dallas' endangered lists site. \"It has the architecture and a concept of real merit, and that should be preserved.\"\n\nMr. Oakley said he is merely trying to give residents what they say they want - a West Village-type retail location. \"The point of all this is to see if economic development staff can make the numbers work enough to convince a developer that it's worth investing the kind of money that's needed,\" Mr. Oakley said. He added that infrastructure problems - including drainage issues - also need to be addressed at Wynnewood Village.\n\n\"You can't make an omelet without breaking the eggs. People would have to make a choice about what they want,\" he said.\n\n'Shopping in a garden'\n\nWynnewood Village, at the corner of South Zang Boulevard and West Illinois Avenue, started in 1948. It was built by developer Angus Wynne Jr., the man who later built Six Flags Over Texas and the Great Southwest Industrial District.\n\nThe open-air shopping center, with its series of small shops in separate buildings, also boasted beautiful landscaping, expansive parking lots and then-modern stores such as a Safeway supermarket and Montgomery Ward, Volk's and Titche's department stores.\n\n\"It was shopping in a garden; that's how it was advertised,\" Mr. Klempin said.\n\nBy the 1980s, however, maintenance of the elaborate landscaping began to suffer and into the 1990s, a couple of the buildings, including the old Montgomery Ward, were torn down. Many of the current businesses are aimed at lower-income consumers, including several \"dollar\" stores.\n\nConnie Briggs, a resident of the Elmwood neighborhood, said she recently noticed that the professional building was being fenced off and appeared to be on the road to demolition. Then, she said, the front of the old Titche's building was being redone.\n\n\"There's nothing wrong with this shopping center, especially with the way it's laid out,\" Ms. Briggs said. It just needs good retail in there, and people will come. ... Destruction just for the sake of destruction is just not what we want to see.\"\n\nStacy Slater, a spokeswoman for New Plan, the New York-based company that owns the shopping center, said the Wynnewood Professional Building, built in 1950, is being demolished because it \"was functionally obsolete and primarily vacant.\" She said the company is \"continuing to invest in the center,\" and it will eventually \"be a far superior facility for the community.\"\n\nDisputed history\n\nMr. Oakley said he supports historic preservation but remains unconvinced that Wynnewood's series of \"strip shopping centers\" falls into that category.\n\nAnd he rejected claims by critics that he had not consulted residents about his efforts, which he said have been known since he campaigned for office.\n\n\"I haven't talked about a plan right now, because there is no plan. We're just trying to get developers to first base,\" he said.\n\nAmong those who support Mr. Oakley's efforts is Joseph Hernandez, vice president of the Wynnewood North Neighborhood Association and vice chairman of the city's Landmark Commission.\n\nMr. Hernandez said he believes that the center's history is important to Dallas but that the actual buildings are not.\n\n\"The concept and environment that Wynnewood Village was built on can still be preserved and brought to the table,\" Mr. Hernandez said. \"I don't think any developer would have an interest in completely demolishing everything that's there.\"\n\nBarbara Barbee, president of the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League , said her organization has not taken a position on the matter. But she has concerns of her own.\n\n\"Dallas has a history of tearing down wonderful old buildings,\" she said. \"I think that's what people are asking, that we just don't go in willy-nilly and tear down something that's meant a lot to lots of people.\"\n\nE-mail\nThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it"}
-{"text": "Inspite of the modern developments in different spheres of mankind including medical science, there are still some diseases which are incurable and deadly. Mesothelioma is a certain form of cancer which is caused mainly due to exposure to asbestos fibres. It is a typical disease and its characteristics are also different from the other general form of cancer.\n\nMesothelioma is exceptional but sadistic type of cancer. It occurs mainly in the inner lining of the diaphragm in the chest and abdominal areas of the body. The most dangerous part of the disease is that the latency period is very high, which makes its occurrence unpredictable. Latency is the period from the exposure to the cause and the growth of cancer.\n\nThis disease claims the life of thousands of people round the world every year and is still uncontrollable. Mesothelioma affects the mesothelium which is membrane of the heart, abdomen and the lungs. In most cases it is fatal if not identified before the deadly stage. This disease can seriously hamper in the different areas, according to which, it has been classified as pleural mesothelioma surrounding the lung, peritoneal or lung mesothelioma around the stomach and the pericardial mesothelioma on the outer lining of the heart.\n\nThe most important horrifying part of the disease is that, it makes its exposure very late and the symptoms are not identifiable initially. By the time the disease is diagnosed it is too late to cure or stop the growth of the syndrome. Blood test often fails to detect it unlike other forms of cancer. However, if Thoracoscopy is timely performed around the chest area the malady can be detected. In this test often tumours and abnormal growths are recognized."}
-{"text": "Africa\nCAN 2015 / EBOLA: No matches in Conakry for Guinea\n\nNotified by Togo further to the worrisome situation of Ebola virus in the country, CAF (African Confederacy of soccer) decided to relocate the meetings of Guinea within the framework of the juniors and seniors CAN 2015 playoffs. The continental authority sent a mail about this matter to FEGUIFOOT (Guinean Federation of soccer).\n\n\u201cWe are worried by the sanitary situation in this area. We are going to call upon CAF so that a decision can be taken in this way \u201c, announced last Thursday by FTF (Togolese Federation of soccer).\n\nCAF will pronounce officially on Tuesday about the relocation of Guinea Togo (junior and senior) matches initially scheduled in Conakry. Besides, Guinea will soon have to communicate to CAF the places where will be held these various meetings. Besides, Guinea is asked to examine all the members of his travelling delegation and to make sure that no member is infected by the Ebola virus.\n\nGuinea welcomes Togo in September 05th or 06th of this year within the framework of CAN playoffs, Morocco 2015 in a few days later, both countries will be in confrontation this time in junior\u2019s category.\n\nNotified by Togo further to the worrisome situation of Ebola virus in the country, CAF (African Confederacy of soccer) decided to relocate the meetings of Guinea within the framework of the juniors and seniors CAN 2015 playoffs. The continental authority sent a mail about this matter to FEGUIFOOT (Guinean Federation of soccer).\n\n\u201cWe are worried by the sanitary situation in this area. We are going to call upon CAF so that a decision can be taken in this way \u201c, announced last Thursday by FTF (Togolese Federation of soccer).\n\nCAF will pronounce officially on Tuesday about the relocation of Guinea Togo (junior and senior) matches initially scheduled in Conakry. Besides, Guinea will soon have to communicate to CAF the places where will be held these various meetings. Besides, Guinea is asked to examine all the members of his travelling delegation and to make sure that no member is infected by the Ebola virus.\n\nGuinea welcomes Togo in September 05th or 06th of this year within the framework of CAN playoffs, Morocco 2015 in a few days later, both countries will be in confrontation this time in junior\u2019s category."}
-{"text": "Claude-Michel Schonberg\u2018s and Alain Boublil\u2018s Tony Award-winning musical, Les Mis\u00e9rables, based on Victor Hugo\u2018s epic novel about social injustice in 19th-century France, is back in town to celebrate its 25th anniversary and continues to wow audiences with a spectacular, newly envisioned production by Cameron Mackintosh that has magnificent, glorious, and radiant written all over it. The tour opened last night to a sold-out house at the Hobby Center who gifted the accomplished cast with a rousing and radiant three-minute standing ovation. The original West End production of Les Miz continues its historic London run since 1985. The original Broadway production of Les Miz opened in 1987 and ran for 6,680 performances or 16 years until it closed in 2003. Six national tours have come through Houston since 1989 and Theatre Under The Stars produced a beautiful and memorable Les Miz in 1989. Suffice it to say that Houston audiences simply cannot get enough of Les Miz and its impressive, melodic, and hauntingly powerful score. If you have not yet purchased your tickets to this bounteous feast of the senses, I would suggest doing it at this very moment because it is only running through Sunday and this stunningly gorgeous and virtually perfect production is bound to sell out. Here\u2019s a link to click on so you can buy your tickets now: http://thehobbycenter.org/\n\nCameron Mackintosh\u2019s current tour of Les Miz is billed as a new production that has been \u201cdynamically re-imagined.\u201d Laurence Connor and James Powell share duties as co-directors and constantly wow us with some of the most dynamic staging ever seen in a Broadway musical. These directors seem intent upon presenting us with gorgeous tableau after gorgeous tableau, strongly reminiscent of a Rembrandt or a Caravaggio painting with chiaroscuro effects and splendid plays of color and light. The production these two directors have imagined is a living and breathing breathtaking masterpiece of art to be cherished and celebrated. Set design by Matt Kinley inspired by paintings of Victor Hugo, is seamless, flawless, and always visual arresting. Lighting design by Paule Constable is atmospheric, muted, and is filled with beautiful lighting effects that dramatically transport us into Hugo\u2019s world. New orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke are bright, distinguished, and colorful additions to one of our favorite scores. Stunning projections by Fifty-Nine Productions move the pacing along rather quickly and seamlessly while magically creating some of the best stage surprises and wows of the season. Original costume design by Andreane Neofitou are still in place but additional costume designs by Christine Rowland broaden and brighten the subtle palette of the original production, thereby adding more variety and interest. This critic is certain that you will be completely blown away by this brilliantly conceived new production, a stunning visual masterpiece scene after scene after scene that so thrillingly transports us back in time to Victor Hugo\u2019s world that we come away with a sense that we have just witnessed what might just be the best tour of not only this year but of many seasons past and many seasons to come.\n\nThe Barricade of the Revolution of 1832 (Photo: Deen van Meer)\n\nThe casting of this 25th anniversary of Les Miz could not be more exceptional and impressive. Peter Lockyer blends just the right amount of angst and compassion into his Jean Valjean with a bright, engaging tenor voice that touches us so deeply and passionately that the entire audience is reduced to a pool of tears during his lustrous \u201cBring Him Home.\u201d Betsy Morgan\u2018s Fantine is so moving that we hang on her every word and breath in her dynamic \u201cI Dreamed A Dream.\u201d Shawna M. Hamic\u2019s Madame Thenardier and Timothy Gulan as Thenardier steal the stage whenever they are on it with over-the-top antics that give us a welcome respite from this tragic tale of revolution and social injustice. Lauren Wiley\u2018s Cosette is considerate and charming and always in beautiful voice. Brianna Carson-Goodman\u2018s Eponine shines as bright as the sun in her Act II opening, \u201cOn My Own.\u201d Andre Varela\u2019s Javert is the most charismatic character in this production with a beautifully resonant voice as big as Texas that sings of the \u201cStars\u201d and tragically and potently sings \u201cSoliloquy\u201d before leaping to his death into the Seine (one of the best special effects in the production). The handsome Max Quinlan as Marius sports a gorgeous and memorable tenor instrument that sparkles and shines in his duet with Eponine, \u201cA Little Fall of Rain,\u201d and woefully sings of \u201cEmpty Chairs at Empty Tables.\u201d The awesome Les Miz ensemble is easily the best ensemble chorus of a touring production in recent years.\n\nMake haste to purchase tickets before this perfectly magnificent new production of Les Mis\u00e9rables sells out completely. It only runs at the Hobby Center through Sunday, November 11. Get your tickets here: http://thehobbycenter.org/"}
-{"text": "Journey to the Little Kingdom Leading the Fight Against Climate Change\n\nClimate change is wreaking havoc on our planet. Yet, there remains a single country with a negative carbon footprint. Perched on the Himalayas\u2019 eastern edge between two of the highest-polluting countries in the world, the Kingdom of Bhutan stands as one of the leading nations in environmental conservation. Over 60 percent of the kingdom is forested, it contains the highest percentage of protected land in all of Asia, and it\u2019s considered one of the most biodiverse regions in the world.\n\nWhen people hear about this, they can\u2019t help but wonder, well \u2014 how? At a time of global environmental crisis, Bhutan shines like a light in the dark.\n\nInspired by the country\u2019s enigmatic conservation efforts, Finn and Jack Harries, along with a small film crew led by director Matthew K. Firpo and cinematographer Jeremy Snell, recently ventured to the Kingdom of Bhutan to highlight how the South Asian country is combating climate change. Once there, they met a man by the name of Sonam Phuntsho, which is where this story takes a unique turn. A local forest caretaker, Sonam has spent the past 60 years planting over 100,000 trees by hand. \u201cThe Kingdom\u201d is the result of this meeting and depicts the difference a single person can make in our ever-changing world.\n\nHoping to learn more about the film and the greater impact of Sonam\u2019s story, we sat down with Finn, Matthew, and Jeremy to ask them a few questions.\n\nSo, how did this trip come about?\n\nJeremy: A couple of summers ago, the three of us traveled to Hawaii to hike the N\u0101 Pali Coast on Kauai. We spent a few weeks on the island, camping and living in the beautiful outdoors. At the end of that trip, we all sat down and began to scheme up where we would travel next. I casually threw Bhutan in as a potential option, and the guys loved the idea \u2014 the mystery around the country intrigued us. As we began researching more about Bhutan in the following months, we discovered that there was a bigger story to be told there. What started as an adventure among friends turned into this incredible filmmaking journey.\n\nHow did you get the attention of WWF?\n\nFinn: Luckily, I had worked with WWF in 2015 on a short film that documented the effects of climate change on the Greenland ice sheet. Ever since that project, I\u2019ve been looking for the right opportunity to collaborate with them again. When we told them we wanted to tell an environmental story from Bhutan, they were excited to support us and helped us connect with the WWF Bhutan office.\n\nWhat did you want this project to be, exactly?\n\nMatthew: From the very beginning, this project was an exercise in manifesting creativity. We knew we wanted to tell a story about the environment, about conservation, so when the right doors opened to bring us all to Bhutan, we dreamt up the perfect narrative. It began as a kind of wishlist, a neat and tidy little paragraph: \u201cThis is the story we\u2019re trying to tell, and this is why we\u2019re trying to tell it.\u201d From that half-page brief about a fictional forest caretaker who planted trees one at a time, something incredible was born \u2014 our partners at WWF Bhutan found Sonam Phuntsho, the living, breathing character from our imagined story, almost exactly as we\u2019d envisioned months before. This really happened. Sometimes all of your plans work out perfectly. Through a series of luck, connection, and happenstance, we found ourselves in a position to do what we all do best \u2014- make a difference through the telling and sharing of stories. It was a creative brain trust from start to finish.\n\nWhat did you know about Bhutan\u2019s conservation efforts before setting off?\n\nFinn: Early on in our research, we came across a TED talk by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. In it, he speaks passionately about Bhutan\u2019s position as the only carbon-negative country in the world, outlining an ambitious plan for sustainable development called Bhutan For Life. This piqued our curiosity and initiated our deep dive into articles, books, and research papers exploring Bhutan\u2019s approach to development and environmental stewardship. WWF also helped educate us on the work they\u2019re doing in Bhutan, as they were one of the main partners who helped structure and support the Bhutan For Life initiative.\n\nDid you have any initial hopes for the project?\n\nMatthew: When we set out to make this film, we only knew that we wanted to make a difference. The world is changing, and capturing Bhutan as it is now mattered to us. We wanted to explore conservation, but make it a human story, a human issue \u2014 to show climate change from one person\u2019s perspective. We hoped to document a Bhutanese forest caretaker, watch them plant trees, and understand what a day in their life is like \u2014 from the simple details of their home to why they get up in the morning \u2014 and that\u2019s precisely what we did.\n\nCuriosity is what drives me to tell stories about the world and the people in it, so I personally wanted to know what inspires someone in one of the smallest countries on Earth to make a difference. The story we found in Sonam was more than we could have ever hoped for. Here was someone who had a higher purpose, a quiet man who worked to make the world a better place in his own small way. That message, about making your difference, was something we wanted to share with the world. It was what we\u2019d hoped for and more.\n\nIn the behind the scenes video, Finn mentions that there was a problem with your filming permit and that you had to leave a lot of gear behind in order to enter the country, forcing you to shoot everything by hand. How did that restriction push you creatively?\n\nJeremy: We had a beautiful set of cinema lenses reserved and donated to us for the project, but because of this last-minute permit issue, we decided to travel with a small camera package and my own set of rehoused vintage lenses instead. Matthew also brought a set of cheap prisms that he found online, and after some early hotel room testing, we decided to marry them to our lensing approach. Overall, I think the restriction challenged us to embrace imperfections, create something authentic to Sonam\u2019s life, craft a new and honest way of telling this story, and be much more agile on the ground.\n\nHow did you get in touch with Sonam Phuntsho?\n\nFinn: As Matthew mentioned, we had daydreamed about telling the story of a character who simply plants trees for a living in one of our first discussions on this project, and to our amazement, WWF Bhutan told us about Sonam Phuntsho, the embodiment of this very character! As a forest caretaker and a committed environmentalist, he literally plants trees for a living \u2014 he\u2019s planted more than 100,000 throughout his lifetime. When we heard his story, we enthusiastically asked WWF Bhutan to connect us. At the time, it seemed too good to be true.\n\nWas communication difficult between you all?\n\nJeremy: Whenever you\u2019re working in a country where you don\u2019t speak the native language, communication is always a challenge. I have learned to embrace this and have grown to love interacting nonverbally with subjects in front of the camera \u2014 it forces us both to react emotionally, on a human level. It also eliminates a third party interrupting the flow and chemistry that may be developing. That being said, our lovely Bhutanese guide, Sangay, helped translate for us when we needed it, ensuring that everything unfolded smoothly.\n\nWhat struck you most about following Sonam\u2019s daily routine \u2014 one that he\u2019s been doing for the past 60 years?\n\nMatthew: When I make any film, I\u2019m always struck by the way that our characters let us into their lives. We go from strangers to family, bonded by the strange mechanism of storytelling and high hopes. Sitting on the floor of Sonam\u2019s house (that he built out of fallen trees and recycled lumber), I was struck by how fully this man practices what he preaches. Planting trees, caring for the environment \u2014 this is his religion. He\u2019s given all of himself to what he believes in, to making a difference in a very honest way, and there isn\u2019t an ounce of aggrandizement or a desire for praise. Everything in his life \u2014 from the way he raised his family to the many animals he\u2019s adopted to the house he built \u2014 speaks deeply to his convictions. Sonam lives every day in service of making his small corner of the world better.\n\nWhat about the experience (or setting) inspired you most?\n\nJeremy: Bhutan is truly a magical Kingdom. It\u2019s rare to find a country so remote and still somewhat in the early stages of tourism. Though the landscapes and architecture are breathtaking, I was most deeply impacted by the people and their beautiful outlook on life. They view every living creature and plant as sacred, and they have tremendous dedication toward the preservation of the environment they live in.\n\nYou\u2019ve called this project \u201ca labor of love full of lifelong memories and experiences.\u201d What parts of this experience weren\u2019t shown in the film?\n\nJeremy: I didn\u2019t view this project as a job at all \u2014 rather, my intent was to embark on a deep experience with friends and connect with each other as well as the country we were in. There were moments and sometimes entire days when we didn\u2019t even bring the camera with us. This holistic approach made the trip transcend many of the film jobs that I\u2019m typically a part of. It became something else entirely.\n\nWhat did you learn from Bhutan as a whole?\n\nFinn: Learning about Bhutan\u2019s approach to measuring Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product as a metric for sustainable development blew my mind. We\u2019re so complacent in the West that we don\u2019t think to question the very structure of the systems that govern our everyday lives. At a time when we\u2019re witnessing historic inequality and a rapidly destabilizing global climate, countries like Bhutan offer a critically important insight into alternative ways of structuring our society and the way we live.\n\nThe film\u2019s underlying message is one of hope. What did this experience teach you about an individual\u2019s impact on the world?\n\nMatthew: I have always been a dreamer. I have always believed in the power of a great idea whose time has come. This film is about hope because it\u2019s about the future \u2014 it\u2019s a quiet reminder that our actions do matter, that hope, inspiration, and a good story are all powerful tools. The world is made up of billions of individuals, and in our own small way, we can each make the choice to care. That\u2019s how change happens: piece by piece, person by person. Hope is a gift, something we can give to one another even in the face of impossible odds.\n\nFinn: It\u2019s easy to feel overwhelmed and even hopeless when we read the headlines on climate change. However, Sonam is a living testament to the fact that one individual can make a positive difference. The act of planting trees is a great way to have a positive impact on the environment, but we can also think of it as a metaphor. Wherever we live in the world, we all have the capacity \u2014 and, perhaps, even the responsibility \u2014 to plant positive seeds of intention in the hope of making the world a better, more sustainable place to live.\n\nIs there anything you learned from this creative experience that you\u2019ll apply to other projects?\n\nJeremy: Collaborating with friends is key. I truly believe that this job is more about the journey than it is the end product. Find the people that you enjoy working with, and create together from your hearts. If your dream project doesn\u2019t exist yet, you may just have to manifest it for yourself. Nobody asked us to make this film or go on this journey; we all just had a deep desire to make it happen and found the right collaborators and organizations to support the idea.\n\nWhat do you hope this film conveys?\n\nMatthew: This is the story of how a small country is striving to make a difference, and how that desire to help fix the world represents a lesson to us all. This film is a look at climate change and personal impact on a deeply micro level \u2014 it\u2019s about the difference one person can make in a great big world. In sharing this story, we\u2019re holding a mirror to our audience and asking: How are you making your difference? This project is very close to our hearts. Although Bhutan is a small country high in the Himalayas, their mission is grand. They\u2019re striving to make the world a better place. My hope is that we can share that honest ambition with the world. Change starts with you, one single tree at a time.\n\nIs there anything else you\u2019d like to add?\n\nHailing from the foothills of Northern California, Kacie is a writer and an editor who's worked on everything from quarterly surf magazines to art books, novels, lookbooks, city guides, and shoddily printed zines. She's a bit of a story junkie, but we forgive her for that. To view more of her work, creep her website and Instagram.\n\nYour Journey Awaits\n\nPassion Passport\u2019s community includes explorers, creators and storytellers from around the globe. Their travel experiences have challenged them, shaped their perspective of the world and given them a better sense of who they are. Both online and off, Passion Passport offers the opportunity to connect with one another, to share those pivotal moments, and to travel with purpose."}
-{"text": "Frequently Asked Questions\n\nCommonly asked questions by our Birthparents:\n\nWhat are the differences between Open, Semi-Open or Closed adoptions? Can we choose the type of adoption that we are most comfortable with? Yes, each adoption is done to individually meet the needs of each member of the triad. The most popular type of adoption is the Semi-Open adoption, and some can be made more open than others. Some are more more on the closed side, if that is requested. Open adoption means that you have a completely open relationship with your adoptive family. Semi-Open means that you have a relationship with your adoptive family but there are parameters established, which means that some confidential information not shared, but pictures and updates are still given for 18 years and face to face meetings are still an option as long as it does not affect the adoptee in a negative way (sometimes a child who is 3 or older can be confused about adoption, so it is encouraged to allow that child to have a voice regarding any meetings). In some cases, a child is able to understand the situation and the meetings can include them. Closed adoptions are ones where one or both parties desire a limited amount of contact. The agency still requests pictures in case that desire changes in time.\n\nCan I receive pictures so I know my child is doing well? Pictures and updates are shared for 18 years so that you know he or she is thriving and is happy.\n\nDo you have a support group where I can process my feelings before, during and after placement? Yes, we have a support group that meets every 4-6 weeks as requested by the members.\n\nCan I make my adoption plan so I know what to expect throughout my pregnancy? Yes, each Birthparent makes an adoption plan with their counselor, so your needs and requests are made known and therefore can achieved.\n\nI want to choose adoption, but not everyone supports my decision. What should I do? The decision to place your child for adoption is the most difficult decision one can make. It is so important that you have a support system that will encourage you before and after the placement. One action that may be helpful is to bring the friend or family member in with you to talk to the agency counselor so that there are no misconceptions. Each situation is different and we are here to help you go over your options. Agencies are here to support and encourage, but should never pressure their Birthparents in regard to their placement.\n\nWhat are my rights during and after the adoption process? Until the legal documents are signed, which typically occurs two days after the child\u2019s birth, the Birthmother remains the legal parent of the child. If you are working with a licensed agency who performs your adoption properly and ethically, once the legal paperwork is signed the relinquishment becomes irrevocable. A good agency will not pressure the Birthparent in any way regarding placement, and encourage her to do what is best for her and her child.\n\nCommonly asked questions by our Adoptive Parents:\n\nWhat are the differences between Open, Semi-Open or Closed adoptions? Can we choose the type of adoption that we are most comfortable with? Yes you can! Each adoption is done to individually meet the needs of each member of the triad. The most popular type of adoption is the Semi-Open adoption, and some can be made more open than others. Some are more more on the closed side, if that is requested. Open adoption means that you have a completely open relationship with your adoptive family. Semi-Open means that you have a relationship with your adoptive family but there are parameters established, which means that some confidential information not shared, but pictures and updates are still given for 18 years and face to face meetings are still an option as long as it does not affect the adoptee in a negative way (sometimes a child who is 3 or older can be confused about adoption, so it is encouraged to allow that child to have a voice regarding any meetings). In some cases, a child is able to understand the situation and the meetings can include them. Closed adoptions are ones where one or both parties desire a limited amount of contact. The agency still requests pictures in case that desire changes in time.\n\nHow much do adoptions cost? Are there resources that can help the cost be more affordable? Adoption agencies can charge anywhere between $20,000 and $40,000. The type of adoption you choose may also effect the price. Some agencies may charge more or have a sliding scale system in place. Texas Christian Adoptions has a flat fee of $36,000. Grants are also available to prospective adoptive families and many adoption loans that can help ease the cost to adopt. There is also a tax credit available. Check out my resource link above to see some helpful links regarding this topic.\n\nWe desire to start a family, what options are best suited for us and our situation? Adoption is a great way to add to your family! You can work through a private agency like Texas Christian Adoptions or be a foster parent. There are thousands of children that need a great home to be welcomed into. Foster to adopt programs are definitely less expensive than private agencies, but there may be a risk of relinquishing the child back to the Birthparent. Each case is different, but you can learn more by visiting the foster to adopt site like this one www.dfps.state.tx.us\n\nHow long is the wait? The wait time varies..it can take generally between 6-18 months to adopt. The type of adoption you are looking for may affect the time you wait.\n\nWhat if there is a problem that was unforeseen before the baby\u2019s birth? Most Birthmothers\u2019 already have an OBGYN they have been seeing before they sign on with an agency. If they have not seen a doctor at the time they sign on with the agency, then the agency will find a board certified OBGYN that is willing to see them at that stage in their pregnancy. A sonogram and a panel of tests are performed to verify the health of the child. If the Birthmother has not seen a doctor during her pregnancy and no testing or sonograms have been performed, then that situation may be riskier. The agency does all it can to ensure the child is in good health, but there is always the risk of an unseen or untestable genetic situation that may have been hidden during testing.\n\nWhat type of contact can I have with my Birthmother after the placement is complete? We promise the Birthmothers updates and pictures for 18 years through something like a Shutterfly account where personal information is not shared but you can maintain some contact with each other. Or if the Birth mother desires hard copy photos then you can send them directly to her through Shutterfly or through the agency. Some Birthmothers request face to face meetings, which are usually done at the agency or at an agreed upon place. The amount of meetings and for how many years depends on how the child is affected by those meetings.\n\nWhat is expected once a match is made? Once a match is made and a rapport is established between both the Adoptive Parents and Birthmother/Birthparents then it is encouraged to meet at least once a month until birth.\n\nWhat should we expect from the hospital experience? While at the hospital, the amount of contact is up to your Birthmother. Most Birthmothers like to have contact and spend time with the Adoptive Family. There will be times that you may be in the waiting rom and other times you may be in your own hospital room that the hospital provides for the Adoptive Family. There nay be other times you are with your Birthmother in her room. And the agency counselor is usually there to guide you and help with the process.\n\nWho do I talk to about medical and genetic histories? You will receive a medical and genetic history that is very thorough and filled out by the Birthparent(s).\n\nWhat are some things I can be doing while waiting for a match to be made? It is a requirement by the state that the Adoptive Parents continue learning about the adoption process by reading, attending or watching something adoption related every 3-4 months. After you watch/read or attend that event, you would send your counselor something that verifies it so she can put it in your file. You can also baby proof your home and start getting the nursery together. The state and most agencies also requires Adoptive Families to take an Infant CPR and Infant Care Class. Once that is done you can also send that verification in for your file.\n\nHow do I explain the adoption process to my child and/or to my family? There are many books that will help you explain the adoption process at any level and any age. This agency highly recommends letting the child know they are adopted from the start. Adoption is a beautiful thing and allowing the child to know what there heritage is helps them to know who they are. It is this agency\u2019s opinion that adoption should should never be kept a secret or kept from the adoptee. The Adoptive Parents should share with the child their adoption story when they feel the child can understand and comprehend what adoption is and not cause confusion. As far as talking to your family, there are adoption books available to read on that as well. Family support is so important, and it is this agency\u2019s experience that most families welcome the idea of adoption."}
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-{"text": "Scattered through sub-tropical gardens, Ocean Breeze provides spacious accommodation with one, two and three bedroom fully self-contained apartments with balconies or courtyards off all rooms.\n\nEnjoy a relaxing swim in the pool, or have a spa and sauna then cook up a family barbecue or dine in one of the nearby restaurants.\n\nYou may wish to start your day with a swim at Noosa's Main Beach before enjoying the boutique shopping of Hastings Street and Noosaville. The award-winning Berado\u2019s Restaurant and Caf\u00e9 Le Monde are located adjacent to the resort, and guests are also within easy reach of many caf\u00e9s, restaurants and bars.\n\nFor the more energetic, try out the half size tennis court or take a 10-minute walk to Australia's most visited park, Noosa National Park, and explore walking tracks, quiet sandy coves, rocky headlands and some of the best surf the coast has to offer.\n\n* Businesses earn 1 Qantas Point per AU$1 spent on eligible Qantas Hotels worldwide.\nEligible Qantas hotels excludes Classic Hotel Rewards.\nA business must be a Qantas Business Rewards Member to earn Qantas Points for your business.\nQantas Points are not earned on any amounts payable directly to the hotel.\nConditions apply\n\n&Tilde; Saving is off the hotel's generally available rate for the same property, room type, days, inclusions\nand conditions\n\n\u2020 Includes fees payable in local currency direct to hotel. Prices in AUD are approx and based on today\u2019s\nexchange rate."}
-{"text": "Flights of Faith\n\nMonday, June 25, 2007\n\nChecking In\n\nTiger Woods of the sport = a black person in a white dominated sport a la Louis Hamilton (formula 1 champ) or = the best in the sport a la Roger Federer. Who'da thunk it?\n\nMoved into apartment. I like it a lot. More later, perhaps.\n\nI need to stop point to my hoodie when people ask where I go to school. Sometimes, I'm just so joyful that I go there. If only if it were two syllables, I'd be set.\n\nYou see, you can make it seem like you hate Harvard by just lowering the second syllable. A sort of mutter. With Yale...not possible. However hard you try, you will always seem like a pretentious jerk thanks to its verb ending one syllable self. Yale.Thanks a lot, Eli.\n\nTons of interesting stuff going on w/ the Aboriginal community down under. Looks like I picked the right time to come. I'll be writing about it shortly for TNS, along w/ some other stuff hopefully. All will be cross posted here, of course.\n\nThursday, June 21, 2007\n\nPsalm 139\n\nSo, I realized I need to reread Exodus before rereading Joshua. Thought I couldjust jump in there and remember the Exodus story. In the meantime, I've beensorta fascinated by Psalm 139. I read it in this book (Jesus and theDisinherited; amazing read), stumbled upon it in the Bible, and then heard twogreat versions of it on some Living Water CDs. Sorry, this is sprawling. I(still) blame jetlag.\n\n1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.\n\nWow. God knows everything about us. Our past actions and our future ones. Howcomforting is it to know that our God is cradling our futures in his hand? It'salso a bit strange to know when we're stressing out about decisions God is justchilling waiting for us to calm down and settle on a path (hopefully, oneaccording to His will). I guess it makes more sense to pray or reflect onGod's will than to stress or complain (Thanks Steve!) since God is the only onewho knows what we should be doing.\n\n7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.\n\nTo me, this has been the most amazing part of my mature Christian life: theknowledge that I can never run from God completely nor will He ever run awayfrom me. I'm a Christian for life. The only question now is what type ofChristian will I be. Will I choose to be on rocky soil and forget theimportance of a biblical foundation and a church family? Will I allow thornsto compromise my faith? Or will I choose a lifestyle that will not only enrichmy own foundation but will spread to others? (Matthew 13: 1-8). We simply haveto humble ourselves before God and ask for help to be led on the right path foreach of us, one that leads us to God everlasting.\n\n11 If I say, \"Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,\" 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.\n\nIn the book I read (Jesus and the Disinherited), the author talks about theseverses to explain how hiding our actions in darkness do not make them any moreconspicuous. God can still see them. In particular, the author is referringto oppressed people using tools of deception to outwit the oppressors. Hebasically says, \"yea, I know it's hard, but dealings in the dark to save yourhuman life do not do any favors to your eternal life.\" This has transformedhow I think about oppressed peoples, especially in academics. The past threeyears, I've been taught to praise resistance by oppressed peoples to show thatthere was a struggle, a fight for life, not just another nameless and lifelessvictim (think Trail of Tears). And while I always praised non-violent andnon-deceptive resistance (MLK, Ghandi), I'm going to have to be a bit morecareful when looking at others who deceive the oppressors for an end that mightnot be worth the means. After all, we can never value worldly security oversecurity in the promise of Heaven. Interestingly enough, Rahab lies to protectJoshua and the Israelites but there were a lot of potential explanationsprovided in my study Bible about how that could be ok. (Joshua 2:4,5) Something I'll have to think about a lot more as this issue is extremlyimportant to me and what I think is my calling.\n\n19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! 20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.\n\nWoah! This happens in the OT a lot. Beautiful peaceful verses then all of asudden blood, war, vengeance, and hatred. It's awesome to have the Gospel forcontext when reading this and to know that the circumstances have changed inour present condition. Still, David is being honest with God. He's incommunication with Him. Although there might be more meaningful(preemptive)ways of dealing with our anger, it's been helpful for me to go toGod with it and ask him to transform it into something that will be morebeneficial and asking for His will and justice, ultimately, to be done.\n\n(switched the verses up)\n\n17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.\n\n23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\n\nAgain, this is amazing stuff. Looking at ourselves for faults and asking God toidentify our faults?!?! Uh oh. This sounds scary but who else knows us better? Who else knows where we should go from our imperfections. Only by being honestwith ourselves and God will we gain progress in our spirtual journeys.\n\nUpdate: I'm in LA now waiting for my flight to Sydney Australia. I have nohousing in Australia! Ahhh. My roommate completely dropped the ball and forgotto give me an exact address or directions. Now, I have another potential placeto stay. Please pray with me that my housing works out fine, and I will beallowed to get settled and start my research shortly.\n\nFunny tidbits. To de-stress I've been listening to a lot of Living Water. Whatsay my family?\n\n(The Answer)Mom: Oh, I really like the instruments.Me: Mom, that's beatboxing.Mom: What?Me: You know, like Blake on American Idol (I know. Who knew he would be thepicture by the the definition of beatboxing?)Mom: No, it can't be.Me: Yea, it's this guy named Lucas Kwong. Each thing you think is an instrumentis just his mouth.Mom: Woah!\n\nSaturday, June 16, 2007\n\nJonah\n\nSorry this is late and a bit long! Just got back from Hong Kong after a long day of travel with weird time zone technicalities. Honestly though, I just had a hard time digesting Jonah (that was an unintentional fish pun and the last one in the qt, I promise)\n\nI decided to read Jonah because I felt I was running from God\u2019s call. Jonah was someone who ran but then decided to give himself over to God. Or that\u2019s what I thought anyway. First, let me explain my feeling of flight. A lot of who I am now has been a result of my station at Yale\u2014the people, the organizations, and the city. I feel like at the end of this year I saw a way for them to all work together in a Christ-like model. Then, summer came. I was stripped of my community where I know how to be Christian in a way that influences many aspects of my life. At home, I\u2019m back inside my shell. I stay in Indiana over breaks, home of my extended family. It seems I\u2019m never here long enough to establish roots that would help me show my community the Gospel. I\u2019m just a happy Christian face, praying for a change without realizing God might have an answer to my prayers in action hinged on my faith in Him. Then, I went to China and felt a bit guilty for experiencing something I did not know how to make meaningful to my Christian walk (I sort of have a plan now). And even though I might not have been outright running from God, I definitely felt a sense of floating, merely being pushed side to side instead of listening to God\u2019s directions for me. And then I read Jonah. And I realized I need to tackle the Old Testament this summer. I had no clue about what truly happened to this prophet. Like my floating spirit, I preemptively drew out the story, easily and lazily. Most importantly, incorrectly.\n\nThough the colorful storybooks speak of Jonah as a hero, the five-page book of the Bible does not really remember him as such. I thought he ran from God\u2019s call because the community of Nineveh was sinful and dangerous. Actually, Jonah avoided God\u2019s call because he did not want the people of Nineveh to be redeemed, something he knew God\u2019s mercy would provide. What?!?!\n\n(After Jonah reluctantly obeyed and God\u2019s grace saved the people after their commitment to change their ways)\n\n\u201cBut Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. 2 He prayed to the LORD, \"O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, O LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live. (Jonah 4:1-3)\n\nHow can Jonah be so faithful to God that his prayer provides him escape from a large fish, but his bigotry against the people of Nineveh comes from and perpetuates seeds of hatred? Isn\u2019t there a truer faith than that? Or is it love not faith that I am seeking in Jonah? In the belly of the whale Jonah says, \u201cBut I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you\u201d (Jonah 2:9).\n\nI wonder if Jonah sincerely believed he was obeying the Lord as he vowed to do in the next verse or if he does saw this whole operation as more of a sacrifice to God. Samuel warns against that notion saying, \u201c22\"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams\u201d (Samuel 15: 22). Is Jonah then, like us, when we offer ambulance prayers to Christ? We sacrifice our pride by calling on God, but we avoid acts of obedience that might transform how we come to Christ. Calmer, wiser, and more assured of a God that directs our actions.\n\nToo often, I think we overemphasize and overprotect a personal and isolated relationship with Jesus Christ, acting as if it is the most delicate of fires. As if it can actually be blown out. What is more inspiring and joyful than a savior who died for our sins demonstrating an all loving act of grace (something we see in even non-prophetic hints during OT times)? I want to take that to communities who need it. Communities like Nineveh. I think spreading the Gospel that way can only nurture one\u2019s spiritual development. One is not isolated from another. I also think avoiding God\u2019s call can only lead us to the belly of a whale (where something is obviously wrong) or the heart of a city like Nineveh (where people must have \u201ccomfortably\u201d lived ignorant of God\u2019s message and His grace)? In many ways, the latter is scarier than the former. Imagine an apathetic Christian community not drawn to live out their faith in any meaningful way. Everyone\u2019s silence legitimating the deadening of our Gospels, another unwarranted gift from God. Is it even that hard to imagine?\n\nThe book ends with a sulking Jonah relaxing in the shade of a vine that God provided. The next day God sends a worm to eat the vine, exposing Jonah to the harsh sun.\n\n10 But the LORD said, \"You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?\" (Jonah 4: 10-11)\n\nIn our lives are we more concerned with what\u2019s making us comfortable, our vines, than whole communities of people in need of the Gospel? Like the miraculous vine that comforted Jonah, God gives us many things redemptive of his message and promise of Grace. While we can never ever match his Grace (nor should we try), I think God\u2019s point was that His grace for Jonah should have inspired Jonah to joyfully proclaim the message for the people of Nineveh. To give them a message they did not deserve. To unselfishly volunteer himself to make their circumstance equal or better than his own by providing them with the opportunity to reclaim their communities and their lives with the message of God. I think our aims should be similar.\n\nHonestly, I don\u2019t know how I am going to implement this lesson yet. I still feel like I am running. Soon, I will be headed to Australia. Another place I am without roots. Maybe though, I am meant to spend the summer rediscovering the Bible and trying to uncover the meaning of texts like Jonah\u2019s from my previous understandings and to allow them to transform my faith in an active way. I am not sure. I am praying about it. Trying to look at other biblical persons who followed God\u2019s will I came across my namesake.\n\n6 \"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.\" (Joshua 1: 6-9)\n\nIt\u2019s comforting to know that no matter what choices I make God will be with me. I try not to cash that in as a form of cheap grace, but sometimes I am so unsure about the details of my future it is nice to rest my smaller goals in bigger ones: maintaining a Christian lifestyle, being committed to the spread of the Gospel, transforming communities through Christ-like models of justice and love. As I seek answers about choices that will shape the rest of my life, I am joyful to have been pointed in the right direction by the Holy Spirit and thankful that I can continually use it to put me back on track.\n\nLet\u2019s pray for us to be strong and courageous, fulfilling our missions here on Earth, knowing that our faith, God, will be with us wherever we go.\n\nMonday, June 11, 2007\n\nOn The Edge\n\nJust when I started to blog regularly the country i'm visiting blocked my blog!Well, I think I've circumvented that for the last few days here.I don't know how much I'm gonna write since I'm trying to soak up these last few nights.\n\nTuesday, June 05, 2007\n\nIt can't get any worse...can it?\n\nTalked politics (ahh!)with someone on the tour. She defended our cultural imperialism with a simply \"but what if we didn't.\" The constitutional rights violation was implicit, I guess.\n\nThat's not bad. It can't get any worse, right?\n\nTalking about Westerns. \"Now we can't make them because it's not politically correct.\" The last couple words were, of course, spat out. Representing all Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages suits your sensibilities? Excuse me.\n\nBut you know what, it's a different generation. Keep on walking.\n\nEritrean guy doing traditional dance at a group talent show. I'm appreciating it. Space Invader (because he, ya know, invades your space) comes up and says to me, \"Got any rap music to dance to?\" I blink then stare back at him. My dad awkwardly stands in between us.\n\nOk. That's definitely personal, but I can handle it. And, best of all, it cannot get worse than that.\n\nRight?\n\nSitting with a Tulane student. After talking about how she bar crawls and parties for a good length of time, she broaches the subject of Katrina. Before I can even lay out my opinion on this issue after issuing her own she snaps, \"And I hate when people say it's a racial issue. They had time to get out. Everyone knew. It wasn't black or white. There were people who looted Who stayed behind. They were dumb and stupid. It's not that America didn't care. It was their own fault.\"\n\nInstead of just stopping there, she tirelessly took me through the welfare policy of the city, trying to say race didn't matter, weakly responding to my evidence of white family hero/black looter. She insisted the media was just trying to \"start something.\" I just had to stare at her like she was crazy and shake my head slightly in disapproval. I wanted to shout at the woman that her class (which, of course, is racialized) made everything ok. The truth is, though, when you have a hurricane facing your home, food, and family down and the other option is leaving everything you have worked for and living in poverty thanks to no expendable income, well, you expect your city to take care of you. And New Orleans did not. A sign isn't good enough. It never has been for people on the margins. Unfortunately, the white space matters. Just ask the survivor.\n\nI cannot deal. I need to escape. This is supposed to be about discovering the wonders of China, not an exercise in how to represent and perpetuate different forms of injustice. I sort of expected it all though. Hopefully, I can reclaim this expereince somehow. This is my problem. I make bad decisions and all I can do is reclaim poor choices. I need to start making better ones.\n\nBut, in ways, this decision was so right. I know it was. My father needed me here. I think this is a lesson for me. I really do. A dose of how blessed I am at Yale along with the reality check that this is what is waiting for me. Allies, let's get it together. We are in it for the long haul and every hour will test us. Escape is only the last frontier to freedom. Absolutely nothing else. It will be difficult, but we feel that it's right in our bones. Let's get to it.\n\nSunday, June 03, 2007\n\nFreedom\n\nI feel it on the Yangtze.Or is that abandonment?\n\nI am still undercover and preparing some intelligence reports for you.Given the location though, I probably will do some open air writing.The main goal is still not losing my mind.So far, so good.I hope?"}
-{"text": "CWC 1/16/13 What's in a Project Life Kit\n\nHi Everyone,\nWe have a little snow this morning :) About 3\" and maybe another 2\" to come :) hehe I do love the snow, hate going out in it, but I love watching it come down.\nThought I would share a video of what comes in the Olive Edition of Project Life. If you are not familiar with Project Life check out Becky Higgins site and THIS video.\nI really won't be sharing much of my 2013 album here on my blog but if you want to see what I'm doing you can follow me on Instagram at Followgram.\nHere is a video of the Olive Edition of Project Life\nWatch below | Watch on You Tube\n\nThats all for today, I'll be back tomorrow with a few pictures of my PL setup and the title page to my album.\n\n7 comments\n\nI'm glad you are doing project life again! I've started on mine for this year. I ordered the Cobalt Collection and I'm not that crazy about it as I thought I was going to be. But i've been adding my own embellishments as I go.\n\nFollow me on social media\n\nSubscribe for updates\n\nSubscribe to our mailing list\n\nInstagram\n\nCopyright\n\nPhotos and artwork shown here are property of Christina Thomas (except where indicated). Use of my photos and/or artwork is for personal inspiration only and may not be copied for commercial advertising, challenges, contest sumissions, publications or resale.\n\nFeel free to link my blog to yours. No permission needed.\n\nDisclaimer\n\n*All opinions expressed in blog posts and videos are my own.\n\n*I only recommend products that I use and genuinely like.\n\n*I participate in affiliate programs for:\n\nPink Fresh Studios, Tonic Studios, Simon Says Stamp, Amazon, Scrapbook.com, Altenew, Sizzix, Cricut, Craftsy and Blitsy. I do get compensated when products are purchased through affiliate links. This is at no extra cost to you."}
-{"text": "Motorcycle group runs charity for underprivileged children\n\nThe Shiloh Riders are not your stereotypical bikers. They\u2019re a motorcycle group, not a club, made up of ordinary people\u2014bankers, lawyers, police officers, military members and retired people\u2014and they are not the sort of grisly characters you might see portrayed on TV.\n\nMembers emphasize the difference between a motorcycle group and a motorcycle club, because of the negative connotation associated with the latter. This group of bikers is no collection of renegade outlaws. In fact, every year they run a charity for underprivileged children, the East Tennessee Toy Run, so those children can receive toys and clothes for Christmas.\n\nA few of the members set up in front of the King Family Library on Saturday morning to take signups for families in need. The one person who immediately grabs your attention is \u201cSanta,\u201d or Jim White, who has been with the group for more than a decade.\n\nWhite is decked out with the perfect blend of biker and Santa, sporting a red Santa shirt and denim jeans to go with his large, white beard.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re not mean, nasty bikers\u2014some of our members don\u2019t even ride,\u201d White said. \u201cWe\u2019re a genuinely good group of people.\u201d\n\nWhite said that the group puts him in charge of doing all the talking, because he can be \u201ca little bit of a gab.\u201d He speaks with equal enthusiasm about the group, the charity and even ordinary events in his life.\n\nWhite can recount specific memories of people who the group has helped in the past with ease, occasionally squinting his eyes and looking up for a second to get exact details straight. One memory in particular caused him to take a moment to sigh and furrow his brow.\n\n\u201cWe once helped two brothers after their mother passed away,\u201d White said. \u201cThey were living in a motel and still going to school.\u201d\n\nThe gifts for children vary by age group. For younger children, White said the group provides a large toy and perhaps a smaller toy, as well as clothes, which White believes is the most important part.\n\n\u201cToys are great, kids love them,\u201d White said. \u201cBut toys can wear out or break or a kid might lose interest in it. With clothes, you might do something bigger\u2014maybe you can help a kid\u2019s self-esteem.\u201d\n\nFor older children and teens, it\u2019s clothes and hygiene products, because White said he believes that having better access to proper hygiene products can completely change the demeanor of a teenager.\n\nWith children 2-years old and younger, the group gives diapers as a gift.\n\nThe group typically gives children one outfit and some sort of hooded sweatshirt or coat, and they like to give more if possible, such as a pair of gloves.\n\n\u201cWe want to keep these kids warm,\u201d White said.\n\nThe Shiloh Riders make a point to individually give gifts to children, and to make the gifts as personalized as possible.\n\n\u201cWe ask them what they like, what their favorite color is,\u201d White said. \u201cWe don\u2019t just grab a big pile of gifts and give them out randomly.\u201d\n\nWhite said that 97 or 98 cents on every dollar donated to their cause goes directly to the children.\n\n\u201cOur members, we do this on our own,\u201d White said. \u201cWe aren\u2019t compensated, we don\u2019t have salaries.\u201d\n\nWhite said his need to help children in need stems from his own childhood.\n\n\u201cI first moved out on my own when I was 13, and I never looked back,\u201d White said. \u201cThat\u2019s where my passion comes from. When I help people, I know it\u2019s not easy on them.\u201d\n\nWhen the Shiloh Riders first started, their founding member lived on Shiloh Road, which led to the naming of the group. However, in the years since, White said, they have maintained the name for a different reason.\n\n\u201cNot many people know what Shiloh means,\u201d White said. \u201cIn the bible, \u2018Shiloh\u2019 is referred to as a gift from God. We really try to be the meaning of that word.\u201d\n\nThe Shiloh Riders will also be accepting applications for assistance next week at the library from any family in need. More information on the motorcycle group, and all of their charitable endeavors, can be found on their website www.shilohriders.com."}
-{"text": "Most men are now switching on using electric razors than manual razors that can offer men their closest shaves possible. Since using manual razors, the process is time consuming. You have to wash the face, putting on some shaving cream, carefully shave, wash the face all over again and apply some after shave or moisturizer. Even we take some time, our skin still feels like it is burning or flaming up. Plus, nicks and cuts often happened when using manual razors. So now, men are now using electric razors to fasten the process and makes shaving easy and fun while it prevents skin irritations and cuts from occurring. Let\u2019s see what are the best electric razors of 2013?\n\nTop 3 Best Electric Shavers for Men of 2013\n\n1. Braun 7 790cc Pulsonic Shaver \u2013 the Series 7 shavers from Braun are their most advanced shaver of 2013. Many electric razor experts crowned Braun as the Best Electric Shaver for 2013. This shaver offers closer shaves without skin irritations. It is great for dry shaving, and it is only used for dry shaving. Even though it is only for dry shaving, the unit is also 100% waterproof for easy cleaning. It even comes one of the most reliable automatic charging & cleaning system, the Braun Clean and Renew. This is the only shaver who has 3 personalized modes to best fit every skin type and beard. You can choose from the 3, the extra sensitive, or just the normal and the intensive settings. Also, replacement blades are easy to find and most of them are sold at discounted prices.\n\n2. Philips Norelco 1280X/42 SensoTouch 3d \u2013 this shaver is without a doubt, the best rotary shaver of 2013 for men. It can be used both on wet or dry shaving. This shaver can offer you the quickest shaving time once mastered. Plus, this rotary shaving system can give you the closest shave on chin and neck area compared to other electric razors out there. It also comes with its own cleaning and charging system, the Jet Clean System. But, there are a few reports of skin redness especially on the neck area. The manufacturer said that this is just common as the skin need time to adapt to the new shaving system. Most users agreed on what the manufacturer told and after a month they no longer experience redness. The shaver can also be used with shaving cream, this could help prevent skin redness while enjoying the closeness Philips Norelco 1280x SensoTouch 3D has to offer.\n\n3. Panasonic ES-LV81-K Arc 5 \u2013 an amazing 5 blade cutting system from Panasonic. This means less shaving time because of the better coverage. It also incorporates the fastest linear motor running at 14,000 revolutions per minute. There is also no skin irritation when using this shaver. The shaver supports both wet and dry shaving as well and comes with its own cleaning and charging system. This is the most advanced shaver on our list so it is obvious this shaver is also the most expensive in the list. But the feature that the Panasonic ES-LV81-K has to offer, it is just amazing and it has the features that men would want in an electric shaver."}
-{"text": "Discover The Lower East Side\n\nEXPLORING THE LOWER EAST SIDE\n\nWhile this blog often highlights the wonders of the Upper West Side, our staff\u2013New Yorkers all\u2013would be amiss not to wander with you through a neighborhood that perhaps most represents the rich immigrant beginnings of this important corner in American History. Streets and alleys filled with vendors and thick horse manure, rampant diseases, racial and ethnic books, violent movies, musical films, theatre and poetry. Families grew, worked and died in horrid conditions\u2013BUT\u2013they always had and kept dreams. And in many, many languages. They enlisted and died in America\u2019s wars. BUT\u2013they pasted together their talents and dreamed\u2026and New York City and America were officially created and on its way as we know it now.\n\nThe 21st century is the palette on which a now totally diverse inner city shines. Yes\u2013it\u2019s clean! The deadly years of drugs and their street wars, garbage and rotting buildings, are portrayed in books and films. The average age has dropped almost unbelievably, and the prosperity level has risen and doesn\u2019t stop. Ethnic landmarks of trade and social activities still exist, but just barely. But their history has been saved and made available for us. Many history and guidebooks can help the visitor be prepared and enlightened in advance. Find what strikes your fancy and your mind in advance so you become part of the changes\u2026and love it! Book a walking tour with an expert!\n\nSee Off-Broadway theatre and the newest international films\u2026and dine on food from every province in China or Italy or Poland. Ethnic small museums bring it all to life, and very new contemporary galleries and museums show what our Great Uptown Museums do not. Trendy $$$ boutiques still are neighbors to old, kind of crumbly shops with underwear or competitors to Harlem\u2019s sleek styles. Fabrics for home and wardrobe, trendy jewelry. Gelato or falafel, 4*** tasting menus, dim sum, NY pizza, cannoli\u2013the foods of your country or region\u2026and ours. Oh, and you can stay out very, very late here\u2026but treat yourself to a taxi back to the Upper West Side\u2026and Park 79 Hotel."}
-{"text": "\"You've been living in China for more than 30 years,\" visitors would tell lawyer-translator Sidney Shapiro, \"and you're Jewish, so you must know all about the Chinese Jews. What's their story?\"\n\nShapiro didn't know, but he decided to find out. He dug up all the material on the subject that he could find--it wasn't much--and persuaded a number of noted Chinese scholars to contribute their own articles. Then he translated, condensed, edited and commented upon all of that; unfortunately, he did not tie the material together. Much of the information appears over and over, and on many points, there is disagreement among the scholars. So what else is new?\n\nThis is a post-mortem exercise. Today, the Jewish community in China is nonexistent. In the 1980s, all of China showed only 140 \"former\" Jewish families, including a Buddhist monk. And though Jewish communities did exist in a number of other Chinese cities, including Beijing, this book deals almost exclusively with the Jews of Kaifeng, for several hundred years the capital of China and its most important center of commerce.\n\nThe scholars disagree on when Jews first came to China, but most evidence seems to point to about 200 BC. Marco Polo mentions having seen Jews there, and we know that the Kaifeng synagogue was built in the 12th Century. There is less argument on the routes these Jews took to get to China. A 1487 reference to Jews having brought \"bales of cotton cloth as tribute\" points to sea commerce. Others came via the great silk route via Persia or India.\n\nIn their adopted country, the Jews were known as the followers of the \"sinew-plucking religion\" because to make meat kosher, the sciatic nerve has to be removed. They were also known as the Blue-Hat Muslims, in contrast to the real Muslims, who were the White-Hat Muslims. Ironically, since Jews and Muslims had similar customs and religions, many ancient sources draw little distinction between them. In fact, in the 19th Century, the few remaining Jews had to go to a mosque if they wanted to pray.\n\nThe book delves into family names, occupations and biblical references, but its most fascinating aspect has to do with the decline and death of that once vibrant community. Why, some of the authors asked, did Judaism fade away in China?\n\nAnd here the question becomes the answer. China, with its history of religious and ethnic tolerance, welcomed Jews and did not discriminate against them. And because they were accepted, the Jews, in turn, accepted--first the host language, later on customs, then women in marriage, finally the Confucian religion. It is this startling observation that ultimately rescues a poorly organized book. It will also give Jews all over the world a hard bagel to chew on."}
-{"text": "Fear Measles, Not Vaccines\n\nA measles outbreak traced to the Disneyland theme park in California has infected nearly 70 people since December. Even before this alarming episode, 2014 saw the worst U.S. measles outbreak in two decades. What else happened last year? More than 13,000 parents nationwide claimed on forms that vaccinating their children from preventable diseases like measles violated their \u201cpersonal beliefs.\u201d\n\nMost of these parents are motivated by irrational fears. It is human to be nervous about injecting foreign substances into a child\u2019s..."}
-{"text": "Minimal Autumn Makeup | eLLa every LiTTLE thing07 Guest Post\n\nOne of my favourite bloggers, Ella from Every Little Thing 07 is guest-posting on my blog today. She's sharing a minimal Autumn face of the day, so I hope you enjoy. Her social links are at the bottom of the post so you can go and follow her after.\n\nAutumn is probably my favourite season although it is a big toss\nbetween summer and autumn. For this season, I always try to have a minimal\nmake-up. As the days get colder, my desire to stay longer in bed increases so a\nquick make-up look in the morning is definitely the more practical choice. Even\nthough it is a minimal make-up routine, I also aim to look more polish in the\nquickest way.\n\nSunday Riley Effortless Breathable Tinted Primer | \u00a338I believe that a good base is always necessary to have a good make-up. My\nprimer of choice is the Sunday Riley Effortless Breathable Tinted Primer. It is\nlike the best primer there is. It is so lightweight on the skin and I find that\nit soothes my irritable skin. Any base or foundation that you put on top of it\nbecomes so comfortable. It also makes your base lasts ages. As it is tinted, it\nalready covers some imperfections of the skin. It is just one amazing primer\ndespite its steep price.\n\nClinique Beyond Perfecting Powder Foundation + Concealer | \u00a327I was never a fan of powder foundation until I encountered the\nClinique Beyond Perfecting Powder Foundation + Concealer. Since I got this, I\nhave been using it almost daily. When applied, this is also incredibly light on\nthe skin. Despite the lightness, this offers serious coverage. It offers medium\nto high coverage and despite if you layer it up, it will never appear cake-y.\nThis also lasts for more than 7 hours without primer. When paired with the\nSunday Riley Primer, this just lasts ages without budging. This has a matte\nfinish and you can say goodbye to oily skin when you use this.\n\nUrban Decay Naked Skin Concealer | \u00a317.50As you can\ntell, I love lightweight products and this concealer is no exception. This is\nvery light on the skin thus the Naked name. It is also very creamy and packed\nwith serious coverage. You just need a few dabs on the skin and et viola, you\nhave a well-covered skin.\n\nChanel Jersey Powder Blush | \u00a331I always lust over Chanel cosmetics.\nTheir minimalist packaging is always on point. The Jersey blush has been a\npresent to me last Christmas and I just love it since then. Jersey is a\nbeautiful peachy brown with very small and subtle gold shimmers. The gold\nshimmers gives a nice glow when applied to the skin and you can hardly see it.\nThis is a beautiful everyday blush and it feels luxurious and buttery which I\nam expecting coming from Chanel.\n\nThe Balm Mary Lou Manizer | \u00a317.50The most beautiful highlighter there is\nis the Mary Lou Manizer highlighter. It is a champagne-y highlighter and gives\na very sheeny finish but not glittery. It is the most beautiful highlighter\nthere is in my opinion. This also lasts for more than 6 hours which gains\nanother thumbs up from me.\n\nToo Face Better Than Sex Mascara | \u00a319To be honest, I\ndespise the name of this mascara but we will just forget its name as it's the\nproduct that counts, right? The mascara is packaged in a very pretty pink tube\nwhich makes my heart skips a beat due to its prettiness. This mascara has\nnatural bristles in twisted/spiral pattern that gives you thick lashes without\nclumping. This is one mascara definitely worth owning.\n\nKat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Lovesick| $20Since I saw the swatches of the new shades of the Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid\nLipstick, I have been dreaming over them for ages. Well I finally get a few\nshades from the range they are what my dreams of liquid lipsticks are made of.\nIt is so comfortable on the lips and stays for ages. It is also very pigmented\nand gives a very smooth finish without settling on the cracks of the lips. It has\na super matte finish and look super beautiful on the lips.\n\nSo this is my minimal Autumnal FOTD. I hope you enjoy reading my\npost and a big thank you to Jasmine for asking me to guest post in her awesome\nblog.\n\nXoXo,\n\neLLa\n\nevery LiTTLE thing07\n\nThank you so much for guest-posting today Ella! You can follow her below on:\n\nOh wow, a minimal make up and still opting for Mary-Lou? I'd never think of that. It's just a bit too sparkly for an everyday minimal look, in my opinion. I'd rather use my Benefit Watt's Up or Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze&Glow. I usually don't go for highlighter on an everyday basis, if I want a bit of sheen going on I'll use a radiant blush like the Hourglass one!\n\nI've never tried Mary Lou Manizer but my go to highlighters are Benefit Sunbeam and Becca Shimmering Perfector in Opal. That mascara has long been in my radar but I have so many to go through now, it will be mine in the future...well, as soon as I'm done with the ones I have. LOL!\n\nThere has always been such controversy over the too faced better than sex mascara, I'm still unsure about purchasing ! Xx I really enjoyed this post, you practically made me a shopping list! Xx Check out my latest blog post at http://xbeyoutifulx.blogspot.co.uk !! Xx gfc followers are desperately needed xxxxx"}
-{"text": "February 14, 2012\n\nChina\u2019s Leadership Transition and Strategic Implications for Asia\n\nLeadership transitions are inevitably accompanied by uncertainty. Promises made by aspiring leaders \u2013 particularly on matters of foreign policy \u2013 rarely bear themselves out. In recent American memory, Bill Clinton decried the \u201cbutchers of Beijing\u201d as a presidential contender but did his utmost to set U.S.-China relations on an even keel after the Taiwan Straits crisis. Candidate George W. Bush was thought to be primarily domestic-focused \u2013 America\u2019s first \u201cCEO president\u201d \u2013 but the 9/11 attacks and a cohort of influential advisers ensured that his first term was dominated by foreign affairs. And even Barack Obama, who was seen as inexperienced on foreign policy and passionate only about nuclear disarmament, has found himself taking a very different tack on Iran, Pakistan, and East Asia than even he might have anticipated.\n\nThis year\u2019s leadership handover in China is cause for far greater anxiety than any of the above, or for that matter any American or democratic transition. The ascension to the presidency of current Vice President Xi Jinping, who is visiting the United States this week, will mark only the second peaceful leadership transition in communist China\u2019s history. Xi will inherit a China that is economically integrated to an unprecedented degree with the rest of the world \u2013 and a key driver of the roiling global economy \u2013 while remaining a latent security threat to most of its neighbors. Xi\u2019s politburo colleagues will represent a new generation of leaders, many born after the Chinese Revolution, their upbringings colored by the excesses of the Cultural Revolution, and their adult lives considerably more cosmopolitan than their predecessors. And Xi will, by many accounts, have less absolute authority than any previous Chinese leader, requiring consensus from his Politburo colleagues on important matters, and remaining mindful of the wishes of many other stakeholders, including the country\u2019s increasingly influential business elites and military leaders.\n\nAmong the many challenges Xi will face upon his rise to leader of country, party, and (eventually) military, will be maintaining good relations with India. On the surface, the last year has appeared a particularly rocky one for relations between the two Asian giants. But that impression is informed in large part by a hyper-competitive and ill-informed media south of the contested border, and a nationalistic blogosphere to its north. A number of incidents involving Indian relations with Vietnam and poorly-detailed reports concerning China\u2019s activities in Pakistan have also given the impression of unprecedented assertiveness by one side or the other. But in fact, the last year has also witnessed a surprising willingness by Beijing to acknowledge \u2013 if not yet accommodate \u2013 India\u2019s rise. This manifested itself in a forward-leaning Chinese position at the 2011 BRICS Summit in Sanya and a renewed willingness to engage India on mechanisms to ensure a stable border after years of deadlock.\n\nIt may not amount to bonhomie, but China\u2019s eagerness to maintain stable relations with India at this juncture \u2013 apparently driven by Washington\u2019s renewed attention to the Chinese security challenge \u2013 suggests a curious dynamic at play in Asia. China is a fulcrum for the region\u2019s security dilemmas, and its leadership appears more willing to engage certain potential adversaries when confronted with more assertive postures by others. This points to two possible courses for dealing with China under Xi Jinping. On the one hand, greater coordination among the powers on China\u2019s periphery might help prolong China\u2019s peaceful rise while gently urging its leadership to undertake necessary internal reforms to make its governance structures more transparent and representative. On the other hand, uncoordinated pressure by Washington, New Delhi, or Tokyo \u2013 which is far more likely given that all three, as well as Seoul, Jakarta, and Taipei, value their autonomy in decision-making \u2013 could force Beijing to productively engage other democratic states. That may also not spell bad news. If the only way China can overturn American primacy is by becoming more like America (or India), that can only be a good thing."}
-{"text": "Governor Bullock urges clemency recommendation for Barry Beach\n\nIn an unusual step, Governor Steve Bullock has sent a two-page letter to the state Board of Pardons and Parole, outlining why he thinks the board should recommend clemency for convicted murderer Barry Beach. The board is set to hear Beach's application for clemency April 29th. Beach has already served 30 years of a 100-year sentence for the 1979 murder of Poplar teen Kim Nees. He has long maintained his innocence, and was granted a new trial by a district judge in 2011. He was released from prison for 18 months pending the trial - then returned to prison when the state supreme court overturned the district judge's ruling.\n\nIn his letter to the Board of Pardons, Bullock cites the fact that Beach is not asking for exoneration but a commutation of his sentence. Bullock also says Beach committed the crime as a juvenile, has served over 30 years for the crime, and would continue to be under state supervision if released. Bullock cannot commute Beach's sentence without the Board's recommendation."}
-{"text": "Aveox 27/26/1 w/4.3:1 gearbox perfect for your hotliner. Motor is new and still in its box. It has never been powered up or connected to anything. I paid $194.95 (plus shipping) for it from NE Sailplanes at beginning of summer. It will be shipped to you for $150, anywhere in the US. Paypal is preferred"}
-{"text": "Well, as long as I'm posting, I might as well get the last of my Alembic buddies up on the site. This is an 85 model that the seller said had a Coco Bolo top, but the wood card says Bocate. I've got a Bocate topped Orion and this wood seems too dark to me. It looks like other examples of Coco Bolo I've seen on this site, and I have to admit, I really want it to be Coco Bolo. Can anybody clarify this issue? Is there overlap in the woods appearances that might suggest one when it is the other? Regardless of the wood type, the little bass sounds amazing! No surprise there, anyway!\n\nI see what you mean, the rings run counter to your gorgeous Mark King 5. Man, I bet that thing rocks! The wood on my Distillate is every bit as dark as it appears in the photo. I've found that I can get really accurate color by photographing the basses in my sunroom between dawn and when the sun actually breaks over the horizon. There's just lots of natural, but soft, light then. There are probably other ways of attaining that result, but I'm no student of photography, I stumbled on this technique by accident. Works for me anyway! Thanks for your input,\n\nrraymond, just because the wood card says it's Bocate, don't make it so, my wood card says Bocate and Mica is still trying to figure what kind of wood my Epic is made from, my Epic looks nothing like your Distillate, by the way that is a fine looking Distillate.\n\nI remember this, your Epic looks like its topped with Bubinga to me. As I recall, several others thought so, too. I've got a bubinga topped Orion and the grain pattern and basic coloration are all there. Bubinga definitely imparts a clarity to the instrument's sound. BTW, that's a good looking Series 1 you have, also.\n\nBocate and Coco Bolo aren't closely related, though sometimes Bocate is marketed as \"Mexican Rosewood.\" Both Bocate and Coco Bolo exhibit a huge range of figuring and color, making it hard to make an identifaction from just looking at the wood. They also get darker over time -- if you ever have need to remove the tailpiece, the difference in the color may be shocking.\n\nFrom these photos, I'm inclined to agree with the wood card on this one. Coco Bolo's dark stripes are usually less fibrous looking than Bocate.\n\nIf the color is fairly accurate, the back peghead veneer looks very Bocate-ish. 1985 basses would usually have matching peghead veneers to the top laminate.\n\nHi Mica, thanks for your input here. I have to wonder though how the back of the headstock and the front, not to mention the front of the body, could be the same wood but have aged so differently? The front is very dark and red-ish, and the back of the headstock is kind of orange-ish? I'm playing devil's advocate here because you guys, I freely admit, have light years more experience with woods than I do. Also, I'm haunted by the desire to have a Coco Bolo topped instrument in the collection! :-0 Thanks again for the brilliant work on my Elan. I can't put it down, and when I do, I can't take my eyes off it! And to think that you guys bust your humps for somebody that's not a Stanley Clark, Mark King or John Entwistle, you guys are absolutely the best! Say, if I sent the Distillate back to you for refinishing, what would I be looking at price-wise. I'm talking: sanding the instrument down, refinishing in a clear coat (high gloss), and cleaning and restoring the brass hardware. Thx!\n\nThis thread hasn't had a hit in awhile! Actually, it's kind of funny rereading it cause I now realize that the back laminate on the headstock is zebra wood, not bocate. I didn't make the connection at the time. Also, I sold the bass last year to help pay for the custom Mark King I had built. But none of that tells you what the extra toggle is all about, does it? Some previous owner to me installed an extra battery and this three-way switch. It lets you turn off the power in the middle position and select either battery in the other positions. Nifty idea!\n\nAdd Your Message Here\n\nPost:\n\nUsername:\n\nPosting Information:\nThis is a private posting area. Only registered users and moderators may post messages here."}
-{"text": "-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the transaction this accessor is associated with if <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#isReader()\"><CODE>isReader()</CODE></A> returns <code>false</code>,\n\n-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Passes all revisions of the store to the <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/revision/CDORevisionHandler.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.revision\"><CODE>handler</CODE></A> if <b>all</b> of the following\n\n- conditions are met:\n\n-\n\n- The <code>eClass</code> parameter is <code>null</code> or equal to <code>revision.getEClass()</code>.</TD>\n\n-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Serializes the content of the large object identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>ID</CODE></A> to the given\n\n-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determines which of the large objects identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>IDs</CODE></A> are known in the backend\n\n- represented by this <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.server\"><CODE>IStoreAccessor</CODE></A> by removing the unknown IDs from the passed collection.</TD>\n\n-<DD>Returns the transaction this accessor is associated with if <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#isReader()\"><CODE>isReader()</CODE></A> returns <code>false</code>,\n\n- <code>null</code> otherwise.\n\n-<P>\n\n-<DD><DL>\n\n-</DL>\n\n-</DD>\n\n-<DD><DL>\n\n-<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>\n\n- <DD>2.0</DD>\n\n-</DL>\n\n-</DD>\n\n-</DL>\n\n-<HR>\n\n-\n\n-<A NAME=\"isReader()\"><!-- --></A><H3>\n\n-isReader</H3>\n\n-<PRE>\n\n-boolean <B>isReader</B>()</PRE>\n\n-<DL>\n\n-<DD>Returns <code>true</code> if this accessor has been configured for read-only access to the back-end,\n\n-<DD>Passes all revisions of the store to the <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/revision/CDORevisionHandler.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.revision\"><CODE>handler</CODE></A> if <b>all</b> of the following\n\n- conditions are met:\n\n- <ul>\n\n- <li>The <code>eClass</code> parameter is <code>null</code> or equal to <code>revision.getEClass()</code>.\n\n- <li>The <code>branch</code> parameter is <code>null</code> or equal to <code>revision.getBranch()</code>.\n\n-<DD>Determines which of the large objects identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>IDs</CODE></A> are known in the backend\n\n- represented by this <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.server\"><CODE>IStoreAccessor</CODE></A> by removing the unknown IDs from the passed collection.\n\n- <p>\n\n- The identifier of a <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLob.html\" title=\"class in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.lob\"><CODE>large object</CODE></A> is the SHA-1 digest of the content of this large object.\n\n- <p>\n\n- <b>Usage context:</b> This method is only called in the context of a commit operation of a client transaction if\n\n- that transaction contains additions of or changes to large objects.\n\n-<P>\n\n-<DD><DL>\n\n-</DL>\n\n-</DD>\n\n-<DD><DL>\n\n-<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ids</CODE> - the collection of large object IDs that the unknown IDs are supposed to be removed from.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>\n\n-<DD>Serializes the content of the large object identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>ID</CODE></A> to the given\n\n- <i>stream</i>.\n\n- <p>\n\n- The identifier of a <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLob.html\" title=\"class in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.lob\"><CODE>large object</CODE></A> is the SHA-1 digest of the content of this large object.\n\n-<P>\n\n-<DD><DL>\n\n-</DL>\n\n-</DD>\n\n-<DD><DL>\n\n-<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>id</CODE> - the ID of the large object whose content is to be written to the <i>stream</i>.\n\n-<DT><B>Throws:</B>\n\n-<DD><CODE><A HREF=\"http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true\" title=\"class or interface in java.io\">IOException</A></CODE> - if the <i>stream</i> could not be written to.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>\n\n-<DD>Called before committing. An instance of this accessor represents an instance of a back-end transaction. Could be\n\n- called multiple times before commit it called. <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#commit(org.eclipse.net4j.util.om.monitor.OMMonitor)\"><CODE>commit(OMMonitor)</CODE></A> or\n\n- <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#rollback()\"><CODE>rollback()</CODE></A> will be called after any numbers of\n\n+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the transaction this accessor is associated with if <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#isReader()\"><CODE>isReader()</CODE></A> returns <code>false</code>,\n\n+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Passes all revisions of the store to the <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/revision/CDORevisionHandler.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.revision\"><CODE>handler</CODE></A> if <b>all</b> of the following\n\n+ conditions are met:\n\n+\n\n+ The <code>eClass</code> parameter is <code>null</code> or equal to <code>revision.getEClass()</code>.</TD>\n\n+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Serializes the content of the large object identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>ID</CODE></A> to the given\n\n+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determines which of the large objects identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>IDs</CODE></A> are known in the backend\n\n+ represented by this <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.server\"><CODE>IStoreAccessor</CODE></A> by removing the unknown IDs from the passed collection.</TD>\n\n+<DD>Returns the transaction this accessor is associated with if <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#isReader()\"><CODE>isReader()</CODE></A> returns <code>false</code>,\n\n+ <code>null</code> otherwise.\n\n+<P>\n\n+<DD><DL>\n\n+</DL>\n\n+</DD>\n\n+<DD><DL>\n\n+<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>\n\n+ <DD>2.0</DD>\n\n+</DL>\n\n+</DD>\n\n+</DL>\n\n+<HR>\n\n+\n\n+<A NAME=\"isReader()\"><!-- --></A><H3>\n\n+isReader</H3>\n\n+<PRE>\n\n+boolean <B>isReader</B>()</PRE>\n\n+<DL>\n\n+<DD>Returns <code>true</code> if this accessor has been configured for read-only access to the back-end,\n\n+<DD>Passes all revisions of the store to the <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/revision/CDORevisionHandler.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.revision\"><CODE>handler</CODE></A> if <b>all</b> of the following\n\n+ conditions are met:\n\n+ <ul>\n\n+ <li>The <code>eClass</code> parameter is <code>null</code> or equal to <code>revision.getEClass()</code>.\n\n+ <li>The <code>branch</code> parameter is <code>null</code> or equal to <code>revision.getBranch()</code>.\n\n+<DD>Determines which of the large objects identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>IDs</CODE></A> are known in the backend\n\n+ represented by this <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html\" title=\"interface in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.server\"><CODE>IStoreAccessor</CODE></A> by removing the unknown IDs from the passed collection.\n\n+ <p>\n\n+ The identifier of a <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLob.html\" title=\"class in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.lob\"><CODE>large object</CODE></A> is the SHA-1 digest of the content of this large object.\n\n+ <p>\n\n+ <b>Usage context:</b> This method is only called in the context of a commit operation of a client transaction if\n\n+ that transaction contains additions of or changes to large objects.\n\n+<P>\n\n+<DD><DL>\n\n+</DL>\n\n+</DD>\n\n+<DD><DL>\n\n+<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ids</CODE> - the collection of large object IDs that the unknown IDs are supposed to be removed from.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>\n\n+<DD>Serializes the content of the large object identified by the given <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLobInfo.html#getID()\"><CODE>ID</CODE></A> to the given\n\n+ <i>stream</i>.\n\n+ <p>\n\n+ The identifier of a <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/common/lob/CDOLob.html\" title=\"class in org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.lob\"><CODE>large object</CODE></A> is the SHA-1 digest of the content of this large object.\n\n+<P>\n\n+<DD><DL>\n\n+</DL>\n\n+</DD>\n\n+<DD><DL>\n\n+<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>id</CODE> - the ID of the large object whose content is to be written to the <i>stream</i>.\n\n+<DT><B>Throws:</B>\n\n+<DD><CODE><A HREF=\"http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true\" title=\"class or interface in java.io\">IOException</A></CODE> - if the <i>stream</i> could not be written to.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>\n\n+<DD>Called before committing. An instance of this accessor represents an instance of a back-end transaction. Could be\n\n+ called multiple times before commit it called. <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#commit(org.eclipse.net4j.util.om.monitor.OMMonitor)\"><CODE>commit(OMMonitor)</CODE></A> or\n\n+ <A HREF=\"../../../../../org/eclipse/emf/cdo/server/IStoreAccessor.html#rollback()\"><CODE>rollback()</CODE></A> will be called after any numbers of"}
-{"text": "If you where a \"chosen 1\" what would you do as soon as you touched down.I think I would start hiding food , manipulate people. Maybe might murder someone. WanK, you want to be the 1st hey? , their is always 1 in the crowd. Just generally annoy people. I would put on a real good show to get there. I'd be john the team player putting the team 1st always helpful intuitive respectful. As soon as you touch down . I'm johno the loud mouth never helpful , lying , annoying thief rapist. And you can't stop me cause I'll bash ya. Mmmmm science\n\nIf i landed on mars, the first thing i would do is look out the window and then get ready to walk out there slowly and look around for a bit and then i would take some pictures and send some of them back to earth and then explore. Then after a little while of exploring i would escape back down to earth if possible."}
-{"text": "Tricks and tips on booking and using Airbnb and Uber\n\nBy BRIANA BROWNLEE&nbsp|&nbsp\n\nPosted: Mon 8:27 AM, Aug 07, 2017\n\nRAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) - With the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally fully underway, it is a sign for us that summer is winding down.\n\nBut that doesn't mean you can't squeeze in that last summer vacation. You could be heading to Denver or Minneapolis for the back to school shopping trip, or heading to Mile High Stadium or U.S. Bank Stadium to catch a preseason game.\n\nWhether you are driving or flying you may want to take advantage of a couple of ride share services offered in those areas such as Lyft or Uber. Ride share servicing is something we do not offer in the Black Hills, but if you are interested in using these services all you have to is download the app, register an account and hail your ride via your phone.\n\nThese services do not accept cash; instead, both companies withdraw the funds directly from your bank account. To ensure safety, the app offers a GPS that tracks your location during your entire trip.\n\nIf you are out of state and you are not lodging with a family or friend, you will need somewhere to stay. The latest trend in vacation rentals is Airbnb. This online marketplace and hospitality service offers lodging that can be a private room or a full home, also allowing a stay downtown or in a trendy neighborhood without the 4-star hotel price.\n\n\u201cThere is something for every price point,\u201d said 605 Magazine Publisher Alana Snyder. \u201cMake sure to go through all of the steps in Airbnb, verify your account, and make sure they are verified. Make sure you are only talking through Airbnb only and only doing payments through Airbnb.\u201d\n\nOnline Public Information File\n\nViewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or fccinfo@fcc.gov."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nSaturday, February 12, 2011\n\nKey To My Heart Sweets\n\nIn keeping with the vintage Valentine theme I choose sweets I remembered from childhood.\n\nMy mother would serve angel food cake at family gatherings and it was perfect for this tea.\n\nI used store bought angel food cake, whipped topping flavored with a hint of raspberry, pale pink pearls found at Michael's (which we also used for our heart sugar cookies) and crystal sugar. Budget minded, pretty and tasty all in one!\n\nThe cake bunting was a diy craft which I found for free at TheTomKatStudio. I hung it on some thread I had which I found at our local thrift store. The bunting really added so much vintage appeal to the cake and the over all dessert table. For your next gathering if baking from scratch is not an option, but you still want to present \"that something special\" in diy fashion, check out the grocery store and doctor it up a bit. Give it a try! Stay tuned for more from our tea.\n\nNo comments:\n\nPost a Comment\n\nTranslate\n\nHello... we are Brittany and Kristin...the mother-daughter team of Homespun With Love! Welcome to our blog!\nThank you for taking the time to stop by. We really do appreciate it!!! We hope to inspire you with Homespun, budget savvy crafts, recipes, decorating ideas, seasonal crafts, party ideas, free printables and much more!"}
-{"text": "Posted by RichSlick under Money ManagementComments Off on Officially Back On Cable \u2013 Sort Of\n\nSo the Comcast guy came by and installed my new 25mb line with HBO and HBO Go included for a low low price of $39.99. So far I\u2019m happy with the service and speed and I\u2019ve checked out a couple of movies on HBO GO through my Apple TV and it worked flawlessly.\n\nThe only fine print I didn\u2019t read was that the HBO service and Basic Cable TV came with a standard receiver instead of an HD receiver. The comcast guy offered to upgrade me but that came with a price of course and I declined it because I watch most of my TV through Roku, Apple TV, Netflix and Amazon prime and it\u2019s already piped through at 1080p on my devices. Overall I think Comcast was being cheap and petty by not automatically offering an HD box with the price already included.\n\nIn contrast, I was paying about $54 for ATT Uverse internet only at 12mb (half the speed of Comcast). The deal is only good for a year so I imagine I\u2019ll be canceling it a year from now and switch to the best deal 12 months from now.\n\nWe\u2019re one step close to a-la-carte programming and I\u2019m just happy to not have to subsidize garbage like ESPN, 1000+ cartoon channels and all the other channels I don\u2019t watch on TV. There is so much content now being produced on a daily basis around the world that channels should cost pennies on the dollar or at least the content should and I see cheaper days ahead for TV viewing."}
-{"text": "Sage advice for future undergraduates\n\nFor a few days, for a change, I\u2019m going to stop ranting about PhD stuff and rant about undergraduate stuff instead. It\u2019s been a long time since I was an undergraduate. Now I teach them, and they ask me questions like whether I am \u2018familiar with YouTube\u2019 because they think I\u2019m ancient. But I can remember what it was like, back when we had to hunt mammoths for food and submit cave paintings instead of essays. This time of year always makes me want to hand out sage advice like one of the people outside the Scientology Centre on Tottenham Court Road with their scarily toothy smiles. Ahem. Got slightly carried away there.\n\nAnyway. A-level results have happened here in England and Wales (and Highers in Scotland, earlier this month). Some people will have achieved really good marks, some people will not have done as well as they\u2019d hoped, and some poor lasses will have been featured on the front cover of the Telegraph screeching with happiness while looking like the Middleton sisters, which is how the Telegraph likes its women. If you\u2019ve just received your results \u2013 respectively: Well done! / Commiserations, that\u2019s a tough break, sure you did your best though and you still have lots of options / Ugh, sorry you were effectively sleazed on by a newspaper that mainly likes cricket, but at least your parents\u2019ll have a nice photo to frame.\n\nAnyway, if you received your results recently (and if you didn\u2019t, too, of course) you may well be off to university in the autumn. And you may well be attempting to wrap your head around what that is actually going to mean. The blogpost you see before you isn\u2019t advice on preparing for university in a general sense \u2013 i.e. I\u2019m not going to tell you how many pans you\u2019re likely to need, or explain some vaguely patronising recipes for pasta dishes, because there\u2019s lots of that all over the internet and I\u2019m no sort of expert even though I\u2019m on degree #3 and my peanut noodles are the four minute food of the gods. Also, I hate those articles, because a) not all first-year undergraduates are leaving home for the first time, some stay living at home and some are mature students and many will have done interesting and independent things on gap years, and b) in my experience no first-year undergraduate is stupid, and those sort of articles treat them as if they are.\n\nRather, I want to explain how you can prepare for the actual work of your degree, before you get to university and have to start doing it at the same time as learning where the campus bar is and how to use a washing machine (quick patronising note: for the love of all that is holy, learn to use a washing machine before you go to university if you don\u2019t already. You are an adult). Because actually, for most people living away from home and cooking with a kettle and a microwave, or commuting from where they already live to a big ol\u2019 lecture hall, is not actually a mystery. But what you need to do to prepare for degree study \u2013 that might be mildly mysterious.\n\nFirst, to quote the Genie from Aladdin: \u2018There are a few, uh, provisos. Ah, a couple of quid pro quo\u2019:\n\nI\u2019m going to focus pretty closely on English Literature, because that\u2019s what all of my higher education experience is in. I think that the spirit of the advice should apply to most arts subjects, at least, so if you\u2019re not planning to study English \u2013 extrapolate! And if you\u2019ve already done a degree (or two, or three\u2026) or are currently doing one and have some advice you\u2019d like to add (or if you want to tell me I\u2019m horribly wrong), do post a comment.\n\nAlso, these are my opinions. Usual cautions about taking the advice of meddlesome strangers apply."}
-{"text": "WASABI PREMIUM GOLD\n\nHas a 18 karat gold-plated on premium series. Matte gold is further seems to in the rich until the mood give a sense of luxury\nMaterial:\n18-8 stainless steel in 18 karat gold-plated 0.06 micron manufacturing finished.\nPrecautions:\nThe product canoxidice if left toolong time in the edible oil used in any sal solution. After finish using it, please washi it thoroughly and dry it immediately.\nYou can wash it in the dishwasher,Ok."}
-{"text": "Switzerland's attorney general said on Wednesday he has uncovered over 300 accounts at more than 30 Swiss banks he said he believes are linked to money laundering and corruption at Brazil's state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.\n\nThe scandal, involving billions of dollars of allegedly misappropriated funds, has reached the highest levels of power in Brazil, where about one million demonstrators turned out over the weekend to vent their anger and call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, who was chairwoman of Petrobras' board when much of the alleged graft occurred.\n\nInvestigators in the alpine nation said they are looking into eight Brazilians in connection with their probe, as well as other, unidentified people after they found evidence that senior executives at Petrobras and suppliers used accounts at more than 30 Swiss banks to launder money.\n\nSwitzerland has frozen roughly $400 million in Swiss accounts, but said on Wednesday it will return $120 million to Brazilian officials after a working visit to the country.\n\n\"The release of over $120 million reflects Switzerland's clear intention to take a stand against the misuse of its financial center for criminal purposes and to return funds of criminal origin to their rightful owners,\" Switzerland's attorney general said in a statement on Wednesday.\n\nRousseff has denied knowledge of corruption at Petrobras and has urged a thorough investigation.\n\nBrazilian prosecutors said on Monday they had secured commitments to return 500 million reais [$154 million] of money funneled off Petrobras contracts to public coffers through plea bargain deals. They said 182 million reais [$56 million] had been received so far."}
-{"text": "Assembly Elections are held every 5 years and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Vidhan Sabha are elected. The assembly elections in all the states and union territories in India are not carried out at the same time. Earlier this month, the Election Commission announced Upcoming Assembly Elections in 5 states; Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry in the South, and Assam and West Bengal in the East. The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) will face elections in all these five states. This \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled a single-phase polling to the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu on May 16, 2016. It has come up with a Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the guidance of political parties and candidates. This article describes the illegal flow of money in the 2016 Tamil Nadu elections and its impact on the voters.\nViolation of rules in 2016 Tamil Nadu elections:\nIn Tamil Nadu, bribing voters is so prevalent that the poll panel is intensifying their \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nIf you are wondering whether your name has been included in Tamil Nadu Voters List, you can check it online. The revised TN voter list allows you to check your name district wise. The new Tamil Nadu Voters List has already been published on the 11th of January 2016.\nThe online procedure to check your name on the Voters List is very easy and can be done in simple steps. In this article we explain you, in simple terms, the way to check your name on Tamil Nadu Voters List.\nTo Know more about the \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nThe Election Commission on March 4th 2016 announced the schedule for Tamil Nadu Elections as well as in 3 other States and 1 Union Territory which includes Election in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala & Puducherry. The Tamil Nadu Elections for 234 constituencies of Legislative Assembly will be held on May 16.\nClick Here for CEO Tamil Nadu - Complete Information and Helpdesk\nTamil Nadu Elections - Important Dates and Quick Facts:\nThe tenure of fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu ends in May \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nTamil Nadu Assembly Election is conducted every 5 years by Election Commission of India. In the upcoming state election, people of the state will elect their representatives and hence, will decide the future state government. The last Tamil Nadu assembly election was held in 2011. In that election, AIADMK got the victory and J Jayalalithaa was sworn as Chief Minister of the State.\nMajor Influential Political Parties in Tamil Nadu:\nOther major political parties in Tamil Nadu:\nWinning \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nPlease do note that this is not the official website of Election Commission of India (ECI). www.VoterIDCard.org.in is meant for informational purposes only and is not associated to Election Commission or CEO Offices in any way."}
-{"text": "My request is for Jedi Outcast. Could someone make a mod where all of the Reborns have lightsaber blades that match the colors of their outfits? I believe that that covers almost all of the blade colors, leaving only purple and yellow. These two remaining colors could be given to the shadow troopers. (I know from the npc_spawn cheat that there are two shadow troopers: shadowtrooper and shadowtrooper 2.\n\nI wish something similar could be done with Jedi Academy, but I'd imagine that that may be a bit harder with so many Reborn variants: single sabers, duel sabers, and double-bladed sabers. I'd be content if this could be done with Outcast alone as red lightsabers feel very redundant after a while, especially when thinking back on the Dark Jedi in the original Jedi Knight, who wielded a wide variety of colored saber blades."}
-{"text": "Websites with best free printables for kids + FREE printables from us\n\nSimple printables description\n\nPrintables are pieces of artwork, drawings, graphics design or pictures that you can download online and print yourself. You usually get a high-resolution jpg file that you can print on your home printer.\n\nWhy We love them?\n\nMost of them you can get for free but even those which you need to purchase are really cheap. Plus you don\u2019t need to pay for shipping! And you don\u2019t need to wait couple days for your prints. No hidden charges! These days environment is really important so here you have another big YES for printables. You don\u2019t need a packaging so we can save a lot of cardboard, boxes, envelopes. As printables are digital files vehicles are not needed. So no gas no pollution! You know what does it mean? Printables are eco-friendly!\n\nOur favourite websites with free prints\n\nNursery decoration\n\nWhat\u2019s obvious: printables are awesome for activities. But also we use them to decorate our son\u2019s bedroom. We can redecorate it whenever we want and it cost us nothing. We can hang on the wall cute animals, quotes and everything we like. The only limit is your imagination. What\u2019 best you can even try to make your own printable. It\u2019s so satisfying when eventually you will see it on your little one\u2019s nursery wall. But if you don\u2019t have a time or you don\u2019t know where to start you can download prints which we listed.\n\nIf you still didn\u2019t find anything for yourself maybe you would like to download our printables. It\u2019s our first time but we are so proud of it that we want to share our work with everyone \ud83d\ude42 So feel free to grab it and tell your friends about our FREE prints:)\n\n19 Comments\n\nThe fact that these are free is just an added bonus. The printables are often just lovely to have for your children to enjoy. Great resources you have shared here and I love that you get involved so much with this.\n\nThese are absolutely adorable! I love that they are free, and I think the Owl one has to be my favorite! The Wonderwoman is so cute too!Jessica Joachim recently posted\u2026Lazy Mom\u2019s Guide To Easy Meal Planning\n\nThank you for this free printables. When my kids stay at home either it\u2019s weekend or a storm is raging outside, they can\u2019t help but feel bored. And when I can\u2019t think of any on-the-spot activities but to let them have the gadgets and play Youtube all day long. Which we all know is not recommended for their age. I am glad you came up with this post. A big thanks to you!\n\nSave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.\n\nNotify me of follow-up comments by email.\n\nNotify me of new posts by email.\n\nAbout Me\n\nOhmummymia\n\nI'm a proud Mom of one little boy. He is a cheeky toddler with huge personality. I'm a founder of this blog- a place where every Mom can feel special. We like to talk about real life, tips, tricks, parenting advice and traveling. I'm obsessed with my family's health and dairy and gluten free food.\n\nFollow\n\nSubscribe\n\nEnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email."}
-{"text": "Wainwright makes progress in throwing program\n\nST. LOUIS -- Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright had some good news Thursday morning as he took another step forward in his rehabilitation from the season-ending surgery on his throwing elbow.\n\nWainwright tossed the equivalent of two innings in the bullpen.\n\n\"This was my third throwing session off the mound [to a crouched catcher],\" he said. \"The first two times we did one set of 30. This one we're kind of progressing, now we're doing two sets of 20. So the up-down, but you're also adding some throws in there.\"\n\nIt is certainly another positive step forward for Wainwright, who turned 30 on Aug. 31.\n\n\"Every time I get used to doing something, we increase the volume or we start doing something new,\" he said. \"So it adds that shock to your body. So I got really used to throwing at 150 feet, really comfortable with that, and then got on the mound and I threw and I was a little bit sore. The next time I threw, I was starting to feel pretty good and it was easy, so now we increased the volume. So I'll probably be a little bit sore tomorrow. Then I'll get used to that and we'll change it up again.\"\n\nWainwright said he only threw fastballs on Thursday, but one of the next steps in his rehabilitation process will be to throw changeups.\n\n\"My understanding is in a couple weeks, we'll start throwing some changeups,\" he said. \"Unless we start carrying this thing deep into October, I think we're going to hold off on the breaking balls until January. I'm going to try to talk them into a few before we leave, but it's really my job to follow what they tell me to do. If they see my arm is able to make some steps, progressions, then that's what we'll do.\"\n\nWainwright said he will take off November and December, as he would in a normal offseason, and then resume his throwing program in January.\n\nFor now, the righty, who won 39 games over the past two seasons, has to sit back and watch his teammates and the rest of the starting rotation fight it out with the Braves down the final stretch of the National League Wild Card race.\n\n\"I came in yesterday and I looked at Carp, [and yelled], 'And I can't even throw a pitch!' But it's been fun to watch,\" Wainwright said.\n\nCards strengthen future with Berkman extension\n\nST. LOUIS -- There was a buzz at Busch Stadium on Thursday morning as the news broke that the Cardinals had signed outfielder Lance Berkman to a one-year extension for the 2012 season.\n\n\"It's a very good day,\" manager Tony La Russa said. \"It's a very good day for next year. We're concentrating on today and this year.\"\n\nCardinals starter Chris Carpenter, who signed a two-year extension earlier this month, was pleased to hear the news.\n\n\"That's exciting, obviously,\" Carpenter said. \"He's been a big part of this club this year and I'm glad it could get done.\"\n\nThe Berkman extension continued a recent trend of the Cardinals positioning themselves for 2012, and in some cases, beyond.\n\n\"Obviously I can speak for myself, I'm excited for me being able to get done and being able to come back,\" Carpenter said. \"There are key parts to this ballclub that need to be back and Lance was one of them and I'm excited about that.\"\n\nRight-hander Adam Wainwright echoed Carpenter's sentiments.\n\n\"If you look at the core of the team, we're going to be very dangerous next year,\" Wainwright said. \"The key again is going to be everybody staying healthy, and whether No. 5 [Albert Pujols] is going to be back. Hopefully we he will be. We've got some good players to surround him with. Should he come back, we're going to be incredibly tough. Got to stay healthy. Got to keep the Clydesdales in the starting rotation healthy.\"\n\nThe Cardinals intend to pick up the two-year option on the contract of Wainwright, who missed this season after suffering an arm injury Spring Training. That deal, along with contract extensions for Carpenter and lefty Jaime Garcia, help solidify St. Louis's rotation going forward.\n\nThose kinds of deals made it easier for Berkman to sign on for 2012.\n\n\"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to look at the situation here and know that there are four or five things that need addressing,\" Berkman said. \"Albert. I think [Yadier Molina's] got an option. Carp's already been addressed. Wainwright had an option that was addressed. So there were a lot of things going on that the organization had to deal with. I think after looking at that situation and analyzing, all right, if I really do want to be here, what is something that I can offer the Cardinals that would make it attractive to them for me to stay?\"\n\nHolliday takes swings in batting cage\n\nST. LOUIS -- Another day, another small step forward for injured Cardinals left field Matt Holliday.\n\nHolliday, who is out after experiencing inflammation in his right middle finger in a game in Pittsburgh last week, took some swings off a tee on Tuesday, took more swings and also threw on Wednesday and on Thursday morning spent time in the indoor batting cage taking swings.\n\nThere hasn't been a Holliday update from Cardinals manager Tony La Russa since prior to Wednesday's game, when he said Holliday would miss the final two games against the Mets.\n\nBut the progress brings the Cardinals left fielder closer to returning at some point over the final two series against the Cubs and Astros.\n\nRookie Robinson kept on his toes with prank\n\nST. LOUIS -- It seemed like there was a fire in the Cardinals' dugout early in the Mets' 8-6 come-from-behind victory on Thursday.\n\nIt turns out, according to outfielder Corey Patterson, that rookie outfielder and September callup Shane Robinson was the victim of the old-fashioned hot foot prank by his teammates.\n\nPatterson stomped out the fire and apparently no rookies were harmed.\n\n\"You have to have a few guys watching in case it gets out of hand,\" Patterson said.\n\nNate Latsch is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs."}
-{"text": "NJ voters to decide $1 minimum wage hike in Nov.\n\nNJ Assembly agrees to put $1 minimum wage increase on November ballot\n\nTRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey voters will get the last word on whether to increase the state's minimum wage by $1 to $8.25.\n\nThe state Assembly gave final approval on Thursday to a resolution putting the $1 minimum wage increase on the ballot in November and tying automatic annual adjustments to the Consumer Price Index. The Senate approved the resolution previously, so Thursday's vote ensured the question's place on the ballot in a gubernatorial election year.\n\nGov. Chris Christie vetoed legislation last month that would have increased the wage by $1.25, to $8.50 per hour, and provided for automatic yearly increases.\n\nNew Jersey is among more than 20 states with a minimum wage of $7.25, the same as the federal minimum wage. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, President Barack Obama proposed raising the federal rate to $9 per hour and allowing for inflation increases.\n\nMost states set a minimum wage. Washington has the highest at $9.19 per hour; Georgia and Wyoming have the lowest, $5.15 per hour, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.\n\nNew Jersey's Democratic-led Legislature has not advanced the governor's counter-proposal to raise the wage by $1 per hour phased in over three years and delete the provision for automatic adjustments. The majority leaders planned to put the question to voters if the Republican governor vetoes their proposal.\n\nAssembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, a sponsor of the vetoed legislation and the ballot initiative, said wages in New Jersey have not kept pace with the rising costs of housing, food and transportation, causing substantial burdens for low-wage workers.\n\n\"We have no choice in New Jersey,\" Oliver said. \"I have tried to work in a very collaborative, bipartisan environment with everyone on this issue for 14 months, and we just could not get there.\"\n\nThe resolution was approved 46-31 on Thursday. Assemblyman Matthew Milam of Cape May County was the only Democrat to vote against the measure. No Republicans supported it.\n\nBusiness groups also opposed the proposal, especially the automatic indexing.\n\n\"Many small businesses cannot afford the 14 percent increase mandated by this resolution,\" said Assemblyman Sean Kean, who represents Monmouth and Ocean counties. \"Adjusting the rate annually based on increases to the CPI only adds insult to injury. It would be devastating to any business' operations as it establishes an arbitrary formula for increasing wages and ignores market factors which is the proper way to determine wages.\"\n\nOliver and Senate President Stephen Sweeney said it was vital to retain the indexing component to ensure that wages went up slowly and steadily as the cost of living increases.\n\n\"If the voters of New Jersey approve this, the legislators no longer have to get embroiled in politicism about raising the wage,\" Oliver said. \"When prices go up and rents go up and gasoline goes up, the CPI will then acknowledge that and incrementally, over time, workers will see a 25 cent increase, a 50 cent increase, and it will not be this culture shock.\""}
-{"text": "The Fart Watch App would\u2019ve transformed the Apple Watch from a needless chunk of metal to a needless chunk of metal that makes fart noises. But Apple, party poopers, won\u2019t let the bros have their fun.\n\nWhen the 10-year-old (I\u2019m assuming) developers of the Fart Watch app (you can guess what it does) tried to get their brilliant creation into the App Store, Apple vetoed their attempt while scoffing loudly. According toTime:\n\nThe app has been rejected from the Apple Watch App Store, CultOfMac reports. Apple told the developers that \u201cwe noticed that your Apple Watch app is primarily a fart app. We do not accept fart apps on Apple Watch.\u201d\n\nTranslation: Grow up. Time also points out that Apple is more conservative with their app guidelines than Google, who has only recently begun to regulate its apps for Google Play."}
-{"text": "Jackson also denied physically abusing his son as a child. \"That's a bunch of bull-S. I wish I could say the S-word,\" Jackson said. \"Never. Never have. I raised him just like you would raise your kids, you know? But harm Michael, for what? I have no reason. That's my son. I loved him and I still love him.\"Jackson did, however, concede that he had been blocked from seeing or talking to his son in the days leading up to his death, noting that he's currently living in Las Vegas. \"I could never get to him,\" Jackson said. \"I tried all I could, and I could never get to him because he \u2014 I was barred away from him by securities and all that type of thing. I could not get to him.\"\n\nThe Jackson patriarch also seems out of the loop with the rest of the family. When King asked about the private autopsy commissioned by the family \u2014 the results of which Latoya Jackson claimed to have already seen last week \u2014 Jackson said, \"They have not showed it to me, Larry. I'll put it like that.\"Watch a clip of the interview below. What do you think of Jackson's comments?"}
-{"text": "the technology leader you deserve\n\nProjects\n\nGlobeChat\n\nUCSD\n\nContract to upgrade Inventory control systems from .Net 1.1 to current technologies and structure. Reducing code by as much as 50% through implementation of common API and reusable Nuget and clientside components.\n\nVictiv\n\nIntense front end development to bring the action from the sports field to the browser in under six seconds! Latest front end technologies used to five daily Fantasy Sports the best user experience possible.\n\nDefenseWeb\n\nBuilding applications to support the Department of Defense. From Family and Relocation Services to HealthCare and Wounded Warrior Counseling, applications built on top of a proprietary content management system used to help our countries service men and woman.\n\nI can help!\n\nDAVID WAYNE BAXTER\n\nMy career has been dedicated to start-up and growing companies by building their technology teams and increase product offering. The thrill of creating, leading and contributing to a team from inception to successful project delivery is my primary goal with any organization. Helping to choose the right technologies, the proper architecture, and implement the necessary process to produce the right solution for the organization is an essential skill that I enjoy continuing to strengthen through every project. I pride myself in being able to quickly learn, adapt and change to meet the needs of the project, the team, and the organization.\n\nIn my free time enjoy keeping current with changing technology through online course-ware and personal projects. In addition to professional Microsoft development, I spend much of my personal time researching and working with open source and emerging technologies.\n\nMicrosoft .Net, C#, WebAPI, MVC, SQL\n\nMicrosoft Certified Professional and .Net architect for nearly two decades I've seen it all from Classic ASP to ASP Core. Whether you've got an existing Microsoft Based project or you're looking to dive into the Microsoft universe, I have the experience you need to make sure you're project is a success.\n\nLinux, NodeJS, RoR, BackBone, React and More!\n\nOpen Source and Emerging technologies are impossible to ignore. They're rapidly taking over the market, and for good reason. With speed, agility and minimal cost, they make the ideal platform for companies wishing to run with low resources and cost. I make it a point to stay on top of current technologies through self-study and personal projects to make sure my clients get the tech stack they want and I can hit the ground running.\n\nContinuous Delivery & Automation\n\nAccording to the Three Virtues of a Great Programmer laziness, at least proverbially, is a virtue that drives me. Automation can free developers of the tedious tasks, while making sure they're executed with machine precision. Implementing Continuous integration, Delivery and Deployment, gives any team the confidence in knowing that their customers will receive updated projects quickly and accurately. I have extensive experience introducing and maintaining automation to new projects with great success.\n\nTeam Building\n\nInterviewing is time consuming. Misappropriated and underutilized resources are costly.\n\nEndorsements\n\nDavid is exceptional both professionally and personally. He is highly organized, productive, motivated, self-driven, detailed with a work ethic that is unmatched. His technical skills are supurb and he is highly efficient and effective in both a CTO or Lead Developer Role. He is a problem solver and plain and simply gets things done. David takes initiative and and one of the finest people I have ever worked with in the past 30 years. He has produced incredible results for our company. In addition to David\u2019s consistent top performance, he is a pleasure to work with personally with a positive attitude and fantastic sense of humor. Bottom line, David Baxter is an A+.\n\nI have had the pleasure of working with David spanning several companies over the last decade. He is truly one of the most talented engineers and leaders I have worked with. David has a broad skill set ranging from front end, backend, server level, and management both of architectures and people. This broad knowledge combined with his drive to keep learning, means there is virtually no problem he can\u2019t tackle. I have seen him challenged repeatedly and he always finds a way to bring success to the project and team he is working with.\n\nDavid is also a great team member and brings a senior level vision to projects. He is great with mentoring more junior teammates and raising their level of achievement. He adds positively to the team and company culture, and is great to work with.\n\nI would highly recommend David for any company needing to add a senior level architect or manager. He will bring a wealth of experience with him, and drive the team to accomplish great things."}
-{"text": "New Treatment Option Available for Men Suffering from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia\n\nUC San Diego Health among first medical centers in region to offer non-surgical solution for enlarged prostates\n\nPhysicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a new treatment option for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged prostate. The minimally invasive procedure is an alternative to surgery, with no hospital stay, little operative pain and lower cost.\n\nAndrew Picel, MD, interventional radiologist at UC San Diego Health.\n\n\u201cPAE has been available in Europe as a treatment option for an enlarged prostate for several years,\u201d said Andrew Picel, MD, interventional radiologist at UC San Diego Health. \u201cWith the recent FDA approval of this procedure, we are happy to offer this as an alternative to surgery for patients who are good candidates.\u201d\n\nUsing X-ray guidance, interventional radiologists insert a small catheter into an artery in the upper thigh or wrist. The catheter is then threaded into the arteries supplying the prostate. Small particles are injected to partially block the blood flow to the prostate. This reduces the size of the prostate and relieves symptoms of BPH.\n\nPicel and team have treated almost 20 patients with the new procedure.\n\n\u201cWe have seen excellent results with the patients we have treated so far,\u201d said Alexander Norbash, MD, chair of Radiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. \u201cThe benefits of PAE allow patients to recover at home and return more quickly to normal activities. Symptoms may start to improve as early as the first week after treatment.\u201d\n\nSeveral surgery options are also available, including transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), which is considered the gold standard for treatment of BPH. However, TURP requires full anesthesia, an overnight hospital stay, three to six weeks of recovery time and is associated with sexual side effects.\n\nEnlarged prostates affect at least half of men over 60 years of age. Symptoms include a frequent urge to urinate, especially at night; leakage or dribbling of urine; a weak urine stream and trouble beginning urination. BPH can cause other problems if untreated, such as kidney, bladder and urinary tract infections.\n\nUC San Diego Health interventional radiologists and urologists screen patients as potential candidates for PAE. Typically, candidates are 50 to 85 years of age, have urinary tract symptoms, have unsuccessfully tried medications within the last six months and have undergone assessment for prostate cancer risk. It is important that patients understand the full range of available treatment options to make an informed decision and pursue the treatment best for their individual medical situation.\n\n\u201cIt is great that patients now have a minimally invasive alternative to surgery to help with this common health problem,\u201d said Picel. \u201cThe collaboration between interventional radiology and urology is why we are seeing such success treating patients with PAE.\u201d\n\nIn March of 2017, UC San Diego Health launched a clinical trial on PAE, making it one of the first medical centers in California to offer PAE. The clinical trial at UC San Diego Health is still ongoing and available to men who meet criteria clinicaltrials.ucbraid.org/trial/NCT03055624"}
-{"text": "This morning I woke up to an email from Surpass Hosting, the place that runs this here site, informing me that my site was suspended because I hadn't paid them. Given that I'm an idiot who forgets renewing yearly payments, I was fairly certain this should be an automatic withdrawal and that someone should have emailed me before suspending my account if that were not the case.\n\nAfter some investigation, it became clear that my primary email address blocks Surpass Hosting's emails because they are flagged as spam - and I didn't remember my password - and to get my password, I had to get an email from them or login.\n\nAs you can imagine, I just had a fun couple of hours.\n\nWelcome back, dahanese.com! I'll try and not forget to pay your bill next year, but chances are, I will."}
-{"text": "If anyone on here is a fan of live roots music, I highly recommend catching Donna the Buffalo at the Waterhole in Saranac Lake Wednesday night. I was just thinking it would be nice to hear them and looked at the schedule and saw this gig. Sadly I won't be venturing that far to catch them. They are definitely a rock band, the lead guitarist is fantastic and shares the songwriting and singing duties with a woman who has a great voice (she plays acoustic guitar, electric fiddle, accordion, scrub board- very talented). They really get a groove going, often on zydeco songs, to get you dancing.\nPlenty to sample on youtube, even complete shows that sometimes go on for over three hours.\n\nDISCLAIMER:\nUse of these forums, and information found herein, is at your own risk.\nUse of this site by members and non-members alike is only granted by\nthe adkhighpeak.com administration provided the terms and conditions\nfound in the FULL\nDISCLAIMER have been read. Continued use\nof this site implies that you have read, understood and agree to the terms and conditions of\nthis site. Any questions can be directed to the Administrator of this site."}
-{"text": "If you look at the adjust coverflow settings, you can guess the meaning.\nIt corresponds to camera oscillation scale.\nThe source code can help too : menu.cpp or menu_cftheme.cpp.\nOr ask one of themers experts like mamule for example.\n\nI'm not going give a course on the themes, I do not pretend to have the capacity.\nBut if you have specific questions, I'll gladly answer.\nAdjust coverflow is propably the worst, when you start. On the wii, change the settings one by one and see what is it really. IMO, the best way to understand.\n\ncamera_osc_amp_4_3: in french, is \"amplitude d'oscillation de la cam\u00e9ra (4:3)\"\n\n1) I want to use a different coverflow for each emulator..\nFor example I would like to use the horizontal view for the SNES, but different ones for the other emulators (some may use the same one).\n\n2) So far I deleted the predefined coverflows, and have added one of my own, however it always seems to use a default setting (that I can't find), then switches to my defined one when I press button 2.\nI would like to eliminate the default one, and have it use my predefined choices automatically."}
-{"text": "Americans have always been the world's most anxiously enthusiastic consumers of \"enhancement technologies.\" Prozac, Viagra, and Botox injections are only the latest manifestations of a familiar pattern: enthusiastic adoption, public hand-wringing, an occasional congressional hearing, and calls for self-reliance.\n\nIn a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self-improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self-realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity?\n\n1. The perfect voice 2. The true self 3. The face behind the mask 4. The loneliness of the late-night television watcher 5. The identity bazaar 6. Three ways to feel homesick 7. Pilgrims and strangers 8. Resident aliens 9. Amputees by choice 10. Bringing up baby 11. Second acts 12. Conclusion: the tyranny of happiness\n\nBetter Than Well : American Medicine Meets the American Dream - 03 edition\n\nAmericans have always been the world's most anxiously enthusiastic consumers of \"enhancement technologies.\" Prozac, Viagra, and Botox injections are only the latest manifestations of a familiar pattern: enthusiastic adoption, public hand-wringing, an occasional congressional hearing, and calls for self-reliance.\n\nIn a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self-improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self-realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity?\n\nTable of Contents\n\n1. The perfect voice 2. The true self 3. The face behind the mask 4. The loneliness of the late-night television watcher 5. The identity bazaar 6. Three ways to feel homesick 7. Pilgrims and strangers 8. Resident aliens 9. Amputees by choice 10. Bringing up baby 11. Second acts 12. Conclusion: the tyranny of happiness"}
-{"text": "Slacker Uprising: Free Michael Moore Movie Download\n\n\u201cThis is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November.\u201d \u2013 Michael Moore\n\nThe library will also have a copy available for check out. And don\u2019t forget the you can register to vote at the library, you just need your driver\u2019s licence. The deadline for registering for the November election is October 8th."}
-{"text": "In her own words\n\nHi! Thank you for reading my profile.\nI'm a fun, happy and down to earth woman who would love to meet an exceptionally smart, interesting, witty and sexy guy! Attracted to stimulating conversations and wacky humor, life is never boring and there's always time to find the cool part of the sheets on a Sunday afternoon.\nMy friends tell me I'm a loyal, trustworthy friend, a great mom, and tons of fun. I do strive to focus on the truly meaningful things in life, and take an active approach to being a more peaceful and better person. It's not possible for me to live my life on the surface 24/7 - and like finding simple approaches to a complicated world and a gracious yet logical solution to life's occasional dilemmas. Would love to meet a confident man with a boy scout heart with some life experience, who truly enjoys weaving in and out of the fun and silly into the more meaningful sides of life with ease and humor. He'd be my best friend, my lover, someone to admire.\nNot sure what the package will look like. If I like you - I like you regardless....\nI can definitely explain the feeling -\nIt's that knowing grin you give me because you know exactly what I'm going to say/do and you're amused.....\nIt's when we're at a very crowded party and all the way across the room from each other, and everyone knows we are \"together\" because of the way we look at each other....\nIt's my being so excited to tell you the story of what just happened because it's not a \"real\" story until I tell it to you....\n."}
-{"text": "Women\u2019s Brunch Family Literacy\n\nNovember 27 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n\nEvent Navigation\n\nJoin PACC and Wafa House for our monthly Women\u2019s Brunch meetings. We will be hosting Judith Scheuer and Nora Devine.\n\nBoth guests teach ESL and specialize in Early Childhood education. They will focus on empowering moms with tools to be involved in their child\u2019s literacy and how to communicate with teachers through a language barrier."}
-{"text": "The Images of England website consists of images of listed buildings based on the statutory list as it was in 2001 and does not incorporate subsequent amendments to the list. For the statutory list and information on the current listed status of individual buildings please go to The National Heritage List for England.\n\nMANCHESTER\nSJ8398NE LONG MILLGATE\n698-1/26/228 (West side)\n03/10/74 South-east wing to Chetham's\nHospital (former Manchester Grammar\nSchool)\n(Formerly Listed as:\nLONG MILLGATE\n(West side)\nManchester Training College)\nGV II\nSchool, now part of Music School. 1873-8, by Alfred\nWaterhouse. Red brick with sandstone dressings (roof\nconcealed). Rectangular plan parallel to street, forming part\nof east side of courtyard of Chetham's Hospital. Tudor style.\nThree storeys over basement, with 4-storey gate tower, 1:1:6\nbays, the 2nd being the gate tower and breaking forwards\nslightly; with stone basement, bands between floors, and\nembattled parapet with coupled octagonal chimneys and corner\npinnacles. The main range has tall segmental-pointed 2-light\nwindows at ground floor, with arched lights, and 2-light\nsashed windows to the upper floors with shafts; the gate tower\nto the left has a large segmental-pointed arched doorway\nmoulded in 4 orders with rectangular stone surround lettered\n\"SCOLA MANCUNIENSIS 1870\", a small rose window above set into\nthe corbel of a tiered 2-storey canted oriel at 1st and 2nd\nfloors, a mullioned 5-light window at 3rd floor, a cornice\nwith corbel table, embattled parapet with central upstand, and\na tall octagonal turret attached to the left side. To the left\nis a narrow bay with 2-light windows on all floors; and\nattached to the left of this a later addition. Rear similar.\nInterior not inspected."}
-{"text": "Obama warns Syria over chemical weapons\n\nWashington: The Syrian military's movement of chemical weapons in recent days has prompted the US and several allies to repeat their warning to the President, Bashar al-Assad, that he would be \"held accountable\" if his forces used the weapons against the rebels fighting his government.\n\nThe warnings, which one European official said were \"deliberately vague to keep Assad guessing,\" were conveyed through Russia and other intermediaries.\n\nWhat the Syrian forces intend to do with the weapons remains murky, according to officials who have seen the intelligence from Syria.\n\nA Syrian boy stands in front of a damaged armoured vehicle belonging to the Syrian army in Homs. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah\n\nOne US official provided the most specific description yet of what has been detected, saying \"the activity we are seeing suggests some potential chemical weapon preparation\" which goes beyond the mere movement of stockpiles among Syria's several dozen known sites.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBut the official declined to be more specific about what those preparations entailed.\n\nDuring the weekend, the activity in Syria prompted emergency communications among Western allies, which have been developing contingency plans in case they decide to intervene to neutralise the weapons, a task the Pentagon estimates would require more than 75,000 troops.\n\nBut there were no signs that preparations for any such effort were about to begin.\n\nSo far, the US President, Barack Obama, has been cautious about intervening in Syria, declining to arm the opposition groups directly, or even to formally recognise a newly formed coalition of opposition forces that the US helped create.\n\nBut at a news conference in August, Mr Obama said any evidence that Mr Assad was moving the weapons in a threatening way or using them would be \"a red line\" that could prompt direct US intervention.\n\nUS officials would not say during the weekend whether the activity they were seeing edged towards the limit set by Mr Obama.\n\n\"These are desperate times for Assad, and this may simply be another sign of desperation,\" said one senior US diplomat involved in the effort to dissuade Mr Assad's forces from using the chemical weapons.\n\nA senior Israeli official said it was possible the movement of the weapons \u2013 and the apparent preparations to use them \u2013 could be a bluff, intended as a warning to the West when the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the US were debating greater support to opposition groups.\n\n\"It's very hard to read Assad,\" one Israeli official said. \"We are seeing a kind of action that we've never seen before.\" He declined to elaborate.\n\nThe White House would not comment on the intelligence reports but a senior administration official issued a new warning to the Syrians.\n\n\"The President has made it clear that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a red line for the United States,\" the official said. \"We consistently monitor developments related to Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons, and are in regular contact with international partners who share our concern.\n\n\"The Assad regime must know that the world is watching, and that they will be held accountable by the United States and the international community if they use chemical weapons or fail to meet their obligations to secure them.\"\n\nAnother senior US official refused to give more detail about what the Syrians were doing, saying only, \"There's a sufficient degree of concern to warrant even closer monitoring. We're concerned about it, to be sure.\"\n\nSeveral months ago, the US military quietly sent a taskforce of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there to \u2013 among other things \u2013 prepare for the possibility that Syria would lose control of its chemical weapons.\n\nTurkey has asked NATO for two batteries of the Patriot anti-missile system, in part as protection against Syrian missiles that might come into Turkish territory.\n\nTo make the case for the emplacements, the Turks have raised the possibility that chemical weapons could be used in the warheads.\n\nThis is not the first time activity at stockpile sites has been detected. On September 28 the US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, said there had been \"some movement\" of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles to put them in more secure locations.\n\n\"While there's been some limited movement again, the major sites still remain in place, still remain secure,\" Mr Panetta said then.\n\nBut the recent activity appears to be of a different nature, and officials are no longer willing to say that all the sites remain secure.\n\n\"We're worried about what the military is doing,\" one official said, \"but we're also worried about some of the opposition groups,\" including some linked to Hezbollah, which has set up camps near some of the chemical weapons depots.\n\nSince the crisis began in Syria and concern has been focused on its vast stockpile, the US and its allies have increased electronic eavesdropping and other surveillance activities of the sites. A senior defence official said no US troops had been put on heightened alert but the Pentagon was prepared to do so, if necessary.\n\n\"From the beginning of this crisis, we have conducted prudent military planning so that we are prepared for all contingencies,\" the official said."}
-{"text": "Jankovic is charged [ICTY amended indictment] with overseeing and encouraging the beatings and rape of Muslim women while they were detained in the town of Foca and surrounding villages during the 1992 - 1995 war in Bosnia. He surrendered [JURIST report] to the ICTY in March 2005 upon receiving assurances that his family would be provided for if he is convicted. Reuters has more.\n\nAngela Onikepe is an Associate Editor for JURIST Europe, reporting European legal news from a European perspective. She is based in the UK.\n\nAbout Paper Chase\n\nPaper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news service, powered by a team of 30 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. As an educational service, Paper Chase is dedicated to presenting important legal news and materials rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible format."}
-{"text": "The test of Andrea Rossi\u2019s one megawatt e-cat cold fusion power generator will now take place in the US. Rossi had been planning to test the steam driven generator at Defkalion\u2019s facility in Xanthi Greece in October.\n\nRossi has broken the agreement between his Leonardo Corporation and Defkalion. Rossi told reporter Mats Lewan of the Swedish magazine Ny Teknik that he could not reveal the reasons for the break with Defkalion because he plans to sue the Greek company. In his blog, Rossi said the lawsuit will be filed for financial reasons.\n\nRossi told Ny Teknik that the e-cat test will take place in October at an unspecified location in the USA. The most likely location would be Miami, Florida, where Rossi lives and apparently has a factory that produces e-cat components.\n\nRossi said he signed an agreement with what he called one of the most \u201cinfluential organizations\u201d in the United States last week. This organization will be involved in the test, Rossi told Ny Teknik that he could not reveal the name of this organization until after the test. He said high level researchers would be involved but did not say who they would be.\n\nNor did Rossi say if AmpEnergo the privately held US company that he has licensed e-cat technology to would be involved in the test. Since Rossi has worked with the US Army in the past there is a strong possibility that the organization he is talking about could be part of the US government. Rossi has stated that US Navy officers and representatives of NASA have examined the e-cat. Rossi has also had contracts with the US Army to produce electric generators in the past.\n\nAt least one American researcher, Dennis M. Bushnell of NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center has been working on a nickel hydrogen fusion device similar to Rossi\u2019s e-cat.\n\nI commented several posts ago that you were mistaken in describing the E-Cat as a device that generated electricity. I eee my comment is still under moderation.\n\nYou STILL have not got it right. You write \u201cone megawatt e-cat cold fusion electric generator\u201d\nIt is not an electric generator, it simply produces heat. It has not been connected to generate electricity yet either.\n\nThe Nickel Age is about to begin. Using the Ni-H LENR technology, it is estimated that a gram of nickel yields about 2000 kWh, or 1.7 billion calories. That means a super tanker full of oil (2 million barrels) is the energy equivalent of less than a ton of nickel. By the way, it takes about 7 million calories to launch a pound of mass out of the Earth\u2019s gravity well. Nickel is about 3% the mass of the Earth, and is much more plentiful than all the oil, coal, and natural gas on Earth. By the way, hydrogen can be produced from water from relatively little energy, and water covers about 2/3 of the Earth.\n\nPlease excuse my double post, but it has concerned me that people are still overly skeptical about the legitimacy of the Rossi E-Cat LENR Ni-H technology. Here is the best video I\u2019ve seen on the subject, by Dr. Brian Josephson, winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics: http://pesn.com/2011/06/23/9501856_Nobel_laureate_touts_E-Cat_cold_fusion/\nTeams of people have examined the E-Cat and the amount of heat it produced over time is far too much to explain by a chemical process.\n\nI beg your indulgence one more time, while I wax poetically (perhaps someone out there will recognize the origin of these words):\n\nBeware of false gifts and broken promises.\nThere is much pain, but still hope.\nThe solution is to believe the truth.\nThe conduit is closing\u2026\n\nThanks I\u2019ve already seen that video and posted it here awhile back. Dr. Josephson could also be one of the scientists that attends Rossi\u2019s e-cat demonstration that is supposed to take place in the US sometime in October."}
-{"text": "Bordeaux Bay\n\nWatercolour by Tony Taylor http://www.paintingbreaksguernsey.com\n\nTuesday, 15 December 2015\n\nPALE RIDER\n\nWe live in uneasy times. Wars, both great and small, dominate the news with alarming frequency.Increasingly, it seems inevitable that the use of nuclear weapons will cease to be the exclusive prerogative of the so-called Super-Powers. Warfare, by its very nature, escalates and mutates, and terrorism has removed the necessity to travel to a war-zone to become part of the conflict.Be patient and war will come to you.\n\nNo comments:\n\nPost a Comment\n\nPages\n\nSTONE WITNESS\n\nAn eclectic new collection that deals with themes of love and death, old and new gods, nostalgia for a vanished age and the challenges of life in the 21st Century.PRICE \u00a36.99ISBN: 978-0-9928791-5-0Paperback, 64 pagesPublished by Blue Ormer PublishingBUY IT ATwww.blueormer.co.uk"}
-{"text": "Huntsville Area Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities\n\nGeneral info\n\nMeeting times:\n\nPlease contact on any further information.\n\nNotes or comments:\n\n\"Our Mission:\n\nThe Huntsville Area Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (HACEPD) is Huntsville's designated leadership and coordination group on issues related to employment of people with disabilities. Here you will find information and resources of interest to job seekers and to employers seeking to hire or accommodate individuals with disabilities.\n\nOur mission is two-fold - educate employers and assist job seekers. The mission is accomplished with two distinct pathways:\n\n2. Jobseekers: The Governor's Committee does not actually provide jobs, nor do we hire people. We partner with local agencies to provide job vacancy information to individuals with disabilities seeking employment. Our agency partners provide a wide range of services including assistance job development, job placement, and job referrals; assistance completing job applications, creating resumes and interview training. Once hired, if needed, the agency partners also can offer on-the-job training and job coaching. To learn more about job openings and services, please click here.\n\nWe offer outreach, awareness, support and resources to employers and job seekers on the employment and accommodation of people of all abilities. Our membership is broad and unique - as we represent a cross section of disability groups, businesses, and service agencies. Our goal is to offer you - employers and job seekers coming to this website - the information and resources you need. Thank you for visiting our website; please come back often!\"\n~HACEPED Website"}
-{"text": "This Foundation does a great job of making sure your funds are matched to areas of agriculture and youth development to your passion areas. Also do a good job of providing options for how to give, what projects to support and making sure you know the return on your investment\n\nMore feedback...\n\nWill you volunteer or donate to this organization beyond what is required of board members?"}
-{"text": "Complete Streets\n\nComplete Streets is an initiative taking place in progressive communities all over the country including right here in Fort Myers and Lee County. Its goal is to retrofit and design streets that are safe, comfortable and accessible to users of all ages and abilities - pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists. Streets that are not complete tend to focus only on motorized vehicles. Creating a road network that takes all users into consideration supports a safer, healthier, more inviting and economically viable community for our residents and visitors to enjoy. Complete Streets also helps to protect and preserve our natural resources by reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, adding to the sustainability of the area."}
-{"text": "Technology Alliances\n\nSAP\n\nThrough close collaboration, EMC and SAP solve your greatest challenges and help you reduce risk and infrastructure costs, meet service level agreements (SLAs), and improve flexibility, agility, and end user experience so you can run SAP better.\n\nRun SAP Better with EMC\n\nEMC and SAP have a history of building innovative, best-in-class technologies that support customers' growing businesses. EMC and SAP share a tightly aligned cloud vision and a joint go-to-market approach that allows customers to run SAP better.\n\nShared Vision\n\nEMC and SAP share a common vision goal of creating customer value through innovation. By constantly engaging with customers, EMC and SAP strive to help customers as they optimize their SAP landscapes.\n\nDATA SHEET\n\nMORE\n\nAbout SAP\n\nAs a market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. SAP applications and services enable more than 172,000 customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information about SAP, please visit www.sap.com."}
-{"text": "Mozilla is redesigning the Firefox brand, with a bit support from the leisure of us. This time round, notwithstanding, the plan isn\u2019t simply to create one new icon for the flagship browser, however to design a whole series of icons to healthy the company\u2019s different ventures \u2014 from cell and VR browsers,..."}
-{"text": "termites\n\nI\u2019ve got some kind of fire ant looking insect swarming in my kitchen. I\u2019m afraid they could be termites since I know they like to swarm this time of year too. How can I tell the difference? Ants and termites both generate swarmers or winged reproductives whose sole purpose is to leave an existing nest and then [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "French design, mostly familiarised with a classic design, using modern materials like chrome for the structure and a 10mm thick opegh glass for the top. This piece of furniture is a masterpiece, suitable and easy to create a focal point in any given space . Dimensions - 150cm (Width) x 45cm (Depth) x 76cm (Height)."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: waterfront blues festival\n\nNot much knitting here last weekend, but lots of music, and blueberries, too. The Waterfront Blues Festival ran from Thursday through Sunday, and the weather was perfect. Sunny and warm, but not hot. Portland knows how to throw a party! And it was for a good cause: The festival raised $1.3 million for the Oregon Food Bank, well in excess of their goal of $1 million, plus tons of canned food. (Admission most days is a suggested donation of $10 plus 2 cans of food.)\n\nThe music was great all weekend. My favorites?\n\nNikki HIll, a great big voice in a sassy package. Yes, those are sequined cowboys on her skirt, as well as sequined slide pumps on her feet.\n\nMarchFourth Marching Band, with stilt walker/dancer/acrobats! I think this is every band kid\u2019s dream of a band afterlife. But even cooler and funkier.\n\nJohn Hiatt, an oldie but goodie. He\u2019s written tons of stuff that others have sung, but I also like his own whiskey voice.\n\nI don\u2019t know that I\u2019d classify all the music I heard as the blues, but the variety made the festival much more enjoyable. There was also a lot of zydeco music, which is always fun.\n\nI missed Sunday, which featured Mavis Staples and Robert Plant. I was at the Oregon Zoo, enjoying the Go-Go\u2019s and the B-52\u2019s. Definitely a smaller venue than Waterfront Park, but still a sizeable crowd.\n\nZoo concerts are great; you can picnic on the lawn before the show. Go with a group of friends, and it\u2019s a potluck miracle. I made a blueberry cobbler, as requested.\n\nIt\u2019s great picnic fare, especially with a side of spray whipped cream. I\u2019d prefer ice cream, but that doesn\u2019t travel well.\n\nI\u2019m coming to the end of my blueberry harvest. It\u2019s my last chance to use my own berries for a blueberry cream pie in a gingersnap crust which requires fresh berries, so that was last night\u2019s dessert.\n\nLorajean saw my pie pic on Facebook, and then I saw her at Twisted when I was delivering patterns yesterday. She was hoping that the pie was for tonight\u2019s knit nite, but sadly, no.\n\nBut I came home and did the last picking, and there are just enough berries to eke out one more pie. Let the rejoicing begin\u2026\n\nWell, these are really clematis, not passion flowers, but I love them passionately.\n\nThey\u2019re growing on this spring\u2019s new trellis. I love how the leaves and buds echo the metal ones.\n\nBut that\u2019s not what you\u2019re really here for, is it?\n\nHere\u2019s Passiflora. I\u2019m ready to start the detail at the front and back neck. Gauge has been an issue for me on this piece; I went down two needle sizes, and it\u2019s still a little wider than I anticipated. The second needle you see there is me starting over with the next smaller size needle, just to see what would happen. It\u2019s too small, so I\u2019ll just soldier on with the first piece. I think I\u2019m now knitting more tightly, and that may take care of it.\n\nWhat else is new? The Teen decided to brew some ginger beer (non-alcoholic). He likes the spicier varieties like Fentiman\u2019s, which we don\u2019t get very often. He got champagne yeast and these cool re-sealable bottles at FH Steinbart here in town. They were very helpful there.\n\nWe did a tasting on Sunday, and it was pretty good! Great ginger flavor, but he realized that he had put in too much water, so it was more dilute than he expected, and less fizzy, too. Round two will happen after we finish drinking round one\u2026we don\u2019t have more bottles!\n\nThe kitchen has been humming. CollegeGrad made dinner that same day, fried rice with Chinese sausage. It\u2019s nice to have someone else make dinner sometimes! He\u2019s hard at work, looking for work.\n\nAnd the sun finally came out of hiding, just in time for the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, an annual event here. Saturday was glorious, and fun. How was your weekend?\n\nSuper Chikan with his gui-jo made from a ceiling fan and a guitar neck/headstock, and lots of bling."}
-{"text": "October 19, 2010\n\nWashington Firms Prepare for Boom in Foreclosure Work\n\nWashington law firms are seeing an uptick in work thanks to the recent furor over mortgage companies\u2019 foreclosure practices. And they\u2019re not expecting it to drop off anytime soon.\n\nTo keep up with demand, K&L Gates has launched a U.S. foreclosure task force designed to aid clients in addressing questions related to potential lawsuits, hearings and foreclosure moratoriums.\n\nLaurence Platt, a mortgage banking partner in the firm\u2019s Washington office and a leader of K&L Gates\u2019 financial services practice, wouldn\u2019t comment on specific clients the firm is representing, but he said they include national banks, loan servicers, and other public companies. K&L Gates also recently served as examiner in the New Century and WorldCom bankruptcy proceedings.\n\nPlatt said that foreclosure mishaps have become a primary focus of the Justice Department, Congress, state attorneys general and consumer advocacy groups, which has prompted clients to reach out to firms with questions about what all of the furor means to their businesses.\n\n\u201cThe thing about reviewing foreclosure practices is that those practices aren\u2019t the end of it. There are a lot of spillover consequences,\u201d Platt said. He said those can include questions of whether a given practice is lawful or whether it raises the specter of \u201cunsafe and unsound\u201d banking practices.\n\nK&L Gates\u2019 foreclosure task force, Platt said, will bring together about 10 lawyers from a range of practices that might be able to offer clients advice on the ongoing foreclosure debacle. He said that the team will advise clients on complying with state servicing laws; initiating and conducting internal investigations; defending lenders and loan servicers in federal and state government enforcement actions, class actions, loan-level litigation, and commercial disputes; providing electronic discovery services; and serving as a policy and government affairs counselor before Congress, executive agencies, and state equivalents.\n\n\u201cThe hysteria clients have seen coming from regulators and from state attorneys general over this foreclosure mess has left them shell-shocked,\u201d Platt said. \u2018They\u2019re not all Snidely Whiplash. They\u2019re trying to figure out where they go from here.\u201d\n\nK&L Gates isn\u2019the only firm seeing an uptick in work thanks to the foreclosure mess. Andrew Sandler, a name partner at BuckleySandler said that his firm has about 70 lawyers working on foreclosure matters. \u201cThat\u2019s more lawyers than we\u2019ve ever had working on a single issue,\u201d Sandler said.\n\nWhile Sandler also wouldn\u2019t comment on the firm\u2019s clients, The National Law Journal has previously reported that BuckleySandler represents Wells Fargo, Bank of America Corp., American Express Co., The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and Morgan Stanley. (Bank of America announced today that it would begin resubmitting paperwork on Oct. 25 to restart foreclosures on borrowers who missed their payments in 23 states.)\n\nSandler said that there has been a \u201cbarrage\u201d of regulatory inquiries into the firm\u2019s clients\u2019 foreclosure practices. \u201cClients are very frustrated because there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding that these questions of technical issues, such as robo-signing, etc., don\u2019t address the real question\u2014whether these foreclosures were valid,\u201d Sandler said. He said many of the foreclosures that were conducted involved borrowers who were in default.\n\nHe said that because the allegedly improper foreclosures have affected every state in the country, advising clients on their foreclosure practices has to take into account the differences in law among the 50 states. \u201cThis is really taking a full 50-state analysis,\u201d Sandler said.\n\nHe added that it appears the work will continue foreseeable future. looks like the work won\u2019t be going away any time soon, he added. \u201cInvestigations are always a prelude to litigation. And there have been a whole lot of investigations,\u201d he said."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, April 25, 2007\n\nbeer-bestanked\n\nadj. Beer-scented.Real citation: \"One other thing martinis have in their favor, as I hinted about above, is the Adult Factor. You're not likely to get some drunken mook hitting on your lady friend (or two-bit tramp hitting on your fella) if everyone's daintily hoisting a martini glass. The atmosphere helps, too: soft light, Art Deco d\u00e9cor and subtle sconces make you feel a little better about downing a few cocktails than a beer-bestanked, dimly lit basement bar. Sinatra takes precedence over Sublime and the latest from So So Def. To boot, you're much less likely to be outed as an alkie.\"(Timothy C. Davis, Feb. 7, 2007, Chocablog, http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A128340)\n\nNo comments:\n\nThe Deal\n\nMark Peters (better known as wordlust on Twitter) is a euphemism-collector for Visual Thesaurusand a blogger for Oxford University Press. Formerly, this blog was a collection of rare, raw, real words. Now it's the forever home for orphaned humor pieces and encore tweets."}
-{"text": "Sales & Business Transformation\n\nFully embracing and supporting the whole product life cycle of our vendor partners, sales and business transformation training is close to our heart as it is the first pillar of our three-step education framework \u2013 How to Sell \u2013 Why to Buy \u2013 How to Operate.\n\nThe first step when launching any product or solution is to enable sales teams to first understand all of the business aspects followed by the key technical details in order to have successful conversations will all stakeholders and buying centers of a particular customer.\n\nAs the only true global Cisco Business Learning Partner (BLP), Fast Lane is especially qualified and equipped to develop, customize and deliver state-of-the-art business transformation and sales courses. It speaks for itself that Fast Lane is closely aligned with various Cisco business units and channel teams helping their product launch and go-to-market initiatives. Our \u201chow to sell\u201d offering is structured as follows:\n\nCisco has become a leader in recognizing the importance of understanding the business side of investing and deploying advanced technologies. To that end, Cisco announced an updated Business Transformation Specialists certifications. With Digital Transformation disrupting the relationship between customer and vendor, Cisco Business Architect Specialist certifications help prepare individuals for the journey to building strong business skills, acumen and providing enabling tools that will ultimately lead to long-term relationships.\n\nChanges to Cisco Business Transformation Courses and Certifications\n\nCisco announces the retirement of Cisco Business Value Analyst and Cisco Business Value Specialist certifications. The last day to test for these certifications is December 29, 2017. In addition, the Cisco Business Value Practitioner certification will also be retired with the last day to test of February 15, 2018. Candidates who possess these certifications will have the opportunity to migrate and earn the new Cisco Business Architecture Specialists certifications.\n\nAccelerate customer investment decisions and results through a consultative, business focus\n\nApply best practices and gain consistent, high quality results\n\nUse architectures, smart solutions and services to reduce risk and improve time-to-results\n\nThis series of courses is comparable to the \u201cUnderstand & Believe\u201d modules of our Business & IT Convergence Curriculum but more focused on a particular product or solution. All courses in this series are approved by Cisco and are either part of the Cisco BLP or the Cisco Partner Plus program."}
-{"text": "Follow my life as a mother of two, wife, and woman trying to keep all of these gray hairs away!\n\nMain menu\n\nTag Archives: cervix\n\nI woke up excited Wednesday morning because I had a pregnancy massage planned. 11:00am to be exact. Happy, happy, joy, joy! I was 27 weeks pregnant and my body really needed it. I called my doctor\u2019s office to see when I could come and have my cervix measured. They didn\u2019t know a time at first, but soon called back and said to come in at 11:00. Yuck! I picked up the phone and canceled the massage. I walked in the office as normal and went into the ultrasound room. They did a transvaginal ultrasound. As soon as they started, the lady said, \u201cWe need to get a doctor.\u201d Of course I became worried. My doctor was not in the office but Dr. Link entered. They were unable to recreate what they saw but they did save a photo of it. I was told to get dressed and the doctor would talk with me in his office. Not good. He said my cervix was funneling and that I needed to go home and rest. He said he\u2019d follow up with my regular doctor and to come back in a week for another measurement.\n\nI got dressed and went to my fitness studio to drop something off. As I was headed back down to the car, my phone rang and it was my doctor, Dr. Kuntz. She asked if I could stop by the office. Sure, I replied. I\u2019m thinking I\u2019ll go in and come right back out and continue my errands. I walk back into Baptist East Hospital and got back on the contractions monitor. They were still better than the day before. I was given another transvaginal ultrasound. Although they saw some funneling, my cervix measured fine. I was getting ready to be let go and then my doctor asked if she could go on and do a regular ultrasound so we could check the baby.\n\nThis excites me because I get to see Baby Turner again. This time the mood changed. They saw what they call \u201cdynamic cervix funneling\u201d and it was something they could only see on the abdominal ultrasound. I knew something wasn\u2019t right but didn\u2019t exactly know what was going on. Long story short: my doctor called the Advanced Fetal Medical doctor, he said I need to go to the hospital with a Level III NICU, I was moved via ambulance (during a hail storm) to University Hospital and immediately placed into a room.\n\nI tried to be cool, calm and collective until that moment. I hated having to call Milton to tell him the news and just wanted Baby Turner to be okay. Of course he was very nervous and left work to meet me at the hospital. An IV was placed into my arm and monitors were placed on me to monitor my contractions and Baby Turner\u2019s heart rate. My newly appointed doctor, Dr. Weeks came in and did another abdominal ultrasound. Milton was there by this time and we were both able to see the funneling. Here\u2019s the best way to describe it. My cervix measures fine in it\u2019s normal state. However, whenever I have a contraction this big funnel appears (which is my water sack) and it gets very, very, very close to my cervix \u2013 which means there\u2019s a great chance my water could break. This made Dr. Weeks very nervous, especially being only at 27 weeks. So, I was told that I would be on bedrest \u2013 in the hospital \u2013 until I\u2019m at least 32 weeks along.\n\nThis broke my heart. I had so many plans for the month of April and now each and every one of them needed to be canceled. I thought about my Zumba studio and the fact that I wouldn\u2019t be able to see that beautiful group of ladies for awhile. It was overwhelming because I had no time to prepare my life for the drastic change. Fear, stress, worry (and hunger) all took over my emotions. I tried to remain calm, though, because I knew it was all being done for a cute baby boy that needs to \u201ccook\u201d just a little longer before he can join us!\n\nMilton and I love to have date nights! We also love to eat so when we can combine date night with food it\u2019s a win-win situation. On Saturday, March 24 we went to eat at Smokey Bones. We had received a $10 gift certificate and decided to go check it out. The food was actually very good and we both enjoyed the smokey chicken wings. I saw some of my friends, Tanya and Kellie, there and we had a nice chat.\n\nAs we got up to leave the restaurant, I had some lower abdominal cramping. It was uncomfortable to walk. Once we got home, I went upstairs to lay down but there was too much pressure to sit up straight. I don\u2019t remember the rest of the night, I just know I leaned back and was knocked out. Milton says I was in a lot of pain.\n\nThe next morning I was fine. I called my friend that is an OB-GYN and told her what happened. She suggested to follow up with my doctor if I continue to feel pressure. The rest of the day Sunday was fine. I went and met with the Derby City Naturals, taught a couple of Zumba songs, went to a Challenge Party and relaxed more with Milton. Monday was fine too. The day went as planned including teaching Zumba later that night.\n\nTuesday ran it\u2019s course\u2026 until I started doing Zumba. During the class, I kept feeling pressure again in my lower abdomen. It wasn\u2019t to the same extent as Saturday, but I definitely felt pressure. I assumed it was baby growing and moving while I was dancing. I also, though, had diarrhea which was uncommon. I came home around 8:00pm, Milton had cooked dinner, we ate, we watched my show \u201cDance Moms\u201d and I still felt some discomfort. We decided to call the on-call doctor just to be safe.\n\nI told her my symptoms and she suggested I go on and come into Baptist East Labor and Delivery just to be safe. This was close to 10:30pm. Once I came in, they attached me to a contractions monitor. It showed that I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes. YIKES!! The odd thing, though, was that I couldn\u2019t feel myself having them. I was given a shot of terbutaline to stop the contractions. I hated this medicine because it made me feel real jittery. After about an hour, they checked the monitors and the contractions had lessened. A nurse checked my cervix and didn\u2019t think I had dialated. I was sent home around 12:30am and told to call my regular doctor in the morning for a follow up appointment and relax from Zumba until they could check me out."}
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-{"text": "in {cantation} in {translation}\n\nspring open studios\n\nin {cantation} in {translation}\n\nin {cantation} in {translation}\n\nin {cantation} in {translation} is an encounter with a contemporary divination mirror. This immersive installation combines projection mapping with responsive technology to envelope participants in a digital poem of the past, present and future.\n\nBased on the obsidian mirror of pre-columbian Mesoamerica, in {cantation} in {translation} reimagines the practice of scrying through a futuristic oracle. Participants are invited to perform an incantation over the bowl, and learn of the oracle\u2019s memory through short verses of ancient Aztec poems.\n\ninstallation & Development\n\nlittle system diagram\n\nThe initial development for in {cantation} in {translation} spurred from classes that were part of my MFA trajectory. The first class was led by Noah Wardrip-Fruin about playable media, games, and fiction; the second, an independent study with Jennifer Parker on projection mapping for responsive media environments.\n\nMy research for this project centered around rituals of scrying, the use of obsidian mirrors in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and responsive projection mapping with digital sensor technology. I used Derivative TouchDesigner to develop the software for the system, along with a Python extension (thanks Matthew Ragan!), a leap motion sensor and two projectors.\n\nTo read more about my preliminary research you can see previous blog posts:\n\nEmbedding the Leap motion\n\nThe leap sensor was fitted into a laser cut box that was then placed into a glass bowl filled with obsidian sand, shells and crystals.\n\nConsidering language\n\nThis piece interprets the history of colonization through the use of three languages:\n\nNahuatl - the native language of the Mexica and Nahuatl-speaking people indigenous to Mexico\n\nSpanish - the language of the European conquistadors who came to the Americas during the age of discovery\n\nEnglish - the language I currently used, and spoken predominantly all over the world\n\nThe text in Spanish appeared as an intermediary between the Nahuatl and the English to convey the instructions for piece, respira con tus manos. While the Nahuatl came in the form of an ancient glyph that depicts the god, Tezcatlipoca (seen in the center below). Finally, we see an English translation showing verses of Nahuatl poetry. This piece sampled two poems; see one below."}
-{"text": "Report: Apple will unveil iPhone 5 on 9/12\n\nMike Luttrell, 2nd August 2012\n\nOne of the most cited Apple rumors so far this year is that the company will introduce the world to the new iPhone on September 12.\nThe specific date is of course still the subject of speculation, but what is really adding fuel to the fire are recent comments from the president of Sharp.\n\nTakashi Okuda blatantly talked about the new iPhone in his most recent quarterly earnings call. When discussing the iPhone 5 display, which Sharp is manufacturing, Okuda said, \"Shipments will start in August.\"\n\nThe only real solid, tangible detail about the new iPhone that has leaked through the rumor mill is it will have technology that would allow the company to integrate both the touch sensor and the actual LCD panel in one component.\n\nAs the iPhone construction stands now, these two parts of the phone are separate pieces, meaning the touch sensor is an individual component that sits on top of the display itself.\n\nIf it could combine those into one piece of technology, it would be able to shave off a significant chunk of the device's size. Keep in mind we're already talking about a very thin phone, so a \"significant chunk\" could just be a couple tenths of a millimeter.\n\nIn addition to making a sleeker phone, though, this would also help Apple with production. It could potentially cut back the lead time to make an iPhone from around two weeks to just 3 - 5 days.\n\nThe reason this has not been implemented in earlier iPhone designs is that the technology just wasn't quite there yet and would have added on too much of an unnecessary cost. In the long run, though, it might now be at the point where doing so would actually save money for Apple.\n\nMeanwhile, other rumors have suggested that the new iPhone will have the largest display of any iPhone. But it seems this speculation will go away soon when Apple lits the veil in just a matter of weeks."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: Opium\n\nLearn about the possible health risks of drinking California poppy tea here! Many communities are in the middle of what is being referred to as an opioid crisis. Statistics show that the number of people addicted these substances has increased drastically. It\u2019s helpful to understand difference between prescription opioid painkillers and illegal drugs derived from\u2026 Read More \u00bb\n\nThis rapid on-site OPI Opium drug test kit is FDA approved and offers 100% correlation with a much more expensive laboratory screening. Simple and effective, this urine drug test will detect the presence of opiates in less than 5 minutes. The four step instructions printed on every foil pouch helps make these Opium drug tests\u2026 Read More \u00bb\n\nThis rapid on-site OPI Opium drug test kit is FDA approved and offers 100% correlation with a much more expensive laboratory screening. Simple and effective, this urine drug test will detect the presence of opiates in less than 5 minutes. The four step instructions printed on every foil pouch helps make these Opium drug tests\u2026 Read More \u00bb\n\nThis rapid on-site OPI Opium drug test kit is FDA approved and offers 100% correlation with a much more expensive laboratory screening. Simple and effective, this urine drug test will detect the presence of opiates in less than 5 minutes. The four step instructions printed on every foil pouch helps make these Opium drug tests\u2026 Read More \u00bb"}
-{"text": "Just back from battling golden dorado at La Zona. Used the TFD BFC 7ft 6in Mag 3. This rod handled the monster dorado without any problems. It was very hot in Argentina so casting giant poppers all day on this light rod really enable me to last the entire day. The rod loads up fast so I could cast the heavy poppers a country mile. Highly recommend this rod for big monster species! The water currently in La Zona is very low without much flow which makes the bite tough. However I was able to land a 48lbs and my buddy a 50lbs. Heading to the Chicago Fishing Show in a few weeks to buy another. doradokiller\n\nHI AKA. The Mag 3 was perfect! Am going to buy another in a few weeks. Got a few of the spinning rod blanks finalized by Thorne Bros. Will be taking them to Misima Island in a few weeks to see if they hold up to the GTs and doggies.doradokiller\n\nGuys: Back from an excellent trip out in the Solomon Sea off of Misima Island Papua New Guinea. Took along the TFO Big Fish 2 piece spinning rod 86 P3 which Larry helped design. Great blank and can handle the GTs which most rods cannot. My largest was about 38 kgs on a popper. Also landed a few small dogtooth and about 13 other species. My partner landed a beautiful 85 lbs Napoleon Wrasse on a popper and had a big doggie eaten by a shark at the boat and another spool him after an hour battle. The TFO rod is highly recommended both for these saltwater species and big freshwater brutes like pike/ musky. Give TFO a shout and you probably could buy a blank as to my knowledge they have not put these spinning rods out for sale?Thanks Larry for all the help and advice on this great trip!Good fishing doradokiller\n\nLarry, looking to up grade my current Shimano compre Muskie rods for working the 8\u201d wide glides , 8\u201d ploppers, 8\u201d-10\u201d whiggley. I feel more comfortable casting with 7\u20196\u201d rods in medium to small rivers. What length does the 7\u20196\u201d break down in two pieces and is there a travel tube available with BFR.\n\nI'm with you on the rod length. The two power (or maybe three power if I was tossing mostly wide glides) in 7'6\" or 8' is my go to. Main diff is the handle is a couple inches shorter on the 7'6\", which gives you a little more \"blade\" length than you have with a longer handle.They break down to around 4' or so. No tube included.bestL\n\nCaja: I can vouch for the Big Fish Casting rods. I have used Power 3 7ft 6in for golden dorado at La Zona in Argentina. The handle section is about 35 1/2 inches while the upper section is about 59 inches. Very strong and super light weight so you can casting giant lures all day without getting exhausted! I also have a few Big Fish spinning rods which are also very good as used them in Papua New Guinea casting monster poppers for GTs. I believe they never went to the market but if interested am sure Larry could get you in contact with TFO to see if they have any blanks still in inventory.Good fishing, doradokiller"}
-{"text": "Brevera\u00ae Breast Biopsy System\n\nA breakthrough in biopsy efficiency\n\nThe Brevera system streamlines the entire breast biopsy process from start to finish \u2013 with real-time imaging for instant verification and automated post-biopsy specimen handling.\n\nThis has the potential to save an average of 10 minutes per procedure1 to transform the patient experience and boost productivity. A reusable device driver and disposable needles provide new functionality, simplify storage and improve waste management.2 And remote system operation puts control where it belongs \u2013 in the hands of the physician.\n\nThe Brevera system will change the way you think about performing breast biopsies.\n\nWorkflow and facility improvements\n\nFast procedures: More confidence in sample verification allows for fast biopsy procedures, which frees up resources."}
-{"text": "Hiding Horrific Tales of Torture: Why The US Government Reached A Plea Deal with Guant\u00e1namo Prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed\n\n16.2.11\n\nAt Guant\u00e1namo on Tuesday, following hints last week, Noor Uthman Muhammed, a Sudanese prisoner in his 40s, and formerly a trainer at the Khaldan training camp in Afghanistan, accepted a plea deal in his trial by Military Commission. He is only the sixth prisoner convicted since the Commissions were dragged from the grave by Dick Cheney in November 2001, and the fourth to accept a plea deal. Noticeably, of the three prisoners convicted under President Obama, all have accepted plea deals, demonstrating, I believe, that the administration knows that the system itself is weak.\n\nAs legal experts have repeatedly pointed out, the charges in the Military Commissions (since their revival by Congress in 2006, after the US Supreme Court ruled that Cheney\u2019s version was illegal) consist of spurious war crimes specifically invented by Congress (\u201cMurder in Violation of the Law of War,\u201d for example, which, as in the case of Omar Khadr \u2014 who was obliged to accept that he was an \u201calien unprivileged enemy belligerent\u201d in his plea deal last October \u2014 attempts, absurdly and shockingly, to claim that any attempt to fight Americans or coalition forces is a war crime) or of crimes traditionally triable in federal court (conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism), which, very probably, would not stand up on appeal, as senior Obama administration officials conceded when reviving the Commissions in 2009.\n\nIn Muhammed\u2019s case, an additional complication is that the authorities were trying to convict him for war crimes that took place before the US was at war with al-Qaeda. Last September, Raha Wala, a Georgetown Fellow in Law and Security, who attended a pre-trial hearing on behalf of Human Rights First, specifically touched on these problems, noting, \u201cMost of the criminal acts Noor allegedly committed took place from the mid-1990\u2019s to 2000, purportedly before the United States was at war with anyone. Yet the military commissions were originally created in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks to try individuals for war crimes, raising questions about whether the military commission even has jurisdiction to hear Noor\u2019s case.\u201d\n\nAnother fundamental problem, however, and one which casts a dark shadow over the entire proceedings, concerns Muhammed\u2019s role at the Khaldan training camp, which is central to the allegations against him, and the possibility, or probability that an actual trial \u2014 rather than a plea deal followed by a brief sentencing phase \u2014 would have focused attention on the stories of two other men involved in Khaldan \u2014 Abu Zubaydah and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi \u2014 which the authorities would rather not air too publicly, and on the role of Khaldan itself.\n\nMuhammed was seized in a house raid in Faisalabad, on March 28, 2002, which also led to the capture of Abu Zubaydah, who was touted as a significant figure in al-Qaeda, and flown to Thailand, to the first of a series of secret prisons in other countries that were used by the CIA to torture \u201chigh-value detainees.\u201d On August 1, 2002, before he was moved to another secret prison in Poland, he became the first \u201cWar on Terror\u201d prisoner to be subjected to a specific torture program for \u201chigh-value detainees,\u201d when John Yoo, a lawyer in the Justice Department\u2019s Office of Legal Counsel (which is supposed to provide impartial legal advice to the executive branch) wrote two memos \u2014 the \u201ctorture memos,\u201d signed by OLC head Jay S. Bybee \u2014 in which he cynically attempted to redefine torture, and endorsed an interrogation plan for Abu Zubaydah using torture techniques including waterboarding, a form of controlled drowning.\n\nDespite this, however, the US authorities have been unable to prevent the emergence of damning evidence \u2014 not least from FBI interrogators \u2014 demonstrating that Zubaydah was actually mentally ill, and was little more than a glorified travel agent for the Khaldan camp. In a court submission in October 2009, the government abandoned its claims that he was a member of al-Qaeda, or had any inside information about the 9/11 attacks or other terrorist attacks, proposing instead that he was the head of a militia that \u201cwas \u2018part of\u2019 hostile forces and \u2018substantially supported\u2019 those forces,\u201d and that he \u201cfacilitat[ed] the retreat and escape of enemy forces\u201d after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001.\n\nThis narrative \u2014 and other, uncorrected claims that Abu Zubaydah was a \u201cterrorist leader\u201d and was \u201cthe person in charge\u201d of Khaldan \u2014 have, distressingly, been accepted by judges in the District Court in Washington D.C., where they have been ruling on Guant\u00e1namo prisoners\u2019 habeas corpus petitions, and also in the D.C. Circuit Court, which hears appeals following the District Court rulings, as I explained in my articles, In Abu Zubaydah\u2019s Case, Court Relies on Propaganda and Lies and Algerian in Guant\u00e1namo Loses Habeas Petition for Being in a Guest House with Abu Zubaydah. The courts\u2019 inability, or unwillingness to investigate the evidence about Abu Zubaydah has been disastrous for Sufyian Barhoumi and Abdul Razak Ali, who have lost in court, as discussed in the articles above, and can, therefore, continue to be held indefinitely, although it is certain that Noor Uthman Muhammed\u2019s defense team was better briefed, and, had their client\u2019s trial by Military Commission proceeded, might have been able to raise some awkward questions.\n\nAlso central to the government\u2019s allegations that Muhammed sometimes served as the deputy emir of Khaldan is the role played by the camp\u2019s emir, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, although al-Libi cannot provide any information himself, as he died in mysterious circumstances in a Libyan prison in May 2009. His death conveniently prevents the US from having to account for what happened to him between December 2001, when he was seized following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, and 2006, when he was returned to Libya. This is convenient because, towards the beginning of what appears to have been a horrific tour of secret prisons operated by the CIA or on the CIA\u2019s behalf, lasting several years, al-Libi was sent to Egypt, where, under torture, he falsely confessed that two al-Qaeda agents had been discussing the use of chemical and biological weapons with Saddam Hussein. This confession was used to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, even though al-Libi retracted it before Colin Powell presented it as \u201cevidence\u201d at a crucial UN security council meeting a month before the invasion.\n\nIn addition, the role of Khaldan as an \u201cal-Qaeda camp\u201d has also been dispelled over the years, as it has become clear that it was founded during the US-backed mujahideen resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, that it was only marginally connected to al-Qaeda\u2019s activities, and that, in fact, the Taliban closed it in 2000 after al-Libi refused to allow it to come under the control of Osama bin Laden. This does not necessarily mean that the camp did not play a role in the training of men who later became involved in terrorist activities, despite Abu Zubaydah\u2019s claim that it was \u201ccommitted to a defensive, not offensive, jihad\u201d (as it appears that the mentally damaged would-be terrorists Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui both trained there, as, reportedly, did three of the 9/11 hijackers), but it certainly adds weight to Muhammed\u2019s explanation, at his tribunal in Guant\u00e1namo in 2004, that Khaldan was \u201ca place to get training\u201d that had nothing to do with either al-Qaeda or the Taliban. \u201cPeople come over to that camp, train for about a month to a month and a half, then they go back to their hometown,\u201d he said, adding that what the people did with the training they received was their own business.\n\nA military jury will shortly begin deliberations about what sentence Muhammed should receive \u2014 a largely symbolic gesture, as it will be irrelevant if, as expected, it exceeds the term agreed in the plea deal. This is under seal, but the Miami Herald reported that \u201cMilitary sources said the deal could send Noor home by January 2015,\u201d and the Associated Press stated, \u201cArabic broadcaster Al-Arabiya, citing an anonymous source, reported that Noor \u2026 will serve no more than three years at Guant\u00e1namo and has agreed to testify against other prisoners, including Abu Zubaydah.\u201d\n\nIt remains to be seen whether the Obama administration will actually press ahead with a trial by Military Commission for Abu Zubaydah, as suggested by Al-Arabiya. It certainly seems unlikely, given his central role in the Bush administration\u2019s torture program, but in the meantime, the jury in Muhammed\u2019s case will probably deliver a punitive symbolic sentence, which will be used by the administration to justify the Commissions, and to show Republicans how tough the government is on \u201cterrorists.\u201d\n\nThis will no doubt play well to the many cheerleaders for the Military Commissions in the Republican party \u2014 and to those Democrats who, like Obama himself, approved their revival despite never seeming to be entirely convinced \u2014 although the truth was pointed out to the Miami Herald by Mary Cheh, a law professor at George Washington University, who \u201csaid the strategy of trading short prison sentences for guilty pleas lets the government \u2018gloss over fundamental legal issues\u2019 still bedeviling\u201d the Commissions, leaving defense lawyers \u201cto resolve a tension between \u2018what\u2019s in the best interest of the client and whether to challenge a system that is fundamentally flawed.'\u201d\n\nAs ever, \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201cGuant\u00e1namo\u201d are not words that fit well together.\n\nWhat are the other pre- 9/11 training camps inside Afghanistan and what was their relationships to al Qaeda / the Taliban? Who is said to have led them? I\u2019ve heard of al Farouq, but that\u2019s about it. See this post on the current requirements for indefinite detention: Training at al Farouq and studying at an unnamed religious institute pre- 9/11; being caught near Tora Bora in late 2001; and being Arab, of course. Ignoring the state of the case law, why would the US ever want to detain someone like Esmail indefinitely?\n\nHi Norwegian Shooter,\nThis is from Chapter One of \u201cThe Guantanamo Files\u201d:\n\u201cOn the night of 7 October 2001, the American mission to \u2018destroy\u2019 al-Qaeda and the Taliban commenced in a rain of bombs \u2013- on Taliban military facilities, and on 23 military training camps in the south and east of the country, which, in a sign of the hyperbole to come, were all alleged to belong to al-Qaeda.\u201d\nIn a footnote, I wrote:\n\u201cOf the dozens of training camps established in Afghanistan from the 1980s onwards, most were funded by Pakistan and wealthy donors in the Gulf countries. Some were run by Afghan warlords, others by Pakistani groups and others by militant groups from other countries. Although bin Laden had a few camps of his own, it was inappropriate to describe all the training camps in Afghanistan as \u2018al-Qaeda camps.'\u201d\nAl-Farouq is the one that dominates the US government\u2019s Guantanamo narrative as THE \u201cal-Qaeda camp\u201d; the others alleged to be bin Laden\u2019s barely get a look-in.\nMost important, however, is your statement and question about the D.C. Circuit Court\u2019s current examination of the failed habeas corpus petition of Yasein Esmail (aka Yasin Ismail), who lost his habeas petition in April last year. Your summary of the reasons he is being held (derived from Ben Wittes) is accurate, as, therefore, is your question as to why the US would want to continue holding him indefinitely. Essentially, it\u2019s because the courts are caught up in their own self-referential little world (in which the Circuit Court is justifying detention \u2013 possibly for life \u2013 on the basis of peripheral involvement with either al-Qaeda or the Taliban), but most importantly it\u2019s because they were never empowered by the Supreme Court to distinguish between al-Qaeda and the Taliban, or to insist, for example, that soldiers should have been held as prisoners of war.\nThe longer this goes on, the more disgraceful it is, frankly. I hope to be writing about it soon.\n\nNorwegian shooter, I hope Andy doesn\u2019t mind if I add a few more details about other camps in Afghanistan. There were some press reports from early in the war that quoted officials in India\u2019s intelligence establishment, who asserted there had been one hundred or more training camps in Afghanistan under the Taliban.\n\nHow many were Al Qaeda camps? That is a good question.\n\nIn addition to the Al Qaeda camps, and non-affiliated camps like Khaldan, and camps operated by independent Afghan warlords, and by groups fighting against the Taliban, there was one other type of camp in Afghanistan.\n\nJust as the Viet Cong had camps in Cambodia and Laos, just as all the Nicaraugan Contras camps were in El Salvador, the Taliban allowed the militias of groups fighting to overthrow the governments of Uzbekistan and some other neighboring countries to maintain bases and training camps in Afghanistan.\n\nThe BBC published an article about attempts the Taliban regime\u2019s last Foreign Minister made to warn the USA about al Qaeda\u2019s impending attacks \u2014 in August 2001. The Taliban is not a monolith, there were/are factions within it. And the Taliban\u2019s last Foreign Minister Muttakiwil, and his proteges Abdul Salam Zaeff, and Khirullah Khairkha, were leaders of a liberal faction. According to the BBC the leader of one of those groups of foreign resistance fighters the Taliban allowed to use Afghan territory learned of the 9-11 plot in the summer of 2001. According to the BBC he appealed to Muttakiwil, to warn the USA of the impending 911 attack \u2014 because he presciently anticipated that an al Qaeda attack would trigger a US counter-attack, which would end up with making it impossible for his group to conduct its training and other operations against Uzbekistan, from Afghanistan.\n\nFWIW Muttakiwil says he did use the diplomatic channels he had access to to warn the USA. And FWIW after the attacks Muttakiwil was the leader of the faction within the Taliban who argued, after 9-11, that the Taliban should not harbor Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. He argued that the Taliban should accede to the US demand that they hand over OBL and Al Qaeda, and thus avoid invasion. FWIW while Zaeff was released from Guantanamo, years ago, Khairkhwa is one of the few Afghans still held there.\n\nFurther to Norwegian shooter\u2019s question as to how many al Qaeda training camps there were \u2014 I counted up once those mentioned in the allegation memos prepared for the captives\u2019 annual status review. If you take those memos at face value al Qaeda maintained dozens of camps. But most were mentioned in just one or two captives\u2019 memos.\n\nAs Andy has documented, the authorities at Guantanamo, even with years to work on it, were not able to establish who many of the captives really were. Similarly, I think, there were unable to establish the real names, locations, and affiliations of these camps. After reading reading these memos I am convinced that the drafters realized that they were using different names for the same camp. Osama bin Laden had a home within walking distance of Kandahar Airport, called Tarnak Farms. Advanced training was conducted there. I believe most or all of the references to the \u201cAirport camp\u201d, and the \u201cUrban Warfare Camp\u201d were references to Tarnak Farms.\n\nI suspect that, even if you count the camps Clinton destroyed with cruise missiles in retaliation for Al Qaeda\u2019s bombings of US embassies in Africa in 1998, Al Qaeda had less than a dozen camps in total.\n\nI agree with Andy that there is strong reason to doubt that Khalden was an official al Qaeda camp.\n\nI live in Toronto. I happened to have the local news channel turned on the day that Omar Khadr\u2019s brother, Abdurahman Khadr returned to Canada.\nAbdurahman and Omar are the 2nd and 3rd of the four sons in their family. According to the excellent documentary \u201cSon of Al Qaeda\u201d Abdurahman was the \u201cblack sheep\u201d of the family.\n\nCanadians knew Abdurahman had been in Guantanamo. Then the press learned that he had phoned family members here in Canada, asking for help to return to Canada from Bosnia. If he had been in Guantanamo how the heck had he ended up in Bosnia.\n\nThe cover story the CIA wanted him to tell was that when the USA had released him, they had released him in Afghanistan, even though he was a Canadian citizen, and that he had made his way overland, all the way from Afghanistan to Bosnia, before it occurred to him to phone home.\n\nThere is no reason why Abdurahman should offer a press conference upon his arrival, even though the Canadian press had many questions for him.\n\nEarly in the press conference he was asked whether he had been trained to use an AK47 rifle. He replied that of course he had, that being shown how to use an AK47 was as common for a kid in Afghanistan as it was for a Canadian kid to learn how to play hockey. Then he was asked if he had attended an Al Qaeda training camp. He said No. Paraphrasing from memory, he said something like: \u201cI did attend a training camp, but it was not an al Qaeda training camp.\u201d Then he paused, and said something like: \u201cIt was merely an al Qaeda related camp\u201d.\n\nUproar swept the room full of reporters with this statement. And, in the weeks that followed editorial writers and other commentators showed they could not recognize a distinction between an al Qaeda camp and an al Qaeda related camp.\n\nKhalden was the camp Abdurahaman had been sent to.\n\nI do believe it is in our interest to recognize a distinction between Khaldan and bona fide al Qaeda camps. I have speculated about what Abdurahman really meant.\n\nHe could have meant that the camps had similar curricula in field stripping, marksmanship, obstacle course running, etc. He could have meant that when the really crazy jihadists wanted to attend Khaldan Abu Zubaydah told them: \u201cSorry, we are all fully booked for our next couple of sessions, why don\u2019t you contact OBL about his al Qaeda camps? I hear he still has some openings\u201d.\n\nOr maybe he meant some closer association.\n\nUp until this week\u2019s plea deal nothing had been made public that would contradict the testimony of these two men, that (1) Khaldan was not an al Qaeda camp; (2) that the Taliban closed the camp down at OBL\u2019s request in 2000.\n\nIt would be a tragic if careerists put protecting the reputation of those who worked at Guantanamo ahead of public safety, and advanced a plea bargain built around a false confession.\n\nI think what would have been in the public interest would have been to take Abu Zubaydah, Noor Uthman and Al Libi\u2019s claim the camp was not an al Qaeda camp, that it did not teach death to America, at face value. I think it is highly likely that the claim was essentially true, and that this was the ideological difference that caused OBL to get the Taliban to shut the camp down.\n\nI think they should have been put under some kind of supervised release, or house arrest, provided they publicly stated they would cooperate with the Karzai regime, and denounced the Taliban and al Qaeda. I think they would have been far more effectively used in the war against al Qaeda as figure-head allies of the USA and Karzai than as victims of the USA. I think even if their claim was only partly true, or even if the USA never fully trusted them, if they were under the right kind of non-obvious supervised release, it wouldn\u2019t matter if they retained some sympathy for the other side, so long as their continued freedom required them to play-act sympathy for our side. Heck, the USA treated them well enough they may very well have changed sides of their own accord.\n\nI\u2019ve read the habeas opinion now. The section on training camps and guesthouses includes some general background notes from a declaration of an analyst at the DIA. Of course, they are redacted. It also uses statements from ISN 2 \u2013 that\u2019s David Hicks, right? (Everyone should read the Jason Leopold article).\n\nThe religious institute is the Institute of Islamic / Arabic Studies in Kandahar, run by Abu Hafs al-Mauritania (Salahi\u2019s cousin and ex-brother in-law, BTW).\n\nThe key question is his actions at Tora Bora: the government is \u201cunable to point to a piece of evidence directly supporting the contention the Esmail fought for Al Qaeda at Tora Bora, but they argue that the Court should nevertheless infer that fact.\u201d Another DIA redacted comment is used as support. The Court obliges: \u201cThe Court, necessarily dealing in probabilities, finds that because Esmail went to Tora Bora, he was more likely than not an Al Qaeda fighter.\u201d Under current law, case closed \u2013 indefinite detention throughout the war on terror.\n\n\u200e\u201dal-Libi was sent to Egypt, where, under torture, he falsely confessed that two al-Qaeda agents had been discussing the use of chemical and biological weapons with Saddam Hussein. This confession was used to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003\u2026\u201d\nFascinating. If I was being tortured, I would probably say anything to free myself of the pain. How can anyone rationally, logically or intentionally use information gained this way?\n\nThat\u2019s something I never thought of. Perhaps they are all sadists or people who really believe that torture is the way to go. Or people who are \u201cjust following orders.\u201d Who knows? Frederik The Great made judicial torture illegal in late 18th Century Prussia. Have we progressed?\n\nPost 9/11 era, a dark period in which innocent humans were picked from different parts of the world, not only from Iraq & Afghanistan but from Europe and other parts of the world and tortured/abused for years in secret prisons without any evidences, just to win the support for war on terror.\n\nThanks, everyone. I would have replied sooner, but I\u2019ve been out of Internet contact \u2014 at my father\u2019s funeral yesterday, I\u2019m sad to report, and in Durham this evening, for a screening of \u201cOutside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo,\u201d and then on to Edinburgh, where I am now, for another screening tomorrow (Saturday).\nStrange times, it would be fair to say \u2026\n\nThanks also to arcticredriver for those detailed and very useful explanations. Btw, I added a \u201cnot\u201d to your line about how Khalden \u201cdid teach death to America.\u201d Was that right?\nAnd Norwegian Shooter, thanks also for update on Yasein Ismael \u2014 and your sad but accurate conclusion.\nAs for camps, yes, al-Farouq and Khaldan are most commonly cited \u2014 but al-Farouq in particular.\n\n[\u2026] charade that had dominated the Bush years resumed. To date only four prisoners \u2014 Ibrahim al-Qosi, Noor Uthman Muhammed, Omar Khadr, and Majid Khan \u2014 have seen their cases proceed to trial, although in each case a [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "On 1/19/07, Christian Burger <christian.burger at abtg.net> wrote:\n> I'm having an issue with my myth box where the display is going to sleep. I\n> had this once before where it was unknowingly set under power management to\n> sleep.\nCheck /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look for Section Monitor. Comment out the\nline: Options \"dpms\"."}
-{"text": "Hyouka:Volume 5 Chapter 2-1\n\nEven though I had worked so diligently during the climb, all of my hard-earned altitude was erased in a flash as I began to run down the hill. If this was truly my own doing, and I was going to have to descend at some point anyways, why had I even climbed it in the first place? I gravely reflected on these actions of mine.\n\nThough the beginning of the uphill slope had started off gently, the descent had instantly become a steep drop reminiscent of even that of Hiyodorigoe's.[1] Both sides of the road had once again become densely packed with various cedars, so my range-of-vision was blocked. Had I been half-assed in my descent, I would have ended up being at an angle similar to that of someone falling down a cliff, so from that I ruled out the idea. If I were to start running haphazardly, there would have been the strong noise from my feet slamming the asphalt. Running like this would only destroy the knees. Keeping all this in mind, I decided to adopt an energetic running style mixed with a naturally small stride. Even though my feet would normally start to hurt if I ended up running too fast, it was a given that running downhill made going fast easier. If I didn't run seriously at any point throughout the entire 20km course, I would end up not returning until the sun had set.\n\nAs a result, I focused solely on running down the slope.\n\nAnd yet at the same time, Ibara's words that simple sentence she had heard from \u014chinata continued to spin around in my consciousness.\n\nLike a bodhisattva... Like a bodhisattva...\n\nFor some reason, I couldn't help but feel a slight chill when hearing that supposedly auspicious word, but I descended down the slope too fast to think about the meaning behind it.\n\nThe downward slope had one large curve in it. The male students that had smoothly passed me before were running with too much gusto and ended up veering outside the curve. They looked as if they were stomping on furnace bellows.[2] As they realized their situation, I could hear the students up front frantically slamming the asphalt with their feet.\n\nAs for myself, I somewhat hugged the inner curve as I turned the corner, and my field of vision finally opened up once more. I could see there was still some snow remaining on the mountains in the distant Kamikakiuchi range. There was no way to say for sure if a winter breeze had been blowing from that direction, but I suddenly began to feel cold regardless.\n\nSatoshi had gone ahead on his bike, and Ibara had also already left. Before Chitanda caught up to me as well, there were some things I wanted to think through first.\n\nAs the slope ended and the street became flat once more, I immediately began to relax my legs.\n\nI didn't remember any point at which \u014chinata and I had had a long, proper discussion face-to-face. Probably because \u014chinata had joined the club, however, there actually was a certain something that I had never really given much thought to up until now. Moreover, if there actually was a problem between Chitanda and \u014chinata, this thing might have been extremely crucial in understanding the situation.\n\nI didn't relish the idea of thinking about what had happened that day. How should I put this... It's not like it caused cold sweat to run down my back per se, but I had a feeling that the anxiety I had then still remains to this day.\n\nJump up\u2191 A famous mountain path located on Tekkai Mountain, one of several mountains in a range to the west of K\u014dbe City. The path is most commonly known because of the \u2019\u2019Droppings of Hiyodorigoe,\u2019\u2019 an event that took place during the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani in 1184 during which an army was surrounded on the mountain path and forced down its steep cliff. For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ichi-no-Tani (This is specifically an account from the famous Japanese war epic, Heike Monogatari, and as a result, there is not much information on this in English, so sorry I couldn't give you a better source.)\n\nAny content, trademarks or other materials that can be found on AnythingNovel.com is not a property of AnythingNovel.com, but the copyright of their respective owners. AnythingNovel.com does not claim ownership or liability of this type contains, and you must obtain legal approval for any use of these materials from their owners."}
-{"text": "Healing with homeopathy is a different experience when it is compared to healing with conventional medicine. Occasionally, people will come in, get a remedy, and then ask, \u201cSo what will happen next? How will I know that it is working? What should I expect?\u201d These are all good questions!\n\nMost of us know what to expect with conventional medicine. Someone might go in to see the doctor for high blood pressure and then receive a medication for lowering blood pressure. This medicine will artificially cause the person's blood pressure to go down, but it will not cure the source of the problem. Unless there are lifestyle changes that the person can make, this person will most likely be on a blood pressure medication for the rest of their life.\n\nHomeopathy on the other hand, helps to align the body and mind with health and healing. You can think of it as leading the donkey with a carrot instead of hitting the donkey with a stick. So what does that look like? This is different for each person because the person will heal in their way, just as the donkey will do what it wants to do to get the carrot. Sometimes things resolve quickly, while other times things resolve slowly. Things can sometimes get worse before they get better. Sometimes the primary complaint gets worse while other things get better, such as energy level or a higher sense of well being. People who use homeopathy usually find lasting relief from their ailments.\n\nI saw a woman for hot flashes that had persisted well past her menopause. She mentioned some other problems during the initial intake, but she was not concerned about these issues as much at the time. After she got her homeopathic remedy, the hot flashes went away and she started remarking on how much those other issues really bothered her. Her issues were layered on like an onion. Once her hot flashes lifted, she could really experience the other issues with greater clarity.\n\nI saw another woman with hepatitis who initially had a hard time walking because of the hepatitis. A week after receiving a remedy, she was able to walk mostly by herself, but it still took a few weeks before she got relief from the major symptoms. She had hepatitis for a while and she is still healing months later.\n\nIn the first case, the hot flashes resolved after the first dose of the first remedy. After that, we moved on to other remedies for her other issues. In the second case, the hepatitis is healing over a period of several months but with clear progress using different potencies of the same remedy. Conventional medicine can suppress the problematic symptoms and holds the major problems of an ailment at bay, which is sometimes very necessary. The right homeopathic remedy or remedies however, will assist the person with their natural healing process and help the person find long term relief."}
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-{"text": "Fry, Nibbler and Leela are in the captain's quarters. Fry and Leela are sat\ndown on the cot and Nibbler paces back and forth on the coffee table.\n\n\"Now will you answer my question?\" barks Leela.\n\nNibbler ceases his pacing and turns to them both. \"Yes.\"\n\n\"Alright then, why haven't you talked before?\"\n\n\"I have, but I was forced to erase your memories of those events so as\nnot to affect the future negatively.\"\n\n\"I remember you talked when those brains attacked, but everyone else just\nthought I was crazy,\" Fry states. \"Whatever happened to those guys anyway?\"\n\n\"Well Fry, some time back you sent them to another dimension but there\nwere certain... complications... which I wiped from your memory.\"\n\n\"What do you mean, what complications?\"\n\n\"You see, Fry, this may be hard for you to hear...\"\n\n\"What is it?\"\n\n\"The night you were frozen, I pushed you. When you found out from the\nBrain Spawn, you came back to stop me, but then when you realized that there was\nsomething in the future worth saving, you pushed yourself into the freezer.\"\n\n\"And you erased my memory of that whole thing?!\"\n\n\"Yes.\"\n\n\"But why are you telling us all this?\" asks Leela.\n\n\"Because the entire universe is in peril and only you two can save it.\"\n\n\"Why us?\"\n\n\"Our ancient sages foresaw that the fate of the universe would rest in\nthe hands of two virtuous warriors... and you are those warriors.\"\n\nA silence fills the room.\n\n\"This has got to be a dream or something,\" remarks Fry.\n\n\"Think, Fry, think. Look in your heart. You know it's true. You've felt\nit inside of you all your life. Every time you've looked up into the night sky\nand watched the stars; you've felt that you would travel among them one day and\nthat you were destined for greatness.\"\n\n\"Well, you've explained him but what about me?\" asks Leela.\n\n\"You, Leela...it pains me to say this, but I am also\nthe cause for the suffering throughout your life. I had your parents abandon you\nat the Orphanarium.\"\n\nShe begins to cry. \"Why? How could you do that to me? It's your fault!\nAll of it!\"\n\n\"Please, Leela. I didn't want you to suffer but-\"\n\n\"Shut up! Every insult still echoes in my head! My life has always had\nan emptiness inside! And it's all your fault! You did it!\"\n\nFry puts his arm around her.\n\nNibbler lowers his head. \"Yes, it is my fault. But you must understand\nthat I had no choice. If you hadn't lived the life you had then you never would\nhave met Fry and all would be doomed.\"\n\n\"What makes us so damned important?\"\n\n\"Only together can you defeat this evil.\"\n\n\"What evil?\" asks Fry.\n\n\"That thing from your dreams...\"\n\n\"You mean that nebula?\"\n\n\"Correct.\"\n\n\"What's so bad about it?\"\n\n\"Eons ago, an evil was created. We do not know who made it or why, but\nall we know is that it wanted one thing...annihilation. I led\nan army of our bravest and strongest soldiers, but to no avail. Countless many\nwere slaughtered; many of them close friends of mine. Even though this evil was\nonly at half strength it still defeated some of the mightiest races. Our elders\nmanaged to encase it in suspended animation, trapping it inside of that nebula;\nbut we knew that one day it would reach full power and escape. Ancient texts of\nour people spoke of two warriors who would rise and defeat this evil when it returns.\nSo, we waited patiently for countless years until we found Fry. So, I froze him\nto ensure his presence here. Then we found Leela almost a thousand years later.\nWe knew you two were the saviors, but the texts said that the two would be united\nas one and bound in the ties of love.\"\n\n\"So, you wanted to see if we loved each other, right?\" asks Fry.\n\n\"Well, yes and no. See, we have telepathic abilities; meaning we can read\nyour minds. It was obvious from the moment you met that you each felt something\nin your hearts. You, Fry, knew you loved her and was able to express your feelings.\nBut you, Leela, because of your past, were afraid to let out your true feelings\nfor him in fear of being hurt. So we were forced to take more direct measures;\nnot to force you, but merely to help you in conveying your emotions. So you're\naffections were and are your own, we just gave you that little extra push.\"\n\n\"Well, I guess I should thank you for that. I'm happier now with him than\nI ever was with anybody else.\" She takes Fry's hand.\n\n\"That's good to hear, but it appears that we have some unexpected problems.\"\n\n\"Problems?\" they both ask in unison.\n\n\"Yes. It has reached full power much sooner than expected. To make matters\nworse, it's locked on to you and is following us at an increasing speed as we\nspeak. We have little time left.\"\n\n\"Wait, I remember you telling me that the Brain Spawn were the worst force\nin the universe,\" says Fry.\n\nA deep voice emanates throughout the ship, \"The Brain Spawn? Please, those\nlumps of compost work for me. Who do you think created them?\"\n\n\"Who said that?\"\n\nNibbler's face turns a pale white with fear. \"He's here.\"\n\nTo be continued\n\nOkay, I know what you're thinking: this was so short. Well don't worry, I shortened\nit on purpose because starting with part 6 is what you've all been waiting for.\nSomething big, shocking and unexpected is going to happen, and I promise that\nit will blow all of you away. So get ready for a thrill a minute with the next\ninstallments of \"The Other\"... part 6 coming soon..."}
-{"text": "Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders\n\nYou dont have to be wearing statement shoes to take a good floor picture, sometimes the best ones happen naturally if you just look down! Chic neutral lace ups complement this gorgeous tile floor perfectly."}
-{"text": "Answers\n\nYou can easily create a VPN server with one NIC. And it's recommended to not run RRA/NPS on a domain controller. You can run it on a member server of an AD infrastructure and use AD accounts to allow to logon. If not using AD, you have to create accounts\nfor each user on the local RRAS machine.\n\nYou didn't post what operating system you are using, so here are some links to assist you with both operating systems.\n\nAll replies\n\nYou can easily create a VPN server with one NIC. And it's recommended to not run RRA/NPS on a domain controller. You can run it on a member server of an AD infrastructure and use AD accounts to allow to logon. If not using AD, you have to create accounts\nfor each user on the local RRAS machine.\n\nYou didn't post what operating system you are using, so here are some links to assist you with both operating systems.\n\nVPN Error 800 tells me that the necessary ports are not opened on your perimeter firewall, or the perimeter firewall has an older IOS that doesn't properly support inbound PPTP traffic.\n\nIf you can create a VPN connection from a test machine on the same internal subnet to the VPN server, then that says the VPN service is properly configured. Just the fact that remote desktop works from the outside world doesn't mean anything for VPN services,\nbut at least it tells me that you have TCP port 3389 opened properly for remote administration.\n\nI would also suggest to not use DHCP on the router/firewall, rather use DHCP on a Windows Server. There aer numerous options that firewall DHCP services do not support, especially with Active Directory and Secure Dynamic DNS Updates, and keeping the DNS\nzone clean from duplicate host records. I realize you're not using AD, but just thought to let you know that firewalls have their limitations.\n\nThe VPN ports that need to be port-remapped (or as some call it \"port translated,\" whichever terminology is used) are:\n\nTCP 1723\n\nProtocolID #47 (This is not a Port#, rather it is a ProtocolID#). This is also known as \"GRE\"\n\nI don't know what kind of router/firewall you have, but you would configure GRE differently based on the way different firewalls administration is setup. For example in a Cisco ASA, I would create a rule to allow 1723 to the server, then I would allow \"GRE\"\ninbound. On a Linksys, if I remember correctly, they refer to it as \"VPN Passthrough.\" So it depends on your firewall. You would have to consult your firewall's documentation on how to do that.\n\nMicrosoft is conducting an online survey to understand your opinion of the Technet Web site. If you choose to participate, the online survey will be presented to you when you leave the Technet Web site."}
-{"text": "My Nakamichi works!!!\nLaser pickup was broken. The main problem was how to get it, but I bougth broken MB-70 made for BMW which was easier.\nThe conclusion is, if you nak dispalys e-disc error it means the laser is death."}
-{"text": "This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, click the \"Reprints\" link at the bottom of any article.\n\nAugust 21, 2014\n\nGlobal Dividends Up 12% on US, Developed Market Strength\n\nGrowth not the result of currency effect, but increases at dividend-paying firms\n\nHenderson's Global Dividend Index is up almost 58% since 2009.\n\nDividends increased almost 12% in the second quarter, according to a report released Monday by Henderson Global Investors. The firm\u2019s Global Dividend Index, which tracks global dividend trends, found overall payouts increased 11.7% to nearly $427 billion.\n\nThe index itself is up over six points to 157.8 as of the end of March, up almost 58% over 2009, the base year of the index.\n\nDeveloped markets are the primary drivers of that growth, Henderson noted, especially the United States. After a \u201cstellar\u201d first quarter, U.S. dividends grew almost 14%, increasing in every sector except mining. In the first half of the year, payouts reached $176 billion, up over 21%.\n\nJapan enjoyed a \u201crecord quarter,\u201d according to Henderson, increasing dividends by over 18% to $25 billion.\n\nOn the other hand, emerging market dividends fell almost 15% in the second quarter. Henderson attributed the drop to index changes and lower exchange rates.\n\nHenderson found the first half of 2014 experienced the fastest dividend growth for a six-month period since 2011, increasing 18.4%. However, in 2011, most of that growth was the result of a weak dollar. This year, companies have been raising dividends with a \u201csmall favorable contribution\u201d from a stronger dollar.\n\n\u201cIn 2011, more than a third of the growth came from a falling U.S. dollar,\u201d Alex Crooke, head of global equity income at Henderson Global Investors, said in a statement. \u201cDeveloped markets are leading the charge, and we expect that to continue. It\u2019s especially encouraging to see Europe and Japan delivering big increases to their shareholders, after lagging behind the rest of the world recently.\u201d\n\nIn fact, Henderson estimates currency effects will be limited in the medium term. The last five years have seen currency effect account for just 1.4% of the total $4.5 trillion in dividend income.\n\n\u201cOur investigation into how currency moves contribute to investor returns highlights the value of taking a global approach,\u201d Crooke added. \u201cOver time, such investors can broadly afford to ignore currency risk as currencies rise and fall against one another through the economic cycle.\u201d\n\nCrooke warned against investing in only one region. Investors who do so \u201cwill find themselves much more exposed. Generating a good income on your investments is more about understanding the companies themselves, wherever they are operating.\u201d\n\nHenderson noted that over all, the financials and consumer discretionary sectors fared best. Financials increased nearly 15%, due in large part to improvements in European banks. Henderson stressed though that the increase isn\u2019t due to better growth, just a return to normalization.\n\nConsumer discretionary sectors increased 22%, with the most growth coming from media, leisure and consumer durables in the U.K., Japan and North America.\n\nHenderson ranked the top 20 Q2 payers, too. Nestle has held the top spot for the second quarter since 2009."}
-{"text": "Has anyone seen the new Bestop Trektop NX for the LJ? I really like the Rampage version and have been waiting a long time for it to come out, but was wondering if the new Bestop might be a true competitor.\n\nI really like the softtopper allows for either a bikini top/full coverage. I have not read through this entire thread so pardon me if this has already been asked but will the rampage design do this also? The other key feature in soft tops is noise. Please make it as tight and quiet as possible.\n\nIf it does have \"modular\" characteristics what will be the key selling point over the softopper version?\n\nI was looking at the softtopper myself, and at the time it was one of the better tops for the LJ, but rampage products looks like they will have a better design. Softtopper doesn't use the factory door surrounds and some users had problems with a good seal. Rampage will use the factory door surrounds, allows you to store your windows in a hidden compartment on the top, you can quickly go from a full top to bikini top in only a few minutes, and don't have to take up space for your windows. Bestop has a new \"Trektop NX\" design that just came out that is supposed to be an improvement over the original, but I have not seen it. I never considered the original bestop because of the non-removable side windows, but the new one is supposed to have this feature and open like the sunrider top. I have not seen the new bestop, but it may be a competitor to rampage (we will see). Rampage and Bestop make quality products and in my opinion would be better than softtoppers version. Good luck!\n\n__________________\n\"To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.\" -- Senator Richard Henry Lee, 1788\n\nThanks for making this . I really didnt think the Viking/Ramnpage LJ top would ever come to market . I am glad you proved me wrong . Has the msrp been established yet ? I am ready to buy one now, but as long as I have waited another 60 days wont be that bad .\n\nUnfortunately Pricing has not be confirmed yet, so I am still waiting to find out what it will be.\n\nCurrently the top will only be made out of the standard 22 ounce material, which is still heavier than most of the standard tops out there anyhow.\n\nUnfortunately these are all I have for pictures right now, I do not have access to the vehicle with the top on it and wont for a little while. As soon as I can get more shots of it, I'll be sure to post them.\n\nAs much as I like this top, and have considered selling 2 tops to offset the cost, there's no way I'd do it until all the fitment issues are corrected. Simply not worth risking the money to me.\n\nIMHO it should simply go on and fit the first time.\n\nAnd I've gotta add: I started looking at this top when Viking was making them. I was calling them asking for an LJ top. I never heard of a fitment issue until Rampage took over. I don't mean that rudely, I'm simply being honest. I'm concerned that higher production levels are creating lower quality tops.\n\nYes, this is the same thing I posted in the other Rampage/Viking thread."}
-{"text": "Littelfuse Reports Third Quarter Results\n\nLittelfuse,\nInc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) today reported sales and earnings for the third\nquarter of 2012.\n\nLittelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) today reported sales and earnings for the third quarter of 2012.\n\nThird Quarter Highlights\n\nSales for the third quarter of 2012 were $172.7 million. This was a 1% decline year over year and 2% sequentially and consistent with third quarter guidance.\n\nDiluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2012 were $1.08. This included $1.5 million of acquisition-related expenses and impairment charges which reduced earnings by $.05 per share.\n\nSales and order trends by business unit were as follows:\n\nElectronics sales declined 9% year over year and 2% sequentially due to sluggish end markets globally and tight inventory management by distributors. The order rate softened during the quarter with the book-to-bill ratio ending the quarter at .89.\n\nAutomotive sales increased 9% year over year due primarily to $5.1 million of sales from the recently-completed Accel acquisition. Excluding Accel, automotive sales declined 2% due to the effects of a weaker euro and slowing commercial vehicle sales partially offset by modest growth in passenger vehicles.\n\nElectrical sales increased 10% year over year due to continued growth in protection relays and custom products and an upturn in solar sales reflecting the success of new products.\n\nThe effective tax rate dropped to 22.6% resulting from favorable book-to-provision adjustments and more income earned in low-tax jurisdictions.\n\nCash provided by operating activities was $43.5 million for the third quarter of 2012 compared to $37.9 million for the third quarter of 2011. Through nine months of 2012 operating cash flow was $76.1 million and capital expenditures were $12.8 million.\n\nThe company acquired the assets of Terra Power LLC on September 26, 2012. Terra Power provides power distribution and switching products to the commercial vehicle market and has a growing revenue base of approximately $7 million. It will be managed as part of the Cole Hersee business.\n\n\u201cWe turned in solid financial performance for the quarter despite uncertain market conditions,\u201d said Gordon Hunter, Chief Executive Officer. \u201cAs projected, the electronics business did not show typical seasonal strength and the commercial vehicle business softened considerably. On the other hand, the electrical business continues to grow and the passenger vehicle business is holding up reasonably well despite challenges in Europe.\u201d"}
-{"text": "LDS Realtors/Agents - Danville, CA\n\nWe connect home buyers and sellers with real estate professionals in Danville and many other California cities\n\nDanville, California\n\nFor over 130 years, Danville\u2019s history has been one of change and growth. Often referred to as the \u201cHeart of the San Ramon Valley,\u201d Danville was first populated by the Bay Miwok Indians who lived next to the creeks and camped on Mount Diablo in the summer. Danville is known for its small-town atmosphere and its outstanding quality of life.\n\nLDS REALTORS Danville California Area\n\nA FREE service connecting you with experienced LDS Real Estate Agents in Danville, Pleasanton, the East Bay Area, Hayward, Freemont, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, Concord, Martinez and many more.\n\nAs seen on BYU-TV, we understand your family needs and concerns about food storage, ward boundaries, seminary and more. Find an LDS Realtor now!\n\nSeek and ye shall\u2026\n\nClick to find a trusted professional.\n\nMormon Population: Mormons make up 2.07% of the population in Danville. The state of California has the largest Mormon population outside of Utah. California has 768,344 members in 1,348 wards and branches, 16 missions, and 7 temples and 189 Family History Centers.\n\nLDS History\n\nLatter-day Saints have played important roles in California History. A group of a few hundred Mormon converts from the Northeastern United States and Europe arrived at what would become San Francisco in the 1840s aboard the ship Brooklyn, more than doubling the population of the small town. The Pleasanton LDS Stake, 675th stake of the LDS Church, was created on 8 Dec 1974 with Dale Edwin Nielsen as first stake president.\n\nFamily Friendliness\n\nOne of Danville\u2019s most desirable attributes is its sense of community. The town hosts a wonderful array of events throughout the year from Farmer\u2019s Markets to street fairs to holiday celebrations. The Town\u2019s highly rated schools, executive homes, and unending recreational activities including hiking, biking, swimming and more add to the town\u2019s unparalleled appeal.\n\nOakland California Temple\n\n23 miles W of Danville\n\nDemographics:\n\nDanville\u2019s population was 42,039 in 2010. According to Businessweek, Danville is the 41st most expensive zip code in America. Danville is one of California\u2019s top 25 wealthiest cities, and one of the wealthiest suburbs of Oakland and San Francisco.\n\nClimate:\n\nThe July high is around 89 degrees and the January low is 36. Danville, CA, gets 15 inches of rain per year. Snowfall is 0 inches. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 58. On average, there are 264 sunny days per year in Danville, CA."}
-{"text": "Writing & Hiking\n\nIn Albuquerque, I learned that I really like to hike. I love being outdoors, exploring, and ending up in these amazing places that you can only get to on foot. I\u2019ve hiked some trails here and there in New Mexico and Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park has some of the most incredible views if you\u2019re willing to hoof it for a few hours out and a few hours back. Even driving, there are great views. Now that I\u2019m in Montana, I have a new part of the country to explore.\n\nWhen I began working on The Architect\u2019s Gallery, I found that being completely immersed in nature helps me work on an idea, much like kneading dough. It also has the bonus of bringing me back to my keyboard completely refreshed. In this case, I took my laptop in a satchel strapped across me. The sticky notes on my desktop may have gotten a little out of control.\n\nOn this trip, my Player 2 and I did a bit of driving to see the fall colors before the leaves fell and we did a short, but fun hike. Below are some pictures from the drive and hike.\n\nThis time of year, the water is low, so I plan on going back in the spring after the snow has melted to get some pictures of a second waterfall we passed that didn\u2019t really have water this time. My next goal is to take up backpacking next year.\n\nLast #OptOutside post for Black Friday is coming soon with a few pictures of a short drive I took with family for this Thanksgiving.\n\nPost navigation\n\nOne thought on \u201cWriting & Hiking\u201d\n\nI love this post, and the pics are absolutely gorgeous. Makes me nostalgic for years long past, when I used to pick up and just take off on a hiking trip. I hope you get more oops to go and share. I look forward to future posts."}
-{"text": "Welcome to\n\nToday\u2019s Community Church\n\nWe are a loving, growing and serving community.\n\nWe empower people of all life stages to thrive in every area of life. Our friendly and authentic community exists for people, no matter whether they have faith in Jesus or not. Feel free to explore everything we do and believe.\n\nSunday Gathering\n\nWe gather together every Sunday at 11 am to celebrate, unpack the bible in a practical way, sing, laugh and meet new friends. We\u2019ve got something for all ages and backgrounds!\n\nInstagram\n\nGroups\n\nFind friends and experience a sense of family through our Community Groups. There are lots of people meeting together to grow and serve in whatever context they meet. If you\u2019re interested in joining or starting a Community Group, we\u2019d love to hear from you."}
-{"text": "Tag: Google business email accounts\n\nHaving a Google business account is really an honor for anyone; who is running a sole proprietorship business. Being an owner of a particular company, every other person likes to have its own business email account so that important messages can be sent and received using that professional email address. It can be quite blissful for them to create the Google business email accounts by following a proper procedure.\n\nTo be clear, Google does not play the bit of a part in creating a business email account until and unless the user avails its hosting service to get registered with the same to create a platform for developing a business website. It\u2019s all up to the hosting service providers; who help users in adding a domain name before allowing him to develop a website through a website builder application or by formulating HTML codes or Java scripts or PHP coding through the Adobe Macromedia Dreamweaver application.\n\nHow Users Actually Create Business Email Account\n\nActually, when a user purchases a domain for the business purpose; he/she look for the web hosting server to set up a domain. Once it is done, the cPanel access details are provided to them to add a domain and start developing a business website. In the same dashboard, there is also an option to create an email account in the format \u201cyourname@yourdomainname\u201d.\n\nOnce this business email address is created, it can be accessed by opening a webmail server. So whenever; the user look to send or receive messages through the business email account, he/she needs to access webmail server of a particular domain. For e.g. yourdomainname/webmail.\n\nThe process to set up a business email account in Google for free is completely different from what is being mentioned above in a summarized manner. Gmail business email accounts can be set up for free for a certain time period, say 14-15 days as it is for the specific trial period. After that, a user needs to make monthly or yearly payment in advance for getting subscribed to Google business email services.\n\nPoints to be Considered While Creating A Google Business Account\n\nBelow mentioned are some essential points that need to be considered seriously while creating a Google Business Account:\n\nThe Google+ Profile Policy states the company or entity name cannot be used. Only the real name of the user is accepted.\n\nThe profile should not appear in Google\u2019 search result as it can be done by making changes in the setting so that the profile is completely hidden and there is no possibility of the same for getting indexed in Google.\n\nPrefer entering the actual date of birth rather than providing the creation date of the company.\n\nDo provide the options for Google business email account recovery by adding a mobile phone number as a bonus for security and future recovery.\n\nSteps to Set up Google Business Account for Free\n\nHere are the steps to create Gmail account for business free of cost and use without paying a single penny for the 14 day trial period:\n\nClick start free trial once the web page is displayed on the PC/laptop device.\n\nOnce a new slide is displayed, provide a new name in the business column and select the number of employees by clicking on the radio button on any of the following options.\n\nPress the next button and wait for the new screen in which country is to be the selected from the drop down list.\n\nAlso, mention the business phone number and press the next button again.\n\nIn the next slide, provide the email address which you are using at present.\n\nAgain, click on next button and a new page is displayed, in which it is asked \u201cDoes Your Business have a domain?\n\nIf your business has a domain, click on the link \u201c Yes, I have one I can use\u201d.\n\nProvide the domain name in the blank space as shown in the window.\n\nUpon clicking the next button, you are asked to enter the first name and last name.\n\nNow press the next button and the next slide will appear in which you are asked to create Gmail account for business free of cost by entering the user name in the blank space alongside domain name. For example; support@fsfsgs.com\n\nOnce the user id is created, a new page displays the complete user name along with domain name is displayed.\n\nClick on continue and enter the password, which you provided in the last step for creating an authentic user name.\n\nNow authenticate your ownership by verifying the login details to receive the verification code on the registered phone number.\n\nAs the verification code is received, provide the same in the box and press continue button.\n\nOnce it is done, the business account setup procedure is to be applied properly by entering the HTML code on the header of the home page or making modifications in MX records that are done by accessing the hosting server. The best option is to make changes in the MX records by accessing the hosting server in which you have added a domain name.\n\nOnce the MX record details are added correctly, click on the continue button and wait for validations to take place so that you can access the business account through Gmail login panel without any hassle for 14 days free trial period.\n\nIt\u2019s a fact that there is nothing free in this world. But if you are looking for the same to create a Google account for business, the trial offer is available for 14 days in which you do not have to pay any cost for setup of business account with Google my Business App. After that, Google will ask for the fees that need to be paid on a monthly or yearly basis to keep the subscription active till the requirement exists. 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-{"text": "To study the effect biological activity of a fig tree extract using Sequential\nExtraction and use of fennentation Maceration using solvent 3 types of hexane, ethyl acid\nstate, and methanol to extract 12 Chanin made. ..."}
-{"text": "VALLEY CENTER \u0097 \u201cFriday night lights\u201d has a special meaning in this unincorporated community nestled in the rural outback north of Escondido.\n\nAlong with the brightness, there is a cohesiveness and sense of pride being beamed everywhere, energizing residents who rally around Valley Center\u2019s focal point \u2014 the local high school. Especially its sports teams.\n\nValley Center High football numbers\n\n5-0\n\nJaguars\u2019 record this fall.\n\n5th\n\nSan Diego Section ranking.\n\n1st\n\nSouthern California ranking in Division III for the State Football Championship Bowls.\n\n991\n\nYards rushing for senior Travis Bernard, who has 11 touchdowns on the ground.\n\nSan Diego Section titles won by the Jaguars \u2014 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.\n\n1,379\n\nEnrollment at Valley Center.\n\n90-56-2\n\nRecord for Rob Gilster, the only football coach in the history of the school, which played its first varsity season in 1998.\n\nRooting for the Valley Center High Jaguars has mass appeal. And football \u2014 with its high profile and numerous championships \u2014 is the kingpin.\n\nThe fever is running high this fall because the Jaguars are undefeated. Friday night\u2019s 41-27 victory over small-community rival Ramona improved the record of football coach Rob Gilster\u2019s 32-man Valley Center varsity to 5-0.\n\nAs the framed team poster on the wall at Jags Diner out on Lilac Road reminds everybody: \u201cOne town. One team. One dream.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe whole community\u2019s behind us,\u201d said Travis Bernard, the Jaguars\u2019 stellar 5-foot-8 senior running back. \u201cTheir support makes us play hard and that\u2018s a way we can give back to the community.\u201d\n\n\u201cGo Jags\u201d wasn\u2019t always fanciful up here. For decades, there was no high school in this low-density hamlet of 7,323 (2000 census). Local kids typically got shuttled to Orange Glen High in Escondido, 12 miles down curvy county road S6.\n\nCliff Bernard, Travis\u2019 father and the Jaguars\u2019 baseball coach, remembers moving here in 1994 and noticing a sign on Cole Grade Road: \u201cfuture site of Valley Center High School.\u201d The school opened four years later and these days has a modest enrollment listed at 1,379.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a tight-knit community with good youth programs,\u201d said the elder Bernard, whose youngest son, Austin, plays freshman football, and whose oldest son, Tyler, in 2008 quarterbacked the Jaguars to a San Diego Section championship. \u201cThe youth programs are important, maybe more so in a small town. It\u2019s a neat transition to see kids grow and blossom, and continue their love and passion for sports. The community rallies around that and being successful makes it easier. It\u2019s something people don\u2019t have to do. They choose to.\u201d\n\nAt Jags Diner, where the football team eats pregame meals on Friday afternoons and the d\u00e9cor features school colors teal, black and gold, the walls are adorned with framed athletic glory. Autographed team balls and jerseys. The Wall of Fame honors Jaguars Athletes of the Year.\n\n\u201cA home game on a Friday night, you feel like the whole town turned out,\u201d said Sean Murphy, president of the school\u2019s all-activities booster foundation for eight years. \u201cIt has a small-town feel you might get in the Midwest or Texas. We do emphasize football, but have had success in other sports. It adds flavor and ambience to the town. There aren\u2019t a lot of things to do.\u201d"}
-{"text": "This year 2014 marks the beginning of the 100th anniversary of the First World War\n\n100 Years of ANZAC\n\nDiggers in the Park\n\nThe\nBunbury RSL held its first Diggers in the Park service in Bunbury at the weekend. The special commemoration events will be held at 10:50am in the front of the Bunbury City Library tomorrow , April 1 and 8,12,15 and 19."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nTuesday, June 23, 2015\n\nChanges for CSP!\n\nBy Will Bublitz\n\nThe Limon office of the Colorado State Patrol is undergoing another big organizational change.Effective July 1, the office will become the headquarters of the newly designated Troop 3D. It will be led by Capt. Tim Hilferty, a State Trooper who has served in the local area for several years, in addition to being a lifelong resident of Limon.\n\n\u201cFor the past two years, the Limon office has been a post (satellite office) of Troop 3B which is headquartered in Sterling,\u201d Hilferty said. \u201cBy making Limon a troop office once again, we\u2019ll be going back for the most part to the way things were.\u201d\n\nPrior to March 2013, the Limon office had been the headquarters for Troop 1A that had served the local area for decades. That all changed when the Colorado State Patrol decided to reorganize its troopers operating on Colorado\u2019s eastern plains.\n\nBased primarily on staffing levels, the decision was made two years ago to consolidate Troop 1A with Sterling\u2019s Troop 3B under the leadership of Capt. Gaylon Grippin. The consolidated Troop 3B became responsible for the entire northeastern corner of the state including all or portions of 12 counties.\n\n\u201cWhen the consolidation took place in March 2013, Troop 1A had already declined to only eight troopers,\u201d Grippin said. \u201cBecause the troop\u2019s numbers were so low, a captain was no longer needed here in Limon. Consolidating the two troops was an experimental program.\u201d\n\nBut after two years, the Colorado State Patrol recognized that more law enforcement and traffic coverage is required for the heavily traveled Interstate 70 corridor from the Kansas border to the eastern edge of the Denver Metro Area.\n\n\u201cOur State Headquarters decided to raise our staffing levels back up out here,\u201d Grippin said. \u201cThe Limon office will once again become a self-sufficient troop with its own captain, which makes more sense. I certain these new changes will be changes for the better.\u201d\n\nUnder the new reorganization that becomes effective July 1, Troop 3B will be divided back into two troops. The new Troop 3D will be responsible for all of Kit Carson, Lincoln and Elbert counties, as well as portions of Adams and Arapahoe counties bordering I-70. Grippin will continue as commander of Troop 3B headquartered in Sterling, while Hilferty takes over as the Troop 3D commander.\n\nOn July 1, Troop 3D will be starting with a roster of 13 troopers, two sergeants, two corporals and a captain. The Limon troop office will also be operating \u201cposts\u201d or satellite offices in Burlington and Watkins.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got 18 officers in Troop 3D right now, but we\u2019ll be adding three new troopers in the next few months,\u201d Hilferty said. \u201cMajor Tim Keeton is our District 3 commander who is responsible for Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley and the 3B and 3D areas. He is committed to getting us more resources and manpower back out here in Eastern Colorado.\u201d\n\nNot only is the reorganization expected to improve law enforcement coverage, it will also benefit the State Patrol troopers working in the local area.\n\n\u201cThis change will be great for the morale of the troopers working out of the Limon office,\u201d Grippin said. \u201cThey want daily contact with their commander, which will now be possible. For the past couple of years, that was really difficult because the consolidated Troop 3B areas was so large. The troopers will now have a captain on the premise here at the Limon office.\u201d\n\nAs he prepares to take over as the Troop 3D commander, Hilferty said he feels ready for this new challenge.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m excited to be picking up where Capt. Grippin left off,\u201d he said. \u201cTogether, we\u2019ll continue to provide professional law enforcement to the citizens of Eastern Colorado. I\u2019m also excited to be back home in Limon.\u201d\n\nHilferty has strong family ties in Limon where he grew up and went to school. After graduating from the Colorado State Patrol Academy in 1989, his first duty station as a trooper was in Telluride in the southwestern corner of the state. In 1991, he transferred to the Limon troop office. While serving in the local area, he was promoted first to corporal in 1997 and then to sergeant in 2006.\n\nJust prior to the consolidation with Troop 3B in 2013, Hilferty was promoted to captain of the Motor Carrier Safety Division at the Colorado State Patrol\u2019s headquarters in Golden.\n\n\u201cFor the past two years, I continued to live in Limon but commuted to work every day,\u201d Hilferty said. \u201cWhen this new position became available, I put in for a transfer and was selected. It\u2019s great to be back home in the office where I worked for so many years.\u201d\n\nHilferty will officially become the new Troop 3D commander during a change of command ceremony to take place Wednesday, July 1 at 11 a.m. in the Limon Community Building. The public is invited to attend."}
-{"text": "Has this been out long enough for someone to give us a review on how it works? With bug season here, I'm using plexus every three or four hours of ride time and wondering how the Raincoat works on top of it."}
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-{"text": "Articles by Richard Walker\n\nLong at the forefront of US capitalism, the Golden State is now at the leading edge of its crisis. Richard Walker measures the dimensions of California\u2019s slide\u2014housing bubble, fiscal woes, rising inequality\u2014as well as the underlying demographic and economic shifts.\n\nThe PRC\u2019s breakneck transition to capitalism seen through the prism of 19th-century Europe and America, as its cities rehearse the processes analysed by Marx: commodification of land and labour, formation of markets and capitalist elites. What lessons might the West\u2019s past hold for China\u2019s future?"}
-{"text": "Qualities that Marketing Communications bosses seek in a social media intern\n\nExperiences that Marcom leaders seek in a social media intern\n\nCharacteristics of a GOOD social media intern\n\nYou know that \"solid writing skills\" is on the list. To that point I want to emphasize the need for an excellent command of punctuation and grammar. After all, you'll be representing a company - and they want to look great.IMAGE: from referenced article."}
-{"text": "Ervin lived next door to Shannon's stepmother where he mowed the yard, shoveled snow and did odd jobs.\n\n\"Who would think that somebody that's 50-some years old would be such a monster,\" Kleeman said.\n\nFamily members, neighbors and even Ervin's own wife discovered Shannon's partially clad body on the afternoon of March 28 in the basement of the home in the 600 block of Linwood Avenue.\n\nThe brutality of the crime scene shocked even veteran homicide detectives. Police said Shannon was house sitting at the residence while her disabled mother was hospitalized.\n\nPolice said Ervin went to the home the night before, assaulted the young woman, then shot her multiple times with a shotgun and then went back home. Ervin allegedly told police that he was home all night with his wife.\n\n\"He had to rape and shoot my daughter and carry his (expletive) home next door and crawl in bed next to his wife for a (expletive) alibi. I'm sorry,\" Kleeman said.\n\nErvin was being held without bond at the Marion County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in court early next week."}
-{"text": "William Christian, plaintiff-appellant, appeals a summary judgment which upholds section 26.161(c) of the Revised Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, Loitering to Solicit Prostitution, in the face of a constitutional attack under the United States Constitution as well as the Missouri State Constitution. This court reverses.\n\nThe ordinance in question reads as follows:\n\nNo person shall loiter in or near any street or public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose of inducing, enticing, soliciting or procuring another to commit an act of prostitution. Circumstances which may be consider in determining whether such purpose is manifested include but are not limited to:\n(1) That such person is a known prostitute or panderer;\n(2) That the person repeatedly beckons to, stops, or attempts to stop, or engages passersby in conversation;\n(3) That the person repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing them or gesturing to them.\n\nSubsection (a) of this ordinance defines \"a known prostitute or panderer\" as \"any person who, within one year prior to the date of arrest for violation of this section, has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer, been convicted of violating any law defining and punishing acts of soliciting, committing, or offering or agreeing to commit prostitution.\" The parties stipulated that plaintiff had been convicted of solicitation within one year of the filing of this action.\n\nPlaintiff, in his declaratory judgment action, and here on appeal, asserts the existence of this ordinance jeopardizes his freedom of speech and association rights and subjects him to arbitrary arrests and unwarranted prosecutions. Hence, the ordinance is tested for its constitutional validity.\n\nAn ordinance, however, may be struck down as being constitutionally antagonistic through the application of the overbreadth doctrine when it attempts to restrict an individual's constitutionally protected actions and associations. Chamberlin, supra, at 81; City of St. Louis v. Burton, 478 S.W.2d 320 (Mo.1972). By analogy in the free speech context, the Supreme Court in Broadrick v. Oklahoma, 413 U.S. 601, 612, 93 S.Ct. 2908, 2916, 37 L.Ed.2d 830 (1973), stated that \"it has been the judgment of this court that the possible harm to society in permitting some unprotected speech to go unpunished is outweighed by the possibility that protected speech of others may be muted and perceived grievances left to fester because of the possible inhibitory effects of overly broad statutes.\" The above proposition comfortably extends to the situation presented here.\n\nThe Missouri Supreme Court in City of St. Louis v. Burton, supra, found a loitering *13 ordinance void which precluded \"wander[ing] about streets in the nightime or frequent places of public resort\" by, among others, prostitutes and \"lewd\" women. Id., at 321. The court struck down the St. Louis ordinance as being both vague and overbroad as \"wandering the streets\" is a constitutionally protected activity. The court found this ordinance was not saved by its limitation to a defined class of persons. Id. at 323.\n\nIn the case at bar, the ordinance prohibits loitering with the purpose of committing illegal actions e.g., solicitation. One circumstance, indicative of purpose, according to its drafters, is the person who is loitering \"is a known prostitute or panderer.\" It is significant that a person cannot be punished solely on the basis of his status. See Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 86 Ed.2d 758 (1962). (Being an alcoholic is not a crime in and of itself.) It is irrelevant that a person's \"status\" is merely an element of the crime as opposed to a completed offense. Profit v. City of Tulsa, 617 P.2d 250, 251 (Okla.Crim.App. 1980). In Profit v. City of Tulsa, supra, at 251, the court stated that \"[a] person should be convicted only for what he does, not for what he is.\"\n\nSimilarly, innocuous behavior such as repeatedly beckoning to passersby or repeatedly hailing motor vehicles is a constitutionally protected activity. See Johnson v. Carson, 569 F.Supp. 974, 978 (M.D.Fla. 1983) (A similar ordinance was struck down as being overboard because it prohibited protected activity). In Profit v. City of Tulsa, supra, the court held invalid a similar loitering for the purposes of solicitation ordinance.[1] It stated:\n\nThe ordinance reaches beyond conduct which is calculated to harm and could be used to punish conduct which is essentially innocent. We find this ordinance is overboard. It could be used to punish the mere act of waving or calling out to a friend. It goes beyond the reach of the State's police powers and is, therefore, unconstitutional. (Cites omitted).\n\nId. at 251.\n\nIf the circumstances which allegedly reflect one's illicit intentions were held to be well grounded in constitutional jurisprudence, this court would have to condone potential arrests and convictions for behavior that Americans freely and innately enjoy: window shopping, waiting on the corner for a bus, waving to friends, or hailing a taxicab. Brown v. Municipality of Anchorage, 584 P.2d 35, 37 (Alaska 1978) (Ordinance prohibiting loitering for the purpose of solicitation of prostitution was held void for vagueness). See also Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156, 92 S.Ct. 839, 31 L.Ed.2d 110 (1972), (Loitering ordinance was held to be a potential trap for innocent acts). In Brown v. Anchorage, supra, at 37, the court emphasized \"that a previously convicted prostitute or panderer could stand on a public street corner or walk slowly down a public sidewalk only at the whim of any police officer.\"\n\nBased on this ordinance, this court cannot permit the city to leave the task of differentiating between \"casual street encounters\" from \"obvious\" acts reflecting the state of mind needed for solicitation to the law enforcement officers and the courts. Compare People v. Smith, 44 N.Y.2d 613, 407 N.Y.S.2d 462, 378 N.E.2d 1032 (1978), (Similar statute held to be valid against an attack that police had unfettered discretion to make arrests based on innocent activity).[2]With Johnson v. Carson, supra, at 979. (Quoting from Papachristou, *14 supra, at 405 U.S. at 165, 925 S.Ct. at 845 \"`it would certainly be dangerous if the legislature could set a net large enough to catch all possible offenders, and leave it to the courts to step inside and say who could be rightfully detained, and who should be set at large'\"). This court cannot visualize a \"substantial number\" of fact patterns where this ordinance would be constitutionally applicable preventing an attack based on facial overbreadth. See Ferguson, supra, at 929. Nor can this court devise a limiting construction to cure its deficiencies. See Broadrick, supra, at 413 U.S. at 613, 93 S.Ct. at 2916, 37 L.Ed.2d 830.\n\nFrom the foregoing analysis, this court holds the loitering ordinance unconstitutionally overbroad under both the United States and the Missouri Constitutions. It is unnecessary to address the other point raised on appeal.\n\nJudgment reversed.\n\nNOTES\n\n[1] The Tulsa ordinance uses the same overt acts as seen in section 26.161 but they are used in conjunction with a person's status rather than as a separate circumstance to evaluate whether the individual is loitering for the purpose of solicitation."}
-{"text": "Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria Slams Mitt Romney\n\nEva Longoria is starting to dive into the partisan fray in her role as co-chair of President Obama's reelection campaign, in which she will be a surrogate focusing on Latino and women's issues. She plans to campaign in the swing states, where support among Latinos could make all the difference.\n\nOn Monday, she appeared on MSNBC's \"Andrea Mitchell Reports,\" in which she said it was a \"huge generalization for Mitt Romney to claim of support among Latinos given his decisive win in Puerto Rico.\n\nShe added that Romney is on the \"wrong side of every issue pertaining to Latinos,\" noting his stances on issues like health care, the economy and education.\n\nYet she said that it was a \"problem\" that Obama had failed to make headway in immigration reform, and said, \"I know there's disappointment in the Latino community.\""}
-{"text": "Oklahoma football: Defensive ends Chaz Nelson, P.L. Lindley injured\n\nDefensive end Chaz Nelson, a junior who transferred to Oklahoma from Garden City (Kan.) Community College, is out at least six weeks with an MCL injury, and converted linebacker P.L. Lindley has a high-ankle sprain, position coach Bobby Jack Wright said after practice Tuesday.\n\nThe defensive end position suddenly seems a little more thin. Tuesday's news was preceded by David King's move inside to tackle. But Wright also said true freshmen Charles Tapper and Michael Onuoha will not redshirt.\n\n\u201cYou've got to have depth, or you don't make the move,\u201d Wright said of King's move inside. \u201cAfter you make the move, now your depth is going to be hurt a little bit.\u201d\n\nSenior R.J. Washington and sophomore Chuka Ndulue are now slated to start at the defensive end spots, with Rashod Favors, who also switched from linebacker, as the third man in the rotation.\n\nAfter that, Tapper and Onuoha will be relied upon.\n\n\u201cWe have 10 more days of getting ready to play in a game for those two young freshmen,\u201d Wright said. \u201cThere's a lot of practice ahead of us yet, and they'll get a lot more snaps now than they would have.\n\n\u201cDefinitely no doubt we're going to end up using them. They're ready to play, they just don't have game-time experience.\u201d\n\nNO NEWS ON SAUNDERS OR JOHNSON\n\nCoach Bob Stoops said both receiver Jalen Saunders, who transferred in from Fresno State, and former Arizona defensive back Cortez Johnson still haven't heard back from the NCAA on their waiver requests, which, if granted, would allow them to play immediately rather than sit out the usually required one year.\n\nSaunders (5-foot-9, 160 pounds) has impressed coaches in practices so far and, if he is allowed to play, would probably be a mainstay in the receiver rotation along with Justin Brown, Trey Metoyer, Kenny Stills, Sterling Shepard and Lacoltan Bester.\n\nSaunders led Fresno State in receiving last season with 50 catches, 1,065 yards and 12 touchdowns while earning All-Western Athletic Conference honors.\n\nMORE FROM NEWSOK\n\nJason Kersey became The Oklahoman's OU football beat writer in May 2012 after a year covering high school sports and OSU recruiting. Before joining the newspaper in November 2006 as a part-time results clerk, he covered high school football for..."}
-{"text": "Question on Inspire mod for monitor mount\n\nI did the Inspire mod for my monitor. I use an iPad mini 2 with cellular. I have it in an Otter Box type case and it just doesn't fit in the cradle with the case. If I take it out it's awesome. I always use cases on all my iPhone's and iPads just for the oops factor. I hate taking the iPad out of the case as I'm worried with my luck I'd drop it. In my reading I found the 3D printed top piece and tried it out but without the foam or neoprene like the Inspire mount has on top and bottom, it is not a snug fit and I can pull the iPad right out.\nSo with all this said I'm wondering what you guys have to offer for a solution to my problem.\n\nApproved Vendor\n\nMy device was in a thin, rubber sleeve when I last used it, so it didn't slide out. Maybe just stick a foam strip on the top if that works for you. I can imagine it would slide without it with hard plastic touching hard plastic.\n\nOk I'll give it a try..... I wasn't sure if I was going to have to change the mount or not. I did buy a jelly fish but I think I need to change the actual mount to make that work. Might even need a gimbal.\n\nForum Statistics\n\nAbout Us\n\nPhantomPilots is the leading online community for DJI Phantom drone enthusiasts and a member of the DronePilots Network. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites."}
-{"text": "It's been a year since the dilapidated conditions at Summerset Village gripped the attention of a city. On Thursday, city council members fought over the newest sign of progress.\n\n\"We definitely don't believe our residents need to move because of roaches and bedbugs,\" said Clint Olivier, City Councilmember.\n\nOlivier and Steve Brandau proposed the now approved anti-slum enforcement team. The focus is on hiring an ambudsman or advocate that tenants can call if they have complaints. If the landlord doesn't address the issue, the enforcement team can take action through the court system.\n\n\"Every day that we don't do something is another day that people are living in slum standards and substandard housing,\" said Olivier.\n\nBut many advocates said tenants are afraid of retaliation. And that fear will prevent them from calling and reporting issues in the first place.\n\nA community advocate said, \"Do something that actually aggressively protects tenants who complain that they can feel confident in and then maybe I'll be on board.\"\n\nThe debate not only escalated between councilmembers. Anger in the audience turned on some city leaders. People in the crowd saying they hoped Fresno would adopt a more proactive approach. By putting in a rigorous, routine inspection program.\n\n\"A call into code enforcement may very well mean red tape to their door, may mean that they not have housing because there is no affordable housing,\" said tenant attorney.\n\nThe anti-slum enforcement team also creates eight new full time positions-- including more code enforcement officers."}
-{"text": "Paralympics GB won 147 medals - 64 of them gold - in Brazil.\n\nParalympics GB medallists have returned home on a special flight from Rio de Janeiro. The Paralympic medallists' British Airways flight arrived into London's Heathrow Airport on Tuesday morning (20 September) after they won 147 medals \u2013 64 of them gold \u2013 in Brazil.\n\nParalympics GB finished second overall in the medal table, behind China and ahead of Ukraine. The team also beat their medal haul from London four years ago, winning 27 more medals in total \u2013 although their cause was aided by the ban imposed on Russia after a report found evidence of widespread doping in the country.\n\nSports Minister Tracey Crouch has confirmed that parades for the Olympians and Paralympians will be held in Manchester on 17 October and London a day later. Crouch said the medalists deserve to be celebrated as heroes.\n\n\"I know that Manchester, a city with a rich sporting history, and London, with its strong links with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, will host brilliant celebrations that will give the British public a chance to say thank you to our amazing athlete heroes,\" she explained, the BBC reported.\n\nFriends and family were waiting at the airport to greet the returning heroes. British Paralympian Will Bayley \u2013 who celebrated his win in the men's class seven table tennis final by jumping on the table \u2013 revealed he was inspired by the success of his fellow athletes. \"The team spirit was electric. I know table tennis is an individual sport, but I feel a part of Para GB,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"We've achieved so much out there in Rio. The medals tally just pushes you forward. When you see other sports being successful, you want to win. You see Sarah Storey winning three golds, it makes you become desperate.\"\n\nSarah Storey and Kadeena Cox on board the flight homeGetty Images\n\nThe government confirmed that it is working with the British Olympic Association, the British Paralympic Association and both cities to tie up the remaining details of the parades, which follows Team GB winning 67 medals \u2013 including 27 golds \u2013 at the Olympics. Meanwhile, Team GB chef de mission Mark England said the parades in Manchester and London would represent a proud moment for all the athletes."}
-{"text": "Choose one of the following exercises and perform 3 sets of 8-10 reps \\\n\nStanding calf raises\n\nSeated calf raises\n\n5. Abs\n\nChoose one of the following exercises and perform 3 sets of 8-10 reps\n\nCable crunches\n\nHanging leg raises\n\nWeighted Swiss ball crunches\n\n4 day upper/lower split example\n\nThe following is how your routine can look like based on the template above.\n\n4 day upper/lower split example\n\nDay 1: Upper body\n\nBench press 4 x 4-6\n\n1-arm dumbbell row 4 x 6-8 per arm\n\nSeated dumbbell overhead press 3 x 6-8\n\nOverhand grip lat pull down 3 x 6-8\n\nLying dumbbell triceps extension 3 x 8-10\n\nBarbell curl 3 x 8-10\n\nDay 2: Lower body\n\nBack squat 4 x 4-6\n\nLeg press 3 x 6-8\n\nStiff leg deadlift 3 x 6-8\n\nStanding calf raises 3 x 8-10\n\nCable crunches 3 x 8-10\n\nDay 3: Upper body\n\nBarbell overhead press 4 x 4-6\n\nWeighted chin up 4 x 4-6\n\nDumbbell incline bench press 3 x 6-8\n\nCable row 3 x 6-8\n\nTriceps push down 3 x 8-10\n\nDumbbell incline curl 3 x 8-10\n\nDay 4: Lower body\n\nConventional deadlift 4 x 4-6\n\nDumbbell lunges 3 x 6-8\n\nBarbell hip thrust 3 x 8-10\n\nSeated calf raises 3 x 8-10\n\nHanging leg raises 3 x 8-10\n\nNote: \u201c4 x 4-6\u201d means 4 sets of 4-6 reps.\n\nIn the template, you\u2019ll find the reps described as \u201c4-6 reps.\u201d This means you pick a weight that allows you to do a minimum four reps, but no more than six.\n\nIf you can do more than six reps, increase the weight for your next set.\n\nIf you cannot do at least 4 reps, drop the weight for your next set (or workout) so that you can do 4-6 reps.\n\nDuring the rest periods, take 2-3 minutes between sets done in the 4-6 and 6-8 rep range and 1.5-2 minutes between sets done in the 8-10 rep range.\n\n3-day upper/lower split variations\n\nI get it\u2026\n\nNot everybody can workout four days a week.\n\nMaybe you don\u2019t have enough time because you have shit like kids, or you\u2019re the CEO of a Fortune 100 company being blackmailed by a stripper.\n\nOr maybe 4 days is simply too much from a recovery standpoint.\n\nOr maybe you\u2019re just a lazy fuck, which is totally fine.\n\nWhatever the reason, let\u2019s me show you how to adapt your workout so it fits your life.\n\nThree-day upper/lower variation\n\nHere\u2019s the easiest way to change a 4-day upper/lower split to a 3 day variation.\n\nUse the same template as the 4-day split \u2013 two upper and two lower body workouts.\n\nDuring week 1, do the first 3 workouts.\n\nThe next week, you just continue where you left off.\n\nBasically just switching between the four workouts.\n\nWe\u2019ve already covered this variation a bit at the beginning of this article. But here\u2019s how it looks like:\n\nWeek 1\n\nMonday: Upper body 1\n\nTuesday: Off\n\nWednesday: Lower body 1\n\nThursday: Off\n\nFriday: Upper body 2\n\nSaturday: Off\n\nSunday: Off\n\nWeek 2\n\nMonday: Lower body 2\n\nTuesday: Off\n\nWednesday: Upper body 1\n\nThursday: Off\n\nFriday: Lower body 1\n\nSaturday: Off\n\nSunday: Off\n\nAnd continue\u2026\n\nHere\u2019s an example three-day workout routine based on the template above.\n\n3 day upper/lower split example\n\nWeek 1 \u2013 Monday: Upper body\n\nIncline bench press 4 x 4-6\n\nBarbell row 4 x 6-8\n\nArnold press 3 x 6-8\n\nWeighted chin up 3 x 6-8\n\nOverhead triceps extension (dumbbell) 3 x 8-10\n\nBarbell curl 3 x 8-10\n\nWeek 1 \u2013 Wednesday: Lower body\n\nFront squat 4 x 4\n\nDumbbell lunges 3 x 6\n\n45-degree hyperextension 3 x 6-8\n\nSeated calf raises 3 x 8-10\n\nHanging leg raises 3 x 8-10\n\nWeek 1 \u2013 Friday: Upper body\n\nBarbell overhead press 4 x 4-6\n\nWeighted pull up 4 x 4-6\n\nDumbbell bench press 3 x 6-8\n\n1-arm dumbbell row 3 x 6-8 per arm\n\nLying triceps extension (dumbbell) 3 x 8-10\n\nHammer curl 3 x 8-10\n\nWeek 2 \u2013 Monday: Lower body\n\nConventional deadlift 4 x 4-6\n\nDumbbell step up 3 x 6-8\n\nGlute ham raise (or leg curl) 3 x 8-10\n\nStanding calf raise 3 x 8-10\n\nCable crunch 3 x 8-10\n\nEtc\u2026\n\nAnother three-day variation is the upper/lower/upper split.\n\nYou do two upper body workouts each week and only one lower body workout.\n\nHere\u2019s how\u2026\n\nMonday: Upper body\n\nTuesday: Off\n\nWednesday: Lower body\n\nThursday: Off\n\nFriday: Upper body\n\nSaturday: Off\n\nSunday: Off\n\nThis setup is good for lifters who want/need to train their legs less often. Like when they already have well-developed, or even over-developed legs, and just want to maintain their leg size.\n\nThe upper/lower/upper split is also a good option for athletes who use their legs intensively in their sport.\n\nFor them, training their lower body twice per week, or even more often, can be too much. Especially during competition season.\n\nIf you decide to train legs only once per week using the template above, switch between lower body workout 1 and 2.\n\nSo one week you start off with a squat variation (lower body workout 1). The other week with a deadlift variation (lower body workout 2).\n\nA 2-day upper/lower split?\n\nWhatever your reason for working out only twice per week, you will not progress optimally.\n\nIn fact, you probably won\u2019t build any muscle and not gain much strength, especially if you\u2019re beyond the beginner stage.\n\nTraining volume is just too low.\n\nBut as a last resort, a 2-day split can work well to maintain strength or a general level of fitness.\n\nHere\u2019s how to set it up:\n\nWeek 1\n\nMonday: Upper body 1\n\nTuesday: Off\n\nWednesday: Off\n\nThursday: Lower body 1\n\nFriday: Off\n\nSaturday: Off\n\nSunday: Off\n\nWeek 2\n\nMonday: Upper body 2\n\nTuesday: Off\n\nWednesday: Off\n\nThursday: Lower body 2\n\nFriday: Off\n\nSaturday: Off\n\nSunday: Off\n\nAnd repeat\u2026\n\n2 day upper/lower split example\n\nWeek 1 \u2013 Monday: Upper body\n\nIncline bench press 4 x 4-6\n\nBarbell row 4 x 6-8\n\nArnold press 3 x 6-8\n\nWeighted chin up 3 x 6-8\n\nOverhead triceps extension (dumbbell) 3 x 8-10\n\nBarbell curl 3 x 8-10\n\nWeek 1 \u2013 Thursday: Lower body\n\nFront squat 4 x 4\n\nDumbbell lunges 3 x 6\n\n45-degree hyperextension 3 x 6-8\n\nSeated calf raises 3 x 8-10\n\nHanging leg raises 3 x 8-10\n\nWhat\u2019s the final word on upper/lower splits?\n\nThe fitness industry can be confusing at times.\n\nThere are so many different training splits to choose from that it often leads to program hopping, or worse, mentally masturbating all day about the perfect training split and not doing anything at all.\n\nIf you\u2019re looking for a proven but simple training split to take your fitness to the next level, the upper/lower body split is a great option.\n\nWith the template outlined above, creating your own workout routine is simpler than ever.\n\nCombine that with a non-crappy diet, and you\u2019ll be well on your way to landing a male fitness model contract (maybe\u2026prob not).\n\nIm doing the 3 day upper body/ lower split. If i want to add shrugs to this.. can i add it at the end of my Monday and Friday upper workout ? Also for rep ranges 6-8 i like to rest 45 secs to 60 secs between sets since i get a good pump.Is this ok? Thanks"}
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-{"text": "New study shows link between maternal age and emergency delivery\n\nAn increased risk of emergency operative delivery is linked with increasing maternal age, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.\n\nThe study used a sample of 169,583 low risk, first-time mothers in Norway, to examine the association between maternal age and emergency operative delivery, which include emergency caesarean section and operative vaginal delivery (forceps or ventouse).\n\nThe paper also examined other risk factors for emergency c-section and operative vaginal delivery. These included; in-labour indications (fetal distress and dystocia), birth weight of over 4000g, gestational age of 42 or more weeks, induction of labour and epidural use.\n\nResults show that women over 40 years old had a 22.4% emergency caesarean section rate and 23.7% operative vaginal delivery rate, compared with 6.7% and 13% respectively in women aged between 20 \u2013 24 and 8.4% and 16.2% respectively in women aged between 25 \u2013 29.\n\nDystocia and fetal distress were the main indication for emergency operative delivery among women in the cohort, with the risk increasing with increased maternal age.\n\nEpidural use was associated with a significant increase in emergency operative delivery and this was greater in older mothers. In women aged 20-24 years, the difference in rate of emergency caesarean section between women who had an epidural and those who did not was 5.9%, this figure rose to 12.9% in women over 40 years old.\n\nHigh birth weight, gestational age of 42 weeks or more and induction of labour were also each associated with a greater risk of emergency operative delivery and all of these factors increased with rising maternal age.\n\nThe authors of the study conclude that the absolute increase in risk, taking into account all contributing factors, was greater in older than younger women for emergency operative delivery. They also emphasise the importance of careful attention needed when managing older mothers who may need interventions during labour.\n\nLina Herstad, from the Norwegian Resource Centre for Women's Health and co-author of the study said:\n\n\"Previous research around advanced maternal age has mainly focused on high risk pregnancies. However, most women of advanced maternal age are healthy, of higher socioeconomically status and are low-risk.\n\n\"Our results show that the proportion of operative deliveries increased substantially with maternal age in a low-risk, first time mother cohort. These findings are particularly helpful for both healthcare professionals and women of advanced maternal age in decisions regarding the optimal mode of delivery.\n\n\"Further research is needed to look at interventions and operative deliveries across all age groups, taking into account other factors which may have an impact, such as rising obesity rates.\"\n\nMike Marsh, BJOG Deputy Editor-in-chief said:\n\n\"There is existing evidence of an increase in obstetrical interventions in labour in advanced maternal age, for example induction of labour, use of oxytocin and use of epidural. These interventions may be partly responsible for the increase in emergency operative delivery seen in advanced maternal age.\n\n\"This study is interesting as it focuses on low-risk pregnancies only so it is able to examine the role of other contributing factors in the risk of emergency operative delivery across the maternal age range.\"\n\nRelated Stories\n\nThere is an increased risk of severe perineal tearing during childbirth in women who had such a tear in a previous delivery, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG) ...\n\nIndependent maternal demographic factors such as social status, ethnicity and maternal age can predict the likelihood of operative births in the UK, according to a new study published today (20 March) in BJOG: An International Jo ...\n\nYounger mothers are at a higher risk of preterm birth while older mothers are more likely to have a caesarean section, suggests a new study published today (12 June) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gy ...\n\nWomen who have a fear of childbirth spend longer in labour than women who have no such fear, suggests new research published today (27 June) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.\n\nIn the UK, about 50 pregnant and postnatal women develop life-threatening severe maternal sepsis (infection of the blood or \"blood poisoning\") for every woman who dies from the condition, according to a study from UK researchers ...\n\nA history of depression may put women at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy, according to research published in the latest issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing by researchers from L ...\n\nUltrasound technology has evolved dramatically in recent years. A group of noted obstetricians and gynecologists maintain that ultrasound is more cost-effective and safer than other imaging modalities for imaging the female ...\n\nTwo scientific studies led by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet are expected to form the basis of new international recommendations for the treatment of medical abortions and miscarriages. One ...\n\n(HealthDay)\u2014Neonatal outcomes are no worse with rotational instrumental delivery than with cesarean delivery for persistent fetal malposition, according to a study published in the March issue of the American Jo ...\n\nIn a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compared the relative risks of laparoscopic hysterectomy (with morcellation) with a ...\n\nUser comments\n\nPlease sign in to add a comment.\nRegistration is free, and takes less than a minute.\nRead more\n\nClick here to reset your password.\nSign in to get notified via email when new comments are made."}
-{"text": "When runners commit to a marathon, they\u2019re not just dedicating their time and energy to prepare \u2014 many will wind up putting in $1,000, at least, to cross the finish line.\n\nEntry fees alone can cost hundreds of dollars. Runners of the New York City Marathon slated for this weekend spent $255 this year if they are U.S. residents without a New York Road Runners membership, and more if they live overseas. Then there are the hundreds of dollars that go toward sneakers, proper attire, technology, accessories and post-race recovery.\n\n\u201cYou think being a runner is cheap, but even the price of a pair of shoes keeps going up and up,\u201d said Patti Finke, an exercise physiologist and founder of the Portland Marathon Training Clinic in Portland, Ore. who has run more than 85 marathons since she started running in the 1970s.\n\nEvery runner needs the basics, such as appropriate clothes, proper running socks and sturdy sneakers, but many add in fitness trackers, hydration belts and bands to hold their water bottles and phones.\n\nHere\u2019s a breakdown for what runners wear, and the price tag attached:\n\n\u00b7 Sneakers: Experts say runners should swap out a pair of sneakers every few hundred miles, which means at least two pairs during training for a marathon. The best running sneakers of 2016 cost between $85 and $170, according to Runner\u2019s World.\n\n\u00b7 The outfit: Runners should wear technical gear, such as shirts made of wicking material intended to keep away sweat and avoid skin irritation. Depending on the weather or season, they also need to take into account multiple layers, including light jackets and hats. Hot or cold weather gear can add up to $100 to $200, Finke said. Compression socks, which improve blood circulation and run about $5 to $20 a pair, are also useful. Since runners need a fresh pair for every run, they should expect to buy at least four.\n\n\u00b7 Fitness tracker: Sports watches that count miles, calories and activities are all the rage these days, but they can get expensive. The best trackers of 2016 cost anywhere from $20 to $449, according to PC magazine. Still, runners use them to keep track of their pace and mileage during training as well as on race day.\n\n\u00b7 Accessories: Runners may opt for an arm band for about $20, or cheaper, on Amazon to hold a phone or music player during the race, and hydration belts, which range between $30 and $50, and hold two small water bottles for in between water stations during a race. They might also need a hat, visor or sunscreen, Finke said, so expect to spend about $30 more.\n\nTraining itself doesn\u2019t have to be expensive. Though running organizations may offer classes or training sessions, runners can use smartphone apps to get into shape or search free marathon training schedules to abide by if they\u2019re disciplined. \u201cThink about it compared to any other sport,\u201d said Bill Pierce, professor and chair of health sciences at the Furman Institute of Running & Scientific Training in Greenville, S.C. \u201cThere\u2019s no rental fee to go run.\u201d\n\nRace expenditures, such as entry fees, nutrition, fuel during the run and optional physical care, can take the biggest chunk of a runner\u2019s wallet. Local marathons cost as little as $70 or $80, Pierce said, but other marathons are significantly more. The New York City Marathon was the most expensive of the top 10 in the world last year, according to The Guardian, followed by Honolulu, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Kyoto (Japan), Paris, Stockholm and the Marine Corps.\n\nThe total amount of money a runner spends for a marathon skyrockets when that race is a \u201cdestination,\u201d where runners need to factor in travel and transportation, hotels and other vacation necessities. Destination races have become increasingly popular, Pierce said, and many runners he\u2019s met have had goals to run all seven continents or all 50 states in the U.S. \u201cPeople will run local races, but usually they\u2019re aiming towards traveling somewhere,\u201d he said.\n\n\u00b7 Running fuel: Long distances often require some sort of fuel. Aside from water, races offer Gatorade stations as well as portable energy gels runners can consume on the go. Two popular brands are Gu, energy gels that cost $40 for a pack of 24, and Nuun, tubes of electrolyte drink tabs that go for $36 for a pack of eight. Runners may get these gels during the race, but they\u2019ll need to pick up the tab for these gels on their own when training.\n\n\u00b7 After-race care: Along with stretching, runners are encouraged to use a foam roller, which improves flexibility and prevents soreness after exercise. Foam rollers cost from $20 to $70 on Amazon depending on size and density.\n\n\u00b7 Professional massages: Marathon runners should wait three to five days to get a professional massage, but it could help with post-race soreness and muscle damage, according to Active.com. The national average price of a massage is $60 for an hour, the University of Minnesota found, though that price may be lower or higher depending on the city and facility the massage therapy is taking place.\n\nFor all the money, along with many months of training and preparation, marathoners say it\u2019s worth it. \u201cA marathon is a one of the most empowering things there is,\u201d Finke said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like finishing a marathon.\u201d\n\nGet a daily roundup of the top reads in personal finance delivered to your inbox. Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Personal Finance Daily newsletter. Sign up here.\n\nIntraday Data provided by SIX Financial Information and subject to terms of use. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by SIX Financial Information. All quotes are in local exchange time. Real-time last sale data for U.S. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only. Intraday data delayed at least 15 minutes or per exchange requirements."}
-{"text": "Posts Tagged \u2018party\u2019\n\nThis year I got a little late with all Easter preparations, and I found myself in the urge of coming up with something cute yet simple for two special moms I\u2019ve recently had the blessing to become close to. No time for making my own printables, no time for setting up a DIY gift box\u2026 so what could I do? Recycle boxes from my wedding and borrow a printable from another blogger!!\n\nEven if this is not a food blog, I wanted to share a random recipe of an exquisite breakfast cake that my mum used to bake for me very often (let\u2019s say, always!), and that nowadays is never missing in my kitchen for Minnie!\n\nThis is a very simple yet yummy recipe that everyone in the family, and especially children, can enjoy for breakfast \u2026 or in any other moment of the day! It\u2019s kind of a loaf cake, very popular in Italy, which we call with an English name: plumcake (no plums involved, though!).\n\nYesterday it was my baby girl\u2019s 1st Bday and mummy could definitely not ignore the big event!!!\n\nSo, a few weeks ago, I started planning something very simple just for very close relatives, like cousins and grand parent, except that\u2026 I got a bit carried away with the whole party planning and it came out like the biggest event ever!\n\nAt the end we had quite a few baby guests with their mums and we really had a blast! I\u2019m sharing the whole party thing with you because everything was done at home with a bit of patience and a \u2026 Read more...\n\nHI!\nI am a Life Lover, mother of an adorable baby girl, owner of the most loving puppy ever, and a happy wife. I am a former scientist but most of all a restless creative spirit who adores cute, crafty and funny things!\nFollow my ideas and projects to find inspiration, and share yours!!\n\nAll contents in this blog are protected by Copyright Law and may not be copied, reproduced or used without my permission. If you find something you'd like to borrow, please contact me at webbywonder13@gmail.com."}
-{"text": "Danny Reed\n\nDanny moved to Asheville in 1999, and soon after began his tattoo career. Since then he has been a local staple for custom art. He is known for \u201cspecializing in what you want\u201d and being skilled in all styles of tattooing. He opened Hot Stuff Tattoo in 2009, and has quickly been building up the best team of tattooers in the area. Danny has been voted a local favorite for years in the Mountain Xpress."}
-{"text": "01/11/18\n\nFollowing the release of her recent track \u201cMellow\u201d featuring Shygirl comes \u201cStarted Out\u201d, the brand new single from Georgia, her second single of 2018. Watch the Rosie Marks directed video below.\n\n\u201cStarted Out\u201d is an upbeat and euphoric track infused with hedonism and influences from the Chicago house scene of the 80s. Using the same original 909 drum machines & sequential analogue synths used by dance legends of the 80s & 90s, \u201cStarted Out\u201d is another shining example of...\n\n25/06/18\n\nAnna Calvi announces her third album, 'Hunter', which will be released on 31st August 2018 via Domino. To mark the announcement she has shared the William Kennedy directed video for single 'Don\u2019t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy'. Watch below.\n\nProduced by Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Grinderman) at Konk Studios in London with some further production in LA, the album was recorded with Anna's band - Mally Harpaz on various instrumentsand Alex Thomas on drums - with the addition of Adrian Utley from Portishead on keys and Martyn Casey from The Bad...\n\nThe Black Tambourines make music grounded in the ethos of D.I.Y production and scuzzy, distorted garage-rock, but with ragged grooves and a sun-kissed haze. Their music has been described as \u201csurf-punk that buzzes with urgency\u201d \u2013 NME, \u201cblissfully hazy garage-punk\u201d- Clash and \u201cscuzzy rip-roaring indie-rock\u201d \u2013 BEAT.\n\nOver the last year The Black Tambourines have performed at Glastonbury, Isle of Wight festival, The Great Escape (unofficially, playing a guerrilla gig from the back of their van) and Manchester\u2019s Psych Fest; they\u2019ve toured Europe and the UK and supported The Jesus and Mary Chain (among many other shows). This summer, the band..."}
-{"text": "Exchanging your expat driving license for a Hong Kong license\n\nA local guide to getting your driving licence and taking your driving test in Hong Kong.\n\nPosted on\n\n11 February 2014\n\n|Last updated on 28 June 2017\n\nMost driving licences are issued after the applicant passes a driving test for the respective type of vehicle.\n\nThey may be issued without a test if the applicant is a holder of an overseas driving licence issued on passing a driving test by one of the following approved countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, India, Iceland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Namibia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.\n\nDriving in Hong Kong for Overseas Driving Licence Holders\n\nFor overseas driving licence holders who wish to drive in Hong Kong, they may do so through one of the following means-\n\nApply for a full driving licence by direct issue without test;\n\nApply for a temporary driving licence; or\n\nDriving on strength of their valid overseas driving licence or international driving permit if they are visitors to Hong Kong (visitors mean that they arrive at Hong Kong other than to take up residence for a period not exceeding 12 months).\n\nApply for a Full Driving Licence by Direct Issue without Test\n\nIf you hold an overseas driving licence issued by one of the approved countries:\n\nThe overseas driving licence must be:\n\nValid or has not expired for more than 3 years; and\n\nMust be obtained through passing of driving test held in the issuing country or place;\n\nThe driving entitlement(s) applied for must be equivalent to the class(es) which are authorized to drive by the issuing country or place; and Satisfy any one of the requirements listed below:\n\nhave resided in the overseas country or place of issue for a period of not less than 6 months during which the licence was issued; or\n\nhave held the licence for 5 years or more immediately prior to the application; or\n\nhold a passport or equivalent travel document of the country or place in which the licence was issued.\n\nMedical examination report form TD256 duly completed by a registered medical practitioner (applicable to a person aged 70 or above); and\n\nRequired fee (you may make enquiries at the enquiry counters of licensing offices or through 1823 Call Centre, refer to the licence fees table (TD341) at the licensing offices, or visit Transport Department's website for information).\n\nWhat You Should Note?\n\nSince the extension of the Probationary Driving Licence Scheme to private car and light goods vehicle on 9.2.2009, a person who has passed the relevant driving tests, is required to apply for a probationary driving licence, and upon satisfactory completion of the 12-month probationary driving period, is eligible for issue of a full driving licence for private car and/ or light goods vehicle.\n\nAccording to the relevant ordinance, \"direct issue\" mechanism can only allow an eligible applicant with a full driving licence issued by any one of the countries/ places listed under Schedule 4 of the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations, Cap. 374B, to apply for a Hong Kong full driving licence of the respective vehicle class (motor cycle, private car and light goods vehicle).\n\nThe \"direct issue\" mechanism is not applicable to those who only hold a probationary driving licence, or equivalent.\n\nApplicants meeting all the requirements for direct issue of a full driving licence would be issued with a Hong Kong full driving licence without passing through the 12-month probationary driving period.\n\nApply for a Temporary Driving Licence\n\nCriteria\n\nHold a valid overseas driving licence of which the issuing country that is NOT on the approved country list.\n\nApply for a driving test within 3 months after the date of arrival in Hong Kong; and Satisfy any one of the requirements listed below:\n\nhave resided in the overseas country or place of issue for a period of not less than 6 months during which the licence was issued; or\n\nhave held the licence for 5 years or more immediately prior to the application; or\n\nhold a passport or equivalent travel document of the country or place in which the licence was issued.\n\nIf you subsequently fail in any part of the driving test, your temporary driving licence will be cancelled immediately.\n\nMedical examination report form TD256 duly completed by a registered medical practitioner (only for applicants aged 70 or above); an\n\nRequired fee (you may make enquiries at the enquiry counters of licensing offices or through 1823 Call Centre, refer to the licence fees table (TD341) at the licensing offices, or visit Transport Department's website for information)."}
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-{"text": "Pages\n\n18 May 2011\n\n(Almost) Wordless Wednesday\n\nI'm feeling the onset of illness and am heading back to the Bay tomorrow, so I anticipate updating this blog even more sparsely this week. Whilst I try to return to state more conducive to blogging, I'll just share a few food photos from the last week or so.\n\nWe've reached the halfway point of the week. As I mentioned earlier, I'll be spending the upcoming week in the Bay Area, with family time and birthdays coinciding this weekend. What are your weekend plans?\n\nHave fun! This weekend... I've got baking to do. Cupcakes for a friend's birthday, strawberry shortcake for my sister's birthday, and something (TBD) for a good friend going through a rough patch. Oh! And a lunch date with said friend. Food has a lot to do with cheering people up, haha.\n\nThanks! It's been a busy but pleasant few days. It certainly sounds like your oven will be getting a lot of use this weekend! Good luck with everything and have fun this weekend! I agree, food is a good way to bring someone a bit of good cheer. :)\n\nThank you. I'm already feeling better than I was at the time I posted these photos...maybe it's all the kind words. :)\n\nThat photo is of kale chips. You can pretty much dress kale leaves lightly in anything--a simple blend of oil, salt, and pepper is a good foundation--then bake them at a low temperature until the leaves become dry and crisp (325 degrees Fahrenheit for around 15 minutes seems to work well for me). This last batch was sprinkled with a Cajun spice blend, which is why they have reddish flecks."}
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-{"text": "Strict Interpolation of a Smooth Function and Its First Derivative Using a Linearly-Trained Radial Basis Function Neural Network\n\nJustin Steven Prentice\n\nAbstract\n\nWe present a neural network, based on Gaussian functions, for interpolating a univariate function and its first derivative. The network is linearly trained, and constitutes a continuous piecewise approximation. It is based on the superposition of three standard Gaussian-based radial basis function networks. Analysis indicates that the network is a better approximation than the standard network.\n\nTo make sure that you can receive messages from us, please add the 'ccsenet.org' domain to your e-mail 'safe list'. If you do not receive e-mail in your 'inbox', check your 'bulk mail' or 'junk mail' folders."}
-{"text": "Moody\u2019s, S&P face fraud case over inflated ratings\n\nDOWNGRADED?The ratings agencies, whose reports were once a key indicator of a firm\u2019s commercial strength, were undermined amid the 2008 subprime scandal\n\nBloomberg\n\nRatings agencies Moody\u2019s and Standard & Poor\u2019s lost a bid for dismissal of fraud claims in a suit by investors who have claimed the companies falsely assigned inflated ratings to notes which were sold by Morgan Stanley and which were backed by subprime mortgages.\n\nFRAUD CLAIMS\n\nUS District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Friday declined a request to throw out the fraud claims against the two firms and a claim of aiding and abetting fraud against banking group Morgan Stanley. Scheindlin narrowed the suit, dismissing claims by three of the 15 plaintiffs.\n\nScheindlin also dismissed the investors\u2019 fraud claims against the bank and aiding-and-abetting claims against the rating companies, ruling that it was the rating companies, not Morgan Stanley, that issued the ratings.\n\nINVESTORS\n\nThe suit was filed in 2008 by institutional investors including Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, based in the United Arab Emirates and Washington\u2019s King County, which includes the city of Seattle, in a structured investment vehicle named Cheyne. The investors claim Morgan Stanley pressured the rating companies to give erroneous investment-grade ratings to the notes.\n\nScheindlin also on Friday ordered the investors to explain why their claims for negligent misrepresentation against the banking group Morgan Stanley and the rating companies should not be thrown out. Those claims were not part of the motion decided on Saturday.\n\nEVIDENCE\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re pleased that the court, after examining the evidence, has recognized the value of our fraud claims against Morgan Stanley and the rating agencies,\u201d said Daniel Drosman, a lawyer with the firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP who represents the investors.\n\nThe judge said the investors had offered sufficient evidence for a jury to consider whether the ratings were misleading when they were issued. She cited instant messages between two S&P analysts in which they discuss the Cheyne investment.\n\nRIDICULOUS\n\n\u201cThat deal is ridiculous,\u201d one analyst said, adding \u201cWe should not be rating it.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt could be structured by cows and we would rate it,\u201d the first analyst replied."}
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-{"text": "Angels and Oracles\n\nAngel Cards and Oracle Cards\n\nA range of Angel, Faerie (Fairy), Oracle cards & Guidance cards including decks by the popular Doreen Virtue, Diana Cooper & Brian Froud.Obtain guidance from the Angels or connect to the Animals for help.These decks can help providence guidance for all aspects of your life.\n\nAncient Feminine Wisdom of Goddesses and Heroines\n\nAncient Feminine Wisdom of Goddesses and Heroines Oracle\n\nBy Kay Steventon and Brian Clark\n\nLet the Goddesses bring you inspiration and guidance with their eternal feminine wisdom.\n\nJust as the ancients sought answers in symbols and oracles, contemporary readers can find direction through the sacred art of divination. This beautifully illustrated deck provides insights and answers through powerful imagery with vivid narrative descriptions. Let the goddesses and mythic heroines guide you with their eternal feminine wisdom.\n\nAngel Cards for Children\n\nAngel Cards for Children by Diana Cooper.\n\nThese beautifully crafted cards with angel illustrations will inspire and delight small children and their parents alike. Angels are a very familiar part of a child's life, whose vivid imagination is still undisturbed by too many influences from the often more practical reality of adults.\n\nThese colourful cards will encourage the natural tendency for young children to connect and play with their angels, to experience these loving beings as friends who give them support, comfort and a sense of identity and importance.\n\nAngel Voices Tarot\n\nThis beautifully illustrated Angel Pack is presented in the Gnostic tradition. Along with the Hebrew name and number for the angel, the pack also gives the planetary formation to which it belongs and explains the divinatory significance.\n\nDaily Guidance from Your Angels\n\nDaily Guidance from Your Angels Oracle and Book.\n\nA 45 Card Deck and Guidebook by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.\n\nThese oracle cards (with accompanying guidebook) by Doreen Virtue provide messages and reminders of your guardian angels' steady and loving presence. Each day your angels will give you the perfect card to answer your questions, set positive intentions, help you heal, and manifest what you desire. After you pull a card, you might wish to keep it near you to remind you of your angels' guidance.\n\nEnchanted Oracle\n\nEnchanted Oracle by Jessica Galbreth, text by Barbara Moore\n\nSeek your destiny in a secret realm rich with Myth and Magic...Enter an enchanted world filled with fairies, goddesses, and sorceresses; a magical world of possibility and power; a world in which you can weave your future.Featuring hauntingly beautiful fairy imagery by renowned fantasy artist Jessica Galbreth and insightful instruction from acclaimed tarot author Barbara Moore, the Enchanted Oracle presents:\n\nFaeries Oracle\n\nFaeries Oracle by Brian Froud.\n\nFrom the creator of the best selling Good Faeries/Bad Faeries\n\nUsing the enchanted art of Brian Froud as your guide, enter the wise and wonderful world of faeries. The Faeries' Oracle calls upon sylphs, pans, gnomes and of course faeries to lead you on a delightful journey of adventure, discovery and enlightenment that will illuminate the future and heal the heart and soul. This beautifully designed divination set contains everything you will need to explore this mysterious realm.\n\nGoddess Guidance Oracle Cards\n\nGoddess Guidance Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue.\n\nThe Goddesses are angelic, powerful, loving beings who want to help you with every part of your life. In this set of 44 Oracle cards by Doreen Virtue, you'll learn who the different cross-cultural goddesses are and how they can help you.\n\nEach card gives you a specific message about how you can improve your life, health, relationships, finances, career and spiritual path. The gorgeous artwork on each card depicts Kuan Yin, Lakshmi, Brigit, Isis and Athena; as well as goddesses from Celtic, Mayan, Egyptian, Greek, Tibetan, Buddhist and other traditions."}
-{"text": "Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select.\n\nOverview\n\nIn his follow-up to tthe New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, andDavid Levithan, coauthor of bestsellers Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green) and Nick & Norah\u2019s Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn), crafts a novel that the Los Angeles Times calls \u201copen, frank, and ultimately optimistic.\u201d\n\nBased on true events\u2014and narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS\u2014Two Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig, two seventeen-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love, identity, and belonging.\n\nNamed to the National Book Award Longlist A Lambda Literary Award Winner A Stonewall Honor Book\n\n\u201cAn intriguing, complex narrative with an unusual point of view\u2026[and] a quality of retrospection that is rare (and refreshing) in YA literature.\u201d \u2014The Washington Post\n\nProduct Details\n\nAbout the Author\n\nDAVID LEVITHAN is a children\u2019s book editor in New York City and the author of several books for young adults, including Boy Meets Boy, Love Is the Higher Law, and Every Day. He coauthored Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green, and Nick & Norah\u2019s Infinite Playlist, Dash & Lily\u2019s Book of Dares, and Naomi and Ely\u2019s No Kiss List with Rachel Cohn.\n\nHometown:\n\nHoboken, New Jersey\n\nDate of Birth:\n\n1972\n\nPlace of Birth:\n\nNew Jersey\n\nEducation:\n\nB.A., Brown University, 1994\n\nRead an Excerpt\n\nYou can't know what it is like for us now\u0097you will always be one step behind.\n\nBe thankful for that.\n\nYou can't know what it was like for us then\u0097you will always be one step ahead.\n\nBe thankful for that, too.\n\nTrust us: There is a nearly perfect balance between the past and the future. As we become the distant past, you become a future few of us would have imagined.\n\nIt's hard to think of such things when you are busy dreaming or loving or screwing. The context falls away. We are a spirit-burden you carry, like that of your grandparents, or the friends from your childhood who at some point moved away. We try to make it as light a burden as possible. And at the same time, when we see you, we cannot help but think of ourselves. We were once the ones who were dreaming and loving and screwing. We were once the ones who were living, and then we were the ones who were dying. We sewed ourselves, a thread's width, into your history.\n\nWe were once like you, only our world wasn't like yours.\n\nYou have no idea how close to death you came. A generation or two earlier, you might be here with us.\n\nWe resent you. You astonish us.\n\nIt's 8:07 on a Friday night, and right now Neil Kim is thinking of us. He is fifteen, and he is walking over to his boyfriend Peter's house. They have been going out for a year, and Neil starts by thinking about how long this seems. From the beginning, everyone has been telling him it won't last. But now, even if it doesn't last forever, it feels like it has lasted long enough to be meaningful. Peter's parents treat Neil like a second son, and while Neil's own parents are still alternately confused and distressed, they haven't barred any of the doors.\n\nNeil has two DVDs, two bottles of Diet Dr Pepper, cookie dough, and a book of poems in his backpack. This\u0097and Peter\u0097is all it takes for him to feel profoundly lucky. But luck, we've learned, is actually part of an invisible equation. Two blocks away from Peter's house, Neil gets a glimpse of this, and is struck by a feeling of deep, unnamed gratitude. He realizes that part of his good fortune is his place in history, and he thinks fleetingly of us, the ones who came before. We are not names or faces to him; we are an abstraction, a force. His gratitude is a rare thing\u0097it is much more likely for a boy to feel thankful for the Diet Dr Pepper than he is to feel thankful for being healthy and alive, for being able to walk to his boyfriend's house at age fifteen without any doubt that this is the right thing to do.\n\nHe has no idea how beautiful he is as he walks up that path and rings that doorbell. He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears.\n\nIf you are a teenager now, it is unlikely that you knew us well. We are your shadow uncles, your angel godfathers, your mother's or your grandmother's best friend from college, the author of that book you found in the gay section of the library. We are characters in a Tony Kushner play, or names on a quilt that rarely gets taken out anymore. We are the ghosts of the remaining older generation. You know some of our songs.\n\nWe do not want to haunt you too somberly. We don't want our legacy to be gravitas. You wouldn't want to live your life like that, and you won't want to be remembered like that, either. Your mistake would be to find our commonality in our dying. The living part mattered more.\n\nWe taught you how to dance.\n\nIt's true. Look at Tariq Johnson on the dance floor. Seriously\u0097look at him. Six feet three inches tall, one hundred eighty pounds, all of which can be converted by the right clothes and the right song into a mass of heedless joy. (The right hair helps, too.) He treats his body like it's made of fireworks, each one timed to the beat. Is he dancing alone or dancing with everyone in the room? Here's the secret: It doesn't matter. He traveled for two hours to get to the city, and when it's all over, it will take him over two hours to get home. But it's worth it. Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do. We watch Tariq when he's sitting in Spanish class, sketching imaginary maps in his notebook. We watch Tariq when he's sitting in the cafeteria, stealing glances at older boys. We watch Tariq as he lays the clothes on his bed, creating the outline of the person he's going to be tonight. We spent years doing these things. And this was what we looked forward to, the thing that Tariq looks forward to. This liberation.\n\nMusic isn't much different now from what it was when we hit the dance floor. This means something. We found something universal. We bottled that desire, then released it into the airwaves. The sounds hit your body, and you move.\n\nWe are in those particles that send you. We are in that music.\n\nDance for us, Tariq.\n\nFeel us there in your freedom.\n\nIt was an exquisite irony: Just when we stopped wanting to kill ourselves, we started to die. Just when we were feeling strength, it was taken from us.\n\nThis should not happen to you.\n\nAdults can talk all they want about youth feeling invincible. Surely, some of us had that bravado. But there was also the dark inner voice telling us we were doomed. And then we were doomed. And then we weren't.\n\nYou should never feel doomed.\n\nIt is 8:43 on the same Friday night, and Cooper Riggs is nowhere. He's in his room, alone, and it feels like nowhere. He could be outside his room, surrounded by people, and it would still feel like nowhere. The world, in his eyes, is flat and dull. All sensation has been leaked from it, and instead its energy is running through the busy corridors of his mind, making angry, frustrated noise. He is sitting on his bed, and he is wrestling within himself, and ultimately the only thing he can think to do is go on the Internet, because life there is just as flat as real life, without the expectations of real life. He's only seventeen, but online he can be twenty-two, fifteen, twenty-seven. Whatever the other person wants him to be. He has fake profiles, fake photos, fake stats, and fake histories. The conversations are largely fake, too, full of flirtation he'll never deliver on, small sparks that will never turn to fire. He will not admit it, but he is actually looking for the surprise of something genuine. He opens seven sites at once, keeping his mind busy, tricking himself out of nowhere, even if it still feels like nowhere. He gets so lost in the search that nothing else seems to matter, and time becomes worthless, to be spent on worthless things.\n\nWe know that some of you are still scared. We know that some of you are still silent. Just because it's better now doesn't mean that it's always good.\n\nDreaming and loving and screwing. None of these are identities. Maybe when other people look at us, but not to ourselves. We are so much more complicated than that.\n\nWe wish we could offer you a creation myth, an exact reason why you are the way you are, why when you read this sentence, you will know it's about you. But we don't know how it began. We barely understood the time that we knew. We gather the things we learned, and they don't nearly add up to fill the space of a life.\n\nEditorial Reviews\n\nThere are more than two boys kissing in this book, and every one of them will reach your heart. You have to read this.\u201d - Rainbow Rowell, author of Eleanor & Park\n\n\u201cRemarkable.\u201d - Frank Bruni, The New York TimesEntertainment Weekly, August 21, 2013:\"Author David Levithan's poignant novel follows the stories of gay teens joined through an unconventional protest. A-\"\n\nThe Washington Post, August 20, 2013:\"Over the years, Levithan has consistently explored new creative territory...'Two Boys Kissing' reveals his command of an intriguing, complex narrative with an unusual point of view: the first-person plural. This 'we' is the combined voice of men who died during the AIDS pandemic several decades ago. As the boys\u2019 stories become more closely entwined and connect in a satisfying finale, the reflections of these 'shadow uncles' lend a quality of retrospection that is rare (and refreshing) in YA literature.\"\n\nThe Wall Street Journal Speakeasy, October 24, 2013:\"'Two Boys Kissing\u2019 couldn\u2019t have arrived at a more timely moment, just months after the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. The shift in society\u2019s attitudes towards the LGBT community has long been embraced by many in the young adult crowd. Levithan seems to intuitively understand this generation\u2014and his new book allows him to bring their particular struggles and joys to life.\"\n\nNewsday, August 21, 2013:\"We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, goes an oft-paraphrased line. David Levithan gives vivid voice to it in his latest YA novel, 'Two Boys Kissing'.\n\nBookPage, August 28, 2013:\"Levithan\u2019s powerful, multifaceted novel explores just how far things have come for many gay teens\u2014and how far things still need to go.\"Starred Review, The Bulletin, September 2013:\"Both celebratory and elegiac\u2026 There\u2019s much to discuss here about identity, about social media, about community\u2014and it would be a particularly stellar choice for a multi-generational LGTBQ-focused book club.\u201d Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 3, 2013:\"A landmark achievement from a writer and editor who has helped create, in literature, a haven for queer youth.\"\n\n\"No one does heart-pulling emotion like Levithan, and this book, coming a decade after his groundbreaking debut, 'Boy Meets Boy,' has special resonance.\"- Gayle Forman, author of Just One Day and Just One Year, for Bookish.com\"Brilliant, moving, important, and wise.\" - Jennifer E. Smith, author of This Is What Happy Looks Like and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight\n\nWAMC Northeast Public Radio, September 19, 2013:\"Two Boys Kissing will make you laugh and cry, but best of all, it will make you relive those perfect innocuous moments of finding and then being with your first love.\"Romantic Times Book Review, September 2013:\"Thought provoking, poignant and beautifully written, above all this is an unbelievably important book for anyone who has struggled with identity, love and loss. The omniscient narration is incredibly moving and appreciative of the fragility of life. A groundbreaking addition to the LGBT genre and community.\"Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2013:\"The novel has genuine moments of insight and wisdom...Inspiring.\"\n\nHypable.com, August 23, 2013:\"Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan takes the stories of all these boys and spins them into an interconnecting web that will leave you emotionally exhausted and absolutely thrilled to have read something so beautiful and unique...Will educate, entertain and move you.\"Bookish.com, May 6, 2013:\"Levithan takes contemporary to a whole new space with this novel, finding new ground in storytelling around important issues that directly affect teens today.\"\n\nBooklist, August 1, 2013:\"Levithan leans intensely into this work...There\u2019s little doubt that this title, with its weight, significance, and literary quality, will find its way into LGBTQ and wider cannons. Stock up.\"\n\nSchool Library Journal, September 2013: \"The story will engage readers, both female and male.\"\n\n\"The high level of imaginative and intuitive empathy that is apparent in all of his works is especially strong here\u2014as not only are his protagonists fully realized, but so are the voices of the collective narration, whose experiences are as varied as the characters on the page... It is the best book I have read this year.\"- Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Books Inc.\n\n\"Everyone needs to read this, not just YA. How perfectly David puts the past, present and future into one small novel. Now, as soon as my eyes stop watering and the goose bumps on my arms go away, I can continue my day.\"- Carolyn Anbar, Watchung Booksellers\n\n\"Levithan's choice of narrator was inspiring and heartbreaking. Giving a voice to that generation and exposing young kids to those voices, blew me away...Two Boys Kissing feels like a very important book, something I think everyone should read and something that's touched me in a way no YA has in a really long time.\" - John Kwiatkowski, Murder by the Book\n\nFrom the Publisher\n\nIt\u2019s a different world for teenagers coming of age and coming out now, compared to when Levithan\u2019s Boy Meets Boy was published 10 years ago. He speaks directly to this new generation in this novel, which instantly claims its place in the canon of gay literature. As the title suggests, a kiss plays a central part: it takes place on the lawn of a high school where two former boyfriends try to set a world record for the longest kiss. As the title also suggests, this one\u2019s for the boys. Although varyingly supportive friends and family are part of the story, Levithan focuses on the gay male community. Craig and Henry, the two participating in the kiss, are no longer dating, throwing an element of uncertainty into an act that\u2019s romantic, political, and personal. Neil and Peter have been dating for a year and are beginning to wonder what\u2019s next. Avery, \u201cborn a boy that the rest of the world saw as a girl,\u201d and Ryan are caught up in the dizzying excitement of meeting someone new. And Cooper is rapidly losing himself into a digital oblivion. But as much as this story is about these teenagers, it\u2019s also about their forebears. Levithan builds a bridge between today\u2019s young gay men and those who have come (and gone) before them through an audacious choice of narrator: the collective generation of gay men lost to AIDS. This chorus of voices holds court on body image (\u201cWhen we were healthy we were ignorant. We could never be content in our own skin\u201d), family (both biological and found), hookup apps, dancing, the reality of watching loved ones die, and the fleeting preciousness of life. The narrators are positioned as self-described \u201cshadow uncles\u201d and \u201cangel godfathers,\u201d but Levithan doesn\u2019t canonize them. \u201cThe minute you stop talking about individuals and start talking about a group, your judgment has a flaw in it,\u201d they observe when negative reactions to the boys\u2019 kiss mount as it gains widespread attention. \u201cWe made this mistake often enough.\u201d There are no chapters; the story moves among the characters\u2019 experiences and the narrators\u2019 commentary, proceeding ever forward in the way that life does. As Craig and Henry\u2019s kiss approaches record-setting territory, and Cooper approaches becoming a statistic, the novel builds into something triumphant. Many will read the final pages with their hearts in their throats. Levithan makes it clear that loving and living are as imperfect as those who practice them, but no less precious for their flaws. A landmark achievement from a writer and editor who has helped create, in literature, a haven for queer youth. Ages 12\u2013up. Agent: Bill Clegg, William Morris Endeavor. (Aug.)\n\nPublishers Weekly\n\n09/01/2013Gr 7 Up\u2014Narrated by an often heavy-handed Greek chorus of men who died of AIDS, this novel features the stories of one transgender and several gay teens. It focuses on Harry and Craig, friends and ex-boyfriends who have set out to beat the Guinness World Record for kissing. Harry's parents accept that he is gay and are there as witnesses, while Craig's parents find out that he's gay after his mother is told about their record-breaking attempt. Other characters include Tariq, the victim of a hate crime; boyfriends Neil and Peter; and female-to-male (FTM) transgender teen Avery and his love interest, Ryan. Finally, there is isolated, angry, and disaffected Cooper. He spends his nights trolling sex sites online and runs away from home when confronted by his furious parents. Although Levithan has a tendency toward didacticism, his characters are likable, with some more developed than others. The story will engage readers, both female and male. The author's note discusses the true events that inspired this story. Despite its flaws, this title is recommended based on subject need.\u2014Nancy Silverrod, San Francisco Public Library\n\nSchool Library Journal\n\nGay past and gay present collide. Right from the start readers will know something weird is going on with Levithan's latest. The narrator(s) refers to themselves as \"us,\" and readers will soon deduce that it's the Kushner-esque collective voice of a gay generation from decades before, one that was ravaged by AIDS, anger, politics and more. It's through their lens that this story of seven boys from the present is told. The first two--whose activities are imparted in the work's title--are Craig and Harry. They're out to break the world's kissing record (32 hours, 12 minutes and 9 seconds) to protest a hate crime enacted upon their friend. They're not a couple anymore, and Craig still smarts from the breakup. A second pair--Peter and Neil--have been a couple for a while, but that doesn't mean their relationship is perfect. Pink-haired trans Avery and blue-haired Ryan meet at an alternative LGBT prom, and sparks fly. All the while, Cooper, kicked out of his parents' house and obsessed with gay-hookup apps, suffers alone. The story drifts back and forth and among these seven youth under the watchful, occasionally curmudgeonly voice of the past, which weighs down the narrative too much at times. The novel has genuine moments of insight and wisdom, but it feels calculated and lacks the spontaneity that made Levithan's first two novels so magical. Still, fans of his earlier works will appreciate the familiar tone, characters and themes they've come to love over the years. It's well-intentioned and inspiring, but it doesn't push any boundaries. (Fiction. 14 & up)\n\nMost Helpful Customer Reviews\n\nNormally I wouldn't pick something like this up. Although I am in no way against homosexuality, since I'm not into it, I just wouldn't read something that CENTERS on it. But then I started hearing things from my blogger friends saying that they loved this book and that the writing style was something that had never been done before and naturally, I got curious. And you guys, this book changed me.\nNow this was my very first Levithan book and I am so glad I chose this one. From the very beginning I was sucked in to the poetic writing style. It really is narrated by a Greek Chorus. This unique writing had me hanging on every word. Just the writing alone had me so emotional I found myself teary eyed and clutching my heart through out the entire book.\nI never read reviews until I've written my own, so determine if I wanted to read this book I went and checked out everyone's updates and their ratings. In every update I saw &quot;OMG the feels!&quot; or &quot;My heart breaks for them.&quot; This is what made me decide I wanted to read it. And man, after finishing this story I really felt emotionally drained. Every story (because its holds multiple POV's) broke me. I was smitten with everyone's story, but it was actually Cooper's who hit me the most.\nIn this story we see what being gay did to different boys, in different times of their lives, and their loved ones. Some of those loved ones accepted them and others didn't. I loved that this book doesn't make it all seem like all sunshine and rainbows, because in reality it isn't. Sometimes the dark and gritty happens and teens that read this need to know how to handle it.\nLastly, I loved the ending and Levithan's acknowledgements. The entire story centered around that one very important kiss and in the end the author was able to pull it altogether to that one central location. Not everyone was happy, but they were all there in some way, separate, but still together. I also loved the acknowledgements because in the synopsis it said &quot;based on the true events story&quot; and I was intrigued. I had planned to Google it after wards to see what the real story was, but I didn't have to. Levithan tells about the real story that inspired this one and I saw that as a thanks for them for being so brave. Again, I was moved to tears. (I really needed a &quot;Use in case of feels tissue box!&quot;)\nIn short, don't let the title or what this book is about deter you from reading it. It may not be what you normally would read, but I kid you not if you are a reader, certain aspects of it will amaze you. My first Levithan read was filled with emotions and incredible writing and I promise that this won't be my last book by him. I am already absolutely smitten with him.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nHow can you say that the cover is gross and then turn around and say you're okay with gay people?? That's a little hypocritical and honestly, I don't know why I just wasted time responding to such an ignorant post.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nPeople have been saying that this book is only good for the gay community. I strongly disagree! I am straight and this book still taught be so much about life! I feel as though levithan is the savor of our genereation. He commicates that love is real, no matter who its with. Its just love. Raw, heartbreaking, beautiful love.\nThank you david.\n\nrockygirl1\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nConfession time. I still have yet to read a David Levithan novel. Yes, I am hanging my head in shame. What is wrong with me??? This was my first. I don't know why I started with this one. It was new and shiny. I also will confess that I was a little nervous about the whole Greek chorus thing. I mean come on&hellip; that is a little bit intimidating to go into a book knowing that is how the book is going to start.\nLast confession. I didn't just like this book, I LOVED it!!!! Seriously, this might be about a 6 on my 5.0 scale. Yep, it was that good.\nI'm sure that this book will raise a few eyebrows and some people will look and just delete this review without even reading what it is about, and that is a shame, because truly, this book is about so much more than two boys kissing. There are so many stories weaved into the framework of Craig and Harry kissing. We meet Peter and Neil who have been a couple for a while. We meet Avery and Ryan who have just met and are dipping their toe into the world of dating. And there is Cooper, who is alone. Along the way we meet friends of the aforementioned people. We meet enemies. We hear the F word hurled at them. But through it all we see two boys kissing.\nI followed all their stories. Reading them and obsessing over them. Wondering what their parents, friends, neighbors were thinking.\nAnd one of the most amazing parts of this novel is the writing itself. I hadn't read more than about ten pages when I had to go and get my post-it notes. Why? Because this was a library book, so I couldn't write in it or bend pages, and I HAD to start marking passages. When you start reading things like this:\nNot everything needs to be said at once. Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper&ndash;ripped open once and there, you&rsquo;re done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded. It is enough to start the telling. It&rsquo;s enough to have the beginning and feel like it&rsquo;s a beginning.\nOr this:\nWe think of the boys we kissed, the boys we screwed, the boys we loved, the boys who didn&rsquo;t love us back, the boys who were with us at the end, the boys who were with us beyond the end. Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?\nAmazing, right? Seriously, this book just blew me away. I read it slower than I normally do because I was so focused on what was written. I was so absorbed in the verse I couldn't pull myself out of it to fly through the book. What a great problem to have!\nI will also say that this book was an inspiration to gay teens everywhere. What an amazing story and what an incredible book. I just couldn't get enough of this story. Amazing. To say this is a must read is such an understatement that its not even funny. Definitely on my best of 2013.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nI haven't read the book yet but I am looking forward to. I just wanted to mention here that the fist two weeks (until September 10, 2013) the books is out the author will be donating 2 dollars of the proceeds to The Trevor Project. -DG\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\neeYaaaaaaaaaaaa\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nThis book is 50 years too late. Levithan speaks of what was, what is and what should be for young boys who become gay men. I could not\nread for very long without tears in my eyes. I was 13 years old when I knew. I was 70 years old when I finally said I am Gay. I lived at lot\nin those years to include being married 45 years. But not a day went by that I did not think of &quot;it.&quot; It is my grand-childen who made me see\nit was OK to be gay. It was one special 17 year old high school senior who reminded me of me. The narrators of the book tell the story\neloquently. Today people accept and understand. Giant steps have been taken. But there is still a lot that has to change. I was still afraid at\n70. Just a little easier. I strongly recommend this book. Good luck and happiness to all the boys.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nThe storyline from the different perspectives of gay boys was really quite amazing and i grew to love every single chaacter, all of which were very well developed. One thing i think people should know before making haste judgement on this book based on the title is the book is not so much a story about two boys kissing as it is about the symbolism of each of the characters and the lives each of the teens that the chorus of gay men lost to aids compare their lives to and comment on how they made similar choices. It warmed my heart and really makes you take a moment to step back and appreciate the things and people in your life. My only criticism is that is was pricy considering that it was only 130ish pages but part of that goes to a good cause (the trevor project) so i suppose it sits fine with me. I would recommend it to everyone because even if you do not support homosexuality i think you can relate to bulling, discrimination, and other cricumstances these teens face, just on a depper level. Please read before judging, it truly is a great book.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nI enjoyed reading the book Two Boys Kissing, and recommend the book to anyone who likes a love story. I would recommend this book to people that are 13 and older. My reasoning for recommending the book to this audience is, there is explicit language and actions throughout the entire book. Also for my reasoning, is because it has multiple themes and settings. I would definitely recommend this book to other people.\nIn the book, the main idea of \u201ctwo boys kissing\u201d is Craig and Harry are trying to set the record for the world's longest kiss. Craig and Harry are no longer a couple at this point in time. Throughout the kiss the entire thing is being live streamed. Avery and Ryan have just met at a gay prom, and are both worried about what is going to happen next with their relationship. Peter and Neil are a couple that are watching the kiss on the live stream. Cooper is a boy that is by himself, and is at the point of not knowing what his next step in life should be.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nGreat read\n\nMolly_Ringle\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nHow I loved this book! Didn't want to put it down, even though it's largely a \"quiet\" type of story; it's more full of thoughts and musings than dramatic moments--but there are certainly dramatic moments, and anyway I loved the whole thing.\nIt follows a few days in the lives of several gay teenage boys, most of whom don't know each other, all living in the vicinity of an unnamed American city. Two of them are setting out to break the world record for longest continuous kiss, filmed and cheered on by their friends and the internet at large (and jeered at by idiots, because that's inescapable even in our enlightened era). Two of them (one of whom is trans) have just met and are in the tentative but entrancing phase of figuring each other out. Two of them have been boyfriends a while and are starting to feel the tedium of long-term relationships. And one, whom I want to hug and then give hours and hours of stern advice to, is in a bad place with his parents and can't find any meaning in internet hookups either, and hates everything including himself, for now.\nAnd the first-person-plural narrator of the whole thing is the generation of gay men who died of AIDS and are now watching all of this unfold. It's not as depressing as it sounds! Really. I mean, occasionally it is, but it's also occasionally funny, and frequently inspiring. Because as those nameless men keep trying to tell our struggling teens, life is already getting so much better for them. We have a long way to go before it's all the way better, but it helps to look at the progress in the last few decades, it really does.\nSo yeah. One of those \"I have more hope for the world now\" books. And we can never have enough of those. Thank you, David Levithan!\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nYour story is so amazing. Its so brilliant that you relized who you really were the way you did. I am a 14 year old pansexual girl who is questioning being gender non-confirming and I am so scared to come out. Its not the fear of being laughed at that worries me, its the fear of being forever alone. I am ambulaphobic witch means i have a fear of never finding love and story from people like you make me feel safe and like there is hope out there for a small but intencely involved member of the lgbtq+ community. I love you and all other people, een the haters. My beliefs are that haters only hate because there is nobody who genuinly loves them back. #theworldneedsmorelgbtqlove\nThank you for sharing your story and to all other readers of this reply, comment above to #unicorncat0 and share your comments on this.\nPS, i love you\n\nMichelleChung\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nI found out about this book pretty late, but it deserves thumbs up, a standing ovation, tears, love, and everything else. It was just beautiful, and books like this are so necessary today. We need them in this world.\nI'm so happy to have found this. I share it with so many people. I'm so proud of our society for actually making an LGBT book well-known enough to be recommended in casual conversation in the middle of Walmart!\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nI love this book\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nsimply amazing\n\nkimberlyfaye\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\n&ldquo;The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to say it out loud to someone who deserved to hear it. What we hoped, and what we found, was that the second sentence of the truth is always easier than the first, and the third sentence is even easier than that. Suddenly you are speaking the truth in paragraphs, in pages. The fear, the nervousness, is still there, but it is joined by a new confidence. All along, you've used the first sentence as a lock. But now you find that it's the key.&rdquo;\nEvery now and then I read a book that I just know will stick with me forever. When I find one of these special books, I want every person I know &ndash; and even ones I don't &ndash; to read it. That was definitely the case with Two Boys Kissing. This book was truly something special and I can't recommend it highly enough.\n&ldquo;If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.&rdquo;\nI read the audiobook version, which I was pleasantly surprised to find was narrated by the author himself. The book itself was powerful, but having the author read his own words made it that much more so. There's something about listening to an author reading their own words and realizing how much of themselves they put into the characters and the story, that made this one even more powerful and special then it would have been with a different narrator. You could hear his passion for the story in each word he spoke. And those words? They were beautiful and honest. The only drawback of reading this one in audiobook format is that there's no way to highlight the beautiful passages... and there were a lot of them. Had I read this in eBook format, I'd have highlighted half the book. I had to go seek out quotes on Goodreads.\n&ldquo;...he hopes that maybe it'll make people a little less scared of two boys kissing than they were before, and a little more welcoming to the idea that all people are, in fact, born equal, no matter who they kiss or screw, no matter what dreams they have or love they give.&rdquo;\nTwo Boys Kissing is inspired by a true story. Many of them, actually. While it's true the book mostly centers around Harry and Craig's endeavor to break the Guinness World Record for the longest kiss, there are several other characters whose stories are every bit as important to this book. Harry and Craig's bold gesture has a huge impact on these other characters who are attempting to navigate tricky situations on their own.\n&ldquo;Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?&rdquo;\nThis book was gorgeous and thought-provoking. I know it will stick with me for a very, very long time. It moved me to tears, made me appreciate the struggle of my gay friends, and most of all, made me realize that while progress has undeniably been made, there's still so much more left to achieve. I've recently read that some parents are petitioning schools to remove this book from their libraries. Now, I'm not going to get on my soapbox on this, but all I can say is that I hope that while the parents aren't open-minded enough to give this book a shot, that the school officials will take a few hours and read this beautiful, powerful book and realize taking it out of libraries would do more harm than good, by far.\n&ldquo;You can give words, but you can't take them. And when words are given, that is when they are shared. We remember what that was like. Words so real they were almost tangible. There are conversations you remember, for certain. But more than that, there is the sensation of conversation. You will remember that, even when the precise words begin to blur.&rdquo;\nI wasn't sure how the Greek Chorus of gay men would work in this book. It took a little bit of time for me to fully embrace it, but it wasn't long before it became one of my favorite things about this book. Their voices were so honest and it was incredibly moving listening to their thoughts on the events taking place in current day, as compared to their struggles. I got entirely wrapped up in each individual character's story, though I don't think any moved me more than Cooper's. His voice &ndash; and the rest of the voices &ndash; were so authentic and believable. I've listened to friends talk about some of the same struggles and I think that's what made this book so personal to me.\n&quot;We know that some of you are still scared. We know that some of you are still silent. Just because it's better now doesn't mean that it's always good.&rdquo;\nThere's not one thing I would change about this book, except to maybe make it longer. The world needs more books like this, more writers like David Levithan. This was an emotional and hopeful read. We've come a long way, but there's still so much further to come.\n&ldquo;We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.&rdquo;\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nTalekyn\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nI was captivated from start to finish. I'm not sure any book I read in 2013 sucked me in so easily and kept me interested so thoroughly; Two Boys Kissing will definitely make my Top Five Reads in 2014. These statements all feel like hyperbole, a type of review I try very hard not to fall into but all three of them are true and honest in this case. I read the book in one sitting, fought back tears (some of sadness, some of rage, some of loss and some of happiness) throughout, and wished it hadn't ended so quickly.\nIn two hundred pages, Levithan interweaves 8 complete stories and does justice to them all. All of the main characters are believable, authentic young men. Harry, Craig, Peter, Neil, Avery, Ryan, Tariq and Cooper are not the idealized Icons of gay teenagers we'd like to think exist but rather are the reality: each has his own personal hurdles to leap on the way to adulthood. The adults in the background likewise have their own struggles to address: some are accepting of their sons' homosexuality, some tacitly acknowledge it but would rather not discuss it, and some don't approve at all. Those who are not parents are also well-represented, some helpful and some not-so. We don't live in a perfect world where all parents love their children no matter what, and Levithan doesn't pretend we do. But he chooses, and most of his characters choose, to focus on hope rather than fear, and that's part of what makes this book so beautiful to read. Even at the darkest moments (and there are a few), there is always hope.\nThe use of a Greek Chorus in the form of gay men who have died from AIDS is a bold touch for a YA book aimed at kids who may not even remember there was an AIDS Crisis in the gay community, and all kudos to Levithan for not only attempting it but succeeding. The Chorus gives us an omniscient narrator, which enables the author to move freely among the focal characters, but it also gives that omniscience a personality and voice that is not a distraction from the main action of the book.\nAlso kudos to Levithan for not just focusing on CIS-gendered white gay boys. The inclusion of Tariq (whose recent victimization by gay-bashers inspires Harry and Craig to set this kissing record) and Avery (a transgendered boy) help the book to find its real emotional center. I can't imagine this story being told without them.\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nThe 'Greek Chorus' point-of-view is strange really, and just a little hard to get used to. There are a lot of 'we's in it. The story's great though! And the POV is fitting. As for the writing itself, it's extremely poetic. More so than then the other books by this author I've read, it isn't what I would have done but it makes for an extremely emotional tone which helps to carry the main purpose and argument of the story.\n\nReadingToEscape\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nThis book is narrated by gay gays who have died from HIV and they tell three different stories. When I first started reading, I was struggling to stay with it because it didn't seem like my kind of book. Little did I know that just a mere 2 hours later I would be crying and thinking that was a great book! I think this book should be a must read. Even if the beginning is a little slow for you, keep going! I did and I don't regret it!!\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nI couldnt agree more\n\nAnonymous\n\nMore than 1 year ago\n\nThis author sincerly knows how to write a book. Levithan gives me hope and really inspired me. This is not a book. Its a work of art. I support every word Levithan writes. Because of this book, i will read every other book he has written. There needs to be more authors like Levithan writing more books like Boy Meets Boy in this world. And goddammit, he makes me think my wish might just come true"}
-{"text": "\u201cTHATPARTICULARCUSHIONWASACTUALLYTHETROPHYFROM A WRESTLINGMATCH! NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WASVICTORIOUS! I MEAN, LOOK AT THEPRIZE!\u201d Mopan gestures gallantly towards a large golden pillow\u2026it looks uncomfortable.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s\u2026big.\u201d Silence was somewhat relieved that he was changing the subject he was here, on the ship\u2026but he was\u2026also somewhere else. He was experiencing so much of the world, the shadow, life, death, all at once. Suddenly, everything made sense.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m\u2026HAH!\u201d Silence was elated, he felt powerful! He felt as if no one could stop him. The world was his, if he wanted it. Silence, however, has other plans for this gift.\n\nSilence thought a moment, \u201c\u2026Mopan.\u201d\n\n\u201cYES! ANYTHINGYOUWANT!\u201d Mopan was genuinely concerned. He has never met another fighter worthy of challenge, let alone one that was his equal. They were\u2026friends? At least as close as you can be to friends without an official statement. Rivals, perhaps.\n\nYou have the pleasure to be written by Mopan of the House Jadewell. Just as this ship has the pleasure of becoming one of the newest members of the fleet of House Jadewell. I have permitted Captain Eolfin to retain his position and title as acting captain, as I have more important things to do than play administer to a ship. Though I, along with the Rat King Beezelbrox, have decided that the ship does need a new name. Given the momentous occasion of the relocation Rat King\u2019s subjects, all the rats of Waterdeep, I have decided that the Gray Gull aught to be re-titled the Grey Exodus. The Rat King was studious enough to point out the necessity of changing the \u2018a\u2019 to and \u2018e\u2019 in \u2018Grey\u2019 so that we differentiate this lovely ship from the common riff-raff who would defile the Common Tongue with such egregious spelling errors. We consulted one of the sailors whether it would be more fortunate for our voyage away from, the doomed, Waterdeep if we renamed it immediately, to which he assured us that there is no such superstition that holds any merit among other seafarers. We will at least hold off on the renaming until Ebrik comes up with a suitable design for the lettering.\n\nOnce we convincedWillow that the Lady Silverhand could manage her own assassinations he finally agreed to board the Grey Exodus and we set sail. It is a shame that Exodus has such undisciplined slaves that it cannot manage to keep their oars out much longer than a mile out of port, but I guess that is what you get when you allow the common rabble to seek their own way. I shared these concerns with our newest companion, Bryn, who listens and nods errantly. His blank eyes and soulless smile remind me of home. I can tell you truly Captain\u2019s Log, that I am not excited to return to the rest of the hollow nobles and their petty political games. Though it will be a great advantage to utilize the armies of Calimsham. I could clearly see the great oozing tree looming over city of Waterdeep off to the East as we sailed down the coast. I spend the majority of the day watching the coast for any stray vassals of the ooze at the prow of the Exodus. Bryn and Lady Blossom seem to be in a daze. I understand Lady Blossom\u2018s lethargy. Loosing one\u2019s home, family, and being hung over are unfortunate events to cope with. Daken amused himself with pointing out every fish and gull along our voyage while the two Rat Kings scurry about the ship with their subjects. Hopefully the wind will be on our side for the rest of this voyage\n\nDay 2\n\nDear Captain\u2019s Log,\n\nToday is actually the first day that I have written in you, as today is the first day I have taken time to acquire one of Ebrik\u2019s spare books. Day 1\u2019s entry can truly be considered a back post of events, but for posterity\u2019s sake it must be included. I was plagued by horrid dreams of wading through the bureaucracy and courtly conduct that awaits me in Calimport when I try to rally the Caliph\u2019s armies against this rising threat of the ooze. Luckily Cookie\u2019s expertise at his craft never fails to make my mornings. I don\u2019t know how he manages to always have a warm meal prepared for me when I awaken, but the Dwarf always does. I spent most of today filling out you and cycling through the traditional exercises of the Mountain\u2019s Root Wrestling Academy. It truly been a while since I have given much care to cultivating my qi. Maybe that is why I have not been as dazzling in combat as usual.\n\nA storm seems to be brewing outside. The crew scurries about the ship in a hushed vibe of concern. Reminds me of the thousands of rats that the Rat King keeps with him. Commoners and rodents. Father will be thrilled. Hopefully the Rat King will be able to control them as well as he claims he can. Much can be accomplished with such small additions to our spy network. Speaking of such, Cookie seems to be up to something\u2026 I will need to have a meeting with him. This storm doesn\u2019t seem to be letting up, though it can\u2019t be as bad as all that. Bryn seems to be loosing his lunch and nerve, but what can you expect from such low breeding.\n\nWhoa, Captain\u2019s Log. The Exodus was thrown about and was nearly thrown sideways. Though no such trick can surprise your author,Mopan. I deftly vaulted out of me seat, jumped off the wall, then landed as in the manner I used to when I used to wrestle in the gladiator pits of Calimport. Unfortunately Ebrik, Cookie, and Mjor are not as graceful and find themselves sprawled about my cabin. By the sounds of the screaming outside, it is time for Mopan of the House Jadewell to make an appearance.\n\nBeyond the High Forest, hidden in the dangerous valleys of the Nether Mountains, the Monastery in the Vale stands out among its natural surroundings. Many of its inhabitants live their entire lives protected within its boundaries. There are no walls to keep out the tribes of orcs that inhabit the mountain range, no magical barriers to fend off hungry young dragons; there are only the Masters and their subordinates. The members of the monastery are some of the fiercest fighters known throughout the land and are more than willing to lend a hand in conflicts, on whichever side provides the coin.\n\nThere are two passes in the Nether Mountains. The Moon Pass, which has become a major battleground for two warring tribes of orcs, and the Turnstone pass, which has been lost to time and the wilderness. It is no stroll when approaching these mountains and going around and avoiding the dangerous creatures, treacherous passes, and bloodthirsty orcs tends to be good for one\u2019s health. In such dangerous territory, regular patrols are a must. Two students and one captain are sent out on a bi-hourly basis. These patrols are required to obtain food, water, or to eliminate potential threats to the monastery. There are many hidden caves and passes in the mountains. The labyrinth is nearly impossible to traverse without experience.\n\n\u201cCan you believe someone tried to make it through the Moon Pass?\u201d A dwarf calls out, flanked by two men, all wearing monastic robes. The three are reporting back after a particularly eventful patrol. They apporoach with horses and a damaged, but operating, wagon.\n\n\u201cWhat is this, Adrik!?\u201d Captain Ruric, the individual responsible for patrols, calls back to the three from the road at the entrance to the monastery.\n\n\u201cNah, I assumed the orcs would\u2019ve cleared out any food or valuables.\u201d Adrik continues, \u201cBesides, fighting them off was enough work for the day. I think I\u2019ve earned my drink!\u201d Adrik gestures and begins to walk away at a suspiciously brisk pace.\n\n\u201cWhat the hell is this!? Babies? A-are they tieflings?\u201d Ruric stumbles over his words.\n\nAll four men are struck speechless.\n\n\u2014\n\n\u201cYou know, I hear those devil-skins die if they touch holy water.\u201d A group of young men stands behind two tieflings, one in white dress and the other in black, at the bar in the tavern of the monastery.\n\n\u201cYou think ale does the same, Bill?\u201d One of the men pours his drink all over the one in dark robes.\n\n\u201cHuh, I guess not!\u201d The group erupts in laughter.\n\nThe dry tiefling stands quickly.\n\n\u201cNo!\u201d the tiefling, still seated, places his hand upon the other\u2019s shoulder to calm him.\n\n\u201cCan you believe it!? He\u2019s gonna be trained by the Grandmaster himself!\u201d Adrik shouts out at the bar, \u201cALEFOREVERYONE!!!\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not like that\u2026he\u2019s\u2026disciplining me,\u201d the tiefling in white robes tries to stop the commotion, \u201csit down, Adrik!\u201d\n\n\u201cCome on, we never have a reason to celebrate, and that\u2019s his way of trainin\u2019! You\u2019re in for quite the punishment, heh heh, you\u2019d better enjoy yourself before tomorrow comes.\u201d\n\n\u201cHave you seen my brother?\u201d the tiefling inquires.\n\n\u201cNope, he\u2019s been disappearing a lot. Ever since Master Cestii began his training,\u201d Adrik replies, \u201cYou don\u2019t need to worry about him, though! He\u2019s always been so damn talented! That boy knows his way around a blade.\u201d\n\n\u201cI just\u2026I never get to see him anymore.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nEach year, just after winter, the journeyman monks return to the monastery.\n\n\u201cBrother!\u201d A tiefling in white robes drops his pack runs towards a tiefling in black and throws his arms around him.\n\nUncomfortably, the tiefling returns the gesture.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much! I\u2019ve seen things you wouldn\u2019t believe! I fought in a war!\u201d The tiefling in white can barely contain his excitement.\n\n\u201cHEY! HORNS!\u201d Adrik rushes up to greet the newly returned tiefling and embraces his waist, \u201cTO THETAVERN!!!\u201d Adrik releases him and starts forcing him in a new direction.\n\n\u201cI-I\u2019ll see you later!\u201d the tiefling calls back to his brother, but he\u2019s already gone.\n\n\u2014\n\nA group of men sits around a table in the monastery\u2019s tavern. A great event has happened recently, with the Grandmaster falling ill, a successor is due to be named.\n\n\u201cCan you believe that Ruric is really considering a demon!?\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, he\u2019s not a demon\u2026plus, he\u2019s a war-hero!\u201d\n\n\u201cI suppose, but that doesn\u2019t change who he is.\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t doubt he\u2019s capable of becoming Grandmaster, but what about our business?\u201d\n\n\u201cNegotiations could be difficult\u2026but at least he looks intimidating.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve met him! He\u2019s a careless idiot!\u201d\n\n\u201cA careless, idiot, tiefling, war-hero\u2026what\u2019s the world coming to?\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, maybe the Grand Journey will whip him into a leader?\u201d\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t get your hopes up\u2026he\u2019s still a fuckin\u2019 tiefling\u2026\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nThe walls of the cavern are barely visible in the dim light of a single candle. Two individuals stand, one kneeling before the other.\n\n\u201cYou must go to Waterdeep. Await my instruction.\u201d Cestii\u2019s back is turned to the tiefling in black, kneeling behind her.\n\nThe roar of a distant crowd rises.\n\n\u201cWhat of him?\u201d\n\nCestii turns to look at the tiefling, \u201cYou have nothing but the shadow, he is of no concern to you.\u201d\n\nThe tiefling longingly looks in the direction of the commotion.\n\n\u201cOnly hate may endure. You must deny yourself.\u201d Cestii motions to dismiss, and the tiefling rises and walks out of the mouth of the dark cave.\n\nBack in the sunlight, the tiefling looks out over the monastery.\n\n\u201cMy brother\u2026earn the respect of your new people, but you\u2019ll have none from me.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe brother of your blood is close. The mirror is almost broken, sever the link.\u201d\n\nI dreamt of her again. The mother of shadow has spoken to me. I know what I must do.\n\nI\u2019m unsure of where to begin. However, I\u2019ll try my best to explain. We went through the portal but Donovan and I were sent\u2026somewhere else. I\u2019m unsure of the fate of our comrades, but during the travel, something happened. We wound up being tossed onto a road in a countryside dominated by the presence of a massive black tree. It dwarfed everything in its surroundings, but we were able to spot a village nearby.\n\nWe wandered into the small town after being accosted by some strange old hobo. We attempted to gain knowledge of the tree from the townsfolk, but this proved fruitless. We proceeded to the local inn and enjoyed a drink at the bar. The folk here are very strange. Likely due to the tree, but I digress.\n\nI managed to obtain information that a tiefling had appeared nearby and was being taken care of at Honey Hollow, some local halfling residence. I decided that this would be a great opportunity to challenge myself with my new abilities and to finally fulfill my destiny.\n\n\u201cTwin red stars.\nOne light, one dark.\nWhen the shadow plays its part,\nVengeance for Queen Shar.\u201d\n\nIt would also allow me a chance to \u201ccatch up\u201d with my brother. I could not pass up this opportunity.\n\nI proceeded to Honey Hollow cloaked in shadow. Entry was easy enough, no guards, barely a lock, and no animals. I proceeded to search the residence and found him, Voice, my twin brother it\u2019s been so long. I could barely believe that it really was him.\n\nHe was unconscious, but it mattered, not. His fate was there to greet him with nothing but Silence and a sharpened sword.\n\nThe monastery will have to find another to replace the Grandmaster. This potential\u2019s journey of training has ended.\n\nFitting that he leaves the world in the same manner he left on the Grand Journey: without saying goodbye.\n\n...with Mopan and Dwalin\n\n\u201cI think I would chop him in the throat, then head-butt him when he leans forward to clutch his throat. How about you?\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019d get \u2018em wit\u2019 my axe.\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2026and him?\u201d\n\n\u201cWit\u2019 the axe.\u201d\n\n\u201cI think I would start out with the thousand palms techniques and then close-line him with the steely arm. What about the archer in the corner?\u201d\n\n\u201cThe axe again.\u201d\n\n\u201cI would lure her into a false sense of security by buying her a drink and dazzling her with my smile, then throw the drink in her face. While she was blinded I would hip toss her and then finish her with a flying elbow off of the adjacent table. How about that man and his son?\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2026axe\u201d\n\n\u201cAgain?\u201d\n\n\u201cLook, the axe always works. They don\u2019t move after the axe.\u201d\n\n\u201cYou could at least head-butt one of them. Maybe step on their foot with those ugly shoes you have\u2026\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2026 the sharp end. Into their body. End.\u201d\n\nsigh \u201cYou remind me of my grandfather. Always just one move. I guess it works if you keep with it. The Smith\u2019s Hammer is pretty legendary back in Calim Port. Still, it would be far more amusing if you mixed up the techniques a bit. Maybe striking with the butt of the axe. A nice paddling with the broad side\u2026\u201d\n\nas transcribed by his manservant Ebrik Longhammer\n\npt.1\n\nI wake up screaming. It was all a dream. My head hurts and everything looks fuzzy around the edges and I feel like I have been trampled by a stampede of trolls.\nWhere am I?\nI take a look around at us and we all look like we\u2019ve all escaped a tar pit in this forest. We look an awful mess.FOREST? Wait a minute what?\n\u2026How\u2026?\nIs this the Ardeep?\nThis is the Ardeep!\nHahaha I\u2019m home!\nHow did we get here? Wait, I DON\u2019T CARE! We\u2019re free from that terrible swamp window! My adventuring days are over! I can go home to the Honey Hollow and eat until I explode! I can\u2019t wait to tell Ma and Pa about these maniacs I\u2019ve met. Like Mister Bird. Who looks so angry he is going to hit this black wall. Wait. nononono NOOOO. I wish I was swifter than Mister Bird\u2019s anger but before any words come outta my mouth, Mister Bird strikes the tree that has cursed my life since it showed its ugly black head in Garrett\u2019s forest. His dumb staff hits the dark hard bark and the loudest gonging possible rings throughout the trees, through my body, through my soul and shatters my mind and scrambles my brains. People are shouting and I\u2019m trying to scream across the muted muffling of it all and then Mister Dakin makes a face I\u2019ve seen Garret make when he\u2019s trying to comune with the plants and he\u2019s screaming- as if his whole world has shattered into thousands of tiny shards of glass and he\u2019s inhaled it all into his lungs and is trying to scream it all out but it won\u2019t matter. Nothing matters now.\n\nThis damned tree. This damned tree is wrong. This can\u2019t be the same tree. It\u2019s grown in sickening size. I haven\u2019t been gone that long, have I? It\u2019s tripled, no quadrupled in size. What the hellebore has happened since I left? It\u2019s miles around! Nettles and Nightshade! I can\u2019t fix this. There\u2019s no way I can fix this. Who did I think I was to try and fix this? I\u2019m just one tiny little person and I\u2019m trying to take on the impossible. I can\u2019t save the forest, I can\u2019t save the town. I tried to find help in Waterdeep and now they\u2019re here and we have just as much knowledge of it as I had before I left. There\u2019s nothing I can do. We\u2019re done. I am helpless and hopeless and useless and I\u2019m so sorry Garret. I wish I was better than this. And of course I start crying. Stupid, big baby.\n\nPull yourself together Blossom. Home isn\u2019t very far and crying isn\u2019t going to do much good, is it? Nothing like a good home cooked meal to help you get your senses back. At least I\u2019m home and the least I can do is show my tired friends the hospitality of a Blossom family meal. After trying to convince Mister Dwalin there\u2019s not much else we can do we head the few miles south to the Honey Hollow and at least I feel that much better.\n\nAs we are making our way home, there\u2019s something not quite right. We must have a visitor because there\u2019s that gnome I first saw in Waterdeep! What\u2019s he doing sitting out front, smoking a pipe with Briar! Ma and Pa don\u2019t seem bothered by it at all, but boy is he strange. He sees me and starts talking t me as if I\u2019m his best friend. He might be touched in the head because he keeps talking like he\u2019s lived here his whole life too, although I wouldn\u2019t put it past Ma and Pa to let the poor thing think what he likes.\n\nMister Dwalin seems a bit put off. It\u2019s probably the gnome making him feel unwelcome. He\u2019s saying he wants to trek into town-that\u2019s 4 miles back! Mister Dwalin is stubborn as a mule and totally refuses to stay. Pa\u2019s got plenty of room here. But off he goes.\nWe try not to trek muck into the house, at least I\u2019m not, bcause we are still covered head to toe in that awful filth back from the swamp. There\u2019s a bit of a kerfuffle as Ma tries to find some new clothes that\u2019ll fit these big and awfully strong men and Mister Mopan thinks it\u2019s decent to just strip off his things in the hallway! WHY IS HE ALWAYSGETTINGNAKED! The only thing I can do before the only thing he\u2019s wearing is a smile is to magic a grass skirt onto him. Now Mister Mopan is walking around our home in nothing but a grass skirt and a mustache. Dear me.\n\nAnd Nothing Bad Ever Happened Again....\n\nThe ring glowed brightly with Arcane power which leaped out toward the sigil etched on the floor and the portal yawned into existence. My companions and I shared a brief exchange of glances and stepped inside. The feeling was indescribable, strange, and yet somewhat relaxing. I don\u2019t know when it happened but at some point I fell into a deep sleep and felt my consciousness pulled from my body. I was suddenly in a desiccated swamp, all around was rot and decay and the air was thick with the scent of putrefaction and death. I looked around and saw that Silence and Willow were near me but they were different. They appeared to be composed of pure shadow and darkness, I looked down at myself and saw that I was like them. I was about to voice some concern of this strange turn of events when Silence began moving through the bog with purpose and so I waved for Willow\u2019s attention and we followed.\n\nWalking through the swamp proved no easy task as unlike the previous marshlands this one was coated by a thick gray viscous substance. This substance caused me grave concern but I didn\u2019t know why, only that I did not wish to remain there long. The path we travelled led out to what appeared to have once been a pond, but instead of water it was just a large pit of the gray\u2026Goo. As we neared this \u2018clearing\u2019 I saw Silence tense and stopped in my tracks. From out of the fogged over \u2018pond\u2019 came a soft chanting which, at first, I couldn\u2019t make out. I wish that inability to comprehend had persisted. Unfortunately the chanting intensified, moved and thrummed and seemed to fill the gloomy air as it reached its frenzied crescendo. That is when they emerged. They appeared to be roughly the same size of the lizardfolk we\u2019d just previously worked with, but instead a reptilian appearance they looked more fish like. With swords, javelins, and spears out on display and a menacing gleam in their eyes we readed for combat.\n\nThey moved through the muck with uncanny ease and it didn\u2019t take long for us to see that they also had numbers on their side as well. But that didn\u2019t deter us as Silence and Willow moved in on the nearest of them as I remained back to provide support in the form of a rain of Eldritch Blasts. Confidence seemed to turn into carelessness as these opponents proved much tougher than expected, the battle was wild and chaotic. At several points I could almost swear a storm had appeared nearby as a number of lightning strikes fell quite near to where we fought. Eventually we managed to regain the upper hand and as the last of the creatures fell I began to feel a pull and all at once I was no long in that fetid swamp and my eyes fluttered open.\n\nI was back in the portal as well as my own body once again, I had just begun to acclimate when I felt another pull this time on my actual physical being. Some force seemed to be attempting to divert me from the portal\u2019s true destination, as the pull intensified the Arcane writings and symbols stained into my skin started to heat and flare with incredible pain. It was as though my so called \u2018masters\u2019 did not wish to let this intruding presence alter their plans for where they willed me to be. This struggle continued for what felt like hours when suddenly the pain from my markings began to subside, as if the ones who pull my strings figured out what the presence intended and thought the result to be\u2026..amusing. This is all I was able to perceive as my body and essence were still recovering the effects of the metaphysical tug-of-war, and as I began to black out I felt a lingering and chilling sense of childlike delight emanating from the far off vistas my \u2018masters\u2019 call home.\n\nWith a flash I was deposited out of the portal onto a dawn soaked patch of dirt road.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s becoming quite tiring.\u201d I groaned out loud, as much to myself as to the rest of creation. I dusted the tattered remains of my robes and cloak. I saw that I was not alone and that Silence was standing off to the side of the road staring at the northern horizon. Following his gaze I saw that we were standing on the crest of decent sized hill and that the road led down through a forest which opened into a wide meadow and in its middle sat a good sized town or village. However the most dominating feature of this view was that of a massive black tree that seemed to be a bit further north of the village. Silence and I stood for a moment transfixed.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s probably not good.\u201d I said dryly, Silence evenly nodded in agreement.\n\n\u201cWe have to go there don\u2019t we?\u201d I asked already knowing the answer, Silence repeated the nod.\n\n\u201cWell, lets get going.\u201d I sighed as we began our walk through the forest.\n\nWe moved for some time rather cautiously but after a while picked up our pace. After following the road till midday we could see that our destination was near, that wass when we passed another traveller. He was an oddly dressed little man approaching from the north, as he drew near we could hear him muttering to himself.\n\n\u201cHeh, tiMe tO LEAve. Yes. YES. yes time\u2026.TIME..to leaVE.\u201d\n\nSilence moved toward the old man, as he did I saw a shimmer slide over his face causing his horns to disappear and his skin color change to that of a pale human.\n\n\u201cExcuse me sir\u201d Silence said in his usual hushed and even tone, \u201cbut could you tell me why it\u2019s time to leave?\u201d The man stopped and turned his head slowly to face Silence his expression shifted that of great exuberance.\n\n\u201cWhy IS it time to GO?\u201d He began to stutter and cackle, \u201cI..it\u2019s t.t.TIME to go oh because..heh..its time TO GO\u201d He started to continue along the road as Silence just stood there watching him go. I just had open my mouth.\n\n\u201cSir, could you tell me the name of that town?\u201d He stopped again and turned his head back at a clearly uncomfortable angle with a wide manic grin stretching across his face.\n\n\u201cHAHAHA!\u201d, His laugh was loud and shrill and cold, \u201cNAME? HAHAHAHA No More Need for NAMES now.\u201d And with that he once again continued on his way, bellowing insane laughter until just as he was a few yards away he simply vanished into shadow.\n\nSilence and I stood there in the road for a moment dumbfounded (at least I was).\n\n\u201cWell he seemed all right.\u201d I said to Silence, my words dripping with sarcasm, and with that we made our way to town.\n\nUpon our arrival we saw a farmer working his field, as he was also close to the road we approached him.\n\n\u201cHail travellers as I can tell by the looks of ya, and that the sun be settin\u2019 as we speak, ya probably lookin\u2019 fer a place ta stay the night.\u201d He shouted out brightly, I could tell that Silence had something else on his mind to ask but before he could the farmer continued \u201cWill the Inn is just up the road there a bit, maybe just another good five minutes a walkin\u2019 or so. They got good food, good drink, and as I can attest to when the missus gets inta a bit of a mood, good soft beds.\u201d And with that he returned to his work.\n\n\u201cThank you for the information sir, but do you mind if I ask you about that tree?\u201d asked Silence. The farmer shuttered a bit and his face went pale.\n\n\u201cUh..uh..oh well would you look at that, heh, I..I..I guess its later than I figured. Ti\u2026time to knock off then, good evenin\u2019 gentlemen.\u201d Silence tried to interject over the farmer\u2019s rambling, but still he left. I could see a cold glit appear in Silence\u2019s eyes for a moment, but before I said anything it seemed he realized there was little point following up with the farmer in..that..manner.\n\nI let out a long breath as finally found the Inn and after Silence spoke with the Barman, and I had a bite to eat and a bit to drink, I headed for our rented room, collapsed on one of the beds and fell swiftly into the first good sleep in months. Though as I slipped into the comforting darkness I knew that any rest and ease gained from it would likely be short lived.\n\nand it feels so good\n\nI awoke surrounded by darkness. When I felt the pain in the back of my head I breathed a sigh of relief, I was still alive. Then the darkness of despair gave way to the light of freedom as my faithful friend Whiskers, the Faithful, aided in my escape from what appears to be potato sack. I couldn\u2019t remember how I had gotten there. But with the help of Cookie and his delicious snacks I soon realized that Paige\u2019s funeral had been attacked by a dragon, and being that dragons are no fools took out it\u2019s greatest threat with a surprise attack. I knew I had to find my friends to see if they where safe, so Whiskers ,the faithful, and I immediately left for the village of Delimbrayn. If my friends were still alive they would know to meet me there.\n\nAfter we arrived it did not take long to find Cheery\u2019s house (the village folk were friendly, if a bit odd, but I suppose living under a death tree can do that). Whiskers, the Faithful, and I arrived heroically, dusted in the experience of the road, our feet caked in the mud of knowledge, our brows dripping with determination, our stomachs growling with anticipation of reuniting with our friends, and allowed myself to fall unconscious as a feint. When the coast was clear, I awoke myself, and found I had been placed in a large sleeping room I immediately began looking for whiskers, The Faithful, and found him in the dining room with four half-lings eating some cheese off a plate when they saw me whiskers, the Faithful, ran over happy to see me, the Half-lings introduced themselves as the Blossom family. The two older ones where Dagwood and Holly, but insisted on being called ma and pa, the younger ones where called Briar and Juniper. (who like being called Briah and Gin) They gave me food and I explained why I had arrived at their doorstep, they where visibly impressed by my many heroic deeds. Holly said Whiskers, The Faithful, and i could stay while we waited for our friends just as long as Whiskers, the, Faithful promised to stay out of the pantry. It didn\u2019t take long before i saw them walk down the road. everyone was there, Bird (Who looked worried about something) I think I\u2019ll call him Sparrow, yes, that sounds right. Mopan was as flamboyant and funny as ever always putting on a show to lighting my spirits in the wake of Paige\u2019s death. Lin was as happy as ever to see me, (he hides it), though he opted to stay at the inn in town (He probably ran out of mead) and Cheery who now that I think about it hasn\u2019t stopped talking she must be important, important people never stop talking, I interrupt to announce that dinner was ready and we would be happy have them stay with us.\n\nAfter dinner Mopan, that silly guy, went off to town in just a grass kilt, hes so funny. It wasnt until morning that I realized I had been drugged by an unknown assassin, that coward killed some poor Tiefling in his bed and got blood everywhere. But I suppose its none of my business, we need to kill that tree and help the blossoms grow.\n\nSilver lined storm clouds\n\nAs we are standing on the porch I notice we are not alone in this scary swamp. Several fishy looking armed figures start appearing. They look smelly. I ask Mister Bird if he\u2019s seen them too because I don\u2019t want to be accused of being hysterical. He really seems out of it though so I turn back to alert Mister Mopan\u2014who is really the embodiment of a whirlwind in a stout mustachioed dwarf\u2014and he is through the door, at the ready for a brawl. This raises the attention of Mister Dwalin. He seems a bit more interested in learning more about these would be assailants and there\u2019s not much I can tell him about their numbers or protective gear. The dark shady light in this terrain did not reveal much to my eyes. As the two of us make our way out the door and on to the porch, chanting begins. My hands get slick. I start to make out the words. THEY\u2019RE TALKINGABOUTDOINGUNSPEAKABLETHINGSANDFEEDING US TO SOMEONE.\n\nI am going to be sick. But that has to wait because there\u2019s an earthquake! I try to latch on to Mister Dwalin to steady myself but we all take a tumble into the muck. I\u2019m thrown flat on my back and as my eyes pop back up to the front of my head, I watch as THEHUTWALKSWAY. WHAT IS HAPPENING\u2014HOUSES ARETHROWING US OFFANDWALKINGAND WE AREGOING TO BE FISHFOOD! I try to get a good look at what\u2019s happening but it looks like we are going to be surrounded if we do not get up and out of this stuff. The fish people are moving faster in this gunk than we are. I\u2019m struggling to rise and I hear a snap and a plop. One of the fishmen falls to his demise. It looks like Mister Mopan has very scarily and easily snapped his neck. He looks pleased. Chauntea help me my comrades are maniacs! But what can I do? There are too many shadowy figures in the distance and most of my training was helping crops grow in Delimbryan. I can\u2019t move anyway. I can\u2019t move? I CAN\u2019T MOVE.\n\nI\u2019mgoingtodieI\u2019mgoingtodieI\u2019mgoingtodie\n\nI look over to my right and Mister Dwalin is also stone still. WHAT IS HAPPENING? Bodies are moving and I hope none of these fishmen see me as a threat. Or as food. I try to break free. It works? I shouldn\u2019t be in this mix. I make my way around the fighting. What do I do? How can I help?\n\nI pray to Chauntea. I pray to Silvanus. I pray to anyone who will hear my meek voice and I call upon a storm cloud to strike down lightning to my aid.\n\nAND OH MY GODS I JUSTFRIEDTWOFISHGUYSRIGHT IN FRONT OF MISTER MOPAN\u2014I don\u2019t want to kill anyone! All of my teachings so far have been to help things grow! But they don\u2019t take a fall. They just smell a little crispy and I try to make my way toward Mister Bird as our two dwarf comrades are battling it out but everything is moving fast. There\u2019s fishmen everywhere, either dead on the ground or assaulting us. Theres something happening above. My storm cloud shouldn\u2019t be this powerful. There\u2019s more rumbling in the sky and the air becomes more static, my hair is rising. I\u2019m not doing this\u2014this isn\u2019t right. The thunder roars in my ears. I know what\u2019s going to happen.\nLightning strikes down and everything is illuminated and I\u2019m blinded by the starkest white light. The sick smell of singed hair fills my nose as everything starts to fade to black and I\u2019m falling.\n\nI\u2019m standing in a wheat field-a beautiful sea of gold. A sudden breeze rises and the sheaves of wheat shift in undulating waves. It\u2019s close to harvest. I close my eyes and I can hear the sound of the sea with my feet firmly planted in this field. This wheat field is familiar; comforting. I raise my hands to touch the beards of the grain. It brushes the palms of my hands and I scratch my palms from the tickles. I hear my name being called and I open my eyes and look towards the sound. In the distance I can see Ma and Pa Blossom standing out front of the Honey Hollow.\n\nHome.\n\nSmoke is rising from Pa\u2019s pipe. It\u2019s probably his favorite mint tobacco. He\u2019s got his arm around Ma\u2019s waist. She raises her arm up to wave. I wave back and she calls to me again. Speeding around the hill, Briar and Juniper come running from the back. He\u2019s obviously done something to start a chase and I laugh. Juniper is on a mission to catch him and Briar is\u2026\n\nThe wind is knocked out of my lungs and I\u2019m struck down to the ground like the weight of the world is pressing down. Everything feels like I am dying. All the nerves in my body are screaming. The pain is excruciating. I need air! With all my will power, I try to look up to see an assailant but the sun is in my eyes. I raise my arm to shade my face and I\u2019m on alert. What just happened? I raise myself up from the dirt. Dirt? No, leaves. I try to catch my breath and inhale deeply. The scent is refreshing and clean and woody. I hear my name being called again. This time it\u2019s a man\u2019s voice. I recognize it; I haven\u2019t heard this voice in a long while. Am I dreaming? The pain has subsided and I take a look at my surroundings. I\u2019m in a wood now. The crunch underneath my feet tell me it\u2019s beginning of fall. The light is shining through the boughs of the trees and dapples the forest floor. I know these trees. It\u2019s the Ardeep.\n\nGarrett.\n\nI hear his voice call my name again but the sun shining through the boughs makes it difficult to see where he\u2019s calling from. As I make my way by the oaks and the beeches, I reach out and briefly pass my hands over their familiar bark. There\u2019s a clearing ahead. Everything in it bathes in the warmth and light of the sun. Garrett is bent over in it. He looks like he is inspecting the growth of some flowers. He looks up towards me and stands up to his full height. He\u2019s as tall as a redwood. His beard looks like it could use a good combing because as far away from him as I am, I can see that nature has left him some parting gifts in his beard. He\u2019s smiling and he motions toward me.\n\nGarrett.\n\nI start running. My vision starts to blur as tears start streaming down my face. I blink them away and the trails they leave make my face feel cold as I run. Just as I am about to reach the space where the sun illuminates my Garrett, his wrinkled old face turns to laughter as he sees me coming. I fling myself to his open ar\u2014and I\u2019m thrown down like the force of a thousand Dwarven hammers have struck me and my body is strewn across the forest floor and leaves are flung aside as I hit the ground. It\u2019s the same pain as before. My body is on fire. I\u2019m gasping for air. I can\u2019t breathe!\n\nMy vision starts to blur and I try to focus. No. No. NOOO. The light fades; I can\u2019t see! I\u2019m so tired. I just want to sleep now. I succumb to the darkness and float into nothingness."}
-{"text": "Arsenal news: Aubameyang reveals why he doesn\u2019t want to face Chelsea in Europa League final\n\nThe Gabon striker isn\u2019t keen on the prospect of an all Premier League final (Picture: Getty)\n\nArsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he would prefer to avoid facing Chelsea in the final of the Europa League and would rather take on Frankfurt.\n\nThe two English clubs are heading towards what could be an all Premier League final after the Gunners secured a 3-1 win at home to Valencia and Chelsea bagged a potentially crucial away goal in Germany.\n\nArsenal lost away to the Blues in just the second game of Unai Emery\u2019s reign at the very start of the Premier League season, but comfortably won the reverse fixture at the Emirates in January.\n\nAubameyang and Lacazette combined superbly to see off Valencia in the first leg (Getty)\n\nNevertheless, Aubameyang says he is not keen on the prospect of facing Maurizio Sarri\u2019s side for a third time and feels Frankfurt are a slightly easier proposition.\n\n\u2018No, I don\u2019t want them,\u2019 Aubameyang told reporters when asked about the prospect of facing Chelsea in Baku.\n\n\u2018We know they are a great team but hopefully first we will go to the final and then I prefer to play Frankfurt, because we have already played against Chelsea.\n\n\u2018I know Frankfurt are really good and if we both go through to the final it will be a hard one.\u2019\n\nPedro netted Chelsea\u2019s equaliser in Germany as they drew 1-1 with Frankfurt (Getty)\n\nAubameyang is currently two goals behind Mohamed Salah in the race for the Premier League Golden Boot and has not given up hope of overtaking the Liverpool man.\n\nHe continued: \u2018It\u2019s a tough battle. We have great strikers in the Premier League. Hopefully they won\u2019t keep scoring, but I\u2019m a guy who is confident and I know that I can do it. If I don\u2019t, no worries, that\u2019s no problem. But there are still two games to play in the league so I have my chances. Why not?\n\n\u2018I won it two years ago in Germany, in the last game. Me and [Robert] Lewandowski were level on 30 goals and on the final day I scored a penalty. When you are a striker it means a lot. If you want to be the best you have to win the Golden Boot.\u2019"}
-{"text": "A mysterious lichen that grows from the base up along the length of some rather unwashed male cocks. It is thought to be caused due to repeated contact between the penis and couch cushions, or possibly contact with the vagina of a femenazi."}
-{"text": "World Cancer Day: drink less alcohol and reduce your cancer risk\n\nDid you know that drinking less alcohol can lower your risk of several kinds of cancer?\n\nThat\u2019s one of the messages from the Huron County Health Unit as part of World Cancer Day on February 4.\n\nNew research explains how alcohol, a known carcinogen, damages the body. When the body breaks down alcohol, it produces acetaldehyde. This chemical can damage DNA in stem cells. Damaged stem cells can then lead to the production of cancerous cells.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no safe amount of alcohol in relation to a person\u2019s risk for cancer,\u201d says Public Health Promoter Laura Edgar. \u201cWe know that the less alcohol you drink, the more you reduce your risk. This is especially important for those who have a family history of cancer.\u201d\n\nThe Canadian Cancer Society recommends limiting alcohol to less than one drink a day for women and less than two drinks a day for men. Women are more vulnerable to the health effects of alcohol even when drinking small amounts. For women, alcohol increases the production of estrogen, leading to a higher chance of breast cell mutation and a higher risk of developing breast cancer.\n\nIn 2010, Cancer Care Ontario estimated that alcohol caused up to 3,000 cases of cancer in Ontario. Alcohol is associated with colorectal, breast and liver cancers, as well as head and neck cancers.\n\nEdgar recommends a few options for those looking to decrease the amount they drink:\n\u2013 Set small, reasonable goals. If you are a regular drinker, aim for having a few alcohol-free days each week.\n\u2013 Download the free \u201cSaying When\u201d app. This app helps you figure out how much you\u2019re drinking now, as well as helps you set goals and develop strategies for cutting back.\n\u2013 Visit www.rethinkyourdrinking.ca for information and support. Rethink Your Drinking is a regional campaign to help change the way we think about and use alcohol."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nLooking For A Game~~~\n\nhey guys. does anyone know about an online sniper game ? where u suppose to snipe one of the famous guy i itnk is a ex-usa president ? (sorrie i m from asia) It sae someting lik \"discover the conspiriaces\" or someting lik tat..it a cool 3d graphic online game where i saw it on the news but they didnt provide the link. does anyone know abt it ????\n\nRe: Looking For A Game~~~\n\nOriginally posted by jhun_4040 hey guys. does anyone know about an online sniper game ? where u suppose to snipe one of the famous guy i itnk is a ex-usa president ? (sorrie i m from asia) It sae someting lik \"discover the conspiriaces\" or someting lik tat..it a cool 3d graphic online game where i saw it on the news but they didnt provide the link. does anyone know abt it ????\n\n(it was still on page one... remember the search button is your friend...)"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: fake service dogs\n\nBlog post by dog behaviourist Laure-Anne Visele, The Hague: on the harm of dropping standards for assistance dogs. Written in: July 2018. Illustration credits at the end of the post. About the author: certified dog trainer in The Hague My name is Laure-Anne and I am the dog behaviour therapist at Canis bonus, and Head [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "One of the rockets landed in the courtyard of a local factory, but caused no damage to the site. Another rocket landed near a kibbutz in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, while the third landed near the security fence separating Israel from the Hamas-controlled territory. The landing site of the fourth Qassam has yet to be located.\n\nThe attack on Sderot took place at around 19:30 pm; loud explosions were heard in the city.\n\nThe al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad's armed wing, claimed responsibility for the barrage, saying it was launched in retaliation for Israel's \"continued aggression\" and \"crimes of the occupation.\"\n\nAt 9:30 pm another Qassam rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open area in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. There were no reports of injuries or damage.\n\nAt least 15 Qassams and 26 mortars were fired toward the western Negev region throughout the day.\n\nIn the afternoon a barrage of mortar shells and one rocket fell in a kibbutz located within the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council's limits.\n\nSderot residents in fortified room (Photo: Amir Cohen)\n\nThe youth center in the kibbutz suffered damage but no injuries were caused as the residents were told to stay in the fortified rooms. A number of windows were also damaged. An additional 12 mortar shells fell near the border fence in the Eshkol Regional Council.\n\nAt 5:20 pm an additional rocket hit the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council. Varda Goldstein, a resident of the kibbutz hit by the barrage told Ynet that \"the Color Red alert sounded, we ran to the fortified rooms, and heard two booms one after the other.\n\n\"Immediately after we received word to go down to the bomb shelters. We are an unfortified kibbutz and the residents had to stay in the bomb shelter for a half an hour. Now we are allowed to get back to normal, but we still can't go outside.\"\n\nDamage to structure in Negev (Photo: Amir Cohen)\n\nThe barrage damaged two structures, one of which was a youth center that is currently being used as an office by a cosmetician. The other is a private residence. The cosmetician saw the damage and began to cry, explaining that her home had previously been damaged by a rocket. An emergency response official told Ynet that the roof of the office had been seriously damaged.\n\nGoldstein said the atmosphere in the kibbutz was difficult to bear. \"Over the past three days we understood that it was becoming dangerous. There's a lot of tension in the air and many people have just gone away for the week, to rest and get away from the atmosphere.\"\n\nAlon Shuster, head of Shaar HaNegev Regional Council, told Ynet that \"this time the hits were more exact. We are doing everything possible to allow for a normal lifestyle, but clearly in a situation such as this it's very difficult.\"\n\nAn additional two rockets landed south of Ashkelon in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. Since the termination of the ceasefire the Palestinians have fired at least 15 rockets towards the western Negev.\n\nIn response to this morning's rocket fire the IDF fired a missile towards the Qassam-launching cell. Palestinian sources said an al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade operative was killed in the strike."}
-{"text": "There's a lot that's written about why people cup coffee or how to get better at it, but an area that's often overlooked is how even though there are standards for cupping, there is also room in those standards for companies to make deliberate decisions about various aspects of their own practices. So when I was asked to write an article, I decided to write about a process for making those decisions. One of the interesting things I found when trying this at my own shop was that doing this has the potential to allow everybody in a company to deliver more useful cupping observations without actually developing better cupping skills.\n\nThanks for the interesting read! Great article talking about the challenges and potential improvements in a Cupping/QC protocol. And Thanks for being one of the contributors of new posts on the forum!!!"}
-{"text": "Jordan Peele\u2019s \u2018Us\u2019 contends with unresolved trauma, and a host of other unsettling things\n\nIn the surface story of Us, the Wilson family travels to Santa Cruz for summer vacation and finds themselves stalked by doppelg\u00e4ngers in a sudden home invasion, but there is so much more to be found beneath it. Adelaide (Lupita Nyong\u2019o) and Gabe (Winston Duke), with daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and son Jason (Evan Alex), battle their shadow family, known as The Tethered, in a tale with so many twists and turns that it will either leave you relishing in its boldness or undone by its audacity. It\u2019s a narrative that purposely does not fit together neatly, and it\u2019s quite clear that Jordan Peele takes great pleasure in creating this world of mystery.\n\nThe most significant thing about Us is its multiplicity. As an enigmatic instrument, it provides audiences with a sundry of avenues to pursue in our interpretation of this latest story from the award-winning director of Get Out. The film is a study in the duality of things, from its compelling premise to its seemingly simplistic title. It\u2019s \u201cus\u201d as in us, as in people, as in our protagonists and the mysterious beings who uncannily resemble them. Then again, it could be \u201cus\u201d as in us, as in the U.S., as in America.\n\nSome interpretations of Us will reveal the film to be about American Imperialism, or American Exceptionalism, or class warfare, or undeserved privilege, or presumed innocence or guilt, or xenophobia, or religion, or Marxism, or all of the above, or things I haven\u2019t yet considered. It all depends on the knowledge and experiences and anxieties you carry with you as you watch. One aspect, though, is unmistakable: the monsters are us. They don\u2019t come from above, or from across the universe, or from the other side of the world. They come from below, from within, from the mirror.\n\n(Left to right) Evan Alex, Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, and Shahadi Wright Joseph as Pluto, Abraham, Red, and Umbrae, the shadow versions of the Wilson family in \u201cUs\u201d\n\nThis lends itself to a reading about home-grown terrorism. There is a pervasive fear in the U.S. of the Other, of immigrants, of refugees and asylum-seekers, of Muslim and Jewish communities. The nation-state erects and empowers forces meant to defend itself, its white supremacist structures, from \u201calien\u201d invasions, from across the sea and across the border and even from the unknown skies. The U.S. continually stokes this fear of the Other invading its borders, yet refuses to either contend with forms of domestic terrorism nor acknowledge the violence America enacts against others, precisely because these violences work to help maintain the status quo.\n\nOne other unmistakable aspect of the film, at least for me, is its exploration of unresolved trauma.\n\nThe story begins with the traumatic incident which set these events in motion, when Adelaide was just a girl. She attends a carnival with her bickering parents, her father pounding beers and her mother irritable and detached. As children are often want to do, she wanders off and becomes trapped in a house of mirrors on the beach. It\u2019s here where she first sees Red, her shadow self, and the event haunts her for the rest of her life.\n\nFrom the moment the Wilsons first arrive at the summer home, Adelaide struggles with intrusive memories of the incident and fears related to it. Her anxiety is high and it\u2019s clear she has carried this with her for a long time. When Gabe suggests that they visit the very beach where it happened, she is concerned about returning to this place, and even though she says nothing to her family about it, they can tell she is on edge. Somehow, coming back to the site of her trauma will bring about the end of the world. Anyone surviving with PTSD and its accompanying anxieties and constantly navigating triggers will understand this as a familiar feeling.\n\nRed, along with the rest of the shadow family and the ensuing devastation they bring, is a manifestation of Adelaide\u2019s girlhood trauma, and that trauma\u2019s destruction seeps out to touch the entire Wilson family.\n\nTrauma is even woven into the character of Red by Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s acting process. To produce Red\u2019s broken, gravelly voice, she drew inspiration from spasmodic dysphonia, a syndrome which causes vocal chords to spasm. \u201cIt\u2019s a condition that\u2019s brought about by trauma, sometimes emotional, sometimes physical and sometimes inexplicable,\u201d Nyong\u2019o said during an interview with Radio 1Xtra breakfast show.\n\nLupita Nyong\u2019o as Red in \u201cUs\u201d\n\nWith this in mind, one could further interpret Us to be about a trauma that is transgenerational.\n\nAdelaide\u2019s childhood years were defined by her terrifying experience meeting Red in the house of mirrors and not having the words to talk about the experience, but it is also marked by the dysfunctional environment of her parents\u2019 unhealthy marriage and the distance between them, both between each other as a couple and between her and her parents. It was negligence that precipitated her wandering off to inadvertently find Red in the first place, after all.\n\nAs a parent now, the manifestation of her traumas come out in the form of PTSD and anxiety, and also in The Tethered. Their presence represents the ways we destroy ourselves and our relationships when we lack the tools or the words to fully address the dark things in our past, but also the fact that our children will have to fight our demons, our monsters, our shadows. They will have to fight ours as well as their own, until they are finally able to find a way to untether themselves from the cycle. Zora and Jason seem to represent the ending of such a legacy, as they demonstrate the best understanding of their darker selves.\n\nOr maybe none of this is the case. The thing about Us is that it leaves you questioning everything you thought you knew and gives no unambiguous answers, instead leading you further and further into a maelstrom of questions and perplexities. It\u2019s a rabbit hole. It\u2019s a wild, chilling, disorienting experience that is also a social treatise, as most horror films are or try to be. An integral part of horror is that it\u2019s meant to tap into social fears. It\u2019s meant to hold up a mirror and show us how the monsters we create are reflections of ourselves, our biases, our phobias, and our sometimes unsettling desires.\n\nPeele achieves this with a Black family (technically, two Black families) at the center, which most horror films refuse to do and often go to great lengths to avoid. That, in itself, is enough to consider it an important contribution to the horror genre. But the way he has chosen to tell this story with a Black American family and with so many layers, even with its flaws, makes it a malleable experience outside of the typical horror narratives of our era.\n\nThere is far more to come from the fascinatingly weird mind of Jordan Peele, and I\u2019m deeply interested to see how he will keep pushing the genre to refreshing places while creating more space for Blackness in horror, even if it doesn\u2019t always make perfect sense or lend itself to straightforward readings. I will definitely be visiting Us again, nightmarish as it is, because I know it has more secrets for me."}
-{"text": "Locals and travelers to connect with\n\nAbout\n\nMyanmar\n\n22.126495.1414\n\nMonywa is a city in Sagaing Division, Myanmar, located 136 km northwest of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin. It is served by the Mandalay-Budalin branch railway line, but is best reached by bus as the road from Mandalay is in reasonably good shape. Monywa is now linked by road to Budalin, Dabayin, Ye-U and Kin-U, and by rail to Sagaing and the Mandalay - Myitkyina line. River transport on the Chindwin has always been important as it is navigable for 640 km up to Hkamti during the monsoon season, and most of the year to Homalin."}
-{"text": "How can you spot a secret cabinet dominatrix? Why, by her semantics of course. This is why Theresa May's penchant for leatherette trousers, red patent heels, and violent shoulder padding has been a red herring when it comes to revealing her S&M tendencies. As a former domme myself, I have always suspected her poor sartorial choices were strategic signifiers designed to detract from May's punitive policy leanings. And now, the announcement of her \"menu\" of punishments for victims to choose from seems to have outed her once and for all.\n\nWelcome to Mistress May's alternative justice system, where community contrapasso \u2013 you know, where the punishment fits the crime, just like in Dante's Inferno \u2013 is the strategy, and the forced binary of victim versus perpetrator the end game. Mistress May is all about handing power back to the victims. Think of her as the Maid Marian of social misdemeanour. She wants victims of injustice to feel as good as she does when she realises she doesn't understand deportation deadlines, but still manages to get rid of scary Muslim clerics anyway.\n\nSo here are a few examples of the kinds of \"community remedy\" we can probably expect under the new alternative justice system.\n\nGraffiti: enforced scrubbing\n\nMistress May doesn't like graffiti. Not how it covers arbitrary municipal buildings, not how good the paint smells compared with the scent of wee-sprinkled outer edifices, and not how it looks positively tasteful compared to some of her more garish jacket choices. Top of the punishment menu will be enforced scrubbing, whereby the victim is encouraged to blindfold the perpetrator before \"gifting\" them only da toothbrush and no soap as they clean up their community and their consciences.\n\nNoise pollution: sensory deprivation\n\nUrban oiks with poor choice in grime can look forward to being identified as the chief culprits here, especially if they like to try and disguise themselves as third runways. Recommended punishment will consist of enforced \"white noise\" sensory deprivation and aural re-education. Mistress May is big on aural re-education \u2013 remember her decision to walk off stage to Primal Scream \u2013 sorry, the Dandy Warhols \u2013 at last year's Tory party conference? And if it's not them on loop, it may well be the sound of Mistress May's victims reading out her new bill of rights \u2013 which will probably also be a load of white noise, considering only she has any idea what these \"rights\" are.\n\nBurglary: middle England's tickle torture\n\nSo we know this is currently Cameron's mandate, but it's surely only a matter of time before Mistress May takes up the training of victims in tying, cropping and tickle torturing techniques. I mean, what better punishment than having to come body-to-body with the indignant middle-Englanders you were trying to rob? Over and over again."}
-{"text": "NEXT OF KIN\n\nA term which refers to the closest living relative of an individual. The next-of-kin relationship is significant in determining inheritance rights if a person dies without a will and has no spouse and/or children. The estate of the deceased becomes state property if no legal heir can be identified. The next of kin can also be called upon to make medical decisions for a person who has become incapacitated or to make funeral/burial arrangements."}
-{"text": "Robinson noted that the baptism/eis connection, as used in Acts 2:38, marked \u201cthe object and effect of the rite of baptism; chiefly with eis c. acc. to baptize or be baptized into anything\u201d (1855, 118). J.H. Thayer said that the significance of eis in Acts 2:38 is \u201cto obtain the forgiveness of sins\u201d (1958, 94). Arndt and Gingrich affirmed that eis denoted \u201cpurpose, in order to . . . for forgiveness of sins, so that sins might be forgiven\u201d (1967, 228). It is wholly unnecessary to continue piling up authorities with reference to this matter.\n\nIn years gone by, it was fashionable to contend that there are rare exceptions to the prospective thrust of eis. It was alleged that the preposition could signify \u201cbecause of\u201d (the direct opposite of the standard definition). A favorite text cited in support of this position was Matthew 12:41, where Christ said:\n\nThe men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.\n\nThe Lord declared that the people of Nineveh \u201crepented at eis the preaching of Jonah.\u201d Here, then, was the common ploy with reference to this text. The folks of Nineveh, it was argued, did not repent \u201cin order to\u201d hear Jonah; rather, they repented \u201cbecause of\u201d Jonah\u2019s preaching. Thus, supposedly, this constituted an example of the \u201ccausal\u201d (retroactive) use of eis. What should be said in response to this argument?\n\nAnalysis\n\nThe following factors absolutely must be taken into consideration.\n\nSince eis is found some 1,750 times in the New Testament, and the standard meaning is well-recognized, one must proceed with extreme caution before announcing that he has found an \u201cexception\u201d to the rule. He must have an overwhelmingly compelling case before thrusting aside hundreds of precedents that suggest a norm. It is interesting that The New American Commentary on Matthew, authored by Craig Blomberg (and published by Broadman, a Baptist firm) makes no comment at all with reference to a causal use of eis in this text.\n\nBefore one can argue, therefore, that Matthew 12:41 contains this alleged exception, he must be absolutely positive there is no interpretation that can be placed upon the text in which eis carries its general, forward-looking thrust.\n\nIt is not an honest approach to the Scriptures to take an isolated text, and twist it into conformity with an interpretation that one seeks to defend due to a theological predisposition, e.g., the dogma of salvation by faith alone.\n\nProfessor Daniel Wallace is associated with the Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas. From a personal theological perspective, he does not believe that baptism is required as a condition for the remission of sins. This is important to keep in mind. Dr. Wallace is the author of the highly acclaimed work, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Therein he has a discussion of the so-called causal use of eis. He contends that studies have shown that \u201cthe linguistic evidence for a causal eis\u201d falls short of proof. He stingingly calls this misguided twisting of the preposition an \u201cingenious solution\u201d that \u201clacks conviction\u201d (1996, 370-371).\n\nThe celebrated Baptist scholar, H.B. Hackett, rendered the Greek phrase, eis aphesin hamartion in Acts 2:38, as \u201cin order to the forgiveness of sins,\u201d and referenced Matthew 26:28 and Luke 3:3 as parallel texts (1879, 54).\n\nThe question now engaging our attention is this: is there any reasonable view of Matthew 12:41 that allows the careful student to assign eis its normal, forward-pointing meaning? The answer is yes; clearly there is.\n\nHere are the facts of the case. The people of Nineveh were in rebellion against God. Because of his concern for the souls of these pagans, Jehovah dispatched his prophet, Jonah, to preach a message of repentance to them. That message was designed to bring them into a penitent state, a reformed life, which would be reflected in turning away from their sins. This is precisely what happened (Jonah 3:10).\n\nBy means of a common figure of speech called metonymy\u2014a form of which states a cause, which, in actuality, stands for an effect. Here is an example. When Job said: \u201cMy arrow is incurable\u201d (34:6), he referred to an affliction (allegedly rendered by God). The term \u201carrow,\u201d however, is a form of metonymy, the cause standing for the effect (Terry 1890, 160-161; cf. Dungan n.d., 271-276).\n\nSimilarly, as a result of Jonah\u2019s proclamation, the citizens of Nineveh turned, transforming minds and deeds into a reformed state of life demanded by his message. The internationally recognized scholar, J.W. McGarvey, carefully explained the matter in his commentary on Matthew.\n\nThe preposition here rendered \u201cat\u201d is eis, which usually means \u201cinto.\u201d Some writers have contended that it here means \u201cbecause of,\u201d or \u201cin consequence of,\u201d a meaning quite foreign to the word. It is true, as a matter of fact, that the Ninevites repented in consequence of the preaching of Jonah; but had it been the purpose of the writer to express this thought, he would have used the preposition dia instead of eis. The thought of the passage is quite distinct from this. They repented into the preaching of Jonah. This is not idiomatic English, but it conveys the exact thought a Greek would derive from the original. The term \u201cpreaching\u201d is put for the course of life required by the preaching, and it is asserted that they repented into this. Their repentance, in other words, brought them into the course of life required by the preaching, and it is asserted that they repented into this (1875, 113).\n\nThis is a perfectly reasonable explanation of the passage, quite in harmony with the use of the preposition elsewhere in the New Testament. This is a far more responsible exercise of exegetical skills than that which has been proffered by some biased scholars of a bygone era.\n\nReferences\n\nArndt, W.F. and Gingrich, F.W. 1967. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago.\n\nScripture References\n\nActs 2:38; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 26:28; Luke 3:3; Jonah 3:10\n\nCite this article\n\nJackson, Wayne. \"The Use of the Preposition \"Eis\" in Matthew 12:41.\" ChristianCourier.com. Access date: August 17, 2017. https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/1152-use-of-the-preposition-eis-in-matthew-12-41-the"}
-{"text": "Rocket Stoves\n\nStove Pellets Made from Grass\n\nThe process of pelletizing, revolves around the complex chemical compound present in all plant cell walls called lignin. Lignin is the glue between the plant cells. The force and pressure used to compress the grass into the die (of the pellet mill), produces heat. This heat turns the moisture contained within the grass into steam. The steam transports the lignin throughout the compacted grass and becomes the glue which cements the particles into pellets.\n\nCanning = Storing in glass containers\n\nCanning using glass containers under vacuum, is the most efficient way of preserving/storing food which includes meat without refrigeration.\n\nDietary Fat\n\nDietary fat is difficult to grow in a garden, but inexpensive and easy to buy and store. Most vegetable oil will keep 1.5 to 2 years; see the \u201cbest by\u201d date on the package. But how much vegetable oil should you have on hand per person?\n\nEncore Plastics 5-Gallon Food Grade Plastic Bucket\n\nClick to purchase\n\n5 gallon food-grade buckets can be used without the concern of leaching plastic components into either plants or food.\n\nProduct description:\n\nFDA-approved food-grade pail\n\nMade in USA\n\nUniform wall thickness for stacking strength\n\nDesigned with reinforced Saturn rings around the top to prevent distortion when carried\n\nOn Tuesday, nearly 100 people at an elementary school in Northern Peru were made violently ill when a plane fumigating nearby fields released weed-killer.\n\nReports stated that 92 school children and 3 teachers were exposed to the dangerous herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in US biotech giant Monsanto\u2019s best-selling product, Roundup.\n\nA health official in the municipality of Nepena said at a news conference that children in the school suffered a range of symptoms, including extreme vomiting, fainting, stomach pains, and headaches as a result of the exposure."}
-{"text": "Sampling\n\nMAFE combines random sampling of households and individuals in cities in origin countries, with quota sampling among migrant populations in destination countries. Overall, between early 2008 and early 2010, more than 4,000 household questionnaires and 4,000 individual biographies were successfully completed in 3 African countries (Senegal, Ghana, RD Congo), and around more than 1,400 biographies of African migrants were collected in six European countries (Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, UK).\n\nSelection Criteria\n\nHouseholds: They were randomly selected to be\nrepresentative of the regions surveyed in Africa. Households\nreporting migrants abroad and/or return migrants were\nover-sampled.\n\nIndividuals: The target population is defined\nusing the same criteria in departure and destination countries in\norder to maximize the samples\u2019 homogeneity:\n\nRespondents are aged 25-75 at the time of the\nsurvey;\n\nRespondents were born in the departure country\n(DR Congo, Ghana, Senegal);\n\nRespondents have (or have had) the citizenship of the\ndeparture country;\n\nIn Europe only, migrants were included only if they had\nemigrated out of Africa at 18 or later, for a stay of at\nleast one year.\n\nIndividuals were selected to fill four strata according to their\nmigration status:\n\nMigrants at the time of the survey (surveyed\nin Europe only);\n\nReturn migrants: those who have lived in a\nforeign country, whatever the country (surveyed in Africa\nonly);\n\nMigrants\u2019 partners left behind at origin:\nindividuals (usually women) whose partners are currently living\nabroad (surveyed in Africa only);\n\nOther non-migrants (surveyed in Africa\nonly).\n\nSampling in Africa\n\nIn the three African countries, stratified random samples of\nhouseholds and individuals in the target areas were selected. The\ntarget areas were the city of Kinshasa in DR Congo, the city of\nDakar in Senegal, and two cities (Accra and Kumasi) in Ghana. In\neach of the cities, a sampling frame of primary sampling units was\nprepared, and primary sampling units randomly selected. A listing\noperation was carried out in each of the selected survey sites to\nprepare the sampling frame of households. The sampling frame at the\nsecond stage (households) was stratified, so that households with\nreturn migrants could be oversampled. The number of households\nsuccessfully interviewed was 1,143 in Senegal (2008), 1,248 in\nGhana (2009) and 1,616 in DR Congo (2009).\n\nIn each of the selected households, one or several respondents\nwere selected (people aged between 25 and 75, and born in the\norigin country) for the biographic survey. In Ghana and DR Congo,\nall the return migrants and partners of migrants currently abroad\nwere selected, and one other eligible member was randomly selected.\nIn Senegal, up to two return migrants and partner of migrants were\nrandomly selected, and another individual was randomly selected.\nThe number of biographies successfully completed is close to the\nnumber of households (1,062 in Senegal, 1,243 in Ghana and 1,638 in\nDR Congo).\n\nSampling in Europe\n\nIn five of the six European countries, no suitable sampling\nframe was available to select randomly individual respondents\n(Spain is the exception, with the Padr\u00f3n). As a result, quota\nsampling was used. In all the countries, the quotas were set by age\nand gender at least. In France, the socio-professional category was\nalso included as criteria in the quotas, while in Belgium and the\nUK, the place of residence was used in the quotas. In most\ncountries sub-regions concentrating the majority of migrants were\nselected.\n\nRandomness was included in the samples in different ways. For\ninstance, in Belgium, a random sample of places was selected\naccording to the number of people of Congolese origin living in\nthese places. Respondents were selected in these places. The\ncombination of different recruitment methods also ensured that\ndifferent types of persons had a probability of being included in\nthe sample. For instance, some respondents were recruited in public\nspaces (street, metro station, hairdresser...), others were\nrandomly selected from list of volunteers identified in churches.\nIn France, Italy and Spain, some of the respondents were also\nselected using the contacts obtained in the household survey in\nSenegal.\n\nOverall, around 200 migrants were interviewed per origin country\nin a destination country. It is a little lower in the UK (around\n150 per origin country) and higher in the Netherlands and Belgium\n(around 280). Currently, about 1,450 African migrants have been\ninterviewed in Europe. A new wave of about 400 migrants in Spain\nwas launched in 2010-2011 and will be added to the overall\nsample."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nTuesday, April 11, 2017\n\nMax Havelaar by Multatuli\n\nMultatuli is\npseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker, a Dutch civil servant of The Netherlands\nduring its colonialism in Indonesia (then Dutch Indies) on 19th\ncentury. He was an assistance resident in Lebak (the Bantam residency of\nJava\u2014now Banten) when he began to see\u2014and growingly disgusted by\u2014the abuses of\nDutch colonial system. Dekker began to openly criticize (and later oppose) his\ngovernment, which ended with his resignation. But far from ending his\nopposition, Dekker began to publish his writings exposing the scandals he had\nwitnessed. Not having enough exposure with the newspaper and pamphlet, he wrote\na satire novel under pseudonym of Multatuli: Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company.\n\nIf you think\nthis is a dull historical journal about coffee auctions and colonialism by a\nboring ex-civil servant, you are wrong! I have thought so in the past\u2014hence have\nnever considered reading it. But when I started reading, I found that Multatuli\nis really a talented and witty writer. Though implied by the title, this book\nis NOT about coffee trading; it is a satire about the injustice suffered by\nIndonesian people because of the colonial policy.\n\nAs an\nIndonesian myself, I was interested in how the colonialism have ever started,\nand why it took so long before the whole nation started to revolt. It only\nproved how clever the Dutch was at learning Indonesia\u2019s archipelago and rich culture;\nto use the isolation of so many islands (with many different languages and\ncultures) to their advantage. Not only that, the Dutch knew one typical\ncharacter of Indonesians: humble, obedient, inferior. And with our rich soil,\nno wonder any superior nation\u2014if not Dutch, others would\u2014could easily take\nadvantage of Indonesia as their slave.\n\nBack to the\nbook, Max Havelaar (fictional character which is clearly representing Dekker)\nis a newly appointed assistant resident in Lebak. He was young, vigorous, brave,\nand honest. Soon after being appointed, he found out the practice of the regent\n(\u201cbupati\u201d in Indonesia) in employing local people or taking their animals by\nforce, without paying, as a pretext to preserve his dignity. Instead of\nprotecting local people to be burdened by these thieving, while they still had\nto pay taxes, Havelaar\u2019s colleagues seemed to close their eyes of these\ninjustices. They chose to please the regent to gain their support, and in the\nend to create an \u201call-is-good\u201d report to the government. Other than that, the\nlocal people are also forced to grow coffee and sugar on their land, to be\nshipped to Europe, instead of growing rice for their food. In the end they\nbecame poorer and suffered more. Havelaar protested to Dutch government about\nthese cruel treatments; writing many letters which eventually became a\nmanuscript.\n\nInterestingly,\nthe book is narrated by two different persons with two different ways of\nthinking. The most dominant is a hypocrite, pompous coffee merchant named Mr.\nDroogstoppel. Max Havelaar\u2019s manuscript accidentally came to his possession\nand\u2014thinking that its coffee auction subject would be useful to promote his\nbusiness\u2014instructed his apprentice, Stern, to rewrite it into a book. Being a\nromantic young man, Stern, instead of writing about coffee trade issues,\ndecided to take another course, that is Havelaar\u2019s effort to fight the\ninjustice done by Dutch government. It was really funny to read how\nDroogstoppel was furious and indignant of Stern\u2019s romantic idea, while bragging\nabout his hypocritical views. Finally, near the end, Multatuli took over the\npen himself to write his own opinions, and closing it with sharp threats that\nhe was going to expose every dirty detail if the government kept silent.\n\nMax Havelaar might not be a great\nclassic\u2014in fact, if it\u2019s not about my nation, I might have not picked it at first\nplace\u2014but we cannot ignore its big influence in Indonesian revolution in 1945\nwhich ended Dutch colonialism, as well as colonialism at some other nations. It\nwas such that the Indonesian greatest writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer called Max Havelaar as \u201cthe book that killed\ncolonialism\u201d."}
-{"text": "50 Amazing Snaps From NYFW's Past\n\nFashion Week is only days away, and the style frenzy that ensues is rapidly approaching. With celebrities lining the front rows and fashion's insiders coming out in droves, street style is at an all-time high. To prep for all the style-minded action, we're taking a look back at New York Fashion Week's best street-style moments of seasons past. This time last year, the city was brimming with standout looks \u2014 an inspiring crew who prove that colder temps are no reason to sacrifice your style, especially when you're headed to Lincoln Center. Click through to see 50 insanely chic snaps from last year and gear up for the killer street style ahead in just a week's time."}
-{"text": "NCAA champs to play American Collegiate Invitational at US Open\n\nA possible 2015 US Open main-draw wild card is at stake for eight men's and women's American college players who will compete in the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational at this year's US Open.\n\nHeadlining the field are 2014 NCAA singles champions Marcos Giron of UCLA, a 21-year-old from Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Danielle Collins of the University of Virginia, a 20-year-old from St. Petersburg, Fla. The remainder of the field will be announced Aug. 11, along with the players who will comprise the USTA Collegiate Team.\n\nThe American Collegiate Invitational will take place during the second week of the US Open, Sept. 4-6, with the champions coming back to compete in the 2015 US Open. If the men\u2019s champion is ranked No. 250 or better and the women\u2019s champion No. 150 or better at that time, they will receive a wild card into the 2015 US Open singles main draw. Otherwise, they will compete in the US Open Qualifying Tournament.\n\nThe Collegiate Invitational winners will also receive wild cards into two USTA Pro Circuit events, while each runner-up will get one.\n\n\u201cThe American Collegiate Invitational demonstrates the USTA\u2019s commitment to college tennis by awarding the men\u2019s and women\u2019s champions a wild card into next year\u2019s US Open, providing the additional opportunity for collegians to develop in the professional game,\u201d said USTA Chairman, CEO and President Dave Haggerty.\n\nGiron turned pro this summer after his junior year at UCLA, while Collins is heading into her junior year at Virginia. As the reigning NCAA champions, both are possible wild cards into the main draw at this year's US Open."}
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-{"text": "The Amused\n\nFollow by Email\n\nSubscribe To\n\nThursday, May 20, 2010\n\nThere are these nifty things in my house that use water for cleaning. Machines you may call them.\n\nThere is one that magically cleans clothes. You put the clothes in. You add some soap to the dispenser (the area that says \"soap\"). Press a button.\n\nLess than an hour later, it's magic. The clothes are clean and ready for the dryer.\n\nThere is another machine that magically cleans dishes. You put the dishes in. You add some soap to the dispenser (where it says \"soap\"). Press a button.\n\nMore magic happens in this machine. When it stops the dishes are clean.\n\nIt's amazing.\n\nWhy is it that I'm the only person in my house seems to be capable of using these machines? There are only three steps to operate either one of them.\n\nI'm going out of town - God help the fam.\n\nSilver Lining:\n\nI'm only leaving for six days.\n\nI'll make sure they have a week's worth of socks, underwear, pants & shirts. Although they may not get out of the PJ's on Sunday, which for them, means changing underwear is optional.\n\nThey could be in trouble on the dish front though. There are only ten melamine kid plates and we have two kids and I'll be gone for more than five meals. Good news is we have Corelle for the grown ups - it's is really just the grown up version of melamine. In a pinch, the kids could use the grown up plates. As a back-up, there are paper plates in the cabinet - about three shelves above the Margaritaville Machine (One that uses water of the frozen variety. Of course, Hubby knows how to operate this one. And I'm sure it will get used while I'm gone.)\n\nPS - Hubby, this does not excuse you from attempting to use said machines while I'm away - I just gave you the basic instructions. I'm positive you'll try to keep the house in some kind of orderly fashion while I'm gone (or at least you and the girls will make a mad dash to make it look that way on Friday night before I get home)."}
-{"text": "About this class\n\nThe first 7\u2014Your seven minute warm up will get your blood pumping with a complete range of exercises including stretching, jogging, calisthenics, jumping, lunging and squats. You will get ready to hit the bag.\n30 minutes on the bag\u2014The bulk of your workout is set up in 3 minute rounds that include basic boxing and kickboxing combinations followed by a 1 minute \u201cactive rest.\u201d This gives you a break, while keeping your heart rate up.\nThe last 7\u2014You\u2019ll use work out gear and body resistance to strengthen your core and sculpt your body. Cool down with floor work and toning exercises.\n\nFind the best studios near you.\n\nJoin the waitlist and be the first one to know when we\u2019re ready for launch.\n\nHow to prepare\n\nGloves are provided for your first class, but following you must purchase them at the studio or bring your own. Wraps are required and are available to purchase for $10. Please arrive 30 minutes early to your first class with us.\nWe have a men's and women's locker room that have lockers and 5 showers each. Ask for a key from the front desk.\n\nHow to get there\n\nWe are tucked away on the first floor of the office building in the Whole Foods shopping center. We are a few doors down from Brixx Pizza and Hot Yoga. There is plenty of parking.\n\nStudio amenities\n\nLockers, mats, parking, showers\n\n385 ratings for BOXING 45\n\n5 stars\n\n4 stars\n\n3 stars\n\n2 stars\n\n1 star\n\n4.9/5.0\n\nbased on 385 ratings\n\nMost recent reviews\n\n8 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Jeremy\n\nDidn\u2019t end on time.\n\n6 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Madison\n\nThis boxing class was amazing! I loved the atmosphere, the camaraderie and the overall vibe of the class! Madison was BOMB!\n\n6 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Madison\n\nThis class was absolutely amazing. Madison was so full of energy and made sure to pay close attention to detail to me as a first timer. I would highly recommend this class to anyone looking for a great atmosphere and an even better workout!\n\n8 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Madison\n\nIt was a great workout. The woman with the black hair was quite rude though. I asked her to teach me how to put on my wraps (it was only my second time) and she acted like it was a huge bother to teach me and told me that next time I asked she might just walk away. If the rest of the staff hadn\u2019t been so nice so far, I wouldn\u2019t go back.\n\n17 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Paul\n\nSO MUCH FUN! I\u2019ve never loved working out so much in my life\n\n24 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Sarah\n\ngreat class!\n\n25 days ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Andrea\n\nGreat workout! Hard to see instructor and felt a little lost. Other title classes I\u2019ve attended had more instruction. Andrea went a little too fast.\n\nlast month\n\nBOXING 45 with Ellen\n\nellen is a great instructor! the 45 minutes goes so quick and I love the format of warmup / boxing / core. (except the core kicks my @$$ every time ! ) GREAT CLASS\n\nlast month\n\nBOXING 45 with Sarah\n\nGreat class ???????? I burned 650 calories ????\n\n2 months ago\n\nBOXING 45 with Paul\n\nFabulous clsss\u2764\ufe0f the trainer was very engaging while inspiring you to maximize workout.\n\nWhat is ClassPass?\n\nClassPass is a new kind of gym membership that grants you access to thousands of different classes at studios and gyms in your city and around the world.\n\nPrice of membership depends on your plan type and city, and you can book and explore classes ranging from yoga to barre to cycling to martial arts \u2013 the options are truly endless!\n\nThe number of classes you can take and the number of times you can visit a studio per month depends on which plan you're on. You can figure out which plan you're on by going to your Account Settings and looking under 'Your current plan.' With hundreds of studios in our ever-growing network, you're bound to always find a new class to enjoy. When your cycle renews, you can go back and revisit those favorites yet again!"}
-{"text": "The New Testament does not give a percentage as a required standard of giving. Instead, the scripture declares, \u201cEvery man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver\u201d \u2013 2 Corinthians 9:7\n\nHow much should we give? Since we have determined that tithing is not the standard for New Testament Kingdom citizens, we should give according to the Word of God. 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, Acts 11:27-30, 2 Corinthians 9:7\n\nThe Purpose of Giving in the Church 1. To meet the needs of Kingdom citizens 2. To meet the needs of those who work in ministry 3. To meet the needs of the poor Acts 2:44-45, 1John 3:18 In the early churches, everything that came in was distributed to the people in need. Therefore, when [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Many large papers are reporting success with digital subscriptions. In October, Financial Times owner Pearson reported that during the first nine months of 2012, digital subscriptions increased 17 percent to 313,000. The Wall Street Journal reported that it had about 537,000 digital subscribers as of last fall, with 80,000 of them reading versions for tablets, smartphones, or e-readers, while the rest received the online edition.\n\nBut the most talked-about pay model is that of The New York Times. In October, The New York Times Co. reported total average digital circulation was 896,352 daily (up 136 percent year-over-year) and 850,816 Sunday (up 129 percent). Those numbers include all paid and verified digital subscription copies as well as paid subscriptions to replica editions on e-readers, including Amazon\u2019s Kindle and Barnes & Noble\u2019s Nook.\n\nWhether you call it a paywall, a meter, or a digital subscription, is it time for publishers to start embracing this paid model as a revenue generator?\n\nMembers only\nSome news organizations are treating their digital strategy like a velvet rope, offering subscribers (or \u201cmembers,\u201d as they\u2019re called) exclusive items, from free concert tickets to members-only events.\n\nThe Day in New London, Conn., launched its pay model in September 2011. \u201cOur senior management group wanted to find something that was consumer-focused and could generate revenue growth,\u201d said director of marketing and audience development Daniel Williams.\n\nThe result was a Web-based rewards program called The Day Passport, which provides exclusive access to discounts, giveaways, and member events at local venues and attractions. To become a member, subscribers can pick from three print or online membership options, or a digital-only membership that ranges from $9.99 to $22.99 per month. The Day allows 10 free premium articles a month before visitors are asked to subscribe.\n\nA year after launch, Williams said the program has generated more than 1,000 digital-only members and around $100,000 in revenue.\n\n\u201cFor 100 years, we\u2019ve depended on the address delivery model, based on where you live and the household,\u201d Williams said. \u201cNow we know about the individuals inside the home.\u201d\n\nWilliams said the meter model is a long-term business strategy for the company. \u201cThis is a growth model for us. It\u2019s changed over the last eight to 10 years, when we were directly monetizing the audience. Now we\u2019re indirectly monetizing them based on user profiles. We\u2019re shifting away from the address profile, and now advertising is based on the data from these users and readers.\u201d\n\nHe said publishers are still struggling with how to create a single sign-on \u2014 one profile that follows a reader across different platforms. By working with a partner such as Clickshare (clickshare.com), The Day is able to provide that option.\n\nBased in Amherst, Mass., Clickshare was founded more than 10 years ago as a single sign-on provider. Since then, it has added metered access to its list of services. Clickshare currently works with more than two dozen newspapers.\n\nDirector of business development Greg Smith said the majority of publishers are looking for flexibility, as well as the ability to see who their real customers are, as opposed to \u201cfly-by\u201d readers. \u201cThey\u2019re looking at retaining their customer base.\u201d\n\nThe (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier also has a membership model, which launched in May. The paper offers several membership options, including a digital-only subscription for $10 per month. The Post and Courier set its meter at five free page views before asking visitors to subscribe. By setting a low meter, director of audience development Steve Wagenlander said it allows the paper to \u201ccatch more fish.\u201d\n\n\u201cReaders get to know the content first instead of hitting a hard paywall,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter six months, we\u2019ve caught more fish than those with a higher meter (based on collected data from affiliates). It shows people are saying \u2018yes\u2019 more at the Post and Courier.\u201d\n\nWagenlander said the paper has 1,175 digital-only subscriptions, and he anticipates that number to rise to 1,500 in a year. He added, \u201cThe biggest change I\u2019ve seen is that members feel good about spending money with us.\u201d\n\nMembers-only events have played a big role in the Post and Courier\u2019s transformation. Wagenlander said the paper has hosted several free public events, including renting out the local aquarium for 1,200 members with free food and music; a giveaway to attend an \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d tour concert; tickets to see a local production of \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d with cast photos; and a food truck rodeo.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a thank you for being a reader and creates a lot of goodwill,\u201d Wagenlander said.\n\nMember benefits also include home delivery of the printed paper, full access to postandcourier.com, unlimited access to the iPad app and mobile apps, Post and Courier magazines, access to the e-edition, complimentary text message alerts, email newsletters, and a Kindle subscription.\n\nThe Toronto Starrecently announced it would launch paid digital subscriptions in 2013. Although details on how to register and how much the paper will charge are still forthcoming, director of community relations and communications Bob Hepburn said it would be a metered model.\n\nCurrently, the Star offers a product bundle that includes an ePaper (digital replica) subscription powered by NewspaperDirect and a Kobo Vox e-reader for $12.99 per month if the consumer signs an 18-month contract. According to consumer marketing manager Nadine Chevolleau, there is an early cancellation fee, but the e-reader does not have to be returned. The Star does not promote the ePaper on its website, but Chevolleau said the results have seen a nice lift in consumer revenues.\n\nChevolleau said the paper launched the bundle slowly, first targeting existing weekend customers and allowing them seven-day access with the ePaper. She said another small mailing was sent to households outside Toronto who didn\u2019t have access to seven-day delivery, and the response rate was better. Another mailing to former subscribers is also in the works.\n\nChevolleau said 150 e-readers have been distributed so far.\n\nValuable content\nPublishers have offered free content online since the dawn of the Internet, but many are reversing this stance now that digital readership shows signs of overtaking print readership.\n\nToronto\u2019s Globe and Mail launched its digital subscription service, Globe Unlimited, in late October. Visitors to globeandmail.com can access 10 free pieces of Globe and Mail content per month before being asked to subscribe. Globe Unlimited is available at no additional cost for five- or six-day home delivery subscribers, and it is discounted to $4.99 for partial-week home delivery subscribers. For non-subscribers, a Globe Unlimited trial is available for 99 cents for the first month, after which the cost is $19.99 per month.\n\nPublisher and chief executive officer Phillip Crawley said the paper already offers Globe to Go, the digital replica of the paper, and Globe Investor Gold, an online portal to stock performance analysis. Globe Investor Gold was founded 10 years ago, and members pay $15 per month for access. According to Crawley, the service has 15,000 subscribers.\n\n\u201cWe already had a digital revenue stream,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we believed that type of revenue could work on a broader base than with a niche website.\u201d\n\nWhile in the research phase, Crawley said the Globe and Mail looked at other paid models, such as the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, and tested price sensitivity with user groups.\n\n\u201cIn Canada, there is a shift with consumers and how they consume content,\u201d he said. \u201cWe see a growth in tablets, which is a popular option now. Our readership comes from higher incomes and education, and they are early adapters of new devices \u2026 this can improve delivery and add new content and tools.\u201d\n\nA subscription to Globe Unlimited includes access to the subscriber-only Dashboard, a new tool to personalize each reader\u2019s news experience. Digital subscribers also get access to exclusive content, such as the new Streetwise column, providing up-to-the-minute developments and news on the financial markets, and ROB Insight, a new feature providing business readers with an early jump on the stories unfolding each day.\n\nBefore the launch, Globe Unlimited was heavily promoted in print, online, on television, and on the radio. The marketing campaign also included a wrap that took over the Oct. 22 paper, the day the service launched.\n\nWith an impending move to a new building in 2015, Crawley said that having the metered model has forced the paper to think ahead in a constructive way. \u201cWe want to ramp up video production and put in a video studio, where we can produce and edit our own videos,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will be another good source of ad revenue and a paywall incentive.\u201d\n\nThe Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill., was the first Chicago-area newspaper to charge regularly for digital access. The paper launched its metered model, Subscriber Total Access, in September 2011.\n\nKelly Bolyard, assistant vice president and director of interactive media/digital development, said print subscribers pay an additional $1 per week for their current subscription, while digital-only subscribers pay $7.99 a month for unlimited access to Daily Herald digital platforms. Non-subscribers are limited to 10 page views a month without paying for digital access.\n\nBolyard said the paper rolled out phase two in October, offering a 99- cent trial for the first month and $7.99 for the second month. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen good movement,\u201d she said.\n\n\u201cTo launch and survive in a competitive market is a win for us financially,\u201d Bolyard said. \u201cWe\u2019ve increased our circulation revenue and seen digital growth.\u201d\n\nIn Europe, Norwegian newspaper F\u00e6drelandsvennen (FVN) implemented Varnish Software\u2019s paywall service in May. Varnish (varnish-software.com) is based in Oslo, Norway and works primarily in the Scandinavian market with Norwegian newspapers. The company currently has 60 clients.\n\nVarnish chief executive officer Per Buer said, \u201cFVN had been experiencing an increasing slump in the number of online readers for several years before they deployed the Varnish paywall solution with great results. Once deployed, the solution met all of FVN\u2019s requirements while maintaining the website\u2019s optimal performance and scalability.\u201d\n\nAccording to a case study, the goal of FVN\u2019s online management team was to make more quality material available to existing subscribers while making less content available for non-subscribers.\n\n\u201cThe effect of launching the Varnish paywall has surpassed all our expectations,\u201d said Christian Stavik, editor-in-chief of FVN\u2019s online edition. \u201cWe are already seeing a great return on investment, as the number of subscribers has grown by 2 percent, and we are also selling more of our paper edition.\u201d\n\nGo hard?\nOnce a publisher figures out if a digital subscription service is necessary, the next question is whether to go with a hard paywall or a metered model.\n\nMore than 350 publications, including the already-mentioned Post and Courier and Daily Herald, use Press+ (mypressplus.com), a service of RR Donnelley, for their metered models. (Disclosure: E&P is a Press+ client.) Based in New York City, Press+ launched in 2010.\n\nCo-founder Steven Brill said he believes that publications lose their voice when they put up a hard paywall. The Press+ staff doesn\u2019t even use the term \u201cpaywall,\u201d he said.\n\nBrill explained the difference: \u201cA paywall is like diving off a cliff without knowing if the bottom is too deep, too rocky, or too cold. A meter is like walking into the shallow end of a pool.\u201d\n\nCo-founder Gordon Crovitz said data has ended the debate among publishers over whether they should charge for content. \u201cData shows there is no downside,\u201d he said. \u201cWe learn from the data where to start, how much to charge, what is the best approach, or to bundle.\u201d\n\nHe added, \u201cIt became very clear after the meter that publishers were seeing online revenue while selling additional ads and keeping their audience.\u201d\n\nThe company hosts quarterly meetings with publication affiliates, where Brill said real numbers are shared among colleagues. He said that in the classic business model, which includes both circulation and advertising, a paywall leads to lost advertising revenue. But, if a metered model is set at 10 free page views, visitors see a welcome message at the first page view. At eight page views, a warning might pop up with how many more views are available.\n\n\u201cIf they get to 10, that\u2019s a loyal reader of the website,\u201d Brill said. \u201cThey\u2019re the most committed, the most likely to say yes, but with a wall, the reader is immediately asked to pay when all they wanted was to read the story first. There\u2019s a psychology to it.\u201d\n\nWhen Wagenlander attended an affiliates meeting, he saw that the Press+ staff was thinking digitally. \u201cThat\u2019s what newspapers need when they\u2019re thinking of subscriptions. (Press+) is relying on our content and they are providing a skill set we need. It\u2019s refreshing to have that in a partner, someone who is immersed in the digital space.\u201d\n\nOn the other end of the spectrum is the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The paper began charging for its online content in August 2011 under a hard paywall. While some sections remain free, there is a charge to read premium content. Online visitors are given the first few lines of a story, but to read it entirely, the reader must sign up for a digital subscription.\n\nPublisher Dennis Francis said that during the six months of research, the paper looked at free websites and metered systems but ultimately decided go with a paywall.\n\n\u201cA metered system is like getting free appetizers and cocktails in a restaurant and when it\u2019s time to pay for the entr\u00e9e, they\u2019re full and ready to walk away,\u201d Francis said.\n\nThe technology is handled in-house by the paper\u2019s online staff. Francis said the paper \u201clikes to have control\u201d of the service. Digital access is included with a print subscription, while several other packages are offered, such as print and digital for $19.95 per month, a 14-day digital pass for $1.99, and digital-only with pricing based on location. International digital subscriptions are $15 for a year, $1.95 a month, and 99 cents for a 24-hour day pass.\n\nWithin a month of launching the paywall, Francis said digital subscriptions increased 2 percent. He said there are currently 15,000 digital-only subscribers.\n\n\u201cWe started at zero,\u201d Francis said. \u201cWhatever we get is better than zero.\u201d\n\nOnline director Mark Henderson said data showed that a hard paywall spoke against the paper\u2019s message of having a local news and regional site. Bringing back a metered model was a way to drive additional advertising support and place value on local reporting.\n\nAfter the third click on the website\u2019s premium content, a message pops up asking the reader to register. Print subscribers have unlimited access once they register, while casual visitors are asked to pay for access after the tenth article. Unlimited access to telegram.com and the mobile site is regularly priced at $14.95 per month and includes a rewards card with discounts to local restaurants and merchants.\n\nThe Telegram & Gazette, which is owned by the New York Times Co., launched its metered model a year ahead of its sister paper. \u201cWe made the decision with the meter locally, and the choices were all made locally,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cBut there was a lot of pressure to deliver. It added an element of complexity.\u201d\n\nHenderson stressed that each publisher has to decide what is right for them, whether that\u2019s a paid meter or a hard paywall. \u201cWhat works in your market,\u201d he said. \u201cAt least know what your next step is.\u201d\n\nLessons learned\nWhether the paywall has been up for two years or two days, newspaper decision makers have plenty of lessons to share.\n\n\u201cAudiences do want to be engaged with us,\u201d said Bolyard of the Daily Herald. \u201cIf we treat the audience correctly and give them quality content and advertisement, then the money will come.\u201d She also predicted more papers will offer fewer stories for free before asking readers to pay for the content. \u201cAnd don\u2019t offer too many packages,\u201d she said. \u201cLess is more.\u201d\n\nWagenlander said the Post and Courier learned a lot about its online audience. \u201cThere\u2019s a misconception that it\u2019s our print subscribers going to the site, but we know now readers are driving page views, not print subscribers. We also underestimated the willingness that people have to pay for online content \u2026 and overestimated the pushback numbers.\u201d\n\nClickshare\u2019s Smith said he sees more publishers charging for online content. \u201cEveryone waited for the New York Times, and now they\u2019re finding success. (Publishers) see it\u2019s not a dying business; it\u2019s evolving, and those that don\u2019t get it will be left behind.\u201d\n\n\u201cJudging on the success the first movers on the paywall trend seem to have had with their paywall-based business models, I would say that paywalls are here to stay,\u201d Varnish\u2019s Buer said.\n\n\u201cBut what we are observing is that the publishers that are yet to decide on a business model to replace their advertising-based revenue strategy are still unsure of how to best monetize their content. When it comes to installing paywalls, loyalty is a primary concern.\u201d\n\nAt The Day, customer loyalty played a key part in the transition. \u201cWe saw about 70 percent resistance based on online comments,\u201d Williams said. \u201cBut within 48 hours (of the launch), our promoters became the biggest advocates of this shift.\u201d\n\nWilliams said after the paper applied the meter, there was a 25 percent loss of page views, but there was no negative impact on ad revenue. Meanwhile, membership revenue increased by 8 percent.\n\n\u201cThe preprint advertising model is collapsing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe keep hearing the word audience, but there hasn\u2019t been much done to monetize it.\u201d\n\nWilliams is encouraged to find demand for the paper\u2019s products, though. Based on last year\u2019s numbers, he saw a 3 percent increase in consumers paying for digital access.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a shift in the industry\u2019s business model, where it\u2019s becoming more consumer-focused,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re reaching the tipping point where consumer revenue will pass advertising revenue.\u201d\n\n6 thoughts on \u201cBuilding the Wall: Will Digital Subscriptions Save the Newspaper Industry?\u201d\n\nThe New York Times on Monday announced that it would offer buyout packages to 30 newsroom employees, and that layoffs would ensue if the 30 spots were not voluntarily filled. Citing a difficult \u201ceconomic environment\u201d that has led in recent years to a 60 percent staff reduction on the paper\u2019s business side, Executive Editor Jill Abramson said, \u201cThere is no getting around the hard news that the size of the newsroom staff must be reduced.\u201d While the loss of 30 jobs pales in comparison to the ousting of roughly 100 newsroom staffers in 2008, it is the latest evidence that the Times continues to struggle despite putting up a subscriber paywall, which was intended to extract more revenue directly from online readers. The company added an impressive 83,000 digital subscribers in the third quarter, and is on track to have more digital subscribers than print subscribers in the next year or two. But print and digital revenues in the third quarter dropped by 10.9 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively. The problem is that \u201cdigital simply generates much less revenue than the print business,\u201d says Henry Blodget at Business Insider. \u201cSo, as the print business continues to shrink, the newsroom has to shrink.\u201d http://theweek.com/article/index/237251/the-new-york-times-latest-cutbacks-proof-its-digital-strategy-is-failing\n\nNu, well-rounded and yet concise framing of the what amounts to an industry pivot. A couple of attributed quotes require some context. The preprint model isnt\u2019t collapsing, but is imperiled by continual erosion of individually paid print circulation, which has been a sustained trend for at least a decade. The premise of that remark is recognizing that what happened to private party classified ten years ago is being repeated with the preprint category today. Newspapers who do not aggressively pursue new ways of monetizing audience (directly and indirectly) will be caught flat footed, while the pure play digital disrupters create new markets that replace preprints. Also, while page views to theday.com initially fell 25%, visits and unique visitors did not decline, and page views restored to pre-metering levels after 9 months. Digital ad revenue actually grew because the affect of the meter allowed The Day to reduce available and optimize its ratio of local sell-through:remnant.\n\nAn excellent piece. Thank you, Nu. I would only add, that in addition to the soft/hard subscription paywall and membership models, publishers have other options as well, such as on-demand micropayments, donations or nag-walls, opt-in advertising, etc. Often these alternative models work better, much better than any subscription plan alone. For example, by adding a micropayment option, a publisher can increase its outreach to the level of 8-9% of its base (monthly traffic) and bring about 3-times more revenue than a paywall as a single solution would. Adding opt-in advertising, where users have a choice of clicking on an ad or survey and thus earn \u201cfree access,\u2019 can convert up to 20% of the casual users. These other streams of revenue can make a big difference. Too bad that hardly anyone writes about these options.\nYou forget about micropaymenys and other models\n12/18/2012\n\nMuch of the article is meaningless without knowing the location of the digital subscribers. It makes sense that subscribers to a local paper would want to access that paper electronically. It is quite another thing to expect web surfers to pay at every stop, especially for local papers. There\u2019s also an impact on advertising. It doesn\u2019t help local advertisers that somebody hundreds or thousands of miles away is reading articles. It would make more sense for newspapers to charge for digital versions when the reader\u2019s IP address is \u201clocal,\u201d while not restricting access by people far away from the publication point.\n\nDigital memberships are not working for most publications. An example is the Fort Lauderdale (FL) Sun-Sentinel, which dumped its digital plan after six months. When publications go to digital screens, it lowers their traffic and ad revenue. It is better to have higher viewership totals and higher ad revenue. The small fees charged for digital memberships can\u2019t compete with the free model."}
-{"text": "Commentary By\n\nCal Thomas is a syndicated columnist, author, broadcaster, and speaker with access to world leaders, U.S. presidents, celebrities, educators, and countless other notables. He has authored 12 books, including his latest, \u201cWhat Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America.\u201d Readers can email him at [email protected]\n\nPresident Harry Truman once said, \u201cIf you want a friend\nin Washington, get a dog.\u201d That truism can now be applied to baseball\nplayers, notably Bryce Harper.\n\nHarper, a former Washington National and now new member of\ntheir National League East rival, the Philadelphia Phillies, recently completed\nan off-season auction of his talents, signing a 13-year contract worth $330\nmillion to play the rest of his career in Philadelphia.\n\nI have never been one to begrudge a professional athlete, or\nanyone else, from making as much money as they can.\n\nIs he worth it? He is worth whatever the Phillies pay him.\nThis is about loyalty.\n\nThere was a time when baseball players were loyal to the team that signed them, except in rare instances when some were traded. The greatest\u2014Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Cal Ripken Jr., and many others\u2014stuck with one team.\n\nSince free agency, players have become like interchangeable\nparts. One year they are in the local uniform, the next they are wearing\ndifferent colors and playing for a rival team. Owners partially pay for their\nlarge salaries by sticking fans with higher prices for tickets, parking,\nbeverages, and food.\n\nThe last time I attended a Nationals game, a roast beef\nsandwich cost $12 and domestic beer was $9. Closed-in parking cost $50. The\nprice tag on a player\u2019s jersey was $225 (plus tax). Water, peanuts, and hot\ndogs are similarly and ridiculously priced. One can buy a pack of hot dogs at\nthe supermarket for the price of a single one at the ballpark.\n\nThe Nationals offered Harper roughly the same money\nPhiladelphia is paying him, but much of it would have been deferred, which\napparently caused Harper\u2019s agent, Scott Boras, to convince him to go to the\nPhillies.\n\nIn politics, if a Republican is loyal to the president, or\nhis or her principles, that person is regarded by opponents as a sycophant, or\nrigid and unwilling to compromise. If one is a Democrat and displays such\nloyalty to a president of that party, and their own beliefs, that politician\u2019s\nmotives are regarded as principled.\n\nIt\u2019s not that different in sports, where the individual, not\nthe team, or the paying fans, has become supreme. In politics, it is increasingly\nabout one\u2019s re-election prospects; it\u2019s not about country first.\n\nNationals General Manager Mike Rizzo lured Harper to the\nteam seven years ago when he was 19. They groomed him, gave him a platform that\nallowed him to become an all-star, a most valuable player, and a fan favorite.\n\nHarper provided great entertainment and the hope\u2014subsequently dashed\u2014that a Washington baseball team, the first since the old Washington Senators in 1924, might just win the World Series.\n\nFans had faith they could overcome what baseball writer Charles Dryden said about an earlier team in 1904: \u201cWashington\u2014first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.\u201d\n\nHarper is not alone in winning big paydays. Manny Machado\njust signed a $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres. That record amount\nwas eclipsed by Harper\u2019s deal by a small amount. So Harper will have bragging\nrights until someone signs an even bigger contract.\n\nWhat about fan loyalty? Major League Baseball can look at\nthe problems the NFL had with its fan base when politics invaded the sport. So\nfar, baseball has been free of politics, but how long fans will put up with\n\u201chere today, gone tomorrow\u201d players is anyone\u2019s guess.\n\nIt would be a shame if America\u2019s pastime went to the dogs.\n\n(c) 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.\n\nThe Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Donate now\n\nDon\u2019t have time to read the Washington Post or New York Times? Then get The Morning Bell, an early morning edition of the day\u2019s most important political news, conservative commentary and original reporting from a team committed to following the truth no matter where it leads.\n\nEmail address\n\nEver feel like the only difference between the New York Times and Washington Post is the name? We do. Try the Morning Bell and get the day\u2019s most important news and commentary from a team committed to the truth in formats that respect your time\u2026and your intelligence."}
-{"text": "For many people, myself included, Druidry and Animism go hand in hand. Since the Age of Enlightenment and perhaps even further back in history (perhaps with coming of Christianity) Animism has gotten the reputation of being somehow backward, a superstitious and childish view of the world wherein everything is \u201calive\u201d.This belief is completely biased in that it is totally from a human-centric point of view; those who believe it to be silly would say that believing a stone has a soul is absolutely ridiculous.This point of view is a projection of our human perspective, of what is alive and what isn\u2019t, what is ensouled and what isn\u2019t.It doesn\u2019t take into consideration differences in the metaphysical.This perspective is often derogatory of Animism, yet it fails to actually understand just what Animism actually means, and what living with an Animistic perspective can bring to human consciousness.\n\nNext week my coven will be celebrating the Winter Solstice and instead of writing this blog post I should be writing our sabbat ritual. I'm sure the inspiration will come, eventually, but for now I'm going to continue to procrastinate (and perhaps daydream about an Oak King/Holly King scenario).\n\nPagans do not have to worry about lumps of coal in our Yule stockings. But you can have chocolate lumps instead, yum!\n\nMy approach to the ecstatic path is down to earth and often quite simple. For example, last year I made a list of things to 1) keep my spirits up during the Yule season and 2) help create a happy season for other people.\n\nInventing a new chocolate recipe was on the list. \u2026 Well, the list didn\u2019t just include inventing new chocolate yumminess. The real point was I would consume said yumminess. :-)\n\nI thoroughly enjoyed it, and will use the recipe again this year. Here it is:\n\nContinuing my story of my personal journey on my heathen path, it was the early 1990s and I was still living in Sonoma, California. I had some great times at heathen festivals Ravenwood and the Ostara gathering in the Marin headlands, and the CAW Convocation.\n\nA quote from my memoir:\n\n\u201cThere were two campout festivals a year, one in the spring on the beach, where we rolled out our sleeping bags on metal cots in an old World War One bunker in the Marin headlands, where we gathered at dawn to ignite a model longship loaded with eggs and nickels and push it into the sea as an offering to the goddess Ran, the other in the summer, where we pitched tents in the redwoods, held toasting rituals called sumbel, and a general rite to all the gods. At the summer festival, the feeling was very much that the rituals were an excuse to get together, hold discussions with people who actually knew what we were talking about when we spoke of our personal discoveries and academic theories about our religion, and of course to sing pagan songs by the campfire all night, the selections becoming progressively more bawdy as the night wore on. One year the summer festival happened to be Fourth of July weekend, so we all drove up to the bare top of the hill in a van and sat in the warm breeze, looking across the water to San Francisco. All we could see of the fireworks display was colored lights in the heavy fog that clung to the City, though the rest of the bay was clear. Pink, green, blue, yellow, the fog flickered. We called it \u201cwizard lights\u201d and made jokes about how our primitive ancestors would have interpreted them. We laughed all the way back down the hill. I was one of very few who did not pair off for the evening, either with someone they brought with them, or an old acquaintance from other Festivals, or a perfect stranger they would not recognize in the morning.\n\nNighttime in the redwood forest, before the music and dancing started up for the evening, held an otherworldly quiet. Fog came in like muffling cotton. The torches under the trees cast rings of light through the mist, seeming to splinter into rainbow-edged crystals as from far away came the ancient, dragonish sound of drummers heat-tuning their bodhrans over the fire. It was a moment of pure magic. All seemed still and at the same time I saw air moving across the firelight, for the mist off the ocean looked like air grown visible. The eldritch woods, black against the starry sky, the red flame of torches, the glowing gold mist; it was an elvish night.\u201d\n\nI also attended pagan festivals as well as heathen ones.A quote from my memoir, Greater Than the Sum of My Parts:\n\n\u201cBecause the heathen group Ring of Troth was based in San Francisco...I also looked for any pagans closer to home, and came across The Church of All Worlds, which was based on... a science fiction novel. The devotees of Stranger in a Strange Land did not, of course, practice cannibalism, as did the Martians in the book. Water drinking was their main activity, and nudity as weather permitted. I did not actually join their group formally, but I did attend their meetings for a time, mainly because they were held in Sonoma. I was originally attracted to them after attending one of their beach rituals, where the priest invoked the god into himself and I sensed power there. It seems odd that there could be such eloquence in the mere flaring of nostrils, but that is what I chiefly remember: when the god awoke within him, tasting the wind as if newly after a long time discorporeate, and then opened his eyes and spoke, I really felt I watched an entity larger than time squashed down to three dimensions.\n\n\"The CAW Convocation was held on some private land north of Sonoma. I went as a vendor. ... I spread my mummy bag right on the dry summer grass, and left my glasses on so I could look up at the stars before I fell asleep. It was a wonderfully dry night, and I did not wake up covered with dew as I\u2019d worried. I joined a small group cooking by the edge of the flat area, looking down into the oak and madrone woods below. Some fog was starting to roll up the hillside, which if it reached us would turn the whole Convocation dark and cold and wet. A dark-haired man named Duncain positioned his folding chair facing the fog and announced he was going to stare down the fog bank and save the festival. Several hours went by, while everyone else cooked, hauled water, put tents in order, and so forth. Someone asked him to help with something, but he said not to break his concentration, he was pushing away the fog. At midmorning the bank of ground clouds started receding, and by noon the whole woods below were visible. Everyone cheered and proclaimed him a successful weather witch, and gave him the eke-name Duncain the Fog Bane, by which he was called from then on.\u201d\n\nAround '94 or '95, after I started studying the Bersarkr martial art and magical tradition, I performed the Bersarkr dance to festival drums one night at the Ostara gathering.\n\nA quote from my memoir, Greater Than the Sum of My Parts:\n\n\u201cIn the evening, when Diana and her group set up for seidh in the bunker and most of the people at the festival went inside to watch, a small number of people were left around the campfire. Some people started drumming, and I found myself tuned into Angela\u2019s drum. She was a heartbeat drummer, regular and unchanging as time. I felt myself caught by the power of her drumming, and I began to dance. The berserker trance came over me, and I leapt into the air, doing martial arts kicks and then coming back down to land growling and moving to the rhythm. I got overheated and dumped my cloak and sweater on the table, and I was vaguely aware that I no longer had my glasses on, but I could still see, and that was a peculiar sensation. Occasionally the drums stopped and I headed for the bench like a spent racehorse, but then they started again, doing a different style, but each time Angela\u2019s drum caught me and held me and the trance returned. Each time I jumped back up, feeling exhausted somewhere inside but unable to stop, unable even to moderate my movements as I would have if I had been dancing some other way than entranced. I continued to dance at full force, leaping and gyrating and kicking.\n\nBerserker folklore says one does not recognize one\u2019s friends while berserk, but I recognized Vlad when he approached within the thirty foot circle all the others had the good sense to give me. Then he stopped cold and stared at me a moment, and retreated. I continued to dance. Then it was over. I felt boneless as I staggered toward the water faucet to relieve the burning of dehydration. Then I came back to the picnic tables by the campfire and sat down, and put my glasses back on. I felt wobbly all over. \u201cHow long was I dancing?\u201d I asked.\n\nAngela replied, \u201cAbout three hours.\u201d\n\n\u201cHours?! I usually can\u2019t sustain the berserkrgangr for more than one song. And why didn\u2019t I have an asthma attack?\u201d\n\nAngela asked, \u201cFox?\u201d\n\n\u201cLynx.\u201d\n\n\u201cI thought it was something small and furry.\u201d She nodded to herself.\n\n\u201cYou saw?\u201d\n\n\u201cYes.\u201d\n\n\u201cMost people can\u2019t, you know,\u201d I said. \u201cIn old stories they say berserkers are shapeshifters, but only the psychically gifted can see the change. Though I should have expected you could, since you\u2019re such a powerful drummer.\u201d\n\n\u201cThank you.\u201d\n\nIt was only then that I noticed the naked man. He was busily cutting himself on the arms, legs, and chest with a straight razor.\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s with him?\u201d I asked Angela.\n\nShe replied, \u201cHe says he\u2019s letting the goddess Diana have her way with him.\u201d\n\n\u201cHmm. I\u2019ve never met a male Dianic before.\u201d\n\nThrough all this, despite getting language back right away, I had had to work at slowly unbending my fingers from their clawed state. Now the fire threw a loud popping spark and I jumped up and my hands clawed up again. Vlad offered a sheathed knife as a pry bar to unbend my fingers, and it actually worked.\n\n\u201cI forgot,\u201d I said, \u201cit\u2019s Loki\u2019s Day. April first. He had to show us he was around.\u201d\n\nAt the time, that was not a controversial thing to say. Like in Icelandic and European Asatru, there was nothing remotely controversial about Loki in the American Asatru that I first encountered in California in the 90s.\n\nAs I grew closer to Odin while studying the Bersarkr tradition, I started receiving more inspiration for my writing. That's another story, and will be the subject of my next post, Poetic Inspiration.\n\nWith the Winter Solstice approaching, and in the cold dark months of the year, we have an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the deeper parts of our existence, those shadowy elements that seem to fade away so easily in the heat of the midday sun, those thoughts that require darkness and the teaching that it can bring.Thoughts such as life and death, darkness and light and the cyclical nature of existence are all excellent themes to meditate on at this time of year, with a natural introspective element to this season allowing us to perhaps go further, deeper than we could or would in the warmer, more outwardly focusing half of the year.\n\nThis season, with the increasing darkness and the lack of light here in the UK brings more sharply into focus thoughts of death and dying.It is often said in Western Paganism that the Sun God dies at Samhain and is reborn at Yule, when the days begin to lengthen and the light in our lives is increased.However, lately my thoughts have abandoned the concept of death, as well as birth, into a more Zen-like \u201cNo Birth, No Death\u201d frame of mind.\n\nHaving meditated on this for a couple of months now, and seeing it reflected in nature around me, as a Druid this is how I internalise the teachings.For me, nature is the greatest teacher.I look to no other authority other than nature. It is the core of my religion, the core of my being.Having looked deeply into the nature of death and dying, of birth and living the concept of no death, no birth makes a lot more sense to me right now. Let me explain."}
-{"text": "Watercolor\n\nCOMMISSION AN ORIGINAL: Don\u2019t see the vision you would like to honor? I also do one of a kind original commissions and pet portraits to capture the spirit of your vision, dreamscape, animal totem, or pet in a one of a kind piece. Simply email me at LunArtOriginals@gmail.com to get a quote on your vision.\n\nThis art was created as the album cover for the band Lynx and The Servants of Song. This piece is unique as it is the first of a three dimensional series of Panoramic paper cut outs, I will be producing over the next year. I am immensly grateful to Lynx and The Servants of Song for commissioning me to make their album art. It has sparked a whole new creative endeavor for me.\n\nThe mystery of the fox. Related to Wolves, foxes are part of the Canidae family, but unlike wolves they are very solitary animals. They are more like cats then dogs, in that they are nocturnal, they have sensitive whiskers and spines on their tongues. They live on every continent except Antarctica.\n\nThis image is for those of you who thrive at dawn and dusk, and relish in the magic hour just before the sun passes over the horizon. Foxes are usually seen at dawn and dusk, the time when the world of magic and our every day realities cross paths.\n\nThe inspiration for this image of a Caribou came to me on an unexpectedly snowy winter morning. The Caribou, or Rangifer tarandus) is a special member of the deer family. Caribou are on of two species of deer where both the Males and Females have antlers. The other are Reindeer, the smaller cousin of Caribou. Both breeds use their antlers for protection as well as displays of dominance.\n\nThere are some people in this world who walk around in a human vessel, but when you look into their eyes you see no human at all, but a creature. And when you experience the blessing of her looking into your soul with those golden glowing gems, you are suddenly met with a kind of clarity that only the wild can bring. This drawing is for all you creatures out there, walking around in human bodies, reminding us what it means to truly live and love.\n\nThe humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. Adults range in length from 39-52 feet and weigh about 79,000 pounds. The most acrobatic and attention seeking of the great whales, they are well known for their magnificent courting displays of breaching, tail slapping, and pectoral slapping. They are also known for their beautiful and mystery rich songs. Their songs are most often heard during the mating season, sung primarily by the males. Even after extensive study researches have not been able to determine the purpose of these songs. The true magic behind their songs remain a secret kept like a sacred jade stone between the whales themselves. Additionally, Humpback whales have never been observed mating or giving birth.\n\nPet Portraits\n\nPET PORTRAITS BY COMMISSION: To order contact LunArtOriginals@Gmail.com\n\nCommission Luna Brie to do a one of a kind Pet Portrait of your furry friend. Sizes range from 5\" X 7\", to 7\"x7\", to 9.5\" X 12\", to 11\"X14\", to 12\" X 16\", to as large as 19\" X 24\" and everything in between. All drawings are drawn on thick pro grade ink paper.\n\n\"I absolutely love the drawing of our dogs that she did for us!! She definitely exceeded our expectations and everyone is blown away at how well she was able to capture not only them physically, but the emotions in their eyes! I would definitely recommend her to anyone wanting an amazing piece done of their animals! She was wonderful to work with and made the process very easy! Will definitely get more of her work in the future!\" -Breezey (Happy Customer, Colorado)\n\nWildlife \"The Sacred Other\"\n\nCOMMISSION AN ORIGINAL: RATES: (TO ORDER/SEE RATES VISIT MY ETSY) Don\u2019t see the vision you would like to honor? I also do one of a kind original commissions and pet portraits to capture the spirit of your vision, dreamscape, animal totem, or pet in a one of a kind piece. Simply email me at LunArtOriginals@gmail.com to get a quote on your vision.\n\nMORE ABOUT \"THE SACRED OTHER\":\n\nEach drawing from this series \"The Sacred Other\" stands as a homage to the magic and wild mystery that each of these animals dedicate their lives to. Through them, may we remember our own wild, undomesticated hearts that beg to burst free from within us. Through them, may we learn to be as brave as them in feeding the world.\n\nThe mystery of the fox. Related to Wolves, foxes are part of the Canidae family, but unlike wolves they are very solitary animals. They are more like cats then dogs, in that they are nocturnal, they have sensitive whiskers and spines on their tongues. They live on every continent except Antarctica.\n\nFoxes are usually seen at dawn and dusk, the time when the world of magic and our every day realities cross paths.\n\nThe humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. Adults range in length from 39-52 feet and weigh about 79,000 pounds. The most acrobatic and attention seeking of the great whales, they are well known for their magnificent courting displays of breaching, tail slapping, and pectoral slapping. They are also known for their beautiful and mystery rich songs. Their songs are most often heard during the mating season, sung primarily by the males. Even after extensive study researches have not been able to determine the purpose of these songs. The true magic behind their songs remain a secret held like a sacred jade stone between the whales themselves. Additionally, Humpback whales have never been observed mating or giving birth.\n\nKingdom: Animalia\n\nPhylum: Chordata\n\nClass: Mammalia\n\nOrder: Cetartiodactyla\n\nFamily: Balaenopteridae\n\nBinomial Name: Megaptera Novaeangliae\n\nMorning Star Stag\n\nMORE ABOUT \"MORNING STAR STAG\".\n\nThe inspiration for this image of a Caribou came to me on an unexpectedly snowy winter morning. The Caribou, or Rangifer tarandus) is a special member of the deer family. Caribou are on of two species of deer where both the Males and Females have antlers. The other are Reindeer, the smaller cousin of Caribou. Both breeds use their antlers for protection as well as displays of dominance.\n\nThere are some people in this world who walk around in a human vessel, but when you look into their eyes you see no human at all, but a creature. And when you experience the blessing of her looking into your soul with those golden glowing gems, you are suddenly met with a kind of clarity that only the wild can bring. This drawing is for all you creatures out there, walking around in human bodies, reminding us what it means to truly live and love.\n\nTigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the easter coast of Russia. Today only six subspecies exist having lost 93% of their historic range primarily due to human settlement. They are all classified as endangered with a population around 3,948 as opposed to their previous population of 100,000 at the start of the 20th century.\n\nThe Ancient Forgotten\n\nMORE ABOUT \"THE ANCIENT FORGOTTEN\".\n\nIf you look into the eyes of a stallion from your heart, one can see a thousand years past of wind, dust, and rain that fed our ancestors. The wisdom of these wild creatures sleeps in our bones.\n\nWe Are The Wolves\n\nMORE ABOUT \"WE ARE THE WOLVES\"\n\nThe Wolf has endured many false stereotypes and misconceptions. Seen often as a picture of ferocity and terror, the Wolf is rather a creature with a high sense of loyalty and strength. They are very social, and intelligent animals with a knack for communication. Using touch, body language, eye contact and many complex vocal expressions, the wolf has developed complex hunting and migration strategies. Humans have learned a lot from studying the ways of these mystic creatures. Genghis Khan himself is said to be among wolf ancestry. He mimicked their hunting strategies in war, in order to conquer most of Eurasia. The Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise.\n\nIn Norse mythology, the Wolf is a symbol for victory when ridden by Odin and the Valkyries upon the battlefield. As a Celtic symbol the Wolf was a source of lunar power. Celtic lore states that the Wolf would hunt down the sun and devour it at each dusk so as to allow the power of the moon to come forth. In Asia, the wolf guards the doors that allow entrance to heavenly, celestial realms.\n\nZodiac/Mythical\n\nCOMMISSION AN ORIGINAL: RATES: (TO ORDER/SEE RATES VISIT MY ETSY) Don\u2019t see the vision you would like to honor? I also do one of a kind original commissions and pet portraits to capture the spirit of your vision, dreamscape, animal totem, or pet in a one of a kind piece. Simply email me at LunArtOriginals@gmail.com to get a quote on your vision.\n\nZODIACzo\u00b7di\u00b7ac\u02c8z\u014dd\u0113\u02ccaknoun ASTROLOGY\n\n1. a belt of the heavens within about 8\u00b0 either side of the ecliptic, including all apparent positions of the sun, moon, and most familiar planets. It is divided into twelve equal divisions or signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces).\n\nThese are my interpretations of some astrological signs as well as some mythical creatures. This is a series in progress.\n\nPisces 12\" x 16\"\n\nPisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity. Their ruling planet is Neptune, so Pisces are more intuitive that others and have an artistic leaning.\n\nCapricorn is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Capricornus. In astrology, Capricorn is considered an earth sign, introvert sign, a power sign and one of the four cardinal signs. Capricorn is said to be ruled by the planet Saturn. Its symbol is based on the Sumerian primordial god of wisdom and waters, Enki with the head and upper body of a mountain goat, and the lower body and tail of a fish. Enki was the god of intelligence, creation, crafts, magic, water, seawater and lake water.\n\nThe mountain goat part of the symbol depicts ambition, resolute, intelligence, curiosity but also steadiness, and ability to thrive in inhospitable environments. The fish represents passion, spirituality, intuition, and connection with soul. Individuals born between December 21 to January 19 may be called Capricornian.\n\nThe Fire of Aries. Aries, meaning \"ram\" is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac. The symbol of the ram is based on the Chrysomallus, the flying ram that provided the Golden Fleece, the fleece of the gold-hair winged ram, which was held in Colchis. (Colchis was located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.)\n\nAries personalities are independent. Being the first of the zodiac signs, they venture out and are go-getters, often leading the way. Their upbeat and magnetic personality often entices others to follow their lead because Aries personalities bring excitement into others lives. People born under the Aries sign, are meant to emphasize the search for answers to personal and metaphysical questions. This is the biggest feature of this incarnation.\n\nA fire sign, Aries can be Courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, honest, passionate as well as impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive, and aggressive.\n\nPortland Uni-pegacorn 24\"X30\"\n\nThis uni-pegacorn highlights famous elements of the Pacific Northwest, specifically Portland. Can you spot Mt. Hood, Timothy lake, and Multnoma Falls? How about the owl giving this unicorn the power of flight? And yes, contrary to popular belief, Hogwarts is actually located in Portland, not London.\n\nLogo Design/Wedding Invites\n\nContact me to get a quote on your logo design.\n\nLogo's and Marketing materials for bands, dance companies, and more!\n\nBand Logo\n\nBand Logo for Lynx and the Servants of Song\n\nCustom Wedding Invites\n\nThe gold stamp of the heart was designed in Adobe Illustrator and then sent to Darling Press to be made into a stamp. I then hand painted each watercolor heart on the back of every invite. Once dry, it was stamped with the gold ink of the Mexican heart design. This wedding is happening in mexico.\n\nPackaging Design\n\nStamp and Packaging design for \"Luna Brie\" Prints and Commissions.\n\nEtsy Logo/Banner Design\n\nNORTHLANDS\n\nThe complete collection of a branding project for the band Lynx and The Servants of Song, and their new album titled \"NORTHLANDS\". The original artwork for the vinyl record was made with ink, and watercolor, and was then cut into 12 different individual layers. It is a three dimensional relief that was then photographed with shadow lighting by photographer Zippy Lomax. The layout of the finalized album cover was made by Zippy Lomax. Huge thanks go to Zippy Lomax for providing digital design support and assistance through the entirety of the project.\n\n3D Album Art 12\"-22\"\n\n12 layers of pen and watercolor, cut with an exacto knife and layered.\n\nNORTHLANDS Album Design with Text\n\nThe final design for the vinyl sleeve of the album. Front is on the right and back is on the left."}
-{"text": "I could be back within the month, or not for a year. We\u2019ll see how it goes but I do plan to return when I can.\n\nThanks to all those both in-game and out who I\u2019ve flown with and fought with over the last year and a half.\n\nThanks for reading. Fly safe.\n\nP.S. I don\u2019t have the time to write a post on the Ganked roam last night, so here\u2019s a brief summary \u2013 left with 200 in fleet, first fight was a clusterfuck of comms but we got some decent kills, got a lot easier as our numbers wound down, culminating in this fight (which we waited 40 minutes for). Flew a bubbler for the first time, loved it.\n\nFirst off: good luck! I\u2019ve been at the same stage not long ago and I know it feels big.\nSecondly: you\u2019ll be back before you know it. EVE Online usually finds its way back to you \u2013 sonner than later.\nThirdly: I will miss your blog. I\u2019ve really enjoyed reading it (especially because we both write about stuff on SiSi \ud83d\ude09 )"}
-{"text": "Life as a Military Spouse: Overview\n\nMilitary Spouse: One Woman's Journey\n\nAOL Jobs recently interviewed Royale Scuderi, a military spouse, mother of four, owner of Productive Life Concepts, and founder of the Guard Wife blog, to learn more about her journey as a military wife. \"The most important thing to understand about being a military spouse is that you are not alone,\" Scuderi says.\n\nLife as a Military Wife\n\nBeing a nurse with an active-duty husband who also works demanding shifts in a stressful atmosphere as well as living in a strange town with a 3-year-old child in tow is doubly difficult. Both have taught me that keys to life as a working military spouse are flexibility and sacrifice."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: 1920s\n\nIn an attempt to establish credentials for treasure-hunter Don Fedora, the main character of \u201cCairo Heat\u201d, I thought it might be a good idea to present personal testimonials from other characters in the story:"}
-{"text": "What really gives the US dollar its value is not so different from tether. It has value as a trading pair/liquidity provider for assets and commodities. Companies and nation states hold it as a reserve currency for this purpose.\n\nIt is pretty much counted on that exchanges will hold a lot of tether to provide liquidity so it has value. Tether itself can operate similar to fractional reserve banking and be fine.\n\nAs long as they have within 3 standard deviations of the max that ever gets withdrawn at any given time then there is a 99.99% they\u2019ll always be able to pay in the worst case scenario. Even most banks are only required to hold like 20-30% of cash deposits.\n\nThey\u2019ve hedged and probably have a lot of cash flow from loans to exchanges. Tether is basically a bank that can get around the law by masquerading as a cryptocoin.\n\nIn that sense, it is actually antithetical to the very intent and purpose of cryptocurrency. Kind of a necessary evil at this stage in the market, but I don\u2019t think it is that much more likely to collapse than any other bank. Of course, banks do collapse.\n\nTether is backed on a promise. The dollar is backed on the US Economy and gross domestic product. What you are saying is entirely different.\n\nThe actual comparison is to say that Tether money works similarly to the money you have in your local bank account. However the only difference is that you can reliably trust your bank as they are answerable to the US Government.\n\nTether however is as reliable as your belief that a random Taiwanese bank would set aside billions of dollars in assets for liquidity purposes of a random/obscure cryptocurrency startup for no obvious gain whatsoever.\n\nThe US dollar is just a promise that companies will price goods and services in dollars. It has nothing to do with gdp. There is no causal relationship between gdp growth and dollar valuation. Increasing the US gdp doesn\u2019t increase the value of the dollar.\n\nTether operates the same as currency markets. Some of it is backed by debt, the same as banks. Most value at banks is backed by debts. Banks don\u2019t own your money, someone owes the bank that money. Having a savings account at a big bank is basically holding someone\u2019s student loan debt or mortgage. The loans don\u2019t come through then the banks fail.\n\nTake a look at wikipedias list of failed banks during the financial crisis and tell me how much you trust banks.\n\nI\u2019m not a tether advocate and I don\u2019t even trade it. I just think the likelihood of imminent collapse is overblown. It is pretty standard financial instrumentation.\n\nOver the next 20 years as the crypto market cap reduces volatility banks will become obsolete.\n\nConsider this for me, do you agree cryptocurrency is insanely over leveraged given the price ratio compared to the overall liquidity in the system? If yes the realize that tether is 1.5 billion in real liquidity. If that ends up being a complete scam (hypothetically speaking, it depends on the overall fraction of the reserve they actually have- which I feel is low, possibly alarmingly low). There will be a gigantic fall.\n\nWell, it\u2019s definitely highly leveraged. Consider that the trading volume for tether is frequently over $3 billion a day though. As long as that keeps up then tether shouldn\u2019t have any problems. Trading volume might decrease gradually but then the supply can be adjusted.\n\nWe\u2019ll see what happens. At any rate I think everyone is better off with them being upfront that they are backing with loans and operating like a bank."}
-{"text": "That \"BLANK\" Should Be Regulated by the States\n\n* The New BIG LIE: From President Bush, Dick Cheney, Ron Paul, etc., committing ____________(fill-in-the-blank-with-any-atrocity-or-run-of-the-mill-crime) should be regulated by the states (i.e., could be de-criminalized). Bob wonders if these leaders would apply that kind of moral relativism only to America or to every nation on earth? Russia opposes killing Christians but lets its 21 republics decide. Germany opposes killing Jews but lets its 19 states decide. Japan opposes kidnapping women for prostitution but lets its 47 prefectures decide. Worldwide every nation's government is against abortion but each lets its provinces decide? Brilliant. And should the states follow Ron Paul's argument that these \"difficult issues\" are best decided at the local level, and perhaps California should allow L.A. and San Francisco to decide marry homosexuals and kill unborn children.\n\n* Presidential Update: Colorado RTL vice president Leslie Hanks joins Bob in studio lamenting that there is no pro-life presidential candidate other than Ambassador Alan Keyes, and most people don't even know that he is running.\n\n* Chicago Might Ban Zip Lock Bags: Bob reaches back in his memory, and wonders, which city banned, or attempted to ban, the following:- spray paint,- super soakers,- silly string,- first floor apartments (because a boy was shot to death from a first-floor window).Now, a Chicago councilman is urging the city ban small zip lock bags because they are used by drug dealers. What's a liberal to do?\n\n* Liberal Prof Agrees- Moses on Sinai was NOT a Legend: Benny Shanon, a professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind Journal of Philosophy and told Israeli public radio on Tuesday, \"As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics.\" Of course this unbeliever rejects the God of Abraham, but it is interesting to see the concession to a thousand archaeological finds that the basic story of the Old Testament, even as far back as Moses, is factual, i.e., not legend.\n\n* Ron Paul won Re-election: Texans voted last night and Ron Paul won re-election. ARTL Action ran a full-page ad in the Sunday edition of the Victoria Advocate in Paul's 14th Congressional District. The ad is a devastating but accurate presentation of Ron Paul's promotion of tolerance of child killing by the federal government, that FILL-IN-THE-BLANK should be regulated by the states.\n\nPost-show Note: Please realize when you hear conservative Christians up in arms this week over Obama's support for same-sex unions, that Obama's position is very similar to vice president Dick Cheney's (recall that Dr. James Dobson threatened to withhold support from G. W. Bush unless he selected a v. p. supportive of Christian values) and to president G. W. Bush's position.\n\n* Obama Supports Same-Sex Unions: \"I don't think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state,\" said Obama on the presidential campaign trail, Mar. 2, 2008.\n\n* Bush Supports Same-Sex Unions: \"I view the definition of marriage different from legal arrangements [but] I don't think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement, if that's what a state chooses to do,\" said Bush on the presidential campaign trail, Oct. 24, 2004.\n\n* Cheney Supports Same-Sex Unions: \"...people should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into... that matter is regulated by the states... I try to be open-minded about it as much as I can and tolerant of those relationships,\" said Cheney on the campaign trail, Oct. 5, 2004.\n\n* Jill Stanek is Taking a Poll on Personhood: On her very popular blog, Jill Stanek is taking the temperature of the pro-life movement, and so far, we're not quite at 98.6, but we're doing pretty well, and personhood, the #2 option, is coming on strong! Praise God!\n\nToday's Resource: The movie, Get Out of the Matrix, has a parallel to the spiritual battle in that people prefer to live a lie than to know the truth. Notice the student who is morphing out of the matrix in this artwork on Bob's powerful DVD in which he debates an entire college philosophy class and their professor, it's called: Get out of the Matrix!"}
-{"text": "Ka Hia Manu (Little Birds) pulls together chants and texts from various Polynesian and Micronesian islands. A metallic, brassy edge to the sound sets this Stephen Hatfield original apart from much of the standard choral repertoire. Think of the spontaneity of kids singing on a bus. Think of hand-woven fabric rather than cashmere. Duration: ca. 6:45."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, November 22, 2011\n\nVICTORIA'S SECRETS - WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE?\n\nDid you know. Queen Victoria probably had a few naughty little secrets of her own. Perhaps even some that pertained to her monarchy. Certainly a few \"personal\" ones that are better left behind closed doors. And strangely, the British Isles, its people, and \"procreation of a chinless society\" still thrive...\n\nThe huge outcry about the proposed State Secrecy Bill is then our topic for the day. Our openly corrupt government is proposing to push through legislation that allows them to gag the media should they get their equally grubby paws on sensitive information. In today's world, when selling broadsheets is becoming increasingly difficult, and sensationalism reigns, the market for sordid tidbits is flooded due to our ease of access to information. I agree wholeheartedly that those that actively steal, embezzle or enrich their cronies should be named, shamed and held accountable. Wearing black is probably not going to stop the 264 ANC MPs under direct orders (threats against their cushy \"jobs\") to attend parliament today and vote along party lines, or ELSE...\n\nThe only difference is that now we won't choke on our morning coffee in outrage at another scandal.\n\nAnd finally maybe Gareth Cliff will shut the fuck up because he has nothing on which to make his banal commentary.\n\nBesides, we have a little thing called THE Constitution. Upheld by something called a Constitutional Court. I'm dead sure the opposition parties, the outraged masses and all their domestic servants will make that their next stop.\n\nAnd for what? Whilst I agree that the media should have the right to deliver the news in a free and fair manner in a free and fair country, one must stop to accept these considerations: Nothing in life is free. And nothing in life is fair either. Our dear mate and neighbour to the North, Uncle Rob Mugabe still rules with an iron fist, pillaging his country's rapidly dwindling resources with a baldfacedness that should boggle the minds of the at-least-semi-literate. Yet he remains in power. His people have not demanded someone replace him. Yes, there are some who would oppose him, but if the entire nation was gatvol of him, he wouldn't be there anymore. So it goes. So our lot will carry on with their 'tender loving corruption' until we're bled dry and, quite frankly, I don't see them giving a rat's arse if Die Beeld bleats about it or not. They're having a fat laugh at the entire proletariat anyway.\n\nAnd as a very wise friend of mine pointed out: \"The secrecy bill is a long time coming. Let's take a break from Farmville and rant about it on the day it is passed.\" Well said, sir. If it was so earth shattering, surely we should have mobilised our finest black outfits ages ago?\n\nHere's a question. Is it as effective at stopping archaic bills getting passed if you accidentally put on light grey sport socks? And what about your underwear? Are all the ladies wearing yummy little black lacy numbers under their 'appalled apparel'? Maybe some things should be kept a secret..."}
-{"text": "Films For Action Is Making a Big Change, and We Want You to Be Part of It!\n\nFor the last 5 years, advertising on our website has been the primary way Films For Action has been able to grow and sustain itself. But with ever-changing Facebook algorithms, declining organic reach and the trend towards native Facebook video, it's become increasingly difficult to drive traffic to the site and hence, earn money from ads.\n\nWe're still reaching millions of people every week on Facebook and our base of supporters is larger than ever - we recently passed 900,000 fans on Facebook - but the revenue model that we used to rely on is essentially gone.\n\nThis could be a blessing in disguise, however. If enough people support the idea of an ad-free, member-supported FFA, we would love to remove ads on the site entirely and rely on our supporters to keep our site growing and healthy.\n\nThis is where you come in.\n\nIf you believe in Films For Action and why our site exists, we hope you'll become a Films For Action patron. As a way of saying thanks, with a $1 pledge, we'll remove ads on the site for you and for your friends with every dollar more.\n\nWhether you decide to pitch in $1, 3, 5 or more per month, this regular income will ensure Films For Action will be able to continue growing our impact across the world, reaching millions of people every week and inspiring the shift to the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.\n\nAs a community-powered learning library (we have over 35,000 site members who have contributed over 3,000 highly rated videos and articles to the site), we think this is how it was always meant to be."}
-{"text": "volvik control assorted color recycled golf balls pack of 100\n\nHigh-grade Volvik Control recycled golf balls are packaged in a reuseable bucket Golf balls contain only slight blemishes, player markings and/or logos Balls are packaged by brand and model Recycled golf balls perform exactly like a new golf ball at better than half the price Package of 100\n\nKong Sports Balls are a fantastic, bouncy toy for your pet. This pack of three medium sports balls will provide endless entertainment for you and your pet while playing fetch outside or just bouncing them around the house. Kong Sports Balls are tougher and safer than tennis ball so that your pet stays happy and healthy. 3 pack of balls approximatly 2.5\" in diameter Tougher and safer than\n\nFor out of this world performance, hit the green with the style and technology of the Nike Golf Lunar Control.Premium full grain waterproof leather upper for comfort and style in all weather conditions.Full-length Lunarlon cushioning offers lightweight comfort, optimal ground feel and all-day support.Lightweight Flywire midfoot saddle features high-tensile strength fibers that wrap midfoot to heel\n\nMore than just a tennis ball, KONG Sport Balls, Small is made with extra-thick rubber walls. These toys are tough enough for serious games of fetch. Give them a throw and watch your dog go crazy for these rugged, bouncy balls.\n\n\\3-in-1 Chew, Treat, Toy!! Fun rawhide shapes with the same great irresistible combination of real chicken breast jerky wrapped in the highest quality natural rawhide. These fun looking chew toys are a great play toy and treat for your dog. Made with fresh and healthful ingredients. Its like a gourmet meal wrapped up in a fun little ball. The Dingo Goof Balls Rawhide Chew is Ideal for\n\nIf youve got a wild side then these are the Crown Joules for you. Featuring a whole host of animals from stags to horses and dogs to pigs. Crafted from super soft cotton that contains a little stretch for a lot of comfort.\n\nProduct Description The Ball of Steel is one of our hottest products for a reason. After 20 strokes, the light bulb comes on and you start making strokes that are accelerating, crisp and solid. At 5 times the weight of a normal golf ball, you quickly see and FEEL where your stroke is loose. Your body will auto-correct and your putts will drop!The Ball of Steel Gives Instant Feedback on Several\n\nThese balls have been around the block and seen a few hooks and slices! They include X-outs older balls blemished balls refinished balls. They are perfect when practising in an open-place and cheap enough that you dont have to spend too much time looking for them!Kindly note: In all of the above grades some golf balls will have corporate logos printed on them.100 practice golf balls ideal for\n\nBrighten up your round of golf with this golf balls set from Longridge. The 6 pack includes 6 different sports balls, most notably a cricket ball, a tennis ball and a rugby ball. The novelty balls are durable and designed for long distances so its a perfect gift for any golfer.\n\nThe Longridge Nitro Eclipse golf balls are brightly coloured to make them easier to spot on the course. Moreover their design makes them easier to distinguish from other balls. The balls are made of rubber with rubber and resin shell. The box contains 6 balls.\n\nMajor Brushes Assorted Polystyrene Eggs and Balls - Major Brushes 795BE-42, This pack of 42 assorted polystyrene egg and ball shapes is great for all Design & Technology and sculpture work. Polystyrene Assorted Eggs and Balls (Pack of 42)\n\nSolid stamped beech for greater strength. For use with Draper Biscuit Jointer Stock No.75303 and other manufacturers similar machines. Biscuits are in the approximate number of 0=25, 10=25 and 20=50....\n\nThis 100% recycled 2-ply single embossed pack of 4 kitchen rolls will wipe up kitchen spillages and food promptly and effortlessly. Featuring the Nordic swan Eco-label which is renowned for their special attention they give to the environment qual\n\nFeaturing the Nordic swan Eco-label this 100% recycled single embossed 2-ply kitchen roll will wipe up food and kitchen spillages quickly and easily. The Ecolabel is famous for their special consideration they give to the environment climate qual\n\nTwin pack Ecoleaf 100% recycled paper kitchen roll. Comes in a 100% compostable bag. 100% compostable bag and tube Ecosoft is a luxuriously soft tissue made with 100% selected recycled paper. Intensively washed to remove inks and other residues. Water used in this process is specially cleaned and returned to source. No harmfuly chlorinated bleaches, dyes or optical brighteners are used. No"}
-{"text": "Explore Cargo Short\n\n$68\n\nGo the extra mile with this Explore Cargo Short that boasts length and style. Featuring angled cargo pockets large enough to stash medium-sized essentials like your wallet and cellphone. It is made with cotton and just a touch of spandex for optimal elasticity, it includes welt pockets and belt loops."}
-{"text": "Tried connecting it to my MAC as a mass storage device but the MAC doesn't recognise it.\n\nDownloaded Garmin Webupdater, but again my MAC does not see the device.\n\nI've read on here that you can connect to the device using updater.exe but I'm not familiar with these types of programs and to be homiest I've also read that they can corrupt your PC/ MAC so a bit worried about installing such a program.\n\nBearing in mind my lack of IT knowledge could someone please help me try and get this thing working again?\n\nOk, so downloaded and attempted to run the GarminCure3 program, but when I click on it, it opens a text box with loads of words/ symbols and at the top states \"this program cannot be run in DOS mode\"..\n\nWe use cookies to store session information to facilitate remembering your login information, to allow you to save website preferences, to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners."}
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-{"text": "Privatization of Public Education: A Joint Venture of Charity and Power\n\nOur children, our future\n\nOur nation\u2019s system of public education is the foundation of our children\u2019s future and thus the nation\u2019s future. It deserves more than sound-bite debate. It deserves a renewed national commitment \u2013 from the public and private sectors, from business, political, religious and community leaders. In this era, with a healthy economy and budgetary surpluses at state and national levels, there can be no excuse for our failure to come together to address the pressing needs of our public schools. The voucher movement distracts time and energy and political capital from this primary national purpose. Rather than investing in the public infrastructure that will build up our children and communities in the decades to come, we are talking about investing in private institutions that have no obligation to be there for our children in the future.\n\nThe good news about this entire debate is that it may bring the wider community into the discussion about education in America. We need more discussion about the plight of struggling schools in our cities and rural areas. We need to find funds to implement proven reforms that will strengthen schools that need to be strengthened. We need to build public support for policies that provide fairness and accountability to all students, even those in private schools, and we have begun to see that change written into proposed legislation. The bad news is that by diverting communities energies toward vouchers, which focus on a relative handful of children, we diminish the possibilities of making real systemic changes that can ensure that all our children have access to a quality public education."}
-{"text": "Post navigation\n\nWhite Men Speak With Forked Tongues. How?\n\nRepublican Oklahoma Senators Coburn and Inhofe object to a native American appointed to the federal bench by Barack Obama. Apparently, a Native American who on paper looks highly qualified.\n\nWhy? They won\u2019t say. He\u2019s simply \u201cunacceptable for the position.\u201d In what way is he unacceptable? It could be because he\u2019s a Native American. (Apparently, 8% of Oklahomans are Native American; the highest percentage of any state in the Union except Alaska.)\n\nOf course, it could also be because if Barack Obama nominated Jesus to the federal bench, Coburn and Inhofe would find him \u201cunacceptable\u201d.\n\nAbout Thinkwing Radio\n\nMike Honig is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Houston in September of 1977 and has been there ever since. Mike's interests are politics, history, science, science fiction (and reading generally), technology, and almost anything else. Mike has knowledge and experience in many diverse fields, sometimes from having worked in them, and sometimes from extensive reading or discussion about them. Mike's general knowledge makes him a favorite partner in Trivial Pursuit. He likes to say that about most things, he knows enough to be dangerous. Humility is a work-in-progress.\n\n5 thoughts on \u201cWhite Men Speak With Forked Tongues. How?\u201d\n\nNative American aside \u2013 the dude is more than qualified. Yale Law, Dartmouth undergrad, clerkships under two different federal judges, private practice, federal prosecutor, adjunct law professor, tribal court judge, BIA judge, active in the Bar and the community.\n\nMore qualified than a lot of judges who get appointed. It would be interesting to see how many were just former politicians and not actual practicing attorneys.\n\nSaw an article that described him as \u201capolitical\u201d \u2013 that would be nice for a change.\n\n\u201cApolitical\u201d used to be an assumed part of the job description for any serious sitting judge. (I used to consider Federal court judges \u2018serious\u201d.)\n\nNow, you have Justice Scalia, who should have recused himself as a friend of one of the plaintiffs in Bush v Gore (i.e., Dick Cheney) and didn\u2019t. Or Justice Scalia, who now gives secret talks which are closed to journalists and recording devices to select groups, and that\u2019s okay because we know he\u2019s impartial and apolitical. Or Justice Thomas, who should have recused himself in Bush v Gore because his wife was an official in the Bush campaign. Or Justice Thomas, who should have at least considered recusing himself in People United because his wife was a lobbyist for conservative causes. (But I\u2019ll give the benefit of the doubt on that one, since it\u2019s a close call, assuming that you believe in your heart that Justice Thomas is apolitical and impartial.\n\nDoesn\u2019t it make you yearn for the days when far left liberal presidents like Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan were appointing judges?\n\nYou forgot to mention Clarence Thomas; he just might be more guilty or just as guilty as Scalia given that his wife, Jenny Thomas, was a paid director of a group that was financed by known conservative contributors and her income was not included in their joint tax return for the last five years.\nTheir behavior is truly shameful and should be addressed and\nany attendance by any member of the Supreme Court at anything that can be construed as political should not be tolerated and should be changed immediately ! ! !\n\nMaobama wouldn\u2019t nominate Jesus to a judgeship \u2013 he would only nominate left-wing nut cases. Anyone maobama nominates is going to be unfit for the job, ethnicity has nothing to do with it. The fact that maobama only picks liberal degenerates is the reason this candidate was opposed."}
-{"text": "Bolt Prospects Shatters Previous Traffic Records\n\nAs of roughly 7pm tonight, Bolt Prospects has registered 7,056 hits from non-staff members in the last 72 hours with people looking in to see the latest news on prospect camp. Two or three months ago I would've thought we were hot stuff just to break 3,000 hits in a week, and we'll probably have 12,000 or so hits easily this week (in the middle of the offseason, no less). I am humbled and deeply thankful to all our readers and I know when I speak for all the BP staff when I say just how appreciative we are of the web community that's coming together here. It's one thing to say it's going to happen and chart it out on paper, it's quite another to see it all come together. This is too cool.\nThank you."}
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-{"text": "Team Stats\n\nShots (on goal)\n\nSaves\n\nFouls\n\nCorner Kicks\n\nOffsides\n\nSt. John's, NL) - The Memorial Sea-Hawks held a strong defensive line against the UPEI Panthers ending with a 0-0 draw at KGV field on Saturday afternoon. UPEI's defence was equal to the challenge and kept Memorial's attack at bay.\n\nRonaldo Morris (Mount Pearl, NL) led the Sea-Hawks with attempts on goal in the first half with three shots. Memorial's rookie Harry Carter (St. John's, NL) had a header attempt in the 41st minute but was saved by Panther's goalkeeper Brett Strba (Windsor Junction, NS). Memorial had four corners in the first half, but the Panthers defence succeeded in dispersing the Sea-Hawks attacks.\n\nUPEI had 2 shots on net in the first half, one by Chris Sear (Charlottetown, PE) in the 21st minute that was saved by Memorial goalkeeper Braeden Sheppard (St. John's, NL), and another shot by Ignacio Sanchez (Cornwall, PE) in the 28th minute that went wide. UPEI also had four corners in the first half, but failed to capitalize on them.\n\nThe second half opened with a strong defensive performance by Memorial, with Michael O'Brien (Mount Pearl, NL) making crucial tackles to keep his team in the game. Rookie Ben Stone (CBS, NL) also had a solid performance, keeping the midfield tight and ensuring possession for his team. UPEI's Ignacio Sanchez showed his talents and broke through the defence again in the 76th minute, with a powerful shot to the left corner. Memorial's keeper Braeden Sheppard was equal to it, making a diving save across his net only to have it rebound and UPEI's Sam Smiley (Stratford, PE) looked to take the lead. But, Sheppard quickly got up and made another incredible save that was rebounded again and then shot over the net. Sheppard's skills kept Memorial in the game, but his team still couldn't sink one past Brett Strba. UPEI outshot Memorial in the second half 5-4 with goal attempts from Sam Smiley, Ignacio Sanchez, Neil Harte (Cork, Ireland), and Mon San Aung (Charlottetown, PE). Memorial's attempts were from Sean Henderson (St. John's, NL), Ronaldo Morris, Fomba Fambulleh (St. John's, NL), and Owen McAlesse (St. John's, NL).\n\nThe Subway Player of the Game was Michael O'Brien from Memorial, who's defensive prowess was essential to his team's defensive performance. Tomorrow both teams will come out looking for goals that they didn't find today. Game is at 3:15pm September 9 at King George V Field at 3:15pm and can be seen on AUStv.ca."}
-{"text": "Any dentists?\n\nI go regularly to my dentist for a checkup, however over the past few years I have been getting a little bit of discolouration inbetween my canines and inscisors - early decay.\n\nIve not had any fillings for ages, and floss etc etc this area, but I am increasingly worried that it is getting worse, and as it is in a fairly visible area I dont want to have anything done that will essentially make my teeth/smile look horrible. I am chewing gum a lot to keep teeth clean in the day.\n\nWhat I would like to know is whether there is anything that can be used to help repair early decay? I know you can get the various brand toothpastes that make rehardening claims etc....do they work?\n\nGood tips (thank you ), which I could do with following, myself - discovered I needed two more fillings recently from caries which my dentist reckons are a result of natural enamel weakness in the crevicey bits of two of my molars. It's soooo unfair!\n\nI reallyshould stop the whole can't be arsed attitude to flossing,though, but it takes so fecking long!\n\nVicky - thats the stuff I was looking at. There are other brands as well....but whether they 'actually' work or not I dont know. THey do make quite authoritative claims, and do seem to be backed up with evidence.\n\nLady P - glad it helped....I will be getting some duraphat from my dentist - which is available in 2800ppm and 5000ppm strengths/concentration of Flouride. I looked at my toothpaste, and that is 1450ppm - which seems pretty high compared to others...1090 for some supermarket own.\n\nI was also thinking that I could sleep wearing a gumshield, after having smeared toothpaste on my problem areas, as that would help stop it dissolving away in my mouth.....(how attractive....but more so than gappy teeth eh)\n\nNick - I also think you're being a bit precious if you're thinking of that unless there are some very good reasons for so doing. and what side effects from leaving your teeth in contact with the paste for that long??\n\nyou said you are worried about loss of enamel - but has the dentist suggested this is a problem??? I'm not sure what Crashie said but I would think that if you have regular checkups and have a generally good dental hygiene and diet then it's not necessary to worry that much about the enamel.\n\nFB - yeah the dentist has said I need to keep an eye on the area, and first commented on it 18 months or so ago (6 monthly check ups).\n\nI could be a bit precious, but as it is on my front teeth, I am more concerned than if it were my molars....it is only very very small though at the moment...but prevention etc rather than cure blah blah.\n\nI actually havent used google about this...(but take your point!)...after some of the scary stories I encountered when I had the RSD in my leg. I did wonder that leaving paste in contact with teeth would be a good idea or not....too much flouride can damage gums as I recall, and it wasnt something Crashie suggested. He just suggested what I pasted (ha ha ha ha - see what I did there?!) into the above message!\n\nOk - if the dentist has commented on it already then best to talk to him at the next check up\n\nI'm not sure I'd want to leave a standard toothpaste on my teeth overnight without taking some advice further! my dentists have also suggested rubbing some fluoride toothpaste in before going to bed usually when I've had some sensitivity to cold water which can often be a consequence of some enamel loss. that's worked\n\nI've used fluoride toothpaste for years as I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. and I've also used an ultrasonic electric toothbrush (Sonicare) for years as well as you get a better clean - my dentists have also remarked at checkups that my teeth don't need much cleaning up from the use of that.\n\nbut nothing stops what your genes have doled out or age unfortunately!\n\nOk - if the dentist has commented on it already then best to talk to him at the next check up I'm not sure I'd want to leave a standard toothpaste on my teeth overnight without taking some advice further! my dentists have also suggested rubbing some fluoride toothpaste in before going to bed usually when I've had some sensitivity to cold water which can often be a consequence of some enamel loss. that's worked I've used fluoride toothpaste for years as I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. and I've also used an ultrasonic electric toothbrush (Sonicare) for years as well as you get a better clean - my dentists have also remarked at checkups that my teeth don't need much cleaning up from the use of that. but nothing stops what your genes have doled out or age unfortunately!\n\nNick, I have naturally very weak enamel on my teeth and I had a similar discoloration/decay/chip on one of my canines. My dentist smoothed it off and filled it with a colour-matched white filling and now you'd never know!\n\nMy mum has always put every effort into looking after her teeth and gums but has shocking teeth thanks to a combination of poor genetics and a succession of reckless dentists, along with pretty severe gum disease through no fault of her own.\n\nDespite the fact me own dentist is very good, i can't help thinking that'll be me in a decade or so's time...\n\nHo hum.\n\nAnother for decent electric toothbrushes - it was actually recommended i started using one to protect my wrists a bit when i had suspected carpal tunnel syndrome, and although I now know I don't have CTS I've stuck with it - 'manual' toothbrushes don't feel anywhere near as effective by comparison.\n\nPreviously bookmarked threads are now visible in \"Followed Threads\". You can also manage notifications on these threads from the \"Forum Settings\" section of your profile settings page to prevent being sent an email when a reply is made.\n\nRunner's World is a publication of Hearst Magazines UK which is the trading name of The National Magazine Company Ltd, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. Registered in England 112955. All rights reserved. Runner's World, Part of the Hearst UK wellbeing network"}
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-{"text": "About Us\n\nAbout Subnav\n\nMark Iwicki\n\nChairman and Chief Executive Officer\n\nMr. Iwicki has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our board of directors since September 2015. Previously he served as Executive Chairman of our board of directors from April 2015 to September 2015. Prior to joining us, Mr. Iwicki served as President and Chief Executive Officer\nof Civitas Therapeutics, Inc., or Civitas, a biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Acorda Therapeutics, from January 2014 to November 2014. Read More \u00bb\n\nMark Iwicki\n\nChairman and Chief Executive Officer\n\nMr. Iwicki has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our board of directors since September 2015. Previously he served as Executive Chairman of our board of directors from April 2015 to September 2015. Prior to joining us, Mr. Iwicki served as President and Chief Executive Officer\nof Civitas Therapeutics, Inc., or Civitas, a biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Acorda Therapeutics, from January 2014 to November 2014. Prior to Civitas, Mr. Iwicki served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Blend Therapeutics, Inc., or Blend, a biopharmaceutical company, from\nDecember 2012 to January 2014. Prior to Blend, Mr. Iwicki was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (formerly Sepracor Inc.), or Sunovion, a pharmaceutical company. Mr. Iwicki was at Sepracor/Sunovion from October 2007 to June 2012. Prior to joining Sepracor Inc.,\nMr. Iwicki was Vice President and Business Unit Head at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. He was at Novartis from March 1998 to October 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Iwicki held management positions at Astra Merck Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc. In addition to serving on our board of directors, Mr. Iwicki\nalso currently serves on the boards of AimmuneTherapeutics, Inc., Merus N.V. and Pulmatrix Inc., all public companies, and privately held companies Nimbus Therapeutics, Inc., Taris Biomedical LLC, and Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Iwicki holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Ball State\nUniversity and an M.B.A. from Loyola University.\n\nHoward B. Rosen\n\nBoard Member\n\nMr. Rosen has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2014. Since 2008, Mr. Rosen has served as a consultant to several companies in the biotechnology industry. He has also served as a lecturer at Stanford University in Chemical Engineering since 2009 and in Management since 2011. Mr. Rosen served as Chief Executive Officer of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or AcelRx, a public company developing products for pain relief, from April 2016 to March 2017, and Interim Chief Executive Officer from April 2015 to March 2016. Read More \u00bb\n\nHoward B. Rosen\n\nBoard Member\n\nMr. Rosen has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2014. Since 2008, Mr. Rosen has served as a consultant to several companies in the biotechnology industry. He has also served as a lecturer at Stanford University in Chemical Engineering since 2009 and in Management since 2011. Mr. Rosen served as Chief Executive Officer of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or AcelRx, a public company developing products for pain relief, from April 2016 to March 2017, and Interim Chief Executive Officer from April 2015 to March 2016. Mr. Rosen also served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Pearl Therapeutics, Inc. from June 2010 to March 2011. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Rosen was Vice President of Commercial Strategy at Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Rosen was President of ALZA Corporation, a pharmaceutical and medical systems company that merged with Johnson & Johnson, a global healthcare company, in 2001, from 2003 until 2004. Prior to that, from 1994 until 2003, Mr. Rosen held various positions at ALZA Corporation. Mr. Rosen is chairman of the board of directors of Alcobra, Ltd. and AcelRx, both public companies, and also serves on the board of directors of ALDEA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private company. Mr. Rosen is also currently a member of the board of directors of private biotechnology company Entrega, Inc. Mr. Rosen holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.\n\nGregory Grunberg, MD, MBA\n\nBoard Member\nManaging Director, Longitude Capital\n\nDr. Grunberg has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2016. Dr. Grunberg has been the Managing Director of Longitude Capital Management Co., LLC, or Longitude, since 2012 and has focused on medical technology and drug development. Read More \u00bb\n\nGregory Grunberg, MD, MBA\n\nBoard Member\nManaging Director, Longitude Capital\n\nDr. Grunberg has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2016. Dr. Grunberg has been the Managing Director of Longitude Capital Management Co., LLC, or Longitude, since 2012 and has focused on medical technology and drug development. Prior to joining Longitude, Dr. Grunberg was a Principal of Rho Ventures at Rho Capital Partners, Inc. Dr. Grunberg serves as a director of Baronova and California Cryobank, Inc., and has previously served as a director of AqueSys, Inc. and as a Board Observer at SARCode Bioscience Inc., PHT Corporation, Crosstrees Medical, Inc. and Nora Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Grunberg is also a Lecturer in Medicine at Cornell University and an Attending Faculty member at Albert Einstein University. Dr. Grunberg is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and trained at Cornell\u2019s New York Presbyterian Hospital. He has maintained a limited clinical practice in Internal Medicine and affiliations with University of California, San Francisco, Kaiser, Albert Einstein, U. Miami, Weill-Cornell, and the Weill-Cornell Buganda Medical School in Tanzania. Dr. Grunberg received an M.D. and an M.B.A. from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar, and an A.B. degree from Amherst College.\n\nRajeev Shah\n\nBoard Member\nManaging Director & Portfolio Manager, RA Capital\n\nMr. Shah has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2015. Mr. Shah is a\nManaging Director and Portfolio Manager at RA Capital Management, LLC, or RA Capital. Read More \u00bb\n\nRajeev Shah\n\nBoard Member\nManaging Director & Portfolio Manager, RA Capital\n\nMr. Shah has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2015. Mr. Shah is a\nManaging Director and Portfolio Manager at RA Capital Management, LLC, or RA Capital. Prior to\njoining RA Capital in 2004, Mr. Shah was a Senior Project Leader at Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a\nspin-off of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Shah is currently a member of the\nboard of directors of the public companies Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Kalvista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.\nMr. Shah holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University.\n\nRobert Paull\n\nBoard Member\nCo-Founder and Venture Partner, Lux Capital\n\nMr. Paull has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2009. Mr. Paull is a Co-founder and Venture Partner at Lux Capital Management, or Lux Capital, where he has been since October 2004 and has focused on ventures in healthcare. In addition to joining Lux Capital, Mr. Paull served as our founding Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer from July 2009 to June 2012. Read More \u00bb\n\nRobert Paull\n\nBoard Member\nCo-Founder and Venture Partner, Lux Capital\n\nMr. Paull has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2009. Mr. Paull is a Co-founder and Venture Partner at Lux Capital Management, or Lux Capital, where he has been since October 2004 and has focused on ventures in healthcare. In addition to joining Lux Capital, Mr. Paull served as our founding Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer from July 2009 to June 2012. Mr. Paull also served as founding Chief Executive Officer of Genocea Biosciences Inc., a vaccine discovery and development company, from August 2006 to February 2009, and is the co-founder of Lux Research, Inc., an emerging technology market research and consulting firm, which was founded in January 2004. Mr. Paull holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia. We believe that Mr. Paull\u2019s extensive experience guiding and investing in healthcare ventures qualifies him to serve as a member of our board of directors.\n\nAndrew Koven\n\nBoard Member\n\nMr. Koven has served as President and Chief Business Officer at Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. since 2016 and held the same position in 2015 at POZEN Inc., where he was instrumental in negotiating a merger with Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. to create Aralez Pharmaceuticals. Read More \u00bb\n\nAndrew Koven\n\nBoard Member\n\nMr. Koven has served as President and Chief Business Officer at Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. since 2016 and held the same position in 2015 at POZEN Inc., where he was instrumental in negotiating a merger with Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. to create Aralez Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining POZEN, Mr. Koven was Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he was responsible for legal functions, government affairs and technical operations until it was sold to Endo Pharmaceuticals in 2015. Prior to that , he held roles as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative and Legal Officer at Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he oversaw all matters related to legal, quality and compliance, corporate development and licensing and technical operations until it was acquired by Merck in 2011. From 2007-2010, Mr. Koven served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Sepracor Inc., where he was responsible for the company\u2019s legal and government affairs departments and Corporate Secretarial function until its sale to Dainippon Sumitomo. He served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2003-2007 until the company was acquired by Abbott Laboratories. Before joining Kos Pharmaceuticals, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Lavipharm Corporation from 2000 to 2003 and Assistant General Counsel at Warner-Lambert Company from 1993 to 2000. Mr. Koven holds a Master of Law Degree from Columbia University School of Law and an LL.B. Degree and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Dalhousie University.\n\nGregory Perry\n\nBoard Member\n\nMr. Perry has served as Audit Committee Chair at Merus N.V. since 2016. He served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2015 until the company\u2019s merger with Novelion Therapeutics Inc., after which he served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Novelion until December 2017. Read More \u00bb\n\nGregory Perry\n\nBoard Member\n\nMr. Perry has served as Audit Committee Chair at Merus N.V. since 2016. He served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2015 until the company\u2019s merger with Novelion Therapeutics Inc., after which he served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Novelion until December 2017. Prior to joining Aegerion, Mr. Perry held the role of Chief Financial and Business Officer at Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. from 2014-2015. He was a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee Chair and Compensation Committee Member at Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. from 2011 until the company was acquired by Astellas Pharma Inc. in 2016. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ImmunoGen, Inc. from 2009 until he was promoted in 2011 to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a role that he held until 2013. From 2002-2008, Mr. Perry served as Chief Financial Officer at a series of biotechnology companies including Elixir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Domantis Ltd. and Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Mr. Perry holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Political Science from Amherst College."}
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-{"text": "Wednesday, November 2, 2011\n\nSo we leave Austin, Texas, not long ago, heading southwest from the original Whole Foods navel of the universe, and the wonderfully cool and independent Bookpeople store. Our destination: Driftwood, to the Salt Lick Barbeque. Yes, Driftwood. We decided to take our first vacation in two years to a place we'd never been, and settled on Canyon Lake between San Antonio and Austin. Terrible drought. Learned that FM roads means \"Farm to Market.\" Anyway we naively thought that at 8 pm there wouldn't be many folks at the Salt Lick, only to discover about 500 cars in the parking lot. No matter. Didn't take long. Wayyyy too much meat. Attention most folks from India: don't go there!: our server told us that 60% of customers pay an extra five bucks for \"all you can eat.\" What is wrong with this picture? The cole slaw had a nice Asian tang because the man who started the place had a Japanese wife. Beans were wonderful too. But, as is often the case, there were mind-boggling juxtapositions, this time in the hill country of Texas. Not so far from this place is a Hindu property replicating Vaishnaivite pilgrimage to Vrindravan (Vraj), where Krishna, I believe, was a cowherder sporting with the gopis. It's just so bizarre. And somewhere around there also is the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower research / wander around place. Very nice. But it was over 90 degrees, and I couldn't walk more than 1/4 mile due to my disability. Oh well. Got a few nice photos. I must admit that for the most part, our food was tasty. But what we had belongs to a form of trayf that comes our way once every three years or so. Mea culpa, mea culpa.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI am a retired educator and independent scholar who is intensely interested and concerned with \"big history,\" and the day-to-day points of connection between the local and the global. I am currently working on works of short historical fiction, an interdisciplinary essay on NRI identity, the meaning of food in world history, and on improving my Mandarin."}
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-{"text": "Abstract\n\nBackground\n\nAdverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are of great public health concern. FDA-approved drug labeling summarizes ADRs of a drug product mainly in three sections, i.e., Boxed Warning (BW), Warnings and Precautions (WP), and Adverse Reactions (AR), where the severity of ADRs are intended to decrease in the order of BW > WP > AR. Several reported studies have extracted ADRs from labeling documents, but most, if not all, did not discriminate the severity of the ADRs by the different labeling sections. Such a practice could overstate or underestimate the impact of certain ADRs to the public health. In this study, we applied the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) to drug labeling and systematically analyzed and compared the ADRs from the three labeling sections with a specific emphasis on analyzing serious ADRs presented in BW, which is of most drug safety concern.\n\nResults\n\nThis study investigated New Drug Application (NDA) labeling documents for 1164 single-ingredient drugs using Oracle Text search to extract MedDRA terms. We found that only a small portion of MedDRA Preferred Terms (PTs), 3819 out of 21,920 or 17.42%, were observed in a whole set of documents. In detail, 466/3819 (12.0%) PTs were in BW, 2023/3819 (53.0%) were in WP, and 2961/3819 (77.5%) were in AR sections. We also found a higher overlap of top 20 occurring BW PTs with WP sections compared to AR sections. Within the MedDRA System Organ Class levels, serious ADRs (sADRs) from BW were prevalent in Nervous System disorders and Vascular disorders. A Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) revealed that drugs within the same therapeutic category shared the same ADR patterns in BW (e.g., nervous system drug class is highly associated with drug abuse terms such as dependence, substance abuse, and respiratory depression).\n\nConclusions\n\nThis study demonstrated that combining MedDRA standard terminologies with data mining techniques facilitated computer-aided ADR analysis of drug labeling. We also highlighted the importance of labeling sections that differ in seriousness and application in drug safety. Using sADRs primarily related to BW sections, we illustrated a prototype approach for computer-aided ADR monitoring and studies which can be applied to other public health documents.\n\nElectronic supplementary material\n\nBackground\n\nAdverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are harmful events related to the use of a drug product. A serious Adverse Drug Reaction (sADR) is defined as any event or reaction that results in death, a life threatening adverse event, inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, a persistent or significant incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, or a congenital anomaly or birth defect [1, 2]. In the U.S., sADRs contribute to over 100,000 deaths per year and have been one of the leading causes of mortality over the past several decades, and thus impose a significant public health concern [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. sADRs such as liver failure and fatal arrhythmia, can lead to a drug being withdrawn from the market when the risks outweigh the benefits [8, 9, 10, 11].\n\nEven though these three sections involve ADRs, each has a different level of severity and coverage. BW describes \u201cserious warnings, particularly those that lead to death or serious injury,\u201d while WP describes \u201cclinically significant adverse reactions,\u201d and AR describes \u201coverall adverse reaction profile of the drug\u201d [12]. Consequently, ADRs mentioned in BW are the most serious, whereas those in either WP or AR contain serious and less-serious ADRs. While each of these three sections do contain pertinent information related to adverse reactions that is valuable and critical for health professionals to promote the safe use of the drug product. Overall, if these three ADR related sections are treated equally could lead to an inadequate assessment of the severity degree of ADRs, and could lead to misinterpretation or unintended harmful events. Therefore, it is important to consider the different levels of severity associated with labeling sections when studying ADRs.\n\nThe Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) [15, 16, 17, 18] is the standard medical terminology developed by the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use, and is used worldwide to facilitate the sharing of regulatory information for medical products. MedDRA is mandated in Europe and Japan for safety reports [19], and has been used for coding adverse events in the FDA\u2019s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) [20]. MedDRA is widely applied in analyzing adverse event report data [21, 22, 23, 24] and in mining public health data (e.g., Medline, WebMD, and Web of Science databases) for potential safety concerns [25, 26, 27, 28]. One of the key features of MedDRA is its five-level hierarchical structure. The basic Low Level Terms (LLTs) are the most granular terms and can be used to encode adverse events (AEs) or ADRs. LLTs often include common and well known terms that patients, those reporting ADRs, and some healthcare providers frequently use. Synonymous and quasi-synonymous LLTs are grouped under a Preferred Term (PT), which many health care providers and researchers are prone to use. Through the hierarchy, clinically relevant PTs are grouped under High Level Terms (HLT), and relevant HLTs are grouped under High Level Group Terms (HLGT) in System Organ Classes (SOC). This network of linked terms provides a method to standardize the language used and allows for accurate analysis of reported ADRs.\n\nStudies have successfully implemented the use of MedDRA terminology to code and investigate ADRs in a variety of documents. For example, a study conducted by Thiessard et al. applied MedDRA terminology to study over 190,000 ADR reports in the French spontaneous reporting system between years 1986\u20132001 [21] and discovered that ADRs related to skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders and nervous system disorders were the most frequently reported. de Langen et al. used MedDRA to code and compare ADRs self-reported by patients and those reported by healthcare professionals, to evaluate the intrinsic value of patient self-reporting [22], and found differences in the categories of the seriousness (e.g., life-threatening and death related ADRs).\n\nMedDRA has also been used to analyze ADRs in FDA drug labeling [29, 30]. For example, the Side Effect Resource Database (SIDER) applied MedDRA terminology to extract ADR information from drug labeling [30, 31, 32]. In our previous research, we have applied MedDRA to drug labeling to assess the utility of ADRs in drug repurposing [33]. However, most research on drug labeling, if not all, does not discriminate the severity of an ADR according to different labeling sections (e.g., BW, WP, and AR). Therefore, they might not provide an adequate assessment of drug toxicity and severity, potentially undermining the utility of drug labeling.\n\nTo demonstrate the utility of FDA-approved drug labeling for the study of ADRs, we compared the results from the three sections with a specific focus on sADRs presented in BW. Our results demonstrate that this computer-aided ADR analysis of combining standardized terminology of MedDRA with data mining techniques allowed us to characterize the frequency, severity, and pattern of ADRs in drug labeling documents. This approach provides a prototype for the study of ADRs in other public health documents.\n\nResults\n\nADR analysis based on different drug labeling sections\n\nOf the 1164 New Drug Application (NDA) labeling documents analyzed, 31.5% contained Boxed Warnings (BW, 367), while over 98% had Warnings and Precautions (WP, 1148) and Adverse Reactions (AR, 1152) sections. We used Oracle Text search to extract MedDRA Low Level Terms (LLTs) from the documents, which were further mapped to their corresponding Preferred Terms (PTs) based on MedDRA hierarchy. A total of 3819 out of 21,920 (17.42%) MedDRA PTs were identified within the whole labeling body of the 1164 documents. PT analysis by section revealed that 460/3819 PTs (12%) occurred in BW sections, 2013/3819 occurred in WP (53.0%) and 2961/3819 occurred in AR (77.5%) (Table 1). The entire corpus for Boxed Warning sections among these drugs is provided in Additional file 1.\n\nTable 1\n\nOccurrence of MedDRA terms in three ADR related labeling sections\n\nADR Section Name\n\n# Drugs\n\n# Low Level Terms*\n\n# Preferred Terms*\n\nBoxed Warning (BW)\n\n367\n\n593 (8.1%)\n\n460 (12.0%)\n\nWarnings and Precautions (WP)\n\n1148\n\n3206 (44.0%)\n\n2023 (53.0%)\n\nAdverse Reactions (AR)\n\n1152\n\n5300 (72.7%)\n\n2961 (77.5%)\n\nWhole Labeling Document\n\n1164\n\n7287 (100.00%)\n\n3819 (100.00%)\n\nTotal number of LLTs is 75,818 and PTs is 21920 in MedDRA, version 19.0\n\n*Only ADR related 22 disorder SOCs was investigated\n\nTo investigate a more detailed PT distribution across labeling sections, we compared the top 20 most observed PTs of the BW, WP, and AR sections each. As shown in Fig. 1, the most frequently present PT in BW was Death (observed 124 times). Upon comparing BW and WP sections, we identified six overlapping PTs (Death, Pregnancy, Depression, Hemorrhage, Cardiac failure, and Infection; red stars in Fig. 1) among the top 20s. In contrast, we only observed one overlapping PT (Infection) when we compared BW and AR. Of note, eight PTs (green stars in Fig. 1) overlapped between WP and AR; most of these ADRs are not sADRs and are associated with symptoms rather than actual severe adverse events or diseases. Thus, they are high in frequency but relatively less serious ADRs compared to sADRs. This supports the claim that BW, WP, and AR sections have different focuses, with BW focusing on sADRs.\n\nThese results further support our theory that by simply treating these three ADR sections equally could lead to the misinterpretation and potential underestimation of the most important sADRs. We have focused on the analysis of sADRs through the investigation of PTs in BW section in the subsequent analysis.\n\nDrug induced organ toxicity\n\nTo investigate drug toxicity at an anatomical organ/system level, we mapped the 460 Boxed Warning PTs to 22 disorder MedDRA System Organ Classes (SOCs). The statistical significance of PTs in a specific SOC was calculated using Fisher\u2019s exact test. The number of PTs present in each SOC was plotted along with the number of drugs associated with those PTs in each SOC (Fig. 2). Out of the 22 SOCs, 7 were found to have PT enriched BW sections compared to the other 15 SOCs (p < 0.05) (Additional file 2) These 7 SOCs are General disorders and administration site conditions (Genrl), Nervous system disorders (Nerv), Psychiatric disorders (Psych), Vascular disorders (Vasc), Cardiac disorders (Card), Hepatobiliary disorders (Hepat), and Blood and lymphatic system disorders (Blood). Furthermore, Nerv and Vasc BW sections were also statistically significantly enriched (p-value < 0.001). For example, drugs with Hepat enriched PTs are highly associated with severe drug induced liver injury (DILI). Among 50 drugs, 29 drugs are in the Liver Toxicity Knowledge Base (LTKB) [34], with 24 are considered among the most concerning DILI drugs [35].\n\nNumber of PTs and Drugs involved in each SOC. SOCs were sorted by their involved drugs. Bars represent the number of Drugs and PTs involved in each SOC, respectively. Blue starred SOCs represent the PTs in these SOCs that are significantly enriched in BW section (p-value < 0.05, Fisher\u2019s exact test)\n\nOf note, SOC Genrl involved the highest number of drugs (197) and had 41 unique PTs like Death, Pain, and Perforation. SOC Nerv involved the second highest number of drugs (123) and contained the most PTs (58 unique PTs). SOCs Card, Vasc, and Blood involved a relatively higher number of drugs and a significantly higher number of PTs compared to SOCs Endocrine disorders (Endo), Eye disorders (Eye), and Ear and labyrinth disorders (Ear).\n\nHierarchical cluster analysis reveal PT patterns across drug classes\n\nWe further examined PT patterns in the Boxed Warning sections (BW) across different therapeutic classes identified using Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) was performed with 129 PTs and 25 ATC groups. As shown in Fig. 3, two ATC classes, L01 (antineoplastic agents) and L04 (immunomodulating agents) were notably different from the other ATC groups with respect to the diversity of PTs belonging to L class (antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents). L01 (antineoplastic agents), the largest ATC group in our drug list, contained 50 drugs; whereas L04 (immunomodulating agents) contained 15 drugs. L01 (antineoplastic agents) involved 75 of the total 129 PTs including neutropenia, lymphoma, diarrhea, anemia, ascites, and necrosis. Both shared diverse PT profiling with 39 PTs (Fig. 3, cluster a). The wide coverage of PTs in L class (antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents) is consistent with the common knowledge that cancer drugs are associated with diverse adverse events [36].\n\nClustering analysis results of drug ATC/MedDRA PT association. Only sADRs in BW section were analyzed. X-axis corresponds to drug ATC groups and Y-axis corresponds to MedDRA PTs. We analyzed MedDRA PTs and ATCs that were found to be associated with at least 5 drugs shown in the analysis. Drug classes and SOCs are represented by different colors. For example, PTs from SOC Hepat are green and can be identified in the Y-axis, whereas drugs from nervous system (N) are purple and can be identified at the X-axis\n\nThe same drug classes shared similar PT patterns\n\nBy applying HCA, we were able to investigate whether drugs under the same ATC therapeutic categories share similar PT patterns. HCA results revealed several clusters: (a) L01 (antineoplastic agents) and L04 (immunomodulating agents) shared diverse PT profiling with 39 PTs; L01 involved 75 of the total 129 PTs. (b) J05 (antivirals for systemic use) drugs were highly enriched with PTs like Hepatitis and HIV infection. (c) Nervous system ATC groups (N) were enriched with drug abuse related PTs like substance abuse, dependence, and completed suicide. (d) PTs such as coma, respiratory depression, and sedation co-occurred in BW of Nervous system drugs. (e) PTs such as myocardial infarction and ulcer were shared between S01 (ophthalmologicals), D01 (other dermatological preparations), M01 (anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic products), and M02 (topical products for joint and muscular pain), which all include NSAIDs that can increase the risk of serious gastrointestinal adverse reactions.\n\nFor example, we found that in cluster b, J05 (antivirals for systemic use) was highly associated with PTs like Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, HIV infection, Acidosis and Lactic acidosis (Fig. 3, cluster b), all of which were observed in four J05 drugs (Adefovir dipivoxil, Lamivudine, Emtricitabine, and Entecavir). The remaining J05 drugs were categorized into two sub-groups where one group associated with hepatitis related PTs, and the other one associated with acidosis related PTs (Fig. 4). Regarding to the cluster c, all ATC classes in Nervous system drug (N) were enriched with drug abuse related PTs like substance abuse, dependence, and completed suicide (Fig. 3, cluster c). Moreover, PTs such as coma, respiratory depression, and sedation were highly co-occurred in Nervous system drugs (Fig. 3, cluster d). Furthermore, we also observed an organ correlation of PTs in SOCs and drug classes. For example, the Nervous system class of drugs shared two sets of PTs (Fig. 3, cluster c and cluster d) belonging to Psychiatric disorder and Nervous system disorder, respectively.\n\nPT occurrence in cluster J05 (antivirals for systemic use) drugs. Only PTs in Fig. 3(b) cluster were further analyzed and were found to belong to two SOCs (Hepatobiliary disorders and Infections and infestations). It is noted that PTs with \u2018*\u2019 (Hepatitis D and Hepatitis A) include stop words (A and D), which are removed in Oracle Text queries, so they were queried and resulted the same as \u201cHepatitis\u201d\n\nDiscussion\n\nAnalysis was conducted on ADRs which were extracted from BW, WP, and AR sections using MedDRA terminology and Oracle Text search. We first conducted a comparative analysis of three ADR sections of drug labeling (i.e., BW, WP and AR). Next, we applied pattern recognition and statistical methods to analyze sADRs from BW across MedDRA SOCs and therapeutic classes to gain an understanding of the sADRs underpinning drug safety. Our study has shown that MedDRA hierarchical structure facilitates the novel use of drug labeling documents for the analysis of sADRs. In addition, data mining by combining MedDRA and drug class information revealed patterns of sADRs within and across ATC drug classes.\n\nThe number of MedDRA PTs occurring in each section increased in the order of BW < WP < AR while the severity of the ADRs decrease in the same order (BW > WP > AR). We compared the top 20 most frequently occurring MedDRA PTs among BW, WP, and AR. The six PTs (Death, Pregnancy, Depression, Hemorrhage, Cardiac Failure, Infection) that overlapped between BW and WP are more serious ADRs in comparison to eight PTs (Nausea, Pain, Vomiting, Diarrhea, Hypersensitivity, Pyrexia, Infection, and Hypertension) that were highly present in both WP and AR. We noticed that only one PT (Infection) out of 20 top PTs was present across all three sections, indicating that virus infection could lead to diverse side effects of drug use.\n\nAnalysis results showed that a PT occurring in different sections may carry a different frequency and weight. For example, PT Myocardial infarction occurred 34/367 (9.26%) times in BW sections and was observed 193/1148 (16.8%) times in WP sections, indicating that the usage frequency of Myocardial infarction is similar in the two labeling sections, mainly because sADRs like myocardial infarction are described in both BW and WP. On the other hand, PT Hypersensitivity showed a different rate among the sections, as it only occurred 11/367 (3.00%) times in BW sections but occurred 360/1148 (31.36%) times in WP sections. Hypersensitivity\u2019s appearing more often in WP than BW section indicates that the seriousness of Hypersensitivity varies from drug to drug. Thus, the frequency and seriousness of the ADR will need to be taken into consideration while evaluating ADR risks.\n\nMost, if not all, previous ADR studies using drug labeling with MedDRA [30, 32] focused on ADRs from the entire drug labeling with no discrimination in the severity of the same ADRs appearing in different sections. Such an approach does not fully take advantage of the drug labeling information. For example, SIDER is a well-established resource containing information on marketed medicines and recorded ADRs, which is mainly extracted from public documents and drug labeling. The available information includes ADR frequency, drug and ADR classifications, drug indication, and other relevant information. However, the SIDER database does not discriminate ADRs of one section from another, which could lead to a false representation of ADRs. The separation of ADRs by sections is of great importance when discriminating the seriousness level of ADRs for drug safety monitoring and evaluation [14, 35], as shown in this study.\n\nHCA analysis revealed that the same classes of the drugs are likely to have similar PT (i.e., ADR) patterns. Drugs from sub-therapeutic categories N01 and N02 (e.g., opioids) in the Nervous system class (N), were more related to PTs such as substance abuse, dependence (including LLT addiction), and respiratory depression (Additional file 3). These findings are consistent with our understanding that the opioid crisis is highly related to addiction. The opioid epidemic is one of the most pressing public health concerns in the U.S. and is a top priority for the FDA [37]. For drugs that are known to have potentially serious risks, the FDA has enhanced labeling by incorporating the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program (REMS) to provide an oversight for the continued safe use of those drugs [38]. One N01 drug (fentanyl) and two N02 drugs (buprenorphine, oxycodone) are opioids under REMS (Fig. 3, cluster c). Another N01 drug involved in cluster c (sodium oxybate) is also under REMS.\n\nIn this study, we applied MedDRA terms to extract ADRs in drug labeling, an area that has not been well investigated. Drug labeling documents are in free text, making it difficult to extract information and conduct ADR analysis. Use of MedDRA terminology to standardize ADR terms helps to enhance the analytical ability in text mining. This method can be deployed in pharmacovigilance by mining free text observational data for adverse drug events to assist drug safety surveillance. In addition to MedDRA, there are other biomedical terminologies, dictionaries, and coding systems (e.g., SNOMED-CT and ICD9) that have been developed for public healthcare information dissemination [39]. However, SNOMED-CT is not limited to tractable levels for its hierarchies (i.e., more than 10 levels), which creates hurdles for the translational and regulatory application. The MedDRA hierarchy, with five clearly defined levels, simplifies mapping and coding practices and facilitates communications with ADR reporting systems like the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). Of note, MedDRA is used as the adverse event reporting terminology by many drug regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry worldwide but is not required for FDA-approved drug labeling. MedDRA PTs can be used to describe medical events and medication errors that are AEs or ADRs.\n\nTo evaluate Oracle Text search performance on MedDRA terms extracted from the Boxed Warning drugs, we compared our results with a dataset of manually extracted ADRs from 200 drug labeling published in Scientific Data in 2018 (as a gold-standard dataset) [40]. Specifically, our study and the publication had 30 BW drugs in common. We calculated the recall and precision for each drug (Additional file 4). On average per drug, the recall score for PTs was 0.93 by Oracle Text search; 26 of the 30 (86.7%) drugs yielded 1.0 recall. Four of the 30 drugs had false-negative PTs (total of 3 different PTs). Differences were due to identification of PTs which occurred during the manual coding by experts (using human interpretation) in the reference dataset, that Oracle Text search was unable to match because those words did not appear in that exact order in the labeling text (details see Additional file 4). For example, Oracle did not recognize the term \u201csuicidal behavior\u201d when it occurred in the text as \u201csuicidal thinking and behavior.\u201d The average precision was low, 0.46, indicative of high false-positives, which were mostly contributed to the occurrence of an extra smaller term within a larger term (e.g., myocardial infarction contains PT term infarction) which is difficult for Oracle Text to distinguish as one larger PT and not two PTs.\n\nFurther caution should be exercised due to the following listed reasons. First, drug labeling documents are not mandated to be MedDRA coded and some ADRs in drug labeling are worded differently from the terms in MedDRA which could cause Oracle Text query to fail to identify them. Second, MedDRA has terms beyond ADRs for regulatory reporting purposes. Third, stop words and multiple-meaning words may pose an additional limitation. Oracle Text query was built with basic NLP (Natural Language Processing) techniques including stop word removing, stemming, and tokenization. Default stop words used during Oracle Text indexing and mapping of the MedDRA dictionary did present a problem. For example, Hepatitis A contained the stop word \u2018A\u2019 and Hepatitis D contained the stop word \u2018D\u2019. Thus, all labeling that contained \u201cHepatitis *\u201d was identified as a positive hit regardless of whether it was A, D, or another stop word (Fig. 4). Lastly, issues with multiple-meaning words were also identified during this study. For example, drug labeling might contain the word \u201cfall\u201d as in \u201cfall in hemoglobin,\u201d meaning decreased blood hemoglobin level. Therefore, the accurate coding for this situation should be LLT \u201cHemoglobin decreased\u201d not LLT \u201cfall,\u201d which refers to a person \u201cfalling down.\u201d\n\nOverall, relatively high recall and low precision was observed using Oracle Text search compared to the gold standard MedDRA manually coded, which indicates that automatic computer programs could help identify and narrow ADR terms to reduce labor-intensive manual coding. However, manual validation is essential to reduce false-negatives and false-positives. In addition, further refinement of Oracle Text (e.g., advanced NLP) search based on the understanding of the MedDRA standard and Drug labeling text documents is warranted.\n\nConclusion\n\nThis study demonstrated that combining MedDRA standard terminologies with data mining techniques facilitated computer-aided ADR analysis of drug labeling. This study also highlighted the importance of discrimination of the same ADRs which appear in different labeling sections. We specifically focused on serious ADRs primarily presented in BW as a proof-of-concept for the study of ADRs and the same approach should be equally applicable to other public health documents. It is worthwhile to point out that the proposed approach can be developed with consideration of other labeling sections, such as Indications and Usage, Drug Interactions, Contraindications, and Clinical Studies, to extract valuable safety and efficacy related information from drug labeling documents and even other public health documents (e.g., Electronic Health Records).\n\nMaterials and methods\n\nDrug labeling documents\n\nDrug labeling documents used in this study are in the Structured Product Labeling (SPL) format. SPL is a document markup standard approved by the Health Level Seven International (HL7), mandated by the FDA since 2005, as a standard XML format used to guide manufacturers on how to report and share drug product information. A wealth of material associated with a drug is included in the SPL (e.g., text, tables, safety and use information, active ingredients, package inserts, packaging type), and is required for all human drug products, including over-the-counter and biologic drug products. The FDA\u2019s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research manages SPL submissions and approvals for US marketed drug products. In SPL documents, each labeling section title is coded by Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), which is a set of universal codes used to identify or exchange medical information. For example, the LOINC code for BW is 34,066\u20131, and the LOINC code for WP is 43,685\u20137. We used LOINC to parse the three ADR related sections (BW, WP, AR) from the XML-based SPL file.\n\nFDALabel database\n\nFDALabel database (https://www.fda.gov/scienceresearch/bioinformaticstools/ucm289739.htm) was used to collect the drug labeling documents for this study [13]. FDALabel is developed and maintained by the FDA as a web-based application that allows access to the most up-to-date drug-labeling data, aiding their use in regulatory science, drug development, and scientific research. In its latest version, FDALabel allows the easy querying of drug information based on labeling sections (e.g., BW, WP, and AR). SPL documents are the source of FDALabel and are archived by the FDA and can be downloaded from DailyMed [41]. The current version of FDALabel database (3/20/2017) has 94,657 SPLs, which include human prescription drugs, biological products, and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.\n\nFDA-approved NDA drug list\n\nIn the current version of FDALabel, 34,681 of the 94,657 SPLs are of human prescription drug labeling (hereafter called \u201cdrug labeling\u201d). Of note, one prescription drug can have multiple SPLs due to the differences in regulatory applications, dosage forms, routes of administration, manufacturers, etc. For this study, duplicates of SPLs with the same Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) were removed and only the most recent effective SPL of the UNII drug was used. The drug list used in this study was selected using the following sequential criteria: (I) human prescription drug; (II) New Drug Application (NDA) drug; (III) single active ingredient UNII; (IV) most recent SPL of the same UNII of a drug. Finally, 1164 unique drug SPLs were extracted. The detailed drug list is provided in Additional file 5.\n\nIn this study, version 19.0 was used and has, in total, 75,818 LLTs, 21,920 PTs, 1732 HLTs, 335 HLGTs, and 27 SOCs. MedDRA has anatomical, physiological, and etiological SOCs. AEs or ADRs coded by MedDRA LLTs are classified per MedDRA\u2019s predefined hierarchy and can be aggregated using SOCs. Of the 27 SOCs, 22 are \u201cdisorder\u201d SOCs with PTs that are highly related to ADRs, such as Cardiac disorders and Psychiatric disorders. We removed 5 SOCs that were not ADR specific: Injury, poisoning and procedural complications (Inj&P), Investigations (Inv), Social circumstances (SocCi), Surgical and medical procedures (Surg), and Product issues (Prod).\n\nWe extracted ADRs in drug labeling with LLTs through an Oracle Text querying strategy and then linked the LLTs to their corresponding PTs for frequency counting. We counted each PT only once per section per labeling, regardless of how many times the PT, or its subordinate LLTs, occurred within the specific labeling section. Although PTs can be linked to multiple SOCs, for our SOC level analysis, only the primary SOC was considered.\n\nThe MedDRA terms extraction process was conducted using Oracle Text search. First, the labeling SPLs of full text sections, as XML, were parsed into the Oracle database based on LOINC [13]. The text index was built in basic NLP procedures at Oracle database including stop word removal, stemming, and pattern matching [42, 43]. Then, the processed text information was indexed and extracted using MedDRA LLTs and mapped to PTs. Specifically, the LLTs and PTs were extracted for each drug labeling document from three ADR related sections (i.e., BW, WP, and AR) as well as the whole document using structured query language (SQL). The resulting drugs - PTs matrix was used for further data analysis.\n\nFisher\u2019s exact test of SOC significance\n\nFisher\u2019s exact test was performed per individual SOC, comparing the number of PTs that occurred in BW drugs belonging to the SOC to the total number of PTs occurring in that SOC for the FDA-approved NDA drug list. Since multiple SOCs were tested, Bonferroni correction (p < 0.002) was further considered in determining whether SOCs had significantly enriched Boxed Warnings (Additional file 2).\n\nAnatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) codes\n\nAnatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system classifies drugs by organ or system of involvement, as well as by chemical, therapeutic, and pharmacological properties. In this study, drugs were categorized into 54 ATC classes under therapeutic/pharmacological levels (the second level in ATC hierarchy). Details can be found in Additional file 6. If a drug had multiple ATC codes, all ATCs were counted separately. ATC information for the 1164 drugs was retrieved from the DrugBank database [44]. First, we mapped via the active ingredient, then we mapped the remaining drugs to Active moiety UNIIs. Thus, 989 drug-ATC relationships were identified and used to group the drugs into ATC classes.\n\nHierarchical clustering analysis\n\nA two-way Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) is an unsupervised learning approach and primarily used for pattern discovery [45]. In this analysis, HCA was used to investigate the grouping of ADRs (along with associated PTs) for BW drugs (i.e., drugs with a BW) in terms of their similarities across drug classes (ATC). Log 2 transformations of PT frequencies were performed to conduct the HCA analysis. Extracted PT data and ATC group data were organized into a data matrix where each row represented a single MedDRA PT, and each column represented an ATC secondary-level group. The frequency of each PT is the number of drugs in one ATC group that contained this PT in the labeling.\n\nSome ATC groups have multiple drugs, such as antineoplastic agents (L01), psycholeptics (N05), and psychoanaleptics (N06). However, some ATC groups only contain one BW drug, such as antifungals for dermatological use (D01) and pituitary and hypothalamic hormones and analogues (H01). To reduce possible data noise in low frequency values, we compiled a preprocessed data matrix containing only ATC groups with at least 5 drugs, which were then further explored by cluster analysis. Similarly, only PTs that appeared in at least 5 drug counts across all drugs were included in the cluster analysis. Overall, for the final analysis, 129 out of 460 PTs and 25 out of 54 ATCs were used to compile a preprocessed data matrix (Additional file 7), and were analyzed by cluster analysis using heatmap.1 function in R (version 3.2.1).\n\nNotes\n\nAcknowledgements\n\nDM and JY are grateful for the support of this project in part by an appointment to the Internship/Research Participation Program at the National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. FDA, administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the FDA.\n\nAvailability of data and materials\n\nDisclaimer\n\nThe views presented in this article do not necessarily reflect the current or future opinion or policy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Any mention of commercial products is for clarification and not intended as an endorsement.\n\nAuthor\u2019s contributions\n\nHF, WT and LW conceived and designed this study. LW, ZL, SH, GZ, JY, WG and HF performed data analysis. LW, TI, ZL, AZW, ST, JX, DM, WT and HF wrote the manuscript. All authors have agreed on all the contents and approved the final manuscript.\n\nEthics approval and consent to participate\n\nNot applicable.\n\nConsent for publication\n\nNot applicable.\n\nCompeting interests\n\nThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.\n\nPublisher\u2019s Note\n\nSpringer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.\n\nde Leon J. Highlights of drug package inserts and the website DailyMed: the need for further improvement in package inserts to help busy prescribers. 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-{"text": "Photo Gallery\n\nSANTA CLAUS, Ind. \u2013 When it came time for a man in Santa Claus, Indiana to propose to his girlfriend, he made sure to include her younger sister.\n\nWill Seaton, 25, and Ashley Schaus, 23, began dating in 2010 after they met at a car show.\n\nSchaus has a 15-year-old sister named Hannah who has Down syndrome and diabetes. Schaus told Seaton that if they ever became engaged, he\u2019d have to marry two girls because Hannah will most likely always be dependent on her.\n\nMuch to her surprise, that\u2019s exactly what he did.\n\nDuring an annual photoshoot near Schaus\u2019 home, Seaton got down on one knee, and he asked Schaus to marry him. And then he got down on one knee for a second time, and he asked Hannah to be his \u201cBest Friend Forever.\u201d\n\n\u201cI was very surprised. Will is wonderful, but he\u2019s rather humble and so this gesture blew me away. She was so happy, and all I could think about was how special this was for her,\u201d Schaus told CBS4.\n\nSchaus said Hannah first started laughing, and then she cried happy tears and everyone began crying.\n\nSchaus and Seaton have set October 7, 2017 as their wedding date, and Hannah will play a very special role in the ceremony. She is the \u201cBest Sister,\u201d more than a bridesmaid, but of course, not a bride.\n\nSchaus told CBS4 that Will and Hannah will share best friend vows, and at the reception, they will dance to Harry Nilsson\u2019s song \u201cBest Friend.\u201d"}
-{"text": "St. Gregory of Narek, doctor of the church(VIS) On Saturday, 21 February, Pope Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the audience he confirmed the proposal by the cardinals and bishops, members of the plenary session of the congregation, to concede the title of doctor of the universal church to St. Gregory of Narek, priest and monk, who was born in Andzevatsij (then Armenia, present-day Turkey) in 1005 and died in Narek (then Armenia, present-day Turkey) around 1005.\n\nUkraine\u2019s front-line fighters balk at peace(Al Jazeera) Today, the ceasefire is a truce in name only. With the capture of Debaltseve a few days ago, the Minsk II agreement has gone the way of its predecessor as fighting continues to rage along the front. \u201cNo one believes in this truce. No one believes [Russian President Vladimir] Putin will honor it,\u201d one soldier said. The bigger problem for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is not that his soldiers do not trust Mr. Putin, but that they do not trust him, their leader\u2026\n\nEgypt\u2019s grand mufti says Islamic State attack against Copts un-Islamic(Ahram Online) Grand Mufti Shawki Allam, the Egyptian state\u2019s authority responsible for issuing religious edicts, said on Monday in a statement that the Islamic State executing 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya was an act empty of the \u201cgreat tolerance of Islam.\u201d He insisted that the militant group has no understanding of the meaning of the Holy Quran. He added that the group\u2019s attribution of certain sayings to Prophet Mohamed was erroneous\u2026\n\nCoptic Catholics consecrate first-ever church in Sinai(Aid to the Church in Need) The same day the Islamic State released gruesome video of the execution of Copts in Libya, 15 February 2015, Egypt\u2019s Coptic Catholic Church celebrated the consecration of its first-ever church in Sinai: Our Lady of Peace, in the community of Sharm al Sheikh. The name had been chosen by Suzanne Mubarak, wife of the ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Mrs. Mubarak, who was educated by Catholic sisters, ensured that construction of the church could proceed after years of delay and opposition by local political leadership. Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac, head of the 200,000-member Coptic Catholic Church, presided over the consecration ceremony\u2026\n\nGazans forced to sell their belongings(Al Monitor) The harsh economic crisis that has been worsening in the Gaza Strip has forced Gazans to sell their belongings to avoid begging for money. Asked about these crises, economist Samir Hamattu explained that these result from various political and economic conditions, including the Israeli blockade, the war on Gaza, the closure of border tunnels with Egypt, the closing of the Rafah border crossing, Hamas-Fatah political differences and the financial crisis currently plaguing the Palestinian Authority\u2019s institutions\u2026\n\nSyria insists on cooperation in fight against antiquities theft(New York Times) The world will have to cooperate with Syria to halt the trade in looted antiquities that helps fund jihadist groups, Syria\u2019s culture minister said, putting the onus on Turkey to stop the smuggling across their shared frontier. Culture minister Issam Khalil said a U.N. Security Council resolution that aims to stop groups including Islamic State from benefiting from the illicit antiquities trade would not be effective without the help of Damascus, a pariah to many Arab and Western states since Syria\u2019s war erupted in 2011\u2026\n\nIn 2001, in Tbilisi, in the winter, when the skies were gray and the electricity was usually off, life was a monochrome of black figures moving in a mass of grayness.\nBut every once in a while, usually pinned to the jacket of a woman of a certain age, there would be a stab of red and a cool pool of blues and greens caught up in a delicate swirl of silver.\n\nThe deep, rich colors evoked a sense of distant, exotic places \u2014 like India or the Middle East \u2014 some place far from the drabness of post-Soviet anything, some place where the spices were more vibrant than any painter\u2019s palate.\n\nIn short, someplace very different than Georgia in the waning days of the Shevardnadze government.\n\nThe small brushes of brilliant hues that broke through the black were actually quintessentially Georgian, however \u2014 a form of ornament-making the Georgian artisans perfected centuries ago.\n\nBut back then enamel jewelry \u2014 like so many of Georgia\u2019s ancient arts \u2014 was not popular. The extreme poverty that blanketed the country at the time forced valuable metals to the forefront; a good gift was anything with a smidgen of gold, not some ornamental throwback to Georgia\u2019s past.\n\nThose who were actively working to rekindle, revive, restore Georgia\u2019s great artistic traditions were a minority in a country where the majority were just focused on getting by.\n\nSo, as it was with so many things of that time, it fell to the Georgian Orthodox Church to task artists, like Davit Kakabadze, to relearn the art of enamel \u2014 and to restore it to its original purpose, which was to give an image to the haunting history and traditions of the Church.\n\nAnd now slowly, over the past ten years or so, enamel jewelry and enamel icons have been making a measured comeback. Today, they are everywhere, for sale for as little as a few dollars in downtown shops or for thousands in galleries and gala charity auctions.\n\nThe intricate designs can be traditional swirls of color or modern takes; shops sell them in all shapes and styles, even pendants made up to look like sunflowers or popular cartoon characters.\n\nThey are still as breathtaking as when I first noticed them \u2014 rich, vibrant colors caught up in a pattern of swirls or a delicate mosaic. Women wear them in oversized rings, necklaces, brooches and beautiful little crosses.\n\nThe bright bits of enamel are now known to be a pleasing, unique gift for birthdays or baptisms, according to Yulia Abranova at the Chaldean Church.\n\nThey are also \u2014 at the Chaldean Church and at Caritas Georgia \u2014 known to be a deceptively powerful way to help troubled youth inch out of poverty.\n\nFive days a week, teenage boys and girls hunch over tiny bits of silver, making beautiful jewelry using the method and skills their ancestors developed thousands of years ago.\n\nThey design icons, pendants and rings; select colors and patterns; and spend hours painstakingly honing their craft \u2014 developing a skill they can use to earn a living long after they leave.\n\nThe art form they are learning, not long ago dismissed as a simple ornament that was less valuable than Russian or Armenian gold, is now appreciated as a priceless part of Georgian culture and folk art. And, a valuable commodity in the growing souvenir trade.\n\nI received my first piece of Georgian enamel jewelry several years ago \u2014 a beautiful blue, green and gold cross that was technically a gift for my infant daughter on her baptism day. An American friend gave it to her, and when my husband saw it, he was shocked \u2014 stunned, really \u2014 that a foreigner had actually paid money for something Georgians thought so little of.\n\nMy reaction to it must have struck a chord: he gave me a piece of enamel jewelry that year on my birthday. The tiny splashes of bright colors lying in my jewelry box, shining against the dark velvet, never cease to captivate my daughter.\n\nShe loves to take them out, feel the cool surface with her fingers, run a nail around the swirling patterns.\n\nIn this photo from the Winter edition of ONE, students pray at the Sts. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. To learn more about the school and the Armenian community, read \u201cA Beacon of Hope in Jerusalem\u201d in the current edition of ONE.(photo: Ilene Perlman)\n\nPeople living in war-torn eastern Ukraine struggle to feed themselves and their children as provisions become increasingly scarce. The World Food Program says it is scaling up its emergency operation in the region to help the nearly 190,000 people displaced by the conflict. (video: The Guardian)\n\nRetreating soldiers bring echoes of war\u2019s chaos to a Ukrainian town(New York Times) As violence continued to plague eastern Ukraine on Thursday, demoralized Ukrainian soldiers straggled into the town of Artemivsk, griping about incompetent leadership and recounting desperate conditions and gruesome killing as they beat a haphazard retreat from the strategic town of Debaltseve\u2026\n\nPope Francis tells Ukrainian bishops to stay out of politics(National Catholic Reporter) Pope Francis has called on Catholic bishops in Ukraine to stay out of political debates and focus their energies on caring for their people and in reaffirming Christian values. Speaking Friday to various Catholic prelates of the country, Francis said he understood that \u201crecent historical events that have marked your land are still present in the collective memory.\u201d But, the pope said, those events are not for bishops to respond to. Instead, he said, \u201cthere are also sociocultural and human tragedies that await your direct and positive contribution\u2026\u201d\n\nChurch speaks out against Dalit discrimination(Fides) The Catholic Church in India is calling on the government to end legalized discrimination against Dalit Christians. Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi says it is time to re-introduce for Dalit Christians the same benefits enjoyed by Hindu Dalits, denied for six decades to Christians\u2026\n\nIraqi Christian men fight to keep Islamic State away from homes(The Daily Signal) Since the summer, some 30,000 Christians have fled the Nineveh Plains. Without official government support, and with minimal equipment primarily funded through donations, the young Christian men \u2014 most in their early to mid 20\u2019s \u2014 feel a responsibility to defend their own\u2026\n\nIn Trichur, India, the Congregation of Samaritan Sisters Generalate, led by Mother Rose Cornelia and the Mistress of Novices, Sister Sophia, greet visitors. (photo: John E. Kozar)\n\nPope Francis has proclaimed 2015 as the Year of Consecrated Life. It\u2019s a time for celebrating the work of the religious orders \u2014 sisters, brothers, priests \u2014 who\u2019ve made their lives a consecration to God and his people.\n\nNo one embodies this devotion more than the sisters. They\u2019re the driving force behind most of the initiatives CNEWA donors graciously support. Today, ONE-TO-ONE begins a series of profiles to introduce you to some of these remarkable women and their vital work.\n\nIn the countries where CNEWA works, sisters serve in schools, hospitals, orphanages and other works that help people in need. Many sisters work in places where family structures have disintegrated. So, for the children they help, the sisters create that environment \u2014 a structure for those who don\u2019t have a family. They feed, house, clothe, educate and care for them so they\u2019re not alone.\n\nIn crisis areas, sisters provide food, shelter, clothing, medical care and even psychological help to displaced people. They often have to improvise, and don\u2019t always have the resources they need. But they never discriminate in terms of religious or cultural background. They don\u2019t turn people away.\n\nWhen you become a novice, you learn about the church\u2019s and your religious order\u2019s practices, which strengthen your relationship with God. Sisters also learn how to minister by working with those already doing it, through hands-on learning in the field as well as through formal education. You live with other sisters. You share your prayers. You share your meals and other aspects of the community\u2019s daily life and ministry.\n\nIt\u2019s about simplicity. You give your life to a religious community that professes belief in God and practices works of mercy. From that base, you go out and serve the wider world.\n\nYou also learn from the Gospel to treat others as you would be treated \u2014 which fits in with the total mission of the church, especially under Pope Francis. It\u2019s not about ritual and bureaucracy. It\u2019s about emphasizing the religious and humanitarian aspects of what we do as a church.\n\nThe sisters bring that into everyday life. During the days and weeks ahead, ONE-TO-ONE will show you how they do it. For the church to be alive, we need religious women to continue the faith. Through times of crisis and periods of calm, faith is what endures.\n\nTo support the work of sisters around the world, please visit this page.\n\nBrother Gerard Conforti, F.S.C., has a background in education and financial management in New York and Michigan. After working in the Middle East at Bethlehem University, he was invited to join Catholic Near East Welfare Association in New York, where he now serves as Chief Administrative Officer.\n\nIt\u2019s a small building, filled with the sounds of life. Whirring sewing machines. Scissors snipping through fabric. Voices filled with hope for the future.\n\nAt the Women\u2019s Promotion Center in Ethiopia\u2019s capital city, teenage girls and women learn the skills of making clothing\u2014from fabric cutting to sewing to embroidery. They are among the poorest residents of this poor country. And their training serves one purpose: survival.\n\nA group of nuns from the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Anne runs the center. The sister in charge, Sister Elizabeth Endrias, is 24 years old. But the program she\u2019s developed is intensive. \u201cTraining takes from ten months to two years,\u201d she explains. \u201cThis year we have thirty trainees in dressmaking and seven in embroidery.\u201d\n\nWith resources limited, the school has begun charging a modest fee. For the poorest students, however, money is never a barrier. \u201cIn this case we intervene, inquire about their difficulties,\u201d Sister Elizabeth says. \u201cAnd when we find it necessary to support them, we offer them free education to complete their studies.\u201d\n\nShe remembers the day one teenager arrived with her father. \u201cHe had the desire to help his daughter in her training. He told me the extent of their poverty but willed to pay.\u201d\n\nThe father paid for two months, but grew ill and passed away. \u201cImagine the challenge facing this 18-year-old girl,\u201d Sister Elizabeth says. \u201cWe not only exempted her from fees, but also gave back to her mother the two months payment that her father had paid.\u201d\n\nThat young seamstress\u2014her name is Hanna\u2014plans to start a dressmaking business to support her family. \u201cSister Elizabeth is very special for me,\u201d she says. \u201cShe rescued me from losing this opportunity after the death of my father. I am very grateful to her.\u201d\n\nFor the women who fill the center each day, Sister Elizabeth and her fellow nuns are role models. Her supervisor, Sister Weineshet, explains that all have wide-ranging abilities. \u201cIf they work with women, not only their religiosity is needed,\u201d she says. \u201cThey need to be equipped with a holistic knowledge of women, their needs and challenges.\u201d\n\nAt Catholic Near East Welfare Association, we\u2019re proud to support the sisters\u2019 important mission. And as they help improve the lives of women who have so little, one thing is certain: the good sisters will be grateful if you can help too.\n\nThousands of sisters. Millions of small miracles.\n\nTo support the good work of sisters throughout CNEWA\u2019s world, click here.\n\nSonu Augustine plays with his daughter Nidhika in the yard of their home. (photo: Don Duncan)\n\nThe Winter edition of ONE features an interview with Sonu Augustine, who grew up in Kerala, India, but now lives with his family in Qatar. He is one of an estimated 400,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the Persian Gulf region. In his conversation with reporter Don Duncan, he discusses the challenges of faith and culture in the Persian Gulf:\n\nONE: Does your existence far from the core of the Syro-Malabar Church make it harder for you to transfer your traditions to your children?\n\nSA: We have to work assiduously to make sure that the children are growing up in our faith. Growing up in India means that there is a communal family structure. Grandparents live with the family, brothers and sisters are always nearby, and there are Christian neighbors and a parish with activities of all types. In Qatar, however, it is much different. Even if I go regularly to church here, Syro-Malabar Catholics do not have adequate access to services in our tradition in the Gulf. The children miss out.\n\nONE: So you have attended the Latin-rite Mass for want of the Divine Liturgy in the Syro-Malabar\u2019s tradition?\n\nSA: For a starving man, whatever food he gets is good food. When he has options, he will opt for the best food. It was a situation like that when I first got here.\n\nOn Monday, 16 February, Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury of the British Orthodox Church \u2014 a jurisdiction of the Coptic Orthodox Church \u2014 appeared on a BBC news broadcast to speak on the recent killing of Copts by the Islamic State in Libya. (source: British Orthodox Church YouTube channel)\n\nJerusalem\u2019s Copts mourn Egyptian Christians beheaded in Libya(Jerusalem Post) Just days after Islamic State militants released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya, dozens of Coptic Christians attended a prayer service in Jerusalem\u2019s Coptic Orthodox church located near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Wednesday to mourn the victims\u2026\n\nRussian Orthodox patriarch extends condolences to Copts(Russian Orthodox Church) Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent condolences to the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mr. Abdel Fattah al Sisi, and Pope Tawadros II over the murder of more than 20 Coptic Christians in Libya\u2026\n\nUkrainian Orthodox Church patriarchates at odds over Ukraine conflict(AsiaNews.it) Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate said they were \u201cconcerned\u201d that Metropolitan Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate, had given encouragement to the government to continue the fight in Donbass. In an interview, Metropolitan Filaret rejected the charges against him\u2026\n\nMigration Congress recommendations released(Vatican Radio) The final document of the 7th World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants was made public on Thursday, and called for those charged with the mission of teaching within the church to make an effort to broaden their knowledge and turn theory into practice at the local level. The full text of the document is below\u2026\n\nEgyptians love to refer to their country as the \u201cmother of the world.\u201d But, if you are an Egyptian Christian orphan longing for the love of a parent, a combination of Islamic tradition, an unclear law and even international politics will make your chances of being legally adopted practically nil.\n\nThe Egyptian constitution \u2014 which states that it is \u201cinspired\u201d by Islamic religious law, known as Sharia \u2014 actually bans adoption.\n\nWhy Islam forbids adoption is not clear. Some believe it is in order to maintain a clear bloodline and to ensure rightful inheritance. Others believe it to be a reaction to Muhammad\u2019s marriage to the former wife of his adopted son, which was a source of scandal in the community.\n\nAccording to Atonement Friar Elias Mallon of CNEWA, \u201cIslamic law sees three types of orphans: the fatherless (such as Muhammad), who ceases to be an orphan at puberty; the motherless; and the abandoned. \u201cThe first one is the one that gets the most attention. There is a great deal of material in the Quran harshly condemning oppressing or cheating the orphan. However, Islamic law is very complicated concerning who inherits what and whom one can marry or not marry. It is precisely here that it gets convoluted. \u201cThere is a type of acceptance of the orphan called kafalah, but this has nothing to do with what Western law considers adoption.\n\n\u201cIn a traditional society with extended families this was not a problem since children were taken in. In a modern or at least urbanized society this is causing some problems. It has also come up before the European Court of Human Rights. There is also an inner discussion going on about adoption.\u201d\n\nBut does Egypt\u2019s law extend to Christians? This is where things get really murky. Those who support legal adoption in Egypt say the law does not explicitly prevent Christians from adopting. Adoptions by Christians do take place, arranged mostly by the churches. Some government officials are aware of this practice and turn a blind eye. Those who don\u2019t fear Christians will adopt Muslims in order to raise them as Christians.\n\nThe legal stakes have been raised since two American couples were convicted by an Egyptian court in 2008 of trying to adopt children from a Christian orphanage and remove them from the country. Some observers believed Egypt\u2019s government at the time, under Hosni Mubarak, staged the trial to show that Egypt was cracking down on human trafficking. (The U.S. government had criticized Egypt for not doing enough to prevent African migrants from trafficking into Israel.)\n\nSince the revolution that toppled Mubarak in 2011, Egypt has had two governments. The president who was elected after Mubarak, Muhammad Morsi, led the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt\u2019s leading Islamist party. He tried to pass a constitution that critics said \u201cfurther disenfranchised\u201d non-Muslims \u2014 especially Christians. After the military toppled Morsi in July 2013, Egyptian Muslims and Christians overwhelmingly endorsed a revised constitution in a referendum in January 2014. While the new constitution prohibits political parties to be affiliated with religions or religious movements, and grants greater freedom of expression, it remains to be seen whether the current government will move to improve the status of Egypt\u2019s Christians, including her orphans.\n\nAs with [ninth-grader] Diksha, [tenth-grader] Bhanu says life among the San Joe Puram children has given him a desire to help others. Both he and Diksha dote on Uma, a visually impaired girl in the tenth grade.\n\n\u201cUma sings and studies well. We never consider her \u2018blind,\u2019 \u201d Bhanu says. He recalls Uma going on rides with them at a class picnic. \u201cMost children were terrified and screaming, but Uma was cool. She is more courageous than us.\u201d\n\nDiksha was thrilled when she was asked to take notes for Uma. \u201cWe have become close friends,\u201d she says.\n\nCarmelite Sister Nancy George, the principal, is happy to see such developments among her students. She says village students vie with each other to help the children who reside at St. Joe Puram \u2014 they push wheelchairs, carry school bags and guide the visually impaired to various places in the school. The result, she believes, could help transform her country."}
-{"text": "Saturday, July 24, 2010\n\nWe Made It!\n\nThe new Casa de Bashaw\n\nWe are here at Fort Leavenworth, and we are settling in, slowly but surely.\n\nThis is our first time living on post which I think I'm going to enjoy. There is a sense of safety within these walls, and it's wonderful, especially for the kids and my peace of mind. They are able to ride their bikes all over and it's nice to know that speed limits are strictly enforced and that they can only go so far.\n\nStill, sometimes I feel like I'm living in a fish bowl. Everything is so close and well . . . SO CLOSE! Our home has decreased in size by about half, and sometimes I feel as though we are tripping over each other. Maybe that's because we are! I'm learning, however, to be grateful for what we have and what we had. I took our home in Knoxville for granted too many times.\n\nGosh. I miss this place. The house, the pool right across from my driveway, my neighbors, the grocery store right across from our subdivision, our church at the end of our subdivision, our friends, A/C upstairs . . . I start to dwell upon it and it hurts my heart. Then I remember that God brought us here for a reason and I must choose to focus on the good things that will come from our time out here. TN will always be there, waiting for us with open arms and a glass of cold, sweet tea.\n\nKansas is nice. Not as flat as I thought it would be. The hills are green, covered with trees, and rolling. Amazing thunderstorms, which I'm coming to enjoy rather than fear. We are close to some neat places, and venture out as often as our pocket book will allow. We were in Omaha a few weeks ago and had a great time. Here's a photo of our lodging. Pretty cool, huh? The kids loved it.Not much else to say right now. Going somewhat stir crazy as it's been HOT so indoors is a must for most of the day, and the excitement of summer vacation is slowly coming to an end. Looking forward to the start of the school year, and the new opportunities that will arise for our family. Thinking about applying for a job so I can work one or two nights a month. I miss helping new lives come into this world. The extra cash in our vacation fund would be nice as well. There are so many places we want to visit now that we are 800 miles closer!\n\nHope all is well with your and yours'. Will be back sooner than later . . . I hope! :)\n\n3 comments:\n\nGlad you made it to Leavenworth! You're only 45 minutes from my hometown! Most of Kansas is beautiful, it's Western KS that's flat and ongoing! When you went to Omaha did you hit up the zoo? It's a great zoo!\n\nChad will deploy this winter, before the holidays. His 1st time in Afganistan. We have a few friends stationed at Leavenworth. I hope you enjoy yoour time there.\n\nI'm a mommy to four lil' chickens,and a wife to an amazing man, who is currently serving our country in the Army. This is my daily (well almost) diary about our days that are usually anything but ordinary. Welcome! Grab a cup of coffee and take a peek into our life, where there is never a dull moment."}
-{"text": "Well actually my very first $52 million draft team took 2nd place in the division and then made it to the finals against a uvasooner team. My overall average wins here was at 49 or 50 per season until that 37 win stinker team a few seasons back. What sucks is the 2 teams that I had that won 54 and 56 games respectfully that got beat in the playoffs against mikee1's championship and dh555's championship teams. Mediocrity is just as hard for me to take right now in this league as it is for me to accept some of the defects of middle age.\n\nIt is somewhat annoying to see some of the same owners at the bottom time and time again after 5 or 6 seasons or more of trying. But the competition is fierce and not every owner is cut out to be great in this league. I respect people for doing different things. However, when owners try things IMO that will never ever end up being competitive such as drafting Ray Allen and Kevin Durant at SG and SF in this league that is crazy.\n\nIn my mind that basic idea is to always do your best to draft a championship caliber team and not try to achieve neat and special statistical seasons for individual players or teams. But that's just my take on it. I Iike to win and hate to lose so I won't ever intentionally draft a team that is bad or doesn't have a chance in hell to be a winner just to make a name for myself or to get negative attention. If I want to be foolish or need people to laugh at me believe me I can do that very well in RL without going out of my way to be a spectacle or an outlier here.\n\nPosted by dh555 on 1/3/2014 10:28:00 PM (view original):well if nate doesnt draft anymore guards or sfs he can play his 4 guys at the 1/2/3 with only a few mins leftover at pf...then he could focus on boards for the rest of the 4/5 mins...but i have a feeling hes not going that way haha\n\nDH, you are correct and likely correct again. I only have about 3 excess mpg right now and can fill 144mpg at the 1-3 positions with a min of 14 usage points, min of 52% combined ast% and min ave D of 62.7, with a max of 16 usage points, ast% just over 73% and D of 79.3. All the time protecting my FTA advantage.\n\nHowever, if I go all-in with this strategy and want to protect my D then I'm more likely to draft another 3/4 type player that really is a 3. Lots of options now since I have all of the ast%, usage and 3's I REALLY need.\n\nThe good news for me now is that I have a short list of guys that I have NEVER seen drafted here that fit what I'm trying to do. I'll likely take a guy in the 5th that generally gets taken here and use a few new guys in the 6th.\n\nI still think the West pick fits, even if I opt out of this strategy and finish with a more standard team. I now have the option to take foul monsters at the 4/5 and still win the FTA battle, and with the 90D of West I not only balance the 40D of Allen but I also can now afford a 50-60D big as well instead of HAVING to add two more 70+ guys.\n\nYou NEVER know what may work here until you give it a try and I honestly have had some basis for believing everything I have tried in this league had a chance to produce a winner.\n\nI only built my 50ppg Wilt team after I tried it in an open league where I won my division and something in the high-50's and made the finals. It failed here because I traded away all of my mid-round picks to get him, had two sub-50D guys, and underestimated the difference between a pool of players with a $42mill cap and a $52mill one.\n\nMy D Wade / undrafted high usage G team failed because I drafted too many fouls and sub-50 D guys.\n\nLast ODL people thought it was crazy to take Allen and Kobe and no PG to pair with Wilt, but that worked. And I used the lesson I learned from my Wade team in this league to take Kobe in the PPL to pair with Wade, where again people thought I was a fool but that team won a league record 64 games last season and lost in the finals.\n\nOf all the teams I've built in all of the leagues on WIS I've only had ONE not have a winning record with this version of Allen and that was because I fell below the ast% floor. IMO, Allen should be a late 1st / early 2nd guy in this league, as long as you protect your D at the other positions and give him enough assists.\n\nI had Kareem foul out like 15 times here last season, it screwed up my minutes management etc, etc, etc. I also finished dead last in FTA;s, so I refuse to go down that path again because it's not a fun trip.\n\nI look forward to going 28/30 from the stripe and 12/23 from the arc against your team when we play, even if I lose the rebounding battle by 15-20 I truly believe that pure domination of the FTA battle can produce a winning team as long as you protect other areas.\n\nI respect your opinion, but I have NEVER built a team that I didn't base on what I thought could be a winning strategy. But I welcome the doubters, because it makes it far more satisfying when I actually do have a theory play out as I expect it to.\n\nSly I really like your team and will work on eval later on it. Most of the time I don't like Pierce but mikee1 used him and Payton with Wilt to win the title. Robinson's high EFG% and around 26% usage sort of balances out Pierce's low EFG% IMO. Billups also has a low EFG% for this league but great assists. You have a ton of 3's so far and great overall defense. Finding the right PF is of course the key for this being a top team favored to win the title. But knowing you that will happen. I would have to give your squad an A so far.\n\nLook nate I love giving you a bad, sometimes a terribly bad time, with your drafting strategies. I look forward to our teams playing too. The problem that I see for your team is how are they going to generate 23 FGAs from 3 and get enough possessions to get 30 FTAs with such poor defensive rebounding. I also don't see many second chance points for that unit either. I will give you credit for being the current ODL champ which is something that I have never been close to doing. You belong in the PDX with me and sly. Our city slogan is \"Keep Portland Weird.\" Want to visit us any time soon?\n\nPosted by vancem on 1/4/2014 2:25:00 AM (view original):Sly I really like your team and will work on eval later on it. Most of the time I don't like Pierce but mikee1 used him and Payton with Wilt to win the title. Robinson's high EFG% and around 26% usage sort of balances out Pierce's low EFG% IMO. Billups also has a low EFG% for this league but great assists. You have a ton of 3's so far and great overall defense. Finding the right PF is of course the key for this being a top team favored to win the title. But knowing you that will happen. I would have to give your squad an A so far.\n\nThanks vance! Except I'm using Pierce's 10-11 season with 55 efg%, 2700+ mins, 56def which is perfectly acceptable for a 4th round SG in my book. And I agree Billups' 51 efg% is a bit low, his ast%, def, 3pm will help me live with the slightly low efg%. We'll see who's left when the draft gets back to me!\n\nNate - in theory I like your strategy but it is very difficult to generate high numbers of FTA in the sim. IMO fouls are determined much more by the opponents' PF than your own FTA, and I've never seen anyone be successful at drawing a significantly higher number of fouls by drafting FTA. Unless you have an isolated high-usage guy (see Tmac in my ODL team) your high FTA guys are likely to have significantly more FGA, and significantly fewer FTA, than in real life.\n\nI'm not saying it won't work, just that I think you'll be disappointed if what you're expecting is to blow away the rest of the league in FTA. I can tell you that I've basically ignored FTA in drafting for the last couple years, and have yet to regret it.\n\nBTW, im not completely happy with my team so far. Payton is definitely a lower-efg lead scorer than I usually want in the 52 mil, and that might hurt me. I was crushed when Nance didn't make it back to me and wish I could do those 2nd and 3rd round picks again. But I'm pretty happy with my last two picks, even though some people might think them odd. Kirilenko and Weatherspoon were by no means the best two players on the board, but they give me the two major things I was looking for: defense and flexibility. The latter is often one of the major focuses of my teams, moreso than for others, and it's especially important when my last two picks won't come until 70 other guys have been picked. Depending on who's left at the end, AK47 could back up the 2 and 3 or start at the 3, and Weatherspoon could back up the 3 and 4 or start at either. So my team is still able to go in a lot of different directions.\n\nPosted by pennsylvania on 1/4/2014 10:40:00 AM (view original):eleibowitz: thanks, although I must say that I've resigned myself to those who \"never were\" --- not surprisingly, this game requires way too much time --- which I just don't have.\n\nAs it is, I spend way too much time on my RL game - golf - and still haven't figured out a way to make a go of it - good thing I have day job.\n\nYou just need less sleep Penn.. get more done by 7 am than must people all day. Or was that an old commercial for the Army???\n\nWell sly I do like that version of Pierce and if my head was screwed on straight these days I might have taken him for the season instead of taking Okafor so high. I just figured that in order to be able to win at all I had to get a big with decent numbers and at least 70 defense to make up for Mel Daniels 61 D.\n\nNate: To make a long story short IMO you focus way too much on the numbers that you think that your team will generate based on what they did in RL. Remember in RL those are probably rosters with $45 to $49 million in player salary. In this $52 million league for the most part all of your players positive numbers will go down and all of their negative numbers will go up from what they did in RL.\n\nTarheel: I am very interested in what happens for your team. The last picks in round 6 don't leave much quality normally. I love Brent Barry but his 1 usage point means that he won't be scoring over 15 ppg. Wilt's 18.5 usage normally gets you about 20 to 24 ppg. Payton as your number one scoring option so far is problematic IMO.\n\nMy pal Sixer has done a great job so far. It's nice to see him back in full participation in this league. Moses and Zelmo will hurt teams with their inside scoring. Nick Anderson is so efficient and penn proved that you can build a winning team in this league with Steve Nash. AC Green is one of my favorites too. This looks like a playoff team to me right now after 5 picks."}
-{"text": "This can be reproduced when renaming (not instant-rename) or doing a find usages on Exception Parameters or other element types which are not supported by ElementHandle.\nFix; http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/3cae6215d836\nI think this should be ported to 7.1."}
-{"text": "Fort Campbell to host job fair for wounded warriors, veterans\n\nFeaturing national, regional employers\n\n4:53 PM,\nDec. 1, 2012\n\nWritten by\n\nFort Campbell Public Affairs\n\nThe Army Career and Alumni Program will hold a job fair for wounded warriors, veterans and military spouses on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Cole Park Commons on Fort Campbell.\n\nFeaturing national and regional employers searching for talent, the event will be open specifically to wounded warriors only from 9 to 10 a.m. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the floor will be open to everyone else."}
-{"text": "Matewan Massacre\n\nOn the morning of the 19th day of May, 1920, Albert C. Felts, who was connected with the Baldwin-\nFelts Detectives, Incorporated, and who was also a deputy sheriff of Mingo County, West Virginia,\nwith twelve other men went to Matewan to evict about half a dozen men who were unlawfully holding\npossession of some houses belonging to the Stone Mountain Coal Corporation. These miners had been\nrepeatedly legally notified to surrender possession of the premises occupied by them, but had refused to\ndo so. Under the direction of Mr. Felts, the household effects of these men were carefully and\npeaceably removed.\n\nMr. Felts and his men had rifles with them, but all of them were in grips or packages except possibly\nthree. These rifles had been put together while the evictions were being made because of the fact that a\nlarge body of men headed by Sid Hatfield had marched out to the place where the evictions were being\nmade, and conducted itself in a threatening manner. This crowd was joined by Mayor Testerman, who\ndiscussed the legality of the convictions with Mr. Felts. Mr. Felts told Mayor Testerman that the\nevictions were legal, and advised him to get into communication with the county authorities at\nWilliamson, and also with his personal counsel. And Mr. Felts further remarked to Mayor Testerman\nthat if he decided that the evictions were unlawful, all he had to do was to send a boy to him (Mr. Felts)\nand he and his men would come down and give bond, at the same time remarking that he did not want\nto have any trouble.\n\nIn the afternoon, after the evictions had been made, Mr. Felts and his men went to the hotel at\nMatewan where they had supper and put all of their rifles in packages or grips, preparatory to taking\ntrain No. 16 of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, which left about five o'clock, p.m., out of\nMatewan. In the meantime, Sid Hatfield had called one Tony Webb at Williamson, who was at that\ntime a deputy sheriff of Mingo County, and who was a friend of the miners' Union, and requested him\nto send up warrants for the arrest of Felts and his men. Webb informed Sid Hatfield that he could not\nget the warrants to Matewan before train No. 16 run. Whereupon, Sid Hatfield remarked, over the\nphone: \"We will kill the G D S of B------ before they leave town.\"\n\nIt appears from the statements of witnesses that while Mr. Felts and his men were in Matewan, Sid\nHatfield and certain officials and members of the United Mine Workers of America were getting\ntogether a body of armed men for the purpose of attacking Mr. Felts and his men. These men were\ncollected at and in the neighborhood of Mayor Testerman' store in the town of Matewan. After Mr.\nFelts and his men had eaten their suppers and had packed their rifles, they went to the railroad station\nto take said train No. 16. About four of Mr. Felts's men, including himself, were armed with pistols,\nthey having the right to carry them under the laws of West Virginia. While these men were at the\nrailroad near the station preparatory to taking the train, Sid Hatfield, at the head of a crowd of men,\ncame up to Mr. Felts and without any warrant or authority of law told him that he would have to hold\nhim until train No. 16 ran. Just previous to this, Sid Hatfield had remarked to a crowd of men, while\nMr. Felts was at the hotel, that \"If he could get the crowd together he would go out and kill every damn\none of them without any damn warrant.\" When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a\nwarrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of\nMagnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb\nand others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. Sid Hatfield seemed to show\nno feeling over his arrest because he walked down the railroad track with Mr. Felts, laughing and\ntalking. Under some pretext, he beguiled Mr. Felts in front of the door of the Chambers Hardware\nStore. Sid Hatfield went into the hardware store where Isaac Brewer, Ben Mounts, Dutch Roeher, and\nothers were. Mr. Felts remained on the outside. While Mr. Felts was standing on the outside, in front of\nthe door, some question was raised as to the genuineness of the warrant. At this time, Mr. Felts was\nsurrounded by a large crowd of men. Mayor Testerman walked up and Mr. Felts passed the warrant\nover to him for examination. While the warrant was being examined by Mayor Testerman, and when\nAlbert Felts was not looking, Sid Hatfield stuck his revolver up within a few inches of the head of\nAlbert Felts and shot him. Thereupon, the shooting at Mr. Felts's men became general, several hundred\nshots being fired.\n\nIt would appear from the statements of reliable witnesses that Albert Felts had no thought of being\ninjured at the time he was killed, and did not get an opportunity to fire a single shot. After Albert Felts\nwas killed and the shooting became general, Lee Felts, his brother, and C. B. Cunningham, who was\none of his men, attempted to defend themselves, but in an instant both were killed. The other men who\nwere with Mr. Felts ran and were pursued, with the result that C. T. Higgins, A. J. Booher, O. E.\nPowell, and J. W. Ferguson were killed at different spots in the town of Matewan while endeavoring to\nget away. Captain G. W. Anderson, who was with Mr. Felts, was shot through the shoulder while\nrunning, but made his escape by hiding. Five of the other men with Mr. Felts also succeeded in making\ntheir escapes without being injured. After Albert Felts was shot, and while he was lying on the ground,\nin an unconscious condition and mortally wounded, Sid Hatfield fired a shot into his body with a\nrevolver, and one Bill Bowman placed his rifle up against his head and shot him through the head.\nEveryone of Mr. Felts's men who were killed were shot from behind.\n\nAfter the shooting, Sid Hatfield repeatedly boasted that he had killed three of the Felt men, namely,\nAlbert Felts, Lee Felts and C. B. Cunningham. The most important eye-witness to this shooting was\none Anse Hatfield, who knew most of the men who took part in it and who testified before the Grand\nJury, which indicted Sid Hatfield and others. A very short time thereafter, and after dark, he was\nassassinated by being shot while sitting in front of his hotel. Another important witness who has since\nbeen assassinated is Squire Harry Staten, a Justice of the Peace of Mingo County, who testified that he\nhad heard Sid Hatfield boast the night of the massacre that he had killed Albert Felts, Lee Felts and C.\nB. Cunningham. Other witnesses to this shooting have been enticed or forced away from Matewan, and\na number of them have been brutally assaulted and mistreated.\n\nThe murder of J. W. Ferguson is about the foulest on record. He was evidently shot in the first volley\nwhile running away, but succeeded in reaching the house of Mrs. Mary Duty, which is situated in the\noutskirts of Matewan. When he reached Mrs. Duty's house, he was unarmed and told her: \"I am shot. I\nnever fired a shot.\" and requested the assistance of a doctor and the privilege of remaining at her house.\nA number of men came rushing through Mrs. Duty's house and fired at this man while he was sitting in a\nrocking chair. He attempted to escape, by climbing over a fence, and while climbing over this fence he\nwas shot by one Fred Burgraff. When his body was examined, it was found that he had six wounds.\n\nBesides the Felts' men who were killed in this massacre, three other men were killed, including Mayor\nTesterman. Mayor Testerman was, in the opinion of many persons, killed by Sid Hatfield. In any event,\nwithin two weeks of the massacre, Mayor Testerman's widow became Sid Hatfield's bride."}
-{"text": "Milton Keynes dad raises smiles for children with cancer\n\nA dad from Milton Keynes ran the Cancer Research UK London Winter Run in memory of his son who passed away at the age of nine.\n\nMartin Leib and his family set up Samuel\u2019s Charity and have raised more than \u00a3170,000 since 2014.\n\nSamuel had from a rare cancer known as Precursor T-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Whilst fighting the cancer. Samuel asked his dad to help him set up a charity to help other children and their families experiencing a similar thing.\n\nThe money raised by the family-run charity brighten the lives of other sick children and their families.\n\nMartin said: \u201cSamuel taught us how important it is to have something to look forward to, to have some fun and bring a bit of laughter and hope into an otherwise horrible and painful life.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nTuesday, December 3, 2013\n\nSo-called bioethicist would rather see people die than change society\n\nBy Marc Jampole\n\nIn a New York Times Op/Ed column, Daniel\nCallahan, co-founder of the Hastings Center, a bioethics research institution,\nquestions the wisdom of extending human life.\n\nCallahan\nrightfully calls aging \u201ca public issue with social consequences\u201d and mentions\ntwo of the ramifications of more people living into old age: 1) More medical\ncosts for society; 2) Fewer jobs for the young, as the old extend their working\nlives.\n\nBut\ninstead of seeing health care and the workforce as challenges to overcome as we\nextend the amount of time people can live, he sees them instead as reasons not\nto extend life. He doesn\u2019t say it explicitly, but his underlying argument\nessentially throws people under the bus when their usefulness to the economy\nappears to end.\n\nThe\nincrease in medical costs to treat the elderly should not be seen as society\u2019s\nburden, but rather as our joyous reward for having created a world in which\npeople can live longer and continue to thrive. That so many people live longer\nis a sign of success, not a reason to stop the advance of medical research. We\nexpanded educational institutions to meet the large increase in the population\nof children when the Baby Boomers started popping out. What is so different\nabout expanding medical and social programs for our increasing population of\nthe elderly?\n\nThe\njobs issue is a little more complicated, primarily because our automated\neconomy does not create enough jobs for everyone willing and able to work. But\ninstead of artificially creating job openings by kicking out people at a\ncertain age, we could fix what\u2019s wrong with our economic system. Here are some\nthoughts:\n\nAs\nmore people live to 90, 100 and beyond, they will need more caregivers, which\ncreates jobs for younger people.\n\nLocal\norganic farming requires more human labor. If we created an agricultural system\nthat relied on a mix of industrial and older techniques, it would create many\nmore jobs for the young. The key, of course, is to make certain that these jobs\npay a decent wage.\n\nUnless\nthere is a pressing financial reason, those in their 60s, 70s and beyond\ntypically don\u2019t want to work 40-hour weeks. Job-sharing, especially between the\nold experienced hand and the young go-getter, makes a lot of sense.\n\nWe\nare currently not spending enough on many job-creating enterprises, such as\nfixing our roads and bridges, hiring enough teachers to decrease class sizes,\nexploring out-of-space and developing renewable energy sources and systems.\n\nTo\nmake any of these ideas work requires two actions that give conservatives the\nwillies: 1) More government management of the economy; and 2) A more equitable\ndistribution of the wealth.\n\nWhen\npeople use economic arguments to justify denying people basics such as\nnutrition, healthcare or education, I always wonder if they include themselves.\nEvidently the 83-year-old Callahan does not, as he admits to having received a\nseven-hour heart operation and to using oxygen at night for his emphysema. In our current world, the rich\u2014and I include\nCallahan\u2014can afford to keep themselves alive and have nice cushy jobs from\nwhich they can keep drawing income for decades after turning 65.\n\nCallahan\u2019s\nsole concern is that as currently constructed, our society and economy cannot\nafford to extend such privileges to everyone.While he seems to care about the social good, he argues explicitly from\nthe point of view of someone who doesn\u2019t believe or want society to improve or\nchange. He is happy living in a world dominated by the politics of selfishness,\nthe idea that \u201cI got mine, who cares about anyone else.\u201d He sees an increase in\nthe very old as a threat to that world, as opposed to being a sign that we are\nmaking progress towards a better one.\n\nWe\nall know people whose lives are so filled with pain and suffering that to the\noutsider it seems as if they would be better off dead. Focus on these poor\nsouls (and don\u2019t ask if they want to remain alive in their pain) and Callahan\u2019s\nargument that life extension may not be an absolute good makes a tad of sense.\n\nBut\ninstead, try focusing on the many vibrant 80 and 90 year olds around. Even\nthose who are not so active can still enjoy their friends, their favorite\nfoods, music, outings and games, sports teams, reading, the changing of the\nseasons, the chirping of birds, the affection of pets, the delight in seeing\nthe flowers pop up in the spring, in short the sheer joy of existence.We should be doing as much as possible to\nextend that joy for all people.\n\nIf it weren\u2019t for the entertainment value, I\u2019d be pleased that Texas Governor Rick Perry is foundering in the Republican presidential race. After all, Governor Perry, who is in an unprecedented fourth term as chief executive of the nation's second-largest state, still might get the Republican nomination for president. If that happens there\u2019s no telling what the voters might be fooled into doing. Just look at how far George W. Bush got."}
-{"text": "Suscribe to the Bulletin\n\nEmerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), formerly Zamzama Property Group, which controls Pakistan\u2019s Zameen.com and the UAE\u2019s Bayut.com, has closed its Series C funding round with a $20 million investment from one of its current investors, a fund which focuses on frontier and emerging markets with over US$ 1 billion in assets under management.\n\nThe funding comes at the heels of a $9 million Series B round, which was announced in September 2015, bringing the total funds raised by the group in the last 6 months to $29 million.\n\nImran Ali Khan, Co-Founder and CEO, said the incoming investment would propel the group\u2019s ambitious expansion goals within and across the region. \u201cThis sizeable funding will be distributed between our operations in Pakistan and UAE, as well as providing significant capital for the group to launch well-funded ventures in Bangladesh and the Middle East,\u201d said Khan.\n\n\u201cBefore stepping into these new markets, we have made sure to conduct extremely thorough research into all the relevant socio-cultural and economic aspects. Our aim is to completely own the real estate space in both of these markets, so it was very important for us to go in with the right strategy and ample funds to do that quickly and efficiently,\u201d he added.\n\nKhan also said that the investment would partly go into developing technology platforms further, as well as making acquisitions.\n\nEMPG dominates the regional property portal industry by a wide margin \u2013 with a total of 3.4 million monthly visits to its websites, field presence across 30 cities, over 9,000 real estate agencies on board, and a team of 500 employees \u2013 leaving smaller competitors struggling to gain traction.\n\nThe group is led by the Ali Khan brothers as well as global property portal industry veterans Gilles Blanchard, Simon Baker and Roland Tripard."}
-{"text": "About fifty years ago, a young Jocelyn Bell was reviewing her daily dose of radio data \u2014 30 meters of data printed on chart paper which had to be tediously scanned. She found something very odd: a pulse in the data that repeated every few seconds. This astronomical phenomenon quickly became the hottest topic of the late 60\u2019s: Were these signals terrestrial? Little Green Men? We later learned that these radio pulses signals were the result of pulsars \u2014 neutron stars whose magnetic field beam in our direction like a lighthouse as the neutron star rotates.\n\nFlash forward to today, and history seems to be repeating itself. Astronomers have once again discovered something very odd: extremely bright and short radio (nonperiodic) pulses from the sky. These have been dubbed \u201cfast radio bursts.\u201d As of this article, we\u2019ve detected eleven bursts, but we\u2019re still not sure what is behind these strange signals. Theories have again ranged from terrestrial noise to signaling aliens. Today\u2019s authors suggest a familiar end to the mystery: pulsars.\n\nA Battery Powered Neutron Star\n\nFigure 1: A black hole battery driven by a neutron star. The neutron star\u2019s magnetic field lines (black lines ) carry charged particles to and from the surface of the neutron star using the emf generated by the black hole.\n\nUnlike pulsars, which can be detect without a stellar partner, pulsars which cause fast radio bursts will need friends. Specifically, they need to be in a binary with a black hole. Neutron stars paired with black holes do not behave nicely like Tatooine\u2019s twin Suns. Instead, these massive objects are continuously spiraling towards each other while they irradiate energy as gravitational waves. Eventually the pair nearly touches and the neutron star will be sucked up into the black hole.\n\nSeconds before the collision, the neutron star might actually become battery powered! Here\u2019s how: The black hole and neutron star are rapidly revolving around one another, which means that the black hole passes quickly through the neutron star\u2019s magnetic field. As the black hole moves through this field, it induces an electromotive force (emf) between its own surface and the surface of the neutron star. The magnetic field lines of the neutron star act like wires, carrying charged particles from the black hole \u201cbattery\u201d and vice verse. The authors think that the movement of these charged particles releases radio waves.\n\nFigure 2: The frame rate of our cameras limits our ability to detect black hole battery systems. The three lines show different frame rates for radio telescopes and how they affect the total amount of light we can capture. This fraction of light is dependent on the mass of the black hole battery.\n\nThe battery power increases as the neutron star and black hole get closer together, but the radio waves will only be visible to us for a few milliseconds. The authors point out that this time scale is so short that the time it takes our cameras to click! will affect how much of this battery light we can capture. Figure 2 highlights this effect.\n\nSeeing Double\n\nSo could this theory explain all of the fast radio bursts? Probably not. The authors admit that the black hole battery scenario should occur 1000 times less often than fast radio bursts. However, they might explain fast radio bursts with a distinct feature: double pulses. After the battery runs dry and the black hole absorbs the neutron star there will be a second pulse of radio waves. This theoretical marvel is known as a blitzar.\n\nEven if this theory doesn\u2019t explain all (or any) fast radio bursts, this is an astrophysical phenomenon which might very well exist. Future theoretical studies can point to other signatures of such a system, and maybe one day we can detect the very first black hole battery.\n\nAbout Ashley Villar\n\nI am a third year PhD student at Harvard University. I'm generally interested in optical transients, or the dramatic aftermaths of stellar eruptions, collisions and explosions. I'm also broadly interested in how astronomers can efficiently use large datasets produced in future missions. When I'm not working, I bake, exercise and try to enjoy Boston."}
-{"text": "Network Protection | AntiVirus\n\nNetwork security technology de-facto implies that one should use antivirus software in the pursuit of safe networking. Even if you have chosen wisely and established layers of network protection via a firewall, setting proper permissions, enforcing password security for user accounts there are still many ways for intrusion: virus delivery via email, mobile data carrier like a CD or memory stick, web-download.\n\nPopular question is: \"What is the best antivirus?\" You see, options greatly vary in\n\nefficiency at protecting network security\n\nimpact on the system (overhead)\n\nease of management\n\ncost\n\nThese are the four major parameters and the combination of those determines which antivirus option is just right. We'll consider small business server security with regards to each of the prime criteria.\n\nWhen it comes to business email security it's a whole world in its own. It's expected that one would need to use AntiVirus software accompanied by AntiSpam content filtering system, Exchange integration, Outlook add-ons, etc.\n\nImpact on the system (overhead)\n\nWhen we use AntiVirus software it inevitably slows down daily operations for any computer, regardless of how powerful it might be. Real-Time protection shields take their time to complete a scan on files you access (read, write, execute). Scheduled scans can take a considerable amount of time to complete the task. Some AntiVirus programs become memory hogs leaving a user without much spare memory for an adequate work environment. However these days most computers come with lots of memory and this factor is not as critical as it used to be.\n\nWe'd use this resource on raymmond.cc to see which products behave respectfully and don't subdue computer resources to their own needs, at times slowing it down to a turtle pace. We'd learn that a computer running TrendMicro takes 50% longer to boot compared to AVG; a scan by Kaspersky antivirus takes 3 times longer than Avast; ESET or Microsoft consume ~50MB of RAM when idling vs 10MB by Norton; peak memory usage can reach ~250MB by BitDefender whereas Avast consumes 50MB at the most.\n\nThis illustrates that there is no universal solution. If a company runs a fair amount of budget / aged computers we'd want to choose AntiVirus software with a small foot-print. If there is plenty of memory, idling CPU cores and we're running on SSD drives then we should choose the most powerful product without thinking too much about how much resources the network security technology would consume.\n\nEase of management\n\nWe find that user interfaces of AntiVirus products on individual computers are intuitive and easy to understand. However in the small business server environment a network administrator wouldn't want to handle AntiVirus tasks on a per-computer basis. A centralized management console is a must-have; such application typically tackles these tasks:\n\ncomputer discovery and automated deployment of antivirus software\n\ncontrolling antivirus options for Real-Time network protection\n\nscheduling of scans for viruses\n\nupdates of AntiVirus definitions and program itself\n\nreports, email notifications\n\ndefining policies in case a threat is detected\n\nApparently it's not a trivial tasks to build a central console that would be user-friendly and yet versatile in its functionality. Over the years we've seen some coherent products as well as very raw or messy interfaces. Allora has been slightly involved in the development process for Avast's recent product - Business Protection, we are glad that our comments were heard and very pleased to see implementations of a couple suggestions. That shows how challenging it is to satisfy various network technicians with radically different philosophies and preferences.\n\nTrendMicro is probably a leader in the category of user-friendly interfaces. Avira boasts well-written documentation making most tasks a breeze. BitDefender offers additional functionality for general purpose network administration aside from just AntiVirus options.\n\nCost\n\nThis is naturally the most important question for the owner of a business. Most companies provide a Small Business package and it's priced remarkably similar these days: 10 devices with 1-year coverage would cost $400. 3-year license would run about $800-900. Some companies like Avira charge noticeably more.\n\nOne player that stands out here is Microsoft and its Security Essentials solution that covers up to 10 computer for free.\n\nConclusion\n\nAs it's illustrated by our front-page Allora's choice fell on Avast for the purpose of small business server security due to its historically small impact on client computers, embedded support for business email security and affordable pricing compared to competition a few years ago. We are also supporting Kaspersky, Norton, ESET and Microsoft products."}
-{"text": "Payments Blog\n\nCardinalCommerce\n\nWelcome to the CardinalCommerce blog. Cardinal is a global leader in authenticating digital transactions, with One Connection to drive digital commerce. Our goal for this blog is to provide a platform that will inform and educate our Customers and partners on consumer authentication, payments, mobile commerce, solution design and big data.\n\nRecent Posts\n\nIt\u2019s almost here! MRC Vegas 2019 begins in less than one week, which means time is ticking on presenters, attendees and exhibitors to prepare for one of the premier events on the digital payments calendar. When the week finally arrives, there will be tons of exciting sessions and events for all the attendees.\n\nIt\u2019s almost time to head back to the desert! That\u2019s right, in just a few short weeks, a large contingent of the digital payments industry will descend upon Las Vegas for the Merchant Risk Council\u2019s annual conference. MRC 2019 should be as exciting as ever, with a wide array of interesting speakers, sessions and events. Each day is a non-stop, wire-to-wire digital payments showcase, followed by exciting networking parties after dark.\n\nWe\u2019re finally back from the Merchant Advisory Group\u2019s Annual Mid-Year Conference, and what a week it was! We thoroughly enjoyed the sunshine down in Ft. Lauderdale and, even more than that, had a great time connecting with friends and colleagues, both new and old.\n\nThe holidays are a joyous time for everyone in the digital commerce world. Consumers, caught up in the season, are often looking to buy a good deal of products, whether it be for them or for their family and friends, which means merchants are capitalizing on all these additional sales. Any uptick in transaction count is also good news for issuers, card networks and other organizations in the industry.\n\nIn many industries, including the digital payments industry, smaller organizations can be over-reliant on manual processes. This could be due to staffing problems, cash flow issues or a combination of the two. For smaller online merchants in this industry, especially those who haven\u2019t been doing business for very long, an over-reliance on manual review can be a significant problem."}
-{"text": "The SWAT Call Out Dinner Program provides an opportunity for students to enjoy an evening of good food, relaxation and conversation with a representative from the dinner\u2019s sponsor. The event\u2019s goal is to facilitate discussion between NTOA members and to provide NTOA sponsors an opportunity to communicate about their products and garner insight from their end users.\n\nThe conference will be held at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama. The SWAT Call Out Dinners will take place Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 at 18:30. Online registration for the dinners is now open and the registration deadline is Aug. 31, 2014. Seating is limited so be sure to submit your registration as soon as possible!\n\nRegistration for the 2014 Conference and Trade Show is open to all active law enforcement officers. Active members of a state tactical association receive a $50 discount upon receipt of a state association ID via fax (215-230-7616) or email (lauragehart@ntoa.org). Send six officers from the same agency or multi-jurisdictional team and the seventh officer\u2019s conference registration is free.\n\nFor more information on the National Tactical Officers Association visit www.ntoa.org or call 800-279-9127.\n\nAbout the National Tactical Officers Association:\n\nThe National Tactical Officers Association operates with Veritas \u2013 truth, honesty and integrity \u2013 in all our relationships. www.ntoa.org"}
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-{"text": "Menu\n\nCategory Archives: Gift Cards\n\nSmartphones become the basic need of everyone and we can see a smartphone in everyone\u2019s hand. They download a lot of applications of different types and for this, there are many app stores are present on the internet. If we talk about the most popular one then the name of 9apps can\u2019t be ignored. While many people prefer Google play store but when we compare both of them then 9apps holds the first position. This is the best way to download desired apps for an android device. It has many features which attract users to use this. It also recommends some apps and if you love to try some new apps then this feature is best for you. In this app marketplace, users can easily search an application which they want to download.\n\nEasy update by 9apps\n\nIf you are using any type of application then it needs an update after a particular time and with the help of this app store you are able to do this task. While a lot of people are using this app but only a few of them know that it can be used to update existing apps. Some people think that if they use this store then they have to face a long process but it is not the truth. Actually, the process of using updating apps is too easy and only with a single click you can be done this task. If we talk about other ones then they take a lot of time and by using this source we are able to save a lot of time. In order to download apps from this app store you also don\u2019t need to go from the sign-up. Users are able to directly download 9apps.com their desired apps from a simple and easy process.\n\nDrawbacks of 9apps\n\nEvery coin has two sides and 9apps also has some darker sides. Let me start from the advertisement. When we play any game which is downloaded from this app then we have to face a lot of problems regarding advertisements. It is an irritating situation when we see a lot of unnecessary ads while playing games. It is the biggest drawback of this app store and because of this; some people don\u2019t prefer to use this. Sometimes application show error which also creates a bad situation and users get irritated from such type of situations.\n\nApart from this; 9apps has also a lot of positive points by which users rely on this and use this on a huge level in order to download apps. This is an ideal app store which offers a lot of games, music, utility apps, wallpapers and many other things. With the help of this, we are able to save time as well as space in the device because these apps are lightweight. There are also no regular restrictions and users can easily download a free app from this store without getting any type of issue or problems.\n\nAs everyone knows that eBay is the most popular online shopping website which offers you the huge amount of products which can be purchased using online payment method as well as cash on delivery. Basically, eBay offers you its online wallet which means you can keep your money and purchase everything you want. In order to add fund in such account, you have to purchase eBay Gift Cards which are available in the market as well as on online shopping websites. If you are getting trouble in choosing the best gift for someone then eBay gift card is best because you can gift these and they can use it by anything they like from eBay. You can purchase these cards or use freeeBay Gift Card Generator to avail these unique codes fast and easy.\n\nHow To Avail eBay Free Gift Card Code?\n\nThere are lots of websites which are providing you gift cards and basically, these are survey companies which mean when you provide them a survey then they provide you these cards. Well, eBay Free Gift Card code is provided by many but you need to be selective in your approach otherwise you can end up wasting time on fake or spam websites. 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-{"text": "ALKHASAWNEH A, Nassri A, John I Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Expression of Cytokeratin and GATA3 in a Patient\nWith History of Breast Carcinoma.\nAm J Dermatopathol. 2018 Dec 7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001322.PubMedText formatAbstract available\n\nERSTINE EM, Tetzlaff MT, Ko JS, Prieto VG, et al Living on the Edge: Diagnosing Sarcomatoid Melanoma Using Histopathologic Cues at\nthe Edge of a Dedifferentiated Tumor: A Report of 2 Cases and Review of the\nLiterature.\nAm J Dermatopathol. 2016.PubMedText formatAbstract available"}
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-{"text": "WICKED in Durham\n\nPerformers:\n\nWICKED\n\nBack by 'Popular\" demand. Entertainment Weekly calls WICKED \"the best musical of the decade,\" and when it first played DPAC in 2010 it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is Broadway's biggest blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon and was just named 'the defining musical of the decade\" by The New York Times.\n\nLong before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for \"the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long time\" (USA Today).\n\n**SunTrust Broadway Series Season Ticket Holders Can Add WICKED To Their Season Package. However, an on sale date for individual tickets has not been set yet. Please check back this October for updates.**"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nWednesday, December 7, 2011\n\nNEW YORK - A basketball team is always a work in progress. From the first day that the players arrive on campus until the day that the season ends -- whether that is in the conference tournament, the first round of the NCAA Tournament, or, if you are lucky enough, on the final day of the season -- the goal is too simply get better.\n\nYes, you want to win games along the way, but its more important for the team as a whole to grow, each and every time they step foot on the court.\n\n\"We don't want to play for the record. We don't want to play for the ranking. We want to play to improve. We want to play to grow,\" head coach Buzz Williams said after his team's thrilling, 79-77 win over Washington in the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic. \"Its like a stock, an investment. We're investing in ourselves so that our stock continues to grow.\"\n\nNo one has epitomized that more than Marquette over the past couple of seasons. The Golden Eagles have been dubbed Team Bubble Watch, as they have developed a reputation over for struggling to close out games early in the year before coming together and making an impressive stretch run.\n\nLast season, that run came during the postseason. After dropping their last two games of the regular season, the Golden Eagles needed two wins in the Big East Tournament just to be able to get themselves an at-large invite to the Big Dance. Marquette proceeded to upset both Xavier and Syracuse en route to the Sweet 16. The year before that -- in 2009-2010 -- Marquette started out the season 11-8 overall and 2-5 in the Big East, but then won nine out of ten games, including three straight in overtime, to play their way into the NCAA Tournament.\n\nThis season is different.\n\nMarquette has played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country to date. They have played just three of their eight games at home, something you rarely see out of high-major programs. They won the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands and also own a tough win over Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, which is one of the most difficult places for a road team to come out victorious. The win is made all the more impressive considering the Golden Eagles were playing without starting point guard Junior Cadougan.\n\nAnd after knocking off what is probably the most talented team in the Pac-12, Marquette improves to 8-0 on the season, something that Team Bubble Watch isn't exactly used to.\n\n\"Its different than what we've done in the past, that's for sure,\" Williams said. \"I think that's just the maturity of our guys. I think out schedule is probably just a little too hard. We still have to play at LSU, we still have to play Vanderbilt at home.\"\n\n\"We haven't been able to get to this point before, having played who we play.\"\n\nThe stereotype that gets called into play when talking about this Marquette program is toughness. A gritty group of JuCo players led by a gritty JuCo head coach toughing out wins based purely on their blue-collar work ethic and their mettle as a team.\n\nAnd that's not necessarily a bad thing, according to Williams.\n\n\"We don't want to be tactical and we don't want to be technical. We want to be tough,\" he said. \"I don't think that if you diagnose how we played tonight, that you would consider us a top 40 teams. but if you were diagnosing our toughness relative to what we've been through over the last four days, we're pretty tough.\"\n\nToughness only gets you so far in a college basketball landscape dominated by one-and-done prospects, the McDonald's all-americans that draw the biggest crowds and the highest-spending agents and runners. Toughness allows you to hang with the best, but talent lets you beat the best. And this season, Marquette has as much talent on their roster as they have in Buzz Willliams' tenure.\n\nAnd that's saying something, considering the fact that the Golden Eagles have sent a number of players to the professional ranks -- Jimmy Butler, Lazar Hayward, Wesley Matthews -- during Buzz's tenure. No one seems to notice that.\n\nFor Buzz, that's perfectly ok.\n\n\"At some point you have to give it up that our program is much deeper than just being the deepest team,\" Williams said. \"At some point, the problem with it is because I don't say it, nobody writes it. I don't want to talk about what we do, I want our character to be revealed. Its more than just playing hard. Its more than just being the toughest. At some point, somebody has to have enough guts to say that.\"\n\nOk.\n\nI'll bite.\n\nHe's right, and I'm not just saying that because Williams told me too. Yeah, the quote is nice (thanks Buzz), but this team's performance speaks for itself. Darius Johnson-Odom, who averages nearly 20 ppg, went for 23 points and four assists against Washington. Jae Crowder, the team's second-eading scorer and leading rebounder at 16.9 ppg and 6.7 rpg, had 18 points and six boards, which includes the game-winning three pointer with six seconds left. Vander Blue, Junior Cadougan and Todd Mayo are all capable back court players.\n\nThrow in a trio of capable big men up front -- Chris Otule, Davante Gardner and Jamil Wilson -- that Williams said \"changes the complexion of our team\", and Marquette has a team that is capable of winning the Big East.\n\nSeriously.\n\nThey do.\n\nSooner or later they are going to get that respect.\n\n\"For sure we get overlooked,\" Crowder said. \"People think we're one-dimensional, and that's not who we are.\"\n\nShareThis\n\nContact BIAH\n\nGot a article we need to read? Want to advertise with us? Have a youtube video we need to see? Think we're morons? Let us know! 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-{"text": "Another Drug War Nightmare\n\nThe government has the power to seize your assets for a crime you did not commit. That\u2019s essentially the argument being made in a Boston federal court this week as the U.S. Department of Justice and Tewksbury (Mass.) Police Department work to take Motel Caswell away from its owner, Russ Caswell.\n\nThe libertarian-leaning legal team Institute for Justice took on Caswell\u2019s case pro bono, attorney Scott Bullock told me, because this case \u201cis really taking civil forfeiture where it has not gone in the past.\u201d\n\nThe government wants to take Caswell\u2019s motel, not because Caswell is guilty of dealing drugs or other crimes but because some of his guests broke the law. A legal brief cites 15 drug crimes, including distributing heroin and manufacturing methamphetamine, that prompted police to arrest Caswell guests from 1994 to 2008.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re trying to make the property and the location safe,\u201d said Christina DiIorio-Sterling, spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.\n\nTripAdvisor reviews make Motel Caswell sound like the place I stayed at when I covered the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. One cab driver heard the name and insisted I pay cash.\n\nDiIorio-Sterling noted that the government had pushed for a settlement that would have required Caswell to pay $167,500 and agree to sell or shutter the property. He refused.\n\nBullock assured me that the Main Street motel isn\u2019t seedy, just the cheapest room in town. \u201cWe get a cross section of society,\u201d Caswell told me.\n\nThe legal point, said Bullock: An innkeeper should not be held responsible for \u201ctransient guests that occasionally use the motel for illicit drug activity behind closed doors.\u201d\n\nThe Institute for Justice has experience with governments going after the property of people without the means to fight back. The institute represented working-class homeowner Susette Kelo after the town of New London, Conn., tried to seize her house under eminent domain for a private waterfront development project. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court infamously ruled 5-4 for New London.\n\nIn a righteous dissent, Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor wrote that if governments can kick people out of their homes for economic development, \u201cthe specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the state from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory.\u201d\n\nVoila. Caswell\u2019s father built the one-story, 56-room motel in 1955. Because it\u2019s family-run with no mortgage, said Bullock, a seizure would deliver \u201cpure profit for law enforcement.\u201d The Tewksbury police stand to pocket 80 percent of the $1 million or more Caswell believes the property is worth.\n\nThe government doesn\u2019t have to prove Caswell was a party to or even knew what was going on in guests\u2019 $56 rooms.\n\nIn 1999, Congress passed a law to curb civil asset forfeiture abuses, citing a Houston Chronicle editorial that argued, \u201cGood people should not have to fear property seizure because they operate business in high-crime areas. Nor should they forfeit their property because they have failed to do the work of law enforcement.\u201d\n\nYet it\u2019s happening all over again. Quoth Bullock, \u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say they expected Mr. Caswell not to fight this all the way.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Port Reliance\n\nPort Reliance is a squalid little port town, a hive of pirates, murderers, thieves, brigands, and brawlers. The lowest of the low, the most desperate of sea-farers end up here sooner or later. Adventurers will fit right in.\n\nSaltheart\u2019s Brew\n\n\u201cHey! Hey, guv\u2019nor! Ye looking for treasure, mate? Yeah, they say that th\u2019 pirates that run \u2018ese waters bury their gold on bitty little uncharted islands, but ev\u2019ryone\u2019s lookin\u2019 for \u2018em. Why don\u2019cha look unner th\u2019 water? \u2018Tain\u2019t no tellin\u2019 how many ships are lyin\u2019 around, jes waitin\u2019 for someone to come take all th\u2019 shiny bits keepin\u2019 \u2018em down. Don\u2019t matter if you cain\u2019t swim. I gots this stuff, let\u2019cha breathe water jes\u2019 like air. You can go down an\u2019 take yer pick. Me? Naw, I\u2019m powerful afeared of sharks. An\u2019 if ye doan\u2019 want th\u2019 gold, \u2018is stuff\u2019s better\u2019n the swill they serves in the tavern. Two bits a bottle, guv\u2019nor\u2026 Hey! Muro! Git \u2018way from that, ye two-legged son of a wharf rat!\u201d\n\nLukkas Adenhart is a fixture around the docks, where he and some of his cousins work as dockhands. Their lack of hygiene surpasses discription, and they always smell like wet dogs (thier odor has been known to overwhelm the fish brought in at times). They talk in a broken, uneducated manner common to many sailors. However, Adenhart sells bottles of what he calls \u201cSaltheart\u2019s Brew,\u201d which is a hard liquor with an unexpected side effect. It allows one to breathe underwater. It also packs quite a wallop, and exploring underwater becomes much more\u2026 interesting when one is drunk out of one\u2019s mind.\n\nThe brew does in fact work as advertised. It also interferes tremendously with perception and reaction time, and when drunk by humans, has a very distinctive scent. Adenhart and his \u201ccousins\u201d are sea wolves, aquatic lycanthropes. Saltheart\u2019s Brew is a concoction of Adenhart\u2019s (before he was infected, he was a vinter\u2019s son who had run off to sea). The sea wolves use it to trap prey (and they like their food well marinated, anyway.)\n\nMama Idira\n\n\u201cOh, yah, Idira\u2019s not someone you want to get crossways with. There ain\u2019t no one meaner than that mud-faced, buck-toothed firefly from hell. What do you mean, what do I know? I married her, didn\u2019t I?\u201d\n\nMama Idira runs a greasy little tavern so close to the water front that parts of it are sinking into it. The food\u2019s bad, the liquor is watered down, and Mama herself is a holy terror. She\u2019s a big, big ugly woman, and the undisputed master of her family. Her husband is often loitering around out in front of the tavern, and her five sons can be seen either lounging around various places on the docks, or running errands for their mother.\n\nIt might seem like there is absolutely no reason to overcome the first revulsion at Mama Idira\u2019s tavern. However, she is a first rate gossip. There is nothing that goes on in Port Reliance that she doesn\u2019t know, and she likes to repeat the news she hears. Often loudly and at great length, whether you want her to or not. Just don\u2019t upset her, or she\u2019ll clobber you, then sic her boys on you.\n\nThe Siren\u2019s Call\n\n\u201cOh, yah, th\u2019 girls ol\u2019 Mox has are nice, partic\u2019ly when ye\u2019ve been at sea for a spell. Course, ye gotta check yer pants when yer leavin\u2019 to make sure nothin fell off durin\u2019 th\u2019 night. And ye\u2019ve gotta tip Mox extra, or yer like te end up on a ship takin\u2019 ye summars ye don\u2019t want te be. Nice place, tho. Th\u2019 beds has real sheets, and mos\u2019 th\u2019 girls got their own teef. Mox even got one o\u2019 them chandy-leer things. Jes\u2019 be carful to knock out yer boots in th\u2019 mornin\u2019. Sometimes critters gets into \u2018em, and some o\u2019 \u2018em bite.\u201d\n\nFew words can describe the Siren\u2019s Call, the only brothel in Port Reliance. It\u2019s filthy and infested with rats, roaches, and less desirable pests. The \u201cgirls,\u201d of which two are under the age of forty, are probably carriers of every disease known to man. The \u201cchandelier\u201d is a hideous monstrosity cobbled together from old anchors and rigging, and could fall at any minute. Needless to say, most sane people will want to stay far away from Mox Jaco\u2019s establishment.\n\nIf one does brave the squalor, there are other dangers besides exposure to disease and vermin that bite. Mox does a nice side line in \u201cpressing\u201d able-bodied men for various captains he has a contract with. This usually involves being clonked on the head and waking up on a strange ship leagues away from port. None of the captains Mox does business with are shining examples of humanity, and the conditions onboard are horrid. The frequency with which these crews are replaced invites thought.\n\nThe Book and Bell\n\n\u201cKodo down at the sign of th\u2019 Book an\u2019 Bell, I guess he\u2019s got a nice \u2018nuff place. Ye can actually get drunk off his booze, and th\u2019 food\u2019s not like te kill ye. An\u2019 he charges dear for it, too. \u2018Bout the only \u2018uns who can pay what he ask is the cap\u2019ns and mates, and the wealthy \u2018uns as come to do bis\u2019niss. Puttin\u2019 on airs, methinks Kodo is.\u201d\n\nThis is the other tavern in Port Reliance, and infinitely preferable to Mama Idira\u2019s place. It\u2019s much cleaner, in better repair, and serves better alcohol and better food. It also costs four times as much. It\u2019s run by Kodo Maito, a young man from out of town with dreams of turning it into a place of real repute.\n\nThe only customers he really has are the ship\u2019s captains and officers, merchants who do business with them, ship\u2019s owners, and the occasional pirate on a lucky streak. He\u2019s got two local girls (who won\u2019t lower themselves to the Siren\u2019s Call) working for him as barmaids, and is a fair employer. He\u2019s also pretty protective of his staff, and is not a small man.\n\nThere is a semi on-going fued between him and Mama Idira, with some mutual harrassment on both sides, but so far, no out-right trouble has started.\n\nAdditional Ideas (0)\n\nGain the ability to:Vote and add your ideas to submissions.\nUpvote and give XP to useful comments.\nWork on submissions in private or flag them for assistance.\nEarn XP and gain levels that give you more site abilities.\nJoin a Guild in the forums or complete a Quest and level-up your experience.\n\nI don't exactly know how to take this submission, there are two great characters and a heck of a location, but very little is Said of Port Reliance itself. From what I can tell, Reliance is a small shabby place that is overrun with vermin and preyed upon be seawolves. Not a bad start, but I want more on the port itself.\n\nThe slang talk is nice and gives the sub a fitting atmosphere. But I agree with this being somewhat \"under-completed\" in the sense that as it is, a title of \"Notably locations at Port Reliance\" seems more appropriate.\n\nFreetext\n\nA little way up the narrow valley, before they reach the woods, the PCs notice the squat, tumbledown buildings by the riverside. They are hardly big enough for a human to stand in, and the complex cogs and shafts that occupy the central cavity of one of the buildings are perplexing. What were these buildings? And how safe are they to explore?\n\nAlternatively a desolate place is the perfect setting for a derelict chapel or croft. There needn't be any actual physical encounter involved, but it adds atmosphere to a place to see its dead history. For instance, in the Outer Hebrides there are whole deserted villages which were razed to the ground by the English during the Clearances. Such stories give a setting authenticity and character."}
-{"text": "Google, Motorola Ordered to Give Apple Android Details\n\nA federal judge has ordered Google and Motorola to hand over details about Android to Apple. It\u2019s a small legal victory for Cupertino in a long patent war.\n\nApple's legal team enjoyed a\nsmall victory March 5, when a federal judge in Chicago ruled that Google and\nMotorola Mobility must hand over to Apple information relevant to development\nof Google's Android operating system, according to a report from Bloomberg.\nThe ruling came as part of\nan ongoing 2010 lawsuit filed by Apple against Motorola\u0080\u0094which is in the process\nof being acquired by Google. Motorola also has a pending lawsuit against Apple.\nMotorola has been an enthusiastic backer of Android, which has surpassed Apple\niOS in global market share.\n\n\u0080\u009cThe Android/Motorola\nacquisition discovery is highly relevant to Apple\u0080\u0099s claims and defenses,\u0080\u009d\nApple\u0080\u0099s attorneys\u0080\u0099 wrote in a March 2 filing, requesting the judge\u0080\u0099s order,\nreported Bloomberg, which has obtained court documents.\n\nWith Google yet to fully\nacquire Motorola, attorneys for the later argued that Google has nothing to do\nwith the lawsuit, and the request lacked merit.\n\"Google\u0080\u0099s employees and\ndocuments are not within the \u0080\u0098possession, custody or control\u0080\u0099 of Motorola, and\nMotorola cannot force Google to produce documents or witnesses over Google\u0080\u0099s\nobjections,\u0080\u009d Motorola said in a March 5 court filing, according to the report.\nIn November 2010, Apple\nsued Motorola for infringing on patents related to multi-touch and other\nscreen-related technologies. In October 2010, Motorola\nsued Apple, accusing it of infringing on technologies used in the Apple\niPhone, iPad, iTouch and some Mac computers.\nMotorola's corporate vice\npresident of intellectual property said in a statement at the time that\nMotorola has \"extensively licensed our industry-leading intellectual\nproperty portfolio, consisting of tens of thousands of patents in the U.S. and\nworldwide. After Apple\u0080\u0099s late entry into the telecommunications market, we\nengaged in lengthy negotiations, but Apple has refused to take a license.\"\nMotorola's extensive patent\nportfolio is said to be Google's No. 1 reason for acquiring the phone maker.\nFortifying its holdings, it's thought, will help to keep it out of court with\nApple in the future.\nApple has also sued\nAndroid-advocate HTC, as well as once-market-leader Nokia.\nAccording to Bloomberg,\nbeginning June 11, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, who made the ruling\nyesterday, will oversee back-to-back trials with Apple and Motorola before\nseparate juries. The first trial will be in regard to six disputed Apple\npatents while the second will deal with three Motorola patents.\nMotorola has had some\nsuccess with its Droid line of phones, but nothing near the high-flying it did\nduring its Razr feature phone days. Samsung has instead emerged as the leading\nAndroid smartphone maker. During the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple shipped 35.5\nmillion devices, according to a Feb. 15 report from Gartner, for a 7.4 percent\nshare of the market\u0080\u0094up from its 3.5 percent share a year earlier. Motorola, by\ncontrast, shipped just more than 10 million devices, dipping to a 2.1 percent\nmarket share from 2.4 percent a year ago.\nGartner analysts lumped it\nwith LG, Sony Ericsson and Research In Motion as vendors that \"again\nrecorded disappointing results,\" while Apple and Samsung cemented their\npositions at the top of the market.\n\nMichelle Maisto has been covering the enterprise mobility space for a decade, beginning with Knowledge Management, Field Force Automation and eCRM, and most recently as the editor-in-chief of Mobile Enterprise magazine. She earned an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and in her spare time obsesses about food. Her first book, The Gastronomy of Marriage, if forthcoming from Random House in September 2009."}
-{"text": "Krishnadasi 31st March 2016 Written Episode Update\n\nKrishnadasi 31st March 2016 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com\n\nScene 1\nKumudini takes bhang milk from seller. Kumudini comes to Gayetri and asks why she is alone? Gayetri is sad, Kumudini says you should keep smiling, dont worry, you trust me? Gayetri nods, Kumudini says i have brought milk for you, she asks Gayetri to drink it, Gayetri drinks it and says its bitter, Kumudini says this is parsad, your pain will be erased by it, Gayetri drink it, Gayetri sees David, Kumudini says drink more, Gayetri drink it, Kumudini asks her to go and apply color to your husband, Gayetri leaves, Kumudini now Aaba\u2019s respect will destroyed, she smirks.\nGayetri is running, Aaba sees her. Gayetri comes to David and says this is our first holi, can i apply color to you first? David says this is my right so i will apply color to you first, he takes color and applies\n\nit on his face instead of her, Gayetri gets sad, aaba sees this, Kumudini smirks seeing it.\nKumudini starts dancing in festival, she asks Tulsi to not leave her mother alone, Tulsi starts dancing with her. They both dance, Aryan is angry, Aradhya comes to him and says will you say anything? your family\u2019s happiness will go away with my family\u2019s happiness too, atleast think about your sister, she has started loving David. Kumudini brings Gayetri in middle, Gayetri starts dancing with them, all are shocked, Aradhya says seems like she is under bhang effect, Aryan says only your aaji can do this. Aaba is angry seeing her dance, Banwari says your grand daughter is dancing like dancers. one women gossip that Aaba\u2019s grand daughter is living in Devdasies house, seems like she has become devdasi too, Aryand gets angry listening this, he tries to stop her, Aradhya stops him and says you make things awkward, we need to make it look like normal thing, Aryan asks how? Aradhya says we should join them in dance, Aryan says have you gone mad, will i dance with them? Aradhya says you can dance with your sister to protect her, if we dance with them then people will think that this is not devdasies\u2019 dance but a normal dance, lets join them, Aryan looks at Aaba being angry on Gayetri. Aryan and Aradhya comes there and starts dancing with Gayetri. Kumudini and Tulsi moves back. Shashwat to Pavitra that Aryan have saved Gayetri, Gayeti was dancing after drinking bhang, Kumudini thinks that Aryan and Aradhya destroyed my plan, this must be done by Aradhya, Tulsi thanks God for making things normal. aaba asks Markand to stop song, Markand comes and stops song, Aryan strikes with Markand, USB falls from Markand\u2019s hand, Aryan picks it up and gives it to him. Aaba says to people that this Holi is special, it will bring truth of people out, he asks Kumudini to come in too, all village people goes in, Kumudini says i am not scared, she goes in mandir too.\nAll gather inside mandir, a projector is being set up there, Aaba smirks at Kumudini and says village people some people have come after 21years and have started filling dirt here but i wont allow it, Tulsi says he is speaking about us, Kumudini says he doesnt have any other business. Aaba says Kumudini you call yourself a Krishna loyalist? today i will show everyone how you planned everything to destroy my respect, you have used my grand daughter to take revenge, today i will bring your true face to everyone then i will blacken your face and will throw you out of Krishnavati, he asks Markand to play video. Markand puts USB in projector and plays video but its some cartoon video, all are shocked, Aaba angrily looks at Markand, he asks whats all this? Markand says i dont know how this happened, Aaba says you will destroy my respect now, Markand tries find solution.\nAryan comes to Aradhy and shows her USB, he recalls flashback how he banged into Markand and exchanged USBs, he crushes real USB, Aradhya thanks him and says you have taken right decision, you have taken right step by destroying this video, thanks for trusting me, flashback shows Aryan showing real video to Aradhya of Kumudini\u2019s confession, he asks are you afraid of being caught? Aradhya says people dont think good about us so it doesnt matter but if you spread this video then whose respect will be destroyed, you know it, Aryan says this is true face of Kumudini, Aradhya says i know my Aaji is wrong but your Aaba is not right too, Aaba have thrown Saras out of house, Gayetri is bearing all this because David wanted to take revenge of Saras, Aaba\u2019s cruel nature doesnt end here, you know he had thrown Tulsi out of village by pulling her from hair, mistakes are done by both sides but question is till when we will keep doing this? till when we will keep up this animosity, till when we will keep burning ourselves in this fight? you have to decide if you want to increase animosity by showing this video to all or stop it, Gayetri\u2019s life will be destroyed more, our generation can stop this fight and revenge game, you have to decide, fb ends, Aradhya says to Aryan that our first plan got successful because of you, now we have to take our next step.\n\nScene 2\nKumudini says to aaba have placed projector to show everyone cartoon? she says you said big words but truth was nothing? see village people this man never leave any chance to disrespect us but has nothing concrete to show against us, you keep trying to throw us out of village, dont look at me like this, my Krishan is with me, he doesnt let devil succeed, Aaba says dancer you keep your mouth else.. Kumudini says else what?\nAradhya says to Aryan that my aaji is at fault and i want to rectify her mistakes, Aryan says Aaba has done mistakes too and i will rectify it, its time to take action on our part 2 of plan, Aradhya starts to leave but Aryan asks if she is sure, she will be able to do it? its difficult, i will do it but i am not sure about you, aradhya says dont think women are weak, did you forget about queen Laxmi bai? Aryan says lets see who can do what, he blows air on her face and leaves, Aradhya says his words will stop when he will see my hardwork.\nAaba says i had proofs but you must have got it so you destroyed it. Aryan and Aradhya comes there, Kumudini says you dont have anything against me, you just keep blabbering, you dont have anything me but called everyone here, what did you say that you will blacken my face? you didnt get any proof so you are blaming me? what did you get by doing this drama? this is holi so i am leaving you else i know how to answer back, Aryan looks at Aradhya, Kumudini brings color and says dont feel bad, its holi, she throws color on Aaba\u2019s face, she asks Tulsi come with her, she leaves with Tulsi, aaba gets angry, Aradhya looks at Aryan tensely.\nAaba comes back in home, he says to Markand that because of you my respect got destroyed infront of all, the one whose face i thought to blacken, colored my face, where did that video go? Markand says i am sorry, i dont know where did it go, aaba says i will forgive you only when you bring that video back and tell me who exchanged video.\nTulsi is trying to check electricity of her house, Kaka says dont do it, Tulsi says i need to check fuse, dont know why electricity is not coming in house, Aryan comes there and says can i check? Tulsi is tensed seeing him, Aryan comes forward and checks fuse, Tulsi says you dont need to do it, i have called electrician, Aryan says just let me check, Tulsi gives hims tools, Aryan join wires and electricity comes back, Tulsi thanks him and thinks what he is doing here?\nAradhya comes to Aaba\u2019s house, Shivangi sees her and asks Markand what she is doing here? Markand says dont know what drama she will do now, Aradhya comes to them and says i want to meet aaba.\nKumudini comes in hall and is stunned to see Aryan there, she says if i am in my house? she says Aryan Vidydhar Rao in Krishnadasi\u2019s house? Aryan greets her, Kumudini laughs and says Tulsi he used to come here to burn our house, she asks why did you come today? Tulsi says she was about to go, tulsi thanks him for helping her, Kumudini says make tea for him, he will talk to me, she asks Aryan to sit, Aryan is confused, she asks Tulsi to make tea, Tulsi goes, Kumudini says if you also think that i am responsible for Gayetri\u2019s condition? Aryan recalls video and says i dont want to talk about it, i just came to meet Gayetri, Kumudini says Gayetri fernandez? she is inside, you go and meet her, Aryan leaves, Kumudini smirks and says i thought i would have to struggle alot but everything is happening easily, he came here with so much love, soon relation will be made too.\n\nPRECAP- Aaba takes glass and throws it away, it breaks, Aaba asks Aradhya to go and clean it, Aradhya starts cleaning it, Aaba says to Pavitra that from today she will do all household work here. Kumudini makes Aryan lift heavy cartons, she says to Tulsi that if he is trying to do something for his sister then let him to do it, he will clean, wash, sweep, do all household work here."}
-{"text": "Search location by ZIP code\n\nNEWS ARCHIVE\n\nColombia plane crash: Messages of condolences sent from around the world\n\nThe Colombia plane crash claimed more than 70 lives\n\nShare\n\nShares\n\nCopy Link\n\n{copyShortcut} to copy\nLink copied!\n\nUpdated: 7:28 AM CST Nov 30, 2016\n\nColombia plane crash: Messages of condolences sent from around the world\n\nThe Colombia plane crash claimed more than 70 lives\n\nShare\n\nShares\n\nCopy Link\n\n{copyShortcut} to copy\nLink copied!\n\nUpdated: 7:28 AM CST Nov 30, 2016\n\nColombia plane crash: Messages of condolences sent from around the world\n\nThe Colombia plane crash claimed more than 70 lives\n\nShare\n\nShares\n\nCopy Link\n\n{copyShortcut} to copy\nLink copied!\n\nUpdated: 7:28 AM CST Nov 30, 2016\n\nWords of sympathy have been extended from around the world to the family and friends of those who died in the Colombia plane crash that claimed more than 70 lives this week.\n\nBrazilian President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning for victims of the airplane crash that killed several, including most of Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nHe also said Brazilian Air Force planes have been made available for relatives of the victims to travel to Colombia and for the transfer of the bodies to Brazil.\n\nThe Colombian team that was scheduled to play Brazil's ill-fated Chapecoense team in a South American championship said it's offering the title to the rivals whose plane has crashed.\n\nMedellin-based Atletico Nacional said it's asked the South American soccer confederation to award the title in honor of the Brazilian team that was aboard a plane that went down with the loss of 75 of the 81 people aboard.\n\nMedellin\u2019s mayor said it will honor the crash\u2019s victims Wednesday, reported CNN, at the Atanasio Girardot stadium.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was with great dismay that she learned about the tragic plane crash in Colombia, according to The Associated Press.\n\nThe chancellor expressed her condolences Wednesday in a letter to Brazilian President Michel Temer, saying she wanted to convey the sympathy of the German people.\n\nMerkel expressed her sympathy for the families of the victims and sent best wishes for a speedy recovery of the survivors of the disaster.\n\nPope Francis asked for prayers for victims of the plane crash in Colombia, noting the Brazilian people are mourning the loss of soccer players from the Chapecoense team.\n\nHe mentioned the tragedy while greeting Portuguese-speaking pilgrims at his public audience Wednesday at the Vatican.\n\nFrancis told the pilgrims that Italians were reminded of the 1949 Superga air crash that wiped out an Italian soccer team. Francis said, \"I'd like to recall today the Brazilian people's sorrow.\" He urged prayers for the victims of these \"harsh tragedies.\"\n\nIn condolence telegrams to the local Colombia bishop and to the head of the Brazilian bishops conference, Francis expressed his solidarity and consolation to families of the dead and injured.\n\nThe United States also conveyed condolences to the relatives and loves ones of the people who died in a plane crash in Colombia.\n\nWhite House spokesman Ned Price says the U.S. is sending thoughts and prayers to the players and staff of the Chapecoense soccer team who survived and to others affected by the crash.\n\nPrice says the American people \"stand with the people of Brazil and Colombia\" during a difficult moment.\n\nFrance's top two soccer leagues marked a minute's silence at games on Tuesday night for Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team, devastated by the airplane crash that killed 75 people in Colombia.\n\nFrance's defending League One champion Paris Saint-Germain also tweeted a photo of its players and staff observing a minute's silence, standing in a circle with heads bowed and arms linked, at the club's training ground.\n\nColombian aviation authorities lowered the death toll from the charter plane crash to 71 from its previous count of 75. They said four fewer people were aboard than the initial reports."}
-{"text": "Article Sidebar\n\nShare this Story: Tributes pour in for NFL legend Don Shula\n\nTrending\n\nArticle content\n\nEven as Detroit Lions defensive coach, 1960-62, his greatness shone\n\nIn a Texas drawl so thick as to match his signature Stetson and barn-scuffed cowboy boots, Bum Phillips in the \u201960s and \u201970s alternately offered the same, unequalled homage to the two of the best dadblamed coaches who ever ambled onto a football sideline, Bear Bryant and Don Shula:\n\nTributes pour in for NFL legend Don ShulaBack to video\n\n\u201cHe can take his\u2019n and beat your\u2019n \u2014 and take your\u2019n and beat his\u2019n.\u201d\n\nShula, who died peacefully at home on Monday at age 90, never got to prove that maxim. Through much of his nearly four-decade turn in coaching football he probably indeed could have taken your players on your team and beaten his own.\n\nThat might be the only substantial pro-football coaching accomplishment Shula won\u2019t take to the grave.\n\nAfter three years as an NFL assistant coach with the Detroit Lions from 1960-62, Shula became the NFL\u2019s winningest head coach and the only one in 100 seasons ever to lead his team to a perfect record including playoffs (17-0 in 1972).\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\nShula also is the only man ever to be an NFL head coach in 33 consecutive seasons \u2014 from 1962-69 with the Baltimore Colts and, more memorably, from 1970-95 with the Miami Dolphins.\n\nJust look at the list of legendary head coaches Shula faced over his long career, with the number of head-to-head wins he had against each in parentheses: George Halas (five), Vince Lombardi (four), Paul Brown (three), Tom Landry (five), Chuck Noll (nine), John Madden (three), Bill Walsh (two), Joe Gibbs (three), Bill Parcells (four), Marv Levy (six), Jimmy Johnson (two) and, yes, even Bill Belichick (two).\n\nFrom Halas to Belichick. No other head coach in league history faced both those legends. Shula had winning records against both, as well as against Brown, Landry, Noll, Gibbs, Parcells and Johnson. He and Walsh split four games, while only Lombardi (4-7), Madden (3-4) and Levy (6-17) got the better of him.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\nSimilarly, Shula coached three Hall of Fame quarterbacks in the prime of their careers: Johnny Unitas, Bob Griese and Dan Marino.\n\nSee the accompanying list, below, for more of Shula\u2019s career superlatives.\n\nBottom line, he won more games than any other NFL coach (347, playoffs included) and still possesses the third-best win percentage ever (.677).\n\nWhat\u2019s more, Shula took six teams to the Super Bowl (with five different quarterbacks), winning twice. He actually won a third NFL championship in 1968 with Baltimore, before the league\u2019s merger with the AFL.\n\nThe last Super Bowl that Shula was alive for, and watched, took place just three months ago. In Miami.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\nOf course, as arguably the NFL\u2019s most accomplished coach, plaudits poured in for Shula all day Monday. And deservedly so. The web is chock full of those fond tributes and remembrances, and you should seek them out.\n\nSome are below.\n\nI got hold of Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Joe Schmidt on Monday afternoon. He\u2019s one of the last living star players from the first three pro teams Shula helped coach, in Detroit from 1960-62, as defensive backs coach (1961) and defensive coordinator (1961-62).\n\nShula had just turned 30, after having played in the NFL as a defensive back in Cleveland, Baltimore and Washington from 1951-57.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\n\u201cIt was his first job in the NFL. He came right out of the box, and he was a helluva coach and a helluva guy,\u201d said Schmidt, an eight-time all-pro with the Lions from 1953-65, and Lions head coach from 1967-72. \u201cI knew him previously, from being a player and so forth. I always said, and always believed, he would have been a great head coach for Detroit. Lions history would have been different.\n\n\u201cDon was a guy who had a rare ability to bring players together, and make his knowledge of the game easy for them to understand, so he could get them to do what he wanted to accomplish.\u201d\n\nFew remember anymore that those Lions defences of the early \u201960s were spectacular. Behind Schmidt, three defensive backs eventually were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Dick (Night Train) Lane, Yale Lary and Dick LeBeau. In front of Schmidt, Alex Karras \u2014 who should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame \u2014 anchored pro football\u2019s first defensive line to be called the \u201cFearsome Foursome,\u201d before the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 more famous unit.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\nSchmidt said in a phone call from his Florida home that while his memory, at age 88, is now admittedly foggy, he does remember that Shula didn\u2019t try to reinvent the wheel, schematically.\n\n\u201cHe realized he didn\u2019t have to go in there and fool people. We just went out there and played football \u2014 good football. That was sufficient.\u201d\n\nShula wasn\u2019t a grand-stander and kept his cool most of the time, even at so young an age, Schmidt said.\n\n\u201cHe had occasion to get a little hot, but never to the point where he was irate. He didn\u2019t have to really scream and holler with us.\n\n\u201cHe was just a good coach and all the players had great respect for him. That\u2019s a very important part of being a coach, is that players have respect for you, understand what you\u2019re talking about, what your philosophy is about winning. And Don was very good at all that.\u201d\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\nThe Colts swooped in and scooped up Shula in 1963 to be their new head coach \u2014 when John F. Kennedy was still U.S. president. Shula finally stepped down from coaching when Bill Clinton was in charge, seven presidents later.\n\n\u201cI was sorry to see him leave Detroit because I thought eventually he would be the head coach,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cBut it didn\u2019t work out that way.\n\n\u201cAlong with being a great coach he was a great individual. A humble person, and great guy to be around. He had the ability to motivate players and teach them good, fundamental football.\u201d\n\nRecords and superlatives\n\nList of NFL head-coaching records and superlatives of Don Shula, who died Monday at age 90:\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\n20 of his 33 teams had 10+ wins, and from 1962-78 seasons were only 14 games long, not 16\n\nWhile he lost 17 of his last 23 games against Buffalo, he won his first 20 \u2014 all 20 in the 1970s.\n\nHad only two losing NFL seasons: 1976 (6-8) and 1988 (6-10\n\nPlaudits and tributes\n\n\u201cDon Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years. He brought the winning edge to our franchisee and put the Dolphins and the city of Miami in the national sports scene. Our deepest thoughts and prayers go out to Mary Anne along with his children Dave, Donna, Sharon, Anne and Mike.\u201d\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\n\u2014 Miami Dolphins football club\n\n\u201cIf there were a Mt. Rushmore for the NFL, Don Shula certainly would be chiseled into the granite.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Dolphins owner Stephen Ross\n\n\u201cHe was the driving force behind everything we accomplished with the Dolphins. Whether it was his force of will, his organization, his work ethic, sense of integrity, or his total focus on winning, he moulded us into champions.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Bob Griese, Dolphins QB, 1967-80\n\n\u201cHe ran us ragged and we certainly weren\u2019t happy about it. But he ran all the gassers and calisthenics along with us, and before long we saw that everything he was doing made us all better players. I started out being mad at him, but it wasn\u2019t long before I became proud to be on his team.\u201d\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\n\u2014 Mercury Morris, Dolphins RB, 1969-75\n\n\u201cHe simply would not accept losing \u2026 He was always looking for what he called the \u2018winning edge\u2019 but he had a sense of integrity to go with it. He wanted to win, but only if it was within the rules \u2026 We learned a lot of lessons form him that went beyond the football field.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Larry Csonka, Dolphins FB, 1968-74, 1979\n\n\u201cMy coach for 10 years. Coach Shula took a chance on me and the rest is history. My condolences to the family. Best coach on earth, best coach in heaven. RIP Coach.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Mark Clayton, Dolphins WR, 1983-92\n\n\u201cDon Shula is one of the all-time great coaching figures and the standard for consistency and leadership in the NFL.\u201d\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\n\u2014 Bill Belichick, New England Patriots head coach\n\n\u201cHis leadership and wiscom helped to guide me and my others who have made a life in coaching football.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh head coach, 1992-2006\n\n\u201cOne of the things that was recommended was that you move the hash marks in closer to the middle of the field, (which) should help your passing game because it gives you more room to operate in. And yet he voted for it and was very outspoken about it getting passed, even though it hurt him and hurt his defence because his players were taught to drop to the numbers. And by moving the hash marks in, the numbers were also moved, so it really took away form his defence, but it was something that was good for the NFL.\u201d\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStory continues below\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\n\nArticle content continued\n\n\u201cDon Shula will always be remembered as one of the greatest coaches and contributors in the history of our game. He made an extraordinarily positive impact on so many lives. The winningest coach in NFL history and the only one to lead a team to a perfect season, coach Shula lived an unparalleled football life.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner\n\n\u201cHe was an American institution who always represented the highest levels of character, leadership and integrity.\u201d\n\n\u2014 Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys owner/GM\n\n\u201cI held him in the highest esteem. I had great respect for him. He exemplified everything a coach should be\u2026 He is without question the greatest pro football coach ever.\u201d\n\nShare this article in your social network\n\nShare this Story: Tributes pour in for NFL legend Don Shula\n\nTrending\n\nRelated Stories\n\nThis Week in Flyers\n\nArticle Comments\n\nComments\n\nPostmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. We have enabled email notifications\u2014you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. 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-{"text": "The issue with Glennon will never be physical. I question his mental aptitude for the game, which was the same issue his brother always had. Our OL is HORRID. Our WR's are below average. We have no TE that will sniff the league. With that said, Glennon has zero pocket awareness and is a statue in the pocket. He is horrible dropping back from under center and does his best work in the shotgun with a no-huddle type offense.\n\nAgainst UNC, arguably his greatest game he has played in college, he went 29/52 (56%), 467 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT. His receivers had 10 (10!!!!) drops. One of the INTs was on the wideout. The other was a bad pass down the sideline to a freshman WR that was ridden out of bounds by the corner. The WR made no play on the ball, but it was a bad pass. I haven't watched the game back to see how many yards or touchdowns the drops caused, but I think it is safe to say without the drops he would have had at least another 75 yards and a touchdown.\n\nIf I am an NFL team, I don't touch Glennon unless I have time to develop him and a coaching staff that can teach him how to study film and apply it on the field. I'd love to see a competent coaching staff get a hold of his physical skill set.\n\nIt's just kind of scary to me how in all the time he's been here I have never once thought O'Brien made the right move by choosing him for two years over Wilson for one. The only time I even came close to doubting that is after the FSU game, and he sucked for 3 quarters in that game."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, February 22, 2006\n\nDerech Etz Chaim continued their charge toward Tier 4 glory as they faced the #1 seed, Israel 21C, in a semifinal matchup.\n\nThe offense carried over its domination from last week to this week's game. They got the scoring started on their first drive from scrimmage.\n\nQuarterback Betzalel Gersten found wide-receiver Elan Noorparvar, who then found his way past the defenders and into the end zone. A reception by wide-receiver Jonah Zisquit on the extra-point attempt gave DEC an early 7-0 lead.\n\nDEC's next score was the only one that came from within the red zone. Gersten found Noorparvar again, this time in the back of the end zone, to take a 13-0 lead.\n\nDEC went up 19-0 on a touchdown pass to wide-receiver Jonah Zisquit.\n\nIsrael 21C finally got on the board late in the second half on a pass that the defense should have been able to block.\n\nHaving witnessed Israel 21C get a score they shouldn't have gotten, the offense felt obligated to get it back for the defense.\n\nGersten found wide-receiver Max Gornish for a touchdown on another fake run.\n\nIsrael 21C tried to gain momentum before halftime with a score but Gersten would have none of that. Filling in at safety, he intercepted a long pass by making a terrific catch. Then, with just seconds remaining in the half, he threw a nice pass of his own...\n\nAnother fake run opened up the field for Zisquit who ran 30 yards for the touchdown after making the catch at midfield.\n\nIsrael 21C refused to close up shop and managed to score a touchdown, cutting the deficit to 38-12.\n\nThe lawyers teamed up for the next touchdown and extra-point, to go up by a score 45-12.\n\nIsrael 21C kept working though, and earned a touchdown for good measure.\n\nEveryone knew that DEC was butter 'cuz they were on a roll. While the game was well in their pockets, they continued to play.\n\nAfter catching a Gersten pass, Zisquit ran 35 yards for a touchdown. Gornish caught a pass on the two-point conversion to make it 53-18 game.\n\nThe defense wasn't about to let the offense take all the glory. They decided to close the game by making their own final impression. On the final play of the game...\n\n,/p>...Noorparvar intercepted a pass at the DEC 20-yard line. After running the ball back 20 yards, he made a lateral pass to Gersten, who subsequently ran the ball into the end zone, making the final score 59-18.\n\nWith the victory, DEC heads to the Tier 4 championship game where they will face METV.\n\nThe funeral ceremony of Yosef Goodman, 20, began at Jerusalem's Mt. Herzlmilitary cemetery on Friday at 11:30 a.m.\n\nGoodman, an IDF soldier from the elite Maglan unit, was killed Thursday in aparachute training accident in a military base south of Ashdod. Goodman lived inEfrat, but was originally from New York.\n\nGoodman jumped from an IDF plane together with other soldiers in a trainingexercise at the IDF's Nizanim base. When his parachute opened, however, it gotentangled with the squad commander's parachute. Both soldiers cut theirparachutes, and while one succeeded in opening his reserve parachute, Goodmandid not and fell to the ground. Magen David Adom medics pronounced his death atthe scene.\n\nThe mishap marked the IDF's first training accident of 2006.\n\nThe army said the Military Police planned to launch an investigation into theaccident, which would also be probed by Col. Harel Knafo from the IDF GroundForces Command.\n\nGoodman was the second of nine children, and his parents Mordechai and Annran the local Efrat pizzeria. Both father and son played in the AmericanFootball League in Israel (AFI).\n\n\"Yosef was an amazing athlete,\" recalled Steve Leibowitz, president of theAFI. \"He was a fearless player and had great athletic ability. He was by far oneof the best players in the country.\"\n\nBut beyond his athletic skills, Leibowitz - who has known the Goodman familyfor years - said that Yosef was a \"true Zionist\" who believed in contributingall of himself to the country and the IDF.\n\n\"His athletic skills led him to become a combat soldier,\" Leibowitz said. \"Hewanted to be a combat soldier and he knew he would be good at it.\"\n\nThe Derech Etz Chaim football team would like to express their condolences to the Goodman family.\n\nFriday, February 17, 2006\n\nDerech Etz Chaim will play in the Tier 4 championship game this Saturday night against METV. DEC lost 24-19 to METV a month a go, but the game ended on a positive note for DEC as they dominated the second half of the game.\n\nWith their semifinal victory over Israel 21C, DEC improved their overall record to 4-7.\n\nQuarterback Betzalel Gersten is in America on a recruiting trip. He will be replaced this week by Max Gornish, who usually plays wide-receiver.\n\nLinebacker Michael Deutsch will comes off the disabled list this week and will attempt to play in the championship game.\n\nSo far, Isaac Manaster has raised 287.5 shekels for tzedakah through his \"I-Sack For Tzedakah\" promotion. Please email isackfortzedakah@gmail.com before Shabbos if you would like to donate 5 shekels to tzedakah for every sack that Isaac records in the championship game.\n\nThursday, February 09, 2006\n\nLast Friday, Derech Etz Chaim opened their playoff campaign with a quarterfinal matchup against One Hour Cellular. The team's goal coming into the game was to prove that they don't belong in Tier 4.\n\nAfter receiving the opening kickoff, DEC got straight to scoring. Their first drive culminated in a touchdown pass from quarterback Betzalel Gersten to wide-receiver Jonah Zisquit.\n\nAfter the defense stymied One Hour Cellular, DEC put together another successful drive, scoring on another Gersten touchdown pass, this time to tight end Eli Mirlis.\n\nDEC was rolling through the game. The defense didn't allow One Hour Cellular to gain any momentum, and even when the offense didn't score, Gersten's punt was downed at the 1-yard line.\n\nJust before halftime, DEC increased their lead when Zisquit caught his second touchdown pass of the game. The score was 18-0 with an entire half still to play.\n\nWhile the defense continued to deny One Hour Cellular of any offensive production, the offense continued to dominate the opposing defense. On their first drive of the half, Gersten found wide-receiver Max Gornish in the end zone, taking a 25-0 lead.\n\nAfter yet another defensive stop, the law firm of Gersten & Gornish went back to work for a quick 50-yard touchdown.\n\nSince the defense found the will to continue performing with the huge lead, the offense felt obliged to continue performing as well. They tacked another score on the board when Zisquit caught his third touchdown pass of the game.\n\nAnd as if they were gunning for a point differential tie-breaker, they almost scored another touchdown, but the clock ran out on them just before getting off a final play.\n\nBy posting a 37-0 win, the team took the first step towards sending a message that they are better than Tier 4. They played with the no-nonsense attitude and confidence that the great teams in the league play with. After watching this game, we wonder why One Hour Cellular was able to score a touchdown against DEC a few weeks ago. A couple more performances of this caliber may do leaps and bounds towards convincing people that this season was overall a fluke.\n\nPlease enjoy the highlights we've prepared, which include a new feature this week."}
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-{"text": "IG - Morning Thoughts And Opening Prices\n\nRisk assets were\nmixed as market participants exercised some caution ahead of\na decision on Greece. The headlines are very predictable at\nthe moment, with any gains or losses being attributed to\nGreece and/or fiscal cliff talks. However, after a big move\nhigher last week, markets just seem to be in a holding\npattern as they await fresh catalysts. Eurogroup finance\nministers are currently in meeting as they look to reach an\nagreement on Greece which would eventually lead to them\nreceiving their next tranche of aid. Of course having failed\nto reach an agreement last week, there is always a chance\nthat some pieces of the negotiation won\u2019t fall into place\nand further stall a decision. European equities lost ground,\nwhile US equities were mixed. Risk currencies were mostly\nsidelined in tight ranges with a lack of fresh drivers to\nsignificantly shift sentiment in either direction. AUD/USD\nfound support at around 1.044 and is now trading at the top\nend of its range near 1.047. The pound was in focus, but\nremained little changed after current BoC Governor Mark\nCarney was named as the next Governor of the BoE.\n\nAhead of the open, we are calling the Aussie market flat\nat 4423. The ASX 200 looks resilient in the face of a\nnegative US trade. Of course we underperformed in a big way\nlast week, but that generally will happen when there is a\nbig risk-on trend. As we highlighted yesterday, a close\nabove 4428 (38.2% retracement of the sell-off from 4581 to\n4334) would suggest the bulls are in control and higher\nlevels could be on the cards. Above here the index will need\nto churn through resistance at 4432 (55-day moving average)\nand 4461 (the downtrend drawn from the October 18 high). For\na \u2018Santa Claus\u2019 rally to take hold, we will need to see\nthese levels breached. Once again, there is nothing major on\nthe local economic calendar and therefore investors will\ncontinue to focus on the developments on the global\nmacroeconomic front.\n\nBHP Billiton\nlooks like it will open unchanged at $34.02 based on its\nADR. Commodities were mixed and this makes it difficult to\ndetermine which direction the resource names will swing at\nthe open. CSL Limited will be in focus today after lifting\nits profit guidance for FY13. CSL was expecting FY13 net\nprofit after tax to grow by 12% and it now expects this to\ngrow by 20%. The upgrade has been mainly attributed to the\nperformance of CSL Behring and better-than-expected royalty\nincome from sales of Gardasil. There are a few annual\ngeneral meetings on today with Harvey Norman and Resolute\nMining probably being the main ones to keep an eye on.\n\nMarket\n\nPrice\nat 8:00am AEST\n\nChange Since\nAustralian Market Close\n\nPercentage\nChange\n\nAUD/USD\n\n1.0465\n\n0.0007\n\n0.06%\n\nASX\n(cash)\n\n4423\n\n-1\n\n-0.02%\n\nUS DOW\n(cash)\n\n12953\n\n-6\n\n-0.04%\n\nUS S&P\n(cash)\n\n1406.1\n\n1.3\n\n0.09%\n\nUK FTSE\n(cash)\n\n5802\n\n-9\n\n-0.15%\n\nGerman DAX\n(cash)\n\n7311\n\n16\n\n0.22%\n\nJapan 225\n(cash)\n\n9363\n\n-69\n\n-0.73%\n\nRio Tinto Plc\n(London)\n\n29.93\n\n-0.13\n\n-0.44%\n\nBHP Billiton Plc\n(London)\n\n19.46\n\n0.01\n\n0.03%\n\nBHP Billiton Ltd. ADR (US)\n(AUD)\n\n34.02\n\n0.01\n\n0.03%\n\nUS Light Crude Oil\n(January)\n\n87.74\n\n-0.23\n\n-0.26%\n\nGold\n(spot)\n\n1749.1\n\n-2.2\n\n-0.13%\n\nAluminium\n(London)\n\n1993.875\n\n10\n\n0.52%\n\nCopper\n(London)\n\n7786\n\n16\n\n0.20%\n\nNickel\n(London)\n\n16568\n\n-128\n\n-0.77%\n\nZinc\n(London)\n\n2184\n\n-25\n\n-1.13%\n\nIron\nOre\n\n118.2\n\n-0.70\n\n-0.59%\n\nIG Markets provides round-the-clock CFD trading on\ncurrencies, indices and commodities. The levels quoted in\nthis email are the latest tradeable price for each market.\nThe net change for each market is referenced from the\ncorresponding tradeable level at yesterday\u2019s close of the\nASX. These levels are specifically tailored for the\nAustralian trader and take into account the 24hr nature of\nglobal markets.\n\nA total of seven new areas will be opened up to oil and gas exploration under its block offer tendering system, as the New Zealand government seeks to concentrate activity in a few strategically chosen areas. More>>\n\n\u201cThe Prime Minister reassured New Zealanders that \u2018post the passing of this law, will you all of a sudden find thousands of workers who are denied having a tea break? The answer is absolutely not\u2019... Cotton On is proposing to remove tea and meal breaks for workers in its safety sensitive distribution centre. How long before other major chains try and follow suit?\u201d More>>"}
-{"text": "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post7714314873028839812..comments2018-02-21T10:43:19.147-05:00Comments on My Kitchen Snippets: Fruity CrostataICook4Funhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405825862798280769noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-77801080769345127402007-09-07T06:16:00.000-04:002007-09-07T06:16:00.000-04:00Zue, the blue plate is new. You saw our produce pl...Zue, the blue plate is new. You saw our produce place. Sekali beli kena beli a big bag so susah nak habis. So kena find ways to finish all my fruits and veggies.I Cook4Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405825862798280769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-63514728672412765532007-09-06T23:04:00.000-04:002007-09-06T23:04:00.000-04:00Gert, after seeing in person of your produce marke...Gert, after seeing in person of your produce market, I don't blame you for carrying all kinds of fruits and vegetables home. They are so darn fresh and good prices too. I wish I was living close to that area. Your fruit tarts look good on that plate. Is that new?Zue Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16131755693645529874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-71837182154459106722007-09-05T17:37:00.000-04:002007-09-05T17:37:00.000-04:00Retno & nunung, thanks. Zaza, this is a very easy ...Retno & nunung, thanks. <BR/><BR/>Zaza, this is a very easy recipe. You should try it :)I Cook4Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405825862798280769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-76785922809057844052007-09-05T17:06:00.000-04:002007-09-05T17:06:00.000-04:00they look so tempting! its true about eating them ...they look so tempting! its true about eating them fresh but one cant help it but to bake them of course, it'll give you a different \"filling\" alltogether. thanks for sharing this, will definitely try this next summer!! <BR/><BR/>ZazaAidan's Mama & Papahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488588676065480095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-14739496171857827462007-09-05T15:47:00.000-04:002007-09-05T15:47:00.000-04:00your fruity crostata look at delicious...hmmm nice...your fruity crostata look at delicious...hmmm nice dessertNununghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16893762625859854876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-29866179903788396042007-09-05T12:12:00.000-04:002007-09-05T12:12:00.000-04:00Wouw, Sedappp..and refreshing with various fruits....Wouw, Sedappp..and refreshing with various fruits. Nice shoots too!Retno Prihadanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339234399969674294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-11809609038888745722007-09-05T11:17:00.000-04:002007-09-05T11:17:00.000-04:00Envy, yeah you can make this into a savory tart.Ca...Envy, yeah you can make this into a savory tart.<BR/><BR/>Cat, I too just love fruity tarts or anything to do with fruits. Not moving to Virgania any time soon :)<BR/><BR/>Beachlover, I have to do something about all the leftover fruits if not it will go into the tong sampah too.<BR/><BR/>drNo, my neighbour is selling their house. Nak move here tak :) :)? I still have lots of pictures of the fruits. Let me know if you seriously wanted to make into postcard. I can e.mail it to you.<BR/><BR/>Nonya, you are most welcome for a cup of tea. Yeah, the egg plant and tomato are really huge. <BR/><BR/>Jun, strawberry season nak over soon so the fruits is much smaller now. <BR/><BR/>Pinky, want to buy my neighbour house?I Cook4Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405825862798280769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-85672961390909608632007-09-05T06:19:00.000-04:002007-09-05T06:19:00.000-04:00You are such a fantastic cook, Gert! I want to be ...You are such a fantastic cook, Gert! I want to be your neighbour too. :)Lil' Ms Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392744582627680284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-78817120966691936442007-09-05T03:23:00.000-04:002007-09-05T03:23:00.000-04:00i love all d pics gert...aiyaaa...dat strawberry.....i love all d pics gert...aiyaaa...dat strawberry..i love it!...so fresh!...Jun :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04270042044776835164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-18213090151960666432007-09-05T03:03:00.000-04:002007-09-05T03:03:00.000-04:00Looks yummy, can I invite myself over for tea ? :...Looks yummy, can I invite myself over for tea ? :)<BR/><BR/>btw the pictures from your last post is so colourful. And so tempting too. Wish we have markets like those here. <BR/><BR/>That is a real big egg plant and tomato.Aiyah Nonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789916883081961511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-5469604539342528162007-09-05T00:49:00.000-04:002007-09-05T00:49:00.000-04:00wanna add something... all ur photos are incredibl...wanna add something... all ur photos are incredible...very nice. <BR/>i could make postcards with them.drNOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460990564031664144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-32881579680941225492007-09-05T00:44:00.000-04:002007-09-05T00:44:00.000-04:00u make my mouth waters...wished i m ur neighbour, ...u make my mouth waters...<BR/>wished i m ur neighbour, so that everytime I smell something nice, I can crush into ur house...hahhahahhdrNOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460990564031664144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-53622214673358529732007-09-04T22:57:00.000-04:002007-09-04T22:57:00.000-04:00Gert.you're creative!!Looking delicious dessert.Fr...Gert.you're creative!!Looking delicious dessert.Fruit in pastry.I never think of it at all.I love to keep buying fruit but ended up in garbage after a week or two.Today I saw Emeril cooking show wrapping pastry with meat(burger) inside.Same like your stylebeachloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293582350096756731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-36120792063693289242007-09-04T22:26:00.000-04:002007-09-04T22:26:00.000-04:00Gert,You are killing me with those fruits tart. I...Gert,<BR/>You are killing me with those fruits tart. I love all type of berries and fruits tart is one of my favourite desserts. <BR/>Wow, I'm in love with the second picture. Very colorful and great photography skill. Good job Gert.<BR/>Please tell me you are moving to Virginia soon.Cat Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10002254168423360464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043957.post-58132743010538932512007-09-04T21:00:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:00:00.000-04:00sedap .. sedap .. sedap ! .. I make mine with vegg...sedap .. sedap .. sedap ! .. I make mine with veggies ... usually spinach with different cheeses .. easy to make kalau free form :)Ms eNVynoreply@blogger.com"}
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-{"text": "9780375719295 / 0375719296\n\nShipping prices may be approximate. Please verify cost before checkout.\n\nAbout the book:\n\nDr. Bloodmoney is a post-nuclear-holocaust masterpiece filled with a host of Dicks most memorable characters: Hoppy Harrington, a deformed mutant with telekinetic powers; Walt Dangerfield, a selfless disc jockey stranded in a satellite circling the globe; Dr. Bluthgeld, the megalomaniac physicist largely responsible for the decimated state of the world; and Stuart McConchie and Bonnie Keller, two unremarkable people bent the survival of goodness in a world devastated by evil. Epic and alluring, this brilliant novel is a mesmerizing depiction of Dicks undying hope in humanity.\n\nUsed books: 1 - 25 of 66\n\nSoftcover, ISBN 0375719296Publisher: Vintage, 2002Used - Good. A sound copy with only light wear. Overall a solid copy at a great price! All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Before placing your order for please contact us for confirmation on the book's binding. Check out our other listings to add to your order for discounted shipping.\n\nSoftcover, ISBN 0375719296Publisher: Vintage, 2002Used - Very Good, Usually ships in 1-2 business days, 100% PRODUCT GUARANTEE!* Fast shipping on more than 1,000,000 Book , Video, Video Game, Music titles & More! We 100% Guarantee the full functionality of all used and previously viewed product, except its digital content, if any.\n\nSoftcover, ISBN 0375719296Publisher: Vintage, 2002Used. This Book is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear. 100% Guaranteed. Summary: Dr. Bloodmoney is a post-nuclear-holocaust masterpiece filled with a host of Dick's most memorable characters: Hoppy Harrington, a deformed mutant with telekinetic powers; Walt Dangerfield, a selfless disc jockey stranded in a satellite circling the globe; Dr. Bluthgeld, the megalomaniac physicist largely responsible for the decimated state of the world; and Stuart McConchie and Bonnie..."}
-{"text": "MadLabIndustries\n\nWe just released our line of Acrylic cases for the Arduino UNO boards that have a nice clean look to them. They are made from a colored acrylic, and securely house the Arduino Uno boards, allow access to the USB and power ports, and have slotted side to allow you to cleanly route your project wires in and out of the case. They also come with a set of acrylic legs stands that allow you to stand the case on its side. All hardware for mounting your Arduino board inside, and holding the case together are included.\n\nMadLabIndustries\n\nThank you for your feedback. We are actually planning on having stock of Green and Blue by the end of today and do not plan on carrying the orange much longer as we are coming to the end of our stock on the orange stock.\n\nWe are also hoping to release the Mega version of the case later today or tomorrow as well.\n\nMadLabIndustries\n\nTaller cases are one of the things we are working on now. They should be available within the next few days.\n\nThe current case has 1 inch of spacing inside the case. We were thinking of doubling that to a 2 inch spacing. Would this be more in line of what you are looking for? or would you want something even taller?\n\nI will post some design concept pictures up of the taller cases either later tonight or tomorrow and perhaps you can give me any thoughts you may have on it.\n\nJasonMad Lab Industrieshttp://MadLabIndustries.com\n\nMadLabIndustries\n\nAttached is a rendering of three of the cases. The Arduino Uno standard case, an Arduino Mega Case, and an Arduino Uno Tall Case.I have also attached a photo of the Arcylic colors we now have available.\n\nalfiesty\n\nTaller cases are one of the things we are working on now. They should be available within the next few days.\n\nThe current case has 1 inch of spacing inside the case. We were thinking of doubling that to a 2 inch spacing. Would this be more in line of what you are looking for? or would you want something even taller?\n\nI will post some design concept pictures up of the taller cases either later tonight or tomorrow and perhaps you can give me any thoughts you may have on it.\n\nJasonMad Lab Industrieshttp://MadLabIndustries.com\n\nI have a mega with 2 shields, but 1 is an ethernet shield which requires more headroom and the other is a sensor shield with connection on the top. I probably need 4 inches.\n\nBTW - this is off-topic, but I thought I would ask - how did you (or your team member(s)) learn to do the mechanical design of the case - that is, how did you go about learning where to position what and size things so that in the end, it would all come together and fit right?\n\nI'm only asking this because I see several of these projects, and I also see things like commercially made products - I know this is all mechanical design and such, but how do you go from being a mostly \"newbie\" to being able to make such a design? Are there books available on it? Online tutorials or courses? Any thing else?\n\nA long time ago (junior and high school), I took a few drafting classes that taught how to do technical drawing (pencil, paper, t-squares, etc), but there wasn't much emphasis on how to design something from scratch. I understand that you need measurements, layout, tolerances, etc...but not much else do I understand.\n\nFurthermore, what is needed to say - use Blender to design a gear train with the proper dimensions then print the pieces out using a Makerbot Replicator (or similar 3D printing device - or a CNC machine, or a laser cutter, etc)? It seems like all I can find out there for such work is \"how to design things\" but they don't go into the deeper knowledge of how to lay out holes, etc - and know how to know it fits together properly, etc - then how to split it up into parts for \"printing\"...\n\nI will not respond to Arduino help PM's from random forum users; if you have such a question, start a new topic thread.\n\nMadLabIndustries\n\nJust wanted to let you know we released the Mega version of the case. It has the same style design as the Uno case, just bigger to fit a mega.It also has the mounting holes for the Uno inside so this can work for your Uno projects that need more room."}
-{"text": "Global temperature goes from heat record to heat record, yet the sun is at its dimmest for half a century.\n\nFor a while, 2010 was the hottest year on record globally. But then it got overtopped by 2014. And 2014 was beaten again by 2015. And now 2016 is so warm that it is certain to be once again a record year. Three record years in a row \u2013 that is unprecedented even in all those decades of global warming.\n\nStrangely, one aspect of this gets barely mentioned: all those heat records occur despite a cold sun (Figs. 1 and 2). The last solar minimum (2008-2010) was the lowest since at least 1950, while the last solar maximum (2013-2015) can hardly be described as such. This is shown, among others, by the sunspot data (Fig. 1) as well as measurements of the solar luminosity from satellites (Fig. 2). Other indicators of solar activity indicate cooling as well (Lockwood and Fr\u00f6hlich, Proc. Royal Society 2007).\n\nFig. 1Time evolution of global temperature, CO2 concentration and solar activity.Temperature and CO2 are scaled relative to each other according to the physically expected CO2 effect on climate (i.e. the best estimate of transient climate sensitivity).The amplitude of the solar curve is scaled to correspond to the observed correlation of solar and temperature data.(Details are explained here.) You can generate and adapt this graph to your taste here, where you can also copy a code with which the graph can be embedded as a widget on your own website (as on my home page). Thus it will be automatically updated each year with the latest data.Thanks to our reader Bernd Herd who programmed this.More \u00bb\n\nAnyone reading pundits and politicians pontificating profusely about climate or environmental science will, at some point, have come across the \u201cvolcano gambit\u201d. During the discussion they will make a claim that volcanoes (or even a single volcano) produce many times more pollutant emissions than human activities. Often the factor is extremely precise to help give an illusion of science-iness and, remarkably, almost any pollutant can be referenced. This \u201cvolcano gambit\u201d is an infallible sign that indicates the author is clueless about climate science, but few are aware of its long and interesting history\u2026\n\nRoss McKitrick was so upset about a paper \u2018Learning from mistakes in climate research\u2019(Benestad et al., 2015) that he has written a letter of complaint and asked for immediate retraction of the pages discussing his work.\n\nThis is an unusual step in science, as most disagreements and debate involve a comment or a response to the original article. The exchange of views, then, provides perspectives from different angles and may enhance the understanding of the problem. This is part of a learning process.\n\nResponding to McKitrick\u2019s letter, however, is a new opportunity to explain some basic statistics, and it\u2019s excellent to have some real and clear-cut examples for this purpose.\n\nGuest commentary by Stephan Lewandowsky, James Risbey and Naomi Oreskes\n\nThe idea that global warming has \u201cstopped\u201d has long been a contrarian talking point. This framing has found entry into the scientific literature and there are now numerous articles that address a presumed recent \u201cpause\u201d or \u201chiatus\u201d in global warming. Moreover, the \u201chiatus\u201d also featured as an accepted fact in the latest IPCC report (AR5). Notwithstanding its widespread use in public and apparent acceptance in the scientific community, there are reasons to be skeptical of the existence of a \u201chiatus\u201d or \u201cpause\u201d in global warming [Ed: see also this previous post]. We have examined this issue in a series of three recent papers, which have converged on the conclusion that there is not now, and there never has been, a hiatus or pause in global warming.\n\nBj\u00f8rn Lomborg is a well-known media personality who argues that there are more important priorities than reducing emissions to limit global warming. In a recent controversy centering on him, the Australian government (known for its contradictory position on climate change) offered the University of Western Australia (UWA) $4 million to make Lomborg professor \u2013 which UWA first accepted, but then after massive protest from its staff and students refused. The Australian government was quick to label it a \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d issue that Lomborg should get a university position, and vowed to find another university that would host him. However, free speech doesn\u2019t guarantee everyone a university position; there are also academic qualifications required."}
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-{"text": "The digestive system of apple snails is adapted to feed\non aquatic plants.\nRoughly it can be in five regions: the intake region (mouth and buccal cavity\nwith radula and jaws), the pre-digestion region (oesophagus with salivary glands,\nlateral pouchs and crop), digestion region (three chambered stomach with the\nassociated digestive gland), uptake region (intestine) and the excretion region\n(rectum and anus).\n\nInteractive 3d-model\n\nScheme of the digestive tract\n\nInteractive 3D-model of the digestive tract of a\nPomacea canaliculata snail. Click on picture to interact\nNote: can take some time to load.\n\nThe buccal cavity, a muscular cavity with\na set of calcareous jaws, 2 radula knobs and the radula (rasp tongue), is situated\nbehind the mouth opening.\nThe radula lies on top of the radula knobs (odontophores) and is covered with\nseveral rows (26 to 53), each consisting of 7 renewable chitinous teeth. When\nthe radula knobs are moved from each other, the radula is bend and stretched,\nthis spreading the teeth on it, which provides the grasp function.\nAfter the food has pulled into the buccal cavity, the strong, calcareous jaws cut off the piece near the mouth opening.\nMore details about the mouth movements here.\n\nDue to the myglobin rich muscles, the buccal mass (the complete organ\nwith the cavity within) has a reddish colour. Myoglobin is a respiratory pigment\nthat helps to provide sufficient oxigen for the muscle metabolism during activity.\nThe buccal mass itself lies in the anterior part of the cephalic hemocoel\n(a large vascular sinus or cavity).\n\nAt the back of the buccal cavity there are two lateral pouches and the\nducts of the salivary glands are located here as well. The bright orange\nsalivary glands lie against the expanded first part of the oesophagus (the crop)\nand produce an acid mucopolysaccharide.\nThe walls of the crop and the oesophagus\nare covered with longitudinal folds and contain cells that excrete a neutral\nmucopolysaccharide and proteins in addition. The oesophagus connects the buccal\ncavity with the stomach after making a turn of 180\u00b0 (following the coiled body\nof the snail). The food is transported through the oesophagus with peristaltic\nmovement.\n\nThe stomach of the apple snail is a pink; \"U\"\nshaped structure on the left side of the body whorl. The wall of the stomach\nconsists of several muscular layers, often covered with calcareous deposits\nof the overlaying tissues or by the digestive gland.\nThe stomach itself consists of three compartments: the muscular gizzard\n(posterior chamber), the vestibule (anterior chamber) and the style\nsac.\n\nThe food is mixed with digestive enzymes and slime with the muscular movements\nin the gizzard and which connects with vestibule.\nThe gizzard and the vestibule are separated by a thick ridge that reaches to\nthe roof of the stomach, closing the gizzard off. When the muscles of the gizzard\ncontract, the gizzard and the vestibule communicate. The surface of the gizzard\nhad many parallel folds (ridges) and the walls consist of several muscular layers.\nThe ducts of the digestive gland or midgut\ngland, which produces digestive enzymes, opens in the ciliated vestibule.\nThe midgut gland lies on top of the stomach and in line with the testis/ovaria\nin the upper whorls of the shell. The function of the\nmidgut gland might be comparable with the human liver (biochemical conversions\nof nutrients and waste) combined with the pancreas (production of digestive\nenzymes), and is also called the hepatopancreas. One can recognize the\nmidgut gland easily due to it's dark brown colour.\n\nC and K-corpuscles from the midgut gland of Pomacea\ncanaliculata. Click\non image to enlarge.\n\nInside the digestive or midgut gland of snails from\nthe genera Pomacea, Marisa\nand Asolene and most likely in all\nampullarids, a large quantity of a\ngreenish-black substance is present. When studied under a microscope, two types\nof pigmented elements can be observed: cellular round corpuscles (C corpuscles)\nwith a brownish/greenish colour and dark brown 'club' shaped elements (K\nor kystic corpuscles). The C corpuscles measure about 11 - 13 \u00b5m\nin diameter and the K corpuscles are about 35\u00b5 in lenth and 13\u00b5m\nin width. Both corpuscles are also present in the intestines and the feces.\nThey even show up in debris of the snail's habitat.\nBoth corpuscles types are not only found in the ducts and the digestive tract,\nthey also reside inside the glandular\ncells. The C elements reside in columnar cells, which are considered to\nbe digestive cells and the K elements are associated with the supposedly excretory\npyramidal cells. In total these corpuscles make up a considerable amount of\nthe glandular mass (around 11-13% of the total gland mass).\nThe corpuscles are excreted from the gland cells in the gland ducts and are\ntransported to the stomach, where they mix with the food. The corpuscles are\npresent in the feces as well, where they are intermingled with the food remnants.\nBesides leaving the snail's body with the normal feces, the corpuscles are also\nexcreted in dense droppings, consisting of nearly 100% corpuscles (see this\npicture of\na Pomacea insularum dropping and a similar one from a\nPomacea canaliculata dropping). These droppings contain mainly the\nC corpuscles and much less K corpuscles, while the normal feces mainly contain\nK-corpuscles.\nRecent research [VEGA\n2001 and CASTRO-VAZQUEZ, 2002] revealed that the C and K corpuscles\nmight be a symbiotic (prokaryotic) organism, with the K corpuscles being the\nkystic form of the vegetative C elements. The fact that these elements contain\nDNA and have a double external membrane, but the lack of a nucleus supports\nthe view of a prokaryotic origin of these corpuscles.\nThe putative symbiont appears to be well integrated in the snail as even sterile\nraised hatchlings contain these corpuscles, excluding an external alimentairy\norigin. Also the observed intracellular presence and development suggest a close\nrelationship. The C corpuscles are for example derived from spheric bodies (vacuoles)\nthat develop and divide inside the digestive columnar cells. These unsheated\nvacuoles are excreted into the alveoli and develop into mature C-corpuscles.\nDuring their travel through the intestines the C-corpuscles become sheated and\ntransform into K-corpuscles.\nA symbiont living inside these snails implies that the snail and the symbiont\n(the prokaryote) have established a mutual beneficial relationship somewhere\nin the course of evolution. For the putative symbiont, the benefits are clear:\na protective and food enriched environment. For the snail the positive effects\naren't that clear yet. For example, the snail looses valuable nutritional proteins\nas these are partly used by the symbiont, which becomes excreted with the feces.\nPossibly a biochemical advantage is given to the snail in this relationship.\nFurther research will certainly reveal more of this interesting symbiotic relationship.\n\nThe glandular pouch of the vestibule contains many mucoprotein-excreting\ncells in its epithelium.\nIn the vestibule, in front of the style sac is a sorting area at which the large\nfood parts are filtered out.\nThe entrance of the style sac is marked with a strong muscular sphincter, connected\nwith the minor and the major typhlosole and between them a deep, longitudinal\nintestinal groove. On the typhlosoles is a strong ciliary current towards\nthe intestine, while the walls of the style sac have a transverse rotating ciliary\ncurrent (giving a spiral movement to the food).\n\nThe dark line you can see through the shell is the rectum, leading to\nthe anus (Pomacea diffusa).\n\nTheintestine of the apple snail is lies close\nto the style sac and coils around the posterior kidney\nand can be divided in several parts: the caecum, the first, second and third\npart of the intestine and the anal papilla.\nThe digestion of the food is partly done by adding enzymes by the snail itself\nand partly by the micro-organisms in the intestine. The uptake of the food compounds\nis carried out trough the walls of the intestine and transported to the blood\nstream. The posterior aorta provides the blood supply of the intestine.\n\nBetween the style sac of the stomach and the caecum lies a muscular sphincter,\nwhich controls the food flow from the stomach to the intestine.\nThe ciliated major typhlosole, which starts in vestibule of the stomach with\nthe intestinal groove parallel to it, continues throughout the caecum and the\nfirst part of the intestine. The walls of the first part of the intestine are\ncovered with ciliated folds that transport the food. The intestinal groove in\nthis part of the intestine doesn't have those fold or ciliation. At the end\nof the first part, the intestinal groove expands to a pouch and the typhlosole\nbends to the pouch, while its tip points to the shallow groove of the second\npart of the intestine.\nThe shallow, unciliated groove in the second part of the intestine is partly\ncovered with ciliated folds. The epithelium lining the groove contains glands\nthat produce an acid mucopolysaccharide, this in contrast with the neutral mucopolysaccharide\nproduced elsewhere on the walls.\nAt the junction with the third part of the intestine (rectum)\nthe groove is deflected in a small diverticle. The typhlosole (ridge) lining\nthe groove becomes greatly enlarged and the groove becomes narrow and is located\non top of the ridge. The walls of the third region of the intestine have unciliated\ntransverse folds. Close to the anal opening intestine receives the duct of the\nanal gland, which arises at the base of the anal papilla.\nThe anal papilla is situated at the roof of the right\nmantle skirt.\n\nThe mouth movements:\nWhen the snail eats, the buccal cavity if brought toward the mouth opening\nand then a complex mechanism of grasping and cutting starts.\nIn the picture below you see a simplified version of the mouth movements\nin the apple snail. It might help you to get an idea of how it works.\nNote that the radula in the real apple snail is more or less covered by\nthe radula knobs that bend and stretch the radula to get the radula teeth\nmoving towards and away from each other in order to grasp the food. These\nknobs can be easily confused with the jaws. The jaws are more difficult\nto see, they only come out of the mouth a very little bit after the radula\nhas pulled back in and the mouth is already closing.\n\nThe mouth movements.\n\nDescription:\nAt first, the mouth opens, while the jaws are lifted from the radula.\nThe radula is then brought forward, while the teeth on the radula are\nspread. The radula moves like a caterpillar track over the underlying\nradula knobs.\nAt the point that the radula is at its most forward position, the radula\nteeth bend toward each other and grasp the food. The radula is pulled\nback in, while the jaws are brought forward to cut off a piece of food,\nsimilar to the mechanism of a scissors. After the food piece has been\ncut off, it's brought to the oesophagus."}
-{"text": "The announcement comes following criticism and pressure from the FBI, civil liberties groups, and demands from 34 members of Congress for a federal investigation into the program's tactics. While the Demographics Unit was originally established in order to track terrorist activity, in the 11 years of the program's existence, no leads have ever been generated.\n\nThis may be due to the fact that the program seemed to target any practitioner of Islam, without any regard for whether subjects had any links to suspicious activity. In August 2011, the Associated Press published a series of reports on the Demographics Unit, and revealed that detectives spied on Muslim neighborhoods; used \"mosque crawlers\" to monitor sermons; and photographed citizens with no history of crime.\n\nThe Unit infiltrated nearly every aspect of the Muslim communities' livelihood, with Linda Sarsour, a member of the Arab American Association of New York, telling the New York Times:\n\nThose documents, they showed where we live. That\u2019s the caf\u00e9 where I eat. That\u2019s where I pray. That\u2019s where I buy my groceries. They were able to see their entire lives on those maps. And it completely messed with the psyche of the community.\n\nAfter the Associated Press released its reports, two civil lawsuits were launched against the program, as the surveillance was based seemingly exclusively on people's religion, national origin and race. For the NYPD, it seemed that simply being a Muslim was reason enough for suspicion and potential ties to terrorism.\n\nWith this sort of a mentality, it comes as no surprise that Muslim relationships with law-enforcement officials have been strained, to say the least. Sarsour said the program created \"psychological warfare\" in the Islamic community. When news of the surveillance program was first released, dozens of Muslim religious leaders decided to boycott then-Mayor Bloomberg's interfaith breakfast. But there are hopes that this latest development is a first step in easing tensions amongst the two communities. In a press release, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called the decision to shut down the program:\n\nA critical step forward in easing tensions between the police and the communities they serve, so that our cops and our citizens can help one another go after the real bad guys.\n\nThe program is not without its defendants, however. Former Commissioner Ray Kelly, who oversaw the beginnings of the program, claims the practices were entirely constitutional, and that officers had kept to legal guidelines while trying to detect early warning signals of terrorism. (That is, if you consider racial, ethnic, and religious profiling perfectly legal.)\n\nThough the program has been discontinued, investigations around its practices are still pending. Early this year, U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. ordered the NYPD to submit documents regarding the Demographics Unit to authorities. In his ruling, Judge Haight wrote, \"The Muslim community is concerned about the attentions being paid to it by the NYPD. That concern is natural and reasonable.\"\n\nThis is not the first time such practices have come under intense scrutiny and criticism. In 1971, a still-open lawsuit was launched regarding the NYPD's investigation of anti-Vietnam War activists and Black Panthers using similar tactics. Consequently, the NYPD agreed to adhere to guidelines, called the Handschu guidelines, that requiring them to refrain from \"investigating people's political activities without suspicion of a crime.\"\n\nBarbara Handschu, the woman after whom the NYPD's surveillance guidelines are named, told the Huffington Post:\n\nIt's not that different than what happened back in the `60s, except that somebody's being targeted because of ethnicity and before we were targeted because of political belief. I mean, this is worse. This is racial profiling.\n\nThe relegation of the Demographics Unit to the history books is a small victory, it is true, but its mere existence speaks to the miles we have yet to go in overcoming racial, ethnic, and religious biases in the United States. The Demographics Unit is a living extreme of the effects of stereotyping, and citizens of the United States should not have to come under suspicions of terrorism because of their faith, skin color, or choice of garb. As New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman told ABC News,\n\nWe hope this means an end to the dragnet approach to policing that has been so harmful to police-community relations and a commitment to going after criminal suspicion, rather than innocent New Yorkers."}
-{"text": "Irr\u00e9el - Interrogeons le fantastique\n\nMetropolis\n\nIrr\u00e9el - Interrogeons le fantastique\n\nThroughout a selection of more than 20 movies from the History of the Cinema from 1900 till today, the IRREEL exhibition present a path at the same time esthetique and thematique amassed photographies of film set, original posters and drawings."}
-{"text": "Skate\n\nAd blocker interference detected!\n\nWikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers\n\nWikia is not accessible if you\u2019ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.\n\nSkate\n\nThis odd-looking, kite-shaped fish is also called a ray. The names are used interchangeably, though in some quarters the term skate' is applied to the members of this species that are used for eating, while ray generally refers to those (like the electric ray and giant manta ray) that are fished for sport. Skates have winglike pectoral fins that undulate as the fish meanders along the ocean floor (there are also freshwater rays). The fins are the edible part of a skate. Their delicious flesh is firm, white and sweet-not unlike that of the scallop. Depending on the region, skate is available year-round. Like shark meat, skate must be soaked in Acidulated Water to remove its natural ammonia odor. Skate can be prepared in a variety of ways including poaching, baking and frying."}
-{"text": "Not just that. Games that are actually longer usually are because they padded out gameplay by making you repeat stupid shit.\n\nThat's the worst. \"Now that you've completed this long and painful set of inane things, go do it again but this time faster!\"\n\nI might be in the minority here, but I really hate FF10's intro. I played 4 hours into that game and probably got 30 minutes of actual gameplay. The sequence goes like this: video, wall of text, walk over here, video, wall of text, video, wall of text, walk some more, wall of text, walk, text, walk, video, text... And it does this for what seems like an eternity. It made me so mad that I never bothered to finish it.\n\nThat's the worst. \"Now that you've completed this long and painful set of inane things, go do it again but this time faster!\"\n\nI might be in the minority here, but I really hate FF10's intro. I played 4 hours into that game and probably got 30 minutes of actual gameplay. The sequence goes like this: video, wall of text, walk over here, video, wall of text, video, wall of text, walk some more, wall of text, walk, text, walk, video, text... And it does this for what seems like an eternity. It made me so mad that I never bothered to finish it.\n\nI miss spending all day during summer playing Shining Force while sucking on a Warhead lollipop with the window to my room up, letting in the warm summer air.\n\nAh, simpler times. Now I have to do adult stuff. Screw growing up. :|\n\n\"The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'\" - George Carlin\n\nActually, the videos didn't really bother me that much (in fact, I really love FF videos), it was the combination of videos with extremely long sets of dialog and lack of any substantial gameplay in the first several hours that really put me off. Then again, I do think I'm in the minority on this one.\n\nI miss playing The Lost Word: Jurassic Park for PS1. I typed in the damned code for any level select so many freaking times that, even 13 years later, I still remember it from heart:\nSquare, X, O, Triangle, Triangle, X, Square, O, Triangle, O, X, Square.\n\nLast edited by Hanto; 2011-03-24 at 05:59 PM.\nReason: Year correction; was released in 4th QTR '97.\n\nActually, the videos didn't really bother me that much (in fact, I really love FF videos), it was the combination of videos with extremely long sets of dialog and lack of any substantial gameplay in the first several hours that really put me off. Then again, I do think I'm in the minority on this one.\n\nI didn't like it for its annoying and stupid characters plus its giant plot holes. Plus the sphere grid was garbage.\n\nLoved its combat system though.\n\nI mourn the loss of a man of true vision and talent. You were my idol, Mr. Giger.\nYou gave faces to my dreams and nightmares and sparked my imagination throughout my entire life. You will be missed.Hans Rudolf Giger\n2/5/1940 - 5/12/2014\n\nSuper Nintendo is still my most favoured video-game machine ever. Metroid, Super Mario, Donkey Kong... I feel sad for the children who grow up without those awesome, classic games\n\nThis times 1000! SNES released the best games ever made, whether it was rpg's or action. Shadowrun, Earthbound, Final Fantasy 2 and 3, Chronotrigger....I can't imagine my childhood without these games.\n\n\"\u3010A Chinese viewpoint on the new version:MOP\u3011\nsince we have lived in a world filled with magic and beast and lots of culture,so it is reasonable to let all kinds of culture come into World of Warcraft\nOrc:black people Jazz\nGorblin:Israel Jews (No offensive,Gorblins are good at making money,that's ture in my eyes)\"\n\nthe 2D Legend of Zelda games. Honestly... all I want to do is to be able to move Link or USE Link without using the fucking touchscreen. That's all I want. I can't stand DS Zelda games because of it and I really really miss playing the old Zelda games."}
-{"text": "World Cup 2018: Seven best World Cup songs of all time\n\nAs the kick-off of Russia 2018 creeps ever closer it\u2019s time to re-visit some of the songs of previous World Cups.\n\nThere has been some stunners and some shockers, official and unofficial, anthems and albums \u2013 going back 56 years to when Los Ramblers created the first ever World Cup song for Chile 1962.\n\nThere is no word yet on an official song for Russia 2018 although Coca-Cola have already released their official World Cup song \u2013 Colors by Jason De Rulo.\n\nHere\u2019s our countdown of the top ten World Cup songs of all time:\n\n7. Wavin\u2019 Flag \u2013 K\u2019naan (South Africa 2010 \u2013 Unofficial)\n\nOriginally the song\u2019s lyrics talked about growing up in war torn Somalia and hoping for freedom.\n\nThe lyrics still felt genuine after Coca-Cola chose Wavin\u2019 Flag for their World Cup 2010 campaign \u2013 and launched the Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist to world wide fame \u2013 90 million Youtube views will that do that for you.\n\nThe tune is catchy and doesn\u2019t feel fake (almost).\n\n6. Boom \u2013 Anastacia (Japan & Korea 2002)\n\nAs great a songstress as American singer Anastacia, who burst onto the pop music scene in the early 2000s, might be she was still an unlikely choice to sing the official World Cup song of Japan/Korea 2002.\n\nNot as catchy as her electronic-soul fusion \u201cI\u2019m outta love\u201d it\u2019s still a fairly pleasing dance number though the link to football seems very tenuous, although the video valiantly tries.\n\nThe song was heard a lot during the tournament in Japan and Korea, which was a big step up from the official anthem by Vangelis.\n\n5. Samba e Gol \u2013 Bellini (France 1998 unofficial)\n\nOriginally titled Samba de Janeiro, this is Samba at its best and a video intercut with some fantastic footage of Brazil\u2019s previous World Cup winning teams (as well as some very strange footage near the end of a random middle age man getting into a car and driving nowhere in particular.)\n\nWe live in world where artists modernize older versions of songs. Did it not come across anyone\u2019s mind to recreate this song for the 2014 World Cup?\n\nAnd much better than the official song \u2013 Pitbull\u2019s insipid We Are One (Ole Ola) \u2013 although Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte did their best to enliven it.\n\n4. Les Cour des Grands \u2013 Youssou N\u2019Dor and Axelle Red (France 1998)\n\nBelgian singer/songwriter and activist Axelle Red joined Senegalese singer, songwriter and composer Youssou N\u2019Dour for this humanitarian hymn, which is uplifting, powerful and surprisnigly edgy for an official tune.\n\nAccompanied by a earthy video which is simultaneously subversive and celebratory \u2013 quite an achievement.\n\nThe original FIFA world Cup anthem that started it all \u2013 so depending on how you feel about World Cup songs you are either very grateful or very angry at Los Ramblers, the icons of the Chilean new wave.\n\nThe song itself sounds like a South American version of Elvis Presley\u2019s \u201cAll Shook Up\u201d, although this was written seven years before Presley\u2019s classic perhaps it was the King who was inspired by this early pop-rock chart-topper, which managed to sell around 900,000 copies of this single 45rpm record, a record for the time.\n\nThe film clip is pure vintage with highlights of Chile\u2019s previous World cup campaigns.\n\nIf only they were all this good.\n\n2. Waka Waka (This time for Africa) \u2013 Shakira (South Africa 2010)\n\nThe greatest criticism of this catchy number is that it should of course been sung by an African singer.\n\nInstead it was the admittedly fetching Shakira, who hails from Colombia, although she does have a string football connection, being the long time squeeze of Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.\n\nIt\u2019s a high energy dance number with a memorable chorus, and at least in the film clip they put the players right where they should be, front and centre \u2013 including of course Pique himself \u2013 interspersed with an African inspired dance routine.\n\nShakira\u2019s voice sounds highly treated but the flavor of the music and the celebratory nature of the dance, including some jubilant younger performers, gives it a feel-good vibe that is hard not to succumb to.\n\nThe video also has historical footage of many of the greats \u2013 Ronaldo, Zidane, Messi, Maradona, Pele, Baggio \u2013 who in a moment that almost works, Shakira seems to be dreaming of.\n\nIt finishes with the words: \u201cWe\u2019re all Africa\u201d and 1.8 billion views of Youtube is not be sneezed at.\n\nNeither were the sales where it topped the charts in 15 countries but could only reach 21 in the UK.\n\n1. World in Motion \u2013 New Order (1990 Italy)\n\n\u201cSome of the crowd are on the pitch. They think it\u2019s all over\u2026 well it is now!\u201d\n\nThe immortal words of Kenneth Wolstenholme\u2019s commentary from the 1966 World Cup final won by England 4-2.\n\nThese words start this up-tempo little ditty created by the former members of Joy Division a band who were known as the most depressing ever.\n\nOne wonders what Ian Curtis would have thought.\n\nThe video is appalling, even by 1989 standards.\n\nBernard Summer sings his little heart out in an Umbro football jersey, while John Barnes juggles a football behind him, the backdrop a couple of housing commission low-rises on a training ground in\n\nPaul Gascoigne, Peter Beardsley, Des Walker and Steve McMahon also make an appearance, mumb;ling along to the video wondering what they are doing.\n\nThe mid-song wrap break delivered by John Barnes is the best thing in it \u2013 and shows maybe the Liverpool legend missed his true calling. It contains the phrase: \u201cWe ain\u2019t no hooligans, this ain\u2019t no football song, Three lions on my chest, I know we can\u2019t go wrong\u201d\n\nThey did of course go wrong in the semi-finals \u2013 as Gascoigne shed his famous tears.\n\nBut the real question is who is more embarrassed \u2013 band member Gillian Gilbert during the filming or Chris Waddle looking back on his haircut.\n\nThe song was re-released for the 2002 World Cup, when David Beckham was meant to re-record the wrap but un/fortunately that never happened."}
-{"text": "ATSC 3.0 And 5G: Adversaries Or Collaborators?\n\n\u201cGiven the stakes, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see both collaboration between the phone companies and broadcasters and head-to-head competition,\u201d says Rick Ducey, managing director, BIA Advisory Services. And some broadcasters view 5G\u2019s rollout \u2014 and the potential investment of the phone companies in broadcast capabilities of their own \u2014 as a potential opportunity for the traditional big-stick broadcasters."}
-{"text": "Almost a year ago, I tried an amazing cr\u00eape with s\u2019mores fixings and Nutella from a food truck while on vacation. (It was called Le Crepe and they named this particular flavor the \u201cBoy Scout\u201d \u2013 so clever!) I haven\u2019t been able to stop thinking about it since, and I\u2019ve been meaning to attempt a recreation for almost 12 whole months.\n\nDove chocolate strawberry hearts. Have you had them? They are as delicious as they are pretty, swirled shapes of pink strawberry and brown milk chocolate ribbons. I enjoy eating them by themselves, but to me, everything is better baked into something."}
-{"text": "Staff reporter\n\nA married teaching assistant from Kineton who performed sex acts on a teenage pupil on a school trip has been jailed for over two years.\n\nMother-of-two Jill Meldrum-Jones, 37, met the 15-year-old pupil at the secondary school in Warwickshire, which cannot be named for legal reasons, where she assisted with PE, Science and Humanities subjects.\n\nJill Meldrum-Jones. Photo from SWNS.\n\nA court heard the pair became close during a school trip to South Africa last year and started going for walks alone together.\n\nIt was on the trip that she performed the sex act on the pupil.\n\nA court heard the teaching assistant also sent the teenager \u201chighly sexualised\u201d messages once they were back in the UK but there was no more physical contact.\n\nThe incident only came to light in February this year when rumours which were circulating the school were brought to the attention of the police.\n\nMeldrum-Jones gave no comment interviews to officers but pleaded guilty to five charges of sexual activity with a child at Warwick Crown Court on November 2. She also admitted two charges of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.\n\nAnd yesterday (Monday) Meldrum-Jones wept in the dock as she was jailed for two years and eight months at Coventry Crown Court.\n\nThe teaching assistant, who wore a black long-sleeved t-shirt and black trousers, was also handed a sexual harm prevention order for five years.\n\nSentencing, Judge Philip Gregory said Meldrum-Jones \u201cmust have completely lost control of her senses and been consumed with lust for this young boy\u201d .\n\nHe added: \u201cIt seems to me that you lost control of your senses as well as control of your physical urges.\n\n\u201cAt the time you were a teaching assistant charged with responsibility for teenage children on a school trip.\n\n\u201cThis should have been a wonderful experience but for one of them, the victim, it was an incident which has plagued him ever since because of the serious sexual misconduct of which you involved him.\n\n\u201cYou\u2019re 37, he was 15. That\u2019s a substantial age difference, you and you alone are responsible for what happened.\n\n\u201cIt would have been bad enough if it happened on one occasion but it happened repeatedly.\n\n\u201cAnd it didn\u2019t end there on the holiday because under the cover of darkness on the flight home, and this almost beggars belief, you engaged in similar conduct with him.\n\n\u201cOnce you were back in the UK you exchanged explicitly text messages with him.\n\n\u201cIt almost beggars belief that someone from your background, happily married with two children, should so lose control of your senses and judgement that you would permit yourself to behave in this way.\n\n\u201cYou and your family need to understand that judges have to follow the law and have to implement it.\n\n\u201cI acknowledge the appalling humiliation to which you\u2019ve been subject and the hell that your husband and children will suffer as a consequence of your absence.\u201d\n\nThe court heard Meldrum-Jones, who has a 12-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter, was \u201coverly familiar\u201d with pupils at the school.\n\nSimon Hunka, defending, urged the judge to spare Meldrum-Jones prison and give her a suspended sentence.\n\nHe added: \u201cThe reality is having read the references she has a particularly strong role in the upbringing of the children and is described by her husband as the cornerstone of the family.\n\n\u201cHer behaviour is so out of character given her life prior to last year.\n\n\u201cTo engage in the behaviour that she did in the main body of an aeroplane, yet she did that and she is not a fool, she is not someone who has routinely engaged in that type of behaviour in the past.\n\n\u201cShe suffers from depression and was diagnosed two months after this (incident).\n\n\u201cDepression can\u2019t be an explanation but when someone suffers from depression they lose that same sense of fear and they take decisions that others wouldn\u2019t ordinarily do.\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t explain away what she did but it sets in some context why this woman goes to such strange extremes.\u201d\n\nAn NSPCC spokesman said after the case: \u201cParents send children on school trips with the expectation they will be cared for by teaching staff.\n\n\u201cMeldrum-Jones abused that trust and must face the consequences of her grossly inappropriate behaviour.\n\n\u201cHer victim has struggled to come to terms with what happened and it is vital that children who are subjected to sexual misconduct, get the necessary support to move forward with their lives.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Thursday, June 12, 2014\n\nSuicide Silence Releases New Song \"Don't Die\"\n\nWell known deathcore band, Suicide Silence, released a new song yesterday from their upcoming new album You Can't Stop Me. The song is titled \"Don't Die\" and they also released it with a lyric video. The album is set to release July 11 for EU, July 14 for UK, and July 15 for US. You can pre-order You Can't Stop Me now here: Nuclear Blast Entertainment."}
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-{"text": "Roger Ebert In Review: A 'Fresh Air' Survey\n\nThe iconic Chicago photographer Art Shay took portraits of presidents, prizefighters, prose poets \u2014 and in the person of Roger Ebert, at least one Pulitzer-winning critic.\n\nArt Shay\n\nListen\n\nListening...\n\n/\n\nOriginally published on April 5, 2013 12:10 pm\n\nFresh Air remembers the film critic and bon vivant Roger Ebert, who died Thursday, with a roundup of interviews from our archive.\n\nIn one, from all the way back in 1984, host Terry Gross talks with Ebert alone; in a second conversation, from 1996, Terry interviews both Ebert and his late partner Gene Siskel onstage at Northwestern University.\n\nIn two very special conversations, Ebert himself interviews iconic directors Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.\n\nROGER EBERT: Across the aisle from me, Gene Siskel, film critic of the Chicago Tribune.\n\nGENE SISKEL: And this is Roger Ebert, film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times.\n\nGROSS: That's how Roger Ebert and his rival Chicago film critic the late Gene Siskel used to introduce each other on their PBS program \"Sneak Previews,\" the show that made them famous in the late '70s. Ebert died yesterday at the age of 70, just a few days after blogging that a painful fracture that had made it difficult to walk was diagnosed as cancer.\n\nHis life and his body had already been dramatically altered by cancer of the thyroid, salivary glands and chin, which was first diagnosed in 2002. It left him unable to speak or eat. But he kept writing about films on his blog and social media, reaching a big and appreciative audience.\n\nWe're going to listen back to an interview with Ebert, as well as an interview with Ebert and Siskel. And we'll hear excerpts of onstage interviews Ebert conducted with Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola about two of Ebert's favorite films, \"Raging Bull\" and \"Apocalypse Now.\" Our critic-at-large John Powers says that Ebert will be remembered for his enthusiasm, his openness, his generosity to filmmakers and to his fellow critics, and for his canny knack of taking his work into new media.\n\nWe're going to start with a piece John recorded about Ebert in September 2011, after the publication of Ebert's memoir \"Life Itself.\"\n\nJOHN POWERS, BYLINE: You can divide famous people into two broad categories: those who find fame a burden and those who take it like a tonic. Roger Ebert is one of the latter. That rarest of creatures, a film critic who everyone knows, he really enjoys being Roger Ebert.\n\nThis pleasure comes through in his new memoir, \"Life Itself.\" Perhaps goaded into existence by the cancer that has assailed him in recent years, it tells the life story of the man with the most famous thumb in America, pausing along the way to offer the author's views on everything from the glories of black-and-white cinematography to the existence of God to the comedy of being fat.\n\nThe book is chatty, upbeat and structurally loose - which is to say that it sounds exactly like Roger Ebert. He was born 69 years ago in Urbana, Illinois, and enjoyed a classic middle-American childhood, idyllic but tinged with darkness.\n\nHe had an electrician father, Walter, whom he obviously adored; and a mother, Annabel, who treated him kindly but also scared him with her anger, especially once she became an alcoholic, a drinking problem that Ebert himself would share and eventually conquer.\n\nA lifelong liberal, Ebert had dreamed of being a feisty newspaper columnist like Mike Royko. But his life took a very different turn in 1967 when, much to his surprise, he was named film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times. He was all of 25 years old, and he seized the job like a brass ring.\n\nHis career took off quickly - he'd won the Pulitzer Prize by age 33 - and he began accumulating a vast storehouse of anecdotes. He gives career advice to the young Oprah Winfrey, hangs out with the old Robert Mitchum, and scripts the movie \"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls\" for skinflick meister Russ Meyer, whose own account of their collaboration makes you suspect that Ebert is giving us the PG version.\n\nStill, he would have remained a minor local celebrity had it not been for the 1975 creation of the movie review show \"Sneak Previews,\" with fellow Chicago critic Gene Siskel, a competitive man of burning ambition, whom Ebert portrays with surprising generosity.\n\nThe show wasn't Ebert's idea, but it changed him and our culture, not always for the best. The trademark feature of \"Sneak Previews\" was that moment when Ebert and Siskel gave movies thumbs up or thumbs down, a hugely influential shtick that reduced film criticism to a simple-minded consumer guide in which ideas barely matter.\n\nYet while I know scads of critics who dislike that show, I'm not sure I know any who dislike or blame Ebert. They think that's just Roger. And Roger has never been one of those critics you read for his analysis. He's a critic you read for his openness and enthusiasm. Because of that enthusiasm, you might almost say that he's the original fanboy: breezy, personal, ready to share.\n\nThis may help explain why, after cancer forced him from his TV show, he reinvented himself as a hugely successful blogger, weighing in on everything from movies to politics to what he sees as the ruination of his newspaper by idiots. It's probably the best writing he's ever done.\n\nAnd it's all the more impressive because life dealt him a hard blow with a disease that keeps him from eating, drinking or talking, three things he obviously loved. But rather than sinking into a funk or hiding away, he's gone on with his life, and one of the many admirable features of his new book is its sunniness. It's wholly free from the complaining and self-pity so popular in memoirs these days.\n\nThat's just what you'd hope for from a guy who was raised, and thrived, in the very heart of the American century. Ebert is anything but provincial. \"Life Itself\" begins with a reference to Ingmar Bergman's film \"Persona,\" and ends by quoting Tintin's dog, Milou.\n\nBut reading this book, I was struck by how deeply he's inscribed with our national character; the decency and good humor and happy acceptance of other cultures, the recognition that the world has murky depths he'd just as soon not dwell on, above all, the eagerness to engage with life. You see, unlike a lot of film critics, Roger Ebert knows that there's more to living than just sitting in the dark.\n\nGROSS: That was our critic-at-large John Powers, recorded in 2011, after the publication of Roger Ebert's memoir \"Life Itself.\" I had the pleasure of interviewing Ebert several times. Here's an excerpt of the interview we recorded in 1984, when he and Gene Siskel were co-hosting their syndicated movie review program \"At the Movies.\"\n\nViewers may have thought of Ebert and Siskel as a team because they appeared together on their weekly show, but they were also rival film critics for rival Chicago newspapers. Ebert told me they regarded each other more as competitors than partners.\n\nEBERT: He works for the Tribune. I work for the Sun Times. One day a week, we do the show. The other six days of the week, we are, indeed, competitors. So Siskel and I have been both covering the movies in Chicago for 16 years together, and I started two years before him. So it goes back a long way. In fact, when I was asked originally if I would like to do a show with Gene Siskel, my answer was: Why Gene Siskel?\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nGROSS: Well, did you ever ask yourself what did you do to deserve such as a fate as having to work so closely with your biggest rival?\n\nEBERT: There could be worse fates. Gene Siskel is intelligent. He's well-informed. He's a good film critic, and I respect him. And when we are doing our discussions on the air, we do them ad-lib, unrehearsed, spontaneous and first draft, for the most part, unless some terrible mistake takes place.\n\nAnd I'm glad to be able to have him sitting across the aisle from me, because I get a lot of feedback, and we can talk well together. I think I would feel bad if I had to do the show with somebody who didn't seem to be listening to what I said and wasn't responding to me, but was just simply waiting for me to shut up so that he could start.\n\nGROSS: Before you became a professional, before you started writing for newspapers or anything, did you have a desire to make movies or to write about them as a critic?\n\nEBERT: No. Like a lot of people who started to read in the late '50s, I wanted to be a novelist. I mean, the heroes when I was going to school may have been film directors like Antonioni and Fellini, but they were also novelists like Philip Roth. Katherine Anne Porter just had a new book out at that time.\n\nI started reading in high school, and, I mean, I read - I started reading, I think, at the age of six, you know. But in high school, I came across the works of Thomas Wolfe at just the right age. I think I was 13-and-a-half. And this image of this tortured, romantic figure writing novels while standing up and writing on the top of the refrigerator and walking through the dawn saying I wrote 10,000 words tonight, that was me. You know, I went for that.\n\nAnd Kerouac, \"On the Road,\" books like that. And when I was 15-and-a-half, I started writing sports for the News Gazette in Champaign-Urbana. A sports columnist in Philadelphia, a man named Bill Lyon, also worked on the News Gazette at the same time. I covered Urbana. He covered Champaign. He was into Thomas Wolfe, too.\n\nAnd we would work all night on our stories. We're covering some high school football game, but the lead would have to be perfect. Every word would have to be filled with a passion. You know, Thomas Wolfe covers the Urbana Tigers and the Champaign Maroons. And during the game every year when Champaign played Urbana, you know, it was like Dante was covering it, especially if you lost.\n\nEBERT: I think I had a real good relationship with my parents about the movies. I went to a lot of movies. And then there comes the time in everybody's life when you just go to the movies that you feel like going to. That first time your parents drop you off at the multiplex so you can see \"Oh Heavenly Dog\" starring Benji, and you sneak in to see \"Saturday Night Fever\" instead, that's one of the initiation processes into adulthood.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nGROSS: Were there movies that you started to define yourself by, you know, like this movie really says something about who I am?\n\nEBERT: That happened to me as I was in the last years of high school and the first years of college. There were art theaters in Champaign-Urbana, and also the university had a film society. And I started going to the angry young men films like \"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,\" \"Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner\" in which, frankly, you know, as a high school kid in Urbana, I had very little in common with this borstal boy played by Tom Courtenay, but to me, you know, that movie was my story. It's the \"Bonnie and Clyde\" line, you know, where Clyde says: You know what you did? You told my story.\n\nI went to see \"La Dolce Vita\" by Fellini, and that movie has been a touchstone for me, because when I saw it in 1960, there was this 30-year-old journalist in Rome leading this unbelievably glamorous life with all these celebrities and staying up all night and going to orgies and having all of his philosophical friends around him and his wives and his mistresses and miracles and stories to cover.\n\nWhen I saw it again - and I've seen it every 10 years - in 1970, it was somebody about my age, only he was leading a more interesting life than I was, I thought. And when I saw it again in 1980, it was somebody 10 years younger than I was, and he had a lot of problems that I had outgrown.\n\nSo Marcello, the character in the movie, stays the same, and I can kind of measure, you know, my thoughts about the character as time goes by.\n\nGROSS: You've interviewed a lot of stars in the years that you've been writing about movies. Do they ever make ridiculous demands of you about what they will or won't do, what they won't talk about? And if that happens, how do you handle it?\n\nEBERT: In general, no, they don't. In the book, there's an interview with Jerry Lewis at the Cannes Film Festival. He got out a tape recorder. He tape-recorded it, apparently out of paranoia. What I am astounded by is the number of occasions where totally unexpected and startling things happen that the star does nothing at all to conceal.\n\nAnother interview in this book is with Tony Curtis, also at the Cannes Film Festival. I went to interview him, and during the course of the interview, he looked out the window of his hotel room, saw a woman on the sidewalk that he found attractive and started screaming at her to come up to his room. He was shouting his name and his room number in full view and hearing of about 500 people on the terrace of the Carlton Hotel. He was really out of control that day. And when I left, I had a very strange encounter to record.\n\nMovie stars have been interviewed so often, that sometimes you find some very revealing things happening because the interviewer is almost not visible to them.\n\nGROSS: What do you mean?\n\nEBERT: That there's always been an interviewer there. I mean, Robert Mitchum has been a movie actor for 40 years. If I'm sitting in the back seat of his car, is he going to be thinking oh, my God, the press is here? No, the press has always been there. You know, 20 years ago it was Rex Reed. Forty years ago, it was Louella Parsons. You know, in a way, the press has always been in Robert Mitchum's back seat, and so if you can adopt the fly-on-the-wall approach of just kind of quietly sitting there and observing everything that's going on, you are going to see somebody who is not especially monitoring his behavior.\n\nGROSS: Roger Ebert, recorded in 1984. Coming up, we continue our remembrance of Ebert with a 1996 interview with Ebert and Gene Siskel. This is FRESH AIR.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)\n\nGROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We're remembering film critic Roger Ebert, who died yesterday at the age of 70. Ebert first became famous for hosting a weekly TV series in which he and rival film critic Gene Siskel reviewed new films. They remained TV partners until Siskel's death in 1999 of brain cancer.\n\nI spoke with Ebert and Siskel in 1996, onstage in their hometown of Chicago, at a benefit for public radio station WBEZ in Chicago. Our interview included clips from their favorite films. I asked Ebert to introduce the film he chose.\n\nEBERT: I had originally picked a different scene. I picked the scene with Orson Welles being discovered by the cat in the doorway in \"The Third Man.\" And then my esteemed colleague here pointed out that that scene doesn't have any dialogue in it, and so it probably wouldn't play very well on the radio.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nEBERT: We could have a kind of a United Nations translation: OK, now Orson Welles is smiling at Joseph Cotten, you know. So I granted Gene his point. It was a pretty good point.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nEBERT: And I thought a little harder, and I thought of my favorite passage of dialogue in the movies, and it's from \"Citizen Kane,\" but I don't want to tell you what it is. It's from \"Citizen Kane.\" It's Mr. Bernstein, who is a person who has been - who began with Charles Foster Kane. He was there before, as he says earlier in this same scene: I was there before the beginning, and now I'm here after the end. And this is the speech that I like so much.\n\nGROSS: OK, let's watch it.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, \"CITIZEN KANE\")\n\nEVERETT SLOANE: (as Mr. Bernstein) Who's a busy man? Me? I'm chairman of the board. I've got nothing but time. What do you want to know?\n\nWILLIAM ALLAND: (as Jerry Thompson) Well, Mr. Bernstein, we thought maybe if we could find out what he meant by that last words, as he was dying.\n\nSLOANE: (as Bernstein) That Rosebud, huh? Maybe some girl? There were a lot of them back in the early days.\n\nALLAND: (as Thompson) It's hardly likely, Mr. Bernstein, that Mr. Kane could have met some girl casually, and then 50 years later on this death bed, remember.\n\nSLOANE: (as Bernstein) Well, you're pretty young, Mr. Thompson. A fellow would remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember. You take me. One day back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in. And on it, there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress, she had on. She was carrying a white parasol. I only saw her for one second. She didn't see me at all. But I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since that I haven't thought of that girl.\n\nEBERT: Yeah.\n\n(APPLAUSE)\n\nGROSS: Now tell us more about what thrills you about the dialogue in that.\n\nEBERT: Well, I saw the movie for the first time in 1958, and there hasn't been a month go by since then...\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nEBERT: ...that I haven't thought about that dialogue, because in one little speech in a popular Hollywood film written by Herman Mankiewicz, you have the mystery of memory and of longing and of the fact that we are all, to some degree, alone and trying to reach out to somebody else.\n\nAnd then you have time. You're a young man, Mr. Thompson, he says. And the more I think about that, if you - the more you think about that speech, the more it's about the human condition. It's about the whole thing.\n\nGROSS: I'd like to go through some firsts, like do a little, like, film biography of each of you. So let's move through these quickly. The first film you actually remember seeing in a movie theater.\n\nSISKEL: Well, it would probably a Disney picture. And the one that stands out for me for the emotional impact was \"Dumbo,\" specifically the sequence where Mrs. Jumbo is chained up. It's a beautiful sequence. The laughter is misplaced.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nSISKEL: It's a laughter on the title, but it's one of the most beautiful, powerful sequences in the movies, and that is of course when Mrs. Jumbo is - we're talking about separation between child and mother.\n\nAnd the - she sings. She later will sing with her trunk woven in through the bars, one of the most beautiful lullabies, \"Baby Mine.\" And clearly, every child fears - and the Disney animated features always play on it - parental loss. And that was a very powerful thing for me growing up.\n\nGROSS: Roger, your first film you remember seeing in a movie theater.\n\nEBERT: My father took me to see the Marx Brothers in \"A Day at the Races.\" He loved the Marx Brothers. He had seen the Marx Brothers on stage in Champaign-Urbana when he was a young man in vaudeville.\n\nGROSS: Was it funny to you?\n\nEBERT: No, to me, the scene that I liked the very best - I was really scared when Groucho got on the horse. I was afraid he would fall off and get hurt. But the scene I remember the best is Harpo looking at me while he played the harp. He was looking straight out of the screen. He nodded at the camera. And I thought he saw me. And he was saying, look, I'm playing the harp. And I didn't know what a harp was. I'd never seen one before. And I was entranced.\n\nGROSS: The movie that most scared you as a child, that you...\n\nSISKEL: I think I answered that question. Particularly, I will say when Timothy J. - when Dumbo's up there, and, you know, can he fly or not? Now, here, you're talking about a childhood fantasy. I mean, obviously it's a fantasy for everyone, flying, but unassisted - but he could die. He could be - certainly, he could be humiliated. And, again, this is a thing that a child would relate to.\n\nEBERT: Gene was thinking: Some day, I want to work with a guy like Dumbo.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nGROSS: Roger, the...\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nSISKEL: Too obvious.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nGROSS: The film that first really scared you.\n\nSISKEL: Charitable mood. Twentieth anniversary, what the hell. You know, let it go.\n\nEBERT: When I was 10, I saw \"The Thing,\" the Howard Hawks picture. It scared me cold. I was terrified during the movie and for days afterwards. But...\n\nGROSS: Because of the way they burn The Thing and set it on fire?\n\nEBERT: Oh, the whole - the way he melted, and you could see that he was still alive.\n\nGROSS: What do you do with the vegetable? You cook it?\n\nEBERT: The moment when they form hands in a circle in the ice, and then you get the overhead shot, and you see that there's a ship underneath the ice. Everything in that movie terrified me. You know, among modern pictures, the first \"Halloween\" was a very scary picture.\n\nSISKEL: Very.\n\nEBERT: Gene saw it at the Village Theater when he was living two blocks away, and he took a cab home.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nSISKEL: I took a cab - absolutely true, absolutely true. (unintelligible), and I was living at 1400 North State, and I - it's a little more than two blocks, but about four. And I will tell you I took a taxi home. And when I got in - and we've all done this after scary movies, I hope - I went to the shower and pulled the curtain back.\n\n(APPLAUSE)\n\nSISKEL: Absolutely true.\n\nEBERT: And believe me, there was nobody in the shower.\n\nSISKEL: I was about 30 at the time. That sounds normal, doesn't it?\n\nEBERT: Knowing the kind of housekeeper you were, it was probably a frightening sight in that shower, anyway.\n\nSISKEL: That was scary. That was scary.\n\nGROSS: The first movie you reviewed.\n\nEBERT: \"The Last Wave.\" It was a French film.\n\nGROSS: I thought it was an Australian film. Oh, this is a different one.\n\nEBERT: No, no, that's a different \"Last Wave.\"\n\nOK.\n\nAnd I remember \"The Last Wave.\" That the Aborigines. No, this was 1967, and my review was: Ah, yes, here it is, the French New Wave rolling ashore once again. You see, my first review, and I was already blase.\n\n(LAUGHTER)\n\nSISKEL: My first review was of Walt Disney's \"Rascal\"...\n\nGROSS: Boy, a real Disney thing here.\n\nSISKEL: ...starring Billy Mumy. He was the child actor in \"Lost in Space.\" It was about a pet raccoon. And I really had to deal with the issue very quickly of hating that picture and being bold enough to say, off the gun, you know, you're sort of knocking mom and apple pie. And I went right at it.\n\nGROSS: Was that hard the first time you gave a negative review...\n\nSISKEL: That was in late August - I think it was August 29th, 1969.\n\nGROSS: Now, your first review was a negative review. Roger, was it hard the first time you wrote a negative review?\n\nGROSS: ...this is a heartfelt effort, even though the product isn't very good?\n\nEBERT: You have to realize you're not writing for the filmmakers. You're writing for the potential film audience. And I would much rather hurt somebody's feelings who made the picture than send somebody to see a movie and spend two hours of their life seeing a movie that I don't think is worth seeing.\n\nGROSS: Roger Ebert with Gene Siskel in 1996. Ebert died yesterday. Our remembrance continues in the second half of the show. I'm Terry Gross. This is FRESH AIR, and this is NPR.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)\n\nGROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today we're remembering film critic Roger Ebert. He died yesterday at the age of 70, just a few days after blogging that a painful fracture that had made it difficult to walk was diagnosed as cancer.\n\nWe're going to listen back to an excerpt of the interview Ebert conducted with one of his favorite film directors, Francis Ford Coppola, about one of his famous favorite films, \"Apocalypse Now.\" The interview was recorded at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001, after the screening of the re-edited and restored version of this classic film, which is set during the Vietnam War.\n\nLet's start with a clip. Marlon Brando, who plays the renegade Colonel Kurtz, is recalling an atrocity at a village. After American soldiers inoculated the village children with a polio vaccine, the Viet Cong arrived and hacked off the children's arms.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, \"APOCALYPSE NOW\")\n\nMARLON BRANDO: (as Colonel Kurtz) There they were in a pile - a pile of little arms. And I remember, I, I, I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized, like I was shot, like I was shot with a diamond - a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God, the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than we. Because they could stand that these were not monsters. These were men, trained cadres, these men who fought with their hearts, who have families, who have children, who are filled with love, but they had the strength, the strength, to do that.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nEBERT: At the time we saw it here, and I saw it in the old Palais, and I think it was my greatest film-going experience at Cannes because I had spine-tingling, I mean literally, I mean not figuratively but real tingles. At the time we were so filled with stories about the production. All the lore about Brando, for example. Now, seeing it again, after 22 years, all that's forgotten, it's all water under the bridge. Brando's performance seems to so strong to me and so - just in the right note and just handled right by you. And all the gossip about, you know, how much he weighed or, you know, every time Brando does anything there are a million stories from the set, had all just faded away leaving this pure and great performance. How did you feel seeing it again? Because you had to work with Brando and deal with them and so forth.\n\nFRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: Well, you know, he's an extraordinary man. And beyond as - the roles of films that we know, just what he talks about and the way his mind thinks, it's true. I could tell you so many stories. I don't want to overstay my welcome, but the truth of the matter is Marlon is like a kid and he's very lazy and he doesn't like to work, and he also gets embarrassed and he gets stage fright. So when he arrived, you know, he was very big and I immediate - you know, in film you always have problems and part of your job as a director is to see how you can make the problem be an advantage. So I immediately suggested, well, Marlon, why don't you play it as this is big fat guy and have one arm around a beautiful girl and another with a mango that you're eating and show him as a man who has surrendered to the jungle and to the lusts of life. But Marlon is very shy about his weight. He says, no, no, no, I can't do that. I don't want to be like fat and stuff. I said OK.\n\nWell, I - I couldn't have him be as it was written, a kind of a Green Beret colonel in uniform because, you know, where would he have gotten the uniform that could fit him, you know? So the idea I had - in movies, you know, very often you're looking at the actor from the waist up. And in a movie if you're broad, if you have big shoulders, you know, even like Roger, if you're broad, that in your mind, you assume him to be a big man, a giant - not necessarily heavy. So I thought if I shot him from - in that attitude and then when I showed him full, had a double who was like six foot six, it would make Kurtz be like a giant man rather than like me, you know? So that was the philosophy I took as a solution. The second issue was that Marlon, I wanted it to be like the character Kurtz in the book, and Marlon immediately said that would never work.\n\nYou know, so finally I started getting, you know, well, why wouldn't it work and, you know, blah, blah, blah. One day, the fifth day, I come in and I'm astonished. There he is and he's cut off all his hair, which is the image of Kurtz from the book. And I said Marlon, what happened? I said you're going to do it like Kurtz. He says, yeah, I think doing it like Kurtz is the best way. I said but you told me that wouldn't work. You said you read the book and it would never work. He says, well, I didn't read the book. I said but you told me you did. He said, well, I lied.\n\nSo, so that's like what it is to work with Marlon. But - but his instincts are so great that - and many of our talks led to opinions and ideas and he evolved what he needed in order to do that performance, and he should be commended...\n\nEBERT: It's just right because when you get to this legendary character in \"The Heart of Darkness,\" you really don't want to just have him standing there like a person who exists as in the same dimension as the other people in the film. He has to emerge out of some other kind of idea, I think.\n\nCOPPOLA: Well, he also knew - Marlon even said to me - that I, he says you've painted yourself into a corner, haven't you? And what he meant was that as I made the film going up the river, I was making it more surreal, you know, with the colored smoke and the style it had. And by making it more surreal, a normal \"Guns of Navarone\" ending wouldn't have worked anymore, so I had painted myself into a corner and I didn't know how to get out. And he knew that I had done that and I think in a, you know, he likes to kid around and stuff or he's a big practical joker, but I think that early process of trying to find the ending was his working really at it.\n\nGROSS: Roger Ebert interviewing Francis Ford Coppola at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. We'll hear an excerpt of Ebert interviewing Martin Scorsese after a break. This is FRESH AIR.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)\n\nGROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We're remembering film critic Roger Ebert, who died yesterday. One of Ebert's top 10 films was \"Raging Bull,\" directed by Martin Scorsese. In 1997, Ebert interviewed Scorsese about that film at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the campus of Ohio State University.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nEBERT: \"Raging Bull\" came out in '80 and it is a great film. It is a film that will live as long as films are seen.\n\nAnd I think that...\n\nMARTIN SCORSESE: Thank you. Thank you.\n\nEBERT: What I feel so strongly in talking to people about movies, frequently people will - they know I'm a movie critic - they will discuss the subject matter as if that is what the film is about. Oh, it's a film about boxing.\n\nSCORSESE: Yeah, I know. Right.\n\nEBERT: Or, oh, it's a film about gangsters.\n\nSCORSESE: Right. Right.\n\nEBERT: Or whatever. You know, like when they hear what \"Breaking the Waves\" is about. Oh, I don't know if I want to see it. A film is not about its subject. It's about how its about its subject.\n\nSCORSESE: Right. In fact, when...\n\nEBERT: A subject is neutral. People don't understand that. When people say, whenever anybody makes a statement, I don't like to go to movies about and then fill in the blank...\n\nSCORSESE: Yeah. Yeah.\n\nEBERT: ...my response is, anyone who makes that statement is an idiot.\n\nSCORSESE: No, its true.\n\nIt's true. It's true.\n\nEBERT: I don't want to go to bad films about cowboys.\n\nSCORSESE: Yeah.\n\nEBERT: I don't want to go to bad films about boxers.\n\nSCORSESE: I know.\n\nEBERT: I would like to see a good film about a boxer might be a more intelligent statement.\n\nSCORSESE: Yeah. I mean when Bob gave me the book originally, it's back in 1974, I never had saw - I never saw a fight scene, I never saw a fight. My father was a big fight fan. But I never, I didn't know anything about boxing and I wasn't interested in films about boxing, you know. But it took those years to - for me to go my own way, to come back to understanding really what it was about.\n\nEBERT: It wasn't - it was about a boxer but it wasn't about boxing.\n\nSCORSESE: Right.\n\nEBERT: It was about the boxer.\n\nSCORSESE: It was about a man. Yeah.\n\nEBERT: Could you set this up just a little bit by talking about two things? Number one, what people don't always - they observe viscerally but not necessarily intellectually - how much technique went into the boxing sequences, in terms of slow motion and lenses and movement of camera.\n\nSCORSESE: Well, what happened with the boxing sequences, once I saw De Niro perform the nine fights - they had - Jake LaMotta and Jimmy Nickerson worked out blocking for nine fight scenes. And he showed them to me in Gleason's Gym on 14th Street, and I sat there, I was stunned. In fact, he came over to me. He says, are you watching? Because I'm killing myself. I said, yeah, I am.\n\nAnd I realized, I said, oh boy, I said - because he didn't know. He thought it - he thought I was like, you know, hanging around not watching. I'm watching, I'm watching, I realized you can't shoot this. You can't shoot this from my angle. I said we have to be in there with him and its got to be \"The Wild Bunch.\" It's got to be - every punch has to be worked out in such a way, well, let's say not every punch, but you have to do it like music. You have to do it like I did some of the musical sequences in \"New York, New York,\" where three bars of music was one shot, literally. Not four cameras and then you cut it together in the editing room. That's selecting, not directing. It's a different thing, you know?\n\nBut directing is, you know, these four punches, one, two, three, four, camera tracks from left to right, swings around, over the shoulder of the guy who is getting hit, and we see a close-up of LaMotta hitting him. And it's got to be a arc, shoom, like this, and as fast as the punches.\n\nAnd the most important thing was that the camera never, as much as possible, never goes outside the ring - that you're always in the ring with him. Your sensibility is taken on by - his vision becomes your sensibility. In other words, what he perceives in the ring, sometimes I open the ring up. We had a ring that I built special where I made it longer and sometimes wider and it was like, it was like being - imagine being punched in the head, what you hear and what you perceive. You don't know where you are.\n\nEBERT: And on the soundtrack you used breaking glass...\n\nSCORSESE: Breaking glass...\n\nEBERT: And animal noises.\n\nSCORSESE: Animal noises and that sort of thing. Frank Warner did that. He wouldn't tell us after a while what he was using. He said, I'm not going to tell anybody, you know. Whatever it is, it's great - that sort of thing.\n\nBut it did take, we had planned five and a half weeks of shooting for it, it did take 10 weeks. And it was very specific. And De Niro would have on the side of the camera a very big punching bag, one of those cylinder ones, it looks like a cylinder, and he - when we were ready to yell, when we were ready to go for a roll, we'd have the slate ready, you know, and start rolling and you'd hear off camera, punching the bag, punching the bag, and then he'd jump into frame sweating, you know, and then the slate.\n\nEBERT: Mm-hmm.\n\nSCORSESE: So he came in already heated, bang, ready to go. It wasn't like, you know, we're wasting any footage. But the physical stamina it took him to sustain 10 weeks of that was amazing and - because he believed in the shots I wanted to get. But what you see here is the final, the final battle in a way, and the punishment he takes, especially the montage, when he gets beaten up by Sugar Ray, is based in a way - the drawings I made were based on the shower scene from \"Psycho.\"\n\nAnd I shot it in that way, there were 39 shots, and it took 10 days just to shoot those shots, because there were applications and all kinds of makeup problems, and just to get the angle right it was like 10 days. And there's even a shot in there Sam Fuller told me about - he said put the camera in the lens - put the lens in somebody's hand and just swing this way - you'll see it. We even put the camera on the boxing glove and the glove is in the foreground; it comes flying at him this way. It's all in there for maybe like five frames, six frames, you know.\n\nEBERT: Let's look.\n\nSCORSESE: OK.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, \"RAGING BULL\")\n\nUNIDENTIFIED MAN: (as Ring Announcer) He has LaMotta on (unintelligible) he's holding on. Well, certainly that was one of the most damaging evidences of punching that you have seen in recent years.\n\nGROSS: We heard Roger Ebert interviewing Martin Scorsese in 1997 at the Wexner Center for the Arts.\n\nComing up, we have more of my interview with Ebert and Gene Siskel. Here's a clip from the first TV series they hosted together, a local Chicago program called \"Opening Soon At A Theater Near You.\" And here's an excerpt of their review of Scorsese's 1976 film \"Taxi Driver.\" It starts with Siskel speaking.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, \"OPENING SOON AT A THEATER NEAR YOU\")\n\nSISKEL: I've got a love-hate affair with the whole picture. I love a couple of the performances and the lurid photography of New York at night and that throbbing background music is pretty good too. But I hated the last third of the movie. The violence is so strong I ended up looking away from the film in more ways than one. Not only didn't I see some of the bloodletting. I began not to see the sense of the picture either. Roger?\n\nEBERT: Well, Gene, that's where you and I disagree because it seems to me that what Scorsese is doing is looking not so much at the violence in the city as in the violence that's bottled up inside this person. And it's the kind of violence that we've seen in America in assassins and snipers and so forth. I think it's a very good character portrait - at the end, in particular, where he uses slow motion in order to make the violence really seem particular and drawn out and obsessive.\n\nI think it's a very good movie and I think that like Peckinpah's \"The Wild Bunch\" the violence at the end is necessary in order to provide a conclusion to all of this pressure that's been building up all during the film.\n\nSISKEL: I think that sounds good in theory, Roger, but when you end up looking away from the screen because a guy's getting fingers on his hands shot off, somebody else catches a bullet in the neck, and there's blood scattered all over the wall like some kind of modernistic painting, I think that the director is making his film, in a sense, bottom-heavy and blowing the sense that's preceded the picture out of the way. And also, I don't think it is necessary that film end in a big piece of violence. I think that the relationship between the taxi driver and that girl could've been explored in a positive sense that would've been very exciting.\n\nEBERT: Well, I didn't look away from the screen and I think that really what you're asking is that Scorsese had made a different movie than the one he made. In any event, not all the films in Chicago right now are violent, and there's one...\n\nGROSS: Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel from one of their very early TV shows together. Let's get back to the interview I recorded with Ebert and Siskel in 1996 onstage in Chicago. I asked them if they ever changed their minds about a film after seeing it a second time. Ebert speaks first.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nEBERT: Basically, we see the movie once and we write the review before the movie opens. And the review is the response to having seen the film once. Some movies, even good movies, should only be seen once, or at least at long intervals, because they're not - for example, \"Jaws.\" Great movie. You see it once, you know when the shark is going to jump, right?\n\nIt plays differently when you know when the shark is going to jump. You know, as anybody knows who had to sit through an audience with a helpful-type person behind them, well, the shark is about to bite. You know, thank you.\n\nThank you. Thank you very much. Save my money. And oftentimes, when you go back - here's the thing that happens to me. I will see a bad movie or what I think is a bad movie. And now I've been a film critic long enough. When I reviewed \"Bonnie and Clyde\" - \"Bonnie and Clyde\" is now older than \"Casablanca\" was when I reviewed \"Bonnie and Clyde.\"\n\nSo I've been a movie critic since 1967. I will go back now and see a movie that wasn't very good then and isn't very good now but has become more interesting in the intervening 20 or 25 years simply because of the time that has passed. It is now a time capsule. It has intrinsically interesting information in it that I couldn't see at the time because when I saw it, it was now.\n\nGROSS: Right.\n\nEBERT: Some of the early motorcycle pictures like \"Hell's Angels on Wheels,\" for example, worth seeing now because it encapsulates an attitude of the late '60s. I read an article today that really brought that back. Jane Fonda. Now there's - Spy magazine, they had great moments in Oscar history. Jane Fonda was being interviewed by a room full of journalists in her home the year that she - in 1969 she was nominated for an Academy Award.\n\nAnd she pulled out a joint and said, You mind if I turn on? And all of the journalists said, Oh no, go right ahead. And then she was puffing her marijuana cigarette, and her dad came home, and she ran around the room waving her arms.\n\nThis made it into a Rex Reed interview. And I thought, you know, I can remember - the same year I was interviewing Robert Mitchum, and he was smoking marijuana at the - '69. Now, if it happened now, it would be astonishing, but the late '60s were a particular season in our lives, and so movies can get better even though they aren't any better, simply because they evoke associations that we didn't see the first time around.\n\nGROSS: We'll hear more of my interview with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel after we take a short break. This is FRESH AIR.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)\n\nGROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We're remembering film critic Roger Ebert. He died yesterday at the age of 70. Let's get back to the interview I recorded in 1996 with Ebert and his former rival critic and TV co-host, the late Gene Siskel.\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\n\nGROSS: You both have done profiles of actors in addition to reviewing movies. You write feature stories. My experience is that sometimes actors are very temperamental and that if you're not asking them questions that will help them promote their film, if you go what publicists like to call off-topic, that they'll sometimes get very temperamental and even walk out.\n\nEBERT: It didn't use to be that way. I mean the key word in your observation is publicist. When I started, you kind of hung out with the stars. I mean Gene and I remember a day when John Wayne came to town...\n\nGROSS: Mm-hmm.\n\nEBERT: ...to see his friend Step'n Fetchit, who was dying in University of Chicago Hospital. And he called up the movie critics and said: Come on over here to the Conrad Hilton and we'll drink some tequila and talk.\n\nAnd we, the four movie critics at that time, turned up, you know, with our tongues hanging out, delighted to just sit around and talk with the Duke for a while. Well, these days, of course, with spin control, you'd have somebody feeding him his soundbites, you know.\n\nAnd I've done many interviews in the past where you really got to spend time with a person in an unstructured environment, maybe in an environment where they didn't always look their best. As, for example, the day I spent with Lee Marvin when he was dead drunk. And yet it was a very good story. He liked it. He talked to me again many times later in his career. He thought it was a good story about that day.\n\nThese days the publicists only want to present the soundbite opportunity, and the sad thing is, the lessons they've learned in promoting movies are now being used in promoting politicians and we are getting the same spin control on politicians that we get on movie stars.\n\nGROSS: Did you have any publicists from Lee Marvin's movie call you up and say please don't mention that he was drunk, please don't quote certain things that he's saying?\n\nEBERT: Please don't mention that the dog came out of his bedroom with a pair of panties in its mouth and his girlfriend said, Whose are those panties? And Lee Marvin said, Michelle, those are your panties. And she said, Those are not my panties. And Marvin said, Bad dog.\n\nGROSS: Did anyone ask you not to quote that?\n\nEBERT: That's right in the story, it's in there.\n\nGROSS: Any repercussions?\n\nThe publicist was there the whole time. He was going out to get more beer.\n\nWell, I bet you've learned interesting things about what it means to be a celebrity in America, through the own recognition you've achieved as film critics.\n\nEBERT: A long time ago I interviewed Michael Caine. He came to America to make a movie called \"Hurry Sundown\" with Otto Preminger, after having become a success in \"Alfie\" and \"The Ipcress File.\" And I said, What does it feel like to be a movie star? And he said, You can't go into a dirty bookstore anymore.\n\nHe said, I tried it. He says, In England we don't have the kind of pornography you have over here, but I'd heard about the stores in Times Square. And so I looked in through the window of one of them; I was curious. You remember, Michael Caine at this time was in his 20s, young man, first trip to America.\n\nGROSS: Yeah.\n\nEBERT: I looked in through the window with my trained actor's eye - I wish I could do his Cockney accent. With my trained actor's eye, I quickly realized that there is no eye contact in a porno store. Everybody looks as tunnel vision, nobody looks at anybody else, and I realized - he says, and this is a way - an actor would notice this.\n\nAnd I congratulated myself. I said, Michael, you can walk right in there because nobody will look at you. So I walked right in. But he said, Unfortunately there was a gent on an elevated stool with a microphone whose job it was to say, OK, gents, this isn't the library, make your purchases. And he got on his microphone and said, Look who we have on the rubber wear section - Michael Caine.\n\nAnd to a degree, that's, when he told me that I was not on television. I didn't realize that's what happens. You can't flip the bird to anybody in traffic. You always have to be nice to people on the elevator, because they know who you are and they're going to tell everyone - everyone - if you were not nice. And whatever you do, it's going to get back to you or...\n\nSISKEL: Enlarged.\n\nEnlarged. Yeah.\n\nGROSS: Now, has that affected the way you interview movie stars, because you've experienced, to some extent...\n\nEBERT: Well, I'll tell you what has affected me more, and I've thought about that, because the first big star I interviewed was John Wayne and I was completely intimidated.\n\nGROSS: Mm-hmm.\n\nEBERT: It was during the filming of the \"The Green Berets\" and there was an overhead shot that was being set up so nobody out of uniform could be visible on this airfield. So they told him on a walkie-talkie that the interviewer was there, and he came walking in full battle fatigues with a helmet and a rifle and a side arm and a radio and a canteen and grenades and a backpack and boots and knives and, you know, bayonets, walking toward me for about a quarter of a mile.\n\nAnd I couldn't move. I had to wait in the shade. He got up to me, he stuck out a hand and he said, John Wayne. And I said, I know.\n\nAnd later, as I began to interview people of comparable stature, who were younger, such as Robert De Niro or Meryl Streep, I realized a funny thing. For all of us, movie stars are the people who were stars when we were growing up. If they're your age or younger, they're just people.\n\nGROSS: Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel recorded onstage in Chicago in 1996. Ebert died yesterday at the age of 70. Like so many of his admirers, I'm grateful for his love of films and for the way he spread the word about them, trying to make sure that even obscure films, if they were good, had a life.\n\nWe'll close with the theme of one of his favorite films, \"The Third Man.\" He actually used this as the theme of his final TV series, \"Ebert Presents At the Movies.\"\n\n(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC, \"THE THIRD MAN\" THEME)\n\nGROSS: You can download podcasts of our show on our website, freshair.npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR."}
-{"text": "Here are results of another economy run. Mitsu seems to love doing this to show off the car. Only this time, after the economy run they turned the assembled scribes loose on a race track as well.\n\nPublished on Feb 28, 2013\n\nWatch as our two-time Dakar Rally Champion, Hiroshi Masuoka and media friends drove the new Mirage from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson (a total distance of 135km) for an expedition in the recent Mirage Eco Run 2013.\n\nThat is good economy numbers with two peaple and air con set on to 18c. Be good to know more detail of the run like was it more of a down hill run or up hill what was the temp like etc? We may never know."}
-{"text": "This is a blog that I started in october 2010, mainly for discussing my ideas on the economy, taxation and politics. Please add comments - I'll do my best to reply. If you are new, I would recommend watching one of my YouTube presentations (in French or English). You can download a fully indexed pdf version (over 800 pages) here.\n\nMy heartfelt admiration goes to the people at Vollgeld Initiative - great work! I only wish that the French equivalent (Monnaie Honn\u00eate) which I set up back in 2013 had got as far. I've had difficulty getting the number of members over 50! Oh well....\n\nHere's a mail that I just got from Emma Dawnay, which gives some of the key information about this breakthrough.\n\nDear Friends of the Swiss Sovereign Money Initiative,\n\nOn 24th December the Federal Council of Switzerland has formally announced that the Swiss Sovereign Money Initiative has achieved the necessary number of signatures for a referendum. This announcement can be seen here in German, French and Italian.\n\nThe process for bringing a Swiss people's initiative (an initiative) to referendum\n\nStep 1) (After more than 100,000 valid signatures have been collected and validated). The Initiative will be discussed in the Executive - the Swiss Federal Council. They have up to a maximum of one year for this. After this they have to send a recommendation (to accept or reject the initiative with explanations) to the Legislative - the parliament.\n\nStep 2) The Initiative is submitted to both houses of parliament. They have up to two and a half years to consider the Initiative, then they must make a recommendation (to accept or reject the Initiative, with explanations).\n\nStep 3) The national referendum will normally take place about 10 months after parliament has made their recommendations. A booklet is sent to each eligible voter together with the ballot slips about a month before the vote. This booklet contains the proposed new text for the constitution (as written on the forms for collecting the signatures), an explanation of the Initiative written by the people bringing the Initiative, and the recommendations from the Federal Council and both houses of parliament.\n\nHowever, the Federal Council or parliament may make an alternative proposal, in which case the process is even longer! The reason for this is that initiatives in their original form are often viewed as rather extreme by mainstream politics. Therefore the Federal Council and parliament can work together to make an alternative proposal which is usually a \"watered down\" version of original which they hope that people will choose rather than the original (usually more extreme) version. In this case both the Federal Council and the Parliament have more time to make this alternative proposal and their recommendations.\n\nIn conclusion, it's not possible to say when the Swiss Sovereign Money Initiative will come to a referendum. The shortest time an initiative took to be voted on in a referendum was 13 months after the beginning of collecting signatures, and the longest time took 6 years.\n\nCriteria necessary for a People's Initiative to win at referendumIn the simple case (without an alternative proposal) an initiative will be enacted if it has the majority of the votes cast AND if - when the results are calculated for each canton - the majority of cantons are in favour of the initiative (the very small cantons counting only as half). In the case with an alternative proposal, people are allowed to vote for both the alternative and the original (a \"double yes\"), as well as being allowed to vote for one and against the other or against both. If only the alternative version satisfies the criteria above, this will be enacted, likewise for the original proposal. There is a further question on the ballot paper to choose between the alternative and original proposals should both happen to satisfy the criteria.\n\nThe campaign is starting soon!We won't be sitting around drinking tea waiting for the initiative to get to the referendum stage! We're planning a campaign-day in March to set out our plans, get people's ideas, and to get people organised to start campaigning. We're looking forward to the start of the campaign and will publicise the date as soon as possible. All donations towards this campaign will be gratefully received! Click for PayPal.\n\nWishing you all the best for 2016 on behalf of the campaign team at MoMo,\n\nEmma Dawnay\n\nGo for it Switzerland!! The race is on with Iceland to see who can get there first!"}
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-{"text": "My Encounter with the Philosophy of Love of Dietrich Von Hildebrand\nIn the year 1958, I was a young atheist philosophy major about to give up on finding truth or love\u2014as I couldn\u2019t find either truth or love at the non-religious \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nUsing concepts derived from Aristotelian philosophy, Aquinas provides a tremendous insight into God\u2019s essence by explaining how the latter is the sole Being whose \u201cessence\u201d and \u201cexistence\u201d are one and the same: \u201c... God is not only his own \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nIf you haven\u2019t heard of the \"Benedict Option,\" or even (especially) if you have heard of it, it really needs explaining for it to be a real option. In December 2013, Rod Dreher, a writer for The American Conservative magazine, wrote an \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nQuestion: I would like to study the problem of universal ideas in Thomas Aquinas. Can you give me some insight into understanding this problem, and some sources on how to research this problem in Catholic authors?\nAnswer: Pope Benedict \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nJean-Paul Sartre (ca. 1950) and the \u201cShadow Council\u201d of 2015\n\nIt is well known by now that there was a concerted effort on the part of some German Bishops, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, to engage the 2014 Synod, and interject a liberal agenda into the 2015 Synod. This was an attempt to sway the \u2026 [Read more...]\n\n\u201cGod is an All-powerful Cause because He gives to all things their being and their very nature and acts in them, more intimate to them than they are to themselves, in the way that is proper to their essential being; thus assuring from \u2026 [Read more...]\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t understand why your Church makes you live that way,\u201d a friend of mine once said to me, \u201cit\u2019s just not natural!\u201d I fear that many, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, have a similar misunderstanding about nature, law, and the \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nSt. Augustine was fascinated by the human soul. Before and after his conversion to Catholicism, he strove to understand its nature, its relation to the body, and its duration. Augustine\u2019s thinking on the soul, like the rest of his life, \u2026 [Read more...]\n\n(Socrates) \u201cCould anything great really come to pass in a short time? And isn\u2019t the time from childhood to old age short when compared to the whole of time?\u201d (Glaucon) \u201cIt is a mere nothing.\u201d (Socrates) \u201cWell, do you think that an immortal \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nThe question of same-sex marriage is complex in various ways: legally, morally, sociologically, and psychologically. It is not the purpose here, however, to analyze the phenomenon of same-sex unions under any of those aspects. The more \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nOn Why Christians Must Study Philosophy\n\nIn diagnosing the philosophical mentality of modernity, the Catholic novelist-physician-philosopher, Walker Percy, once wrote the following:\nThe distinction which must be kept in mind is that between science and what can only be called \u2026 [Read more...]"}
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-{"text": "I would like to share with you this numerous pictures. For this photo gallery I selected the best pictures that reflect the quiet and solemn beauty of the Pskov area, its historical and cultural heritage and the spirit of its inhabitants.\n\nAncient Russian city Pskov has celebrated Jubilee 1100 year, 20 - 24 July 2003 year.\nHere you could to see a lot of new photos of Great events. News.\nHistory. Ceremonies, performances, celebration!"}
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-{"text": "Archive for July, 2011\n\nNorway is under attack! A massive car bomb and near-simultaneous shooting spree at a resort island. Sounds like the terrorists are at it again! On a per capita basis, Norway lost twice as many people in this attack as the U.S. did on 9/11. Imagine the political repercussions throughout the world if double-9/11-scale damage had been done by an al-Qaeda offshoot.\n\nGary Gutting, a philosophy professor at Notre Dame, offers a pretty rock-solid argument that I recommend to our resident AGW denier: On Experts and Global Warming.\n\nHow can we, nonexperts, take account of expert opinion when it is relevant to decisions about public policy?\n\nTo answer this question, we need to reflect on the logic of appeals to the authority of experts. First of all, such appeals require a decision about who the experts on a given topic are. Until there is agreement about this, expert opinion can have no persuasive role in our discussions. Another requirement is that there be a consensus among the experts about points relevant to our discussion. Precisely because we are not experts, we are in no position to adjudicate disputes among those who are. Finally, given a consensus on a claim among recognized experts, we nonexperts have no basis for rejecting the truth of the claim.\n\nThere\u2019s really no way I can see around his logic. I\u2019m sure shcb will find a way, but I think that\u2019s more a testimony to the power of motivated reasoning and the plasticity of shcb\u2019s reality than it is to the merits of Gutting\u2019s argument."}
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-{"text": "We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly. We support the following browsers:\nWindows:Internet Explorer,\nMozilla Firefox,\nGoogle Chrome.\nMac:Safari.\n\n12-19 of September 2016, 7 nights, all inclusive package.\nLovely staff, very good food (for my taste), room cleaned every day - the sheets were changed twice in 7 days. Very good experience with this hotel.\nGreetings, Dino's :)\n\nWe stayed at the Dino's Hotel in the middle of September. Had a great room, which was cleaned every other day and the sheets were changed twice in 7 days I believe. We had \"All inclusive\" but the food was not something to write home about, it was tasty although kind of repetitive. The drinks were ok but the brands...\n\nWe had all inclusive.And because of that...we could spend our mobey on all kibd of trips..renting ATV...Boats..eating weird and expensive things :).. buy gifts for all our friends...\nThe meal was great..vegetables,meat, fruits..ice cream...nothing to complain about.\nI was on a diet..and trust me..i was able to eat healty food.\nThe pool was excelent and so the water.\nI think...\n\nWe had \"all inclusive\" but we were pretty dissapointed because the food was very \"fatty\" and cooked without imagination.Also the drinks were cheap ,we only drank water ,beer and coffee (which were also average,the water had a strange taste) .The wi fi bearly had signal ,and there were days when it wasn't functioning at all.Overall ,the rooms were spatious and...\n\nThe food is very poor,no variety,the same thing almost everyday.Some of the dishes are ok,but someties they taste like they've been cooked a long time ago.The only good thing is that tje rooms are clean and the staff is friendly.The hotel is about 5-10 min away from the beach and 10-15 min away from the so called 'centre'.\nI would...\n\nI have promised to write in French, but we align ourselves to the rest of the reviews and write in English. We spent 2 wonderful weeks at Dinos, in this very nice place, from 6 to 20 august 2016. Dinos and his wife are wonderful hosts; they are present almost all the time there, special thanks to Maria and her...\n\nWe are happy,that we choose this hotel. Room was very clean and big, food also very tasty, feta, cakes, wines, ouzo, everything. Staff of the hotel with Dino always mile, very friendly. 5 minutes from Tsilivi shopping, restaurants,etc. 7-10 minutes from the beach, no problem. I absolutely recomended this hotel.\n\nThe rooms are very clean,and so is the water in the pool.I think the food ia very good,but my mother doen't enjoy it as much,it's a preference thing..There's not a wide variety, but I am satisfied with it.The staff is very friendly,and the hotel is about 5 min away from the beach.The beach is gorgeous,by the way.The only thing I...\n\nWe were with our son at the hotel from 12th of August.\nHotel is about 20 minutes bus ride from the airport. Everybody are greeted by Dinos - the hotel owner, who is always smiling and greets always asks if everything is ok :).\nIt was very important for us to find clean hotel and we were not disappointed. Rooms...\n\nLast week I was at Dinos Hotel. The place I found was very friendly and helpful. the rooms were very clean and the staff was friendly .the food was delicious and drinks as well .I definetily recommend it.\n\n\u201cGround floor rooms are lovely as they are shaded for nearly all of the day so it keeps the room nice and cool. My brother had a room at the end of the hotel overlooking the bar and it got the sun most of the day which made the room very hot at night\u201d\n\n* TripAdvisor LLC is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site... (more)\n\nWe noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly. We support the following browsers:\nWindows:Internet Explorer,\nMozilla Firefox,\nGoogle Chrome.\nMac:Safari.\n\nTripAdvisor LLC is not responsible for content on external web sites. Taxes, fees not included for deals content.\n\nWelcome back!\n\nPrices may have changed while you were gone. Please refresh the page to see the latest prices for Dinos Studios.\n\nRefresh Prices\n\nTripAdvisor uses cookies to improve your site experience. Learn more or change your settings. By continuing, you consent to our cookies."}
-{"text": "[Chorus:]\nWhen they talk about me they say I be trippin (yeah)\nWhat they say about me doesn't make me mad (naw, naw)\nI think they hatin cause they see me when I'm rollin (yeah)\nMan I can't help it that they really doin bad (naw, naw)\nOkay, alright (they sick)\nOkay, you're right (I'm rich)\nOkay, alright (I grind)\nOkay, you're right (for mine)\n\n[Verse 1:]\nI'm in that 760 leanin when I'm stuntin\nI blow 50 G's, I mean with ease like this is nothin\nPlease don't interrupt me when I'm talkin to my jeweler\nHe's puttin them diamonds all over my Franck Muller\nMe I get busy, I put that work in if it's worth it\nCome through hit you up, I'll make a crime scene perfect\nNiggaz talk about me all the time behind my back\nThey don't talk about me in my face because I'm strapped\nSee me in the club, I got that Henny and that 'gnac\nA couple cups of that and I just don't know how to act\nBy the second bottle that's when I just get to buzzin\nI say I run New York and ain't nobody sayin nothin (okay okay okay)\n\n[Chorus]\n\n[Verse 2:]\nI blew a hundred G's on my bitches in Miami\nThey think I'm the sweetest thing invented since candy\nMe I catch amnesia when you ask me 'bout the shotty\nI don't even know my name, switchin lanes in my Bugatti\nNigga I ain't crazy, bitches like me cause I'm paid\nThey want me, LeBron, Kobe or Dwyane Wade\nWhen I say I'm ballin I'm not talkin 'bout a ball\nI'm talkin 'bout Tiffany & Co. stones out the mall\nNiggaz they can hate all they want but they know they like this\nMe I'm like that paintin on the wall, baby I'm priceless\nYou could come and work me over baby on the night shift\nCatch me on the night shift, see how freaky I get (okay okay okay)"}
-{"text": "Receive the latest entertainment-news updates in your inbox\n\nJimmy Kimmel got very up close and personal with Johnny Depp Monday on \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" when the host quickly discovered that the actor has a very, shall we say, hands-on approach to thanking folks for their compliments.\n\nDirector Gore Verbinski Dishes on Johnny Depp\n\nDirector Gore Verbinski describes how horrifying it was when Johnny Depp fell off his horse while filming The Lone Ranger.\" Also, Gore reveals how they found the right mask for Armie Hammer. (Published Tuesday, Mar 4, 2014)\n\nAnd Depp definitely knew how to pay proper lip service.\n\nHere's how it went down.\n\nJohnny Depp's \"The Lone Ranger\" Premiere\n\nAt Disney's premiere of \"The Lone Ranger\" in California, Johnny Depp talks about why he often plays characters that require heavy make-up. Also, he discusses his Rolling Stone comments about retirement. (Published Tuesday, Mar 4, 2014)\n\n\"I've lost my train of thought,\" Kimmel said, prompting Depp to lean over and kiss Kimmel for a third time.\n\n(Cue the collective thuds! from fainting fans.)\n\n\"That's more kissing than I did in all of high school,\" Kimmel cracked.\n\nLip-locking notwithstanding, Kimmel also quizzed Depp on whether his kids--the actor has a 14-year-old daughter, Lily-Rose, and an 11-year-old son, Jack, with ex Vanessa Paradis--are impressed with him."}
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-{"text": "RF Communications receives $40M order from Brunei\n\nHarris Corp.\u2019s RF Communications division in Rochester has received a $40 million order for its tactical radios from the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.\n\nThe radios will be part of a broader tactical communications system, the company said.\n\nRF Communications will supply Brunei\u2019s military with several different models of its radios that provide line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight voice and data communications, plus wideband networking. The company also said it will provide logistical and customer field support.\n\n\u201cHarris radio systems will establish a secure communications backbone for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces and its modernization program,\u2019\u2019 said Brendan O\u2019Connell, president of RF Communications\u2019 international business, in a statement. \u201cThese tactical systems will enhance situational awareness and speed decision-making.\u2019\u2019"}
-{"text": "Posts tagged with 'boycott jamaica'\n\nA friend pointed me to a renewed campaign to \u2018boycott Jamaica\u2019, because the country \u2018is the most homophobic on earth\u2019. Here we go again. When I read the links and the websites promoting boycotts, the continuous thread was one of arrogant stupidity and ignorance. One would think that there were mass killings of \u2018gays\u2019 in [\u2026]Continue reading\u2026"}
-{"text": "Archives\n\nLiquidRoam has been testing RoamBoard prototypes for almost a year now. We have had so much fun with our prototypes that we got distracted from time to time and just cruised down the street. A RoamBoard is a specific model of a new type of human movement, RoamBoarding! Our first product, the RoamBoard will simply become the most fun anyone \u2026"}
-{"text": "Got Balls? Boston Terrier\n\nDescription\n\nThis little guy is ready for fun and mischief. Posing slyly with his toy, he looks directly at you, challenging you to come and play.\n\nThis is an extremely high quality gicl\u00e9e with colors that pop. Looking to make a child\u2019s room brighter or to add some gaiety to your work space? This is the perfect solution. Have Boston terriers or know someone who does? This is a gift that is sure to please. Just try to have a dull day with this fun guy in your environment! Can\u2019t take your dog to work? This quality gicl\u00e9e is the next best thing.\n\nA portion of the proceeds go to benefit spay/neuter charities.\n\nRelated\n\nAdditional information\n\nWeight\n\n0.1000 lbs\n\nSize\n\n11\" x 14\", 16.5\" X 21.5\"\n\nReviews\n\nThere are no reviews yet.\n\nOnly logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review."}
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-{"text": "Who's Afraid of Outsider Art\n\nWho's afraid of outsider art?\n\nOutsider Art has been an important yet undervalued field of art for nearly seventy years. Since the 1970\u2019s the term has been used increasingly to refer to any artist who is self taught or has little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. It now includes visionary, intuitive, folk, naive and often-aboriginal artists. Who's afraid of outsider art was a project funded by the BC Arts Council. Two outsider artists were selected after an open call to provide them with mentorship and support over a 3 months period.\nDuring this period they had the opportunity to visit several art galleries and museums and get individualized coaching and support on preparing for an exposition of their work..\nThe works of Zola Novak and Sean Lambert were exhibited at the Roundhouse Community Art Centre. Zola also gave a public workshop there."}
-{"text": "A week-and-a-half ago, we received the horrifying news that The SLoT's vocalist Daria \"Nookie\" Stavrovich had been stabbed before a signing session in Saint Petersburg. After a stint in the intensive care unit, some surgery, blood transfusions, and close supervision, Nookie has been released from the hospital.\n\nThanks to the efforts of the band's other vocalist, Igor \"Cache\" Lobanov, and a fan who rushed to her aid, Nookie managed to avoid any life-threatening injuries and regained consciousness in the hospital the day after the attack. She is now able to eat and drink again, and has begun the process of rehabilitation. The band launched a Planeta campaign last Wednesday to help offset the cost of medical bills; the campaign reached its goal within hours and is now at nearly triple the hoped-for amount.\n\nNeedless to say, The SLoT have canceled their engagements for the foreseeable future while Nookie recovers. They have continuously thanked all those who send their support, as well as the doctors who attended to Nookie, and encourage their fans to donate blood for the care of others who are in need of it."}
-{"text": "Figures\n\nAbstract\n\nHuman umbilical tissue-derived cells (hUTC) represent an attractive cell source and a potential technology for neurorestoration and improvement of functional outcomes following stroke. Male Wistar rats were subjected to a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAo) and were intravenously administered hUTC (N = 11) or vehicle (N = 10) 48 hrs after stroke. White matter and vascular reorganization was monitored over a 12-week period using MRI and histopathology. MRI results were correlated with neurological functional and histology outcomes to demonstrate that MRI can be a useful tool to measure structural recovery after stroke. MRI revealed a significant reduction in the ventricular volume expansion and improvement in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the hUTC treated group compared to vehicle treated group. Treatment with hUTC resulted in histological and functional improvements as evidenced by enhanced expression of vWF and synaptophysin, and improved outcomes on behavioral tests. Significant correlations were detected between MRI ventricular volumes and histological lesion volume as well as number of apoptotic cells. A positive correlation was also observed between MRI CBF or cerebral blood volume (CBV) and histological synaptic density. Neurological functional tests were also significantly correlated with MRI ventricular volume and CBV. Our data demonstrated that MRI measurements can detect the effect of hUTC therapy on the brain reorganization and exhibited positive correlation with histological measurements of brain structural changes and functional behavioral tests after stroke. MRI ventricular volumes provided the most sensitive index in monitoring brain remodeling and treatment effects and highly correlated with histological and functional measurements.\n\nFunding: The research presented herein was funded by Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC. 08-0320-TR. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors\u2019 adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.\n\nCompeting interests: KH, BK, and CT, are or was employed by Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC. SV and BN are or was employed by Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development at the time that this study was conducted. BN is currently an employee of Eisai Inc. This does not alter the authors\u2019 adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.\n\nIntroduction\n\nTreatment of ischemic stroke is currently restricted to acute thrombolytic drugs, which are only effective if administered within 4.5 hours of the ischemic event [1], [2]. In practice, fewer than 5% of the ischemic stroke patients are treated due to the very narrow treatment window and other exclusion criteria [1]. Disabilities resulting from stroke are further compounded by the lack of treatments that can be given days to weeks after stroke onset to promote functional recovery. Experimental studies in rodent stroke models suggest that cell-based neurorestorative treatments enhance brain reorganization and substantially improve functional recovery when treatment is initiated days or up to one month after stroke [3], [4]. Neurorestorative treatments amplify endogenous processes of brain plasticity, including vascular and neuronal remodeling which likely contribute to improvement in neurological function after stroke [5]. Current understanding of vascular and neuronal remodeling after stroke, however, has been derived mainly from post mortem regional measurements of stained cerebral tissue sections using histological and immunohistological methods [5]. As such, analysis is restricted to a single (terminal) time point which does not allow for dynamic assessment of tissue remodeling. In contrast, MRI can noninvasively monitor the temporal profiles of functional recovery and tissue remodeling after stroke [6], [7], [8]. The traditional MRI method for monitoring stroke recovery is functional MRI (fMRI) [8]. However, fMRI is based on hemodynamic changes in blood oxygen extraction rate, cerebral blood flow (CBF), and cerebral blood volume (CBV) [9]. Although fMRI provides crucial information related to recovery after stroke, fMRI does not provide data related to changes in brain structure after stroke. We have demonstrated that MRI can monitor the structural changes of vascular and neuronal reorganization in preclinical models of stroke [6], [7], [10]. However, the correlations between functional neurological outcome and a complete set of MRI measurements of brain neuronal and vascular structure histological changes have not yet been evaluated. Due to the non-invasive nature of MRI measurement, the MRI indices of vascular and neuronal remodeling related to neurological outcome in preclinical stroke models has the potential to be translated to clinic.\n\nIntravenous administration of human umbilical tissue-derived cells (hUTC) has been shown to improve functional and histological outcomes (synaptic and vessel density) in young adult rats in a temporal middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAo) model of ischemic stroke [11]. In the present study, we investigated the ability of a complete set of MRI measurements to detect vascular and white matter remodeling in tMCAo following the administration of human umbilical tissue-derived cells (hUTC). Furthermore, we attempted to correlate MRI measurements obtained over time with either neurological functional outcomes (modified neurological severity score (mNSS), adhesive removal and foot-fault test) or terminal histological outcomes (myelin, axon, apoptosis, synaptic and vessel densities) obtained from the same subjects.\n\nResults\n\nQuantitative MRI Measurements\n\nThe relative ischemic damaged volumes were measured in the lesion using T2 maps at 24 hrs, 2, 3, 6 and 12 weeks post-tMCAo and normalized to the lesion volume obtained at 24 hrs after tMCAo to reduce individual variability. No treatment-by-time interaction was detected on the relative ischemic damaged volume (p = 0.24), indicating that the treatment effects on ischemic volume were consistent over time. The relative ischemic damaged volumes were significantly decreased (p<0.05, Fig. 1) over time compared to that obtained at 24 hrs in both control and hUTC groups, however there was no hUTC treatment effect on the relative ischemic volume, compared to controls.\n\nThe relative ventricular volumes were measured using T2 maps at 24 hrs, 2, 3, 6 and 12 weeks post-tMCAo and normalized to the ventricular volume obtained at 24 hrs to reduce individual variability. Normalization of ventricular volumes should also be performed relative to prestroke conditions. The relative ventricular volume measured in the ipsilateral hemisphere (Fig. 2A) was significantly lower in hUTC treated group, compared to vehicle controls at week 12 (p = 0.029). The relative ventricular volume in the whole brain (both hemispheres, Fig. 2B) was significantly lower in hUTC treated group compared to vehicle treated group at week 6 and week 12, respectively. In addition, in the vehicle treated group, the relative ventricular volume in either ipsilateral or bilateral hemispheres was significantly increased over time during the 12-week period compared to the volume measured at 24 hrs. In contrast, a similar increase in the ventricular volume was not observed over time in the brain of hUTC treated animals.\n\nMeasurements of T2, T2*, CBF, CBV, FA, and Ki were performed on the ischemic core and recovery ROIs. The relative changes of MRI measurements in the ischemic core ROI (ischemic core/contralateral core) and recovery ROI (ischemic recovery/contralateral recovery) were calculated and used in the analysis. Figures 3A\u2013F illustrate temporal profiles of relative T2 (Fig. 3A), T2* (Fig. 3B), CBF (Fig. 3C), CBV (Fig. 3D), FA (Fig. 3E), and Ki (Fig. 3F) from the ischemic core and recovery ROIs in the brain of both hUTC and vehicle treated groups after stroke. The relative T2, and T2* exhibited similar temporal profiles (Fig. 3A\u20133B) in both hUTC and vehicle treated groups. The mean values of T2, and T2* in the ipsilateral ischemic core ROI were higher than those in the homologous contralateral ROIs (>1, Fig. 3A\u20133B) at 24 hrs after stroke in both groups. The relative T2, and T2* remained significantly lower in the recovery ROI compared to the ischemic core ROI from week 2 to week 12 after stroke. The differences in the two ROIs were consistent across treatments and time. However, hUTC treatment had no significant effect on relative T2 or T2*.\n\nAlthough the relative CBF and CBV remained low in the ischemic core ROI compared to the recovery ROI from 2 to 12 weeks after tMCAo, significant differences (p<0.01) between the two ROIs were only detected at week 6 (CBV) and 12 (CBV and CBF) in hUTC treated group and at week 2 (CBV) and 3 (CBV and CBF) in the vehicle treated group. In addition, hUTC treatment significantly improved CBF (p<0.05) and marginally improved CBV (p = 0.054) in the recovery area at 12 weeks post-tMCAo, compared to controls.\n\nFA values were significantly different between the two regions of ischemic core and recovery (p<0.01), which did not depend on either treatment or time. The mean relative FA values (Fig. 3E) in the ischemic core remained low (<1) during the course of this study (12 weeks) in both control and treated groups. However, the mean relative FA values in the ischemic recovery ROIs gradually increased (p<0.05) from week 2 to 12 in both control and treated groups. The mean relative FA values obtained from animals administered hUTC were higher in the ischemic recovery regions compared to the control group; however, it did not reach statistical significance.\n\nThe mean values of Ki in both ischemic core and recovery ROIs were higher than those obtained in the homologous contralateral ROIs (>1, Fig. 3F) at 24 h after stroke (before treatment administration). There was no significant difference in Ki measurement between hUTC and vehicle animals in either the ischemic core or recovery ROIs from 2 to 12 weeks after tMCAo.\n\nEx vivo FA and diffusion standard deviation (SD) measurements were performed 12 weeks after stroke on post-mortem unfixed brain tissues to confirm in vivo MRI findings and to compare the differences between traditional DTI measurement, FA, with Q-space DTI measurement of SD. Figure 4 shows ex vivo T2 (A), FA (B), SD (C), q-ball fiber orientation direction overlaid to SD map (D, E), and Bielshowsky and Luxol fast blue images (F\u2013H) from a representative hUTC treated rat brain 12 weeks after stroke. White matter reorganization, confirmed by an increase in axons (G\u2013H, black) and myelination G\u2013H, blue), coincided with increases in FA (B, red arrows) in the extended region of the corpus callosum and dentate gyrus surrounding the lesion. The SD map revealed increased SD not only at the boundary of the lesion (C, red arrows) as shown on the FA map but also in the piriform cortex area of the lesion (yellow arrow), where fiber crossings of axons were confirmed by the q-ball fiber orientation map (E, yellow arrow) and the Bielshowsky and Luxol fast blue images (G, H). Statistical analysis was performed on FA and SD data between treated and control groups. The mean relative values of FA and SD in the recovery ROI were higher in the treated group (FA, 1.05\u00b10.25; SD, 1.23\u00b10.31) compared to the control (FA, 0.98\u00b10.24; SD, 1.04\u00b10.10) rats. However, there were no significant differences whether FA and SD were measured ex vivo or in vivo, confirming the validity of the in vivo findings.\n\nQuantitative Histological Measurements\n\nThe quantitative ex vivo histological findings obtained from the brain of rats administered hUTC or vehicle are summarized in Table 1. No significant difference in the lesion volume, number of apoptotic cells (TUNEL staining), or percent of axon and myelin volume (Bielschowsky and Luxol fast blue staining) could be detected among the groups. The level of vWF expression was significantly (p = 0.0072) higher in the brain of hUTC treated rats compared to the control group at 12 weeks after tMCAo. The level of synaptophysin expression was also significantly (p = 0.0103) higher in the IBZ of hUTC-treated animals compared to control animals.\n\nQuantitative Functional Test Measurements\n\nFunctional behavioral tests (mNSS, adhesive removal test and foot-fault test) were performed on animals administered either 111-Labeled hUTC or vehicle (control) starting at one day post-tMCAo and weekly thereafter from 1 to 12 weeks after tMCAo. No significant difference in the behavioral score obtained from each functional assay could be detected at 1 day after stroke (baseline before treatment) between the two treatment groups (Fig. 5). Rats treated with hUTC exhibited significant functional recovery at weeks 4 to 12 compared to the control treated group (Fig. 5).\n\nThe temporal evolution of functional adhesive removal (A), foot-fault (B), and mNSS (C) neurobehavioral tests, respectively, obtained at various times from 1 day to 12 weeks after stroke. **, p<0.01, control vs treated groups based on the global test.\n\nCorrelation between MRI, Functional and Histological Measurements\n\nThe percent of foot-faults was significantly correlated with the ventricular volume measured in both hemispheres at week 12 (r = 0.50774, p = 0.0069). The improvement in foot-fault measurement was also significantly correlated with the ventricular volume measured in the ipsilateral hemisphere at week 12 (r = 0.54652, p = 0.0032). The neurobehavioral (mNSS test) improvement was significantly correlated with the lesion volume as measured by MRI at week 12 (r = 0.43574, p = 0.0205). The time required to removed the adhesive paper was significantly correlated with CBV in the ischemic recovery ROI (r = 0.41847, p = 0.0334) and was marginally correlated with FA in the ischemic recovery area (r = 0.36247, p = 0.0580).\n\nDiscussion\n\nIn this study, MRI was shown to be a useful imaging tool to detect evidence of brain reorganization following the administration of 111-In labeled hUTC. Animals treated with 111-In labeled hUTC showed significantly enhanced expression of vWR and synaptophysin, and improved functional recovery, similar to results obtained with unlabeled hUTC11. These results suggest that the cells used here are similar to unlabeled hUTC used previously. In addition, functional improvements were significantly correlated to reduction of ventricular volume expansion and improvement of CBV measured by MRI. Furthermore, ventricular volume, as measured by MRI, provided the most sensitive index of brain structure reorganization. Ventricular expansion, a structural sequela of brain injury, reflects global atrophy of the brain [12], [13], [14], [15]. In the clinic, most stroke patients show cerebral atrophy in the chronic stage of stroke [14], [15]. Severe ischemic damage could cause increases in the lesion volume, expansion of the ventricles, increases in the number of apoptotic cells, and a global atrophy of the brain. Therefore, ventricular volume as monitored by MRI can be used as a marker of the severity of the ischemic damage. This is demonstrated by the positive correlation observed between the ventricular volume (MRI) with the lesion volume and the number of apoptotic cells (TUNEL) in the ischemic lesion. Reduction of ventricular expansion may be related to improvements in tissue structure as evidenced by increased vessel and synaptic densities. In fact, others have reported increased angiogenesis, axonal integrity and synaptogenesis following neurorestorative therapy in stroke models [16], [17]. Altogether these changes can act to improve tissue structures in the ipsilateral hemisphere, including the ventricular boundary.\n\nData presented in this study also revealed significant correlations between MRI measurements of T2, T2* and histological measurements of lesion volume and apoptotic cells in a manner that is consistent with tissue injury. It is known that T2 and T2* increase with the water content and tend to decrease with complex tissue structures. Severe ischemic damage not only causes an increase in the lesion volume and apoptotic cells but also adversely affects the structure of the brain (e.g. alters extracellular matrix, reduces axonal and synaptic densities, and increases water content), which is reflected by the increase in T2 and T2* measurements in the ischemic core.\n\nWe demonstrated that animals treated with hUTC had higher expression of vWF and restored CBF and CBV, which corresponded with improved neurological function. Cell-based treatments have been shown to amplify endogenous processes of vascular remodeling such as angiogenesis which likely contribute to the improvement in neurological function after stroke [18], [19], [20]. Higher cerebral blood vessel density predicts improved outcome and survival in stroke patients [21], [22], and neurorestorative treatments have been shown to induce angiogenesis [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28]. In rats, neurorestorative therapy of stroke increases levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) [24],[29],[30],[31],[32], which enhances vessel density and arteriogenesis primarily in the boundary zone of the ischemic lesion, and reduces functional deficits [24], [29], [30], [31], [32] These newly formed vessels are important for tissue perfusion, but most likely their benefit derives from the factors expressed by newly formed vessels, such as BDNF, VEGF, VEGFR2 and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) like MMP 2 and MMP 9 [33], [34]. The current data are consistent with previous investigations showing that cell-based treatment increases vessel density and restores CBF and CBV, which parallel the improvement in neurological functional performance [7], [35], [36]. While, MRI CBF and CBV did not significantly correlate with histological measurement of vessel density (vWF), they do, highly correlate with higher expression of synaptophysin. The reasons for these complex relationships are presently unknown. However, they may be related to the differences of data analysis between MRI and histology and the local changes between vascular and synaptic densities. Although the MRI ROI analysis method utilized in this study is reliable and reproducible, the sensitivity is relatively low due to averaging of a small area of vascular remodeling over the larger recovery area. In addition, the histological measurements are taken from a small area with large regional variation in microvessel density compared to the recovery area captured by MRI due to field of view limitations which could obscure the correlation between vascular density and CBF and CBV derived by MRI. In contrast, there was low regional variation in synaptic density measured by histology which correlated with MRI CBF and CBV. Furthermore, others have reported that vascular remodeling was linked to synaptogenesis following neurorestoration in rodent models of stroke [25], [37], [38], [39], [40]. Cerebral blood vessels mainly provide nutritive blood flow and cerebral endothelial cells secrete factors which could promote neurogenesis and synaptogenesis as discussed above [25], [37], [38], [39], [40]. Accordingly, the interaction between synaptogenesis and vascular remodeling may contribute to the positive correlation between MRI CBF and CBV and synaptogenesis as measured by histology.\n\nSignificant correlations were detected between MRI assessment of ventricular volume and neurological foot-fault test, MRI lesion volume and mNSS test, as well as MRI CBV, while marginal (marginal, p = 0.058) correlations were detected between FA and adhesive-removal test. It is known that these neurological tests are sensitive measures of functional recovery after restorative treatment of stroke in rats [5], [37], [38], [41]. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic investigation evaluating the correlations between a complete set of MRI measurements of vascular and neuronal structural changes, histological measurements of vWF and synaptophysin and neurological tests. The direct relationship between the functional tests and the individual modifications of tissue may be difficult to identify. It is possible that beneficial treatment effects are derived from the interaction between neuronal and vascular remodeling, since overall brain functional recovery depends on synergistic interactions between multiple events. MRI ventricular volume was able to detect hUTC effects and significantly correlated with the neurological foot-fault test. Neurological foot-fault test is known to detect limb motor coordination deficits. The improved tissue structures, as indicated by MRI ventricular volume, could also promote the reestablishment of axonal connections from the cortical spinal track to motor cortex [6], [42]. Although there are no statistically significant differences in axonal density measured by Bielschowsky and luxol fast blue staining, the mean values of FA, and SD were higher in the hUTC group compared with those in the control animals. The functional improvements measured by neurological foot-fault test may be caused by the reestablishment of axonal connections from a few axonal bundles which could not be detected using the histological techniques and MRI measurements. As stated above, our current MRI analysis may not be sufficiently sensitive to detect small differences in brain structure. Our data also did not demonstrate an advantage of SD over FA in detecting axonal remodeling. FA is a traditional MRI measure of axonal changes. However, an overall artifactual lowering of FA occurs when white matter fiber tracts cross due to the assumption of Gaussian diffusion tensor model [43]. Q-space diffusion tensor imaging (q-DTI), such as SD can better detect the axonal remodeling, especially during the early stage of axonal remodeling which involves less organized, random oriented axons [44]. The reasons for the relatively equivalent sensitivity in detecting axonal remodeling between FA and SD may be attributed to the time of measurements. The reduced differences in FA and SD may be reflective of the reorganization of axonal bundles taking place at 12 weeks after stroke into mature and well organized fibers into a single direction [42].\n\nIn conclusion, we demonstrated that MRI measurements can detect the effect of cell-based therapy on the brain reorganization and exhibited positive correlation with histological measurements of brain structural changes and functional behavioral tests after stroke. MRI ventricular volumes provided the most sensitive index in monitoring brain remodeling and hUTC effects and highly correlated with histological and functional measurements. Due to the non-invasive nature of MRI measurement, the MRI indices of brain remodeling related to neurological outcome in this preclinical stroke study could be translated to clinic.\n\nMaterials and Methods\n\nAll experimental procedures have been approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Institutional Review Board of Henry Ford Hospital. All efforts were made to ameliorate suffering of animals.\n\nhUTC were isolated and expanded from the umbilical cord of a single donor under full consent as previously described [11]. Briefly, the umbilical cord was manually minced and digested with a mixture of 0.5 Units/ml collagenase (Nordmark, Uetersen, Germany), 5.0 Units/ml, dispase (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis IN), and 2 Units/ml hyaluronidase (ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Irvine CA) until almost completely digested. The cell suspension was passed through a sieve to remove undigested tissue. Harvested cells were grown to approximately 5\u20137 population doublings (PD) on standard tissue culture flaskes. The cells were then cultured on Hillex II microcarriers (SoloHill Engineering, Ann Arbor MI) in bioreactor containing Growth Media (DMEM-low glucose, 15% (vol/vol) defined fetal bovine serum (FBS; HyClone, Logan UT), with 100 Units/ml penicillin, and 100 \u00b5g/ml streptomycin (Invitrogen, Carlsbad CA). The cells were cultured under standard conditions in atmospheric oxygen with 5% carbon dioxide at 37\u00b0C and allowed to culture to approximately 25\u201330 total cumulative population doublings. Finally, cells were harvested from microcarriers using TrypLE\u2122 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad CA) and cryopreserved and stored in liquid nitrogen. Cells were stored until labeling with 111-Indium (111-In) oxine. While 111-In labeling was not required for the MRI analysis described in herein, it allowed for cell tracking to be performed in the same animals using in vivo single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging (Arbab. et al; submitted).\n\nMRI Measurements\n\nMRI measurements were performed using a 7T, 20 cm bore superconducting magnet (Magnex Scientific, Abingdon UK). A 12 cm bore actively shielded gradient coil set, capable of producing magnetic field gradients up to 20 gauss/cm was used. A saddle radio-frequency (RF) coil was used as the transmitter and a surface coil as the receiver. Stereotaxic alignment system equipped with ear bars were used to minimize head movement during the imaging procedure. During MRI measurements, anesthesia was maintained using a gas mixture of N2O (69%), O2 (30%) and isoflurane (1\u20131.5%). Rectal temperature was kept at 37\u00b10.5\u00b0C using a feedback controlled heat pad. A tri-pilot scan of imaging sequence was used to position head of the animal with the central image slice located at the level of the bregma [46]. MRI measurements including: diffusion tensor (fractional anisotropy, FA), permeability (blood-to-brain transfer constant, Ki), and perfusion (cerebral blood volume, CBV, and cerebral blood flow, CBF), T2, and T2* were performed at one day before treatment (one day after onset of stroke), and 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks after stroke. Ex vivo Q-space DTI was performed after sacrifice at 12 weeks after stroke.\n\nDiffusion Tensor MRI Measurement\n\nDiffusion Tensor MRI was acquired using Stejskal-Tanner pulsed gradient spin-echo sequence with 32 mm field of view (FOV), 128\u00d7128 imaging matrix, 1 mm slice thickness with 13 slices, TR = 1.5 sec and TE = 40 msec, six diffusion weighted images along six independent axes with b = 0 and 900 sec/mm2 on each slice. The total acquisition time was approximately 22.5 min.\n\nT2 Measurement\n\nT2 was measured using a Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill multislice multiecho (six echo) MRI. A series of four sets of images (13 slices for each set) were obtained using TEs of 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 msec and a TR of 4 sec. Images were produced using a 32 mm FOV, 1 mm slice thickness, 128\u00d7128 image matrix. The total time for the entire sequence was approximately 8.5 min.\n\nT2* Measurement\n\nT2* was obtained using a gradient echo multislice multiecho sequence. A TR value of 4 sec was used with echo times of 3.5, 7, 10.5, 14, 17.5, and 21 msec. Images were produced with a 32 mm FOV, 1 mm slice thickness, 13 slices, and 128\u00d7128 image matrix. The total scan time was 9 min for the complete image data set.\n\nLook Locker (L-L) T1 Measurement\n\nAn imaging variant of the Look-Locker technique [7], [47] employing the T-One by Multiple Read-Out Pulses (TOMROP) [48] sequence was used for a pixel-by-pixel estimate of T1. An initial inversion of magnetization, followed by a set of small-tip-angle gradient-echo readouts and a waiting period for the magnetization to recover toward equilibrium, results in a set of images that approached a steady-state magnetization with a time constant, T1*. T1 was calculated from its relationship with T1* as, 1/T1* = 1/T1 - ln (cos\u03b1)/?, where \u03b1 is the readout pulse flip angle and ? is the inter-readout-pulse interval. Interleaved slices were acquired using a numerically optimized RF pulse [49]. Inversion was accomplished using a non-selective hyperbolic secant adiabatic pulse of 12 msec duration. One phase-encoded line of 24 small-tip-angle (\u03b1 = 18\u00b0) gradient-echo images (TE 4 msec) was acquired at \u03d1 = 50msec intervals after each such adiabatic inversion for a total recovery time of 1200 msec with a 3 sec relaxation interval between each inversion. Matrix size was 128\u00d764, FOV 32 mm, and five 2 mm slices were imaged.\n\nVascular Permeability Related MRI Measurement\n\nTo measure permeability related parameters, five slices L-L measurements were used to acquire dynamic R1 (1/T1) maps [7], [50]. After the acquisition of one R1 map, a bolus of 0.2 mmol/kg Gd-DTPA injection via the tail vein was following by a 0.4 ml saline flush. After the Gd-DTPA bolus injection, 12 R1 maps were then acquired. Time-dependent changes in R1 was used to form a map of the blood-to-brain transfer constant (Ki) and the distribution volume of protons relaxed by the contrast agent (Vp). This is accomplished via a model-independent analysis utilizing a Patlak plot [7], [50].\n\nNeurobehavioral Testing\n\nThe modified neurological severity score (mNSS) [41], foot-fault [51], and adhesive removal [41], [52] behavioral tests were performed before tMCAo (data not shown), 1 day after tMCAo (1 day before treatment), and weekly thereafter by an investigator who was blinded to the identity of the experimental groups. The size of the adhesive tab was reduced to a half size starting at 2 months (or 56 days) post-tMCAo in order to increase the sensitivity of the adhesive-removal test measurement.\n\nImmunohistochemistry Data Analysis\n\nThe number of apoptotic cells per section was counted in the ipsilateral hemisphere. For measurement of vascular and synapse density, 8 FOV from the ischemic boundary zone (IBZ) were digitized using a 40X objective and the MCID system [11], 37. The number of vessels/mm2 and synaptophysin (percent area) were measured in the IBZ throughout each FOV and the enlarged vascular perimeter was reported as the total perimeter of 10 enlarged vessels in the ipsilateral hemisphere. For quantification of myelinated axons, Bielschowsky and luxol fast blue positive areas were digitized throughout the ischemic boundary zone, as well as the contralateral homologous area. Data are presented as the percentage of Bielschowsky and luxol fast blue positive area compared with the contralateral homologous region on the same section.\n\nMRI Data Processing and Measurements\n\nT2, T2*, CBF, CBV, Ki, and FA were calculated on a pixel by pixel basis [6], [7], [55]. The ex vivo Q-space DTI data was analyzed using our in-house software to derive diffusion standard deviation (SD) map [56] and using Camino for Q-space fiber tracking [57], [58]. The SD map was created based on calculating the deviation of diffusivity from a sphere for each voxel in the image. For this calculation all 55 measurements were used. If the voxel falls in an ideal isotropic medium, diffusion will also be isotropic in all directions. In such a case, the diffusion vectors will form a sphere and the standard deviation of the length of these vectors will be zero. If for any reason, the envelope of these vectors forms any other shape, the standard deviation will have a non-zero value. Therefore, if diffusion is constrained by tubular structures, the SD of the length of the vectors will possess a non-zero value based on the complexity of the structure.\n\nMRI ischemic lesion was determined on T2 map. The lesion area on each slice of T2 map was specified by those pixels with a T2 value higher than the mean plus twice the standard deviation (mean +2SD) measurements provided by the normal tissue on the contralateral side. Lesion volume was obtained by adding all the areas measured on individual slices and multiplying each area by the slice thickness.\n\nThe volume of the lateral ventricle was measured on T2 maps at a fixed structural location presented by six contiguous coronal T2 slices using the same criteria as described above to identify the ventricular area on each slice. The ventricular volume was obtained by adding all the areas measured on individual slices and multiplying each area by the slice thickness. The ventricle volumes measured at various time points were normalized for each animal to the ventricular volumes measured at 24 hrs after tMCAo and 24 hrs before treatment to reduce errors from individual variations.\n\nMRI regions of interest (ROI) were identified in the ischemic core and recovery areas, and in a homologous location in the contralateral hemisphere from T2 maps (Fig. 6). Two ROIs were selected for analysis of MRI parameters. The first ROI, the ischemic core area, was identified by using the threshold T2 value of mean + two standard deviations from the T2 value measured in the contralateral hemisphere on T2 maps obtained 12 weeks after stroke. The ischemic areas in T2 maps were always smaller at 12 weeks after stroke compared to that at 24 hrs after stroke. Therefore, the second ROI, the ischemic recovery area, was identified by subtracting the ischemic core areas obtained 12 weeks after stroke from the ischemic area in T2 maps obtained 24 hrs after stroke. Homologous ROIs to the ischemic core and recovery tissues were also measured in the contralateral hemisphere. All MRI parameters were measured from those two regions.\n\nStatistical Analysis\n\nThis study investigated the effect of hUTC on the functional recovery, measured from three behavioral tests over time after tMCAo, as well as the MRI alterations and histological measurements. Data were evaluated for normality. Ranked data was used in the analysis for functional tests, since those data were not normally distributed. The global test, using Generalize Estimating Equation (GEE), was implemented to evaluate the functional recovery measured from three behavioral tests, repeated over time. Data analysis began by testing the interaction between treatment and time, followed by testing the main effect of treatment or time on the functional recovery if no interaction was detected at the 0.05 level. A significant treatment-by-time interaction (p<0.05) would indicate that the effects of the hUTC treatment (compared to vehicle controls) might depend on the time of assessments, or the effects of time might depend on treatment groups. Subgroup analysis (CONTRAST statement in SAS) was then used to test hUTC effect compared to vehicle treated group over time, or test the time effect at each treatment group [59].\n\nA linear regression model was used to test differences in the MRI parameters between the ischemic core and recovery areas, adjusted for the treatment group and time of MRI acquisition. The mixed model, analysis of variance and covariance (ANCOVA), was used to study treatment group effect or time effect on the MRI measurements at each ROI (ischemic core or recovery area), respectively. The analysis approach was similar to what was described above for functional recovery. Analysis began by testing for the interaction between the treatment and time followed by subgroup analysis. Figures showed mean \u00b1 SD changes over time for each treatment groups.\n\nThe relationship between MRI parameters and functional recovery, as well as the immunohistological measurements, were determined by Pearson/Spearman correlation coefficients.\n\nAcknowledgments\n\nThe authors would like to acknowledge Michael Romanko and Anthony Kihm employees at Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC, for technical, editorial and logistical support during the conduct of this study."}
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-{"text": "VOTE 2017: Edano plans to form new party as liberal force in election\n\nYukio Edano holds a news conference on Oct. 2 to announce plans to form a new party. (Shingo Kuzutani)\n\nYukio Edano, deputy president of the main opposition Democratic Party, on Oct. 2 announced plans to form a liberal-leaning party that could become a third major force in the Oct. 22 Lower House election.\n\nAt a news conference in Tokyo, Edano said the new political group is called Rikken Minshuto (Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan), and that the party would provide another choice for voters beyond the ruling coalition and Kibo no To (Party of hope).\n\nEdano did not give a specific number of members for his party but said he was inviting all politicians who shared its principles.\n\nEarlier on Oct. 2, Edano met with Rikio Kozu, chairman of Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation), the largest support group for the Democratic Party. He is believed to have asked the nation\u2019s largest umbrella union to support his new party.\n\nAfter Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike established Kibo no To last week, a desperate Seiji Maehara, the Democratic Party president, asked her to allow all prospective Democratic Party candidates to run under the Kibo no To banner.\n\nHowever, Koike quickly made clear that she had no intention of including everyone from the Democratic Party, particularly those opposed to constitutional revision and the new national security legislation.\n\nHer party\u2019s grading of candidate hopefuls, based largely on their policy positions and past comments, has led to indignant criticism from the more left-leaning elements of the Democratic Party.\n\nA number of those liberal lawmakers made clear they would not join Kibo no To.\n\nRather than have such politicians run as independents in the Lower House election, Edano and his associates decided that forming a new party would be more advantageous in terms of political strategy.\n\nA new party would allow candidates to run in both the single-seat and proportional representation constituencies, giving those who lose in their single-seat districts a chance to gain a Diet seat through the proportional representation constituency.\n\nBefore meeting with Edano, Rengo executives discussed strategy for the Lower House election and decided not to sign a policy agreement with Kibo no To. That decision stemmed from the party\u2019s insistence on weeding out some Democratic Party candidates who wanted to run under the new party\u2019s banner.\n\nRather than support a particular party, Rengo will concentrate its support on individual candidates.\n\nThe Lower House election will effectively be a three-way contest between the ruling coalition consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito; Kibo no To and those who join from the Democratic Party; and Edano\u2019s new party and other liberal elements, such as the Japanese Communist Party.\n\nHirotaka Akamatsu, a former Lower House vice speaker, said he would join hands with Edano because of the need for a party to represent liberals.\n\nHowever, former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda indicated on Oct. 2 he would run as an independent and not join the new party.\n\nNaoto Kan, another former prime minister of the Democratic Party, is also unlikely to be a founding member of the new party."}
-{"text": "Cage Rage\n\nPerseverance of a MMA Fighter: Ashleigh Grimshaw Documentary (Part 2) \u2013 After 16 years as a professional MMA Fighter, Ash Grimshaw was finally signed-up by Bellator MMA (in 2018). The British featherweight had been widely touted for a UFC call-up over the last 10 years which, surprisingly, never materialised for reasons unknown.\n\nSupport K1ANOOP via Patreon to produce more combat sports documentaries from \u00a31/month.\n\nThis video is part two of the Ashleigh Grimshaw Documentary in which, Grimshaw\u2019s perseverance over two decades as a Mixed Martial Artist, is fully explained and the noteworthy status he\u2019s established for himself in British MMA.\n\nFighting out of Team Titan alongside close friend & UFC veteran, Brad Pickett, Grimshaw\u2019s recollection of his trials and tribulations from his 16 years of fighting leaves no stone unturned.\n\nFrom Cage Fighting to MMA: Ashleigh Grimshaw Documentary (Part 1)\u2013Ashleigh Grimshaw is a British Mixed Martial Artist & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Black Belt signed to Bellator MMA. Fighting out of Team Titan, Grimshaw\u2019s MMA career spans across two decades from being actively involved in the old skool Cage Fighting & Vale Tudo days in London, to a multi-billion dollar industry around the world.\n\nSupport K1ANOOP via Patreon to produce more combat sports documentaries from \u00a31/month.\n\nAshleigh Grimshaw has shared a large part of his MMA journey with UFC veteran & close friend, Brad Pickett; from when the two of them started training together when there were only two MMA gyms in London. The two friends are still very close, working and training together in helping the current and future generations of British MMA fighters establish themselves such as UFC fighter, Nathanial Wood and many more."}
-{"text": "Tommy Thompson expected to miss 3-4 weeks\n\nIU men's soccer will be without one of its leading goalscorers for up to a month after freshman forward Tommy Thompson underwent knee surgery today.\n\nThe Loomis, Calif., native, who is tied for the team lead with five goals scored this season, underwent the procedure to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Thompson suffered the injury during IU's 2-0 loss to Wisconsin last Friday night, IU Coach Todd Yeagley said.\n\n\"Tommy's been so good all year,\" Yeagley said. \"I think we're just starting to find him and what he likes to do because he's so different than Eriq (Zavaleta, who scored 18 goals for the Hoosiers last season). They're so good in different ways, and the team just started to get that.\n\n\"It's very untimely, kind of like the season as a whole. Very untimely moments\""}
-{"text": "Vital Statistics!\n\nOutward Appearance\n\nFur/Skin/Scale Colour\n\nHer skin is a light/sea blue color. Skin feeling slightly rubbery, slightly like a snakes scales, without the bumps.\n\nHair Colour\n\nDark Blue\n\nEye Colour\n\nYellow\n\nClothing\n\nShari wears a long, ankle length purple dress. The dress itself is a somewhat light shade of purple, to compliment her skintone, and the trim of the dress is silver. The back straps of her dress reach around and connect to a 2in diameter silver ring in front, over her chest. There's a slit in the left side of the dress that reaches to about Mid-thigh.\n\nAccessories\n\nShari doesn't wear much in terms of accessories, except for a pair of silver bangles on her wrists, and a pair on her ankles.\n\nWeaponry\n\nNone?\n\nSpecial Abilities\n\nSize shifting abilities - Shari can easily alter her own size and proportions. She can do so with concentration, magic, or even if she comes in contact with water, and absorbs it [consciously, it's not automatically absorb all water sources.]\nSlight water control - She can play with and shift about water she's come in contact with, or, with some sacrifice to her size, pull some from reserves to play with.\nShe cannot make it rain or anything like that, but if it is raining, she pretty much as free control over the area around her.\n\nOutstanding Features\n\nBeing a pokemorph, a Vaporeon might be one. That being said, she also has a fairly curvy and voluptous figure. Also, as per her kind, she has the long ear fins, the fin atop her head, and the fin neck mane like collar deal.\n\nPersonality & Background\n\nPersonality\n\nShari is fairly modest girl, she likes the company of others as well as meeting new people. She's typically playful and likes to mess around or tease. Though she blushes and tends to be a bit modest about her appearance."}
-{"text": "Quiney\u2019s first Test innings ended when he hooked Morkel to fine leg, where Steyn took a clever catch right on the boundary - taking the ball and then throwing it up as he neared the rope before successfully regathering it.\n\nFormer captain Ponting never got comfortable before he pushed forward at a sharply-rising Morkel delivery to give Kallis his second catch in the slips.\n\nEarlier, Amla was lbw to Peter Siddle for 104, but he would not have been out had he challenged the decision, with television replays showing the ball going over the top of the stumps.\n\n\u201cI said I thought the height that was maybe the issue there, but he felt it wasn\u2019t going to go over because the umpire had given it,\u201d said Kallis, who was eventually out for 147.\n\n\u201cIt was a tough one to call, maybe I could have said just refer it because we did have two referrals left, so maybe I could take a bit of blame for that as well.\u201d\n\nThe South Africans only had 10 available batsmen after J P Duminy ruptured his left Achilles tendon in a training accident after the first day. He had surgery on Saturday and is expected to be sidelined for six months. He will be replaced in the squad by fellow all-rounder Dean Elgar.\n\nMeanwhile, former player Greg Ritchie has been criticised by Cricket Australia for making racist remarks at a lunch during the Test match.\n\nA spokesman said: \u201cA senior CA official has contacted Greg Ritchie, who has admitted making the comments, and CA has made it clear to Mr Ritchie that it finds his comments totally unacceptable.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Unlocking World Bank Resources\n\n2010 will be a very challenging and important year for global development. Nearly every multilateral development bank simultaneously has requested billions of dollars of new donor money at a time when donor countries are grappling with staggering economic challenges. It's a perfect storm for aid budgets.\n\nDonor governments and multilateral aid agencies don't have the funds to maintain the business as usual approach to development, but that's not an excuse to do less for poor people. It's an opportunity for development institutions to create innovative ways to maximize existing funds.\n\nI have one such idea that would free $7.5 billion for the poorest countries without changing existing budgets.\n\nI propose that the World Bank's two lending arms, the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), rebalance how they finance aid programs in a select group of low-income countries.\n\nIDA typically issues low-interest loans and grants to the world's poorest countries and the IBRD typically issues market-term loans to middle-income countries. But some countries, the so-called IDA-blend countries such as India and Vietnam, receive loans from both IDA and IBRD.\n\nI propose that the IBRD assume responsibility to provide those countries with the same volume of loans traditionally dispersed by IDA. This would free IDA to use the money otherwise committed to these IDA blend countries for their poorer clients, such as Bangladesh and Tanzania.\n\nGranted, the IBRD would now have to issue more loans which means they need more money. As it happens, the World Bank shareholders just agreed to an $86-billion capital increase for the IBRD in April. So, it has the capacity to take over IDA's share of loans without limiting the IDA-blend countries' access to finance.\n\nRebalancing the World Bank's loans in this manner would change the source -- but not the volume of lending to countries like India and Vietnam. To ensure that they receive roughly the same terms as IDA currently provides them, IDA would provide grants to cover their interest payments and loan fees.\n\nBy better leveraging the IBRD's balance sheet, IDA then could re-allocate the resources that it otherwise would have lent to these credit-worthy countries. The savings come out to roughly 75 cents for every dollar of lending shifted to the IBRD. The other 25 cents would be used to cover the interest payments and loan fees.\n\nIf the proposal had been applied to IDA's current three-year funding period, it could have mobilized up to an additional $7.5 billion for education, health and infrastructure projects in the world's poorest countries. That's the equivalent of a 30-percent increase over existing funding levels, which is on par with some of the most historic increases in donor aid budgets. Of this amount, African countries could have received about $5.5 billion. This is serious money in a seriously challenging time.\n\nOne of the World Bank's sister organizations -- the Inter-American Development Bank -- already successfully utilizes a similar approach for its lower-income clients.\n\nIt is time for World Bank shareholders to seriously consider the same resource-maximizing model. And they have a brief window of opportunity to take action. This week donor governments are assembling in Bamako, Mali, to negotiate a new funding framework for IDA, which will span the next three years. In addition, World Bank shareholders still have to secure legislative approval for the agreed IBRD capital increase.\n\nBy pursuing this creative approach, donor governments will be able to turn this perfect funding storm into a manageable, passing rain shower that neither inundates their budgets nor poor countries' hopes for a prosperous, sunny future."}
-{"text": "Indian Railways to Equip All 8,500 Stations With Wi-Fi\n\npublished on January 8, 2018byAuthor rajtechnewsComments Off on Indian Railways to Equip All 8,500 Stations With Wi-Fi\n\nIndian Railways to Equip All 8,500 Stations With Wi-Fi\n\nAs part of the government\u2019s ambitious Digital India initiative, the national transporter has currently commissioned Wi-Fi services at 216 major stations enabling about seven million rail passengers to log on to the free Internet facility.\n\nAll railway stations \u2014 nearly 8,500 across the country, including those in rural and remote areas \u2014 will be equipped with Wi-Fi facilities at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore ($110 million). As part of the government\u2019s ambitious Digital India initiative, the national transporter has currently commissioned Wi-Fi services at 216 major stations enabling about seven million rail passengers to log on to the free Internet facility.\n\n\u201cInternet access has now become an important requirement in day-to-day working and we shall be providing this facility at all railway stations in the country,\u201d a senior Railway Ministry official said. As per the plan finalized at a recent meeting, while 1,200 stations have been identified for this facility to primarily cater to rail passengers, about 7,300 stations have been earmarked to not only serve passengers but also local people in rural and remote areas.\n\nThe Wi-FI facility at these stations in rural and remote areas will be offered to the local population as part of the digital makeover of rural India to promote e-governance. Railway stations in rural areas will have kiosks with Wi-FI that will become digital hot spots offering services like digital banking, Aadhaar generation, issuing government certificates, including birth and death certificates, and filing taxes and paying bills, among others.\n\nThe kiosks will also enable the local populace to order and receive goods from e-commerce portals. \u201cThese kiosks will be operated at stations with private participation for the local population,\u201d said the official, adding, \u201cThe modalities of setting up such digital hot spots are being worked out with the Telecom Ministry.\u201d As per the timeline, while 600 stations are targeted to be provided with the Wi-FI facility by March 2018, the Railways aim to cover all 8,500 stations by March 2019.\n\nOur aim is to ensure that more and more people get connected to the rail Wi-FI system as the Wi-Fi broadband access to these rail users will aid in implementing the government\u2019s Digital India initiative, he said."}
-{"text": "Stone Frigate (Hardback)\n\nThis collection of historic images documents the history of the U.S. Naval Shore Establishment from its creation to World War II and its historic role supporting the fleet. The U.S. Navy began with the approach to house, train, and support sailors and the fleet on wooden ships of the line. However, its first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, realized in 1798 the advantages of a shore establishment and requested funds for the first six navy yards located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Norfolk, and Portsmouth. The Stone Frigate is a pictorial account of the activities of personnel, machines, and equipment used in the creation and development of the U.S. Naval Shore Establishment from its first beginnings as six small navy yards to the cusp of World War II and the massive global expansion the U.S. was about to initiate.\n\nProduct Details\n\nProduct code: BCJUE\n\nISBN: 9780764343391\n\nPublisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd\n\nFormat: Hardback\n\nDimensions: 20.9cm x 24.1cm\n\nPages: 288\n\nPublish date: Sun Apr 28 00:00:00 BST 2013\n\nBook points: 38\n\nReviews\n\nHelp our customers make the best choices by telling everyone what you think about this product.\n\nThere are currently no customer reviews for this product. Why not be the first?"}
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-{"text": "Show all shops for Pepe Jeans in High Wycombe\n\nAbout Pepe Jeans\n\nA BRIEF HISTORY\n\nThe year is 1973, right in the middle of London\u2019s famous Portobello Market\u2019s bustle. A bundle of teens clusters around an unassuming market stall, protected from the icy rain by a railway bridge. Euphoria is in the air. The colorful flock undertakes the far journey by metro, autobus\u2026"}
-{"text": "Dark Sense 2.1 is compatible with Galaxo 1.6.3.4 - It is not tested on other ROMs or Galaxo versions.\n\n- Copy the theme to your root directory on the internal SDCard.\n- Perform a nanodroid backup.\n- Boot in Recovery Mode and fix the permissions.\n- Use the \"apply any zip\" option and choose the Theme.\n- Finished!\n\nSidenote: If you dont like the ADW Sense Theme, go to Android Codex and download the latest flashable Donut System Version.\n\nOk - I just installed ver1.5 of this theme (NOT above pics) and am in no hurry to change it anytime soon, but darn, you make my mouth water inFECT ! Please tell me, HOW do you go about theming a phone? I want to learn. Also, is there a risk of bricking the phone in the process?\n\nOk - I just installed ver1.5 of this theme (NOT above pics) and am in no hurry to change it anytime soon, but darn, you make my mouth water inFECT ! Please tell me, HOW do you go about theming a phone? I want to learn. Also, is there a risk of bricking the phone in the process?\n\n-chronodekar\n\nClick to expand...\n\nEven though I never really did a complete theme that you can install via the recovery, I can tell you how, but it's somewhat complicated if you don't know that stuff.\n\nLet me start by saying that a .apk is simply a .zip that you can open in winrar and such programs. And in it, you'll see all the pictures used in the application, so all you have to do is to modify them in the .apk, and you'll have a custom theme. If you want to modify stock applications, I suggest you start by using Metamorph, it's really simple (and download a metamorph theme to see how it's done). That won't work with Google apps (well, it will work, but you'll get a force close when you try to install apps from the market).\n\nIf you want to do it via update.zip, which I believe is a tad more complicated, you'll have to start in the same way: modifying the .apk to your liking.\n\nWhen you're done messing around with the app, you'll have to recompress it in a .zip. Then, rename the .zip to .apk. It's not done yet, you have to sign your application, else it won't work.\n\nTo sign it, you have to download this and extract it. You'll also use this later to sign the update.zip.\n\nAlright, now your apps are modified and signed, all you need to do is the \"update.zip\". You'll need two folders at its root, the first being \"system\". The second is \"META-INF\", in which you'll need a \"com\" folder, inside of which you'll need a \"google\" folder and inside of which you'll need an \"android\" folder.\n\nIn that new \"android\" folder, create a new file called \"update-script\" and write \"copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:\" in it. Note that this file has no extension.\n\nIn the \"system\" folder, create a folder called \"app\", containing the apps you modified. Again in the \"system\" folder, create another folder called framework, in which you'll have to put the framework-res.apk and the service.jar (you need the later the changed the color of the date, clock, etc, but I won't get into it, else this post will never end).\n\nNow you've got to sign your update.zip, which is almost ready. So open a command prompt and put:\n\nThat's about it. You should probably look into finding a better tutorial, cause it's long to explain and someone probably already did it better than me. Plus, it feels kind of weird to explain something when no one uses it. Anyway, I hope that helps some people get into themes. As I said, it's much more simple with Metamorph, but it's not so complicated either if you do a simple theme."}
-{"text": "To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website\n\n12 PAGES 5 CENTS\nRESIGNS POST [Photo] ROBERT L. VANN Editor of the Pittsburg Courier and special assistant to the Attorney General in the Department of Justice, who handed in his resignation this week, effective January 1. Mr. Vann says, he is returning to his private business, but is not retiring from political activity. Mr. Vann received the appointment a few months after the election of President Roosevelt.\nRED HEADED POST OFFICE CLERK ACTS LIKE FAR SOUTH ROUGH NECK If there is any time during the year when there is a fellowship which is kindred between all groups and classes of Americans, whether they be white or black, rich or poor, high or low, it is around the Christmas season. It seems that the Christ spirit begins to at least pass through the minds of the American people, north, east, south and west, around Christmas eve of each year, whether that spirit [illegible] [permeates?] the being of any large number of them in some of the nation's localities or not, so far as Negroes are concerned, other than that which is within their own group. Right here in Louisville, however, a strange, surprising and embarrassing situation was met by a well known business man last Monday morning, the day before Christmas eve. According to this business man, whose name we are withholding, he had gotten together a number of greeting cards to be sent out to friends, and in the number were three cards addressed to white friends. In nine out of ten cases said he, he would have sent to the postoffice for stamps. Usually busy, he was not so busy last Monday, and he himself, went to the sub-station at Liberty and Armory Place for stamps. Reaching the stamp sale window, he found several persons in line. Not being in a great hurry not only did he wait for those ahead of him to be served, but he allowed others to be waited on. When all were through he walked up to the window, but before he could ask for the stamps, the clerk yelled at him, \"What are you trying to do? Who gave you the authority to get up to this window ahead of other people? Knowing that the clerk was all wrong, the business man, [though?] [illegible] and embarrassed, in straight, positive words let the clerk know that he was wrong and that the remonstration and insult was resented. That was done while the clerk attempted to drive him from the window with a storming voice, and the usual rough way employed when a colored man is the subject. The three persons who were in line for stamps behind the business man did not come toward the window until the colored man had moved to the window and might have gotten away before anyone of them approached had the clerk promptly waited on him instead of going into rage for no cause at all, other than raising his eyes and looking into the face of a black man. In Louisville the relationship between the races is finer than in any other southern city, and is as fine as there is in many cities north. In the Louisville postoffice is the finest kind of (Continued on page 4)\nEMPIRE BUILDER [Photo] WILLIAM MILES A great asset to the city of Louisville is the Empire Taxicab Co. It is to colored Louisville what the Yellow Cab is to white Louisville. The company was organized by William Miles because he felt colored people were entitled to the best. With a small number of cars he started some years ago, and by quick [reliable?] and reasonable rate service he has built the Empire into a fleet of cars with safe and sane drivers, who are polite and protective to patrons. Mr. Miles deserves the commendation and patronage of the taxicab users of the city because he has given to them a dependable service equal to that any other group enjoys. Turn to page 3 and see his fleet of cars and the colored drivers of them.\nWOMEN WARNED TO RETURN DOLLS The two women shoplifters who took the colored dolls from the National Confectinery and News Store at 919 West Walnut Street, will not be arrested if they return the dolls. According to the management, the dolls were taken Christmas eve, Tuesday night, by two women whose names and addresses are known. The management states that nothing will be done if the two women return the dolls, but that a warrant will be sworn and they will be arrested if they do not return the dolls.\n\n12 PAGES 5 CENTS\nRESIGNS POST [Photo] ROBERT L. VANN Editor of the Pittsburg Courier and special assistant to the Attorney General in the Department of Justice, who handed in his resignation this week, effective January 1. Mr. Vann says, he is returning to his private business, but is not retiring from political activity. Mr. Vann received the appointment a few months after the election of President Roosevelt.\nRED HEADED POST OFFICE CLERK ACTS LIKE FAR SOUTH ROUGH NECK If there is any time during the year when there is a fellowship which is kindred between all groups and classes of Americans, whether they be white or black, rich or poor, high or low, it is around the Christmas season. It seems that the Christ spirit begins to at least pass through the minds of the American people, north, east, south and west, around Christmas eve of each year, whether that spirit [illegible] [permeates?] the being of any large number of them in some of the nation's localities or not, so far as Negroes are concerned, other than that which is within their own group. Right here in Louisville, however, a strange, surprising and embarrassing situation was met by a well known business man last Monday morning, the day before Christmas eve. According to this business man, whose name we are withholding, he had gotten together a number of greeting cards to be sent out to friends, and in the number were three cards addressed to white friends. In nine out of ten cases said he, he would have sent to the postoffice for stamps. Usually busy, he was not so busy last Monday, and he himself, went to the sub-station at Liberty and Armory Place for stamps. Reaching the stamp sale window, he found several persons in line. Not being in a great hurry not only did he wait for those ahead of him to be served, but he allowed others to be waited on. When all were through he walked up to the window, but before he could ask for the stamps, the clerk yelled at him, \"What are you trying to do? Who gave you the authority to get up to this window ahead of other people? Knowing that the clerk was all wrong, the business man, [though?] [illegible] and embarrassed, in straight, positive words let the clerk know that he was wrong and that the remonstration and insult was resented. That was done while the clerk attempted to drive him from the window with a storming voice, and the usual rough way employed when a colored man is the subject. The three persons who were in line for stamps behind the business man did not come toward the window until the colored man had moved to the window and might have gotten away before anyone of them approached had the clerk promptly waited on him instead of going into rage for no cause at all, other than raising his eyes and looking into the face of a black man. In Louisville the relationship between the races is finer than in any other southern city, and is as fine as there is in many cities north. In the Louisville postoffice is the finest kind of (Continued on page 4)\nEMPIRE BUILDER [Photo] WILLIAM MILES A great asset to the city of Louisville is the Empire Taxicab Co. It is to colored Louisville what the Yellow Cab is to white Louisville. The company was organized by William Miles because he felt colored people were entitled to the best. With a small number of cars he started some years ago, and by quick [reliable?] and reasonable rate service he has built the Empire into a fleet of cars with safe and sane drivers, who are polite and protective to patrons. Mr. Miles deserves the commendation and patronage of the taxicab users of the city because he has given to them a dependable service equal to that any other group enjoys. Turn to page 3 and see his fleet of cars and the colored drivers of them.\nWOMEN WARNED TO RETURN DOLLS The two women shoplifters who took the colored dolls from the National Confectinery and News Store at 919 West Walnut Street, will not be arrested if they return the dolls. According to the management, the dolls were taken Christmas eve, Tuesday night, by two women whose names and addresses are known. The management states that nothing will be done if the two women return the dolls, but that a warrant will be sworn and they will be arrested if they do not return the dolls."}
-{"text": "US will focus on both Asia and the Middle East\nMarch 25, 2013, 3:55 pm\n\nObama seems to be warming up to the Israelis, but will he deliver a Middle East Peace settlement? [Xinhua]\n\nGlobal systems are very much in flux in 2013. From the continuing financial crisis in Europe to the endless violence in the Middle East to the growing competitiveness in Asia, trends are giving way to new realities and new ways of thinking.\n\nThere have been five major areas of interest that have taken center stage in the past five years \u2013 the global financial crisis brought upon by the sub-prime mortgage-led recession in the US, the populist revolts in the Middle East and North Africa, the growth of China as the world\u2019s economic dynamo, the rising of the BRICS bloc of nations, and the growing Al-Qaeda/sectarian conflict stretching from Pakistan to Algeria.\n\nIn much of Europe today, economic growth has ground to a standstill with the European Commission\u2019s office for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion reporting that unemployment in some countries has reached record levels with nearly 19 million people jobless in the eurozone.\n\nThe EU report on February 22 forecast rising unemployment rates: 26.9 per cent in Spain (up from 26.6 per cent), while in Greece jobless rates have increased from 19 to 27 per cent over the past year (up from 26 per cent previously forecast).\n\nPortugal\u2019s unemployment rate is 17.3 per cent. According to Commission\u2019s report, \u201chousehold incomes have declined and the risk of poverty or exclusion is on the rise, especially in member states in southern and Eastern Europe\u201d.\n\nWhile Europe was looking inward to fix its fiscal failures \u2013 and with the UK now likely to put to referendum its relationship with the mainland should Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s ruling Conservative party win the next election \u2013 the focus slipped somewhat from the Middle East and North Africa.\n\nThe Al-Qaeda attack on an Algerian energy facility where dozens of foreign nationals worked was a resounding alarm that the terrorist group had grown in influence \u2013 and brazenness of attacks \u2013 in the past decade.\n\nThe attack highlighted the geostrategic dangers posed by a country destabilising and falling prey to armed fanatical militia; point in case: Mali.\n\nThe instability in Mali created opportunities for armed groups and the smuggling of weapons across the border into Algeria. Security deteriorated in Mali following a coup in March 2012 by military officers who were unsatisfied with the way the civilian administration was dealing with a Tuareg rebellion in the north.\n\nThe military campaign in the north was halted thereby creating a vacuum, which was quickly filled by the Al-Qaeda-allied Ansar Dine rebels who pushed back the Tuareg and then imposed a severe strain of Islamic law and began to capture towns in their southward push.\n\nIn January, France sent hundreds of troops to Mali and launched an air offensive to beat back the rebels. Initially successful, French forces are now hunkered down in guerrilla warfare as they pursue Islamic militants in the mountains.\n\nThe Russian Foreign Ministry says that the growing terrorist threat which has seen France \u2013 and the US \u2013 expand military operations in Western Africa is primarily due to the power vacuum created after the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.\n\n\u201cThose whom the French and Africans are fighting now in Mali are the (same) people who overthrew the Qaddafi regime, those that our Western partners armed so that they would overthrow the Qaddafi regime,\u201d Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the media in February.\n\nQaddafi, who held power in Libya for more than 40 years, was executed by opposition forces nearly 18 months ago as a wave of Arab uprisings swept the Middle East and North Africa.\n\nMonths earlier, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were both forced to resign in the face of millions of protesters who demanded their ouster. In January 2011, Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the capital Tunis when the military sided with street protesters calling for him to be tried for corruption and murder.\n\nHowever, the transition from dictatorship and authoritarianism to democracy has proven to be a rocky one at best. In Tunisia, the Islamist government resigned when a prominent human rights activist was killed last month. In Libya, armed militias threaten the volatile stability of the country in the post-Qaddafi period, and in Egypt, street violence has continued unabated despite democratic elections which brought a member of the once banned Muslim Brotherhood to power.\n\n57 founding members, many of them prominent US allies, will sign into creation the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Monday, the first major global financial instrument independent from the Bretton Woods system.\n\nRepresentatives of the countries will meet in Beijing on Monday to sign an agreement of the bank, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. All the five BRICS countries are also joining the new infrastructure investment bank.\n\nThe agreement on the $100 billion AIIB will then have to be ratified by the parliaments of the founding members, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily press briefing in Beijing.\n\nThe AIIB is also the first major multilateral development bank in a generation that provides an avenue for China to strengthen its presence in the world\u2019s fastest-growing region."}
-{"text": "The first thing we need to do is create a database and load pgrouting in\nthe database. Typically you will create a database for each project. Once\nyou have a database to work in, your can load your data and build your\napplication in that database. This makes it easy to move your project\nlater if you want to to say a production server.\n\nHow you load your data will depend in what form it comes it. There are\nvarious OpenSource tools that can help you, like:\n\nosm2pgrouting-alpha:\n\nthis is a tool for loading OSM data into postgresql with pgRouting requirements\n\nshp2pgsql:\n\nthis is the postgresql shapefile loader\n\nogr2ogr:\n\nthis is a vector data conversion utility\n\nosm2pgsql:\n\nthis is a tool for loading OSM data into postgresql\n\nSo these tools and probably others will allow you to read vector data so that\nyou may then load that data into your database as a table of some kind. At this\npoint you need to know a little about your data structure and content. One easy\nway to browse your new data table is with pgAdmin3 or phpPgAdmin.\n\nNext we need to build a topology for our street data. What this means is that\nfor any given edge in your street data the ends of that edge will be connected\nto a unique node and to other edges that are also connected to that same unique\nnode. Once all the edges are connected to nodes we have a graph that can be\nused for routing with pgrouting. We provide a tool that will help with this:\n\nThere are lots of possible sources for errors in a graph. The data that you\nstarted with may not have been designed with routing in mind. A graph has some\nvery specific requirments. One is that it is NODED, this means that except\nfor some very specific use cases, each road segment starts and ends at a node\nand that in general is does not cross another road segment that it should be\nconnected to.\n\nThere can be other errors like the direction of a one-way street being entered\nin the wrong direction. We do not have tools to search for all possible errors\nbut we have some basic tools that might help.\n\nOnce you have all the preparation work done above, computing a route is fairly easy.\nWe have a lot of different algorithms that can work with your prepared road\nnetwork. The general form of a route query is:\n\nselectpgr_<algorithm>(<SQLforedges>,start,end,<additionaloptions>)\n\nAs you can see this is fairly straight forward and you can look and the\nspecific algorithms for the details of the signatures and how to use them.\nThese results have information like edge id and/or the\nnode id along with the cost or geometry for the step in the path from start\nto end. Using the ids you can join these result back to your edge table\nto get more information about each step in the path."}
-{"text": "Lessons MARVEL needs to learn\n\nSo I have seen all the films that Marvel produced under their \u2018Avengers\u2019 banner and- they were average. Last weekend I saw Avengers: Age of Ultron and it didn\u2019t impress me much. Well the usual funny one-liners are there, so is an incredibly attractive cast but there is nothing new. Sure the weapons are more advanced, the explosions are bigger, the suits are better but there is nothing deep in it.\n\nPeople have this conception that a superhero movie doesn\u2019t need to be emotional- that exotic locations, endless action and an average plot are enough for making a superhero movie. And those people would be right. But think about a superhero movie that did have emotions- The Dark Knight series by Christopher Nolan.\n\nNow compare it with every other superhero film you have seen. You get my point? So here are 10 lessons that I think Marvel should learn to make their film-making better:\n\nDon\u2019t kill a character that people don\u2019t give a shit about:\n\nSpoilers: So at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron one of the new Avengers is conveniently killed to fuel the other avengers. Just like how Agent Phil Coulson died to fuel the Avengers in the first film.\n\nIf you do kill a character, don\u2019t fucking bring him back to life:\n\nWhen you kill a character in The Vampire Diaries or Supernatural and they come back to life, it makes sense. These are shows that have plot-lines that are constantly teetering on the edge of life and death. Even in Sherlock,he actually FAKED his death so bringing him back made sense. Off course bringing back Moriarty has raised some questions in my head but we will have to wait for Season 4 to resolve them.\n\nDon\u2019t repeat things!\n\nThis goes with simple things like a 360 degree shot of Times Square that I see in every single superhero movies to the whole heroine gets kidnapped by the villian and so hero kills villians in order to save her. Here\u2019s the thing- you are an enormously wealthy organization which has the resources and talent to actually take some risks! Then fucking take them! Don\u2019 follow the same old rusted formula of making a blockbuster, make a genuinely good film for once.\n\nDon\u2019t put in female characters just to make dicks hard\n\nLook at this:\n\nDoes she look mildly formidable? Does she look like she can take on the villian? Does she look like she can save the world?\n\nNow THAT\u2019S a woman I don\u2019t want to mess with!\n\nStop relying on just humour and action:\n\nI know there are people out there who will pay $100 to watch a toothpaste if it is manufactured by Marvel. There are also people like me who enjoy being entertained by action and comedy but expect a bit more. Off course there should be emotions but can you at least give us something more than sarcastic, half-heartedly recited one-liners? Can you give us some clever actions and not just bang-bang-bang? For action inspiration watch any Jakie Chan movie made specifically in Hing Kong. For comedy watch Inside Amy Schumer and not Seth McFarlane shows!\n\nStop proclaiming that your films are feminist.\n\nHey Marvel here\u2019s the thing- you create shitty female characters, give them almost no depth, put them in skimpy clothing, give them the fight scenes that look like graceful dance moves and then you expect women to find it empowering. Well we will decide what we find empowering, individually. You do not have to tell us what we should/should not do collectively. That is the exact definition of a patriarchy.\n\nYou take conventionally attractive actresses, cast them as conventionally attractive characters and then have the audacity to call yourselves \u2018feminists\u2019. Let them take on the big villian, even if they die doing it. Let them lead the group for once. Let them be the impulsive, reckless ones. Why does Black Widow have to be the emotional core of the group when Hawkeye gets the mind-blowing stunts. Why is Black Widow called a slut for having feelings for one Avenger, but Tony Stark is never held accountable for sleeping with everyone? Is it necessary for Agent Hill to bark orders in high heels?\n\nHey if you\u2019re going to make a mainstream superhero flick with American Pie mentally and if the audience are willing to accept- making it the second highest grossing movie ever then it\u2019s okay with me. But at least don\u2019t shamelessly call yourself \u2018feminists\u2019.\n\nGive us female villians!\n\nNo I\u2019m not talking about the conventional ones- the once that are attractive, intelligent, will-kill-you-in-your-sleep-after-sex villian. Give us a female villian with depth- someone who cries but also kills mercilessly, someone who is caring towards her children put slices people vertically, someone who is hungry for power but not for selfish reasons. Give her a tragic backstory, give her a developing arc, give her a reasonable motive, give us a villian with a philosophy and you will see the audience rooting for her instead of the good guys. For inspirations see Amy Dunne from Gone Girl\n\nand Azula from Avataar: The Legend of Aang (that\u2019s a fucking cartoon on Nickelodeon and it has better characters, plot-lines and action sequences than any of your superhero movies, shame on you Marvel)\n\nAlso look at how adorable Kristen Stewart looks as Loki! Awww!\n\nKristen is my girl! Ain\u2019t nobody hatin\u2019 on hurr!\n\nGive us a Black Widow movie:\n\nAnd please don\u2019t treat her like a piece of shit!\n\nYou did a great job with Bruce Banner\u2019s character arc, now do that with everybody.\n\nLook Marvel here\u2019s the thing- I ACTUALLY LIKE THE AVENGERS. I do! I think all of them are hilarious, and smart and full of potential. They\u2019re endearing characters individually but when you put them together- only Iron Man seems to be in the lead. He\u2019s not even the character with the most interesting story, that would be Captain America!\n\nHe\u2019s also not the character with the best skills, that would be Hawkeye! He also doesn\u2019t have the best body, that would be Thor! Then why is he EVERYWHERE? Bruce Banner went through incredible character development- please do that to everyone\u2019s character.\n\nStop adding more people to your cast\n\nDo you know why I gave up watching Game of Thrones after the third season? Because I couldn\u2019t keep up with all the new faces on the show. The old characters that I had grown attached to receded to the background and these new character I knew nothing about took their empty space. Instead of bringing in more people why not explore more dimensions with the same old people? Huh?\n\nNow that I\u2019ve ranted about what I didn\u2019t like, tell me put into gifs all my favourite moments:"}
-{"text": "Ponderosa's Sudden Eco-Resort Conversion\n\nWhen you give a three-year-old a present and he angrily stamps his feet and says he doesn't want it, then changes his mind five minutes\n\nWhen you give a three-year-old a present and he angrily stamps his feet and says he doesn't want it, then changes his mind five minutes later and demands the gift, it's predictable. But you expect somewhat different behavior from a group of grown-up businessmen.\n\nTo fill in the back story: During last winter and spring's legislative debate over a bill to protect the Metolius Basin from destination resort development, legislators offered a sort of \"consolation prize\" to the two would-be resort developers, Ponderosa Land & Cattle Co. and Dutch Pacific Resources.\n\nPonderosa, which wanted to build a vast resort including a golf course, was\noffered the right to build a smaller version with 100 homes and a 20-room lodge instead. Dutch Pacific, which wanted to build a much smaller \"eco-resort\" without a golf course called \"The Metolian,\" was given the option of building a similar resort elsewhere.\n\nWhile the legislative wrangling was going on, the Ponderosa group repeatedly assured legislators and reporters they had no interest in building any eco-resort. So the general assumption in Salem, and elsewhere, was that Ponderosa would build its 100-home resort on the eastern edge of the Metolius Basin and Dutch Pacific would build its little eco-resort someplace else, most likely in the Bandon area.\n\nNow, though, Ponderosa has decided it wants the legislature's present after all. Rick Allen, Ponderosa's lobbyist, told news media that after the legislative session ended \"we sat down and started reading this thing\" - the legislation - and, after doing so, decided to file an application with the state Department of Land Conservation and Development to build its own eco-resort.\n\nThe timing is curious - why did Ponderosa wait until the session was over to read the legislation? - and so is the motive. Why does an eco-resort suddenly seem appealing after Ponderosa rejected it for so long?\n\nDutch Pacific is yelling foul, saying Ponderosa entering the picture will undercut its efforts to attract investors for its own resort. Of all people, Paul Dewey - attorney for Central Oregon LandWatch and a staunch resort opponent - agrees, saying the legislature's intent never was to let Ponderosa develop both a conventional golf course resort near the Metolius and an eco-resort somewhere else.\n\nThe underlying intent of HB 2228 isn't clear; Ponderosa (and some legislators) say it gave eco-resort development rights to both it and Dutch Pacific, but Dutch Pacific (and other legislators) say the expectation was that only the Metolian developers would take the deal. That view seems to be supported by Ponderosa's earlier insistence that it didn't want to do an eco-resort. Rep. Brian Clem, the legislator who authored the Metolius protection bill, fears the interpretation of HB 2228 will set off another bloody fracas in the next legislative session. Lawsuits are being talked about.\n\nNobody can blame Ponderosa for trying to look after its interests, but there's an odor of disingenuousness hovering over the way it's doing it in this case - a way that seems likely to create needless strife and legislative chaos. For that, we're administering THE BOOT.\n\nMore by Source Weekly\n\nWhile many of us are going to be slaving over stoves, stuffing, brining or the always fun deep-frying our butterball turkeys this Thursday, there are options for those who don't feel like sticking their hands in the cavity of a 20-pound bird or cutting up the neck to stew some gravy. For all of you who would rather have a skilled chef prepare your fixins, here's a list of restaurants serving Thanksgiving Dinner, courtesy of Visit Bend."}
-{"text": "The CRS cut-off threshold has decreased by nine points since the previous draw, which took place on June 28.\n\nToday\u2019s draw is the second to have taken place since changes were made to the CRS last month. Following those changes, and as CICNews explained a couple of weeks ago, it was expected that the CRS threshold would go up temporarily to allow for the fact that some candidates in the pool, specifically those with a sibling in Canada and those with French ability, received a boost in their score last month. In addition, the longer-than-usual gap between draws last month would have also been a contributing factor to the threshold going up before the June 28 draw.\n\nWhile the threshold has not decreased again to its historic low of 413 or beyond, candidates remaining in the pool may take heart that the threshold has indeed decreased on this occasion \u2014 even more so when it is also taken into account that there were slightly fewer Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued this time around than previously.\n\n*Note: Draws of May 26 invited provincial nominees with a minimum CRS score of 775, and candidates in the Federal Skilled Trades Class with a minimum score of 199.\n\nFollowing the July 12 draw, a total of 54,487 ITAs have been issued so far in 2017, far surpassing the total that were issued in the whole of last year. According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Express Entry is now the main driver of economic immigration to Canada.\n\nHow are candidates getting an invitation?\n\nThe following hypothetical examples showcase the diversity of candidates being invited to apply for permanent residence.\n\nDiego is a 29-year-old single candidate with advanced English ability. He has completed three years of skilled work abroad, and has never worked or studied in Canada. His highest level of education is his Bachelor\u2019s degree. His CRS score of 441 was enough for him to obtain an ITA in the July 12 draw.\n\nSophie, 31, has adequate intermediate language ability in English. She has a Master\u2019s Degree and three years of work experience, both obtained outside Canada, but she has also completed a year of work in Canada. This gives her 442 CRS points.\n\nAlexei is a 39 year-old candidate who has never been to Canada, though he has six years of skilled work experience abroad. He and his spouse both have a high intermediate language ability and Bachelor\u2019s degrees. Alexei had 308 CRS points, but when he noticed that his occupation was on Saskatchewan\u2019s list of in-demand occupations for the International Skilled Worker \u2013 Express Entry sub-category, he gathered and reviewed all his documents in anticipation of this sub-category reopening, which it duly did earlier this year. Later, when he received his provincial nomination and uploaded it to his Express Entry profile, Alexei received a 600-point boost in his CRS score and was invited to apply for permanent residence on July 12.\n\nLara is 33 years old. She has a Bachelor\u2019s degree, as well as a certificate. After completing her education, Lara then worked full-time for three years. Lara took the IELTS and scored a CLB 9 (equivalent to a 7 in IELTS in speaking, reading, and writing, and an 8 in listening). Her CRS score of 440 was sufficient for her to be invited on this occasion.\n\n\u201cWith the July 12 draw, we see that the CRS threshold has begun to decrease once again after the recent changes. How low may it go? Nobody can say for certain, but candidates will likely be pleased to see it heading in that direction,\u201d says Attorney David Cohen.\n\n\u201cAs more provinces offer innovative ways for candidates to obtain a nomination, and as Express Entry remains unpredictable in terms draw sizes and thresholds, the message is clear \u2014 creating an Express Entry profile and being proactive thereafter is the best way to take advantage of Canada\u2019s generous economic immigration policy.\u201d\n\nThe CRS Calculator\n\nThe CRS Calculator allows you to find out what your score would be under the Comprehensive Ranking System.\n\nHi .\nThis article is very exiting .\nCanada needs good eople.\nBut the only problem is that\nIt taks 65days for canada to isue a P ,R card after landing in the cauntry.\nThis is too long time.\nIt should be a shorter proodure .\nOnly a card\u2026after all this hard work.\nPlease do something about it\nThanks very much.\n\nHello my name is Walid Omar. I am 33 years old. I work as a truck driver and drilling engineer. I have a gas installation certificate. I want to live in Canada and work and have permanent residency. I am Canada. For me, it is the most beautiful country and the most beautiful people I have ever known.\n\nHi\nI m businessman in India.\nBut I am looking to settle in Canada for my family.\nSo any option for my family (my wife or son)\nPlease send me on mail then I contact to you.\nThanks & regard\nbaljeet singh\n\nHi. I recently created my EE profile on 9th July 2017 and scored 408 CRS points. My NOC is 5241 which also happens to be one of the targeted occupation of Ontario. When do you think I will receive an NOI from Ontario to apply for a OINP? I am eagerly awaiting that. Does everyone gets an NOI above 400 CRS points?\n\nHi, I am Rajinder Kumar from India. I am Artist in Painting, sketching, Live Painting and Tattooing.I have 15 years experience in this feiled and\nI did diploma in Art and Craft. I have experience in teaching also. I want to work and live in Canada.\nCan I apply in this failed as a skilled person.\nThanks\nKindly reply please.\nIn waiting of your kind response.\n\nI\u2019m starting to lose hope. Age is adding up means more points will be deducted each year. Only way is to take IELTS again and again which is not practical, or take further studies to have Canadian Education equivalency requirement, or lastly, have that very rare PNP Nomination. Sad.\n\nI am a Nigerian, just married and looking to relocate permanently to Canada. I filled the assessment for and was told am a strong candidate with wel over 400 points. i am a lawyer with 9 years experience in my country and my wife has Masters Degree in Public Administration. can you advise which province is my legal profession most required.\n\nthanks from your kind mails\nHope you are all fine and be healthy\nI am an Afghan refugee living in Pakistan now i hope to get Canada immigration\nI have got so many mails from your side but i did not get any way how to get Canada immigration\nPlease help me how to get to Canada immigration\nLooking forward\nSincerely\nHilal Sherzad\n\nMy application for permanent residence in Canada, Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) was received on 18-05-2006 by Canadian Embassy in India. The application remained \u2018in process\u2019 status for 7 years. However, in 2013 I was informed that my application was terminated as a result of the Government of Canada\u2019s Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act. The Fees were returned and received as well.\nI would like to know if I stand any chance of re-applying for permanent residence. Right now I\u2019m 46 years old.\n\nMy fiancee and I have been together for years. We have been waiting for my daughter to grow up and get into college before taking the steps for me to move to Alberta. My daughter graduated this year and is off on her own, however, with the new changes in the immigration system, we need to know what to do now so we can finally be together. I have been working toward a business degree and I am a massage therapist currently. He is a Canadian citizen. We were told to see an immigration lawyer, however I am not sure which lawyers are real and which are just spamming people. We have years of documentation about our relationship and we have both traveled back and forth to both countries since 2009, but we have known each other since 2000. How do we proceed now?\n\nMy name is Arijit Nag ,I have scored a CRS score 351 and currently with a NOC O. But I don\u2019t know will myself be able to approach for any PNP programme. Is there is cut off for applying same. Also please note that my IELTS band score is 7 points."}
-{"text": "How to control itPress the button: spray on/off. 1. Long press the button for 2 seconds to turn on the white ligh . 2. It will automatically turn to colorful light after 5 seconds. Then long press to lock to choose the colors, long press to turn off the light. 3. And long press to turn off the light.\n\nNote1. Please don't use the function of humidifying spray while lack of water. 2. Small stones have the function to adsorb tiny impurities, please wash frequently and change water frequently to avoid pollution."}
-{"text": "Learn more about Grace and Grit:\n\n\"Grace and Grit\" is the story of the woman at the center of the historic discrimination case that inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act--her fight for equal rights in the workplace, and how her determination became a victory for the nation."}
-{"text": "But rather than sully the field, Harrower says the new technology - combined with the explosion of availability of geospatial information - is fueling one of the most exciting eras in his profession, where map-making has become a populist pursuit.\n\n\"One of the themes of my profession right now is the democratization of cartography,\" Harrower says, adding that the impact is comparable to how bloggers have influenced publishing. \"Mapping used to be a job of the elite, the Rand McNallys and National Geographics of the world. Now people are taking it upon themselves to map their passions.\"\n\nHarrower, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is devoted to giving people powerful new tools to improve map-making. Building on his research theme of visualization and animation in cartography, Harrower has created a fleet of public domain software programs that help mapmakers with fundamental tasks such as selecting colors, filtering data, representing change and generalizing lines.\n\nThe work all started when he was a graduate student at Penn State University, when he and colleague Cindy Brewer recognized that people needed more help in making good maps. They created a tool called \"Color Brewer,\" which helps simplify the daunting challenge of creating color schemes in maps. Color Brewer helps users find color patterns that make sense visually and also support the nature of the data.\n\nThat program has gained enormous popularity since its debut in 2002, averaging about 5,000 visitors per week. Harrower says the software has been used by, among others, architects, publishers, regional planners, federal agencies and a car manufacturer.\n\nColor Brewer was just the beginning for Harrower, who has other research creations available on his Web site. One is called an \"Earth Systems Visualizer,\" which helps cartographers make use of underutilized features such as temporal focusing and temporal brushing. Essentially, it allows the user to home in on certain subsets of data, while minimizing other data sets, in order to see subtle patterns develop.\n\n\"Data filtering is one of the big research areas in cartography right now,\" Harrower says. \"There's way too much data, we're drowning in it. This tool helps strip away excess noise.\"\n\nAnother tool, called \"Visual Benchmarks,\" tackles the challenge of how to represent dynamic change, or, \"how does the current state of the phenomenon compare to what is about to happen or what just happened?\" That can help mappers better illustrate things like traffic accidents, population growth or crime rates over time.\n\nHarrower sees great potential in his recent development, called \"Map Shaper,\" which deals with the cumbersome and time-consuming need to generalize and smooth lines on a map. \"Generalization is a core part of cartography, but we don't have good tools to do it. This does one thing, it does it very well, and it does it fast.\"\n\nThe unifying theme in Harrower's work is in breaking down some of the essential tasks in making maps, one by one, rather than bundling them into massive software packages. Harrower likens some of the big cartography programs out there to handing a civilian the keys to an F16 fighter jet. They give users thousands of options and little advice on using them.\n\nHarrower very strongly believes in making his inventions free and publicly available, rather than locking them up in an academic journal or a commercial license.\n\n\"My focus in the last four years has been on getting my work out to the broadest possible audience,\" he says. \"I'm building tools that can be accessed online - any time, anywhere - that will help people do one small piece of the puzzle.\"\n\nAt stake is not just better-looking maps, but maps that have scientific validity and are true to the information they represent, he says. That is perhaps the flip side of the democratization of cartography, that people need to understand that maps can distort, misrepresent and outright lie.\n\n\"Maps have long been criticized as being too powerful,\" Harrower says. \"They look much better than the real world. I will often joke that when someone gets lost, they will blame the world for being wrong, because 'it's right here on the map.'\"\n\nHarrower says his cartography tools can help users better discern the accurate from the skewed in their finished products.\n\n\"The problem with maps is, even if you get it wrong, your map can still look like a million bucks,\" he says. \"The data underneath can be very inappropriate, but it's hidden underneath a slick-looking map.\""}
-{"text": "[06/11/07 - 10:23 AM]CBS's Summer of \"Big Brother\" On-Air (CBS), Online (Realnetworks(R), CBS.com and the CBS Audience Network), on the Phone (CBS Mobile) and New This Summer - on Showtime! CBS confirms its \"Big Brother\" fans, which also include a live Showtime feed entitled \"Big Brother: After Dark.\"\n\n[via press release from CBS]\n\nCBS'S SUMMER OF \"BIG BROTHER\" ON-AIR (CBS), ONLINE (REALNETWORKS\ufffd, CBS.COM AND THE CBS AUDIENCE NETWORK), ON THE PHONE (CBS MOBILE) AND NEW THIS SUMMER - ON SHOWTIME!\n\nThe Eighth Edition of \"Big Brother\" Premieres July 5 on CBS...One-Hour Episodes to Air Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday\n\nCBS and Showtime Partner to Bring Viewers Three Hours of Live Nightly Action from Inside the \"Big Brother 8\" House\n\nCBS and RealNetworks\ufffd Again Join Forces for Another Season of Exclusive 24/7 Live Internet Feeds, Available Through CBS.com and SuperPass\n\n\"House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show\" Returns for Its Fourth Season on CBS.com\n\nBIG BROTHER 8 will premiere on CBS Thursday, July 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), kicking off a multi-platform summer that will include presentations of the series online, on the phone and, for the first time, on Showtime Networks.\n\nCBS's BIG BROTHER 8 multi-platform initiative includes the following elements:\n\n(Editor's Note: PIRATE MASTER will have a special broadcast Thursday, July 5 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT. PIRATE MASTER relocates to a new day and time beginning Tuesday, July 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).\n\n\ufffd\ufffd CBS and Showtime will partner for the first time to present \"Big Brother: After Dark,\" a live look inside the BIG BROTHER house during the late-night hours. \"Big Brother: After Dark\" will feature a live feed from the \"Big Brother\" house for three hours (12:00-3:00 AM, ET/PT), seven days a week, on the cable network's \"SHOTOO\" channel beginning Thursday, July 5.\n\nBIG BROTHER ONLINE:\n\n\ufffd\ufffd Full-length episodes and highlight clips from BIG BROTHER 8 will be available on the CBS Audience Network allowing fans to watch the programs online and incorporate clips into their blogs, wikis, widgets and community pages.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd CBS and RealNetworks\ufffd, Inc., join forces for the seventh straight season to provide exclusive 24/7 live streaming video from inside the BIG BROTHER 8 house. The webcast coverage debuts immediately following the July 5 premiere of BIG BROTHER 8 and will be accessible through the official BIG BROTHER 8 website at CBS.com and through Real's SuperPass subscription service at www.real.com/bigbrother.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd The entire three-month live 24/7 Internet feed of BIG BROTHER 8 is available through SuperPass. Subscribers to the 24/7 video stream can watch any one of four live camera feeds from inside the BIG BROTHER 8 house or catch all of the action at once with the special quad-cam view which allows fans to see four different video feeds simultaneously. Subscribers will also have access to an exclusive, subscribers-only web chat that will allow fans from across the country to converse about what they see live on the feeds. Fans will be able to interact with one another and stay engaged with the show through Big Brother-focused blogs, chat rooms, message boards, weekly polls and other new interactive features.\n\n(As in past years, to preserve the drama for BIG BROTHER 8 television viewers, CBS may block or delay the webcast for a limited number of real-time events that transpire in the house.)\n\nBIG BROTHER 8 Mobile:\n\nLast year's All-Star edition was the first season that supplied around-the-clock updates from inside the BIG BROTHER house to CBS's mobile subscribers. Once again, CBS will offer its mobile subscribers a unique look into the world of the Houseguests competing in BIG BROTHER 8:\n\n\ufffd\ufffd BIG BROTHER MOBILE PACK: For the mobile subscription package, special producers will be monitoring the action inside the house around the clock to keep fans in the know with video clips, photos, live breaking house alerts and daily insider summaries sent straight to their cell phones. Additionally, fans will be able to download exclusive made-for-mobile wallpapers and ringtones from their favorite Houseguests at CBSmobile.com. The service will be available on most major wireless carriers and fans will be able to subscribe via CBSmobile.com and on-air callouts during BIG BROTHER 8.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd AMERICA'S VOTE: Throughout the season, fans will have the opportunity to cast votes that will impact certain scenarios inside the house. Cell phone subscribers can send in their votes via text message on most major wireless carriers.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd AMERICA WINS ON BIG BROTHER: Each week, fans will have the opportunity to win $10,000 by answering a Big Brother trivia question.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd HOUSE CALLS: THE BIG BROTHER TALK SHOW, the no-charge, half-hour, streaming video talk show, returns for its fourth season with broadcasts every Monday through Friday (1:00 PM/ET, 10:00 AM/PT) on CBS.com.\n\nHOUSE CALLS is hosted by radio personality Gretchen Massey. Massey will interact with viewers through phone calls and e-mails, discuss events that transpire in the Big Brother house, offer prognostications, analyze strategies and interview former \"Big Brother\" Houseguests as well as current Houseguests following their eviction.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd The BIG BROTHER 8 website on CBS.com will include detailed summaries of all the events that happen during each televised broadcast; a live 24/7 chat room; popularity and opinion polls; a virtual tour of the BIG BROTHER house; descriptions of the week's challenges; voting history pages; photo galleries; and a houseguest section with complete profiles.\n\n\ufffd\ufffd \"HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD BLOG\" returns for its second season in which fans will be able to hear straight from the Head of Household about life in the BIG BROTHER house, what it is like to be under the constant gaze of dozens of cameras and watched live on the Internet 24/7.\n\nBIG BROTHER 8 will follow the relationships and conflicts of players who live together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. One by one, the houseguests will vote each other out of the house. At the end of three months, the last remaining houseguest will receive the grand prize.\n\nBIG BROTHER 8 is executive produced by Emmy Award winner Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, in association with Endemol U.S.A."}
-{"text": "News & Updates\n\n\u201cAlthough we do not recognize each other as such, there is not one sentient being who has not been our mother. And just as we have taken countless rebirths, we have had countless mothers; no being has not been our mother. And each time they were our mother, the kindness they showed us was no different from the kindness shown by our mother in this life. Since they did nothing but lovingly care for us, there is not the slightest difference between our present mother\u2019s kindness and care toward us and that of every sentient being\u2026.. The kindness and care that mothers showed you in the past, and the kindness and the care your present mother shows you, are not in the least bit different from each other, either in being your mother or in their kindness and care. The kindness is the same if you received some food or wealth from someone last year or this year. The time of the deed, past or future, does not alter the degree of kindness. Thus all sentient beings are nothing but kind mothers to you.\u201d\n\nKyabje Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche (1901-1981)\n\nFrom Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment by Pabongka Rinpoche / Trijang Rinpoche. Translated by Michael Richards. Wisdom Publications. Click here to download a PDF of 100 pages of excerpts, courtesy of Wisdom Publications."}
-{"text": "Since 1977, Jon Michael Probstein has assisted people and businesses in all matters. In accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct, this may be deemed \"Attorney Advertising\". Nothing contained herein should be construed as legal advice. Always consult a lawyer regarding any matter. Call 888 795-4555 or 212 972-3250 or 516 690-9780. Fax 212 202-6495. Email jmp@jmpattorney.com\n\nMonday, March 6, 2017\n\nCAN ADOPTED CHILDREN INHERIT FROM THEIR BIOLOGICAL FAMILY?\n\nMatter of Murphy, 843 NE 2d 140 - NY: Court of Appeals 2005:\n\n\"The appeal before us involves the interplay of EPTL 3-3.3 and\nDomestic Relations Law \u00a7 117 (2). EPTL 3-3.3, the anti-lapse statute,\nprovides that when a bequest is made to the issue or siblings of the\ntestator, and the beneficiary predeceases the testator, the gift does\nnot lapse but vests in the beneficiary's surviving issue. The anti-lapse\nstatute was designed \"to abrogate . . . the common-law rule that a\ndevise or legacy to [a predeceased child] lapsed and to substitute the\nchildren of the deceased child for the primary object of the testator's\nbounty\" (Pimel v Betjemann, 183 NY 194, 199 [1905]). The harshness of that common-law rule, more often than not, defeated the testator's intention (id.\nat 200). We must determine whether the testator's adopted-out child,\nexpressly named in her will, qualifies as her issue within the meaning\nof EPTL 3-3.3. In simplest terms, the issue is \"issue.\"\nIn 1986, the Legislature revised subdivision (b) of EPTL 3-3.3, along with Domestic Relations Law \u00a7 117, defining \"issue\" \u2014 for the purpose of triggering the anti-lapse provision\u2014to \"include adopted\nchildren and their issue to the extent they would be included in a\ndisposition to `issue'\" under EPTL 2-1.3 and Domestic Relations Law \u00a7\n117 (2). Domestic Relations Law \u00a7 117 (2) (a) provides:\n\n\"Except as hereinafter stated, after the making of an order\nof adoption, adopted children and their issue thereafter are strangers\nto any birth relatives for the purpose of the interpretation or\nconstruction of a disposition in any instrument, whether executed before\nor after the order of adoption, which does not express a contrary\nintention or does not expressly include the individual by name or by some classification not based on a parent-child or family relationship.\" (Emphasis added.)\n\nThe Manning children contend that by naming their father\u2014 the\nadopted-out child\u2014as a beneficiary under her will, Mildred altered his\nstatus from \"stranger\" to \"issue\" for the purposes of the anti-lapse\nstatute with respect to that gift. Because much of Domestic Relations\nLaw \u00a7 117 (2) (a) would lose meaning if we were to rule otherwise, we\nagree with this contention and reverse the Appellate Division order.\n\n........\n\nWe therefore conclude that, under Domestic Relations Law \u00a7 117 (2) (a),\nadopted children and their issue are ordinarily \"strangers\" to their\nbirth relatives, and thus are excluded from class gifts. They are not\n\"strangers\" when the bequest is to a named adopted-out child\u2014here, to\nClair Manning. If \"stranger\" or the three \"nonstranger\" conditions of\nsection 117 (2) are to have any meaning, it must mean that biological\nchildren who are not \"strangers\" are \"issue\" under the anti-lapse\nstatute. We therefore conclude that when Mildred Murphy named her\nadopted-out son Clair as a beneficiary of her will, she triggered the\ncondition in section 117 (2) that made him a nonstranger, and thus her\nissue, with respect to the relevant bequest. His children, therefore,\nare entitled to the benefit of the anti-lapse statute.\"\n\nSubscribe To A Lawyer's Blog - JMP Esq.\n\nFollow by Email\n\nJon Michael Probstein, Esq.\n\nAbout Me\n\nSince 1977, my practice consisted of representing and assisting people and businesses in all matters, including public and private corporations, on both a civil and criminal level. My services have included public offerings, proxy fights, securities regulation, all phases of civil and criminal litigation, family law, estate law, guardianships, negotiation and drafting of a wide variety of agreements and transactions, in addition to general advice with regard to the customs and practices within various industries. I was also a Guest Commentator on COURT TV and an arbitrator. I am admitted to practice in New York and the federal courts, Southern and Eastern District, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Currently, I am special counsel to law firms in Los Angeles and New York, as well as operating my own office in Nassau County. I regularly perform pro bono work for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, Inc. and the NYS Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and I am a member of the LAP Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. I also have a blog that discusses common legal problems which you can visit at http://jmpattorney.blogspot.com/"}
-{"text": "Is age just a number?\n\nI'm hard on myself. Especially for being 25 and not ---- I'll spare you the list. I didn't notice how often I ask people their age until this past weekend . It may not be normal to ask age before occupation, but what is normal today? Maybe I do this to see if I\u2019m the only 25 year old not fully immersed in my passion. On the outside I smile and champion them in whatever it is they are doing with their life- it's sincere I promise. On the inside I battle my subconscious thoughts. \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you at that level? Why are you still at home?\u201d \u201c I haven\u2019t always lived at home. I wasn\u2019t always working a blah job.\u201d I am listening on the outside as I try to ignore the loud war within.\n\nTwo of the people I was with this weekend noticed that I was very curious about everyones age. Both of them are older than me and both of them are married. Both of them live different lives and both have a list, like myself, of things they wished by their age they would be doing or have already done. One of them is only 5 months older than me. When I look at their lives I would have never thought there\u2019d be a list. Sure, things aren\u2019t perfect in their lives, but a list as long as mine?\n\nOne of my friends said something that might have shifted my perspective of age- forever. Maybe we had thought we were ready for whatever it is we had wanted to already do, but we weren't. And maybe we aren\u2019t now. And maybe we won't be for years to come. God knows the right timing because He knows us best.\n\nI had no comeback. It was simple, straight and real. Something I'm sure I've heard before, but had never sunk deep until that moment.\n\n\u201cWould you be okay if you weren't married by 30? Would you be okay if your music never took off when and if you fully pursued it?\u201d -They challenged me. The questions kept rolling and I got it. But just because I understood the point didn't mean I sat there and told them I could accept all those things and would go on laughing my way through life. It was a hard conversation. But it was truth filled and I only have ever looked at truth as freedom.\n\nIsaiah 48:17 NIV:\n\n\u201cThis is what the Lord says- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: \u201cI am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.\u201d\n\nGod knows the correct time for our desired dreams. Take the risks and let faith stir because we do need to work hard at them. We can\u2019t always wait around for the right time. Learn to listen and lean on Him because what if you let go today and let God know what is best for you? Maybe you\u2019d save some time beating yourself up and comparing yourself to others. He knows- even when it\u2019s not easy to accept, He knows."}
-{"text": "Vermont High School to Fly the Black Lives Matter Flag\n\nA Vermont high school has announced that it will fly the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag during Black History Month, though many feel it is a domestic terror outfit.\n\nAdministrators at Montpelier High School in Montpelier, Vermont, bowed to demands by a student group called the Racial Justice Alliance to hoist the BLM flag outside the school during the month-long recognition of the contributions of African Americans to our nation\u2019s history, the Burlington Free Press reported.\n\n\u201cVermont has a long history of being at the forefront of civil rights movements,\u201d school administrators said in a public statement. \u201cOur state was the first to abolish slavery in its constitution and the first to enroll and graduate a black student, who subsequently served in the state legislature. The School Board\u2019s decision to fly a Black Lives Matter flag builds on that legacy.\u201d\n\nThe student group demanded that the school launch a program to discuss \u201cthe need for racial justice.\u201d Students also praised the school for changing curriculum and re-training teachers for a social justice agenda.\n\nDespite that purported \u201cprogress,\u201d the group is demanding more be done. \u201cAnd yet,\u201d the group said, \u201cwe need to do more to raise our predominantly white community\u2019s collective consciousness to better recognize white privilege and implicit bias.\u201d\n\nThe group, though, did acknowledge that the BLM flag has flown over troubling incidents of domestic violence:\n\nWe will raise the flag with love in our hearts and courage in our voices. We reject any purported connections to violence or hate that may or may not have occurred under the Black Lives Matter flag. We recognize that all lives do matter, but in the same spirit, not all lives are acknowledged for their equal importance until black lives have been.\n\nDespite its connection to riots, anti-Americanism, and other violence, the school board held a unanimous vote to raise the flag.\n\nStill, the board also recognized how controversial the BLM flag decision would be and invited the public to \u201cengage in a constructive and peaceful dialogue\u201d concerning the decision."}
-{"text": "This book isn't for the everyday home cook interested in the The Science of Good Cooking, but for the niche kitchen crowd intrigued by the idea of making an \"ultrafrothy\" milk shake made with raw milk, albumin powder and whey protein isolate for a frothy \"shake that tastes like milk itself.\" We're not exactly sure what that means in soda shop terms, either.\n\nBut if making sous vide tuna confit is your idea of fun, this is the book for you. Regardless, the cookbook is a fascinating flip-through in a over-sized format -- just the sort of book you might leave out on the coffee table to spark sous vide hollandaise debates when the dinner party conversation wanes. Or so you can make a \"modernist meatloaf sandwich.\" Get more after the jump.\n\nModernist Cuisine at Home is actually a boxed set, as the book is encased in a white box with a spiral-bound kitchen manual tucked inside. The kitchen manual is filled with 22 chapters promising recipes like pressure-cooked vegetable soups, sous vide lamb skewers (nitrous oxide is involved) and making hamburger patties in their original square form (We'd love to hear what the first diner cooks would say about that multi-step process).\n\nMicrowaved Black Cod\n\nThe Cooking Lab\n\nTo be expected, the book is recipe, technique and photo-heavy -- the latter being the primary coffee table draw with its comparisons of ingredients, dishes, and appliances like everyday ice cream makers versus PacoJets. More accessible kitchen tools are here, too, like paintbrushes for applying sauces and tweezers for garnishing dishes. Definitely weekend warrior-type fare. Our favorite tip:\n\nBelieve it or not, if you like your fish lightly cooked (as we do), then a hot tub can do the trick. The water in most hot tubs is set to 39 - 40 degrees C / 100 - 104 degrees F. Try it at your next party!\n\nStill, it's hard not to get drawn into the pages on impromptu sous vide set ups using simply an Igloo cooler, on the stove top, or in the kitchen sink or bathtub. Something about using your grandmother's old Igloo makes that \"modernist meatloaf sandwich\" recipe that requires salting cubed pork shoulder and beef chuck overnight before grinding it, then cooking individual patties of the meat (seasoned with ketchup, fish sauce, mustard, Worcestershire and Parmesan) sous vide -- all before coating them in bread crumbs and deep-frying them -- seem just a touch more accessible.\n\nBut for modernist cuisine purists, there are plenty of inspiring recipes for dishes like \"refried bean foam,\" sous vide braised snails and \"French-style\" scrambled eggs. In the latter, we are promised a beautiful custard-like texture that is derived by whipping the eggs with an immersion blender, cooking them sous vide and aerating them in a whipping siphon to \"make them foamy and light.\"\n\nLet us know how that goes. We'll be sticking to the whole black cod with scallions and ginger (photo above) and beef jerky, as the only equipment required is a microwave."}
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-{"text": "Blog Stats\n\nBlogroll\n\nA TV journalist who has reported extensively on varied matters, from politics, religion, breaking news events to natural disasters. This is an attempt to create a space for larger and deeper issues that don't make the headlines. At least not enough\n\nEducation\n\nInside a community centre at Mumbai\u2019s Dharavi slum, Umair Khan teaches a group of young boys the difference between good and bad touch.\n\nThe 20-year-old is a community organiser with Sneha \u2013 Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action. He works with the NGO\u2019s youth programme Ehsaas which, since 2013, has reached out to over 6,000 adolescents and youth between the ages of 15-24 in Mumbai\u2019s slums.\n\nAs a young boy, Mr Khan experienced abuse. \u201cThe abusers were older boys in the neighbourhood. I was scared that I would be targeted again and it took me years before I spoke up. I don\u2019t want anyone to suffer the way I did,\u201d he tells NDTV.\n\nAt over 243 million, India has the largest adolescent population in the world, as per UNICEF\u2019s 2011 report. However, down the decades, the focus of government programmes has been early marriage and early pregnancy, which is centered on young girls. Boys have been largely left out.\n\nThe National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 makes a compelling case for interventions among boys. Over 50% of boys between 15-24 years are in the labour force as per NFHS-3 data, while over 80% are married. One out of every five boys between 10-19 years is illiterate.\n\nOver the years, there has been a growing realisation that there is an urgent need for specific interventions among young boys and men who too are victims of rigid gender norms. They struggle with notions of what constitutes a real man.\n\nBeing sexually active with various women is seen as a cultural sign of virility and the fallout is a lack of understanding of women\u2019s rights.\n\nResearch has shown that men are also victims of many forms of violence, primarily at the hands of other men, and stand to gain from moving towards gender equality.\n\n\u201cAdolescent boys commit sexual crimes because there is a lack of appropriate orientation on sexuality and about matters like consent,\u201d says Neeta Karaindikar, Associate Director, Ehsaas.\n\n\u201cOur films and advertisements show women in a very poor light and boys look at them as item numbers. We have to change this by working with the next generation, to make them see women as equal partners,\u201d she adds.\n\nEhsaas does this through a mix of street plays and community meetings with adolescents and their families.\n\n\u201cBefore I joined Ehsaas, I expected my sisters to do the household work,\u201d says Shahid Shaikh, a community organiser.\n\n\u201cNow I know differently. We teach young boys to question stereotypes that allow boys to play outdoors but force girls into doing household chores. Gradually we are seeing a change,\u201d he adds.\n\nAn impact report done six months after Ehsaas was launched in Dharavi has shown positive signs. Over 70% of boys and girls said that both genders should have equal freedom; nearly a 20% improvement.\n\nReaching out to boys comes with many challenges, as Pravin Katke, a coordinator with Equal Community Foundation points out. The foundation reaches out to boys between 14-17 years from low-income communities in the slums of Pune.\n\n\u201cIn the areas that we work in, there is a high rate of school dropouts. There is also a tendency towards risky behaviour and addictions,\u201d adds Mr Katke.\n\nThrough interactive sessions and games, the foundation tries to find out what is going on in the boys\u2019 lives and the gender dynamics in the families.\n\n\u201cWe have a curriculum where we talk about gender equality, violence, relationships, sexuality and adolescence,\u201d says Mr Katke.\n\n\u201cWe raise different situations and discuss their responses,\u201d he adds.\n\nTo facilitate a larger change in the mindset, peer educators also meet with the parents every few weeks.\n\nTo prevent violence against women and build gender equality, one has to go back to the homes and communities where boys are raised, believes William Muir, co-founder, Equal Community Foundation.\n\n\u201cBoys across all environments are learning that successful men earn money and command respect through aggression and violence,\u201d says Mr Muir.\n\n\u201cWhen you help them reflect on whether those messages are right or fair, they will start taking their own steps. The goal ultimately is to ensure that every boy is growing up in an environment where they are learning gender equality and in Pune, we are building that model,\u201d adds Mr Muir.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nThat the Indian government is thinking on the lines of imposing a tax on sugary drinks and junk food is welcome news. Given the alarming rise of diabetes in India, there is active intervention needed to control the rise.\n\nA WHO report says that the number of people with diabetes in India is likely to cross 101 million by 2030, while Lancet published a study just a day before World Health Day that said there has been a fourfold increase in the number of diabetics from 1980 to 2014 \u2013 from 108 million to 422 million. It ranks China, India and the US are among the top three countries with the most number of people with diabetes.\n\nPrevalence has more than doubled for men in India and risen 80% among women. While the incidence is higher in urban areas with states in the South reporting especially high rates, what is worrying is the rise in rural India, a result of rapid urbanization.\n\nOf special concern is Gestational Diabetes Melitus (GDM), which remains neglected in India and has a severe impact on child and maternal health. G\nDM is linked to hypertension, eclampsia and obstructed labour, and is among the leading causes of maternal deaths.\n\nIndia has one of the highest rates of GDM in the world, with over five million women affected every year. While the worldwide prevalence figure is 15%, in India it is 22 to 25%.\n\nThe increasing prevalence of GDM is linked to growing urbanization, reduced levels of physical activity, and changes in dietary patterns and rising obesity\n\nWomen with gestational diabetes are also more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes in the future and therefore special attention needs to be paid to this population in India.\n\nA 2013 study by the Kerala-based Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies found that women diabetics are even more vulnerable as they cannot abandon their role of looking after the family and are expected to put the health of other family members above their own. This leaves them with far less time and resources for their own health.\n\nOne major reason for the rapid rise in India is lack of awareness. A 2012 study by the Brussels-based International Diabetes Federation found that over 60% of diabetics in India had never been screened or diagnosed because of this, while over 63% were unaware of the complications that arise from the disease.\n\nA combination of food patterns, sedentary lifestyles, obesity and genetics makes Indians more vulnerable to diabetes. It is time we acknowledge that and tackle the problem at a war footing.\n\nApart from nationwide screening programmes, early detection and treatment must become a part of primary health services. Awareness has to be created about dietary habits as well, with greater emphasis on fiber rather than sugar and starches.\n\nLike this:\n\nAt 1.8 billion adolescents and youth form a significant part of the world\u2019s population; the numbers are expected to grow even faster in the developing world. Which makes it critical that we invest in their education and health, and that includes sexual and reproductive health.\n\nAbout 16 million adolescents in developing countries between the ages of 15-19 years give birth annually; many of them are unplanned pregnancies. One-third of girls are married before 18 years, and 12% by the age of 15. An estimated 33 million young women between 15-24 years have an unmet need for contraception.\n\nThe global consensus statement at the recently concluded International Conference on Family Planning seeking to expand contraceptive choices, even long acting reversible contraceptives, for young people acknowledges this critical gap. A significant number of adolescents and youth are sexually active and want to prevent or delay a pregnancy. But access to contraception and ability to choose from a variety of methods is limited.\n\n\u201cI believe the terminology \u201cfamily planning\u201d needs to be modified\u201d, says Dr C.M Purandare, president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, FIGO. \u201cBecause adolescents are not family planning\u2014they have no family. But they are looking at contraception. When the terminology was decided, maybe 20 years ago, the situation was different. Then, we were talking about population reduction\u201d.\n\nThe statement calls for providing evidence-based information to policymakers, ministry officials, service providers, communities, family members and young people on the benefits of contraceptive options.\n\nAt its very core, it demands a rethink in how many countries, including India, approach sexuality education.\n\nWith one fourth of our population between 10-19 years, India is the youngest country in the world. We are likely to have 358 million young people in the next three decades. Young people, by accident or design, are experimenting with sex but is there enough being done to ensure that they are informed about it in an appropriate manner?\n\nFindings from the latest National Family Health Survey findings are not very promising. Data collected from the 13 states surveyed in Phase 1 show that 82% women and 70% men lacked comprehensive information about HIV/AIDS and safe sex practices.\n\nSexuality education, as defined by UNESCO, \u201cprovides opportunities to\u2026 build decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills about many aspects of sexuality. The term encompasses the full range of information, skills and values to enable young people to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights and to make decisions about their health and sexuality\u201d.\n\nHowever, in India, the subject of sexuality education has been a controversial one. In 2007 when the Centre, along with the NACO, NCERT and UN agencies announced the launch of the Adolescence Education Programme in schools, 13 states announced an immediate ban who felt comprehensive sexuality education is against Indian culture. Presently there is a ban on AEP in five states across India, and there is no unformity in the way the subject is approached.\n\nSuccessful sexuality education programmes start with children between the ages of 5-8 years. Children are curious about their bodies, and ideas of shame and silence are internalized at a young age. It is important, say experts, to educate children early on on the need to understand issues of consent, body image/shame, preventing abuse, establishing good communication skills and gender norms.\n\nThere is a need to adopt a \u201csex positive approach\u201d and go beyond looking at sexuality education as a \u201cmeans of controlling adolescent fertility because we want to reduce unwanted pregnancies or make sure families are planned better\u201d, says Ishita Choudhry, Ashoka Fellow and Founder of The YP Foundation, a youth-led organization that has worked with adolescents and young people in India in settings, both urban and rural, on many development issues, which include sexual and reproductive health and rights.\n\n\u201cThe fact is that adolescents are discovering their bodies and this is a joyful, exciting process for them\u201d, says Dr V Chandramouli, scientist at the WHO Department of Health and Reproductive Research. \u201cThey need information that will help them make safe, informed choices and this is not to be always framed in the context of HIV\u201d.\n\nBut most parents do not talk to their kids about sex and believe they will figure it out by themselves at some stage. They fear that incorporating it in the school curriculum will encourage promiscuity although innumerable studies show otherwise.\n\n\u201cFrom our experience we find that most adolescents are getting to know about sex from porn videos\u201d, says Ramya Jawahar, Vice Chair, International Youth Alliance for Family Planning. \u201cThese videos don\u2019t talk about safe sex or respecting boundaries so the messages going out to these adolescents is that its OK to not wear a condom or treat women in a disrespctful manner\u201d.\n\nPolicymakers and the government, says Jawahar, have to start looking at sexuality education as a health, development and human rights issue and not through a morality prism.\n\n\u201cIt is high time we move past our individual discomfort in acknowledging sexuality as a human desire and started considering adolescents as people with agency\u201d, says Chaudhry. \u201cUntil then we will keep looking at ways of regulating sexuality across different health outcomes instead of empowerment.\u201d\n\nThis article was published in the Business Standard. To read click here\n\nLike this:\n\nStanding outside the gate leading to her school, Anjali, a resident of Ghatkopar, Mumbai, 15, points inside to a partially broken door.\n\n\u201cThis is the only toilet in the school which has running water. Now do you understand why I prefer to stay home on \u2018those\u2019 days\u201d?\n\n\u201cThose\u201d are the days when Anjali is menstruating when she, and most of her friends miss school. That is nearly seven days every month and the frequent absences Anjali fears will come in the way of her dreams of becoming a doctor. Many girls in her neighbourhood have dropped out totally shortly after hitting menarche.\n\nWhat is a natural process marking the onset of adolescence in girls is fraught with huge challenges for girls in developing countries. Studies in different parts of Africa have documented how menstruation significantly compromises the education of girls.\n\nThe same is the case with India where according to an pan-India sanitation study by Dasra and Forbes Marshall, almost 23% of girls drop out of school when they start menstruating, and as many as 66% of girls skip school during this time. The same study also highlighted that 88% of India\u2019s 355 million menstruating women have no access to sanitary pads \u2013 a lack that affects the health of women and adolescent girls.\n\nAn unsupportive environment in schools that includes lack of adequate toilets, absence of gender-segregated facilities, poor sanitation and inadequate water is one of the main causes. Another factor that explains the low school attendance is access to sanitary products that girls, especially in rural India, face.\n\nA recent study focused on 53 slums and 159 villages in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh found that 89% of girls and women used cloth during their menses, with over half of them using the same cloth for more than one period. Two per cent used cotton wool and ash. Just 7% used sanitary pads.\n\nThe reality seems to have been taken note of at the policy level. In his Teachers Day address in 2014, PM Narendra Modi expressed concern about the large number of girls dropping out of school and the need to find ways to make sure girls don\u2019t quit school early. The Swachh Bharat, Swachh Vidyalaya mission aims to build \u201cat least one incinerator in the girl\u2019s toilet block and a niche to keep sanitary napkins\u201d.\n\nWhat hold out greater promise is innovations in this field. Among the most prominent are those by A. Muruganatham, the Tamil Nadu-based creator of low cost sanitary napkin making units, who is aiding the Uttar Pradesh government\u2019s efforts to reach total menstrual hygiene.\n\nGuided by the UP government and Arunachalam, a pilot unit was set up in the village of Mahoba in 2013 to produce low cost sanitary napkins. The unit employs only women and is part of a decentralized enterprise model. This was coupled with a massive drive on menstrual hygiene across nearly 15000 schools in the district. The program was a massive success with the demand for Subah napkins far outstripping the supply and the UP government plans to take it across the state.\n\nAlso effective has been the UNICEF program in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, under which a vending machine disposing sanitary napkins was installed in schools.\n\nAwareness too has to go hand in hand with affordability and availability. There is tremendous shame and stigma associated with menstruation and schools must address this, among boys and girls, to break the silence.\n\nLike this:\n\nThe lives of over 800, 000 children and 20 000 mothers could be saved each year with universal breastfeeding says a new series by the respected medical journal The Lancet.\n\nBreastfeeding leads to fewer infections, enhanced IQ, probable protection against obesity and diabetes, even breast cancer prevention in mothers, says the series which has been hailed as the most in-depth analysis done so far into the health and economic benefits that breastfeeding can lead to. It also highlights that breastfeeding leads to economic savings of 300 billion dollars\n\nThe data published is based on analysis led by scientists at the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil who looked at data from previous research.\n\nReporting on the findings, The Independent, a UK daily, quotes the study head Professor Cesar Victora as saying, \u201cThere is a widespread misconception that breast milk can be replaced with artificial products without detrimental consequences\u2026. The decision not to breastfeed has major long-term negative effects on the health, nutrition and development of children and on women\u2019s health.\u201d\n\nHowever, globally, only 37% of children under the age of six months are exclusively breastfed in low and middle-income countries.\n\nWomen avoid or stop breastfeeding due to many reasons ranging from medical, cultural, and psychological, to physical discomfort. Turning to formula milk, which is heavily pushed by multinational companies and many hospitals, becomes a convenient option.\n\nThere is a need to create a supportive environment for a mother who is breastfeeding says Dr Armida Fernandez, Founder, SNEHA. This includes addressing the many myths and misconceptions that are still widely prevalent.\n\n\u201cMothers, and this includes women from poor backgrounds, want to breastfeed their babies. But if their baby keeps crying, and this happens due to many reasons, they feel it\u2019s because they are not producing enough milk and so they resort to formula or diluted cow\u2019s milk leading to malnutrition\u201d, says Dr Fernandez.\n\nShe believes that doctors need to aggressively and consciously encourage breastfeeding.\n\n\u201cI find many doctors do not support it at all. The moment the baby is a little underweight they tell the mother to start a top feed. \u201c Dr Fernandez suggest that health centres and clinics must have counsellors on their staff who actively encourage women to breastfeed.\n\nCurrently India is still some distance away from reaching its targets on improving infant nutrition as per an assessment report by the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) and Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) published in late 2015.\n\nThe report says that nearly 15 million babies, who comprise of 55% of newborns in India annually, are deprived of optimal feeding practices in their first year after birth.\n\nThe assessment also points to gaps in policies and programmes outlined for enhancing breastfeeding rates. Countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka fare better than India in comparison.\n\nAggressive promotion of baby foods by companies, lack of support to women in the family and at work places, inadequate healthcare support, and weak overall policy and programmes were some of the reasons identified as responsible for lack of improvement in infant and young child feeding practice indicators.\n\nLike this:\n\nAs she rocks her restless baby, Tia Pertiwi listens as three women with aprons imprinted with images of the reproductive system explain how contraception works.\n\nBesides her are some 20 odd women, most of them market vendors, and the atmosphere is relaxed and carefree with many asking questions and cracking jokes.\n\nPertiwi, 25, who recently gave birth to her first child, wants to delay the second by a few years but is not sure what birth control method to adopt.\n\nFortunately, the answers are available close at hand; at the Pasar Badung marketplace where Tia works at a fruit stall.\n\nGuiding her with information about contraceptive options is the Yayasan Rama Sesana, a health clinic situated inside Pasar Badung, a traditional marketplace in the Bali capital Denpasar, where Tia works as vendor at a fruit stall.\n\nSince 2004, YRS, a non-profit, sexual and reproductive health clinic has reached out to thousands of low-income group women in Bali. Most of them, like Tia, work in traditional market communities with an average daily income of US$5.\n\nThe YRS started in 1999 and initially worked in the field of AIDS prevention among risk groups in 1999. It later developed a plan to open health centers to provide information and services on breast and cervical cancer prevention, HIV/Aids, family planning, prenatal care and sexually transmitted infections.\n\n\u201cBreast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Indonesia and over 9000 women die of cervical cancer in our country every year\u201d, says Dr Luh Putu Upadisari, founder, YRS. \u201cEarly detection is key to prevention but women lack information and they don\u2019t have the time and money, especially towards preventive care\u201d.\n\nTo ensure maximum reach, these health clinics were set up at traditional marketplaces. \u201cThey are open 24 hours a day and thousands of people \u2013 girls, women, housewives in particular \u2013 come here. This creates a supportive environment to inform them about their reproductive health and empower them,\u201d says Upadiseri.\n\nThe YRS has two such clinics at Bali and also runs mobile clinics that carry out monthly visits to markets around Bali. The services offered are on a donation basis and include breast exams, Pap smears, STI and HIV testing, and counseling.\n\nThe centers report about 520 clients per month on average \u2013 over 67% are women. Their location draws a wide variety of clients \u2013 not just market vendors but laborers, cleaners, office workers and shoppers.\n\nTrusting women with information about their health not only empowers them but also helps save lives. And the Balinese approach of reaching women directly at their workplace is one that has the potential to benefit thousands of women in India as well.\n\nLike Indonesia, India reports a high death incidence due to cervical cancer. According to a 2014 study by the Cervical Cancer-Free Coalition, it tops the world in cervical cancer deaths with nearly 73,000 women dying every year. It is also the second most common cancer in women aged 15\u201344 years.\n\nCervical cancer is treatable if found early but in the absence of a nationwide screening program in India, there are widespread disparities in screening, treatment as well as survival.\n\n\u201cEarly detection is essential as it is completely curable at that stage but we do not have a comprehensive screening program with the outreach required to provide access to services to underprivileged women\u201d, says Dr Aparna Hegde, founder of NGO ARMMAN, which is behind several maternal health initiatives in Mumbai and other parts of the country.\n\nHegde says innovative approaches could offer the way forward as traditional models of caregiving leave a lot to be desired.\n\n\u201cInitiatives like YSR emphasize preventive care and this paradigm shift essential because our health care system has almost always focused on curative services\u201d, adds Hegde. \u201cPreventive care will prevent overloading of our public health system and help them provide better care to the patients who access it.\u201c\n\nThis article was published in the Business Standard on January 27, 2016\n\nOne of the key statements to come out of the 2016 International Conference on Family Planning is the Global Consensus Statement supporting the expansion of contraceptive choices for young people to include long-acting reversible contraceptives or LARCs. Over 40 leading global health and development organisations have endorsed this statement.\n\n1.8 billion \u2013 that is the estimated number of adolescents in the world and a significant number of them are sexually active and don\u2019t want to get pregnant until they finish their education, get a job or they want to space their children. However, the limited access to LARCs restricts their ability to exercise full contraceptive choices. Lack of information, myths and misconceptions, lack of availability and poor community support are some of the key barriers.\n\nSpeaking at a press conference, C.M Purandare, president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) said that the goal of heir organisation is to encourage midwives, gynaecologists and obstetricians to work towards removing barriers in their countries to the use of LARCs to meet the reproductive needs of young people.\n\n\u201cWe have women who get pregnant and who come for an abortion and are not given information about the basket of contraceptive choices\u201d, said Dr Purandare. \u201cAfter a few months she is back for the same thing. If we do not provide her with information and contraceptives, we are failing her for the second time\u201d.\n\nIn many countries it is hard for adolescents to walk into hospitals and ask for contraceptive advice. \u201cInjectables are a boon to adolescents and efforts have to be made to ensure the knowledge is available as widely as posisble\u201d, added Purandare.\n\nAt the very core it boils down to a question of agency and autonomy for young women believes Ramya Jawahar, Vice Chair, International Youth Alliance for Family Planning who is from Bangalore, India.\n\n\u201cWomen are shuffled between the homes we are all born into and those we are married into\u201d, says Jawahar. \u201cNow that LARCs are in the health centres, the challenge will be to get women into these centres and getting the men on board\u201d.\n\nThe safety of LARCs for adolescents also came up for discussion at the conference. There are misconceptions and myths relating to the impact of long acting methods on the health of adolescents.\n\n\u201cAdolescents are eligible to use all methods like adults\u201d, said Dr V Chandra-Mouli of WHO-HQ, pointing to a WHO study which said there was no medical evidence to support the perception that implants or any other LARCs impact fertility.\n\n\u201cThe most important rationale for investing in young people is demographics\u201d, he added, pointing to countries like Hong Kong and South Korea that have invested in education and health. \u201cInvesting in young people is good for them, their families and their countries\u201d."}
-{"text": "This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.\nBy continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.\nYou may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.\nTo learn more see our Cookies Policy.\n\nOK\n\n#Open journalismNo news is bad news\n\nYour contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you\n\nThe rise in costs have been described as \u2018disturbing\u2019.\n\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH officials have denied that the rise in costs for the new national children\u2019s hospital represents a failure of management.\n\nIn a second day of hearings relating to the spiralling costs of the new hospital, Dean Sullivan, Deputy Director General Chief Strategy and Planning Officer at the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that the rise in costs is of \u201csignificant concern\u201d but denied that the controversy represented what Fianna F\u00e1il TD Stephen Donnelly described as \u201ca catastrophic failure of management.\u201d\n\nDonnelly questioned officials over the project at this morning\u2019s Oireachtas Health Committee where he stated that the finished cost per bed at the new children\u2019s hospital would be twice that of the most expensive hospital built in the world.\n\nLast week, the committee was told the current estimation is the hospital will cost \u20ac1.433 billion \u2013 \u20ac450 million higher than the figure of \u20ac983 million approved by government in 2017 and that the rise in costs \u201dwill undoubtedly impact on other priority health investments\u201d\n\nHowever, indications are the cost is expected to rise. Yesterday, the Taoiseach said the Department of Health has retained PWC, the expert accountancy and consultancy firm, to carry out an analysis of the situation.\n\n\u201cThe review will examine the contributory factors and associated responsibilities so that any potential weaknesses are identified and comprehensively and speedily resolved in the interests of the successful completion of the project and the effective management of public funds, he said.\n\nIt is understood the review is expected to be completed in March.\n\n\u2018Significant and disturbing\u2019\n\nAssistant General Secretary of the Department of Health Colm Desmond described the rise in costs this morning as \u201csignificant and disturbing\u201d but told committee members that the government has proceeded with the project due to the importance of the project to children\u2019s healthcare in Ireland.\n\nThe HSE is currently drafting the Capital plan for 2019, which will set out the health projects that can proceed into the future.\n\nThe HSE said it must think about the general everyday costs of healthcare infrastructure such as equipment and vehicles that might be needed, as well as expenditure it is contractually required to honour.\n\nDesmond told today\u2019s committee that the capital expenditure funding for continuing with the National Children\u2019s Hospital must now also be considered.\n\nThe impacts of the cost escalation will see non-contracted capital projects having to be managed within the available capital allocations.\n\nThere are a number of large-scale projects mooted over the next few years such as the National Maternity Hospital. However, there are a number of contracted projects due for completion such as phase one of the National Rehabilitation Hospital and also the National Forensic Mental Hospital in Portrane.\n\n\u201cWith regard meeting the additional funding requirements for the project in future years, the department [of health] is engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the HSE,\u201d said Desmond.\n\nDesmond told today\u2019s committee that the costs are of significant concern and assurances must now be sought that the National Children\u2019s Hospital will be delivered \u201cwithin budget and timescale\u201d.\n\nGeneral Secretary of the Department of Public Expenditure Robert Watt was invited to attend today\u2019s meeting but has refused to attend, much to the displeasure of some committee members.\n\nTheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. 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-{"text": "Comments on: Motorola Makes the Skip Official, Will be Free at Launch With MotoMaker Ordershttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/\nAn intense Android news community bringing you the latest in phones, rooting, apps, and reviews.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:44:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: kashtreyhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2953551\nMon, 19 Aug 2013 20:18:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2953551It sounds like you get three of those dot things which should be enough for your most common use areas where you\u2019d like to be able to use touchless controls i.e. one near your bed, one in the car, one at your work desk. I think the wearable skip is to be on you at all times so it\u2019s like pull out of pocket, rub against skip, bring phone to eyes.\n]]>By: hiltoabhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952960\nMon, 19 Aug 2013 15:01:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952960That is what I have been finding too. Well, I hope this over priced NFC tag relieves that. I guess I\u2019ll need to buy a few of them\u2026which makes me wonder, can you have more that one Skip??\n]]>By: michael arazanhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952658\nSat, 17 Aug 2013 09:17:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952658Will it work with a Droid Ultra Maxx\n]]>By: MyStroProhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952593\nSat, 17 Aug 2013 01:49:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952593I know this sounds dumb, but someone could just record a voice password on their own device and play it back. I don\u2019t think that it would be worth coding, but that is me.\n]]>By: Verizonhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952429\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 20:55:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952429Lame\u2026\n]]>By: Sirxhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952419\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 20:48:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952419Then stop complaining! Either suck it up, or change it. Anything else is just useless whining, and I can imagine it starts to get old after a while to everyone else.\n]]>By: mouthfullofpoophttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952412\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 20:40:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952412You are wrong, Verizon shits in my MOUTH. candybars!?!\n]]>By: D.B.Evanshttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952406\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 20:34:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952406While in concept I like the idea \u2013 I\u2019ll be curious if my employer will now accept Moto X onto their network. It\u2019s a BYOD office, and they have rejected allowing some devices on their network in the past. I\u2019m hoping they don\u2019t view these as a security risk for bypassing the lock-screens.\n]]>By: kashtreyhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952398\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 20:25:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952398From what I\u2019ve read active display still works but you have to go through the pin process before it takes you into an app. Touchless controls though will only let you place a call without having to touch the phone to enter your pin.\n]]>By: rosejoseph3http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952376\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 19:52:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952376$85 associate degree hour! Seriously i do not recognize why additional folks haven\u2019t tried this, I work 2 shifts, a pair of hours within the day and a pair of within the evening\u2026And whats impressive is Im engaging from home therefore i buy longer with my youngsters. Heres wherever I went, http://www.Pro67.com\n]]>By: Famesterhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952306\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 18:52:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952306Exactly. I left for for sprint. My service isn\u2019t as good but that\u2019s the cost of standing up to big red. Now if everyone grew a pair and showed Verizon by action and not by going on droid life and complaining maybe something would change. But you all just sit there and take while Verizon shits on your chest you ask for another and then go whisper to your friends about how you hate Verizon be proactive and do something about it. As long as you keep throwing those hundred dollar bills at them nothing will change\n]]>By: WAldenIVhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952305\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 18:50:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952305Does the double wrist shake to launch the camera work if you have a PIN or code on the Moto X?\n]]>By: Fresh360http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952246\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 18:06:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952246LET THEM HAVE ACCESSORIES!!!!!!\n]]>By: Stevedub40http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952226\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 17:56:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952226This is actually a great idea. My work recently changed their corporate email policies, so we now need a 6 digit pin or password to have exchange setup, which pisses me off. This would be a great help, because I hate having to enter in a pin every time I use my phone. Especially when you are trying to snap a quick photo.\n]]>By: FknTwiztedhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/16/motorola-makes-the-skip-official-will-be-free-at-launch-with-motomaker-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2952199\nFri, 16 Aug 2013 17:28:00 +0000http://www.droid-life.com/?p=117342#comment-2952199i actually thought (till i read the description) that you would wave it past your pocket like a pass card and it would unlock it for you or as you pulled it out of your pocket in that matter.. I love lock codes and patterns to keep looky lous from messing with my info, however pain in the ass when you have to do it 20 times a day while having to check emails.\n]]>"}
-{"text": "Some widgets have options that are only available when you get Core Membership.\n\nWe've split the page into zones!\n\nCertain widgets can only be added to certain zones.\n\n\"Why,\" you ask? Because we want profile pages to have freedom of customization, but also to have some consistency. This way, when anyone visits a deviant, they know they can always find the art in the top left, and personal info in the top right.\n\nActivity\n\nSo Nier was an awesome game, and I must now sit, wait, and deliberate on its awesome.\n\nI want to do an art of Nier but I have to contemplate what kind of epic art is worthy of the way the game made me feel.\n\nIf any of you find a copy of Nier about in your travels, you should pick it up and play it. Its Squeenix, but not exactly what you'd expect from the company. It has a lot of the epic storytelling methods but the gameplay is absolutely fabulous, and OMG Weiss and Emil are the best characters ever.\n\n\"I am Grimoire Weiss, and my name is NOT to be abbreviated.\"\n\nI also really like Kaine and if I didn't think it would make me actually die to walk around in something that is essentially a piece of lingere and some cloth wraps I would cosplay her. It might be fun to make an Emil mask though, and I'm skinny enough, I could pull off the bony apparance. Making the lower jaw work right would be fun too I think.\n\nDefinitely there should be an Emil art for NDK next year.\n\nPlus the game FEELS like the developers had fun making it. Emil's haunted mansion is done from a fixed camera perspective like a Resident Evil game and when the Prince of Facade finds his mask he totally does a little dance spin-around-and-raise-the-item-above-your-head thing like Link does in the Legend of Zelda games. When you get to the Forest of Myth and everything turns to text you go What The Fuck? but then it starts to be less confusing and the writing is enjoyable. And the Shade Wolf of Facade, ZOMG I want to do an art of him.\n\nAnd I was totally confused about the man you see in the beginning of the game. Was that the hero? He never talks about it, Yonah never mentions what happened in the city. And yet they are the same people as Dad and Yonah. Only when Yonah starts talking at the end you realize that Shadowlord SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER fuck I can't talk about it."}
-{"text": "SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, meant to launch a satellite this weekend, exploded on\nthe launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida around 9:07AM ET. The explosion\noccurred during the preparation for the static fire test of the rocket's\nengines, and no one was injured, according to SpaceX. The blast reportedly shook\nbuildings \"several miles away.\"\n\nThe company confirmed to The Verge the loss of the Falcon 9 an hour\nlater. Initially SpaceX said the explosion was caused by an \"an anomaly on the\npad,\" which resulted in the vehicle's loss. Later, the company clarified that\nthe problem originated\naround the oxygen tank of the Falcon 9's upper stage \u2014 the top portion of\nthe vehicle. Something happened while propellant was being loaded into the\nFalcon 9, but it's still unclear if the rocket is to blame or if it was a\nproblem with the launch pad equipment.\n\nVideo of the event confirms the explosion started toward the top of the\nvehicle.\n\n\"We are disappointed by the loss,\" a Facebook representative said when\nreached for comment by The Verge, \"but remain committed to our mission\nof connecting people to the Internet around the world.\"\n\nThe mission was scheduled for 3AM ET Saturday. Before all launches, SpaceX\nconducts a static fire test, in which the rocket's engines are turned on while\nthe vehicle is constrained. It's a routine procedure the company has done many\ntimes before. This time around, it seems that something caused an explosion on\nthe launch pad just before that test got underway.\n\nThe 45th Space Wing, the US Air Force unit that commands the Cape Canaveral\nAir Force Station (CCAFS), is responding to the explosion. \"There are no known\ncasualties. There's no threat to public safety, and our emergency management\nteams are on site responding,\" Bryan Purtell, a representative for the 45th\nSpace Wing, told The Verge. An additional statement from the unit asked\nthe public to avoid the area: \"CCAFS Emergency Management is providing the\ninitial on-scene response. Roadblocks will be set up in and around CCAFS, so we\nask that you avoid the entrance to the Air Force Station until further notice.\nWe will provide updates as they become available.\"\n\nAnd the company has big plans for the future. SpaceX is working toward the\nfirst launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket later this year, a giant vehicle that\nwill provide even more thrust than the Falcon 9. And in late 2017, the company\nplans to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first\ntime, part of the space agency's Commercial Crew Program. On top of all that,\nSpaceX recently announced plans to send\nthe first private spacecraft to Mars in 2018. But depending on what caused\ntoday's explosion, SpaceX's plans could run into delays."}
-{"text": "GuerlainShalimar Eau de Toilette\n\nInspired by the passionate love story between an emperor and an Indian princess, Shalimar, which means \"temple of love\" in Sanskrit, symbolises the promise of eternal love forevermore. It is a fragrance of desire. With ...\n\nInspired by the passionate love story between an emperor and an Indian princess, Shalimar, which means \"temple of love\" in Sanskrit, symbolises the promise of eternal love forevermore. It is a fragrance of desire. With its smouldering and slightly impertinent character, the star oriental fragrance in perfumery embodies skin-caressing sensuality with a hint of the forbidden. \"Wearing Shalimar means letting your senses take over,\" Jacques Guerlain would say.\n\nCreated especially for Guerlain loyalists, this modern sculpture doubles as a refillable spray case that reveals a glimpse of your perfume's mystery and recalls the fine engraving of precious jewellery.\n\nFragrance - Shalimar Eau de Toilette\n\nOriental.Voluptuous, sensual, spellbinding.\n\nA flight of flowers and bergamot whips up the top notes with a breeze of freshness. The heart is warmed by enveloping and delicately powdery notes of iris, jasmine and rose. To conclude, the presence of vanilla, rounded balmy notes and the gourmand warmth of tonka bean orchestrate a sensual symphony for the dry-down.\n\nPerfumer Secrets - Shalimar Eau de Toilette\n\nJacques Guerlain daringly used a completely new gourmand molecule, ethylvanillin, blended with the Jicky accord. Swept away by this deliciously carnal creation, which he worked on night and day, he knew that he was paving the way for a \"small revolution\": the first pure oriental fragrance."}
-{"text": "Number of stories in the building: 1 Grade: Average Living area: 1,714 square feet Open porch: 368 square feet Heating system: Forced Air Heating source: Oil Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of fireplaces: 1 Year property was built: 1954 Condition: Good Property type: Residential Lot size: 11,665 square feet Water system: Water District Sewer system: Public Access: Public Street surface: Paved Parking: AdequateSales:\n\nNumber of living units in the building: 2 Number of stories in the building: 1 Grade: Average Living area: 2,080 square feet Heating system: Forced Air Heating source: Oil Number of bedrooms: 3 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of fireplaces: 2 Year property was built: 1951 Condition: Good Property type: Residential Lot size: 9,389 square feet Water system: Water District Sewer system: Public Access: Public Street surface: Paved Parking: AdequateSales:\n\nNumber of stories in the building: 1 Grade: Good Living area: 2,560 square feet Open porch: 70 square feet Heating system: Forced Air Heating source: Oil Number of bedrooms: 3 Number of full bathrooms: 1 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Number of fireplaces: 2 Year property was built: 1950 Condition: Good Property type: Residential Lot size: 15,919 square feet Water system: Water District Sewer system: Public Access: Public Street surface: Paved Parking: Adequate\n\nNumber of stories in the building: 2 Grade: Average Living area: 2,220 square feet Attached garage: 370 square feet Heating system: Forced Air Heating source: Oil Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Number of fireplaces: 2 Year property was built: 1958 Condition: Average Property type: Residential Lot size: 13,600 square feet Water system: Water District Sewer system: Public Access: Public Street surface: Paved Parking: AdequateSales:\n\nNumber of living units in the building: 2 Number of stories in the building: 1 Grade: Average Living area: 1,860 square feet Attached garage: 460 square feet Open porch: 120 square feet Heating system: Electric Heat (Elec BB) Heating source: Electricity Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of fireplaces: 2 Year property was built: 1976 Condition: Average Property type: Residential Lot size: 7,200 square feet Water system: Water District Sewer system: Public Access: Public Street surface: Paved Parking: AdequateSales:"}
-{"text": "Asus ZenFone 3 Laser (ZC551KL) Evaluate, Worth, And Digicam Samples\n\nNokia is all set to launch the primary flagship this 12 months with the Nokia 8 and with that from past few days we are getting back to again leaks of the upcoming budget smartphone from Nokia with Nokia 2. Now we\u2019ve got acquired some extra leaks popped out on standard Chinese language social media web site Weibo and was printed by Digital Artist. We are inclined to agree with the latter and provide three arguments why audiences are prone to remain concentrated within the digital media marketplace; these involve the differential quality of media merchandise, the social desirability of media choices, and the media measures that inform person selections.\n\nLockheed Martin, Boeing and NASA with media help and influence the benefits of nanotechnology in Aviation and Aerospace. Public perception of nanotechnology is a vital obstacle for nanotechnology to be established efficiently in society sooner or later (Beasley, 2010, p.13).\n\nOn the other hand, there are actually a lot of apps and Internet-primarily based providers that you can run on your smartphone that will provide you with a lot, much more secure communications. Upon seizing power as German Chancellor in 1933, Adolph Hitler established a Rich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda headed by Joseph Goebbels.\n\nI for one, I am still averse to the use of cell-phones, besides on one certain app to communicate with my pals. And other people becoming culturally depended children on the technology with none kind of knowledge being siphoned and understood by those who would wish to know extra.\n\nParticularly given that they\u2019re competing in a worldwide market where, you know, German consumers don\u2019t need a cellphone that may be easily spied on by the NSA. E. Purposes of nanotechnology in aviation: Alvarez, Suzel. It\u2019s this way, Ellul\u2019s warning demonstrates propaganda at work in our present-day society in Mzantsi, without any opposition, as a result of in actuality, \u2018horizontal integration is nonexistent\u2019, to echo Ellul."}
-{"text": "Unwieldy Health Costs Often Stand Between Teachers and Higher Pay\n\nJune 25, 2018\n\nUSA Today\n\nAs teacher strikes flared this spring in more than half a dozen states, from West Virginia to Arizona, protesters bemoaned stagnant salaries, overcrowded classrooms and a lack of basic supplies such as textbooks and computers.\n\nOften missing from hand-scrawled placards and fiery speeches was an issue that has contributed greatly to the financial woes of America\u2019s schools: skyrocketing health care costs.\n\nMany teachers, like other public employees, have traditionally accepted a trade-off: In exchange for relatively low salaries, they could expect relatively generous benefits, including pensions and low- or no-cost health premiums."}
-{"text": "What is the Bitcoin Blockchain and How Does it Work? | Mashable Explains 2:18\n\nBlockchain technology and the outlook for Bitcoin 15:18\n\nPaypal gearing up for bitcoin? | CNBC International 1:18\n\nThanks for everyone watching and subscribing to my channel and joining my report group! check out my links below. In this video I want to give you an idea on what I am looking for in the Hard fork, Segwit, segwit2x conversation. The bitcoin chain split is happening and i want to let you know what I am looking for to happen and what I think will be the outcome. be safe and make sure you have your private keeps and if you can get your bitcoin in a offline cold storage wallet.Thank you everyone for watching and subscribing to my channel!"}
-{"text": "Abstract:\n\nAccording to the \u03b2-amyloid (A\u03b2) hypothesis, compounds that inhibit or modulate \u03b3 secretase, the pivotal enzyme that generates A\u03b2, are potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Studies in both transgenic and nontransgenic animal models of AD have indicated that \u03b3 secretase inhibitors, administered by the oral route, are able to lower brain A\u03b2 concentrations. However, scanty data are available on the effects of these compounds on brain A\u03b2 deposition after chronic administration. Behavioral studies are also scarce with only one study indicating positive cognitive effects of a peptidomimetic compound acutely administered (DAPT). \u03b3-Secretase inhibitors may cause abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract, thymus, spleen and skin in experimental animals and in man. These toxic effects are likely due to inhibition of Notch cleavage, a transmembrane receptor involved in regulating cell-fate decisions. Some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and other small organic molecules have been found to modulate \u03b3 secretase shifting its cleavage activity from longer to shorter \u03b2-amyloid species without affecting Notch cleavage. Long-term histopathological and behavioral animal studies are available with these NSAIDs (mainly ibuprofen) but it is unclear if the observed in vivo effects on A\u03b2 brain pathology and learning depend on their activity on -secretase or on other biological targets. The most studied \u03b3-secretase inhibitor, semagacestat (LY-450139), was shown to dose-dependently decrease the generation of A\u03b2 in the cerebrospinal fluid of healthy humans. Unfortuantely, two large Phase 3 clinical trials of semagacestat in mild-to-moderate AD patients were prematurely interrupted because of the observation of detrimental effects on cognition and functionality in patients receiving the drug compared to those receiving placebo. These detrimental effects were mainly ascribed to the inhibition of Notch processing and to the accumulation of the neurotoxic precursor of A\u03b2 (the carboxy-terminal fragment of APP, or CTF\u03b2) resulting from the block of the \u03b3-secretase cleavage activity on APP. Two large Phase 3 studies in mild AD patients with tarenflurbil (R-flurbiprofen), a putative \u03b3-secretase modulator, were also completely negative. The failure of tarenflurbil was ascribed to low potency and brain penetration. New Notchsparing \u03b3-secretase inhbitors and more potent, more brain penetrant \u03b3-secretase modulators are being developed with the hope of overcoming the previous setbacks.\n\nAbstract:According to the \u03b2-amyloid (A\u03b2) hypothesis, compounds that inhibit or modulate \u03b3 secretase, the pivotal enzyme that generates A\u03b2, are potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Studies in both transgenic and nontransgenic animal models of AD have indicated that \u03b3 secretase inhibitors, administered by the oral route, are able to lower brain A\u03b2 concentrations. However, scanty data are available on the effects of these compounds on brain A\u03b2 deposition after chronic administration. Behavioral studies are also scarce with only one study indicating positive cognitive effects of a peptidomimetic compound acutely administered (DAPT). \u03b3-Secretase inhibitors may cause abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract, thymus, spleen and skin in experimental animals and in man. These toxic effects are likely due to inhibition of Notch cleavage, a transmembrane receptor involved in regulating cell-fate decisions. Some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and other small organic molecules have been found to modulate \u03b3 secretase shifting its cleavage activity from longer to shorter \u03b2-amyloid species without affecting Notch cleavage. Long-term histopathological and behavioral animal studies are available with these NSAIDs (mainly ibuprofen) but it is unclear if the observed in vivo effects on A\u03b2 brain pathology and learning depend on their activity on -secretase or on other biological targets. The most studied \u03b3-secretase inhibitor, semagacestat (LY-450139), was shown to dose-dependently decrease the generation of A\u03b2 in the cerebrospinal fluid of healthy humans. Unfortuantely, two large Phase 3 clinical trials of semagacestat in mild-to-moderate AD patients were prematurely interrupted because of the observation of detrimental effects on cognition and functionality in patients receiving the drug compared to those receiving placebo. These detrimental effects were mainly ascribed to the inhibition of Notch processing and to the accumulation of the neurotoxic precursor of A\u03b2 (the carboxy-terminal fragment of APP, or CTF\u03b2) resulting from the block of the \u03b3-secretase cleavage activity on APP. Two large Phase 3 studies in mild AD patients with tarenflurbil (R-flurbiprofen), a putative \u03b3-secretase modulator, were also completely negative. The failure of tarenflurbil was ascribed to low potency and brain penetration. New Notchsparing \u03b3-secretase inhbitors and more potent, more brain penetrant \u03b3-secretase modulators are being developed with the hope of overcoming the previous setbacks."}
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-{"text": "News\n\nSep 22, 2017\n\nStar Trek Discovery warps into Star Trek Timelines today\n\nFrom Press Release:\n\nStar Trek Timelines, the expansive free-to-play mobile, PC and web game spanning all 51 years of Star Trek history, is about to get even bigger! This week Disruptor Beam has releasedVersion 3.0 with new playable features, improvements to existing features, as well as the integration of the upcoming Star TrekTM series Star Trek: Discovery into the game. The new show premieres on CBS All Access at 8:30PM ET(5:30 PM PT) on Sunday, September 24th.\n\nNew Discovery characters, ships, crew, and storylines will make their way into Star Trek Timelines as the series airs. Players will get a sneak preview of this Discovery content starting this week with an updated introductory storyline featuring Commander Michael Burnham and Lieutenant Saru. Then players will warp into Star Trek: Discoverystarting on Thursday, October 5th with the month-long Mega-Event, \u201cDiscovery: A New Anomaly.\u201d The Mega-Event will consist of 4 individual weekend events, introducing crew such as Captain Phillipa Georgiou, Gabriel Lorca, Ash Tyle and Harry Mudd.\n\nLaunched just this week, Version 3.0 of Star Trek Timelines includes a completely revamped user interface for Ship Battles, a new Ship Battle rewards system, plus the new Voyages feature that allows players to send crews out on long-duration missions into the unknown. Along the way, the crew will discover all new Star Trek\u2122 storylines, solve thorny problems, and gain impressive rewards. Star Trek Timelines is available to download on Google Play and theApp Store, as well as on Windows PCs through Steam and desktop computers everywhere on Facebook andFacebook Gameroom. Visit the Disruptor Beam website for links to the game\u2019s social media and more information!"}
-{"text": "Sometimes I have a lot to say, and sometimes I don't have much to say at all.\n\n12.20.2009\n\n*snicker*\n\nI'm particularly tickled by the \"sherpa in the Himalayas\" simile. From an email sent to the UC Berkeley community yesterday morning:\n\nPlease Announce: UCMeP Selects UC Berkeley Spokesman Dan Mogulof as the Top Outstanding Oratorical Leader (TOOL) of the Year\n\nDear Mr. Mogulof,\n\n...As the official spokesman of UC Berkeley, you have been there whenever our administrators, \u201cfearing for their lives\u201d were forced to hide in \u201cundisclosed locations.\u201d You have spoken courageously and eloquently on their behalf, waxing poetically on the value of autocracy during times of emergency...\n\nYour words have been like a light in darkness, a sherpa in the Himalayas, guiding the UC community and the larger public to conclusions that we simply could not have arrived at without your help...\n\n...For all of this and more, sir, UCMeP commends you and is pleased to name you the Top Outstanding Oratorical Leader (TOOL) of 2009. Your unflappable unashamedness, always-for-sale rhetorical talents, and wild imagination are to be applauded. You truly embody everything a TOOL stands for.\n\nAs UCMeP\u2019s TOOL of the Year, we recognize that you are not simply an easily replaceable propagandist as some might claim (we\u2019re looking at you, http://moguloflies.wordpress.com/). No, you are a first-rate (and highly paid) rhetorician who has studied the greats: Socrates and Shakespeare, Goebbels and Glenn Beck. You have mastered their secrets and clearly grasp that out of rhetoric\u2019s holy trinity (ethos, logos, and pathos), the strategy of preying on populist emotion will always prevail. Who needs logic or ethics when you can mobilize fear to get your point across?\n\n...UCMeP also commends you for your unwavering commitment to the welfare (sorry to use such an ugly word) of the University of California. Considering your paltry salary of $155,861.55 (http://ucpay.globl.org), it is clear that you cherish UC Berkeley more than the students you regularly vilify in the press. Of course, your love for the university runs deeper than that of the student with a 4.0 GPA (who plans to work for Teach for America after graduation) who you and Governor Schwarzenegger recently defamed as a terrorist.\n\n...We encourage you to not take your award lightly. Being named UCMeP\u2019s TOOL of the Year comes with high expectations. You have received it not only in recognition of your past achievements, but also your incredible potential. We encourage you to continue finding innovative ways to challenge the students at the University of California. Keep thinking of new words and phrases to defame a movement that so dangerously calls for democracy, equality, diversity, justice, and the end of police violence. We send our most heartfelt congratulations, and are most confident that you will live up to the high standards of being a TOOL."}
-{"text": "Melrose native Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock has qualified for the Olympics later this summer in London. Twenty-nine year old Smock won the triple jump this (Monday) evening at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon."}
-{"text": "Hi Mike,\nCould you show what's the difference of old 883C and 883D? I searched MIL-STD-883C and 883E and 883F, they all said the rise time of current waveform is less than 10 nanoseconds. I can't find the difference of them.\n\nAbsolutely. On a similar note, at one company I found out that the previous year's biggest issue wasn't fixed in the new model year. Why? Because Sales was able to hit quota anyway! This was actually a massive effort by Sales to use personal relationships, incentives, discounts, freebies--anything they could pull out of their bag of tricks to get customers to accept the previous year model with the issue. So the overseas group, noting that \"sales wasn't impacted\", didn't fix it. Just goes to show, things can work quite smoothly until humans get involved.\n\nHardware design guys are not without fault. I have a current design that I need to build that due to \"a small error\", when the substrate was layed out, has resulted in multiple capacitor insertions acting as leap frogging pads for bonding wires and in one part running a wire bond over top of the IC to the correct trace.\nAt another employer, several years ago, Same type of situation resulted in power jumping over ground on one of the devices. Things like that just don't make for a robust design and when pointed out, sales, and the design guy both responded with we'll fix it on the next rev. work around it for now.\n\nGood question. The old 883C spec required testing with a fairly slow rise time. Actual air discharge ESD events have very fast rise times.\nWith the ESD protection structure on the wrong side of the input strucvture, a slow event could still safely discharge through the ESD structure. A really fast event (fast rise time) required a large current flow to discharge its energy in a short time.\nThe poor input gate was stuck between the bonding pad and the ESD structure. So the gate saw high voltage on the trace (between the pad and the ESD structure). That was enough to rupture the gate dielectric.\nNot long after we learned all of this, MIL-STD-883C was replaced with -883D, which had a much faster rise time."}
-{"text": "bryan and i often scheme up what we believe to be exciting outings and activities for our girls. however, summer has a very delicate inner balance that does not tolerate the \"new\" and \"exciting\" very well. we know this, of course, from past experience, but still, it has not hindered our attempts at creating memories through good, clean, forced family fun.\n\nso for christmas this year, we got the girls a pull sled and fully outfitted them for the snow. we drove up snoqualmie pass to the snow park and naively expected a grande olde time.\n\nafton, as usual, was a champ. she loved being bundled and pulled and carried in her dad's pack.\n\nsummer, though, had other plans.\n\nat first, she was thrilled. she loved getting on her gear, and she soon ran up the snow bank to frolic and, naturally, eat some snow. but somewhere in the midst of all this seemingly happy behavior, it happened. she flipped the switch. an unknown, unnamed force disturbed her zen.\n\nshe wretched and threw herself onto the snow. she screamed. she cried. she refused her gloves. nothing could calm her. nothing could quell her newfound, deep-rooted hate for all things snow.\n\nSaturday, December 19, 2009\n\nFriday, December 18, 2009\n\nat last, after waiting two full years (she is so like her father),summer loves me.\n\nor so she finally says.\n\nher term?lubby (a patented combination of \"love\" and \"you\").\n\nshe lubbies me in the morning, she lubbies me before bed, and she lubbies me as it strikes her fancy throughout the day.\n\nbut when does she lubby me most?\n\nwell, for all her mischievousness, summer HATES getting in trouble. so for example, like today, when she had her crayon privileges revoked *yet again* for gratuitously breaking her crayons in half, she just stood there, tears running down her cheeks, sobbing, \u201clubby!lubby!\u201d\n\nit's not so much that she wanted her crayons back (because despite my lecturing, she may still not quite understand what words like \"privileges\" and \"revoked\" actually mean), she just needs to feel lubbied.\n\nFriday, December 04, 2009\n\nin other afton news, we have recently coined a term to describe her particular temperament: she\u2019s a great \u201cshow baby.\u201d whenever we take her places, everyone wants to come up and interact with her because she is so SMILEY. i have a 99% guarantee that she will smile at you if you smile at her. and who doesn\u2019t just need to see a smile sometimes?\n\nThursday, December 03, 2009\n\nwhat happens when your five hour connection from charlottesville to seattle is delayed five hours?\n\nwell, two things, really:\n\n1) you don't get home until 3:30am. which is 5:30am in the time zone you just left.\n\n2) you never, EVER fly US Airways again. ever.\n\nshout out to both summer and afton who handled the situation superbly. we really could not have asked for better behaved children.\n\nand while we were the only ones on the flight with children two and under--let alone TWO children two and under, we seemed to be amongst the more \"chill\" of the group upon receiving the bad news of the delay (first a one hour delay...then two...then three...then, well, you've all been there).\n\nsecurity even had to come and take away one elderly gentleman with anger management issues. we never saw him again.\n\nanyway, our friendly reminder to those who were so distraught (yes, we're talking to you college students returning from a trip to the bahamas and able to go to sleep and get up whenever you feel like it): things could be worse, you could be us.\n\nand for us? well, when i was feeling pretty low, bryan handed me this picker-upper: we could be in darfur.\n\nindeed, we counted our blessings.\n\nalso, see that poor kid in the background by my right shoulder? he had the unfortunate luck of sitting across from me not once, but twice while i breastfed afton. who knows, maybe i kept him entertained.\n\nSunday, November 29, 2009\n\nwhile our nashville nights were filled with hot tubbing, cooking, eating, and of course, playing more games back at the cabin, our days were spent hoofing it around music city. here are a few highlights:\n\nvisiting the grand ole opry house.\n\nsadly, the backstage portion of the tour was unavailable.\n\nwhich according to the opry hostesses (and the new york times), is the only reason to come. thanks for making us feel better about ourselves, hostesses.\n\nthe nashville zoo.\n\nzoos have a long and illustrious history in young family lore,\n\nso we thought it only fitting to visit one during our reunion.\n\nwhile the animals were all remarkably well behaved,\n\nit was summer that treated us all (and by \"all\" i mean the entire zoo) to a 15 minute five-alarm tantrum (where, for the first time ever, she literally pulled out her hair) during lunch.\n\nfor this year's thanksgiving celebration, the young family -- in its entirety for the first time in two years -- rented a cabin in the sticks of tennessee, ate turkey, played games, watched football, and argued about the significance of jim bowie and davy crockett."}
-{"text": "Top six World War I sites to visit\n\n7 November 2014\n\nBy Caroline Hendrie\n\nA little over 100 years ago the first British troops landed on French soil at the start of a conflict that was to last four years and cost millions and millions of lives. The history has been well documented, but nothing shows the legacy and human sacrifice of what was idealistically called 'the war to end all wars' better than a visit to the key sites in France and Belgium.\n\nEvery evening at 8pm the solemn notes of The Last Post played by a lone bugler have rung out at the noble white stone and red brick Menin Gate at Ypres, built in 1928. Time your visit to hear this moving farewell to the fallen, but also take some time to examine the walls of the large hall of remembrance to 54,896 Commonwealth soldiers lost before August 1917, but whose bodies have never been identified or found. The 30,000th The Last Post will be played on July 2nd, marked by a special ceremony (the bugles were silent during the German occupation of Ypres in the Second World War).\n\nOf all the 'silent cities' the immaculately kept cemeteries tended by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the one at Tyne Cot near Passchendaele is the largest, with almost 12,000 plots, in neat rows. Walking through row upon row of identically shaped, curved top white headstones the awful extent of the human sacrifice is brought home. Another moving experience is hearing the names of 34,887 men missing in action in the last 16 months of the war called out by a disembodied voice on the walk to the visitors' centre.\n\nIf you have only time for one major museum, make it this one, housed in Ypres' old Cloth Halls. Recently revamped to include holograms and interactive exhibits, the focus is not only on the history of the conflict from the invasion of Belgium, through the four years of trench warfare and the Armistice, but also zones in on the human experience and the fact that people from five continents and many different cultures were involved. Don't miss a visit to the belfry, you'll be rewarded with sweeping views of the city and surrounding battlefields.\n\nThe Menin Gate\n\n4. Wilfred Owen House\n\nA forester's house on the fringes of the village of Ors, where the great British war poet spent the last night of his life in the last days of the war, has been turned into an extraordinary and moving artwork called La Maison Forestiere by conceptual artist Simon Patterson. The shell of the original house is now a ghostly white sculpture, it roof tilted like an open book, letting daylight into the inner shell. A sweeping circular ramp leads down to the house's one remaining original feature, the low vaulted cellar where Owen and 30 comrades huddled together for five days. Above the house's interior has been stripped out and walls cladded with clouded glass on which the original manuscript of Dulce et Decorum Est, his most famous poem, has been reproduced. In a powerful light and sound show eight of his war poems are projected onto the walls as the words are read out in a recording by Kenneth Branagh. Owen died attempting to cross the nearby Sambre-Oise canal on November 4, 1918 and his grave can be found in the Ors Communal Cemetery, third from the left in the back row of the small British Commonwealth section.\n\nA new memorial opened by French president Francois Hollande on November 11, 2014 has been built alongside the French National Cemetery at the summit of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette plateau near Arras. Formed in a large ring, the memorial's unique feature is that the names of the 600,000 soldiers inscribed on its walls are in strict alphabetical order, with no reference to rank or nationality, a symbol of friends and foes resting in peace together.\n\n6. Cambrai East Military Cemetery\n\nAnother poignant reminder of the great losses on both sides and an interesting contrast between the British and German styles of war grave can be seen in this mixed cemetery in northern France. The Commonwealth graves area, framed by hedges has rows of tablet headstones standing in rose beds. 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-{"text": "Why are people absent?\n\nAbsence from work can usually fit in to either of the following.\n\nPlanned or authorised absence\n\nThis is absence that an employer knows about in advance and can plan how to cover to avoid disruption to the organisation. Examples include annual leave, maternity leave and some types of long term sickness.\n\nUnplanned or unauthorised absence\n\nThis is absence which an employer is unaware of until just before it happens. This can sometimes make it difficult for an employer to plan cover arrangements. Examples of unplanned absence include short term sickness, travel disruption and domestic emergencies.\n\nIt can include when a worker fails to turn up to work without any reason being given or contact being made. If this happens an employer should attempt to contact their worker as soon as possible, including using an emergency contact. If contact cannot be made the employer should discuss the absence with the worker on their return.\n\nIf no satisfactory reason is provided for the absence and the failure to contact their employer, it could warrant disciplinary action.\n\nProviding a fit note when absent\n\nIf a worker is absent due to sickness for seven days or less they can self-certify their absence. This means the worker informs their employer that they are not well enough to work and do not need to provide any further medical evidence.\n\nIf a period of absence due to sickness lasts longer than seven calendar days (regardless of how many days they work each week) then a worker must provide their employer with a fit note.\n\nA Fit Note (or The Statement for Fitness for Work), is a medical statement that GPs or hospital doctors issue. It aims to focus on what an employee may be able do at work rather than what they cannot do. A doctor can use a fit note to advise that a worker:\n\nis not fit for work\n\nmay be fit for work.\n\nWhen stating that an individual may be fit for work, the GP should consider fitness for work in general, not fitness for a specific job that the employee is doing.\n\nIf a worker may be fit for work, a doctor can suggest ways of helping the worker get back to work. This might mean recommending:\n\na phased return to work\n\nflexible working\n\namended duties\n\nworkplace adaptations.\n\nAn employer should consider any recommendations made on a fit note. Accommodating the changes may help the employee be fully fit for work quicker. If the absence is due to a disability, an employer must consider making 'reasonable adjustments' to help them return to work and carry out their job.\n\nIf an employer is unable or unwilling to make the recommended changes then the employee may remain off sick for the duration of the fit note.\n\nSick pay\n\nIf a worker is absent for four or more days in a row they may qualify for SSP (Statutory Sick Pay). It is payable for 28 weeks. To qualify, a worker must earn at least the Lower Earning Limit.\n\nSince April 2018 the rate for SSP has been \u00a392.05 per week. The amount is reviewed every April.\n\nSome employers may offer contractual sick pay. It cannot be less than SSP.\n\nIf an employer offers contractual sick pay, it should include the rate of sick pay and how long it is payable for in the terms and conditions of employment.\n\nContact during sick leave\n\nThere should be regular contact between an employer and an absent employee. An agreement should be reached as to how often and how the contact should be made. This should be used to:\n\ncheck on the employees wellbeing\n\nbe clear about what pay the employee is receiving\n\nsee if there is anything the employer can be doing to support the employee\n\nexplain any updates or changes that are taking place within the organisation.\n\nReturn to work discussions\n\nA return to work meeting is common at the end of a period of absence. Having one may be included in an employer's absence policy or company handbook. In most organisations, discussions will be informal and brief and should be held as soon as possible following the period of absence. It is generally intended to:\n\nwelcome a worker back\n\ncheck the worker is well enough to be at work\n\ndiscuss the reason for the absence\n\nupdate the worker on anything that has happened at work while they have been absent.\n\nIf a worker has been absent from work often, a return to work discussion can be an opportunity to discuss any underlying problems causing this. For example, if the sickness is work-related or if they are having any problems at work or home.\n\nManaging short term sickness\n\nShort term absences - those that last a day or two - are the most common cause of sickness absence. A worker should let their employer know as soon as possible if they are unable to attend work. Regardless of the length of the absence an employer should hold a return to work discussion once the worker is back at work.\n\nReview points\n\nAn employer should expect a satisfactory level of attendance from their staff. To monitor this an employer may set review points (sometimes called trigger points) of a certain number of days or occasions of sickness absence.\n\nIf an employee exceeds these review points then the employer may consider issuing a formal warning. If absences continue, it could lead to further disciplinary action and ultimately dismissal.\n\nManaging long term sickness\n\nHandling long-term absence can be difficult because the illness may be serious, involve an operation and recovery time, or could be a mental health issue. These require a sympathetic approach.\n\nAn employer should:\n\nassess if colleagues can manage or whether they need to hire someone on a temporary contract\n\nconsider asking the employee for permission to contact their GP to assess:\n\nwhether a return to work will be possible and if so when\n\nwhether a return to the same work would be advisable\n\nwhether a phased return would help\n\nwhether the employee is disabled and therefore reasonable adjustments need to be made\n\nwhether a return to lighter, less stressful, work would be advisable.\n\nPatterns of absence\n\nAn employer may notice a pattern of absence with a particular worker. For example, regularly being late on a certain day of the week or being off sick after a particular event.\n\nAn employer should use a return to work discussion to discuss the pattern with the worker and explore whether there is any underlying reason behind it.\n\nFor example, it could be that a worker's personal circumstances have changed, and this is leading to their attendance issues.\n\nWhere issues are identified, an employer should consider whether there is any support or temporary adjustments that may help the worker attend work regularly and on time.\n\nAbsence policies\n\nAn employer should have an absence policy in place to make it clear exactly what is expected if an employee is absent. An absence policy should include:\n\nhow to report absences. Who to contact and when contact should be made\n\nwhen an employee will be required to provide a fit note\n\nwhen return to work discussions will be held and by whom\n\nany review points that have been set by the employer\n\nwhether the employer uses an Occupational Health referral scheme and when this will be introduced\n\nAcas Productivity tool\n\nTake the Acas self-diagnosis Productivity Tool test to understand your organisation's strengths and weaknesses, and to help you identify simple practical steps you can take to get the best out of your staff. The tool will produce a report with links to relevant Acas help and tools.\n\nManaging absence - e-learning Module\n\nLearning OnLine offers a range of e-learning courses and resources for individuals and different types of employers. Visit Acas Learning OnLine to get register and get started.\n\nAcas Helpline\n\nIf you are unsure about your organisations policies on absence management or if you are experiencing difficulty in this area you can speak to an Acas adviser on our helpline."}
-{"text": "Today, the GRAMMY Museum opened in Newark, New Jersey, at a special ceremony attended by the Mayor of Newark, Neil Portnow (head of NARAS Recording Academy), members of Whitney\u2019s family including Cissy Houston (who performed with The New Hope Baptist Choir), Pat Houston and Dionne Warwick, amongst others.\n\nHere are two partial photos of Whitney\u2019s exhibit inside the museum \u2013 you can see the dress Whitney wore when she won three GRAMMYS for The Bodyguard is one of the items featured."}
-{"text": "Wait, What? Antonio Brown Might Not Make the Final 53?\n\nTo recap: the Steelers sent Santonio Holmes to the Jets for a fifth-rounder because he was a huge pain in the ass. I wasn\u2019t crazy about the move because, well, Holmes was a former first-round pick, a Super Bowl MVP, and the team\u2019s best wideout. But I understand the motives behind the trade, and after watching rookies Manny Sanders and Antonio Brown (and even Antwaan Randle El, who surprised the hell out of me against the Giants because he actually got open downfield AND caught a couple passes), I\u2019m over Holmes.\n\nConceivably, the Steelers could go into the regular season with Hines, Wallace and Heath, and Randle El in the slot. Which means that Sanders and Brown (who have both looked impressive through two preseason games) and Battle could fight it out for the fourth and fifth spots (in addition to all contributing on special teams). Seems plausible in theory, but then I read this from Ed Bouchette\u2019s Giants game notes:\n\n\u201cThe coaches believe Antonio Brown is not smart enough to grasp the routes he has to run as a wide receiver. I\u2019m told his roster spot is in jeopardy because of it. Look, Steelers coaches once explained that Johnny Unitas wasn\u2019t smart enough either before they released him. Brown is on my team, if for nothing else right now than as a return man. Let\u2019s hope the coaches come around to that way of thinking. Brown showed a good burst right off the ball on his returns and made good decisions where to run. Stefan Logan, for all his speed and quickness, has neither of those two attributes.\u201d\n\nWhat the what? Look, I understand that there is plenty I don\u2019t know about these players, especially when it comes to their knowledge of the playbook, their day-to-day work ethic, and the impressions they make on the coaches. But I find it hard to believe that Brown, who is obviously talented, knows so little of what he\u2019s supposed to be doing from one play to the next that the Steelers would actually consider keeping him off the final 53.\n\nBouchette makes a good point: fine, don\u2019t let Brown run routes during the season. Just let him return kickoffs and punts for a year while he uses the rest of the time to familiarize himself with his offensive responsibilities. I mean, we\u2019re not talking about Fred Gibson here \u2014 somebody who was afraid to get hit and apparently wasn\u2019t fond of hard work. In limited action, Brown\u2019s shown great hands and appears to be a legit big-play threat.\n\nMaybe he\u2019s expendable if Holmes is still around, but less so when an aging Hines Ward is lining up opposite a second-year player who can run really fast in a straight line but is still unproven as a route runner. And behind them is a former college quarterback back in Pittsburgh after losing a couple steps during a four-year stint in DC.\n\nAnd while I leave the 53-man-roster math to Ted, if Pittsburgh keeps six wideouts (and, historically, that certainly seems reasonable), there\u2019s no way Brown doesn\u2019t make the team (Hines, Wallace, Randle El, Sanders, Battle) unless Stefan Logan suddenly becomes a wide receiver and keeps his return gig.\n\nIt could also mean a roster spot for a player at another position \u2014 perhaps on the offensive (Hartwig or Hills) or defensive line (Sunny Harris or Nick Eason), or at linebacker (Stevenson Sylvester). But from my uninformed vantage point, it doesn\u2019t make much sense to get rid of a guy who could help immediately to make sure there\u2019s depth on the game-day roster. Then again, trust no one. Because, you know, everything\u2019s a conspiracy.\n\nKeeping Logan and cutting Brown would be dumb. Brown can return kicks probably 90% as good as Logan and he\u2019s also a WR.\n\nSometimes I don\u2019t understand roster management.\n\nFW\n\nBrown may not be the Nobel mathematician that Eddie B. is, but I\u2019d keep him on the 53-MR based on what little I\u2019ve seen of him. Also, was that Eddie B. coming down from Sinai with the tablets? Answer: NO.\n\nSD\n\nI\u2019m pretty annoyed with Bouchette here. I think it\u2019s obvious that Brown that talent and potential. I think it\u2019s equally obvious that he\u2019s a player that needs some maturing before he\u2019s ready to contribute at to this team, both short term and further down the line. Anyone that goes into a celebration of a catch that doesn\u2019t even result in a first down is a player that needs a dose of perspective in my book.\n\nI\u2019m ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that no coach on the Steelers\u2019 staff told Ed Bouchette that Brown wasn\u2019t smart enough to learn to run routes. I\u2019m sure that the conversation, if it occurred, went more in the lines of Bouchette asking about Brown\u2019s chances of making the team, and some coach saying that he still needed work learning his routing trees and other specifics of his position that any and all rookies are trying to get down this time of year. And that\u2019s a good thing, the last thing someone like Brown needs is to make a couple meaningless catches in the regular season, go into cruise control thinking he\u2019s got the team made, and tune out the coaches for the rest of the year. That\u2019s the path of busts and divas, and the Steelers don\u2019t build divas.\n\nAnd even if Brown can replace Logan as a returner, if he\u2019s not ready to contribute as a receiver, then he basically becomes the same player Logan is now. A return specialist without a true place on offense. And if you\u2019re going to dedicate a roster spot to purely to a returner, as a coach you have to ask yourself is Brown better than Logan is currently in that role.\n\nSo no, Brown isn\u2019t guaranteed a spot on this team yet. He\u2019s showing promise and potential, but he\u2019s also shown that he needs to mature. And if he doesn\u2019t make the roster because of that, I\u2019m fine with that. And I\u2019ll be reading what Bouchette says with a little more skepticism from this point on as well.\n\nJudk\n\nBouchette\u2019s logic is dopey. Wallace didn\u2019t pick up routes last year either, so he just ran fly routes deep. A year later and he knows the playbook. There\u2019s no reason Brown can progress in a similar fashion."}
-{"text": "Christina Aguilera \u2013 Change (Single)\n\nLast Update -\nJune 17, 2016\n\nChange is the new single song by American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and record producer Christina Aguilera which is expected to release via itunes by This Friday June 18th 2016 Digitally. The Voice judge did hint at the forthcoming song when she first sent out a message of support to those affected by the tragedy, using the hashtag #change in her tweet.\n\n\u201cMy prayers are with everyone affected by last night\u2019s senseless tragedy. We can\u2019t tolerate hate. Don\u2019t lose hope, we can #change the future,\u201d she wrote. She has been chipping away at the opus for nearly two years, having worked with everyone from fellow Voice coach Pharrell to production duo Da Internz.\n\nThe emotional song will be also released as charity single and all proceeds will be used to help families affected by the tragic event. This becomes Christina\u2019s first proper release since 2012.\n\n\u201cXtina is gonna premiere a new song called #Change on Ryan Seacrest tomorrow!!!\u201d"}
-{"text": "Faculty Three members of the faculty received promotions effective August 2010: Fran\u00e7ois Raffoul and Delbert Burkett, both promoted to professor, and Charles Isbell, promoted to associate professor with tenure.\n\nIn the spring and fall of 2010, the department conducted three further personnel reviews: a third-year review for Reem Meshal (spring 2010), a fourth-year review for Ed Song (fall 2010), and a tenure review for Paula Arai (fall 2010). Both Meshal and Song were reappointed. Arai's tenure awaits only the approval of the Board of Supervisors.\n\nDelbert Burkett received a sabbatical leave for the academic year 2009-10. No faculty took a sabbatical in 2010-11. Husain Sarkar and Greg Schufreider submitted proposals in 2010 for sabbaticals in 2011-12. Both proposals await approval by the Board of Supervisors.\n\nThom Barber, a long-time adjunct who taught logic, retired after the fall of 2010.\n\nFaculty morale took a nosedive in fall 2010 with the beginning of the budget crisis. Several members of the faculty looked for, applied for, and even interviewed for positions at other institutions, though no one left as a result.\n\nUndergraduate education In the spring of 2010, Philosophy and Religious Studies had 93 majors, 66 in Philosophy and 27 concentrating in Religious Studies. 30 majors graduated in 2009-10 (most in May 2010). In the fall of 2010, the number of majors was 105, of which 77 were in senior college and 28 in University College.1 In 2010, the department offered 79 sections of undergraduate courses, 50 lower-division and 29 upper-division. Maximum enrollment was normally set at 55 for lower-division courses and 30 for upper-division courses. According to the Office of Budget and Planning, the department offered 4,544 student credit hours of undergraduate instruction in the fall of 2010 (no figures are available for spring 2010). The SCHs were distributed as shown in the following table.\n\n\u2013 &nbsp\u2013 &nbsp\u2013\n\nThe total number of SCHs in fall 2010 (4544) is up from fall 2009 (4,202) but down from fall 2006 (5,516).\n\nSome of the courses offered by the department supported other units in the University. We contributed courses to the Honors College, both in spring 2010 (Henderson) and fall 2010 (Pasquier, Song). Other courses were cross-listed with Anthropology, International Studies, and Linguistics.\n\nTwo members of the faculty received teaching awards in 2010. Jeff Roland received the Robert Udick Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Ed Song received the Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching award from the Honors College.\n\nGraduate education\n\nThe M.A. in Philosophy has for many years been a low-completer program (one with less than five graduates per year). However, over the past four years, the number of degrees awarded per year has averaged 4.5. This is a significant increase from the 2.8 average in 1999. In fact, over the past two years, the average has risen above 5.0, the minimum needed to keep the program from being considered a low completer. Much of the credit for this increase goes to Greg Schufreider, our Graduate Director, who has actively recruited graduate students who are getting a Ph.D. from another department at LSU.\n\nMembers of the philosophy faculty regularly serve as members and directors of committees for M.A. students in Philosophy. In addition, members of both sides of the department regularly serve on dissertation and thesis committees for graduate students in other departments and on Numbers for fall 2010 came from the Registrar\u2019s office (2/18/10). The number of graduates and the number of majors for spring 2010 come from the Enterprise Information System, which does not distinguish between majors in Philosophy and concentrators in Religious Studies. The numbers given by the Office of Budget and Planning (59 for both semesters) are woefully inaccurate.\n\nthesis committees for undergraduates. The faculty served on 25 such committees in 2010. Such service was performed by Cogburn (3), Crystal (3), Finley (4), Henderson (1), Irvine (1), Meshal (1), Rocha (3), Sarkar (1), Sirridge (1), Song (4), and Sutherland (3). Fran\u00e7ois Raffoul served as an external reader and committee member for a graduate student from Pacifica Institute in Santa Barbara, California.\n\nOne important activity in the life of the department is the Philosophy Colloquium, which is organized by the Philosophy M.A. students and majors under the supervision of a faculty member (currently James Rocha). They organize weekly lectures and have frequent meetings and reading groups. Additionally, the graduate students organize an annual graduate student conference in the spring that brings in participants from all over the country and features keynote speakers. In 2010 one of the two keynote speakers was the president of the American Philosophical Association.\n\nPublications\n\nFran\u00e7ois Raffoul and Michael Pasquier both published single-author books in 2010: The Origins of Responsibility (Raffoul) and Fathers on the Frontier (Pasquier). Both have received positive reviews. Pasquier's press (Oxford) nominated his book for five different prizes, including the Frederick Turner Jackson Award offered by the Organization of American Historians. Raffoul also translated and published, with a co-translator, a book on Oedipus in French by Juan David Nasio. Delbert Burkett published an edited volume, The Blackwell Companion to Jesus, a major reference work with 30 contributors.\n\nIn addition to these four books, the faculty also published the following:\n\n10 articles in refereed journals: Cogburn (2), Crystal (1), Meshal (1), Raffoul (2), Roland \u2022 (2), Schufreider (1), Song (1) 1 article in a non-refereed journal: Isbell \u2022 9 chapters in edited volumes: Burkett (3), Finley (2), Meshal (1), Pasquier (1), Sirridge \u2022 (1), Sutherland (1) 13 encyclopedia entries: Finley (4), Pasquier (9) \u2022 3 book reviews: Pasquier (2), Rocha (1) \u2022 The 2010 publication record of our department closely matches the average of philosophy departments that offer a Ph.D. The 2010 report of the National Research Council (NRC) gives the average number of \u201carticles\u201d per faculty member for doctoral programs.2 The average number of articles per faculty member in doctoral programs in philosophy was 15.82 per sevenyear period (2000-2006), or 2.26 articles per year. The average for doctoral programs in religion was somewhat lower: 13.61 articles per seven years, or 1.94 articles per year. Our department\u2019s average for 2010, without counting the13 encyclopedia articles, was 2.22 articles per faculty member,3 close to the 2.26 average for doctoral programs in philosophy.\n\nThe term \u201carticle\u201d apparently includes chapters in edited volumes as well as articles in journals. It is not clear whether or not it also includes encyclopedia articles. The NRC procedure counts a book as the equivalent of five articles. The term \u201cbook\u201d apparently includes edited volumes and translations as well as authored books.\n\nThe eight Religious Studies faculty had an average of 2.5 articles, not counting 13 encyclopedia articles. The ten Philosophy faculty had an average of 2.0 articles. The Philosophy faculty published more in refereed journals, while the Religious Studies faculty published more in edited volumes.\n\nIn addition to the department\u2019s publications that appeared in 2010, a number of others were accepted for publication. These included an authored book, an edited book, five articles in refereed journals, two articles in conference proceedings, fifteen chapters in edited volumes, one encyclopedia article, and one book review.\n\nConference activity\n\nFran\u00e7ois Raffoul was invited to deliver two keynote addresses at professional conferences: for the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy in Edmonton and for the Twenty-First Century\n\nHeidegger Conference in Dublin. Other conference activity consisted of the following:\n\nDelbert Burkett received an ATLAS grant for the academic year 2009-10 to work on his \u2022 book project: Rethinking the Gospel Sources, Volume 3: M and the Other Sources of Matthew.\n\nStephen Finley received the Charles Redd Fellowship in Western American Studies \u2022 ($1300.) from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University. This fellowship funded his travel to BYU in June 2010 to study in their special collections for a book project on African American Latter-Day Saints.\n\nFinley was also a finalist for the 2010 Young Scholars in American Religion Program \u2022 sponsored by the Center for the Study of American Religion and Culture at IUPUI.\n\nMichael Pasquier was named a Seminar Fellow in the Young Scholars in American \u2022 Religion Program, sponsored by the Center for the Study of American Religion and Culture at IUPUI, for the years 2010-12.\n\nPasquier also received a Council on Research Summer Stipend ($3000.) for summer 2010 \u2022 from the Office of Research and Economic Development at LSU.\n\nPasquier also received a stipend of $2000. from the LSU Center for Community \u2022 Engagement, Learning and Leadership for curriculum and syllabus development as a Service-Learning Faculty Scholar in spring 2010.\n\nJeff Roland was co-PI on a proposal to obtain an IES/NCER grant from the U.S.\n\n\u2022 department of Education to fund development of a new curriculum for middle/high school Algebra courses.\n\nEd Song was named a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar for the \u2022 seminar \u201cPhilosophical Perspectives on Liberal Democracy and the Global Order\u201d held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, in June 2010.\n\nProfessional service\n\nThree members of the department serve as editors of a journal or book series:\n\nFinley: associate editor of the Journal of Men, Masculinities, and Spirituality \u2022 [http://www.jmssweb.org] Pasquier: co-editor of the Journal of Southern Religion [http://jsr.fsu.edu] \u2022 Raffoul: co-editor of the book series Contemporary French Thought at SUNY Press \u2022 Crystal served as an editorial assistant for a book in the series, Ancient Commentators on Aristotle.\n\nOther members of the department serve on the editorial boards of journals: Arai (Religion Compass), Cogburn (Teaching Philosophy), Isbell (The Bible and Interpretation, www.bibleinterp.com), Isbell (Women in Judaism), Pasquier (Religion in American History Blog, http://usreligion.blogspot.com), Raffoul (Research in Phenomenology), Raffoul (The Yearbook of Comparative Literature), Raffoul (philosophy editor of Mondesfrancophones.com).\n\nThree members of the department served as a referee for national or foreign organizations:\n\nRaffoul: regular philosophy evaluator for the Chateaubriand fellowship \u2022 Sarkar: referee for the National Science Foundation for the revised version of a proposal \u2022 in the area of group rationality, 2010 Song: review panelist for National Endowment for the Humanities, Grant Program \u2022 \u201cEnduring Questions,\u201d 2010 Still others served as referees for journals or publishers. These include Cogburn (2), Finley (2), Irvine (1), Pasquier (1), Raffoul (2), Sarkar (2), and Song (2).\n\nMaterials of this site are available for review, all rights belong to their respective owners.\nIf you do not agree with the fact that your material is placed on this site, please, email us, we will within 1-2 business days delete him."}
-{"text": "Secondary menu\n\nYou are here\n\nYARMOUTH, Maine\u2014Designing and installing mass notification systems is a growing segment of the security and fire market. But is it really worth conducting a risk analysis before starting a project, or is it just a waste of time and resources?\n\nSecurity Systems News posed that question in a monthly poll and found that most readers\u2014nearly three-quarters of those who responded\u2014said that risk analysis was a valuable and even essential part of the process.\n\nThe non-scientific survey of 55 readers in May and June found that 74 percent of installers said risk analysis was valuable because it prevented overdesign and led to more-satisfied clients. Seventeen percent, however, said it was time-consuming and didn\u2019t really make much difference in the end.\n\nComments provided by respondents were unanimously in favor of risk analysis, however, with the opinions summed up by this reply: \u201cDoing a risk analysis in any security operation is a no-brainer. You need to know what can impact on maximizing your end objective to design/develop a cost-efficient system.\u201d\n\nRalph Earl, president of Ralph F. Earl Associates Inc. of Bryn Mawr, Pa., said effective, cost-efficient and reliable communications systems need \u201crealistic\u201d risk analysis that is unique to the coverage area and performed by knowledgeable professionals.\n\n\u201cIn emergency situations, the failure of risk analysis and planning immediately presents itself through equipment failure [and] poor performance, and results in a lack of clear, reliable communications among key units, personnel and other end users,\u201d he wrote.\n\nDave Twining, manager of field and marketing support for GE Security Canada, agreed that taking a one-size-fits-all approach to sites and end users is not in the best interest of anyone involved.\n\n\u201cRisk analysis is key to what type of responses are needed,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery site has different risks and different modes of communication needed to get the message to the right people. It all needs to be planned out.\u201d\n\nIdeally, the planning should extend beyond the initial phase of the project to handle the changing world of mass notification, said reader David Muklewicz.\n\n\u201cA properly done risk analysis and emergency response plan gives the end user a better chance of actually getting the system that they need to respond to situations,\u201d he wrote. \u201cUnfortunately, many people think this is a one-time function while it actually needs to be an ongoing process, as the threats and the methods of dealing with them are constantly evolving.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Steering in the Right Direction with Rocket League Car Differences\n\nWelcome back to my blog, loyal reader! If this is your first time, nice to meet you. Feel free to sit back, relax, and take a look around. I\u2019ll be here waiting for you because, you know, this is prewritten. Today, I\u2019m going to go over a very special part: Rocket League Car Differences. Let\u2019s be serious. There is a lot that goes into Rocket League, a whole freakin\u2019 lot. There are two things that people judge you for\u2014how you look and how you play. Now, I can\u2019t make you a better player because only practice can do that, but what I can do is set you up with a solid understanding of what car you should be using, and that\u2019s practically the same thing.\n\nWhy You Should Care\n\nFirst things first: the car makes the player. I know it sounds overly dramatic, but I have personally seen extremely good players play terribly because they were using the wrong vehicle. Everyone is suited to different tastes and preferences, of course, but I\u2019m just going to see if I can match you with your best car because of your play style. Each car has significant strengths and significant weaknesses, and I\u2019ll go through each one so you\u2019ll be well equipped to make a good choice on what to drive.\n\nBig Cars\n\nA beautiful, compelling title, no? Not really. It\u2019s pretty dull, but nevertheless, it\u2019s a major contribution to the fleet of cars Rocket League has available. This grouping doesn\u2019t see to have a lot of change, but every now and again a new one will come out. Some of the players in here that you\u2019ll see the most are the Roadhog/Roadhog XL, the Merc, or the Mantis. They\u2019re probably the most common big vehicles, and there are certainly strong advantages to having a larger vehicle. First of all, before I get into it, I want to explain that all cars have the same exact specs. None accelerate faster or are faster than another.\n\nThe fun thing about driving a larger vehicle is that you will have a better chance of winning a head-to-head collision. If a big car comes up against a little one (like the Scarab), logically speaking the bigger one is going to win. Their bulky frames allow for nice power shots at the expense of mobility. Especially with the Roadhog, it\u2019s harder to turn both on the ground and in the air while going for an aerial. You will get the same feeling as driving a large truck in real life.\n\nThe Merc is one of the funniest cars. I rarely see a very good Roadhog or Mantis or anything like that, but every time I see a Merc, I groan. In higher levels, the people who drive the Merc tend to be very good. I have no idea why. It\u2019s just something I\u2019ve noticed. Try it out! It could be your perfect vehicle. It\u2019s got a nice, sharp hitbox, which usually means you can shoot accurately with it.\n\nSmall Cars\n\nThe small cars. There aren\u2019t many of these so I won\u2019t go into too much detail, but one important one is the Scarab, which basically looks like a moon buggy. It\u2019s an adorable little orb with a couple wheels basically glued on. It\u2019s like a Smart Car with attitude. It can be one of the funniest vehicles to play and play against, largely because of the way it\u2019s built. Stick a giant foam cowboy hat on that thing, equip some mean looking wheels, and you effectively look ridiculous.\n\nUnfortunately, the Scarab is very hard to play with, so although you will make people laugh, your teammates won\u2019t be laughing looking at your score after the game. The reason for this is that the Scarab has virtually no sharp edges, which are vital for effective shot placement. Another reason is that although it handles very nicely and is exceptionally maneuverable, it\u2019s tiny size make it hard to hit the ball properly. If you\u2019re driving a larger vehicle like the Mantis, your issue is going to be hitting it correctly, not hitting it at all like with the Scarab.\n\nThere\u2019s also the Octane, which is a monster that many professionals use. The reason for this is because although the Octane is small, it\u2019s a pointy little thing and it can harness enormous striking power without giving up any accuracy. It\u2019s light, fast (it\u2019s one of the easiest to control), strong, and efficient. It also looks pretty cool and you feel awesome playing with it.\n\nBut wait, you say. Didn\u2019t I just say that little cars are hard to play with? Normally, yes. In the case of the Octane and Octane ZSR, that gets tossed to the side because of how nice the Octane family handles. They\u2019re tremendous cars and, once you get some experience under your belt, I would certainly recommend you using one or at least giving it a try.\n\nSports Cars\n\nBy and large, the sports car category is the biggest grouping of vehicles, hands down. It\u2019s not even close. They\u2019re medium sized and tend to be very nice for most everything. Whereas the big vehicles focus on power over mobility and the little cars trade out strength for agility, the sports cars are right in the middle. They aren\u2019t going to beat a big car for strength and they aren\u2019t going to beat the little ones for agility, but they\u2019re okay with that. They\u2019re a pleasing middle ground that many people use. Some of the most popular at the Dominus, the Imperator, and the Centio. These cars seem to come out all the time. Nobody\u2019s going to be amazed that you play with one of these because they aren\u2019t amazing in any particular way, but they\u2019re also reliable and I\u2019d start with the Sports car grouping if you\u2019re still learning how to play.\n\nSummary\n\nYou might notice that I never told you which car to play.\n\nThat, dear reader, is for a reason. I could tell you that you should never play a big car and it\u2019s certainly a popular opinion, but then again\u2026. I\u2019ve been mauled by people playing with them. I could tell you to just stick to an Octane, but some people can\u2019t play with the little thing and hate it. Personally, I like to play with one of four cars\u2014an Imperator, an Octane, a Mantis, or a Centio. The Imperator has nice edges that are easy to hit with and it looks like something I would want to drive. The Mantis is handy because of its large frame. The Centio, much like the Imperator, just has a feeling that I enjoy. Finally, the Octane is just an Octane.\n\nIf you\u2019re just starting off, I\u2019d try to steer relatively clear of larger vehicles. I\u2019d stay in the sports car category or I\u2019d try an Octane. Short of that, there\u2019s no harm in trying them all and seeing what you like! Just pick any car you feel curious about and play in a non-competitive match (please, don\u2019t try a new car when it matters)."}
-{"text": "How is Xiaomi Making Cost Effective Phones?\n\nWhen we hear the word Cost-Effective phones, The first company that comes to our mind is Xiaomi. But how it can achieve this? Xiaomi Chinese smartphone vendor has earned a prominent name for itself selling of Smartphones at almost a third of the price of its competitors. This may sound too good as to be true. However, the company is managing for the selling of millions of phones, attracting the attention of the smartphone lovers world over. But how Xiaomi is handling all this?\n\nXiaomi claims for the pricing of its smartphones above their costs, just for one thing. But the officials of the company are also pointing out towards its iconoclastic business model, which shuns the burden of finance of using traditional distribution and marketing practices, relying on the internet for fueling sales. This has made Xiaomi in a company that has become successful enough in becoming the hottest of China\u2019s tech firms.\n\nXiaomi came in the business by developing the Mobile OS. After that, they started creating their smartphones as their platform became more popular.\n\nDisorganizing the Market\n\nIn August 2011, when Xiaomi launched its first flagship phone M1, attention was drawn on the device\u2019s price. They made a natural choice for the consumers to buy a smartphone for 1,999 yuan. A significant bargain was delivered to the consumers as compared to other expensive and high-end phones which included the iPhone 4, starting at 4,999 yuan. Then Xiaomi maintained the initial flagship phone price of 1,999 yuan. Later the company launched its Hongmi products that are lower-specification phones and at even lower prices starting only at 699 yuan. Hongmi phones are now doing so well, and this has helped the Xiaomi in becoming the third largest vendor of China.\n\nMi 3, Xiaomi\u2019s latest flagship handset, has all those features which you would probably expect from the high-end phones. It is equipped with 1.8GHz Nvidia quad-core processor, a 5-inch pixel screen and also has the 13-megapixel rear camera, and they are all fixed in a metal casing together.\n\nAccording to analysts, Xiaomi maintains the low prices for its smartphones, but it still can extract profit from their sale.\n\nCutting costs on Components\n\nXiaomi considers each and every component because they are a Major role in overall cost. So, they care every component, example if they use the LCD screen instead of AMOLED screens, they can reduce the price in Large, Like this, they consider including Gorilla glass, battery, Speakers, Wireless chargers. 10-20 $ Difference, Can make a Huge change in the mobile industry.\n\nXiaomi does not spend All their money on advertisements\n\nUnlike other competitors, Xiaomi does not follow the traditional trends of spending money on ads. Xiaomi does not have its physical stores and a complex network of franchises; instead, they sell a large number of phones through e-commerce directly to the consumers.\n\nXiaomi sells on Tmall.com which is one of the most significant online retail sites of China and also have its online store. Not only are the handsets offered by these sites but also the accessories like headphones and T-shirts and company\u2019s toy rabbit mascots. Xiaomi involves its fans at multiple levels to create popularity when it launches its new product.\n\nFor example, when it was going to launch the Redmi Note 3, Xiaomi started an explorer program. It gave its 100 Mi fans and gave them the Redmi Note 3. These fans were most active among others on the Mi community. Redmi Note 3 assigned to them as a beta-testing device. These fans generated the content on the social media which helped the company to attract 300,000 engagements.\n\nThe company is dependent on the press, social networking sites, and its customers. The exposure that results from this may not be on the level of Apple and Samsung, but this practice lets Xiaomi focus on the young consumers that are already using the online products and the Internet.\n\nQuantities in Limit\n\nWhether you get Xiaomi phone actually or not on your hands, this is another matter. During the release of the Mi 3, 100, 000 units sold out instantly in less than two to three minutes hardly. Each week releasing phones in a limited quantity is the signature strategy of the Xiaomi\u2019s business which helps in keeping the costs down. Less risk is faced by the company when they manage a smaller inventory. This lets the Xiaomi in gradually ramping up the production as costs component decline over time.\n\nA light-like business model\n\nOn a broader perspective, Xiaomi aims to generate revenue, through software, but not purely by hardware sales. As Amazon is launching low-priced tablets and mini books which is ultimately motivating the customers to buy more digital content and ebooks, so there is a similarity between the Xiaomi and the Amazon core business strategy.\n\nThe competition is becoming more challenging for the Xiaomi in the selling of smartphones. A lot of other vendors are replicating the smartphones and the Xiaomi\u2019s strategy of selling the smartphones at low cost. Many brands are creating high-end smartphones on low prices, and further, they are using the online channels for drumming up the sales.\n\nXiaomi is marketing its products throughout the world, and it has made its prominent place in the scenario of the international market.\n\nSnapdragon processors are further cheap\n\nEvery generation expects the mobile processors to be excellent in battery life, i.e., it must consume less power and moreover it must be faster. Qualcomm is offering the Snapdragon processors that are providing all the features, ensuring the long battery life and are much faster than others. As it is offering more and more latest features, so more people are attracting towards the Qualcomm processors. Qualcomm is working on the sophisticated image signal processor which will boost smartphones cameras. Thus more and more consumers are drawing towards the Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, and they have started manufacturing at low prices. Xiaomi is the Qualcomm\u2019s High quantity consumer, and that is the reason why the Xiaomi Snapdragon processor is less in rate compared with other Manufacturers.\n\nConclusion\n\nSo, The reason for the low-price is Fewer advertisements and Large quantity from Its Suppliers. It not only sells the smartphones but it has also diversified its business by involving in the designing of the fitness bands, smart home design ecosystems, and the T.V."}
-{"text": "I first heard of this book through Reese Witherspoon\u2019s Instagram, and being a big fan of her recommendations, I knew I had to read it. Psychological thrillers are some of my favorite reads, and I was not disappointed with Are You Sleeping.\n\nIt has plenty of mystery, intrigue, and suspense. Josie Buhrman has finally succeeded in settling down with her partner Caleb, after a traumatic childhood she would rather forget. However, Josie\u2019s new idyllic life comes crumbling down when an investigative reporter, Poppy Parnell, creates a podcast reopening her father\u2019s murder. It successfully catches the attention of the public. As someone who was obsessed with the first series of Serial, a true-crime podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, this book had me hooked from the get-go.\n\nJosie is a moody, intense character which I think author Kathleen Barber used to her advantage in writing about a how a family copes after tragedy. She\u2019s creative in telling this story \u2013 she takes our obsession with social media and uses it to weave a compelling tale. Josie\u2019s first-person narrative is interwoven with written extracts from Poppy\u2019s podcast and photos of Twitter feeds, all adding to the suspense. Using these creative devices helped explain the topics portrayed without boring me with waffly background information.\n\nI find crime intriguing, so I cannot recommend this book enough. Barber does a fantastic job of touching on sensitive topics like murder, suicide, and dysfunctional families without being explicit or derailing the story. A warning here: while none of the aforementioned topics are described in gory detail, if I was sensitive to any of these topics, I probably wouldn\u2019t read the book.\n\nI couldn\u2019t get through Are You Sleeping fast enough and stayed up way past my bedtime rushing to the end. I was hooked from the start. It left me feeling tense, but the good kind of tense when you\u2019ve just read a book that has blown your mind. Reese Witherspoon\u2019s production company is creating a TV series based on the book starring Octavia Spencer and Lizzy Caplan and I can\u2019t wait to follow the story again! If you have even the slightest interest in thrillers, read this \u2013 trust me, you won\u2019t be disappointed.\n\nAbout the Contributor\n\nMeet Lakin, a book fiend from way back who reads anything and everything. She has an unhealthy obsession with classical literature and is forever pestering those around her to love it as much as she does. A graduate of Law, History and Classics, she is the Practice Coordinator of a Medical Centre by day, and by night she dreams of working in publishing. In her spare time she loves to shop, discover new music, drink too much tea, and of course read. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand."}
-{"text": "For each Valentine ornament, you\u2019ll need an 8-inch red heart and\na 4-inch white heart cut from card stock; two 5-inch pieces of\nyarn; tacky glue; various color markers; trim such as sequins,\nbuttons, or rickrack; and a child\u2019s photo.\n\nSeveral weeks before making this Valentine\u2019s craft, photograph\neach preschool child.\n\nTrim each child\u2019s photo into a 2-inch heart shape. Using a hole\npunch, make a hole in the top and bottom of each red heart, and in\nthe top only of each white heart. Glue a child\u2019s photo in the\ncenter of each white heart.\n\nDuring class give each child a large red heart and write the\nwords \u201cI love you\u201d on it.\n\nChildren\u2019s Ministry Resources: Crafts\n\nABOUT\n\nChildren's Ministry Magazine is the MOST read magazine for children's ministry. It's packed with practical, authentic ministry ideas to help you become even better at what you do best\u2014lead kids to Jesus. You'll get sound advice and encouragement from today's children's ministry experts, plus hundreds of ideas that'll have kids begging to come back! Available in print and in digital!"}
-{"text": "Corrosion of reinforcing steel bars in reinforced concrete is considered as one of the biggest problems that face countries overlooking to the Arabian Gulf, including Iraq. The research aims to study the effect of the corrosion of steel bars in concrete structures that are exposed to wetting and drying via waves. Reinforced concrete samples were exposed to marine simulated environment for 90 days using prepared system for this purpose. At the end of exposure period, polarization test was implemented to measure the actual corrosion rate in each sample. After that, the corrosion process was accelerated using \"impressed current technique\" by applying a constant electric current (DC) to the reinforcing bars. Depending on the corrosion current in natural conditions which was measured in polarization test, periods of exposing samples to accelerated corrosion current so as to maintain virtual exposure ages of 5 and 25 years of exposure to natural corrosion, were calculated. The results showed a remarkable increase in the corrosion current of steel bars in samples that had lower concrete cover thickness. The increase in the cover thickness from 20mm to 40 and 65 mm had a significant effect on reducing the corrosion current at the age of 90 days to about 70% of its original value, in both cases. At the virtual exposure age of 5 years, the reduction percentage in the corrosion current resulted from increasing cover thickness from 20mm to 40 and 65 mm were 43% and 79 % respectively.\n\n[8]. Al-Tamimi, A.A.M., \u2033Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members Subject to Corrosion of Reinforcement Enhanced by Internal Chlorides and Sulfate Attack\u2033, Ph. D. Theses, College of Engineering, University of Bagdad, 2006."}
-{"text": "Santa Pics: Ainsley Meets With Santa\n\nWant your kids\u2019 Santa pic to appear on our site? Send it to [email protected] with your kids\u2019 names and the name of the hamlet in which you live. If it can be cropped to a horizontal we can even post it right here in the feature box."}
-{"text": "Related\n\nArticle\n\nInternational Friendly Preview: Turkey v Latvia\n\nGoals will be the focus for Turkey when they host Latvia in an international friendly in preparation for World Cup qualifiers later this year.\n\nTurkey sit fourth in Group D of the UEFA World Cup qualifying pools, four points adrift of second-placed Hungary and 11 behind leaders the Netherlands.\n\nAnd, if they are to have any chance of reaching Brazil 2014, they need to improve their record in front of goal.\n\nIn their past four World Cup qualifiers, Turkey have only won once, scoring at a rate of just a goal per game.\n\nBurak Yilmaz, who has scored 24 times in 30 league matches for Galatasaray this season, notched two of those goals for Turkey.\n\nBut with an international record of just eight goals in 25 matches, Yilmaz needs to step up for his country if they are to reach next year's showpiece in South America, while Turkey's head coach Abdullah Avci will most likely be looking for another genuine option up front in this week's friendlies versus both Latvia and Slovenia.\n\nAvci should be confident of victory against Latvia, although Turkey have failed to win in their past two encounters with the Baltic country.\n\nLatvia played a friendly international away to Qatar on Thursday and lost 3-1, while they have only a solitary victory in their past eight games, with that coming against lowly Liechtenstein last October.\n\nAvci has generally selected Yilmaz up front alongside fellow Galatasaray forward Umut Bulut (three goals in 23 internationals), but the latter has not been picked in the squad to face Latvia and Slovenia, which points to a possible change in mentality.\n\nRennes striker Mevlut Erding could be the answer for Avci, having hit the back of the net 13 times in 36 games for the French club this season, while Turkey will also be looking for more goals from Atletico Madrid attacking midfielder Arda Turan.\n\nLatvia's key player will be 27-year-old winger Jurijs Zigajevs, who scored the goal in their loss to Qatar."}
-{"text": "Entity ID\n\nMob of The Day!\n\nCockatrice\n\nDescription\n\nDeadly giant chicken-like wyverns, their beat drips with paralysing and aphagia inducing toxins that are said make their victims feel like they're turned into stone.\n\nSubspecies\n\nNormal, Ashen, Violet\n\nTaming\n\nCan be tamed with Cockatrice Treats and healed with any cooked meat or fish.\n\nMounting\n\nOnce tamed and equipped with a saddle, Cockatrice are incredibly powerful flying mounts. Their mount ability is Petrifying Caw, which will paralyse and afflict aphagia (prevents players from using many items) to all nearby enemies (press F to use this ability once mounted)."}
-{"text": "Value Your Agency\u2019s Best Asset\n\nHere\u2019s an interesting question to debate around the table at your annual holiday party: Who\u2019s the most important person in any EMS organization?\n\nIs it the manager who\u2019s responsible for and held accountable for everything?\nAfter all, the EMS manager has to handle the budget, personnel issues, operations, logistics and everything else.\n\nBesides the tangible items in the EMS organization that managers must handle, the leader must also supervise such non-touchable items as morale and mentoring programs. Wouldn\u2019t this make the EMS manager the most important person in the EMS organization?\n\nSome would argue that the most significant individual in every EMS agency is the patient\u2014or, as referred to in many systems, the \u201ccustomer.\u201d Everything we do is for and focused on the patient. If not for them, we wouldn\u2019t have a reason to exist.\n\nFirst Impressions\nWhat about the janitor? Recently, I wrote about a janitor at the U.S. Air Force Academy who was decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic action in World War II. People could form an impression of your organization based on their first perception of how your building looks. If the janitor had the building looking terrible and sloppy, it could also affect morale among your staff. So some would contend that the janitor sets the tone for how others see your organization.\n\nI think the people who work on the ambulances are the most important people in any EMS organization.\n\nWhether they\u2019re a paramedic or an EMT, an agency\u2019s image and reputation rest on the shoulders of its field providers. Your crews are at every operational event that occurs. They\u2019re the eyes, ears and hands that frequently make life-and-death decisions for patients. If they aren\u2019t working under medical protocols, they\u2019re the eyes, ears and hands of the doctor at the other end of the radio or phone.\n\nThe crews who run the calls are the ones the public sees. How they\u2019re dressed, how they perform, how they conduct themselves and how professional they act may dictate how the public perceives your organization.\n\nIf a provider is dressed like a slob, then the public won\u2019t think that only the EMT or paramedic is unprofessional, but that your entire EMS organization is also unprofessional. You could almost claim that the EMT or paramedic on the ambulance serves as an ambassadors and marketing representative for your agency. How they conduct themselves with patients, family members, other public safety professionals and the general public influences the public\u2019s perspective.\n\nValuable Assets\nAlthough the EMS manager controls the budget, we entrust our providers with thousands of dollars in equipment, vehicles and facilities. We expect them to maintain, care and sometimes repair vehicles or other equipment. Consider how much you paid for an ambulance, a monitor/defibrillator or the building that houses the ambulance and crews.\n\nI\u2019m always fascinated when I hear EMS managers discuss their employees and how they wouldn\u2019t trust them with the simplest of chores but let them drive a $150,000-plus ambulance through the streets with people\u2019s loved ones on board.\nI also believe the EMTs and paramedics who work on your rigs are the most important people in an EMS organization because they\u2019re the ones who mentor and train new employees. Besides the technical and worldly advice they give the new employees, the attitude they show them will affect those employees (and your organization) for years to come.\n\nAnd when a new employee comes into your organization fresh out of school, the role of the more experienced EMT or paramedic becomes even more essential. School has given your new staff a basic foundation in EMS, but you\u2019ll most often find they still need to develop the critical thinking and adaptive skills necessary to fully function on an emergency scene. The mentoring and training they receive from your more experienced EMTs and paramedics help the new employee to acquire those critical skills.\n\nConclusion\nIf your EMS organization is audited each year, there\u2019s one important asset the auditor won\u2019t find on the balance sheet: the EMTs and paramedics who work on your vehicles. The provider who represents the agency when they\u2019re working on the ambulance is the EMS organization\u2019s most valuable asset and person in the EMS organization. Recognize this fact and ensure your crews know that you do. JEMS\n\nThis article originally appeared in December 2010 JEMS as \u201cYour Most Important Asset: Who makes your organization shine?\u201d"}
-{"text": "I want to start off with no we're not all related ! We're from Cape Verde, west coast of Africa. Most of us are living in Brockton, we're taking over ! We got beautiful females, the best food, & dances. If you ever danced passada, ate cachupa, you've experienced a little part of our culture.\n\nSomeone with hot fiery Cape Verdean blood flowing through their veins. Cape Verde is a small group of islands off the west coast of Africa and there are a lot of Cape Verdeans in New England. Cape Verdeans are Black/African reguardless of skin/eye color or hair length/texture but sadly a lot of them are in denial about it... they try to use their portuguese mixture as an excuse of why they're not african but it's stupid because there is a mix of something else in almost every African country... Overall Cape Verdeans are sexy and attract attention almost everywhere they go\n\nA Cape Verdean is a person who descended from Cape Verde which is a tiiny little country off the western coast of Africa. They range from all skiin colors, eye colors, and haiir types. The language sort of sounds liike a miix of the romance languages spanish, portuguese, italian, ect. so iif u speak one of those especiially portuguese you'd have no problem pickiin iit up. Personally, I happen to thiink Pawtucket, RI is the second Cape Verde. All cape verdeans luv cachupa, and if u dont, well then ur not cape verdean. Many play soccer and they're skilled as hell at iit. At the moment the freak a leak song for them is \"Chichiri\", download iit ;] . They wear their pride on theiir shiirt and flaunt thiier shiiet.\n\nThere were three Cape Verdean ladies walking down the beach, and they find what they believe to be a magic lamp. So, they rub it to see if it really is. Just as they rub it, a genie pops out and says that he'll give them each one wish. So the first girl says 'I want to be really smart ', and she appears with glasses and a book in her hand. The second girl says 'I want to be even smarter than her', and she turned into a genius. The third girl said 'I want to just change this whole wish thing around, I want to be as dumb as I could possibly be, and she turns into a white chick.\n\nThe envy of all people who strive to define who and what we are. We are not just Black African, we have a mixed heritage that we are proud of. Why do people spend so much time and effort telling us what we are when we do not care what you are?\n\nCape Verdeans are Black/African reguardless of skin/eye color or hair length/texture but sadly a lot of them are in denial about it... they try to use their portuguese mixture as an excuse of why they're not african but it's stupid because there is a mix of something else in almost every African country..."}
-{"text": "Originally posted by masqua\nPerhaps this is a means to sort certain posters for study(?)...a common way 'tag' posts, if you catch my drift.\n\nUmm....great Masqua - but exactly what do you mean by that?\n\nOkay, so some people are gone, some people are going to be remembered and we still don't know what the hey happens to faling tags since we don't\nknow what it means?\n\nI mean 'flagging'...inserting something into a post which will pull it out from among the rest for study. I have no idea why I think this\nway...could be the 'conspiracy mindset' I've nurtured. Could be all my years in a sensitive facility...\nAbout the greyed out' stuff, like 'FaLinG', I saw it appear in a post and when I returned to the same post later...you're right...it\ndisappeared.\n\ngoNe in Toxic Fox reply to his own Bird Flu in Britain, possibly South America? www.abovetopsecret.com...\n(gone on second look, but it now shows in first post from Toxic Fox,\nrefreshed screen, and it's... gone)\n\nFaLinG in namehere reply to ATS: US Reluctant To Share Important Flu Samples www.abovetopsecret.com...\n(Gone on second look, now says edited)\n\nreMembEr in Thomas Crowne reply to ATS: US Reluctant To Share Important Flu Samples www.abovetopsecret.com...\n(note: the last post on a page, falls over to be the first post on the next page, when subsequent posts are made. This one did, and the reMembEr was\nthen gone.)\n\nlittle dots too numberous to consider....\n\nKinda looks like an odd way to flag stuff in the programming code...\nBut code flags shouldn't normally be seen or printed.\n\nThis content community relies on user-generated content from our member contributors. The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free expression."}
-{"text": "Category Archives: network marketing skills\n\nHow Do I Make Money in Network Marketing? Improve yourself in network marketing learn the answer to this so often asked question? Most Network Marketing MLM distributors hear this question and don\u2019t understand what their prospect is asking. How many \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\n10 Answers on ways Improve Yourself in Network Marketing MLM. In a previous post on 10 Tips to Improve Yourself in Network Marketing, I set up several scenarios on where we could all improve ourselves with better skills. What I \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nIn a previous post with a tip on How to Improve Yourself in Network Marketing MLM. I asked the question \u201cWho do you listen to?\u201d . Where do you learn network marketing skills? Do you think this is an interesting \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nImprove yourself in network marketing with this MLM tip. Listen to the correct people. Are you just getting started in network marketing? Has anyone told you yet that you need to learn some skills? Like any profession, trade or position \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nHow to improve your success in MLM or Network Marketing? Due diligence is an integral part of deciding which MLM company to join. Have you heard that phrase \u201cDue Diligence\u201d thrown around? Many people use the term due diligence in \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\n\u201cAre you doing it correctly?\u201d \u201cDoing what correctly?\u201d \u201cAre you doing Network Marketing or MLM correctly?\u201d This is the question I asked myself as I attempted to teach myself how to build a group of people capable of duplicating a \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "Sep 6 Foodies: 12 Mouth-Watering Accounts You Should Know Under 30K\n\nFood porn, food stylish, foodie, whatever you call it...\n\nLooking at micro influencers in the food space is always interesting. While at one point it just meant \"people who go to restaurants a lot\", it now includes food stylists, chefs, health junkies and beyond. If you are looking for someone who specializes in making your stomach growl, any of the below will do just fine.\n\nThe best thing about the food community is the fact that it is global. Half of the below are based internationally, the other half in the US.\n\nThis list has an average engagement rate of 4%...\n\ndon't miss out on the top micro influencers each month\n\nThe top food micro influencers are...\n\n1. paulpayasalad: Paul is based in Sydney Australia and represents food excess in the best way. This guy is living (and eating) in community. Come hungry.\n\n2. thinkofadream_2: Every List we do there is one person that completely amazes us. This account is that. Do we have a name, country, location for her? No. Somewhere is Asia. But DM her and work with her ASAP. This content is incredible.\n\n5. ms.mariani: If there is anything that you learn from curating a site like this, it is that Ukraine is a serious player when it comes to great content. We had Marianna labeled as the food layflat queen. We know you'll feel the same.\n\n8. dadaeats: Label Samah Dada under \"Food that looks really unhealthy, done in a healthy way, that still isn't really health food\". Confused? Just know she is responsible for eating half of the peanut butter sold in New York.\n\n10. liviabass: We may be stretching a bit for Livia Bass. She doesn't fully focus on food, but we think she does a great job of showing off what Sweden has to offer from a culinary perspective. She has a health tilt as well.\n\nEverything we do is based on an algorithm that takes into account engagement rate, true influence of the profile, following, and more. Get on the email list now to get updates directly into your inbox."}
-{"text": "Look and Feel Canadian Breath Spray\n\nMar 12, 2014 11:00 AM\n\nHmm... we suppose that having fresh breath when talking with someone is the polite thing, eh? Still, we're going to go out on a (maple) limb here and guess that the Look and Feel Canadian Breath Spray ($6) promises more than it can deliver. There's only one way to find out for sure, though: blow in a customs agent's face and see if he invites you to cross the border without even looking at your passport.\n\nAbout Outblush\n\nOutblush is the new shopping weblog for women. Like having your own team of personal shoppers, we dig up the best products for you five days a week. Whether you're looking for that perfect side table or a new summer skirt, we've got you covered."}
-{"text": "Asia-Pacific Ready To Eat Food Vending Machine Market Report 2018\n\nMarket: Machinery & Equipment\n\nIn this report, the Asia-Pacific Ready To Eat Food Vending Machine market is valued at USD XX million in 2017 and is expected to reach USD XX million by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of XX% between 2017 and 2025.\n\nGeographically, this report split Asia-Pacific into several key Regions, with sales (K Units), revenue (Million USD), market share and growth rate of Ready To Eat Food Vending Machine for these regions, from 2013 to 2025 (forecast), including\nChina\nJapan\nSouth Kor"}
-{"text": "Avengers: Infinity War Interview with Executive Producer Trinh Tran\n\nWhile in LA, we headed on over to Madame Tussauds for a fun morning of exploring the museum (more on that in a future post), making our own wax Gauntlet (using our hands), watching some bonus footage from Avengers: Infinity and chatting with Trinh Tran. As the executive producer on Avengers: Infinity War, Trinh Tran played a vital role in every aspect of making the film that left us filled with a whirlwind of emotions. Having started at Marvel when there were only about 20 people and having been the executive producer to 2 other Marvel films, she knows her stuff!\n\nHere is what Trinh Tran had to say\u2026\n\nDeciding who would survive\n\n\u201cIt was pretty difficult. Sitting in the story meeting we really had to make the decision of yes, who we want to survive so that we could tell the next story and we sat there and we boarded out, we brainstormed, we\u2019d sit in the room, we hash it out every single day, involvement in pre-production and it was really trying to figure out how this was going to connect to Avengers 4 and we wanted to be able to tell a story, you know, I won\u2019t get into it much because I don\u2019t want to spoil anything but there is a specific reason why some of these people survive.\u201d\n\nFun Fact: When Mackie comes on set, nothing ever gets done because he\u2019s so much fun and everybody wants to talk with him\u2026they\u2019re never on schedule when he comes on set.\n\nThe story they wanted to tell\n\n\u201cWe really wanted to tell a different story which is why Thanos was such a prominent character and had a prominent role in this but not that bad guys are good. We really wanted to raise the idea, that in doing so, a debate about society now and how he really thinks that what he\u2019s doing is right. He feels that with limited resources out there we\u2019re going to head that direction. And what he\u2019s doing is absolutely wrong but his belief, he feels so strongly about. So we wanted that conversation.\n\nOn the good guys not winning in the end\n\n\u201c\u2026I think people always assume that the heroes are going to win at the end of every single movie and we wanted to challenge that. We wanted to say, you know what, it\u2019s OK, sometimes it doesn\u2019t happen but they are still Super Heroes. So, for kids out there, it doesn\u2019t matter what happens, they\u2019re gonna find a way to overcome it.\u201d\n\nFun Fact: She also used to be an assistant to Marvel Executive, Victoria Alonzo\n\nDeciding which characters to pair together\n\n\u201c\u2026when we worked on the story, we really tried to figure out which Character made sense with each other. We call that strange alchemy, putting Characters together that you normally wouldn\u2019t see ever.\u201d\n\nPutting Iron Man and Doctor Strange together\n\nThey \u201cwanted to see the Ego vs. Ego and where that was going to go.\u201d\n\nFun Fact: They referred to their pairing as \u201cGoatee vs. Goatee\u201d.\n\nWant to create your own Avengers: Infinity War custom Facebook AR Mask? Here\u2019s how you can do it."}
-{"text": "This time around, as he stands in the informal, horseless environment of Tread of Pioneers Museum, all it will take are a few well-asked questions to get him going.\n\nIf someone asks, he could talk about the days when he worked at the Boy's Market, his grandfather's grocery store that was located in part of what is now F.M. Light & Sons. He can talk about the days when he bagged groceries and delivered them to people's homes.\n\nBoy's Market got its name because his grandfather always knew he would pass it down to his sons. The stories Heid tells about the store paint a picture of a much smaller town and a tight community.\n\nHe can talk about his family, which moved here in the 1890s. His great-grandfather ran the stage stop between Wolcott and Steamboat Springs.\n\n\"They called him Grouse Creek Jones,\" Heid said. \"And that's what it said on his tombstone. We don't even know his real name.\"\n\nHe can talk about his grandmother, who had 10 children. Among them were Hazie Ralston, who would marry Bud Werner; Bonita Ralston, who would marry to become Bonita Bristol, and his mom, Ruby Ralston, better known as Ruby Heid.\n\nOr, if people are interested, he could tell one of his most favorite stories.\n\nIn the winter, Heid picks tourists up in a van to drive them to Clark for a horseback ride. As they leave Steamboat and pass Bud Werner Memorial Library, someone will ask, \"Who is Buddy Werner?\"\n\n\"At the end of the trip, they stay in the van just to hear the rest of the story,\" Heid said. \"Buddy was not only my cousin but one of my best friends. I love to tell people about him.\"\n\nIt's hard to tell what piece of Routt County history Heid will choose to share today. All a listener can guess is that it will be somewhere between the top of the ski mountain and the most remote spot in Routt National Forest.\n\nHeid has been to all those places on skis or on horseback since he was a boy, and he's happy to share what he's seen."}
-{"text": "Community Architecture expenses\n\nFrom FedoraProject\n\nCommunity Architecture vs. Fedora The portion of the Community Architecture budget that is spent on public, Fedora-related activities is detailed here. This is only a subset of the Community Architecture team's total internal-to-Red-Hat budget.\n\nRed Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the Shadowman logo, and JBoss are trademarks or registered trademarks of\nRed Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.\nLinux\u00ae is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.\nThe Fedora Project is maintained and driven by the community and sponsored by Red Hat. This is a community\nmaintained site. Red Hat is not responsible for content."}
-{"text": "The bright sun shone through the trees of what they considered \"their\" forest, lightening up the grass a bright light green color. One's full and muscular body moved through the bushes quickly, almost carelessly as he smelled the fresh morning air, his gorgeous amber/hazel eyes gleaming in the sunlight, with flecks of green in his orbs, almost like the fallen leaves of Autumn. Nexus padded quickly through the forest, his thick tail swaying side to side, and massive paws carrying him through the soft, but prickly grass underneath his pads. \"What a day!\" He exclaimed happily, sniffing the air for any trace of prey. He caught a whiff of rabbit, that lead down to the creek that separated the two packs. Rain Pack and Sun Pack. Nexus belonged to Rain Pack, and was proud of it. He quickened his pace, breaking out into a light run, dodging rocks and trees as he raced through the forest, his beautifully colored pelt swishing in the wind as it rushed past him, speed getting the better of the brute. Nexus was fast for his size and strength, making him was he was considered, a fortunate pack member. He was in the Warrior ranking, but the Alpha of their pack, Shadow, often considered him too carefree and fun loving for his rank. But he stayed a Warrior because of his excellence in fighting and battle tactics.\n\n----\n\nNexus shook his head, and continued running, his large paws carrying him effortlessly through the forest. He could see the creek a distance a way, and a wide grin formed on his maw. Nexus picked up his already fast pace, surging forward and swiftly dodging rocks and logs, ignoring the cramps that began to burn in his chest and stomach. As he neared the creek, he leaped into the air, latching onto a tree branch with his jaws, and swung himself forward, yelling out, \"Kalabunga!!!\" and landing into the creek, which was about four feet deep. Nexus emerged from the water, water dripping from his chin, cheek, and nose. He looked up, only to see a fae was covered in the water he just splashed everywhere. His hazel eyes widened, the amber and golden flecks brightening in the sunlight, and with surprise. Nexus dragged himself out of the water, and shook his pelt out, droplets of water flying all over the place. \"Sorry about the fae! Didn't see you there!\" He called humorously, sitting a few feet away from her. It was then he realized that he was in fact, sitting in Sun Pack's territory, his own pack's worst enemy."}
-{"text": "Our Products\n\nDNS Filter versus Firewall in a guest Wi-Fi environment\n\nPosted by Geraldine Hunt on Wed, Feb 14th, 2018\n\nIn a recent Spiceworks community poll, 48% of IT professionals listed their perimeter firewall/UTM appliance as their chosen web filter solution for their respective guest Wi-Fi environments. Another 11% depended on their wireless management controller or software for filtering. This leaves only 41% of organizations utilizing a dedicated security appliance or service that specializes in web filtering for Wi-Fi. These figures seem surprising in an era where companies are migrating so many of their services to the cloud. Compound this with the fact that only 38% of global organizations claim to be prepared to handle a sophisticated cyber attack and one wonders why web filtering appears to be underappreciated.\n\nYou Don\u2019t Depend on Your Firewall for Email Security\n\nTen years ago, it was common practice for companies to depend on their firewall or UTM appliance for spam filtering. These \u201ceverything boxes\u201d offered nearly every type of security service available. This is not so much the case today as companies now invest in dedicated email security gateway appliances or route their email through a cloud-based gateway. The reason is simple. Email security is far too critical not to acquire the best solution available. Phishing is the #1 delivery method for ransomware and other types of malware. What\u2019s more, a single BEC attack can swindle millions from a company within a brief window of time.\n\nBecause hackers are always developing new attack methods to target email systems, it is important to partner with an email security vendor with the dedicated resources to stay ahead of malicious attack methods. Email security is so paramount to businesses today that many Office 365 customers also utilize an additional third-party email security solution in addition to the default security offering of Office 365.\n\nSecuring Your Guest Wi-Fi Network\n\nSeveral respondents in the survey stated that they used identical filtering methodologies for both their corporate LAN and guest networks. The majority, however, did not elaborate. This poses the possibility that some organizations may not put the same emphasis on the guest network as they do their primary LAN. The fact is that security must be addressed in the same insistent manner as the rest of your network. Without the proper controls in place, a Wi-Fi connection can become a backdoor into the corporate network, thus undermining the other network security measures in place. What\u2019s more, a business could potentially be held liable for inappropriate or malicious content exposed during a guest web session.\n\nCloud-Based DNS Filtering Makes Sense in a Hybrid World\n\nTraditional web filtering software is no longer a viable way to block malicious sites on an enterprise network. The Internet is massive with trillions of pages. With traditional web filtering software, you need to categorize sites and block them after the user has already performed a lookup. There is a better way - DNS filtering, but many administrators think it's complicated and too difficult to implement. If you aren't using DNS filtering, your network is at a higher risk of being exposed to malicious sites.\n\nEnterprises throughout the world have been undergoing a revolutionary change for the past several years. The enterprise is no longer just about the data center. Instead, today\u2019s data center is evolving into a conglomerate ecosphere of on-premise, public, private and hybrid cloud resources and digital services. Gartner refers to this transformation as Hybrid IT and according to them, it is transforming IT architectures and the role of IT itself. In fact, according to a study conducted by the Harvard Review, 63% of organizations are now pursuing a hybrid IT approach.\n\nHybrid IT\n\nHybrid IT is not about any \u201cone technology,\u201d but instead is an approach or strategy that earmarks the best solution for the problem or need at hand. In this IT as a Service approach, the network manager becomes an IT broker, pursuing the best solutions possible whether they reside on-premise or in the cloud. Traditional datacenter equipment requires a long-term commitment of investment capital and personnel. These large outlays of CAPEX can encourage long lifecycles that makes equipment outdated. Costly migrations take months to plan and even longer to implement. With a DNS cloud filtering solution, capital investments, upgrades, patching, and migrations are a thing of the past.\n\nIssues with relying on your firewall for everything\n\nOne of the problems in relying on your firewall to securitize all facets of your outgoing and incoming web traffic is just that \u2013 it is doing everything. All of these processing and tasks can lead to undesired levels of latency and performance. Because your firewall is an inline appliance, it also serves as a bottleneck for your enterprise. This can be expensive, labor-intensive to support and doesn\u2019t really suit multiple locations. What happens when your organization expands or your school takes on a one-to-one laptop program? This can translate into integrating load balancing mechanisms and redundant appliances. It may require you to migrate to a more robust firewall. All of these options take up precious capital and man-hours to deploy.\n\nThe Agility and Flexibility of Cloud-Based DNS Filtering\n\nFor the same reason that organizations have come to recognize the importance of a dedicated email security provider, there is great value in turning to a web security specialist as well. There are more than one billion websites on the Internet today. Cybercriminals continually release new temporary phishing sites, typosquatting domains and malware deployments sites. According to HelpNetSecurity, there are 46,000 new phishing websites created every day. Drive-by attacks continue to evolve and multiply, as does the ransomware threat.\n\nThe fact is that the immense undertaking of protecting your enterprise through web filtering is too important to rely on a vendor where that is not their primary focus. Like email security, web filtering security is paramount for the protection of your users, devices, and data. If you are growing wary of relying on rigid hardware-based firewall appliances, then turn to the agility of a cloud-based DNS filtering solution.\n\nDNS Filtering Increases Security and Speed\n\nWith old web filtering techniques, the user did a DNS lookup and before the website downloaded, the system would perform a lookup on a separate database of sites. This process is slow due to the overwhelming number of sites and domains on the web. DNS filtering performs the verification query during the DNS lookup stage. A DNS lookup is performed before the site content is downloaded. It's much quicker and more effective than web filtering with traditional functionality. The process also performs a lookup on valid IP addresses considered safe by the DNS filtering database. Attackers can't cloak or avoid detection since every browser lookup requires a DNS lookup for a valid domain entry.\n\nYou should filter sites not just for malicious content, but also for productivity. Employees can spend hours on social media and often drop in productivity levels, but some marketing people are paid to spend time answering customers on social media. DNS filtering gives you granular configurations for IT administrators to categorize users and provide access to specific categorized sites for those who need it (like social media) and block access for other employees. Included in DNS filtering security is protection from encrypted sites with bogus SSL certificates. It's common for websites to use SSL, but it's now common for attackers to set up websites with bogus SSL certificates to trick users into trusting them.\n\nIf you haven't switched to DNS filtering, one common myth is that it's too difficult and not worth the effort. In fact, a single configuration change has you protected without any extra administrative work. DNS filtering is actually much easier to work with than traditional web filtering software. It's time to make the switch and make your web filtering more secure, efficient and fast.\n\nTitanHQ sets the standards for cloud-based web security, delivering a range of cloud security services that protect business email, IT infrastructure, compliance and data integrity. With new threat variants emerging almost daily, businesses have realized they don\u2019t have the IT skills or budget to continually invest time and money to fight these threats. However, dedicated cloud security services such as WebTitan Cloud for web filtering can devote experienced security personnel and massive processing power to fighting these emerging threats. These efforts are then seamlessly implemented to protect our business clients in real-time."}
-{"text": "Psalm 127:3-5\n\nBehold children are a gift of the LORD,The fruit of the womb is a reward.Like arrows in the hand of a mighty warrior, so are the children of one's youth.How blessed are those whose quiver is full of them.\"\n\nSunday, December 28, 2014\n\nSeven years..\n\nOur sweet Serene turned SEVEN today. This doesn't seem possible but it's true. Joy and laughter and happiness is always what this girl bring us and we are just so proud of who she is. Love this girl to pieces!!\n\nJimmy always tells the kids they have to submit paperwork to change ages... So this crazy girl wrote a checklist of why she should get to be seven... Here are a few..."}
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-{"text": "Get the latest news, culture, history, arts, religious, literatures, values and traditions about Somalis around the world.\nThe information given here is factual and authentic and collected from the most reliable sources.\n\nGoogle+ Followers\n\nWednesday, April 16, 2014\n\nBritish Petroleum has entered an agreement with the Somali government to resume its oil and gas exploration activities, which were abruptly stopped in 1991 after the central government was toppled.Reports indicate that the Somali government has been involved in negotiations with several petroleum companies who were operating in the country prior to the outbreak of civil war.\nAccording to Strategic Intelligence News, several other petroleum companies are interested in securing exploration licenses in Somalia in order to access the country\u2019s reportedly vast oil and gas reserves.\nSomalia\u2019s petroleum industry was reportedly still in its infancy when exploration companies were forced to pack up in 1991. However, since some level of stability has been successfully achieved following the formation of the federal parliament in 2012, many petroleum companies have expressed interest in harnessing the country\u2019s reserves.\nLast year, the Somali Federal Government signed an exploration agreement with Soma Oil and Gas. Reports indicate that the company is currently conducting a 2D seismic study of Somalia\u2019s offshore oil and gas reserves, after which Somali authorities have revealed that drilling licenses will be issued.\nThe head of the Petroleum Department of the Federal Republic, Hussein Ali Ahmed, has confirmed that a deal has been reached with BP. However, it is currently unclear how the negotiations panned out with the other petroleum companies \u2013 such as Total, ENI, Shell, Conoco, Philips Petroleum and Chevron \u2013 who also had exploration concessions in the country.\nMeanwhile, the petroleum industry has been steadily growing in the semi-autonomous regions of Somalia.Reports indicate that the governments of Galmudug, Puntland and Somaliland have granted exploration concessions to various petroleum companies \u2013 including Shell\u2019s Pecten Somalia, Asante Oil, Africa Oil, Horn Petrol, Ophir Energy, Genel Energy, RAK Gas, Jacka Resources, DNB International, Sterling Energy and others.\nOfficials from the Somali government have, however, questioned the validity of these licenses, noting that federal representatives were left out of the negotiations.\nMany pundits have called on the federal parliament to review the country\u2019s allegedly outdated petroleum regulations and develop security solutions to ensure the industry is not crippled by terrorists.\nLast year, the Minister of Energy and Minerals of Somaliland, Hussein Adbi Dualeh, disclosed plans of forming a separate military unit dedicated to the petroleum industry."}
-{"text": "Most Commented\n\nGallinari finds the range in Nuggets' amazing win at Golden State\n\nDanilo Gallinari shoots against Golden State's Harrison Barnes on Saturday. Gallinari later made the go-ahead 3-pointer. (Ben Margot, The AP)\n\nOAKLAND, calif. \u2014 He looked painfully uncomfortable shooting the basketball. Brick after brick \u2014 mattone after mattone, as they might say back home in Italy \u2014 and Danilo Gallinari kept chucking up shots. The Nuggets forward started 0-for-10 on Saturday night, this coming off a 2-for-11 showing Friday night against Utah.\n\n\"I think you've got to keep swinging,\" said Nuggets coach George Karl, whose team plays at Phoenix on Monday night. \"Gallo is a good enough player that you can't sit him down; there's no way that's feasible in my mind. He has too good of a release. But he had a slump, and there's a frustration that comes with that slump.\"\n\nSo how did he do it? How did Gallo turn a nightmare into a dream, hitting two late 3-pointers in regulation Saturday night, then the biggest shot of this still young Nuggets season \u2014 a corner 3 with 35.9 seconds left to give Denver a two-point lead over Golden State in double overtime?\n\n\"Usually, when I have slow starts like that, I just try to be more aggressive mentally,\" Gallinari said after the astonishing 107-101 double-overtime victory. \"And I think that the mental part is the most important part for me, because once I'm aggressive mentally, everything else comes naturally.\n\n\"(My release) felt very good, it was a very important shot \u2014 and it was a great pass from Dre.\"\n\nAdvertisement\n\nDre is Andre Miller, who was temporarily stymied in the paint before spotting Gallo in the right corner, where he released the dagger in front of the Warriors' bench, holding his shooting hand in the air nearly three seconds after his release.\n\n\"I was talking to Gallo about it during the game because he was getting frustrated because he was missing,\" teammate Kenneth Faried said. \"I told him: 'Danilo, you're good. This is what you do: You're going to shoot it, and the next one is going to drop and be a 3. You'll hit that and get yourself going, and that's when we'll need it.' \"\n\nAn optimist would say Gallinari shot his way out of a slump, finishing Saturday with makes on eight of his 12 final shots, and a team-high 21 points. He shoots better in the flow of the game, as opposed to creating his own jumper. Seven of his nine 3-pointers this season have been assisted.\n\nBut he has proved to be at this best when he complements his shooting by getting to the foul line, which he has not done that consistently this season. After attempting 23 foul shots in his first two games, he has had just four free throws in the four games since. Look for a more confident Gallinari to bulldoze to the basket at Phoenix.\n\nFor Nuggets fans, Saturday's comeback was as much about Gallo's rejuvenation as it was about the team's resolve. Denver can't win consistently if Gallinari is a liability. He entered the night shooting 27.9 percent from the field, 18.1 from 3-point range. But his furious finish has Karl hoping he has his touch back.\n\n\"I thought the game kind of got him over (the slump),\" Karl said. \"I think he'll be a mid-40s (percent) shooter, like he always is, and he'll make 3s when it counts.\""}
-{"text": "ByMatthew Clark, Staff writerMarch 8, 2010\n\nHardline Islamist fighters from Al-Shabab in the streets of Mogadishu on October 30, 2009. US prosecutors say Somalia terror suspect Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed learned how to make bombs from the Islamist militant group Al-Shabab.\n\nMr. Ahmed, who was sent to New York on Saturday after being arrested in the West African country of Nigeria, is charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support to the militant Somali group, Al Shabab, which the State Department has listed as a terrorist group.\n\n\"It is long past time for Eritrea to cease and desist its support of Al Shabab and to start being a productive rather than a destabilizing neighbor,\" she said. \"We are making it very clear that their actions are unacceptable.\"\n\nMrs. Clinton also said then that if Al Shabab obtained a haven in Somalia \"it would be a threat to the United States.\" The group controls wide swaths of the Somalia.\n\nAll of which could play a role in why Ahmed is being charged in New York."}
-{"text": "The Sudanese government should immediately charge or release recently detained political activists, and investigate all allegations that they have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and REDRESS said on 25 June 2014.\n\nAgainst a general background of restrictions on free speech and political organizing, the Sudanese authorities have clamped down in recent months on political opposition figures for criticizing Sudan\u2019s abuses in conflict zones. President Omar al-Bashir promised in April 2014 to release all \u201cpolitical detainees.\u201d\n\nBut Sudan\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) continues to arbitrarily detain political activists and opposition party members, as recently as mid-June, the organizations said.\n\n\u201cSudan needs to end its repressive and brutal tactics to silence criticism,\u201d said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. \u201cPresident al-Bashir has promised to free political detainees but he needs to rein in his intelligence agents and police.\u201d\n\nSudan should end arbitrary arrests of opponents and investigate all allegations of torture in accordance with international law, the groups said.\n\nThree detained youth activists who may have been tortured are of immediate concern. On May 12, NISS officials arrested Mohammed Salah, 25, Taj Elsir Jaafar, 26, and Moammer Musa Mohammed, 27, near the University of Khartoum. The three were known activists who had participated in campaigns protesting the killing of a Darfuri student, Ali Abaker Musa Idris, by government security forces at Khartoum University on March 11\n\n\u201cThere are strong grounds for concern about the well-being of all three young men,\u201d said Sarah Jackson, deputy regional director for Eastern Africa at Amnesty International. \u201cSudanese authorities must guarantee the safety of all those detained and ensure that anyone in detention is either charged with a recognized criminal offense or released without delay.\u201d\n\nAuthorities detained the youths without charge at a NISS facility in the suburb of Bahri, where former detainees have reported being subjected to beatings and extremely cold temperatures as punishment.\n\nSalah\u2019s family, who were allowed to see him for the first time a month after his arrest, reported that Salah appeared to have severe injuries from beatings all over his body, including his right eye. Jaffar\u2019s family also reported that he appeared to have been beaten. They said his face and hands were swollen, that he seemed to have trouble standing up and that his hands were trembling.\n\n\u201cThe NISS has a track record of arbitrarily arresting and torturing human rights and political activists with complete impunity, and this practice must end,\u201d said Carla Ferstman, director of REDRESS. \u201cSudan ratified the African Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which outlaw torture, and it is high time for it to show that these are more than just paper commitments.\u201d\n\nSudan has arrested a number of other political opposition figures in recent weeks, On May 17, authorities arrested Sadiq Al Mahdi, leader of the National Umma Party, after he publicly accused the government militia, known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), of human rights abuses against civilians in Darfur, including rape and looting. He was charged with undermining the Constitution but was released after a month.\n\nOn June 8, Ibrahim al-Sheikh, head of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, was arrested after he made similar statements about RSF abuses in conflict zones at a seminar in al-Nuhood, Western Kordofan, according to credible reports. Al-Sheikh is facing six charges, including incitement and acting against the constitutional regime. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.\n\nIn the following days, authorities in al-Nuhood raided the offices of the Congress Party and arrested at least five student members, a journalist, and another young activist in town. One of the detainees, released after one week, said security officials beat him so badly he needed medical treatment.\n\nSudanese organizations have documented additional cases of the prolonged detention without charge of activists because of their real or perceived political opinions, some have been in detention for over five months.\n\nDr. Sidig Noreen Ali Abdalla, a university professor arrested on January 16, has been detained without charge in NISS custody in El Obeid town, North Kordofan state, well in excess of the legal period of up to four-and-a-half months permitted even under the country\u2019s National Security Act of 2010. Although formal charges have not been brought, he is thought to have been detained on account of his advocacy on the situation in Darfur.\n\n\u201cThese detentions of political activists are part of a wider human rights crisis in Sudan, where the space for freedom of expression, association, and assembly is severely restricted and dissenting political activists are censored with brute force,\u201d said Katherine Perks, program director at ACJPS.\n\nTorture is prohibited in all circumstances under international law as well as Sudanese law. If Sudan is to comply with its own obligations then it must adopt a zero tolerance to torture and ill-treatment by any government official or agent, the groups said. Sudan should enforce this absolute prohibition, investigate all allegations of torture and hold abusive officials to account, whether from within the police, military or NISS. Sudan should also ratify the UN Convention Against Torture, the groups said.\n\n\u201cSudan continues to crack down severely on dissenting voices with complete impunity. The international community must take a strong stand against the current wave of detentions of political opponents and the security organ\u2019s continued acts of torture against activists,\u201d said Sheila Muwanga Nabachwa, vice president at FIDH. \u201cThe African Union and the United Nations must not only request that Sudan fully abides by its human rights obligations, but they must also envisage concerted actions to ensure it does.\u201d"}
-{"text": "When Penny Gordon and her friend Jasper Jones accidentally stumble onto a plot to assassinate the state's governor, they try to sound the alarm to local law enforcement. But the police chief passes it off as wild imagination. Penny and Jasper realize they're on their own against high powered criminals. But in the end, it's that imagination that gives the crooks a run for their money and makes Jasper's new name a household word!\n\nHow Do I Get These Kids To ListenIf you have ever felt like giving up after working in your children's or youth ministries, this book is for you! You will learn how to gain and hold the attention of today's children, how to develop caring relationships with your students, and how to eliminate most of the discipline problems before they can start.\n\nReturn of the Dagger (Tales from Terrestria, Book 3)The kingdom is in peril. A kidnapped princess. And a cryptic message about a lion in the Forbidden City. Return of the Dagger is the third book in the Tales from Terrestria, a companion series to The Terrestria Chronicles.\n\nReturn To Thunder Mountain (Kingdom Tales from Terrestria, Book 6)Aldith begins to wonder if she has made a tragic mistake. Is Lord Byron really the kind, gracious nobleman that she has taken him to be, or is he simply using her to gain favor with King Eristan? Seeking answers, Aldith reluctantly accepts advice from Lady Prudence and sets out on a quest for Thunder Mountain in order to learn the will of King Emmanuel.\n\nRevenge of the Dragons (Kingdom Tales from Terrestria, Book 5)When eighteen-year-old Joel of Seawell learns that a young girl from Seawell will be forced to marry her cruel master, he determines to do what is necessary to rescue her. Enlisting the aid of his father and grandfather in the quest for Myra's freedom, Joel overcomes his fears and returns to Corthia. Revenge of the Dragons is the fifth book in the Kingdom Tales from Terrestria series.\n\nThe Dragons Egg (The Terrestria Chronicles, Book 5)When Princess Gilda and Prince Selwyn refuse the offer of a gift forbidden by King Emmanuel, Prince Josiah accepts, not realizing that his actions will impact the Castle of Faith. Josiah learns too late that he is powerless to control the beast that he has unleashed upon Terrestria. This thought-provoking tale graphically illustrates the power of temptation and the deceitfulness of sin.\n\nThe Golden Dagger (Tales from Terrestria Book 2)A kingdom in peril. An impending invasion by the bloodthirsty Karnivans. A missing prince. And a young man with a top secret mission.Travel back in time to the days of noble knights and powerful warlords... daring quests and deadly dragons... the days of honor and valor and chivalry. TheGolden Dagger is the second book in the Tales from Terrestria, a companion series to the Terrestria Chronicles medieval allegory series.\n\nThe Golden Lamps (The Terrestria Chronicles, Book 6)When Argamor\u2019s dark knights attack a small Terrestrian village, the villagers petition King Emmanuel to build them a castle for protection. Emmanuel responds by sending James of Arwyn, a master builder who will guide the villagers in the construction of their own castle. All goes well until the workers discover mysterious golden lamps. The lamps have an unusual purpose, and that purpose may spell doom for the castle project.\n\nThe Great War (The Terrestria Chronicles, Book 7)Time comes to an end as the Great War rages across the kingdom of Terrestria and the evil warlord Argamor makes one last desperate attempt at seizing the throne of the powerful King Emmanuel. When the skies open and King Emmanuel comes riding down upon Terrestria upon a majestic white warhorse, there is no longer any doubt in Josiah\u2019s mind as to the outcome of that final battle.\n\nThe Isle of Dragons (Tales from Terrestria Book 4)The Dragon Tournament\u2014a mysterious event that draws young people by the thousands. Admission is free, but what price do the participants really pay? Journey to Terrestria, the land of adventure, the realm of King Emmanuel. The Isle of Dragons, written to encourage young readers to listen to the right voices, is the fourth book in the Tales from Terrestria series.\n\nThe Quest for Seven Castles (The Terrestria Chronicles, Book 2)When King Emmanuel sends Prince Josiah on a difficult journey to various castles across the kingdom, the young prince is unprepared for the dangers and temptations that he will face. As Josiah grows in the knowledge of his King and strives to become like him, he learns the importance of following his Book and listening for the voice of the Dove. Book 2 challenges the reader to examine his relationship with the King.\n\nThe Quest for Thunder Mountain (Tales from Terrestria Book 1)A dangerous quest to a mysterious mountain\u2014but how will it end? When Gavin\u2019s career comes to an abrupt end, the talented young minstrel learns that King Emmanuel has plans for him\u2014plans that promise life and purpose. But Gavin must make a difficult quest to a mysterious mountain. The first book in the Tales from Terrestria, a companion series to the Terrestria Chronicles medieval allegory series.\n\nVisits to Terrestria (Study Guide)Designed for family devotions and classroom discussions, this study guide will enable parents, teachers, and young people to revisit Terrestria to discuss the Scriptural truths contained in the stories."}
-{"text": "food\n\nLet's talk food! In each cottage there is a small fridge and microwave. We highly suggest that you pack along a cooler with foods that need cooler temperature storage. With retreat being in February, you can easily leave your cooler on the front porch of your Cottage or outside of the Party Cabin. There is an ice machine up at John Grey Hall in the side warming kitchen that you can freely use. There is a fully stocked kitchen in the Party Cabin that everyone is open to using. It has all the pots and pans, dishes, glasses, silverware, toaster, microwave and large coffee pot for your use. Also invited are local food carts to feed us as we know sometimes we don't feel like cooking. They are usually on site all day Friday and Saturday. As we get closer to retreat you will find more information about what carts will be joining us, their hours along with their menus. We always try and find food vendors that are able to help cater to all the different ways we eats.\n\nLodging\n\n\u200bWe have some really beautiful and fun lodging at retreat. You can either stay in a sweet Cottage or the active Party Cabin. Each cottage is filled with four rooms that each have two sets of bunk beds that have droors underneath them. Thick sleeping pads are on each bed as well for comfort. Windows and heaters are in all rooms and a sweet little living room area is centered within them all. Large bathrooms are also included and you can request a quieter cottage or if you enjoy some evening chatter with friends we have those too.\n\nthe party cabin!\n\nThis is a major gathering spot at RDOO. Just across the drive way from the main building, the party cabin is where your fully stocked kitchen is along with a large living room that overlooks the highly photographed pond. You are welcome to sleep here as well but please note, it does get noisy. If you are a light sleeper, this is not the place to be. Each room has two, large wood framed bunk beds for sleeping. A small closet is also available in each room. Everyone is welcome to hang out in the Party Cabin. Come take a break in the living room, enjoy some fun breakfast conversation, cook your food, practice some dance. It's all here for you when you need to step away from the main hall. We ask that everyone help in keeping up on the dishes and that you clean your room up before you leave. We will have ample recycling bins available as well."}
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-{"text": "my sporting year 2007\n\nMY SPORTING year culminated today, December 13, with a half-marathon in Beit Shean. It has been quite a year. Some of the competitions were relatively easy, but some I will never forget.\n\nIt started in Eilat, in February - a half-ironman, comprising a swim, bike ride and run. I should have figured out what was in store for me when I discovered that apart from one other enthusiast on the wrong side of 60 like myself, everyone in the small field of 61 participants fell into the 35- 45 age group. I should have gotten a clue from Channel 10\u2019s invitation to their studios in order to interview me on the Monday morning before the race. I just supposed they wanted to see what a true iron-man looked like, or for some other obscure reason.\n\nThis should be a piece of cake: a 2 kilometer swim in the Red Sea, a short 90 kilometer cycle through the mountains (really only hills), and then an easy 21 kilometer trot down and back to Eilat and my hotel. Little did I realize that this would be the toughest competition that I had ever experienced.\n\nMelanie and I drove to Eilat on Wednesday, arriving in time for a swim in order to check out my wetsuit which is used to keep the body warm and conserve calories and also to help with flotation.\n\nOn Thursday morning I went for a little 30 kilometer spin on the bike, making sure everything was in working order. Thursday afternoon we received the last rites, sorry, last instructions, followed by a carbo-loaded dinner (lots of pasta) and then early to bed.\n\nFriday morning, breakfast at 5 am, last check of bike and equipment, and then down to the beach for the 2 kilometer swim. A short run to the transition area where we prepared for the next stage - 90 kilometers on the bike up to Ein Netafim on the border with Egypt. The route comprised seemingly never-ending up hills and down dales, with no level stretches at all. Quite soul destroying. At Ein Netafim we changed into running togs and took off back towards Eilat. The first 10 kilometers were a steep downhill, and afterwards just a gentle downward slope.\n\nAll the time on the bike and on the run I had to drink in order to avoid dehydration and to eat power jells to replenish loss of minerals due to sweating. Water stops were provided every 2.5 kilometers, with isotonic drinks loaded with minerals, and dates that I ate in handfuls, as one becomes very hungry.\n\nEventually, after more than 8 hours on the course, I crossed the finish line and swore that this was the last competition of this nature that I was going to do. At least I was able to walk afterwards, and I managed to get to the awards ceremony where each participant received a trophy for having taken part and another one for being first in the age group. One competitor, older than me, was taken to hospital later that day suffering from dehydration and erratic blood pressure.\n\nMy vow to give up taking part in such challenges lasted until the following month, when I started to prepare for the next one, the Argus bicycle race in Cape Town, which is the largest timed cycle race in the world. This is a mere 107 kilometers around the Cape Peninsular, with varying weather and lots of mountains just to make it interesting. In fact I was able to handle this with relative ease due to my cycle training for triathlons and half-ironman races.\n\nI guess that most sensible sportsmen my age would be satisfied with these races, but I have never claimed to be sensible. I went on to participate in every possible triathlon and running race in Israel, and then decided, against my better judgment, to run in the Enzo Ferrari marathon in Italy in October 2007. This is a one-way marathon of over 42 kilometers run from Ferrari\u2019s home in Maranello through Modena to the finish at Carpi.\n\nMy group and I chose this marathon because it is relatively small, approximately 1,400 runners in all, and because we run in October when the weather is cooler. This meant training in summer. We devised a three-month training program: during the week we trained as a group with our trainers and the program got us up at 4.30 am on Fridays to do the long run, with a shorter cool down run the following day.\n\nOn the Friday before the race we flew to Milan, boarded our private bus to Maranello, and went out for a good pasta dinner in a select restaurant. The following day we went over the route (all level, no surprises). Sunday dawned bright and clear, slightly chilly as expected, and we walked from our hotel to the start which was at the Ferrari Gallery next to the assembly line. Ferrari\u2019s granddaughter was in the lead car.\n\nOur start time was 9.30 a.m. and the route took us through the center of Maranello and a few other small towns on the way, with lots of encouragement from crowds cheering us on. After Modena, we reached the halfway mark, where a string of balloons across the street marked an official timing point. At 22 kilometers, a young runner came up to me and said her friends could not keep up with her, so that she would run with me! We ran until the 38 kilometer mark where we parted company, and while we were together she greeted everyone on the course; first aid workers, police, officials, she spoke to all of them, shouting encouragement to those runners we overtook.\n\nThe finish was in the center of the town of Carpi, and as I crossed the finish line, I raised the Israeli flag, as I always do, and drew an appreciative response from the crowd. So that\u2019s it for 2007. Next year starts for me in January with the Tiberias marathon, and down again to Cape Town in March for the Argus and then the really big one, the Two Oceans Ultra-Marathon; 56 kilometers around the Cape Peninsular including grueling uphills via Chapmans Peak, Constantia Nek. The story continues\u2026"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: the good life\n\nYears ago, when I was in law school, I had a curious experience, one that has recently echoed back to me from the son of a friend coming to the end of his 1L. I would attend classes for about 5-6 hours a day, then spend 8-10 more studying in the library. I was wired pretty tightly, well on my way to developing a host of stress- and anxiety-driven illnesses, a drinking habit, anger management problems, and a degree of generalized hatred for myself and all humanity. And I was one of the relatively soulful, philosophically minded, well-adjusted ones. You wouldn\u2019t have wanted to spend 10 minutes in my presence.\n\nThe substance abuse in my first and second years was incredible to behold. It was comparable to the level of fear sustained in the students by the policies of the school, the economy, and their own Type-A personalities. At this time, jobs in law were just starting to become scarce. People were deeply in debt, had sacrificed everything to get there, and were obsessively, neurotically, pathologically motivated to succeed. The most popular directions were intellectual property, cyber law, and various other strains of corporate or business-oriented practice. Those interested in criminal law were viewed with a mix of wonder and contempt. The poverty law clinic people were considered idealistic rubes destined to live on ramen and hot dogs for the rest of their miserable lives.\n\nAnd so it went. There was a suicide at the end of 1L, a hushed-up sexual harassment scandal involving a star professor, a few students dropped out, one to get married and become a suburban housewife, another due to undisclosed health problems, another after an in-class meltdown. The rest of us soldiered on because we had to. What else did we have? We were children who\u2019d practiced the tuba for hours and hours and now we were in Advanced Tuba School. Take our tubas away and, we felt, we\u2019d have to go sleep in the park.\n\nI was no exception to any of this. The only thing that I had going for me was a tiny secret flame of creativity that I kept lit. Every Sunday morning, like a religious ritual, I took an hour out to read a short story. That was my church and my scripture. It was also another source of pain because it reminded me that somewhere someone not in law had written those words. My fellow students fantasized about opening surf shops, being school custodians, managing bowling alleys. The escape fantasies came thick and fast, especially around exams when the law library mostly reeked of coffee and body odor. I fantasized about these things, too, about being a writer custodian or a writer surf shop cashier.\n\nOne afternoon, sitting in a fern-laden restaurant I couldn\u2019t afford with a drug lawyer who had become a mentor of sorts, I came to a realization. She was on her third glass of wine, telling me that I needed to love law school because it was only going to get worse afterward. She said, \u201cWhen I was in law school, I got to the point where I thought that I might be able to get hit by a car and live. If my legs were broken, no one could blame me for quitting.\u201d I walked out of that lunch feeling like I\u2019d just visited the crossroads and the devil had handed me some solid advice: you can sell your soul, but why don\u2019t you go home and think it over first?\n\nIn the grand synchronicity of all things magical, I\u2019d gotten an email that day from a writer I admired. I\u2019d sent him a few old short stories and asked the most annoying question a young writer can ask: \u201cAm I any good?\u201d But he was kind and honest. He wrote back and said, \u201cYes, in my opinion, you are. But the life of a writer is not easy and you should know what you\u2019re getting into. If you want to come study with me, you\u2019re invited.\u201d Warnings and dire pronouncements were nothing new. I heard them every day. So the caveat made absolutely no impression on me whatsoever. His opinion about my writing did. Shortly thereafter, I left law school to study creative writing and subsequently get a PhD in English.\n\nStill, you don\u2019t just walk away from that life. Law school makes a deep impression. It made me strong in certain ways, forced me to stop seeing success in law as a grand test of self-worth. Law school isn\u2019t an IQ test; it\u2019s not a metric for willpower, character, cleverness, or discipline; though, it draws on all of those things (like anything made artificially difficult). Law is generally taught poorly, often emotionally brutalizes students, and is unforgiving of human frailty in totally unnecessary ways. It\u2019s also idealized when it should be analyzed. People worship law education because succeeding there is held up as an objective way to know one\u2019s worth, which is tragic.\n\nI want to say these things to my friend\u2019s son. But I know I can\u2019t because I see in him all the masochistic investment that I saw when I was back in law school. Instead, I will say it here and add: someone who seems stupid and unsuccessful in one respect will be smart and successful in another. Often these things will not be superficially evident. Until you can accept this\u2014that there is no way to judge your worth apart from looking for it inside yourself\u2014you will always be sad, scared, and beholden to the social power of others.\n\nBe free. Let it go. Try to experience love. Try to discover small things that make you happy and look for ways to share those things with others. That\u2019s when life really gets good. When you see someone who appears to be the smartest or most powerful person in the room, take a step back and widen your perspective until that feeling of being impressed and intimidated passes. Then look again.\n\n3 thoughts for the day: (1) Jettison everyone and everything that does not contribute to you evolving into a happier, more effective, more engaged human being; (2) never feel sorry for an institution\u2013no matter the propaganda, it doesn\u2019t care about you beyond the extent to which you help it perpetuate its directives; and (3) if you are surrounded by loathsome fools, you make loathsome foolishness part of your life\u2013a few good friends and enough resources to live your own way are far better than fame, fortune, and the envy of organic automata.\n\nWelcome . . .\n\nI write fiction and nonfiction for magazines, work as a freelance writer / editor / journalist, and teach composition and fiction writing.\n\nThis blog is mostly dedicated to travel essays, creative non-fiction, discussions about books, the MFA experience, publishing, and short stories I\u2019ve already placed in magazines. But I might write anything.\n\nKo-fi allows me to receive income from fans of my writing. Anyone who clicks the link can support me with a with a \u2018coffee\u2019 (a small payment that is roughly equal to the price of a coffee).\n\n\u201cOne of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience. There are always areas of vast silence in any culture, and part of an artist\u2019s job is to go into those areas and come back from the silence with something to say. It\u2019s one reason why we read poetry, because poets can give us the words we need. When we read good poetry, we often say, \u2018Yeah, that\u2019s it. That\u2019s how I feel.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Ursula K. Le Guin\n\nFollow Blog via Email\n\nEnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.\n\nContact me:\n\n\u201cIf I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.\u201d\n\n\u201cTruffaut died, and we all felt awful about it, and there were the appropriate eulogies, and his wonderful films live on. But it\u2019s not much help to Truffaut. So you think to yourself, My work will live on. As I\u2019ve said many times, rather than live on in the hearts and minds of my fellow man, I would rather live on in my apartment.\u201d \u2014 Woody Allen\n\n\u201cAt the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves. I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had some taste for life. They seemed to understand something that I didn\u2019t understand. Maybe I was lacking. It was possible. I often felt inferior. I just wanted to get away from them. But there was no place to go.\u201d \u2014 Charles Bukowski\n\n\u201cYou could lose it, your right big toe, leave it here, in this mud, your foot, your leg, and you wonder, how many pieces of yourself can you leave behind and still be called yourself?\u201d\n\n\u2014 Melanie Rae Thon, First, Body\n\nSubjects\n\nSubjects\n\n\u201cAfter you finish a book, you know, you\u2019re dead. But no one knows you\u2019re dead. All they see is the irresponsibility that comes in after the terrible responsibility of writing.\u201d \u2014 Ernest Hemingway"}
-{"text": "Membership\n\nThe New Directions Cello Association and Festival is a 501c3 non-profit organization. We are the only organization in the world dedicated exclusively to the field of non-classical uses of the cello. By becoming a member, or renewing your membership, you help us accomplish our goal of providing a forum for interaction in this field Members also receive a 10% discount on fees for our annual New Directions Cello Association Festival as well as on any purchases from our Cello City Store. Memberships are good for one year from May 1 to April 30."}
-{"text": "Exploring Limpopo\n\nposted by Dan CarterJuly 13, 20160 comments\n\nThe plan was to leave Johannesburg early morning and venture into Limpopo, the far northern part of South Africa that shares it\u2019s borders with Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. After a few days in Limpopo, we would drive east and enter Mpumalanga, a province that borders both Swaziland and Mozambique. Here we would base ourselves for the remainder of our trip before heading back to Pretoria. I\u2019ve now driven a huge amount of South Africa and each time I am totally blown away with it\u2019s beauty; This drive was really something special.\n\nJohannesburg to Marakele Reserve: 4 hours\n\nI arrived at OR Tambo after the usual 11 hour flight from London. Mauritz met me at the airport and from there we made a 4 hour drive north to the Marakele Game Reserve. Funny, we hadn\u2019t actually met before this trip but I had admired Maurtiz\u2019s work for a while, he seemed like a cool guy and we had a lot in common so I asked him if he wanted to join me; the best decision I could have made. Sometimes it\u2019s not just about where you go, it\u2019s about who you go with. This was definitely one of those times.\n\nWhen we reached the border of the Marakele reserve we were given a map, showing the general direction to Marataba Lodge. The lodge was another 10 km into the reserve of dirt tracks where dust settled to reveal zebra and wildebeest running alongside the car. Upon arrival we were driven another 40 minutes deep into the reserve. The sun began to set and as it did, the surrounding mountains were illuminated a deep beautiful red.\n\nAfter waiting patiently for a herd of elephants to clear we reached our lodge, nestled high upon the golden mountainside. We were totally speechless. From our balcony we could see for miles into the bush; elephants walked below us, munching on the trees that lay in their path. There was a tranquility and silence unmatched by anywhere I had ever been before. I couldn\u2019t feel further from the manmade jungle that we had left behind; totally isolated, totally lost in the luscious vistas that surrounded us.\n\nThe lodge itself was without question the most beautiful place I have ever stayed: peaceful and elegant, it actually felt like it belonged in the bush. The roof was laden with grass, the walls with wide open windows and wooden slats. I didn\u2019t feel that we were intruding into the reserve, there wasn\u2019t a single sign around the lodge making it feel real and natural. What\u2019s more, there is no electricity; the lodge is totally solar powered.\n\nWe spent the next couple of days hiking through the reserve, not an ounce of civilisation in sight. We would be out at sunrise, trekking the bush with experienced guides where we would pass lions, rhino and we even had a buffalo encounter. Upon our return to the lodge we were greeted with incredible, organic food around the campfire. Stars filled the sky and I left feeling incredibly lucky.\n\nLimpopo is beautiful. Vast open plains and deep golden grasses lined the rolling hills and long straight roads. Upon the narrow lanes lay stalls of bright vibrant fruit and vegetables, shaded with bamboo and banana-leaf rooftops. We stopped one evening as the sun began to set and asked one lady for two bananas, handing her R40 which she presumed to be for two boxes, not two bananas. \u201cWhy would you only want two when you have paid me enough for two boxes?\u201d Laughing, she returned to her stand where she took a few minutes searching to find her most perfect bananas. As she proudly presented them to us she hesitated and said, \u201cThank you.\u201d Her eyes smiled a radiant smile that filled her entire face; so great that it lit up the now darkened sky. It was time to venture to Mpumalanga. This evening had been idyllic.\n\nI think you can see how much I loved Limpopo from the photos. If you\u2019ve never been, I couldn\u2019t recommend it more. Such a beautiful part of South Africa that feels totally unspoilt and untouched. It was such an honour to be able to spend time chilling out in the bush.\n\n[Part 2 coming soon\u2026 Think road trip music, Blyde River Canyon and the best pancakes in South Africa]\n\nPhotos by Mauritz and Myself. Check out more photos from our time in Limpopo on Mauritz\u2019s incredible Instagram: Mauritz Crous\n\nLIVE FOR NOW\n\nHey!\nThanks for stopping by. If you had told me a few years ago that I'd now be working as a photographer and blogger I'd have said you were mad. Yet, as 2016 draws to a close I look back on what an incredible year it has been. I've had the most amazing experiences and met some great people. Let's see what 2017 has in store...\nHere you'll find everything from my latest travels to my favourite coffee shops. I have no idea where I am going but that's part of the fun, right?"}
-{"text": "Supply of fuel for mobile power plants of the Crimea for 25 days\n\nFuel for producing electricity in the overall network of mobile power stations in Crimea is enough for 25 days, and fuel for feeding individual objects of backup sources will provide gas stations, said Last news in the night of Sunday the Deputy head of the Ministry of energy of the Crimea Evgeny Demin.\n\nCrimea is 70% dependent on interrupted in the night of Sunday supply of electric energy from Ukraine. The General poverty of the Peninsula's electricity - 1. 200 MW. Source Last news in the Crimean Ministry of energy reported that its capacity Crimea without reserve give 250-350 MW. The total capacity of the reserve sources of energy supply in Crimea, including mobile gas-turbine units (mgtes) and diesel generator sets (DGS) is 451 MW.\n\n\"mgtes 25 days \", - said Demin.\n\n\"Yes. There are contracts with gas stations, \" he replied to the question, will there be enough for several days of fuel reserve sources of power supply, supply of individual objects.\n\non the first day weekend in the South of Ukraine were damaged the power lines supplying energy to the Crimea. In the night of Sunday in the Ukrainian interior Ministry said that the feet of the first damaged power lines blown up. The supply of electricity from Ukraine were completely finished, almost the entire Peninsula was de-energized. Important infrastructure and social facilities of Crimea have been connected to the emergency source. In addition, on-site generation has allowed to provide a partial supply in some areas of the Crimea, for example in Simferopol."}
-{"text": "FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The Atlanta Falcons announced Thursday Mike Tice will be the new offensive line coach.\n\nTice brings 17 years of NFL coaching experience to the Falcons, including seven seasons as an offensive line coach.\n\nHe last coached in Chicago serving as the Bears offensive line coach for two seasons before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012. In 2011, Chicago's offensive line helped the Bears produce 2,015 rushing yards, which was the second time the club has eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards in the last 22 seasons. Additionally, the Bears 4.4 yards per carry was the franchise's highest single-season mark since 1990.\n\nPrior to joining the Bears, Tice spent the previous four seasons in Jacksonville (2006-09) as the Jaguars assistant head coach. He also served as Jacksonville's tight ends coach for his last three years with the club. Tice worked with Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith for his first two seasons with the Jaguars, when the club's rushing attack had two of the most productive seasons in team history, gaining 2,541 yards in 2006 and 2,391 yards in 2007, first and third respectively in team annals. He also worked with Falcons Offensive Coordinator Dirk Koetter for three seasons in Jacksonville, including 2007 when the Jaguars set franchise records in for points (411), yards per play (5.6) and touchdowns (50) in en route to the AFC Divisional Playoff round.\n\nBefore landing in Jacksonville, Tice spent 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings as a player and coach. He played for the Vikings for three seasons (1992-93 & '95) and joined the coaching staff as tight ends coach in 1996. He served as the Vikings offensive line coach from 1997-2001 before being promoted to interim head coach for the final game of the 2001 season. In four-plus seasons as the Vikings head coach, Tice compiled a 32-33 (.492) record with a 1-1 mark in the playoffs.\n\nAs an offensive line coach, Tice instructed five different players C Matt Birk, C Jeff Christy, G Randall McDaniel, G/T Todd Steussie, and T Korey Stringer to a combined 10 Pro Bowl appearances. In 1998, when the Vikings scored a then NFL-record 556 points, three Minnesota offensive linemen were named Pro Bowl starters."}
-{"text": "House Slights Supreme Court Order on GKI Yasmin Church\n\nIslamist parties demanded on Wednesday that the government ignore a Supreme Court ruling to unseal the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor, forcing the legislature to water down its already irresolute recommendation on ending the long-running dispute.\n\nAt a meeting with government officials to discuss the impasse over the beleaguered GKI Yasmin congregation, lawmakers from the United Development Party (PPP) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) argued that the final recommendation should not cite the Supreme Court\u2019s order to reinstate the church\u2019s permit.\n\nStripped of that clause, the legislature\u2019s recommendation contained no actionable steps, merely reiterating a call for the Bogor administration and the central government to \u201cimmediately resolve\u201d the dispute that has forced the church\u2019s congregation to hold services on the street or in parishioners\u2019 homes since 2008.\n\nHazrul Azwar, the PPP chairman at the House of Representatives, insisted it would be unfair to include the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling and omit another from the Bogor District Court, which ordered the revocation of the church\u2019s permit for alleged administrative violations.\n\n\u201cIf the Supreme Court ruling is cited, then so, too, should the Bogor District Court ruling,\u201d Hazrul said.\n\nThe objection was protested by several legislators including Aziz Syamsuddin from the Golkar Party, who pointed out that the Supreme Court ruling carries more weight than that of any lower court.\n\nGolkar lawmakers Agun Gunanjar Sudarsa and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also said the higher ruling went along with the nation\u2019s pluralist ideals, but Hazrul said all parties had agreed earlier not to touch on that point.\n\n\u201cWe already agreed earlier during the lobbying that no one would bring up the Supreme Court ruling,\u201d Hazrul protested. \u201cSo why is it now being included in the recommendation?\u201d\n\nIn the end, House Deputy Speaker Pramono Anung, who chaired the meeting, said no mention of the ruling would be made in the final recommendation.\n\nThe Supreme Court ruling, issued in 2010, should have ended discrimination against the church, but Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto has refused to comply.\n\nRepresentatives from the church were also barred from participating in the meeting on Wednesday, instead being banished to the spectators\u2019 gallery.\n\nThe meeting, Pramono said, was between the House and the government, and it was not open to those involved in the dispute.\n\nBona Sigalingging, a spokesman for the congregation, said he was disappointed with the proceedings.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been summoned to attend this meeting three times before, but each time it was canceled,\u201d he said. \u201cNow that it\u2019s finally happening, we\u2019ve been sent away.\u201d\n\nAmong those at the meeting was Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi, who claimed he and Diani \u201crespect the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling.\u201d\n\nA recent survey showed that a significant number of high school students support establishing a global Islamic State. Do you believe that the Indonesian government should introduce a curriculum starting from elementary school to counter radicalization?"}
-{"text": "Display Ads for Non-Clickers\n\nDid you know that 8% of internet users account for 85% of all clicks (on advertising)? Source: ComScore. This is an incredible statistic and one which is important when creating a well thought out online marketing strategy.\n\nNot every online campaign has \u201cclicks\u201d as the goal. Take Display Advertising, for example. The goal of Display Advertising (with the possible exception of Remarketing) is to help generate brand awareness. According to ComScore, when employed, Display Advertising (regardless of click rate) generates a lift in brand-site visitation (\u201cDirect\u201d traffic), trademark search and offline sales. So display ads serving these non-clickers should be heavy on the company logo and other graphic branding elements, and perhaps with a tag-line that can be reinforced over and over. This should encourage brand-recall.\n\nThe take-away?CTR% is not the only success metric for online display ads. Impressions are meaningful as well and separate creative executions can be used for ads designed for click-through and ads which build brand recognition."}
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-{"text": "Love this club\n\nPreziosi pledges more cash to Genoa transfer plans\n\nGenoa supremo Enrico Preziosi has pledged a further \u00a310 million to their summer transfer kitty.\n\n\"We have already spent \u00a33m on Papa Waigo, \u00a31.3m for co-ownership of Marco Borriello with Milan, while Juventus valued Matteo Paro at \u00a32m,\" Preziosi told Radio Radio. \"It's far from over. We are thinking of investing at least as much again for those three or four signings we still need.\n\n\"After 12 years out of Serie A, we cannot afford to present a squad that is only fighting to avoid the drop.\"\n\n\"I really hope that Juve buy Gabriel Milito from Real Zaragoza, as that will free Criscito to come back to us,\" added the patron.\n\n\"We have a sort of gentleman's agreement with the Bianconeri. If he is not a first team player, he could be returned to us on loan so that he can continue to develop. The last word is up to Juventus and Claudio Ranieri, though.\""}
-{"text": "Building a Killer Onboarding Program That Grows and Retains Relationships [Webinar]\n\nPreviously Recorded | Duration: 40 minutes\n\nEveryone knows how crucial the first few months are in any new banking relationship. And yet community banks and credit unions say they are deeply disappointed with their own onboarding efforts. In this session, you\u2019ll learn how to fix your financial institution\u2019s onboarding problems by building a positive and effective program \u2014 one that grows your revenue, increases retention, and improves the experience.\n\nThis presentation was a standing-room-only Breakout Session at The Financial Brand Forum 2018 and David Acevedo is back to deliver the same informative content in this webinar.\n\nWhat you\u2019ll learn:\n\nWhy the onboarding experience is so important\n\nThe steps needed to build a strategic onboarding and cross-selling framework\n\nBest practices for a successful program\n\nHow to leverage new technologies to automate your onboarding program\n\nWebinar Host:\n\nDavid Acevedo\n\nSVP and National Sales Director | 360 VIEW\n\nAs a previous director of sales for a $1.8 billion commercial bank, David developed and directed bank-wide sales strategies as well as incentive compensations programs. His 26 years of banking experience spans Retail Banking, Commercial Business Development, Marketing and Investments and Insurance. Currently he directs all sales efforts for 360 View.\n\nAbout Us\n\n360 View is the growth platform developed for banks and credit unions, providing all the tools necessary to maximize your team\u2019s performance."}
-{"text": "First Premature Ejaculation Drug Now in Philippines\n\nMANILA, PHILIPPINES \u2013 Dapoxetine, the first and only drug specifically developed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Premature Ejaculation (PE), is now available in the country.\n\n\u201cThe availability of dapoxetine is welcome news for Filipino men and their partners who are affected by PE, the most common male sexual disorder. Finally, men no longer have to risk their health and safety by trying unproven and non-FDA approved medications, herbal teas and supplements,\u201d said Dr. Ulysses Quanico, President, Philippine Urological Association (PUA).\n\nDr. Lee and Dr. Quanico spoke during the \u201cMedia Briefing on Premature Ejaculation\u201d organized by A. Menarini Philippines on July 10, 2014 at the Holiday Inn Galleria in Pasig City.\n\nHeavy emotional burden\n\nPE is characterized by a lack of perceived control over ejaculation as well as negative personal consequences, such as distress or interpersonal difficulty, which leads to a decrease in sexual satisfaction and overall quality of life for both men and their partners.\n\nPE is the most common sexual dysfunction in men yet it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Asia Pacific PE Prevalence and Attitude Study showed that up to 1 in 3 men is afflicted with this condition.\n\nThe impact of PE on couples is evident. According to the 2013 Asia-Pacific Sexual Behaviors and Satisfaction Survey, 91% of men in the Philippines find it highly important that they sexually satisfy their partners. This is mainly partner-driven\u2014men want to make their partner feel happy, loved and satisfied.\n\nSeven out of 10 (72%) Filipinos surveyed were concerned about not being able to sexually satisfy their partners. Almost half (46%) were concerned about ejaculating too early or not being able to control when to ejaculate.\n\n[pq]PE (Premature Ejaculation) can erode relationships. One in five (20%) men with PE says that PE can lead to relationship breakdown or divorce.[/pq]\n\nAccording to Dr. Lee, \u201cMen with PE are often reluctant to discuss their condition or are in denial. Their partners, on the other hand, avoid raising the topic for fear of hurting the man\u2019s feelings. This communication gap hinders PE diagnosis and treatment.\u201d\n\nDr. Quanico agrees. \u201cBecause of the social stigma attached to PE, very few couples and even fewer men dare speak about it.\u201d\n\nTo bring PE out into the open and increase awareness on the condition, the PUA and A. Menarini Philippines recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to jointly implement an advocacy campaign on PE.\n\nThe general public is encouraged to visit www.controlPE.ph or e-mail inquire@controlPE.ph for accurate and up-to-date information about PE as well as to take the self-diagnostic test and find a doctor who can help in PE diagnosis and management.\n\nKey role of Serotonin\n\nAlthough the exact cause of PE remains unknown, research has revealed that PE involves a complex interplay of both psychological and biological factors.\n\nAccording to Dr. Lee, serotonin plays a central role. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger in the brain and nervous system. Studies have shown that adequate levels of serotonin in the junctions between neurons or brain cells\u2014synapses\u2014help delay ejaculation. Men with PE have low levels of serotonin in the synapses.\n\n\u201cDapoxetine works by inhibiting a protein that transports serotonin away from the synapses, thereby increasing the synaptic levels of serotonin and consequently controlling ejaculation\u201d said Dr. Lee.\n\nDapoxetine is indicated for men with PE who are aged between 18 and 64. Proven to work effectively on the first dose for most men, dapoxetine can be taken as needed, one to three hours before intercourse, with a full glass of water. Optimal effect is usually achieved after approximately six doses taken within 4 weeks."}
-{"text": "Side / Accent Plates\n\nGive your tableware a new twist by adding accented plates to add a touch of gold and platinum or even add a burst of colour with side plates like Jasper Conran Chinoiserie. You don't need to buy a new tableware range, just accessorise your existing one to create a completely new look for lots of different occasions.\n\nThe perfect combination is only a dinnerware side plate away! We have found that our most popular tableware side plates and accent plates are used to give existing white or cream coloured tableware a new twist or feel. A lot of our customers will invest in tableware collections like Wedgwood White or Jasper Conran White but will then add bursts of colour depending on the occasion or time of year to keep their crockery collection feeling fresh and current.\n\nFloral side plates such as Pashmina, Wild Strawberry or Sweet Plum offer that summer feeling to the dining experience, bringing colour, contrast and a feeling of freshness to the dinner table even before any servings take place.\n\nAlternatively, make a statement with timeless gold or platinum banded accent plates such as Sterling, Signet Platinum, Jasper Conran Platinum plates or a number of the Vera Wang dinner plates. All of which will provide the perfect setting for any occasion that will transcend time and trends.\n\nWedgwood side plates and accent plates are produced using fine bone china; an incredibly pure, translucent, strong and durable material, that forms the perfect canvas for our artists designs. The exception being earthenware based creamware which produces a luxuriously rich, cream colour that has been mastered and refined since the 18th century."}
-{"text": "Permanent Change of Station, Leave No Traces Gosia Herc-Balaszek February 4 through April 16, 2017\n\nIn the artist\u2019s own words:\n\nCamp Pendleton: ten thousand people and no ghosts. The nomads leave no trace. Their dwellings are in the spaces that are neither public nor private. They hover above and between the surfaces that protect them from weather and history. They train and rest in buildings that are very much alike. Spaces that simulate homes but are nothing more than Shells \u2014 forms without identity. The community is continually changing; the houses are in constant flux. The cyclical aspect of military life does not allow rootedness. Neither people nor memories are allowed to stay. It is hard to tell if the spaces are thoroughly cleaned between tenants or maybe the tenants inhabit the spaces between cleanings. This perpetual erasure is quiet; there is no nostalgia, no spectacle about it. The houses are gutted from the inside; walls are repainted, floors replaced. All that is visible are piles of rolled carpets spilling out through a garage door as if the house is purging any residue of the people that once occupied it. The carpets are cheap and replaceable.\n\nI collect the carpets.\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\n\nA native of Poland, Gosia Herc-Balaszek currently lives and practices in Southern California. Her sculptural work engages concepts of domesticity, simulation, and perpetual erasure, focusing on the architecture aboard military installations, particularly Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Her practice slips between collecting, archiving, voyeurism, and vandalism. Gosia is a recent graduate of the University of California at Irvine MFA program and alumna of the Visual Arts program at the University of California at San Diego."}
-{"text": "When purchasing your prmit online or at Service New Brunswick our club is Club #15.\n\nNew Brunswick's extensive, managed snowmobile trail system supports a significant winter tourism industry. The entire network is maintained primarily by the volunteers in the 50-member clubs of the NBFSC. It is estimated there are more than 20,000 snowmobile users in New Brunswick, counting residents and visitors. Maintaining the system of trails is dependent on funding from the Trail Permits that all snowmobilers must purchase and display when using NBFSC trails.\n\nIn the interest of fairness and sustainability, the Government of New Brunswick introduced a mandatory snowmobile Trail Permit system in 2000-2001. This legislation ensures stable funding for trail upkeep and maintenance. The mandatory system, similar to that of other provinces, is based on a user-pay mechanism and provides economic benefits for the province\u2019s winter tourism and security benefits for trail users.\n\nTypes & Prices:\n\nPermit type\n\nPrice\n\nSeasonal\n\n$255.00 + HST\n(before Dec.15/17 $180 + HST)\n\nAntique\n\n$55.00 + HST\n\nClassic\n\n$100.00 + HST\n\nFamily\n(3rd and subsequent)\n\n$100.00 + HST\n\nOne-Day\n\n$40.00 - HST included\n\nThree-Day\n\n$80.00 - HST included\n\nSeven-Day\n\n$125.00 - HST included\n\nWhere to Buy Permits\n\nReady to Buy your season trail permit? (Available from October to April)\n\n\u25bcAvailable only at Service New Brunswick outlets \u25bc\n\nFamily Trail Permits:\n1. Qualification is a minimum of 3 snowmobiles in a family.\n2. The first two permits are bought at the seasonal price ($180/$255); third and subsequent permits are $100.00 + HST.\n3. Proof of a \u2018Family\u2019 qualification is 3 or more current snowmobile registrations all registered to the same address and in the same name.\n4. The discount is for qualified families, not businesses or companies.\n\nAntique Snowmobile Trail Permits:\n1. Definition is snowmobiles 20-years and older, 1998 and older.\n2. Proof for an \u2018Antique\u2019 qualification is the current snowmobile registration for each antique snowmobile.\n\nClassic Snowmobile Trail Permits:\n1. Definition is snowmobiles between 10 and 20 years old, 1999 - 2008.\n2. Proof for a \u2018Classic\u2019 qualification is the current snowmobile registration for each classic snowmobile"}
-{"text": "Posts tagged with Modest Fashion\n\nHey guys, so if you follow me on instagram, you\u2019ll know that I recently got back from Dubai. It was such an amazing holiday, I absolutely love it out there. Whilst I was there I posted quite a few style looks on instagram and so many of you DM\u2019d me\u2026 View Post"}
-{"text": "Tuesday, March 1, 2011\n\nReal Weddings: Dara & Jorge\n\nI had the wonderful opportunity to work with Dara and Jorge, as well as Dara's mom Teresa, on their February 19, 2011 wedding at El Presidio Chapel and Hotel Mar Monte in Santa Barbara. Even though thunderstorms and snow were on the horizon (yes there was snow in the Santa Ynez Mountains), it did not stop this couple from enjoying their wedding day or their love for one another. It was truly a day of celebration, love, and family!\n\nThank you to all the vendors for making Dara and Jorge's wedding a dream!\n\nNo comments:\n\nOther Articles You May Like\n\nwww.percysales.com\n\nPercy Sales (pronounced sah-les) is a Santa Barbara, California based wedding planner and event designer. He was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He came into his career as an event planner by fluke, applying for a position as an event specialist for an international marketing company on a whim. He wanted to find a way to incorporate his talents in design and marketing in his career. He felt that an event planner would be a great way to marry the two, while creating environments and experiences that made people happy. Percy was a corporate event planner for 11 years before establishing his own event company, Percy Sales Events. He holds a MBA in Marketing. www.percysales.com"}
-{"text": "Premium Shop: Fury Premiers in Germany and Spain\n\nThe movie Fury is continuing its European tour \u2013 this month, it premieres in Germany and Spain. Consequently, we will be re-releasing the special packages featuring the concept M4A3E8 Fury Premium tank in order to celebrate this event! If you missed the opportunity of getting one last time, now\u2019s your chance to add it to your garage.\n\nCheck out our cool 3D model below to get a closer look at the in-game Fury.\n\nThese furious offers will be available in the Premium Shop from Thursday 1 January at 06:10 until Friday 16 January at 06:00 CET (UTC +1):\n\nA premium account allows you to earn more credits and experience per battle so that you can progress more quickly in the game. All the information about the advantages of a premium account can be found in our guide."}
-{"text": "SYNOPSISA3K Radio returns for a third season. We interviewed the Nerd Cool rapper, Richie Branson, who recently released a Gundam Wing inspired album. Richie talks about being a fan of anime and merging it with his extensive hip-hop background.\n\nIf your an artist, animator, voice actor or just a person with an interesting story, contact us. It\u2019s our goal to release new episodes of A3K Radio every week. We\u2019re especially looking to interview conventions, events or cool anime-related events. Send us an email and we\u2019ll try our best to set something up."}
-{"text": "A Review Of whole house console humidifiers\n\nA Review Of whole house console humidifiers\n\nA whole house humidifier\u2019s drinking water pad should get replaced yearly in advance of every chilly period to complete competently and to stop mould growth. For the homes employing private properly or other resources with superior levels of minerals, cleaning could possibly be demanded much more generally.\n\nFURNACE Necessities: To be used in homes with typical gasoline or oil compelled-air central heating programs only. Not to be used with electric powered furnaces, ninety+ condensing furnaces, or electrical heat pumps. Tend not to INSTALL with an attic furnace of any kind.\n\nCirculation-Through (bypass) Whole House Humidifiers (passive and supporter assisted) \u2013 they use a so-termed h2o pad designed out of froth, expanded aluminum, and Various other resources. The water drips in addition to the square pad as well as air from the heating technique flowing with the pad picks up the drinking water particles and carries them through the air ducts and round the house.\n\nThe unit operates quietly getting no belts, wheels or pulleys, but just A 3-velocity electric powered motor. It even has an evening time location which is even quieter. Indicators get the job done to tell you when to check filters and refill the reservoir.\n\nOne of several recognized challenges affiliated with this kind of the whole house humidifier is that the water dispersed with chilly air (with operating furnace blower only / no warmth) won't absolutely evaporate.\n\nYour alternative of humidifier will often be based upon your budget over it will be about the tactic during which a certain humidifier presents the best humidity level to your home. Some of these humidifiers will eat additional Vitality but delivers more economical humidity amounts, while others are not as successful Nonetheless they help save energy.\n\nFor humidifiers, set up can be quite a difficult affair. A accredited HVAC Specialist could be needed to put in units that interface with a gas compelled air warmth furnaces. Also, some brands void their warranty When the installation isn't accomplished by a licensed HVAC Experienced.\n\nThis humidifier isn't going to shut off routinely; the waterfall indicator reveals the device is operating. Optional casters are offered for simple maneuvering on tough surfaces.\n\nThe AIRCARE EP9 800 is really a sound humidifier that basically does a terrific occupation and it has the functions that you must help it become operate precisely the way that you might want. For the value, you won't be upset by its options, overall performance and energy effectiveness.\n\nLocal store selling prices might vary from Those people exhibited. Items shown as readily available are Commonly stocked but stock concentrations cannot be guaranteed\n\nFor manual models, nevertheless, anything is finished manually, in that you have to adjust your humidifier by yourself every time There's a have to.\n\nCondensing on the air duct cold walls may possibly in some cases cause micro organism and mould development. If you like new gizmos and don\u2019t thoughts shelling out some really serious revenue for it \u2013 go in advance \u2013 but it sill does require servicing.\n\nWick Kind Whole House Humidifiers \u2013 assembled away from a small reservoir in addition to a filter (wick) that absorbs drinking water from it. All the humidifier is mounted inside the website air duct, and so as to inspect it, You must unscrew the quilt plate and remove your complete unit \u2013 I don\u2019t proposed it, really low-cost and simple to setup, but there\u2019s no machine (humidistat) to control humidity degree.\n\nI realize just how much h2o The majority of them waste and the amount hurt they bring about to HVAC devices that even considering that lots of it absolutely was basically insufficient servicing, there are only a couple I would recommend. NO \u2013 I\u2019m not being compensated by the manufacturers for that / I\u2019m not their affiliate. All I am able to say is Consider It. Make sure you can return it within thirty days should you don\u2019t like it."}
-{"text": "Pelvic (floor) disorders\n\nMen, women and children can have problems due to a malfunctioning pelvic floor. There may be a too weak, too tight and / or inadequate coordination of the pelvic floor. The pelvis, ligaments, pelvic floor and pelvic organs interact with each other. A disorder in the pelvis can lead to a complaint in the pelvic floor and vice versa.\nDisorders that can occur are:\naccidentally leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze\nneeding to get to the toilet in a hurry or not making it there in time\nconstantly needing to go to the toilet\nfinding it difficult to empty your bladder or bowel\naccidentally losing control of your bladder or bowel\n\nUrinary symptoms\n\u2013 incontinence by exercise or stress (loss of urine with pressure increase)\n\u2013 urgency incontinence\n\u2013 stress incontinence (loss of urine at abdominal pressure increase and at pressure)\n\u2013 impulse urination (too often and too strong feeling of pressure)\n\u2013 not being able to urinate or not being able to urinate well\n\nPain symptoms\n\u2013 in the lower abdomen, around the anus (itching, tears), sexual organs or in the pelvic region\n\nComplaints during pregnancy\n\u2013 low back pain\n\u2013 complaints around the SI joints (joints between the pelvis and the sacrum)\n\u2013 Pubic bone or buttock pain\n\u2013 difficulty and / or pain when standing, walking (stairs), turning in bed, lifting, etc.\n\u2013 complaints during sex\n\nPelvic pain and low back pain due to causes other than pregnancy or childbirth\nFor example, due to incorrect posture and / or overpressure of the lower back and pelvis pain complaints can occur. These complaints can often be remedied by using targeted exercise therapy, postural and exercise advice and possibly massage of pain points (trigger points)."}
-{"text": "Food & Wine\n\nPhoto Garrett Miller/Special To The Town Crier Summer blackberries bring deep color and a sweet tartness to homemade ice cream.\n\nHomemade ice cream is an increasingly popular trend, and it\u2019s not hard to see why. Who doesn\u2019t love ice cream in summer? And ice cream can incorporate the sweet summer fruits that peak in ripeness just when we start seeking refreshing ways to cool off.\n\nWith many affordable home ice-cream makers available (as well as cheaper alternative do-it-yourself methods) ice-cream lovers can easily whip up a pint of their own creation in as few as 30 minutes.\n\nFor me, this means re-creating an old favorite from childhood, when my family used to vacation in Maine every summer. Besides being a picturesque New England vacation spot, Maine was our way of reconnecting with our entirely East Coast-based family. And during the family reunions that unfolded as relatives from New York, Pennsylvania and Florida trickled in to converge on the town of New Harbor, we ate a lot of great meals together.\n\nThe food highlight wasn\u2019t lobster rolls, chowder or baked goods studded with wild blueberries \u2013 it was all about the ice cream. My personal favorite was always black raspberry, a ubiquitous flavor on the East Coast that was nearly impossible to find at home, which only made it more special.\n\nWe stopped spending our summers in Maine many years ago, and I haven\u2019t been back since. Nor had I tasted the sweet, creamy, lavender-hued frozen confection I so fondly remembered. Then, a recent surge of nostalgia hit me like a crushing Atlantic wave: I missed the family visits, the rocky beaches and, yes, the ice cream.\n\nThis year, I wanted another taste of the summers I remembered. And because I couldn\u2019t buy my beloved black raspberry ice cream at the store, I decided to make it myself.\n\nThe basic formula of one part sugar, two parts milk and four parts heavy cream yields a base from which endless variations can be explored with the addition of fruits, nuts and other flavorings. To re-create my old favorite, I added egg yolks for richness, cardamom for a little complexity and a puree of fresh farmers\u2019 market blackberries (the closest substitute to black raspberries I could find) to give my ice cream a luscious berry tang and all-natural purple color.\n\nSweet, refreshing and my perfect little taste of Maine \u2013 at least until I work up the nerve to tackle those lobster rolls.\n\nGarrett Miller is a freelance writer, food blogger and graduate of Los Altos High School and UC Santa Cruz. For more of his comfort-food recipes, visit www.noodletherapy.com.\n\nCreamy Blackberry Ice Cream\n\n\u2022 2 cups heavy cream\n\n\u2022 1 cup whole milk\n\n\u2022 3/4 cup sugar\n\n\u2022 12 ounces fresh blackberries\n\n\u2022 5 egg yolks\n\n\u2022 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom\n\n\u2022 1/8 teaspoon salt\n\nWhisk egg yolks, cardamom and salt together in small bowl.\n\nIn saucepan, heat milk and sugar with 1 cup cream over medium-low heat until just below simmering (approximately 175 F). You should see small bubbles starting to form and mixture should coat the back of a spoon.\n\nPour a small amount of hot liquid into bowl with eggs, whisking vigorously. Return to saucepan and stir to combine. Remove from heat and, in medium bowl, whisk into remaining cream and let cool to room temperature.\n\nMeanwhile, puree blackberries in blender or food processor and strain through fine-mesh sieve to remove seeds. Stir into cooled custard, then cover and refrigerate ice-cream base for four hours.\n\nNow your ice-cream base is ready to finish in an ice-cream machine or other freezing method.\n\nSubmit a Letter to the Editor\n\nThe Town Crier welcomes letters to the editor on current events pertinent to Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View. Write to us at 138 Main St., Los Altos 94022, Attn: Editor, or email editor Bruce Barton at bruceb@latc.com. Because editorial space is limited, please confine letters to no more than 200 words. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Anonymous letters will not be printed.\n\nYou can also have your say right here at losaltosonline.com \u2013 scroll to the bottom of any story to add a comment."}
-{"text": "Building a company-wide culture for collaborative innovation\n\nInnovationItProcurement ExecutiveSEI+-\n\n\u201cWe need a clear strategy for changing our company culture,\u201d one procurement executive recently told our Supplier-Enabled Innovation Center (SEIC). \u201cThere\u2019s a desire in my team to develop supplier innovation \u2013 but the culture of the wider company isn\u2019t there yet.\u201d\n\nProcurement functions pursuing SEI will be all too familiar with this predicament. 71% of companies with ineffective SEI programs lack a culture for collaboration, according to SEIC research. While current business and technology trends all point to collaborative innovation as a driver of future growth, not all companies identify with this need \u2013 and fewer still see procurement as a bridge to innovation.\n\nThere are two parts to this problem: the culture of an organisation overall, and how procurement fits into that culture.\n\nFor the former, a company might retain a \u2018not-invented-here\u2019 attitude to innovation, where a new product can\u2019t conceivably be launched without full ownership of IP, and where the brain power of internal specialists is assumed to be superior than that residing elsewhere. For the latter, procurement might still be considered a back office, cost saving function by the business, with little capacity to add value.\n\nBoth scenarios are terminal for successful SEI. For procurement functions that experience one or both \u2013 as the company we recently spoke to does \u2013 changing these cultural norms is an essential step towards accessing supplier innovation.\n\nThe first of these two problems \u2013 the overall company culture \u2013 must be tackled first. Functions struggling with a company-wide resistance to collaborative innovation tend to benefit from aligning supplier innovation meetings \u2013 where key suppliers come into the business to discuss challenges \u2013 with the wider company\u2019s innovation days. This means that external insights are shared in some of the discussions taking place, which both promotes how a \u201cnot-invented-here\u201d attitude is no longer compatible with the business\u2019s interests, and raises awareness of how suppliers possess capability that the business needs.\n\nThis will only go some way to removing procurement\u2019s reputation as a cost-saving function, however. To cement its place in the business\u2019s innovation culture, more will have to be done.\n\nWe\u2019ve found that the process of improving procurement\u2019s reputation is best achieved by demonstrating the value that SEI can bring to the business and, importantly, how instrumental procurement is in advancing it.\n\nLeading companies that we\u2019ve spoken to adopt this approach. Key supplier relationships are developed to the point that they yield innovative solutions, and these solutions are then held up as examples of procurement driving new intellectual capital from the supply base.\n\nAs other functions become more aware of procurement\u2019s ability to connect business needs with supplier capability, this should be followed up with an event that bolsters this awareness. There are several activities that procurement can undertake, but cross-functional supplier innovation days are perhaps the most effective.\n\nAt an SEIC member\u2019s recent supplier day, for instance, procurement worked on establishing technical solutions and contributions to specific challenges faced by the company\u2019s engineers. This work was circulated among key stakeholders so they could see the nascent value the supply base held. On the day itself, suppliers were brought together with cross-functional stakeholders, allowing senior supplier representatives to pitch their technology and solutions to a wide and relevant group.\n\nThese are only some of the examples of what can be done to start changing company culture; but cementing this change and embedding procurement as a source of innovation will not happen overnight.\n\nThe process is necessarily long and gradual, with incremental change the order of the day. As we have seen first-hand in the SEIC, procurement functions across numerous sectors possess the tools and capability to facilitate collaborative innovation in the business \u2013 it\u2019s just a matter of making full use of them.\n\nFirst featured on Procurement Leaders\u2019 Supplier-Enabled Innovation Center (SEIC). To learn more about membership to the SEIC, please email us.\n\nThis article is a piece of independent writing by a member of Procurement Leaders\u2019 content team."}
-{"text": "Events\n\nMembers\n\nTo unlock all of features of Rams On Demand please take a brief moment to register. Registering is not only quick and easy, it also allows you access to additional features such as live chat, private messaging, and a host of other apps exclusive to Rams On Demand.\n\nSammy Watkins - Rams Top Choice?\n\nAs much as I would like to see the Rams get Clowney it seems more and more likely (at least to me) that they will end up with Watkins which will not be too much of a disappointment for me! As long as the Rams end up with Clowney, Watkins, Robinson or Mack (or, a great trade down!) I will be happy Rams fan!\n\nAs much as I would like to see the Rams get Clowney it seems more and more likely (at least to me) that they will end up with Watkins which will not be too much of a disappointment for me! As long as the Rams end up with Clowney, Watkins, Robinson or Mack (or, a great trade down!) I will be happy Rams fan!\n\nClick to expand...\n\nHonestly, I know teams wouldn't give what I'd be asking for the #2. I'd take ask for a little less than the RG3 trade or take Watkins, period. That can have the scraps with two of the top 3 playmakers gone.\n\ni know that is a remote chance, but in theory- doesnt it sound doable?\n\nClick to expand...\n\nOh I have no doubt that this can happen just dont know if it will. we trade down with say Cleavland pick up there 2nd first rounder and maybe a 2nd or 3rd draft watkins at 4 then use those to picks and throw in somthing extra I think you could get back up with oakland or ATL and get Robinson or Matthews. May take a pick next year too but it would be worth it IMO.\n\nI would rather stay at 2 and make our pick to secure our \"top player\" on our board, but if we trade down I want to go no further than 6. I'm assuming Clowney is #1 on our board so if Clowney is there at 2, take him.\n\nAs of right now, these are my top 5 players I would like to see in a Rams uniform whether we draft them at 2 or 13 or wherever we happen to trade to:\n\nAnd of course I like guys like Aaron Donald, Pryor, Clinton-Dix. Mack is a good talent but I'm not sure he's a fit with the Rams. And I know Jake Matthews is good but idk... meh. Pick him at 13 if he's there (which he won't be) but not 2. I like Robinson more. I think he has more upside than Matthews.\n\nA55VA6's preferences:\nI would rather stay at 2 and make our pick to secure our \"top player\" on our board, but if we trade down I want to go no further than 6. I'm assuming Clowney is #1 on our board so if Clowney is there at 2, take him.\n\nAs of right now, these are my top 5 players I would like to see in a Rams uniform whether we draft them at 2 or 13 or wherever we happen to trade to:\n\nAfter extensively watching tape, I now have Mike Evans ahead of Sammy Watkins as the best WR in the draft.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nWOw interesting- I have Watkins by a pretty big margin. I have Evans in the 2nd tier of wrs. I see a Vjack clone (not a bad thing for sure) but Watkins as a D Thomas -Boldin hybrid. A perennial 1000 + 8 td wr. Tory Holt like production. Cant miss=- no holes in his game.\n\nWOw interesting- I have Watkins by a pretty big margin. I have Evans in the 2nd tier of wrs. I see a Vjack clone (not a bad thing for sure) but Watkins as a D Thomas -Boldin hybrid. A perennial 1000 + 8 td wr. Tory Holt like production. Cant miss=- no holes in his game.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nYeah, not to take anything away from Watkins I think he will be a good player, I just think Evans will be better. I really like his game and the way it translates to the nfl."}
-{"text": "Fine Magazine feature with 88's artistic director, James Weisz\n\n4th May 2016\n\nOur recent rebrand and upcoming plans were featured this month in Fine Magazine. The publication sat down with our artistic director, James Weisz to talk community interest theatre, the struggles involved in repurposing methodist churches, and the exciting developments going on here in London Road.\n\n\u201cThe theatre lives in a re-purposed ex-Methodist church in the heart of the recently regenerated London Road area in Brighton. I\u2019d wanted to open my own theatre for years, and had been looking at various venues when I saw the church [at 88 London Road] \u2026 Emporium is being rebranded at 88 London Road to emphasise the team\u2019s commitment to the regeneration and revival of the area. And it become a CIC (Community Interest Company) in March, vowing to use its activities not just for profit but for community good \u2026 When we arrived in London Road, it was really dead but I\u2019m delighted to say this is gradually becoming a really vibrant part of the city. We\u2019re all very proud to be here, playing a part in the local community.\u201d \u2013 James Weisz\n\nSupport Us Now\n\n88 London Road (formerly Emporium Theatre) is the only professional producing theatre in Brighton.\nWe produce, or co-produce a high proportion of our own work, striving to bring high quality and exciting work to the venue in a year-round programme."}
-{"text": "Google Defends Not Running Anti-Clinton Banners\n\nGoogle is being criticized as taking an anti-conservative stance involving a banner campaign advertising a book about the \"abuses of power\" by former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY. The author and publisher claim ads were pulled late last week after initial acceptance, while Google denied removing any ads that received approval.\n\n\"Google's decision to reverse its prior approval and shut down this banner ad campaign reeks of political bias,\" said Candice Jackson, author of \"Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine.\" Jackson and the publisher, World Ahead Publishing, Los Angeles, claimed the campaign was pulled because Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a financial backer of the senator and a Democratic Party supporter.\n\nThe ads showed a cover of the book or pictures of the Clintons and various statements, including one from Kathleen Willey, a former White House volunteer who testified in Paula Jones' sexual harassment case, saying, \"The true nightmare Bill and Hillary put me through.\" The ad campaign began May 31.\n\nEric Jackson, president of World Ahead Publishing, said that though Google had approved the campaign and it was performing \"very strongly,\" the search engine pulled the campaign June 9. When asked why, a Google representative said the company's policies didn't allow it to display ads that are against an individual, according to World Ahead.\n\nHowever, a Google spokesman said that only some of the ads for \"Their Lives\" were accepted and that those are still running on Google's network, while others were rejected. He also denied that the ads were accepted or rejected because of political views.\n\n\"These decisions are based on our policies, not political views,\" Google spokesman Mike Mayzel said. \"We have routinely accepted and rejected ads for materials that are for or against a wide variety of public views.\"\n\nGoogle's policy on ads states: \"Ad text advocating against any organization or person is not permitted. Stating disagreement with, or campaigning against, a candidate for public office, a political party or public administration is generally permissible.\"\n\nChristine Blank covers online marketing and advertising, including e-mail marketing and paid search, for DM News and DMNews.com. To keep up with the latest developments in these areas, subscribe to our daily and weekly e-mail newsletters by visiting www.dmnews.com/newsletters"}
-{"text": "Three Female Adventurers\n\nToday we are going to talking about not one, not two but three fantastic female adventurers who dared to make their mark in history and travel the world. Spring is in the air and Minnesota; everyone is ready to bust out of there house. The first episode we were able to learn about Jean Barret, who was the first female to circumnavigate the globe. This episode we will break down three adventurers; Nellie Bly, Annie Londonberry, and Isabella Lucy Bird. All three females were born around the mid-1800\u2019s, were non-conformist that didn\u2019t pull any punches. They were ambitious modern thinkers at a time when woman supposed to be timid and obedient. Get settled in, for the first time we are trying a new format with three amazing travelers. Join Layla and me for a trip around the world.\n\nA photo of Annie in her biking attire riding on a bike.\n\nAnnie Londonberry\n\nShe was born Annie Cohen Kopchovsky in Riga, Latvia 1870. Her family set sail for America and a new life when Annie was just a child. I couldn\u2019t find much about her childhood, earliest accounts have her married with three kids by 1892. That would make her 22 years old. Also in 1892, a group of men made a bet with one another that no woman could beat the record for cycling around the world. A man named Thomas Stevens had set the record ten years earlier. With some caveats, she would have do it in 15 months (Stevens took 32), starting with zero cash and earn $5000. There was speculation that any woman to attempt the challenge was to win $10,000 if she succeeded. Annie had never been on a bike before, she learned 3 days before her big ride.\n\nThe New York World described her epic adventure as \u201cthe most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman.\u201d She was a celebrity and for a while was given her own column in the New York World, where she wrote about her journey (with her usual amount of creative license!)\n\nhttp://www.annielondonderry.com/learn.html\n\n\u201cI am a journalist and \u2018a new woman,\u2019\u201d she wrote, \u201cif that term means that I believe I can do anything that any man can do.\u201d\n\nHer first article was about her round-the-world bicycle adventure\n\nIsabella Bird wearing Manchurian clothing from a journey through China.\n\nIsabella Lucy Bird\n\nIsabella Lucy Bird wasn\u2019t your stereotypical adventurer. She was a slightly stout, middle-aged woman from Yorkshire, England. She suffered from chronic health issues, which is one of the reasons started to travel. Her first sea voyage to the United States was to help with her insomnia and depression. She was an inspirational writer, see her quotes below.\n\n\u201cShe was a truly amazing woman,\u201d says travel photography expert and author Deborah Ireland, who compiled a book on Ms. Bird. \u201cShe didn\u2019t start learning photography until she was 60 years old. She decided to take up a new profession when most people are considering retirement.\n\n\u201cIt was financial necessity that started her travelling,\u201d says Ireland. \u201cAt 40, she is thought to be unmarriable and went to Australia. We don\u2019t know for sure but maybe it was thought she could get lucky there, but she just couldn\u2019t handle the heat, the drunk men and the flies, and she tells her sister she must return home.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn Hawaii there are none of the social constraints of colonial rule or Victorian moral correctness, and she observed that people can be truly very happy with very little.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo one has an adventure like Ms Bird,\u201d crowed The Spectator magazine, in its review of her next release, A Lady\u2019s Life in the Rocky Mountains, published in 1879. The book was another hit and includes a timeless description of the charismatic local outlaw Rocky Mountain Jim as \u201ca man any women would fall in love with but who no sane woman would ever marry\u201d.\n\n\u201cNo one was writing like this at the time,\u201d says Ireland.\u201dThe Volga is a miserable steamer \u2026 the ship was damp, dark, dirty, old and cold.\u201d\n\n\u201cHer rivals were staying in five-star accommodation but Isabella could offer her readers danger, dirt and reality,\u201d says Dr Julia Kuehn, of the University of Hong Kong, whose research interests include the travel writing of Victorian women. \u201cThis was her \u2018wow factor\u2019.\u201d\n\n\u201cPeople think it witty to ridicule everything Chinese, poke fun at these junks and their \u2018pig-tailed\u2019, long-coated crews, but their handling of them is masterly,\u201d writes Bird.\n\n\u201cThere is genuine admiration and affection, and she refers to their bravery as they risk losing their footing on steep cliffs adjacent to the river,\u201d says Ireland.\n\n\u201cThey are rough, truly, but as the voyage went on, their honest work, pluck, endurance, hardihood, sobriety and good nature won my sympathy and in some sort my admiration,\u201d Bird writes\n\nNellie Bly\n\nNellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, she was an American jounralist. Bly\u2019s goal was to beat the fictional Phileas Fogg\u2019s 80-day odyssey, as written in the 1873 novel by Jules Verne. He ambition and drive helped her achieve a new qorld record. It took her only 72 days. Unbeknownst to her\u2014beating out her competitor, Elizabeth Bisland of Cosmopolitan magazine.\n\n\u201cDo you get sea-sick ?\u201d I was asked in an interested, friendly way. That was enough; I flew to the railing.\n\nSick? I looked blindly down, caring little what the wild waves were saying, and gave vent to my feelings.\n\nAmiens to meet Jules Verne, himself. He wished her luck, saying, \u201cIf you do it in seventy-nine days, I shall applaud with both hands.\u201d\n\nBly writes:\n\n\u201cLose it? I don\u2019t understand. What do you mean?\u201d I demanded, beginning to think he was mad.\n\n\u201cAren\u2019t you having a race around the world?\u201d he asked, as if he thought I was not Nellie Bly.\n\n\u201cYes; quite right. I am running a race with Time,\u201d I replied.\n\n\u201cTime? I don\u2019t think that\u2019s her name.\u201d\n\n\u201cHer! Her!!\u201d I repeated, thinking, \u201cPoor fellow, he is quite unbalanced,\u201d and wondering if I dared wink at the doctor to suggest to him the advisability of our making good our escape.\n\n\u201cYes, the other woman; she is going to win. She left here three days ago.\u201d\n\nI am not racing with anyone. I would not race. If someone else wants to do the trip in less time, that is their concern. If they take it upon themselves to race against me, it is their lookout that they succeed. I am not racing. I promised to do the trip in seventy-five days, and I will do it; although had I been permitted to make the trip when I first proposed it over a year ago, I should then have done it in sixty days.\n\nPodcast Sources:\n\n\u201cChampion of Her Sex,\u201d New York Sunday World, 2 February 1896, p. 10.\n\n\u201cThe Life of Isabella Bird\u201d. The Spectator. London: 6. 26 January 1907.\n\nBear, David. \u201cAround the World With Nellie Bly.\u201d Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 26, 2006\n\nBird, Isabella (1883). The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012."}
-{"text": "Charitable Giving: Do Your Research\n\nCharitable giving can be a very valuable part of your estate plan. There are thousands of charities out there that could use a boost, but if you\u2019re wise you will do your research before making any knee-jerk decisions.\n\nIf you\u2019re like most people you want your money to do the maximum amount of good. You may be drawn to a particular cause or institution for one reason or another, but you don\u2019t know if this entity is efficiently using its resources unless you do the research.\n\nCharities have varying levels of financial accountability and transparency. You may want to give to charities that are lean and mean, those that utilizes a small percentage of funding to pay for overhead and salaried executives.\n\nThe website CharityNavigator.org is well worth a visit if you are considering giving to a charity or charities. You can examine thousands of different charities and find out pertinent facts that can help you make informed decisions.\n\nOnce you know the charities that appeal to you after digesting relevant information you have to decide on a vehicle of charitable giving. Some people start private foundations, and this may be an option for you even if you are not a billionaire.\n\nDonor advised funds are also widely utilized. These funds enable efficient giving as you make just a single contribution but you advise the fund to utilize your contribution to endow grants to multiple different charities.\n\nIf you have questions about the tax advantages that you can gain by giving to charities give us a call at (405) 843-6100 in Oklahoma City or (913) 385-9400 in the Overland Park, Kansas area to schedule a free consultation.\n\nDownload our free estate planning checklist\n\nThere's a lot that goes into setting up a comprehensive estate plan, but with our FREE worksheet, you'll be one step closer to getting yourself and your family on the path to a secure and happy future.\n\nWhere We Are\n\nOffice Hours\n\nMonday\n\n9:00 AM - 5:30 PM\n\nTuesday\n\n9:00 AM - 5:30 PM\n\nWednesday\n\n9:00 AM - 5:30 PM\n\nThursday\n\n9:00 AM - 5:30 PM\n\nFriday\n\n9:00 AM - 5:30 PM\n\nThe information on this Oklahoma Attorneys & Lawyers / Law Firm website is for general information purposes only. Nothing on this or associated pages, documents, comments, answers, emails, or other communications should be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. This information on this website is not intended to create, and receipt or viewing of this information does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship."}
-{"text": "Air Quality System\n\nWe\u2019d like to the opportunity to thank the folks at Aerus as we recently purchased an air quality purification system for our Norfolk NOC in an effort to regulate the air quality for our servers. The system provides 3 levels \u2026 Read More"}
-{"text": "OpenMP\u00ae Forum\n\nDiscussion on the OpenMP specification run by the OpenMP ARB. OpenMP and the OpenMP logo are registered trademarks of the OpenMP Architecture Review Board in the United States and other countries. All rights reserved.\n\nI add the ifdef mainly for check that the problem is due to the non-recognition of the passage of fopen.I already read documentations but for though it may be trivial to most experts I can't solve this problem.Someone could help to resolve this issue?"}
-{"text": "IEEE, IAB, IETF, Internet Society and W3C Invite Other Standards Organizations, Governments and Companies to Support Modern Paradigm for Global, Open Standards\n\nPISCATAWAY, N.J., and WASHINGTON, D.C., United States; GENEVA, Switzerland, and http://www.w3.org/ -- 29 August 2012 -- Five leading global organizations -- IEEE, Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Society and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) -- today announced that they have signed a statement affirming the importance of a jointly developed set of principles establishing a modern paradigm for global, open standards. The shared \"OpenStand\" principles -- based on the effective and efficient standardization processes that have made the Internet and Web the premiere platforms for innovation and borderless commerce -- are proven in their ability to foster competition and cooperation, support innovation and interoperability and drive market success.\n\nIEEE, IAB, IETF, Internet Society and W3C invite other standards organizations, governments, corporations and technology innovators globally to endorse the principles, which are available at open-stand.org.\n\nThe OpenStand principles strive to encapsulate that successful standardization model and make it extendable across the contemporary, global economy's gamut of technology spaces and markets. The principles comprise a modern paradigm in which the economics of global markets -- fueled by technological innovation -- drive global deployment of standards, regardless of their formal status within traditional bodies of national representation. The OpenStand principles demand:\n\ncooperation among standards organizations;\n\nadherence to due process, broad consensus, transparency, balance and openness in standards development;\n\n\"New dynamics and pressures on global industry have driven changes in the ways that standards are developed and adopted around the world,\" said Steve Mills, president of the IEEE Standards Association. \"Increasing globalization of markets, the rapid advancement of technology and intensifying time-to-market demands have forced industry to seek more efficient ways to define the global standards that help expand global markets. The OpenStand principles foster the more efficient international standardization paradigm that the world needs.\"\n\nAdded Leslie Daigle, chief Internet technology officer with the Internet Society: \"International standards development for borderless economics is not ad hoc; rather, it has a paradigm--one that has demonstrated agility and is driven by technical merit. The OpenStand principles convey the power of bottom-up collaboration in harnessing global creativity and expertise to the standards of any technology space that will underpin the modern economy moving forward.\"\n\nStandards developed and adopted via the OpenStand principles include IEEE standards for the Internet's physical connectivity, IETF standards for end-to-end global Internet interoperability and the W3C standards for the World Wide Web.\n\n\"The Internet and World Wide Web have fueled an economic and social transformation, touching billions of lives. Efficient standardization of so many technologies has been key to the success of the global Internet,\" said Russ Housley, IETF chair. \"These global standards were developed with a focus toward technical excellence and deployed through collaboration of many participants from all around the world. The results have literally changed the world, surpassing anything that has ever been achieved through any other standards-development model.\"\n\nGlobally adopted design-automation standards, which have paved the way for a giant leap forward in industry's ability to define complex electronic solutions, provide another example of standards developed in the spirit of the OpenStand principles. Another technology space that figures to demand such standards over the next decades is the global smart-grid effort, which seeks to augment regional facilities for electricity generation, distribution, delivery and consumption with a two-way, end-to-end network for communications and control.\n\n\"Think about all that the Internet and Web have enabled over the past 30 years, completely transforming society, government and commerce,\" said W3C chief executive officer Jeff Jaffe. \"It is remarkable that a small number of organizations following a small number of principles have had such a huge impact on humanity, innovation and competition in global markets.\"\n\nBernard Aboba, chair of the IAB: \"The Internet has been built on specifications adopted voluntarily across the globe. By valuing running code, interoperability and deployment above formal status, the Internet has democratized the development of standards, enabling specifications originally developed outside of standards organizations to gain recognition based on their technical merit and adoption, contributing to the creation of global communities benefiting humanity. We now invite standards organizations, as well as governments, companies and individuals to join us at open-stand.org in order to affirm the principles that have nurtured the Internet and underpin many other important standards -- and will continue to do so.\""}
-{"text": "The steps to acquire a spouse sponsored marriage KITAS in Indonesia are proven to have no tough implementation.\n\nPlanning to pass your life the entire time in Indonesia? That\u2019s perfect! Realize your dream soon! One of the fastest ways to be an expat, without doubt, is by getting married to an Indonesian. Once you obtain the legal marriage, the further step to take into account is getting a KITAS visa sponsored by your spouse.\n\nIs it hard to apply for this typical visa? Compared to others, the application is relatively effortless. Unless you have no clues on what to do, simply dope out this following procedure in regard to spouse sponsored marriage KITAS in Indonesia.\n\nGet the Approval of VITAS (a Limited Stay Visa)\n\nA limited stay permit, better known as VITAS, is required once entering Indonesia. To obtain this sort of visa, you are encouraged to gain the VITAS approval \u2013 it is called telex. Before applying for it, make sure that you prepare the required documents.\n\nThey include a certificate of marriage, a copy of bank statement of your spouse, the copy of your spouse\u2019s family card and ID card, and not to mention a letter of sponsor.\n\nSubmit the VITAS at the Indonesian Embassy\n\nWhen your document preparation is already fixed, it\u2019s time to collect the paper and gain the approval. If the living permit relatively contemporary is successfully accepted, the approval of VITAS is then delivered to the Indonesian embassy overseas abroad.\n\nThe key note is that the embassy will release the VITAS with a condition of everything approved. To keep the worse possibility when entering the country, immediately convert it to KITAS.\n\nConvert the Limited Stay Visa to KITAS\n\nWhen the VITAS is on your hand, you only have the 7 days left until you convert it into KITAS (a limited stay permit). Why this thing is highlighted is to bring round the people about the immediate measure. If you pass the determined period of time, it means that you lose a valuable opportunity to convert VITAS to KITAS.\n\nBefore the action is taken, there is no better way other than staying in Indonesia. Leaving for another country signifies that the VITAS of yours has no more validity. While doing the convert, be sure to fill in the application form and be there at the immigration.\n\nDo the Civil Registration\n\nYou have to underline that the acquirement of spouse sponsored marriage KITAS in Indonesia is available up to eight working days after an indication of going back to Indonesia. The validity of it is for one year. According to the regulation issued by the local administration, the foreign individual who holds the living permit of KITAS should register in the department of civil administration.\n\nAfter the KITAS is issued, you only have 14 days to do the registration. Once this step is perfectly performed, then you will have a family formation of temporary resident certificate as well as the certificate of a police report.\n\nIn conclusion, there are four basic steps when it comes to applying for the spouse sponsored marriage KITAS in Indonesia. The whole procedure has details that seem undemanding and easy to follow."}
-{"text": "This publication is provided under the terms of the Creative Commons Public License (\"CCPL\" or \"License\"), in attribution 3.0 unported (Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)), further described at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode. The work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other then as authorized under this license or copyright law is prohibited.\n\nAbstract\n\nThis study was designed to validate a grading scheme for lateral nasal wall insufficiency with interrater and intrarater reliability measures. Representative endoscopic videos depicting varied degrees of lateral nasal wall insufficiency were collated into a 30-clip video (15 clips in duplicate). This was rated by five reviewers for a total of 150 observations. Interrater and intrarater reliability were determined using Fleiss kappa and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) statistics, respectively. Good agreement was established between reviewers (interrater reliability), with a Fleiss kappa of 0.7733 (p < 0.01). Analysis of intrarater variability with the ICC revealed a very strong agreement (ICC = 0.88; p < 0.01). The proposed grading system is shown to have good interrater and intrarater reliability. It provides a reliable instrument for assessing lateral wall insufficiency.\n\nNasal obstruction is a commonly encountered complaint in otolaryngology practice, and the etiologies of nasal obstruction are many. The classically described surgically treatable causes of nasal airway obstruction are septal deviation, turbinate hypertrophy, and internal and external valve collapse.\n\nThe nomenclature of external valve collapse and so-called dynamic internal valve collapse have been discussed previously.1 Specifically, it has been proposed that all lateral wall insufficiency (LWI) be classified by the zone in which it occurs (Fig. 1). Zone 1 LWI occurs more cephalad and corresponds to dynamic movement of the nasal sidewall at the level of the upper lateral cartilage and scroll region. Zone 2 collapse occurs at the level of the ala and is more akin to classically described external valve collapse.\n\nBernoulli's principle of fluid dynamics states that as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases. Within the nose, air is the fluid medium, and as it increases in speed through the nasal cavity, negative pressure develops, pulling the lateral nasal wall in toward the septum resulting in LWI.\n\nToday, there is no reliability-tested grading scheme for assessing LWI. In the aforementioned article published by the senior author (S.P.M.) in 2008,1 a grading scheme for zone 1 LWI was proposed. This article aims to validate this grading scheme with interrater and intrarater statistical analysis.\n\nMETHODS\n\nStudy Design\n\nThis study included patients seen at the Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastics Division. Study protocols were approved by the Institutional Review Board at Stanford University. All were patients of the senior author (S.P.M.). Endoscopic videos of the internal nasal valve were taken with a 0\u00b0 4-mm Storz-Hopkins telescope through two nasal breath cycles.\n\nThe videos were graded by the first author (G.J.T.) according to the schema proposed by their group previously. A description of the grading scheme can be seen in Fig. 2. Fifteen videos were selected\u2014five videos showed each of the three grades of collapse\u2014encompassing the spectrum of lateral nasal wall collapse. Each video was blinded of patient data, duplicated, and then sequence randomized to a total of 30 clips. The duplication was important to allow assessment of intrarater reliability.\n\nGrading system for lateral nasal wall collapse. (1) Identify the junction of the upper and lower cartilages (black arrow) just above the recurvature of the lower lateral cartilage. (2) Imagine a line parallel to the nasal floor across to the septum. (3)...\n\nA 19-minute video was then compiled of the 30 clips. The raters were allowed to rewind and replay as needed for their grading. Five raters (two fellows and three otolaryngology residents) were asked to grade these clips.\n\nData Analysis\n\nAll statistical analyses were performed with Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) Enterprise Guide Version 4.3 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC). Interrater agreement was assessed with Fleiss \u03ba to account for the ordinal nature of the grading scale as well as the number of raters. Because the grading scale consisted of more than two categories, the weighted \u03ba takes into account the amount of agreement (otherwise known as partial agreement) on the grading scale. For interpretation of interrater agreement the following standard measures were followed: poor (\u03ba < 0.2), fair (\u03ba = 0.21\u20130.4), moderate (\u03ba = 0.41\u20130.60), good (\u03ba = 0.61\u20130.80), and very good agreement (\u03ba = 0.81\u20131.00).2 For interrater agreement, only the first observation was included in analysis as determined a priori by the investigators. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was determined to assess the index of reliability for a single rater (averaged for overall statistics across the five raters in this study).\n\nRESULTS\n\nFive observers each reviewed and graded 15 videos twice after completing initial grading scale training for a total of 150 observations. As mentioned previously, the interrater agreement was determined using the first observed video rating for each of the reviewers resulting in 75 independent observations. Table 1 lists the weighted \u03ba for each video as well as the interrater agreement when taking into account all 75 observations. Overall, the Fleiss \u03ba was 0.7733 (p < 0.01), indicating good agreement between users. Each reviewer rated the 15 videos twice, given in a random order. Analysis of intrarater variability with the ICC revealed a very strong agreement (ICC = 0.88; p < 0.01).\n\nDISCUSSION\n\nThis study aimed to present a validated method for grading zone 1 LWI or dynamic internal valve collapse. Nasal obstruction is a common complaint in an otolaryngologist's office, and a standardized assessment of LWI would be of benefit. To date, there is no accepted standard for grading this collapse.\n\nThe proposed system is a subjective measurement by design. Objective metrics such as acoustic rhinometry are involved and are costly to the point of being impractical on a clinical level. Visual assessment with this grading scheme is fast, simple, and easily grasped by trainees and patients. Here, we show its validity, with good agreement between different observers (interrater reliability), as well as strong agreement within each observer (intrarater reliability).\n\nThis system should be used to assess surgical outcomes when addressing LWI. It can be used in conjunction with the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation scale\u2014a validated instrument for assessing a patient's symptoms of nasal obstruction.3 Hopefully, this grading system will help facilitate further study to provide evidence-based guidelines to address LWI.\n\nFootnotes\n\nThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare pertaining to this article"}
-{"text": "Be sure to use the tag which corresponds to the version of Twisted the docs are being generated for. Note that if your working is the Twisted source directory you checked out, then that version of APIBuilder will be used!"}
-{"text": "The week in pictures: 5 October 2012\n\nSouth African Olympic gold medallist Chad Le Clos has made a young woman's dreams come true by accompanying her to a high school dance. 17-year-old Melanie Olhaus secured the date after bunking off school earlier this year to greet the South African Olympic team as they returned home. At the airport she held up a sign asking 'Chad will you be my matric dance date?' And, after spotting the sign, the 20-year-old swimmer agreed.Picture: Gallo Images / Rex Features"}
-{"text": "\ufeffPlotery I Urz\u0105dzenia Wielkoformatowe\n\n\ufeffPlotery I Urz\u0105dzenia Wielkoformatowe\n\nTo search for items in our inventory, simply type a brief description of the item you are looking for or enter a part number. Just fire up Stalled Printer Repair next time you're staring at a stuck job in the print queue that won't be deleted. Wireless printers offer extra convenience, negate the need for cables, and some allow you to print from smartphones and tablets. He briefly chatted with civil engineering senior Alicia Veach, who is planning to use the 3D printers to create miniature prototypes of the concrete canoes she and her team use in racing competitions around the country.Why should you buy this: Budget-minded users looking for a great all-in-one printer. Quality of type: The output produced by naprawa ploterow z Poznania is said to be either letter quality (as good as a typewriter), near letter quality, or draft quality Only daisy-wheel, ink-jet, and laser printers produce letter-quality type. Our goal is to make a product that integrated the functions of a plotter, a laser engraver and a cutter but comparatively at a lower cost, making it accessible to more people.An inkjet cartridge is filled with actual ink and is best used for printers that do not do a high volume of printing. All of Formlabs' machines utilize stereolithography (SL) technology for 3D printing, which is something typically found in higher-end printers. My printer had sat on my shelf for 3 years collecting dust, a ton of cat hair, and who knows what else.A naprawa ploterow z Poznania differs from a printer in that it draws images using a pen that can be lowered, raised and moved across the paper to form continuous lines. With a variety of innovative features, state-of-the-art technology and unbeatable affordability, Brother printers remain the smart choice for all your printing needs. Print with complete confidence - HP preview and printhead technologies ensure reliable results.HP DesignJet large-format professional photo printers offer a wide color gamut, so you can confidently deliver fine detail that satisfies even the most discerning art lover. Although these claims are disputed by other companies like HP, it does appear that Kodak printers do cost less to run. Our goal is to provide 1st time system repair resolution, meet customer service level requirements, and supply a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all services provided.While HP's subscription plan focuses on convenience, Dahl said that people don't really hate buying cartridges; it's the price that turns people off (Brother has partnered with Amazon for easy ink reordering through the Dash program, but these printers are not enabled). Printers have certainly come a long way since the inception of the character and dot matrix printers.Consider all-in-one printers that allow you to print, scan, copy and fax all from one machine, saving you time and money. This 4 ink system provides black ink cartridges (available in 2 sizes of 38ml or 80ml), cyan, magenta and yellow ink (available in 29ml) - with technologically advanced long-life printheads that will give you even darker blacks and true neutral greys compared with its predecessor, the Designjet 510.As technology advances so does the number of electrical products we buy to make our life easier and get things done quicker. We guarantee professional, timely, and effective printer repair service to businesses nationwide. Their multifunction Inkjet, domestic use printers are their most popular model, and were the first printers made with wifi installation. I picked it up, but on the way home stopped by a Walmart for kicks and giggles to see how much ink was going to cost brand new in the box.They are used extensively at multiple and diverse sites including the likes of filling station pumps, information kiosks, point of sale systems, voucher printers in slot machines, print on demand labels, hospitals etc. Yes, the plotter tops out at 9600 b/s, but remember we're dealing with a pen plotter that executes terse ASCII commands. Graphics Solutions delivers large format printers ( serwis ploter\u00f3w w Poznaniu , Large Format Production and Scitex Industrial), specialty printing, digital press solutions (Indigo and PageWide Presses), supplies and services to print service providers, and design and rendering customers.Please download the driver and follow instructions on how to install the printer. A recent study found that last year nearly 1. 85 million colour laser printers were sold, a substantial growth from the previous year. Note: Each participating department, research center, etc should select one or two individuals (perhaps student assistants) to learn how to use the plotter."}
-{"text": "Edgar allan poe writing style essay\n\nEssay on edgar allan poe essay on edgar allan poe writing style analysis of edgar allan poe 10 pages 2565 words december 2014. Academic paper homework help question styles of edgar allan poe assignment: students will write a 2000 word essay examining the style of. Free essay: a virtuoso of suspense and horror, edgar allan poe is known for his gothic writing style his style is created through his use of punctuation. The writing style of edgar a poe essays: over 180,000 the writing style of edgar a poe essays, the writing style of edgar a poe term papers, the writing style of. Edgar allen poe: writing style the short story writer which i have chosen to research is edgar allen poe after reading one of his works in class, i. Edgar allan poe american literature analysis the complete works of edgar allan poe, 1902) type of work: essay many different elements of style in his writing.\n\nPoetry essay/edgar allan poe the essay uses mla documentation style the essay uses terminology associated with writing about and analyzing poetry. Edgar allan poe was noted for his gothic horror style of writing nevertheless he also used his writing to express political sentiments. I chose to analyze and recreate the literary style of the gothic author edgar allan poe the 19th century author created dinstinct atmospheres within his. Bestessaywriterscom is a professional essay writing company dedicated to poetry essay/edgar allan poe mechanics and style 10 points the essay is free.\n\nPoe describes his method in writing the raven in the essay the poe correctly predicted that longfellow's reputation and style of edgar allan poe a. Edgar allan poe is considered one of america\u2019s greatest late authors this sample essay explores his life, achievements, and shortcomings.\n\nEdgar allan poe's narrative style this research paper edgar allan poe's narrative style and other 63,000+ term papers, college essay examples and free essays are. Edgar allan poe has a unique and dark way of writing his mysterious style of writing appeals to emotion and drama poe's most impressionable works of fiction.\n\nThe raven, edgar allan poe - essay edgar green considers the life experiences that may have influenced poe's writing of \u201cthe raven,\u201d and discusses whether.\n\nAn essay or paper on edgar allan poe's unique style and ingenious works in the beginning of the 1800s many writers emerged in america, but. Kayla delury edgar allan poe edgar allan poe\u2019s writing is known throughout the world he was born on january essay a dream with a dream edgar poe style. Edgar allan poe is a unique writer with a truly unique writing style, which he displays in his work \u201cthe raven\u201d edgar allan poe has had a huge influence on."}
-{"text": "The CompositeWPF's UnityBootstrapper baseclass has a virtual method called GetModules(); this method will return an IModuleEnumerator containing a list of Modules (ModuleInfo) that you want to load for your solution. The following, from the CompositeWPF Commanding solution, is a typical implementation:\n\nThis method effectively allows my MainShell to load any module it has a reference to; this means that all I have to do to load an application is set a reference to it and I'm done. Below I show how the main shell accomplishes this."}
-{"text": "AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Processor and Technology Review\n\nIntroduction to the Future of AMD\n\nThis content was originally featured on Amdmb.com and has been converted to PC Perspective's website. Some color changes and flaws may appear.\n\nJust over three months ago, Amdmb.com brought you the second installment in what will become the new AMD in the form of the Athlon MP Processor and AMD-760MP Chipset. In that article, you were shown the future of AMD both as a product and as a company and given a small taste of what was to come. The long wait is over now, and those who have been holding off on computer purchases or waiting to upgrade or just biding your time can come out and finally see what AMD is offering you.\n\nWhile a lot of what is being unveiled today is similar to the Athlon MP launch, there is much more behind in this launch in terms of marketing changes, marketing push and company muscle. The entire technology market is in a bad way now \u2013 jobs are being cut and sales are falling due to several reasons that are too complex to get into in this article. AMD needs now more than ever to break out of the shadows of Intel and prove themselves to the world as being the premiere performance processor kings. The Athlon XP processor is their key to accomplishing this.\n\nKeep in mind when reading the rest of this article that although the PC enthusiast market has for a long time now seen the benefits of an AMD system including better performance and lower cost, the majority of the consumer and business market has been left in the dark. Most business and IT professionals buy from huge companies like Dell or distributors like CDW and don\u2019t pay attention to details like benchmarks and cost that you can see by visiting all reviews on the web, including Amdmb.com. Those people see the name Intel, assume it\u2019s the best, and just buy it. AMD\u2019s goal is to make them think twice before making that snap-decision, and then realize the Athlon XP is the way to go.\n\nWith all that information and prelude, I\u2019ll move on to discussing a big part of AMD\u2019s plans. First, we\u2019ll get into why AMD felt the need to change the way things are being marketed on their products. An idea that has long been promoted by other technology markets is the \u201cMHz Myth,\u201d AMD is just latest."}
-{"text": "one lady... on a mission to organize her life... five things at a time\n\nThursday, October 7, 2010\n\nOh Me-Oh My!!!\n\nThey're at it again!!! My boys of summer are taking on the Yankees for the second game of the ALDS and I couldn't be more excited and positive about our post season outlook. I am a baseball fan through and through. It runs through my body, my veins, my blood. My dad comes from a small town in SouthWestern Minnesota (big ups Milroy!) where baseball is the way of life. Naturally, that way moved to the cities with my dad and into our home. I've played softball from the time is was 7 years old and count those memories on the field as some of the best.\n\nWith that being said... I am shitting my pants right now as the bases are loaded in the bottom of the second with Thome coming up to the plate... dare I even call it???\n\nTony O.\n\nI had the luxury of sitting in the champions club seats on opening day of Target Field. What an unbelievable experience, one that I will never forget and will always be indebted to my dad for."}
-{"text": "Bible Verses About Marriage & Love\n\nThe Bible tells us that God is love. This makes it an ideal source to teach us how to love others. We are not only called to love our family and friends but our enemies as well. Although the world has skewed the true meaning of love, God\u2019s love remains true and steadfast; it is the true source of understanding on how to love.\n\nBelow are two categories of Bible verses of that will bring great changes in our hearts and mind as we meditate on them. These verses will also help us learn to pursue self-less love.\n\nBible Verses About Marriage\n\nEphesians 5:22-33\n\n\u201cThe commandment of God to women who are married is to submit to their husbands. It is always easy to submit ourselves to Christ and in the same way should they be submissive to their husbands. Regardless of what kind of husband you have, he is and will remain to be your head. God has set Christ to be the head of His church and a husband the head of his wife. Therefore, wives should yield to their husbands exactly the way the church yields to Christ.\u201d\n\nOn the other hand, husbands have been ordered to show love and affection to their wives. They are expected to follow the example of Christ. Christ had so much love for the church to the extent of giving his own life for her. He chose to die on the cross to purify the church.\u201d\n\nHusbands should, therefore, love their spouses the same way they love themselves. Any man who regards his body shows it by how much he loves his wife. Just as you will never see anyone in their right senses, who claims to hate their bodies no man should hate their wives. Every man feeds and takes good care of their bodies the same way our Lord takes care of His bride (the church).\u201d\n\nThe main reason why a man leaves both his parents and accepts to be united to his wife and they form a single unit is a love. It is unfathomable to the human mind. Although I am teaching much about our Lord and his bride (the church), each of you ought to love and show affection to their wives in the same measure you love yourself. Wives, on the other hand, learn to respect your husbands to make it easy for them to love you as they have been ordered to.\u201c\n\nCol 3:18-19\n\n\u201cA wife who respects her husband makes God happy because that is how he set things to be from the beginning. In the same way, husbands should love their wives just as God set it when he was starting the institution of marriage.\u201d\n\nProverbs 18:22\n\n\u201cFavored in the eyes of God is any man who has found a wife. This is a precious gift from God.\u201d\n\nProverbs 5:18-19\n\n\u201cMay your springs of love be consecrated, and I pray that you will celebrate and find peace in the wife you marry in your youth. May you be so happy just like a loving doe or a graceful deer. I pray that you will not find pleasure in any other woman but you will be satisfied in the breasts of your always. May there be no other woman to give you love other than the wife of your youth.\u201d\n\nProverbs 31:10-12\n\n\u201cIt is not easy to find a wife of a respectable character? Her value is high above rubies. She has found trust in the eyes of her husband because he gets all his heart desires. She is a source of joy to her husband. She causes her husband no pain for all the days of her life.\u201d\n\nSong of Solomon 8:6\n\n\u201cYour spouse should be the seal or stamp over both your heart and arm. This is because; nothing is as strong as love. The strength of love can only be compared with death. The jealousy of someone in love is as powerful as the grave. The jealousy of someone in love burns like a raging fire, and it is as hot as a mighty flame. You cannot quench the strength of love with fire; neither can it be swept away by rivers. If anyone decided to use all his wealth to buy love, it could all be spent and still not be enough.\u201d\n\nEcclesiastes 4:9-12\n\n\u201cThe strength and power of two people cannot be compared with that of an individual. This is because; they can achieve more when they work together: when one of them is weak, he is sure he will be supported by the other. Woe unto any person who doesn\u2019t have a partner who will help him out. When two people share a bed, they will not feel cold as they would have felt when sleeping alone since they can generate warmth. When they are attacked, it is easy to fight their enemies together, but when you are alone, you will easily be overwhelmed.\u201d\n\nMark 10:9-6\n\n\u201cDuring creation, God created Adam and Eve, therefore; a man will one day leave both his parents and he will be united to his wife. The two will then be converted to one flesh. They will therefore not be two anymore, but they will be one body. For that reason, two people that God has joined in holy matrimony should not be separated.\u201d\n\nBible Verses on Love and Relationships\n\nAs Christians and disciples of Jesus Christ, the Bible teaches us to show love to the world as a symbol of our relationship with him. The Bible says the world will distinguish us by our character of love. The greatest testimony of any Christian is showing mercy and affection to those around us be it family, friends or stranger. God puts no boundaries on love. The below Scriptures will help you choose to \u201cput on love!\u201d\n\n1 Corinthians 13:1-3\n\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how good you are on the outside, if you have no love then you have nothing to boast about. Whether you can speak the language spoken by angels and there is no love in your heart, you are just a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. If you have a prophetic gift or immeasurable faith able to move mountains, you are still nothing without love. If you were so generous and took everything you owned to give to the needy, and offered your body as a living sacrifice, there is no reward without love.\u201d\n\n1 Corinthians 13:4-8\n\n\u201cLove has its unique character. It is tolerant, shows care and does not celebrate when someone is doing wrong or suffering. If you have love in your heart, you will never boast or count other people\u2019s wrongs. Loving people are not self-centered and do not easily get angry. Loving protects others, they trust them, and they persevere and have hope for better things to come. True love will never fail no matter how difficult the circumstances are.\u201d\n\nRomans 12:9-10\n\n\u201cSomeone who loves others is sincere and open-minded. They hate anything that is evil and willingly hold onto what is good. A successful marriage is made of people who are committed to one another. They love their partners more than they love themselves.\u201d\n\nMark 12:29-31\n\n\u201cWhen Jesus was teaching His disciples, he told them that nothing is more important in God\u2019s eyes than acknowledging him, and not comparing him with any other. He said that God expects 100% love from us. We should love him with everything in us that is our hearts, soul, and mind. Secondly, God expects us to love other people with the same love we love ourselves. Nothing means more to God than this.\u201d\n\nRomans 13:8\n\n\u201cFor us to live at peace with one another, we should always be debtors of love to one another. Let us always seek to give more love to one another day after the other. This is because all laws and commands revolve around love.\u201d\n\nProverbs 17:17\n\n\u201cFriends love each other at all times.\u201d\n\nRomans 13:10\n\n\u201cLoving someone doesn\u2019t do any harm to them. Actually when we love one another, we are fulfilling all the commands.\u201d\n\nProverbs 20:6-7\n\n\u201cMany people boast of how much they love humanity, but where can we find someone who is true to their words? Righteous people live clean lives, for that reason, even their children and their children\u2019s children are blessed.\u201d\n\n1 Corinthians 13:13\n\n\u201cEverything can come to one end, but there are three essential things. These are: faith, hope and love, however, love supersedes them all. \u201c\n\n1 Peter 4:8\n\n\u201cOver and above anything else you do, make sure that you have true love for one another. It is because, with love, we can tolerate each other and rarely do we see other people\u2019s faults. \u201c\n\n1 John 4:7\n\n\u201cIf we want to be in the right standing with God, we need to love one another. It is because; God is the founder of love. The best sign of believers is their true love for others. You cannot claim to love God and yet you hate your brother or sister. This is because God\u2019s nature is love.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Review: Labyrinth 2 - Plus Video Review\n\nOverview\n\nLabyrinth is back, and is now packed with tons and tons of stuff. Labyrinth was one of the original games for the iPhone pre App Store, and it\u2019s true it has been getting stale. Luckily the creative minds at Illusion Labs have decided to make a sequel.\nNow rolling the ball to the end became a lot tougher, as you have to deal with way more that just walls, and holes. Now there are fans, magnets, and cannons just to name a few. Also a level editor is included, plus local multiplayer.\n\nFeatures\n\n20 level packs are included at launch developed by Illusion Labs. The level packs vary in difficulty, and in length from 5 to 10 boards per pack. You can download more levels from the community collection of created levels.\nThe levels are created using the level editor which is a web application. Drag, and drop all of the different pieces to your levels, and publish them so anyone can play them. Also local multiplayer over wifi or bluetooth is included so you can race with up to four people to the finish hole.\nTons of new items are included to deal with. Cannons, fans, laser, resizers, multipliers, merry go rounds, magnets, bumpers, doors, unlock buttons, moving walls, and even checkpoints since the levels are so deluxe. Also a ghost ball is included so you can race to beat your previous best time.\n30 Achievements/awards are included for beating a certain number of levels faster than the given time, without landing in a hole, or even touching anything. Awards are also included for rolling the ball a certain distance in total, getting hit by cannon a certain number of times, or completing the medium level packs. When you unlock a certain number of awards you get a new ball type.\n\nThe Good\n\nWhere do I begin with a game that has everything? Well the original Labyrinth is great, and the same basic gameplay is back. Illusion Labs has the best labyrinth ball rolling physics around, and it continues.\nIt feels like you actually have the labyrinth game in you palm, and provides pinpoint precision. In a late update to the original it added the tilting 3D feature where the walls tile showing a 3D perspective. Everything of the original is included here. What makes Labyrinth 2 so great is that there are so many obstacles in every level.\nI got bored with the original Labyrinth because of the many different ways you can arrange walls and holes. Now Labyrinth 2 answers that problem by adding cannons that blow you up, bouncers to smack you around, and lasers to make whole walls off limit from touching. Maybe the best thing is the action buttons that you need to roll over to unlock different aspects of the board.\nEach level truly is a puzzle to figure out rather than you knowing what to do right at the start like in the original. Most levels will take a time or two through just to understand what everything does in the level. Some levels you need two balls that are resized small with one rolling over an action button to free the way for the other ball.\nThe game is beautifully designed, from the menus to the playfield. Every aspect of the game has just so much detail, and flows so smoothly. It\u2019s a visual treat to see the metallic ball roll across the wooden plain, as the walls tilt in 3D. Then there are metallic levels too, adding a futuristic sheen.\nAll of the added obstacles are great with the cannon fire, exploding ball, merry go rounds, lasers, sliding doors, just everything. Even when the ball rolls in a hole it looks great as angry as that makes you feel. When you trigger an alarm, the game flashes red like a siren.\nThe sounds of the game are beautifully tuned so that it sounds just like a metal ball rolling across wood or metal. The cannon fire, bumper boinks, zizz of the lasers just sound perfect. Background music would only distract so it\u2019s perfect not to include.\nThis game has theoretically infinite replayability. Once you complete all of the official levels their is a huge supply of really well made levels by other iPhone users. Not only that, but you can play multiplayer on all of the levels too, and it connects so smoothly.\nIf it wasn\u2019t enough just to play the game, you can make your own levels, publish them, and even rate other people\u2019s levels. Making the levels on the computer is extremely easy, and its almost instantaneously available to test on your device.\nActually playing just the official levels with none of the other great features would give you more than your money\u2019s worth. You\u2019ll want to complete every official level in the game, and will try numerous levels over and over until you do so. It\u2019s super addicting, fun, and easy to just keep playing.\nAlso the achievements are possible, and provide a wide range to test all of your skills. Then you can unlock new balls to roll with also, adding even more incentive. One of the neatest aspects of the awards is that after each level you complete, the game indicates your progress on the award you're closest to achieving. This game may have the highest replayability factor of any iPhone game to date.\nAnother positive is the ghost ball, a great addition to race against yourself that could have been overlooked. Overall it felt like playing labyrinth in a pinball machine which is absolutely epic. Not only are all these fancy contraptions thrown in, but you can play a few level packs of classic labyrinth style.\n\nThe Bad\n\nThis may be the only game where I couldn\u2019t find any bad, and if that doesn\u2019t say everything I don\u2019t know what would.\n\nTheVerdict\n\nLabyrinth 2 is one of the absolutely very best games in the App Store. I didn\u2019t know Labyrinth could be this deluxe, fun, challenging, easy, and addicting. Illusion Labs gives you absolutely everything with a great levels already made, a level editor, local multiplayer, and access to a potentially limitless supply of more levels.\nLabyrinth 2 is an absolute must is there ever was one, and easily worth $4.99, Illusion Labs deserves even more for this production. Wow!"}
-{"text": "Steps\n\n2Break taco shells into bite-size pieces. Place half of taco shell pieces in casserole. Top with shredded chicken and half of the salsa mixture. Top with half of the cheese. Repeat with remaining taco shell pieces, salsa mixture and cheese.\n\n3Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and top is golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Serve with additional salsa.\n\n2Break taco shells into bite-size pieces. Place half of taco shell pieces in casserole. Top with shredded chicken and half of the salsa mixture. Top with half of the cheese. Repeat with remaining taco shell pieces, salsa mixture and cheese.\n\n3Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and top is golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Serve with additional salsa.\n\nExpert Tips\n\nAlthough traditionally served for breakfast, this recipe makes a delicious lunch or dinner.\n\nGreen tomatillo salsa, or salsa verde, is found in the Mexican aisle of most grocery stores."}
-{"text": "Hedge fund manager Barton Biggs dies at age 79\n\nEx-Morgan Stanley strategies and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs died on Saturday, according to various media reports.\n\nThe news was announced by Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman in a memo to all staff. The Wall Street Journal quotes Mr. Gorman as saying: \"Barton left an indelible mark on our business, our culture and our shared notion of leadership at Morgan Stanley \u2026 He was known as an independent thinker, colorful writer and one of the pioneers of emerging markets investing, and our firm benefited from his vision.\"\n\nMr. Biggs graduated from Yale University in 1955. Later he taught English at the Landon School, a prep school in Bethesda, Maryland, played semiprofessional soccer and tried his hand at short-story writing. He joined E.F. Hutton in 1961, with a starting salary of $7,200 a year.\n\nHe is also know for co-founding one of the world's first hedge funds, Fairfield Partners, in 1965. In 1973, he joined Morgan Stanley as a managing director and general partner. Two years later he founded the firm's investment management division. After retiring from Morgan Stanley in 2003, he launched Traxis Partners, a multi-billion dollar global macro hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT.\n\nMr. Biggs died at age 79. He had three children, Wende Biggs, Gretchen Biggs, and lived in Mas......................"}
-{"text": "Democracy Now ! 13 juillet 2010 - Partie 1/6\n\nSean Penn on Haiti Six Months After the Earthquake, Recovery Efforts and Why He Decided to Manage a Tent Camp of 55,000 Displaced Haitians\n\nTwo-time Academy Award-winning actor and director Sean Penn was honored by the Haitian government on Monday at a ceremony marking the six-month anniversary of the earthquake that killed 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless. Penn first came to Haiti after the earthquake struck to help with immediate relief efforts. He decided to stay to finish what he started. He co-founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization and is managing a tent camp on the Petionville golf-course that now shelters some 55,000 people. On Sunday night, we went to visit Sean Penn's camp. We walked in and asked to speak to him. We were ushered in to a large tent and ended up sitting down with the Hollywood star for more than an hour talking about Haiti, recovery efforts and the lack of them, his life and what inspired him to do what he is doing.[includes rush transcript]"}
-{"text": "Category: Brazil\n\nThe ultimate guide \u2013 Part II\n\nIs it complicated? Can I have an idea of the different steps?\n\nBrazil has a high level of bureaucracy. We will explain bellow the step by step timeline to the creation of two companies in Brazil. These case studies are based on real companies that set up operations in Brazil.\n\nCase Study 1 \u2013 Joint Venture\n\nMulti-function business\n\nSell UK-created SaaS to Brazilian companies\n\nProvide customer support to existing and growing customer base across Latin America\n\nWhy a JV?\n\nCustomer pressure forcing urgent establishment\n\nHad to have branding and country presence\n\nOnly justified 3 staff initially\n\nUK owner could only dedicate minimum resources due to other commitments\n\nCase Study 1:\n\nUK business determined Sao Paulo as an ideal base [Day 1]\n\n15 possible partners found through remote library research [Day 15]\n\nProspectus sent and telephone call with CEO of each of 15 [Day 18]\n\n3 were not interested, reducing list to 12 [Day 30]\n\n6 of those eliminated by local representative visit [Day 40]\n\nShortlist of 6 \u2013 half day visit by UK team (with local support) to each [Days 55-57]\n\n4 in Sao Paulo metro area\n\n1 in Campinas\n\n1 in Sorocaba\n\nFirst choice \u2013 one in Sao Paulo [Day 60]\n\nFell through on business negotiation on terms within 3 days\n\nSecond choice (in Sorocaba) selected [Day 63]\n\nRemaining steps:\n\nLegal agreements reviewed and refined by both parties [Day 75]\n\nEmployee hiring process started [Day 76]\n\nUK Power of Attorney signed and sent for legalisation [Day 76]\n\nCompany registered as 50/50 JV \u2013 Contrato Social signed [Day 85]\n\nCandidates interviewed, and 3 selected [Days 86-87]\n\n3 employees start work and training [Day 90]\n\nAll other necessary business setup arrangements in place [Day 95]\n\nOfficial launch of Brazil company and announcement to world [Day 100]\n\nCase Study 2: Wholly-Owned\n\nProvide communications and hospitality support to broadcasters and sponsors of major events \u2013 initially World Cup 2014 then Olympics 2016\n\nBranded local presence essential for contracts with certain Brazilian suppliers and partners\n\n\u2026 and a good time to grasp opportunities\n\nReading the press and watching TV news covering the current impeachment process of Dilma Roussef, you might think that Brazil is descending into chaos. But for Brazilian companies, and for 99% of the population, it\u2019s very much business as usual. And for international companies, now is a great time to grasp the nettle and exploit this market.\n\nI\u2019ve just returned from meetings with several recent start-ups in Brazil, and can vouch for the continuing high level of enthusiastic confidence that they will achieve great economic success. Nobody is fazed by the political situation \u2013 almost everyone in business is looking forward to Dilma going, even if so many other untrustworthy politicians will remain in office, as it\u2019s a first and big step towards improving the country.\n\nIt\u2019s true that the economy has nose-dived in the last year, but this is more down to the depressed mining sector, that has become increasingly reliant on the Chinese market, which has largely dried up. The spark that came with the discovery of huge oil reserves under the sea off Rio has dampened more because of the fall in oil prices than the \u201ccar wash\u201d corruption scandal at Petrobras.\n\nUnfortunately, the corruption scandals have further discouraged foreign direct investment and business expansion in Brazil. The reality is that corruption is largely off the map for most businesses. I\u2019ve set up, managed and grown several companies there since 2006, and have never in that time even seen suggestions of bribery or false accounting. That\u2019s not to say it doesn\u2019t exist \u2013 when it comes to government or very large corporate contracts, clearly it does. I can see how some Brazilian accounting practices, such as allowing small businesses to work on \u201cLucro Presumido\u201d (presumed profit) could support it. However, I believe that international businesses starting up in Brazil can be confident that they won\u2019t get involved in any way.\n\nConfidence in Brazil has picked up a great deal in the last few months, as evidenced by the improvement both in the exchange rate and the stock exchange (see charts). The exchange rate is still around half that of 3 years ago, and looks to have stabilised.\n\nWhilst this \u2013 in addition to tariff barriers \u2013 can make the Brazilian market unattractive for most exporters, it\u2019s very good value now for setting up in-country operations such as Shared Service Centres, in/out-sourcing, and local manufacturing for the MERCOSUR countries.\n\nThe overwhelmingly young workforce is increasingly well-educated, and it\u2019s easy to hire professionals in most sectors who have very good English. In my experience, productivity levels can be impressive. There are some interesting barriers to overcome. Brazilian employment laws are archaic and byzantine, all staff are \u201cunionised\u201d (but not in the sense understood in other countries), annual salary increases are mandated, the paperwork can be formidable. However, all these can be addressed in a straightforward way, with some professional help, and the advantages of having 3 or 4 professionals for the price of one definitely outweigh the disadvantages.\n\nIt\u2019s also one of the most pleasant countries to live, work and do business. If the weather alone doesn\u2019t lift one\u2019s spirits, the enthusiasm and \u201ccan do\u201d attitude of the Brazilian people will."}
-{"text": "I started looking for a truck a few months ago to pull our travel trailer - 24', 5000 lbs. As we love the mountains I wanted to err on the side of power so have been researching F250 & Ram 2500 Diesels.\n\nA few weeks ago I decided, reluctantly, to review the Town Hall boards. Reluctantly because my experiences with BBs and/or chats has been limited. Rather than finding meat I seem to find cow chips (most should be called \"Bull Boreds\").\n\nI started with the Dodge Ram board and was shocked. Nearly every post was by interested, and interesting, people who were informed and helpful.\n\n(I just found out I have to keep it shorter)I also checked out the Ford & Dodge board and was, again, pleasantly surprised by the helpfulness and civility - fully expecting to get die-hard, one brand only, hard-noses. (Only when I went to the Ford, Dodge & Chevy did I see the \"my thing is bigger/better/tougher/faster than your thing\" - there's something about those Chevy people)\n\nAnyway, I found the right dealer & price and yesterday drove home my SLT2500 Quad 4x4 Cummins. Thanks for the help and for a great board.\n\nThe increased rev range was one of the things Dodge requested of Cummins. Add in the fact that a diesel can easily hit its governor in overdrive, and you've got some speed. My Ram can hit 94 in overdrive at 2600, so if I had a 24v engine, I could easily get to about 110 (the torque is there to do it).\n\nThank you, LadyBlue and you too Mharde2. As much as these 2500 cost, I will for sure make my choice wisely. Maybe I will get to meet yall at a Cummins rally somewhere. Do you subscribe to the The Diesel Register? It's really helpful. Happiness always, earsonly [email protected]\n\nA friend who owns a 99 2500 Cummins, 5sp. man., QC, SB, 3.54 had it up to 120 MPH. Said there was still pedal left and didn't realize it was going that fast until she looked at the speedometer. On a trip to Texas it got over 24 mpg empty.\n\nIs there a Ramcharger in our future? I have heard rumors of a new Ramcharger for the 2000 models.Has anyone else heard about this? My dream would be for a Ramcharger with a Cummins! Should I waitor be happy with a Ram 2500? In advance, thanks for all of the help.\n\nWhy would they market the Ram Charger only in Mexico? The American market would have to be 1000 times greater, + Canada. Whats to stop someone from buying one in Mexico and bringing it north of the border? Plus you could make a nice little mark up if you had some buyers. Or would that be considered smuggling?\n\nMexican Rams and Ramchargers don't meet US safety or emissions specs, and there's no fuel economy regs since Mexico is a major oil producer. The Mexican Ram 1500 originally offered the V10! There is even a full medium duty Ram 6500 in Mexico that looks terrific - would give the Ford F650/750 and GM C6500/7500 a run for their money.\n\nChrysler Mexico's webpage (www.chrysler.com.mx) used to have great pics and stats of it, but the truck is still available. I'll drop a pic to you in the mail if you want to see it. The Chrysler Mexico site does have the Ram 4000 (a match for the GM 3500HD and Ford F450). I love the mirrors on it - I wish they came on US spec trucks.\n\nCalled Chrysler again today...my truck should arrive in Delaware by Saturday. That's only about 4 hours from here, but the rep said it probably won't get here until Monday at the earliest. I guess they have to slow down for a lot of RR X'ings between there and here.\n\nThanks for the encouragement guys! You have more patience with me than I have with this waiting thing!\n\nTalk about obsession, I even got out a map and tried to find where the rail yard in Linden is - like I could sneak in there and find my truck. Yeah, right! However, it IS easier to type since I've bitten all my nails off.........\n\nI am planning to buy a ram 1500 2wd 5sp as my first truck, and never driven a truck before. Any comment about the manual tranny, the feeling of clutch and shift? pros and cons?Any comment is highly appreciated!\n\nRed was my second choice, but it's very popular and I like to be different.\n\nI've loved trucks since I was a child and could never understand why my brothers always got those really cool Tonkas and I got stuck with dolls. At the age of 4 I set out to prove that Tonka trucks are not indestructable. With a bread knife and some patience, they can be completely disassembled. (Boy, did I catch it for that!)\n\nIt's taken me a lot of years (I won't tell you how many) to work up to the truck of my dreams. If the Ram 3500 dually had been practicle for my needs, I probably would have gotten that. More power! Argh argh argh!!\n\nGood luck with your shopping. I've seen some of those red Rams on the road, and they're really beautiful.\n\nWell, here it is Monday and STILL NO TRUCK! So far I've harrassed everyone I can think of and I can't get any info on when it will be in. To make matters worse, today I was at Bradlees and I saw a Ram 1500 with the sports package in the same color I'm getting. I'm glad I didn't get the sport package - those blue bumpers and grill do nothing for me.\n\nI just have to keep chanting - patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue, patience is........\n\nWhew! LadyBlue, I drove down to the Dodge Dealer in Arkansas and Drove off with a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 SLT with the Cummins Diesel. Man, what a ride. I hope that I can get 24 mpg like the lady from Texas that was doing 120 mph. The dealer told me to drive the heck out of it to break it in, since I wasn't gonna haul a trailer right away. Hang in there and soon you'll have that big grin like I have. Earsonly Happiness always.\n\nCan anyone help me? I am doing research for my new Pick up. I have heard a lot of great things about the Dodge cummings diesel. The only thing I haven't heard is what type of mileage it gets. I have friends who own the ford Powerstroke and they tell me it gets better mileage that the dodge. Can somebody out there give me some information on the mileage of the 5.9 diesel? the last thing I want to do is to be forced to buy a Ford for the mileage !!!!!"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nCome Follow Me\n\n\"And he saith unto them, \"Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.\" (Matt. 4:19) As the New Year begins, we, the members of the Willow Wood Ward, invite you to Come and Follow Him!\n\nSaturday, April 5, 2014\n\nElder Seth Garner\n\nI hope you are ready for this email, because it is\n\ngoing to blow your mind... Alright, well, maybe not, BUT! Some pretty cool stuff happened this past week! I see blessings and miracles non stop! Not a day goes by where that isn't expected. So, a few weeks ago, we were eating at a Mexican restaurant, and a bunch of these girls came up to us and asked us if we could talk to them when we were done eating. Not everyday to people approach the white shirt and tie! It must have been my companion's stunning good looks! Turns out that these girls were from a Christian Academy school and were in a world religions class where they had recently learned about \"Mormonism\". We answered their questions (most of them were anti junk their teacher had fed them), gave them our information, and that was that. Last week we got a call from the Christian Academy world religions teacher asking us if we could come to the school to answer questions that the students had.... FLIP YES WE CAN! Trust me, I am completely against bible bashing... It leads to nothing. But this was our chance to clear up confusion about the church and bear our testimonies to a good amount of people. We went in the Christian Academy yesterday and went to three different world religions classes to answer questions. Thank goodness for my knowledge of the scriptures and the power of the Spirit! Out of the 100 people we taught at the school yesterday, between questions about polygamy, blacks and the priesthood, \"becoming Gods\", and \"holy underwear\", there was not one question or concern we were not able to answer. I am so glad that I have been able to study the scriptures and grow my knowledge of the gospel EVERY DAY (with the exception of those days where there is just no time, being busy with taking care of missionaries and other responsibilities). And boy, am I glad that our church is true and that we have the Spirit to testify of that! The main purpose for us going there, as the teacher put it, was to get the students to be comfortable and confident with asking questions to people not of their own faith, so that they could defend theirs. I don't know if we helped out in that aspect, but we sure did help leave an impression on each of those students. Each one of them now has our information so that they can contact us to learn more. Now, whether or not one of them will eventually call us, I do not know. But I do know we planted a TRUCK LOAD of seeds yesterday! Haha, and I had tons of fun doing it! There is a nice little saying that floats around as a missionary... \"We don't bash, we don't bash, we don't bash. But when we do, we win.\" There were a few students that you could tell were trying to \"bash\", but, there were many who you could tell were actually very curious about the truth. There was certainly more \"searching\" than \"bashing\". We were so blessed to have that opportunity fall in our laps.\n\nI love being a missionary... I don't think I will ever have an opportunity quite like this again. I will always be sharing the gospel and sharing my testimony, but doing it all day, everyday, is one of the greatest blessings I have ever had. No wonder God is working through the prophet and apostles trying to get members of the church to share the gospel; it brings some of the greatest joys you could ever have in this life!\n\nElder McCade Tracy\n\nLabels\n\nElder Brandon Wallis\n\nLabels\n\nCome and See\n\nWhen we invite you to attend church with us or to learn with the full-time missionaries, we are not trying to sell you a product... And most importantly, we are not attempting to coerce you to believe as we do. We are inviting you to hear the restored truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ so you can study, ponder, pray, and come to know for yourself if the things we are sharing with you are true.\n\nCome Join with Us\n\nCome, Join with Us, Regardless of your circumstances, there is room for you in this church!\n\nPresident Monson \"Share the Gospel of Christ,\" April Conference 2013\n\n\"...for to each of us comes the mandate to share the gospel of Christ. May I suggest a formula that will ensure our success: first, search the scriptures with diligence; second, plan your life with purpose (and, I might add, plan your life regardless of your age); third, teach the truth with testimony; and fourth, serve the Lord with love.\""}
-{"text": "Video of the Week\n\nYou know your having a bad day when you invert your paraglider only to fall through your canopy. For most pilots this would be enough bad luck for one day but this pilot didn't stop there. With a leg...\n\nSkydivers are some of the coolest people around for a variety of reasons. They aren't afraid of anything, they live life to the fullest, and they are always coming up with new and amazing ways to be airborne.\nThey also...\n\nThe Skydive Dubai team is well-known for the videos of their love affair with the iconic Palm Drop Zone but they have raised the bar with this video. The team gave an invitation to Nicole Smith, celebrated for her...\n\nThis base jump video is located in Ionian Islands of Greece, Navagio Beach has become the go to vacation spot for base jumpers around the world. With it's scenic bowl carved out of limestone, it's 656 feet exit point, and...\n\nMiles Daisher is no stranger to the BASE jumping world, as a matter of fact, he is somewhat of a legend amongst the BASE jumping community. He holds the world record for the most lifetime BASE jumps (over 4500)...\n\nWith a goal of becoming the first person to base jump the highest jumpable peaks on seven continents, Valery Rozov takes on South America with a jump from the Huascar\u00e1n in Peru at 22,000 feet in elevation.\nHe currently holds the...\n\nThe Zapata Flyboard Air is manufactured by Zapata Racing. Top speed is over 90 mph with a ceiling of 10,000 feet. It will fly for approximately 10 minutes before the backpack fuel tank needs to be replaced.\nIf you would...\n\n5 time Red Bull X-Alp Champion jumps from a helicopter in preparation of the competition.\nChrigel Maurer unique method of jumping his brand new paraglider shows how confident he is of flying in the mountains. Just a few weeks later...\n\n\"When you fly, your mind is fixed on the route and doesn't run free.\nThe flight to greatness is a fine line between your dreams and reality.\nThe ultimate place to fly this fine line is in Dubai, through its concrete...\n\nZac Majors is a six-time U.S. National Champion and owner of the Hang Gliding Academy located in Knightsen, California. He is instructor and record holder, holding the Mt. Diablo record of 190 miles and 5.5 hours of flight time,...\n\nUli Emanuele pilots what is possibly the most technical and difficult BASE jump ever. For the past 3 years Uli has been dreaming about and preparing for what could be a world record jump. With just his wingsuit and...\n\nAll time popular videos\n\nAir Sports Net provides news and weather for the aviation enthusiast. We have been serving web pages since 1999. Over the years Air Sports Net has become the place to come for pilots wishing to check out the latest aviation forecast."}
-{"text": "Quake causes some damage in Thailand, Myanmar\n\nBANGKOK (AP) \u2014 A strong earthquake shook northern Thailand and Myanmar on Monday evening, and some light damage was reported.\n\nPeople were evacuated from the terminal of the main airport in Chiang Rai, a northern Thai city near the epicenter of the 6.0-magnitude temblor.\n\nPieces of the building ceiling fell but there was no damage to the runway or flight disruptions, airport General Manager Damrong Klongakara said. No one was hurt at the airport, but Damrong said the terminal and its roof were still being checked for further damage.\n\nDamages were being assessed in Chiang Rai's Phan district, where ceilings fell in some homes, said Wander Radchompoo, head of the district. She said no casualties have been reported.\n\nBroken windows and cracks in building exteriors and roads were visible in the region.\n\nPeople ran down stairs in office buildings in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, and severe shaking also was felt in Chiang Mai, Thailand's second-largest. Window curtains briefly swayed in the Thai capital, Bangkok.\n\nThe U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was 9 kilometers (6 miles) south of Mae Lao, Thailand, and 27 kilometers (17 miles) southwest of Chiang Rai.\n\nThe quake occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles). Shallow quakes are generally felt more widely."}
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-{"text": "The potential successors are Andrew McCabe, the acting FBI Director; Alice Fisher, a defence lawyer who used to lead the department's criminal division; Michael Garcia, a NY state appeals court judge; and John Cornyn, a Republican senator from Texas.\n\nIn the aftermath of Comey's dismissal, Cornyn said Trump was \"within his authority\" to fire him and said it would not affect the investigation of possible Russian ties to Trump's presidential campaign.\n\nTrump says Comey had told him three times he was not under investigation in the Russian Federation probe.\n\nGraham said that if Trump has any tapes of conversations with Comey, \"they have to be turned over\".\n\nMr Spicer returned at the end of the week for a briefing to a barrage of questions about Mr Trump's erratic tweets and one reporter to asked if the president was \"out of control\".\n\nHe said in an interview with NBC News he had already made a decision to sack Mr Comey by the time Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's memo came to him. \"That would be flawless\".\n\nIn two subsequent phone conversations, Comey also assured him he was not under investigation.\n\nIn an interview with Fox News's Jeanine Pirro on Friday, the president complained about hostility and unfair treatment at the hands of the media, suggesting for the second time in one day that he might just cancel the daily briefing - and adding that he might instead hold biweekly briefings himself. Mark WarnerMark WarnerDemocrat Senator warns of poor \"outcome\" for past secret Oval Office tapes Warner: I will \"absolutely\" subpoena tapes between Comey and Trump if they exist Dem senator: Trump administration \"afraid\" of Russian Federation investigation MORE (D-Va.) told host Chris Wallace on \"Fox News Sunday\".\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders disputed the report and said the president would \"never even suggest the expectation of personal loyalty\".\n\nTrump also hit back on Friday at media reports questioning the credibility of White House accounts of why Comey was sacked and threatened an end to regular White House press briefings. \"The best replacement for Comey is Trey Gowdy\", said Bakari Sellers, who ran for SC lieutenant governor in 2014.\n\nFellow Republican Lindsay Graham of SC, speaking on NBC's \"Meet the Press\", said Trump now \"has a duty and obligation to pick somebody beyond reproach outside the political lane\" to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. \"Because I can't trust that what I say to the president isn't going to be misconstrued and used against me because I don't do what he wants\".\n\nThe evolving explanations from Mr. Trump and his team raise questions about why Rosenstein wrote the memo, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and anchor of \"Face The Nation\" John Dickerson said on the \"CBS Evening News\" Friday. Moscow has denied any such meddling.\n\nCNN cited an unnamed source as saying Mr Comey was \"not anxious about any tapes\" Mr Trump may have of their conversations.\n\n'There is no way to get at the story through talking to the White House press secretary or listening to the spin that is offered by officials who are willing to go on the record, ' says media critic Margaret Sullivan.\n\nPopular news\n\nHamilton edges Vettel to Spain pole, Alonso seventh\nValtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen made it an all-Finnish second row, even though Raikkonen set the fastest first sector of all. On a bump with Vettel at turn one, he added: \"I felt like I ran out of road, but was alongside\".\n\nNew Miss USA to be crowned in Las Vegas\nBaylee Smith is representing Alabama tonight as the contestants in the Miss USA 2017 pageant take the stage in Las Vegas. Five of the contestants vying for the Miss USA title this year were born in other countries and now US citizens.\n\nQuintana takes lead after crash-ridden Giro stage\nThomas added: \"I had felt good and then I crashed and my race was over\". \"The whole team was strong and I was strong\". Fellow Briton Adam Yates remained third, 10 seconds back, with most of the overall favorites.\n\nEgyptian mummies: Archaeologists make CHILLING discovery\nThe new discovery was unearthed in Touna el-Gabal district, which is a desert area in Minya province, 234 km far from Cairo. Mummies lying in catacombs following their discovery in the Touna el-Gabal district of the Minya province.\n\nJedrzejczyk retains strawweight title at UFC 211\nAndrade attempted a few of her charges, but Jedrzejczyk did an excellent job of circling away from those punches. After the loss, her first since 2015, Andrade proposed to her longtime girlfriend from inside the Octagon.\n\nIndyCar teams turn attention to preparing for Indy 500\nHe was followed by teammates Josef Newgarden at 1:08.0632 and two-time Indianapolis 500 victor Juan Pablo Montoya at 1:08.1897. For Bourdais, like Newgarden, he'll start from his best position in the race's short history.\n\nFlynn's papers subpoenaed by Senate panel in Russia probe\nMcCabe was testifying in place of former FBI Director James Comey , who was sacked by President Donald Trump on Tuesday. He says the former FBI Director James Comey's firing will in no way deter the committee from finding out the truth.\n\nEmmanuel Macron takes power as French president\nPrior to the inauguration, Macron took part in a private one-on-one meeting with outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande. Mr Macron is the youngest president in the country's history and the 8th president of France's Fifth Republic, created in 1958.\n\nCeltics were robbed of 1.8 seconds on last play of Game 6\nMay 12, 2017; Washington , DC, USA; Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas has struggled to get his shots up the last couple of games. Before the game a Wizards player joked in the locker room: \"If we win we're gonna wear all-black to Game 7\"."}
-{"text": "A ?retired career anorexic? examines herself and her and our culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature. At the age of four Marya Hornbacher looked in a mirror and decided she was fat. At nine, she was bulimic. At twelve, she was anorexic. By the time she was eighteen, she?d been hospitalized five times, once in the loony bin. Her doctors and her parents had given up on her they were watching her die. But Marya decided to live. Four years on, now 22, here is her harrowing tale, powerfully told in a virtuoso mix of memoir, cultural criticism and psychological examination. Here is the amazingly articulate fury of a clever woman made stupid by her culture, who threw away her teenage years in a continuous cycle of bingeing and vomiting or just plain starvation. The first book to explore, from the inside, the intimate relationship between eating disorders and 1990s culture?s historically unprecedented obsession with body, diet and gender not a testimony to a miracle cure, but the story of one woman?s travels to the darker side of reality and her decision to find her way back on her own terms."}
-{"text": "One of the highest-profile \u2014 and wealthiest \u2014 couples in Silicon Valley is on the outs.\n\nGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin is living apart from his wife of six years, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, a spokesman confirmed to tech blog AllThingsD.com. A spokesman for the family said \u201cthey remain good friends and partners.\u201d\n\nThe entrepreneurial couple, who have two children, together donated $223 million to charity in 2012, the fifth-most among donors in the U.S., according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.\n\nBrin, who now heads up Google\u2019s \u201cmoonshot\u201d projects like driver-less cars, is worth $22.8 billion, according to Forbes. Wojcicki\u2019s personal genetics startup 23andMe, which sells DNA test kits, has raised more than $100 million \u2014 including from Google and Brin, according to AllThingsD.com. The breakup is unlikely to have a material impact on Brin\u2019s finances because the couple reportedly signed a prenuptial agreement.\n\nAnd according to Gawker\u2019s ValleyWag blog, Brin already has a new woman on his arm: a fellow Googler. The website reports he\u2019s dating Amanda Rosenberg, the Google Glass marketing manager \u2014 which may help justify Brin\u2019s attachment to Google Glass over the past months."}
-{"text": "FIFA claims 2 Twitter records for Germany rout\n\nRIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 FIFA is claiming two Twitter records for Germany\u2019s stunning 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinals. FIFA says there were 35.6 million Twitter posts about the game on Tuesday, making it the most tweeted sports event.\n\nFIFA says the previous record was 24.9 million posts for the Super Bowl in February. Then, the Seattle Seahawks won 43-8 against the Denver Broncos. FIFA also claims a record for most Twitter messages about a subject or incident in a single minute.\n\nA total of 580,166 tweets about the game were recorded in the minute after Germany took a 5-0 lead. Sami Khedira\u2019s goal was scored at 5:29 p.m. local time in Belo Horizonte (4:29 p.m. EDT/2029 GMT).\n\nAl-Rasub is a news aggregate website that accumulates major news sources around the globe. All content is hand-picked in order to pull the best stories produced by a wide variety of other news organizations."}
-{"text": "Category: accountability\n\nLet\u2019s face it, the role of a Salvation Army Officer is difficult. I know\u2026understatement of the century!\n\nThere are certainly joys\u2026along with heartache and sorrows \u2013 it\u2019s a mixed bag sometimes. We all wish that things would go according to plan, but most of the time we look like this:And, we hope nothing gets dropped along the way\u2026\n\nThe question doesn\u2019t become what can we do less of, but rather how can we do the good things better? How can we begin to focus on the strengths of our corps and our corps people?\n\nIf I have learned anything from Officership it is that we are very, very good at doing many things, but we do not do many things well. Perhaps it is time to stop meeting the average expectations, stop doing mediocre work because we\u2019re spread far too thin to do anything well; and instead, focus on the things that make our corps or ministry unique and successful! To do this, sacrifices might have to be made, we might have to eliminate or reduce the amount of \u2018spinning plates\u2019, but we do no one any good if we implode from over-extending ourselves.\n\nIt would be so easy to simply offer you some amazing new Apps that will help you in your ministry. It would be simple to offer this new thing I found of the internet that other pastors are using\u2026instead let me offer you 3 Resources that you already have and will not cost you a dime (except for your time and effort).\n\nPastoral Partnerships: The unfortunate side of ministry, it would seem, is that many churches and pastors are in competition for parishioners. It isn\u2019t always intentional, but many churches have created their own silos, including The Salvation Army. Sometimes it\u2019s pride, and self-reliance, but these silos prevent us from truly experiencing the fellowship of other ministries and resources because we cannot work with others. Visit other pastors in your community. Go to their churches (but not on Mondays = Universal Pastoral day off) and meet fellow workers in the fields of souls.I recently visited the pastor of our local Wesleyan Church. He called me up to donate some food to our soup kitchen, and I had not had the chance to meet him yet\u2026so I personally went to see him. What I experienced in talking to him for only 45 minutes was not only refreshing to my soul, but it encouraged me greatly. We also struck up some commonalities, and resources were exchanged for the development of future partnerships together.\n\nFellow Officers, we are so much stronger together than we are by remaining in our individual denominational silos.\n\n2. Community Connections\nThis resource is closely related to #1 as well as the continued need to get out of the silo\u2026(perhaps you are picking up on the theme of this particular article). There are many people in your community right now that love The Salvation Army and they just need an invitation to help out. Be mindful that business professionals are very busy, so make sure the buy-in request is tangible, well thought out, and clear. You are looking for pieces to the puzzle to help with the over all mission, that Bank president can help in great ways provided that you put that \u2018piece\u2019 into the right place.\n\n3. Leadership Development, Empowerment & Delegation!\nThe last resource (at least on this list, because there is SO much more that we could cover) is, in my opinion, the most important resource that your corps or ministry has \u2013 people who are already invested in the mission!! We are only as strong as the team around us. We as Officers are good at trying to do everything on our own, so much so that we often face burnout. In Exodus 18, we find a workaholic named Moses who is wisely counseled by his father-in-law Jethro. Jethro tells Moses; \u201cwhat you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.\u201d (Exodus 18:17-18)\n\nThis is extremely wise advise to Moses and to us. We cannot do it all ourselves, so why do we try to be SuperOfficer? Why do we think it all has to get completed by us? This is where leadership development, empowerment and delegation comes into play. We owe it to ourselves and the future development and growth of our corps to raise up leaders who can help us. Perhaps those leaders are already there, they just don\u2019t know it yet. This type of development and action will take time and patience, but your ministry will be stronger because of it.\n\nJust think, every time we \u2018go it alone\u2019 we are potentially robbing someone of the opportunity to learn, lead and grow! Do you need help developing your team? Having struggles figuring out how this ought to be done? Consult your divisional staff, ask for help from other pastors, and perhaps do some research on how other corps are appointing leaders and developing them. Here is one resource that the Central Territory is using, and I know that there are other resources just like this in other territories.\n\nDo not leave your corps members behind while planning for the future! Raise up others to help you accomplish the mission of the Army! It might be easier to do everything yourself, but entrust, empower and lead others to become better invested in the mission of this Salvation Army!\n\nThese are just three resources to help you become a better Officer, naturally, never discount or take for granted the power of the Holy Spirit in all of these ventures! He will empower you to do what must be done, so above all else, humble submit yourself to Him daily!\n\nWe use this phrase from time to time.\nIt is sometimes used as a blanket statement to instill hope.\nWe often cling to it in to times of trouble \u2013 \u201cThe Lord Will Provide!\u201d\nThis phrase might be uttered from our lips in the direction of someone who is hurting, in dire straights or a person whose problems seem insurmountable \u2013 \u201cWell, the Lord will provide!\u201d\u2026\n\nI wonder sometimes if we truly mean what we say. And what if we say those words with a half-heart and the Lord doesn\u2019t provide for that person\u2026could they end up blaming God, faith for their hurt? What if we say those words and nothing happens? What kind of testimony do we present to the world through half-hearted comments and insincerity of faith? Are we doing more damage than good with our niceties and generalities?\n\nThese words seem to flow from our tongues very easily, almost as easily as the age old response of \u201cI will pray for you\u201d. So, let me ask you (and me), does this phrase carry any weight?\n\nWhat does it mean? When we utter \u201cThe Lord will provide\u201d do we infer with others who are enduring hardship that perhaps they should pray a little harder? Is it said with a hint of apathy? OR is there a heart-felt sincerity laced within our response?\n\nI\u2019m not saying this phrase isn\u2019t true.\nI have seen the provisions of God.\nI have witnessed miracles take place in people\u2019s lives.\nI know He IS there for you and for me.\n\nBut, as a follower of Christ, as God\u2019s chosen people, perhaps we must recognize the weight of the words that we say. There IS significance, there IS meaning behind our utterances and cliche\u2019 \u201cChristianese\u201d phrases. The big problem is that these phrases can lose their significance and meaning if we simply overuse them without thought or true heartfelt faith. Anything can become routine or ritual \u2013 devoid of meaning if faith and belief are not sincere and present in them. This is ESPECIALLY true of our words!\n\nQuestions to Ponder:\nWhat are my motives when consoling one who needs my support?\nHow can I avoid insincerity and polished phrases devoid of meaning?\nDo I truly believe that the Lord will provide?\nWhat kind of evidence is there of my claims?\n\nPrayer:\nLord, renew me today.\nI desire to be Yours and yours alone!\nTeach me to walk in Your ways even when the going is tough.\nHelp me to have faith in the midst of uncertainty and fear.\nHelp me to be Your light in my corner of the world today.\nMay the words of my mouth and meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord my strength and my redeemer. (Ps. 19:14)\n-Amen.\n\nIs there such a thing within our ranks as a dissonant voice?\nIs this even something considered?\nSometimes I wonder if individuality can be present within a quasi-militant organizational model such as ours.\nIs there ever a place for such a voice?\nCan iron sharpen iron without healthy friction?\nIs punishment instantly doled out to those with a conflicting voice?\n\nBy dissonant I don\u2019t mean a voice of extreme dissent or open rebellion, I mean one who has constructive things to say to the organization as a whole\u2026is this possible? Does that voice really matter? Does the Army still need dissonant voices? Will those voices really make a difference? Or does it sort of resemble this:\n\nI do not wish to throw gasoline onto a fire.\nI do not wish to lick an open wound (I know, gross euphemism\u2026sorry).\nBut I do wonder what sort of place these dissonant voices have in an army that often times spurns abnormal or divergent (sorry book/movie series) soldiers?\n\nWorst Case Scenario of Dissonance:\nDivergent, dissonant voices are expelled, sometimes publicly, sometimes quietly with little to no fanfare.\nThey are driven further and further away from sources of influence and squeezed until they either capitulate or comply to the common \u201cgroup think\u201d. Hence the \u201cmy way or the highway\u201d leadership model. Decisions made by leadership within this scenario do not handle constructive criticism of any kind, and will lash out and punish anyone who raises pertinent questions that challenge the present leadership and its decision.\n\nBest Case Scenario of Dissonance:\nDivergent/dissonant voices are listened to, constructive criticism is welcomed in order to make the Army better. Leaders still lead and make the decisions but welcome other voices to help make the organization better. One can still agree to disagree but without the fear of retribution of faulty, insecure leadership. The best case scenario is not the easiest for the organization, but would preserve its constituency while providing ownership to the \u201cgroup\u201d. BUT\u2026Pick Your Battles!Dissonant voices can become just like traffic noise if not careful on what battles are waged through constructive criticism. Traffic noise is loud and indicate when someone is coming, but if you constantly live with the noise, it will eventually become tuned out and ignored. If one constantly challenges authority and argues with every voice of reason and \u201cunreason\u201d that voice will eventually lose all power and credibility. If you must challenge authority and leadership\u2026pick your battles and make sure you look for traffic!\n\nOrganizational Questions to consider:\nAre there times when the voice of dissonance is needed in our Army?\nWhat can one do to ensure dissonant voices of concern are listened to?\nHow can we tell when we have become the one in need of listening instead of speaking?\nDoes this army have room to grow and to become better defined and equipped?\nHow does one know which battles to pick?\nWhen does pride become our blinder and prohibit us from seeing the \u201cbig picture\u201d or the \u201cother side\u201d?\n\nThe Resonating Dissonance\u2026\nIn the grand scheme of things, The Salvation Army was born from such a voice.\nWilliam and Catherine Booth began this mission because it seemed that no one else would.\nThey moved from the \u201caccepted\u201d group think into something new, and the transitional go between was this voice of dissonance. Jesus was a dissonant voice in His day. He, at times, upset the \u201cgroup think\u201d. He challenged the \u201claw\u201d. His way was obviously divine, life saving, deeply personal and yet salvation for the whole wide world. How can we become a resonating voice of dissonance in our world? How can we bring into the focus the need to become better aligned with Christ? How can we align our harmony with the orchestra of God? Can this army thrive within THAT voice again? I believe that we can. I believe that it isn\u2019t too late for that. May we strive to be an ever forward moving army! May we guide the wounded hearts to Christ. May we never stand in the way of His Holy Presence and His moving in this body of Christ! May we use our voices both as individuals as well as an Army to make the name of Christ resound, so that hope is given, love is shared and joy, unspeakable joy is forever dispersed among His people.\n\nPaul had Barnabas to inspire and encourage him even if they didn\u2019t always get a long in the end.\nPaul became Timothy\u2019s mentor who inspired a new generation of the early Christian church.\nThroughout history there have been those who have stepped up to lead by example. They have been mentors, accountability partners, strong godly leaders, examples of holiness. Despite all of these things, none of them (and most will freely admit this) were perfect or had it \u201call together\u201d.\n\nGet this:\nOur Army needs more inspiring leaders like the ones I am about to list!\nPerhaps this is you\u2026perhaps you are the next generation of leaders about to step up and take this mantle. This isn\u2019t some sort of popularity contest, or ego trip\u2026this is leading and serving as a godly example for others. Many do this without any fan fare.\nMost simply want to be like Christ and so they strive daily to humbly serve and become living examples of Him to the rest of us. We certainly need more of these inspiring servants in our Army today!\n\nScriptural Reminders for us today:\n\u201cBe completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.\u201d -Ephesians 4:2\n\u201cFollow my example, as I follow the example of Christ\u2026\u201d 1 Corinthians 11:1\n\u201cTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved [a]you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God [b]as a fragrant aroma.\u201d Ephesians 5:1-2\n\nThis is not an exhaustive list, and I know that as I share my personal list with you, you will undoubtedly have others that come to your mind. Also do not be offended (I will get my self in trouble with family and friends\u2026sorry) if I do not list people that you know, or if I do not mention you\u2026as I have already said this is not an exhaustive list. There are many more!\n\n10 Salvationists That Have Inspired Me\u2026This isn\u2019t some sort of ranked order, rather this is simply a list that I have currently compiled.\n(sorry I may not have pictures for everyone)\n\n1. My Mother and Father \u2013 Colonels Dennis and Sharon Strissel\nMy parents have exemplified godly living to me.\nI have witnessed their impact on this army both in the United States as well as in Africa. They have always been servants first. Both my mother and father have been advocates for those without voices and have stood up for the marginalized. I count it an honor to have these two as my parents. They are faithful soldiers even as they head into retirement. They have inspired me to be better, to make the army better, and to never settle for mediocrity when we can, in own selves, do more.\n\n2. Majors Bill and Betsy Cox\nIf I were asked who exemplifies holiness to me, these two loving people would come to mind. They have been mentors to my wife and me, and like second parents in the army to us.\n\nI know that when I talk to either of them, when I have concerns and problems, they always give careful thought and grace in their responses. They are just genuine people who love the Lord with all of their hearts and it just pours out upon those who are privileged to know them. They make me want to be a better pastor and follower of Christ.\n\nColonels Dahl restore historical Will Rogers sign at Camp Wonderland.\n\n3. Colonels Marv and Bodil DahlAdmittedly not the best picture of these two beautiful people, but you must know that Colonel Marv is a painter and despite current physical challenges, he is still a wonderful artist. This picture is recent and both Colonels Bodil and Marv gave 90 hours each to this amazing restoration project.\n\nWords cannot express how encouraging these two saints of God have been to me in this present appointment! These two have been Barnabas\u2019 to us. They are truly servants first and then they offer their wealth of leadership advice! I am inspired by Colonels Dahl because they operate from a place of compassionate care and concern for fellow soldiers and officers. They take the time to listen and they are willing to make time for you.\n\n4. Commissioner Dinsdale Pender\nThis was years ago. I was just a small boy with parents living on St. Helena Island. My parents where the missionary officers there on St. Helena for four years. I distinctly remember Commissioner Pender coming to the Island for a visit. As the band welcomed him at the seaside docks with a rousing song, he fiddled with his brief case as if attempting to pull out his cornet to play as well. For me the reason he inspired me wasn\u2019t so much what he said, honestly I was a small boy and cannot remember much of that time. But what I do remember of him was his charisma and humor. He made leadership within the Army look smart as well as fun. He always seemed to have a smile and brought a sense of whimsical humor with the concept of leadership.\n\n5. Major Stephen Court and Major Danielle Strickland\n\nBoth Stephen and Danielle bring a sense of \u201cin your face\u201d kind of Salvationism that\u2019s been missing in our army for a while (in my opinion). Their ministry has been global, it has challenged me. I truly appreciate their leadership (albeit from afar). I can remember going to a commissioning in which they were the guest speakers. They didn\u2019t hold anything back, and it was powerful. I\u2019m not attempting to puff anyone up here, it was just something I will never forget and it has inspired me within the ministries I have been privileged to lead. Both in their own rights are extremely talented writers and communicators and I admire their willingness to challenge our Army onward!\nThey are a spark within in our army which has become a catalyst for a new generation of Salvationist!\n\n6. General John Gowans\nI remember his leadership as General.\nHow he spoke of the three legged stool of Salvationism.\nHis leadership style at times chaffed against some, but I found him to be refreshing. He was a shot in the arm for the Army. He had vigor and passion to see a greater army at work in the world. I admired him and he inspired me to be a better writer and communicator for this army. He also inspired me to push the boundaries of our \u201cbubble\u201d within the Army.\n\n7. TransMission (Southern Territory, USA)\nThis is the real deal Salvationist. They have a passion to minister to the hearts of young people through music. They are just down to earth guys who love the Lord.\n\nI appreciate how TransMission have incorporated doctrinal truths into their music ministry and their passion and zeal to lead others to Christ is inspiring! Being a movement of holiness, the progression and integration of modern styles of music has planted and watered a seed within a younger generation of Salvationists.\n\n8. Commissioner Clive Adams\n\nCommissioner Clive has been a source of encouragement to me within my officership as well as a writer, contributor and avid fellow blogger that I greatly admire. He is a gifted leader and communicator and another down to earth Soldier who inspires others\u2026plus he\u2019s a fellow Man-United Fan!\nWhen I read his blog postings I am encouraged and enjoy his humor as well as his candid honesty within our Army.9. Commissioner Harry Read\nIn my heart I have a special place of poets and Writers.\nCommissioner Harry Read is still an avid poet who conjures up lines of thought provoking honesty within the minds of Christ-followers and Soldiers. His \u2018Heart-talks\u2019 posted on social media as well as in the printed word inspire me to better articulate this holy path we all walk on. He is a treasure to the army and although I may embarrass him in this post, I admire his ongoing active ministry. He spurs me on, and I am sure he provides this boost in many other Salvationists around the globe.\n\n10. General Albert Orsborn\n\nMy life must be Christ\u2019s broken breadMy love His outpoured wineA cup o\u2019erfilled a table spreadBeneath His name and signThat other souls refreshed and fedMay share His life through mine\n(SASB #512 My Life must be Christ\u2019s Broken Bread)\n\nObviously I never met General Orsborn, but his words within some of the songs that we still sing in our Army strike me at my core. These lyrics speak to me about holiness, selflessness, servanthood, and what our Army should be all about. I get inspired every time I sing the above mentioned song among others that he has written.\n\nThese are just ten Salvationists that have inspired me in my lifetime.\nThere are many more and, as I have already said, please do not become offended if you or someone you know isn\u2019t mentioned. This is not an exhaustive list.\n\nQuestion:\nWho has inspired you?\nPlease share your comments below, it is wonderful to hear these rich stories as we testify of God\u2019s redeeming love!\n\nSomething more for our Army to ponder today!\nTo God be the glory, and may we aspire to be all that God has called us to be not only to inspire others but because we deeply desire to be like Christ in every way.\n\nYou don\u2019t have to be in a political office in order to view politics\u2026it\u2019s everywhere including the church.\nChurch/corps splits have happened because of truly silly things \u2013 \u201cthe color of the carpet in the sanctuary\u201d\u2026really??\n\nI\u2019m feeling a little feisty today, so please bear with me.Rhetoric\u2026and Holiness???\nThe Salvation Army struggles with too much rhetoric and not enough practice sometimes.\nWhat do I mean by this?\nWe (like any church) are so good at saying all of the right things.\nWe (like any church) are so good at wearing all the right clothes\u2026ahem the uniform.\nWe (like any church) are so good at touting our scripture verses and doctrines\u2026but can it become more about outward appearances like when the DC, TC or General comes to visit than about personal/corporate holiness?\n\nSometimes I feel as if we are very good at polishing the outside of the cup while we just keep neglecting to do the hard stuff like cleaning the inside of the cup (our hearts). We try and try to impress the \u201cbrass\u201d with our efforts and works but are we truly living consistently? This isn\u2019t some sort of witch-hunt today. I\u2019m not pointing the finger at anymore more than I am pointing fingers. back. at. myself.\n\nThis is Personal\u2026\nThis is truly personal.\nif this resounds with anyone else, then great!\nLet\u2019s do something about this together.\nI honestly know that I am not the only one who struggles with this.\nWe are so good at singing \u2018the Founder\u2019s Song\u2019 in Holiness meeting and thirty minutes later we\u2019re at our favorite \u201cSunday Lunch Spot\u201d complaining about the wait time, the server, we barely give a tip and then we complain on our way home about the traffic and some ignorant sap who just cut us off\u2026do you get what I\u2019m saying?\n\nThis is Deadly\u2026\nI, for one, do not want to be a member of the Salvation Army in Laodicea, if you get what I mean (Revelations 3:14-22).\nIf I\u2019m honest, I\u2019d rather rip off this uniform and walk away from it all before I start striving to become a pew warmer and a luke-warm one at that. The church of Laodicea, according to Revelation, didn\u2019t get their act together. They didn\u2019t have the passion to serve Christ as His bride. They weren\u2019t on fire for Him, instead they were barely tepid in their faith. Sometimes I feel that in our Army we walk a fine line too. We can utter all of the \u201ccatch-phrases\u201d of our Army like \u201cFire a volley\u201d and \u201cHallelujah\u201d but on the inside we\u2019re so caught up in the bickering and pettiness that are missing out on the fire of the Holy Spirit. I don\u2019t think we need another Pentecost, it\u2019s already here we are just so caught up in our own issues that we can\u2019t see it\u2026that\u2019s just how I see it\u2026I hope I\u2019m wrong. When did we desire to be a mediocre Army? When did we sign up to warm a pew but as soon as the hard work comes we\u2019re suddenly absent? If we are truly \u201cwitnesses for Jesus\u201d why aren\u2019t we more visible with this message in the streets? We cannot hole ourselves up in beautiful Halls of worship and expect the brokeness of neighborhoods to be mended by how well we sing and play an instrument. We\u2019ve got to get on with it! We\u2019ve got to either catch fire and be moved by the Holy Spirit or we need to get out of the way and stop hampering the Spirit and the potential growth of other Soldiers. Either warm up or be spit out.\n\nThis is real\u2026\nI have felt this sting of conviction.\nI don\u2019t write this as a \u201cguilt trip\u201d for anyone before it strikes my heart and brings ME up short first.\nWe need to stop \u201cplaying\u201d army and be army.\nWe need to stop fighting amongst each other and fight the real war for the souls of those who are lost.\nWe need to stop spouting half-empty words of rhetoric when our hearts aren\u2019t in it and instead fall upon our faces and recommit ALL OF WHO WE ARE to Christ once more.\nWe do not need pew warmers and more apathetic bodies in uniforms, instead we need leaders who are servant who will serve and love regardless of where someone came from or what their last name might be.\nWe don\u2019t have time to play \u201cchurch politics\u201d\u2026this gets in the way and stunts our growth as a corporate body of holiness.\n\nIt\u2019s \u201cPut up\u201d or \u201cShut-Up\u201d time.\nI have seen the walking dead amongst soldiers and officers.\nI have seen the passion-less works of apathetic hearts.\nI have witnessed the \u201cgoing through the motions\u201d without a resemblance of the practice of holiness.\nWe have a choice.\nWe can either put up or shut up.\nWe can either live lives worthy of this calling upon our lives, or we can stop pretending and get out of the way.\nThis is a wake up call.\nThis is a call to holiness.\nThis is a reminder that there is more to it than donning on the uniform and spouting all the right words.\n\nHow is your heart today?\nHow is your spiritual journey?\nThis is something more for our Army to ponder today.\nTo God be the glory!\n\nI had the distinct displeasure of confronting an issue in our corps.\nIt was unpleasant.\nIt was sad.\nI was extremely disappointing.\n\nTwo people were carrying on with a relationship even though one of them was married (to another person).\nThe entire church knew about it.\nI was even asked by a retired pastor if I was going to do something about the situation.\nI wasn\u2019t sure what to do at first. I\u2019ve never been afraid of confrontation. I usually don\u2019t back down from such situations, in fact I have to be careful\u2026if I\u2019m brutally honest. I had been praying about this issue. Praying for a simple, (less messy) solution\u2026but none came. Finally I rounded the bend in our church hallway and caught them. Right then and there I confronted them. It wasn\u2019t so much the scene of Jesus turning over tables in the temple, but it sure felt close to that in my heart. I felt (and still do) very sad about the situation. Here were two grown, mature adult Christians caught up in a sin and neither would admit to any wrong doing. We began to have an intense moment of fellowship, if you know what I mean. I was angry with them but at the same time very, very sad. They were obstinate and aggressive in their defense of their situation. Suddenly it became everyone else\u2019 fault\u2026I honestly wasn\u2019t looking to play the blame game. I had notbeen praying for a direct confrontation like this, yet here it was. Confrontation is never comfortable or enjoyable, and if it ever becomes comfortable and enjoyable then something is very wrong. I hated it. I wanted to be somewhere else other than right there in that moment, and yet I couldn\u2019t be. How could the church grow, continue to confess sin, fellowship in a healthy way and love one another with discipline and accountability when THIS elephant in the room was looming largely?\n\nSadly, circumstances were not recoverable\u2026at least to my knowledge (I still hold out hope for reconciliation). Both decided to go elsewhere to church. I was even given an ultimatum \u2013 \u201capologize to us, or we won\u2019t come back to church\u201c\u2026really? I\u2019m sorry, but I won\u2019t apologize to sin. I just can\u2019t. I can\u2019t compromise like that. Sin has a way of blinding us of our faults. Sin has a way of shifting the blame, making us less aware of wrong doing while rationalizing it away until it\u2019s okay and it\u2019s someone else\u2019 problem.\n\nI never once said that they had to leave the corps. They weren\u2019t \u201ckicked out\u201d. Amidst the confrontation I was painfully aware of grace and love\u2026but I (we, the corps council) expected more from them because they were a part of our corps family. Isn\u2019t it like that with family? The level of expectations are always higher because \u201cfamily\u201d should know better, should act better.\n\nGlass Houses\u2026\nI keep thinking about the woman caught in adultery in Jesus\u2019 day\u2026Pharisees and teachers of the law drag this woman to Jesus. Seriously, where was the guy who was caught as well?\u2026doesn\u2019t it take two to tango?..I digress.\n\nThese Pharisees want to trap Jesus while at the same time satisfying their blood thirsty need for \u201cjustice\u201d. Jesus, confronted with this issue, stoops down and writes in the sand. Then after writing, doodling, naming the pharisees\u2026I don\u2019t know what He wrote, Jesus looks at the accusers and says \u201cHe who is without sin cast the first stone\u2026\u201d \u2013 They depart. The leave. They don\u2019t linger. Something remarkable happens. I would call it a miracle. But the story isn\u2019t over yet. Yes, the blood thirsty accusers are gone, but the guilty woman still stands there. Can you imagine the shame and embarrassment that she must have felt? The man she was with apparently does the walk of shame home without any other consequence, while she is caught, dragged, confronted in front of most of the town\u2026how embarrassing and utterly horrifying!\n\nFinally, Jesus stands up and looks around and then to her and says, almost sarcastically surprised, \u201cWhere are your accusers? Didn\u2019t even one of them condemn you?\u201d She says to Him, \u201cNo, Lord\u201c\u2026and then amazingly Jesus replies; \u201cNeither do I. Go and sin no more.\u201d (John 8:1-11)\n\nNo Judgement\u2026but Don\u2019t Apologize to Sin\u2026\nLet\u2019s face it, we are all susceptible to sin. If we believe that we are impervious to sin, watch out and beware! I\u2019m not trying to scare anyone here, it is just a reality. We still struggle with this fallen life. Temptation is all around us. How we deal with these temptation defines how deep our spiritual maturity in Christ goes. There is fine line in our walk with Christ in becoming a Pharisee and addressing real sin issues within the body of believers. If done correctly, spiritual discipline and correction can become a life line of saving grace to someone caught in sin. If done incorrectly, we throw adulterers, liars and cheats before Jesus while avoiding love, grace, compassion and understanding and/or facing our own hypocritical sinful selves.\n\nThe correct way desires to address spiritual issues, make one stronger in the faith, hold each other accountable for the purpose of building each other up in love, grace and compassion. The incorrect way only serves to empower the accuser, demand judgement, criticizing immorality while avoiding any accountability of ones own actions. We have to be careful how we conduct ourselves as accountability partners and leaders in our corps!\n\nNo\u2026we can\u2019t apologize to sin\u2026but we can lovingly correct, share the burden of leadership with others. Pray for reconciliation, confession, and forgiveness. We were never meant to be judge, jury and executioners in our corps\u2026but we must hold each other accountable and bring each other back from places of sin with the power of the Holy Spirit. We can\u2019t ignore critical issues in our corps. We can\u2019t pretend they don\u2019t exist. We can\u2019t bury our heads in the sand when elders, local officers and soldiers (even officers) trip and fall. If we have any love in us for Christ and for our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, then we will fight tooth and nail to seek reconciliation and restoration\u2026until that time, don\u2019t stop praying intercessory prayer for each other!\n\nThis past August when Robin Williams died, the world was shocked. How could someone so funny come to such a sad and horrible ending? We really do not understand the depths of such internal battles unless we ourselves have been there.\n\nTruths:\nJust because we put on uniforms it doesn\u2019t mean that we stop experiencing difficulties.\n\nJust because we become a Christ-follower doesn\u2019t mean that we stop struggling with internal battles.\nSome people even genetically struggle with things like depression and I would like to talk about this today. Before you stop reading and think to yourself \u201cthis doesn\u2019t relate to me\u201c, perhaps you\u2019ll reconsider because we are all in this together and you just might be able to help someone else who DOES relate to this.\n\nA Story About Depression:\nOne of my Uncles, who is an Officer in the Southern Territory USA, shared with me a story about a local Presbyterian minister in his town. It is a sad story. The kind of story that causes shell shocked locals to question life and death and to reconsider their preconceived notions of depression.\nApparently, this local Presbyterian minister, who had been on sabbatical from his church, committed suicide. He ended his life. He allowed the darkness within him to quench the light of hope. Let that sink in for a moment. A minister, who was deeply depressed and struggling with this difficult internal battle, ended his life. It doesn\u2019t matter how he did it, but that he did it. His church and surrounding community are currently and completely devastated. Questions have been swirling and the idea that not just any person committed suicide, but a Pastor and leader of a church committed suicide has sent his church and community whirling in disbelief.\n\nThere\u2019s A Lesson Here:\n-Everyone is susceptible to these internal battles.-\nIt doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re a Presbyterian minister, a Catholic Priest or even a Salvation Army Officer or Soldier. We still struggle in life sometimes. We can still face things like depression. Sometimes we\u2019re very good at hiding it too. Sometimes we\u2019re so good that we even convince ourselves that nothing is wrong when something is very wrong within us. We sometimes compartmentalize these struggles and convince ourselves that someone else is to blame or the situation at hand is to blame when the battle is truly internal. Instead of beating ourselves up over feeling this way, we need to reach out for help.\n\nThe Misnomers Of Depression:\nWe can often look at these internal battles as weaknesses and something to be embarrassed about. If you\u2019re struggling right now or know someone who is, please don\u2019t be embarrassed or make that person feel embarrassed. Don\u2019t think for a minute that you are less valuable because of the internal struggles you are facing. Don\u2019t think for a minute that no one will understand. Don\u2019t think for a minute that you are all alone in these dark days. Don\u2019t buy into the lie that you must be weaker than other because you are struggling.\n\nAnother misnomer with depression is the idea that if I deny it exists (that I\u2019m depressed) I will be fine. Have you ever shaken up a carbonated soda and then opened up the top? What happens? The bottled up carbonated soda explodes from the container doesn\u2019t it? In the same way that bottle can\u2019t hold the shaken contents, so too our bodies and minds aren\u2019t equipped to hold everything in either. We have to let these struggles and abscesses of the heart and soul out of us. We can\u2019t avoid them\u2026they won\u2019t simply go away. We could do more harm to ourselves if we just let them fester within us without releasing them.\n\nPrescriptions:\nHere are three prescriptions, dear soldier, to help us conquer and win these internal battles \u2013\n\n1) Seek Professional Help!\nIt is a sign of strength, not weakness to receive help from a counselor, pastor, or professional psychologist. Get over the misconception that it is wrong to talk about your struggles. Seeking out help is the first step to having victory over that internal battle! Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help! When we have someone else on board with us helping us find hope and joy again we can also find healing.\n\n2) Seek Accountability\nThis might go hand in hand with #1\u2026but it goes further. Do you have a friend in whom you can confide? Are there trusted people in your life who can listen but also be honest with you? Don\u2019t seek out just anyone or even someone who agree with everything you say. Find someone who will challenge you, be honest with you and will keep you accountable. Seek out a fellow brother or sister in Christ who can pray with you and help shoulder your heavy burdens. Accountability helps relieve some of these internal struggles. Depression is worse when dealt with alone\u2026remember that!\n\n3) Find Rest And Activities\nWe need our rest to replenish our physical and emotional reserves. Officers and soldiers are ever in the fray of this mission field, but even soldiers and officers need hobbies and rest! Make sure you find some \u201cMe\u201d time. This isn\u2019t selfish this is self-preservation. What good will you be if you are spent and worn through and through? Make sure you find things to do outside your mission field sometimes. Get sufficient rest, take time to reconnect and rejuvenate.\n\nThese are just three crucial prescriptions. There are more, but doing these three things will help in your journey to victory over your internal battles. Don\u2019t quit. Don\u2019t think for a moment that you are alone. You are loved. You are needed. You are important!\n\nIf we are to be healthy Soldiers and Officers, we must first be honest with ourselves and be willing to do a little soul-care from time to time. These internal battles won\u2019t just go away if we just ignore them, we must confront them and in that confronting we can find healing and recovery!\n\n\u201cAbove all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.\u201d -Proverbs 4:23\n\nSomething more for our Army world to ponder today!\nTo God Be The Glory\u2026and remember, You are NOT alone!!"}
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-{"text": "Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder. Many aarakocra aren\u2019t even native to the Material Plane. They hail from a world beyond\u2014from the boundless vistas of the Elemental Plane of Air. They are immigrants, refugees, scouts, and explorers, their outposts functioning as footholds in a world both strange and alien.\n\nAarakocra Traits\n\nAbility Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.Age.Aarakocra reach maturity by age 3. Compared to humans, aarakocra don\u2019t usually live longer than 30 years.Alignment. Most aarakocra are good and rarely choose sides when it comes to law and chaos. Tribal leaders and warriors might be lawful, while explorers and adventurers might tend toward chaotic.Size. Aarakocra are about 5 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 80 and 100 pounds. Your size is Medium.Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.Flight. You have a flying speed of 50 feet. To use this speed, you can\u2019t be wearing medium or heavy armor.Talons. You are proficient with your unarmed strikes, which deal 1d4 slashing damage on a hit.Language. You can speak, read, and write Common, Aarakocra, and Auran\n\nAs an aarakocra, you have certain traits in common with your people. Being able to fly at high speed starting at 1st level is exceptionally effective in certain circumstances and exceedingly dangerous in others. As a result, playing an aarakocra requires special consideration by your DM.\n\nBeak and Feather\n\nFrom below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing upright, aarakocra might reach 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to\nsharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies. Their plumage typically denotes membership in a tribe. Males are brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with distinct tribal variations.\n\nSky Wardens\n\nNowhere are the aarakocra more comfortable than in the sky. They can spend hours in the air, and some go as long as days, locking their wings in place and letting the thermals hold them aloft. In battle, they prove dynamic and acrobatic fliers, moving with remarkable speed and grace, diving to lash opponents with weapons or talons before turning and flying away.\n\nOnce airborne, an aarakocra leaves the sky with reluctance. On their native plane, they can fly for days or months, landing only to lay their eggs and feed their young before launching themselves back into the air. Those that make it to a world in the Material Plane find it a strange place. They sometimes forget or ignore vertical distances, and they have nothing but pity for those earthbound people forced to live and toil on the ground.\n\nAvian Mannerisms\n\nThe resemblance of aarakocra to birds isn\u2019t limited to physical features. Aarakocra display many of the same mannerisms as ordinary birds. They are fastidious about their plumage, frequently tending their feathers, cleaning and scratching away any tiny passengers they might have picked up. When they deign to descend from the sky, they often do so near pools where they can catch fish and bathe themselves. Many aarakocra punctuate their speech with chirps, sounds they use to convey emphasis and to shade meaning, much as a human might through facial expressions and gestures. An aarakocra might become frustrated with people who fail to pick up on the nuances; an aarakocra\u2019s threat might be taken as a jest and vice versa. The idea of ownership baffles most aarakocra. After all, who owns the sky?\n\nEven when explained to them, they initially find the notion of ownership mystifying. As a result, aarakocra who have little interaction with other people might be a nuisance as they drop from the sky to snatch livestock or plunder harvests for fruits and grains. Shiny, glittering objects catch their eyes. They find it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An aarakocra who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses. Confinement terrifies the aarakocra. To be grounded, trapped underground, or imprisoned by the cold, unyielding earth is a torment few aarakocra can withstand. Even when perched on a high branch or at rest in their mountaintop homes, they appear alert, with eyes moving and bodies ready to take flight.\n\nHomelands\n\nMost aarakocra live on the Elemental Plane of Air. Aarakocra can be drawn into the Material Plane, sometimes to pursue enemies or thwart their foes\u2019 designs there. Accident might also send a nest of aarakocra tumbling into a world on that plane. A few find their way to such a world through portals on their own plane and establish nests in high mountains or in the canopies of old forests. Once tribes of aarakocra settle in an area, they share a hunting territory that extends across an area up to 100 miles on a side, with each tribe hunting in the lands nearest to their colony, ranging farther should game become scarce.\n\nA typical colony consists of one large, open-roofed nest made of woven vines. The eldest acts as leader with the support of a shaman.\n\nGreat Purpose\n\nAarakocra enjoy peace and solitude. Most of them have little interest in dealing with other peoples and less interest in spending time on the ground. For this reason, it takes an exceptional circumstance for an aarakocra to leave his or her tribe and undertake the adventurer\u2019s life. Neither treasure nor glory is enough to lure them from their tribes; a dire threat to their people, a mission of vengeance, or a catastrophe typically lies at the heart of the aarakocra adventurer\u2019s chosen path. Two other circumstances might call an aarakocra to adventure. First, aarakocra have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aqaa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the\n\nRod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaos\u2019s monstrous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider. When plunged into Miska\u2019s body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its pieces across the multiverse. Recovering the pieces means gaining honor and esteem in the eyes of the vaati who forged it and could possibly restore a powerful weapon for defense against the agents of elemental evil. Second, aarakocra are sworn foes of elemental earth, in particular the gargoyles that serve Ogr\u00e9moch, the Prince of Earth. The Aarakocra word for gargoyle is loosely translated as \u201cflying rock,\u201d and battles between aarakocra and gargoyles have raged across the Elemental Planes of Earth and Air, occasionally spilling into a world on the Material Plane. Aarakocra on that plane might leave their colonies to lend aid to other humanoids committed to fighting earth cults and thwarting their efforts.\n\nAarakocra in the Forgotten Realms\n\nNever well established in Faer\u00fbn, aarakocra have only four major colonies: in the Star Mounts within the High Forest, in the Storm Horns in Cormyr, in the Cloven Mountains on the Vilhon Reach, and in the Mistcliffs in Chult.\n\nThose colonies established in the Star Mounts, closest to the Dessarin Valley, were ever a secretive and guarded people, only spotted during their flights over the High Forest. A cruel and rapacious green dragon nearly wiped out the population and scattered the survivors. These aarakocra and their descendants have sworn vengeance against the dragon and may be seen scouring the lands of the North and Cormyr for signs of their foe.\n\nTheir only remaining settlement lies on the slopes of the Star Mounts\u2019 southernmost mountains. At the headwaters of the Unicorn Run, the Last Aerie is home to several dozen aarakocra. Recently, aarakocra elders detected changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen. Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air.\n\nAarakocra Names\n\nAs with much of their speech, aarakocra names include clicks, trills, and whistles to the point that other peoples have a difficult time pronouncing them. Typically, a name has two to four syllables with the sounds acting as connectors. When interacting with other races, aarakocra may use nicknames gained from people they meet or shortened forms of their full names.\n\nAn aarakocra of either gender may have one of these short names: Aera, Aial, Aur, Deekek, Errk, Heehk, Ikki, Kleeck, Oorr, Ouss, Quaf, Quierk, Salleek, Urreek, or Zeed."}
-{"text": "A growing number of aerospace and defense CEOs are embracing social media because it makes business sense. They are not alone in their thinking.\n\nAccording to Wikipedia, \u201cRaytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics.\u201d The company has 68,000 employees and revenues of $24.857 billion. It is #5 on the Defense News Top 100.\n\nWith content marketing, defense contractors can increase awareness and demand for their products and services in a way their prospective buyers actually like.\n\nAccording to Wikipedia, \u201c\u2018silver bullet\u2019 refers to any straightforward solution perceived to have extreme effectiveness.\u201d\n\nMost of the time, when the term \u201csilver bullet\u201d is used, it is prefaced by the words \u201cthere is no\u201d [silver bullet]. But if a defense contractor were to deploy only one marketing tactic that would have the most impact, it would be content marketing.\n\nDefense contractors can find new customers by adopting demand generation tactics such as providing educational content, making their website an educational hub, using marketing automation software and nurturing decision makers until they are ready.\n\nDemand generation is the focus of targeted marketing programs to drive awareness and interest in a company\u2019s products and/or services. Commonly used in business to business, business to government, or longer business to consumer sales cycles, demand generation involves multiple areas of marketing and is really the marriage of marketing programs coupled with a structured sales process. WIKIPEDIA\n\nDemand generation as a marketing approach is becoming more popular because of the changing nature of the buying and decision-making process."}
-{"text": "The image of the two African-American Olympic medalists, wearing black gloves with fists to the sky, is indelible. In 1968, the sprinters\u2019 angst about race relations transcended sport that day in Mexico City. But imagine if their cause was gay rights? Well, that\u2019s where we are now, with our current Olympians in Sochi, in a country where the government persecutes gays.\n\nCould you imagine an American male athlete atop a Sochi victory stand, wearing a gold medal around his neck, then another man hopping up to give him a kiss? I\u2019m not sure if this is a prediction or a political dream, but it would be a defiant image. In a Twitter world, that snapshot would go viral. It would be the talk of the Games and, really, the globe \u2014 a virtual slap in the face of Russia, which criminalizes expression of gay identity.\n\n\u201cThe Olympic Games offer a historic opportunity to stand up against LGBT discrimination worldwide \u2014 I hope that athletes will recognize that this is their chance to seize the moment and make history, their chance to advance an urgent dialogue around global gay rights,\u201d said Michael Rohrbaugh, director and producer of The Fair Games Project. \u201cThe fact is, millions of LGBT around the world live daily with the threat of violence and persecution.\n\n\u201cJust a few months ago, while I was teaching filmmaking in Kenya, two Kenyan men were killed by a mob of people in broad daylight, while police officers stood by and watched,\u201d said Rohrbaugh, who produced a provocative YouTube video on the subject. This cannot be allowed to continue. We created The Fair Games Project for those two men, and for so many like them. It is our duty to take a stand and fight injustice, to come to the aid of those who need our help.\u201d\n\nOf course, the reality is that even the most zealous, politically charged athletes might tread lightly in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee has rules against political protests, and it\u2019s possible the Russian government could criminalize a visiting Olympic athlete for self-expression. Some sort of protest would be unprecedented, and arguably much more dangerous than what Carlos and Smith did.\n\nBut the power of this image, my goodness. It would transcend sport. It would be today\u2019s version of Carlos and Smith, who were once demonized but are now immortalized.\n\n\u201cEach individual who saw it read into it their own plight,\u201d Smith told me by phone in 2008, the 40th anniversary of the symbolic protest. \u201cThe victory stand became a catalyst for their independence. That\u2019s where the human part of the victory stand came in. It covered two areas \u2014 we knew the world was a lie, and we knew our country was racist. So what I did, I hit to where it affected me most, which was the civil issues in a country that did not represent me \u2014 and lied and said they had laws that did.\n\n\u201cThose of us who stood up in the eyes of the world, we stood on a very lonely island, we certainly did. Very prideful, but lonely, knowing it was going to be rough.\u201d\n\nDoes the reward for an athlete, to make a political statement at the Olympics, make the risk worthwhile? Such a statement would define the athlete forever, overshadow their athletic accomplishment and take away attention from teammates\u2019 athletic success.\n\nChange doesn\u2019t happen standing still, however. Hopefully those who believe in gay rights can, in some way, spur change in Russia. I write to spark dialogue, to make people think. The Olympians? They have a platform to speak to the world. But it\u2019s a perilous platform in Sochi.\n\nBenjamin Hochman was a sports columnist for The Denver Post until August 2015 before leaving for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his hometown newspaper. Hochman previously worked for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for its Hurricane Katrina coverage. Hochman wrote the Katrina-themed book \u201cFourth and New Orleans,\u201d published in 2007.\n\nMore in Sports\n\nBig Sunday at the sold-out PC, where the Avalanche never trailed in a 5-1 victory over Detroit. Given the score and the circumstance, our game story is all about Nathan MacKinnon and his Hart Trophy candidacy."}
-{"text": "Lineups, the presidency\n\nThe Phillies Zone\n\nGood morning from Kissimmee, where the Phillies play the Astros, and Roy Oswalt, at 1:05.\n\nHere\u2019s the lineup:\n\nVictorino CF\n\nBruntlett 1B\n\nUtley 2B\n\nWerth RF\n\nIbanez LF\n\nFeliz 3B\n\nCairo SS\n\nCoste C\n\nMyers P\n\nI was very impressed by two responses in particular to last night\u2019s SAT question. The analogy was Thomas Jefferson: James Madison :: Charlie Manuel : ?\n\nWas looking for more clever reasoning than a specific answer, and reader Futurama came through with a good one:\n\nI would say more Milt Thompson. Both are hitting coaches, like Jefferson and Madison were both Virginians. Manuel is the teacher while Thompson is the understudy, again, like the relationship between Jefferson and Madison. The Generalissimo and the General.\n\nAlso loved Phillygreg:\n\nCholly:Larry Bowa! They both have a tremendous amount of respect for each other, but they are polar opposites when it comes to their managing style. Much like Jefferson and Madison adored each other, but were polar opposites when it came to their governing style (federal vs. state). I am the greatest.\n\nOne thing I didn't see was anyone predicting Manuel's eventual successor, after he retires to Monticello and a correspondence with his John Adams. Ooohhh...Thomas Jefferson:John Adams::Charlie Manuel: ?"}
-{"text": "Advertise with Us\n\nMarch 2018\n\nPlease fill in your details to download the Table of Contents of this report for free. We also do customization of these reports so you can write to us at mi@fibre2fashion.com in case you need any other additional information.\n\nWith Odisha today becoming the 16th sate to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill for Goods and Services Tax (GST), the ball is set for the presidential assent. Ratification of at least half of the total states was mandatory before the President can notify the GST Council, which will decide on GST rates. The Bill has already been passed by the Parliament.\n\nThe resolution for ratification of the bill was moved by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at a special one-day session of the assembly. The bill was unanimously approved.\n\n\u201cThe overall tax burden on most commodities is expected to come down. The government will get the benefit of higher revenue efficiency. The business and industry will find it easier to comply with,\u201d Patnaik said in the legislative assembly while speaking on the bill.\n\n\u201cWe will separately request the government of India to consider state's concern for imposition of Green Tax on polluting goods in addition to GST,\u201d Patnaik said. \u201cWe will also request the Centre to take appropriate action for CST compensation to the states up to 2016-17 for reduction of CST from 4 per cent to 2 per cent,\u201d he added.\n\nThe bill aims at replacing all central indirect levies like excise duty, countervailing duty and service tax, as also state taxes such as value added tax, entry tax and luxury tax, by a single tax pan-India. Termed as the biggest tax reform in independent India, the implementation of the GST is expected to increase the country's GDP growth by 1.5 to 2 per cent.\n\nThe implementation of the GST, however, could pose a challenge as transactions of producers and end consumers have to be linked. Moreover, taxes have to be matched on the IT systems of Centre, states and companies. (RKS)"}
-{"text": "Ex-FDA Chief, Dr. Morris Waxler, states that \"LASIK MAKES HEALTHY EYES SICK AND DISEASED FOR LIFE.\" LASIK irreversible eye reshaping surgery has been marketed in a deceptive way stating: \"There are no known long term damages.\" Yet, there have always been \"known-long-term damages.\" Dr. Waxler has requested a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into those responsible for possibly \"COOKING THE LASIK SAFETY STUDIES.\" This is our cause...\n\nWednesday, March 20, 2013\n\nEMERGENCY FDA LASIK PANEL:\n\nout against the electively-irreversible procedure at the \"Emergency FDA Ophthalmic\n\nDevice Panel Discussion\" held in Washington, DC. Shown below, is Dean Andrew Kantis, Hurt LASIK Patient and founder of www.LifeAfterLasik.com website cause, whom petitioned the FDA on Jan. 5th, 2007, which led up to the Emergency LASIK Ophthalmic Device Panel Discussion held in Wash, DC. Mr. Kantis was the 2nd speaker and presented a very compelling presentation against elective LASIK and how it's being deceptively marketed around the world. Dean asked that the FDA and AUTHORITIES intervene and immediately discipline LASIK DOCTORS, ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE LASIK PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY to prevent any families from irreversible damages, and CREATED A SPECIAL FUND FOR DEPRESSED AND SUICIDAL LASIK PATIENTS that became irreversibly damaged after they were told they would love this procedure and they were the perfect patient candidate and that there were very little to no risks:\n\nVideo Testimony on LASIK, Depression, and Suicide From the April 25th, 2008 Special Hearing of the FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel \"The FDA's capacity to oversee the refractive surgery industry is in my opinion no different than the doctors who have tarnished it. The FDA has been ineffective in overseeing investigational studies, ineffective in enforcing the policies mandated for the industry, and ineffective in providing thus far the protection that many of us here today should have had.\" - As stated in my presentation (below). On April 25th, 2008, the FDA's Ophthalmic Panel held an open public meeting to address 'Quality of Life' issues after Refractive Surgery. Among the presenters were Gerry Dorrian, whose son took his own life in 2007 as a result of his complications. David Shell help up charts depicting his distorted vision. The 'positive side' was shown as well. The military spoke stating this was one of the best procedures available for those in the field. Doctors brought in patients potraying lasik as a miracle. The panel was made aware that refractive surgery had a complication rate of about 5%. Think about it: If 1 million people had the procedure done, then that means 50,000 (5%) were damaged. Majority rules though, so 50,000 doesn't mean anything to the FDA. What about 5 million? That would make 250,000 people with complications! When I hear that the FDA is influenced by financial interest, you get no argument, especially since I've seen how they work!!! As the FDA wants information on quality of life, I say give it to them. Anyone who's had a complication from refractive surgery send them your story. Let them know what your life is like now. And if you're sending it to them, copy, paste, and send a copy to me because I simply don't trust them!\n\nWhat was Presented: (obtained from the FDA's website):\n\n1) Dr. Michael Patterson urged discontinuation of LASIK. He said the LASIK procedure on his left eye ruined his vision and quality of life (QOL) and that what doctors often call a good outcome is actually poor. He said he had numerous complications and that FDA?s risk/benefit analysis did not fully evaluate the risks, including quality of vision and dry eye. He said that the LASIK procedure is unsafe, with a 5 percent failure rate. He accused LASIK surgeons of dishonesty and FDA of failing to ensure compliance. He accused the FDA of intentional negligence and noted that there were few adverse event reports, despite numerous customer complaints. He said there was bias in the LASIK QOL study, that ASCRS?s involvement was a conflict of interest, and that the connection between LASIK and suicide was known to the FDA. He said LASIK patients commit suicide at four times the normal rate. He mentioned Dr. Richard Lindstrom as a surgeon with financial COI. He asked FDA to redo the risk/benefit analysis and make the risks known; regulate LASIK centers as Ambulatory Surgical Facilitiess; utilize physicians independent of the LASIK industry in the QOL study; place a moratorium on LASIK devices; evaluate potential dry eye treatments; and stop LASIK procedures. He said that LASIK surgeons should not sit on an FDA panel evaluating LASIK, mentioning Dr. Huang by name.\n\n2) Dean Andrew Kantis said LASIK ruined his vision and that he had spent $30,000 trying to restore his vision, finding no cure. He said that hundreds of patients had contacted him at his website, lifeafterlasik.com, expressing suicidal thoughts. He said that there had been backlash when he spoke out, including a lawsuit and harassment from his surgeon. He asked why his surgeon faces no disciplinary action despite numerous lawsuits. He said that the doctors cover for each other when giving second opinions and in regulatory bodies. He said that doctors lie about the healing period so that the statute of limitations will run out. He urged FDA to investigate flap and pupil size; mandate an updated pamphlet with all known side effects as well as the statute of limitations for malpractice; accurately define LASIK success to exclude patients with complications; review 21 CFR 803.17, which requires the reporting of adverse outcomes; and look into the emotional effect on doctors, patients, and family. He asked the media to investigate visionsite.net. He asked for the creation of a fund to assist hurt LASIK patients.\n\n3) xxxxxxx spoke on behalf of Barbara Berney and Dr. David Hartzok, founders of the Vision Surgery Rehab Network (VSRN), which helps patients with complications from surgery that alters the eyes? refractive status. Refractive Surgery Syndrome (RSS) is a complex and chronic visual, psychological, and physiological condition. Symptoms include dry eye, which can cause pain and reduced vision. Vision has a substantial effect on perception. Since a person?s reality is based on perceptions, LASIK alters reality in sometimes disturbing ways. Patients are frustrated by surgeons? denial of complaints, which aggravates the psychological aspects of RSS. Loss of visual quality reduces well-being, leading to depression and anxiety. How doctors manage LASIK problems affects stress levels and is critical to recovery. Patients whose rehab efforts fail to restore normal vision suffer a higher degree of RSS. The discrepancy between the surgeons? procedural view of success and the patients? perceptional view of success must be resolved, and QOL investigations must be impartial and include behavioral and perceptional specialists.\n\n4) Gerard Dorrian spoke on his son, Colin. Colin had LASIK surgery in law school after becoming intolerant to contact lenses due to dry eyes. He was warned that the size of his pupils could affect the procedure but that there was less than one percent of a chance that his experience would be worse than contacts. After treatment, he experienced large starbursts, triple overlapping images, and ghosting off white objects. His eyes were too dry to tolerate contact lenses. He lost contrast sensitivity. He said everything looked ugly and confusing, and he fell into a deep depression. Six and a half years after the surgery, he killed himself.\n\n5) Glenn Hagele spoke for Sandy Keller, who had LASIK in 1999 for myopia. She experiences serious complications and received a settlement for malpractice and improper referral. She met with the surgeon after taking Valium. She had dry eyes and corneal warpage. Her pupil size was 8 mm, but the ablation zone was 6 mm. The blade jammed her eye, and she developed Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis (DLK). Eight weeks postop, her vision was 6 diopters of hyperopia. A subsequent surgery further reduced the effective optical zone and caused myopia and multiple images. Although she had several contraindications for LASIK, her optometrist referred her to an inexperienced surgeon because he had a financial interest in the center and received $1100 for the referral. She filed a MAUDE report in 2001, but the disposition was that there was no record of her existence. Seven additional surgeries failed to restore her eyesight. She suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.\n\n6) Dom Morgan said he is legally blind due to the improper use of an investigational laser. He had retinopathy of prematurity at birth and 20/50 vision before the procedure. The suction ring destroyed his retinas, and he was dropped from the clinical study. His data was not reported to the FDA, and he was sued when he went public. In 2003, he filed a petition on medical devices and refractive surgery. It was ignored. He has corresponded with hundreds of injured, depressed, and suicidal patients. He said FDA has been ineffective in enforcing the policies mandated for the industry and protecting the patients. He said FDA's receiving funding from the industry creates a conflict of interest and harms credibility. He submitted a letter from Dr. Steven Friedman to FDA's Office of Criminal Investigation summarizing his physicians actions and a letter from Dr. James Salz explaining why he was not a candidate for the procedure, as well as other documents and correspondence with the FDA. He directed the Panel to his webpage: lasikdecision.com. He urged the Panel to recommend an independent and unbiased study, survey injured patients, investigate doctors for criminal activity, and issue a moratorium on advertising.\n\n7) David Shell spoke on his experience with LASIK. Prior to the procedure, he was farsighted. The procedure damaged his eyes, causing eye pain, double vision, difficulty reading, poor night vision, and clinical depression. He experiences starbursts, double vision, glare, fluctuating vision, floaters, and impaired vision in dim light. He showed pictures simulating the visual problems. He testified on dry eyes to the FDA in 2002. Dry eyes cause stinging pain, and he has found no effective treatment for it. He said LASIK has inherent problems: severed corneal nerves, weakened corneas, and high order aberrations. He urged an independent investigation, reclassification of dry eye and visual quality issues as complications, and that FDA look at safety and effectiveness again.\n\n8) xxxxxspoke for Barry Elbasani, a quadriplegic with limited arm mobility. Due to his disability, he was unable to put on or adjust his glasses or put in contact lenses. Mr. Hagele showed a video of a news story about Dr. Daniel Durrie, who gave free LASIK surgery for people whose arms are paralyzed.. After the surgery, Mr. Elbasani?s vision was 20/10 and he gained added independence. He and Dr. Durrie founded Focus on Independence, which helps quadriplegics get LASIK from doctors who donate their time and expenses.\n\n9) xxxxxxx, Executive Director of the xxxxxxxxx, said his Council provides surgeon certification, distributes objective information, and runs the website usaeyes.org. He said that LASIK patients measure success by QOL, so the Council uses that standard. Patient satisfaction is based on expectations. The Council developed the USAEyes CORE survey (Confidence Opinion Relative to Expectation). Patients from multiple centers and different types of surgery are mailed copies of the survey. In the preliminary data, 89 percent of patients are seldom or never wearing corrective lenses; 98 percent of patients say their quality of day vision is as expected or better, 91 percent for night vision. 96 percent report overall quality of vision was as expected or better. 99 percent reported QOL was as expected or better. 0.9 percent reported QOL worse than expected. 98 percent of the patients said they would recommend the surgery and 97 percent would do it again. He submitted the preliminary data to the Panel and suggested that FDA look at other endpoints in addition to QOL.\n\n10) Dr. Diana Zuckerman, President of the National Research Center for Women and Families, said that there are problems with self-reports, which are subjective. She said that there are safe, effective, and inexpensive alternatives to LASIK: contact lenses and glasses. The risks must be weighed against the benefits. She noted that product labeling is important, since patients don\ufffdt read the FDA website, which does not appear to be geared toward patients. She said the Panel should address eye pain, dry eye, the need for additional surgery, higher suicide rates, and informed consent.\n\n11) Dr. Lauranell Burch, speaking as a private citizen, said the task force to examine post-LASIK QOL issues is dominated by individuals with conflicts of interest. She mentioned specifically Dr. Kerry Solomon. She said a growing body of evidence indicates that LASIK is harmful and that even satisfied patients have reduced contrast sensitivity and are unaware of the damage incurred or the long-term effects, such as the risk of flap injury, weakened cornea, permanent pathologic changes to the cornea, altered patterns and density of corneal nerves, complications in future cataract surgery, invalidated intraocular pressure motion, and an increased rate of progressive corneal stromal cell density loss. She said patient satisfaction is not a substitute for objective testing and urged FDA to abandon the QOL study for a study on dry eye and visual quality and that approval be withdrawn pending the outcome of the study.\n\n12) Matt Kotsovolos spoke on his experience with LASIK. Though his vision was corrected to 20/20, he has had debilitating eye pain since the surgery. He said the complication rates were misrepresented and that the procedure is marketed unethically. He said some complications are called symptoms and occur at rates of 20 percent. He cited a study that reported dry eyes in 20 percent of patients and worsened night vision in 15 percent. He emphasized that patient satisfaction is not an accurate measure of complications and that surveys are easily skewed. He raised the issue of LASIK-related depression and suicide and urged a moratorium on LASIK until a comprehensive study of the complications is completed. He asked that dry eyes and night vision disturbances be included in the labeling as complications. He said the FDA is controlled by the industry.\n\n13) Beth Kotsovolos spoke on her experience as the wife of a LASIK patient. She said the complications, including dry eyes, pain, and depression, nearly destroyed her family. She asked the Panel to be objective and asked the media to hold FDA accountable. She asked FDA to investigate post-LASIK depression and suicidal ideation.\n\n14) Dr. Kerry Solomon spoke for Dr. Richard L. Lindstrom, an attending surgeon at the Minnesota Eye Consultants, board member of TLC Vision, former president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and consultant for AMO, Bausch & Lomb, and Alcon. He has performed numerous surgeries, including surgeries upon friends, family, and colleagues. He said 30 percent of LASIK surgeons undergo LASIK. He said ASCRS is the primary source of information on the field and that a decade of research reinforces the safety and efficacy of LASIK. He said the satisfaction rate for LASIK is higher than for any other procedure and that ASCRS continues to learn about patient satisfaction in order to improve it. The Joint LASIK Study Task Force is a collaboration to better understand the impact of LASIK on QOL. The Task Force includes ASCRS, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the National Eye Institute (NEI), and FDA.\n\n15) Dr. Eric Donnenfeld, spoke for the ASCRS. He is a consultant to AMO and Bausch & Lomb and was an FDA investigator for an excimer laser. He said that the majority of patients see better after the surgery than they did with glasses or contacts and that the lifetime risk of infection with contact lenses is over 100 times higher than with LASIK. The LASIK Task Force of the ASCRS reviewed the world?s literature on dry eye and found that 35 percent of patients had dry eye after the procedure, but 32 percent had it before the procedure. Severe dry eye following LASIK is rare. New treatment options for dry eye are in the process of FDA evaluation. He introduced Nick Anderson, who received a corneal transplant at 9 years old whose vision was subsequently markedly improved when he received LASIK at 15.\n\n16) Dr. Scott Barnes spoke for Dr. Doyle Stulting, who represented ASCRS. Dr. Stulting participated in a clinical trial of LASIK, was a former chairman of the Ophthalmic Devices Panel, and is a consultant to AMO. He said most patients achieve 20/20 vision or better and have less night driving difficulty after than before LASIK. Methods have been developed to correct abnormalities of the ocular system, address unique patient needs, and evaluate the eye in greater detail. Screening procedures have been instituted to identify the patients who might have sub-optimal results. At his center, an initial examination lasts two hours and includes an eye examination, wavefront measurements, detailed analysis of the cornea, measurement of the pupil, assessment of tear production, evaluation of the ocular surface, and a discussion with the patient. The Task Force will allow further refinement of the screening process. Dr. Barnes of the Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program emphasized the importance of LASIK to the military.\n\n17) Dr. Kerry Solomon, an eye surgeon at the University of South Carolina; an investigator in the LASIK study; and a consultant for AMO, Alcon, and Bausch & Lomb, spoke for ASCRS. He has reviewed the world?s literature on patient satisfaction and found that 95.4 percent of patients are satisfied after LASIK. The review included all articles from LASIK\ufffds inception to 2008. Of 2,915 abstracts found, 309 were identified and entered into the database. Those articles were well-performed, peer-reviewed studies from major ophthalmic journals. The 95 percent satisfaction rate was consistent throughout the studies. The study creates a baseline of knowledge for identifying and reducing risks.\n\n18) Todd J. Krouner, Esq. a plaintiff malpractice attorney, said that most of his cases involve high-volume LASIK facilities that fail to properly screen for contraindications such as kerataconus. He urged FDA to encourage effective training; encourage reporting of adverse outcomes; commission an independent study on LASIK patient satisfaction; and report on the findings in a timely basis. He said the industry does not effectively police itself and that training levels vary widely. The screening process requires time and care. Adverse outcomes are under-reported. Voluntary reporting should be encouraged; mandatory reporting failures should be enforced. He said patient satisfaction should be measured by qualitative and quantitative measures. Visual acuity is only half of one\ufffds vision. He pointed out that even if the negative outcome rate is one only percent, that would be 10,000 patients per year suffering visual disability.\n\n19) Dr. Peter McDonnell of Johns Hopkins University, who was involved in clinical and pre-clinical studies, said he has received federal research funding and has been an industry clinical investigator. He is a consultant for an excimer laser manufacturer. He spoke on behalf of the International Society of Refractive Surgeons of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (ISRS of AAO). He said LASIK is the most studied elective ophthalmic procedure, that it has benefited millions of patients, and that there have been incremental improvements to the procedure. Most complications can be treated without any vision loss, and side effects often resolve after 3 to 6 months. ISRS is dedicated to further improving the technology, techniques, and screening.\n\n20) Dr. Jennifer Morse a psychiatrist, ASCRS consultant, and member of the Joint LASIK Study Task Force, said she had seen the benefits of LASIK in military and civilian populations. Psychological well-being is an important QOL issue. The literature on suicide and depression indicate that they occur due to multiple factors and are too complex to link to a single cause. There is no scientific evidence of any direct link between LASIK and depression or suicide. Studies from other elective surgeries have found associations between pre-operative psychological factors and patient perceptions of surgical outcome. Current data shows that QOL after LASIK is similar to patients who never had vision problems and that users of glasses or contacts have lower QOL scores than LASIK patients. She welcomed the knowledge the QOL study will provide, which will aid in pre- and post-LASIK counseling.\n\n21) Dr. Steve Schallhorn spoke for AAO. While in the Navy, he founded the DoD Refractive Surgery Program, and he is a consultant to AMO. AAO is committed to responding ethically and compassionately to patients? needs. He said that LASIK is safe and effective and that patient satisfaction is excellent. He said the next step is to focus on QOL. Current studies show an overall QOL improvement after LASIK, but the studies could not fully assess QOL in patients who were dissatisfied. He said the collaborative study will further evaluate underlying factors that impact satisfaction. Due to the low dissatisfaction rates, the study will enroll a large set of patients in order to capture the factors associated with dissatisfaction.\n\n22) Dr. Terylyn F. Bankes was a physician counselor for several LASIK patient support groups. Group members had vision problems and various emotional responses. Many became obsessed with their vision and became estranged from family and friends. She said LASIK problems are well-known in the ophthalmologic community and that defending the practice is disgraceful. She asked FDA to protect the patients. She told of a patient, Kim Harringer, who had RK surgery 14 years ago, then LASIK in 2006 when her vision regressed. LASIK caused vision problems, which caused suicidal depression. Dr. Bankes said there is a lot of catching up to do with understanding and treating poor outcomes.\n\n23) Dr. Michael Mullery said that the industry has known about the risk of depression and suicide since inception. Bad outcomes are not rare and can result in serious vision loss and blindness. He said allowing the industry to conduct the QOL study is a conflict of interest and is inconsistent with the scientific method and common sense. He cited the Grifffith University-World Health Organization study that compared suicides in hearing impaired and vision impaired populations. Vision loss was a greater risk factor for suicide, and vision loss was the main causal factor in those suicides, while the hearing loss suicides were linked to several causes. He said he had personally interviewed approximately 75 people with suicidal ideation as a result of LASIK. Since preexisting psychopathology was not the cause of suicidal ideation, screening would not solve the problem. He presented examples from his practice with suicidal and depressed LASIK patients. He said that research on this issue is lacking and urged a moratorium on the procedure until the risks are understood. He also urged that the labeling reflect the risks.\n\n24) Courtney Henrichs said ASCRS provided her travel. In 2002, she broke her neck skiing and became a quadriplegic. In 2006, she had LASIK through the Focus on Independence Program. Prior to the accident, she had worn contact lenses. After the accident, she wore glasses, which she could not put on, clean, or adjust by herself. She said the surgery improved her independence and her quality of life.\n\n25)Todd Krouner, Esq., spoke for his client, Amanda Campbell, whose husband committed suicide this year. Mr. Campbell?s suicide note states that he was not a candidate for LASIK and that his adverse outcomes including dry eyes, pain, and distorted vision that made life unbearable. He had no known mental illness prior to the surgery. Mr. Krouner said FDA should investigate the association between suicide and depression. He urged FDA to be transparent in its work and respond to FOIA requests in a timely manner.\n\n26) Dr. Roger Davis, a clinical psychologist, said he has communicated with 300 patients with LASIK complications, 100 of whom had suicidal ideation. In a study with the Surgical Eyes Foundation, most patients with suicidal ideation had been told by their surgeon that they were successes. The complication most strongly associated with suicidality was dry eye syndrome. With severe complications, patients develop RSS, which includes depression, suicidal ideation, and post-traumatic stress. Patients consider suicide after having exhausted the search for solutions, feeling like a victim of a corrupt industry, wishing to escape the complications and anxiety, wishing to validate their suffering, or out of guilt for having the surgery. No pre-existing psychopathology is necessary for patients to develop suicidality. Research has shown psychological crisis after a catastrophic injury. He asked that the study address psychological issues such as deception and informed.consent. He said satisfaction surveys are inadequate for studying depression. He urged a moratorium on LASIK, since the QOL data should have been collected before approval.\n\n27) Jo Ann Wills spoke for her husband, Keith, who had LASIK in 1997. Unknowingly, he was part of an IDE study. The doctor performed seven procedures, first under-correcting, then over-correcting. She said the doctor was deceitful. She said her husband had vision problems: starbursts, ghosting, and multiple images. She said FDA is not adequately policing the industry. She noted that nine of the Panel members wear glasses.\n\n28) Dr. Edward Boshnick, an optometrist in private practice, said he devoted much of his practice to non-surgical treatment of patients with lost quality of vision due to ocular trauma, disease, and LASIK. Complications he had seen included loss of visual acuity. visual distortions, overcorrection and undercorrection, , dry eye, loss of contrast sensitivity, corneal ectasia, and depression. He said that LASIK presents a significant health crisis.\n\n29) Rebecca Petris, founder of Laser My Eye, said she left her former career in finance due to LASIK complications. Since dry eye is such a common problem, she founded the Dry Eye Company, which runs informational websites and collects products that can help. She said that LASIK-related depression is caused not only by the failed procedure but also by the way the patients are treated afterward and problems that develop as a result of the complications and lack of solutions. She said that if the industry wanted to help it would partner with consumer groups to bring practical solutions.\n\n30) Lt. Col. Scott Barnes, M.D., a cornea and refractive surgery specialist at Ft. Bragg, said that before becoming an eye surgeon he worked with Special Forces. The Army has created a program to correct the vision of Special Forces soldiers. The soldiers have found that LASIK greatly improves QOL and their ability to perform their duties. Vision is important in such operations, and the loss of glasses while parachuting can be disastrous. Additionally, if captured, a soldier\ufffds glasses are likely to be taken. He asked that the procedure not be made unavailable.\n\n31) Joseph Schnell spoke on his experience after having LASIK in 2007. Though his doctor said he had a positive result and determined no significant problems in subsequent evaluations, Mr. Schnell regards his vision as inferior to what it was before the procedure. He experiences glare, halos, starbursts, astigmatism, poor dim light perception, double vision, increased floaters, dry eyes, and psychological problems, including anxiety and suicidal ideation. He said what are described as possible side effects are actually universal. He said informed consent was not handled properly.\n\n32) Chairperson Weiss opened the floor to questions from the Panel. Ms. Cofer asked about the metaanalysis and whether or not the studies were representative of standard of care. Dr. Donnenfeld said that well-trained surgeons can achieve results better than those in the metaanalysis, since most of the results were obtained on old technology. However, there will always be some doctors who are better than others. Complications and satisfaction do not necessarily have a one to one relationship, so complication rates cannot be derived from satisfaction rates. The studies in the metaanalysis varied widely in follow-up time. Ms. Cofer further asked about dry eyes and night vision in the studies. Dr. Donnenfeld said the percentage of patients reporting dry eye before the surgery was similar to the number reporting it after. Chairperson Weiss asked about the rate of severe effects. Dr. Schallhorn said the percentage of complications being discussed were very rare, under one percent. Mr. Bunner asked about informed consent and second opinions. Chairperson Weiss said that would vary by practitioner.Donna Bea Tillman, Ph.D., opened the FDA presentation. The meeting?s purpose was to gain information from the public and to hear discussion among the Panel members relating to LASIK and phakic intraocular lens (PIOL). She gave an overview of the medical device review program. CDRH?s mission is to balance risk and benefit in medical devices, getting devices to market quickly while ensuring safety and effectiveness. FDA does consumer outreach to inform the public and help make appropriate decisions. Because devices span a wide spectrum of risk, there is a spectrum of regulatory approaches to reviewing a device and three device classes, Class I being the lowest, Class III being the highest and requiring pre-market approval. LASIK and PIOL devices are Class III and were both approved by PMA to the level of a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness as defined by 21 CFR 860.7. Labeling plays a role in ensuring that physicians and patients have access to appropriate information on safety and appropriate use. The physician labeling includes indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and a summary of the clinical study. Patient labeling includes a description of the procedure, risks and benefits, and questions to ask the doctor. FDA does not regulate the practice of medicine.\n\nAfter approval, there is continued monitoring of device performance, including post-approval studies (PAS), mandatory adverse event reporting, annual reports from the manufacturers, and interaction with the clinical and scientific communities, and monitoring of the literature. Manufacturers make device modifications, and post-approval data can facilitate updated labeling. Devices are constantly evolving, and FDA has an active role throughout the life cycle of the product.\n\nTo approve the devices, FDA requires a complete and detailed device description, reviews engineering tests, evaluates the software, and evaluates patient alignment. Maintainance procedures are reviewed. Labeling ensures that risks and benefits are communicated to the doctor and patient. The contraindications, warnings, and precautions are identical in the patient and physician labeling. Physician labeling includes a detailed device description and a summary of the clinical trial, while patient labeling uses plainer language and includes basic concepts of vision and refraction as well as a glossary. One example of a contraindication is keratoconus; patients with keratoconus should not have LASIK surgery. Warnings are the second highest level of risk communication. Patients with dry eyes or severe allergies are warned that LASIK may be riskier for them. Precautions include conditions that should be discussed with the doctor. Precautions include unstable eyes or a history of corneal disease or injury. FDA also encourages, via the labeling, that doctors check for undiagnosed dry eye and measure pupil size in dim light.\n\nThe LASIK website was launched in 2000 and is frequently updated. There has been an average of 650,000 visits per year. LASIK related injuries is the top search term on the FDA website. The site includes a checklist for patients to see if they are good candidates and outlines of risks and expectations. Patients are informed of the contraindications, warnings, and precautions. The site explains what symptoms to expect over six months and notes that long term data is not available. FDA does not recommend specific doctors but provides items to consider when selecting a physician. Gene Hilmantel, O.D., M.S., gave an overview of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) laser standard. FDA is evaluating standard Z80.11, which concerns laser systems for corneal reshaping, for recognition. There are two broad categories of standards: horizontal standards that address basic principles applicable to many product lines and vertical standards, which are specific to one kind of device. Standards address terminology, test methods, acceptable levels of performance, and examples of clinical protocols. For ophthalmic vertical standards, there are two organizations: ANSI and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ANSI is the sole US representative to ISO. Use of standards ensures consistency and predictability, reduces data reporting requirements, and results in reduced review time. The FDA Modernization Act allows FDA to recognize voluntary consensus standards and requires FDA to publish a list of recognized standards. FDA recognizes 30 ophthalmic standards. ANSI Z80.11 for laser systems for corneal reshaping was published in 2007. The pre-clinical section of the standard outlines laser safety requirements. The clinical section outlines a consensus of an adequate clinical study for refractive lasers, calling for staged enrollment and 300 eyes in the study to detect adverse events with an expected rate of 1 percent or greater. The standard outlines a methodology to determine when refractive stability is attained and calls for effectiveness analyses that assess the predictability of the refractive change and uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA). The recommended safety analyses include assessment of the percentage of eyes that lose 2 lines or more of best spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), percentage of eyes with BSCVA worse than 20/40, percentage of eyes with an increase in refractive astigmatism greater than 2 diopters, and the rates of adverse events. The standard recommends a validated questionnaire to measure subjective outcomes. There should be questions regarding glare, halos, double vision, night driving, and use of spectacles or contact lenses. The scaling system for the ratings should be specified, and the ratings should be used to assess the incidence of clinically significant symptoms and any postoperative change in symptoms compared to preoperative status. Postoperative satisfaction and use of distance correction should also be incorporated in the questionnaire. The standard also calls for a contrast sensitivity sub-study when features of the laser raise concerns about vision loss or to justify reductions in precautionary labeling. The ANSI standard created a basic structure for pre-clinical and clinical studies and includes comprehensive evaluation of numerous safety and effectiveness standards. Quynh Hoang, M.S., spoke on FDA?s postmarket review, which FDA conducted in 2006 in response to complaints from patients. CDRH convened an action team that compared postmarket data (AE reports, literature, recall information, and comments on the FDA web page) to premarket data (PMAs, trial protocols and results). The literature survey included 15 articles studying QOL. The action team concluded that the postmarket literature was not comparable to the pre-market data, since the scoring methods differed and the patient-reported outcomes were covered by a very small number of articles. Both pre- and postmarket surveys showed a high level of satisfaction, and the postmarket literature did not suggest widespread problems. The surveys do not adequately evaluate the effects of rare and severe events. The action team recommended that FDA consider further evaluation of post-LASIK QOL in a clinical setting. CDRH is carrying out that recommendation.\n\nEva Rorer, M.D., spoke on the LASIK QOL Assessment. Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures and PRO QOL. A PRO measure comes from the patient without interpretation by the physician or anyone else. It adds an evaluation measure independent of clinical success. Health-related (HR) QOL represents the patient?s perception of the impact of a health condition and treatment. PRO categories include symptoms, functioning, and perceptions. Measurement of PRO must be standardized. Questions must be evaluated for their ability to measure. The use of existing instruments is desirable for comparability. A questionnaire should be validated for content validity, criterion validity, construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. The questionnaire must be tested in different populations to assess generalizability. Due to the cost and complexity, there are few validated LASIK QOL questionnaires. The first was published in 2000. PRO are assessed during device clinical trials but are not generally used as primary endpoints. PRO data is considered during application review, is incorporated in labeling, and may be used as primary endpoints in post-market studies. Based on the PMI Action Team?s recommendation, FDA considered a large prospective study to evaluate LASIK outcomes. FDA solicited cooperation with NEI, ASCRS, and AAO to form the joint LASIK Study Task Force, and the Task Force members have committed resources toward a multi-center clinical trial investigating QOL after LASIK. The objectives are to measure levels of satisfaction after LASIK, changes in HR-QOL after LASIK, and factors associated with the level of satisfaction after LASIK. The protocol is not yet finalized, and the group is assessing the appropriate instrument, which will be validated and easy to use in clinical practice as well as premarket and postmarket studies. FDA has an integral role in the study design and execution and will objectively evaluate the information collected. Consumer representation will be included. FDA initiated a collaborative study with NEI to facilitate use of HR-QOL instruments in device trials. The study will add to the body of knowledge in the field of PROs and validate computer administration of ophthalmic HR-QOL instruments. Outcomes of all studies will be made public and could lead to modification of the FDA website, revised labeling, and modified educational outreach. Bernard P. Lepri, O.D., M.S., M.Ed., spoke on FDA?s adverse event data collection. The best known program is MedWatch, which monitors for safety information and adverse events post-approval. Reports come from manufacturers, user facilities, healthcare professionals, patients, and consumers. There are two main categories of device reporting: mandatory and voluntary. Mandatory reporting is required of medical device manufacturers and user facilities. Voluntary reporting is by healthcare professionals and consumers. MedSun is a subset of mandatory user facility reporting that allows interactive two-way collaboration between FDA and MedSun participants. MedSun is a network of highly trained reporters who recognize and report device problems. It is designed to identify, understand, and solve problems and provides regular feedback by newsletters, conference, webcasts, and alerts. MedSun reports are encrypted, stored securely, and accessible only to staff with security clearances. SightNet was made as a subset of MedSun in 2007 to provide a real-world view of ophthalmic medical device use in a variety of settings. The goal is to amplify signals of potential device problems to aid in timely intervention and risk mitigation. Participants collaborate with FDA and other facilities to understand potential safety issues. Participant sites designate at least one reporter per site and agree to actively participate for at least a year. Reports are confidential. Problems that are reported include problems with labeling, packaging, manufacturing, software, function, and interaction with other devices, as well as human factors and problems with off-label use. FDA aims to collect reports on all ophthalmic medical devices in use and on a wide variety of adverse events. For LASIK, FDA is looking to collect data on adverse events such as infectious keratitis, endemic cases of DLK, abnormal trends in post-op topography, significant losses of BCVA, glare, halos, starbursts, and distortions as well as device failures.\n\nPANEL QUESTIONS FOR FDA:\n\nDr. Heuer asked about existing validated dry eye instruments. Dr. Eydelman said they were incorporated into the NEI-FDA pilot. Ms. Niksch asked about the QOL study protocol and whether there would be psychodynamic profiling questions. Dr. Eydelman said the protocol was not finalized. There is discussion of incorporating several domains of previously validated questionnaires to provide the best questionnaire possible. The questionnaire will be administered pre- and post-surgery. Ms. Cofer asked how it is enforced that the patients actually get the labeling. Dr. Eydelman said that FDA regulates manufacturers, not physicians. However, the patient labeling is part of the approval package and is downloadable, so it is available. Dr. Musch asked if the ANSI standard should indicate the time post-operative that QOL should be measured. Dr. Eydelman said the times are specified in the ANSI standards. The Panel was provided with a synopsis of the standard, not the actual standard. Dr. Musch questioned the statement that refractive change is not statistically different from zero and that the 95 percent confidence interval does not include zero. Dr. Hilmantel said there was a mistake on the slide. Dr. Musch asked how contrast sensitivity would be measured. Dr. Hilmantel said it is described in detail in the standard. Dr. Musch asked what would be compared among QOL trials. Dr. Rorer said that would be known when the protocol is finalized. Dr. Musch recommended the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies depression instrument as an existing validated instrument for depression.\n\nDr. Heuer said that epithelial ingrowth requiring reoperation should be considered an important adverse event for reporting. Mr. Bunner asked how baseline history for a change in refractive state would be evaluated. Dr. Eydelman said the recommendation was to establish the refraction either by history, comparison to the prescription. Chairperson Weiss said that a surgeon can tell by the patient?s glasses whether or not there has been a significant change.\n\nDr. Huang asked if the public has access to SightNet data. Dr. Lepri said reports and recommendations are available online, but the information is anonymous. Dr. Eydelman added that the FDA analyzes and summarizes the data before it is released. Chairperson Weiss asked if there was any way to verify that what is happening is being reported. Dr. Lepri said there is no check but that MedSun?s being a voluntary system suggests that the participants will comply. Dr. Eydelman said a cross-check could be run against the mandatory reporting. Ms. Cofer asked if the ANSI standard would supercede the guidance document. Dr. Eydelman said that would be considered if the standard is accepted. Ms. Cofer said that some terms in the ANSI standard, especially regarding symptoms, are very confusing. Dr. Eydelman said that the patient labeling has a glossary but that the Panel can suggest modifications. Ms. Niksch asked if there would be industry representation in the QOL assessment. Dr. Eydelman said there was no such intent at this time. Dr. Heuer asked about centers not subject to mandatory reporting. Dr. Eydelman said most LASIK is done in ambulatory surgical centers, and serious adverse event reporting is mandatory. Dr. Musch asked about the organizations? financial support of the QOL study. Dr. Eydelman said that precautions were being taken to prevent conflicts of interest.\n\nGUEST SPEAKERS:Commander David J. Tanzer, M.D., Program Director of the US Navy Refractive Surgery Program, spoke on what refractive surgery means to the military. He said he had no financial conflicts of interest and spoke for himself. The military has demanding visual requirements for aviators, Special Forces operatives, and infantry. Modern weapons systems use sophisticated optical devices, and all personnel are trained in chemical and biological protective gear. Contact lenses cannot be worn by personnel deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, or Korea. Approximately 30 percent of military personnel needs glasses or contact lenses. DoD has performed 45 studies in order to independently validate the safety and effectiveness LASIK as applies to the military.\n\nIn a study in naval aviators that randomized 480 aviators over 4 different eximer lasers showed that 94 percent of the eyes treated attained uncorrected 20/20 or better. The majority of eyes showed no change in BCVA or a gain in lines. There were few complications; 0.5 percent experiences a haze that was treated with topical steroids. 100 percent of patients treated to date have returned to flight status.\n\nIn the laser comparative trial, 90 percent of all eyes treated were 20/20 or better uncorrected at one month. Most patients show no change or a gain in lines of BCVA at six months. In the keratome comparison trial using the wavefront-guided laser, the majority of patients had excellent uncorrected visual acuity at one month. At 3 months, the majority of patients have a gain or no change in lines of corrected visual acuity. The overall satisfaction rate for LASIK was 98.1 percent. A night driving simulator test demonstrated that 15 percent of patients were improved at detecting a target after surgery, 25 percent at identifying the target. A flap stability study showed the flap to be stable to a level of force equivalent to a high altitude low opening jump. The LASIK procedure in naval aviators showed 100 percent of eyes treated at 20/20. 100 percent of patients said they would recommend the procedure. DoD currently has 20 centers for refractive surgery and has performed on over 224,000 eyes. The average age of the patient is 34, and 82 percent of patients are male. Refractive errors range from plus 6 diopters of hyperopia to minus 13 diopters of myopia. Laser vision correction is approved for all aspects of military service and for astronauts. However, the procedure has risks and is voluntary. There has been one DoD medical disability retirement related to laser vision correction. The patient achieved 20/20 but had vision complaints. The procedure has been successful and has shown operational benefits in the military. Satisfaction has been high.\n\nDr. McLeod asked about patient selection. Dr. Tanzer said the preoperative process is exhaustive, including testing, and patients come pre-screened by optometrists. After all the testing, there is an extensive informed consent process. He said that pupil size does not predict post-operative quality of vision. Dr. Weiss asked how many patients are screened out. Dr. Tanzer said approximately 10 percent of patients are screened out at the centers but he did not know what percentage of patients were screened out by the referring optometrists.. Ms. Cofer asked about contrast sensitivity testing. Dr. Tanzer said the night driving simulator simulated headlight glare from a rearview mirror. Dr. Edrington asked what reasons are used to exclude a patient. Dr. Tanzer listed cornea physiology, irregular topographies, thin corneas, and refractive instability.\n\nFDA QUESTIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION: 1) Please discuss any recommendations you may have for modifications to patient labeling of excimer lasers for LASIK.\n\nPanel Consensus was that the labeling should include mention of the post-operative difficulty of checking intraocular pressure; the difficulty of implant measurement for cataract surgery after LASIK; illustrations of visual symptoms like halo and starburst; strong wording concerning patients with keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, and other ectatic disorders; and a distinction between patients with collagen vascular disease and patients with collagen vascular disease and dry eyes. There was discussion on addressing psychological issues, but the Panel was unsure how to do so. There was discussion on hormonal replacement therapy affecting dry eyes.\n\n2) Please discuss any recommendations you may have for modifications to FDA's LASIK website.\n\nPanel consensus was to recommend more information on what is meant by ?risk-taker;? photographs of what the visual disabilities look like; statistics on the frequency of adverse events, side effects, and complications; a link to the patient labeling; an emphasis that reading glasses will be needed in middle age; an area on retreatment; clarification on contact lens removal and refractive stability; and a link to a valid dry eye instrument, if there is such an instrument. The Panel recommended rewriting the \"When is LASIK not for me\" portion of the website to make it more coherent. The Panel recommended revising the mention of steroid and the question about the pupils (to correspond to new data). Autoimmune disease should be distinguished from autoimmune disease with dry eyes. There should be a better example of potential problems that can occur with a microkeratome. Any updates from the manufacturers should be included. The download speed should be improved and the language simplified. The button ?Questions for your doctor? should be on the LASIK site as well as the intraocular site.\n\n3) FDA is currently evaluating the ANSI Z80.11 Laser Systems for Corneal Reshaping Standard for recognition. Please discuss whether you recommend that the FDA recognize the standard in its entirety, in part, or with specific additions.\n\nThe Panel had questions on topography and collection of data on adverse events. Dr. Eydelman said that the standard says topography should be performed on all study subjects, so the Panel had minimal issues with the standard. There was a question as to whether there would be forced choices to get statistics on post-operative problems like glare, halo, and dry eyes.\n\n4) The training packet for SightNet participants currently emphasizes evaluation for and reporting of the following LASIK-related adverse events and complications: infectious keratitis; endemic cases of diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK); abnormal trends in post-operative topography; significant losses of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA); glare, halos, starbursts and distortions; and device failures. Please discuss any recommendations you may have for revision of this list of adverse events and complications for which reporting is emphasized.\n\nThe Panel recommended that, when possible, intraoperative complications, such as flap complications, be distinguished from post-operative complications, such as epithelial ingrowth. Reports should include not only significant losses of BCVA, but also significant visual side effects, such as glares, halos, or starbursts. Chairperson Weiss thanked the speakers for their testimony. She said both perspectives on LASIK reported at the meeting are true; the majority of patients do well after LASIK, but the post-market assessments do not adequately characterize rare, severe effects or complications. FDA will be working with NEI, AAO, and ASCRS to get better statistics. There were many issues associated with unsatisfactory results after LASIK which are not under the purview of the FDA> which were also discussed. Issues of inappropriately aggressive advertising may fall under FTC regulations. Though it is not an FDA issue, a surgical procedure should not be sold as a commodity. Issues of inadequate informed consent may fall under medical malpractice. She said the FDA and the other organizations will help make things better for future patients.\n\nOPEN PUBLIC HEARING:\n\nChairperson Weiss opened the public hearing session session for post-market experience with Phakic Intraocular Lens (PIOL) and repeated public hearing statement.\n\nDr. Scott Barnes spoke for Dr. Doyle Stulting, on behalf of ASCRS. Dr. Stulting is a consultant for AMO. PIOL are rigid plastic artificial lenses implanted to correct severe nearsightedness in patients who are poor LASIK candidates. They were first approved in the US in 2004 and have been used in Europe since 1991. Satisfaction with the lenses has been excellent, with 99 percent satisfaction. Half of the patients saw better without glasses after implantation than with before. These patients are severely nearsighted, and the device meets a true unmet need. He said the technology is life-altering for those patients and that there is 17 years of data outside the US demonstrating safety.\n\nFDA PRESENTATION:\n\nKesia Alexander, Ph.D., spoke on FDA?s PIOL safety initiatives. Two PIOL PMAs have been approved. Ophtec?s Artisan IOL was approved in 2004 for patients with minus five to minus 20 diopters of myopia. The second was in 2005, STAAR?s Visian Implantable Collimer Lens, which was approved for patients with minus three to minus 15 diopter of myopia. Both companies are performing post-market studies.\n\nThe patient labeling gives an overview of how the device works, risks and benefits associated with the device, alternative treatments, and other aspects the patient should consider. The devices are contraindicated in patients under 21, who have anterior chamber of depth (ACD) outside the approved range, who have abnormal iris, who are pregnant or nursing, or who do not meet the minimum endothelial cell density (ECD). Patients are informed on the limitations and urged to ask questions of the physician. The contraindications, warnings, and precautions are based on data from the PMAs.\n\nThe PIOL website advises the public on whether or not they are candidates for the treatment, risks and benefits, what to know before having the surgery, and questions to ask the physician before undergoing the procedure. The risks include vision loss, retinal detachments, and visual symptoms. Long-term data on the devices is not available. The website also gives the patient an overview of what to expect during and following surgery and when to contact their doctor.\n\nDon Cologero, M.S., reported on ophthalmic standards for PIOL. The two published standards are ISO 11979-10, which is recognized by FDA entirely with no additions, and ANSIZ80.13, which is being reviewed for recognition. Modifications recommended by the Panel will be presented to ANSI at the time of revision. The standards contain both pre-clinical and clinical requirements. In the pre-clinical requirements the optical, mechanical, biocompatibility, sterility, shelf life, and transport stability testing for PIOL are the same as the requirements for the monofocal IOLs, except for the clearance analysis requirement. This is analysis of the location of the PIOL surface with respect to ocular tissue to ensure the minimum anatomical dimensions acceptable for the PIOL design and the range of powers it would be available in.\n\nThe ISO PIOL standard contains the suggested design of a clinical investigation that will collect the data needed to determine the safety and performance of the PIOL. It is a non-controlled study with a minimum duration of three years to evaluate both the maintenance of ECD, and the rate of cataract development. The primary endpoint is ECD. Changes in ECD in the subjects are compared to the normal rate of loss. Patients with less than the minimum ECD by age are excluded from the study. The recommended sample is 300 patients. Enrollment will be in phases: first 10 patients, then 100, then all remaining patients. Subjects will be followed for 6 months.\n\nFor the pre- and post-op exams, both ISO and ANSI recommend distance UCVA, BSCVA, near VA with distance spectacle correction, manifest refraction, cycloplegic refraction, axial length, anterior chamber depth, intraocular pressure, slit lamp exam, status of crystalline lens, gonioscopic exam, fungus exam, mesopic pupil size, pachymetry, keratometry, subject questionnaire, and spectral microscopy. The standard requires two sub-studies: a study to assess potential PIOL-related contrast sensitivity losses and an analysis to determine the clearances between the PIOL and the ocular tissue. Recommended safety analyses include the rate of ECD change, the rate of cataract development, and the percentage of subjects that lose two or more lines of BSCVA. The clinical labeling requirements specify a summary of the clinical results of the investigation, any recommendations for periodic evaluations after implantation, and any restrictions in the indications for use.\n\nFDA QUESTIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION:1) Please discuss any recommendations you may have for modifications to patient labeling of phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs).\n\nBecause many Panel members had not yet seen the labeling, the Panel returned to this question after they had skimmed the labeling and addressed the other questions. FDA said it would apply the recommendations for modifications to the website to the labeling. The Panel said cataracts are a concern, as well as the possible inducement of astigmatism from the corneal wound, so there should be more information on astigmatism. The labeling should use strong wording on endothelial cell loss. Information on pupil size should be included. Dr. Heuer found editorial and typographical errors that he passed on after the meeting.\n\n2) Please discuss any recommendations you may have for modifications to FDA's PIOL website.\n\nThe Panel recommended including a diagram of the two different types of IOLs, indicating there has been documented endothelial cell loss, indicating that patients should not only be out of contact lenses a certain period of time but also should have contact lens stability, and indicating the specifics of the retinal and rear eye problems. FDA should document the issues with cataract removal in patients with PIOL. There was discussion of keratoconus and complications in future procedures. The website does not specifically state that PIOL does not treat astigmatism, though the labeling does and states that the procedure will not make the patients free of glasses. If the data shows that the visually significant astigmatism is a result of the procedure in some patients, the website and labeling should include the information.\n\n3) Please discuss any recommendations you may have for future revisions of ANSI and ISO phakic intraocular lens standards.\n\nAfter discussions and questions for the FDA, the Panel recommended no additions to the standards. Dr. Heuer asked that the standards be made available in future meetings in which a Panel is addressing the standards. 4) The training manual for SightNet participants currently emphasizes evaluation for and reporting of the following PIOL-related adverse events and complications: toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS); endophtalmitis; explants; significant endothelial cell density (ECD) losses; corneal decompensation; significant losses of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA); retinal detachments; intraocular pressure (IOP) spikes/elevations; cataractogenesis; device extrusions; device failures/damage. Please discuss any recommendations you may have for revisions of this list of adverse events and complications for which reporting is emphasized.\n\nThe Panel recommended adding uveitis and giving more specific information on what is meant by \"significant endothelial cell loss\"."}
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-{"text": "Girl from teen mom nude\n\nThe flamboyant Hollywood legacy that Burt Reynolds left behind. Her husband would have filled my face with uppercuts for looking at his naked wife! Maci and Justin trek on, and shortly after, Justin spots some papaya high up in a tree. Rock The Vote Expand Menu. Freeman harassed, humiliated, and sex-shamed her. Soap star cuts a casual figure arriving to the gym\n\nHidden Remote\n\nMeghan Markle's mother Doria has made secret visits to the UK to comfort her daughter amid damaging and In a previous picture, the star smiled radiantly in a T-shirt. Jenelle has spoken about her addiction, admitting that she would use up to four or five times a day. The only place to satisfy all of your guilty pleasures. Dangerous, or no big deal? There are thorns on everything. The Lush product that leads to a stress-free bedtime routine.\n\nFrom Pregnancy To 2nd Birthday: Fans were not impressed when Jenelle was caught having fun in a park swing that was meant for special needs children and adults. Sophia just turned nine, and Abraham went all out for the birthday, treating her daughter to a suite at the Beverly Hills hotel, in addition to new clothes, a fancy launch, and some puffy gold balloons. By September , Jenelle told her mom that she needed help. By October , the two were arrested for breaking and entering as well as drug possession.\n\nIs there any possible reason for a mom to have naked photos of her nine-year-old on her phone? I have a daughter and I stand for what's right for her': It's apparently going to be a toned-down version of the original series, which puts two strangers one man and one woman into the wilderness somewhere for 21 days with literally nothing but the skin on their backs to survive. The flamboyant Hollywood legacy that Burt Reynolds left behind. Prince Charles and Camilla pay a visit to an historic Glasgow tea room in co-ordinating shades of blue Royal runaway!"}
-{"text": "FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla -- The Alabama defense had its day in front of the media as Kirby Smart, Damian Square, Robert Lester, C.J. Mosley, Nico Johnson and Dee Milliner answered the media's questions about the season and Notre Dame. Alabama and Notre Dame face off in the BCS National Championship game Monday in Miami."}
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-{"text": "P.M. Tuilaepa\u2019s medical condition\n\n12 October 2017\n\n944 Hits\n\nDear Editor,\n\nThank you for the update on the P.M.\u2019s condition.\n\nI think what the government officials failed to recognise is that Tuilaepa is Samoa\u2019s Prime Minister and the fact he was evacuated is something of alarm to everyone. Now I certainly don\u2019t understand why there is a mystery as to what is wrong with him?\n\nI think the people of Samoa have a right to know the reason for the medical evacuation. It certainly wasn\u2019t just a sore throat. And it certainly wasn\u2019t just a medical check either as his office said. Why would you need a medivac for a regular check? Come on people, not everyone is stupid as these people keep saying.\n\nAnd this is not out of malice or anything else. We are genuinely concerned about the P.M.\u2019s health and we really want to know so we can offer some help. It might come down to a fofo Samoa. You never know. Don\u2019t we believe that God works in mysterious ways?"}
-{"text": "Tag: playing cards\n\nBack in November, I posted some a cool deck of Legend of Zelda playing cards that any poker addicted Legend of Zelda fan would love. As cool as they are, I prefer the look of the Legend of Zelda playing Read More \u2026\n\nIt isn\u2019t very often that I get to do much gaming with a deck of playing cards (I don\u2019t even know where my cards are anymore), but I do appreciate a good game of poker or solitaire on occasion. Well, Read More \u2026\n\nIts rare that I play any card games with real cards these days, but for those times when the power goes out and you are craving a game of Solitaire, now you can play it with all of your favorite Read More \u2026\n\nI\u2019ve seen clothing made out of some crazy things in the past but never out of Pokemon cards. Apparently the girl in this picture has an extreme love of Pokemon to the point that she took a bunch of Pokemon Read More \u2026"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: retro\n\nPost navigation\n\nI have no idea what fibre this is, except for the silk yarn I used for the crochet trim, so the result could be interesting! Thinking of using Tasmanian blackwood leaves in the dyepot; I also collected blackberry, eucalyptus (2 types) and Tasmanian dogwood leaves this afternoon for the eco printing."}
-{"text": "Related coverage\n\nA SPATE of brain tumours among staff has forced RMIT University\nto close part of its business school and test for radiation\nemissions from rooftop phone towers.\n\nAs staff reacted with shock, the university yesterday shut the\ntop two floors of the Bourke Street building and ordered more than\n100 employees to work from home for the next fortnight.\n\nThe closure follows the discovery of five brain tumours in the\npast month and two others in 1999 and 2001. Two were malignant and\nfive were benign.\n\nWorkCover has launched an investigation and RMIT has promised\nits own inquiry.\n\nThe academics' union last night expressed concern that the\ntumours were caused by the communications towers on the roof of the\nformer Tivoli Theatre site.\n\nNational Tertiary Education Union state secretary Matthew\nMcGowan warned that anecdotal reports from hastily arranged staff\nmeetings yesterday suggested the number of people affected would\ngrow.\n\n\"You have to ask some pretty serious questions and we're\nobviously concerned that it could be linked to the tower,\" he\nsaid.\n\n\"This would appear to be much more than coincidence and RMIT has\na responsibility to leave no stone unturned in seeking the\ntruth.\"\n\nFive of the seven affected work on the top floor of the\n17-storey building. All except one have worked in the building for\nat least a decade.\n\nAn RMIT academic who did not want to be named said staff \u0097\nthe 16th and 17th floors are home to offices of senior management\nand lecturers \u0097 were \"in disbelief, concerned and upset\" as\nthey attended meetings and left the building late yesterday.\n\nMedical experts contacted by The Age said no definitive\nlink had been proved between mobile phone tower radiation and\ncancer.\n\nAustralian Medical Association president Mukesh Haikerwal said\nthere was no proof of a connection but \"if you get clusters of\ndisease it's sensible to investigate.\"\n\nDr John Gall, from private health company Southern Medical\nServices, which has been called in to assess the sick, said last\nnight three of those affected had tumours showing symptoms\nconsistent with radiation.\n\nBut he said there was no causal link with the building based on\npreliminary observations.\n\nA spokesman for state Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said\nWorkCover would investigate the matter and the Department of Human\nServices would provide any expertise needed.\n\nRMIT chief operating officer Steve Somogyi said testing was\ncarried out on the building after the first two of the seven\ntumours were reported in 1999 and 2001. It found radiation and air\nquality levels within recommended guidelines.\n\n\"We value the health and safety of our staff and students very\nhighly. The incidence of illness is disturbing and we shall\ncontinue to check for any possible cause connected to the\nbuilding,\" Mr Somogyi said.\n\nBut RMIT union branch president Jeanette Pierce said the\nuniversity agreed to shut the two floors only after being pressured\nby the union. \"I'm a bit mystified that the university wasn't\nplanning to vacate and that we had to make the point that they\nneeded to vacate those two floors,\" she said.\n\nThere are more than 160 mobile phone towers in central Melbourne\nalone. A Telstra spokeswoman said last night the company had two\ntowers at the Tivoli site, but both met health and safety standards\nand were tested regularly.\n\n\"An enormous amount of medical research has been conducted\nwithout any substantiated evidence of a link between mobile phone\ntechnology and adverse health effects, including cancer,\" she\nsaid.\n\nRMIT management emailed all staff and students late yesterday\nand said health check-ups and counselling would be made available.\nAbout 600 staff work in the building.\n\nMr McGowan said shutting the two floors should be just the first\nstep. \"We think they should be testing all staff who have worked on\nthose levels and not just for tumours. We need to understand what\nare the health risks that people are suffering,\" he said.\n\nA help line for students and family members is available on 1800\n155 945.\n\nTanya Stoianoff, the executive director of the Mobile Carriers\nForum, which represents mobile phone companies, said there was no\ncredible scientific evidence of health effects from living or\nworking near a mobile phone base station."}
-{"text": "Dorian was initially expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, but the National Hurricane Centre in Miami later declared it a post-tropical storm.\n\nRegardless, the storm still brought hurricane-force winds in excess of 150 km/h by the time it landed Saturday evening. Waves were expected to reach as high as 15 metres.\n\nHowling winds also ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Halifax, throwing it onto cars in the parking lot below.\n\n\u201cThere was just a really loud bang, and we looked out the window and the whole roof came down on the cars,\u201d a resident told CTV News after the building was evacuated.\n\nNova Scotia Power is reporting outages affecting more than 378,000 customers, including more than 170,000 in the Halifax area. Karen Hutt, CEO of Nova Scotia Power, said a clean-up plan is already in the works.\n\n\u201cMore than 600 powerline technicians (are) ready to respond as soon as its safe,\u201d she said.\n\nNova Scotia is expected to get the worst of the storm, but other provinces in Atlantic Canada could see major damage and possible flooding. Bob Robichaud, the Canadian Hurricane Centre\u2019s warning preparedness meteorologist, said flooding is likely.\n\n\u201cWhen we get rainfall amounts that exceed 20 millimetres per hour -- which is very possible with this, almost likely, that overwhelms many systems -- and you tend to get flash flooding,\u201d he said.\n\nFEDS CALL IN THE MILITARY\n\nIn New Brunswick, where more than 56,000 households and businesses lost power, some fishermen in Pointe-du-Chene decided to brave out the weather to keep an eye on their boats.\n\nMany fishermen brought their boats in from the harbor in the days before the storm was set to hit, but others were unable to. With winds and rain lashing the docks and waves sending their boats jumping, fishermen tried their best to keep their boats safe.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s going to be a lot of damage, the way it\u2019s going now,\u201d Gilles Leger told CTV News at the docks. \u201cI\u2019ve got the motors on in the boat, I\u2019m trying.\u201d\n\nAs the storm moved northeast toward Cape Breton through the night, residents were warned to stay indoors, not to drive anywhere and avoid the coast.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s critical actually that folks take no chances. Hunker down and \u2026 keep yourself safe and your family safe,\u201d said Halifax Regional Police Insp. Don Moser.\n\nThree evacuation shelters were opened in Halifax by the Canadian Red Cross to house anyone in need.\n\n\u201cThose that had to evacuate because of damage to their homes, they weren\u2019t able to bring anything with them, so we\u2019re giving them some comfort, some food, a place to lay down,\u201d said Ancel Langille, senior manager of emergency management for Canadian Red Cross Atlantic.\n\nProvincial and municipal governments activated emergency plans, including cancelling some public services. Flights in and out of local airports have been cancelled. Ferry service and bridges were also closed in anticipation of the storm.\n\nThe Canadian Armed Forces will be deployed to Nova Scotia to help with recovery efforts, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said in a statement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that \"the safety of Canadians is our number one priority.\"\n\n\"The federal government will make resources available to deliver aid and assist with evacuations, where necessary. Citizens can rest assured that we are doing everything we can to help support the response efforts throughout Atlantic Canada,\u201d Goodale said.\n\nSTOCKPILING SUPPLIES\n\nIn Halifax, Erica Fleck, the city\u2019s chief of emergency management, said officials contacted residents with loose objects on their properties as well as construction crews to prevent flying debris.\n\nHalifax Water said emergency operations will be open 24 hours a day during the storm.\n\nOn Friday, the commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic said a group of NATO warships visiting Halifax were pulled out of the port.\n\n\"Just be ready for a storm that might knock out water service or wastewater, storm water service for up to 72 hours,\" James Campbell of Halifax Water told CTV News Atlantic.\n\n\"We don't anticipate there will be a loss of water service, but folks should always be prepared for that eventuality.\"\n\nIn the lead-up to the storm, many Maritimers were stockpiling supplies including propane, gasoline and groceries.\n\n\u201cIt's more or less like panic buying,\u201d Fummi and Akin Odeniti told CTV Atlantic. \u201cYou know, you don't know what the hurricane is going to look like.\""}
-{"text": "What you need to know about walking injuries that may occur. Information on prevention and treatments to keep you walking for a healthy life.\n\nCharley Horses and Muscle SpasmsI suffered many years of dealing with charley horses by cursing, dancing a jig, whooping and hollering. That technique, although amusing for others, never really eased the wrenching agony of the pain, though. Read this article to find out what did. Ahh, finally, near miraculous, sweet relief. . .\n\nPainful Shins or Shin SplintsIf you have sharp or aching pain along the front of your lower leg, you might have shin splints. \u201cShin splint\u201d is not a medical diagnosis, but rather a generic term for painful shins. Here's how to treat them and get back to walking.\n\nTreating a Sprained AnkleIf you are a regular walker sooner or later you may experience a sprained ankle. Learn how to treat it yourself.\n\nTreating Plantar Fasciitis or Heel SpursHow can you get rid of the awful pain of plantar fasciitis? This condition can be debilitating and terribly hard to heal. Try these tips to make the pain go away and stay away.\n\nTreating Sore, Achy MusclesWhen we over do exercise a consequence may be tired and aching muscles. Here are some ways of easing the pain and discomfort.\n\nWalking AilmentsIf you are a regular walker sooner or later you will experience blisters, chafing or shin splints. Prevention is better than cure.\n\nWalking for Back PainBack pain is one of the leading causes of missed work and loss oproductivity. Walking can help ease back pain and prevent it."}
-{"text": "The Funky Drummer boom-bap challenge\n\nThe pattern below is the first quarter note of the kick and snare pattern in Clyde Stubblefield\u2019s classic drum break. Fill in the missing kick and snare hits to make your own golden age breakbeat. Try removing some hi-hats as well.\n\nMusical inspiration:\n\nThe Levee break asymmetrical kick challenge\n\nThe groove below uses the kick and snare pattern from \u201cWhen The Levee Breaks\u201d by Led Zeppelin. Add hi-hats and customize the kick and snare to best convey the Awesome Majesty of Rock.\n\nMusical inspiration:\n\nFour-on-the-floor squares challenge\n\nThese two squares make a classic dance beat, kicks on the quarter notes with hi-hats in between. Add snares and break up the symmetry to make a dance floor filler.\n\nMusical inspiration:\n\nSo Fresh So Clean challenge\n\nThe pattern below is the basis for a sixteenth note hip-hop groove. Place more kicks and snares to make a crunk Dirty South beat in the spirit of OutKast.\n\nMusical inspiration:\n\nIt\u2019s A Trap challenge\n\nThe pattern below is the basis for a thirty-second note groove. Add kicks and snares and remove hi-hats to make a radio-friendly trap beat.\n\nMusical inspiration: I would include a link to a Future song but can\u2019t find one that whose lyrics aren\u2019t extremely objectionable. Just turn on the radio.\n\nFrom the dawn of jazz until about 1960, African-American popular music was based on an eighth note pulse. The advent of funk brought with it a shift to the sixteenth note pulse. Now we\u2019re undergoing another shift, as Southern hip-hop is moving the rest of popular music over to a 32nd note pulse. The tempos have been slowing down as the beat subdivisions get finer. This may all seem like meaningless abstraction, but the consequences become real if you want to program beats of your own.\n\nBack in the 90s, the template for a hip-hop beat looked like a planet of 16th notes orbited by kicks and snares. Click the image below to hear a simple \u201cplanet funk\u201d pattern in the Groove Pizza. Each slice of the pizza is a sixteenth note, and the whole pizza is one bar long.\n\nTrap beats have the same basic skeleton as older hip-hop styles: a kick on beat one, snares on beats two and four, and hi-hats on some or all of the beats making up the underlying pulse. However, in trap, that pulse is twice as fast as in 90s hip-hop, 32nd notes rather than sixteenths. This poses an immediate practical problem: a lot of drum machines don\u2019t support such a fine grid resolution. For example, the interface of the ubiquitous TR-808 is sixteen buttons, one for each sixteenth note. On the computer, it\u2019s less of an issue because you can set the grid resolution to be whatever you want, but even so, 32nd notes are a hassle. So what do you do?\n\nThe trap producer\u2019s workaround is to double the song tempo, thereby turning sixteenths into effective 32nds. To get a trap beat at 70 beats per minute, you set the tempo to 140. Your 808 grid becomes half a bar of 32nd notes, rather than a full bar of sixteenths. And instead of putting your snares on beats two and four, you put them on beat three.\n\nHere\u2019s a generic trap beat I made. Each pizza slice is a 32nd note, and the whole pizza is half a bar.\n\nTrap beats don\u2019t use swing. Instead, they create rhythmic interest through syncopation, accenting unexpected weak beats. On the Groove Pizza, the weak beats are the ones in between the north, south, east and west. Afro-Cuban music is a good source of syncopated patterns. The snare pattern in the last quarter of my beat is a rotation of son clave, and the kick pattern is somewhat clave-like as well.\n\nNow let\u2019s take a look at two real-life trap beats. First, there\u2019s the inescapable \u201cTrap Queen\u201d by Fetty Wap.\n\nThe beat has an appealing symmetry. In each half bar, both the kick and snare each play a strong beat and a weak beat. The hi-hat pattern is mostly sixteenth notes, with just a few thirty-second notes as embellishments. The location of those embellishments changes from one half-bar to the next. It\u2019s a simple technique, and it\u2019s effective.\n\nUnlike my generic trap beat, \u201cPanda\u201d doesn\u2019t have any hi-hats on the 32nd notes at all. It feels more like an old-school sixteenth note pulse at a very slow tempo. The really \u201ctrappy\u201d part comes at the very end, with a quick pair of kick drums on the last two 32nd notes. While the lawn-sprinkler effect of doubletime hi-hats has become a cliche, doubletime kick rolls are still startlingly fresh (at least to my ears.)\n\nTo make authentic trap beats, you\u2019ll need a more full-featured tool than the Groove Pizza. For one thing, you need 64th notes and triplets. Also, trap isn\u2019t just about the placement of the drum hits, it\u2019s about specific sounds. In addition to closed hi-hats, you need open hi-hats and crash cymbals. You want more than one snare or handclap, and maybe multiple kicks too. And you\u2019d want to be able to alter the pitch of your drums too. The best resource to learn more, as always, is the music itself."}
-{"text": "Daily Archives: September 5, 2017\n\nOn September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they\u2019re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they\u2019re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news is: there\u2019s an app for that. It\u2019s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure\u2014an unforgettable day that will change both their lives forever.\n\nDear Best Friend,\nI can already tell that I will hate everyone but you.\nSincerely,\nAva Helmer\n(that brunette who won\u2019t leave you alone)\n\nWe\u2019re still in the same room, you weirdo.\nStop crying.\nG\n\nSo begins a series of texts and emails sent between two best friends, Ava and Gen, as they head off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. From first loves to weird roommates, heartbreak, self-discovery, coming out and mental health, the two best friends will document every moment to each other. But as each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship be able to survive the distance?\n\nDesperate to pay for college, Bridger Whitt is willing to overlook the peculiarities of his new job\u2014entering via the roof, the weird stacks of old books and even older scrolls, the seemingly incorporeal voices he hears from time to time\u2014but it\u2019s pretty hard to ignore being pulled under Lake Michigan by\u2026 mermaids? Worse yet, this happens in front of his new crush, Leo, the dreamy football star who just moved to town.\n\nFantastic.\n\nWhen he discovers his eccentric employer Pavel Chudinov is an intermediary between the human world and its myths, Bridger is plunged into a world of pixies, werewolves, and Sasquatch. The realm of myths and magic is growing increasingly unstable, and it is up to Bridger to ascertain the cause of the chaos, eliminate the problem, and help his boss keep the real world from finding the world of myths.\n\nPoignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden\u2019s powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, captures what it\u2019s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know.\n\nIt was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark.\n\nWeekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again.\n\nShe was good. She won. And she hated it.\n\nFor ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden\u2019s life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. It was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family. But over time, as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the figure skating team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. It all led to one question: What was the point?The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she\u2019d outgrown her passion\u2013and she finally needed to find her own voice.\n\nThree years ago, Tanner Scott\u2019s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah.\n\nBut when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High\u2019s prestigious Seminar\u2014where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester\u2014Tanner can\u2019t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity.\n\nIt turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.\n\nSeventeen-year-old Jaya Mehta detests wealth, secrets, and privilege, though he has them all. His family is Indian, originally from Gujarat. Rasa Santos, like many in Hawaii, is of mixed ethnicity. All she has are siblings, three of them, plus a mother who controls men like a black widow spider and leaves her children whenever she wants to. Neither Jaya nor Rasa have ever known real love or close family\u2015not until their chance meeting one sunny day on a mountain in Hau\u2019ula.\n\nThe unlikely love that blooms between them must survive the stranglehold their respective pasts have on them. Each of their present identities has been shaped by years of extreme family struggles. By the time they cross paths, Jaya is a transgender outsider with depressive tendencies and the stunningly beautiful Rasa thinks sex is her only power until a violent pimp takes over her life. Will their love transcend and pull them forward, or will they remain stuck and separate in the chaos of their pasts?\n\nMira, a dom in New York City, is delighted when Clive, a one-time playmate, turns up at a BDSM party. When a fire breaks out, Mira frees Clive from captivity; they are rescued by a group of magic-workers calling themselves the Circle of Light. Skeptical, Mira must accept that magic is real when a ritual saves Clive\u2019s life and ties his soul to hers.\n\nErotic play strengthens their bond and deepens their love for each other\u2026a love they share freely with the Circle, save those who must hold themselves apart from the pleasures of the flesh. Mira\u2019s idyll is shattered when the Circle is attacked by the Partisans of Fire, who want control over the Circle\u2019s ancient knowledge.\n\nSet in contemporary New York, Initiates of the Blood combines sex, blood magic, and romance into a stimulating, sensual, satisfying tale.\n\nBetween his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam\u2019s life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn\u2019t he?) and his best friend, Angela.\n\nBut all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adam\u2019s life into chaos. The bindings of his world are coming untied one by one; yet in spite of everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release.\n\nSouth Africa is loud. Listen. Do you hear the song and dance of it? The chorus of Khayelitsha life? Every voice is different, its pitch and tone and intonation as distinct as the words we choose and how we wrap our mouths around them. But everybody has a voice, and everybody sings\u2026\n\nFifteen year old Neo loves music, it punctuates her life and shapes the way she views the world. A life in radio is all she\u2019s ever wanted.\nWhen Umzi Radio broadcasts live in a nearby bar Neo can\u2019t resist. She sneaks out to see them, and she falls in love, with music, and the night, but also with a girl: Tale has a voice like coffee poured into a bright steel mug, and she commands the stage.\n\nIt isn\u2019t normal. Isn\u2019t right. Neo knows that she\u2019s supposed to go to school and get a real job and find a nice young boy to settle down with. It\u2019s written everywhere \u2013 in childhood games, and playground questions, in the textbooks, in her parents\u2019 faces. But Tale and music are underneath her skin, and try as she might, she can\u2019t stop thinking about them.\n\nAfter scientists stumbled across an anomalous human hormone present during moments of emotional intimacy, further research created the ability to harness the direction of living energy and pinpoint when two lines will merge. Personalized chips are now implanted beneath the thumbnails of every infant, where glowing numbers count down to the moment they will meet their soul mate.\n\nFate is now a calculation.\n\nBut loving someone isn\u2019t.\n\nWhen Shannon Wurther, the youngest detective in Southern California, finds himself face-to-face with Aiden Maar, the reckless art thief Shannon\u2019s precinct has been chasing for months, they are both stunned. Their Camellia Clocks have timed out, and the men are left with a choice\u2014love one another or defy fate.\n\nVictoria \u201cVix\u201d Vincent has only two weeks to find a replacement fiddle player for her band\u2019s summer tour. When classically trained violinist Sawyer Bell shows up for an audition, Vix is thrilled. Sawyer is talented, gorgeous, funny, and excited about playing indie rock instead of Beethoven. Their friendship soon blossoms into romance, even though Vix tries to remember that Sawyer\u2019s presence is only temporary.\n\nSawyer\u2019s parents think she\u2019s spending the summer months touring Europe with a chamber ensemble. But Sawyer is in dire need of a break from the competitiveness of Juilliard, and desperately wants to rediscover her love of music. Going on tour with her secret high school crush is just an added bonus. Especially when Vix kisses her one night after a show, and they discover that the stage isn\u2019t the only place they have chemistry.\n\nBut the tour won\u2019t last forever, and as the summer winds down, Sawyer has to make a tough decision about her future\u2014and what it means to follow her heart.\n\nNewly minted professor Evangeline \u201cVan\u201d Thompson\u2019s academic dreams have turned into nightmares. She can\u2019t wait to escape the pressure cooker of the university to spend the summer at Camp Firefly Falls with her bestie, Nate.\n\nUnfortunately, Nate breaks his leg halfway through the season, and his little sister Willa fills in for him as resident tennis instructor. Van has fond memories of the blonde moppet, but when Willa shows up at camp, she\u2019s not so little anymore. She\u2019s grown into a bombshell and a menace on the tennis court\u2014why do those skirts have to be so short, anyway?\n\nWilla Carter has had a crush on Van Thompson since the third grade but Van\u2019s always been more interested in hanging out with Willa\u2019s older brother. Not much seems to have changed\u2014Van\u2019s managing the camp\u2019s web presence while Willa rocks her tennis whites.\n\nCamp will be closing in a few weeks, and Van\u2019s barely spoken to Willa despite sharing a cabin. But when the two get thrown together to plan the last session of camp, s\u2019mores might not be the only thing getting sticky and sweet before the season\u2019s out\u2026"}
-{"text": "Gil Brandt, of NFL.com, reports Texas Tech WR Joel Filani measured a height of 6-foot-1 1/8 and a weight of 211 pounds at his Pro Day. He ran the short shuttle in 4.10 seconds and the three-cone drill in 6.81 seconds. He stood on the 40-yard dash times he ran at the NFL Combine."}
-{"text": "NHLPA Waits On Information Requests To League\n\nNEW YORK \u2014 The NHL and NHL Players\u2019 Association split into small group meetings during Day 2 of labor talks Wednesday to discuss players\u2019 pensions and benefits, as well as health and safety issues, although a counterproposal from the NHLPA does not appear imminent because of the information requests to the league that are pending.\n\nAlthough \u201cnon-core economic issues\u201d dominated Wednesday\u2019s bargaining session at league offices in midtown Manhattan, the major point of contention moving forward will be the financial issues that surfaced in the league\u2019s first formal proposal submitted July 13.\n\nThe Players\u2019 Association still has not received all the financial documentation \u2014 primarily the independently audited information for the league\u2019s clubs \u2014 requested from the NHL and has no intent to submit a proposal until that information is received and then analyzed.\n\n\u201cThe information that we\u2019re getting now is independently audited statements,\u201d said former player Mathieu Schneider, who is special assistant to NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr. \u201cWhat we got was the first drop \u2014 I think it was 76,000 pages. They\u2019re asking for huge concessions \u2026 $450 million from players. We certainly feel the audited statements are very important to what will eventually be our alternate proposal.\u201d\n\nNHL commissioner Gary Bettman seemed to express frustration after Tuesday\u2019s meeting when he questioned whether the NHLPA\u2019s requests were \u201crelevant.\u201d\n\nDeputy commissioner Bill Daly said the league\u2019s frustration stems from the implication there was a discrepancy between the information readily available to the Players\u2019 Association and the supplementary documentation requested.\n\n\u201cIt Will Be Interesting To See How Kevin Cash Lines Up That Middle Infield\u201d The Power Hour crew, Matthew Sardo and Amanda Borges, spoke with Sports Talk Florida MLB Insider, Steve Kinsella Monday night about"}
-{"text": "\u201cToday's FCC vote to restore Internet freedom is a victory for consumers. Building the networks of tomorrow will require enormous investment and risk-taking -- today's vote will help this virtuous cycle reach its full potential.\n\n\u201cReversing the agency's 2015 decision that saddled broadband providers with public utility rules will allow the Internet to evolve to suit the preferences of consumers, rather than regulators.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Museum of Durham History: New project shines light on Triangle\u2019s activist media history\n\nIn 1973, a reporter from Ebony magazine in Chicago came to Durham to write a story on WAFR-FM. When she arrived at 336 \u00bd E. Pettigrew St., she found a radio station like no other in America.\n\nIn one room of the station, two teachers and a group of 5-year-olds chanted in unison, \u201cI am a black and proud warrior dedicated to the liberation of all black people. I recognize Africa as the motherland and her people as my people.\u201d In another room, local theater director Karen Rux guided teenagers as they produced their own radio show called \u201cBlack Seeds .\u201d Jazz and African music drifted from the control booth, peppered with announcements from deejays with names like Obataiye Akinwole and Shanga Sadiki.\n\nIn a vivid, six-page feature, Ebony told of a groundbreaking radio station, \u201ca black voice in Durham.\u201d In fact, WAFR had become the very first black non-commercial community radio station in the U.S. when it went on the air in September 1971.\n\nIt was also the first, if not the only, radio station in America devoted to advancing the goals of the Black Power movement.\n\nNever miss a local story.\n\nSign up today for a free 30 day free trial of unlimited digital access.\n\n\u201cWe can hold a mass meeting across the airwaves every day from 8 a.m. to midnight,\u201d Robert Spruill, the station\u2019s president told Ebony. \u201cIt\u2019s part of the struggle to define, to clear up and to complement those things which affect black lives.\u201d In broadcasting a heady mix of music, politics, and information to an audience of up to 75,000 listeners, WAFR\u2019s staffers were both activists and journalists, educators and entertainers\n\nIn the 1960s and \u201970s, the Research Triangle was a hotbed of activist media. In Durham, anti-apartheid activists Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman launched the Africa News Service, the first news agency devoted to distributing reports from Africa in the U.S. At Raleigh\u2019s Shaw University, Elizabeth Czech helped launch WSHA, only the second radio station in the nation at a historically black college. Underground newspapers such as Chapel Hill\u2019s Protean Radish and Durham\u2019s The North Carolina Anvil covered local civil rights and anti-war campaigns, as did Duke University\u2019s WDBS radio station. The Institute of Southern Studies\u2019 Southern Exposure magazine produced left-leaning stories on the South\u2019s politics, culture, and history. And in Warrenton, just a little over 50 miles outside the Triangle, activists Jim and Valeria Lee operated the powerhouse community radio station, WVSP-FM.\n\nThese activist media outlets are at the heart of \u201cMedia and the Movement: Journalism, Civil Rights, and Black Power in the American South,\u201d a project based at UNC\u2019s Southern Oral History Program and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Our team of researchers includes myself, Professors Charmaine McKissick-Melton and Jerry Gershenhorn from N.C. Central University, and Professors Jacquelyn Hall and Seth Kotch from UNC-Chapel Hill.\n\nMedia and the Movement hopes to shine a new light on our state\u2019s and the Triangle\u2019s activist campaigns of the 1960s and \u201970s, most of which rarely figure into national accounts of the civil rights movement. In addition, portrayals of media and civil rights activists all too often depict the two communities as separate groups that never overlapped. With our project, we hope to correct this misperception and document North Carolina\u2019s many civil rights activists who thrived as journalists and broadcasters in independent and non-commercial media. We are also digitizing rare and endangered recordings from stations like WAFR and WVSP and making them available to the public online.\n\nMore Videos\n\nFormer Wake official turns herself in on embezzlement charges\n\nFormer Wake County register of deeds Laura Riddick turned herself in to law enforcement officers on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, the day after she was accused of embezzling more than $900,000 from the office she presided over for two decades. Riddick walked into the Wake County Detention Center at about 7:30 a.m. with her husband Matthew Eisley, a former journalist at The News & Observer."}
-{"text": "Share this article\n\nDevout Blackstone vice-president John Studzinski, 62, is organising the first live streamed concert from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Sunday.\n\nA performance by London-based choir The Sixteen, which will be beamed around the world, has been financed by Studz's charitable foundation.\n\nThe well-appointed bachelor \u2013 he earned \u00a313million as head of investment banking at HSBC \u2013 modestly informs bible-bashing weekly The Tablet: 'I was raised with the view that to whom much has been given, much is expected.'\n\nTesla boss Elon Musk, desperate to increase production of his Model 3 electric car, has emailed staff urging them to hang up on phone calls and to walk out of meetings which weren't productive.\n\nHe writes: 'It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time.'\n\nWeirdo Musk, 46, is a stickler for time management. He once told a girlfriend he wished he never had to eat so he could spend more time at his desk.\n\nAn unnamed WPP executive is quoted in the New Yorker comparing Sir Martin Sorrell's dramatic fall from grace to Dan Gable, the legendary Olympic wrestler who remained undefeated until losing his last match.\n\nWith Sorrell, 73, measuring just 5ft 6in, presumably comparisons to the hulking Gable, 69, there must cease."}
-{"text": "Raise the Hammer\n\nComment 72785\n\nThe only way to come close to getting rid of these damaging social markers is to have the state take over the raising of the children.\n\nYikes. The \"state\" solution is never the only solution. And it rarely really works. Consider the military - one part of society which has done quite a good job at eliminating (obvious) class distinctions among its ranks. It would be a huge leap from there to say that people on a military base are \"free\" or \"equal\".\n\nThere are lots of other ways to address these damaging social markets. We can call them out, expose them, or even mock them (ala the Hummer) until they no longer bestow social capital (\"aren't cool anymore\"). We can do what we want, rather than what people of our class are 'supposed' to do. And we can place a social stigma on class-based prejudices (\"snobbery\"). All things considered, we're a far more culturally egalitarian society than we used to be, and more than many like us (Britain, America etc).\n\n\"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.\"\n\u2014 Lewis Mumford"}
-{"text": "Although advertisements on the web pages may degrade your experience, our business certainly depends on them and we can only keep providing you high-quality research based articles as long as we can display ads on our pages.\n\nTo view this article, you can disable your ad blocker and refresh this page or simply login.\n\nGolar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP) shareholders have witnessed a decrease in activity from the world\u2019s largest hedge funds of late.\n\nIn the 21st century investor\u2019s toolkit, there are a multitude of methods investors can use to watch Mr. Market. A duo of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading interest. At Insider Monkey, our studies have shown that, historically, those who follow the top picks of the best investment managers can trounce the broader indices by a solid margin (see just how much).\n\nEqually as important, optimistic insider trading sentiment is another way to parse down the financial markets. Just as you\u2019d expect, there are a number of motivations for a bullish insider to get rid of shares of his or her company, but just one, very clear reason why they would behave bullishly. Many empirical studies have demonstrated the impressive potential of this strategy if you know where to look (learn more here).\n\nNow, it\u2019s important to take a gander at the latest action encompassing Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP).\n\nHow have hedgies been trading Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP)?\n\nAt the end of the fourth quarter, a total of 6 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of -14% from the previous quarter. With hedgies\u2019 positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings significantly.\n\nOf the funds we track, Fortress Investment Group, managed by Michael Novogratz, holds the most valuable position in Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP). Fortress Investment Group has a $14.2 million position in the stock, comprising 0.4% of its 13F portfolio. On Fortress Investment Group\u2019s heels is White Elm Capital, managed by Matthew Iorio, which held a $10.6 million position; the fund has 2.2% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Other hedge funds that hold long positions include Malcolm Fairbairn\u2019s Ascend Capital, Charles Clough\u2019s Clough Capital Partners and Gregg J. Powers\u2019s Private Capital Management.\n\nBecause Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP) has faced falling interest from the aggregate hedge fund industry, it\u2019s safe to say that there exists a select few money managers that slashed their positions entirely last quarter. It\u2019s worth mentioning that Israel Englander\u2019s Millennium Management dropped the biggest investment of all the hedgies we track, valued at an estimated $1.5 million in stock.. Anand Parekh\u2019s fund, Alyeska Investment Group, also dropped its stock, about $1.1 million worth. These bearish behaviors are interesting, as aggregate hedge fund interest fell by 1 funds last quarter.\n\nHow are insiders trading Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP)?\n\nInsider buying is particularly usable when the company we\u2019re looking at has seen transactions within the past 180 days. Over the latest 180-day time period, Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).\n\nLet\u2019s also take a look at hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP). These stocks are Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW), Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK), Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO), Seacor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CKH), and Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL). All of these stocks are in the shipping industry and their market caps match GMLP\u2019s market cap."}
-{"text": "Manifesto of Non-Nationalists\n\nThe original version of this work (Manifesto de la Sennaciistoj) was published anonymously in Esperanto in 1931. The first English edition was published by B. Roberts for the Anationalist Faction of S.A.T., Whitefield-Manchester (Lancs), England, 1937. This document is incomplete. It contains only the first sections of the Manifesto.\n\nPreamble\n\nFor ten years, now, the spirit of non-nationalism has been abroad in the ranks of the Workers\u2019 Esperanto movement. Throughout the world, thousands of workers are using the same language, either in groups among themselves, or for their correspondence with comrades in far distant lands. This fact has begotten the idea of the possibility of the working class organising itself in an original manner and of considering new methods in the struggle between the classes.\n\nSo far non-nationalism has often been discussed in the organs of the Workers\u2019 Esperanto Association, Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, and there was never any very considerable opposition to this new idea. But it was to be expected that some day orthodox internationalists would oppose such heresy. And as a matter of fact for some time already a vast agitation has been methodically undertaken in order to resist the new theory.\n\nConsequently, comrades who are sympathetic towards the idea, but have not a very clear conception of it, may waver. Many, without sufficient consideration, have even identified non-nationalism with a \u201cworking-class internationalism.\u201d It is, therefore, absolutely necessary to put forward our point of view clearly and to defend it against the attacks of orthodox internationalists.\n\nThis has become all the more necessary because if we do not, vigorously oppose our arguments to the sophisms and clich\u00e9s spread abroad by internationalists, the latter, in the confusion, will succeed in persuading Esperantists that they represent the only evolutionary tendency. Yet, it is easy to show that their internationalism is only a species of opportunism admissible for party leaders who ignore the language problem, but unpardonable among worker Esperantists.\n\nWe feel certain, that the practical application of Esperanto for several years on the part of class conscious workers must inevitably lead them, first, to the beginnings of a non nationalist state of mind, and later, to a clear presentation of problems from a non nationalist point of view. We have no doubt that many comrades will find in the following pages the explanation and the confirmation of what they have more or less vaguely felt and thought for a considerable time.\n\nThey will no doubt agree with us that a real revolutionary must be capable of thinking ahead. Otherwise he is only narrowly conservative. Worker Esperantists must therefore draw all the logical conclusions which would follow from the general application of an artificial universal language.\n\nWe are well aware that our point of view is at present Utopian, since up to the present, Esperanto has not very widely spread. But in the eyes of many who will regard non nationalism as something fantastic, a universal language is also considered Utopian. And yet we Esperantists know, from our own experience, that it is an object capable of realisation, that it is even now a fact, a living fact.\n\nWe therefore advance fearlessly with our Manifesto into the ideological arena.\n\nI. Internationalism\n\nIn a famous Manifesto which appeared 83 years ago the workers of all countries were called upon to unite. With that object in view, several Internationals have already been set up, whose leaders have more or less frequent relations with one another either by correspondence or during congresses; most often through the medium of translators and interpreters. Generally speaking, however, the rank and file, in actual fact, still remain completely separated in national territories, and have no contact whatever with one another except on the battlefields during terrible wars.\n\nWithin these national confines the minds of men are so worked upon by the school, the press, and all the other resources of the State, that with the passing of several generations these nationals form, mentally, a real race. It is true that, according to the admission of the specialists themselves, real races, in the biological sense of the word, have not existed, in the so-called civilised countries for several centuries.\n\nAccording to Frederick Lefevre, one finds, for example, in the short-headed inhabitants of France, descended from ancient stocks, evidence of Mongolian race. And Professor Johann Brunhes has proved that the present day Jews of Bessarabia, of the Ukraine and of Poland are to a great extent Slavs and Tatars, who, a thousand years ago, were converted to Judaism by the political and military influence of the Chazars. Further, these latter were themselves Tatars who had become Jews. The surprising result of this is that the Jews of today in Cracow and Warsaw look more Jewish than those of Jerusalem!\n\nBut philosophers and psychologists can rightly speak of \u201chistoric races\u201d and of the \u201csouls of peoples.\u201d Such \u201craces\u201d and such \u201csouls,\u201d are artificial. They do not constitute anything essentially incapable of variation, of modification. They have, as it were, been kneaded by history. Yet there are people, even among those who call themselves revolutionaries, who consider, that the actuality, which is called a nation, is something quite natural, sacred, and worthy of preservation.\n\nSuch a point of view is essentially reactionary. Among these men one of the most eminent was Jean Jaur\u00e8s. In his book The New Army there is a very brilliant vindication of patriotism or nationalism, and of internationalism. Commenting on the famous phrase of Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto, that \u201cthe workers have no country,\u201d he explained its real meaning with a wealth of argument, and showed that the authors of the Manifesto were also adherents of the policy which stands for the independence of nations and their right to self-determination.\n\nMarx and Engels, by saying that \u201cthe workers have no country\u201d were only stating a fact. Since the workers do not own their right share of the country, it can be argued that they are without a country. But one must not ignore the fact that the authors of the Manifesto immediately went on to add:\n\n\u201csince the working class must first attain political power, must become the national ruling class and itself constitute the nation the national ruling, it is itself so far still national, though not at all in the bourgeois sense.\u201d\n\nand a little later in the same work one may read:\n\n\u201cTo the extent that the exploitation of one individual by another is abolished, so the exploitation of one nation by another is abolished. With the end of antagonism between the classes within the nation will also end the antagonistic attitude of the nations toward one another.\u201d\n\nWe agree entirely with Jaur\u00e8s that in these words no condemnation of the existence of nations is to be found.\n\nMarx and Engels, therefore, did not help forward their disappearance, and took up a purely internationalist point of view. They were not, then, non nationalists. Jaur\u00e8s further argued, that even in the capitalist system, the workers have a country. And that, too, is, in a sense, true. Within a national territory a member of the ruling classes and a worker are influenced in much the same way by the same resources of the state. Speaking the same language, through that powerful bond they feel themselves to belong to the same great family. People confined within national frontiers thus acquire a similarity of mind and character; they feel that there is some kind of kinship between them, especially at historic periods as, for example, during wars.\n\nIt is in this way that such forms of mental sickness as that which we experienced in 1914 at the outbreak of the war, can come into being. Class combativeness was swept away and forgotten and for the first few months a kind of \u201choly alliance\u201d prevailed between the classes. Patriotic enthusiasm easily overruled all other feelings, and paralysed the remnants of reason.\n\nNations are realities; they are facts. To recognise a fact, however, is not to justify it. Religions and epidemics are facts, but their existence is not justified on that account. But it is also a fact that Jaur\u00e8s and with him Bebel, Lenin[1] and other less famous leaders of the Working-Class Movement, looked upon the nation as something natural and worthy of being defended. Paraphrasing a saying of Francis Bacon, \u201ca little philosophy inclineth man\u2019s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men\u2019s minds about to religion,\u201d Jaur\u00e8s concluded his argument as follows: \u201cA little internationalism weakens patriotism; much internationalism strengthens it.\u201d\n\n\u201cA little patriotism weakens internationalism, much patriotism strengthens it.\u201d That very clearly means that internationalism in no way aims at the abolition of nationality in the world. Further, all congresses of the various Internationals have declared themselves for the independence of nations, for the autonomy of all countries.\n\nInternationalism, therefore, is only a system which aims at the setting up of a juridical organisation among the nations in order to avoid conflicts and wars, but which in no way pretends to abolish the national peculiarities constituted by languages, customs, tradition, and so forth.\n\nInternationalists, not all of them, [2] admit the possibility and the desirability of adopting an artificial auxiliary language, such as Esperanto. But they do not agree that national languages, national cultures, and other national sanctities should disappear, or, at least, become archaic, dead things, like the ancient Greek and Roman languages and cultures.\n\nThey consider it quite Utopian and undesirable that an artificial language should become the sole instrument for the propagation of a universal culture. With regard to this problem, however, Karl Kautsky occupies a distinct position...\n\n[...]\n\n[II. Non-Nationalism]\n\n[III. The Standpoint of the Non-Nationalists with Respect to the Esperanto Movement]\n\nFootnotes\n\n1. In a really national war, the words: \u201cdefence of the Fatherland\u201d are not a deception and we in no way oppose them. Complete Works of Lenin, vol. xiii p. 342, of the French edition.\n\n2. Lenin was an opponent of Esperanto and consequently all orthodox Leninists who have already learned Esperanto, ought to unlearn it. In the Russian gazette Raboce Krestdjynsij Korespondent, # 21, Nov. 1928, Comrade M. J. Uljanova, the sister of Lenin, among other things, said: \u201cLenin several times spoke about Esperanto and very unfavourably, considering it to be too artificial, simplified and lifeless...\u201d"}
-{"text": "Google+ Followers\n\nTuesday, 16 January 2018\n\nThe IHRA Definition of Antisemitism is an Exercise in Political Fraud\n\nConflating and confusing anti-Semitism and\nanti-Zionism is the key to the defence of Israel\n\nTheresa May has demonstrated total support for Zionism and Israel - this is perfectly compatible with her support for supplying the Saudis with weaponry in order to perpetrate war crimes in the Yemen. That makes May also a war criminal.\n\nIt is, after all, hard to\ndefend the ongoing murder of Palestinian children, the theft of land, the\napartheid economy and Zionism's other crimes other than by demonising critics of Israel and\nZionism as \u2018anti-Semitic\u2019.False accusations of anti-semitism are a staple of Israeli and Zionist propaganda.\n\nThe reactionary and racist Eric Pickles, former Chair of Conservative Friends of Israel who was happy to exonerate the anti-Semitic Michal Kaminski whilst pontificating about false 'antisemitism'\n\nThat is why it is disappointing that Jeremy Corbyn\nfollowed in the footsteps of Theresa May when she adopted the IHRA definition\nof anti-Semitism. Corbyn only adopted the\nshort 39 word introduction to the IHRA, as opposed to the full 450 word versin,\nbut nonetheless it was a mistake. The IHRA in its\ntotality is poisonous. The\nwhole purpose of the IHRA is to demonise criticism of Israel and Zionism. Why? Because\nIsrael is a lynchpin of US and Western foreign policy. The IHRA has nothing to do with\nanti-Semitism. The reason why anti-Semitic\nworld leaders such as the Poland and Hungarian governments support it is\nprecisely because it is aimed at leftist criticism of a Israel \u2013 a key ally of\nwestern imperialism.\n\n\u2018antisemitism\nis a form of hostility to Jews as Jews, where Jews are perceived as something\nother than what they are.\u2019\n\nIt is a 21 word definition, whereas the IHRA is 450 words. Why?\nBecause you need 450 words in order to conflate anti-Semitism and\nanti-Zionism.\n\nOne of the key movers behind this false definition of anti-Semitism is\nthe far-Right former Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel Sir Eric\nPickles. Pickles it was who defended the tie up between the Tories and the\nfar-Right European Conservative and Reform group in the European Parliament. The\nECR group was chaired by Michal Kaminski, a Polish MEP who was the mainstay of\ntheCommittee to Defend the Good Name of\nJedwabne. Jedwabne was a village\nwhere on 10th July 1941, Poles supporting the Polish Nationalist\nParty herded up to 1600 Jews into a barn which they then set alight. Polish\nhistorians Jan Thomas Gross and Anna Bikont wrote Neighbours and The Crime and\nthe Silence describing what happened. On July 10th\n2001, on the 60th anniversary of the pogrom, Polish president Aleksander Kwa\u015bniewski attended a ceremony\nat Jedwabne where he made a speech stating the murderers were Poles whose crime\nwas both against the Jewish nation and against Poland. A memorial to the murdered Jews was also erected.\n\nJan Thomas Grosz, the historian of Jedwabne, faces being stripped of Poland's Order of Merit by Poland's anti-Semitic and Zionist government\n\nThe\nperson who led the campaign against this national apology was Kaminski. He went\nas far as to state that far from Poles apologising to Jews it was the Jews who\nowed the Poles an apology. Presumably\nthose Polish Jews who hadn\u2019t been exterminated in the Holocaust since less than\n10% of Poland\u2019s 3.3 million survived World War II. See Once\nno self-respecting politician would have gone near people such as Kaminski\n\nThe\nPolish government is currently considering whether to strip Gross of the Order\nof Merit, Poland\u2019s highest award, from Gross for saying that the Poles killed more Jews than\nthey killed Germans.\n\nThe Jewish Chronicle, which is so hot on 'antisemitism' in the Labour Party was remarkably supportive of an actual anti-semite\n\nAnother\nmember of the ECR who Pickles defended is Roberts Zile, Latvian MEP for the\nNational Alliance/LNNK. In March every year he marches with the veterans of the\nLatvian Waffen SS. [Jewish Chronicle March 8, 2012 Calls\nto ban Baltic neo-Nazi marches] Zile told the Latvian\nparliament that he was against the trial of Konrads Kalejs, a close assistant\nof Viktors Arajs, chief of the Arajs Commando, which participated in the\nkilling of tens of thousands of Jews in Latvia and Belarus.\n\nPickles told the BBC that \u2018the Latvian Waffen-SS were only conscripts\nfighting for their country, and to say otherwise was a Soviet smear.\u2019 Pickles omitted the fact, as Jonathan\nFreedland noted, that \u2018a substantial\nminority of the Latvian Waffen-SS were eager volunteers, including veterans of\npro-Nazi death squads who had already taken part in the first phase of the\nHolocaust.\u2019\n\nDespite confirming that only the short introduction has been adopted by the Labour Party, crooked Iain McNicol's monkeys in the Compliance Unit are using all of the definition\n\nIt\nis the Tories that should be attacked for their willingness to work with anti-Semites. Indeed Theresa May has only just visited Poland\nto give comfort to their government in their battles against the European\nUnion. This has given the green light to\nIain \u2018Crooked\u2019 McNicol and the Compliance Unit to apply the IHRA anti-Semitism\ndefinition inside the Labour Party, including its 11 examples of\n\u2018anti-Semitism\u2019, 7 of which relate to Israel.\n\nThe\nIHRA definition of anti-Semitism is not only nonsense but is, by its own\ndefinition anti-Semitic! One of the\nexamples of \u2018anti-Semitism\u2019 is:\n\n\u2018Denying the Jewish people their\nright to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of\nIsrael is a racist endeavor.\u2019\n\nLeaving aside the fact that the Jews are not a\nnation and therefore have no right to self-determination, it begs the question\nwhy it is racist to oppose their self-determination anyway? People oppose the right to\nself-determination of the Scots or the Catalans, is that racist? All that\nself-determination means is the right to form a state.\n\nA memorial to the dead Jews of Jedwabne that the Zionist supporting Kaminski did his best to stop going up\n\nWhat the IHRA is saying is that\nIsrael is the national embodiment of all Jews.\nThat means all Jews, including me, owe their loyalty to Israel. That in itself is anti-Semitic. But according to another of the IHRA\u2019s 11\nexamples of \u2018anti-Semitism\u2019 \u2018Holding Jews\ncollectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel\u2019\nis anti-Semitic. If Israel is\nthe national state of all Jews then it is quite right to hold Jews responsible\nfor it. So according to one section of the\nIHRA, the IHRA itself is anti-Semitic!!\n\nSir\nStephen Sedley, a Jewish former Court of Appeal Judge has written an excellent\narticle Defining\nanti-Semitismfor London Review of Books. Sedley first homes on the introduction to the\nIHRA:\n\n\u2018Anti-Semitism\nis a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred towards Jews.\nRhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed towards\nJewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, towards Jewish\ncommunity institutions and religious facilities.\u2019 Sedley notes\nthat \u201c\u2018A certain perception of Jews,\nwhich may be expressed as hatred\u2019 invites a string of questions. Is\nanti-Semitism solely a matter of perception? What about discriminatory\npractices and policies? What about perceptions of Jews that are expressed\notherwise than as hatred?\u201d Sedley\nobserved that \u2018These gaps are unlikely to\nbe accidental. Their effect, whether or not it is their purpose, is to permit\nperceptions of Jews which fall short of expressions of racial hostility to be\nstigmatised as anti-Semitic.\u2019\n\nHugh\nTomlinson QC also gave an Opinion\non the IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism.\nHe too attacked the introduction saying that\n\n\u2018The phrase \u201ca certain\nperception\u201d is vague and unclear in the context of a definition. The use of the\nword \u201cmay\u201d is also confusing. If it is understood in its usual sense of\n\u201cpossibility\u201d then the definition is of little value: antisemitism \u201cmay be\nexpressed as hatred towards Jews but may also be expressed in other\n(unspecified) ways\u201d. This does not work as a definition.\u2019\n\nThe\nreason that the definition is deliberately left vague, open-ended and unclear\nis because in order to define criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic it is\nnecessary to make the definition as unclear as possible. The lack of clarity is deliberate.\n\nThe Zionist EUMC definition of anti-Semitism was like the hydra Hercules faced. No sooner had one head been killed than another grew\n\nAs Mike\nCushman\u2019s article on the Free Speech on Israel site explains, the IHRA\ndefinition is not new. It arose\noriginally as the so-called EUMC [European Union Monitoring Committee] Working\nDefinition on Anti-Semitism in 2003. It\nwas drawn up by Kenneth Stern of the American Jewish Committee. Its purpose was to confuse people by\nlabelling criticism of Israel as \u2018anti-Semitic\u2019. It had no other purpose. In 2013, having been largely rejected by\ncivil society groups like the lecturers union, UCU and the National Union of\nstudents, the successor group to the EUMC, Europe\u2019s Fundamental Rights Agency,\ntook it down from its website. Israel\nlobbyists finally concede that EU has ditched anti-Semitism \u201cdefinition\u201d However no sooner had the EUMC definition of\nanti-Semitism died than the IHRA surfaced.\nLike a many headed Hydra, the EUMC resurfaced as the IHRA. Like Hercules, we need to kill it again and\nthis time to make sure that it is dead and buried.\n\nTheresa May misled the British\npublic by pretending that the IHRA definition of antisemitism included the\nexamples linking antisemitism to criticism of Israel and urging all public\nbodies to collude in this chilling of free speech.\n\nA year ago, Theresa May urged all\nUK public bodies to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance\nAlliance) document on antisemitism. The document contained a 39 word\ndefinition:\n\nAntisemitism is a certain\nperception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical\nand physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or\nnon-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community\ninstitutions and religious facilities\n\nIt also 11 illustrative examples\nof antisemitism, seven of them relating to Israel.\n\nWhile the Government press release announcing the Government\u2019s\nadoption of the definition is ambiguous about its scope, the Government\u2019s\nresponse to the Home Affairs Select Committee leaves no room for doubt. The\nCommittee wished to add \u2018without additional evidence to suggest antisemitic\nintent\u2019 to three of the most contentious examples. The Government\u2019s response makes clear that they, like the\nCommittee, assert the definition includes the examples.\n\nTheresa May announced the\nadoption, not in Parliament where she might have been challenged, but at a\nmeeting of Conservative Friends of Israel. At the meeting, she described Israel\nas a state that \u201cguarantees the rights of people of all religions, races and\nsexualities\u201d. Not only is that manifestly untrue in relation to both\nPalestinians and Jews of Ethiopian descent; it deliberately confuses criticism\nof Israel with antisemitism experienced by British Jews.\n\nRobert Zile, MEP for Latvia's LNNK, marches every year with the veterans of the Latvian Waffen SS - he is part of the same political group in the European Parliament as the Tories\n\nMay must have known that only the\nshort definition had been adopted but her Government has been rolling it out as\nincluding the eleven exemplars. The definition itself is poor: what is \u2018a\ncertain perception\u2019; why is \u2018hatred towards Jews\u2019 reduced to a disposable\nextra; what is antisemitism towards non-Jews or their property? The exemplars,\nhowever, are beyond doubt an attack on the free expression guaranteed by UK and\nEuropean law as demonstrated by Hugh\nTomlinson QC. Use of them to restrict activity or speech would, in the QC\u2019s\nopinion, be unlawful. May and her Government have not ceased urging public\nbodies to adopt the examples despite their dubious legality and fraudulent\nprovenance.\n\nSajid Javid\u2019s letter to Local\nAuthorities urging IHRA adoption\n\nIn January 2017 Sajid Javid,\nSecretary of State for Communities and Local Government, wrote to all local authorities urging them to adopt the definition and commending\nthe examples, saying: \u2018it gives examples of the kind of behaviours which\ndepending on the circumstances could constitute anti-Semitism\u2019.\n\nWhile some Councils such as\nNewham have amended and mitigated some of the worst aspects of the document,\nothers have made it worse. The strident advocacy group We Believe in Israel \u2014itself\nan offshoot of BICOM, the Israel promotion organisation from which\nleading members of Labour Friends of Israel graduated\u2014promoted a doctored\nversion. Their version omitted, silently, the qualifier \u2018depending on context\u2019\nfrom the preamble to the examples. This more aggressive text, going beyond\nJavid\u2019s encouragement, has been adopted by several councils.\n\nGovernment minister Jo Johnson\ntells Universities to clamp down on free speech\n\nIn February 2017, Jo Johnson, Minister\nfor Higher Education, urged the whole document on Universities, particularly in\nrelation to Israel Apartheid Week activities. As a result, students and staff\nin several universities have had their rights\nto free expression curtailed for partisan reasons and risked disciplinary\naction.\n\nWhen the Labour Party NEC\ndiscussed adoption they, singularly, restricted adoption to the 39 words.\n\nThe examples themselves are bad\nenough but they are marginally limited by their introduction: \u201cContemporary\nexamples of antisemitism \u2026 could, taking into account the overall\ncontext, include, but are not limited to\u2026\u201d. Even this constraint is too much\nfor Israel\u2019s more militant apologists. They have become fond of stating that an\nactivity they disapprove of is, without qualification, antisemitic under the\ndefinition; urging churches, Local Authorities, universities, the police and\nothers to take punitive action on this amplified interpretation. We have not\nnoted any occasion on which a Government spokesperson has criticised them for\nthis unmandated extension.\n\nLabour Party bureaucrats, despite\nthe Party\u2019s restricted adoption of the IHRA definition, extended its reach\nstill further in their action against Mosh\u00e9 Machover. They redefined the\nIHRA to include \u2018pejorative language which may cause offence to Jewish people\u2019.\n\nThe definition itself has a\ntroubled history. It is a mildly revised version of a draft working definition\ncirculated by, but never adopted by the European Union Monitoring Committee on\nRacism and Xenophobia (EUMC) in 2005. It was widely criticised and formally retired by the EUMC\u2019s successor body. Despite\nthat Israel\u2019s defenders continued to promote it and use it and behind the scenes\nsought its revalidation by another body.\n\nThe EUMC definition was based on\na draft by Kenneth Stern of the American Jewish Committee. In 2016 Stern testified to the US Congress that he opposed his definition\nbeing codified into law; it was only intended as an aid to diplomats.\n\nMay\u2019s shameless fraud is\nachieving its desired result, the emboldening of all those who wish to suppress\ncriticism of Israel. It is an attempt to allow only convenient historical\nanalysis and anodyne commentary on the mistreatment of Palestinians. Early\nBritish assertion of the inclusion of the examples in the definition is being\nused in Europe and beyond by forces wishing to bolster Israel. The document is\nregularly cited by those who attempt to disrupt\nand close down public meetings on Palestine and Israel.\n\nMay has also energised those who\nwish to remove Zionist blinkers and freely debate Israel and Palestine. We will\ncontinue to speak out and defy those who would brand ethical campaigning as\nantisemitic.\n\nAntisemitism is commonly\nunderstood in accordance with the International Convention on the Elimination\nof All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) as racism or racial\ndiscrimination directed at persons or a group of persons because of their\nJewish religion, origin or identity.\n\nGovernments, political parties\nand public and private institutions, however, are being approached to adopt\nso-called \u201cnew and universal working definitions of antisemitism\u201d which have\none common theme: all stipulate that not only Jews but also the State of Israel\ncan be the target of antisemitism.\n\nFormulated in almost identical\nlanguage, these \u201cworking definitions of antisemitism\u201d are promoted\nalternatively as official definitions of the EUMC\n(the EU\u2019s European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia) or the IHRA\n(International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance). In the United States, a similar\ndocument is presented as the \u201cState Department\nWorking Definition of Antisemitism\u201d.\n\nNone of these \u201cworking\ndefinitions\u201d should be adopted by anyone,because:\n\nThe definition of\nantisemitism promoted in these \u201cworking definitions\u201d has already been\ndismissed as invalid by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). The\nEU has adopted neither the so-called \u201cEUMC working definition\u201d nor that of\nthe IHRA. No one has any legal obligation to adopt either of these\ndefinitions.\n\nThe so-called \u201cEUMC\nworking definition\u201d was never adopted by EUMC. In 2007, EUMC was closed down\nand replaced by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). A document entitled\n\u201cEUMC Working Definition of Antisemitism\u201d was removed from FRA\u2019s website in\n2013; FRA explained that it had never been viewed as a valid definition of\nantisemitism; that the Agency was not aware of any official EU definition of\nantisemitism; and that the document was removed in a clear-out of non-official\ndocuments.\n\nNevertheless, the\n\u201cEUMC Working Definition\u201d continues to be presented as if it were an official\nEU document. Since 2016 moreover, the same text has also been promoted as the\n\u201cIHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism\u201d. No one is\nobliged to endorse either of these definitions which have indeed already been\ndismissed as invalid by the EU FRA. They have no legal force.\n\nThe so-called\n\u201cIHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism\u201d hasn\u2019t even been adopted by the\nIHRA itself.\n\nThe IHRA is an\ninter-governmental organization disseminating information about the holocaust.\nEstablished in 1998, it currently has 31 member states and a permanent office\nin Berlin.\n\nThe IHRA website\nfeatures a press\nrelease publicising the adoption in Bucharest\nin May 2016 of a \u201c non-legally binding IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism\u201d\nby the plenary of member states.\n\nThe content of the\nIHRA press release is identical with the language of the document falsely\ncalled the \u201cEUMC Working Definition\u201d. The entire press release has been cited\npublicly, including by the UK government and the European Parliament, as the\nIHRA definition. This is incorrect.\n\nIn response to\nenquiries, the IHRA\u2019s Berlin office has clarified that the Working Definition\nof Antisemitism adopted by the IHRA at its meeting in May 2016 is the 40-word\ndefinition cited below in Section 3. See this\ndocument for further details. To be precise and\nclear \u2013 the Working Definition adopted formally by member states of IHRA is not\nthe entire press release, but only the two sentences (which appear in a\nbox in the press release).\n\nThe remainder of the\npress release repeats the guidance and \u2018illustrative examples\u2019 from the EUMC\ndefinition, most of which identify a range of criticisms of Israel as prima\nfacie examples of antisemitism. For the avoidance of any uncertainty, the\nguidance and examples were not adopted by the IHRA. Naming the whole bundle\n(formal definition plus guidance and examples) as \u2018\u2018the definition of the\nHolocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2018\u2018 has undoubtedly added to its apparent\nauthority and emotional force, but we now know that this attribution is\ninvalid.\n\nThe definition\nadopted by the IHRA is so vague and unspecified as to have no value for\nthe fight against antisemitism.\n\nThe wording of the definition\nadopted by the IHRA is:\n\n\u201cAntisemitism is a certain\nperception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews.\nRhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward\nJewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish\ncommunity institutions and religious facilities.\u201d [Emphasis added]\n\nThese two sentences and forty\nwords are characterized by quite inappropriate and unnecessary vagueness,\nverging on obscurity, indicated above by the emphasised words and phrases. What\nis this certain perception? Why is it not explained in clear language?\nIf antisemitism may \u2013 but doesn\u2019t necessarily \u2013 express itself as hatred\ntoward Jews, what are its other expressions? Under what circumstances and why\nwould antisemitic acts be directed also toward non-Jewish individuals and/or\ntheir property, and who are these individuals?\n\nWe suggest (see point 4 below)\nthat this vagueness and obscurity of wording can only be seen as deliberate. It\nis of no value in identifying antisemitic acts or statements. But it does\nprovide an apparent necessity to accompany the definition with an\ninterpretative explanation, that is, an opportunity for introducing concepts\nthat would otherwise be unconnected with the understanding of antisemitism.\n\nThe illustrative examples\ncirculated with the IHRA Working Definition suggest that antisemitism can be\ndirected not only toward Jews but also toward the State of Israel and its\nsupporters. This interpretation does appear to make sense of the otherwise\nobscure IHRA definition. However, the clarification now provided by the IHRA\nreveals that these examples and the extended interpretation of antisemitism\nwere not adopted by the IHRA plenary.\n\n4. All \u201cworking definition\u201d\ndocuments suggest, through their \u2018examples\u2019, that antisemitism can be directed\nnot only toward Jews but also toward the State of Israel (\u201ca Jewish\ncollectivity\u201d) and its supporters. However, these examples and the extended\ninterpretation of antisemitism were not adopted by the IHRA and have, indeed, no\nbasis in international law.\n\nBoth the so-called \u201cEUMC working\ndefinition\u201d and the IHRA press release provide very similar examples to claim\nand illustrate that antisemitism can manifest itself as hatred against the\nState of Israel. The clarification provided by the IHRA now reveals that these\nexamples were never adopted by the plenary of its members. However, they have\nbeen widely perceived and handled as if they were part of the \u201cIHRA Working\nDefinition of Antisemitism.\u201d\n\nThese illustrations begin by\nstipulating that the \u201cState of Israel, which is perceived as a Jewish\ncollectivity\u201d, may be the target of antisemitism. This is followed by a list of\nexamples of allegedly antisemitic attacks against the State of Israel,\nincluding, among others, \u201cdenying the Jewish people their right to\nself-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel\nis a racist endeavor\u201d, or, \u201capplying double standards by requiring of the State\nof Israel a behavior not demanded of any other democratic nation\u201d.\n\nThe assertion that the State of\nIsrael must be viewed as a \u201cJewish collectivity\u201d underlies all these\n\u2018illustrations\u2019. This assertion in fact reflects Israel\u2019s discriminatory laws\nand Zionist ideology which define Israel as the state of a \u201cJewish nation\u201d, a state\nthat includes and represents Jews both in Israel and worldwide, and excludes\nits Palestinian population of citizens and refugees.\n\nUnder public international law,\nhowever, Israel, like any other state, represents all its citizens and not a\n\u201cJewish collectivity\u201d. In fact, many Jews worldwide are not \u2013 and do not wish\nto be \u2013 represented by Israel. Under public international law, Israel is,\nmoreover, bound by the prohibition on racial\n\n5. In practice, adoption of the\n\u201cEUMC\u201d or IHRA Working Definition tends to undermine:\n\nrespect for the right to\nfreedom of expression;\n\nrespect for international\nlaw related to Israel and the Palestinian people, and\n\nthe fight against\nantisemitism.\n\nEuropean local,\nregional and central governments and authorities, parliaments and public\ninstitutions have a legal duty under their respective domestic laws and\nconstitutions, EU law and international customary and treaty law to:\n\nRespect and protect the right to\nfreedom of expression in their country;\n\nUphold international humanitarian\nand human rights law including with regard to Israel and the Palestinians.\nThis includes, at least, the duty\nto give no recognition, aid or assistance to Israeli policies or practices which\nviolate the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people and/or\nthe universal prohibitions on racial discrimination and on permanent\nacquisition of occupied Palestinian territory.\n\nOn this basis, more\nthan 200\nlegal scholars have called on European governments to\nrecognize that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a\nlegitimate movement for Palestinian human rights, independent of whether they\nthemselves support it. In fact, the EU,\nas well as the governments of the Netherlands, Ireland and Sweden and the Spanish parliament\nhave publicly confirmed that, while not in support of boycotts or sanctions\nagainst Israel, they consider non-violent BDS campaigning to be a guaranteed\nright of citizens that falls under freedom of expression.\n\nIn the same vein,\nlegal experts (Dubuisson,\n2005; Tomlinson, 2017) have alerted decision makers to the flaws in the \u201cEUMC\u201d\nand IHRA Working Definitions of Antisemitism, in particular the conflation of\npolitical criticism of the State of Israel with antisemitism. Their analyses\nand legal opinions have warned of the risk that adoption and application of\nthese definitions could undermine legitimate criticism of, and freedom of\nexpression and democratic debate about, the State of Israel and its policies.\n\nPractical experience\nmeanwhile shows that these \u201cworking definitions\u201d are being used almost\nexclusively to restrict the freedom of expression of European individuals,\ngroups and organizations that criticize Israel and/or work for Palestinian\nrights.In Germany, for example, political\nparties are tabling policy\nmotions for adoption by city governments \u2013\nbased on the IHRA Working Definition and under the pretext of the fight against\nantisemitism \u2013 which would prevent German cities from granting public space and\nsubsidies to groups, organizations and events deemed supportive of the\n\u201cantisemitic BDS movement.\u201d Everyone who speaks out against Israeli policies\nthat violate\n\nPalestinian rights or criticizes Israel\u2019s self-definition as\n\u201cstate of the Jewish people\u201d, including\nJewish citizens of Germany and Holocaust survivors,\nis liable to be smeared and targeted as antisemitic. In the UK, France,\nAustria, Switzerland and Denmark also the IHRA Working Definition has been used\nby governments, authorities, political parties, parliaments and universities in\nan attempt to discredit as antisemitism, or to restrict or criminalize,\nlegitimate criticism of Israeli policies and support of Palestinian rights.\n\nAdoption and\napplication of the \u201cEUMC\u201d or IHRA Working Definition also undermines the fight\nagainst antisemitism itself. By muddying the waters about what antisemitism is,\nthese fabricated definitions encourage false allegations and entail a risk that\ngenuine claims of attacks motivated by anti-Jewish sentiments are not taken\nseriously. Moreover, the claim that Israel and all Jews are one and the same\nobstructs recognition of the diversity among Jewish communities and of the many\nJews who support efforts for Palestinian rights; it also encourages the\nperception that all Jews are responsible and accountable for Israel\u2019s\noppression of Palestinians. Finally, the conflation in these \u201cworking\ndefinitions\u201d of political criticism of Israel with antisemitism supports the\nconverse (and erroneous) notion that uncritical support of the State of Israel\nis an indicator of commitment to the fight against antisemitism. In this way it\ngives legitimacy to and encourages alliances with political forces that express\nsupport of Israel\u2019s policies against the Palestinian people while pursuing a\nracist or even anti-Semitic agenda. One example is the increasing public\ntolerance and legitimacy in the United States of the racism of white\nsupremacists who are also staunch supporters of the State of Israel.\n\nThese and other\nrelated issues are discussed by the renowned political philosopher and activist\nwith Jewish Voice for Peace Judith Butler in this video\nabout BDS and the fight against antisemitism.\n\n6. The \u201cEUMC\u201d or IHRA Working\nDefinition of Antisemitism is a tool for an Israeli political agenda that\nshould be rejected by everyone\n\nThe \u201cworking\ndefinition\u201d was developed in the context of Israeli debate in the early 2000s\nabout a \u201cgrand strategy toward the European\nUnion\u201d that would strengthen EU-Israel\nrelations, while also allowing Israel to maintain its illegal settlement\nenterprise and thwart EU pressure for a two-state solution and respect of the\nrights of its Palestinian citizens. Israeli and US-based Zionist Jewish\ncharities, think tanks and lobbyists adopted a propagandistic initiative aimed\nat silencing criticism of Israel\u2019s policies by branding\nit as \u201cnew antisemitism\u201d. They claimed that\n\u201cnew antisemitism\u201d among European civil society, the EU and the United Nations\ntakes the form of \u201cdouble standards\u201d and the \u201cdemonization and\nde-legitimization\u201d of the State of Israel. The \u201cEUMC\u201d or IHRA \u201cWorking\nDefinition of Antisemitism\u201d is a tool of this initiative.\n\nDrafting of the\n\u201cworking definition\u201d was completed in 2004. Since then, it has been promoted by the\n\nIsraeli government and, among others, the American Jewish Committee (AJC),\nSimon Wiesenthal Center, European Jewish Committee (ECJ), NGO Monitor and UN\nWatch in particular, but not only, in their fight against the growing,\nPalestinian civil society-led BDS movement.\n\nMeanwhile, the\nwilling governments of Romania, the UK and Austria have adopted what is now\ncalled the \u201cIHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism\u201d, while the European\nParliament has undermined the EU\u2019s principled position by passing a resolution\ncalling on member states to adopt and apply the definition, despite its\ndismissal as invalid by the EU\u2019s own Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) .\n\nEfforts to achieve\nofficial endorsement of the \u201cworking definition\u201d have been spearheaded by\nindividuals affiliated with these Israel-lobby groups who also serve as\n\u201cexperts on antisemitism\u201d in the Organization of Security and Co-operation in\nEurope (OSCE), the IHRA and/or the European Union, including its Commission,\nParliament and, formerly, EUMC. Since neither the OSCE nor the EU has so far\nbeen willing to adopt the fabricated definition, the inter-governmental IHRA\nwas selected as the body that would give it some official standing."}
-{"text": "Altura Rosso Saverio\n\nRosso Saverio is the top of the house. It has 18 different varieties of grapes, red and white ones.\n\nDeep red ruby, this wine has an intensity not easily matched. The whole island in a glass. Due to the long maceration of the grapes, the result is mature red fruits, mediterrean herbs, flowers, saltiness of the sea. It's very persistent on the spicy notes.\n\nIt is really hard to describe the Rosso Saverio. If you want to travel to a tiny island by drinking a glass of red wine, this is it.\n\n2015\n\n14.0\n\nItaly\n\n75 cl\n\n55.00\n\nCHF\n\nAltura\n\nFrancesco Carfagna and his family own this little gem of a vineyard on the Isola del Giglio, think somewhere between Florence, Rome and Corsica. It's a teeny tiny island."}
-{"text": "The Top Ten Captain Marvels\n\nSo now Carol Danvers has been switched from Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel, a change in rank that might not be a promotion, given that I\u2019m more likely to listen to a woman than a military man about almost anything. By my count, she\u2019s something like the twelfth or thirteenth character to use the concept, and that doesn\u2019t include Doc Samson or the Flash stealing the Big Red Cheese\u2019s original costume\u2026\n\nGiven that I have a blog and twelve spare minutes today, I have no choice but to rank the Captains Marvel for the breathless internet public.\nI don\u2019t want to\u2026I HAVE to.\n\nHere now, the\n\nTOP TEN CAPTAIN MARVELS\n\n#10\n\nAmalgam Captain Marvel.\n\nThe easiest Amalgam of them all was little more than a wasted opportunity. He does nothing but occupy space, he didn\u2019t even make the cover of either of the issues he appears in. Once you get the idea that both Marvel and DC had characters with this name, the effort is done. There\u2019s the stink of laziness all over this guy, and considering how clever and fun the Amalgams were, this is inexcusable.\n\nKree-Shazam\u2026oh, forget it.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nNot applicable. He\u2019s an empty suit\n\n#9\n\nMahr Vehl.\n\nI must be a modern comic. Look at all that detail.\n\nThe \u201cUltimate\u201d Captain Marvel is nothing of the sort. Though some of the Ultimate comics update and re-imagine traditional Marvel characters with a sensibility better suited to a 21st Century reader, this particular Ultimate character is nowhere near as fun, sympathetic, or memorable as any other version of this character, including the Amalgam one. The Ultimate Gah Lak Tus and the Ultimate Vision (both in the story Mahr Vehl first appears in), are equally second rate compared to the 616 Universe. Don\u2019t fix what ain\u2019t broke, peoples.\n\nBEST STORY\n\nUltimate Secret. But I\u2019m being kind.\n\n#8\n\nMonica Rambeau\n\nWho remembers me? Show of hands\u2026\n\nYou have to give points to Marvel Comics for trying to create a black female super-hero (who wasn\u2019t a mutant), who would kick butt and take charge. A sort of Ororo/Storm for the Avengers, but using someone else\u2019s name. The problem was, the writers and editors never let the character earn her place after she was created by Roger Stern and JR JR in a Spider-Man annual. She complained about being out of her league too darn much, she never really mattered in the stories she was in, never was given a major role in the Marvel U, and she gave up the name without a fuss when the opportunity came about, calling herself PHOTON.\n\nHer last issue before the name change. Did anyone buy this?\n\nEven when she became leader of the Avengers (briefly) she screws up on her first mission, accidentally merging with the Atlantic Ocean and barely surviving the watery event. After that, she\u2019s relegated to crowd scenes when EVERY character in the universe has to gather to get smacked around by Thanos or Dormammu or someone. I think she was in MARVEL DIVAS a while back, but who read that? When the idea to be inclusive meets stories that barely rise above tokenism, you end up with this mess of a character. It\u2019s too bad.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nThe Spider-Man Annual, when her potential was yet unsquandered.\n\n#7\n\nNoh-Varr\n\nThe boy, before he was a captain.\n\nMy fondness for No-Varr comes from the Grant Morrison/JL Jones mini-series from a 2000 (Marvel Boy), that involved the character turning New York state into a giant swear word. Though he started out stealing the name\n\nWhat? Another stolen name?\n\nfrom a 50s Marvel character, he graduated to stealing the more famous name, becoming the bad boy version of Captain Marvel from an alternate universe, and that means I can CHANGE him and make him better if only he\u2019d let me. That\u2019s true love. And as the \u201cbad boy\u201d Captain Marvel, it\u2019s appropriate that he first takes the Captaincy when he joins the \u201cDark Avengers\u201d.\n\nHe\u2019s currently an Avenger called Protector, a name he stole from Atlas Comics (a company that stole their name from Marvel\u2019s 50s incarnation, Atlas Comics\u2026this is all so fun), and his costume is a mess of black and white stripes and boxes that looks like it took all of twenty minutes to design. Oh well, we\u2019ll always have Marvel Boy.\n\nThe all-new \u201cProtector\u201d hero.\n\nStolen again!\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nHe just wants someone to tame him, I swear.\n\n#6\n\nGenis Vell\n\nCool update on a classic costume, and some interesting cosmic story lines, though I could have done without the insanity stuff and the alt-universe sister showing up, also claiming to be Captain Marvel. For a while Genis Vell thought his dad was Starfox/Eros, the super-rapist of the galaxy, but it turned out Genis was the son of a Kree traitor instead. Either way, no father\u2019s day cards. At some point, our hero drops the name Captain Marvel for the name Photon, which Monica Rambeau obviously gave up as easily as her Captain Marvel identity. Monica can\u2019t hold onto anything.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nThe run of issues by Peter David, despite the crazy and the sister.\n\n#5\n\nFreddie Freeman\n\nabove his origins to be a fairly strong character on his own. The artwork for the Little Blue Cheese was consistently wonderful: Mac Raboy and Kurt Schaffenberger in the Golden Age, Dave Cockrum, Don Newton and Kurt Schaffenberger in the Silver Age and Jerry Ordway in the Bronze Age, ol\u2019 Freddie Freeman lucked out with some great visuals throughout his career, and he even had time to play first base for the Atlanta Braves for a while. Plus: Who doesn\u2019t love the Tiny Tim vibe? God Shazam us, every one.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nAnything by Mac Raboy.\n\n#4\n\nMary Marvel\n\nApparently, girls like giant butterflies.\n\nCalled Captain Marvel in the POWER OF SHAZAM series, so she counts too. When I was a teenager, Bob Oksner was the illustrated for all the Mary Marvel stories in SHAZAM!, and these were the highlight of my month when she\u2019d appear in the back up tales. I had a crush on her\u2026a line drawing. I know it\u2019s wrong, but I did. She was the ultimate girl-next-door, in a way that Supergirl never quite was. And the eight year old girl version of her from Jeff Smith\u2019s run was amazing. HATED what they did to her in all the awful Crisis/Countdown/Crisis/52/Blackest Night/Crisis nonsense. Shameful handling of a great character. I\u2019m waiting to see that they don\u2019t screw her up in the Gary Frank series she\u2019s in now.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nThe new Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith\u2026where Mary is about eight.\n\n#3\n\nBilly Baxter\n\nThat\u2019s not a typo, I mean Baxter, not Batson. This Captain Marvel, published briefly by Myron Fass Enterprises in the mid-sixties, has lived in my heart for decades. His comics came out when I was about five years old, and since I have a couple of these, I cannot view them with any objectivity. They are simply wonderful building blocks of my childish psyche. \u201cSPLIT!\u201d is as powerful as \u201cFlame on!\u201d as far as I\u2019m concerned\u2026and that\u2019s quite a co-incidence as this Captain Marvel was illustrated by Carl Burgos, creator of the original Human Torch. Included in this series was the equally trademark squatting characters of \u201cDr. Fate\u201d, \u201cThe Ray\u201d, \u201cPlastic Man\u201d, \u201cThe Destroyer\u201d and \u201cThe Bat\u201d, proving Myron liked to live on the edge of lawsuits for thrills. The Bat is the best, because he changed his name to \u201cTHE RAY\u201d to avoid a DC lawsuit (even though the Ray was a Quality Comics character) and his costume looked exactly like the Martian Manhunter. You could see why the company was called \u201cMF Comics\u201d; I think it was an abbreviation for something other than the publisher\u2019s name. This is the original squatter on the Captain Marvel title, so it gets extra points for picking at the corpse first.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nAll of them. There\u2019s only six issues of this guy.\n\n#2\n\nMar-Vell\n\nThis one picked at the corpse of the Billy Baxter version, technically, as it came out about two years after MF\u2019s title. His original appearance in MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #12 was less than thrilling, and his first couple of years in his own title wouldn\u2019t have left much of an impact on anyone\u2026but then HOO BOY, we get the Gil Kane version, with the new costume and Rick Jones in ish #17.\n\nNow we\u2019re talking.\n\nI love how that version of this familiar name went back to the idea that the Captain and a young boy would share the same identity, and would change back and forth with a bolt of lightning. I mean, if you\u2019re going to steal a character, steal it full out. That\u2019s bold.\nBut the quality of the art and stories improved so much, I forgave the obvious rip-off and dug right in. By the time Jim Starlin came along, Cap was amongst my top five favorite Marvel comics.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nThe Trial of the Watcher, and sadly, the Death of Captain Marvel.\n\n#1\n\nBilly Batson\n\nThe first, the original, at one point the best selling comic book in the world, and the basis of the SHAZAM catch phrase for Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (you youngsters can look Gomer up, I\u2019m not explaining everything.)\nHe was almost called Captain Thunder or Captain Lightning, but smart marketing heads prevailed, and, as Captain Marvel, the character ended up the quintessential super-hero of the Golden Age, perhaps the best super-hero of all time. The mix of serious business and lighthearted fun was perfect for the war era, but it hasn\u2019t translated well into modern versions and the character has been relegated to misfires and almost-gets-it-right stories for decades. It\u2019s hard not to love the Jeff Smith and Jerry Ordway runs, and I\u2019m sort of digging the Gary Frank version coming out now in the back of Justice League, but I can\u2019t see how you could improve on the C.C. Beck and Otto Binder version from sixty years ago. Besides three Captain Marvels, this series gives us Lieutenant Marvels, Uncle Marvels, Hillbilly Marvels, Bunny Marvels and a sharp dressed talking tiger named Tawny. Beat THAT, comics industry.\n\nPictured above: Courtroom sketches from the 50s\n\nFor some reason, because the Captain could fly, he wore a cape, his secret identity was a reporter, and his arch villain was a bald scientist, DC comics felt he was a trademark infringement on Superman. Eventually a court did as well, and Fawcett closed down their publishing line in 1957 to avoid a large cash settlement.\nLawyers are scum.\n\nBEST STORY:\n\nThe original Monster Society of Evil. Was there a second choice?\n\nSo, Carol has a hell of a legacy to live up to. (And of course, Genis Vell was called \u201cLegacy\u201d in his early appearances, so that\u2019s taken as well).\n\nWe\u2019ll be keeping an eye on you, Ms. Danvers. We expect Monster Society quality stuff, or at least a .285 batting average for the Braves.\n\nTy the Guy OUT!\n\nHere now, your BONUS Captain Marvel moment.\n\nLegendary sax player Stan Getz got into the Captain Marvel action with this classic album from the 70s. Apparently ANYONE can use the name at this point.\n\nDrat. No, there was one that DC was going to put out a couple of years ago, but then cancelled. Other than that, there\u2019s only been one limited and incredibly expensive edition put out by someone or other in the late 1980s. I was hoping that DC had announced something at SDCC\u2026\ud83d\ude26\n\nI liked the character of Monica Rambeau, but her Captain Marvel powers were the kind that always present problems for any story.\n\nCaptain America: I\u2019m glad that all active Avengers and so many reserves were able to come to this meeting, because this is a crisis that puts the entire future of humanity in jeopardy! Aliens are prepared to launch a massive invasion. As you can see by these maps, there are nine warships cloaked in the Moon\u2019s orbit, and these seventeen portals have been erected around the world to act as receiving and staging areas. We\u2019re going to split up into seven groups. Three will go into space, while the other four\u2026\n\nCaptain Marvel: No, I mean, three seconds after you put the map on the big screen, I turned into light and then hit the warships and the portals. Took \u2019em all out with electricity and radiation and whatnot and came back in time to hear about something something \u201cthe other four.\u201d\n\nCaptain America: \u2026\n\nCaptain Marvel: Chocolate croissant? I picked up a few dozen in Paris while you paused, there.\n\nIt\u2019s like the Scarlet Witch. Her powers were defined so loosely and with so few limitations that it seemed hard to find a real challenge.\n\nAgree with you 100% about Mary Marvel. I only started reading the character during the justice League run. But she was a great counterpoint to the other characters\u2026this member who was completely innocent and sweet, whose personality was pretty much immune to the hostility and bluster around her.\n\nWhat an awful parody she became. \u201cSo we\u2019ll make her\u2026dark! Cynical! AND SHE STARTS WEARING BLACK LATEX!!!\u201d\n\nYes, while I liked a lot of Infinite Crisis/52/Final Crisis (we\u2019ll just wholly ignore Countdown and most of Blackest Night, shall we?), I didn\u2019t like what happened to Mary Marvel. I loved Jerry Ordway\u2019s Power of Shazam continuity, am interested in the Magic of Shazam series (need to pick that up), but I hated the nosedive everything took after \u2026 (checks Wikipedia) \u2026 wow, was it that long ago? The poor Marvel Family hasn\u2019t been done really well (in mainstream DC continuity, I mean, as I assume Magic of Shazam isn\u2019t part of that, or is on its own Earth or something) since before Infinite Crisis, I think. Loved the apparent redemption of Black Adam, loved bringing Isis into things as Black Adam\u2019s Mary Marvel, loved Osiris, loved Sobek, and then everything got tragic and corrupt and never seemed to recover\u2026"}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nChinese labor officials said that government efforts to expand worker\u2019s compensation insurance programs will focus on providing coverage to migrant workers, according to an April 8 Beijing News article. Worker\u2019s compensation insurance programs in China cover about 70 million Chinese workers, out of a total labor force of nearly 800 million. Labor officials note that lack of coverage is particularly serious for workers laboring in the industries of the Pearl River Delta, which employ large numbers of migrant workers.\n\nChinese labor officials said that government efforts to expand worker\u2019s compensation insurance programs will focus on providing coverage to migrant workers, according to an April 8 Beijing News article. Worker\u2019s compensation insurance programs in China cover about 70 million Chinese workers, out of a total labor force of nearly 800 million. Labor officials note that lack of coverage is particularly serious for workers laboring in the industries of the Pearl River Delta, which employ large numbers of migrant workers."}
-{"text": "Stories from the Front\n\nIntroduction\n\nErnie Pyle (1900\u201345) was an American journalist and war correspondent known for covering World War II from the soldiers\u2019 perspective. Pyle was killed on April 18, 1945, on le Shima, an island off Okinawa, by Japanese machine-gun fire. In the following columns, Pyle tells of the life and sacrifices of and by the American soldier in World War II.\n\nBrave Men, Brave Men!\n\n\u201cBrave Men, Brave Men!\u201d explores the change that happens to combat veterans as they become used to performing the act their nation asks of them\u2014killing another human being. Do you think that the acquired attitude toward killing described by Pyle is inevitable? Necessary? Desirable? Why? How does a \u201cprofessional\u201d who kills in the name of and for his country differ\u2014morally and psychologically\u2014from a Mafia \u201chit man\u201d or a mercenary soldier who fights only for a living? Is Pyle right in saying that only the frontline soldier is \u201ctruly at war\u201d? What about the medics or the supply personnel? Can we not say that a nation is truly at war?\n\nNORTHERN TUNISIA, April 22, 1943\u2014I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them.\n\nI did, and definitely.\n\nThe most vivid change is the casual and workshop manner in which they now talk about killing. They have made the psychological transition from the normal belief that taking human life is sinful, over to a new professional outlook where killing is a craft. To them now there is nothing morally wrong about killing. In fact it is an admirable thing.\n\nI think I am so impressed by this new attitude because it hasn\u2019t been necessary for me to make this change along with them. As a noncombatant, my own life is in danger only by occasional chance or circumstance. Consequently I need not think of killing in personal terms, and killing to me is still murder.\n\nEven after a winter of living with wholesale death and vile destruction, it is only spasmodically that I seem capable of realizing how real and how awful this war is. My emotions seem dead and crusty when presented with the tangibles of war. I find I can look on rows of fresh graves without a lump in my throat. Somehow I can look on mutilated bodies without flinching or feeling deeply.\n\nIt is only when I sit alone away from it all, or lie at night in my bedroll recreating with closed eyes what I have seen, thinking and thinking and thinking, that at last the enormity of all these newly dead strikes like a living nightmare. And there are times when I feel that I can\u2019t stand it and will have to leave.\n\n* * *\n\nBut to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me.\n\nHe wants to kill individually or in vast numbers. He wants to see the Germans overrun, mangled, butchered in the Tunisian trap. He speaks excitedly of seeing great heaps of dead, of our bombers sinking whole shiploads of fleeing men, of Germans by the thousands dying miserably in a final Tunisian holocaust of his own creation.\n\nIn this one respect the front-line soldier differs from all the rest of us. All the rest of us\u2014you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa\u2014we want terribly yet only academically for the war to get over. The front-line soldier wants it to be got over by the physical process of his destroying enough Germans to end it. He is truly at war. The rest of us, no matter how hard we work, are not.\n\nThe Death of Captain Waskow\n\nIn this column, Pyle describes the reactions of soldiers to the newly dead bodies of their comrades, and especially to the corpse of their beloved commanding officer. One might think that men who fight and kill must be aware of the possibility of being killed and hardened to the sight of dead bodies. But are they? Can you account for the reactions of the men to the presence of the newly dead? Describe and try to explain the reactions of the different men to the death of Captain Waskow.\n\nAT THE FRONT LINES IN ITALY, January 10, 1944\u2014In this war I have known a lot of officers who were loved and respected by the soldiers under them. But never have I crossed the trail of any man as beloved as Capt. Henry T. Waskow of Belton, Texas.\n\nCapt. Waskow was a company commander in the 36th Division. He had led his company since long before it left the States. He was very young, only in his middle twenties, but he carried in him a sincerity and gentleness that made people want to be guided by him.\n\n\u201cAfter my own father, he came next,\u201d a sergeant told me.\n\n\u201cHe always looked after us,\u201d a soldier said. \u201cHe\u2019d go to bat for us every time.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve never knowed him to do anything unfair,\u201d another one said.\n\nI was at the foot of the mule trail the night they brought Capt. Waskow\u2019s body down. The moon was nearly full at the time, and you could see far up the trail, and even part way across the valley below. Soldiers made shadows in the moonlight as they walked.\n\nDead men had been coming down the mountain all evening, lashed onto the backs of mules. They came lying belly-down across the wooden pack-saddles, their heads hanging down on the left side of the mule, their stiffened legs sticking out awkwardly from the other side, bobbing up and down as the mule walked.\n\nThe Italian mule-skinners were afraid to walk beside dead men, so Americans had to lead the mules down that night. Even the Americans were reluctant to unlash and lift off the bodies at the bottom, so an officer had to do it himself, and ask others to help.\n\nThe first one came early in the morning. They slid him down from the mule and stood him on his feet for a moment, while they got a new grip. In the half light he might have been merely a sick man standing there, leaning on the others. Then they laid him on the ground in the shadow of the low stone wall alongside the road.\n\nI don\u2019t know who that first one was. You feel small in the presence of dead men, and ashamed at being alive, and you don\u2019t ask silly questions.\n\nWe left him there beside the road, that first one, and we all went back into the cowshed and sat on water cans or lay on the straw, waiting for the next batch of mules.\n\nSomebody said the dead soldier had been dead for four days, and then nobody said anything more about it. We talked soldier talk for an hour or more. The dead man lay all alone outside in the shadow of the low stone wall.\n\nThen a soldier came into the cowshed and said there were some more bodies outside. We went out into the road. Four mules stood there, in the moonlight, in the road where the trail came down off the mountain. The soldiers who led them stood there waiting. \u201cThis one is Captain Waskow,\u201d one of them said quietly.\n\nTwo men unlashed his body from the mule and lifted it off and laid it in the shadow beside the low stone wall. Other men took the other bodies off. Finally there were five lying end to end in a long row, alongside the road. You don\u2019t cover up dead men in the combat zone. They just lie there in the shadows until somebody else comes after them.\n\nThe unburdened mules moved off to their olive orchard. The men in the road seemed reluctant to leave. They stood around, and gradually one by one I could sense them moving close to Capt. Waskow\u2019s body. Not so much to look, I think, as to say something in finality to him, and to themselves. I stood close by and I could hear.\n\nOne soldier came and looked down, and he said out loud, \u201cGod damn it.\u201d That\u2019s all he said, and then he walked away. Another one came. He said, \u201cGod damn it to hell anyway.\u201d He looked down for a few last moments, and then he turned and left.\n\nAnother man came; I think he was an officer. It was hard to tell officers from men in the half light, for all were bearded and grimy dirty. The man looked down into the dead captain\u2019s face, and then he spoke directly to him, as though he were alive. He said: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, old man.\u201d\n\nThen a soldier came and stood beside the officer, and bent over, and he too spoke to his dead captain, not in a whisper but awfully tenderly, and he said:\n\n\u201cI sure am sorry, sir.\u201d\n\nThen the first man squatted down, and he reached down and took the dead hand, and he sat there for a full five minutes, holding the dead hand in his own and looking intently into the dead face, and he never uttered a sound all the time he sat there.\n\nAnd finally he put the hand down, and then reached up and gently straightened the points of the captain\u2019s shirt collar, and then he sort of rearranged the tattered edges of his uniform around the wound. And then he got up and walked away down the road in the moonlight, all alone.\n\nAfter that the rest of us went back into the cowshed, leaving the five dead men lying in a line, end to end, in the shadow of the low stone wall. We lay down on the straw in the cowshed, and pretty soon we were all asleep.\n\nA Long Thin Line of Personal Anguish\n\nIn this column, Pyle describes the collection of objects strewn along the Normandy beach, left behind by those who there lost their lives. What do we learn from these leavings about their now deceased owners? Some of the relics\u2014the banjo, the tennis racket\u2014 were highly incongruous. Can you understand why the men who carried these items might have done so? What do you think you might have carried with you on the Normandy Invasion? Rank and explain each of your choices. What does that exercise, and this column, tell you about the experience of war?\n\nNORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 17, 1944\u2014In the preceding column we told about the D-day wreckage among our machines of war that were expended in taking one of the Normandy beaches.\n\nBut there is another and more human litter. It extends in a thin little line, just like a high-water mark, for miles along the beach. This is the strewn personal gear, gear that will never be needed again, of those who fought and died to give us our entrance into Europe.\n\nHere in a jumbled row for mile on mile are soldiers\u2019 packs. Here are socks and shoe polish, sewing kits, diaries, Bibles and hand grenades. Here are the latest letters from home, with the address on each one neatly razored out\u2014one of the security precautions enforced before the boys embarked.\n\nHere are toothbrushes and razors, and snapshots of families back home staring up at you from the sand. Here are pocketbooks, metal mirrors, extra trousers, and bloody, abandoned shoes. Here are broken-handled shovels, and portable radios smashed almost beyond recognition, and mine detectors twisted and ruined.\n\nHere are torn pistol belts and canvas water buckets, first-aid kits and jumbled heaps of lifebelts. I picked up a pocket Bible with a soldier\u2019s name in it, and put it in my jacket. I carried it half a mile or so and then put it back down on the beach. I don\u2019t know why I picked it up, or why I put it back down.\n\nSoldiers carry strange things ashore with them. In every invasion you\u2019ll find at least one soldier hitting the beach at H-hour with a banjo slung over his shoulder. The most ironic piece of equipment marking our beach\u2014this beach of first despair, then victory\u2014is a tennis racket that some soldier had brought along. It lies lonesomely on the sand, clamped in its rack, not a string broken.\n\nTwo of the most dominant items in the beach refuse are cigarets and writing paper. Each soldier was issued a carton of cigarets just before he started. Today these cartons by the thousand, water-soaked and spilled out, mark the line of our first savage blow.\n\nWriting paper and air-mail envelopes come second. The boys had intended to do a lot of writing in France. Letters that would have filled those blank, abandoned pages.\n\nAlways there are dogs in every invasion. There is a dog still on the beach today, still pitifully looking for his masters.\n\nHe stays at the water\u2019s edge, near a boat that lies twisted and half sunk at the water line. He barks appealingly to every soldier who approaches, trots eagerly along with him for a few feet, and then, sensing himself unwanted in all this haste, runs back to wait in vain for his own people at his own empty boat.\n\n* * *\n\nOver and around this long thin line of personal anguish, fresh men today are rushing vast supplies to keep our armies pushing on into France. Other squads of men pick amidst the wreckage to salvage ammunition and equipment that are still usable.\n\nMen worked and slept on the beach for days before the last D-day victim was taken away for burial.\n\nI stepped over the form of one youngster whom I thought dead. But when I looked down I saw he was only sleeping. He was very young, and very tired. He lay on one elbow, his hand suspended in the air about six inches from the ground. And in the palm of his hand he held a large, smooth rock.\n\nI stood and looked at him a long time. He seemed in his sleep to hold that rock lovingly, as though it were his last link with a vanishing world. I have no idea at all why he went to sleep with the rock in his hand, or what kept him from dropping it once he was asleep. It was just one of those little things without explanation that a person remembers for a long time.\n\n* * *\n\nThe strong, swirling tides of the Normandy coastline shift the contours of the sandy beach as they move in and out. They carry soldiers\u2019 bodies out to sea, and later they return them. They cover the corpses of heroes with sand, and then in their whims they uncover them.\n\nAs I plowed out over the wet sand of the beach on that first day ashore, I walked around what seemed to be a couple of pieces of driftwood sticking out of the sand. But they weren\u2019t driftwood.\n\nThey were a soldier\u2019s two feet. He was completely covered by the shifting sands except for his feet. The toes of his GI shoes pointed toward the land he had come so far to see, and which he saw so briefly."}
-{"text": "Share:\n\nYour post has been published!\n\nWent to Pizzeria Delfina last night\n\nWe got there around 6pm, and we got the second-to-last table outside, in the chilly Mission mist (no heat lamps or awning yet). We ordered the eggplant caponata, two pizzas, and a cannolo.\n\nThe eggplant was delicious - roasted pine nuts and capers rounded out the dish, and we cleaned the plate.\n\nThe pizzas were AWESOME. We got a Margherita and a ricotta with broccoli rabe. The crust was near-perfect - crispy on the outside, chewy in the middle. The sauce on the Margherita was PERFECT - tangy, but sweet, without any bitterness or metallic taste. My only complaints (and believe me, these are SUPER-minor) is that the crust was a bit too salted, and that it could have been burnt a bit more - but that's a matter of taste. They serve the pizzas with a dish of chili flakes, shredded cheese, and dried branches of oregano, all of which we sprinkled on our pizzas. Both of the groups sitting with us outside (East Coasters, and self-pronounced pizza connaisseurs) pronounced it \"better than A16\" and the best pizza in the Bay Area. I'm not sure about that (I like the bit of burn that A16 puts on their crust), but it was definitely great. Again - a matter of taste.\n\nBy the time we got our food, there was a large crowd (some waiting for tables, some waiting for their to-go orders). I asked our waiter if they were going to do delivery, and he laughed and shook his head - they are going to have their hands full keeping up with eat-in and to-go. Plus, this pizza really needs to be eaten right away. I don't even know how good it would be by the time it got home - I would be tempted to just park-'n-scarf it on the side of the road.\n\nThe Cannolo was also pretty great. It had orange zest and mint in the ricotta. The wrapper was crispy and thin, and it had obviously been freshly-filled to-order. It had crushed pistachios on either end.\n\nThe total for all this, plus two beers and two glasses of wine, came to around $56, without tip. Not bad for the quality. We paid for our pizza chowdown later, however, as our stomachs started hurting around 10pm. I can't really blame that on PD, since we really did eat more than we should have. A couple Tums cleared it up anyway.\n\nOne more word of advice - get there early - It looks like it's gonna be a major scene. Hopefully they will open a couple branches, because they are already overloaded on the second day.\n\nRecommended From Chowhound\n\nBeef ribs can stand up to strong flavors. Here, a spicy-sweet rub with chili powder, cumin, cayenne, garlic, and brown sugar coats the meat, which is roasted to tenderness. Finishing on the grill with a smoky chipotle barbecue sauce ensures the meat gets a nice char and the sauce lacquers. Read more.\n\nA roasted boneless leg of lamb makes an impressive centerpiece for your table, but this recipe is easy enough to pull off any time. A classic gremolata perfumes the lamb; the mixture of garlic, lemon, and parsley holds its own against the strong flavor of the meat. Read more."}
-{"text": "For nearly 20 years, the Jingle Ball concerts have been a key entertainment event of the holiday season. The one-of-a-kind tour offers fans an unparalleled opportunity to see many of the year\u2019s most successful artists on one stage for an unforgettable evening of electrifying live performances.\n\nThe first Jingle Ball concerts took root in the \u201890s thanks to Z100, New York\u2019s contemporary hits radio station. Just like today\u2019s Jingle Ball series, the inaugural 1995 Jingle Ball highlighted popular artists of the time, like Blues Traveler, Goo Goo Dolls, and Alanis Morissette. That year, Dave Matthews Band also performed at the one-day festival after releasing \u201cAnts Marching\u201d and \u201cSatellite,\u201d which were the now-legendary group\u2019s first singles to chart within the Hot 100.\n\nToday, Jingle Ball has expanded to multiple cities (including 12 in 2013) and extends from New York and Boston to Los Angeles and Seattle. Jingle Ball tickets are on sale now for each of the following concerts, which have a history of selling out quickly. A complete list of 2013 Jingle Ball dates\u2014and the unique lineup for each city\u2014is included below."}
-{"text": "Pint-sized Plays at the Edinburgh Fringe!\n\nNever Give Up by James Hutchinson\n\nBattle Lines by Stephanie Weston\n\nFagbutt in a Fishbowl by Derek Webb\n\nThis Year three of last year's Pint-sized Winners \u2013 Battle Lines by Stephanie Weston, enus' of five short plays each, called the Big Breakfast Show. Do check it out if you're in Edinburgh! More info here: Big Breakfast show"}
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-{"text": "SEC-808 -- SERVICE COORDINATORS AS ELIGIBLE PROJECT COST IN SECTION 202\nPROJECTS.\nSection 202(g) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(g)) is\namended-\n(1) by inserting \"(1)\" after \"(g)\"; and\n(2) by adding at the end the following:\n\"(2) In determining the amount of assistance to be provided for a\nproject pursuant to such section 8, subject to the availability of\nappropriations for contract amendments for the purpose of this paragraph\nthe Secretary may also consider (and annually adjust for) the costs of-\n\"(A) the expenses of a management staff member of the project to\ncoordinate the provision of any services within the project provided\nthrough any agency of the Federal Government or any other public or\nprivate department, agency, or organization to elderly, especially those\nwho are frail, or handicapped residents of the project to enable such\nresidents to live independently and prevent placement in nursing homes\nor institutions, including services under subsection (f) and\nsubparagraph (B) of this subsection; and\n\"(B) expenses for the provision of services for elderly, especially\nthose who are frail, and handicapped residents of the project that\nenable residents to live independently and prevent placement in nursing\nhomes or institutions, which may include meal services, housekeeping and\nchore assistance, personal care, laundry assistance, transportation\nservices, and health-related services,\nexcept that not more than 15 percent of the cost of the provision of\nsuch services may be considered under this subsection for purposes of\ndetermining the amount of assistance provided. This paragraph shall not\napply in the case of a project assisted under the congregate housing\nservices program or a project where the tenants are not principally\nfrail elderly.\".\nSubtitle B-Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities"}
-{"text": "How to download apps on a Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet. How to download apps on Samsung Galaxy. Smartphones and tablets in Samsung's Galaxy line-up not only have access to Google's Play app store, but you can download apps from Samsung's own portal and other sources, too. Here's how to download apps on a Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet. Download apps on the Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S5, Tab and Note. How to download apps to Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.\n\nSmartphones and tablets in Samsung's Galaxy line-up not only have access to Google's Play app store, but you can download apps from Samsung's own portal and other sources, too. Here's how to download apps on a Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet. Samsung Galaxy S5 review. Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12. 2 review. Samsung Galaxy Note 10. 1 (2014) review.\n\nDownload apps on a Samsung Galaxy from Google Play. Downloading apps from Google Play is simple. Provided that you've already set up a Google account on your phone or tablet, you'll simply need to accept the terms and conditions the first time you launch the Play store app, then start downloading whichever apps take your fancy. Also see: The best tablets of 2014. Launch the Play store app on your Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet, then select Apps from the six categories listed at the top of the screen (also here you'll find Games, Movies & TV, Music, Books and Newsstand). Alternatively, if you have a particular app in mind, tap the magnifying glass icon at the top right of the screen and begin typing in its name.\n\nAlso see: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 comparison review. Within the apps category are yet more categories to fine-tune your search. Swipe left from the Home screen to view the various categories (for example Business, Education or Entertainment), or swipe right to view the Top Paid, Top Free, Top Grossing, Top New Paid, Top New Free and Trending apps. On the Home screen you'll also find links to Games and Editor's Choice apps. Top Free is an ideal place to begin your search; if you want to purchase apps you will need to have a credit- or debit card associated with your Google account. See more Google Android How tos on PC Advisor. Now scroll down the list of available apps and find one that interests you.\n\nTo select it, simply tap on the app. On the next screen you'll see some screenshots of the app, along with its file size, star rating, number of downloads, a description, a list of any new functionality recently added to the app, user reviews, and a list of similar apps, those from the same developer, and those other users have also installed. The user reviews in particular can be very helpful in making your decision of whether or not to download an app - just bear in mind that most people are more willing to complain when something goes wrong than they are to give the developer a pat on the back when the app meets their needs. Having done all this, if you're happy that the app meets your needs, and you wish to install it on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or tablet - or any other Android phone or tablet, for that matter, scroll up to the top of the screen and tap the green Install button.\n\nBefore you can begin downloading an app to your Samsung Galaxy you must accept the App permissions. These are important: take your time to carefully read what access to your data is requested by the device, and if anything rings an alarm bell - for example, a reference app that wants to access your contacts - don't download it. It's always better to be safe than sorry.\n\nIf you're still happy tap Accept. The app will begin downloading to your device. It will automatically install itself, and typically place a shortcut icon on your home screen. If one doesn't appear, simply find it in your Apps menu to launch the app. Download apps on a Samsung Galaxy from Samsung Apps.\n\nSamsung also offers its own app store - Samsung Apps - on Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets. Why do you need this as well as Google Play? Well, you don't really, but you'll often find special deals here that are exclusive to Samsung Galaxy owners - typically reduced-price or free apps that would accrue a fee in Google Play.\n\nFind Samsung Apps within your Apps menu and tap on the icon to launch the store. On the Home screen you'll find Staff picks, Premium choice and featured apps. A Chart tab lets you see the Top games, Top paid, Top free, and Top new apps on Samsung's store, while you can use the third tab to search by category.\n\nAs with Google Play, a magnifying glass at the top right of the screen lets you search for an app by name. Once you've found an app you like, tap on the app to open it, then tap on its price button. If this is the first time you've used Samsung's app store you may be required to sign into a free Samsung account. A pop-up will list the app permissions; tap 'Accept and download' if you're happy to go ahead, or Cancel if you're not. The app will then be downloaded and added to your App menu. Download apps on a Samsung Galaxy from third-party content stores. One of the attractive things about Android is that it doesn't lock you in to Google's Play content store.\n\nIndeed, not only can you also download apps from Samsung Apps, you can download them from other third-party stores, too. By default, however, this permission is disabled. In order to download apps on your Samsung Galaxy from places other than Google Play and Samsung apps, open your Settings menu and choose the More tab. Now select Security, scroll down to the Device administration section, then tick the box next to 'Unknown sources'.\n\nYou should note, however, that you download apps from elsewhere at your own risk. Now might be a good time to ensure you have a decent antivirus app on your Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet - see Best Android antivirus apps. How you go about downloading apps to your Samsung Galaxy from a third-party content store or aggregator app will depend entirely on the app in question."}
-{"text": "Woman Files Lawsuit Claiming She's Blue Ivy's Real Mother\n\nInteresting news coming in from Perez Hilton, as a woman has reportedly filed a maternity lawsuit in New York, claiming to be the biological mother to none other than Blue Ivy.\nYou heard right--this is Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay Z\u2019s little one whom she wants \"to verify whether she is the biological mother\u201d of as she claims to have had \u201cprevious associations\u201d with the couple.\nNow, before you start thinking that this is just crazy enough to be true, there is more to this story. It turns out, this woman, Tina Seals, has been filing almost identical suits against other celebs, including Mariah Carey, Kate Middleton, and Kim Kardashian.\nSomething tells me that she may be lying, as most of these cases were thrown out of court before things even got going.\nSo what do you PopWrappers think? Should she be heard, or do you think we have someone just trying to get in the papers with her favorite celebrity parents? Let us know!\nKeep Up With PopWrapped On The Web!Twitter SoundCloudFacebookInstagramTumblrPinterestYouTube"}
-{"text": "The Craft of Making Time\n\nField Reports from a Circadian Self-Test\n\nEstablished in 2008, Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA) is an evolving participatory art and publishing project committed to process and reflection. ILSSA is a membership organization that fosters community, and an imprint that publishes new ideas, tools, and resources.\n\nAs a union, ILSSA focuses on improving the immaterial working conditions of our members. We long for an alternative to our culture\u2019s obsession with efficiency and its automatic monetization of value, both of which are implicit in the old adage, \u201cTime is money.\u201d As ILSSA members, in our work and our lives, we prioritize process over product, and we aim to prize the quality of time spent rather than the exchange value of such time. Time is our medium, our material, and our tool\u2014the seconds and minutes and hours and days through which we practice.\n\nILSSA\u2019s publications are tools for reflection, and often take the form of a call and response. Recent calls have included Surveying the State of the ILSSA Union, a survey asking members to assess their working conditions as artists; It\u2019s About Time, a workbook asking members to ruminate on their relationship and experience with time; and an invitation to members to write manifestos for publication. The following pages are a snapshot of one such project, Making Time, a chronobiological self-study originated by ILSSA member John Labovitz. The project was collaboratively written by John and ILSSA cofounders Bridget Elmer and Emily Larned, and designed and printed by Emily. An excerpt of the introduction to the project, and some examples of members\u2019 self-tests, are reproduced here.\n\nMaking Time\n\nWe all have to eat. Most of us have to pay for our housing. And in order to meet these necessities of daily life, many of us have to work for eight hours a day, five days a week, at a job that does not allow us to experience much of what we consider to be quality time. Our time is limited and our days finite. We know this as we struggle to fit more into each day; to find time, to make time.\n\nOur culture tends to treat time as something interchangeable. For the majority of us, there are no holy days or sacred hours. Outside a few shared points (lunch at noon, dinner at six, don\u2019t call after nine), time is time, whether morning, afternoon, or evening. It\u2019s up to us to spend it wisely. We are encouraged to fit our needs into moments as we find them, at whichever angle the sun happens to be. And so we do things (like art) when we can find the time, rather than at the right time.\n\nMost of us have an inkling of our own time cycles. I\u2019m a morning person, you might say. Or: I get a creative burst late in the evening. Or: I need to take a nap every afternoon. Yet how often do we actually plan for these cycles? Even admitting them can seem like an expression of failure.\n\nThis project interrogates the assumed plasticity of time, especially as it relates to an individual person. We posit that for most of us, our internal, natural time cycles are governed by something stronger than cultural expectations. Moreover, we believe that treating all time as equal can be as potentially harmful as not thoughtfully using the time at all.\n\nWhat is your best time for impractical labor? For answering emails? For tackling household chores? If we save our most alert time for our most valued activities, and our lowest times for the necessities of life that do not require us to be at our best, will we optimize our experience of time? Our process of living? Our life?\n\nBy performing a brief experiment, using self-observation and self-analysis, this project helps ILSSA members characterize their personal time cycles: their individual chronobiologies. By charting\u2014without judging\u2014the ebb and flow of energy, whether creative, cognitive, physical, or social, our hope is to help our members understand how to better use their time.\n\nThe cover of the Making Time self-test booklet, which is modeled on the design of a 1970 U. S. field manual.\n\nThe self-test of ILSSA member Nike Desis. ILSSA member John Labovitz adapted this rating system from Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin\u2019s 1991 book PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story, in which they describe an experiential rating scale that they used for quantifying self-observations while under the influence of experimental compounds. This scale ranges from -3 (a generally negative feeling or experience) to +3 (a completely positive one).\n\nThe self-test booklet of ILSSA member Nike Desis. Test-takers are asked to identify which categories they will be measuring, and to establish a rubric from -3 to +3 for each category.\n\nThe self-test booklet of ILSSA member Nike Desis. Test-takers are asked to identify which categories they will be measuring, and to establish a rubric from -3 to +3 for each category.\n\nNike Desis\u2019s self-test booklet. On these pages, the test-taker is asked to record events of the week that may have affected the results."}
-{"text": "Boise State men\u2019s basketball coach Leon Rice feels he is building something \u201cspecial\u201d with the Broncos. That feeling was so strong, in fact, that he opted not to pursue a job at his alma mater that would have reportedly paid him double what he gets at Boise State.\n\nRice spoke with the media Tuesday, the first time since Boise State announced a pay raise for him March 29. Rice got a $100,000 salary boost to nearly $600,000 for next season, but still is quite a bit less than the $1.4 million Ernie Kent will get at Washington State. Rice interviewed for the vacancy before agreeing to remain at Boise State and not further pursue the Cougars\u2019 vacancy. Kent was hired last week.\n\n\u201cI feel like there\u2019s such a good commitment here toward what we\u2019re building, starting with our staff \u2014 we love it here,\u201d Rice said. \u201cOur administration has the commitment, and our fans are committed.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s never a direct line to the top, but we\u2019re zigging and zagging up the right way. I know we can build something here.\u201d\n\nRice said \u201cit would\u2019ve been tough\u201d to leave with Anthony Drmic and Derrick Marks set to be seniors in 2014-15. They are currently ranked seventh and 11th, respectively, on the school\u2019s all-time scoring list.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got a great nucleus coming back, and it\u2019s a team that has a chip on its shoulder,\u201d Rice said.\n\nAfter dealing with rare high expectations last season, next season will see a team that won\u2019t be content with simply winning 20 games.\n\n\u201cThat is new \u2014 we\u2019ve accomplished some great things, but you win 21 games, you don\u2019t want to say disappointed \u2026 but we know we should have won more,\u201d Rice said. \u201cWe\u2019re working to go from a good team to a great team. Great teams win those close games.\u201d\n\nA few quick notes\n-The Broncos will have to fill Ryan Watkins\u2019 vacancy \u201cby committee,\u201d Rice said. He expects sophomore Nick Duncan to build strength and cut weight this offseason. Incoming freshman David Wacker and junior college commit Kevin Allen will add height at 6-9, and 6-10, respectively. He said next season\u2019s team will be more athletic and bigger, capable of handling Mountain West teams night after night. He stressed the need for a \u201crim protector,\u201d which could come from one of those newcomers.\n\n-Among the new aspects of Rice\u2019s improved deal will be more mid-week charter flights, which the team did just once last season, and more money for the recruiting budget. Also helping that cost is the fact the team will not take a summer exhibition trip. Rice had hoped to have one in Australia last summer, and back then said he was hoping to do it this summer. After seeing the toll last season took on his team, he did not want to add a month to next season, he said.\n\n-The team\u2019s schedule is coming along slowly, as Rice has said that major conference schools have been hesitant to schedule home-and-home series, especially with the Broncos\u2019 rise as a program. The Broncos will play at Saint Mary\u2019s and will play Idaho at CenturyLink Arena before Thanksgiving. Rice said the team is hoping to take part in a nonconference tournament after having a positive experience at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii last December."}
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-{"text": "Considering The Porsche Design Tower: From Sky Garages To Man Caves\n\nAt first glance, it looks like another substantial Sunny Isles Florida high-rise, but the Porsche Design Tower has architectural design plumage unlike any other high rise in the United States, or anywhere else. It is the first real estate product of the iconic Porsche Design Group in Austria, and will be the only one built in Florida. These factoids aside, the PDT bears a second look, as this high rise has garnered over $600M in sales, and is 84% sold. It is expected to be completed in 2016. It is the first of its kind, and a template for future Porsche Design Towers throughout the world.\n\nA major reason for this concept to become a worldwide Porsche Design initiative is due to one of its design dimensions and differentiators: the sky garage \u2013 a robotic parking system which allows the owners to park their vehicles in sky garages directly next to their units, no matter how high they are. It works this way: the sky garage features three circular platforms at the building\u2019s center that operate as automobile elevators equipped with sensors that take vehicles and their owners to their designated floor. The cars will then be parked at one of the robotic parking spaces adjacent to the owners\u2019 residences. It will not be necessary for owners to leave their cars until they are in front of their units. Once the car is parked, residents will be able to see their car through their living room windows.\n\nMichael and Gil Dezer, a father/son real estate developer team in New York, originally conceptualized this sky garage idea for a building in New York. And after they had moved their development company to Florida, they wanted to try this concept again, except on a larger scale. In the meantime, however, they became more involved in condo projects, partnering with Donald Trump as he constructed luxury beachfront high rises in Sunny Isles, Florida. But they never forgot the sky garage idea and how, as Gil said once, it would help high density urban problems in areas of the world where traffic, and car ownership was an everyday problem. And the solution was not difficult. Instead of garage or street parking, the car could be put on an elevator and taken up to the owner\u2019s residence. As Gil explained, \u201cWhat this is really doing is taking two technologies that have existed for years and putting them together. It\u2019s taking the robotic arm and it\u2019s putting it in an elevator.\u201d\n\nBut this elevator\u2019s use \u2013 keeping a car nearby \u2013 underscores Gil\u2019s personal passion for cars, especially Porsches. He is the only developer we know who had a Porsche mounted on a wall in his condo at the Trump Palace, another of his seven previous, completed condo projects. In a recent interview, he admitted to having 12 Porsches, as well as 17 other cars. It was a kind of inevitable synchronicity that brought Gil Dezer and the Porsche Design Group together, as each knew the other\u2019s brand quite well.\n\nFurther, as the plans evolved, the 60-story, ultra luxury, puristic (a Porsche Design Group word) Porsche interior design fit perfectly into the overall development concepts of the Dezers and their Miami-based architecture firm, Sieger Suarez.\n\nBeyond the sky garages, there are two other design differentiators of major design interest. First, is the Tower\u2019s four-level, 16,915 square foot penthouse that starts on the 56th floor and includes four suite bedrooms that can be converted into six bedrooms, two dens/flex rooms, and six and a half baths. Its amenities include two private pools, one rooftop, one terrace, two balconies and two Summer kitchens. These are in addition to four car sky garage spaces located adjacent to the residence. This one-of-a-kind penthouse is priced at $32.5 million.\n\nThe other design differentiator, associated with its sky garage system, is its Man Cave component. The Man Caves are the Tower\u2019s private garages for automobile collectors. These are being planned for the third floor of the Tower, where about 12,000 square feet of space will be divided into six spaces that can each hold four, six, and nine cars.\n\nThe owners can park their prized automobiles in a gallery-like showcase and still have space for a living room, bar, and billiard table where they can invite friends to stop by for cigars and cognac. This is basically a living room amid luxury automobiles, and has become a popular concept for collectors. The six Porsche Design Tower Miami Man Caves are priced from $1.8 to $2.5 million and even feature ocean views.\n\nThe 60-story building will be home to 132 residents. The residences range between 4200 and over 17,000 square feet, sharing three car elevators, with two to four car spaces per residence.\n\nIn addition to the Man Caves, the sky garages, and elevators (now called the Dezervators), there are balcony plunge pools, private wine lockers in the Towers\u2019 restaurant, remote controlled toilets, and Vichy showers in the residences. According to an article in the Miami Herald, Gil said the project has attracted \u201cat least 22 billioniares. 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-{"text": "Thursday, December 20, 2007\n\nI had a big long post here and for some reason it disappeared. The gist of it is this: Do you love hand made luxurious soap? If you do may I recommend my favorite? Its made by a friend in NS and any handmade soap I try gets measured to this standard (and none have quite made it). I am hoping to place an order in the new year, oh yes I am! Bye bye dry itchy skin. www.bohemianbubbles.com Terri has been soaping for a few years now and her family uses no other soap but hers. Eczema and dry skin disappeared in her house. She worked and worked and took home soapmaking to a whole 'nother level with her spa quality offerings for sale. She has exacting standards so let me tell you, her soap is real good because she would have it no other way. I'm looking at the Honey I Love You bar. Mmmmmm huuuunnnnyyyyy."}
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-{"text": "Connect with Us\n\nKING HOLIDAY HOOPFEST: Enumclaw boys knock off top-ranked Bellevue\n\nThe tournament committee saved the best for last and it was well worth the wait.\n\nThat was especially true for the Enumclaw High boys basketball faithful, who made the trip north Monday night to watch Hornet senior guard Coleman Clyde come into his own and put on a shooting clinic contributing 21 points.\n\nClyde's 21 points and 5-for-7 effort from 3-point territory helped EHS thwart Bellevue High 53-47 in the final contest the 2010 King Holiday Hoopfest, staged on the University of Washington campus.\n\nThe much ballyhooed holiday match up, which began an hour late at 8:30 p.m., featured two of the state's remaining unbeaten 3A boys squads. Both Enumclaw and Bellevue entered the contest 12-0.\n\nThe outcome certainly could shake up the statewide Associated Press rankings, which have had Bellevue at the top, with Enumclaw nipping at the Wolverines' heels.\n\n\"It was just a good old-fashioned, hard-nosed basketball battle,\" an elated Enumclaw coach Phil Engebretsen said after the game.\n\n\"This was a great experience for our team, because not only did they get a glimpse of the skill level they'll be facing later on down the line, but they also prevailed against one of the state's finer squads.\"\n\nAs the epic, nonleague contest began to unfold, both squads felt one another out in the first quarter like a couple of seasoned pugilists, displaying some understandable butterflies.\n\nAbout midway through the second period though, the tide began to turn in Enumclaw's favor.\n\n\"I was really proud of the way that our big guy, Tarren VanTrojen, worked his butt off down in the low post along with Jayson Lewis and was able to get Bellevue's big fella, Nate Sikma, in foul trouble late in the first half,\" offered Engebretsen, who has led Enumclaw to three consecutive South Puget Sound League 3A titles.\n\n\"We are playing very determined basketball right now and coach Engebretsen has created such a reliable work ethic, that no matter how much adversity we face, as long we continue to be unselfish and play hard as a team we can overcome almost anything,\" senior point guard Riley Carel said.\n\nEnumclaw doggedly won the rebounding war under the basket 40-30, with a dozen of those caroms finding the awaiting clutches of either VanTrojen or Carel.\n\nCarel, who led the way with eight assists, was the paragon of the unselfish team player. Nearly every time he touched the ball, the Wolverines would collapse at least two defenders on him, resulting in his scoring only two points on the night.\n\nHe went 7-for-7 from the charity stripe down the stretch, as the Wolverines desperately called timeouts and fouled during the contest's last five minutes in an attempt to get back into the swing of things. Bellevue trailed by 10 points early in the fourth period.\n\nWe encourage an open exchange of ideas on this story's topic, but we ask you to follow our guidelines for respecting community standards. Personal attacks, inappropriate language, and off-topic comments may be removed, and comment privileges revoked, per our Terms of Use. Please see our FAQ if you have questions or concerns about using Facebook to comment."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, October 22, 2013\n\nPhew.... I finally got the right password and email for my blog. This is the first post for this year... And it's 22 October.. quarter part of the year. I can't wait for December which means long holiday. yipeeeeee\n\nMove to the beat\n\nAbout Me\n\nI don't know how to describe myself. Physically cute (ugly but adorable) Happy go lucky..Blur, Slow..Extremely slow,loud,goofy,childish,annoying at certain sometimes..hmmmm..Oh I am also quite a shy person..But once I get to know them I'll be very warm and friendly..Oh I am also lovable.hehehe..Ok I dunno more.Just read my blog.."}
-{"text": "I've been on the phone today with 2 US Senators, 2 State representatives, a Governor's chief of staff and their medical liaison, 4 hospitals, 2 FQHCs, 2 businesses and sent 2 PMs to members who have voiced challenges in their area to help solve the problem of coronavirus COVID-19 test kits. I've been either in meetings or on the phone since 7 this morning with a few breaks in-between. Please don't tell me what I should be doing and bring some validated information rather than your lame opinion.\n\nCheers-mk\n\nDon't bother. quick-6 is one of the members of this forum with a confirmed case of TDS. At some point, it's not worth engaging with those types anymore.\n\nWhat vaccine comes out first, the one for TDS, or the one for COVID-19?\n\nThe vaccine for TDS comes out Nov 2020, when hopefully the fever breaks and they start to see how good Trump has been to them (even though they hate him). Fingers crossed for an electoral landslide and popular vote wins so we no longer have to hear about that shit.\n\nIsn't Uncle Joe now playing home movies every few days on how he'd manage the COVID-19 pandemic? I'm sure his solutions are much better than the current Administration. I think if Joe is unavailable, Jeff Dunham and \"Walter\" step in to continue the discussion.\n\nI heard he's gonna start a podcast... the Live stuff isn't going well for Sleepy Joe, so something they can edit before release lol\n\n[COLOR=\"navy\"]I've been on the phone today with 2 US Senators, 2 State representatives, a Governor's chief of staff and their medical liaison, 4 hospitals, 2 FQHCs, 2 businesses and sent 2 PMs to members who have voiced challenges in their area to help solve the problem of coronavirus COVID-19 test kits. I've been either in meetings or on the phone since 7 this morning with a few breaks in-between. Please don't tell me what I should be doing and bring some validated information rather than your lame opinion. [/COLOR]\n\nCheers-mk\n\nDon't bother. quick-6 is one of the members of this forum with a confirmed case of TDS. At some point, it's not worth engaging with those types anymore.\n\nYes to echo chambers! Saying something to the Trumpsters they don't want to hear gets them very upset.\n\nWell since impeachment on Russia is off the board it\u2019s now being reported that the dems are exploring a panel to study the Covid-19 response led by guess who? That\u2019s right! The one, the only Adam Schiff!\nUnbelievable stupidity but we\u2019ve come to expect that. Bring it.\n\n__________________\n\n__________________\n\"The Constitution was never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.\u201d Samuel Adams\n\nI agree that the Trump administration response to this has been objectively bad, and that no sane and objective person would look at this and think its reasonable to re-elect him, regardless of their political predispositions. But the problem is that many of the people who will vote for him are not sane, objective, or reasonable. They'll dismiss reality to hand-waive this away as a hoax, liberal plot, God's Plan, whatever - anything to clear the cognitive dissonance of voting for a man clearly unfit to hold the office.\n\nThat said, the Democrats haven't been doing themselves any favors by coalescing around Biden. He's a dream matchup for Trump - strongest in deep red states Trump will win by a landslide, controversial enough to create a fatal enthusiasm gap in deep blue and purple states, and has similar demographic issues to Trump as an old, white, creepy, out-of touch, gaffe-prone man. Its as if Nature itself is endorsing Bernie by throwing a crisis at us that plays to his platform and world view, but Democrats are ignoring it and backing Biden anyway.\n\nI agree that the Trump administration response to this has been objectively bad, and that no sane and objective person would look at this and think its reasonable to re-elect him, regardless of their political predispositions. But the problem is that many of the people who will vote for him are not sane, objective, or reasonable. They'll dismiss reality to hand-waive this away as a hoax, liberal plot, God's Plan, whatever - anything to clear the cognitive dissonance of voting for a man clearly unfit to hold the office.\n\nThat said, the Democrats haven't been doing themselves any favors by coalescing around Biden. He's a dream matchup for Trump - strongest in deep red states Trump will win by a landslide, controversial enough to create a fatal enthusiasm gap in deep blue and purple states, and has similar demographic issues to Trump as an old, white, creepy, out-of touch, gaffe-prone man. Its as if Nature itself is endorsing Bernie by throwing a crisis at us that plays to his platform and world view, but Democrats are ignoring it and backing Biden anyway.\n\nSo the problem with your position and I agree with much of it but the \"many of the people who will vote for him are not sane, objective, or reasonable.\" Many of the people who vote for him are sick of being called \"deplorable\" by liberal elites who's best response out of the 330 Million Americans is two old rich white guys, one a raving socialist and the other is kind of creepy around young women and children and likely suffering from dementia.\n\nTrump is an ass, but the man could cure cancer and the MSM would report on how many diet cokes he drinks rather than give him any credit. The US political system and most of western democracies has become so divided and broken that it might be too far gone. There is a global pandemic which will likely kill millions and possibly tens of millions around the world, and what is going on in the US is the pointing of fingers and laying of blame rather than pulling together to minimize the loss of life.\n\nI agree that the Trump administration response to this has been objectively bad, and that no sane and objective person would look at this and think its reasonable to re-elect him, regardless of their political predispositions. But the problem is that many of the people who will vote for him are not sane, objective, or reasonable. They'll dismiss reality to hand-waive this away as a hoax, liberal plot, God's Plan, whatever - anything to clear the cognitive dissonance of voting for a man clearly unfit to hold the office.\n.\n\nI like how you demonize everyone who disagrees with you. Dehumanizing your opponents is a tactic straight out of the Third Reich playbook. Well done.\n\nSo the problem with your position and I agree with much of it but the \"many of the people who will vote for him are not sane, objective, or reasonable.\" Many of the people who vote for him are sick of being called \"deplorable\" by liberal elites [...]\n\nTrump is an ass, but the man could cure cancer and the MSM would report on how many diet cokes he drinks rather than give him any credit.[...]\n\nGood job on pulling that out of context to make it seem far worse and further reaching than was intented. The language is very specifically confined to Trump's Coronavirus response by repeating the same phrase again as a rhetorical strategy echoing the first sentence where the context was defined.\n\nThere should be absolutely nobody who is okay with the job he's doing. To suggest he's doing a good job here would make you insane, non-objective, and unreasonable to an average person. Yesterday's press briefing predicted that social distancing with the half-baked response we've seen so far will result in 100k-240k dead Americans and he was patting himself on the back because that figure is better than the 1m-2.2m dead Americans we'd have likely seen if we had not engaged in social distancing for the sake of the economy like he wanted.\n\nTo put 100k in perspective, its about the same number as American soldiers that died in World War 1. If it had been 1-2.2 million, that's about the total number of US deaths from all wars we've ever fought going back to the founding of the country. That's staggering. Link to wiki on US casualties of war.\n\nEdit: And yes, we absolutely should be pulling together and fighting this regardless of political predisposition. But that's not the topic we're discussing. The original post in this discussion asks very specifically for thoughts on how the management of this crisis so far should impact Trump's re-election chances.\n\nThere should be absolutely nobody who is okay with the job he's doing. To suggest he's doing a good job here would make you insane, non-objective, and unreasonable to an average person. Yesterday's press briefing predicted that social distancing with the half-baked response we've seen so far will result in 100k-240k dead Americans and he was patting himself on the back because that figure is better than the 1m-2.2m dead Americans we'd have likely seen if we had not engaged in social distancing for the sake of the economy like he wanted. s.\n\nYou seem to be having a difficult time understanding what trumps team and other experts are saying. Oh wait you put in your own words to fit your narrative. And let m e guess you will never admit you are wrong.\n\nAs I have said there are some on here that I highly disagree with but they don't make up shit. Too bad I won't see your response.\n\nProjections: 100,000 - 240,000 total deaths in the US from COVID-19 [video segment] (down from 1.5 - 2.2 million deaths without mitigation: social distancing, staying home, washing hands). But if guidelines are followed perfectly by everyone, then the numbers can be lower, or even significantly lower\n\nGood job on pulling that out of context to make it seem far worse and further reaching than was intented. The language is very specifically confined to Trump's Coronavirus response by repeating the same phrase again as a rhetorical strategy echoing the first sentence where the context was defined.\n\nThere should be absolutely nobody who is okay with the job he's doing. To suggest he's doing a good job here would make you insane, non-objective, and unreasonable to an average person. Yesterday's press briefing predicted that social distancing with the half-baked response we've seen so far will result in 100k-240k dead Americans and he was patting himself on the back because that figure is better than the 1m-2.2m dead Americans we'd have likely seen if we had not engaged in social distancing for the sake of the economy like he wanted.\n\nTo put 100k in perspective, its about the same number as American soldiers that died in World War 1. If it had been 1-2.2 million, that's about the total number of US deaths from all wars we've ever fought going back to the founding of the country. That's staggering. Link to wiki on US casualties of war.\n\nEdit: And yes, we absolutely should be pulling together and fighting this regardless of political predisposition. But that's not the topic we're discussing. The original post in this discussion asks very specifically for thoughts on how the management of this crisis so far should impact Trump's re-election chances.\n\nI didn't change the context at all, I responded to your post in what I felt was an honest and factual way. The folks that voted for him in the past for the reasons I stated with vote for him again for those same reasons. You might not agree with that but I believe it to be true. I haven't looked at his approval rating but I'd be willing to bet that it hasn't changed much and that would support my position.\n\nI understand the casualty comparison as well, in WW1 61,000 and WW2 45,000 Canadians died and given the fact that Canada's population at the time was about 8 million vs the US population at the time of about 130 million, Canada paid a much much higher price. I'm not sure how that is relevant other than just giving perspective of the death toll that this Covid19 may have.\n\nIf you look at the infection rates which is a very difficult number to determine due to lack of testing in most countries compared to deaths the death rate is somewhere between .6% and 5-6%, which could be staggering.\n\nTrump is an ass and I have always said that. All loss of life from this is tragic, but we all need to accept that there will be loss of life and looking at what's happening in parts of the US you folks should be praying his numbers are right.\n\nDid he drop the ball on this, maybe. Has his messaging been shit, absolutely. But who is responsible for healthcare in the US, the feds or the individual state?\n\nThere will be plenty of time for finger pointing and the hunt for the guilty, but this isn't it frankly. The US needs to park the partisan politics right now and work the problem.\n\nThe country is taking a huge hit with this bug and the economy is not excluded and is getting hammered. Going into the fall it will still be lagging I think. I bet that most Americans know that Trump will get our economy out of the hole a hell of a lot quicker then Biden or any other dem who eventually takes the nomination.\n\n__________________\n\n__________________\n\"The Constitution was never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.\u201d Samuel Adams"}
-{"text": "NFC North: A look at the most recent mock drafts\n\nMock draft season is in full swing - Tim Twentyman takes a look at predictions for the NFC North\n\nThe NFL Mock draft season is in full swing, but we always have to keep in mind that mock drafts are just opinions and will change multiple times over the next month -- especially after next week's NFL Combine in Indianapolis.\n\nTake every Mock draft you see with a grain of salt, but they are still fun to speculate over.\n\nESPN draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay recently released their Mock drafts 2.0 and here's what they're speculating for the four teams in the NFC North:\n\n5. Detroit Lions\n\nKiper: Jarvis Jones, LB, Georgia\n\nMcShay: Dion Jordan, DE, Oregon\n\nTwentyman comment: The Lions have a definite need at defensive end with the release of the Kyle Vanden Bosch to save cap room and the unlikelihood they'll match Cliff Avril's contract demands on the open market.\n\nThat being said, I don't think Jones or Jordan is the right fit for what the Lions are looking for in a defensive end. Jones, to me, is an outside linebacker in a 4-3, who can make a lot of plays for you and be a situational rusher. He's a great talent, worthy of No. 5 pick, but he doesn't appear to be a 4-3 defensive end.\n\nJordan played at 230 pounds this season and is reportedly up to 245. He's very athletic, but is probably a better 3-4 outside linebacker at this point that a 4-3 defensive end.\n\n20. Chicago Bears\n\nKiper: D.J. Fluker, OT, Alabama\n\nMcShay: Manti Te'o, ILB, Notre Dame\n\nTwentyman comment: I actually like both of these scenarios for the Bears. They need to upgrade their offensive line and Fluker is a mammoth right tackle with terrific value in the later stages of the first round.\n\nThe Bears need to find the eventual replacement for Brian Urlacher and if Te'o runs well at the combine, he'll be considered the best interior linebacker in the draft.\n\n23. Minnesota Vikings\n\nKiper: Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina\n\nMcShay: Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut\n\nTwentyman comment: This year's class of defensive tackles is very deep and Williams is considered to be a top-5 prospect within that group. Williams is a dual-threat defensive tackle who looks stout against the run but also has some pass-rush skills. The Vikings need to find Kevin Williams', 33, eventual replacement.\n\nWreh-Wilson didn't impress at the Senior Bowl and might have played his way out of the first round. Unless he really impresses at the Combine and his Pro Day, he might be a stretch on Day 1.\n\n26. Green Bay Packers\n\nKiper: Eddie Lacey, RB, Alabama\n\nMcShay: Jonathan Jenkins, DT, Georgia\n\nTwentyman comment: The running back position has been a revolving door for the Packers the last couple seasons and they need to find their every-down back of the future. Maybe they do that in free agency with Steven Jackson, but if not, Lacy makes a lot of sense.\n\nIt's never a bad idea to boost talent along the defensive line, but the Packers have more pressing needs at outside linebacker, center, running back and receiver to take a luxury pick like Jenkins this early."}
-{"text": "The Description of Ashtanga Yoga \u2013 Eight Limbs of Yoga\n\nMentioned in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the eight limbs of yoga is a systematic and practical set of yogic knowledge divided into eight basic parts, thus the 8 limbs of yoga. The Eight limbs of yoga are also known as Ashtanga yoga. Patanjali Yoga Sutras being the most famous and most practiced philosophy of yoga and \u2018Ashtanga Yoga\u2019 being the core of it, knowing, understanding and practicing the eight limbs of yoga is a must for any yogi. The simultaneous practice of the yoga prepares your body and mind in a multidimensional approach to eventually reach the ultimate, enlightenment. The 196 Sutras of Patanjali Yoga Sutras are divided into four chapters or padas. The practice of the eight limbs of yoga comes from the second chapter known as the \u2018Sadhana Pada\u2019. Ashtanga which means \u2018eight\u2019 refers to Patanjali\u2019s eight limbs or branches of yoga. The main purpose of this beautiful knowledge is to make the principles and practices of the Yoga formulae more understandable and practical for all.\n\nThe eight limbs are the essence of yoga, and from it, various schools of practice were born with time. The vast wealth of yoga knowledge was passed down from teacher to student and eventually branched out into many types and forms. Patanjali in his book \u2018Yoga Sutras\u2019 talks about the \u2018Eight Limbs Of Yoga\u2019 called the Ashtanga Yoga explained briefly in the following text.\n\nThe Eight Limbs of Yoga (Ashtanga Yoga)\n\n1. Yama\n\nYama is the first of the eight limbs of yoga outlined in the yoga sutras. It is also sometimes called \u201cthe five restraints\u201d because it describes what one should avoid to rise on the spiritual path. Yamas are ethical and moral rules and the Five Yamas listed by Patanjali in The Yoga Sutra are,\n\n2. Niyama\n\nNiyama is the second limb of the spiritual path as outlined by the ancient sage Patanjali in his yoga sutras. It lists five things you should do to make spiritual progress. They are,\n\nSaucha: Cleanliness or purity of the bodySantosha: Happiness and ContentmentTapas \u2013 Endurance and AcceptanceSwadhyaaya \u2013 Self-awareness, and self-studyIshwara Pranidhaana \u2013 Devotion to and love for the divine\n\n3. Asana\n\nAsana is the physical practice of yoga, which is also commonly known as the yoga postures. Yet, asana is not just a simple exercise. It is a physical medium through which we can keep the mind calm and balanced. There is this very beautiful quote on asana by Patanjali, \u201cSthira sukham asanam\u201c, which means, \u201cThat which is steady and which is comfortable is asana\u201d. In a deeper scenario, Asana extends our comfort level by shifting even our uncomfortable zone into a pleasant one.\n\nLife is full of possibilities where anything can happen and smaller your comfort zone, there is more that you are uncomfortable with. Thus, life being vast, yet one being comfortable only in a limited sphere brings more misery. The university exists in duality due to which there are always ups and downs in life. Asana is that which enables us to maintain the equanimity. Asana is a practice to find comfort and stability in any kind of posture. In a way, it is the medium to train the mind to be stable or balanced through body postures.\n\n4. Pranayama\n\nPrana is the life force, the vital energy needed by our physical and subtle layers, for us to survive. It is said that life force energy flows through thousands of subtle energy channels called the \u2018Nadis\u2019 (energy channels) and energy centers (junctions of those Nadis) called \u2018Chakras\u2019. It is very important that a good quantity and quality of prana flows through the Nadis and chakras as it determines one\u2019s state of mind. Similar to a vehicle, where having a good flow and quality of gas gives a better performance. Having a continuous, smooth, steady flow and high level of prana keeps the mind calm, positive and enthusiastic.\n\nHowever, just like how a vehicle\u2019s performance deteriorates with its continuous usage, time and other conditions, so does our mind. Ensuing, even our mind needs some sort of servicing just like a vehicle to keep it in its best form. As it is the prana or life force in us that nourishes the mind and keeps the body alive, Pranayam is one of the best ways to service our mind.\n\n\u2018Prana\u2019 refers to the universal life force and \u2018Ayama\u2019 means to regulate or lengthen. Pranayam is a yogic way of breathing to increase our prana. Thus, with the help of breath, the process or practice increases and enhance the quantity and quality of prana and clearing the blockages in Nadis and chakras. As a result making one more energetic, enthusiastic, positive and have a good state of mind.\n\n5. Pratyahara\n\nPratyahara is the aware full interiorization of one\u2019s senses. The nature of our senses is to flow outwards. For instance, everything we see, hear, touch, taste, and smell is something happening outside of us. As a result, even our energy that goes into the senses goes outwards. Thus, Pratyahara is the conscious process of turning our attention and thoughts inwards by withdrawing our energy from the senses.\n\n6. Dharana\n\nDharana means stillness of thought in the mind. In a simpler term it can be said as having an introspective focus, concentration or one-pointedness thought of mind. Usually, our mind is bombarded with various thoughts, emotions, and ideas. It usually swings like a pendulum in the past and the future. Dharana is when our mind is focused in the present moment. This step is imperative for the next limb, \u2018Meditation\u2019, as without Dharana, meditation is not possible.\n\n7. Dhyana\n\nDhyana is the practice of meditation, which is the art of doing nothing. The state of meditation is beautiful and amazing where we are both in deep rest and awareness at the same time. More so, the rest in meditation is said to be deeper than the deepest sleep. A calm mind, good concentration, clarity of perception, improvement in communication, inner strength, and relaxation are all natural results of meditating regularly.\n\nIn today\u2019s world where stress catches on faster than the eye can see or the mind can perceive, meditation is no more a luxury. It is a necessity. Meditation is a gift for the humankind holds the power to unconditional happiness and peace of mind.\n\n8. Samadhi\n\nSamadhi the blissful state of existence that is even believed to be beyond mind, \u2018Dharana\u2019 and meditation. It is believed to be so beautiful that you slip into a transcendental state where the feeling of \u2018I\u2019 (the ego) is absent. In a meditation, memory is still awake but in the state of samadhi, we become free from the clutches of memory. Thus, Samadhi is the main technique that the yogis learn to dive deeper into the self.\n\nSamadhi is the state of oneness, where there is no distinction, between the actor of meditation, the act of meditation and the subject of meditation. Samadhi is that spiritual state when one is so absorbed in whatever it is contemplating on, that the mind dissolves the sense of its own identity into the higher identity. The thinker, the thought process and the thought fuse with the subject of thought. There is only oneness in samadhi, which happens through sustained practice of yoga.\n\nConclusion\n\nThe eight limbs of yoga support one another, but their progression isn\u2019t meant to be rigid. For example, someone might begin the practice of an asana before they have mastered Niyama, still, they must follow the overall elements of the 8 limbs to have a wholesome growth. Through the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali has provided the highest knowledge to reach the ultimate. Thus, Ashtanga Yoga is the core of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, thus, standing tall as one of the best and the most practiced forms of yoga even today."}
-{"text": "Tag: AU summit\n\nMagu, NSA others in President\u2019s delegation to Addis Ababa Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday depart for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads [\u2026]\n\nIsaac Aregbesola President Muhammadu Buhari would lead Nigerian delegation to the 30th Ordinary Session of Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government summit in Addis Ababa next week. The Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Just because you\u2019re logging a low-impact cardio session doesn\u2019t mean your muscles don\u2019t require post-workout TLC. Try the two lower-body stretches provided here by Nike Master Trainer Abby Lauren when you get off the bike to help speed recovery and get you to your fastest cadence yet.\n\n1. Standing Hamstring Stretch\n\nStart standing and place your left foot onto a raised surface (your bike handles, a curb, etc.). Flex your left foot and bend over the left leg, reaching both hands for your toes. Hold this for 30 seconds, continually moving deeper into the stretch, then repeat on your right side.\n\n2. Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch\n\nStart kneeling on the floor with hands on hips. Bring your left leg forward and place your left foot on the ground to create a 90-degree angle with your left leg. Now gently push your right hip forward. You should feel a stretch along your right hip flexor. Hold this for 30 seconds, continually moving deeper into the stretch, then repeat on your right side."}
-{"text": "Introducing Crossbone!!!!\n\nI'd like to introduce a very special new family member, Sir Cody Crossbone, Cattle Pirate! AKA Crossbone\n\nAfter much debate and consideration, K and I decided that Jackie Loo would be happier continuing to live with my parent's and possibly in the spring we'll try to move him here again. We really wanted a dog though, but weren't actively looking. I came across Crossbone on the the internet, he was in ACD rescue in North Carolina and we put in an application a month and a half ago. I didn't think anything would come of it. There were five other applications in for him and after home visits and email correspondences, the rescue chose us to be his new family!\n\nThis past weekend we drove to North Carolina from Michigan to bring him home!\n\nHe is the most perfect little dog. He settles great in a crate, is bombproof with every new situation and takes life in stride. A frisbee dog extraordinaire and great agility prospect. He is 16 months old, a \"mini ACD\" only measuring about 16\" tall and 22 pounds, and has been through at least 3 homes before us. He was surrendered to a shelter at 4 months old, adopted and placed into ACD rescue, adopted last April and was sadly returned in September because of unfortunate circumstances in his home. At that time he went through 5 houses in 36 hours and continued to be a happy, playful little guy.\n\nWithout further ado, here are some crappy cell phone photos!\n\nWe drove for 7 hours and then got a hotel room. He is used to sleeping in a crate, but we left him loose. He slept on his own queen bed and woke us up at 6 am by dropping a ball on our heads!\n\nGood afternoon, Sir Cody! How nice to meet you! I like your happy smile! What a lot of places you have lived in, my goodness. I bet North Carolina was beautiful at this time of the year, though. I laughed when I read about your 6 AM wake-up call! That last picture is so sweet and says it all\n\nYour new fan,\nElyse\n\nI've been Boo'd... right off the stage!\n\nAaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!\nBrrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!\n\n\"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now.\" -- Paul Lukas\n\n\"I always felt that when someone introduces you to the outdoors, you come to feel like you owe them something. \u2018Cause what they really gave you is a lifetime of memories, and a lifestyle you\u2019ll always love. Of course I suppose the best way to pay them back is to be that person for someone else. \"\n\nCrossbone\n\nBright and happy, I totally agree! That's exactly how adorable little Crossbone comes across to me as well! I was cheered up immediately after seeing his sweet face and you definately picked a winner for sure, I felt the overwhelming need to plant a big smooch on Crossbones perfect wee face All the best in the future for the whole family, this dog is SO delightful, thanks fer sharin', peace and love\n\nCrossbone is a good looking boy! He will bring a smile on your face every time, no matter what! I know he made me smile just looking at the pictures. He's such a happy boy. Can't wait to see more pictures, please! By the way, I love his name! Does he have a nickname?\n\nYou're the one sure thing I've found so you better stick around...\n\nBest Fireman in da House\u00b410\ndedicated to the kindest,loveliest and always helpful man that one would be honored and proud to know........R.I.P. Dear Phred\n\nRe: his name\n\nOur house is decked out with a wall of crosses & lots of skull and crossbone paraphernalia so we thought it was appropriate to name him Crossbone. And it goes well with the name he was given at rescue, Cody. His previous names were Scooter and Gator. I don't think he cares what we call him, he loves it when you talk to him & would probably come running no matter why you say!\n\nWelcome Crossbone! What a sweet dog you are... and you obviously have a wonderful good nature to fit in so quickly. You poor little dog; hopefully this will be the LAST home you will ever go to. It's sad that you were in many different homes. I'm sure this will be your forever home. Yes, it is nice in NC right now (I live in central NC, set a record today at 73 temp). I'm sure you'll like Michigan; you seem to be very agreeable and flexible in your life."}
-{"text": "The Oxford Hotel, located in the heart of Lower Downtown (LoDo), houses a sophisticated spa that pampers visitors with skin and body care tailored to Colorado's elements. Long a destination for locals craving expert skincare, The Oxford Club, Spa & Salon offers a full range of services such as the unique Herbal Steam, featuring a lymphatic dry brushing of the body, followed by time spent in the spa's detoxifying steam tent, a cool stone face massage and an aromatherapy massage to encourage circulation. It's a cleansing treatment any spa junkie will appreciate. Or try the Signature Almond Joy Experience using Sanitas Coconut Sugar Scrub from Boulder, Colorado, along with a chocolate body masque and warm almond oil for an amazing 75-minute pampering.\nShelving: We have 3 types of shelving available. Our sheving is popular in business, factory, and industrial settings as well as great for storage in and around the home and garage. Our shelving units are especially popular in restaurants and medical settings. Solid shelving, stationary wire shelving, and mobile wire shelving are available with chrome or black finishes (wire shelving) and all shelving units are delivered unassembled for quick shipment and low delivery costs.\n\n\"Any permitted item may be claim checked at any one of the five Entry Gates (Gates A, B, C, D and E). All items will be inspected. Gate Staff will provide Guests with claim check tags to recover items upon leaving the ballpark. Select prohibited items may be claim checked at the five Entry Gates. However, all hard-sided coolers and containers, regardless of size, and all bags and containers larger than 16\"x 16\"x 8\" may only be claim checked, after inspection, at the tent located outside Gate E on the Wynkoop Walkway. Guests assume liability for all items left in storage.\"\n\nPlastic Lockers are ideal for high-humidity applications, as these virtually maintenance-free lockers will never rust, rot, corrode or fade. These lockers are available in multiple configurations and are backed by a 15-year warranty. Optional configurations like Lattice Lockers, or doors with other non-standard vents can be obtained through ASI Storage Solutions. Please consult our customer service team to be advised on changes in pricing and delivery lead times for all non-standard items.\n\nAt shelving store, we supply an extensive range of school lockers and we know that the school environment is particularly busy one which needs equipment and products that are more robust than normal. To provide a solution, we are pleased to offer the toughest of school locker ranges, so tough we have called them Shockproof lockers. With the extremely strong and robust welded and riveted steel locker bodies, we also now offer 10mm solid grade laminate doors. With Solid Grade laminate materials and colour options available from the world best-known manufacturers such as Formica, Trespa, Arpa and Polyrey we know this is a seriously tough school locker.\n\nLocking options: various types of key locking or padlocking facility are available now. Key locking options include flush locks, cam locks, or locks incorporated into a rotating handle; padlocking facilities may be a simple hasp and staple, or else a padlocking hole may be included in a handle, often called a latchlock. More modern designs include keyless operation, either by coin deposit (which may or may not be returned when use of the locker terminates), or by using electronic keypads to enter passwords for later reopening the locker. Some older lockers used a drop-latch which was incorporated into the door handle, and slid up and down and could be padlocked at the bottom in the \"down\" position, but these are less used now. Three-point locking is not possible with this type of latch, because it needs to be operated by means of a latch that rotates rather than slides up and down; so this drop-latch is probably a less secure locking option, which may be why it is little used nowadays. Prefect Combination locks are very popular in school lockers used in the UK due to their ease of use and the time and cost saved in the removal of locker keys."}
-{"text": "Jeffrey Loria\u2019s Last Chance At Love\n\nSports has become a world of narratives. Everything that takes place seems to have or need a narrative to hold our attention.\n\nLebron kicked off the summer narrative of redemption with his return to Cleveland. By doing so, he\u2019s given the most despised figure in the history of South Florida sports a chance at his own redemption.\n\nI\u2019m talking about Jeffrey Loria. The man who has traded all stars, Triple Crown winners, MVP\u2019s, and World Series champions for pennies on a dollar. He also fleeced our community out of over $500 million public dollars, destroying the greatest sports venue we\u2019ve ever had in the Orange Bowl for a new stadium. This is a stadium that now has fewer people in it most nights than the waiting line at Versailles.\n\nHe\u2019s taken a baseball fan base that once filled a football stadium with over three million fans (and over 70,000 for Game 7 of the 1997 World Series) and reduced it to rubble.\n\nYes, that guy.\n\nIncredibly, he has another chance at South Florida love again. To get it, he needs to sign Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Fernandez to long-term deals immediately. It\u2019s a no-brainer.\n\nNow that you\u2019ve all stopped laughing at the last paragraph, here\u2019s why it must happen. In case you haven\u2019t noticed, we have a little bit of a star void with Lebron taking his talents back to the Rust Belt. Yes, we still have D Wade and Chris Bosh \u2014 stars, good guys, and South Florida lifers. But they need company on our Sports Mount Rushmore.\n\nWhere are the next two stars coming from to join them?\n\nThe Dolphins? They star in more mug shots and lawsuits than anything on the field \u2014 a team completely void of personality and identity.\n\nThe Panthers? Rebuilding job #14. This one has potential but is still lacking star power.\n\nThat brings us to the Marlins, who in case you haven\u2019t noticed, have two of the brightest stars in baseball. Guys who possess both megawatt personalities and talent. The two things that hold our attention and interest in sports.\n\nGiancarlo Stanton is the slugger, one of only a handful of players in MLB today that make you stop what you are doing to watch him hit. The All Star festivities also introduced us to his smile and personality. It\u2019s off the charts and he\u2019s only 24.\n\nJose Fernandez is currently recovering from Tommy John Surgery. He\u2019s to pitching what Stanton is to hitting. It\u2019s appointment viewing and he\u2019s going to be 22 at the end of the month.\n\n\u201cWE\u2019VE GOT THEM BOTH\u2026\u2026AT A DISCOUNT.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s time for discount shopping to end for Jeffrey Loria. While it has lined his pockets with money and a higher franchise value, it\u2019s come at the expense of his fan base and his reputation.\n\nThe current trend in MLB is for teams \u2014 in large and small markets \u2014 to lock up their young talent to long-term deals before they hit free agency. They make \u201coffers they can\u2019t refuse\u201d and secure the services of their young stars through their arbitration and early free agent years. All the cool kids are doing it. It\u2019s time the Marlins joined in as well.\n\nThe entire industry is awash with money, thanks to MLBAM, regional sports networks, and new national TV deals. This is one instance where it\u2019s not an issue of money. The Marlins have the money. Plenty of it.\n\nIt comes down to the desire of one man to flip the script of how we as fans, as well as his peers, view him. He can change the narrative with a stroke of a pen. No matter how much money Loria has, one would think he hates being a constant punchline for ineptitude and dishonesty. Owners have egos too. It\u2019s not just limited to players.\n\nSign both Stanton and Fernandez to six-year deals. Show the fans and industry you no longer want to be a punchline. Announce to the world you are ready to get with the program and run the Marlins like the viable franchise it can be.\n\nTwo deals. That\u2019s all it takes for Jeffrey Loria to feel the love again. The beauty of redemption.\n\nTwo simple decisions and Loria goes from a punchline to the head of the line."}
-{"text": "Different students of international relations have different views on this question. My own view is that the security dilemma cannot be completely overcome.\n\nThe term \u201csecurity dilemma\u201d refers to a problem that countries face when they try to make themselves more secure. When a country feels that it is not secure, it will typically try to make itself stronger. By making itself stronger, it feels, it can make it less likely that other countries will attack it. But this action is also problematic. When Country A makes itself stronger, Country B (and other countries) may well feel threatened. Country B will then be more likely to make itself stronger and will be more likely to come into conflict with Country A. Thus, by trying to make itself more secure, Country A may actually be making itself less secure.\n\nAs long as countries do not completely trust each other, this dilemma cannot be overcome. It can be overcome when countries trust each other. For example, Canada is unlikely to feel threatened by anything that the US does in terms of a military buildup. However, when trust is less complete, the security dilemma exists. This can be seen, for example, in the relationship between the US and China. We are not enemies, but yet we tend to react to things like the Chinese acquisition of an aircraft carrier. We do not trust them and so we react to their attempts to make themselves feel more secure.\n\nThus, this dilemma can be overcome if nations trust one another. However, it seems unlikely that we will ever reach a state in which all countries trust one another completely.\n\npohnpei's answer may be misleading on a couple of points, neither one of which refutes the underlying message. Lest the individual asking the question use the examples provided, however, some clarification is in order.\n\nCanada does, in fact, have serious security concerns regarding the United States. It has long felt uncomfortable being tied geographically and geopolitically to its larger, more powerful neighbor. During the Cold War, its security was closely coordinated with the United States because it understood that a war between the United States and the Soviet Union would involve Canada by virtue of its geographical proximity to the U.S. Soviet missiles and bombers would have overflown Canadian airspace, and the fall-out from some nuclear detonations could have contaminated Canadian soil and air. More actively, Canada has long resented the U.S. Navy's submarine patrols through Canadian territorial waters. American submarines have long transited through the Northwest Passage, which Canada claims as its own, but which the U.S. views as international waters. As Arctic ice melts as a result of global climate change, tensions between the U.S. and Canada have grown. Intense competition among the U.S., Canada, Russia, and other Arctic countries for access to mineral and oil deposits in that region have increased the tensions between the North American neighbors.\n\nWith respect to China, the issue is considerably more complicated than how the U.S. views Chinese military modernization programs. China claims the entire South China Sea as its own territory, much to the consternation of every other country in the region, including Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The United States has tried to remain neutral, but has security agreements with the Philippiness, Thailand, and Japan, which means conflicts involving those countries and China will draw in the U.S. Similarly, Chinese-Japanese disputes over the Senkaku Island chain (Diaoyu in China), which does not directly affect the U.S., does require U.S. engagement because of the U.S. defense treaty with Japan. Finally, Chinese military modernization is oriented heavily towards being able to prevent the United States from coming to the defense of Taiwan, should China follow through on its threats to invade that island nation if its asserts its independence too strongly.\n\nIn short, students should be cautious in how they use examples to buttress their arguments."}
-{"text": "What course have you found to be most useful?\n\nI just thought it would be interesting to hear what course you found to be most useful in your current day-to day role (occupation). It can be any course that you've taken at high school, undergraduate level, graduate level, or courses offered on coursera."}
-{"text": "Until yesterday I would've agreed with them! I think the 260.2 was almost a test pilot for the IG RP and that racquet was great when you got it set up right but felt unstable and underpowered when you didn't. The Youtek Radical Pro was a fantastic racquet for those people that could handle the heavy swing weight, it hit a massive ball and had a lovely soft feel with heaps of spin in addition to being really easy to hit.\n\nI think the only real complaint people had was the weight so I suspect Head thought they'd go with something more like the more manageable Radical MP mold that was less heavy in the head thinking they'd sell more if it was lighter in the head. Hence the IG Radical Pro, which did address the weight issue, but the problem now is it has lost a lot of pop, is harder to hit and unstable as a result.\n\nThe ideal solution would have been in my opinion to remake the Youtek Radical Pro mold with a different layup that was lighter in the head. I think this racquet does now exist for at least one tour player that I know of, essentially a more headlight 269.1. Not sure what the code is, hopefully at some point I'll be able to get one and have a look. If and when I do, I'll let you guys know. That setup for me would be the ultimate stick and the ultimate evolution of the whole Agassi line of bigger headed radicals that it appears peaked with the Flexpoint Radical Tour - 100 head, 58 flex, headlight balance, great stick!\n\nAs an aside, I think many are stringing their IG RP's far too tight, mine only came to life yesterday with Rod Groom's magical white Flex Infinity at 48 46 pre-stretched 15%. Came off the stringer at 31 on my ERT, 30 after hitting. We'll see how long it stays there, it felt glorious yesterday.\n\nThese extra pre-stretched polys like 4G need to be strung lower, the extra pre-stretch at the factory and on the stringer takes power out of it but they hold their tension beautifully, hence the need to string lower than many are used to. If you string them at your normal tensions, they'll feel completely underpowered and won't drop off to the point where they would feel good very quickly. This leads to most saying 'bad string.' Its not, just needs to be handled differently. What I would say is that it doesn't have that explosive elastic feeling of alu power when you first hit with it, but that feeling unfortunately doesn't last long and I can't be bothered re-stringing my sticks every time I hit. Expensive and time consuming and I'm not that good!"}
-{"text": "Manorama Calendar 2017\n\nManorama Calendar 2017\n\nCalendar 2017 by Malayala Manorama. Manorama Calendar 2017 app, which has the English Calendar on the main display, also shows Malayalam calendar, Shakavarsham and Hijra calendar. It allows users to switch between two editions, Travancore and Malabar calendars, inside the same app. The app is in Malayalam.Manorama Online have turned the ubiquitous Manorama calendar which has been widely in use for over decades in Kerala to a digital calendar app which also act a personal organizer for you.The app helps you to store important dates and events and set alarms. It also allows you to sync calendar entries with your device's calendar . It has got a special search function for zodiac signs along with a social media-sharing option. The calendar app will give you accurate information on auspicious times, patterns of Njattuvela, Ravisankramam, Udayastamayam, Namaskkara samayam, etc. and help you remember festival dates. Vital statistics from Panchagam is an added feature of this calendar. Week/Month View: Calendar offers two views, month-wise and week-wise view. The Week-wise view helps to display one week's schedules and calendar data.Manorama Calendar app is the merging point of a traditional calendar and mobile organizer. This app simplifies the way you take notes, create and organize your daily tasks and manage all your personal events.Organise and plan your wonderful year ahead with Manorama Calendar AppWith Manorama Calendar app you can:March yourself towards your goals , while balancing your professional and your private life Prepare each day with care using a calendar and a to-do list Focus on important tasks and get assisted for not to forget ideas or appointments This organizer is the ideal companion for planning all parts of your life!Features:Works in OfflineWeather reportsBirthday greetings Organizer/Notes Feature: Create, edit and organize notes, tasks and eventsWeek-wise view to display one week's schedules and calendar data. Search notes, tasks and events with instant results Set a priority for each task and event Sort tasks and events Schedule your tasks directly on the calendar Set multiple reminders for tasks and appointments Export your data to .xls files Time your tasks with a To-Do list Timer Set repeating tasks and appointments Add participants from your contacts Add new entry to your contacts while creating an event Create repeating or all day long events with additional details Setup personal event reminders via notifications, alarms Switch themes: The app allows you to switch between two color themes for the background. Set Alarm : Set Alarm for Rahu, Namaz and Udayam/Asthamayam timings. Jump dates: Hot key to Jump to a specific date in a Gregorian calendar and to the calendar based on Malayalam Kooru"}
-{"text": "Additional Image for\n\nThe Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. London: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen\u2019s Most Excellent Majesty. Sold by Barritt & Co., Bible and Prayer-Book Warehouse, 173, Fleet Street [1848]."}
-{"text": "Started this before change to \"New Blogger\", as backup in case of trouble with digiphoto blog \"In a Small Dark Room\", or rants & links blog \"Hello Cruel World\" . Useful - at one stage Dark Room was there, but like the astrophysical Dark Matter, we could't see it ... better now, but kept Just In Case.\n\nThere is nothing. There is no God and no universe, there is only empty\nspace, and in it a lost and homeless and wandering and companionless\nand indestructible Thought. And I am that thought. And God, and the\nUniverse, and Time, and Life, and Death, and Joy and Sorrow and Pain\nonly a grotesque and brutal dream, evolved from the frantic imagination\nof that same Thought.\nMark Twain (letter to Joseph Twichell after his wife's death)\n[me, on a bad day]\nWRITER'S LINKS\nAbsolute Write Paypal donation button:\nAbsolute Write is one of the leading sites for information on writing and publishing, especially the scam versions thereof.\nIt has a broad, deep online community with an enormous message base going back years. Now it needs help.\nSee the details and discussion herePreditors and EditorsEverything you wanted to know about literary agentsOn the getting of agentsWriter BewareMiss SnarkWriter's Net (and my Wish List)\n\n2006-12-27\n\nRambles: Peace & Goodwill\n\nWe had some of the nicest Christmas weather in Sydney for a long time. It started with some rain on the days before over a lot of places that have been in drought or bushfires. A few spots, like Mt Wellington above Hobart, and some parts of Victoria, even had snow. There was some hail around too, one storm damaging around Armidale. Here it started quite cool (17C/63F) & cloudy, but by lunch and during the afternoon it was pleasantly warm (24C/75F) with cool breezes, like spring rather than summer.My close family died & others are scattered, I'd thought to have a quiet little time on the day, with some earlier celebrations like official and personal times at work, or visiting a neighbour of my late partner, now also a widow. But a friend organised for me to go to the family group he is close to, which is a reasonably large 'do', but very friendly.After visiting his mother, now in a retirement home overlooking a bushy valley, for the morning, with a tasty -- but not overly-filling -- lunch of baked vegies, seasoned chicken & ham, with fruit salad for dessert, we headed from the north-east to the south-west, well out on the outskirts of Sydney. Only practicably accessible by car (20 minute drive to nearest train to Minto). They have a lovely large yard, and after their lunch (we just had a handful of nibblies and shared the green tea), singing and present-exchange it was host to a backyard \"soccer\" game...\n\nWe're the Government, and we want to wish you Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year\n\nWe're the Government, and we want to wish you Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year\n\nHad just spent nearly the last of my liquid funds \u2014 leaving just enough for the medical bills \u2014 to make my dead partner's place and my late parents' flat habitable. The plan is to use money from rent to save up & fix my own house, neglected for years during the medical crises, struggle with inherited debt, and caring for mother in her decline. Suddenly the State govt decided to ask for all the back taxes on my partner's estate \u2014 about twice my salary.\n\nIn your phone-in this morning I was disappointed that you did not correct the woman who attacked the earlier woman by claiming that the earlier caller had called her \"barefoot and pregnant\".\n\nThe first caller was disapproving, as I do, of the policies of the current government which attempt to push women back into dependence and narrow, non-paid, roles. How *useful* it would be for the \"back to the 1850s\" nostalgists (who are also trying to go back to old-style industrial relations) if we went back to having a huge unpaid and pretty powerless group who'd look after the old, disabled and sick, as well as children, mostly in their own homes.\n\nThink of the savings to the government if they could cut back on the amount of buildings, services and staff they had to supply! No regulatory bodies, either. After all, control and regulation is just \"bureaucracy\" and \"red tape\".\n\nNo matter that we have seen and experienced the waste of human potential, the suffering and abuse that such a system is liable to.\n\nAfter all, we see even today in places the suffering and abuse that the contemporary version of the old Master and Servant Act style of industrial relations entails. Yet piece by piece and step by step a century or so of advances for the majority of the population, that used to be part of the definition of Australian ideals, that made us proud, and something to be aspired to by less-fortunate people in other countries are being pushed back and chipped away.\n\nI see something very similar with women's situation. As a mid-40s widow who had to step back from full-time work to care for a frail parent for several years (without carer payment), and who must now in her 50s manage her own affairs into old age now this worries me. Younger, I would be worrying how to bring up children and not lose all my 'market value' for the rest of a long life, ending up like some of my ancestors doing menial, low-paid, in-home work with very poor conditions once my children were grown.\n\nAgain, very convenient for the people who employed them, whether piece-work manufacturers, agencies who farmed out the work, or the families who privately employed housekeepers, nannies, and the like.\n\nAll this is, of course, covered over with a beautifully embroidered, colourful veil of rhetoric about womanliness, motherhood, the joy of children, etc, etc; twisting what is good about it into a weapon against those women and men trying to oppose the dirty little underside. Just like your later caller twisted (unconsciously?) someone supporting her rights into someone attacking her.\n\nThere isn't time here to speak properly to the very bad idea it is to encourage overpopulation through these kinds of policies. We need to work our way through the demographic bulge of the post-war boom, not devastate the world and our children's futures by trying to blindly perpetuate it. People have been explaining this for at least thirty years, and now I would have thought some of the problems are becoming obvious even to those who've been stalling and denying all that time, but somehow, if it doesn't fit their purposes, people will behave as (self)destructively as plague mice despite our supposed place of reason and consciousness.\n\nI enjoy your program, even if I do find parts of it provoking. Just spent an hour on this I need to spend on important personal business, but the ABC is still our place to discuss important social issues."}
-{"text": "'The Real Housewives of New York City' finally has a premiere date!\n\nImage Credit: Joe Pugliese/BravoBreak out the champagne, because a celebration is in order: Bravo has just announced that Season 4 of The Real Housewives of New York City is set to premiere on April 7. After a long, cold winter brightened only slightly by the epic tragedy of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the shaky start of Real Housewives of Miami, this news couldn\u2019t be more welcome \u2014 especially after Bravo crushed us in February by announcing that the net was postponing New York\u2019s premiere.\n\nA new promo, embedded below, makes it seem like this season will probably be worth the wait. Among the highlights: Alex calls Sonja a \u201cthug in a cocktail dress\u201d! The Countess sneers at Alex\u2019s \u201cHerman Munster shoes\u201d! Kelly speaks gibberish! The ladies dress in slutty Marie Antoinette outfits! We also learn that the housewives are taking a trip to Marrakesh, which might be amazing\u2026 or might end up echoing the worst things about Sex and the City 2. (And there were a lot of bad things about Sex and the City 2.) In any case, my appetite has definitely been whetted.\n\nWhat are you looking forward to seeing most, New York Housewives fans?"}
-{"text": "Good from the get-go\n\nMay 25, 2012\n\nadmin\n\nGolf Insider\n\nComments Off on Good from the get-go\n\nBy T.J. TOMASI\n\nMy work with countless students has shown that up to 60 percent of all error in the full swing is the result of a lack of attention to the details in setup fundamentals. The foundations of a solid swing, aka the fundamental building blocks, are your grip, stance, posture, ball position, aim and alignment.\n\nWhen you\u2019re learning fundamentals, don\u2019t pay any attention to the ball flight. Instead, judge your learning effectiveness by how well you match the model of what you\u2019re trying to learn and how consistent you are at remembering to check each element. If you\u2019re learning the setup, find a book that shows a picture of a good address position and repeat it until you can match the model every time. Then go on to the next task.\n\nWhen you\u2019re working on your \u00adfundamentals, it\u2019s an excellent idea to set up a workout station. Use three clubs and lay them on the ground as follows:\n\nPut one club just outside your target line (so that the ball will sit on the ground on the inside of the club in relation to your body). The second club goes parallel to the first club, lying just along the tips of your toes. Place the third club perpendicular to the first club along the point where you want to position the ball in your stance.\n\nUse the first club to check your relation to the target line and the aim of your clubface. Use the second club to check the alignment of your feet, parallel to the target line. Use the third club to ensure consistent positioning of the ball.\n\nYou should also hit every shot off a tee while you\u2019re learning, even with your irons. By doing this, your mind is free to focus on what your body is doing, not worrying about getting the ball airborne.\n\nFundamentals include all pre-swing mechanics, and with enough attention you should be able to set up perfectly since these fundamentals don\u2019t involve actually swinging the club. Your focus should be on the \u201cfeel\u201d of the position, not ball flight.\n\nAll pictures, information, logos and trademarks are the property of Spotlight E.P. News, E.P. Mass Media Advertising and their respective owners. Pictures and information may not be used or reproduced without the expressed permission of the copyright owner. Spotlight E.P. News is published by E.P. Mass Media Advertising."}
-{"text": "Sudak-Taxi.ru Has Made It Possible to Book a Taxi Online\n\n(Presseportal openBroadcast) - Summer rest brings people lots of pleasant emotions and memories that should not be spoiled by minor problems and misunderstandings. These problems, however, frequently happen when a traveler wants to find a vehicle that will take him/her to the required destination. This may be a real problem, especially if a person is in the unknown place. For those travelers, who wish to have nice rest in Sudak and the neighboring areas, Sudak-Taxi.ru has offered a great chance to book a taxi online.\n\nSudak-Taxi.ru is a transportation company based in Sudak, which offers high quality services to people, who need to travel anywhere by car. The company has years of experience in the transportation business and uses the acquired skills and knowledge to ensure the best level of servicing one can get in Sudak. The service tries to keep up with the times and the technical progress, which is observed in all spheres of human life nowadays. With this purpose, they implement the latest technologies intending to provide the top-notch transportation services in Sudak and the neighboring locations. Recently, it has become possible to book a taxi online. Completion and submission of the application form, which is available at the official website of the company, does not take longer than a few minutes and makes the process quick and convenient, especially for people traveling from distant locations.\n\nThe company employs the team of professional drivers, who know the best routes and are well trained and experienced to ensure safe and trouble-free travel. Taxi in Sudak is dedicated to the needs of its clients and aims at meeting the preferences and requirements of the most demanding travelers.\n\nApart from that, Sudak-Taxi.ru always takes care of their clients\u2019 comfort and pays special attention to the safety issue. That is why all the passengers and the automobile fleet of the company are insured. The company also has a number of benefits, which help it withstand the tough competition existing in the business today.\n\nDespite the superior level of services provided, they also offer reasonable prices for the transportation of passengers and their things. This is a notable advantage for travelers looking for a cheap taxi in Sudak. The next benefit is the company\u2019s reliability and professionalism. They use only safe and certified vehicles with taximeters, the condition and performance of which are checked on a regular basis. The fleet of the company involves over 10 autos of the mid, economy and business classes. The major vehicle brands one can find here include Daewoo Lanos; Opel Astra, Vectra; Chevrolet Aveo, Lacetti, Epica; Volkswagen Golf, Passat; Peugeot 405; Skoda Octavia; Mercedes Benz. All the autos are provided within the shortest time intervals.\n\nSudak-Taxi.ru is a taxi service, which is located in Sudak and offers high quality transportation services to people traveling around the city and the neighboring areas. The company has rich experience in this business and provides all kinds of transportation services their clients need. They employ the most qualified and experienced drivers only and have a large vehicle fleet, which is regularly checked and tested to ensure safe and comfortable trips. The company charges reasonable fees, which do not compromise with the top-notch level of servicing provided. It is possible to book a taxi online using an application form available at the company\u2019s website. The service, which is dedicated to the needs and requirements of travelers, is available 24/7."}
-{"text": "Welcome, Cathmar! Hope you have a great time here!_________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan."}
-{"text": "Forums\n\nFatigue & Player Performance Topic\n\nI'm sure this topic has been covered before, but was hoping some of the long time players could offer some feedback. My question is about fatigue and how it effects player performance. Does a certain amount of fatigue, say a player performing when down to 98 or 99 percent actually help the player perform better? Perhaps because all that player's IP or PAs are being optimized without being taxed???\n\nAlso do pitchers and hitters react differently to fatigue? In other words, might fatigue cause a pitcher to perform worse than at 100% and perhaps a hitter performs better.\n\nI also notice that in advanced settings, AAA players default to auto rest at 80%. Does this mean that AAA players can be run down more in regards to fatigue than a typical player???\n\ni read your thread i found alot of very useful information about fatigue thanks.the 1 question i have is does your theory of above 93% apply to minor leaguers or do you think their fatigue level can go lower and still perform. I have a guy hitting .340/.460/.610 i would like to keep him in at lower fatigue levels but i dont want to burn him up . also will a minor leaguer recoup the same from say 85% as a star player will,\n\nFatigue works exactly the same for minor leaguers as it does for everyone else.\n\nThere is a very good thread (essential reading) called \"AAA - Just the Charts\" which explains all the AAA ratings and helps you identify who the players really are.\n\nThere is another good thread (shameless self-promotion...I posted it) at the very top of the SimLeague Baseball Forum called \"Celebrating the Best of the SLB Forums\" which includes a lot of helpful links, including the link the AAA thread I just mentioned.\n\nFrazzman80...right after I posted this I did indeed see your thread. Good info. I am curious why in the defaults AAA players show they need rest at 80% in advanced standings while regular players default at 98%. Contrarian I find you are usually right on, but if AAA fatigue the same as regular players why would the makers of the game set those defaults? Just curious.\n\nPosted by cwillis802 on 11/14/2013 11:35:00 AM (view original):Frazzman80...right after I posted this I did indeed see your thread. Good info. I am curious why in the defaults AAA players show they need rest at 80% in advanced standings while regular players default at 98%. Contrarian I find you are usually right on, but if AAA fatigue the same as regular players why would the makers of the game set those defaults? Just curious.\n\nThe 98% is the default setting that WIS has when you enter your team. This auto-sets your autorest when you team generates. The AAA are at 80% because they are not on your team when your enter it and WIS has this as their default.\n\nYou can change the 98% to whatever number you want and every team you load will load at that percentage (for example, mine is set at 97% for hitters and 99% for pitchers). From your Team Center Home Page, Click the \"Edit User Settings\" link under your Active Teams (this is above the Refer Friend$ icon). You can also sort your teams in other ways than alphabetical, hide all game results, and tell the sim how you will possibly use your pitchers. You can even tell it to auto update your defensive reps, rest and pinch hitters when you make a AAA call up.\n\nAll of this will change the way the sim recommends things for you and sets your preseason hierarchies.\n\nPosted by rjj4191 on 11/14/2013 3:08:00 PM (view original):so are you saying there is no significance to the 80% for the AAA players its just a arbitrary number that WIS attaches to them\n\nThe 80% number is apparently WIS' default for auto-rest and I do not know why they use this number. The AAA players will show the same fatigue effects as regular players, so playing them fatigued is not a wise idea unless you want their fielding and hitting to suffer.\n\nPosted by rjj4191 on 11/14/2013 11:08:00 AM (view original):so based on what i read my player mentioned above who has ratings of 6/6/6/C is really just hitting over his head and will probably come back to earth?"}
-{"text": "Asked by:\n\nWindows 8 LAG SPIKES IN GAMES\n\nGeneral discussion\n\nStrange lag spikes in new network games, like Starcraft II or Diablo 3.\n\nBut i found a solution! Its simple, just log out of your microsoft account on the pc. It seems the connection to the online-microsoft-account causes these issues. Skydrive for example isnt working anymore, but thats tolerable. Just want to share.\n\nAll replies\n\nMicrosoft is conducting an online survey to understand your opinion of the Technet Web site. If you choose to participate, the online survey will be presented to you when you leave the Technet Web site."}
-{"text": "How much should it cost for removalists to move home?\n\nAre you planning to move soon? Have you thought about it? It is important that you carefully consider all aspects. Do you know what you will do with all your stuff? Are you going to transport them by yourself? And, what about all fragile items you have, are you sure you can move them on your own without some further damage? Are you ready to risk a potential damage to your things? Why would you risk, when you can opt for services of removalists instead? Isn\u2019t it a far better option to hire experts to move your items securely? After all, they do have a necessary experience to guarantee a safe transport without any further damage to your fragile stuff. But, you should have in mind that not all removalists will provide you with the same quality of their services. So, do your research before you make a decision who are you going to hire, and find out what is the best option.\n\nOpt for experts\n\nSo, what are benefits of hiring professionals? Well, firstly, they have all essential tools for the safe transport of your belongings. What\u2019s more, they have packing boxes as well. These boxes will enable protection and security during transport of your items as they are firmer than regular, cardboard ones. Also, experts have appropriate wrapping to keep fragile things safe from breaking.\n\nBesides all these necessary tools, employees of a professional removal company are competent enough to carry out this task without causing damage to belongings of a client. Not to mention, they have needed experience; so, you can be sure that transportation of your things will be done professionally.\n\nAnother important thing you should consider is the expenses. Make sure you get informed about services of removalists, and their costs. It is always good to ask around, look for some recommendations. Also, you can call the particular company to ask about prices, or to check out their website if there is one. Then, you can call various enterprises, compare their services with the price they will charge you, and then choose the most suitable option. After all, you wouldn\u2019t like to be unpleasantly surprised in the end. So, this is why it is important to have all the facts before hiring removalists.\n\nBut, have in mind, that whatever the costs are, it is far better to hire experts, then to do the transport of items on your own. Not to mention, if you cause some damage to your things, you will have to spend even more money than you previously counted on. So, why would you risk damage and some unnecessary costs? As you can conclude, if you decide to hire Expert Removalists Brisbane, you can be sure that your things will be in good hands."}
-{"text": "You can try replacing the boots on the coils first, that was all mine required. It felt like the car was going to choke down at idle. They had blue/brown spots on them and appeared ok but weren't. Check out the posts on roadfly. Com/jaguar/forums you can search for issues. I'm listed as LeeXJ8ducati"}
-{"text": "The current state of UK aid: A synthesis of ICAI findings from 2015 to 2019\n\nOver the period from 2015 to 2019, ICAI has accumulated a rich body of evidence on the performance of UK aid. We have drawn together the key findings from across the 28 reviews and four follow-ups conducted over the last four years, to produce an analysis of the current state of UK aid and the challenges ahead.\n\nThe 2015-19 period has been a dynamic one for UK aid. The Sustainable Development Goals have reshaped the global development agenda. The UK has mounted its largest ever humanitarian operation in response to the Syria crisis, and UK aid has responded to a range of other global challenges, from Ebola to the growing threat of climate change. Within the UK, more departments have taken on a role in spending aid, as the aid programme has become more integrated into the UK\u2019s machinery for external engagement.\n\nLooking ahead, UK aid will continue to evolve rapidly, in response to a dynamic global context and new UK priorities. The government has pledged to put development \u201cat the heart of our international agenda\u201d, while making sure that the aid programme serves to enhance the UK\u2019s global influence and interests. This review explores how well equipped the aid programme is to respond to the challenges ahead, and the opportunities and risks associated with the changing functions of UK aid. As well as being of interest to policymakers and other stakeholders, this assessment will inform ICAI\u2019s future selection of reviews.\n\nFindings:\n\nLeaving no one behind\n\nDFID has responded well to the \u2018leave no one behind principle\u2019, despite substantial practical challenges, but other aid-spending departments are yet to adopt the commitment.\n\nPromoting jobs and economic transformation\n\nA more convincing approach and set of instruments for promoting economic development have been developed but remain new and untested. Considerable work is needed to learn how to deploy these tools effectively and in combination to meet the unique needs of each partner country.\n\nConflict and crisis\n\nUK aid has shown it can deliver in the midst of conflict, in some of the world\u2019s most challenging contexts, giving the UK more flexibility to pursue its objectives and enhance its leadership role in the international response to crises. However, UK aid does not yet have a convincing approach to addressing the long-term drivers of conflict and fragility.\n\nGlobal threats\n\nThe UK has demonstrated on many occasions that it can be highly influential in shaping the international response to global crises, especially in the form of providing technical expertise, but the most pressing global challenges \u2013 particularly climate change and antimicrobial resistance \u2013 call for greater urgency and intensity of action.\n\nThe changing profile of UK aid\n\nThe government has clearly signaled its intention to use the aid programme to pursue direct UK national interests, in particular, by helping to position the UK as a key trade and investment partner with frontier economies. While the pursuit of mutual prosperity is not necessarily in conflict with good development practice, the focus needs to remain on building long-term opportunities, rather than securing short-term advantage."}
-{"text": "Land\u2019s End Get Active Sweepstakes\n\nEligibility : The Get Active Sweepstakes (the \u201cSweepstakes\u201d) is open to U.S. residents (excluding Puerto Rico), 18 years old or older at the time of entry; and Canadian residents (excluding Quebec), that have reached the age of majority in the province in which they reside by the start date of this Sweepstakes as identified below.\n\nPromotion Period : The Sweepstakes shall begin at 12:01 a.m. (C.S.T.) on January 6, 2014, and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (C.S.T.) on February 28, 2014, (the \u201cSweepstakes Period\u201d).\n\nEnter Online At : landsend.com/getactive\n\nLimit : One (1) entry per person, per day.\n\nPrize (s) :\n\nEach Weekly Prize Winner (seven (7) total Weekly Prize Winners) shall receive a One Hundred Dollar ($100) Lands\u2019 End Gift Card; One (1) Water Bottle from Fitness Magazine (retail value of $14.50); and the book \u201cFast Track to a Better Body\u201d by Betty S. Wong (retail value $19.95).\n\nOne (1) Grand Prize Winner shall receive a Five Hundred Dollar ($500) Lands\u2019 End gift card; Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350) towards a one year membership to Grand Prize Winner\u2019s fitness center of choice; and the book \u201cFast Track to a Better Body\u201d by Betty S. Wong (retail value $19.95).\n\nSweepstakes Lovers is a sweepstakes directory where you'll find all the best online sweepstakes! No matter if you are looking for an Online Sweepstakes, Instant Win Game, Contest or Giveaway, SweepstakesLovers is here to help you win cash, a car, your next vacation and more!\n\nWe check the Internet every day to find instant win sweepstakes and online giveaways. Sweepstakes Lovers is the go-to place for online sweepstakes!"}
-{"text": "I was the proud owner of a P2 until I dropped int and screen smashed. I was so happy about that phone and the way it went, Android 6, battery lasts two days, fast and no crashing... excellent phone! And I went and bought a second P2 to replace the one with broken screen.\n\nAndroid 7 is rubbish! Battery doesn't last, apps crash all the time, I have to reboot my phone all the time. Sometimes even crashes when I unlock the screen! THere is hardly any signal coverage, all the time signal loss. Terrible phone! You ruined it with the latest update!\n\nOTA does not work, I only have Build number P2_Blackview_20170619 yet you annonce different and later ROMs on this site. I try to download and use with MAC computer and no solution! Only for PC! Copying file does not work because you download file and its NOT A ZIP!!!!\n\nI was the proud owner of a P2 until I dropped int and screen smashed. I was so happy about that phone and the way it went, Android 6, battery lasts two days, fast and no crashing... excellent phone! And I went and bought a second P2 to replace the one with broken screen.\n\nAndroid 7 is rubbish! Battery doesn't last, apps crash all the time, I have to reboot my phone all the time. Sometimes even crashes when I unlock the screen! THere is hardly any signal coverage, all the time signal loss. Terrible phone! You ruined it with the latest update!\n\nOTA does not work, I only have Build number P2_Blackview_20170619 yet you annonce different and later ROMs on this site. I try to download and use with MAC computer and no solution! Only for PC! Copying file does not work because you download file and its NOT A ZIP!!!!\n\nBlackview, get your act together!\n\nHello jordimussol,\n\nI am sorry to hear you dropped your phone. Unfortunately the Flash tool to re-flash the ROM are only for Linux and Windows and there is not surprisingly no support from Mediatek for Apple computers.It is also advisable to not restore your apps from Google or locally when you change the Android version, but better completely re-install them from Google Play store. The symptoms you describe happen very often when using apps from an older OS version.\n\nWhat you could try in first place is to reset your phone completely, but please make sure to backup all of your data first, as it gets lost.wipe data/factory reset in recovery (this will delete your data/settings):- Power off and then press Power and Volume up together for around 10 Seconds- be sure that the little arrow points on recovery (select with volume up, enter with volume down)- Then the open android with red triangle+\"no command\" is shown press Power and Volume up together again- wipe data/factory reset\n\nThis runs a factory reset. But please be aware that all you data gets lost, so please backup them in Google or locally.\n\nAnother possibility would be to run VMWarePlayer on your MAC. This installs a virtual machine on which you can install any Windows or Linux OS where you can then use the SP FlashTool to re-install the ROM and if you like the older Marshmallow (6.0) version you seem to prefer.\n\nI already had several weeks problems with android 7, freezes, sometimes does not answer the touch and still do not solve the microphone, should send an update by ota and fix those problems as it becomes too annoying to turn off forced please.\n\ndavid_ortiz98 wrote:I already had several weeks problems with android 7, freezes, sometimes does not answer the touch and still do not solve the microphone, should send an update by ota and fix those problems as it becomes too annoying to turn off forced please.\n\nHi david_ortiz,\n\n- does the freezing and the touch panel reaction time get better after a restart?- What is your issue with the microphone? Could you please explain?\n\nConcerning the first point, could you please restart the mobile in safe mode and see if the issue persists? To do so please follow this:\n\n- Press/Hold Power button until power menu shows up - Tap and Hold Power off option until a little window pops up where you choose \"ok\" - Choose OK to reboot in safe modePlease note that after this you need to place you widgets again on your screens as they will disappear.\n\nThe mobile will then start in safe mode and you can use it very basic, i.e. no user apps are started. But interesting if there is a difference then.\n\nthe problem still persists in android 7, has many bug that should be corrected urgently as well lose customers, for example to occupy a while the phone back to home the vibration of the touch disappears and trying to turn off nose can even have it pressed for several seconds and ahy just works well, is too annoying without counting other problems also that the system has 7.0\n\ndavid_ortiz98 wrote:the problem still persists in android 7, has many bug that should be corrected urgently as well lose customers, for example to occupy a while the phone back to home the vibration of the touch disappears and trying to turn off nose can even have it pressed for several seconds and ahy just works well, is too annoying without counting other problems also that the system has 7.0\n\nHi david_ortiz98,\n\nI am not quite sure I understand correctly. Did you try safe mode already?What do the other things mean? Is it that the vibration is lost? And switch off does not work? Or do you mean something else, which I do not understand?\n\nWhy do you not provide an OTA Flash for Android 6 to 7? You are losing customers on a very fast pace. By providing a better support service you will not lose them .\n\nWhy do you ALWAYS suggest one must reset to factory settings? This is not a solution most customers are happy due to losing your data and time to get the phone to back to how it was.\n\nI have 'solved' my issue with Android7 by replacing the screen on my Android6 and using that phone. Android7 has TERRIBLE issues with signal loss.\n\nI shall continue to use my P2 but when the time comes to replace my phone I shall NOT trust Blackview. The phones have great hardware and nice designs but the customer service and support is not good.\n\nBlackview, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!\n\nHi jordimussol,\n\nconcerning the question of a flash tool version for MAC, I fear you address Blackview wrongly, as the tools come from Mediatek the chip manufacturer used by many Android devices or programmers that are not associated with Blackview.\n\nAn update of a Android version has some constraints. OTA is very much possible for an upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1 or similar, but a complete upgrade between 6 and 7 is different, as partition sizes change and plenty of other things. Besides OTA is not safe, if it fails your mobile is bricked and the only way to revive it is to have the ROM flashed as provided here. I have seen many times that OTA Zip were corrupted while downloaded or the update failed, as some system changes prevented a proper update. An OTA update typically only changes or replaces files, but does not completely wipe partitions. OTA is like a dirty flash and thus not recommended. Suggesting to factory reset often solves problem that are caused by apps. This is a normal procedure that is recommended. I also said that a backup of your data should be done first. And if you have a Google account re-installing the apps is quite easy.\n\nGlad you were able to replace your screen. I don't see a signal loss, but I see that Nougat shows the signal bars lower, which is more correct. In Android 6 the bars were always almost filled, even if the signal was around -102dbm. In Android 7 it shows around half the bars which is more real now. I tested this in both versions.Just a question, does any of you MAC address change after reboot (Wifi, Bluetooth or IMEI)? That could indicate that the NVRAM has issues and you could re-flash the modem files with the Nougat version to make sure. http://bbs.blackview.hk/viewtopic.php?f=171&t=336914#p609437I personally always do this."}
-{"text": "The owner of this shop is responsible for most of the salvaged and rustic aesthetic. Deeds design assisted with the technicalities and accessibility issues and helped keep the permit process moving along so they could open on time.\n\nI\u2019ve been busy starting a few new projects the past couple of weeks. All three projects are small additions on the back of houses; one in San Francisco, one in Livermore, and one in Richmond.\n\nMeasuring a house can be tedious, so I often begin with just the basic dimensions and information essential for the project. I can always verify and fill in details later as needed. Beyond breaking the task into manageable bites, this strategy also keeps initial costs down. This is good if the project is uncertain and the client has hired me in part to determine feasibility. Thoroughly photographing the building is very helpful. It is hard to catch everything, and the pictures help me clarify if a dimension doesn\u2019t seem right. Arial photographs are also a good tool for understanding the neighborhood fabric and locating the North arrow (and more importantly South)\n\nBesides basic dimensions, asbuilt plans should include basic structural information: sizes of studs and joists, direction of joists, and roof framing and slope; and location of the utilities, furnace, water heater, electrical panel, and, of course, the main sewer line. The location of the sewer line has been crucial in all three of these recent projects. When designing for a tight budget, it usually doesn\u2019t make sense to relocate the main sewer line, and you need to make sure you can connect to it easily and with adequate slope.\n\nThe next step is schematic design. This is the most exciting part of almost any project. Sometimes unexpected solutions appear out of nowhere."}
-{"text": "It's shaping as a bleak 2018 for Indonesia's gay and transgender people.\n\nIn the conservative province of Aceh, police have raided hair salons and publicly shamed a group of transgender hairdressers, while in the nation's capital, politicians are finalising new legislation which will make gay sex illegal.\n\nUnmarried heterosexual couples could also be jailed for having sex.\n\nOver the weekend, the police chief of North Aceh, Untung Sangaji, delivered an impassioned speech about his latest successful operation.\n\n\"The clerics don't want this disease spreading here,\" he shouted.\n\n\"It's true,\" shout the crowd.\n\nMr Sangaji is a hero in Indonesia. He's famous for running towards a terrorist attack in Jakarta in 2016, firing at the extremists with his handgun."}
-{"text": "Cheerleading Megaphones Are A Classic Part Of The Game\n\nShout it out loud with a colorful, lasting megaphone from SpiritLine. At 32 inches long and more than a foot in diameter, these classic cheerleading essentials make it easy for a squad to be heard. The megaphones are made with silver chrome mouthpieces and handles for easy use. The plastic megaphones are available in eight solid colors that schools can easily adapt with custom spirit stickers. Start from one of our attractive templates or take advantage of our easy-to-use \u201ccreate-a sticker\u201d web interface to come up with something truly unique. The stickers are available in round, oval or square, with white or clear backgrounds. You\u2019ll want to order in bulk, too. Once your sticker design goes public, fans will clamor to take one home. The clear stickers also great to keep on hand for quick customization of virtually any item.\n\nBest-Selling Spirit Items\n\nCustom Cheer Megaphones For A Crowd\n\nFor noise on a smaller scale, SpiritLine\u2019s miniature cheerphones are replica models of the gear the cheer squad uses. These mini phones are great for handing out to mini-me\u2019s at a cheerleading camp or for distributing to fans for a big game. Go basic with a solid color cheerphone or personalize it with an image and custom message for just a few cents more. Convince a local business to underwrite the cost of a mass distribution in exchange for a mention in the custom message. In a hurry? You\u2019ll find solid color cheerphones, as well as a range of other essentials, in our Gottahavit store. Overnight delivery of these cheer items is a boon for schools whose teams unexpectedly catch fire late in the season."}
-{"text": "\"The audio on this starts out a little quiet, but it soon gets louder. There are also fairly accurate auto-captions. The Internet Society now hasa Blockchain Special Interest Group <https://www.isoc-bsig.org/>, open to all.\""}
-{"text": "Newton Community Presents Opportunity for BC Students\n\nThe Newton City Council held a meeting Wednesday night at City Hall to consider making Newton a sanctuary city. A sanctuary city pledges to offer protection to immigrants who might otherwise be deported by the federal government. This was the second meeting that the council had held on the matter, and they voted to bring the proposition to a third meeting before the entire city council in order to vote it into law.\n\nMuch of the discussion at the council meeting was centered around self-concern. Multiple council members were initially apprehensive of Newton becoming a sanctuary city due to concerns for the personal safety of themselves and their constituents. A number of Newton residents protested outside of the first meeting to express their disapproval for the legislation. Despite these qualms, the council members acknowledged at the meeting on Wednesday that the second draft of the bill was satisfactory, and each member threw his or her support behind the movement. It was voted unanimously in favor, 6-0.\n\nIn the past, The Heights has suggested that students who are participating in on-campus demonstrations and protests within the city of Boston seek to take concrete action regarding the causes they are supporting or speaking out against. The upcoming meeting of the Newton City Council on Feb. 21 represents a tangible step toward protecting immigrants within the local community, a goal for which multiple student groups on campus have expressed support. Attending the next meeting to endorse the measure is one way that BC students can contribute to the protection of immigrants within the community.\n\nWhile supporting the rights and freedoms of immigrant students on campus is inherently important, it is imperative that students recognize that our campus does not exist inside of a bubble. There are immigrant residents within Newton that could benefit from the support and energy that BC students have shown in recent protests and demonstrations. Many students and faculty speaking at these demonstrations have placed an emphasis on the importance of coming together to combat oppression and discrimination, and one way to achieve this is for BC students to work with Newton. For student activism to have a greater impact, it should be extended beyond the barriers of Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue.\n\nMany of the goals of student groups on campus call directly for changes that can only be made by the University administration\u2014in particular, a recent campus protest called for BC to become a sanctuary campus. It is worth noting that if Newton becomes a sanctuary city, the administration may be more inclined to act on student demands. Therefore, it is essential that those looking to bring change to BC also support activism in the surrounding community and beyond at the national level.\n\nAt the meeting, the Newton City Council epitomized American politics when it works. Legislators on the council with different political philosophies and backgrounds worked together to create a piece of legislation that works for everyone, depicting the value of cooperation and collaboration. Newton politicians deserve recognition for coming and working together on this important piece of legislation in this critical time. In this period of uncertainty, it is comforting to know that Newton\u2019s government stands with its immigrant residents and opposes discrimination."}
-{"text": "Taron Egerton in talks for Elton John role\n\nTaron Egerton is in negotiations to take on the role of Sir Elton John in 'Rocketman', which was handed to Tom Hardy four years ago\n\nTaron Egerton is in talks to play Sir Elton John in a movie about the singer's life.\n\nThe 27-year-old actor has entered into discussions with 'Rocketman' director Dexter Fletcher and producer Matthew Vaughn about taking on the high-profile role, which was originally handed to Tom Hardy four years ago.\n\nA source close to the production told the Daily Mail newspaper: \"The public likes a flawed genius. And don't forget new generations are being introduced to songs he wrote decades ago.\n\n\"Plus, there's the work he did on Disney's The Lion King, Billy Elliot and all those albums and all that touring.\"\n\nJohn stars as a fictionalised version of himself in Egerton's forthcoming film 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle', which is directed by Vaughn.\n\nThe filmmaker is keen to fast-track 'Rocketman' after chatting about the project with the 'Candle in the Wind' hitmaker in between takes for the sequel.\n\nLee Hall has penned the screenplay for the film, which will begin when John was still known as Reginald Dwight during his teenage years.\n\nIt will tell the story of his latter days in the Royal Aacademy of Music, how he teamed up with Bernie Taupin - who has written the lyrics for many of the star's big hits, including 'Rocket Man' and 'Tiny Dancer' - and explore several of his scandals over the years.\n\nSince Hardy signed up for the role he has admitted having problems staying on pitch, while Egerton is a tenor specialist so it is not thought he would have any trouble with the singing parts of the movie.\n\nThe 'Legend' star said in 2015: \"I'm not a singer. I have no idea really. I'm really trying because of Rocketman but it's hard to open my mouth in that way.\"\n\nIt is not known if Hardy has stepped aside from the role or not but earlier this year he gave an update on his status in 'Rocketman' saying the movie is on a \"waiting status\"."}
-{"text": "Sunday, 21 December 2014\n\nLast minute DIY gifts\n\nOnly a few days left for Christmas shopping and everyone is stressing out. But instead of struggling with the other million of last minute shoppers, how about you try and make something yourself. DIY gifts are getting more and more popular and I've collected three gift ideas that people would actually want to get (I've tested them all).\nSoo get out the artist inside you and let's get started:\n\nWOODEN LETTERS\n\nSupereasy to make and they look really cute. Personalise them by using the first letter of the person's name your giving it to. They are also really fun to make, as you will see I've gone a bit crazy and made quite a lot.\nAll you'll need are wooden letters (you can find them in every art shop and sometimes even drug stores), acrylic paint and things to decorate with, e.g. glitter, gems,...\n\nHere are some examples of how I decorated the letters:\n\nHere I went on pinterest to search for cute patterns and found this adorable macaroons one. Since I knew my friend loves them it was just perfect. This is another way to make it even more personal!\n\nI actually really like how it turned out, I just used acrylic paint. Make sure the different layers are dry before you paint over it.\n\nEveryone loves some hearts - show them your love <3\n\nThis is my favourite one, I found this adorable pattern on pinterest and it turned out so cute! Feel free to copy my ideas and send me pictures of it on Twitter.\n\nA glittery one - glam it up a bit!\n\nFinal one with some gems. As I said just go crazy with it, you'll see it's so much fun.\n\nCHRISTMAS COOKIE BAGS\n\nThose are perfect for literally everyone. Edible presents are my favourite, because who doesn't love yummy food?\nAll you need to do is make some Christmas cookies, I used a random recipe for these but I have a blog post on how to bake traditional German Christmas cookies. Afterwards you just put them in clear, small gift bags and decorate them with ribbon and a small Christmas card which you can find literally everywhere! And voila, you have a pile of amazing gifts.\n\nLOTR fans you might recognise what this is. However you don't need to make it 'Lord of the Rings' themed. I chose this idea because I know my sister loves the film but you can do whatever the person you're giving it to loves! All you need is acrylic paint or sharpies and a plastic travel mug (mine's from poundland).\nI started of with painting the mug white as a base and printing out a silhouette of the fellowship of the rings. I then cut it out and glued it on with PVA glue. To make it look painted on I went over the silhouette with black sharpie. I also added the quote 'not all those who wander are lost' above it with sharpie (make sure it is a waterproof one). To seal it all in I used a Plasti-kote spray (find it here) but you could also use hairspray. Make sure you wash the inside out with boiling water before you wrap it!\nYou seriously can paint this any way you want, if you're stuck for ideas just google cute mugs and it'll give you plenty of options.\n\nAdd some sweets and maybe a nail polish in the cup to make it an even better gift!\n\nNow just wrap it all up and you're done. Easy DIY gift ideas that you can even make the day before Christmas.\nI hope you liked this post, please send me pictures if you recreate anything!\nI love you all lots, have the best Christmas EVER <3"}
-{"text": "Gabby McMillan is a force to be reckoned with. Successfully marrying her creative spirit with a lucrative writing and editing career, Gabby currently holds a coveted position as staff writer for Weight Watchers magazine, while dabbling in creative writing in her spare time. Aspiring writers, take note: Gabby is an inspiration for those of us who hope to make writing our full-time vocation. You can follow Gabby's career via her lovely blog, which showcases her eloquent prose and sparkling wit, and her uplifting tweets (@gabbymcmillan). Here is Gabby's delightfully unabridged interview with Doorways.\n\nHow did you know you wanted to be a writer? Also, please describe your writing trajectory.*\n\nMy first piece was published in Pursuit magazine. Seeing my byline in print was spine-tinglingly delightful, so I bragged to friends and flapped copies of the publication in relatives\u2019 faces. Did I mention the piece was a two-sentence book review? And I was in Year 8? And the magazine was about 10 pages long? Still, a girl has to start somewhere.\n\nFast-forward five years and I ended up knee-deep in a journalism and creative writing degree. Ever the teacher\u2019s pet/gold star student/class geek, I flaunted my writerly wares around Canberra in search of a magazine that would publish an 18-year-old student with no experience (I\u2019d realised my Year 8 byline wasn\u2019t too crash-hot). I began writing for Canberra\u2019s street press title, BMA. It was unbelievable, offering surreal moments like chatting on the phone with Regurgitator in my Ressies room while friends skulled beer bongs in the hallway. By the end of university, I had three years of writing for BMA under my belt \u2013 as well as contributions to Lip, Forte, Monitor Online, This Is Writing, All Write and Vive magazine.\n\nAfter graduation, I nabbed a chief sub-editor job at two Disney tween titles. After two years of subbing features on Zac Efron\u2019s latest haircut, I became the deputy chief sub-editor/health writer at DOLLY (where Zac\u2019s hair still got attention). I also chased freelancing opportunities and was lucky to score commissions from Cosmopolitan and Weight Watchers Online.\n\nA stint as the deputy editor of three parenting titles was a memorable rollercoaster ride. It reminded me of my true passion: writing. So, I moved away from managerial editorial roles in to my current \u2013 and more creative \u2013 position of Weight Watchers magazine\u2019s staff writer, where I pen stories on everything from nutrition and fitness, to fashion and beauty. Upon seeing my first feature in print, the spine tingles started again.\n\n(The wonderful Australian author Andrew Humphreys, who I was lucky enough to work with, told me successful careers don\u2019t need to be a steep upward climb: they can have many ups and downs. I credit him for bringing me back a notch and encouraging me to do what makes me happy.)\n\nI\u2019m also a passionate creative writer, but I haven\u2019t quite figured out how to balance fulltime magazine writing with working on my short film script, vignettes and novel ideas. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll master it eventually but until that wonderful day comes, fulltime magazine writing is my priority and creative writing is my playtime.\n\n* I bet you wish you asked for the abridged version. I\u2019ll step off the soap box now, well, in a moment.\n\nWhat is your writing routine?\n\nIt varies. I tend to save a methodical writing routine for my staff writer position \u2013 keeping to-do lists, beating deadlines, staying on track etc \u2013 while my creative writing is a whirlwind of 6am bursts of inspiration followed by days of nothingness, rounded off with four-hour marathon sessions. (Confession: I can\u2019t write at home without my desk lamp and back pillow but there\u2019s nothing sexy about that, is there?)\n\nWhat inspires you?\n\nThe ridiculous. Walking. Eavesdropping. Fish-out-of-water scenarios. People in my life inspire snippets of stories every day... they just don\u2019t know it yet. I adore meeting new people and finding what makes them tick. Brilliant writing also motivates \u2013 and terrifies \u2013 me (think: The Book Thief, Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, just to name a few).\n\nWhat advice do you have for aspiring writers?\n\nMy advice is simple: if you want to be a writer, write. Write, damn it, write. Get that pen out, turn on your laptop, use chalk for all I care \u2013 just write.\n\nNow, I know it\u2019s harder than it sounds, so allow me to share my creative writing confession: I often get ahead of myself \u2013 daydreaming about book tours and my short list of book cover illustrators \u2013 before I\u2019ve even typed a sentence in Microsoft Word. Nuts. My best work is done when I stay in the moment, focusing no further than a chapter or two ahead, occasionally jotting down ideas for the ending. Once my brain drifts in to \u2018Gabby accepting the Booker Prize\u2019 dream sequences, I\u2019m doomed. It means I\u2019ve let the story get away from me and I\u2019ve projected myself to the (unrealistic) end without enjoying the experience of writing.\n\nMy boyfriend, who also dabbles in creating writing, is patient with my mad-woman tendencies. He reminds me to let \u2018Gabby the writer\u2019 get the words down first, then let \u2018Gabby the sub-editor\u2019 fix them later. Until those words are down, \u2018Gabby the sub-editor\u2019 needs to be far away, caged in a basement if necessary. If I let her hang around for too long, she confuses matters with her \u2018Is this sentence tight enough?\u2019 and \u2018I don\u2019t think the intro works\u2019 feedback. \u2018Gabby the sub-editor\u2019 is fantastic to have around for editing, but she\u2019s a pain in the butt if she pokes her nose in beforehand. So, that\u2019s it: write first, edit later. You can\u2019t edit a blank page, folks.\n\nLast but not least: enjoy what you\u2019re writing. Good ol\u2019 Robert Frost (and my boys from Boston Legal) once said \u2018No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader\u2019. Translation: If you\u2019re not feeling it, no one else will. Take pleasure in words \u2013 they\u2019re cheeky little buggers. Play with them. Show them a good time. Have fun."}
-{"text": "From 'Admiralteyskaya' metro station: Turn right and walk two blocks till Moika river. When you face the river, turn right and walk till Red bridge. Cross the bridge and turn right, walk along the river till building 62, our entrance is under the first balcony (4th building after the bridge, left side of the river). Press a single button and don't forget to mention that you're going to Soul Kitchen hostel if you are asked.\n\nFrom Airport:\n\nCity buses number 39, 39A and Minivan Taxi number K39 run between the airport and the nearest Moskovskaya metro station. From \"Moskovskaya\" station you need to go to \"Sadovaya\" metro station (blue line). After exiting the metro go to Grivtsova lane, walk straight until the end of the street (about 650 meters), on Moika embarkment turn right. You\u2019ll see our entrance under the the beautiful metal balcony. Press a single button and don't forget to mention that you're going to Soul Kitchen hostel if you are asked.\n\nBy Bus From coach station take left, walk till Liteiniy prospect, take the bus number 3 in the direction to Nevskiy prospect (to the right), go 9 stops till 'Malaya Morskaya' bus stop, then take the same direction with the bus till Gorokhovaya street. Turn left and then turn right after the Red bridge, walk till building 62. Our entrance is under the big balcony, press a single button and don't forget to mention that you're going to Soul Kitchen hostel if you are asked.\n\nBy Car Please note that to reach the hostel building by car you have to turn to Moika river from Gorokhovaya street (one-way traffic). Our entrance is under the big balcony, press a single button and don't forget to mention that you're going to Soul Kitchen hostel if you are asked.\n\nBy Taxi Taxi fare can be different depending on time, in the night the ride from the airport will cost around 800 RUB and around 900 RUB in the daytime, if you go from Moskovskiy train station it's about 500 RUB\n\nfrom Moskovsky (Glavny) train station. You'll find the entrance to \"Ploshad' Vosstaniya\" metro just from the train station. You can buy metro tickets (tokens) in the ticket office. You need to go to \"Spasskaya\" metro station (orange line). After exiting the metro go to Grivtsova lane, walk straight until the end of the street (about 650 meters), on Moika embarkment turn right. You\u2019ll see our entrance under the the beautiful metal balcony. Press a single button and don't forget to mention that you're going to Soul Kitchen hostel if you are asked.\n\nBE AWARE of private taxi service - even if they say they are on a meter, don't use them because they will steal your money! If you use a taxi office inside the airport discuss the price and take the receipt before starting your journey. Avoid offers of the taxi drivers even if they have the company badge with them. Best way is to book a taxi in advance contacting us. Please, write your flight number and arrival time to soulkitchenjunior@gmail.com, the journey costs 1200 RUB."}
-{"text": "From Douglasville:Travel on HWY 5 towards Fairplay, Turn right on HWY 166 at the round about towards Carroll county, turn left on Hannah Rd, Turn right on Strickland Manor, home on left, or Hwy 61 to left on Hwy 166 towards Fairplay, right on Hannah rd, left on Strickland Manor. GPS friendly\n\nCall Scott Dasher Today 678-715-3600\n\nRequest More Information\n\nAll information is deemed accurate but not guaranteed. Equal Housing Opportunity."}
-{"text": "Together We Sing\n\nPeggy Hua (second from right, front) conducts the Left Coast Labour Chorus, among many other choirs in the Vancouver area.\nPHOTOGRAPH: COURTESY LEFT COAST LABOUR CHORUS\n\nAs the rock-and-roll inflected guitar chords pound out the beat, the chorus from Bobbi-Jo Moore\u2019s contest entry song \u201cTogether We Stand\u201d rises up, driving and anthemic:\n\nTogether we stand for workers\u2019 rights and solidarity\n\nTogether we stand strong, in our community.\n\nA few minutes later, the mood shifts as writers Michael Averill and Kas Baker take to the stage with their gritty collaboration \u201cWhat\u2019s It All For?\u201d about trying to earn a living doing precarious work:\n\n16 hours a day, 7 days a week, what\u2019s it all for?\n\n3 to 4 jobs just to make ends meet, what\u2019s it all for?\n\nPushed to the max on an empty tank, what\u2019s it all for?\n\nThey tell me I can fill\u2019er up when I raise my rank, what\u2019s it all for?\n\nIn the end it was the upbeat melodic lines of Lyndsay Wills\u2019 song \u201c9:30 at the Factory,\u201d about her daughter\u2019s work as an apprentice baker, that caught the judges\u2019 attention and won her first place in the We Do The Work Song Contest for B.C. songwriters, sponsored by the Vancouver-based Left Coast Labour Chorus (LCLC).\n\nThe awards were presented at a standing-room-only concert in Vancouver\u2019s Russian Hall on November 18, 2018, with honours also going to Thomas Kuecks\u2019 lyrical song \u201cOne Voice,\u201d which tied for third place with Moore\u2019s entry. The event also featured the premiere of The Troika Collective\u2019s short play Yours in Revolt, Ginger about BC\u2019s first general strike, which was touched off by the 1918 murder of union organizer and anti-conscription activist Ginger Goodwin.\n\nLaunched early in 2018, the song contest was aimed at encouraging newer, emerging songwriters already inspired by social justice \u201cto see the lives of working people and their unions as a creative source of new songs.\u201d Judging was done by LCLC choir director Peggy Hua as well as three outside judges: Karla Mundy, George Hewison and Roger Holdstock.\n\nThe Left Coast Labour Chorus is a group of 38-plus singers \u201cwho merge their voices and their activism in their music.\u201d When the idea of a song contest was first raised at a chorus planning meeting in July 2017, chorus members took it up enthusiastically. They later approached Unifor Local 114 \u2014 the chorus is affiliated to the local as a community chapter \u2014 to provide some of the prize money. \u201cThe local responded right away with a cheque and also got us financial support from Unifor National,\u201d says chorus president Neil Naiman. The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC later financed an additional prize when judges declared a tie for third place.\n\nA major objective of the chorus, whose members are mainly boomers, is to create space for younger songwriters to bring their voices to the stage while exploring the well-established tradition of singing in the unions. In addition to putting new songs into the labour music repertoire, the contest has already created a cross-generational spark.\n\nSecond-place co-writers Averill and Baker told the audience they spent hours in the SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) library going through the songs offered as past examples of contemporary work songs, immersing themselves in the audio files. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have any experience with unions, but Kas had worked at hard labour and the contest created the way to put that experience into music,\u201d Averill says. For Kuecks, it was much the same: \u201cThe contest has definitely inspired this songwriter,\u201d he said. \u201dI look forward to doing more writing in this genre.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Be Aware of Inferior Levels of Consciousness\n\nIf you look attentively at the title, it seems to imply a vicious circle: \u201cto be conscious of your consciousness\u201d. But this isn\u2019t a real vicious circle due to the fact that our consciousness is built on levels. All these levels are hierarchically organized. The levels at the top, sometimes called meta-levels, have the power to control those that are at a lower level.\n\nWhen we wake up in the morning, we have two options and each of us can choose just one of them:\n\nhypnotically going into the routine of the day, or\n\nconsciously going into the routine of the day;\n\nFirst option implies that we act as an automatic machine not programmed and governed by ourselves but by circumstances. Second option means making conscious decisions, being aware of all happenings around us and those automatic acts are programmed and supervised by ourselves.\n\nFirst step towards a better level of consciousness is to become aware of what happens into our mind. In this way we can assess if we are or not in an inferior level.\n\nIf we find ourselves in such a state of consciousness then the second step is to affect it, in other words, to decrease their intensity. A good way to do this is to consciously relax your body and mind then ask yourself: \u201cis this thought or emotion useful or harmful for me and/or for others?\u201d.\n\nThe best way to get rid of an inferior level is to develop and cultivate the superior levels. When an inferior level is hunting you just consciously replace it with a superior one (if you previously developed them)."}
-{"text": "When we launched Google Pay, our goal was to make it easier to use your Google Account to pay in stores and online using the payment methods saved to your Google Account. In the past few months, we\u2019ve made this possible by bringing fast, simple checkout to more devices, browsers, and services.\n\nToday, we\u2019re now rolling out updates that will let you do even more with Google Pay. Here\u2019s a look at the newest features:\n\nEarn loyalty points with Woolies\n\nWhen you\u2019re out on your grocery run you can make your purchase count without having to carry your loyalty card. For the first time, you can earn Woolworths Rewards points via Google Pay. Just add your loyalty card along with your payment card to Google Pay and use your phone at the pinpad to earn more points: tap once to log your Everyday Rewards card, and then again to pay. Your Rewards Point balance is refreshed periodically in the Google Pay app, so you can see if you're eligible to redeem the Woolworths reward and get $10 off your next basket.\n\nSave concert tickets and boarding passes\n\nNever miss another show because you forgot to bring your tickets. Just save them and you\u2019ll always have them on hand. Once your tickets are saved, you\u2019ll find them with your loyalty cards, gift cards, and offers on the Android app\u2019s new Passes tab. When it\u2019s time for your event or flight, use your phone as your ticket\u2014no printing required. You\u2019ll be able to store event tickets and boarding passes from even more places soon, including Ticketek and Virgin Australia.\n\nManage your info in one convenient place\n\nNow that you can use Google Pay on desktop in stores or on transit, on your phone or with your Assistant, we\u2019ve also made it easier to manage your payment info in the app or on the web at pay.google.com. Everything is synced with your Google Account, so if you update your payment info on the web, it\u2019ll be reflected on your phone. Plus, if you download the app, you\u2019ll be able to quickly set up eligible cards saved to your Google Account to pay with your phone in stores."}
-{"text": "Contact\n\nContact Cooling the Tropics for air-conditioning, solar power and electricity installations to suit residential, commercial and industrial needs. We service all areas of Cairns, including Smithfield, Redlynch, Edmonton and Gordonvale."}
-{"text": "USDA Section 502 Direct Rural Housing Loan Program\n\nThe USDA Section 502 Direct Rural Housing Loan Program offers financing strictly to those borrowers that have low income. These borrowers must purchase a home located within a rural area, as determined by the USDA. The\nDirect Loan Program can be used to build a home or purchase an existing home as long as it is considered moderate housing.\n\nQualifying for the USDA Section 502 Direct Program\n\nThere are strict requirements to qualify for the USDA Section 502 Direct Program since it offers such great assistance for low income borrowers. To start, your total household income must be considered very low or low. This is defined as follows:\n\nVery low income is income that is 50 percent less than the average median income for the area\n\nLow income is income that is between 50 and 80 percent of the average median income for the area\n\nIn addition to these\nrequirements, you must be without safe and sanitary housing. You also have to be able to prove that you can afford the new mortgage, as would be the case for any type of financing.\n\nLoan Terms\n\nThe loan terms for the USDA Direct Program are a little more lenient than any other program in an effort to make the payments the most affordable for low-income families. The term for the loan can extend up to 33 years, which is 3 years longer than the typical mortgage term. If you are in a circumstance where you cannot afford the 33-year term and have income that is below 60 percent of the average median income for your area, you can stretch the term up to 38 years.\n\nDetermining the Payment\n\nThe payment for the Direct Loan is determined by the higher of two factors:\n\n24 percent of your adjusted annual income\n\n1 percent of the principal and interest of the loan plus the real estate taxes and homeowner\u2019s insurance costs\n\nProperty Restrictions\n\nThere are certain property restrictions that must be followed in order to determine the eligibility for the USDA Direct Loan. These include:\n\nA modest home for the area based on its cost\n\nNo more than 2,000 square feet in size\n\nIn-ground swimming pools are not allowed\n\nThe home must not be used to produce an income\n\nIn addition, as with any USDA loan, the property must reside within the USDA boundaries, which can be found\nhere.\n\nHow Large of a Loan can you Get?\n\nEvery borrower will have their own loan limits based on their qualifying factors. Just as is the case with any other type of financing, your income will help to determine what you can afford. The lender will look at your income, assets, and liabilities to determine what you can afford. No matter what your income qualifies you for, though, you can never exceed\nthe Loan Limits for the Area.\n\nIf you do not have a large amount of assets, chances are you can receive 100% financing on the home you wish to purchase. In certain cases, however, if there are too many assets available, the USDA and the lender may require you to use a portion of the assets as a\ndown payment although this is rare.\n\nThe USDA 502 Direct Rural Housing Program makes it easy to secure safe and sanitary housing when conventional financing is not an option for you. Even though you do not qualify for conforming financing, you must have decent credit in order to qualify since the USDA is guaranteeing the loan for the lender. If you fall within the income guidelines for your area; find a home within the rural boundaries; and meet the qualifying factors for the loan, you should be able to secure flexible and affordable financing for your home.\n\nLatest News\n\nSearch\n\nIMPORTANT MORTGAGE DISCLOSURES:\n\nWhen inquiring about a mortgage on this site, this is not a mortgage application. Upon the completion of your inquiry, we will work hard to match you with a lender who may assist you with a mortgage application and provide mortgage product eligibility requirements for your individual situation.\n\nAny mortgage product that a lender may offer you will carry fees or costs including closing costs, origination points, and/or refinancing fees. In many instances, fees or costs can amount to several thousand dollars and can be due upon the origination of the mortgage credit product.\n\nWhen applying for a mortgage credit product, lenders will commonly require you to provide a valid social security number and submit to a credit check . Consumers who do not have the minimum acceptable credit required by the lender are unlikely to be approved for mortgage refinancing.\n\nMinimum credit ratings may vary according to lender and mortgage product. In the event that you do not qualify for a credit rating based on the required minimum credit\nrating, a lender may or may not introduce you to a credit counseling service or credit improvement company who may or may not be able to assist you with improving your credit for a fee."}
-{"text": "Austin,\nI'm not an expert on this; although I've spent many, many hours peering down\na light microscope and playing with condensers etc. I'll chew over what you\nhave said.\nIsn't there a contradiction in your two comments below? If not please\nelucidate.\nBob Frost.\n----- Original Message -----\nFrom: \"Austin Franklin\" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>\n> You do NOT get softer images with less contrast\n> from a diffuse (typically called \"cold\") light source.\n> Personally, I believe cold light heads give better tonality for B&W\nchemical\n> darkroom printing, having spend some 25+ years printing fine art B&W\n> prints...\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nUnsubscribe by mail to listserver@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe\nfilmscanners'\nor 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or\nbody"}
-{"text": "About Transformation\n\nRemember when you were very small? And your joy knew no bounds. You were luminous, light incarnate. And innocent. Utterly creative. Wonder-filled; awe and curiosity your every breath. And you knew that you knew, that you knew. There was no 'because'. You were 'cause'.\n\nActually, you are cause. Right on your own leading edge of experience and of creation. Your experience and your creation.\n\nYou are choice.\n\nAnd the question becomes: what are you choosing?\n\nWhat do you want?\n\nWhat do you choose to create, to experience? The bottom line.The resonant thing that's at the heart, in your heart.\n\nYou know what it is.\n\nHandle it, and you get to handle what you're doing here, on the planet, in this lifetime.\n\nTruth.\n\nTransformation. The intrinsic change that happens when you identify, focus on and travel towards, what you really want. Everything changes. The positive stretch. Yes, that one!\n\nSo what is Transformation?\n\nA few riffs;\n\nthe joy that you really want! When you touch into your Soul.a Spiritual Servicepositive, unreferenced, deeply intrinsic changean experienceactive and alive and engageduplifting, a state of Graceyour power, your sovereigntyelegant, clean, simple\n\nopen-ended...\n\nongoing...\n\nHere's what it isn't; (laying it on the table so you aren't disappointed)'coaching',the groovy catch word flying around everywhere 'transformationnn',what you think it is, with your head,controllable (thank goodness!! or you'd never get what you really want),healing, (which deals with what you don't want, or what isn't working for you),therapy.\n\nWhat happens in a Transformation Session?\n\nWe sit together. Virtually, or depending on location, in person. The space is present for you to tell me what you are truly wanting. I listen. I'll probably ask you a few questions.What begins to emerge is the direction of your Transformation, and it's grounded specificity.A sentence is crafted. Your Transformation \"goal\". Which is really a grounded container for your forward-moving experience.\n\nDuring your Transformation session, you'll sit quietly in your chair, and connect with an experience of inhabiting your \"goal\". Fully.What do I do? I support this process, a clear, clean, straight vertical; to Source. In service to whom and what you truly are.\n\nYes; the process is entering the Sacred.And, it is also very, very ordinary.\n\nExpect changes to happen in your awareness, actions and life. Easily, without drama or effect. Grace-filled. Elegant simplicity. Child-like and joy-filled.\n\nDo you really want what you want?\n\nA Transformation Session is approximately 50 minutes duration. We work together, usually weekly, until your Transformation \"goal\" is complete. Until what you are wanting is real, present and embodied in your life.Surprises, realisations. Love, and potency.\n\nFees\n\nWe meet together virtually. Via FaceTime or Skype.Current Online Transformation Session Fees from January 1, 2019:\n\nBlock of four Transformation Sessions, US$550. Taken within a One month period.Note, some Payment Plans are Available, by negotiation.\n\nWhose do I serve?\n\nYou.When you feel the call, and the movement, to step into more of what you're wanting and what you're here to do... visionaries, game changers, entrepreneurs, artists of all ilks...anyone. If you can tell me, what it is you want...When you're ready to move! ...that is, when you're ready to move your Whole being through what you truly desire...holy ground.\n\nI invite you to sing out and raise your hand for acomplimentary chat session - approx. 20 mins via FaceTime or Skype;an opportunity for us to speak with one another, for me to hear your joys and wants and vision/s and how I might serve you, and to see if we might be a good fit.If you'd like to do this, please go ahead. I'm here.\n\nRead a little of an Other's experience of Transformation\n\n\"I have benefitted in significant ways from doing Transformation work with Narelle. I experience the process as deeply supportive.Narelle is very skilful in assisting me to focus on and explore and define what I really want. Then even if I have no idea how I might achieve that goal, I have found that the Transformation process can support the change that I want simply just happening, and come into being. For that I am very grateful.\n\nI have also received energy balances from Narelle that have enabled me to experience a deeper settling and centeredness in my being, and from there a greater clarity and ease moving forwards in my life.\"\n\nPeter, Brisbane, Australia\n\nA small note\n\nI originally participated in my Transformation training with Adam Davis, founder and Spiritual Director of the All One Foundation, in 1992, and its next genesis in 2007.It is a way of life, a chosen path for me. And it never ceases..."}
-{"text": "My kids are 2.5 years apart, and I think its nice. Sometimes, the girls don't want to play with Matthew but the majority of the time it's fine. He learns a lot from them and really loves to be around and to play with them."}
-{"text": "Researchers in the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) recently secured two substantial grants from the National Institutes of Health, putting the department in position to further strengthen its standing as one of the nation\u2019s premier BME programs.\n\nDepartment chair Jianyi \u201cJay\u201d Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., recently received a four-year $2.5 million grant to examine integration and therapeutic potential of a prefabricated myocardial tissue patch (hCMP). This grant is in addition to a seven-year, $8-million consortium grant (JZ , contact PI) that is currently supporting development and preclinical testing of different types of hCMP.\n\nAlso this summer, Gangjian Qin, M.D. professor of BME who recently moved to Birmingham from Northwestern University in Chicago , received a four-year $2.3-million grant to study persistent hypertension. Qin intends to establish a previously unrecognized role of E2F2, a classic oncogene, in the regulation of arterial contractility and blood-pressure homeostasis. This study will likely provide the missing link between the results of large-scale genome-wide association studies and the pathogenesis of human hypertension. Persistent hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and arterial aneurysm; even moderately elevated arterial blood pressure shortens life expectancy. This study may help identify novel strategies for treating this critical health problem.\n\nTraditionally, summer is a slow time on college campuses. The laboratories in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, however, tell a different story.\n\nFrom left, Johnna Robinson, Aissah Kaba, and Sherilynn Knight are spending part of their summer conducting research in UAB's Experimental Biomechanics Core Laboratory.This summer, undergraduates from colleges in North Carolina and Massachusetts, as well as 10 high school students from around the state, converged on UAB for several weeks of training and research.\n\nThese students work alongside UAB researchers and clinicians, immersing themselves in BME research projects that tackle current investigations in the field. The undergraduates come to UAB through the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, while high school students participate through the BME Summer Scholars Program. Both programs are selective, with the common goal of providing unique research opportunities to capable students.\n\n\u201cOne of the strengths of our programs has always been the ability to work in teams of cross-disciplinary research with emphasis on clinical interaction,\u201d says Alan Eberhardt, BME professor and director of the Experimental Biomechanics Core Laboratory. \u201cFor some summer participants, they experience an environment here that they might not have at another university.\u201d\n\nAn interdisciplinary team of UAB students is building a house powered completely by solar energy in a competition against 11 other colleges from around the world. The team unveiled the beginning stages of the house in a ceremony at the construction site on Tuesday.\n\nThe team is working toward completing the design, construction and testing stages for what they have dubbed the surviv(AL) house, before bringing it to the Solar Decathlon 2017 competition site in Denver for the October event.\n\nPictured at the American Foundry Society meeting are MSE graduates Emily Shedlarski, Lindsay Hamner, Kelly McCool, and Patti Buka and Bill Bush, chair of AFS Birmingham.A recent brief in the Wall Street Journal points to a troubling trend in engineering. Even as the computer science and engineering fields are growing, the article states, \u201cmen continue to flock to those lucrative positions in significantly larger numbers than women.\u201d\n\nThe gap is especially evident in the field of materials engineering, but according to a presentation by a group of UAB graduates at a recent meeting of the Birmingham chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS), there are good reasons why women engineers should take a second look at foundry work. A group of four women\u2014three of them graduates of the UAB MSE program\u2014spoke to the group about their job satisfaction in a field dominated by men.\n\nThe group included recent UAB graduates Kelly McCool, Lindsay Hamner, and Emily Shedlarski, as well as Patti Buksa. \u201cThe purpose of our group speaking at the meeting was to introduce the Birmingham Chapter to the relatively new Women in Metalcasting Group,\u201d said Hamner. \u201cWe thought it would be informative to show four women in different stages of life and their careers to come speak about what it is to be a woman in this male-dominated industry.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Opioid Induced Itch (Pruritus)\n\nWe\u2019ve often discussed the multitude of negative side effects resulting from opiate use. While side effects can range from nausea, drowsiness, and more severe complications like gastrointestinal damage and central nervous system depression, another common side effect \u2013 especially among heroin users \u2013 is pruritus, or itching. Although it is not life-threatening, pruritus can have a major impact on patients\u2019 comfort and quality of life.\n\nPruritus can affect patients taking any type of opiate drug, however commonly occurs with intravenous opioid injections (a popular way to administer heroin), and also transpires in approximately 90 percent of patients receiving intraspinal injections. Prescription painkillers including Vicodin, morphine and codeine are also well known to cause itching. Users experiencing pruritus often complain of having a sensation of itching \u201cunder the skin\u201d that can affect the entire body.\n\nIt is a common misconception that the itching users experience when taking opiate medications is due to an allergic reaction to the drug. Pruritus often feels like an allergic reaction to the user because opiates release histamine from mast cells. Histamine triggers the inflammatory response in the body to foreign pathogens, so the physiological response to opiate drugs mimics similar environmental allergic reactions that occur.\n\nMany patients will experience itching when first starting an opiate medication. It is important to let your doctor know about any and all side effects when taking these drugs. If you have questions about symptoms you are having while taking an opiate medication, we encourage you to contact your health provider. For more information on choosing a drug detox program for yourself or a loved one, please feel free to contact our office directly.\n\nThe Waismann Method is a safe and proven treatment for opiate dependency that utilizes the most advanced medical techniques available. The rapid opiate detoxification procedure is carried out in a full-service hospital in Southern California by board-certified anesthesiologists while patients remain under deep sedation, so they experience minimal conscious withdrawal or suffering.\n\nAccreditations & Memberships\n\nDISCLAIMER: The text presented on this page is not a substitute for professional medical advice. It is for your information only and may not represent your true individual medical situation. Do not hesitate to consult your healthcare provider if you have any questions or concerns. Do not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting a qualified healthcare professional. Be advised that Opiates.com articles are derived from various sources and may not reflect your own country's regulations."}
-{"text": "China has defended its internet policing and accuses the U.S. of being hypocritical and carrying out censorship of its own. (Source: Macon Daily)\n\nChina's confrontation with U.S. and Google continues\n\nThe rift between Google and China has affected many in the tech\nindustry. The world's largest internet firm has taken on the\nworld's largest nation in response to a theft of intellectual\nproperty that started\nwith a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ended in a trail\nof cyber evidence leading back to China's doorstep.\n\nNow,\neven as Google threatens\nto pull out of the Chinese search business completely, shutting\ndown Google.cn, the U.S.\ngovernment has stepped up to the plate challenging China to listen to\nthe concerns of Google and other firms. U.S. Senator Hillary\nClinton delivered sharp remarks criticizing China's duality of\ncyber-lawlessness and harsh censorship of certain materials.\n\nNow,\nChina is responding indignantly to the criticism. A\nspokesperson for China's State Council Information Office, the\norganization that helps to filter China's internet traffic addressed\nthe U.S. governments criticism, remarking, \"[China] bans using\nthe Internet to subvert state power and wreck national unity, to\nincite ethnic hatred and division, to promote cults and to distribute\ncontent that is pornographic, salacious, violent or terrorist.\nChina has an ample legal basis for punishing such harmful content,\nand there is no room for doubting this. This is completely different\nfrom so-called restriction of Internet freedom.\"\n\nThe\nresponse aired Monday on China's state run government website,\nwww.gov.cn.\n\nChina\nhas an internet population of over\n384 million, but it continues to tightly control the content its\nusers can view, filtering traffic through a system that is dubbed\n\"The Great Firewall\" by U.S. observers. Additionally,\nover 120 million users in China access the web from their mobile\ndevices, adding a new challenge for internet censors.\n\nChina's\ndispute with the U.S. however, may be a sign of tensions outside the\ntech arena boiling over. The U.S. recently announced that it\nwould be selling modern weapons to Taiwan, a renegade state that\nChina still insists it owns. U.S. President Barack Obama will\nalso meet with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, in\ncoming months. Despite his dogma of pacifism, Chinese officials\ncall the Dalai Lama a dangerous extremist for promoting Tibetan\nseparatism.\n\nJin Canrong, a professor of international\nrelations at Renmin University in Beijing, comments, \"This year,\nwe're seeing problems over trade, the Dalai Lama, and U.S. weapons\nsales to Taiwan coming to the surface. The politicization and\nideological turn of the Google case could make it more difficult to\nwork together. The basic need for cooperation, economically and\ndiplomatically, hasn't changed, but each of these issues could\ndisrupt cooperation from day to day.\"\n\nTibet is one of the\nkey issues that is chilling relations between the U.S. and China.\nAnother is signs of censorship and oppression stemming from internet\nactivity. Late last, year a Chinese blogger and author Liu\nXiabo was sentenced to 11 years in prison for spreading subversive\nwritings on the internet. China has banned a variety of U.S.\nwebsites including YouTube, Twitter and Facebook in recent\nmonths.\n\nChina's government denies that the Google attacks\noriginated from within Chinese borders. And state-run Chinese\nnewspapers on Monday blasted\nthe U.S. as hypocritical. Editorials accused the U.S. of\nexploiting video-sharing site YouTube and micro-blogging site Twitter\nto drive unrest in Iran. They also point to current and pending\nlegislation on the U.S. state and national level that would impose\ngovernment filters on the internet content that minors can view.\nProclaims one column, \"This 'Internet freedom' that is being\npromoted everywhere is nothing more than a foreign policy tool, a\nfantasy of freedom.\"\n\nComments\n\nThreshold\n\nUsername\n\nPassword\n\nremember me\n\nThis article is over a month old, voting and posting comments is disabled\n\nFirst of all, you can't declare sovereignty on a country that already exists. The PRC TOOK OVER China; it was Taiwan that declared sovereignty. The ROC lost the war fair and square, if there is such a thing in war. And they lost for good reason: they didn't have public support.\n\nSo, the Qing Dynasty was the last royal rule of China and ended 1912. The Republic of China was formed after the Xinhai Revolution and was planned to evolve in three phases:\n\n1) Military rule to reunite China2) Political tutelage to create government and economic systems3) Democratic rule to prevent the return to a monarchy\n\nThe ROC completed step one. Steps two and three didn't go so well. On two separate occasions dictators (Yuan Shikai and Chiang Kai-shek) rose up to control the ROC through the Kuomintang, which went against step three.\n\nKai-shek went so far as to murder his allies. In 1923 the First United Front was created to combat the criminals taking over China in the wake of the dissolution of the Qing Dynasty. It was an alliance between the Kuomintang (est. 1919) and the Chinese Communist Party (est. 1920). The Kuomingtang were the \"democratic\" majority rulers who created the ROC, while the CCP was the new kid on the block. They shared a mutual interest in stopping the warlord criminals, but Kai-shek didn't trust the CCP due to their size and influence. In 1927 he initiated the Shanghai Massacre and had communists attacked and disarmed, in many cases murdered. These were the very same people that helped liberate cities and towns from the warlords under the FUF. Any resistance or protests were responded to with rifles. Kuomintang members with communist leanings were executed.\n\nThese incidents pissed the CCP off so much that it retaliated, and the people of China agreed as it started the Chinese Civil War. The Kuomintang had become as corrupt as the Qing Dynasty and broke every promise it made. Today's CCP is nothing at all like the CCP from 1927, which was generally honest and trustworthy. I guess getting stabbed in the back makes you cynical.\n\nSo, no, Taiwan has no claim on China. The only reason China couldn't take Taiwan back at the end of the Civil war was that Japan invaded in 1931 and started all kinds of mess. Taiwan belongs to China, but after all this time it's better to leave Taiwan as it is. I wouldn't be happy changing the political system of the US because it used to belong to Native Americans. Although they didn't have taxes. And problems could be solved by passing the peace pipe."}
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-{"text": "Grant Lock directed Afghanistan\u2019s largest eye care\nprogram. Until he himself became blind. He returns home to a society\nwith its own blind spots: myopic attitudes to Islam, mental health and\nwhat makes us human. After battling corruption, injustice and\ndisadvantage in the deserts, mountains and cities of Pakistan and\nAfghanistan, Lock confronts challenges\u2014both intimate and global\u2014with\ncourage and compassion.\n\n1\n\nBlasphemers will die\n\n13\n\n2\n\nThe salesman\n\n15\n\n3\n\nIn love with the garbage man\n\n19\n\n4\n\nMacular wall\n\n23\n\n5\n\nWidow of the curly comeback\n\n27\n\n6\n\nThe fur piano\n\n31\n\n7\n\nFrishta goes shopping\n\n35\n\n8\n\nHanging out\n\n39\n\n9\n\nThe gun\n\n41\n\n10\n\nThe road not travelled\n\n45\n\n11\n\nSome of your children will die\n\n49\n\n12\n\nSurvival at Sandspit\n\n51\n\n13\n\nWho?\n\n57\n\n14\n\nThe Lamborghini and the big stick\n\n61\n\n15\n\nRoad therapy\n\n65\n\n16\n\nHolding on\n\n67\n\n17\n\nLost\n\n71\n\n18\n\nFlowers and phones\n\n75\n\n19\n\nThe plainclothes policeman of Kabul\n\n79\n\n20\n\nMobile Mo\n\n83\n\n21\n\nThe commander and the flood\n\n85\n\n22\n\nLiars, twisters and fools\n\n89\n\n23\n\nYoung Lawrence of Arabia\n\n91\n\n24\n\nDouble dilemma\n\n95\n\n25\n\nOut of your brain\n\n97\n\n26\n\nThe package\n\n103\n\n27\n\nThe man\n\n107\n\n28\n\nThe delivery\n\n111\n\n29\n\nThe Basant trap\n\n113\n\n30\n\nSadiq Sahib\n\n117\n\n31\n\nCat and mouse\n\n121\n\n32\n\nSilent night\n\n125\n\n33\n\nWill the real Islam please stand up?\n\n129\n\n34\n\nThe club\n\n133\n\n35\n\nThe last straw\n\n137\n\n36\n\nAnd one thing more\n\n141\n\n37\n\nLand-locked Afghanistan\n\n147\n\n38\n\nStop picking on us!\n\n149\n\n39\n\nMelons\n\n153\n\n40\n\nThe fifth face\n\n159\n\n41\n\nNever say never\n\n161\n\n42\n\nThat woman\n\n165\n\n43\n\nMiscalculation 1\n\n169\n\n44\n\nThe pervert\n\n171\n\n45\n\nMiscalculation 2\n\n175\n\n46\n\nFumes\n\n179\n\n47\n\nWelcomely obscene\n\n181\n\n48\n\nFlashman\n\n183\n\n49\n\nThe rifle\n\n187\n\n50\n\nAnd the winner is \u2026\n\n193\n\n51\n\nThe touch\n\n197\n\n52\n\nThe squatters\n\n199\n\n53\n\nWhen the planets align\n\n203\n\n54\n\nHealing\n\n207\n\n55\n\nThe last Wali, the Mad Mullah and Malala\n\n215\n\n56\n\nJulietta\n\n223\n\n57\n\nTsunami\n\n227\n\n58\n\nThe left side\n\n229\n\n59\n\nFinding the mastermind\n\n231\n\n60\n\nTwo dollars\u2019 worth\n\n237\n\n61\n\nThe crab girl\n\n241\n\n62\n\nHubble images\n\n245\n\n63\n\nThe muddy morgue\n\n249\n\n64\n\nFaces of death\n\n251\n\n65\n\nKeemia\n\n255\n\n66\n\nThe Afghan wedding and the drummer from hell\n\n257\n\n67\n\nThe cigarette\n\n261\n\n68\n\nGrounded\n\n265\n\n69\n\nFlotsam\n\n267\n\nRiveting. To his experience in some of the world\u2019s most troubled\nplaces, Lock brings a bushman\u2019s wit and wisdom. Lock writes about\nIslam with authority and insight.\n\nHon John Anderson AO, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia\n\nGrant Lock is master of the ripping yarn. This smorgasbord of human\nexperience spans centuries and continents and embraces themes common\nto us all: hostility and hospitality, disaster and hope, the mundane\nand the marvelous.\n\nDr Bernie Power, Author of Understanding Jesus and Muhammad\n\nInspirational. I could sit in a pub all day listening to Grant Lock.\n\nHaydn Radford, Freelance Writer\n\nI thank God for you every day.\n\nFarida, Afghan widow\n\nGrant Lock dug wells, built schools and helped restore the eyesight of\nthousands of Afghans. Grant is married to Janna, the woman the widows\nof Kabul call Frishta (Angel). Development work in Pakistan and\nAfghanistan followed their notable success as cattle breeders in South\nAustralia.\n\nShoot Me First is a gripping personal account of life in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The author offers intriguing insights into the culture of the tribal territories that straddle the two countries. This is home to the Taliban, an untamed land which continues to absorb so much of the world\u2019s attention and military endeavour. Lock is shrewd and laconic but above all compassionate. His experience of the world\u2019s two major religions deserves careful consideration.\n\nSupporting micro-hydroelectric systems, empowering Afghan widows and overseeing a massive eye-care program, Grant and Janna Lock\u2019s development work in Afghanistan and Pakistan followed their notable success as cattle breeders in South Australia.\n\nPrologue\n\n15\n\nThe DesertSouth-East Pakistan 1984\u20131989\n\n1\n\nHalf way across Australia\n\n21\n\n2\n\nA name to remember\n\n23\n\n3\n\nWe the beggars\n\n27\n\n4\n\nPerfume and punches\n\n31\n\n5\n\nThe unwanted woman\n\n37\n\n6\n\nThe arrangement\n\n41\n\n7\n\nIt\u2019s in our blood\n\n45\n\n8\n\nA window in the desert\n\n49\n\n9\n\nBhopa anyone?\n\n57\n\n10\n\nSon of the prostitute\n\n61\n\n11\n\nRocky rip-off\n\n67\n\n12\n\nA crack in the caste\n\n77\n\n13\n\nToo fat for mujh\n\n87\n\n14\n\nPutting off or putting on\n\n91\n\n15\n\nAlmost orange marmalade\n\n97\n\n16\n\nThe waiting room\n\n101\n\n17\n\nSwissair scare\n\n105\n\n18\n\nFries your brains\n\n109\n\n19\n\nGood news, bad news\n\n113\n\n20\n\nGardening the Taliban\n\n121\n\n21\n\nThe spies go north\n\n125\n\n22\n\nMidnight movements\n\n129\n\nThe Frontier\nNorth-West Pakistan 1989\u20131998\n\n23\n\nFlower power\n\n141\n\n24\n\nSecrets\n\n145\n\n25\n\nTennis anyone?\n\n151\n\n26\n\nFata\n\n155\n\n27\n\nGun town\n\n165\n\n28\n\nShoot me first\n\n171\n\n29\n\nThe sickening thud\n\n177\n\n30\n\nRoyalty\n\n181\n\n31\n\nSpecial meat\n\n189\n\n32\n\nNot a bad innings\n\n195\n\nThe Capital\nNorth-East Pakistan 1999\u20132003\n\n33\n\nThe snow princess\n\n205\n\n34\n\nKabir takes a wife\n\n209\n\n35\n\nRetribution\n\n215\n\n36\n\nThe throat cutter\n\n221\n\n37\n\nMrs Baitto\n\n225\n\n38\n\nBlood on the ceiling\n\n231\n\n39\n\nDo I know you?\n\n235\n\n40\n\nCounterfeit cricketers\n\n239\n\n41\n\nThe Uyghur reunion\n\n247\n\n42\n\nVaporised\n\n249\n\n43\n\nMeet me under the bridge!\n\n251\n\n44\n\nOnly kafirs ask questions\n\n255\n\n45\n\nTraining terrorists\n\n259\n\nTaliban Country\nAfghanistan 2004\u20132008\n\n46\n\nThe return of the blue-eyed boy\n\n269\n\n47\n\nBefore the fall\n\n275\n\n48\n\nIt\u2019s a man\u2019s world\n\n281\n\n49\n\nI sold my baby\n\n285\n\n50\n\nThe charmer\n\n291\n\n51\n\nGo to hell\n\n295\n\n52\n\nThe sweetheart and the setup\n\n297\n\n53\n\nThe Smith and Wesson\n\n301\n\n54\n\nThe lama of Elista\n\n305\n\n55\n\nThe mask\n\n309\n\n56\n\nThe beautiful eyes\n\n313\n\n57\n\nThe Chinese singer\n\n319\n\n58\n\nThe surprise\n\n323\n\n59\n\nThe elephant in the room\n\n325\n\n60\n\nDeep pockets\n\n333\n\n61\n\nNumber 17\n\n339\n\n62\n\nIn the chair\n\n345\n\n63\n\nBack in the barn\n\n349\n\n64\n\nAfghan angels\n\n355\n\n65\n\nOne-way street\n\n359\n\n66\n\nPul-e-Charkhi prison\n\n365\n\n67\n\nThe tree hugger\n\n373\n\n68\n\nCafe Omar\n\n379\n\nNorth-west Pakistan, 1992\n\nThe stench of stale urine rises with the dust as my Pakistani workmen begin to demolish the building. Shovels and picks bear down on the mud bricks, clay rendering and poles. Sweat rolls down their faces, glistening in the sun.\n\nTime is up. The dukandar (shopkeeper) has had his chance to demolish it himself. Now I\u2019m doing it for him, as quickly as I can, before there is trouble. I\u2019m dimly aware of the noise of a crowd gathering in the street outside the mud walls of the derelict Pennell High School.\n\nThis is Bannu, in Pakistan\u2019s Pashtun country, near the border with Afghanistan. Back in the days of the British Raj, Dr Theodore Pennell built a school for boys and later added this segregated compound for girls. Neglected, and closed in recent times, we plan to open it again.\n\n\u2739\n\nIt is a challenging region for an engrez (foreigner) to work in. Before too many years have passed, the eyes of the whole world will focus on the nearby rugged Tribal Area. The Taliban- and al-Qaeda-riddled mountains span this porous border of the Islamic Republics of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pilotless drones will circle overhead while Islamic extremism oozes from its mountain fastness. As the Coalition tries to extricate its troops from the Taliban war, Afghanistan will be worried. The United States will be worried. Indeed, the entire world will be worried because the sting of an over-patronised Taliban scorpion will be curling back to strike its mentor, nuclear-loaded Pakistan.\n\nNow in 1992, however, as I watch the walls of the dukandar\u2019s illegal storeroom come down, all I\u2019m worried about is getting the job done despite any uncooperative locals.\n\n\u2739\n\n\u201cSir! Now! You must come now! They are very upset!\u201d It\u2019s Samson, my dedicated Pakistani assistant. Unlike the long-haired muscle man of Old Testament times, my Samson is frail and sickly. He stands barely as high as my shoulders. But his shrewd understanding of Pashtun ways has got me out of jams before.\n\n\u201cSir! Sir! You must come outside! They have guns!\u201d\n\nSo what\u2019s new? As with the naan bread and chai tea they survive on, Pashtuns and guns are synonymous. Pashtun boys are born with a gun in their hands. Pashtun courage and marksmanship when repelling invaders and settling feuds amongst each other are legendary.\n\n\u201cLook, Samson, this building is coming down. Right now! We need all the space we can get to rebuild the school.\u201d\n\n\u201cVoh bahoot bahoot naraaz!\u2014They are very, very angry, Sir!\u201d\n\nPashtuns and guns, plus anger. I\u2019d be a fool to ignore that nasty cocktail. I order the workmen to keep up the demolition. Dust from the collapsing clay roof fills the air as I march to the gate. It was hard enough to evict the squatters. We\u2019re not stopping now.\n\nStepping out of the compound, I can see that the influential shopkeepers have indeed stirred up an angry crowd. Mostly bearded, they are gesticulating and shouting in Pashtu. What\u2019s all this about? They know their fellow shopkeeper illegally extended his storeroom into the school ground. They know that yesterday he signed a document admitting his fault. He agreed for us to remove the building if he failed to do it himself within twenty-four hours. Surely they know that we are re-opening Pennell\u2019s school for their Muslim daughters as well as the minority Christian girls. Don\u2019t they realise that this is for them?\n\nBut the mob is defending the damaged honour of their colleague, who yesterday had to publicly admit his guilt to an unbelieving foreigner, a lowly kafir who stands with the small community of Pakistani Christians, the local kafirs.\n\nHospitality, honour and revenge. That\u2019s the age-old mantra of Pashtunwali, the unbreakable code of the Pashtuns. Looking into the black eyes of the shouting beards, I can see that in this dusty Bannu bazaar, honour and revenge have conveniently coalesced.\n\nThe mob surrounds us. Samson\u2019s glasses seem bigger, and his body smaller, than ever. The mob\u2019s burly leader shouts in Urdu, a language that has taken me three years to master. \u201cIf you don\u2019t stop your workmen from demolishing the building\u201d\u2014and he pauses to add venom to his ultimatum\u2014\u201cwe are going to shoot them!\u201d\n\nThe crowd falls silent, savouring the imminent back down of the engrez. The preservation of all-important male honour trumps female welfare every time. Anger and indignation surge up within me. Hey, you bellowing misogynists, this is for you. This is for your daughters, for the mothers of your grandchildren.\n\nI stare back. Who is going to blink first? My brain fleetingly recalls a girl I met the day before. \u201cI want to study,\u201d she confided. \u201cOne day I want to become a doctor.\u201d\n\nThe emboldened beard repeats his threat. \u201cIf you don\u2019t stop your workmen from demolishing the building, we will shoot them!\u201d\n\nI hear my voice answering the challenge. It\u2019s surprisingly strong and resolute. \u201cIf you are going to shoot my workmen, Sir\u201d\u2014and I jab my forefinger, first at his chest then mine\u2014\u201cyou\u2019ll have to shoot me first!\u201d\n\nThey all hear it. The silence thunders in my ears.\n\nCrisp, beautiful and revealing. Valuable for anyone trying to build an appreciation of Islamic societies. And that should be all of us.\n\nHon John Anderson AO, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia\n\nLock\u2019s adventures are probed for meaning so that the reader may have a deeper comprehension of a region frequently in our headlines but seldom in our understanding.\n\nLynn Arnold AO, Former Premier of South Australia\n\nThe raw reality of daily life for ordinary people, up close and personal. Lock gives the most pressing global issues of our time a human face."}
-{"text": "Ten months after being taken off the release schedule, \u201cThe Croods 2\u201d is being revived by Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation, and has been set for release on September 18, 2020.\n\nThe sequel to the 2013 Oscar-nominated caveman film will see Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman and Clark Duke return to the cast in a sequel that will see The Croods encounter another prehistoric family. Leslie Mann will also join the cast.\n\nUniversal and DWA also set a release date for \u201cSpooky Jack,\u201d which has Blumhouse Pictures CEO Jason Blum attached as executive producer. Written by Robert Ben Garant (\u201cNight at the Museum\u201d), \u201cSpooky Jack\u201d follows three siblings who move into a house filled with paranormal creatures, including leprechauns, Bigfoot, and a shy Boogeyman. Damon Ross will produce for DWA, and the film will be released September 17, 2021.\n\nThe next DreamWorks Animation release will be \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon 3,\u201d which hits theaters March 1, 2019, followed by \u201cEverest\u201d on September 27, 2019. Sequels for \u201cTrolls\u201d and \u201cThe Boss Baby\u201d will be released in 2020 and 2021, respectively.\n\n30 Highest Grossing Animated Movies of All Time Worldwide\n\nA look at top animated moneymakers as of June 2018, from \"The Lion King\" to \"Zootopia.\" The numbers are not adjusted for inflation.\n\n30. \"Ratatouille\" (2007)\n\nWorldwide Gross: $620,702,951\n\nDirector Brad Bird mixed a love of gourmet French cuisine with talking rodents in the 2007 fancy feast."}
-{"text": "Check Out These Collectibles That Were Available For Wrath Of Khan!\n\nBut shockingly enough what the film release was missing was any toy tie-in. Of course it is slightly understandable as 1979\u2019s Star Trek: The Motion Picture was heavily marketed and that turned out to be something of a bomb.\n\nThat isn\u2019t to say that Wrath of Khan didn\u2019t find itself offering any collectibles as you can plainly see from this ad in the September 1982 issue of Starlog you totally could have nabbed ceramic mugs featuring the likenesses of Mr. Spock, Kirk and Khan. You also could have bought a set of 5 buttons, a brass Enterprise keychain, insulated photo mugs and even two different felt pennants!\n\nI think that it\u2019s time to head over to eBay now. Sigh. I somehow doubt I will be able to buy a set of those insulated mugs for a mere twelve bucks anymore.\n\nSearching through the alleys for useful knowledge in the city of Nostalgia. Huge cinema fanatic and sometimes carrier of the flame for the weirding ways of 80s gaming, toys, and television. When his wife lets him he is quite happy sitting in the corner eating buckets of beef jerky."}
-{"text": "First of all, is the Idolmaster Gathering\nNamco Booth 911\nFriday 5PM-6PM\nFan of the Idolm@ster series? So are a lot of ACParadise cosplayers, so we're hosting an unofficial gathering at the Namco Bandai booth! Stop by to get some pictures - we'll all be lady!http://www.acparadise.com/ace/events.php?eid=189"}
-{"text": "Cochino (SS-345) was laid down on 13 April 1944 at Groton, Conn., by the Electric Boat Company; launched 20 April 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Mortimer E. Serat, wife of the Assistant to the President of Electric Boat Co.; and commissioned at the Submarine Base, New London, Conn., on 25 August 1945, Commander William A. Stevenson in command.\n\nDuring her shakedown out of New London, Cochino visited Newport, R.I. (12-15 September 1945), then sailed for the Canal Zone on 3 October. Reaching her destination on 9 October, the new fleet boat carried out training with the Operational Development Force, then visited Miami, Fla. (24-30 October) to observe Navy Day. Proceeding thence to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Cochino operated in those waters until 27 November, when she shaped a course back to New London.\n\nCochino sailed from New London on 8 January 1946 in company with Irex (SS-482), bound for Guantanamo Bay. Cochino provided services out of Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo, for much of January, clearing those waters on 25 January for her new home port of Key West, Florida, arriving there on 27 January, after which time she returned to Guantanamo Bay to resume providing services in that area (24 February-7 March). In-port periods at Key West followed (9 March-3 May, and 7-10 May), punctuated by a call at St. Petersburg, Fla. (4-6 May) before she returned to Cuban waters (12-16 May). Then, following a visit to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (18-20 May), Cochino sailed to conduct simulated attacks upon ships of the 8th Fleet, proceeding thence to Key West upon conclusion of those evolutions.\n\nFollowing a period of upkeep (24 May-16 August 1946), Cochino operated briefly out of Guantanamo Bay (18-24 August) before she returned to her home port. Then, sailing in company with Corporal (SS-346), the submarine visited Galveston, Tex. (2-7 September). Returning to Key West upon completion of that port call, Cochino returned to Guantanamo Bay for another stint of providing services for fleet units in those waters (6-10 October). The boat operated out of Key West for the remainder of the year, punctuating that time with visits to Havana, Cuba (18-21 October) and New Orleans (25-29 October), and providing services for the fleet out of Guantanamo Bay (1-6 December).\n\nCochino departed her home port on 3 March 1947, and visited St. Thomas (7-9 March) before sailing in company with Greenfish (SS-351) to operate north of Culebra, Puerto Rico. Following another in port period at Key West (17-29 March), the boat headed north for a period of repairs and alterations at the Philadelphia (Pa.) Naval Shipyard. While there, she suffered slight damage when undocking from the marine railway on 20 May. Shifting to the Naval Ammunition Depot at Ft. Mifflin upon completion of that yard period, she conducted deep diving tests on 21 June in the waters of the Baltimore Canyon at 38 08'N, 73 49'W, tended by the submarine rescue vessel Tringa (ASR-16), after which time she returned to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, remaining there until 3 July. Cochino then proceeded to Norfolk, Va. (6-12 July), reporting for duty to Commander, Aircraft, Atlantic Fleet, and then shifted to Annapolis, Md. (12-25 July) reporting for duty to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy upon arrival there. She then returned to her home port for upkeep (28 July-29 August), after which time she visited Havana (29 August-1 September). Returning to Key West on 1 October, she remained there for most of the rest of the month, heading out to sea on 11 October to ride out a storm, returning the following day.\n\nAfter visiting Miami (25-28 October 1947), Cochino operated with the 2nd Task Fleet near Bermuda, through mid-November, after which time she returned to her homeport for upkeep through mid-January 1948. Work in the Key West operating area or upkeep in port involved the boat until 31 January, when she sailed for New Orleans, La., for Mardi Gras festivities (2-11 February). Returning thence to Key West and the local operating areas there, the fleet boat worked in those areas into the spring of 1948. Toward the end of that period, on 26 April 1948, while conducting a submerged exercise at a 60 foot depth, Cochino collided with the fleet tug Salinan (ATF-161). Attempts to go deep and swing ship proved unsuccessful, and the boat suffered damage to the periscope shears, both periscopes, and her radar antenna.\n\nCochino then underwent repairs and major renovations at her builders' yard beginning on 11 May 1948. Converted to a GUPPY/Snorkel boat at Groton, she emerged from the yard on 4 February 1949. Departing New London on 25 March, the newly modernized submarine visited Boston (26-27 March), then returned to New London (28 March-2 May), after which time she headed south to return to her home port, arriving at Key West on 8 May. She then again shaped course for New London, where she remained from 19 May to 16 July, then proceeded to Argentia, Newfoundland, where she arrived on 22 July, en route to the British Isles and her first deployment to European waters.\n\nShe reached Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on 29 July. She operated locally in those waters for a brief period, then put in to Londonderry (4-8 August) before visiting Portsmouth, England (8-12 August). She then put to sea for operations above the Arctic Circle in the Barents Sea before turning for home in late August.\n\nOn 25 August 1949, however, Cochino ran into a violent polar storm off Norway. The huge waves slammed the submarines' snorkel so violently, and jolted the boat so severely, that the pounding caused an electrical fire and battery explosion, followed by the release of deadly hydrogen gas. Defying the most wretched weather conditions, men of Cochino and Tusk (SS-426) fought to save the submarine for 14 hours, performing acts of skillful seamanship and high courage in the storm-lashed, frozen seas. A second battery explosion on 26 August, however, made \"Abandon Ship\" the only possible order, and after the crew made a dangerous rope transfer to Tusk, the abandoned Cochino sank at 71\u00b035' N., 23\u00b035' E. Cochino's only fatality was a Bureau of Ships technician, Robert W. Philo, swept overboard by an icy wave. Tusk lost six of her own men by the same cause in the attempt to save Cochino.\n\nCochino was stricken from the List of Naval Vessels on 27 October 1949."}
-{"text": "This site is a true reflection of my comings and goings within the virtual platform known as Second Life, it is mostly my first person recollections of anything happening. Enjoy the read and do follow and share if you liked what you found\n\nTwo\n\nMost of the greatest discoveries and advances in all fields, have been done by one single mind who has focused and rejected social interaction, all for the sake of a passion driven goal or a burning need to improve our lives, but there is a need stronger than any of the mentioned above and that is, to be loved, accepted and to find support or shelter in another person or people.\n\nOne of the things that the second life platform has taught me is that, in John Donne\u2019s immortal words \u201cno man is an island\u201d; you can brag about being self-sufficient, independent and even -pathologically so- almighty, but it can be factual and possible to a point, in the end you will be in need for some cooperative effort to get somewhere. People all come with different talents and perspectives when it comes to perceiving the world around them, so team work aids one to see things from a different angle and possibly think of things that escaped us.\n\nBut beyond our plans and goals as a community, what drives us as humans to be in constant search for that perfect other half? -some call it your soul mates-. According to Aristophanes, in the beginning there were 3 parents, the sun, the moon and the earth, each produced offspring: From sun was produced the man; from earth, the woman; from moon, the androgyne. Each of these three was a double, one head with two faces looking out in opposite directions, four arms and legs, and two sets of genitalia. They moved about on the earth with a great deal more freedom and power than humans do now, for they rolled-ran hand over hand and foot over foot at double speed. They tried to take over mount Olympus at some point and as punishment, Zeus cut them in half -two individuals, sharing a soul-, hence making sure humans were too busy looking for that other half to entertain anything else.\n\nThe creatures who had been double women before, naturally sought out women; those who had been androgynous, sought out members of the opposite gender; those who had been double men, sought out the company of men, and not simply for intercourse, but so they could become whole again by being rejoined with their soul mates.\n\nThis is of course only mythology, but doesn\u2019t stop from being a nice explanation on why we strive and go beyond our comfort zone, risking it all and giving our all to that person we find worthy.\n\nPast reads\n\nThis site is a true reflection of my comings and goings within the virtual platform known as Second Life, it is mostly my first person recollections of anything happening. Enjoy the read and do follow and share if you liked what you found\n\nThis site is a true reflection of my comings and goings within the virtual platform known as Second Life, it is mostly my first person recollections of anything happening. Enjoy the read and do follow and share if you liked what you found\n\nA Celebratory blog about the art of entertainment and the value of a spirited controversial opinion. *Photography, Music, Fashion, Makeup, Artist, Sculptors, Wise Quotes, and more* There is no subject that will not be touched. This is for simple entertainment, eye openers, soul nurturing, and brutal honesty."}
-{"text": "\u201cWeb and app developers can now add FIDO strong authentication to their Android apps and websites through a simple API call, to bring passwordless, phishing-resistant security to a rapidly expanding base of end users who already have leading Android devices and/or will upgrade to new devices in the future,\u201d FIDO Alliance announced.\n\nIf your Android device does not have a fingerprint sensor, you can use other methods, like a PIN or swipe pattern that you use to unlock your phone."}
-{"text": "The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said House disciplinary proceedings against the congressman fell outside the jurisdiction of the courts.\n\nThe House voted 333-79 to censure Rangel for financial and fundraising misconduct.\n\nThe 85-year-old Harlem Democrat claimed that staff and members of the House Ethics Committee conducting the probe against him suppressed evidence of misconduct in the investigation.\n\nA federal judge ruled that courts had no authority over the House investigation. An appeals court in the District of Columbia upheld that decision, saying Rangel must seek vindication in the court of public opinion.\n\nAmong the House Ethics Committee\u2019s findings were that Rangel shortchanged the IRS for 17 years by failing to pay taxes on income from his rental unit in a Dominican Republic resort. He also filed misleading financial disclosure reports for a decade, leaving out hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets he owned."}
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-{"text": "The debut showcase of JBJ who made its debut as it wished!\nThe first stage of JBJ who made its dreams come true!\nFrom the awesome stages of the fantastic JBJ to each member\u2019s charming point that will excite the fans!\nA highway to the flower path! Let\u2019s go see the first showcase of JBJ, go go!\n\nK-pop (an abbreviation of Korean pop or Korean popular music) is a musical genre consisting of dance, electronic, electropop, hip hop, rock, and R&B music originating in South Korea. In addition to music, K-pop has grown into a popular subculture among teenagers and young adults around the world.\nA business, also known as an enterprise, company or a firm is an organizational entity involved in the provision of goods and services to consumers. Businesses are prevalent in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and provide goods and services to customers in exchange for other goods, services, or money.\nA game is structured form of play, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work."}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nTag Archives: Sen. Vincent Hughes\n\nPost navigation\n\nEnglish: South Philadelphia High School, taken from Broad Street, with snow in the foreground (Photo credit: Wikipedia)\n\nFOR THE SECOND straight year, the Philadelphia School District is staring at a more than $300 million shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1.\n\nThat\u2019s according to a lump-sum budget adopted last night by the School Reform Commission, which lays out broad projections of revenue and expenses. The forecast anticipates $2.8 billion in expenses, with $2.5 billion in revenues, leaving a deficit of $320 million.\n\n\u201cBased on our current financial picture, we are still left without adequate funding to provide even the most basic services for our students,\u201d SRC chairman Bill Green said. \u201cWe are again in a position to ask for additional funding.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nFriday, September 19, 2014\n\nIt's been sooooooooo,so long since i last posted! I know and i'm so sorry! :(\n\nI missed you all so much! You see ,after my exams were over i had no wi-fi or internet connection whatsoever. And when i finally got home, and sat down on my desk, ready to catch up with you guys, i realised something was wrong with my computer :(.....\n\nWhat had actually happened, was that it got completly and utterly DESTROYED during a raging storm ! :(\n\n(that kinda sounded like lyrics from \"Let it Go\" XD)\n\nIt took 2 WHOLE MONTHS for it to be finally fixed, and after it got fixed my internet device broke too! =.=\n\nLike...UNLUCKY MUCH? O_O\n\nAnyways, let me CUT TO THE CHASE.\n\nI just got to my e-mails today, and i noticed these two VERY IMPORTANT E-MAILS!\n\nThe first one (wich for some reason i cannnot find right now? o.O) was about a reunion on Worlize on \"PIXIE HOLLOW\" (all caps), a world created by Rose Morningmist, taking place on the 20th and 21th of September.\n\nThe second e-mail was just a reminder for the reunion.\n\n(Click on the image to view it in full resolution)\n\nSo i actually visited Rose's world on Worlize, and i have to say it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! <3LINK! : https://www.worlize.com/PIXIEHOLLOW-Rose (Note:You need to be logged in, in Worlize before clicking the link above!)\n\nYou can honestly tell that she has worked so much!(Click for full size)\n\nSo i thought that i should definetly tell you guys in order for you to come, and i know that it is SO,SO late to tell you this , but better late than never right ? :)\n\nHere are the meeting details:\n\nHere you can see my awful Worlize Avatar ;_;..guess what..i made it myself...., but don't worry you don't have to make yours too!:)You can find pre-made ones at the shops, like in Queen's Boutique and etc. or at Worlize's Avatar Shop, but those are not Pixie Avatars.. :/\n\nIf you do come tommorow, then know that Iwill also be there, and i would love to meet you!And not only that!I will also take screenshots of the meet up and the pixies in it and post them here, together with a special video and my impressions of the reunion!:)\n\nIn case you have any problems signing in Worlize, or finding Rose's Pixie Hollow, then come on the blog's chat during the reunion's time! I'll be there to help you! :D (Although i've had a tiny problem logging in as Crystal Airshine, but i hope i'll be able to fix that one ;_;)\n\nHOWEVER, if you can't come to the reunion on Worlize, then there is always the second reunion, organised by the amazing Marigold Sunjewel and Sarah Diamondswirls wich will propably last up to 3-4 days! :D\n\n(Actually , i had too sometime thought of throwing a party on Worlize, and make it something like a reunion. Who knows? I might get to it sometime soon!:) )\n\nSEE YOU ALL THERE!\n\n(NOPE THE POST IS NOT OVER YET!XD )\n\nNow that i am done announcing the important news,let's go back to smalltalk :P\n\nActually..not that \"small\".\n\nYou see i didn't continue what i wanted to say when i mentioned i checked my e-mail today. What i also did notice was that when i searched up \"Blogger Contact Form\" in my g-mail, i found A TON of your e-mails that had never really gotten to me! And i really want to apologize for that as well! I'm the worst blogger ever *sniff* :'(\n\nHowever, i know it was late, but although it took me 2 HOURSnon-stop to accomplish, i did reply to every and each one of your e-mails! :D (there were 45 pages =.= )\n\nSo go check your mail afterwards, because you might find an e-mail from me! ;)\n\nBut most importantly, i want to thank you ALL of you, my WONDERFUL<3 readers for your mails, and all your kind words!\n\nI can't even describe to you the feeling i get while reading your comments or your e-mails! And i promise that from now on i'll reply much, much earlier! :P\n\nLast but not least, i wanted to let you know tha my exams went really well and my grades this year were super good, so thank you for all your good luck wishes on Google+ , e-mail, or at the comment section !\n\nI think i have the best readersin the history of blogging! :D <3\n\nBtw how is school going so far for you? :)\n\nFor me there's just much more studying -_- (laaame)\n\nAnd finally, one last thing i want you to know is that i'm going to post 2 NEW POSTS real soon!"}
-{"text": "OpenSolaris and OpenSPARC from Brazil!\n\nComputer Architecture: A Quantative Approach - Fourth Edition\n\nFor those of you who doesn't know this great piece of lecture written mainly by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, It is a bible for computer architectors and hardware designers. Marc Tremblay, Fellow and VP, Chief Architecture from Sun Microsystems stated \"Computer Architecture builds on fundamentals that yielded the RISC revolution, including the enablers for the CISC translations. Now, in this new edition, it clearly explains and gives insight into the latest microarchitectures techniques needed for the new generation of multithreaded multicore processors\".\n\nThe fourth edition of the book is divided into six chapters and three printed appendices, and more nine appendices on CD.\n\nAbout\n\nHi, my name is Marcelo Arbore, I study electrical engineering at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and I work for Sun Microsystems. I also like to surf, I love the sea and I will live in California some day.\nmarcelo.arbore@sun.com"}
-{"text": "Need help on session/time\n\nHi all, I am a newbie trying to get my feet wet in the vast world of Jsp/Servlets. I am trying to create a servlet based web application. One of the requirement is to find a way to indicate the users how long since his/her session started. How do I go about solving this problem?? Thank you very much sincerely, Michael Yang\n\nHello, There are the following methods available for session.The whole idea is that you Get the Time (throgh Date) when the Session was started and then compare it with the present time. Calculate the difference and display it to the User. Things will be clear with these codes: import java.util.*;//for Date Class : : : //within the Releveant methood (i.e doGet or doPost) : Date startSes=new Date(ses.getCreationTime()); : //ses is the Object of Httpsession Date currSes=new Date(ses.getLastAccessedTime()); : ://Now Compare long l1=startSes.getTime();//in milliseconds long l2=currSes.getTime(); : pw.println(\"The time elapsed since your Session started is\" +(l1-l2)/1000 +\"secs\"); : Hope this is some help to you, Regards, Milan Doshi\n\nMilan Doshi\n\nMichael Yang\n\nGreenhorn\n\nPosts: 3\n\nposted 17 years ago\n\nThanks a lot Milan, for your help. I was thinking about writing an applet to display the session time, so it can be refreshed and looked just like a digital clock. I still haven't find a way to call the applet from my servlet. I will give your code a try and see what happened. Thank you very much Michael\n\n\"Milan\", The Java Ranch has thousands of visitors every week, many with surprisingly similar names. To avoid confusion we have a naming convention, described at http://www.javaranch.com/name.jsp . We require names to have at least two words, separated by a space, and strongly recommend that you use your full real name. Posts which contravene the naming convention are not eligible to win books! Please choose a new name which meets the requirements."}
-{"text": "GMC Acadia Review\n\nThe GMC brand positions themselves as the \u201cProfessional Grade\u201d alternative to Chevrolet. Even though they share a lot of the same types of vehicles with the General Motors cousins, GMC tends to do things a little bit better. The Acadia is a prime example of offering a mid-size SUV with a couple of nice extra touches, making it more professional.\n\nThe Acadia is noticeable by its exterior design, which includes LED taillights, wrap-around LED daytime running lights, and a large GMC grille on the front. The Acadia was one of the vehicles to set the current design language for GMC.\n\nAvailable in optional all-wheel drive, the Acadia is great for any weather. The engine makes good power, while returning decent fuel economy in the mid-size crossover SUV category. The nice thing about driving a GMC is that you don\u2019t have to baby the car to get good fuel economy. Of course, if you drive like crazy the fuel efficiency will suffer, but the window sticker mileage tends to be the mileage you get.\n\nInside, you get an interior swathed in leather, with a full color touch screen radio and integrated satellite navigation. While it might not look as modern as some of the vehicles out there, the infotainment system responds quickly to commands, and pairs quickly to a Bluetooth-enabled phone so you can make hands-free calls or listen to streaming audio.\n\nWhen it comes to safety, the Acadia is available with blind spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic warning. There\u2019s of course a rearview camera available, and there\u2019s even a pre-collision system to help protect you in crash (or avoid one from happening). OnStar is also on board to make the emergency call if you are in an accident.\n\nOnStar includes support for 4G LTE, which turns your Acadia into a hotspot. You can connect your laptop, mobile device, or tablet up and surf the internet while cruising down the highway. It\u2019s a great feature for the mobile professional, or for someone who hauls their children around regularly.\n\nThe GMC Acadia is a premium upgrade over many of the midsize crossovers on the market, and one I think you should consider looking at if you\u2019re in the market.\n\nWhat do you think?\n\nWhat's your reaction?\n\nChad Kirchner is the Editor-in-Chief of Future Motoring, along with the main host and producer of the Future Motoring podcast. In addition to his work here, he's a freelance automotive journalist for outlets around the world."}
-{"text": "Three charts to see before voting.\n\nThree charts to see before voting.\n\nSeveral charts over the past couple of years have awoken many people to how out of control our federal government has become. Deroy Murdock over at National Review Online has put three of these together in one post to remind Americans what we\u2019re fighting against and to rev you all up to go vote. These three charts show the insanity of Obamacare, the diminishing private sector jobs compared to the growing public sector, and the vast divide between federal employee pay compared with private sector pay. We taxpayers are on the hook for all of this. This is a very persuasive wakeup call.\n\n\u2026 Titled \u201cYour New Health Care System,\u201d this schematic shows how Obamacare\u2019s hundreds of moving parts will fit together and whirl \u2014 or not, as rising health costs at Boeing, McDonald\u2019s, and the United Federation of Teachers (to name a few affected organizations) already reveal.\n\nSnip \u2013\n\nLiterally scores of icons and symbols show how the president, the secretary of health and human services, the IRS, and other existing federal actors and agencies interact with Obamacare\u2019s new entities including, among many others, the Elder Justice Coordinating Council, the Medicare Prescription Drug and MA-PD Complaint System, and the National Oral Health Public Education Campaign.\n\nEven worse, the JEC\u2019s diligent personnel could not fit all of this new law\u2019s boards, commissions, mandates, and other elements onto this chart\u2026.\n\nHere\u2019s what\u2019s missing:\n\n\u2026four loan repayment and forgiveness programs, four other new regulatory programs, 17 insurance mandates, 19 special-interest provisions, 22 other new bureaucracies, 26 other new demonstration and pilot programs, and 59 other new grant programs. These 151 additional items within Obamacare do not appear individually on this diagram\u2026Snip \u2013\n\nThe JEC\u2019s 25-megabyte creation is difficult to transmit via e-mail. However, a convenient link opens a PDF that allows readers to zoom in and explore this chart in amazing and shocking detail. Snip \u2013\n\n\u2026(the chart gives) a jaw-dropping glimpse of the health-care Hell that awaits the American people, unless they elect a new Congress to shutter this entire fiasco before it renders this republic irretrievably ill. Snip \u2014\n\nThe next chart is from the Heritage Foundation and shows the loss of jobs in the private sector as compared to local and state government jobs and (the piece de resistance) over-bloated federal government sector.\n\n\u2026While the American people live increasingly ascetic lives, and even city halls and statehouses have displayed some restraint, Washington, D.C., increasingly resembles Versailles \u2014 an out-of-touch, extravagant, and callous place that fuels little beyond the nation\u2019s disgust, fury, and organized rebellion\u2026.\n\nFinally, USA Today on August 10 published this front-page chart based on Bureau of Economic Analysis data\u2026\n\nThis bloat is bipartisan. While President Obama\u2019s spending spree has exacerbated the inequality of federal vs. private compensation, this problem reaches into the irresponsible Bush-Rove years. Between 2000 and 2009, private salaries and benefits grew by 8.8 percent after inflation. Among federal civilians, however, salaries and benefits exploded by 36.9 percent.\n\nIf any sleeping Democrat wants to understand at least part of the reason everyday Americans are in the streets protesting in Tea Party rallies, these three charts should give them a bit of a wakeup call. Americans still believe in free market principles and these three charts reflect nothing but government intervention, government bloat and government employees enriched on the backs of those in the private sector. But, it\u2019s not just the outrageous cost and exhausting intervention in the American people\u2019s lives that has so pushed Americans to unheard-of resistance to its government\u2026it\u2019s the fact that the current administration has done this in direct opposition to the voters. They have done this knowing it\u2019s against the will of the country. This \u201clet them eat cake\u201d moment from the Democrats in charge (which actually started when Bush and the Republicans pooh-poohed Americans\u2019 revolt against illegal immigration amnesty as they attempted to shove it down our throats) has been the straw (actually so many straws in the past two years) that has broken the voting public\u2019s backs. We the people will not be pushed around by those who think they know better. We do not want to end like Greece. We do not want to end like France. So, Washington, quit trying to shove this leftist crap down our throats. Read it all here, and pass it along to your friends. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/250485/three-charts-will-infuriate-taxpayers-deroy-murdock\n\nResponses\n\nLiked your comment on the Spectator site \u201cTheir goals are the same \u2014 bringing down the USA. They all hate the country as it is founded, therefore, natural allies.\u201d Exactly right. The Progressives & the Islamists are birds of the same totalitarian feather. Funny thing is, if either of \u2019em had the power, first thing they\u2019d do is wipe out the other. Stop by my blog sometime.\n\nI\u2019ll check it out, Bob, and thanks for the response. And, so true about wiping each other out if they have the chance. They don\u2019t want any competition! Just like the Dems would shut up their leftist critics if they had the chance. If they had complete control of the country (you know, no pesky elections to hold) \u2014 they would march their leftist critics to the gallows faster than their critics on the right."}
-{"text": "The Top 14 Wildest Things That Have Happened on Ryan Murphy's 9-1-1\n\nThe Top 14 Wildest Things That Have Happened on Ryan Murphy's 9-1-1\n\nAny fan of Ryan Murphy knows that the man has a gift for creating buzzworthy TV shows. From Nip/Tuck to American Horror Story, Murphy has developed a score of shows that are so wildly different from one another, there's no way to guess where he's going next. One such project of his, that I personally feel is vastly underrated, is his Fox procedural drama 9-1-1, which follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders.\n\nNow in its second season, 9-1-1 brings a lot to the table; it boasts a star-studded cast (that includes Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, and Jennifer Love Hewitt), has heartwarming stories about the family you're born with and the family you choose, and delivers lots of the soapy drama that we all know and love. It also features some of the wildest emergencies imaginable, some of which have actually happened. I'm talking rescuing folks from having their heads stuck in a microwave with cement, helping pregnant ladies who fly into labor during yoga, and evicting a seven-foot tapeworm out of a man's nether regions. Yeah, you'll never eat sushi again after that one.\n\nIf you won't watch for the highly attractive people giving you This Is Us levels of emotional devastation, watch for the batsh*t crazy situations they have to rescue people from! Come along and let me take you through some of the most jaw-dropping crises featured on 9-1-1. You won't be able to resist checking it out for yourself when you're done."}
-{"text": "Dos Equis will overhaul ad pitch to tout quality\n\nThe current estimated $5 million effort from Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York, positions the Mexican beer as an alternative to the routine and runs with the tag, \"Viva la revolucion!\"\n\nWhile creative and media are being evaluated, Labatt USA isn't planning an agency review.\n\n\"We want to improve the focus on the brand,\" said Brad Hittle, group marketing director-Mexican brands for Labatt USA.\n\nAlso the importer of No. 2 Mexican brand Tecate as well as the smaller Sol, Bohemia and Carta Blanca, the marketer wants to position Dos Equis as the equal of European imports.\n\nMEDIA STRATEGY TO CHANGE\n\nIn addition to changing the creative, Labatt USA wants to alter the media strategy; it has been using only print ads this year.\n\nDriven by the growth of Corona Extra, imported in the U.S. by Gambrinus Co. and Barton Beers, Mexican brews are hot. Dos Equis is the third-largest beer from south of the border, with 3 million cases sold in 1997, up 25% from the year-earlier period, according to industry newsletter Beer Marketer's Insights.\n\nLabatt USA, jointly owned by Canada's Labatt and Mexico's Femsa breweries, handles a wide array of imports as well as domestic specialty beers, such as Rolling Rock and Anchor Steam. The company hopes to triple its 1997 volume of 2.8 million barrels within the next five years (AA, Feb. 16). It plans to spend more than $80 million on marketing in 1998, including more than $25 million on media."}
-{"text": "\\$\\begingroup\\$Wouldn't it be better to change it to say \"state the purpose of your code, tell us what it does, and note why you think it could be better\" or something to that effect? I really like to avoid word-filtering in titles because it's .. jarring, easy to get around (no pr0blem, really) and a bit backwards in the context of trying to be as intuitive as possible.\\$\\endgroup\\$\n\u2013 Tim Post\u2666Sep 8 '14 at 4:59\n\n\\$\\begingroup\\$@TimPost - to be clear here, the real issue is the ... and note why you think it could be better part. We want to drop that from the hint. The title is not the place to be listing what you think is wrong with the code (because there are very few different things that worry people, so the titles all end up being similar to a small set of things).\\$\\endgroup\\$\n\u2013 rolfl\u2666Sep 9 '14 at 10:39\n\nI like the first idea about changing the hint (I don't think you can sum the concerns in the title - it will usually get longer), but not the one to prohibit this, because this is a keyword in C++.\n\nI believe that the intent of the hint was to make the author write important things first. This seems to be crucial part when writing anything on StackExchange. Many people are just scanning and won't even read the rest, or worse, would write an answer without trully reading the whole question (or simply downvote for not finding the clue in first few lines or what attracts the eye).\n\nSome automatic popup-hint could be used instead of strictly prohibiting this or any title that does not qualify for good title, but I really don't know how to code that.\n\n\\$\\begingroup\\$this is a keyword in other languages as well, but when used in titles it's not used as a keyword.\\$\\endgroup\\$\n\u2013 Simon Forsberg\u2666Sep 9 '14 at 8:43\n\n5\n\n\\$\\begingroup\\$Well, it could be used e.g. like this->method(). Although I cannot think about good title actually using it right now. Just wanted to point that out, to think about it, that it could be a problem.\\$\\endgroup\\$\n\u2013 firdaSep 9 '14 at 8:57"}
-{"text": "News\n\nTrucking Company 'Baffled' By Bridge Collapse, But Not Engineers\n\nUpdate Required\nTo play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.\n\nWSDOT\n\nThe trucking company involved in the Skagit River bridge collapse had no serious safety violations. That\u2019s according to U.S. Department of Transportation records. A vice president for the company says he\u2019s \u201cbaffled\u201d how one of his trucks could have brought down a bridge. But engineers say it\u2019s possible \u2014 especially with an older truss-style bridge.\n\nWhen Jugesh Kapur was in charge of the bridge department at the Washington Department of Transportation, he says about once a month he\u2019d get a report of a truck or some other moving object striking a bridge.\n\nBut these \u201cbridge hits\u201d \u2014 as he calls them \u2014 never brought down a bridge.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had extensive damage, but nothing of this magnitude,\u201d Kapur says.\n\nThe State Patrol says Thursday evening an oversize load struck key supports on the I-5 steel truss bridge over the Skagit River. Seconds later a 150 foot section of the 1955 structure gave way. Two vehicles containing three people plunged into the swirling waters below. Amazingly all survived with minimal injuries.\n\nThe company involved \u2013 Mullen Trucking out of Alberta, Canada \u2013 has a safety record better than most according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. One of its drivers was cited for unsafe driving in Washington in March.\n\nA vice president for the company told me, \u201cWe pride ourselves on being one of the safest carriers in North America.\u201d He went on to say \u201cwe\u2019re baffled on this.\u201d So is the driver of the oversize load, according to his wife who spoke with the CBC.\n\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like he tore the bridge down,\u201d says Cynthia Scott. \u201cIt was coming down and he was barely making it out.\u201d\n\nShe says from the picture\u2019s she\u2019s seen it looks like the load her husband was pulling \u2014 oil rig equipment \u2014 has minimal damage to just one corner.\n\n\u201cEven if it did kind of clip it, it shouldn\u2019t have been able to take a whole bridge down,\u201d she says.\n\nBut the physics are there. Former WSDOT chief bridge engineer Jugesh Kapur says a truck strike in the wrong spot on a truss bridge could bring it tumbling down.\n\n\u201cGenerally these kinds of bridges are not designed for a huge impact to the truss members,\u201d Kapur explains. \u201cSo when something huge and massive hits them there is the possibility that you may cause extensive damage or collapse of the bridge.\u201d\n\nKapur recently lost his job as head of bridges with WSDOT over cracks in the pontoons for the new 520 bridge in Seattle. Still he had nothing but praise for the agency\u2019s bridge safety program.\n\nState and federal investigators will now work to figure out what exactly triggered the collapse of the Skagit bridge \u2014 a process that could take weeks, if not months."}
-{"text": "Heatley underwent surgery this morning at the Cleveland Clinic. [Wild GM Chuck] Fletcher said the hope was that he would miss four or five weeks, but Dr. Tony Miniaci has informed the team that Heatley will likely miss the rest of the season.\n\nPrior to getting hurt, Heatley had appeared in 36 of Minnesota\u2019s 37 games this year, scoring 21 points while sitting third on the team in goals (11). He also averaged 18:32 TOI per game.\n\nThe Wild went into Wednesday\u2019s action sitting sixth in the Western Conference, four points back of Vancouver (50) for first place in the Northwest Division.\n\nUpdate:\n\nHere\u2019s the official release from the Wild\u2026\n\nMinnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher announced that forward Dany Heatley underwent successful surgery today on his left shoulder by Dr. Tony Miniaci at the Cleveland Clinic.\n\nHeatley will miss the remainder of this season and is expected to be fully recovered for the start of the 2013-14 campaign.\n\nI love Heater but this doesn\u2019t change much\u2026 it is annoying to think that pickles gets fined for a slash that had nothing to do with the injury. First game next year will be interesting to see what Heater / or anyone else sticking up for him does. Won\u2019t happen this season because points are more important."}
-{"text": ">I'm finding lots of examples of present tense where there doesn't seem to be\n>any imperfective force. Here are a few examples (lots more are available\n>upon request):\n>\n>Luke 7:8 POREUQHTI, KAI *POREUETAI* - ERXOU, KAI *ERXETAI* - POIHSON, KAI\n>*POIEI*\n>Matt 26:63 (GNT) KAI hO ARCIEREUS EIPEN AUTW: *EXORKIZW* SE KATA TOU QEOU\n>TOU ZWNTOS hINA hHMIN EIPHS EI SU EI hO CRISTOS hO UIOS TOU QEOU.\n>Acts 8:23 (GNT) EIS GAR COLHN PIKRIAS KAI SUNDESMON ADIKIAS *ORW* SE ONTA.\n>Matt 5:22 (GNT) EGW DE *LEGW*\n>\n>Most grammars I've read say that the present tense describes \"linear\n>action\", also known as \"imperfective aspect\". However, the \"aorist present\",\n>a category in both Smyth and Robertson, is \"punctiliar\". Robertson (p. 864\n>ff) does not see this as one category of usage, but as a whole class of\n>usage - he says that the present tense does not distinguish between \"linear\n>and punctiliar action\" (imperfective and perfective aspect, for you moderns)\n>since there are not two separate tenses such as the aorist and imperfect for\n>past action. Further, he says that modern Greek has developed forms which\n>*do* distinguish the two kinds of action; e.g., PAGAINW is imperfective and\n>means \"I am going\", PAGW is perfective and means \"I go\".\n\nImperfective aspect cannot be equated with linear action. If you equate the\ntwo, you will run into exactly the problem you are having here. Let's take\nLuke 7:8 as an example and see if looking at imperfective aspect a little\ndifferently helps.\n\nPOREUETAI does not represent 'linear action' if you think of a single act\nof someone 'going' in this context, but it does represent imperfective\naspect when you take into account that the speaker (the centurion) is\nstating a general principle. 'This is the way it always is, I say go, and\nthey go.' He is not thinking about when he started having this kind of\nauthority, or when he will cease to have it. He is merely concerned with\nthe state of affairs presently in force, and which will continue to be in\nforce for an unspecified time into the future.\n\nPart of your problem *may* be a dependence on the form you choose for your\ntranslation into English.\n\nHe is going [Present Progressive]\n\nseems clearly imperfective.\n\nHe goes [Simple Present]\n\nseems less so.\n\nEven the simple present in English can have an imperfective force in some\ncontexts. 'I sing in the choir at church' can be read as imperfective. This\nis something that I do (I actually don't, but that's beside the point),\nsomething which characterizes my behavior. The example from Luke 7:8 is\nsimilar. It is easy to think of the 'going' as something which happens\nrepeatedly, and no single instance is presented as imperfective by the\nspeaker. The point that the speaker is making, however, is not about the\nindividual instances, but about the general pattern which arises out of\nthem collectively. This is what characterizes his experience. He commands,\nand people obey.\n\n>This worries me, because if present isn't really a tense (as the aspect\n>people argue convincingly), and it doesn't clearly identify aspect (as\n>Robertson argues), then I don't know what it is!\n\nAgain, I think you should be careful about identifying what Robertson is\ntalking about as aspect. The categories that are being discussed by the\naspect specialists are certainly related in some ways to what Robertson is\ntalking about, but he was not discussing aspect.\n\n>Fanning does talk about the \"instantaneous present\" (p. 202), where the act,\n>by nature of the verb, takes place in an instant, and present used for acts\n>of speaking which focus on the current moment, but I don't understand how\n>the present itself can be construed to have imperfective force for these\n>uses. For instance, if I say EGW DE LEGW, and LEGW were imperfective, I\n>would think it would mean \"But I am saying\", not \"but I say\". I don't see\n>that Fanning has anything at all useful to say about passages like Luke 7:8.\n>I also couldn't find anything helpful on this in Porter's Verbal Aspect,\n>though I have a hard time finding things in it (it does not have an index).\n\nI don't think Luke 7:8 is a good example of what Fanning meant by the\ninstantaneous present (though I don't have a copy of his book to check). If\nI remember his discussion correctly (and please correct me if I don't), he\nis referring to verbs whose lexical aspect (to use the term most widely\naccepted for the a word's own contribution, apart from the contribution of\nthe grammatical inflection, to the aspectual sense of an expression), is\ninherently perfective. Take for example, the English verb 'hit' in 'Johnny\nis hitting his brother.' The grammatical form is imperfective, but the verb\nimplies something done in an instant, so the only option for viewing it\nimperfectively is to see Johnny as administering multiple blows--not one\nvery slow, drawn out blow.\n\nThe actions stated in Luke 7:8 are not of this type (with the possible\nexception of the last one, which is non-specific)."}
-{"text": "NOTE: This entry was modified on the evening of 11/9/10 to deal with typos and missing words, resulting from posting this too late the previous night. Sleep deprivation isn\u2019t always a good thing \u2014 although it allows one to do things more fun than sleep. Like play with data. Note to self: Be more careful in the future.\n\nMany of the stories we do every day, across beats, could benefit from a data component. Luckily, a lot of great design and programming folks have created tools to make it easier to organize, clean and display data. Helpful whether you just want to get a table up quickly, or want to spend months creating an app. Because we\u2019ve all got a lot to do, and spending more time on creativity is always a good thing. Let the computer deal with the boring parts.\n\nSo, here\u2019s a round up of some tools you can use to rapidly produce data pieces without programming knowledge. There are many others I continue to play with, and new tools are cropping up every day. The best way to get to know all of these is by taking a data set and playing around with the various options. Each category is organized in my approximate preferential order, which should be taken with many grains of salt.\n\nPrepping tables\n\nTableizer \u2013 http://tableizer.journalistopia.com/ \u2013 Copy and paste cells from your Excel spreadsheet into this tool, and it\u2019ll spit back a formatted HTML table that you can copy and paste into a CMS of your choice. Pick the font and header background color. Make sure your first row consists of headers, as these will be styled differently. Combine this with the Jquery DataTables plug in listed at the bottom of this info sheet, and you\u2019ve turned your mundane Excel table into a fancy-schmancy searchable, sortable and paginated table \u2014 a data news application in a box.\n\nTimeFlow \u2013 http://wiki.github.com/FlowingMedia/TimeFlow/ \u2013 Plot time-related data on a timeline. Useful for looking at chronology behind a project, or ongoing story on your beat. Helps you structure your information. Made for reporting, not presentation. Resulting timeline is not embeddable. To use this tool, you have to download it on your computer, either Mac or Windows will work.\n\nFreebase Gridworks \u2013 http://www.freebase.com/labs/gridworks \u2013 Downloadable tool to help you clean/analyze your data. Import your data set, and it will look past minor discrepancies, like capitalized and uncapitalized letters, and group your data. This can help you find patterns that will aid your story-finding abilities. You can customize how it groups the data, so it isn\u2019t aggregating information that it shouldn\u2019t be aggregating.\n\nMr. Data Converter \u2013 http://shancarter.com/data_converter- Enter your data in this web-based tool to convert your Excel file to other data formats. JSON is especially useful for feeding your data to a Flash developer. It won\u2019t directly help your presentation, but it will convert your data into a format that\u2019s easier for presentation tools to read.\n\nInteractive viz \u2013 no programming\n\nMany Eyes \u2013 http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ \u2013 A fantastic tool for presentation, built by some of the best data visualizers in the business, who now work for Google. Import your dataset, and get back an embeddable visualizaton. You can use it sort through and analyze lengthy text, and it\u2019ll give you a graphic-friendly word tree where users can see what ideas pop, and how those ideas are connected in a speech. Or use it for intensity maps, where certain states are colored by the value of data (how does Calif.compare?). Or use it for interactive bar/pie/line graphs. No programming knowledge needed, but while you can customize colors, it can be tough to customize the genral feel of these applications. More than suitable for a blog entry, though.\n\nGoogle spreadsheets \u2013 http://docs.google.com \u2013 Feel like everyone knows this baby. Use it to structure your data into various columns and records. Share it with your coleagues. Work with it from a variety of different machines. Recognize Google may be looking at your data as data, so don\u2019t use it for your super-secret investigative project that must never see the light of day until you say so. You can use this spreadsheet to feed a mini-version of a Web app, and pipe it into a Web page, like as an HTML table. More on that in a post TK.\n\nGoogle Fusion Tables \u2013 http://tables.googlelabs.com/Home \u2013 A lot like Google spreadsheets, but includes built-in embeddable viz tools. My favorite has to be an intensity map. If your data has a US state, or a country, and a value, it will shade those geo areas according to that value. Sweet.\n\nSocrata http://www.socrata.com/try-it-free \u2013 Really helpful for organizing data and spitting out charts, that are embeddable. Limited interactivity. Good for analyzing complicated data, and tend to take up a large portion of your on screen presentation.\n\nDISCONTINUED \u2013 Open Flash Charts \u2013 http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart/ \u2013 This was cool, but no longer exists. Plus, be forewarned anytime you use a tool that involves Flash, it\u2019s not iPhone/iPad friendly, as of now.\n\nEditGrid \u2013 http://www.editgrid.com/ \u2013 Makes simple graphs. I found this one to be disappointing, and lack the visual punch I hoped for.\n\nDISCONTINUED \u2013 Swivel \u2013 http://www.swivel.com \u2013 This used to be another favorite, and ranked pretty high up, until one day it stopped working. A discussion on the NICAR list confirmed it wasn\u2019t just me. I\u2019ll always remember it as how I spent 10 minutes of an arts journalism presentation analyzing data of what kinds of books have been sold over time, and my professor saying, \u201cTHAT\u2019S what the independent study is? That\u2019s. So. Cool.\u201d It is.\n\nStatic viz\n\nJuice Analytics chart maker \u2013 http://www.juiceanalytics.com/chartchooser/ \u2013 Nice templates for making better looking graphs in Excel. Great if you need something pretty quickly, and aren\u2019t completely invested in interactivity. You\u2019ll upload this as an image.\n\nExcel \u2013 By default, the spreadsheet program makes some graphs. Great for analysis, but you\u2019ll want to dig into settings to customize for a better look if you want to use for professional presentation.\n\nUse programming to make custom charts\n\nGoogle Charts (static) \u2013 http://code.google.com/apis/chart/and interactive \u2013 Love, love, love. You can use these as standalone images, or interactive pieces, on a site, or integrate it into a Web app, or anything in between. Uses Javascript, which makes it accesssible across platforms. You can make almost any kind of graph you can think of. Tutorials will walk you through the different types, and you can test your ideas on the fly in the Live Chart Playground, linkable from the left of any documentation page. More news orgs should be using these puppies early and often.\n\nJquery (Data Tables) \u2013 http://jquery.com/; http://www.datatables.net/ \u2013 How to bring interactivity to static data-driven webpages. Think of the various plugins as pre-made apps you can add on. It does use Javascript, so you need to get comfortable with that. But Javascript works across browsers, and on non-Flash-friendly mobile devices.\n\nLovelycharts.com \u2013 Not as robust as the other options. I feel like you can get these sorts of results via the non-programming options, with less time investment.\n\nWhose ramblings are these?\n\nHi! I'm Michelle, a passionate journalist-programmer on an ongoing quest to combine data, technology and writing in the service of telling stories about our world.\n\nMy current playground for experimenting is the Associated Press' Washington, DC bureau, where I work as an Interactive Producer, focusing on the data journalism I live, breathe and love.\n\nI've worked as a Data Producer at PBS and a data developer/journo intern at the LA Times' Data Desk. I'm also a proud alum of Medill, Northwestern's journalism school, and originally from the Chicago area."}
-{"text": "WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, its Journalism Institute and other advocates for press freedom and immigration justice urge U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to suspend efforts to deport Emilio Gutierrez, a winner of the club's Press Freedom Award.\n\nLate on Friday, an immigration judge in El Paso, Texas, refused to stay the deportation of Gutierrez from the United States \u2014 where and his son fled after his investigative reporting led to threats against himself and his family. Gutierrez requested asylum in the United States; it took eight years for him to get a hearing, which took place last year.\n\n\"Gutierrez fled his country because his reporting jeopardized him and his family and then faced years of bureaucratic indifference before now being threatened with removal,\" said NPC President Jeff Ballou. \"He deserves better from a country that has enshrined protections for the press in the First Amendment of its Constitution.\"\n\nGutierrez has been in the midst of an appeal process over his asylum case. On Thursday Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials summoned him for a meeting. They told his lawyer they wanted to deport him that day. This meeting took place exactly six weeks after he appeared at the National Press Club to accept a Freedom of the Press award, one of the club's highest honors, on behalf of his country's beleaguered press corps.\n\nAt the NPC's request, Gutierrez represented all of his Mexican colleagues, as an exemplar of their tenacity and courage as reporters are killed, kidnapped and forced into hiding in retaliation for their reporting on drug cartels and government corruption.\n\nHe and his Mexican associates \"find ourselves immersed in a great darkness,\" Gutierrez said through a translator.\n\n\"Our hope is that U.S. officials will provide a beacon in that darkness, in keeping with the country's long tradition of advancing press freedom, by granting Gutierrez the asylum he has requested in the United States,\" said Barbara Cochran, president of the board for the non-profit National Press Club Journalism Institute. \"Sending him back to a country that is the most dangerous in the western hemisphere for journalists could amount to a death sentence.\"\n\nThe National Press Club, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the undersigned organizations appeal to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to reconsider this deportation order. We also ask the Trump administration and all members of Congress to let the Department know that this case not only puts an individual reporter in danger, but also could have a chilling effect on truth-telling everywhere."}
-{"text": "If you're familiar with All About Jazz, you know that we've dedicated over two decades to supporting jazz as an art form, and more importantly, the creative musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made All About Jazz one of the most culturally important websites of its kind in the world reaching hundreds of thousands of readers every month. However, to expand our offerings and develop new means to foster jazz discovery we need your help.\n\nYou can become a sustaining member for a modest $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky Google ads PLUS deliver exclusive content and provide access to future articles for a full year! This combination will not only improve your AAJ experience, it will allow us to continue to rigorously build on the great work we first started in 1995. Read on to view our project ideas...\n\nChick Corea / Gary Burton: San Diego, USA, March 1, 2011\n\nPianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton first met in the late 1960s, as Burton was leaving, and Corea was joining saxophonist Stan Getz's band. Together, they released one of the most astonishing records of the 1970s, Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973). Since then, they have reunited several times, expanding their original concept of piano/vibes duet to a new plateau.\n\nTuesday's concert at Anthology was the first of a two-night residency, which is somewhat unusual for the San Diego venue. The building was almost sold out, and filled with boisterous, enthusiastic listeners. Anthology has almost a million dollars invested in its sound-system, and it's rigged so that every seat in the house is provided an equally stellar audio experience.\n\nCorea approached the microphone, dramatically slimmer than he has been in recent years; whatever he's doing, diet and exercise-wise, is working. The two began with a look at a chart from Corea's My Spanish Heart (Polydor, 1976), \"Love Castle,\" which the duo also recorded on Native Sense: The New Duets (Stretch, 1997). This one had two distinct themes: the first, a sort of rolling, arpeggiated pastoral statement; the second, the archetypal Corea Latin groove. Both men navigated the tune's quirky structure like Jedi warriors, with an expert, fearless and joyful attitude. Burton took the first solo, and here, as elsewhere, he stuck to his modus operandi: tell a story. Burton's solos always have a beginning and an ending, as well as a real-time improvised theme in the middle. Corea followed with a masterful, multidirectional solo of his own, periodically referencing the sly Latin melody.\n\nNative Sense's title track followed, another Corea original, with the pianist setting up an insistent left-hand ostinato while Burton began laying out the melody, which seemed to extend every time he repeated it. The vibraphone master took the initial solo, painting a long melodic landscape, colored by bits of bluesy brushstrokes. Corea opened things up with winding thematic flourishes, intervals based on fourths, and bits of chromatic material.\n\nFrom there, the duo featured some rarely heard standards, often radically re-harmonized, with arrangements that sometimes took the form of 8-12 page charts. A tribute to pianist Art Tatum, \"Why Can't We Be Friends?\" was the first, with a truly startling approach like a virtuoso machine\u0097mindboggling, but rarely swinging in the conventional sense. It wasn't until the duo dispensed with the eight pages of written material that things loosened up. Burton's solo reversed the absence of groove, while Corea took that move several steps further, locking into a semi-stride section complete with a left-handed walking bass line.\n\nBurton comped for Corea with all four mallets and, forty years after pioneering that technique, it was still amazing to watch his incredible dexterity, performed with such casual ease. Morphing back into the written material, an Asian theme emerged\u0097the arrangement, at one point, taking on the nature of a Chinese Return to Forever.\n\nAfter such tightly wound material, it was a relief to hear Corea announce Thelonious Monk's \"Light Blue\" as the next piece. Burton commandeered the melody, and filled it with Monkish intervals. The composition has an ebullient, stumbling theme that reaches a release point where it dances. Corea alternated blues-based themes with florid, rococo explosions. Burton also referenced the blues in his solo\u0097staking out, and sneaking up on spontaneous riffs in real time. \"Light Blue\" was also an instant, indelible highlight.\n\nThe pair continued, with a massive yet oblique arrangement of Antonio Carlos Jobim's classic \"Chega de Saudade,\" where it was necessary to really strain to hear snippets of the original melody. It was all very impressive from a technical standpoint but, without its original melody\u0097and absent the comforting bossa nova groove\u0097there was a lot missing from this version. Nonetheless, Burton unwrapped a marvelous, complex solo that hit all the right spaces for a sensual experience.\n\nThe duo recovered nicely, though, with the second indelible highlight of the evening, a picture-perfect reading of Lennon/McCartney jewel, \"Eleanor Rigby.\" Corea chose a busy ostinato to set things up for his right hand, which plinked out the melody in single notes, and then harmonized it the second time around. Burton ripped into his best solo of the night, his mallets chasing after one another and crashing into lush chordal cloudbursts. It was highly reminiscent of his quartet work with guitarist Pat Metheny, circa Passengers (ECM, 1976). Corea's solo kept up the left-hand vamping, while the right hand hammered out knotty, voice-leading and block-chord punctuations, broken up by seemingly infinite melodic story telling.\n\nJazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's\nimagination.\nI try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the \u0093hot music\u0094 of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary\nincarnations\n\nJazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's\nimagination.\nI try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the \u0093hot music\u0094 of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary\nincarnations. Obscure and forgotten musicians of that period also interest me. I also enjoy Baroque and Classical music; much of that repertoire actually shares jazz's\nemphasis on improvisation, creating tension over an underlying ground rhythm, and exciting formal variation.\n\nWelcome to All About Jazz!\n\nWe sent a confirmation message to . Look for it, then click the link to activate your account. If you don\u2019t see the email in your inbox, check your spam, bulk or promotions folder.\nThanks for joining the All About Jazz community!"}
-{"text": "Michael Welner, M.D.\n\nChairman\n\nTrusted by both sides of the most complex legal cases in the United States and abroad, Dr. Welner has distinguished himself as one of North America\u2019s top practitioners of forensic psychiatry. He has had pivotal impact on some of the most sensitive cases in America in recent years. Courts in over forty states and ranging from Guantanamo to Hong Kong have relied upon Dr. Welner to transcend the pressures of intense litigation, and resolve particularly challenging forensic mysteries with evidence-based and definitive case examination, analysis, reports, and testimony.\n\nDr. Welner\u2019s investigation and interviewing skills have been consistently successful in uncovering critical new evidence, even in cases previously examined by multiple highly qualified peers. His scientifically-grounded fact finding frequently leads to resolution of cases without trial, even in the most contentious litigation. Dr. Welner is also frequently entrusted by attorneys for highly detail-oriented preparation for litigation, including deposition and cross examination of witnesses.\n\nDr. Welner founded The Forensic Panel, the first forensic practice in America to employ prospective peer review, in 1998 with a vision of advancing the integrity of forensic assessment by applying structured oversight. As Chairman of The Panel, Dr. Welner has stewarded and optimized its peer-review protocols as a model for others to emulate. He has published and advocated a number of proposed advances to enhance the integrity of forensic examination. These include videotaping of forensic examinations, increasing emphasis on collateral source interviewing, and full transparency of all interview data. In 2014, his recommendations for upgrading criminal competency assessment were voted unanimously into law by the Illinois state House and Senate.\n\nIn addition to his acclaimed casework, Dr. Welner is responsible for a number of other innovations in forensic science. The Depravity Standard research, incorporating input from the general public to delineate depravity in criminal acts, operationalizes an evidence-driven approach to determine the worst of crimes. Inspired by court struggles with sentencing what it terms \u201cdepraved\u201d crimes, the project is a multidisciplinary effort to contribute fairness and a data-driven guidance to jurors and judges. Dr. Welner also designed the Clinical Inventory of the Everyday Extreme and Outrageous (CIEEO), a tool to help clinicians flag the worst of everyday malignant intent and effect in order to spark treatment approaches to detoxify the worst of non-violent human behavior. His original research has also included areas ranging from polygamist sect leaders to false confessions to drug facilitated sex assault.\n\nFor over a decade, Dr. Welner has been the leading edge of solutions to end mass killing. He has testified to U.S. Congressional subcommittees about solutions for diminishing mental health-related lethal violence and was involved in writing and development of landmark Congressional legislation proposing overhaul to the crisis mental health system in America, HR 3717.\n\nAs an invited lecturer to attorneys, mental health and forensic science colleagues and broader audiences, Dr. Welner is a forceful ambassador of forensic psychiatry and its lessons for public policy, drawing from case work and advances in science to promote original solutions for courts and the general public. Dr. Welner has also been called upon to by legislative bodies to testify on numerous areas of forensic and behavioral science, including mental retardation, juvenile criminal competency, and the effects of violent gaming."}
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-{"text": "Square Enix Discusses Strategy For Future; Game Company Splits With IO Interactive [VIDEO]\n\nClose\n\nA-list Insider: Royal family take Canada, Bon Iver accuses Beyonc\u00e9 of selling out\n\nSquare Enix reveals their grand strategy for their game titles in the future. Fans of the games and the gaming publisher will expect blockbuster games a year, remasters, and many more.\n\nSquare Enix To Release Blockbuster Games A Year\n\nSquare Enix first revealed their planned HD games or their blockbuster games. The game titles for fiscal year 2018 and beyond that were mentioned were \"Kingdom Hearts III,\" \"Final Fantasy VII Remake,\" and other games that have the collaboration with Marvel. They revealed that their strategy will be launching one or two blockbuster games, and multiple mid-size games every year, so expect one or two big titles next year soon, according to their official website.\n\nSquare Enix To Focus On Multiplatform Titles\n\nA slight decline of sales appeared under fiscal year 2015 with two game titles: \"Dragon Quest X\" and \"Final Fantasy XIV.\" The first game is currently on outdated platforms, which led to its decline, and the second one is waiting for its next expansion, \"Stormblood,\" which will launch on June 20. This is why Square Enix revealed their plan to focus on multiplatform game titles this time around, Dual Shockers reported.\n\nSquare Enix To Release Remastered Game Titles\n\nSquare Enix also revealed that they want to establish their own global digital sales website. With this, they can create their own library of older titles, and also erases the issues of backward compatibility, which a lot of classic gamers would appreciate. This is a sign that a lot of remastered video games might be coming soon.\n\nAnother focus the game publisher is looking into is their expansion overseas, which might come to emerging markets like India. They are also interested with games-as-a-service with titles that can generate recurring revenue on top of its initial sale.\n\nSquare Enix Breaks Off With IO Interactive\n\nIn a surprising turn, Square Enix also announced that they have broken off their ownership of IO Interactive, which was the Danish studio behind the popular \"Hitman\" series. They have now withdrawn from the studio, which resulted in a big amount of loss for them. The future of the studio's video games is now hanging in the balance, Gamespot reported."}
-{"text": "This series and our heroine takes place in the Chosun Dynasty. From being a mere servant of a household who manages to make her way and becomes a Damo, a low-status woman detective. Very skilled in swordplay and righteous in the name of justice. In a society of inequality she must not only fight crime, but to fight for her freedom and respect as a woman. Relationships in love, torn between attraction and loyalty. Her choice will not only change her life, but the dynasty itself."}
-{"text": "Point of Rocks takes its name from a nearby 60-foot high sandstone cliff projecting into the Port Walthall Channel of the Appomattox River. The house was built circa 1840 and is a well-preserved, unique one-story dwelling on a stone foundation. The property served as an excellent observation point during the Civil War for the Union Army\u2019s General Benjamin F. Butler and also was the site of a hospital constructed for Union troops."}
-{"text": "Digital marketing can seem like a jungle. A flurry of information everywhere you go, pitfalls around every corner and a plethora of potential just waiting to be unearthed by the truly brave. Where does your brand stand amid the pack? When you need to get a few extra eyes on your product or help your services reach locals, an SEO company can make sure you\u2019re not venturing into the wild without some good tools. Utilizing search engines to bring useful information to those who want it most, SEO is a smart and modern way of combining old methods with new techniques. Need tips? Keep reading and find out what you\u2019re missing.\n\nHow old is your website? In today\u2019s fast faced internet world, websites become outdated very quickly. Website design experts say that if a website is two years old or older, it may already be an antique. You need your site to stay up to date with changes in your industry. Your website is never going to really be finished, you need to keep updating it. This is important because about 48% of consumers say they will develop their opinion of how credible a business is based on the website. As new software design comes along, you need to keep up. Here are some web design tips to make your site work for you.\n\nMake it mobile friendly. More and more people are accessing the internet f\n\nHelp Wanted\n\nThese may be tough economic times, but there are still plenty of government jobs for the taking! The infrastructure and construction paid for by the federal economic development require thousands of workers to build."}
-{"text": "The sutras preached before the Lotus Sutra deal with the bodies and minds of ordinary beings. The Buddha preached\nthem in terms that would be accessible to the minds of ordinary persons, and therefore, though they represent the preachings\nof the Buddha, they do not go beyond the scope of the minds of ordinary persons. Hence they are called zuitai sutras, or sutras\nthat were preached in accordance with the minds of others.\n\nTo illustrate, suppose that there are parents who do not care for sake themselves but who have a beloved son\nwho is extremely fond of it. Feeling tenderly toward their son and desiring to win his affection, they urge him to have some\nsake and in so doing pretend that they themselves like it, too. The foolish son thereupon concludes that his father and mother\nin fact like sake.\n\nThe Trapusha Sutra deals with the realms of human and heavenly beings. The Agon sutras deal with persons of\nthe two vehicles. The Kegon Sutra deals with bodhisattvas. The Hodo and Hannya sutras in some respects resemble the Agon and\nTrapusha sutras, and in others, the Kegon Sutra.\n\nWhen common mortals in this latter age read these various sutras, they suppose that these sutras accord with\nthe mind of the Buddha. But if we ponder the matter closely, we will see that in fact they are only reading what reflects\ntheir own minds. And since their own minds have from the outset been uncultivated, there is little merit to be gained thereby.\n\nThe Lotus Sutra, on the other hand, is known as a zuijii sutra, one that was preached in accordance with the\nBuddha's own mind. Because the Buddha's mind is a superior mind, persons who read this sutra, even though they may not understand\nits meaning, will gain inestimable benefit.\n\nMugwort that grows in the midst of hemp or a snake inside a tube [will as a matter of course become straight],\nand those who associate with people of good character, though they themselves may have no particular virtue, will consequently\nbecome upright in heart, deed and word. The Lotus Sutra exerts a similar influence. Though one may not be outstanding in other\nways, if he puts faith in this sutra, the Buddha will look upon him as a good person.\n\nConcerning the Lotus Sutra, however, the form of its teaching will vary depending upon the people's capacity,\nthe time, the country and the individuals who propagate it. Yet it seems that even bodhisattvas who have reached the stage\nof togaku do not understand these relationships. How much less can common mortals in the latter age ever fathom them!\n\nIn general, there are three kinds of messengers. The first kind is extremely clever. The second is not particularly\nclever but is not stupid, either. The third is the kind who is extremely stupid but nevertheless reliable.\n\nOf these three types, the first will commit no error [in transmitting his message]. The second, being somewhat\nclever but not quite as clever as the first type, will add his own words to his lord's message. Thus he is the worst possible\ntype of messenger. The third type, being extremely stupid, will not presume to interpolate his own words, and, being honest,\nwill relay his lord's message without deviating from it. Thus he is in effect a better messenger than the second type, and\noccasionally may be even better than the first.\n\nThe first type of messenger may be likened to the four ranks of saints in India. The second type corresponds\nto the teachers in China. And the third type may be likened to the stupid but honest persons among the common mortals of this\nlatter age.\n\nI will set aside here the period when the Buddha lived in this world. The period of a thousand years that\nfollowed from the day after his passing is known as the Former Day of the Law. This thousand-year period of the Former Day\nis divided into two. During the first five hundred years, the teachings of the Hinayana sutras spread. The persons who propagated\nthem were Mahakashyapa, Ananda, and others like them. In the second five hundred years Ashvaghosha, Nagarjuna, Asanga, Vasubandhu\nand others spread the teachings of the provisional Mahayana sutras. Some among these scholars wrote about partial aspects\nof the Lotus Sutra, and others made no mention of it whatsoever. Of the scholars who appeared after this thousand year period\nof the Former Day, their interpretations in a few cases resembled the Buddha's own teaching, but for the most part they fell\ninto error. Of those who [appeared during the period of the Former Day and] were not in error but whose explanations were\ninsufficient, we may name Mahakashyapa, Ananda, Ashvaghosha, Nagarjuna, Asanga, and Vasubandhu.\n\nIn the thousand-year period of the Middle Day of the Law, Buddhism was introduced to China. But at first,\nbecause of controversy with the Confucians, there was apparently no time to go into the internal divisions of Buddhism, such\nas the distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana and between provisional and true teachings.\n\nAs the Buddhist teachings spread more widely and one doctrine after another was introduced from India, some\npersons who had earlier seemed discerning now appeared, in the light of more recently introduced sutras and treatises, to\nhave been foolish. There were also some who had earlier been thought foolish but who were now seen to have been discerning.\nIn the end, ten different schools developed, and a thousand or ten thousand different interpretations were propounded. Ignorant\npeople did not know which to adhere to, while those who were thought to be wise each grew boundlessly attached to their own\nbiased views.\n\nIn the end, however, there was one opinion that all agreed upon. They agreed, namely, that of all the teachings\nset forth in the course of the Buddha's lifetime, the Kegon Sutra represented the highest, the Nirvana Sutra stood in second\nplace, and the Lotus Sutra in third place. No one from the ruler on down to the common people disputed this interpretation,\nbecause it was shared by the Dharma Teacher Fa-yun, the Dharma Teacher Chih-tsang and the other leaders of the ten schools,\nwho were all looked up to as great sages.\n\nThen, during the Middle Day of the Law, in the time of the Ch'en and Sui dynasties, there appeared a young\nmonk named Chih-i, who was later to be known as the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai Chih-che. Although he taught many doctrines,\nhis teachings in the end centered upon this single issue of the relative superiority of the Lotus, Nirvana and Kegon sutras.\n\nThe Dharma Teacher Chih-i declared that the teachers of Buddhism had these three works ranked upside down.\nThe ruler of the Ch'en dynasty, in order to determine the truth of the matter, thereupon summoned a group of more than a hundred\nmen, including the Administrator of Monks Hui-heng, the Supervisor of Monks Hui-kuang, Hui-jung, the Dharma Teacher Fa-sui,\nand others, all among the most eminent leaders of the ten schools of northern and southern China, and had them confront the\nGreat Teacher T'ien-t'ai in debate.\n\nThe Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai said, \"The Lotus Sutra itself says that 'among the sutras, it holds the highest\nplace.' It also says, 'Among all the sutras I [Shakyamuni] have preached, now preach and will preach, this Lotus Sutra is\nthe most difficult to believe and the most difficult to understand.' The Muryogi Sutra makes clear that the sutras the Buddha\nalready 'had preached' here refer to 'the Makahannya Sutra, the Kegon teaching of oceanic emptiness' and so forth. And with\nregard to the sutras he 'would preach' in the future, the Nirvana Sutra says, 'From the Hannya Haramitsu [Sutra] derives the\nGreat Nirvana [Sutra].' These scriptural passages show that the Lotus Sutra is superior (to) the Kegon and Nirvana sutras;\nthey make it abundantly clear, clear as could possibly be. You should understand accordingly.\"\n\nRebuked in this manner, his opponents in some cases simply shut their mouths, in other cases spewed out abuse\nor turned pale. The Ch'en ruler then rose from his seat and bowed three times, and all the hundred officials pressed their\npalms together in reverence. The leaders of the other schools were powerless to prevail and were forced to concede defeat.\nThus it was established that, among the teachings of the Buddha's lifetime, the Lotus Sutra holds the highest place.\n\nThen, during the latter five hundred years of the Middle Day of the Law, the new translations of the sutras\nand treatises appeared one after another. In the third year of the Cheng-kuan era (629) in the reign of Emperor T'ai-tsung,\na monk named Hsuan-tsang journeyed to India. He spent seventeen years mastering the various Buddhist doctrines of the five\nregions and returned to China in the nineteenth year of the same era (645), introducing the Jimmitsu Sutra, the Yuga Ron,\nthe Yuishiki Ron and the other teachings of the Hosso school.\n\nHsuan-tsang declared, \"Although there are many different schools in India, this school is the foremost.\" Emperor\nT'ai-tsung was one of the wisest rulers China has known and he took Hsuan-tsang to be his teacher.\n\nIn essence, what this school teaches is that for some persons, the three vehicles are a mere expedient and\nthe one vehicle represents the truth, while for others the one vehicle is an expedient and the three vehicles represent the\ntruth. It also teaches that the five natures are completely separate, and that those sentient beings whose nature predestines\nthem [to the two vehicles] or who lack the nature of enlightenment can never attain Buddhahood.\n\nSuch doctrines were as incompatible with those of the T'ien-t'ai of Tendai school as are fire and water. But\nby this time both the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai and the Great Teacher Chang-an had passed from the scene, and their successors\nwere not the men they ought to have been. Hence it appeared that the Tendai school had already gone down in defeat.\n\nLater, during the reign of Empress Tse-t'ien, the Kegon school appeared in China. The translation of the Kegon\nSutra in sixty volumes, which the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai had criticized, was set aside, and thereafter, the school was established\non the basis of a new translation of the Kegon Sutra in eighty volumes, introduced by the Tripitaka Master Jih-chao. In general,\nthis school teaches that the Kegon Sutra represents the \"root teaching\" of the Buddha while the Lotus Sutra represents the\n\"branch teachings.\" Empress Tse-t'ien was a Buddhist nun, and she had a certain degree of understanding of both the inner\nand outer scriptures. In her arrogance she looked down upon the Tendai school. Between the Hosso and Kegon schools, the Lotus\nSutra thus became doubly obscured.\n\nLater, in the reign of Emperor Hsuan-tsung, the three Tripitaka masters Shan-wu-wei, Chin-kang-chih and Pu-k'ung\ntraveled to China from India, bringing with them the Dainichi, Kongocho and Soshitsuji sutras. In both their character and\ndoctrine, these three men were quite beyond comparison with the earlier teachers of Buddhism in China. And, in addition, because\nthey introduced mudras and mantras, which had been previously unknown, it was thought that Buddhism had not really existed\nin China before their arrival. These men declared that the Tendai school was superior to the Kegon, Hosso and Sanron teachings,\nbut that it could not measure up to the doctrines of the Shingon sutras.\n\nStill later, the Great Teacher Miao-lo produced refutations of the Hosso, Kegon and Shingon schools, schools\nwhich the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai had of course not criticized. But he did not carry out his refutations in a public debate,\nas the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai had done. Thus the Lotus Sutra became like a piece of brocade worn in the dark of night, while\nthe mudras and mantras, which are not to be found in the Lotus Sutra, were clearly visible before people's eyes. Therefore\neveryone agreed in declaring the Shingon school to be superior.\n\nDuring the Middle Day of the Law, Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor\nKimmei (544). During the more than two hundred years from the reign of Emperor Kimmei to the reign of Emperor Kammu, the six\nsects - Sanron, Jojitsu, Hosso, Kusha, Kegon and Ritsu - were propagated. The teachings of the Shingon school were introduced\nduring the reign of the forty-fourth sovereign, Empress Gensho, and those of the Tendai school, during the reign of the forty-fifth\nsovereign, Emperor Shomu. But neither of these teachings was propagated at the time.\n\nDuring the reign of Emperor Kammu there lived the Dharma Teacher Saicho, who was later known as the Great\nTeacher Dengyo. Before journeying to China he mastered the teachings of the six sects, and in addition, he spent fifteen years\nin retirement on the mountain, examining the doctrines of the Tendai and Shingon schools. Therefore, even before going to\nChina he was able to criticize the earlier six sects from the viewpoint of the Tendai teachings, and his criticisms persuaded\nall the leaders of the seven major temples of Nara to acknowledge themselves as his disciples. Thus the doctrines of the six\nsects were refuted.\n\nLater, in the twenty-third year of the Enryaku era (804), he journeyed to China, returning to Japan in the\ntwenty-fourth year of the same era (805). At that time he propagated the Tendai and Shingon teachings in Japan. But as far\nas their relative superiority was concerned, though it appears that he discerned it in his heart, he did not expound it to\nothers.\n\nDuring this same period lived Kukai, who was later known as the Great Teacher Kobo. He, too, went to China\nin the twenty-third year of the Enryaku era and returned to Japan in the third year of the Daido era (808). He studied only\nthe teachings of Shingon and propagated them in Japan. In his opinion, the Lotus Sutra could not measure up even to the Kegon\nSutra, much less to the Shingon teachings.\n\nThe Great Teacher Dengyo had a disciple named Ennin, who was later known as the Great Teacher Jikaku. He went\nto China in the fifth year of the Jowa era (838) and returned to Japan in the fourteenth year of the same era (847). During\nthose ten years he studied both the Shingon and Tendai doctrines. While in Japan, he had thoroughly studied the Tendai and\nShingon doctrines under the Great Teacher Dengyo, Gishin and Encho, and in addition, during his ten years in China he studied\nShingon under eight distinguished teachers and received instruction in Tendai from Tsung-jui, Chih-yuan and others. After\nreturning to Japan, he announced that the Tendai and Shingon schools both alike represented the flavor of ghee, and that the\nsutras of both schools were profound and recondite. An imperial edict was issued supporting these opinions.\n\nAfter him there appeared Enchin, who was later known as the Great Teacher Chisho. Before journeying to China,\nhe was a disciple of the Eminent Monk Gishin. While in Japan, he studied the Tendai and Shingon teachings under Gishin, Encho,\nEnnin and others. In addition, he went to China in the third year of the Ninka era (853), returning in the first year of the\nJogan era (859). During his seven years in China, he made a thorough study of the two teachings of Tendai and Shingon under\nsuch men as Fa-ch'uan and Liang-hsu.\n\nHe declared that the relative merits of the two sects of Tendai and Shingon were as clear as though reflected\nin a mirror, but that this point would surely be disputed in later times, and so he would settle the matter. He therefore\nstated his opinion that the two sects of Tendai and Shingon were comparable to the two eyes of a person or the two wings of\na bird. Those who held interpretations at variance with this were going against the teachings of the founder, the Great Teacher\nDengyo, and should not be permitted to remain on the mountain. An imperial edict was again promulgated in support of this\nposition, and Enchin spread his interpretation throughout the country.\n\nThus it would appear that, though there are many wise men in both China and Japan, there could be no one who\nwould refute this interpretation. If it is valid, then those persons who practice in accordance with it are certain to attain\nBuddhahood, and those rulers who pay respect to it are bound to enjoy peace and safety in their realm.\n\nI had thought that, though I might venture to tell others my own opinion, they would not only refuse to heed\nit but in fact would try to do me harm, and that my disciples and lay patrons who heard my views would also be placed in peril.\nAnd in fact everything has turned out just as I anticipated.\n\nNevertheless, I believe that the interpretations put forth by the persons I have mentioned above simply do\nnot accord with the Buddha's intent. Judging from the eight volumes and twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra, if there\nshould be any other sutra that surpasses this one, then the Lotus Sutra would represent no more than a gathering of the Buddhas\nof the ten directions who came together to pile up great lies. But in fact when we examine the Kegon, Nirvana, Hannya, Dainichi\nand Jimmitsu sutras, we do not find any passage that controverts the Lotus Sutra's clear statement that \"among the sutras,\nit holds the highest place.\"\n\nThus, although Shan-wu-wei, Hsuan-tsang, Kobo, Jikaku, Chisho and the others put forth a variety of clever\narguments, they could produce no passage of scripture that would prove the Lotus Sutra to be inferior to the Dainichi Sutra.\nTheir whole argument rests solely on the question of whether or not the sutra includes mudras and mantras. Rather than writing\nhundreds of volumes of argument, traveling back and forth between China and Japan with their unending schemes, and arranging\nfor the promulgation of imperial edicts in order to intimidate people, they would have been better off producing some clear\npassage of proof in the sutras themselves. Who then could have doubted their assertions?\n\nDewdrops accumulate to form a stream, and streams accumulate to form the great ocean. Particles of dust accumulate\nto form a mountain, and mountains accumulate to form Mount Sumeru. And in the same way, trifling matters accumulate to become\ngrave ones. How much more so in the case of this matter, which is the gravest of all! When these men wrote their commentaries,\nthey should have exerted themselves in examining both the principles and documentary evidence of the two teachings, and when\nthe court issued imperial edicts, it, too, should have delivered its admonitions after thoroughly investigating both sides\nand citing some clear passage of proof.\n\nNot even the Buddha himself could repudiate his statement that among all the sutras he had preached, now preached\nand would preach, [the Lotus Sutra stands supreme]. How much less then can scholars, teachers and rulers of states use their\nauthority to do so! This statement has been heard by Bonten, Taishaku, the deities of the sun and moon, and the Four Heavenly\nKings and duly recorded in their respective palaces.\n\nWhile there were still persons who truly did not know of this statement, it seems that the false interpretations\nof the teachers I mentioned earlier spread without anyone incurring retribution. But once a person of forceful character has\ncome forward to make this sutra passage known in a bold and uncompromising fashion, then grave matters are certain to occur.\nBecause people have looked down upon this person and cursed him, struck him, sent him into exile or attempted to take his\nlife, Bonten, Taishaku, the deities of the sun and moon, and the Four Heavenly Kings rose up in anger and became that votary's\nallies. Thus unexpected censures have come down from Heaven, and the people are about to be wiped out and the nation destroyed.\n\nThough the votary of the Lotus Sutra may be of humble background, the heavenly deities who protect him are\nfearsome indeed. If an asura demon tries to swallow the sun or moon, his head will split into seven pieces. If a dog barks\nat a lion, its bowels will rot. And as I view the situation today, the same sort of retribution is happening here in Japan.\n\nOn the other hand, those who give alms and support to the votary will receive the same benefit as though they\nwere supporting the Lotus Sutra itself. As the Great Teacher Dengyo says in his commentary: \"Those who praise him will receive\nblessings that will pile up as high as Mount Sumeru, while those who slander him will be committing a fault that will condemn\nthem to the hell of incessant suffering.\"\n\nHe who offered a humble meal of millet to the pratyekabuddha became the Tathagata Universal Brightness. He\nwho offered a mudpie to the Buddha became the ruler of the continent of Jambudvipa. Though one may perform meritorious deeds,\nif they are directed toward that which is not true, then they may bring great evil but they will never result in good. On\nthe other hand, though one may be ignorant in mind and his offerings meager, if he presents them to a person who upholds the\ntruth, his merit will be great. How much more so in the case of persons who in all sincerity make offerings to the True Law!\n\nIn addition, we live today in a time of trouble, when there is little that ordinary people can do. And yet,\nbusy as you are, in your sincerity of heart you have sent me bamboo shoots of the moso variety as offerings to the Lotus Sutra\nhere in the mountains. Surely you are sowing good seeds in a field of fortune. My tears flow when I think of it."}
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-{"text": "Lin talked about his frustrations in his first year with the Rockets. Not frustrations about being replaced as the face of the Rockets \u2014 once the team signed superstar James Harden \u2014 but frustrations about failing to meet expectations by coaches, fans and himself.\n\n\u201cI became so obsessed with becoming a great basketball player \u2026 trying to be Linsanity, being this phenomenon that took the NBA by storm,\u201d Lin told the audience. \u201cThe coaches were losing faith in me, basketball fans were making fun of me.\u201d\n\nLin later told the group that he feels better now because he\u2019s no longer seeking the approval of others.\n\n\u201cWe are God\u2019s beloved children, and there is nothing you can do to reduce God\u2019s love for you,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you do, you\u2019ll be free.\u201d"}
-{"text": "\u201cI don\u2019t hate the Clintons,\u201d says R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., the founder and longtime editor of The American Spectator and the father of \u2026 let\u2019s call it \u201cClinton disdain.\u201d \u201cI have always seen them as comic figures.\u201d Tyrrell\u2019s particular brand of fun began when, in 1993, he sent a reporter to dig through the Clintons\u2019 tax returns and discovered that they had listed donations of Bill\u2019s old underwear as a tax write-off, valued at $1 each. But as the couple settled into the White House, the allegations grew darker. Later that year, Tyrrell and some cronies hatched the \u201cArkansas Project,\u201d a $2.4 million effort, financed by the right-wing philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife, to delve deeper into the Clintons\u2019 past. Whitewater, Troopergate, and the death of Vince Foster were merely the highlights. Over the years, Tyrrell wrote dozens of columns and four books filled with murky Clintoniana. He accused the couple of abusing staff and benefiting from a cocaine-smuggling operation run out of an Arkansas airport. He claimed that Bill had bought women string bikinis in Rio and perfume in Sydney. Tyrrell\u2019s sources were often described merely as \u201csources\u201d or \u201csources familiar with the questioning.\u201d But even Tyrrell had his limits. He grew indignant when he thought that Terry McAuliffe, a close friend of the Clintons and now the governor of Virginia, had accused him of calling the president a murderer. A complete falsehood! In fact, Tyrrell had merely quoted The Economist, which had noted a \u201cpeculiar pattern of suicides and violence\u201d surrounding \u201cpeople connected to the Clintons.\u201d\n\nI caught up with Tyrrell recently in a cozy room in his Alexandria, Virginia, home that he refers to as the Lincoln library, owing to the large portrait of Abraham Lincoln hanging above the fireplace. Robert Todd Lincoln gave the painting to his great-great-grandfather Patrick D. Tyrrell for his role in uncovering a crime boss\u2019s plot to steal the president\u2019s corpse and hold it for ransom. At 71, Tyrrell has grown spare and birdlike, resembling an impeccably dressed minister who sometimes forgets to eat. But he still has a bit of 12-year-old boy left in him. Perched on a distressed-leather wingback chair, he took great delight in reading aloud the index of his 2007 book, The Clinton Crack-Up, which he swears he intended as a joke (sample: \u201cClinton, William Jefferson (Bill), Sex life of, Recreational sex, Zoo sex, Unspeakable sex\u201d). Tyrrell began his career as a gifted and wide-ranging conservative polemicist, but over the years the Clintons came to take up most of the room in his psyche. His weirdest book, 1997\u2019s The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, is an alternative history as it unfolded in Tyrrell\u2019s id, in which Clinton is undone by a series of newly discovered Nixon-style White House tapes. (Tyrrell leaves the specifics to the imagination.) But though TheSpectator\u2019s circulation soared from 30,000 to more than 300,000 during the Clinton-scandal years, it fell to 75,000 in the early 2000s and has since plummeted to 16,000, according to Tyrrell. The magazine has also run into financial and legal trouble; you could make a good case that Tyrrell\u2019s Clinton obsession essentially killed it. The Spectator\u2019s most recent print issue appeared last summer, and Tyrrell doesn\u2019t anticipate another until this summer.\n\nUnlike the nastiest Obama hatred\u2014which is typically rooted in a fear of the Other (black, with an Arabic middle name, product of a mixed marriage)\u2014Clinton disdain had a strange kind of intimacy. It was like hating a sibling who was more popular, more successful, more beloved by your parents\u2014and always getting away with something. Tyrrell felt he knew the Clintons, because he\u2019d gone to college with so many Clinton types: draft dodgers, pot smokers, \u201960s \u201cbrats.\u201d They were \u201cthe most self-congratulatory generation in the American republic,\u201d he tells me. \u201cAnd it was all based on balderdash! They are weak! The weakest generation in American history!\u201d\n\nWhen Tyrrell writes about Hillary Clinton, he adopts a tone of hostility one might use for an ex-wife. He once ran into Bill and Hillary at a restaurant, for example, and as he recounts it, she \u201cglared at me like a viper about to strike a rodent.\u201d The portrait Tyrrell paints of \u201cthe Lady Macbeth of Little Rock\u201d is a little too personal. In his 2004 book, Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House, he describes her when she first arrived in Arkansas as having \u201cbaggy\u201d clothes and eyebrows so \u201cthick,\u201d they \u201cwould have collected coal dust in a Welsh mining village.\u201d He claims that Hillary hurled \u201ctirades and flying objects\u201d at \u201cBill\u2019s defenseless skull,\u201d and that when they lived in the governor\u2019s mansion, the household cook declared, \u201cThe devil\u2019s in that woman.\u201d\n\nTyrrell is well aware that, in anticipation of Hillary\u2019s presumed 2016 candidacy, a new generation of journalists is trolling the archives in Little Rock and discovering new tidbits. Last year, for example, The Washington Free Beacon, a scoop-driven conservative online newspaper, uncovered an old journal that had belonged to Hillary Clinton\u2019s close friend Diane Blair, who died in 2000. In it, Blair recounted Hillary\u2019s having told her that for Bill, sex with the \u201cnarcissistic loony tune\u201d Monica Lewinsky had no \u201creal meaning,\u201d and that a psychologist had explained that the reason he cheated was because he had been torn between two mother figures as a child.\n\nTyrrell knows that these new, younger reporters and investigators understand the insatiable appetite for Clinton gossip, and have a sense of what makes a good story. He also recognizes that they have some skills he lacks, such as pushing an item out on social media to help it go viral. Theoretically, he should be able to slip into a comfortable retirement knowing that Clinton disdain has landed in fresh, capable hands. But he can\u2019t, because he also knows that this new generation sorely lacks \u201ca sense of history,\u201d a true grasp of how the Clintons fit into the whole Baby Boomer nightmare of \u201csexual peccadilloes, lack of regard for the truth, and inability to heroically stand up for anything.\u201d\n\nIn the 1990s, Clinton disdain was like hating a sibling who was more popular, more successful, more beloved by your parents\u2014and always getting away with something.\n\nUp to this point in our conversation, Tyrrell had been polite and jovial, but now he moved out of lazy-Sunday-morning mode and to the edge of his chair.\n\n\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t understand that the Clintons used Arkansas state troopers as pimps.\u201d\n\nIt was as if someone had propped him up before an audience, pushed a button, and turned him on. More pronouncements poured forth, at least half a dozen, a heated \u201clest we forget\u201d filtered through the National Enquirer.\n\n\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t understand that Clinton and Mrs. Clinton privately hired PIs to harass the women who were sleeping with him.\u201d\n\n\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t understand the funny money coming out of China and other parts of Asia.\u201d\n\n\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t understand that she stole White House furniture.\u201d\n\nAnd so on.\n\nAn interactive chart shows how Clinton\u2019s marital troubles, her bold moves at the State Department, and other factors have influenced her popularity ratings. (Interactive development: Paul Nicholsen; Data source: Gallup)\n\nWhen the 2016 presidential campaign was just a glimmer in the distance, at least a dozen conservative organizations had already dedicated themselves to Hillary Clinton\u2019s defeat. They are a combination of opposition-research shops, media outlets, and grass-roots activist groups. A couple have stationed staff in Little Rock to rifle through files in search of something new\u2014or even something old that can be framed in a newly relevant way.\n\nIn the 1990s, Hillary Clinton famously complained about the \u201cvast right-wing conspiracy\u201d that was out to get her and Bill. But at the time it was really more a small, ragtag band of conspiracy-minded compatriots, albeit very noisy ones. Tyrrell\u2019s Spectator relied largely on a young investigative journalist named David Brock, who in 1997 would recant much of his reporting in an Esquire piece, \u201cConfessions of a Right-Wing Hit Man,\u201d and a subsequent book, Blinded by the Right. (In one of the many odd twists since that era, Brock now runs a pro-Clinton super PAC.) Scaife, the Arkansas Project\u2019s backer, paid a handful of reporters, notable among them Christopher Ruddy, to write articles and books about the Clintons that the mainstream press mostly regarded with skepticism. Other scandalmongers depended largely on the Drudge Report to promote stories, hoping that the site would help them get picked up by legitimate news outlets. Fox News was then still a fledgling network, and the many conservative Web sites that are now familiar didn\u2019t exist. The movement was small, outside the Republican mainstream, and animated by a sense of \u201cus against the world,\u201d recalls Brock, \u201cwhich made the crusade seem more personal.\u201d\n\nIf she runs for president in 2016\u2014as all evidence suggests she will\u2014Hillary Clinton will face something more like a vast right-wing conglomerate. This time around, the groups will be well funded, solidly professional, and thoroughly integrated into the party establishment. America Rising, which employs more than 50 people, is a new opposition-research group that\u2019s preparing a Clinton strategy for the Republicans far in advance of the campaign. It sends \u201ctrackers\u201d with portable video cameras to all her events, in hopes of catching a gaffe, and uses polling and focus-group research to determine ways to define her before she has a chance, once again, to define herself. The Free Beacon has its own research division and a \u201cwar room\u201d for what it calls \u201ccombat journalism\u201d\u2014most of it, recently, directed at Clinton. The small but busy Stop Hillary PAC is putting together a \u201cgrass-roots coalition\u201d that aims (as its name suggests) to ensure \u201cHillary Clinton never becomes president.\u201d Citizens United, the group that won the Supreme Court case allowing a flood of new campaign spending, is producing a movie about Clinton\u2019s performance as secretary of state, focusing on whether she did enough to protect the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, where militants killed \u200bthe U.S. \u200bambassador to Libya and \u200bthree other Americans in 2012. Americans for Prosperity, a group funded by the Koch brothers, turned its conference last August into a forum for a wide range of Hillary bashing.\n\nCollectively, these and other conservative outfits have the potential to substantially hurt Clinton\u2019s chances in the next election. Recall how the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth managed to reverse John Kerry\u2019s reputation as a war hero. He instead became defined by a picture of him windsurfing in Nantucket\u2014a copy of which, not coincidentally, now hangs in the America Rising office. The success of these groups depends on many things\u2014most obvious, the Republican nominee who winds up delivering their message. But another significant factor will be which brand of anti-Clinton warfare grabs the most attention: the over-the-top, Spectator-like paranoia that held sway in the 1990s or a sharper strategy that succeeds in tarnishing Clinton\u2019s reputation while still seeming to mainstream voters eminently reasonable and just.\n\nRepublicans don\u2019t need a deep sense of history to see that Clinton disdain is like an infectious disease: if it rages out of control, it can easily kill its host. Stories about lesbian encounters in a White House shower or crack pipes meant as ornaments for a White House Christmas tree (both from the former FBI agent Gary Aldrich\u2019s 1996 book, Unlimited Access) may sell, but they won\u2019t win an election. In addition to obscuring justified accusations of wrongdoing, such tawdry tales are likely to elicit sympathy for Hillary Clinton, especially in an age when trashing a prominent woman typically carries some cultural penalty. Also, the re-airing of any of the wilder Clinton conspiracy theories is likely to harm the messenger more than the target. Take Representative Dan Burton of Indiana: though he served 30 years in Congress, he will forever be known as \u201cWatermelon Dan\u201d for shooting a melon with a revolver in his backyard, as part of his attempt to prove that the Clintons\u2019 friend Vince Foster did not commit suicide but was instead murdered because he could implicate them in Whitewater.\n\nRepublicans particularly dread loose cannons at this political moment. In the 2012 elections, various off-the-cuff candidate musings (for instance, speculation about \u201clegitimate rape\u201d by Representative Todd Akin of Missouri) made the entire party look backwards and loony, and it paid a price in lost congressional seats. In 2014, the GOP was determined not to make the same mistakes\u2014and for the most part, it didn\u2019t. The result was that Republicans gained control of both the House and the Senate, and now enjoy a more favorable national impression than they have in years. Wanting to hold on to that honeymoon mood, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had one message for Republicans in the new Congress, summarized by The Washington Post in January: don\u2019t be \u201cscary.\u201d Translated for 2016, the warning to his party is clear: keep the Clinton crazies muzzled.\n\nZohar Lazar\n\nIn March 2013, The Washington Post ran a story about the launch of America Rising. The coverage was unusual: opposition-research shops don\u2019t normally seek out attention from major papers; they prefer to operate under the radar. (As a 2000 story in the New York Post put it, \u201cOppo research is like underwear\u2014it works best when you don\u2019t see it.\u201d) But this new firm, founded by Mitt Romney\u2019s 2012 campaign manager, Matt Rhoades, planned on \u201cinstigating nothing less than a revolution in the way the right does and uses oppo research,\u201d according to The WashingtonPost. Tim Miller, the executive director of America Rising, told the paper, \u201cResearch has been people sitting in a dungeon or going through trash cans and then funneling the information up to a press person.\u201d Miller, by contrast, issues frequent press releases and sometimes even writes op-eds. He speaks like the CEO of a public corporation. \u201cPart of our brand is having credibility with journalists,\u201d he told me.\n\nOppo shops used to be content with any nasty tidbit that got attention\u2014for example, the infamous rumor leading up to the 2000 South Carolina presidential primary that John McCain had a black love child. But now, with constant political coverage from online media, random rumors have no staying power. The best dirt has become the kind that can help build a consistent and unappealing image of a candidate, or even an entire party. Oppo researchers today function in ways that make them almost indistinguishable from campaign strategists, just without the funding limits. They can provide one crucial piece of information\u2014say, that John Edwards paid $400 for a haircut\u2014that is subsequently integrated into the broader negative picture of a candidate (in Edwards\u2019s case, that he was rich and vain). Last year, a tracker from America Rising caught Bruce Braley, a Democratic Senate candidate in Iowa, deriding the state\u2019s senior senator, the Republican Chuck Grassley, as a \u201cfarmer from Iowa who never went to law school.\u201d This turned into a meme that made Democrats look anti-farmer and alienated from Middle America. For 2016, America Rising is building a huge database of everything Hillary Clinton has said and done, regarding everything from Little Rock to Benghazi, to try to paint a robust caricature of Hillary in the public\u2019s mind before the real Hillary even gets started.\n\nWhen Clinton went on tour to promote her new book, Hard Choices, for instance, America Rising was determined to counter all the free positive press. It sent trackers to record her every move and updated its site constantly. It aggregated unflattering news coverage, but almost always from reputable origins\u2014a Politico summary of negative reviews of her book; or a Wall Street Journal poll showing that only 38 percent of voters thought she was \u201chonest and straightforward\u201d; or a Daily Mail article reporting that \u201cU.S. taxpayers spent $55,000 on travel expenses for Hillary Clinton\u2019s book tour,\u201d including \u201ca $3,668-a-night hotel suite.\u201d The trick for America Rising is to find material that is damaging but still credible and mainstream. \u201cIf we were caught peddling really terrible stuff, wild conspiracy theories, it would have a terrible impact on our brand,\u201d Miller told me.\n\nAn already-emerging line of attack is the framing of Clinton as a plutocrat: elite, rich, and out of touch with average Americans. In some ways, it\u2019s the evolution of the old portrayal of the Clintons as vulgar money-grubbers, Arkansas grifters involved in an assortment of sleazy deals all the way down to trading old underwear for tax breaks. Now, by contrast, they are portrayed as operating on a much grander scale, acquiring their money from universities, charities, and shady international ventures. Whenever possible, America Rising cites the perks that go along with the Clintons\u2019 new wealth. Last September on the group\u2019s Web site, a story based on a Bloomberg News video appeared under a breathless headline: \u201c$25,000 to Burn? Bill Clinton Smokes World\u2019s Most Expensive Cigar!\u201d (In the video, the CEO of Gurkha\u2014whose high-end cigars retail for $25,000 a box\u2014mentions that Clinton is one of his clients.)\n\n\u201cIf anything, the Hillary Clinton network now is the \u201990s influence-peddling Bill Clinton network on steroids,\u201d Miller told me. \u201cIt\u2019s had time to grow from a little operation in Arkansas. Now the circus is the global financial elite\u2014CEOs and rich hedge-fund pals all looking to make deals, and the Clintons more than happy to participate. It\u2019s way more relevant for 2016!\u201d\n\nAmong its efforts to gather information, America Rising has filed Freedom of Information Act requests to learn the details of the Clintons\u2019 speaking appearances at public universities. Such requests have already proved a fertile source of outrage stories in traditional media outlets. For example, The Washington Post reported in November that Hillary Clinton was paid $300,000 to give a half-hour speech at UCLA. (It also noted that her speaking agent requested that she be provided with a wedge of lemon in room-temperature water, a special rectangular pillow, and hummus and crudit\u00e9s in the green room.)\n\nThis line of attack could be especially potent against what has emerged as one of Clinton\u2019s regular talking points, the vanishing American dream of upward mobility. When she brings up the plight of a single mother struggling to work and take care of her children, America Rising can point out just how long it takes a middle-class family to earn the $300,000 that she pocketed for one speech. And you can be sure that there will be many, many reminders of Hillary\u2019s comment last summer that she and Bill were \u201cdead broke\u201d when they left the White House.\n\nThat said, if clumsily executed, the Hillary-as-plutocrat offense could easily summon a different set of stereotypes about how unseemly money and power look on a woman. The stories on America Rising\u2019s Web site may stick to the facts, but much of the accompanying art is in the realm of tabloid cheap shot. When photos of Clinton appear on the group\u2019s home page, she is almost always wearing one of a few unflattering expressions: chin up haughtily, angry and finger-pointing, bored and contemptuous, or laughing with her mouth wide open. In one photo, accompanying the aggregated story about billing taxpayers for her book tour, she seems to be rubbing her hands together as she leaves the stage.\n\nTeaching Republicans how to not turn off women voters is one of the goals of Burning Glass Consulting, a group founded by Katie Packer Gage and two other female GOP campaign veterans and based just outside Washington, D.C. \u201cWomen have this feeling that the world\u2014and particularly this town\u2014is run by men, and if something comes across as mean or unfair, they want to rush to [Clinton\u2019s] defense,\u201d Gage says. \u201cWe have to make sure nothing comes across as \u2018unfair.\u2019 \u201d To this end, Burning Glass conducts focus groups with women in informal settings, with wine or cappuccino, to explore their feelings about Clinton. It tests potential strategies to see which ones might be persuasive, and then checks in with the women periodically, to see whether the impact was enduring or temporary. Most voters in presidential elections are women, and most women vote Democratic. But the majority of white women have voted Republican in the past four presidential elections. The most obvious battle in 2016 will be for married white women, who have been drifting Republican but may, by virtue of shared life experiences, lean toward Clinton.\n\nIn 2008, Citizens United brought us Hillary: The Movie, in which Kathleen Willey, one of Bill\u2019s alleged mistresses, claimed that the Clintons contracted someone to murder her cat.\n\nOne criticism of Clinton that Burning Glass has found to resonate with women is an attack Obama used successfully against her in 2008: that she is \u201cmore politically motivated\u201d than the average politician. In general, people tend to view women as political outsiders. They assume that their motives are more pure than those of their male counterparts, and that they are in it not just for themselves but for some greater good. In its focus groups, however, Burning Glass has found strategies that, over time, can take this asset away from Clinton, and convince women that she is more political than the average candidate. One is to suggest inappropriate overlap between her work at the State Department and at the Clinton Foundation. The firm points out that one of Secretary Clinton\u2019s aides was also consulting at the foundation, which might have created a conflict of interest. The aim is not to uncover a scandal, but rather to show that Clinton operates just like the boys: she works the system and stacks it with cronies, making them all rich in the process. It\u2019s an approach that Burning Glass has found can make respondents \u201csignificantly less likely to support\u201d Clinton in 2016.\n\nBetween \u201cplutocrat\u201d and \u201ctoo political,\u201d a useful caricature of Clinton emerges. She\u2019s not the hardworking secretary of state, dutiful, experienced, and breaking glass ceilings. She\u2019s a jet-setter, hobnobbing all over the world, making herself and her friends rich, and using her career as a public servant to build her personal brand.\n\nThat\u2019s the restrained scenario. But a host of other anti-Clinton groups and individuals operate by the anything-goes rules of the 1990s. In 2008, Citizens United brought us Hillary: The Movie, in which Kathleen Willey, one of Bill\u2019s alleged mistresses, claimed that the Clintons contracted someone to murder her cat. The group\u2019s upcoming Benghazi movie is likely to be comparably over the top. The New Hampshire\u2013based Hillary Project, meanwhile, describes itself as dedicated to \u201cwaging war on Hillary\u2019s image.\u201d So far, this has primarily involved putting lewd captions on unflattering pictures of Clinton (\u201cLearned Foreign Affairs From Bill: Won\u2019t Pull Out Until Finished\u201d).\n\nGarrett Marquis is a senior adviser at the Stop Hillary PAC. He is only 31 years old, but he can reel off the 1990s scandals as fluidly as R. Emmett Tyrrell can. His goal, he says, is to introduce Millennials to \u201cthe reality of who she is, not who she says she is.\u201d (The group\u2019s treasurer, Dan Backer, is blunter still: \u201cHillary the brand is bull\u2014\u2014,\u201d he told The Washington Post.) An ad the group shot last year, using the kind of ominous voice-over and grainy footage that the History Channel reserves for major war criminals, offers a stroll down memory lane: Whitewater, Vince Foster, Travelgate, the Rose Law Firm, Benghazi. (The Rose Law Firm\u2014gives you shivers, right?) With the exception of Benghazi, it\u2019s hard to envision any of these gaining much traction with the voting public. They didn\u2019t, after all, back when Bill Clinton was president, and now they have the added problem of being ancient history\u2014especially for Millennials. \u201cConservatives will recycle old scandals, and it will hurt them, just like it did in the \u201990s,\u201d says Christopher Ruddy, who is rueful about the excesses of his reporting at the time. \u201cPeople like me constantly firing at her made a lot of other people rally to her support.\u201d\n\n\u201cWomen cut other women a lot of slack when it comes to infidelity,\u201d says one GOP operative. \u201cWe just have to be careful we\u2019re not doing anything that makes [Clinton] a sympathetic character.\u201d\n\nBut even the Stop Hillary PAC ad declines to mention the more memorable scandals, involving Bill\u2019s infidelity: Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, and Monica Lewinsky. Conversations on this topic prompted the most agony in the researchers I spoke with. On the one hand, revisiting those old sex scandals\u2014and perhaps even uncovering new ones\u2014could be rich territory in an era with much less tolerance for sexual harassment. Jones and Lewinsky, for instance, would look more like straightforward victims now; lumping them together as \u201cbimbo eruptions\u201d (in the Clinton aide Betsey Wright\u2019s infamous phrasing) would be highly offensive.\n\nOn the other hand, Bill is not the one running for office, and many in the GOP think talk about his sex life could backfire. \u201cWomen cut other women a lot of slack when it comes to infidelity,\u201d says Katie Gage. \u201cWe just have to be careful we\u2019re not doing anything that makes [Clinton] a sympathetic character.\u201d Some women could see her as a victim, and others\u2014including the married white women whom Republicans want to hold on to\u2014could identify with her as a fellow scarred warrior on the battlefield of marriage. Some might admire her for keeping her marriage intact for so long, and ultimately winding up as the spouse in a position of power.\n\nFiguring out which of the Clinton scandals still feel relevant and which don\u2019t is a work in progress, and The Washington Free Beacon functions as a kind of laboratory for throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks. The online paper\u2019s editor, Matthew Continetti, is also in his early 30s, but he has that young-old-man look in the way of conservatives: sport coat, shellacked hair, everything but the bow tie. We met for lunch at the Bombay Club, where he dines often and the waiters know what he likes. Continetti started out at The Weekly Standard and became the son-in-law of its founder, William Kristol. But he split off on his own because while he was interested in Republican trench warfare, he was also interested in pop culture and GIFs and memes and generally operating with a faster metabolism.\n\nThe Free Beacon has experimented with pretty much every form of Clinton attack: she\u2019s an old radical; she makes excuses for her cheating husband; she lied about Benghazi; her book sales tanked. In September, the site published a newly discovered 1971 letter from an adoring young Hillary Clinton to the left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky. \u201cDear Saul,\u201d she began. \u201cWhen is that new book [Rules for Radicals] coming out\u2014or has it come and I somehow missed the fulfillment of Revelation?\u201d The story was accompanied by a familiar photo of college-age Hillary with her Gloria Steinem hair. Continetti says he published the correspondence \u201cbecause it\u2019s something we haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d But so far, it hasn\u2019t gotten much traction. Hillary the radical college leftist mostly just creates cognitive dissonance with who she is now, a distinguished elder, an ex-senator and ex\u2013secretary of state with a sometimes hawkish bent who has banked $5 million in speaking fees and a rumored $14 million advance for Hard Choices.\n\nThe Free Beacon is perhaps most true to its Millennial self when it drops the Little Rock excavation and just pokes fun at Clinton. As Continetti explains, \u201cI see her as a high-school teacher I really dislike, who can do you harm but you can still snigger about behind her back.\u201d The clearest image that emerges from The Free Beacon\u2019s coverage is of Clinton not as a radical leftist or an injured wife or even a jet-setting member of the global elite, but rather as just a boring old politician. Continetti recalled listening to Bill Clinton\u2019s speech at the 2012 Democratic Convention and, despite himself, nodding along. \u201cI couldn\u2019t help myself!\u201d But Hillary \u201clacks that hypnotic quality,\u201d he told me. When Hard Choices came out, The Free Beacon took the rare step of quoting a liberal CNN commentator, Sally Kohn, because she said the memoir looked like \u201ca yawner.\u201d In a 2014 column, Continetti wrote that Clinton \u201crepresents the past,\u201d which is among the gentlest ways the paper has referred to her age. Other articles have proclaimed: \u201cAffluent Grandmother Is 2016 Frontrunner,\u201d \u201cMemory Problems Could Doom Hillary\u2019s White House Run,\u201d and \u201cGrandmother Hillary Clinton, 67, is vying to become one of the oldest world leaders in history.\u201d When People magazine put her on its cover, The Free Beacon\u2019s editors gleefully dived into the debate about whether she was leaning on a walker in the photo. (Her hands were, in fact, on a patio chair.)\n\nBut while this age-based approach may work for an online newspaper that delights in tabloid antics, whether a GOP presidential candidate can adopt it is another question altogether. The 2016 Republican field has the obvious advantage of including several faces who are younger and newer to politics. Marco Rubio, the 43-year-old senator from Florida and a possible contender, did recently try out a more dignified version of the age critique, calling Clinton \u201ca 20th-century candidate\u201d who \u201cdoes not offer an agenda for moving America forward in the 21st century.\u201d Katie Gage, from Burning Glass, advises staying far away from direct questions about Clinton\u2019s age. She told me that even Republican-leaning women her firm talks with immediately cite some version of \u201cRonald Reagan was old, and he ran for president.\u201d The idea that women have an expiration date and men don\u2019t is especially sensitive. At the same time, Gage says there are tactful ways to suggest that Clinton is out of touch: \u201cYou can talk about the age of her ideas,\u201d as Rubio did. It\u2019s also fair to point out that she hasn\u2019t generated much excitement or buzz, \u201cthat young women don\u2019t necessarily feel even the connection with her that they felt with Barack Obama.\u201d And, Gage adds, \u201cwhen [Clinton] talks about how she and her husband sit around and watch Antiques Roadshow, well, it\u2019s just not seen as that cool.\u201d\n\nThere may be no one who better understands just what a delicate balancing act Clinton disdain can entail than Barbara Comstock. In the 1990s, as a 30-something Republican congressional staffer, Comstock made a name for herself as one of the most dogged investigators of that era\u2019s Clinton scandals. She was known for holding all-night vigils in her office to keep Democrats from breaking in and stealing crucial legal documents. Last year, when Comstock made her first bid for Congress, in suburban Virginia, Politico set the stage for an epic showdown: \u201cFifteen years later,\u201d the site announced, \u201cthe Clinton Wars are back.\u201d\n\nEarly on, Comstock looked as though she were preparing for a fight. When asked about Benghazi in a radio interview shortly after her primary, she immediately spoke about her work in the 1990s, \u201cwhere we were just blocked at every turn.\u201d Yet following the Politico story, Comstock never again spoke in public about Benghazi, and laughed off any mention of her work in the 1990s as old news.\n\nThis perhaps should not come as too great a surprise, given that in the intervening years, Comstock played a central role in the professionalization of opposition research\u2014essentially ensuring that something like the Clinton wars would never again unfold in quite the same histrionic, gossip-laden way. In 2000, when Comstock was hired by David Israelite to take over the research shop at the Republican National Committee, she replaced most of the existing staff with lawyers and policy experts. \u201cWe wanted to develop a research operation that was fact-based and very responsible, so there would be no question about sourcing methods or where a piece of information had come from,\u201d Israelite told me. Comstock wrote papers using open sources and footnotes. But just as important, she used what she found to \u201cconnect the dots and create a coherent story about an opposing candidate,\u201d Israelite recalled. For example, Comstock\u2019s team developed the story that Al Gore had been leasing some of his property in Tennessee to a zinc mine that had several times violated Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, adding to an impression of the environmentalist as pious and hypocritical. The new, methodical Barbara Comstock had rendered the old, obsessive model obsolete.\n\nIf Republicans are lucky, Comstock\u2019s story will serve as proof that the early, paranoid years of Clinton disdain drew upon a very particular generational context, a civil war between the Boomers. The straightlaced types looked at the Clintons and saw everything they hated about the hippie 1960s and early 1970s: draft dodging, feminist excess (Hillary Rodham wasn\u2019t \u201cbaking cookies\u201d), Saul Alinsky\u2013style radicalism, casual drug use, and sexual promiscuity. Every time something came up that conservatives thought should be disqualifying\u2014past pot use and the ridiculous \u201cI didn\u2019t inhale\u201d defense; Bill\u2019s infidelities with Gennifer Flowers, then Paula Jones, then Monica Lewinsky\u2014somehow the Clintons got away with it (which is just a less flattering way of calling someone a \u201ccomeback kid,\u201d the label that was attached to Bill for rebounding from exactly these episodes).\n\nOne of the more interesting elements of the cultural response to the 1990s Clintons was the feeling Hillary evoked in conservative women. In his book, Brock writes that Comstock told him she couldn\u2019t get Hillary\u2019s \u201csins off her brain \u2018because Hillary reminds me of me. I am Hillary.\u2019 \u201d Comstock has never confirmed anything in Brock\u2019s book, and she declined to be interviewed for this article. But her comment lines up with what other women of that era have expressed. In her 2000 polemic, The Case Against Hillary Clinton, the former Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan wrote of herself:\n\nI look at Mrs. Clinton and see the kneesocked girl in the madras headband [meaning Noonan herself], the Key Club president who used to walk into the bathroom in Rutherford High School, wrinkle her nose at the tenth-grade losers leaning against the gray tile walls, leave, go down the hall, and mention to a teacher that they\u2019re smoking in the girls\u2019 room again. That\u2019s my own private Hillary, or at least one aspect of her.\n\nComstock was also part of a generation of conservative women who were living a difficult contradiction. She worked for a Republican establishment that had a narrow view of family values, yet she was known for pulling all-nighters during Travelgate, when she had three young kids at home.\n\n\u201cOne way to interpret that would be, they were projecting their own internal angst onto Hillary,\u201d Brock says. \u201cThey didn\u2019t necessarily hate Hillary. They hated something about themselves, and they were projecting that onto the kind of woman Hillary represented.\u201d But that contradiction has since melted away. Now, The Washington Post reported, Comstock keeps her phone in a case that says Women Rule and is an \u201cevangelist for Sheryl Sandberg\u2019s Lean In.\u201d The crucial turning point in her congressional campaign came when her opponent, John Foust, mused about whether Comstock had ever had a \u201creal job.\u201d Comstock took feminist umbrage, and won over the district\u2019s many working women in part by declaring his remark \u201csexist\u201d and \u201cintentionally demeaning.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s the problem with critiques of the Clintons that are deeply rooted in specific cultural tensions. Over time, many of those tensions subside, even if the issues remain unresolved. Indeed, one of the most striking aspects of Clinton disdain is the degree to which so many of its most vehement early adherents have moved on. At one end of the spectrum is David Brock, who went from Clinton tormentor to Clinton loyalist. At the other end, perhaps, is Barbara Comstock, who has decided that there\u2019s no political advantage in refighting old battles. In between are people like Richard Mellon Scaife, the principal funder of the \u201cvast right-wing conspiracy,\u201d and Christopher Ruddy, who was, after Brock, perhaps its most high-profile messenger. (Ruddy\u2019s 1997 book, The Strange Death of Vincent Foster: An Investigation, not only implicated the Clintons in Foster\u2019s death but went so far as to accuse Kenneth Starr of being privy to the cover-up and a \u201cpatsy for the Clintonites.\u201d) After Scaife met Hillary Clinton face-to-face in 2008, when she visited the editorial board of his paper, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, he wrote a column saying he had come away with a \u201cvery favorable\u201d impression of her. When Scaife died last year, no less than Bill Clinton himself gave a eulogy at the memorial service, saying that for all their differences, Scaife \u201cfought as hard as he could for what he believed in.\u201d Ruddy, too, has made peace with his onetime targets, even arranging a lunch with his friend Scaife and Bill Clinton in 2007. Now the CEO of the conservative Web site Newsmax, Ruddy has decided that he went too far back in the day. \u201cThere was just so much ferment back then, and we got carried away,\u201d he told me. \u201cPeople get emotional. It was almost like a war, but a political one.\u201d Today Ruddy, who says he is most likely to support the GOP candidate in 2016, will even allow that Clinton \u201cwill be a good president. She\u2019s going to surprise a lot of people.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf we were caught peddling really terrible stuff, wild conspiracy theories, it would have a terrible impact on our brand,\u201d says Tim Miller, the executive director of America Rising.\n\nAnd then, of course, there\u2019s R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. In his foyer, Tyrrell keeps all the personal presidential mementos he\u2019s been given over the years. There\u2019s a picture of him meeting with Ronald Reagan. Then one of Richard Nixon jumping on a trampoline. And then, more oddly, a photo of Bill Clinton with his arm around Tyrrell. There\u2019s nothing to indicate that it is different from the other photos, that those are admiring and this one mocking. Tyrrell says the picture was taken when he got a friend to invite him as her date to Bill Clinton\u2019s 60th birthday party. And while he presents it as a prank, it\u2019s clear that he genuinely wanted to attend. Indeed, he seemed the tiniest bit annoyed while recounting that when he got to the front of the photo line, Clinton gave no sign of recognizing him.\n\nTyrrell said he saw Clinton once more at the end of the party, when both of them walked into the bathroom at the same moment. Two old guys, facing off once again in the realm of underwear. By now, it\u2019s clear which man won. Tyrrell\u2019s magazine is a footnote, in danger of going under once and for all. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, may be on the verge of returning to the White House with his wife. But that doesn\u2019t mean Tyrrell is giving up. Before our interview was over, he offered me one final scoop. \u201cBill,\u201d he reported, \u201cdidn\u2019t wash his hands.\u201d\n\nMost Popular\n\nHis paranoid style paved the road for Trumpism. Now he fears what\u2019s been unleashed.\n\nGlenn Beck looks like the dad in a Disney movie. He\u2019s earnest, geeky, pink, and slightly bulbous. His idea of salty language is bullcrap.\n\nThe atmosphere at Beck\u2019s Mercury Studios, outside Dallas, is similarly soothing, provided you ignore the references to genocide and civilizational collapse. In October, when most commentators considered a Donald Trump presidency a remote possibility, I followed audience members onto the set of The Glenn Beck Program, which airs on Beck\u2019s website, theblaze.com. On the way, we passed through a life-size replica of the Oval Office as it might look if inhabited by a President Beck, complete with a portrait of Ronald Reagan and a large Norman Rockwell print of a Boy Scout.\n\nShould you drink more coffee? Should you take melatonin? Can you train yourself to need less sleep? A physician\u2019s guide to sleep in a stressful age.\n\nDuring residency, Iworked hospital shifts that could last 36 hours, without sleep, often without breaks of more than a few minutes. Even writing this now, it sounds to me like I\u2019m bragging or laying claim to some fortitude of character. I can\u2019t think of another type of self-injury that might be similarly lauded, except maybe binge drinking. Technically the shifts were 30 hours, the mandatory limit imposed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, but we stayed longer because people kept getting sick. Being a doctor is supposed to be about putting other people\u2019s needs before your own. Our job was to power through.\n\nThe shifts usually felt shorter than they were, because they were so hectic. There was always a new patient in the emergency room who needed to be admitted, or a staff member on the eighth floor (which was full of late-stage terminally ill people) who needed me to fill out a death certificate. Sleep deprivation manifested as bouts of anger and despair mixed in with some euphoria, along with other sensations I\u2019ve not had before or since. I remember once sitting with the family of a patient in critical condition, discussing an advance directive\u2014the terms defining what the patient would want done were his heart to stop, which seemed likely to happen at any minute. Would he want to have chest compressions, electrical shocks, a breathing tube? In the middle of this, I had to look straight down at the chart in my lap, because I was laughing. This was the least funny scenario possible. I was experiencing a physical reaction unrelated to anything I knew to be happening in my mind. There is a type of seizure, called a gelastic seizure, during which the seizing person appears to be laughing\u2014but I don\u2019t think that was it. I think it was plain old delirium. It was mortifying, though no one seemed to notice.\n\nWhy did Trump\u2019s choice for national-security advisor perform so well in the war on terror, only to find himself forced out of the Defense Intelligence Agency?\n\nHow does a man like retired Lieutenant General Mike Flynn\u2014who spent his life sifting through information and parsing reports, separating rumor and innuendo from actionable intelligence\u2014come to promote conspiracy theories on social media?\n\nPerhaps it\u2019s less Flynn who\u2019s changed than that the circumstances in which he finds himself\u2014thriving in some roles, and flailing in others.\n\nIn diagnostic testing, there\u2019s a basic distinction between sensitivity, or the ability to identify positive results, and specificity, the ability to exclude negative ones. A test with high specificity may avoid generating false positives, but at the price of missing many diagnoses. One with high sensitivity may catch those tricky diagnoses, but also generate false positives along the way. Some people seem to sift through information with high sensitivity, but low specificity\u2014spotting connections that others can\u2019t, and perhaps some that aren\u2019t even there.\n\n\u201cWell, you\u2019re just special. You\u2019re American,\u201d remarked my colleague, smirking from across the coffee table. My other Finnish coworkers, from the school in Helsinki where I teach, nodded in agreement. They had just finished critiquing one of my habits, and they could see that I was on the defensive.\n\nI threw my hands up and snapped, \u201cYou\u2019re accusing me of being too friendly? Is that really such a bad thing?\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, when I greet a colleague, I keep track,\u201d she retorted, \u201cso I don\u2019t greet them again during the day!\u201d Another chimed in, \u201cThat\u2019s the same for me, too!\u201d\n\nUnbelievable, I thought. According to them, I\u2019m too generous with my hellos.\n\nWhen I told them I would do my best to greet them just once every day, they told me not to change my ways. They said they understood me. But the thing is, now that I\u2019ve viewed myself from their perspective, I\u2019m not sure I want to remain the same. Change isn\u2019t a bad thing. And since moving to Finland two years ago, I\u2019ve kicked a few bad American habits.\n\nWhy the ingrained expectation that women should desire to become parents is unhealthy\n\nIn 2008, Nebraska decriminalized child abandonment. The move was part of a \"safe haven\" law designed to address increased rates of infanticide in the state. Like other safe-haven laws, parents in Nebraska who felt unprepared to care for their babies could drop them off in a designated location without fear of arrest and prosecution. But legislators made a major logistical error: They failed to implement an age limitation for dropped-off children.\n\nWithin just weeks of the law passing, parents started dropping off their kids. But here's the rub: None of them were infants. A couple of months in, 36 children had been left in state hospitals and police stations. Twenty-two of the children were over 13 years old. A 51-year-old grandmother dropped off a 12-year-old boy. One father dropped off his entire family -- nine children from ages one to 17. Others drove from neighboring states to drop off their children once they heard that they could abandon them without repercussion.\n\nDemocrats who have struggled for years to sell the public on the Affordable Care Act are now confronting a far more urgent task: mobilizing a political coalition to save it.\n\nEven as the party reels from last month\u2019s election defeat, members of Congress, operatives, and liberal allies have turned to plotting a campaign against repealing the law that, they hope, will rival the Tea Party uprising of 2009 that nearly scuttled its passage in the first place. A group of progressive advocacy groups will announce on Friday a coordinated effort to protect the beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act and stop Republicans from repealing the law without first identifying a plan to replace it.\n\nThey don\u2019t have much time to fight back. Republicans on Capitol Hill plan to set repeal of Obamacare in motion as soon as the new Congress opens in January, and both the House and Senate could vote to wind down the law immediately after President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on the 20th.\n\nTrinidad has the highest rate of Islamic State recruitment in the Western hemisphere. How did this happen?\n\nThis summer, the so-called Islamic State published issue 15 of its online magazine Dabiq. In what has become a standard feature, it ran an interview with an ISIS foreign fighter. \u201cWhen I was around twenty years old I would come to accept the religion of truth, Islam,\u201d said Abu Sa\u2019d at-Trinidadi, recalling how he had turned away from the Christian faith he was born into.\n\nAt-Trinidadi, as his nom de guerre suggests, is from the Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), a country more readily associated with calypso and carnival than the \u201ccaliphate.\u201d Asked if he had a message for \u201cthe Muslims of Trinidad,\u201d he condemned his co-religionists at home for remaining in \u201ca place where you have no honor and are forced to live in humiliation, subjugated by the disbelievers.\u201d More chillingly, he urged Muslims in T&T to wage jihad against their fellow citizens: \u201cTerrify the disbelievers in their own homes and make their streets run with their blood.\u201d\n\nA professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experience through our senses.\n\nAs we go about our daily lives, we tend to assume that our perceptions\u2014sights, sounds, textures, tastes\u2014are an accurate portrayal of the real world. Sure, when we stop and think about it\u2014or when we find ourselves fooled by a perceptual illusion\u2014we realize with a jolt that what we perceive is never the world directly, but rather our brain\u2019s best guess at what that world is like, a kind of internal simulation of an external reality. Still, we bank on the fact that our simulation is a reasonably decent one. If it wasn\u2019t, wouldn\u2019t evolution have weeded us out by now? The true reality might be forever beyond our reach, but surely our senses give us at least an inkling of what it\u2019s really like.\n\nThe same part of the brain that allows us to step into the shoes of others also helps us restrain ourselves.\n\nYou\u2019ve likely seen the video before: a stream of kids, confronted with a single, alluring marshmallow. If they can resist eating it for 15 minutes, they\u2019ll get two. Some do. Others cave almost immediately.\n\nThis \u201cMarshmallow Test,\u201d first conducted in the 1960s, perfectly illustrates the ongoing war between impulsivity and self-control. The kids have to tamp down their immediate desires and focus on long-term goals\u2014an ability that correlates with their later health, wealth, and academic success, and that is supposedly controlled by the front part of the brain. But a new study by Alexander Soutschek at the University of Zurich suggests that self-control is also influenced by another brain region\u2014and one that casts this ability in a different light.\n\nA new survey suggests many might prefer a kind of multipolar Washington, with three distinct orbits of power checking each other.\n\nDoes Donald Trump have a mandate?\n\nThough last month\u2019s election provided Trump and his fellow Republicans unified control of the White House, House of Representatives, and Senate for the first time since 2006, the latest Allstate/Atlantic Media Heartland Monitor Poll shows the country remains closely split on many of the key policy challenges facing the incoming administration\u2014and sharply divided on whether they trust the next president to take the lead in responding to them.\n\nIn addition, on several important choices facing the new administration and Congress, the survey found that respondents who voted for Trump supported a position that was rejected by the majority of adults overall. That contrast may simultaneously encourage Trump to press forward on an agenda that energizes his coalition, while emboldening congressional Democrats to resist him."}
-{"text": "Marie blamed for increased sightseeing at SoCal beaches\n\nAugust 30, 2014\n\nThat Marie is Hurricane Marie. Marie was a hurricane located in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of North America. Her winds whipped up the waves on Southern California (SoCal) beaches the likes of which haven\u2019t been seen since 1997.\n\nWhat? There are hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean. Thanks Marie for exposing this examiner to her ignorance. Don\u2019t hurricanes happen to those folks in Florida? Us Cali folks are lucky because we only have to worry about earth quakes, right? Wrong.\n\nFrom a Mother Jones article by Chris Mooney, \u201cAccording to NOAA\u2019s Climate Prediction Center, the average Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through the end of November, and sees 15.4 total named storms, including hurricanes and 3.9 major hurricanes (Category 3 and greater).\u201d\n\nSo Marie isn\u2019t a seeming anomaly. The Pacific has a hurricane season every year. For those keeping score, Pacific Hurricane Season 2014 had already experienced 14 tropical storms of which 5 were classified as major hurricanes (category 3 or higher) before August 17, 2014 when the National Hurricane Center suspected what was to become Hurricane Marie had hurricane potential.\n\nWhen Marie reached 64 knots, according to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS), Marie officially became a hurricane. On August 24 Hurricane Marie reached wind speeds of greater than 137 knots (158 mph, 254 km/h) for more than a minute. This feat awards her the distinction of a category 5 hurricane. This gives Mistress Marie reason to brag about how much of a blowhard she was when she was about 500 miles to the south/southwest of Baja California. She lasted about 6 hours as a category 5.\n\nAt the time of this article Hurricane Marie is still on a northward move. She has calmed down quite a bit since the 24th being downgraded to Tropical Storm Marie.\n\nDespite Marie thankfully never actually reaching land, the effects from her mighty wind wreaked havoc at Oaxaca, Mexico\u2019s coast and other North American coasts north of Oaxaca.\n\nAt least Marie\u2019s effects were equally devastating for all of SoCal\u2019s coasts. You know, because Ma Nature don\u2019t play no favorites, right? Wrong. Due to Marie\u2019s trajectory as she moved through the Pacific Ocean, the coasts which seemed to be affected the most were those with southern exposure.\n\nIn other words if you never turn on the news or the radio or expose yourself to any media, in places like Long Beach, CA (which has some southern exposure coastline), all you had to do was look at the waves or that the water was reaching places that it usually doesn\u2019t (like the street) to notice something was different. For those in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, like Manhattan Beach (no southern exposure coastline), you would have thought it was just another gorgeous day at the beach.\n\nWhat\u2019s interesting to this examiner about Marie is, of course, there are facts related to this article, such as:\n\nWinds over a portion of the Pacific Ocean on August 24, 2014 escalated to speeds high enough for at least one minute, which according to the SSHWS classifies it as a category 5 hurricane, which was named Marie.\n\nThese winds changed the size, force and timing of the way the ocean\u2019s waves reached some of the west coasts of North America.\n\nHowever, perhaps not everyone\u2019s interesting point of view is that the effects of Hurricane Marie, while we can blame it on her, are a bad thing.\n\nThose that experienced bodily harm or property damage or have been inconvenienced by Marie, of course, are most likely blaming it on Marie as a bad thing. Can you blame them for feeling that way?\n\nThose that make a living reporting the news, all the beach vendors who had more business due to all the extra visitors (gawkers?) and all the surfers who usually have to travel to Hawaii or wait until winter in California to ride such epic waves are most likely thanking Marie. Some may even be a bit giddy, as if Christmas came early this year.\n\nThose that live in SoCal, yet rarely, if ever, visit the beach are most likely ambivalent or indifferent to Marie.\n\nThose that live inland, especially non-news watchers, chances are if someone asked them what they thought about Marie, their reply most likely would be:"}
-{"text": "President Donald Trump laid out his vision for lower drug prices on May 11, announcing a major action plan to put \u201cAmerican patients first.\u201d The president has made it a high priority for his administration to ensure that generic drugs are sold at a reasonable price in the United States.\n\n\u201cWe will have a tougher negotiation, more competition, and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter, and it\u2019ll start to take effect very soon,\u201d Trump said.\n\nThe United States has thehighest prescription drug spending in the world, due to higher list prices and greater use of expensive drugs. The nation spent$1,162 per person on prescription drugs in 2015, compared to $497 in the UK, $668 in France, and $803 in Japan, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).\n\nOne of the main objectives of Trump\u2019s blueprint is to increase competition in the generic drug market. Generic drugs are copies of brand-name drugs that are marketed after the brand-name patents expire.\n\nAccording to aneconomic report by the president\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) published in late February, many artificially high prices result from government policies that prevent healthy price competition.\n\n\u201cDrug prices, for example, are sometimes artificially high due to government regulations that raise prices,\u201d stated the CEA report. Hence the blueprint aims to reduce drug prices by encouraging more robust price competition.\n\nList prices for drugs have skyrocketed in the last few decades, and government programs and private consumers do not always have the means to negotiate more reasonable prices.\n\nAccording to the plan, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will give Medicare Part D plans better tools to negotiate discounts on behalf of seniors. Medicare Part D provides affordable drug coverage for people who are 65 or older.\n\nMany Americans, especially seniors, incur high out-of-pocket costs, since these are usually calculated based on drugs\u2019 high list prices. HHS also plans to develop solutions to lower patients\u2019 out-of-pocket spending.\n\nAnother action plan laid out in the blueprint is to create new incentives for drug manufacturers to lower their list prices. And to improve price transparency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might require drug price disclosures in commercials.\n\n\u201cIf we want to have a real market for drugs, why not have them disclose their prices in the ads, too?\u201d HHS Secretary Alex Azar said at the White House following Trump\u2019s remarks on lowering drug prices.\n\nHHS will also focus on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), companies that act as intermediaries between insurers, manufacturers, and pharmacies. As middlemen, PBMs use rebates to negotiate discounts in the pharmacy channel.\n\n\u201cOur plan will end the dishonest double-dealing that allows the middleman to pocket rebates and discounts that should be passed on to consumers and patients,\u201d Trump said.\n\nAzar, who is also a former president of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, described the blueprint as \u201cthe most comprehensive attack on prescription drug affordability in history, by any president.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis doesn\u2019t get solved tomorrow. It\u2019s going to take years of restructuring the system. But these are big, they are bold steps,\u201d he said.\n\nRecord Year for Generic Drug Approvals\n\nThe administration has also made it a high priority to ensure that generic drugs are approved on a faster timeline.\n\nIn 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved more than 1,000 new generic drugs\u2014a record number achieved in a single year. Generic drug approvals helped American consumers save $8.8 billion last year, according to Azar.\n\nTrump also demanded fairness not just at home, but also abroad.\n\n\u201cWhen foreign governments extort unreasonably low prices from U.S. drugmakers, Americans have to pay more to subsidize the enormous cost of research and development,\u201d said Trump.\n\nMost foreign governments\u2014especially those in socialist countries\u2014cap drug prices and force drug manufacturers to comply with their rules in return for market access. Through this leverage, foreign governments can push for lower drug prices, which then erode the profits of pharmaceutical companies.\n\nWhile the United States accounts for only 34 percent of OECD member countries\u2019 combined GDP, Americans pay more than 70 percent of patented biopharmaceutical profits, according to CEA estimates.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s time to end the global freeloading once and for all,\u201d Trump said. He directed trade representative Robert Lighthizer to \u201cmake fixing this injustice a top priority\u201d in ongoing trade negotiations.\n\nMore than half of the public (52 percent) say passing laws to bring down prescription drug prices should be a \u201ctop priority\u201d for Trump and Congress, according to recent polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Pharmaceutical companies rank among the top organizations that the public think has \u201ctoo much influence\u201d in Washington, according to the same poll."}
-{"text": "Study identifies causes for high rates of allergic reactions in children with food allergies\n\nQuote:\n\nNearly 72 percent of the participants experienced a reaction, with 1,171 allergic reactions in total. Allergic reactions were attributed to such factors as a lack of close supervision, misreading ingredient labels, cross-contamination, or errors in food preparation. Participating families had been given written and verbal food avoidance instruction, and written prescriptions for self-injectable epinephrine, beforehand.\n\n\"This study reinforces the importance of educating parents and other caregivers of children with food allergy about avoiding allergenic foods and using epinephrine to treat severe food-allergic reactions,\" said Scott Sicherer, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. \"We must work harder to thoroughly educate parents about the details of avoidance and when and how to correctly use epinephrine to manage this life-threatening condition.\"\n\nApproximately 11 percent of the children experienced anaphylaxis, which can include symptoms such as swelling in the throat, asthma, sudden drop in blood pressure, dizziness or fainting. The children's parents or caregivers administered epinephrine in only 30 percent of the cases of children having severe reactions to food. Investigators found children did not receive epinephrine because either the drug was not available, or parents and caregivers were too afraid to administer the drug, or they did not recognize the reaction as severe and waited to see more symptoms.\n\n\"We found a significant number of young children received allergenic foods from caregivers other than their parents,\" said Hugh Sampson, MD, Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. \"This underscores the need to educate everyone who is responsible for the child, including grandparents, older siblings and teachers.\"\n\nEven when parents and caregivers are aware of infants' food allergies and have been instructed in avoiding potentially dangerous trigger foods, allergic reactions still occur, the result of both accidental and non-accidental exposures, a study finds.\n\nAccidental exposures from unintentional ingestion, label-reading errors and cross-contamination resulted in 87% of 834 allergic reactions to milk, eggs or peanuts in the study, reported in today's Pediatrics.\n\nNon-accidental exposures resulted in 13% of reactions. It's not clear why caregivers would purposely give a child a known allergen, maybe \"to see if (the child) has outgrown an allergy, or how allergic he is,\" says lead author David Fleischer, a pediatric allergist at National Jewish Health in Denver.\n\n\"There is still some misunderstanding in the general public about food allergy and how serious it can be,\" says Ruchi Gupta, an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University. She led a study published last year that found 8% of U.S. children younger than 18 have a food allergy. About 40% had experienced a life-threatening reaction, such as blocked airways or a drop in blood pressure.\n\nIt can be very difficult to avoid common foods, but once the discipline and awareness is in place it ought to become fairly straight forward. With such a high number of allergies around, it's clearly no longer a case where there's only one child, in a school of 500, who represents the awkward exception that has to be handled with kid gloves at meal times. Rather, dairy free, nut free, gluten free and other options should be becoming virtually standard fare.\n\nWho is online\n\nUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum"}
-{"text": "Greedy Goblin\n\nWednesday, August 17, 2016\n\nThe WoW Legion TV show\n\nI watched my girlfriend doing the WoW Legion intro quests and scenarios. Surprisingly, I liked them a lot. They were well-written and immersive. The Legion really invaded Azeroth and the adventurers really fought back.\n\nHowever I saw no reason to do it myself as the content was already \"consumed\", despite I didn't touch the controls. WoW completely became a TV show instead of a game. The \"player\" is a passive consumer who has no agency in the story. Unless you choose to avoid some content, you will complete it, regardless of \"skill\". Sure, some players complete it faster than others, but at the end, everyone will \"be the hero\". Rewards will be given out, but will be obsoleted in a month or two. Nothing you do will affect the world, other players or even your own character.\n\nI never understood while people watch streams of others playing. Play the game yourself! - I said. I now see the reason: most games are rather TV shows which are best consumed fully passively, not being bothered with and distracted by clicking keys. In the same time the oblivious morons and slackers can make themselves believe that they are actually heroes, exceptional players achieving all the stuff on the screen instead of simply passively receiving it.\n\nThis also explains why WoW has so rapidly changing player numbers. When new content is out, lot of viewers return to experience it. When it consumed, they move to the next \"TV show episode\", while avid fans \"re-watch the episode\".\n\nI'm not being judgmental here. There is nothing wrong with running such shows. The \"idle games\", which don't even have formal player action are popular forms of entertainment. Good luck with it Blizzard. But of course it's not the entertainment for me.\n\n9 comments:\n\nIts thee lack of replayabily that gets me. I used to be bale to spend a massive amount of time in games exploring all their content. Wow originally for me was like the motherlode. In wod I was done in about 4 months. I don't plan to buy legion. This will be the first expac of wow that I miss since I started it all those years ago, but I see no reason to sub to wow anymore: its not being written for people like me.\n\nThere could be an interesting discussion on the impact of free market (and open society in general) on people's ability to make meaningful MMOs (and games in general).If profit is the ultimate goal, you always end up catering to the lowest common denominator, which is not very high in an individualistic world that puts a premium on people being unique.\n\nFor any mmo to capture me in the long run, it has to cater to the RPG side, and let me create my own story. The problem is, as with all such instances of sandboxes, that most players are terrible storytellers, and sucks at creating their own. So instead they flock to the mmo which like you say, spoon feed them the story and make them the hero for conversing with someone and then clicking a button twice.\n\n@nightgerbil: do you play any MMO right now?My problem is that yes I liked WoW more in before Cataclysm (where this \"TV show\" feeling really started to define the game) but still I can't find any MMO which is the same diverse, well-thought, lore-heavy as WoW.\n\nfor relaxation at the moment i'm leveling a warlock. i'm in quest greens not heirlooms but by the time i'm allowed to do a zone, quests become available, i overpower it.\n\ni'm 68 doing Borean Tundra and the only mobs that even slightly challenge me are 72 elites which I remember not being possible at 71 when it was current content. I could have reasonably done Shadowmoon Valley at 61 when i left Hellfire peninsular but the quests aren't available till i was 67 so i had to do Zangamarsh and Blades Edge.\n\nmy lvl 10 holy paladin was able to solo Ragefire Chasm in heirlooms. well technically he was lvl 12 or 13 by the end of the first run.\n\ni wish there was a server type. where everything to make the game casual is removed.\n\nIf you ou want to compete, you want to play against someone. On typical games, you must be stonger, faster and smarter to be better then your opponents to win. Computer makes the \"strong\" part absolete, having muscles in real life wont influence gameplay in WoW much. You want to be faster? Naturally, young people have faster reaction speed and have significant advantage over older counterparts. Thats why older people dont like to play FPS games soo much, reaction speed matters too much. If you eliminate in the game both reaction speed and physical fitness, then only strategy and players knowledge should matter.\n\nMMO add-s 2 factors more. Gameplay time and wealth. Gameplay usually is some sort of experience, what caps after rectain cameplay. Its good, because it separates newbies and pros and on reaching cap, everyone should be equal.\n\nWealth on other hand, has no cap. People grind, cheat, buy or abuse to get wealth. As our goblin is specialist in wealth style of play, i got a question. What are the methods to cap power increase from wealth on different games?"}
-{"text": "\"I have owned a Chocolate female Silver Marten for a year now. I got her from a pet store when she was two months old, and showed her when she was about 4 1/2 months old at the local fair. She won Best in Class and first place. Now she is a year and 5 months old and i'm showing her again this September. She is so beautiful! She keeps herself so clean and she is the most eager rabbit. I love her to death. Everyone is always admiring her and saying she is the most beautiful rabbit they've ever seen. I'm very proud of her.\"\n\n\"jesse\"\n\nYour Name\n\nYour Email Address\n\nRemember me\n\nYour Reply\n\nTo prevent spam, please answer this simple math problem:\n\n4 - 0 = ?\n\nWe will include your name next to your comment.\n*Your email address will be used only if we need to contact you regarding your comment.\n(It will not be displayed on the website nor will it be available on the internet)\n\nContent uploaded to Animal-World.com by a User is subject to the following restrictions and provisions: by uploading and/or posting any Content to the Site, you grant Animal-World.com a perpetual, nonexclusive and royalty-free right to use the Content and the name that is submitted in connection with such Content; Animal-World.com reserves the right to moderate, remove or delete any Content uploaded by any User for any reason, with or without notification to the uploading User; and, User is solely responsible for any Content uploaded to Animal-World.com and agrees to not upload any content which is unlawful, defamatory, pornographic, indecent, lewd, threatening, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or otherwise objectionable."}
-{"text": "Teaching outside of the textbook and inside of the museum\n\nThe lesson: Understand how to form and use comparisons of equality and comparisons of inequality. Figure out the superlative and how to use it. Learn all of the irregular forms. Make it make sense. Make it work. Have fun. Go.\n\nThe semester is winding to an end and I have just about had it with our textbook. The book chops up grammar into such staccato little bits of kibble that it is easy to see why an exhausted group of students, at the end of a semester, might just throw in the towel and give up. Language, when it is dissected and isolated and \u201cchunked\u201d as it tends to be in so many well-being but flawed textbooks, soon becomes lifeless and soul-less.\n\nI think I have opened the book a total of three times this semester in class. I would have opened it more if students had specific questions or needed answers. But from the beginning of the term I told them: in class we will apply the grammar and use it in conversations and in context. They could use it as a guide for their take home exams. But in class? Let\u2019s explore and go way outside of the text.\n\nOur work as teachers, therefore, is to breathe life back into these tired texts and help our students find relevance and value in the forms they are being asked to master.\n\nEnter: the ancillary materials.\n\nLong ago, when my now teenage sons were infants, I moonlighted for a textbook company that needed writers to create ancillary exercises. Ever wonder why it is the workbook exercises seem to be written by someone other than the textbook authors? Well, at least back then, they were. The authors write the text and get their names on the cover. Meanwhile a small batallion of freelancers flesh out the exercises.\n\nOne of the oddest assignments I ever has was to take a series of 100+ foto flash cards \u2014 some of the strangest and less than complimentary fotos I have ever seen\u2013 that were left over from one textbook and then needed to be recycled and made to correspond with a new version of a different textbook.\n\nThis collection of images has followed me over the years and I bring them out to try and inspire conversation, commentaries and a few laughs. But this time of year? Ugh. I needed hard core inspiration for these tired, congested, overwhelmed estudiantes.\n\nEnter: the college art museum.\n\nThanks to the wonderful efforts of our noble curator, Liliana Milkova (apologies for the previous typo!!), we were able to visit with several original and awesome works of art in the Museum Print Room that are a part of our museum\u2019s collection but were normally tucked away in storage. They were taken out just for us.\n\nThe assignment:Before you are a series of self portraits. Spend time with them, ask questions about them, talk with your classmates about them. Think about the stories they are trying to tell. Choose two (or more) and compare and contrast, using comparisons of equality, inequality, and the superlative. Choose works that inspire, intrigue, addle you. Write a 250 word, well-organized essay. Have fun.\n\nThe essays? They were incredible. It was the first time I have ever had students ask to exceed a word limit because \u201cthere is so much more I want to say.\u201d\n\nLovely.\n\nTheir final exam will also involve the museum. At a time in the semester when everything seems to be swirling out of control, I have required them to sit and think, and reflect\u2026in the quiet (and the beauty) of the museum.\n\nThe HISP 202 final take home exam:\n\nPreparation:\nFind a work in the permanent collection that interests you\u2026 it could be a painting, a sculpture, a print\u2026whatever. Spend time with the work in the museum. Visit it. Look at it closely. Enjoy it. Take notes on it.\n\nElaboration:\nWrite a fairy tale / a story using your chosen artwork as its focus. If it is a fairy tale, begin with \u201c\u00c9rase una vez\u2026.\u201d (once upon a time)\nIncorporate a wide variety of grammar we have covered to date in your story. Use your textbook as a guide. Be sure to use the past, present and future and the subjunctive mood in logical ways. Add perfect tenses when appropriate. Use past participles as adjectives. Add dialogue and incorporate commands where possible. Create something that you think is representative of your abilities in this class. Have fun.\n\nImplementation:\nYour final exam has two parts: (1) your written 1-2 page story and (2) a Voicethread recording of your story. (http://voicethread.com)For part 2:\n-Find a digital representation of your artwork here: http://rubens.cc.oberlin.edu/emuseum/ and upload it to Voicethread.\n-Using either the video or the audio recording tool (or both!), tell your story.\n-Read your work as if you were telling a story. Add inflection, enthusiasm.\n-Have fun.\n\nWith their permission, their final voicethread projects will be posted on the AMAM\u2019s website.\n\nLike this:\n\nRelated\n\nBarbara has been working for a small liberal arts college in the cornfields of Ohio for about 15 years. In addition to teaching Spanish she runs a somewhat unconventional language center. Prior to this adventure in higher ed she taught high school Spanish and loved it.\n\nShe wishes she had more time in her life to play with her dogs, write, read, swim, do yoga things and watch the Red Sox. Preferably not all at once, although that could be interesting.\n\nBarbara, this is simply brilliant! I\u2019m going to share it with all my colleagues in the Virtual Language Studies because your example has provided such a gateway to critical thinking and problem-based language learning. Thanks so much!\n\nThank you, Jan. You are very kind! I am always happy to share and even happier to know the stuff I might be doing here could be useful to someone somewhere else in world. That, to me, is what edublogging is all about\u2026.asking questions, sharing, and getting feedback.\n\nPlease ask your colleagues to leave a comment on here as to how it went for them as well. I would really like to know.\n\nI\u2019m in awe. This is such a simple yet brilliant idea. I would have never thought of that. It is truly inspiring. The semester is winding down but I cannot wait to try it soon. Thank you for all your posts. They always make me re-think my own teaching and my students\u2019 learning process.\n\nSomeone once told me that the hardest thing to know how to do as a teacher is to figure out when you should teach\u2026and when you need to just get out of the way so your students can learn.\n\nI think over time we have come to believe that books and ancillaries and exercises and quizzes and steamer trunks filled with multimedia blah dee blah (as well as tightly packed and compressed syllabi) are what we have to have in place and need to help students learn. We have turned teaching into juggling.\n\nAnd on the whole, we aren\u2019t very good jugglers.\n\nWe need to use this time between terms to stop\u2026breathe\u2026reflect on the craziness that our teaching has become. And to believe in the creativity and the imagination that our students inherently posses, but our current practices don\u2019t make visible nearly enough\u2026\n\nI\u2019ll let you know how the finals come out and may even post some of them here (with their permission, of course).\n\nWonderful, Wonderful. I opened my textbook 2 times so far this semester. I am really lapping up the assessment ideas on the blog these last weeks. I am so inspired I will moving voice thread assignments to vt take home exams for next semester. What I love about this assessment is the objective for language learners (all learners for that matter) getting right into the water, moving around and creating what they are able from what is available them. Note how different of an experience that is for each and every one of them. It leaves no learner style out as you never put them in the table box or otherwise. If our assessments should reflect what we are doing in class, this example you post invites many of us to really reflect on what we do in class- pitch the book and really revolutionize assessment strategies or follow the book and ask ourselves why they memorized the learned information for a successful test and can\u2019t describe or narrate out of a paper bag. Thanks for the creative energy you continue to share with our field.\n\nThank you for your kind words, Colleen. It\u2019s nice to know this site is being helpful in some way to others.\n\nWith regard to the textbook, I am afraid we can\u2019t just pitch it, as much as we might like to. But it need not mean that every student has to purchase a copy for vast expense. I made sure there was a copy on reserve in my center that could be checked out (but not copied) so they could review things, check answers etc. No one complained (well maybe with the exception of the bookstore).\n\nNext semester (part 2 of Intermediate Spanish) will be taught by someone else and she may insist that they have one. By then there SHOULD be used copies of the text available. We were one of the first classes to use the new version of the book\u2026so of course previous versions while used were useless. Sigh, yet another reason to wait until used (and therefore more economical) texts become available.\n\nIt is important to note that the students we teach in higher ed have come to us with 12 years of traditional schooling under their belt and hard wired into their way of looking at \u201cSchool.\u201d To say \u201cwhoopee! no textbook!\u201d might be just too much for some students. The trick is to provide them structure, but to make it clear that structure does not always require a text. That it is okay to deviate from the book, the workbook, the steamer trunk of ancillary blah-dee-blah and to listen to their needs/interests and then figure out a way to weave that into the content of the class.\n\nAnd that even in the moments of total chaos and wackiness, we need to assure them that the class is flowing in a linear fashion, even if and when we make some prolonged pit stops to stop and smell the coffee now and again."}
-{"text": "BizEquity, Malauzai Take Top Honors at Bank Director\u2019s FinXTech Awards\n\nThat\u2019s the takeaway from the FinXTech Awards, which recognized five fintech innovators not just for the technology they\u2019ve created, but for the partnerships with banks to put their technology in the hands of customers.\n\nTwo of the five award winners at this year\u2019s event are Finovate alums. BizEquity earned recognition for its work with Metro Bank, and Malauzai Software won its award through its work with Somerset Trust Company.\n\n\u201cPart of our mission from the start has been to collaborate with financial services partners to strengthen their offering and facilitate their expansion,\u201d BizEquity CEO Michael Carter said. \u201cIncreasingly we are seeing partnerships between banks and fintech companies as both realize the mutual benefit of such collaborations, we are excited to be at the forefront of this development.\u201d\n\nMalauzai CPO Robb Gaynor similarly praised the benefits of bank/fintech partnerships: \u201cWe\u2019re proud to work with innovative partners such as Somerset Trust, as these collaborative efforts between banks and fintech companies deliver numerous benefits to the overall industry.\u201d\n\nAdditionally, three Finovate alums earned recognition as finalists.\n\nIgnite Sales with Central Bancompany\n\nStrategyCorps with First Financial Bank\n\nZopa with Metro Bank (U.K.)\n\nThe FinXTech Awards are sponsored by Bank Director, an information resource for directors and officers at FIs. The Awards were part of Bank Director\u2019s annual FinTech Day held at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square on March 1."}
-{"text": "Monday, August 31, 2015\n\nI've been working my way through a backlog of images from this summer. My workload was good but my \"play load\" was equally good so I'm finding myself behind in editing and posting work.\n\nThe balance of work and play is becoming increasingly important - probably due to the age factor. My men are fairly self sufficient and the extra time I allow for myself is quite enjoyable. Recharges my batteries so to speak.\n\nGoing through images a while after they've been made allows me to see things in a slightly different light than when I edit promptly on the spot. I love going out on editorial assignments and trying to \"wrangle\" a photograph from the experience. No preconceived notions other than lens choice - letting the event or situation bring a photo to life.\n\nPhotographs make me smile. Whether they are taken by friends or strangers\n\nnew or old - color or black and white.\n\nI like to see how other folks see. What they present to the world.\n\nI hope the photographs I put out into the world do the same for you.\n\nSo as Summer winds down only a small part of me will miss it. Fall will come quickly on it's heels and bring with it an entirely different view of our world. I can happily say that I'm ready for the change.\n\nFriday, August 28, 2015\n\nSunday, August 23, 2015\n\nYesterday I returned home from a week in Rockport, Maine as a student at the Maine Media campus. It was a privilege to be apart of Elizabeth Opalenik's workshop on The Sensual Image. Elizabeth's work over the past few decades evokes a desire to learn. Her photographs are captivating and mystifying in her unique views under water.\n\nThroughout the week our class delved into Elizabeth's world of photography. Sharing not just photography but so much of ourselves in the process. Getting to know a fellow student through conversation and a portrait taken of each other was Day one. Breaking down the barrier of being a stranger and sharing as a group the following morning.\n\nDay two was around and in Lily Pond working with our models using fabrics and the natural surroundings. Trying new ideas, learning and laughing together.\n\nDay three brought us to the Foundry. A charming old barn with nooks and crannies of light filtering through here, there and everywhere. Even an old 1940's Ford to take a spin in photographically. Venturing down into the basement where the play of light, shadow and props created a darkness to the mood of our images. This was my day to play with infrared photography. Something I will definitely be pursuing heartily in the coming months.\n\nDay four was in the boat storage \"studio\". We spent our afternoon with four wonderful dancers. Creating beautiful images with personality through movement.\n\nDay five brought a more personal assignment to work on. The assignment had us going off on our own. We could not bring anyone along with us. Instead we were asked to make three photographs of \"things we would bring\" for this journey.\n\nDriving home from Maine yesterday I no sooner crossed the border into NH when this note came in\n\n\"Anyone interested in a boat ride swim sunset thingy?\"\n\nThe available cast of friends assembled and a plan was made\n\nOven fired pizza ~ white clam sauce ~ italian sausage\n\nwith a dash of truffle oil\n\nFinished off with a sunset cruise and a nightfall swim as the moon was rising.\nWatched a few shooting stars dart by while floating on noodles in the water.\nSeeing the occasional firework pop up along the shore ~ felt good"}
-{"text": "Not the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner: full frontal on Trump and media\n\nGuardian\n\n29th April 2017\n\nWhen Samantha Bee announced in January that her weekly late night show Full Frontal would put on its own version of the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner (WHCD) it seemed, if briefly, that the actual event might not happen. In the event, the WHCD survived, President Trump said he would not attend, and Bee\u2019s former Daily Show colleague Hasan Minhaj was named to act as host. On Saturday, it remained to be seen what Bee\u2019s party would be all about if it wasn\u2019t a substitute event.\n\nTaped in the afternoon for air on TBS and Twitter in the evening, Not the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner bore visual hallmarks of the actual event: famous faces from media and entertainment dolled up in dresses and tuxes to socialize and swill champagne, among them Padma Lakshmi, Jake Tapper and Melissa . But the event itself was less like the dinner than a version of Full Frontal, a for Bee\u2019s fans with a sprinkle of spectacle. Bee, in a white suit, center stage, presented a series of segments related to the night\u2019s theme of the media and the free press and was joined briefly by her correspondents.\n\nEven when she went after the media \u2014 CNN took a particular beating \u2014 there were no cutaways to the audience, so we\u2019ll never know if anyone reacted as poorly to her jabs as Trump did to Seth Meyers\u2019 jokes back in 2011. All the proceeds from the event went to the Committee to Protect Journalists, and crew members at the event wore \u201cFree Press\u201d . Like Full Frontal, the show folded heartfelt moments into a tightly written package.\n\nA running gag of saw Bee hosting WHCDs back to the Hoover administration, stuffed with history nerd references and plenty of dick jokes and bookended with a horrifying vision of \u201cMrs Jason Jones\u201d hosting 2018\u2019s dinner for President Pence. A podium was set up in one corner in preparation for a special guest, and to promise CNN producers they could simply show a shot of the empty podium instead of the rest of the show. The special guest lived up to the title: Will Ferrell, in character as George W Bush, boasted about his status among modern presidents: \u201cI am the Martin Van Buren of the 21st century, so yeah, I\u2019m doing just fine.\n\n\u201d The were also jammed with cameos, including Allison Janney as The West Wing\u2019s CJ Cregg, Steve Buscemi, Patton Oswalt, Billy Eichner, Carl Reiner, Retta and Kumail Nanjiani. A few of the best lines of the night:."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: man\u2019s\n\nDogs are man\u2019s best friend. That\u2019s what we usually hear. But would you believe if I tell you that iguanas can be your best friend, too? Sure, we\u2019ve heard a lot of stories about people treating dogs, cats, birds, and fishes as best friends. But how many would want large reptiles like snakes and lizards as best friends? If you\u2019re an ordinary pet owner, you might take a rain check on taking care of an iguana. But you\u2019ll never know the joy being felt by those who [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "What is De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain)\n\nDe Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis or washerwoman\u2019s sprain, is a painful wrist condition involving two of the tendons at the wrist \u2013 the thumb extensors called Extensor pollicus brevis and abductor pollicus longus at the base of the thumb.\n\nStatistics on De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain)\n\nThis condition is usually seen in patients age 40-50 typically, though patients of other ages may be affected.\n\nRisk Factors for De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain)\n\nDespite the name (washerwoman\u2019s sprain) \u2013 the condition is seen in men as well as women, and can occur with any profession/activity involving rapid, repetitive movements of the thumb and wrist \u2013 eg wringing clothes, assembly line workers.\n\nProgression of De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain)\n\nThere may be a gradual onset of a dull ache, or an acute flare-up.\n\nThe pain is worse with activities such as turning on taps, turning door handles, lifting teapots \u2013 anything requiring grasping.\n\nThe pain often subsides with time if the person abstains from the activity.\n\nHow is De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain) Diagnosed?\n\nNo investigations are necessary.\n\nPrognosis of De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain)\n\nThis is not a serious condition, though it can be reasonably disabling in the sense that it limits the use of the hand \u2013 writing, performing occupational activities. It usually lasts for months \u2013 though this depends on treatment and whether the exacerbating activity is stopped.\n\nHow is De Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis (washerwoman\u2019s sprain) Treated?\n\nRest, with avoidance of the causative stress on the thumb abductor and extensors.\n\nA splint can be used \u2013 one that immobilises the wrist, and also involves the thumb."}
-{"text": "Only as humanity comes to understand the implications of what occurred during this period of history will it be able to meet the challenges that lie ahead. The value of the contribution we as Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00eds can make to the process demands that we ourselves grasp the significance of the historic transformation wrought by the twentieth century.\n\n(Century of Light \u2013 page 0)\n\nThe recent sequence of workshops on unity that I am blogging about at the moment also has roots in the insights expressed in a book I delved into about two years ago. Here is the third post of eight. I will be posting them interwoven with the Becoming True Upholders of His Oneness sequence. Century of Light is this key text published by the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed World Centre designed to help us understand the challenges we face in the world today. If you prefer you can download this in PDF version (3 Components of Our Wreck). I learned a huge amount both from preparing these materials and from walking with others in the 2015 workshop along a path of intense exploration over a period of days.\n\nReflecting on Quotations\n\nWe agreed in the first workshop that we would start the day today by trying out one way of building reflection on a quotation into our moments of quiet contemplation.\n\nWe need to sit comfortably in our chairs, our backs reasonably erect, both feet in contact with the floor and hands lying loosely in our lap. We need to spend a few moments withdrawing our attention from the outside world and instead focusing it on our breathing. This is probably most easily done by resting our full attention on the movement of our diaphragm. At the start, if it helps, we can use our rate of breathing to slow down our inward recitation of the passage we have memorised. When we are alone we can of course recite the passage out loud. If anyone has not yet memorised a passage it is fine to begin this process by reading it slowly and mindfully after settling quietly into a reflective state of mind.\n\nKeeping our breathing steady and even, we should focus our entire attention upon each phrase as we read or recite it. As Easwaran points out (page 32) in his excellent book, in the end we have to find the pace that suits us best: \u2018the space between words is a matter for each person to work out individually.\u2026 If the words come too close together, you will not be slowing down the mind\u2026 If the words stand too far apart, they will not be working together\u2026\u2019\n\nIf we find our mind has wandered, we should, without getting irritated with ourselves, begin the passage again at the beginning. This teaches the mind that it cannot getaway with wandering: there is a price to pay.\n\nIn these early stages we should consider ourselves very successful if we can meditate in this way upon a text for five minutes without losing our concentration. Our aim over a period of months could be to increase their concentration span to something like 20 minutes. Clearly this would enable us, if we wished, to memorise longer passages for reciting, rather than repeating the same short text. It is advisable to change the text we use each week to fend off the indifference which can come from overfamiliarity.\n\nWhy would regularly experiencing the wisdom captured in words in this way be helpful to us?\n\nWhat was our experience like this time?\n\nGroup Work\n\nReminder: For each group discussion the group should choose a facilitator. It would be best to change the facilitator for each piece of group work over the series of workshops but the group will remain the same. During the consultation, the facilitator\u2019s role is to keep track of the time, to ensure that:\n\neveryone contributes something,\n\nno one keeps repeating the same point, and\n\nno one makes excessively long contributions.\n\nThe group also needs to agree who will keep a record of the main points for when there is a report back to everyone at the end of the group consultation. The aim should be to make the report back no longer than five minutes.\n\nUkrainian government army soldiers examine weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine on July 5, 2014 (For source of image see link)\n\nGroup One Task\n\nThe Evidence of a Corrosive Cultural Climate\n\nPages 1: The loss of life alone has been beyond counting. The disintegration of basic institutions of social order, the violation \u2013 indeed, the abandonment \u2013 of standards of decency, the betrayal of the life of the mind through surrender to ideologies as squalid as they have been empty, the invention and deployment of monstrous weapons of mass annihilation, the bankrupting of entire nations and the reduction of masses of human beings to hopeless poverty, the reckless destruction of the environment of the planet \u2013 such are the more obvious in a catalogue of horrors unknown to even the darkest of ages past.\n\nThis is a powerful indictment of our culture. We need to unpack some of the implications before we can move on to more positive perspectives.\n\nWhere do see evidence of \u2018the disintegration of basic institutions of social order\u2019 and \u2018the abandonment . . . of standards of decency\u2019? Is there an antidote to this process?\n\nWhat do we think is meant by \u2018betrayal of the life of the mind through surrender to ideologies as squalid as they have been empty\u2019? How might that best be remedied?\n\nAre any of the other points unclear in their implications?\n\nPages 3-4: The vast majority of the human family, living in lands outside the Western world, shared in few of the blessings and little of the optimism of their European and American brethren. [Refers to China, India, Latin America, & Africa.] . . . Most tragic of all was the plight of the inhabitants of the African continent, divided against one another by artificial boundaries created through cynical bargains among European powers. It has been estimated that during the first decade of the twentieth century over a million people in the Congo perished \u2013 starved, beaten, worked literally to death for the profit of their distant masters, a preview of the fate that was to engulf well over one hundred million of their fellow human beings across Europe and Asia before the century reached its end.\n\nThese masses of humankind, despoiled and scorned \u2013 but representing most of the earth\u2019s inhabitants \u2013 were seen not as protagonists but essentially as objects of the new century\u2019s much vaunted civilising process. Despite benefits conferred on a minority among them, the colonial peoples existed chiefly to be acted upon \u2013 to be used, trained, exploited, Christianised, civilised, mobilised . . . . To a large extent, religious and political pieties of various kinds masked both ends and means from the publics in Western lands, who were thus able to derive moral satisfaction from the blessings their nations were assumed to be conferring on less worthy peoples, while themselves enjoying the material fruits of this benevolence.\n\nAdditional Information:\n\nIn his book The Bottom Billion (2007) Paul Collier explains there are at least 58 countries worldwide trapped in poverty, as a result of factors such as incessant conflict or bad governance. The total population of these countries at that time was 980 million people, seventy per cent of whom live in Africa.\n\nIn addition we can factor in the abuse of children in various ways (Universal House of Justice: Ridv\u00e1n 2000):\n\nOur children . . . . should not be left to drift in a world so laden with moral dangers. In the current state of society, children face a cruel fate.\n\nMillions and millions in country after country are dislocated socially.\n\nChildren find themselves alienated by parents and other adults whether they live in conditions of wealth or poverty.\n\nThis alienation has its roots in a selfishness that is born of materialism that is at the core of the godlessness seizing the hearts of people everywhere.\n\nThe social dislocation of children is in our time a sure mark of a society in decline; this condition is not, however, confined to any race, class, nation or economic condition \u2013 it cuts across them all.\n\nIt grieves our hearts to realise that in so many parts of the world children are\n\nemployed as soldiers,\n\nexploited as labourers,\n\nsold into virtual slavery,\n\nforced into prostitution,\n\nmade objects of pornography,\n\nabandoned by parents centred on their own desires, and\n\nsubjected to other forms of victimisation too numerous to mention.\n\nMany such horrors are inflicted by parents themselves upon their own children. The spiritual and psychological damage defies estimation.\n\nAdditional Information from ten years ago:\n\n26,575 children die every single day. Of the 62 countries making no progress or insufficient progress towards the Millennium Development Goal on child survival, nearly 75 per cent are in Africa. In some countries in southern Africa, the prevalence of HIV and AIDS has reversed previously recorded declines in child mortality. Achieving the goal in these countries will require a concerted effort. Reaching the target means reducing the number of child deaths from 9.7 million in 2006 to around 4 million by 2015. Accomplishing this will require accelerated action on multiple fronts: reducing poverty and hunger (MDG 1), improving maternal health (MDG 5), combating HIV and AIDS, malaria and other major diseases (MDG 6), increasing the usage of improved water and sanitation (MDG 7) and providing affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis (MDG 8). It will also require a re-examination of strategies to reach the poorest, most marginalized communities.\n\nTrafficking in children is a global problem affecting large numbers of children. Some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year. There is a demand for trafficked children as cheap labour or for sexual exploitation. Children and their families are often unaware of the dangers of trafficking, believing that better employment and lives lie in other countries. Most child casualties are civilians. But one of the most deplorable developments in recent years has been the increasing use of young children as soldiers. In one sense, this is not really new. For centuries children have been involved in military campaigns\u2014as child ratings on warships, or as drummer boys on the battlefields of Europe. Indeed the word \u2018infantry\u2019, for foot-soldiers, can also mean a group of young people. What is frightening nowadays is the escalation in the use of children as fighters. Recently, in 25 countries, thousands of children under the age of 16 have fought in wars. In 1988 alone, they numbered as many as 200,000. And while children might be thought to be the people deserving greatest protection, as soldiers they are often considered the most expendable. During the Iran-Iraq war, child soldiers, for example, were sent out ahead in waves over minefields.\n\nHow do you think that we managed to disguise from ourselves the iniquity of what we were doing in all these areas for so long and why has Africa come out of it all so badly?\n\nHave we now moved past that period of exploitation, neglect and abuse, or is it still happening? If it is, why does it persist?\n\nIf we have moved on to some degree, how did we do it?\n\nWhy is the harm we have been doing to our children a crucially important issue for us to address urgently, probably as urgently as climate change if not more so?\n\nWhat does all this tell us about the size of the task still ahead, if we are to turn things round completely?\n\nGroup Two Task\n\nMaterialism\n\nPage 6: Where winds of change did dispel the mists, among the educated classes in Western lands, inherited orthodoxies were all too often replaced by the blight of an aggressive secularism that called into doubt both the spiritual nature of humankind and the authority of moral values themselves. Everywhere, the secularisation of society\u2019s upper levels seemed to go hand in hand with a pervasive religious obscurantism among the general population.\n\nPage 89: Fathered by nineteenth century European thought, acquiring enormous influence through the achievements of American capitalist culture, and endowed by Marxism with the counterfeit credibility peculiar to that system, materialism emerged full-blown in the second half of the twentieth century as a kind of universal religion claiming absolute authority in both the personal and social life of humankind. Its creed was simplicity itself. Reality \u2013 including human reality and the process by which it evolves \u2013 is essentially material in nature. The goal of human life is, or ought to be, the satisfaction of material needs and wants. Society exists to facilitate this quest, and the collective concern of humankind should be an ongoing refinement of the system, aimed at rendering it ever more efficient in carrying out its assigned task.\n\nPage 135: There has not been a society in the history of the world, no matter how pragmatic, experimentalist and multiform it may have been, that did not derive its thrust from some foundational interpretation of reality. Such a system of thought reigns today virtually unchallenged across the planet, under the nominal designation \u201cWestern civilisation\u201d. Philosophically and politically, it presents itself as a kind of liberal relativism; economically and socially, as capitalism \u2013 two value systems that have now so adjusted to each other and become so mutually reinforcing as to constitute virtually a single, comprehensive world-view.\n\nAppreciation of the benefits \u2013 in terms of the personal freedom, social prosperity and scientific progress enjoyed by a significant minority of the Earth\u2019s people \u2013 cannot withhold a thinking person from recognizing that the system is morally and intellectually bankrupt. It has contributed its best to the advancement of civilisation, as did all its predecessors, and, like them, is impotent to deal with the needs of a world never imagined by the eighteenth century prophets who conceived most of its component elements. Shoghi Effendi did not limit his attention to divine right monarchies, established churches or totalitarian ideologies when he posed the searching question: \u201cWhy should these, in a world subject to the immutable law of change and decay, be exempt from the deterioration that must needs overtake every human institution?\u201d\n\nPage 136: Tragically, what Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00eds see in present-day society is unbridled exploitation of the masses of humanity by greed that excuses itself as the operation of \u201cimpersonal market forces\u201c. What meets their eyes everywhere is the destruction of moral foundations vital to humanity\u2019s future, through gross self-indulgence masquerading as \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d. What they find themselves struggling against daily is the pressure of a dogmatic materialism, claiming to be the voice of \u201cscience\u201c, that seeks systematically to exclude from intellectual life all impulses arising from the spiritual level of human consciousness.\n\nThese are key paragraphs for us to understand thoroughly if we are to grasp the importance and true nature of a more spiritual path forward.\n\nJust as there is a fundamental difference between divine Revelation itself and the understanding that believers have of it, so also there is a basic distinction between scientific fact and reasoning on the one hand and the conclusions or theories of scientists on the other. There is, and can be, no conflict between true religion and true science: true religion is revealed by God, while it is through true science that the mind of man \u201cdiscovers the realities of things and becomes cognizant of their peculiarities and effects, and of the qualities and properties of beings\u201d and \u201ccomprehendeth the abstract by the aid of the concrete\u201d. However, whenever a statement is made through the lens of human understanding it is thereby limited, for human understanding is limited; and where there is limitation there is the possibility of error; and where there is error, conflicts can arise.\n\nMedina, in his book Faith, Physics & Psychology, explains that he sees the current worldview as destructively rooted in the thinking of Descartes and Newton. He refers to it throughout as the \u2018Cartesian-Newtonian worldview.\u2019 Descartes split mind from body, which he considered to be a machine. He considered that all true understanding derived from analysis (splitting into components) and logic. Add to this Newton\u2019s determinism (we can predict anything from our knowledge both of its starting state and the operation of immutable universal laws) and, in Medina\u2019s view, we have the current, in his view pernicious, Cartesian-Newtonian worldview (page 14):\n\n. . . . this classical science worldview is based on a mechanistic view of human beings and the universe that alienates human beings from their spiritual, moral, and emotional faculties. It has divided the world into mutually exclusive opposing forces: the dichotomies of science versus religion, reason versus faith, logic versus intuition, natural versus supernatural, material versus spiritual, and secular versus sacred. The result is a materialistic worldview that emphasises the truth of science, reason, logic, the natural, the material, and the secular while ignoring or even denigrating the truth of religion, faith, intuition, the supernatural, the spiritual, and the sacred.\n\nMedina goes on to unpack what for him at least are the limitations of \u2018secular spirituality\u2019 which (page 94) \u2018do not necessarily promote an altruistic social ethic or a desire on the part of individuals to improve society for the benefit of all.\u2019 He includes \u2018religious fundamentalism\u2019 (page 95-96) under this umbrella \u2018because it represents an attempt to use religion as a vehicle to fulfil worldly desires for leadership or power or as a justification for ungodly acts such as forced conversion of pagans or warfare against infidels.\u2019\n\nHe goes on to state that our version of Christianity has contributed to the problems the Cartesian-Newtonian worldview creates (page 129) as a result of its concept of \u2018an all-transcendent God Who is essentially divorced from the cursed natural world.\u2019 He concludes (pages 129-30):\n\nIt is my belief that an extremist form of Christian theism actually worked hand-in-hand with the Cartesian-Newtonian worldview to promulgate a false sense of separation between the spiritual and the material and between the sacred and the secular.\n\nIt is important to stress that he is not criticising the true essence of Christianity here, simply some of its more extreme distortions with their destructive consequences.\n\nFor those interested in a more mainstream Christian take on the matter see God, Humanity & the Cosmos (Southgate et al: pages95-98): they too conclude that a mechanical view of the world prevailed as a result of the success of this Descartes/Newton fusion, and this then negatively affected economics and political theory as well as religion and our view of ourselves.\n\nWhy do we think secularism and religious obscurantism might go hand in hand in the way described here?\n\nWhat are the achievements of American capitalism and what makes them so persuasive given the damage the system seems to be causing?\n\nHow can materialism, dogmatic or otherwise, be effectively a religion? What are the parallels?\n\nWhat is \u2018liberal relativism\u2019 and how has it been fostered by a materialist world view? How does this philosophical and moral approach make such a perfect marriage with capitalism? Do we agree that this arrangement is bankrupt?\n\nAre market forces not really impersonal?\n\nAre science and materialism not really in tune?\n\nReport Back: One member of each group explains their conclusions and what they have learnt. Their group members can join in to field whatever questions and comments come their way.\n\nCompensating Accomplishments\n\nPages 4-5: To point out the failings of a great civilisation is not to deny its accomplishments. As the twentieth century opened, the peoples of the West could take justifiable pride in the technological, scientific and philosophical developments for which their societies had been responsible. . . . . A continuous process of discovery, design and improvement was making accessible power of unimaginable magnitude \u2013 with, alas, ecological consequences equally unimagined at the time \u2013 especially through the use of cheap fuel and electricity.\n\nPage 5: Changes taking place at the deeper level of scientific thought were even more far-reaching in their implications. The nineteenth century had still been held in the grip of the Newtonian view of the world as a vast clockwork system, but by the end of the century the intellectual strides necessary to challenge that view had already been taken. New ideas were emerging that would lead to the formulation of quantum mechanics; and before long the revolutionising effect of the theory of relativity would call into question beliefs about the phenomenal world that had been accepted as common sense for centuries.\n\nHow do we feel about the advantages they quote? Why aren\u2019t they enough to turn our society round and avert the crisis towards which we seem to be hurtling?\n\nIn what ways do we think new scientific paradigms may have changed our perspective on reality?\n\nWhere now?\n\n. . . . . As the twentieth century opened, Western civilisation was reaping the fruits of a philosophical culture that was rapidly liberating the energies of its populations, and whose influence would soon produce a revolutionary impact throughout the entire world.\n\nOnly as humanity comes to understand the implications of what occurred during this period of history will it be able to meet the challenges that lie ahead. The value of the contribution we as Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00eds can make to the process demands that we ourselves grasp the significance of the historic transformation wrought by the twentieth century.\n\n(Century of Light \u2013 page 0)\n\nThe reason I gave recently for my being triggered to step back somewhat from blogging was the increased demand on my time. This was mostly from a particular project \u2013 the preparation of a series of eight workshops for a Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed summer school. I thought it might be worth posting the material on this blog to see if it proves useful to others. Here is the third post of eight. I will be posting them on Mondays and Thursdays over four weeks. Century of Light is a key text published by the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed World Centre designed to help us understand the challenges we face in the world today. If you prefer you can download this in PDF version (3 Components of Our Wreck). I find I have learned a huge amount both from preparing these materials and from walking with others in the workshop along a path of intense exploration over a period of days.\n\nReflecting on Quotations\n\nWe agreed in the first workshop that we would start the day today by trying out one way of building reflection on a quotation into our moments of quiet contemplation.\n\nWe need to sit comfortably in our chairs, our backs reasonably erect, both feet in contact with the floor and hands lying loosely in our lap. We need to spend a few moments withdrawing our attention from the outside world and instead focusing it on our breathing. This is probably most easily done by resting our full attention on the movement of our diaphragm. At the start, if it helps, we can use our rate of breathing to slow down our inward recitation of the passage we have memorised. When we are alone we can of course recite the passage out loud. If anyone has not yet memorised a passage it is fine to begin this process by reading it slowly and mindfully after settling quietly into a reflective state of mind.\n\nKeeping our breathing steady and even, we should focus our entire attention upon each phrase as we read or recite it. As Easwaran points out (page 32) in his excellent book, in the end we have to find the pace that suits us best: \u2018the space between words is a matter for each person to work out individually.\u2026 If the words come too close together, you will not be slowing down the mind\u2026 If the words stand too far apart, they will not be working together\u2026\u2019\n\nIf we find our mind has wandered, we should, without getting irritated with ourselves, begin the passage again at the beginning. This teaches the mind that it cannot getaway with wandering: there is a price to pay.\n\nIn these early stages we should consider ourselves very successful if we can meditate in this way upon a text for five minutes without losing our concentration. Our aim over a period of months could be to increase their concentration span to something like 20 minutes. Clearly this would enable us, if we wished, to memorise longer passages for reciting, rather than repeating the same short text. It is advisable to change the text we use each week to fend off the indifference which can come from overfamiliarity.\n\nWhy would regularly experiencing the wisdom captured in words in this way be helpful to us?\n\nWhat was our experience like this time?\n\nGroup Work\n\nReminder: For each group discussion the group should choose a facilitator. It would be best to change the facilitator for each piece of group work over the series of workshops but the group will remain the same. During the consultation, the facilitator\u2019s role is to keep track of the time, to ensure that:\n\neveryone contributes something,\n\nno one keeps repeating the same point, and\n\nno one makes excessively long contributions.\n\nThe group also needs to agree who will keep a record of the main points for when there is a report back to everyone at the end of the group consultation. The aim should be to make the report back no longer than five minutes.\n\nUkrainian government army soldiers examine weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine on July 5, 2014 (For source of image see link)\n\nGroup One Task\n\nThe Evidence of a Corrosive Cultural Climate\n\nPages 1: The loss of life alone has been beyond counting. The disintegration of basic institutions of social order, the violation \u2013 indeed, the abandonment \u2013 of standards of decency, the betrayal of the life of the mind through surrender to ideologies as squalid as they have been empty, the invention and deployment of monstrous weapons of mass annihilation, the bankrupting of entire nations and the reduction of masses of human beings to hopeless poverty, the reckless destruction of the environment of the planet \u2013 such are the more obvious in a catalogue of horrors unknown to even the darkest of ages past.\n\nThis is a powerful indictment of our culture. We need to unpack some of the implications before we can move on to more positive perspectives.\n\nWhere do see evidence of \u2018the disintegration of basic institutions of social order\u2019 and \u2018the abandonment . . . of standards of decency\u2019? Is there an antidote to this process?\n\nWhat do we think is meant by \u2018betrayal of the life of the mind through surrender to ideologies as squalid as they have been empty\u2019? How might that best be remedied?\n\nAre any of the other points unclear in their implications?\n\nPages 3-4: The vast majority of the human family, living in lands outside the Western world, shared in few of the blessings and little of the optimism of their European and American brethren. [Refers to China, India, Latin America, & Africa.] . . . Most tragic of all was the plight of the inhabitants of the African continent, divided against one another by artificial boundaries created through cynical bargains among European powers. It has been estimated that during the first decade of the twentieth century over a million people in the Congo perished \u2013 starved, beaten, worked literally to death for the profit of their distant masters, a preview of the fate that was to engulf well over one hundred million of their fellow human beings across Europe and Asia before the century reached its end.\n\nThese masses of humankind, despoiled and scorned \u2013 but representing most of the earth\u2019s inhabitants \u2013 were seen not as protagonists but essentially as objects of the new century\u2019s much vaunted civilising process. Despite benefits conferred on a minority among them, the colonial peoples existed chiefly to be acted upon \u2013 to be used, trained, exploited, Christianised, civilised, mobilised . . . . To a large extent, religious and political pieties of various kinds masked both ends and means from the publics in Western lands, who were thus able to derive moral satisfaction from the blessings their nations were assumed to be conferring on less worthy peoples, while themselves enjoying the material fruits of this benevolence.\n\nAdditional Information:\n\nIn his book The Bottom Billion (2007) Paul Collier explains there are at least 58 countries worldwide trapped in poverty, as a result of factors such as incessant conflict or bad governance. The total population of these countries at that time was 980 million people, seventy per cent of whom live in Africa.\n\nIn addition we can factor in the abuse of children in various ways (Universal House of Justice: Ridv\u00e1n 2000):\n\nOur children . . . . should not be left to drift in a world so laden with moral dangers. In the current state of society, children face a cruel fate.\n\nMillions and millions in country after country are dislocated socially.\n\nChildren find themselves alienated by parents and other adults whether they live in conditions of wealth or poverty.\n\nThis alienation has its roots in a selfishness that is born of materialism that is at the core of the godlessness seizing the hearts of people everywhere.\n\nThe social dislocation of children is in our time a sure mark of a society in decline; this condition is not, however, confined to any race, class, nation or economic condition \u2013 it cuts across them all.\n\nIt grieves our hearts to realise that in so many parts of the world children are\n\nemployed as soldiers,\n\nexploited as labourers,\n\nsold into virtual slavery,\n\nforced into prostitution,\n\nmade objects of pornography,\n\nabandoned by parents centred on their own desires, and\n\nsubjected to other forms of victimisation too numerous to mention.\n\nMany such horrors are inflicted by parents themselves upon their own children. The spiritual and psychological damage defies estimation.\n\nAdditional Information from ten years ago:\n\n26,575 children die every single day. Of the 62 countries making no progress or insufficient progress towards the Millennium Development Goal on child survival, nearly 75 per cent are in Africa. In some countries in southern Africa, the prevalence of HIV and AIDS has reversed previously recorded declines in child mortality. Achieving the goal in these countries will require a concerted effort. Reaching the target means reducing the number of child deaths from 9.7 million in 2006 to around 4 million by 2015. Accomplishing this will require accelerated action on multiple fronts: reducing poverty and hunger (MDG 1), improving maternal health (MDG 5), combating HIV and AIDS, malaria and other major diseases (MDG 6), increasing the usage of improved water and sanitation (MDG 7) and providing affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis (MDG 8). It will also require a re-examination of strategies to reach the poorest, most marginalized communities.\n\nTrafficking in children is a global problem affecting large numbers of children. Some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year. There is a demand for trafficked children as cheap labour or for sexual exploitation. Children and their families are often unaware of the dangers of trafficking, believing that better employment and lives lie in other countries. Most child casualties are civilians. But one of the most deplorable developments in recent years has been the increasing use of young children as soldiers. In one sense, this is not really new. For centuries children have been involved in military campaigns\u2014as child ratings on warships, or as drummer boys on the battlefields of Europe. Indeed the word \u2018infantry\u2019, for foot-soldiers, can also mean a group of young people. What is frightening nowadays is the escalation in the use of children as fighters. Recently, in 25 countries, thousands of children under the age of 16 have fought in wars. In 1988 alone, they numbered as many as 200,000. And while children might be thought to be the people deserving greatest protection, as soldiers they are often considered the most expendable. During the Iran-Iraq war, child soldiers, for example, were sent out ahead in waves over minefields.\n\nHow do you think that we managed to disguise from ourselves the iniquity of what we were doing in all these areas for so long and why has Africa come out of it all so badly?\n\nHave we now moved past that period of exploitation, neglect and abuse, or is it still happening? If it is, why does it persist?\n\nIf we have moved on to some degree, how did we do it?\n\nWhy is the harm we have been doing to our children a crucially important issue for us to address urgently, probably as urgently as climate change if not more so?\n\nWhat does all this tell us about the size of the task still ahead, if we are to turn things round completely?\n\nGroup Two Task\n\nMaterialism\n\nPage 6: Where winds of change did dispel the mists, among the educated classes in Western lands, inherited orthodoxies were all too often replaced by the blight of an aggressive secularism that called into doubt both the spiritual nature of humankind and the authority of moral values themselves. Everywhere, the secularisation of society\u2019s upper levels seemed to go hand in hand with a pervasive religious obscurantism among the general population.\n\nPage 89: Fathered by nineteenth century European thought, acquiring enormous influence through the achievements of American capitalist culture, and endowed by Marxism with the counterfeit credibility peculiar to that system, materialism emerged full-blown in the second half of the twentieth century as a kind of universal religion claiming absolute authority in both the personal and social life of humankind. Its creed was simplicity itself. Reality \u2013 including human reality and the process by which it evolves \u2013 is essentially material in nature. The goal of human life is, or ought to be, the satisfaction of material needs and wants. Society exists to facilitate this quest, and the collective concern of humankind should be an ongoing refinement of the system, aimed at rendering it ever more efficient in carrying out its assigned task.\n\nPage 135: There has not been a society in the history of the world, no matter how pragmatic, experimentalist and multiform it may have been, that did not derive its thrust from some foundational interpretation of reality. Such a system of thought reigns today virtually unchallenged across the planet, under the nominal designation \u201cWestern civilisation\u201d. Philosophically and politically, it presents itself as a kind of liberal relativism; economically and socially, as capitalism \u2013 two value systems that have now so adjusted to each other and become so mutually reinforcing as to constitute virtually a single, comprehensive world-view.\n\nAppreciation of the benefits \u2013 in terms of the personal freedom, social prosperity and scientific progress enjoyed by a significant minority of the Earth\u2019s people \u2013 cannot withhold a thinking person from recognizing that the system is morally and intellectually bankrupt. It has contributed its best to the advancement of civilisation, as did all its predecessors, and, like them, is impotent to deal with the needs of a world never imagined by the eighteenth century prophets who conceived most of its component elements. Shoghi Effendi did not limit his attention to divine right monarchies, established churches or totalitarian ideologies when he posed the searching question: \u201cWhy should these, in a world subject to the immutable law of change and decay, be exempt from the deterioration that must needs overtake every human institution?\u201d\n\nPage 136: Tragically, what Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00eds see in present-day society is unbridled exploitation of the masses of humanity by greed that excuses itself as the operation of \u201cimpersonal market forces\u201c. What meets their eyes everywhere is the destruction of moral foundations vital to humanity\u2019s future, through gross self-indulgence masquerading as \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d. What they find themselves struggling against daily is the pressure of a dogmatic materialism, claiming to be the voice of \u201cscience\u201c, that seeks systematically to exclude from intellectual life all impulses arising from the spiritual level of human consciousness.\n\nThese are key paragraphs for us to understand thoroughly if we are to grasp the importance and true nature of a more spiritual path forward.\n\nJust as there is a fundamental difference between divine Revelation itself and the understanding that believers have of it, so also there is a basic distinction between scientific fact and reasoning on the one hand and the conclusions or theories of scientists on the other. There is, and can be, no conflict between true religion and true science: true religion is revealed by God, while it is through true science that the mind of man \u201cdiscovers the realities of things and becomes cognizant of their peculiarities and effects, and of the qualities and properties of beings\u201d and \u201ccomprehendeth the abstract by the aid of the concrete\u201d. However, whenever a statement is made through the lens of human understanding it is thereby limited, for human understanding is limited; and where there is limitation there is the possibility of error; and where there is error, conflicts can arise.\n\nMedina, in his book Faith, Physics & Psychology, explains that he sees the current worldview as destructively rooted in the thinking of Descartes and Newton. He refers to it throughout as the \u2018Cartesian-Newtonian worldview.\u2019 Descartes split mind from body, which he considered to be a machine. He considered that all true understanding derived from analysis (splitting into components) and logic. Add to this Newton\u2019s determinism (we can predict anything from our knowledge both of its starting state and the operation of immutable universal laws) and, in Medina\u2019s view, we have the current, in his view pernicious, Cartesian-Newtonian worldview (page 14):\n\n. . . . this classical science worldview is based on a mechanistic view of human beings and the universe that alienates human beings from their spiritual, moral, and emotional faculties. It has divided the world into mutually exclusive opposing forces: the dichotomies of science versus religion, reason versus faith, logic versus intuition, natural versus supernatural, material versus spiritual, and secular versus sacred. The result is a materialistic worldview that emphasises the truth of science, reason, logic, the natural, the material, and the secular while ignoring or even denigrating the truth of religion, faith, intuition, the supernatural, the spiritual, and the sacred.\n\nMedina goes on to unpack what for him at least are the limitations of \u2018secular spirituality\u2019 which (page 94) \u2018do not necessarily promote an altruistic social ethic or a desire on the part of individuals to improve society for the benefit of all.\u2019 He includes \u2018religious fundamentalism\u2019 (page 95-96) under this umbrella \u2018because it represents an attempt to use religion as a vehicle to fulfil worldly desires for leadership or power or as a justification for ungodly acts such as forced conversion of pagans or warfare against infidels.\u2019\n\nHe goes on to state that our version of Christianity has contributed to the problems the Cartesian-Newtonian worldview creates (page 129) as a result of its concept of \u2018an all-transcendent God Who is essentially divorced from the cursed natural world.\u2019 He concludes (pages 129-30):\n\nIt is my belief that an extremist form of Christian theism actually worked hand-in-hand with the Cartesian-Newtonian worldview to promulgate a false sense of separation between the spiritual and the material and between the sacred and the secular.\n\nIt is important to stress that he is not criticising the true essence of Christianity here, simply some of its more extreme distortions with their destructive consequences.\n\nFor those interested in a more mainstream Christian take on the matter see God, Humanity & the Cosmos (Southgate et al: pages95-98): they too conclude that a mechanical view of the world prevailed as a result of the success of this Descartes/Newton fusion, and this then negatively affected economics and political theory as well as religion and our view of ourselves.\n\nWhy do we think secularism and religious obscurantism might go hand in hand in the way described here?\n\nWhat are the achievements of American capitalism and what makes them so persuasive given the damage the system seems to be causing?\n\nHow can materialism, dogmatic or otherwise, be effectively a religion? What are the parallels?\n\nWhat is \u2018liberal relativism\u2019 and how has it been fostered by a materialist world view? How does this philosophical and moral approach make such a perfect marriage with capitalism? Do we agree that this arrangement is bankrupt?\n\nAre market forces not really impersonal?\n\nAre science and materialism not really in tune?\n\nReport Back: One member of each group explains their conclusions and what they have learnt. Their group members can join in to field whatever questions and comments come their way.\n\nCompensating Accomplishments\n\nPages 4-5: To point out the failings of a great civilisation is not to deny its accomplishments. As the twentieth century opened, the peoples of the West could take justifiable pride in the technological, scientific and philosophical developments for which their societies had been responsible. . . . . A continuous process of discovery, design and improvement was making accessible power of unimaginable magnitude \u2013 with, alas, ecological consequences equally unimagined at the time \u2013 especially through the use of cheap fuel and electricity.\n\nPage 5: Changes taking place at the deeper level of scientific thought were even more far-reaching in their implications. The nineteenth century had still been held in the grip of the Newtonian view of the world as a vast clockwork system, but by the end of the century the intellectual strides necessary to challenge that view had already been taken. New ideas were emerging that would lead to the formulation of quantum mechanics; and before long the revolutionising effect of the theory of relativity would call into question beliefs about the phenomenal world that had been accepted as common sense for centuries.\n\nHow do we feel about the advantages they quote? Why aren\u2019t they enough to turn our society round and avert the crisis towards which we seem to be hurtling?\n\nIn what ways do we think new scientific paradigms may have changed our perspective on reality?\n\nWhere now?\n\n. . . . . As the twentieth century opened, Western civilisation was reaping the fruits of a philosophical culture that was rapidly liberating the energies of its populations, and whose influence would soon produce a revolutionary impact throughout the entire world."}
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-{"text": "Search This Blog\n\n\"Know what you want and how to get it\" Procurement and Work Plan\n\nDay 2 \u2013 Tuesday 8 September\n\nProcurement and the AWPB were the dominating topics of the day.\n\nPerin Saint Ange presented the AWPB, the 5th key moment to organize beforehand for implementation, which- serves as an instrument for integrating management priorities into implementation, forecasting procurement requirements and facilitating the mobilisations for staff and resources when needed- is a tool to control costs, review and assess performance and achievement of targets at the end of the year.\n\nIn this regard, it was also emphasized that in order for implementation schedules to be realistic and achievable, they should be set based on experience from previous years \u2013 not on wishful thinking. Formal and content requirements of the AWPB were presented and illustrated through practical examples, and participants\u2019 contributions.\n\nMr. Saint Ange also took the opportunity to stress the importance of sensitizing local governments and authorities to participate fully in the programme, also in the context of counterpart funding.\n\nGuest speaker and Project Coordinator Mr. Famara Badji shared his experience with participatory AWPB in the Gambia Lowland Development Project.\n\nThe subject of procurement was introduced by Mr. Samson Idahosa who delivered two dynamic first lessons. During these interactive sessions, which included two complex case studies, participants worked in groups and shared their views and experiences in open discussions, jointly \u2018bringing complexity to simplicity\u2019.\n\nGuest speaker Omar Gaye (\u201dknow what you want and how to get it\u201d) complemented today\u2019s procurement session by sharing examples of good practices in procurement.\n\nMr. Coumba Fall closed the day with a presentation on knowledge management as a tool to-capture good practices and learn from mistakes- identify and promulgate innovations- connect people and develop capacity.\n\nMrs. Fall emphasized particularly that while the challenge was on project management to establish an open culture of knowledge sharing in the project, it was an issue that affects every member of the project team to integrate knowledge management in their daily work and \u2018live it\u2019."}
-{"text": "STUNNING QUALITY DOG TAGS\nIn our opinion, our sterling silver dog tags are of the finest quality. We manufacture our tags and they are just GORGEOUS.\nThese truly qualify as a \"fine\" item.\n\nWe take great efforts from the beginning stages of the manufacturing process to treat these dog tags with the utmost care.\nThe dog tags, with your personal engraved or embossed message, military chains with anti-tarnish finish and a protecting polising cloth\nare tucked carefully in a padded jewelry box and secured tightly for shipping.\n\nQuality\nWe manufacture our sterling silver dog tags with a stunning anti tarnish finish.\nWhile silver purchased elsewhere will be tarnishing, Our dog tags will remain beautiful for years to come.\nThese are fine quality Items. You will notice from the time you open\nthe well packaged box that each dog tag is made with care.\n\nCustomer Satisfaction &nbsp &nbsp Return any unaltered item\nfor any reason for a 100% refund less shipping. (must be unused and unaltered)\n\nAnti-tarnish Coatings\nMany of our items are manufactured with an anti-tarnish coating. This does NOT mean\nthat the pieces will not tarnish. It will merely delay tarnish. All sterling silver\nWILL tarnish under specific conditions. We recommend polishing with a soft cloth or a\ngentle tarnish remover to control the tarnish. &nbsp &nbsp\nSterling Silver Care Tips\n\nWhy do my sterling items tarnish quickly?\nApprox 5% of the population notice their silver will tarnish much sooner than others'.\nThis is usually caused by the ph level in perspiration. &nbsp &nbsp\nMore info here\n\nA dog tag necklace is now a trendy fashion accessory, but it was never designed with fashion purposes in mind. The metal dog tag necklace was first introduced back in 1906 for the American military.\n\nToday, there are many variations on the original dog tag necklace with major fashion houses and jewelry manufacturers putting their on spin on this military inspired design. The DT1 Dog Tag is one of the more popular styles. Most choose to add a 3mm sterling silver dog tag bead chain.\n\nThe original metal military dog tag necklaces were the size of a silver half dollar, they were stamped with the name, rank, company, regiment, or corps of the wearer. All those in the military were required to wear them whenever the field kit was on. The tags were worn on a chain or cord underneath the clothing.\n\nWe have the right to refuse any order. We have the right to correct, fix and adjust web page information including prices.All images are copyright and may not be reproduced without written permission. We periodically check to see if our images are on other sites."}
-{"text": "U.S. investment managers may be required to file TIC B forms starting in January 2014 due to the Department of Treasury\u2019s amendments to its TIC B forms to require reporting by non-bank financial institutions that meet certain reporting thresholds. Previously, only banks, broker-dealers and other similar types of institutions were required to file TIC B forms. As such, the forms and filing requirements are not readily apparent to investment management firms.\n\nPlease join us for a session with staff from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who administer the TIC forms, to discuss TIC B filing requirements for investment managers."}
-{"text": "Ep 99. The power of time blocking mastery \u2013 with Jay Papasan & Jenna Atkinson\n\nThis week, I\u2019m pulling an interview that I did alongside Jay Papasan with Jenna Atkinson (host of The Growth Bomb podcast) for The Huffington Post. The main topic of the call is something you\u2019ve heard time and again on The Mentee: the power of habit and routine. Jay and I explain some of the principles behind The ONE Thing as well as the strategies we use for our new course, Time Blocking Mastery. Enjoy!"}
-{"text": "Meetings 101: Was That a Good Meeting, or a Bad One?\n\nMany organizations have been swamped by information overload. Contrary to popular opinion, you can indeed have too much of an otherwise good thing. Information is good, particularly when you have the right information, in the right quantities, at the right time. Alas, in too many organizations, directives for urgency and quantity have replaced deliberateness and quality. As a result, surveys show, people within the organization feel overwhelmed by the non-stop avalanche of information that seems to careen their way.\n\nOne reason for perceptions of information overload -- and there are several reasons -- is the epidemic of unnecessary or inefficient meetings. Take any large organization, in particular, and you're likely to see employees who spend the majority of their time going from one meeting to another. At a fair share of these meetings, attendees arrive ill-prepared and the conversation meanders along for hours in a meeting that could take 15 or 30 minutes, if it needs to occur at all. If you add this to less-than-optimal organizational skills that can make remaining non-meeting time efficient and productive, it's easy to see where the flood of information can become overwhelming.\n\nWhat distinguishes an effective meeting from one that is a complete waste of time? Here are five factors that help ensure a good meeting:\n\n(1) Having a good reason to meet in the first place; (2) Having an agenda that clearly states the purpose of the meeting and key steps to satisfying that purpose by the end of the meeting; (3) Stating a timeframe at the beginning of the meeting and sticking to it, with few exceptions; (4) Requiring that participants come prepared to discuss the topics on the agenda, meaning that participants have received the agenda and have been told what's expected from them personally; (5) Having some degree of skilled facilitation -- someone who can keep participants focused on the agenda items and can navigate prickly interpersonal issues so that the meeting is effective instead of dysfunctional.\n\nAnd what about those meetings that disintegrate into a collosal waste of time and energy, contributing to unproductive information-overload?\n\nAmong the worst meetings are those that exhibit the opposite of the \"good rules\" stated above: There isn't a good reason for the meeting, there's a poor agenda or none at all, the meeting \"creeps\" its way into a several-hour ordeal, participants arrive unprepared, and/or there is no skilled facilitation. The result? Wasted time and deflated energy for the participants, not to mention a culture of meeting-dread.\n\nEveryone has stories of horrible meetings, and a few examples of good ones. Earlier in my career, I facilitated public meetings about hazardous waste cleanups that were taking place in various communities, so I have seen more than my share of tense or awful meetings. But in the workplace, most fall into the \"out of control\" or \"unnecessary\" categories. One of the worst of these that I've experienced saw six participants droning on for four-and-one-half hours about which category should appear in the first column of a planning document, and it really didn't matter. It was a hideous waste of time.\n\nAnother meeting faux pas occurred when a corporate representative stood up at a community meeting and made a statement that showed he didn't even think about the situation, or comment, from the community members' perspective. He ended up getting a 30-minute tongue-lashing from an elected state legislator who was in the audience (and campaigning for re-election).\n\nIn another case, employees from the company's information technology department routinely showed up unprepared. When asked at one meeting to give a presentation on the department's progress, the representative positioned himself in an alcove of the meeting room, which meant that most participants couldn't even see him and thus had trouble hearing him! Needless to say, it didn't make a very good impression, but worse, no one at the meeting brought it to his attention or asked him to reposition himself -- they just complained about it afterward. The result? Wasted time during the meeting itself, and more wasted time rehashing it later.\n\nMost workplace meetings are just disorganized and go well beyond a necessary timeframe, if they need to happen at all -- and many do not. Often, such meetings show the confusion that exists in many organizations between a business meeting and a social function. Business meetings occur to define and move a business strategy forward, to ensure that the group is on the same page, to share vital information needed to keep various activities moving along in a way that is aligned with the bigger-picture strategy or goals. A social gathering allows people to get together to enjoy one another, share personal information, follow a more relaxed timeline, and chat about various topics of shared interest. Too many corporate -- and more than a few non-profit -- meetings are a murky hybrid, when they should be scheduled and facilitated, clearly, as one or the other. Or they're infected by a bureaucratic malaise that eats away at purposefulness, efficiency, and clarity.\n\nGood meetings are more rare, but you know when you're attending one. The schedule and purpose are clear, participants are prepared, conversation is dynamic, and the meeting ends promptly, with next steps defined and confirmed among all participants. The meeting may be pleasant, and even fun, and there may exist an enjoyable cameraderie amongst participants. But the meeting is clearly about moving forward the work of the day and is energized by the preparation and clear-focus of its participants.\n\nCopyright 2003, Jamie S. Walters.\n\nConscious communication, inspired leadership, personal-mastery, and visionary enterprise concepts are shared at length in Big Vision, Small Business , a new book by Jamie S. Walters, as well as in Ivy Sea's organizational consulting and entrepreneurial-coaching services and award-winning Web library."}
-{"text": "A - Z Index\n\nA-Z index\n\nMitochondrial Toxicity\n\nDamage to mitochondria. Mitochondrial toxicity may affect different parts of the body, including the heart, nerves, muscles, pancreas, kidneys, and liver. Conditions resulting from mitochondrial toxicity can include muscle weakness, inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis), high levels of lactic acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), changes in distribution and amount of body fat (lipodystrophy), and fatty liver (hepatic steatosis). Use of certain antiretroviral (ARV) drugs may cause mitochondrial toxicity."}
-{"text": "Greek Groove 2018\n\nJoin us on Tuesday, April 10th, as all 12 of the Panhellenic Sororities compete in a dance competition to raise money for the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. Be on the lookout for upcoming benefit nights, ticket forms, and donation sites!! Thank you all for your support and we can't wait to"}
-{"text": "I know I said last Friday's Happy Hour was the last of 2008. But this morning my wife is stuck working, the baby is napping, the dog still exhausted. So before I turn my attention to gift-box removal, here are a few questions for discussion.\n\n1. A family friend was recently in Egypt. While gazing at the pyramids, something else astonishing wandered into view\u2014someone with whom he attended high school. They hadn't seen each other in over twenty years. I'm always fascinated by these kinds of stories, probably because my own pale in comparison. I once ran into a (New Jersey) high school friend at a McDonald's in North Myrtle Beach. Good times. What's the strangest place you've unexpectedly run into an old friend?\n\n2. Have you ever done anything truly memorable on New Year's Eve?\n\n3. Early in my freshman year of college, I started getting strange phone calls very late at night. \"Do you know what your phone number is?\" the presumably drunken caller would ask. I did. 613-3425. What of it?\n\nThe calls continued every few days, like an annoying teaser campaign for a movie I'd never consider watching. But at 3am one morning came the grand reveal: \"Your number is 613-DICK!\"\n\nThe phone numbers in these dorms don't change, so the caller knew what room was associated with this riotous number. One night I heard someone writing on my whiteboard, so my roommate and I opened the door. The pip-squeakiest guy I'd ever seen had written \"Your Number Is,\" but our mere presence startled him. (Our mere presence should not have intimidated anybody.) Rather than finish his message, the prankster returned the Dry Erase marker to its snug little holder and took off running. The calls stopped.\n\nDid you ever have a phone number that spelled something? (Or did you ever harass someone who did?)"}
-{"text": "Hi, I am a newbie here so please be gentle with me if I sound a complete dullard..........\n\nI have constructed a new PC (Athlon 5000 XP Black, 2MB RAM, Geforce 8600 Graphics...) running XP Pro...all the software loaded fine & the PC is running very well. I am using SATA drives for the first time, 2 x DVD recorders & my HDD. The HDD seems to be running fine; the recorders playback films etc with no problem...however if I try to copy a disk using either Clone DVD or Clone CD the PC freezes at some point (always different) & then the only way to get it working again is to reset. I have contacted Elby (the manufacturers & they are out of ideas)....I also tried the software on an IDE DVD recorder to see if it was a software problem & it worked first time as it used to on my previous PC. As someone with limited experience it appears to me that the problem is something to do with the SATA drives/drivers maybe. I cannt find SATA drivers for XP on the web . I am at my wits end & seriously considering going back to IDE as it never gave me any problems. Any advice would be greatly appreciated\n\nThanks but I think I have found the problem.........the manual shows the SATA postions numbered differently to the M'Board. I had connected the HDD to \"0\", then 2 recorders to \"2\" & \"3\"...when I connected them correctly it appeared to work okay.........its always the little things that catch one out.\n\nTwitter \u00bb\n\nFollow us to receive Twitter updates when new discussions are posted in our forums:"}
-{"text": "Opposition\u2019s Call for General Strike Falls on Deaf Ears in Syria\n\nThe Syrian opposition\u2019s calls to hold a general day-long strike on Wednesday have been largely ignored, Aljazeera reported.\n\nThe Syrian opposition called for a general strike as the government denied reports that it has been burying anti-government protesters in mass graves.\n\n\u201cWednesday will be a day of punishment for the regime by the revolutionaries and the people of a free will,\u201d the Syrian Revolution 2011 opposition group said on its website.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s transform this Wednesday into a Friday (the regular day for protests), with mass protests, no schools, no universities, no stores or restaurants open and even no taxis.\u201d\n\nBut these calls have gone unheeded. The city streets and markets in Damascus and other large Syrian cities are busy as usual.\n\n\u201cYou see, the market is working as usual, with all the shops open, no one is going to support any such calls,\u201d an owner of a clothing shop in Damascus\u2019s central Hamidia market told a RIA Novosti correspondent.\n\nMonthly Review Essays\n\nHistorically, capitalism develops institutions and ideologies that justify surplus extraction and capital accumulation. In the last decades of the twentieth century, the financialization of capitalism initiated a new era of accumulation which is known in academic contexts as finance-capital-driven neoliberalism.\n\nBoth Sweezy and Dimitrov agree that fascism arises in the middle class and becomes a threat when the bourgeoisie embraces it, but Sweezy\u2019s unique contribution is to demonstrate fascism\u2019s relationship to the postwar transitional period of class equilibrium."}
-{"text": "During his first try at the 40-yard dash at Texas A&M's Sunday camp, Klein Collins cornerback Charles Jackson slipped. He ran a 4.46 anyway. With a clean start on his second try, he ran a 4.38. And wasn't satisfied.\n\n\"I could have run the 40 better,\" he said. \"But I did all right.\"\n\n\"All right\" was plenty good for the Aggie coaching staff, who offered Jackson a scholarship shortly after the camp concluded. It was the 30th offer the class of 2011 defensive back has received.\n\n\"I sat down and talked with Coach Sherman; he's a real cool guy,\" he said. \"I also talked with Coach (MacMillan) and Coach Williams. We sat down and got to know one another and they offered me. That was really cool.\"\n\nThe offer capped an impressive day for Jackson, who also ran the shuttle in 4.07 seconds. He said he took a good deal away from the camp, both in terms of knowledge and competition.\n\n\"I got to go against some good players, and that was great. I like the competition,\" he said. \"I also learned a lot...things like technique. The camp was really well organized.\"\n\nThe results of the camp and the quick rapport developed with the Aggie coaching staff have helped vault A&M into Jackson's top tier of college choices along with Arkansas, Oklahoma and Florida.\n\n\"(A&M)'s close to home, it's only like 30 minutes away. I know a lot of people who go to A&M and you never hear a bad thing about it,\" he said. \"And the coaches are awesome. They're really cool.\"\n\nEven though the Aggies are in good shape with Jackson now, he's not going to consider making a final decision before attending a camp in Gainesville on July 23."}
-{"text": "The British Empire\n\nThe British Empire\n\nWhat we mean by this expression was (formerly) an apparently haphazard collection of lands throughout the world linked by common allegiance to the British throne. In 1800, though Britain had lost her Thirteen Colonies in North America, she still retained Newfoundland, scarcely populated parts of Canada and many West Indian islands, plus other islands useful for trading purposes. Britain held Gibraltar from Spain following the Treaty of Utrecht which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1788 she had created convict settlements in New South Wales, Australia, which greatly helped the condition of overcrowding in prisons at home.\n\nDuring the Napoleonic Wars Britain \u2018acquired\u2019 more islands, among them Malta, Mauritius, the Maldives, as well as Ceylon and the Cape Colony (even if the Singalese changed the name of the country later, to Sri Lanka). Cape Colony was particularly useful for fresh food supplies and water for ships en route to the East. Most of these ships belonged to the East India Company, steadily (sometimes bloodily) developing and exploiting its trade monopoly in India and beyond.\n\nAll such acquisitions were seen as part of the development of British commerce, as was to be the seizure of Hong Kong in 1841. From the 1820s, a real colonial development began, with hundreds of British families undertaking long, frequently dangerous passages abroad to manage and develop British settlements. The \u2018Colonial Era\u2019 had begun.\nIn 1857 the sepoys (or native troops) of the Army in India rebelled against their British officers and the British government was obliged to take over administration of the vast sub-continent from the East India Company. This was not necessarily a popular move, especially with Liberal politicians.\n\nIn January 1877 Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India, which meant that the British could no longer claim not to have an Empire. New tropical colonies were \u2018competed for\u2019 in the \u2018Scramble for Africa\u2019, and again there was bloodshed as the Portuguese, Belgians, Germans and French wanted colonies too. All this was costing a lot of money and in 1884 an Imperial Federation League was formed, seeking some form of political federation between Britain and her colonies. But the ambitious scheme failed when the colonial ministers gathered (but could not agree on anything) in London at the two Colonial Conferences of 1887 and 1897.\n\nThe key strategic area was seen to be southern Africa, and it was the dream of Cecil Rhodes and others to establish a single Cape-to-Cairo British dominion, linked by the railway, and acting as the pivot of the whole Empire, a dream which vanished with the Second Boer War. Another result of the wars against the Africaaners (Boers) was the creation of the permanent Committee of Imperial Defence (1902) whose function was to coodinate the defence of the British Empire. This Committee lasted until 1938.\n\nIt can be safely said that the zenith of \u2018The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets\u2019 was after the end of the First World War, when German and Turkish mandates were acquired, meaning that over 600 million people across the world were ruled directly from London. But in the late 19th century movements for home-rule had begun in all the so-called White Colonies. This started in Canada, rapidly spreading to Australasia and South Africa, and resulted in 1931 in Dominion Status for these huge lands.\n\nAlthough the Indian National Congress had been founded in 1885, attempts by the indigenous peoples of the Empire to secure self-government proved more difficult. The real value of the empire to Britain was proved during the Second World War, when hundreds of thousands of colonial troops came to fight for her, or fight (and die) defending their own countries. It seemed at the time that Adolf Hitler had never assimilated the idea that it was not just little Britain obstructing his dream of world domination, but an entire Empire.\n\nIt was only after the War that the process of de-colonization began \u2013 largely complete by 1964. All British socialist governments were most anxious to get rid of colonies, while some conservative governments tried to hold on, though they failed. Labourites were astonished to find that while colonies wished for self-government, they also wished not to break with the Monarchy, and thus the Commonwealth of Nations was formed after independence. Fifteen Commonwealth members recognised the British monarch as their head of state, while others recognised the Monarch as the Head of the Commonwealth.\n\nQueen Elizabeth II wisely consented to the ending of constitutional links (Governors and Viceroys) between Britain and Canada in 1982, and between Britain and Australia in 1986. Wholly republican movements in Australia and New Zealand gained a certain amount of support in the 1980s and 1990s. Britain still has thirteen remaining dependent territories including Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands and Bermuda, after referendums rejected independence in 1995. Hong Kong was handed back peacefully to China in 1997.\n\nIn Brief:\n\nThe British Empire was established over a period of three centuries, and resulted primarily from commercial and political motives. At its height, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it comprised about one quarter of the world\u2019s area and population. It acquired pre-eminence over its Dutch, Portuguese, French and Belgian rivals through the Royal Navy\u2019s command of the seas, and sustained its dominance through the flexibility of its rule, which encouraged the establishment of a regular civil service and relatively efficient colonial administrations.\n\nA system of devolution for its \u2018White Colonies\u2019 was inaugurated by the British North America Act of 1867, while the Crown Colonies, with their large indigenous populations, were ruled by a British governor and consultative councils, which dedicated powers to local rulers. Socialist and nationalist agitation against economic disparities forced Britain to concede independence to most of its remaining colonies after World War II. Since then, though many remained within the Commonwealth, the majority of these former colonies have fallen into corruption, civil war and decrepitude, though some have survived. The case for most former colonies not being sufficiently able to govern themselves has unfortunately been proved, especially in Africa, where the disappearance of colonial administration has led to tribal warfare, despotism, starvation and political corruption on a scale which, had Victorian administrators been alive to see it, would have astonished them. But the sad fact is that two world wars successfully destroyed Britain\u2019s capacity to govern such a huge empire \u2013 and it had to go.\n\nShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!\n\n\u2018Dean Swift\u2019 is a pen name: the author has been a soldier; he has worked in sales, TV, the making of films, as a teacher of English and history and a journalist. He is married with three grown-up children. They live in Spain.\n\n4 Comments\n\n[\u2026] White Rajah of SarawakIn a recent article, I published a brief account of the rise and fall of the British empire. The empire was just as much a product of private enterprise and individual initiative as it was a [\u2026]\n\nMaria dearest, Portugal has NEVER been a colony of Gt. Britain. The country has been FRIENDLY for a thousand years, even when the country was a part of Spain, but it has never been a colony. You are probably thinking of the Peninsular War, when Wellington and the Army were permitted by Portugal to form lines in Portugal behind the Lines of Torres Vedras.\nDean.\n\nAuthor\n\n\u2018Dean Swift\u2019 is a pen name: the author has been a soldier; he has worked in sales, TV, the making of films, as a teacher of English and history and a journalist. He is married with three grown-up children. They live in Spain.\n\nADS\n\nBuy General-History Books on Amazon\n\nAds by Google\n\nSources & Bibliography\n\nEncyclopaedia Britannica\nOxford Encyclopaedia of World History\nChambers Dictionary of World History\nNew Penguin Dictionary of Modern History\nThe Spectator"}
-{"text": "IP NEWS\n\nBenjamin Mak to share insights on \u201cInvestor Ready IP\u201d at the upcoming Medical Manufacturing Innovations Conference on October 1, 2013\n\n09/09/2013\n\nBenjamin Mak, a partner in Ridout & Maybee LLP\u2019s Toronto office specializing in biomedical, electrical and mechanical IP, will be delivering a session at the Medical Manufacturing Innovations Conference on Tuesday, October 1, as part of the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show. This informative session, titled \u201cInvestor Ready Intellectual Property\u201d, with deliver insights on the timing, strategies, and mistakes-to-avoid related to IP management for medical device companies."}
-{"text": "The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.\n\nLoading ...\n\nLoading ...\n\nThis story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe\n\nWe\u2019ve all heard the phrase \u201cClothes Make the Man\u201d. This expression was first recorded more than 400 years ago by Erasmus, a Catholic priest, theologian, and social critic, but many have repeated it since. From the writings of Shakespeare to Will Smith in Hitch, we\u2019ve heard this proverb for years.\n\nCan your wardrobe influence your income? The experts say \"yes!\"\n\nA number of independent studies maintain that clothing can affect a first impression dramatically. Is it possible, then, to determine how someone is paid based on what they wear? For men, the answer is nearly always yes according to a 2011 salary report from Payscale. For women, the answer is more complex: According to some studies, dress doesn't influence higher income for women as much as it helps to ensure security in their current roles. Forbes writer Laura Sinbergwarns that dressing \u2018too sexy\u2019 can make a woman seem less competent.\n\nRegardless of your position on the data, in the spirit of the New Year I\u2019ve invited six image consultants to share the advice they give clients on how to improve their salaries by improving their wardrobes. Each of them has helped clients make more money by wearing the optimal clothes.\n\nFor the past year, Sam has provided disadvantaged women with $10,000 apiece in work and personal clothes. He\u2019s accomplished this by convincing fashion designers and PR handlers to reroute some of the \"PR Swag\" they customarily give to famous people to help people in need. Here are a few of their stories:\n\nMary Anne escaped an abusive relationship and found herself alone in Southern California with a child and no work skills. Then Sam surprised her on an NBC morning news show in San Diego with a wardrobe upgrade. She immediately landed a new part time job, started a company teaching etiquette to young kids and with her new swagger, landed a new boyfriend as well.\n\nShenee is a single mom of five in Long Island. She is now in school and juggles a full-time job. With dreams of becoming a lawyer, Shenee landed a job promotion recently and is saving for a car. She proudly wears her New Balance shoes at the bus stop, and now dresses like a leader at work.\n\nSierra, a young mom of four, found herself in a very abusive situation. She escaped, and with the guidance of a non-profit in downtown Baltimore, she is getting back on her feet. With dreams of becoming a singer, she was surprised and delighted with a $10,000 wardrobe upgrade and quickly landed a clerical job and has moved into her first apartment.\n\nWhether advising young starlets such as Sophia Bush, Emmanuelle Vaugier, DJ Sandra Collins before their press appearances or helping established stars to \u201cpop\u201d at a special event, Sam Russell has proven that women can increase their incomes with clothing, while also proving that fashion can have a heart.\n\nSherrie expresses a bit of a contrarian view: \u201cI think the theory of how well you dress being proportionate to your income is disproved in areas other than sophisticated cities such as NYC, London, Milan and Paris,\u201d she says. \u201cThere, in pockets, beautiful attire is a language still spoken. I've observed men in the financial business in cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas and LA who wore ill-fitting black suits with black shirts and silver ties or burgundy shirts with black ties, but they do extremely well.\u201d\n\nPerhaps their looks express a regional or personal vibe?\n\n\u201cThey do well, I believe, because their clients don't expect or don\u2019t know themselves what the Madison Ave version of a properly dressed businessman would look like,\u201d Sherrie says.\n\n\u201cAll you need is observation to witness the fact that most men have no idea on how to dress well in a traditional business venue.\u201d\n\n\u201cMen like Jamie Dimon dress fairly well, as does Sandy Weill--but when you look at Bill Gates and Warren Buffett you see two men who wear only what will get them by and get respect--conservative and boring\u2014clothing is obviously not their focus.\u201d\n\n\u201cThen there are Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs who consider jeans and hoodies or turtlenecks fine. So does it really matter? In my opinion, less and less...Prince Charles stands alone!\u201d\n\nHmmm\u2026but I would still suspect grooming counts, as well as the ability to develop a personal sense of image or style. Here\u2019s a contrasting view:\n\nSandy considers the art of \u201cOld Money\u201d power dressing to be the key to her clients' success. Several of her clients were hired away by a more prestigious firm (the head of a small investment firm got hired away by a bigger one) and confirmed that it was due to image changes that they got big promotions. For example, an executive working for a big bank got hired away by another bank for the position of VP.\n\nAnother man was in sales and wanted to be promoted to corporate fund-raising. With Sandy\u2019s image help, he got the promotion. Another client was hired away from the Senator he worked for by a major PR firm, and was so successful he ultimately started his own agency. (I will share this note with my husband, of course\u2014\u201cSee, honey, the money I spend on clothes will pay off.\u201d)"}
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-{"text": "Namely Vs. BirdDogHR: Which is better?\n\nLooking for the right Human Resources solution for your business? buyers like you are primarily concerned about the real total implementation cost (TCO), full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, pros and cons. in this article we compare between the 2 software products:\n\nVendor comparison\n\nNamely : Namely is the leading HR platform for the world's most exciting companies. Based in New York, the company was founded in 2012 by Matt Straz, the serial entrepreneur and former media executive. Today, Namely is in use in over 20 countries and offers a full suite of HR tools including HRIS, payroll, benefits administration and performance management. View Our Core Values or check out our blog to learn more.\nNamely has raised $10 million in funding from True Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Bullpen Capital, and others.\n\nBirdDogHR : We're on a mission to move the recruiting needle from panic hiring to planned hiring. The most recent Manpower survey reaffirms that skilled trades continue to be the most challenging positions to fill. The labor pool is shrinking as more retire and fewer young people enter these in-demand fields. But you're painfully aware of this if you're reading this page now.\nBirdDog addresses this key business issue in 2 ways.\nFirst: BirdDog deploys its recruiting software solution. Think of this as your digital welcome mat ready to greet both active and passive job seekers.\nSecond: If your position is highly specialized, you have no time to recruit, or you need to fill the position NOW, we add a sourcing project (an accelerant) to rapidly build a funnel of qualified candidates. Over time, your recruiting solution continues to hunt and track candidates and make your recruiting activity a paperless pleasure.\nBirdDog cut its teeth delivering niche job board solutions to the skilled trades for the last 14 years as the Industry People Group family of sites: MEPjobs.com, ASHRAEjobs.com, AGCIAjobs.com. Now that we're all grown up (98 in dog years), we recognized that changing technology, job seeker behavior, labor supply, and economic turmoil demanded a more comprehensive technology solution that would address the root cause of expensive, drawn out, panic hire recruiting. That solution is BirdDog's recruiting.\nBirdDog eliminates panic hires by giving you the ability to affordably recruit constantly. People apply for jobs on your search optimized career page and enter your own database. Now you're building a pool of candidates for as many jobs as you need. Let technology do the heavy lifting while you focus on growing your business.\nOur team is dedicated, investment backed, and growing. We're always looking for new ways to create amazing customer experience. Do you share our WHY? Come along and let's get better - together.\n\nPricing/cost comparison\n\nThe real cost of Human Resources software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training cost, customization cost, required hardware, and the cost of maintenance & support and other related services. It's critical that you account for all of these costs to gain an understanding of the system's \"total cost of ownership\". We prepared a total cost calculator for Namely TCO and BirdDog Recruitment & Applicant Tracking total cost to help with the total cost of ownership calculation.\n\nNamely price Starting from $49 per license , on a scale between 1 to 10 Namely is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Human Resources software. BirdDog Recruitment & Applicant Tracking accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , on a scale between 1 to 10 Namely is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Human Resources software.\n\nFeatures and functionality\n\nAs with any business software solutions, it\u2019s important to consider the features & functionality. The tool should support the processes, workflows, reports and needs that matter to your team. To help you evaluate this, we've compared Namely Vs. BirdDogHR based on some of the most important and required Human Resources features. Namely: Dashboard, Talent Management, Payroll, Employee Scheduling, Absence Management, Employee Time Clock, FMLA Tracking, Overtime Tracking, ..BirdDog Recruitment & Applicant Tracking list of features include the following: Appraisal Performance, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, Performance Record, Recruiting, .\n\nTarget customer size\n\nNamely's typical customers include: Small business, Medium business, BirdDog Recruitment and Applicant Tracking Software is specifically designed for small and medium sized businesses to help them locate qualified candidates as first as possible.\n\nNamely is a human capital management solution for businesses of all sizes. Its capabilities\ninclude workflow management, profile management, document management, calendar\nmanagement, and others. The sof...\n\nBirdDog Recruitment and Applicant Tracking software is a cloud-based applicant tracking software to help users locate top talent in the shortest time possible. 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-{"text": "Blogs - Comment(s)\n\nHealth care reform and the small business tax credit\u2013what qualifies?\n\n05-20-2010 by Colleen King\n\nAs with most things that came out in the health care reform bill, the devil is in the details. The small business tax credit most assuredly included. I am not a tax expert by any means, but my wonderful tax guy, David Marton in Westlake Village, passed this on to me from the Kiplinger Tax Letter. And here is an article with various pieces of information you may find helpful.\n\nSo, you will get a 35% tax credit if you have 10 or fewer employees and the average yearly wages are less than $25,000. If you are a tax exempt organization, the credit is capped at 25%. And the higher the average wages, the more full time employees you have, the credit decreases. For example, the Kiplinger letter give the example that if you have 15 employees, averaging $35,000 per year, the credit goes down to 9%. And it\u2019s gone completely if you have more than 25 full time employees or wages average more than $50,000.\n\nAnd god forbid our government should stop there as far as complexity. Guess who is NOT eligible to be included in this? Partners, sole proprietors, 2% owners of S corporations and 5% owners of C corporations. On top of that, Family Members\u2013including kids, their spouses, spouses and their parents, grand kids, parents, siblings and their spouses, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. I didn\u2019t see anything about partridges in pear trees, but I bet they\u2019re excluded too. Then there\u2019s rules around seasonal workers, part timers, it just goes on and on.\n\nOh Yeah\u2013employers must be contributing a minimum of 50% of the employee premium. Most do, but several of my clients have a fixed amount they contribute per employee, and sometimes that doesn\u2019t calculate out to be 50%.\n\nThen the amount of the credit you take decreases the amount of the deduction you can take for paying premiums. That makes sense, otherwise you\u2019d be \u2018collecting\u2019 twice.\n\nAnd there\u2019s more, so I urge you to contact your tax professional to see how this works for you\u2013or doesn\u2019t\u2013before you make any decisions about your benefit offerings and how they will work with the new credits. And of course, they phase out over the next few years. Probably out the time we figure it out."}
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-{"text": "Summary: Celestine North lives a perfect life. She\u2019s a model daughter and sister, she\u2019s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she\u2019s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.\n\nBut then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.\n\nIn this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.\n\nDue to the very lack luster synopsis of Flawed, I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect when I went it. I almost expected a contemporary novel with some kind of twist. That\u2019s what Cecelia Ahern is usually known for. However what I got was a dystopian adventure novel filled with crime. I loved it.\n\nCelestine is Flawed, and being Flawed is a life sentence. Especially when your boyfriend\u2019s dad runs the Guild and has created a media storm around your branding case. Once leading a \u2018perfect\u2019 life, the changes to Celestine\u2019s routine are somewhat of a shock that she has no choice but to learn to live with.\n\nI was sent this book for review and after reading the first few pages on my kindle and thinking it was pretty interesting, I picked up a physical copy for myself. I\u2019m so glad I did. This novel was not what I was expecting at all. It was family, crime, dystopian, excitement and everything else all rolled in to one. At times it had moments that felt like The Hunger Games.\n\nOne of the most powerful aspects of this novel was how much it still managed to relate to our society now. The Guild run an organisation (if you will) that punishes people who are seen to be \u2018flawed\u2019. These are not the police. It makes you think about how our society would be if we had these same measures, if it were legal to do these things, who would impact?\n\nIt also heavily focuses on what you would do in these kinds of situations. Helping a flawed person is strictly forbidden. If you were found to be helping a flawed then you would be flawed yourself. Reading those scenes make you think about what you\u2019d do if someone was in trouble, what the difference would be between your reactions to an old lady or a teenage boy in a track suit? It really is clever.\n\nFlawed is Cecelia Ahern\u2019s first YA novel. It is also the first novel by her that I\u2019ve read all the way through. It seemed different to her others somehow, something about it I loved a lot more. As it was her first YA novel however there were a few YA tropes that I didn\u2019t enjoy so much, the whole falling in love with a boy with only seeing him through glass kind of thing. It didn\u2019t ruin the novel for me, but the emotions could have been a little less heightened.\n\nUpon finishing I realised there were a lot of things that were not tied up, but its okay because \u2018Perfect\u2019 is set to be released next year. We have to wait a whole year for the next instalment but I can promise it will be worth it! I\u2019m so excited to pick up the next one (and probably reread Flawed!)"}
-{"text": "DIY Butcher Block Kitchen Island\n\nIntroduction: DIY Butcher Block Kitchen Island\n\nSome friends of mine just moved into a new apartment and I wanted to make something for them as a housewarming present. Their new kitchen is small and they don't have much counter space for food prep, so I decided to make them a kitchen island. I looked around online for plans, but it quickly became pretty obvious that I'd have to design my own island because of the size restrictions for this island. Here's how I designed and built the island.\n\nStep 1: Island Design\n\nIn order to fit comfortably in my friends' kitchen, the island top had to be 4 feet by 18 inches, so I based the design around those dimensions. I figured that a typical island height is around 36\" and the island top overhang should be about 1\" on all sides.\n\nI figured that a butcher block top would be about 1\" to 1.5\" thick, so that would make the legs (shown in orange) between 34.5\" - 35\" long. The counter height isn't that critical, so I just made it 35\" and stuck with that, regardless of the counter thickness. I purchased some 4x4s for the four legs, but at that size, the legs would make the counter top look puny, so I decided I'd have to cut them down to 2.5\" x 2.5\". Another aspect of the legs that I wanted to incorporate was to notch them so that the long shelf pieces would fit into them (you can see it in the picture to understand better). I started the notches at 2.5\" and 17.5\" from the bottom of the legs to keep the shelf heights about equal.\n\nFor the shelf supports (shown in pink), I made them 1.25\" x 2.5\" to match the sizing of the legs. All of these size adjustments led to me having to rip down 4x4s and 2x4s to a smaller cross-section, which was kind of a pain, but worth it for the final product to have the right proportions. Based on the overall dimensions that I talked about above, I made the 4 long pieces 46\" long and the 4 shorter ones 11\" long.\n\nFinally, I decided that I needed a system to attach the island top, so I added some trim pieces, with cross supports that I could use to screw the top onto (shown in green). For the long trim pieces, I just cut down some 1x3s (actually 0.75\" x 2.5\"). The long pieces are 41\" long and the short pieces are 11\" long. The cross pieces that go under the island top are about 14.5\" long. The size of these aren't critical at all since they're just there for attaching the top.\n\nFor the slats (shown in yellow), I made a little table of different slat widths with a 1/2\" or 3/4\" gap that I could keep consistent across each shelf and have the exact right dimensions to fit the shelf. I was able to figure out that 11 slats that are each 3.5\" wide with 0.75\" gaps between them were the perfect size to fit each shelf. Everything being a nice round number made it much easier to cut and space each slat to fit the shelves.\n\nStep 2: Making the Island Top\n\nRather than trying to make the butcher block top from scratch, my friend had an old lab bench top that he wasn't using for anything, so he let me use it for this. As you can see from the photos, it was pretty beat up, so it still needed quite a bit of work. The original lab bench top was 6 feet long and 2 feet wide and I needed a 4 foot by 18\" island top. I clamped a piece of wood to the butcher block as a straight edge and used a circular saw to cut the top down to size. After that, I used a random orbital sander to take off the existing surface finish and get rid of all of the discoloration and scratches on the surface. I also rounded all of the corners slightly by rolling the sander over each of the edges. A router would probably give you a more consistent corner, but I don't own one of those, so I worked with what I had. Doing all of this really helped to clean up the surface and it brought out the nice grain of the wood, as you can see in the pictures. To protect the surface, I applied some butcher block conditioner, which includes both mineral oil and some type of wax in order to prevent the top from drying out and cracking. This also had the effect of giving the top a nice rich color.\n\nStep 3: Making the Legs\n\nFor the legs, I bought 4x4s, but they seemed way too big and clunky for the size of island I wanted to build, so I decided to make them a little smaller. I used my table saw to rip each leg to be 2.5\" on each side, so each of the 4 legs were 2.5\" x 2.5\" x 35\". After ripping them down, I had to sand down all of the sides to smooth out all of the cut marks and round the corners. I had also designed the legs to have notches for the long shelf supports, which are 2.5\" x 1.25\" in cross-section. To notch the legs, I first drew lines on the legs where I wanted the notches to be and I set the cut depth of my table saw to match the 1.25\" thickness of the cross pieces. From here, I simply set the leg on the crosscut sled of my table saw and cut it over and over until I had taken out all of the material from the notch. It's a good idea to use a test piece to make sure your cut depth for the notches is right.\n\nStep 4: Making the Shelf Supports\n\nFor the shelf supports, the process was similar to the legs. I ripped down 2x4s to 1.25\" x 2.5\" and cut them to length. For this step, I needed 4 long shelf supports that were 1.25\" x 2.5\" x 46\" long and 4 short shelf supports that were 1.25\" x 2.5\" x 11\" long. Again, I sanded all four sides and corners to make sure everything was smooth. For the long pieces, I fit them into the notches and screwed through the backs of the legs into the shelf supports and for the shorter ones, I attached them with pocket hole screws. Once you assemble these pieces with the legs, you can make sure your legs are level and not wobbly and adjust them before you go any further.\n\nStep 5: Making the Trim Pieces\n\nThe trim pieces are much easier because they just have to be cut to length. There should be 4 pieces that are 1x3s (0.75\" x 2.5\", or you could use 1x4s, it doesn't really matter). Two of these pieces should be 41\" long and two of them should be 11\" long. With these, I made sure they were flush with the top of my leg pieces and aligned with the outer edges, as you can see in the pictures. After attaching those with pocket hole screws, I cut the cross pieces to fit in between. Their location doesn't really matter as long as they're flush with the top surface of the legs and trim pieces where the island top will sit.\n\nStep 6: Attaching the Island Top\n\nButcher block tops can expand and contract with temperature and moisture, so when you attach them, you should allow the butcher block to have some space to be able to move around. To do this, I drilled 3/8\" holes in the cross pieces (which is a much bigger through hole than my screws need) and then used a 1\" washer on my screws so that they would have some room to move around.\n\nStep 7: Making the Shelf Slats\n\nFor the shelf pieces, I had bought some 1x8 x 24\" pieces from Home Depot for something like 36 cents each (when I saw how cheap they were, I bought out their entire stock). I was able to rip these to the right width and cut them to length so that each of these boards made 2 shelf slats. Each slat was 0.75\" x 3.5\" x 16\" long and I needed 22 of them to cover both shelves. For each side, I needed to cut notches in the end slats to fit in around the legs. To do this, I just measured and marked 4 of the slats and cut them with a hand saw. I used a double-bladed pull saw (like this one), which made pretty nice cuts. Because I planned it out so that there was exactly a 0.75\" gap between slats, I just used two small scrap pieces as spacers between slats and screwed them in one at a time.\n\nOnce this is done, your wood working is complete! The final step is to paint or stain the legs and shelf slats however you like. I'll be updating this once my finishing is complete, but in the meantime, please vote for me in the contests!\n\nVERY nice! I've literally been shopping for something almost identical to this, because I'm sick of the tiny counters in my old 1940's apartment! Man, this is perfect; really good layout of instructions and all too-- you're no novice, are you? Excellent work; thanks for posting this!\n\nThis is wonderful, I have been looking for an easy one to make for my small space in my kitchen.. this is perfect..., You did an excellent job in your design and execution... Your instructions are perfect. Thank you.\n\nThanks! Yeah, pallets would be perfect for the shelf slats. I didn't think of using them because I only have a few that are pretty busted up, but that would definitely help save on costs if you can't find a magical Home Depot sale like I did.\n\nMaybe for the body and shelving, but I really wouldn't recommend it for the to cutting surface because many pallets have been treated with things you don't want to ingest. If a pallet has been heat treated only, it'll be safer to use, but I highly recommend splurging a little on a nice close-grained wood for the cutting surface."}
-{"text": "StairSupplies guarantees the tolerance on our fittings to match our handrail within 1/32\u2033 (will be within 1/32\u2033, once centered on the handrail). Please be aware that the part numbers on our handrail & fittings are industry standard numbers, but the actual profiles can vary from one supplier to another. For example, we do not guarantee that our 6010 profile will match 6010 profile you purchased elsewhere. Let us know if you have additional questions about this policy.\n\nProduct Specifications\n\nWood Grain & Color Variation\n\nAt StairSuppliesTM we strive to match the grain and color of all of our wood products as closely as possible. However, due to the natural character of wood products, there may be instances in which a perfect grain and color match is not possible. By ordering from StairSuppliesTM, you acknowledge that there may be some variation in the grain and color of your wood products.\n\nInterior Use Only\n\nThis product may contain glue joints and is designed for interior use only."}
-{"text": "Elias, 29, replaces Heck as Astros' scouting director\n\nDeciding not to renew the contract of assistant general manager/scouting director Bobby Heck, the Houston Astros promoted 29-year-old Mike Elias to scouting director.\n\nThe move is all part of the quest to improve the talent level of the lowly Astros, who lost 5-3 Sunday against the Brewers. It was Houston's 25th loss in 30 games since the All-Star break.\n\n\"In my best judgment, he's the person that's best suited to lead us going forward given what we have in front of us,\" Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said of Elias, who came over with him from the Cardinals' organization in December. \"We're in a situation where the draft is so critically important to our organization.\n\n\"We're likely to have a high pick again next year, and we want to take advantage of it. Mike and Bobby both were instrumental in this year's draft. Bobby's done a terrific job for us the last five years, but my judgment is that Mike's the guy to lead us forward.\"\n\nThe move isn't a complete surprise, considering many in baseball expected the last draft would be Heck's final one with the Astros.\n\n\"I'm not immune to the fact (that) in MLB that ownership or leadership change can result in change to others,\" Heck told the Houston Chronicle.\n\nElias, a Yale graduate who has been a special assistant to Luhnow since January, will now handle the draft and amateur scouting for the Astros.\n\n\"Mike has a keen eye for talent and a unique ability to blend scouting opinions with other valuable information like the players' makeup, performance history or medical risk,\" Luhnow said in a release. \"I've worked with Mike for many years now and believe his leadership and evaluation skills will help us maximize the output of our drafts for years to come.\"\n\nHeck had been the Astros' amateur scouting director since 2007, when he was hired by former general manager Ed Wade.\n\nHeck is proud of the legacy he will leave.\n\n\"I truly believe the impact of the past five drafts will be felt in Houston for years to come,\" he said."}
-{"text": "Google boosts federal lobbying\n\nSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc boosted its spending to lobby the U.S. government by 54 percent in the second quarter, as the world\u2019s No.1 Internet search engine faces an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.\n\nGoogle\u2019s total federal lobbying spending during the quarter jumped to $2.06 million compared with $1.48 million in the first quarter and $1.34 million in the year-earlier period, according to documents filed by the company late on Wednesday.\n\nAmong the one dozen issues Google officials discussed with the federal government were privacy and competition issues in online advertising, as well as regulation of online advertising.\n\nGoogle reported its lobbyists met with officials from the FTC, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of representatives and the Executive Office of the President to discuss those topics.\n\nLast month, Google disclosed the FTC was investigating some of its business practices. The company also faces antitrust investigations from several states and in the European Union.\n\n\u201cWe want to help policymakers understand our business and the work we do to keep the Internet open, to encourage innovation, and to create economic opportunity. Lobbying is a part of that process,\u201d a Google spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.\n\nGoogle critics contend the Internet giant uses its search dominance to gain an unfair advantage over rivals, giving top-billing to its own services such as online maps, shopping and travel.\n\nSome legal experts believe the FTC investigation is unlikely to result in the most drastic repercussions, such as breaking up the company or regulating its Web search algorithm, but could constrain Google\u2019s efforts to acquire companies and expand into new markets.\n\nGoogle, which generated roughly $29 billion in revenue in 2010, outspent rivals Microsoft Corp and Apple Inc in lobbying spending in the second quarter. Social networking giant Facebook spent $320,000 in federal lobbying during the quarter, compared with roughly $60,000 in the second quarter of 2010.\n\nGoogle\u2019s spending remains below that of some companies in other industries, such as Verizon Communications Inc and Exxon Mobil Corp, which spent $4.38 million and $3.81 million, respectively, during the second quarter."}
-{"text": "A (GREAT) YOUNG PIZZA CHEF IN MILANO MARITTIMA\n\nMarco Baldassari is the new head pizza chef at our Milano Marittima restaurant. He\u2019s very young and he began his training in Faenza, before taking up service in Milano Marittima just one year ago. So, let\u2019s get to know him better:\n\nWhat made you drop out of engineering?\n\n\u201cIt was my decision! I needed to change direction and to do what I loved the most. I was offered this great opportunity, and I took it immediately. I do not my regret this choice.\n\nTell us what it was like in the beginning: what were the biggest difficulties?\n\n\u201cFrom a professional point of view it was not so difficult as the hard work and commitment were overridden by my passion for this work and a great desire to learn. The hours I spent \u201ccutting my teeth\u201d were great because I was working shoulder to shoulder with incredible professionals and guys with my same interests! From the point of view of the choice I made of giving up my studies, I thought my parents would have had a different reaction, while actually they have always backed me and encouraged me. So, for this I really must thank them.\u201d\n\nIn which role do you feel most comfortable?\n\n\u201cI really like being able to manage situations, making sure that everything is organised in an efficient and professional way. I love creating and experimenting.\u201d\n\nWhat advice would you give to any young person wanting to become a pizza chef?\n\n\u201cTo jump in head-first! It\u2019s a fantastic world full of great people who will make you understand how everything has its own special role. I would tell them to be as curious as possible.\u201d\n\nIt was a summer full of hard work. What was your biggest satisfaction?\n\n\u201cClearly, having been able to manage everything and to have beaten (actually smashed) last summer\u2019s record of covers! All of this was possible thanks to the magnificent team we have created and to the passion and determination that has bound everybody together with one single aim: to create an incredible pizza.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Delaney headed to Blacksburg\n\nJustin Young | Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting Recruiting Analyst\n\nAll it took was an official visit to Virginia Tech for Malcolm Delaney to end his recruitment. The Baltimore native verbally committed to the Hokies during an official visit to Blacksburg this weekend.\n\nDelaney, the No. 89 ranked player in the class of 2007, said he liked the impression Seth Greenberg made on him early in the recruiting process.\n\n\"Last month, coach Greenberg said he wanted to take over my recruitment and that meant a lot,\" Delaney said. \"All of the other schools sent their assistants and I liked them but I talked to coach Greenburg everyday. I liked dealing with the head coach because he'll be the guy with the minutes. I'm going to bond with him more than anybody.\n\n\"More than anything, (Greenberg) did a great job with my family. He was the only school to talk to my mother. That meant a lot. Plus, it's close to my home so my family can come out and see me.\"\n\nDelaney raved about the thought of playing in Virginia Tech's system and playing alongside freshman point guard Nigel Munson.\n\n\"I've seen how they use a guard oriented system with three guards and they are losing 90 minutes in the backcourt. They only have one guard coming in. And I like playing with him.\""}
-{"text": "I bought this mixer as a wedding gift for my daughter. It matches her stainless kitchen appliances perfectly! I have the same one in black, that is why she requested it. I would not buy any other brand."}
-{"text": "Sergio Marchionne will be replaced immediately at carmakers Fiat Chrysler and Ferrari, and at truck and tractor maker CNH Industrials, after suffering serious complications following surgery several weeks ago.\n\nSergio Marchionne will be replaced immediately at carmakers Fiat Chrysler and Ferrari, and at truck and tractor maker CNH Industrials, after suffering serious complications following surgery several weeks ago, the companies announced.\n\nJeep boss Mike Manley will take over as chief executive of FCA because Mr Marchionne is unable to return to work, FCA said following a board meeting on Saturday.\n\n\u201cFiat Chrysler Automobiles communicates with profound sorrow that during the course of this week unexpected complications arose while Mr Marchionne was recovering from surgery and that these have worsened significantly in recent hours,\u201d a spokesman said.\n\n\u201cThe Board of Directors of FCA, meeting today, firstly expressed its closeness to Sergio Marchionne and his family and underlined the extraordinary contribution, both human and professional, that he has made to the company in these years.\u201d\n\nAt Ferrari, Louis Camilleri, a board member and former chairman of Philip Morris International, will become CEO while John Elkann will become chairman.\n\nMr Marchionne\u2019s sudden departure brings an abrupt end to an illustrious career that has seen him transform Fiat from a lossmaking minnow into a global automotive giant, merging with Chrysler and spinning off Ferrari and CNH to create billions of pounds for the controlling Elkann family and other shareholders in the process.\n\nThe company said the departure would have no impact on the midterm plan announced in June to more than double profits by 2022, and invest \u20ac9bn into electric cars.\n\nMr Manley, whose Jeep and Ram brands had been central to the financial success of FCA over recent years, was heavily involved in crafting the new strategy.\n\nBut analysts previously questioned whether Mr Marchionne\u2019s eventual successor would divert from the plan once in post.\n\nMr Marchionne, 66, had planned to step back from FCA in April next year, taking a place on the board of controlling shareholder Exor, though avoiding day-to-day management. He had expected to remain Ferrari CEO and chairman until 2021.\n\nA qualified accountant and lawyer, Mr Marchionne joined Fiat\u2019s board in 2003, shortly after the death of its patriarch Gianni Agnelli. He had been spotted by Italy\u2019s de facto royal family after his rapid turnround of Swiss testing and certification company SGS.\n\nA year later he was made CEO at the request of John Elkann, Agnelli\u2019s then 28-year-old heir.\n\nFCA\u2019s succession, long in the planning, had been expected to be between Jeep and Ram boss Mike Manley, CFO Richard Palmer and Europe boss Alfredo Altavilla. There are concerns among analysts that choosing one successor risks losing the unsuccessful hopefuls.\n\nIn his closing speech at FCA\u2019s capital markets day in June, Mr Marchionne paid tribute to the team who helped deliver a four-year plan many considered to be infeasible at its inception in 2014.\n\nBetween 2014 and this year, FCA wiped out its $12.5bn debt mountain.\n\n\u201cEmerging from the shadow of debt represents a fundamental change in how the company is perceived,\u201d Mr Marchionne said.\n\n\u201cIt is a significant milestone in the process of healing of a structural weakness that has burdened us for too many years.\u201d\n\nThe company\u2019s next plan, to 2022, was to raise adjusted profits from \u20ac6.6bn to \u20ac16bn, and margins from 6.3 per cent to 11 per cent, as well as moving into new business areas such of financing fleets of self-driving cars.\n\nIt also plans to invest up to \u20ac9bn into electric cars, with the aim that 60 per cent of cars sold in Europe will be electric or hybrid."}
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-{"text": "Stealth startup of the week: Former Amazon execs tackle health care\n\nTwo former Amazon.com executives are developing a new Seattle startup that will attempt to connect consumers with pertinent disease and health care information.\n\nKeith Schorsch, who oversaw Amazon.com\u2019s initial push into electronics and other products, and Ruben Ortega, the former chief technology officer of Amazon.com\u2019s A9 search engine, are attempting to create a new online network that unites people who have dealt with similar ailments.\n\nThe company registered the domain name PeerWisdom earlier this year and the team \u2014 consisting of several former Amazon employees \u2014 has been quietly operating under that name. A source familiar with the company said that PeerWisdom recently raised about $2 million in angel financing, though executives declined to comment.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re currently in a quiet period as we create something that\u2019s truly newsworthy,\u201d said Schorsch in an e-mail. The company\u2019s Web site says that it wants to \u201cmove beyond generic health information and connect people who have been through a similar health experience.\u201d\n\nA job description on the site says they are looking for someone who can reach out to health communities and synthesize \u201cuser-generated content in a way that will make our site grow rapidly.\u201d\n\nWebMD, which acquired the Seattle online consumer health service OnHealth in February 2000, also is a significant player.\n\nIn a blog post last month, Google Vice President Adam Bosworth stressed the importance of putting \u201chealth into the patients hands.\u201d One of his core principles was community, something that PeerWisdom is hoping to build.\n\n\u201cConsumers should be able to learn from and educate those in similar health circumstances and from their health practitioners,\u201d Bosworth wrote.\n\nWhile there is plenty of competition, that could signal a market opportunity. And Greg Linden, a former Amazon.com employee, said that Schorsch and Ortega have solid track records.\n\n\u201cIt is a strong team with people who had been at Amazon since the early days that know how to build computer applications that really scale,\u201d said Linden, who was familiar with PeerWisdom\u2019s business but declined to offer many details.\n\nBefore joining Amazon in 1997, Schorsch worked in management positions at McCaw Cellular.\nLinden did not know the company\u2019s financial situation. However, he said that Schorsch, who previously ran a small angel investment group in Seattle, has deep connections in the investment community. He called Schorsch \u2014 who founded PeerWisdom \u2014 a \u201cdriven guy\u201d who has a lot of passion.\n\nOrtega spent the past nine years at Amazon, rising through the ranks from a software engineer to the head of the company\u2019s A9 search engine. He also was responsible for the technical roll out of Amazon\u2019s Mechanical Turk service.\n\nLinden said that developers nicknamed some of the early recommendation applications at Amazon.com \u201cBotegas\u201d as a salute to Ortega\u2019s influence and another developer, Dwayne Bowman.\n\n\u201cHe has quite a background,\u201d said Linden of Ortega.\n\nWhether they can carve a niche in the online health category remains to be seen. And $2 million in funding \u2013 while a significant angel financing round \u2013 is peanuts compared to the investment power of possible competitors.\n\nStay tuned.\n\nUPDATE: After my print deadline had passed and several hours after getting an initial no comment, I heard back from PeerWisdom product and marketing director Jude O\u2019Reilley who cofirmed that the company recently closed on $2 million. He noted that it took the company less than 60 days to close the round from \u201cslide deck to check,\u201d though he declined to name investors until they get final approval. (With those types of PR hoops, it could only mean big names). The former Aventail and Megapath executive also said that PeerWisdom is a code name, with a full release of the product slated for the fourth quarter.\n\nUPDATE: One competitor I failed to mention is PatientsLikeMe, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup backed with more than $5 million from Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, Invus, CommerceNet and Omidyar Networks. The 15-person startup also has created a way for patients to share information with other patients."}
-{"text": "Gay Anonymous Fantasy Sex\n\nMain menu\n\nPost navigation\n\nFrank\u2019s first ever porn audition is on Maskurbate! This 22 y.o. stud chose the mask concept for his first tryout. He liked the vibe, the energy of the website and insisted he had what it took to be appreciated by our members. Indeed! Frank showed up very confident and ready to show his ripped body. He stripped really slowly, removing one piece of clothing at a time, letting me appreciate his muscles while flexing. Frank was right, you\u2019ll love him! It\u2019s simply a joy to watch him stroke his large uncut dick and cum all over his well-defined abs. Enjoy this very intimate scene, listen to the sounds, his voice, the breathing, the stroking. Another great addition!\n\nIt\u2019s been a long time since I had seen JP. He wrote me on Facebook asking if he could make another scene, so I told him to come to my place and show me what his body looks like now, without any promise. It didn\u2019t take long for me to offer him another scene, but this time, unmasked. 26 y.o. JP really worked hard at the gym and it showed. Though he gained mass, he kept his flat stomach. Which I like a lot. Having this stud in my living room was awesome! I shot this scene so you could feel like you were in the room with us. Hope you\u2019ll enjoy seeing JP again!\n\n18 years old Philippe came to audition for Maskurbate. He\u2019s been dancing at Stockbar for only 2 months at the time of this shooting and really likes this new attention he\u2019s getting from everybody. You\u2019ll quickly understand why he is the new sensation in town. Even though is young age, Philippe is very experienced and confident. He first had sex at 14 with an older woman, he is great in many sports, he knows that his smile and gorgeous bedroom eyes can get him anywhere, both men and women want to have a taste of him. Another great addition to Maskurbate!\n\nIn addition of bringing you hot straight boys, I decided to start a new series where I get to meet and enjoy famous pornstars. This first episode features the new & improved Pierre Fitch. Pierre has been in the porn industry for 17 years now. Once would think that his career is finished because of his age but Pierre made sure he could stay in the spotlight for a very long time. He seriously got into major badass workouts. He shows up with an amazing body. He stopped drinking and he is very careful about his nutrition. To be honest, he looks younger now than 5 years ago. Congrats Pierre and btw, your cock is even more impressive in person! It was a joy meeting you!\n\nIn addition of bringing you hot straight boys, I decided to start a new series where I get to meet and enjoy famous pornstars. This first episode features the new & improved Pierre Fitch. Pierre has been in the porn industry for 17 years now. Once would think that his career is finished because of his age but Pierre made sure he could stay in the spotlight for a very long time. He seriously got into major badass workouts. He shows up with an amazing body. He stopped drinking and he is very careful about his nutrition. To be honest, he looks younger now than 5 years ago. Congrats Pierre and btw, your cock is even more impressive in person! It was a joy meeting you!\n\nIn addition of bringing you hot straight boys, I decided to start a new series where I get to meet and enjoy famous pornstars. This first episode features the new & improved Pierre Fitch. Pierre has been in the porn industry for 17 years now. Once would think that his career is finished because of his age but Pierre made sure he could stay in the spotlight for a very long time. He seriously got into major badass workouts. He shows up with an amazing body. He stopped drinking and he is very careful about his nutrition. To be honest, he looks younger now than 5 years ago. Congrats Pierre and btw, your cock is even more impressive in person! It was a joy meeting you!\n\nThis is a 1st of a new series where I go visit my popular models at their homes. I thought it would be cool to see them in their real environment. My first visit is at Brad\u2019s. He suggested that I shoot his full body workout in his living room. I asked him, full body workout? He answered yes, every single muscle involved! Yummy! Hope you\u2019ll enjoy this new Maskurbate reality series!\n\nEven though Jackson is a great dancer/choreographer, these days are tough for everyone. He decided to audition at a local strip club for extra cash. I replaced the guy who usually hires the new strippers and brought with me new sets of rules\u2026\n\nI invited a few friends over for a housewarming party. My special guest, Brad, who helped me move, decided to make a prank on drunk Yvon. I suggested to Brad that he shot his cum in Yvon\u2019s glass before filling it up with his favorite wine."}
-{"text": "RowanKnitting & Crochet Magazine 58\n\nShare This\n\nFall/Winter 2015 is an exciting knitwear season with many catwalk collections showcasing knits as the main feature. The emphasis on yarns are brushed finishes, soft wools, mohairs and furs creating soft touch fabrics. To reflect the season's trends, Rowan is promoting Tranquil, Frost and the Essentials collection\u2014showcasing the key shapes for the season in Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 58.\n\nTranquil is a collection of both mens' and womens' wear that offers an elegant take on the timeless trend for colorwork-based handknit designs. The collection uses soft flecked, tweed or softly graduated yarns to give a gentle, muted look.\n\nThe inspiration for the designs in Frost come from icy landscapes and frost-encrusted foliage. Shapes are simple and unstructured, with loose fitting cardigans and coats which can be layered for the cold, frosty days.\n\nEssentials showcases the key shapes of the season into simple, easy-to-wear styles that will compliment the season's ESSENTIAL looks. Includes patterns in the following yarns: Kid Classic, Kidsilk Haze, Felted Tweed,Pure Wool Superwash Worsted, Brushed Fleece, Cocoon."}
-{"text": "Warner Brothers today announced that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) in Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Dark Knight Rises:\n\n\u201cI am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story,\u201d Nolan stated.\n\nMeanwhile, WB revealed that previously cast Tom Hardy will play the villain Bane:\n\n\u201cI am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman\u2019s most formidable enemies,\u201d Nolan said.\n\nThe release doesn\u2019t actually make mention of Catwoman, but one would assume the character\u2019s alter-ego will be seen in the film. The Dark Knight rises is scheduled to hit conventional and IMAX theaters on July 20, 2012.\n\nBURBANK, CA, January 19, 2011 \u2013 Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises.\u201d She will be starring alongside Christian Bale, who returns in the title role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.\n\nChristopher Nolan stated, \u201cI am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story.\u201d\n\nIn addition, Tom Hardy has been set to play Bane. Nolan said, \u201cI am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman\u2019s most formidable enemies.\u201d\n\nNolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven.\n\n\u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d is slated for release on July 20, 2012. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company."}
-{"text": "UPDATE - DIDIER ZOKORA\n\nPosted on 25 June 2006\n- 12:00\n\nAs you, our fans know, the Club has always followed a policy of announcing transfers when and only when it is commercially practical to do so and the transaction is confirmed. We are aware that there has been to date, and again this weekend, a significant amount of speculation regarding Didier Zokora. As always we are keen that you should receive timely, accurate information and, therefore, we can confirm that we are in advanced discussions with the player and his club, St Etienne.\n\nAs you, our fans know, the Club has always followed a policy of announcing transfers when and only when it is commercially practical to do so and the transaction is confirmed. We are aware that there has been to date, and again this weekend, a significant amount of speculation regarding Didier Zokora. As always we are keen that you should receive timely, accurate information and, therefore, we can confirm that we are in advanced discussions with the player and his club, St Etienne."}
-{"text": "Buy 1 print and get a second one of equal or lower price with 30% discount\n\nInterested in complete collection or have a question? Click here\n\nName *\n\nEmail *\n\nPhone\n\nQuestion *\n\nShipping info\n\nShipping costs unframed prints:\n\nper order Rest of the World: USD $38\n\nper order EU: USD $25\n\nper order NL: USD $16\n\n\u20ac145.08\n\nQty:\n\nDaniel Giraud Elliot\n\n(March 7, 1835 - December 22, 1915)\n\nwas an American zoologist. He was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 zoologique de France.\n\nDetails\n\nDetails\n\nA Museum Quality facsimile print. Indistinguishable from the original. We offer a true quality nobody has; and for a price nobody is offering you for a comparable quality. This print was photographed using the latest technology, colour matched to the original illustration and then reproduced at the original plate size.\n\nTitle: Plate V The Pallas's catSubtitle: Felis manul\n\nPublication : A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats (1878-1713)\n\nAuthor: Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915)\n\nPrints Artist: J. Wolf.\n\nPaper size: 60.0 x 49.5 cm\n\nEdition: The edition will be limited to 150 prints, numbered 1/150 to 150/150, signed and stamped with a blind embossing.\n\nCertificate of Authenticity: On demand\n\nAbout the Original: The monograph describes and figures all the species of cat then known. As Elliot writes in the preface \"Among the Families which constitute the Class Mammalia no more attractive one can be found than that of Felidae, as its members possess in the highest degree a beauty, both of form and colouring, most gratifying to the eye, and are also endowed with physical strength and weapons of offence not surpassed by any known creature now living upon the earth. The Family comprises not only the largest and most ferocious of the beasts of prey, but also the graceful little animal that delights to make its home within man's abode\". The work was prompted by the need to resolve the confusion that had built up around the naming of the various species of felidae, particularly amongst the smaller cats. The examples shown here were collected by Elliot after visiting all the great museums and zoological societies on both sides of the Atlantic. This allowed him to make a comparative study of skeletons and skins and reduce the number of separate species by nearly a third. The resulting work was considered the definitive monograph on the cat family and is still the most beautiful work on the subject forming a fitting companion to Elliot's sumptuous ornithological folios.\n\nSource of the original : This Heritage Facsimile Edition print is made from an extremely well-preserved early museum original subscription which has been cared for in the hands of this one owner only \u2013 Teylers Museum (the oldest museum of the Netherlands).\n\nMuseum Quality: The proofs of our prints are carefully compared and corrected with the originals and the final prints always have the original size. As a result, the naked eye is unable to distinguish the originals from the facsimile prints behind glass.\n\nDurability: To ensure the durability, our facsimiles are printed on 268 g/m acid-free white-edged paper with archive inks. Each facsimile has it all: every incredibly fine line detail of every lithographic plate or engraving; every delicate brushstroke of every original ; even the subtle signs of character and patina the paper shows after 150 years.\n\nDetails\n\nA Museum Quality facsimile print. Indistinguishable from the original. We offer a true quality nobody has; and for a price nobody is offering you for a comparable quality. This print was photographed using the latest technology, colour matched to the original illustration and then reproduced at the original plate size.\n\nTitle: Plate V The Pallas's catSubtitle: Felis manul\n\nPublication : A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats (1878-1713)\n\nAuthor: Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915)\n\nPrints Artist: J. Wolf.\n\nPaper size: 60.0 x 49.5 cm\n\nEdition: The edition will be limited to 150 prints, numbered 1/150 to 150/150, signed and stamped with a blind embossing.\n\nCertificate of Authenticity: On demand\n\nAbout the Original: The monograph describes and figures all the species of cat then known. As Elliot writes in the preface \"Among the Families which constitute the Class Mammalia no more attractive one can be found than that of Felidae, as its members possess in the highest degree a beauty, both of form and colouring, most gratifying to the eye, and are also endowed with physical strength and weapons of offence not surpassed by any known creature now living upon the earth. The Family comprises not only the largest and most ferocious of the beasts of prey, but also the graceful little animal that delights to make its home within man's abode\". The work was prompted by the need to resolve the confusion that had built up around the naming of the various species of felidae, particularly amongst the smaller cats. The examples shown here were collected by Elliot after visiting all the great museums and zoological societies on both sides of the Atlantic. This allowed him to make a comparative study of skeletons and skins and reduce the number of separate species by nearly a third. The resulting work was considered the definitive monograph on the cat family and is still the most beautiful work on the subject forming a fitting companion to Elliot's sumptuous ornithological folios.\n\nSource of the original : This Heritage Facsimile Edition print is made from an extremely well-preserved early museum original subscription which has been cared for in the hands of this one owner only \u2013 Teylers Museum (the oldest museum of the Netherlands).\n\nMuseum Quality: The proofs of our prints are carefully compared and corrected with the originals and the final prints always have the original size. As a result, the naked eye is unable to distinguish the originals from the facsimile prints behind glass.\n\nDurability: To ensure the durability, our facsimiles are printed on 268 g/m acid-free white-edged paper with archive inks. Each facsimile has it all: every incredibly fine line detail of every lithographic plate or engraving; every delicate brushstroke of every original ; even the subtle signs of character and patina the paper shows after 150 years."}
-{"text": "Discuss This Project:\n\nProject By\n\nAbout Project\n\n(W) Ralph Tedesco (CA) Meguro\nAngelica Blackstone aka \"Hellchild\" takes a high paying gig as a bodyguard for the lowlife son of a wealthy politician. But some jobs aren't worth the money as Angelica soon finds that the men after her client are involved in something so disturbing that she can't help but get pulled in. John Wick meets Jessica Jones in this explosive, action-packed new series from Zenescope!"}
-{"text": "The All-Time Greatest NASCAR Drivers\n\nThe all-time greatest NASCAR drivers include members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame along with current top drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Some of the best NASCAR drivers of all-time have a longer list of accomplishments than others but with a fan base of nearly 75 million fans, everyone is sure to have a good argument on why one racer is better than the next. Have an opinion? Tell is which famous NASCAR drivers you think are the best ever by adding your own list below!\n\nMany would make the argument that the great Dale Earnhardt Sr. is the best NASCAR driver of all time despite his career coming to a sad end too soon. His seven Sprint Cup Championships is rivaled by only one other driver, who can also bring a good case for the best NASCAR driver of all-time, Richard Petty. Petty of course made his impact first, winning seven titled between 1964 and 1979, while Earnhardt dominated the next decade and a half with seven championships between 1980 and 1994.\n\nOthers will flock to a current driver as the best NASCAR driver of all time on the argument that Jimmie Johnson, who reigned supreme in the 2000s with five championships, is the best ever and still has plenty of years left in his career to prove that. Same goes for the likes of Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart who have been hot on Johnson's tail throughout the past decade.\n\nAll of these NASCAR racers and many more listed below will be remembered as some of the best men and women to ever put on a fire suit and compete on the oval tracks. They might not be your typical athletes but considering NASCAR trails only professional football in viewers, they sure are doing something right.\n\nInformation and media on this page and throughout Ranker is supplied by Wikipedia, Ranker users, and other sources. Freebase content is freely licensed under the CC-BY license and Wikipedia content is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation license."}
-{"text": "Because There Are External Benefits From Higher Education: often struggle because of public misperceptions and stigmas. As the leaders of organizations that advocate on behalf of the disability and higher-education communities, we are committed to working. Research affirms that there are internal and external barriers. following benefits: higher operating results, better stock growth, better economic growth, higher market-to-book\n\nDiagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular. medical complications.\" The updated version includes eleven topic areas, eight of which are revamped from the original.\n\nDuchenne muscular dystrophy. bone pain, medical complications of osteoporosis (such as fat embolism syndrome), and the potential for permanent, fracture-induced loss of ambulation can be mitigated.\n\nDuchenne muscular dystrophy occurs in boys and is characterized. Below are relevant articles that may interest you. ScienceDaily shares links with scholarly publications in the TrendMD network and.\n\nLectures On Political Economy \u201cwriting Tears From The Stars: A Linguistic Revitalization Of Human Empathy He left behind over forty TV- and feature-writing credits for future. Yet Sargent shows immense empathy towards Beth. Even at her worst, we see not a soap opera villain, but a truly broken human. and unfortunately\u2026speaking about [my brother]\n\nDiagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular. medical complications.\" The updated version includes eleven topic areas, eight of which are revamped from the original.\n\nHow Do You Tell Your Professor That An Article Confused You Coach will stop talking and just ask David Reese to tell us what we got and things like that. He\u2019s a big help.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s like the professor. what do I got?\u2019 and he\u2019ll be like, \u2018You should have known\u2019. Even if you\u2019re not slapping the two together in a drink,\n\n\"Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a lethal muscle wasting disease that confines young boys to a wheelchair by their teens,\" says senior author Dongsheng Duan, a medical. relevant articles that may.\n\nDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD. cardiac care is focused on surveillance and management, with the goal of slowing the onset and progression of heart failure complications. The current article is.\n\nAncient Greek Orators With Lyre Futaba Sato with her lyre, moments before the play begun. In a public park an area was designated for the play. The locals who helped the students in organising their performances, congratulated them. The ancient Romans combined previously unimaginable military might. the low-class status of the artisans and the general.\n\nPost navigation\n\nFederal law bans sales to those under 18. The letter cites congressional testimony that Juul\u2019s advertising \"saturated. My aim, therefore, is to improve our understanding of the social roots of (de)politicisation and for this. the 1964-70. We also discussed alleged social media censorship and bias in Silicon Valley, antitrust concerns\n\nStanford University scientists have tested a prototype of a battery that could tap into the mix of salty seawater and freshwater \u2014 known as \"blue energy\" \u2014 at wastewater treatments plants. Globally, What Is Historical Linguistics I wanted to compare Tongva with closely related languages of Southern California to learn\n\nSEABROOK: Also with us is Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. He\u2019s written several books, most recently \"America\u2019s Constitution: A Biography.\" He joins us. One such banning that sparked particular international concern was the detention and deportation of Columbia Law School professor Katherine Franke.\n\nPublication is integral to the academic's role. \u2022. Tips before submitting. High risk submissions: conversion of a big report or monograph. \u2022 or doctorate thesis. In academic publishing, a paper is an academic work that is usually published in an academic journal. It contains original. Last fall I wanted to\n\nI wanted to compare Tongva with closely related languages of Southern California to learn what it could tell me about the entire language family, using the academic approach of historical linguistics, Jun 24, 1997. Abstract. The inference of the evolutionary history of a set of languages is a complex problem.\n\nInternal economic and political pressures, as well as a new wave of international sanctions against Iran. [Iran has experienced the fastest decline in fertility (PDF) of any country over the last. As individual farmers are often dispersed, they may have little power to seize economic opportunities, or influence policies that"}
-{"text": "News Details\n\nIllinois Governor Bruce Rauner this week signed legislation sponsored by state Sen. Michael Connelly, R-Wheaton, that requires the five state-funded pension systems to conduct an actuarial analysis of the funds every three years (instead of every five years, as in current law).\n\nAs part of an effort to get a better grasp on the state\u2019s true pension indebtedness, the Connelly-sponsored measure was signed Aug. 3, by the governor.\n\n\u201cI believe Gov. Rauner understands the gravity of the state\u2019s fiscal condition and our need to gain better control over our pension systems,\u201d said Connelly. \u201cI am grateful for his quick action on this important legislation.\u201d\n\n\u201cIllinois needs to take steps toward getting a truer sense of the full long-term pension liability this state faces,\u201d Connelly said. \u201cDoing a full actuarial review every three years instead of five, Illinois will be better prepared when making funding choices on our indebtedness. This bill will help taxpayers understand our true fiscal situation.\u201d\n\nConnelly\u2019s House Bill 422, calls for the state\u2019s five pension systems to undergo a more frequent periodic review of actuarial numbers. The legislation would require the state\u2019s five pension systems to move to a three-year schedule for actuarial reviews.\n\nThe State Universities\u2019 Retirement System, State Employees\u2019 Retirement System, Judges Retirement System, and the General Assembly Retirement System preform a statutorily-required review of their systems to examine the mortality, retirement, disability, separation, interest and salary rates. The Teacher\u2019s Retirement System has already adopted the three-year schedule.\n\nIn May House Bill 422 passed the Senate with a 54-0-0 vote. It previously passed the House of Representatives on March 12."}
-{"text": "Petrol Prices Slashed By \u20b91.42 A Litre, Diesel By \u20b92.01\n\nThe third reduction in a month.\n\nNEW DELHI -- Petrol price was yesterday cut by Rs 1.42 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.01 per litre, the third reduction in rates this month on global cues.\n\nPetrol will cost Rs 61.09 a litre in Delhi from midnight on Sunday as compared to Rs 62.51 a litre currently, said Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer.\n\nSimilarly, diesel will cost Rs 52.27 per litre as against Rs 54.28 currently.\n\nThis is the third reduction in rates this month. Petrol price was last cut by Rs 2.25 a litre on 16 July. Diesel rate on that date was reduced by Rs 0.42 a litre. Prior to that petrol price was cut by 89 paise a litre and diesel by 49 paise on 1 July.\n\nPrior to the reductions in July, rates had been hiked on four occasions since 1 May. Petrol prices in the four hikes had been raised by Rs 4.52 a litre and diesel by Rs 7.72 per litre.\n\n\"The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and Rupee-US Dollar exchange rate warrant decrease in selling price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,\" IOC said in a statement.\n\nBarring an exemption on 16 April, when price of petrol was cut by 74 paise a litre and diesel by Rs 1.30, the upward trend in rates had been a phenomenon since 17 March.\n\nAfter discounting the April 16 reduction, petrol prices have jumped by Rs 9.04 per litre since mid-March and diesel by Rs 11.05 per litre.\n\nThe movement of prices in the international oil market and Rupee-USD exchange rate shall continue to be monitored closely and developing trends of the market will be reflected in future price changes, IOC added."}
-{"text": "STOP IT. YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW. omg i saw this movie this weekend.... words do not describe my feelings about it. lol i literally, shit you not, leaned over to my cousin at the rescue and looked her in the eye and whispered \"im not ready for this\" haha half laughing cuz i was so scared and unprepared and excited for whats to come.\n\n\u201cI know what blood poisoning is, Katniss,\u201d says Peeta. \u201cEven if my mother isn\u2019t a healer.\u201d I\u2019m jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. \u201cYou said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?\u201d \u201cReal,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?\u201d\u201cReal.\u201d I shrug. \u201cYou were the reason I was alive to do it.\u201d (Mockingjay)\n\nAn image of the actors that played the main characters in the hunger games movie. Notice how the girl is surrounded by two love interest but she is neither leaning on any of them. This goes to show that even the actors know the characteristics they are portraying very well. As the first book of the hunger games series was not heavily focused on the love triangle."}
-{"text": "Building a better future starts in the classroom. The online master\u2019s degree programs from American University\u2019s School of Education are designed to prepare you to teach the next generation of difference makers.\n\nFor 80 years, we\u2019ve been preparing students for career success. We\u2019ve led the wayso that our students can too.\n\nGlobally Renowned Purdue to Acquire Kaplan University\n\nPurdue University, one of the nation's most respected universities, will acquire Kaplan University and create a new, nonprofit, public institution within the Purdue system. Pending regulatory approvals, this exciting transition is expected to take place later this year. This change will be seamless\u2014during the transition, you will still be able to enroll at Kaplan University, earn a high-quality education, and meet your educational and career goals.\n\nAn accredited online university, Capella University offers bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s/MBA, doctoral, and certificate programs designed to take you to the forefront of your profession. Our competency-based curriculum delivers both foundational knowledge and real-world skills, so that what you\u2019re learning in your courses is immediately applicable to your career goals.\n\nIf education is your passion, Concordia University-Portland is your university. One of the most respected names in learning today, Concordia offers several fully online Master of Education (MEd) programs\u2014most of which can completed in one year\u2014and a fully online Doctorate of Education (EdD) program. Our graduates stand out with the skills, integrity, and compassion necessary to meet the ever-changing needs of students today. Together, we're all making an impact in education.\n\nNorthcentral University was founded in 1996 to provide working professionals around the world with unprecedented access to richly engaging, professionally relevant, and academically-rigorous education from a U.S. university.\n\nAs a regionally accredited, private, online and graduate-focused university, NCU offers doctoral, master\u2019s and bachelor\u2019s degrees in business, technology management, education, and psychology, as well as doctoral and master\u2019s degrees in marriage and family therapy."}
-{"text": "Tag: moon\n\nSince I\u2019m a bit involved in Explore Mars I got a somewhat closer to one of the first men walking on the moon, Buzz Aldrin. Well, probably as close I\u2019ll ever get. Buzz is an advisor to Explore Mars. Still, it must be awsome to the American Explore Mars members to work with Buzz now and then.\n\nYesterday, August 25th, the other one, Neil Armstrong passed away. Old age got the better of him and he died from complications during a surgery. I was too young when Gagarin died but Neil and Buzz were always there, alive and kicking. It is odd now that the first man on moon isn\u2019t among us anymore.\n\nThat first moonlanding is now 43 years ago and I\u2019ll bet you that in the many commentaries, blogs, articles, etcetera, the question will asked, \u201cwhy did we stop at the moon and didn\u2019t we go any further?\u201d. People no doubt will reflect on Armstrongs death and conclude that manned space got stuck and there was no progress after the Apollo program.\n\nProgress is a relative term. Progress implies a starting point and a direction, when neither is made explicit the usage of the word progress will sound empty. A lot has happened since Apollo, most importantly a fledgling new direction for progress is suggested. Commercial manned space travel, tourist to low earth orbit and perhaps beyond.\n\nOff the beaten track\nSometimes the old direction isn\u2019t perhaps the best one and it is better to choose a new one. In the Space industry this can take a long time, but it is possible. Elon Musk saw that the old way of doing space travel had its best time and started is own rocket company. Musk showed us that there is another way. A new organization, Mars One, completely baffled the mainstream media with their \u201cone way ticket\u201d to Mars. And surprisingly Mars One wasn\u2019t dismissed as a bunch of nutcases.\n\nIt will be a long road still towards a Space civilaization, whether on Mars or somewhere else. Scientific research is still seen by many, even manned space advocates, as the only reason for our presence in space. Of course this is false and it makes the proponents for manned space travel, like Explore Mars and the Mars Society, an easy target for the opponents of a human presence in space, like the Planetary Society.\n\nNeil Armstrong didn\u2019t do to much about space advocacy, I believe. Buzz Aldrin, on the other hand, is a staunch proponent of humans in space. I hope Buzz will be among us for many years in order to spread the good word. And I hope people will see the Apollo program as just one of many possible direction and not as the last really big achievement of western civilization, because we have done so much more since then.\n\nAgain a big triumph for SpaceX, the space company of Elon Musk. It had its maiden launch of its capsule Dragon. The launch vehicle itself, the Falcon 9, was only the second of its model. The Dragon reached its orbit and for what I gathered it came into the ocean safely.\n\nLaunch of the 2nd Falcon 9 with the Dragon.\n\nThe Dragon is primarily a freighter ship for supplying the ISS, for this SpaceX has a contract under the COTS program. If launching future Dragons and returning them to earth will go flawlessly, a manned Dragon may be possible. America will has its successor for the Space Shuttle\n\nThis is one of NASA\u2019s better endeavours, \u201cspace crafting\u201d with wool. Isn\u2019t it cute?\n\n\u2026.woooooosh\u2026.\n\nIf you\u2019re artistic and know how to craft, you can enter a competition and get your creation on the last Shuttle flight. But hurry up, the deadline is the 2nd of November.\n\nThe competition is brought to you by NASA and Etsy, Etsy being an online social website for selling all things crafted. It\u2019s funny to see a multi billion operation as NASA teaming up with the small scale cottage industry individuals of Etsy.\n\nMaybe it\u2019s a sign of the time, big government (and big corp for that matter) trying to get in touch with the \u201cgrass root\u201d population. A population which is less and less charmed by big governments and big corporations. One way people expressing their feelings is by making their own products and selling these online with as little \u201cmiddlemen\u201d as possible.\n\nProbably everybody interested in space affairs has already read the good news about the confirmation of water on the Moon. The results of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) were in and they found 5.6 per cent water in the material ejected by its companion LCROSS (Lunar Crater Remote Observation and Sensing Satellite). LCROSS and a rocket stage impacted on the moon in order to create two visible plumes of Moon material.\n\nImage by the LRO Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment\n\nNow, during the decades the discussion was whether the Moon contains water or not. For future long term manned Moon missions that would be a big plus. The rocks from the Apollo missions indicated to a bone dry Moon. Hope was put on the eternal shadows of the Lunar poles where water could be deposited by the solar wind and remain there. An idea that was difficult to proof and until the LRO mission for the pro Moon lobby something like grasping at straws.\n\nLarge quantities of water and other volatiles are now pretty certain, so what\u2019s the big deal. Well, remember the little capsule on top of the Saturnus Moon rocket? That was the only thing that returned to earth of this huge spaceship. Most of it was fuel. Now what if you could produce the fuel for taking of the Moon and returning to earth on the Moon itself? That would save an enormous amount of expensive lift-off mass on earth. A moon-base could get to be much more affordable and it could produce fuel and consumables for other kinds of space missions.\n\nWith this confirmation the attention is getting back to the Moon. Bush\u2019s Moon-plans died pretty much under Obama and Obama aims at the Mars. But without real commitment. It looks that the future manned space plans of Obama will be dead on arrival. No concrete plan and no good and solid long term goal. It would direct and waste efforts of the US space community into a dead end for decades to come.\n\nWith plenty of volatiles on the Moon (one suspects billions of litres of water in a radius of 10 km from the impact of LCROSS) this satellite becomes interesting again. Especially for the private industry. In my opinion a small space industry near earth is more important for the future of manned space-flight than the Apollo style missions of politicians. The Moon as producer of fuel and consumables would be a good step in the right direction."}
-{"text": "Aquarius\n\nAquarius\n\nGenres: Crime, DramaPremiere Date: May 28th, 2015Network: NBCCountry: USAAquarius is a head trip of a TV series that follows a detective Sam Hodiak (David Duchovny) who goes undercover in the Charles Manson family as he tries to save a missing girl. Little does he know the Mansons have much more than peace, love and understanding on their minds.When the series first aired on NBC, there wasn\u2019t much more than some sexy bits\u2026"}
-{"text": "Piquet dropped by Renault, slams Briatore\n\nNelson Piquet delivered a furious parting shot to Renault boss Flavio Briatore on Monday after discovering he was being dropped by the Formula One team.\n\nPiquet described Briatore, his manager as well as the team boss, as his \"executioner\" after he announced he would no longer be driving for Renault in the 2009 Formula One season.\n\n\"I have received notice from the Renault F1 team of its intention to stop me from driving for them in the current F1 season,\" Brazilian Piquet said in a statement.\n\n\"A manager is supposed to encourage you, support you, and provide you with opportunities. In my case it was the opposite. Flavio Briatore was my executioner.\"\n\nA Renault spokesperson declined to comment but told Reuters that the team would respond in due course.\n\nThe former Renault test driver finished his first season as race driver with 19 points including a podium in Germany last year.\n\nHowever, the 24-year-old, the son of triple world champion Nelson Piquet, failed to score a point in 2009 and faced constant speculation over his Renault future.\n\nPiquet said in his statement that in his 2008 debut season, racing alongside team mate and double world champion Fernando Alonso, he was relegated as \"someone who drives the other car\".\n\nThe Brazilian said that circumstances did not improve this season despite promises by Briatore for \"at least equal treatment\".\n\n\"The conditions I have had to deal with during the last two years have been very strange to say the least -- there are incidents that I can hardly believe occurred myself,\" Piquet said.\n\nMedia reports have suggested Renault test driver Romain Grosjean will be promoted as Piquet's replacement but his debut maybe delayed if Renault fail to overturn a suspension imposed on the team for the next race in Valencia on Aug. 23.\n\nRenault were suspended from the race in Spain after a wheel came off Alonso's car and bounced away to the side of the track during the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26.\n\nBrazilian driver Piquet's statement also outlined hopes of continuing his Formula One career.\n\n\"I feel a sense of relief for the end of the worst period of my career, and the possibility that I can now move on and put my career back on the right track and try to recover my reputation of a fast, winning driver,\" he added.\n\n\"Fortunately, I can now say to those people who supported me through my career that I'm back on the good tracks and considering the options for a new start in my F1 career in a fair and positive way.\""}
-{"text": "Preheat the broiler and place the pepper cut-side down on a foil-lined broiler pan. Broil until the skin is charred, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, cover with a plate and set aside until cool enough to handle. Peel the peppers with your fingers or a paring knife. If necessary, lightly rinse to remove any remaining skin and pat dry.\n\nPreheat the oven to 425 degrees. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the leek and garlic and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the parsley and season with salt and pepper. Let cool.\n\nGently pound the steak with the flat side of a mallet or heavy skillet until 1/4 inch thick. Lay out on a cutting board with the long side facing you and season with salt and pepper. Place the roasted peppers evenly over the meat, leaving a 1-inch border all around. Top with the cheese slices, then the leek mixture. Roll the meat away from you into a tight cylinder, tucking in the filling as you roll.\n\nMake the crust:\n\nMix the breadcrumbs, rosemary, parsley, horseradish, olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste in a medium bowl until moistened. Brush the steak roll with a bit of olive oil and press the breadcrumb mixture over the top and sides. Tie the roll with twine in three or four places, making sure it's not too tight (you want the crust to stay intact).\nPlace the steak roll on a rack in a roasting pan and roast until the crust is golden and a thermometer inserted into the center registers 130 degrees for medium-rare, about 45 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 15 minutes. Carefully cut off the twine, then slice the roll crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Serve.\n\nBrussels Sprouts with Maple Balsamic Reduction\n\nIngredients\n\n1 pound Fresh Brussels Sprouts\n\nOlive Oil or cooking oil\n\n2 Garlic Cloves, minced\n\nSalt and Pepper to taste\n\nFor the reduction:\n\n1-1/2 cups balsamic vinegar\n\n2 TBSP Maple Syrup\n\nDirections\n\nFor the reduction:\n\nUsing a sauce pan or skillet, combine the balsamic vinegar and maple syrup and bring to a simmer. Let it bubble gently until the mixture has reduced significantly. It should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. You can also continue simmering to desired thickness. Remove from heat."}
-{"text": "just finished a hour ago\n\nJust finished this quilt Pattern is called \"Sunday's Child\" from Judy Martins book called Scraps,Blocks & Quilts My quilt measures 90 x 104\" the 1st picture is what i started out with the 3rd picture is the original block"}
-{"text": "Placing the solar system in the context of other planetary systems is one of the central objectives driving the study of extrasolar planets. One of the most fascinating questions in modern science is whether other life-bearing planets exist. In this talk I will review the current state of the art of exoplanet research and discuss future ways to probe biomarker gases in Earth-like exoplanets that could point to biological activity."}
-{"text": "news\n\nfund managers \u2018unmoved by direct action activists\u2019\n\nJuly 2000\n\nPressure groups and activists campaigning on social and ethical issues have little direct impact on City fund managers and analysts, a survey has shown.\n\nA poll of fund managers and analysts by the survey organization Opinion Leader Research found that only six per cent of those questioned said pressure groups had any effect on their institution\u2019s policy on social and ethical issues.\n\nThe survey, commissioned by Control Risks Group, an international consultancy that advises businesses how to reduce the impact on their activities of political instability and social change, was based on 104 interviews with a cross section of 68 fund managers, 26 analysts and ten City journalists.\n\nClients (34 per cent) were the stakeholders most frequently cited as having an impact, followed by trustees (21 per cent) and shareholders (15 per cent). Of the eight fund managers whose institutions had ever sold shares or divested an interest as a result of external pressure, five said this was at the request of clients. Researchers concluded that \u2018there is a clear message from the City that extreme activism and direct action from pressure groups does not directly influence their investment decisions.\n\n\u2018Moreover, fund managers appear to be saying that it is positively their responsibility on behalf of their clients not to succumb to such pressure from direct action groups.\u2019\n\nHowever, the survey noted that while the driving forces for change on social and ethical issues \u2018lie outside the City\u2019 \u2013 and that fund managers are still not proactive, many more of them are now responding to client demands for socially responsible investment.\n\nIt found that 74 of those questioned said social and ethical matters were \u2018more of a consideration\u2019 than they had been five years ago, and a similar number believed they would become more of a consideration over the next five years.\n\n\u2018At the very least, financial institutions are beginning to appreciate that it is becoming increasingly important to take social and ethical considerations into account,\u2019 says the study.\n\nBut it warns there is \u2018a perceptible time lag between what institutions are saying and what they are doing\u2019.\n\nIt found that while 39 per cent of investors and analysts said their institution had a process in place to assess the social, environmental and ethical performance of companies, more than half (56 per cent) thought that social and ethical factors were \u2018not very\u2019 or \u2018not at all\u2019 important in assessing a company."}
-{"text": "Vegas Baby!\n\nThis conference is all about people helping people. We want to help indies better understand their business (writing, publishing, & marketing). We have high hopes that this conference and the networking will help people accomplish just that.\n\nPost navigation\n\nFind Us\n\nAddressPO Box 10235Fairbanks, AK 99710craig@craigmartelle.com\n\nHours for Conference BusinesMonday\u2014Friday: 9:00AM\u20135:00PM\n\nSearch\n\nSearch for:\n\nAbout This Site\n\nThe 20Books Vegas convention is powered 100% by volunteers. This is a conference for indie authors, by indie authors. A rising tide floats all boats - we believe this. We also believe in karma. Do good things for the right reasons and if nothing else, you will have done good things for the right reasons:)\n\nFind Us\n\nAddressPO Box 10235Fairbanks, AK 99710craig@craigmartelle.com\n\nHours for Conference BusinessMonday\u2014Friday: 9:00AM\u20135:00PM\n\nAbout This Site\n\nThis conference is about what it takes to make money as an independent author \u2013 there are innumerable ways to climb the mountain. Let\u2019s find the one that works best for you."}
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-{"text": "Press Release Mary Thomas for Congress\n\nCWPAC endorses Mary Thomas\n\nConcerned Women For America: \"Mary Thomas has the background and core beliefs to be an effective conservative in Washington for the People of Florida's 2nd district.\"\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nTuesday, May 3, 2016\n\nContact: Matt Joiner, 850-270-8274\n\nTallahassee, FL \u2013 Mary Thomas, conservative Republican for Florida\u2019s Second Congressional District received the endorsement of the largest conservative public policy women's organization, Concerned Women for America Political Action Committee. The group endorses men and woman who are focused on protecting and promoting Biblical values among all citizens.\n\nPenny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women PAC, released the following statement today:\n\n\u201cMary Thomas has the background and core beliefs to be an effective conservative in Washington for the people of Florida\u2019s 2nd District, said Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women PAC. Mary Thomas is not afraid to engage in the fight for the unborn, stand up to the political correctness movement and look for ways to create an environment to protect and grow our economy so our families can prosper.\u201d\n\nMary Thomas released the following statement in response to the endorsement:\n\n\"I am proud to have the endorsement of Concerned Women for America. Their core issues of family, life and religious liberty are the cornerstones of my campaign. The strength and support of groups like Concerned Woman for America show the growth of Christian values among citizens and the support of voters to restore the family to its traditional purpose. This election is our chance to replace a pro-abortion liberal like Gwen Graham with a conservative woman who will fight for our values in Washington.\""}
-{"text": "Tempe\u2019s Changing Hands to open Phoenix book shop this fall\n\nTempe\u2019s Changing Hands Bookstore will finally expand into Phoenix this fall, occupying part of the former Beef Eaters Restaurant location at 300 W. Camelback Road, right off the Metro light rail line.\n\nThe independent bookstore, which opened in 1974, had eyed the site previously, but last summer put the plan on hold to consider other locations, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.\n\nWrites co-owner Gayle Shanks: \u201cIf all goes according to plan, we\u2019ll open the new store in early November. We\u2019re combining forces with two other local businesses: the amazing restaurant group behind the award-winning Beckett\u2019s Table, and three dynamic, energetic women who are creating The Lively Hood, a co-working, meeting and event space for mobile professionals.\u201d"}
-{"text": "2014 marks the centenary of the start of World War I. When the war officially ended in 1919 more than 900,000 British soldiers had been killed. Over 18,000 of the war dead came from Glasgow. To commemorate them, memorials were set up across the city. Some, like the cenotaph in George Square, are famous landmarks, but most are less well known although just as important.\n\nThis photographic exhibition features memorials from across Glasgow. They range from simple plaques to grand public monuments and stained glass windows. Most were set up by organizations including military regiments, faith groups, businesses, schools and social clubs. A few also mark the important role that women played, both as field nurses and munitions workers.\n\nWar memorials link the past to the present and are still a focus for Remembrance Day ceremonies and special anniversaries and this photographic exhibition features the many different ways in which these memorials are held."}
-{"text": "What\u2019s the most dangerous profession you can think of? Law enforcement may be one that comes to mind, perhaps construction, or a job that require the use of hazardous chemicals. Did truck driving make your list? If it didn\u2019t, it should. The skill required to handle large rigs should not be underestimated, but even the very best drivers cannot avoid every obstacle or account for every circumstance. Eshelman Legal Group\u2014serving Stark County, Ohio; Summit County, Ohio; and Cuyahoga County, Ohio\u2014works hard to protect the rights of truck drivers who have been injured in single vehicle accidents, such as a truck rollover. In the event of a wrongful death suit, the truck accident attorneys at Eshelman Legal Group will perform a full truck accident investigation and strive to recover damages due to your Canton, Ohio; Akron, Ohio, or Cleveland, Ohio family."}
-{"text": "3 Amazing Tidbits I Just Learned About Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone's Marriage\n\nThese two! I've adored Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone since I came to the earth-shattering, day-making realization that, yes, Megan from Bridesmaids is married to the air marshal IRL. But it wasn't until I read this great Variety interview with the couple and collaborators that I realized how much I could love them. Specifically because of these three things:\n\n__They still live in the same house they did pre-Melissa-mania.__The woman commands millions per movie and still hasn't thought to look into a mansion befitting a star...she, Ben, and daughters Vivian and Georgette are cozy in an L.A. three-bedroom.\n\nThey come up with movie ideas in the car together. Whoever isn't driving will scribble down their back-and-forth on whatever napkins are lying around, then they transcribe them onto their computer when they get home.\n\nThey grew up in the same teenage social scene\u2014but never met until they were both in the Groundlings comedy troupe in L.A. Just gonna let the article do the telling here: \"They grew up in Illinois, though they didn't know each other \u2014 she lived on a farm in Plainfield and went to college at Southern Illinois U. in his hometown of Carbondale. He was a high school student who wore sandals and his trusty A Clockwork Orange T-shirt, and he remembers seeing McCarthy at neighborhood parties. They never talked because he was too intimidated\u2014she went through a goth phase in college and wore full-length capes and wigs. 'She was scary!' Falcone says.\""}
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-{"text": "Receive the latest local updates in your inbox\n\nSchool officials said a prank food fight went too far, and now all remaining senior activities this year could be canceled. (Published Friday, May 13, 2011)\n\nA senior prank food fight has put one Virginia high school\u2019s senior prom in jeopardy because school officials think it went too far.\n\nThe food fight broke out Thursday during the last lunch period at West Springfield High School.\n\n\u201cI saw a taco, an apple, yogurt, just a bunch of stuff flying through the air,\u201d student Aaron Self said.\n\nSelf and other students said they did their best to stay clear of the melee. School officials said some students suffered minor injuries.\n\nAs a result, administrators have put this year\u2019s senior activities on hold. That means the class trip, the class picnic and the senior prom are in jeopardy, pending the outcome of the school\u2019s investigation.\n\nAn email to parents asked that they discuss the roles, if any, their children played in the incident.\n\nSome parents think it\u2019s appropriate to deter such behavior in the future, but others argue that the school\u2019s response is too harsh and too broad and that only those found to be responsible should be punished. Likewise, many seniors said they should not have to suffer for the acts of a few of their classmates.\n\n\u201cSeniors are going to be seniors,\u201d said student Nichole Edwards, who was not at school that day. \u201cThere were pranks in the years before this and the fact that ours is being looked at so badly is unfair.\u201d\n\nOne parent said she was thankful that the school informed her and other parents of the incident and she had nothing but praise for the school administration.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a great school, we love it here and everyone is very supportive,\u201d she said.\n\nSchool officials are still deciding who to punish and how for the food fight. An official said a decision is not likely before next week."}
-{"text": "Lucas Silveira and Isabella Nichols have been crowned winners of the 2016 Ericeira World Junior Championships, at Ribeira d'Ilhas, in Portugal.\n\nThe finals got underway in clean three-to-four foot waves at the iconic European point break. The Brazilian surfer Lucas Silveira defeated Timothee Bisso in the decisive heat.\n\n\"I'm trembling right now; it's been a long two weeks here, a lot of waiting and then finally the waves were firing yesterday and today,\u201d an ecstatic Silveira stated.\n\n\"The final was really slow. I started good, and thankfully I finished well too. I've had a crazy event here; my lowest heat was a 15 something. It's incredible.\"\n\nIn the Women's competition, Isabella Nichols smashed her opponent, the event's defending champion Mahina Maeda. The Australian surfer scored an impressive two-wave heat total of 18.30 points, with an active frontside approach.\n\n\"I'm so happy; I don't even know what to say I'm speechless. I was lucky to get those two waves; I didn't know what was happening cause we couldn't hear any scores,\" expressed Nichols.\n\n\"When I heard I had a good lead, I started to calm down a bit, and nothing really came through after that. It was the longest heat of my life for sure.\""}
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-{"text": "Footage of the horrific crash in South Korea showed the car careening into the end of a traffic queue\n\nTHIS is the horrific moment four people were killed when a bus driver accused of being asleep at the wheel piled into four cars backed up on a motorway.\n\nFootage of the crash in Yeongdong, South Korea, shows vehicles being shunted aside when the out-of-control bus careens into them.\n\nThe bus speeds down the highway appearing to be fully under control. But the driver fails to see a queue of traffic in front of him - and rips through the first car it hits. Due to the speed it was travelling, it then smashed through several more queuing cars\n\nAt least four people were killed and another 37 wounded in the crash\n\nVideo of the deadly smash was recorded from another vehicle travelling just yards ahead of the bus."}
-{"text": "Gut hormone GLP-1 could help battle heart disease, obesity\n\nA study reported in BMJ suggests a hormone normally manufactured by the gut, GLP-1 \u2013 could help battle obesity. The hormone is found in a study to help with weight loss and also lowered cholesterol levels and reduced blood pressure among study participants.\n\nGLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide) is a type of glucagon, which is secreted in the pancreas to help raise blood sugars when they fall below normal.\n\nThe gut hormone has been used for Type2 diabetes treatment because it helps keep blood sugars normal.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nFor this research, at University of Copenhagen team specifically wanted to find out if GLP-1R agonists would aid weight loss. An example of a GLP \u20131R agonist is the anti-diabetic drug Byetta.\n\nWhen they compared the control group a study participants to people who received GLP-1R agonists for 20 weeks, they found more weight loss in the treated group. The finding included an analysis of 25 randomized controlled trials involving over 6,000 patients. The effect of the hormone on weight loss was greater for non-diabetics, but also provided benefits to patients with Type 2 diabetes.\n\nThe study authors suggest that treatment should be considered for people with Type 2 diabetes who are overweight or obese. They also suggest more studies to find out if the gut hormone will help weight loss for people who are not diabetic. The researchers also emphasize the best intervention for managing diabetes, heart disease and obesity is through healthy lifestyle interventions."}
-{"text": "Register Now\n\nIn order to be able to post messages on the Hot Rod Forum : Hotrodders Bulletin Board forums, you must first register.\nPlease enter your desired user name (usually not your first and last name), your email address and other required details in the form below.\n\nUser Name:\n\nPassword\n\nPlease enter a password for your user account. 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I would prefer the car be back to original anyway and it would probably be less work than continuing on what this guy had started. Thanks.\n\n07-10-2011 08:07 PM\n\nricksautorestoration\n\nOk well i diden't think it was that bad, yes i know i have to build a suspension from scratch that was kind of my whole point of the post. Thanks.\n\n07-10-2011 07:43 PM\n\nponcho62\n\nWOW.....that is butchered.....\n\nI think you have 2 choices.......Either build a whole new suspension from scratch.....or, find a replacement frame.......I would tend to look at the new frame.\n\n07-10-2011 04:35 PM\n\nricksautorestoration\n\nPics of beaumont rear\n\nHere are some pics of the rear section of the 69 Beaumont. As you can see the guy made a frame then attached a bar going from one side to the other, the tubs are not much bigger than stock. I have put together cars back to original but this is all new to me. Would appreciate some suggestions of what may be the easiest way to go here. If a four link system makes most sense that the way i would go then. Thanks to anyone that can help me out.\n\n06-15-2011 12:44 AM\n\nricksautorestoration\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by matt167\n\nGet 2 wheels and tires in there that are what you want,make sure there equal and have clearence for the wheelwell ( plumb drops will make that easy ). Then measure from inside wheel mounting surface to inside wheel mounting surface, and then find a rear end that will work. If your going to put money into narrowing a rear end, go for a 9\" Ford and get Chevy drilled axles..\n\nWithout a picture of the frame, it's hard to suggest suspension. 4 link/ 4 bar would probably be the best, but as a budget option, a ladder bar setup may also work, or the Nascar bar trailing arm type, that the '67-'72 pickups used.. hard to say what is best without a pic tho\n\nI will take some pics and maybe you can suggest what you would do i don't mind spending some money on it if it makes things easier but I really don't want to get to carried away with it. Thanks for the reply.\n\n06-15-2011 12:42 AM\n\nricksautorestoration\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by poncho62\n\nChevelles/Beaumonts came with coil springs with 4 trailing arms.....Did the guy cut all that out?\n\nYes its all been cut out. I will try to get a clear picture of the frame. I am just trying to find the easiest way and the most cost effective. Thanks will post a pic as soon as i can.\n\n06-13-2011 06:08 AM\n\nponcho62\n\nChevelles/Beaumonts came with coil springs with 4 trailing arms.....Did the guy cut all that out?\n\n06-13-2011 01:18 AM\n\nmatt167\n\nGet 2 wheels and tires in there that are what you want,make sure there equal and have clearence for the wheelwell ( plumb drops will make that easy ). Then measure from inside wheel mounting surface to inside wheel mounting surface, and then find a rear end that will work. If your going to put money into narrowing a rear end, go for a 9\" Ford and get Chevy drilled axles..\n\nWithout a picture of the frame, it's hard to suggest suspension. 4 link/ 4 bar would probably be the best, but as a budget option, a ladder bar setup may also work, or the Nascar bar trailing arm type, that the '67-'72 pickups used.. hard to say what is best without a pic tho\n\n06-12-2011 08:28 PM\n\nricksautorestoration\n\n69 beaumont narrow rear\n\nI am hoping someone can give me some advice or point me in the right direction to find some information on narrowing a rear end in a 69 Beuamont. I picked up this car a while ago the person started this project he replaced the rear frame by making his own section of frame and decided to narrow the rear wheel well area a little bit also. It is not a major tub job just a little larger than stock and still should be able to use the rear set. I have no rear end for this car right now. What would be my best option and most affordable? Is there a aftermarket set up out there i may be able to buy? This car is the same as a chevelle as far as body style goes so i am sure its been done many times. I need to figure out where to mount springs rear end etc? It's basically just the frame there right now and the wheel tubs. It seems the guy did a real nice job on the frame and wheel tubs but i have never done this type of project before so i am looking for all the help i can get. Thanks to anyone that may be able to offer some advice or show me a link to this type of set up."}
-{"text": "Foster care and adoption; toddlers to young adults; it's all here-- faith and humor meet as this mom of four chronicles the joy and heartbreak of motherhood.\n\nThursday, October 14, 2004\n\nOctober, 2004: What degree of difficulty is your parenting?\n\nI am fascinated by\nthe sports of gymnastics and figure skating. It\u2019s not because I have any\nbackground in these areas. I could never do the straddle roll to pass beginning\ngymnastics, and my favorite part of ice skating is the hot cocoa afterwards. In\nspite of my limited talents \u2014 or perhaps because of them \u2014 I love to watch\nathletes defy gravity and leap, spin and flip their way to the awards podium.\n\nI can\u2019t say I\ncompletely understand the scoring in either of these sports, but I do\nunderstand the oft-used phrase, \u201cdegree of difficulty.\u201d The more complicated a\nroutine is, the higher the possible score the athlete can get if he or she does\nit perfectly.\n\nI have decided we\nneed to apply this phrase to parenting. Every child equals one point, or one\ndegree of difficulty. Two additional points are awarded for each child age four\nand under. Parenting while pregnant earns an additional point, as does\nparenting anyone who is not yet sleeping through the night.\n\nTherefore, my friend Carol, who has four\nchildren \u2014ages one, three, five and\nseven, is working with a degree of difficulty of 8. My own degree of\ndifficulty, now that we\u2019ve added a one-year-old foster daughter, is up to 5,\nhaving been recently down to 2, when we just had the boys \u2014 ages 6 and 9.\n\nMy friend Patty,\nwhose five children are now between 6 and 12, once had a degree of difficulty\nof 10, when she was pregnant in addition to having 4-year-old twins, a\ntwo-year-old and a one-year-old.\n\nI don\u2019t have\npreteens or teens yet, but from what I\u2019ve heard, they may require an additional\npoint of difficulty, just as the very young children do. And teenage boy\ndrivers may add even more, just as they do to insurance premiums.\n\nDegrees of\ndifficulty would be helpful for two reasons. First, because they would be\napplied to everything a parent does, they would turn small daily successes into\nmajor triumphs. \u201cDid you see that, ladies and gentlemen? She\u2019s going grocery\nshopping with her children. That\u2019s a degree of difficulty of 8, remember. Look\nat that. She\u2019s actually moving down the aisle. She\u2019s keeping the three-year-old\naway from that display of sugared cereal, and handing a cracker to the baby \u2014\nall this while getting the best price on spaghetti noodles and answering the\nseven-year-old\u2019s questions about dinosaurs.\u201d\n\nDegrees of\ndifficulty would also be good because they would be a concrete way for parents\nto gauge when their lives would get easier. \u201cHmm. When the baby starts sleeping\nthrough the night and Johnny turns five, my degree of difficulty will drop by\ntwo.\u201d\n\nI think the main\nreason I am in favor of degrees of difficulty, however, is that conscientious\nparents are often too hard on themselves. I\u2019ll go over to a friend\u2019s house who\nhas three children six and under (degree of difficulty, 7) and she\u2019ll apologize\nbecause there are toys on the floor and the kitchen\u2019s a mess. But her crazy\nclimbing 17-month-old is alive and relatively unbruised, and so is her\nthree-year-old, who has been known to wander away from the house and down the\nstreet. Toys on the floor or not, we need to callit a successful morning.\n\nPerhaps it\u2019s my\ncontact with the foster care system that also makes me want to publicly give\nvoice to the difficulty of parenting. I know firsthand that what most parents\nconsider the basics \u2014 keeping their children clothed, fed and attended to, all\nwhile making a living \u2014 can be an insurmountable task for some parents. I\u2019ve\nseen firsthand that a parent can love a child and still neglect him or her.\nThat the all-consuming task of parenting can become downright impossible in the\nface of addiction. My degree of difficulty scale did not even include parenting\nwhile in poverty, parenting while living in a dangerous neighborhood or\nparenting while in an abusive relationship. At some point, the degree of\ndifficulty becomes so high that some parents give up.\n\nAnd if parents are\nthe athletes, we are also the judges. We judge each other and we judge\nourselves. We judge our next door neighbor, whose degree of difficulty may be\nsimilar to our own, and we judge those who live across town, who are dealing\nwith degrees of difficulty that we cannot even imagine.\n\nBut the thing that\nwe too often forget as we\u2019re balancing and leaping (and judging), is that\nparenting is not a competition. In ice skating, athletes may not rush out onto\nthe ice to help each other. And a gymnast certainly may not lend a supporting\nhand to a teammate about to fall off the beam. But parents aren\u2019t bound by\nthese rules. As we acknowledge our own degree of difficulty \u2014 and forgive\nourselves for our missteps \u2014 we must simultaneously reach out to other parents.\nWe must cheer for each other and be ready to spot without being asked. And\nafter a fall, we must remind each other just how complicated the routine of\nparenting really is.\n\nAbout Me\n\nAnnemarie writes locally and nationally on foster care, adoption, parenting and spirituality. She is responsible for the content in At Home with Our Faith (circulation 80,000), which has won the First Place award in its category from the Associated Church Press for three consecutive years. Her Training Wheels column has appeared in the Milwaukee Catholic Herald since 2002 and most of these blogs appeared first in her Training Wheels column or as a chapter of her book, Discovering Motherhood (Ambassador Press, 2006). She is married to Bill, with four children (two biological, two adopted), and works in a job-share position at Johnson Controls as director of Corporate Programs in Diversity and Public Affairs."}
-{"text": "Malaga still popular with investors\n\nWith all time record numbers of tourists visiting Spain, property prices in key tourist areas are rising, and overseas property owners will find their holiday lets in greater demand.\n\nAnd despite the average property in Malaga costing \u20ac299,500, above the national average, and above average for other property in Andalucia, the area is one Spanish enclave which has proved extremely popular with Brit investors.\n\nThe area has always been popular, but increased investment in infrastructure, plus the fact that it has been nominated as a candidate for the 2016 European Capital of Culture, means that there is going to be a knock on boost for future tourist numbers as well as property sales.\n\nHowever, the area is not alone in seeing a rise in investment and therefore rise in house prices.\n\nStatistics from Kyero.com, the English language Spanish property portal, have revealed that the national average asking price for property in Spain increased to \u20ac266,100 in September compared to \u20ac263,000 back in June this year. And with tourism rising at a record breaking rate, and many Costa hotels reporting 100% occupancy, investors are likely to expect a lot of uptake in interest for their second homes."}
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Irs form 1040ez Also, add this amount to the total for Form 1040, line 16a; Form 1040A, line 12a; or Form 1040NR, line 17a 1. Irs form 1040ez 2. Irs form 1040ez Enter your cost in the plan (contract) at the annuity starting date plus any death benefit exclusion. Irs form 1040ez * See Cost (Investment in the Contract) , earlier 2. Irs form 1040ez Note: If your annuity starting date was before this year and you completed this worksheet last year, skip line 3 and enter the amount from line 4 of last year's worksheet on line 4 below (even if the amount of your pension or annuity has changed). Irs form 1040ez Otherwise, go to line 3. Irs form 1040ez 3. Irs form 1040ez Enter the appropriate number from Table 1 below. Irs form 1040ez But if your annuity starting date was after 1997 and the payments are for your life and that of your beneficiary, enter the appropriate number from Table 2 below. Irs form 1040ez 3. Irs form 1040ez 4. Irs form 1040ez Divide line 2 by the number on line 3 4. Irs form 1040ez 5. Irs form 1040ez Multiply line 4 by the number of months for which this year's payments were made. Irs form 1040ez If your annuity starting date was before 1987, enter this amount on line 8 below and skip lines 6, 7, 10, and 11. Irs form 1040ez Otherwise, go to line 6 5. Irs form 1040ez 6. Irs form 1040ez Enter any amounts previously recovered tax free in years after 1986. Irs form 1040ez This is the amount shown on line 10 of your worksheet for last year 6. Irs form 1040ez 7. Irs form 1040ez Subtract line 6 from line 2 7. Irs form 1040ez 8. Irs form 1040ez Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 7 8. Irs form 1040ez 9. Irs form 1040ez Taxable amount for year. Irs form 1040ez Subtract line 8 from line 1. Irs form 1040ez Enter the result, but not less than zero. Irs form 1040ez Also, add this amount to the total for Form 1040, line 16b; Form 1040A, line 12b; or Form 1040NR, line 17b. Irs form 1040ez Note: If your Form 1099-R shows a larger taxable amount, use the amount figured on this line instead. Irs form 1040ez If you are a retired public safety officer, see Insurance Premiums for Retired Public Safety Officers , earlier, before entering an amount on your tax return 9. Irs form 1040ez 10. Irs form 1040ez Was your annuity starting date before 1987? \u25a1 Yes. Irs form 1040ez STOP. Irs form 1040ez Do not complete the rest of this worksheet. Irs form 1040ez \u25a1 No. Irs form 1040ez Add lines 6 and 8. Irs form 1040ez This is the amount you have recovered tax free through 2013. Irs form 1040ez You will need this number if you need to fill out this worksheet next year 10. Irs form 1040ez 11. Irs form 1040ez Balance of cost to be recovered. Irs form 1040ez Subtract line 10 from line 2. Irs form 1040ez If zero, you will not have to complete this worksheet next year. Irs form 1040ez The payments you receive next year will generally be fully taxable 11. Irs form 1040ez * A death benefit exclusion (up to $5,000) applied to certain benefits received by employees who died before August 21, 1996. Irs form 1040ez Table 1 for Line 3 Above IF the age at annuity starting date was . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez AND your annuity starting date was\u2014 BEFORE November 19, 1996, enter on line 3 . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez AFTER November 18, 1996, enter on line 3 . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez 55 or under 300 360 56-60 260 310 61-65 240 260 66-70 170 210 71 or over 120 160 Table 2 for Line 3 Above IF the combined ages at annuity starting date were . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez THEN enter on line 3 . Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez . 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Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez What is the difference between a resident alien and a nonresident alien for tax purposes? . Irs form 1040ez What is the difference between the taxation of income that is effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States and income that is not effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States? . Irs form 1040ez I am a student with an F-1 Visa. Irs form 1040ez I was told that I was an exempt individual. Irs form 1040ez Does this mean I am exempt from paying U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax? . Irs form 1040ez I am a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim any treaty benefits? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien with no dependents. Irs form 1040ez I am working temporarily for a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez company. Irs form 1040ez What return do I file? . Irs form 1040ez I came to the United States on June 30th of last year. Irs form 1040ez I have an H-1B Visa. Irs form 1040ez What is my tax status, resident alien or nonresident alien? What tax return do I file? . Irs form 1040ez When is my Form 1040NR due? . Irs form 1040ez My spouse is a nonresident alien. Irs form 1040ez Does he need a social security number? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien. Irs form 1040ez Can I file a joint return with my spouse? . Irs form 1040ez I have an H-1B Visa and my husband has an F-1 Visa. Irs form 1040ez We both lived in the United States all of last year and had income. Irs form 1040ez What kind of form should we file? Do we file separate returns or a joint return? . Irs form 1040ez Is a dual-resident taxpayer the same as a dual-status taxpayer? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien and invested money in the U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez stock market through a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez brokerage company. Irs form 1040ez Are the dividends and the capital gains taxable? If yes, how are they taxed? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien. Irs form 1040ez I receive U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits. Irs form 1040ez Are my benefits taxable? . Irs form 1040ez Do I have to pay taxes on my scholarship? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim the standard deduction? . Irs form 1040ez I am a dual-status taxpayer. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim the standard deduction? . Irs form 1040ez I am filing Form 1040NR. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim itemized deductions? . Irs form 1040ez I am not a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen. Irs form 1040ez What exemptions can I claim? . Irs form 1040ez What exemptions can I claim as a dual-status taxpayer? . Irs form 1040ez I am single with a dependent child. Irs form 1040ez I was a dual-status alien in 2013. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim the earned income credit on my 2013 tax return? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien student. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim an education credit on my Form 1040NR? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien, temporarily working in the U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez under a J visa. Irs form 1040ez Am I subject to social security and Medicare taxes? . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien student. Irs form 1040ez Social security taxes were withheld from my pay in error. Irs form 1040ez How do I get a refund of these taxes? . Irs form 1040ez I am an alien who will be leaving the United States. Irs form 1040ez What forms do I have to file before I leave? . Irs form 1040ez I filed a Form 1040-C when I left the United States. Irs form 1040ez Do I still have to file an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return? . Irs form 1040ez What is the difference between a resident alien and a nonresident alien for tax purposes? For tax purposes, an alien is an individual who is not a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen. Irs form 1040ez Aliens are classified as resident aliens and nonresident aliens. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens are taxed on their worldwide income, the same as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens are taxed only on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income and certain foreign source income that is effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez The difference between these two categories is that effectively connected income, after allowable deductions, is taxed at graduated rates. Irs form 1040ez These are the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez Income that is not effectively connected is taxed at a flat 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The term \u201cexempt individual\u201d does not refer to someone exempt from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez You were referred to as an exempt individual because as a student temporarily in the United States on an F Visa, you do not have to count the days you were present in the United States as a student during the first 5 years in determining if you are a resident alien under the substantial presence test. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 1 . Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot claim tax treaty benefits as a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez However, there are exceptions. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez See also Resident Aliens under Some Typical Tax Treaty Benefits in chapter 9. Irs form 1040ez You must file Form 1040NR if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, or have any other U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income on which tax was not fully paid by the amount withheld. Irs form 1040ez You can use Form 1040NR-EZ instead of Form 1040NR if you meet all 11 conditions listed under Form 1040NR-EZ in chapter 7. Irs form 1040ez You were a dual-status alien last year. Irs form 1040ez As a general rule, because you were in the United States for 183 days or more, you have met the substantial presence test and you are taxed as a resident. Irs form 1040ez However, for the part of the year that you were not present in the United States, you are a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez File Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Return\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez Attach a statement showing your U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income for the part of the year you were a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez You may use Form 1040NR as the statement. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Statement\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez See First Year of Residency in chapter 1 for rules on determining your residency starting date. Irs form 1040ez If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose for which you were admitted to the United States. Irs form 1040ez See Social Security and Medicare Taxes in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez If social security or Medicare taxes were withheld in error from pay that is not subject to these taxes, contact the employer who withheld the taxes for a refund. Irs form 1040ez If you are unable to get a full refund of the amount from your employer, file a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service on Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Irs form 1040ez Do not use Form 843 to request a refund of Additional Medicare Tax. Irs form 1040ez See Refund of Taxes Withheld in Error in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez Before leaving the United States, aliens generally must obtain a certificate of compliance. Irs form 1040ez This document, also popularly known as the sailing permit or departure permit, is part of the income tax form you must file before leaving. Irs form 1040ez You will receive a sailing or departure permit after filing a Form 1040-C or Form 2063. Irs form 1040ez These forms are discussed in chapter 11. Irs form 1040ez Form 1040-C is not an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez If an income tax return is required by law, you must file that return even though you already filed a Form 1040-C. Irs form 1040ez Chapters 5 and 7 discuss filing an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez What is the difference between the taxation of income that is effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States and income that is not effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States? The difference between these two categories is that effectively connected income, after allowable deductions, is taxed at graduated rates. Irs form 1040ez These are the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez Income that is not effectively connected is taxed at a flat 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The term \u201cexempt individual\u201d does not refer to someone exempt from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez You were referred to as an exempt individual because as a student temporarily in the United States on an F Visa, you do not have to count the days you were present in the United States as a student during the first 5 years in determining if you are a resident alien under the substantial presence test. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 1 . Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot claim tax treaty benefits as a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez However, there are exceptions. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez See also Resident Aliens under Some Typical Tax Treaty Benefits in chapter 9. Irs form 1040ez You must file Form 1040NR if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, or have any other U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income on which tax was not fully paid by the amount withheld. Irs form 1040ez You can use Form 1040NR-EZ instead of Form 1040NR if you meet all 11 conditions listed under Form 1040NR-EZ in chapter 7. Irs form 1040ez You were a dual-status alien last year. Irs form 1040ez As a general rule, because you were in the United States for 183 days or more, you have met the substantial presence test and you are taxed as a resident. Irs form 1040ez However, for the part of the year that you were not present in the United States, you are a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez File Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Return\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez Attach a statement showing your U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income for the part of the year you were a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez You may use Form 1040NR as the statement. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Statement\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez See First Year of Residency in chapter 1 for rules on determining your residency starting date. Irs form 1040ez If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose for which you were admitted to the United States. Irs form 1040ez See Social Security and Medicare Taxes in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez If social security or Medicare taxes were withheld in error from pay that is not subject to these taxes, contact the employer who withheld the taxes for a refund. Irs form 1040ez If you are unable to get a full refund of the amount from your employer, file a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service on Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Irs form 1040ez Do not use Form 843 to request a refund of Additional Medicare Tax. Irs form 1040ez See Refund of Taxes Withheld in Error in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez Before leaving the United States, aliens generally must obtain a certificate of compliance. Irs form 1040ez This document, also popularly known as the sailing permit or departure permit, is part of the income tax form you must file before leaving. Irs form 1040ez You will receive a sailing or departure permit after filing a Form 1040-C or Form 2063. Irs form 1040ez These forms are discussed in chapter 11. Irs form 1040ez Form 1040-C is not an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez If an income tax return is required by law, you must file that return even though you already filed a Form 1040-C. Irs form 1040ez Chapters 5 and 7 discuss filing an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez I am a student with an F-1 Visa. Irs form 1040ez I was told that I was an exempt individual. Irs form 1040ez Does this mean I am exempt from paying U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax? The term \u201cexempt individual\u201d does not refer to someone exempt from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez You were referred to as an exempt individual because as a student temporarily in the United States on an F Visa, you do not have to count the days you were present in the United States as a student during the first 5 years in determining if you are a resident alien under the substantial presence test. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 1 . Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot claim tax treaty benefits as a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez However, there are exceptions. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez See also Resident Aliens under Some Typical Tax Treaty Benefits in chapter 9. Irs form 1040ez You must file Form 1040NR if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, or have any other U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income on which tax was not fully paid by the amount withheld. Irs form 1040ez You can use Form 1040NR-EZ instead of Form 1040NR if you meet all 11 conditions listed under Form 1040NR-EZ in chapter 7. Irs form 1040ez You were a dual-status alien last year. Irs form 1040ez As a general rule, because you were in the United States for 183 days or more, you have met the substantial presence test and you are taxed as a resident. Irs form 1040ez However, for the part of the year that you were not present in the United States, you are a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez File Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Return\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez Attach a statement showing your U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income for the part of the year you were a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez You may use Form 1040NR as the statement. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Statement\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez See First Year of Residency in chapter 1 for rules on determining your residency starting date. Irs form 1040ez If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose for which you were admitted to the United States. Irs form 1040ez See Social Security and Medicare Taxes in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez If social security or Medicare taxes were withheld in error from pay that is not subject to these taxes, contact the employer who withheld the taxes for a refund. Irs form 1040ez If you are unable to get a full refund of the amount from your employer, file a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service on Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Irs form 1040ez Do not use Form 843 to request a refund of Additional Medicare Tax. Irs form 1040ez See Refund of Taxes Withheld in Error in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez Before leaving the United States, aliens generally must obtain a certificate of compliance. Irs form 1040ez This document, also popularly known as the sailing permit or departure permit, is part of the income tax form you must file before leaving. Irs form 1040ez You will receive a sailing or departure permit after filing a Form 1040-C or Form 2063. Irs form 1040ez These forms are discussed in chapter 11. Irs form 1040ez Form 1040-C is not an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez If an income tax return is required by law, you must file that return even though you already filed a Form 1040-C. Irs form 1040ez Chapters 5 and 7 discuss filing an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez I am a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Can I claim any treaty benefits? Generally, you cannot claim tax treaty benefits as a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez However, there are exceptions. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez See also Resident Aliens under Some Typical Tax Treaty Benefits in chapter 9. Irs form 1040ez You must file Form 1040NR if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, or have any other U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income on which tax was not fully paid by the amount withheld. Irs form 1040ez You can use Form 1040NR-EZ instead of Form 1040NR if you meet all 11 conditions listed under Form 1040NR-EZ in chapter 7. Irs form 1040ez You were a dual-status alien last year. Irs form 1040ez As a general rule, because you were in the United States for 183 days or more, you have met the substantial presence test and you are taxed as a resident. Irs form 1040ez However, for the part of the year that you were not present in the United States, you are a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez File Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Return\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez Attach a statement showing your U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income for the part of the year you were a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez You may use Form 1040NR as the statement. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Statement\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez See First Year of Residency in chapter 1 for rules on determining your residency starting date. Irs form 1040ez If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose for which you were admitted to the United States. Irs form 1040ez See Social Security and Medicare Taxes in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez If social security or Medicare taxes were withheld in error from pay that is not subject to these taxes, contact the employer who withheld the taxes for a refund. Irs form 1040ez If you are unable to get a full refund of the amount from your employer, file a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service on Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Irs form 1040ez Do not use Form 843 to request a refund of Additional Medicare Tax. Irs form 1040ez See Refund of Taxes Withheld in Error in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez Before leaving the United States, aliens generally must obtain a certificate of compliance. Irs form 1040ez This document, also popularly known as the sailing permit or departure permit, is part of the income tax form you must file before leaving. Irs form 1040ez You will receive a sailing or departure permit after filing a Form 1040-C or Form 2063. Irs form 1040ez These forms are discussed in chapter 11. Irs form 1040ez Form 1040-C is not an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez If an income tax return is required by law, you must file that return even though you already filed a Form 1040-C. Irs form 1040ez Chapters 5 and 7 discuss filing an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez I am a nonresident alien with no dependents. Irs form 1040ez I am working temporarily for a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez company. Irs form 1040ez What return do I file? You must file Form 1040NR if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, or have any other U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income on which tax was not fully paid by the amount withheld. Irs form 1040ez You can use Form 1040NR-EZ instead of Form 1040NR if you meet all 11 conditions listed under Form 1040NR-EZ in chapter 7. Irs form 1040ez You were a dual-status alien last year. Irs form 1040ez As a general rule, because you were in the United States for 183 days or more, you have met the substantial presence test and you are taxed as a resident. Irs form 1040ez However, for the part of the year that you were not present in the United States, you are a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez File Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Return\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez Attach a statement showing your U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income for the part of the year you were a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez You may use Form 1040NR as the statement. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Statement\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez See First Year of Residency in chapter 1 for rules on determining your residency starting date. Irs form 1040ez If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose for which you were admitted to the United States. Irs form 1040ez See Social Security and Medicare Taxes in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez If social security or Medicare taxes were withheld in error from pay that is not subject to these taxes, contact the employer who withheld the taxes for a refund. Irs form 1040ez If you are unable to get a full refund of the amount from your employer, file a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service on Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Irs form 1040ez Do not use Form 843 to request a refund of Additional Medicare Tax. Irs form 1040ez See Refund of Taxes Withheld in Error in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez Before leaving the United States, aliens generally must obtain a certificate of compliance. Irs form 1040ez This document, also popularly known as the sailing permit or departure permit, is part of the income tax form you must file before leaving. Irs form 1040ez You will receive a sailing or departure permit after filing a Form 1040-C or Form 2063. Irs form 1040ez These forms are discussed in chapter 11. Irs form 1040ez Form 1040-C is not an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez If an income tax return is required by law, you must file that return even though you already filed a Form 1040-C. Irs form 1040ez Chapters 5 and 7 discuss filing an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez I came to the United States on June 30th of last year. Irs form 1040ez I have an H-1B Visa. Irs form 1040ez What is my tax status, resident alien or nonresident alien? What tax return do I file? You were a dual-status alien last year. Irs form 1040ez As a general rule, because you were in the United States for 183 days or more, you have met the substantial presence test and you are taxed as a resident. Irs form 1040ez However, for the part of the year that you were not present in the United States, you are a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez File Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Return\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez Attach a statement showing your U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez source income for the part of the year you were a nonresident. Irs form 1040ez You may use Form 1040NR as the statement. Irs form 1040ez Print \u201cDual-Status Statement\u201d across the top. Irs form 1040ez See First Year of Residency in chapter 1 for rules on determining your residency starting date. Irs form 1040ez If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose for which you were admitted to the United States. Irs form 1040ez See Social Security and Medicare Taxes in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez If social security or Medicare taxes were withheld in error from pay that is not subject to these taxes, contact the employer who withheld the taxes for a refund. Irs form 1040ez If you are unable to get a full refund of the amount from your employer, file a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service on Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Irs form 1040ez Do not use Form 843 to request a refund of Additional Medicare Tax. Irs form 1040ez See Refund of Taxes Withheld in Error in chapter 8. Irs form 1040ez Before leaving the United States, aliens generally must obtain a certificate of compliance. Irs form 1040ez This document, also popularly known as the sailing permit or departure permit, is part of the income tax form you must file before leaving. Irs form 1040ez You will receive a sailing or departure permit after filing a Form 1040-C or Form 2063. Irs form 1040ez These forms are discussed in chapter 11. Irs form 1040ez Form 1040-C is not an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez If an income tax return is required by law, you must file that return even though you already filed a Form 1040-C. Irs form 1040ez Chapters 5 and 7 discuss filing an annual U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax return. Irs form 1040ez . Irs form 1040ez When is my Form 1040NR due? If you are an employee and you receive wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must generally file by the 15th day of the 4th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez If you file for the 2013 calendar year, your return is due April 15, 2014. Irs form 1040ez If you are not an employee who receives wages subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez income tax withholding, you must file by the 15th day of the 6th month after your tax year ends. Irs form 1040ez For the 2013 calendar year, file your return by June 16, 2014. Irs form 1040ez For more information on when and where to file, see chapter 7 . Irs form 1040ez A social security number (SSN) must be furnished on returns, statements, and other tax-related documents. Irs form 1040ez If your spouse does not have and is not eligible to get an SSN, he must apply for an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Irs form 1040ez If you are a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident and you choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident and file a joint tax return, your nonresident spouse needs an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez Alien spouses who are claimed as exemptions or dependents are also required to furnish an SSN or an ITIN. Irs form 1040ez See Identification Number in chapter 5 for more information. Irs form 1040ez Generally, you cannot file as married filing jointly if either spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens married to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens or residents can choose to be treated as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez residents and file joint returns. Irs form 1040ez For more information on this choice, see Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Assuming both of you had these visas for all of last year, you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez Your husband is a nonresident alien if he has not been in the United States as a student for more than 5 years. Irs form 1040ez You and your husband can file a joint tax return on Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ if he makes the choice to be treated as a resident for the entire year. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez If your husband does not make this choice, you must file a separate return on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. Irs form 1040ez Your husband must file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ. Irs form 1040ez No. Irs form 1040ez A dual-resident taxpayer is one who is a resident of both the United States and another country under each country's tax laws. Irs form 1040ez See Effect of Tax Treaties in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez You are a dual-status taxpayer when you are both a resident alien and a nonresident alien in the same year. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 . Irs form 1040ez The following rules apply if the dividends and capital gains are not effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez Capital gains are generally not taxable if you were in the United States for less than 183 days during the year. Irs form 1040ez See Sales or Exchanges of Capital Assets in chapter 4 for more information and exceptions. Irs form 1040ez Dividends are generally taxed at a 30% (or lower treaty) rate. Irs form 1040ez The brokerage company or payor of the dividends should withhold this tax at source. Irs form 1040ez If tax is not withheld at the correct rate, you must file Form 1040NR to receive a refund or pay any additional tax due. Irs form 1040ez If the capital gains and dividends are effectively connected with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business, they are taxed according to the same rules and at the same rates that apply to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens and residents. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien, 85% of any U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez social security benefits (and the equivalent portion of tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) you receive is subject to the flat 30% tax, unless exempt, or subject to a lower treaty rate. Irs form 1040ez See The 30% Tax in chapter 4. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien and the scholarship is not from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources, it is not subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, and Awards in chapter 2 to determine whether your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources. Irs form 1040ez If your scholarship is from U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez sources or you are a resident alien, your scholarship is subject to U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax according to the following rules. Irs form 1040ez If you are a candidate for a degree, you may be able to exclude from your income the part of the scholarship you use to pay for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the educational institution. Irs form 1040ez However, the part of the scholarship you use to pay for other expenses, such as room and board, is taxable. Irs form 1040ez See Scholarships and Fellowship Grants in chapter 3 for more information. Irs form 1040ez If you are not a candidate for a degree, your scholarship is taxable. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens cannot claim the standard deduction. Irs form 1040ez However, see Students and business apprentices from India , under Itemized Deductions in chapter 5 for an exception. Irs form 1040ez You cannot claim the standard deduction allowed on Form 1040. Irs form 1040ez However, you can itemize any allowable deductions. Irs form 1040ez Nonresident aliens can claim some of the same itemized deductions that resident aliens can claim. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens can claim itemized deductions only if they have income effectively connected with their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez trade or business. Irs form 1040ez See Itemized Deductions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez Resident aliens can claim personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents in the same way as U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizens. Irs form 1040ez However, nonresident aliens generally can claim only a personal exemption for themselves on their U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez tax return. Irs form 1040ez There are special rules for residents of Mexico, Canada, and South Korea; for U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez nationals; and for students and business apprentices from India. Irs form 1040ez See Exemptions in chapter 5. Irs form 1040ez As a dual-status taxpayer, you usually will be able to claim your own personal exemption. Irs form 1040ez Subject to the general rules for qualification, you can claim exemptions for your spouse and dependents when you figure taxable income for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez The amount you can claim for these exemptions is limited to your taxable income (figured before subtracting exemptions) for the part of the year you are a resident alien. Irs form 1040ez You cannot use exemptions (other than your own) to reduce taxable income to less than zero for that period. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you cannot claim the earned income credit. Irs form 1040ez See chapter 6 for more information on dual-status aliens. Irs form 1040ez If you are a nonresident alien for any part of the year, you generally cannot claim the education credits. Irs form 1040ez However, if you are married and choose to file a joint return with a U. Irs form 1040ez S. Irs form 1040ez citizen or resident spouse, you may be eligible for these credits. Irs form 1040ez See Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident in chapter 1. Irs form 1040ez Generally, services you perform as a nonresident alien temporarily in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are not covered under the social security program if you perform the services to carry out the purpose"}
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-{"text": "moolahcontrol\n\nMonday, 21 May 2012\n\nA single mother friend of mine approached me with her horror ordeal of seeing an unauthorised transaction from myloans.com of \u00a369.99 macclesfield company of uk registration. The horror is that she has not even heard of this company. Digging up further research the company owner also owns Enhance Financial Services and Claims Angel.. the directors of all 3 companies a playboy millionaire fraudster who dailymail reports he is currently in court ordeal with Australia's judicial system for rape allegations Gregory Cox but names of other directors found on company database also a Michael Christian Ransom.\n\nSo back to my friend as she was looking for a loan she may have entered her details to one website a broker style and her details got passed around to third parties. But still she had not borrowed anything yet and why did this company take out 69.99 without her consent from her natwest account? She had only 1.50 left to feed her kids so furious she called the fraud helpline.. got transferred to visa and to no avail she's left in the dark about who she can trust to either get her money back or throw a brick at the company.\n\nBeing in debt is not a crime nor should you be taken advantage of being in that position or viewed as irresponsible for giving financial details to a broker who's job IS to help you locate to borrow funds and besides she didn't borrow in the end she got a family member so why should they have the liberty to pay themselves without a prenotification point of sale or agreement? visa and natwest won't help because you had negligently given details to a fraud in the first place!!!\n\nWith that attitude 'daylight robbery' is going to be a common thing then what are we going to do about this mess? This is against the law and soneone needs to close that business Down! Not a minute longer as reading the threads online ut looks lije so many others are being affected and shut out in the dark ocer this fraud and scam...Why should Visa.. the bank turns a blind eye?? indespicable!!!\n\nObi Felten, Google's director of consumer marketing for Europe, the Middle East & Africa is always looking for the best way to connect users with their tools, such as from a 'good to know poster ad' or a film ad during an xFactor break.\n\nGoogle's having to work much harder to convince consumers to switch from Facebook or Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser, despite the strong network support from imaginative / creative agencies such as BBH, M&C Saatchi and its own in house creative lab.\n\nCurrently Facebook has 800m users which still shows it's foothold in Global markets today.\n\nTuesday, 17 January 2012\n\nThrough the festive season, the British Luxury Brand Burberry reports strong sales growth. Increased sales from Asia region up by 36% to \u00a3210m, increased sales from Europe region grew by 20% to 160m. Increased sales up by 13% in the period from its flagship stores London, Paris, Las Vegas and Hong Kong.\n\nAnalyst forecasts the company to meet a full year profit before tax of \u00a3375m.\n\nBurberry's signature outerwear and leather goods drove half of its total retail growth of 21% to \u00a3574m in the three month end of December.\n\nFrom the peak in July Burberry's shares had knocked by 20% due to fears of a slow down in Asia but investors were reassured that the reported comparable store sales in China had grown by 30% in the quarter.\n\nThe company's licensing revenue grew by 12% in the third quarter which led by a 60% growth in its fragrance, eyewear and watches division. Due to the successful launch of Burberry Body, a new perfume, the company is driven to aim on the introduction of sunglasses and watches.\n\nMs Cartwright said as the company is considering different licensing arrangement which could include 'buy in' potentials further talks with Inter Parfums over the licensing agreement continues.\n\nSaturday, 17 December 2011\n\nMarriage is always the top 5 common topic to\nlook into in a Tarot spread and the most sought after advice or opinion\nfrom a tarot reader,\n\nso I thought to best\nshed a good light on this and share the reliable source, I took extract\nfrom the book that I read called 'This Momentary Marriage' A parable of\npermanence by John Piper. John Piper is NOT a tarot reader (he probably\nwould detest this site/blogs because Tarot is a abomination and\nun-Godly) John is a pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptish\nChurch in Minneapolis USA, however I admire his written work, his views\non marriage we must not overlook as it serves only a good life changing\nmindset that'll be good for us.\n\nStaying Married is not mainly about staying in love...\n\n\"To forgive and to forbear - FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE\"\n\n\"When you marry a person, you don't know what they are going to\nbe like in thirty years. Our forefathers did not craft wedding vows with\ntheir heads in the sand. Their eyes were wide open to reality - 'to\nhave and to hold from this day forward, for better or for wors, for\nricher or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love to honor, and\ncherish, 'till death do us part, and hereto I plight thee my troth [I\npledge you my faithfulness].\" You don't know what this person will be\nlike in the future. It could be better than you ever dreamed, or worse.\nOur hope is based on this: We are chosen, holy, and loved. God is for\nuds, and all things will work for the good of those who love him (Rom.\n8:28; Ps 23:6; 84:11).\" By John Piper.\n\n\"As you gave the ring to one another and have now\nreceived it a second time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes\nfrom you, but marriage from above, from God. As high as God is above\nman, so high are the sanctity, the rights, and the promise of love. It\nis not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the\nmarriage that sustains your love.\" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters from\nprison 27-28.\n\nMarriage is for God's glory...\n\"So in sum, the most foundational thing we can say about marriage is that it is God's doing. It's his doing:\na. because it was his design in creation:\nb. because he personally gave away the first bride in marriage;\nc. because he spoke the design of marriage into existence: leave parents, hold fast to your wife, become one flesh;\nd. and because this one-flesh union is established by God himself in each marriage.\nA\nglimpse into the magnificence of marriage comes from seeing in God's\nword that God himself is the great doer. Marriage is his doing. It is\nfrom him and through him. That is the most foundational thing we can say\nabout marriage. Now we turn to the most ultimate thing we can syaay\nabout marriage. It is not only from him and through him. It is also for\nhim.\" By John Piper."}
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-{"text": "Louise Gartner: Wheat follows corn\n\nAs we move into April, weather is a huge player in the winter wheat complex. Dry conditions have been the story in the western Plains since last fall during planting and really haven\u2019t improved since. The crop was already stressed going into the winter season with poor germination, poor emergence and spotty stands. As we enter the growing season, the conditions have only worsened across much of the western plain and there is little relief in sight. Forecasts are calling for cold temps to dip down into Oklahoma and even Texas early next week. While the market has priced in some yield reductions, if conditions don\u2019t improve very soon, we could see prices rally further in response.\n\nThe month of April often sees choppy price action, largely depending on the rains. However, the seasonal tendency for winter wheat is to peak in early May. Weather and corn will continue to be drivers of the wheat complex, but from a fundamental perspective, it seems unlikely that wheat will break hard unless we get widespread, soaking rains in the western plains.\n\nSpring wheat has its own story this year. The last two years of generally low-protein crops have pushed hi-pro premiums steadily higher. This week, those premiums soared as end-users rushed to find supplies. Farmer sales have been slow, with wet and muddy conditions hampering grain movement across the northern plains. The normal seasonal pattern for spring wheat prices tend to peak in early June, but spikes like we saw this week are great selling opportunities.\n\nThere is also the China weather story that won\u2019t go away. They, too, had dry conditions since last fall but since 80% is irrigated, it\u2019s hard to get too excited about yield reductions. However, recent reports out of China talk of disease problems being a growing issue in their most productive northern regions along with an insect infestation. At this point, it doesn\u2019t appear to be critical but is certainly worth noting. This week\u2019s cold weather appeared to be a non-event for them.\n\nThe technical picture offers up a slightly different look than what the fundamental situation would suggest. Fundamentals suggest steady to higher prices based on adverse weather conditions. But the charts show that prices reached the major resistance of the early March highs in Kansas City futures and then stalled. However, Chicago and Minneapolis still have a ways to go to reach those swing highs. Those early March highs are still major resistance, with Kansas City obviously having the more likely chance of breaching them."}
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-{"text": "Sunday, March 27, 2016\n\nThe word \"frank\" (or its cognates) is an interesting one. All over the world, it refers to Westerners (as viewed by locals), but in Israeli slang, it's a derogatory term for Sephardic / Mizrahi Jews (as used by Ashkenazim). How did this happen?\n\nAccording to this Philologos post, and this Language Hat post, the French were the ones leading the initial Crusades, and so they became known as the standard European foreigner. Philologos mentions the following cognates in many languages - all over the world:\n\nIn fact, the name might even extend beyond our planet. He mentions the Ferengi of Star Trek, whose name might have the same source. (We've seen Star Trek here before).\n\nIn Hebrew slang, the term franji \u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05d2'\u05d9 means \"to dress fancily, in a European style\". But this phrase is not in common use today (in fact, I'm not sure if I've ever heard it myself). However, the pejorative frank (actually better spelled frenk), which sometimes in Hebrew is still spelled in the Yiddish style \u05e4\u05e8\u05e2\u05e0\u05e7 instead of the Hebrew \u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05e7, is still heard (if not in polite company).\n\nWhy in this case are the Ashkenazi westerners calling the \"local\" Sephardim by this term? Ruvik Rosenthal writes here that the usage derives from the Spanish word \"Francos\", which had the same meaning we've seen before - Western Europeans as viewed by people in the East. In this case it referred to Sephardic Jews who migrated to the land of Israel from Spain and the Balkans. The local Jews referred to them as Europeans, and when the Ashkenazi Jews immigrated to Israel, they referred to all Sephardim as \"frenks\" - and the sense became much more insulting.\n\nA different form of the root \u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05e7, which is much more positive, but unrelated to the modern use is found in the midrash. For example in Midrash Tanaim on Devarim 32:2 it says that the words of Torah are \u05de\u05e2\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd and \u05de\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd - \"refreshing\" and \"pampering\". However this root is simply an expansion of the root \u05e4\u05e0\u05e7 - also meaning \"to spoil, pamper\", and the Midrash Sifrei on the same verse uses \u05de\u05e4\u05e0\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd instead of \u05de\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd. The root \u05e4\u05e0\u05e7 appears once in the Bible, in Mishlei 29:21 - \u05de\u05b0\u05e4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05e7 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 - \"a slave pampered from youth\". In Modern Hebrew we see the word pinuk \u05e4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05e7 with both the positive connotation of \"pampering\" and the negative connotation of \"spoiling\". Like with the previous meaning, what can be fancy and pleasant to some, can be overindulgent and arrogant to others...\n\nDespite the ominous \"further etymology unknown\", I got curious - could there be a connection to a Hebrew word?\n\nFirst of all, I should point out that the Jerusalem artichoke has nothing to do with Jerusalem. It gets its name from an alteration of the Italian girasole, meaning sunflower. (They are also called \"sunchokes\" - which is my preferred name for them.)\n\nBut what about the \"original\" artichoke? They do appear in Jewish tradition - potentially very far back. After Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, God cursed them saying they would eat \"thorns and thistles\" \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8 - kotz and dardar. The midrash (Bereshit Rabba 20:10) identifies them with kinras \u05e7\u05d9\u05e0\u05e8\u05e1 and akavit \u05e2\u05db\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea, but isn't sure which Biblical word matches with which Talmudic one. The gemara in Beitza (34a) points out that they both require effort before they are edible, and Rashi on the verse in Bereshit explains that this is the nature of the curse.\n\nKinras iscognate with the Latin word cynara - the name of the genus, and the Greek kyn\u00e1ra, which may be named for the island Kinaros, or maybe the island is named for the plant. Avshalom Kor here proposes an interesting theory that the Kinneret lake may be named for the artichokes that grew on its shore, and that the Greeks actually borrowed a Semitic word, \u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05e8 kinar, that was later reintroduced to Hebrew in Talmudic times as kinras. .Kinras and akavit refer to artichokes and the related cardoon, both of which do require significant preparation to eat. In fact, the Rambam in his commentary on the Mishna (Uktzin 1:6), which mentions kinras (in some versions as kunras \u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05e8\u05e1 and even as kundas \u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05d3\u05e1, but that seems to be a typographical error), gives the Arabic version as \u05d0\u05dc\u05d7\u05e8\u05e9\u05e3, and says that in the west, it is known as \u05d0\u05dc\u05db'\u05e8\u05e9\u05e3. These match up with the etymologies we saw above for artichoke.\n\nIn Modern Hebrew the official word for artichoke is churshaf (or charshof) \u05d7\u05e8\u05e9\u05e3 (derived from the Arabic, and coined in the Middle Ages), but I've only seen \"artichoke\" \u05d0\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e7 used.\n\nSo while we can trace the concept of artichoke back to earlier periods, we still haven't answered my question about any Semitic cognates to harsaf. I have a possible lead, but I'm really not sure - and I welcome your input.\n\nThe Concise Dictionary of Akkadian has a similar entry, saying the Akkadian arsuppu and ersuppu can mean carp or carp scales, einkorn (wheat) or a kind of apple. (You can see the full entry here, but I couldn't find anything more helpful).\n\nSo could the original word refer to an item with scales or thorns? Both of those could apply to the artichoke.\n\nAnd if that's the case - could this also be the origin of a Hebrew word - kartzef \u05e7\u05e8\u05e6\u05e3 - \"to scrape or scratch\"? Klein says that it's related to an Aramaic root with the same spelling, but the ultimate etymology is unknown.\n\nAnd here's where it gets a little strange. There's a kind of thistle, the \"blessed thistle\", known in Hebrew as akartzaf mevorach \u05e7\u05e8\u05e6\u05e3 \u05de\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8\u05da. I haven't been able to find out where or how this term entered Hebrew (in fact, it's not in any of my dictionaries). But perhaps this too makes a connection between kartzaf and artichoke?\n\nAnd one more possible theory. The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the following origin of cardoon:\n\nThe English word \"hazard\" may well derive from that same Arabic yasara. How so?\n\nKlein himself does not make the connection. In his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, he has the following entry for \"hazard\":\n\n1) a game played with dice; 2) chance; 3) risk. Old French (= French) hasard, from Spanish azar, 'unfortunate throw at dice, unforeseen accident', usually derived from Arabic al-zahr (pronounced az-zahr), 'the die'. This derivation is rightly doubted by most lexicographers (see e.g. Devic's Supplement to Littre's Dictionnaire de la langue francaise, s.v. hasard, and Skeat's Etymological Dictionary, s.v. hazard), owing to the fact that the word zahr does not occur in the dictionaries of Classical Arabic. According to my opinion Spanish azar derives from Arabic yasara, 'he played at dice'; z is the regular Spanish equivalent of Arabic s. The d in Old French hasard (whence English hazard) is due to a confusion of the ending -ar with suffix -ard.\n\nSo we see here that the Arabic word yasara can mean both \"was easy\" (or prospered) and \"played at dice.\" What possible connection could there be between the two?\n\nSo we have an interesting development here. In Arabic, the games of dice and maisir were associated with ease - the element of chance provided an easy way of making money (and the echo of the Hebrew word osher can still be heard). But when the word entered European languages, it took a darker turn. Hazard went from a game of chance, to chance in general, to specifically a chance of harm or risk. I guess it all depends on how the die falls...\n\nSunday, March 06, 2016\n\nThe English word \"maudlin\" ultimately has a Hebrew origin. From The Online Etymology Dictionary's entry for maudlin:\n\nc. 1600, \"tearful,\" from Middle English fem. proper name Maudelen (early 14c.), from Magdalene (Old French Madelaine), woman's name, originally surname of Mary the repentant sinner forgiven by Jesus in Luke vii:37. In paintings, she often was shown weeping as a sign of repentance. Meaning \"characterized by tearful sentimentality\" is recorded by 1630s\n\nfem. proper name, from Latin (Maria) Magdalena, from Greek Magdalene, literally \"woman of Magdala,\" from Aramaic Maghdela, place on the Sea of Galilee, literally \"tower.\"\n\nMagdala was the name of a number of places in the Second Temple period (mentioned in both Jewish and Christian sources.) Later an Arab village, al-Majdal, preserved the name of Magdala, and in 1910, once again a Jewish town, in the same area, took up the name - Migdal.\n\nThe Aramaic Maghdela is cognate with the Hebrew migdal \u05de\u05d2\u05d3\u05dc - \"tower\", and derives from the root \u05d2\u05d3\u05dc, meaning \"great, large, tall\", as in the word gadol \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc - \"big\". There is another meaning of \u05d2\u05d3\u05dc - \"twist, plait\", and from here we get the synonym for tzitzit - gedilim \u05d2\u05d3\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd in Devarim 22:12. Klein says they might be related, since twisting a cord makes it strong, i.e. great.\n\nA different theory, mentioned in this entry in the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, says that the two meanings of \u05d2\u05d3\u05dc are not related, and in fact, suggests that migdal actually derives from degel \u05d3\u05d2\u05dc (originally meaning \"to look\"):\n\nThe natural identification of the word migdal as a miqtal construction from a root gdl is problematical because only Canaanite attests the root gdl in the meaning \"be large, high\" (cf. in contrast Arab. gadala, \"twist or pull tightly, plait\"), and because the context of several OT occurences (e..g Isa 5:2) does not suggest something large and high. Thus there is some reason to follow the suggest first articulated by William F. Albright that the word migdal arose through metathesis from midgal (cf. Akk. madgaltu, \"watchtower, border post\").\n\nThe same entry mentions that the word migdal (or migdol) was so frequent in place names in the region, that Herodotus (Histories 2:159) mistakenly describes the famous biblical Battle of Megiddo as taking place in Magdolus. The Christian Book of Revelation describes a future battle to take place at Har Megiddo - which in Greek became Armageddon. Eventually, Armageddon took on the meaning of \"a final conflict\" or \"the end of the world.\"\n\nZev Vilnay writes here that the place name Megiddo \u05de\u05d2\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 likely has the following origin: \u05de\u05d2\u05d3\u05d5 \u2014 \u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd - \"Megido - a place of troops (gedudim)\". Others connect it to the word meged \u05de\u05d2\u05d3 - \"bounty\" (of food).\n\nSo from the sad maudlin and the scary Armageddon, if we dig a little further, we find greatness and bounty. The optimism of etymology!\n\nWednesday, March 02, 2016\n\nWhat is the origin of the word apikoros (or apikorus / epikoros ) \u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05e1, meaning \"heretic\"? It refers to the Greek philosopher Epicurus, and his school of thought, Epicureanism. While many ideas in Greek philosophy were in conflict with the views of Rabbinic Judaism, the Epicurean ideas, which denied eternity of the soul and the existence of God (or at least gods that were involved with what happens on earth), were particularly abhorrent to the rabbis of the post-Biblical period. So Epicurus for them became a prototype of all heretics and atheists. We find the words epicure and epicurean in English as well, meaning \"pleasure loving\", and particularly associated with a love of good food. The Online Etymology Dictionary provides the following entry:\n\nlate 14c., \"follower of Epicurus,\" from Latinized form of Greek Epicouros (341-270 B.C.E.), Athenian philosopher who taught that pleasure is the highest good and identified virtue as the greatest pleasure; the first lesson recalled, the second forgotten, and the name used pejoratively for \"one who gives himself up to sensual pleasure\" (1560s), especially \"glutton, sybarite\" (1774). Epicurus's school was opposed by the stoics, who first gave his name a reproachful sense. Non-pejorative meaning \"one who cultivates refined taste in food and drink\" is from 1580s.\n\nThis is the widely accepted etymology for apikorus (more on the connection to Epicurus in this Philologos column).\n\nThe Rambam, however, in his commentary to the Mishna (Sanhedrin 10:1), gives a different etymology. Based on Talmudic sources (such as Sanhedrin 38b), he says it comes from the root \u05e4\u05e7\u05e8, meaning \"to abandon\" (found in the word hefker \u05d4\u05e4\u05e7\u05e8 - \"abandoned\"). He wrote this commentary early in life, and it appears that perhaps that at the time he was not familiar with the Greek philosopher. However, much later in life, when he wrote The Guide for the Perplexed, he mentions Epicurus by name a number of times (1:73, 2:13, 3:17). So one theory is that maybe he would have reconsidered his original etymology after his subsequent exposure to philosophic sources.\n\nHowever, a connection between apikoros and hefker may likely exist - just in the other direction. The root \u05e4\u05e7\u05e8 is not found in Biblical Hebrew, first appearing in Talmudic sources. Scholars have a number of theories as to the origin of this root, and Ben Yehuda writes in his dictionary that it might not be just one source, but rather multiple influences. (For an extensive discussion of the various theories, see this Hebrew article by Prof. Shamma Friedman, with an English summary at the end.)\n\nOne theory is that this might be a metathesis of the root \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7, meaning \"to break up, divide, tear away\" (for example in the word perek \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7, as we discussed here). Klein quotes the phrase \"parak ol torah\" \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e2\u05dc \u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 - \"he threw off the yoke of the Torah\" for comparison.\n\nAnother possibility is that the earlier form of the word was the similar sounding hevker \u05d4\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8, and this is found in a number of locations in the Mishna (e.g. Peah 6:1). The Ramban, in his commentary to Shemot 15:10 and Vayikra 19:20 notes this as well, also saying that the \u05d1\u05e7\u05e8 root preceded the \u05e4\u05e7\u05e8 one.\n\nWithin this approach, there are a number of suggestions to what the word originally meant. According to Tur-Sinai's note in Ben Yehuda's dictionary, hevker is related to bakar \u05d1\u05e7\u05e8 - \"cattle\", and was so called because cattle would graze in abandoned or ownerless land, or as Friedman speculates, this goes back to a general association between cattle and property, as we saw here. Spieser is quoted in Friedman's article as saying that the origin may be an Akkadian root, baqarum, meaning \"to restore property to its owner\", which eventually extended to the sense of \"relinquish property\" in general. And Friedman himself points out that the related roots \u05d1\u05e7\u05e8/\u05d1\u05e7\u05e2/\u05e4\u05e7\u05e8/\u05e4\u05e7\u05e2 all mean \"to burst\", which came to indicate transfer of something from one domain to another (Bialik expands on this idea here).\n\nAll of these approaches might help explain a word that only appears once in the Tanach - bikoret \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea (Vayikra 19:20). Levine, in his JPS commentary on Vayikra, translates the word as \"indemnity\" and writes that:\n\nIt is probably cognate with the Akkadian verb baqaru, \"to make good on a claim, to indemnify.\" Biblical bikkoret is therefore related to mishnaic hevker, \"property over which one has relinquished his claim.\" In our verse, the term bikkoret designates the actual payment imposed on the responsible party.\n\nA final theory connects hefker to apikoros, claiming that the latter influenced the former - meaning a heretic who abandoned his religion.\n\nAt this point I'm not sure what to believe. The various theories are hefker - you can take whatever you like. And luckily you don't need to worry about being called an apikorus if you believe the wrong one...\n\nAbout this site\n\nI'm a native English speaker, but live in Israel and love the Hebrew language.\n\nOn this site I investigate Hebrew - Biblical, Talmudic, Medieval and Modern - including slang; related languages like Aramaic, Arabic, Akkadian and Yiddish; and how foreign languages like Greek, Latin and English have entered Hebrew - and how Hebrew has affected those languages as well.\n\nI discuss the meanings of words, with a focus on etymology.\n\nPlease feel free to leave a note in the comments or send me an email. I can't promise to reply to every email, but your questions might lead to a future post!"}
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-{"text": "Your eyes across the globe\n\nTwo Moroccans risk their lives to aid Japanese nuclear leak victims\n\nBecome an Observer\n\nDespite the risks to their own health, a pair of expatriate Moroccans living in Japan are working to help residents in the highly contaminated radioactive zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant.\n\nMore than two weeks after the power plant was effectively destroyed by the tsunami, four of the six reactors remain unstable. Officials from the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, are concerned about a leak in reactor number 2 where highly contaminated radioactive water is reportedly seeping out.\n\nAlthough TEPCO officials have provided assurances that radioactive water has not flowed into the ocean, they are less certain about the extent of the environmental impact on the land under the ailing nuclear power plant. In the immediate vicinity around the plant, Japanese officials have confirmed that much of the area is in fact severely contaminated.\n\nThe twin disasters on March 11th of the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that overwhelmed the nuclear power plant have created a dire situation for hundreds of thousands of residents in Eastern Japan. An estimated 70,000 people living within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima plant were evacuated and another 130,000 residents living just outside of that zone were advised to leave or remain indoors as much as possible.\n\nSo far, the earthquake and the tsunami killed a total of 10,901 people, 17, 621 are still missing.\n\nOn the road to Iwaki. Photo sent by our Observer Rachid Elmerini.\n\n\"It was the cry for help from a resident of Iwaki broadcast on television which convinced me to go\"\n\nRachid Elmerini manages an import-export business in Nagoya where he has lived for the past 15 years with his wife and son. He organized the distribution of food supplies in Iwaki, a city of 350,000 inhabitants located less than 70km from the nuclear plant, a zone which will be evacuated if the radioactivity spreads.\n\nA few days after the disaster, I was watching NHK (Japan\u2019s main public television network), and I came across a call for help from a resident of Iwaki, a small town close to the nuclear plant in Fukushima. He explained that they had nothing left to eat or drink and that people were marooned in their homes. The nearest open grocery store was 125km away, no transport company would go anywhere near it to help and the army was already overloaded. At the time I contemplated leaving Japan, but this account convinced me that I had to do something for the people much less fortunate than myself.\n\n\"The truck drivers who work for me refused to come with me.\"\n\nMy friend Khallouf Mohamed, who is also a businessman, and I decided to collect food supplies and transport them to Iwaki. He is the only person I know who agreed to come with me. Even the truck drivers who work for me refused. We left on the evening of the 21st, a rainy day which supposedly reduces the radioactivity in the air, and we went by truck to Iwaki, 660km to the north. Once we arrived, we were met by the army who immediately helped us to unload the vehicles.\n\nThe town was completely abandoned, the only people we met were soldiers and firefighters.\n\n\"We saw a high-ranking officer cry in distress\"\n\nWe distributed the supplies to the shelters where the evacuees gathered. In total, we brought 5,000 bottles of water, 12,000 prepared meals, 20,000 masks, 2,400 loaves of bread, 2,000 rations of rice, 2,000 pairs of socks, milk for the children as well as bedding and some clothes. The residents were very moved to see us.\n\n\"The army is doing everything it can, but the need is too great\"\n\nAfterwards, we tried to go a little further, but the soldiers stopped us because we were approaching the red line where the radioactivity is considered to be dangerous [a safety cordon has been established at the 30km mark]. However, people are still living in the area, particularly older people who refuse to leave their homes. [The evacuation of this zone has been encouraged by the authorities but it is not obligatory.] The people there have practically no access to water and have very little to eat, therefore the soldiers went to bring them our provisions.\n\n\"We covered our hair because that part of the body is very susceptible to radiation\u201d\n\nWe took very few precautions. We took iodine pills and we protected our hair, because it seems that that part of the body is very susceptible to radiation. Even though it was unofficial, we were the only Arab emergency relief operation who had gone into the nuclear plant zone. We came across Americans, Russians, Koreans, but very few from countries of the south. We are very proud to represent the Muslim world in the field.\n\nFor me, this action is a mission of solidarity, love and peace for those in need, not about any particular ideology. I\u2019m simply serving as a volunteer who helps collect and distribute supplies. (You can contact Rachid on elmerini@hotmail.fr)."}
-{"text": "Software Engineering, Management, Books, and Daily Journal.\n\nToday's study of iOS Programming is about delegation pattern and how to create location-aware app with a map (chapter 4 and 5). It looks catchy and can teach readers important things in understandable way. I found this book is really good to study. I created a repository on Github and will push the codes there.\n\nOn the way of today's study, I read a document on Auto Reference Counting, which has been introduced in recent iOS. iOS programming seems to have been exposed to endless changing. It evolves all time through. It looks hard to just catch up with the changes, I guess. Well, all the tech-things are the same, though."}
-{"text": "Thucydides Roundtable, Book IV: \u201cWhat a Man Can Do\u201d: The Melian Dialogue and Morality Reality in War\n\nNovember 16th, 2016 by Pauline Kaurin\n\n[by Pauline Kaurin]\n\nThe Dean of contemporary Just War Theory, Michael Walzer begins his classic Just and Unjust Wars with a discussion of the Melian Dialogue. (pg 5ff) He is using this discussion to set up the claim that that Realists are wrong and that we, in fact, experience and discourse war in moral terms; these moral terms track an objective reality. This is one traditional way to read the Melian Dialogue \u2013 as a contrast between the Realist position (the Athenians) and the Just War position (the Melians). In the dialogue the Athenians seem to be arguing from a position of power, supposedly from the class fear, interest and honor paradigm in defense of their Empire. But this seems odd! The Athenians are making a Realist argument from Empire, with the Melians being seen as appealing to ideas of justice and fairness?\n\nAnother common reading is that the Melians (with their backs against the wall) have no option to appeal to morality: the strong abandon and ignore morality because they can and the weak appeal to morality because they cannot compete. This film clip from the popular film, Pirates of the Caribbean seems to have Captain Jack Sparrow espousing such a view.\n\nHowever, I don\u2019t think either of these is quite right. If we look more closely we see that this dialogue departs the \u201cspeech-ifying\u201dmodel in the rest of the text. The speeches are long monologues that are uninterrupted, followed by the other side responding with a long uninterrupted speech. Here we have something much more like a Platonic dialogue, with back and forth questioning. After the Athenians frame the discussion in terms of the survival of the Melians (and rule out discussion of any other topic, 5.87 ), the Melians take on the role of Socratic questioner, with the Athenians cast into the role of defending their position while occasionally rebutting Melian points. The Athenians try to demonstrate the Melian view as irrational and not considering the ramifications of their position, at the same time as defending their Empire interests.\n\nWhat is interesting here is that relative to the Platonic model of dialogue, the Melians are the ones that are in control, in the position of power , with the Athenians being forced to defend their actions and being challenged on the grounds of what is rational. The Athenians seem to be invoking the obligation (a moral term, oops!) of the Melians to preserve themselves asking why the Melians do not surrender? From the Athenian point of view, the Melian faith in the good favor of the Gods and help from the Spartans is irrational; from the Melian point of view, Athens unfairly have limited the discussion to questions of expediency only. In short, the Athenians are arguing for Empire and the Melians for their survival.\n\nGiven the discussion and the attendant destruction of the Melians when they refuse to give into the Athenians, how are we to read the dialogue? As the hopeless moral appeal in the face of a imperial power using Realist logic? Are the Melians just foolish for not taking the chance at cutting a deal and living to fight another day? Of course, we do not know what their fate would have been had they surrendered \u2013 the Athenians might have destroyed them anyway as deterrence or to ensure that they did not rebel at some later point in time. Are we supposed to focus on how the discussion is framed by the Athenians as a choice between war and servitude? Is this dialogue about the power dynamic in international relations, that it is framed in terms of war, since it is clearly not a dialogue between equals? And does how the discussion is framed or the process of dialogue even matter since it does not impact or change the outcome?"}
-{"text": "Achona\n\nJuliana Ferrie is a junior staffer and second-year journalist in Achona. Ferrie loves spending time reading articles on Buzzfeed, listening to Ed Sheeran, and binge-watching shows on Netflix. Some of her favorites include Grey\u2019s Anatomy and Supernatural. At AHN, she is involved in Key Club, TLC, and Speech & Debate. She loves being a TLC mentor, as it gives her the opportunity to meet and connect with lower school students. In her third year as an Academy Jaguar, Ferrie is looking forward to finally being an upperclassmen. She is excited to feel completely settled in as an older student, without the classic anxiousness that comes with freshman and sophomore year. In her free time, she loves both taking photographs and curling up with a great novel. One of her all time favorite books is The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater. Later in life, she hopes to be an accomplished veterinarian after attending a university in the northeast.\n\nJuliana Ferrie, Junior Staff Writer\n\nMay 21, 2018\n\nKilauea Volcano Erupts in Hawaii (Story)\n\nMay 15, 2018\n\nSophomore Megan Hughes Breaks Several Track Records (Story)\n\nMay 01, 2018\n\nToronto Attack Kills 10 People (Story)\n\nApr 23, 2018\n\nZuckerberg Testifies in Front of Congress (Story)\n\nApr 13, 2018\n\nFake News Spreads About Parkland Survivors (Story)\n\nMar 23, 2018\n\nBridge Collapses Near FIU (Story)\n\nMar 08, 2018\n\nAcademy Students Choose Their Favorite Books (Story)\n\nFeb 26, 2018\n\nJunior Class Attends College Planning Retreat Day (Story)\n\nFeb 22, 2018\n\nAcademy Changes AP Exam Policy (Story)\n\nFeb 09, 2018\n\nStudents and Faculty Choose Lenten Promises (Story)\n\nJan 30, 2018\n\nJudge Delivers Larry Nassar\u2019s Sentence (Story)\n\nJan 24, 2018\n\nMudslides Affect California (Story)\n\nJan 18, 2018\n\nAcademy Students Review Recent Movies (Story)\n\nDec 08, 2017\n\nHigh School Students Organize Elementary School Book Drive (Story)\n\nDec 01, 2017\n\nBen Platt Departs from Broadway Musical \u201cDear Evan Hansen\u201d (Story)\n\nNov 13, 2017\n\nImagine Dragons Perform at Amway Center (Story)\n\nNov 08, 2017\n\nTampa\u2019s Five Most Haunted Places (Story)\n\nOct 30, 2017\n\nWildfires Cause Major Destruction in California (Story)\n\nOct 25, 2017\n\nDigital Media Club Plans to Bring Back Morning Announcements (Story)\n\nOct 13, 2017\n\nIcekimo Opens Near Academy (Story)\n\nOct 06, 2017\n\nAdvisory Period Sparks Debate (Story)\n\nSep 28, 2017\n\nTerror Attacks Create Fear Around the World (Story)\n\nSep 20, 2017\n\nTrump Announces the End of DACA (Story)\n\nMay 19, 2017\n\nDisney\u2019s World of Pandora Causes Excitement (Story)\n\nMay 15, 2017\n\nUnited Airlines Begin Uproar (Story)\n\nMay 04, 2017\n\nLive Videos Spark Controversy (Story)\n\nApr 26, 2017\n\n\u201cFearless Girl\u201d Statue Sparks Controversy (Story)\n\nApr 07, 2017\n\nThoughts the Footloose Cast Has During \u201cTech Week\u201d (Story)\n\nMar 29, 2017\n\nLondon Suffers From a Terror Attack on the Westminster Bridge (Story)\n\nMar 23, 2017\n\nAcademy Students Choose Favorite Songs for Playlist (Story)\n\nMar 07, 2017\n\nAcademy Hosts National Qualifier for Speech and Debate (Story)\n\nFeb 23, 2017\n\nAcademy Takes Steps to Encourage STEM (Story)\n\nFeb 14, 2017\n\nWomen\u2019s March on Washington Plans General Strike (Story)\n\nFeb 03, 2017\n\nTechnical Theatre Class Starts Makeup Unit (Story)\n\nJan 25, 2017\n\nJaguarettes Compete in Dance Team Regional Championships (Story)\n\nJan 19, 2017\n\nMeryl Streep Takes a Political Stand at the Golden Globes (Story)\n\nJan 10, 2017\n\nGunman Shoots 39 People in Istanbul Nightclub (Story)\n\nDec 05, 2016\n\nJill Stein Files for a Recount in Three States (Story)\n\nNov 14, 2016\n\nThe Perks of Having a Sister (Story)\n\nNov 04, 2016\n\nFBI Reopens the Investigation Against Hillary Clinton (Story)\n\nOct 31, 2016\n\nTackle Academy\u2019s Service Hour Requirement With These Suggested Events and Organizations (Story)"}
-{"text": "Nanotechnology General News\n\nThe latest news from academia, regulators\nresearch labs and other things of interest\n\nPosted: Jan 19, 2011\n\nTriblock spheres provide a simple path to complex structures\n\n(Nanowerk News) University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a simple, generalizable technique to fabricate complex structures that assemble themselves.\n\nTheir advance, published in the Jan. 20 issue of Nature, utilizes a new class of self-assembling materials that they developed. The team demonstrated that they can produce a large, complex structure \u2013 an intricate lattice \u2013 from tiny colloidal particles called triblock Janus spheres.\n\n\"This is a big step forward in showing how to make non-trivial, non-obvious structures from a very simple thing,\" said Steve Granick, Founder Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois and a professor of materials science and engineering, chemistry, and physics. \"People know a lot about how to do it with molecules \u2013 soaps for example \u2013 but scientists and engineers know very little about how to make it happen with particles. Particles are very different from molecules: They're big, they're nonflexible, and they have lots of critically different materials properties.\"\n\nIllinois researchers developed tiny, simple spheres that self-assemble into intricate structures, such as a lattice that could function as a filter. Shown here are Qian Chen, Sung Chul Bae and Steve Granick.\n\nMuch of the work to date in making complicated structures from colloidal particles has been done through computer simulation. Researchers model complicated designs built of highly complicated particles.\n\nHowever, creating complicated building blocks for experimental use is difficult. By contrast, the triblock Janus spheres' elegant simplicity makes them ideal for real-world manufacture.\n\n\"It was conceptually challenging to fabricate a complex porous material from a simple design, especially in the field of colloidal particles,\" said graduate student Qian Chen, a co-author of the paper. \"Here, we achieve that with really easy designs that we can use in experiments.\"\n\nGranick's group is well-known for its work with Janus particles. Named for the dual-natured Roman god, Janus particles have two sides or segments of different surface chemistry. Having explored spheres with two different-natured halves, Chen had the idea to make spheres with three \"stripes\" of reactivity, dubbed triblock Janus spheres. The center band is charged, while the poles are hydrophobic, or water-adverse.\n\n\"After many experiments with Janus particles, I wanted to see if adding one more segment would introduce more surprises,\" Chen said. \"Usually in colloid science people use particles that have a uniform surface chemistry. But for this particle, it's like a block polymer. It has three segments of chemistry.\"\n\nIn a salt-water solution, the hydrophobic poles are drawn together, while the charged equators repel one another. As a result, the spheres form a complex lattice where only the poles are in contact with one another. The hydrophobic polar caps are large enough to come into contact with two other spheres. This causes the spheres to arrange into a formation like a six-pointed star, creating a sheet of delicate lace.\n\nSuch porous sheets of schizoid particles, hydrophobic and hydrophilic at the same time, could have applications as specialized filters.\n\n\"It's like a better soap,\" Granick said. \"Just as soap is very good at dissolving both fats and water-soluble things, our new lacy lattice can also filter out both water-soluble and oil-soluble matter. We have this wonderful self-produced lacy structure that's oil-loving and water-loving at different parts in a periodic array.\"\n\nThe team could apply their simple particle design to fabricate other planar laces. Adjusting the size of the spheres or the proportion of the bands could lead to other lattice patterns or tuned pore sizes. In addition, further exploration of triblock spheres and other Janus particles could open doors to a broad area of self-assembly of complex structures from simple materials.\n\n\"Someday maybe we could have a soup of different components, remove some of it, and there would be a microelectronic chip,\" Granick said. \"It's a brand new area. The materials are so different that the structures that they form will be different.\""}
-{"text": "The Pros and Cons of Travelling; as told by a Twenty Something\n\nTravelling has always been in my blood; my parents met in Saudia Arabia, I always went on exotic holidays as a kid and my dreams always consisted of new destinations.\n\nMy first \u2018real\u2019 experience of travelling was when I was nineteen and I decided to travel to the USA to become a camp counsellor for three months. This first trip then sparked my passion into reality, so much so, that I participated in the Camp America programme for a further two years. Here\u2019s some pictures:\n\n2011: YMCA Fairfax \u2013 Reston County, VA\n\n2012: Camp Waukeela, NH\n\n2013: Camp Waukeela, NH\n\nAfter those three memorable summers, I felt I had to find a graduate job and try to be an adult. It was good; I found new freedom and respect in my profession. However, being limited to 28 days a year annual leave and living for two weeks in the sun each year, left me feeling trapped. This is why I then pursued my passion and headed down under.\n\nI\u2019m in no way an expert and have barely covered the world in my footsteps, but as then rain pours down in Sydney, I\u2019m feeling that today is a time to reflect on my journey so far.\n\nI\u2019ll be covering all sorts of topics, starting with the con and moving to the pro, since that\u2019s the kind of optimistic person I am!\n\nLeaving\n\nCon: the weeks and days before you actually go are the best as the people you love will spend more time with you and celebrate this new path you\u2019ll take. However, when those parties end you\u2019ll realise the reality of it all. I remember the week before I left to come to Oz my mum and I spent so much time together, it was lovely but also so emotional. The night before you go is the worst as you\u2019ll question every decision you have made and feel so god damn nervous.\n\nPro: as I said above, you will feel unbelievably loved from your leaving parties and will realise how you\u2019ve touched people\u2019s lives. And once you\u2019ve said that dreadful goodbye, this new feeling takes over; wonder. You feel free, excited and eager to see what awaits you.\n\nMoney\n\nCon: coming from a well paid salary was difficult to adjust to because you don\u2019t get paid for being off sick and for taking holidays. Also living in Sydney is bloody expensive; to get an apartment here you have to pay a huge bond (usually $1,000) and rent comes out weekly. You work your ass off cleaning, cooking, serving and can barely make ends meet, whereas in my comfy office job I just sat on a computer all day (I still worked hard but not physically) and was paid so well.\n\nPro: you, finally, learn how to budget. You can\u2019t rely on mum to give you money all the time so you learn quickly how to spend it wisely. Also being part time means you get paid over time and receive increased rates when its a weekend/holiday.\n\nFriends\n\nCon: my god do you miss your friends back home. The people you grew up with, the people who you share so many memories with and who\u2019s house you could wander into even if they\u2019re not there. When travelling you\u2019ll meet a ton of people, some you will not be able to stand (I had one girl at camp who constantly wanted to undermine me and sucked up the asses of all the senior members of staff) and others you will unknowingly offend as you have different cultural ideologies (I tried to help with my Swedish friend\u2019s love life to which she took immediate offense and said I was far too meddling).\n\nPro: on the flip side, you will meet people who\u2019s outlook on life is inspiring (Tash and Ben, as they\u2019re following their dreams whilst staying grounded) and people who just have the same passions as you. My friends back home are all pretty much settled so travelling never was a burning desire for them, so now I have friends who do want to see the world. You will also meet people that you just instantly connect with and will form an instant bond with (my lovely Brazilian co worker).\n\nWork\n\nCon: you will have to do some really shitty jobs as you are an expendable member of staff, you aren\u2019t an asset and you just need to get things done. You won\u2019t be treated as a professional and will not be recognised for your skill set. Luckily I haven\u2019t encountered this yet but I\u2019m preparing myself.\n\nPro: you can be anything you want to be. The world is your oyster and if it pays, you can work it. The freedom of this is astonishing.\n\nThe Experience\n\nCon: I didn\u2019t realise that there was a checklist of things to do when travelling (especially in Australia). For example, you \u2018need\u2019 to do the east coast and these following things: Great Barrier Reef, Whitsundays, Fraser Island, skydive on mission beach etc. My friend and I decided to some of the things of the list but not all as they were way overpriced and I couldn\u2019t handle jumping out of a plane. So now people we\u2019ve met since have all done the items we haven\u2019t I feel that I\u2019ve missed out on something.\n\nPro: the list of things to do is a great guide for when you first arrive as it eases you into the country. You just need to be strong and think \u2018what do I want to experience and what do I think is fun\u2019. So although my friend and I didn\u2019t do all of the east coast items, we instead went to small Aussie towns and made friends with the locals; we camped on a quiet beach and went fishing and we went whale watching instead of getting drunk for three days straight. Don\u2019t get sucked in to the tourist traps, always think of your desires first.\n\nYourself\n\nCon: as I stepped foot into my first hostel and camp, I felt that I was back in high school. There were well established cliques and you needed to be part of them. I felt as I had to put in so much energy to make an impact and take on the interests of the group. Travelling around Oz I didn\u2019t realise how high the drug/rave culture is. Not going to lie, a girl from a small town with innocent friends, I was scared. I went along to some raves but only stuck to alcohol. I looked at the people on drugs and saw that they were in some sort of euphoria but when I realised they worked hard all week to achieve this, I didn\u2019t see if it was worth it. People love to sleep around in hostels too and there\u2019s always some drama, call me a granny but I\u2019d be gutted if a guy I really like spent a night with me and then a German girl in another bunk the next night.\n\nPro: you do learn things about yourself, the good and the bad. For me the bad is that I\u2019m too nice and let people walk all over me (something I am working on). The good; I\u2019m compassionate, I\u2019m passionate, I\u2019m no longer lazy and I\u2019m cheery. Since being out here I have lost two stone, which helped me realise that I was severely unhappy back home and eating was my only comfort. I\u2019ve also learned that I need to stop trying to impress others by slotting into their cliques and stop thinking if I\u2019m getting the same travel experience as others.\n\nThe Future\n\nCon: it\u2019s unknown, you can\u2019t make any long term plans and that moment you do choose to settle will be a very strange feeling, that\u2019ll will take time getting used to.\n\nPro: it\u2019s unknown; you will feel when it\u2019s right to settle, you will understand what you want to work as and who you want in your life, but to achieve this takes time. You didn\u2019t get a mortgage, get married and have babies because society told you to \u2013 you did it for yourself and will never wonder \u2018what if?\u2019 because you lived for you and no one else.\n\nWell that\u2019s my take on travelling, do you guys agree? Would you add anything to this list?"}
-{"text": "Stephen's headstone reads \"Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. Stephen Pain, aged 38 years. Deceased ye 24th of May, 1690.\" Stephen's birthyear is assumed from his age at death (38). Braintree VR: Stephen died of smallpox.\n\nPaine948 has (p 166): Stephen Paine admitted Freeman, 1678; from the diary of Judge Sewall: \"Stephen Paine, a devout Christian, a cunning artificer, and ingenious to admiration, died with smallpox, May 24, 1690, aged 38 years.\"\n\nEllen2852 \"Veasy, the daughter of William Veasy & ellin his wiffe was borne the 4th. M'o. 3, 1659.\" (Julian calendar)\n\nStephen (son) was bapt3057 Dec 12, 1682 (i.e., \"12. 9. 1682. Steven son of Steven & Ellyn Payn.\" Other entries indicate the day of the month was recorded first. N.B. in 1682, December was the ninth month.)"}
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-{"text": "We are a small town, family run business that creates unique templates and embellishments from wood and acrylic mediums. The different mediums allow more options for you the consumer. And we all want more options, right?\n\nWednesday, August 6, 2014\n\nWhimsical Wine Bottle Template and Embellishment\n\nEarlier this week, we shared an adorable tag made with our whimsical wine bottle embellishment, so no we're going to take a deeper look at this versatile set.\n\nThe embellishment can be colored with paint, ink, sprays, glitter glue, covered with patterned paper...the possibilities are endless.\n\nBy having both the template and embellishment, you have both the positive and negative image, which allows for a multitude of creative options.\n\nThe template itself can be used to with modeling paste to create hundreds of templates that can be custom colored to match all of your projects.\n\nYou can check out this, along with all of our other templates and embellishments, in our store.\n\nMy name is Jamie Pope and I live in small town Georgia. I've had my hands in some sort of craft since I was a little girl and I have my stepmother to thank for really sparking my interest. My style as a scrapper is completely reflective of my mood when I sit down at my desk - from clean and simple to torn and grungy. That in itself if one of my favorite aspects of the craft, I'm never \"boxed\" into a specific style. I can create as my heart wishes."}
-{"text": "Things You Simply Can\u2019t Say\n\nShare on:\n\nPolitical correctness continues to run amok in this society. Anyone that tells you that it\u2019s waning is simply na\u00efve or not paying attention.\n\nOne of the queens of political correctness, actress Lena Dunham, was on \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d with Jimmy Fallon last week and proclaimed that she doesn\u2019t like to use the word \u201cdifferent\u201d because it\u2019s exclusionary. No, I\u2019m not making that up. Different is now hate speech.\n\nIn 2015, actress Jennifer Lawrence began her movement to declare calling anyone \u201cfat\u201d as hate speech. Google it, she really said it.\n\nWe continue to spiral towards stupidity via intimidation. We live in a world where you are destroyed if you don\u2019t toe the line of the what society\u2019s elites tell you. While you\u2019re still free to express your opinion, you really aren\u2019t, because you\u2019ll be maligned, personally threatened and professionally ruined otherwise. Only the most powerful, successful, and brave amongst us can come close to publicly proclaiming our opinions, or even, provable truths. Here are four of my favorite things you simply can\u2019t say aloud, even though there\u2019s plenty of reason to:\n\nMAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT REAL: Say this and you\u2019re called a \u201cdenier.\u201d There\u2019s a reason they use that word, by the way; the only other people who have historically been called \u201cdeniers,\u201d are those who claim the Holocaust never happened. By \u201cdenying,\u201d the junk science behind the Climate Change movement, you are no better than someone who claims 5 million Jews weren\u2019t exterminated by Hitler. And don\u2019t bother to even try to engage people in this debate, for there is none. Don\u2019t bring up the fact that humans using computer models can\u2019t predict next week\u2019s weather and since that\u2019s what Climate Change and Global warming hysteria is based on, it\u2019s flawed from the jump. Don\u2019t bring up that just 40 years ago we were told the next ice age was nigh. Don\u2019t bring up that anyone who says \u201cthe overwhelming majority of scientists\u201d believe in Climate change are citing one meeting of 497 scientists a decade ago as their claim. And whatever you do, don\u2019t ever bring up the drip-drip-drip of scientists who were involved in the research for years and continue to come forward as whistle-blowers that it was all flawed and faked. Good Lord, we wouldn\u2019t want reason, logic or, God forbid, facts to get in the way of a great fable.\n\nMARILYN MONROE WAS NOT A SIZE 12: This is one of my favorites of all time\nbecause it really irritates insecure women and I have no time for insecure people.\nSomewhere along the way, the canard was started that Marilyn was a \u201cfull figured\u201d girl\nand men used to like their women that way. Like all great propaganda, it was repeated\nover and over again until it became a \u201cfact,\u201d except for the fact that it\u2019s provably untrue.\nObviously this stupidity was created as a way to make our ever-growing waistlines feel better about themselves, as if to say \u201cdon\u2019t you worry about being big girl, if it was good enough for JFK it\u2019s good enough for any man.\u201d Darn those pesky facts again, but many of Monroe\u2019s clothes live on today and all have been deemed to be, at today\u2019s standards, a size 4. That\u2019s right a 4. Just admit you\u2019re pudgy, Amy Schumer. Just be proud of your body the way it is or change it, Ashley Graham, but stop telling me I have to like it, that I can\u2019t voice my opinion, and most of all, stop lying about history.\n\nIT\u2019S OKAY TO DRINK WHILE YOU\u2019RE PREGNANT: Wanna start a huge fight? Say this out loud at a party. Holy crap. Never mind the age old argument that those of us who are 40+ years in age all had mothers who drank (and most smoked) while pregnant with us and we allegedly turned out fine. Never mind that the entire \u201ccrack baby\u201d epidemic of the 1980\u2019s has been completely debunked in the sense that those kids, while given a horrible start, have overwhelmingly turned out completely fine. Never mind that the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption continue to be constantly updated by science and medicine. Just shut up and order water if you\u2019re in public and pregnant, lest you want to be visited by CPS before you even have a kid.\n\nTHERE IS NO GENDER PAY GAP IN AMERICA: Another provably true thing you don\u2019t dare say aloud especially in this age of the completely bogus \u201cwar on women.\u201d We\u2019re constantly told women\u2019s healthcare is inferior to men\u2019s when by every measure, whether it be financing, research, life expectancy, care, access, and every other marker, that is provably untrue. We\u2019re also constantly told that women make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes and it sickens me because I love women. Truth be told, I prefer the company of women to men. I think men suck for the most part. Therefore, I know women aren\u2019t victims and I hate this constant victimization of women that this stupid society engages in. When you adjust for life CHOICES (leaving the workplace to have a family) there is no pay gap between genders. Zero. Miniscule. A rounding error. Wanna make the same as a man? Do like men do and stay in the work place non-stop. It\u2019s called a choice, ladies, just like child birth. Get over it."}
-{"text": "Background: Recent estimates attribute 527 000 deaths in children less than five years of age to rotavirus diarrhea annually, with 145 000 occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Human astroviruses have been identified as one of the most frequent causes of infantile diarrhea, second in incidence only to rotavirus. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of rotavirus and astrovirus and also to establish the circulating strains of rotavirus in a community in Nigeria where most diarrheic patients do not visit clinics or health care centers. Methods: A total of 154 stool samples (134 diarrheic and 20 non-diarrheic) were collected from infants and young children less than 5 years of age from January-March 2002. Samples were obtained by house-to-house visit in randomly selected districts in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria. The samples were screened for rotavirus and astrovirus antigens using commercially available Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kits. All positive group A rotavirus samples were further subjected to VP6 sub-group ELISA, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) to determine their RNA electropherotypes and Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to determine their VP7 and VP4 genotypes. Results: Rotavirus and astrovirus antigens were detected in 9% (12) and 5% (7) of the 134 diarrheic stool samples respectively. No viral antigen was detected in the non-diarrheic stools. Rotavirus infection was more common in younger children than astrovirus infection. VP6 sub-group II specificity (58.3%), long RNA electropherotypes (41.6%), VP7 genotype G1 (33.3%) and VP4 genotype P [6] (33.3%) were the most common strains in circulation at that time in the community. Of significance is the fact that a large proportion of the rotavirus strains in circulation could not be assigned either a VP6 subgroup or RNA electrophoretic pattern probably as a result of low viral load. Conclusion: In this community-based study, rotavirus and astrovirus were significantly associated with diarrhea. However, the prevalence of rotavirus infection among children appears to be low while that of astrovirus falls in the range seen in hospital-based studies around the continent\n\nBackground: Recent estimates attribute 527 000 deaths in children less than five years of age to rotavirus diarrhea annually, with 145 000 occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Human astroviruses have been identified as one of the most frequent causes of infantile diarrhea, second in incidence only to rotavirus. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of rotavirus and astrovirus and also to establish the circulating strains of rotavirus in a community in Nigeria where most diarrheic patients do not visit clinics or health care centers. Methods: A total of 154 stool samples (134 diarrheic and 20 non-diarrheic) were collected from infants and young children less than 5 years of age from January-March 2002. Samples were obtained by house-to-house visit in randomly selected districts in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria. The samples were screened for rotavirus and astrovirus antigens using commercially available Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kits. All positive group A rotavirus samples were further subjected to VP6 sub-group ELISA, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) to determine their RNA electropherotypes and Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to determine their VP7 and VP4 genotypes. Results: Rotavirus and astrovirus antigens were detected in 9% (12) and 5% (7) of the 134 diarrheic stool samples respectively. No viral antigen was detected in the non-diarrheic stools. Rotavirus infection was more common in younger children than astrovirus infection. VP6 sub-group II specificity (58.3%), long RNA electropherotypes (41.6%), VP7 genotype G1 (33.3%) and VP4 genotype P [6] (33.3%) were the most common strains in circulation at that time in the community. Of significance is the fact that a large proportion of the rotavirus strains in circulation could not be assigned either a VP6 subgroup or RNA electrophoretic pattern probably as a result of low viral load. Conclusion: In this community-based study, rotavirus and astrovirus were significantly associated with diarrhea. However, the prevalence of rotavirus infection among children appears to be low while that of astrovirus falls in the range seen in hospital-based studies around the continent\n\nPrevalence and genetic diversity of rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in a hospital setting, Nairobi Kenya in post vaccination era: a cross-sectional study / Mary-Theresa Agutu\n\nIntroduction: Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children. Each year more than 611 000 children die from rotavirus gastroenteritis, and two million are hospitalized, worldwide. In Kenya, the impact of recent rotavirus vaccinations on morbidities has not been estimated. The study aimed at determining the prevalence and identity of rotavirus strains isolated from rotavirus-associated diarrhoea in vaccinated children presenting with acute gastroenteritis.Methods: Two hundred and ninety eight specimen from children presented at Gertrude Childrens\u2019 Hospital from January to June 2012 were tested by EIA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay) for rotavirus antigens. Molecular characterization was conducted on rotavirus-positive specimens. Extracted viral RNA was separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and the specific rotavirus VP4 (P-types) and VP7 (G-types) determined.Results: The prevalence rate of rotavirus was 31.5% (94/298). Of the rotavirus dsRNA, 57 (60.1%) gave visible RNA profiles, 38 (40.4%) assigned long electropherotypes while 19 (20.2%) were short electropherotypes. The strains among the vaccinated were G3P [4], G12P [6], G3P [6], G9P [4], G mixed G9/3P [4] and G1/3P [4]. Specifically, the G genotypes were G9/3 (5.3%), G9 (4.3%), G3 (4.3%), G12 (2.1%) and mixed G1/3 (1.1%). The P genotypes detected were P [4] (5.3%) and P [6] (5.3%).Conclusion: The present study demonstrates diversity in circulating genotypes with emergence of genotypes G3, G9, G12 and mixed genotypes G9/3 and recommends that vaccines should be formulated with a broad range of strains to include G9 and G12.\n\nIntroduction: Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children. Each year more than 611 000 children die from rotavirus gastroenteritis, and two million are hospitalized, worldwide. In Kenya, the impact of recent rotavirus vaccinations on morbidities has not been estimated. The study aimed at determining the prevalence and identity of rotavirus strains isolated from rotavirus-associated diarrhoea in vaccinated children presenting with acute gastroenteritis.Methods: Two hundred and ninety eight specimen from children presented at Gertrude Childrens\u2019 Hospital from January to June 2012 were tested by EIA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay) for rotavirus antigens. Molecular characterization was conducted on rotavirus-positive specimens. Extracted viral RNA was separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and the specific rotavirus VP4 (P-types) and VP7 (G-types) determined.Results: The prevalence rate of rotavirus was 31.5% (94/298). Of the rotavirus dsRNA, 57 (60.1%) gave visible RNA profiles, 38 (40.4%) assigned long electropherotypes while 19 (20.2%) were short electropherotypes. The strains among the vaccinated were G3P [4], G12P [6], G3P [6], G9P [4], G mixed G9/3P [4] and G1/3P [4]. Specifically, the G genotypes were G9/3 (5.3%), G9 (4.3%), G3 (4.3%), G12 (2.1%) and mixed G1/3 (1.1%). The P genotypes detected were P [4] (5.3%) and P [6] (5.3%).Conclusion: The present study demonstrates diversity in circulating genotypes with emergence of genotypes G3, G9, G12 and mixed genotypes G9/3 and recommends that vaccines should be formulated with a broad range of strains to include G9 and G12.\n\nRotavirus (RV) is a major etiological agent of acute infantile gastroenteritis and is associated with 20%-25% of diarrhea cases in infants. Nigeria continues to be among the first five countries with greatest number of RV disease associated deaths per year. The objective was to determine some demographic factors that might be associated with rotavirus diarrhea among children in Kaduna State. From September 2013-August 2014, 401 diarrheic stool samples were collected from children under 5 years of age in Kaduna State, Nigeria and analyzed for RV antigen using ELISA. An overall RV prevalence of 32.2% (129/401) was obtained with the infection occurring throughout the study period. The infection was higher in males (33.0%:63/111) compared to females (31.4%:66/210). The highest burden was detected in children 25 -36 months of age (37.3%:22/59). Highest prevalence was detected in children whose parents had primary education (35.8%:19/53) and those whose parents were civil servants (35.6%:36/101). There was no statistically significant association between breast feeding and RV infection (P> 0.05). The study has revealed that rotavirus remains an important cause of acute diarrhea in children under five years in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Hence the need to introduce the vaccines into the childhood immunization program in the country\n\nRotavirus (RV) is a major etiological agent of acute infantile gastroenteritis and is associated with 20%-25% of diarrhea cases in infants. Nigeria continues to be among the first five countries with greatest number of RV disease associated deaths per year. The objective was to determine some demographic factors that might be associated with rotavirus diarrhea among children in Kaduna State. From September 2013-August 2014, 401 diarrheic stool samples were collected from children under 5 years of age in Kaduna State, Nigeria and analyzed for RV antigen using ELISA. An overall RV prevalence of 32.2% (129/401) was obtained with the infection occurring throughout the study period. The infection was higher in males (33.0%:63/111) compared to females (31.4%:66/210). The highest burden was detected in children 25 -36 months of age (37.3%:22/59). Highest prevalence was detected in children whose parents had primary education (35.8%:19/53) and those whose parents were civil servants (35.6%:36/101). There was no statistically significant association between breast feeding and RV infection (P> 0.05). The study has revealed that rotavirus remains an important cause of acute diarrhea in children under five years in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Hence the need to introduce the vaccines into the childhood immunization program in the country"}
-{"text": "In a video Warren shared to her official Twitter account today, the pair broke down Game of Thrones' ending a bit and were very open in that they were disappointed that women didn't end up in more roles of power. And while Warren specifically acknowledged that Sansa did end up in a leadership role, the also pointed out that Sansa was already in that role. The ending didn't really change anything for her or advance her character. Ocasio-Cortez attributed the lack of women ending up in power on male writers.\n\n\"I'm sad. Disappointed about it,\" Ocasio-Cortez said. \"I feel like we were getting so close to having this ending with just women running the world and then the last two episodes it's like, 'oh, they're too emotional.' The end. It's like, ugh, this was written by men!\"\n\nOcasio-Cortez does have something of a point. Heading into Episode 5, Game of Thrones largely looked like it would come down to either Cersei Lannister surviving Daenerys' move for the Iron Throne or that Dany would wipe out Cersei and take the throne herself. Sure, characters were whispering among themselves about how Jon could be a better king as one might expect them to -- especially with Jon's true parentage coming into play -- but it really did look like Westeros would have a Queen.\n\nBut then Episode 5 happened and Dany took her sudden -- and, for some, poorly executed -- turn into madness by going full Mad Queen and burning King's Landing down and when the finale rolled around, it was Jon killing the \"mad\" queen, ending up essentially in exile, the Iron Throne melted by Drogon, Cersei dead in rubble, and instead of Sansa being installed on the throne, Bran Stark of all people was appointed king -- with Tyrion Lannister serving as his Hand, of course. So much for a women-ruled Westeros.\n\nNow, there's honestly no way to say that it would have gone entirely differently had it been written by women, though it is possible perspective may have made a difference. Still, Ocasio-Cortez and Warren aren't alone in finding how things shook out problematic. Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke also didn't see the Dany twist coming.\n\n\u201cWhat, what, what, WHAT!?\u201d Clarke tells EW of the shocking twist. \u201cBecause it comes out of f\u2014king nowhere. I\u2019m flabbergasted. Absolutely never saw that coming.\u201d The actress had been traveling at the Heathrow airport when she received the final scripts, which prompted a good bit of excitement and a race home to find out how it would all come to an end.\n\n\u201cI got myself situated,\u201d she says. \u201cI got my cup of tea. I had to physically prepare the space and then begin reading them.\u201d\n\nThen came the disbelief, reading not only that Daenerys would slaughter the people of King's Landing but also be slain by her lover Jon Snow for her actions. \u201cI cried,\u201d Clarke says. \u201cAnd I went for a walk. I walked out of the house and took my keys and phone and walked back with blisters on my feet. I didn\u2019t come back for five hours. I\u2019m like, \u2018How am I going to do this?\u2019\u201d\n\nWhat do you think of Ocasio-Cortez's comments about Game of Thrones' finale? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below."}
-{"text": "Kenya: UN expert to assess human rights of persons with albinism\n\nUN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms Ikponwosa Ero. PHOTO/UNBy PATRICK MAYOYOnewsdesk@reporter.co.keThe UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms Ikponwosa Ero, will conduct an official visit to Kenya from 7 to 17 September 2018.The purpose of Ms Ero\u2019s mission is to identify good practices, challenges and potential gaps in human rights to be addressed.\n\n\u201cI will be assessing the legislative, policy and institutional framework, as well as specific measures in place to ensure the right to life and security for persons with albinism, while respecting their right to freedom of movement,\u201d the expert stressed.\n\nMs Ero added that she will also pay specific attention to issues related to the right to health; focus on concerns and policies relating to the education of children with albinism, and will look at what is being done to address discrimination generally.\u201cI look forward to engaging with the authorities in Kenya, persons with albinism, the international community and others,\u201d she noted.During her 10-day visit, the Independent Expert will visit the capital, Nairobi, as well as Thika, Embu, Eldoret and Migori.\n\nMs Ero will share her preliminary findings at a news conference on the last day of the mission, on Monday 17 September 2018 at 11:00 local time, at the Hotel Inter-Continental (City Hall Way, Nairobi, Kenya), in the Conference Room. Access to the news conference will be strictly limited to journalists.\n\nThe Independent Expert will present a comprehensive report of her visit to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2019.\n\nAs international advocacy and legal officer of Under the Same Sun, an NGO with a focus on albinism, she has participated in multiple activities and panels at the UN in Geneva and New York.\n\nShe has extensive experience in research, policy development and advocacy in the field of albinism. She is the author of numerous papers and articles on the issue, including with regards to the categorization of people with albinism in the international human rights system.The Independent Experts are part of what is known as theSpecial Proceduresof the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council\u2019s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world.Special Procedures experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.\n\nHelp us report stories that expose environmental degradation, deforestation, pollution, poaching and ivory trade, illegal fishing, dumping of toxic waste, e-waste and plastics, illegal mining, climate change and impacts of global warming on different sectors of the economy and communities, not only in Africa, but also across the globe. While traditional news reporting is losing its relevance, serious investigative journalism requires more than basic journalistic skills. To do this we require a lot of resources.You can either BECOME A SPONSOR or MAKE A CONTRIBUTION\n\nNelson Mandela once said: \u201cA critical, independent, and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favor. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens.\u201d\n\nIf you like our journalism support us to continue bringing you groundbreaking and agenda setting stories."}
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-{"text": "Italy Salvini not seeking changes in budget: government source\n\n1 Min Read\n\nItaly's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini arrives after police confiscated a villa built illegally by an alleged Mafia family in Rome, Italy, November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yara Nardi\n\nROME (Reuters) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is not seeking any changes to the 2019 draft budget, a government source said on Wednesday, denying a newspaper report that he was willing to water down spending plans.\n\n\u201cThe League rules out revising the fiscal plan,\u201d a government source told Reuters. Salvini is leader of the League."}
-{"text": "NBA legend Robert Horry set to visit India\n\nNew Delhi: Seven-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion, Robert Horry will travel to India from September 9 to 16 to participate in a series of events in Delhi and Bangalore to help grow popularity of the game in the country.\n\nHorry is the 21st NBA or WNBA player to have travelled to India as part of the league`s commitment to grow basketball in the country. Horry, who played 16 seasons in the NBA for four teams, will be in the capital on September 15-16.\n\nThe American hoopster, whose seven championships rank as the most of any player not to have played on the legendary 1960`s Boston Celtics side, begins his India trip in Bangalore where he will attend the Mahindra NBA Challenge Finals to be held on September 9.\n\nHorry will then head to Delhi for the opening leg of NBA 3X presented by Sprite which will take place at the Great India Place Mall. Horry will conduct clinics and interact with fans.\n\nNBA 3X will also visit Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai and features the largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament ever staged in India with 400 teams expected to participate.\n\nWhile in Delhi, Horry will conduct an NBA Cares event with Love in Action -- a Delhi-based NGO which uses the sport of basketball to provide life-skills education to children from slums."}
-{"text": "Presentation Description\n\nComments\n\nPresentation Transcript\n\nSlide 1:\n\nBE GOING TO FOR THE FUTURE\n\nSlide 2:\n\nUse be + going to to talk about plans that were made before now . A: Are you free this evening ? B: no we are not . We are going to visit aunt Valerie\n\nSlide 3:\n\nIn some cases you use different forms of the future to say the same thing . In other cases only one or two forms are correct . We are going to learn how to make : Affirmative statements Negative statements Yes/No questions WH questions Using be going to \u2026.\n\nSlide 4:\n\nSUBJECT + BE I am You are He is She is We are Your are They are It is GOING TO Going to BASE FORM OF VERB study rain COMPLEMENT Tomorrow AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS\n\nSlide 5:\n\nSUBJECT + BE I am You are He is She is We are Your are They are It is NOT Not GOING TO Going to BASE FORM OF VERB study snow COMPLEMENT next week Next week NEGATIVE STATEMENTS\n\nSlide 6:\n\nBE Am Are Is Are Is SUBJECT I You He She We You They It GOING TO going to BASE FORM OF VERB study rain COMPLEMENT Next week ? Tomorrow ? YES/NO QUESTIONS\n\nSlide 7:\n\nWh word What Where When Why Who How How long BE is is are are are am am SUBJECT she The plane you you they I I GOING TO going to BASE FORM OF VERB do? land ? arrive ? go see ? get work COMPLEMENT t here ? t here ? for him ? WH QUESTIONS\n\nSlide 8:\n\nYou can also use be going to to make predictions Example : Those clouds are black . It is going to rain soon . Always use the base form of the verb after be going to . Remenber that the base form does not change . He is going to buy a car. They are going to buy a car.\n\nSlide 9:\n\nUse probably with be going to for the future to say that your plans are not definite . Example : We are probably going to buy a car next year . When speaking , people often say \u201c gonna \u201d for going to , but remember that \u201c gonna \u201d is never used in writing ."}
-{"text": "Hey guys, I thought with all the other GBs you've been doing lately that maybe you could do one for your skids in the not too distant future? I know that I'd be interested in the front differential and the center skids for my truck. Maybe offer it for both the 1st and 2nd gen guys and offer a increasing discount as a greater number are sold just like you did on the rear bumper GB? What does everyone on here think about this idea? Who'd be in with me?"}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nNews\n\nAugust 15, 2016\n\nWe are excited to announce that we have re-opened submissions to the Phase II scoring system to the public! We are doing this to encourage further work on these important problems, and see contestants push the envelope even further! Please follow the Phase II instructions on the Details page to prepare and submit your solutions. Submissions with scores better than the final winning Phase II scores (see the Results page) will appear on the Leaderboard. Good luck! Note that you must register a team and login to access the submission system in order to submit - see the bottom of the Home page to register.\n\nNovember 3, 2015\n\nWe are happy to announce that the scoring system is live and we are now accepting submissions for this year's Challenge!\n\nTo submit your candidate pulses for parallel transmit and simultaenous multislice imaging, please see the 'Submit' link at the top of this page (visible to registered and logged in users).\n\nNote that you must register a team and login to access the submission system in order to submit.\n\nHere are some of the questions we received during the meeting, and our answers:\n\nHow do we submit?\nUpload buttons are on the 'Submit' page of this site, which you can access once you have registered a team.\nYou may upload a submission for either parallel transmit, simultaneous multi-slice RF pulse, or both. Note that you can only make one submission per hour, whether you submit only one, or both candidate pulses.\n\nHow do we register a team?\nYou can register a team by clicking on the following link and filling out the form: Create a new account\n\nWhen will the material be online?\nAll the materials needed to get started are on the 'Details' page of this site now!\n\nWill there be a leaderboard?\nAbsolutely! There are actually two leaderboards, one for the pTX design and one for the SMS design:\npTX Leaderboard, SMS Leaderboard\n\nWhat will the scoreboard look like?\nIn Phase I, the scoreboard will list the teams and their scores in increasing order, since lower scores (pulse durations) are better.\nIn Phase II, the cases and scores will be somehow obscured to keep the cases blinded, but they will still be numerical and a ranking will be clear.\n\nWill there be off-resonance maps for the parallel transmit challenge?\nNo. We certainly appreciate the importance of accounting for off-resonance in multidimensional parallel transmit, but there are two reasons we have chosen not to incorporate them into the challenge. First, since the objective of the challenge is to achieve short pulse durations, the best solutions will be intrinsically more robust to off-resonance. The second reason is practical: it is simply difficult to generate an off-resonance map for the simulated cases, and it is computationally quite expensive for us to incorporate off-resonance into our profile calculations.\n\nWhat is the peak B1 constraint for the shortest MB pulse?\nThe peak B1 constraint will be 18 microTesla for both the TSE and diffusion cases in Phase I. This and other specific constraints can be found in the parameter scripts included with the code packages.\n\nDo we define our own dwell time?\nYes, you do. Your choice of dwell time will depend on balancing the total number of samples in your pulses (a total length of 20,000 samples is enforced in both cases), with the accuracy of the Bloch simulation and pattern calculations. It will probably be best to use dwell times no larger than 4 us or so, especially for the simultaneous multislice challenge.\n\nWhen will the next virtual meeting be?\nWe don't have a specific plan for the next meeting, though there will certainly be one to launch Phase II.\n\nIs there extra credit if the pulses are adiabatic?\nGood one! We will be very impressed if you could win the parallel transmit with a slice-selective adiabatic pulse. In all seriousness though, since we are assuming small-tip-angle excitation in the scoring code, an adiabatic pulse would not be accurately modeled.\n\nHow many teams will make it to Phase II?\nWe expect that the 5-10 top teams from Phase I will make it to Phase II. We don't expect to be able to admit more than that since we expect that we will need to provide some support to each of the teams to get their code submissions running on our side.\n\nIs there any criteria for computation time for designing the pulse?\nNot in Phase I! Spend as much computational power as you like. In Phase II we will set some reasonable upper limit on compute time, but our advice is to not worry about it for Phase I.\n\nWill the scripts work in Octave?\nWe have not tested them in Octave, but with the exception of the Gmri object used to evaluate the parallel transmit patterns, all code is plain MATLAB, so it should be possible to get it all working. If you choose to do it, please let us know how it goes so we can share with others!\n\nHow many people can be in the team?\nAs many as you like! Of course, we will ask for a single representative to take any correspondence or accept the prize if you win.\n\nWhen is the deadline for the Phase I submission?\nThe deadline will be around the end of February, but definitely get some scores up well before then! We will be in heavy communication with contestants near the end of Phase I.\n\nWhat is the prize?\nFame and fortune await the winner, of course! But seriously, we are looking into it! One thing we think is very important is that the winners be documented in the literature, so we will be authoring a Letter to the Editor that we will submit to MRM, that will discuss the goals, structure, and outcomes of the Challenge. Winners will then be able to cite this paper as proof.\n\nWhy are only VOP's provided for the parallel transmit challenge?\nWe in fact have abused the term \u2018VOP\u2019 here, since we derived these matrices using the VOP clustering algorithm, but we did not perform the majorizing step. So these matrices are the B* matrices in the Eichfelder paper, and correspond exactly to specific spatial locations. That of course introduces the possibility of underestimation of true peak local SAR, but since all contestants\u2019 entries are validated using the same matrices, the fairness of the competition is maintained, while limiting computational complexity of the scoring system."}
-{"text": "Comments on: \u201cLights Out Upstairs\u201dhttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/\nby Steve McIntyreSun, 02 Aug 2015 19:00:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Dear NOAA and Seth, which 1930\u2032s were you referring to when you say July is the record warmest? | Watts Up With That?http://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-346566\nWed, 08 Aug 2012 21:04:23 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-346566[\u2026] I\u2019ve recovered the graphs from Hansen\u2019s 1999 press release. This was originally part of \u201cLights Out Upstairs\u201da guest post by Steve McIntyre on my old original blog. Just look at how much warmer 1934 was in [\u2026]\n]]>By: NCDC data shows that the contiguous USA has not warmed in the past decade, summers are cooler, winters are getting colder | Watts Up With That?http://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-308935\nSun, 06 Nov 2011 16:11:03 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-308935[\u2026] and recovered the graphs from Hansen\u2019s 1999 press release. This was originally part of \u201cLights Out Upstairs\u201d a guest post by Steve McIntyre on my old original blog. Just look at how much warmer 1934 was in [\u2026]\n]]>By: Sam Urbintohttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99109\nMon, 20 Aug 2007 18:07:42 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99109My question is if the \u201cmonthly more-or-less-automatic updates\u201d James refers to are the same adjustments that Gavin said over at Real Climate were in badly written fortran, done by one person and are \u0093a mixture of scripts, programs, utilities, dead ends, previous methodologies and unused options\u0094 and therefore not ready to run out of the box and useless in and of themselves? The ones they refuse to give up because what they think about the code (better to replicate the method) is the only valid viewpoint and any other viewpoint must be \u201cproven\u201d first?\n\nOr does \u201cmonthly more-or-less-automatic updates\u201d mean just TOBs that some other software handles? Or what?\n\n]]>By: Demesurehttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99108\nMon, 20 Aug 2007 12:16:43 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99108According to Anthony Watts\u2019 graph, the rest of the world should emit as much CO2 as the US to cool down.\n]]>By: Rootlesshttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99107\nThu, 16 Aug 2007 00:02:42 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99107I have always discarded data without provenance. This must include data that has been adjusted by algorithms that are undisclosed.\nWhat Steve has shown by his research is that data and data manipulations MUST be open to critique. Any data that is \u2018shady\u2019 must be excluded from scientific discussion and the \u2018scientists\u2019 ostracised until their full data sets and manipulations are made available to critical review.\n]]>By: Brucehttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99106\nWed, 15 Aug 2007 17:59:08 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99106So. If the more sparse and less controlled global data are seriously influenced by cack SU, FSU, China, etc data and political IPCC methodology, such that if I assume approximating overall US data as a sample point to form the reasonable equivalent of a fixed sample point on a (pseudo)homogenous world, this might be an as-reasonable estimate of the world situation as screwed data and IPCC analysis uncertainties? We are being asked to pony up irretrievable trillions, and drastic permanent governmental control structures, on a peak-to-peak basis of ~0.15 degrees C increase across 7 decades with Hansens\u2019 new 5 year averaging and -0.0x degrees on the annual temperatures??? (per the anomaly graph in his \u201cA Light On Upstairs\u201d)\n\nGiven a highly varying planet, I think I want to wait the 20 years to see the rest of the US \u201ccycle\u201d datawise and, of course, a 20 years review of methods and (new) investigators.\n\n]]>By: GMFhttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99105\nWed, 15 Aug 2007 17:49:14 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99105Actually, it\u2019s the law of diminishing credibility.\n]]>By: Chris Christnerhttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99104\nWed, 15 Aug 2007 15:51:00 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99104Why do bigcitylib and other alarmists downplay Steve\u2019s error correction as insignificant, yet clamor for the US to pony up billions for Kyoto when the temperature reduction would only be 0.07 degree C by 2050?\n\nI believe that\u2019s called the \u201claw of diminishing returns,\u201d bigcitylib. Look it up.\n\n]]>By: John Langhttp://climateaudit.org/2007/08/11/lights-out-upstairs/#comment-99103\nWed, 15 Aug 2007 13:02:08 +0000http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1891#comment-99103Anthony, Steve and/or John, it would be more powerful for the graphs if you took Hansen\u2019s first US temp graph (where 1998 was in 5th place) and the last one (before the error was discovered with 1998 as the record year) \u2026\n\n\u2026 into a Before and After GIF animation like one person did with the Arctic sea ice data changes made in January as below.\n\nTwo graphs which demonstrate a good correlation of US and Global temperatures until post WWII Soviet Union policies and the Chinese Cultural revolution destroyed the reliability of weather records in Siberia and China."}
-{"text": "Axel Vervoordt Gallery is delighted to present the work of Ann Veronica Janssens (1956, United Kingdom). The Hong Kong gallery will show five new works of sculptures, each with its own play of colour and light subtly offering a different phenomenological experience.\n\nJanssens work seeks to unbalance perceptive experience, by means of colour and light the artist activates space. The viewer\u2019s gaze is triggered and looking at her work means being a part of it. Janssens isolates sensory experiences. She fragments them, reduces them to their most essential aspects and transforms these into abstract shapes, ephemeral materials, in a play with colour and light. The viewer is thus invited to become more aware of how they perceive space and what can be the impact of the slightest sensual stimulus.\n\nJanssens\u2019 Magic Mirror diffracts the light and projects colour into space. Though the mirror\u2019s main tonality is pink, it is in fact colourless. Seeing colour becomes an active process. Only when the viewer experiences the work, i.e. when one tries to look at themselves in the mirror by moving their own body, different colours appear.\n\nThe three golden geometrical shapes seen are the space\u2019s punctuation, providing a sense of rhythm. Janssens drenches pure forms \u2013 one circle and two squares \u2013 in a gold bath in order for them to capture and reflect light on a brilliant surface. Looking at their surface, the viewer sees blurred shapes and colours in which they can try to recognise themselves.\n\nJanssens comments; \u201cGold is nature\u2019s ultimate brilliance and its use in art carries a long historical tradition. Not only was it used to express economic value, it also often referred to untouchable space.\u201d\n\nThe fifth work in the exhibition is a two-meter long beam of glass entirely coloured in black. The fragile quality of the glass, combined with the solidness of the bar and the density of the black gives this work an almost unworldly presence. The black glass absorbs light, yet seems to radiate from within. One might even imagine it to be the solidification of liquid oil that will start to flow again once it is touched.\n\nWith these five carefully selected sculptures, Ann Veronica Janssens will make her first solo show in Hong Kong at Axel Vervoordt Gallery."}
-{"text": "Results from last weekend's Washington Brewers Festival\n\nAlthough the exact numbers are not yet known, we do know that attendance was approximately the same as last year. Impressive, considering the weather. While Sunday\u2019s weather was sub-prime at best, Friday\u2019s weather was nothing short of sublime. Friday night\u2019s crowd was larger than anticipated\u2014it appeared to be the largest Friday night crowd in festival history.\nTop Token Collectors\n\nThe top token collectors (by brewery) were:\n\n1. Black Raven Brewing (by a landslide)\n\n2. Schooner Exact Brewing\n\n3. Northern Lights Brewing\n\n4. Foggy Noggin Brewing\n\n5. Diamond Knot Brewing\n\nTo call it a landslide is an understatement. While other booths may have enjoyed the occasional line, the backup at Black Raven was enormous all weekend. The Coco Jones Porter is worthy of the attention. That\u2019s the Black Raven beer we heard most people talking about.\n\nSchooner Exact brought a lot of different beers. No doubt the Seamstress Union Raspberry Wheat was a big hit, but my favorite (with a name I shouldn\u2019t repeat here) was the blend: two parts Raspberry Wheat and one part Brown Ale. Sinfully delicious.\n\nTo be sure, Diamond Knot makes great beer, but their charge into the top five was certainly aided by the fact that Michael Wilton (guitar player for Queensryche) was pouring his Whip Ale at the Diamond Knot booth on Friday night. (Diamond Knot brews Whip Ale to Wilton\u2019s specifications.) Pictured below is Don Webb of Naked City Brewery and Taphouse with Michael Wilton of Queensryche.\n\nThat's Don... on the left.\n\nWABL\n\nThe festivals are always a good time for WABL (Washington Beer Lovers) to attract new members. Last weekend 102 new WABL members signed up and 136 renewed their memberships.\n\nBuzz Beers\n\nPerhaps the most buzzed about beer of the weekend was Big Al Brewing\u2019s Peanut Butter Imperial Stout. In the end, it proved worthy of the buzz. Throughout the weekend, a total of seven beers were rotated through the Buzz Cart. I was fortunate enough to sample 5 of them.\n\nI felt a louse for going back for seconds of the Peanut Butter Imperial Stout. I mean, there were so many people who wanted to try this beer and, although Big Al did bring two kegs, supplies were limited. Though I felt a tiny bit of guilt and shame, it was just too good to resist. I\u2019m weak that way.\n\nResults from last weekend\u2019s Washington Brewers Festival\n\nAlthough the exact numbers are not yet known, we do know that attendance was approximately the same as last year. Impressive, considering the weather. While Sunday\u2019s weather was sub-prime at best, Friday\u2019s weather was nothing short of sublime. Friday night\u2019s crowd was larger than anticipated\u2014it appeared to be the largest Friday night crowd in festival history.\nTop Token Collectors\n\nThe top token collectors (by brewery) were:\n\n1. Black Raven Brewing (by a landslide)\n\n2. Schooner Exact Brewing\n\n3. Northern Lights Brewing\n\n4. Foggy Noggin Brewing\n\n5. Diamond Knot Brewing\n\nTo call it a landslide is an understatement. While other booths may have enjoyed the occasional line, the backup at Black Raven was enormous all weekend. The Coco Jones Porter is worthy of the attention. That\u2019s the Black Raven beer we heard most people talking about.\n\nSchooner Exact brought a lot of different beers. No doubt the Seamstress Union Raspberry Wheat was a big hit, but my favorite (with a name I shouldn\u2019t repeat here) was the blend: two parts Raspberry Wheat and one part Brown Ale. Sinfully delicious.\n\nTo be sure, Diamond Knot makes great beer, but their charge into the top five was certainly aided by the fact that Michael Wilton (guitar player for Queensryche) was pouring his Whip Ale at the Diamond Knot booth on Friday night. (Diamond Knot brews Whip Ale to Wilton\u2019s specifications.) Pictured below is Don Webb of Naked City Brewery and Taphouse with Michael Wilton of Queensryche.\n\nThat's Don... on the left.\n\nWABL\n\nThe festivals are always a good time for WABL (Washington Beer Lovers) to attract new members. Last weekend 102 new WABL members signed up and 136 renewed their memberships.\n\nBuzz Beers\n\nPerhaps the most buzzed about beer of the weekend was Big Al Brewing\u2019s Peanut Butter Imperial Stout. In the end, it proved worthy of the buzz. Throughout the weekend, a total of seven beers were rotated through the Buzz Cart. I was fortunate enough to sample 5 of them.\n\nI felt a louse for going back for seconds of the Peanut Butter Imperial Stout. I mean, there were so many people who wanted to try this beer and, although Big Al did bring two kegs, supplies were limited. Though I felt a tiny bit of guilt and shame, it was just too good to resist. I\u2019m weak that way."}
-{"text": "In a laboratory in the US, researchers race to complete the Cavern, a blank white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or even a cathedral. In a city in the Middle East, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in an empty white room. What links two such remote places?"}
-{"text": "index.png\n\nFROM OUR BLOG\n\nCan you do your business in China? How competitive are you in a world where Mandarin speakers are increasingly able to influence the global economy? If you can't learn Chinese, you should start now, because if you don't your competitors will."}
-{"text": "Consuming Extension Methods in IronPython\n\nConsuming Extension Methods in IronPython\n\nI\u2019ve modified the post to reflect the information Dino provided. It turns out the SpecialName attribute is not required on extension methods but only when you are defining normal extension methods only when defining new operators.\n\nOne of my projects implemented in C# makes frequent use of extension methods. Recently I started using IronPython to script that project and what I learned is that consuming those extension methods in C# is straightforward but with IronPython some extra work is involved.\n\nBecause it isn\u2019t entirely obvious what one needs to do to make this work, I\u2019ll use this post to elaborate what I learned.\n\nThe diagram below summarizes it \u2026\n\nTHE GOOD NEWS\n\nIt\u2019s possible\n\nYou do NOT have to alter class A (\u201cthe extendee\u201d)\n\nTHE BAD NEWS\n\nmanual and repetitive work is involved\n\nSTEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MODIFY THE EXTENDING CLASS\n\n1 - Add a reference to Microsoft.Scripting.Dll\n\nIn the Visual Studio project file for B, Add a reference to the Microsoft.Scripting.Dll file (this is found in the IronPython 2.0 install folder)\n\n2 \u2013 Add an attribute that identifies that B extends A\n\nAdd this at the top of B\u2019s source file, just after the using statements.\n\nA REAL BEFORE vs. AFTER COMPARISON\n\nIn this example\n\nwe will add a Foo() method to a class we defined as well as to the string class (a.k.a System.String)\n\nBoth Foo() methods just return a string called Bar\n\nThe Dll that contains the extensionmethods is called \u201cDemoIronPythonExtensionMethods.dll\u201d\n\nThe role of B will be played by DemoExtensionClass\n\nThe role of A will be played by two classes \u2013 System.String and ClassToBeExtended\n\nSOURCE CODE BEFORE\n\nSOURCE CODE AFTER\n\nusing System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text;"}
-{"text": "Is the identity matrix strictly a matrix with 1's along the principal\ndiagonal (and zeros elsewhere), or is a matrix which reduces (through\nrow and column operations) to the above form also the identity matrix."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, April 18, 2012\n\ni have been missing raya lately. basically that wasn't it. i miss nyang out of nowhere. then i miss tok. i miss everybody yang dah pergi. and how different life to be exact raya will be if they are still around. i forget them sometimes and i feel bad for it. i want my raya back."}
-{"text": "BitPay announces that the bitcoin transaction processor has exceeded 10,000 successful transactions with zero cases of payment fraud. For a regular financial institution this might be news, but as you\u2019ll see, with Bitcoin fraud is somewhat difficult. Financial transactions on the Inte..."}
-{"text": "I need some help please. I'm reading the Japanese Graded Reader Level 0, Volume 1, Book 3, p. 14, and I don't know what the \u30ce\u30f3 means in \u732b\u306e\u30ce\u30f3 (\u306d\u3053 \u306e \u306e\u3093). Overall it\u2019s 2 cats meowing in reply to the neighbour wishing them a good day, but why the \u306e\u30ce\u30f3 bit?"}
-{"text": "In a week which began with warnings from YouTube about the potential negative effects of the EU's Article 13 proposals, an interesting development is being reported by Julia Reda, MEP for the Pirate Party. The vice chair of the Greens/EFA group reports that YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has visited Strasbourg and now appears to be lobbying in favor of upload filters.\n\nAs the heated debate over the EU\u2019s controversial Article 13 proposals continues, YouTube is becoming ever more vocal.\n\nRelatively silent in the run-up to the September vote which saw the European Parliament vote in favor of proposals put forward by Axel Voss\u2019 EPP group, YouTube now seems very concerned over the possibility of being held liable for infringing content uploaded to its platform.\n\n\u201cWhile we support the goals of article 13, the European Parliament\u2019s current proposal will create unintended consequences that will have a profound impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people,\u201d Wojcicki wrote in blog post earlier this week.\n\nWojcicki\u2019s statement carried a stark warning that liability for YouTube under Article 13 could force the platform to block content from EU citizens. No company could take on such a financial risk, she said.\n\nThus far, the Article 13 debate has been polarized, with the entertainment industries hugely in favor and companies like YouTube and pro-Internet freedom groups strongly against. Now, however, a new development has created an interesting split in the ranks, with Julia Reda, MEP for the Pirate Party, warning that YouTube is now lobbying in favor of upload filters.\n\nAs detailed in a release from Reda\u2019s office this morning, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has made a number of statements in recent weeks that indicate that the video hosting platform is in favor of pre-filtering content before it\u2019s made available to the public.\n\nOf course, Google has its ContentID filtering system already in place, meaning that it would be in pole position to further dominate the video hosting space, if the filtering option is adopted by the EU.\n\n\u201cThe fact that Youtube is now publicly lobbying for mandatory upload filters is not surprising in the least. By introducing ContentID, YouTube has already proven that is is very much capable of developing filters for certain types of content, such as music,\u201d Reda explains.\n\n\u201cIf the entire market was obliged to install such filters, YouTube would not only be miles ahead in of its competitors in the development of such technologies, it would also be in a position to sell its filters to smaller platforms. Large platforms such as YouTube would grow further and be presented with an entirely new business model. The significantly smaller EU competition would be left behind.\u201d\n\nIn common with many activists, Reda is passionately against the idea of content being filtered. The MEP points to numerous failures of YouTube\u2019s ContentID system that have led to entirely legal content being blocked or deleted from the platform. Reda also warns of a slippery slope where filtering leads to other unintended consequences, such as the stifling of copyright exceptions including parody or quotation.\n\nDuring October, Wojcicki posted on the company\u2019s blog, warning that Article 13 could \u201cdrastically change the Internet.\u201d The piece was effectively a rallying cry to millions of YouTube creators, who were urged to take to social media to protest the proposed legislation.\n\nNow, however, Reda is warning YouTubers against taking YouTube\u2019s stance as their own, noting that its CEO has been in Strasbourg lobbying in favor of upload filters and is only interested in avoiding legal liability.\n\n\u201cThe fear of many YouTubers that internet culture and independent creatives will be sacrificed in this reform is certainly justified. They should however not make the mistake of singing from YouTube\u2019s hymn sheet, whose CEO has only been outspoken against the liability of platforms for copyright infringements, while presenting mandatory upload filters as a reasonable compromise,\u201d Reda says.\n\n\u201cIf you look more closely at the countless videos, it\u2019s apparent that most YouTubers are warning of the exact problems that YouTube\u2019s ContentID upload filters are already causing today: unjustified copyright strikes and the automated deletion of entirely legal creative content. YouTube and its YouTubers have very different interests in this debate.\u201d\n\nThe fact that Julia Reda is now speaking out so clearly against YouTube is likely to prove somewhat of a conundrum to the music industry critics who have been regularly attacking her on Twitter.\n\nWhile she has risen above many embarrassingly childish accusations, some have claimed \u2013 without any evidence \u2013 that she\u2019s somehow shilling for YouTube-owner Google in respect of Article 13."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, 12 October 2010\n\nTime to get the de-icers out!\n\nSummer is officially over.\n\nYes, that\u2019s the depressing statement for this morning, as I stepped outside to head off to work today, never mind the X Factor \u2013 the chill factor has arrived, and it looks set to stay throughout winter \u2013 hold on a minute what happened to autumn??\n\nA very bizarre last few days here in Chester, as the blue skies dominated, and everyone was happy, this was something to rejoice as we don\u2019t often get sustained periods of sunshine in this country!\n\nBut what has happened to Autumn, seriously?\n\nNo time for singing \u201cThose autumn leaves lie undisturbed now\u2026\u201d, no, it\u2019s more like \u201cFrost the Snowman\u201d as the temperatures start to plummet, and those de-icer alarm bells start to ring out, yes it\u2019s time to get the stock of blue capped spray tins again, and get up five minutes early to enjoy the crap routine that is getting rid of the frost / ice on the car windows \u2013 always a depressing time.\n\nIt feels okay for the first day, but when you experience the 27th day in a row of having to do this, it becomes a tad tiresome.\n\nRight then, get those extra layers on, out comes the electric blanket, and time to go and make a hot chocolate \u2013 winter is here!\n\nHi There, I just spent a little time reading through your posts, which I found entirely by mistake whilst researching one of my projects. Please continue to write more because it\u2019s unusual that someone has something interesting to say about this. Will be waiting for more!\n\nBanksy's Counter\n\nAbout Me\n\nBanksy's Visitors\n\nThe following text will not be seen after you upload your website,\nplease keep it in order to retain your counter functionality\nLas Vegas is the home of the traditional casino and gambling. also one should note that online slots is important for many other reasons not to be specified here. The internet promoted gambling in an online casino. counter"}
-{"text": "donderdag 15 maart 2012\n\nCinnamon 1.4 released\n\nOn behalf of the team and all the developers who contributed to this build, I am proud to announce the release of Cinnamon 1.4!\nIt\u2019s been a month since the 1.3.x releases and we\u2019ve been reading\nyour feedback with a lot of attention. Most of the things you\u2019ve asked\nmade it to this release and today we\u2019re extremely proud to release\nanother major update to the Cinnamon desktop.\nCinnamon 1.4 features a total of 267 commits. Read below for a brief overview of the new features and major improvements.\nHave a lot of fun with this new release and don\u2019t hesitate to give us some feedback! Enjoy\n\nThe new \u201cExpo\u201d overview\n\nThis is something we announced before. We weren\u2019t happy with\nworkspace management and the overview and so we completely changed the\nway it works. Cinnamon 1.4 comes with two \u201coverview\u201d modes: \u201cScale\u201d and\n\u201cExpo\u201d.\n\u201cScale\u201d was present in previous Cinnamon releases and looks like the\nCompiz Scale plugin, it shows all the windows from your current\nworkspace on the screen and easily allows you to select the one you\u2019re\ninterested in.\n\nThe \"Scale\" overview allows you to select a window\n\n\u201cExpo\u201d is new in Cinnamon 1.4. It zooms out of your current workspace\nand shows you all the workspaces on your system. From there you can\nswitch to the workspace you want, or even drag and drop windows from one\nworkspace to another. As such, it looks and behaves like the Compiz\nExpo plugin (from which it gets its name).\n\nThe \"Expo\" overview allows you to manage your workspaces\n\nExpo also introduces a new feature: workspace management. Workspace\nmanagement is fixed in Compiz (done via configuration) and missing in\nGnome Shell (automated by the desktop). In Cinnamon you\u2019re the one who\ndecides how many workspaces you need, when you want to create new ones\nand when you want to remove the ones you don\u2019t use. If you need a new\nworkspace, just go to Expo and click the button to create a new one. If\nyou want to remove a workspace just click the close button on the\nworkspace and it\u2019s gone\u2026. and whatever you do things don\u2019t change on\nyour behalf. Say you create 5 workspaces, then your Cinnamon has 5\nworkspaces, whether you use them or not, whether you restart Cinnamon or\nnot, whether you even reboot your computer or not\u2026 you\u2019re in charge of\nyour workspace management now.\nNote: In future releases you\u2019ll also be able to \u201cname\u201d your workspaces.\nBy default:\n\nCTRL+ALT+UP goes to Expo\n\nCTRL+ALT+DOWN goes to Scale\n\nThe hot corner is on the top-left and calls Expo\n\nCTRL+ALT+LEFT/RIGHT switches to the LEFT/RIGHT adjacent workspace\n\nCTRL+ALT+SHIFT+LEFT/RIGHT moves the active window to the LEFT/RIGHT adjacent workspace\n\nYou can now also configure the location of the hot corner and whether you want it to call Expo or Scale.\n\nNew \u201cSettings applet\u201d and \u201cPanel Edit Mode\u201d\n\nThe introduction of drag & drop support and movable applets in\nCinnamon 1.3 confused a lot of people. Some applets such as the\nworkspace switcher, the window list and the panel launchers, due to\ntheir internal design and their user interface, made it extremely hard\nfor people to move them around.\nCinnamon 1.4 introduces a brand new applet called the \u201cSettings applet\u201d.\n\nThe quick access to the settings and the troubleshooting options make\nit easier for novice users to perform complex yet sometimes necessary\ntasks (restarting Cinnamon without restarting the session, restoring the\ndefault settings etc..).\nThe \u201cPanel Edit Mode\u201d is a new concept in Cinnamon. Applets are not\nmovable anymore. If you want to change their position you need to\nactivate the \u201cPanel Edit Mode\u201d. When this mode is on, the zones of the\npanel (left, center and right) appear in different colors and all\napplets are easy to drag & drop. Applets such as the window list,\nthe panel launchers or the workspace switchers, which were hard to move\nin previous releases, now detect the panel mode and behave differently\nin Panel Edit Mode to ensure you can move them around with ease.\n\nA screenshot of Cinnamon in Arabic. This release is localized in 39 languages and features improved RTL support.\n\nNew configuration options\n\nCinnamon 1.4 adds the following new options:\n\n\u201cOnly use workspaces on primary monitor\u201d\n\nConfigurable hot corner position and behaviour\n\nMenu hover delay\n\nDraggable panel launchers\n\nMenu improvements\n\nThe menu received two significant improvements: full drag & drop support, and edition.\nYou can use drag & drop to:\n\nAdd applications to the panel launchers from the menu\n\nTo add/remove applications to/from your favorites\n\nTo reorder your favorites\n\nBy right-clicking the menu and selecting \u201cEdit menu\u201d you can launch a\nbrand new menu editor. \u201cAlacarte\u201d was made compatible with Cinnamon and\ngot fully integrated with the desktop. Using this embedded menu editor\nyou can fine-tune how applications and categories are shown within the\nmenu.\n\nCinnamon now features a menu editor (forked from Alacarte and fully integrated within Cinnamon)\n\nOther improvements made to the menu:\n\nIt\u2019s now possible for the menu button to have no icon\n\nThe menu height was fixed for certain screen resolutions\n\nThe menu now scrolls when showing the context menu if the menu\n\nWindow list improvements\n\nThe window list is an essential part of your desktop. In Cinnamon 1.4 we introduced some handy features:\n\nYou can now reorder windows in the window list via drag & drop.\n\nIf you drag-over a file on a window in the window list, the window\ncomes to focus (this feature was present in Cinnamon 1.0 and lost along\nthe way, so it\u2019s nice to have it back).\n\nYou can simply right click any window in the window list and send it to other workspaces, or have it shown on all workspaces.\n\nApplets improvements\n\nOther applets and the applets API itself received the following improvements:\n\nKeyboard applet: now has an option to launch the character table\n\nNetwork applet: shows its status in the tooltip\n\nCalendar applet: better layout and year selector\n\nSound applet: added limited support for gmusicbrowser\n\nWorkspace Switcher applet: Mouse scroll support\n\nAll applets:\n\nUse symbolic icons for common applets (better look and feel)\n\nMore consistent margins and spacing between applets and tray icons (better look and feel)\n\nFixed applets menus orientation after moving from one panel to the other\n\nCinnamon Settings improvements:\n\nUUIDs are now visible for applets and extensions\n\nExtensions and applets are now sorted by name\n\nAllow search on applets\n\nOther notable improvements\n\nContext menus now appear on top of the panels and are clickable\n\nFixed a bug which made Cinnamon crash when windows returned NULL as\ntheir name (happened when a window was opened and closed very quickly)\n\nFixed a bug which made the Menu label appear as \u201cMe\u2026\u201d\n\nSystray icons don\u2019t disappear anymore when applets are moved around\n\nFix for applets getting \u201cshuffled\u201d after drag & drop\n\nRemove useless notification when adding/removing favorites\n\nA couple of memory leaks fixed\n\nChanged default animations and effects (more subtle)\n\nNotes to applet developers\n\nYou can now give your applet a custom icon by placing it within your\napplet. Make sure it\u2019s called \u201cicon.png\u201d and its dimensions are 32x32px.\nAlternatively you can continue to use the \u201cicon\u201d field in metadata.json\nto specify a name for the icon, in which case Cinnamon Settings gets\nthe icon from the theme itself.\n\nNotes to extension developers\n\nFor all extensions, you need to change the version of Cinnamon in the metadata.json file to \u201c1.4.0\u2033.\nIf you encounter any problems, please log in the IRC and ask us for help at #linuxmint-dev on irc.spotchat.org\n\nNotes to themes artists\n\nFor your theme to fully work with Cinnamon 1.4 you need to add styles\nfor the buttons in \u201cExpo\u201d. Click on the links below to see how this was\ndone in the default theme:\n\nYou can also improve your theme by adding some of the improvements the default theme received in 1.4.\nThis link shows all the changes made to the default theme (cinamon.css) : https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/commits/master/data/theme/cinnamon.css\nChanges made between Cinnamon 1.3.1 and Cinnamon 1.4 include all\ncommits (i.e. changes to the code) made on the 21st of February, as well\nas 1st, 2nd and 5th of March 2012. If you click on a \u201ccommit\u201d, you can\nsee exactly what was changed. As a theme artist, you\u2019re only interested\nin changes done to \u201ccinnamon.css\u201d.\nThe following commits in particular are noteworthy:"}
-{"text": "How to Land Last-Minute Vacation Deals\n\nSometimes waiting until the last minute to settle your travel plans can work out for the better.\n\nMake traveling easier with these travel apps. And did we mention they\u2019re all free?\n\n\"Like\" Theme Parks' Social Media PagesIf your family will want to ride a roller coaster or two this summer, follow local amusement parks on Facebook and Twitter. When attendance is lower than expected, many parks use social networks to alert followers to flash discounts, like briefly posted giveaways and 2-for-1 admission deals. The exception: Disney-owned parks. If Disney is a must, visit mousesavers.com, an unofficial and regularly updated database of park-related bargains\u2014for example, a limited-time offer of 30 percent off room rates\u2014sourced from across the Web.\n\nTiming Tip: In the past two years, Disney has raised its ticket prices in June\u2014last year, a one-day ticket rose from $85 to $89. In case Disney follows suit this year, buy passes ASAP to lock in the lower rate.\n\nLoad Up Your Phone With The Right AppsSurprise \"summer Friday\"? Take advantage of discounted hotel rates targeted at spur-of-the-moment travelers and get out of town. HotelTonight, a free same-day booking app (Apple, Android), lists rooms in more than 50 U.S. cities at rates that are 70 percent off those quoted on other sites. With the free Priceline app (Apple, Android), you can search more than 140,000 hotels for same-day bookings. Its Name Your Own Price function offers rooms for up to 60 percent off (you learn the hotel's name after you prepay for the room).\n\nTiming Tip: Want to score a nicer room than you paid for? Check in around 4:30 p.m., when hotel clerks typically know which of the better rooms will be vacant but supervisors with authority to allow upgrades haven't yet left for the night."}
-{"text": "Thread: Converting existing lamp posts\n\nI have a client I am going to meet with soon about doing a very large lighting project. They have existing high voltage lamp posts near ends of the driveway and she expressed intrest in tying these into the system. They are on internal photocells now (yes I know I would have to bypass these).\n\nMy question is should I rewire the entire post with LV cable or can I just unscrew the phto cell and bypass it and use the existing wire inside ? There is an existing junction in the one post so both posts are wired to the same line.\n\npitfalls to look for ? I will have a licensed electrician avalible during the 120 outlets installations.\n\nI have a client I am going to meet with soon about doing a very large lighting project. They have existing high voltage lamp posts near ends of the driveway and she expressed intrest in tying these into the system. They are on internal photocells now (yes I know I would have to bypass these).\n\nMy question is should I rewire the entire post with LV cable or can I just unscrew the phto cell and bypass it and use the existing wire inside ? There is an existing junction in the one post so both posts are wired to the same line.\n\npitfalls to look for ? I will have a licensed electrician avalible during the 120 outlets installations.\n\nBilly, you shouldn't need to rewire the first post. How far is it to the next fixture?\n\nI will have to see when I get there. Its just lampposts in the lawns for now. Im going to propose doing a nice rock scape or something similar.\n\nI might need to see about using that line voltage to have an outlet put in. If we do more than the 2 lampposts im going to have to hide an underground transformer out there. Its about 400 ft from the house.\n\nWill post some pics when we meet again.\n\nIf we do just the post they are about 25-30 ft apart. I could feed both posts without doing a bore If I just removed the line voltage wire and attached my LV cable."}
-{"text": "Cinematic funk cult combo CALIBRO 35 announce their 7th studio album \"MOMENTUM\" - Italian cult combo CALIBRO 35 release their highly anticipated 7th studio album \"MOMENTUM\" on January 24th 2020. \"Momentum\" follows \"DECADE\" their previous studio album released in 2018 that had marked 10 years of Calibro 35 and it stands out as a new starting point for the project. In the last 10 years Calibro 35 have dug the golden age of soundtracks and they had been to the future with \"S.P.A.C.E.\", \"Momentum\", as the band stated: \"represents a look at nowadays and a reflection about making music right in the time that we're living\".\n\nInspired by the work of artists such as Tortoise, Jagajazzist, Dj Shadow, Budos Band, Stelvio Cipriani, Ennio Morricone, Sandro Brugnolini, White Noise, Comet is Coming, JPEGMafia and DJ Signify, compared to the previous Calibro 35's full lengths on the 10 tracks that make up the new album, band's instruments and sounds have increased in number and complexity as well as reality. The music palette is further extended by incorporating even more synths and electronic sounds, but keeping everything true and 100% real, with all the instruments played live and with no presets or programming. The two featurings on the album serve the cause as well. On the first single \"Stan Lee\", they collaborated with rapper, producer and songwriter Illa J a former member of super group Slum Village and younger brother of the late legendary hip hop producer and rapper J Dilla. On \"Black Moon\", the combo from Milan provided the groove for London-based artist MEI. \"If Decade was the sum of everything that the band had felt in the previous ten years\", Calibro 35 says, \"Momentum is the prequel of what you will hear in the next ten\".\n\nTo mark the new beginning and come full circle, the recordings took place under the expert hands of usual suspect Tommaso Colliva, in the same studio where Calibro released their self titled debut album twelve years ago."}
-{"text": "An exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Solutions Manager to join a leading technology company and UK household name, on a permanent basis. This is a key senior technical position, which will be responsible for driving technology transformation across their core media and broadcast infrastructure, with a specific focus on hybrid cloud technology and DevOps.\n\nAs Senior Technical Solutions Manager you will have 6-7 direct reports and manage a wider team of 25+. You will provide leadership to the team utilising your extensive technical and leadership knowledge to set strategy, implement change and help deliver technology changes into the wider business. You will act as a point of accountability for the architecture and design of technology solutions, working with the wider business and internal stakeholders to ensure they are future proof whilst meeting the current business needs.\n\nTo be successful, candidates will need to have a strong technical background across hybrid cloud solutions ideally utilising AWS or similar. A good knowledge of DevOps and datacentre design and delivery is also highly beneficial as is the ability to architect new solutions and manage technology transformations. In addition to a strong technical background, candidates should also have good leadership skills with excellent team building and people management experience. Previous experience in the media / broadcast industries is advantageous but not essential for this position.\n\nThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading technology company and have a direct impact in their move towards a cloud-based infrastructure. If you feel you have the skills to be successful in this position and you are fully eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship, then please apply now for consideration."}
-{"text": "Specification\n\nELog Mandate Facts\n\nUPDATE (11/1/16): Electronic logging rule survives court challenge A federal appellate court in Chicago has struck down a legal challenge that was seeking to stop the ELD mandate. Learn more.\n\nThe electronic logging device (ELD) final rule was published in the December 16, 2015, Federal Register.\n\nMotor carriers have until December 18, 2017, to comply with the final rule, requiring the use of ELDs by interstate drivers of commercial motor vehicles who currently use a driver\u2019s record of duty status to record their hours of service.\n\nMotor carriers that install and require drivers to use automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRDs) according to the specifications in Section 395.15 may continue to use the AOBRD until December 16, 2019. The final rule requires motor carriers to install FMCSA-registered and certified ELDs that meet specific standards on their commercial motor vehicles.\n\nThe specific standards include mandating that the device be connected (\u201cintegrally synchronized\u201d) to the engine of the vehicle so that driving time can be automatically recorded. Also, the devices must automatically capture date and time, vehicle position, and vehicle operational parameters.\n\nAll FMCSA-registered and certified ELDs will be listed on FMCSA\u2019s website: www.fmcsa.dot.gov/devices. The agency expects to have the website available by mid-February.\n\nThe final rule also addresses supporting documents and driver harassment."}
-{"text": "MotoGP Assen: Race Highlights Video\n\nClick video to watch the highlights as Jorge Lorenzo marked the 80th anniversary of the Dutch TT with an emphatic MotoGP win from pole position.\n\nThe Spaniard\u2019s fourth motorcycle racing win of the season stretched his lead at the top of the championship standings to 47 points over today\u2019s second place finisher, Repsol Honda\u2019s Dani Pedrosa. Ducati\u2019s Casey Stoner claimed third in today\u2019s TIM TT Assen, securing his first visit to the podium this season.\n\nBen Spies and Pedrosa gained major benefits from good starts as both improved four places from their orginal Moto GP grid positions to slot into second and third place respectively, as Lorenzo led the field into the Haarbocht turn from pole position.\n\nLorenzo started to open up a very early lead and for the first couple of laps it looked like the Spaniard would race clear as he did at Silverstone, but Pedrosa and Stoner both passed Spies on lap three, before closing the gap on the leader.\n\nAndrea Dovizioso passed Spies as well early in the race to move into fourth, and by the midway point he was a second ahead of the American, who in turn led sixth placed Randy de Puniet by just over 1.5s.\n\nAs Stoner struggled to find a way past Pedrosa, just as he had done six days ago at Silverstone, Lorenzo started to again edge away, extending his advantage little by little as the laps flew by. Further back Spies closed right up on Dovizioso and passed the Italian to move into fourth, with de Puniet also joining the three-way fight for fourth place\n\nAt the front Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Stoner became further separated from one another, whilst de Puniet and Dovizioso fought intensely to the last lap, with the Frenchman out of the seat on more than one occasion, as he pushed his tyres to the limit.\n\nLorenzo eventually crossed the line 2.935s ahead of Pedrosa, but it quite wasn\u2019t the easy win that many expected at Assen for the Spaniard.\n\nSearch\n\nStay Connected\n\nIf it has two wheels, Ultimate Motorcycling has the inside scoop. From the latest motorcycle and apparel reviews, to MotoGP results and OEM sales reports, Ultimate Motorcycling covers it all. Our small but passionate staff works endlessly to deliver quality and enjoyable motorcycle content."}
-{"text": "Friday, May 01, 2009\n\nStimulants in Academia and Research\n\nBaseball manages to keep steroids steadily in the news. Analogists will ask, is there a steroids problem in academia? An article in NYer digs deeper into use of neuroenhancing drugs in schools. And further, like pro sports, is there steroids use (sans coffee) in the highest echelons of research? Away from sensationalism, here is a research question: should we not be prepared for Erdos-like prediction of aliens demanding Ramsey numbers, and for sake of humanity, invest in research on steriods for brains? The point is steroids for sports produces one record, some good moments for the fans, and large $s for TVs, but humans move on to anticipate the next record. Steroids for science on the other hand may have more lasting impact. No, I am not advocating steroids, or proposing we produce monster brains that would read the NYer without savoring it. Just wondering if there is a utility function here.\n\n3 Comments:\n\nAnonymous said...\n\nMuthu,You mention \"steroids\" for the brain and Erdos, in the same post, can't resist from posting this\"Erd\u00f6s' friends worried about his drug use, and in 1979 Graham bet Erd\u00f6s $500 that he couldn't stop taking amphetamines for a month. Erd\u00f6s accepted, and went cold turkey fora month. Erd\u00f6s' comment at the end of the month was \"You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. I'd get up in the morning and stare at a blank piece of paper. I'd have no ideas, just like an ordinary person. You've set mathematics back a month.\" He then immediately started taking amphetamines again.\"http://www.untruth.org/~josh/papers/Paul%20Erd%F6s%20bio-rev2.pdf"}
-{"text": "A finite-element simulation of the shear cutting process is used to predict thegeometry of the cutting surface. A fully-coupled Lemaitre-type model is used in the process model for the description of the material behaviour. ...\n\nCrack opening governs many transfer properties that play a pivotal role in durability analyses. Instead of trying to combine continuum and discrete models in computational analyses, it would be attractive to derive from ..."}
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-{"text": "Amazon DynamoDB \u2013 Reduced Minimum Throughput\n\nOur customers have been making great use of Amazon DynamoDB\u2018s provisioned throughput model! They are provisioning tables that handle hundreds of thousands of reads or writes per second to millions and even billions of items. They are adjusting provisioned throughput on the fly, in order to cope with changes in requirements, and paying only for the throughput that they have provisioned.\n\nAs a refresher, DynamoDB\u2019s provisioning is expressed in terms of read and write capacity units, each sufficient to handle an item that is at most 1 KB in size. A single unit of read capacity enables you to read one strongly consistent item per second or two eventually consistent items per second. A single unit of write capacity enables you to write one item per second.\n\nUntil now, we\u2019ve focused on scaling up to large tables with plenty of read and write capacity. Today, we are heading the other direction, toward more modestly sized and provisioned tables. We\u2019ve lowered the minimum read and write capacities as follows:\n\nUnit\n\nOld Minimum\n\nNew Minimum\n\nRead Capacity\n\n5 / second\n\n1 / second\n\nWrite Capacity\n\n5 / second\n\n1 / second\n\nWith this change, you can start out at the absolute, bare minimum (with respect to both cost and throughput) and then scale up your usage of DynamoDB as your application grows and your requirements expand. If your application makes use of hundreds of tables, this may result in a significant cost savings for you.\n\nThe AWS Free Usage Tier allows you to consume up to 100 MB of DynamoDB storage, 5 read capacity units, and 5 write capacity units per month. As a very beneficial side effect of today\u2019s announcement, you can now create up to 5 tables within the Free Usage Tier. This has been a very frequent customer request in the DynamoDB forum."}
-{"text": "ourhut Store\nPlease scroll down for lots of photos!This is astunning very decorativepair of mid Victorian aturquoise colouredbackground. They show the British Royal Coat of Arms with the lion and the unicorn and another lion on top of the crown. They are clean,and ingood condition, but the outline of black beading is showing loss and the silk backing is a little sad. The actual sewing is 8 inches at longestby 6.5 inches.Please see my other items."}
-{"text": "DOL Removes Fiduciary Rule Consumer Guidance\n\nFollowing its proposal to delay the rollout of the fiduciary rule the Department of Labor has removed guidance intended for consumers to understand the rule\u2019s implications, InvestmentNews writes.\n\nReleased in January in the form of frequently-asked questions, the guidance for consumers included suggestions for investors to ask advisors to understand whether they\u2019re fiduciaries. The consumer-oriented guidance came out along with a second set of FAQs for advisors covering technical aspects of the rule, which requires retirement brokers to put clients\u2019 interests first and was scheduled to go into effect next month. Both sets of the advisor-oriented FAQs are still available on the website, according to InvestmentNews. A spokesman for the DOL didn\u2019t return the publication\u2019s requests for comment on why the consumer guidance had been removed.\n\nBut removing such \u201cinformal guidance\u201d doesn\u2019t require any extensive regulatory approval, Douglas Dahl, an employee benefits lawyer at Bass, Berry & Sims, tells InvestmentNews. He also tells the publication that it\u2019s \u201chard to know\u201d the DOL\u2019s reasons for doing so.\n\nCharles Humphrey, a lawyer who had previously worked for the DOL and the IRS, also tells the publication that the DOL can take down such guidance as it pleases. He adds that the consumer FAQs were the DOL\u2019s \u201clast attempt\u201d to bring retirement investors\u2019 attention to the fiduciary standard before President Donald Trump took office January 20, according to the publication.\n\n(Getty)\n\nInvestmentNews notes that the consumer guidance can still be viewed on other sites that republished it.\n\nLast week the DOL proposed a 60-day delay of the rule and another public comment period, following a presidential memorandum from Trump directing the agency to review it. The rule has faced opposition from Republican lawmakers and legal challenges from several industry groups seeking a delay or an outright repeal."}
-{"text": "\u200bNo. Char-Meck ordinances prohibit people from owning wildlife of any kind. This includes animals that could be dangerous (such as venomous snakes) and animals that are considered to hybrids (such as wolf/dog or Savannah cats). If you are caught with a wild animal in your possession, they will be seized.\u200b\u200b\n\nEach baby animal differs in regards to our response. In general, please leave them alone unless they are injured. Below are some helpful tips if you come across certain baby wildlife.\n\nIf you find a baby bird that has fallen out of the nest and is not injured, you can return it to the nest IF you can safely reach it. If it is injured, an Animal Care & Control Officer will pick it up and bring it to the shelter. From there, if the injury is minor and can be treated, staff will contact the local bird rehabbers.\n\nIf you find a baby rabbit (or a nest of baby rabbits) and they are not injured, we will not pick them up. Leave them be and their mother will find them. If they are injured, an AC&C Officer will pick them up and bring them in. If the injury is minor and can be treated, staff will contact wildlife rehabbers.\n\nIf you find a baby deer in thick weeds/grass, or inside/under bushes, leave them be. Mom is nearby and will not return while you, or any other danger, are there. Leave the baby there for 24 hours. If it is still in the exact spot after that time, call 311 and officer will respond. From there, as long as the baby is healthy, staff will contact a wildlife rehabber.\n\n\u200b\u200bIf you have found a wild animal in your home that is considered dangerous or possible rabies exposure you can call 311 and have an Animal Care & Control Officer respond to your house. Animals such as squirrels, chipmunks, snakes, and large birds will be removed from the home and released outside per NC State law. Animals such as bats and raccoons will be removed from the home and impounded as they pose a potential rabies virus riskper NC Health Department law. Because of this risk, it\u2019s extremely important that any dogs/cats/ferrets you have in the home are vaccinated against the rabies virus.AC&C Officers will not respond to animals such as lizards and song birds in your home.\u200b\n\n\u200bNot necessarily. Not all wild animals that are out during the day have the rabies virus. It just means that they are out foraging for food or heading to a new location for safety. To learn more about wildlife visit our Living with Wildlife\u200b page.\u200b"}
-{"text": "Bible Search\n\nIn recent days, we have experienced the leading of the Holy Spirit to write and share the Word of God on physical healing as it is taught in the Bible. We have personally been healed many times, as have our family members and friends, through believing the Word of God on healing. Jesus is the Living Word of God, and you will see Him healing in these scriptures. Very likely, you have been touched by His healing power, too. Glory to God!!!\n\nJesus is our Savior and Lord, our Healer, our Baptizer, our Friend, our Provider, the Lover of our souls, our All in All! He is everything to us.\n\nThese scriptures on healing will build your faith for healing, and edify you as the Holy Spirit writes them upon your heart, as you ask Him to. May the Lord bless you and touch your heart to receive His healing power. You may want to print this page out so that you may read and say the Word of God every day.\n\n\"...for I am the Lord, who heals you.\" Exodus 15:26\n\n\"Worship the Lord your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.\" Exodus 23:25-26\n\n\"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. I will add fifteen years to your life...'\"2 Kings 20:5-6\n\n\"Bless (praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy Name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction and crowns you with love and compassion.\" Psalm 103:1-4\n\n\"He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from all their destructions.\" Psalm 107:20\n\n\"Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions (sins), He was bruised for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds (stripes) we are healed.\" Isaiah 53:4-5\n\n\"Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.\" Matthew 4:23\n\n\"News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.\" Matthew 4:24\n\n\"When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Him, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 'He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.'\" Matthew 8:16-17\n\n\"When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. \"Lord,\" he said, 'my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.' Jesus said to him, 'I will go and heal him.'\" Matthew 8:5-7\n\n\"He called His twelve disciples to Him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.\" Matthew 10:1\n\n\"As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. '\" Matthew 10:7-8\n\n\"Then He said to the man, \"Stretch out your hand.\" So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. Matthew 12:13\n\n\"A man with leprosy came to Him and begged Him on his knees, 'If you are willing, you can make me clean.' Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' He said. 'Be clean!' Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured.\" Mark 1:40-42\n\nA large crowd followed and pressed around Him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, 'If I just touch His clothes (garment), I will be healed.\" Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, 'Who touched my clothes?' 'You see the people crowding around you,' His disciples answered, 'and yet you ask, 'Who touched Me?' \" But Jesus kept looking around to see who had touched Him. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at His feet and, trembling, told Him the whole truth. He said to her, \"Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.\" Mark 5:24-34\n\n\"The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him (Jesus). Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.'\" Luke 4:17-18\n\n\"Then Peter said, 'Silver and gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.' Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping, and praising God.\" Acts 3:6-9\n\n\"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds (stripes) you have been healed.\" 1 Peter 2:24\n\n\"Is any among you in trouble? let him pray. Is any happy? Let him sing songs. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the Lord: And the prayer offered in faith (believing that the Word of God is true) will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your faults to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man (or woman) is powerful and effective.\" James 5:13-16\n\nScriptures are taken from both the King James Version and the New International Version in this list of scriptures on healing. There are many more Bible passages on physical healing.\n\nIf you need physical healing, we pray this prayer for you. Receive healing from the Living Word of God, Jesus Christ, Who is the same yesterday, today, and forever! Hebrews 13:8\n\nFather, in Jesus' Name, because of the power of the Holy Spirit, according to Your Word, we pray for the person who needs physical healing today. Thank you that Jesus is the Healer, and by His stripes and wounds, this one is healed and restored. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and today this precious one is healed. Thank You, Father. Thank You Jesus. Precious Holy Spirit, thank You for revealing the healing Word of God. Amen.\n\nIf you have never received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you need to be saved so that you can know Jesus personally and His love for you. Pray this prayer sincerely from your heart.\n\nLord Jesus, I believe that You suffered for my sins and my sicknesses on the Cross of Calvary. I receive your Sacrifice for me. I turn from my sin, and I give my life to You. Fill me with the Holy Spirit that I may have the power to live my life for You. Thank you for saving me, Lord Jesus, and for giving me a home in heaven with You. I want to walk with You every day of my life. Amen.\n\nFeel free to print this page of scriptures on healing so that you will be able to read and say them daily."}
-{"text": "Designer Alain Mikli Glasses\n\nDesigner Alain Mikli Glasses\n\nDesigner Alain Mikli Glasses\n\ndesigner alain mikli glasses: alain mikli began designing in 1998 and started the mikli by mikli line.targeting a younger audience and seeking out the hip and modern, mikli eyewear is fashion beyond fashion. the frames are made in france or in japan with the highest degree of technical perfection.\n\ndesigner alain mikli glasses: alain mikli began designing in 1998 and started the mikli by mikli line.targeting a younger audience and seeking out the hip and modern, mikli eyewear is fashion beyond fashion. the frames are made in france or in japan with the highest degree of technical perfection."}
-{"text": "To all of our loyal customers and friends over the many enjoyable years on Catherine Street we would like to thank you for your continued custom and support however it is with heavy hearts that we are announcing our closure of the cafe as of today!\n\nArtists often enter in to new endeavors as technical exercises and really never intending for them to be long term. That being said, 11 years in the restaurant business is a LONG run. I wish them luck in whatever comes next."}
-{"text": "Doctor Suspended After Failing To Take Sample Of 13-Yr-Old's Fetus To Prove Disturbing...\n\nBy: Mackenzie Wright | September 22, 2017\n\nA former doctor is accused of violating the law when he failed to take a tissue sample during an abortion. The patient was 13 years old, and the law calls for tissue samples from the fetus of anyone age 14 and younger to be preserved. As soon as Planned Parenthood in Kansas realized the doctor\u2019s mistake at their facility they reported it to authorities. The doctor's license to practice medicine had been suspended.\n\nThe young, unnamed teen patient reportedly had sex with her 19-year-old boyfriend. According to Kansas law, a legal adult having sex with a child under the age of 14 is statutory rape.\n\nDr. Allen S. Palmer was supposed to take a tissue sample when he performed an abortion on the 13-year-old patient. This sample should have been sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation or some other approved lab, and would have proved useful in a case against the older boyfriend.\n\nThe incident was reported to the medical board by Planned Parenthood Great Plains. The doctor was filling in for the medical director at the Planned Parenthood clinic, who was on vacation at the time of the girl's abortion. The routine procedure was performed during the first trimester and the staff neglected to specify the patient's age.\n\nLess than a month after the girl's abortion, the mistake was realized by the medical staff at the facility. Palmer, who was a part-time contractor for Planned Parenthood, no longer provides services for the medical center, and Planned Parenthood reported the issue to authorities.\n\nPalmer admits that he made a mistake because he didn't realize the girl's age. He says he relied on Planned Parenthood staff to inform him when a patient under the age of 14 because he normally didn't perform abortions on girls that young. He told the board he was 'as shocked and awed by this failure as anybody here'.\n\nThe doctor admitted that he failed to review the patient's medical history. The board argued that he would have known her age had he simply read her history.\n\nThe board also recommended to Planned Parenthood that they review their procedures for patients, making their ages more readily identifiable to caregivers through electronic medical records. The board noted some 'inadequacies' in the organization's procedures.\n\n\"The potential injury from this violation is severe in that a failure to preserve and submit fetal tissue may hinder a criminal prosecution,\" said an order by the State Board of Healing Arts.\n\nPalmer's license was suspended for 90 days. The suspension will be in effect in the state of Kansas until December 7. The St. Louis-based doctor can still practice in Missouri.\n\nPalmer has the right to request that the board reconsider the decision, or, if he wishes, he can file a lawsuit to overturn it. The doctor has not made himself available for comment, nor has he expressed any plans on whether he will be taking further action to appeal the decision."}
-{"text": "Industrial Heaters is a well established company based in Hampshire. We have been supplying heating and cooling solutions to commercial and industrial clients since 1988.\n\nWe are an independent company and can recommend and supply a variety of systems that suit your needs and your budget.\n\nCovering the South of England, we operate from a fleet of fully equipped vehicles, our qualified heating engineers will ensure your systems are installed and maintained to the highest standard.\n\nWhy choose Industrial Heaters?\n\nOver 20 years experience\n\nCompetitive price plans\n\nFully qualified engineers\n\nCommercial and industrial specialists\n\nGas Safe and Oftec registered\n\nFree surveys and quotations\n\nOur extensive database will schedule your planned maintenance. We will contact you prior to due service dates to ensure the work is undertaken on a regular basis, thus reducing the risk of untimely breakdowns.\n\nAs part of our\nservice we will:\n\nConduct site appraisals\n\nAnalyse your environment and recommend the best solution for your heating and air\nconditioning requirements\n\nRespond with prompt action\n\nSchedule ongoing maintenance for all your appliances.\n\nFor expert advice or a free quotation call Industrial Heaters now on01590 623244"}
-{"text": "Fergie on Milan exit (AUDIO)\n\nMan Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson isn't hiding behind excuses after the 3-0 loss to AC Milan at the San Siro, as he takes defeat gracefully, admitting his side were simply not up to par with their Italian opponents in the Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Leg."}
-{"text": "Tried & Tested: 8 PROVEN Ways To Grow Your Business In Kenya\n\n03 Feb 2018\n\nBy Kibet Tobias\n\nLearning how to grow your business in Kenya today isn\u2019t just a worthy goal; it is often a necessity for your business\u2019s survival and your economic well-being. What can you do to get your small business to the highest level?\n\nThere\u2019s no specific formula to running a successful business but these are the proven strategies that have worked for the successful Kenyan entrepreneurs.\n\nTry one or more of these tips and they will successfully work for you.\n\nHere\u2019s How To Grow Your Small Business In Kenya\n\n1. Penetrate your existing market.\n\nWhen a new product is being launched, there exists the risk of it being successful or not.\n\nAnd when you think about how to grow your business, the first thing that probably comes to mind is getting new customers. But the customers you already have are your best bet for increasing your sales; it\u2019s easier and more cost-effective to get people who are already buying from you to buy more than to find new customers and persuade them to buy from you.\n\nAn effective way to penetrate into the market is to properly communicate with the customers and be sensitive to their requirements and wants.\n\n2. Ask for referrals.\n\nThat\u2019s not to say that getting new customers is a bad approach. One of the easiest ways to do this is to ask your current customers for referrals. But notice the verb.\n\nHaving good products and great customer service and just assuming that your customers are passing the word about your business isn\u2019t going to do much to increase your customer base; you have to actively seek referrals.\n\nDuring or after every job or sale, ask your satisfied customer if he knows anyone else who would be interested in your products or services.\n\n3. Be Innovative\n\nInnovation in your business can mean introducing new or improved products, services or processes. You can do this by analyzing the marketplace\n\nTo move your business forward, study your marketplace and understand how innovation can add value to your customers.\n\nRemember by discovering and promoting new uses for your products or services is a great way to both get existing customers to buy more and attract new customers. Innovation will not only improve the chances of your business surviving, but also help it to thrive and drive increased profits.\n\n4. Extend your market reach.\n\nThere are several ways of growing your business by making your product or service available to a new pool of customers.\n\nThe most obvious is to open stores in new locations, such as opening a store or kiosk in a new town. New locations can also be virtual, such as a website with an online store.\n\nAnother approach is to extend your reach through advertising. Once you\u2019ve identified a new market, you might advertise in select media that targets that market.\n\nIf your new market consists of a younger demographic, you may want to use social media for advertising. You can use Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and many others.\n\n5. Participate in trade shows.\n\nTrade shows can be a great way to grow too. Because trade shows draw people who are already interested in the type of product or service you offer, they can powerfully improve your bottom line.\n\nThe trick is to select the trade shows you participate in carefully, seeking the right match for your product or service.\n\n6. Cut your costs.\n\nSurprised? Bear in mind that when we\u2019re talking about growing your business, we\u2019re actually talking about growing your business\u2019s bottom line. If your business has slow periods you can use your family members wherever possible to reduce staffing costs.\n\nYou can also reduce your vehicle expenses by using public means. Remember if you own a vehicle and your business involves travelling to reach your customers, fuel and servicing costs can be financially dangerous. So again, choose the public transport.\n\n7. Diversify your products or services.\n\nThe key to successful growth through diversification is similarity. You want to focus on the related needs of your already established market or on market segments with similar needs and characteristics.\n\nYou can add features that will make your product or service appealing to a different group of consumers.\n\nAre there products that go along with what you sell or do that your customers or clients purchase from a different vendor? In short, find related products and sell them with yours.\n\n8. Franchising\n\nThis is a marketing concept which can be adopted by an organization as a strategy for business expansion.\n\nIn this case you can make arrangement to grant another party the right to use your trademark or trade-name as well as your products and services to produce and market according to certain specifications. You will pay them a fee plus a percentage of sales revenue as royalty, and gains\n\nIf you have a successful business and can develop a system that ensures that others can duplicate your success, franchising may be the fast track for growing your business. Is Franchising the Business for You?\n\nThere you have it; how to grow your business in Kenya. Don\u2019t let this list overwhelm you; pick one or two of these ideas that are suitable to your business and your circumstances and get your plan for growing your business underway.\n\nWhile you probably won\u2019t experience growth right away, whichever way of expanding your business you choose, you will see progress if you keep at it, and will successfully transform your business into all you want it to be.\n\nThe writer is a Content Writer at Career Point Kenya. Email: tobias@careerpointkenya.co.ke."}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nMayflower Congregational Church\n\nIn celebration of Spring, the Canyon Creek String Ensemble will present \u201cJoin the Dance,\u201d a concert featuring such diverse, rhythmic works as Bartok\u2019s \u201cRomanian Folk Dances,\u201d Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019 \u201cDanse Bacchanale,\u201d and McLean\u2019s \u201cRhumba,\u201d 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Mayflower Congregational Church, 2940 Poly Dr., Billings. The concert is free and open to the public.\n\nCategory:\n\nTags:\n\nRenowned videographer Bob Landis will again present a collection of great wildlife clips at the Yellowstone Valley Audubon Society\u2019s December meeting. The special program will be held Monday, Dec. 18, at the Mayflower Congregational Church on the corner of Rehberg Lane and Poly Drive with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation beginning at 7 p.m."}
-{"text": "Hearts. We hear about them all the time: heartbreak, heartburn, having heart-to-heart chats and getting to the heart of the matter. The heart has become the muscle of emotion.\n\nBut as heart-shaped symbols appear on everything from bumper stickers to T-shirts, how much thought is given to heart disease?\n\nDid you know that heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women? Listen up, ladies \u2014 this is serious business. Knowing the risk factors and changing harmful behavior can help you stay heart-healthy.\n\nHere are some things you can do to protect yourself against heart disease.\n\nStory continues below advertisement.\n\nStop smoking. The reasons that smoking is dangerous are too numerous to mention. Just stop now. By quitting you will cut your risk for heart disease in half.\n\nControl high blood pressure. The plaque buildup on the artery walls may be increased by the stress of high blood pressure.\n\nReduce high cholesterol. Buildup in the artery walls makes the heart work harder.\n\nIt is imperative to be physically active, to watch your weight and to reduce stress levels, which when high can raise adrenaline levels in the body, in turn raising the heart rate and blood pressure. This can cause arteries to tighten and narrow.\n\nMany people are familiar with the signs of a heart attack in men, including pain down the arm and severe chest pain. It is important to note that a woman\u2019s symptoms of a heart attack, however, are often less defined can be misdiagnosed.\n\nIn fact, these symptoms can be present for years but may accelerate a month or more before the heart attack itself. Some women may have heart disease without even realizing it. The risk increases with age, especially in post-menopausal women who no longer produce estrogen.\n\nAccording to the WomenHeart website, www.womenheart.org, women having a heart attack may experience symptoms such as:\n\nDiscomfort, tightness, uncomfortable pressure, fullness, or squeezing in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that comes and goes.\n\nCrushing chest pain.\n\nPressure or pain that spreads to the shoulders, neck, upper back, jaw or arms.\n\nSince some of these symptoms are vague, they may be dismissed, which could be life-threatening. According to WomenHeart, some survivors say their health care providers have attributed the cause of symptoms to other health problems, such as indigestion.\n\nThe bottom line is to not ignore signs of a heart attack, to listen to your body and seek medical attention immediately if you have symptoms, including insisting that an EKG test or an enzyme blood test is performed.\n\nCarol Higgins Taylor is director of communications at Eastern Area Agency on Aging. E-mail chtaylor@eaaa.org."}
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We may consider ads for you based on information you share on Facebook and your use of other websites and apps. To learn more about this type of advertising and your choices about it, visit https://www.facebook.com/about/ads.\nSubscription Products:\n\u2022 Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication\n\nAdvertisement\n\ntextPlus: Unlimited Text+Calls App Screenshots\n\ntextPlus: Unlimited Text+Calls App Reviews\n\nNeeds Improvement!!\n\n2\n\nBy MasielPeguero\n\nThe app needs improvement:\n- You cannot delete one text message.\n- Images 90% of the time don\u2019t go through, instead it converts to a link and when you click on it it shows a Java Exception.\n- When the app is running in the background mode and you receive a notification sometimes it does not show as a banner or in the lock screen.\n- When sending messages it will said \u201cRead\u201d when it hasn\u2019t been read. If you exit the conversation and go back in, the last message status will change to \u201csent\u201d. This is not reliable at all!\n- I don\u2019t think there is still a way to see if someone is online in the app. However, the writing notification hasn\u2019t giving me any issues.\nI hope these issues can be addressed soon.\nThank you!\n\nCan\u2019t call different places\n\n2\n\nBy floyd woods\n\nWhy can\u2019t call other country\u2019s\n\n:(\n\n5\n\nBy \ud83e\udd92maddog\ud83e\udd84\n\nI liked it at first but then it keep bugging me about my number getting reclaimed so then I did what it said to do to help pervert it but then my number was still reclaimed even after it did what it said to do to stop it :(\n\nI love the app...\n\n5\n\nBy Julissia\n\nI love the app for texting and picture messaging for free. Wish it would have calling for free but I just got the app for texting and picture messaging anyways.\n\nTextPlus is the greatest\n\n5\n\nBy kevinyukevinkevin\n\nTexting and calling app\n\nGreat app, but a few issues\n\n3\n\nBy commentor13\n\nI love this app, it's SO helpful, but u can only call and text with wifi, so this becomes an issue. In addition, there is no FaceTime feature, and the # pops up when someone texts u instead of the name of the person. Also, when u get an \"unknown\" call, it WILL NOT SHOW THE NUMBER!! U can't receive vids either! Plz fix these, but otherwise, the app is gr8!\n\nGood app but...\n\n3\n\nBy - the unknown\n\nI love the app but It has a few issues about receiving messages on time like someone texts me but I get it 20 minuets later and I have much to do and I need to get my messages on time not 20 minutes later please help\n\nAmazing\n\n4\n\nBy Prince_Climes\n\nI love the app. I just wished it let you know in advance before your number timed out. Besides that, it\u2019s amazing. I call who I want to call. People can text me from basically anywhere. And I can send voice messages too!!!\n\nHorrible push notifications\n\n1\n\nBy Jdub110\n\nEveryday it wants me to open it to see that I didn\u2019t use the app yesterday. Wow. So annoying.\n\nThe awesome call app\n\n5\n\nBy menacej3\n\nThis app is great but one problem so if I call my friend or he calls me it mutes but it is still good though"}
-{"text": "According to BuffaloBills.com, \"all signs\" point toward ScottChandler (ACL) being a full participant in training camp on the heels of his \"remarkable recovery.\"\n\n\"I think the biggest thing for me then is going to be how much I can do consecutively,\" Chandler said. \"Is it going to be three days (in a row) or will I be able to go all four days and then have a day off. I was encouraged by what I did during minicamp. I was able to do three hard days in a row of stuff and I still felt good.\" Chandler is now seemingly certain to be ready for Week 1, but it's unclear how he'll fit into OC Nathaniel Hackett's system after scoring 12 combined touchdowns the past two seasons. He's a middle-of-the-road TE2."}
-{"text": "Eating disorder took model to death's door\n\n'It's not worth it'\n\nSURVIVOR: Sophie Nolan overcame an eating disorder and now wants to tell others of her experience.\n\nRelevant offers\n\n\"It's not worth it\" is the message Sophie Nolan wants the world to hear.\n\nThe 25-year-old struggled with eating disorders for nine years of her life - at her lowest point the Hamilton model's 179cm frame weighed 40 kilograms.\n\nShe suffered three heart attacks and was told by an emergency room doctor that she would die if she didn't get help.\n\nSo she got help.\n\nWhile well on the road to recovery, she said it was an ongoing battle and \"something you have to work at every day\".\n\nAnd she is not alone.\n\nFigures released to the Waikato Times under the Official Information Act show that Waikato children as young as 6 have been suffering from the effects of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.\n\nIn the past four years two young girls, one aged 6 and one aged 7, were treated for eating disorders, while a total of 59 people under the age of 18 have been treated at hospitals throughout the region.\n\nOf those, six were male, the youngest of which was aged 12.\n\nLynne Blake, team leader and consultant clinical psychologist for the Waikato District Health Board's specialist eating disorders service, said Waikato numbers were similar to those in other parts of the country along with the rest of the world and she wasn't seeing any growth or decline in cases.\n\n\"It's all very similar across the board,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't think the numbers are greatly changing.\"\n\nNeither are the reasons behind such disorders. For Miss Nolan, the issues began when she was aged 14.\n\nSchool-yard teasing and dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder after her father was in a serious car accident had gotten the better of her and controlling her eating seemed like an easy way out.\n\n\"It was my only way to cope and my only way to have control of something,\" she said.\n\n\"I just wanted to be perfect.\"\n\nAt the peak of her disorder, and weighing 40kg, Miss Nolan was also pushing through seven hours of exercise a day.\n\n\"I would get up and the first thing I would think about was food, and how I was going to eat and exercise that day,\" she said.\n\n\"When you are in your eating disorder, you don't think you have a problem.\"\n\nFriends and family were expressing their concerns but the disorder prevented her from listening.\n\n\"I could hear what they were saying and in my heart I knew what they were saying but my mind was telling me otherwise,\" she said.\n\nIt was not until she collapsed that she realised that she had a problem.\n\n\"After being rushed to the emergency room the doctor told me: your heart can't handle this, you are going to die,\" she said.\n\nMiss Nolan was 17 when she started getting help but it wasn't until she was 23 that she started \"really working at it\".\n\n\"I've lost friendships, I've lost relationships . . . I've had three heart attacks,\" she said.\n\n\"It's not worth dying for.\"\n\nMen are also prone to eating disorders, however a spokeswoman for the Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand said that while men were affected, international reports suggesting an increase in men and boys with eating disorders were unfounded in New Zealand. \"It has predominantly been, and still is, a female dominated illness but we do see a few males coming through,\" she said.\n\n\"It can be devastating for males too because it is seen as a female thing.\"\n\nOne man, who did not wish to be named, said he had been on medication for the effects of his obsessive compulsive disorder and eating disorder for the past seven years.\n\n\"I'm still haunted by it but I can eat for enjoyment now which I could never do before,\" he said. He struggled with his eating disorder for about 25 years and found it extremely difficult being a male going through the disease, especially as it was unheard of in the 1970s.\n\nBut times had changed, he said, and today's young men did not face the \"pressures\" of days gone by, so he offered some advice to fellow strugglers.\n\n\"One thing I would say, especially to males, is don't be ashamed, don't be embarrassed.\"\n\nMs Blake said there was ever-changing information around the causes and effective treatment of eating disorders .\n\nThere were many factors leading to eating disorders, with some research now showing the conditions might be linked to genetics.\n\nA change made to the way younger patients were treated was also leading to successful results, Ms Blake said.\n\n\"Family based treatment is being rolled out throughout the country as the treatment of choice for children and adolescents, by the Ministry of Health,\" she said.\n\nEating Disorders Association of New Zealand: Phone 09 522 2679\n\nANOREXIA NERVOSA\n\nEating disorder characterised by an intense fear of gaining weight, distorted body image and refusal to maintain a healthy body weight. Defined as being 15% or more below the ideal weight for height. It most commonly occurs during adolescence."}
-{"text": "Blog\n\nThree key takeaways from OTT TV World Summit\n\nOTT TV World Summit brought together many industry experts in the TV and online video business \u2013 from Facebook and Microsoft to Scandinavia\u2019s largest broadcasting companies to telecommunication providers stretching all the way from South Korea to Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 for three intensive days of discussion and networking in London last month.\n\nWith compelling OTT content topics including monetisation, analytics, next generation delivery and services, personalised experience delivered within 24 hours, the 200+ attendees are now geared with diverse insights that they can begin to apply in \u2018real\u2019 projects when they get back to work.\n\nIf you missed the event, here are the three key takeaways from the event from the perspective of the Edgeware team.\n\nData is the currency in the digital world\n\nConsumers today expect differentiated content and tailor made services. By our nature humans are lazy, we want it simple, and we want it now. Content providers who still do not understand this will risk losing viewer attention because every additional click is a barrier to the right content. The Panel on Day 1 agreed that successful companies like BBC, WWE, and Disney have uncompromising focus on use of data. Netflix reportedly does A/B testing on everything. Using data enables broadcasters and pay TV providers to be relevant to the audience, offer a personalised experience without being intrusive such as recommendations, quickly add new services, tweak services regularly, and ultimately creating competitive advantage that drives growth. For more ideas about how to leverage data for quick wins, please take a look at this recent post on our blog.\n\nSports \u2013 early data adopters\n\nCreating value for customers lies in the data. However, even with the mass availability of data on video delivery, adopting a data-driven culture in this fast-evolving industry is still a challenge. The fact is many companies still struggle to identify the starting point of value creation through the use of data. Fortunately, on the last day of the event, it became clear that sports ruled this area. The sports segment is clearly the pioneer of data adopters. Sports fans love data! Here are some real-world examples shared during the event:\n\nA broadcaster recorded higher engagement on goals and its related clips from its OTT TV service. The decision was then made to curate its own \u2018goal show\u2019 for its linear viewers, which had been successful since launch. This is a great example of how you can use data to drive viewership, not only for OTT services, but also for linear services.\nA Spanish soccer club saw that a large majority of its fans are in fact outside Spain and used the insights to launch its digital presence in the countries based on where its fans were most active socially. This example shows how you can create a closer connection to the audience or fans, reinforcing customer loyalty.\n\nWinners don\u2019t take it all \u2013 content differentiation still rules\n\nWhen discussing success factors of an OTT player, Netflix is repeatedly the poster child in many cases. However, the consensus on the topic of OTT domination at the event was that the big players like Netflix and Amazon would not take it all. Regional OTT players will always have a share of the pie, as long as there is demand for regionalised or localised content such as local sports or drama series in local language. And this, despite globalisation, will always persevere because of our innate preference for things based on familiarity. It is all about providing content that resonates with your viewers, predicting content that they will love based on their profiles (for e.g. recommendations), and doing so every time so that they keep coming back for more.\n\nWhat are your key takeaways? We hope you enjoy this post and thank you to everyone who came to say hello or engaged with us on social media during the event. We\u2019d love to hear from you. Please post your comments below or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn."}
-{"text": "OpenGL Headline News\n\nStefan Gustavson has developed a distance transform method that takes an anti-aliased alpha map as input and computes a distance field with accurate sub-pixel resolution, without the need for a 4K+ binary alpha map\u2014a modestly sized alpha map rendered with proper AA is enough. In 2007, Chris Green at Valve presented a method for crisp, anti-aliased real time contour graphics based on distance map textures. The method is very useful, but all classic distance transform methods use binary input images and therefore require almost insane resolutions to yield a good enough distance map for this application. A pre-publication write-up and GPL source code is available."}
-{"text": "The Salesians of Don Bosco usually known as SDB are a religious society of the Catholic Church dedicated to the education and evangelization of youth. Its founder St. John Bosco left them a legacy of love and dedication for the poor and the working class. On the 18 December 1859, St. John Bosco officially started the Salesian Congregation after reading the \"Letter of Approval of the Salesian Constitutions\". The works of the Oratories, Schools and Youth Centers have spread ever since from Italy to most regions and countries in Europe, Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa.\n\nThe Salesians of Don Bosco began work in Ethiopia since 1975. The Salesians of Don Bosco have a well-established presence in five regions of Ethiopia, which are Tigray Regional State - Adigrat, Adwa, Mekelle, Shire; Gambella Regional State - Gambella and Pugnido; in Southern Nations National People Regional State - Soddo and Dilla; Oromia Regional State - Zway, Adamitullu and Debre Zeit and in Addis Ababa City Administration.\n\nThe mission of the Salesians is to address the needs of the youth and to meet their basic needs. In the light of this mission, education is the key to prepare young people for their lives. Consequently, the organization is running Kindergartens, Primary Schools, High Schools and Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Colleges. SDB had implemented and continue to implement a wide range of programs and activities on education which includes technical and vocational trainings, street children programs, agriculture, women\u2019s promotion, feeding programs, and youth focused activities in their youth centers, sponsorship programs, intense awareness raising programs on HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and other emergency programs.\n\nBrother Cesare Bullo\n\nBorn in Chioggia (Italy) in 1941. since the childhood Cesare attend the Salesian Oratory of his city, which represents everything for the youth in the difficult years after the World War. In Verona, Cesare studied at the Vocational school \u201cDon Bosco\u201d. In 1957, he started the novitiate and then continued his studies at Torino Rebaudengo. After completing the training, in February 1962 he left as a missionary to Vietnam, where he stayed for thirteen years (apart from a short interval in the USA and in Italy, to complete his University studies).suppliers."}
-{"text": "FOLLOW US!\n\n\u201cGet fit with your dog!\u201d dog-walk rally in Chatan\n\nCategory: [ Family ]\n\nDate: March 20th, 2015\n\nDog owners are challenged for a walk with their pets Sunday.\n\nDog owners and their pets are invited to come to Araha Park in Chatan this Sunday, where Animal Hospital 22 Group and Okinawa Toyopet Toyota dealership are organizing a walk to support a drive to reduce the number of stray animals and eliminate the pet euthanasia in the prefecture.\n\nRegistration fees of the walk rally will be donated to the fund of \u2018Animal Heart Link Project 2020\u2019. According to organizers, on Okinawa, more than 5,000 stray dogs and cats are put to death at the prefecture animal shelters every year. In order to change the current situation, Animal Hospital 22 Group started a project called \u2018Animal Heart Link Project 2020\u2019. The aim is to reduce the number of stray dogs and cats, and thus the need to their euthanasia to zero in five years by 2020.\n\nThe kick-off event of the project will be held at Araha Park in Chatan on Sunday, March 22nd. Prior reservation is required, and can be done by phone (098) 983-8111 (9 a.m. ~ 7 p.m.), fax (098) 989-6630, on the website http://heartlink.animalhospital22.jp/event/ or in person at the pet hospitals of Animal Hospital 22 Group. The registration for the event at the site takes place from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and the event itself from 10 a.m. to noon in front of the open stage at Araha Park.\n\nThe cost to participate for adults is \u00a5500, junior high and high school students \u00a5200, and free for elementary school students and younger children. All registration fees go to the Animal Heart Link Project 2020 fund. An animal doctor will be on hand at the event for free consultation about your pet\u2019s health issues. A dog run space is also prepared at the venue and costs \u00a5200 per dog.\n\nThose who wish to participate should note that all dogs must have been vaccinated within a year; they are not under on-going medical treatment of illness or wounds; they are not in heat; they must not be aggressive; and they are being treated for ticks and fleas.\n\nFuture planned activities of the project include installing a \u2018Heart Link Box\u2019 for accepting unwanted puppies and kittens, setting up shelters for receiving rescued dogs and cats, holding regular adoption events and setting up a special store for pet adoptions. A final goal is to launch a large shelter for all stray, homeless and lost dogs and cats on Okinawa."}
-{"text": "Tag: Harry Harlow\n\nResearch Jottings by Larry K. Brendtro, PhD We have become strangers to each other, not only avoiding but even warding off all forms of \u201cunnecessary\u201d physical contact, faceless figures in a crowded landscape, lonely and afraid of intimacy.[1] \u2014Ashley Montagu As a teenager, Jabari risked his life, unaccompanied, to escape war-torn Africa to the United[\u2026]"}
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-{"text": "Powers of Attorney\n\nMorris County & Bergen County Powers of Attorney Assistance\n\nA well-conceived estate plan will ultimately preserve your legacy and protect your loved ones. At the same time, it is crucial to consider how unexpected circumstances \u2014 such as a serious illness or injury \u2014 could disrupt your plans. By putting in place the necessary powers of attorney, you can rest assured that your affairs will be properly managed and your healthcare needs will be met. In the long run, the surest way to achieve all of your goals is by working with the right estate planning attorney.\n\nAt E.A. Goodman Law, we are keenly aware that no one wants to think about dying or the possibility of becoming incapacitated. Planning for the inevitable or such misfortune is the only responsible thing to do for yourself and your loved ones, however. We know how to prepare the necessary powers of attorney and other documents that will facilitate seamless transitions when you are incapable of making your own financial and medical decisions.\n\nPlanning for Incapacity is Vital\n\nLife is unpredictable and a car accident or serious illness can strike without warning, leaving anyone unable to make even basic decisions independently. But failing to take the necessary measures to plan for such circumstances can have serious consequences. First, not having powers of attorney in place could jeopardize your estate. Additionally, your loved ones will need to go to court to obtain permission to act on your behalf \u2014 a tremendous burden during such a trying time. Moreover, disputes among family members could become a protracted and expensive legal battle. In some cases, the court may even intervene by appointing a guardian or conservator whose decisions may not agree with your wishes.\n\nWith so much at stake, it is crucial to turn to E.A. Goodman Law. We will take the time to understand your financial circumstances and family dynamics and create the necessary powers of attorney.\n\nWhat Types of Powers of Attorney Should My Estate Plan Include?\n\nA power of attorney names a trusted person to act as your agent if you lose the ability to make critical decisions. The essential documents that need to be created include:\n\nDurable Financial Power of Attorney \u2014 This document designates a representative, typically a spouse, a trusted family member, or a friend \u2013 to make financial decisions concerning your bank and investment accounts and other financial matters. Your agent has the power to sign your name for financial purposes, manage your accounts, pay your bills, invest your assets, and the like. The person you appoint must be trustworthy and capable of taking on these responsibilities.\n\nAdvance Medical Directive \u2014 Also known as a power of attorney for health care, this document names a trusted person to act as your agent regarding your health care interests. The individual you select will have the authority to coordinate your medical needs with your doctors and ensure you receive the type of care you prefer.\n\nDo Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) \u2014 This document alerts doctors, nurses and emergency personnel that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should not be used to keep you alive in case of a medical emergency. A DNR is frequently used along with other advance medical directives by those who are critically ill and prefer not to receive life sustaining treatment.\n\nHIPAA Release Authorization \u2014 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law designed to protect a person\u2019s private health information and medical records. The law requires the completion of a HIPAA authorization to release such information to outside organizations, agents, successor trustees, family members and other designees.\n\nUltimately, completing a HIPAA Authorization will ensure that your agent and loved ones have access to critical information about your condition.\n\nWhy Choose E.A. Goodman Law?\n\nWe can help to relieve your concerns by creating powers of attorney that will keep your estate plan on the right track and ensure that your assets and your loved ones are protected. Our team also creates powers of attorney as part of a comprehensive business succession plan. When you work with our dedicated legal team, you can rest assured that your financial affairs will be properly managed and that the medical care you prefer to receive will be provided. You will also relieve loved ones of the burden of going to court to obtain the authority to assume these decision making responsibilities.\n\nOf course, working through these issues can be challenging, which is why we will offer you knowledge, compassion, and the personal attention you deserve. We are different from many other law firms because your legacy matters to us. Above all, we will always put your best interests first. When it comes to wealth preservation and asset protection, E.A. Goodman Law is the informed choice in estate planning. Call our office today or complete the convenient online contact form to set up a consultation."}
-{"text": "Memorial Stadium Information\n\nCONCESSION STANDS: Concession stands\nare located beneath all stands inside Memorial Stadium and can be\nreached from any portal.\n\nEMERGENCIES: First Aid stations are located on the South side under Section J, North side under Section T, North Top Deck under Section K, and South Top Deck under Section E. Trained nurses are on hand. If a doctor is needed, ask any usher. For emergencies, call 911.\n\nHANDICAPPED: Entrances are at Gates 1 and 5 for the handicapped.\n\nLOST & FOUND: Please report any item to the Gate 11 information booth.\n\nNOTICE: Solicitation for any purpose is prohibited at an athletic contest in Memorial Stadium. Memorial Stadium is also a smoke-free facility. Smoking is prohibited inside the gates.\n\nPASSOUTS: Passouts are allowed, however, fans will have to go through the same level of security screening as they did upon entering.\n\nPUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM: The public\naddress system is intended for spectators' information. Do not request its use to make social contacts.\n\nSEASON TICKETHOLDERS & OTHER VISITORS: All visitors to Memorial Stadium are requested to enter at Gates 1, 5, 9, 11 or 13. Top Deck ticketholders must enter via the ramps, located behind the North and South stands. Ramp entrances are adjacent to Gates 1 and 13 (South) and Gates 5 and 9 (North).\n\nWILL-CALL: Will-call tickets can be picked\nup at the IPTAY Center/Ticket Office, located at the Northwest corner of Memorial Stadium."}
-{"text": "Vietnamese Millionaire\n\nThere are 16,000 Vietnamese \u0111\u00f4ng to the US dollar, which is one of the more perplexing exchange rates I\u2019ve encountered in my travels. I currently have more than two-million \u0111\u00f4ng in my possession.\n\nThe best tourist attraction in Saigon is the streets themselves. Kattina and I spent hours today wandering aimlessly through the chaos. The city is a never-ending symphony of car horns and motorbikes. I won\u2019t write about the joys of crossing the street because every other visitor to Saigon writes about that. Suffice it to say it\u2019s reminiscent of the \u201cFrogger\u201d video game from the 1980s.\n\nKattina went back to our room after dinner. I stayed out and wandered for a while. Without her, I was approached by several extremely friendly young women who wanted to \u201chave a drink\u201d with me. At one point, I pondered having the following conversation:\n\nThem: Hello! You want to go have a good time?\n\nMe: Sure! How does one-million \u0111\u00f4ng sound?\n\nThem: One million \u0111\u00f4ng? Okay. Let\u2019s go.\n\nMe: Excellent! But you have to pay me first.\n\n(I found a simple \u201cno thanks\u201d to be easier, however, given the language barrier and all.)\n\nLeave a Reply\n\nFree Globejotting Newsletter\n\nStay up to date on the latest travel tales, writing tips, and more! Sign up for the free Globejotting Newsletter.\n\n(Your e-mail address will absolutely never be shared, sold, or traded for camels.)\n\nEmail address:\n\nWriting and Life Coaching\n\nDave Fox is a writing coach with more than two decades of experience, and a Transformation Academy certified life coach.\n\nIf you\u2019ve got big writing goals, dreams you want to achieve but you\u2019re not sure how to get there, or if you\u2019re struggling with something and you need help turning things around, Dave can help you create a path to more fulfilling and authentic life."}
-{"text": "ANZAC Day 2016\n\nWWI transport and uniforms\n\nThis entry was posted on Monday, April 25th, 2016 at 12:14 pm and is filed under History - Observations. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.\nYou can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed."}
-{"text": "Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion\n\nNew sharing and extensive cloud-based synchronization features. New apps for OS X that match their iOS counterparts. Strong security features that don't get in the way of expert users. Gaming Center and AirPlay Mirroring turn the Mac into a high-powered gaming console.\n\nCons\n\nTrivial inconsistencies in the interface.\n\nBottom Line\n\nOnce again, OS X takes the prize as the world's best consumer operating system money can buy, and it looks well positioned to hold off the challenge of Windows 8.\n\nOne note: When you enable Dictation, you authorize Apple to upload everything you dictate, plus your full contact list so that it can learn to recognize names, nicknames, and addresses. I was able to dictate contact names in Mail and Messages, though I sometimes had to learn to pronounce names in a way that was closer to the way they're spelled than I'm used to saying them. I learned quickly not to dictate in a noisy room: When someone was typing a few feet away, the system translated the keyboard noises into a kind of surrealist poetry in the middle of my ordinary sentences, and the dictation system thought I said the words \"about the bathroom\" when I wasn't even thinking about it.\n\nGames, Security, and Fine-TuningMountain Lion's Game Center feature went live only when the OS itself was released today, so I didn't get a chance to test it. But anyone who used Game Center on an iOS device will find the same features in the OS X version, including notifications when an invitation arrives to join a game. Game Center, combined with AirPlay Mirroring for displaying a game on an HDTV, makes me think that a lot of game consoles are going to start gathering dust when Mac users discover that their laptop now doubles as one of the most powerful consoles on the market.\n\nNew security features in Mountain Lion are designed to protect unsophisticated users while making it easy for experts to avoid inconvenience. By default, the new Gatekeeper system prevents any downloaded app from running unless you got it from the App Store or it was created by a registered Apple developer. If you want to run any other downloaded app or utility, you can control-click the app, choose Open from the pop-up menu, and confirm that you want to approve the app for your system; you only have to give this approval once, and OS X then lets the app run normally whenever you launch it. No dialog box explains this control-click trick, so your overly-trusting uncle won't be able to use it to install malware. If you have an administrative account on your Mac, you can simply turn off this system and run apps downloaded from anywhere. Gatekeeper doesn't block apps installed from CDs or USB sticks, but Apple silently downloads updated malware signatures to OS X systems to help the OS prevent any damaging software from running.\n\nAs always with OS X upgrades, some of the most welcome changes aren't the big ones that Apple trumpets on its website. Everywhere you look, you'll find small improvements in clarity that will make OS X easier to use for beginners while not getting in the way of experts. For example, when Safari starts downloading a file, an animated icon jumps from Safari to the Downloads icon on the OS X dock, and a small progress bar appears beneath that icon. Unlike Windows, where even experts sometimes wonder exactly where to find a downloaded file, OS X shows you exactly where the download is going and displays download progress without opening an additional window on screen. You get more information and less clutter. Of course, the traditional Downloads sheet is still available, but you probably won't bother opening it.\n\nUnder Lion, I never used the Launchpad feature (which displays icons of all my apps, like the home screen on iOS) because I had too many apps to waste time hunting them down in Launchpad. But under Mountain Lion, Launchpad has a search box that zeroes in on an app as I type its name, without finding similarly-named files like Spotlight does, so Launchpad has suddenly become as useful to experts as it is to beginners.\n\nOne small detail that combines usability and wit: While a file is in the process of being downloaded from Safari, the Finder lists its file date as January 24, 1984, which happens to be the date when Steve Jobs demo-ed the original Macintosh, but is also so far in the past that the download stays at the foot of a date-arranged file list so users won't be tempted to mess with it until the download is complete and the Finder gives it its actual file date.\n\nPCMag may earn affiliate commissions from the shopping links included on this page. These commissions do not affect how we test, rate or review products. To find out more, read our complete terms of use."}
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-{"text": "Main menu\n\nSearch form\n\nA39 junction improvements\n\nThe A39 is a key commuting route, with two key traffic light controlled junctions with the B3116 and A368 which have to manage over 5,000 vehicles per day. Congestion at these two junctions has an impact not only on through traffic but also in causing delays for local traffic. With the support from the Local Growth Fund, Bath & North East Somerset Council is improving these junctions to keep traffic moving and cut queue lengths which affect air quality.\n\nWhat is happening?\n\nThe first improvement at the A39/B3116 junction (Two Headed Man) was undertaken in 2017. We are now planning improvements for the A39/A368 junction (Bences Garage). The existing signal controlled junction experiences long queues at peak times. It is proposed to widen the A39 southbound carriageway to two lanes, with separate lanes for ahead/left turn traffic, enabling more green time at the signals which is anticipated to reduce queue lengths.\n\nWhat are the benefits?\n\nCutting the queues will speed up journey times, reduce emissions and alleviate pressure on minor roads which currently experience rat running.\n\nWhen is it taking place?\n\nInitial site setting up works will start after the August Bank Holiday weekend. The existing signals will be de-commisioned and replaced with temporary signals on Monday 3 September. The works are expected to take up to 12 weeks to complete."}
-{"text": "Neteller Founders Charged With Conspiracy And Money Laundering\n\nLaw, 2007-01-16, by TwoGun\n\nStephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre founded Neteller, a popular online gambling money transfer service, in 1999. Both no longer have an active role with the publicly traded company, though each has a significant shareholding.\n\nBoth Lawrence and Lefebvre are charged with conspiring to transfer funds with the intent to promote illegal gambling. Each could face up to twenty years in prison.\n\nThe indictment cites Lawrence and Lefebvre violating Section 1956(a)(2)(A) of Title 18 of the United States Code, which states: \"Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit, or transfer a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States or to a place in the United States from or through a place outside the United States- (A) with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity;\"\n\nIn reference to the \"specified unlawful activity,\" the indictment cites both federal and state anti-gambling laws. This case marks the first time the United States Department of Justice has charged a major firm in the internet gambling industry that was not primarily a sportsbook.\n\nThis case is not necessarily related to the recently passed Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The FBI began their investigation of Neteller in June 2006, several months before the UIGEA was passed."}
-{"text": "Scientists Discover Protein That Can Accelerate Recovery\n\nNew research from UCLA\u2019s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals how a unique protein found in human bone marrow can drive stem cells to repair our blood system after an injury, providing a roadmap that could help scientists make existing radiation and chemotherapy treatments more effective for people with cancer and other blood-related diseases.\n\nMillions of cancer patients worldwide currently receive some form of radiation therapy or chemotherapy in hopes of curing the disease, and most suffer damage to their blood system as a result. Current therapeutic regimens are also cyclical, generally requiring a 30-day wait period between treatments to allow the blood system time to heal and repair.\n\nA key to the new study were hematopoietic stem cells, which can change and become any other type of blood cell, such as red or white blood cells. Scientists have long studied hematopoietic stem cells in the lab, seeking to understand how bone marrow regulates and instructs them to regenerate and repair themselves, which helps our bodies to recover after an injury or stress.\n\nIn prior research, Chute had discovered that endothelial cells \u2014 the cells that make up the lining of blood vessels in our bone marrow \u2014 play a key role in telling hematopoietic stem cells how to renew and repair themselves. He theorized that following an injury or another stress to our body, the blood system as a whole benefits as the activity in bone marrow directly drives the stem cells to promote and accelerate recovery.\n\nIn the new study, Chute and colleagues built upon their previous studies to identify a new protein called pleiotrophin. They discovered that the protein binds to hematopoietic stem cells, and that it is this process that activates the blood stem cells to stimulate the recovery of our entire blood system.\n\nChute\u2019s team conducted experiments in mouse models to administer pleiotrophin after a normally lethal dose of radiation. They found that hematopoietic stem cells and the blood system recovered faster with pleiotrophin than without it, and in two-thirds of the cases the animal survived. Additionally, they found that when they did the opposite \u2014 actually blocking pleiotrophin and thereby preventing it from functioning \u2014 the blood stem cells saw no advantage in recovery. This strongly suggests that the protein is key in accelerating recovery of the blood system.\n\n\u201cWe have now discovered the mechanism by which pleiotrophin can instruct blood stem cells to regenerate,\u201d said Chute, who also is a member of the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research. \u201cBy modeling it for potential use in human patients, this opens the door for tremendous therapeutic possibilities.\u201d\n\nChute and his team are currently pursuing a Phase I clinical trial with the goal of accelerated recovery for patients undergoing all types of radiation and chemotherapy as well as lessened delays between treatments.\n\n\u201cWith this discovery, we hope to provide the basis for improving outcomes for patients with cancer or other blood-related diseases and who are undergoing highly toxic treatments,\u201d said Chute.\n\nDr. Heather Himburg, an assistant professor of medicine at UCLA, was the study\u2019s first author. The research was supported by funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Additional funding was provided by the Broad Stem Cell Research Center."}
-{"text": "\"I'm really happy with my\nprogress. I'm so happy I don't have to take the\nmedication from the doctor . . . I feel a lot more\nenergetic, I've lost weight, I've changed completely! .\n. . My mind isn't so stressed. All my symptoms are\ndrying up. I get the occasional hot sweat, but it's not\nnearly so bad and getting better. . . my relationships\nare changing - with my son, my husband, my family. I'm\nso much happier within myself.\"\n\n\"I'm\nfeeling\ngreat! My energy levels are phenomenal, no fatigue,\nbladder is much better, prostate is much better, I feel\nlike I'm 50 years old again. My snow blower engine broke\ndown the other day, so I've been pulling it by hand -\nand it's big!\"\n\n\". . . 20 yrs is too long\nto live like a zombie.\nI\u2019m so much better - I cannot believe it in this short space\nof time! I have no more asthma. I feel so well and my energy\nlevel is fantastic - just like when I was 20 years old! I\ndon\u2019t get anymore hot flushes. You are the best \u201cdoctor\u201d I\nhave had . . . \"\n\nMargaret\nT\n(73), Wales\n\n\"Using your techniques,I was healed of\nsevere, chronic back, joint and muscle pain.Prior to taking your advice, I\nhad spent considerable time and money with many medical\nprofessionals including doctors, chiropractors,\nosteopaths, acupuncturists, etc., but to little avail.\nWithin four weeks of commencing your treatment, I achieved\na stable state of health and no longer required the\nservices of any medical or health practitioners.\"\n\nRob\nT, Australia\n\n\"It's so good to be\nable to do things without feeling totally\nexhausted.Your\nwork\nis so far in advance of anything else . . .\nYou have given me back my life.\"\n\nVal\nW,\nUK\n\n\"This\nis\nstupendous therapy! I am feeling better than I have for\nseven years. It happened so quickly! . . . My\nenergy is incomparably better. I can't tell you how happy I am.\"\n\n\"I\nhad\nan energy consultation with Stephen and Lynda several years\nago, which helped me a great deal - I feel like a different\nperson several times over since when I last saw them!\"\n\nLuke J.\nUK\n\n\"I\njust\nwant to thank you . . . so very very much for what you do.\nSince last night I've gone from excruciating pain to almost\nno pain at all. Most people would have been in hospital.\nPlease know what a difference you make to people and\nespecially to me . . . to have people like you . . . to help\nand support me is just so precious . . . It's not just the\nwork you do, it's the way you work in such a non-judgmental,\npatient, caring way. I just want you to know what a profound\ndifference you make to my life.\"\n\nIlanit\nT,\nAustralia\n\n\"Two\ndays after seeing you and within a day of starting the\nremedy, I felt the spark that is me returning - I thought\nI'd never feel this way again. Now I'm back to my old self\"\n\nMaggie B., UK\n\n[After\na diagnosis of a lifetime of IBS]\n\"I'm feeling much better - it's made such a big difference!\nWhat you gave me has really gone to what was happening to me.\nMy stomach feels normal - I've almost forgotten I was so sick.\nI'm so grateful to you. It's real magic!\"\n\nC.B.,\nUK\n\nLife\nEnergy Solutions is the unique body\nenergy consultation originally developed in the\nearly 1980's at the Allergy Clinic in the UK by\nStephen Kane - called the 'Energy\nDoctor' by many of his clients. Since\nthen, Life\nEnergy Solutionssessions\nhave been given all over the world by Stephen\nand Lynda Kane. You can read more about them and\ntheir work here:\n\nlife\nEnergy Solutions the\nunique\non-line,\nphone, skype, or\nface-to-face life energy\nreading\n\nYou\nmay have heard of tai chi, reiki, qi\ngong or aikido - 'qi' or\n'chi' means 'life energy.' And every area of\nlife has its own underlying form of qi.\nWhatever is going on in your life reflects\nwhat is going on with your body energy. This\nis why we find, time and time again, if you\nchange your energy effectively, your life\nchanges for the better.\n\n\"After\n10-11 months on your . . . treatment\nmy life has changed so much. After a\nlifetime of being cold and never\nbeing able to wake up in the\nmorning, I wake after 7-8 hours\nsleep - without an alarm - every\nmorning. For me this is an absolute\nMIRACLE! I'm not cold all the time\nany more, my hair has stopped\nfalling out and skin no longer\nflakes off. I can think clearly and\nam not fighting the urge to nap by\nmid-afternoon. I'm delighted by the\nloss of 35 pounds too! . . . Thank\nyou. You guys totally rock!\" Julia\nN., UK\n\nA Life\nEnergy Solutions consultation\nprovides you with a completely personalized\nprogram of ways to unblock or increase the\nforms of qi - health\nqi, work qi, partnership qi, etc. -\nthat are lacking in your health or your life\nand preventing optimum functioning. It may\ninclude suggestions from any \"discipline\" or\nmethod - if there is something in that\napproach that will address the blocked qi\nunderlying your problem or issue.\n\nAny\neffective remedy always\nseals some part of your body's\nenergy. If this doesn't happen, the remedy,\nbe it a homeopathic, a drug, an exercise, a\nvitamin etc., will not be a complete\nsolution to the problem. Rather than\nstarting from the perspective of a certain\nkind of treatment, we start with your\nunique energyand go from\nthere . . .\n\nMany\npractitioners focus on just one healing\nmodality, which is great - if your energy\nhappens to respond to it. But often, a\nproblem needs responses from several healing\nmodalities. A Life\nEnergy Solutionsconsultation\nwill match your problems to many different\ntherapeutic approaches and narrow down the\nmost effective for your issues or symptoms.\n\nSo,\nIf you're feeling stuck . .\n.\n\nOr\nsimply tired of . . .\n\nStruggling\nto\nget rid of chronic health symptoms\n\nthe\nsame\nrelationship problem repeating -\n\n.\n. . of the niggling or more\nserious kind\n\n.\n. . or not having one at all\n\nConstantly\nfacing\nthe same issue or problem\n\nYour\njob is just wearing you out\n\nUnsure\nabout\nan important decision\n\nFeeling\nthere\nmust be more to life . . .\n\nNot\nsure\nabout a recommended treatment\n\nFeeling\ntired\nall the time\n\nOr sometimes you just wish there was\nsomething, or someone who could say, \"Yes,\nthat's a good match for you and your\nenergy\" . . . perhaps we\ncan help, with aLife Energy\nSolutions. It's a truly personal\nconsultation based on a complete\nanalysis of your unique energy profile,\nthat gives you a plan for increasing the\nforms of qi you wish to increase, at home,\nin your own time.\n\nHealth qi\n\nWealth qi\n\nSecurity/Respect qi\n\nPartnership qi\n\nCreativity qi\n\nHelpful People qi\n\nWork qi\n\nLearning qi\n\nWe\nhave\nbeen researching and documenting human\nenergy systems, and the most effective\nways of influencing them, for a combined\ntotal of over\n60 years. And have developed adetailed and holistic\napproach to analyzing the energetic\nimbalances in your body that are connected\nwith your symptoms or other problems.\n\nfrom\nan\n'electrosensitive'\n-\n\n\"I am\nhappy to report my brain now works\nwell enough to read 'proper' books\nagain! It's really good to be able\nto remember what I have just read\nand retain the information - I\ncouldn't for a long while .\n.\" Jane\nS, UK\n\nSometimes, depending on the nature and \"age\"\nof an issue, this can be a quick and easy\nprocess. Other issues are more entrenched and\nrequire a more persistent approach. Any\neffective response to a problem has to seal\nyour body energy where there is a 'hole' or\nlesion underlying the problem. If your current\napproach to an issue isn't giving you positive\nresults, your energy is not being effectively\nsealed by it.\n\nBy focusing directly\non lesions or blocks in the energy body, a Life Energy Solutions\noften achieves results where other approaches\nfail.\n\n\"I\njust\nwanted to let you know how\nwell I am doing. I feel like a\ncompletely different person .\n. . I now have all my energy\nback, I no longer have the\nfatigue - the very shaky\nfeeling in my body that was my\nconstant companion - has gone\nand I feel happy and positive\n. . . I cannot thank you\nenough. You guys really know\nyour stuff!!!\"\nErica L, NZ\n\nA Life Energy\nSolutions offers you a number\nof unique benefits:\n\nA\ncomplete, in-depth, look at your energy bodyNot\nfiltered\nthrough the 'eyes' of any one method or\ndisciplineEnergy-aware\nmatching - we make recommendations1\nthat match your energy and your issuesPersonally-tailored\nrecommendations\nfrom our huge database of potential\nsolutions1Optional,\nregular,\nenergy-cultivation work so your energy body\nbecomes stronger and stronger\n\nChange\nYour\nEnergy\nTo Change Your Life\n\n\"You've\ndone\nan awful lot for me. I'm so\ndelighted with what I've had so\nfar - a very sincere and big thank\nyou. I'm used to not getting help\nfrom anyone. I'm not used to\ngetting results, let alone such\nextraordinary ones as those I've\nreceived from you.\" Michael\nC, Ireland\n\nLife Energy Solutions offers\nyou a \"second-opinion\" (if you've already had\na first one) from a different perspective -\nanswering the thousand dollar question, \"Is\nthis (treatment, supplement, exercise,\ntraining, teacher, job, partner, house, etc.)\nactually good for my\nenergy and my problem?\"\n\nYou might, for example, be astonished by the\nliterally thousands of people we have seen\nover the years, taking supplements that, in\nspite of all the information to the contrary,\nare causing their energy to become weaker . .\n.\n\nAnd if you haven't had a \"first-opinion\",\nyou'll find it a uniquely innovative response,\nsuggesting solutions to issues that you, most\nlikely, will not have considered but may find\nsurprisingly effective.\n\nThis\nis a somewhat novel and, as far as we know,\nunique service. It may never have occurred to\nyou that it's possible to check out the\n\"rightness\" for you, of\nsomething\nyou are thinking of taking or doing. Or that,\nby examining your energy profile, it's\npossible to generate solutions that you\nprobably would never have thought of. We\nwelcome your questions. Just email Carol at carol@energyawareness.org\nand we'll be happy to respond.\n\nFrom\na\ncase of extreme electromagnetic\nfield (EMF) hypersensitivity,\nchronic fatigue, food allergies\nand other symptoms, including\nsevere reactive swelling, for over\ntwenty years . . .\n\n\"The\nimprovement\nI am still experiencing is steady\nand more each day. My parents are\ntruly amazed with the response.\nSome things are truly\nextraordinary in terms of some\nlifelong things that have\ncorrected . . . it has only been a\nmatter of days.\nThe diet guidelines have really\ndone well for me. They are what\nhave given me back so much energy.Most\nof the most noticeable symptoms I\nhad have all but disappeared, I\nseem to walk normally, my posture\nis good, speech and reading\nability have so greatly improved .\n. .\n\nWith\nmy energy more stable, this was\nthe first time today in . . .\nyears that I could do the more\ncomplicated work I do . . . the\norganizational skills and\ninformation processing that I\nneed to do my work have tended\nto be so weak in the past few\nyears. They seem to just be\ncoming back online . . .\n\nIt\nis hard to believe so much\npositive has occurred in just\nover a month now.It\nis\nuncanny how well your ideas work\nfor me.\"Gary M, USA\n\n\"This\nis\ncertainly the most profound\nand powerful approach to feng\nshui\nI have experienced in 8 years\nof study and practice.\" Janice\nKyd,\nItaly\n\n\"I\nwas in awe of everything you\ntaught.\nI'd feel like a fraud\nif\nI continued teaching traditional\nfeng shui . . .\nmy feng\nshui business\nwill never be\nthe same again!\"Johanne\nTomasdottir - Iceland's\nleading\nfeng\nshui consultant and\nteacher"}
-{"text": "Millennium Arts Project, Australia\n\nAurecon, in association with Bovis Lend Lease (BLL), provided design, documentation and construction phase services for three of the four components of the Millennium Arts Project. This included the electrical, electronics, fire protection and hydraulics engineering for the State Library of Queensland redevelopment, associated site infrastructure works and the Queensland Art Gallery Entrance.\n\nThe State Library of Queensland redevelopment included a new auditorium, indigenous knowledge centre, indemnified gallery and other high-tech, completely refurbished and expanded facilities. The primary focus and innovation of engineering services for this particular project was to provide well-concealed building services solutions, which are sympathetic with a relaxed architectural style. Maximum reuse of existing building infrastructure resulted in substantial cost and sustainability benefits for the client.\n\nThe site infrastructure works included a public plaza, new roads and pathways, expansion of the central energy plant and other infrastructure services. This involved establishing and enhancing existing central energy plant services to provide critical features for new and modified building elements within the precinct. Aurecon successfully maintained critical services for the remainder of the existing buildings on site simultaneously."}
-{"text": "Tag results for: Showa Studio\n\nIn Katsuhiro Otomo\u2019s 1988 Japanese anime classic Akira, Shotaro Kaneda rides a very awesome, very custom motorcycle through what is now a classic post-apocalyptic world. Now the only officially recognized replica, built by Shinji Tejima from the Showa Studio over the course of seven years for approximately 10 \u2026"}
-{"text": "When starting my niche site as part of affiloblueprint, I submitted 18 articles at once and am going to work on posting one per week for the next few weeks. The site already looks quite good, but I have heard it takes a while for the content to get indexed so my data is still new and traffic pretty much non-existent :)\nJ\n\nWhen starting my niche site as part of affiloblueprint, I submitted 18 articles at once and am going to work on posting one per week for the next few weeks. The site already looks quite good, but I have heard it takes a while for the content to get indexed so my data is still new and traffic pretty much non-existent :)\nJ"}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nHorror movie and book reviews, and horror news.\n\nNecropolis Update: The Macabre Rating System\n\nRecently I\u2019ve been taking a look back at my previous reviews, partially for editing purposes, but more importantly because of the ratings I\u2019ve been giving them since I started. One benefit to being new to running your own blog is that you can learn from any mistakes or plain inexperience your newbie self had before too many readers get to view your posts, and thus become a better blogger before too many people get to see your quality of work.\n\nIn this particular case, I realized that I never really gave my rating system that much in the way of deep thought in terms of what each star (or half star) actually means outside of good, bad, ok etc. So I\u2019ve given some thought on the matter, and at last I have posted below a more detailed explanation for each star level.\n\n0/1.5 tombstones: Bad. A terrible watching experience. Little to no redeeming qualities to speak of. Avoid it for your own good..\n\n2/2.5 tombstones: Meh. Not much in the way of quality. Examples include: poor acting, CGI overuse, shaky-cam/fast cut abuse etc. Overall not a well made movie/TV show, yet it has something about it that makes it worth looking at (either incredibly cheesy, over the top violent, or some other endearing factor). Most movies from The Asylum, for example.\n\n3/3.5 tombstones: Good. Examples include: better acting, less CGI abuse, a story that makes sense, less shaky-cam/fast cut usage, etc. Whatever flaws the movie/TV show may have are not so bad that it ruins the watching experience too much.\n\n4/4.5 tombstones: Excellent. A must watch, and as a rule a movie/TV show worth buying. Examples include: excellent acting, minimal shaky-cam/fast picture cuts, minimal CGI (used only to enhance and not outright relied on), etc. Most negatives are nothing more than nitpicking on my part and usually don\u2019t detract from the overall experience.\n\n5 tombstones: Perfect? A movie/TV show with no flaws to speak of. You will rarely see this kind of rating from me. And if you do, drop whatever you\u2019re doing and go watch/buy it.\n\nI may be able to perfect this system further down the road, but until that day comes I feel this is a good example of my mind frame from here on in my ratings. I\u2019ll be going over my reviews and will change ratings if I feel it\u2019s needed. Any thoughts/questions feel free to voice it. I\u2019ve updated the ratings for my reviews, most not changing past a half star in either direction. When the day comes where i get around to reviewing books and the like I might use a different rating system, or none at all. We\u2019ll see how that goes in time. That\u2019s all for now."}
-{"text": "Actors and performances aren\u2019t frequently covered here because for a long time science-fiction wasn\u2019t an actor\u2019s genre. In recent years however, genre fare has expanded its bounds (or actors have, as you might see it), and it\u2019s always been inclusive to the weird that so often breeds interesting performances. I have no interest in the Academy Award-garnering \u201cI have a disease, here\u2019s my family,\u201d one-man show performances that are typically seen as top in the industry. I want something out of an actor that grabs me or worries me, that makes me think about the character, not the artist\u2019s craft.\n\nThese particular performances stand out because the characters they depict experience a great deal of physical pain or bound with endless energy \u2014 certainly an endurance test for any performer, despite all the breaks between takes and trailers and stuff. I think the reality of acting dawned on me recently when in an interview Mary Elizabeth Winstead described her experience shooting The Thing as breath-taking in the sense that she was hyperventilating 24-hours a day to act frightened. She was out of breath and light-headed so much, but in the movie it seems like a pretty standard horror role.\n\nNote that the following list isn\u2019t ranking how good I think the performances are, it\u2019s based entirely on\u2026 well I guess the blob of text following the number\u2019ll explain it.\n\n10. Ralph Fiennes, Spider\n\nThis isn\u2019t a case of bounding off the walls like #2 on this list \u2014 it\u2019s a smaller approach. David Cronenberg\u2019s Spider is an adaptation of a book about a mentally unstable British fellow who attempts to piece together a key moment from his past, and suffers the consequences when the memories blur over into the present. This may sound exactly what I was bitching about earlier, but this is a character piece unlike any other \u2014 there is almost no dialogue. Right around the level of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, I\u2019d say. There are no soaring soliloquies or shout-fests with fed-up loved ones \u2014 Dennis Cleg (Fiennes) interacts with very few people, and when he does, it\u2019s pretty uncomfortable.\n\nHe shakes and mumbles to himself, stalks forward with his shoulders slumped. Fiennes has really done it all, whether he\u2019s the hero or the Nazi villain, or my favorite, the sleazy drugdealer from Strange Days, Lenny Nero. In Spider, he joins a good rank in David Cronenberg\u2019s line of male leads (all of them with the exception of Rabid have featured male men characters, though I\u2019m sure that one had a guy hero), another one of which is coming up soon\u2026\n\n9. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad\n\nThis is one of my favorites. On the show, Jesse to me is the interesting character. Walt, played by three-time-in-a-row-Emmy-award-winning Bryan Cranston, is great, but his change is gradual, whereas Jesse is always on the rocks or at the bottom or coming back. He\u2019s also a kid, which is something we must remind ourselves. To help, he uses foul language and says things like \u201cYo\u201d and \u201cBitch\u201d as catchphrases; he might jump bad \u2014 which is the term I believe they were going for with that title \u2014 but he\u2019s actually a pretty nice guy, a victim of his past, of mistakes that ripple out to the end of one\u2019s life.\n\nThough he won the Emmy for Season 3, I think Season 2 was his finest moment \u2014 his involvement with Jane, an emotionally strong arc that makes you wonder why the original story had Jesse die at the end of Season 1. His \u2018chemistry\u2019 with Walt is just perfect. He\u2019s the reason the premise, for me anyway, works. It\u2019d be great as a show about a seemingly ordinary guy who unlocks the monster inside \u2014 but we already have Dexter, and unfortunately, Dexter (1-5) is the better show. In Breaking Bad, things are slightly different, as Walt and Jesse bicker and argue and joke around, and their relationship as student/teacher isn\u2019t forgotten by the writers, and is really compelling to me for some reason.\n\nAaron Paul\u2019s performance is one of constant exhaustion. Jesse is always running on empty, but he\u2019s got a job to do. In the early days he was driven by money, because while Walt destroyed his life, he couldn\u2019t say no to all that cash he was raking in and then losing. Nowadays (I\u2019m halfway through Season 4) he\u2019s in it because he has to be, and because he couldn\u2019t leave his partner. He couldn\u2019t \u2014 and he doesn\u2019t want to.\n\n8. Clive Owen, Children of Men\n\nThose goddamn long shots, man. They must be super-endurance tests for actors. As if filming in front of a disorienting, bizarre green screen for a whole third of a movie in Sin City wasn\u2019t bad enough, now he\u2019s gotta throw his body through all sorts of hoops, navigating physical post-apocalyptic landscapes that seem to go on forever. For us, this makes the world seem real, and the action intense. But for the crew? I can\u2019t even imagine. Children of Men is choreographed and shot so well, it\u2019s like a divine invasion hit Cuaron square in the brainular, and he just painted each frame with gold.\n\nOf course, we know that\u2019s not the truth. Everyone involved put their work in, and that includes our lead, the reluctant Theo.\n\n7. Tom Woodruff Jr., from Everything Good and Gooey\n\nThe special effects team of Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. has worked alongside Stan Winston and James Cameron in their prolific careers across almost all of the Alien films (the good and the bad), and very recently with The Thing. They\u2019ve created many of the inventive and effective monsters of the past few decades, and Woodruff Jr. generally gets into the suit.\n\nThe physical toll the Robocop suit took on Peter Weller might be blamed on his not returning for a third return in that particular trilogy, but I have a feeling it was other things. Regardless, acting in a heavy rubber suit isn\u2019t as fun as it might look on screen. And acting like a monster? Monsters have the tendency to a) move in otherworldly ways, like the Thing, and b) die horribly, like the Newborn from Alien Resurrection. While they do these things, they sometimes operate in environments thick with fog and goo. Ms. Winstead may talk of hyperventilation during the shoot, but Tom Woodruff Jr. I\u2019m sure had brushes with overheating, even in the deep white of Antarctica\u2026\n\n6. Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises\n\nOne word: Naked Shower Fight.\n\n5. Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner\n\nI\u2019m thinking specifically of the ending scene, which I saw on TV a few days ago during Cinemax\u2019s Blade Runner 30th Anniversary, though I thought that was the 25th because I was gonna do something for it on the website. Given the state of things even that seems unlikely but if I missed it anyway\u2026\n\nWhile watching the climax, after Roy has met his maker and Rick gets an address, I realize how good this movie is and how it gets better with each viewing \u2014 and how jacked up Roy is. \u201cFive, six, seven, go to Hell or go to Heaven \u2014 *gets hit, smashes into window* \u2014 THAT\u2019S THE SPIRIT!\u201d He really goes crazy here in his \u2018pursuit\u2019 for Rick, and we see how childlike he becomes. There\u2019s a poigniancy to the madness, and it\u2019s something that the subsequent roles Hauer took on couldn\u2019t fully reproduce.\n\n4. Jason Stathom, Crank and Crank 2: High Voltage\n\nJesus. The Crank movies are great, and booming with energy. Stathom has become known for driving a car and killing people, but when I close my ears and think \u201cCrank,\u201d the image that always comes to my mind is Jason Stathom running down the street and screaming into the air. These movies really live up to their namesake, and the fact that the second one is actually better than the first speaks to a sense of inventiveness and adventure that Nelvedine/Taylor work in with fiery passion and technical skill.\n\nIt\u2019s kind of like the Escape from New York sequels, Escape from LA and Doomsday \u2014 they take a ridiculous premise and break it down scene by scene, element by element, making it less a movie and more a loose string of wild, graphic, and original action scenes with all sorts of gimmicks and mayhem. At the center of it all in Crank and Crank 2 is Chev \u201cFuck you Chelios\u201d Chelios, undoubtedly the most memorable action hero of the 2000s.\n\n3. Sharlto Copley, District 9\n\nThere\u2019s something to getting beat up, and then there\u2019s another thing to getting beat up by aliens, robots, PMCs, and warlords in the arid world of Johannesburg. District 9 has it all, and van Wikus goes through it in his painful-looking journey that\u2019d be like if Dr. Brundle went on a mission to save some aliens while being pursued by the private military he used to work with. While his body becomes something that seems to always explode in pus whenever touched, van Wikus is rolling around in the dirt and sand amidst exploding heads.\n\nSharlto Copley gave it his all in this movie, and we feel his pain without him having to verbalize it. Even when he gets into the robot suit, which is supposed to be fun, there\u2019s a drill noise and he gets hurt by something! This is one hostile world, which gives a lot of weight to the look and feeling of the movie, which moves along at a brisk pace toward a thundering climax*.\n\n2. Kate Winslet, Heavenly Creatures\n\nIt\u2019s small wonder why Winslet blossomed into the superstar actress she is today, for when she was seventeen and a part of a sitcom, she was brilliant in one of Peter Jackson\u2019s most acclaimed films, Heavenly Creatures. Seventeen! She bubbles over with a frenzy of joy and insanity, playing a character with real life connections \u2014 a killer \u2014 who\u2019s unmistakably a little girl with a troubled mind and misunderstood passions.\n\nShe loves the world and all its details so much, though not the one we inhabit. She\u2019s the other half of socially awkward, that of off-putting, where the other character, played by the also brilliant Melanie Lynskey (who, like Kate Winslet, is a beautfiul adult), is inward and quiet. Winslet\u2019s character beams and LOLs, always smiling with that face that looks like it\u2019s about to explode, even when she\u2019s plotting to kill someone\u2026\n\n1. Choi Min-Sik, Oldboy\n\nI don\u2019t think the number one could be anyone else. Mr. Min Sik (Mr. Choi?) never had to naked shower fight, but he did eat a live octopus, fight through an uninterrupted and complex hallway battle, withstand all sorts of torture and transform his appearance radically. The character, Oh Dae Su, becomes a monster, and Min-Sik does this with sweeping power and emotion that culminates in one hell of an ending, where after the Big Reveal, he goes crazy in an intense fight scene, screams for mercy and acts like a dog, and then cuts his tongue out. What a movie, I tell you.\n\nSo there you have it. These are the performances I watch out for, and I\u2019ll try to put more of these together for other \u2018categories\u2019 of acting later."}
-{"text": "Wallie and Josh Hardie\n\nWallie Hardie and his son, Josh, farm a total of more than 5,000 acres in North Dakota, along with nearby land in South Dakota and Minnesota. They also have begun farming in eastern Africa.\nRead the article: Expanding in Africa"}
-{"text": "The tech industry has something to learn from Jerry Yang\u2019s departure from Yahoo\n\nJanuary 17th, 2012 DBast\n\nThis photo from 2008 tells it all: Jerry Yang (center) hangs his head while talking with Google's co-founders. He had just turned down a very valuable buy-out offer from Microsoft.\n\nI always find it interesting to follow the development tech companies. More than any other sector, the tech sector is a microcosm of accelerated time; you can witness their growth, assimilation and death within a matter of years, months even. It\u2019s hard to write the case studies because before you think you\u2019re beyond the shadow their success (or even death), there they are again, possibly in free-fall, or resurrected.\n\nAs the tech sector matured, developing greater rigour and discipline, we have seen digital companies sprout up from its auspices, still with the same fervour for innovative approaches to engaging employees, creativity for meeting client demands, and capacity to redefine the rules of business. How much of this can you say for other sectors, like textiles, accounting, food & beverage, or consulting?\n\nI was not surprised to hear about Jerry Yang\u2019s departure from the company he co-founded, Yahoo. I\u2019m all for companies taking bold leaps and chances, but the proof is in the pudding, and Yahoo was compromising its decision-making too often. The disturbing part is how often Yahoo could never get a break, either going against the grain and repeating the same mistakes as other companies (such as rebranding itself as a media company after it failed for AOL-Time Warner, sticking to its guns as a directory of the web after Google got out of that business, creating a portal after they had long passed become pass\u00e9\u2026) or even executing successful practices from other companies (such as becoming a \u201cwalled-garden\u201d social network a decade before Facebook, absorbing GeoCities, refusing buy-outs as Facebook has, a Steve Jobs-like second act for Jerry Yang as CEO\u2026). Despite its meteoric rise during its heyday, it just can\u2019 t seem to get a break. But that presumes luck could win out against poor decision-making.\n\nNot only was Yahoo faltering in the execution of its strategies, internally it\u2019s been smoke and mirrors for a long time. Yahoo was well-placed to capitalize on Internet advertising, when the industry was lacking big enough players with the breadth and scope that only a few companies had: there was Microsoft\u2019s MSN, Google and a handful of niche search engines (then called \u201cweb crawlers\u201d or \u201cweb portals\u201d like Excite, Alta Vista, GO.Com). It was the tech boom, and big media giants and fellow startups were throwing money to get screen space; they had to spend it to get more of it, or save it and lose it. The best time for Yahoo was when the Internet was getting good: in 1998. The best piece to read about this is from former Yahoo programmer Paul Graham, who wrote very candidly back in 2010 about his time with the company when it was very much like Google before Google was.\n\nWhat can be learned from this? The vital importance for companies lacking strategy to listen to its most valuable resource: its employees. As the book gets written about the tech industry and digital media companies, the patterns remain strong, the players and familiar faces are surprisingly few, and the pace of change continually accelerating. Internal dissent is the canary in the goldmine. Techies love to work at companies they are proud, with uncharted success. They love to be engaged, and they are intelligent and informed not only for their work, but about the sector. They know their craft intimately, and the tech they work on. No single CEO or executive can know everything all the time about their work, internally and externally to the company. If there\u2019s a memo going around, the writing\u2019s on the wall. If you read it (sent anonymously or not),\n\nWe haven\u2019t seen the worst of Yahoo, or its best. But Yang\u2019s departure marks a turning point and bold break from the old.\n\nThe next shoe to drop will be Research in Motion (\u201cRIM\u201d, the makers of Blackberry). Already an anonymous memo was circulated, purportedly from an executive writing very boldly and insightfully about the change that is needed. The memo was foretelling of the worse days ahead for RIM, as it faced a network outage, lacklustre sales of its Bold line, and a delay of its launch of its next operating system and refreshed line of smartphones. The canary chirped a long time ago. I predict we\u2019ll still see much worse days ahead for RIM. And it will be a story very few of us will likely read on Yahoo."}
-{"text": "How to Unblock Oovoo in UAE\n\nOovoo is cool instant messaging and video chat application. It is similar to Skype and others VOIP applications. You can use it on Android and iOS mobile devices, Windows and Mac computers and others gadgets to be in touch with your friends and family.\n\nOovoo is even available on Amazon Fire Phone, PC and Inter RealSense devices.\n\n5. Input your Username and password that you received from VPN account service in e-mail.\nSave it and tap ConnectFor connection to vpn server:\n\nSelect Home > Menu > Settings\n\nTap Wireless & networks\n\nTap VPN settings\n\nThe VPN connections you have added are present in the list\n\nTap the VPN you wish to connect to (Sahrzad VPN)\n\nA dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and click connect\n\nWhen you are connected to VPN, you will see an ongoing notification in the Status bar on your Android device. If you are disconnected, you will receive a notification and an option to go back to the VPN settings section.\n\nOnce you have created vpn connection you can switch it on and off on the main settings screen.\n\nHow to setup VPN on iOS\n\nTo make a new vpn connection in your iOS device you need to do the next:\n\nGo to Settings > General > VPN\n\n2. Click Add VPN Configuration. Select L2TP VPN and click Back\n\n3. Input you VPN account data \u2013 server, account and password. You get these data from Sahrzad service in the e-mail after ordering vpn. Fill the Secret field \u2013 secret (small letters)\n\n4. Tap Done to save the settings.\n\nOnce you have created vpn connection you can switch it on and off on the main settings screen."}
-{"text": "Treasurys were the best performing asset class of 2011, returning 30% for the year. However, bonds might have peaked, and according to the charts, they might be in for a dramatic decline. The chart of the iShares Barclay's 20+ Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) is showing lower highs, according to the Relative Strength Index. The TLT could be falling below the floor of support. The daily chart is showing many ceilings of resistance with fewer levels of support underneath. There could be a 10% decline in the TLT, which is no longer trading in lockstep with the Volatility Index. The TLT may be a short if it falls below $116. Cramer would get out of bonds and invest in stocks.\n\nThe rails are a good play on a booming economy, but which stock is worth buying? Norfolk Southern (NSC) seems like a cheaper stock, since it trades at a multiple of 12 with a 16% growth rate; UNP also has a growth rate at 16% but has a slightly higher multiple of 14. However, Cramer thinks UNP is a stock worth paying up for, since it is less levered to the troubled coal industry than NSC. UNP might have rallied 44% since October, compared to NSC's increase of 20%, but UNP has more advantages, since it will benefit more from repricing of expired contracts than NSC. UNP's quarter saw an 18 cent earnings beat on a 15.8% rise in revenues, whereas NSC missed earnings estimates. UNP has better management, a cleaner balance sheet and is a buy.\n\nCramer took a call:\n\nCSX (CSX) has strong management, but it is heavily levered to coal, and with declining natural gas prices, exposure to coal is bad for rail stocks.\n\nAbiomed (ABMD) has produced the world's smallest heart pump, a minimally invasive catheter that can be inserted into the leg. The treatment has the potential of generating $1 billion for ABMD and can help patients keep their own hearts, and reduce the number of transplants. The company beat earnings by 7 cents and reported an 18% increase in revenues. The stock is up 23% since the beginning of the year. Rumors that insurance companies might cut their coverage of the pump are untrue, according to Michael Minogue. Patients who use the heart pump see 56% fewer adverse reactions after treatment, and it is an inexpensive and effective treatment. Cramer likes ABMD as a speculative stock.\n\nWe only use your contact details to reply to your request for more information.We do not sell the personal contact data you submit to anyone else.\n\nThank you for your interest in Seeking Alpha PROWe look forward to contacting you shortly for a conversation.\n\nThank you for your interest in Seeking Alpha PRO\n\nOur PRO subscription service was created for fund managers, and the cost of the product is\nprohibitive for most individual investors.\nIf you are an investment professional with over $1M AUM and received this message\nin error, click here and you will be contacted shortly.\n\nThank you for your interest in Seeking Alpha PROWe look forward to contacting you when we have an individual investor product ready!"}
-{"text": "Videos\n\nInformation\n\nApollo 13 (Making-Of)\n\nThe full making-of for Apollo 13, featuring interviews of director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer, of the cast including Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan. The real people who took part of the mission are also featured in this making-of : Jim and Marylin Lovell, Fred Haise and NASA flight director Gene Kranz.\n\nRelated videos\n\nComments\n\n4 comments\n\n1\n\nRick Coulombe, March 17, 2012\n\nThank you Mr. Hanks for posting this video on line and making it available to fanatics of the Apollo era and the wonderful movie.\nThis is a source of inspiration to me as a fellow film maker.\nMy hat is off to you sir.\nR\n\n2\n\nMichael Birdsong, October 06, 2014\n\nMr. Hanks,\nI grew up a gigantic fan of the US Space program (starting in kindergarten with the Apollo program). I remember my first grade teacher stopping us in class to pray for the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew during that mission.\nIn fact, I also wanted to be an astronaut and am 'a rocket scientist'. I read \"Lost Moon\" before I knew it would become a movie.\nEven more important to me, I was part of a research crew who was flying the week you other members of the \"Apollo 13\" film crew took your first flight on the KC-135 \"Vomit Comet\". I know you don't remember us screaming at each other, pushing buttons, and chasing our 'free floater' test bed all around the airplane, but that day stood out as one of the best of my life. All of my dozen, or so, of my days on \"The Vomit Comet\" were incredible, but meeting all of your made your first flight the best one ever for me.\nSadly, last year, during the floods that hit my hometown of Boulder, CO, our basement was severely flooded. We actually almost lost our home, but the things I most mourn losing (after our wedding photo album) was all of the things I had from my KC-135 flights, including the lab book each one of you from the \"Apollo 13\" cast and crew were kind enough to autograph for me.\nThank you again for making this movie, and letting me be a very small part of the early stages of making it.\n\n3\n\nPeter Briggs, October 19, 2015\n\nHi, Tom.\nPeter Briggs, co-writer of the movie \"Hellboy\", here. I've been fascinated by the Space Programme since being a kid in Britain. I remember being in a room of adults who had been glued to the television to watch Apollo 11. They all fell asleep, and by the flickering light of the cathode ray tube, I alone got to see man touch down on the surface. Three years later, the Apollo 10 Command Module was on display at the Liverpool Show (alongside cases of moon rocks!) I was 6. I waited until nobody was looking, and ducked under the rope and climbed inside. For a good 5 minutes or so, I had that sucker to myself. Until somebody noticed me, and told me to get out. It was worth it.\nIncidentally, the first movie I ever saw at the cinema was \"2001\", which I know you also serve a fascination with. I was three. That's some cinematic baptism by fire. Alongside Gary Kurtz, my friend Ivor Powell (who produced Ridley Scott's first three movies) is the producer on my movie \"Panzer 88\". He also was the runner on \"2001\" alongside Robert Watts ,and has regaled me with some interesting stories. I hope we get to meet and talk about them someday!\n\n4\n\namelia, November 04, 2015\n\nCan you answer my question, please its on an assignment. How did you make that movie : Apollo 13? And I am a big fan. Also a big fan of Tom Hank. Thank you and please answer my question. Thanks, Bye!!!!!!!!!!!"}
-{"text": "Gan and Lombard to have joint executive\n\nFrench insurance giant Groupama-Gan has restructured its UK businesses under a joint executive team.\n\nThe insurer which owns both Lombard Insurance Group and Gan plans to integrate their executive teams from each of the companies, with Tony Lancaster becoming chairman and chief executive.\n\nLombard General&#39s managing director Kenneth Maciver will assume the role for the UK business.\n\nNew recruits Tim Ablett is set to join the group in August from Royal & SunAlliance. He will have responsibility of personal lines business which includes general insurance such as home or car protection.\n\nGan director Stephen Hartigan will assume control of commercial lines, reinsurance, purchasing and city commercial operations.\n\nRecommended\n\nBuilding society gross mortgage lending grew for the third consecutive month in June according to latest figures from the Building Society Association.Gross advances were up 12 per cent in June to \u00a32,664m from \u00a32,370m compared to the previous month.But approvals \u2013 loan applications which have proceeded to the next stage \u2013 were down by \u00a3129m [\u2026]\n\nVenture capital trust Northern 2 VCT is closing its share issue after raising \u00a320.8m from over 1,200 private investors.The trust, managed by Northern Venture Managers, will have a generalist theme investing in a range of companies.It will invest 75 per cent of the capital in later stage deals of up to \u00a33m, but averaging \u00a31m.The [\u2026]\n\nBritannia life has been fined \u00a3500,000 by the PIA over the pensions misselling review.The Glasgow based life office received the fine and reprimand from the regulator. It was also ordered to pay \u00a315,000 in PIA costs.The disciplinary action follows a visit by the PIA Pensions Monitoring Department in September 1998 which identified a number of [\u2026]\n\nAt the beginning of 2015, we highlighted that the new pension freedoms that come fully online on 6 April also represent a very attractive opportunity for the criminal fraternity to scam savers out of some, or all, of their accumulated retirement savings.\n\nNewsletter\n\nLatest from Money Marketing\n\nTechnology provider Moneyhub will now use Intelliflo\u2019s application programming interface for its advisers. Integration onto the API will allow for advisers to access real-time information of client\u2019s managed pensions and investments. Advisers will also be able to link investments they manage and see clients\u2019 spending and savings patterns. The Big Interview: Moneyhub chief executive on [\u2026]\n\nThe past few years have seen a rapid rise in the number of fund managers linking with risk profilers to launch new ranges. Determining risk is a central part of the advice process. But risk-profiling tools have been subject to criticism over the wildly different asset allocations they produce and their lack of consistency when [\u2026]\n\nAJ Bell is expanding its passive range to target a higher expected return for investors with a new global growth fund. AJ Bell launched its first range of own-brand funds last year with five risk-targeted multi-asset passive funds. The platform and Sipp provider said it has launched the Passive Global Growth fund in response to [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "The Dad Of Three Larry Nassar Victims Lunges At \"Demon\" Coach In Court During Sentencing\n\nThere is nothing about the trial of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar that isn't absolutely gut-wrenching. In January, Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison, after more than 150 women and girls testified that he sexually abused them while they sought treatment from him for gymnastics injuries. On Friday, Nassar returned to court for another sentencing hearing, but after a judge denied a father's request to speak to Nassar directly, the dad of three of Larry Nassar's victims lunged at the \"demon\" coach in court, according to CNN, before being tackled and arrested by courtroom security.\n\nVideo from the footage is about as unsettling as it sounds: during the sentencing hearing, sisters Lauren and Madison Margraves spoke about being abused by Nassar, and afterward, their father, Randall Margraves, asked Judge Janice Cunningham if she would \"grant [him] five minutes in a locked room with this demon.\" When Cunningham denied his request, he then asked, \"would you give me one minute?\" Cunningham responded by saying, \"You know that I can't do that. That's not how our legal system works,\" before the distraught dad suddenly ran toward Nassar, only to be quickly detained. While being held down, Margraves yelled, \"I want that son of a b*tch!\"\n\nThe startling incident was a clear reflection of the pain felt by everyone touched by the Nassar case. Although Nassar has already been sentenced to so many years behind bars that he'll never walk free (in 2017, he was also sentenced to an additional 60 years for possession of child abuse images, according to The Guardian), it won't make up for the abuse his victims endured \u2014 or for the heartbreak and outrage felt by their parents and loved ones.\n\nYet after Margraves' attempted attack, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis admonished the father, according to CNN, and reminded the court room that, even given the circumstances, that kind of behavior wasn't acceptable. According to CNN, Povilaitis told the families gathered in the courtroom:\n\nYou cannot behave like this. This is letting him have his power over us ... I understand Mr. Margraves' frustration, but you cannot do this. This is not helping your children, this is not helping your community, this is not helping us ... Use your words, use your experiences ... do not use physical violence.\n\nMargraves' response as he was escorted out of the courtroom? \"You haven't lived through it, lady.\"\n\nMargraves may not have agreed with Povilaitis' assessment, but she did at least have a point: in the video, Margraves' daughters can be seen standing beside him nervously while he spoke to the judge, with one of his daughters whispering \"stop,\" as he continued to ask for time alone with Nassar. When he then made a run toward his daughters' abuser, she yelled out, \"Dad!\" before watching him be tackled by bailiffs. After being pulled up from the ground following his arrest, he asked the men, \"What if this had happened to you guys?\" while crying could be heard in the background.\n\nOn social media though, many users acknowledged the fact that his actions were understandable, even if they may have not been right. After all, the agony that Margraves and the other victims' families must have been feeling is hard to even imagine:\n\nAnd some felt that granting Margraves a chance to get even with Nassar was only fair:\n\nOne Twitter user though had another (particularly brilliant) idea for supporting Margraves without condoning the violence:\n\nAt this point, more than 265 people have come forward to accuse Nassar of abuse, according to TIME, with Friday's court appearance focusing on molestation charges against Nassar by athletes at a Michigan gymnastics club, which Margraves' daughters belonged to. Survivors who have spoken out against Nassar during the hearings have spoken of his \"manipulation\" and the way he took advantage of families' trust to ensure he was able to continue abusing the gymnasts. Former gymnast Annie Labrie said she ultimately hid abuse from her parents, according to The Merced Sun-Star, in part because she believes gymnasts \"were conditioned for years to obey at all costs.\" In her own statement, former gymnast Katherine Ebert called Nassar \"the most vile, disgusting creature [she has] ever met,\" and said, \"There are black holes in my memory that come back as nightmares or flashbacks, not wanting to believe they're true.\"\n\nRegardless of your take on Margraves' actions, it seems like his anger and heartbreak are things that virtually all parents can empathize with. When you raise children and try as best you can to keep them safe, having to realize that such horrific acts were being committed against them by someone you believed you could trust would be devastating \u2014 especially when it also meant you'd later stand by and watch while they recounted their trauma in a courtroom, with their abuser in the same room.\n\nThe video of Margraves lunging towards Nassar during Friday's hearing isn't an easy one to watch, and it's certainly not something that every parent in his position would have actually done. But it's not at all hard to understand why he did it, or why even Nassar's life-long jail sentence would still not feel like justice was served."}
-{"text": "Archived Posts\n\nC\u2019mon Denis! Is your confidence in your abilities and \u201ctalents\u201d so low that you have to pick on children with autism?\n\nFor those not in the know, Denis Leary has a new book due next month, \u201cWhy We Suck.\u201d In the meantime, his pre-press release includes some snippets where one chapter in his book called Autism Schmautism says, \u201cThere is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can\u2019t compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don\u2019t give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you \u2013 yer kid is NOT autistic. He\u2019s just stupid. Or lazy. Or both.\u201d\n\nLeary is also cited in Vanity Fair where he hopes that people like Jenny McCarthy, famed autism mother, will organize people to picket his book tour because that will only help his book sales. Say it with me \u2013 \u201cPUBLICITY STUNT.\u201d\n\nSeriously, this blogger doesn\u2019t get on his soap box too often, but it\u2019s high time when you decide to target children and parents who have a challenge each day bringing up their child with so many unanswered questions regarding autism. It is so disgusting when celebrities think that they can use their status to make judgements on things they either don\u2019t understand or are too ignorant to research first. To date Leary\u2019s only apology has been in the form of a misunderstanding towards what his book is really about and that you have to read it to understand. Uh, OK \u2013 drop $20 to affirm your publishing house\u2019s press release that you\u2019re an insensitive and arrogant bully?\n\nTake action with me \u2013 write an email to his publisher Viking-Penguin. Ask them if this is responsible writing and wait for the answer\u2026\n\nWait a minute! Do you smell something? Is that from the set of Denis Leary\u2019s show, \u201cRescue Me?\u201d Is that a burning building from the set I smell? Oh wait, I know what it is. That\u2019s called the beginning of the end of a career\u2026\n\nOK, I\u2019m off my soap box, but in all honesty \u2013 is all this bad PR worth selling a few books at the expense of children with autism AND their parents? Strategically, and sadly, this conversation will undoubtedly cause people to buy the book. For those who are looking to spend $20 a different way, choose a local charity or autism foundation.\n\n(Full disclosure: when I\u2019m not blogging, I work with Children\u2019s Care Hospital and School where 60% of our children have autism or behavioral challenges and where positive changes are made despite the ignorance of those unfamiliar with what autism is really about.)"}
-{"text": "Directs all aspects of the clinical operations for identified program(s). This includes strategic and operational leadership relative to the direction, planning, execution, and interpretation of clinical programs and the data collection activities. Establishes and approves (with CRO, Program Executive or Clinical Managers) scientific methods for design and implementation of clinical protocols, data collection systems and final reports. May also have responsibility for partnered programs in the areas of supply training, labeling, package design & pulmonary drug development. Overall responsibility for adherence to protocols. Interacts with various inside/outside groups to facilitate clinical programs. Responsible for the hiring, development, and management of the Clinical Operations study team personnel to ensure efficient operation of the function.\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nWorks on abstract problems across functional areas of the business. Identifies and evaluates fundamental issues for major functional areas through assessment of intangible variables. Interacts internally and externally with executive level management requiring negotiation of extremely difficult matters to influence policymaking. Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs and people. Responsible for the development and management of Clinical Development Plans (CDP) which includes timelines, budget, and resource requirements. Develops and implements clinical program strategy and directs those systems and programs in order to meet Company goals and objectives. Coordinates and directs outsourcing activities across program(s). Creates and directs program advisory committees as needed, such as Program Advisory Committee, DSMB and/or expert consultants. Identifies program/resource gaps; devises and implements solutions. Provides weekly enrollment and program updates to senior management. Drives project risk analysis and develops solutions to a variety of complex problems. Ensures that Clinical Operations department effectively interfaces with key functional groups. Remains current with medical developments and publications on similar and competitor products. Applies this knowledge to current programs. Mentors and develops Clinical Operations staff. Directs internal staffing and performance management, including hiring, training, coaching and performance reviews.\n\nRequirements:\n\nA Bachelors/Masters degree in a scientific discipline is required. A PhD in a scientific discipline is preferred. Equivalent experience may be accepted. A minimum of 13 years Pharmaceutical development experience moving product candidates from Phase I through pivotal, with at least 5 years managing CROs is required. A minimum of 10 years previous management experience is may be required. Must have a demonstrated ability to solve problems with innovative solutions along with strong organizational skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Previous experience working with senior management is required. Experience and understanding of ICH, and GCP is required. Knowledge of GMP and GLP is preferred. Must be a demonstrated self-starter and team player with strong interpersonal skills. Must possess excellent project management skills. Must have strong computer skills with a proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Nektar Therapeutics will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in the manner proscribed by the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance."}
-{"text": "Thursday, February 13, 2014\n\nJoin us this Saturday morning when the Drawings + Documents Archive archivist will be with Olon Dotson, Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning professor, and Gary Gibson, son of architect Edwin Gibson (1925-2011), to talk on the Harambee radio program hosted by Dr. Thomas L. Brown on Indianapolis radio station WTLC 1310. We will be talking about Edwin Gibson's impressive legacy as the first African American architect registered in Indiana, as well as Indiana's first African American State Architect. Tune in to WTLC from 9-10 a.m. to learn about an architect who succeeded despite many obstacles and the buildings he created.\n\nFor those of us who may be a little tired of shoveling snow this winter, this snow melting system from the A. M. Byers Company looks like a dream come true. The company operated out of the great steel state of Pennsylvania, with their plant located in Ambridge and main offices in Pittsburgh. The Ambridge plant opened in 1930, during the beginning throes of the Depression, and closed its doors in 1969. At the time of this publication, which we believe is 1953, they also had offices in nine additional cities around the country. The company developed a specific process that became known as the Byers Process to manufacture wrought iron in greater quantity with a more consistent quality product."}
-{"text": "Friday, January 6, 2012\n\nThe Very Busy Spider- DIY Bow Holder\n\nI love Eric Carle. If I could afford to purchase every single one of his books today, I totally would. For Christmas, my parents gave little E, The Very Busy Spider and she asks to read it on a daily basis.\n\nSpider's webs truly fascinate me- so beautiful and delicate, yet sturdy. Wouldn't it be lovely, I thought one day, to have a bow holder with the same design?\n\nSo, I took an old wood frame my parents gave me that had no glass or back and started weaving my own web of turquoise yarn.\n\nI went from side to side, stapled, then to the top, stapled, down, stapled, etc.\n\nI continued this pattern until I had a fantastic web-like design.\n\nIt isn't symmetrical like a real spider's web, but that's okay with me.\n\nLooks like our spider was able to catch all of those bows floating around our house!"}
-{"text": "Property Ref: 7768\n\nOur light and airy family caravan for hire on Shorefield Country Park, is a 2014, 38x12 ABI Sunningdale, situated in a quiet area of Woodland View on this five star Park.\n\nThe caravan is just a 10 minute walk from the beach, and a similar stroll through the park from the main complex\n\nIt has full gas fired central heating and all windows and doors are double glazed.\n\nOutside we have an L shaped terrace round two sides, along with a dedicated parking space.\n\nThe open area lounge has an L shaped settee, with coffee table, feature electric fire, flat screen TV, DVD player, radio and a Bluetooth sound-bar.\n\nFree WiFi is available, and USB charging outlets are provided to all rooms\n\nPatio doors lead out to the terrace.\n\nThe dining area has table and four chairs.\n\nThe kitchen has a large worktop area and benefits from a gas cooker with hob, oven with separate grill, overhead cooker hood, floor to ceiling built-in fridge freezer, microwave, kettle, toaster and a full set of kitchen utensils, cooking equipment, cutlery, saucepans etc.\n\nThe main bedroom has a king size bed, large wardrobes and lots of cupboard space, a dressing table with stool and a wall-mounted, flat screen TV. The en-suite bathroom has a full size bath with shower over, a wash basin and W.C. A travel cot is available on request.\n\nThe second bedroom has two single beds in an L shaped layout, plus a wardrobe and overhead cupboards.\n\nThe family bathroom opposite has a walk-in shower, wash basin and W.C.\n\nThe external terrace is equipped with a table and four chairs for outside dining, complete with parasol. A second set of steps lead down to a small barbecue area - a Cadac Carry Chef gas barbecue is available on request\n\nBed Linen will be provided and the beds will be made up on your arrival. Towels are not provided\n\nBookings & Conditions\n\nThis is strictly a no smoking caravan.\n\nSame sex groups cannot be accommodated.\n\nA 20% deposit will be required at the time of the booking, with the balance being paid28 days prior to the commencement of your holiday.\n\nWe also require a surety deposit of \u00a3100 against any damage (including smokedamage) that may be caused; this will be refunded within 14 days at the end of your holiday, subject to satisfactory inspection and return of the key.\n\nDirect Holiday Homes\n\nDirect Holiday Homes provides you with direct caravan lets and contact to the caravan / Mobile home or holiday home owner.\nNote to caravan or mobile home owners and caravan or mobile home lettings hunters. Looking for caravan lets or mobile home rentals? Then look no further, we have a large selection of caravans and mobile homes to let and offer you direct contact with the caravan and mobile home owners.\n\nThe caravan and mobile home owners offering their properties for let have provided the information about their caravan or mobile home themselves. If you're not looking to rent a caravan or mobile home, but have a caravan or mobile home you would like to let over the holiday season send us the information of your available lettings and we will publish them on our site."}
-{"text": "Take No Prisoners In This Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen Mission\n\nTime for another Shinobido 2 mission. In this one, Zen needs to kill everyone in the area, and it looks a bit cooler in play than the previous missions Spike have shown off. Whoever\u2019s playing is pretty good:"}
-{"text": "13. 6018 Somerhaven Trail, Hixson\n\nPratt Home Builders\n\n6018 Somerhaven Trail\n\nHixson, TN 37343\n\n3B/2.5B | 2,373 sq ft\n\nTwo-story (with Master on Main)\n\nCommunity\n\nAmberbrook Gardens\n\nStyle\n\nCraftsman\n\nA space for every activity on a family\u2019s list of to-dos - even if it\u2019s to escape to the serenity of generous Master Suite! A foyer with coat closet, leads to a Study/Office area and the formal Dining Room. The Great Room, Kitchen and Breakfast Nook are one open area for movie nights, family celebrations and the hub of the house. Enjoy a morning cup of coffee on the large patio off the Breakfast Nook or invite the neighbors over for a grill out! Upstairs are two additional bedrooms, one with a walk-in-closet. A study area for late night study sessions is at the top of the stairway. Extra storage is accessible through the closet in bedroom 3."}
-{"text": "The Aussie Fire Chief from Australian Pump Industries is a simple robust high performance engine drive self priming pump. The Bureau of Meteorology has indicated an El Nino weather event is likely this bush fire season. That means hotter and drier conditions with increased risk of fires for urban and country communities.\n\n\u201cBoth domestic and farm buildings need two vital ingredients to effectively prepare for oncoming bushfires\u201d said Aussie Pumps\u2019 John Whiteley. \u201cThey need a ready source of water and an effective fire fighting pump like the Aussie Fire Chief\u201d he said. \u201cMany consumers purchase a pump based on the horsepower of the engine without any understanding of the actual pump\u2019s capability\u201d he said. Australian Pump claim the Aussie Fire Chief delivers more water at high pressure making it ideal for bush fire protection duties.\n\nFeatures of the engine drive self priming pump include:\n\nThe engine drive self priming pump features a 450 lpm maximum flow and offers delivery heads in the standard single impeller version of up to 75 metres\n\nWith a unique 5 year pump end warranty, the self priming pump is built without design or engineering compromise. It uses more material and by virtue of its size, big belly body and huge impeller. That allows more water through the pump, providing excellent flow/pressure characteristics\n\nThe heart of the pump is a 7\u201d one piece closed style impeller, superbly balanced for maximum performance\n\nThe impeller on the pump is matched with a heavy duty volute that produces outstanding hydraulic characteristics\n\nThe self priming pump also features a 2\u201d suction flange as standard equipment, which can be removed for easy servicing of the check valve\n\nThe self priming pump includes steel skids with anti vibration mounts that provide a secure base for the pump to operate from, and a conveniently located carry handle for ease of movement\n\nThe Fire Chief can be powered with either petrol or diesel drive. The standard petrol engine is a 5.5 hp genuine Japanese built Honda engine with low oil protection. Other Honda engine versions are available in up to 13 hp for extra performance and engine longevity\n\nIn diesel engines the product is available with both Yanmar and Kubota diesel drives\n\nFerret.com.au is Australia\u2019s leading hub for the manufacturing, industrial and mining industries. Owned and operated by Prime Creative Media, Ferret.com.au provides a comprehensive central online source containing the latest product, supplier and industry news updates attracting more than 70,000 unique visitors each month.\nFerret.com.au is the official partner of Australian Mining and Manufacturers' Monthly."}
-{"text": "Norwich police seek suspects in armed robbery at beauty supply shop\n\nPublished July 30. 2014 1:54PM | Updated July 31. 2014 12:21AM\n\nNorwich \u2014 Police continued their investigation late Wednesday into an armed robbery at a beauty supply shop where two men held up a store clerk at gunpoint and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.\n\nThe robbery was reported at 12:47 p.m. at Sally Beauty Supply, a store located in the busy Marcus Plaza off West Main Street between T.J. Maxx and ShopRite. Norwich police responded with aid from state police and a dog team.\n\nPolice said two Hispanic men entered the store, and one of the men displayed a handgun, demanding cash from the store clerk at the register.\n\nThe men ordered the female store clerk, who asked not to be identified, to the back of the store several times while holding her at gunpoint. Instead, when a UPS delivery man walked in, she said she took the opportunity to run out the front entrance. She fled to the nearby ShopRite and called police.\n\nPolice said no injuries were reported in the incident, which remains under investigation by detectives. During the time police were searching the area of Marcus Plaza for the suspects, emergency responders were called to the scene of an accident in front of Wendy\u2019s in which one vehicle had rolled over. The crash led to traffic congestion along Route 82.\n\nAnyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact Norwich police at (860) 886-5561."}
-{"text": "What changes in France in December\n\nTorange.biz / Creative Commons / CC-BY 4.0\n\nGood news, a last chance, and new property rules\n\nAs always, the start of a new month brings a number of changes to life in France. December 2018 sees nothing major come into effect, but there is some good news for for nearly 5million householders; it's the last chance to check your tax returns for the year - and new rules come into effect that could affect people living in condominiums.\n\nGas\n\nFor the first time in six months, the regulated price of gas is set to fall on December 1, relieving a modicum of pressure on the wallets of some 4.6million households. As always, however, the fall varies according to levels of use. Those who use gas just for cooking will see a 0.8% drop in tariffs; the price will fall 1.5% for those who use gas for cooking and hot water; while households with gas heating will see the largest drop, of 2.4%.\n\nTaxes\n\nOnline income tax returns filed in the Spring can be amended until December 18 in case of corrections to revenue and expenses.\n\nTaxpayers can modify income levels, any tax reductions and credits or the audiovisual licence by logging on to impots.gouv.fr and clicking on the Corriger / Ma d\u00e9claration en ligne 2018 link.\n\nAnyone who made a paper declaration who wishes to make changes to their declarations have to write to tax authorities.\n\nRegister of co-owned properties\n\nProperties or groups of properties that have fewer than 50 units, such as smaller condominiums that are owned jointly by a number of people must be centrally registered (registre-coproprietes.gouv.fr) along with larger co-owned properties by the end of December.\n\nThis change will affect few people directly, as condominium properties of this type are generally the responsibility of professional businesses.\n\nPenalties for delays to registration are set at \u20ac20 per unit per week."}
-{"text": "That will bring you up to a new post window. When you first login, since this is a new account, the add new post page is going to display a bunch of stuff that\u2019s not really necessary. The basic stuff you need is the Title, Content, Categories, Image, and Tags. All the other stuff is usually for editors.\n\nHere\u2019s what you should be seeing:\n\nWe\u2019re going to go ahead and streamline your add new post screen so it\u2019s only showing what you need it to show. Go ahead and click \u201cScreen Options\u201d in the top right and it will pull down a box where you can choose what to display.\n\nIn the screenshot below, I\u2019ve kept checked what you\u2019ll need. All the other stuff is not really necessary, although you can keep it if you want it.\n\nOk, now we\u2019re ready to start writing. Don\u2019t worry, once you get your screen set up here, you won\u2019t have to do it again. This is how it should look:\n\nAs you can see, you\u2019ll type in your headline in the Title box, and write your content in the body. It\u2019s just like Word. Feel free to use Italics, Bold, or add images in the content if it\u2019s necessary (via \u201cAdd Media\u201d).\n\nThe key things you must have before submitting a post for editing are:\n\nHeadline\n\nContent (please follow the Style Guide)\n\nOne category chosen\n\n2-3 keyword tags. If your content has stuff about sergeant majors and regulations, then you\u2019d have \u201csergeant major\u201d and \u201cregulations\u201das tags, for example.\n\nAn Image\n\nOn the last point: You\u2019ll need to choose a good photo. You won\u2019t be able to upload images to WordPress, so if you find a good one, please just put a link into the body of the article.\n\nNow that you have everything you need, the last step is to submit it for editing. If you just click \u201cSave\u201d on a post, it will save it as a Draft. Editors NEVER look at your drafts. A draft tells an editor you are still working on it. You need to set the post for review to let an editor know that you\u2019d like us to take a look.\n\nFor contributors, that means clicking \u201cSubmit for Review.\u201d\n\nFrom here, it will be put in our editor\u2019s queue for review. If it\u2019s all good, we\u2019ll edit and schedule for future publication. If it needs changes, you\u2019ll receive an email with our comments/suggestions and it will be placed back in \u201cDraft\u201d so that you can edit.\n\nOnce you make the changes, you\u2019ll again place it in Pending status and we\u2019ll take another look."}
-{"text": "Contemporary with Thomas Aquinas, even to dying the\nsame year, was John Bonaventura. Thomas we think of only as theologian.\nBonaventura was both a theologian and a distinguished administrator of\nthe affairs of his order, the Franciscans. The one we think of as\nprecise in his statements, the other as poetical in his imagery.\nBonaventura 1221\u20131274, called the Seraphic doctor,\u2014doctor\nseraphicus,\u2014was born in Tuscany. The change from his original\nname, John Fidanza, was due to his recovery from a sickness at the age\nof four, in answer to the intercession of Francis d\u2019Assisi. When\nthe child began to show signs of recovery, his mother exclaimed, O buon\nventura, good fortune! This is the saint\u2019s own story.15491549 Prologue to his Life of St.\nFrancis.\n\nThe boy entered the Franciscan order, 1238. After\nhaving spent three years in Paris under Alexander of Hales, the teacher\nis reported to have said, \"in brother Bonaventura Adam seems not to\nhave sinned.\" He taught in Paris, following John of Parma, on\nJohn\u2019s promotion to the office of general of the order of the\nFranciscans, 1247. He lived through the conflict between the university\nand the mendicant orders, and in answer to William de St. Amour\u2019s\ntract, de periculis novissimorum temporum, attacking the principle of\nmendicancy, Bonaventura wrote his tract on the Poverty of Christ.15501550De paupertate Christi. Peltier\u2019s ed., XIV. 364-409. A\nfew years later he presented the subject more at length in his\nApologia pauperum. Peltier\u2019s ed., XIV.\n410-520.\n\nIn 1257, he was chosen head of the Franciscan\norder in succession to John of Parma. He took a middle position between\nthe two parties which were contending in the Franciscan body and has\nbeen called the second founder of the order. By the instruction of the\nfirst Franciscan general council at Narbonne, 1260, he wrote the\nLegenda S. Francisi, the authoritative Franciscan Life of the saint.15511551 Sabatier, Vie de S. Fran\u00e7ois, lxxi.-lxxxviii., compares Bonaventura\u2019s\nlife to the figures of saints exposed for sale on a dealer\u2019s\nshelves, all having a downcast, pious, but unreal look. The biography\nis given by Peltier, XIV. 293-363.caped being closely identified with English\nChurch history, by declining the see of York, 1265. In 1273 he was made\ncardinal-bishop of Albano. To him was committed a share in the\npreparations for the council of Lyons, but he died soon after the\nopening of the council, July 14, 1274. The sacrament of extreme unction\nwas administered by the pope and the funeral took place in the presence\nof the solemn assembly of dignitaries gathered from all parts of\nChristendom. He was buried at Lyons.15521552 His body, it seems, was burnt by the Calvinists in 1562.\nOnly the head was saved. The right arm had before been removed to\nBonaventura\u2019s birthplace. See Hergenr\u00f6ther.\nKirchengesch., II. 529; Wetzer-Welte, II. 1022. in 1482 and declared a \"doctor\nof the church,\" 1587.\n\nGerson wrote a special panegyric of Bonaventura\nand said that he was the most profitable of the doctors, safe and\nreliable in teaching, pious and devout. He did not minister to\ncuriosity nor mix up secular dialectics and physics with theological\ndiscussion.15531553Quae veritatis sunt credenda de necessitate\nsalutis. Du\nPin\u2019s ed. of Gerson\u2019s Works, 1728, I. 21. See also\nGerson\u2019s Epistola in lauden S. Bonaventurae Du Pin\u2019s\ned., I. 117.\n\n\"who with pure interest\n\nPreferred each heavenly to each earthly aim.\"15541554Paradiso XII. 127.\n\nThese two distinguished men will always be brought\ninto companionship.15551555 Sixtus V. in his encyclical admitting Bonaventura into the\ncompany of the Doctors of the Church places them side by side and\nbrings out their distinguishing characteristics. He calls them\npotissimum gloriosi doctores \u2014\"those most illustrious\nteachers.\nSt\u00f6ckl, the historian of mediaeval theology, calls them the\nilluminating stars on the horizon of the thirteenth century.15561556Sie sind die beiden leuchtenden\nSterne am Horizont des 13ten Jahrhunderts. St\u00f6ckl, II. 882.e and are the most illustrious names of their\nrespective orders, after Francis and Dominic themselves. Thomas had the\nkeener mind, excelling in power of analysis. Bonaventura indulged the\nhabit of elaboration. The ethical element was conspicuous in Thomas,\nthe mystical in Bonaventura. Thomas was the more authoritative teacher,\nBonaventura the more versatile writer. Both were equally champions of\nthe theology and organization of the mediaeval Church.\n\nBonaventura enjoyed a wide fame as a preacher.15571557 Peltier gives his sermons in vol. XIII. For his works on\nMary, see section 130. also a poet, and\nhas left the most glowing panegyric of Mary in the form of psalms as\nwell as in prose.\n\nOf his theological writings the most notable is\nhis Commentary on the Sentences of the Lombard.15581558 A number of the works once ascribed to Bonaventura are\nregarded as ungenuine, e.g. de six alis cherubim, de septem\nitineribus aeternitatis, etc. The Venetian ed. of 1751 and Bonelli\ndiscuss the authorship of the many writings associated with\nBonaventura\u2019s name.ance. The Breviloquium,15591559 Peltier\u2019s ed., VII. 240-343. Funk,\nKirchengesch., p. 364. An ed. was published by Hefele, 3d ed., T\u00fcbingen,\n1861, and also Vicenza, 2d ed. Freiburg, 1881. Sixtus V. said of\nBonaventura\u2019s theology that \"nothing more fruitful for the Church\nof God\" had appeared, Encyclical in Peltier\u2019s ed., I p.\nviii.es a panegyric of the\nScriptures and states the author\u2019s views of Scriptural\ninterpretation. Like all the Schoolmen, Bonaventura had a wide\nacquaintance with Scripture and shows an equipoise of judgment which\nusually keeps him from extravagance in doctrinal statement. However, he\ndid not rise above his age and he revelled in interrogations about the\nangels, good and evil, which seem to us to be utterly trivial and have\nno bearing on practical religion. He set himself to answer more than\none hundred of these, and in Peltier\u2019s edition, his angelology\nand demonology occupy more than two hundred pages of two columns\neach.15601560 II. 296-520.n several\nplaces at the same time? can several angels be at the same time in the\nsame place?15611561 Peltier\u2019s ed., II. 298sqq. The arguments given for an\naffirmative answer to this question are that the angels are in a place\nnot after a \"bodily but spiritual fashion.\" Theyarespiritual lights, as\nthe Areopagite said, and consequently are independent of space, etc.\nBonaventura, however, answers the question in the\nnegative.reknowledge of contingent events?15621562 Peltier\u2019s ed., II. 415 sqq. Bonaventura answers that\nforeknowledge belongs to God alone, but that by reason of their\nintellectual acuteness and long experience the demons are sometimes\nable to accurately predict contingent events. or the woman.\n\nBonaventura differs from Thomas in giving proof\nthat the world is not eternal. The mark of a foot, which represents\ncreated matter, is not of the same duration as the foot itself, for the\nmark was made at some time by the foot. And, following Plato as against\nAristotle, he declared that matter not only in its present form but\nalso in its essence is not eternal. The world is not thinkable without\nman, for it has all the marks of a habitation fitted up for a human\nbeing. Christ would not have become incarnate without sin.\n\nIn the doctrine of the immaculate conception,\nBonaventura agreed with Thomas in denying to Mary freedom from original\nsin and disagreed with his fellow Franciscan, Duns Scotus, whose\nteaching has become dogma in the Roman Catholic communion.\n\nIt is as a mystic and as the author of the life of\nSt. Francis, rather than as a dogmatician that Bonaventura has a\ncharacteristic place among the Schoolmen.15631563 St\u00f6ckl, II. 880, says, Bonav.\nist vorzugsweise\nMystiker, and\nexpresses the opinion that the mysticism of the Middle Ages reached its\nhighest point in him.15641564 e.g. Cogitatio, meditatio, contemplatio,\nascendere, etc.d did not advance beyond them. His mysticism has its finest\nstatement in his Journey of the Mind to God.15651565Itinerarium mentis in\nDeum.\nPeltier\u2019s ed., XII. 1-22. His Meditations on the Life of\nJesus, his commentaries on Ecclesiastes, the Book of Wisdom, and\nJohn and Luke belong to this class. The mystical element is also strong\nin the Breviloquium and the Centiloquium. Other mystical\nwritings ascribed to Bonaventura, such as Incendium amoris, de\nseptem verbis domini, etc., are disputed.ut earnest prayer, pure meditation,\nand a holy life. Devout prayer is the mother and beginning of the\nupward movement towards God. Contemplation leads us first outside\nourselves to behold the works of God in the visible world. It then\nbrings us back to consider God\u2019s image in ourselves arid at last\nwe rise above ourselves to behold the divine being as He is in\nHimself.15661566 These three activities constitute the theologia\nsymbolical theol. propria, and theol.\nmystica.he Trinity and\nGod\u2019s absolute goodness.\n\nBeyond these six steps is the state of rapture,\nthe ecstatic vision, as the Sabbath day of rest followed the six days\nof labor. The doorway to this mystical life is Christ. The experience,\nwhich the soul shall have hereafter, is an ocean of beatific ecstasy.\nNo one can know it but the one who receives it; he only receive it who\ndesires it; be only desire it who is inflamed by the baptizing fire of\nthe Holy Spirit. It is a grace not a doctrine, a desire not a concept,\na habit of prayer not a studious task, a bride not a teacher. It is of\nGod not of man, a flame of ardent love, transferring us into the\npresence and being of God.15671567Itin., 7.nd expression in devout hymns.\n\n1550De paupertate Christi. Peltier\u2019s ed., XIV. 364-409. A\nfew years later he presented the subject more at length in his\nApologia pauperum. Peltier\u2019s ed., XIV.\n410-520.\n\n1551 Sabatier, Vie de S. Fran\u00e7ois, lxxi.-lxxxviii., compares Bonaventura\u2019s\nlife to the figures of saints exposed for sale on a dealer\u2019s\nshelves, all having a downcast, pious, but unreal look. The biography\nis given by Peltier, XIV. 293-363.\n\n1552 His body, it seems, was burnt by the Calvinists in 1562.\nOnly the head was saved. The right arm had before been removed to\nBonaventura\u2019s birthplace. See Hergenr\u00f6ther.\nKirchengesch., II. 529; Wetzer-Welte, II. 1022.\n\n1555 Sixtus V. in his encyclical admitting Bonaventura into the\ncompany of the Doctors of the Church places them side by side and\nbrings out their distinguishing characteristics. He calls them\npotissimum gloriosi doctores \u2014\"those most illustrious\nteachers.\n\n1557 Peltier gives his sermons in vol. XIII. For his works on\nMary, see section 130.\n\n1558 A number of the works once ascribed to Bonaventura are\nregarded as ungenuine, e.g. de six alis cherubim, de septem\nitineribus aeternitatis, etc. The Venetian ed. of 1751 and Bonelli\ndiscuss the authorship of the many writings associated with\nBonaventura\u2019s name.\n\n1559 Peltier\u2019s ed., VII. 240-343. Funk,\nKirchengesch., p. 364. An ed. was published by Hefele, 3d ed., T\u00fcbingen,\n1861, and also Vicenza, 2d ed. Freiburg, 1881. Sixtus V. said of\nBonaventura\u2019s theology that \"nothing more fruitful for the Church\nof God\" had appeared, Encyclical in Peltier\u2019s ed., I p.\nviii.\n\n1561 Peltier\u2019s ed., II. 298sqq. The arguments given for an\naffirmative answer to this question are that the angels are in a place\nnot after a \"bodily but spiritual fashion.\" Theyarespiritual lights, as\nthe Areopagite said, and consequently are independent of space, etc.\nBonaventura, however, answers the question in the\nnegative.\n\n1562 Peltier\u2019s ed., II. 415 sqq. Bonaventura answers that\nforeknowledge belongs to God alone, but that by reason of their\nintellectual acuteness and long experience the demons are sometimes\nable to accurately predict contingent events.\n\n1563 St\u00f6ckl, II. 880, says, Bonav.\nist vorzugsweise\nMystiker, and\nexpresses the opinion that the mysticism of the Middle Ages reached its\nhighest point in him.\n\n1565Itinerarium mentis in\nDeum.\nPeltier\u2019s ed., XII. 1-22. His Meditations on the Life of\nJesus, his commentaries on Ecclesiastes, the Book of Wisdom, and\nJohn and Luke belong to this class. The mystical element is also strong\nin the Breviloquium and the Centiloquium. Other mystical\nwritings ascribed to Bonaventura, such as Incendium amoris, de\nseptem verbis domini, etc., are disputed.\n\n1566 These three activities constitute the theologia\nsymbolical theol. propria, and theol.\nmystica."}
-{"text": "Magna Techa\n\nFour Ways to Increase your Android Device's Battery Life\n\n2012-09-26\n\nIt's often the first complaint when someone moves up from a dumbphone or feature phone: \"Whoa! My phones already dead? It's only 3:00 pm!\" Yep, it happens. What did you expect? You have a machine in your pocket with more computing power than your dad's desktop a few years back (or even now). That thing is hungry for electrical current. But until improved battery tech hits the market, it's going to be part of life. Here are some tips for improving battery life on your Android device.\n\nPut it down!\n\nPeople get a new, shiny Android phone and want to play with it. That's expected. However, one of the biggest energy users is that shiny display. Yeah, it looks great with all those colors and widgets flying around, but it puts a big hurt on your battery. This is usually the time when people notice a big difference in battery life compared to the old phone they let lie around and be ignored. And that's because you messing with it and keeping its display active is using up your battery's charge! So let it be and watch the battery life improve. Or even turn your brightness down a bit (this can be found by pressing the menu button and going into settings and then \"Display\").\n\nBack off the widgets and live wallpapers\n\nI know how cool it is to see a kitten run across your homescreen. Or the excitement of seeing your stocks go up two cents at noon. But a using a bunch of widgets and live wallpapers can decrease your Android's battery life. Running widgets and other background services cause the CPU to come out of idle more often, thus using more energy. So if you're really into lasting an entire day without charging and not so into real time updates of new kitty videos on YouTube, try cutting back on those services.\n\nJuice Defender\n\nIf you haven't heard of Juice Defender, now is the time! This app monitors your phones activity and takes steps to prevent unnecessary resource usage. For example, you can tell Juice Defender to turn off your data connection except for when the screen on your device is on or during a timed interval. The timed interval allows syncing apps (like Gmail or Twitter) to get their info very so often (I think it's 30 minutes). Otherwise, Juice Defender shuts of your data connection. This saves a ton of battery life. The app also computes how much juice it is saving and displays it to you.\n\nTask Manager\n\nI know, I know: task managers are not needed and are very evil. This new mandate in the Android community says that task managers (or task killers) interfere with apps' processes and make troubleshooting a buggy device difficult. However, I have used Advanced Task Killer with no ill effects. I have it set to kill certain apps when my screen goes off and it has increased my battery life. For example, the Google Maps app likes to run when I have no reason for it to do so. The battery usage utility reports that it uses the majority of my battery power. Thus killing it has resulted in extended battery life for me."}
-{"text": "2015 Was Record Year at SGF\n\n2015 was a record year at the Springfield airport \u2014 the total passenger count was 919,044. It demolishes the old record set in 2005 of 888,738, and is a 9% increase over 2014 passenger numbers.\n\nHere\u2019s another way of putting it: over 70,000 more passengers used the airport last year than in 2014. Why the huge growth? It\u2019s a sign that the southwest Missouri economy is much improved \u2014 when the economy does poorly, fewer people fly. When it does better, more people fly because they have more expendable income.\n\n2015 was marked not only by a record number of passengers, but also by several air service improvements \u2014\n\nAmerican Airlines started new twice-daily service to its major hub in Charlotte, and all the airlines are using some bigger planes at Springfield. Demand is so high that over the past four years airlines have increased the number of seats for sale in Springfield by nearly 16%.\n\nOk, ok \u2014 what everyone really wants to know is how will growth improve air service, or change the airport? There are no exact answers, but here\u2019s what may generally happen \u2014\n\nWithin the next two to three years the airport will likely have more than a million total passengers. A million passengers is a big deal because once an airport hits that number, the business playing field starts to change. As numbers grow beyond a million, more than one restaurant may be willing to set up shop at the airport. That\u2019s important to some customers because as they tell us, \u201cwe want more restaurant choices.\u201d\n\nWhat about more non-stop destinations? Convincing an airline to add destinations is always a tough sell, but beyond the million mark, it may get a bit easier. Much depends on the economy, the price of jet fuel, and the general business climate in the airline industry.\n\nAs some of you have noticed, growth does bring challenges \u2014 last year the airport\u2019s parking lots frequently ran out of space \u2014 there were more cars than spaces! We should have parking lot expansion projects under construction later this year."}
-{"text": "Under bed storage\n\nTurn sleeping space into storage space\n\nNeed more space for your stuff? Our under bed storage lets you keep things like duvets or winter clothes in storage boxes or in a storage unit at the foot of your bed. So your things stay out of the way but still close at hand.\n\nOur clever bed storage solutions transform your unused spaces into places you can use to keep your stuff. Create more space in your bedroom with our underbed storage boxes. Store clothes, bedlinen, shoes or whatever you want and out of sight, but still within easy reach. At the same time, you\u2019ll have one less place to vacuum, and there will be no room under your bed for neither monsters nor dust bunnies to hide. Under bed storage also allows you to free up some much needed space in dressers and chests of drawers by storing things under your bed and out of the way while sleeping on them.\n\nUnderbed storage for every style\n\nIf you\u2019re keeping something under a bed, style might not be your first concern. But on the other hand, depending on the linen and covers you\u2019re using, the sides of the boxes might still be visible. And depending on what you store in there, you might open the boxes quite often. So, the look and feel of the storage container is well worth considering.\n\nWould you prefer a discrete black box? Or a clear plastic box, so you can easily see what\u2019s stored inside? Or maybe a classy basket with a cotton cover? In our wide selection, you\u2019ll be able to find underbed storage boxes that fit your needs, no matter what style or preferences you have. If you have even greater storage needs, why not try a bed frame with built in storage?\n\nHow much under bed storage do you need?\n\nSome of our under-bed storage boxes are small enough that you can fit two of them under a normal sized bed, some are even sold as sets of two, perfectly shaped to maximize use of the space under your bed or bed frame. If you\u2019re not sure how many boxes you can fit under your bed, read the detailed product descriptions of each box to find the exact measurements."}
-{"text": "By the way you wrote your post, I assumed you had a Chemex and that was your starting point -- that you just wanted to move away from paper. Maybe I misunderstood. If you have a Chemex, the Bodum filter is just $15 on its own.\n\nPure drippers? I love my Hario and Bee House ceramics. Here is the link to my review on the Hario. Love it.\n\nI don't have a Chemex, sorry for the way that read. I'm pondering the choices. Maybe I'll trying pouring my press coffee through a gold filter into my cup for a 2nd layer of filtration. I think steeping is key to the process, which none do but the press, the CCD and the Eva Solo. Thanks for the insights.\n\nI know this is an old thread and the OP may be gone but this is an issue I've been investigating for awhile. I have used Melitta filter cones and filters since the 60's. Recently, the whole pour over thing has become trendy almost to the extreme.\n\nAfter looking at tons of high zoot gear, I've realized the a Melitta cone filter holder, a proper mug (I like Victor Insulator and HLC diner style mugs), whole beans of choice, and a proper grinder that you are not going to get a *better* cup of coffee with a Hario, Chemex, etc.. The Melitta cone is a no brainer that everyone can use to great success. And the best part? They run about $4.\n\nIf you want to make more than a cup at a time, there are more alternatives but for about $10 on Amazon, Melitta also makes a larger filter and glass carafe.\n\nSymbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post\n\nForum Rules:No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards.No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the \"Buy and Sell\" forum.No SEO style postings will be tolerated. SEO related posts will result in immediate ban from CoffeeGeek.No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum.Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards.Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics.Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies.Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies.Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts.Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings."}
-{"text": "Posts\n\nUNTIL YOU by Denise Grover Swank (May 30, 2017; Forever Mass Market Paperback; $7.99; Bachelor Brotherhood Book 2) \"Swank's fluffy, feel-good storytelling proclaims the primacy of love as a force to which everyone should surrender-the bachelors destined to star in future installments haven't got a chance.\" --- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Only You\n\nNever settle down. Ever. Workaholic Lanie Rogers lives a completely nomadic lifestyle. Her job keeps her on the move, and relationships are a complication she doesn't need. That is, until she meets Mr. Tall, Dark, and Hotness at a pre-wedding party. Complicated? Maybe. But lately, Lanie's life has been missing a little something---and sexy playboy Tyler Norris offers something she definitely can't refuse. Tyler has always been a little too popular with women for his own good. Ever since he and his buddies vowed to remain bachelors, Tyler figured he was safe from temptation. Lanie and her gorgeous brown eyes\u2026\n\nGet ready for a sexy tale from author Margie Church and make sure to enter the giveaway at the end of the post for a chance to win a $15 Amazon/BN Gift Card. The tour is sponsored by Goddess Fish Promotions. Now let's sit down with the author and see what is going on with them. Dawn,\nit's such a pleasure to be back here. Thank you for squeezing me in! On to the\nquestions!How\ndid you start writing erotic romances?It\nevolved from writing fan fiction. At first I was anxious about explicit love\nscenes but I learned quickly that purple prose is unacceptable for most\npublishers. I finally gave myself permission to just write what the characters\nwere thinking and feeling. It's not me doing these things; it's them. Most readers\nthink authors are writing about their personal lives and while some might, we\nhave to remember it's fiction. FICTION. And please don't use my books for sex\neducation. That's another thing that just cracks me up.\n\nSix years ago Ellis walked into his first briefing as the newest member of London\u2019s Specialist Firearms unit. He was partnered with Wayne and they became fast friends. When Wayne begins to notice changes\u2014Ellis\u2019s erratic temper, the effects of sleep deprivation\u2014he knows he has to act before Ellis reaches his breaking point. He invites Ellis to the opening of the new BDSM club, Secrets, where Wayne has a membership. His purpose? He wants Ellis to glimpse the lifestyle before Wayne approaches him with a proposition. He wants to take Ellis in hand, to control his life because he wants his friend back, and he figures this is the only way to do it.\n\nThere are a few issues, however. Ellis is straight. Stubborn. And sexy. Wayne knows he has to put his own feelings aside to be what Ellis needs. What surprises the hell out of him is finding out what Ellis actually requires.\n\nThe Darkest Corner (Gravediggers Book 1) by Liliana HartDate of Publication: May 23, 2017 Blurb New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Liliana Hart's first book in her suspenseful Gravediggers series, featuring an elite group of mysterious men who might be dead to the world, but are also tasked with saving it\u2014and no one can ever know.\n\nThe Gravediggers aren't exactly what they seem. They're the most elite of the world's fighting forces\u2014and all they have in common is that they've been betrayed by the countries they've died for. Because they are dead. To their country, their military, and their families.\n\nSometimes the dead do rise...\n\nDeacon Tucker is a dead man walking. A former black ops agent, he was disavowed and stripped of all honor before being recruited as a Gravedigger. But his honor and good name no longer matter, because no one knows he's alive, and he'll never get the recognition he deserves. His mission is simple: save the world or die tryi\u2026\n\nCandi will be awarding 1 $10 Amazon GC, 2 Eooks of\nHarlequin's Deception and 1 Print Copy of Harlequin's Deception to randomly\ndrawn winners via rafflecopter during the tour. Please use the RaffleCopter\nbelow to enter. Remember you may increase your chances of winning by visiting\nthe other tour stops. You may find those locations here.Talking with author Candi Fox.....Thanks for stopping by to\ntalk a little about your writing! Let's jump right in. When did you begin\nwriting and why? I\u2019ve been writing stories\nmost of my life. If I wasn\u2019t writing them down in a notebook I was telling them\nout loud to whomever would listen. I was born with a vivid imagination. It just\nneeded an outlet. Do you have a favorite genre?\nIs it the same genre you prefer to write? Fantasy, Sci-fi Fantasy, All\nthings Paranormal. Paranormal is my preferred genre to write in. I love all the\npossibilities. Do certain themes and ideas\ntend to captur\u2026\n\nMary Burton continues her suspenseful The Forgotten Files series with another chilling read in The Hangman.\n\nMy Rating for The Hangman: 4 Stars\n\nFor Julia Vargas, she is a cop on a mission to clear her father\u2019s name and solve a case that has stymied the police and public alike. Even as she takes down the bad guys in her job, she is determined to get to the bottom of the Hangman Serial killer case that caused her father to kill himself three decades before. But the truth she is hunting down is elusive and can be deadly if she gets close enough to it. But when women\u2019s bones show up in an empty house with a picture of Julia and her father when she was younger cause Julia to team up with homicide detective Tobias Novak, a man she has a complicated yet passionate history with. But as danger looms, Julia will have to confront her past in order to see where the truth is because the Hangman is determined to silence her once and for all."}
-{"text": "Sex, Soul Ties and Jezebel\u2019s Seducing Spirit\n\nWriter: Jonas Clark | www.jonasclark.com\n\nJezebel uses the bewitching powers of seduction to lure her victims and create soul ties. The Jezebel spirit is a strong man spirit. What\u2019s in you that the Jezebel spirit can see? She works a network of demon powers to climb her ladder of control. Some of the arrows in her quiver that create soul ties include the spirit of witchcraft, the spirit of divination, and the spirit of seduction.Jezebel is a master of seduction. The word seduction means literally to lead astray. It is a deliberate \"step-by-step\" process of temptation and enticement causing someone to do something they wouldn\u2019t normally do. The spirit of seduction and the spirit of witchcraft are cousins. They are a similar class of evil spirits both used by the spirit of Jezebel.\n\nThe Bait of Jezebel That Creates Soul Ties\n\nHow does this spirit create soul ties?When Jezebel releases the spirit of seduction a \"spiritual force\" is released against your mind, imagination, and emotions. Just as a fisherman may use various baits and lures so does the Jezebel spirit. Her baits and lures are all seductive in nature. Seduction is the bait that leads to a soul tie. You are the fish.\n\nThe purpose of the seduction is to create soul ties that can be used to control you. A soul tie is a spiritual or emotional attachment to another person. In this case the bond is with a demonic spirit called Jezebel. Soul ties can be created in a myriad of ways such as:\n\nSexual relationships\n\nEmotional manipulation\n\nShared life experiences\n\nPersonal tragedies\n\nLoss of a loved one\n\nFlattery of the prideful\n\nConsoling another\n\nReaching out to the lonely\n\nAgreeing with Jezebel\u2019s offenses, hurts, wounds, and unforgiveness towards those in authority or leadership.\n\nFinancial crisis\n\nOnce soul ties have been established, Jezebel\u2019s victim becomes a eunuch. A eunuch is a child of the Jezebel spirit. This has nothing to do with the male gender. A castrated male, our example, is a eunuch. In other words, a eunuch is a person without strength that can no longer reproduce. A Jezebel eunuch has no life outside the controlling world of Jezebel. Again, a eunuch has no strength of their own, looks to the Jezebel spirit for approval, instruction, validation, and companionship.\n\nSoul Ties\n\nHere is the testimony of a man struggling with Jezebel's soul ties.\n\n\"I am with a wonderful and godly woman that is everything I have ever wanted. I love her and would give my life for hers without a second thought. I struggle with imaginations, however, from another relationship with a cold hearted abusive woman. I need help. I can\u2019t get this other woman out of my head and out of my heart. A relative gave me a prayer that helps me get a little relief and regain control of my mind but the relief doesn\u2019t last very long before my mind returns to this other woman.\"\n\nThis man is still under the control (spell) of the Jezebel spirit. There is something in him, the soul ties with that spirit, which needs to be broken. This is an example of the bewitching powers of the Jezebel spirit. You can hear the desperation in his voice. He has been seduced, bewitched, and taken captive in his emotions. The Soul ties that have been created and need to be broken in prayer by the delivering power of the Holy Ghost. u>He must REPENT, RENOUNCE, FORGIVE, and cry out to God for deliverance. Notice again what he wrote, \"I can\u2019t get this other woman out of my head.\" Here is another example controlling soul ties.\n\n\"I almost left my husband for someone with a Jezebel spirit. I didn't realize how the spirit of seduction could get such a strong hold over my mind. I was an easy person to control while growing up always being told what I could and could not do in my life. During my encounter with Jezebel\u2019s seduction I got to the point where I couldn't even think straight, my judgment was clouded and things I used to be able to do I couldn't do anymore. My marriage has been restored and we just celebrated thirty one years of marriage. I still have trouble with my mind and pray for complete restoration.\"\n\nThis woman almost lost a wonderful marriage to the Jezebel spirit. Here again we see soul ties created and Jezebel\u2019s witchcraft released against someone\u2019s mind. In both these examples soul ties was created by the Jezebel spirit. Jezebel is a seducing spirit that found something inside these people to bond with. Jezebel is the seducing goddess of war. As already said it\u2019s soul ties that are the cords that the Jezebel spirit wraps around her victims.\n\nBewitched by the Strange Woman's Soul Ties\n\nPaul used the term bewitched to describe demonic influence of soul ties. Paul wrote,\n\nO foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth crucified among you? Galatians 3:1\n\nBewitched, Greek baskaino\u0304, means to be charmed with words. Just as the strange woman uses flattering words to capture its victim so do the Jezebel seducing spirits. The seducing goddess of war uses enticing words to sweeten you up.\n\nTo deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Proverbs 2:16\n\nFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil... And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Proverbs 5:3, 20\n\nTo keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Proverbs 6:24\n\nThat they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Proverbs 7:5"}
-{"text": "State cites day care attended by murdered 4-year-old Euclid girl\n\nShare this:\n\nThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.\n\nPlease enable Javascript to watch this video\n\nCLEVELAND -- The FOX 8 I-Team has learned a state agency has cited a local day care for not reporting to social workers multiple signs of abuse involving a little girl recently murdered.\n\nThe Ohio Department of Job and Family Services cited the Harbor Crest Day Care in Euclid saying it \u201cfailed to immediately notify their local public children services agency of suspicions that a child had been abused or neglected.\"\n\nThe agency also says the day care didn\u2019t notify the state last year when the child went to the hospital after concerns about injuries were spotted.\n\nA police report shows more than a dozen incidents documented by Harbor Crest dating back two and a half years.\n\nThe findings mark the latest twist in a series of investigations surrounding the death of 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett.\n\nEuclid police say the child was recently murdered by her mother and mom\u2019s boyfriend. Police say they got a call from the Harbor Crest Day Care last May and sent the child to the hospital. At that time, they learned of the other incidents of suspected abuse noted by day care workers.\n\nA police report shows, at that time, officers called a county social worker.\n\nThe Department of Job and Family Services is also reviewing how the county handled any complaints about Aniya.\n\nMeantime, the I-Team has obtained two years of regular, routine state reviews of the work of county case workers. Those reviews show concerns dating back years for when case workers did and didn\u2019t make face-to-face visits with families, how they documented action in cases, and more.\n\nThe county says it developed action plans each time to address concerns raised by the state agency.\n\nHowever, the county is not revealing how many complaints it received and when for the case of Aniya. The county cites privacy of callers to a hotline and the ongoing investigation.\n\nAt the day care, no one answered the door when we showed up on Tuesday, though we saw adults and children inside. No one returned a phone message either.\n\nA police report shows many of the old incidents of suspected abuse noticed at the day care were documented by previous owners of the day care.\n\nThe facility now gets a chance to respond to the state inquiry. That response for \u201ccorrective action\u201d is expected by the end of the day Wednesday.\n\nThe citation just issued shows other concerns at the day care raised by the state a long time ago that had not been addressed. All of this, of course, could have an impact on the facility\u2019s license."}
-{"text": "Peter von Maltus was never a Nazi. Not truly. He wants you to be very clear on this. Certainly, he worked for Hitler and the Third Reich as their chief researcher and creator of the Ubermenschen, but that did not mean he subscribed to that ridiculous racial superiority theory the Nazis were always spouting. That was pure nonsense. The human genetic code was, for the most part, utterly identical between two people, regardless of whether the two people were a Jew and a German, a Frenchman and a Swede, an African or an Arab. It was the same code, mixed in different ways, and no one way was better than the others.\n\nWith one exception, of course: the superhumans had begin to appear in the 1930s, and it was clear that they were the superior race. It was clear that they, not the so-called \"Aryans\" (and as always, the use of that term by the Germans made Maltus chuckle... the original Aryans were dark-skinned and highly resembled the Persians in complexion and coloration; not quite the image of the proto-Nordic perfect specimin that Hitler was espousing) were superior. But there were so few. von Maltus dedicated his life then and there to learning how to manipulate the gene. His ultimate goal, of course, was to gain powers himself.\n\nBut it was not to be, he discovered. Only a small handful of humans had the gene, and he simply wasn't in that handful. So he decided to do the next best thing: he would control the world's metahuman population. This was the decision that brought him to the Nazis. Germany's international power was rising, and with that power came access to all of Europe's population, including the sleeping masses of metahumans, most of whom didn't even recognize their own status yet. In exchange for using his knowledge to create Hitler's private force of devoutly faithful Nazi supers, Maltus got access to as many experimental subjects as he wanted (or, as the Nazis referred to them, \"undesirables that would have been liquidated anyway\"). He took the pathetic prisoners and used them as what they were: resouces. He discovered more than he ever thought he would learn about the metagene, and he used this knowledge to arm Hitler's Germany with a platoon of superhuman soldiers who were blindly loyal to the Fuhrer.\n\nThe time came, however, that Baron Maltus realized that the Nazis were going the way of the dodo. The assembled might of the Allied forces would soon overthrow Hitler and his cronies, and they would no doubt want to do something nasty to Maltus as well. It was clear that he needed to get out early, before he was trapped by the Allies. So he made his escape, first travelling to Africa, then to South America, where he took up a headquarters in Ecuador. He would build a new headquarters and continue his research from there.\n\nUnfortunately, there came a time when time itself became his enemy. He had forseen this, though, and prepared himself. He perfected a method by which his brain and spinal column was transplanted into a new body. At first, he took the body of a young man, but that body, too, aged and became useless. Then he chose a young woman who had a spectacularly healthy genetic code.\n\nIn addition to his research, Baron Maltus\nmakes use of his skills creating metahumans for pay.\n\nPersonality/Motivation:\n\nBaron Maltus is a supremely intelligent, utterly arrogant individual who has no cares for anyone or anything other than the continuation of his scientific research. Despite his history as the Third Reich's premiere \"mad scientist\", he was never truly a Nazi and held no brief with their policies of racial superiority. To him, the Nazis were a means to an end: they provided an endless supply of test subjects, and had no pesky ethical qualms with his use of them. He is an utterly evil and amoral man.\n\nIt hasn't occurred to him to be bothered by the fact that he is now, at least physically, female. Such considerations are beneath him.\n\nQuote:\n\n\"The metagene... this wonderful keyhole into the plans of Almighty God himself. What a useful tool it is.\"\n\nPowers/Tactics:\n\nBaron Maltus is a unique, intelligent individual. He has no true powers of his own, instead depending on the fruits of his mad science to be effective. He is a criminal mastermind who operates through others, some of whom never realize that they are working for the Baron. Maltus is a scientific genius whose accomplishments are only eclipsed by the horrific nature of those same accomplishments.\n\nAppearance:\n\nOriginally, Baron Maltus was a tall, imposing man who fit the Aryan stereotype to a T. He's now on his third body; this time, he is a seventeen year old Andean Quichua girl. He's insured the body is in perfect health and is as athletically fit as he can make it (he intends to keep this one for as long as possible). The body is short, but fit, with long, black hair. Maltus dresses in his usual quasi-uniform, an outfit that is reminiscent of a Nazi SS officer's uniform, minus any insignia or markings. Black leather belts, gloves, and boots complete the ensemble."}
-{"text": "Wreaths are a great way to show holiday spirit on the outside and inside of your home. We've had a plain twig wreath hung on our door since halloween and we're looking to spruce it up a bit now that it's getting close to Christmas.\n\nWe knew that Martha would have a suggestion or two to help us master the world of wreaths. We knew we'd find at least one we liked, but now we have the problem of deciding on which one we want to make. Right now we've narrowed it down to the Paper Doily Wreath, Snowball Wreath and Gumdrop Wreath \u2014 but maybe we'll just make them all!"}
-{"text": "What in the funk was Milanovich thinking last night when he\ndidn't send out the f.g unit with a buck 30 left and down by 9 ??? I\nthought the plan was always to extend the game as long as humanly and\nmathematically possible. And they could have at least throw a solid play\nin there with a 5-6 yard route to pick up the first down.\n\nAnd some of\nthe blame also has to be on Ray. He has to know what he needs there and\nnot what he wants,sure if he hits that last throw for the t.d it's great\nbut if it's not there move the bloody sticks man. He ended up just\nthrowing up a borderline hail-mary that wasn't even\nclose......foolishness\n\nActivities offered by advertising links to other sites may be deemed an illegal activity in certain jurisdictions. Viewers are specifically warned that they should inquire into the legality of participating in any games and/or activities offered by such other sites. The owner of this website assumes no responsibility for the actions by and makes no representation or endorsement of any of these games and/or activities offered by the advertiser. As a condition of viewing this website viewers agree to hold the owner of this website harmless from any claims arising from the viewer\u2019s participation in any of the games and/or activities offered by the advertiser."}
-{"text": "Harvesting Roadkill Is Now Legal in Montana -- But Only If You're Going to Eat It\n\nHunting just got a whole lot easier in Montana, where it's now possible to print out a roadkill permit that gives you permission to harvest animals like deer, elk, antelopes, and moose for food if you hit them with your car.\n\nAnd because that still might be too much work for some people, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency says it's also working on creating an app for roadkill permits.\n\nThe new law not only makes it legal for drivers to harvest animals they accidentally kill with their cars, it also will allow drivers to print out permits to do so in the comfort of their own homes within 24 hours of the accident. It's also expected that the state agency will release an app for roadkill permits sometime in the future.\n\nBut there are a few rules when it comes to hunting with your car harvesting roadkill.\n\nFor one, you have to take the entire carcass, meaning you can't just cut out the good stuff and leave the rest of the animal on the side of the road. And you have to be actually eat the animal -- you can't use it for bait . . . or for whatever else you might have planned.\n\nThe idea behind the law was to eliminate the waste of more than 7,000 animals that were killed by vehicles in the state last year. Apparently, reservations about the safety of eating roadkill or about people intentionally running down more animals weren't enough to outweigh what lawmakers think will be good for their state."}
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-{"text": "Subject: FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups\nFrom: martin@inferenzsysteme.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Martin Protzen)\nDate: 1997/06/03\nNewsgroups: rec.sport.soccer,de.rec.sport.fussball\n=============================================================================\n* *\n* FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups *\n* *\n=============================================================================\nThis FAQ has been prepared to answer various questions regarding the seeding\nand qualification process for the four European Cups. If you want to receive\nsubsequent updates of this FAQ by mail send me a note. If you have comments\nor suggestions don't forget to mail me a copy since I may miss follow-ups in\nrec.sport.soccer. The FAQ is published after the completion of each round of\nthe European Cups.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nVersion May 28, 1997 - what's new in this version ?\n- final standings as after completion of all competitions\nContents\n- Champions' Cup\n- Cup Winners' Cup\n- UEFA Cup\n- UEFA Intertoto Cup\n- UEFA ranking list\n- UEFA coefficient broken down per season\n- Seeding (including seeding coefficients for UEFA Cup seeding)\n- Q & A section\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThere are four different European Cups\n- the Champions' Cup (CC),\n- the Cup Winners' Cup (CWC),\n- the UEFA Cup (UC), originally intended for League runners up,\nand\n- the UEFA Intertoto Cup (UIC).\nThe qualification for these competitions is due to the performance in\nNational Leagues resp. Cup competitions. The Champion usually enters the CC,\nthe Cup Winner (resp. losing finalist in case of a double) enters the CWC,\nwhile a variable number of League runners up enter the UC (in some countries\nwinners of a League Cup enter the UC as well). Teams finishing below those\nqualifying for the UC may enter the UIC.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nChampions' Cup:\nOriginally this Cup was intended for the league winners of the member FAs of\nUEFA. A while ago the qualification process for the CC has been modified\nsuch that only the CC defender together with the top 23 champions enters the\nCC while all other champions will enter the UC. The CC defender and the 7\nbest champions advance directly to the league stage while the champions\nranked 8th to 15th have to play a preliminary tie against one of the\nchampions ranked 16th to 23rd. To determine the top champions (and the\nnumber of UC berths allocated to a country) UEFA maintains a ranking list -\nsee section UEFA ranking list.\nNew format for 1997/98\nFor the upcoming seaon UEFA has again changed the format to allow the vice\nchampions of the 8 top ranked countries as well as the champions of up to 48\ncountries into the competition. The countries elegible to send their vice\nchampion will be determined by the most recent UEFA ranking (see below)\ndetermined at the end of the season. Already sure to send two teams are\nItaly, France, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Portugal and England. The\nlast spot will be taken by Turkey as per UEFA decision although Greece was\nabsolutely equal on points. UEFA used this year's coefficient as a tie-\nbreaker.\nThe league stage will beplayed in six groups of four teams. From there the\nsix group winners together with two 'best runners-up' will advance to the\nquarter finals. The 'best runners-up' will be determined by number of\npoints, goal difference, goals scored and goals scored away.\nTo cut down the number of teams the champions of countries ranked 17 to 48 in\nthe most recent ranking table play a preliminary round in late July. For the\nlosers of this tie their European campaign is over. Winners play in the\nqualification round together with champions of countries ranked 9 to 16 and\nvice champions of countries ranked 1 to 8. Winners of this round advance to\nthe league stague where they will be joined by the champions of the top\nranked countries. Losers will play in the first round of the UEFA Cup.\nThe defending Cup Winner gets an automatic place in the league stage\nregardless where he finishes in his domestic competition. This may mean that\nthe champions of the countries ranked 8th, 16th (and 48th) are 'downgraded'.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nCup Winners' Cup:\nThe Cup Winners of the FA Cups of the member FAs of UEFA get to play in this\nCup unless they also win the domestic championship (in which case they will\nbe replaced by the losing cup finalists). The CWC defender is also eligible\nto play (unless he becomes national champion). It is not clear which team\nrepresents a country in case both Cup finalists play in the Champions Cup.\nUEFA is also considering to allow a second team from the eight top ranked\ncountries into the CWC. How the second team will be determined has not yet\nbeen fixed. This modification will not be effective for the 96/97\nand 97/98 competitions.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nUEFA Cup:\nThe UEFA Cup started (under the name \"Fairs Cup\") as a competion between city\nteams from cities which host a trade fair. Later it was a competition for\nthe runners up of the various leagues, some countries enter also their League\nCup winner. The number of participants from each country is determined by\nthe UEFA ranking list. Since the Champions League was introduced the\nchampions not eligible for the Champions League are entered into the UEFA Cup\nas well, another three berths are allocated for the Intertoto Cup\nfinalists and three are given to countries who top the UEFA Fair Play\ncompetition. For 1997/98 we have the following participants:\n82 participants are determined by the UEFA coefficient table (see below):\n3 countries with four berths\n5 countries with three berths\n13 countries with two berths\n29 countries with one berth\n3 Intertoto Cup participants\n3 Fair Play competition winners\nThe three countries which top the UEFA Fair Play competition each get one\nadditional UEFA cup berth in the next competition. The 1995/96 berths\nwere allocated to Norway, England and Luxembourg, the 1996/97 berths have\nbeen awarded to Sweden, Russia and Finland (one berth originally awarded\nto England has been revoked because of fielding youth and reserve teams\nin the 1995 UIC) and in 1997/98 Norway, England and Sweden will get the\nberths.\n1 defending UEFA Cup Holder\n(only if they don't qualify for any European competition otherwise)\n16 preliminary round losers from the Champions Cup (from 1997/98 on)\nup to\n3 champions of low ranked countries which find no room in the 56-team\nChampions' League\n---\n108 participants\nFor the 96/97 competition the following format had been used:\n- Preliminary round in July, involving 54 teams from countries with the\nlowest country coefficient in the 95/96 ranking\n- Qualifying round in August, involving 50 teams (27 winners from the\nqualifying round, 23 teams from the countries with low coefficients which\ndid not play in the preliminary round) + 6 Intertoto teams.\n- First round in September, involving 64 teams (25 winners from the\npreliminary round, 8 teams eliminated from the Champions Cup, 28 teams from\ncountries with high rankings and 3 teams qualifying through the UIC).\nBarring participation of teams from San Marino, Andorra and Bosnia the 97/98\ncompetition will have 16 participants less: 24 champions of low ranked\ncountries will not enter the UC but 16 instead of 8 CC qualification round\nlosers will play in the first round. At least 19 teams (16 CC qualification\nround losers, 3 UIC finalists) will enter at the first round proper leaving\n83 teams competing for the remaining 45 spots. Like last year expect a few\nother teams to be seeded for the first round proper based on the ranking\ntable. The preliminary round will be played on 23. and 30. July 1997, the\nqualification round on 13. and 27. August 1997.\nFrom 1997/98 on the UC final will be decided in a single game on neutral\nground.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nUEFA Intertoto Cup:\nThe Intertoto Cup started as a way to guarantee income to the toto-industry\nin the early sixties (in fact, this generated a significant sum of money for\nclubs in several countries, one of them the Netherlands). The first one or\ntwo seasons the group winners played out a final stage to determine an\noverall winner (the first being Ajax). After a few years the competition\ndegenerated into summer practice for midtable teams of North, Central and\nEast European countries. Teams from the British Isles, Spain or Italy seldom\nparticipated if at all. No final stage was played after the initial (one or\ntwo) season(s) and nobody really cares for it. This new directive by UEFA\nseems like a final attempt of attracting some attention to it.\nThe 'new' UEFA Intertoto-Cup has started in the summer of 1995. The cup will\nbe played during the summer, and the teams allowed to participate should have\nbeen the best finishing teams in the respective leagues the previous season\nnot already qualified for any of the other three European Cups. The number\nof teams from each country is determined by the UEFA ranking of countries\njust as in the UC (with the exception that also the bottom clubs are entitled\nto one berth).\n60 teams are divided into 12 groups with the winners of each group qualifying\nfor a knock-out round, from where the best 3 teams qualify for the first\nround proper of the UEFA Cup the following autumn. 1995 saw a slightly\ndifferent format producing two UC entrants.\nIn 1997 again some countries do not take part in the competition. Among them\nItaly, Spain, Portugal, England and Ukraina. France, Gerany and Belgium will\nhave 4 entrants, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Yugoslavia and Denmark three. The\nremaining berths will be allocated to other countries. Group games will be\nplayed on the five weekends starting 20./21. June 1997.\nFrom the 1995 UIC two French teams, Racing Strassbourg and Girondins de\nBordeaux, emerged successful and participated in the UC, Bordeaux even\nreached the UC final. In 1996 Silkeborg IF, Karlsruher SC and EA Guingamp\nqualified for the UC.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nUEFA ranking list:\nThe basis for this ranking is the performance of teams in the three major\nEuropean Cups during a five year period. During that period each team gets\ntwo points for a win and one point for a draw. For games decided by penalty\nkicks the score after extra time is used.\nOne bonus point is allocated for reaching the quarter final, the semi final\nand the final. Reaching the league stage of the CC yielded two bonus points\nin the 91/92, 92/93 and 93/94 competitions and one from the 94/95 competition\non (yes, some teams already got a bonus point without even having played).\nUIC games including the so-called UIC \"finals\" do not count towards the\nranking list.\nUsing these points the UEFA ranking list is computed which determines how\nmany entrants each country should have in the UEFA cup and also in the UIC.\nThis coefficient is a sum of 5 averages over the next-to-last 5 years, where\neach average is based on the ratio #total points for country/#total clubs.\nTo determine the participants in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup resp. 1998 UIC, the\nresults from the years 1991/92 to 1995/96 are used, because each country\nshould know at the start of the season how many places it disposes. This has\nbecome obsolete recently since the number of teams which will be allowed into\nthe Champions' League is decided by the most recent ranking which is not know\nuntil of the season underway. For the ranking results in preliminary rounds\nexcept the games between the UIC semifinalists are taken into account. Also\nthe champions of the 7 countries topping next year's list (i.e. that\nincluding results from 1992/93 through 1996/97) together with the Cup\ndefender advance to the league stage of the CC directly, while the next 8\nchampions together with the runners up of the best eight countries are seeded\nfor the qualification round which determines 16 other entries to the league\nstage.\nFor the UEFA Cup the distribution then is that the countries\nranked\n1 - 3 obtain 4 berths,\n4 - 8 3 berths,\n9 - 21 2 berths\nand the remaining countries will obtain one berth.\n===============================================================================\nTable A : UEFA coefficient to determine the number of berths per country\n===============================================================================\nLegend of table\n---------------\n90/95: coefficient including the 90/91 through 94/95 seasons,\nused to determine the berths for the 96/97 competition\n(cf. table B)\n91/96: coefficient including the 91/92 through 95/96 seasons,\nwill be used to determine the berths for the 97/98 competition\nused for seeding purposes for the 96/97 competition\n92/96: coefficient including the 92/93 through 95/96 seasons,\nstart value for this year's coefficient\nteams: starting resp. remaining teams in this year's competition\n96/97: coefficient for this season alone\n92/97: coefficient including the 92/93 through 96/97 seasons as after the\ncurrent round\nCountry 91/96 rank 92/96 q. 1st 2nd 3rd CL QF SF F BP st. 96/97 92/97\nsum 95 96 sum rd rd rd rd teams sum\nItaly 61,24 1/ 1 50,58 - 15 9 4 16 8 7 2 10 7+ 10,14 60,72\nSpain 43,92 4/ 3 34,92 - 11 10 6 9 7 5 2 8 5 11,60 46,52\nFrance 45,41 2/ 2 38,61 - 18 8 5 8 7 4 0 7 8++ 7,12 45,73\nGermany 42,13 3/ 4 34,80 - 17 10 4 9 7 6 4 7 7+ 9,14 43,94\nNetherlands 38,70 9/ 5 30,10 - 7 3 1 8 3 0 - 3 4 6,25 36,35\nPortugal 32,80 6/ 6 27,40 - 10 10 0 11 3 - - 3 5 7,40 34,80\nEngland 30,16 5/ 7 23,41 - 8 6 3 6 6 2 - 6 5 7,40 30,81\nTurkey 22,91 10/11 17,25 7 11 6 1 5 - - - 1 4 7,75 25,00\nTurkey and Greece are absolutely equal on points. As the eigth rank entitles\nto both a second team in the CC in the upcoming competition and three berths\nfor the 98/99 competition, it is decisive who will be ranked 8th. UEFA's\nrulebook says that in the case of equal coefficients the UEFA commission\ndecides. Such a situation has occured only once before. In that case AJA\nAuxerre and Dinamo Zagreb played a qualification round which was the only one\nfor the UEFA Cup until the number of participants was increased due to the\nemerging countries. This time UEFA decided to use this year's coefficient as a\ntie-breaker giving the Turkey two entrants into next year's Champions' Cup. I\ndon't know whether this is also a prejudice for the allocation of UC spots the\nyear after next year. I would guess that UEFA will allow three entrants from\nboth Turkey and Greece.\nCountry 91/96 rank 92/96 p. q. 1st 2nd 3rd CL QF BP st. r. 96/97 92/97\nsum 95 96 sum rd rd rd rd rd teams sum\nGreece 27,00 13/ 9 21,25 - 2 7 4 - - 1 1 4 - 3,75 25,00\nAustria 21,95 11/13 19,70 - 11 5 2 - 2 - 1 4 - 5,25 24,95\nRussia 25,20 7/10 21,20 - 11 10 1 - - - - 6+ - 3,67 24,87\nBelgium 27,80 8/ 8 19,80 - 10 10 5 5 - 1 1 5 - 4,60 24,40\nDenmark 22,00 14/12 17,75 - 9 9 3 2 - 2 1 5+ - 5,20 22,95\nSweden 18,75 15/14 16,75 - 12 7 5 1 2 1 2 5+ - 6,00 22,75\nNorway 15,82 20/18 15,49 - 11 2 3 - 6 2 3 4 - 6,75 22,24\nCzech Rep. 17,00 33/16 17,00 - 6 6 2 - - - - 3 - 4,67 21,67\nSwitzerland 18,25 17/15 14,50 - 13 7 1 - 6 - 1 4 - 7,00 21,50\nPoland 14,91 18/22 13,25 7 10 3 1 - 3 - 1 4 - 6,25 19,50\nScotland 16,55 16/17 14,30 - 11 3 1 - 2 - 1 4 - 4,50 18,80\nRumania 15,15 19/21 12,40 - 14 6 1 - 3 - 1 4 - 6,25 18,65\nCroatia 12,50 23/25 12,50 8 8 2 - - - - - 3 - 6,00 18,50\nUkraina 15,65 25/19 15,65 - 5 2 - - - - - 3 - 2,33 17,98\nCyprus 12,65 24/24 11,65 7 6 2 - - - - - 3 - 5,00 16,65\nIsrael 14,42 21/23 14,42 4 3 1 - - - - - 4 - 2,00 16,42\nHungary 15,24 22/20 12,24 - 7 3 2 - - - - 3 - 4,00 16,24\nGeorgia 10,00 26/29 10,00 5 7 4 2 - - - - 3 - 6,00 16,00\nSlovakia 10,99 30/27 10,99 8 7 0 - - - - - 3 - 5,00 15,99\nLatvia 11,17 28/26 11,17 5 3 - - - - - - 3 - 2,67 13,84\nSlovenia 10,33 31/28 10,33 3 3 2 0 - - - - 3 - 2,67 13,00\nFinland 9,58 29/31 8,33 9 6 0 - - - - - 4+ - 3,75 12,08\nBelarus 8,50 37/33 8,50 5 4 - - - - - - 3 - 3,00 11,50\nIceland 9,66 27/30 8,66 3 3 1 - - - - - 3 - 2,33 10,99\nBulgaria 9,25 32/32 8,00 5 3 - - - - - - 3 - 2,67 10,67\nMacedonia 5,00 44/35 5,00 6 1 - - - - - - 3 - 2,33 7,33\nLithuania 4,00 41/39 4,00 3 3 - - - - - - 3 - 2,00 6,00\nMoldavia 5,00 45/36 5,00 1 2 0 - - - - - 3 - 1,00 6,00\nNth.Ireland 5,32 35/34 4,66 2 0 - - - - - - 3 - 0,67 5,33\nWales 2,67 34/44 2,67 3 3 1 - - - - - 3 - 2,33 5,00\nLiechtenst. 3,00 40/42 3,00 - 2 0 - - - - - 1 - 2,00 *5,00\nYugoslavia 1,00 12/47 1,00 9 3 2 1 - - - - 4 - 3,75 4,75\nEstonia 2,00 47/46 2,00 4 4 - - - - - - 3 - 2,67 4,67\nMalta 4,31 38/38 3,98 2 0 - - - - - - 3 - 0,67 4,65\nIreland 4,32 36/37 3,66 2 0 - - - - - - 3 - 0,67 4,33\nArmenia 2,50 46/45 2,50 3 2 - - - - - - 3 - 1,67 4,17\nLuxembourg 3,33 42/41 3,33 1 0 - - - - - - 3 - 0,33 3,66\nFaroe Island 3,00 43/43 3,00 0 0 - - - - - - 3 - 0,00 3,00\nAlbania 3,67 39/40 2,67 0 0 - - - - - - 3 - 0,00 2,67\nAzerbaidchan 0,50 48/48 0,50 3 1 - - - - - - 3 - 1,33 1,83\n# Yugoslavia's coefficient has been recalculated, all points accumulated\nbefore the ban have been declared void\n+ Italy and France get extra berths to defend CC resp. CWC; Russia, Sweden\nand Finland due to their Fair Play ranking; Germany, France and Denmark\nsend a team through the UIC\n* Liechtenstein does not get to send a team to the UC since they don't have a\ndomestic league.\nThis table deserves a few comments: let us take a look at the movements\nbetween the different groups over the years:\nCountry 1994/95 1995/96\n======= ======= =======\nNetherlands 3 -> 2\nEngland 2 -> 3\nHungary 2 -> 1\nIsrael 1 -> 2\nSo, for the 1995/96 competition Israel are guaranteed two berths for the\nfirst time and England are back at three (not counting the extra Fair Play\nspot).\nCountry 1995/96 1996/97\n======= ======= =======\nBulgaria 2 -> 1\nNorway 1 -> 2\nIn the 1994/95 competition England could not maintain it's lead over Spain\nand Germany from the start of last season and hence will remain at three\nberths for 1996/97. Since the points from Manchester United's 1991 CWC win\nhave been removed after last season, England have dropped in the ranking\nagain (before the season they were seventh with just 0.03 points advantage\nover Belgium). Germany kept the third place in the ranking. Norway will\nhave two berths time at the expense of Bulgaria.\nCountry 1996/97 1997/98\n======= ======= =======\nGermany 4 -> 3\nSpain 3 -> 4\nRussia 3 -> 2\nNetherlands 2 -> 3\nIsrael, Poland, Yugoslavia 2 -> 1\nCzech Republic, Ukraina, Hungary 1 -> 2\nThe 95/96 list indicates a number of countries going up resp. down for the\n1997/98 competition: Spain clinches the third rank and will replace Germany\nin the 4-team group (who are not in the top 3 for the first time ever), while\nthe Netherlands will replace Russia in the 3-team group and obtain their\nautomatic CL spot. Further down the Czech Republic, Ukraina and Hungary\nreplace Israel, Poland and Yugoslavia in the 2-team group. The Czech\nRepublic made the biggest jump: moving up from rank 33 to 16.\nCountry 1997/98 1998/99\n======= ======= =======\nBelgium 3 -> 2\nTurkey 2 -> 3\nUkraine, Hungary 2 -> 1\nCroatia, Poland 1 -> 2\nGermany has lost the battle against Spain for the third rank once again.\nTurkey make their first time entry into the 3-team group and replace Belgium.\nCroatia and Poland move into the 2-team group at the expense of Ukraina and\nHungary. Scotland managed to keep their second spot.\nFinally, if we look at the last column of table B below which is a sum of the\nresults of the last 4 years we notice that some of the countries who used to\nbe big names have dropped significantly. Belgium and Russia who in 1997\nresp. 1996 still were allowed to send three teams suddenly find themselves\nat rankings which entitle them to a single berth only. Also Scotland will\nloose one of their two berths unless they can improve during the upcoming\nseason.\nCountry 1998/99 1999/2000\n======= ======= =========\nFrance 4 -> 3\nGermany 3 -> 4\nTurkey 3 -> 2\nAustria 2 -> 3\nScotland, Belgium, Russia 2 -> 1\nGeorgia, Cyprus, Slovakia 1 -> 2\n===============================================================================\nTable B : UEFA coefficient broken down per season\n===============================================================================\nThe following list gives the UEFA coefficients for single seasons for the\nlast years. These indicate how the coefficient for a country may develop over\nthe next years. Note that the last column is the aggregate of only four\nseasons. A much more complete list can be found in the RSSSF archive.\nCountry 91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 91/96 96/97 92/97 93/97\nsum sum sum\nItaly 10,66 13,66 14,14 13,28 9,50 61,24 10,14 60,72 47,06\nFrance 6,80 11,20 8,20 9,33 9,88 45,41 7,12 45,73 34,53\nSpain 9,00 6,66 8,66 8,60 11,00 43,92 11,60 46,52 39,86\nGermany 7,33 5,14 10,66 10,17 8,83 42,13 9,14 43,94 38,80\nNetherlands 8,60 7,60 2,60 7,40 12,50 38,70 6,25 36,35 28,75\nPortugal 5,40 7,20 9,80 6,00 4,40 32,80 7,40 34,80 27,60\nEngland 6,75 3,25 8,50 7,33 4,33 30,16 7,40 30,81 27,56\nBelgium 8,00 8,60 5,40 3,80 2,00 27,80 4,60 24,40 15,80\nGreece 5,75 4,00 4,50 4,50 8,25 27,00 3,75 25,00 21,00\nRussia 4,00 9,00 4,00 2,80 5,40 25,20 3,67 24,87 15,87\nTurkey 5,66 4,75 4,75 5,25 2,50 22,91 7,75 25,00 20,25\nDenmark 4,25 2,75 3,75 5,50 5,75 22,00 5,20 22,95 20,20\nAustria 2,25 2,20 6,00 6,25 5,25 21,95 5,25 24,95 22,75\nSweden 2,00 4,75 1,75 7,50 2,75 18,75 6,00 22,75 18,00\nSwitzerland 3,75 3,50 2,25 3,75 5,00 18,25 7,00 21,50 18,00\nCzech Rep. 1,00 4,00 12,00 17,00 4,67 21,67 21,67\nScotland 2,25 4,80 3,00 2,00 4,50 16,55 4,50 18,80 14,00\nNorway 0,33 1,00 5,66 4,33 4,50 15,82 6,75 22,24 21,24\nUkraina 3,66 3,33 3,33 5,33 15,65 2,33 17,98 14,32\nHungary 3,00 1,66 1,50 4,75 4,33 15,24 4,00 16,24 14,58\nRumania 2,75 2,40 2,20 3,80 4,00 15,15 6,25 18,65 16,25\nPoland 1,66 1,50 2,50 3,50 5,75 14,91 6,25 19,50 18,00\nIsrael 5,00 5,50 1,67 2,25 14,42 2,00 16,42 11,42\nCyprus 1,00 0,66 2,66 5,33 3,00 12,65 5,00 16,65 15,99\nCroatia 4,00 7,50 1,00 12,50 6,00 18,50 18,50\nLatvia 5,00 2,00 1,50 2,67 11,17 2,67 13,84 8,84\nSlovakia 2,33 5,66 3,00 10,99 5,00 15,99 15,99\nSlovenia 2,00 2,33 3,33 2,67 10,33 2,67 13,00 11,00\nGeorgia 3,00 6,00 1,00 10,00 6,00 16,00 16,00\nIceland 1,00 0,33 3,33 2,00 3,00 9,66 2,33 10,99 10,66\nFinland 1,25 1,00 2,33 3,33 1,67 9,58 3,75 12,08 11,08\nBulgaria 1,25 1,50 1,75 1,75 3,00 9,25 2,67 10,67 9,17\nBelarus 1,50 2,50 4,50 8,50 3,00 11,50 11,50\nN. Ireland 0,66 1,00 1,66 1,00 1,00 5,32 0,67 5,33 4,33\nMacedonia 1,00 4,00 5,00 2,33 7,33 7,33\nMoldavia 1,00 0,00 4,00 5,00 1,00 6,00 6,00\nIreland 0,66 0,66 1,33 1,00 0,66 4,31 0,67 4,32 3,66\nMalta 0,33 0,66 1,66 1,33 0,33 4,31 0,67 4,65 3,99\nLithuania 0,00 0,00 2,50 1,50 4,00 2,00 6,00 6,00\nAlbania 1,00 1,00 1,00 0,67 3,67 0,00 2,67 2,67\nLuxembourg 0,00 1,33 0,00 0,00 2,00 3,33 0,33 3,66 2,33\nFar.Islands 0,50 0,00 1,00 1,50 3,00 0,00 3,00 2,50\nLiechtenst. 0,00 3,00 0,00 0,00 3,00 2,00 5,00 5,00\nWales 0,00 1,00 1,00 0,00 0,67 2,67 2,33 5,00 4,00\nArmenia 1,00 1,50 2,50 1,67 4,17 4,17\nEstonia 0,00 0,50 0,00 1,50 2,00 2,67 4,67 4,67\nYugoslavia 9,00 - - - 1,00 1,00# 3,75 4,75 4,75\nAzerbaidjan 0,00 0,50 0,50 1,33 1,83 1,83\n# Yugoslavia's coefficient has been recalculated due to the split up.\n* Liechtenstein does not get to send a team to the UC since they don't have a\ndomestic league.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSeeding\nThe most recent version of the UEFA ranking list is used to determine the\nparticipants of the preliminary rounds resp. the teams who advance to the\nLeague stage of the CC directly.\n- in the CC the champions of the top 7 countries together with the Cup holder\nare seeded for the league stage directly while the champions of the next 8\ncountries together with the runners up of the best 8 countries are seeded\nfor the qualification round. The other 32 champions have to play a\npreliminary round from where the winners proceed to the qualification\nround.\n- in the other cups the numbers vary slightly such that the first round\nproper will have exactly 32 resp. 64 participants.\nStarting from the first round proper a number of strong teams is seeded such\nthat those teams do not meet in the first rounds. In the CWC the ranking\nlist is used to determine the seeded teams (16 in the first round, 8 in the\nsecond, none thereafter). This means that the same 15 teams that were exempt\nfrom the preliminary round plus FC Sion were seeded for the first round in\nthe 1996/97 competition. In the second round Fiorentina, Paris\nSaint-Germain, Nimes Olympique, FC Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven, SL Benfica,\nLiverpool and AEK (Athinai) were seeded. No seeding from the quarter final\non.\nThe seeding for the UC uses the sum of the ratio #points achieved/# games\nplayed for each of the past five years. 16 teams are seeded in both first\nand second round. The decision whether teams had to play in a preliminary\nround was based on a different ranking list, the so-called country\ncoefficient.\nFor each season under consideration the number of points and the number of\ngames played by the team are displayed. Then the coefficient given as the\nsum of five quotients points over games is given.\nSeeded teams which were eliminated in the first round (marked +) will be\nreplaced by teams further down the list for second round seeding. From the\nthird round on no seeding will be applied.\nIn the second round each unseeded team will meet a seeded team.\n===============================================================================\nTable C : seeding coefficients for UEFA Cup first and second round seeding for\nthe 1996/97 competition\n===============================================================================\n91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 Coeff\nseeded in first and second round (unless eliminated):\nParma Ita 2 2 16 9 14 9 21 12 9 6 7,583 +\nSpartak Moscow Rus 5 4 15 8 15 10 5 6 15 8 7,333\nPanathinaikos Gre 11 10 5 4 6 4 5 4 16 10 6,700 +\nFeyenoord Ned 12 8 5 6 3 4 10 6 13 8 6,375\nBayern Muenchen Ger 5 4 5 4 12 10 24 12 5,700 +\nClub Brugge KV Bel 14 8 13 10 10 6 3 4 5,467\nTrabzonspor Tur 8 6 4 4 6 4 5 6 3 4 5,417\nSporting Lisbon Por 2 2 2 2 7 6 2 2 5 4 5,417\nAS Monaco Fra 16 9 4 4 15 11 2 2 5,141\nRSC Anderlecht Bel 14 10 8 6 14 10 5 6 0 0 4,967\nDinamo Moscow Rus 6 6 6 6 2 2 3 4 7 6 4,917 +\nBroendby IF Den 3 4 7 6 5 4 8 6 4,500\nBoavista Por 4 4 4 4 12 8 4 4 4,500\nArsenal Eng 3 4 18 9 15 9 4,417 +\nOlympiakos Gre 7 6 6 4 0 2 6 4 4,167 +\nSS Lazio Ita 6 4 13 8 4 4 4,125\nseeded in second round only (unless eliminated):\nCeltic Sco 5 4 2 4 5 4 4 4 4,000 +\nAS Roma Ita 7 6 11 8 11 8 3,917\nSlavia Prague Czr 2 2 1 2 2 2 14 10 3,900\nInternazionale Ita 1 2 22 12 2 2 1 2 3,833\nFC Innsbruck Aut 7 6 0 2 5 4 4 4 3,417 +\nFerencvarosi Hun 4 4 1 2 0 2 4 4 5 6 3,333\nDinamo Kiev Ukr 13 10 2 4 2 2 3 6 0 0 3,300 +\nCSKA Moscow Rus 2 2 11 10 2 2 3,100 +\nBesiktas Tur 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 3,000\nTorpedo Moscow Rus 3 4 4 4 2 2 2,750 +\nChernomorets Ukr 2 2 2 2 3 4 2,750 +\nNeuchatel Xamax Sui 7 6 1 2 1 2 2,167\nunseeded:\nAston Villa Eng 4 4 4 4 2,000 +\nM'gladbach Ger 10 6 1,667\nOB Odense Den 0 2 1 2 9 8 1,625 +\nApoel (Nicosia) Cyp 2 2 0 2 1 2 1,500 +\nNewcastle Eng 6 4 1,500\nKarlsruher SC Ger 14 10 1,400\nRC Lens Fra 8 6 1,333 +\nValencia CF Esp 0 2 5 4 1,250\nVit. Guimaraes Por 2 4 3 4 1,250\nCD Tenerife Esp 7 6 1,167\nHamburger SV Ger 7 6 1,167\nSilkeborg IF Den 0 0 2 2 1,000 +\nDinamo Tbilisi Geo - - 2 2 - - 1,000\nBodo Glimt Nor 2 2 1,000 +\nLegia Warsaw Pol 0 0 8 8 1,000\nRapid Bucharest Rom 0 2 4 4 1,000 +\nVladikavkaz Rus 1 2 1 2 1,000 +\nAberdeen Sco 0 2 4 4 - - 1,000\nFC Aarau Sui 1 2 1 2 1,000 +\nMalmo FF Swe 2 2 1,000 +\nHalmstads BK Swe 4 4 1,000 +\nRoda JC Ned 3 4 0,750 +\nGerminal Ekeren Bel 1 2 0,500 +\nMacc. Tel-Aviv Isr 0 2 1 2 0 0 0,500 +\nGrazer AK Aut 0,000\nRWD Molenbeek Bel 0,000 +\nLyngby BK Den 0 2 0,000 +\nEspanol Esp 0,000\nEA Guingamp Fra 0,000 +\nMontpellier SC Fra 0,000 +\nFC Metz Fra 0,000\nSchalke 04 Ger 0,000\nHutnik Krakow Pol 0,000 +\nNat. Bucharest Rom 0,000\nHelsingbors IF Swe 0,000\nBarry Town Wal - - 0,000 +\n================================================================================\nQ & A section\n================================================================================\nQ: What is the Fair Play Competition ?\nThe Fair Play Cup thing will be determined by UEFA. Officials of that worthy\nbody will attend all European matches in the oncoming seasons, and grade the\nbehaviour of players, coaches, and fans. The best three countries according\nto this ranking are supposed to enter one additional team into the UEFA Cup\nof the following season (or the one after that, I don't know).\nThe criteria for evaluating Fair Play for a single game are the following:\nYellow and red cards: score 10 points maximum\n1 point for each yellow and 3 points for each red card are deducted.\nPositive play: score 1 - 10 points\nThe attractiveness of play is rated with emphasis on offensive and quick play\n(no time wasting).\nRespecting the opponent: score: 1 - 5 points\nPlayers are expected to respect the rules of the game, their opponent and the\nlaws of Fair Play.\nRespecting the referee: score 1 - 5 points\nPlayers are expected to repect the referee, the other officials and their\ndecisions.\nBehaviour of team officials: score 1 - 5 points\nTeam officials including coaches are expected to improve technical, tactical\nand ethical level of the team. Also openmindedness towards the media is\nsummarized under this topic.\nBehaviour of the audience: score 1 - 5 points\nThe audience is considered integral part of the game. Fans are expected to\nrespect both the opposing team and the referee. This criterion is only\napplicable if a considerable number of supporters of the team to be rated is\navailable.\nPoints are summed up and divided by the maximum of available points (40 resp.\n35 if behaviour of the audience is not rated). For the Fair Play competition\nthe avarage over all UEFA competitive games is used.\nQ: What is the status of Yugoslavia ?\nYugoslavia had been partially admitted to the 1995/96 competition. The\nchampion Crvena Zvezda was relegated to the UC since the country coefficient\nof Yugoslavia was not considered, the Cup Winner Obilic had to play the\npreliminary round of the CWC and the two teams qualifying for the UC\n(Partizan and Vojvodina) were not admitted. For the 1996/97 competition there\nseem to be no restrictions. For the 1997/98 competition Yugoslavia's\ncoefficient has been recalculated excluding all pre-war results (see table\nB). Whether this decision will stand or not is not yet decided.\nQ: Why don't you use three digits after the dot in your tables as it is the\nofficial UEFA instruction for computing the cofficients ?\nI prefer to keep the width of tables less than 80 characters, hence I have to\nsave some space. The differences introduced by this truncation are rather\nsmall and have never changed the ranking of countries so far.\nQ: What happens if the Champions' Cup Winner comes first or second in his\nNational League and the country in question is elegible to send the vice\nchampion to the Champions' Cup ? Will this country send three teams ?\nNo. A country can only send three teams to the Champions' Cup if\n- the CC winner is from that country and does not finish first or second in\nthe league\n- the country in question is one of the 8 countries eligible to send their\nvice champion to the CC.\nQ: What happens if the finalists of the domestic cup competition are eligible\nto play in the CC ? Who will take the CWC spot ?\nAs far as I know this has not been decided yet. Most likely a decisive match\nbetween the losing semi-finalists will be played with the winner advancing to\nthe CWC. In case one of the losing semi-finalists is CWC defender also the\nother semi-finalist might enter the CWC although this seems unlikely to me.\n================================================================================\nThis FAQ has been prepared by\nMartin Protzen\nwith the help of\nLars Thore Aarhus ,\nKarel Stokkermans ,\nJames Ross\nand others.\n================================================================================\nAuthor: Martin Protzen\nLast updated: May 28, 1997\n(C) Copyright Martin Protzen and RSSSF 1997\nYou are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper\nacknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.\n--\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nMartin Protzen Department of Computer Science\nTechnical University of Darmstadt\nGermany"}
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-{"text": "Funny Mom Videos, Mom Humor\n\nWith a parody comes bloopers! Lots and lots of bloopers! We had so much fun shooting this Dua Lipa\u2019s New Rules Parody \u2013 Mom\u2019s Rules! Watch it if you haven\u2019t! And of course be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel!\n\nI love New Rules by Dua Lipa and it was just screaming for a mom parody. A song about rules????? I have rules! Lots of them! So tada!!! Enjoy Mom\u2019s Rules! My Dua Lipa New Rules Parody. And check out the bloopers! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!!!! Here are the lyrics just in case you want [\u2026]\n\nDoes this happen in your house too? You\u2019re talking to your husband. Words are coming out of your mouth. You may even be making eye contact with your beloved and yet HE HEARS NOTHING YOU SAY?????? Yeah, it\u2019s like a daily occurrence in my house. Enjoy my sequel to Male Pattern Blindness \u2013 Male Pattern [\u2026]\n\nI\u2019ll finally have a moment alone in the bathroom. All will be going along swimmingly when suddenly I realize THERE\u2019S NO TOILET PAPER!!!! And of course no one can ever hear me when I\u2019m screaming for help. Enjoy my latest video \u201cWhen There\u2019s No Toilet Paper\u201d and please subscribe to my YouTube channel!\n\nWe had SO MUCH FUN on our I Love You Even Though shoot and wanted to give you a peek behind-the-scenes! Just wait till you see what my husband did on our son\u2019s bike. MAJOR MARRIED EYE ROLL! Watch the rap if you haven\u2019t seen it! And check it out \u2013 we were on TV!!! Right This [\u2026]\n\nI Love You (Even Though) \u2013 A rap song for married people. Because let\u2019s be honest. We love our spouses EVEN THOUGH THEY DRIVE US CRAZY! Share with the people you love and SUBSCRIBE for more funny videos! And guess what?!? You can download this song on iTunes! That makes me an official recording artist, [\u2026]\n\nBy Heather LeRoss Yesterday, I held my 5-foot 6-inch son as he sobbed. His \u201cmore man than boy\u201d head burrowed into my shoulder, his long body curled into a ball as he moved to be closer to me. His sobs sounding like age, no longer little boy wails, tore into my heart, lodged there, and [\u2026]\n\nMy first parody of 2018 is here! I love my life, but it\u2019s FAR from perfect. Please watch and enjoy my Ed Sheeran \u2013 Perfect \u201cImperfect\u201d Parody set in a California winter wonderland (65 Degrees and sunny) LOL! Of course with a Perfect \u201cImperfect\u201d Parody also comes a perfect blooper video! Enjoy! Thanks so much for [\u2026]\n\nThere are SO MANY similarities between being a college girl and being a mom! From making new friends to enjoying easy-to-make Top Ramen. Enjoy my collab with Nissin Top Ramen. Their new recipe with reduced sodium, no added MSG and no Artificial Flavors helped me find a little #noodlezen in my chaotic mom life! #ad\n\nMy friend Jacquie has all girls. And as much as I believe in gender equality, there are just some things only moms of boys suffer through on a daily basis. So enjoy my collab with #lifewithboys and share with a mama who can relate! Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more funny videos!\n\nI\u2019m married to a man from West Virginia. And he strongly believes that duct tape can do just about anything. And he\u2019s right. Did you know that you can clean the house with duct tape?!?!?!?! It\u2019s true. Kinda. Enjoy my latest parenting hack \u2013 How to Clean the House with Duct Tape! Here are the [\u2026]\n\nIt\u2019s that time of year! The stockings are hung by the chimney with care and Santa is on his way! Enjoy our latest parody Camila Cabello \u2013 Havana ft. Young Thug \u201cSanta\u201d Parody celebrating the magic and madness of the season. And kids, remember, you better be good because Santa\u2019s coming, yeah! Watch the bloopers to [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Legendary Part 2: How much can druids heal for in 15 seconds?\n\nSo, I finished all my school work for the semester and had a little downtime today. In Legendary part 1, I said that part 2 was going to be about how much a druid could heal for in 15 seconds. Just in time for me to write part 2 of my legendary weapon analysis for druids, the \u201cblues\u201d decided to post about it again & give us more info. WoWinsider summarized that information here.\n\nMostly, I don\u2019t care who anyone gives it to. As I said earlier, I just want druids (and other classes) to realize that it CAN be useful for druids. Everything I write in this thread assumes that you read the WoWinsider post\u2026 so go read it.\n\nThe \u201cmax\u201d healing of the shield is 20,000\u2026 so you can basically do a max of 130k healing and then whatever you do after that doesn\u2019t count towards the shield.\n\nHow close can a druid get to 130,000 healing in 15 seconds? Depends on a lot of factors that I don\u2019t really have the math skills to get into\u2026\n\nLets take my mostly Naxx 25-man geared druid, and some numbers I saved from a recent run. Anyone actually holding the legendary in their hand will have to heal higher than this, since they will actually have Ulduar gear on, so I\u2019m just going to take the max values everything healed for over the nigh, except for wild growth ticks, where I\u2019ll take the average, since the value changes with each tick\u2026\n\nI like taking my actual numbers instead of starting with purely math & theorycrafting numbers. I think it makes the process easier for people to understand (when I start with numbers I personally got, rather than equations that I\u2019m not as good at using. As a psychology researcher, I like taking samples & then analyzing the sample data.\n\nOkay,so what are some possible things you could do in 15 seconds? Lets assume (for the sake of demonstration) that you totally max out your haste, such that your HOTs and nourish all hit the 1 second GCD. My previous thread on haste shows that this is possible to do. So, the only thing that would have > 1 second cast is regrowth (but that CAN be used with NS)\n\nTank healing demonstration only (all healing on 1 target):\n\nAssumptions: regrowth, & rejuv HOTs already on tank, so those casts just refresh the existing HOT, for a full HOT effect for the 15 seconds. Re-starting full lifebloom stack from scratch. Also assuming that nourish heals the same amount every time, which wouldn\u2019t likely be the case, but the math is too yucky to work out in time for a quick post tonight.\n\nUsing one possible methods, that\u2019s only about 15,000 short of the \u201ccap\u201d.\n\nWhat if you had 2 LB\u2019s on your target already and could swap 2 LB casts out for 2 more nourishes?\n114929 -1243 + (5850+8588) = 128,124\n\nConclusions (or TLDR)\n\nThe 128,124 number easily puts you within a margin of error of hitting the cap 130,000 cap to get the full 20,000 shield on a tank. Note that I didn\u2019t include a single wild growth cast in this calculation, as the healer community (non druid) has been de-valuing our ability to do that (and the math for it is a LOT messier). It\u2019s likely, however, that spreading out healing over a bunch of people would reach the 130,000 cap, too. If the argument is about us not being able to pull through for tank healing, my response is: YES WE CAN.\n\nIn full Ulduar gear, a druid should easily be able to tank-heal their way to the 130,000 cap, as their numbers in a lot of places would be higher than what I have here, thus places which may look inflated would balance out. Can I pull this off right now? Not without a lot of luck, but it is certainly possible (and probably easy) for a druid to hit that number by the point where they would have the legendary weapon finished and equipped.\n\nMy guess is that any other healing class should be able to pull that off, too. It\u2019s really not that hard to do under ideal circumstances\u2026\n\n11 comments on \u201cLegendary Part 2: How much can druids heal for in 15 seconds?\u201d\n\nPresumably your tank will take some damage during those 15secs? I wouldn\u2019t bank on anyone capping the shield.\n\nHoTs should already be up on an active tank, RG+RJ at least and probably a LB. I believe WG should be cast since a) it\u2019s amazing, b) it will buff the Nourish.\n\nFinally this only matters for tank healing. RJ+WG\u2019s sick, sick HPS is usually controlled by its equally enormous overheal; once the buff procs, which it will very quickly with so much spread healing, all those ticks begin to build shields.\n\nI worked out a 15k HPS for RJ+WG, that\u2019s 225k/15s. The proc will contribute 2250 HPS for that time.\n\nTotally called this one btw ;D\nI\u2019m a little surprised they let it stack to 20k though, I expected 10k.\n\nNo tank will be taking 130,000 in 15 secs except in the most perfect of perfect situations.\n\nAs that is the case, a fair portion of the ticking time for the HoTs will result in the tank being at full health, and therefore the HoTs will not Tick. Because the HoTs aren\u2019t ticking, they will not add to the shield.\n\nThe only place where I see this analysis as viable is where things like the Understudies are being healed, and there\u2019s sufficient health deficit to take full advantage.\n\nIn the hands of a Pally or Shaman, every heal will cause the proc to extend the bubble. And as GC says \u201cHots that tick on a target will still contribute to the bubble.\u201d However if you put Rejuv on a target at a 100HP deficit, the first tick will heal the tank to full. Subsequent healing does not occur unless the tank has taken damage.\n\nCaveat: This is all taken on the basis that if a heal doesn\u2019t tick i.e. the combat log doesn\u2019t show any healing/overhealing, that it doesn\u2019t extend the bubble. I beleive they fixed Revitalize to get around this issue but I\u2019m not sure, so if the same logic allows un-healing ticks to extend the bubble, then everything is fine.\n\nI\u2019m just saying that we CAN do it, not that we necessarily should do it that way. I just didn\u2019t want to work out the math on using group heals for that period of time, because of the way that the druid group healing mechanics work.\n\nAn oft overlooked factor here is the speed of procing. At 10% per heal/tick, a Druid will proc the blessing more than any other class, simply by nature of having so many HOT ticks. Noticably more than a class just healing once per GCD.\n\nNot saying it should go to a druid because of this, but to help refute the \u2018bad for Druids\u2019 sillyness\n\nAlso, and this may just be me being a terrible healer (90% of the time I\u2019m feral), I find even when MT healing I tend to toss around a lot of wild growths (another hot on the tank, and help out healing melee) and rejuv\u2019s around the raid when the tank doesn\u2019t need a GCD. If this is normal, that\u2019s a LOT more HOT ticks to help prod the blessing.\n\nGreat post Lissana! I know that a lot of druids in the blogosphere have been awarded their guild\u2019s first mace, and it\u2019s nice to see some solid numbers on how they can be just as competitive with all of the other healing classes =)\n\nYou should still throw around wild growths. I thought about working out the numbers with dropping 2 of the nourishes in favor of 2 wild growths \u2013 however I got close enough to the number cap on the healing shield that I gave up and decided to get the post up to refute some of the people on the regular WoW forums who were saying that the mace was bad for druids last night. Working out the math on how much a wild growth does is a pain in the neck because the HOT amount changes every tick. Also, the people on the WoW forums were assuming that raid HOT healing was the only way druids could heal, and thus I had to show that we could do direct healing just as well as other classes.\n\nI would assume that any good druid is still throwing out Wild Growths and doing their part to raid heal. I just wanted to pick something simple & easy for people to understand, showing how druids can fill the role that people think the shield is for.\n\nIn the end, spreading out heals on multiple people is probably actually a better use of the proc in most situations. I just wanted to be able to say \u201cdruids can do what you can do, stop saying we can\u2019t.\u201d\n\nAs a silly value for raid healing (I\u2019ll ignore WG, which would boost this) you can have maintain (zero latency) Rejuv on 18 raid members. They will each get 5 ticks during the 15s. 15 of them will also get 4t8 bonus ticks (worth a total of about 11.5 normal ticks).\n\nFrom what I understand Wild growth or multiple targets will not come into play. The sheild is per target. If you use Wild growth, you do not have that contributing from 5 (or6) targets for your 20k total, but instead you have 5 (or6) sheilds that have their own individual 20k total.\nFrom what I understand of the post. The 20k is not given so one healer can hit it (especially since the target is likely to continue taking damage which would subtract from that 20k so you dont have to worry about the cealing) it is more on the situation where you have two or more hammers in the raid and you have multiple procs. The post states that another healer with the buff will contribute to the same 20k sheild cap.\n\nUhm, I don\u2019t understand why you even consider WG a good spell to build up HPS to hit the cap? Since WG will be applied to six players(glyphed), it will place six shields on those players. Since it ticks for very little, if you place it on a tank you will get 2k at most. Are you suggesting that the total amount healed by WG on all players will contribute to 1 player? This sounds highly unlikely to me.\n\nI think the biggest strength this mace has to offer a druid is that it helps mitigate a lot of raid damage seeing as most druids roll a lot of HOTS on the raid, which will produce a LOT of shields, and help reduce incoming raid damage. As raid damage in Ulduar is plenty, this will probably help alleviate some pressure of the raid healers."}
-{"text": "A Short History of the New World Order Part II By cyberpatriot@hotmail.com Aug. 10, 1973 \u2013 David Rockefeller writes an article for the \u201cNew York Times\u201d describing his recent visit to Red China: \u201cWhatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also [\u2026]\n\nFact or fantasy? Admiral Richard B. Byrd\u2019s account of his flight over the North Pole and discovery of a \u201cland beyond the poles\u201d is legend. For those still unfamiliar with it we present his classic account and leave you to decide\n\nWith Afghanistan and Iraq already lost, the Wall Street bankers were all desperately looking for other ways to control our world, when suddenly and very conveniently, the Sumatran Trench exploded. Trick or Treat? Joe Vialls investigates\n\nFormer City of London insider reveals that the depopulation program would begin with a planned war between Israel and Iran. More importantly, he goes onto to describe how we can derail their plans for global dominance\n\nAFP \u2014 Oct 4, 2013\n\nA majority of Israelis would support unilateral military action against Iran, according to a poll published Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government was ready to act alone.\n\nSome 65.6 percent of 500 Jewish Israelis surveyed by the pro-government Israel HaYom newspaper said they would support military strikes to halt Iran\u2019s nuclear program, and 84 percent believed the Islamic republic had no intention of reining in its alleged drive to build a bomb.\n\nIsrael and many Western countries accuse Tehran of trying to develop a nuclear warhead, a charge Iran denies.\n\nNetanyahu in a speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday said Israel was ready to act alone to stop Iran making a bomb, in a warning against rushing into deals with Tehran\u2019s new leaders.\n\n\u201cIsrael will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone,\u201d Netanyahu told a UN summit, in an attack on overtures made by Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani.\n\nIsrael has repeatedly advocated military force and has threatened unilateral strikes against the Islamic republic.\n\nA nuclear-armed Iran would be a bigger threat than North Korea, Netanyahu added, in an alarmist speech designed to counter Rouhani\u2019s recent diplomatic offensive, which has included a direct phone call with US President Barack Obama.\n\n\u201cAs dangerous as a nuclear-armed North Korea is, it pales in comparison to the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cA nuclear-armed Iran in the Middle East wouldn\u2019t be another North Korea \u2014 it would be another 50 North Koreas.\u201d\n\nNorth Korea, which like Iran faces wide-ranging UN sanctions over its nuclear program, is believed to have several nuclear bombs and to have shared technology with Iran.\n\nSome 51.4 percent of respondents in HaYom survey said Netanyahu had given a \u201cgood speech\u201d at the UN, with only 10.9 percent disagreeing.\n\nHaYom conducted the opinion poll on Wednesday. The margin of error was 4.4 percent."}
-{"text": "Now that\u2019s out of the way, let\u2019s talk about pastries for a minute. It is Saturday, after all.\n\nUp in North Ballard on a narrow, cozy side street, there\u2019s a shop called Honore. In there you will find arguably the best pastries in Seattle. They have all kinds of tart going on in there. It\u2019s quite a sight. And their pastry, let me tell you, is a wonder to behold.\n\nLight, crisp and terribly messy. And that is how good pastry should be.\n\nAdd caramelized onions and Gruyere and boy, do you have a winner.\n\nButtery, melt-in-the-mouth, golden goodness.\n\nOr, add rhubarb and custard. A combination which reminds me of two things. Roobarb and Custard, which, if you are not familiar with them, are an olive green dog & a fuchsia pink cat who enjoyed cult status in England in the \u201970s; and bowls of poached rhubarb pieces served with lashings of Bird\u2019s custard for dessert on a Sunday \u2013 also in the \u201970\u2019s. It seems rhubarb was quite prominent in the 70\u2019s, at least in our household. I always liked rhubarb. I like how it was tart and bright pink and silky after having been gently braised for a while.\n\nThe custard in these tarts though, is fancy custard. Cr\u00e8me P\u00e2tissi\u00e8re I expect. Egg yolks and sugar and milk teased into a silky smooth sauce that\u2019s almost to think to pour.\n\nI can never eat just one pastry when I go to Honore. I just don\u2019t have the willpower."}
-{"text": "MARINE CHARTS: Add low-cost official charts in the app (Options button). Seamless quilted charts automatically move from one to the next. Raster charts based on the paper versions, or fast-loading vector charts from Navionics.\n\nWorldwide Navionics vector charts: If you have a Navionics subscription, you can use your charts here. Also shows tide and current.US$10.50, \u20ac10.50\n\nNew Zealand: Official LINZ raster charts including Antarctica and the South-West Pacific. NZ$17.99\n\nWouldn\u2019t it be nice if you could simply display the exact tacks to get you there fastest?\n\nSailTimer: Optimal Tacks and TTD\u00ae\n\nSailboats often tack to their destination, which affects the distance and travel time. The SailTimer\u2122 tacking calculations were developed beginning in 2005 because GPS chartplotters didn't know how far your tacking route would be. But if they didn't know that distance, how could they calculate the ETA correctly? The SailTimer tacking results solved this problem, and set a new standard.\n\nThe SailTimer app provides an instant display of your optimal tacking route, distance and Tacking Time to Destination (TTD \u00ae). It can also learn polar plots for your individual sailboat's performance in all wind speeds and directions, to provide more precise tacking results. A live overlay is also now available in the app of crowdsourced wind & race maps.\n\nIt is often hard to know whether to head off the wind to get more speed (but at a longer distance), or beat closer to the wind to reduce the distance (but at lower speed). Traditionally that is known as The Helmsman's Dilemma. Now, you can use the patented SailTimer tacking results to display your optimal tacks as a chart overlay, and see the precise distance, time and heading on each tack*. No more guessing or superstition to determine the optimal tack, or arriving hours later than you expected.\n\nThis may be a low-cost app, but it has sophisticated tacking results. It is kind of ironic that you can generate better tacking results on your phone than on an expensive GPS chartplotter; a sign of the times. Many GPS chartplotters don't have any sailing functions at all. But if the ETA is not accounting for your tacking distances, it is wrong. For decades, the standard response from all of the major manufacturers was to use VMG rather than tacking distances (even though distances are obviously easy to get in a GPS). But VMG calculations are fraught with errors and assumptions, and are usually poorly explained in GPS owners manuals (see VMG link on menu above for further details).\n\nSome GPS chartplotters and mobile apps are now trying to catch up, and have started displaying laylines based on your tacking angle. That is an antiquated method from before GPS and personal computers even existed. The first problem with this is that your tacking angle varies with wind speed. In stronger winds, you can point much higher to the wind. They may therefore allow you to import polar plots of boat speed (if you can obtain your polars anywhere other than in the SailTimer app) to create different tacking angles for different wind speeds. But generic, one-size-fits-all polar plots for all boats of the same model do not give you accurate results. They treat a clean, empty racing boat with new sails the same as a cruising boat with bagged out sails, moss growing on its waterline, and lots of anchors and canned goods on board. The polars would be very different for those two boats even though they are the same model. SailTimer Inc. pioneered polar plot learning, but that is not available in any GPS chartplotter.\n\nFortunately, the SailTimer app simplifies all of this. It can use default polar plots or can learn custom polar plots for your individual sailboat. It lets you plan your tacking route and TTD\u00ae (Tacking Time to Destination) even while still at the dock.\n\nIf you are wondering how long it would take to drive a car 100 miles at 50 miles per hour, you would divide the distance by the speed. 100 / 50 = 2 hours. Simple. There would be no reason to try to figure out the ETA (or optimal route) without the distance. Obviously that is not going to be accurate. But for sailing, that is the way it has always been done on GPS chartplotters.\n\nIn contrast, the SailTimer system is unique in using tacking distances to define your optimal tacks and Tacking Time to Destination. Boat speed (from polar plots) and tacking distances (from GPS) define the optimal tacks and the TTD (Tacking Time to Destination). For a full illustration of the logic, see this case study. This is a fundamental new paradigm for sailboat navigation and racing. In short, Distance / Speed = TTD.\n\nThe SailTimer app can display the optimal tacking distances, headings and times in all wind speeds and directions, for both the port and starboard tacks and each individually. It gives you a quick and easy display of your optimal tacks and Tacking Time to Destination (TTD \u00ae)."}
-{"text": "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post5155362892396826046..comments2018-02-21T11:02:21.517-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: Allen Bestwick Rocks \"NASCAR Now\" To Its CoreDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-73517946157232209602010-04-30T22:04:37.592-04:002010-04-30T22:04:37.592-04:00Allen, you are the BEST!!! I always hope that you ...Allen, you are the BEST!!! I always hope that you are back every season for Nascar. It&#39;s great that you always entertain with the people you have to work with.......YOU, are the greatest.<br /><br />Thank you! KatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-46620082670613434992009-09-13T07:21:33.587-04:002009-09-13T07:21:33.587-04:00I know Allen Bestwick is good at what he does, but...I know Allen Bestwick is good at what he does, but his sufferin suckatash lisp is so distracting I can&#39;t concentrate on the race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-80886556187174373812007-06-02T02:26:00.000-04:002007-06-02T02:26:00.000-04:00I, too, couldn't believe my ears when the dulcet t...I, too, couldn't believe my ears when the dulcet tones of Allen Bestwick reached my ears the other evening. I was watching on my DVR, because I use the FF button a lot when watching that show. I backed it up twice to make sure I wasn't imagining it! For once, I paid attention to every word, and actually enjoyed the show! I'm hoping this is a permanent change. The previous hosts not only displayed their lack of NASCAR knowledge daily, but their total lack of interest in speaking intelligently. The low point came the day one of them (I forget which, because they are all equally bad) referred to truck driver Kevin Hamlin as \"Dale Earnhardt's former crew chief\"! Please! A few seconds on Google would have corrected that amazing piece of idiocy. I wrote ESPN immediately after watching Allen shine on the show to express my delight. Thanks for expressing my feelings so well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-15545377152973838472007-06-01T12:33:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:33:00.000-04:00Yay! It really was Bestwick!Yay! It really was Bestwick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-61805264036820493152007-06-01T11:55:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:55:00.000-04:00I've never really been a big Bestwick fan, but I t...I've never really been a big Bestwick fan, but I thought he was a great fit for that format. Eric Kusilias has been nothing short of painful to watch all season. I hope the ESPN execs make it permanent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-67291149357054260302007-06-01T11:20:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:20:00.000-04:00I record NASCAR Now every day, and watch it when I...I record NASCAR Now every day, and watch it when I get home from work around 11 PM, if you call having it on in the background while checking my email Watching, usually when it's over I have no idea what it was about, but upon hearing Allen Bestwick, I actually got off the computer and watchedDonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-48096823815922099792007-06-01T11:05:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:05:00.000-04:00Couldn't believe what I was seeing. I laughed and...Couldn't believe what I was seeing. I laughed and thought about you! I immediately sent an email to ESPN thanking them profusely and saying I hope it wasn't temporary!!! DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-3310518824252978702007-06-01T09:55:00.000-04:002007-06-01T09:55:00.000-04:00YES! Now all we need to stop wasting valuable tim...YES! Now all we need to stop wasting valuable time with the stupid Driver Pick 'Em and the Fantasy Racing experts.<BR/><BR/>I must admit though, I still FF (instead of sleep) whenever Brad Daugherty is speaking. Maybe he's trying to get a foothold in the industry, but I cringe when they introduce him as a NASCAR expert. Frankly, the guy next door has more insight then Brad, so there hasn't been a single piece of info to come out of his mouth that I've found useful or insightful. Sorry, but Brad adds zero value to this show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-53843948856763114682007-06-01T09:45:00.000-04:002007-06-01T09:45:00.000-04:00THANK GOD! I always thought that the worst decisi...THANK GOD! I always thought that the worst decision SPEEDTV ever made was to take Allen away from INSIDE NEXTEL CUP and then NBC removed him from the booth during the race and replaced him with that moron Bill Webber! What a tool! I could not be happier. WELCOME BACK ALLEN!!!!!Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315147330309960424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-25140145285819646762007-06-01T08:38:00.000-04:002007-06-01T08:38:00.000-04:00I missed the show. I'd stopped watching NASCAR NO...I missed the show. I'd stopped watching NASCAR NOW, as it just wasn't working for me. I've always loved the positive, forward atmosphere surrounding NASCAR, and I wasn't about to let Erik Kuselias, Doug Banks, or Tim Cowlishaw ruin that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-4234626321587411522007-06-01T07:52:00.000-04:002007-06-01T07:52:00.000-04:00Oh well! That joy certainly was short lived. ESPN...Oh well! That joy certainly was short lived. <BR/><BR/> ESPN, please bring back Allen Beswick!!<BR/><BR/>John D, keep up the good fight. Your efforts are appreciated!Jules Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142944957293926728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-28321371878039759212007-06-01T01:28:00.000-04:002007-06-01T01:28:00.000-04:00I had the same reaction last night, \"that sounds l...I had the same reaction last night, \"that sounds like... could it finally be... Allen Bestwick?? Honey, get in here, it's Allen Bestwick!\" Tonight, well, more Kusilias... Every one of the regular hosts is horrible, Banks was particularly horrible with Kusilias not much better. I wouldn't expect to see AB hosting this show on a regular basis, he is much too talented and busy to be messing around with a second rate production such as NASCAR Now. Totally changes the credibility of the show with Allen there, though. Best show (only really \"good\" show) I've seen to date. \"Loud,\" ignorant, completely uninformed hosts make this show a train wreck every night. Hope ESPN learned something on Wednesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-76975571279471761062007-05-31T20:01:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:01:00.000-04:00What a relief to see AB host the show last night! ...What a relief to see AB host the show last night! Not only does Kusilias not know what he's talking about, he has an annoying sing-song delivery and is always flailing his hands around when he talks. Banks was even worse, but it appears he is gone. Please ESPN, put AB on as the permanent host.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-16439368718451081632007-05-31T17:17:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:17:00.000-04:00The ESPN HD graphic faded from the screen to the N...The ESPN HD graphic faded from the screen to the NASCAR Now Studio, and there stood <B>AB</B>. As with most other folks in this thread, this cat was jumping around the room screaming \"Its AB! AB's hosting NASCAR Now!\" my better half was looking at me like I'd lost my cookies, I just keep saying \"Honey you don't understand what this means! JD's work is paying off!!!\". ;~P anyway, was great to see him host and what a job he did. By far the fastest paced show of the series so far. Hope ESPN takes notice of the fan reaction. I've written them and stated my support for AB! <BR/>I think the Daily Planet is making an <B>impact!</B> <BR/>Thanks John Daily!Billy Delyonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-90773421253606512322007-05-31T17:12:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:12:00.000-04:00PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159934979072489667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-63409553661988531912007-05-31T11:36:00.000-04:002007-05-31T11:36:00.000-04:00I basically had \u201cNASCAR Now\u201d on last nite for back...I basically had \u201cNASCAR Now\u201d on last nite for background noise as I thumbed thru the day\u2019s mail. When I heard AB\u2019s voice I stated jumping around the room like a kid on Christmas morning!! The absolutely best \u201cNASCAR Now\u201d to date! <BR/><BR/>All I now hope for is for more AB!!!Jules Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142944957293926728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-35188646834791621642007-05-31T10:29:00.000-04:002007-05-31T10:29:00.000-04:00Dear ESPN Execs,Thank you for getting your collect...Dear ESPN Execs,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for getting your collective heads out of your posteriors!!!<BR/><BR/>Now do the right thing and keep Allen Bestwick as the host of Nascar Now. I hope to never see Erik Kuselias, Doug Banks or Tim Cowlishaw ever again. Send them back under what ever rock you found them. PLEASE!!<BR/><BR/>I am still confused as to what the heck Brad Daugherty is doing on this show and what qualifies him to be \"the voice of the fans\"? Owning a truck team for a year or two doesn't qualify him for being MY voice! <BR/><BR/>Thanks again ESPN for bringing Allen back and I hope to see him again tonight as the host of Nascar Now.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530553847645526841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-91862202027320988282007-05-31T09:58:00.000-04:002007-05-31T09:58:00.000-04:00hope he was filing in for Kuselias because he was ...hope he was filing in for Kuselias because he was busy asking for his radio job backJoe from Phillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-41906835723624532532007-05-31T09:13:00.000-04:002007-05-31T09:13:00.000-04:00Wow, best Nascar Now ever. I rarely watch this sho...Wow, best Nascar Now ever. I rarely watch this show but happened to be flipping channels when it started. It's the first time I've sat through the whole show, and my goodness was it a good one. Hope Bestwick can become a permanent replacement.Joemyspace.com/joevanhoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-1693024762182757222007-05-31T09:04:00.000-04:002007-05-31T09:04:00.000-04:00Please pass these comments onto ESPN! I miss havin...Please pass these comments onto ESPN! I miss having Allen Bestwick on TV as a regular. He and John Kernin(sp) have been my favorites for years. Get the show moved to NASCAR Country and keep Allen or John on as the hosts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-12827159532686330242007-05-31T08:02:00.000-04:002007-05-31T08:02:00.000-04:00Great article, John! Maybe all your hard work is ...Great article, John! Maybe all your hard work is finally paying off and they've decided to make some positive changes. <BR/><BR/>What would be hilarious would be if ESPN put Bestwick on Monday nights opposite Inside Nextel Cup and NN outdrew them in ratings.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06850565921546404582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-70636546586137684382007-05-31T07:41:00.000-04:002007-05-31T07:41:00.000-04:00I missed AB's appearance..because I had STOPPED WA...I missed AB's appearance..because I had STOPPED WATCHING this show. I will give it another shot today, and see if Bestwick's still there. If he is, I'll be back as a regular viewer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-86976456190043200672007-05-31T02:52:00.000-04:002007-05-31T02:52:00.000-04:00What a great night welcome back Allen. It is great...What a great night welcome back Allen. It is great to have you back and I look forward to a great show every night. Now we just need to get you back in the booth. <BR/><BR/>Wanted to keep it upbeat but I don't miss Webber hope NBC puts him on some stick and ball sport he deserves that<BR/><BR/>OBROOKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-57222355293944548572007-05-31T02:39:00.000-04:002007-05-31T02:39:00.000-04:00I miss Allen on INC and hopefully he will get a ch...I miss Allen on INC and hopefully he will get a chance on this show. Maybe Schrader can join him at ESPN as well. Then we'd really have a reason to watch.Andrew S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00515801162530641305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-32974606674426697612007-05-31T01:20:00.000-04:002007-05-31T01:20:00.000-04:00Wow, I've only watched the show a few times. I did...Wow, I've only watched the show a few times. I didn't find it very informative, so I stopped. If Bestwick is there to stay, I say praise be and pass the remote!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com"}
-{"text": "Using a phone in a corner of a room reserved for minor surgical procedures, Davis calls parents who are late bringing in kids for immunizations, women behind on getting their annual Pap test and diabetics who have neglected their monthly checkups.\n\nIn a nearby office, health education coordinator Pamela Luke intercepts patients after they meet with doctors to advise them about nutrition, set exercise goals and put them through \"diabetes school.\u2019\"\n\nThe reminder calls and in-house counseling are a big reason why Tendercare has some of the best quality scores in Georgia, a state where health centers rank near the bottom nationally for patient care.\n\nAt Tendercare, eight out of 10 of diabetics have their blood sugar under control and almost all children get the appropriate immunizations by age 2\u2014rates significantly above both state and national averages for health centers. The data are from 2010, the latest available.\n\nBut Tendercare still struggles to help some of its largely poor patients get the care they need. No-show rates top 30 percent overall, and 70 percent for Medicaid clients because of lack of transportation, says CEO Lisa Brown.\n\nDave Ringer, a family doctor, says it's not unusual for patients to tell him they cannot keep appointments because they are unable to pay a family member for a ride.\n\nThe center also has trouble finding specialists and hospitals willing to provide surgery to its uninsured patients. In the past year, an uninsured man waited more than eight months to find a neurosurgeon to operate on a brain tumor, he says. An uninsured woman died of cervical cancer after waiting a year to find a surgeon.\n\nWhile many health centers face similar challenges, Tendercare is in a more precarious spot because it is outside the areas covered by Grady Memorial, the large public hospital in Atlanta, and Medical College of Georgia in Athens.\n\n\"The system is broken and is so frustrating,\" Ringer says.\n\nThe clinic's remote location also has some pluses. As one of the few health providers in town, Tendercare has been able to attract patients with Medicare and private insurance that pay higher rates than Medicaid. It privately financed a new $3 million building in 2009 and uses its former space next door for a day care center.\n\nTendercare is also more advanced than most rural health centers with its computerized pharmacy dispensing system to reduce errors. It also has two counselors who help patients get referrals and gain access to other community resources, such as housing aid.\n\nBut some patients still struggle. Josiette Ellison, 39, a heavyset woman from nearby Eatonville, Ga., is uninsured. On a recent visit, her blood sugar is 456, almost three times normal. Her blood pressure is also high and her vision has started to blur because of her decade-long struggle with diabetes.\n\n\"I can't avoid the sugars and sweets,\" she says. \"I see the chocolate cake and it's hard to resist.\"\n\nCEO Brown pats Ellison's leg and tells her the center's staff will work with her to get healthier. Ellison says she\u2019s grateful. \"It's my bad decisions that are to blame,\" she acknowledges.\n\nThis article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente."}
-{"text": "Stuff\n\nParty conference season is sometimes a period of volatile polling \u2013 each party typically gets its own week of media coverage which, if all goes well, they\u2019ll use for some positive announcements. This year it also immediately followed the Salzburg summit and Theresa May\u2019s Brexit statement that followed. Below are the voting intention polls since my last update.\n\nThey are a mixed bunch \u2013 the YouGov poll showing a six point Tory lead got some attention, and I\u2019m sure the BMG poll out this morning showing a five point Labour lead will do much the same. As ever, it\u2019s wrong to pay too much attention to outliers. Normal sample variation means that if the underlying average is a Tory lead of a point or two, random noise will occassionally spit out a 6 point Tory lead or a small Labour lead, without it actually signifying anything. Collectively recent polls don\u2019t suggest a clear impact on voting intention from either the Salzburg statement (while YouGov showed a larger Tory lead, ICM did not), or from the Labour party conference (while BMG show an increased Labour lead, Opinium showed the opposite).\n\n1,527 Responses to \u201cLatest voting intentions\u201d\n\nYes but I\u2019m not sure how much that actually has affected the need (or not) for c&s in practice.\n\nYes the gov gets a second chance but the existence of that devalues the first vote somewhat. Under a pre ftpa scenario the gov may have simply given in to the additional bung request to secure the votes it required.\n\nThe EU is secure in the knowledge that the present Parliament will not allow the government to threaten no deal.\n\nIt is not just the asymmetries of bargaining power.\n\nIn the Scottish IndyRef, the EU threatened Scotland with no-deal, i.e. automatic expulsion from the EU equivalent to a no-deal Brexit. The SNP would not have turned and run, because they wanted independence enough to take the consequences.\n\nWe have a Parliament that simply never has believed in Brexit, or even vaguely sympathised with it. So it never resolved that it should either commit to carrying through a threat of walk away, or just throw in its hand before the game starts. It decided to play the game, but then immediately signalled to Brussels that Parliament had no bottom line demands.\n\nSo Brussels has spent the entire process thinking, \u201cI can\u2019t believe we\u2019ll get away with this demand\u2026\u201d And then getting away with it. The Irish issue is put far more timidly in their original 2017 negotiating mandate. The transition was not contemplated to be \u201ca stand still, no say, do what you\u2019re told, scum\u201d transition. But they keep getting away with it.\n\nSo Brexit cannot happen. As the negotiations are predicated on the superior of the EU, and British dependence on the EU.\n\nOne thing that caught my eye in the headline voting intention is that 16% of 18-24 year olds in britain are apparently going to vote for SNP/PC (double the number who would vote Conservative). Not sure what %age of the 18-24 year old population live n Wales/Scotland but i doubt it is as much as 16% (12-13%?). Looking at the raw tables, 9% of 18-24 year olds intend to vote for SNP/PC, and once the would not vote (18%) and don\u2019t knows (22%) are taken out then the figure increases to 16%. The 18-24 subsample is small enough as it is but is then also undersampled so that is probably a factor too. Just shows the problems of taking the headline figure at face value.\n\nAs I said in my previous post, wait for some more polls especially the YOU GOV one.\n\nHere it is, and it confirms the trend towards reversion to pre conference levels.\n\nThe Tories seem to be moving back into a small lead, with Lib Dems back just below 10% and UKIP drifting back\n\nThis should be good news for Mrs May because in an election which is a showdown on Brexit any UKIPPERS left will be forced to choose, and are hardly likely to go with Labour, who won\u2019t tell us its\u2019 policy at all.\n\nAll Labour\u2019s told us is that they want us to stay in a Customs Union and will vote against any deal regardless of what it amounts to.\n\nIt\u2019s difficult to see what strand of Brexit thought that combination appeals to..\n\nLib Dems however are likely to hold firm for other reasons.\n\nThere seems to be hardening of attitudes amongst Lib Dems against Corbyn, So they won\u2019t be lending Labour their votes like they did in 2017.\n\nAccording to the political \u2018experts\u2019 the conference season was going to be crisis for Mrs May.\n\nThe comments by Ivan Rogers (1:08 above) reflect the economic reality that \u2018no deal\u2019 would damage the UK\u2019s economy far more than any other.\n\nYou seem to be arguing the point from a purely political perspective \u2013 saying that \u2018the present Parliament will not allow the government to threaten no deal\u2019.\n\nI don\u2019t think the matter is in the gift of Parliament: there is surely a real possibility that nothing is agreed in the next week, and we go to \u2018no deal\u2019 by default. If something is agreed, it is unlikely to satisfy one or more of the labour leadership, the DUP or Rees-Mogg\u2019s followers in the Tory party.\n\nIn my opinion, \u2018No deal\u2019 is still a distinct possibility, and you are in great danger of getting exactly what you want.\n\nMy comparitor for the BMG/ Independent poll is the previous BMG/Independent one of early Sept; compared to that, Lab are up 1 point, as are the Tories.\n\nThe BMG poll of 28-29 Sept seems like an obvious outlier, and the two six point Con leads with YouGov appear to have been just MOE stuff around a \u2018norm\u2019 of 4 point Con leads for YouGov. And none of this seems to fit with the idea that the Conservatives are \u2018moving back into a small lead\u2019 \u2013 although as you say these three polls are not enough to be sure if there has been a genuine advance by Labour either.\n\nAnd none of this seems to fit with the idea that the Conservatives are \u2018moving back into a small lead\u2019 \u2013 although as you say these three polls are not enough to be sure if there has been a genuine advance by Labour either.\n\nAre you very young or old enough to be forgetting why we joined what is now the EU?\n\nWe had a seat at the top table for more than 4 decades, but whilst our civil servants seem to have learned much, our politicians seem to have learned nothing.\n\nGranted that Cameron demanded no specific leave proposition be on the ballot \u2013 perhaps his biggest mistake amongst many \u2013 but it should have been obvious that doing some research in what options the EC and the other 27 members would consider should have been top priority before even considering invoking A50.\n\nOf course, the ECJ may decide that it can be invoked unilaterally, in which case the logical solution would be to tell the quitter MPs to spend a few years researching an EU exit which would actually work, at least to the extent of not making us poorer.\n\n\u201cSpeaking in Brussels, the leading adviser on European agricultural policy was asked by journalists what would happen if income subsides are phased out in Scotland after Brexit.\n\nThe senior European Commission official pointed to the dust bowls in the US \u2013 areas which were hit by drought and suffered mass evacuation in the 1930s. The disaster is described vividly by novelist John Steinbeck in his books The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.\u201d\u2026..\n\n\u2026\u2026There needs to be a debate about what kind of community people want to have in the future. If they want to have viable rural communities, complementing our urban centres, then they need to have people stay there \u2013 that starts with farmers. Farmers are pretty good spenders, they turn money around. They get the cheque from the creamery and they go down to the merchant and buy their goods. If you take away his purchasing power, you compromise the viability of the merchant and suddenly the whole eco-system starts to crack.\u201d\u201d\n\nRy Cooder \u2013 Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All Lyrics\n(Traditional, adapted by Ry Cooder)\n\nWe worked through Spring and Winter, through Summer and through Fall\nBut the mortgage worked the hardest and the steadiest of us all\nIt worked on nights and Sundays, it worked each holiday\nSettled down among us and it never went away\n\nThe farmer comes to town with his wagon broken down\nThe farmer is the man who feeds us all\nIf you only look and see I know you will agree\nThat the farmer is the man who feeds us all\n\nThe farmer is the man, the farmer is the man\nHe buys on his credit until Fall\nThen they take him by the hand\nAnd they lead him from his land\nAnd the merchant is the man who gets it all\n\nThe farmer is the man, the farmer is the man\nHe lives on his credit until Fall\nWith the interest rates so high\nIt\u2019s a wonder he don\u2019t die\nBut the taxes on the farmer feeds us all\n\nWell, the banker says he\u2019s broke and the merchant stops and smoke\nBut they forget that it\u2019s the farmer that feeds them all\nIt would put them to the test if the farmer took a rest\nAnd they\u2019d know that it\u2019s the farmer that feeds them all\n\nThe farmer is the man, the farmer is the man\nLives on his credit until Fall\nWell, his pants are wearing thin\nHis condition, it\u2019s a sin\n\u2018Cause the taxes on the farmer feeds us all\n\nI think many of the proposals put forward by Gove have the potential to turn farming around in the UK for the better, we shall see! It\u2019s all going to be a question of whether the same \u00a3 goes in to the system.\n\nI do know the CAP is unreformable and I\u2019m glad we\u2019re leaving it behind.\n\n\u201cbut a Labour minority government wishing to renationalise the water industry and the Royal Mail would have to get primary legislation through Parliament. The same would apply to tax changes in the Budget. They could renationalise the railways by simply not renewing the franchises when they fall due, but that would just leave each of the franchises as a separate publicly-run company; they couldn\u2019t recreate British Rail without primary legislation.\u201d\n\nDoh! That\u2019s the whole point with a minority government \u2013 without a tame majority in the legislature, they can\u2019t just force through legislation just because they would like such things to happen! A minority government needs to work with enough of the opposition to get specific legislation, which is mutually acceptable, into law.\n\nWithout that, they just have to get on with the business of governance \u2013 in which they have enormous power, without any need to seek Parliamentary approval.\n\nYour examples also suggest that you really haven\u2019t considered the effect of EVEL and devolution.\n\n\u201crenationalise the water industry\u201d is a matter affecting only E&W (In Scotland & NI, water is already in public hands), so to do that it would need a majority of E&W MPs, as well as a HoC majority.\n\n\u201cthey couldn\u2019t recreate British Rail without primary legislation.\u201d SNP (and probably other Scottish) MPs would oppose that in any case. Why would they want to see even more power concentrated in London? There is a cross-party majority at Holyrood in favour of transferring Network Rail\u2019s Scottish network to Holyrood control, where the facility to award the operator contract to a publicly owned company (probably Cal-Mac) is already being planned.\n\n\u201cIn the Scottish IndyRef, the EU threatened Scotland with no-deal, i.e. automatic expulsion from the EU equivalent to a no-deal Brexit.\u201d\n\nNope. They rubbished (quite correctly) the Scottish Government\u2019s claim that Scotland would have automatic entry to the EU.\n\nAt the same time, they developed \u201cholding pen\u201d proposals for Scotland, if it voted Yes, in order to smooth transition arrangements to independent membership following the tri-partite negotiations between the EU, rUK and Scotland on the detailed arrangements.\n\nApparently, \u201cnot a single pro-EU MEP had been invited on the BBC\u2019s flagship Question Time programme between 2013 and 2018 \u2013 instead UKIP provided 33 out of 35 MEP appearances, despite them having one of the lowest attendance records among MEPs.\u201d\n\n\u201cYes the gov gets a second chance but the existence of that devalues the first vote somewhat.\u201d\n\nI\u2019m glad that you now accept that things are now not as they were before FTPA. That first vote is, indeed, devalued, because (contrary to your previous assertion) it no longer deposes the government of the day.\n\nNot being wholly au fait with English politics, I often assumed that Hannan was UKIP, there being no discernible difference.\n\nOf course, the London MSM has usually ignored European issues (unless they can be presented negatively. While Eorpa (BBC Alba and BBC2 Scotland) hasn\u2019t got a mass audience (has BBC QT in Scotland?) that it has been reporting on social and political issues in Europe, weekly since 1993, it seems reasonable to suppose that there has been some effect on Scottish opinion.\n\nDon\u2019t worry, my sense of humour is intact and I remain a big fan of R&D\u2019s wit and sardonic take on things. This site would be the poorer without him/them, even if he/they follow the Gooners!\n\nJust had a quick scan through the posts and was delighted to see Sam\u2019s reference to the great Ry Cooder. Things are definitely looking up on UKPR! I was a huge devotee of Cooder\u2019s music in my youth and while I don\u2019t listen to him much these days, his music still resonates with me. I\u2019m going to try and trump Sam with this verse or two from Cooder\u2019s \u201cDown in the Boondocks\u201d:\n\n\u201cDown in the boondocks, down in the boondocks\nPeople put me down \u2019cause that\u2019s the side of town I was born in\nI love her and she loves me\nBut I don\u2019t fit in her society\nLord have mercy, I\u2019m a boy from down in the boondocks\n\nNow, every night I watch the lights from the house upon the hill\nWell, I love a little girl who lives up there and I guess I always will\nBut I don\u2019t dare knock on her door\n\u2018Cause her daddy is my boss man\nSo I\u2019ll just have to be content and see her whenever I can\n\nLord have mercy, I\u2019m a boy from down in the boondocks\nOne fine day I\u2019ll find a way and move from this old shack\nWell, I\u2019ll hold my head up like a king and I\u2019ll never, never will look back\n\nIt goes on in that vein with Cooder\u2019s distinctive blues-tinted voice and genius slide guitar playing supplementing perfectly the poignancy of his tale of unrequited love, tangled up in the treacle of class and social immobility. There\u2019s elements of Springsteen in a lot of Ry\u2019s music and lyrics. Love him to bits.\n\nSomerjohn: this whole UKIP MEPs on QT is bad-faith cherry-picking of statistics to promote a false assertion. The reason that most MEPs on QT were from UKIP is that UKIP didn\u2019t have MPs to send to the programme, because of our appalling electoral system. But UKIP still merited a place on the show, so who else were they going to send?\n\nIf anything, you should be asking why Labour and the Tories never volunteered their own MEPs for the programme. It\u2019s almost as if they weren\u2019t bothered about educating their voters on European issues. Well, if you do that, don\u2019t then turn round and complain about \u201clow-information\u201d voters.\n\nThese either have an affirmative procedure (Parliament must pass them before they can come into force) or a negative procedure (they come into force after a set time unless Parliament votes to annul them). In either case Parliament can block them.\n\nOf course, a minority government could do something like giving all NHS workers a 10% pay rise without the need for any legislation, but without the ability to raise the level of taxes in the Budget it would have to find the money either by cutting somewhere else or by increasing borrowing. If it went down the latter route, then we might see adverse comments from the OBR and even a run on the pound, forcing the BoE to raise interest rates faster. Any government that cannot get a Budget through Parliament is in a weak position, even if technically it can continue until the next scheduled FTPA election date.\n\nRy Cooder\u2026 was there ever more atmospheric, appropriate film music than his soundtrack for Paris,Texas? Plus great accompaniment to Harry Dean Stanton\u2019s singing of Canci\u00f3n Mixteca, which heart-wrenchingly \u2013 and perhaps more understandably for Scots and Irish than English \u2013 captures an emigrant\u2019s nostagia for home:\n\nThanks for the breaking poll. While I do suspect the Tories are ahead at the moment, the headline itself \u201cTories take a four-point lead\u201d is just typical of the media\u2019s naive treatment of statistics. But I guess a headline that said \u201cTories are now slightly more likely to be ahead than they were before, but difficult to say as it\u2019s still within the margins of error\u201d would not really make it past the editor.\n\nThis National article, about farmland in the Scottish Highlands being turned into dustbowls by Michael Gove`s policies, is a poor effort.\n\nEither the \u201cleading adviser on European agricultural policy\u201d or the journalist had little understanding of farmers in the Highlands. For a start most of them aren`t crofters, and it is stupid and wrong to say that \u201cthe Highlands of Scotland are a very particular ecosystem\u201d. In fact we have several quite different ecosystems and types of farmland in the Highland region \u2013 such as machair, heather moorland, blanket bog, and cereal-cropped arable.\n\nYes, farmers do play a central role in keeping the economic and cultural life of rural areas afloat, but some with good low-ground farms are doing this with little subsidy, whilst most crofters are not full-time on their crofts but earn in other ways.\n\nFergus Ewing, SNP minister, would seem to me to be putting sensible arguments to Michael Gove for the upland farmers to be sufficiently supported by a combination of their sale income and payments for sensible conservation management .\n\nAs for Jones in Bangor saying that CAP is unreformable, this is wrong as usual, since CAP has steadily evolved, with major changes every 5 to 10 years.\n\nLaszlo: Do you really think that the QT panel has anything to do with the voters\u2019 knowledge of the EU or that knowledge had anything to do with the referendum?\n\nYes, in that it\u2019s just one example amongst many of the failure over decades to cover EU affairs in a way that might have led to a bit more understanding of what it was all about.\n\nThere was pan-EU polling two or three years ago which showed a near-perfect correlation between level of knowledge about the EU in each member state (measured by simple, basic questions) and support for it. I\u2019ll leave you to guess the identity of the member state where knowledge of the EU was least, and support lowest.\n\nIt\u2019s pretty impossible to say what either Labour or Tory MPs will actually do. Probably some of them will change their minds several times, blowing with the prevailing wind. Last time there was a big vote it all changed in the last few hours and several LibDems didn\u2019t even turn up!\n\nExcept that you are wrong. CAP has been (as Davwel points out) been reformed on a regular basis, to suit changed circumstances.\n\nYou might have meant to say \u201cCAP can never be altered to a system that I like\u201d. That would probably be true, but if you don\u2019t want to have any \u201cbureaucratic\u201d management of food supply, then you are also rejecting what the UK did before CAP, and advocating a wholly free market in food supply in future.\n\nYou should, at least be honest in declaring your support for a revolutionary approach to farming policy."}
-{"text": "MangaBB for Android devices\n\nZettai ni Tokimeite wa Ikenai!\n\nDescription:\n\nSakura confesses to Hatano-kun one summer and is rejected instantly, but does not have time to fall into the depression that returns to her house to meet her new \u00b7 \u201cYounger brother\u201d. What she never expected her \u201clittle brother\u201d ended up being bigger than her \u2026 How can you carry out now on more Kaede and Sakura"}
-{"text": "He does not know how to fight, craft, or hunt. He can farm a bit, he knows how to raise animals, and he knows how to cook anything. He doesn't build much, as he has a kitchen built for him by expert masons and carpenters.\n\nHis presence in the castle is not unusual, and should be expected. He has a home in the castle, but does not live there.\n\nHe was hired by the King and should be paid (the King may decide the fees granted to him)."}
-{"text": "Welcome to Medical News Today\n\nHealthline Media, Inc. would like to process and share personal data (e.g., mobile ad id) and data about your use of our site (e.g., content interests) with our third party partners (see a current list) using cookies and similar automatic collection tools in order to a) personalize content and/or offers on our site or other sites, b) communicate with you upon request, and/or c) for additional reasons upon notice and, when applicable, with your consent.\n\nHealthline Media, Inc. is based in and operates this site from the United States. Any data you provide will be primarily stored and processed in the United States, pursuant to the laws of the United States, which may provide lesser privacy protections than European Economic Area countries.\n\nBy clicking \u201caccept\u201d below, you acknowledge and grant your consent for these activities unless and until you withdraw your consent using our rights request form. Learn more in our Privacy Policy.\n\nPlease accept our privacy terms\n\nWe use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience, personalize content and offers, show targeted ads, analyze traffic, and better understand you. We may share your information with third-party partners for marketing purposes. To learn more and make choices about data use, visit our Advertising Policy and Privacy Policy. By clicking \u201cAccept and Continue\u201d below, (1) you consent to these activities unless and until you withdraw your consent using our rights request form, and (2) you consent to allow your data to be transferred, processed, and stored in the United States.\n\nRegister for a free account\n\nChemotherapy During Pregnancy Does Not Risk The Child's General Health\n\nPublished\nFriday 10 February 2012 Published Fri 10 Feb 2012\n\nBy Joseph Nordqvist\n\nA recent study published by the The Lancet Oncology indicates that children of women who received chemotherapy during their pregnancy suffer no adverse effects, developing as well as children in the general population. The study was led by Dr Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Amant, Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Center, Leuven Cancer Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.\n\nThe researchers assessed 68 pregnancies of mothers who received an average of three to four cycles of chemotherapy - a total of 236 cycles. The average age of cancer diagnosis for the mothers was 18 weeks into pregnancy. The median gestation age of birth was at 36 weeks, with two thirds (47) of the women giving birth before 37 weeks. A total of 70 children were assessed, ranging from ages 1.5 to 18 years.\n\nThey carried out a series of tests on the children to examine their overall health and development, including: Bayley or intelligence quotient tests, electrocardiography and echocardiography, and a questionnaire on general health and development. Children above the age of 5 were given more tests such as the Auditory Verbal Learning Test, audiometry, the Test of Everyday Attention for Children, and their parents were to complete a 'Child Behavior Checklist'.\n\nNeurocognitive outcomes were within normal ranges for children born at full term, children born preterm, however, had lower results, but the authors stress that this difference is found among the general population as well. The results of the tests indicated that the children's behavior, general health, heart dimensions/function, hearing, and growth were all equal to the average results of children in the general population.\n\nThe authors said:\n\n\"We show that children who were prenatally exposed to chemotherapy do as well as other children... Our findings do not support a strategy of delay in chemotherapy administration or iatrogenic (ie physician induced) preterm delivery with post-partum chemotherapy administration to avoid harm to the fetus.\"\n\nThey also add:\n\n\"The decision to administer chemotherapy should follow the same guidelines as in non-pregnant patients. In practice, it is possible to administer chemotherapy from 14 weeks gestational age onwards with specific attention to prenatal care.\"\n\nThey stress the need for a follow-up with more children over a longer period to provide more certainty on whether or not chemotherapy in pregnancy has any detrimental health effects on children.\n\n\"The study by Amant and colleagues has the potential to affect clinical practice: if we can present this reassuring data to pregnant women with cancer, women might be more likely to accept treatment during pregnancy when indicated. This report might encourage oncologists and obstetricians to recognise the advantages of collaboration when the subject under study such as cancer in pregnancy is rare.\"\n\n2019 Healthline Media UK Ltd. All rights reserved. MNT is the registered trade mark of Healthline Media. Any medical information published on this website is not intended as a substitute for informed medical advice and you should not take any action before consulting with a healthcare professional."}
-{"text": "Network scraps second season of Mort drama\n\nSeries creator-exec producer Cynthia Mort said in statement issued Friday afternoon that she and others were \u201cunable to find the direction of the show for the second season,\u201d noting \u201cthe considerable amount of time\u201d that has passed since its first 10-seg season bowed last September.\n\nShow that examined the lives of three couples undergoing counseling raised eyebrows for its steamy sexual content but was not a ratings-grabber for HBO. The pay cabler picked up \u201cTell Me\u201d for a second season last October after just four airings, but the show from HBO Entertainment and Pariah had yet to resume production."}
-{"text": "The 8 New Rules of Modern Power Dressing\n\nPower dressing for work: an old-fashioned patriarchal obligation or an empowering and liberating experience when taken into one's own hands? Once upon a time, the concept was in place for women to further assert their authority in predominantly male environments; those constraints still, unfortunately, exist in many a workplace, but many women now power-dress for themselves as well. Your working wardrobe can be your armour, but it can also be an excuse for fashion indulgences and shopping joy\u2014after all, these are the clothes you spend 70% of your time in.\n\nSo the codes and regulations of modern power dressing have relaxed, but that can actually make the process of getting ready each day for work somewhat more complicated. How casual is too casual? Do suits sit within an entire no-go zone? Can flats command a room in the same way heels (supposedly) do? There are some seriously archaic rules that we are more than happy to break, so keep reading to receive some stylish pointers on power dressing for work now.\n\nStyle Notes: If you've long thought of a tailored suit as being a far too corporate choice, think again. There's a new wave in town, and they're different: Whether it's bright, floral, or rendered into more pajama-like shapes, you can still look the business while feeling more enthusiastic about your wardrobe. Just add polished accessories and a bun for the full effect.\n\nRelated\n\nStyle Notes: Not only do pop socks make for a very great partner in fighting the crime of blisters and new shoes, but they also enable you to wear summery pieces earlier than planned. All that and they're very popular within the fashion world right now.\n\nStyle Notes: There are no hard-and-fast rules about what heel height you should wear to work (or whether to wear them at all), but all smart ladies would agree on the fact that whatever your shoe choice, make sure they are always smart, scuff-free and polished.\n\nRelated\n\nStyle Notes: When a skirt feels too fussy, tight trousers too uncomfortable, long-line pants too likely to get dirty and wet in puddles\u2026 Along comes a pair of culottes to save the day. Team up with a smart jumper and mid-heels for the most directional effect.\n\nStyle Notes: There is a reason they're called investment pieces. Classic leather goods and jewellery are the gifts that keep on giving\u2014matching up with almost every outfit and continually catching the interest of other in-the-know women.\n\nStyle Notes: We've said it once, and we'll say it again: A blazer and a pair of jeans are about the most fashion-forward way you can dress right now. They also just so happen to be great for casual Fridays or offices with more lenient dress codes.\n\nRelated\n\nStyle Notes: A long cardigan, a fashion-aware tee and jeans are easy enough to slouch around in at home, but they also can be dressed up in an instant when you grab the right accessories on your way out the door."}
-{"text": "Microsoft is branding the Surface Pro 3 as \"a tablet that can replace your laptop.\" But, with an enormous 12-in screen, maybe the real question is whether this pseudo-laptop can replace your tablet? Let's pit its features and specs against those of the iPad Air, and see what happens."}
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-{"text": "Fortress\u2122\n\nPlay With Confidence with the Fortress family. You are the last line of defense and require strength, stability and dominance over your opponent.\n\nNext Level Strength\n\nThe defender is a cornerstone on the field. If you've found your game defending your goal, then move up to the Fortress 300. The perfect choice for young defenders looking for the added strength and stability required to protect the net.\n\nRelentless Defense\n\nTop to bottom technology provides defenders with what they need to protect the critical scoring area and dominate the game. From incorporating the 10\u00b0 system to unique grip technology at the base of the handle for added reach, the Fortress 600 handle is designed for performance.\n\nPlay With Confidence\n\nStrength, Dominance & Power. The design of the Fortress 600 provides unparalleled power and tenacity to the elite defender. With C-Channel, Launch Pocket and 10\u00b0 technologies, you can rely on Fortress to keep your end of the firld secure from the competition.\n\nNext Level Strength\n\nThe defender is a cornerstone on the field. If you've found your game defending your goal, then move up to the Fortress 300. The perfect choice for young defenders looking for the added strength and stability required to protect the net.\n\nRelentless Defense\n\nTop to bottom technology provides defenders with what they need to protect the critical scoring area and dominate the game. From incorporating the 10\u00b0 system to unique grip technology at the base of the handle for added reach, the Fortress 600 handle is designed for performance.\n\nPlay With Confidence\n\nStrength, Dominance & Power. The design of the Fortress 600 provides unparalleled power and tenacity to the elite defender. With C-Channel, Launch Pocket and 10\u00b0 technologies, you can rely on Fortress to keep your end of the firld secure from the competition.\n\nA consistent pregame routine sets you up to play your best. @pbaum15 share his whole pregame routine - from music, to food to superstitions. Click the link in our bio or visit blog.stx.com to see his whole routine."}
-{"text": "Do Not Hide From Your Fears\n\nOne of my favorite devotional books is Sarah Young\u2019s, Jesus Calling. Each week I will upload my favorite Jesus Calling of the week. You can learn more about purchasing the book below. Threaded throughout Jesus Calling is God\u2019s message to us to be still and to dwell in his presence.\n\nBring me all your feelings, even the ones you wish you didn\u2019t have. Fear and anxiety still plague you. Feelings per se are not sinful, but they can be temptations to sin. Blazing missiles of fear fly at you day and night; these attacks from the evil one come at you relentlessly. Use your shield of faith to extinguish those flaming arrows. Affirm your trust in ME, regardless of how you feel. If you persist, your feelings will eventually fall in line with your faith.\n\nDo not hide from your fear or pretend it isn\u2019t there. Anxiety that you hide in the recesses of your heart will give birth or fear of fear: a monstrous stepchild. Bring your anxieties out into the Light of My Presence, where we can deal with them together. Concentrate on trusting Me, and fearfulness will gradually lose its foothold within you.\n\nEphesians 6:16; I John I: 5-7; Isaiah 12:2\n\nJesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence \u2013 Devotions for Every Day of the YearBy Sarah Young / Thomas NelsonAfter many years of writing in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to be more attentive to the Savior\u2019s voice and began listening for what He was saying. With pen in hand she embarked on a journey that forever changed her along with many others throughout the world. The result of these meditations is the classic devotional, Jesus Calling, Enjoying Peace in His Presence. In these powerful pages are the words and scriptures Jesus lovingly laid on her heart. A year\u2019s worth of daily readings from Young\u2019s journals are now available for you, in order to bring you closer to Christ and move you deeper into His presence and His everlasting peace."}
-{"text": "Recent article comments\n\nNews\n\nOn Second Thought finds humor in hardship, seasoned by Jeff Petersen's quirky look at life. Petersen knows it's harder to make people laugh than cry. Most times he aims to make people laugh. Sometimes he makes readers cry. Occasionally, he even makes readers think. In any case, this enthusiastic contrarian gives readers a column squeezed for freshness every other Tuesday in The Observer."}
-{"text": "In Brigend, a town in south Wales, about 22 miles west of the capital, Cardiff, a group of nursery school children took part in a trial of outdoor learning in the woods designed to promote independent play.\n\nThe result? Through the experiment, they learned to solve disputes without any help from adults.\n\nIn the trial, led by the Forestry Commission of Wales, the Pontycymer Nursery children were taught how to carry out a simple risk assessment of the woodland and given basic resources such as buckets, ropes, trowels, mud and water to encourage them to start playing.\n\nThe resources were reduced each week until the children just used what they could find in the woods to interact with and use in their games. The adults with them observed the children discreetly and recorded how involved the children were in their play.\n\nWfL (Woodlands for Life) education manager Karen Clarke said each child was assessed three times during the session for two minutes each time to analyse how they were interacting with their environment.\n\nShe said of the mediation skills the children started showing: \u201cThe conflict resolution came along during the project. Withdrawing adult-led interaction, it was a byproduct of the process.\n\u201cIt was a very positive side of it.\u201d\n\nShe added four children in particular who appeared not to be interested in their surroundings at the start became much more engaged as the project went on.\n\nThe children learned \u201chow to negotiate with each other to get an agreed outcome\u201d and were \u201cfinding out about becoming more resilient when things don\u2019t go their way.\n\nWild Zones Growing In Popularity\n\nMs. Clarke reported on how the youngsters grew in confidence and were able to implement conflict resolution with no outside help.\n\nThe idea of giving children resources and encouraging them to work together in unstructured free play has been taking off around the world. In the US, as well as the UK and other parts of Europe, the notion of \u201cWild Zones\u201d has been gaining popularity: places that allow for all types of play, outdoor laboratories on creativity with open-ended possibilities for self-designed play and socializing.\n\nIn outdoor settings, children are provided with resources like sticks, flowers, mud, branches, and they work together to create whatever they want. It\u2019s exciting and fun to watch!\n\nSo it\u2019s great to read of this study in Wales that has documented some wonderful benefits from this approach to learning.\n\nThis really isn't a new thing for pete's sake! Outside amongst nature is always a good thing...however,as someone who played outside,camped & went exploring with others....I know it doesn't matter much when it comes to bullies...not every child will go along with negotiation if the outcome doesn't suit them.It matters very much that the parent steps in and calls a WRONG-a wrong and punishes them accordingly.There are some who are only too happy to let the problem (or their child) take care of itself. --Being around leaves,streams & tree's won't make one bit of difference if the child isn't properly taught how to handle themselves around others while growing up.What seems great one week or month-isn't always the behavior shown the next.Just saying."}
-{"text": "Nature's Air Conditioner\n\nThe cool sensation of walking barefoot through the grass is very real. Temperatures on lawn surfaces can be 10 to 14 degrees cooler than on concrete or asphalt. Green spaces can play a big role in modifying temperatures and controlling climate.\n\nThrough photosynthesis grass absorbs sunlight to produce energy. Grass plants will take in the Sun's heat during the day and release it slowly at night, helping to moderate temperatures.\n\nTurf helps cool off surrounding areas through the evapotranspiration process. Lawn areas cool the air as water evaporates from the blades of grass. As much as 50% of the Sun's heat falling on the turf will be absorbed and eliminated through transpiration.\n\nThe front lawns of eight homes can have the cooling effect of 70 tons of air conditioning, greatly reducing energy needs and the burning of fossil fuels needed to produce it. It has been estimated that strategic planting of lawns and landscape plants could reduce the energy required for air conditioning by 25%.\n\nGreen spaces are very important in helping to control hot Summer temperatures, especially in urban areas. Overall temperatures in urban areas have been found to be 5 to 7 degrees warmer than in rural areas. A study by the University of Manchester has found that a 10% increase in green space in urban areas would reduce urban surface temperatures by up to 4 degrees. This would have a major impact on countering the \"heat island\" effect so common in large urban areas.\n\nOur lawns and plants help to cool the environment. It is cool to be green."}
-{"text": "Sky full of Stars Christmas Bulb\n\nMade by\n\nProduct Description\n\nThis beautiful Christmas bulb is full of life. It is not only a round ball that gives your Christmas tree at more shine, it brings an entire scene into your living room.\nThe bauble will charm every viewer with a beautiful allusion to the lovely fairytale The Star Money or Sterntaler, how it is called in Germany.\n\nGive your Christmas a touch of sweet childhood memories of miracles and fairytales."}
-{"text": "Fort Collins Restaurant Closes Its Doors for Good\n\nA local Fort Collins restaurant has closed their doors for good, but judging by their Facebook page not many people have noticed in recent weeks.\n\nSanford's Backyard Grill, with a location on Harmony Road in Fort Collins, ceased operations in the city on May 29th. A post on their Facebook page did not state the exact reasoning behind the closure, and \"thanked customers for their patronage\" during the time they were open.\n\nThe local Sanford's location was part of a chain where most of their locations are in Wyoming, including Cheyenne, Sheridan, and Casper.\n\nThey were mostly known for their burgers, but also had an extensive menu for steaks and sandwiches.\n\nThe location struggled from the start, and their reviews on Yelp showed that they were having a tough time attracting residents and visitors to try them out.\n\nSome of the reviews include, \"I have heard great things about the food. Unfortunately I can't review the food because after waiting forever for someone to at least bring us drinks we had to leave. I have never walked out of a restraunt without be served\". That review came from a customer on April 28th, 2016.\n\nAnother review, made in December of 2015, stated, \"Took 30 mins to get our 3 burgers even with only a handful of other people there. No updates from our waitress during that entire time. We had to keep asking for drink refills ourselves. Burgers were delicious, but way smaller than before the restaurant rebooted. Fun atmosphere and decoration, but the service makes me prefer Red Robin for unique burgers\"."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: Buffett PE Ratio\n\nI have excerpted part of PAR\u2019s semi-annual letter that PAR sent to clients on July 7, 2014, and I have pasted it below. No one knows where the market is going to end up in the near term, but over the \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "Writing a Simple Debt Validation Request Letter (with Sample)\n\nIf a debt collector, who is not the original creditor, contacts a consumer about an unpaid debt, the best option for the consumer is to send a debt validation letter to the debt collector. According to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), a consumer has the right to question the validity of the debt as well as the right of the debt collector to collect the debt.\n\nSome people think sending a debt validation letter is a trick to avoid paying legitimate debts. However, if a debt is legitimate, the debt collector will not have not any trouble proving it as well as proving that they are authorized to collect the debt.\n\nThis letter is the first line of defense for consumers to protect themselves against false debt. The fault may not be the debt collectors. Banks and other lenders have been known to make mistakes and try to collect debt from the wrong person.\n\nThere are fees and charges for unpaid debt as well as for debt collectors. This letter will force the lender to account for all the money they are demanding. Consumer debt often changes hands, and the person who holds the debt may not have all the necessary paperwork.\n\nIn some cases, lawyers try to get this information by filing a lawsuit against the debtor. However, this is not usually upheld in court, and the lender must respond to the debt validation letter before they can get a legal judgment.\n\nThe letter is a bit complicated and needs to cover many aspects. Here is a sample letter. Always enclose copies of any documents required. Never send original documents. The letter should be sent by certified mail, so the consumer has proof of when it was sent and received.\n\nsample debt validation request letter\n\nConsumer\u2019s NameConsumer\u2019s AddressCity, State, Zip Code\n\nDATE\n\nName of Collection AgencyAddress of Collection AgencyCity, State, Zip Code\n\nRe: Give Account Number Here\n\nTo Whom It May Concern:\n\nThis letter is in response to a notice of debt I received from you on DATE.\n\nIt is not a refusal to pay the debt, but a notice that I am disputing it and requesting validation.\n\nAccording to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), I have the right to ask for a validation of the debt you claim I owe. This is not a request to verify my mailing address, it is a request for proof according to 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 (b) of the FDCPA. Kindly provide me with valid evidence that I need to pay you for this debt.\n\nPlease provide the following information:\n\n\u2022 Your license numbers and Registered Agent\u2022 Proof that you are licensed to collect in my state \u2022 What the money you say I owe is for \u2022 How you calculated what you say I owe \u2022 A verification or copy of any judgment if applicable\u2022 Copies of any papers that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe \u2022 Proof that the Statute of Limitations has not expired on this account\u2022 Identify the original creditor\u2022 The name and address of the bonding agent for your collection agency in the event legal action becomes necessary\n\nIf any invalidated information has been reported to any of the three major Credit Bureaus, it might be considered fraud under both state and federal law. Due to this fact, if any negative mark is found on any of my credit reports by your company or the company that you represent, I will not hesitate in bringing legal action against you for the following:\n\nIf you provide the requested documentation, I will need 30 days or more to investigate the debt. During that time, all collection activity must stop. Also, during this validation period, if any action is taken which could be considered detrimental to any of my credit reports, I will consult with my legal counsel. This includes any information given to a credit reporting bureau that is invalid and inaccurate.\n\nIf your offices fail to respond to this validation request within 30 days after receiving this letter, all of the information that is related to this account must be completely removed from my credit report, and a copy of my new, accurate credit report should be sent to me immediately.\n\nAll future communications with me should be done in writing and sent to the address noted in this letter.\n\nThis is an attempt to correct your records, any information obtained shall be used for that purpose."}
-{"text": "TimJack\n\nWednesday, February 12, 2014\n\nToby, Leo and Lucas are all interviewing for a new career.Geoffrey has been conducting this extraordinary interview process and now takes it a very competitive level.This next level is to test Group Dynamics, such as Leadership, Guidance, Flexibility and Team Work.Our interviewers test the guys in the abilities to suck cock.Are they capable of taking guidance on how to suck a huge cock, are they flexible enough to swallow it all, do they take the lead in the group and do they work together on sucking huge cocks?Lucas moves into position to showcase all of his skills at once.Leo thrusts his dripping cock deep into Lucas\u2019 ass while Toby fucks his hungry mouth.Joe steps in and begins to eat Leo\u2019 hot ass before he begins punch fucking Lucas with his steel rod.Geoffrey also moves into position and fucks Lucas\u2019 mouth while sucking away at Leo\u2019s throbbing cock.Geoffrey and Joe switch it up and Joe pounds his wet cock into Leo\u2019s hungry hole while Geoffrey fucks away at Lucas\u2019 dripping wet hole.Toby steps up and forces his cock into Lucas\u2019 hot mouth.Toby, Lucas and Leo then stand over their interviewers and begin ripping off their pent up ejaculations onto their awaiting interviewers.Toby is the first to shoot his creamy load all over Joe, quickly followed by Lucas with his mushroom head swelled to full capacity as he unleashes his milky load then Leo slams his load out and onto Joe as well.Geoffrey\u2019s balls are drawn up so tight and ready to explode his huge load as Joe looks on with his head and body dripping in cum he erupts a geyser that shoots straight into the air that would make any employer proud.Geoffrey is left with a difficult decision, all the candidates have proven themselves worthy, but which one stands out amongst the three?Could this possibly lead to another interview level?\n\nFriday, February 7, 2014\n\nWe decided to go retro for you this week and release a scene from deep in the vault that you've never seen before. Featuring Wolf Getz and Jesse Hammer, this scene is intense, nasty and raunchy. These are old-school bareback fuckers in every sense of the term. You can practically smell their macho musk as they paw and grab at each other, pulling open jeans to get at each other's raging cocks. Bald bodybuilder Wolf feasts on Jesse's wrist-thick dick and eats his ass like an animal. He can't get enough. Jesse doesn't want it to stop but Wolf wants his too. Wolf stuffs his tight ass into Jesse's face to get a slick rimjob and he's clearly satisfied Jesse. Wolf is demanding and he wants Jesse and the two fuck; Wolf's dick battering him like a piston, but hold on, what's happening? It's a flip! Macho Wolf is also a big breeding bottom big and he's itching for Jesse's hammer! These tow fuck like real men: rock hard cock fucking ass raw until they are both covered with each other's cum!To see more click here\n\nSaturday, February 1, 2014\n\nLong time fuck buddies Troy and CanaDad know just what the other likes and is always ready to provide. This time Troy is in bed working himself up when CanaDad comes over for play time. These guys are a pair of real men, and CanaDad is eager to work Troy's hole with his tongue and swallow his thick shaft. Troy loves the way CanaDad's thick lumberjack beard brushes his balls when he's getting rimmed out and he's eager to taste the big, burly daddy's asshole as well. These pair of horny freaks flip fuck, pounding each other furiously until they're drenched with sweat and CanaDad drops a huge load that will make YOU weak in the knees! Click here to see more\n\nFriday, January 31, 2014\n\nRandy Harden's been on our radar for a while now; since the hard tough guy last appeared on Hairy and Raw he's been making the rounds on other bareback sites, both topping like a piston and ruling from below like a true power bottom. When he found out he was going to get it on with Scott Reynolds, another dominant versatile top, he eagerly stepped up to bottom for the wiley old wolf. Scott is one of Randy's biggest fantasies fulfilled; older leather daddy, thick mustache, ripped arms and a cock like a club. And Scott's cock is dripping in anticipation of fucking Randy: pure pig, pierced nipples and a hard scruff of beard and a super muscular, super hairy ass. These two were definitely going to make some sparks! Almost no foreplay, they are both down-to-fuck. Scott fucks Randy so hard, he shoots pretty early, but the bareback veteran slams his dripping cock back into Randy's ass and keeps driving. Randy jack himself off and sprays his own huge load onto Scott's pubes and dick. Classic, messy and wet, just how we love it at Hairy and Raw! Click here to see more\n\nThursday, January 30, 2014\n\nWe loved filming this scene. Steve is normally a bottom but wanted to prove he could top and damn did he. When he saw CanaDad, his jaw nearly dropped...tall, lean and with a big bushy beard, CanaDad is the definition of a man's man and he is also one of the biggest, greediest power bottoms we've ever shot. After opening up CanaDad's hole with his mouth, Steve drills and pounds daddy's hole open wide until its time to fill him up with his load. A very happy CanaDad provides his own load as well. We might have to do an extended clip of this one.\n\nWednesday, January 29, 2014\n\nRob and James are a Daddy and son pair who share a really deep bond, and after James goes off to college, the rare weekends home are really time they treasure together. Cub James begs for Daddy's mouth, and big burly Rob loves slobbering all over James' dick and asshole. But Daddy is Daddy and he needs attention too. James rims out Rob's tight hole and Daddy urges him to get his stout young prick into his tight hole. Daddy and Cub flip-flop fuck, James begging and pleading for more of Rob's hot cock every minute. In the end, its an explosive mess, but since its Daddy and junior, maybe mixing up the DNA isn't so bad. Click here to see more\n\nSean is taking a shower when Daddy Troy comes home. Nothing like getting dirty after getting clean. Sean strips Daddy down and in no time is getting drilled by Troy's huge cock. This tattooed slut pig wants it deep and hard and raw and Troy's cock is filling him like nothing he's ever felt in his life! Troy has one of the biggest cocks we've seen on Hairy and Raw and Sean is groaning and begging for that sticky load in his ass, but Troy teases and finally dumps his load in Sean's begging mouth.\n\nTuesday, January 28, 2014\n\nSkinhead stud Duke tells us his straight and cocky brother is tagging along on a porn shoot and can join in when is wants. Teaming up with dark-haired sex kitten Giovanni, these two muscle bound men use the guy until they are well and truly sated, their delicious looking dicks tongue worshiped by the eager bottom. Bending him over, they both take turns to ram their shafts all the way into him, working his butt the most it ever has. Bouncing on straight dick as the top fucker watches straight porn, both guys get just what they want, and the streams of jizz prove it as Giovanni gets splattered. Click here to see more\n\nDelta Kobra is incredibly hot, as is his partner -- Timmy Treasure -- making his debut on UKNakedMen. As sexy and handsome as he is daring, Timmy surrenders completely to Delta on the Wheel of Misfortune. Delta gets to grips with the young lad from every angle, playing with his foreskin, sucking his dick and teasing his nipples. But when Timmy's released from the Wheel, it's far from over. Delta sits his big, muscular hairy arse down on Timmy's face then turns him over, stretching him wide and pounding him full of uncut dick before squirting a fat load of spunk in the slut's face.\nClick here to see more\n\nThis one's a real hot, man-on-man grudge fuck with two totally masculine men pounding ass. I get in real close with my camera for all the arm-pit sniffing, and hairy ass licking. Love watching Rikk York's hairy ass being held wide for the camera and Matt's probing fingers and tongue. Both these guys are mean fuckers with big dicks. If you like sweaty, hairy, real-beef guys you'll love getting off to these two studs. One day they'll really invent smell-o-vision because the sweaty stink of these two men is such a fucking turn!\n\nWednesday, January 22, 2014\n\nTate Ryder Fucks Steven Ponce @ DominicFord.com\nIn this scene, Tate Ryder fucks ginger hottie Steven Ponce. This is the last scene Tate filmed before retiring, and he sure went out with a bang. Steven loves Tate's huge cock and rides it like he simply can't get enough of it. We haven't seen Steven in a long time, and he has grown into quite a hot man since last we worked with him. You're going to love this scene!\nWatch the full movie at DominicFord.com\n\nDrake Jaden Fucks Nick Cross @ DominicFord.com\nWe are very excited to welcome Drake Jaden back to our site. We haven't seen him for a few years, and he's always so hot and horny! In this scene he's paired up with the equally horny Nick Cross, who is always up for a good pounding. This is good, old-fashioned steamy, passionate sex at it's best. Two gay guys going at it like there is no one else in room. What could be better than that?\nWatch the full movie at DominicFord.com"}
-{"text": "Fodor's may use your e-mail address to send you relevant information on site updates, account changes, and offers. For more information about your privacy and protection, please review our full Privacy Policy.\n\nPhoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe Restaurants\n\nDon & Charlie's\n\nFodor's Review\n\nDon & Charlie's. Attention, sports fans! This hangout is a favorite with major-leaguers in town for spring training, college football Bowl games, or the Super Bowl. A venerable chophouse, D&C specializes in \"American comforts\" with prime-grade steak and sports memorabilia\u2014the walls are covered with pictures, autographs, and uniforms. The spacious and Cheers-like interior; friendly staff; and New York sirloin, prime rib, and double-thick lamb chops are"}
-{"text": "Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs)\n\nPlug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are rolling off production lines and onto our streets. Duke Energy is studying the effects that widespread adoption of electric vehicles will have on the power grid. Our goal is to ensure clean, affordable and reliable energy for our customers and their PEVs.\n\nWHY IS AN ENERGY COMPANY INTERESTED IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES?\n\nIt's simple. We care about electric vehicles because the benefits are clear:\n\nSaves customers money\n\nThe environment will benefit\n\nEnergy Independence\n\n\"Filling up\" an electric vehicle is cheaper than fueling a traditional car.\n\nWidespread adoption of electric vehicles will cut emissions.\n\nElectric vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil and will lead to more local jobs.\n\nBy being on the front end, Duke Energy can help enhance the customer experience to ensure electric vehicle owners can charge them safely, conveniently and at the lowest price without affecting the power supply.\n\nWe're already using electric vehicles, and plan to buy more. Duke Energy currently has one of the nation's largest fleets of plug-in electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric cars for research and development purposes. This includes vehicles from Toyota, Tesla, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Nissan and the Southeast\u2019s first plug-in hybrid electric utility \"bucket\" truck.\n\nDuke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Florida also plan to continue adding new electric vehicles to their utility fleets. In January 2012, Duke Energy Progress completed a three-year trial with Ford Motor Company using Ford Escape PHEVs, and Duke Energy Florida completed a similar trial in September 2012. These trials tested Ford PHEV technology and smart-charging systems, and allowed us to compare the performance of factory-built and converted PHEVs."}
-{"text": "Monday, April 27, 2009\n\nBOULDER, Colorado -- The release last week of memoranda detailing the Bush administration's \"enhanced interrogation program\" has revealed another terribly troubling component of this already appalling practice - the role of psychiatrists in abetting the psychological torture of detainees in American custody.Reports from the Red Cross had already detailed the participation of medical personnel in the CIA's torture program. Psychiatrists conducted evaluations of detainees, and they then disclosed their results to interrogators so that they could best exploit the subjects' psychological weaknesses, such as particular fears or paranoias that they had expressed to the doctor. Doctors also stood by while many of the harshest techniques were used, such as waterboarding, to ensure that the detainees didn't drown, and to revive them if they did. In his blog for Harper's Magazine, Scott Horton had this to say about these \"torture doctors\":\n\nThe conduct disclosed in the Red Cross report would plainly constitute cause not merely for prosecution, but also for revocation of medical licenses. The fact that Bush Administration lawyers wrote made-to-order memoranda saying that the perpetrators didn\u2019t need to worry about prosecution has no bearing on this point\u2013to the contrary it probably provides more evidence of conscious wrongdoing, especially after the memos were exposed and uniformly condemned by the legal community.\n\nWe have written on this blog recently about the use of psychiatry as a political weapon in the Soviet Union. We are not anti-psychiatry Scientologist fanatics - not by any stretch of the imagination. But the torture program has explicit ties to the Soviet Union. Many of the interrogation techniques were reverse-engineered from the Pentagon's S.E.R.E. (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) program, which trains military personnel to deal with torture at the hands of our enemies, should they be captured. But as Jane Meyer pointed out in the New Yorker in 2007, quoting retired Air Force colnel and interrogator Steve Kleinmann, \"It was the K.G.B. model. But the K.G.B. used it to get people who had turned against the state to confess falsely. The K.G.B. wasn\u2019t after intelligence.\" Despite the protestations of Dick Cheney, it is pretty clear that the program yielded little valuable intellegence, while also severely compromising America's moral standing. Perhaps we should not base our interrogation techniques on Darkness at Noon. As Horton points out in his interview on Democracy Now on April 17, we have already put ourselves in dubious company by torturing detainees; impressing medical professionals into the service of torture puts us in even nastier company.\n\nThis is not the only example of doctors using their expertise in the service of state-sponsored violence that clearly violates their Hippocratic oath. America's entire death penalty system places medical professionals in a very precarious position. Most states that have the death penalty require a doctor to be on the scene to oversee the administration of the lethal procedure (in the case of lethal injection) and to pronounce death, though no doctor will put the needle in themselves - that is left up to prison staff with varying levels of training. Most states also protect the identities of the personnel involved in the exection, though this still raises many ethical and legal issues. In Washington state, the state physician resigned earlier this year, saying his ethics prevented him from even indirect supervision of executions; then earlier this month, the state's entire execution staff resigned because they feared a pending lawsuit over their qualifications would jeopordize their anonymity.\n\nSome doctors see serious ethical conflicts with the death penalty system, while others have embraced their participation in it. Even if they are not administering the lethal cocktail to execute a prisoner, doctors - especially mental health professionals - play a key role in moving defendants through the system from the courtroom to the death chamber. The Supreme Court has ruled (in Ford v. Wainwright) that it is unconstitutional to execute an insane person. Regardless of the prepoderance of medical evidence, some states are just hell-bent on executing their prisoners, and an entire cottage industry has developed of psychiatrists who will certify that pretty much everyone is fit to be executed.\n\nThe most notorious of these doctors was James Grigson, nicknamed \"Dr. Death.\" Grigson testified as a prosecution expert in 150 capital trials, and in nearly all of them, he declared the defendant fit to be executed. He testified in many trials in Texas, where he almost uniformly stated that inmates met an aggravating factor in the state's death penalty statute - that they posed a threat of future dangerousness to the community should they be allowed to live. Grigson was stripped of his medial license by the American Psychiatric Association in 1995 for making such declarations without ever interviewing subjects, and he died in 2004.\n\nMany doctors also find themselves in the position where they must treat a death row inmate to restore him to a state of mental health whereby he becomes fit to be executed. Some doctors have refused; others, like Mr. Grigson, never met an inmate they wouldn't help kill, and they are happy to do the state's dirty work for them, as was the case with an inmate named Claude Maturana in Arizona. After every last medical professional in the state refused to treat Mr. Maturana's schizophrenia, the state conducted a nationwide search, and they found a doctor who was willing to rubber-stamp the death warrant. Maturana escaped the death chamber - he died in 2002 during an operation while still in prison. But his case is just one of many like it.\n\nSome death penalty statutes are also designed to maximize the number of people who can be executed by parsing the difference between \"insane\" and \"mentally ill.\" Such is the case with Andre Thomas (pictured), who sits on death row in Texas. Thomas was convicted of murdering his wife and two children and cutting out their hearts; since he has been in prison, he has gouged out both of his eyes and eaten them. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (we have written about them before) ruled that Thomas is \"clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law.\"\n\nWe may not place political dissidents in mental institutions, but the shocking revelations about the use of psychiatric medicine to torture, maim, and even kill prisoners in US custody are not unique to the US' torture program. Nor are they only found in shadowy, extra-legal government programs. In many states this practice is actually part of the black-letter law, and it is carried out in courtrooms and prisons across the country. Everything about these memoranda is blood-curdling, and the people responsible for authorizing, legitimizing and employing these techniques should be brought to justice, but it is not unique to find people willing to set aside their personal and professional ethics to aid state-sponsored violence.\n\n3 comments:\n\nAndrew, recently you have taken your blog to a whole new level. This is a really insightful perspective that I wish would make it into the mainstream discussion. Wouldn't it be great if the Guantanamo torture scandal precipitated a nationwide reevaluation of the death penalty?\n\nRecently there has been a serious discussion about the death penalty - a handful of states, including Colorado, are considering abolishing it (and two states have - New Mexico and New Jersey), and Russ Feingold has introduced legislation to abolish it on the federal level. Unfortunately, most of these debates have revolved around the death penalty's costs. While it may be an effective political angle to garner public support for abolition, I think it obscures many of the important moral and legal questions, and it demands a sickening moral calculus. Just like death penalty supporters have argued \"it's cheaper to kill 'em,\" opponents shouldn't argue that it's cheaper to keep them alive. Like torture, it's either moral or it's not; costs and other instrumental benefits, in my view, should not be part of a serious discussion.\n\nTwitter\n\nJoin us on Facebook\n\nAbout Us\n\nAs a couple of former reporters who worked and lived in Russia, we created this blog in response to a worrying lack of expertise and critical analysis in the reporting on Russia by the English-language press. That is why we named the blog after Walter Duranty, a New York Times reporter posted in the Soviet Union during the 1930's. He wrote glowing reports about Stalin's show trials and the disastrous collectivization drives. Somehow, these fabrications won him a Pulitzer Prize. So we try to provide our own expertise and opinions about Russia to make sure another Duranty doesn't slip through the cracks. Russia can be a disheartening place, so more often than not, you will find we divert from our original purpose to take up other subjects and causes that are of interest to us - we hope they are of interest to you, too."}
-{"text": "\"Sonograms And Tube Tops\"\n\nCommunity Grade\n(3 Users)\n\nYour Grade\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t want my baby being raised by religious fanatics,\u201d Violet cries. \u201cI want it being raised by homosexuals!\u201d And with that, she maybe, hopefully, possibly takes Mom to another level. \u201cSonograms And Tube Tops\u201d is the episode I\u2019ve been waiting for, an episode where everything works and the Chuck Lorre factory\u2019s lasseiz faire approach to storytelling doesn\u2019t get in the way of some good jokes and some surprisingly effective emotional moments. It\u2019s an episode that seems to be about one thing, then shifts to being about another thing, then is about something else entirely, but none of it feels forced. The shifts feel natural and motivated, and by the time the episode settles on what it\u2019s going to be about\u2014the possibility of Violet giving her unborn child up for adoption\u2014it\u2019s hit a nice groove with a lot of balls in the air. The one complaint I still have is that the supporting cast continues to feel like an adjunct to the Anna Faris and Allison Janney show, but that\u2019s really more of something to worry about in season two at this point.\n\nHell, this is an episode where Anna Faris wears a fat suit and Allison Janney has old-age makeup and rides around on a little scooter, and that moment is still funny in spite of the gimmickry (perhaps because it involves Janney, who can just make whatever the show throws at her play). \u201cSonograms And Tube Tops\u201d may be ridiculous, but all of its hearts are in the right place.\n\nThe episode interweaves a bunch of Mom\u2019s favorite themes and go-tos into something that ends up being surprisingly resonant by the end. The series has always been at least slightly ambivalent about teenage single mothers. On the one hand, it celebrates them as incredibly strong (particularly in the episodes about how Christy\u2019s dad bailed on her). On the other hand, it knows that having a baby as a teenager and then trying to raise it is a quick way to give yourself a big handicap in life moving forward. As Violet points out to Christy, it\u2019s not like her life is as good as it might have been if she hadn\u2019t given birth at 16. She\u2019s a recovering alcoholic who works as a waitress, after all (though she has a surprisingly nice apartment). But the thing is that your brain can rarely traffic in counterfactuals for your own life, lest you start to resent what you have. So Christy emphasizes the positive, and when Violet proposes giving her baby up for adoption to break the cycle, Christy\u2019s the one who flips out. (Bonnie, for her part, seems to get it.)\n\nMom hasn\u2019t caught on to the degree that Lorre\u2019s other shows have, and there are plenty of reasons for that, including a crummy timeslot and a premise that\u2019s hard to sum up in a few words. (Even the title is probably way too generic.) But I\u2019m convinced one of the reasons the show has struggled to find an audience has something to do with the way that its central conflict is about breaking cycles of desperation and struggle, about how parents try to build better lives for their kids, only to watch as their kids make the same mistakes, because that\u2019s just how life often works. This is not the world\u2019s most conducive idea for sitcom tomfoolery, which may be why Mom generally works better when it\u2019s pitched more toward the dramedy side of things. (Even though I ended up liking the \u201c15 years later\u201d flash-forward, it felt beneath this show in some respects.) Increasingly, American audiences like their sitcoms to be free of unpleasant reminders of the world, and Mom has so many of those.\n\nI can see where that would get depressing in some regards, but Mom has a couple of aces in the hole in Janney and Faris, and it knows that whenever things threaten to get too dark, it can throw to them and offer up some goofy physical bits or something. This has bitten the show in the ass before\u2014as recently as last week\u2019s episode, in fact\u2014but when it works, it\u2019s a delicate balancing act that multi-camera sitcoms used to excel at but now mostly mess up. For instance, the episode opens with Violet\u2019s uncertainty about her own child and unwillingness to really think about the fact that she\u2019s about to have a baby. It pivots from there to Christy and Bonnie wondering how they\u2019ll financially afford having another mouth to feed in the house. This is all a bunch of stuff that would be pretty difficult to turn into material that garners more than a few dark chuckles, so the show finds an out by having Bonnie decide to go look for a job at an employment placement agency, which is just a chance for Janney to do an extended riff on how poorly prepared Bonnie is for the workplace. (Her typing skills consist of this finger\u2014extend index finger\u2014and, \u201cwould you believe,\u201d this one\u2014extend the other one.) That, plus some funny moments from the guest actor, give the show enough breathing room to dive back into the meat of the real plot, which is Violet realizing she wants to give her kid up for adoption so it won\u2019t turn out like any of the women in her home.\n\nThat\u2019s, again, pretty heavy, but Mom has bought itself enough goodwill and laughs with some of the previous scenes that the laughs come more readily in these scenes as well. (And, it must be said, the show has figured out how easy it is to hand pretty much anything to Janney and get some laughs out of it.) This means that the stage is set for things like Bonnie and Christy\u2019s heartfelt talk about how their tough upbringings made it even tougher to be good mothers, or for Christy to finally admit to her daughter that Violet is the ultimate \u201cdo-over\u201d baby, because she\u2019s the one who will finally break the cycle\u2014both for herself and for her child. It\u2019s, in its own way, a real stroke in defense of a woman\u2019s right to choose, even if the series has always been too scared of even mentioning abortion. Having a kid doesn\u2019t have to destroy Violet\u2019s life. She has options.\n\nYeah, there are problems. The \u201c15 years later\u201d scene is meant to be another big laughter moment in the midst of some heavier things, but it doesn\u2019t quite work that way (though the sight of Janney rolling around on a scooter is pretty great). And I\u2019m leery of the show pulling back in Luke\u2019s parents, who were such one-note figures in the past, just to make an example of them (even if it led to that great Violet line at the end of the episode). We also can\u2019t discount how the supporting cast members were mostly there to have their one joke, then leave, and the Chef Rudy joke (he\u2019s bisexual and seducing a 300-pound food critic) was mostly there to be crass. But there are the bones of a show that\u2019s figured its shit out in \u201cSonograms And Tube Tops,\u201d and that\u2019s worth celebrating.\n\nStray observations:\n\nIf you\u2019d like to see Chuck Lorre\u2019s previous take on much of this material, Grace Under Fire is now on Hulu Plus for the curious.\n\nAll I\u2019m saying is that if this show had wanted to have serious political debates instead of stacking its deck, it could have had Violet have an abortion, then have Luke\u2019s family find out about it. Then again, that would be an entirely different show.\n\nThing I abruptly realized tonight: Do we know anything about Violet\u2019s dad? That seems like some interesting territory for the show to explore in weeks to come, and I think Sadie Calvano is probably up to it."}
-{"text": "He's at it again. Unable to let sleeping dogs lie, New Yorker cartoon editor Matthew Diffee gives us more of the best of the not-quite-good-enough, otherwise known as \"the cream of the crap,\" culled from the hundreds of cartoons submitted each week that were just a little bit too risqu\u00e9, too silly, or too weird for The New Yorker. Diffee polled 38 of his fellow cartoonists\u2014Roz Chast, Nick Downs, Leo Cullum, Julia Suits, Jack Ziegler, and Gahan Wilson, to name a few\u2014for their favorite rejects, which he presents here along with the tongue-in-cheek questionnaires that each cartoonist was asked to fill out."}
-{"text": "The Morning Brew: 6.4\n\nWith the backlash against questionable health claims in food advertising, Kellogg's has opted to restrict advertising in light of two FTC investigations for false health claims in less than a year. The New York Times reports that a claim to improve child immune function on Rice Krispies packaging led to the most recent investigation.\n\nA pack of Washington, D.C. chefs embark on improving school lunch nutrition on behalf of Michelle Obama. The Washington Post chronicles the group from their first meeting in January, to their recent experiences with school lunches, to today's national launch of Chefs Move to Schools. One thousand chefs will make over school lunch programs, as the D.C. chefs have done since January.\n\nPBS Newshour recently spent five days in a Mississippi food desert. They found McDonald's without salads, soul food buffets, Morgan Freeman's pricey restaurant, plenty of lost jobs, and a lot of other factors that have led to Mississippi have more obese people than any other state."}
-{"text": "Watch Dogs vs. Grand Theft Auto V: A Screenshot Comparison Between Two Open World Games\n\nLet\u2019s face it, Ubisoft\u2019s plan to release Watch Dogs on a wide variety of hardware has resulted in the old generation getting the least amount of attention, but it has also resulted in the current generation being held back to realize the full potential. In truth, both the old generation and current generation of consoles could achieve far better results than the current ones, but sadly this didn\u2019t happen.\n\nGrand Theft Auto V was released exclusively on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Upon its release, it stunned everyone with its beautiful lighting and one of the best and most detailed open world in any game. The graphics of the game were unlike anything at the time of its release. Now fast forward to more than half year later, and we have got another open world game on the old generation consoles. The question here is, does Watch Dogs even match, or come close to the level of polish that we see in Grand Theft Auto V? Lets see how both games compare against each other in screenshots.\n\nObviously Grand Theft Auto V has an advantage here. It is unbelievable how stunning the game can still look despite being almost an year old game, and having such a huge open world compared to Watch Dogs. It would be currently unfair to compare Grand Theft Auto V to Watch Dogs on the PS4, so we decided against it. Once an inevitable port of Grand Theft Auto V arrives on the current generation consoles, we can make that comparison as well. As it stands, there is nothing that comes close to the scope of Grand Theft Auto V on the current generation consoles. Heck, its daytime lighting is still a lot better than Watch Dogs on current generation, although Watch Dogs looks stunning during nightime, especially with a rainy weather or thunderstorm.\n\nWhat do you have to say about this comparison? Let us know in the comments below."}
-{"text": "Seven Kinds of Magic\n\n\u00a37.99\n\nThis exhibition, curated by Blake himself, explored his varied depictions of magic both in his own books and in those of other writers such as Russell Hoban, John Yeoman and Roald Dahl. It showed original illustrations from seven very different books - Angel Pavement, The Witches, Patrick, Angelica Sprocket\u2019s Pockets, Rosie\u2019s Magic Horse, Magical Tales and My Friend Mr Leakey."}
-{"text": "Finishing\u2026With God\u2019s Help\n\nFinishing\u2026With God\u2019s Help\n\n(Nehemiah 4:1-23) In our lives we face many challenges, and yet as Christians we have one amazing promise. We have God\u2019s promise of being with us until the end, helping us carry out His plan. We can choose to go it alone, and struggle and fight through the challenges, and sometimes we may even get through them. However, the hardship we face trying to go it alone will be so much greater than when we have God on our side, giving us what we need to get through.\n\nOur alternative can always be to give up, but as Christians our faith is what gives us the ability to push forward and rely on God for what we need. In all that we do, and come across, we need to look to God for everything that we need.\n\nRelated\n\nTim Nolte\n\nA Christ-follower, husband, father, and Applications Developer with Sprint."}
-{"text": "The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, right, with his wife, Hak Ja Han, married 2,075 couples at Madison Square Garden in 1982.Credit\nUnited Press International\n\nThe Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Korean evangelist, businessman and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers and links to vast commercial interests, died on Monday in Gapyeong, South Korea. He was 92.\n\nHis death was announced on his church\u2019s Web site, which said he had been battling complications from pneumonia, including kidney failure.\n\nMr. Moon courted world leaders, financed newspapers and founded numerous innocuously named civic organizations. To his critics, he pursued those activities mainly to lend legitimacy to his movement, known as the Unification Church, although his methods were sometimes questionable. In 2004, for example, he had himself crowned \u201chumanity\u2019s savior\u201d in front of astonished members of Congress at a Capitol Hill luncheon.\n\nMr. Moon was a leading figure in what Eileen V. Barker, a professor emeritus of sociology at the London School of Economics, called \u201cthe great wave of new religious movements and alternative religiosity in the 1960s and 1970s in the West,\u201d a time when the Hare Krishna and Transcendental Meditation movements were also gathering force.\n\nBuilding a business empire in South Korea and Japan, Mr. Moon used his commercial interests to support nonprofit ventures, then kept control of them by placing key insiders within their hierarchies. He avidly backed right-wing causes, turning The Washington Times into a respected newspaper in conservative circles.\n\nAn ardent anti-Communist who had been imprisoned by the Communist authorities in northern Korea in the 1940s, he saw the United States as the world\u2019s salvation. But in the late 1990s, after financial losses, defections and stagnant growth in the church\u2019s membership, he turned on America, branding it a repository of immorality \u2014 \u201cSatan\u2019s harvest\u201d \u2014 and repositioned his movement as a crusade for moral values.\n\nAs Mr. Moon approached 90, not long after he survived a helicopter crash in 2008, three of his sons and a daughter began assuming more responsibility for running the church and his holdings. (According to reports at the time, Mr. Moon and 15 others, including family members, were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul. There were no fatalities.)\n\nIn its early years in the United States, the Unification Church was widely viewed as little more than a cult, one whose polite, well-scrubbed members, known derisively as Moonies, sold flowers and trinkets on street corners and married in mass weddings. In one of the last such events, in 2009, 10,000 couples exchanged or renewed vows before Mr. Moon at Sun Moon University near Seoul.\n\nPhoto\n\nMr. Moon, center, with his wife in 1997. He founded the Unification Church in 1954.Credit\nJ. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press\n\nA Focus on Marriage\n\nSuch weddings were the activity most associated with Mr. Moon in the United States. They were in keeping with a central tenet of his theology, a mix of Eastern philosophy, biblical teachings and what he called God\u2019s revelations to him.\n\nIn the church\u2019s view, Jesus had failed in his mission to purify mankind because he was crucified before being able to marry and have children. Mr. Moon saw himself as completing the unfulfilled task of Jesus: to restore humankind to a state of perfection by producing sinless children, and by blessing couples who would produce them.\n\nMarriage was a key part of achieving salvation, and for a couple the marriage was as much a commitment to the church as it was to each other.\n\nIn a ceremony involving 2,075 couples at Madison Square Garden in 1982, for example, the men wore identical blue suits and the women lace and satin gowns. Mr. Moon was said to have made the matches, based on questionnaires, photographs and the recommendations of church officials.\n\nOften the couples had met only weeks earlier or could speak to each other only through an interpreter. Many had to remain separated for several years, doing church work, before they were allowed to consummate the unions.\n\nMr. Moon struggled against bad publicity. He was sent to prison on tax evasion charges and accused of influence-buying and of maintaining ties to the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He denied both allegations. In the late 1970s he was caught up in a Congressional investigation into attempts by South Korea to influence American policy. There were battles with local officials over zoning for church buildings and tax-exempt status.\n\nAs his church grew more prominent in the 1970s and \u201980s, it became embroiled in lawsuits over soliciting funds, acquiring property and recruiting followers. Defectors wrote damaging books. From 1973 to 1986 at least 400 of the church\u2019s flock were abducted by their family members to undergo \u201cdeprogramming,\u201d according to an estimate by David G. Bromley, a professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and an expert on Mr. Moon. The church denied that it had brainwashed its followers, saying members joined and stayed of their own free will.\n\nMr. Moon said he was the victim of religious oppression and ethnic bias because of his Korean heritage. Established churches were angered, he said, because they felt threatened by his movement.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t blame those people who call us heretics,\u201d he was quoted as saying in \u201cSun Myung Moon and the Unification Church\u201d (1977), a sympathetic account by Frederick Sontag. \u201cWe are indeed heretics in their eyes because the concept of our way of life is revolutionary: We are going to liberate God.\u201d\n\nProminent people were paid to appear at Moon-linked conferences. The first President George Bush did so after he left office. Others, like former President Gerald R. Ford, Bill Cosby, Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Jack Kemp, attended banquets and gatherings, sometimes saying later that they had not known of a connection between Mr. Moon and the organizations that invited them.\n\nPersonal setbacks marked Mr. Moon\u2019s later years. In 1984, a son, Heung Jin, died at 17 from injuries sustained in a car crash. Another son, Young Jin Moon, who was 21, committed suicide in 1999 by jumping from a 17th-story balcony at Harrah\u2019s hotel in Reno, Nev. In 1995 Nansook Hong, the wife of his eldest son, Hyo Jin Moon, who at one time was Mr. Moon\u2019s heir apparent, broke from the family and wrote a book characterizing her husband as a womanizing cocaine user who watched pornographic movies and beat her, once when she was seven months pregnant.\n\nMs. Hong portrayed the entire Moon family as dysfunctional, spoiled and divided by intrigue and hypocrisy. (She also wrote that the church believed that the spirit of Heung Jin had returned for a time in the body of a Zimbabwean man who traveled the world and, with Mr. Moon\u2019s sanction, beat straying church members.)\n\nFrom early on Mr. Moon was revered by his followers as the messiah, and in 1992 he conferred that title on himself. He also declared that he and his second wife, Hak Ja Han, were the \u201ctrue parents of all humanity.\u201d\n\nMr. Moon founded the Unification Church in South Korea in 1954 and began organizing it on a large scale in the United States in the early 1970s. It eventually claimed up to three million members worldwide, but historians of religion dispute that number, estimating a membership of 50,000 at the church\u2019s height in the late 1970s, with only a few thousand in the United States. Membership has been difficult to evaluate more recently; church officials give different estimates and often define membership differently, according to an individual\u2019s level of involvement.\n\nBuilding an Empire\n\nMr. Moon\u2019s organizations established connections with African-American religious leaders, and he made forays into culture and education, establishing a ballet company in South Korea and financing a ballet school in Washington. In 1992 an organization with ties to Mr. Moon rescued the University of Bridgeport, in Connecticut, from bankruptcy, pouring in $110 million in subsidies over a decade and taking effective control. Mr. Moon received an honorary degree.\n\nThe university\u2019s administration denied that the church had influence, but critics of the arrangement contended that students were being lured into church training with the promise of scholarships, noted that the church had opened a boarding school on campus for members\u2019 children, and said that the church had used the university to import money, in the form of tuition, as well as followers, in the form of the many foreign students who attended.\n\nAn error has occurred. Please try again later.\n\nYou are already subscribed to this email.\n\nFor a time Mr. Moon lived in an 18-acre compound in Irvington, N.Y., which Ms. Hong described as having a ballroom, two dining rooms (one with a pond and waterfall), a kitchen with six pizza ovens and a bowling alley upstairs. The church owned another estate, Belvedere, in nearby Tarrytown. Farther north along the Hudson River, the church founded the Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, N.Y. On its Web site, it sometimes is referred to as \u201cU.T.S.: The Interfaith Seminary.\u201d Mr. Moon\u2019s business ventures in South Korea at one time or another included construction, hospitals, schools, ski resorts, newspapers, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, beverages and a professional soccer team. He also had commercial interests in Japan, where right-wing nationalist donors were said to be one source of financing.\n\nIn the United States, Mr. Moon had interests in commercial fishing, jewelry, fur products, construction and real estate. He bought many properties in the New York area, including the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown Manhattan and the Manhattan Center nearby.\n\nAt one time or another he controlled newspapers including Noticias del Mundo and The New York City Tribune; four publications in South Korea; a newspaper in Japan, The Sekai Nippo; The Middle East Times in Greece; Tiempos del Mundo in Argentina; and \u00daltimas Noticias in Uruguay. In 2000, a church affiliate bought what was left of United Press International.\n\nThe extent of his holdings was somewhat of a mystery, but one figure gives a clue: Mr. Moon acknowledged that in the two decades since the founding of The Washington Times in 1982, he pumped in more than $1 billion in subsidies to keep it going.\n\nPhoto\n\nMr. Moon receiving an honorary degree from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, which was saved from bankruptcy by a group tied to him.Credit\nBob Child/Associated Press\n\nThe church said its various operations earned tens of millions of dollars a year worldwide.\n\nIn their book \u201cCults and New Religions\u201d (2006), Mr. Bromley and Douglas E. Cowan wrote that according to church doctrine, a member \u201crecognizes Moon\u2019s messianic status, agrees to contribute to the payment of personal indemnity for human sinfulness, and looks forward to receiving the marital Blessing and building a restored world of sinless families.\u201d\n\nSun Myung Moon was born on Jan. 6, 1920, in a small rural town in what is now North Korea, according to his official biography. When he was 10, his family joined the Presbyterian Church. When he was a teenager, around Easter 1935, according to Unification Church lore, Jesus appeared to him and anointed him God\u2019s choice to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth.\n\nA secular education beckoned, and in 1941 Mr. Moon entered Waseda University in Japan, where he studied electrical engineering. Two years later he returned to Korea and married Sun Kil Choi, who bore him a son. In 1946, leaving them behind, he moved to Pyongyang, now the capital of North Korea, to found the Kwang-Ya Church, a predecessor of the Unification Church. He was imprisoned by the Communist authorities, and later said that they had tortured him.\n\nHe was freed in 1950 \u2014 by United Nations forces, his official biography says \u2014 and was said to have walked 320 miles to Pusan, on the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. There, as the account goes, he built a church with United States Army ration boxes and lived in a mountainside shack.\n\nDespite the centrality of marriage in his developing theology, Mr. Moon divorced Ms. Choi in 1952 (something that was glossed over in the official biography) and the following year moved to Seoul, where he founded the Unification Church in 1954. Within a year, about 30 church centers had sprung up.\n\nBefore the decade was out, he published \u201cThe Divine Principle,\u201d a dense exposition of his theology that has been revised several times; in her book, Ms. Hong, his daughter-in-law, said it was written by an early disciple based on Mr. Moon\u2019s notes and conversation. He sent his first church emissaries to Japan, the source of early growth, and the United States, and began building his Korean business empire.\n\nRumors of sexual relations with disciples, which the church denied, dogged the young evangelist, and he fathered a child in 1954. In 1960, Mr. Moon married the 17-year-old Hak Ja Han, who would bear him 13 children and be anointed \u201ctrue parent.\u201d\n\nHe embarked on world tours over the next decade and in 1972 settled in the United States, seeing it as the promised land for church growth. \u201cI came to America primarily to declare the New Age and new truth,\u201d he is quoted as saying in the book \u201cSun Myung Moon and the Unification Church.\u201d\n\nHe took an interest in politics, urging that President Richard M. Nixon be forgiven for his role in the Watergate crisis. Church leaders plotted a strategy to defend the president and held rallies in support of Nixon that drew thousands to Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden and the National Mall.\n\nMr. Moon\u2019s interests expanded into film when a church-linked company backed the 1982 movie \u201cInchon,\u201d a $42 million Korean War epic notable for bad reviews and the casting of Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur.\n\nPhoto\n\nMr. Moon in 2009.Credit\nYonhap, via European Pressphoto Agency\n\nA Litany of Scandals\n\nIn the late 1970s, Mr. Moon came under the scrutiny of federal authorities, mainly over allegations that he was involved in efforts by the South Korean government to bribe members of Congress to support President Park Chung-hee. A Congressional subcommittee said there was evidence of ties between Mr. Moon and Korean intelligence, and that the church had raised money and moved it across borders in violation of immigration and local charity laws.\n\nThen, in October 1981, Mr. Moon was named in a 12-count federal indictment. He was accused of failing to report $150,000 in income from 1973 to 1975, a sum consisting of interest from $1.6 million that he had deposited in New York bank accounts in his own name, according to the indictment.\n\n\u201cI would not be standing here today if my skin were white and my religion were Presbyterian,\u201d Mr. Moon said after the charges were announced. \u201cI am here today only because my skin is yellow and my religion is Unification Church.\u201d\n\nHe called the case a government conspiracy to force him out of the country.\n\nMr. Moon was convicted the next year of tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice and sentenced to 18 months in prison. He was assigned to kitchen duty.\n\nAs his church\u2019s fortunes declined in the United States, Mr. Moon revised his pro-American views. In a 1997 speech, he said America had \u201cpersecuted\u201d him. He also attacked homosexuals and American women.\n\nMr. Moon and his church largely dropped from public view in the late \u201990s and 2000s, but once in a while they attracted attention. In 2001, a Roman Catholic archbishop from Zambia, Emmanuel Milingo, married a Korean woman in a multiple wedding performed by Mr. Moon. The archbishop then renounced the union.\n\nOne of the more bizarre moments in Mr. Moon\u2019s later years came on March 23, 2004, at what was described as a peace awards banquet, held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Members of Congress were among the guests. At one point Representative Danny K. Davis, an Illinois Democrat, wearing white gloves, carried in on a pillow one of two gold crowns that were placed on Mr. Moon and his wife.\n\nSome of the members of Congress said they had no idea that Mr. Moon was to be involved in the banquet, though it was hosted by the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, a foundation affiliated with the Unification Church.\n\nAt the banquet, Mr. Moon said emperors, kings and presidents had \u201cdeclared to all heaven and earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity\u2019s savior, messiah, returning lord and true parent.\u201d\n\nHe added that the founders of the world\u2019s great religions, along with figures like Marx, Lenin, Hitler and Stalin, had \u201cfound strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons.\u201d\n\nA version of this article appears in print on September 3, 2012, on Page A17 of the New York edition with the headline: Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Founder of the Unification Church, Dies at 92. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe"}
-{"text": "The incident first spread among the owners of Shanyu Qinghui, and then the owners reported to the police. The kindergarten also cooperated with the police to investigate.\n\nKindergarten staff said that according to the investigation progress that the kindergarten authorities have learned, the owner suspected that the fake school bus may be temporarily to pick up another group of children in the community today.\n\nThat car was temporarily dispatched. Maybe parents recognized the wrong car. Older grandparents thought it was the school bus that broke down.\n\nThe staff member said that at present, the community property has been told by the owners that the fake school bus is a misunderstanding, and more accurate investigation results, kindergartens are also waiting for the notification of the police.\n\nThen why is there such a notice?\n\nThe staff explained that they were afraid of parents concerns before they issued a statement.\n\nThe police have refuted the rumor.\n\nNotice from relevant owners group.\n\nAn owner living in Shanyu Qinghui District told Nandu reporters that this morning, the news spread among the owners. After the alarm, Merlin police station investigated the matter and found it was a misunderstanding afterwards.\n\nIn fact, the driver of the Piggy Bus temporarily asked another driver to work overtime. The driver didnt know who to pick up. He just saw someone waiting and asked them to get on. The police have made a rumor in the group. The owners of the neighbouring communities such as Lan Jiang Shan have also carried out rumours.\n\nThe actual situation is\n\nThe driver of the Piggy Bus temporarily asked another driver to work overtime. The driver did not know who to pick up. When he saw someone waiting, he asked them to get on. The police have made a rumor in the group. The owners of the neighbouring communities such as Lan Jiang Shan have also carried out rumours."}
-{"text": "Members have been joining us on our mission to make insurance clear and simple, to help them make the right choices when buying insurance.\n\nWe know that insurance buying can be complex, so we\u2019re looking at how we can do something uniquely open and co-operative.\n\nWe have come up with 20 measures that we thought might help customers make decisions about their insurance policies with a bit more clarity and certainty. These ranged from using infographics to explain what a typical person might want to cover, to disclosing usually confidential data about the number of customers claiming on certain policy add-ons for example.\n\nWe asked Co-op Members to consider which of these transparent ideas were the ones they most valued, and which were simply non-starters.\n\nMembers joined us at workshops in Manchester and London to talk through all the ideas on the table, and many more joined in online to answer questions about one specific measure we were exploring; a personalised video summary of an insurance policy, sent out after a new policy has been bought.\n\nHere\u2019s what we heard from the workshops:\n\nmembers were pretty positive about all of the ideas\n\na few ideas were welcomed by everyone, like the infographic, and using members\u2019 experiences to illustrate different policy areas. Members especially liked examples of why other members did and didn\u2019t buy add-ons\n\nworkshop attendees were divided on whether customer reviews and personalised policy summary videos would be of use to them\n\nMembers participating online were more positive about the idea of personalised policy summary videos:\n\n80% of Members participating online said that they would watch a film setting out the details of their policy, if one was provided\n\nthose who said they wouldn\u2019t instead suggested that they\u2019d rather read a policy document, or that they found the idea a bit \u2018gimmicky\u2019\n\n39% said it was the video\u2019s \u2018ease and simplicity\u2019 that particularly appealed, with a further 23% liking the fact that it communicated the key bits of info they needed to know\n\nHere\u2019s what the insurance policy video could look like:\n\nWe\u2019ve taken away some great learning from the Members who joined in and we\u2019re already using what they\u2019ve told us to shift our openness and transparency up a gear.\n\nWe\u2019re going to be rolling out 5 of the ideas that Members considered most useful over the next 6-12 months. And we received enough of a steer to convince us that the video policy summaries could be of real use, so we\u2019re actively exploring this too.\n\nHopefully, the changes we\u2019ll implement will help make choosing the right insurance that bit easier for everyone, so a huge thank you to all who got involved to make this happen.\n\nThere are always opportunities to get involved with your Co-op, just head over to Join In."}
-{"text": "Find Premium Professional WordPress themes that suit your requirement\n\nHow to Fix Render-Blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress\n\nDo you want to make your website blisteringly fast, offer the best web user experience you can and hit that much desired \u201c100\u201d Google PageSpeed Score? Then you will need to fix render blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress along with other factors in the first instance. In this article, we are going to share some of the simplest methods to help you eliminate render blocking JavaScript and CSS easily so that you can enjoy a speedier website, higher search engine and page testing results, more satisfied web users.\n\nWhat is Render-Blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress?\nIf you have chosen WordPress as your favorite content management system to get started with, then you have probably managed to test and try different themes and plugins over the time. Each of them add special charm and functionality to your site making it more presentable and serviceable for your visitors. And whenever you choose a theme or plugin for your WordPress site, it adds JavaScript and CSS files to your site\u2019s front end. These are scripts which can affect your site\u2019s page load time in a positive direction, as well as block rendering of the page. This is because those scripts add JavaScript and CSS files which may slow down your webpage speed. These files are known as render blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress.\n\nWhy do You Need to Eliminate Render-Blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress?\nWhen it comes to perfect user experience and user retention, the speed of your webpages comes as a top priority. Speed matters the most when a user lands on your website and takes a journey across the web pages. When a new branded product comes out, people rush to be the first to see or buy it. Whenever something exclusive happens, reporters and journalists do their best to be the first to announce it and millions of people are glued to their mobiles or TVs to waiting for it. And as we might expect, people want the same fluidity and speed when browsing your site. They are going to wait only for nanoseconds for your site or page to be loaded. On the whole, the speedy performance of a website is what determines your success in the digital realm.\n\nThe web page speed is also an important factor in search engine rankings as Google and other major search systems just love speedy sites and rank them higher. Therefore, making sure you have eliminated render blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress is of absolute necessity to win that \u201cspeed\u201d competition online at least to some extent.\n\nIn this relation, you\u2019d need to use web performance and speed testing tools to understand whether there are some improvements to be done or whether there is render blocking JavaScript and CSS to be fixed.\n\nGoogle PageSpeed Insights (https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) is one of such useful tools enabling you to analyze your site and its performance. It will also give your site a score and suggest the improvements you can do for better results in the future.\n\nThus, when Google PageSpeed Insights identifies render blocking scripts, the next step is to fix this issue.\n\nOne of the simplest ways you can follow to get rid of the issue we are discussing is to use Autoptimize plugin.\nInstall and activate the plugin, then go to Settings, Autoptimize for configuring the settings. Select \u201cOptimize JavaScript Code\u201d and \u201cOptimize CSS Code\u201d. Save changes and go back to PageSpeed tool to test your site again. If render blocking scripts are still active, you will need to go back to the plugin and manage advanced settings. Here you can set the plugin to aggregate inline JS or exclude some scripts as jquer.js and others.\n\nAs for CSS, you can also choose to aggregate inline CSS. As soon as the needed configuration id done, click \u201cSave Changes and Empty Cache\u201d.\n\nW3 Total Cache is the next hero in WP website performance e optimization battle. Thousands of web admins use this tool to make their websites more SEO optimized and quick in performance, so you don\u2019t need to worry about the effectiveness of W3 Total Cache, especially when it is optimized for progressive render.\n\nWhat this plugin actually offers you is minifying JavaScript files and CSS you select and suggest. 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It minifies HTML and JavaScript to optimize page load time, as well as minifies and inlines CSS styles by moving them to the footer to remove external render blocking CSS.\n\nSome of the basic features this plugin will give you access to are as follows:\nEliminate render blocking JavaScript and CSS in the above the fold content\nremove render blocking JavaScript\noptimize CSS delivery\nminify JavaScript and minify CSS"}
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-{"text": "Some would say it was only a matter of time: Justin Bieber has been arrested in Miami Beach on suspicion of DUI, resisting arrest without violence and driving with an invalid license after police witnessed a drag racing incident in Lamborghinis in the wee hours Thursday morning.\n\nThe details come according to a police report obtained by Nation Now, which also revealed that the Biebs had, police said, a \"stupor look\" with glassy eyes and a smell of alcohol coming off him. While the officer searched Bieber, the singer allegedly cussed him out, stating he had no weapons and asking, profanely, why he had to be patted down.\n\nBieber was then administered a field sobriety test, during which he \"did not perform to standards.\" He was taken into custody pending a first court appearance. Both vehicles \u2014 the other driver, rapper Khalil, was also arrested \u2014 were taken to a police garage, according to Nation Now.\n\nInteresting tidbit: According to TMZ, Justin's dad Jeremy Bieber, 38, was on the scene at the time of the alleged racing, during which police said the cars hit 55-60 in a 30 mph residential zone. The road was blocked by SUVs, according to the report, and TMZ said the senior Bieber helped put that in place. Dad was with his son all day, including at the nightclub where Justin was allegedly partying before the incident.\n\nBieber, who's on a break from touring, has been courting trouble on both coasts, most recently making news for dropping big bucks (some say up to $75,000) in a 21-and-over strip club in Miami, where he's been all week.\n\nBefore that, Bieber faced a search of his Calabasas home after allegedly egging his neighbor's home to the tune of $20,000 in damage. During the search, a buddy, Lil Za, was arrested on suspicion of felony drug possession.\n\nThings have gone from bad to worse for Lil Za, a Justin Bieber BFF who was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of felony drug possession: While in custody, he allegedly vandalized a phone in the jailhouse, so now he is facing a felony charge related to that as well.\n\nHow much trouble is Justin Bieber in this time around? The pop singer was served with a search warrant Tuesday morning at his Calabasas mansion and detained, along with seven others in his house, while about a dozen law enforcement officers did their thing."}
-{"text": "THIS MACHINE MOCKS FASCISTS\n\nYour Thread to Keep You Occupied for Today: Tuesday\n\nWork, work, work. While I\u2019m off, here\u2019s another Thread to Keep You Occupied for Today.\n\nPlease to answer the following question:\n\nYou have the ability to expunge one song from the history of your favorite musical artist. Name the artist and song. Because even your favorite musician has a song that totally sucks, and you know that for sure.\n\nNot really a song, but The album \u201cA Little Light Music\u201d with musics from Mozart. That album should not exist. I bought it mistaking it for \u201cA Little Night Music\u201d and needless to say, I was disappointed.\n\nPearl Jam: \u201cWishlist\u201d. I bought the first four Pearl Jam albums religiously (\u201cTen\u201d was my introduction to Rock and Roll, so it has an extra special place in my heart). \u201cWishlist\u201d is the reason I didn\u2019t buy \u201cYield\u201d, and after that I drifted away from listening to mainstream rock\u2013mostly by turning off the radio.\n\nDevin Townsend: None. No song. His back catalog is immaculate. (And the only thing I\u2019m really missing of his is the Punky Br\u00fcster album, which I expect is as well thought out and polished as anything he\u2019s ever done.)\n\nRecorded during Joel\u2019s \u201cbeing married to Christie Brinkley is affecting my songwriting ability\u201d period, this anti-teen suicide ditty is the musical equivalent of an After School Special. If I ever get the time machine working again, this song gets erased.\n\nOh God, that\u2019s an easy one: \u201cThe Wrestler\u201d by Bruce Springsteen, a laughably morose song that features some shockingly pathetic lyrics. At one point he plaintively sings \u201cHave you ever seen a one-legged dog/making his way down the street?\u201d\n\nA ONE-legged dog? Ah, that would be a big no, Bossman. I don\u2019t think a one-legged dog would be goin\u2019 ANYwhere. I mean, snails move with one foot, but most critters require a bare minimum of two to accomplish much in the way of forward motion.\n\nDid I mention I thought the movie was for crap too?\n\nIt\u2019s okay, though, all I have to do is put on THE RISING and I\u2019m ready to forgive him.\n\nHugh: FAVORITE artist. I can think of plenty of artists whose back catalog I would wipe from history\u2013name your favorite punk-pop band. (If I could rage a scorched earth campaign against the back catalog of all punk-pop bands\u2013just the back catalogs, not the people, they have every right to exist\u2013I would burn the fields and salt the earth with cobalt-60. Other metalheads have similar feelings about other genres.)\n\nThe other interesting bit is asking yourself \u201cWhy is that the one that sticks out like a sore thumb?\u201d I like Pearl Jam\u2019s progressive-yet-down-to-earth hardrock sound. The music is approachable and punchy, but still highly complicated (\u201cTen\u201d is the epitome of this sound). It also lacks any of the overt sexism of 80s rock\u2013which ends up getting cheesier as it ages, and Pearl Jam has never had that problem (if you think Pearl Jam is cheesy, you probably thought that in 1991). \u201cWishlist\u201d is none of these things and it got way overplayed.\n\n\u201cFriday I\u2019m In Love\u201d is kind of the perky Cure song. The lyrical content is mostly nonsensical, but a little depressing if you try to overthink it (which my mother-in-law did, and does not understand the appeal of the song\u2013she thinks it\u2019s horrible to only like Fridays, and despise the entire rest of the week. A bit too straight-forward a reading, methinks). But if you are looking for the sound that by-and-large defines The Cure and albums like Disintegration, that song stands out, and of course, it was wildly popular and overplayed.\n\nKate Wolf\u2019s godawful early protest song Agent Orange. They killed him back in Vietnam, and he didn\u2019t even care. I cannot tell a lie, it was me with my little TARDIS!\n\nDavid Bowie\u2019s Laughing Gnome is famously horrid, but I prefer to preserve it as a homage to the whimsicality of existence. In formaldehyde, and on a purpose-built island somewhere in Dubai where Bacchus and I shall never go \u2013 but preserved it must be.\n\nThe Police\u2019s \u201cMother\u201d off the synchronicity album. I edit it out whenever I rip albums because Summers\u2019 freaking out is just too jarring sandwiched between the relatively jaunty Miss Gradenko and whatever comes before that.\n\npnkrokhockeymom@28: didn\u2019t see your post (I think ours went through at the same time\u2013as my submit refresh updated to #23), but nice to know you don\u2019t hate-hate the song. Also, I\u2019m not offended, just trying to pick apart why (nice to know I got it in one). Again, I\u2019m sure someone on here likes \u201cWishlist\u201d (I, unfortunately, find \u201cWishlist\u201d to be grating enough that I actively dislike it. So, I do hate a song by one of my favorite bands, but I\u2019ll live and still love the rest of their music. I don\u2019t even hold any resentment for them writing and publishing the song.)\n\nBesides, Devin Townsend\u2019s music is still note-perfect. I have high hopes for Addicted. OMFG, it is going to be good. He posted a teaser on his myspace the other day.\n\nAlso, Hugh, didn\u2019t see your later post when mine went through. Sorry for the later reprimand.\n\nLook, I know that his crossovers on American Recordings are made of win and awesome (i.e. U2\u2019s \u201cOne,\u201d Tom Petty\u2019s \u201cI Won\u2019t Back Down,\u201d and most especially Nine Inch Nails\u2019 \u201cHurt\u201d)\u2026 but Marilyn ****ing MANSON? (Yes, I know it was originally Depeche Mode. No one of my generation cares, all they know is that\u2026 thing\u2019s version.) How Cash let Rick Rubin talk him into it we will never know.\n\nMatt Nathanson \u2014 Come On Get Higher (I\u2019ve been following Matt for about 10 years, and I\u2019m trying really hard not to do a \u201che\u2019s popular so now he sucks\u201d thing. It would help if he had gotten popular off of a better song. Or even a better arrangement \u2014 his original arrangement of COGH was much better, then for the album and single release he basically neutered it and it became a wimpy soft-rock thing, and that\u2019s what turned into a hit. ARGH.)\n\nThe thing is, even a bad song performed by a favorite artist still has its appeal, if you are truly a fan of the performer.\n\nHowever, the exception that proves this rule is the cover of \u201cDancing in the Streets\u201d by Mick Jagger and David Bowie. Even having been recorded for the benefit of starving African children cannot imbue this recording with any social value whatsoever.\n\nI sort of want to say \u201cI Never Talk to Strangers\u201d by Tom Waits (featuring Bette Midler), except that I worry about the temporal consequences: without \u201cStrangers\u201d there might be no \u201cOne from the Heart\u201d soundtrack, and I can live with the song if it means I get \u201cEmpty Pockets\u201d and \u201cLittle Boy Blue\u201d.\n\nSteve Goodman\u2019s \u201cFourteen Days.\u201d It\u2019s the only song of his that I didn\u2019t transfer over to MP3 when I ripped my CD library. It\u2019s not so much that it sucks as that it\u2019s so gratuitously depressing that I wish I\u2019d never heard it, and am trying to arrange to never hear it again. That, despite the fact that Steve Goodman, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton are my three favorite artists.\n\nActually, anything X did with Ray Manzerak on the organ. Insane circus lilts worked for The Doors. Not so much for X. I imagine that if Exene Cervenka sang of kilter harmonies with Jim Morisson it would have sounded just as awful.\n\nAlthough I\u2019m stretching for that. My musical tastes are way too diverse. First, I don\u2019t really have a favorite band as such. It would change from day to day and mood to mood. If I did have to choose a favorite artist in any genre, it would probably be either Miles Davis or Thelonious Monk, and there\u2019s nothing in either of their catalogs that I would banish.\n\nPearl Jam is one of my absolute faves \u2013 like Jeff @13, Ten was a formative album for me, and remains one of my top five, must-have-when-stranded-on-a-desert-island albums. That said, I think the band crested with Vitalogy, if for no other reason than the brilliance of songs like \u201cCorduroy\u201d, \u201cNothingman\u201d, and \u201cTremor Christ\u201d. (It should be noted that I\u2019ve not yet listened to Backspacer in its entirety, though I like what I\u2019ve heard so far)\n\nHowever, I simply cannot stand the ill-advised, almost contemptuous inclusion of \u201cHey Foxymophandlemama. That\u2019s Me (Stupid Mop)\u201d as the closing track. Utterly pointless, noise-driven dreck. Even \u201cBugs\u201d, with its grating accordion track, outperforms this experimental slop. If I had a Tardis\u2026 well, it\u2019s not the first thing I\u2019d do, or even the 101st, but eventually I\u2019d get around to going back and stopping them from ever recording this.\n\nI had been trying to make up my mind about a bad Bowie, and was leaning very strongly toward Dancing In The Streets, but I think I have to go with Memory of A Free Festival. As for Everybody Hurts by REM, funny, but that song had always been one that worked for me. Then I realized that the awful, arty video for it was probably killing the song for people. So yeah, I sympathize. Lesson: avoid videos.\n\nI have trouble picking a favorite band, so I\u2019m gonna give this a few tries.\n\nMoxy Fruvous: One of \u201cAsh Hash\u201d, \u201cYour New Boyfriend\u201d, or \u201cThe Incredible Medicine Show\u201d. \u201cYou Will Go To The Moon\u201d was such an up-and-down album.\n\nJonathan Coulton: Discarding some of his weird experimental crap from the early Thing-A-Week days, I guess I could do without \u201cOverhead\u201d.\n\nJamie Cullum and Ben Folds each have a few songs I\u2019m not too enthusiastic about, but nothing I can pinpoint for total expungement.\n\nTally Hall: I could really do without \u201cWelcome to Tally Hall\u201d. They muddied up an otherwise excellent track with a bunch of rapping. A bit of it\u2019s clever, but most of it just feels clumsy. (Also, \u201cTwo Wuv\u201d, but mostly because I\u2019ve been sick of the Olsen twins for at least a decade.)\n\nThat song ruins an otherwise fantastic album (The Cold and the Crackle) by showing up in the middle of the CD and having absolutely nothing musically to do with anything that goes before or comes after. Plus, it\u2019s a truly lousy song. What the hell were they thinking even recording that, much less actually putting it on the album?\n\n\u201cTime Passages\u201d by Al Stewart. He did weaker but inoffensive songs, but this one is annoying, especially when he whines the title words in the lyrics, and it also got very popular, though not as popular as \u201cYear of the Cat\u201d.\n\nEven Al Stewart himself didn\u2019t like it: \u201cI didn\u2019t realize truly how bad a song it was until one day I was in an elevator and I was listening to what I thought was Muzak. About 30 seconds went by, and I finally began to recognize it and said to myself, \u2018This sounds pretty horrible.\u2019 Then, horror of horrors, I heard my voice come on, it actually was the record. So I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Oh my God what have I done, this is terrible!'\u201d\n\nEasy. \u201cPunk Love\u201d by Magnetic Fields off their magnum (and I do mean magnum) opus, 69 Love Songs. It\u2019s not punk, it has horrible Chipmunks-style vocals, and it displays neither the songwriting chops nor the brilliantly witty lyrics (\u201cPunk rock love, punk rock, punk rock love\u201d is repeated throughout) that Stephin Merritt is deservedly famous for. Its only redeeming feature is that it\u2019s less than a minute long.\n\nI love the guy, but holy sweet baby pickles what the fuck was he thinking? It\u2019s one of the most horrifying things I\u2019ve ever heard. It\u2019s like finding out your beloved sweet grayhaired grandmother had a wild jungle monkey threesome with Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter \u2013 and there\u2019s video, on the Internet.\n\nScott Forbes: I like \u201cYou\u2019re Only Human (Second Wind).\u201d If we\u2019re going to delete a Billy Joel song, let\u2019s get rid of \u201cPiano Man.\u201d It\u2019s bloodyfucking depressing, drones on and on and on, and the instrument you remember more than anything else isn\u2019t the piano, it\u2019s the harmonica.\n\nI agree with the poster above who ripped on \u201cIt\u2019s Hard\u201d as being just horrible. This was what a great band wanted to go out on as their final album?? (Yeah, yeah I know about Wire, but have never listened to it, I am afraid it would just be too painful.)\n\n@74 Phil: Heh, no worries. As far as the demon-spawn thing, I wouldn\u2019t dignify Manson with a title. NiN pegged him exactly right in \u201cStar****ers, Inc.\u201d \u2013 \u201ca skinny little b**** trying to make the scene.\u201d Dude never shocked most people. He just bored us.\n\nCan we purge albums instead? I think the back catalog of Duran Duran would be a happier place without their ill-advised \u201ccovers album\u201d, Thank You. \u201cWhite Lines\u201d was kickass when they played it live, but the rest could go and not be missed.\n\nPearl Jam \u2013 Parachutes. The only PJ song I ever skip past on any of the studio records.\n\nI must admit, I\u2019m surprised by the anti-Wishlist thread here. Stupid Mop I expected. Maybe someone would Jeremy was overplayed or Evenflow is overrated. But an innocuous little tune like Wishlist? I think it\u2019s soothing (maybe not what Ed was going for but still).\n\n@GaryG #98: Hey, do you know whether Husker Du ever recorded \u201cLove is All Around,\u201d the Mary Tyler Moore theme song? I heard them play it once, and it was amazing (way better than the Joan Jett version).\n\n@GeorgeMi #104: Berlin! They played my Senior Night at Disneyland in 1983. Good times. Haven\u2019t thought about them in years; must go find their cover of \u201cBig Time.\u201d\n\nYou specified my favorite artist, and therefore I shall limit myself to Pink Floyd, and select \u201cMoney\u201d. I am not, of course, referring to the totally freaking awesome version they recorded on the best album ever made, Dark Side of the Moon\u2013but the note-for-note studio re-recording of the song that they put on A Collection of Great Dance Songs, which managed, somehow, to retain nearly every aspect of the original while excising every last milligram of soul.\n\nBut if we broaden the question a bit, this is the change I would most like to make to music history: I would go out and buy a brand new CD of the Beatles\u2019 Let It Be\u2026 Naked, dub it onto half-track open-reel tape, jump in the time machine, and drop it off at EMI records in 1970 with a note saying \u201cSave the money on Phil Spector and release this. You\u2019re welcome.\u201d\n\nLuisa @36: I wasn\u2019t fond of \u201cAll of My Love,\u201d thinking it just a ballad to some girl, until I found out that it was dedicated to Robert Plant\u2019s son Karak, who died suddenly at the age of 6. Now I find it very poignant.\n\nI think that the Eagles \u201cOne of These Nights\u201d is a perfect album except for \u201cI Wish You Peace\u201d at the end, which seems like a wispy and somewhat anticlimactic song to finish on.\n\nProps to Tundragirl way back @ 52 for naming the song that killed my favorite band for me (\u201cLips Like Sugar\u201d). However, the true beginning of the end for Echo far as I\u2019m concerned was \u201cSilver\u201d off Ocean Rain, so that\u2019s my choice.\n\nAnd on that tip, the chief runner-up is another \u201cSilver,\u201d this one by the Pixies. Everything else on Doolittle is absolutely sterling so why\u2019d they have to use this clunker?\n\nOther runners-up: Midnight Oil, \u201cWhoa\u201d from Diesel & Dust; the Clash, everything from the last Mick/Topper album except \u201cCar Jamming\u201d and maybe \u201cStraight to Hell\u201d (cue up Too Much Joy: \u201cevery great band should be shot/before they get the chance to make their Combat Rock\u201d); REM, \u201cOddfellows Local 151\u201d (didn\u2019t realize how much I disliked the song until I saw them on the Document tour and some drunken lout in the seat nearby kept calling out \u201cFireHOUSE!\u201d at every lull).\n\n@83 Nicholas Waller\u2013 \u201cTime Passages\u201d is weak, and undeserving of such popularity when Al has so much better, but \u201cFootball Hero\u201d off his most recent album is almost unlistenable to me. Additionally, it feels incredibly out of place on the album. Ugh.\n\nAlmost in a similar vein, \u201cThe Sporting Life\u201d by the Decemberists is almost unbearable. Not a strong lyric, and Colin Meloy\u2019s nasal voice really works against him in this case.\n\nAfter a lot of thought about this after my initial reaction earlier today, I\u2019m going for \u201cIn Another Land\u201d off of \u201cTheir Satanic Majesties Request\u201d by The Rolling Stones. If I could, I would expunge the whole album, despite it having a few songs that people seem to be fond of (\u201cSing This All Together\u201d, \u201cShe\u2019s A Rainbow\u201d, and \u201c2000 Light Years From Home\u201d). I think that those songs are only good by comparison with the rest of this steaming pile of crap that is the Stones trying to one-up Sgt. Pepper\u2019s.\n\nThe Tea Party was my formative teen angst band, and they got knocked off my list of favorite band ever by the abysmally bad last CD, Seven Circles. In particular, \u201cOceans.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf I promised an ocean would you care for the notion\u2026\nOf staying here and resting your weary head.\u201d\n\nIf we\u2019re going with current favorite bands, I\u2019d give the tie to Abney Park, (goodbye, horrid cover of White Wedding.) and Nightwish, (I could pick anything off their first CD, really, but we\u2019ll go with Elvenpath.)\n\nIt\u2019s not that the song is trite and treacly, it\u2019s that the song is plain bad. Bad in terms of lyrics, bad in terms of composition. It sounds to me like a case of Lennon throwing up his hands and telling McCartney, \u201cFine, put it in the damn album. I\u2019m sick of all this shit and I\u2019m just giving up.\u201d\n\nI don\u2019t condemn a song just because it\u2019s been played to death. I certainly don\u2019t condemn a song because I didn\u2019t like it when I first heard it, needing to listen to it a few times to understand it. If I did I wouldn\u2019t be able to stand The Who, Led Zeppelin, or the Moody Blues. I refuse to condemn a song because it is, in a word, \u201cpretentious\u201d. I condemn a song because it plain stinks on ice. The Long and Winding Road stinks on ice. The Long and Winding Road stinks on dry ice to a man born without olfactory bulbs. Its a bad song, simple as that.\n\nIn McCartney\u2019s independent work, Live and Let Die. Doesn\u2019t stink as bad as The Long and Winding Road, but it can still kill shit eating flies at a range of one mile.\n\nThere\u2019s a whole lot I would erase, but there\u2019s one that I have actually thoroughly expurged from my Itunes, it\u2019s Iron Maiden\u2019s \u201cCan I Play With Madness\u201d. It\u2019s the absolute worst thing they\u2019ve done, I grind my teeth whenever I hear the first five seconds\u2026\n\n@15 Kelly Norton \u2013\nreally, A Tout le Monde? I would think Megadeth has done so much worse than that \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll be there\u201d from Risk, for instance\u2026\n\nI know, I know \u2013 chart-topping, huge seller, yadda yadda yadda \u2013 but for me it went from \u201cquirky ditty, tolerable\u201d to \u201cmeh\u201d to \u201c$DEITY, not again\u201d to the audio equivalent of having one\u2019s eye socket reamed with an increasingly-splintered broom handle.\n\nI\u2019ll forego any other musical retro-chrono-nullification options against the chance that the particular dulcet grating of this one song never impinge upon these ears, thankyouverymuch.\n\nI scrolled all the way down waiting to see it, and it never appeared: REM\u2019s \u201cShiny Happy People\u201d.\nSure, \u201cEverybody Hurts\u201d was only good the first listen or two. But \u201cShiny Happy People\u201d makes me wince each and every time I hear it.\n\n@143 A lot of rock fans too Chad. I\u2019ve never met more than two Rush fans in the \u201creal\u201d world and I haven\u2019t come across The Dave Matthews Band before. Then again I grew up an Indie fan. (Mid-30s is a little generous though!)\n\nIron Maiden \u2013 \u201cPublic Enema Number One\u201d. Can you think of anything worse?\nMetallica \u2013 I am fought between \u201cInvisible Kid\u201d and \u201cMy Friend of Misery\u201d\nThe Pogues (with Shane, as without him it was a different band) \u2013 \u201cThe Auld Triangle\u201d\nThe Beatles \u2013 \u201cWild Honey Pie\u201d\nDavid Bowie \u2013 \u2026no, I can\u2019t think of anything.\nFrank Zappa \u2013 as above\n\n@130 Almost Lucy \u2013 That\u2019s a good song of his (Almost Lucy, not the Football Hero one\u2026 which is not great, but he has done weaker and worse I think. BTW my brother used to see him live in a small folk club in Bristol in 1969, memories here).\n\n@131 Cassie \u2013 I was going to pick something from The Moody Blues, but couldn\u2019t decide what as they\u2019ve done quite a few weak and irritating tracks to go with their good stuff (eg, the constantly fading-in-and-out Beyond instrumental on To Our Children\u2019s Children\u2019s Children, some of Ray Thomas\u2019s croony ballads, which feel out of place, or some of Graeme Edge\u2019s poems).\n\nHowever, their Timothy Leary song is Legend of a Mind, not House of Four Doors: \u201cHe\u2019ll fly his astral plane/He\u2019ll take you trips around the bay/He\u2019ll bring you back the same day/Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.\u201d\n\n@105 MasterThief: No the song is called \u201cWalk of Life\u201d it is on BROTHERS IN ARMS. \u201cPrivate Investigations\u201d is on LOVE OVER GOLD. Two completely different songs, though I admit I wouldn\u2019t cry if I never heard \u201cPrivate Investigations\u201d again.\n\nI never got around to buying the album COMMUNIQUE, so I don\u2019t recall ever hearing the title song. I probably should buy it to fill the gap in my collection.\n\nHaving grown up on Long Island, Billy Joel is an institution. While \u201cSecond Wind\u201d definitely sucked wind, it is the a soothing balm compared to the grotesque \u201cJames\u201d from the Turnstiles album. Bad music, (no, the electric piano synth sound from 1975 is NOT a good thing) insipid lyrics, and screwing up my favorite Billy Joal album.\n\nOne song that I would otherwise put in the list is \u201cEbony and Ivory\u201d by McCartney and Wonder. Speaking of \u201cafter-school special\u201d overload. But that song gave us my #1 favorite filk \u201cBuggery and Sodomy\u201d, so it\u2019s been redeemed.\n\nThomas (#18): As the Mountain Goats are also one of my favourite artists, I immediately went and downloaded \u201cWild Palm City.\u201d\n\nI can certainly understand that you might consider it to be your \u2018least favorite\u2019 MG song, as you wrote, but do you really think it \u2018totally sucks\u2019 and needs to be expunged from Darnielle\u2019s body of work (as per the brief)?\n\nI see that someone has put in a vote for Tori Amos \u201cProfessional Widow\u201d. I\u2019ve got agree that this is one of the worst songs in her catalogue, but my vote for That Which Must Be Removed is the monstrosity known as \u201cThe Beekeeper\u201d.\n\nKevin @ 155: I agree you may have a point, but consider that for Rush \u201cCaress \u2026\u201d had to occur, and nearly lose their record contract in the process, before they could decide \u201cscrew it!\u201d (ahem), and produce the magnum opus of \u2014 2112. So in that time machine historical sense, psychometrically speaking, the mind wonders.\n\nBozo @159: McCartney must have been ashamed of the original hit-record version of \u201cSilly Love Songs\u201d (who wouldn\u2019t have been?) because he reconfigured it for his 1984 vanity movie Give My Regards to Broad Street. Primarily, he made it musically more interesting by introducing a modulation into a new key region and then back to the original key. The lyrics, of course, still bite\u2026\n\nThere are Beatles songs that are silly, or don\u2019t live up to the rest of the album, but the only one that is actively bad is \u201cBlue Jay Way.\u201d In the days before the iPod it\u2019s the only Beatles song I would ever press FF through.\n\nIt\u2019s a GREAT Disturbed song. Unfortunately it wasn\u2019t recorded by Disturbed. It was recorded by Shinedown. VERY jarring, especially since it\u2019s track one on the 3rd CD. Starts things off absolutely off kilter. Fortunately there are many redeeming qualities to the CD too.\n\nAll you Yes fans picking on anything on 90125 are missing the point, when Drama exists. \u201cMachine Messiah\u201d is a good candidate for getting the heave-ho. Or the entirety of Open Your Eyes except for \u201cNew State of Mind\u201d.\n\nStrong agreement that \u201cVirtuality\u201d is the Rush song that should go.\n\n\u201cSing\u201d, by Annie Lennox. It\u2019s well-intentioned, but then so was the New Economic Program in the nascent Soviet Union.\n\n\u201cMan With a Mission\u201d, by Don Henley. A lump of perfectly average rock twaddle dumped into the middle of Building the Perfect Beast, one of the better albums of the latter \u201980s, with several obscure wonders besides the couple of famous ones.\n\nWhoever said \u201cElvis Presley and America\u201d for U2\u2026right on. Another lump in the midst of a darned good album.\n\n\u201cBeaujolais\u201d, by Alan Parsons Project. Yes, thanks, a song about a wine is just what we needed there. Surely there was something else to sing about.\n\nEnya, \u201cOrinoco Flow\u201d. Just think \u2014 if I could retroactively expunge it from existence, then I would never, ever, ever have ever listened to it in the first place. Ever. Nor would anyone else. Oh, what joy.\n\n\u201cDanny Boy\u201d. Period. Wipe from history, so that none of my favourite artists will ever have prostituted themselves with it. The lyrics, that is. Eliminating the lyrics from history will then restore a passably nice air to tolerability. Flaming annihilation to the soggy, tear-jerking words written (purely for profit) by an Englishman, who was thinking of Scotland, which have been adopted by the Americans, who think the song is Irish.\n\nThe band: U2\nThe songs: a tie between \u201cLove Rescue Me\u201d and \u201cHeartland\u201d from the most uneven album ever released: Rattle & Hum. Honestly, you could probably lose half of the songs, and it would go from among U2\u2019s worst to among U2\u2019s best.\n\nand one more vote for The Beatles \u2013 Revolution 9\u2026 8 1/2 minutes of listening to a dentist\u2019s drill would actually be a more pleasant experience."}
-{"text": "Images\n\nBright Soil Near 'McCool'\n\nWhile driving eastward toward the northwestern flank of \"McCool Hill,\" the wheels of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit churned up the largest amount of bright soil discovered so far in the mission. This image from Spirit's panoramic camera (Pancam), taken on the rover's 788th Martian day, or sol, of exploration (March 22, 2006), shows the strikingly bright tone and large extent of the materials uncovered.\n\nSeveral days earlier, Spirit's wheels unearthed a small patch of light-toned material informally named \"Tyrone.\" In images from Spirit's panoramic camera, \"Tyrone\" strongly resembled both \"Arad\" and \"Paso Robles,\" two patches of light-toned soils discovered earlier in the mission. Spirit found \"Paso Robles\" in 2005 while climbing \"Cumberland Ridge\" on the western slope of \"Husband Hill.\" In early January 2006, the rover discovered \"Arad\" on the basin floor just south of \"Husband Hill.\" Spirit's instruments confirmed that those soils had a salty chemistry dominated by iron-bearing sulfates. Spirit's Pancam and miniature thermal emission spectrometer examined this most recent discovery, and researchers will compare its properties with the properties of those other deposits.\n\nThese discoveries indicate that salty, light-toned soil deposits might be widely distributed on the flanks and valley floors of the \"Columbia Hills\" region in Gusev Crater on Mars. The salts, which are easily mobilized and concentrated in liquid solution, may record the past presence of water. So far, these enigmatic materials have generated more questions than answers, however, and as Spirit continues to drive across this region in search of a safe winter haven, the team continues to formulate and test hypotheses to explain the rover's most fascinating recent discovery.\n\nThis image is a false-color rendering using using Pancam's 753-nanometer, 535-nanometer, and 432-nanometer filters."}
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-{"text": "About a year ago a founder of one of the companies I invested in and advise was asking me some questions over email about scaling a SaaS sales org.\n\nSpecifically she was thinking through the costs, timelines, and outputs of hiring sales staff, whether SDRs or AEs, and how that eventually turned into a growing business. Rather than just email back and forth on the specifics of her organization, I decided it would be best to create an abstracted, basic Google Spreadsheet model that could be used to see the interlocking parts of how that might work for a given organization, based on certain inputs (like their Average Selling Price, win rate, and more.) And that way other organizations might be able to use it.\n\nBut then I started tweaking it some. I started out with just one tab, and one AE ramp time (3 months), but then forked the tabs to have three different ramp times, for slower deal cycle organizations. Then I added in a concept of renewal rate, to help demonstrate revenue retention after the initial contract term was over.\n\nEventually it got pretty robust, so much so that I like to share with with folks who are asking good ways to think about scaling their sales org, and don\u2019t want to start at zero. It\u2019s been used by a few dozen sales orgs to inform their growth thinking, and I\u2019m going to be including it in Founding Sales\n\nThe model is definitely missing things, and I try to call it out in comments in the various cells, and such. There\u2019s no concept of \u201cSales Engineering\u201d, which might be problematic for organizations that need to staff SEs for a technical sale. There\u2019s no concept of Customer Success and Support staffing and their associated costs, even though this is important, and will impact the scaling of your org. And there definitely aren\u2019t things like marketing costs, real estate, or engineering staff! So feel free to fork the Google sheet, and get your hands dirty extending the model.\n\nWhile this isn\u2019t a full operating model, it can be helpful for founders and sales leaders alike for thinking about the impacts to their business, both the negative, short term costs associated with paying a sales rep while they are not yet producing revenue, and the positive, as productive reps later add recurring revenue to your organization."}
-{"text": "A study by Nielsen shows that game console popularity in the U.S. continues to rise\n\nA new report released by Nielsen claims that video game consoles are now in 41% of U.S. homes, an 18.5% increase from the fourth quarter of 2004. In a report called \u201cThe State of the Console,\u201d conducted by the recently launched Nielsen Wireless and Interactive Services division, the division spearheaded a study from the fourth quarter of 2004 until the fourth quarter of 2006, attempting to study trends in console ownership in the U.S.\n\nThe study found that almost 46 million homes had consoles in them by the last quarter of 2006, allowing around 150 million people the opportunity to play a console system when they pleased. At any moment during the day, 1.6 million people can be found using a video game console system. Furthermore, console owners also spend an average of 2 hours and 15 minutes per day gaming.\n\nNot surprisingly, two-thirds of men who are between 18 and 34 years of age in television households also have access to game consoles.\n\nConsole gamers are also increasingly using the Internet while gaming, with more than 4.4 million households connecting to the Internet.\n\nThis report was the first in a series of studies that Nielsen has been working on. Game publishers and advertisers will likely use the data gathered by Nielsen to try to accurately implement dynamic in-game ads to help raise revenue.\n\nComments\n\nThreshold\n\nUsername\n\nPassword\n\nremember me\n\nThis article is over a month old, voting and posting comments is disabled\n\nMy wife-to-be not only plays World of Warcraft, The Longest Journey, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Grand Theft Auto, and much more, she's actually quite good at them. Lately, WoW has been all-consuming, but she enjoys it and we play together more often than not. Call it a \"date\" if you want, but whatever you call it, I consider it quality time we can spend together.\n\nAnd, for the record, I think she's quite the hottie.\n\n=)\n\nI certainly see your point, though. The ever-elusive female gamer is a rare catch indeed.\n\nIronically, my girlfriend is a heavy gamer from as far back as the SNES days. It was refreshing during Christmas time where one of the dorkiest yet romantic things to do was cuddle up and play Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney together on the DS. It didn't take her long to break down and get a DS Lite of her own and if anything, has only enhanced the dynamic of spending quality time together (i.e. Playing Children of Mana, etc.).\n\nOtherwise, those mythical creatures do exist. Another female gamer exists within my apartment and games regularly on her DS, PS2 and computer. Oftentimes, we hear her playing Halo into the night, reveling in how she head-shot her mom or pa.\n\n\"A politician stumbles over himself... Then they pick it out. They edit it. He runs the clip, and then he makes a funny face, and the whole audience has a Pavlovian response.\" -- Joe Scarborough on John Stewart over Jim Cramer"}
-{"text": "Bad Bosses: It\u2019s Not Always Their Fault\n\nWhen people are promoted to managers, it\u2019s usually because they were top performers in their roles. But once they\u2019re promoted, they often struggle to know what it takes to actually be good or effective leaders. No one is there to guide them or instruct them. As a result, engagement among their newly inherited direct reports drops, impacting morale, efficiency, the customer experience and the bottom line. It\u2019s a recipe for failure that many organizations need to fix before their best employees get burned out from lack of direction, recognition, or development \u2013 and in many cases, all three.\n\nManagers have the opportunity to drive better employee engagement but they need the right tools in place to be successful. They need to be guided on the behaviors of good leaders. The effects of developing managers has several benefits: they\u2019ll hone their own managerial skills, be better equipped to improve performance among their own direct reports and increase overall employee engagement.\n\nTechnology solutions like HighGround empower you to arm managers with effective leadership skills through active coaching and check-ins, employee-driven feedback and measurable results through surveys.\n\nThe unfortunate reality is that some discussions between managers and employees can be difficult. But how do managers know what to say during those conversations to make them productive and non-confrontational for the employee? Engagement technologies include actual templates and questions that can guide the conversation. It not just about the meeting, it\u2019s about how you engage in the dialogue. As a result, a potentially combative conversation is instead meaningful and productive.\n\nUnderstand What it All Means\n\nEnabling new managers to be better leaders can be done quickly by prompting conversation and providing active guidance to drive dialogue in a meaningful way. Targeted survey tools like those embedded in the HighGround technology can quickly and accurately assess the impact new managers are having on a given population. The data is actionable and real time, which ensures managers who need help can get it before a problem arises on their team.\n\nIf you have the proper tools are in place, managers (especially new ones) are positioned for success. Not only are they developing their own managerial skills, but they\u2019re contributing to a culture of continuous coaching and feedback. How do you help your managers become great leaders?"}
-{"text": "\u201cThe Chancery Bar is the ideal home for the amateur sleuth of classic detective fiction. After all, money is often the motive for murder and inheritance and complications and other financial tangles provide plenty of clues for those who specialise in that area of the law.\u201d\n\nSo Sarah Caudwell (1939-2000) plausibly explained in a conversation 15 years ago about how she came to write mysteries with a legal background. We were from different generations, but we were both lawyers, and although my career as a novelist had yet to begin, I had been commissioned by a professional magazine to write an interview-article about her. Suffice it to say that I have never met anyone quite like Sarah: a gruffvoiced pipe smoker with a sense of humour as formidable as her intellect, fond of a drink and of good company, and, I suspect, equally capable of charm and selfindulgence. I found her fascinating and supportive and was always delighted to renew the acquaintance at crime fiction conventions. A drinks evening that she hosted at central London\u2019s The Bung Hole (fictionalised in her novels as The Corkscrew) at the time of the 1990 Bouchercon is still vivid in my memory. News of her premature death from cancer came as a shock, the more so as she left so few books to remember her by. But what books they are: mysteries whose international success proved that skilful contemporary writers can still turn out traditional whodunits that stand comparison with the best work of \u201cthe Golden Age.\u201d\n\nOf the six key characters who recur in Caudwell\u2019s novels, five are barristers practising in Lincoln\u2019s Inn. Scatty and sexy Julia Larwood is a member of the small set of Revenue Chambers in 63 New Square; her friends Timothy Shepherd, Desmond Ragwort, Michael Cantrip, and Selena Jardine are to be found next door at Number 62. The final member of this unusual band of partners in crime is Professor Hilary Tamar, tutor in Legal History at St George\u2019s College, Oxford, whose \u201cinterest in the principles of English law wanes with the Middle Ages.\u201d Hilary is, in part, narrator of the stories, and the extraordinarily elaborate, mannered style with which the tales are told is an important part of their charm for many readers. One hardly expects a modern crime novel to begin: \u201cCost candour what it may, I will not deceive my readers.\u201d But that is the opening sentence of The Shortest Way To Hades, and it captures accurately the Tamar voice.\n\n\u201cHilary\u2019s voice was in my head,\u201d Sarah Caudwell told me, \u201cbefore any of the plots. I knew from the outset Hilary must be an Oxford don\u2014but of equivocal sex and even equivocal age, resembling that precise, donnish kind of individual who starts being elderly at the age of 22.\u201d\n\nLike many crime writers in the traditional vein (Colin Dexter and Robert Barnard are examples who spring to mind) Sarah loved crossword puzzles and she often reached the finals of The Times crossword competition, in which the standards are very high. Her plotting is invariably as complicated and satisfying as the best crosswords, but there is more to her books than the puzzles. One of her strengths which has been under-valued by most critics is an effective use of settings as varied as Venice, the Ionian Sea and Sark. Meticulous in her craft (and also fond of travel) she visited the Channel Islands, Monaco and the Cayman Islands in search of a suitable locale for The Sirens Sang of Murder, which has been described as \u201ca saga of sex, international tax planning, and witchcraft.\u201d Another distinctive feature of the Caudwell style is her recurrent use of the epistolary form, influenced by her fondness for 18th century fiction, in which letters often played a significant part. In Thus Was Adonis Murdered, for instance, Julia\u2019s messages from Venice not only drive the action forward but also provide clues to enable Hilary to solve a baffling case of murder. In The Shortest Way to Hades, Selena\u2019s letters to Julia from on board ship and from Corfu perform a similar function. The same is true of Cantrip\u2019s telexes (remember them?) from Sark in The Sirens Sang of Murder. Careful handling of this tricky device enabled Caudwell to avoid repeating herself and allowed her the flexibility of a multiple viewpoint which is much less limiting than strict adherence to first person narrative.\n\nSarah Caudwell\u2019s books are admittedly an acquired taste. Subtle, complicated and witty, they appeal most to readers who hanker after the Golden Age of crime writing\u2014Hades boasts both a family tree and a Thirties-style room plan showing the scene of the crime\u2014and to those whose sense of humour demands something more elitist than the belly laugh. Readers who crave penetrating social comment or in-depth characterisation in their mysteries should look elsewhere. A criticism occasionally made is that she did not develop her writing much in the course of twenty years; it is, perhaps, fairer to say that the style she chose to work in carried severe restrictions which suited her, because they challenged her to spin variations on a limited range of themes.\n\nWhen Adonis appeared in 1981, Caudwell was a full-time working barrister and so she chose to publish under a pseudonym. Her real name was Sarah Cockburn and she is the daughter of famous parents\u2014the writer Claud Cockburn and the actress and journalist Jean Ross. Ross lived in Berlin in the 1930s and is widely regarded as the original of Christopher Isherwood\u2019s character Sally Bowles (most renowned as a result of Liza Minelli\u2019s memorable portrayal in the film version of Cabaret). Sarah graduated in Classics from Aberdeen University and then read Law at St Anne\u2019s College, Oxford, where she became noted for her love of pipe-smoking. According to her obituary in The Times, \u201cshe also devoted her leisure to intrigues devoted to secure the admission of women to the Union, and supported her fellow students\u2026 when they dressed up as men to get into the debating chamber, from which women at that time were excluded. When the discriminatory rule was finally removed, Caudwell became one of the first women to make a speech as a member rather than as a guest.\u201d She lectured in law for a while before being called to the Bar. After a number of years in private practice, she joined Lloyds Bank, where she specialised in international tax planning.\n\nBy her own admission a desperately slow writer, she eventually left Lloyd\u2019s to concentrate on her writing whilst struggling to finish Sirens. When she and I first met, she had produced just three novels, plus an excellent tale which demonstrated a mastery of the short form, \u201cAn Acquaintance With Mr Collins.\u201d She was at that time working on her fourth novel, but also tinkering with other projects. Perhaps the digressions gave her an excuse for not making swifter progress with the Tamar series; they included a collaboration with four other mystery writers on the theme of the perfect murder and a historical play based on the case of Daniel M\u2019Naghten, who gave his name to the infamous M\u2019Naghten Rules, which have long complicated murder cases where the sanity of the accused is in dispute.\n\nSarah assured me more than once that writing novels remained her priority, but years passed with no sign of the next Tamar novel. She had told me that it would feature the wheeler-dealers of the City of London and Hilary\u2019s attempt to employ the methods of Scholarship to dispel Error and reveal Truth in England\u2019s financial industry. Along with her many fans, I yearned for it to appear, but her publishers, HarperCollins, grew tired of waiting and eventually dropped her. As a result\u2014bizarrely for a quintessentially English author whose earlier work had earned such acclaim\u2014when The Sibyl in Her Grave finally achieved publication, it was after Sarah\u2019s death, and in the US. A British edition did not appear until 2002 (thirteen years after its predecessor), when Robinson brought it out together with welcome reprints of the first three Tamar narratives.\n\nThe Sibyl in her Grave takes as its starting point the financial misadventures of Julia Larwood\u2019s Aunt Regina. Full of characteristic Caudwell touches, it offers a map of Parsons Haver, the village in West Sussex where Regina lives. Once again, copious use is made of letters to move the story along. Posthumously published books tend not to excite the critics (think of the muted reaction to Agatha Christie\u2019s Curtain, which is arguably one of her cleverest novels) and some commentators suggested that The Sibyl was but a pale shadow of its predecessors. Others took a more generous view and Amanda Cross, who could be acerbic in her views of fellow crime novelists, highlighted the novel\u2019s considerable virtues: \u201cwit and forbearance, intellect and passion, above all, humour and perfection of language.\u201d There could be no better summary of the strengths of an entertaining and polished writer whose contribution to the genre, although limited, was hugely enjoyable and entirely distinctive.\n\nSarah Caudwell studied law at St. Anne\u2019s College, Oxford, was called to the Chancery Bar, and practiced as a barrister for several years in Lincoln\u2019s Inn. The Inns of Court are ancient unincorporated bodies of lawyers which for five centuries and more have had the power to call to the Bar those of their members who have duly qualified for the rank or degree of Barrister-at-Law. With the power of call goes a power to disbar or otherwise punish for misconduct. Lincoln\u2019s Inn is one of London\u2019s four Inns of Court. The other three are Gray\u2019s Inn, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple. Lincoln\u2019s Inn, next to one of London\u2019s finest residential squares, is the most beautiful and least altered of the Inns. Its buildings date from the late 15th century.\n\nMartin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer. His latest is The Hanging Wood (Poisoned Pen Press), a Lake District mystery."}
-{"text": "Local Sports\n\nJanuary 22, 2013\n\nOn Tuesday night, The Starkville High Yellowjackets were defeated by Columbus Falcons in overtime 70-62.\n\nWith the Jackets leading heading into the final moments, Jalen Stewart hit a last second shot to tie the game at 58 as time expired. Columbus would then take control of the extra period to come away with the win.\n\nJanuary 21, 2013\n\nTemperatures might be colder in the Starkville area, but things are heating up on the soccer fields of Starkville High.\n\nWith regular season action complete, both Yellowjacket squads will enter playoff competition this week.\nAfter going 6-5-3 overall and 3-1 in their division, the Lady Jackets will start things off with tonight's contest against Oxford."}
-{"text": "Veterans Day\n\nAcross social media on Veterans Day, Americans shared photos and stories of the beloved veterans they\u2019re proud to call family and friends. Among them, David Linden, who works in social media at Bloomberg..."}
-{"text": "Rendered: 2011 Volkswagen Polo Sedan\n\nWith Ford\u2019s new Fiesta Sedan and Hatchback set to do wonders for the Blue Oval in showrooms, and the very chic Fiat 500 just around the corner, Volkswagen would be smart to accelerate plans to introduce its own sub-compact, the Polo, into the U.S. market.\n\nVolkswagen has previously hinted at bringing the Polo Stateside in the very near future but the process is not going to be so straight foward. The Polo sold in the U.S. will be different to the one already on sale in Europe. Firstly, a new Sedan model will be offered, while the regular Hatchback will also grow in size to suit American tastes. The size difference is due to greater height and a longer wheelbase than other versions of the Polo. The result would be something akin to a cross between a compact minivan and a hatchback.\n\nPricing is expected to be around the $14,000 and to maximize profits the American versions will likely be produced in Mexico. While an actual launch date hasn\u2019t been penciled in, production will most likely start in early 2011, which means the new Polo could come in as a 2011 model.\n\nVolkswagen\u2019s current smallest car in the U.S. is the Golf, which sits around the middle of the automaker\u2019s global range. The smaller Polo could offer even smaller and more efficient engines, which could also help bring a new premium entry to the small car market while at the same time help Volkswagen meet tougher CAFE standards."}
-{"text": "Couple sought as suspects in robbery\n\nFebruary 23, 2013\n\nNEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. - The Hancock County Sheriff's Department filed arrest warrants in county magistrate court on Friday against two people wanted in connection with Tuesday's robbery of the Hancock County Savings Bank in New Cumberland.\n\nInvestigators with the sheriff's office and the New Cumberland Police Department identified the suspects, who remain at large, after chasing down numerous leads from witnesses, Fletcher said.\n\n\"A lot of shoe leather,\" he said. \"These young men on our department haven't had any sleep in the last 24 hours.\"\n\nCulbreth, a convicted felon from a previous robbery in South Carolina, faces a charge of bank robbery in Hancock County. Ferrer faces a charge of being an accessory to bank robbery.\n\nFletcher would not comment on the level of Ferrer's involvement in the robbery.\n\nThe outlaw couple are believed to be driving a 1999 black, two-door Pontiac Grand Am with the West Virginia license plate 3TF250, he said. The car has a faded vinyl covering stretched over the front and a loud exhaust.\n\nFletcher said assistance from the public has been crucial in the investigation, which is ongoing. Officers have been following up on tips received from the public after surveillance pictures and information were released through the news media earlier in the week.\n\nThe bank branch was robbed shortly before noon Tuesday when a man wearing a yellow T-shirt over a black hoodie walked in and showed a note demanding money. He escaped on foot and then in a dark car last seen heading south on Blackhorse Road on the south side of New Cumberland.\n\nFletcher said people recognized the man in the surveillance footage, including his clothing and the way he walked. \"As the same name continued to pop up, then we started running down known friends and family,\" he said.\n\n\"Our guys did an excellent job, and we thank the public for their help as well,\" Fletcher said. \"We will extradite these two individuals back here to face these charges.\"\n\nCulbreth and Ferrer are believed to be on the run and out of state, he said.\n\nAnyone with information on their whereabouts should contact the sheriff's department at 304-564-3911 or the New Cumberland Police Department at 304-564-3383."}
-{"text": "hAP\n\n\uc0c1\ud488 \uc124\uba85\n\nhAP\n\nThis small home access point is the perfect device for homes or small offices where all you need is a wireless AP and a few wired devices connected. Based on our popular RB951-2n, the new hAP is an improvement in many areas.\n\nThe device can be powered from the power jack or with passive PoE from a PoE injector. The power adapter is included.\n\nhAP provides PoE output function for port #5 \u2013 it can power other PoE capable devices with the same voltage as applied to the unit. Maximum load on the port is 500mA.\n\nThe hAP is preconfigured, so all you need to do, is plug in the internet cable, the power, and start using the internet by connecting to the MikroTik network.\n\n\uc81c\ud488 \uc0ac\uc591\n\nProduct code\n\nRB951Ui-2nD\n\nCPU nominal frequency\n\n650 MHz\n\nCPU core count\n\n1\n\nSize of RAM\n\n64 MB\n\n10/100 Ethernet ports\n\n5\n\nWireless standards\n\n802.11b/g/n\n\nWireless chip model\n\nQCA9531\n\nNumber of USB ports\n\n1\n\nPower Jack\n\n1\n\nPoE in\n\nYes\n\nSupported input voltage\n\n6 V \u2013 30 V\n\nPoE out\n\nYes\n\nDimensions\n\n113 x 89 x 28mm\n\nOperating System\n\nRouterOS\n\nTested ambient temperature\n\n-30 + 70 C\n\nLicense level\n\n4\n\nAntenna gain DBI\n\n1.5\n\nCPU\n\nQCA9531\n\nMax Power consumption\n\n5W\n\nUSB slot type\n\nUSB type A\n\nNumber of chains\n\n2\n\nStorage type\n\nFLASH\n\nStorage size\n\n16 MB\n\n\ubb34\uc120 \ud1b5\uc2e0 \uaddc\uaca9\n\n2.4 GHz\n\nTransmit power (dBm)\n\nReceive Sensitivity\n\nTransmit power (mW)\n\n1MBit/s\n\n22\n\n-96\n\n158\n\n11MBit/s\n\n22\n\n-89\n\n158\n\n6MBit/s\n\n20\n\n-93\n\n100\n\n54MBit/s\n\n18\n\n-74\n\n63\n\nMCS0\n\n20\n\n-93\n\n100\n\nMCS7\n\n16\n\n-71\n\n40\n\n\uc131\ub2a5 \ud14c\uc2a4\ud2b8 \uacb0\uacfc\n\nRB951Ui-2nD\n\nQCA9531 (650Mhz) 100M all port test\n\nMode\n\nConfiguration\n\n1518 byte\n\n512 byte\n\n64 byte\n\nkpps\n\nMbps\n\nkpps\n\nMbps\n\nkpps\n\nMbps\n\nBridging\n\nnone (fast path)\n\n40.6\n\n493.0\n\n117.4\n\n480.9\n\n217.0\n\n111.1\n\nBridging\n\n25 bridge filter rules\n\n40.6\n\n493.0\n\n70.1\n\n287.1\n\n70.9\n\n36.3\n\nRouting\n\nnone (fast path)\n\n40.6\n\n493.0\n\n117.4\n\n480.9\n\n200.8\n\n102.8\n\nRouting\n\n25 simple queues\n\n40.6\n\n493.0\n\n79.6\n\n326.0\n\n90.8\n\n46.5\n\nRouting\n\n25 ip filter rules\n\n40.6\n\n493.0\n\n42.2\n\n172.8\n\n43.2\n\n22.1\n\nAll tests are done with Xena Networks specialized test equipment (XenaBay),and done according to RFC2544 (Xena2544)"}
-{"text": "Riding Without Stirrups \u2013 Do You Teach It?\n\nHow important is riding without stirrups? Whenever I ask a class of new riders \u201cWhat keeps you on the horse\u201d one person will answer \u201cthe stirrups\u201d. Rider\u2019s receive security from their stirrups and become dependent upon them, so it\u2019s important to also teach them riding without stirrups. After all we want don\u2019t want our student\u2019s security to depend on a piece of equipment.\n\nBenefits\n\nIf taught correctly there are multiple benefits to having students ride without stirrups.\n\nRiding without stirrups develops a seat that is deep and sympathetic with the horse and at the same time the rider can develop a longer deeper leg.\n\nMy favorite is how much riding without stirrups can strengthen the rider\u2019s leg and develop a strong base of support.\n\nAnd since anytime a rider\u2019s seat and legs improve, their balance and confidence improve. Plus if your riders are accustomed to taking their feet out of the stirrups for even a few strides, they are less apt to panic if they lose a stirrup unintentionally. So we could classify riding without stirrups as a safety measure.\n\nAnd keep in mind riding without stirrups is one of the 19 USEF Equitation tests.\n\nWhat Do You Need?\n\nA quiet horse who is used to the sensation of the rider without stirrups. There is a different feel for the horse as the distribution of the rider\u2019s weight will change form stirrups and seat to just seat. If your rider is nervous she may become grippy in her legs. And even worse, if the rider becomes fearful she may grab on with the reins. So a quiet horse is a definite plus.\n\nSo choose a horse that is accustomed to being ridden with out stirrups. Avoid surprises for your beginners.\n\nYou\u2019ll need something for the student to hold on to, such as a breastplate or the front of the saddle. I prefer a neck strap because I can adjust it to help the rider. If you elect for your students to hold the pommel be sure they are able to get a good purchase and make certain the saddle fits the horse well. If your student is in a western saddle they can use the horn.\n\nIf you choose to lunge the rider you\u2019ll need a lunge line, whip, and gloves.\n\nIf you choose to have your student led you\u2019ll need a lead rope and an assistant. Leading the horse yourself while teaching is hazardous because you can\u2019t see the rider when he\u2019s behind you.\n\nFirst Steps\n\nFeet in- Feet Out\n\nThis is an exercise where the student practices taking both feet out and then they put them back in. They\u2019ll also practice taking one foot out and returning it to the stirrup at the walk, sitting trot, and posting trot, according to their riding level.\n\nOur goal here is to teach the rider that they can safely remove a foot from the stirrup while the horse is moving. Secondly, that they are capable of finding their stirrup again without looking at it or using their hand to guide their foot. This is a very elementary but important level.\n\nEven more advanced riders are challenged when they must take one foot out at the posting trot because they have to work to balance their weight evenly.\n\nFirst Impulse\n\nA first impulse with students is to let their legs dangle with toes pointed to the ground This is okay when you want the rider to relax their leg or went you want to deepen the seat a little bit. It\u2019s also a challenge as the foot will have dropped below the stirrup level and the student will have to hunt with their toe to regain the iron.\n\nQuit & Cross\n\nWhen you have progressed with your student past feet out feet in you will need to teach the how to cross their stirrups. Obviously the western rider doesn\u2019t do this, but anyone in an English saddle, be it saddle seat, hunt seat or dressage, needs to know how to quit and cross their stirrups. Allowing the stirrup to dangle is irritating to the horse and rider and can cause painful bumps.\n\nFrequently I hear instructors tell students to cross the stirrups over the horse\u2019s withers. I prefer to have the rider pull the stirrup leather buckle down a few inches first and then cross the stirrups over the withers. This eliminates considerable bulk under the rider\u2019s thigh, especially in a hunt saddle and will help prevent thigh bruises. Check out my art-less iPhone pictures.\n\nRemoving Stirrups\n\nRemoving stirrups from the saddle eliminates the bulk.\n\nThis can be difficult depending on how your saddle is built and how often it\u2019s cleaned.\n\nRemoving the stirrups also has a bit of psychological influence on the rider and I believe all riders reach a point that they should work with stirrups removed.\n\nProcedure\n\nYour rider should carry their leg in the correct riding position without the stirrups with an even pressure through the thigh, knee and upper calf. The heel should be down and toe up in order to keep tension in the calf muscle.\n\nFor some riders, walking in correct position without stirrups is enough work the first time. Be sure to give breaks where the leg is allowed to dangle.\n\nWhat Else?\n\nI start riders at posting/rising trot as soon as I can.\n\nBegin by asking for two or three steps.\n\nHave students hold the neck strap and reins together.\n\nRemind them to use their thighs, knees and upper calf plus tand the horse\u2019s energy to lift off the saddle and not to use the lower calf, which will result in the horse moving forward faster.\n\nThey are always allowed to stop if they lose their balance laterally.\n\nBe sure to compliment their achievement. This is a measuring point from which your rider can self challenge and build.\n\nCorrecting the constant change of balance and movement will help develop confidence in riders. They should spend a lot of time doing exercises at the walk. The more confidence your riders have, the more quickly they will improve.\n\nHow Difficult should It Be?\n\nI teach riding without stirrups at all gaits and for jumping. A strong base of support in a jumping rider rider opens the door to a following hand/automatic release over fences and should be every jumping rider\u2019s goal.\n\nHow long should students ride without stirrups?\n\nGive your beginners and newbies a taste of what riding without stirrups is like and then include a few minutes of intermittent work in each lesson. Build their strength gradually, especially if they are once a week riders.\n\nRegular riders should practice with out stirrups several times a week. They can expect to have a full lesson without stirrups at some point in my program.\n\nIt\u2019s Your Turn\n\nHow do you teach riding without stirrups? Do you have a favorite exercise? I\u2019d love to read about it in the comments."}
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-{"text": "Maybe this'll bring in queries.\n\nFriday, September 23, 2011\n\nFace-Lift 954\n\nI hate putting out a special call for fake plots and then not using half of the ones that come in, so your task will be doubly hard today.\n\nThe Last Ghast-Dancer\n\n1. Little Maggie has a special way of saying good-bye to Mr. Fluffy now that he's become a \"ghast.\"\n\n2. After the weird pink monkey men slaughter all the peaceful monks of her temple, young Grffnghgh swears by the slime of her six tentacles that she will have revenge! With a special guest appearance by Cthulhu.\n\n3. Britney takes \"Into to the Paranormal\", figuring it'll be an easy A. But when the lonely ghost of Isadora Duncan appears, she's thrust into a world where ghosts actively hunt ghasts--and Britney doesn't know which side to take.\n\n4. At Seance High for the Supernatural, Julie wants more than anything to kiss a boy. Problem is, being a spirit, she's ethereal. But when a vampire hunk transfers to the school, his half-dead status means he might consider taking her to the prom. Can she scare off all the other spooks while she strives to possess his heart?\n\n5. Jasinex hires Salitor to be his live-in necromancer. What he doesn't know is that Salitor is a hoarder. Now the castle is overrun with talking books, piles of skulls, and dancing ghosts. Bit how do you kick out someone who can fry you to a crisp?\n\n6. Iryeh's been ghast-dancing for so long, she's sure it's her turn to be sacrificed to the ghasts. Instead the ghasts kill all the other ghast-dancers. Accused of conspiring with the ghasts, she goes into hiding with the only ghast-dancer ever to retire from the ghast-dancer guild and starts her own ghast-dancing business. Will she ever drive away the ghastly ghasts?\n\n7. Robert Smith is a nobody and knows it. He resigns himself to living a nobody\u2019s life \u2013 monotonous, mundane and unremarkable until he discovers by accident he can summon ghasts \u2013 ghoulish monsters that are distinguished by their immobilizing stench. Robert suddenly realizes that he is resigned to nothing and quickly plots his revenge against all who offended him.\n\n8. Finally resigned to the reality that his position as a mortgage broker is forever gone, Smedly throws himself off a skyscraper. Alas, even suicide didn't work. He turns to dancing at strip joint where the customers all seem to be gay vampires. He was hoping women, or at least men who weren't actually dead, would be attracted. But no matter; the tips are good.\n\n9. Linguistically challenged Amy needs to hire a Ghost Dancer for her Halloween party. But she misspells her craigslist ad and gets something called a \"Ghast-Dancer,\" a creature from another realm who looks exactly like a hawt human guy and seduces every girl in sight -- except Amy, because she's his new keeper. She can't decide whether to enjoy his charms, or pimp him out.\n\n10. Rock star Dez Gregson takes a break to visit Aunt Mimi at her country pile in Yorkshire, where he can't sleep because shadowy things keep going bump in the night. Is the house haunted, or are those space aliens on the stairway? Maybe a bottle o' whiskey and a tryst with the maid will help Dez solve this mystery. Maybe not. He's determined to find out.\n\nOriginal Version\n\nDear Agent Bookpimp,\n\nEvery full moon, Iryeh and her fellow swordswomen perform a choreographed battle against twelve desert ghasts, a ritual enforcement of the treaty keeping all spirits out of their city. Iryeh's been ghast-dancing for so long that she's sure this is finally her month to disappear in tribute as the sole symbolic casualty. [Every month another ghast-dancer \"disappears\"? Can anyone ghast-dance, or are you born a ghast-dancer? Is this a volunteer organization?] But this time, the ghasts don't stick to the ritual; they actually attack. Only Iryeh survives.\n\nWhen the royal family accuses Iryeh of intentionally letting the spirits win, she runs into the desert to hide with the legendary Mazaret, said to be the only woman who ever survived to retire from the ghast-dancers' guild. Although Mazaret isn't as welcoming (or as noble) as Iryeh had hoped, they take refuge together in a town overrun with spirits, with no ghast-dancers to protect it. Iryeh secretly begins using her dancing skills to chase off the spirits...and regain some of the wealth and admiration she's used to. [I was under the impression ghast-dancing was just a show put on to mollify the ghasts, not that it has the power to drive them away.] But her underground business attracts attention, and a kidnapping attempt leaves Mazaret dead. [She has an underground ghast-dancing business? Do people hire her to chase off ghasts?] After a disastrously failed resurrection, Mazaret's ghost [Is her ghost a ghast? If not, what's the difference between a ghost and a ghast?] alerts Iryeh that terrible conspiracies are brewing--ones that will leave her city in ruins and the spirit realm enslaved. But they [the conspiracies] can't proceed as long as even one ghast-dancer still exists.\n\nAll her life, Iryeh has been prepared to die to save her city. Now, if she is to do any good, she must fight alongside friends, strangers, and even her former opponent, the capricious, tantalizing sand-spirit Third--and she must live. [Maybe that name should be rethought. Or do you need it for a comic-relief conversation that goes:\n\nHi, I'm Iryeh. What's your name?I'm Third. I meant what's your name?I said I'm Third.I heard you. So who's first?What?What is first?No, my second cousin is First.And I suppose your first cousin is second?No, he's Fourth. Though he does play second violin.Fascinating. So . . . what's your name?]\n\nThe Last Ghast-Dancer is a YA fantasy, unfinished at about 16,000 words. [Ah, you heeded my plea for queries of books that aren't finished. Don't forget to change the number when the time comes.] My short fiction has appeared in several dozen venues, including [Fair-To-Middling Quarterly and The Journal of Semipro Hopefuls]. Thank you for your time and attention.\n\nBest regards,\n\nNotes\n\nIf ghast-dancing can drive ghasts away, it's not clear why the ghast-dancers participate in the ritual instead of just keeping the ghasts out.\n\nThere's too much here. I recommend dropping Mazaret and reducing the long paragraph to something like:\n\nWhen the royal family accuses Iryeh of letting the spirits win, she flees into the desert, taking refuge in a town overrun with spirits. Though she uses her dancing skills to chase the spirits off, a new threat rises. Terrible conspiracies are brewing that could leave her city in ruins and the spirit realm enslaved.\n\nWhether his name remains Third or you change it to Thyrd, if he doesn't get mentioned until the plot summary is in its last five words, chances are he isn't needed in the query.\n\n44 comments:\n\nMaybe it's just my lack of coffee, but that plot seems a bit of a mess. You start with the one situation and a massacre and then abandon all that to start the novel over again by moving to another place with a completely different situation, new cast, and new rules of physics/ghasting. Whatever. Then wow, after many pages it turns out the REAL situation and the main character's REAL identity and REAL enemy and the REAL purpose of ghasting and REAL rules of physics are suddenly revealed.\n\nMake up your mind. Choose the most original one. Start that on Page One. End it on the Last Page. Plus, the names were annoying and the setting seems to be nowhere nowhen.\n\nAlso, I am totally bored with fantasy plots in which the protagonist is suddenly revealed to be the Chosen One who alone can magically save the world from a vaporous evil. At this point anything else would seem more original.\n\nWriting a query at the start of a new book can be a useful way to focus, and it helps get you a query pared down to the story basics, before you go nuts with subplots in the actual text. (In theory.) You just don't send it around until the book's done, is all.\n\nWhen the query queue is totally empty the rules become lax. Besides, it doesn't hurt to have your query in good shape when you finish your book, and it might even help you focus your book on the main plot line.\n\nOkay I liked this story. It reminds me a little of the Demon Triolgy by Peter Brett.\n\nThe big problem is too much set-up and details and not enough plot.\n\nEvery full moon, Iryeh and her fellow swordswomen perform a choreographed battle against twelve desert ghasts. The climax is a ritual sacrfice of one of the dancers. This is all done in accordance of a treaty to keep the monsters out of the city.\n\nUnexpectedly without reason, the ghasts attack and only Iryeh survives. When she is accused of setting up her fellow dancers, she must flee into the desert, where she finds refuge in a town overrun with spirits.\n\nAnd, so forth and so on. You'll want to polish it up but now you have lots of room to tell us a few things.\n\nMy first thought is this - what's so bad about the ghasts being in the city? Other towns have chosen not to make treaties with the ghasts, thus avoiding sending their swordswomen to their deaths every month. they can't be all that bad if other towns can manage.\n\nYou may want to explain why your heroine has chosen to secretly dance the ghasts away. What is at stake?\n\nLeave out third and the old, non-noble woman.\n\nSimply -\n\nShe learns that the there is a plan to destroy the cities and enslave the spirit world. The conspirators can not suceed if only one ghast dancer lives. She must unite with former allies, strangers and even the spirit world to save her world from ___________.\n\nOverall it sounds like something I might like reading though it sounds like she should be teaching others to dance if spirits are that big of a problem.\n\nYou might want to clarify if 'her city' is the city she fled from or the new city (town?) she started protecting. The phrase seems to used for both (or maybe it's just me who thinks she would be more up for protecting her current residence than the city where the rulers want her dead).\n\nAlso, enslaving a spirit realm that randomly kills people desn't sound too bad from the human point of view if said enslavement prevented said killing. Maybe a bit more about what the enslavers plan to do with their new slaves?\n\nIs this a fantasy society where slavery=bad?\n\nDid the spirits used to be human or are they creatures that have always been immaterial?\n\nTake two! I removed Third from the query, but I am absolutely keeping the name; SFF has a venerated tradition of using numbers for names, especially for characters of debatable humanity.\n\nThe word count is a guess, since it's written longhand and not quiiiite finished.\n\nAny better?\n\n---\n\nDear Agent Bookpimp,\n\nAt fifteen, Iryeh has already outlasted her life expectancy as a ghast-dancer--a swordswoman charged with ceremonially protecting the city from demons at the eventual cost of being taken as a monthly tribute. That extra time in training serves her well when the demons unexpectedly break from ritual: of the dancers, she's the only survivor. But the damage doesn't end at the city gates. The king is killed in the attack, and his foreign queen accuses Iryeh of botching the ceremony intentionally.\n\nPursued by the queen's personal guard, Iryeh takes cover in a nearby town overrun by spirits. Penniless and friendless, she turns to her only skill and starts chasing spirits from the homes of those who can afford her. It keeps her fed and gives her the start of a new life--but it also shows her enemies how to find her. When the queen's guards come for her, Iryeh discovers that her dance master has been murdered in her absence. There's no one else left to perform the ceremony and uphold the demonic treaty. For years, Iryeh has been willing to die for her city, but now, free of the confines of the dancers' guild, she's had a chance to actually live...and she's no longer sure the city that cast her out is worth dying for.\n\nThe Last Ghast-Dancer is a YA fantasy of about 50,000 words. My short fiction has appeared in several dozen venues, including [some SFWA venues, hooray!]. Thank you for your time and attention.\n\nI think it's better. The first paragraph still needs some work - maybe combine the first try with the second? Something like:\n\nEvery full moon, Iryeh and her fellow swordswomen perform a choreographed battle against twelve desert ghasts: a ritual enforcement of the treaty which keeps all spirits out of their city in exchange for the life of one of the dancers. When the demons unexpectedly break from ritual Iryeh's the only survivor. But the damage doesn't end at the city gates. The king is killed in the attack, and his foreign queen accuses Iryeh of botching the ceremony intentionally.\n\n\"his foreign queen accuses Iryeh of botching the ceremony intentionally.\" Did Iryeh botch the ceremony? This line suggests she did, but it was unintentional. I wouldn't leave this point vague if it's important.\n\n\"Persued by the queen's personal guard...\" Okay- the queen's personal guard guards the queen's person. That is all. I know this is your world, but you still shouldn't make common phrases mean whatever you want them to.\n\n\"a nearby town overrun by spirits\" So someone else botched a ceremony? How easy is it to do these rituals wrong? It seems a little too easy. Or have the demons chosen this point in time to break the rules? My understanding of the plot depends on knowing for certain which one it is.\n\n\"When the queen's guards come for her...\" The spirits which have overrun the city don't interfere with these guards? Why not?If it's really the foreign queen who is in league with the demons, you might at least hint that the queen has secrets or is not quite what she seems. Otherwise, it seems like it just doesn't make sense.\n\n\"There's no one else left to perform the ceremony and uphold the demonic treaty.\" If the demons have already broken the treaty and are now taking over cities, the ceremonies are moot. I mean, that ship has sailed. I also wonder: If the dancing couldn't keep the demons out of whole cities, how does it get them out of people's homes? The only rational explanation at this point is that Iryeh is in league with the demons, too. What they do with their cut of the money is anyone's guess.\n\nThis bit: \"For years, Iryeh has been willing to die for her city, but now, free of the confines of the dancer's guild, she's had a chance to actually live...and she's no longer sure the city that cast her out is worth dying for,\" besides being too wordy, is too vague. If the ceremonies aren't working anymore, what could she do even if she wanted to? Can't the guards just make her do what they want anyway?\n\nYou're holding too close to the vest. It's coming across as vague and confusing. Put more of your cards on the table.\n\nDo you think you need the whole complication about the initial ritual initially having a human sacrifice component? I think it raises a lot of questions and the query might be fine without it. Focus on her ability and her dilemma about whether to use it or not.\n\nI also agree with AA that you still need to clear up why the dancing works later when it didn't work in the beginning.\n\nEvery full moon, fifteen-year-old Iryeh and her fellow swordswomen perform a choreographed battle against twelve desert ghasts: a ceremonial enforcement of the treaty which keeps all spirits out of their city. When the demons unexpectedly break from ritual, Iryeh's the only survivor. The king is killed in the attack, and his foreign queen accuses Iryeh of sabotaging the ceremony.\n\nPursued by the queen's guard, Iryeh takes cover in a nearby town overrun by ghasts. To her surprise, her dances actually do repel demons, and she begins to earn her living by chasing spirits -- but her activities also show her enemies how to find her. When the queen's guards come, Iryeh discovers that her dance master has been murdered in her absence. The queen wants Iryeh to return and dance the ghasts out of her hometown. Iryeh isn't so sure that the city that cast her out is worth dying for.\n\nWhat's more, she still doesn't understand when her dance will work and when it won't. If Iryeh can't unravel the secret that enabled the demons to break ritual, some specific horrible thing will happen.\n\nIryeh is a ghast-dancer of Lyphras, protecting the desert city from the spirit realm through ceremonial battle, and one of the most respected girls in the city--until the battle goes disastrously wrong, leaving the city under attack and the king dead.\n\nWhen the queen blames Iryeh and her fellows for the failure, Iryeh runs to nearby Ten Pit City, with the queen's guard hot on her trail. She finds help from another former dancer, who shows her how the ritual ceremony can be made into a real weapon against the spirits that run rampant in the outside world. But just as Iryeh is starting to build her life back up, she learns that the rest of the surviving ghast-dancers have been murdered. The next ceremony is days away, and there's no one left to protect the city but her.\n\nIryeh was raised to die for her city, but now she has something to lose--and she's under no illusions that going back into battle alone means anything but death. Her solution may lie in her new ties to the spirit realm, including a deepening relationship with the sand-spirit she used to fight. The only problem: the queen's guard are getting closer, and they've been ordered not to let her return. No matter what.\n\nUnless you intend to make a comment on gender here, you might want 'one of the most respected people in the city'\n\nuntil the battle goes disastrously wrong\n\nBoth because I occasionally have a short attention span (I had to go back to figure out what battle you were referring to) and because it's probably more important that it's a ceremony than a battle, I would suggest 'until the ceremony goes disastrously wrong'\n\nIt seems illogical for the queen's guards to not want her to return. It's logical to want her dead if they're chasing after her but strange to just deliver a message saying don't come back which is what the last bit sounds like. That could just be me.\n\nOkay, first, two unfamiliar names in the first sentence is a bit much. How about\n\nIryeh is a ghast-dancer, protecting her desert city from the spirit realm through ceremonial battle. She's one of the most respected girls in the city--until the battle goes disastrously wrong, leaving the city under attack and the king dead.\n\nSecond, I'm confused about what's at stake. If she was raised to die for the city, then it seems like she's already a dead woman walking and so the threats to her aren't that impressive. I'd leave out that she was raised to die for etc.\n\nEvery full moon, fifteen-year-old Iryeh and a clowder of swordswomen of Lyphras perform the ceremonial battle dance against twelve ghasts. Then one night, the demon ghasts suddenly break the ritual and kill King Prickle-Paws.\n\nQueen Fluffy-Puffy blames Iryeh for sabotaging the ceremony. With the Queen\u2019s Guards in hot pursuit, Iryeh flees to Armpit City. A former master ghast-dancer shows Iryeh how to use the dance as a real weapon to slay demons. She begins a new life fighting spirits in her adopted city.\n\nWord comes that Lyphras\u2019s entire clowder of ghast-dancers have been murdered. If Lryeh returns to protect Lyphras, she risks capture by the Queen and she may be killed. If she doesn\u2019t, the city of her birth will fall victim to the ghasts.\n\n- -The names are made up. You may also consider Queen Phoradae and King Kawtin. Well, you likely have better names in mind. You still didn\u2019t tell us the nature of the ghasts. Perhaps they are flatulence demons. They stink their victims to death or light up and burn things with a blast of anal flame. Or is that too much MG humor?\n\nHumor aside, this lacks a YA voice which you must have. Maybe AlaskaRavenclaw can help.\n\nThis usually happens when I get an overload of esoteric information. The first sentence in particular is a lot to drink in (I like what Alaska did with it).\n\nMaybe open with a scene-setter:\n\nOn the first day of every month, the ghasts rise from their cursed tombs and attack the oasis city of Lyphras.\n\nThe locals have turned it into a spectacle, watching from the safety of their balconies as the celebrities known as ghast-dancers subdue the spirits in an exhilarating, theatrical fashion. Most famous among them is the heart-stopping beauty Lyreh.\n\nBut when the magics protecting households fail and hundreds of innocent lives are lost, the Queen of Lyphras is quick to blame the Lyreh and her crew.\n\nIryeh has known for years how she was going to die: snatched as tribute by the spirit realm after a glorious sword-dance with her sand-spirit counterpart, who she knows only as Third. Her sacrifice will uphold the treaty protecting her city from a desert full of dangerous spirits. But when Third inexplicably changes his dance and breaks the treaty, the blame falls on Iryeh--and execution for treason is not a death she's willing to take.\n\nPursued by the Queen's guard, and aided by another sword-dancer named Mazaret who deserted long ago, Iryeh runs to treaty-less, spirit-scourged Ten Pit City. There, Mazaret teaches her that the ritual dance she's been doing for years holds real power against spirits of all kinds. Iryeh decides that even if she can no longer protect her old city from the entire spirit realm, maybe she can protect her new city one spirit at a time.\n\nBut just as Iryeh is starting to build her life back up, she learns that her city's last defences have fallen, and the spirits are swarming in. With her new ties to the spirit realm, and her deepening relationship with Third, she might be able to save them...but she's no longer so eager to pay the price. Should she fight--and probably die--for the city that betrayed her, or should she try to live knowing she's left thousands of people defenseless?\n\nOr worse: will the Queen's guard find her before she can make the choice?\n\nI don't find this all that clear. For starters I'd use the name of Iryeh's city.\n\nI'm not sure we need Third in the query. If we do, I'd just mention him once and call him her sand-spirit counterpart instead of Third, which is an annoying name.\n\nHere's a fairly simple but also fairly clear version of the plot, which might work if you add a bit of flair:\n\nIryeh has long known how she was going to die: sacrificed to the spirit realm after a glorious sword-dance. Her death will satisfy the terms of a treaty protecting her city, Sandville, from a desert full of dangerous spirits.\n\nBut when her dance goes wrong and violates the treaty, Iryeh is unjustly accused of treason and sentenced to be executed. She flees into the desert where she eventually builds a new life, aided by Mazaret, another sword dancer.\n\nNews comes that Sandville's last defenses have fallen and the spirits are swarming in. With her ties to the spirit realm, Iryeh could save thousands of people . . . but she's no longer so willing to die for a city that betrayed her.\n\nIt's still suffering from the same apparent logic problems that bothered me with this storyline in the first place.\n\n\"Her sacrifice will uphold the treaty protecting her city\" So we have spirits that can make treaties and are honorable enough to keep them. Then-\n\n\"But when Third inexplicably changes his dance and breaks the treaty\" So spirits can break treaties. Which leaves me asking, Why now?\n\n\"Iryeh runs to treaty-less, spirit-scourged Ten Pit City.\" So, there are cities that have no treaties. Why didn't they make a treaty?\n\n\"the ritual dance she's been doing for years holds real power against spirits of all kinds\" If it wasn't just symbolic, how could the spirit that broke the treaty do that? The power of the dance should have kept that from happening.\n\n\"but she's no longer so eager to pay the price. Should she fight--and probably die\"This doesn't seem likely to happen. She's in a city now that is overrun with spirits and she's not dead yet. Why would another city that is overrun with spirits be more dangerous?\n\nI'd follow EE's lead on this one. I think you're going to have to leave out some of the details just so the query doesn't bring up tons of questions.\n\n(Oh my god, is this my fifth try at this? A thousand blessings on anyone willing to look at this with fresh eyes yet again.)\n\nDear Agent,\n\nIryeh is just one of the young swordswomen tasked with protecting her city from the spirit realm, but when she is the only survivor of a battle gone disastrously wrong, she takes all of the blame. Accused of treason, she takes cover in a lawless desert settlement. There, with the help of a streetwise (and dare she say it, handsome) hustler called Fleck, she sets up shop as an anonymous, very in-demand spirit-killer. If her city doesn't want her protection any longer, she'll protect this one instead--and earn a living besides.\n\nBut just as her new life is really taking off, she learns that the swordswomen's guild has been dismantled and all its members slaughtered. The next battle will be at the full moon; no one else is equipped to fight the spirit realm, let alone win. To save the city she still loves, Iryeh will have to find a way to stop all the spirit realm on her own...even if it risks her newfound purpose, her growing relationship with Fleck, and her life.\n\nNot to mention that she's still being hunted by the people she's trying to save....\n\nI have to tell you, though, that there are problems here. Your most basic problem: There is no GOOD reason for Iryeh to go back to the city, therefore no central conflict. No conflict = no drama and no drama = no story.\n\nHere's what I mean: What does Iryeh have? A good job, new friends and a love interest. What does Iryeh have if she goes back? Certain death. She can't save the city from anything if she's dead.\n\nSecond: What is Iryeh saving the city from? This just says \"the spirit realm.\" On the other hand, the people of the city are trying to hunt and kill her. I think I'd take my chances with the spirit realm! The city is in more danger from its own leaders than from any spirits.\n\nThird: Why does Iryeh care so much about saving a city that has citizens intent on killing her? All the other swordswomen are dead, so it isn't for their sake.\n\nYou haven't made it clear that there's even much Iryeh can do to help.\n\nSo here's the choice: Do I face certain death to go back to the city and try to use skills I may or may not have to try to save the city from a vague danger, despite the fact that there's no one left there I really care about? Or do I stay here with my job and my boyfriend and my new life?\n\nI hope you realize that's a non-choice.\n\nIf Iryeh left her whole family behind, that would be a reason to return, but ONLY if she really thought she could help. AND, if said family were in a real and spicific danger from these spirits.\n\nHere's what you need:\n\nA specific and strong personal tie to the city Iryeh left.A specific and IMMINENT danger to the person or persons left behind.A strong reason to believe that Iryeh CAN help the situation, or a reason for her to THINK she can.\n\nThere should be more at stake, too. If Iryeh feels like she's living on borrowed time anyway, she won't care much about giving up her new life. She might feel her death was overdue anyway. What makes her OWN her new life and not want to give it up? It's unlikely that anyone will connect with a character who doesn't care much whether she lives or dies.\n\nYour story seems to grab the minions. The problem is writing the query.\n\nThe story is fantasy myth. Almost all readers love myth. But it is not clear from this query that it is mythical.\n\nYou removed \u201cghast dancer\u201d and that the swordswomen were dancers. That\u2019s the fresh aspect of the story. It\u2019s the heart of the myth and it\u2019s the heart of the hook. Take it out and it\u2019s just swordsmen killing ghosts.\n\nYou removed the part about what the spirits do to harm people and cities.\n\n\u201csets up shop\u201d, \u201cvery in-demand\u201d => find a better way to say she makes a living as a spirit-killer. You could just say \"She makes a living as a spirit-killer.\"\n\n\u201creally taking off\u201d heading deep into clich\u00e9-land now.\n\n\u201cShe learns that the swordswomen's guild has been dismantled and all its members slaughtered.\u201d Could be \u201cShe learns the other ghast dancers were slaughtered.\u201d Or were they murdered. Or were they executed.\n\nYou removed the Queen and the death of the King. Isn't the Queen the main antagonist?\n\nStart with Alaska\u2019s opening and follow with Evil Editor\u2019s rewrite. Then insert compelling aspects of the myth.\n\nEvery full moon, Iryeh and a dozen other teenage swordswomen of Lyphras dance a ceremonial battle against the spirit realm. The spirits take one of them in tribute and, in return, never pass into Lyphras--that's the treaty, which has held for a hundred years. Then one month the spirits unexpectedly turn the ceremony into a real battle, annihilating the ghast-dancers and leaving the rest to take the blame.\n\nAccused of treason, Iryeh flees to a lawless desert settlement with no such treaty: spirits roam the streets, sowing havoc. As Iryeh learns to fight--not just ceremonially, but to really fight--she is able to make a living as an anonymous spirit-killer, and a few friends besides...both spirit and human. Her deepening ties to the spirit realm come with unsettling hints about the origins of the Lyphras treaty. Then she learns that the all the surviving sword-dancers have been executed just a few days before the full moon. With no dancers, there's no ceremony, and no treaty: thirty thousand citizens of Lyphras will be exposed to a desert full of deadly ghasts.\n\nReturning to Lyphras might be suicide, but thanks to a gruff former dancer, a dashing sand-spirit, and an ancient, vicious miasma under the settlement's wells, Iryeh thinks she finally has the tricks she needs to save her beloved city from a spirit invasion--permanently. It'll be dangerous, pitting her against powerful forces from both realms. But danger always makes the best dance.\n\nDone well: Protagonist doesn't seem weak. It's clearer what's at stake. And- you make it clear that Iryeh really thinks she can solve the problem.\n\nA question: Did you mean the miasma is vicious, or viscous? If vicious, it's sentient, and that confused me. I have no idea what a vicious miasma might be like. If it's an even-more-ancient spirit than the desert spirits, you might say something like that.\n\nAlso clean up: \"Then she learns that the all the surviving sword-dancers\"\n\nThere are still a couple of points that I've mentioned before, but I think are worth stating again.\n\nFirst, I don't know how Iryeh can go back and uphold the treaty if the spirits have already broken it. You do hint here that Iryeh learns a few things about the treaty, so that does help some. At least, it seems like maybe she knows the why and the how.\n\nSecond, I see what you're doing there with the numbers. 30,000 people is a lot. But even 30,000 people, if I've never heard of them, doesn't have the same impact as a few people who are really close to the protagonist personally. This seems a little more like Superman saving the citizens of Gotham. It's pretty much what he's expected to do. But when Lois Lane is in trouble, that's a diferent story entirely.\n\nThis is getting better. I feel like I can actually tell what the story's about now.\n\nFirst paragraph starts out great. Let me just show you where things are snagging, at least for me:\n\nThen one month the spirits unexpectedly turn the ceremony into a real battle, annihilating the ghast-dancers and leaving the rest to take the blame.\n\n\"One night\" would be a lot more stakes-y. And when people are annihilated, there's usually no one to take the blame, at least not in a still-alive sense.\n\nThen she learns that the all the surviving sword-dancers have been executed just a few days before the full moon. With no dancers, there's no ceremony, and no treaty: thirty thousand citizens of Lyphras will be exposed to a desert full of deadly ghasts.\n\nWait, what? I thought she WAS one of the surviving sword-dancers. And that seems like a really stupid thing to do: I don't understand why it was done. Try to state it in a way that makes sense in the limited context of a query. (Even saying it doesn't make sense could do the trick.)\n\nOther than that, I feel like this is coming into shape. If you've put as much work into polishing the manuscript, you may get somewhere with this.\n\n\u201c\u2026 annihilating the ghast-dancers \u2026\u201d implied that all are killed. You could just say \u201c\u2026 killing some \u2026\u201d.\n\nIf you are sending an email query you should break up the big blocks of text \u2013 that\u2019s advice from an agent who no longer blogs. I would break the second paragraph at \u201cHer deepening \u2026\u201d.\n\n\u201c\u2026 of them in tribute \u2026\u201d could be \u201c\u2026 of them as tribute \u2026\u201d. Sounds better to me but others may disagree.\n\n\u201c\u2026 and a few friends besides \u2026 both spirit and human.\u201d Makes no sense to me at all. What are you saying? Does she kill a few of her friends just to keep in practice? Try two sentences.\n\n\u201c\u2026 that the all the \u2026\u201d Drop the first \u2018the\u2019.\n\n\u201c \u2026 just a few days before the full moon.\u201d The time of execution detracts from the impact of them all being executed. Dead is dead.\n\nThe sentence \u201cReturning to Lyphras \u2026 permanently.\u201d is too long for a query and it tries to cover too much ground. I would leave off with [sorry for the Ozark grammar] \u201cvicious miasma\u201d because you just can\u2019t explain it in a query. \u201c\u2026 thinks she finally has the tricks she needs \u2026\u201d could be \u201c\u2026 mastered the techniques needed to \u2026\u201d. \u2018Tricks\u2019 would be fine in a nineteenth century novel but the meaning of the word has shifted to more of a prank or a clever illusion. So, bust this sentence up into two or three.\n\nI agree that Iryeh returning to save a city is--OK... but Iryeh returning to save a city where her best-friend/sister/love interest lives is much more compelling.\n\nOR, if you want to make it a real dilemma, you could make the MC have to choose between innocent city folks and the best friend/sister/love interest--picture Spider-man having to choose between the bus full of kids dangling on one side of the building and Gwen Stacy on the other.\n\nDare to make your MC's problems so bad so can't immediately find a solution... and then, with time, solve them.\n\nI've read all your queries on this blog, but one thing you never ever addressed is this: why were all the ghast-dancers killed? Who killed them? It would be illogical for the Queen to do that - she blames Iryeh, and besides, surely the Queen is not stupid and knows she needs these dancers to defend her city? So no, it's not possible for the Queen to order the massacre.\n\nSo who did it, and why?\n\nIncidentally, my favourite version was Version 3 - thereafter I felt like your pitch was becoming more and more boring. They sort of lost that magical touch about ghast-dancers.\n\nAnd why is Fleck mentioned? He doesn't seem to do anything - either give him a purpose or cut him. I'd be more tempted to expand on Third - give us a clue about what it is Iryeh learns from Third. Fleck is boring. Third is awesome. And in all fairness Fleck sounds like a side whereas Third sounds like the real love interest and male MC.\n\nThe enemy changed the rules. It's Iryeh's only explanation for why a routine ceremonial battle against the demonic utuk left her king dead. Unfortunately, the grieving queen sees only treason. Iryeh was ready to die for her city, but as a hero, not a traitor. She runs. In a desert full of vicious utuk and lawless settlements, she's no safer outside the walls than in them.\n\nSoon Iryeh learns she's not the only sword-dancer who's ever run from the service of Lyphras, and that her \"ceremonial\" moves hold real power. The revelation reignites her sense of purpose. If she can't protect people from the utuk officially anymore, she'll do it on her own--though as a vigilante, since the queen's soldiers are still on her trail. Evidence mounts that the disruption of the ceremony was no fluke, and Iryeh gets an appeal from beyond the grave: the next ceremony approaches, and what happened to the king might happen to the entire city.\n\nThe enemy changed the rules. Luckily for the world of the living, Iryeh's changed too.\n\nOoh, you're getting some tension in there. I would change `though as a vigilante, since the queen's soldiers are still on her trail.' to `as a vigilante with the queen's soldiers on her trail.' It's a tiny quibble, but I think the change would give more immediacy.\n\nFirst paragraph makes it sound like the king was the one doing ceremonial battle against the enemy, so then having the queen accuse Iryeh of treason seems to come out of nowhere. The continuing threat she faces from the queen's soldiers doesn't make sense, since we don't know what cause they have to chase her.\n\nAlso, it sounds like the enemy broke the rules, not changed them.\n\nAnd I agree with AA that you need to give her a personal interest in protecting the city. Readers can connect with \"her family still lives there, and even though they gave her up to be sacrificed as a sword-dancer and turned their backs on her when she was accused of treason, they're still her family and she's not about to let them die\" better than \"there are a bunch of anonymous people who will die if she doesn't do something\". Because anonymous people die all the time. It's one thing to hear about how many soldiers are getting killed in a war overseas. It's another thing to sit down and talk to someone who's spouse/sibling/child/parent died in such a war.\n\nIt still has the same problem that all the previous versions have had: One person attempting to save an entire city full of people who apparently have no names and no identities. Despite the fact that Iryeh apparently grew up there, she doesn't seem to know anyone there or have any relatives there.\n\nIt's connectionless and therefore emotionless.\n\nSuppose I give you some movie plots. These are from Netflix.\n\n1. The rough-hewn captain of a broken-down East African riverboat teams with a straitlaced missionary to take on a German gunboat during WWI.\n\n2.The Ludlow clan -- father William and brothers Alfred, Tristan and Sam -- splinters when Sam leaves to fight in World War I against his dad's wishes.\n\n3.In a 1950s Illinois town, a pair of blue-collar brothers sets out to romance three upper-class sisters, much to the dismay of their tyrannical father.\n\n4.When an ancient magician kidnaps his friend's fianc\u00e9e, a two-fisted trucker and a sexy attorney must navigate a shadowy realm to capture the culprit.\n\nWhat do these all have in common? Emotional connections between two or more people. And notice how succinctly the plot can be described if it has these connections. Otherwise you're stuck just explaining what happens, and then it will always be either too detailed or not enough.\n\nThis query does hang together more. The only thing that's really snagging me now is utuks. If we don't know what utuks are, it's going to be hard to feel threatened by them. Consider replacing \"utuk\" with a word we know.\n\nI'm coming at this without having read any of the previous versions, so hopefully I can give you a fresh perspective.\n\nMake the fourth sentence of paragraph one the first. It brings in the main character right away and it's much more exciting than an unknown enemy changing unknown rules. Then backtrack and explain why and how Iryeh was ready to die as a hero and what went wrong.\n\nAt a mere two paragraphs an a closing sentence (likely accompanied by a closing paragraph explaining your book, genre, word count, credentials, etc), this is probably a little on the short side. Flesh it out and start by clarifying why the utuk are merely the opposing side in a ceremonial battle in one sentence and a fearsome and vicious desert predator. \"Ceremonial\" makes it sound like a pageant where both sides have agreed to participate. If that's not the case, find another word.\n\nThe second paragraph has a bad case of the vagues. I don't know what a sword dancer is, how the ceremony was disrupted, anything about this appeal from beyond the grave, or what fate besides death faces the city and why.\n\nThe more you show Iryeh taking action and making decisions, the stronger she seem to readers of your query."}
-{"text": "We just pushed a new release of Solo, our Rails in the cloud platform. This release is a big one and includes an exciting feature that we\u2019ve been working on for a while. This release allows you to manage your own custom chef recipes in addition to our default set.\n\nThis means that anything we have not yet automated, you can automate yourself. Making Solo a fully programmable deployment platform capable of running pretty much anything you can imagine and cook up a chef recipe for.\n\nThis release also includes many bug fixes and ui tweaks and has a gem you can install to interact with Solo from the command line when you don\u2019t want to go into the web interface.\n\nLast week I forgot to blog but we also released a full cron job management interface you can see here:"}
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-{"text": "BC INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION\n\nSUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AT\nNICOLA VALLEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY\n\nInclusive Post-Secondary Education\n\nInclusive post-secondary education is for students with developmental disabilities who want to study the same academic programs and extracurricular activities as any other student at NVIT.\n\nSupported by STEPS Forward facilitators, the students choose their academic program area of interest, the courses they want to study, and what typical campus activities they want to engage in. Their course of studies is the same as other students with the exception that they are non-crediting students. Upon completion of their studies instead of receiving a Diploma at convocation they receive a Certificate of Completion.\n\nAs for all young adults, post-secondary education broadens the vision and potential for individuals with developmental disabilities. Students experience increased opportunities to develop careers, to make social connections and set down the foundation for leading a meaningful inclusive life after graduation.\n\nStudent Life\n\nStudent life on campus is very inclusive. Professors and classmates are an important part of the students overall experience. Together they engage in:\n\u2022 Group discussions\n\u2022 Class participation\n\u2022 Share notes\n\u2022 Make social connections outside of classes.\nAll these opportunities increase the student's social network and the opportunity for long lasting, meaningful relationships.\n\nWork\n\nLike other college students, the students are supported to find paid employment during the spring and summer months where they gain experience, develop career interests, make work and social connections, and earn money. The STEPS Forward facilitator supports students and co-workers throughout the entire employment process to provide the support to the students and workplace staff that ensures the job is successful for everyone involved.\n\nSTEPS Forward is a family-driven organization founded to ensure that people\nwith developmental disabilities are included as students in the academic and\nsocial life of colleges and universities of British Columbia.\n\nMy name is Lisa DeWinter and I am very excited to be the new inclusion facilitator at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT). Being a part of Steps-Forward and their initiative for inclusive post-secondary education has been a very humbling experience for me. As a recent graduate from NVIT I have lived the life of a student while I acquired my Adult Graduation Diploma, my Diploma of Arts in Academic Studies and finally my Bachelor of Social Work; all during which, I observed NVIT support and encourage recent graduates, young adults, parents, aunties, uncles and even grand parents to learn about themselves and to envision their potential as students today and leaders of their world tomorrow.\n\nIt is this unique dedication and sense of community that allows all students the ability to embrace the rewards that come with the opportunity to learn. I believe Steps-Forward is a model of what an inclusive community ought to be doing to build the confidence and esteem of all citizens as well as an initiative that has seized a time when our elders lead inclusive communities. With that being said I am honored that I have been given this opportunity to continue a new journey of learning with Steps-Forward.\n\nAs each program challenges and inspires the students so does the campus life. Some of the student\u2019s high lights include cultural activities, student perks, our games room, movie nights and by far the most enjoyable piece to NVIT is bringing the family down to enjoy one of our many feasts. As NVIT is unique in design and small in size a sense of community has taken its natural place among students, staff, faculty and our elders.\n\nWhat Are Some of the Success Stories?\n\nIn June, a young woman completed 5 years of audited studies in Social Work and Sociology. Today she is beginning a paid job with a local social justice research group. She was hired for this position by someone she met while volunteering in her University Women\u2019s Centre. She has skills for the job because of her education and the experience she received at the University Library where she was employed as a student assistant. The graduate sits on her community youth counsel where she completed her social work practicum. She goes for coffee with her past employer because they discovered a shared interest in music and technology."}
-{"text": "This week we return with the second installment of the AnandTech buyer's guide.\nIn our last buyer's guide, the value\nSOHO buyer's guide, we outlined a few changes we have made to the buyer's\nguide series. Let's turn to that article for some additional information:\n\nWhat we will keep doing is brining you up to date system configuration suggestions\non the type of system that you are interested in. Although it is impossible\nto suggest a single configuration for each individual in each situation, what\nwe can and will do is provide you with recommendations towards a system setup;\nrecommendations which can be altered appropriately for each user's specific\nneeds. We will do what we have always done in buyer's guides: spec out a system\nusing reliable components from reputable vendors. Remember, these prices are\nnot necessarily the lowest prices on the web but are meant to be representative\nof what is out there and representative of what we think is the best solution\nin one of the six categories.\n\nChanging this time around will be the format of the buyer's guides. We will\nmaintain the six specific categories, value SOHO, value gaming, value professional\n3D, high-end SOHO, high-end gaming, and high-end professional 3D, but this time\naround the recommendations will not be lumped together. Instead, we will be\npublishing one recommendation from each category weekly. We kicked off the buyer's\nguide with the value SOHO category and continue this week with the value gaming\ncategory. After the value and high-end recommendations are made we will do one\narticle on a dream configuration. At this rate, new recommendations for each\nsystem will come every eight weeks so in eight weeks from today you can expect\nan updated value gaming buyer's guide. Not only does this keep the system recommendations\nfresher, it also keeps the price estimates more accurate.\n\nEvery component in a recommend system, from case to monitor, is covered. The\nonly hidden costs are shipping costs, which can add anywhere from 5% to 10%\nto the total system cost depending on what you get and from where. The best\nway to keep shipping costs down is to order as much as possible from a single\nvendor or pick things up locally. Be sure to take a look at the AnandTech Hot\nDeals Forum to see if any AnandTech readers have posted a special deal on a\npiece of hardware in the recommended system. Also be sure to check out our Weekly\nCPU & Video Card Price Guide and our Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price\nGuide to see if prices have been updated since the buyer's guide was last posted.\n\nLike before, an OS for each system is recommended but the OS price is not included\nin the final system price listed.\n\nThis Week\n\nThis week we continue on with our value line buyer's guides. Today we take\nthe opportunity to look at one of the more requested system configurations:\nthe system configuration for the gamer on a budget.\n\nObviously the object of a value gaming system is to build a system that can\nprovide both high frames rates and a reasonable price. A value gaming system\nshould not only be able to run today's 3D games with speed but should also be\nable to run the next generation of games. We are therefore left trying to decide\nwhat components we can put in our value gaming system to not only make it fast\ntoday but reasonably fast tomorrow.\n\nThings have changed quite a bit in the year since we last recommended a value\ngaming system. Everything except for the recommended optical drive has changed.\nOn a peasant note, prices have also fallen. Our current value gaming system\nnow rings in at over $200 less expensive than our previous value gaming recommendation."}
-{"text": "Orders to Greece are free and shipped\nwith Porta Porta / Elta Courier.\nWorldwide orders are shipped\nwith DHL and they are fully insured.\nDelivery time to Greece is 1-2 working days,\nEuropean Community is 1-3 working days\nand to GROUPS A-C is 1-4 four working days."}
-{"text": "The Company\n\nAlke is a privately owned company that was founded in July 1974 by Mr. van Alphen and Mr. Keurhorst. The name Alke was created from the first to letters of both family names AL \u2013 KE. The first years of the Company, ALKE started doing business in Europe in agricultural markets. The main activity was manufacturing heating equipment for pig- and broiler houses.\n\nIn 1980 Alke started to export intercontinental and they were participating in international expositions like Atlanta USA, Japan and Germany. There Alke gathered many contacts from all over the world and from there the worldwide business started. In the early 80\u2019s both sons of the owners entered the company for training, starting on the factory floor to learn all the products from A to Z.\nAfter a few years of training both sons started to travel for business. Mr. van Alphen (Adri ) covered the Spanish spoken countries and Mr. Keurhorst ( Derk-Jan ) went to South east Asia and central Europe.\n\nIn July 1994 the sons purchased the company from their fathers, in order to continue the business they were trained for. Mr. van Alphen took over the territory of his father: administration and finance, while Mr. Keurhorst took over his father\u2019s part of the company: production, sales and development. In the same period they founded Alke Agro, especially for the south east Asian countries and eastern Europe. Using the Alke name was an intentional choice because that name was already very well known all over the world in 64 countries. Another important choice was to purchase and supply only high quality products and services.\n\nIn 1976 Alke purchased a company that manufactured the Ceramic tiles which are the beating heart of a gas infrared radiation heater. That company was \u201c de Porceleinen Fles\u201d from Delft, Holland ( world famous for \u201cDelfts Blue porcelain\u201d , which is, next to cheese, windmills and tulips, a typical Dutch product ). From then on Alke was able to manufacture and control its own ceramics, custom made for infrared radiation. The Alke ceramic tiles are substantially more effective and efficient than other competitive ceramics.\n\nIn 1996 Alke Agro designed and launched its feedpan for poultry from a basic, virgin material from Bayer. This feedpan was able to resist the cold temperatures (-40 C) from eastern Europe, as well as the extreme high temperatures (40 C) in south east Asia.\n\nIn 1998 Alke Agro purchased the Belgium producer \u201cde Kimpe\u201d which was already for 30 years manufacturing the auger for feed lines. The company had a great reputation on this product worldwide. Today we can supply any dimension of Auger till a maximum length of 120 meters. We exclusively use certified materials from Bekeart Belgium, specially made for augers.\n\n1999 was the year Alke purchased its competitor \u201cALSO Gas Soest\u201d, which was manufacturing and selling heaters for agricultural use. They also had a great range of outdoor heaters , which are still produced by Alke and are mainly sold in Europe. The complete inventory with machines and production facilities was integrated in the Alke production facility.\n\nIn 1999 Alke also purchased its supplier \u201cBrouwer machinery Soest\u201d. The company was producing Alke parts since 1974 like: nozzles, nozzle holders, hose connections, and venturies. The manufacturing of these parts moved into the Alke facility.\n\nIn 2000 Alke employed Mr. H. Wind from Gastec Holland, for CE certifying all Gas brooders which are produced in the Alke facilities. In 2001 a complete certified laboratory was set up with all equipment necessary for certifying our products and to maintain the highest quality level. In 2008 an analyzer especially for measuring radiation intensity was purchased. There are only 4 of these analysers in the whole world in operation and Alke ownes one of them . These unique laboratory facilities make us one of the most advanced infrared heating manufacturer of the world.\n\nIn 2004 Alke purchased a Romanian competitor who was specialized in HVAC since 1999 on the Romanian market with the name Total Confort Srl from Brasov Romania. The new name became \u201cAlke \u2013 Total Confort Srl\u201d. Alke-Total Confort operates mainly in the Balkan, deploying its own young sales team on projects in Industrial heating and agricultural infrastructures.\n\nIn 2004 an old factory building in Brasov Romania was purchased with a total of 5300 m2 floor surface. The building required a total renovation, which took more than a year. In the spring of 2005 the production department was operational and started with the manufacturing of semi-finished Alke products. These parts are shipped to the Dutch Alke facility where the parts get assembled into finished products. The production process in Brasov is managed by a Dutch manager, which monitors and controls the product flow and its quality.\n\nIn 2010 Alke reached the representation of its products in 96 Countries from all over the world. An achievement that is now transferred to the next generation within ALKE. This third generation in the person of Mr. Robert van Alphen will continue the companies effort to make better products and services in the future. Although he is still in training, you might meet him soon, somewhere in the world, improving his skills of trading and management.\n\nAlke is a \u201cself-made\u201d organization, meaning that we are who we are and what we are by making our products ourselves and from there also shaping our own future. We create our products in our own factory, from raw materials to client specific, working products. We proudly present them on this website and invite you to take a good look around. If you want more information, or have any questions or remarks, please do not hesitate to contact us.\n\nAlke Agro is producer for poultry equipment. Alke Agro produces and trades under its own management. We specialize in designing and delivering Turn-key projects, but we also supply smaller projects. We always offer an optimal balance between budget and quality, in order to reach a profitable \u201cReturn On Investment\u201d for our clients. We only cooperate with international recommended suppliers such as Vostermans (Multifan), Tulderhof and Hotraco."}
-{"text": "Salo follows F1 drivers to NASCAR trucks\n\nMay 12 (GMM) Mika Salo is reportedly following the likes of Juan Pablo Montoya, Nelsinho Piquet and Kimi Raikkonen in moving to the world of NASCAR racing.\n\nFinn Salo, the former Ferrari and Toyota driver, almost made the NASCAR switch a couple of years ago.\n\n\"This year it is finally happening,\" the 44-year-old confirmed to Turun Sanomat newspaper.\n\nSalo, who contested more than 100 grands prix and stood on the podium twice, said he will make his debut in the formative Truck series in July.\n\nHe was in Turkey last weekend as a commentator for Finnish broadcaster MTV3.\n\nCommenting on his famous countryman Raikkonen's move to NASCAR, Salo said: \"Of course it would be nice to race in the same league as him, but I understand that at the point I will be starting he will already be in Nationwide or perhaps even Sprint Cup.\""}
-{"text": "Keeping Disappointment Away; How To Get Ready For A Vacation With Your Better Half\n\nIf you are planning to go on a vacation with your better half sometime soon you will need to be well prepared for the same. You will not want to leave anything to chance as that can lead to disappointment. The better that you plan the holiday and the more proactively that you take on all the logistics, the better that you will be able to actually enjoy the vacation. Here are some helpful pointers that will help you ensure that you can keep disappointment at bay.\n\nDo not leave the bookings for the last minute The first and key way to ensure that you and your better half do not get disappointed in making your plans is to ensure that the bits and pieces like the accommodation Adelaide hills, the flights and reservations for other activities like say a cruise or a safari or anything that you have thought of will not be left for the last minute. You will need to make the bookings as soon and as early as possible. Many places will have options to change the dates and to arrange for refunds, even if they may not be full refunds if your plans change. But if you wait till the last minute and especially in the peak seasons, you will not be able to get the holiday that you were dreaming of at all.\n\nArrange for some extra pampering activities This is a romantic holiday where you and your partner can break free from all the daily stress and just take a breather, enjoy doing things together, may be give each other little thoughtful and pampering gifts that will show them how special they are to you. Some great ideas for this would be checking together into a day spa Adelaide and enjoying a couple\u2019s health replenishing session, maybe the both of you can also arrange for a customized private dinner on the beach if applicable with your toes meeting the water. A simple and delicious dinner sent to the room that you can enjoy by your private Jacuzzi. All of these things are just simple ways that will make it easier for you and your loved one to enjoy the setting and the holiday a bit more.\n\nKeep a bit of spontaneous spiritLast but not the least, while you are well off with keeping things organized and planned and all that, it will also not hurt to get some spontaneity in the game. Now that everything is booked and checked into as it should be, be up for a little experimenting, be it cuisine or the experiences that you will get to enjoy at the holiday."}
-{"text": "Senior Pays It Forward by Starting His Own Scholarship for Future Students\n\nBy Lawrence Lerner\n\nMay 8, 2017\n\nShare\n\nAlbert Appouh knows adversity. His Ghanaian immigrant parents divorced when he was 5. He came out as gay in high school and faced taunts. He has grappled with a learning disability and battled mental health issues. He started and stopped college twice.\n\nBut through it all, the fifth-year RU-N senior has overcome great odds to not only be the first in his family attend college but to stand out while doing it, taking on two majors at Rutgers University-Newark, being part of the Honors College, serving the RU-N and Newark communities with distinction, performing undergraduate research with renowned faculty, and starting a scholarship to pay it forward as gratitude for the numerous awards he himself has won.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m committed to doing well and showing others that their background, medical history or social status has no effect on what they can accomplish,\u201d says Appouh.\n\nArriving at RU-N in fall 2012 after stints at Seton Hall University and Essex County College, Appouh dual-majored in applied mathematics and economics, with a minor in business administration.\n\nIntellectually curious and supremely motivated, he decided to stay at RU-N for a fifth year to fulfill the requirements for an extra major plus an Honors College senior thesis. The project looked at factors that influence academic achievement in math for middle- and high-school students. Appouh has known for some time that he ultimately wants to teach high-school math.\n\nThe desire to become a teacher aligns not only with his love of the subject but also with his commitment to helping others.\n\nAt RU-N he has served as president of the Golden Key Honor Society, where he helped create and run graduate-school and GRE/GMAT information sessions, along with resume writing workshops. He also was president of the Student Outreach Council, a student-run community service organization active in Newark.\n\nIn summer 2014, Appouh got involved with GS-LSAMP, a national and statewide initiative that encourages minority students to pursue careers in STEM fields.\n\nHe dove in as a research assistant for LSAMP Director Alec Gates, a professor of Earth an Environmental Science, who was studying factors that influence radon levels in the environment and soil. Appouh performed statistical analysis on the project, then presented their findings at an LSAMP Research Conference at Rutgers\u2013New Brunswick, and at a black-doctoral-network conference in Philadelphia.\n\n\u201cThe work was really in line with my applied mathematics major, and a great opportunity to learn from Dr. Gates,\u201d says Appouh.\n\nThrough LSAMP, he also has tutored math students at Newark and East Orange high schools, has been a high school teacher\u2019s aide (in math), and has peer-tutored fellow RU-N students. Appouh also advised newly admitted and transfer students about life as a STEM student at RU-N.\n\nDuring his time at Rutgers, Appouh has also been involved with RU Pride, the Newark campus\u2019 LGBTQ student organization. As part of this group, he has walked in New York City\u2019s Pride March, held a fundraiser for families affected by the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting, and shared his coming-out story at various events. He also took part in this year\u2019s Rainbow Graduation & Pride Awards Celebration, hosted by RU-N\u2019s LGBTQ & Diversity Resource Center.\n\n\u201cI came out in high school but didn\u2019t feel truly welcomed until I arrived at RU-N. It\u2019s been a really supportive environment here,\u201d says Appouh. \u201cWe\u2019re such a diverse campus, and I\u2019ve felt at home here.\u201d\n\nOf all the things that make Appouh stand out, however, it may be his dogged pursuit of scholarships to fund his education that looms largest.\n\nHe says that early on at RU-N, he did the math and realized he would be ineligible for financial aid after 180 credits and would have to seek other sources of funding starting his third year. He got right to work, researching and contacting dozens of foundations and grant-making agencies that were looking to help students like him.\n\nOver his five years at RU-N, Appouh has received nearly 70 scholarships ranging from $500 to $10K for academic excellence, leadership, community service, advocacy and activism, diversity, and career aspirations. He\u2019s gotten so good at securing money that he ran scholarship workshops for students as part of the Golden Key Honor Society.\n\nNot surprisingly, he was awarded a $14K scholarship from Columbia University\u2019s Teachers College toward his graduate work, which he\u2019ll start in the fall as he embarks on a degree in Math Education.\n\nAs if that weren\u2019t remarkable enough, in January Appouh began establishing his own merit-based scholarship at RU-N, which will award $1K annually to one deserving minority student with a 3.5 or greater GPA who performs outstanding leadership and service to the RU-N and Newark communities. He\u2019s targeting students who are LGBT, have disabilities, are military veterans, or are non-traditional students (over age 25, single mothers, etc.).\n\nThe scholarship is scheduled to go online in the fall. Appouh will fund it out-of-pocket and hopes to raise money for additional scholarships down the road.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s an honor and privilege to give back to next generation of RU-N students,\u201d says Appouh. \u201cOthers have provided me with so many academic and financial opportunities over the years. It\u2019s the least I can do to help others in need.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Plaid Cymru, the Party Of Wales, news, comment, opinion and observations from the South East corner of the old historic county of Gwent...\n\nFriday, 13 February 2015\n\nTIME TO TAP OUR POTENTIAL\n\nTo quote the late great Elvis Presley, in relation\nto our railways and transport infrastructure, it's time for a little less talk,\nand some more action! It's time to tap our potential and build our country as it can\nbe. The proposed South Wales metro is a first step for this region. If\nwe are serious about delivering reliable, effective and sustainable all weather\ncommunications to our communities then its time to consider reopening old\nrailway lines to passenger and rail freight. Reopening the old railway lines\nbetween Llangefni on Ynys Mon, Caernarfon to Bangor, Aberdare and Hirwaun (in\nthe Cynon valley) and Usk (via Little Mill) to the main line and between Builth\nRoad to Builth would make a real difference.\n\nPerhaps if the Con-Dem coalition government had, had a\nminor let alone a major infrastructure investment policy that functions outside\nof England would demonstrate that this Westminster Government is actually\nserious about making the union work for all its inhabitants. Investing in our\npublic transport system would reduce carbon emissions and cut road congestion.\nReopening and refurbishing our old railways and upgrading our existing lines\nfor passenger and fright traffic could provide serious economic stimulation to\nthe local economies and provide a real opportunity for our people.\n\n1 comment:\n\nThe Metro for Cardiff Capital Region is far from a 'first step' but a concept for 30 years. Has a big problem in assuming rapid transit trams can run on heavy rail lines, when these are being electrified at high voltage (1100V). Cardiff Council is rush to develop north of the regional interchange at Cardiff Central Station, which will prevent resolution of this problem. That Council also says (at the LDP Inquiry) the priority light-rail/ tram route out to Llantrisant/Talbot Green is unlikely in the next decade, so they propose rapid transit buses on routes that can't take them. Cardiff and Newport Leaders want a tie-up with Bristol in the \"Great Western Cities\" region. Surely you/Plaid should oppose these grandiose schemes and go for practicable reopening of rail-lines (you mention), bus priority routes and car traffic restraint? Also against any new M4 past Newport and retention of Severn Bridge tolls (to deter Bristol housing overspill into Wales)?\n\nJonathan T Clark\n\nAbout Me\n\nA former journalist, and a former IT Professional, I am interested in social justice, the growing problem of a lack of affordable housing, energy independence, land tenure, public access, law and order, equal pay, integrated public transport, our economy, the consequences of the former war on terror and enduring threats to civil liberties. I have a passing interest in the consequences of Peak Everything. Amongst my other interests are Archaeology, history, politics not to mention Newport County and the Gwent Dragons. I have been actively involved in pretty much every Plaid campaign in the South East one way or another since 1998 Any blog postings contain only my personal views and are published in an entirely personal capacity."}
-{"text": "Search\n\nAdmin Strand Trainings\n\nThe purpose of the Administrator STRAND is to support school leaders administrative needs. The range of topics will be instructional leadership, personnel & labor, student safety, and legal.\n\n2017-18 Future Administrator Academy Workshop\n\nThese workshops will focus on teachers who are interested in pursuing an administration license. The four-part series will be held to support teachers in acquiring skills to become effective school leaders and to support teachers in deepening their knowledge about school administration. Topics this year will include school law overview, student engagement and having difficult conversations with employees. All four workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. at Douglas ESD.\n\n2017-18 Elementary and Middle School Administrator Academy Workshop\n\nThese workshops will focus on supporting principals in creating great schools and helping students succeed, as well as enhancing the ability to lead schools in high performance. The workshop is also designed to create a network that supports administrators beyond their districts. All four workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 a.m. at Douglas ESD.\n\n2017-18 Administrator Academy Workshop Second Level\n\nThese workshops will focus on supporting principals in creating great schools and helping students succeed, as well as enhancing the ability to lead schools in high performance. The workshop is also designed to create a network that supports administrators beyond their districts. All four workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 a.m. at Douglas ESD."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, January 8, 2014\n\nLangtang Valley Trek Photos\n\nAmongst the three major trekking areas in Nepal, namely, Everest, Annapurna and Langtang, the Langtang valley is the most under trekked. Most of the big name peaks are in the Everest and Annapurna regions, so Langtang has always come third when selecting a trekking destination. In many ways this is real pity because Langtang offers pristine forests, rich bird life, monastic culture and above all some spectacular mountain views of the Langtang Himal topped by the shapely Langtang Lirung. Here are some photographs from the South Col Langtang Valley trek in November-December 2013:\n\nLangtang Village and the peak of Gyan Chhenpo on the right - on the left is the peak of Tsergo Ri\n\nWalking down from Kyanjin Ri viewpoint\n\nCrossing a stream on the way to Langshisha Kharka beyond Kyanjin Gompa - Langtang Lirung in the background\n\n3 comments:\n\nLooking at your wonderful pics, I am overcome by waves of nostalgia; thanks for the memories and also for providing a link to my blog post re Langtang. The mountains look the same, though the lodge signs have become very creative indeed!\n\nGoogle+ Badge\n\nAll the photographs and text on this blog are mine, unless I explicitly mention otherwise. Please do not use any of my photographs without my permission. If you want to use any of them, email me at sujoyrdas@gmail.com\n\nAbout Me\n\nSujoy Das has been trekking and photographing in the Himalayas for the last thirty years. He leads treks under the banner of South Col Expeditions. He is the joint author and photographer of Sikkim - A Travellers Guide with Arundhati Ray and author of Lonely Planet-Nepal for the Indian Traveller. His essays and photographs have been published in books and magazines worldwide including The Washington Post, APA Publications, Outlook Traveller, India Today Travel Plus, Times of India Crest etc. He is currently working on a book on the Nepal Himalaya and organizing treks and photo expeditions as a part of South Col Expeditions. He is also a contributing photographer to www.lightandcomposiiton.com . For more information and photographs, please do visit www.sujoydas.com and www.sujoyrdas.blogspot.com"}
-{"text": "S\u00e9ances and Table Tipping in the 19th and 20th Centuries\n\nWhen Kitty was a little girl she dreamed of being a museum curator or archaeologist. Now she studies and writes all about history.\n\nA photograph of a group gathered at a s\u00e9ance, taken by William Hope in about 1920. | Source\n\nA Fascination With the Dead\n\nThinking about what people experienced in their everyday lives back in the 1800s and early 1900s would make many of us realize how easy we have it today. People in the Victorian era saw more than one person in their immediate family die. So you can imagine how death might have affected their lives on a very deep level. Some of these people became so fascinated with death and with reaching their loved ones that they began trying to make contact with their dead loved ones.\n\nContact was attempted through s\u00e9ances and mediums, table tipping and spirit writing, and sometimes through spirit photography. But were these methods actually successful or were they all a hoax? We'll explore the world of s\u00e9ances in the Victorian era and see how it brought about an entire religious movement known as Spiritualism that has survived to this day. We will also explore the key figures in the Spiritualist movement and see how they influenced the world around them and the world unseen.\n\nThe Three Infamous Fox Sisters | Source\n\nCover Sheet to Song called Spirit Rapping circa 1800s | Source\n\nThe Fox Sisters & Cora Hatch\n\nSpiritualism was a movement that was considered a new religion that focused a lot of its efforts on talking to the dead. There were a few key people to whom we can attribute the establishment of Spiritualism. The Fox Sisters were probably the most famous of these people. Leah, Margaret, and Kate Fox were three ordinary farmer's girls in the state of New York in the 1800s. They would have been just like any other group of forgotten sisters from that time period, except for the fact that they could talk to the dead. One spirit, in particular, is what started the whole thing...a spirit by the name of Rosna. When Margaret and Kate were 15 and 12, they began hearing tapping noises on the floor and walls...in their own bedroom. These tappings were noticed by their mother, father, and eventually, the entire town was talking about the unusual tapping noises coming from the Fox house.\n\nThe two Fox sisters began talking to the tapping noises, and when they asked certain questions the tapping noises would answer with a certain number of taps. These tapping noises were said to have been made by the spirit Rosna, who was a peddler in the 1800s. He told the girls that he had been murdered by the previous home's owner and buried in the cellar. The Fox family tried desperately to dig up the cellar floor to find the spirit's remains but found nothing but a tin box and some hair that wasn't fully identifiable as a human's. People from all over came to watch the Fox sisters communicate with the tapping spirit. Pretty soon, the Fox sisters were the most famous mediums in the country and so began the Spiritualist movement. If you were wondering where Leah Fox came into play, she was the eldest sister who capitalized on her younger sisters' talent. She had no real supernatural powers of her own but was utterly obsessed with ghosts and the paranormal.\n\nAnother rather famous Spiritualist and medium was Cora L.V. Scott, also known as Cora Hatch at her most popular time. Cora was married at least three times, but during the time she was Cora Hatch she was most revered for her \"trance lecturing\". It was thought that she could go into a trance and allow the spirits to talk through her. There were a couple books written with her lectures, much of them emanating a very pantheistic point of view. Cora wasn't one to do much of the table tipping or elaborate s\u00e9ances, but she was always one to give her knowledge while in her trance-like state. She was famous with the men, as she was beautiful, eloquent, and intelligent. She was another of the key persons in the Spiritualist movement of the Victorian era. But there were many others...\n\nWhat a S\u00e9ance Room Might Have Looked Like in Victorian Times...\n\nSource\n\nS\u00e9ances and Contacting the Dead\n\nSo what were the Victorian s\u00e9ances like? Did a couple of children sit around a Ouija board and hope to talk to the devil? No, it was much different than what we might imagine a s\u00e9ance to be nowadays. S\u00e9ances were taken very seriously but the people who performed and endorsed them. Imagine this:\n\nYou walk into a room with hardwood floors, your heels loudly clicking notifying all of your presence. The room is quite dark minus a few lit candles on a round table in the middle of the room. The air in the room is rather cold, chills frequently shoot up your spine. You've got the goosebumps, and there's no hiding that you're a bit reluctant of this upcoming event. You've been invited to a s\u00e9ance...you look around the room. Your Aunt Betty, Uncle Peter, and Mama are all there. Daddy is out of town and won't be home for days still. Mama wanted to try to talk to William. He's been gone for almost a year, and Mama can't stop crying over him. She heard that the next-door neighbor was what the town calls a \"Spiritualist\"...which is someone who believes and talks to spirits, and so she asked her to come over and put on a s\u00e9ance. You sit down and everyone interlocks hands. The medium (your neighbor) gives instructions for everyone to relax...and then the ritual starts.\n\nThese s\u00e9ances could be frightening in nature, but sometimes they could be rather boring too. It really all depended on who was leading the s\u00e9ance in those times. Since the beginning of the Spiritualist movement and the Fox Sisters' phenomenon, many fraudulent mediums came forward...greedy people just trying to make a buck or two off the poor folks in mourning. So one had to be wary of who was trying to scam and who was actually an authentic medium. But one thing is for sure, when the real seances happened...you would have known it.\n\nYou might have heard strange sounds, rappings on the floors, ceiling, or walls. Perhaps a bell ringing in the distance. Maybe the medium in your s\u00e9ance performed some spirited writing, which is when the medium writes while in a trance allowing the spirits to communicate through her and onto a piece of paper. Or maybe the medium used a tarot deck or spirit board. The ways in which mediums and spiritualists communicated with the spirits was vast\u2014just as it is today.\n\nI think the real difference between s\u00e9ances today and s\u00e9ances in the Victorian era is the desperation for the people who get involved. Again, many of us today see and experience some death during our lifetimes, but in the times when no antibiotics or western medicine could heal even the smallest of sicknesses, people of those times faced death on a yearly basis. They lost so many people that were dear to them that all they could do was go on with life...but others wanted desperately to make contact with their loved ones on the other side. This longing to make contact might have stemmed from a tradition of our ancient ancestors...to honor and revere the dead. The belief that the other side was merely through a very thin veil...and sometimes we can see through that veil to the spirits on the other side.\n\nDid you know that Mary Todd Lincoln (President Abraham Lincoln's wife) conducted more than one s\u00e9ance in The White House during the 1800s? Yes, her son Willie died at a young age, and since his death, she was obsessed with Spiritualism and anything having to do with contacting the spirit world. She wanted to talk to her dead son...and it didn't matter what it took to do so. Even good ol' honest Abe gave in to her desires and was said to have joined in the seances at one point. Could they have opened a portal in The White House itself? There are many tales of it being haunted, after all.\n\nOne of the Fake Ectoplasm Photos by TG Hamilton | Source\n\nSpirit Photography...Real or Fraud? | Source\n\nSpirit Photography & Ectoplasm\n\nSpirit photography became a popular thing in the Victorian era, another side effect of the Spiritualist movement. What was spirit photography? To put it simply it was the belief that photographs could capture ghosts on camera during a s\u00e9ance. I am a believer that spirits can easily be picked up on film and video; however, when it comes to the actual photographs produced from the Victorian era, they are not very believable and many of them have been debunked.\n\nTake for instance the work of T.G. Hamilton. He traveled around with one particular medium named Mary Marshall and supposedly captured ectoplasm in his photography. Ectoplasm is a liquid-type substance that spills from a medium's orifices during a heavy s\u00e9ance or contact with the dead. T.G., unfortunately, was faking this ectoplasm and taking photographs using double-exposure methods and fake supplies such as pantyhose, gloves, etc. to make the photographs look real. Check out the picture to the right as a blatant example. Many times the \"spirits' faces\" would show up in these pictures enveloped in the medium's ectoplasm.\n\nEven though there were many frauds during this time of mystery and growth, I believe that there were just as many real mediums.\n\nSpirit photography must have been a spin-off of the Victorian post-mortem photography, which was a custom that was very widespread for that day and age. If you were to ask people today what they thought about taking pictures of dead relatives, they would be repulsed and left aghast. But back then, and as I've said before, death was a part of many peoples' every day lives...and many times they were not able to afford photography during a person's life. And so they had pictures taken of them in death so as to hold on to that last glimpse in time. Perhaps they thought that taking pictures during s\u00e9ances would reveal their dead loved ones' spirits on the other side.\n\nTable Tipping\n\nSo now we get to the really interesting stuff. We know about the spirit rappings that made the Fox Sisters so famous and prevalent amongst the Spiritualist community. But there were other ways to talk to the spirits. One of the most popular but most daring ways to make contact was the method of table tipping (or tilting). It was also one of the cheapest and easiest ways to make contact with the other side. People from all walks of life, with or without a professional medium, could try to make contact with the other side. All they needed was a quiet place, themselves, and a table in the middle!\n\nTable tipping was exactly how its name implies. A small group of people would sit in a circle around a relatively smaller round table (usually) and try to make contact with the other side. They would ask questions and the spirits were thought to tip and tilt the table in certain directions as to answer a \"yes\" or \"no\"...and sometimes more. The tables have even been known to levitate...literally leave the floor and travel mid-air during a particularly strong s\u00e9ance. The people in the room would no doubt have believed wholeheartedly that this was the work of the spirits...potentially past loved ones. But since the Victorian times, this phenomenon has been examined by scientists and paranormal investigators alike. A few of them have put forth theories that spirit contact does not cause the table tipping phenomenon, but in fact, it is caused by collective energy...a collective thought that literally manifests into reality. Could the spirit rappings and ouija boards also be just manifestations of collective energy from a group of individuals?\n\nHoudini Discrediting Fraudulent Mediums | Source\n\nA Hoax or Reality?\n\nThe Spiritualist movement beginning in the 1800s has lasted through to today. It has evolved and morphed into more than one denomination and sect, including European and Latin American types. While Spiritualists are mainly focused on talking to the other side, they also believe in a God and find that some of these spirits are indeed beneficial and are God's messengers. Of course, if you're not careful, you could run into a spirit that isn't so beneficial or positive. And that's where the Fox Sisters and others got themselves into trouble in Victorian times.\n\nThere were a few people who traveled around the country with a sole purpose of debunking fake mediums and s\u00e9ances. One of these debunkers was none other than the amazing Houdini. The ironic thing is that Houdini used his phony magic to trick people into believing in the unknown and mysterious...but then later in his life he spent all of his efforts debunking others who tried the same things in order to make a buck. But was he right? Were all of the Spiritualists and mediums fake, or were some of them real and genuine in their beliefs and actions?\n\nIf we were to go back in time to the Victorian era, would we find that the s\u00e9ances were all a farce? Would we laugh at the idiocy, or would we see that these people were actually talking to their dead loved ones? What do you think...hoax or reality?\n\nComments\n\nSubmit a Comment\n\nYou Must Sign In To Comment\n\nTo comment on this article, you must sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account.\n\ntebo\n\n5 years agofrom New Zealand\n\nI'm always amazed at how people from so long ago were interested in contacting spirits. I don't know why I think that, because after all it is the losing of loved ones that triggers an interest and people have been dying since the beginning of time. A very interesting and enjoyable read as usual. Nice photographs - I particularly like the hand coming up to the table.\n\nNellieanna Hay\n\n5 years agofrom TEXAS\n\nThank you, Kitty - that is most kind of you to say. Sometimes I can hardly believe it myself. Hugs.\n\nAUTHOR\n\nKitty Fields\n\n5 years agofrom Summerland\n\nOldWC - Glad you enjoyed it, hun. Blessings!\n\nNellieanna - Well, no one would be able to tell you were born in the 30s...you are gorgeous and look incredibly younger. I am sorry that you've lost many of the people in your life that you were close to, but I am positive that you'll see them again someday. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us!\n\nPhoenix - You are absolutely right. When people start believing that they can command the spirit world to do what they want, there will be problems! Thanks for reading.\n\nonegreenparachute - I think I'm too scared to try the table tipping, as I don't know how I would handle it! LOL.\n\nGawth - Thanks for reading. And I agree, many people who get involved with these things are opening themselves up to some not-so-nice forces.\n\nDolores - I laughed at first too, but yes the sadness can kick in afterwards. These people didn't find it funny, in fact most of them probably were very sad individuals who just wanted to find their loved ones safe on the other side. Thank you for reading, and you rock!\n\nDolores Monet\n\n5 years agofrom East Coast, United States\n\nWhat a fascinating topic. Sometimes it's easy to laugh at this stuff and the gullible people with their yucky ectoplasm, but then I start to think of how sad it all is, how they so long to contact lost loved ones. Maybe the fakes weren't so bad after all. They gave people a feeling of peace, that their lost darlings were in a better place and loved them or forgave them. Wonderful hub. (I love the picture of the white hands all around the table , so creepy)\n\nRon Gawthorp\n\n5 years agofrom Millboro, Virginia\n\nA most fascinating HUB, thank you. My father's father used to recount of tables tipping in his youth. Apparently the events happened at the home of relatives. He and some siblings would lie on the floor and watch the tables rise enough to pass their hands between the floor and the table legs. Later I studied such psychic phenomena some on my own and don't recommend it to anyone. The Ouija Board is the gateway to possession.\n\nCarol\n\n5 years agofrom Greenwood, B.C., Canada\n\nI have had quite a few spiritual experiences and very much believe in that side of life. I remember an exciting evening chasing a large, heavy table across the room. There were about six of us and the table spun on one leg as fast as we could follow it. I do believe the movement was caused by a form of collective energy but the fact that energy can be gathered in this way is just as fascinating as the idea that spirits could cause the motion.\n\nThanks for this hub. It is well written and researched and I vote up and share!\n\nZulma Burgos-Dudgeon\n\n5 years agofrom United Kingdom\n\nI believe it is possible to communicate with the spirit world. But I think it would have to be on their terms, not ours. Spirits shouldn't be ordered to appear on command because it suits you. You wouldn't expect a living person to just drop everything because you feel like a chat, would you.\n\nGreat hub.\n\nNellieanna Hay\n\n5 years agofrom TEXAS\n\nInteresting, well researched and very well written, Kitty.\n\nMy mother was born in 1892 and table-tipped. Her father died when she was 12 and she felt he was her guardian angel. She did seem 'charmed' in many ways. She was traditional religiously, though. Dad was born in 1890 but had no leanings in that direction. I do agree that people tended to be more familiar and perhaps therefore more obsessed with death in those times.\n\nI'm the last survivor of my natal family and many of my life-long friends and 2 of my husbands have died. So I'm familiar with death and dying. Everyone else in my family came from many years before I was born in 1932. My siblings were born in 1918, 1920 and 1922.\n\nI feel a strong 'presence' of my most beloved who have gone on, and many times feel a guardian angel kind of protection, but I don't see or hear ghosts. I can attribute it to being probably mostly in the strength of my own mind & memories of them in life. (I do hear squirrels in the attic, though!)\n\n:-))\n\nI've had my hands on the table being tipped and it felt like it moved of its own volition. It didn't seem to be from the effort of any one person around it. It was similar to the feel of a ouija board moving - strong and balanced on the surface. If it's due to combined physical energy, that's pretty amazing, but so would be if it's being moved by spirits. Nothing is impossible, I suppose. What we don't know would astound us!\n\nOldWitchcraft\n\n5 years agofrom The Atmosphere\n\nVery nicely done article - better than ones I've seen in magazines on this subject, in fact.\n\nConnect with us\n\nThis website uses cookies\n\nAs a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, exemplore.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.\n\nThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. 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-{"text": "Colony Picking\n\nThe RapidPick Lite has been designed to meet the needs of labs around the world that require an automated colony picking system that is:\n\nEasy\n\nEconomical\n\nEnvironmental and\n\ncan be Expanded if needed.\n\nThe RapidPick Lite includes the RapidPick MP, a PlateCrane EX robotic arm and 5 plate stacks. If you have medium throughput needs, you may be interested in the RapidPick SP or the RapidPick Harvester.\n\nThe average inoculation rates of the RapidPicks are over 99%. The major competitors use batch picking so there is a delay in placing colonies into the destination plate. The delay may weaken E. coli and other bacteria or cause death.\n\nThe RapidPick Lite\u2019s small footprint saves lab space and easily fits into anaerobic chambers and biosafety hoods. The typical colony picking rate is around 2,400 colonies per hour. Software Plug-Ins are available to communicate with all Hudson Robotics instruments and over 200 instruments from other manufactures such as LiCONiC incubators, media dispensers, robotic arms and more. The open physical layout allows for easy integration with other instruments and cleaning. Hudson Robotics can provide chambers to showcase your workcell.\n\nUsing the RapidPick Lite, users can manually load a colony plate and a media-filled target plate in the plate stacks of the PlateCrane robotic arm, then start the automated picking through an easy operator interface on the instrument\u2019s control computer. Hudson\u2019s RapidPick designed to pick from petri dishes, Nunc\u2122 Omnitray \u2122 or any SBS plates, including: 1, 6, 8, 24, 48 and 96-well plates. They will inoculate SBS 1, 24, 96, 384, 1536 deepwell and standard height microplates. The MP includes barcode scanners to identify barcodes on each of the source colony plate and the target growth plate, if the user\u2019s plates are barcoded. Then, the transfer data is saved using these barcodes to identify the resulting picked colonies. If the user\u2019s plates are not barcoded, the data will be saved in sequential order. With the optional 2nd destination plate the user can create both an assay plate and an archive plate. Optional fluorescence detection and zone of exclusion bacterial colony detection is available.\n\nThe RapidPick\u2019s easy to use software enables users to create unique colony morphology sets to automate the colony picking process\n\nThe RapidPick Lite is everything you want today and nothing you don\u2019t. If you need to add something tomorrow, it\u2019s no problem with the RapidPick. The system can be expanded anytime to include automated media dispensing, shaking incubation, plate sealing and/or greater plate capacity.\n\nOn-board capacity for picking over 1700 colonies per run into 96 DW blocks\n\nSpecifications\n\nRapidPick Multi-Pin Colony Picking Systems consist of the RapidPick Multi-Pin Colony Picker instrument, the PlateCrane EX (except Basic model) with up to 10 stacks, and software development by Hudson Robotics to control the system. The systems have the following specifications:\n\nUses LED light box with the intensity of the lights controlled in software.\n\nLED lights can be changed to different colors if desired.\n\nCamera takes an image of the entire plate in a single image. No image cropping or building is required.\n\nUser creates parameter files for identifying good colonies. There is no limit to the number of parameter files that can be created. Good colonies are determined by size, shape, contrast to background and closeness to other colonies.\n\nUser can manually edit the plate to be picked if desired. Colonies can be selected or deselected with the click of the mouse.\n\n4 pins are actuated at the same time, picking pin, inoculation pin, wash station, sterilization. This action takes under 1 second. After the pins are released, the rotor moves by 1 position.\n\nPicking pin can pick through agar and hits bottom of plate with no damage to pin, linear slide or plate.\n\nInoculation pin can be set to \u201cwiggle or dither\u201d in destination well from 1-10 shakes. This improves the inoculation efficiency to 99%+.\n\nWash station is a vacuum wash to remove loose debris on the pin. After leaving wash station, pin travels through a brush to remove anything remaining.\n\nPins are sterilized with direct heat. The pins enter a heater coil or furnace at 600F for under 1 second. The tungsten pins heats through and all samples on the pins are destroyed. Tungsten allows pin to cool before being used for picking."}
-{"text": "Michelle again from My Belle Michelle. I had so much fun coming up with this printable for Mother\u2019s Day. I combined two of my absolute favorite things: Children\u2019s drawings and fun questions for kid\u2019s to answer. Seriously love how it turned out. Nice, bright and fun \u2013 the perfect, personal, fun gift for mom and grandma\u2019s everywhere. Read More \u00bb"}
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-{"text": "Pictures from phone to mac\n\n19 Apr Here's how to move photos and video from an iPhone to a Mac to back show the photos on your iPhone you should see the phone in the list. Use Photos on your Mac to import photos and videos from your camera, phone, or other mobile device. I still need a step by step instruction on how to download photos from my I Phone to my Macbook. I know how to download photos from the mac.\n\nWhether taking photos is part of your day-to-day business activities or you happened to snap a few pictures at your recent company get together, it helps to know. 2 easy ways to connect an Android phone to a Mac computer. Transfer files from your Then import any videos to iMovie or pictures to iPhoto. You can also use. 19 Nov When it comes to importing photos you took on your iPhone, you have AirDrop lets you send photos to any Mac or iOS device on the same.\n\n24 Jul Confused about how to sync your Mac or Windows PC photos to your to 24 hours before your content is fully synced with your iOS device(s). 8 Feb The easiest way to copy pictures from an Android device and to a Mac is using one of the image transfer apps that is bundled with OS X. That's. 12 Feb There are two ways to transfer pictures from your iOS device using iPhoto on Mac . The first requires you to connect your Mac to your mobile. 27 Oct If you are wondering how to transfer photos from Android to Mac, you come This online app is a perfect mobile device management software. 29 Jul When you first connect a Samsung Android device to your Mac for photo import, you might be disappointed to see that Aperture and iPhoto are.\n\nIn here, we are offering 3 different ways to help you transfer pictures from iPhone to Mac by using iPhoto, Photos app and Phone Transfer. If you were new to. 25 Jul In most cases, we may need to move pictures or other files from Android phones to Mac computer so as to release the internal storage. PHOTO TRANSFER APP for Mac Easily move, share and backup pictures and videos over Create new albums on your device and upload photos to them. APP for Android Easily move, share and backup pictures and videos over Wi-Fi . Transfer photos between your Android device and your computer as well as your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to your computer (Windows, Linux and Mac)."}
-{"text": "Category: English\n\nUnlike the topic regarding which God is true, the holy scriptures are in unison on the topic of menstruation, inculcating taboos in their respective societies. All the major religions without exception have labelled menstruating women as impure or have even viewed them as physical or spiritual threats to men. These taboos arose in primitive religions\u2026\n\n\u201cIf you are a Free-Thinker, won\u2019t you be supportive of a sexual relationship between son and mother or brother and sister? Why do you believe in marital and family relationships that are taught by religion? Does a Free-thinker really possess morality?\u201d I\u2019m sure you have come across these clich\u00e9d arguments by faith mongers who try\u2026\n\nThe so called \u201cCradle of Islam\u201d, the nation ruled by its primitive religious convictions that declared fatwas referring Atheists as extremists and anti-nationals, which have been reflected in the medias worldwide, are proved to be the volcanoes of New Atheism !! Freedom in Saudi: Speaking about freedom in Saudi is pointless like squashing water, since\u2026"}
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-{"text": "Nonchalance in a disturbed state\nThe char where NRC is a non-issue\n\n- Greatest fear is erosion, say residents\n\nDAULAT RAHMAN\n\nCircle of Love: There aren\u2019t too many toys here. Holding hands is a game, running is one too. These are the children of the Beki; they eat, sleep play on her sands. They are children of an uncertain future. Picture by UB Photos\n\nIf update of the NRC is a life and death issue for the\n\u201cminorities\u201d in Kumulipara in Barpeta district, it is an altogether different story on Amguri char \u2014 the riverine area visited by The Telegraph recently \u2014 in the same district and inhabited by the same community. The\nstruggle to eke out an existence overrides everything else. The indifference stands out in bold relief against the death of four youths from their own community in police firing in Barpeta town during a All Assam Minorities Students\u2019 Union rally against NRC update on July 21, 2010. This is the second of a three-part series on the mood in the district as Dispur again prepares to update the NRC, which was stalled after the 2010 violence. Amguri char, covered in this report, is just 44km from Barpeta town\n\nAmguri char, Nov. 12: This is the actual char, one of the many sandbars that are believed to be the stronghold of Bangladeshis in Assam. But in the impoverished lives of people living on the char, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) ranks just about nowhere on their list of priorities.\n\n\u201cWhat do we have to fear? We are hardworking people and we need our land,\u201d said Abdul Zabbar Ali, 75, relaxing at a tea stall here with a bidi between his lips.\n\n\u201cHow can we let in Bangladeshis here when we ourselves are running out of space to cultivate, thanks to floods and erosion?\u201d\n\nIncidentally, this is an area where the writ of the All Assam Minorities Students\u2019 Union (AAMSU) does not run. \u201cHow do they matter to us?\u201d he asks.\n\n\u201cHave they ever come asking after us or our welfare?\u201d\n\nEvery day, Ali gets up before sunrise, drinks tea and starts his day at the paddy field.\n\nAround 10am, his wife, and sometimes one of his sons, brings panta bhat with salt, onion and chilli to the field.\n\nHe relishes the meal and gets back to work.\n\nPanta means \u201csoaked in water\u201d and bhat is steamed rice. The dish, which is leftover rice soaked in water overnight to prevent it from getting spoilt, is popular among farmers like Ali in Amguri char or riverine areas.\n\n\u201cI am very happy living here with my family. But my greatest fear is the fast erosion of agricultural land by the annual floods. Will my four sons have enough land to cultivate and earn their livelihood?\u201d Ali wonders.\n\nThough Ali is quite aware of the NRC update issue, it does not bother him much. \u201cMy forefathers used to live on this char. I have been here for the past 75 years. We have adopted Assamese language as our mother tongue and have been casting votes since 1960. So I am not worried about my citizenship. There is no illegal migrant on our char and we will not allow them to enter as they will eat up our land.\u201d\n\nHe is not alone.\n\nThe 300-odd families living here are ready to drive away any illegal migrant out of fear of losing their agricultural land.\n\n\u201cPolitical parties and student organisations like All Assam Minorities Students\u2019 Union are playing politics with the issue of NRC update and illegal migrants. But no one is thinking about us, who work from sunrise to sunset to make agricultural produce available in different parts of the state. I am not bothered whether my name is included in the updated NRC or not. I just want to save my land. But, yes, names of illegal migrants must not enter the updated document,\u201d Ali said.\n\nIf chars are seen as domains of illegal migrants, Amguri presents an entirely different picture. It is the largest and officially recognised char under Kalgachia revenue circle in Barpeta district that remains cut off from the mainland for six months a year.\n\nAbu Taleb, 45, another farmer, expressed ignorance about the NRC. He, however, felt that there was no reason to worry if the NRC was updated since he had been voting for years now. \u201cWe do not see any AAMSU leader or politician visiting to enquire about our condition. It hardly matters to us. All people on our char are hardworking and they will survive under any circumstance. The NRC cannot sustain us but hard work can.\u201d\n\nLike Ali and Taleb, people here want to make a decent living by spending the entire day working under the scorching heat or even during floods and, of course, relish their panta bhat everyday.\n\nThey, however, have one plea to make to Dispur. They do not want to be harassed, whether in the name of NRC update or detection of illegal migrants.\n\nAs for Dispur, this is maybe one char that would be easy to deal with during the NRC update process."}
-{"text": "Libya Falling: A Less-Costly American-led Way of Waging War\n\nSo the U.S. was able to spearhead the imminent collapse of Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s regime in Libya on the cheap. We launched full-fledged invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq against murderous tyrants, but elected not to do the same in Libya. Is this a new template for U.S. wars, or just an acknowledgment of a war-weary nation?\n\nIt\u2019s a little of both, actually. President Obama, who was elected, in part, to help wind down those two post-9/11 wars, had no desire to begin a third. But he was willing to help NATO and the Arab League by providing a precision-guided attacks in the Libyan war\u2019s first two weeks, before taking a decidedly back seat for the next five months."}
-{"text": "Their plane had been canceled and the young boy was crying his frustrations. The mom was overheard saying, \u201cBut George, this is what is called an adventure.\u201d She was creating an explorer\u2019s heart in her son. When we set out to explore, unfortunate events can happen, but what is our attitude? A person who refuses to leave the United States feels like he has a good handle on the remedies available when such an untoward event occurs locally, but is afraid because he wouldn\u2019t abroad. Flying far from your culture can set you adrift. You look around and all you see is the featureless expanse, with no familiar landmarks to set you on the course to remedies. This kind of exploring, struggling to find your way can result in the best adventures.\n\nRegina and I are taking a middle ground of exploring. We came to Portugal on an 8 day vacation last year, and learned from our mistakes how to do some things better, how the Portuguese have set up their systems to rectify discouraging setbacks. Now we are here for two months to explore, not just Portugal, but exploring our comfort at staying here long term.\n\nWhen we landed in Lisbon, and were waiting for our flight to Faro, I decided to go looking for American style coffee, but didn\u2019t see any. Finally, after 6 hours waiting, we were off. I was so tired that I thought we were taking off, only to realize that we were mid-flight. The next moment I wondered why the stewardess was telling me to raise my seat-back mid-flight. We were landing. Upon arrival, we collected our goods, acquired our rental car, and sped off for Portimao. Once there, we searched for our building. Since they use building names, no street numbers impeded our progress. Subsequent to wandering, asking, disagreeing, we finally found it. Soon, we were ensconced in our little abode. We barely deposited our baggage, when hunger drove us out again for lunch. Being Easter Sunday, we worried, this is a strongly Catholic country, what if all the restaurants and grocery stores were closed. Strolling towards the beach, we espied an open restaurant only to be crestfallen at the words, \u201cvisa not accepted here.\u201d With our worry and hunger level rising, we went meandering along the beach drive, we found one accepting Visa. We fueled our bodies, and let me tell you sardine pizza is consumed for fuel, not for scrumptious taste.\n\nReturning to our new nest, I decided to press my luck and search by car for a grocery store. Last year, we had shopped at Intermarche. I kept my eyes peeled for that name when suddenly they were arrested by \u201cALDI.\u201d ALDI is an Eastern United States cut rate grocery chain, not an European one, but on a whim, I slanted my course that direction. Sho\u2019 nuff, there was ALDI, and I stocked up on necessities , especially for breakfast. Of course, ALDI contained not a single familiar item, but from the crowd of Portuguese shopping there, I knew the prices were great. Once again, and more tired than ever, (remember, a 6 hour time change and no sleep yet.) I charged home. Having squirreled away my treasures, I then strove to stay up to encourage the adjustment. I barely made 8:30 before the sandman knocked me out.\n\nAs I drifted off, I felt we had explored our local setting successfully. We had also explored our ability to adapt, and in spite of the occasional irritability, we found ourselves up to the challenge. Let me assure you that we will make plenty more mistakes. Some that we are currently striving to rectify are the lack of heat in the apartment, a glitch in the ability to communicate home, and the inability to operate the espresso machine (coffee being a necessity, this is the most important.)\n\nIf your marriage is shaky, don\u2019t add these types of stresses. Instead, beseech God for that healing. It won\u2019t be fast, but God promises that once He has cleansed you through the pardon Jesus paid for with His blood, He will put His great power in you. Then You will grow in victory and be able to explore in many ways.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nLikeLoading...\n\nPublished by isaiah46ministries\n\nRegina Davis-Sowers was ordained in August 2005, and I earned my doctorate in Sociology in 2006. I consider myself a teacher, above all else, that wants to help people examine God's word, so that they can understand how it pertains to their lives and have their faith created or sustained. Rev. Regina writes her blog, the Hope for Tomorrow posts, and the Bible Study.\nView all posts by isaiah46ministries"}
-{"text": "Swedenborg and Life Recap: Why Did Jesus Come to Earth as a Baby? \u2014 12/18/2017\n\nWatch full episode here!\n\nLook at celebrities and their entourages, world leaders and their protection details. The more powerful you are, the bigger of an entrance you make . . . right?\n\nSo why then did Jesus\u2014the all-powerful Lord of the universe\u2014come to earth as a helpless baby in a manger? In this episode, hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose use the writings of eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg to look for the answer.\n\nIn the process of taking on a human manifestation, God followed his own divine design. . . . Now, because God came down, and because he is the design . . . there was no other way for him to become an actual human being than to be conceived, to be carried in the womb, to be born, to be brought up, and to acquire more and more knowledge so as to become intelligent and wise. Therefore in his human manifestation he was an infant like any infant, a child like any child, and so on with just one difference: he completed the process more quickly, more fully, and more perfectly than the rest of us do. (True Christianity\u00a789)\n\nEvery part of human life is about bringing us into a closer relationship with God, and Jesus modeled how to do this by living his own life. The process begins all the way in infancy.\n\nThe Lord\u2019s life followed this path because the divine design is for people to prepare themselves to accept God; and as they prepare themselves, God enters them as if he were coming into his own dwelling and his own home. The preparation entails developing a concept of God and of the spiritual things related to the church\u2014that is, developing intelligence and wisdom. It is a law of the divine design that the closer and closer we come to God, which is something we have to do as if we were completely on our own, the closer and closer God comes to us. When we meet, God forms a partnership with us. The Lord followed this design even to the point of union with his Father. (True Christianity \u00a789)\n\nFor Jesus to model movement toward the Lord, he had to start at the beginning. And his beginning was about as humble as can be.\n\nAnd she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for him at the inn. (Luke 2:7)\n\nThis famous verse evokes familiar Christmas imagery, but Swedenborg says that behind the literal meaning of the verse is a description of how we can build a relationship with God. For example, the inn represents the state of affairs in the world at that time\u2014not just religion and politics, but the people themselves. None of them had room in their hearts for this new teaching.\n\nWhat about the other elements of the story? Keep reading for part 2.\n\nMary, Manger, Shepherds\n\nThe manger where the shepherds found the infant Lord symbolized spiritual nourishment, because horses, which get their nourishment from mangers, symbolize things having to do with the understanding. (De Verbo\u00a77:5)\n\nJonathan suggests that this means there\u2019s an element in us that is teachable\u2014in other words, while other parts of our mind might be closed to spiritual influence, we all have a \u201cmanger\u201d inside us where we can begin to understand the lessons around us.\n\nIf it had pleased the Lord, he might have been born in the most splendid palace, and been laid in a bed adorned with precious stones, but this would have been among such as were in no doctrine of truth, and there would have been no heavenly representation. He is also said to have been wrapped in swaddling clothes, because swaddling clothes signify primary truths, which are truths of innocence, and also truths of divine love. (Apocalypse Explained \u00a7706:12)\n\nIn other words, when we\u2019re in a state of humility, then we\u2019re open to what the Lord wants to bring into our lives. On the other hand, when we\u2019re on top of the world and think we know all the answers, we aren\u2019t listening in the same way.\n\nAnd the news of Jesus\u2019s birth went straight to shepherds rather than worldly leaders. These shepherds signified people who do good works and protect those who need it. These are the people who are most receptive to the Lord\u2019s message.\n\nEvery tiny detail of this birth scene had some incredible spiritual significance.\n\nThe Lord\u2019s Birth in Us\n\nThe Lord is present with each and every human being. He exerts insistent pressure on us to receive him. When we do receive him, which occurs when we acknowledge him as our own God, Creator, Redeemer, and Savior, his First Coming occurs [in us], which is the twilight before dawn. From then on, we begin to be enlightened intellectually in spiritual matters and to grow into deeper and deeper wisdom. As we receive this wisdom from the Lord, we move through the morning into midday. The day continues into our old age until we die. Then we come to the Lord himself in heaven. There, although we died old, we are brought back into the morning of our lives, and the rudiments of wisdom that were planted in us while we were in the physical world grow and thrive to eternity. (True Christianity\u00a7766)\n\nIn other words, when we first notice a divine presence inside us, if we\u2019re humble enough to accept it, then it\u2019s up to us to figure out how to care for it and nourish it so that it will grow. It\u2019s really about the growth of a relationship\u2014becoming part of God\u2019s family.\n\nIn the wrap-up, we hear the story again\u2014but this time with all the symbolic meaning layered in.\n\nFree E-Book Downloads\n\nSupport Swedenborg and Life! Enjoy our programming and want to help us produce more free videos, books, and other faith and spirituality content? Make a donation or become a member of the nonprofit Swedenborg Foundation!\n\nAbout Swedenborg and Life\n\nIn a lighthearted and interactive live webcast format, host Curtis Childs from the Swedenborg Foundation and featured guests explore topics from Swedenborg\u2019s eighteenth-century writings about his spiritual experiences and afterlife explorations and discuss how they relate to modern-day life and death.\nView the entire Swedenborg and Life Playlist\n\nAbout offTheLeftEye\n\nWhen we wake up in heaven, Swedenborg tells us, angels roll a covering from off of our left eye so that we can see everything in a spiritual light. The offTheLeftEye YouTube channel uses an array of educational and entertaining video formats to look at life and death through an uplifting spiritual lens.\nView our offTheLeftEye YouTube channel"}
-{"text": "Friday, September 5, 2008\n\nA little Cheer :)\n\n2-22-98\n\nI was reading my other blog cheering myself up (with my own writing, geeezzzz) and came across this one I wrote about C. I can't believe I never came and shared it here - it's me being a DORK, that's my best material. You all know I'm missing my C. so I'm posting this (because I have nothing today and am a lazy bastard but still want to please you) for my man. (my man that doesn't know I write about him but whatever :P)\n\nSept. 7th '07\n\nI'm thankful that C. takes my sometimes too honest (whoops! I should have lied!) foot in mouth conversations quite well. In stride I guess some say.I.E. Yesterday we were talking about him making cookies at the bakery and he was showing me the callouses on his hands from kneading the dough. I guess making cookies is like for real hard work - who friggen knew??\n\nAnyways I mentioned that his muscles must be getting bigger and I asked him to do his little trick where he can move his pecks with out uh. moving er, well ya know like in the 80's how all the muscle guys would make their pecks dance by themselves? Gahh I hope you get it.\n\nHe moved his little man pecks for me -I always ask him to do it because it kind of cracks me up, he gets to looking all concentrated and manly and it makes me laugh - PLUS it always ceases to amaze me that a guy with a good body would want to be with me and I'm proud of his little goofy peck dance. Ok whatever, so he did his thing and I noticed that they really HAD gotten bigger after weeks of manual cookie making. One more reason to love cookies.\n\nThe conversation ended up being something like this.\n\n\"Make your chi chi's move for your chaquita\"\n\n*moves chi chi's*\n\n\"Eeeeee!! They got bigger and they move more!!\"\n\n\"Does daht make ju horny?\" ( i think he was being serious?)\n\n. . .\"Nah. . . I just think it's cool.\"\n\nWhoops?\n\nAh well he laughed at me and took it all in stride as usual - and after like 30 seconds I came around and thought \"aww crap.\" and proceeded to say \"Wait, I mean YEEEEESSS of COURRSSE so horny. Oh papi so sexy.\"\n\nOf course I only made it to \"horny\" before I started busting up laughing. But oh well, I tried and he laughed.\n\nI do the foot in mouth thing just about on the hour and I think he's come to the conclusion that I'm just an honest person. Thank goodness for an understanding (tolerant) man. :)\n\nNo comments:\n\nGringa Lindy\n\nWELCOME\n\nPicture it, Sicily 19.... well no. How about Michigan, where I was born, raised up a dorky, country chick and met my husband about 7 years ago. He was deported about a year and a half after we were married so I packed up our stuff, my dog, and moved on down here to Mexico to live a crazy Mexican life. We've got great taco's but also cockroaches the size of my fist, so... it sort of evens out. :D"}
-{"text": "My 4 yo has me at my wit's end\n\nShe's starting preschool at the end of the month and we're expecting another baby, so there's big things happening.\n\nThe problem is that she does not deal with her emotions (especially the negative ones) well. She hits, pinches, bites, and throws tantrums. When I put her in time out for acting out, she screams and throws a fit, sometimes with kicking and throwing things. I don't do anything but tell her to go to time out and she's in full tantrum mode for half an hour.\n\nWell, first of all, I know you're experiencing some big changes, too, so this behavior is even more frustrating than it would be without the new baby coming. I'm so sorry that you're feeling crazy.\n\nThis is almost exactly what happened to us when my oldest was four. Three weeks before her little sister was born, we moved out of state to be closer to family (that didn't pan out, so we came back and are much happier, but that's a different story). Removed her from the preschool she'd been in for a year, the apartment she'd been in for two years, the big city she loved to help navigate. Then she got stuck home with me and a newborn while we tried desperately to find a preschool for her that we could afford with only one of us working.\n\nI saw her go from a sweet, mild-mannered, loving, outgoing little person to this stark-raving mad temper-throwing monster. It was hard for me because she is very articulate and well spoken and I did not know how to manage her. Part of the problem was having her world turned upside down, then that she wasn't getting enough sleep, and finally that she didn't have enough stimulation or social interaction. As soon as I found a place, she started half days in a program for lower-income families that charged on a sliding scale. She loved it and being able to make new friends. We made sure she had one-on-one time with both me and her dad separately each day. Even if just for a few minutes. I also made her lie down each afternoon. This helped to avoid some of the more awful tantrums as she wasn't falling apart from exhaustion at 5:30pm.\n\nObviously, your kid's personality could be completely different and she needs different things. But the first place I would look is her sleep -- is she getting enough? Is she eating well? Has she visited the new preschool and does she have enough attention from both parents? It sounds like she's got a lot going on, assuming she has any idea what to expect from school and that she realizes she's going.\n\nYou can also offer alternatives, like hitting a pillow or screaming into it when she's frustrated, and using positive reinforcement as much as possible when she does manage a negative experience well. I don't want to jump straight to \"She needs therapy!!\" because I have no idea what she was like prior to these changes taking place. But I suppose if there is a long-term pattern of physical violence, that would be something to look at more seriously.\n\nIf all else fails, you just have to walk away for a minute and let her have her fit - \"I understand you're upset. It's hard for me to hear you when you whine/scream/cry, so when you're ready to talk, I'll be in the living room.\"\n\nI can definitely offer my support and understanding, because my 4 year old can be incredibly difficult to manage. Often he's so super amazing -- sharp as a tack, incredibly verbal, very \"mature\" about how he sees the world, and great fun to hang out with. (And occasionally very sweet.) But he can go from 0-60 with no warning, will bite his sister out of nowhere, will fight getting dressed by kicking and hitting, etc. Sometimes I really don't know how to deal.\n\nWe don't do time out -- early on we realized it just escalates the situation ... more crying, more screaming, difficult to keep him in a time out, which led to MORE fighting. It was a bad scene. It was only later that I did extensive reading about it, and time outs are currently falling out of favour with parenting educators and psychologists. One of the major reasons that children lash out/ act out is because they're feeling overwhelming emotion and they are disconnected from their \"safe place\" -- their parent. With time outs, you're just increasing that distance, rather than holding them close and helping them through the difficult emotions. With a time out, one is also telling the child, I don't want to be with you (or around you) until you stop being so emotional. For kids like my son, who definitely has trouble managing these emotions, he needs to know that I'm always there for him, even when he's not able to manage those emotions on his own. (And he's not. Physiologically, the emotional regulation centres of our brains don't form until much later.)\n\nWe are people. Mucking through the ickier parts of child raising. It may not always be pretty, fun and awesome, but we do it.\nAnd we want to be here for others who are going through the same experiences and offer a helping hand."}
-{"text": "Hang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like.\n\nEmail This Story\n\nSend email to this addressEnter Your NameAdd a comment hereVerification\n\nWilkes University commemorated the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s death with an event on April 5.\n\nThe event, which took place in the Henry Student Center Ballroom, was a collaboration of the Campus Interfaith office and the Office of Diversity Affairs. The theme of the event was \u201cShedding the Light.\u201d\n\nErica Acosta, the associate director of diversity initiatives at Wilkes, opened the event.\n\n\u201cAs we sit here today, let\u2019s shed some light on the grassroots efforts that have been happening across the nation to continue the work that Martin Luther King Jr. started so long ago,\u201d said Acosta.\n\nFollowing Acosta, Josh Shepherd, a musical theatre major, sang both the American National Anthem as well as the Black American National Anthem.\n\nPresident Patrick Leahy read some of the improvised speech Robert F. Kennedy gave in Indianapolis after hearing about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. At the time, Kennedy was promoting his presidential campaign, which never came to fruition due to his own assassination a few months later.\n\n\u201cWhat we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness,\u201d quoted Leahy, \u201cbut love and wisdom, compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black.\u201d\n\nFollowing Leahy, Dr. Helen Davis read some of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s last speech from the day before he died. Davis is an English professor and part of CODIE, the Council on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.\n\n\u201cWhen I read these words yesterday, I couldn\u2019t help but think about the current moments of the 21st century, where so much has happened, and so much hasn\u2019t happened, and so much has changed, so much has not changed, and how frustrating it can be to feel that your country isn\u2019t going where you want it to go and isn\u2019t making the progress you want it to make,\u201d said Davis. \u201cBut then I see the hope in people like Josh [Shepherd], and people like Conroy [Yearde], who are willing to make a difference, and willing to make it work, who are willing to resist.\u201d\n\nDavis was followed by the keynote speaker, Ron Felton. Felton was the NAACP Wilkes-Barre branch president for 18 years. He currently serves as the NAACP Eastern Sectional Director for the NAACP PA State Conference, which he had previously held in 2015 as well.\n\nFelton spoke about his own childhood experiences in the segregated south.\n\n\u201cI was the only one of my siblings to go to an integrated school in the north so I was not indoctrinated into the system,\u201d said Felton. \u201cHowever, I do remember going to the movies with my parents, and remembering that we had to sit in the balcony, a place reserved for blacks.\u201d\n\nFelton then spoke about how the evolution of Dr. King\u2019s dream in the modern world.\n\n\u201cDr. King\u2019s dream is far from being over. As a matter of fact, many would say that the dream has been accelerated in the reverse direction. The changes of the last 50 years have been greatly dismantled under the leadership of United States attorney general Jeff Sessions,\u201d he continued.\n\nJeff Sessions has been criticized by some for his views on illegal immigration, which many say are too harsh.\n\nFelton followed his speech with an excerpt of Dr. King\u2019s \u2018I Have Seen the Promised Land.\u2019 Following this, student government president Cody Morcom spoke.\n\n\u201cDr. King, though he is now gone now for 50 years, holds a special place in the hearts of those who have lived during that time period, or those like myself, who have learned about Dr. King in our academic lives,\u201d said Morcom.\n\nThe vice president of the Multicultural Student Coalition, Conroy Yearde, also spoke briefly at the event.\n\nThe ceremony was ended with a benediction spoken by Kristin Osipower, the campus interfaith coordinator.\n\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr. was clergyman and civil rights activist in the 1960s. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Mempis, TN."}
-{"text": "Mika Singh Given a Legal Notice For The Kapil Sharma Show\n\nMika Singh Given a Legal Notice For The Kapil Sharma Show\n\nIt seems that The Kapil Sharma Show has promised to be in limelight forever and this time the credit goes to Mika Singh. Mika has been topping the charts of controversy and this time he made a move with his visit to the rival show, The Kapil Sharma Show. Mika has been seen in Comedy Nights Live substituting Navjot Siddhu\u2019s role and this action on his part could not be taken positively by Krushna, one of the eminent hosts of CML.\n\nThough Mika had visited Kapil\u2019s show merely as a guest along with other guests like the West Indies player Chris Gayle and Kanika Kapoor, yet Krushna could not tolerate the fact that an intrinsic part of his show is attrending his rival\u2019s programme. This indeed proves that things are still not okay between Krushna and Kapil as of yet.\n\nAccording to Krushna\u2019s opinion Mika Singh is indeed a bit childish and he should not have made a decision of going to Kapil\u2019s show like this. Krushna opinion marks that he is terribly upset with Mika\u2019s gesture. He however maintained a diplomatic standpoint that Mika always loved him. On the other hand he also didn\u2019t deny of his strong disapproval of the singer\u2019s visit to the show.\n\nKapil and Krushna\u2019s cold war felt by the TV fraternity for a long time and indeed almost the entire media is acquainted with it. Mika had not only visited Kapil Sharma\u2019s show but also wished him for good luck with the new venture he has started. This was indeed adding fuel to the fire.\n\nMika Singh\u2019s illogical behaviour could not be justified with an alibi and a legal notice has been sent from the team of Comedy Nights Live to the popular singer. he has aloso been asked for a quit from the show. While Comedy Nights Live now shows a major fissure developing within own family, its survival thrives on high risk.\n\nMika is yet to sit with the team for a final justification to his irrational or as you can say \u201cchildiush\u201d gesture.\n\nLet\u2019s see who wins the race Comedy Nights Live or The Kapil Sharma Show!"}
-{"text": "Want To Get Ahead In Your Life and Career? Screw Your Weaknesses\n\nYep, that\u2019s what advertising executive, Detavio Samuels says is one of the keys to success.\n\nAs one of the advertising industry\u2019s youngest executives, GlobalHue-Detroit president Detavio Samuels has helped some of the world\u2019s biggest companies build their brands and connect to consumers. And in his debut book, \u201cExist No More: The Art of Squeezing the Most Out of Life,\u201d Samuels encourages readers \u201cto follow their passions, chase the gifts that are inside of them, to leverage those gifts, and push them forward.\u201d\n\nIf you\u2019re one of the many beauties who made a New Year\u2019s resolution to advance your career and make the most out of life, \u201cExist No More\u201d is a must-read. Check out our full interview with Samuels above."}
-{"text": "Thursday, June 28, 2012\n\nI absolutely loved this book. The non-linear format of this novel was handled better than any other\nI've seen. Lucky Linderman is one of the most compelling main characters in\nYA today, and A.S. King is a writing force to be reckoned with. I'm\npretty sure I'll be reading everything she's written to date and beyond.\n\nAt first, this seems like a story about bullying and Lucky's\ndysfunction in the family. But as I read on, I found it was more about taking a stand for yourself, and believing in your strengths. A great lesson for anyone, age 12 to 112. Lucky's situation is similar to the stories my daughter comes home from school with, but his wit, conviction, and vulnerability had me cheering for him the whole way through.\n\nIf you're truly looking for something different, something that makes\nyou feel something that is atypical of swooning YA contemporary, I urge\nyou to read Everybody Sees The Ants. Because, they do? Don't they?\n\nThursday, June 7, 2012\n\nCONGRATULATIONS to Leigh Bardugo for making the NYT bestsellers list. For those of you have\u2014and even those of you haven't\u2014already read SHADOW AND BONE, I can't wait to finishing reading this so I can review it, and hopefully interview Author Leigh Bardugo. Prying it from my 16 year-old daughters hands was feat. I have a feeling this one is going to take up residence on my top ten list.\n\nWednesday, May 16, 2012\n\nFinishing\na novel always presents me with the same dilemma: the abundance of time. I\u2019m\ntalking about hours that can be filled in anyway I see fit, save for the\noccasional freelance job and family obligation. But after three weeks of\nsending out queries and biting my nails in wait, I\u2019m ready to start something\nnew. I have to start something new. That\u2019s what I do. I write. For better or\nworse. And the possibilities are endless.\n\nDecisions,\ndecisions.\n\nSince\nI\u2019m a file folder fanatic, my computer is veritable Wonderland of folders\nwithin folders within folders, which all lead to a set of ideas that have hit\nsomewhere around the 150+ mark. Picking one,\nhowever, is my true problem. You see, I\u2019ve written one young adult Greek\nmythology that didn\u2019t do so well with agents despite the hours I spent\nresearching, or my natural (heritage) inclination toward that topic. But I have\nto move on. I recently finished a young adult thriller that\u2019s seeing some\ninterest, but I know that could mean everything or nothing. A second blow to my\nego could, quite literally, devastate me, so I try not to think too hard the\nnegative. So what\u2019s a writer to do\u2026Can you hear the clock ticking as I thrum my\nfingers on my desk?\n\nStart\nagain.\n\nI\u2019m\njuggling six ideas at the moment, one of which is middle grade series that sort\nof fell into my lap and makes me smile like an imp, and the others go something\nlike this: Two young adult historical fictions (one based on true family\nevents), One horror story (based on a strange phenomenon/urban legend from the\nState where I grew up, Massachusetts), One contemporary young adult, one young\nadult thriller, and one science fiction.\n\nPhew.\n\nThe\nprospect of summer\u2019s rapid approach immobilizes me. I love summer. Don\u2019t get me\nwrong. It\u2019s just, historically, my most difficult time to write, to really\nhammer out words. But I\u2019m a plotter. I like to know the end before I begin. I\ninsist upon it. I also like to start with characters. Characterizations\nare my all-time favorite, and I\u2019ve been told one of my strengths. Play to your strengths, as they say. Work on your weaknesses.\n\nWill\ndo.\n\nThe\nfirst thing I\u2019ll do is concentrate on character traits, idiosyncrasies, and\nsetting; ensconcing myself in the world I\u2019m creating. This happens so fully at\ntimes the transition back to reality is something like time travel. I need a\nbetter flux capacitor or something, I guess.\n\nThen the process goes something like this:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s\nabout a boy/girl who\u2026.\u201d (Fill in the blank)\n\nOnce I have the basic gist, I answer these\nquestions:\n\n1.Who is the main character?\n\n2.What happens in the character\u2019s life that throws them into this story?\n\n3.What does he/she want most in the world?\n\n4.Who are his/her closest allies?\n\n5.Who or what opposes him/her and stops them from getting what they want\nmost in the world?\n\n6.What happens if he/she doesn\u2019t get what she wants \u2013 what\u2019s at stake?\n\n7.What does he/learn in the end?\n\nAfter\nI can answer those questions confidently, I begin a plot board. Beginning this\nweek, in between writing a synopsis for my recent work, I propose to start\noutlining these stories one-by-one. My thinking is that one of them will scream\nto be heard over the others, and that\u2019s the one I\u2019ll put my backbone into. For\nthe love of YA.\n\nWhat do you do when you\u2019ve finished a novel? How do you\ndecide what to write or read next? And how do you plan on using the upcoming\nsummer to work on your craft?\n\nThursday, May 3, 2012\n\n2:10 am \u2014 near dark pitch pine trees \u2014 it seemed important at the time\n\nI recently believed I\u2019d become a writer. But then I got a letter. Several actually. They all said the same thing. \u201cNope.\u201d I hate it when that happens.\n\nThe thing is, Mr/Mrs. Nathan/Kirsten/William/Kate/Sara/Michael etc etc, I am a writer. But you were right. Saying \u201cno,\u201d I mean. I just wasn't a publishable writer. At the time.\n\nBefore the gates of excellence, the gods have placed sweat.\n\n\u2013 Katherine Paterson\n\nBut it\u2019s just that I put so much work into writing the stupid book, I thought for sure - for sure \u2013 you\u2019d have to say \u201cYes!!\u201d and \u201cHow many zeroes would you like on your check?\u201dand \u201cWe\u2019d like to buy all the books you've ever, ever written - since first grade\u201d and \u201cCan you fly to New York in the morning? First class of course. On us.\u201d Instead you just said \u201cNope.\u201d Turns out that work - the uncounted, grinding hours - some spent huddled in the dark of my mind, lots sitting in that one room in the library, others spent thinking and typing and then backing up and writing again. And again. And again. They were all just a waste, right?\n\n(Note to you, Muse over publishing: Where\u2019s my dream about sparkly vampires in a meadow? Dude.)\n\nSo okay, not a waste. A journey. A life lesson. A process. Becoming a published writer is a slap in the face, brisk water, ultra marathon, \u201cyou'd better be ready for years of nope \u2018cuz that\u2019s the price to play, son. It just is\u201d\n\nFine. Be that way. If I want this thing. Really, really want it. Then I should - I must - understand that only the serious dare enter the cage, boots cinched tight, prepared for no after no after no. Because as someone brilliant (and published) once said \u2013 \u201cThat which we receive too cheap we esteem too lightly.\u201d\n\nThe function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork (including writing) is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars. \u2014 David Bayles & Ted Orland, Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking\n\nSo back to the wrestle go I. Fumbling about once again. Still. Always. I bring what few tools I've got to the work, and work the best I know how. Believing still. Again. Always.\n\nI will be published. I must be published. I'll bend bones, snap turtle shells (empty), call down angels, even eat Cream of Wheat to be published, brotha. I shall prevail. I must. Must.\n\n\u201cWriting is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of your own terrible limitations, your hopeless inadequacy, and the impossibility of ever getting it right. No matter how diamond-bright your ideas are dancing in your brain, on paper they are earthbound.\u201d\n\n-Bill Goldman\n\nSCOTT LIVINGSTON is a talented writer, and all around great guy, currently seeking representation for several excellent works. You can learn more about Scott and his writing at:\n\nThursday, April 26, 2012\n\nMy 8 week guest posts from Kristen Lamb\u2019s series on structure comes to end with a whopper. In this final week, Kristen tackles Balancing the Scenes that Make Up Your Novel. No small task. But sometimes we have to move things around to keep the reader turning the pages. Better to recognize the importance of this step now, than face rejections for something we could have fixed. At least, that's how I feel.\n\nBe sure to follow Kristin on facebook, twitter, and her blog. She has many wonderful things to say and is a great resource for writers. Happy learning.\n\nKristen Lamb is the author of the #1 best-selling books \u201cWe Are Not Alone\u2013The Writer\u2019s Guide to Social Media\u201d and \u201cAre You There, Blog? It\u2019s Me, Writer.\u201dCurrently Kristen is teaching workshops based off her best-selling book We Are Not Alone\u2013The Writer\u2019s Guide to Social Media at various writer conferences across the country. Stay tuned for a workshop in your area.\n\nKristen worked in international sales before transitioning into a career as an author, freelance editor and speaker, and she takes her years of experience in sales & promotion and merges it with almost a decade as a writer to create a program designed to help authors construct a platform in the new paradigm of publishing. Kristen has guided writers of all levels, from unpublished green peas to NY Times best-selling big fish, how to use social media to create a solid platform and brand. Most importantly, Kristen helps authors of all levels connect to their READERS and then maintain a relationship that grows into a long-term fanbase.\n\nWelcome to Structure Part 8. We have spent the past couple of months studying the fundamentals of what makes up a novel, and today we are going to discuss the actual scenes that make up a novel and how to keep track of them. It is easy to get lost when dealing with a structure as complex as a novel, so I hope to give you a nifty tool to keep everything straight.\n\nAs a fiction author, you will often feel like an acrobat spinning plates while standing on your head and juggling fiery chainsaws. There are so many components to keep track of, lest you end up down the Bunny Trail of No Return. Organization is key when it comes to being a successful novelist.\n\nFirst, let\u2019s talk about scenes.\n\nAccording to James Scott Bell\u2019s Plot & Structure, scenes do four things. Bell calls these the four chords of fiction:\n\nThe two major chords are: (1) action and (2) reaction.\n\nThe two minor chords are (1) setup and (2) deepening.\n\nBack when I used to edit for writers, I was known to draw flies on the page when the writer lost my interest. This became known as my infamous, \u201cFly on the Wall of \u2018Who Cares?\u2019\u201d The reader is a fly on the wall when it comes to the world we are creating. Make them the fly on the wall of something interesting at all times. How do we accomplish this?\n\nAll scenes need conflict. Conflict is the fuel that powers the story\u2019s forward momentum. \u201cScenes\u201d that are merely back-story, reflection (rehash of what the reader already knows) or information dump, slow down the story and make the reader either want to skim ahead or put the book down. Bad juju. We want our readers hooked from the beginning until we finally let them go on the last page. How do we accomplish this? We add lots of conflict.\n\nScenes, according to Bell, need three components, collectively known as HIP\u2014Hook, Intensity & Prompt.\n\nHook\u2014interests the reader from the get-go. This is why it is generally a bad idea to start scenes with setting. Waxing rhapsodic about the fall color is a tough way to hook a reader. If you do start a scene with setting, then make it do double-duty. Setting can set up the inner mood of a character before we even meet him. Setting should always be more than a weather report. Try harder.\n\nIntensity\u2014raises the stakes. Introduce a problem. Scenes that suddenly shift into reverse and dump back-story KILL your intensity. Cut scenes at meals unless there is a fight. If your characters are in a car, they better be in an argument or a car chase. Also cut any scenes that the sole purpose is to give information. Have a scene that\u2019s sole purpose is two characters talking about a third? CUT!\n\nPrompt\u2014leave the scene with work left undone and questions left unanswered. If your character is relaxed enough to go to bed at the end of a scene, that is a subconscious cue to your reader that it is okay to mark the page and close the book. There should always be something unsettling that makes the reader want to know more.\n\nGoing back to the chords of the writing. Every scene should involve one of your key characters in pursuit of an interesting goal that is related to the overall conflict of the story. Each of these scenes are stepping stones that take your character closer to the final showdown. Most of the time, it will feel like two steps forward and one step back.\n\nYour POV character (protagonist) sets out to do X but then Y gets in the way. Your character then will have some kind of a reaction to the setback.\n\nSo we have the major chords I mentioned earlier:\n\nACTION\u2013> REACTION to the obstacle\n\nNow when we add in the minor chords, it might look something like this:\n\nSetup\u2013>ACTION\u2013>obstacle\u2013>REACTION to the obstacle\u2013>deepening\n\nSetup and deepening need to be short and sweet. Why? Because they don\u2019t drive the story, conflict does. We as readers will need a certain amount of setup to get oriented in what is happening, but then drive forward and get to the good stuff. Deepening is the same. We want to know how this conflict has changed the course of events, but don\u2019t get carried away or you risk losing your reader.\n\nEvery scene should have conflict and a great way to test this is to do a Conflict Lock. Bob Mayer teaches this tactic in his workshops and if you get a chance to take one of his classes, you will be amazed how your writing will improve.\n\nThe conflict lock is a basic diagram of what the conflicting goals in the scene look like. Here is one from one of my earlier fiction pieces. My protagonist\u2019s roommate has just been taken by bad guys, and protag and the love interest are clearly in conflict:\n\nJane wants to pursue the trail of the kidnappers deeper into Mexico.\n\nTank wants to return to Texas and call the FBI.\n\nEven though these two characters are allies, it is clear they want different things. Jane wants to plunge ahead and take her chances pursuing the bad guys who have her friend. The love interest doesn\u2019t want Jane hurt or killed. He wants to take the safer route and let the pros handle the kidnapping. Both have reasonable goals, but only one of them, by the end of the scene, will get his/her way. One path takes Jane closer to finding her roommate. The other ends the adventure.\n\nSo how do you keep track of all these elements? The note card is a writer\u2019s best friend. We will discuss different methods of plotting in the future, but I recommend doing note cards ahead of time and then again after the fact. I stole a very cool tactic from screenwriter Blake Snyder\u2019s Save the Cat.\n\nOn each note card, I write the location, then a one-sentence header about what the scene is about. Then there is a neat little symbol for conflict (><) I use to show who is in conflict in this particular scene. Then I do a micro conflict lock. Who wants what? I also use an emotional symbol to note change +/-.\n\nCharacters should be changing emotionally. If your protag enters on a high note, crush it. Enters on a low? Give some hope. If a character is constantly okey dokey, that\u2019s boring. Conversely, if a character is always in the dumps, it will wear out your reader and stall the plot. I also note any facts I might need to keep up with. Has my main character suffered an injury? Lost her weapon? Gained a bazooka and a pet hamster?\n\nLet\u2019s look at an example from the movies. Romancing the Stone.\n\nSo the card might look something like this:\n\nJungles of South America (Location)\n\n>< Joan (protag) and Jack (love interest/antagonist)\n\nJoan wants a guide to get her to Cartejena, Columbia to trade the treasure map for her sister.\n\nJack wants to recapture the exotic birds he lost when the bus crashed into the back of his truck.\n\n-/+ Joan finally convinces Jack to take her to Cartejena. (Note she started on a low. She was lost, in a crash and far away from Cartejena. She ends on a high note. Jack agrees to guide her to her destination)\n\nJoan and Jack decide to go to Cartejena (decision), but then bad guys arrive and start shooting at them (prompt).\n\nYes, Blake Snyder\u2019s system is designed to keep up with all the scenes a movie, but it can do wonders for novelists, too. When I finish my first draft, I go back and make set of cards. Using this system makes it painfully clear what scenes are in need of a total overhaul. If I can\u2019t say in one sentence what the scene is about, then I know my goal is weak, nonexistent or unclear. Too many people in conflict? Conflict might be muddy. Go back and clarify. If there isn\u2019t any emotional change, then that\u2019s a big red flag that nothing is happening\u2013it\u2019s a \u201cFly on the Wall of \u2018Who Cares?\u2019\u201d\n\nIf I find a scene that\u2019s sole purpose is information dump, what do I do? I have three choices. 1) Cut the scene totally. 2) Fold it into another scene that has existing conflict. 3) Add conflict. Note cards also make it easy to spot bunny trails\u2013goals that have nothing to do with the A or B plot.\n\nThis tactic can help make a large work manageable. If you are starting out and outlining? Make note cards for each scene and who you foresee being in conflict. If you already have your novel written, but you want to tighten the writing or diagnose a problem you just can\u2019t see? Make note cards.\n\nKeeping organized with note cards is an excellent way to spot problems and even make big changes without unraveling the rest of the plot. There are, of course, other methods, but this is the one I have liked the best. Note cards are cheap, portable and easy to color code. For instance, each POV character can have a designated color. Using these cards makes it much easier to juggle all the different elements of great novels\u2014characters, conflict, inner arc, plot, details.\n\nThursday, April 19, 2012\n\nWeek 7 is here. And Kristen Lamb explores Genre Matters during her 8 part series on structure. What Genre do you write?\n\nBe sure to follow Kristin on facebook,twitter, and her blog. She has many wonderful things to say and is a great resource for writers. Happy learning.\n\nKristen Lamb is the author of the #1 best-selling books \u201cWe Are Not Alone\u2013The Writer\u2019s Guide to Social Media\u201d and \u201cAre You There, Blog? It\u2019s Me, Writer.\u201dCurrently Kristen is teaching workshops based off her best-selling book We Are Not Alone\u2013The Writer\u2019s Guide to Social Media at various writer conferences across the country. Stay tuned for a workshop in your area.\n\nKristen worked in international sales before transitioning into a career as an author, freelance editor and speaker, and she takes her years of experience in sales & promotion and merges it with almost a decade as a writer to create a program designed to help authors construct a platform in the new paradigm of publishing. Kristen has guided writers of all levels, from unpublished green peas to NY Times best-selling big fish, how to use social media to create a solid platform and brand. Most importantly, Kristen helps authors of all levels connect to their READERS and then maintain a relationship that grows into a long-term fanbase.\n\nFor the past several weeks we have been exploring structure and why it is important. If you haven\u2019t yet read the prior posts, I advise you do because each post builds on the previous lesson. All lessons are geared to making you guys master plotters. Write cleaner and faster. I know a lot of you are chomping at the bit right now to get writing. All in due time. Today we are going to talk genre and why it is important to pick one.\n\nUnderstanding what genre you are writing will help guide you when it comes to plotting your novel. How? Each genre has its own set of general rules and expectations. Think of this like stocking your cabinet with spices. If you like to cook Mexican food, then you will want to have a lot of cumin, chili powder and paprika on hand. Like cooking Italian food? Then basil and oregano are staple spices. In cooking we can break rules \u2026 but only to a certain point.\n\nWe can add flavors of other cultures into our dish, but must be wary that if we deviate too far from expectations, or add too many competing flavors, we will have a culinary disaster. Writing is much the same. We must choose a genre, but then can feel free to add flavors of other genres into our work.\n\nTen years ago, when I first got this brilliant idea to start writing fiction, I didn\u2019t do any planning. I knew zip nada about the craft, and, frankly, was too stupid to know I was that dumb. To make matters worse, I tried to write a novel that everyone would love. It was a romantic-thriller-mystery-comedic-inspirational-memoir that would appeal to all ages, both men and women and even their pets and houseplants. I am here to help you learn from my mistakes.\n\nJust as nailing the log-line is vital for plotting, we also must be able to classify what genre our novel will be in. Now, understand that some genres are fairly close. Think Mexican Food and Tex Mex. An agent at a later date might, for business reasons, decide to slot a Women\u2019s Fiction into Romance. Yet, you likely will NEVER see an agent slot a literary fiction as a thriller. They are too different. That is like trying to put enchiladas on the menu at a French restaurant.\n\nPart of why I stress picking a genre is that genres have rules and standards. For example, last year, I had a student drop out of my critique group because she wanted to basically write a literary thriller. I couldn\u2019t make her understand that there were serious pacing issues with this combination. People who love thrillers like fast, steadily rising action. If we stop to take time to explore feelings and social issues, we will vex the very audience we are trying to entertain. People who read thrillers and people who read literary fiction are two very different audiences.\n\nGranted, there are people who like to read everything, but betting our writing future on entertaining statistical outliers is a serious gamble. It\u2019s like creating tuna ice cream. Sure, there is likely a handful of pregnant women who would love tuna ice cream, but most people would just pass. I didn\u2019t make the rules, but I can help a writer understand those rules and thereby increase his/her chances of publication success.\n\nIn writing as in food, some combinations are never meant to go together. Paranormal thriller? Okay. Cool. Popcorn jelly beans. Literary thriller? Tuna ice cream of the writing world. Just my POV.\n\nUnderstanding your genre will help immensely when it comes to plotting. It will also help you get an idea of the word count specific to that genre. I am going to attempt to give a very basic overview of the most popular genres. Please understand that all of these break down into subcategories, but I have provided links to help you learn more so this blog wasn\u2019t 10,000 words long.\n\nMystery\u2014often beginswith the crime as the inciting incident (murder, theft, etc.), and the plot involves the protagonist uncovering the party responsible by the end. The crime has already happened and thus your goal in plotting is to drive toward the Big Boss Battle\u2014the unveiling of the real culprit.\n\nMysteries have a lot more leeway to develop characters simply because, if you choose, they can be slower in pacing because the crime has already happened. Mysteries run roughly 75-100,000 words. Mysteries on the cozy side that are often in a series commonly are shorter. 60,000-ish. I\u2019d recommend that you consult the Mystery Writers of America of more information.\n\nThriller/Suspense\u2014generally involve trying to stop some bad thing from happening at the end. Thrillers have broad consequences if the protagonist fails\u2014I.e. the terrorists will launch a nuclear weapon and destroy Washington D.C. Suspense novels have smaller/more intimate consequences. I.e. The serial killer will keep butchering young blonde co-eds. It is easy to see how thriller, suspense and mystery are kissing cousins and keep company. The key here is that there is a ticking clock and some disastrous event will happen if the protagonist fails.\n\nSo when plotting, all actions are geared to prevention of the horrible thing at the end. Thrillers can run 90-100,000 words (loosely) and sometimes a little longer. Why? Because some thrillers need to do world-building. Most of us have never been on a nuclear sub, so Tom Clancy had to recreate it for us in The Hunt for Red October(Clancy invented a sub-class of thriller known as the techno-thriller).\n\nPick up the pacing and you can have a Mystery-Suspense. Think Silence of the Lambs. A murder happens at the beginning, and the goal is to uncover the identity of the serial killer Buffalo Bill (mystery), but what makes this mystery-suspense is the presence of a ticking clock. Not only is the body count rising the longer Buffalo Bill remains free, but a senator\u2019s daughter is next on Bill\u2019s butcher block.\n\nWhen plotting, there will often be a crime (murder) at the beginning, but the plot involves a rising \u201cbody count\u201d and a perpetrator who must be stopped before an even bigger crime can occur (Big Boss Battle). These stories are plot-driven. Characters often do not have enough down-time to make sweeping inner arc changes like in a literary piece.\n\nPick up the pacing and raise the stakes and you have a Mystery-Thriller. Think Killing Floor by Lee Childs. The book begins with a murder of two unidentified people at a warehouse, but if the killers are not found, what the killers are trying to cover up will have global consequences. And I am not telling you what those consequences are b/c it would ruin the book .\n\nWhen plotting, again, there is often a crime at the beginning with rising stakes, and the protagonist must stop a world-changing event from happening (Big Boss Battle). The focus of your plot will be solving the mystery and stopping the bad guy.\n\nRomance\u2014Guy and girl have to end up together in the end is the only point I will make on this. Romance is all about making the reader believe that love is good and grand and still exists in this crazy world. The hero cannot be your Big Boss Trouble Maker (read Structure Part Three if you want to know what a BBT is). Yes, the guy will likely be an antagonist, but that is different.\n\nRomance, however, is very complex and I cannot do it justice in this short blurb. If you desire to write romance, I highly recommend you go to the Romance Writers of America site for more information and that you join a chapter near you immediately. This is one of the most amazing writing organizations around and a great investment in a successful romance-writing career.\n\nWord count will depend on the type of romance you desire to write. Again, look to RWA for guidance.\n\nLiterary Fiction-is character driven. The importance is placed on the inner change, and the plot is the mechanism for driving that change. Literary fiction has more emphasis on prose, symbol and motif. The events that happen must drive an inner transformation.\n\nPulitzer Prize-winning book, The Road is a good example. The world has been destroyed and only a few humans have survived. The question isn\u2019t as much whether the man and the boy will survive as much as it is about how they will survive. Will they endure with their humanity in tact? Or will they resort to being animals? Thus, the goal in The Road is less about boy and man completing their journey to the ocean, and more about how they make it. Can they carry the torch of humanity?\n\nWhen plotting for the literary fiction, one needs to consider plot-points for the inner changes occurring. There need to be cross-roads of choice. One choice ends the story. The character failed to change. The other path leads closer to the end. The darkest moment is when that character faces that inner weakness at its strongest, yet triumphs.\n\nFor instance, in The Road, there are multiple times the man and boy face literally starving to death. Will they resort to cannibalism as many other have? Or will they press on and hope? Word count can vary, but you should be safe with 60-85,000 words (The Road was technically a novella).\n\nNote: Literary fiction is not a free pass to avoid plotting. There still needs to be an overall plot problem that forces the change. People generally don\u2019t wake up one day and just decide to change. There needs to be an outside driving force, a Big Boss Troublemaker, and a tangible physical goal. Again, in The Road, the man and boy have a tangible goal of getting to the ocean.\n\nFantasy and Science Fiction will involve some degree of world-building and extraordinary events, creatures, locations. In plotting, world-building is an essential additional step. How much world-building is necessary will depend on what sub-class of fantasy or sci-fi you\u2019re writing. Word count will also be affected. The more world-building, the longer your book will be. Some books, especially in high-fantasy can run as long as 150,000 words and are often serialized.\n\nHorror\u2014This is another genre that breaks down into many sub-classifications and runs the gambit. It can be as simple as a basic Monster in the House story where the protagonist\u2019s main goal is SERE-Survive Evade, Rescue, and Escape. The protag has only one goal\u2026survive. These books tend to be on the shorter side, roughly 60,000 words.\n\nHorror, however can blend with fantasy and require all kinds of complex world-building. Clive Barker\u2019s Hellraiser is a good example. Stephen King\u2019s horror often relies heavily on the psychological and there is weighty focus on an inner change/arc. For instance, The Shining chronicles Jack\u2019s descent into madness and how his family deals with his change and ultimately tries to escape the very literal Monster in the House.\n\nHorror will most always involve a Monster in the House scenario. It is just that the definitions of \u201cmonster\u201d and \u201chouse\u201d are mutable. Word count is contingent upon what type of horror you are writing. Again, I recommend you consult the experts, so here is a link to the Horror Writers Association. The Dark Fiction Guild seemed to have a lot of helpful/fascinating links, so you might want to check them out too.\n\nYoung Adult\u2014I won\u2019t talk long about YA, since YA beaks into so many subcategories. Often YA will follow the rules of the parent genre (i.e. YA thrillers still have a ticking clock, fast pacing and high stakes just like regular thrillers). The differences, however, is that YA generally will have a younger protagonist (most often a teenager) and will address special challenges particular to a younger age group.\n\nPicking a genre is actually quite liberating. Each genre has unique guideposts and expectations, and, once you gain a clear view of these, then plotting becomes far easier and much faster. You will understand the critical elements that must be in place\u2014ticking clock, inner arc, world-building\u2014before you begin.\n\nThis will save loads of time not only in writing, but in revision. Think of the romance author who makes her hero the main antagonist (BBT). She will try to query, and, since she didn\u2019t know the rules of her genre, will end up having to totally rewrite/trashherstory.\n\nEventually, once you grow in your craft, you will be able to break rules and conventions. But, to break the rules we have to understand them first.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI write for young adults because they are passionate about life, and the books they love. I cannot go one day without thinking about writing for this genre. In the past, I've worked as a Graphic Designer, Creative Director, and Director of Exhibits, which all came after working as a coat-check girl, waitress, and a false tooth maker. Weird, but true. I am a member of SCBWI. Thanks for visiting."}
-{"text": "Person of of interest identified in South Lake Tahoe sexual assault investigation\n\nSouth Lake Tahoe police thanked the public for quick response to the department\u2019s request for help Friday in identifying a man described as a person of interest in a sexual assault investigation.\n\nThe victim reported being sexually assaulted in the early morning of Aug. 28 at a South Lake Tahoe residence, according to a Police Department news release. The victim and assailant had met only an hour earlier, so the victim could not identify the man, police said.\n\nOn Thursday, police released photos from a convenience store video system that were recorded in the area of the \u201cY\u201d near the time of the assault. The man sought may use the name Ben or Benjamin, police said. He is described as in his late 20s or early 30s, about 6-foot-1 and weighing about 180 pounds. He has reddish hair and blue eyes. The August surveillance photos show him with shoulder-length hair and a beard.\n\nPolice said the photos were not immediately released because investigators thought they could identify the person through early leads in the case. A person originally suspected has since been found, identified and cleared of being either the person pictured or having any relationship to the case, police said.\n\nAfter releasing the surveillance photos with a request for the public\u2019s assistance, the Police Department received an anonymous tip suggesting the identity of the man. Then an attorney called, claiming to represent the man. The identity of the man provided by the attorney matched that provided by the anonymous tipster, police said. The attorney indicated his client was willing to cooperate in the investigation and arranged to meet with his client at the Police Department.\n\nBecause the case is still under investigation and no culpability has been established to the point of developing probable cause for an arrest, police said they were not releasing the man\u2019s name."}
-{"text": "WordPress Tools\n\nWordPress is the most widely used content management system on the Web. Many affiliates who are in the programs we manage for clients use WordPress as their content management system of choice. Working with these affiliates, we have come to learn, firsthand, the tools that have served them best. If you are an affiliate publisher using WordPress to power your website, there are three WordPress tools you should know about \u2013 each in its own right helping to maximize your affiliate revenue channel.\n\nWORDPRESS HOSTING\n\nWP Engine for WordPress provides micro-fast hosting solutions for professional WordPress blogs. In fact, it\u2019s the fastest and most robust hosting for WordPress-hosted sites available. Other hosting companies that claim to offer \u201cWordPress Hosting\u201d, do not come close to the architecture of WP Engine. If you are a publisher affiliate relying on optimized organic search traffic and high conversion rates, WP Engine is a must. Want to know why your WordPress hosting is so important to your success as a publisher? Learn More Here.\n\nWordPress for New Affiliates \u2013 BIZ DEV\n\nSite Build It for WordPress is a paid WordPress Plugin subscription that includes online marketing training for WordPress users and tools for putting said training into action. Not your typical WordPress plugin, SBI for WordPress is focused on growing an online business, which is in keeping with Site Build It\u2019s original objective. Teaching affiliate marketers how to launch successful Web businesses for over 10 years, SBI has become known in the online affiliate marketing world as a reliable source for teaching the in\u2019s and out\u2019s of starting and growing a work-from-home Web business. WPI for WordPress is an extension of this program, but specifically for WordPress publishers.\n\nThe key components of the program are geared toward helping you focus on areas of your business that return the best results, discovering topics your site visitors are interested in, and providing competitive analysis and partnership opportunities. The heart of this plugin is a proprietary niche keyword identifier (which SBI describes as the \u201cGoogle Keyword Planner on Miracle Grow\u201d) that helps bloggers target niche keywords poised to generate online revenue. If you are just starting out as a WordPress blogger and serious about making income from your blogging, we highly recommend SBI for WordPress. Click Here for a Free Trial.\n\nCONTENT MONETIZATION\n\nWhat SBI for WordPress does to effectively target content for monetization and teach WordPress publishers how to grow their online business, Viglink\u2019s content monetization tool automatically and seamlessly puts it all into action. By dropping a single line of Viglink code in your website, you will effectively monetize all of your content without ever needing to insert a single affiliate link again. Google Ventures-backed Viglink uses Natural Language Processing technology to identify high-converting commercial keywords \u2013 Automatically and seamlessly linking them out to online retailers offering referral commission. A highly efficient and effective solution for automated native advertising, Viglink charges no subscription fees and only takes a 25% cut of the referral commission. Considering the amount of time saved searching out advertising partners, let alone identifying the most commercially viable keywords, Viglink is an outstanding value. If you already are or will be consistently publishing content to your WordPress blog and would like to focus on what matters the most \u2013 your voice as a publisher \u2013 we highly recommend Viglink for your time-saving, content monetization needs. More on Content Monetization\n\nDATAFEED SOLUTIONS\n\nIn addition to content, product data feeds are a highly effective method for generating affiliate revenue. Unfortunately, the integration of product data feeds requires a level of technical know-how and programming which most content publishers do not have. This is why Datafeedr for WordPress is probably one of the best WordPress marketing plugins to come out since Yoast for SEO. While Datafeedr involves a subscription fee (starting at just $29/month), the fact that it seamlessly integrates product data feeds so that affiliates can easily create entire storefronts, brand pages and comparison shopping results, makes Datafeedr one of the top WordPress plugins worth investing in. More on Datafeed Solutions"}
-{"text": "Welcome to Iowa Public Television! If you are seeing this message, you are using a browser that does not support web standards. This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. Read more on our technical tips page.\n\nFull Program:\nEmbarking on his 2nd term as president, Barack Obama envisions an ambitious agenda. Inside the Capitol, lawmakers prepare for battle on everything from fiscal policy to gun control. Tensions mount...\n27:45\n\nFull Program:\nU.S. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Waterloo) discusses the work of the 113th Congress and the upcoming debt ceiling debate.\nJoining Braley at the Iowa Press table are moderator Dean Borg; Kay...\n28:46\n\nFull Program:\nData reveals the worst drought in half-a-century is intensifying in the Grain Belt. Workers go to great lengths to keep the Mississippi River \u2013 and the commerce it supports \u2013 flowing. Market...\n27:45\n\nFull Program:\nIowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad (R-Boone) discusses his administration\u2019s budget priorities, and the work of the just-convened 85th General Assembly.\nJoining Branstad at the Iowa Press table are...\n28:48\n\nFull Program:\nU.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R-New Hartford) discusses the work of the 113th Congress, including the upcoming budget and debt ceiling battle.\nJoining Grassley at the Iowa Press table are...\n28:46\n\nFull Program:\nCreighton Economist Ernie Goss and Iowa State University Economist David Swenson discuss the impact in Iowa of the federal \"fiscal cliff\" negotiations.\nJoining Goss and Swenson at the Iowa Press...\n28:45"}
-{"text": "After three men called him out, UFC 160's Glover Teixeira hopes Jon Jones next\n\nLAS VEGAS \u2013 Brazilian light heavyweight Glover Teixeira (20-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is getting used to this by now. So after Quinton \u201cRampage\u201d Jackson, Fabio Maldonado and, at UFC 160, James Te Huna (16-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC) all asked to fight him, Teixeira hopes Jon Jones is the next one willing to pick a fight.\n\n\u201cTe Huna is a fighter, and he\u2019s coming up,\u201d Teixeira said. \u201cFor him, if he beats me, it\u2019s a good opportunity for him. I don\u2019t mind that. Maldonado asked to fight me. \u2018Rampage\u2019 asked to fight me. It doesn\u2019t matter, man. I\u2019m just going to go there and do my job.\n\n\u201cI hope Jon Jones picks me next.\u201d\n\nTeixeira and Te Huna meet on the main card of Saturday\u2019s UFC 160 event, which takes place at Las Vegas\u2019 MGM Grand Garden Arena and airs on pay-per-view. Both fighters are heavy-handed knockout artists, and the fight could prove an entertaining slugfest. Of course, Teixeira would also seem to have the option of bringing the fight to the floor and seeking success in the grappling game.\n\nTeixeira didn\u2019t want to reveal his strategy, of course, but he did admit that it\u2019s in Te Huna\u2019s best interest to be ready for all aspects of the sport.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m going to feel the fight,\u201d Teixeira said. \u201cI\u2019m ready for everywhere. I\u2019m training a lot in jiu-jitsu, wrestling, striking. Like I said with \u2018Rampage,\u2019 it\u2019s his job to stop me. Chuck Liddell is my mentor, and he didn\u2019t like people to take him down, so he worked on defending the takedown. I\u2019m ready for everything.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m going to step in the middle of the octagon and pressure, and when I see the opening \u2013 whether it\u2019s a right hand, a left hand or a takedown \u2013 I\u2019ll take it.\u201d\n\nTeixeira currently sits at No. 7 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com light-heavyweight rankings, while Te Huna clocks in at No. 15. The 33-year-old Brazilian boasts a a incredible 18-fight win streak, though just three of those have come in the UFC after visa issues left him unable to compete outside of his native Brazil for several years.\n\nAs such, Teixeira realizes he\u2019s a little behind some of his fellow contenders in terms of octagon bragging rights. Still, his stock is rising, and he\u2019s not going to put limits on what victory could potentially bring. If someone else is going to ask for a scrap, it might as well be the champ.\n\nUFC women\u2019s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is probably the greatest female fighter on the planet, which is a tremendous feat. So why are we seemingly so obsessed with arguing about whether she could beat up men?"}
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-{"text": "To Venice I Go....\n\nThis time in 24 hours, I will be gliding through Venice on a Gondola. I've been invited to fly out for a party. All expenses paid, for 24 hours, with some of my best friends.\n\nI can't quite believe I'm actually going.\n\nI did contemplate not. It all seemed such a rush - too much to fit into such a short time and especially to somewhere I've wanted to go my whole life. Would I ruin it by seeing it with only a fleeting glimpse? - There was all the organisation - babysitters to locate, outfits to find - anything not covered in sweet potato puree would do - more of a challenge than it sounds. And then there's the fact that I am beyond exhausted thanks to both Cubs recent nocturnal activities - and do I really want to add to my already hallucinatory state by giving myself another all-nighter?\n\nYes, yes and more yes. I couldn't be more excited if I tried. And as Chaz pointed out, i'm going to have 8 hours of travelling, without either Cub, all to myself. Imagine the peace.\n\nSO for now, I'm off to paint my nails, rifle through my wardrobe and try and make my legs look like they haven't seen a ghost."}
-{"text": "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution Review\n\nMuch like the movie Highlander, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is the best thing ever, when it comes to video games. Naysayers be damned, as Treyarch managed to knock out a damn fine game in the annual franchise that was fun, exciting and slick in the presentation department. As usual, the COD experience is one that has a leaning towards multiplayer and zombies once the end credits roll. And much like with previous games, there\u2019s extra content on the way to keep players satisfied until the next game in the series arrives. Revolution, is the first of four such packs.\n\nFirst off, let\u2019s take a look at the multiplayer maps that come with revolution. Four new maps are bundled with the DLC, that take players to warzones in snowy conditions and skate parks. Let\u2019s take a closer look.\n\nDownhill\n\nBundle up, because someone left the fridge door open. Downhill is the only map that has players trudging through snow in Black Ops 2, and it\u2019s a haven for snipers because of this. There are plenty of vantage points hidden throughout the stage, as well as quite a few choke points that will benefit fans of heavy machine guns and cable cars that are deadlier than the Ebola virus. Yes, beware the slowly moving cable cars, they\u2019re bloody deadly.\n\nOverall, not a bad map, but one that can be infuriating for more gung-ho players.\n\nHydro\n\nNext up, it\u2019s the Hydro map. A moist map, a Waterworld of bullets and liquids. And much like the Kevin Costner film of the same name, it has the tendency to bomb at times. The key hook here, is that Hydro has two distinct levels that are above and below the players, that can be triggered to flood players out. Of course, escaping the incoming flood is one of the key aspects to survival, and finding choke points to kill friends and foes as they make their way back up is what will lead to some massive score streaks.\n\nBut beyond that, Hydro feels a bit too predictable and vanilla at times, making this a rather polarising map at the end of the day.\n\nMirage\n\nSpeaking of interactive stages, along comes Mirage. This map has proven to be a hit so far, thanks to the great design and the fact that it\u2019s heaven for campers and snipers thanks to the massive advantages that the balcony offfers when players below are caught in a sandstorm. It\u2019s a more challenging map, and one that had me absolutely annihilated in matches by more experienced players. In essence, it\u2019s a level tailor-made for veterans.\n\nGrind\n\nTony Hawk, welcome to hell. Quite simply the best map in the bunch, Grind is a stage that is inviting to both newcomers and experts. The half-pipes and shop interiors are ripe for choke points and all out attacks by groups, while the various attractions of the park itself contain several sneaky spots to lay low and ambush players. Not too mention that this is one of the few maps out there that happens to be a godsend for shotgun players, as I found out on a regular basis. Whether you prefer old-school buckshot or SMGs, keep the close-quarters weapons ready for this colourful 360 stairway to heaven beninhana.\n\nWeapon \u2013 The Peacekeeper\n\nNext up, we\u2019ve got new piece of hardware on our hands. Gentlemen and gun enthusiasts, say hello to the Peacekeeper. The Peacekeeper is a mixed bag so far. Sure, it\u2019s light and quick on the reload, but the fusion between SMG and an assault rifle has a terrible rate of fire and is useless at close range. Still, it packs a punch at medium to long-range, and has some phenomenal accuracy overall.\n\nAlso, beware, because everyone in CODBLOPS 2 seems to want to have babies with this gun, as maps are crawling with players who are wielding the Peacekeeper.\n\nDie Rise\n\nYou can\u2019t keep a good zombie down, and that goes for double points in Black Ops 2. Zombie mode received a face-lift this year, and it paid off. Meaner, harder and somehow more fun, the third gameplay component gets a new level in the form of Die Rise. Previous Zombie maps have been open air affairs generally, but Die Rise plays out like a mix between Die Hard and The Sprinting Dead.\n\nTrapped in a skyscraper full of the undead, players need to work their way down, and can shortcut through elevator shafts or take their chances on the staircases of that brutal building. This map however, is one for the well trained zombie fan. It starts off at a decent pace, but the more vertical setting makes it hellishly difficult as the waves arrive, moreso than in any of the other stages.\n\nOh, and not too mention that some zombies are packing body armour and horrid little imps that are just waiting to teleport into your face-space with their one-hit kill attacks. Mixed in with all that undead action however, is a new weapon to try out in Tranzit, the Sliquifier. Unlike the much derided Jet gun which was harder to find than Wally\u2019s corpse. The Sliquifier has easy to find parts, and can slime opponents in Ghostbusters 2 goo that will have them slip-sliding and taking an explosion. It\u2019s a great crowd control weapon that complements the mode nicely.\n\nOh, and once you\u2019ve built it? Everyone else can throw down some cash to try and get it out of the mystery box.\n\nTurned\n\nLast, but certainly not least, is a new Zombie mode by the name of Turned. The idea is simple. Four (or less) players pitch up, and one of them happens to still have a rather human, beating heart. The rest of the gang are now zombies themselves, and have to take down their human opponent. Whoever happens to be human at the time is going to earn some points the longer he lives, and whoever has the most points at the end of the stage is the winner.\n\nSo how do you get to be the human? Simple, kill the air-breather. Do so and you\u2019ll find yourself wielding a gun instead of mangled rotting hands, but be warned: This just might be the most difficult game mode in Black Ops 2. The zombies move far quicker, far sooner, and you\u2019ll soon find yourself being overwhelmed within seconds if you aren\u2019t properly prepared.\n\nFactor in the human element from your undead compadres looking to take a bite out of you, and Turned is actually a pretty damn good mode that freshens up the zombie experience, as well as being a satisfying table-turner. It can get a tad reptetivie at times, but if Treyarch can throw some new ideas into Turned by the time the next DLC pack rolls around, then Turned could be a mode to watch.\n\nVerdict\n\nRevolution is a hit and miss experience in the multiplayer map department, but for zombie fans, it\u2019s going to be completely worthwhile. The Peacekeeper rifle is a well balanced piece of tech when handled properly, and the overall experience is at least a positive step in the right direction. If Treyarch can improve on this map pack in the next three DLC instalments, then that season pass will have been well worth the dollars.\n\nConclusion\n\nN/A\n\nCOD: Black Ops 2 - Revolution was reviewed by Darryn Bonthuys\n\nBecause he's the writer that Lazygamer deserves, but not the one it actually needs right now.\nSo we'll hunt him. Because he can't take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a loud-mouthed journalist, a watchful procrastinator. A dork knight. View all posts by Darryn \u2192"}
-{"text": "SC Hits Hard at Kejriwal Government on Free Metro Rides in Delhi\n\nThe Supreme Court took a dig at the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s government on extending sops and offers and simultaneously incurring losses with it on Friday.\n\nThe SC bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta were hearing a plea filed by the Delhi government on sharing 50 percent on the land cost and taxes for the expansion of Phase-4 of the Delhi Metro.\n\nThe SC bench said, sops and losses cannot go together and it is a problem for the Centre to bear the 50 percent operational losses if the Delhi government permits free metro rides.\n\nJustice Arun Mishra said, the court can cancel all your public offers. He also added, the state is responsible for transport losses.\n\nThe apex court ordered three weeks time to draw out plans and the land cost for the initiation of Delhi Metro\u2019s Phase-4 operation to the state government and the Centre."}
-{"text": "The Fallen of Bishibosh\n\nOH!!! BISHI!!!! Bishibosh that is. He is the demonic champion of the fallen. He is not only their shaman and spiritual leader, but their war chieftain as well, bravely leading the fallen in the unending slaughter of all the pretty \u2018bishi\u2019. Haha When I had heard that there was a fan art contest (2005) for enemies form either Diablo, or Diablo 2, my original entry was a picture of Izual. Unfortunately that picture didn\u2019t have the punch I was looking for. I then decided to do a picture of Bishibosh. It grew form there. Bishibosh himself was originally drawn in pencil and then covered in Photoshop, the rest of the image was completely created in Photoshop. This is Bishibosh from Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s Diablo 2. This is the color version of the picture."}
-{"text": "My daughter is a huge Harry Potter fan, and she has been smitten by the frenzy of the release of Harry Potter & The Cursed Child. So last week I found myself watching Harry Potter 7 Part 2 with her. And in it, Hermione was recommending that she, Ron & Harry be more careful and plan out their return to Hogwarts, since that journey was likely to lead to a conflict with the forces of You-Know-Who.\n\nRon, feeling some urgency, dismissed Hermione\u2019s request, saying:\n\n\u201cHermione, when did any of our plans work? We plan, we get there, and then all hell breaks loose.\u201d\n\nFortunately Harry, who is an intuitive strategist like most of the Second Stage owners I know, comes up with a short-term plan\u2026.\u201dWe\u2019ll figure it out when we get there and we see what we\u2019re working with.\u201d\n\nLet\u2019s highlight some of the lessons about strategic planning that are contained in that little scene:\n\n\u2013 Planning doesn\u2019t work on its own, because things won\u2019t happen the way you expected them to\n\n\u2013 A good plan starts with an assessment of the current situation \u2013 assets, needs, opportunities\n\n\u2013 There are times when good execution is more important than good planning \u2013 specifically, when a lot is uncertain, or you don\u2019t have a lot of resources that you can put toward a plan (this is why planning is less important in start-ups bootstrap start-ups)\n\nThere are also some undercurrents to Ron\u2019s statement \u2013 the stuff we can read \u201cbetween the lines\u201d:\n\n\u2013 Planning helps get you ready for the battle, even if the plan doesn\u2019t work\n\n\u2013 People who fight the battle can use that experience to develop better plans \u2013 and do them faster\n\n\u2013 When you\u2019ve gone into enough similar experiences, you can rely on your intuition more than needing a plan \u2013 it\u2019s likely that the situation will mostly look like something you\u2019ve dealt with in the past, and the stuff that is new will be minor enough that it won\u2019t overwhelm you\n\nYou Second Stage muggles have your own version of wands and spells \u2013 the experience you have that enables you to solve problems as if you were waving a wand, the insight and service you give your customers that can (truly) be like a spell, all the assets and resources you have built up to solve some of the world\u2019s problems in a way that (if you step back from it) can seem magical to someone new to it. And all of those things will be made better, and more powerful, with the right amount of planning.\n\nThere\u2019s a cost to growth\n\nHere\u2019s a universal truth that doesn\u2019t get enough airtime among business leaders \u2013 and that many leader teams, therefore, don\u2019t fully appreciate:\n\nGrowth must be funded.\n\nI started working with a company recently that developed a BHAG of doubling in size over the next 5 or so years. The first year went well \u2013 but last year was rough, and they\u2019re now feeling pulled between the commitment they made to their BHAG, the desire they have to distribute profits at a level they\u2019re accustomed to, and the need they have to correct some operational issues.\n\nThey have a newfound appreciation for the fact that the decision to grow often comes at the expense of the ability to harvest profits.\n\nWhat does it mean that growth must be funded? Here are a few of the things that you\u2019d need to invest in to grow \u2013 that you wouldn\u2019t need (or wouldn\u2019t need as much of) if you weren\u2019t growing:\n\nExpanding your training and talent development efforts\n\nDeveloping new marketing programs\n\nHiring more salespeople or programmers \u2013 and if they\u2019re hard to find or need training, then you need to hire them before you have the revenue to support them\n\nExpanding into new facilities or adding equipment\n\nThere can be many more, but you get the idea.\n\nOn top of those tangible investments, you\u2019d have two more hidden costs: the time that your team spends solving issues associated with the growth, and the inevitable inefficiencies you\u2019ll have the first time you do things.\n\nThis isn\u2019t to deny the wonderful benefits of growth, which include more people and customers to make your stuff better, more resources to solve problems and offer rewards, and more impact and influence on your markets and community.\n\nBut as you develop your BHAG, realize that you\u2019ll also benefit from having a Big Heavy Accessible War Chest. And that\u2019s why I often recommend that the first 2 years of a growth strategy focus on increasing your profitability and building your reserves. The path to your BHAG will be a lot more fun and manageable if you have the money to deal with the challenges you\u2019ll face.\n\nStage 2 companies must already have a clear and compelling value proposition if they\u2019re successful enough to have grown out of start-up, right?\n\nWell, yes and no. They do have enough traction in the marketplace to show that they have a value proposition that works. But it\u2019s actually unlikely that the company has a systematic way to communicate the value proposition. And if that is the case, it will find that revenue growth is harder and harder to achieve \u2013 and in a competitive market, the company may start to lose ground to other companies who are communicating their message better.\n\nWhat should a value proposition look like? When I started out in marketing, I worked with an excellent marketing agency, who explained that the \u201cbrand positioning statement\u201d should follow a classic formula of, \u201cFor [market segment], Our Brand is the [product category] that [customer benefits] by [points of differentiation].\u201d\n\nSo, for a clear and compelling value proposition, you need:\n\n\u2013 A clearly defined target market segment or customer profile \u2013 is it marketing directors who work with global brands, or owners small businesses in cities, or\u2026\n\n\u2013 A definition of the product category \u2013 the marketing agency I worked with explained that orange juice could be defined as a breakfast drink or as a health drink, so picking the product category has a big impact on how the product itself is perceived\n\n\u2013 A description of the customer benefits \u2013 what are the pains you alleviate (lost revenue, production downtime, etc.) and gains you enable (new revenue sources, talent retention, etc.)\n\n\u2013 The points of differentiation \u2013 choosing from all the ways that your product works or the ways you deliver your service, what are the ways that set it apart from the competition?\n\nOnce you have your value proposition, make sure you reinforce it with everyone in your company, and you use it to focus your marketing and sales messages.\n\nSometimes I\u2019m asked to help companies find the right path for their next 3-5 years \u2013 which qualifies as \u201clong-term\u201d strategy for a Stage 2 company. Other times, my strategy work focuses on short-term performance. In either case, it\u2019s useful to have some way to measure progress and check to make sure we\u2019re on the right track \u2013 to have a dashboard or scoreboard.\n\nIn designing a dashboard, there are 2 main factors: (1) what you will measure, and (2) how you will measure it. I would rather have a precise description of the business driver and an imprecise metric than an imprecise description of the business driver and a precise metric. In other words, it\u2019s more important to understand what to measure than to have a top-quality measure itself \u2013 it\u2019s not much help to have an accurate measure of something that doesn\u2019t matter. Or, said even another way, you should not pick your metrics by what is easy to measure \u2013 you should focus on what will drive your business, and then do the best you can to approximate a metric if there isn\u2019t one easily available.\n\nAs for the business drivers, when you\u2019re measuring short-term performance, the first job is to decide what\u2019s important to track \u2013 what\u2019s going to move the needle. In general, the items to track to improve short-term performance are going to be either revenue or costs/productivity. However, I recommend you come up with more specific metrics that zero in on exactly how you\u2019re going to drive those areas. Examples would be:\n\nRevenues from our top 20 customers\n\nRevenues from new customers\n\nRevenues from a particular product line or market sector\n\nCosts or productivity of non-customer-related activities\n\nCosts or productivity in the areas of your largest expense areas\n\nFor a situation where the short-term performance is OK and the focus needs to be on medium- and long-term initiatives, there are a broader range of areas that are usually represented in a dashboard. Examples of long-term programs include:\n\nDevelopment of new products\n\nDiversification into new markets\n\nBuilding a new way to acquire customers\n\nChanging the sales process\n\nTraining and developing your people in general, or the skills in a particular part of the business\n\nDeveloping partnerships\n\nSo, what do you do if you don\u2019t have a precise metric available? I\u2019ve found that Green/Yellow/Red works fine as long as (a) there is a clear owner of the area that is being tracked, and (b) there is discussion about the status. The benefit of having an actual metric is that good data leaves little open to interpretation. (\u201cData ends discussions.\u201d) If you\u2019re not working with good data, but instead using something like a color scheme, then you\u2019ll have to make sure you spend time understanding and interpreting what\u2019s going on.\n\nI\u2019ll have some more specific recommendations for designing dashboards during my upcoming Monthly Strategy Hour \u2013 register to hear more and ask any questions you have.\n\nMany of you reading this post are 10%ers. And there\u2019s something in the back of your mind eating away at your conscience. You know there\u2019s something not quite right about it, but you tell yourself that 10% has always served you well.\n\nAnd you might be right. You\u2019ve probably gotten along well enough with your 10%. Then again, you may feel like it no longer has the same effect that it used to. So let\u2019s take a look at your 10% and see if it\u2019s still serving you.\n\nI\u2019m inspired to write about 10% because I met with a guy last week who said, \u201cIt\u2019s just what I\u2019ve always done. I don\u2019t really have a reason for it, and sometimes I wonder if it\u2019s what I should be doing. But I\u2019ve never known how else to do it.\u201d\n\nLater on, after our discussion, he said, \u201cYes, that\u2019s what I want \u2013 that would help me, and it would help my team. They\u2019ve always been a bit confused and defensive about the 10%.\u201d\n\nWhat am I talking about? Let me use his words, \u201cWe did a strategic plan back in 2008, but we\u2019ve never updated it. It was helpful and we did some things because of it. But for the last 5 years, I\u2019ve just said that we should grow by 10% next year. And that\u2019s what I say at the start of each year. I kind of know that I could or should have more to my goal, but we\u2019ve been OK just trying for that 10%.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve heard many times before. So, let\u2019s look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the \u201cLet\u2019s grow 10% next year\u201d approach to strategic planning.\n\nThe good is that it\u2019s an easy way to communicate that you want to grow, but not too much. It says, \u201cLet\u2019s get better at what we\u2019re doing.\u201d It\u2019s also quick \u2013 most leaders who use 10% as a goal (I just can\u2019t bring myself to call it a strategy!) need about 1 second to access their intuition and come up with that number. And it\u2019s also good that most leaders who use 10% don\u2019t enforce it \u2013 some years they\u2019ll decline 1%, and others they\u2019ll grow 20%, and both are received equally.\n\nThe bad is that 10% doesn\u2019t tell anyone how to achieve 10% growth, and, since the person who used it likes a planning process that only takes 1 second, they usually won\u2019t commit the time to strategy and planning to figure out how to get the 10%. And so, they just react to whatever the marketplace offers. That\u2019s not good, but often times 10%ers are bailed out by a strong market, and so reacting is bad but OK.\n\nWhich brings us to the ugly, which arrives when a 10%er is managing a business in a market that is seeing substantial change. If that\u2019s the situation, 10% is of no use, and in fact may be counter-productive. Because at the heart of 10% is \u201clet\u2019s change, but not more than we\u2019re comfortable with.\u201d And that can breed complacency that appears to be fine\u2026until it\u2019s too late for any small adjustments to work. And if the only goal you\u2019ve ever had is 10% growth, you and your team are not going to be prepared when you need to lead your company outside your comfort zone.\n\nSo, if you\u2019re a 10%er, you have a choice \u2013 to be passive or active. Either keep enjoying that comfortable feeling until you\u2019re forced to do more\u2026or lead your team to have a new set of discussions that develop your company\u2019s ability to identify opportunities a little outside your comfort zone, go after them in smart ways, and stay ahead of the market.\n\nI like SWOT assessments (you know \u2013 strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) for getting people\u2019s thinking out of the day-to-day and into a creative, strategic \u201cspace.\u201d Unfortunately, I often see SWOT assessments that are just marginally useful.\n\nHere are some tips on how to get more value out of your SWOTs.\n\nIf you can take a bullet and put it on someone else\u2019s SWOT without changing it, then you\u2019re not specific enough. One of the favorites to put under Strengths is \u201cOur People\u201d\u2026which is also a good example of a bullet that is not specific enough to be useful in the planning process. What is it about your people? Their experience? Their deep knowledge? Their ability to be generalists? Once I know what\u2019s special about your people, then I can create some possibilities about how to leverage that into a better advantage.\n\nWork hard to look at the future. We live our lives in the day-to-day, so it\u2019s hard to look ahead several years. And that\u2019s why it\u2019s an advantage to do \u2013 because most people don\u2019t.\n\nPut \u201cthe hard stuff\u201d on the list. Every business has issues that it doesn\u2019t like to talk about. The problem customer. The problem owner. The problem staffer. Without knowing the details, I can tell you that those issues consume a large amount of resources. So they need to be on your SWOT \u2013 though it will probably take some diplomatic phrasing. (For example: \u201cSome customers are easier to work with than others,\u201d \u201cOwners are not always aligned on decisions,\u201d and \u201cSpotty follow-through.\u201d)\n\nMake sure you have bullets that cover the whole breadth of the areas you\u2019re involved in. Often, leadership teams focus more on certain areas, and that bias comes through on the SWOT. But the non-focus areas are often the places where there is the most opportunity, especially for companies that are developing from the lean-and-mean start-up to a more complete and sustainable enterprise.\n\nSo, here\u2019s the question to ask about your SWOT to see if you\u2019re getting the value out of it: \u201cDoes it give us insight into where we should commit significant resources over the next 3 years to improve our chances of success?\u201d If it gives you that, then you\u2019re getting the value you should. If it doesn\u2019t, then you should take steps to upgrade it \u2013 which I\u2019ll cover in my next post.\n\nI spent the last 2 days in a workshop learning about performance and accountability from Shane Yount of Process-Based Leadership. His model is a terrific match for the strategy work I do \u2013 once you know where you want to go, then you need to activate the organization in a consistent, engaging, disciplined-but-flexible process.\n\nI often talk with my clients about \u201cstrategic management,\u201d which is the on-going ability of the organization to identify the right things to work on, and then to actually work on them \u2013 as opposed to getting consumed by day-to-day work that puts things off-track.\n\nWhat powers Shane\u2019s performance system is a \u201cculture of accountability.\u201d What does that look like?\n\nThere are clear priorities for each team \u2013 and the company as a whole \u2013 to focus on\n\nThere is a sense of urgency in each team \u2013 Shane is a strong proponent of a weekly cycle\n\nThere are \u201cnon-negotiable rules\u201d that people hold themselves, others, and the organization to \u2013 things like showing up for meetings on time, coming to meetings prepared, and taking responsibility for \u201cre-negotiating\u201d commitments if they are not met\n\nThe dialogue is about what people do, not how they feel\n\nHow do you know if you need it?\n\nThe performance of your company or team is driven by the force of the leader\u2019s personality (and if that wasn\u2019t there, who knows what would happen\u2026)\n\nThe company or team focuses on whatever is in front of it at the moment\n\nThere is selective engagement \u2013 people are able to set their own level of effort and contribution\n\nMany companies don\u2019t need or want a complete structured performance system like what Shane offers. But whether you\u2019re talking about my \u201cstrategic management,\u201d or Shane\u2019s \u201cprocess-based leadership,\u201d every company needs its own \u201cmanagement toolbox\u201d to drive performance.\n\nMy 11-year-old son started playing hockey goalie this year. At a recent goalie clinic, his coach said something I think applies to business leaders\u2026\n\n\u201cGoalie is a hard position. It\u2019s hard to be in your stance through the whole game, it\u2019s hard to shuffle across the crease while you follow the puck, it\u2019s hard to move out to challenge the shooter. But those are the right things to do \u2013 those are what will help you make the save. You can play the easy way, but you won\u2019t be successful. So, I want you to remember a simple phrase to help guide you while you\u2019re in practice and in games\u2026If it\u2019s easy, it\u2019s wrong. If it\u2019s hard, it\u2019s right.\u201d\n\nLet me review some of the easy things that I see business leaders do:\n\nMake important decisions before understanding the consequences\n\nMake important decisions without involving the people who will carry them out\n\nFocus on feel-good marketing activity rather than figuring out their marketing ROI\n\nReact to sales opportunities rather than focus on the ones that are best for their business\n\nHire someone that they like\n\nKeep someone they shouldn\u2019t have hired\n\nAvoid the hard decisions during strategy meetings, so that the decisions are left for people in the field to deal with when they\u2019re faced with a problem\n\nAssume they know what their customers or markets want without asking them\n\nDon\u2019t question their own biases and blindspots\n\nIn every one of those situations, it\u2019s hard to do the right thing. It would be nice if they weren\u2019t hard, or if there was a magic wand that would make them easy. But that\u2019s not how those situations work. And what happens if you handle them the easy way? Things take longer, you create more problems, you spend more money. In short, the easy way is actually not the easy way.\n\nSo, here\u2019s the key message I want you to remember as a business leader: When you\u2019re in a complex or important situation, the hard way is actually the easiest way in the long run, if you\u2019re aiming for long-term business success.\n\nI know it\u2019s not easy, but please do the right thing. It\u2019s what your company, customers, markets and communities need from you.\n\nI had a mid-year Board meeting last week, and it was d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu to hear the executives from other companies talk about the economy. What did they say\u2026again?\n\nOne theme was making sure you\u2019re selling smart \u2013 focusing on your best customers and your best offerings \u2013 and doing more of what is most profitable and less of what isn\u2019t.\n\nAn even bigger theme was to get lean, and stay lean \u2013 don\u2019t do things the way you\u2019ve always done them. Instead, look for ways to get more efficient \u2013 whether that means changing people, moving people to new roles, redesigning processes\u2026\n\nThere are 5 different levers that I use with my clients to get lean, or leaner \u2013 people, processes, structure, compensation, and measurement. We\u2019ll talk about all of them on our upcoming teleseminar (register here), but let\u2019s look at measurement in more detail here.\n\nWhy measure? Virtually every measure I\u2019ve worked with has told me something about the business that our instinct didn\u2019t (and couldn\u2019t) tell us. It\u2019s what really is happening in your business \u2013 what do you really sell, who are really your best customers, how much time do people really take to do that. It shines a light that almost always tells you something \u2013 and often something useful and surprising.\n\nUnfortunately, as anyone who has tried to create metrics will tell you, it is not as simple as it seems. Most people start with good \u2013 and big \u2013 intentions, but they typically run into trouble in 2 ways. Either they aren\u2019t clear about what to measure, and so they create too many measures; or they don\u2019t take into account the time that measuring is going to take, and so they create an administrative nightmare that collapses after a month or two.\n\nSo, how do you create metrics?\n\nFirst, plan to spend some time on it. This is going to take you and your team 5-10 hours to talk about and think through.\n\nSecond, ask yourself what the 3-4 activities are that you have to get right to be successful. This will take some time \u2013 your first answer might be \u201cServe customers well,\u201d but after some time (and asking yourself how you\u2019re going to measure that), you\u2019ll get to, \u201cMeeting with the VP of Marketing once a quarter and with the CEO once a year\u201d or \u201cCompleting the customer needs assessment once a year.\u201d\n\nAnd lastly, look for simple ways to administer the measures. I read a great example a few years ago about a company that gave everyone different colored marbles, and each day people dropped the appropriate marble in a jar as they left for the day. At the end of the month, someone counted the different color marbles. Similarly, I often recommend using a simple sheet of paper with check marks when possible.\n\nThe value of metrics is in their specificity, but that\u2019s also what can make them so challenging. It\u2019s almost assured that you will not be able to have the specificity you want, because it\u2019ll take too much administration. So, once you\u2019re clear on what you should measure, then think about what easy measuring system can give you most of the information you need to know whether you\u2019re on track or not.\n\nGetting back to the Board meeting, let\u2019s combine the two thoughts \u2013 selling smart, and getting lean. What are some measures that could track how well you\u2019re selling:\n\n\u2013 Proportion of customers who buy more than one offering\n\n\u2013 Proportion of proposals accepted\n\n\u2013 Profitability of each job/project (if it\u2019s hard to measure, just use Hight/Medium/Low)\n\n\u2013 Number of hours needed to close a prospect\n\n\u2013 Number of hits on the web site\n\nYou get the idea. There are lots of possible measures, and the ones you should look at depend on what you want to improve in your business.\n\nOne of the most common ways that small business owners get stuck is to have the wrong mindset for a problem. This happens a lot when companies emerge from start-up and move into Stage 2 of their development.\n\nWhat does it take to be successful as a start-up? A high-quality product or service, quick reflexes, responsiveness, experimentation, frugality.\n\nBut those same qualities work against you when your business moves to Stage 2. With the right mindset, you stay in control of new opportunities and problems; without the right mindset, you struggle and waste time with solutions that don\u2019t work.\n\nThere are many ways that business is different in Stage 2. Let\u2019s look at a few\u2026\n\nFocus on ROI, not cost. In Stage 1, it\u2019s important to manage your costs so that you can get to a point of profitability. In Stage 2, it\u2019s important to focus on your investment returnsand the best and fastest way that you can get results. Often times in Stage 2, the best answer \u2013 the one that will get you the best results \u2013 is not the cheapest. But many Stage 2 leaders can\u2019t break the frugal mindset, and are stuck in a cycle of underinvestment that never gets them where they need to go.\n\nFocus on markets, not customers. Success in Stage 1 is a built on one-to-one sales, and that intimate contact is important to win early adopters. In Stage 2, though, making sales customer-by-customer is not scalable. What\u2019s needed is the ability to sell to a market. The change from sales-driven to marketing-driven is a big one, and if a Stage 2 leader thinks she can just do \u201cmore of the same,\u201d she\u2019ll never be able to scale the business beyond her ability to add good sales people. (And we all know how hard that is.)\n\nSpend more time on strategy and communication. Stage 1 businesses are not simple \u2013 but Stage 2 businesses are much more complicated. In fact, as a business grows, the complexity grows exponentially \u2013 but many Stage 2 leaders are thinking that it\u2019s only growing linearly. Because the business is more complicated, it needs more time invested in strategy (which is how you coordinate and direct all the different parts) and communication (which is how you align all the different parts). Many Stage 2 leaders think that the decisions they have to make are simpler than they actually are, and are stuck in a reactive mode because they don\u2019t spend enough time thinking about their situation to develop (more complicated) action plans.\n\nWhat can you do if you\u2019re stuck because of your mindset?\n\nHonestly assess whether you\u2019ve been as successful in Stage 2 as you were in Stage 1\n\nFind someone with experience in your situation, who can help you understand the right mindset\n\nAsk your team what frustrates them \u2013 they usually have a good sense of how well you are managing, communicating, and planning\n\nGet trained on management and strategy, which are going to be key to your success in Stage 2"}
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-{"text": "Recently the media reported on the Appleton Area School District\u2019s new proactive study regarding our elementary school day. The Elementary Day Study will look at how to improve our use of time to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of our elementary students in a more responsive way. The Study is part of the District\u2019s long-term continuous improvement plan that involves many stakeholders including families, students, school staff, and administration.\n\nWe\u2019d like to clarify some key points that were incorrectly reported by the media. These key points relate to the timing of any rollout of potential changes, the piloting process, and the length of the school day/school year.\n\nThe media report incorrectly indicated that Elementary Day Study changes would be brought to the Board of Education this April for possible implementation next school year. This is inaccurate. The Study Group will review initial findings in April to determine if any possible pilots should occur in 2018-19. The only changes that may be tested in 2018-19 would occur as small, limited pilots in collaboration with both staff and parents.\n\nThere are no immediate plans to lengthen the school day or school year at any of our schools.\n\nIn order to improve our use of time we need to be open to all opportunities and options. All options will be reviewed for developmental appropriateness, financial implications, as well as other factors. Opportunities for input will be provided for stakeholders during the process.\n\nDistrict-wide implementation of changes to the elementary day, if any, would not occur until 2019-20 at the earliest."}
-{"text": "Throughout our coverage of the upcoming awards ceremony from the Irish Film & Television Academy, the calibre of 2017 nominees has been continuously impressive.\n\nBest Actor in a Leading Role in Film is no exception to this, with last year\u2019s recipient Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) again nominated for \u2018The Light Between Oceans\u2019 alongside a diverse line-up of his peers.\n\nWith a mix of comedy, experimental documentary, political and wartime drama and romance, the category showcases the agility and reach of talent among Irish actors in the industry today.\n\nJamie Dornan, The Siege of Jadotville\n\u2018Fifty Shades\u2019 franchise star Jamie Dornan is nominated for his portrayal of Pat Quinlan in \u2018The Siege of Jadotville\u2019, the feature directorial debut from Richie Smyth. Dornan\u2019s nomination is one of seven for the project, which also features in Best Film (Alan Moloney & Richie Smyth) Best Director (Smyth), Best Script (Kevin Brodbin), Best Supporting Actor (Jason O\u2019Mara), Best Sound (Garret Farrell & Fionan Higgins) and Best VFX (Tim Chauncey).\n\nDornan is currently filming Appian Way production \u2018Robin Hood\u2019 directed by Otto Bathurst, in which he plays iconic character Will Scarlet. Other highlights for the actor so far this year include his role as Jan Kubis in \u2018Anthropoid\u2019, in which he starred alongside \u2018Peaky Blinders\u2019 star Cillian Murphy. \u2018Anthropoid\u2019 was nominated for 12 Czech Lion Awards Nominations in January.\n\nColm Meaney, The Journey\nMeaney earns his nomination for the role of Martin McGuinness in \u2018The Journey\u2019 (Nick Hamm), in which he stars alongside Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley. The project screened at TIFF 2016 and has since has struck distribution deals with both IFC Films for North America and just this month with The Swen Group for Ireland and the UK.\n\nJonathan Sehring, Co-President of IFC Films:\n\u201cWe at IFC Films were immediately enthralled with the film and are always excited at the opportunity to work once more with IM Global. Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney imbue their characters with such charisma and provide a master class in acting.\u201d\n\nMark O\u2019Halloran, History\u2019s Future\nThe \u2018Garage\u2019, \u2018Adam and Paul\u2019 and \u2018Viva\u2019 writer is a three-time IFTA nominee and is nominated this year for his role as MP in Fiona Tan\u2019s hybrid documentary, fiction and essay style project. \u2018History\u2019s Future\u2019 is produced by Family Affair Films and is one of several recent projects from the writer/actor, who also co-wrote the abovementioned \u2018Halal Daddy\u2019 with Conor McDermottroe.\n\nMark O\u2019Halloran, Best Leading Actor in Film Nominee:\n\"I am absolutely thrilled to be nominated for this award. History's Future is very dear to my heart and I will take the opportunity of the IFTAs to celebrate the whole team that made it possible. Thank you.\"\n\nMichael Fassbender, The Light Between Oceans\nAs last year\u2019s recipient of the award for Best Lead Actor, Fassbender is also among the busiest of this year\u2019s nominees. His recent credits include \u2018Trespass Against Us\u2019 (Adam Smith) alongside Brendan Gleeson, \u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed\u2019 (Justin Kurzel), \u2018X-Men: Apocalypse\u2019 (Bryan Singer), short film \u2018Prologue: Last Supper\u2019 (Luke Scott) and \u2018Song to Song\u2019 (Terrence Malick) in addition to Derek Cianfrance\u2019s \u2018The Light Between Oceans\u2019, for which he is nominated.\n\nAlex Murphy, The Young Offenders\nPeter Foott\u2019s debut also marks a first feature for newcomer Murphy, whose co-star Chris Walley is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Film. With a total of seven nominations this year, the title is one of several stand-out Irish films of last year. Its other nominations are: Best Film (Peter Foott & Julie Ryan), Best Director (Foott), Best Script (Foott), Best Supporting Actress (Hilary Rose) and Editing (Colin Campbell).\n\nAlex Murphy, Best Lead Actor in Film Nominee:\n\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable. To be nominated for an IFTA in a category like this. Absolute dream come true. It doesn\u2019t feel real.\""}
-{"text": "A Terrifying Interactive Map Visualises the Devastation of Nuclear Fallout\n\nThe destructive power of nuclear bombs has been seared into our collective memory, thanks to archival images of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There\u2019s the blast itself, and then all the radioactive fallout to contend with. A new interactive map shows what the damage from fallout would be if nuclear bombs were dropped on target cities today.\n\nIt\u2019s the result of a collaboration between the Future of Life Institute (FLI)\u2014a volunteer organisation dedicated to decreasing existential threats to the human race co-founded by MIT physicist Max Tegmark\u2014and Alex Wellerstein, a science historian at the Stevens Institute for Technology in New Jersey who developed the hugely popular NUKEMAP a few years ago. (Wellerstein was also the technical consultant for the stellar\u2014and tragically cancelled\u2014TV series, Manhattan.)\n\nWellerstein ran two equally terrifying scenarios. First, he wondered what would have happened if bombs were dropped on all 1,100 targets on a single day: April 29, 2016. Second, he simulated how the direction of the radioactive fallout would change if bombs had been dropped on those targets on three consecutive days (April 29, April 30, and May 1, 2016).\n\nThere are many different factors that influence the extent of nuclear fallout, notably weather conditions and the size of the bomb. Wellerstein was able to draw on data from OpenWeatherMap to give his model realistic weather conditions on the days in question. But it also matters if the bomb detonates high in the air or on the ground; with the former, there is far less downwind fallout.\n\n\u201cThis is because the fallout that makes the distinctive, high-radiation plume downwind of the weapon is largely made up of dirt or debris particles that have been sucked up into the radioactive fireball, and \u2018fall out\u2019 rather soon (within a few hours) after the blast,\u201d Wellerstein told Gizmodo. \u201cIf the fireball avoids vaporising dirt or debris, the radioactive products (the remains of the split atoms) stay hot and light longer, and thus in the upper atmosphere longer. They have longer to decay before they fall to the Earth, so the really radioactive stuff \u2018burns out\u2019 sooner and diffuses over a larger area.\u201d\n\nAll the heavy fallout plumes in his visualisation assume surface bursts, when in reality, there would likely be a mix of surface and airbursts, depending on the target. Bunkers or airfields, for instance, need heavier pressure to destroy, so those targets would probably require surface bursts. In contrast, homes and civilian buildings wouldn\u2019t needed as much pressure, so airbursts would suffice for those kinds of targets.\n\nThere would also probably be more than one nuclear bomb per target in reality, since the military would expect that not every bomb would reach its target. NUKEMAP\u2019s estimator assumes single detonations. So the really large casualty estimates in particular should be taken with a grain of salt, since there is likely to be some double counting of victims. But it\u2019s probably a good ballpark figure if you add in longer-term casualties from fallout and the destruction of crucial infrastructures.\n\nThose caveats aside, Wellerstein thinks the project still manages to illustrate the scope and magnitude of nuclear fallout from bombs dropped on those targets. Lest you think this is just an academic exercise: the declassified 1956 list of targets probably isn\u2019t much different from the current US list, according to the FLI. And while most nuclear nations agree that less than 300 nuclear weapons are sufficient to achieve deterrence, the US alone has about 1900 warheads ready for deployment within 30 minutes. Russia\u2019s not far behind. The threat of nuclear winter is closer than you might think.\n\n\u201cDespite the fact that nuclear weapons issues are in the newspaper almost daily, for most Americans they have sunk into the background of things,\u201d said Wellerstein. \u201cA lot of this happened when the Cold War ended and we all congratulated ourselves on \u2018winning.\u2019 But the weapons have stuck around. I think people are starting to remember that, bit by bit. I like to think my work is playing a small part in that.\u201d"}
-{"text": "The Kurds, who have a semiautonomous enclave in northern Iraq, are locked in a tense confrontation with Iraqi troops in the region because of long-simmering disputes over land and oil.\n\nAnkara's backing for the Kurdistan Regional Government, whose territory contains an estimated 45 billion barrels of oil and 211 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, threatens a showdown with the Turks that could inflame tensions with Syria and Iran in a region already torn by war.\n\nThe decision Tuesday by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to refuse Yildiz's aircraft permission to land at Erbil, the Kurdish capital, imposed greater strains on Baghdad's relations with the Turks at a critical juncture.\n\nYildiz was heading to Erbil to attend the closing session of a Kurdistan oil and gas conference intended to accelerate the enclave's drive to establish its own energy industry operating independently of the central government, a move Baghdad clearly found offensive.\n\nThe Kurdish Regional Government in Erbil has signed exploration deals with oil majors like Exxon Mobil and Chevron of the United States, Total of France, and Gazprom of Russia, along with some 40 smaller foreign companies.\n\nBaghdad refuses to recognize the contracts, branding them illegal. The KRG's deals with Exxon and the other majors are likely to end their investment in Iraq's mega oil fields in the south.\n\nOther majors, particularly Chinese companies, are eager to take their place in boosting Iraq's oil production but the defections were a bitter humiliation for Baghdad and could set back its ambitious oil strategy.\n\nThis dispute with Baghdad, over oil rights and revenue-sharing, is only one component of the multilayered rift between Erbil and Baghdad, but the banning of Yildiz's aircraft reflects the growing tensions between the KRG and the federal government as well between Iraq and Turkey.\n\nBaghdad was incensed in August after Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made an unannounced visit to the flashpoint city of Kirkuk, which the Kurds claim is part of their territory along with its oilfields, without informing Baghdad.\n\nKirkuk \"is a red line for the Kurds,\" observed Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis group. \"The Kurds will never give up the city.\"\n\nTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to make his country into the energy hub between east and west, which is why it's dealing directly with the KRG.\n\nIn recent weeks, Maliki and Erdogan have engaged in a war of words, accusing each other of pushing their countries toward conflict.\n\nErdogan has also given sanctuary to Iraq's fugitive vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, a minority Sunni who has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Baghdad court on charges of murder and treason against Maliki's Shiite-controlled government.\n\nHe denies the charges and says he was framed by Maliki, who's widely seen to be accumulating dictatorial powers following the U.S. military withdrawal in December 2011.\n\nBaghdad's refusal to relinquish Kirkuk, traditionally a Kurdish city that Saddam Hussein sought to Arabize by forcibly driving out Kurdish inhabitants, has long been a powder keg waiting to explode.\n\nAmid the growing tension between Baghdad and Erbil, there are concerns it could explode and touch off a shooting war between Iraq's Shiite majority and the Sunni Kurds, amid the wider sectarian strains.\n\nThe trigger could come from a standoff between battle-seasoned Kurdish fighters known as peshmerga -- \"those who face death\" -- and Maliki's mainly Shiite forces in disputed territory in northern Iraq.\n\nKurdish leaders want to expand their semiautonomous enclave across territory stretching from Iraq's eastern border to with Iran to the western frontier with Syria, a predominantly Kurdish region that also contains most of Syria's oil reserves.\n\nThis has raised suspicions the Iraqi Kurds may be seeking to establish a wider Kurdish state embracing Syria's Kurds, and energy resources, should war-torn Syria fragment.\n\nMaliki warned Saturday of the danger of \"ethnic conflict\" after efforts to ease tension stalled. Baghdad refused to dismantle the newly established Tigris Operations Command that covers disputed territory in Kirkuk, Salaheddin and Diyala provinces in the north.\n\nUnited Press International is a leading provider of news, photos and information to millions of readers around the globe via UPI.com and its licensing services.\n\nWith a history of reliable reporting dating back to 1907, today\u2019s UPI is a credible source for the most important stories of the day, continually updated - a one-stop site for U.S. and world news, as well as entertainment, trends, science, health and stunning photography. UPI also provides insightful reports on key topics of geopolitical importance, including energy and security.\n\nA Spanish version of the site reaches millions of readers in Latin America and beyond.\n\nUPI was founded in 1907 by E.W. Scripps as the United Press (UP). It became known as UPI when after a merger with the International News Service in 1958, which was founded in 1909 by William Randolph Hearst. Today, UPI is owned by News World Communications."}
-{"text": "SON Dakika\n\nProduced by Yal\u00e7\u0131n Sen array of lizards:\n\nProducer of the published Lizards series A private television channel Yalcin Sen, Religious you that the first episode that cause by reaction misunderstanding , said non-imam'lizard', nicknamed person , would reflect a character-turned-good from the bad .\n\n\u0130stanbul news: Producer of the published Lizards series A private television channel Yalcin Sen, Religious you that the first episode that cause by reaction misunderstanding , said non-imam'lizard', nicknamed person , would reflect a character-turned-good from the bad . Sen, in this transformation of the lizard characters play a big role , he said that the imam outfit . Photo Sen, \\\"showing response and sensitivity to understand , we want the same sensitivities to know we're carrying . The directory section 1 of this reaction in people who watch the we see that more . 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-{"text": "Episode 150622\n/ 22 Jun 2015\n\nApple Music has reversed its payment policy, a day after the singer Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her album 1989.\nHow much of the story can you understand by listening to a genuine BBC World Service news bulletin?"}
-{"text": "How to make Introverts\u2019 voices heard at work?\n\nAfter reading the article about Introversion and how to work with introverts, it did enlighten me and helped me understanding who I am. It also made me feel more eased about some criticisms from my ex-employers such as \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you say anything if you saw that at the job site?\u201d, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you mention that at the meeting?\u201d, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you come up with any idea during the brainstorming?\u201d I fully understand the speaker wanted to empower introverts and to encouraged them to make their voices heard. However, I also started to understand one of the reasons most of the business owners and the team leaders were extroverts was because introverts usually chose to pass on their leadership roles as the speaker mentioned in the video, and I realized it would not be easy for the introverts\u2019 voices heard if most of the decision makers at work were extroverts.\n\nIn my 16 years of interior design career, I had worked for 7 employers, and all of them were extroverts who were very good at socializing and networking. I remember one of my ex-employers said to me \u201cThis is how my company is running, and if you don\u2019t like it, you are very welcome to leave.\u201d after I made some constructive suggestions. I also suggested the other one of my ex-employers not to do 100% open office floor plan for the new office we were about to move in but was quickly turned down.\n\nSo, I feel making introverts\u2019 voices heard is like asking billionaires to give up half of their wealth and pass onto the poor, and we all know it is very hard for those who have the power to release the power, just like what happened at the brainstorming meetings led by the manager in one of my previous jobs, you only could hear the extroverts such as the sales from the sales departments, and the PRs who spoke out loud about their ideas and see the designers\u2019 (all of us were introverts) ideas got overwhelmed, and the manager who had the authority to hush the sales or the PRs allowed it happened and never let the designers express their opinions because the manager was also an extrovert. So, I appreciate the articles and speeches out there that have raised the awareness of the existence of introverts, but if you expect the introverts\u2019 voices will be heard or the \u201csilent revolution\u201d will take place, think again."}
-{"text": "search furniture\n\nType\n\nColor\n\nMaterial\n\nUsage\n\nCase Studies\n\nTrent Furniture used for props at The Royal Ballet\n\nOur furniture is frequently used as props for TV shows and performances. The latest client to use Trent Furniture to supply props is The Royal Ballet.\n\nThe Royal Ballet purchased loopback side chairs and a bentwood table for use in a new ballet production named Strapless.\n\nAntony Barnett, head of props at the Royal Opera House, commented \u201cAs you\u2019d expect, we use a variety of suppliers to stage all of our productions. The items that we received from Trent were exactly what we need for this new ballet production.\u201d\n\nWith a range of suppliers available, Trent Furniture were chosen for 3 key reasons: quality, style, and value. Antony also expressed his satisfaction with the delivery \u201cThe speed at which they arrived was great, they came a month before the production is even planned to start which is great!\u201d\n\nTrent\u2019s furniture will feature in the show which was choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon at the Royal Opera House between February 12th and March 11th.\n\nOther productions which have included our furniture as props include; James Bond: Spectre, The Xfactor, Waterloo Road, and The Paradise."}
-{"text": "\"As I design each painting, I count the symmetrical rotations of the elements as well as the size and quantity of the elements in that design; while painting I count the ratios of the colors I custom mix.\"\n\n\"Twin primes are one of the oldest unsolved problems in math; seeming to occur in twos, like 3 & 5, 17&19, and even as you go to higher numbers, as primes become very infrequent, they still will come with two together like that, even with numbers in the billions and higher.\"\n\n\"In the dusty ledgers of our mind, we keep inventory; one of accomplishments where there is expansion and stars for positive actions taken and one of remembrance that marks us from future misjudgments.\""}
-{"text": "Fox & Friends Openly Advocates Against Democratic Health Reform Plan\n\nFox News' Peter Johnson spent nearly five minutes on Fox & Friends this morning engaging in a diatribe against Democrats' health care reform. He also included several gratuitous swipes at the Democrats. Media Matters, which got the video, appropriately referred to the segment as \"They decide.\" Think the \"fair and balanced\" network will give a Democrat so much unopposed air time to promote the plan? Don't hold your breath. Video after the jump."}
-{"text": "The Austin Chronicle\u2019s Super Tuesday Endorsements Are In!\n\nHere are the Chronicle editorial board\u2019s endorsements for the March 1 party primaries. We endorse only in contested races. See more info at austinchronicle.com/elections.\n\nPresident/Vice President: Bernie Sanders\n\nThe Chronicle is feelin\u2019 the Bern. The U.S. senator and self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont has drawn massive crowds and genuine excitement from voters across the country for championing a living wage, single-payer health care, and free higher education for America\u2019s debt-saddled students. In an era of unprecedented income inequality, Sanders\u2019 aggressive call to reform Wall Street \u2013 too big to fail banks \u2013 and the campaign finance system, is sorely needed. And the senator has put his money where his mouth is \u2013 heavily opposed to super PACs, he raised more than $3 million from individual contributions the day after the Iowa caucus. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has"}
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-{"text": "Tuesday, April 5, 2011\n\nRyan Agonistes\n\n\"Paul Ryan has grasped reality with both hands. He is forcing everybody else to do the same.\" So says David Brooks, in an effusive column about Ryan's very serious, fiscally and philosophically sound budget plan, due for full release today. Brooks' take is as much hopeful as truthful: he wants everybody else to take a realist, no-sacred-cows approach to budgeting. Hopefully this will be true within the Republican caucus and maybe even at the White House; it's probably too much to hope that legislative branch Democrats take spending cuts and tax reforms seriously, rather than screeching about how the REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR MEDICARE AWAY!\n\nThat's not to say Republicans wouldn't do the same thing, in reverse, if it was a serious Democratic plan to raise and reform taxes or cut military spending. But until such a plan is forthcoming, the Dems are the only party that faces the tough choice: should I do good for my country or for my party?\n\n2 comments:\n\nThe plan would replace the current open-ended system of Medicare payments with one in which the federal government would subsidize people to purchase insurance. In health insurance jargon, this is called \u201cpremium support.\u201d Ryan would set up a system called \u201cthe Medicare exchange\u201d in which beneficiaries would choose an insurance plan they preferred."}
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-{"text": "The Death of Staff Van Rooyen\n\n-\n\nGraham Du Toit of Facebook Honour Roll fame wrote :\n\u201cFOR THEM THE LAST POST HAS SOUNDED \u2013 16 Aug 1988: 78458197PE Staff Sergeant Gideon van Rooyen from 2 Special Service Battalion was killed when his Armoured Car overturned at the Rooisloot Training Area. He was 26\u201d\n\nTo most this is just another entry in Graham\u2019s daily record. For many of us Medic Veterans or fellow ranks who read these entries we realize that we were there, often first on the scene. We were the kid that stepped into the drama and took responsibility. To me it was my first serious blooding in the field as an Ops Medic after the experiences of A&E in the East Rand Townships. When I read this excerpt it didn\u2019t bring back any fresh memory because this is the one incident that is never far from the surface. Most are thankfully hidden deep in the psyche or forgotten. They may yet bleed out from the pen.\n\nTuesday 16th August was a regular hot and red-dust day on the firing range at Rooisloot training ground nearby 2 Special Service Battalion in Zeerust. 2nd phase training was ongoing for D Squadron, the Squadron I would accompany to the Border later in the year. Young men training on the big guns; 90mm, assorted incendiaries and the .50 Browning. I was alone on duty and expecting an incident. There was a lot of scope for injury and worse amongst these kids. My stomach was tight at the prospect and from dawn to dusk my temper was short. Perhaps another hand mangled by a piece of old ordnance picked up by a foolish troopie or a secondary detonation from a shell inside a turret. God forbid there should be a fatality.\n\nMy Glasgow sense of humour had failed after two weeks on duty in this dust bowl amid an atmosphere of severe discipline and presbyterian fatalism.\n\n\u201c58 Juliet-58 Juliet / 30 Alpha oor\u2026..medic\u2026.\u201d The alarm call came across the radio as I sat daydreaming and deafened on the range. But for the noise and burning wrecks of targets in the distance this could have been a pleasant spot to sit and view Springbok and Kudu or just scratch your balls. It may be just that almost 30 years on. I was rushed away in a Samil 20 to the area where driver training was ongoing further into the Marico bush. It had taken some time to locate the incident. Why had nobody stepped in yet ?\n\nThe Eland 90 lay on its turret on a 45 degree slope with a group of troops huddled up the slope directing us in. The facts remain unclear to this day but it would appear that the driver stalled on an incline, allegedly kicked in the back for his poor performance, and the Noddy slid back and tipped down the slope. A fatal kick. One complete roll with Van Rooyen unable to duck into the turret and then a partial roll coming to rest at an angle with just enough space to crawl under the turret. I was under the Eland after a sprint down the hill, pausing only to check I still had the adrenaline, solu-cortef, sosegon and drip stuffed into my pockets. The bare minimum required which already appeared optimistic. I was soon covered in leaking fuel that had mingled with the smell of Staff Van Rooyen\u2019s vomit and the red dust. I can still recall that odour. He was half out of the Commanders hatch and crushed beyond recognition. After a swift assessment and an attempt to find an airway to clear, more from habit than any hope of saving him, it was now time to concentrate on saving myself. Not for the last time. And not under fire.\n\nHere lay what remained of a Zeerust legend, a very popular man. A legend on the rugby ground and in the Mess Bar. Death had probably been instant and he was now beyond the call of his pregnant wife waiting at home. It was their wedding anniversary. I had viewed him as an old and experienced hand, physically imposing, balding and wise beyond my ken. In reality he was a young man of 26. I was aged 20 but there may as well have been another 20 years between us in terms of the experience of war, life, death and the machinery of war.\n\nThere was nothing to be done except haul myself to safety. The driver had struggled free and departed the scene. My medical bag sat useless at the top of the slope.\n\nWaiting at a safe distance was his friend, Lt ???. My words to him sound daft now but my Afrikaans was limited and all I could say to him was \u201chy is dood\u2026..baie dood\u201d. He couldn\u2019t stop himself and, despite the danger, ran down the slope to confirm that his close friend was beyond my help, tears flowing. The incident didn\u2019t affect me that afternoon and I ate a hearty meal after finishing my stint at the range. There was hardly a pause and I was back on the evening\u2019s night firing exercise. The Marico sunset was stunning and reliable as ever. We might yet have a war to catch up with if the recent peace failed. It came for us in April 1989.\n\nYears later I reflected that one more roll or twitch of that Noddy car and I would have been dead, or a stray spark could have seriously ruined my good looks. I puzzled over fact that I had ran in while others stood like statues. It wasn\u2019t bravery, it was the result of conditioning and a sense of responsibility thrust upon my young shoulders. It would have been bravery if I had paused to consider the consequences and still ran in. But I was just plain stupid.\n\nThis incident was a minute echo of earlier conflicts, Boer and the World Wars, and the attrition of training and battle on a young generation. 1988 had been a grim year for 2SSB with nine members lost, ranging from the Caleque attack to accidents at Rooisloot and deaths on the road trip home for a weekend pass.\n\nNobody ran in \u2013 but the cry went out, not for the last time \u2013 \u201cMedic !! Where is that fucking soutie medic ?\u201d\n\nPurpose: We remember all this South African navy ships lost at sea through the ages, starting from chronological order: WW1: SS Mendi, which lead to 616 South Africans and 30 crew who lost their lives at sea,\n\nMeeting and Social \u2013 135 High St, Teddington TW11 8HH Purpose: All Branch members are invited to contribute in providing suggestions/feedback, or just listen to the quarterly update. Final event planning will also take place for"}
-{"text": "In an Ocean of Corporate Defaulters, Vijay Mallya is a Small Fish\n\nApr 20, 2017\n\nThe process of extraditing Vijay Mallya started on April 18, 2017. As a part of the process he was arrested and then later released on bail.\n\nNewsreports suggest that the Indian government has taken up this issue with the British government at the highest level. What this suggests that there is a political will to get Mallya back to India and prosecute him. Indeed, that is a very good thing.\n\nHaving said that, in an ocean of corporate defaulters and bad loans of banks, Mallya is a very small fish. A newsreport on Moneycontrol points out that Mallya owes banks and the service tax department around Rs 9,000 crore. This includes the principal loan amount, interest on the loans as well as penalties.\n\nNow compare this to the total gross non-performing assets(NPAs) or bad loans of Indian banks. These are loans which borrowers have defaulted on and stopped their repayment. As of December 31, 2016, the gross NPAs of banks stood at Rs 7,23,323 crore. The gross NPAs of public sector banks, to whom Mallya mainly owes money, stood at Rs 6,46,199 crore.\n\nThis comparison clearly tells us that Mallya is a small fry in the overall NPA pie. Let's now look specifically at the corporate NPAs. As of March 31, 2016, the total corporate gross NPAs of public sector banks stood at Rs 3,36,124 crore or 11.95 per cent of the total loans given out to corporates. This is the latest number I could find. There is enough evidence to suggest that the situation has worsened since then. Compare this to what Mallya owes to banks and you know why Mallya is a small fish in the ocean of corporate defaulters.\n\nWhile the government needs to put all its effort into getting Mallya back to India, it also needs to go after other defaulters sitting peacefully in India. This is something that hasn't really happened up until now.\n\nTable 1: NPAs of PSBs recovered through various channels\n\nTable 1 does not make for a happy picture. The rate of recovery of non-performing assets or bad loans has fallen dramatically over the years. In 2013-2014, the total bad loans involved were Rs 1,49,149 crore. Of this Rs 28,052 crore was recovered. The rate of recovery worked out to 18.8 per cent.\n\nIn 2014-2015, the total bad loans involved were at Rs 2,26,529 crore. Of this Rs 27,849 crore was recovered. The rate of recovery worked out to 12.3 per cent. In 2015-2016, the rate of recovery fell further. The total bad loans involved were Rs 1,91,464 crore. Of this Rs 19,757 crore was recovered. The rate of recovery worked out to 10.3 per cent.\n\nHence, the rate of recovery of loans has fallen on the whole. How does the scenario look if we ignore Lok Adalats as a channel of recovery, given that the amounts involved there are on the smaller side. The rate of recovery improves but only a little.\n\nIn 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, the rate of recovery works out to 20.2 per cent, 13.5 per cent and 13.6 per cent, respectively. Hence, the rate of recovery goes up a little if we ignore Lok Adalats as a channel of recovery, but the difference is not much to change the overall conclusion.\n\nIf the government really wants to clean up the mess that prevails at public sector banks, it should be looking to improve the rate of recovery of bad loans. And that will only be possible if banks go after large defaulters with a lot of vigour, something that has not happened up until now.\n\nThis will happen only if there is political will for the same because ultimately public sector banks are owned by the government, and if the government wants something to happen it will happen. No bank employee is going to risk his career by going after a loan which has been defaulted on by a large corporate, only to find out that the corporate is friends with a politician.\n\nIn fact, the Economic Survey had some interesting data on corporates which had taken on a lot of bank loans and are now finding it difficult to repay them. Many corporates to which banks lent money now have an interest coverage ratio of less than one. These companies are referred to as stressed companies. This basically means that the operating profit (earnings before interest and taxes) of these firms is lower than the interest that they need to pay on their outstanding debt, during a given period. Hence, these companies are simply not earning enough to pay the interest on the loans they had taken on.\n\nThe stressed companies with an interest coverage ratio of less than one, owe a little more than 40 per cent of the loans given out by Indian banks. It is these companies which are essentially holding Indian banks back.\n\nIn fact, even within stressed companies (i.e. companies with an interest coverage ratio of less than one) the problem is concentrated among a few borrowers. A mere 50 companies account for 71 per cent of the loans owed by the stressed companies. On an average these companies owe Rs 20,000 crore each to the banking system. The top 10 companies on an average owe Rs 40,000 crore apiece.\n\nThis is where the real problem of Indian banking lies. Only if the public sector banks along with the government can clean this up, will the mess get cleaned up. Whether the government will show the same vigour as it has to get Mallya back to India, on this front, on that your guess remains as good as mine.\n\nDisclaimer: The views mentioned above are of the author only. Data and charts, if used, in the article have been sourced from available information and have not been authenticated by any statutory authority. The author and Equitymaster do not claim it to be accurate nor accept any responsibility for the same. The views constitute only the opinions and do not constitute any guidelines or recommendation on any course of action to be followed by the reader. Please read the detailed Terms of Use of the web site.\n\n12 Responses to \"In an Ocean of Corporate Defaulters, Vijay Mallya is a Small Fish\"\n\nSarat Palat\n\nJun 28, 2017\n\nWhat is happening is all a ball game. For how many years we are hearing and reading this script. If Mr. Vijay Mallya is a willful defaulter and is a known factor how can he travel to UK and running after the whole drama of extraditing him ? How much time and money had already spent on this nasty issue? So please stop writing on these sort of issues wasting your valuable time as well as of readers. The whole country knows what has happened and what is happening. Nothing will happen. Nothing will change. Whether it is UPA or NDA, people had lost faith and hope, but the drama is going on.\n\nThe views given above are good and quite comprehensive about the various angles to the problem.However nothing is being talked about the bankers who doled out such big amounts without using their prowess on the recovery angle,of course their eagerness to lend huge amount shows that some portion of NPA may have found way to the banker's home,strict action should be taken against the erring officials after making a thorough inquiry on their connivance angle, this shall make them and other members of their flock to take judicious decisions in future.\n\n\"Many corporates to which banks lent money now have an interest coverage ratio of less than one.\". I think this is a mistake in your write up. It should ideally be more than one in case of sick companies.\n\nMallaya a small fish - thank you for enlightening the readers about the NPAS and the enormity of the problem. But though the article is innocuous one get the feeling that Mallaya is witch hunted which the readers have not expected from the author.\n\nYes. Vijay Mallya may be a small fish but the moment he is extradited the signal to willful defaulters will be clear that the government means business.\n\nMay be I am wrong, but my guess is that soon after actual extradition the number of such willful defaulters and the quantum of total debt will reduce significantly. Today they are all watching as to - up to what length the government will go if it decides to.\n\nAgreed. But how to make the government go after today's big defaulters so that we are not penalised for government inefficiency. Publish present defaulters lists along with the names of their political sponsor s so that media experts exert pressure.\n\nHow very simplistic! Wish tough stances could result in recovery of bad loans! The roots of bad loans lie in lending not in recovery. It's liberal lending that provides easy liquidity in the hands of corporate entrepreneurs and fuels their megalomaniac ambitions of growth. And when their wild gambles at growth fail, we have bad loans at hand. What will tough stances do then. Recover from the scraps.\n\nOnce bad and crony lending decisions have been taken, the seeds of bad loans have been sown. The worst is, one of the many such crony entrepreneurs would actually succeed and justify this indiscriminate lending.\n\nIf a bad lending decision has been made, the right action is to make the best possible recoveries, locate any criminal diversion of funds to build personal assets and institute recoveries of the same through negotiated settlements if the entrepreneur is co-operating and through tough statutorily enforced recovery measures if the entrepreneur is not co-operating and move on with life.\n\nThrowing a fig leaf to a defaulting failed entrepreneur may involve moral hazard but is not a bad idea commercially.\n\nThe blood lust seen right now in the public domain is regrettable and counter-productive.\n\nMallya is a celebrity. Going after him is good publicity for all involved. Splashing this news in the media makes us all believe that the govt. is serious about going after rich defaulters.This is exactly the same as the Salman Khan hit-n-run case. When an unknown person does it, the cops collect money and quietly close the case. They cannot do it when a celebrity is involved because of the media glare.\n\nMallya's dues may be a drop in the ocean. But comparing dues with NPAs of the banking system is incorrect. What do you want to say?Is it incorrect to extradite Mallya? Perhaps the govt wants to send a message towilful defaulters that the govt means business.Please do not view govt's efforts negatively.On the other hand set in a trend to recognise govt's efforts and publicise.\n\nWhy we are all not giving the name of those defaulter except Vijay Mallya. All the media I am reading only talking about Mallya but let them expose all other big defaulter. Let us say biggest 10 or 20.\n\nABOUT EQUITYMASTER\n\nSince 1996, Equitymaster has been the source for honest and credible opinions on investing in India. 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-{"text": "Why does it seem that I see more talk about Explorer than the other two ships Adventure and Voyager? Is this because Explorer leaves from Miami and therefore gets more bookings, or is it a better ship, etc?"}
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-{"text": "Perhaps all those strange numbers confused the Tigers and they never recovered. Perhaps the fellows across the way in Ford Field thought somebody was calling an audible. Either way, Dave Murray, our Mets Guy in Michigan, was thoughtful enough to drape his Faith and Fair shirt across a Comerica Park railing before Game One of the [\u2026]\n\nWell, we know that No. 7 and No. 16 and No. 15 all the way down the lineup card to, presumably, No. 10 (DH league) never got to Detroit for the first game of the 2006 World Series. But thanks to our pal Dave Murray, your Mets Guy in Michigan, the spirit of Stengel, Hodges, Seaver [\u2026]\n\nTHE NUMBERS SHIRT IS BACK!\n\nIt\u2019s back! The famous Faith and Fear in Flushing Mets retired-numbers shirt, worn proudly from the Verrazano to Venice, has been updated to include Mike Piazza\u2019s No. 31, the revised order atop Citi Field, and a more accurate font!"}
-{"text": "This week in Michigan history: Red Wings win first Stanley Cup\n\nApr. 5, 2014\n\nDetroit's Pete Kelly scores the Stanley Cup-winning goal on Toronto's George Hainsworth on April 11, 1936. The next day, a huge crowd gathered at Michigan Central Station to welcome the Wings home. / File photo\n\nWritten by\n\nDetroit Free Press Staff Writer\n\nDetroit beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-five series that ended up requiring four games.\n\nThe first game, on April 5, put the team ahead of its Canadian rivals, 3-1, and the second game, on April 7, ended with another Detroit victory, 9-4. The third, however, saw Toronto victorious; the score on April 9 was 3-4. The game that sealed Detroit\u2019s place in the hockey firmament ended 3-2.\n\nA huge crowd gathered at Michigan Central Station to welcome the team home from Toronto the day after it won Lord Stanley\u2019s cup for the Motor City.\n\n\u201cEvery player on the team has taken a turn at bringing the house down in these playoffs,\u201d manager Jack Adams said. \u201cI never saw anything like it.\u201d\n\nCaptained by Doug Young, whom the New York Americans traded for Ron Martin in 1931, the Wings made history two and a half weeks earlier. The team had faced off against the Montreal Maroons in the semifinals; their matchup on March 24 was the longest overtime game in NHL history \u2014 116:30 with six overtimes.Detroit won 1-0."}
-{"text": "Art Therapy. Whaaat?\n\nAt yoga retreat you will also have a chance to learn about the benefits of art therapy. Art therapy\u2026whaaat? We can see big question mark hanging above your head. It doesn\u2019t hurt On the contrary, we promise that you will enjoy.\n\nThe goal of this session is to help you access your playful intuition and express yourself artistically. Of course, under the guidance and supervision of our teacher. The interesting part is interpretation and understanding of underlying messages communicated through your art. It\u2019s truly a beautiful thing when you\u2019re sharing art in an open, friendly, loving environment with other people that are on the same wave.\n\nNot surprisingly, when science meets art \u2013 the ultimate benefit of art therapy is that it may help you with deeper understanding of yourself, resolving issues as well as reducing stress, and improving self-esteem and awareness. Or simply said \u2013 you will feel better and happier.\n\nYou don\u2019t need to have any predisipositions, just curiosity and you\u2019ll be surprised how fun is expressing yourself through art."}
-{"text": "Lining Up New Vial Capacity\n\nBaxter's new vial line, Line 8, can improve yield and reduce the risk of contamination.\n\nBaxter\u2019s Bloomington, IN, facility expansion includes a new vial line, Line 8. The line can help Baxter \u201cimprove yield and reduce the risk of contamination, as well as provide the distinctive technologies needed to produce many of the new biologics and special small-molecule formulations,\u201d the company reports. The custom-designed line helped Baxter secure the 2006 Pharmaceutical Facility of the Year Award by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers.\n\n\u201cLine 8 complements our current vial capabilities by adding unique, new capabilities and batch sizes for biologics,\u201d say Bob Lutes, director of engineering. Lutes\u2019 team has been leading line installation and validation. Liquid-filling capabilities will be available for commercial product in the third quarter of 2007, and lyophilization capabilities are scheduled for availability in 2008. Line 8 is the first Bloomington vial line with 100%, in-line fill-volume analysis. Such fill-volume monitoring may enable yield improvements by eliminating destructive testing methods. The line also follows FDA\u2019s recommendations in \u201cGuidance for Industry Sterile Drug Products Produced by Aseptic Processing\u201d for the use of automated quality assurance detection systems. For lyophilized vials, Line 8 employs automated robotic loading and unloading of all lyophilization chambers. For all vials, Line 8 features on-line vision inspection to measure stopper seating prior to crimping. Such 100% inspection can detect improperly seated stoppers that could increase the risk of contamination between the vial and seal in transit to the capping room. Line 8 also provides complete cold-chain management by maintaining filling and loading systems and processes at controlled cold temperatures."}
-{"text": "Guitar Masters Series: Ed Cherry Trio.\n\nDetails\n\nAbout\n\n\u201cAn expressive instrumentalist, Cherry has a hip, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing \u2018finger music\u2019, the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space\u201d\u2014JazzTimes\n\nGuitarist Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early \u201970s, as a sideman to musicians such as Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill and Jimmy Smith. Most famously, he spent over fifteen years in Dizzy Gillespie\u2019s band, remaining with the group until the trumpeter\u2019s death in 1993.\n\nShowtimes are at 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm. Tickets: $20 in advance / $25 day of show. For more info call (212) 477-9462 or visit https://zincjazz.com."}
-{"text": "Saints Uniform Breakdown\n\nNEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 9: Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints throws a pass in the second quarter during a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on September 9, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)\n\nThe Saints have one of the coolest sets of NFL uniforms, in my personal and humble opinion. In this article, we will be updating the Saints uniforms and how they are faring when they wear any combination. It all goes toward the old football cliche: Look good, play good. Well, we are about to find out if that cliche is true for the New Orleans Saints.\n\nThe results are broken down by any and every combination. We are tracking all of the latest uniform results and updating these results all throughout the season.\n\nBy Combination\n\nThe Home Look (Gold helmet, black jersey, gold pants)\n\n(Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)\n\nThis is the classic New Orleans Saints look. When we think of the Saints, we think, black and gold. It goes hand and hand with their image. The back jersey with the gold numbers, and the simple gold pants with a black stripe running straight down. So far, they have appeared in just one game while wearing it, week one against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.\n\nThis, again, is the classic Saints look. This look features all gold with black accents. The jersey is white with black numbers, and the pants are the same gold with the black stripe. It\u2019s a beautiful look on the road, but not a combination that we see too often. These haven\u2019t seen the field yet.\n\nGrade: B+\n\nGames: None\n\nRecord: 0-0\n\nThe Blackout Look (Gold helmet, black jersey, black pants)\n\n(Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)\n\nThe Saints like this look. It\u2019s one part nasty, two parts sleek and one part pure New Orleans. The team has a pair of black pants that is all black with the Saints logo em-blazed on the hip. They use their normal home black jersey with the gold numbers, and it looks very simple, sleek and nasty. Almost like a professional wearing a business suit and still bringing the power to town.\n\nThe Saints really like those black pants. That\u2019s good, they look great! Unfortunately, personally I\u2019m not a fan of the look with the white shirt. I think it\u2019s the weakest of the Saint\u2019s looks, but hey. It works and gets the job done. I think there\u2019s too much black and not enough gold. Give me more gold!\n\nDespite what I think, the team must love these sets, because right now they are fire. The tam has found a way to win all five games that they have worn these sets.\n\nOn the bright side, Drew Brees wore this set when he broke the all time passing record, and then when he threw his 500th touchdown. It must be a pretty special set for the quarterback!\n\nOh my goodness. Did you see these jerseys? Don\u2019t they look royally beautiful? There is so much white, and then so much gold! Seriously, these are really nice sets. They were designed by Nike last season as part of the \u201cColor Rush\u201d movement, a Nike led uniform promotion to make Thursday Night Football stand out and more attractive. It didn\u2019t work very well, and FOX dropped it from their lineup after week 11 during the 2017 season. I love the simplicity, the older feel it has, and the gold being more prominent then the black. It looks beautiful on the field.\n\nBy Uniform Piece\n\nBlack Jersey\n\nYes, we\u2019re going to break it individually too. The black jersey with gold accents is jersey gold, literally. It\u2019s sleek yet gentlemanly design makes it quite appealing to the eye. So far this season, they have worn it five times.\n\nRecord: 3-2 (147-131)\n\nWhite Jersey (Black numbers)\n\nIt\u2019s simple, yet elegant. One of the best things about the Saints uniforms is that they seriously look regal. I love the color scheme and the perfect mix of white, black and gold. So far this season, the white jerseys have seen the field five times.\n\nRecord: 5-0 (189-107)\n\nWhite Jersey (White numbers)\n\nIt\u2019s so pretty! The gold really allows these uniforms to pop, and the white makes them look bright. It almost reminds you of Heaven.\n\nRecord: 3-0 (111-45)\n\nGold Pants\n\nGold pants sells this uniform with either jersey. Again, it\u2019s simple, elegant and regal. Despite it\u2019s amazing looks, it\u2019s the only uniform part that the Saints have yet to win a game in this season.\n\nRecord: 0-1 (40-48)\n\nBlack Pants\n\nThese are very simple, a look I do believe the Saints like to establish. They don\u2019t want to wow people away with the fancy stripes and unnecessary frivolities that a lot of teams are moving toward with their look. It\u2019s a good look and keeps the traditional feel alive.\n\nRecord: 8-1 (296-190)\n\nWhite Pants\n\nThe white pants with the triple stripes down the side, outsides being black and the inside being gold, looks amazing. Paired with the white jerseys with gold numbers, it makes you think of an angel holding a harp in a cloud. It\u2019s beautiful.\n\nLike this:\n\nRelated\n\nJohn Vogel has been an avid football fan since he was seven. Over the past fifteen years, he has slowly transitioned from fan to analyst, where he now covers Boston Celtics basketball on BostonSportsExtra.com and is the Managing Editor at lwosports.com. John serves as the New Orleans Saints Editor here on Full Press Coverage.\n\nSubscribe to our Newsletter!\n\nThe Latest\n\nThis will mark the first time Tampa has played a divisional opponent internationally as stated by Buccaneers.com Senior Writer and Editor, Scott Smith. Consequentially, this will be Carolina's first international appearance.\n\nIt's a jam packed episode as the Chris Blackey and Steven Thompson of the Boston Sports Blitz Podcast joins Ian and Mike for a massive preview of the AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs.\n\nThis week the guys dive into the 2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense and what went right, and what went wrong. They also touch on the soon to be team up of Jameis Winston, Byron Leftwich, and Bruce Arians. Also, what does the running back\u2019s room look like in 2019? All this and more on this [\u2026]\n\nWelcome to Episode 6 of the Alliance Football Podcast, a podcast dedicated to the new Spring football league, the Alliance of American Football. Episode 6 discusses the history of professional football in the cities of Memphis and Birmingham,news and notes from around the Alliance, the origin and success of the AAF Whiz Kid, and welcomes [\u2026]\n\nIn this weeks episode, The Boys at the Yard break down the pre-season so far. Review some emotionally taxing roster moves, lay down their pre-season rankings and predictions, review their appearance on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, go off on wild tangents, and announce a new contest for San Deigo Fleet Season Tickets.\n\nIn this weeks episode, The Boys at the Yard break down the pre-season so far. Review some emotionally taxing roster moves, lay down their pre-season rankings and predictions, review their appearance on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, go off on wild tangents, and announce a new contest for San Deigo Fleet Season Tickets.\n\nIt's an AAF Fantasy Football REVOLUTION with Sirius XM Host Howard Bender! In this week's episode, the Boys at the Yard sit down with Howard Bender Head of Content for FantasyAlarm.com, and host of 2017 FSTA Radio Show of the Year Fantasy Alarm on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio Channel 87. We take a deep [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "..A meta-analysis was performed to investigate the ability of placebo administration to reduce self-report of pain and to examine whether placebo-induced pain reduction might have physiological and psychological underpinnings..."}
-{"text": "10 Germy Surfaces You Touch Every Day\n\nMany surfaces and objects you come in contact with every day are covered in germs -- but then again, so are you.\n\n\"Ninety percent of you is composed of germ cells,\" said Philip Tierno, director of clinical microbiology and immunology at NYU and author of \"The Secret Life of Germs.\"\n\nHe explained that while we are constantly in contact with germs, only a small minority will cause any harm.\n\n\"Of the 60,000 types of germs that people come in contact with on a daily basis ... only about 1 [percent] to 2 percent are potentially dangerous to normal people with normal immunity,\" he said.\n\nThat works out well for us, because pretty much any surface contains some of these microscopic organisms.\n\n\"There's very few surfaces that are truly clean,\" said Dr. Aaron Glatt, president and CEO of New Island Hospital in Bethpage, N.Y., and a spokesman for the Infectious Disease Society of America. \"You're almost never going to culture something and not find some germs on it.\"\n\nWith that in mind, there is a simple activity that anyone can engage in to stay as safe as possible from surface germs.\n\n\"People should know that washing their hands is the single most important mechanism we have to prevent infection,\" said Glatt.\n\nWhile he stressed that \"the optimal goal is to practice good personal hygiene, good household hygiene and good food hygiene,\" Tierno also noted the importance of clean hands.\n\n\"You don't need to live in a bubble ... but you do need to be aware,\" he said. \"You can touch surfaces, but just clean up before you eat or drink or before you touch your face.\"\n\n\"If you wash your hands prior to touching your face or prior to eating or drinking, which should be the norm, you cut your risk to virtually nil.\"\n\nPurses and Wallets\n\nAlthough they serve similar functions for women and men, purses and wallets are germy for entirely different reasons.\n\n\"It behooves you not to put your purse on the floor or outside ground if you can help it,\" said Tierno.\n\nBut many women don't follow that bit of advice, so their purses pick up the bacteria from wherever they're placed -- from the soiled ground to the bathroom floor.\n\nWhile some might be willing to put it there because they think the floors are cleaned regularly and thoroughly, that isn't always the case.\n\n\"The way these places are cleaned is not ideal all the time,\" said Tierno.\n\nInstead, he recommends putting your purse on a bench or a seat.\n\nWallets, meanwhile, pick up a lot of bacteria from what goes into them.\n\n\"Men's wallets were pretty bad on the inside,\" said Charles Gerba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona whose work has earned him the nickname \"Dr. Germ.\"\n\nPaper currency has a way of getting around, from germ-filled hand to germ-filled hand. It picks up germs, viruses and often trace amounts of illegal drugs -- that's not just an urban legend; several studies have confirmed that a majority of U.S. currency contains trace amounts of cocaine. And of course, all of that ends up in your wallet.\n\nBecause men keep wallets in their pockets, the wallet is close to body temperature -- an ideal temperature for bacteria to breed."}
-{"text": "T-Mobile offers unlocked iPhone 6 (Contract-free)\n\nShare this:\n\nT-Mobile will offer \u201cn0-contract\u201d versions of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the US as it will take a month more for Apple to release the \u201cunlocked\u201d versions in the Apple Store.\n\nThe reason for Apple delay to release unlocked versions of iPhones is that the company receives a commission when the customers make calls through the carrier under contract. Customers prefer unlocked iPhones even though it is priced higher. Contract versions of the iPhone 6 is being offered at a low price of $199 from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. T-Mobile has listed a \u201ccontract-free\u201d iPhone 6 for 649 and the iPhone 6 Plus for $749.\n\n<\n\nT-Mobile is the only US carrier to offer the unlocked iPhones while other carriers are expected to offer the version in the coming days. These \u2018contract-free\u2019 devices might come with a T-Mobile SIM though Apple users have reported the use of any network carrier like AT&T in the devices. Sprint\u2019s unlocked iPhones will not be accessible to domestic carriers, but can be used overseas.\n\nConsumers who opt to purchase the unlocked iPhones from T-Mobile will have to pay-off any installment balance remaining on it and use its network for 40 days, the usual policy followed by the company. Apple confirmed the availability of the unlocked variant from T-Mobile though it did not explain the labeling on the device. Consumers who buy contract iPhones also have the legal right to unlock their devices after the period in a law passed by the Congress. The iPhone 6 contract-free version is the current option for users to get hands on the devices in the US."}
-{"text": "Toast and diabetes\n\nSometimes I notice when coming onto the assessment unit there is a smell which is a combination of stale urine/bowel gas and air freshener. But when I started at 8 this morning everything is overpowered by the wonderful scent of fresh toast. The domestics are pushing trolleys on which is piled not only toast, but also cornflakes and porridge (that\u2019s oatmeal for US readers), jam and cups of tea.\n\nI like seeing patients first thing in the morning, because if they have eaten and kept down their breakfast they are not likely to be too unwell \u2013 and there\u2019s a good chance they will be able to go home.\n\nThis morning my first patient was Brian, a 57 year old man who has type 1 diabetes and was admitted from clinic with an infected foot ulcer. He had eaten his breakfast. His diabetes specialist was concerned about osteomyelitis (infection in the underlying bone) and wanted him to have an MRI scan and intravenous antibiotics.\n\nBrian has had diabetes since the age of 10, and has poor eyesight due to diabetic retinopathy, and poor kidney function due to diabetic nephropathy. Both are caused by damage to small blood vessels from diabetes.\n\nThe first question I asked the young doctor who was with me was the obvious one:\n\n\u201cWhy does toast go brown when it is cooked?\u201d\n\nShe looked at me in a slightly worried but kindly way, not sure how to respond \u2013 she had only been working on the unit for a week or so and was keen to give a good impression.\n\nThe answer is that the glucose molecules, which make up starch combine chemically, when heated, to wheat protein \u2013 something called a Maillard reaction, to produce a brown carbohydrate/protein complex. The chemistry is complicated, but this reaction is vital to producing all sorts of wonderful foodstuffs (apart from toast), including the really tasty brown, crispy coating on cooked meat, the main taste of gravy, soy sauce, Worcester sauce, the tasty bits on the surface of fries and, indeed, the brown surface of cornflakes which gives them a taste of more than plain wheat flakes.\n\nI can imagine that when delegates go to meetings they might dress up as Louis Camille Maillard \u2013\n\nAlso there is probably some caramelization of the starch glucose molecules. When heated sugars alone will form polymers which are brown-coloured tasty caramels and are used for all sorts of purposes such as food colouring (eg. the brown in cola).\n\nSo how does this relate to Brian\u2019s diabetes?\n\nWell, the reason that his blood vessels are damaged by diabetes is because, just like in the toast, high levels of blood glucose (which is the main problem in diabetes) combine with protein in blood vessels. In particular glucose undergoes the same Maillard reaction with the amino acid lysine which has an amine group sticking out.\n\nThe formation of the glucose/protein complex is not easily reversible and causes permanent damage to blood vessel function, resulting in eye, kidney, skin, heart, brain and a whole lot of other problems for diabetics.\n\nThe result of the Maillard reaction between sugar and lysine creates what are known as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). There is now a huge literature about AGEs and AGE receptors called RAGEs. Many think AGEs are also important in aging and dementia, and there is evidence that RAGEs may be either a protective or more damaging. A good review about AGEs and diabetic vascular injury is:\n\n2 thoughts on \u201cToast and diabetes\u201d\n\nOnce I started my clinical rotations in medical school and started to deal with\nreal patients, I was reminded of the human quality of practicing medicine\nand it became easier to study and learn the subject matter because I\ncould apply it to real people which helped me remember it.\n\nMost of these programs are offered through two year colleges or technical\nschools. While you may not be able to complete an entire associate degree in this field online, there are a few schools which offer\nonline options as a part of their program."}
-{"text": "Yahoo India Movies: Parmanu \u2013 The Story of Pokhran\n\nJohn Abraham and Boman Irani try their best, but fail to keep us invested in this historical drama.\n\nInspired by true events \u2013 India\u2019s first successful nuclear tests conducted at Pokhran in 1998 \u2013 \u2018Parmanu\u2019 has an interesting premise, but the story progresses at a sluggish pace.\n\nBack in 1995, US intelligence agencies detected India\u2019s preparations for nuclear tests as a result of which the mission had to be aborted. Ashwat Raina (John Abraham), an IIT-educated IAS officer, is made to take the fall for the failure.\n\nThree years later, under then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, there is renewed interest in nuclear weapons testing as a means of making a statement to the world by India \u2013 a budding superpower.\n\nHimanshu Shukla (Boman Irani), a minister in the PMO, reaches out to Raina asking him for his expert opinion on what went wrong in 1995. Shukla entrusts Raina to helm a team to carry out a new series of nuclear tests at Pokhran \u2013 and make them a success this time round.\n\nThere is no issue with the plot per say, although the director fumbles with its execution. Starting from the scene where Raina makes his first pitch for the nuclear tests with ministers sitting around a conference table enjoying chai and samosas right to the shoddy climax that looks out of the 1980s \u2013 the end product leaves a lot to be desired for.\n\nThe motley crew that Raina stitches together make no impression at all. We hear of their expertise on various fields, but at no point do they exhibit their genius to show that Raina had a good reason to pick them up.\n\nThe acting, the direction, the screenplay \u2013 there is something inherently lacking in every department.\n\nThe only point of interest, to me at least, was to see how nuclear tests are actually conducted. The rest, alas, was a rather tedious watch.\n\nWatch it if you must \u2013 it\u2019s a not-so-boring lesson in history.\n\nDid you like the film? Please do let us know your views on Twitter and Facebook. You can connect with the author on Twitter"}
-{"text": "Islam on the Rise in America\n\nWhile the daily headlines are filled with news reflecting Islamist\u2019s acts of terrorism in various parts of the world and Americans begin to suspect that, in addition to the Middle East, Africa is becoming the next \u201chot spot\u201d in the war on terror, many are unaware of the rise of Islam in America.\n\n\u201cThe future of the country-that was conceived by the pilgrims and Puritans as \u2018the new Zion\u2019-is now bound inextricably to Islam.\u201d So writes Paul L. Williams in his new book[1], \u201cCrescent Moon Rising: The Islamic Transformation of America.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Faith of the Prophet Mohammed will continue to impact and transform all aspects of American life: social, political, and economic. Save for a cataclysmic event that will shatter demographics, Islam by 2050 will emerge as the nation\u2019s dominant religion.\u201d\n\nWilliams offers facts that are nothing less than astounding.\n\n\u201cMuslims continue to pour into the country occupy positions (vacated by aging Americans) as physicians, engineers, and scientists. Others arrived to perform tasks that American workers are unwilling to perform in food-processing plants, agricultural facilities, and telecommunications. In addition to the Muslims who come here with employment visas, thousands more arrive with student visas to enroll in colleges throughout the country. Still others with \u2018diversity\u2019 visas to enrich America\u2019s racial composition.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn 1992, nearly fifty thousand Muslims arrived in the United States and received permanent residency status. In 2009, that number soared to 115,000. In truth, no one knows for certain how many Muslim immigrants are presently living in the country.\u201d\n\n\u201cIslam, at present, is the most rapidly growing religion in the country, with outreach programs on college campuses, in prisons, and within the military.\u201d\n\n\u201cIslam provides an antithesis to secular America\u201d, says Williams, offering a version of \u201ctraditional values\u201d that would impose restrictions that few Americans anticipate; a ban on liquor, a reduced status of women, dress codes, and much more. \u201cMuslims do not recognize the legitimacy of all faiths,\u201d warns Williams.\n\nAs with other faiths, all Muslims are not alike. They range from orthodox to secular. \u201cThey represent a hodgepodge of ethnic and racial groups from Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Indonesia, and the Balkan states.\u201d While many are poor, others are prosperous. Some have no problem assimilating into American society. Others have no wish to do so. They range from moderate to extreme in the practice of Islam.\n\nIn an earlier America, there were restrictions on immigrants from various parts of the world deemed antithetical to the nation\u2019s values. The early waves of immigrants came mostly from England and Nordic nations. They were followed by those from Italy, Germany and Eastern Europe as the need for more workers for America\u2019s growing industries required more immigrants. Asians were not particularly welcome and Arabs were even less welcome. This changed with the Hart-Celler Act, signed into law by President Johnson in the wake of the Civil Rights Act. It ended an immigration quota system that had governed America for most of his history. It was, for the record, widely opposed by a two-to-one margin. It is a legacy from Edward Kennedy who shepherded the bill through the Senate.\n\nAs Williams notes, \u201cSeptember 11, 2001, was not a day that changed everything. It was rather the day that revealed how much had changed. The real shock came not only from the devastation, but also the demographics. The world for many Americans became a place suddenly unrecognizable.\u201d\n\nThis has already become a fact of life for Europeans and is rapidly become one for Americans, particularly in large urban centers where the presence of Muslims is visible for their dress, the many restaurants and outlets that cater to them, and the increasing number of mosques found everywhere. USA Today[2] reported in February 2012 that \u201cThe number of Islamic places in the United States soared 74% in the past decade\u2026the overall number of mosques quietly rose from 1,209 in 2000 to 2,106 in 2010.\u201d\n\nLargely unseen and unknown are the many Muslim organizations throughout the U.S., some of which have been found to have terror connections, and all funded not merely to spread the faith, but to ultimately impose it on our present political structure and open culture. Williams documents this with dates, names and places.\n\nEven so, Americans elected and reelected Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a Muslim father and adopted son of a Muslim step-father. He is a President who keeps insisting that al Qaeda is receding as a threat when it is, in fact, a growing threat everywhere. And, soon enough, here again."}
-{"text": "When one sticks index finger in or around butthole and walks up to an unexpecting victum then rubs saturated finger between upper lip and nose area.\n\nBoy 1 \"Daaang girl did you hear what happend to Gina?!\"\nBoy 2 \"Naw, son what went down?\"\nBoy 1 \" Girl Gina was actin a fool so Shawndra stuck that finger of hers in her booty hole and gave Gina that dickless dirty sanches!\""}
-{"text": "The World Bank on Monday signed three grant agreements with representatives from the interim Iraqi government for reconstruction and development projects in Iraq totaling $145 million.\n\nFinanced by the World Bank\u2019s Iraq Trust Fund, $90 million will be channeled to emergency projects in health, water supply and sanitation, and reconstruction in urban centers. The remaining $55 million will be used to strengthen the financial and private sectors, of which $40 million will finance the building of a modern telecommunications network across the country.\n\nThe proposed Emergency Baghdad Water and Sanitation Project ($65 million) will help restore basic water supply and sanitation services in Baghdad through reconstruction and upgrading existing networks and treatment facilities.\n\nIn Baghdad today, water supplies reach one-third of consumers, compared with 1990 levels. In addition, about 30 percent of Baghdad\u2019s population is not connected to a sewage collection and treatment system, posing serious environmental and health concerns.\n\nThe Emergency Health Rehabilitation Project ($25 million) responds to the urgent health needs of the Iraqi people by improving emergency services in select hospitals. This project will equip hospitals with basic medical and laboratory equipment and provide a 3 to 6 month supply of up to 40 essential emergency drugs. It will also provide support for better planning and management in public health agencies at the central and governorate level.\n\nThe Emergency Private Sector Development Project ($55 million) will help address unemployment - estimated at 50 percent or more - by focusing on four building blocks for private sector growth. The project will create or strengthen institutions that would support the private sector, and improve Iraqi firms\u2019 access to finance and foreign markets. It will also boost the telecommunications infrastructure and build a national network to improve delivery of communications services to the government and to the people of Iraq.\n\nA fourth grant agreement for the Emergency Water Supply and Sanitation and Urban Development Project ($90 million) is expected to be signed this week. The project will help restore basic water supply and sanitation services in nine governorates outside of Baghdad. In addition, the project will undertake reconstruction of roads, sidewalks, and community centers in poor cities outside of Baghdad.\n\nTo date, international donors have pledged approximately $400 million in the Iraq Trust Fund\u2015 the World Bank arm of the Joint UN-World Bank International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq\u2015to finance a program of emergency projects and technical assistance based on an interim strategy."}
-{"text": "Description\n\n**This course does NOT involve a Skype call. We will communicate through text.** With this type of session, you will submit a work of writing that you have personally written to my email (provided after lesson is booked), and I will revise and submit corrections and suggestions for you in a color-coded format. I will complete as much as possible within the time allotted, but cannot guarantee completion of the submission, as the time required depends on each document's length and complexity."}
-{"text": "Get your kids in the pool before the summer season! We will be offering six levels of spring swim lessons beginning in March, (April 15th and 22nd will not have class for school break). These lessons will occur weekly starting Sunday, March 11th and will be taught at First in Fitness, 652 Granger Road in Berlin. This spring we will be offering Aqua Tots, Pre K, swim levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. The lessons will be taught by our wonderful summer swim instructors so don't miss out."}
-{"text": "Honesty requires both transparency and accountability. In pursuit of honest, transparent and accountable governance of Scottish football, and only that objective, the following letter, with attachments, has been sent to SPFL lawyers, CEO and SPFL Board Members.\n\nAn honest game free from deception is what football supporters of all clubs want. It is the action the letter and attachments prompt that will tell us if there is any intention of providing it.\n\nIt is a response on behalf of readers here on TSFM, but the sentiment which underpins it is almost universally held amongst fans of all clubs. Importantly it is a response directly to all clubs, especially those with a SPFL Board member, that will make the clubs and the football authorities aware just how seriously supporters take the restoration of trust in an honest game, honestly governed.\n\nThe annexes to the letter contain information which may be published at a later date. We thought it appropriate to first await any response from any of the recipients.\n\nPlease also draw this to the attention of friends who are not internet using supporters and love their football and their club.\n\nAuldheid\n\n__________________________________________________________________\n\nHarper MacLeod\nThe Ca\u2019d\u2019oro\n45 Gordon Street\nGlasgow\nG1 3PE\n19 Feb 2014\nCopy sent to SPFL CEO and Board Members *\nDear Mr McKenzie\nWe the contributors to The Scottish Football Monitoring web site write to you in your capacity as the legal adviser employed by Harper MacLeod to assist the Scottish Premier League (now the Scottish Professional Football League) to gather evidence and investigate the matter of incorrect player registrations involving concealed side letters and employee benefit trusts as defined in the eventual Lord Nimmo Smith Commission.\nWe note from the then SPL announcement that set up an enquiry that the initial date range to be covered was from the inception of the SPL in July 1998, but that was changed to 23 November 2000 because, according to our understanding, that is the date of the first side letter supplied by Rangers Administrators Duff and Phelps. It is also our understanding that the SPL asked for all documentation relating to side letters as well as the letters themselves.\nIt is a matter of public record that Rangers Administrators failed to supply the SPL all relevant documentation. Indeed the seriousness of not complying with SPL requests was the subject of an admonition of Rangers/Duff and Phelps from Lord Nimmo Smith under Issue 4 of his Commission.\nQuite how serious that failure to comply or concealment was in terms of misleading the Commission and so Lord Nimmo Smith can now be assessed from the information contained at Annexes 1 to 10 attached.\nWe think that as legal advisers to the SPL (now the SPFL) you have a responsibility to make them aware that their Commission was misled by the concealment of documents starting on 3 September 1999, and signed by current SFA President Campbell Ogilvie, whose silence on the ebt matters referred to in the attached annexes* is questionable at the very least.\nThis letter but not attachments is being posted on The Scottish Football Monitor web site as this is matter for all of Scottish football and support for the issue being pursued to establish the truth can be gauged by responses from supporters from all Scottish clubs once the letter has been published there.\nA copy of this letter with Annexes has also been sent to the SPFL CEO and members of the SPFL Board.\nAcknowledgement of receipt and reply can be sent by e mail to:\n(Address supplied)\nYours in sport\n\nOn behalf of The Scottish Football Monitor contributors and readers. http://www.tsfm.org.uk/\nAddressees copied in\nNeil Doncaster CEO\nThe Scottish Professional Football League\nHampden Park\nGlasgow G42 9DE\nEric Riley (Celtic),\nThe Celtic Football Club\nCeltic Park\nGlasgow G40 3RE\n\nI am a socialist, and as a socialist I believe in the fundamental goodness of people. Some people find that hard to believe when they read the stuff I write.\n\nI published my first novel recently, on politics and the corrupting nature of it, and it is a deeply cynical book, a book where no-one has clean hands come the end. What has surprised some of those who\u2019ve read it is that I didn\u2019t focus on the lies and smears of the right, but the hypocrisy and deceit of those who claim to be of the left.\n\nCorruption, you see, doesn\u2019t respect political boundaries or points of view. It\u2019s like rainwater. It finds every crack, and gets in there.\n\nMy political beliefs revolve around two apparently paradoxical elements; the belief in the inherent decency of people and the need for a strong, and powerful, state. I believe the second underpins the first, and this brings me into conflict with a lot of people, some on the left and some on the right. Too many people see the state as inherently evil, as something that interferes too much in the lives of ordinary people. As something suffocating.\n\nYet the state exists to protect us. It exists to provide a safety net. It exists to regulate and to oversee. If the state is made up of bad people, if the gears of society are captured by those with malicious or selfish intent, the results are obvious; war, corruption, chaos.\n\nThe vast majority of our problems in the modern age can be neatly summed up in two lines from Yeats\u2019 poem \u201cThe Second Coming\u201d, which I used to open my novel. \u201cThe best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.\u201d\n\nWe live in a time when those who are protecting their own interests have assumed such power that they\u2019ve cowed the rest of us. They have become a law unto themselves. They have changed the nature of the game, because they have sapped our will to the extent some barely put up a fight anymore. The weak get weaker, and the strong use their strength to crush the rest even more. It is a vicious struggle, a downward spiral.\n\nSociety is held together not only by the endeavour and common interests of its citizens but by a collection of laws. We elect the people who make those laws. They do so in our name, and we can remove that right every four years. That is a powerful thing, and we do not appreciate it enough. The present corruption exists because we allow it to exist.\n\nThe people around me continue to puzzle over my uncommon interest in the affairs of a football club on the west of Glasgow. My own club plays in the east end. I tell those who ask that my primary interest in the goings-on at the club calling itself Rangers is no longer about football; how could it be, after all? With promotion this year they are still a full two divisions below us, emasculated, skint, weak and unstable. If we were fortunate enough to draw them in cup competition the match would be over, as a tie, by the halfway point \u2026 in the first half.\n\nIn footballing terms they are an utter irrelevance.\n\nRangers is more than a football club to me. They are a symbol. Their unfolding calamity is an on-going outrage. What is happening there, what is being allowed to happen, is an offense to decency. It is a stain on the face of our country.\n\nIn short, it is a scandal. It is a scandal without parallel in sport.\n\nYet it\u2019s not just a sports story either. If it was, I might not be so focussed on it. What is happening at Rangers is a colossal failure of governance. It is a damning indictment against the very people who are supposed to oversee our game. It is a disgraceful abrogation of responsibility from those at the top, those who claim to be \u201crunning things.\u201d\n\nIf this is not a failure of governance it is a result of corruption at the heart of our national sport. It says they are bought and paid for, and I will say no such thing here.\n\nSo let\u2019s give them the benefit of the doubt. We\u2019ll say instead that what they are is weak, indecisive, inept and disconnected from reality.\n\nIt reminds me of our political class, which has become insular and ignorant about what the public wants, and what it needs. It\u2019s not a wonder parties like UKIP can achieve national vote shares of 25% at local elections. Nigel Farage strikes me as a dog-whistle politician, the kind who knows how to appeal to a select group of voters. He is little different to Charles Green, the man who beguiled Rangers fans into handing over large amounts of money, because he was \u201cstanding up for the club.\u201d It is easy to do what he did, easy to do what Farage is doing.\n\nReal leadership requires toughness. Say what you like about the Tories, but they have that in spades. Yeats was right about the worst being full of passionate intensity. Green was. Farage is. Cameron and Osborne personify it in their political outlook.\n\nIt is easy to be cowed by blunt force politics, and by \u201ctough talking Yorkshire men\u201d and venomous speeches about \u201cstrivers and skivers.\u201d The politics of divide and conquer is the oldest form of politics there is, and it\u2019s no surprise to see it practiced by some of the vested interests in the game here in Scotland. Yet, lest we forget \u2026 something significant happened last year. The maligned and the ignored, the weak and the voiceless found something they never realised they had. They discovered that, in a very real sense, the power was in their hands.\n\nLast year, the fans rose up when the governing bodies and the media went all-out to save Rangers from the self-inflicted wounds caused by a decade of cheating, malpractice and ineptitude. I have no problem calling that what it was.\n\nWhat happened at Rangers seemed incredible, but it was all too predictable, and some of us had been talking about it for years before it hit. The Association seemed caught in the headlights but it would amaze me if they really were as insular and ignorant as they appeared. They must have known how bad the outlook was for Rangers. They just chose to ignore it.\n\nThey were aided and abetted by a thoroughly disreputable media, a collection of cowards and compromisers, charlatans and frauds, masquerading as journalists, but who long ago laid aside any claim to be bold investigators and settled for commenting on events as they unfolded. More often than not, with their ill-informed opinions, sometimes due to weaknesses in intellect and others wilfully ignorant, they failed even in that.\n\nEntire newspapers became PR machines for crooks and swindlers. They aided in the scam because they didn\u2019t do their jobs, some because they were lazy, some because they were incompetent and others because they wanted a seat at the table and were willing to sacrifice whatever integrity they once had in exchange for one.\n\nThat all of this was embraced by the Rangers fans is amazing to me. They trusted when they should have been asking questions. They closed their eyes, covered their ears and sang their battle tunes at the top of their voices so they wouldn\u2019t have to hear anything they didn\u2019t like. As incredible as I found it then, and still find it now \u2013 and now, even more so, when they have already seen the results of it once \u2013 I find it pathetic too, and I do feel pity for some of them.\n\nA lot of these people are genuine football fans, and nothing more. They have no interest in the phony narrow nationalism, or the over-blown religion, or the notion of supremacy which manifested itself in a ludicrous statement from McCoist when interviewed recently on Sky.\n\nSome of the Rangers fans look at their team of duds, kids and journeymen, they look at a boardroom of cowards and crooks, they look at a failing manager in his first (and last) job in the game and at a dark future and are not in the least bit impressed by, or interested in, the chest-out arrogance espoused in those ridiculous words \u201cwe are the people.\u201d They know full well that their present crisis was made by men like McCoist, and they understand that pretentious posturing is not an act born of strength, but a scrambling around in the gutter, and a symptom of weakness.\n\nThey understand their position, and they hate it. And because they care about Rangers, because they value the club, because they cherish those things that made it a great Scottish institution, they want that back. They understand that before the Union Jack waving, Sash singing, poppy wearing, Nazi saluting, Orange element became the public face of their support Rangers meant something else, and that, above all things, is what pains them the most.\n\nPeople do not hate Rangers. When the country appeared to turn its back last year, they were turning the back on favouritism and the bending of rules. Yet it would be a lie to say that there is not an element of dislike in the gleeful mockery of many rival fans.\n\nBut they don\u2019t hate Rangers either. They hate the version of it around which a certain section of the support continues to dance. They hate the version which hates, and so too do many, many, many Rangers supporters, and they definitely deserve better.\n\nDavid Murray chose not to openly challenge that version. Indeed, he encouraged certain strands of it to flourish and grow, with his \u201cBritishness Days\u201d and his effort to turn the club into the \u201cteam that supports the troops.\u201d Other clubs have done as much, if not more, for the British Army than the one that plays out of Ibrox. Other clubs have given more money. Other clubs have lent their support to those on the front lines. They just chose to do it with respect, and with class, and with dignity. They chose to do it in private, understanding that there eventually comes a tipping point between looking after the ends of the soldiers and using them to promote your own.\n\nThe army has not battened on to Rangers. Rangers has battened on to them, and although it is unclear when an altruistic motive became darker, what started out as a gesture of solidarity is now used to entrench division and promote a notion of superiority.\n\nCraig Whyte took over from Murray and immediately understood the lure of the \u201cdog whistle.\u201d He knew too that the media would accept whatever he told them, without question, and as he spoke up for \u201cRangers traditions\u201d he made sure the lunatic fringe was well onside. He met face to face with the hard-core extremists in the support first and made them his praetorian guard. They spoke up for him until the day the club entered administration.\n\nSo, whereas Murray pandered to them and Whyte used them to further his own ends, it was only a matter of time before someone suggested to Charles Green that he could use the same tactics to win over the support. He went even further and blatantly promoted and encouraged this mind-set, and stoked the hate and nonsense to frightening new heights. The same people who cheered Whyte to the rafters jumped on board the Big Blue Bus and the results are clear.\n\nThrough all of it, the ordinary Rangers fan has seen his club buffered against the rocks, battered, broken, smashed to smithereens and sunk. Now there\u2019s a big hole in the side of the lifeboat, and they are terrified that further tragedies await.\n\nThey are right to be concerned. Much of the media is still not telling them what they need to know. The people in charge of their club \u2013 the owners who have lied, the former hack who covered up the truth about Whyte and now acts as a mouthpiece for Green, the \u201cclub legends\u201d who are content to sup with the devil and take his greasy coin when they should be standing toe-to-toe with the fans \u2013 are trying to silence those members of the press who do have facts to present.\n\nHow many times now have media outlets been banned from Ibrox for daring to report the truth? The manager who demanded the names of a committee last year defends those inside the walls who are desperate to keep secret the things that are going on. He is either an unprincipled coward, or he is, himself, bought and paid for. The fans suffer for it.\n\nThe \u201cinconvenient truth\u201d is still being kept from them, and this denies them any chance to play an active role in their club. Indeed, it is all too possible that they\u2019ve passed a point of no return, and that their club is heading for a new liquidation event and it can no longer be stopped.\n\nIn either case, their power has been eroded to the point at which they must feel they have nothing left to do but stand back and watch what happens next.\n\nThey are wrong. I am a socialist. I believe in the inherent good of people. I think the ordinary decent Rangers fans are the only people left who can save their club \u2026 and the means by which they will do it is as simple as it could be.\n\nThey must stand up for \u201cbig government.\u201d They must embrace the need for a \u201cstrong state.\u201d They must lobby the SFA, and they must trust the SFA and they must get the SFA to follow its own rules and thereby save them from any further harm.\n\nThere is a tendency amongst some Celtic fans to see our governing bodies as pro-Rangers. If it is true then those running our game are ruining Scottish football without benefiting the thing they love more. The incalculable harm that has been done to Rangers in the last 20 some months is a direct result of the subservient media and the willingness of the football authorities to be \u201cdeaf, dumb and blind.\u201d Those who believe this has actually helped the Ibrox club have not been paying attention in class. It has irrevocably scarred them, and it may yet have played a hand in destroying them once and for all, as a force if not as a club entirely.\n\nFor years, the SFA sat and did nothing as a club in their association operated a sectarian signing policy. They did nothing whilst the fans sang sectarian songs. In their failure to act they strengthened those elements of the Rangers support, instead of isolating, alienating and eventually helping to eliminate those who saw that club as a totem pole of division and hate. Their failure over EBT\u2019s, and their lack of scrutiny, led to one of the greatest scandals in the history of sport, and I say that with no equivocation at all. The testimony of their registrations officer in the Lord Nimmo Smith investigation was a disgrace and in years to come it will rank as one of the most disreputable and damaging moments in the association\u2019s history.\n\nThe most egregious failures of all were the failures in the so-called \u201cfit and proper person\u201d tests, which allowed first Whyte and then Charles Green to assume controlling positions at Ibrox. They will pass the buck and say the responsibility lies with the club itself, in much the same way as they are content to let the club investigate itself at the present time, but any neutral who looks at this stance knows it is unprincipled and spineless. It\u2019s like letting the defence set the terms at a trial. It is foxes investigating the chicken coop.\n\nIt is a blueprint for corruption, and a recipe for disaster.\n\nIt is now too late for the SFA to declare Green \u201cunfit\u201d, as it was too late when they finally slapped that title on Craig Whyte. He and his allies own Rangers, and they control its destiny. They can push the club to the wall if they choose, in the final extremity, if that gets them what they want. The time for changing that is past. The damage has already been done. The barbarians are not at the gates. They are inside the walls, and sacking the city.\n\nThe SFA will be forced to punish Rangers for the sins of the owners, for the second time in as many years, and whilst it is right that the club face up to that, all the better to send a message to other clubs and other owners, the SFA cannot be allowed to slither off the hook here as though this was none of their doing. Green will skip off into the sunset. Craig Whyte has yet to pay his fine. These people never cared about Scottish football and they don\u2019t care now.\n\nThe SFA are supposed to. Our governing body is supposed to govern, for the good of the whole game, and not as a support system for a single club. What they have allowed to happen on their watch is absolutely shameful and if the people responsible were men at all, with any sense of accountability, they would resign en masse.\n\nThey can pretend ignorance, but only the truly ignorant would accept that. Craig Whyte was not inside Ibrox a week before RTC and other sites were dismantling his entire business history, with some of the people here doing the work the SFA would not. Whyte himself claims to have made the governing bodies aware of the scale of what was facing the club, and they did nothing at all. Heads should have rolled a year ago.\n\nIn October of last year, on this very site, I posted an article in which I wrote:\n\n\u201cWhich isn\u2019t to say the due diligence matter isn\u2019t worrying, because, of course, it is. Again, no-one is going to convince me that the SFA has conducted proper due diligence on Charles Green and his backers. No-one will convince me they are satisfied that this club is in safe hands, and that the game in this country will not be rocked by a further implosion at Ibrox. They failed to properly investigate Craig Whyte, because of lax regulations requiring disclosure from the club itself, regulations which are just a joke, but they can be forgiven for that as the press was talking sheer nonsense about him having billions at his disposal, and a lot of people (but not everyone!) were either convinced or wanted to be convinced by him.\n\nTo have witnessed what Whyte did, to have witnessed the Duff & Phelps \u201cprocess\u201d of finding a buyer, and having Green essentially emerge from nowhere, with a hundred unanswered questions as to his background and financing, for the SFA to have given this guy the go ahead, only for it to blow up in their faces later, would annihilate the credibility of the governing body and necessitate resignations at every level. There would be no hiding place.\u201d\n\nThere are times when it is fun to be right, but this is not one of them. It is dispiriting and disquieting to have been so on the nose. It scares the Hell out of me, as someone who loves football in this country, to have seen this matter clearly when the people running our game apparently either did not or chose to ignore very real, very obvious, concerns. The Internet Bampots had no special insight or access to information that was denied those at the SFA. We just weren\u2019t prepared to ignore it and pretend that it wasn\u2019t there. There was too much at stake.\n\nI have become convinced that things will never change until the Rangers supporters join us in demanding the full and unabridged truth here. They need to come out from under the bed, and confront their fears. They need to be willing to take the consequences, so that their club can emerge clean from this, and start again, with all this behind them.\n\nAnd it can all happen with one simple thing. The application of the rules.\n\nThe existence of laws comes down to a simple principle; they protect society from those elements within it who are interested only in their own selfish ends. We may cry out at those rules and regulations we see as \u201crestrictive\u201d, but the law was not made to restrict our freedoms but to protect them. Had the SFA years ago acted against Rangers sectarian signing policy, and the songs from the stands, the club would not have mutated to the point where there was no help on hand when they needed it the most. Let\u2019s not kid ourselves about this; Whyte and Green were only able to grab control because the club itself has a dreadful image which put off respectable and responsible buyers. The SFA could have helped change that perception years ago and did nothing.\n\nThe SFA could have conducted its own investigation into who Craig Whyte was. They could have asked David Murray for full disclosure when he was running up \u00a380 million of debt, a sum of money that is beyond belief for a single club in a small provincial backwater league. Had they had the guts to do that the club would never have spent itself into oblivion and forced the hand of Lloyds, which led indirectly to their ignominious end.\n\nThe SFA could have fully investigated Charles Green and the means by which he took control, instead of rushing through a license. His emergence at the last minute was transparently suspicious and designed to force them into a quick decision, but they did not have to bow to that pressure by making one, without being in possession of the facts, as it is now 100% clear they were not.\n\nHad they asked for every document, had they insisted on legal affidavits and personal securities from investors (and this would have been perfectly legitimate and is common place in other licensing areas) none of this would have come to pass. After Craig Whyte they had a moral responsibility to the rest of the game to get this one right and their failure is without parallel in the history of Scottish football.\n\nAs the club hurtles towards a new abyss, names are cropping up which should send a shudder down the spines of every honest, genuine supporter of not only Rangers but every team in the land. The SFA claims that a strong Rangers is essential for the sake of Scottish football, but they have been extraordinarily lax in protecting that club, and therefore the game, from destructive elements. Craig Whyte and Charles Green had dubious personal histories, and the acquisition of the club itself was mired in controversy and scandal. Yet it was allowed.\n\nNeither Green nor Whyte were known to have operated outside the law, yet neither was worthy of trust or stood up to scrutiny. Neither man should ever have been granted the status as fit and proper persons to assume a role in our national sport, and if it is true of them what can we say about the three men who are, presently, being touted as the Great White Hopes for a bright, new Rangers future; Dave King and the Easdale brothers?\n\nKing recently cut a deal with the South African government over an on-going dispute over taxes. In other words, he pled guilty and accepted the central plank of their argument; that for years he was engaged in wilfully with-holding vast revenues from their Treasury. The media does not like to put it like that, and the SFA seems willing to ignore it utterly, and this would be scandalous enough. But it does not stop there. HRMC rules \u2013 as well as the SFA\u2019s own governance documents \u2013 actually bar him from serving on the board of the new club.\n\nLast but not least, aside from being an admitted tax cheat, King is also awaiting trial in South Africa, having been indicted for corruption, forgery and fraud \u2013 300 charges in total. Yet as recently as last week, we were told that the Association was willing to look at him and consider representations from his lawyers. This is almost beyond belief.\n\nIf Dave King\u2019s position is untenable, and he is yet to be convicted of a crime, what can we say about the position of the Easdale\u2019s? One of the two brothers, Sandy, has already served jail time. He is a convicted criminal, a fraudster nonetheless, who\u2019s \u201cvictim\u201d was the same Treasury who are appealing one case involving the old club and liquidated it entirely over another. This is precisely the kind of \u201cbusinessman\u201d the fit and proper person test was supposed to weed out, and if the SFA holds its nose here the reek will stink out the halls at Hampden for decades. If King or the Easdale\u2019s are judged fit and proper, then who exactly is the test for? What exactly do you have to do to fail it? How do we explain the existence of laws, when these are not applied?\n\nPascal says \u201cLaw without force is impotent.\u201d The SFA\u2019s weakness has allowed one version of Rangers to destroy itself, and has allowed an existential risk to another. If the next power at Rangers resides in South Africa or Greenock I can say with some certainty that the Association is engaged in an even more dangerous roll of the dice, because the surfacing of fresh scandal will be an ever present risk, and will be of the sort no-one will survive.\n\nThe damage to Scottish football will take years to heal. The Scottish game has been through enough trauma. It does not need more. It barely survived the last calamity to hit Rangers. The rest of us should not be forced to pay the price of the next one.\n\nThe greater damage will be done to Rangers itself. If the Green crisis ends in another collapse \u2013 as it well might; another administration event is a certainty, and another liquidation is a much more likely prospect than it was before 14 February 2012 \u2013 the club will once again have to start from the bottom, and this time the reputational damage will be impossible to repair. The club faces internal strife, sporting sanctions, and criminal investigations. The last takeover might be declared a fraud. the Whyte takeover will almost certainly be. The share issue might be invalid, as well as criminal, and the people involved may well end up in jail. Lawsuits could follow from investors, there could be as yet unknown consequences from the Upper Tier Tax Tribunal (thank you Brogan Rogan for pointing out what those might be) and a host of other issues.\n\nRangers fans must be the loudest voices here. How do you want the world to view your club in years to come? Do you want one to be proud of, or one forever associated with the shame and disgrace of these days gone by? The one which bailed out on its tax obligations. The one with supporters who disgrace your very name. The one which allowed Whyte and Green to take you to the cleaners and send you to the wall. The one which handed over control to one convicted criminal and another awaiting trial. Do you want to be reborn clean, or mired in the muck?\n\nDavid Murray destroyed your financial stability. He made it so no bank would issue you a line of credit and no investor of note wanted to buy. Craig Whyte liquidated you. Charles Green has cast the future of the Newco into doubt and acted in a manner which has annihilated your credibility with the financial markets for decades to come.\n\nBetween these three men, they have taken everything from you, and the press and the people who run the game here, as well as some of your own blindly ignorant fans, have allowed them to do all this and more. Now they conspire to hand the keys to Ibrox to other men of questionable character, who will wreck further havoc on the reputation of the club.\n\nThe Scottish Football Association has damaged the game it was supposed to protect, but above all else their greatest failure of governance was a failure to protect one of its biggest clubs from its own excesses and those of its owners.\n\nRangers fans, the SFA have betrayed your trust, more than the trust of any other club. What you must insist on now is full disclosure and transparency from the powers that be in Hampden. The SFA has to end the charade of allowing your club to handle this in-house. They must hand everything over to an outside agency \u2013 whether a legal one, or a footballing body like UEFA \u2013 and they must demand co-operation and answers, and threaten to withhold the license if they don\u2019t get them.\n\nYou must not be afraid of that. You must embrace it. The men with their hands on the gears at Ibrox are motivated by money, and nothing more. If the license is withdrawn their \u201cinvestments\u201d are worthless. They cannot risk that.\n\nYou must demand that the rules on fit and proper persons are applied, and where necessary even made stronger, to prevent your club falling into unclean hands. You must demand that they protect your reputation from further damage, by getting this all out there and acting accordingly, even if that means your club does not play football for at least a year.\n\nYou must be willing to suck it all up, knowing that what will emerge is a Rangers which has been cleansed and moves forward with honour, and dignity, led by custodians who treasure it rather than those who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.\n\nThe Rangers Standard has recently emerged as a genuine voice for those in your support who are sick and tired of what Rangers has become, and want it restored to something that is worthy of the love and respect in which you hold it. On that website, there are discussions about the kind of club you seek to be and about whether the institution of Rangers is about more than just football.\n\nIf that\u2019s how you feel about it then you know it is about more than how many titles the club can claim, about more than just results on the park, about more than just the game. Rangers, like Celtic, is an idea. It has to be something you are proud of.\n\nI am a socialist, but one with a fevered imagination and a tendency to write very dark things. This piece won\u2019t have been good reading for some of you (perhaps all of you haha!) but I think there\u2019s more hope in here than in other things I\u2019ve written.\n\nIn spite of everything that\u2019s come to pass, I still believe. I believe in Scottish football. I believe in our system of football governance, even if those who are working in it are failing on some level.\n\nIn society, as much as we strain against them, laws exist for our protection. To fail to enforce them is to leave us at the mercy of those elements who would do us harm. The rules of football ensure the protection of all clubs, not just a few.\n\nThe failure to enforce the rules has never had graver consequences than here in Scotland. The irony is that bending and breaking them has hurt the one club those violations were designed to help. It cannot be allowed to happen again.\n\nThe rules must be applied without fear or favour.\n\nThe best must find their conviction, and their passionate intensity once more.\n\nWhen considering any type of protracted negotiation or discussion that seems to be going on too long, there is a story that is always worth remembering\u2013 whether it is actually a true story or not as the case may be.\n\nIt is said, that heads of state all met at a congress in what is now modern Germany sometime after the Franco Prussian war of 1870-1871.The entire congress was being run almost singlehandedly by the then Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismark and he was keen to get all the necessary signatures on paper to seal some deal or other.\n\nHowever, others at the congress were not too keen to sign up to certain elements of the proposed deal and so they hithered and dithered and in the eyes of Bismark they simply waisted time by concentrating on the minutiae- the little matters, with a view to ensuring their own interests were best served in these small areas\u2013 and did not focus on the big issue.\n\nHaving tried to talk these others round and educate them in his own beliefs and point of view on the bigger picture without any success, Bismark grew weary of the continuing delay and the posturing of his colleagues. All attempts at reason and diplomacy had failed in his eyes and so he decided to take a different tack.\n\nAccordingly, it is said that whilst others were still inside debating endlessly on this matter or that, Bismark left the building and began simply shooting the windows in with the aid of a riffle which he just happened to have handy.\n\nThose inside were naturally alarmed at this turn of events. They soon forgot about the minutiae under debate, they abandoned the previously expressed self interest and simply signed up so that they could get away from the mad chancellor and his house.\n\nJob done so to speak.\n\nWhilst I do not in anyway condone the behaviour of Otto von Bismark in this instance, and have no doubt that he was an autocrat, what I will say is that he believed that there was too much time being spent on the unimportant stuff and not enough time recognising what really needed doing\u2013 from his point of view of course.\n\nToday\u2013 and it seems every day for months\u2014 we have endless debate about the future of Scottish Football. League reconstruction and the redistribution of footballing wealth has become a marathon\u2013 even before it has started.\n\nYet I believe that at the moment all parties concerned are not focusing on the radical reform that is fundamentally needed which is the creation of one, strong, properly structured and constituted body which is capable of the proper and ethical governance of Scottish Football and the business that surrounds football.\n\nNo matter what system you try, or distribution you agree, without proper sensible strong governance you are wasting your time.\n\nFurther, whatever body is set up, and whoever is chosen to be its CEO (or whatever the head honcho is going to be called), they must tackle the issue of corporate and fiscal compliance and the proper administration of any body corporate which actively takes part in Scottish Football\u2013 and that includes any such body or person who is involved in the running of a member club.\n\nIn addition, in so dealing with any corporate malfeasance or chicanery or whatever, the rules have to be applied with a rod of iron by an iron body.\n\nAs we can now clearly see, Football clubs and football in general is not, and never will be, immune from the effects of bad corporate governance and on occasion downright manipulation of facts, figures and contracts.\n\nWhilst great play has been made of the fact that Gavin Masterton has handed over his shares in Dunfermline FC ( or its holding company ) the fact of the matter is that this in no way solves the problem faced by the football club. Whoever gains control of that club will still have to rent the ground from Mr Masterton\u2019s company\u2013 and it is a rent that the club may just not be able to afford.\n\nEver!\n\nIt is only my opinion of course, but I am of the view that Mr Masterton has sealed a loan deal with his bankers which is of a type and duration which could not normally be achieved by other borrowers. The Loan has a lengthy period during which no repayments are necessary and interest can continue to accrue.\n\nAll very good you may say, but the level of debt concerned is not one that appears to be sustainable by Dunfermline FC and so whoever buys the club as a going concern ( if anyone buys it at all ) will have to pay an agreed rental to Gavin Masterton\u2013 and if the rental is not sufficient to repay Mr Masterton\u2019s lenders, then I suspect that the end game here will be a search to find a buyer for the ground at some point over the next twenty years or so, with the hope that as part of the deal a space will be found somewhere for a new ground like New St Mirren park\u2013 the difference being that in that instance St Mirren were in charge of their future whereas Dunfermline are not.\n\nThe Governance of that club and the financial arrangements behind the club should have been looked at and examined by the SFA long before now\u2013 and the Dunfermline fans warned about the dangers of any such arrangements. Effectively those finance arrangements, should they continue, will probably mean that the club will have no option but to move from its established home!\n\nAll to suit one man!\n\nThankfully Dundee were spared a full takeover by Giovanni Di Stefano, however is it not a bit worrying that this man who has been jailed for over 14 years for various fraudulent acts, was allowed to roam around Scottish Football for a prolonged period?\n\nNot so long ago Di Stefano did play a part at Dens, was in line to buy almost 30% of the shareholding, and was oft quoted in the papers and so on. The thing is that there were those who were prepared to give him a place at the Dundee table and in so doing invited him into Scottish Football.\n\nSurely the SFA, had they been inclined to, could quite easily have pointed out that many of the claims of Mr Di Stefano were at least dubious if not completely incorrect? Yet nothing was being said at the time and silence prevailed.\n\nWhilst not in the same calibre as Di Dtefano, Vladimir Romanov has now been at Hearts for a prolonged period. While I have no quibbles about the legality of Romanov\u2019s takeover of Hearts, any money of a sizeable size which is transferred into Scotland from a foreign country will be subject to scrutiny by the Crown office to ensure that it is clean. Lithuania in particular is said to have a banking system which is governed loosely and sometimes does not meet the compliance standards expected in this country.\n\nWith his bank having gone bust, Romanov still retains the majority shareholding at Tynecastle, but there are questions still to be answered about what has happened at Hearts but life will be very different for the Edinburgh club going forward.\n\nAgain\u2013 could the SFA have done more to monitor the situation and could they have demanded clarity and detail from the Hearts owner as to his business dealings and the detailed arrangements with his bank?\n\nAt Ibrox, well things just go from the weird and inexplicable to downright astonishing\u2013 and all through a tremendous amount of smoke and mirrors.\n\nIt is clear that the SFA have no idea what to believe from Charles Green or for that matter Craig Whyte. On the face of it, there are clear links between Whyte and Green with the former paying over a six figure sum in return for absolutely nothing it would appear\u2013 with similar transactions going between Whyte\u2019s colleague, Aiden Early, and Charles Green.\n\nWhat is clear is that Green gave a clear undertaking to the SFA that he had nothing whatsoever to do with Whyte and would have nothing to do with Whyte going forward. Now, at the very least he is admitting that he met Whyte on several occasions, and whilst he may have made representations to Craig Whyte\u2014 these were all lies designed only to get Whyte to where Green wanted him.\n\nThis is hardly the act of someone who has been bona fides in his business dealings either with Whyte or with the SFA as the licensing body.\n\nIt is against this background that the Scottish Football Agencies need to wake up before they find the fans of the game ( at least those who want to stay interested in the game ) doing a Bismarck and panning in the windows of this whole house of cards.\n\nFootball Clubs, football fans, and indeed football itself needs protected from the financial and corporate shenanigans, and the governing body must be much more active and permanently vigilant in watching out for and if necessary anticipating the people and the transactions which have and will jeopardise clubs and the game in general going forward.\n\nIt is clearly no longer acceptable to rely on self regulation or mere declarations and undertakings from the clubs themselves. The Administrators must be much more active and employ far greater professional expertise in carrying out an almost constant analytical and reporting function in relation to club finance and corporate regulation.\n\nAll and any changes in funding, boardroom changes, investor changes and anything else major should be the subject of immediate and proper scrutiny by the SFA and there should be fair, immediate and stiff sanctions for non compliance, and any type of dilatory behaviour on the part of club officials who would seek to conceal the truth or who fail to properly disclose vital matters which should be out in the open.\n\nFurther, the funding detail\u2013 such as the never ending loan re Dunfermline should be a matter of public record in all its detail so that fans and investors can make information based value judgements when dealing with any club.\n\nSuch stiffer regulation should not develop into anything like a corporate witch hunt or any kind of draconian big brother syndrome, however the need for change given all of the current troubles is obvious to one and all.\n\nFurther, the attempted fudge surrounding Rangers league status last summer and the ongoing disquiet surrounding the position of Campbell Ogilvie does nothing to boost faith in and the reputation of Football Administration in Scotland.\n\nThings are far from clear and there appears to be continual dithering and fudging. No one has any idea where the Nimmo Smith Report has gone nor what import it is to have\u2014 if any. Why is that?\n\nDithering and bumbling over detail is no longer an option. Strong clear governance is required to protect the game from being hijacked by those who have their own corporate and financial agendas.\n\nSuch people cannot be allowed to determine the way Scottish Football runs or to conduct themselves in a fashion that leaves football and everyone involved in limbo.\n\nIt is time for Scottish Football to find its own Iron Chancellor! There is a need for someone who will, if necessary, come along and shoot the lights out of any club or Company Director who wishes to play fast and loose with the game of football.\n\nThe following post comes about as a result of the research and work put in by Auldheid.\n\nHe has drafted the submission to FIFA detailed below after closely looking at their rules, and taking on board the points contained in the Glasnost \u201cGolden Rule\u201d blog. TSFM has attached the blog\u2019s name to the report since the overwhelming \u2013 but not unanimous \u2013 view of our readership is that the SFA and the SPL have again gotten themselves into an almighty and embarrassingly amateur fankle over this issue.\n\nWe believe that tens of thousands of football fans will be lost to the game if the outcome of the LNS enquiry is not perceived to be commensurate with the scope and extent of the rule breaking that LNS found had taken place. In view of this, we believe that we have to do what we can to explore all possibilities for justice for those who love the game so much and yet are utterly disillusioned by recent events.\n\nLNS is not being questioned here. He has found that RFC were guilty as charged by the SPL.\n\nWhat is being questioned is the SFA\u2019s crucial \u2013 and seemingly conflicted \u2013 role in the LNS enquiry, as is the effectiveness of LNS\u2019s recommended sanction as either a deterrent or an upholder of sporting integrity.\n\nthat tells us that FIFA have implemented a regulatory framework which is intended to ensure that all statutory rules, rules of conduct and internal guidelines of FIFA are respected and complied with.\n\nIn support of that regulatory framework FIFA have set up the above site as a reporting mechanism by means of which inappropriate behaviour and infringements of the pertinent regulations may be reported.\n\nFIFA say that their jurisdiction encompasses misconduct that (1) relates to match manipulation; (2) occurs in or affects more than one confederation, so that it cannot adequately be addressed by a single confederation; or (3) would ordinarily be addressed by a confederation or association, but, under the particular facts at issue, has not been or is unlikely to be dealt with appropriately at that level.\n\nDiscussions arising from the previous blog on TSFM, \u201cGilt Edged Justice\u201d, which was published after Lord Nimmo Smith (LNS) ruled on the registration of Rangers players who had contractual side letters that were not disclosed to the SFA as part of their registration, suggest that there may be possible unfortunate consequences for football arising from the evidence presented by the SFA to the LNS enquiry that informed its findings on registration and consequent eligibility. There is also a question of the propriety of the SFA providing evidence on an issue which could have had a negative impact on them had it been found that they had failed to carrying out their registration duties with due rigour over a period of ten years when the existence of EBTs was known to officials within the SFA.\n\nOn the basis that the LNS findings require that registration rules be clarified by FIFA and rewritten globally if necessary to remove any ambiguity and under clause 3 above, this appears to be an issue that the FIFA should examine and that the SFA cannot address.\n\nThe following report has therefore been submitted by TSFM on behalf of its readers to FIFA drawing on the content and debate following the \u201cGilt Edged Justice\u201d blog in respect of the possible footballing consequences of the LNS enquiry.\n\nThe hope is that by speaking for so many supporters, FIFA will give the TSFM submission some weight, but individuals are free of course to make their own points in their own way. We await acknowledgement of the submission.\n\nThe report Submitted to FIFA is as follows;\n\nThis report was prepared on behalf of the 10,000-strong readership of The Scottish Football Monitor at https://scottishfootballmonitor.wordpress.com/\nIt is our belief that FIFA general rules of conduct were breached by the SFA and their employees in both creating and then advising The Lord Nimmo Smith (LNS) enquiry into the non disclosure of full payment information to the Scottish Football Association (SFA) by Rangers F.C during a period of player registration over 10 years from 2000.\n\nWe believe that although the issue has been addressed by the SFA the particular facts at issue suggest that it has not been dealt with appropriately and we therefore ask FIFA to investigate. The facts at issue are that the process and advice given failed to uphold sporting integrity, and that a conflict of interest was at play.\n\nWe believe the advice provided and the enquiry set up, where SFA both advised and is the appellant body, breaches not only the integrity the registration rules were intended to uphold, but also totally undermines the integrity of the SFA in breach of General Conduct rules 1, 2 and 4. (See below.)\n\n1. Firstly we believe that the advice supplied to LNS that an incorrectly registered player was eligible to play as long as the registration was accepted by the SFA however unwittingly, undermines the intent of the SPL/SFA rules on player registration and so undermines the integrity of football in three ways.\n\n\u2022 It incentivises clubs to apply for a player to be registered even if they know that the conditions of registration are not satisfied, in the hope that the application will somehow \u2018slip through the net\u2019 and be granted anyway (in which case it will be valid until revoked).\n\n\u2022 A club which discovers that it has made an error in its application is incentivized to say nothing and to \u2018let sleeping dogs lie\u2019 \u2013 because it would be in a better position by not confessing its mistake.\n\n\u2022 And most importantly, it incentivises fraud. By deliberately concealing relevant information, a club can ensure that a player who does not satisfy the registration conditions is treated as being eligible \u2013 and therefore allowed to play \u2013 for as long as a period as possible (potentially his entire spell with the club). Then, if the club is no longer around when the deception is finally discovered, imposing meaningful sanctions may be impossible.\n\n2. Secondly we believe the process followed was inappropriate due to a Conflict of Interest. Had the LNS enquiry not ruled on the basis of advice supplied by The SFA, they and those persons advising the LNS enquiry, could have been subjected to censure and the SFA to potential compensation claims had LNS found that the players were indeed ineligible to play and results then been annulled as was SFA practice when an ineligible player played.\n\n4. We therefore ask FIFA to investigate both the process used and advice given to Lord Nimmo Smith to satisfy themselves that FIFA\u2019s intentions with regard to upholding the integrity of football under FIFA rules have not been seriously damaged by the LNS findings and also to reassure Scottish football supporters that the integrity of our game has not been sacrificed by the very authority in whose care it has been placed to promote the short term cause of commercialism to the games long term detriment.\n\nGeneral Rules of Conduct (These are taken from the FIFA web site itself and can be found as part of completing the submission process)\n\n1. Persons bound by this Code are expected to be aware of the importance of their duties and concomitant obligations and responsibilities.\n\n2. Persons bound by this Code are obliged to respect all applicable laws and regulations as well as FIFA\u2019s regulatory framework to the extent applicable to them.\n\n3. N/A\n\n4. Persons bound by this Code may not abuse their position in any way, especially to take advantage of their position for private aims or gains.\n\nFiat justitia, et pereat mundus\n(Let justice be done, though the world perish)\n\nPicture the scene. A wealthy old lady decides to disinherit her only son. So he kills her before she gets the chance to make a Will. What should happen to her estate? Succession law couldn\u2019t be clearer: she died without leaving a valid Will and, under the intestacy rules, her son is entitled to inherit all her wealth. The extended family bring a legal challenge.\n\nThe recent revelations of a potential winding up order being served on Rangers Newco certainly does have a sense of \u201cdeja vu all over again\u201d for the average reader of this blog.\n\nIt reminds me of an episode of the excellent Western series Alias Smith & Jones. The episode was called The Posse That Wouldn\u2019t Quit. In the story, the eponymous anti-heroes were being tracked by a particularly dogged group of law-men whom they just couldn\u2019t shake off \u2013 and they spent the entire episode trying to do just that. In a famous quote, Thaddeus Jones, worn out from running, says to Joshua Smith, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get out of this business!\u201d\n\nThe SFM has been trying since its inception to widen the scope and remit of the discussion and debate on the blog. Unsuccessfully. Like the posse that wouldn\u2019t quit, Rangers are refusing to go away as a story. With the latest revelations, I confided in my fellow mods that perhaps we too should get out of this business. I suspect that, even if we did, this story would doggedly trail our paths until it wears us all down.\n\nThe fact that the latest episode of the Rangers saga has sparked off debate on this blog may even confirm the notion subscribed to by Rangers fans that TSFM is obsessed with their club. However even they must agree that the situation with regard to Rangers would be of interest to anyone with a stake in Scottish Football; and that they themselves must be concerned by the pattern of events which started over a decade ago and saw the old club fall into decline on a trajectory which ended in liquidation.\n\nBut let me enter into a wee discussion which doesn\u2019t merely trot out the notion of damage done to others or sins against the greater good, but which enters the realm of the damage done to one of the great institutions of world sport, Rangers themselves.\n\nDavid Murray was regarded by Rangers fans as a hero. His bluster, hubris and (as some see it) arrogant contempt for his competitors afforded him a status as a champion of the cause as long as it was underpinned by on-field success.\n\nThe huge pot of goodwill he possessed was filled and topped-up by a dripping tap of GIRUY-ness for many years beyond the loss of total ascendency that his spending (in pursuit of European success) had achieved, and only began to bottom out around the time the club was sold to Craig Whyte. In retrospect, it can be seen that the damage that was done to the club\u2019s reputation by the Murray ethos (not so much a Rangers ethos as a Thatcherite one) and reckless financial practice is now well known.\n\nNotwithstanding the massive blemish on its character due to its employment policies, the (pre-Murray) Rangers ethos portrayed a particularly Scottish, perhaps even Presbyterian stoicism. It was that of a conservative, establishment orientated, God-fearing and law-abiding institution that played by the rules. It was of a club that would pay its dues, applied thrift and honesty in its business dealings, and was first to congratulate rivals on successes (witness the quiet dignity of John Lawrence at the foot of the aircraft steps with an outstretched hand to Bob Kelly when Celtic returned from Lisbon).\n\nIf Murray had dug a hole for that Rangers, Craig Whyte set himself up to fill it in. No neo-bourgeois shirking of responsibilities and duty to the public for him; his signature was more pre-war ghetto, hiding behind the couch until the rent man moved along to the next door. Whyte just didn\u2019t pay any bills and with-held money that was due to be passed along to the treasury to fund the ever more diminished public purse. Where Murray\u2019s Rangers had been regarded by the establishment and others as merely distasteful, Whyte\u2019s was now regarded as a circus act, and almost every day of his tenure brought more bizarre and ridiculous news which had Rangers fans cringing, the rest laughing up their sleeve, and Bill Struth birling in his grave.\n\nThe pattern was now developing in plain sight. Murray promised Rangers fans he would only sell to someone who could take the club on, but he sold it \u2013 for a pound \u2013 to a guy whose reputation did not survive the most cursory of inspection. Whyte protested that season tickets had not been sold in advance, that he used his own money to buy the club. Both complete fabrications. Yet until the very end of Whyte\u2019s time with the club, he, like Murray still, was regarded as hero by a fan-base which badly wanted to believe that the approaching car-crash could be avoided.\n\nEnter Charles Green. Having been bitten twice already, the fans\u2019 first instincts were to be suspicious of his motives. Yet in one of history\u2019s greatest ironic turnarounds, he saw off the challenge of real Rangers-minded folk (like John Brown and Paul Murray) and their warnings, and by appealing to what many regard as the baser instincts of the fan-base became the third hero to emerge in the boardroom in as many years. The irony of course is that Green himself shouldn\u2019t really pass any kind of Rangers sniff-test; personal, sporting, business or cultural; and yet there he is the spokesman for 140 years of the aspirations of a quarter of the country\u2019s fans.\n\nTo be fair though, what else could Rangers fans do? Green had managed (and shame on the administration process and football authorities for this) to pick up the assets of the club for less (nett) than Craig Whyte and still maintained a presence in the major leagues.\n\nIf they hadn\u2019t backed him only the certainty of doom lay before them. It was Green\u2019s way or the highway in other words \u2013 and speaking of words, his sounded mighty fine. But do the real Rangers minded people really buy into it all?\n\nFirst consider McCoist. I do not challenge his credentials as a Rangers minded man, and his compelling need to be an effective if often ineloquent spokesman for the fans. However, according to James Traynor (who was then acting as an unofficial PR advisor to the Rangers manager), McCoist was ready to walk in July (no pun intended) because he did not trust Green. The story was deliberately leaked, to undermine Green, by both Traynor and McCoist. McCoist also refused for a long period of time to endorse the uptake of season books by Rangers fans, even went as far as to say he couldn\u2019t recommend it.\n\nSo what changed? Was it a Damascene conversion to the ways of Green, or was it the 250,000 shares in the new venture that he acquired. Nothing improper or unethical \u2013 but is it idealism? Is it fighting for the cause?\n\nNow think Traynor. I realise that can be unpleasant, but bear with me.\n\nFirstly, when he wrote that story on McCoist\u2019s resignation, (and later backed it up on radio claiming he had spoken to Ally before printing the story), he was helping McCoist to twist Green\u2019s arm a little. Now, and I\u2019m guessing that Charles didn\u2019t take this view when he saw the story in question, Green thinks that Traynor is a \u201cmedia visionary\u201d?\n\nTraynor also very publicly, in a Daily Record leader, took the \u201cNew Club line\u201d and was simultaneously contemptuous of Green.\n\nWhat happened to change both their minds about each other? Could it have been (for Green) the PR success of having JT on board and close enough to control, and (for Traynor) an escape route for a man who had lost the battle with own internal social media demons?\n\nOr, given both McCoist\u2019s and Traynor\u2019s past allegiance to David Murray, is it something else altogether?\n\nWhatever it is, both Traynor and McCoist have started to sing from a totally different hymn sheet to Charles Green since the winding up order story became public. McCoist\u2019s expert \u00e9tude in equivocation at last Friday\u2019s press conference would have had the Porter in Macbeth slamming down the portcullis (now there\u2019s an irony). He carefully distanced himself from his chairman and ensured that his hands are clean. Traynor has been telling one story, \u201cwe have an agreement on the bill\u201d, and Green another, \u201cwe are not paying it\u201d.\n\nAnd what of Walter Smith? At first, very anti-Charles Green, he even talked about Green\u2019s \u201cnew club\u201d. Then a period of silence followed by his being co-opted to the board and a \u201csame club\u201d statement. Now in the face of the damaging WUP story, more silence. Hardly a stamp of approval on Green\u2019s credentials is it?\n\nRangers fans would be right to be suspicious of any non-Rangers people extrapolating from this story to their own version of Armageddon, but shouldn\u2019t they also reserve some of that scepticism for Green and Traynor (neither are Rangers men, and both with only a financial interest in the club) when they say \u201call is well\u201d whilst the real Rangers man (McCoist) is only willing to say \u201cas far as I have been told everything is well\u201d\n\nAs a Celtic fan, it may be a fair charge to say that I don\u2019t have Rangers best interests at heart, but I do not wish for their extinction, nor do I believe that one should ignore a quarter of the potential audience for our national game. Never thought I\u2019d hear myself say this, but apart from one (admittedly mightily significant) character defect, I can look at the Rangers of Struth and Simon, Gillick and Morton, Henderson and Baxter, and Waddell and Lawrence (and God help me even Jock Wallace) with fondness and a degree of nostalgia.\n\nI suspect most Rangers fans are deeply unhappy about how profoundly their club has changed. To be fair, my own club no longer enchants me in the manner of old. As sport has undergone globalisation, everything has changed. Our relationship to our clubs has altered, the business models have shifted, and the aspirations of clubs is different from that of a generation ago. It has turned most football clubs into different propositions from the institutions people of my generation grew up supporting, but Rangers are virtually unrecognisable.\n\nThe challenge right now for Rangers fans is this. How much more damage will be done to the club\u2019s legacy before this saga comes to an end?\n\nAnd by then will it be too late to do anything about it?\n\nMost people on this blog know my views about the name of Green\u2019s club. I really don\u2019t give a damn because for me it is not important. I do know, like Craig Whyte said, that in the fullness of time there will be a team called Rangers, playing football in a blue strip at Ibrox, and in the top division in the country.\n\nI understand that this may be controversial to many of our contributors, but I hope that this incarnation of Rangers is closer to that of Lawrence and Simon than to Murray and Souness."}
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-{"text": "Atlee improves to 5-0 with win at Patrick Henry\n\nThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.\n\nPlease enable Javascript to watch this video\n\nAshland, Va. - The Atlee Raiders are off to their best start since 2011, and have done most of their damage in the second half this year.\n\nAfter falling behind Armstrong 2-0 at halftime last week, the Raiders found themselves up just one point on the road at Patrick Henry before outscoring the Patriots 20-8 in the second half for a 34-21 win that improves them to 5-0.\n\nTucker Bratton and Tyler Warren combined for over 140 yards on the ground and three scores. Warren also had a 55 yard TD pass in the second half.\n\nPatrick Henry (1-3) was led by quarterback Jayden Mines who had a touchdown both rushing and passing."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, April 29, 2014\n\nNew Buys | Hot Pink Heels and Leopard Satchel\n\nI've had some pretty awesome purchases lately, especially this bag! It is the perfect leopard bag and one I had been dreaming about before it was even released (thanks A.L.C!) and with ShopBop's Friends & Family Sale, I was able to snag it for 25% off! These sandals are the kind of strappy sandal I've been looking for (check out this post for other options) and these cute, affordable sunnies from ASOS have me ready for beach days and fun in the sun.\n\nNow I am definitely on a shopping freeze, as we have a vacation coming up and a wedding to plan!"}
-{"text": "Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life: What Are Their Civilizations Like? (part 3/3)\n\nIn this last post of the three-part Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life series, I\u2019d like to explore what the civilizations of some of our off-Earth visitors may be like. Undoubtedly, it is this part of the series that will most challenge you to stretch your belief system to the fullest, perhaps to the breaking point. Information about extraterrestrial civilizations must necessarily come from a source who has had a more in-depth communication with an extraterrestrial, either telepathically or through direct contact, or from a source who has actually visited or lived within an extraterrestrial civilization. In the descriptions of the three civilizations which I explore, one comes from a source\u2019s telepathic communication with an extraterrestrial residing on his home planet, one comes from a source who has had ongoing and on-board contact with visiting extraterrestrials, and one comes from a source who claims to have been an inhabitant of a planet in our solar system in its higher-dimensional form, before coming to Earth.\n\nIf, quite understandably, you choose not to believe these descriptions as reality, I invite you to slip into that blissful state of imagination which you enter when reading a novel of your favorite genre, where the scenery and the characters come to life in your minds. As for me, because I do believe civilizations like those described below actually exist, reading about them brings me great joy. They help me see the possibilities of the Earth civilization, what it could become (I mean, really become, not just in my dreams) when the consciousness of the population has reached a certain level. I certainly don\u2019t mean that Earth has to make the same choices that these civilizations did\u2013 for example, I don\u2019t think Earth humans would ever choose to become uniform in their appearance as Horiss\u2019s civilization did to avoid social problems, as we Earth humans are quite attached to our individual appearances! Each civilization has solved its problems differently through different choices based on its culture and preferences, but they all seem to have reached a state of peace, tranquil happiness, and harmony; provided fully for the needs and comfort of every member of their society; and are actively engaged in spiritual learning and growth as their primary life goal.\n\nInterview with Horiss, a Commander in a Benevolent Reptilian Human Civilization\n\nThe first civilization is that of a reptilian humanoid species. It is a telepathic conversation between Horiss, an individual from a service-to-others reptilian civilization, and Suzanne Ward, a lady who has had telepathic communications with her son Matthew regarding metaphysics, our cosmic beginnings, and the Earth changes, since he died as a child in 1980 (Yes, please do turn on your imagination here if necessary). Originally recorded in 2003, relevant excerpts are presented here, and the entire fascinating conversation may be found on The 2012 Scenerio website.[1] The original source is \u201cA Reptilian Commander Speaks: Horiss\u201d in Voices of the Universe, October 19, 2003, reproduced in Matthew\u2019s Message, June 24, 2009.[2]\n\n\u201cS(uzy): Greetings, Horiss.\n\nHORISS: My very warm greetings to you, Madam. I have been told that I may address you informally, but if you will, please grant me the favor to address you more formally as I will be more comfortable speaking that way.\n\nS: I want you to be completely comfortable, and Madam is fine.\n\nHORISS: Thank you. It is known by some of your people that certain of my civilization are fearsome creatures that have been causing all manner of evil upon your world for endless time. We are not proud of that truth, and I have been requested to speak on behalf of our greater numbers who equally oppose the influence of those dark members. We, too, think of them as dark because of their actions, and we are in combat with them to rid their influence on your planet and all the rest of this part of the universe.\n\nIt is possible that of all who oppose their darkness, we are the most vehement because their actions reflect upon us as a total civilization. Those members are not in the majority and are not representative of the rest of us and it is not how we wish to be portrayed. Please let me advertise to your world the nature of the rest of us. Thank you.\n\nWithout intending to sound vain, I tell you that our intelligence level exceeds that of many other civilizations that also are advanced intellectually and technologically beyond you. We are less advanced spiritually than many civilizations that have not progressed to our stage of mental development.\n\nWe are endeavoring to bring more enlightenment throughout our civilization and one pursuit of attainment in this respect is joining with others in light forces to subdue and then eliminate the dark reptilian influence\u2026\u201d \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\n\u201cS: [\u2026] Are you here in spirit or maybe even etheric body?\n\nHORISS: Neither, Madam. I am able to see you distinctly from my homeland. At this moment I am in my \u201coffice,\u201d as a comparative term for your business management place. However, I do like your asking as it gives me this opportunity to mention that this ability to see at a vast distance is enabled by the likeness of energy bonding, which also facilitates your clearly hearing my words.\n\nI shall add that if I wished to be present in your office, I could be there in a twinkling either in spirit only or in a body that I would materialize. I would not choose to do this as I believe that a solid form abruptly appearing in any style configuration, even one familiar to you, would not be a comfortable experience for you.\n\nS: I think you are right, Horiss\u2014I wouldn\u2019t be prepared for that. Please continue.\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\n\u201cHORISS: [\u2026]You ask other civilizations\u2019 representatives about their people and I am eager to have you know more about my people. When I say \u201cmy people,\u201d I do not mean that we are representative of all reptilian populations any more than Earth humans are representative of all human populations in the universe. I am speaking now only of the people residing in my world.\n\nWe reside on a planet in this galaxy that is as near my solar system\u2019s sun as Earth is near Sol. We use the energy of our sun much more efficiently than you use the energy of Sol. Instead of your various forms of power generation, all of ours derive from our sun. Yours also can, and as you progress in awareness of this, that will come about.\n\nAlso, there is no pollution from any source anywhere on the planet, not on the landmasses nor in the seas, due to our technology that prevents such contamination rather than makes an effort to clean it up.\n\nOur home planet is called Lacone [lah-cone\u2019, with the accent on the second syllable and a soft \u201cnnn\u201d sound]. It is as large as Uranus, to make a comparison that still is beyond your perception, but that tells you it is much larger than Earth, and it is about the same density of Earth in form and substance.\n\nWe do not have the variety of natural beauty as does Earth, and which Earth itself no longer has as formerly due to destruction in many areas. Our cities are larger than your largest. That is the temperament and choice of most of us, and the union of ideas and desires focused upon the same goal manifested large, then larger population centers.\n\nOur cities are immaculate, as are outlying inhabited areas throughout the planet. We can travel to any point on the planet almost instantaneously by thought or leisurely in vehicles.\n\nThe appearance my people has chosen when we are at home or visiting other advanced civilizations is as I appeared in Nirvana, when I met Matthew. Male and female forms and features are much alike and with little variation in any. We do not have a mixture of races as you do and which creates the great variety in your appearances, but that is not the reason we are so similar in ours.\n\nOur collective choice is to look alike. Long ago we learned that differences in appearances can lead to prejudices and discriminations, and with our inclination to be a defensive people, we chose to eliminate elements over which we had control so that civil conflicts would not arise to weaken us.\n\nTo describe us, we are of a height not dissimilar to your average height, but we are uniformly slender except our females who are bearing children. The skin tone is pale blue-gray, which is pleasing to us although it is unlikely that you would find it so. Our most distinctive features are our eyes, which are large and dark\u2026\n\nOur education is in line with our advanced intelligence and every soul is in the learning system from birth until the move onward, what you call death, or transition. It is our intense desire for learning that has allowed us to give a back seat to spiritual development, and that is changing.\n\nEmphasis upon learning is as great, but now the mental is more balanced with the increased desire for spiritual, which is another kind of learning. It is the self-discovery I mentioned that removes layers of indoctrination and allows the opening of the truth of this universe and of Creator\u2019s laws that govern here along with God\u2019s laws about the order of celestial bodies and other such activity that is unique to this universe.\n\nOur children are conceived and born in the same manner as yours, but their intelligence at birth permits speaking soon afterwards and fine motor skills to develop immediately. So at a very young age, about five years in your time calculation but with maturity commensurate with your adults, they no longer are dependent upon parents for protective attention and guidance. It is the love of family that bonds us and results in our children staying close to home long after they are self-sufficient.\n\nMadam, what else may I tell you?\n\nS: Anything else that describes your life and your world!\n\nHORISS: My! I welcome this! Very well, to describe the planet further, there are many similarities to Earth, such as great differences in elevation, large seas, many forests and plants, barren areas of rocks and sand. Earth is more vibrant in its unspoiled places than our planet and has a greater variety of colors. Nevertheless, this is completely satisfying or we would make changes to more greatly please us.\n\nYou have in your mind structures, so I will tell you that our buildings could be considered sterile in comparison with the many styles and shapes you have built. Our preference is what you would call ultramodern, I believe, with little variation in style overall but of course, considerable variation in sizes in accordance with usage. Homes are decorated simply in keeping with the austerity of surroundings, and our choice of attire also is plain.\n\nPerhaps from my skeleton outline, I am giving the impression that we are an austere, harsh people in feelings. This is the sensation I am picking up from you, Madam. While it is true that we are serious-minded and are not given to \u201cfrills,\u201d we are not without warm feelings. Our children are as precious to us as yours are to you, and our mates are the same. We are a monogamous people.\n\nMates are judiciously selected and know each other very well before aligning as partners, thus separations rarely happen except by the death of one. We enjoy levity and many forms of entertainment in which a whole family is participating, so you know that the sources of amusement are suitable for even the youngest minds. Music is important to my people, and none of it is blaring and discordant noise.\n\nWe are well informed on events in many civilizations besides our own. Earth is of special interest to us, just as it is to many other civilizations of individuals and of collective souls, but it is by no means a self-serving interest. My people want the banishment of the dark influence on Earth to be replaced by peaceful means of living among all of Earth\u2019s inhabitants, and not to bring to you another source of troublemaking.\n\nOur military might in numbers and technology could subdue yours in a day, as a description of our capability. However, ours is solely a defense force, and its purpose to defend rather than invade is the vital element of difference between our two worlds. This is further proof of our warm feelings, which extend to civilizations beyond our own.\n\nI see \u201cgovernment\u201d in your thought. Our planetary form of government could be compared with Greek city states of your history. Not the warring with each other, but the equitable and benevolent rule within each state is the basis of our planetary ruling body. We have the advantage of one language and telepathy, which provides clarity of expression and promotes honest communication among all the population. Smaller bodies govern large districts as this is more orderly and efficient in a world this size with a population of more than 20 billion.\n\nMadam, do you have a question?\n\nS: Would you like to mention the kinds of industries and other employment?\n\nHORISS: Yes, thank you. For our strong defense force, we need industries to provide weaponry and space vehicles and all supporting services, so we have what I will call factories even though you would not recognize them as such because of the technology of their production equipment. As my people ease from the stance of maintaining military might, there will be a transition from this type of production to others. This is in the planning stages.\n\nOur emphasis upon education makes that one of the largest fields of employment. We have computerized education along with tutorial forms to present opportunities for our children to specialize in areas of their greatest interest and aptitude. This is equally available to our adults who wish to change from one specialty field to another.\n\nStudies are of our homeland history as well as the history of many other civilizations, and of course, all branches of science as it is in its authentic universal form. What you call \u201cthe arts\u201d are of great importance to us, and I feel your surprise, Madam, although already I have mentioned fine music. Painting, sculpture, dance and poetry have significant meaning to us as an entire civilization. Parts of your own are threadbare in these necessities of soul expression.\n\nConstruction of buildings is by solid materials rather than manifestation by focusing on images. Although we could do that, and sometimes for expediency do so, my people find greater satisfaction in using their hands to form materials into desired structures and objects. This kind of productivity is a good balance to the concentration upon academic learning that everyone pursues. We respect the need for balance in our lives.\n\nWe have many employed in making and maintaining computer systems. I could boast of our advanced systems but boastfulness is not in our nature. It need not be as the condition of our world speaks for itself. However, I can tell you that our systems are at a development level that a word, even a thought, starts and stops operations and desired input or outflow are accurate and complete.\n\nS: That is an advanced system! Horiss. You mentioned \u201cdeath,\u201d so I would like to ask about the ordinary longevity of your people, and do you have a sanctuary realm that would be similar to our Nirvana?\n\nHORISS: I did say \u201cdeath\u201d and only as a term of ease. The physical shell of us gets used up by deterioration of cells or by combat wounds, but we know there is no death\u2014the soul has lived from the Beginning. But longevity in the physical shell when not cut short by combat is about 200 years. That is our \u201cpresent\u201d DNA programming, and it will change as we reach higher spirituality levels where physical shells can live much longer with full functioning abilities.\n\nI do not intend debasement of our bodies by the reference to \u201cphysical shell.\u201d It is important that we have robust health to maintain combat fitness, and we do that, but I meant to make a clear delineation between the far lesser importance of our bodies as compared to our respect for our souls.\n\nIn keeping with that respect, we do have a sanctuary realm that is commensurate with our planetary population\u2019s advancement intellectually. That realm also is rising in emphasis upon spiritual understanding and attunement. I discussed this with Matthew at the time we met in Nirvana, and his sound suggestions for treating our most psychically damaged souls have been implemented with great success.\n\nMadam, may I answer anything else?\n\nS: Horiss, is there anything else you would like to say to the people of Earth?\n\nHORISS: Yes, thank you. As a summary of the intentions of my people, it is this: We do not often speak of our convictions and our nature. We live by them. At heart we are warm, peaceful, respectful and helpful, and that is what we look forward to showing you one of these days, when you are ready to welcome \u201cstrangers.\u201d\n\nS: I think that is a perfect way to end your message. Thank you for coming today and giving such interesting information about your people. I look forward to welcoming you, Horiss!\n\nHORISS: And I you, Madam. I believe I will comfortably call you Suzy then. And for this time, I bid you good-day.\n\nThe Andromedan Civilization through Alex Collier\n\nAlex Collier says that the Andromedans come from the region of the Andromeda galaxy and from a star system in that galaxy they call Zenetae. They are a telepathic race with light-blue skin. They were on Earth some 62,000 years ago for a period of 62 years.\n\nThe following excerpt is from a private interview with Rick Keefe in 1994:[3]\n\nR(ick): Now you\u2019re in contact with the Andromedans. Who exactly are the Andromedans?\n\nAC: They\u2019re a particular race that exists in the constellation of Andromeda. They\u2019re just one of thousands that exist out there. They are the particular race that I have talked to and have had contact with and have given me and shared information with me, are human. They\u2019re white skinned to light blue skinned, anywhere from four foot tall to eight feet tall, and they are human in every way.\u201d\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nR: \u201cI see, okay. What do they call their world in their language?\n\nAC: They don\u2019t speak. Everything is a symbol there. The whole race is telepathic\u2026\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nR: Is there an economy?\n\nAC: No.\n\nR: And what is the basis of their economy? Is it like a spiritual economy? I\u2019ve heard some people describe their views of other extraterrestrial civilizations as having a spiritual economy where the amount of psychic energy you put into something is given a value. Have they expressed any of how their social systems work?\n\nAC: Ok, I know a little bit about that. Essentially, everybody is given exactly what it is they need to evolve. There are many different races, and each race has their own uniqueness about them based on their particular belief systems and my understanding is that everything is a belief system. As far as the Andromedan culture, children go to school, or the Andromedans, they go through a birth process just like we do. Those that are physical. They go to school for anywhere from one hundred and twenty to a hundred and fifty years. They\u2019re taught all of the major sciences and arts. They would be equivalent to PhD\u2019s or doctorates or masters, whatever you want to call it, in all of the arts. It is at that point, once they are done with all of that education, that they choose what it is that they wish to do, where to evolve. And they can change their mind any time they want. The whole purpose is the evolution of the soul and life. They\u2019re given whatever it is that they need to do that. I\u2019m not aware of crime or whatever, or anything along those lines. Their whole focus is on education and not distraction. If it\u2019s something that is not educational, from what I\u2019ve observed, it\u2019s simply something they\u2019re not interested in. They just have it within them to constantly evolve on an educational as well as a spiritual level. And whatever they need is there for them to use. I\u2019m not aware of them having to pay anything for it. To my knowledge it doesn\u2019t exist.\n\nR: Now are art and music important to them too?\n\nAC: Yes, all of it is. But those things are very different than what we perceive. Art is creation to them, things that are created out of thought, out of the \u201cIs-ness\u201d. What they call \u201cIs-ness\u201d, the Pleiadians call creation, what we call God. Things are created just by thought, by nature. They consider art. They use extensively holographic technology. Music, their music, is of the universe, of what the music that certain planets make as they rotate around their sun, what different solar systems make as they revolve around their sun, and what whole systems \u2013 the sounds and energy that they create. To them, that\u2019s their music. And then they put things together, different constellations, different star systems. They\u2019ll put those together and overlap them to create music. It\u2019s different than what we just pull out of thin air here.\n\nR: How have they expressed what their daily life is like? Is there a solar day for them, or is there night or day? What is their daily life like, or periods of life?\n\nAC: There is really, to my knowledge, no set schedule. I\u2019ll give you an example of what I observed aboard one of their mother ships. They don\u2019t require much sleep to my knowledge, simply because I guess they\u2019re very healed; their beings, their physical form, they\u2019re just incredibly healed. They\u2019re just in touch. There is no night and day. They don\u2019t need to experience that, although I\u2019m sure other races have that, but the Andromedans don\u2019t. They\u2019re just constantly stretching themselves, trying to evolve and experience more and more and more all the time. They\u2019re happy people. They don\u2019t have the extremes of emotions that we express here. In fact, I\u2019ve been told that virtually few races in the entire galaxy express the realm of emotions that we experience here. They\u2019re just always in a very wonderful space. They\u2019re not a civilization that really judges. They do accept things the way they are, with the exception of when those things threaten their particular lifestyle, or what they\u2019re about, their essence, and others, what other races might experience or perceive as a threat.\n\nR: Alex, you said they were evolving spiritually. What do they want to evolve towards? What spiritual goals do they have?\n\nAC: I guess to be just the best that they are, to be completely at one with all that there is at all times\u2026 Their goal as a race is to go from the densities that they experience, which are three, four, and five, I guess to move to five, six, seven, and eight\u2026 It\u2019s just to continue to evolve. Nobody knows exactly what the ultimate goal is, because the essences that they\u2019re in touch with, that are on nine, ten, and eleven, are continuing to evolve\u2026 They themselves are still searching for what God is. They know it exists, but what it is nobody really knows, which is why they call it the is-ness. It\u2019s just a force that\u2019s there. And how we perceive it is based on how we perceive ourselves and our own belief structures, belief systems. And that\u2019s how we use the energy, to create.\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nR: Ok now, what abilities do the Andromedans possess that exceed those of earth humans? You\u2019ve mentioned telepathy\u2026\n\nAC: Well, that\u2019s an interesting question and I don\u2019t know that I necessarily like the way you put it. The abilities that they have are latent in everybody. They just haven\u2019t lived in a society that has been screwed with like we have been here. They\u2019re all telepathic, they\u2019re all clairvoyant, they\u2019re all healers because they\u2019re taught all of the sciences. They\u2019re just, they\u2019re whole. I guess that\u2019s the only way that I can put it to you is that they\u2019re completely whole. Every soul knows who they are. They know who they\u2019ve been. They know what their reincarnational past has been. They as a soul have a personal agenda, which every time they incarnate they\u2019re consciously aware of. So they know where they\u2019re going. They see improvement in themselves life after life after life. We, if we hadn\u2019t been so screwed with here, would have the same abilities. We could very much be where they are\u2026\u201d\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nAbout the education of their children, Collier expounds:[4]\n\n\u201cNow, the Andromedan people teach their children everything. The oldest and the wisest are the teachers, and hold nothing back from their children. Those with the most experience teach others what they know. This is called by them the Law of Consistency. They know that their children are their legacy. They don\u2019t \u201cdumb them down\u201d like the educational system here does. They would never ever think to do that, because they are proud of their lineage and their heritage. They know that this is who they are, and their young people are who they are\u2026\u201d\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nThe following excerpts are from an interview with Collier by Val Valerian for Leading Edge Research Group, archived in 1999:[5]\n\nV(al): What have you observed about Andromedan society?\n\nAC: Well, I will give you the most striking things. They\u2019re incredibly happy. There is a peace, tranquility and humbleness about them as a race \u2026. it\u2019s more of a feeling\u2026 an emotion. They are not like us. Morenae is the only one who has gone to the trouble to physically learn how to use spoken language. Vissaeus has always been telepathic. The others do not talk. They just watch.\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nAC: [\u2026] I mean, they [Andromedans] are very straight-faced. It\u2019s like they are \u201call business\u201d even though you can sense the emotions. I remember when I first started having contact and I was taken to a place where there were Andromedan children, who moved away from me because I was Earth.\n\nNow, the children are taught about the different worlds and races, and because of the Andromedan holographic technology, it\u2019s easy for them to create environments where their children really know and experience what Earth humans are like.\n\nV(al): Well, what are they like amongst themselves?\n\nAC: They are very much like us, except that there is always absolute silence. The children are not real expressive. They don\u2019t run and jump around all the time. They have a lot of self-control. When they do run, they don\u2019t bend their knees, like the Japanese or Chinese [Author\u2019s note: Okay, don\u2019t ask me what this means]. There is a lot of smiling, but there is not deep laughter. It is as if you were going to a \u201cmute class.\u201d\n\nV: What is the pairing like in relationships?\n\nAC: Well, there are three sexes. Male, female and androgynous. What is interesting is that the androgynous beings tend to be teachers. In the middle of their mother ships there are huge parks. In the ship I was on, the park was 25 miles square.\n\nV: Can I safely assume that they do not have a social \u201cpower structure\u201d because they exercise personal self-control? They don\u2019t need an external political power structure?\n\nAC: I have never seen that. No. There is what we would call a \u201cscience team\u201d, that can also move into a military role if it needs to. The Andromedans go to school for over 150 to 170 earth years, and they are taught all the sciences, arts, and everything. They participate in those fields, doing the actual work, while they learn.\n\nThen, they have an opportunity to teach what they\u2019ve learned to the young ones. The oldest and wisest teach the youngest what they know. They express this concept as the \u201claw of consistency.\u201d The young ones gain the benefit from most of the knowledge of the entire race.\n\nV: Do they consume food?\n\nAC: I have seen them eat fruit, which they grow on the ships, but for the most part all I have seen them eat are little green tablets. It\u2019s kind of like an alfalfa tablet, but it has a really wicked taste\u2026\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nV: So, what else is interesting about Andromedan society?\n\nAC: In everything they do, nothing is ever wasted. In other words, all of the things they do involve education. It\u2019s almost as if everything they do is geared to \u201cstretch\u201d them more, challenge them more, and make them a more intelligent, more understanding, aware race. What is really interesting is that they are absolutely not competitive in any way. It\u2019s something that comes from each one of them individually. All of their social functions are focused on education and not distraction.\n\nV: Whereas the function of our society is exactly the opposite. No wonder it\u2019s going nowhere. Do they have any kind of pseudo-religious structure within their society, or is it simply an appreciation of the \u201cis-ness\u201d of the universe?\n\nAC: I have never seen any activity like that. It is as if they are \u201cplugged in\u201d all the time. There is just a serenity that is part of the race itself. I think it was Paul the Apostle who said, \u201calways be in prayer.\u201d That\u2019s what it\u2019s like. It\u2019s like they\u2019re always \u201cin prayer.\u201d\n\nOmnec Onec, a Woman from Venus\n\nOmnec Onec is a woman who claims to have been born and raised on Venus. She lived there until she was encouraged by her spiritual master and by her uncle, who raised her, to go to Earth and live the rest of her life there. In 1951, she flew from Venus to Tibet on Earth, where she was assisted by the monks to get adjusted to life on Earth, then in 1955 she went to Tennessee, U.S.A., where she took over the life of a young girl who had just died in an accident. She has written a book about her experience, which I have not yet read. To be frank, I have only recently stumbled upon information about her, so have not had time to fully filter it through my discernment process, but I have heard about the world of Venus previously through other sources. Although it seems quite uninhabitable with its hot, poisonous atmosphere, on its higher dimensional level it is said to be a beautiful world with crystal cities. I first found this material through The 2012 Scenerio website [6], and the full interview by Marina Popowitsch can be viewed on youtube as well. Some excerpts from the interview follow below.\n\nM(arina through translator): I would like to ask you my first question: How did you appear on our planet, what year was that, and in what manner did you appear on our planet?\n\nO: All right, in 1955, I\u2013 before that I was asked by spiritual teachers and the people who were raising me on Venus if I would like to do an experiment, come to earth, and live in the society here as a child and grow up with the mission to bring public the story of how people from other planets have been intercorrelating with people here for thousands of years and what the connection is\u2013 which of course we\u2019re their forefathers, we brought the colonies here long time ago. They\u2019ve lost track of their beginning, and the purpose in coming was to live in society and understand the human consciousness from their level, by living in their society. And to do this of course I would have to do this as a child and grow up with the understanding of the prejudices, the class structure, the different religions, and the changes people go through emotionally. I made the decision to come, went to the city of Retz (sp?) [on Venus], the only existing city on the physical and the astral level, and lowered my vibrations, manifested my physical body, and said good-bye to my family. I tried to bring artifacts with me, I gathered a few plants and tried to preserve them, and I had a ring to bring with me, and they picked me up in a small craft, what we call a scout ship, and transported me from the surface of Venus. We have like a dome over the city of Retz, and its not visible because of the gases and the fires and flames cover the city, but you\u2019d have to know the location. Our ships have the ability to travel through time and can appear and disappear from vision because of their vibratory rate, the control they have over the magnetic waves and to create their own gravitational force\u2026\n\n[Traveling in a large mothership then transferring to a smaller craft, she arrived at a monastery in the mountains of Tibet in 1951.]\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nM: How were you able to get accustomed to our earthly conditions of living here? Were they very much different from the ones you were accustomed to? What were the major differences that you observed?\n\nO: Well, the monastery was not too bad. I was living with the monks and they\u2019re pretty spiritually aware. The hardest thing to get used to, of course, was my physical body. I felt like I was in a suit of armor. And I had difficulty walking and having my peripheral vision taken way. I didn\u2019t, wasn\u2019t able to see in all directions as I was used to. I wasn\u2019t aware that in your society, whereas there we can think something and it can materialize, here you have to go through the physical means of, you know, picking up the objects and eating, and you know, reading a book, and if you want something, it\u2019s not available to you just by your thoughts. I had to learn to use my vocal cords; I had to have exercises for that. I had to learn balance. They made me walk on walls and beams and stuff. I fell many times. I bruised myself and found that physical pain was something I was not familiar with, but I quickly became familiar with it. It was very difficult. Everything was hard for me.\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nM: Is there anything particular that was different between the two races, between the Venusians and the Earthlings, that you noticed after your arrival here?\n\nO: I was aware that we as a people know that we\u2019re soul first and that the body is just temporary. And most people were walking around thinking that they were their body. They had no ability to communicate on any level other than speaking with one another\u2026\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nM: Will you please tell us a little about life on Venus? Are there plants, trees, what the sky looks like? We know it\u2019s very hot there. How can people and plants survive on the planet? How is your life on Venus different from ours?\n\nO: As I said, there is one city that exists on the physical as well as the astral, and it\u2019s very much like the desert of Arizona or Nevada. It\u2019s very dry, the plants are very similar, and the atmosphere is pretty much the same. It\u2019s kept very comfortable within the dome because it\u2019s controlled atmosphere. On the astral level, we have many plants because our environment is created by our thoughts, and we can have a tree growing through our bedroom, we can have waterfalls in the house, we have love for gardens and plants, and animal life is very similar to what you have on earth, just a little different. The fruit is almost the same. Sunflower and corn were brought to Earth by my people thousands of years ago. They\u2019re among some of the vegetation that were brought here that can grow in the environment here, but there\u2019s not very much difference. Just, we have more available to us than people here.\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nM: How is life on Venus manifested? For example, how are the Venusians manifested on Venus? Are they in biological material bodies or are they in kind of etheric, bioenergetic, and nonmaterial bodies?\n\nO: Well, they\u2019re actually not physical but a duplicate of the physical, being the plane directly above the physical plane. We carry our children the same way. I remember being in the womb and I remember being born even though I was on the astral level. When you\u2019re there in your astral body everything is as real to you as it is when you\u2019re here in your physical body.\n\nTranslator: If you touch the table, will it be hard to your touch, or will your hand go through the table?\n\nO: No, it\u2019s very solid. You have a body that correlates to each plane, and if you\u2019re in that body on that plane, it\u2019s very real to you. But if you\u2019re a physical person, and you see an astral entity, then it seems like it\u2019s ghostly-like\u2026\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nThe descriptions of these worlds do sound fantastical, because none of us alive on Earth has ever experienced this kind of reality, nor does it exist in any recorded history that we\u2019re generally aware of. Telepathic communication, creating material through thought, and other key characteristics shared by these worlds defy the laws of physics as we have formulated them from our own observations of our world (although what we perceive as reality is rapidly changing with our evolving scientific tools and knowledge, please see Chapter 8. Hand in Hand with Science in my book Bridge to Earth). From what I have read, these characteristics are those that mark higher-dimensional realities, worlds existing in dimensions higher than where we have been. And this is what I\u2019m hearing, that we\u2019re moving towards this kind of higher-dimensional world in our evolutionary process. It is the consciousness that is evolving, and the consciousness is intrinsically linked to the dimension in which we exist, in a way that I don\u2019t quite understand yet. Perhaps consciousness is the dimensional reality in which we exist.\n\nI know I\u2019m linking together a lot of topics here\u2013 extraterrestrials, spirituality, our evolutionary process, possibility of multiple dimensions\u2013 but they\u2019re all intimately interconnected. They are inseparable, from my perspective.\n\nWelcome to the new and improved Golden Age of Gaia Website\n\nSubscribe today!\n\nSmall amounts from many can create a mighty flow,\nEvery subscription tallies.\nWe're co-creating as we go.\nBe a part of the future.\nThe seeds we sow,\nFrom little things, will big things grow.\n- Kathleen W.\n\nE-Book Download Page\n\nBlog Categories\n\nArchives\n\nI Know My Galactic Family Is Here, Do You?\n\nWerner Erhard, Creating a World That Works for Everyone\n\nWe can choose to be audacious enough to take responsibility for the entire human family.\nWe can choose to make our love for the world be what our lives are really about.\n\nEach of us now has the opportunity, the privilege, to make a difference in creating a world that works for all of us.\n\nIt will require courage, audacity, and heart. It is much more radical than a revolution \u2013 it is the beginning of a transformation in the quality of life on our planet.\n\nYou have the power to fire the shot heard \u2018round the world. (Werner Erhard, Graduate Review, February 1980.)\n\nPlease Note:\n\nNeither am I qualified to be, nor do I wish to be considered, a spiritual teacher. I'm a researcher and writer, here simply to share my views and listen to yours as spiritual adults and equals. Steve Beckow\n\nPlease support this site. Donate at:\n\nA 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit\nGo to the\npage.\n\nHope Chest Help\n\nAmazon Smile\n\nDo you like to shop online? Would you like to support the Hope Chest while shopping? If so, please select the Hope Chest, San Pedro, CA as your charity selection when using Amazon Smile and shop as usual! If you want more information, please Click Here. We thank you for your support."}
-{"text": "Why Buy Nerve.com? Interview With Brian Schechter, CEO Of HowAboutWe\n\nOPW INTERVIEW - Jan 31 -\n\nWhy did you buy Nerve?For nearly two decades, Nerve has produced bold, smart content on American sexuality and culture, giving readers a safe, inclusive place to comfortably discuss sex in a way they hadn\u2019t been able to before. We feel the consumer desire for media covering sex and culture in a human, raw and surprising way is stronger now than ever, which explains why acquiring Nerve made complete sense for us, especially since it serves as the perfect complement to our other HowAboutWe Media properties -- TheDateReport.com, Swimmingly.com and Famously.com -- which are dedicated to producing resonant, high-quality content about all things love.\n\nRoughly how much did you buy it for? We're not disclosing financial information tied to the acquisition.\n\nNerve is quite sexy and risque, will you keep it that way?We\u2019ve long admired and respected Nerve for providing smart, fearless content devoted to sex and culture, and we're more than happy continue to drive their original mission, while carrying the torch for the next generation navigating a romantic landscape filled with social media flirtations, dating apps and sexting.\n\nUnder our ownership, Nerve will continue to provide a refreshing alternative to the mainstream with brave, inclusive, sex-positive stories.\n\nWill it be integrated closer to How About We or will it remain as standalone?Nerve and all of our media properties will operate independently from our two subscription-based services, HowAboutWe Dating and HowAboutWe for Couples.\n\nGiven your extension into couples products, it seems Nerve could straddle your single and couples products and offer up intriguing and sexy content. Is that where you're going with it?Actually, we\u2019re going in the opposite direction -- HowAboutWe Media, including Nerve, will not produce branded content, but rather each site will operate completely independently from our subscription-based services, producing quality, unbiased journalism.\n\nWhether it\u2019s a review of the latest online dating app, a deeply-reported analysis of marriage equality laws, or a first-person account of what it\u2019s like to \u201cmanscape,\u201d the HowAboutWe Media network will provide an entirely unfettered, honest look at the world of modern love and culture.\n\nHow's your couples products doing now? Is it having a good effect on your core product return rates?We just celebrated our 1-year anniversary since we first launched HowAboutWe for Couples, debuting in Los Angeles, our fifth major US city, this month.\n\nThe consumer reaction has been incredibly positive, with more than 90% of users continuing to renew the service each month. As a result, it now already accounts for about 30% of our total revenue, which we project will greatly increase as we continue to expand to new cities.\n\nComments\n\nWhy Buy Nerve.com? Interview With Brian Schechter, CEO Of HowAboutWe\n\nOPW INTERVIEW - Jan 31 -\n\nWhy did you buy Nerve?For nearly two decades, Nerve has produced bold, smart content on American sexuality and culture, giving readers a safe, inclusive place to comfortably discuss sex in a way they hadn\u2019t been able to before. We feel the consumer desire for media covering sex and culture in a human, raw and surprising way is stronger now than ever, which explains why acquiring Nerve made complete sense for us, especially since it serves as the perfect complement to our other HowAboutWe Media properties -- TheDateReport.com, Swimmingly.com and Famously.com -- which are dedicated to producing resonant, high-quality content about all things love.\n\nRoughly how much did you buy it for? We're not disclosing financial information tied to the acquisition.\n\nNerve is quite sexy and risque, will you keep it that way?We\u2019ve long admired and respected Nerve for providing smart, fearless content devoted to sex and culture, and we're more than happy continue to drive their original mission, while carrying the torch for the next generation navigating a romantic landscape filled with social media flirtations, dating apps and sexting.\n\nUnder our ownership, Nerve will continue to provide a refreshing alternative to the mainstream with brave, inclusive, sex-positive stories.\n\nWill it be integrated closer to How About We or will it remain as standalone?Nerve and all of our media properties will operate independently from our two subscription-based services, HowAboutWe Dating and HowAboutWe for Couples.\n\nGiven your extension into couples products, it seems Nerve could straddle your single and couples products and offer up intriguing and sexy content. Is that where you're going with it?Actually, we\u2019re going in the opposite direction -- HowAboutWe Media, including Nerve, will not produce branded content, but rather each site will operate completely independently from our subscription-based services, producing quality, unbiased journalism.\n\nWhether it\u2019s a review of the latest online dating app, a deeply-reported analysis of marriage equality laws, or a first-person account of what it\u2019s like to \u201cmanscape,\u201d the HowAboutWe Media network will provide an entirely unfettered, honest look at the world of modern love and culture.\n\nHow's your couples products doing now? Is it having a good effect on your core product return rates?We just celebrated our 1-year anniversary since we first launched HowAboutWe for Couples, debuting in Los Angeles, our fifth major US city, this month.\n\nThe consumer reaction has been incredibly positive, with more than 90% of users continuing to renew the service each month. As a result, it now already accounts for about 30% of our total revenue, which we project will greatly increase as we continue to expand to new cities."}
-{"text": "Academic Integrity\n\nStudents often seek another classmate's assistance with math homework. The operative word here is ASSISTANCE not copying another's answers. If a student is discovered copying from another, both parties will receive a zero grade and the lack of academic integrity will be documented. The students will be required to stay after school to demonstrate their understanding of the assignment.\n\nGrading\n\nThe grade is based on the percent of points earned in any given trimester.Points are received for the following: \u2022 Homework - Students will do work in their homework journal. \u2022 Homework concept check - Students will have problem concept checks to assess their understanding. \u2022 Quizzes - used for progress check: two per chapter \u2022 Projects - The point value varies according to the project \u2022 Math Portfolio- Near the end of the trimester a portfolio is turned in. The portfolio is both a reflection of trimester work and demonstration of understanding of the trimester topics. \u2022 Exam - Usually scheduled on a Friday. Exams will be chapter content and a standards assessment. Before an exam there will be review."}
-{"text": "Gas tax \u2018cut\u2019 will boost NC DOT revenues by $400 million\n\nHouse and Senate leaders announced a deal Thursday to gradually cut a few pennies off the state gas and diesel fuel tax over the next two years \u2013 starting next week \u2013 and to cancel a much more substantial cut that would have cost the state Department of Transportation hundreds of jobs and more than $400 million in revenues.\n\nNorth Carolina\u2019s 37.5 cents per gallon fuel tax will fall to 36 cents Wednesday, 35 cents in January and 34 cents in July 2016, if the compromise legislation is approved by both chambers and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory.\n\nThe gas tax changes are combined with income tax law provisions in a single bill. House and Senate leaders also agreed to allow an income tax credit of up to $250 for schoolteachers who buy their own classroom supplies.\n\nBesides setting fixed gas tax rates through the end of 2016, the legislation would get rid of a formula that moves the rate up or down every six months \u2013 to reflect changes in wholesale fuel prices, which have plunged since late 2014.\n\nSign Up and Save\n\n\u201cThe old funding formula allowed for some pretty wild, volatile changes in what the tax rate would be \u2013 which made planning how you repair roads, repair bridges very hard,\u201d said Rep. David Lewis, a Republican from Dunn.\n\nUnder the deal announced by House and Senate conferees after two weeks of negotiations, a new formula would take effect in January 2017 to adjust the tax rate up and down based on changes in two new measures: North Carolina\u2019s fast-growing population and the national consumer price index for energy costs.\n\nThe energy inflation measure rises and falls from year to year, but legislators said it is less volatile than the wholesale fuel price. It would account for 25 percent of the tax rate adjustment, with population pushing the other 75 percent.\n\nSince North Carolina\u2019s population is growing steadily, the new formula would be expected to push the tax rate steadily higher.\n\nBut House and Senate members said these changes scheduled for 2016 and 2017 might never take effect. They could be canceled if the legislature can come up with a \u201clong-term fix for transportation funding\u201d that would make more sweeping changes in how the state generates money for its transportation needs.\n\n\u201cThis provides a little bit of a safety net to make sure we can meet the needs we have, prior to the big fix,\u201d Lewis said.\n\nRepublicans sprang into action in February after they realized that the fuel-price formula in current law would cut the tax in July to a projected 29.6 cents per gallon.\n\nHouse and Senate leaders initially disagreed on the details, but both chambers sounded similar themes. They talked about \u201cstabilizing revenues\u201d rather than pushing the gas tax higher than it would be otherwise under current law. And they wanted to start by cutting a few pennies off the tax rate as soon as possible.\n\nThe Senate proposed originally to lay off 500 DOT workers and cut the tax to 35 cents on March 1, and make that the new minimum rate in future years. The Senate also proposed to recalibrate the fuel-price formula in order to push the tax rate higher in future years.\n\nNo DOT layoffs\n\nThe compromise announced Thursday does not include any DOT layoffs, but 40 unfilled positions will be eliminated.\n\n\u201cWe had to deal with what was approaching, a revenue crisis with respect to transportation funding,\u201d House Speaker Tim Moore said Thursday. \u201cIt also gives immediate tax relief.\u201d\n\nMcCrory praised the \u201cspirit of cooperation\u201d that produced the compromise.\n\n\u201cThis proposal protects and stabilizes gas tax revenue so we can fund important transportation priorities that connect communities throughout our state,\u201d McCrory said in a news release.\n\nGas and diesel fuel consumption are expected to decline even as North Carolina adds an expected 3.5 million residents over the next 25 years. Legislative leaders are looking for stable revenue sources to reduce the state\u2019s reliance on state and federal gas taxes, which account for 66 percent of DOT\u2019s $4.7 billion budget this year.\n\nFederal automobile fuel efficiency standards will rise from 27.5 miles per gallon in 2010 to 51.3 mpg in 2025. As a result, DOT planners say, fuel tax collections could fall below $1 billion a year after 2028 \u2013 down from $1.9 billion this year.\n\nDemocrats who worked with the majority Republicans to craft the new measure agreed Thursday that it was a tax cut, even though it will keep taxes higher and generate revenues worth more than $400 million above what DOT had expected.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s reasonable,\u201d said Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., a Democrat from Durham. \u201cIt helps us to meet our short-term needs. It guarantees that it will not drop below this 34 cents.\n\n\u201cAnd while that is good, it is not good enough,\u201d McKissick said. \u201cEveryone on both sides is committed to make sure there is a long-term fix that we can all feel good about.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Granuaile sovereign ring\n\nGranuaile sovereign ring\n\nThis fabulous new sovereign ring has real impact. The story depicts Granuaile and Queen Elizabeth 1st famous meeting in front of the fire. The chatted in Latin. Although they were arch enemies for sure, they must have had...Read more\n\nThis fabulous new sovereign ring has real impact. The story depicts Granuaile and Queen Elizabeth 1st famous meeting in front of the fire. The chatted in Latin. Although they were arch enemies for sure, they must have had a mutual respect for each other in that moment, as the queen gave Granuaile a pardon and set her free. The diameter of the face of the ring is 20mm and you can order it in any size."}
-{"text": "Casandra Hart, a non denominational minister and licensed wedding officant and non denominational minister has\nbeen providing customized, couple-centered wedding ceremonies now\nfor many years.\n\nHer company, \u201cHart 2 Heart\u201d was formed after\nMs. Hart, having retired from a career as a religion teacher, and\nordained as a non-denominational minister and non denominational minister by \u201cSpiritual Unity Awareness Ministries\u201d, saw the need for weddings which reflected\nthe desires and dreams of the couples being married.\n\nIn response, she crafted unique and meaningful ceremonies and simply\nby \u201cword of mouth\u201d the demand for her services has grown!\n\nHart\n2 Heart can meet your needs for traditional as well as non-traditional\nceremonies in a setting of your choice."}
-{"text": "Female fronted black metal has delivered the goods that the press hyped DeafHaven for.Let\u2019s start by getting this out of the way up front; yes, we have a female musician in a black metal project. *Gasp.* This can be a lightning rod in music for some stupid reason, both advantageous and horribly misogynistic depending on the situation.\n\nBlack metal as a genre can mean many things to many different people. This release falls more towards the Agalloch side of the spectrum, with dashes of its more aggressive brethren. Myrkur is the brain child of Danish musician Amalie Bruun. On the first EP she did everything but drums, so she\u2019s the real deal. Excellent musician, visionary, great singer, and has talent to spare. This new full length finds members of Mayhem, Nidingr recording various instruments, produced by Garm, and a guest appearance by Christopher Amott of Arch Enemy.\n\nThe opening track, \u201cSkogen Skulle Do,\u201d starts with soft chants that let you know you\u2019re in for something different. It builds up for about forty seconds and kicks in with a heavy, yet folky sound. It works, and works beautifully. Myrkur would be a perfect soundscape to a travel documentary through lceland. Equal parts beauty and harshness.\n\nAt the two minute mark the needle moves more towards the full on black metal side, a harsh scream, that deadly and signature black metal guitar sound, and a driving bassline. Dynamics, dynamics, dynamics. Strap in, we\u2019re going on an adventure. It\u2019s a hell of a way to start the CD off \u2013 most bands build up and then promptly fall flat on their face as they can\u2019t keep the momentum going. Not a problem here.\n\n\u201cHaevnen\u201d, the second song starts off harsh as Satan himself, and then alternates between beautiful passages with lush singing contrasting harsh blasts. Deafhaven, eat your heart out. \u201cOnde Born\u201d kicks off at a mid-tempo pace with a solid driving drum and bass pattern pushing the song along. Clean vocals over a driving guitar riff with some great lead work make an excellent combo.\n\nAt this point in the CD you realize that Myrkur hasn\u2019t and won\u2019t fall into the typical traps by newer black metal bands, or women in metal that just try too hard to be extreme. Amalie isn\u2019t afraid to sing, and uses the harsh vocals when they fit, not the \u201cI\u2019m heavy look at me\u201d method you often see (Logan Mader \u2013 how did you let that happen in \u201cOnce Human?\u201d) Myrkur is all the better for it, it\u2019s a great release heavy on atmospherics, beauty, aggression, and harshness. Just how I want this type of black metal to be.\n\nInto Black Metal? Wanting a place to start? Go snag this, it\u2019s an adventure and what most bands hope to achieve. It\u2019s the perfect release that hits all the right places, and you can play it from start to finish without skipping a track. My personal favorite tracks are, \u201cSkogen Skulle Do,\u201d \u201cHaevnen,\u201d \u201cOnde Born,\u201d \u201cJeg er Guden, I er Tjenerne,\u201d and \u201cDybt I Skoven.\u201d I haven\u2019t heard an atmospheric black metal release this good in years. Looking for something more aggressive? Scope out \u201cSkadi\u201d and \u201cHaevnen.\u201d you won't be disappointed."}
-{"text": "Localization of Manufacturing in the Automotive Marketplace\n\nBuilding the new Dana Spicer Thailand Gear Plant in Rayong offered Dana another way to take a regionalized approach to manufacturing and meet the needs of its customers in the Asia-Pacific region.\n\nToday\u2019s global marketplace presents new challenges for manufacturers throughout the automotive supply chain. Achieving and sustaining a strong market position in multiple regions, simultaneously, requires companies to identify operational solutions that allow for greater adaptability. Establishing localized engineering and manufacturing facilities, and creating strong connections between them, can be an effective approach for companies to increase their organizational flexibility and efficiency in adapting to ever-changing market requirements and customer needs.\n\nAt the launch of a new or technologically improved product, a single manufacturing facility may be sufficient to handle global production demands. However, as overall demand grows, along with the number of regional supply markets and varied requirements, there is a point at which a single plant can no longer efficiently meet all supply demands. This presents a crossroads for manufacturers, and one for which the window of time for decision-making is shortened greatly by the speeds at which different regional economies are growing around the world.\n\nOne solution to this challenge that has been successfully demonstrated by companies such as Dana Holding Corp. is localization of manufacturing. Employing approximately 23,000 people in 25 countries on six continents, the company provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the automotive aftermarket with regional product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.\n\nThe decision to invest in localized production capabilities requires careful analysis. Benefits of localization can include enhanced delivery speed to regional customers; reduced importing and shipping costs; flexibility to satisfy specific customer and market requirements, including local-content requirements; the optimization of processes; and the incorporation of new practices and technologies. There are risks to consider, too. Regional market dynamics, labor demographics, government and cultural stability, local regulations, capital commitments, customer requirements, regional competition, and technological opportunities are among the factors that must be weighed in. When the analysis is executed correctly, success will follow.\n\nIn 2015, the Dana Spicer Thailand Gear Plant opened in Rayong and almost immediately proved instrumental in optimizing Dana\u2019s supply for the Asia-Pacific automotive market. The facility produces Dana\u2019s best-in-class Spicer\u00ae AdvanTEK\u00ae gear sets and supplies them throughout the region, allowing for more efficient delivery to customers. It also utilizes state-of-the-art production capabilities, such as near-net-form ring gear forgings, which creates a customizable production platform. Perhaps as important as any other factor, the facility\u2019s proximity to its customers throughout the region allows Dana to work more closely with them\u2014providing engineering solutions and advanced manufacturing technology that help Dana\u2019s customers to grow, continue expansion of the regional automotive market, and have a positive impact on the local economy.\n\nThe success of Dana\u2019s Thailand facility mirrors the company\u2019s experiences in other countries within the region. Dana\u2019s technology center in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, is an advanced research and development center that provides product and applications engineering for drivetrain, sealing, and thermal-management products for China and the Asia-Pacific region. The company also recently launched a technology center in Pune, India, that is devoted to the research, design, development, and testing of driveline products for the OEMs in the light-vehicle, commercial-vehicle, and off-highway markets.\n\nThese facilities are closely connected with each other, optimizing Dana\u2019s customer focus in the region. They are also closely connected with Dana\u2019s other technology centers, where information is quickly shared between engineers and production facilities, minimizing the time from design to production. Connections between manufacturing facilities also help to optimize global production.\n\nAs emerging economies continue accelerating the growth of regional automotive markets, companies will need to be nimble and flexible to gain or maintain their competitive footing. Based on these recent examples, sometimes it is the best policy to focus locally in order to grow globally.\n\nWe\u2019d like to hear you thoughts.\n\nHow are you addressing the need to connect your manufacturing globally?\n\nIs there a particular region of the world where you think automotive companies should be more heavily established?\n\nWelcome to Mobility Matters, Dana's new blog on all things technology. Here, we'll share our thoughts on innovations shaping the global vehicular industry today and in the future. We'll examine trends and megatrends impacting the technologies being developed, new discoveries, and interesting observations we've made at industry events.\n\nThis is a technology forum where you can interact with our technical experts, as well as exchange and challenge ideas. We hope you enjoy the content and get involved in the discussion."}
-{"text": "News\n\nSeefried, Rast Complete Magnus Lineup for Daytona\n\nDetails\n\nPublished: Sunday, 31 January 2016 19:24\n\nDAYTONA BEACH, Fl. (January 7, 2015)- Although this year\u2019s Rolex 24 at Daytona will mark the first event for Magnus Racing in their new Audi R8 LMS, the car will be the only new component of the team as they announce the completion of their four-driver lineup. Having both taken victory in Magnus machinery before, Marco Seefried and Ren\u00e9 Rast will join full-season drivers John Potter and Andy Lally in the No. 44 machine with a combined total of six victories at the famed season opener of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship.\n\n\u201cThis was the exact lineup we were hoping for, and we couldn\u2019t be happier with our prospects,\u201d stated Magnus Racing team owner and co-driver John Potter. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a great history with both Marco and Ren\u00e9, and beyond being incredibly quick and reliable in the car, they\u2019ve both proven an instant fit with our way of working. It\u2019s great to get the whole group back together, and with a new car taking us into the race, we know consistency in every other aspect is critical.\u201d\n\nReturning to Magnus after sharing victory at the Rolex 24 in 2012, Ren\u00e9 Rast will head to Daytona in the hopes of maintaining a 100% win rate with the team. Playing a critical role in the organization\u2019s first win nearly four years ago, the German has had an incredible career since signing as a factory driver for Audi and proceeding to compete and win in such series as ADAC GT Masters, the Blancpain Endurance Series and more. Most notably, the 28-year-old was given the opportunity to compete in the prestigious Audi R18 e-tron during the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a high honor to drive one of the most revered LMP1 machines in history.\n\nWith Magnus Racing driving Audi machinery for this year\u2019s race, the choice to bring in Rast was clear.\n\n\u201cI have great memories with everyone at Magnus Racing, and it\u2019s very special to return,\u201d stated Rast. \u201cA lot has happened since 2012, but that event was a career highlight for me and very special to share with such a great team. This new 2016 Audi R8 LMS is a fantastic car and should be very well suited to Daytona. I\u2019m very eager to earn another victory for the team and Audi, and we definitely have the lineup to do it.\u201d\n\nDriving his sixth race with the team, Marco Seefried is opening up his 2016 campaign after a stellar 2015 season. Competing in IMSA, the Blancpain Endurance Series, as well as VLN, the German also took part in a full season of the World Endurance Championship, where he took a victory and three podiums, including a third at the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. Additionally, Seefried took podium honors with Magnus Racing at the Six Hours of the Glen last year, his third podium with the team including a victory at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in 2014.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s always a joy to return to Magnus Racing,\u201d stated Seefried. \u201cIt\u2019s such a fun and warm team, but also incredibly competitive. The new Audi looks really strong and I think at Daytona it should be a real contender. Anything can happen at this race, but with John, Andy, Ren\u00e9 and the whole team, I\u2019m very excited to see where this race goes.\u201d\n\nOfficial testing for the race begins tomorrow, January 8, as part of the annual Roar Before the 24, a three-day event in which all IMSA teams are invited to take part in the first official pre-season test. The Rolex 24 at Daytona will take place on Saturday, January 30, with series\u2019 television coverage still to be announced."}
-{"text": "A lot of testing went into 4.2.1 and WhoDo has put in a huge effort. He probably still vaguely recalls that he had a real life once! Warren, take a well-deserved rest.\n\nThe \"Package Coordinator\" job should be much less demanding, no stress to meet deadlines, etc. I'll send you a p.m. with a few details.\n\nPosted on 22 May 2009, 21:09\n\nComments:\n\nPosted on 24 May 2009, 8:05 by dogoneBravo 4.2.1!It delights me to the first to respond, \"Bravo!\". Puppy 4.2.1 is superb! Providing what feedback I could, I largely watched as our mighty devs combed the fleas from 421's coat. Well the hard work has paid off handsomely. 421's coat shines like best of breed. My congratulations to all involved. You have created something we all can be very proud of. Thank you!"}
-{"text": "About International College\n\nAs one of the 19 colleges (or faculties) under Ningbo University (NBU), the\n\nInternational College boasts advanced academic facilities and enjoys an international atmosphere. It serves as the university\u2019s window of introducing advanced international education resources and exporting China\u2019s higher education, and as well as its cradle of fostering international students and globalized professionals. In accordance with the college motto of \u201cVirtuous and Versatile, Innovational and International\u201d, the college persists in offering quality education with the student-\n\noriented notion, and as a result, has established a unique internationalized education mode with various levels, standard administration and remarkable characteristics.\n\nIn international educational cooperation, the college has established several successful cooperative or joint programs at various levels. NBU-UM BBA Program offers 2+2 or 4+0 modules for bachelor degree study with mutual credit transfer between NBU and UM. Accounting Program (CGA Concentration) adopts a dual-certificate module of curriculum in cooperation with CGA. Accounting Program (ACCA Concentration) adopts a dual-certificate module of curriculum in cooperation with ACCA. NBU-Humber Joint IBA Program offers a 2+1+X module of study leading to a three-year specialty diploma from Humber Institute and a bachelor degree diploma from another university in North America. NBU-UC Joint MBA Program offers courses jointly delivered by famous professors from both NBU and UC.\n\nIn social service and training, the college hosts institutions including CGA Ningbo Training Center which is the only authorized training organization in the mainland of China by CGA Association, Ningbo University Overseas Study Service which provides excellent service to those who aspire to further their study in foreign countries, and Ningbo University HSK Test Center which provides convenience to the foreigners who take the Chinese language proficiency test.\n\nIn international student education and cultural exchange, a holistic structure has been formed ranging from short-term language programs to undergraduate degree and master degree programs for international students. In particular, the college offers Chinese language undergraduate program, BBA undergraduate program and MBA program. Courses of BBA and MBA are taught in English. And the success of the Iceland Northern Lights Confucius Institute greatly enhances the educational cooperation and cultural exchanges between China and Iceland.\n\nThe college boasts three professional teaching groups specializing in business management, English language and Chinese language. All teachers have overseas educational background. In addition, 10 to 15 foreign teachers are employed annually. The college sponsors some regular academic and student activities characteristic of internationalization and professionalism, i.e. \u201cInternational Expert Lecture\u201d, \u201cSino-Australian MBA Forum\u201d, \u201cNingbo Accounting Forum\u201d, and \u201cRainbow Bridge\u201d which is to show the talents of the international students. Currently, there are about 800 Chinese students and over 400 overseas students annually at the college.\n\nIn the last decade since its foundation, the college has fostered over 300 advanced professional managers, over 2,000 graduates specializing in international business management, and over 1,800 overseas students from 80 countries around the globe. Thanks to its sufficient educational experience and outstanding administration, International College of NBU has won enormous praise and recognition from various circles of the society, made great devotion to both the local economic / social development and Sino-foreign cultural exchanges."}
-{"text": "A future and a hope! Jeremiah 29:11-13\n\nMarch 12, 2012\n\nFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.\n\nIsaiah 50:4\n\nThe Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. (KJV)\n\nSearch\n\nSearch for:\n\nEmail\n\nEnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email."}
-{"text": "The following submission was made to\nthe Isle of Man's Department of Home Affairs in response to a call for\nsubmissions on the draft Anti Terrorism and Crime Bill. 5th April 2002\n\nThe history of the UK's Prevention of\nTerrorism Act in the Isle of Man (any arguments about this legislation\nbeing \"Manx\" are impertinent) renders this legislation without credibility.\nIt has been infamously invoked on the strength of a malicious and unsupported\nallegation against a totally innocent Irish family in Ramsey. It was used\nto send armed officers to the flat of then prominent homosexual rights\ncampaigner, Alan Shea, again on the strength of a malicious and unsupported\ncall to the police. The law permitting intimate body searches, opposed\nby Mec Vannin, was also first used against a visitor on the strength of\na malicious allegation.\n\nThis indicates that the authorities in\nthe Isle of Man are not sufficiently responsible to have such extensive\npowers and this view has been more recently reinforced by the arrests made\nunder the name of \"Operation Safe\" (the details of this operation and the\nlack of convictions against many of those arrested can be obtained elsewhere).\nIt also proves that existing legislation contains insufficient safeguards\nto prevent the abuses mentioned. The lack of safe-guards is evident in\nthe proposed Bill.\n\nAs is admitted in the preamble, the proposed\nBill is developed from the UKlegislation and is another depressing instance\nof copy-cat legislation. Disturbingly, however, it has previously been\nclaimed that failure to adopt such legislation under the name of the government\nin the Isle of Man would result in the UK government implementing it directly.\nAs such, it is an example of the government in the Isle of Man being a\ntool of the UK government to achieve its own ideological ends which are,\nmore than ever, closely tied to the ideological objectives of the United\nStates of America.\n\nThe USA's behaviour since the events of\nSeptember 11th 2001 have caused considerably more international concern\nthan we, in a very heavily pro-UK (and hence US) media environment, are\ngenerally made aware. Even so, the lack of international support cannot\nhelp but show through in the cracks. The USA's unilateral direct actions\nin other sovereign jurisdictions, often on the strength of nothing better\nthan suspicion, are not supportable in an international context. The bombing\nof a Sudanese medical factory and the invasion of Grenada are but two examples\nwhich are, under the proposed legislation's own clauses,terrorism (1(2))\nwhich brings us to the rhetorical question of application: Are \"western\"\ngovernments and their agencies implicitly exempted?\n\nIn this instance, the International Convention\nfor the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, New York, 9 December\n1999 is cited as the incentive for adopting this legislation. This Convention\nclosed for signature in December 2001. Having legislation in place is not\na prerequisite for signing and, as a colonial administration of the UK,\nthe government in the Isle of Man is not capable of signing in its own\nright. Subject to the UK having signed, the government in the Isle of Man\ncouldask the Convention to be extended at any\ntime provided that a commitment to implement the requirements was given.\nGiven that this Convention has been around for over two years, the sudden\n\"urgency\" that has limited any proper public debate is, at best, suspicious.\n\nIn the final analysis, there is nothing\nin the proposed Bill that cannot be achieved under other existing legislation,\nalbeit with modification in certain instances. If the regulations to prevent\nthe use of the Isle of Man for financial crime even approached the levels\npreviously claimed, compliance with the UN Convention would already be\nin place.\n\nThe UN convention cited as the reason for\nthis legislation ONLY applies to funding and collection of funds for acts\ndefined as \"terrorism\" and, as such, all that is required (yet again) is\nthat the deficient regulation of the finance sector be addressed.\n\n\"The Convention requires each State Party\nto take appropriate measures, in accordance with its domestic legal principles,\nfor the detection and freezing, seizure or forfeiture of any funds used\nor allocated for the purposes of committing the offences described.\"\n\nJust how such provisions were not included\nin existing legislation regarding financial crime is a matter for us to\nspeculate upon, as is the reason for urgency to rush through legislation\nto allegedly comply with a UN Convention that was established over two\nyears ago.\n\nProviding the public with a mere fortnight\nto make meaningful submission to a Bill of 147 pages in total is laughable.\nIt is, at the same time, apparent that considerable private consultation\nwith the finance industry took place before drawing up this legislation.\nSince this legislation provides extensive powers to arrest, detain and\nsearch individuals and their properties, assets etc. the undue prominence\ngiven to exempting those working within \"regulated businesses\" reveals\nthis legislation to benothing more than a cosmetic sop to the\nUN Convention whilst providing a dangerously powerful tool towards advancing\nthe police state.\n\nWithout prejudice to our view that this\nlegislation is superfluous:\n\nThe reliance upon a UK register of proscribed\norganisations is unacceptable (2(1)). If this is to comply with an International\nConvention, then an international yard-stick must be used.\n\nThe Governor in Council should not be given\nany additional powers under any legislation (2(2), (2(3)). This is\ncontrary to the development of independence and the de-colonisation of\nthe Isle of Man by the UK.\n\nAspects of section 4 are open to abuse\nand could impinge on freedom of thought and expression.\n\nThe disclosure exemptions relating to \"regulated\nsector\" (11) is a demonstration of the political grip in which the finance\nindustry holds the government in the Isle of Man. Reliable information\nsupplied to MecVannin indicates that internal investigation procedures\nwithin the \"regulated sector\" are flawed and are more to give the appearance\nof regulation rather than actual regulation.\n\nWhereas performing any act that assists\nsomeone when criminal activity is suspected can be reasonably outlawed,\nmaking it an offence not to report a mere suspicion is unsustainable. Conversely,\nthe express exemption of those employed in the primary areas that this\nBill is aimed at to allow their employers to internalise the matter is\na nonsense. Irrespective of their type of employment, if a person performs\nan act that they have reasonable grounds to suspect as assisting criminal\nbehaviour, then an offence can be deemed to have been committed.\n\nUnder this legislation, an employee (other\nthan those working in the industry most likely to encounter the alleged\nsubject of the Bill) will be required to literally go running to the police\non nothing more than suspicion without first consulting their employer\nor without obtaining any substantiation for their suspicion, or risk being\naccused of an offence. The police are then bound to act and the result\nis a gross invasion of privacy.\n\nComplementary to this dangerous shift away\nfrom reasonable grounds and towards investigation and detention without\ndue cause is the repeated necessity to prove innocence under a host of\nclauses. The proof of innocence is virtually impossible and is entirely\nagainst natural justice.This is further reflective of a police state mentality.\n\nThe police powers and Counter Terrorist\nMeasures sections are yet further effective carte-blanche for police action\nthat by-passes the normal prerequisites for protection of civil liberties.\nMuch of the legislation is straight forward duplication of existing legislation,\nsuch as the Maritime Securities Act, the Criminal Justice Act and various\nActs relating to financial crime.\n\nIn conclusion, Mec Vannin can offer no\nsupport for this Bill. It must be re-iterated that the proper way to implement\ncompliance with the UN Convention is to modify existing financial crimes\nlegislation whilst addressing the erosion of individual rights that has\ntaken place on the excuse of \"preventing terrorism\" over the past two decades."}
-{"text": "Interstate 35 runs\nfor 234 miles in Kansas, which is about the same as its distance\nin Oklahoma. It begins its journey in Kansas just north of\nBraman, Oklahoma. The Kansas Turnpike also begins at the state\nline. Tolls do not begin to add up until after Exit 4 (U.S.\n81/U.S. 166) so for travelers heading north who don't want to pay\ntoll, Exit 4 is the last toll-free exit.\n\nIn Spring 2003, a\nmuch-needed brand new toll plaza was completed at mile marker 17,\nwhich replaced the outdated toll plaza which was located\nunderneath U.S. 160 at mile marker 19. The Kansas Turnpike uses a\nticket-based toll collection system, that is, at the point of\nentry onto the turnpike motorists receive a ticket, and then when\nthey exit off the turnpike or reach the eastern (northern) end\nwest of Kansas City or the southern end at Exit 19, the toll is\ncollected. Back to the Interstate, on the way to Wichita, one may\nexit at Exit 33 (U.S. 81/KS 53) or Exit 39 (U.S. 81). Exits\nserving Wichita are Exit 42 (I-135/235 North/U.S. 81), Exit 45\n(KS 15), Exit 50 (U.S. 54/400), and Exit 53 (KS 96). Along the\nremaining 74 miles of Interstate 35 on the Kansas Turnpike are\nexits for Andover (Exit 57), KS 196/254 (Exit 71), U.S. 77 (Exit\n76), KS 177 (Exit 92), and Interstate 35 North/U.S. 50 (Exit\n127). Yes that is correct - there are 34 miles between the last\ntwo interchanges. (Unless you want to count the Cattle Pens\nexits!)\n\nInterstate 35 has now\nexited off the Kansas Turnpike and has entered Emporia. If you've\nbeen on the turnpike since Exit 4, then you will be paying $4.75\nat the toll booth at the exit. Following the toll plaza U.S. 50\nheads straight and Interstate 35 exits left. It skirts the\nnorthern part of Emporia (pop. 26,760), a city I know quite well\nbecause my grandparents lived there when they were alive and\nroadtrips to Emporia were a big part of my childhood. In Emporia,\nthere are exits for Industrial Rd. (Exit 128), KS 99 (Exit 130),\nBurlingame Rd. (Exit 131), and U.S. 50 West (Exit 133).\n\nInterstate 35 is now\njoined with U.S. 50 and the two highways head due east. Exit 155\nat U.S. 75 is known to locals as the BETO junction. The acronym\nis of four nearby places that Interstate 35 and U.S. 75 go\nthrough: Burlington (U.S. 75 South of I-35), Emporia (I-35 South\nwest of U.S. 75), Topeka (U.S. 75 North of I-35), and Ottawa\n(I-35 North east of U.S. 75). Speaking of Ottawa (pop. 11,921),\nthat is the next major town along Interstate 35. Following U.S.\n75 the interstate begins taking a turn to the north once again\nbut is still heading mostly east. In Ottawa, there are exits for\nformer Business U.S. 50 (Exit 182), U.S. 59, (recently changed\nfrom a cloverleaf to a diamond-Exit 183), 15th St. (Exit 185) and\nKS 68 (Exit 187).\n\nU.S. 56 joins\nInterstate 35 and U.S. 50 at Exit 210 in Gardner and the three\nhighways head toward the Kansas City area. The speed limit, which\nhas been 70 since Emporia, falls to 65 before the U.S. 169\nSouth/KS 7 exit (Exit 215) in Olathe. After that exit, there are\nfour different highways signed on one road (Interstate 35/U.S.\n169 North, U.S. 50/56 East) for a few miles until Exits 223A-B\n(Interstate 435), then U.S. 50 and 169 head east on Kansas City's\nouter loop. U.S. 69 merges with Interstate 35 and U.S. 56 at\nsouthbound-only Exit 225B and are signed until Exit 228B, when\nU.S. 56 and 69 head east on the Shawnee Mission Parkway. Just\nthree miles later, however, U.S. 69 merges back with Interstate\n35 at Exit 231 (Interstate 635 North/U.S. 69 South), but this\ntime U.S. 69 exits off just a mile later at Exits 232B-C (U.S. 69\nNorth/18th St. Parkway). The final major exit in Kansas is at\nExit 234 for U.S. 169, and then before you know it, you're in\ndowntown Kansas City at the \"Alphabet Loop,\" where\nalmost all 26 letters in the alphabet are used for an exit at the\ninterchange of Interstates 29, 35, 70, 670, and U.S. 71.\n\nPICTURES\n\n\"Welcome to\nKansas\" sign as Interstate 35\nenters the Sunflower State. The final free exit\nis in four miles. (Top photo taken 5/19/03,\nbottom photo taken 8/8/04)\n\nInterstate 35 North near the toll plaza.\nK-Tag is the Kansas electronic toll payment\nsystem, much like PikePass in Oklahoma\nand EZPass in the northeast. (Photo taken\n8/8/04)\n\nInterstate 35 North at the Southern Terminal\ntoll plaza. The toll plaza was completed in\nMay 2003 and is much nicer than the old,\ncrowded one, which sat underneath U.S.\n160 two miles ahead. (Photo taken\n8/8/04)\n\nInterstate 35 North at Exit 33 -\nU.S. 81/K-53 -\nMulvane. U.S. 81, is actually located\nhalf a mile west of this interchange, but is\nsigned on each sign between here and Exit\n42 (Interstate 135 & Interstate 235). (Top\nphoto taken\n9/28/02, bottom photo taken\n8/8/04)\n\nInterstate 35 North\nat Exit 42 - Interstate 135/\nInterstate 235/U.S. 81 - Wichita/Salina. Three\nhighways are signed at this exit, but only one\nof them begins here! U.S. 81 merges with\nInterstate 135 at Exit 1B, and Interstate 235\nbegins at I-135's Exit 1C. (Top photo taken\n9/28/02, bottom photo taken 8/8/04)\n\nInterstate 35 North\nmileage sign around\nmile marker 221. Interstate 435 is one mile\nahead, from three different perspectives.(Top photo taken 11/30/02, middle photo\ntaken 7/1/03, bottom photo taken 8/9/04)\n\nInterstate 35 North approaching Exit 232A -\nLamar Ave. - 3/4 mile. The collector/\ndistributor lane to the left has an exit to\nInterstate 635 North here as well. (Photo\ntaken 8/9/04)\n\nInterstate 35 South\nat Exit 231B - U.S. 69\nSouth - Metcalf Ave. (Photo taken 6/30/03)\n\nInterstate 35 South\nat Exit 231A - Interstate\n635. It's difficult to tell that there is even an\nexit here, considering that the sign for the\nexit is about 1/100 the size of the advance\nsignage for U.S. 69 South! (Photo taken\n6/30/03)"}
-{"text": "Today, I decided to try fixing it at 24mbps and was surprised to see that everything is finally working smoothly. A speed test confirms that my down speed is now about 10 times higher.\n\n24Mbps isn't necessarily going to work for everyone. 54Mbps doesn't work for you because the connection can't handle it. 24Mbps works for me because the connection does seem to be able to handle it. 36Mbps may work for you, depending on how good your connection is, or it may be in fact only 1, 2 or 5.5Mbps that it can handle.\n\nNote that if you set it to a fixed rate, and you experience interference, your wireless may stop working entirely, because it can't transfer at the higher fixed speeds with the poorer connection quality.\n\nWould I be crazy if I said I have this exact same issue with a WRT54G v 1.0 (in AP mode)? I already posted about it in another thread, but this seems to be more relevant.\n\nI recently upgraded to this: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) mini(SVN revision 14929), with one step of \"bad\" preSP2 build in between (from the router database) and the wireless speed is now garbage, goes down to ~2MB on the status page and won't go back up no matter what settings I try (and I've tried everything suggested in this thread!). The wireless has been fine before, I believe I used a SP1 build when it worked well (installed a couple of years ago with no issues), I went to preSP2 after seeing all the suggestions on this board and now the wireless has been borked for a good few weeks at least. It has gone up and down, but mainly it's stuck at an insufferably low speed, wired is fine.\n\nI wish I could remember what SP1 build I used before... it seemed to work well enough, and it's pretty hard to find SP1 recommendations around here, but that seems to be what I need.\n\nSo if I really, really need a SP1 build for my WRT54G v. 1.0, which is slightly less horrible than the rest? And where can I find it?\n\nAnd if someone could find the time, what is it that's so horrible about SP1? What should I look out for? Is it anything that'll give me trouble as a very basic user?\n\nI'm so tired of having to deal with this, I've tried EVERYTHING, it must be due to buggy firmware...\n\nAnyway, I hope that wasn't too OT to post here.\n\n*I'd even go for stock firmware now that I think about it, where can I find that? Could I still run AP-mode on stock (WRT54G wired to a primary router)? Stock would be a last resort however.\n\nStock firmware can be found here:\nhttp://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WRT54G\nAs mentioned earlier, my WRT54GL 1.1 works like a charm again with simple stock firmware. Ok, I miss all the nice features of DD-WRT, but the family is happy with a reliable and up speed connection, that counts the most.\nAnd yes, you can hook up the router behind another router, as router (stock firmware can't be set to AP mode). Make sure to give both different IP ranges.\n\ni also have a wrt54g2 v1 and i cant go back to stock firmware coz im using it for repeater purposes and stock doesnt have this option.. so is 14929 build will be ok any suggestions in settings or ill go back to build 10015 for more stable but they said its a bad build but for my wrt54g2 v1 its been the most stable\n\nSo I don't mean to revive a dead thread or anything like that. But I am only posting here in hopes that in the near future somebody googling with the same issue I had finds my solution.\n\nI agree that it is a bug, it'll report 2mpbs and that's what will happen is 2mbps. My WRT54G2 v1 is running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/30/0 micro - build 10709M NEWD Eko (screw it, CRTL+V) I've followed all of red hawks advice, it worked and then didn't, i was skimming through pages of this thread and duly noticed the fixed transmission rate. I had nothing to lose.\n\nSo, it's simple, just set the transmission rate to a fixed 54mpbs and it'll stay there, probably because you told it too\n\nSo to veryify this worked I had my buddy setup a massive 200GB random file of BS on his FTP and let me download and full bore all night, I kept logs incase the DD-WRT page was updated, needless to say, all night, every second of every hour was a solid 54mpbs\n\nPlease don't kill me for reviving this thread, just hoping it helps someone else. Also would like to thank redhawk for showing up in multiple google searches fixing about 99.9% of my DD-WRT troubles.\n\nThe forced fix rate may not work for everyone. It didn't for me. While my WRT54G2 would indicate a rate of 54, the actual speed was low, under 10 mbps, when transferring data. Others, see page 11 of this thread, reported that forcing it to a fixed rate didn't help them either.\n\nRe-flashed my WRT54G2 back to the Linksys stock firmware and so far the wireless speed has been better than it was under DDWRT.\n\nBeen using NEWD_Micro.bin build 12548 for the past 3 hours and so far the Rate doesn't drop below 36 Mbps with the Wireless Channel set to 11, the TX Power at the default 71mW, and the Transmission Fixed Rate set to the default Auto.\n\nWill have to do some testing and leave it running for a while to see if anything changes.\n\nUpdate: Well WRT54G2 V1 router fell back into dropping the wireless rate down to 1 to 2 mbps the minute I tried to transfer a large file (500Mb) across the wireless network. Changed the TX rate to 35, router worked fine for almost three hours then locked up and dropped all wireless connections while trying to watch video content on a Roku 2 XS connected wirelessly. Router was unresponsive, couldn't not access the administrative pages or status pages via wired computer. Rebooting the router was the only fix.\n\nPulled the cover off the router and the Broadcom chip was extremely hot to the touch. Other chips were warm but did not burn my finger like the Broadcom chip did. With cover off and TX rate set to 50, transferred a 2GB file via wireless the rate bounced around from 54 to 34 to 24 down to 18 then back up to 34.\n\nForced rate to 54, TX at 71, wireless rate indicated 54, however the transfer was much slower for same 2gb file.\n\nThe bandwidth monitoring - wireless graph fluctuated around the 10 Mbps during most of my testing. However, when forcing the rate to 54 and the TX to 71 the graph bounced all over the place from 10 down to 1 Mbps.\n\nCurrently have the cover off with the TX rate set to 40 and the rate fluctuates between 36 and 48 mbps when transfering large files otherwise it stays at 54 Mbps.\n\nAnother update. Even with the cover off the rate would fluctuate and eventually drop to 1-2 Mbps. Sometimes the router would go for hours (six or more) before the rate drop, other times it would drop within 2 minutes of power cycling the router. A couple of times the router simply locked up and dropped all clients and is inaccessible until it was power cycled. Forcing the fixed rate, changing the TX power settings would work for a time, but eventually my router would drop the rate back down to 1-2 Mbps.\n\nWish there was a solid answer as to which firmware version to use and how to configure DD-WRT so it doesn't drop the wireless speed on this router. Even with the stock Linksys firmware my WRT54G2 behaves erratically. Of course the simple answer is use a better router. My tinkering nature however keeps me coming back and tinkering with DD-WRT on the WRT54G2.\n\nSo I don't mean to revive a dead thread or anything like that. But I am only posting here in hopes that in the near future somebody googling with the same issue I had finds my solution.\n\nI agree that it is a bug, it'll report 2mpbs and that's what will happen is 2mbps. My WRT54G2 v1 is running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/30/0 micro - build 10709M NEWD Eko (screw it, CRTL+V) I've followed all of red hawks advice, it worked and then didn't, i was skimming through pages of this thread and duly noticed the fixed transmission rate. I had nothing to lose.\n\nSo, it's simple, just set the transmission rate to a fixed 54mpbs and it'll stay there, probably because you told it too\n\nSo to veryify this worked I had my buddy setup a massive 200GB random file of BS on his FTP and let me download and full bore all night, I kept logs incase the DD-WRT page was updated, needless to say, all night, every second of every hour was a solid 54mpbs\n\nPlease don't kill me for reviving this thread, just hoping it helps someone else. Also would like to thank redhawk for showing up in multiple google searches fixing about 99.9% of my DD-WRT troubles.\n\nhmmm i am using a repeater mode for my wrt54g2 v1 and fixed rate of 54mbps dont work for me when i make it to 54mbps it dont have internet and the yellow light dont light up\n\nTftp the DD-WRT firmware to the router, use \"dd-wrt.v24-10709_NEWD_micro.bin\" that you downloaded in step 2; after sucessful tftp, wait 3 min for the router to finish writing new nvram deafults, etc... It should reboot on its own at least two times, so give it 3 min and then go to http://192.168.1.1 (If it not reboot on its own, wait another 1 min, and then power cycle it)\n\n8. When if finishes booting up...do a hard reset on the unit...let it boot again, and configure.\n\n9. Upgrade the NEWD_Micro.bin build 12548 after you have dd-wrt running, following the steps in note 1 of the peacock announcement\n\n1. With the build 12548 I experienced the \"transfer rate dropping\" issue. I monitored the \"Rate\" through the DD-WRT \"Status\" page and confirmed the issue. This was with Ubuntu 12.04.\n2. I tried to change firmware to build 14929, being mentioned as the still-recommended version: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52043\n3. Tried to do the transfer of the same 5GB worth of music files and then monitored again via the DD-WRT GUI. The performance was better and never saw the \"Rate\" fluctuate...it was consistent at the 54Mbps measure.\n\nOne thing though: I tried the transfer while on build 14929 on Windows 8. I will try the same in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and revert back. But I wanted to report this early on in the hopes that this may help provide more insights to the thread.\n\nBy the way, big thanks to the community, and great job! My reason for switching from official Linksys firmware to DD-WRT was to \"disable\" the WPS feature (to protect from Reaver attacks).\n\nUpdate (10.24.2012 12:14pm +8 GMT):\n\nFriends,\n\nTransferring the same set of files (5GB) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I am experiencing a very slow transfer rate. On the DD-WRT GUI page (\"Rate\" under \"Status\" page) I am seeing 5.5Mbps.\n\nFiles are being transferred via Filezilla 3.5.3 (same version of Filezilla that I used when I transferred files on Windows .\n\nI booted back to Windows 8 and tried the transfer again (same set of files) for 3 times and the results are consistent as my findings earlier (great transfer rate at 54Mbps).\n\nHence at this point, I am not sure if it's the Operating System that is the factor/variable, or the driver of the wireless card that I'm using (WMP110 RangePlus, PCI card wireless b/g).\n\nUpdate (10.28.2012 18:19pm +8 GMT):\n\nHi Friends,\n\nApparently, after a few days I started to see the drop in connection as well, even in MS Windows 8 (version 14929). Following the post from the guy the previous page (last post) where he tried out the latest firmware at the time (which was dd-wrt.v24-17990_NEWD_micro-plus_ssh.bin) where he had success after a month of monitoring, I then tried today version dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD_micro-plus_ssh.bin. So far so good and this one looks better. Will revert back with updates. I will again try the same exercise (file transfer of a large collection of mp3 files), as well as monitor my Internet connection. Although just to share, as far as Internet connection goes, DSL in my country is just at an average of 1.5 to 2 Mbps (most likely the reported drops down to 1-2 Mbps won't matter to me as already explained in a previous post above), so I am really just checking out file transfers via wi-fi here. But just like to share that in version 14929 I have experienced some loss of Internet connectivity via wi-fi (tried to deduce by directly attaching my DSL modem to my computer and no problems). Crossing my fingers.\n\nUpdate (10.28.2012 18:24pm +8 GMT):\n\nHi Friends,\n\nApparently, after a few days I started to see the drop in connection as well, even in MS Windows 8 (version 14929). Following the post from the guy the previous page (last post) where he tried out the latest firmware at the time (which was dd-wrt.v24-17990_NEWD_micro-plus_ssh.bin) where he had success after a month of monitoring, I then tried today version dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD_micro-plus_ssh.bin. So far so good and this one looks better. Currently transferring 2.3GB worth of music files and \"Rate\" shows 54 Mbps even in Ubuntu 12.04.\n\nWill revert back with updates. I will again try the same exercise (file transfer of a large collection of mp3 files), as well as monitor my Internet connection. Although just to share, as far as Internet connection goes, DSL in my country is just at an average of 1.5 to 2 Mbps (most likely the reported drops down to 1-2 Mbps won't matter to me as already explained in a previous post above), so I am really just checking out file transfers via wi-fi here. But just like to share that in version 14929 I have experienced some loss of Internet connectivity via wi-fi (tried to deduce by directly attaching my DSL modem to my computer and no problems).\n\nI am using the 12548 build referenced in the wiki on my wrt54g2 v1 and get a constant 25 mbps +/- 3-4 mbps so I consider that very good considering if not for DD-WRT I would have scrapped my linksys on account of the reaver vulnerability._________________WRT54G2V1\nDD-WRT v24-sp2 (07/22/09) micro(SVN revision 12548M NEWD Eko)\n\nI am using the 12548 build referenced in the wiki on my wrt54g2 v1 and get a constant 25 mbps +/- 3-4 mbps so I consider that very good considering if not for DD-WRT I would have scrapped my linksys on account of the reaver vulnerability.\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forumYou can attach files in this forumYou can download files in this forum"}
-{"text": "The Ummah is going to be visited very soon by a guest whose rank and status is beyond our imagination. The guest is the blessed month of Ramadan.\n\nYes, indeed. Ramadan is a guest that will come and very shortly depart. Unlike other guests, it requires nothing. Rather it grants such abundant blessings to those who will appreciate and honor it that these blessings cannot be achieved at other times. Should we then not be enthusiastic about the arrival of this Month?\n\nRasulullah (\ufdfa) used to so eagerly await the arrival of the month of Ramadan that from the time the moon of Rajab was sighted he would make the following dua: \u201cO Allah, bless us in the month of Rajab and Sha\u2019ban and allow us to reach Ramadan.\u201d -Shu\u2018abul Imaan, 3534.\n\nFlee from Sins During Ramadan\n\nFlee from sins during Ramadan.\n\nWhat is the true appreciation and honor of this most distinguished guest? Simply to immerse oneself in the remembrance of Allah.\n\nThe bottom line of taqwa is abstention from all sin. Thus if one engages in all acts of worship but does not refrain from sin, he has defeated the purpose of Ramadan.\n\nIt is therefore vitally important that we totally abstain from all sin in this month. One has to be especially careful about guarding the eyes and ears against sin as well as refraining from backbiting since one falls into these sins very easily.\n\nIf just this one month is passed diligently without the commission of any sin, inshaAllah the next eleven months will pass likewise.\n\nAs for nafl worship, among the various good actions, Rasulullah (\ufdfa) is reported to have exhorted the Ummah to engage excessively in the following four aspects in the month of Ramadan: Recitation of the Kalimah, Istighfar (seeking forgiveness), begging for Jannah and seeking refuge from Jahannum. -Saheeh Ibni Khuzaimah, 1887.\n\nEid Shopping and Eid Celebration Preparation During Ramadan\n\nEid celebration preparation during Ramadan.\n\nOne aspect that has exceeded the bounds is \u201cEid shopping\u201d. Most definitely the Day of \u2018Eid is a joyous occasion.\n\nRasulullah (\ufdfa) has encouraged that one should don the best clothing that he owns on this day.\n\nHowever, there is no mention anywhere that one must purchase new clothing, shoes, etc. for every member of the family, even if this means falling into debt. Simply, one must don the best clothing in one\u2019s possession.\n\nOne evil of the present custom of \u201cEid shopping\u201d is that the valuable hours of Ramadan are spent going from shop to shop or sizing garments. That time which should have been spent in the recitation of the Quran, zikr and salat is wasted in elaborate preparations for Eid.\n\nThe true Eid, in reality, is for that person who has fruitfully spent the precious moments of Ramadan and has earned the forgiveness of Allah.\n\nFurthermore, Eid is an Islamic occasion. Does it make sense that on this extremely auspicious Islamic occasion we are draped in Western fashion? At least on this day, one should be attired in the Sunnah clothing for the entire day \u2014 not only until Eid Salaah.\n\nMay Allah grant us the ability to use the month of Ramadan profitably and may He save us from wasting its valuable moments. Ameen.\n\nThis is a selected article of Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyas Patel from a book that was originally published by Madrasah Taleemuddeen. We are publishing it as per their written permission with little language improvement. May Allah grant us the ability to be benefited from this article. Ameen."}
-{"text": "Kayra Su\n\nAs the Londo Bell's number two pilot - second, of course, to Amuro Ray - Kayra fills in as mobile suit team leader while the famous ace is away. Initially a Jegan pilot, she inherits Amuro's Re-GZ after the completion of the \u03bd Gundam. Kayra's courage and cheerful personality are inspirational to the Londo Bell's soldiers, but her skills prove insufficient to battle Neo Zeon's Newtypes. She has a relationship with Astonaige Medoz and tells him that she loves him just before her final sortie, though Astonaige apparently didn't catch that.\n\nIn battle with Gyunei Guss, the Re-GZ is heavily damaged and she is taken captive. Gyunei attempts to capture Amuro and the \u03bd Gundam, but when Amuro's Fin Funnels instinctively rescue Amuro, Gyunei kills Kayra, breaking her spine. Amuro takes her death hard, realizing that the Fin Funnels were tuned too sensitive."}
-{"text": "The item cannot be added to your registry. Please select alternate item(s) or consider purchasing the item(s) now!The item(s) you want to add may not be available for purchase from your registry in the future. Consider purchasing the item(s) now, and check your local store if we are out of stock online.Please make a selection to add to registry.\n\nThe item cannot be added to your wish list. Please select alternate item(s) or consider purchasing the item(s) now!The item(s) you want to add may not be available for purchase from your Wish List in the future. Consider purchasing the item(s) now, and check your local store if we are out of stock online.Please make a selection to add to wish list.\n\nSpecial Offers\n\nFREE Shipping on ANY purchase of $49 or more. Surcharges may apply on heavy/large items - Free Shipping (Details)\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe perfect blanket for your baby to snuggle, this CoCaLo Sugar Plum Soft & Cozy Blanket is warm, cozy, and light. 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CoCaLo is taken from the names of Renee's two daughters, Courtenay and Catherine Lowe, who were an inspiration to the start of the company.\n\nFeatures\n\n78% acrylic, 22% polyester\n\nWarm, cozy, and light\n\n\"Great for playtime or naptime, the blanket can be used in a crib, car seat, stroller, or as a play mat\"\n\nMeasures 36\" x 40\"\n\nAdditional Info\n\n\u201cR\u201dWeb#:460284\n\nSKU:01740B27\n\nUPC/EAN/ISBN:680601305669\n\nManufacturer #: 716095\n\nProduct Weight:1 pounds\n\nProduct Dimensions (in inches):10.5 x 9.5 x 3.1\n\nHow to Get It\n\nShipping Info:\n\nThis item can be shipped to the entire United States including Alaska, Hawaii, and all U.S. territories including Puerto Rico\n\nThis item can also be shipped to APO/FPO addresses and to P.O. Boxes in all 50 states\n\nShipping Methods:\n\nThis item may be shipped via Standard Shipping, Expedited Shipping or Express Shipping\n\nPlease Note: Some addresses are eligible for Standard Shipping only (APO/FPO, P.O. Boxes, U.S. Territories and Puerto Rico)\n\nAbsolutely soft and cozy but it looks nothing like the picture. The colors are much more muted and due to the pile of the blanket material you cant even hardly distinguish the print. Probably...Read complete review\n\nAbsolutely soft and cozy but it looks nothing like the picture. The colors are much more muted and due to the pile of the blanket material you cant even hardly distinguish the print. Probably would not have added it to my registry if I had seen it first.\n\nI bought this as a baby shower gift so it has not been open as of yet due to the shipping packaging. I can only tell you that the blanket looks prettier on the picture. It does look like it matches the quilt set which I also purchase for my grand daughter.\n\nThis was a baby shower gift to match my daughters purple stuff. When I first opened it, it didn't feel very soft, but after one wash in cold water with a little fabric softener it is probably one of the softest blankets we have for her. It'll be perfect for tummy time! It's not too thick or thin, it'll be perfect to put over her while we're out and about. LOVE CoCaLo's sugar plum line!\n\nAbsolutely soft and cozy but it looks nothing like the picture. The colors are much more muted and due to the pile of the blanket material you cant even hardly distinguish the print. Probably would not have added it to my registry if I had seen it first.\n\nThis is one of the softest blankets I've ever felt! I got this as a shower gift and love it! It matches the bedding we got and I'm sure that when our little one arrives she'll love the feel of it as much as we do!"}
-{"text": "Thursday, June 21, 2007\n\nA medresh and a sedra and a rebbe\n\nOne of the topics I keep coming back to is how the Mishnaic Hebrew rby\u05e8\u05d1\u05bc\u05d9 was historically vocalized. (Previously discussed: I, II, III.)\n\nBriefly, in presently vocalized Ashkenazic texts this word is written as \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9, which is properly pronounced ra (rhymes with \"ha\")--bee (as in the thing that makes honey. Ra-bee. (In contrast with the English \"ra-bye.\")\n\nHowever, in Sephardic texts it is written \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 or \u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9, both of which sound roughly like \"rib--ee.\"\n\nHistorically Ashkenazic texts also vocalized \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9; the historical colloquial pronunciation seems to have been \u05e8\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 --\"rebb-ee\" (or some variation, like \u05e8\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \"rebb-eh\" or \u05e8\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \"rebb-uh.\" In other words, when being grammatical (thus requiring vocalization) all texts had \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9. The great Hebrew grammarian Elias Levita wrote that \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 was correct.\n\nThe question is, why? Rby\u05e8\u05d1\u05bc\u05d9 means \"my master\" (or \"my rabbi,\" in later usage). \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1 means \"master\" or \"rabbi.\" So why \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1 should become \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 instead of \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 is a bit of a mystery, particularly in view of the fact that in the New Testament \u05e8\u05d1\u05bc\u05d9 is transliterated paBBi , which would seem correct! Indeed, as I have said (and will show) Ashkenazim too wrote\u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 even if they said \u05e8\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9! Eventually the grammatical oddity was noticed and pedantic maskilische oysvorfs began tampering with correcting canonical texts and thus was born \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9, and thus all Ashkenazim who try to be correct now say Rah-bee \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 (when learning Mishnayos, for example).\n\nHere are a couple of randomly selected examples of old vocalized Ashkenazic texts which are identical with the Sephardic ones:\n\nFrom a 1527 Prague Haggadah (all are courtesy of JNUL).\n\nLublin, 1610. Yes, that's Lublin. Poylin.\n\nSulzbach, 1755 (Bavaria). This is from the cradle of Ashkenaz, and it is from the lifetime of the Gra, R. Ya'akov of Emden, R. Yehonathan Eybeschuetz, the Noda Be-yehuda, R. Hayyim Volozhiner, the Ba'al Ha-tanya--all of the early modern rabbinic figures who presaged modern Orthodoxy.\n\nHorodna, 1805. That's late.\n\nLike most changes, you can practically date them, so long as there is a paper trail.\n\nIn any case, the question is why did Ashkenazim pronounce it Rebbe and not Ribbi? It would seem to be a normal sound shift following a typical pattern. Two examples: in Ashkenazic Hebrew \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 is pronounced \u05de\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 and \u05e1\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 is pronounced \u05e1\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 (but always spelled correctly!). Following this pattern, spoken \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 easily became spoken \u05e8\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9.\n\nOn the other hand, in this regard I might mention the name \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df, which is to be read \"Shimshon,\" (or \"Samson\" in English, following the Greek) but colloquially became \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df, \"Shamshon\" in Yiddish. Presumably this was not patterned on the German, as German Bibles have \"Simson.\" (However, \"Samson,\" evidently, is how the name is used in Germany.) In any case, we may or may not have an example of another /i/ to /a/ shift. That being the case, \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 could as easily have become \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 (or vice versa). Except that it didn't.\n\nPerhaps the solution is that Septuagint \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \"Samson\" was correct (in its time) and the same way it shifted to Simson \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df by the time written dots were invented, \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \"rabbi\" was the original form (as grammar would indicate) but it too shifted to \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9. by the time vowels dots came into existence, thus all vocalized manuscripts show \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 until it was corrected back to its conjectured original form."}
-{"text": "Road Trip\n\nThis year\u2019s biannual Epic Trip took us on an adventure up the Northwest coast of Oregon and Washington, and over to see two volcanoes and the Painted Hills. We were a diverse group of cars this year, made up of BMWs, Porsche, a Fiat, F-type Jaguar, Audi and a Lexus SUV. As always, this was a trip to remember.\n\n2018 turned out to be the year of tree themed road tour events. The first of these road tours being the Redwoods Road Tour. This was a modified version of one of the very first road tours we did under the new club name. Starting in a new location, the group headed to Point Reyes to see one of the most well known lighthouses on the West Coast, Point Reyes Lighthouse.\n\nThe first Road Adventures event of 2018 was a fun day drive on a new loop up to Clear Lake. This drive used some familiar fun roads from our Napa drive and added a bunch of new sections. With 21 cars attending, the group ranged from BMW, Porsche, Jaguar, Ope, VW, McLaren, Audi, and Mustang.\n\nWith the SEMA show always falling on the first of November, we decided to do a road tour to Las Vegas to coincide with this event. Our 3 day adventure started in the central valley of California. We headed east to our first stop at Rail Town. Here, participants were able to take a trip through the past, and to the silver screen, by riding on the most filmed railway in the nation. After the train ride, we took a tour of the roundhouse to see the museum\u2019s collection of engines and cars.\n\nWhile this year\u2019s annual Tahoe drive did not start as planned, the drive itself was just as much fun as in years past. We attempted to try a new route for this year\u2019s trip, however one of the roads was closed due to construction, so we went with plan B, which was a previously taken route.\n\nThe Crater Lake Road tour was an event we had planned for quite some time. With 23 cars signed up, we had one of the largest groups to date. Starting in Sacramento, the group headed out for one hell of an epic adventure.\n\nThe second Road Adventures Epic Tour was epic to say the least. This 10 day road tour covered 5 states and 10 national and state parks. Covering over 2,000 miles, this was one trip that no one would ever forget."}
-{"text": "AP World History Timeline 1914-Present\n\nMain\n\nBritain Sponsors Expedition for the Abominable Snowman\n\n1954\n\nWhile the US and Soviet Union were pointing their toys at each other that could potentially end the world as they knew it, Britain decided they could help with a greater cause. They sent a single brave team out on a dangerous expedition to help save the Nepalians, and potentially the world. Knowing not what they were up against, the brave men on that expedition, unfortunately could not find the creature. Coming home with a single large footprint due to erosion, they were regarded as heroes in the battle against the Snowman, and will forever be renowned in history as the bravest men that set foot on the earth.\n\nWars\n\nThere were many wars that defined the 20th century with most dealing with the Cold War, however the World Wars usually led to the most destruction\n\nWW1\n\n1914 - 1918\n\nThe Great War was between \"The Triple Entente\" and \"The Central Powers\". Alliances, an increasing arms race, and old hatreds dragged Europe into war. This war and its aftermath caused major changes in the power balance of the world, destroying or transforming some of the most powerful empires.\n\nPolitics\n\nAnother characteristic of the 20th century was the fluctuating political factors mostly seen in Europe.\n\nAssassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand\n\nJune 28, 1914\n\nOccurred in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It announced Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. Major cause of this event was nationalism. Helped to spark World War 1.\n\nTreaty of Versailles\n\nJune 28, 1919\n\nThe Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. Put the blame of war on Germany, forced them to pay reparations, and made them give up land they had taken.\n\nSalt March\n\nMarch 12, 1930\n\nLed by Mahatma Gandhi, the Salt March was an important part of the Indian Independence Movement. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.\n\nCold War\n\nApprox. 1947 - 1991\n\nThis was the period of major tension between the Soviet Block and the United states due to anti-communism/anti-capitalism ways of thinking in both major world powers and was not fought directly, but through proxy wars in SouthEast Asia, Latin America, and some African countries.\n\nMao Zedong's \"Great Leap Forward\"\n\n1958\n\nA policy designed to launch China into the industrial era through rapid industrialization theoretically rivaling other major world powers making China a dominant force in the world; but instead resulted in 30 million people dying due to lack of food.\n\nCuban Missile Crisis\n\n1962\n\nThis was when the Soviets sent nuclear missiles into Cuba and it caused the US and UN to tell the Soviets to take them back, which they did 2 weeks later.\n\nMao Zedong launches Cultural Revolution\n\n1966\n\nMao Zedong's second policy all about China. This was mostly caused due to the success of the Great Leap Forward and he decided to reinstate another groundbreaking policy. Those dead chinese peasants were not due to rapid industrialization leaving almost no room for agricultural production, but was instead caused by capitalists. So, he started a whole new revolution all about communism and chinese tradition, and about anti-capitalism, because it kills people.\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Disappears\n\n1967\n\nLast seen swimming in the ocean, Australia's Prime Minister disappeared leaving a plaguing question in all Australian's minds... how is that even possible?\n\nThe 9/11 attacks\n\nInventions\n\nAlso, due to nationalism, governments were finding any way to \"one up\" another, with science and inventions being a major field to \"win\" in.\n\nDiscovery of Penicillin\n\n1928\n\nThe discovery of penicillin is attributed to Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming. Penicillin antibiotics were among the first drugs to be effective against many previously serious diseases, such as syphilis and infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci.\n\nPolio Vaccine Created\n\n1952\n\nA vaccine that cures polio was created and led to this rampant disease to be removed from common society. Only 10 years too late.\n\nThe creation of Velcro\n\n1956\n\nA groundbreaking invention resulting in the creation of shoes designed around it and jackets using it as a necessary fastening device. The invention of this major product was probably one of the most important of the century. This device made life increasingly easier reducing the time you need to put on your shoes from 56.6 second to almost 20.3 seconds. These statistics don't nearly show the vast difference it has made in people's lives.\n\nEconomics\n\nDue to fluctuating political factors and many different social-altering wars, economics fluctuated as well do to the fluctuation of other fluctuating fluctuants\n\nStock Market Crash\n\n1929\n\nThis crash was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United State. Many investors got out of the market or became bankrupt. It signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.\n\nGreat Depression\n\nApprox. 1930 - 1940\n\nThe Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped. International trade plunged by more than 50% and unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25%, and in some countries rose as high as 33%."}
-{"text": "ECC Men's Basketball Insider Blog: Sudden Impact\n\nThe names are splashed across the East Coast Conference stat\npages, and are highlighted with red marker on every coach\u2019s\nscouting report. And with good reason, for they are talented\nleaders capable of taking over a ballgame.\n\nBut what about the other guys that no one really identified back\nin November? Who are the impact players that flew under the radar\nprior to the season? We asked each of the nine coaches in the\nconference to single out their unsung heroes\u2026 their pleasant\nsurprises to whom attention must now be paid.\n\nBridgeport\n\nPerhaps the most dangerous of these breakout performers is\nDarian David, the junior transfer from Delaware\nState who is the crown jewel of Bridgeport\u2019s latest roster\nmakeover. A native of The Bronx, the 6-0 David has averaged over 20\npoints a game while shooting 46% from the floor in his first year\nof Division II ball. But coach Mike Ruane says it\nisn\u2019t the numbers that define the man.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s an energy guy,\u201d Ruane states. \u201cHe\ndoesn\u2019t look very strong but he plays through a lot of\ncontact. He\u2019s tough, and he has carried the load. Night in\nand night out, he scores the basketball, which is the most\nimportant thing. We need him to score 20 points a game, and he had\nthe quietest 38 points you\u2019ve ever seen in our game at\nSouthern Connecticut. He\u2019s a leader by actions, not vocally.\nA quiet leader \u2013 a silent assassin.\u201d\n\nEspecially from long range, where David\u2019s team-leading 39\nthrees are fifth most in the conference. Scoring isn\u2019t the\nonly facet of the left-hander\u2019s game, though. He is among the\nTop 10 in the conference in assists, and is #1 in steals, proving\nhe is just as menacing on the defensive end of the floor.\n\nC.W. Post\n\nThe Purple Knights\u2019 chief rivals \u2013 the C.W.\nPost Pioneers \u2013 are setting the pace atop the conference\nstandings yet again, and one of the main reasons has been a\nformidable frontcourt that has perfectly complimented the lethal\nguard combo of Bonneau and Tobin Carberry. Coming\ninto the campaign, everyone knew the body of work Vaughn\nAllen brought to the table, and he has made a seamless\ntransition to the starting lineup as a sophomore, nearly averaging\na double-double. However, another young forward has simultaneously\nemerged, and has thrived playing in Allen\u2019s shadow.\n\nTrue freshman Tyuan Williams is a St.\nAnthony\u2019s (NJ) product whose exposure to the legendary\nBob Hurley coaching scheme has more than\nadequately prepared him for the travails of ECC hoops action. His\nfirst collegiate mentor \u2013 Chris Casey\n\u2013 says Williams definitely filled a gaping hole.\n\n\u201cWe lost a big bullet, having lost Aaron\nHall (a senior who anchored the frontcourt the last two\nseasons),\u201d Casey admitted. \u201cWe were hoping Ty would be\nable to step in and make a major impact as a freshman and he has.\nIt\u2019s not surprising because of the Hall of Fame coaching he\nreceived. He has given our frontcourt a lot of stability. An\nexceptionally hard worker, he brings the same energy level to ever\npractice and every game. That\u2019s something you need to do to\nbe good and he certainly does.\n\nAs of press time, Williams was averaging 7.7 points and 7.9\nrebounds for C.W. Post in just over 23 minutes per game. The\nrebounding average is good enough for third-best in the ECC, two\nbehind Allen, giving the Pioneers the most formidable \u2013 and\nyouthful \u2013 frontcourt in the circuit. Casey also singled out\nTerry Coleman \u2013 a Division I transfer from\nPortland State \u2013 who has stepped into the starting point\nguard role after incumbent playmaker Billy Butler\nblew out his ACL two days before the season began. Despite the\nsetbacks, the Pioneers continue to lead the pack with the only\nundefeated league record in the East Region.\n\nDistrict of Columbia\n\nAs imposing as C.W. Post\u2019s backcourt is, it is\narguably second-best behind the District of Columbia\u2019s\nterrific trio of Nigel Munson, Brandon Herbert and\nDishawn Bradshaw. Those three seniors have\naccounted for 67% of the Firebirds\u2019 scoring load this season,\nincluding 85% of their 3-point attack. The roster is loaded with\nupperclassmen, which has presented something of a roadblock for\nyoung talent trying to break into Jeff\nRuland\u2019s rotation. Still, the former NBA All-Star\nand third-year UDC head coach was able to single out a player who\nhas exceeded expectations \u2013 at least somewhat.\n\n\u201c Dyrek Jones has been our best rebounder\nand defender,\u201d Ruland said. \u201cNow that (senior center)\nDiyaaldin Kelley is out, he\u2019s our starting\ncenter, and in his last game he had nine rebounds and six blocks.\nHe\u2019s a little undersized for the position, but he\u2019s a\ngreat student and a great kid\u2026 a pleasure to be\naround.\u201d\n\nJones is a 6-7 junior hailing from Brooklyn who missed a good\nchunk of last season due to a wrist injury, but his hands have been\nvery active this season as he leads the ECC in blocked shots (2.6\nper game) and checks in at #6 with a 6.7 rebounding average. Not\nbad for a player who came off the bench the first 12 games of the\nseason.\n\nDowling\n\nIn the Easternmost outpost of the East Coast Conference,\nDowling has steadily improved over the course of the winter,\nupsetting Chestnut Hill and nearly springing similar surprises\nagainst C.W. Post and UDC. One of the primary reasons for the\nprogression has been the point guard play of sophomore Leon\nTaylor, who has advanced from spectator to instigator.\n\n\u201cLeon played very little last year,\u201d said his head\ncoach, Steve Hayn. \u201cHe came into this season\nunproven and has done a fine job for us. The last few games, his\nshooting percentage, assist-turnover average, defense and\nleadership have all improved. He has stepped in and really\nstabilized the point guard position. We don\u2019t have the\nsuccess we\u2019ve had without him. He\u2019s developed into a\nkid we rely on now, which has been kind of a surprise.\u201d\n\nTaylor ranks among the league leaders in assists and is tied with\nbackcourt teammate Josh Malone for third in the\nsteals category. Hayn sees him as the key to any current and future\nsuccess for the Golden Lions.\n\n\u201cHis greatest asset is his ability to run our team\noffensively,\u201d according to Hayn. \u201cWhether it\u2019s in\ntransition or the half-court, he\u2019s done a fabulous job. And\nhe\u2019s becoming a more consistent shooter.\u201d\n\nMercy\n\nLike Dowling, Mercy College has taken steps in the right\ndirection this season and is no longer a pushover. Gone are the\ndays when five guards on the floor would get hammered on the glass,\nsometimes by 30+ boards a night. There are frontcourt pieces now in\nplace, and second-year head coach Adam\nParmenter\u2018s greater emphasis on rebounding and\ndefense has already begun to pay dividends as the Mavericks are\noutworking their opponents on the boards by more than two a game,\nthe third-best differential in the league. Two of the chief reasons\nbeh ind that turnaround are recent transfers Joseph\nPope and Jordan Lee, both of whom have\nhelped provide a presence in the paint, on both sides of the\nfloor.\n\n\u201cNo one knew in the league knew who Joe was when the rosters\ncame out, but he\u2019s shooting 54% from the floor (good for\nsecond-best in the loop) and doing a nice job defensively.\nHe\u2019s also the first guy from out of the area in a long time\nthat\u2019s made an impact.\u201d\n\nA 6-4 junior, Pope hails from Akron, Ohio, and comes to the Mavs\nfrom Suburban Community College. Lee - another JUCO transfer with\nthree years of eligibility left \u2013 measures 6-7 and has an\nunusual hobby:\n\n\u201cJordan has a million pairs of sneakers,\u201d Parmenter\nsaid with a chuckle. \u201cHe collects them. His home in Jersey is\nwall-to-wall with sneaker boxes. He can wear a different pair every\nday the rest of his life.\u201d\n\nAs for what Lee does when lacing up for the games, the\ncoach likes what he sees.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s going to have a nice career for us, from\nrebounding to scoring, he gives us a presence inside. He\u2019s\nstarting to score with both hands in the paint, and that\u2019s a\nfacet we haven\u2019t had since I\u2019ve been here.\u201d\n\nMolloy\n\nSometimes it\u2019s the intangibles that make a\ndifference on a team. Such is the case with Molloy\u2019s freshman\nguard Matt McLeod, who has jumped right into the\nfray as a starter alongside some exceptionally talented guards by\nthe names of John Petrucelli and Jimmy Nolan.\n\n\u201cWhat Matt has brought to us is a nice unselfishness,\u201d\naccording to head coach Charles Marquardt, who can\nboast his fair share of standout backcourt players through his 17\nyears at the helm. \u201cHe gets it more than most freshmen.\nHe\u2019s very coachable and is all about team unity. He\u2019s\nthe type of player that helps a program. He\u2019s very funny and\nhas a great personality\u2026 very likeable.\u201d\n\nThe Pre-Dental student from Greenlawn, NY is already making Lions\nfans smile, averaging double figures in scoring while pulling down\nover five rebounds a game and ranking second on the club with 32\nsteals (good for 6th in the ECC).\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t run any plays for him specifically,\u201d\nMarquardt admits. \u201cBut somehow by the end of the game he ends\nup with 10 points. He gets offensive rebounds (seven his last game\nvs. Queens) and extends possessions. He\u2019s gotten a great\nopportunity this year and knows he can improve, especially in his\nshooting, ball-handling and transition offense. He\u2019s capable\nof getting 13-14 points a game and he stays 40 minutes after\npractice working with us toward that. He\u2019s a great kid with\ngreat grades. We\u2019re very happy with him.\u201d\n\nNew York Institute of Technology\n\nThe other Long Island school \u2013 New York Institute of\nTechnology \u2013 is experiencing a season of transition, with no\nfewer than nine new faces on this year\u2019s roster. And with\nleading scorer Kayvon Roberts beleaguered by\ninjuries, head coach Sal Lagano pinpoints the\nevolution and maturity of junior point guard Dominic\nScurry as the key to his team\u2019s success.\n\nHowever, with Scurry already having established himself as one of\nthe better returning players in the conference, Lagano selected\njunior transfer Azel Prather, Jr. as his\n\u201csudden impact\u201d performer this year. The native of\nGlenarden, Maryland was an elite rebounder during his stint at\nPrince George Community College in his home state and has continued\nto blossom in Old Westbury.\n\n\u201cWe beat out a couple of CIAA schools to get Azel,\u201d\nLagano said, referring to the top-flight Division II Central\nIntercollegiate Athletic Conference, which boasts perennial powers\nVirginia Union and Bowie State among others. \u201cHe has a very\nbig family spread out all over, and when they researched the\nacademic level of the school, it helped us.\u201d\n\nThe left-handed forward is the ECC\u2019s third most accurate\nshooter and #2 rebounder\u2026 evidence that he has transitioned\nto a higher level of basketball with little problem.\n\n\u201cHe needed a little coaching and guidance early,\u201d\nLagano claims. \u201cNow he has handled the rigors of Division II\nbasketball every night and has increased his maturity level. He\ngets elbowed in the face and he\u2019ll take it. He\u2019s a\nwonderful kid \u2013 he says hello to you when he comes in every\nday and goodbye when he leaves. And he\u2019s a great locker room\nguy.\u201d\n\nQueens\n\nThough it has only been a small sample, Queens head coach\nKyrk Peponakis likes what rookie point guard\nAbe Akanmu brings to the table.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s a tough kid,\u201d the 17-year Knights mentor\nsaid. \u201cHe\u2019s a physical guard who doesn\u2019t back\ndown\u2026 he takes the hit and is not afraid of the contact on\neither side of the ball. He\u2019s a true point guard in that he\nmakes other guys better. Once he gets into the paint, he\u2019s a\nlittle taller and tougher, and his outside shot is better than I\nthought it would be.\u201d\n\nA graduate of Xaverian High School on Staten Island, Akanmu has\nbeen limited to just six games, hobbled by an injury that helped\ncompromise the Knights\u2019 depth and undoubtedly played a factor\nin the club\u2019s recent struggles. Still, the coaching staff is\nvery encouraged by Akanmu\u2019s perseverance.\n\n\u201cIt took him a long time to get to Queens,\u201d Peponakis\nsaid. \u201cHe went to a JUCO (Borough of Manhattan Community\nCollege) for one year to get his grades up because he wanted to\ncome so bad. He got over a 3.4 GPA and attended summer school so he\ncould get more credits. I am impressed with how mature he is and\nI\u2019m confident with his moving forward.\u201d\n\nPeponakis thinks Akanmu can eventually evolve into the type of\nplayer Anderson Labase was the past couple of\nyears \u2013 an unrelenting, hard-nosed floor leader.\n\nSt. Thomas Aquinas\n\nThough Omar Kellman has taken big steps\ntoward becoming the big man in the middle for St. Thomas Aquinas,\nhead coach Dennis O\u2019Donnell is even more\nimpressed with the progress of junior forward Dane\nDixon.\n\n\u201cAs Coach (Lou) Carnesecca would say, he\u2019s not an\naircraft carrier,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said of the lean, angular,\n6-6 native of Uniondale, NY. \u201cHe struggled his freshman and\nsophomore years but he\u2019s coming into his own. His head coach\nat Uniondale (High School), Tom Diana, described\nhim as a sleeper and he has been a pleasant surprise. He\u2019s\nbeen lifting and is so much stronger than he was as a freshman. He\nscores points, has a nice 12-foot jumper, helps us in rebounding,\nand defensively alters other people\u2019s shots.\u201d\n\nDixon gets his paws on a good chunk of those shots, too, according\nto his 5th-place ranking on the ECC\u2019s blocks-per-game list.\nBut as intimidating as he is on the court, Dixon is just a regular\nguy when he steps out of the gym.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s a great student and an even better kid,\u201d\nO\u2019Donnell said. \u201cHe\u2019s a real\nsweetheart.\u201d\n\nThanks to all the coaches for contributing to this column. Next\nweek: an amazing tale of survival that will warm your heart. Until\nthen, Happy Hooping to all!"}
-{"text": "Name Above All Names\n\nGod elevated (lifted up, exalted, magnified, glorified) him (his one and only Son, the Word of God, Messiah, the baby in the manger, the Lion of the tribe of Judah) to the place of highest honor (at the right hand of the Father, His proper position, His birthright) and gave him the name above all other names (Immanuel: God is with us), that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow (in humble adoration, out of respect), in heaven (all power and authority has been given to him) and on earth (to recognize that Jesus is our King) and under the earth (even the demons, the powers, the principalities of hell, and satan himself, must bow down and honor the Son of God), and every tongue declare (sing out, shout it from the roof tops, never stop stating the fact) that Jesus is Lord (Prince of Peace, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the Alpha and the Omega), to the glory (honor, credit, fame) of God the Father (He who first loved us so much that set this whole plan of salvation into motion).\n\n\u201cShout His praise. Lift your voice. Never stop lifting Him higher.\u201d\n\nNote: If this devotional has been a blessing to you please leave a comment and considering sharing a link with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc\u2026 God Bless."}
-{"text": "Wildfire Management Plan\n\nPlan Emphasis\nAs its foundation, the Wildfire Management Plan emphasizes working with adjacent landowners, land managers, and local agencies to reduce the potential effects of wildfire on human life, private property, and the natural resources of Wheat Ridge's Open Space."}
-{"text": "Re: How much difference do you think cables makes in the audio quality of your system\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by flaminio\n\nI agree completely. People that say there isn't a difference must not have good hearing or something. The blind test is always the best. The only thing I have to remember is that everybody has something different they are looking for in sound. I think some of these people would be happy with 18 gauge. Or even 24. They don't hear what they are missing.\n\nAs has been said and proven time and time again, as long as the cable/wire is of sufficient gauge there can be no audible difference. If you \"think\" you hear one, welcome to the placebo club...\n\n__________________Anthem, Conrad Johnson, Dish Network/JVC, Dynaudio, Infinity, Integra, JL Audio, Klipsch, Magnepan, Marantz, Martin Logan, Onkyo, Oppo, Outlaw Audio, Panasonic, Paradigm, REL, Sumiko, SVSound, and Toshiba are the brands equipment I currently use. I have owned/used and tested equipment made by just about any manufacturer you can name."}
-{"text": "LAS VEGAS - Surrounded by beeping slot machines, busy blackjack tables and roulette wheels, Brian Burke admitted he's tempted to gamble his way back into the first round of Friday's National Hockey League draft.\n\nBut the general manager of the Maple Leafs is not ready to blindly roll the dice, certainly with his main bargaining chip Tomas Kaberle, in what would be interpreted as a panic attack in the wake of the Phil Kessel trade. Speaking to Toronto reporters at a diner before watching the NHL awards at the Palms Hotel, Burke said the trade offers he's getting - and there have been a lot - are not specific to what happens in Los Angeles this weekend.\n\n\"I've turned down a late first-round pick for a player on my team already,\" Burke said, though he was vague whether it was Kaberle or Luke Schenn, whose name was also put forward by another team. \"We're at double digits in terms of teams who have made offers or expressed interest. There's been lots of activity.\"\n\nBut so far the Leafs have not found the right partner. It's believed they kicked the tires on Florida's Nathan Horton before he went to Boston and were buzzing around the Blackhawks before their tentative big deal last night that sent Cup champions Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to Atlanta for a first and second-round pick, prospect Jeremy Morin and forward Marty Reasoner.\n\nRather than move up from the 62nd overall selection, where they are currently marooned after giving up a first and second in this year in the Kessel trade, Burke says Kaberle could be kept in reserve for a scoring winger and if that doesn't happen during the long-serving Leaf's summer trade window, he will keep the Czech and maybe re-visit a contract extension.\n\n\"We're talking about a good player at a good wage and I like our defence as it stands,\" Burke said. \"It would have to be something where we pick up a good forward.\"\n\nPutting two and two together after the Scott Niedermayer retirement, many have forecasted Burke will dangle Kaberle to the Ducks to try to get Bobby Ryan, whom he drafted second overall in 2005.\n\n\"I have not had meaningful discussions with (Anaheim GM) Bob Murray about any player on my roster or his, certainly not Ryan.\"\n\n\"I have no intention of trading certain players; I also tell them if someone offers me 10 first-round picks, you're on a plane. But I was asked an hour ago if I'd trade Luke and I said no.\"\n\nBurke says he's ready for more fan backlash when commissioner Gary Bettman formally announces Toronto's second pick transferred to Boston and the TV cameras zero in on the Leafs' table.\n\n\"We did not anticipate it would be this high, but we also talked about the possibility it could be a first overall, too. We got back a player who scored 30 and 36 in two years without benefit of a summer of training. We're happy and if people want to dissect it, they can feel free.\"\n\nBurke also tried to cushion anxious fans that nothing might be done on Toronto's part in the next few days.\n\n\"What we're listening to right now is not related to the draft and not specifically time specific to July 1 (the start of free agency) either.\"\n\nThough he wants to get his scouts more active this weekend (the Leafs have just six picks) Burke is not letting his amateur scouts under Dave Morrison off the hook when their time at the microphone comes.\n\n\"If you look at the stats on picks, I'm told this should be a year where a high third makes it,\" Burke said. \"We should be able to hit a triple, if not a home run, with a guy who plays, though maybe not right way.\n\n\"Beyond that, we'll have to see what's on our board. We have taken some pressure off of our scouts with the free agents we've signed. But I've also told the scouts I want a legitimate prospect at 62.\""}
-{"text": "\u201cAs the problem of plastic waste around the world has gotten worse, many countries and companies have begun to ban single-use plastic items.\u201d Ikea has added momentum to this movement. Ikea announced \u201cit will stop selling single-use plastic products in its stores and remove them from its restaurants by 2020.\u201d This ties into the retailer\u2019s larger sustainability vision. Ikea seeks \u201cto become \u2018planet positive\u2019 by 2030, and aims to purchase 100% renewable energy by 2020, achieve zero emissions on deliveries by 2025 and start using only renewable and recycled materials in its products.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Recent Profile Visitors\n\nFor me, it was because (a) I didn't have a static IP address and (b) would have needed to keep both computers running.\nBut yes, only really something to consider for purely solo projects (where you don't need to be able to work in parallel). Otherwise definitely Plastic Cloud or a computer/server that is always on.\n\nHi MaybeGreat,\nI'm just a user (not Plastic staff), but it sounds like you might be trying to do something similar to what I was trying to do before.\nIt's just yourself but you'd like to work between 2 computers (eg, home and office), right?\nAn easy way to do this:\nInstall Plastic on both computers (using localhost server and local storage for both).\nWhen finished with one computer, follow the backup procedure and backup to external HDD or OneDrive / DropBox (very easy for default Jet database: just stop service, copy files, then restart service).\nAt new computer, restore the backup before resuming work (ie, stop service, copy files, restart service).\nAt first I tried to simply move the repo storage to OneDrive and just checkin there directly, but couldn't get that working for some reason. But the above is pretty quick and easy if it's just yourself and you're not changing computers frequently (besides, it's a good idea to regularly backup your repos anyway, and this way you'll always have a pretty recent backup!)\nDavid\n\nHi Pablo\nThank you very very much for taking the time to share that. Lots of good wisdom \ud83d\ude42\nYou make a very good point about not assigning task numbers / entering into issue tracker too early. In that case, I guess it is not much more work to enter the task number manually into the planning document/list once ready, since the plan will probably need to be updated to reflect the current thinking anyway.\nAnd yes, I guess you could just sort/filter tasks by a custom field or prefix to get the list of tasks for the big feature/thing. (Nothing wrong with prefix btw \ud83d\ude1c! When I was using Azure DevOps, I also just used prefixes like [bug], [feature] or [doc] instead of using a different work item type for each type of task.)\nThe \"live\" updating of tasks with Confluence or HacknPlan is still nice, but on the other hand as you say, something simple and vanilla has the advantage of just \"always working\" without extra setup. I might have a play around with OneNote for design/planning instead - I've never used it before but looks like you can organise pages like wiki and collaborate both real-time and offline. And it has the benefit of being included free with Windows, no setup needed...\n(I used to hate all the bloatware that comes with Windows so I had uninstalled OneNote without trying it, but maybe I should have given Microsoft more of a chance - been playing around with Edge browser recently and it actually has some pretty nifty features! I'm typing this in a Windows Defender Application Guard sandbox right now - not because I think your forums are dodgy and malware infested, but because I'm playing around with a fresh OS install and haven't installed antivirus yet \ud83d\ude42).\nThanks again for all your help and suggestions!\n(PS: While I'm picking your brain, I also had a quick question about your blog post on checkin with reviewers in mind, but I'll post that to the blog comments. Thanks again!)\n\nHmm yeah, you're right. Simple is best. I got drawn in by the prospect of a cheap/free perpetual license - which would have been really nice - but it's getting to the point where I just need to pick something... anything... and just get a move on!\nDo you mind me asking how you organise/track tasks in the context of a bigger picture design goal? What I mean is, take for example your designs for the new code review system - now obviously that would involve a very large number of bite-sized tasks to implement incrementally. How do you (a) make sure people keep the overall vision in mind while chipping away at the individual tasks, and (b) track progress of the overall feature?\nI'm not sure what you think of this article, but I stumbled upon it while looking into issue trackers, and that's what initially got me excited about using either HacknPlan or Confluence+Jira. Both allow you to create a moving/living design vision by organising pages (which could contain anything from detailed requirements to UI mockups or just rough notes/ideas) into a tree. Then you can link tasks to those design pages, so people working on a task can easily see how their task fits into the bigger picture. And similarly the design page shows the live status of all linked tasks so you can quickly get a feel for how the overall thing is progressing.\nIt's this bringing together the macro and micro that has me a bit stuck. If it wasn't for this, to be honest I probably wouldn't even be thinking about something as powerful as Jira. Almost any issue tracker would do - heck even google docs would do! (As you say, Plastic works well just using \"naming convention\" for tasks/branches, and the benefit of simple vanilla is that it always \"works\" without having to maintain software/subscriptions/plugins/etc!!)\n\nThanks Pablo, that seems fair.\nAt the time of asking, I was playing around with a free-tier Windows EC2 instance (and Windows itself took up most of the available storage), so was very conscious of space! But yes, can understand why this would be much better for performance, and good trade-off when compression works so well for text files.\nFor big binaries, perhaps a hybrid approach could work? Eg, store a full revision every X revisions, and deltas in between? That way it would limit the amount of tree-walking / delta rebuilding needed, but still save up to X revisions worth of space...\n\nSe\u00f1or Pablo - are you trying to get my hopes up by bumping this old thread? \ud83d\ude1c\nYou will not believe the roller coaster ride I've been through these past few days trying to get a good issue tracker up and running alongside Plastic (it's kind of necessary for the task branching workflow you keep banging on about!)\nFirst got excited about your Spanish compatriots at HacknPlan (which you could probably tell from my rambling email) - linking tasks directly to the design model seemed like a really neat idea (and good way to keep the bigger picture in mind while picking away at tasks)! \ud83d\udcc8\nBut after using it a bit more, I realised it was still pretty \"new\" and missing some important features, which made it difficult to use it for maintaining several small projects... \ud83d\udcc9\nThen discovered Confluence - which combined with Jira would also allow organising tasks under a design document tree. And only $10+$10 perpetual license for self-hosted small teams! \ud83d\udcc8\nSo tried setting up an entry-level Azure Windows VM, and almost gave up because it was unbearably slow (even with nothing installed and full bursting credits)... \ud83d\udcc9\nThen someone suggested I try AWS instead, and the comparable entry-level Windows EC2 instance was pretty snappy! Installed Plastic SCM no problems and even working centralised (direct checkins) was pretty fast! \ud83d\udcc8\nThen tried installing PostgreSQL + Jira + Confluence and it absolutely crippled my EC2 instance. Oops, forgot to check the system requirements for Jira + Confluence. They need HOW MUCH RAM??? EACH?? Checks price for an EC2 instance with that much RAM... \ud83d\udcc9\nAs a last attempt, learned how to set up a Linux EC2 instance with SSD swap file in hopes that maybe that would work better. Get a minimal GUI and XRDP remote desktop running in Centos despite never having used Linux before - pretty chuffed! \ud83d\udcc8\nThen tried installing chromium so I could use web admin tools. Takes several minutes to load. Uninstall and try Firefox. Same... (What? I thought Linux was meant to be lighter and faster - even Internet Explorer on Windows server was very fast and responsive...) \ud83d\udcc9\n(Seriously contemplated going back to one of the all-in-one Git solutions and just getting on with my life...)\n(... but I like Plastic too much \ud83d\ude14)\nFinally this morning found Jetbrains' YouTrack. Similar to Jira in many ways but easier to setup and \"only\" needs 1.5GB RAM. No Confluence-style linking of tasks to design model, but self-hosted version is free for small teams and at least on my EC2 instance it's... responsive. Kind of. Is this the answer then? Time will tell.\nIf you thought that was painful and long just to read... 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Pretty much the only thing stopping me from grabbing a Plastic Cloud subscription or the Cloud Edition right now is the issue tracker integration.\nI'm currently a hobbyist / solo developer but work 50/50 between two computers on different networks, so Plastic Cloud would be really handy for me (I'm used to the world of Git repo hosting, where I don't have to worry about server setup and maintenance). But if I have to set up a server for the issue tracker anyway... well that kind of defeats the purpose for me.\nSo, wondering if any of the following options are planned for the near future (or already included and I've just missed it):\nAbility to use Plastic Cloud as the server for one of the free issue trackers (eg, MantisBT). That would save people like me from having to pay for Plastic Cloud + pay for server rental or another cloud service for the issue tracker.\nOr even better, if Plastic Cloud came with the issue tracker server already set up and integrated, so we could just use it out-of-the-box like with most Git hosting services. Setting up and using Plastic SCM has mostly been a fantastic and painless experience, but the same can't be said for trying to get a free issue tracker up and running.\nAn issue tracker extension for Github, Bitbucket, Azure Boards (part of Azure DevOps formerly VSTS) or one of the other free web-based issue trackers for Git repos. (Yes I realise I can create my own extensions, but only if by 'can' you mean 'theoretically possible' rather than 'realistically able to'. Also would sort of defeat the cloud convenience factor.)\nAnyway, look forward to hearing back from you on my options. Really loving Plastic SCM and keen to get started properly as soon as possible.\nKind regards\nDavid\nPS: on a slightly unrelated note, if I get Cloud Edition (or cloud extension with Personal Edition), that still comes with a localhost clone so I can checkin/branch locally (quickly) right? Also, if I get Cloud Edition for now but want to switch to Team Edition on-prem server in future, I can do that without losing any data right?"}
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-{"text": "Why You Shouldn\u2019t Learn a Language the Way Children Do\n\nNow entering the fourth week of my year without English, I\u2019ve seen a lot of different advice for learning languages. Some people believe in huge amounts of listening and reading. Others say take classes or dive into conversations immediately.\n\nI won\u2019t comment on those strategies (yet), but I will point out one common suggestion: you should learn a second language the way you learned your first language as a child.\n\nOn the surface this seems plausible. After all, you learned to speak without needing to rehearse grammatical rules or drill vocabulary flashcards. You can also speak without an accent\u2014an extremely difficult goal for most adult language learners.\n\nIt would seem like modelling the language learning habits of children isn\u2019t a bad idea. After all, if they can learn a language nearly perfectly, why shouldn\u2019t adults simply copy their approach?\n\nThe answer lies with how the brain changes as we get older and why learning languages as an adult is very different than as a child.\n\nAccent and Arrival Date\n\nLiving in Canada, I\u2019ve had the opportunity to make friends from all over the world. I would guess that about half of my close friends have immigrated to Canada at some point in their lives.\n\nAside from those who have immigrated rather recently, most of my friends can speak English fluently. However, I can usually tell at what age they moved to Canada by one feature alone: their accent.\n\nMy friends who immigrated before the age of 12-14 can usually speak English without any recognizable accent. They speak English as well as I do and I wouldn\u2019t be able to guess whether they spent their entire life in Canada, without asking first.\n\nThose who came older than 14 usually have an accent, even if it doesn\u2019t impede their speech noticeably. In some cases, a slightly older sibling may speak with an accent while a younger sibling doesn\u2019t\u2014the timing is that precise.\n\nIt turns out there is research to support why my friends who immigrated younger learned English sans accent, while my friends who came even a short time later did not. To understand the difference, you have to look at how the brain develops.\n\nLearning Critical Periods\n\nAs you go from infant to adult, different regions of your brain go through critical periods. These are periods where the wiring of the brain is being still being laid down and when there is greater flexibility.\n\nA clear case of this is with vision. Some unfortunate children are born with cataracts which blocks light onto their retinas. Nothing else is wrong with their visual system. If the cataracts are removed early, the child will likely grow up to experience normal vision.\n\nIf, however, the cataracts are removed too late (after about the age of 3-4) normal vision does not develop. There is nothing wrong with the child\u2019s eyes or optic nerve, but the brain can\u2019t process the visual stimulus correctly. (Learning and Memory, 2007)\n\nLanguage learning also has a critical period. Although, unlike vision, it is possible to learn a language as an adult if you missed the opportunity as a child.\n\nThe critical period seems to be until around puberty. During this critical period, the brain can flexibly adapt to different phonemes and syntactical structures in a new language, learning them as you learned your first language.\n\nYes, You Can Learn a Language as an Adult\n\nSome people take this information about critical periods as a justification for why they can\u2019t learn a language as an adult. While the critical period does exist, in many ways it is easier to learn a language as an adult (as long as your goal isn\u2019t perfect, accentless speech).\n\nInstead, I believe the correct interpretation isn\u2019t that language learning as an adult is impossible, or even more difficult, but that it is different. The methods you used to learn your first language may not work on your second, because your brain is different.\n\nIn principle, learning a second language as an adult should be a far easier task than learning a first language as a child. You\u2019re smarter than you were as a child. You have experience, motivation and discipline. You also have your first language which gives you a reference point to learn from.\n\nOne of the simplest advantages you have as an adult learner is the ability to translate. I was able to learn Spanish much faster because I had already learned English and French. I could make direct translations between the three and use that to understand and figure out how Spanish works. A child learning Spanish as his first language has to abstract meaning out of noise\u2014a considerably harder task.\n\nLearning as an adult also has the benefit of motivation. I did twice weekly French classes starting around age 10 (already close to the end of the critical period) for about four years in Canada. But, I had no meaningful use for French so I found it boring and forgot almost everything. When I restarted my French years later, I had to relearn basics like, \u201cHow are you?\u201d\n\nThe only place I\u2019d give children the edge seems to be accent. That strict 12-14 cutoff point of my friends who have accents holds fairly consistently. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s impossible to speak without any accent, but that getting to perfection is vastly harder for adults.\n\nWhy I Won\u2019t Force My Future Children to Learn French or Mandarin\n\nSome overbearing parents, observing this cutoff point in language learning, want to make their children bilingual or trilingual, in languages they themselves don\u2019t speak.\n\nIf I marry into, or end up living in, another culture, I think raising bilingual children is great. I would want my children to be fluent in English, regardless of where I choose to live, so I would expect the same if my future spouse had a different first language.\n\nHowever, I don\u2019t see the cutoff point as being sufficient justification to teach my children languages simply in the hope that they will find it useful as adults.\n\nIn Canada we have a program intended to teach French in this way, called French Immersion. While I have many friends who speak French well after twelve years of complete schooling in French, I\u2019ve yet to find one that I could say speaks perfect, accentless French, the way my friends who immigrated to Canada before the cutoff point do.\n\nEven in bilingual households, I\u2019ve anecdotally observed that many of those children speak the language of their peers better than the language of their parents. It seems that raising truly bilingual children, who are equally and perfectly fluent in both languages, is hard.\n\nInstead of force feeding my future children a language they have no connection to, I\u2019d prefer to see them travel and learn a language as an adult. Sure, they might not reduce all traces of their accent, but they will end up having something more meaningful as a result.\n\nFollow\n\nAbout Scott\n\nI'm a writer, programmer, traveler and avid reader of interesting things. For the last ten years I've been experimenting to find out how to learn and think better.\nI don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start."}
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-{"text": "Sunday, December 19, 2010\n\nInjury from the crash finally starting to heal. I took 5 months off, then started running in September. Here's a summary of progress:\n\nSEPT:\n\nW1: 3 miles\n\nW2: 17 miles, 1 LIFT\n\nW3: 11 miles\n\nW4: 20 miles\n\nOCT:\n\nW5: 21 miles\n\nW6: 17 miles, 1 LIFT\n\nW7: 18 miles\n\nW8: 28 miles, 1 race (17:26 5k), 2 workouts, 1 LIFT\n\nNOV:\n\nW9: 19 miles, 1 LIFT\n\nW10: 29 miles, 1 workout, 1 swim, 1 spin class, 1 LIFT\n\nW11: 26 miles, 1 spin class, 2 LIFT\n\nW12: 32 miles, 1 workout, 1 swim, 1 LIFT\n\nDEC:\n\nW13: 33 miles, 1 swim, 2 LIFT\n\nW14: 35 miles, 1 race (16:42 5k), 2 workouts, 1 swim, 1 LIFT\n\nW15: 42 miles, 2 workouts, 3 LIFT\n\nWhat I've also done is hours and hours and hours of PT, fixing old injuries besides the crash related knee problem, completely changed my running form to toe and forefoot running (feels amazing) and spent $1,000 dollars on rolfing, which was worth every penny. Here's to continued improvement.\n\nMonday, June 14, 2010\n\nI won't be running Mt Washington 2010. So I am posting this to re-cap my year. As next year I plan to run it. I also plan to attempt once more to run a Wash workout every week until Wash 2011.\n\nIn late April I got run over by a car while biking. I took a sharp right hand turn, hit some sand and slid (at 20 mph) into the opposite lane and under a 2009 BMW 328i which was coming in the other direction.\n\nThe above picture is of me near-passed-out after the crash. I initially got up and apologized to the nice old lady who drove the Beamer, then some pain and dizziness set in. For the record, my good friend Jon Korhonen who was biking with me, (along with fellow CMSer Andy McCarron), could not avoid me after the crash so ran over me with his bike too, which was funny. It went ground, car, then another bike for the tri-fector.\n\nThe bike I road broke as the weight of the car was transferred through the frame and onto my knee - which is what is keeping me from running Washington. I had no broken bones, but the inflammation has been serious enough to more or less sideline me for the better part of six weeks. Cortisone this week and doctors (very) strict orders not to run have been the nail in the coffin for the race this year - SAD FACE!!! :(\n\nTHE POSITIVES:\n\nThose of you who know me know very well that working out is a large part of my life. Shallowly, I'd say, it is at current the largest. And has been the largest with seemingly no end in sight for years now. So knowing that - and knowing that I have been continually hampered by injury for the past three years, (thus kept far from where my efforts and passion aspire) - you might think this cute accident has been especially tough to swallow. Amazingly, that has not been the case. It's had far more positives than negatives as far as I can see. Let me list them:\n\n1) I am alive. Although only moments after the crash Jon and Andy where making jokes to my incoherent self (also to the little old ladies horror) about \"my finishing the ride,\" \"getting back up to run home,\" or, the \"drat, he's still conscious,\" it was pretty clear immediately that I was damn lucky. So, there's that. the car didn't run over my chest or skull. It wasn't going 40 mph. Hooray!\n\n2)I have great friends. Besides Jon gregariously taking pictures while I was down, then developing them while I was in the hospital so I had appropriate mementos when I got back... as well as Andy's motherly cooked dinner, with other attentions (wink, wink) - the two of them less than an hour after the crash began planning to get me a brand new road bike. This is no small task or minor gift. Since I'm injured constantly, I've become a mightily decent biker - I don't own a car, I bike everywhere and compete with the Northampton Cycling Club - a new bike is a dream gift - something I could never afford. Loosing my red Cannondale in the crash (it was my fault so the Beamer lady was not obligated to replace it) was perhaps the biggest down of the entire event. Long story short, with the help of over 50 close friends and family, the two of them raised enough money to get me a state of the art Trek Madone 5.2. Basically, a rocket-ship. It's a freakin rocket-ship. Literally the best gift I've ever received.\n\n3) Biggest positive of all - and related to all of the above -My Life Has Been Decided. Or, at least, my life for the next few years. Indeed, I'm obsessed with working out, but this is hardly all I want to do - it's just all I do do. It's all or nothing with me, thus, the only way - I've continually thought - to get out of this workout habit, is to get INJURED! Seriously injured, so I can't return. It's a sick thought, but I've had it often. So, as I am sliding without fail into this red tank of a car, what is on my mind? Obviously, this will suck, but I may be free. So, the irony here: I should have been seriously injured - (all the doctors where amazed I was not) - I should have been out for at least a year, or longer... enough time to do something else... But, instead, I get a brand new bike out of it - bike of my dreams actually - just the thing I needed to compete seriously at the elite triathlon level. Well, that and some more swim training. (I've been swimming 5+ miles a week for six weeks because it's all I can do). The crash decided my path. I am not meant to break - but continue to train. Cool. I can do that.\n\nSunday, April 11, 2010\n\nRan Upper Ridge this morning with good bud Jon Korhonen. He had fueled himself well with a night of debauchery in Amherst. I told him in the morning we would sprint up upper ridge/Mt Orient.\n\nNew Record: 9:09.\n\nKilled the old record of 9:48. Jon pushed hard in the beginning and tried to catch me at the end, which helped. He's only been running 40 miles a week, but you don't run a 4:04 mile without having some natural ability. He finished in 9:19.\n\nThe Week of 4/4 - 4/10: Run 47, Bike 81, 3 Swims, 1 Lift\n\nThe week started great, ended sub-par as I took Saturday off. Did a NoHo hill climb/race with a bunch of other bikers. I beat some Cat 3 and maybe Cat 2 guys on the four mile climb to finish 3rd of 22 riders. I also had some great swims and one or two amazing runs. Injuries still hurt though... Cave Hill Classic 4 mile race on Saturday this week, followed by the Wrenthem duathlon the next day. I hope to win both.\n\nUPDATE: After the 12 miler I biked 33 miles with workout partner/UMass rowing alum Gregg Murray. Then I felt like running again. Did 9 with a few half repeats/minute pick-ups. Ran into current UMasser Andrew McCann (30:04 10k guy). He's fast. He'll be entering the road race circuit next year...\n\nTuesday, April 6, 2010\n\nIt was a good month. Injuries are making progress, as is my running shape. Some March highlights and week totals:\n\n2/28-3/6: 26 Run, 3 hard Spin sessions, 1 Swim, 1 Lift\n\nOn 2/28 I did the DH Jones 10 miler on almost no running in February. I ran 57:52. 5:47 pace. I was fresh, but felt awful and out of alignment, basically jogging in the last 3 miles. It was an ambitious, but dumb move.\n\n3/5-3/11: Run 55, 1 Spin, Bike 12, 3 hard Swims, 1 Lift\n\nGreat overall week. Did 18 miles Saturday. 3 running workouts total (I was hurt, I think), and the swims were epic.\n\n3/14-3/20: Run 50, Bike 50+ (3 rides), 1 Lift\n\nAnother good week. Ran the St. Patrick's Day 10k in Holyoke with 4,000 other people. Finished 17th. It was HOT! Ran relatively slow 5:36 pace, 34:48. Again, felt out of alignment. Not healthy. To punish myself for being slow, biked 30 miles after the race. It was a nice day.\n\n3/21-3/27: Run 47, 1 Spin, 1 Bike, 1 Lift\n\nOkay week. Feeling injured. Also was on the road in NYC for a few days which hurt my running. Highlight was Andy's Fast Friend's Road Race in Swanzey NH. 4.5 miles, tough course, I got 3rd behind Justin and Greg. It was a fun time and was happy with my 5:34 pace for a 24:59. I was more happy that I was able to run at all... it was a starting-line call.\n\n3/28-4/3: Run 46 (5 days), 2 Spins, 43 Bike, 2 Swims, 1 Lift\n\nReally awesome week. Mostly because by Saturday I finally felt improvement with my alignment/stride which I think has been helping my injuries (I hope!) Also, I did 2 WOs. 1 Mt Wash Town-line Tempo (24:41, PR) and one pyramid on the track 2,4,8,mile,8,4,2. I won't post times because they were SAD! But the point was I am working out more.\n\nThursday, March 18, 2010\n\nGetting back into running and my old plan to do 52 \"Mt. Washington Workouts\" in the year before this summer's Mt. Wash race. My injury kind of derailed that idea... but maybe I'll start doing two a week to catch up. I'm not sure what number this one is... I'll figure it out later.\n\nVery motivated today. Very fired up.\n\nNew Record, bottom to top of Mt Orient: 9:49.\n\nI was happy because I'm not in as good shape as I was when I ran the previous record of 9:58, but I was determined to hurt. I just need to stay healthy and I feel nothing will stop me... haha.\n\nNot running the New Bedford half this weekend - GOOD LUCK CMS! I wanted to, but 1) I don't think I can help the team anyhow, 2) a half not completely healthy may not be a smart idea and 3) I have to travel to NYC for work anyway! I had completely forgot... I would have been in deep doo-doo if I did the race and missed a National College Fair - Doh!\n\nInstead I am going to run the St. Patrick's Day 10k on Saturday in Holyoke. Wish me luck and health.\n\nTuesday, March 16, 2010\n\nI keep telling everyone that although I'm not running, probably not in great overall shape, that \"I am going to spin class!\" I say this defiantly, excitedly, as if the person I am telling should immediately recognize 1) how awesome spin class is and 2) how awesome I am for going.\n\nIn sum: I go three times a week at the UMass Rec Center. Classes are 1 hour. There are usually 20+ girls, myself, and perhaps one other guy, either very skinny or very overweight and always wearing a far-too-large tee and peddling in the far back, dark corner. I sit in the front. I wear my triathlon shorts, biking shoes (the spin bikes have optional clips) and have been known to break out into giggles when Jill - the stocky, middle-aged, but rather attractive in a she-could-kick-my-ass kind of way, spin instructor - somehow expects us to turn the resistance up \"one more full turn\" so we can begin our ladder of \"2 minute sprint repeats!\" I'm laughing because 1) I literally cannot comprehend working any harder than I already am and 2) because indeed, spin class is awesome. It truly is this hard. Sometimes, after perhaps an 8 minute hill with increasing resistance every 30 seconds - a workout, by the way, in which the first time I did it I categorized as in the \"Top Five Hardest Workouts of All Time' (... currently my top ten is 70% spin class, 30% everything else... but I digress) - after a particularly hard hill, or sprint session, or something - puddle of sweat beneath me and we've only been going for 20 minutes - I sometimes find myself, yes, giggling, or also often proclaiming \"I love spin class!\" Needless to say the girls in the class either a) hate me or b) find me irresistibly attractive, albeit in a \"silly- dumb-boy\" kind of way (but I'll take it!) Perhaps not needless to say though, is that I am not attracted to any of these girls (I'm not!) YES, many or them are technically attractive. Some, you might say even exceedingly so... (I mean, we're all crammed into this small, dimly lit room together... they are wearing tight spandex and sweating profusely)... but the truth is I haven't noticed them, or at least this is not what I pay attention to. To me, these girls are my enemies. (And I guess this should make sense to all you stupid runners), but I sit there spinning away, (sometimes on the point of passing out) and I look over and I see a girl in pink spandex with matching stripped socks and piggy tails, and - I tell you - she is hardly even working. She's peddling at what has to be faster than my pace and isn't even breathing heavy. Now I know that the resistance system is all anonymous. That we have the option to not turn a \"full turn\" only do a \"half\" or a \"quarter\" or a \"nothing,\" but I see this girl (and trust me I keep a good eye on her) and it looks like she is turning the resistance at the same rate as me. In fact, the longer I've been going to spin class, the more I've noticed that all these girls seem to be doing the work I am, or more. Who are these girls? And how do they all seem to know each other? They talk to our instructor, Jill (who is worst of them all, by the way, an unstoppable force of power and pain), as if the whole hour workout, which kills me, is just a social event. They relate and make plans as if they were in a sorority, or some type of secret society or something. (Maybe when I get excited and giggle, the few laughs I get really are just at me, not with me? Hmmm...) Anyway, the point of the above rant, is that spin class is truly awesome. Or it could all be in my head.\n\nWell, the below results - a 2 minute PR on the first NCC Biking Time Trial of the season - says otherwise. Keep it coming ladies. Now if only this could translate to running...\n\nSaturday, March 13, 2010\n\nMy last post in October said \"Knot in my shin, but it's not too serious.\" Well, I'm an idiot.\n\nSince then I've been on and off injured with a few sparse weeks of okay running. The shin injury was some serious inflammation. Back in October I got lost in the deep woods of Harriman State park. The run was memorable for the accidental ridiculous length (25+), the injury it caused and also that I could have been kaput if I did not get out of the woods before dark. It was raining and cold. I found the road (albeit on the other side of the park) with probably 15 minutes of sparse daylight left. Fun, fun.\n\nAnyway, the shin injury (and a foot injury that has kept me from consistently training for the past few years) apparently all stray from an old displaced hip that has healed incorrectly, thus messing with my stride and leaving one leg (the right) injury prone.\n\nI've been fixing the hip. I've also been experimenting with barefoot toe running.\n\n\"At about nine, I had the very pleasant notion that I was the Fastest Boy Runner in the World. It's the kind of queer, basically extracurricular conceit, I'm inclined to add, that dies hard, and even today, at a super-sedentary forty, I can picture myself, in street clothes, whisking past a series of distinguished but hard-breathing Olympic milers and waving to them, amiably, without a trace of condescension.\"\n-J.D. Salinger"}
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-{"text": "Since May 2006\n\nArchive\n\nPoetry\n\nHow Long Must I Stand Here?\n\nHow Long Must I Stand Here?\nI stand sinking in the sand\nthe water lapping at my feet.\nI search the horizon\nwhere the sky and the ocean meet.\nI search to the left,\nand I search to the right.\nHow long must I stand here?\nIf I need to, it will be all night.\nJust to catch a glimpse,\nof what could be you,\nout there sailing\nupon the ocean of blue.\nI do not notice\nthe wind in my hair,\nnor can I taste\nthe salt in the air.\nBut what is this\nupon my face?\nA single tear\nhas left its trace.\nFor darkness has fallen,\nthe stars are shinning bright.\nHow long will I stand here?\nmaybe for the rest of the night.\nFor I have not caught a glimpse\nof what could be you,\nsailing out there\non that ocean of blue.\nThe stars are twinkling,\ndown upon me.\nAre these the same stars\nthat you can see?\nOn the night wind\nI can hear,\na soft voice whispering,\ngently into my ear.\nI listen more closely\nto what it has to say.\nSweet words of love\ncarried from far away.\nA message whispered,\ninto the wind,\na wish for you to be home\nand us back together again.\nI look into the heavens,\nand an angel I do see,\n\"Will you please take this message\nto my love out to sea?\"\nI hear your words,\nand I love you more.\nEach day will find me,\nstanding along the shore;\nsearching to the left\nand searching to the right,\nfor I will stand here\nif it takes all night.\nJust to catch a glimpse\nof what could be you,\nsailing out there\nupon that ocean of blue.\n'Til the day comes,\nand I shall see\nthe ship that has come\nto bring\nmy love back to me.\n~~ Mrs. Nikki Abernathy ~~\nCopyrighted-1999\ncontributed by Mrs. Nikki Abernathy [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.]\n\nUSCG News\n\nDISCLAIMER: These domain is owned and operated by MilitaryWives.com, Incorporated, a privately owned and operated Washington state corporation. Our officers, our Board of Directors, our employees and our designated representatives retain the privilege and the right to control access, the right of editting, removing ANY and ALL content placed on this domain (and our sister sites), and the right of removing ANY and or ALL individual accounts that in our sole opinion are disruptive and detrimental to our overall stated purpose of providing support to the military spouse. None of the United States Armed Services (United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard) nor any other component of the Department of Defense has approved, endorsed, or authorized these products / services / activities."}
-{"text": "Why Obama Trusts Volunteers To Deliver His Focus-Grouped Messages\n\nWhy Obama Trusts Volunteers To Deliver His Focus-Grouped Messages\n\nBarack Obama calls a volunteer during an unannounced visit to a local campaign office in Orlando, Fla.\n\nPhotograph by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images.\n\nI\u2019ve been quiet here recently, largely because I\u2019ve been busy working on a story that went up yesterday. It brings together a few things I\u2019ve been wrestling with throughout this election year, specifically trying to come up with a solid systems and culture explanation for why the left has such a monumental tactical advantage over the right today.\n\nThat analytical edge is probably most acutely felt in the way the two sides think about their ability to measure and model which voters are actually persuadable. For several years now, lefty campaign researchers have been aware of the limits of traditional voter targeting to answer that question, but it was a matter mostly of academic concern. Now, though, I think we\u2019re starting to see Democrats translate those insights into practical improvements, namely the use of persuasion modeling whose value may be most immediately manifest in the way the Obama campaign has deployed volunteers this year:\n\nEarlier this year, Obama put his volunteers\u2019 ability to do that to the test. The campaign administered an experiment in several states in which phone-bank volunteers were given a script with a few talking points and broad instructions to open up a conversation with a potential voter. Before and after these interactions, a professional call center surveyed the targeted voters to identify which candidate they supported, and campaign analysts set to work developing a statistical portrait of those who moved in Obama\u2019s direction after talking with a volunteer.\n\nThe result of that analysis is the campaign\u2019s so-called persuasion model, which generates a score predicting, from zero to 10, the likelihood that a voter can be pushed in Obama\u2019s direction. (The score also integrates a voter\u2019s likelihood of casting a ballot altogether, so that field organizers focus the attention on those with the best chances of turning out.) A zero designates a voter likely to be repelled by the interaction, and actually pushed toward Romney or a third-party candidate; a one projects a minimal possibility of persuasion; a nine someone who can be easily pushed.\n\nCampaign strategists have traditionally been so fearful of triggering a backlash that they rarely entrust volunteers with persuasion efforts. When placed at a phone or given a clipboard to knock on doors, volunteers usually are given tasks that do not require them to discuss sensitive or complex topics\u2014their role has typically just been asking voters who they support, and reminding those who declare their support to turn out.\n\n\u201cPersuasion calls are a more difficult thing for a volunteer to do because it's a lot easier to hang up on someone than slam a door in their face,\u201d says Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate. \u201cYou're not just asking someone who they're going to vote for or reminding them to vote\u2014you're going to people who are undecided, who don't want to hear from you, and are often sick of politics.\u201d\n\nAdvertisement\n\nIt\u2019s a big change in how campaigns think about what they can accomplish with field. When Obama\u2019s staff brag about all those campaign offices, they\u2019re not just thinking of them as registration and mobilization hubs but centers for targeted persuasion. Unlike most campaigns, they aren\u2019t necessarily counting on television, direct mail and free media to do the work of changing minds.\n\nSasha Issenberg is the editorial director and chief strategist for VoteCastr. He is a contributor to Bloomberg Politics, a former columnist for Slate, and the author of The Victory Lab."}
-{"text": "(CNN) -- It's a warning which will reverberate around the Formula One paddock with more gusto than the sport's much derided V6 engine.\n\nNico Rosberg, says the sport's dominant team \"definitely hasn't peaked yet despite Mercedes having won all four of the season's opening races.\n\n\"At the beginning of the season we had the car we developed in the winter and now we're going to keep on pushing,\" championship leader Rosberg told CNN's The Circuit.\n\nRacing on the Shanghai Circuit\n\nInside the Mercedes engine\n\nRacing on the Barcelona circuit\n\n\"It has been three weeks since the last race and the development rate is so fast. We have 600 people back in the factory working crazy hours to make this car faster in every single race.\n\n\"For example, from the start of the season to the end of the season, you can have a car that is 1.5 seconds quicker by the end just with new parts on the car.\n\n\"It's a good period for the team at the moment. We really have the momentum, a quick car, the best car in F1 -- the Silver Arrow.\"\n\nThe Mercedes car's next outing is at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, providing Rosberg and teammate Lewis Hamilton, who already has three race victories to his name this season, the opportunity to make another giant statement of intent.\n\nHamilton and Rosberg have finished first and second respectively in each of the past three races, but the German is hoping he won't have to play second fiddle to the 2008 world champion for a fourth consecutive race.\n\n\"At the moment, it has been all about the battle against my teammate but of course, we're all conscious that the other teams are flat out pushing trying to close the gap and we need to keep doing a good job to stay ahead,\" added Rosberg.\n\n\"I'm just looking forward to the next race and getting the most out of it. It's a tough battle with my teammate at the moment and I need to try and come out on top in Barcelona.\"\n\nWhile Mercedes has enjoyed a stellar start to the 2014 season, there is no sense of complacency, with Ferrari, Red Bull and Lotus all striving to produce improved performances in Catalonia to prevent the drivers' title becoming a two-man race.\n\n\"The first European round of the year always provides a prime opportunity for teams to arrive with improvements to their cars,\" Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff told the F1 website.\n\n\"Of course, we are no different to any other team in that respect and our aim must be to increase the advantage we enjoyed at the last race in China.\n\n\"We have seen already that our rivals are relentless in their efforts to close the gap. As a team, it is up to us to rise to that challenge -- to take that relentless mentality to an even greater extent than those around us.\n\n\"If we are to build a sustained level of success in this sport, any small advantage must be seen as a platform upon which to build a bigger advantage.\n\n\"We head to Barcelona on good form and in high spirits. But, most importantly, we approach the next race weekend as we approached the first -- in the knowledge that there is still a long season ahead and anything can happen.\""}
-{"text": "Media outlets access enhanced multi-platform content at no charge, with alerts when we have new content on issues or from regions you may select. Once we receive the filled out form below, you'll receive a message with the passcode/s. Welcome!\n\n*These fields are required\n\n*Media Outlet name\n\n*Media Outlet City/State\n\nContact name\n\nContact phone\n\n*Email address or fax #\n\n*Media Outlet type\n\nAdditional (beyond the state you are located in) content that you would like to receive\n\nNewscasts\n\nPNS Daily Newscast - February 16, 2018\n\nFlorida lawmakers put a concealed weapons bill on hold; also on today's nationwide rundown, concern about Washington State sharing immigrant activist information with ICE agents; and romance scams on the rise.\n\nResearch: Ohio Energy Freeze Resulting in Millions in Lost Investment\n\nPHOTO: Researchers at the Center for American Progress say the two-year freeze on Ohio's clean energy standards has resulted in millions of lost energy investment, such as in wind power. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.\n\nMarch 24, 2015\n\nCOLUMBUS, Ohio - It's been almost a year since Ohio lawmakers froze the state's energy efficiency and renewable energy standards, and some analysts say the damage is already unfolding.\n\n\"We heard about projects being cancelled, sometimes very large-scale projects,\" says Taraska. \"We heard about companies shifting their focus to other states. We heard about difficulty attracting new investment. We heard about layoffs and hiring generally being stalled.\"\n\nThe energy efficiency and renewable energy standards, set in 2008, required Ohio to reduce energy consumption by 22 percent by 2025, and for at least 12 percent of the Buckeye State's energy portfolio to come from renewable sources.\n\nAccording to Taraska, the state has lost millions of dollars in energy investment as a result of the rollback. During the two-year freeze, the Energy Mandates Study Committee is evaluating and performing a cost-benefit analysis of the efficiency standards, and will report to the Ohio General Assembly with the results.\n\nBy freezing the standards, Taraska says Ohio took a \"tool out of its toolbox\" for meeting the goals of the EPA's Clean Power Plan, which calls for a 29 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2012 levels by 2030.\n\nShe says the state needs forward-looking policies that ensure the market places a fair value on the benefits of efficiency and renewable energy.\n\n\"The full effects of the rollback of these standards will start to come in over the coming year,\" she says. \"But I think what's really important is we have this overwhelming initial evidence that Ohioans are being harmed economically in terms of investment and in terms of jobs.\"\n\nFirst Energy, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the American Legislative Exchange Council supported the freeze, arguing the standards were expensive and would raise electricity costs. Taraska says every $1 invested in energy-efficiency programs results in over $2 in near-term savings for ratepayers."}
-{"text": "September 4, 2010\n\nThe Congress, with all its failings on price-corruption-reforms fronts and the Left\u2019s charge that its government is sold to the US, is a stable party now. Unlike twelve years back, nobody is talking of its swan song, and people at large are not too depressed with it. Its state units are not full of zeal and its leaders are not all a happy lot, but that will always be in the case of a big centrist party trying to accommodate all shades of interests and opinions. So, from 1998 to 2010, Sonia Gandhi has steered the party like none could do it before.\n\nRemember the hue and cry over her origin? When Sonia entered the political scene, opposition played up her Italian origin issue to the hilt and within Congress too the ambitious ones who saw their scope for becoming party chief or PM dwindling raised the anti-Italian bogey and then formed their own party. Her master card after the victory of Congress-led UPA in 1999 general elections not to accept prime minister-ship played well and has still been paying her and the party rich dividends.\n\nOf course, Sonia is the matriarch of the Congress party. But she has earned it more than inheriting. Nothing binds the party and instils confidence among Congressmen than a leader from Nehru-Gandhi family if he is seen to be strong. When Sonia initially looked like a faltering widow guided by opportunists and cronies, there was desperation and there was rebellion; but when she started asserting, the party started to look to her for leadership. Thanks to her political sagacity, she has not only acted as a mature matriarch, she has done one better. Who among the Congress presidents espoused the cause of the \u2018common man\u2019 and made the government come out with NREGA and such other schemes? Only Sonia!\n\nSonia has also played the role of the final arbiter for the squabbling UPA constituents with grace, maturity, good political sense and perceived fairness. So, like Vajpayee for the NDA, Sonia is the glue that keeps the UPA together. No doubt, Manmohan Singh\u2019s humble persona and shaky stand [except on the nuclear energy, which he has made a personal cause] complement her very well in this area too.\n\nSonia is craftily making space for her son. Like her mother, he too has refused a position in the government. He is busy taking up the cause of the poor and those seen to be victimised by official or social injustice. He is a member of parliament and he is a Congress general secretary. Like her mother, he has enormous influence over the party and the government, but without accountability. If this style has made Sonia the most powerful lady in the land, it will make Rahul the most powerful man when Sonia wants to retire from active politics.\n\nLet\u2019s come back to Sonia. There will be challenges arising out of Ayodhya verdict, naxalism, terrorism, price rise, greater opening up of economy, corruption in welfare schemes, anti-incumbency and so on. But hasn\u2019t she weathered big storms already in 12 eventful years? One wishes her well in her fourth term."}
-{"text": "Usage and dosage: the apparatus before use, please use1% Bromogeramine solution or75% of medical alcohol disinfectant scrub, and apply a small amount of lubricant, with better use of condoms\n\nFixed sucker down 4pins fixed on a flat table. The bed . Tile or flooring according to power socket. Drive frequency adjusting rotary button adjustable apparatus for stretching speed and height adjustment [ at home ] situation placed\n\nIngredients: machinery metal manufacturing passion bar Senior soft\n\nNote: this apparatus for personal use, use down wash dry. Should pay attention to hygiene\n\nNot easy to dirt and ink coat contact, please pay attention to waterproof power box\n\nAfter use, apparatus into a packaging box, according to the original position are respectively arranged for the next use.\n\nThis machine gun is adjustable sex machine, a tireless fighter, meet your sex dreams! Simulation phallus fully comply with the feminine vagina to touch G point to enrich your feeling. With the wire control knob, you can always control interpolation speed to achieve different rhythm feeling and experience."}
-{"text": "On Monday, Cisco unveiled an investment worth more than $1 billion to launch the world\u2019s largest global Intercloud over the next two years. This open network of clouds will be hosted across a global network of Cisco and partner data centers featuring application process interfaces (APIs) for rapid application development, built out as part of an expanded suite of value-added application- and network-centric cloud services.\n\n. . . . . . .\n\nRiegel said the global Intercloud differentiates itself from Amazon Web Services in five ways. First, its focus will be on apps, not the infrastructure. Secondly, he explained, Cisco is the only company that can provide quality of service from the network all the way up to the application. Cisco has also designed the Intercloud for local data sovereignty in the post Eric Snowden era, where customers increasingly request that their data stay in their own home countries or the particular countries where they do business.\n\nThe fourth big difference is the Intercloud is firmly based on an open model, or open source innovation based on OpenStack. The last difference is the Cisco network will incorporate real-time analytics.\n\nAmazon Web Services are a good way to store code and other data, but it can get a little pricey. Before you upload your stuff to the Amazon cloud, check out Heap\u2019s article, \u201cHow We Estimated Our AWS Costs Before Shipping Any Code.\u201d Heap is an iOS and Web analytics tool that captures every user interaction. The Heap team decided to build it, because there was not a product that offered ad-hoc analysis or analyzed an entire user\u2019s activity. Before they started working on the project, the team needed to estimate their AWS costs to decide if the idea was a sustainable business model.\n\nThey needed to figure how much data was generated by a single user interaction, but then they had to find out where the data was stored and what to store it on. The calculations showed that for the business model to work a single visit would have to yield an average one-third of a cent to be worthwhile for clients.\n\nCPU cores, compression, and reserve instances reduced costs, but there are some unexpected factors that inflated costs:\n\n1. \u201cAWS Bundling. By design, no single instance type on AWS strictly dominates another. For example, if you decide to optimize for cost of memory, you may initially choose cr1.8xlarge instances (with 244GB of RAM). But you\u2019ll soon find yourself outstripping its paltry storage (240 GB of SSD), in which case you\u2019ll need to switch to hs1.8xlarge instances, which offer more disk space but at a less favorable cost/memory ratio. This makes it difficult to squeeze savings out of our AWS setup.\n\n2. Data Redundancy. This is a necessary feature of any fault-tolerant, highly available cluster. Each live data point needs to be duplicated, which increases costs across the board by 2x.\u201d\n\nHeap\u2019s formula is an easy and intuitive way to calculate pricing for Amazon Cloud Services. Can it be applied to other cloud services?"}
-{"text": "2\nEcotourism involves responsible travel to national areas that conserve the environment Ecotourism involves responsible travel to national areas that conserve the environment improve the well-being of local people improve the well-being of local people connecting conservation connecting conservation communities communities responsible travel responsible travel Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n3\nbuild environmental build environmental cultural awareness cultural awareness provide positive experiences for visitors and hosts provide positive experiences for visitors and hosts raise awareness of the political raise awareness of the political environmental and social climate environmental and social climate Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n5\nMillennium Declaration : Millennium Declaration : Millennium Development Goals as a Millennium Development Goals as a universal framework for development universal framework for development developing countries developing countries development partners to work together development partners to work together Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n6\nnumber of people in developing countries living on less than US$ 1 a day fell to 980 million in 2004, down from 1.25 billion in 1990 number of people in developing countries living on less than US$ 1 a day fell to 980 million in 2004, down from 1.25 billion in 1990 proportion of people living in extreme poverty fell from nearly a third of 33 % to 29 % over this period proportion of people living in extreme poverty fell from nearly a third of 33 % to 29 % over this period Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n7\nthe decline in global poverty is mostly due to rapid economic growth the decline in global poverty is mostly due to rapid economic growth Tourism Strategy of this sub-region therefore has placed an emphasis on poverty reduction and sustainable development Tourism Strategy of this sub-region therefore has placed an emphasis on poverty reduction and sustainable development Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n9\nEcotourism is considered the fastest growing segment in the tourism industry with an annual growth rate of 5 % worldwide and represents 6 % of the world gross domestic product. Ecotourism is considered the fastest growing segment in the tourism industry with an annual growth rate of 5 % worldwide and represents 6 % of the world gross domestic product. Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n12\nVarious projects such as the National Heritage Conservation Management in Various projects such as the National Heritage Conservation Management in Quang-Xi, People Democratic of China Lao PDR Quang-Xi, People Democratic of China Lao PDR Cambodia, Cambodia, Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n13\nthe implementation of pro-poor community-based eco tourism project for Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam under the GMS Tourism Strategy are excellent examples of ecotourism to eradicate poverty the implementation of pro-poor community-based eco tourism project for Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam under the GMS Tourism Strategy are excellent examples of ecotourism to eradicate poverty Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n14\nDeveloped countries need to deliver fully on longstanding commitments to achieve the official development assistance target of 0.7 % of gross national income by 2015 Developed countries need to deliver fully on longstanding commitments to achieve the official development assistance target of 0.7 % of gross national income by 2015 Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n15\nWe are proud that Asia to has been recognized by the United Nations as having an impressive reduction in poverty. We are proud that Asia to has been recognized by the United Nations as having an impressive reduction in poverty. Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n16\nEmphasis on prioritised destinations to be developed should be on accessibility with reasonable logistical facilities and infrastructure: air Emphasis on prioritised destinations to be developed should be on accessibility with reasonable logistical facilities and infrastructure: air land land waterway transportation waterway transportation Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n17\nThe local communitys way of life should not be significantly affected by the growth of external societies The local communitys way of life should not be significantly affected by the growth of external societies Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n21\nIntroducing a local financial institution such as a Bank of Agriculture at a tourist destinations may instigate marketing and financing, small-scale investment in agro tourism, launching of selling points on farm products, and also electronic transactions like credit cards or currency exchange. Introducing a local financial institution such as a Bank of Agriculture at a tourist destinations may instigate marketing and financing, small-scale investment in agro tourism, launching of selling points on farm products, and also electronic transactions like credit cards or currency exchange. Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n23\npresentation of best practice presentation of best practice exchange of information and technical exchange of information and technical exchange and learning from each other exchange and learning from each other Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n24\nEducational institutions should participate in monitoring ecotourism development key performance indicators Educational institutions should participate in monitoring ecotourism development key performance indicators Before and After Mechanism will mirror whether ecotourism is indeed responsible travel that improves the well-being of local people. Before and After Mechanism will mirror whether ecotourism is indeed responsible travel that improves the well-being of local people. Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n25\ntrial training course for Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand under the Emerald Triangle Tourism Cooperation in Ubonratchathani trial training course for Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand under the Emerald Triangle Tourism Cooperation in Ubonratchathani exchanged views on various aspects based exchanged views on various aspects based Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007\n\n26\nthis project will later be expanded to cover Climate Change and Tourism this project will later be expanded to cover Climate Change and Tourism climate change is projected to have serious economic and social climate change is projected to have serious economic and social Lao Ecotourism Forum 26 \u2013 29 July 2007"}
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-{"text": "Data Security \u2013 A Game of Shadows\n\nThis November 2nd will mark the 25th anniversary of something momentous. November 2nd 1988, the first ever worm hit the internet, the Morris worm. Launched by a student of Cornell University as an experiment, not only did it end up bringing down many systems connected to that early version of the internet, but was also a true marker of the transition of the internet to an \u2018insecure open network\u2019.\n\nTwenty five years later, as IBM leverages the power of the cloud to offer DoS protection, and some of the biggest brands including Apple, Google, and Adobe suffer from a wave of sophisticated internet attacks, it is tempting to look back at that moment and consider it a \u2018Pandora\u2019s Box\u2019 event. The box was always meant to open, it was just the trigger event that set things in motion.\n\nAs individuals who have witnessed the breathless rush of technology changing the face of the internet every few years, its been a very long journey from bulletin board systems and telnet and usenet to AWS and Google Authenticator 2-factor authentication and private clouds hosted in datacenters. From hacked database servers on the public internet with default passwords and no IP restrictions to sophisticated sweeps of an organization\u2019s networks, attacks that take weeks, months, or even years to execute.\n\nTruly, data security for the business of 2013 is a game of shadows!\n\nThat reminds us of this quote from a favourite movie we rewatched recently (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011) -\n\nThe Inside Threat\n\nWhile Holmes was able to discover his opponent, the business of today does not have that luxury. As Steve Pate writes in ComputerWorld (read here):\n\n\u201cDepending on which research you read, insiders are responsible for anywhere from 14% of data breaches (as published in the Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report), to over 36%, as Forrester Research has published. Both of these reports make the important distinction between malicious insiders, who seek access for profit or revenge, and the employees who simply make mistakes \u2014 leaving data exposed or vulnerable. Frankly, from a compliance or breach notification standpoint, these nuances don\u2019t matter. If sensitive or regulated data gets out, you\u2019ve got problems.\u201d\n\nHow do businesses today handle a situation where they are engaged in a game of shadows with multiple opponents that they cannot possibly identify? And whats worse, how do they handle the fact that some of these opponents lie within the organization?\n\nSimplify, Empower and strike the balance between Consistency and Adaptation\n\nFirst, simplify.\n\nLook for the simplest solutions that help organize and secure your networks, resources, and employees. For instance, when doing network security, look for solutions that work with networks, not with resources / servers. When securing data-at-rest, that\u2019s the time to be able to work with servers \u2013 physical or virtual \u2013 and the resources that they host. Look for solutions that do one thing with simplicity, elegance, and transparency. Your overall architecture will be a lego-structure of solutions which address different requirements without huge overlaps. The ability to use abstract thought to plan your security arrangements is invaluable here \u2013 a practical approach will save you time and money until the first breach costs you a huge packet and makes you go back to the drawing board!\n\nSecond, empower.\n\nIt\u2019s so easy for us to forget that employees are human beings, not mechanical objects. Because an organization has so many areas where they cannot control their employee actions, employees will always end up with power. To recognize this reality and pro-actively empower employees in a sensible manner gives businesses a better chance of ensuring they aren\u2019t cracked wide open by the maverick actions of their employees. For instance, some organizations fear and bar BYOD \u2013 this does not mean that BYOD does not happen on their premises. A little planning allows IT to select BYOD mechanisms that are sensible and yet limit the risk involved.\n\nThird, strike the balance.\n\nOrganizations \u2013 especially in the enterprise segment \u2013 tend to be large and have many disparate departments, sections, units\u2026 A uniform data security policy or IT policy across all segments is much harder to achieve. This is precisely why regulations for compliance (like PCI-DSS) are so carefully written, and allow for different forms of implementation, because such regulation itself is to be imposed on industries with companies of all shapes and sizes. We would suggest that businesses create uniform policies, but focus more on the requirements (what is to be achieved) than the instructions (how it is to be achieved). For instance, we hear of large corporates with \u2018renegade\u2019 teams hosting on AWS without consulting their superiors, just because IT responds so slowly to individual requests. Far better to legalise these deployments but put pressure on departments to ensure that such deployments conform to the mandated requirements, even if they don\u2019t follow the instructions of \u201cUse only our private cloud!\u201d.\n\nUnderstand Security in Cloud + DataCenter better\n\nYou can read more of our articles (link to blog) or better still, contact us today! Email us at info@ciphergraph.com \u2013 we have what it takes to help you make sense of this treacherous game of shadows."}
-{"text": "Almost everyone has something they fear \u2013 maybe it's spiders, enclosed spaces, or heights. When we encounter these \"threats,\" our hearts might begin to race, or our hands may become sweaty. Many fear-related disorders are treated using exposure therapy. This helps people \"unlearn\" a threat fear response by breaking the association between the \"trigger.\" Imagination allows patients to immerse themselves with a triggering stimulus in a controlled way, at their own pace, which is why it could be a promising new form of treatment.\n\nA panic attack may be a one-time occurrence, although many people experience repeat episodes. Recurrent panic attacks are often triggered by a specific situation, such as crossing a bridge or speaking in public\u2014especially if that situation has caused a panic attack before. Usually, the panic-inducing situation is one in which you feel endangered and unable to escape, triggering the body\u2019s fight-or-flight response.\n\nYour health care provider can determine if your panic disorder is caused by an underlying medical condition, such as heart disease or thyroid problems. This may require blood tests and an electrocardiogram (ECG). A complete assessment should also include questions about your caffeine and alcohol consumption, and any substance use, which can contribute to an anxiety disorder.\nThe buildup phase of a panic attack is the most important phase, because it is when you can prevent it. If you are under chronic stress, you become worn down and have no reserve left. Anything can push you over the edge. But if you regularly reduce your stress through a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and mind-body relaxation, you will have enough reserve left to handle life\u2019s surprises.\nim a 40 year old father \u2026. one child i have to my self so i have alot going on, i also work shift work and the nights are terrible, as pethtic as i sound im in love with a women thats the same age as me but she questions my security i can offer \u2026 i have never felt this way about anyone before and would give a limb if i had to to have her by my side for the rest of my life \u2026. there are problems stemming from this and it is trickling down the pipe to others but i cant control it. i have waves come at me every day from 5-20 times a day they range from a upset stomach to feeling like i there is no hope in my life its the most terrible feeling i have ever felt by far. my hands and face go numb alot also and my sleep is very questionable.\n\"The fight-or-flight system is hardwired for us humans to manage dangerous situations, and those of us with anxiety have an activated fight-or-flight response when the trigger is not really dangerous,\" says Beth Salcedo, MD, the medical director of The Ross Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders and board president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.\nPeople often fear the worst when they're having an anxiety attack. Most of the time, there\u2019s no underlying physical problem, such as a real heart attack. But you should get the medical all clear if you have repeat anxiety attacks, just to be sure you don\u2019t need additional treatment. Then find a cognitive behavioral therapist with experience treating anxiety to help you through.\nSo, if anxiety has so many negative effects, why is it relatively common? Many scientists who study anxiety disorders believe that many of the symptoms of anxiety (e.g., being easily startled, worrying about having enough resources) helped humans survive under harsh and dangerous conditions. For instance, being afraid of a snake and having a \"fight or flight\" response is most likely a good idea! It can keep you from being injured or even killed. When humans lived in hunter-gatherer societies and couldn't pick up their next meal at a grocery store or drive-through, it was useful to worry about where the next meal, or food for the winter, would come from. Similarly avoiding an area because you know there might be a bear would keep you alive \u2014worry can serve to motivate behaviors that help you survive. But in modern society, these anxiety-related responses often occur in response to events or concerns that are not linked to survival. For example, seeing a bear in the zoo does not put you at any physical risk, and how well-liked you are at work does not impact your health or safety. In short, most experts believe that anxiety works by taking responses that are appropriate when there are real risks to your physical wellbeing (e.g., a predator or a gun), and then activating those responses when there is no imminent physical risk (e.g., when you are safe at home or work).\nIf you are suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder, you just can\u2019t shake your concerns about anything and everything. And the severity of the condition may come and go. During mild episodes of your condition, you are more likely to be able to hold down a job and not have the disorder interfere too much with your social life. When your anxiety flares up, you might experience difficulty with everyday life situations and find the simplest tasks unbearable.\n\nSo how do you know if your anxiety is \u201cnormal\u201d or \u201cexcessive?\u201d It\u2019s normal to be worried about an upcoming test or wondering how you are going to cope financially when you unexpectedly find out you need major repairs done to your house. If you are suffering from the type of excessive worry that accompanies Generalized Anxiety Disorder, you may see a report on the local news about a new health scare in a different country and stay awake at night worrying about you or your family being affected, even though risks are minimal at best. You will likely spend the next few days and weeks in a constant state of worry about the well-being of your family and experience anxiety that is debilitating, intrusive, excessive, and persistent.\n\nHaving experienced one unanticipated panic attack is usually a sign that a person can expect to have more of them in the future. Persistent and unexpected panic attacks are the hallmark feature of a panic disorder. People diagnosed with panic disorder may also be subject to having nocturnal panic attacks, a type of unexpected panic attack that occurs when a person is sound asleep and wakes them up with panic symptoms.\n\u2022 Understand their distorted views of life stressors, such as other people's behavior or life events \u2022 Learn to decrease their sense of helplessness by recognizing and replacing panic-causing thoughts \u2022 Learn stress management and relaxation techniques to help when symptoms occur \u2022 Practice systematic desensitization and exposure therapy, in which they are asked to relax, then imagine the things that cause the anxiety, working from the least fearful to the most fearful. Gradual exposure to the real-life situation also has been used with success to help people overcome their fears.\nGeneralized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterized by chronic and exaggerated worry and tension, much more than the typical anxiety that most people experience in their daily lives. People may have trembling, twitching, muscle tension, nausea, irritability, poor concentration, depression, fatigue, headaches, light-headedness, breathlessness or hot flashes.\nThere has been recent interest in using psychoactive substances in conjunction with psychotherapy; the two that have received increased attention have been cannabis (marijuana) and methylenedioxymethamfetamine (MDMA, known as ecstasy or molly). These drugs are somewhat controversial, given that they also have psychoactive, i.e. \"feeling high\" effects. However, with increasing legalization of marijuana it is important to address whether these substances could be used to alleviate clinical symptoms of anxiety. While there have been only a few randomized clinical trials for these drugs, certain forms of cannabis have demonstrated positive effects on anxiety. Specifically, cannabidiol, a component of cannabis has been effective for Social Anxiety Disoder, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has helped PTSD patients. However, the plant form of cannabis has not shown great efficacy and has potential to worsen symptoms, so should be used with caution and only under supervision of a provider. MDMA has shown some positive effects for PTSD, but should only be used as an adjunct to psychotherapy, again under clinical care.\n\n\"This tends to make the individual vulnerable to developing an anxiety disorder, rather than cause them to directly inherit one,\" she says. Environmental factors, she adds, interact with genetic predispositions to trigger the onset of anxiety disorders. A study published in August 2017 in the journal Emotion may offer clues as to how both genes and environment combine to make anxiety take root. (4)\n\nAnxiety is becoming increasingly prolific in today\u2019s society, particularly among young people. While everybody feels anxious at some point in their lives, anxiety disorders can be all-encompassing unless you seek help. But what exactly is anxiety, and how do you treat it? The main type of anxiety is referred to by health specialists as generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), which is characterised by continued feelings of worry, fear and unease that are present for much of the time and not restricted to specific situations.\n\nAlthough individual participants may benefit from being part of a clinical trial, participants should be aware that the primary purpose of a clinical trial is to gain new scientific knowledge so that others may be better helped in the future. Decisions about whether to apply for a clinical trial and which ones are best suited for a given individual are best made in collaboration with a licensed health professional.\n\nOne of the most important things you can do is to listen to your family member or friend talk about the things in his/her life that are sources of stress. A first instinct might be to offer advice or ideas for a \"quick fix\". However, simply accepting your friend's stress levels can help them deal with their anxiety, knowing that they can rely on you as a source of support even when their symptoms might be tough to watch. Studies show that social support from family and friends can be one of the strongest protective factors against debilitating levels of anxiety.\n\nFor more information, please visit Mental Health Medications Health Topic webpage. Please note that any information on this website regarding medications is provided for educational purposes only and may be outdated. Diagnosis and treatment decisions should be made in consultation with your doctor. Information about medications changes frequently. Please visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website for the latest information on warnings, patient medication guides, or newly approved medications.\n\nThose who experience anxiety attack disorder are not alone. It\u2019s estimated that 19 percent of the North American adult population (ages 18 to 54) experiences an anxiety disorder, and 3 percent of the North American adult population experiences anxiety attack disorder. We believe that number is much higher, since many conditions go undiagnosed and unreported."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: young love\n\nWith wedding season upon us, so many couples are about to blissfully enter into marriage, hopefully with dreams and ideas of their long and happy lives together. Do you remember those times? Maybe you\u2019re long past your newlywed days. What advice would you give them?\n\nI\u2019m reading one of the reported \u201cbest books of all time,\u201d Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Nearly smack dab in the middle of the book, I was struck by a character\u2019s experiences of entering marriage. Levin had adored and loved Kitty for many years and dreamed of marrying her. Finally, the stars aligned and they were engaged. They had an elaborate wedding and went off into the country to begin their lives together. Levin never expected petty annoyances to get in the way of their love, and he was surprised how easily this happened. I want to share a short excerpt from the book, because I think it offers a great image of expectations along with reality.\n\n\u201cHe was happy; but on entering upon family life he saw at every step that it was utterly different from what he had imagined. At every step he experienced what a man would experience who, after admiring the smooth, happy course of a little boat on a lake, should get himself into that little boat. He saw that it was not at all sitting still, floating smoothly; that one had to think too, not for an instant to forget where one was floating; and that there was water under one, and that one must row; and that his unaccustomed hands would be sore; and that it was only to look at that was easy; but that doing it, though very delightful, was very difficult.\u201d\n\nTolstoy goes on to say, \u201cAs a bachelor, when he had watched other people\u2019s squabbles, the jealousy, he had only smiled contemptuously in his heart. In his future married life there could be, he was convinced, nothing of the sort\u2026\u201d\n\nI thought the description was fitting for life and for marriage. We often envision a future that is nearly perfect like that little boat floating along. But once we get farther down our path and feel the sun beating down on the rocking boat and realize that it\u2019s work to maneuver the boat, we are surprised. It doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not delightful, but that it requires our effort can sometimes be unexpected. Levin sees his life as \u201csuffused with the brilliant light of happiness\u201d so it\u2019s not that he is disappointed in marriage. However, his expectations were simply different from reality, at least at the beginning.\n\nIn many ways, we have expectations for our partner that are different from our reality, often not in a bad way, just different. Keeping perspective on this might help us maneuver through some of the potential conflicts in relationships.\n\nI\u2019ve often heard young parents make a similar confession, saying that they always imagined what perfect parents they would be until the real child rearing challenges became apparent. It doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t love the role of parenting, just that it was far different from their expectations. Forgiving ourselves from our parenting mistakes becomes just as important as forgiving our partner for their perceived failings.\n\nWhat expectations do you still carry with you into your marriage? What petty annoyances are you allowing to create division with your mate? How do you dream about and picture your future 10 or 20 years from now? And what advice do you have for those starry-eyed couples about to be wed?\n\nLori Lowe is the author of First Kiss to Lasting Bliss: Hope & Inspiration for Your Marriage. It tells the inspiring, true stories of couples who used adversity to improve their marriages\u2013from overcoming drug addiction to cancer, infidelity, religious differences, family interference and infertility, among many others. It\u2019s available at Amazon.com and in all e-book formats at www.LoriDLowe.com."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, March 10, 2015\n\nA Bard Days Knight\n\nSo I have a new short story coming out (possibly later this month) in a fantastic anthology titled \"A Bard Days Knight\" (cover above). I am so excited for this anthology, it is always so fun to have a story in a book that has stories in it also written by your friends! This anthology has stories in it by Michael Ventrella, Tera Fulbright, and KT Pinto, to just name a few others.\nMy story \"The Twisted Forest\" is in this story. It is a high fantasy story following the adventure of an elf and her wards, as they travel through a forest that has been mangled by darkness from the past wars of the land.\nOnce the anthology is out I will post a link to it!\n\nNo comments:\n\nPost a Comment\n\nThe Blogger!\n\nAbout The Blogger\n\nAngela is a geek girl extraordinaire. She is a writer, actress, makeup artist (beauty and special fx.) Angela reviews geek culture, makeup and fashion as well as events. She is also the author of Shut Up and Eat! The Unofficial Doctor Who Cookbook. She also loves to play the Ukulele and play with her Pug! (and cats!)\nYou can find her online at:\namazon.com/author/angelapritchett\nhttp://www.youtube.com/user/GirlsWhoWaited\nhttps://www.facebook.com/StarAngelCosplay?ref=hl"}
-{"text": "David Backes' phantom headshot on Kent Huskins wasn't Friday night's only referee meltdown\u2014Capitals defenseman John Erskine got away with a dirty elbow to the head of Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds.\n\nThe good news, if you can call it that, is that the officials' oversight won't go unchecked. Erskine somehow avoided a trip to the penalty box for the elbow, but he's unlikely to escape a suspension\u2014he had a hearing with Brendan Shanahan set for Saturday.\n\nThe 6-4 Erskine lifted his elbow into Simmonds' face while both were going for the puck. As Greg Wyshynski noted at Puck Daddy, it was a similar move to then-Flames winger Rene Bourque\u2019s chicken-wing on Nicklas Backstrom last year. That led to five-game suspension for Bourque, but he had a suspension history, unlike Erskine. If you were placing a bet on Shanahan's decision, 2-3 games would be wise, in part because Simmonds was hurt on the play.\n\nSimmonds left the game after the hit and didn't return. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren said he has a head injury and \"a little bit of a whiplash going on,\" which is never good news and hopefully doesn't portend long-running concussion issues. He's unlikely to play Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes.\n\n\u201cWhen I saw it live I thought it was two guys colliding. When I saw the replay I don\u2019t know why his elbow went up, but it did. I don\u2019t think John\u2019s that kind of player. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a dirty player. Those things happen,\" Holmgren told reporters after the game, according to CSN Washington.\n\nAfter the hit, in a solid-if-ridiculous illustration of how things work in the NHL, Matt Hendricks and Zac Rinaldo fought and were summarily ejected for doing it before the official dropped the puck on a face-off\n\nThe bigger issue for the Flyers is that they lost yet another game and fell to last place in the Eastern Conference at 2-6-0 overall. After the 3-2 loss, they've been outscored 23-16, the latter of which is tied for the worst mark in the conference.\n\n\u201cWe started slow, for whatever reason,\u201d Holmgren said, according to CSN Philly. \u201cI thought we got into the game and played pretty good after the first 8-10 minutes.\n\n\u201cThen, we made a couple of mistakes that cost us goals. I\u2019m concerned because we\u2019re falling behind here. We got to get going here.\u201d"}
-{"text": "We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.Find out moreJump to\nContent\n\nRobert Ralston and Ronald R. Krebs\n\nThe field of international relations has long focused on understanding and explaining the causes of war. In contrast, scholars have devoted relatively little attention to war\u2019s ...\nMore\n\nThe field of international relations has long focused on understanding and explaining the causes of war. In contrast, scholars have devoted relatively little attention to war\u2019s consequences. However, scholarly literature on the consequences of violent conflict, including its effects on liberal democracy, has burgeoned and improved in recent decades, since the 1990s.\n\nExisting research shows that security threats, mobilization, and warfare are neither entirely negative nor entirely positive with respect to liberal democracy. On the one hand, in the short run, these pressures erode liberal institutions and values. On the other hand, large-scale mobilization and warfare\u2014both interstate and civil\u2014encourage broader and more intense participation at the individual level and strengthen participation\u2019s structural foundations.\n\nHowever, despite recent advances, there remains much that we still do not know, which suggests promising avenues for future research. The existing literature has not sufficiently or systematically distinguished among the effects of threat/insecurity, mobilization, and warfare. It has been stronger on empirical findings than on developing the mid-range theories and causal mechanisms that would make sense of those findings. It has been firmer on conflict\u2019s impact on individual attitudes and predilections than on how and when violence reshapes larger political processes and structures. It has had more to say about conflict\u2019s short-run effects than its long-term effects, especially with respect to contestation. The impact of violent conflict on liberal democracy remains a rich soil for future research.\n\nPhilip G. Roeder\n\nNational secession seeks to create a new sovereign state for a nation residing on its homeland that is currently located inside another sovereign state. This goal distinguishes national ...\nMore\n\nNational secession seeks to create a new sovereign state for a nation residing on its homeland that is currently located inside another sovereign state. This goal distinguishes national secession from regional secession, autonomy, and decolonization and shapes the strategies, operational objectives, and tactical choices of the leaders of national-secession campaigns. Explanations for the success of some campaigns\u2014particularly, success at getting on the global agenda\u2014have focused on the identities, grievances, or greed of their members. Explanations for why some campaigns have turned to protracted intense violence have focused on these motivations and on tactical-logistical opportunities.\n\nThe existing literature suffers from its failure to agree on theoretical and conceptual fundamentals. As a consequence, empirical studies focus on very different universes of cases and operationalize key variables in diverging ways. The existing literature frequently does not consider how the goal of national secession constrains the strategies, operations, and tactics of such campaigns. And so, it often fails to consider whether studies with another dependent variable can be extended to the study of national secession. Explanations stress indeterminate or substitutable causes and remote constraints on most national-secession campaigns\u2014causes and constraints taken \u201coff the shelf\u201d from theories about conflicts operating under very different strategic and operational constraints. Missing from these explanations is the authenticity and realism of the programs for national secession in the assessments of the populations that each program presents as a nation with a right to a sovereign state of its own. Explanations and recommendations for responses by common-state governments, their allies, and the international community often fail to understand the centrality of the war of programs between national secessionists and common-state governments and the ways this constrains what compromises are possible and what responses are most likely to lead to domestic and international peace in such conflicts."}
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-{"text": "As with this morning\u2019s opener, the Italian led from start to finish in a race that never saw him troubled from behind; however unlike the earlier race, this was clear, dry run, interrupted briefly by a brief safety car period.\n\nIt wasn\u2019t all plain sailing for Marciello. In pulling away from the squabbling pack, the Italian racer punished his Hankook tyres hard, causing grip to fall away in the latter stages \u2013 his tyres were not helped by Marciello\u2019s own actions under the caution period. \u201cWhen the safety car came out, I didn\u2019t have a good warm-up \u2013 the temp was very hot and I didn\u2019t zigzag,\u201d said the points leader.\nHe added, \u201cI had slight problems with the tyres with too much consumption, therefore, it wasn\u2019t as easy as this morning. I think it was because the track provided much grip. It was difficult for that reason,\u201d however Marciello reaffirmed, \u201clike this morning, it is a victory. I was in front and pushing every lap, so no problem for me.\u201d\n\nDespite best Marciello\u2019s efforts, it was Hill who garnered plenty of attention following his near race long battle for the runner-up spot with Blomqvist, Lucas Auer and Felix Serralles. Starting 6th, the Englishman passed Sven Muller on the opening lap, before sweeping passed Serralles at the lap four restart. From there, Hill pressed the Blomqvist / Auer pairing, stalking both as he looked for a way through.\nIt came eventually on lap ten as Hill explains: \u201cTom was slow into the stadium which let Lucas try to attack him and they both went wide and I nipped up the inside on exit. To be honest, I was a little bit lucky with my positioning. I was far enough back to capitalise on it and not too close to get balked by them.\u201d\nThe gap gave Hill an opportunity, but it was a close run thing, \u201cIt was very, very tight and lucky to get away with it, but I had seen that Tom had been struggling for a long time to hold off Lucas. I was catching Lucas but then having to drop back because of the aero and I saw him run wide and thought \u2018this is going to be my only chance\u2019. He seldom makes mistakes; hardly ever makes mistakes in Formula 3.\u201d\n\nBlomqvist was hoping Hill\u2019s presence would have offered up a rather different result: \u201cI saw [Hill] was quite close to Lucas and was hoping that they would battle it out and get a bit of a break, but it didn\u2019t happen and when I made my mistake, he was right there to capitalise on it, so fair play to him.\u201d\nIn the end, Hill ended up playing a slightly different hand. \u201cI put myself into a position where I was behind Lucas and Tom and looking to find a way past and they started fighting,\u201d noted the Fortec driver before adding, \u201cThe fact that they both went wide and stayed on the Astroturf for a long time allowed me to slip passed.\n\u201cIt was all planned up until the apex of the stadium corner at which point I decide just to go right and Lucas saw me, so he didn\u2019t come across me too quickly, but Tom was a bit close. He initially did come across and I was nearly on the grass \u2013 it was a little bit touch and go, but I think with the speed I was carrying, that sort of move you just have to commit to \u2013 it can\u2019t be half-hearted.\u201d\n\nAlthough Hill did not strictly run away from Blomqvist, he was still rather comfortable come the flag \u2013 Blomqvist still had Auer to deal with; however the Austrian Auer could not break the EuroInternational racer. Serralles, meanwhile, fell away toward the end of the race, but maintained his 5th place \u2013 another positive run for the Puerto Rican.\nDennis van de Laar, too, looked racey as the laps ticked over, but it was too little, too late to press Serralles into an error and besides, the Dutch racer was busy defending against a resurgent Alex Lynn.\nVan de Laar may have been delighted to come away with 6th place, but for Lynn, it was a disappointment not helped by dropping to 9th at the start. Lynn would eventually take Felix Rosenqvist (lap 5) and Sven Muller (lap 11) to regain his starting position, but the Briton is sure to have wanted more than that.\nMuller held onto 8th to secure his best Formula 3 finish, while Jordan King slipped by Rosenqvist to take 9th; the Swede would end the race with an unspectacular 10th place \u2013 not the result of a potential title challenger.\n\nAs noted earlier, the race was not without incident and the opening tour had plenty of them. Indeed Hill was close to being taken out by a somewhat overzealous Sven Muller on the approach to the hairpin \u2013 the latter of the pair arrived in a light mist of tyre smoke as the pack condensed around him.\nHowever Antonio Giovinazzi was less circumspect on his approach \u2013 the Italian flew into the corner, seemingly with little tension on his brakes, pitching into Spike Goddard, before being launched over Lucas Wolf and into the side of Jann Mardenborough.\nWolf and Goddard continued, although the T-Sport racer required a pitstop; however Mardenborough\u2019s day was done there and then. The incident required a safety car, which stayed out for three laps.\n\nAlthough Marciello dominated, a few will remember Hill\u2019s performance today in what might be looked upon as a coming-of-age performance. \u201cI didn\u2019t expect to be [on the podium] this early in the season \u2013 I was expecting to be challenging for podiums by the end of the season, but to get one this early is nice. We didn\u2019t get any pre-season tests apart from the official tests, so it is really good to be here this early.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Welcome to Innes Bar\n\nThe Innes Bar pub is located in central Inverness. We always have something special on offer. We are a friendly local, traditional bar with\nfriendly staff, great choice of drinks wether you are looking for real ales, a cocktail or anything in between we will be able to help.\n\nWe are open for lunches between 12 and 2pm Monday to Friday and 12:30 till 4pm on Sunday, offering a large selection of fresh, home cooked\nmeals, see our menu page for more details.\n\nFrom a pint to acocktail, from a sandwich to abusiness lunch, we\noffer such great quality, choices & prices you'll keep coming back for more!\ufeff We look forward to welcoming you, whether you're having a snack at lunchtime or coming in for a drink\nwith friends in the evening!\ufeff"}
-{"text": "\u2018Westworld\u2019 theory: A tale of two Doloreses\n\nShare this:\n\nSunday\u2019s (Oct. 30) episode of \u201cWestworld,\u201d titled \u201cContrapasso\u201d \u2014 a nod to Dante\u2019s Inferno, referring to the punishment of souls in Hell with the literal translation being, \u201csuffer the opposite\u201d \u2014 gave more of an understanding to Dr. Robert Ford\u2019s (Anthony Hopkins) past \u2014 and with it, that of Dolores\u2019s (Evan Rachel Wood)\n\nIn one of the show\u2019s many familiar quality control sequences, we see Dr. Ford sitting down with a very naked Dolores. Most of the conversations we\u2019ve seen with her in this environment, thus far, has been with Bernard (Jeffrey Wright), so this instance holds some weight. Not only do we see that there is a history between Ford and Dolores, it seems that he may be privy to her secret meetings.\n\nBut moreover, there\u2019s something about their sit-down that causes Ford to shed a tear. Were they really old friends? No \u2014 we think they were once, a long time ago, more like lovers.\n\nBut while that scene had us raising an eyebrow, another aspect of this particular meeting made us wonder something: Is there more than one Dolores in Westworld?\n\nYou see, the adventure that William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) find themselves in directly requires the involvement of Ms. Abernathy. At what point in time would the technicians have to come in and take the host away to be examined, while not interrupting the game? We\u2019ve seen this happen previously when a host malfunctions, but she hasn\u2019t been flagged\u2026 yet. This leads us to a very strong inkling that there can\u2019t just be one Dolores.\n\nWhat if the Dolores that Bernard and Dr. Ford have met with is a different iteration of the host \u2014 one that houses her narrative, technical system and so on? It\u2019d be an easy way to check on the in-game of Dolores. The best way to propose this theory would be to compare the notion of two robots and one AI, to two computers and one hard drive.\n\nHere, though, we\u2019re referring to artificial intelligence instead of a drive containing pertinent software. A \u201cWestworld\u201d host is very much a shell in the same way a computer is, so it\u2019s not that far-fetched of a notion\u2026 is it?\n\nIf Delos uses some sort of uplink to maintain an informational connection between the robots behind-the-scenes and their host counterparts, this would give new insight on how Bernard\u2019s conversations with Dolores has affected her in-game. As well, it would give some believable context to the visions, and subsequent sit-down conversation, she had with the alternate version of herself.\n\nWe\u2019re not saying she was face-to-face with her twin. No, what we are saying is that the version of her that exists off-world is slowly and steadily breaking through the in-game host\u2019s narrative loop \u2014 with the goal of eventually waking her from the proverbial slumber that is this repetitive existence.\n\nAnd if the Dolores robot Dr. Ford was speaking with gets through to her in-game sister (so to speak), things are going to get dangerous for everyone involved. Because this robot has some damaging intel \u2014 secrets that could help the Man in Black destroy the maze, possibly \u2014 and since she was created by Arnold, who also defied Dr. Ford\u2019s directives 30 years ago, it\u2019s possible another \u201ccritical failure\u201d is just right around the corner.\n\n\u201cWestworld\u201d airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.\n\nShare this:\n\nShare this:\n\nPosted by:Aaron Pruner\n\nWhen he was a child, Aaron memorized the entire television lineup, just for fun. He once played Charlize Theron\u2019s boyfriend in a Japanese car commercial. Aaron\u2019s a lover of burritos and a hater of clowns. TV words to live by: \"Strippers do nothing for me, but I will take a free breakfast buffet any time, any place.\""}
-{"text": "Operation Deep Freeze was an effort to open and\nunderstand the great white continent of Antarctica... From Admiral Byrd's early\nexpeditions through Operation High Jump to Operation Deep Freeze, the Navy was\nthere and here are some samples of true grit and adventure... Enjoy!\n\nThis\nsite has been awarded the ANTARCTIC SERVICE Medal\n\nWelcome to:\nPuckered Pete'sAntarctic\nNewseum The Penguins are heavy and making the scene. These pages\nare dedicated to\nthe Puckered Penguins of the United States Navy Aviation Squadron VX6.\nlate of the Antarctic and to all of the OAEs who pioneered the opening of Mother Earth's last\nunknown Continent.... Antarctica...\n\nCdr. Jim\nWaldron has prepared a CD containing his thirty chapter book\nentitled, \"The Flight of the Puckered\nPenguins,\" plus over 150 color photographs. The book and the photos detail Cdr. Waldron's flying experiences\nduring his sixteen months on the Antarctic Continent.\nFull details are on his page, Jim\nWaldron's Scrap Book"}
-{"text": "Could Utah's highly variable climate impact winter sports?\n\nThere is talk of Utah one day bidding for another Olympics. But will global warming allow enough of the greatest snow on Earth to fall in Utah?\n\nSALT LAKE CITY \u2014 The 2002 Winter Games showed off Utah's beautiful mountains and the greatest snow on earth.\n\nThere is talk of Utah one day bidding for another Olympics. But will global warming allow enough of the greatest snow on Earth to fall in Utah?\n\nThe questions come on the heels of a wild 2012 with savage storms, raging wildfires, blistering heat waves and unrelenting drought. July was the hottest month on record for the continental U.S. since record keeping began, the 329th consecutive month in which the temperature of the whole globe topped the 20th-century average.\n\n\"The atmosphere is warming, we're getting an earlier snowmelt in the season and a faster snowmelt,\" said Robert Gillies, Utah State climatologist.\n\nGillies published a study finding Utah is clearly getting hotter. \u201cThe real thing that is changing is the temperature trend in the last 50 years of the atmosphere here in Utah,\u201d Gilles said. \"That\u2019s significant because that\u2019s shifting the whole precipitation regime from this predominantly snow to one that is predominantly rainfall.\u201d\n\nAnother study found Utah temperatures are up on average more than 2 degrees over the last century.Overall, precipitation is up 9 percent as well, Gilles said.\n\nHe added that people are probably perceiving a decline in snowfall, but that\u2019s not the case. \u201cThe snowfall is declining, but it\u2019s not statistically significant,\u201d he said.\n\nOur climate is highly variable and this is what can really confuse people sometimes, he said.\n\nNo one weather event, whether it's a drought, flood, tornado, hurricane, cold spell or heat wave, can be specifically attributed to the warming climate. Climate scientists say long-range trends are key and that as the atmosphere warms the weather dice get loaded, making extreme events more likely.\n\nResearch links rising temperatures to beetle-kill forests and shrinking snowpacks.\n\nRetired USU professor Fred Wagner edited a book on the warming West. \"The precip each year in the winter is more and more rainfall and less and less snow,\" he said.\n\nHe said regions all over the globe are seeing receding snow and ice, and milder, shorter winters, which is causing deep concern on a variety of fronts, from water supply to cold-weather sports.\n\n\"The ski areas are going to be in jeopardy, some of them, particularly the low elevation ones,\" Wagner said.\n\nIn 2010, the Olympics Games in Vancouver were hit by unseasonably warm weather and a drastic lack of snow. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge called global warming \"a worry\" for the world that might affect \"long-term staging\" of Winter Games.\n\nAlexis Kelner hikes and skis Utah's mountains and has for decades. He's seen the changes in the snow. \"I would say they're quite dramatic if you looked at it over a 50-year period,\" Kelner said.\n\nAuthor of \"Skiing in Utah, A History,\u201d Kelner said for years people hiked, then skied, the glacial snowfield at the summit of Mt. Timpanogos in mid-summer.\n\n\"The snowfield at that time was much bigger, and as I looked at photographs of the ski races the snow was like spring snow in Alta in April,\" Kelner said. Lately, by August the snow is mostly gone.\n\nUtah business leaders say they follow the climate studies, but are confident in skiing's future.\n\n\"I just can't even quote all of the studies that are on both sides,\" said Lane Beattie, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber. \"Is it a concern? Is water a concern? I have grandchildren. It's a huge concern.\"\n\n\"We believe we'll still have enough snow to maintain our ski and snowboard operations,\" said Mike Goar, managing director of The Canyons Resort.\n\nSo when it comes to the \"Greatest Snow on Earth,\" Wagner said with a smile, \"Enjoy it while you can.\"\n\nPopular Comments\n\nOne hot summer and all the global warming people come out of the woodwork. I am\nnot worried about snowfall when just last year we had record snow and flooding.\nThere will be plenty of snow this winter!\n\n9:16 p.m. Aug. 10, 2012\n\nTop comment\n\nMy2Cents\n\nTaylorsville, UT\n\nIt's about time this state get some common sense get involved with this\nissue. Utah has never been a stable state and the records and data is\nmanipulated to create and image that is grossly in error and misleading. Utah\nhas too many transplant\nMore..\n\n3:42 a.m. Aug. 11, 2012\n\nTop comment\n\nrmk\n\nSouth Jordan, UT\n\nhow soon we forget last years record snow fall and cold temps. The sky must be\nfalling lets move to a cave and turn off all modern conveniences."}
-{"text": "Warriors Anticipating Epic Oracle Atmosphere\n\nIn 2007 playoffs, the underdog Warriors started the first round of the playoffs in a place that was nearly impossible to get a win: American Airlines Center. Dallas was 36-5 at home during the regular season, but the Warriors managed a split. So when they came home, it made for a surreal setting. The crowd was in third-quarter form two hours before tip-off. And when the Warriors went on a run, the place got so loud you couldn\u2019t hear yourself think.\n\nFast forward six years. The underdog Warriors started the first round in a place that was nearly impossible to get a win: the Pepsi Center. Despite the fact that Denver (38-3 at home during the regular season) had won 24 straight at home, the Warriors pulled off a split. Now, they come home to what is expected to be an electric Oracle Arena.\n\nThe banners are already up on each side, with more inside. The Warriors are preparing for what figures to be one of the most electric atmospheres in the NBA. A few details:\n\nAdvertisement\n\n* Each seat will have gold t-shirts, as was the case in 2007. Four kinds of shirts will be given out, all reading \u201cWe Are Warriors\u201d across the front.\n\n* For the upper level section, 10,000 thunder sticks will be handed out.\n\n* The Warriors will play videos featuring Warriors legends throughout both games. Several who have had big playoff games for the Warriors (Chris Mullin, Sleepy Floyd, etc.) will take a trip down memory lane on the big screen.\n\n* The Warriors, during player introductions, will darken the arena and ask fans who have downloaded the GSW Mobile App to pull up the \u201cgold screen.\u201d The hope is to get thousands of gold screens waiving in the dark like lighters at a concert.\n\n* Cheer cards will be handed out to fans CSN Bay Area will air their pre-game, halftime and post-game shows outside of Oracle on the Plaza Level. We are distributing \u201ccheer cards\u201d to all of the fans who stand around in camera angle.\n\nor the trimuvirate of Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars & Vinny (the Microwave) Johnson?\n\nGus Williams, Dennis Johnson & Freddie Brown?\n\nFor those that don\u2019t remember (or count) ABA refugees, George (the Iceman) Gervin, Johnny Moore & James (before he blew out his knee) Silas. . .\n\nJust off the top of my head. . .\n\nBut the W\u2019s aforementioned duo do have a chance to, over the long haul, do some special things.\n\nTune in for developments. . .\n\nal oha\n\nFor historical reference, you must go back to the Genesis of loud crowds in the Bay Area. It was at the 7th game of the 1975 Western Conference Finals against the Chicago Bulls. The Warriors were down by double digits at halftime and came roaring back in the 2nd half. The 4th quarter of that game was some of the most beautiful basketball ever played. The Cow Palace was in complete delirium, the loudest, most insane event that I\u2019ve ever experienced.\n\nThat\u2019s how I knew what to expect in 2007, after the W\u2019s split the first 2 games in Dallas and were coming home to the Oracle for game #3.\n\nSame thing now, it\u2019s going to be off the hook.\nIt might get loud!\n\nNigel Tufnel\n\n\u201cCheer cards\u201d? Ugh.\n\nNiners in 2012\n\nTOTAL FAIL if the Nuggets wear their yellow jerseys. Team needs to make sure they don\u2019t!!\n\nhttps://twitter.com/BayAreaBias Pat\n\nThe over-hype machine is not making me feel any better about tomorrow\u2019s game.\n\nShirts are fine I guess, but why Cheer Cards and Thunder Sticks?\n\nWe\u2019re already the best and loudest fans, so why do we need props?\n\nCrackMonkey\n\nWhat a load of cheese\n\nKamal\n\nHey Marcus,\n\nWill there be T-shirts for Game 3 & 4? Or just Game 3? I wasn\u2019t entirely sure by the Tweet and Email. Thanks"}
-{"text": "nav\n\nMotto\n\n\"All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal.\" -Fran Lebowitz\n\nThursday, February 9, 2017\n\nOHO - Post-Production Update\n\nHappy February, everyone. 2016 is a distant memory. Okay, maybe not. But it is a memory. Now that the groundhog has seen his shadow and cursed us with six more weeks of winter, Tom Brady has cemented his legacy as the GOAT and sent most NFL fans cursing, and \u201cDoes he own a bathrobe?\u201d has become a question by which we define all past and future American Presidents (Bill curses), it\u2019s time for another update on One Hour Outcall. Briefly or otherwise, I\u2019m hoping to keep you all posted as we progress towards having a completed film.\n\nAs I mentioned in the last update, we\u2019ve screened a first rough-cut of the film. The creative brain trust was unanimous in feeling it was a tremendous start. I grew quite excited watching, as I realized, \u201cHey, this is a thing, this is coming together.\u201d Our editor Sam Hook is working on the next cut now, as we move forward You can see from Sam\u2019s apartment walls the roller-coaster map and index cards are shaping up the cut. We\u2019re hoping to have that cut completed by month\u2019s end. We\u2019ll screen it again and that\u2019s when we\u2019ll start really diving down into the dirt, trying to shape it into the best movie it can be. Everyone\u2019s pumped to keep the momentum moving on One Hour Outcall.\n\nAnd this is where we need your help again. Many of you were tremendous in contributing during pre-production and principal photography to helping get One Hour Outcall into the can. Now that we\u2019re into 2017, and have shaken off the post-2016 rust, we\u2019re in post-production, we can see the finish line for a film we\u2019ll be proud of, and I\u2019m hoping you\u2019ll be willing to asset us in reaching that finish line. I\u2019m re-opening up our GoFundMe campaign, trying to raise $5,000 to help us complete the movie. Those dollars will go to:\n\n-continued editing of the film, shaping it from the first cut to the final cut.\n\n-sound design\n\n-completing color correction, essential to establish the look that we want for the piece\n\n-music, an underrated aspect of all movies\n\n-preparing the marketing and publicity for the film, as we attempt to find One Hour Outcall an audience\n\nIf you\u2019ve contributed already, know that I appreciate it, know that your help has gotten us this far, and please consider helping out just a bit more. If you haven\u2019t contributed yet, please consider it, know that many people needed to see that One Hour Outcall was becoming a reality before they felt comfortable assisting us, and understand how grateful I\u2019ll be. Please go over to our campaign page at www.gofundme.com and toss some change in the hat. We\u2019re extremely close to getting there. Any amount would go a long way towards us getting this home.\n\nThanks for considering it. Forget the groundhog, forget Tom Brady, forget that dude without a bathrobe. Talk to you soon."}
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-{"text": "Content Type\n\nAs marketers seek greater accountability in today\u2019s increasingly omnichannel shopper landscape, demand for outcome-based ROI measurement has become more important than ever across the media, retail and FMCG industries.\n\nBacked by rising consumer confidence and optimism, many of the world\u2019s economies are experiencing degrees of positive momentum. In some cases, that momentum is strong; in others, it\u2019s subtle, but still worth noting.\n\nWith summer just around the corner, many of us should be focused on ditching winter comfort foods in exchange for a better, more healthful diet packed with fresh fruits and vegetables. However, Nielsen data reveals that last summer, this assumption did not necessarily hold true. While total dollar sales for fresh fruits last summer versus the previous year, the amount of fruits and vegetables Australians actually consumed declined slightly.\n\nMore consumers are using product information and labels on food packaging, nutrition and fitness to meet personal health goals. Fusing Nielsen data with nutritional information from The George Institute reveals the positive impact the Health Star Rating is having on brands in particular categories.\n\nWhen identifying how valuable sponsorships and brand activation can be in esports, it\u2019s worth exploring the issue from the perspectives of the many stakeholders involved: leagues, franchisees and teams.\n\nThe news that Amazon is coming to Australian shores has the local retailing community set for something of a shake-up; and the pharmacy sector is not immune to the imminent disruption. In January 2017, 38% of Australians were aware of a potential Amazon launch, this increased to 47% by March 2017.\n\nNeuroscience shows us that, when used correctly, music can put viewers and listeners in a more positive mood, leading to a greater reliance on intuition and a reduction in both critical thought and focus on detail.\n\nThanks to globalization and connectivity, consumers around the world have access to a wider array of products than ever. So how much weight does the \u201cmade in\u201d moniker carry when it comes to purchase motivation?\n\nWe\u2019ve been talking about health and wellness for years. There are two critical forces at play that are shifting this topic from niche to mainstream: increasingly complex needs and massive digital engagement.\n\nThis year\u2019s Emirates Melbourne Cup well and truly lived up to its reputation as one of the biggest events on the Australian sporting calendar. Nielsen\u2019s Social TV Ratings revealed that our nation\u2019s most prestigious horse race was the biggest social episode on TV this year.\n\nThis year, a range of ad execs have said digital advertising is broken and in need of repair. While they\u2019re right to insist for better performance, their focus has been on surface issues related to the ad experience, while a larger problem lies beneath.\n\nIn today\u2019s cooling real estate market, it is increasingly critical to understand where buyers and sellers are on their real estate journey, and to connect with them at the right time. In the next 12 months, 254,000 New Zealanders intend to buy a property and 115,000 expect to sell a property.\n\nGlobal FMCG retail is pegged at $4 trillion today, growing at a rate of just 4%, with signs of continuing sluggish performance in developed markets. On the other hand, total retail e-commerce is predicted to grow by 20% (combined annual growth rate) to become a $4 trillion market by 2020.\n\nFor many Australians, the winter energy bill is one of the highest household expenses for the year. With three major retailers announcing energy price increases of up to 20% taking effect on 1 July 2017, Australian families are bracing themselves for an extra big hit on their household budget when their winter bill arrives this spring.\n\nWe\u2019ve gotten used to emphasizing the divide between digital and physical, but it\u2019s quickly disappearing: when digital data about the physical world is comprehensive, real-time and freely available, the physical and digital augment each other.\n\nAuthentic Italian grocery brands are growing in popularity. In some categories, products made in Italy have enjoyed strong sales gains over the past year driven by a rise in the number of Australian shoppers spending more on these brands. Despite this, category share for these brands is still relatively low - highlighting significant opportunities for expansion.\n\nWhen testing innovations, it\u2019s risky to ask consumers to compare a new concept against an actual product that they currently purchase. This unbalances the entire evaluation by setting up an unfair comparison.\n\nBeyond in-store clinics and the traditional health care aisle of the store, a handful of departments should be top of mind for drug store retailers where more multicultural dollars are spent in comparison to non-Hispanic whites.\n\nAfrica\u2019s vast potential is the stuff of investors\u2019 dreams, but capitalizing on that opportunity is less about identifying or quantifying prospects and more about execution stemming from knowledge, insights and data to enable on-the-ground success.\n\nThe market for dairy products is highly saturated, and driving new growth can prove challenging. However, Nielsen research shows that consumers who purchase cheese on a weekly basis have a very distinct profile and appealing to this group of cheese lovers could uncover new growth opportunities.\n\nBacked by improving global consumer confidence, many regions are seeing improved conditions for businesses and the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Here, we\u2019ll look at trends in a few select countries.\n\nOn-the-go Kiwi consumers want their meals to be quick and convenient. Over the past year we\u2019ve seen big increases in those who eat on the run (+22%) and buy take-away food to eat at home (+25%). For those with limited time, meal kits and prepared meals are proving to be invaluable.\n\nFor a long time, no one outside IT showed much interest in APIs, but MIT research shows that the most successful digital companies make above-average investments in APIs; these companies know that APIs are fundamental to their strategic success. Why do they think that?\n\nIn the lead up to Father\u2019s Day this year, partners and children across the country will no doubt be racking their brains to pick the perfect gift for dad. Nielsen research reveals that millennial dads (aged 18-34) are a particularly different breed of dad compared to their older counterparts, with lifestyle and aspirations of this age group having evolved notably over the past few years.\n\nNielsen\u2019s latest consumer confidence results for the second quarter of 2017 reveals Australian and New Zealand consumers paint a very different picture of their future outlook. New Zealand continues to ride its wave of positivity with a consumer confidence score of 103, the highest it has been in nine years. Australia, on the other hand, recorded a consumer confidence score of 89 - well below the global average of 104.\n\nWith the advancements in big data, advertisers know more about consumers than ever before. And yet, they\u2019re still challenged with how to drive the greatest return for their marketing budgets. And we all know what happens when executives don\u2019t see the ROI they\u2019re expecting\u2014they cut budgets.\n\nAustralian Millennials (aged 18 to 34) are less likely to drink than their elders. As such, Millennials pose a challenge to alcohol marketers because of the range of factors that influence their drinking choices.\n\nIn contrast to the ongoing market challenges facing global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturers and retailers, consumers are in better spirits than they were at the end of 2016. In fact, global consumer confidence has risen three index points since the close of last year.\n\nNew Zealanders love to read. Around 1.9 million Kiwis aged over 10 say they read a book every week \u2013 the second most popular leisure activity after walking. In 2016 alone, Nielsen BookScan revealed that 4.9 million books were sold in New Zealand for a total value of $114.2 million.\n\nUnless you\u2019ve been hiding under a rock for the last couple of years, you\u2019re seeing the FMCG industry transform right in front of our eyes. That\u2019s scary, but equally exciting. So here are three things big FMCG marketers need to do to win as the industry evolves.\n\nHas the traditional planning process become obsolete? Many signs within the industry point to \u201cyes.\u201d So in order to succeed today, companies need to move to a new form of adaptive planning that is responsive to continuous market change.\n\nWinter and spring 2016 was one of the wettest periods Australia has seen for a number of years. The rainy weather also triggered a rise in allergy and hayfever remedies which increased by 3.3% on last year\u2019s allergy season.\n\nAdvertising campaigns that resonate in the minds of consumers are hard to find. Encouragingly, understanding frequency - the number of times consumers see a campaign - has a demonstrated impact on resonance, and can ensure brands maximise their digital spend.\n\nAustralians love seafood. And while most of us already purchase seafood, there is still an opportunity to encourage more consumption, and grow the category further with innovation that caters to consumers\u2019 evolving needs and tastes.\n\nFor on-the-go Aussie consumers with limited time between the end of the workday and dinner time, food boxes and prepared meals are invaluable. Delivered directly to households, food box meal kits include portioned ingredients and easy to follow instructions, allowing consumers to skip extensive meal preparation and dive right into creating their meals.\n\nYour kid tore his favorite pair of jeans and you need to know if your local store will be open after work so you can pick up a replacement pair. If only you had a personal shopper who could find out what time the store closes.\n\nAustralians are voracious consumers of broadcast TV and other video, and they have a growing array of options by which to access this content - anywhere, anytime. The first edition of the Australian Video Viewing Report \u2013 from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen \u2013 shows video viewing behaviour continues to shift with growing content, device and platform choices.\n\nFMCG success today is now dependent on quality product images, solid SEO and prominent placement on e-tailer websites\u2014far more so than simply having an abundant quantity or variety on the shelf at the local store.\n\nMarketing teams strive to show how their smarts and silver deliver Return on Investment (ROI). Some global brands are looking for efficiencies by centralising marketing teams and exploring the merits of wider Pacific campaigns - so how alike are we to our Aussie neighbours and what are the differences to watch out for?\n\nWhile unexpected by many, the Amazon-Whole Foods linkage highlights just how profoundly consumer expectations are changing with regard to food and beverage shopping\u2014and will continue to do so moving forward.\n\nPremium purchases are not just made in glamorous, luxury product categories. In the Pacific, it is the grocery sector that has the most premium potential. Consumers are trading-up everyday products in their shopping trolleys; and marketers can capitalise on premiumisation trends and consumers\u2019 willingness to consider a higher price tag in key categories.\n\nUnbeknownst to most consumers, tremendous thought goes into developing even the most commonplace products. As a result, product development in the FMCG industry is anything but fast-moving. But what if algorithms could help streamline the process and the outcomes?\n\nNine million Australians say they have travelled domestically in the past six months or internationally in the past 12 months. But are all travellers the same? Using Nielsen research, we identified six distinct types of Australian travellers and looked at how best to reach and engage each group.\n\nAfter a long day spent on a sunny beach, there isn\u2019t a meal quite as perfect as fish and chips. This time-honoured, classic fried feast is synonymous with summertime in Australia. Research from Nielsen\u2019s Consumer & Media View (CMV) survey shows that almost a third (32%) of Australians aged over 14 years old have claimed to have eaten or bought fish and chips in the past six months, with consumption peaking during the warmer months (October to February).\n\nGlobal sports are thriving, but media consumption is changing before our eyes. And as the media world grapples with these issues, so too must the sports industry. But these challenges aren\u2019t the only obstacles facing the sports realm.\n\nMeasuring an ad\u2019s ability to communicate trust is a tricky business: perceptions of trust can be non-conscious, formed almost immediately and biased by subtle factors. Given these nuances, explicit research methods aren\u2019t sufficient.\n\nInnovations in the U.S. liquor market are creating new avenues for growth; and there are a number of key trends that New Zealand can learn from to boost local liquor sales. Danny Brager, Senior Vice President of Nielsen\u2019s Beverage and Alcohol Practice presents the latest Beer, Wine, Cider and Spirits trends.\n\nYou\u2019ve heard it a million times \u2013 you need to eat more vegetables, particularly your greens. In Australia, this adage appears to be ringing true. Nielsen Homescan data showed that volume sales for Asian vegetables jumped by 22% versus the previous year, while dollar sales jumped by 17%.\n\nNielsen Digital Ratings (Monthly) data revealed 11.2 million Australians visited online content related to the sports category via any device during the month of March 2017, up 8% compared to February 2017.\n\nOver the past year, growth in the pharmacy channel has moderated substantially - to just below 1%. However, strong performance in other, smaller pockets of the store - including infant formula and cosmetics - signals positive future growth prospects in pharmacy.\n\nAs retailers ramp up their health and wellness offerings, and the lines between channels blurs, it\u2019s interesting to think about the role that drug stores will play in an increasingly crowded, wellness-oriented marketplace.\n\nAustralians are willing to take to the seas with more than half (55%) considering going on a cruise. Strong growth in advertising spend from cruise operators is driving consumer enthusiasm, but questions have been raised as to whether Sydney\u2019s infrastructure can support demand. If tour operators pull Australian ports from their routes, the current trend in advertising growth could face a sudden change in course.\n\nAmazon\u2019s expansion into the Australian market is expected to launch by the end of 2018. Three-in-five Australian shoppers are looking forward to buying from the (soon to be local) online retail powerhouse.\n\nAussie consumers are still bananas for bananas. It is the nation\u2019s most popular fruit. Nine-in-10 Australian households purchased bananas in the year ending 24 February 2017 and total volume sales grew by 7.5% during this period.\n\nIt\u2019s no surprise that more and more items are being outfitted with built-in connectivity. Consumers\u2019 adoption of internet-enabled devices isn\u2019t a given, however, and it\u2019s worth exploring why acceptance has been so fragmented across categories\u2014as well as what the industry can do to accelerate usage.\n\nWhether it be a domestic getaway or a long-haul international holiday, over 2 million New Zealanders have travelled in the past year and 3 million intend to travel over the next 12 months. Our love of travel has translated into strong sales for travel and holiday guide books.\n\nToday, 393,000 Kiwis aged over 15 wear a device on their wrist that can do more than tell the time. A status symbol, motivational fitness piece and functional gadget all in one, these smart devices are attached to their owners 24/7, providing new ways for brands to connect with consumers.\n\nHow many things can you say for certain that you're paying attention to, or even seeing, at any given moment? Our brains just aren\u2019t good at recalling the kinds of details marketers need to evaluate their efforts in a complex world. That\u2019s where the right neuroscience tools can help.\n\nIn an age where consumers say they are increasingly health aware, New Zealanders still regularly indulge in fast food. Research from Nielsen\u2019s Consumer and Media Insights (CMI) survey reveals that in the past month, as many as 80% of New Zealanders ate fast food. Fish and Chips continues to be our fast favourite, with 1.7 million Kiwis eating it in the last month - an increase of 11% over two years.\n\nAustralians are big fans of the humble, yet versatile, cauliflower. In 2016, dollar sales for cauliflower increased by 12% on the previous year - and while this was partly driven by higher prices - consumption also continued to grow at a steady pace, with volume sales up by 2% on 2015.\n\nChina, with its huge population and increasing affluence, is a very lucrative market for companies and brands in the Pacific. The Demand Institute, projects that consumers in China will spend $56 trillion over the next decade, with a largely young, affluent, connected consumer base with disposable incomes leading the charge.\n\nAustralians are voracious consumers of broadcast TV and other video, and they have a growing array of options by which to access content. However, while viewing patterns continue to change as consumers embrace connected devices \u2013 most viewing still goes to broadcast TV channel content watched in the home.\n\nOver the next decade, the New Zealand population will undergo some profound shifts. Larger households, ethnic diversity, ageing consumers, increased device usage and growing concern about the environment, will all need to be factored into future marketing and advertising planning for companies and brands. And this is especially true for energy retailers.\n\nAs we head into the winter months, Australians aren\u2019t slowing down on purchasing their favourite frozen dessert, ice cream. The category has experienced diverse product innovation and creativity, with a broader range of products now available to consumers.\n\nThis summer\u2019s record-breaking heatwave stretched Australia\u2019s energy supplies to unprecedented levels; intensifying consumers\u2019 concerns about rising energy prices. In an attempt to reduce climbing power bills as many as 10% of Australians (or 1.4 million) aged over 18 plan to switch electricity retailers in the next two months.\n\nDubbed the social media generation, the \u2018me\u2019 generation and even the lazy generation, Millennials (aged 18-34yrs) have been given a bad wrap. This generation, however, is growing up; and while they haven\u2019t quite established themselves, their purchasing power is increasing at an exponential rate.\n\nIt\u2019s no secret that consumers are increasingly connected online, both in-and-out-of the home. In fact, eight-in-10 Australians now own a smartphone, and six-in-10 use this device to connect daily. Whether they are grocery shopping, watching sport, studying, commuting to work or connecting with friends - these activities are no longer purely offline experiences.\n\nTwo-thirds (63%) of Australia\u2019s digital advertising inventory across all devices is now bought through programmatic or ad network services, according to 2016 data from Pathmatics and Nielsen. The data is collected from digital creatives and ad technology tags found in 2,000 websites visited by Australians across desktop, mobile and tablet browsers.\n\nA publisher\u2019s website frames the conversation between brands and consumers. This context is powerful and can have a meaningful impact on a brand\u2019s campaign performance. A study conducted by Nielsen revealed that the context of the carsales website, positively shifted brand metrics for automotive brands, to increase active recommendation by 50%.\n\nNew Zealand consumer confidence index reached 103 in the fourth quarter of 2016 \u2013 the highest score in nine years (since Q3 2007 where it reached 115). The index represents a two point increase from Q3 2016 and a four point increase on a year ago (Q4 2015).\n\nGlobal consumer confidence increased modestly in 2016, a time of great political and economic change around the world, rising three points between the first and fourth quarters to 101. Confidence scores finished the year more strongly than they began in every region except Africa/Middle East.\n\nOnline retailing giant, Amazon, is set to shake things up in the Australian retail jungle when it launches in September 2017; with talks of it offering a completely new grocery shopping experience in the way it integrates physical stores with online ordering.\n\nUnique audiences visiting the Netflix website or app via a desktop/laptop, smartphone or tablet have increased by 48% when comparing Digital December 2016 ratings data to December the prior year. A majority of this year-on-year growth was driven by increased access via smartphone (+82%).\n\nWhether it is driven by lactose intolerance, allergies, veganism, the paleo diet, or just general health and wellbeing, it appears New Zealanders are exploring emerging alternatives to traditional white milk.\n\nDecember 2016 will be remembered as one of the hottest festive periods on recent record in Australia. However, grocery sales during this peak period remained cool, with just 1% growth in dollars spent during the four-week period ending 31 December 2016 compared with the same period in 2015 - well below the annual growth rate for total grocery.\n\nConsumers are faced with a dizzying array of retailers vying for their attention, and a retail loyalty program can be a determining factor for where they decide to shop. In fact, 56% of Australians and 57% of New Zealanders say that they\u2019ll buy from a retailer with a loyalty program over one without.\n\nThe premium sector is growing globally, and as it turns out, it isn\u2019t ritzy categories like diamonds and champagne that are topping the charts. Rather, global consumers are most often willing to trade up for everyday consumables."}
-{"text": "Washington Break: More than a Vacation Washington Break gave students a chance for learning and personal development, as well as all-out fun.\n\nBy Erica TurmanMarch 22, 2018\n\nWashington Break was more than a vacation from class for W&L students; for many, it was an educational adventure. From skiing the frigid slopes to navigating the business scene in the Big Apple, students took time for both personal development and all-out fun. This year\u2019s trips included service learning, alumni engagement and outdoor adventures.\n\nHere\u2019s a round-up of seven different Washington Break trips, along with some photos snapped by students and university photographer Kevin Remington.\n\nNABORS SERVICE LEAGUE\n\nFourteen students went to Atlanta, Georgia. Their trip centered around refugee resettlement and immigration services, specifically in the town of Clarkston, Georgia.\n\nStudents from the Nabors Service League helped with community gardening on their trip.\n\nThe Nabors Service League, a student-run community service organization, took 14 students to Atlanta, Georgia. Their trip centered around refugee resettlement and immigration services, specifically in the town of Clarkston, Georgia. The students spent the week working with Friends of Refugees, a non-profit organization that provides a variety of services to the large refugee population in Clarkston. The trip was a service-learning trip, with an equal amount of focus on education and service. The work was conducted at a community garden, a yard sale, and at two different after-school programs working with children from refugee families.\n\n\u201cI think it is fair for me to say that it was an unforgettable experience for all 14 of us on the trip, and we look forward to sharing what we learned on the trip in moving forward through college and the rest of our lives,\u201d said Foifon Teawdatwan \u201919.\n\nBONNER PROGRAM\n\nBonner students worked with agencies that address homelessness.\n\nEleven first-year students went on the Bonner Program February Break trip.\n\nBonner students worked with agencies that address homelessness.\n\nThe Bonner Program, a leadership development program, sent 11 first-year students to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they worked with agencies that address homelessness. The group worked with several community organizations during the stay in Charlotte, including Art Works Urban Ministry Center, a facility for homeless adults that offers programs where social workers teach art classes and provide an outlet for creativity to the homeless and an opportunity for them to sell their work.\n\n\u201cI have been on the Bonner Programs February Break trip every year that I have been a student at W&L,\u201d said Peyton Powers \u201918. \u201cI love the program because I want to leave a legacy at W&L and I truly believe in leaving a place better than I found it.\u201d\n\nADMARCOMM\n\nStudents on the AdMarComm trip met with experts in the field.\n\nStudents on the AdMarComm trip listen to a lecture from an expert in the field.\n\nTwenty-nine students interested in the fields of advertising, marketing and communications traveled to New York to receive an in-depth look at those fields.\n\nA group of 29 students interested in the fields of advertising, marketing and communications traveled to New York to receive an in-depth look at those fields. During the AdMarComm trip, they visited 17 different advertising, marketing, communications and public relations agencies, including the Twitter headquarters in NY. Most of the locations included visits with alumni working in the field, so students were able to make face-to-face connections and see first-hand experiences.\n\n\u201cI had an internship at a marketing agency a previous summer, so I entered my senior year believing that was the career path I possibly wanted to take,\u201d said Amanda Witherspoon \u201918. \u201cAfter the AdMarComm trip, I left validated in my belief that a career in marketing, especially in New York, was where I was meant to be. The trip helped me narrow my interests. My favorite stops were the branding agencies, Redscout and Interbrand, because of their dedication to authenticity. I had always been interested in advertising, but this past week I figured out that what I like is branding. It appeals to me in the same way W&L\u2019s Honor System does. When a brand strays from its true meaning, branding firms return it to its \u2018best-self\u2019 and help the brand display its authentic core to promote trust and loyalty in its consumers.\u201d\n\nINVESTMENT TRIP\n\nExecutives and guests of Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic visited the New York Stock Exchange to highlight National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. To mark the occasion, Heart Valve Voice U.S. board member and a heart valve disease patient, David A. Andelman, rang The Closing Bell.\n\nStudents on the investment trip met with experts in the field.\n\nStudents on the investment trip heard advice from experts.\n\nTwenty-nine students traveled to New York for an intensive tour of investment-related firms. Between Tuesday and Friday, the Washington and Lee group visited 19 different firms and had the opportunity to connect with W&L alumni in that field. The firms represented the following industries: investment banking, real estate, accounting, hedge funds, sales and trading, corporate finance and consulting.\n\n\u201cThere truly is no substitute for talking to W&L alumni in person about their careers and work, and experiencing different firms firsthand,\u201d said `, director for employer development at W&L. \u201cThis year\u2019s investment trip was an unparalleled opportunity for sophomore students to explore careers in finance, banking, consulting and accounting as they begin to think about their plans after graduation. We are so grateful for our alumni who took the time to make the trip an educational, inspiring and fun experience for these students.\u201d\n\nThe students wrapped up a \u201cweek on Wall Street\u201d with a tour of the New York Stock Exchange, getting a glimpse into the history of the exchange, which provided valuable context around the careers the students were exploring. According to many of the students on the trip, watching the closing bell up-close was an unforgettable experience.\n\nFLORIDA EVERGLADES\n\nFifteen students spent a week exploring the wetlands and taking in the scenery.\n\nEnjoying the view\n\nThe Outing Club sponsors this annual adventure to the Florida Everglades. Fifteen students spent a week exploring the wetlands and taking in the scenery. Participants set up base camp on the main island, then took daily guided sea kayaking trips to other areas of the national park. Although the trip is intended mostly for relaxation and adventure, participants always get to learn a bit about interesting plant and animal life.\n\nICE CLIMBING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE\n\nFive students braved the frigid temperatures of New Hampshire.\n\nStudents spent two days climbing with two local guides on ice waterfalls.\n\nClimbing the ice\n\nClimbing the ice\n\nFive students braved the frigid temperatures of New Hampshire, where they spent their break ice climbing and skiing. Students spent two days climbing with two local guides on ice waterfalls in Conway, New Hampshire. The rest of the break was spent skiing at Wildcat Mountain and Attitash Mountain.\n\nIMPROVISATION IN CHICAGO\n\nTwelve theatre students took a theatrical approach to their break as they traveled to Chicago, where they met with multiple professionals in the theater field and attended several professional acting classes. Students were able to spend time and share meals with masters in the field, learning and asking questions interests. Highlights from the trip included an improv masterclass with J.T. Nagle at the famous Playground Theater, as well as a performance of the world-renowned Broadway hit \u201cHamilton.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\n23 July 2008\n\nBehold, the Power of Mommybloggers\n\nNo, this isn't another post about BlogHer.\n\nThis week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced a large package of non-controversial bills wrapped into a single \"omnibus\" piece of legislation and placed it on the Senate calendar. Ordinarily this wouldn't get much attention, but the legislative history of each individual proposal makes Senator Reid's action a very, very big deal.\n\nEach provision in the omnibus had fallen victim to a \"hold\" by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK).\n\nI have some personal experience with this tactic. When I worked for a Senator several years ago, I helped write a piece of legislation called the LEADERS Act that would provide federal support for small business incubators based in academic settings. It was a bipartisan bill and passed unanimously through committee.\n\nThe bill was put up for passage by \"unanimous consent.\" Within minutes it cleared the Democratic side, but one Republican Senator - someone who was allegedly upset that my boss opposed confirming a controversial judge from that Senator's home state - objected to the unanimous consent request, effectively \"holding\" its passage for reasons that had nothing to do with the merits of the bill. He wanted to send my boss a message - \"there are political consequences for voting against one of my people.\"\n\nI was upset because I thought the bill was - and still is - a very good idea. But I understood that's the nature of politics, that my boss' opposition to that judge was an important issue, and the quiet-if-not-quite-anonymous hold is one of the most guarded traditions in the Senate.\n\nApparently no longer.\n\nSenator Reid has apparently decided to call out Senate Republicans in general, and Senator Coburn in particular, for political obstruction. I think it's a bit risky - after all, Democrats have \"held\" non-controversial bills as well and this tactic invites a tit-for-tat response from the Republicans, probably in the form of an amendment to the bill that includes non-controversial items \"held\" by Senator Reid or any Senate Democrat up for re-election this year.\n\nRegardless, this is the kind of inside-baseball political stuff that Senate nerds like me see as a sea change within the world's most deliberative body. And as I look at the list of proposals in what Democrats are calling the \"Coburn Holds\" package one very important provision stands out:\n\nThe package contains a number of bills with \"star power,\" like the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, or are essentially re-authorizations of laws that get done within the normal course of Senate business, like the Overseas Private Investment Corporation reauthorization. In short, many have that extra political or bureacratic nudge to get them noticed and passed. But the MOTHERS Act really doesn't.\n\nSo how does a bill that helps one of America's least powerful political constituencies (moms with postpartum depression), named after a woman no one ever heard of, get on the Senate Majority Leader's radar and on the list?\n\nIt's clear that Senator Reid isn't doing this because Katherine Stone told him to. He's scoring short-term political points while getting some good ideas passed. But it's obvious that Stone's efforts helped Reid and the Democrats understand that people want to see these bills passed, and helped convince him this tactic is worth the risk.\n\nThere are some important lessons to be learned here. First, sometimes all it takes is a little effort and organizing - plus some political opportunity - to overcome the legislative inertia the Senate often displays.\n\nSecond, that organizing can be effective even if it's done primarily in the online channel - businesses can use social media as a primary component of their government relations efforts, if they do it right. The key is to understand the community you're working with, identifying the leaders within it, building relationships with them, building and sustaining a coalition of support, and motivating individuals to act at the right time.\n\nFinally, the nature of the Senate has changed, emphasizing transparency and process - ironically, the values that are promoted most in social media. Holds are no longer anonymous and the worst abusers of the hold won't be tolerated. It will take some time for politicians to get used to the new rules here and those who understand them best will do well.\n\n4 comments:\n\nGreat post honoring a great, brave and gifted person. The more I learn about PPD, and meet friends online who have faced it, the more critical it seems that it be dealt with. Katherine has galvanized much of that free-floating sympathy we all feel and turned it into a movement. OH and in a way it is a BlogHer post since she raised hell to get people engaged at BH last year and I think pulled a lot of people together in the process."}
-{"text": "Squirrel Watch\n\nSquirrel Caching 101\n\nSquirrels at our study sites will be assigned uniquely colour coded eartags. We ask the community to participate by reporting observations of tagged squirrels to our iNaturalist project. These reports can be made either on the iNaturalist website, or through an associated android or apple mobile app.\n\nObservations of the same squirrel may submitted at whatever frequency participants would like (i.e. multiple observations of the same squirrel can be submitted within a single day).\n\nInstructions and examples for submissions can be found on the iNaturalist \u201cCitiSci(urid)\u201d project page. If you are having trouble finding and joining our project, please consult our step-by-step instructions for joining. The important features to note are the left and right eartag colours (squirrel\u2019s left/right), fur colour (Grey or Intermediate/Black), sex (pipe-cleaner: male; wire: female), sighting date, and sighting location (place marker on map).\n\nExample: Both of the above photos have pipe-cleaners, and so both of these squirrels are male. Both squirrels also have fur that is dark/melanistic, and so will be reported as black. The primary difference between these two individuals is in the order of the blue and red eartags. Left photo: Left-Blue Right-RedBlack Male. Right photo: Left-Red Right-BlueBlack Male.\n\nWildlife Disease Surveillance\n\nHelp us as we perform surveillance for pathogens of public health and conservation concern. Valuable information can often be obtained from autopsy of dead wildlife. We ask that the community help us by reporting the location of dead grey squirrels (tagged or untagged) through either the iNaturalist project, or by email. We also encourage the community to submit observations of squirrels (tagged or untagged) exhibiting abnormal behaviour or appearance. Instructions for submitting observations can be found above.\n\nThis data is useful in helping us to understand how disease prevalence, and therefore transmission risk, varies over space and time in urban wildlife populations. To learn more about eastern grey squirrel health and disease, click here."}
-{"text": "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has seen his support drop sharply among the young voters that have powered his rise in Democratic politics, according to a new poll. The survey from Morning Consult finds that Sanders's support among people between the ages of 18 and 29 has dropped from 45 percent in March to 33 percent in May.\n\nSanders's support with the youngest voters, who propelled his surprising challenge to then-Democratic contender Hillary Clinton in 2016, has steadily declined in the poll since topping out at 46 percent in late February.\n\nOverall, former Vice President Joe Biden has opened up a big lead over the Democratic field, coming in at 39 percent support among Democratic primary voters polled, followed by Sanders at 19 percent and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Kamala Harris (Calif.) at 8 percent each. South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg is at 6 percent and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) is at 5 percent."}
-{"text": "Sowing the Seeds of Hatred and Instability in the Middle East\n\nApril 5, 2016\n\nby Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi\n\nTwo millennia ago, the Jerusalemite Rabbi Elisha ben Abuyah said: \u201cTo whom may a man who has good deeds and has studied much Torah be compared? To a man who lays stones first for a foundation and then lays bricks over them, so that however much water may collect at the side of the building, it will not wash away. Contrariwise, he who has no good deeds even though he has studied much Torah \u2013 to whom may he be compared? To a man who in building lays bricks first and then heaps stones over them, so that even if a little water collects, it at once undermines the structure.\u201d\n\nIndeed, the enduring tragedy of Islam is that its founder Mohammed did not establish a solid foundation for his totally closed system of proscribed human behavior. Instead, he tried to reconcile the Arabian Peninsula\u2019s primitive culture with his individualized and narcissistic notions of human redemption. The result was and still remains a religion based on blind faith without even the slightest opening for intellectual curiosity. This imbalance between absolute obedience to an Almighty Creator and man\u2019s desire for free agency had prevented all Muslim societies from progressing toward democracy based on collective and individual freedoms, independent judiciary, and the exercise of basic humanity. Consequently, in Islam, faith and modernity are in permanent conflict. The products of this conflict are the vicious civil war within Islam and the terrorism unleashed by Muslim fanatics on Western democracies.\n\nTherefore, from its first manifestation as a political entity in Medina, the history of Islam had always been marked by totalitarianism at home and terrorism abroad. The explanation for the first is simple: because of its inherent contradictions, no Islamic regime had been able to survive without the political, religious and economic instruments of internal repression. Concerning terrorism abroad, it had always been used as a weapon of Islam to spread the politics of hatred. With the slogan \u201cSovereignty belongs to none but Allah\u201d, Muslim theologians from Ibn Taymiya on had elevated Jihad, holy war against apostate Muslims as well as all non-Muslims, to the same level as the five basic canonical prescriptions (prayer, the confession of faith, fasting, charity to the poor, and the pilgrimage, or hajj). By this radical interpretation, Ibn Taymiya and his 19th, 20th and 21st century followers had turned politics into the exclusive domain of the divine. Iran\u2019s Mullahcracy and all the Islamic terrorist organizations had justified their Jihad against the rest of the world by claiming that nation-states, democracy, secularization, are contrary to the commandments of the Quran, and thus absolutely illegitimate.\n\nBy this logic, Muslims are entitled to rule over the world because of the exclusivity of their religion, and not because of the superiority of their religion\u2019s content. Clearly, in this absolute theocentrism, God\u2019s absoluteness dooms every human being to absolute nothingness. Yet, Iran\u2019s insane Mullahcracy, the Taliban\u2019s destructive totalitarianism, al Qaeda\u2019s negation of the past and the present, and ISIS\u2019s nihilism have made a caricature out of God and have raised the specter of the total annihilation of humanity.\n\nIn the same vein, in the Middle East, it had never been safe to cling to national identity connected to territorial boundaries. The collapse of Arab nationalism in the early 1980s and the Palestinian civil war in Jordan and Lebanon had signaled the beginning of a different type of Jihad, devoid of any national ethos. In it, the national past and present had been abolished and had given rise to the global dimension of an Islamic empire, the resurrection of the idea of the Islamic Caliphate. In the 1980s and 1990s, this global Jihad for Islam had been expanded to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Chechnya, a significant part of Africa, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, and South and North America.\n\nCurrently, in the crossroads of divine Islamic legitimacy and primitive Wahhabism the most catastrophic theory of religious hatred toward mankind have been created. This religious hatred touches on everything. Everything must be annihilated, except the internecine words of God as are pronounced in the Quran. \u201cWe have sent down/ To thee the Book explaining/ All things, a Guide, a Mercy\u201d (16, 89). Moreover, \u201cThis day have I/ Perfected your religion/ For you, completed/ My favor upon you/ And have chosen for you/ Islam as your religion\u201d (Quran, V, 3). Mankind has no choice. Deprived of all autonomy, every individual must submit and spread Islam\u2019s absolute superiority.\n\nA religion that is based on these theories, and a government anchored in its principles can never be stable, because it can only be maintained by the terror of the sword. Indeed, the Quran contains 164 verses with invocations to violence. With the cruelty that still characterizes the Middle East towards anybody showing the slightest deviation from what is acceptable for the autocracy, these Jihad verses of the Quran have transformed the men of faith, already 1400 years ago, into the gangsters of an unforgiving duty to brutality, greed, and dissimulation. Predictably, the moral confusion engendered by the Quran\u2019s rhetoric had prevented a peaceful solution to the eternal dilemma of Islam, namely, the establishment of normal relations with those of other faiths, particularly Christians and Jews.\n\nAll this leaves the approximately 80% non-Muslim population of the globe to oscillate between their natural inclination for peace, understanding and cooperation, and the unforgiving terrorism of the other 20%. The fact that the object of these differences has become increasingly political, further complicates an already explosive situation. American and European politicians are busy practicing creative idiocy concerning Islam and its violent manifestations, while the leaders in the Middle East attending hesitatingly to their internal problems. The latter are mostly devoid of positive political and economic ideas and hope that they could bring about reforms by preserving the status quo. Unfortunately, they cannot think of more efficient solution. The former are not pragmatist, but ideologues, who, like their counterparts in the Middle East, have no ideas at all. They also hope that by playing the moralist, they could somehow and sometime stumble on a solution that would not require decisive political actions that might disturb the status quo. Such are the influences that Islam in general, and Jihadist Islam in particular, are capable of exerting on the world.\n\nIn contemplating a viable strategy for the United States the disadvantages of the domestic political climate as well as the pusillanimous attitude of most of Europe are clearly manifest. Any discussion of the realities of the global war waged by Jihadist Islam against the rest of the world is complicated by the tendency of non-Muslim politicians, academics and the media to use the words \u201cdemocracy\u201d and \u201cIslam\u201d as if they meant similar things. Yet, the difference between the two is unambiguous and perfectly clear. Democracy stands for freedom, Islam demands submission. Islam is incompatible with democracy and freedom. Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a religion that was born, had been maintained, and can be sustained only by violent repression. Its threat to democracy is real. The very survival of Western civilization depends on its ability to transform Islamic politics into democracy. Nothing less will suffice in this conflict. It is the duty of every American President to protect and preserve \u201cthe light of American freedom\u201d for future generations.\n\nOur Mission\n\nFrontiers of Freedom, founded in 1995 by U.S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, is an educational foundation whose mission is to promote the principles of individual freedom, peace through strength, limited government, ..."}
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-{"text": "Tag Archives: high-tech weaponry\n\nPost navigation\n\nTen months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld approved an updated version of the U.S. Army\u2019s secret operational Continuity of Government (COG) plans.\n\nA draft document published by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks entitled, \u201cArmy Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources. Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program,\u201d dated 19 January 2001, spells out changes in Army doctrine.\n\nIssued by Headquarters, Department of the Army and signed off by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the Secretary of the Army, the document is affixed with a warning: \u201cDestruction Notice: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.\u201d The restricted document as published by Wikileaks states:\n\nHistory. This regulation is a revision of the original regulation that was effective on 10 July 1989. Since that time, no changes have been published to amend the original.\n\nSummary. This regulation on the Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program has been revised to update Army COOP policy and extend the requirement for all-hazards COOP planning to all Army organizations. Classified information contained in the 1989 version of this AR has been removed and placed in a classified HQDA Operations Plan (OPLAN).\n\nApplicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), and when federalized to the Army National Guard (ARNG). In the event of conflict between this regulation and approved OSD or JCS publications, the provisions of the latter will apply. (\u201cArmy Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources. Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program,\u201d 19 January 2001, p. 3) [emphasis added]\n\n\u201cAll-hazards COOP planning\u201d is described as the means by which \u201cthe Army remains capable of continuing mission-essential operations during any situation, including military attack, terrorist activities, and natural or man-made disasters.\u201d While the Army stresses the updates described in AR 500-3 relate to chemical, biological, nuclear attacks, \u201cnatural disasters\u201d and \u201ctechnical or man-made disasters or accidents,\u201d current Army doctrine is also heavily weighted towards contingency planning for \u201ccivil disturbances.\u201d\n\nTwo national \u201ccivil disturbance\u201d plans, Garden Plot and Cable Splicer have been operational since the 1960s. Researcher Frank Morales has detailed how,\n\nUnder the heading of \u201ccivil disturbance planning,\u201d the U.S. military is training troops and police to suppress democratic opposition in America. The master plan, Department of Defense Civil Disturbance Plan 55-2, is code-named, \u201cOperation Garden Plot\u201d. Originated in 1968, the \u201coperational plan\u201d has been updated over the last three decades, most recently in 1991, and was activated during the Los Angeles \u201criots\u201d of 1992, and more than likely during the recent anti-WTO \u201cBattle in Seattle.\u201d \u2026\n\nEquipped with flexible \u201cmilitary operations in urban terrain\u201d and \u201coperations other than war\u201d doctrine, lethal and \u201cless-than-lethal\u201d high-tech weaponry, US \u201carmed forces\u201d and \u201celite\u201d militarized police units are being trained to eradicate \u201cdisorder\u201d, \u201cdisturbance\u201d and \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d in America. Further, it may very well be that police/military \u201ccivil disturbance\u201d planning is the animating force and the overarching logic behind the incredible nationwide growth of police paramilitary units, a growth which coincidentally mirrors rising levels of police violence directed at the American people, particularly \u201cnon-white\u201d poor and working people. (Frank Morales, \u201cU.S. Military Civil Disturbance Planning: The War at Home,\u201d in Police State America, ed. Tom Burghardt, Toronto/Montreal: Arm The Spirit/Solidarity, 2002, P. 59)\n\nAR 500-3 should be viewed in this context. Plans for Continuity of Government have been in place since the 1950s. Originally conceived during the Cold War when fears of a nuclear strike envisaged by atomic war-gamers at the RAND Corporation, believed that an immobilization of government functions and a breakdown of civilian rule would follow a nuclear attack. But from their inception, COG planning has been shrouded in secrecy.\n\nIn addition to constructing nuclear-proof underground facilities where the civilian leadership could escape a decapitation strike, other COG provisions included a series of executive orders designating which officials would assume Cabinet-level posts and other Executive Branch positions. Officials so designated would constitute a \u201cshadow government\u201d should office holders be killed in an attack \u201cor otherwise incapacitated.\u201d\n\nHowever, when these and other Pentagon \u201ccivil disturbance\u201d plans surfaced in the 1980s during the Iran-Contra hearings, they were roundly criticized by members of Congress, civil liberties groups and the media before disappearing once again, down Orwell\u2019s \u201cmemory hole.\u201d The inherent dangers implicit in such plans are that unelected Executive Branch officers could assume the Presidency and other appointed offices subject neither to congressional scrutiny nor judicial oversight.\n\nExercising sweeping emergency powers buried within Presidential Decision Directives (PDDs), unelected officials could suspend the Constitution, declare martial law and create an Executive Branch dictatorship that rests solely on the power of the U.S. military.\n\nMost troubling, Executive Branch officials under secret rules of a COG regime could suppress and usurp the lawful powers of Congress and the Judicial Branch (by force of arms if deemed necessary) as a means of ensuring \u201ccooperation\u201d under a \u201cunitary executive.\u201d\n\nAs we have seen, the \u201cunitary executive\u201d theory has been a salient feature of Bushist rule since the December 2000 judicial coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, when the Supreme Court\u2019s Bush v. Gore decision handed a contested election to George W. Bush by stopping the vote count in Florida.\n\nSince assuming office, the administration has ruthlessly wielded executive power in order to achieve their antidemocratic agenda: from the looting of the economy through \u201cderegulation,\u201d massive deficit spending and tax cuts for their corporate \u201cclients,\u201d to waging a preemptive war of conquest in Iraq, the \u201cunitary executive\u201d has systematically shredded America\u2019s constitutional system of checks and balances.\n\nThe Bush administration put COG plans into operation for the first time in U.S. history in the hours directly following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. They have never been rescinded.\n\nTheir implementation involves a rotating staff of 75-150 senior government officials and others from every Cabinet department in two \u201csecure, undisclosed locations\u201d on the East Coast. However, key congressional representatives have been kept out of the loop and House and Senate leaders have said they were not informed the \u201cshadow government\u201d had \u201cgone live.\u201d\n\nSo secretive are Bush administration plans that Peter DeFazio (D-OR), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, was denied access in 2007 to the classified version of the COG plans contained in top secret Presidential Decision Directive annexes. This too, is unprecedented.\n\nWhile the Bush administration admitted that COG was activated in 2001, their disclosure came only after The Washington Post broke the story based on confidential administration sources troubled by the scope of the program and its secretive implementation.\n\nSince the late 1980s, Rumsfeld was a habitu\u00e9 of COG exercises along with Vice President Dick Cheney. Indeed early COG drills had been organized by the right-wing Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). As investigative journalist Andrew Cockburn revealed in his definitive political biography of the former Defense Secretary:\n\nThis highly secret program was known as Project 908, and among the individuals earmarked to take power when disaster struck was Donald Rumsfeld. \u2026 There, for several days, he would be immured in artificial caverns, staring at electronic displays streaming data of disaster and confusion, sleeping on cots and subsisting on the most austere rations. \u2026\n\nInsofar as the COG games gave the illusion of reality, they taught Rumsfeld and his fellow players some dangerous lessons, particularly when the fall of the Soviet Union induced some changes in the usual scenarios. Although the exercises continued, still budgeted at over $200 million in the Clinton era, the vanished Soviets were now customarily replaced by terrorists. The terrorism envisaged however, was almost always state-sponsored. \u2026\n\nThere were other changes, too. In earlier times the specialists selected to run the \u201cshadow government\u201d had been drawn from across the political spectrum, Democrats and Republicans alike. But now, down in the bunkers, Rumsfeld found himself in politically congenial company, the players\u2019 roster being filled almost exclusively with Republican hawks. (Andrew Cockburn, Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy, New York: Scribner, 2007, pp. 85-86, 88)\n\nAs researcher Peter Dale Scott revealed, in early 2006 the Department of Homeland Security awarded a $385 million contract to a Halliburton subsidiary, KBR, to provide \u201ctemporary detention and processing facilities.\u201d Scott wrote,\n\nThe contract\u2013announced Jan. 24 by the engineering and construction firm KBR\u2013calls for preparing for \u201can emergency influx of immigrants, or to support the rapid development of new programs\u201d in the event of other emergencies, such as \u201ca natural disaster.\u201d The release offered no details about where Halliburton was to build these facilities, or when. \u2026\n\nAfter 9/11, new martial law plans began to surface similar to those of FEMA in the 1980s. In January 2002 the Pentagon submitted a proposal for deploying troops on American streets. One month later John Brinkerhoff, the author of the 1982 FEMA memo, published an article arguing for the legality of using U.S. troops for purposes of domestic security. (Peter Dale Scott, \u201cHomeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps,\u201d Pacific News Service, February 8, 2006)\n\nThe DHS contract to KBR had been preceded by the April 2002 creation of the Pentagon\u2019s Northern Command (NORTHCOM), specifically empowered by the Bush administration for domestic U.S. military operations in direct violation of Posse Comitatus prohibitions forbidding the use of the military for domestic law enforcement. At the time, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld called NORTHCOM\u2019s launch \u201cthe most sweeping set of changes since the unified command system was set up in 1946.\u201d\n\nSweeping indeed! Last month Army Times reported that the Army\u2019s \u201c3rd Infantry Division\u2019s 1st Brigade Combat Team [BCT] has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys. Now they\u2019re training for the same mission\u2013with a twist\u2013at home.\u201d According to Army Times,\n\nBeginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks. \u2026\n\nBut this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities. \u2026\n\nThey may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack. \u2026\n\nThe 1st BCT\u2019s soldiers also will learn how to use \u201cthe first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded,\u201d 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that they\u2019re fielding. They\u2019ve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission we\u2019re undertaking we were the first to get it.\u201d\n\nWhile senior Pentagon brass have downplayed the significance of deploying a BCT that has taken part in aggressive occupation duties to suppress the Iraqi people\u2019s resistance, Col. Lou Vogler, NORTHCOM\u2019s chief of future operations said in an interview that the military \u201cwill integrate with law enforcement to understand the situation and make sure we\u2019re aware of any threats.\u201d An article published by the Army News Service disclosed,\n\nDuring the exercise, commanders and staff of the force will train, rehearse and exercise\u2013from academic classes to making decisions and executing orders\u2013all to help prepare them for the mission they will assume on Oct. 1, said Vogler.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for network building in an unprecedented assignment of forces,\u201d said [Marine Corps Lt. Col.] Shores. \u201cDOD always had allocated contingency sourced forces\u2013but this is precedent-setting network building with the forces that we ultimately will go out and execute with. It\u2019s an opportunity to get to know our forces, to see them in execution, to mission-orient them and be that much better\u2013to be that much more responsive.\u201d\n\nOne goal of the exercise is to exercise with partners from the civilian agencies they would support. To that end, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other interagency representatives are participating to ensure integration with civilian consequence managers who would lead a response, said Vogler.\n\n\u201cThe overall federal response builds on the local and state response in accordance with the incident command system and existing plans and processes that are out there,\u201d said Vogler. \u201cThe response force would supplement local efforts.\u201d (\u201cConsequence Management Response Force to join Army Northern Command,\u201d Army News Service, September 15, 2008)\n\nVogler and Shores were discussing an exercise code-named Vibrant Response, that took place September 8-19 at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Three brigades form the core of NORTHCOM\u2019s Consequence Management Response Force: the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Army Division; the 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. All three units participated in Vibrant Response.\n\nThe BCT is an army combat unit designed to confront an enemy within a war theater.\n\nWith US forces overstretched in Iraq, why would the Pentagon decide to undertake this redeployment within the USA, barely one month before the presidential elections?\n\nThe new mission of the 1st Brigade on US soil is to participate in \u201cdefense\u201d efforts as well as provide \u201csupport to civilian authorities\u201d.\n\nWhat is significant in this redeployment of a US infantry unit is the presumption that North America could, in the case of a national emergency, constitute a \u201cwar theater\u201d thereby justifying the deployment of combat units.\n\nThe new skills to be imparted consist in training 1st BCT in repressing civil unrest, a task normally assumed by civilian law enforcement.\n\nWhat we are dealing with is a militarization of civilian police activities in derogation of the Posse Comitatus Act. (\u201cPre-election Militarization of the North American Homeland. US Combat Troops in Iraq repatriated to \u2018help with civil unrest\u2019,\u201d Global Research, September 26, 2008)\n\nOne scenario envisaged by Chossudovsky is that \u201ccivil unrest resulting from from the financial meltdown is a distinct possibility, given the broad impacts of financial collapse on lifelong savings, pension funds, homeownership, etc.\u201d\n\nOne might reasonably inquire, what \u201cprecedent-setting network\u201d does the Army have in mind that would \u201censure integration\u201d with \u201ccivilian agencies\u201d such as FEMA (a branch of Homeland Security)? As the World Socialist Web Site reports:\n\nIt is noteworthy that the deployment of US combat troops \u201cas an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters\u201d\u2013in the words of the Army Times\u2013coincides with the eruption of the greatest economic emergency and financial disaster since the Great Depression of the 1930s.\n\nJustified as a response to terrorist threats, the real source of the growing preparations for the use of US military force within America\u2019s borders lies not in the events of September 11, 2001 or the danger that they will be repeated. Rather, the domestic mobilization of the armed forces is a response by the US ruling establishment to the growing threat to political stability. (Bill Van Auken, \u201cArmy deploys combat unit in U.S. for possible civil unrest,\u201d World Socialist Web Site, 25 September 2008)\n\nAs the 2001 COOP planning document describes, a host of on-going Army plans and exercises have been revised by the Bush administration. In addition to Vibrant Response discussed above, they include: Plan EXCALIBUR, a COG Army training exercise; ADOBE, described by investigative journalist William M. Arkin as a \u201cFEMA continuity of government special access program designation.\u201d Arkin describes special access programs or SAPs as,\n\nClassified research and development, acquisition program, operation, intelligence activity, or plan that is so sensitive or critical that the value of the information warrants enhanced protection beyond that normally provided for access to Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret information. (William M. Arkin, Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs, and Operations in the 9/11 World, Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2005, p. 598)\n\nThe impetus for revising Army COOP was, according to AR 500-3 primarily because,\n\nThe end of the Cold War and the breakup of the former Soviet Union significantly reduced the probability of a major nuclear attack on CONUS (Continental USA -ed.) but the probability of other threats has increased. Army organizations must be prepared for any contingency with a potential for interruption of normal operations. To emphasize that Army continuity of operations planning is now focused on the full all-hazards threat spectrum, the name \u201cASRRS\u201d has been replaced by the more generic title \u201cContinuity of Operations (COOP) Program.\u201d (p. 13)\n\nTowards this end, the Rumsfeld-era document states that the Army\u2019s new \u201cmission-critical\u201d functions will be restructured so that, \u201cArmy COOP plans must ensure that the Army remains capable of continuing mission-essential operations during any situation, including military attack, terrorist activities, and natural or man-made disasters.\u201d (p. 13) The Army, following various contingencies analyzed in the document will \u201ccoordinate with mission-essential external organizations and agencies.\u201d (p. 14)\n\nSo sensitive are the political ramifications of these plans that under the heading, 3-12 Operational Security (OPSEC), the Army avers,\n\na. The success of COOP planning relies on denying access by unauthorized parties to information on COOP plans, procedures, capabilities and facilities.\n\nb. Overhead imagery, signals intelligence, human sources, and exploitation of open literature during peacetime are threat capabilities used to gain knowledge of Army emergency plans, command and control systems, and facilities.\n\nAs Peter Dale Scott reported in CounterPunch, apparently members of Congress are considered \u201cunauthorized parties\u201d to be denied access \u201cto information on COOP plans, procedures, capabilities and facilities.\u201d Congressman DeFazio had been denied access to the classified annexes of National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (NSPD 51/HSPD 20) Scott wrote,\n\nNSPD 51 contains \u201cclassified Continuity Annexes\u201d which shall \u201cbe protected from unauthorized disclosure.\u201d Congressman DeFazio twice requested to see these Annexes, the second time in a letter cosigned by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Christopher Carney. It was these requests that the White House denied. \u2026\n\nDeFazio\u2019s inability to get access to the NSPD Annexes is less than reassuring. If members of the Homeland Security Committee cannot enforce their right to read secret plans of the Executive Branch, then the systems of checks and balances established by the U.S. Constitution would seem to be failing.\n\nTo put it another way, if the White House is successful in frustrating DeFazio, then Continuity of Government planning has arguably already superseded the Constitution as a higher authority. (Peter Dale Scott, \u201cThe Showdown,\u201d CounterPunch, March 31, 2008)\n\nWith the stunning revelations published by Wikileaks, it is abundantly clear that top Bush administration officials were busily revising Continuity of Government plans, including \u201ccivil disturbance\u201d contingencies for suspending the Constitution and imposing martial law, long before the 9/11 attacks.\n\nSince that fatal and tragic day seven long years ago, we have been told repeatedly by the government and their media sycophants that 9/11 was the day \u201cwhen everything changed.\u201d\n\nWe now know thanks to Wikileaks, that as with the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the unprecedented and lawless surveillance of Americans, the illegal detention and torture of prisoners of war, that Bush administration assertions are no more than a pack of murderous lies.\n\nOne fact is abundantly clear from the mass of conflicting evidence and assertions made by proponents of various theories surrounding the 9/11 events: AR 500-3 demonstrates that from the very first moments after being installed in office, the Bush regime was involved in a \u201ccontrolled demolition\u201d of the U.S. Constitution."}
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-{"text": "Kongregate to Seed Indie Game Development\n\nKongregate, the social gaming site some have called the \"Youtube of videogames,\" featuring around 1,500 user-submitted Flash games, announced today they've received another $5 million in venture capital funding and plan to use some of that cash to jump start indie development.\n\n\"We're trying to seed a system of indie development,\" Jim Greer, Kongregate's CEO and Co-Founder told The Escapist by phone, calling his efforts akin to \"The Xbox Live of Flash games. We're looking for games that emphasize multiplayer, particularly co-op multiplayer.\"\n\nKongregate's Premium Development effort aims to \"push Flash games beyond where they were before,\" says Greer. Whereas Flash games have typically hit a wall with character development, persistent worlds and expanded development cycles, Greer hopes Kongregates community appeal, and a generous amount of start-up cash, will entice indie developers to reach farther.\n\nKongregate's Premium games will be offered for free and will most likely involve some form of microtransaction backend, but the developers will still get a cut of that pie and will retain all rights to the games they develop.\n\n\"We're not tying them up with a long term contract of any kind,\" he says, suggesting the goal is to create \"something developers can make a living on.\"\n\n\"Kongregate is all about the community,\" he says. \"People who play and people who develop. Right now, Kongregate is a place to go on vacation, not a place where you earn your bread and butter. We still haven't broken that sense that indie development is something you do as a hobby.\" The Premium Development program, offering $20-100,000 in seed money to as many as a half dozen indie developers by year's end, aims to correct that.\n\nThe news of Kongregates Premium Development program follows the announcement the young company has just received another $5 million in venture capital funding, this time from Greylock Partners, the VC firm behind Digg, DoubleClick, Facebook and LinkedIn.\n\n\"We had a lot of people interested in investing in Kongregate,\" says Greer. \"My No. 1 concern is not changing the company. I wanted a firm that I knew was going to respect what we are about.\n\n\"The $5 million is a warchest to ensure that we have the resources to stay independent and maintain our vision ... and achieve profitability (2-3 million monthly users) with all deliberate speed.\""}
-{"text": "I see @ BigBadToyStore.com they have the pre-order for the: Emce Star Trek Retro: Captain Pike & Salt Vampire figure Set. I thought it was supposed to be set1: Pike & Vina (Orion Slave Girl) & then set2: Nurse Chapel & Salt Vampire. Now I'm upset if they are not going to release Nurse Chapel & the Orion Slave Girl! Has anyone heard anything about these being canceled? It made sense Pike being released W/ Vina due to them being in the same episode.\n\nDOES ANYONE know if EMCE will still rlease the Retro Cloth: STAR TREK series w/ NURSE CHAPEL & VINA? Any other characters slated for future release. I LOVE these & want more!\n\nA few more ?s:1.) WHEN is NURSE CHAPEL & VINA the Orion Slave Girl being released? Have they mentioned this?2.) Are there ANY online stores or places that still sell the Previous STAR TREK waves @ a reduced price? Especially SCOTTY, ROMULAN, & Uhura? (I use Scotty & Uhura figures to make Custom Crew members).3.) Is there anywhere that has specific released information about the next Waves &/or the future of these beyond it?\n\nWISH: That the DC Retro Heroes by Mattel had used these Bodies? God they are SO much like when I was little! I use old Mego Heads for Crew SECURITY \"Red Shirts\" & buy Uhura dolls to strip & use the uniform on less expensive female Megos I get on Ebay. Has anyone ordered the white female body from Dr. Mego? If so, is it exactly the same as Uhura's body only in white? ?: #4.) does anyone know where you can get custom Female Crew members' DRESSES, like Uhura's only in Blue or Yellow? I have the perfect idea for a custom female Klingon & Romulan crew members but my friends who sew so it's too hard to use the sewing machine on such a small scale! I'm good @ sewing though, a button on a shirt but not much better than that! THANKS 4 ANT info you guys have? ?.#5.) Is there anybody out there? -(Pink Floyd).\n\nJULIUS and Gothneo, Thanks for getting back to me! Since my 1st love is the JLU line, I forget that their are NON-Matty related Q & A's somewhere in the online Galaxy!\n\nBTW - I LOVE: DC RETRO Heroes as my 3rd love, BUT I have only opened a few and so far am VERY disappointed. I wanted to PLAY w/ mine w/ my nephews like my older brother did w/ me with our Mego figures. I opened Green Arrow awhile back & he wasn't bad. I opened Lex Luthor, his legs swing back & forth way too easily (joints tight except where legs meets torso). Then I opened Cheetah, not bad (looks GREAT) but her legs won't hold a position at the hips at all. No kicking stance for me, they swing right back immediately! I opened Superman the other day, put him in his flying position (like I flew my 8\" & 12\" Mego SM around the house) & was horrified when he just collapses at the waist & slumps over! It looks like he's about to get a FWI (Flying While Intoxicated) !\n\nWhy bring up the Mattel Retro heroes on this forum, BecauseMY HUGE DISAPOINTMENT w/ the DC RETRO line is that they were NOT put on an EMCE Star Trek BODY!Those are JUST like the Mego IMO & are Grrrreat!(Sorry Tony the Tiger-- I couldn't resist)!\n\nEDIT: I know if the DC Retro HEROES were on the EMCE Trek body they would look too wimpy, BUT I wish they were AS Sturdy as the TREK EMCE bodies & the Boots were WAY thinner!\n\n**The GREAT thing about a EMCE: STAR TREK CREW case of Generic CREW members would be the availabilty to MIX & Match to build CUSTOM Star Trek Enterprise CREWS of various sizes!\n\nAs for Now I ONLY Have RED Shirts & RED Dresses, using EMCE Scotty & UHURA figs (when they were easy to get around $10.00 ea. - NOt anymore though ). The SCOTTY would get the heads removed & replaced w/ a few Mego Walton heads, whereas Lt. UHURA figs were STRIPPED, and all her items where given to female Mego figures, also Waltons in a few cases. I'm out of enought RED dresses & can't find what I'd REALLY LOVE (as well as many other collectors): STAR FLEET: BLUE & YELLOW womens Crew dresses!"}
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-{"text": "6.04.2014\n\nThe below guest post was written by Matt Shipman, a science writer and father of three who lives in Raleigh. You can follow Matt on Twitter at @ShipLives or connect with him here on Google+.\n\nDriving home from work recently, I heard a story on the radio about commencement addresses.\n\nThis made me wonder what sort of commencement address I would give, in the unlikely event that anyone asked me to give one. I think it would go something like this---\n\nGreetings, graduates!\n\nI am not going to spend a lot of time talking about whether you are special.\n\nSome of you are probably special, or will be; most of you, by definition, aren\u2019t. But (and here\u2019s the thing), even if I said that none of you are special, every single one of you would think that you were the exception. See how normal you are?\n\nYour class is also diverse: men and women of different races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, and fields of study. What on Earth can I say that\u2019s relevant to all of you?\n\nHere it is: don\u2019t be an asshole.\n\nI am entirely sincere when I say that.\n\nIt sounds obvious, yet every day an astonishing number of people fail to follow that simple advice. So allow me to suggest some useful tips.\n\nBe kind. Say please and thank you. Do nice things for people. (But don\u2019t expect anything in return, or get in a snit if no one thanks you \u2013 if you do those things, you\u2019re being an asshole.)\n\nNow, being nice can be tricky. If you start running up to strangers and offering to help them, they may assume that you are planning to mug them.\n\nSo here\u2019s an example of something nice you can do that will rarely scare other people: if you\u2019re ever in line at the grocery store and the person behind you has a screaming child on their hands, offer to let them go ahead of you. They may not take you up on the offer, but they\u2019ll probably appreciate it.\n\nThat\u2019s about it.\n\nOh, and you should also work hard, engage in critical thinking, appreciate the roles of innovation and scientific research in economic development, and try to understand (though not necessarily admire) the perspectives of other people."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\ninstagram\n\nI AM FEMALE MAGAZINE GUEST BLOGGER\n\nREVIEW: Chloe Paraty Bag\n\nThe Chloe Paraty is 2010\u2032s IT bag. The Chloe Paraty has been featured in many of Chloe\u2019s ads, and is one of Chloe\u2019s most popular handbags. This is not surprising looking at this stunner. The Chloe Paraty is versatile, beautiful, distinctive, and embodies Chloe\u2019s signature look of quality, class, smartness, and a hint of glamour. The Chloe Paraty is versatile, as you can wear it with anything. It makes a great day bag.\n\nWithout the heavy lock and bold design of its Paddington, Chlo\u00e9's Paraty bag is a understated yet glamorous update on a classic design. Complete with minimal hardware, shoulder strap and handles, and eye ringlet and trim detail, this medium shoulder bag is perfect for elegantly carrying all your essentials. (via)\n\nThe structure of the Chloe Paraty is very unique. It\u2019s got a very clearly defined distinctive shape. The front of the Paraty is almost an extension of the two top handles and is a bit like an exterior long strap that is attached to the bag that has no function. It\u2019s more like a feature of the bag. A bit like how the oversized padlock was a feature of the Chloe Paddington, it was more for show, -it just looked cool. I think Chloe has adopted a similar concept here with the Paraty. The bag also features what looks like a zip that extends down to the side of the bag all the way through the bottom. Again, I think it\u2019s just a feature not a function of the bag. The long thin strap also means that the Chloe Paraty can also be worn as a cross body bag, making it easy and convenient to carry.\n\nLuxurious calfskin leather with double top handles and goldtone hardware.\n\nDouble top handles, 5\" drop\n\nDetachable shoulder strap, 14\" drop\n\nTop-zip closure\n\nOne inside zip pocket\n\nFully lined\n\n15\"W X 10\"H X 6\"D\n\nMade in Italy\n\nInteresting detail about the Paraty is also the side clasp, although not that many people care much about it but for me it does bring a tiny bit of difference. You can unclasped the side to make more room for your bag and fill it up to your heart's content \u2665\n\nI can honestly say the best of this bag (well apart that it being absolutely gorgeous & classy in person) is that it's so LIGHT! Compared to the Celine Luggage Tote in Micro as I reviewed here it's probably half the weight. Initially before testing the bag, I thought the signature curve of the bag was filled with somekind of iron (blimey I was thinking of the heaviness of Paddington bag!) but infact it's not so it's pretty much lighter and rather perfect as your luxurious everyday bag.\n\nAnother detail that I personally love is the long strap, I walk a lot and I carry a lot of stuffs mainly gadgets therefore as chic as it may seem to carry it like a classy lady above my elbow I would love the option of shifting the weight on my shoulder and the long straps has saved my hands from being dead out of fatigue \u2665\n\nHaving given the bag for loan I am glad that it has completely changed my opinion about it 180\u00b0!\n\nSadly to say there isn't any CHLOE store in Malaysia so the option would be to buy it in Singapore or Europe! With the extra money having to fork out for tickets to-fro and accomodations, why bother when you can get them at:\n\nOh by the way, currently in store a PRELOVED (second hand) Chloe Paraty in Perforated Grey size Large is selling for only RM3800! Complete with dustbag & cards and in excellent condition, oh my.. Tempting isn't it?\n\nHope this mini review shall suffice, and if you have any questions or inquiries just email\n\nBlogging since 2008. Engineer turned Fashion Journalist/Stylist. Passion for fashion made me quit my years of job as an engineer, passion for fashion also made my battle with leukemia all the more interesting. Kicking cancer in the nuts with style since 2010 \u2665"}
-{"text": "Brian Orakpo Says He\u2019s 100% and Ready to Wreak Havoc\n\nBrian Orakpo Says He\u2019s 100% and Ready to Wreak Havoc\n\nAfter star linebacker Brian Orakpo tore his left pectoral muscle for the second time in as many seasons in mid-September it took him nearly a month to come to terms with the devastating injury that prematurely ended his fourth year in the league just two weeks into the season.\n\nEight months into his rehab, the Washington Redskins outside linebacker said he is fully healed and ready to play at the same level he did when earning consecutive Pro Bowl appearances in 2010 and 2011.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m 100 percent, my body is feeling even better than what it was before as far as conditioning and strength-wise,\u201d Orakpo told CSN Washington. \u201cWhen you get hurt, you get to work on all the little muscles that you have a tendency to (overlook). It was a freak accident, it\u2019s nothing you can control.\u201d\n\nOrakpo (6-4, 257) has recorded 28.5 sacks over his first three seasons, including nine in 2011 when he also forced three fumbles. In 2011, Orakpo also forced 43 quarterback hurries \u2014 third among all 3-4 outside linebackers. Orakpo registered more hurries in 2011 than both Clay Matthews and Tamba Hali.\n\nWith Orakpo sidelined by the injury, the Redskins finished the regular season ranked 28th in sacks per pass attempt. The Redskins\u2019 pass rush improved late in the season, as Jim Haslett\u2019s defense notched 11 sacks over their final four games. Until that point, the Redskins had one sack or fewer in six of their first 12 contests.\n\nOrakpo is unsure if he will be a full-participant in Redskins\u2019 OTAs that begin in late-May.\n\nThe No. 13 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, he is entering the final season of his five-year, $15.4 million rookie contract.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m ready to wreak havoc,\u201d Orakpo told CSN Washington. \u201cI\u2019m ready to get my crown back as far as putting hell to these quarterbacks in the NFC East and all over the NFL.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Archive for November, 2009\n\nGeorge Monbiot is showing his willy. It isn\u2019t the first time and doubtless, it wont be the last. Trouble is, he\u2019s not being Abu Graibed into doing it. It\u2019s entirely voluntary. It\u2019s a flacid willy, so there ins\u2019t any \u201cRon Davis on the common\u201d head-of-sexual-steam excuse for it either. And I\u2019m not going to do metaphore by doing the \u2018size\u2019 thing, although if I did, it would be Karma considering his \u2018deck of cards\u2019 top 10 climate change deniers post.\n\nSeasoned people who pride themselves in examining political coincidences of great consequence, i.e. conspiracy examiners, will be familiar with the shameless attempted to flick yellow stars upon people by using the word denier, but then again, that Monbiot does it shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise. He is after all a mainstream journo.\n\nRemember, by Monbiot\u2019s own admission, the only thing that would get him to disbelieve in AGW is something utterly preposterous, penned by the Knights Carbonic no less. {tip: think deeply and read my previous article before you jumping for your keyboard to tell me he was being satirical}\n\nLets \u2018look\u2019 at George\u2019s willy display.\n\nFirst off, the title:\n\nPretending the climate email leak isn\u2019t a crisis won\u2019t make it go away.\n\nAt this point George\u2019s Willy of Media Deception is rightfully encased in his shorts, but within the blink of an eye, he\u2019s starkers! :\n\nClimate sceptics have lied, obscured and cheated for years. That\u2019s why we climate rationalists must uphold the highest standards of science.\n\nI\u2019m too busy laughing to comment on that gem.\n\nHe continues\u2026.\n\nIt is true that climate change deniers have made wild claims which the material can\u2019t possibly support (the end of global warming, the death of climate science).\n\nWho claims the climate is NOT changing? Isn\u2019t the debate about what is causing the climate to change? Sneaky opening George, but I\u2019ve seen straight through it.\n\nThen Georgieboy says ALL of these Nazis deniers (of the phantasmal kind), say it\u2019s the end of global warming, and the death of climate science.\n\nOh George, not only are you showing your todger, but you forgot to wash it too! What I\u2019m looking at is making me queasy. Nobody is saying it\u2019s the end of climate science. How could the study of the climate ever \u2018end\u2019? unless\u2026. and this is quite possible \u2013 that climate science is in GM\u2019s eyes only for the purpose of ramming home AGW. Hummm. As for the end of global warming, errmm George, I hate to say this (ok, actually I don\u2019t) but isn\u2019t the crux of the e-mails that the DATA showed a decline in temperature? In which case the DATA itself shows global warming has come to an end, and it was this DATA that they tried to spin/hide/\u2019dissappear\u2019\n\nGeorge says:\n\nemails are very damaging\u2026.a real crisis\n\nYet he dares not open the Pandora\u2019s box by discussing in any reasonable and warranted degree in a scientific context as to HOW they are damaging in terms of science. This is common. If your on dodgy ground, here\u2019s what you do: Distract, distract, distract.\n\napologising where appropriate and demonstrating that it cannot happen again.\n\nWell George, didn\u2019t you previously ridicule people who said there was DATA showing the mainstream media depiction of climate change was wrong, and indeed you are still ridiculing those who discuss the implications of climategate who differ from your naive spin on it.\n\nIt is true that much of what has been revealed could be explained as the usual cut and thrust of the peer review process, exacerbated by the extraordinary pressure the scientists were facing from a denial industry determined to crush them.\n\nThis is a near exact re-casting of what would be said by apologists for the Abu Graib guards, the Mai Lai butchers, and much more besides, It\u2019s not the fault of these scientists caught red handed, no! The wrong doing lies and dirty tricks lie squarely at the door of the AGW sceptics. Just like it was the Vietnamese children who are to blame for theie bodies getting in the way of US Napalm.\n\nGeorge has some fine company that he\u2019s crawling in the gutter with.\n\nBut surely George is being polemic for it\u2019s own sake, sniggering in the toilets at the response his writings will cause. Unless of course he really thinks the power of sceptics is so immense {Errrm, that would be the sceptics GM always portrayed as an insignificant irrelevant non-representative group \u2013 with accusations of shades of nazi\u2019sm hurled for good measure}that it can force people to do such underhand acts. Wow!\n\nGM references Phil Jones as writing:\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report. Kevin and I will keep them out somehow \u2013 even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!\u201d\n\nto which GM comes to Jones\u2019 defence claiming\n\nOne of these papers which was published in the journal Climate Research turned out to be so badly flawed that the scandal resulted in the resignation of the editor-in-chief.\n\nNow that may be true, I don\u2019t actually know, but I\u2019m more than inclined to believe Monbiot has NEVER accepted ANY report questioning doubt on AGW no matter how truthful that DATA was. George is more than welcome to show otherwise.\n\nJones knew that any incorrect papers by sceptical scientists would be picked up and amplified by climate change deniers funded by the fossil fuel industry\n\nAnd /how/ Monbiot \u2018knows\u2019 this is \u2026. ???. Here again GM does the dirty painting ALL AGW sceptics as being funded by the oil industry.\n\nFrom the AGW sceptics I\u2019ve met and read about, I\u2019ve not heard any of them say things favourable to big oil. Is George picking up on the negative perceptions people hold of big oil and using it as a stiletto against the AGW sceptics? Thing is George, the AGW sceptics are unhappy that their scepticism seems favourable to big oil, but they don\u2019t junk that scepticism for political reasons and lie to themselves.\n\nAt this point, George is now beginning to stroke his willy having the audacity to say:\n\n[sceptics] all sorts of dirty tricks to advance their cause.\n\nMonbiot is as rich as as a Plutonium laced Christmas pudding.\n\nthose who campaign against taking action on climate change\n\nOnce again George\u2019s deliberately mischaracterises the AGW sceptics as \u2018denying\u2019 (as he puts it) GW, so that they can maintain their lifestyle. Again deplorable behaviour. I\u2019m an AGW sceptic \u2013 like most others, not funded by the oil industry \u2013 but I advocate a very big change to the way we live and the distribution of resources. Monbiot with his high energy use lifestyle knows this but doesn\u2019t care.\n\nthose who campaign against taking action on climate change: that the IPCC process is biased.\n\nIsn\u2019t it biased. Heard of the Seattle petition??? What of the people who Protested in Bali last year (or was it 2 years ago?) What of those past IPCC members who didn\u2019t agree with some of pro-AGW direction in the IPCC report? What data has ever appeared in the IPCC reports that seems to offer an alternatice message to the pro-AGW narrative? What sceptical AGW scientist has been allowed to write in the IPCC report?\n\nHowever good the detailed explanations may be, most people aren\u2019t going to follow or understand them. Jones\u2019s statement, on the other hand, is stark and easy to grasp.\n\nPathetic. GM has just tried pulled off a trick in front of your eyes. Here\u2019s what he wants you to think\u2026 Jones -> pro-AGW -> message easy to grasp, then \u201con the other hand\u201d \u2013 i.e. on the oppositie pole, AGW sceptics cannot present technical information to the public in a easy to grasp fashion. He\u2019s (wittingly or not) saying the easier message goes down the best.\n\nI\u2019m wavering between thoughts on Monbiot as being a village idiot or some devious sod who knows exactly what he\u2019s doing or even someone who is just sub-consciously talented in selling fools gold.\n\nMonbiot then tries to use the few filthy politicians squatting in Westminster as cover or as deliberate distraction. It\u2019s too ugly to enter that arena. He later says:\n\nIf you take the wording literally, in one case he appears to be suggesting that emails subject to a request be deleted,\n\nWhy shouldn\u2019t it be taken as such? Was the recipient of the e-mail expected to shower the e-mail in virtual lemon juice and wave a virtual candle beside it.???\n\nBut I know that opaqueness and secrecy are the enemies of science.\n\nMonbiot of course wrote this long ago in the National newspaper while the CRU refused to publish data while the whose pro-AGW was running smoothly on the tracks. Oh no, that\u2019s right, he didn\u2019t! Strange that.\n\nActually I can no longer stand and \u2018look\u2019 at GM\u2019s prolonged willy exposure.\n\nFin.\n\nLast words on this. Compare and contrast these two other reports. Which one, if any, actually focuses on the area of concern and which one, if any, distracts x3?\n\nThis blog has received relatively quite a bit of extra traffic looking for George Monbiot.\n\nThe reason is clear, Monbiots dismissal of climategate.\n\nI am honoured that quite a few people would come here for some commentary on it, although others, here and here too, plus here have done a far better job of it than I could possibly do.\n\nThe sterling effort of others plus the fact I haven\u2019t read any of the e-mails in their entirity are couple of reasons why I\u2019ve not commented, and to be honest, the small amounts of the e-mails I have read are exceedingly boring!. So thanks to these concerned citizens who have taken up the tedium on my behalf and that of others.\n\nWhat I did read was Georgieboy\u2019s dismissal of the e-mails leaked/hacked e-mails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia(UEA) UK (www.cru.uea.ac.uk/). By the way, these e-mails are now being said to have been stolen. Does the legality of theft apply to e-mail?. IA breach of privacy perhaps, but theft? Hummm\u2026\n\nNow, Monbiot is being clever yet at the same time his attempt to do so actually turns into the sword of Damocles (albeit with the sword containing a fair % of rubber). You see, if queried about what he wrote, Monbiot would obviously protest he was simply beng funny when he dressing his comments up in satire, but actually, that is precicesly what would be needed for him to believe it. By applying lashings of satire upon it, it helps him to aviod a serious discussion on the matter. Al Franken did the same thing about 911 when he wrote in his book that he too got one of these reported warning phone calls on the morning of 911 before the planes hit. {actually the book is very good at fulfilling its intent, but it an exercise is extreme bipolarisation \u2013 one of the major problems afflicting so called democracy today}\n\nBEFORE climate broke, Monbiot dismissed the anthropogenic global warming (man made via CO2 global warming) skeptics as he seemingly always does when evidence of a whatever conspiracy \u2013 but a real conspiracy, backed up with hard factual evidence \u2013 arises. And like all coincidence theorists, in damage limitation mode, he puts it down to a few rotten apples in the barrel. Kinda reminds me of the filthy killers of the USUK army and the kill for $ mercs, of the racism \u2013 the institutional racism \u2013 in the UK police force.\n\nWell Gerorge, those rotten apples were operating with noone in their peer cirle pointing the finger to them calling them rotten. No. They were I woul say with little doubt representitive of the CO2 AGW scam.\n\nThen there\u2019s Monbiot\u2019s apparent duality. He says of climategate:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s no use pretending this isn\u2019t a major blow.\u201d\n\nand then pretends everything\u2019s alright. Well, if it is just a few rotten apples, why is it a major blow?\n\nAnd I don\u2019t know if anyone has notices but his \u2018what it would take e-mail\u2019 is written with quite a strong smell of The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Is this accidental? One of the many coincidences people of Monbiots mind constantly witness as global events unfurl? I say not, for this readon: Georgieboy can\u2019t quite hack it with the tired and quite redundant \u2018antisemite\u2019 label in this case but he\u2019s alluding to it here. It\u2019s the same old put a yellow star on it and then denouce those who point it out technique.\n\nAm I wrong? Well perhaps if GM actually discussed the \u2018hide the decline\u2019 part of climategate, then I could well be, but he didn\u2019t. The word decline doesn\u2019t feature even once in his whole article, something that pro-governmnet 911\u2019ers do rather a lot of.\n\nGeorgieboy says:\n\n\u201cThey damage the credibility of three or four scientists. They raise questions about the integrity of one or perhaps two out of several hundred lines of evidence.\u201d\n\nAm I once again shouting at empty bustps when it seems to me George starts off with the numbers 3&4 then instantly after wards the numbers whittle down to 1&2. Of course he\u2019s talking about a different issue, but he would have written this:\n\n\u201cThey raise questions about the integrity of one or perhaps two out of several hundred lines of evidence. They damage the credibility of three or four scientists. \u201c\n\nDo you think those two statements are quivanet? Does the rising numbers in the alternative wording not have a different mental imprint in your conscience or perhaps more validly, your sub-conscience? And wait, when you reverse it you might notice something interesting. How can there only be one \u2018or perhaps two\u2019 {as Monbiot puts it} bits of evidence yet have three or four scientists involved? Is the single piece of evidence, written words, split between (on average) two scientists??? Hummm\u2026 Well frem reading Monbiot\u2019s article, we\u2019ll simply never know because (remember the technique?) he doesn\u2019t mention them!\n\nMonbiot:\n\n\u201cTo bury man-made climate change, a far wider conspiracy would have to be revealed. \u201c\n\nAgain George doesn\u2019t treat us to what he according to his values and ideas would be the \u2018wider\u2019 conspiracy, which brings me to another point\u2026. widerconspiracy. Wider is a relative term. His use of the term \u2018wider\u2019 actually says what happened was a conspiracy. But such things and how they are allowed to occur amongst the \u201cman is to blame pro-AGW\u201d circle again don\u2019t appear inportant to Mr. Monbiot.\n\n\u201cThere appears to be evidence here of attempts to prevent scientific data from being released, and even to destroy material that was subject to a freedom of information request.\u201d\n\nOg dear. George Moniot\u2019s bad hair day.\n\nIn his effort to deny at all costs that he has bought into the somewhat \u2018good concerned citizen\u2019 thing, Monbiot points out that THERE IS DATA THAT POINTS TO A DECLINE. Once again, a discussion of that data away from all the AGW conspiracy isn\u2019t important to ?Monbiot.\n\nHeck! Isn\u2019t that what is supposed to take centre stage?\n\nI\u2019ll end now by saying. Industrial pollution, pharmaceutical/chemical waste and radioactive pollution are FAR FAR more important that stupid CO2 and AGW > even it is true!\n\nAnd lastly, not so long ago people were saying the temperature on Mars. Venus was rising and that explains why the earth is experiencing higher temps too. anti-AGW\u2019s never addressed that point.\n\nRe: so called novel (A)H1N1 (or pandemic H1N1 as the WHO now calls it).\n\nThe WHO says: \u201cmany countries have stopped counting individual cases\u201d[1]\n\nThis is just one indication that the swine flu is an enormous scam.\n\nEven an idiot would realise if you have a dangerous potentially killer virus, you would do all you can to monitor it (especially in the developing phases) to as high a level of precision and accuracy as possible. Doing so gives invaluable data on its virulence, infectivity, pattern of behaviour to help develop a model so that other similar viruses in the future may be better understood. Last but certainly not least, you would do this to monitor how effective any applied treatment is!\n\nWhat a sub-idiot would do, is not record actual levels of novel (A)H1N1.\n\n\u201cHealth officials say up to 30% of the population may become infected with swine flu, based on analysis of how this pandemic is spreading,\u201d[1b]. See? attempts to keep statistics on it have been compiled for analysis.\n\nThere isn\u2019t even an economic basis for not monitoring the declared pandemic, despite reports of the test for an expensive. (i.e. the nucleic acid sequencing procedure for (A)H1N1 \u2013 about which I have not been able to uncover any information). The reason why cost isn\u2019t valid is that it\u2019s a duty of Government to pull out all the stops to keep tabs on the virus and ensure the population is protected. How badly they do that isn\u2019t really the issue.\n\nThe fact remains that a government could leglislate private companies to monitor it and fund activities to tackle it. They could also swing the resources of state health services to monitoring and action groups.\n\nWhat are they doing instead? Buying large quantites of shockingly poorly tested vaccines from companies like Baxter with an apalling record of operations standards, fast tracking the vaccine, allowing/encouraging/doing all sorts of junk press releases, and granting those companies immunity from prosecution. All that is definately NOT acting in the interests of the people. It is in the interests of Big Pharma.\n\nBut the WHO still publishes (13 Nov 09) a global statistic of at least 6260 deaths from over 503536 cases. Which gives a death rate of 1.24% i.e. 1 death per 80 cases of infection.\n\nThe number of new cases for this week in England was estimated at 110,000, a rise of 10,000 over the previous week. That means in two weeks 210,000 people had swine Flu. 1 in 300 people. [1f]\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nPage last updated at 16:31 GMT, Thursday, 12 November 2009: The number of new swine flu cases in the past week fell by nearly a quarter to 64,000 in England, figures show\u2026 About 21,500 people are estimated to have caught the virus in Scotland up from 17,500 the week before\u2026 182 deaths [1c]\n\nIn those two weeks this gives another 149,000 prople with swine flu (estimated) giving a total of 359,333 people in just four weeks. That means 1 out of 166 people in the UK already had swine flu in just 4 weeks alone and they are non-continuous weeks too!!\n\nOK. Now factor in the 182 deaths and assume they died beause of swine flu. What fatality rate is that based solely upon for weeks?\n\nthat\u2019s one death per 1974, That\u2019s 0.05%\nBoing further, the BBC said \u201cit\u2019s reckoned that 620,000 people in England have now had swine flu\u2026 182 deaths[2]\nthat gives a death rate of 1 in 3406. Thats 0.03%\nYet the WHO says[3] from update 75, 15 Nov 09 data (which remember it\u2019s said nobody is counting anymore) \u201cover 526060\u201d cases, there are \u201cat least 6770\u201d deaths. That\u2019s 1.2% nearly 30 times greater than the UK figure.\n\nThis man, Levitt, that spouted a chapter of lies about how great Iraq was, roughly about a year after the blitzkreig on the Iraqi people, something Rumsfeld, in all his macho putridness called \u201cShock and Awe\u201d, has decided to step down.\n\nNow Tom can enjoy the his grandchildren, something quite impossible for the millions of Iraqi he voted to kill, all based on an utter pack of multiple and very obvious lies (which Tom probably knew or didn\u2019t wan\u2019t to know!). Perhaps when Tom is bored, he will pull out the Abu Ghraib pics for a spot of remininsence of the good old times. then after a hearty meal he can walk around the beautiful High Peak on a lazy summers say, while the Iraqi\u2019s can enjoy breathing in clouds of depleted uranium and feel in their wombs the growing muitation inside them.\n\nNo, not because it\u2019s Craig making that smell, but because some of the things that are happening to him as outlined on his site absolutely stink!\n\nI am refering to this ghastly UK puppetry pantomime of once \u201cbig bad\u201d self labeled Muslims who didn\u2019t actually do anything \u2018radical\u2019 \u2013 although they protest they were some kind of fundamanetal brigade (lol) and give the impression they could have killed us all in our beds. \u2013 A case of De\u2019ja poo, non?\n\nAnyway, Craig pointed something like that out (read his site for details, consider my description a teaser), in more eloquent words of course, and amazingly the Quillium foundation decided to use UK taxpayers money to try and sue Mr. Murray which if successful, is crafted in such a way as to reword the actors in the Quillium Foundation (very appropriate description I may add) will stand to pocket the swag, but not the foundation itself. Ho Ho! Christmas is coming and the goode is getting fat, please put millions of penny\u2019s in Ed\u2019 cap\u2026\n\nAdd onto this that the directors of the Quillium Foundation, QF, or QuiFf {whichever you prefer} get something like \u00a380,000 a year, well, it just bogggles the mind. << that figure is open to correction.\n\nThe Quillium foundation is in my opinion something akin to what one occasionally steps in.\n\nI urge all people of reason and respect to treat the QuiFf like it should be treated, scraped off in ernest and disposed of carefully in a recpticle disposed to handle biological waste.\n\nIf you have taken the leap of bravery to stand beside men of valour dignity and courage such as Craig Murray (and personally I have significant political differences with Mr. Murray \u2013 but at times like this such things are irrelevant) then you might like to spread the word about the rather horrible lawyer\u2019s acting with gusto against Mr. Murray and encourage others to desist from using that firm for any kind of business whatsoever. Think of them as the newspaper that now surrounds that stuff languishing in the aforementoned biological hazzard bin. Here\u2019s there details (copy and pasted from the tail endings of their letter as posted on Craigs site):\n\nTo follow is some things Craig would like people to mirror for now\u2026 Take it away Craig:\n\nUpdate (10/Oct/2010): Their threat didn\u2019t materialise so I\u2019ve deleting the replicative info (it has cused me annoyance when searching for items on my blog). See Craigs blog if you want to read his post."}
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-{"text": "Largest Loan From 2002 CMBS Deal Delinquent\n\nThe largest loan from BACM 2002-PB2 became 30 days delinquent according to the most recent servicer data and the most recent appraised value points to the possibility of a big loss to the deal.\n\nAccording to a Treppwire report, the $72.1 million Regency Square loan makes up 10.7 percent of the collateral pool for the BACM deal. The loan slid into the 30 day delinquent bucket according to June servicer data.\n\nThe property behind the loan is a 465,000 square foot mall in Richmond, VA. The property was built in 1975. The mall has seen steadily declining results. In 2009, the property posted a DSCR of 0.75x. In 2010, that number had fallen to 0.62.\n\nAccording to Treppwire, the bigger concern to CMBS investors is the latest appraised value. In 2001, the property was appraised for $132.5 million. A few months ago, a new value of $40 million was assigned to the mall. According to tha calculation, bondholders in the BACM deal could be looking at a loss of $35 million or more after expenses.\n\nA loss of that magnitude would wipe out five tranches and part of a sixth, said the report.\n\nSubscribe Now\n\nAccess to a full range of industry content, analysis and expert commentary."}
-{"text": "Trail Report \u2013 November, The Quiet Season.\n\nIf you\u2019re still getting out hiking this time of year, good for you!! Well, we\u2019ve entered the quiet season at Devil\u2019s Lake State Park. We\u2019re past peak color season and deer gun season is just a couple of weeks away. This is the time of year when the trails are pretty empty, well, unless we have more 70 degree days!\n\nColors\n\nWe like to say that fall colors are done this time of year, but really they\u2019ve just moved from the treetops to the forest floor. Hikers on the top of the east bluff and out on the Steinke Basin/Upland trail areas will still see lots of reds and yellows along with some bright neon greens and oranges filling in under the now mostly barren trees. The raspberries are putting out some showy reds and oranges right now!\n\nNovember colors on the East Bluff\n\nHiking & Hunting\n\nThis time of the year hikers and mountain bikers have to be aware of the hunting seasons within Wisconsin state parks. Archery season runs through Jan 3rd. Gun Deer season runs from Nov. 21st to Nov 29th. While there are restrictions around most hiking trails and public areas within Devil\u2019s Lake State Park, they sometimes seem taken as suggestions more than rules. Personally, I\u2019d suggest staying to the East & West Bluff trails near the lake during hunting season. Sections of park trails further from the lake itself, including the Uplands bike trail and the Steinke Basin loop (popular with dog walkers), pass through areas with NO hunting restrictions what-so-ever. Cyclists, hikers (and their pets) would be well advised to wear blaze orange or avoid the trails in this area altogether until after the hunting season(s). Click here for a map of open hunting areas within Devil\u2019s Lake State Park.\n\nI think that\u2019s all I\u2019ve got for today! It looks like it will be a cool, but sunny weekend so get outside, have fun and be safe!"}
-{"text": "Fugitive: A Constantine Fan-Fic Tale Part 4\n\nEven though John woke up exhausted, the fact that Angela was still in his arms invigorated him. He kissed her forehead. \u201cMorning.\u201d\n\nShe sat up. \u201cGood morning,\u201d she replied with a smirk. And it turned out to be a very good morning\u2026\n\nAs lunch time neared, hunger pulled them out of bed. Their typical lifestyles leant more to a nightlife anyway and they assumed Geneva would have much to offer in that capacity. They dressed and headed out to find a caf\u00e9. After a jaunt down the Route De Meyrin, one they hadn\u2019t quite planned on but the cabby didn\u2019t speak English, they settled on a quaint little place The Rhone. After several cappuccinos, they decided to walk a bit through the city back toward their hotel. It was Angela who eyed the sign first, written in several languages to attract a crowd:\n\n\u201cCome see the Holiest of Relics, gathered from the many Cathedrals and Basilicas of Europe, now on display at the Basilica-Notre Dame, Geneva!\u201d\n\nThey gave each other an inquisitive look and then burst out laughing. Not this time. And never more for all John cared. There was also a huge line. Seemed like everyone was out to see whatever was in there. But instead, the happy couple stayed linked arm-in-arm, and continued walking.\n\nA warning siren erupted from the church. If those sounds were anything like the ones in America, there was a fire inside. The Basilica must have been packed because the streets were immediately crowded with everyone that had been inside. Then John felt it. A tingle on the back of his neck. A seemingly familiar itch that begged to be scratched. Angela noticed it but reigned him back. No words were said, just another passionate kiss. And then a blast.\n\nThe wave of it knocked most in the crowd over. Alarms everywhere went off. Flames shot out of every window that broke. The steeple looked like it might fall at any point. Security that had been onsite ushered everyone around and away from the building. One very old priest tried to run back inside wailing the while time. Then it hit everyone, whatever had been inside was clearly no more. A man nearby fell to his knees in prayer. Even though they couldn\u2019t totally understand his words, his message was clear \u2013 \u201cWhy God? Why?\u201d"}
-{"text": "subscribe\n\nfollow\n\nHappy couple and proud mommy and daddy Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston can\u2019t wait to tie the old knot\u2013 and they also can\u2019t wait for the presents from joyful Republicans to start rolling in!\nAmong the items the trashy lovebirds are hoping for are several guns, a snowblower, a hunting knife, and some hockey jerseys. Because nothing says I DO like a SOG Seal Pup Elite Fixed Blade Knife.\n(Yes, it\u2019s fake but who cares about things like that?! This is the internet!)\n[Via Gawker]"}
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-{"text": "Fallen firefighters remembered; bravery cited\n\nSPRINGFIELD -- Firefighters gathered Thursday in Springfield to mourn the deaths of four Illinois firefighters in 2006 and celebrate the bravery of 27 others.\n\nLaura Camper\n\nW/LIST OF HONOREES\n\nBy LAURA CAMPER\n\nSTATE CAPITOL BUREAU\n\nSPRINGFIELD -- Firefighters gathered Thursday in Springfield to mourn the deaths of four Illinois firefighters in 2006 and celebrate the bravery of 27 others.\n\nThe Annual Firefighters Medal of Honor ceremony began at the Illinois Fallen Firefighter Memorial statue on the southwest side of the state Capitol. A solemn procession of participants followed the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois Honor Guard to the Howlett Building next door.\n\nFour firefighters who died in the line of duty last year were honored with the Duty Death Gold Badge.\n\nTina Armstrong, the widow of Atlanta volunteer firefighter Roger Armstrong, who died January 21, 2006, accepted the badge for her husband.\n\n\u201cThis is for him,\u201d said Tina, who serves as a volunteer emergency medical technician in Atlanta and worked with her husband on calls. \u201cHe was very proud of what he did. He did a great job, and I\u2019m proud to take this on his behalf.\u201d\n\nRoger Armstrong, a volunteer firefighter for eight years and an EMT for seven, suffered a heart attack while working at a fire in Waynesville.\n\nRic Cheek, chief of the Atlanta fire department, described Armstrong as an excellent firefighter, always working to get better.\n\n\u201cHe spent an enormous amount of time at our firehouse,\u201d Cheek said. \u201cHe was a very good fireman, very dedicated.\u201d\n\nCheek, who said he not only served with Armstrong, but counted him as a friend, believed Armstrong just wanted to serve the community in which he lived.\n\nFour firefighters were awarded Medals of Honor, the highest honor given to firefighters in the state, for heroic actions beyond the call of duty.\n\nDriver Todd Warrick of the Jacksonville Fire Department received a Medal of Honor for rescuing two women from a fire in their home.\n\nWhile getting ready for work on Feb. 13, 2006, Warrick, a firefighter for 19 years, heard a call on the police radio about a fire on the same block as his house.\n\nAfraid that his neighbors might be inside, Warrick ran to their back door and then the front, but both were locked. He kicked in the front door to search the house.\n\n\u201cI knew that when I went into that house, I wasn\u2019t going to come out unless I had two other people with me,\u201d Warrick said.\n\nHe found his neighbor and her daughter and helped them out of the house, but not before being burned by falling embers, he said. Warrick still has the scorched shirt he was wearing that day, calling it a reminder to never go into a fire without his gear.\n\n\u201cI kept that shirt to remind me not to do dumb things like that anymore,\u201d Warrick said with a laugh.\n\nThirteen firefighters, including firefighter John Burns and engineer Jami Lusher of the Pekin Fire Department, received Firefighter Excellence Awards.\n\nBurns and Lusher were honored for their efforts to save a man trapped in the basement of a burning house. After arriving at the house, which was enveloped in flames, Lusher said he \u201csoaked the fire at the top of the stairs, so (Burns) could go down and come back up with the guy.\u201d\n\nBurns, a firefighter for more than five years, said receiving the award was overwhelming.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s nothing nobody else wouldn\u2019t have done,\u201d he said of his actions.\n\nLusher, who has served for 11 years, said he was surprised by the award.\n\nTwo Chicago firefighters received the Medal of Valor for bravery in the line of duty.\n\nCertificate of Recognition awards honored eight men.\n\nLaura Camper can be reached at (217) 782-6882 or laura.camper@sj-r.com."}
-{"text": "PubNub Moves Into Connected Car Market\n\nReal-time network PubNub has solidified its move into the connected car market with a winning app designed for Ford. Announced at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the winning integration by PubNub took Ford's dashboard API and created a real-time dispatch app. ProgrammableWeb spoke with both PubNub and Ford about how developers are partnering with car manufacturers to build out the connected car ecosystem.\n\n\"PubNub provides a real-time network\u2014a set of building blocks that let developers build real-time apps that can check what devices are online and can send and receive messages simultaneously,\" PubNub CEO Todd Greene told ProgrammableWeb. \"We have found that in transportation, this is a really great fit as it basically connects devices in cars bidirectionally. We have worked with GetTaxi, for example, to use our real-time networks so that dispatchers can see where all their taxis are. We can publish data on taxi requests and be guaranteed that the message will arrive. If a car is in a tunnel, for example, the message gets through as soon as the cab comes out of the tunnel.\"\n\nIMAGE: PubNub's Dan Ristic takes to the stage to accept the Ford AppLink award at the Consumer Electronics Show (photo courtesy of Paul Brady)\n\nPubNub's winning makeathon entry, the 'Real-Time Taxi' app for the Ford AppLink platform, demonstrated how vehicle dispatch requests could be sent directly to the Ford dashboard. Drivers can respond to the app messages directly with their steering wheel buttons. The makeathon competition was hosted by Ford and VentureBeat.\n\nGreene believes 2014 is the ideal time for developers to be thinking about what apps are being used on devices in cars and then working to re-create that functionality using car manufacturers' APIs to deliver the app directly as an in-car experience on the car dashboard or in-car screens. \"When we saw the Ford API, we realized we could get rid of the third-party device (the GPS, the smart phone, etc.), and we saw it as an opportunity to showcase real-time synchronization in the car.\" Greene cites examples where the 'real-time taxi' app could be used by individual consumers in addition to fleet managers like taxi dispatchers. Couples could send messages to their partners, friends could share their locations for a set period of time when traveling on holidays or to events together, and parents could ensure contact with their teenagers when driving at night.\n\nFord's AppLink CES announcement was one of many connected car announcements dominating this year's consumer electronics trade show. While still in its infancy, the connected car market is set for year-on-year growth, according to a recent report by Telefonica, which drew on industry forecasts from Machina Research. That company predicts machine-to-machine connections in the car will generate more than $400 billion in revenue by 2022.\n\nCar manufacturers are beginning to provide open APIs after vetting developer applications through a partnership process. Unlike more restrictive open APIs evident in competitive sectors like social media\u2014where Pinterest and Twitter are moving to an application-based open API model where developers need to submit detailed use cases before being granted API access\u2014car manufacturers have a more open attitude to ensure faster time-to-market for connected car solutions, but are wary of fully opening up their APIs to anyone. Telefonica's report notes this as one of the key challenges for the connected car market, as manufacturers need to balance fast growth of their app ecosystem with safeguards around security, safety and reliability.\n\n\"The Ford Developer Program is open to all developers around the world,\" Scott Burnell, Global Lead, Business Development & Partner Management at Ford, told ProgrammableWeb. \"The tools and the guidelines for getting an application approved to be used in a vehicle are available through our developer portal. Where we get particular is in the validation and approval of these apps to ensure that they adhere to our strict launch criteria.\n\n\"Events like the makeathon allow Ford to interact with developers interested in getting apps in the vehicle both in large groups and one-on-one settings. Learning the nuances of what can make an experience appropriate for in-vehicle use can be so much easier when you have the opportunity to ask a member of the Ford Dev team as they occur right there throughout the event. It really helps accelerate the innovative spirit of the moment and keeps the momentum of the development effort moving along.\"\n\nFor developers wanting to enter this market, now is the perfect time to be building relationships with car manufacturers and networks like PubNub when developing up app solutions. \"A lot of this isn't theoretical anymore,\" Greene says. \"In addition to the one-on-one dispatch app, we have a second one on diagnostic data that we are doing with two or three car manufacturers at the moment. A third area is in aggregated data from in-car devices to look at traffic congestion. At CES, we were able to mention these use cases and we will be launching some more solution kits for transportation shortly. These are open-source templates that allow companies to take that baseline [of app functionality] and build something themselves. This space is really heating up.\"\n\nBurnell agrees, having seen a more engaged CES audience this year than ever before: \"The reaction to our AppLink apps has been very positive. It is always fun to speak with CES attendees who tell us about their experiences as Ford owners and how happy they are that Ford gives them ways to use their favorite apps in their vehicles, just as they do outside of them. It squarely places the car as an integrated piece within their entire life.\n\n\"Ford was the first automaker to deliver a keynote at CES. Since 2007, we have used this show to announce the launches of SYNC, AppLink, and the Ford Developer Program as well. Now you see every [Original Equipment Manufacturer] OEM with a presence at CES and getting more and more involved every year. By leading the move in to the consumer electronics space, Ford squarely placed importance on the connected vehicle and how it fits in to consumer\u2019s lives. So today, it is no surprise to see Ford next to traditional consumer electronics and device names at CES.\"\n\nPubNub have been quick to seize on this engagement by car manufacturers, Greene says. \"We are having conversations with Ford about a number of products and we have been working with a number of car manufacturers. PubNub is a distributed realtime network, we have a low latency ability to stream information so if you're building an in-car system where streaming data back and forth, well, it may work well in the lab but devices can lose connectivity in the real world. We take care of all that stuff, it's not just easy for developers to write code with our PubNub API, it's also that we have four years of R&D experience that makes our connectivity seamless.\"\n\nBy Mark Boyd. Mark is a freelance writer focusing on how we use technology to connect and interact. He writes regularly about API business models, open data, smart cities, Quantified Self and e-commerce. He can be contacted via email, on Twitter or on Google+.\n\nAbout the author:Mark Boyd\nis a ProgrammableWeb writer covering breaking news, API business strategies and models, open data, and smart cities.\nI can be contacted via email, on Twitter, or on Google+."}
-{"text": "*This post was originally posted on joliecious.blogspot.com* Hi friends~~ Welcome back! This is my first nail related post ever on this blog. Hope you enjoy it <3 This nail art is inspired by Jenny Claire\u2026"}
-{"text": "Top prize for LAU at Innovate for Lebanon\n\nEngineering students\u2019 win at national competition could spell breakthrough in renewable energy worldwide.\n\nJuly 11, 2017\n\nFollowing their win, the students are preparing to publish the results of their findings in a top tier academic journal.\n\nWhen LAU engineering students took the top coveted prize at a recent national competition, their accomplishment resonated far beyond the walls of the university. \u201cThe project addresses worldwide attempts at lowering greenhouse emissions, by boosting the performance of a windmill utilizing totally new concepts,\u201d says Associate Professor and Chair of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Michel Khoury.\n\nA team of four students, co-supervised by Khoury and Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of the LAU School of Engineering Barbar Akle, took part with 60 other teams in Innovate for Lebanon, a contest organized by a consortium of 11 Lebanese universities under the patronage of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and held at the Islamic University. LAU\u2019s entry placed first in the \u201cRenewable Energy\u201d track, one of five areas dedicated to the overall theme of Sustainability.\n\n\u201cThe purpose of the event was to motivate Lebanese students to create solutions for the numerous Lebanese problems,\u201d says Akle. The LAU team did just that, designing and creating a micro wing vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), in which existing VAWT designs were optimized in an innovative fashion that should allow turbines across Lebanon to harvest substantially more energy.\n\n\u201cWe changed the geometry of the blades during rotation in order to have maximum power performance,\u201d explains engineering student Hasan Daher. This process of changing the shape of the blades as they move \u201cis called morphing, and is recently being researched to be used in stealth aircraft,\u201d adds his teammate Sara el Koush.\n\nThe students achieved their goal of optimizing VAWT efficiency by \u201cusing Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD) codes that were running on our High Performance Computing Cluster,\u201d says Akle. \u201cThe Morphing Mechanism increased the efficiency of energy harvesting from wind by a factor of 27 percent, which is tremendous.\u201d\n\nAccording to team member Mostafa Baghdadi, the students overcame a theoretical challenge, as the existing literature contained \u201cno proof that the Morphing Blade Turbine would produce higher power.\u201d But the students\u2019 dedication and willingness to put in sleepless nights led to what \u201cmight be the only successful attempt worldwide.\u201d\n\nWhile keeping its potential global implications in mind, the students entered into the spirit of the competition by addressing local Lebanese conditions. Across Europe and the U.S., for example, wind turbines are commonly placed in wide, open fields, and rely on high wind speeds coming from specific directions. However, \u201cour turbine can operate at low wind speeds and accept wind from any direction,\u201d says el Koush. \u201cSo it can be implemented in the crowded urban areas of our country.\u201d\n\nFar from resting on their laurels, the students are preparing to publish the results of their winning project in a top tier academic journal. For their part, the team\u2019s supervisors are certain that the experience speaks to the strength of the School of Engineering\u2019s curriculum, which provides cutting-edge training in areas crucial to the future of our planet. \u201cThis achievement clearly demonstrates the ability of our students to come up with the marriage of multi-disciplinary areas, leading to novel innovative products,\u201d says Khoury. Adds Akle, \u201cIt is also a manifestation that we are developing better solutions for renewable energy, which is a core tool in solving the climate change issue threatening humanity.\u201d"}
-{"text": "The unaddressed lead crisis is harming Black communities nationwide\n\nA national coalition of scientists, health professionals and children\u2019s advocates called on the Trump Administration last week to develop a plan to protect children from lead exposure within five years and put an end to the toxic hazard by 2030.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that at least 4 million U.S. households with children living in them have elevated levels of lead, which can cause long-term harm to brain developmental and the nervous the system.\n\nThis crisis is particularly relevant to African Americans because Black children between ages 1 and 5 are more vulnerable to lead exposure than any other racial group, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\n\nDr. Mark Mitchell\n\n\u201cThis matters because of the affects of lead on the mental health and development of children,\u201d said Dr. Mark Mitchell, a co-chair of the National Medical Association\u2019s commission on environmental health. \u201cReductions in IQ, the inability to learn and attention deficit disorder are associated with lead even at low levels.\u201d\n\nScant research has been done to understand why African Americans suffer from lead poisoning at greater rates than others, but Mitchell said it\u2019s most likely related to living in regions that have higher levels of toxins.\n\n\u201cAfrican Americans are more likely to live near coal-fired power plants and more likely to live in urban areas where lead tends to line busy streets,\u201d he said.\n\nHe explained that lead weights used to balance tires fall off and get crushed into dust that gets tracked indoors. Older housing and rental housing are also more likely to have peeling paint and old paint that falls off and contaminates homes.\n\nMitchell, is also affiliated with Project Tendr, the group calling for federal action. An article featuring the call for action was published in the Journal of American Medicine Pediatrics on Monday.\n\nLead poisoning, although not as widespread as it was in the 1970s, is still an extremely significant health problem affecting millions\u2014yet it garners little attention nationally. A recent investigative report identified 3,000 areas of the country with lead poisoning rates that far exceed national water safety standards, reminiscent of Flint, Michigan\u2019s catastrophic water contamination that first garnered national attention in 2015.\n\nWhen lead levels are extremely high it totally disrupts the ability of children to live normal lives. In February, the Washington Postpublished a story about the highest blood lead levels found in Washington, D.C. in decades: Two-year-old Heavenz Luster had 120 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood in her body\u201424 times the level at which the CDC says medical concern is warranted.\n\nHeavenz doesn\u2019t answer when her name is called. She\u2019s not able to point or use words. She screams and rocks from side to side for no apparent reason. She\u2019s anxious and has delayed cognitive and motor skills. The child was poisoned with lead while living in a private house\u2014with peeling paint\u2014provided by the city for homeless families.\n\nSo what are our elected leaders at the city, state and national level doing to prevent what happened to Heavenz from happening to others?\n\nIn September, during the presidential campaign, Trump called Flint\u2019s water problem \u201ca shame\u201d and vowed to fix it. But, instead of committing resources to address the problem, the Trump administration sought to slash $16 million funds used to reduce lead risk.\n\nFortunately, Congress didn\u2019t support Trump\u2019s planned cuts. But where he stands on protecting families from lead is completely unclear. After all, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said during his confirmation hearing that dealing with lead would be a priority for him\u2014not only abating lead, but also establishing clinics to address lead exposure.\n\nCarson, a renowned brain surgeon, knows how serious this problem is. But will he take any action? Can he? Families around the nation are waiting for answers.\n\nKeith Rushing is a Lead Advocacy Press Secretary at Earthjustice, an environmental law organization. He works in the Washington, D.C. office."}
-{"text": "The transition to sustainable energy: how much will it cost?\n\nGuiding the Energy Transition (Part 1): Principles and Implications\n\nBy Sgouris Sgouridis (*)\n\nAbstract: Following on the sower\u2019s metaphor, I present a quantified view of exactly how much energy we need to invest from our current bounty in order to be able to safely navigate a sustainable energy transition. This is in the context of a formal definition of five principles for the energy transition. We currently invest around 0.25% of our net available energy surplus into renewable energy generation capacity (this is the renewable energy investment ratio \u2013 \u201cepsilon\u201d). It needs to be increased to about 3% (an order of magnitude) for our energy systems to be able to provide for a 2000W per capita society at a global scale without crossing the IPCC carbon budget. (note that modern western life is consuming around 8000W per capita). If we do allow for unrestrained emissions then we still need to increase this rate to 1.5%.\n\nEnergy is a sine qua non for any self-organizing system and yet it features only in the margins of what passes for long-term planning of our societies. We have grown critically dependent on cheap, energy-dense fossil carbon but its price and climate externalities have been rising as we are nearing peak production. This necessitates a transition to renewable energy sources. This post addresses the implicit physical and financial requirements if this Sustainable Energy Transition (SET) is to happen as a result of a planned and seamless transformation; not forced upon our societies. More specifically, in Part 1 I present five principles (the three first are limiting and the latter two normative) that can be used as a guide for the transition. Based on the fourth principle, I demonstrate the need to increase the amount of investment in renewable energy resources globally by one order of magnitude to achieve a Sustainable Energy Transition within the IPCC carbon budget. Details of the assumptions and methodology can be found in Sgouridis & Csala 2014. In Part 2, starting from the fifth principle, I present a concept of an energy currency that could mobilize resources to achieve this target while better aligning the monetary system with the biosphere limits.\n\nIt is generally good to start with a definition to create the common basis for understanding and judging an idea. In this case, I will define SET (sustainable energy transition) as:\n\na controlled process that leads an advanced, technical society to replace all major fossil fuel primary energy inputs with sustainably renewable resources while maintaining a sufficient final energy service level per capita.\n\nAs definitions are wont to be, it tries to capture a lot of concepts sinthetically. But the key words are \u201ccontrolled\u201d, \u201ctechnical\u201d, \u201call\u201d and \u201csufficient\u201d. The ideas conveyed indicate that the transition should be smooth and not associated with dramatic social dislocation (controlled). It should allow for society to at least maintain its technological capabilities (technical), and at the level of the individual meet a certain threshold of final energy availability (sufficient).\n\nKnowing that the transition will be complete when practically all fossil fuels are replaced, we can backcast the evolution of the transition to the current energy situation. In this exercise, it is instructive to use an energy metabolism perspective focusing on the net energy availability. This way, an unambiguous and transparent picture emerges that pulls back the veil that economics placed in long range planning.\n\nIn order for this transition to be indeed \u201csustainable\u201d we would need to concern ourselves with each of the three sustainability pillars (environmental, social, economic). Extending Daly\u2019s ideas, we propose five principles that need to be met \u2013 de minimis \u2013 for a SET to be successful:\n\nI. The rate of pollution emissions is less than the ecosystem assimilative capacity.\n\nIII. Per capita available energy remains above the minimum level required to satisfy societal needs at any point during SET and without disruptive discontinuity in its rate of change.\n\nIV. The investment rate for the installation of renewable generation and consumption capital stock is sufficient to create a sustainable long-term renewable energy supply before the non-renewable safely recoverable resource is exhausted.\n\nThe first two principles address the environmental aspect (neither fossil nor renewables should impact the environment irreparably within a human generation). The third addresses the social aspect ensuring that (i) a minimum level of available energy is available, and (ii) the rate of change in energy availability is not so drastic that it creates breakdown of social support systems. A direct corollary of this is that a more equal society faces an easier SET task than an unequal one. Finally, the last two principles address economic sustainability (physical and financial). P-IV, a variant of the Hartwick rule in economic literature, ensures that the rate of investment in renewable energy is sufficient to compensate for the drawdown of the fossil fuel supply while, P-V makes the connection between debt issuance and the availability of energy to service that debt in the future (which is the subject of Part 2).\n\nViewed from a normative angle, the first three principles act as constraints of the transition function \u2013 the first gives an upper limit in the amount of fossil energy available, the second puts a limit in the amount of renewables that can be installed, the third provides a lower bound on the per capita energy availability (and of its first derivative during the transition). The latter two though are prescriptive and actionable \u2013 they offer a quantifiable approach to estimate the minimum energy investment in renewable energy and the maximum debt that can be extended for that level of investment.\n\nFocusing on the physical side, we can essentially create an equation that ties the renewable energy investment ratio (epsilon) to net societal energy availability which can be seen below (derivation in the paper and supplement):\n\nThis recursive equation can be solved numerically or analytically to establish the net power available under different assumptions for the value of epsilon. Below I provide, as a starting point of the discussion, a comparison of the evolution of future energy availability under the following scenarios. As typical of energy transitions (and to meet the discontinuity constraints of Principle III), we assume in the paper that it takes thirty years to change epsilon from its current value of around 0.25% (we actually assume 0.375% for this model) to the \u201ctarget\u201d value and simply compare energy availability with energy demand assuming that (a) population follows the UN mid-projections stabilizing at 9 billion by 2050, (b) per capita power demand converges to 2000W , and (c) the efficiency at which we convert primary to final energy improves by 25%. (the details on the assumptions regarding population are described in Sgouridis and Csala\u2019s paper).\n\nLeft: Breakdown by source. Right: Red line indicates Net Available Energy. Blue Line indicates where we need to be at a minimum\n\nThe results are starkly clear: if we allow fossil fuels to run their course frying the planet in the process, we will need to increase our rate of investment in renewables fourfold. If we decide to save the climate and adhere to the IPCC recommendations of no more than 3010 anthropogenic Gt CO2 in the atmosphere by 2100 for having a 50% chance of remaining below 2C by the end of the century (which, apropos, is still the moral equivalent of loading a revolver with three bullets and playing Russian roulette with our grandchildren) we need an eight-fold increase of the investment rate in renewables. Of course, there are key sensitive assumptions involved like the EROEI of renewables (in the scenarios shown starts at 20 and increases with installations) \u2013 readers are welcome to enter their own assumptions in our model \u2013 yet we believe that our choices are neither conservative nor aggressive and we intend to enhance the simulation\u2019s resolution by disaggregating specific renewable energy technologies as we did for fossil fuels.\n(*) Sgouris Sgouridis is Associate Professor at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (UAE). His research interests focus on understanding sustainable energy transitions using socio-technical systems modeling. He has been working on the energy currency concept, electric vehicle adoption, sustainable aviation, and local and global sustainable energy transitions. He initiated the development of the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium at MI and was a member of the Zayed Future Energy Prize review committee for the past four years. He holds a PhD in Engineering Systems (MIT-2007), MSc in Technology and Policy and MSc in Transportation (MIT-2005) and a BS (Hons.) in Civil & Env. Engineering (1999-Aristotle University).\n\nDid I miss the mention of the fact that no renewable has enough EXCESS energy to make replacements for themselves? After all, a wind tower takes many tons of materials from several countries, concrete, steel, resins, metals, wood, etc., cranes/barges, machines to make the machines to make the machines to\u2026 You get the point. There are NO renewables except sun powered direct like water heating, growing food for muscle power, etc. Anything requiring manufacture or metals requires huge amounts of energy, mostly in the form of electric.\n\nStand along solar may extend your personal energy use a few more years, but when those converters/batteries/panels quit working, it is over. By then there will be no one making new ones for you to buy. But, if you are intelligent, you may use those years to prepare for an electric free life.\n\nHarquebus on Fri, 30th May 2014 6:57 pm\n\nRenewable generators produce a net energy loss. They can not produce enough energy to replicate themselves.\nPopulation reduction is the only viable solution.\n\nGregT on Fri, 30th May 2014 8:17 pm\n\nThe only truly sustainable energy source is the Sun. Current solar energy and photosynthesis, won\u2019t cost us anything other than hard manual labor. Sunshine is free, utilizing sunshine requires work. Something that many of us in western societies know very little about.\n\nThe human die off will happen regardless. Our population is in gross overshoot as a result of our exploitation of fossil fuels. Electric power generation will not replace fossil fuels for food production, pharmaceuticals, resource extraction, manufacturing, or transport. Electricity will not fuel modern industrial society.\n\nGregT, you are correct. The human species has a lethal obstacle course to run these next few decades. Peak energy, peak water, peak food, climate change, 400+ nuclear power plants and their deadly swimming pools, nuclear war, poverty, plagues, etc. The only question is: will the species survive? I doubt that I will live long enough to know the answer, but, I can guess. At this point, I give it 10% or less of survival."}
-{"text": "Sabtu, 06 April 2013\n\nThe do's and Don'ts of hair healthy and beautiful\n\nIf you want your hair to grow and prosper, the best thing you can do for it is to cure properly. If you can do that well, it will grow rapidly.\n\nBelow, we will explain some of the dos and Don\u2019ts of taking care of your hair and promote healthy growth.\n\nTo do:\n\n1. Use comb/hairbrush made from natural materials\n\nWhen you choose a comb or hairbrush, try one made from natural materials. Wood Combs & brushes from boar hair are good choices. Brushes and combs are much less likely to cause hair breakage than those made with artificial materials.\n\n2. use a mask for natural hair for healthy growth\n\nYour hair needs to nourish and moisturise to grow and you can meet these requirements by using a mask for natural hair with a collagen proteins and vegetable oil mixed in it. Apply on a regular basis.\n\nAvoid using masks containing silicon and other substances that can damage your hair.\n\nNot to do:\n\n1. Tie your hair, pull it back too tight\n\nIf you tie your hair back, make sure it\u2019s not too pulled back. Continually putting too much pressure on its roots can cause it to break, or even fall.\n\nDon\u2019t worry if you usually wear your hair up-that alone will not keep growing, but you have to be careful not to press too firmly in place.\n\n2. don\u2019t hold your hair dryer too close to the scalp\n\nWhen drying your hair, don\u2019t use an excessively high temperature setting and not hold your hair dryer any closer to the scalp.\n\nIn addition, should refrain from the use of straightening or curling irons, as these tools often cause damage and breakage of hair and broken and damaged hair does not grow at the same pace.\n\n3. Keep the use of chemicals to a minimum\n\nKeep the use of hair chemicals to a minimum.\n\nLacquer is well-known to leave your hair dry, brittle and susceptible to damage. Coloring it or treat it regularly with other chemicals can also cause rupture, because these treatments damage the keratin in the hair, making them thinner.\n\n4. avoid using hard water\n\nAvoid using hard water to wash my hair. Fresh water is better.\n\nLimestone in hard water can easily damage your hair, especially if other factors were already weakened. If your water is hard, use bottled water, at least for rinsing your hair after you wash it.\n\n5. do not scrub too often/vigorously\n\nBe careful not to brush your hair too often or too vigorously. Overdoing it might pull out some."}
-{"text": "8 Helpful Auto Hacks\n\nDriving is a wonderful thing, but most know that having a car comes with some problems, some problems a mechanic won\u2019t be able to fix. But overtime, as a driver you can figure ideas to MacGyver your way through simple issues you come across.\n\nWith fall already here and winter approaching the chilly weather follows, to avoid using an ice scraper every morning before work or school, plan to park your car facing east, so when the sun rises the heat will help melt the ice. Making your morning a bit more easier.\n\n2. Keep car chemicals together.\n\nSometimes it can be hard to find a certain car chemical you need, or a microfiber wipe for some dirt. Use a plastic shower caddy to keep all your car chemicals in one place.\n\n3. Stickers.\n\nWhether you want to take off a car decal or to change your registration sticker, to help for a better removal and no sticky residue left over, dampen a newspaper with hot water and smooth over the sticker for 10 minutes. the sticker will peal off easily with little to no sticky residue.\n\n4. Air freshener.\n\nSometimes store bought air fresheners may seem like they don\u2019t last as long as they say, or the fragrance isn\u2019t as strong and it\u2019s just a waste of money. But with a few bucks you can make your own air freshener that lasts, and you can use any scent you like! All you\u2019ll need is a mini mason jar or a glass salt or pepper shaker. Then, using a candle warmer wax melts, choose any scent you like, put it in the jar and set on your dashboard, poke holes through the cap of the jar and the sun will melt the wax and the fragrance will immerse through the holes making your whole car smell wonderful.\n\nYou can also use scented dryer sheets, and rub them on your car seats for a nice fresh smell.\n\n5. Mini trash can\n\nUse a plastic cereal container with a pop-up lid a a mini trash can! Just put a mini trash bag or an old plastic shopping bag for the inside. Over time after going through the drive-thru, or buying things and opening them in the car, you car can soon be a wasteland for small wrappers, crunched up paper, and more.\n\n6. Food warmer\n\nOrdering pizza and picking it up for dinner? Sometimes you can get in an unexpected traffic jam on your way home, to keep your pizza warm or any other take out food you have, turn your seat warmer on so the food stays hot until you get home!\n\n7. Toilet Plunger trick\n\nYou might think this is weird, but it actually works. With some small dents, using a clean or brand new plunger to plunge the dent out.\n\n8. Cat litter.\n\nIf you don\u2019t have salt on you, kitty litter can be used on icy or slick surfaces to help your tires pick up traction. You can also use kitty litter if your stuck in mud, it can clump the liquid and help you get out.\n\nThese are just a few of hacks that can definitely benefit your time while driving."}
-{"text": "Episode 3 of SWH$ sees Keith and Chris pitch NME editor Krissi Murison on the idea of beginning to publish her storied music mag on fruit leather instead of paper. The results are hilarious, timely, well-timed, and timeless.\n\nIn this riveting episode, we manage to get a meeting with Isle of Wight Festival promoter John Giddings, whom we pitch the idea of Australian Water. Later, we handle more copies of \u201cVarsity Blues\u201d than you knew existed in the whole world."}
-{"text": "Exclusive: Chain reaction crash leaves one woman dead\n\nA woman was killed in an accident involving three cars in the Midwood section of Brooklyn Saturday at about 12:30 p.m.\n\nWhat Ilya Bekerman actually heard was glass and metal breaking and bending as 3 cars collided here at the intersection of Avenue N and Coney Island Avenue.\n\nCaught in the middle of the chaos was Galina Truglio.\n\n\"She was lying down on the floor, my god - blood was all over her. Scary!\" said Bekerman.\n\nPolice are still investigating but in surveillance video obtained exclusively by Eyewitness News, the entire deadly crash takes just seconds to unfold.\n\nFirst you see the driver of a black Nissan on the avenue stop at a red light. Then a few seconds later, at the same time, you see a Mitsubishi on the left, going East on Avenue N while a Ford comes southbound. Police say the Ford hit the fender of the Mitsubishi.\n\nBoth vehicles spun out of control, and the Ford slammed into Truglio before also hitting the Nissan. The 63-year-old was walking in the crosswalk.\n\nTruglio lived not far from the intersection and was heading back to her apartment where she lived with her mother. Her husband died of cancer two years ago.\n\n\"She was a very sweet, lovely lady. She was so good, took care of her mother so well - unbelievable,\" says Truglio's friend, Blanche Lang.\n\nOn Sunday in the same spot, Eyewitness News watched the NYPED crack down on drivers, something people have been asking for some time.\n\nResidents say at least once a month there is an accident or fender bender because everyone is always trying to beat the light."}
-{"text": "ur awesome I was able to connect my bluetooth but when I talk to my sister in middle east thru YM she could not hear my voice whats going on there was no microphone commented on my call set up How this things to be pessible?I'm looking forward again to ur help gratis.....\n\nur awesome I was able to connect my bluetooth but when I talk to my sister in middle east thru YM she could not hear my voice whats going on there was no microphone commented on my call set up How this things to be pessible?I'm looking forward again to ur help gratis.....\n\nmicrophone doesn't work. no receipt for return/exchange. looking for inexpensive repair in san francisco/bay area or any ideas involving repair (do-it yourself included & actually preferred). Thanksmicrophone doesn't work. no receipt for return/exchange. looking for inexpensive repair in san francisco/bay area or any ideas involving repair (do-it yourself included & actually preferred). Thanks\n\nInsignia Bluetooth Wireless Headphones with Targus USB Bluetooth Adapter able to communicate in my laptop but still I am not able to listen through my Bluetooth Wireless Headphones I do not know what I am doing wrong.\n\nInsignia Bluetooth Wireless Headphones with Targus USB Bluetooth Adapter able to communicate in my laptop but still I am not able to listen through my Bluetooth Wireless Headphones I do not know what I am doing wrong.\n\nI am having the same problem it pairs with computer but no sound or microphone......all is connected and appears to be working, not sure what I am doing wrong? I am having the same problem it pairs with computer but no sound or microphone......all is connected and appears to be working, not sure what I am doing wrong?\n\nI have an insignia bluetooth headset and everything looks like it is working but no sound is coming out of the headset, any ideas?I have an insignia bluetooth headset and everything looks like it is working but no sound is coming out of the headset, any ideas?\n\n1 Answer\n\nIf you are indeed talking about your Insignia bluetooth headset the reason it works with your cellphone is probably because your phone is already bluetooth enabled, but your laptop is not, which is what the usb dongle is for. You must install the drivers for the dongle for it to make your laptop bluetooth enabled. Once you have that working you need to go to Bluetooth places (should be on the desktop once the driver is installed) THEN hold the button on the headset down until the lights flash blue and red alternating. Once it is flashing, click on add new bluetooth device in the Bluetooth Places and it should pick it up. Once that is going everything is pretty straighforward...follow the wizard. Hope this helps!\n\nunfortunately I have not used the microphone on the headset yet...Ibought it mostly to use as a headset for my laptop. I also have nevertried to us YM to actually \"talk\" on the computer, so I could not tellyou if it was a YM issue or a headset/bluetooth issue. One thing Iwould suggest you try is when you go to the Bluetooth Places, see ifthere is an icon that says \"Hands free unit\". This is the one you wantto use when you need a microphone. For some devices, such as thisheadset, there can be multiple functions...which are called \"services\".If you don't see something like hands free unit, or microphone in thedescription of one of the icons in your Bluetooth places then you mighthave to \"discover\" (i.e. add, blinking red and blue lights) the headset again and select one ofthe choices that contains a microphone as a \"service\". If you do have it listed as a \"hands free unit\" then I would go into your Control Panel/ Sounds and see if you can select the headset under the recording device. Hope this helps!\n\nunfortunately I have not used the microphone on the headset yet...I\nbought it mostly to use as a headset for my laptop. I also have never\ntried to us YM to actually \"talk\" on the computer, so I could not tell\nyou if it was a YM issue or a headset/bluetooth issue. One thing I\nwould suggest you try is when you go to the Bluetooth Places, see if\nthere is an icon that says \"Hands free unit\". This is the one you want\nto use when you need a microphone. For some devices, such as this\nheadset, there can be multiple functions...which are called \"services\".\nIf you don't see something like hands free unit, or microphone in the\ndescription of one of the icons in your Bluetooth places then you might\nhave to \"discover\" (i.e. add, blinking red and blue lights) the headset again and select one of\nthe choices that contains a microphone as a \"service\". If you do have it listed as a \"hands free unit\" then I would go into your Control Panel/ Sounds and see if you can select the headset under the recording device. Hope this helps!\n\n1 Suggested Answer\n\nHi,\nA 6ya expert can help you resolve that issue over the phone in a minute or two.\nBest thing about this new service is that you are never placed on hold and get to talk to real repairmen in the US.\nThe service is completely free and covers almost anything you can think of (from cars to computers, handyman, and even drones).click here to download the app (for users in the US for now) and get all the help you need. Good luck!\n\nTell us some more! Your answer needs to include more details to help people.You can't post answers that contain an email address.Please enter a valid email address.The email address entered is already associated to an account.Login to postPlease use English characters only.\n\nIf you need further assistance please feel free to follow up with a comment and i will be here to assist you. If this assisted you please feel free to rate the comment 4 thumbs up. thanks and\nhave a great day.\n\npower button is the little nipple between the phone and play/pause pictures on right side. You hold down for 2 seconds until blue light comes on to turn on.Too shut off hold down button 4 until red light comes on.if want too pair with device hold button down 6 seconds until light blinks blue redpass code is 0000"}
-{"text": "BROWSE\n\nEugeneLovisone\n\nEugene Lovisone Eugene Lovisone, Sr., 96, of Lower Lake, California, passed away on January 20, 2013. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the Clearlake Masonic Lodge, 7100 South Center Drive at 1 p.m. Eugene was born in Oakland, California, on July 10, 1916, and moved to Lower Lake at the age of six and resided there for 90 years. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-25 airplane mechanic. He built special fuel tanks on the B-25 bombers for the Doolittle raid. After his military service, Eugene moved back to his family property in Lower Lake where he grew walnuts and eventually grapes. Eugene also owned and operated a well drilling business, drilling wells throughout Lake County for over 40 years. He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, playing cards and mostly, working on his ranch. He loved traveling, although he didn't like being away from home for too long. Eugene is survived by his brother, Harry Lovisone of Clearlake; his longtime companion, Catalina Candel of Lower Lake; his daughter, Dawn Bianco of Gallatin, Tennessee; his son, Eugene Lovisone, Jr. of Clearlake Oaks; daughter, Patricia Lovisone of Folsom, California; granddaughter, Tiffany Lovisone of Austin, Texas; grandson, Christopher Ramsey of Folsom, California; and grandchildren, Paul, Rob and Jennifer Frates of Sacramento. Eugene is preceded in death by his daughter, Christine Lovisone and sister, Alma Carbonneau. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Hospice of Lake County or your favorite local charity. Arrangements entrusted to Jones and Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel, Lower Lake, 707-994-6417, www.jonesandlewis.com. Please share your memories by signing the guest book at www.legacy.com.\n\nNotify Friends and Family\n\nAdd the email addresses of friends or family members you'd like to notify about this obituary.\n\nTo: *Invalid To Email\n\nFrom: *Invalid From Email\n\nMessage:\n\nOptional\n\nPlease provide me with special offers and discounts from Legacy.com and selected partners.Emails will be sent directly from Legacy.com. We respect your privacy and will not sell your information to a third party. You may opt out at any time. See privacy policy for details."}
-{"text": "When the Lord had left his mortal body and returned to his divine abode, the devotees were in a state of mourning. Both Acharyas went to seek solace in the elder saints and asked them to give courage to the devotees.Gopalanand Swami (whom maharaj had entrusted the acharyas to) instructed\u2026Read More\n\nHave Maaraa Vhaalaa Ne Nahi Re Visaaru Re; From now on, I will not forget my dearest Svaasuchavaase Te Nitya Sambhaaru Re ... 1 As I always think (remember) of him with my every breath. Padyu Maare Sahajanandjee Nu Paanu Re; I have established (befallen upon me) a relationship with Sahajanandjee\u2026Read More\n\nRe Shyam Tame Saachunaanu, Biju Sarve Dukhdaayak Jaanu... Re Shyam...O Lord (one with a dark complexion you are the real wealth. Everything else is considered to bring unhappiness and suffering.Re Tam Vinaa Sukhsampat KahaaveO It is said that all the wealth and happiness without you,Teto Sarve Mahadukh Upjaave;That all creates\u2026Read More\n\nPodhe Prabhu Sakal Munike Shyaam; Shree Hari(Lord), who is the lord (one with a dark complexion) of all the saints is about to rest(sleep) for the night. Narnarayan Divya Murti; Swaminarayan Divya Murti, Santanke Vishraam ... Podhe ... 1 The divine form of Lord Narnarayan and Lord Swaminarayan is the resting place\u2026Read More\n\nVandu Sahajanand Rasroop, Anupam Saarne Re Lola; I bow to Lord Sahajanand, who has an exquisite appearance, and is the unique essence of everything. Jene Bhajta Choote Fand, Kare Bhav Paarne Re Lola ...1 By worshipping him one is (does become) liberated from the worldly trap and overcomes the cycle\u2026Read More"}
-{"text": "L.A. Clippers (33-17 SU, 26-23-1 ATS)\nL.A. Bested the disappearing Magic last night 107-93, making it six covers in the Clips last eight trips to the Sunshine State.\n\nNo Blake Griffin. No Problem. Since the All-Star forward last suited up on Christmas Day, the Clippers are 16-4 straight up and 14-6 against the number, the most in the NBA behind the Nuggets' 15 covers in this span. L.A.'s current configuration seems to play better with Griffin out of the lineup. It's point differential jumped from +1.5 prior to +7.9 since. In fact, in his career, the team's point differential remains steady when he is out of the lineup. Trade bait anyone?\n\nThe Clippers defense comes alive against opponents creating few extra scoring chances on the season. Miami is 26th in the NBA in forcing turnovers (13.1 per game) and near the bottom gathering offensive rebounds with 9.1 per game (23rd). This translates to -1.4 extra scoring chances per game (23rd). When L.A. faces foes compiling less than 24 forced turnovers and offensive rebounds a night, it is holding them to 96.3 points per game in 16 versus 102.2 with more. In those 16 contests, its opponents failed to reach their team total in 12 of them.\n\nDon't expect DeAndre Jordan to be Hack-a-Shaqued in this game. In addition to Commissioner Adam Silver's recent comments threatening to put a stop to the practice, Miami sends opponents to the line 19.7 times per game, second fewest in the NBA (Nets).\n\nMiami Heat (29-22 SU, 25-25-1 ATS)\nThe Heat are 6-1 SU and 5-1-1 against the NBA odds over their last seven games, picking up steam following a rash of injuries and ailments that doomed them to a 2-8 SU and 3-7 ATS run prior. Dwyane Wade and company shooed away the Hornets 98-95 in Charlotte on Friday night. Center Hassan Whiteside took care of business down low, posting his third triple-double of the season with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and a whopping 10 blocks. He is the league's No. 1 shotblocker by a wide margin, swatting 4.02 shots per game (Anthony Davis, 2.37 is second).\n\nWe mentioned the Clippers elite defensive performances against teams that generate few extra scoring chances. For Miami, good ball control teams like L.A. are a killer offensively. When Miami tips off against an opponent gifting fewer than 14.5 turnovers a night, the Heat have failed to reach their team total in 19 of 26 games (93.8 ppg) with the UNDER going 21-3-1. Against teams gifting more, the market is more consistent. Miami scores above their team total in 12 of 25. Playing at a tortoise's pace, the Heat often require a few extra possessions to crack the century mark on any given night.\n\nFinal Analysis\nThe Heat started the year 13-3 to the UNDER with oddsmakers scrambling to adjust the number. The totals have leveled out some, but Miami continues to cash tickets with low-scoring affairs. If Miami takes this, it will be with a quality defensive effort with Whiteside back controlling the paint. The value here may lie in the Miami team total staying low. We'll go with Heat UNDER 99 points total as the NBA pick."}
-{"text": "Total compensation for Texas college presidents in 2014\n\nThe Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how much Texas college heads made in the 2014 fiscal year.\n\nBy Compiled by Matt Levin\n\non June 8, 2015 1:21 PM\n\nPhoto: Smiley N. Pool, Houston Chronicle\n\nImage 1of/23\n\nCaption\n\nClose\n\nImage 1 of 23\n\nR. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M's outgoing university president in 2014, received a compensation packaging totaling more than $1 million as he left the College Station campus. Those earnings made him the second-highest compensated president in the U.S. in 2014, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. See the most richly rewarded Texas college presidents in 2014\n\nR. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M's outgoing university president in 2014, received a compensation packaging totaling more than $1 million as he left the College Station campus. Those earnings made him the ... more"}
-{"text": "Ask Patty and McCafferty Ford Featured in The Patriot News\n\nBrenda Webber will never forget when, while shopping for a\nnew car, a salesman asked if she had her husband's\npermission.\n\nWebber bought the car, a 1993 Subaru, but she swore\nshe'd never go back to that dealer.\n\nNow, as the general sales manager at McCafferty Ford/Kia\nInc. in Mechanicsburg, Webber helps ensure that other women\nare treated better. She has worked in the car business for\n10 years.\n\nThrough Webber's efforts, McCafferty has become the\nfirst \"Ask Patty\" certified car dealer in central\nPennsylvania. Ask Patty is an Internet-based company where\nwomen automotive experts answer questions from other women\nabout buying and repairing cars.\n\nTo become certified, McCafferty agreed to train and test\nseveral of its key management employees -- men and women --\non what they should and shouldn't do when serving\nfemale customers. The employees must pass a test given by\nAsk Patty before they can provide the same training to all\nthe other workers at McCafferty, Webber said.\n\nWomen buy more than half of all vehicles sold in this\ncountry, Webber said. When the \"influence\" factor\nis added, women account for about eight in 10 vehicle\npurchases.\n\nFord and Kia don't give local statistics, but Webber\nestimates that McCafferty's sales to women are at least\nas high as the national figures. Yet the automotive industry\nroutinely treats women as if they don't matter, she\nsaid.\n\nWhen a woman comes into a dealer's showroom with a\nman, the salesperson instinctively directs questions and\ncomments to the man, assuming he is the one making the\ndecision, Webber said. A salesperson often hands the keys to\nthe man for a test drive, even if the car is for the woman.\n\nWebber said she has seen many times when a woman shopping\nfor a vehicle will \"borrow\" a man -- perhaps a\nfriend or relative or even neighbor -- to come with her to\nthe dealership so she is taken seriously.\n\nPeter Martin, founder and CEO of Ask Patty, said he knows\nof one case involving a Florida dealership where the\nsalesperson wanted to know when the woman's husband\nwould return from being deployed in Iraq.\n\nIn most cases, Webber said, the slights probably are\nunintentional. It's just that men -- and some women --\nwho work at dealerships selling and servicing vehicles\nassume women don't know anything about the subject.\n\n\"It's almost like a marriage. You may not mean\nit, but it sounds as if it does,\" she said.\n\nDarlene Holderman of Mechanicsburg, a McCafferty customer,\nsaid she's never felt slighted as a buyer because\nshe's a woman. She thinks that's partly because\ncar shopping starts with being prepared.\n\n\"I pretty much know what I'm talking about. I\nresearch what I'm doing,\" said Holderman, who\nalways buys used cars. \"If they say it costs $10,000\nand you know it's only worth $7,000, you aren't\ngoing to get slighted.\"\n\nCindy Kachel, another McCafferty customer from\nMechanicsburg, said, \"How you present yourself is how\nyou are treated.\"\n\nWomen tend to do more car-shopping research online than\nmen, said Frank Diggins, Internet director for Klick-Lewis\nBuick Chevrolet Pontiac in Palmyra. Although 18 percent of\nall Internet customer leads result in a sale for\nKlick-Lewis, that figure exceeds 25 percent among women\ncustomers, he said.\n\n\"I call them a stealth buyer. They know as much if not\nmore,\" Diggins said.\n\nHe said Klick-Lewis, when possible, matches women shoppers\nreferred from the Web to female sales agents so the women\nare \"not being talked down to or talked up to.\"\n\nJim Porter, general manager of Bobby Rahal Toyota in\nMechanicsburg, said he doesn't see the need to break\ndown customers by categories such as race, gender, language\nor culture.\n\n\"We want our associates to treat people the way you\nwant to be treated. That covers everybody,\" Porter\nsaid. \"If you single out female buyers, where are you\ngoing next?\"\n\nPorter said his sales numbers and customer feedback tell\nhim \"we are doing the right thing.\"\n\nMartin of Ask Patty said studies and surveys involving\nthousands of women nationwide tell him there's a\nproblem, and that women are slighted by some dealers."}
-{"text": "GORDON W JENNINGS, OD ,PC\n\nGordon W. Jennings, O.D.\n\nDr. Jennings received his bachelor degree from Roanoke College and his Doctorate of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry. He has been in private practice in Wytheville, Virginia since 1981 and is proud to have worked with Theodore P. Werblin, M.D., PhD. at The Werblin Center in Princeton, West Virginia from 1985-2000, a clinic dedicated to offering medical and surgical eye care.\n\nDr. Jennings has received numerous awards for his service to the profession including: American Optometric Association's \"Optometric Recognition Award\" bestowed annually for continuing education for over 10 years and is a recipient of SECO International's \"Optometrist of the South Award\", the Virginia Optometric Association's \"Distinguished Achievement Award\" and \"Optometrist of the Year Award. He has additionally served his profession as president of the Virginia Optometric Association, president of SECO International, member of the National Board of Examiners Construction Committee for the Visual Sciences, a member of the Virginia Board of Optometry.\n\nDr. Jennings is a member of the Lonesome Pine Optometric Society, the Virginia Academy of Optometry, the Virginia Optometric Association, and the American Optometric Association.\n\n\u200bDr. Jennings takes pride in being a member of the local community and appreciates the opportunity to provide his expertise to improve the vision and eye health of his patients. \u200b"}
-{"text": "Thursday, June 29, 2017\n\nDominic Qwek is a fantastic creature artist who works for Blizzard during the day, but is probably best known for his digital creature 3d sculpts and his 3d printed sculptures. I've been following his work for years, and decided when it was time to add a few creatures to the story, he would be the right guy to do it.\n\nOne of the creatures he came up with was the Corallum, these night creatures prowl the desert when the temperature has gone down. They mimic the planets former underwater ecosystem in order to remain hidden, lure animals near, and then they strike with poison on their legs. The planet is a dangerous place to be any time of the day!\n\nWednesday, June 28, 2017\n\n\"I\nhad the pleasure of working with Jeremy Cook at the beginning of my\nprofessional cg career at Blur Studio. Jeremy has worked / supervised at\nBlur, ILM, Id Software and 343 Industries. When we started Inc, Jeremy\nwas the first person Bill Zahn and I added to the team because we knew\nwe needed a high tech fighter spacecraft, and there would be no one\nbetter for the job. As well as designing the craft, he also did a bunch\nof kick-ass paintings for the book, one of which is below.\"\n\nTuesday, June 27, 2017\n\nA bunch of variations for the Inc The Robot design. We started with\ndesign 1, decided to keep the arms and legs as well as the face (since\nthat's his soul), but we were going to modify the silhouette.\n\nSo\nfirst I photobashed together a bunch of alternate silhouettes, using\nlots of construction equipment reference (since he is a welder robot),\nall the time keeping our word list in mind. Inc needed to feel like a\nbig toddler, innocent looking, a little awkward, his body could be many\nshapes, but the new shape needed to satisfy the story requirements\nexemplified by these words.\n\nWe then showed these images to a\nbunch of artist friends to get feedback. Most important when getting\nfeedback is why they like what they like, because if you understand the\nwhy, you can fix the design issues in your own creative way, rather than\nit becoming a design by committee.\n\nMany favored the taller\nrobots, since they had the same height as design 1. One person pointed\nout that number 13 had a head too similar to \"M-O\" from Wall-e, so we\nnixed that one. People liked the chubby number 7, but felt he may have\ntrouble getting through doorways or reaching for objects, he's supposed\nto be a little awkward, not super awkward. Number 9 and 3 were in the\nsame chubby design realm, but a little more balanced. Number 2 kept\ncoming up in people's favorites, they felt the big backpack made him\nlook like a young kid going to school. People also liked 8 and 6, and\nthe fact that you could see through the chest of number 12, which really\nmade him feel robotic.\n\nMy favorite was number 8 (my opinion\nbefore we got feedback from people), so I went back and started with\nnumber 8, then modified the design based on what people liked and\ndisliked in the other designs to arrive at the final number 14. For\nexample, instead of putting the backpack from 2 directly on number 8, I\nscaling up his welder weapon and placing it on his back to served a\nsimilar visual purpose to the backpack.\n\nHopefully this gives you a\nlittle insight into the design process, how to start with a firm idea\nof what you need to accomplish for the story and for the character's\npersonality, make a bunch of variations, get feedback from a large\nselection of people, and then use that feedback in a constructive manner\nto get the best design possible.\n\nSunday, June 25, 2017\n\nChris Stoski has been an Art Director and Concept Artist in Film and\nGames for over 12 years. Beyond his film credits, Chris has a strong\narchitectural grounding, which is why we grabbed him to help do the\nprimary designs for \"The Oasis\", the main city in the story. Chris made a\nbunch of spectacular paintings, but we've decided to show off this one\nof the water gathering at the Oasis.\n\nWednesday, June 21, 2017\n\nLandis\nis a wanderer, his heart and body hardened by years in the desert,\nwhere you have to fight for even the smallest drop of water. But he has\none last chance to be saved from the cruel world, and so he purchases\nInc from a local junk vendor and holds onto the last bit of hope he can\nmuster, heading for the oasis.\n\nTuesday, June 20, 2017\n\nHere we are, the redesigned Inc The Robot. The goal with Inc's design\nwas always to make him feel like a big kid. He had to be \"cute\", but\nstill able to smash people when necessary. In his former career, he was a\nwelder robot, hence his spot welding weapon of choice. But he has since\nbeen retrofitted by his new human owner Landis for a whole new\nfunction, which is where our story begins. Modeled and Textured in\n3dsmax and vray.\n\nMonday, June 19, 2017\n\nWelcome to the brand new revamped Inc facebook page! Please mind our dust, the page will be chock full o' imagery before you know it.\n\n\"The Story Of Inc\" is a scifi story that centers around a man and his robot trying to survive on an almost waterless desert planet. Their lives get turned upside down when they come across a giant alien artifact that provides plentiful water, and a society that's built a settlement nearby who are not interested in sharing the resource.\n\n\"The Story Of Inc\" book has 2 sections. Section 1 is an illustrated novel, which tells the story in the form of a journal with paintings of all the key moments in the story. Section 2 is the World of Inc, which shows off all the main characters, environments, vehicles and aliens of the story in the same format as any art of book. There will also be a special third part online, \"The Making of Inc\", which will include written tutorials showing how much of the artwork in the book was made, and over 2 hours of video tutorials.\n\nThe Inc Project started in 2012 as the brainchild of artist Neil Blevins and artist/writer Bill Zahn as an after hours passion project. Writer Stephan Bugaj came aboard shortly after to help develop the story, and so the core group was formed. After the basics were written, a spectacular art team was assembled, veterans of the VFX, animated film, and videogame industry.\n\nThe new Inc Kickstarter will be going up later this summer, in the meantime, we'll be posting artwork almost daily from the book (both old classics and brand new material), including the newly designed Inc The Robot tomorrow.\n\nThank you all for coming on the journey and for all the support you've shown us over the years, there have been many obstacles, but it's time to run that last mile with your help! So welcome to \"The Story of Inc\".\n\nInc Artwork\n\nWhat is Inc?\n\nInc is a scifi story that centers around a man and his robot trying to survive on an almost waterless desert planet. Their lives change dramatically when they come across a giant alien artifact that provides plentiful water, and a society that guards the resource and is not interested in sharing with outsiders. Book to be released early 2017."}
-{"text": "Ryde to Ventnor via Needles Park\n\nThis was my 2nd time in the Isle of Wight. I have been here last year with my family and we drove to the Needles Park on the last day of our visit. We could not, however, drive to the Batteries where the big guns used to be. My younger son was already tired and I knew if we walked all the way up hill (it is a considerable walk) I would likely have to carry him.\n\nSo in this visit to the Isle of Wight one of my goals was to go the the Needles Battery and see the sea from there.\n\nFull English Breakfast at Kasbah\n\nI left Ryde at about 11 in the morning after a nice full English Breakfast in the B&B I was staying, which I do recommend, by the way. It\u00b4s called Kasbah and they are very friendly and welcoming. Rather than a traditional B&B it is more like a small hotel, with nice on-suite rooms, TV and comfortable beds.\n\nDuring Breakfast I phoned a number of B&Bs and Guesthouses in the Village of Freshwater, which is near the Needles Park. No rooms available. Camping was also not an option as it was too cold, windy and rainy at night and even if I wanted to, most camping grounds where not yet open for the season.\n\nRiver Medina Marina in Newport.\n\nSo I decided to call B&Bs in my next destination, which was Ventnor, a village about 20 miles or 32 Km away \u2013 Success, but at a 40% higher price. With accommodation reserved for the night I started my ride letting Google guide me all the way. The first part of the ride, is the route from Ryde to Newport, the island\u00b4s biggest town.\n\nI was already familiar with this route because last year I did a 62 Km ride in one day (1/2 way around the Island) which included this ride from Ryde to Newport. Most of the ride is done on roads, but there are stretches of shared cycle ways. The ride follows the National Cycle Route 22.\n\nHorse riders on the B3401\n\nTo my surprise I even found people riding horses on that road, which must have really pissed the drivers behind them \ud83d\ude42\n\nHad I found accommodation in Freshwater, I intended to take National Cycle Route 23 and ride to Cowes and Yarmouth and then to the Needles (if not too late in the evening) or stay in Freshwater. Given I had to ride south to Ventnor, I decided for a more direct route to the Needles.\n\nNarrow stretch on a climb of the B3401 (Calbourne Road) with intense traffic.\n\nThere are portions of this ride with high traffic of vehicles, mostly cars, vans, buses and small trucks. One particular point on the B3401 is a considerable climb in a very narrow part of the road.\n\nI think that was the only moment in the 2 days of ride in the Isle of Wight that I was concerned for my safety, but that was a very small distance, of perhaps less than a kilometre. The problem is to climb with a heavy bike, slows you down too much, with cars passing inches from you at times.\n\nThe rest of the ride was reasonably uneventful with fields and farms often on both sides of the road.\n\nZigZag climb to the top of the cliff\n\nWhen I arrived at the Needles Park was already past 3pm in the afternoon, so I went straight up the cliff in the direction of the batteries. I did have to push the bike a part of the way up as the wind, together with the climb was making it very difficult to pedal on a loaded bike.\n\nThat would have been an easier way to get up there.\n\nYou can walk around the new batteries, but there isn\u00b4t much to see, apart from the wonderful sea views.\n\nThe Needles Rock formation.\n\nTo enter the old batteries, which is maintained by English Heritage you need to pay a fee of \u00a36.00, which, given the time I thought wasn\u00b4t worth it. So once I had a look around I rode the way down to the park and had a cup of coffee.\n\nSelfie with the Needles Rock formation on the background\n\nThere I realized I was without mobile phone signal, so I had to guess the way to Ventnor for a mile until signal was restored and I realized I was going slightly off course.\n\nI wanted to ride to Ventnor on the A3055, also known as Military Road, as this is a coastal road that offer excellent sea views along the way.\n\n(I was told there used to be missile silos in the island during the cold war, but could not find any evidence of that... well, they would have probably hidden the silos anyway, right?)\n\nMobile phones, mobile houses, mobile everything\u2026\n\nAbout half way there, Google directed me to take a detour, which I knew was to avoid the A3055 because from that point onwards the traffic increases substantially, but also, probably, to spare me from the climbs I knew I had to do, because I had already ridden this part last year (on an \u201cempty\u201d bike though).\n\nFreshwater Bay Beach\n\nTurns out, when I arrived in the B&B in Ventnor my hosts told me there had been a land slide and the road was blocked from a certain point onwards. Had I continued on the A3055 I would have had to turn back and take the detour anyway, so thank you Google.\n\nRiding through little villages and farm houses, using small country lanes was indeed better and although there were a few climbs, they were much less difficult than those on the A3055.\n\nParticularly nice stretch on the A3055. Yellow flowers on both sides and the sea in front.\n\nAs I arrived in Ventnor, the time was 6:30pm, the sun had gone completely bringing the temperature down to a chili 5C.\n\nWere the weather friendlier, I would have probably done a much different ride today, but when you are touring one of the things you do is to improvise.\n\nIt rained all night that night and weather was predicting heavy rain the next day (which thankfully didn\u00b4t actually happen), so I decided to cut my \u201cTour de Isle of Wight\u201d short and head home the next day.\n\nThe video below is more than 8h of riding compressed in less than 8 minutes (5 seconds time-lapse)."}
-{"text": "This survey was carried out as a follow-up to a 1994 survey carried out by this laboratory (1) in order to determine the background levels of explosives traces in public places. The first survey concentrated on transport areas and police stations in and around London. This second study examines levels in four of the United Kingdom's major cities: Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, and Manchester. Samples were taken at various transport sites and from hotels, private houses, private vehicles, and clothing. The survey showed that traces of the high explosives nitroglycerine (NG), trinitrotoluene (TNT), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), and cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) are rare within the general public environment. Only one low-level trace of RDX was detected. NG, possibly associated with the use of firearms, was detected at low levels in two samples and 2, 4-DNT was detected in a separate sample. No PETN was detected in any of the samples. The results of the survey indicate that it is unlikely that persons visiting public areas could become significantly contaminated with explosives. The analytical procedures employed would also have detected ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN) if present at levels greater than 2 ng, nitrobenzene (NB) if present at levels greater than 50 ng, mononitrotoluenes if present at levels greater than 50 ng, and the other common isomers of dinitrotoluene if these had been present at levels in excess of 10 ng. None of these were detected. The relatively high volatility of EGDN, NB, and the mononitrotoluenes would, however, cause traces of these compounds to disperse rapidly. A proportion of the samples (approximately 7%) were analyzed for the presence of HMX. No HMX was detected."}
-{"text": "In Shop Empire Underground, your job is to open a underground shopping mall. Your main customers are zombies. So your job not only to build a shopping center, but also to use biohazards missiles to increase zombie populations worldwide. More zombies more customers. Build cool shop such as clothing store, ice cream shop, and much more. Hire janitors and shopkeepers for your new mall. Earn as much money as you can. If you like Shop Empire Underground, you can put it to your favorites. So it can be convenient for you to play later!"}
-{"text": "Interpretive Summary: Yellow flowered by purple flowered alfalfa hybrids have been shown to produce increased hay yields. The alfalfa leafcutter bee is an important pollinator species used to produce alfalfa seed. This study examined leafcutter bee preference for purple flowered alfalfa versus yellow flowered alfalfa. Higher amounts of yellow to purple flowered alfalfa plants in the seed production environment was shown to produce less hybrid seed than would be expected without pollinator preference. These results are important to seed producers trying to maximize production of purple by yellow flowered alfalfa hybrid seed using alfalfa leafcutter bees.\n\nTechnical Abstract:\nIntersubspecific sativa by falcata alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) hybrids offer a means of improving alfalfa dry matter yields. The alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata F.) is a major pollinator used in alfalfa seed production in North America. Alfalfa leafcutter bees have a pollinator preference for purple-flowered subsp. sativa plants over the yellow-flowered subsp. falcata plants. This study was conducted to quantify the pollinator preference by observing the amount of hybrid seed produced using alfalfa leafcutter bees. Two pollination environments and three different proportions of falcata parents in pollination cages (50%, 75%, and 90%) were included to determine shifts in quantities of hybrid seed produced due to environment and/or pollinator subsp. falcata flower availability. Total and hybrid seed amounts and seed size differed between environments. Seed size differences were observed between subspecies. Hybrid seed yields were 57% of expected hybridity on an experiment mean basis. In crossing cages with higher subsp. falcata parent proportions, a decreased amount of observed percent hybridity compared with expected hybridity was observed (i.e., 50% subsp. falcata = 72%, 75% subsp. falcata = 59%, and 90% subsp. falcata = 39% of expectation). Seed yield per plant and seed size did not differ between cages with differing subsp. falcata parent proportions. Plant to plant variation for seed yield and seed weight was observed; however, no plant to plant variation for observed percent hybridity of expected hybridity was found. This study suggests using 50% subsp. falcata plants to 50% subsp. sativa plants will produce 36% hybrid seed (or 72% of expectation) in alfalfa seed production fields using alfalfa leafcutter bees as pollinators and suggests increasing percent subsp. falcata parentage will decrease the percent of hybrid seed observed compared with expectation."}
-{"text": "PNG\n\nThe Portable Network Graphics format is a common and free Image format used to store and exchange digital bitmapped images of all kinds. For general information see the PNG Wikipedia page\n\nPNG was originally created because of shortcomings and patent issues with widely used GIF format. It uses lossless compression and supports different bit depth and alpha channel transparency. It often compresses better than the different TIFF compressions. However, it is not very well supported by Photoshop (you need a format plugin to support all flavors: [1])\n\nOnly recently PNG support of the Panorama tools core library pano12 was fixed."}
-{"text": "The Yom Kippur War\n\nPolitics, Diplomacy, Legacy\n\nEdited by Asaf Siniver\n\nA detailed and comprehensive account of the politics, diplomacy and enduring legacy of one of the key conflicts of modern times.\n\nAnalyzes internal and external actors.\n\nThe Yom Kippur War\n\nPolitics, Diplomacy, Legacy\n\nEdited by Asaf Siniver\n\nDescription\n\nThe Yom Kippur War was a watershed moment in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the modern Middle East more broadly. It marked the beginning of a US-led peace process between Israel and her Arab neighbours; it introduced oil diplomacy as a new means of leverage in international politics; and it affected irreversibly the development of the European Community and the Palestinian struggle for independence. Moreover, the regional order which emerged at the end of the war remained largely unchallenged for nearly four decades, until the recent wave of democratic revolutions in the Arab world. The fortieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War provides a timely opportunity to reassess the major themes that emerged during the war and in its aftermath, and the contributors to this book provide the first comprehensive account of the domestic and international factors which informed the policies of Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, as well as external actors before, during and after the war. In addition to chapters on the superpowers, the EU and the Palestinians, the book also deals with the strategic themes of intelligence and political of the war on Israeli and Arab societies.\n\n14. Clashing Narratives of the October War: Collective Memory and Group Perspective Claudia De Martino\n\n15. Gone But Not Forgotten? The Occasional Lessons of the October War Clive Jones\n\nThe Yom Kippur War\n\nPolitics, Diplomacy, Legacy\n\nEdited by Asaf Siniver\n\nAuthor Information\n\nAsaf Siniver is Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His research interests include conflict resolution, international mediation and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and his work has appeared in various academic journals. He is the author of Nixon, Kissinger and US Foreign Policy: The Machinery of Crisis and the editor of International Terrorism post- 9/11: Comparative Dynamics and Responses. He is a Leverhulme Research Fellow (2011-13) and Associate Editor of the journal Civil Wars.\n\nContributors:\n\nList of Contributors\n\nDr Philipp O. Amour is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. He was a doctoral Visiting Fellow at the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, American University of Beirut and at Birzeit University in the Palestinian territories (2007-9). His research examines modern political transformation and the cultural history of the Palestinians, for which he has been awarded the Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for prospective PhD researcher (2009) and for prospective postdoctoral researcher (2011). Ms Carly Beckerman-Boys is a Junior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute and a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on the Arab-Israeli conflict, foreign policy analysis and contemporary British foreign policy.\n\nDr Ahron Bregman was born in Israel. After six years of army service, during which he took part in the 1982 Lebanon War, he left the army to work at the Knesset as a parliamentary assistant. He studied in Jerusalem and London, completing a doctorate in War Studies at King's College London in 1994. He is the author of The Fifty Years War (Penguin, 1998, with Jihan el-Tahri), the companion book to a six-part BBC television documentary; and its sequel Elusive Peace (Penguin, 2005), the companion book to a three-part BBC television documentary; also of a History of Israel (Palgrave, 2002) and Israel's Wars (Routledge, 2010). His book Occupation: Israel and the Occupied Territories since 1967 was published by Penguin in 2012. He teaches at the Department of War Studies, King's College London.\n\nDr Assaf David, a Jordan expert, holds a PhD in Social Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He teaches and conducts research on Jordan, civil-military relations and comparative politics of the Middle East at the Hebrew University. He is a chief analyst of Jordan affairs at the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF), an Israel-based NGO. He serves as a consultant on Jordan affairs for other Israeli and foreign NGOs, as well as private sector and public sector organisations.\n\nDr Claudia De Martino graduated summa cum laude from her BA in Contemporary History at Roma Tre University with a thesis on the Egyptian Free Officers' Revolution (1952-6); and in 2007 completed her MA at the University of La Sapienza in Rome with a thesis on the relationship between the Italian Communist Party and the PLO 1969-89. In 2008 she spent a study year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, thanks to a EMU2 research scholarship, during which she wrote two studies: one on the 2006 Lebanon war and the second on Palestinian and Israeli textbooks on the 1948 war. She has also been Visiting Fellow at the Van Leer Institute of Jerusalem in 2009 and 2010. Since 2008, she is a PhD candidate in Social History of the Mediterranean at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice (to be finalised in February 2012), working on a thesis on the absorption of Mizrahi Jews in the 1950s and 1960s, and is teaching assistant to the Chair of History of Europe and the Mediterranean at the University of Roma Tre. She contributes regularly to Aspenia and Medarabnews.\n\nDr Jacob Eriksson holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London; his thesis was entitled 'Swedish mediation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: a study of the utility of small-state mediation and Track II diplomacy'. He received his BA in War Studies and History and his MA in International Peace and Security from the War Studies Department at King's College London. His research interests include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict, conflict resolution, Middle Eastern politics and security, and Islamic terrorism.\n\nProfessor Galia Golan held the Jay and Leoni Darwin Chair in Soviet and East Europe Studies in the Political Science Department of the Hebrew University and was chair of the Mayrock Center for Eurasian and East European Research at the Hebrew University. She is author of nine books, including Yom Kippur and After: the Soviet Union and the Middle East Crisis (Cambridge University Press, 1977); The Soviet Union and the PLO (Praeger, 1976); The Soviet Union and National Liberation Movements in the Third World (Allen & Unwin, 1988); Soviet Policies in the Middle East from World War II to Gorbachev (Cambridge University Press, 1990); Moscow and the Middle East (Chatham House, 1992); Gorbachev's 'New Thinking' on Terrorism (Praeger, 1990).\n\nProfessor Clive Jones is Professor of Middle East Studies and International Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Leeds, UK. His published works include Soviet Jewish Aliyah 1989-92 (Routledge, 1996) (with Emma Murphy); Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy and the State (Routledge, 2002); Britain and the Yemen Civil War 1962-1965 (Sussex Academic Press, 2004/2010) (with Ami Pedahzur co-editor); Between Terrorism and Civil War: The al-Aqsa Intifada (Routledge, 2005) (with Sergio Catignani co-editor); Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historical and Comparative Perspective (Routledge, 2009). He has published widely on Middle East politics, intelligence and security issues, and in March 2010 his book Britain and the Yemen Civil War was the subject of the BBC Radio 4 history programme Document, examining British clandestine involvement in the Yemen civil war.\n\nProfessor Yoram Meital is chairman of the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, and a member of the Department of Middle East Studies, both at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Currently he is a Visiting Fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School (2011-12). His primary research interests include politics, culture and nationalism in the Middle East, with special emphasis on Egypt and the Arab-Israeli conflict.\n\nProfessor Rory Miller is Director of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London. His research and teaching deal primarily with EU and US intervention in the Middle East and the role of small states in the global economy. He is author or editor of eight books, most recently Britain, Palestine and Empire: The Mandate Years (Ashgate, 2010) and Inglorious Disarray: Europe, Israel and the Palestinians since 1967 (Columbia University Press, 2011). He has also contributed articles to, among other publications, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal and The National (Abu Dhabi).\n\nProfessor David S. Painter teaches international history at Georgetown University. His publications include Oil and the American Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986), The Cold War: An International History (Routledge, 1999), and Origins of the Cold War: An International History (Routledge, 2005) (co-editor), and articles on US policy towards the Third World, US oil policies, and the Cold War. His current project is a study of oil and world power in the twentieth century.Dr Asaf Siniver is Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His research interests include conflict resolution, international mediation and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and his work has appeared in various academic journals, including Review of International Studies, Political Studies, Diplomacy and Statecraft, International Politics and Ethnopolitics. He is author of Nixon, Kissinger and US Foreign Policy: The Machinery of Crisis (Cambridge University Press, 2008, 2011), and editor of International Terrorism post 9/11: Comparative Dynamics and Responses (Routledge, 2010, 2012). He is a Leverhulme Research Fellow (2011-13) and an Associate Editor of the journal Civil Wars.\n\nProfessor Kenneth W. Stein is Professor of Political Science, Middle Eastern History and Israeli Studies at Emory University. He is author of numerous publications, articles, papers and reviews, including Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace (Routledge, 1999); Making Peace Among Arabs and Israelis: Lessons from Fifty Years of Negotiating Experience (US Institute of Peace, 1991); The Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939 (University of North Carolina Press, 1987); and History, Politics and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, A Documentary Source Compilation on CD, 380 documents, 1,500 pages (Center for Israel Education, 2011). His most recent publication is 'US-Israeli Relations 1947-2010: The View from Washington' in Alfred Wittstock (ed.), The World facing Israel - Israel facing the World: Images and Politics (Berlin: Frank and Timme, 2011), 159-76.\n\nProfessor Eyal Zisser is Dean of the faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University. He was Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 2007-10, and head of the department of Middle Eastern and African History 2004-8. He has written extensively on the history and modern politics of Syria and Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict, including Assad's Syria at a Crossroads (Tel Aviv, 1999); Asad's Legacy - Syria in Transition (Hurst & Co., 2000); Lebanon: the Challenge of Independence (I. B. Tauris, 2000); Faces of Syria (Tel Aviv, 2003); Commanding Syria, Bashsar al-Asad's First years in Power (I. B. Tauris, 2006); The Bleeding Cedar (Tel Aviv, 2009).\n\nThe Yom Kippur War\n\nPolitics, Diplomacy, Legacy\n\nEdited by Asaf Siniver\n\nReviews and Awards\n\n'An important and authoritative reconstruction by one of the most talented stables of historians and experts ever assembled. \"The Yom Kippur War\" is highly relevant today, as the world faces a new era of upheaval with the potential for war in the Middle East. This comprehensive volume will help a new generation of readers--scholarly and otherwise--puzzle through the lessons learned from the region's most violent clash between Arabs and Israelis.\" -- Patrick Tyler, author of A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East from the Cold War to the War on Terror and Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country and Why They Can't Make Peace\n\n\"Finally, forty years after the October, 1973 War, a comprehensive, 360-degree analysis of a seminal moment in the long-running dispute between Israel and her Arab neighbours. By looking at the war from every perspective, not only from Tel Aviv, Cairo, Damascus and Amman, but from Washington, Moscow, and Europe, the whole picture comes into focus. In the process, it shows those of us who covered the war, how little we knew and understood at the time.\" -- Terence Smith, Israel correspondent for the New York Times during the Yom Kippur war\n\n\"...offers rich perspectives on a forty-year-old war that somehow does not recede in time.\" -- Abraham Rabinovich author of The Yom Kippur War, in The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs\n\n\"Siniver's study of this watershed event will interest all who wish to understand the complexity of the Egypt-Israel relationship.\" -- History Today\n\n\"Asaf Siniver has been able to assemble an impressive group of scholars to bring new light to bear on the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war. ... the chapters are well researched and present largely convincing pictures of aspects of this major crisis. an important book for anyone interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict at one of its seminal moments.\" -- William Quandt, Journal of Cold War Studies\n\n\"Asaf Siniver has been able to assemble an impressive group of scholars to bring new light to bear on the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war. ... the chapters are well researched and present largely convincing pictures of aspects of this major crisis. an important book for anyone interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict at one of its seminal moments\" -- William Quandt, Journal of Cold War Studies"}
-{"text": "ok, big admission here. I have never been able to finish Wuthering heights, it upsets me too much and I end up putting it down ha ha. Maybe I should have a go at it again now that you've reminded me about it.\n\nOooh, Wuthering Heights! One of my favorite books. I actually had to stop and write out a family tree, though, because the relationships were slightly confusing (I was much younger when I read it). @Julia - it's worth pushing through the upsetting parts, because the book as a whole is so great! And yeah, most of the book is upsetting... But still, I think it's an amazing book.\n\nLink Back\n\nFollowers\n\nStats\n\nFTC Disclaimer\n\nI purchase most of my books, but I do receive some ARCs. Either through contests or they are sent to me from a publisher, author or a publicity company. I don't receive payment for any of my reviews. In exchange I provide an honest review. For each book that is sent to me you'll find in the review a link/credit to whoever sent the book."}
-{"text": "Penn State athletic director Joyner resigns\n\nJoyner was appointed acting athletic director in November 2011 after Tim Curley was placed on administrative leave. He steered the department through the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and the death of former football coach Joe Paterno.\n\nPenn State will form a search committee and work with a consulting firm in looking for its next athletic director. David Gray, senior vice president for finance and business at Penn State, has agreed to chair the search committee.\n\nJoyner hired Bill O\u2019Brien to replace Paterno following sanctions levied against the university because of the scandal. O\u2019Brien coached the Nittany Lions for two years before leaving for the NFL.\n\nJoyner hired former Vanderbilt coach James Franklin as O\u2019Brien\u2019s successor."}
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-{"text": "Contents\n\nHe was born at Belluno and received his first instruction in art from his uncle, Sebastiano Ricci, likely in Milan in 1694\u20136.[1] He left for Venice with his uncle in 1696, but had to flee the city after killing a gondolier.[1] He visited Rome, where he was for some time occupied in painting perspective views.[2] In 1706\u20137, he worked with his uncle on the decoration of the Sala d'Ercole in the Palazzo Fenzi, located in Florence.[1] Ricci's propensity for collaboration with other artists makes his early style difficult to trace, but it is generally agreed that his influences included Claude Lorrain, Gaspard Dughet, and Salvator Rosa, along with a naturalistic style of landscape painting practiced in the Veneto in the 17th and early 18th centuries.[3] Closer in time, and known personally by Ricci, was the Genoese painter Alessandro Magnasco, whose handling of loose paint and his long, thin, wiry figures are echoed in a number of Ricci's early canvases.[3]\n\nThrough the prompting of Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester, and British ambassador to Venice, in late 1708 Ricci traveled to England, and on his way there he stopped in the Netherlands to study Dutch landscape painting.[4] In England, he frequently collaborated with the artist Pellegrini in the staging of Italian works at the Queen's Theatre in Haymarket.[5] The pair painted stage scenery for two Italian operas, Pyrrhus and Demetrius by Alessandro Scarlatti and Nicola Haym, and Camilla by Antonio Maria Bononcini and Silvio Stampiglia, with English libretti by Owen McSwiney.[1] With Pellegrini, he executed six large mythological canvases for Burlington House.[1] Ricci returned to Venice in 1711, but came back to England with his uncle Sebastiano the following year, with whom he collaborated on several commissions.[1] During his time in England, Marco Ricci also painted several landscapes, capriccios, and the wry painting Opera Rehearsal for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle.[1][3] His production as a landscapist can be divided into four categories: alpine views or pastorals, violent country storms, ruins, and scenes of villages or courtyards.[3] While the medium of many of his works was oil on canvas, about half of his output, smaller in dimension, was tempera applied to goatskin.[3]\n\nMarco Ricci returned to Venice in 1716, living with his uncle there until his death. Ricci's output in the 1720s was prodigious, and his production encompassed landscapes, capriccios, gouaches on vellum, drawings of stage designs and caricatures.[1] He collaborated with Sebastiano on monumental figurative paintings.[3] From 1723, Marco Ricci etched several plates from his own designs, consisting of views and landscapes, with ruins and figures, including a notable set of twenty-three prints which anticipate Piranesi.[6][7] Important patrons of Ricci in Venice were Consul Smith and Zanetti the Elder.[1] Marco Ricci can be regarded as the initiator of a new Venetian landscape style, which became an immediate international success.[8] He died in Venice in 1730. Among his pupils were Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani.[9]"}
-{"text": "Green Heating and Cooling Technology from Carbon\n\nCarbon is a substance environmentalists love to hate. It is the major ingredient of environmental damage. Scientists and environmentalists are working hard to decrease the amount of carbon emission in the environment. But researchers at the University of Warwick have invented a complete different use of carbon. They are using carbon for cooling and heating our cars and homes. If one follows their way, carbon can be utilized in a clean and green way. We know that heating and cooling gadgets make our life comfortable but they are not easy on our pockets. They need lots of power to run and ultimately get transformed into huge amount of bills to pay. If we look at the stats we will find that domestic space heating and hot water devour 25% of energy in the UK. Automobile air conditioning uses about 5% of the vehicle fuel consumed annually all over the EU. Inside the UK, it is responsible for over 2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.\n\nResearchers at the University of Warwick are trying to find out clean and green solutions to the above mentioned problems. They are devising new ways to save energy and reduce global warming.\n\nIf we are using even the finest condensing boilers at homes they are about 90% efficient. If we are opting out for electric heat pumps that use electricity to pull out heat from the outside air or the ground to keep our houses warm, the electricity consumed results in huge CO2 production at the power station.\n\nResearchers are trying to devise a novel way of using adsorption technology to heat and cool our houses and cars. They utilize the heat from a gas flame or engine waste heat to power a closed system containing only active carbon and refrigerant. It works in a simple manner. At room temperature carbon adsorbs the refrigerant and when heated the refrigerant is driven out. This is a procedure that alternately heats and cools the carbon. This procedure can be used to remove heat from the outside air and put it into radiators or hot water tanks. It works in opposite manner for air conditioning cars. It extracts the heat from the inside of the car. The major hitch of adsorption technology is that it would require roughly 300 liters in volume for an automobile\u2019s air conditioner and bigger for a heat pump to heat the houses. We can\u2019t fit such a device into a car or our houses carrying that huge volume.\n\nUniversity of Warwick researchers have cracked the above mentioned problem of huge volume. They formulated adsorption systems design that significantly shrink these devices. Their devices are small and light enough to be fitted in our houses and cars. They have applied for a patent for their invention. They use thin (0.7mm thick) sheets of metal throughout the active carbon in the heat exchanger. Every sheet holds around hundred tiny water channels (0.3mm in diameter). This makes the heat transfer much more efficient. These water sheets shrink the adsorption based equipment 20 times smaller than was formerly possible.\n\nThe University of Warwick engineers are of the view that their new adsorption technology will reduce the electricity up to 30%. They invented device that will utilize the waste automobile heat and cool the interiors. This will not derive any mechanical power from the car engine. So it will result in reduction of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions up to 5%. But here is the cherry on the top. According to the scientists we don\u2019t have to shell out extra money to integrate these equipments into new vehicle models. If it would cost us at all, it will be very little.\n\nManufacturers are interested in the work of Warwick engineers. Now Warwick Ventures, the university\u2019s technology transfer office, and H2O Venture Partners are setting up a new spin-out company, Sorption Energy Ltd. They are aiming to capture the two high value markets: greener heating and hot water systems for houses and air conditioning for cars.\n\nHoward Butts\n\nMy sounds like the boys and girls in the UK have really found something that finally utilizes waste heat from hot engine to cool the inside. Plus it doesn\u2019t cost more? We\u2019ll see about that, remember there aint no free lunch.\n\nA heat pump costs a bunch of energy to run so the traded off is really questionable is rather interesting and something to really look into be for one leaps into one."}
-{"text": "State Representative (OR-59)\n\nEmployer / Organization\n\nNext Election\n\nNov 06, 2018\n\nFiling Window\n\nMay 30, 2018 - Aug 28, 2018\n\nDescription\n\nThe Oregon State House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Oregon State Legislature. The House has 60 members, who each represent one district, which results in about 57,000 constituents per representative. Primary responsibilities of a house representative include, developing budget packages, making taxation decisions, passing legislation, allocating spending, and redistricting in collaboration with other house members and the state senate. Additionally, the house has the exclusive authority to impeach state officials, who will then be tried by the senate. A house member serves a two-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served. The salary of the position is $23,052 per year in addition to a $129 per diem for every day in session.\n\nApplication Guidelines\n\nTo file for this position follow these three steps: 1) Contact the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division to confirm that your registered address qualifies you for the position you intend to run for, and that you meet other office specific qualifications. If you plan to run as a nonaffiliated \u201cindependent\u201d candidate request approval to circulate petitions. 2) Upon receiving approval to circulate petitions, the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division will inform you of the required number of signatures and the filing deadline. Gather signatures and complete candidacy filing and campaign finance forms. If you plan to run as a partisan candidate, the filing details are different, please contact your local party office for further instructions. 3) Submit the filing paperwork with the stipulated amount of signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division. Before submission to the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division, the signatures must first be authenticated by the county election office from the county in which the signatures were gathered. The filing period runs from the 15th day after the primary election until the 70th day before the general election (OR 249.722). The primary election is held on the 3rd Tuesday in May. The general election is held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division is the point of contact for any questions or concerns you may have. The Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division can be reached at (503) 986-1518 and the Oregon State Candidates Manual can be found here: http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/statecandidates.pdf"}
-{"text": "Lockheed Martin Awarded $19 Million VNsight Sensor Production Contract for the U.S. Army Apache Helicopter\n\nORLANDO, FL, October 11th, 2011 \u2014 The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $19 million follow-on production contract for the VNsight low-light-level TV capability for Apache attack helicopters.\n\nThe VNsight visible/near infrared sensor provides Apache pilots with significant tactical advantages, particularly in low-light-level conditions. VNsight is integrated into the Modernized PNVS, the pilotage system of the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead\u00ae, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.\n\nThe VNsight Lot 2 production contract will supply 112 sensors and spares for four U.S. Army Apache battalions, plus additional Foreign Military Sales sensors. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control produces the VNsight lens and serves as the system integrator, while Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors in Akron, Ohio, provides the sensor\u2019s camera.\n\nBy blending VNsight imagery with the M-PNVS forward looking infrared (FLIR) imagery, pilots can see cultural and military lighting accurately overlaid on the FLIR image over the full 30-by-40 degree field of view of the M-PNVS. This ensures safer flying conditions and enhanced mission capability by improving situational awareness in low-light-level conditions and situations where existing light sources cannot be imaged by the FLIR.\n\n\u201cThis capability provides increased situational awareness that is critical to our soldiers in theater,\u201d said Matt Hoffman, Arrowhead program director in Lockheed Martin\u2019s Missiles and Fire Control business. \u201cVNsight Lot 2 enables us to upgrade 30 percent of all Apache battalions currently equipped with M-TADS/PNVS.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Speech by SEC Staff:\nMarket Participants and the May 6 Flash Crash\n\nby\n\nGregg E. Berman\n\nSenior Advisor to the Director, Division of Trading and Markets\nU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\n\n11th Annual SIFMA Market Structure Conference\nNew York, New York\nOctober 13, 2010\n\nGood morning. It is a pleasure for me to be here today \u2014 though I've been in field of finance for almost 20 years, I've only recently joined the regulatory community and very much appreciate SIFMA inviting me to speak with you about a topic that has received such wide-spread attention, namely the events of May 6.\n\nSince the Report of the Joint Staffs of the SEC and CFTC was released a few weeks ago, an enormous amount has been written on the subject, on the report itself, and on potential next steps. My goal today is not to rehash what has already been written. Rather, I thought you might be interested to hear how the analysis was performed, how we actually know what we say we know, and what the process itself may suggest for future policy.\n\nIf our report was made into a movie, then my remarks this morning should be taken as the directors-cut DVD, with bonus tracks. As such, these remarks are indeed my own, and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Commission, any individual Commissioner, or my colleagues on the Commission staff.\n\nMy story begins with the release of our Preliminary Report on May 18th, a mere 12 days after the flash crash. As a preliminary report it contained facts and lines of further inquiry, but no real explanations.\n\nAt that time, what we knew for sure was that at about 2:40 in the afternoon of May 6, prices for both the E-Mini S&P 500 futures contract, and the SPY S&P 500 exchange traded fund, suddenly plunged 5% in just 5 minutes. More so, during the next 10 minutes they recovered from these losses. And it was during this recovery period that the prices of hundreds of individual equities and exchange traded funds plummeted to ridiculous levels of a penny or less before they too rebounded. By the end of the day everything was back to \"normal,\" and thus the event was dubbed the May 6 Flash Crash.\n\nAs part of our preliminary analysis, the CFTC had found that a single firm, a large fundamental trader, had sold 75,000 E-Mini contracts between 2:32 and 2:51. But based on an examination of just the price and volume patterns for the E-Mini, it would have been premature to conclude that this trade played a leading role in the main event. After all, half of the contracts had been executed after 2:45 while the E-Mini was on the mend.\n\nWe also knew that trading on the New York Stock Exchange in a significant number of NYSE-listed stocks was intermittently \"halted\" around the time of the flash crash by NYSE's use of \"Liquidity Replenishment Points\" that effectively band stocks to trade only within certain price limits. And finally, we knew that exchange traded funds suffered disproportionately during the flash crash. That was notable since most ETFs are listed the NYSE's Arca exchange, and on the afternoon in question, other exchanges reported that they declared self-help on Arca and stopped routing orders to that exchange.\n\nIt didn't require a huge leap of logic to jump to the conclusion that these issues were all somehow related, suggesting this was yet another case of a \"confluence of events.\" And so it was with these notions that we began our work.\n\nThe investigation itself comprised two prongs. The first prong was all about collecting and analyzing market data. We knew that to really understand how and why prices fell so fast we needed to examine underlying order books and trading patterns. The CFTC took the lead on the E-Mini and we at the SEC took the lead on the equity markets.\n\nBecause the E-Mini is traded on a single market, the CFTC was able to assemble all the relevant data in just a few short weeks. And here is what they found: Buy-side and sell-side depth in the E-Mini market within about 10 basis points of the current price was stable throughout the entire morning and most of the afternoon. This \"near-inside\" liquidity data would have been observable by market participants trading the E-Mini, and perhaps its stability is what led to spreads in the E-Mini remaining very tight even when prices rapidly declined. However, the CFTC was also able to analyze the full E-Mini order book which allowed us to track the evolution of total market depth, not just near-inside market depth. And this data revealed a completely different dynamic.\n\nAt the beginning of the day total buy-side market depth in the E-Mini started at about 100,000 contracts. This depth trended down throughout the day, and by mid-afternoon buy-side interest was less than 50,000 contracts. At about 2:30 buy-side market depth started to erode even faster and by 2:40 there were only 15,000 contracts left. Then, over the next four or so minutes, buy-side market depth in the E-Mini virtually vanished, falling to about 1,000 contracts, or less than 1% of its value of that morning. It was at that time that the E-Mini and SPY both plunged over 5%. It was apparent from the order book data that the E-Mini had suffered some sort of a liquidity crisis, but exactly how it happened was yet unknown.\n\nThis analysis led to an obvious next question \u2014 did the same thing happen in the equity markets? Did a similar liquidity crisis perhaps precede or even trigger the one in the E-Mini? Unfortunately, assembling comparable order book data for equities and ETFs proved to be a much more difficult process. Every exchange has its own formats, conventions, and databases, and we found we needed to deploy a dedicated team focusing directly on this problem for three months. Though collection started in June, it would not be until the middle of August that all the required data was aggregated into a single database for analysis.\n\nIdeally, we would have liked to see every order, on every venue (whether public, OTC, or dark), who submitted it, how it was routed, how it was executed or canceled, and what the market conditions were at the time of execution. At present, this type of market structure data does not exist in a comprehensive form. Even the seemingly simple task of lining up a quote with a trade price proved to be very difficult.\n\nWhen we requested data from the exchanges and other participants we never did so blindly \u2014 we always explained to those providing the data exactly what we were trying to do. And those in the know cautioned us that trying to reconstruct the world of trading down to the millisecond is just not possible. There are too many inherent lags and uncertainties. Fortunately, we did not require such precision for our analysis. In general we aggregated information on a minute-by-minute basis. And though we therefore may have missed fleeting intra-minute events, what we saw on a minute-by-minute basis was more than sufficient to provide a robust analysis of liquidity.\n\nSo, for the purposes of our report we had what we needed. And we now know that there was indeed a liquidity crisis in the equity markets, but it followed the one in the E-Mini, and did not precede the initial rapid decline in prices. This then led to two further questions: First, what were the conditions that caused the liquidity crisis in the E-Mini prior to 2:45; and second, why did the equity markets suffer a similar crisis after 2:45?\n\nBut before answering these questions I'd like to go on a little sidebar and add a third set of questions to the mix that may have some implications for policy. Why did it take us three months to complete the data-driven portion of our analysis of the equities markets, and why should this matter?\n\nMany market participants currently trade at the millisecond level, but it seems that reconstructing events at that level is fraught with uncertainty. While it is true that market makers and high frequency traders track the equity markets in real time, this comes at significant cost, requires a high-degree of skill to deal with overwhelming complexity, and most of these firms only track the markets from their own touch-points as they interact with exchanges and other market venues. The very process of collecting data for our analysis leads me to wonder-has the structure of our equity markets become so complex, and has trading become so fast, that only the most sophisticated players can effectively monitor and manage their interaction with the markets in a robust and holistic fashion? And what does this mean for the future of a market place in which the quest for speed continues unabated? I'd like to keep these questions in mind as we continue with the main story.\n\nThe second prong of our investigation involved gathering whatever information we could on the specific actions market participants undertook on May 6, and the reasoning behind those actions.\n\nThroughout June, July, and the first half of August, we had teams of 20 or more people from across the SEC's various divisions conduct extensive multi-hour interviews with registered equity market makers, options market makers, high-frequency traders, over-the-counter internalizers, brokers, asset managers, proprietary funds, and of the course the exchanges themselves. At the peak of the process we were holding three or four of these interviews per day.\n\nWe began each interview by asking participants to describe their business model and how they normally trade. Then we asked them to detail their actions throughout the afternoon of May 6. When we started the process in June, our expectations were that we would hear a lot about disparate trading conventions, LRPs, and self-help. But this was not to be the case.\n\nInstead, market participants had told us that they pulled back from the markets, and stopped providing liquidity, because the markets were moving too fast, they were hitting position limits, risk limits, P&L limits, and system limits. They weren't sure if the prices their automated systems tracked were indeed moving that fast, or if these observations were just an artifact of some data problem. If it was a data problem they couldn't continue trading, and if it wasn't a data problem they didn't necessarily want to continue trading. It's hard to convey in words some of the emotion and concern that was expressed during those interviews. Participants told us they didn't know what was going on, and decided it would be more prudent to reduce or altogether stop their trading activity than to risk trading during such extreme conditions.\n\nWithin the first few weeks we had spoken with those participants who, in one form or another, were party to many of the trades that had been executed at absurd prices. This was not hearsay reporting. These were the participants who actually withdrew liquidity. We asked whether self-help issues caused them problems. In general, the answer was \"no\" since these same participants use their own routing engines to send orders directly to each public market. How about LRPs? Yes, they were concerned that the number of LRPs being triggered was indicative of very volatile market conditions, but no, LRPs did not cause any routing issues nor inhibit their ability to trade. How about data delays on the consolidated public feeds, an issue that was brought into the limelight repeatedly throughout this summer? Definitely noticed by some, but not really an issue for trading individual securities since most of the participants who provide liquidity to the markets use proprietary feeds coming from the exchanges, and not the consolidated feeds.\n\nIn general, many liquidity providers pulled back because they weren't confident about what they were seeing, and they weren't confident about trading under such extreme conditions. I find this quite telling.\n\nConsider that at its low point, Proctor & Gamble traded at an intraday loss of 36%. And during the minute in which this low point was hit almost 500,000 shares were executed. However, in the minute before, Proctor & Gamble was only down 23%. I can understand how P&G might jump to a loss of 36% in one fell swoop, perhaps due to sudden news or a technical glitch. But I don't understand how it can fall 36% over the course of a few minutes. Collectively, across the entire market, participants could not find a mere $25MM to buy P&G at a 23% discount? That stock rose more than 25% in the next 5 minutes. For a market that spends so much time and effort on trading within spreads of a few pennies, it seems like this was the deal of the century. Yet it took another 13% loss before P&G was able to recover. So I guess I agree with what most market participants told us about May 6. They really didn't know what was happening, or at least they didn't feel confident enough to buy P&G at a 23% discount.\n\nI'd like to now repeat the question I posed before. Has the structure of our equity markets become so complex, and has trading become so fast, that only the most sophisticated players can effectively monitor and manage their interaction with markets in a robust and holistic fashion? Apparently, for many participants, the answer may be yes.\n\nThe good news is that these issues can be addressed, and indeed some of the fixes are already underway.\n\nOne of the key lessons we learned from the flash crash is that many market participants have their own versions of trading pauses that kick in during extreme events. Unfortunately these pauses don't all occur at the same time or in the same manner. If everyone in a stadium stands up together, then everyone can see the field. And if everyone sits down together, then everyone can still see the field. But if half the people are standing and half the people are sitting you have a mess. This is what effectively happened on the afternoon of May 6.\n\nTo treat this symptom, a few months ago the SEC approved a pilot program by the exchanges and FINRA to pause trading in an individual security when its price moves \"too much, too fast,\" which is currently defined to be 10% or more in 5 minutes or less. Initially this \"circuit-breaker\" mechanism covered only stocks in the S&P 500 but recently the program has been expanded to include all stocks in the Russell 1000 as well as a number of ETFs that track those stocks.\n\nAs a pilot, this program proved successful. Over the last few months circuit-breakers were triggered in about a dozen stocks, providing us a great opportunity to study the mechanism and its effects. We observed when and why individual circuit-breakers were triggered and have a very good sense of what needs to be improved. Across the industry there seems to be a general agreement that some form of a limit-up/limit-down structure would best balance the desire to pause trading in an individual security when prices move too fast, but allow prices to recover on their own if possible. This same structure has some very appealing side-benefits \u2014 by banding prices within pre-defined limits the probability of a clearly-erroneous trade is significantly reduced. Price-banding also eliminates the need for, and use of, stub quotes.\n\nThough promising, limit-up/limit-down treats only the symptom, and not necessarily the cause of erratic price moves. We know from the flash crash that some of these causes are related to orders that overwhelm existing liquidity, and some are related to orders that are placed when liquidity is being withdrawn. But before I get to those points I'd like to come back to idea of market participants having more confidence in the infrastructure of our markets so they feel more comfortable participating even under extreme conditions.\n\nHow can this issue be addressed? I think my take on this might surprise you.\n\nAt the end of May, the SEC released a proposal for the creation of a Consolidated Audit Trail. Allow me to quote from the release \"A consolidated audit trail would significantly aid in SRO efforts to detect and deter fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in the marketplace, and generally to regulate their markets and members. In addition, such an audit trail would benefit the Commission in its market analysis efforts, such as investigating and preparing market reconstructions and understanding causes of unusual market activity.\" If the events of May 6 don't qualify for unusual market activity, I'm not sure what does. If a consolidated audit trail had been in place prior to May 6, I could have delivered this speech a few months ago.\n\nIt should be obvious how a consolidated audit trail will help regulators, but so what. What's in it for you, and for the markets in general?\n\nThis is the point in my remarks that I could really use a soap box.\n\nI believe that a market structure that can support the requirements of a consolidated audit trail will necessarily be more robust and provide participants with more confidence, even during extreme events. Furthermore, I maintain that the process of implementing such a system will in itself lead to direct and indirect improvements as existing systems are revisited, order types are re-examined, and the industry as a whole confronts some of the issues that make a consolidated audit trail necessary.\n\nWhy am I confident this will occur? Because for the past decade I have been involved in the design and implementation of risk management frameworks for many hundreds of the world's largest and most sophisticated banks, brokerages, hedge funds, and asset managers. Rolling out a risk management framework is hugely challenging because it requires the collection and tracking of data across a wide variety of disparate systems. And in nearly every case, the risk managers and technology officers who were ultimately responsible for the system reported that the knock-on effects of implementing such a framework led to intangibles such as better confidence in their position data, an ability to track holdings over time, and methods for reviewing past actions. More so, firms that had the hardest time implementing such a framework were those that needed it the most, and those that ultimately benefited the most from intangibles that were unrelated to the end-use of the system itself. I appreciate that many of you will be skeptical of this line of reasoning, but ask around \u2014 I think you will be pleasantly surprised at what you find. And I think the market place as a whole will greatly benefit from initiatives like the consolidated audit trail.\n\nWith that said, I will now get off my soap box so we can finish the story.\n\nWe knew that the E-Mini suffered a liquidity crisis and that this translated to rapidly declining prices in both the futures and the equities markets. We also knew that market participants on the equity side created their own liquidity crisis by pulling back for all of the reasons discussed, and with lots of implications for future policy related to the obligations of liquidity providers. But what caused the initial liquidity crisis in the E-Mini?\n\nWe all know that the markets are highly inter-related and trading is replete with many types of feedback mechanisms where the actions of one participant trigger those of another. These mechanisms can be formal (such as stop-loss orders) or informal (such as momentum trading).\n\nIn a terrific piece of work that was just published, the CFTC analyzed trading in the E-Mini market on a second-by-second basis to determine what affect an order to sell 75,000 contracts had \u2014 not on market prices \u2014 but on market participants. Over the last week a lot has been written about this large order, but some articles may have missed the point. We already knew that individual component executions of the large sell order did not directly coincide with all of the moves in the price of the E-Mini. If they had, our job would have been a lot easier.\n\nBut markets are more complicated than that. And what the CFTC analysis showed is that the large sell order placed at 2:32 dynamically changed the behavior of other market participants. The impact of this sell order was not immediate but took a few minutes to propagate through the E-Mini market, much in the same way that resulting price declines took a few minutes to propagate through to the equity markets. In the equity markets we saw how market participants reacted to fast-moving prices. In the futures market we can see how the algorithmic strategies of high frequency traders and other market intermediaries reacted to this large sell order. The net result was that, in the absence of price or time throttles on the sell algorithm, the order was executed much faster than might have been anticipated, and fundamental buy-side interest was not able to keep up.\n\nPerhaps even more importantly, the analysis demonstrates that volume and spreads are not necessarily good indicators of liquidity in all cases. Since the SEC issued a concept release on market structure at the beginning of the year, there has been a very lively debate in the industry, the public, and the regulatory community, regarding the role of high frequency trading and liquidity. In fact, last Sunday night 60 Minutes aired a piece on just this topic.\n\nOur report was not intended to address the general topic of high-frequency trading. But I do think it sheds some light on an issue that is often characterized by somewhat extreme views. On the one hand, we have those who believe that high-frequency traders directly caused the flash crash by forcing down the market and creating an unstoppable wave of selling, perhaps through something called quote stuffing. Our analysis of May 6 does not support this view. At the other extreme, we have those who believe high frequency traders provide tremendous liquidity to the markets and act as a stabilizing force for prices. This too, is not supported by our analysis of the flash crash.\n\nWhat we did find was that on May 6, a group of 17 HFTs accounted for between 40% and 50% of total dollar volume, which is roughly in line with the trading patterns of these firms in the days preceding, and the days after, the flash crash. However, we also know that about half of all these HFT orders on May 6 were executed passively, whereas the other half were executed aggressively. It would therefore seem, at least on May 6, that HFTs took as much liquidity from the equity markets as they provided. Furthermore, data show that in the 15 minutes leading up the flash crash at 2:45, HFT activity increased proportionately with the market, as HFT algorithms transitioned from being aggressively neutral to being net aggressive sellers. This transition was roughly in line with the market as a whole, though HFT activity after 2:45 dropped off considerably. So while it does not seem that HFTs directly caused a wave of selling, HFTs did ride that wave down as prices declined.\n\nIn conclusion, what I take away from the events of May 6 is that the markets are perhaps even more complicated than we might have imagined. Interactions between market participants can be subtle, and the actions by some can cause unexpected reactions in others. Along the way we collected an enormous amount of data, and performed many analyses, that will hopefully aid and inform the continued dialogue on market structure. And though the afternoon of May 6 was quite harrowing, I am confident that the lessons of that day will ultimately lead to lasting improvements that will benefit all market participants."}
-{"text": "Jews on Film: A Serious Man and An Education; Polanski, Sellers\n\nJews on Film: A Serious Man and An Education; Polanski, Sellers\n\nJews are popping up all over. The Coens based A Serious Man, which is an affectionate yet scabrous portrait of Jewish suburban family life, on their 60s Minnesota upbringing. An Education\u2018s Nick Hornby relied on Lynn Barber\u2019s two-year old memoir and faithfully included the sleazy seducer played by Peter Sarsgaard, who is Jewish. Suffice it to say, he\u2019s a money-grubbing entrepreneur with less-than-impeccable values. Even Tim Blake Nelson includes the Jewish mafia in his midwestern comedy, Leaves of Grass, which recently played Toronto. And we must not leave out Quentin Tarantino\u2019s controversial contribution to Jewish cinema, the anti-Nazi World War II movie Inglourious Basterds, which was a sleeper summer hit. UPDATE: The NYT\u2019s A.O. Scott addresses Jewish history as interpreted by Tarantino and the Coens.\n\nAnd while An Education played great at Sundance, Telluride and Toronto as well as my first UCLA Sneak Preview last week, during the Q & A one man asked director Lone Scherfig, who hails from Denmark, why she included all the Jewish material. She had fielded this question before. She said the folks on the production took it very seriously. One, the movie is true to the original memoir, and two, the fact that some people in the 60s took advantage of racism to drive people out of their apartments by moving in blacks is well-documented, she said. Just because the characters played by Emma Thompson and Alfred Molina act like racists doesn\u2019t mean the film is racist, she pointed out."}
-{"text": "Occasionally, things lift out of the bluster--unfortunately, in the case of Preacher, a terrible lyric--but even the Everybody Wants To Rule The World guitar on Life in Color or the relatively stately synth-pop of Something's Gotta Give can't make Native Anything but a great gas giant of a record. [Jun 2013, p.103]\n\n'Native' is the same from beginning to end, all the songs seems the same, and the singer is the most normal thing you can imagine, you find'Native' is the same from beginning to end, all the songs seems the same, and the singer is the most normal thing you can imagine, you find someone equal without even looking, and better too.\u2026Full Review \u00bb\n\nHonestly, I wasn't expecting any good stuff from them when I first heard their single \"If I Lose Myself\". Not because that song isn't good orHonestly, I wasn't expecting any good stuff from them when I first heard their single \"If I Lose Myself\". Not because that song isn't good or something but only because they can do better, they are known for much broader view of pop rock genre and they provide the mainstream with fresh sound just like their previous records did. I like Native more than I liked Waking Up. It's better in every possible way. Ryan Tedder is a genius when it comes to melodies, compositions and musical arrangements. Of course, there are average songs, too, but when you listen to great ones, you will be blown away. The drum beat in \"Can't Stop\" is just marvelous, that song has so much power! The best songs are: Can't Stop; Au Revoir; Counting Stars, I lived; Burning Bridges Something's Gotta Give; Life in Color... oh, what the hell, listen to the whole record! I am proud to admit that OneRepublic is one of my top favorite bands, they make music that gives you a strong feeling, takes you to another level.\u2026Full Review \u00bb\n\nHonestly, this is one of the very few albums that I've ever given a full 10/10 score, it's just even better than expected! The music isHonestly, this is one of the very few albums that I've ever given a full 10/10 score, it's just even better than expected! The music is colorful, the vocals are amazing, the melodies seem to lift you up from the ground. Literally one of the best and most uplifting albums to ever grace my ears.\u2026Full Review \u00bb"}
-{"text": "start here\n\nThe Daily IKN email digest, get all daily posts sent to you next day (& no ads)\n\n3/6/10\n\nThe name is Structurally Maladjusted and it's an English language blog on LatAm affairs. By the looks of the first few posts it passes the snark-test with flying colours, so let's hope the dudes Gringo Juan and Jakob can keep it going. Nice stuff on the Chile quake and also on Hillary in Brazil amongst the offerings.\n\nA recommended post right here, as Jim Schultz of The Democracy Center, Cochabamba Bolivia, looks at the recently published US State Dept narcotics annual report, zooms in on the samo samo written about Bolivia, notes the samo samo used as counterpoint by Evo&Co and then cuts to the chase. His six points of \"things experts on all sides really know but daren't say in public\" are spot on. Here's the 6th of the six as a sample:\n\n6. If the U.S. is genuinely serious about its drug problem then it should stop a decades-old show called the War on Drugs, and adopt a series of public policies that nearly every serious analyst knows is the most effective course, including: free drug treatment for those addicted the moment they ask for it (because that's when it has a shot at working); treating addiction as a disease instead of a criminal offense; and sucking billions of dollars out of the hands of criminal syndicates and into the coffers of public treasuries by legalizing marijuana, regulating it, and taxing it.\n\nMark Weisbrot wrote a good summary article of the visit of US Sec State Hillary to LatAm this week. Before handing the space over, a comment: If Hillary is the yardstick, the US attitude to the region hasn't changed one iota, both on a political/diplomatic level and on a public level. On the diplo side, Hillary is still trying to push the \"good left/bad left\" agenda of the Dubya years, which is na\u00efve at best. It just doesn't work like that round here, as she found out to her cost in Brazil. The pushback from the Brazilians was polite (because Brazilians are polite by nature) but on a protocol level the message translated as \"Time for a nice cup of STFU\". She left Brazil looking nothing less than stupid and the Ch\u00e1vez quip about Clinton being \"a blond Condoleezza\" was to the point and wittier than his usual bludgeoning sense of humour.\n\nOn a public awareness level too, the song remains the same. Put into a nutshell, the US doesn't give a crap about LatAm (if you watch US news channels you'd hardly know she was down this way) however LatAm does care a lot about what Hillary said and did, being the spokesperson of its rich, powerful neighbour that has a history of thuggish behaviour in what it still believes is its back yard. The verdict down here, even from those sympathetic to the US cause, was that the trip was a diplomatic net negative and stirred up more ill-feeling than it dampened. Weisbrot hits the nail on the head in his last line of the article, \"This story may not get much US media attention, but Latin America will be watching.\". So now it's time to read the whole thing, which can also be found at the original publication here. Enjoy:\n\nHillary Clinton's Latin America tour is turning out to be about as successful as George W. Bush's visit in 2005, when he ended up leaving Argentina a day ahead of schedule just to get the hell out of town. The main difference is that she is not being greeted with protests and riots. For that she can thank the positive media image that her boss, President Obama, has managed to maintain in the region, despite his continuation of his predecessor's policies.\n\nBut she has been even more diplomatically clumsy that Bush, who at least recognized that there were serious problems and knew what not to say. \"The Honduras crisis has been managed to a successful conclusion,\" Clinton said in Buenos Aires, adding that \"it was done without violence.\"\n\nThis is rubbing salt into her hosts' wounds, as they see the military overthrow of President Mel Zelaya last June, and the United States' subsequent efforts to legitimize the dictatorship there as not only a failure but a threat to democracy throughout the region.\n\nIt is also an outrageous thing to say, given the political killings, beatings, mass arrests, and torture that the coup government used in order to maintain power and repress the pro-democracy movement. The worst part is that they are still committing these crimes.\n\nToday nine members of the U.S. Congress - including some Democrats in Congressional leadership positions -- wrote to Secretary Clinton and to the White House about this violence. They wrote:\n\n\"Since President Lobo's inauguration, several prominent opponents of the coup have been attacked. On February 3rd, Vanessa Zepeda, a nurse and union organizer who had previously received death threats linked to her activism in the resistance movement, was strangled and her body dumped from a vehicle in Tegucigalpa. On February 15th, Julio Funes Benitez, a member of the SITRASANAA trade union and an active member of the national resistance movement, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle outside his home. Most recently, Claudia Brizuela, an opposition activist, was murdered in her home on February 24th. Unfortunately these are only three of the numerous attacks against activists and their families...\"\n\nSecretary Clinton will meet Friday with \"Pepe\" Lobo of Honduras, who was elected president after a campaign marked by media shutdowns and police repression of dissent. The Organization of American States and European Union refused to send official observers to the election.\n\nThe Members of Congress also asked that Clinton, in her meeting with Lobo, \"send a strong unambiguous message that the human rights situation in Honduras will be a critical component of upcoming decisions regarding the further normalizations of relations, as well as the resumption of financial assistance.\"\n\nThis was the third letter that Clinton received from Congress on human rights in Honduras. On August 7 and September 25 Members of Congress from Hillary Clinton's own Democratic Party wrote to her to complain of the ongoing human rights abuses in Honduras and impossibility of holding free elections under these conditions. They did not even get a perfunctory reply until January 28, more than four months after the second letter was sent. This is an unusual level of disrespect for the elected representatives of one's own political party.\n\nFor these New Cold Warriors, it seems that all that has mattered is that they got rid of one social democratic president of one small, poor country.\n\nIn Brazil, Clinton continued her Cold War strategy by throwing in some gratuitous insults toward Venezuela. This is a bit like going to a party and telling the host how much you don't like his friends. After ritual denunciations of Venezuela, Clinton said \"We wish Venezuela were looking more to its south and looking at Brazil and looking at Chile and other models of a successful country. \"\n\nBrazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim responded with diplomacy, but there was no mistaking his strong rebuff to her insults: He said that he agreed with \"one point\" that Clinton made, \"that Venezuela should look southwards more . . . that is why we have invited Venezuela to join MERCOSUR as a full member country.\" Ms. Clinton's right wing allies in Paraguay's legislature - the remnants of that country's dictatorship and 60 years of one-party rule - are currently holding up Venezuela's membership in the South American trade block. This is not what she wanted to hear from Brazil.\n\nThe Brazilians also rejected Clinton's rather undiplomatic efforts to pressure them to join Washington in calling for new sanctions against Iran. \"It isnot prudent to push Iran against a wall,\" said Brazilian president Lula da Silva.\" The prudent thing is to establish negotiations.\"\n\n\"We will not simply bow down to an evolving consensus if we do not agree,\" Amorim said at a press conference with Clinton.\n\nSecretary Clinton made one concession to Argentina, calling for the UK to sit down with the Argentine government and discuss their dispute over the Malvinas (Falklands) Islands. But it seems unlikely that Washington will do anything to make this happen.\n\nFor now, the next crucial test will be Honduras: will Clinton continue Washington's efforts to whitewash the Honduran government's repression? Or will she listen to the rest of the hemisphere as well as her own Democratic Members of Congress and insist on some concessions regarding human rights, including the return of Mel Zelaya to his country (as the Brazilians also emphasized)? This story may not get much U.S. media attention, but Latin America will be watching.\n\nI know I'll get a kneejerk \"WTF Otto?\" from a section of regulars for this choice, but you really need to hit that play button, dudettes and dudes. Hey I'm no C&W fan myself, but quality beats genre every time. In this take of the classic you'll get one of those sumptuous around-ten-years-ago slick TV productions (I think it was taped 2002), but you'll also get:\n\nA fine orchestral arrangement of the song. Pros at work.\n\nAn artist that totally owns this song. I heard the writer of the song, Jimmy Webb, sing this on a show a while back and it was way too cheesy. But not only does Campbell's singing voice match the sentiment of the lyrics, he also lives the song for you and can extract the juice from it.\n\nIt's also easy to forget that Campbell is a great guitarist, but in this recording it shows. The guitar break he puts in is short but he makes that instrument sing and seemingly effortlessly, too. The mark of a great guitarist is to hear a chord or two and say,\"Ah! that's Carlos Santana/Jimi Hendrix/Angus Young/Eric Clapton playing\". Glen Campbell has that too.\n\nThis is a great song, sung by a great artist who was having a great night and backed by great players. Enjoy.\n\nAmarillo Gold (AGC.v) up 4.3% at $0.73. One word from Fulp on that there teevee machine and the stock does more volume in 5 minutes than it has in the last five days. Hey AGC mgmt, how about thinking of a investor awareness campaign some time this decade? You still want proof of effectiveness?\n\nEurasian Minerals (EMX.v) up 5.3% at $1.80 and more proof that Mickey Fulp moves markets. His slot might have been short but it was nicely done. Let's hope we see more of his face on bizTV going forward, cos the whole sector is in dour need of straight shooters.\n\nFronteer (FRG) up 7.0% at U$4.77 on the back of more very solid numbers from the Sandman project. Good company doing it the right way and as close to blue chip as a junior PM explorer gets.\n\nTroy Resources (TRY.to) up 4.2% at $2.01 basically because it has rallied nicely the last couple of sessions in Oz. TRY has been a bit of a quiet fellow recently, a theme we'll pick up on this weekend.\n\nDia Bras (DIB.v) down half a penny at $0.20. DIB had more good newsflow yesterday on the Cusi silver project that saw price and volumes rise nicely, but the stock hasn't managed to follow through today. Those that can actually read balance sheets (instead of pretending to read them) would do well to check over this company's fundies. It's not the same company that it was even one year ago (let alone two years) and that's a wholly positive thing. An under-the-radar stock worth some time, so DYODD, dude.\n\nPeople tell me I need to sell the subscriber service harder, so even though I'm not very comfy about shoving a big marketing spiel down people's throats here's a half-hearted attempt.\n\nAntares Minerals (ANM.v) was first analyzed and called a 'buy' in The IKN Weekly on December 6th when the stock stood at $1.42 (we only ever have a max of 15 buy recos, by the way). But here's what was said on the stock as a small section of IKN42, dated Feb 21st. The stock stood at $1.70 at the time.\n\nAntares Minerals (ANM.v): Ducks in line\n\nI want to take a moment to emphasize my confidence in the current investment in Antares Minerals (ANM.v). Yes, I am long. Yes, it\u2019s already a top pick selection. Yes, the whole investment was outlined in the NOBS report in IKN32 (if you\u2019re new round here and want a copy, just say the word). But every now and again, and it doesn\u2019t happen very often, my feelings on a stock go from strong buy to \u201cman, I just have to pound on the table about this one as hard as I possibly can\u201d. The last time it happened was in Dynasty Metals in December 2008 (DMM was at $1.40 or so at the time). There have been a few other occasions but I don\u2019t want to fill up this report with \u201chey-look-at-me-aren\u2019t-I-wonderful\u201d types of commentary about past trades that have worked out well.\n\nThe point is that Antares has that \u201cducks in line\u201d feeling about it, right here and right now. Therefore this short section is the sound of me banging on the table about the stock and waiting to see how the next few chapters of new resource number plus PDAC plus Xstrata at Las Bambas plus continued strength in copper plus beginnings of market awareness in ANM all combine.\n\nANM.v now trading at $2.41, which is 69.7% up from the original buy reco in December and 41.8% up from that table-banging of 12 days ago. What's more, subscribers know the target is plenty higher. The next Weekly, IKN44, is out Sunday.\n\nIn this week's interview over at The Gold Report we get the views of metalhead Brien Lundin on the market, gold, silver and the ways to play via several junior miners. However, in the puff-piece report Lundin somehow forgot to mention his previous hot pick ATW Gold (ATW.v). Strangely, he's been very quiet on the stock for about five months. Ever since the scam was revealed and the frontrunning insider sales noted by the world, Lundin seems to want to forget all about his previous \u00fcber-bullish calls on the stock that include (courtesy blog ATWGold):\n\nJuly, 2009 (ATW.v $0.72): ATW Gold Corp. (TSX.V:ATW) Lundin says it is one recommended from the outset. It has entered gold production now and he doesn\u2019t think that its value in the market is recognized yet.\n\nAs it happens, I'm quite certain that Lundin wasn't in on the scam and wasn't trying to rip anybody off. He was just stupid. So the question you need to ask is whether you trust the present and future stock picks of a guy that's so easily fooled by a junior promo scam and patently dishonest management. Another question to ask is whether Lundin is better served by his attempts to ignore a bad call until people stop bugging him about it. Y'know, it kinda occurs to me that maybe perhaps maybe it'd be better for him to be a man, stand up, say \"I got it wrong\" and apologize. Nobody's perfect, so why fake it Brien?\n\nYou can see John Paulson's thought process. What with his highly touted gold fund only attracting minimal business (he's put up U$250m of the U$340m in capital so far from his own pocket), Paulson has worked out he needs more leverage to gold to get the punters to bite. Fair enough, because if you think about it for more than a second all that Paulson's gold strategy has offered 3rd parties so far is a 1:1 levered gold ETF....so why pay a fund manager his 2/20 when you can get precisely the same deal by buying the gold ETF (GLD) yourself?\n\nSo Paulson starts looking round for leverage and right at that time, guess who's hanging in NYC?\n\nRICK!\n\nYeeeeaaah baby, Rick van Alphabet in da house. The result is watching yet another $100m get thrown at the biggest gold confidence trick of the 21st century. Paulson, I really thought you were smarter than to be suckered in by a snakeoil salesman. Here's the NR, out last night:\n\nVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 03/04/10) - NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX:NG - News)(AMEX:NG - News) today announced that it is proposing to issue 18,181,818 common shares of the Company at a price of US$5.50 per common share for gross proceeds of US$99,999,999 (the \"Offering\") to several investment funds managed by Paulson & Co. Inc.\n\nThe Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to fund general exploration and development on the Company's advanced properties including Donlin Creek, Galore Creek and Rock Creek, its early-stage Ambler property, and for general corporate purposes, including funding yada yada continues here\n\n...copper inventories (but this time it's interesting, promise). Here are the latest numbers out of LME...\n\n...that show a big drop Thursday, right on schedule and to plan*. We've been proponents of Twin Peaks for the long chart for a while...\n\n....and it's starting to play out. For sure you can't judge this on one day's data but you can see the rollover starting to manifest. Redstone over at Desjardins is beginning to look smarter than the field.\n\nA very goodReuters report out yesterday that covers the International Zinc Conference happening this week. The note quotes Brook Hunt's Christopher Parker (now corrected from 'palmer'...oops sorry Chris) pretty extensively and here are a couple of excerpts. Metalheads should take time out to read the whole article, however. Plenty of food for thought and recommended reading.\n\nChina's emergence as one of the world's leading economic powerhouses and premiere driver of global zinc demand will set the industry standard for years to come and dictate where future market balances will lie.\n\n\"Like it or not, China has truly become the most major force in the world of zinc,\" said Christopher Parker of Brook Hunt\n\n.........................................\n\nFollowing a year in which the price of zinc CMZN3 rallied over 140 percent, Chinese mine production grew by only 7.6 percent in 2007, substantially lower than the 12 percent annual average of the previous four years.\n\n\"Finally, we have some proof, some firm evidence that China is not a bottomless pit of ever-expanding mine production, and there is now less ore available to be accessed by the swing capacity of the small mine sector,\" Parker said.\n\n\"The next period of super-growth is probably dependent and must await the identification of new ore deposits and the development of new mines.\"\n\nA really, truly amazingly stupid piece of \"research\" has been published by the dumbasses over at Casey Research. Authored by Andrey Dashkov, it's the most pathetic attempt to pump up their sagging Colombia junior miner portfolio yet. Jeesh, these guys must be in a serious hole due to the crap they've bought. There's so much to laugh about in Dashkov's report it's tough to know where to begin, so let's just keep it to the level of \"show them the dumbassery\":\n\n1) The title of the piece is \"Columbia (sic): A New Gold Rush?\". Yes indeedy, these freakin' experts on the country can't even spell the name of the place right! Another spelling mistake that shines light on their fake expertise is found in paragraph three, where \"guerrilla\" is spelled with just one \"R\". This might not sound like much to you, kind and gentle reader, but it's a really clear tell to anyone versed in Spanish that the author doesn't have a clue about the language used in the country of focus. So you profess to be an expert on Colombia but you can't speak the language? Yeah right.\n\n2) Once again, we're told that all the trouble is caused by Marxist terrorists. Yet again, not a single peep about the far right wing terrorists that cause just as much mayhem in the rural areas of Colombia (i.e. where the gold is). In fact, Dashkov seems to fudge the word paramilitary with the word Marxist and has no clue about the difference between the two. Newsflash, dumbass; these people exist in large numbers today and are running drugs right through the places that you want to invest in. And they're toting guns. And they don't give a shit about Socialist policies.\n\n3) We're told by this note dated March 3rd that Uribe might get his way with the constitutional change. O RLY? Somebody tell this guy about the news out of Colombia on February 26th? JEESH!!!\n\n4) We are treated to a freshman dialectic device as old as the hills. This one is the \"well, people say that things are bad. This might be true, but point one point two point three etc etc point ninety-seven\". By making single mention of \"la violencia\" (WTF!) Dashkov then believes he has the right to wheel out point after point of the good stuff without decent examination of the negatives. Assholes, greenhorns and sheep, queue here.\n\n5) We get a lot of charts that mostly show percentage changes and no absolute figures, a tactic that always smacks of BS when you know how stats work. But we also get a line that goes \"The Colombian economy has fared better than its Latin American peer group\" which isn't backed up by any sort of proof. This is because it's utter bullshit. Here's the real story, as shown by quarterly GDP for Colombia as measured by the Colombian gov't DANE stats office (known for their independence and accuracy unlike the BS merchants of Argentina, Peru etc):\n\nYup, a clear hard landing and pathetic 2009. The first three quarters of 2009 aggregated a -1% drop in GDP. As for \"faring better than the LatAm peer group\", how about Panama at +2.4%, Argentina at +0.1%, Peru at +0.9% etc etc ad infinitum and star of them all Bolivia at +3.7%.\n\nAndrey Dashkov, you win this week's coveted award. You win it because you're a bullshit liar, a shame on your industry and a fake know-all about a country you clearly know nothing about. Drink your own Kool-Aid but don't brainwash others. Enjoy, dumbass:\n\nReader 'JC' who was perhaps the most forthright. I really can't put up his caption here but I can put up the comment he added to it:\n\n(inappropriate for publication, but no doubt true)\n\nReader 'S', a dude with a taste for the Kafka with:\n\nKlishtina: \"And then the pool boy says, `I am running an independent agency and I don't have to do what you say'\"Hillary: \"I hope you put him in his place!\"Translator: \"Oh did she ever!\"\n\nTo be honest, reader 'S' nearly won the prize cos he was the only one who put words in the mouth of the translator, but in the end the WINNAH WINNAH CHIKKIN DINNAH GOES TO TWEETIE, surely a human being destined for greatness if the wit and smarts shown here are any guide. Tweetie wins with:\n\nReally excellent, tweetie (and the more you know about Argentina the more you'll appreciate the fine-tuned humour contained in that single line). Congrats on the fine result and thanks to all for the guffaws this end, including the entries that didn't make the finals board. All good stuff.\n\nDorato Resources (DRI.v) up 8.5% at $0.89. So let's go over this again; the company gets its licence indefinitely suspended when at 82c and then two weeks later trades 10% higher. That's illogical, captain. Nothing like a one-sided round of bullshit and a whispering campaign from people that have been 100% wrong so far to get the Kool-Aid flowing, is there? You long this stock? You mad. Just ask IAMGold why it retired from this region last year to know your real chances of success. Possibility of mine being built in Cenepa zone Peru is precisely zero percent. That's all you need to know about this stock and any other junior pretending that it's got a winner around that region.\n\nTheNewCrystallex (EC.v) down 5.4% at $0.87. Darn, I cudda sworn this thing was at 97c when we last spoke. Hold on....it was! Wasn't it nice of those fine upstanding gentlemen to finally inform their flock about the Alca snafu this morning? You just know a company has its shareholders' interests at heart when it takes three days to pass on material changes.\n\nB2Gold (BTO.to) up 1.4% at $1.41 but was trading higher earlier. The company released an update report this morning linked here. and the thing I liked most about it wasn't the details (though the Orosi/Libertad news was definitely positive and the other sections weren't bad at all, either). Nah, the thing I liked is that the company gets all business out the way in one comprehensive news release. It's not trying to drip-feed the market with bullshit NR after bullshit NR over a period of weeks and months like so many other juniors. BTO goes \"look, here's what's happening at the company, all the info you need in a nice, clear and transparent way. Go deal with it\". It's far more professional the BTO way, folks.\n\nThe financing closes, the overallotment is fully taken up, the arbitrageurs have nothing left to play with and here's the result:\n\nPop!\n\nIt's nice to have the best small silver miner back in play after a month of quietness. Top volume too, with well over 1m shares done in the first two hours of playtime today. Don't forget to check out the new CIBC coverage on Fortuna (FVI.to). Disclosure: long (since like forever dude)\n\nIf you're wondering why Amarillo Gold (AGC.v) has suddenly managed to catch a break, get a few bids and move up today (we're $0.69 up 6.2% and with various buyers) after going through such a deathly quiet patch, it's probably due to this very well written report from Mickey Fulp on the company that went out to his subscribers last night (it's free to join his list, BTW...best bargain in junior mining).\n\nSo click that link and get your copy of the AGC.v report and get wise to this Brazil gold play that's been way under the radar for way too long.\n\nOn February 28th, Morgan Stanley came out with a new call on Colombia, which you can read pasted below (or download the single page PDF with a single piechart worth looking at here).\n\nColombia Strategy. Uribe denied re-election bid; Underweight Colombia\n\nInvestment conclusion: Political uncertainty in Colombia is rising and should limit short-term market performance. We reiterate our Underweight rating on Colombian equities and we will wait for an opportunity to buy the market when the local IGBC falls below 10,000 points (15% lower than the current 11,725-point level).\n\nWhat's new: Colombia\u2019s constitutional court ruled by 7-2 against conducting a referendum on allowing President Uribe to seek a third term in office. Recent polls suggest Mr. Uribe would secure almost 50% of the vote intentions in the May 2010 Presidential election. Hence, we believe the court\u2019s decision leaves the country with a political overhang in the short term(Exhibit 1)\n\nWhat this means for the market: We think the political uncertainty \u2013 the top four Presidential candidates combined have only 38% of the vote intentions in recent polls \u2013 will weigh heavily on the equity market over the next two months. The IGBC has been the best performing local index in the region (up 7.2% in U.S. dollar terms) year-to-date and it is now due for a correction, in our view.\n\nWhat\u2019s next: On the political front, there are two near term events to watch:\n\n1) The definition of the government\u2019s new Presidentialcandidate. Former Defense Minister Juan ManuelSantos, from the \u201cUnidad Nacional\u201d party, seems to bethe strongest contender; and\n\n2) Congressional elections scheduled for March 14.\n\nThe above shows the difference between the entangled web of lies known as politics and the refreshing honesty of the world capital markets. Or put more simply money talks, bullshit walks. While political analysts wring their hands over the loss of Uribe as President and have been trying to wrestle with the whole \"3rd term not good for democracy in Colombia\" compared to their gut feeling 'Uribe good' malarkey for months on end, the financial sphere just cuts to the chase. Morgan Stanley (and nearly everyone else out there in moneyland) would much prefer Uribe to play the dictator card, stay in power, screw over democratic niceties and KY Jelly the country's constitution yet again because it'd be good for their bottom lines.\n\nThat's how it is, like it or not,Oppenheimer. The USA likes a \"good\" LatAm dictator installed for decades on end. It's only when a \"bad\" dictator like Ch\u00e1vez turns up on the scene that cries and squeals for democratic process drown out the sound of the cash till. Morgan Stanley has that crystal clear when it calls the decision against Uribe running again as bad for biz. I applaud MS for telling it like it is and laugh out loud at hypocritical western media.\n\nThe best analysis on the Chile earthquake by the best analyst in Chile is yours for the reading here (permission granted by the author). Published yesterday evening, it's Armen Kouyoumdjian at his incisive, irreverent and politically incorrect best. Enjoy\n\nHERE, SEBASTIAN, IT IS ALL YOURS TO FIXBig Earthquake in Chile, Many Reputations Killed\n\nBy Armen Kouyoumdjian (kouyvina at cmet dot net)\n\nMarch 2nd , 2010\n\nIt is my habit to react quickly to major events, but an 85-hour power cut in our neighbourhood made me incommunicado by any electronic means, also cutting me off from TV coverage. We were also without water for much of that time. My main source of information were the two groups of radio stations which worked in chain and provided an excellent way of keeping in touch with what is going on. Now that services have been restored, here is my first look at the events of the past 4 days. I am glad to say that both myself and my family, as well as our house, suffered no consequences to speak off.\n\nI am not a seismic engineer, but some years ago I undertook a fairly extensive study about the possible effects on Chile of a major natural phenomenon, for the InterAmerican Development Bank, so I am fully aware of various technical aspects. I even think I mention there the particular risk of the Concepci\u00f3n area, (I have to find the file, but I just want to prevent the Roubini-type aparecidos, who will claim they all forecast it. An Israeli-born Turk! No faltaba menos. How much lower can you get?). However, this paper will mainly concentrate to other aspects.\n\nTHE QUAKE AND ITS COVERAGE From what we hear, the strength at the epicentre of this quake was the fifth most powerful since records have been kept. Also, the extent of the areas touched was unusual, ranging from the capital and central coast down to the south-central area of Concepci\u00f3n, the country\u2019s third largest town, and surrounding areas where the main thrust was.\n\nFor many journalists, both Chileans and foreign, the whole exercise for evaluating the damage was the body count. With the Chilean toll so far under 800 (but due to augment as many Tsunami victims have yet to be accounted for), when set against the 300,000 deaths of Haiti, the conclusion should be that \u201cwe\u2019re OK, then\u201d. With all respects to those dead, they have no more links to this valley of tears, and it is better to concentrate on those alive, and the physical damage.\n\nThe self-serving conclusions that came out of this misreading were amazing. Several publications talked about the \u201clittle damage\u201d due to the quality of Chilean management. One publication even headlined \u201cMilton Friedman Saves Chile\u201d. All forecast \u201ca quick recovery\u201d. Well, let us look at the truth, starting with just the earthquake damage.\n\nOn an early estimate, half a million dwellings may have been damaged beyond repair, leaving some 2 million people (one in eight of the population) homeless. Luckily there is still three weeks to summer, though the weather down South knows no seasons. Another million houses may have been damaged. Only 7 % of dwellings in Chile are covered by earthquake insurance.\n\nMuch of the road infrastructure in the epicentre region is in a bad way. Unfortunately, it is where forestry and other activities take place. The country\u2019s main harbours have had their moorings and jetties damaged, and are operating at best at half capacity. The wine industry has suffered an estimated U$ 600 million of damage, just as the grape harvest was starting. This is equivalent to half a year of exports, for a sector already beleaguered by competition and an overvalued peso. The fruit export industry is also in dire problems as power shortages and transport difficulties will affect the massive export trade.\n\nWith the US and several EU countries having advised against travelling to Chile, where the airport is unlikely to be operating in both directions until Friday, seminars, business and tourist trips have been cancelled and more will follow. Many tourists used to head towards the epicentre zone, but even in our neighbourhood Valparaiso, 400 kms from the centre of the quake, no less than 17 hotels have been damaged. The airport terminal building, operated by Vancouver airport, is a disaster area, and passengers are being processed in a tent on the tarmac. That is how it happened in the 1920\u2019s. The fuel tanks are also damaged. There used to be another airport in the south of Santiago, but it was dislodged to favour some property speculators with links to some high officials.\n\nIn Vi\u00f1a del Mar, no less than half a dozen high rise buildings of recent construction have to be demolished, as will several in Santiago too. Even dwellings which are OK from the outside have suffered major damage to the contents, which not everyone can afford to replace. In my son\u2019s bedroom, a printer flew from a shelf onto the bed at the other side of the room, one of the few such examples we suffered, but most others were not so lucky.\n\nPublic buildings gave not fared better. Shopping malls, theatres, historic buildings and even the Congress building in Valparaiso (where the March 11 change of government is to take place) and the seat of the foreign ministry in Santiago are in doubt. The newly built legal centre is close to collapse. Remember all this is 400 km away from the epicentre. You can imagine the state of houses and public buildings in the south. An 84 km underground water pipe supplying much of the Valparaiso area has a long stretch of damage, and we will have to be without water for a new bout of 48 hours when they decide to repair it.\n\nIn a country where most of internal merchandise moves by road, the situation of the roads is bound to affect the flow of the supply chain at all levels.\n\nIn all the country, 17 hospitals are heavily damaged of which 11 probably beyond repair.\n\nTHE DAMAGE\u2019S CAUSES Chile has strict anti-seismic construction norms, but much of the damage in the south, and older properties in general, were built before the norms, or from materials such as adobe (sun-dried mud bricks), which do not resist well. Inspection quality is not that good either through municipal personnel, and that of concessioned infrastructure either. Two stretches of the new Santiago ring road collapsed. These types of constructions were built under the \u201csupervision\u201d of 22-year recently graduated female Spanish civil engineers who were sent to Chile by the company actually holding the concession, but were more interested in spending time in Bellavista night spots picking up who they would shag that night. They had neither the experience nor authority to impose proper quality control on the already careless Chilean worker. A disaster waiting to happen.\n\nTHE OFFICIAL CALLOUS RESPONSE Except for the foreign journalists writing rubbish from their desks in Brooklyn and the aptly named Foggy Bottom area of Washington, there is a consensus that the official management of disaster relief has been, to put it mildly, seriously lacking.\n\nThere are various reasons. One is laziness, particularly because there was less than 2 weeks left of their tenure, so ministers, undersecretaries and other non-established employees basically did not care much. Many were on their last days of summer holidays, and they would be damned if they were going to explain to their wife and children that they had to get home 48 hours early because 2 million people were homeless and hungry. Applying this warning to the likes of France, Spain and Italy (referring to August), this habit of closing down the fucking country, office or institution for a whole month and go away has to stop. IT HAS TO STOP!\u201d. You can take holidays in the Summer only one year out of two, and the hell with what your spouse and children think. Government officials, senior staff, medical personnel and other such important people will have to be obliged to work one summer out of two, and those who are away be locumed by someone of their own level. No minister to be replaced in the interim by a director general (that would be lucky!), no admiral by a Lt. commander, etc..You don\u2019t like it, become a beach bum. Life does not stop because you are in Gstaad, Cancun or Buzios. When people ask me if there could be another Allende in Chile, I generally answer that I do not think so, but I do wish there is a Pol Pot.\n\nSpecific ministers showed where they priorities lay. The Defence minister delayed his first press conference because \u201cI need a smoke first\u201d. He might as well have smoked the whole packet because he then spoke to say that \u201ca tsunami in Chile is the same as a tsunami in Burundi. \u201c. Burundi being a country with no sea-shore, it would have been a difficult contest, but I could not write to El Mercurio to point to the failures of the teaching of geography in the country. It took four days for another reader to do so.\n\nRen\u00e9 Cortazar, minister of transport and telecommunications, two areas particularly crucial to the situation, was seen jogging near his house a few hours after the quake, instead of being in his office. Possibly the prize goes to the Interior Minister for commenting: \u201c24 hours after the quake is too early to start looting in despair\u201d.\n\nIt is not that nobody was expecting them. Emergency \u201ccommittees\u201d were organised years ago. Coastal cities have signs (bilingual if you please) advising the \u201ctsunami evacuation route\u201d. I think it was Von Moltke who said that \u201cno battle plan survives the first contact with the enemy\u201d. I would add, \u201cparticularly in Latin America\u201d.\n\nThe same specialist fire teams which were sent to Haiti only a few weeks ago, were ready to fly to look into a Concepcion building where 90 people were trapped. It took over 2 days to fly them out, and when they arrived to Concepcion airport, they found out that no ground transport had been arranged to take them into town. Once they started working, their equipment became useless but there were no replacements. There was also no fuel.\n\nTHE VIOLENCE On April 6, 2008, nearly two years ago, I wrote a futuristic paper about a Chile overtaken by uncontrollable violence, in 2010! Though it was kindly translated in Spanish too and widely circulated, nobody took it seriously. If you apologise for your past indifference, you can have a copy, but let me cite an extract (written TWO YEARS AGO).\n\n\u201cHowever, the most serious situation was in the Eastern residential suburbs. The protesters had reached 100,000, and it was not a demonstration, nor a riot. It was an uprising. The crowds went through district after district, looting, raping, burning and killing, but not before asking for the keys of all the cars parked outside, which they filled with all the goods they could carry. Police forces were sent in quantities, but they had neither the numbers, nor the equipment (and even less the enthusiasm) for a pitched battle of such proportions\u201d\n\nThe year 2015 being the finality of the events was taken in parallel with a very optimistic paper (in fact written in a psychedelic trance) by a Chilean academic economist, which predicted that in 2015 Chile would be like Switzerland whereas the rest of Latin America, dressed in rags, would be fighting over stray rats to eat. I wanted to give the alternative scenario. Interestingly, the economist lives in the USA.\n\nFor nearly three days, all law and order broke down in Concepcion and surrounding small towns. Gangs of several dozen started by looting supermarkets, initially to look for food, but then moved on to more expensive goods like electronics and clothing. Then they looted the chemist shops and the petrol stations. When there were no more businesses to loot, they started to enter private houses, both abandoned and occupied, and took away anything which had survived the quake. This then extended to parts of Santiago, not just the suburbs but some central parts of the capital.\n\nThe authorities thought they could control the situation by trebling the number of police, but the looters hardly took notice. In one area the police intervened not to arrest the culprits but ask them to queue and loot in an orderly fashion in order to avoid a stampede (I am not inventing this, I assure you).\n\nIt is only on the third day that the military, initially 6,000, now up to 14,000, entered the area, and imposed a curfew, but as far as business is concerned, most of the damage was already done. It is not clear if the insurance held by the large companies whose premises were affected includes riots and such public disorder. An initial estimate of their exposure (which is not the same as the amount of damage) by Chilean insurers is for U$ 2.6 bn of claims. Many if not most small businesses are not insured against anything.\n\nAs a result of the violence, many people (including 90 % of the staff at the country\u2019s largest public hospital, which happened to be in Concepcion) have stayed away from work to protect their family and belongings. This causes many other problems.\n\nTHE INVOLVEMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES Many people were surprised as why the armed forces, whose every purchase from the satellite to helicopters is described as designed to help with natural catastrophes, took some three days to get involved.\n\nBefore that, there was the incident about the tsunami alert. There is the old American joke about the sign hanging over a bar, which read: \u201cwe have an agreement with the banks : they do not sell beer and we do not cash cheques\u201d. It is not clear why in the XXIst century the navy should be in charge of civilian coastal matters, but quite frankly friends (and many are well known to me), please stay away of meteorology and seismology . I often laugh when in the early morning the local radio says the Navy weather service is predicting a cloudy day with no sunshine, when I see a bright blue sky from my window. As for earthquakes, there are just 7 specialists in Chile, and their number should be increased and a separate service set up.\n\nThis being said I do believe the Navy\u2019s version that they did warn of a possible tsunami, and it is probable that the authorities decided to ignore it (\u201cwe did not understand it\u201d was their excuse, although it was pretty clear), in order to avoid a \u201cpanic\u201d (obviously considered worse than many deaths), but even more probably because they could not be bothered with all the logistics of an evacuation.\n\nNow to the involvement of the military in relief logistics and maintaining order. On the first aspect, they cannot take initiatives of that kind without civilian orders. The air force said it was ready with all its available aircraft (what there is of it, how long are we going to wait before the Russian helicopter contract is signed? What were any helicopters doing when so many towns and coastal villages were isolated by road?), soon after the quake, but nobody told them to transport anything.\n\nOn law and order, the matter is more sensitive. The analysis that follows is my own for which I take sole responsibility. With states of exception and curfews imposed, and a shoot to kill policy, and despite the different circumstances, the similarity with the Pinochet years makes them nervous. In recent years, hundreds were prosecuted and many jailed for abuses, true enough, committed during the military government. However, the judges\u2019 wrath was limited to the uniformed executors whereas the civilians who gave the orders are prosperous politicians, businessmen, or consultants (or all the above). The military once again were made to carry the can for protecting the private sector from the \u201cBolshevik hordes\u201d, and got a kick in the back as a thank you. It is very easy to kill innocent people in the midst of looting and rioting, and I can quite understand that they were reluctant to be involved. On the other hand, their strong participation now has allowed them to show that far from being obsolete, they are still very much needed institutions.\n\nThe Navy and the Air force have particular problems. The navy\u2019s major base in Talcahuano, the port city of Concepcion, including its ASMAR shipyard, were heavily damaged. ASMAR repairs and builds vessels for other countries too. The Air Force has to decide if it cancels or maintains the FIDAE 2010 air show, due that the end of march. There is no news if the ad hoc installations in the base next to Santiago airport were damaged to any extent, and the slow return to normality of the airport itself is a hindrance. On the other hand, preparations by organisers and exhibitors alike are very advanced and a cancellation may mean a loss of credibility and put at risk the whole future of the show.\n\nTHE REACTION OF BUSINESS A lot of businesses (in some small towns near the epicentre, and in Concepcion itself) have been pillaged, so the shortage of supplies has been accompanied by a rise in price, just in areas where people lost everything. From bread to public transport, prices have as much as doubled.\n\nBig business has also been its usual heartless self . When asked by the government to donate food for distribution, Horst Paulmann of CENCOSUD, the Gauleiter of retail in Chile, answered that they would sell it to the authorities and it was up to them if they wanted to donate it. He also insisted that the press should not cover lootings because \u201cit encouraged others\u201d.\n\nTHE END OF MODERNITY AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES Thank heavens for small mercies, at least the quake happened before any nuclear power stations were built. With the same approach to security, we would all be irradiated by now.\n\nThe Pi\u00f1era administration will have to reshuffle its whole game plans and instead of progress and modernisation, will mainly have to reconstruct and heal. The only way they can show they are different is to build real houses rather than shacks. Prospects are not good, as it has not been done in other earthquake zones when only a few thousand people were involved. What about two million?\n\nLet this tropical striptease by the \u201cmodern\u201d country the OECD thought it was giving its membership card to, be a lesson to all the blind analysts and journalists. I am also appalled that all these countries who always claim they have no money to pay for modest consultancy fees suddenly find millions to help a country\u2019s inept management, on top of inviting them to freebie trips abroad. Just wait until you ask me for help next time. I will shake more than a terminal Parkinson patient.\n\nHUEVADA DE LA SEMANA To all the useless idiots who thought life was limited to mobile phones, Facebooks and Twitter messages. The emergency and police services who replaced their old fashioned radios by mobile phones, were left high and dry like eunuchs at an orgy. Now people use their mobiles to communicate, to take photographs, to listen to radio or loaded music archives, as an alarm clock, a torchlight and even as a sexual stimulator, they should realise that once the power runs out you have NOTHING. If I had no power for 85 hours in an undamaged house 400kms from the epicentre, just imagine how easy it is to communicate in the Concepcion area.\n\nThis was another warning by the Gods to those who think they have dominated the elements nad all aspects of life.\n\nSo let's see what CIBC thinks of Fortuna Silver (FVI.to) all of a sudden:\n\nAs of March 2, we are initiating coverage of Fortuna Silver with a Sector Outperformer rating and a 12- to 18-month price target of C$3.75, which is based on a 2011E P/CF multiple of 10x and a P/NAV multiple of 1.7x. Our multiples reflect excellent growth tempered by the stature of the company.\n\nWe believe Fortuna has one of the best operations teams in the junior silver producer space, which is evident by unit cost control at Caylloma and the free cash flow generation over the past three years.\n\nIn 2010, we believe that production growth will trump almost all other valuations and that Fortuna will deliver this growth with the commissioning of the San Jose project, which is expected to be in commercial production in late 2011.\n\nFlexibility and exploration upside at Caylloma, combined with additional precious metals revenue from San Jose, give Fortuna the ability to match production with prevailing metal prices and ensure high operating margins into the future.\n\nSo nice of them to join the party. Get the full analysis as a PDF download from this link right here.\n\n3/2/10\n\nCopper Mountain (CUM.to) up 2.6% at $2.39. I haven't caught up with the presentation myself yet (far too busy with the important stuff of playing with kids on a hot summer's day) but I've been told by two separate mailers that CUM.to did a great job at its BMO presentation in Miami yesterday. The downside? Liked by the can of corn. DYODD, dude.\n\nMag Silver (MVG) up 1.8% at U$6.80. Still not setting the world alight (as it darn well should, given the rocks) but has been moving up slow'n'steady for a week now.\n\nAnimas Resources (ANI.v) down 1.1% at $0.455 on normal volumes. What is it with ANI these days and why is it trading like a dog? The people are solid and the plan makes sense, so let's keep watching those drill returns. No position here and no rush to buy, either.\n\nTheNewCrystallex (EC.v) up 2.1% at $0.97. So any news on that deal with Alca that was delayed once and then subject to \"a new closing to be on or before 28 February 2010\"? Long term shareholders already know what it feels like to be slaughtered by Slaughter. Nothing changes much, does it?\n\nNews is good. The financing has closed right on schedule and the full overallotment has been taken up. Here's the company blurb:\n\nFortuna Silver Mines Inc. (\"Fortuna\")(TSX:FVI)(BVLAC:FVI) is pleased to announce it has closed the previously announced public offering of 15,007,500 common shares at a price of $2.30 per common share for gross proceeds to Fortuna of $34,517,250 (the \"Offering\"). The Company filed a final short form prospectus in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario in connection with the Offering on February 18, 2010. CIBC World Markets Inc. and Canaccord Financial Ltd. acted as co-lead underwriters in connection with the Offering together with BMO Capital Markets (the \"Underwriters\"). The Offering includes the exercise in full of the over-allotment by the Underwriters.\n\nThe net proceeds of the Offering will be used to fund construction of the Company's 100% owned San Jose project in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico and for general corporate purposes.\n\nChile's second largest city has suffered from plenty of looting in the last 72 hours. Last night another 7,000 troops were ordered into the city to \"restore order\" (gov't phrase) after one particular incident caught major headlines. A four-storey Alvi department store in the city centre was set on fire by looters (by throwing a molotov through the window) after being sacked as an attempt to cover their tracks and the whole thing went up in flames, spectacular-style. Five other large stores were attacked in the same way, but those fires were brought under control.\n\nThere have been calls from some quarters (amazingly enough, the biz community) that say the looting hasn't amounted to much. This may be, but it doesn't explain why populations are now grouping together at night, lighting bonfires in their neighbourhoods (for lack of street lighting) and forming what amounts to vigilante groups to protect their properties from the looting gangs. The need for food is one thing, but there are no empty bellies in the earthquake zone of Chile, unlike that of Haiti. The \"need\" to steal a laptop or an iPhone from a department store comes from a different level of the human psyche.\n\nThis corner of cyberspace has made mention on more than one occasion that the GINI coefficient of Chile is the second highest in all LatAm (the highest being Paraguay), which indicates that the gap between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' in Chile is very large. Yes for sure the country has grown economically, but there's clearly a large section of Chileans that haven't been included in the franchise. All this came to mind when reading this report in Clar\u00edn this morning that smacks more of truth than a lot of pro-Chile rah rah supporters would like it to. Here's an extract, translated:\n\n\"New sackings and the later arson of a supermarket and store in the city of Concepci\u00f3n and thefts in broad daylight in coastal towns affected by the tsunami such as Talcahuano and Coronel, saw (president-elect Sebastian) Pi\u00f1era demand more hardline actions. \"Re-establishing public order is primordial\", he said soon after hearing that the army had not yet mobilized the 10,000 soliders that President Bachelet had ordered in.\n\n\"What this tragedy has laid bare is the profound social divisions that still exist in Chile despite all the efforts of the last 20 year of successive Concertaci\u00f3n (centre-left, pro free-market) governments. The first government of Patricio Aylwin managed to raise nearly 30% of the population out of the poverty brought on by the Pinochet dictatorship. The work continued to greater or lesser effect in the successive governments of Frei, Lagos and Bachelet. Above all, Chile has seen substantial macroeconomic growth that has allowed large amounts of lower middle class socioeconomic groups to be included in the formal economy. But it has not been enough. In the last three days thousands of people from the most unprotected social classes, who mostly voted for the Concertaci\u00f3n according to polls, have started an previously unheard of pillage. Pi\u00f1era will assume the presidency next week with the enormous challenge of facing a collapsed country with material damage estimated at U$30Bn and a social division that had not expressed itself in such a crude manner until the ground began to shake a little before 4am on Saturday.\"\n\nOh noes! The esteemed readership of IKN (that means you) is called upon once again to add free content to the blerg. All you need to do is send in to the normal address (or post in the comments section) what's being said in this photo, taken yesterday:\n\nThe best entry gets its own post tomorrow evening (to give time for the e-mail readers to have a crack tomorrow morning). And yeah, there's a prize. A big one. Errrr.....I'll think of something.\n\n3/1/10\n\nWin 25 ounces of silver just by signing up for NRs from a junor miner IR company. That's U$412 of metal but if you win it don't sell cos it'll look real chunky-pretty. Oh yeah, one thing; residents of Canada only.\n\nThe reason Petaquilla Gold (PTQ.to) has been dropping recently? According to Panama's Prensa, it's because convicted narcotrafficker Richard Fifer wants to sit in the big office again and has been causing seven types of caca at head office, puking and farting all over the people that previously eased him out (which made the stock shoot up).\n\nSome NASA boffin says the Chilean earthquake has altered the earth's orbital axis by eight centimetres and made the days shorter (by the amount of time it takes light to travel across a soccer pitch or summink, but hey....all good scientifun). Just thought you'd be interested.\n\nOn Feb 24th, Claudia Larissa Brizuela, 36, was shot dead by masked assassins when answering her door in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. She was the daughter of the well-known social activist Pedro Brizuela, one of the leaders of the Honduras movement \"Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular\" (FNRP) that also counted on Clarissa as an active member.\n\nThe assassination came the day before a large protest march by the FNRP in Honduras. It also came on Clarissa's 36th birthday. She leaves behind a husband and two sons, Said, 2, and Eduard, 8.\n\nThis is the third openly political assassination recorded in Honduras since new president Porfirio Lobo took power. The other victims, Vanessa Zepeda and Julio F\u00fanez, were also killed in similar style as Clarissa, the M.O being a small band of paramilitaries that used multiple shots to the head at close range.\n\nPeru copper plays seem all the rage this morning, what with Chariot selling to the Chinese and Antares (ANM.v) up over 11% right now on the (kinda delayed) reaction to its very smart resource update published Friday.\n\nTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 1, 2010) - Chariot Resources Limited (TSX:CHDNews; \"Chariot\") announced today that it has entered into an arrangement agreement (the \"Arrangement Agreement\") with China Sci-Tech Holdings Limited (HKSE:985) (\"China Sci-Tech\") pursuant to which China Sci-Tech has agreed to acquire through an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement (the \"Arrangement\"), all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Chariot at a price of $0.67 in cash per common share (the \"Consideration\").continues here\n\nSo much for my thoughts in IKN43 about this one possibly dragging on (but I did get the buyer nationality right....that was easy, though). The announcement also coincides with the first day of activity of the new Free Trade Agreement between Peru and China....nothing like a bit of symbolism, is there?\n\nThe deal values CHD.to at a touch under $245m mkt cap. Lukas Lundin will be glad to see the back of this one.\n\nJos\u00e9 Alberto Mujica Cordano, known to friend and foe alike as 'Pepe', takes Uruguay's top job today. Aged 74, he's the oldest President in Uruguay's history, from the same party as the very popular ougoing Prez Tabar\u00e9 Vasquez and also the owner of a good turn of phrase. This morning Pep\u00e9 told the press corps, \"Today is heaven, tomorrow begins the purgatory.\"\n\nHere's an excerpt from IKN43 out yesterday. In the subscription weekly there's a whole analysis of the situation that follows the translation bit here, but that's not going on the open blog. You have Ecuador exposure in your portfolio? Take a good read of this:\n\nEcuador: CONAIE agrees and makes its final declaration\n\nAs reported last week, Ecuador\u2019s indigenous umbrella group CONAIE has been in extraordinary general meeting to decide its position vis-\u00e1-vis the Correa government. On Friday it issued its final declaration (11) which is currently only available in Spanish but I hear an English version will be available soon. The declaration has 21 points, from which I\u2019m selecting the ones that matter to us interested in the extraction industries.\n\n1) End the dialogue with the National Government due to its lack of political will, disrespect for the rights of indigenous nations and peoples and for showing no type of result in the dialogue process to date.\n\n2) Invoke a plurinational uprising in Ecuador coordinated with distinct social sectors and preceded by protests and concrete actions, against the neoliberal and extractive policies applied by the government of Rafael Correa.\n\n...................................\n\n14) Prohibit the entry and interference of governmental authorities in indigenous territories, as a show of our collective rights, indigenous justice and right to freedom\n\n15) Declare null and void the adjudications, concessions and authorizations for mining, petroleum, forestry, environmental service, pharmaceutical, hydroelectric and mangrove industries made by the Ecuador state in our lands and ancestral territories.\n\n16) Demand that the constitutional court answers our petition of unconstitutionality and other actions made public by CONAIE concerning the Mining Law, the executive decree on intercultural bilingual education, Codenpe, the environmental licence for (petroleum) block 31 and other demands made by CONAIE.\n\n17) Expulsion of national and international mining and petroleum companies located in indigenous lands and territories.\n\n18) The defence and of non-admission of mining, petroleum or forestry exploitation by national and international companies in the Wuaorani territory made up of 32 peoples, including the voluntarily isolated peoples (Tagaeris, Taromenane, O\u00f1amenani and others) that hold an ancestral possession of more than two thousand hectares where block 31 and ITT is located.\n\nTotal Pageviews\n\nThe information and opinions contained within this site reflect the personal views of Inca Kola News and therefore all material within should not be construed as accurate or reliable or be utilized as advice for investment or business purposes. 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-{"text": "Nation Builders Corps initiative waste of money \u2013 IMANI Ghana\n\nNovember 21, 2017\n\nPolicy think tank, IMANI Ghana, is of the view that government\u2019s decision to set up what it calls a Nation Builders Corps (NBC), which seeks to employ over 100,000 graduates with a budgetary allocation of Ghc600 million, is just a duplication of the mandate of the National Service Scheme.\n\nAccording to the think tank, although the mode of financing the programme has not yet been put out, the GHc600 million set aside to pay wages of graduates who would be captured under the NBC is too much and a \u201cwaste of money.\u201d\n\nFinance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, whilst presenting the 2018 budget statement in Parliament last Wednesday, announced the policy, projecting that the initiative will give jobs to 100,000 graduates by the close of 2018.\n\nBut President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, said the amount can be pumped into the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NIEP) or better still the agricultural sector.\n\n\u201cWe are yet to see the details of the financing arrangement, but what we\u2019ve seen so far unfortunately may be going to a lot of sectors that have been in existence long ago. It means that if people are going to employed to be taking care of our healthcare institutions, I don\u2019t know if they will be doing extensive services in education because that has also been mentioned and revenue generation which have all not been clearly defined. It appears to us that these are not necessarily different from what the national service really does.\u201d\n\n\u201cSo in a way, we were thinking that to spend a hefty sum of almost GHc600 million to create jobs that are transient jobs basically, and not necessarily adding to the productive capabilities of the country, looks as if it is a waste of money,\u201d Mr. Cudjoe added.\n\nIMANI\u2019s President also explained that, his team believes the NBC budgetary allocation could have been used to support the NEIP, saying \u201cwe think that is about the most truly entrepreneurial entity, I mean let\u2019s do something and get money and get out of the way.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe would have thought that the GHc60 million that went to NEIP could have seen some complementarity with this nation builders corps. Truly if it were to be entrepreneurial, it also means it has to be competitive. Unfortunately, these funds that will be used as payment for graduates who will be employed in these sectors are not going to be competitively sought for, and we feel that is not truly entrepreneurial,\u201d he added.\n\nPolicy incoherence\n\nIMANI Ghana had in its assessment of the 2018 budget statement described the NBC as a \u201creflection of policy incoherence, and a myopic approach to solving the graduate unemployment challenge.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe focus of the 2018 budget is to revamp agriculture for food sustainability and feeding the numerous factories to be established under the 1-district-1-factory policy. Interestingly, the amount allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture, which is annually inadequate, was cut by 21 percent. The decrease is likely to affect productivity outcomes in the sector. However, the elephant in the room is the ageing cocoa and food crop farmers and the low interest of the youth to venture into agriculture. One would have thought a policy to engage graduates across the country would centre on finding innovative solutions to encourage graduates into agriculture,\u201d the think tank said in its report."}
-{"text": "We're having technical problem. If the price don't match the discount price, please \"Refresh\" the page. Thank you for your understanding!\n\nDrug Testing News BLOG\n\nSan Diego, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) September 07, 2007-- TestCountry, a leading distributor of medical and diagnostics test kits, announced today that it has been named to the #239 spot on the 2007 Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the U.S. The company logged a three-year revenue growth of 972.7% by selling a wide array of collection kits for fertility and pregnancy, DNA and paternity, substance abuse, early disease detection and other purposes for both home and corporate users.\n\n\"Our growth is being driven by the escalating demand for fast, convenient and confidential home and corporate testing solutions, whether to help parents discreetly test children for drug use, help couples predict ovulation, or reunite families through DNA testing that can establish genetic ties,\" said Serhat Pala, President & CEO of TestCountry. \"Being named to the Inc. 500 is a major achievement that is a credit to our quality products, our approach to the market, and the strength of our partner network.\"\n\nThe 2007 Inc. 500 list, published by Inc. magazine, measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based, privately held, and independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies) as of December 31, 2006, with at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003 and $2 million in 2006.\n\n\"If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,\" said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. \"These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine's tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.\"\n\nAbout TestCountry\n\nTestCountry.com is an online home test kit superstore. The company offers home or work drug test kits for a variety of needs, including HIV / AIDS testing kits, pregnancy and fertility testing, paternity and DNA testing, substance use testing, health hazard detection, disease and cancer detection, and nutrition and wellness testing. TestCountry specializes in easy-to-use tests that can be individually administered in the security and privacy of a home or office. All shipments are packaged discreetly, thus respecting the privacy of clients. The company operates exclusively through their website, and features a question and answer section providing responses to many common concerns users may have related to the various types of home testing."}
-{"text": "Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia."}
-{"text": "Glenn Close\n\nGlenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress, singer and producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Tony Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, she has more nominations without a win than any other living actor, and holds the record for being the actress with the most nominations without winning. In 2016, Close was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Born to the surgeon William Close in Greenwich, Connecticut, Close majored in theater and anthropology at the College of William & Mary. She began her professional career on stage in 1974 with Love for Love and was mostly a New York stage actress until the early 1980s. Her work included Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut came in The World According to Garp (1982), which was followed by supporting roles in the films The Big Chill (1983) and The Natural (1984); all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Close went on to establish herself with lead roles in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress.\n\nClose has been married three times, and she has a daughter from her relationship with producer John Starke. She is the president of Trillium Productions and has co-founded the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians, and is vocal on issues such as gay marriage, women's rights, and mental health.\n\nDuring her childhood, Close lived with her parents in a stone cottage on her maternal grandfather's estate in Greenwich. Close has credited her acting abilities to her early years: \"I have no doubt that the days I spent running free in the evocative Connecticut countryside with an unfettered imagination, playing whatever character our games demanded, is one of the reasons that acting has always seemed so natural to me.\"[6] Although Close has an affluent background, she has stated that her family chose not to participate in WASP society. She would also avoid mentioning her birthplace whenever asked because she did not want people to think she was a \"dilettante who didn't have to work.\"[7]\n\nWhen Close was seven years old, her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament (MRA), a movement in which her family remained involved for fifteen years. During this period, Close's family lived in communal centers. Close has described MRA as a \"cult\" that dictated every aspect of her life, from the clothes that had to be worn to what she was allowed to say. She once stated that her desire to become an actress allowed her to break away from MRA, adding: \"I have long [ago] forgiven my parents for any of this. They had their reasons for doing what they did, and I understand them. It had terrible effects on their kids, but that\u2019s the way it is. We all try to survive, right? And I think what actually saved me more than anything was my desire to be an actress.\"[8] She spent time in Switzerland when studying at St. George's School in Switzerland.\n\nClose traveled for several years in the mid-to-late 1960s with a singing group called Up With People and attended Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall), graduating in 1965.[9] During her time in Up With People, Close organized a small singing group called the Green Glenn Singers, consisting of herself, Kathe Green, Jennie Dorn, and Vee Entwistle. The group's stated mission was \"to write and sing songs which would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live.\"[10]\n\nWhen she was 22, Close broke away from MRA.[11] She attended The College of William & Mary, double majoring in theater and anthropology. During her senior year of college, Close became inspired to pursue a career in acting after watching an interview of Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show.[12] It was in the College's theater department that Close began to train as a serious actor under Howard Scammon, William and Mary's long-time professor of theater. During her years at school in Williamsburg, she also starred in the summer-time outdoor drama, \"The Common Glory,\" written by Pulitzer Prize author Paul Green.[13] She was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.[14] Through the years, Close has returned to William & Mary to lecture and to visit the theater department. In 1989, Close was the commencement speaker at William & Mary and received an honorary doctor of arts degree.\n\nCareer\n\nFilm\n\nEarly roles and breakthrough (1980\u201389)\n\nIn 1980, director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway and asked her to audition with Robin Williams for a role in The World According to Garp, which would become her first film role.[15]\nThe 1980s proved to be Close's most successful decade in Hollywood. She made her debut film performance in The World According to Garp which earned Close her first Oscar nomination. She played Robin Williams' mother, despite being just four years older. The following year she played Sarah Cooper in The Big Chill, a character that director Lawrence Kasdan said he specifically wrote for her. The movie received positive reviews and was a financial success. Close became the third actor to receive a Tony, Emmy, and Oscar (Academy Award) nomination all in the same calendar year after the release of The Big Chill.\n\nIn 1984 Close was given a part in Robert Redford's baseball drama The Natural, and although it was a small supporting role she earned a third consecutive Oscar nomination. Close, to this day, credits her nomination to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, stating ''That hat was designed so the sunlight would come through. We waited for a certain time of day, so the sun was shining through the back of the stadium. And he had a lens that muted the people around me. It was an incredibly well thought-out shot. And I honestly think that's the reason I got nominated.''[16] Close also starred opposite Robert Duvall in the drama The Stone Boy (1984), a film about a family coping after their youngest child accidentally kills his older brother in a hunting accident.\n\nEventually, Close began to seek different roles to play because she did not want to be typecast as a motherly figure.[17] She starred in the 1985 romantic comedy Maxie, alongside Mandy Patinkin. Close was given favorable reviews and even received her second Golden Globe Award nomination, but the movie was critically panned and under-performed at the box office.[18][19] In 1985 Close starred in the legal thriller Jagged Edge, opposite Jeff Bridges. Initially, Jane Fonda was attached to the role, but was replaced with Close when she requested changes in the script. Producer Martin Ransohoff was against the casting of Close because he said she was \"too ugly\" for the part. Close eventually heard about this and said she didn't want Ransohoff on set while she was making her scenes. Director Richard Marquand stood by her side and sent Ransohoff away. Infuriated, Ransohoff went to the studio heads trying to get Close and Marquand fired from the picture. The studio refused, stating they were pleased with their work in the film.[20]Jagged Edge received favorable to positive reviews and grossed $40-million on a $15-million budget.[21]\n\nIn 1987, Close played the disturbed book editor Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction; this was the role that propelled her into stardom. The movie became a huge box-office success, the highest-grossing film worldwide of that year. The character of Alex Forrest has been considered one of Close's most iconic roles; the phrase \"bunny boiler\" has even been added to the dictionary, referring to a scene from the movie.\n\nDuring the re-shoot of the ending, Close suffered a concussion from one of the takes when her head smashed against a mirror. After being rushed to the hospital, she discovered, much to her horror, that she was actually a few weeks pregnant with her daughter. Close stated in an interview that, \"Fatal Attraction was really the first part that took me away from the Jenny Fields, Sarah Coopers\u2014good, nurturing women roles. I did more preparation for that film than I've ever done.\"[17] Close received her fourth Oscar nomination for this role[22] and also won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress.[citation needed]\n\nShe played a scheming aristocrat, the Marquise de Merteuil, in 1988's Dangerous Liaisons.[14] Close earned stellar reviews for this performance, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.[23] In addition, she received her first BAFTA nomination but did not win. Close's final film role of the decade was Immediate Family (1989), a drama about a married couple seeking to adopt a child. Producer Lawrence Kasdan had Close star in the film, as he directed her previously in The Big Chill.\n\nClose appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper (1994), directed by her good friend Ron Howard. She would go on to appear in the alien invasion satire Mars Attacks! (1996) as The First Lady and as the sinister Cruella de Vil in the Disney hit 101 Dalmatians. Close's portrayal of Cruella de Vil was universally praised and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a comedy. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $320.6 million in theaters against a $75 million budget. The following year, Close appeared in another box office hit with Air Force One (1997), playing the trustworthy vice president to Harrison Ford's president. Ford stated in an interview that the role of the vice president was already written for a woman and that he personally chose Close for the role after meeting her at a birthday party for then-president Bill Clinton.[27] Close would later star in the war film Paradise Road (1997) as a choir conductor of the women imprisoned by the Japanese in World War II. In 1999, Close provided the voice of Kala in Disney's animated film Tarzan. She later went on to receive great reviews for her comedic role as Camille Dixon in Cookie's Fortune (1999).[28]\n\nIn 2007, she acted alongside her friend and previous co-star Meryl Streep in the ensemble drama Evening. This would be Close's final theatrical film role of the decade, since she began to star in her own television series, Damages (2007). Close was asked about her contributions to independent films, to which she responded \"I love the casts that gather around a good piece of writing certainly not for the money but because it is good and challenging. Sometimes I've taken a role for one scene that I thought was phenomenal. Also my presence can help them get money, so it's I think a way for me to give back.\"[31]\n\nReturn to film (2011\u2013present)\n\nIn December 2010, Close began filming Albert Nobbs in Dublin. She had previously won an Obie in 1982 for her role in the play on stage. She had been working on the film, in which she appeared alongside 101 Dalmatians co-star Mark Williams, for almost 20 years, and aside from starring in it, she co-wrote the screenplay and produced the film.[32][33] Close expressed that it became more important for her to make this film to stimulate conversations about transgender issues, \"There came a point where I asked, 'Am I willing to live the rest of my life having given up on this?' And I said, 'No I won't.' Some people will change their point of view, and those who are either too old, or too blinkered, to accept the beauty of difference will just have to 'die off'.\"[34] In the film, Close played the title role of Albert Nobbs, a woman living her life as a man in 19th century Ireland after being sexually assaulted as a young girl. While the film itself received mixed reviews, Close received rave reviews, as it was noted for being her most subtle and introverted performance yet and a departure from her other roles.\n\nClose was asked about the fact of not having an Oscar during the film's awards campaign, for which she answered: \"And I remember being astounded that I met some people who were really kind of almost hyper-ventilating as to whether they were going to win or not, and I have never understood that. Because if you just do the simple math, the amount of people who are in our two unions, the amount of people who in our profession are out of work at any given time, the amount of movies that are made every year, and then you're one of five. How could you possibly think of yourself as a loser?\"[35]\n\nThe Lion in Winter and The Shield (2003\u201306)\n\nIn 2003, Close played Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime produced film The Lion in Winter. Close won a Golden Globe and Screen Actor's Guild award for her performance. In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played Monica Rawling, a no-nonsense precinct captain, this became her first TV role in a series. Close stated that she made the right move because television was in a \"golden era\" and the quality of some programs had already risen to the standards of film.[48]John Landgraf, CEO of FX, stated that network was the \"first to bring a female movie star of Glenn Close\u2019s stature to television.\" He also credits her collaboration with the network with promoting roles for women on television, as well as influencing other film actors to switch to the small screen.[49][50]\n\n\"I think this character did a lot for women on television because she was unapologetic. She was brilliant and good at what she did. Some people would say 'she's evil' or 'she's a bitch,' but they've always said that about women who were powerful.\"\n\u2014Close discussing her Damages character, Patty Hewes[15]\n\nDamages and critical acclaim (2007\u2013present)\n\nShortly after her stint on The Shield, Close was approached by FX executives who pitched a television series for her to star in. In 2007, Close played the ruthless and brilliant lawyer Patty Hewes on Damages for five seasons. Her portrayal of this character was met with rave reviews and a plethora of award nominations, in addition she went on to win two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series.[51] Close's win also made her the first Best Actress winner in a drama series at the Emmy's for a cable show. Throughout the show's run, she became one of the highest paid actresses on cable, earning $200,000 per episode.[52] Close stated that her role of Patty Hewes was the role of her life. She also kept in contact with her co-star Rose Byrne, and the two have become friends. After the series ended, Close stated that she would not return to television in a regular role, but that she was open to do a miniseries or guest spot.[53]\n\nIn 2017, Close starred in a half hour comedy pilot for Amazon, titled Sea Oak. The pilot premiered online with viewers voting to choose if it wanted Amazon to produce the series. Although it received favorable reviews it was not picked up.[54]\n\nTheatre\n\nProfessional debut (1974\u201380)\n\nClose started her professional stage career in 1974 at the age of 27 and her film work in 1982 at 35.[14] In her senior year of college, she called her school's theater department to be nominated for a series of auditions through the University Resident Theatre Association and TCG.[14] Eventually, she was given a callback and hired for one season to do three plays at the Helen Hayes Theatre, one of those plays being Love for Love directed by Hal Prince.[55] She continued to appear in many Broadway and Off-Broadway plays in the 1970s and early 1980s.\nClose has had an extensive career performing in Broadway musicals. She began performing in 1974, and received her first Tony Award nomination in 1980 for Barnum.\n\nSunset Boulevard and further success (1981\u20132002)\n\nOne of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard, for which Close won her third Tony Award, playing the role on Broadway in 1993-94.[14] For her role, Close was met with critical acclaim. David Richards of The New York Times wrote in 1994 that \"Glenn is giving one of those legendary performances people will be talking about years from now. The actress takes breathtaking risks, venturing so far out on a limb at times that you fear it will snap. It doesn't.\"[56]\n\nIn October 2014, Close returned to Broadway in the starring role of Agnes in Pam MacKinnon's revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance at the Golden Theatre. Her co-stars were John Lithgow as Tobias, Martha Plimpton as Julia and Lindsay Duncan as Claire. The production grossed $884,596 over eight preview performances during the week ending Oct. 25, setting a new house record at the Golden Theatre. The production received mixed reviews, although the cast was praised.[2][59]\n\nThe ENO London production of Sunset Boulevard transferred to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, with Close reprising her role. It opened on February 9, 2017 in a limited run, selling tickets through June 25, 2017. The production features a 40-piece orchestra, the largest in Broadway history.[65][66][67] Close in particular was lauded by critics for her new incarnation of Norma Desmond. As The New York Times called it \"one of the great stage performances of this century.\"[68]Variety, Parade, The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly also gave the new production positive reviews.[69][70][71]\n\nIn 2018, Close made a return to the stage, where, from September to December, she featured in the Off-Broadway play, Mother of the Maid, at the Public Theater in New York City.[72]\n\nReception, acting style, and legacy\n\n\"I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It's molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera.\"\n\u2014 Glenn Close on acting[74]\n\nClose is regarded as an extraordinarily versatile actress with an immersive acting style.[75] In 1995, Close guest-starred on Inside the Actors Studio to discuss her film career. James Lipton described her as an actor who \"can find an outstanding number of layers in a role or a single moment; she is a supple actor who performs subtle feats.\"[14] Close is also professionally trained by acting coach Harold Guskin, who also mentored Kevin Kline, Bridget Fonda and James Gandolfini. Working with Guskin, Close learned several important lessons, which she said she's applied to her career as well as her life. One such lesson, she claims, was to \"read the lines off the page\" and remembering to breathe. Close states, \"You have to maintain a certain openness, and if you don't maintain that, you lose something vital as an actor. It's how we're wired, and it's not a bad thing.\"[76] Close says that she went to every rehearsal in order to master her acting skills .[77][78]\n\nOn method acting, Close claims that while she found it an interesting technique, it was not her preferred style.[79] Although Close does extensive research and preparation for her roles, she also relies less on the technicality of a performance saying, \"Good acting I think is like being a magician, in that you make people believe; because it's only when they believe that they are moved. And I want people to get emotionally involved. I think technique is important but it isn't everything. You can have a great technical actor who'll leave people cold. That's not my idea of great acting. As audience, I don't want to be aware of acting.\"[80] Longtime collaborator and playwright Christopher Hampton describes Close an actress who can very easily convey \"a sense of strength and intelligence.\" Hampton worked on Sunset Boulevard and the stage production of Dangerous Liaisions, later casting Close in the movie version of the latter production.[81] \"Glenn is often described as having a glacial or distant quality about her, but in person she's the absolute opposite: warm and intimate,\" says the actor Iain Glen, who co-starred with her in the 2002 stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire. \"She was able to bring strength to the role, she was able to completely access that vulnerability. There was a real softness to her.\"[81]\n\nHowever, Close is consistently praised for her roles as the villain or antagonist in her performances.[82][83] Her character in Fatal Attraction was ranked number 7 on AFI's 100 years...100 heroes and villains list.[84] Regarding her role in the series Damages, The New York Times remarked, \"There is no actor dead or alive as scary as a smiling Glenn Close.\"[85] Journalist Christopher Hooton also praised her, saying, \"Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Al Pacino, and many others have a surprising danger in them. They're a little scary to be around, because you feel they might jump you or blow up at you at any time. They are ticking time bombs.\"[86] Film historian Cari Beauchamp has stated, \"When you look at the top 10 actresses of the past 80 years, since sound came in, first you have Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep \u2013 but I think Glenn Close is definitely in that list, it's a combination of her guts, in the roles she chooses, and her perseverance. Frankly, she's taken roles that are more challenging than a lot of other people.\"[87]\n\nPersonal life\n\nRelationships and family\n\nClose has been married three times, with each marriage ending in divorce. Her first marriage\u2014which Close has described as \"kind of an arranged marriage\"\u2014ended before she attended college.[92] From 1969 to 1971, Close was married to Cabot Wade, a guitarist and songwriter with whom she had performed during her time at Up with People.[93] She was married to businessman James Marlas from 1984 to 1987.[93] Later, Close began a relationship with producer John Starke, whom she had met on the set of The World According to Garp.[93] Their daughter, Annie Starke, was born in 1988 and is an actress.[94] Close and Starke separated in 1991.[93] In 1995, Close was engaged to carpenter Steve Beers, who had worked on Sunset Boulevard; the two never married, and their relationship ended in 1999.[93] In February 2006, Close married executive and venture capitalist David Evans Shaw in Maine,[93][95] but they divorced in August 2015.[96]\n\nIn 2007 she co-founded FetchDog, a dog accessories catalog and Internet site. Part of her work was publishing blogs in which she interviewed other celebrities about their relationships with their dogs. She sold the business in 2012.[105][106]\n\nDue to her upbringing, Close has stated that she is a spiritual but irreligious person.[123]\n\nActivism\n\nCharitable work\n\nClose in 2005\n\nClose has campaigned for many issues like gay marriage, women's rights, and mental health. In 1989 she attended pro-choice marches in Washington D.C. with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda.[124] In 1998, Close was a part of a star-studded cast which performed The Vagina Monologues at a benefit. It raised $250,000 in a single evening with proceeds going to the effort to stop violence against women.[125][126] She was honored with a GLAAD Media Award in 2002 for promoting equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.[127] She volunteered and produced a documentary for Puppies Behind Bars, an organization that provides service dogs for wounded war veterans.[128][129]\n\nMental health initiatives\n\nClose was a founder and is chairperson of BringChange2Mind,[136] a US campaign to eradicate the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness, supporting her sister Jessie who has bipolar disorder.[11][137] In 2010, Close announced to the public that she had her DNA sequenced in order to publicize her family's history of mental illness.[138] During the month of July 2013, Close put up over 380 designer items up for auction on eBay from the wardrobe her character Patty Hewes wore on Damages. All proceeds were raised to go to her charity BringChange2Mind. Close had director and friend Ron Howard direct the foundation's first PSA. John Mayer also lent his song \"Say\" for the advert.[139]\n\nIn 2013 Close went to the White House to urge passage of the Excellence in Mental-Health Act that was written to expand treatment for the mentally ill and to provide access to mental-health services. The bill was signed into law by President Obama in April 2014, and will provide $1.1 billion in funding to help strengthen the mental-health-care system in the US.[140] She was awarded the WebMD Health Hero award in 2015 for her contributions to mental-health initiatives.[141] On June 16, 2016, Close donated $75,000 to the Mental-Health Association of Central Florida in order to fund counselling and other assistance to victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[142] She frequently promotes her charitable causes through her Instagram account.[143]"}
-{"text": "Hillsborough sheriff decides against ICE warrant training program\n\nRelated Headlines\n\nTAMPA, Fla. (FOX 13) - Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister explained Tuesday why he was not one of the 11 Florida sheriffs to sign on to the new Warrant Service Officer program.\n\nThe program is designed to help local law enforcement officials serve federal warrants on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).\n\n\u201dI believe that makes a sheriff\u2019s office employee an ICE agent and I don\u2019t believe, as a local sheriff, we're responsible for immigration enforcement,\u201d Sheriff Chronister said.\n\nUnder current federal law, local law enforcement officials cannot serve federal warrants. Under the WSO program, however, if a 48-hour detainer request is issued along with a warrant for an undocumented inmate, the WSO-certified deputies would be able to serve that warrant and then turn the person over to ICE.\n\n\u201cThis is the best of all available options to lawfully honor the detainers because it is easy to implement and it is legally unchallengeable,\u201d Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said on Monday.\n\nSheriff Chronister says, despite not participating, his agency will still work closely with all federal agencies, including ICE.\n\n\u201cIf they decide they want that inmate once the local charges are satisfied, they have up to 48 hours to come pick up that individual or that individual with be eligible for release,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a federal arm for that. I let them do their job and we'll do ours and that\u2019s protecting our citizens.\u201d\n\nThe sheriff also worries the program might make crime victims less likely to come forward."}
-{"text": "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269744922015-08-02T16:01:47.005-04:00alien romancesA by-invitation group blog for busy authors of SFR, Futuristic, or Paranormal romances in which at least one protagonist is an alien, or of alien ancestry.Rowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-91602140038880867752015-08-02T11:24:00.000-04:002015-08-02T11:24:00.429-04:00Authors' Guild: \"A Publishing Contract Should Not Be Forever\"I'd like to share a link to an informative article by Authors' Guild.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/a-publishing-contract-should-not-be-forever/\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/a-publishing-contract-should-not-be-forever/</span></a><br /><br />Many authors' contracts were limited by \"in print/out of print\" wording, but now that a publisher often asserts ebook rights, an ebook never truly goes out of print, and a protection for authors --of books that are not being promoted, marketed, or profitably exploited-- has been lost.<br /><br />Other fine Authors' Guild articles on contracts are:<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/e-book-royalty-math-the-house-always-wins-2/\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/e-book-royalty-math-the-house-always-wins-2/</span></a><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/half-of-net-proceeds-is-the-fair-royalty-rate-for-e-books/\">https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/half-of-net-proceeds-is-the-fair-royalty-rate-for-e-books/</a></span><br /><br /><br />My best wishes,<br /><br />Rowena Cherry<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/clp2REK6xTs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/08/authors-guild-publishing-contract.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-91154024781703276712015-07-30T09:00:00.000-04:002015-07-30T09:00:05.180-04:00Un-Development<p>Last weekend, we took our annual overnight trip to the Shenandoah National Park. When I first saw the mountains and woods as a child, and even later when we camped there during our own children's early years, I thought of that setting as a wilderness. My natural habitat was city (a few years of living with my grandmother in a slightly run-down but still respectable section of Norfolk) and suburbs (the kind of environment Erma Bombeck gently satirized). The Blue Ridge Mountains looked to me like the forest primeval. </p> <p>As I later learned\u2014definitely not! Contemporary tourists don't see the same land that the first settlers found. For instance, chestnut trees, which once comprised a large percentage of the tree canopy, were nearly wiped out by blight in the early twentieth century. Over the years, invasive species such as starlings and kudzu have been imported.</p> <p>Far from pristine wilderness, the park has been heavily shaped by human action. Rather than old-growth forest, the woods around the Skyline Drive occupy land once inhabited and farmed by people of the Appalachian Mountains, almost 500 families, who were displaced in the 1930s to make room for the park. Some of them willingly sold their homes to enjoy modern conveniences and the advantages of having highways built through the region. Others resisted the government's offers and were forcibly evicted. The supporters of the park project inaccurately represented the locals as backward, isolated hillbillies who would be better off if dragged into the modern era. Here's some interesting background information:</p> <a href=\"http://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/historyculture/displaced.htm\">The Displaced</a> <p>In the process of founding the park, the area was allegedly \"restored\" to a state of nature. In fact, the \"natural\" setting we enjoy today was created by the obliteration of vacated homesteads and the deliberate planting of trees, including varieties not native to the region. Wildlife was introduced, including deer, turkey, trout, and black bears. Signs warn against feeding or otherwise approaching bears, but we've run across only a few. Deer, however, regularly wander near human habitations and are very approachable. You can walk up within a few yards without inciting them to run away, if you don't make any sudden moves. They seem to know, somehow, that they won't be hunted within the park.</p> <p>The \"preservationist vs. developer\" trope has become so familiar in fiction that some romance publishers' guidelines forbid stories on that premise. In the Shenandoah National Park, oddly, the preservationists and developers were the same. Commercial interests boosted the park project so they could build lodges and other profit-making enterprises on the newly dedicated federal lands. And yet they did protect wilderness, even if it was modified wilderness, for future visitors\u2014although sometimes at the expense of families who'd lived there for generations. In creating a faux \"natural\" environment, they were sort of un-developers.</p> <p>I used the development vs. preservation plot in one of my erotic romance novelettes, \"Aquatic Ardor.\" My hero, who wants to sell part of the land around the lake adjacent to his family's vacation house, now his home, isn't a bad guy. He needs the money to survive in his early retirement lifestyle. The company trying to buy the land plans to build expensive summer residences on large lots, not high-density construction that would wreck the landscape. Unfortunately, the hero doesn't know that an undine lives in the lake, and almost any alteration would ruin it for her:</p> <a href=\"http://www.amberquill.com/store/p/787-Aquatic-Ardor.aspx\">Aquatic Ardor</a> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www/margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a> <div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/QSKURkSasUs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/un-development.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-42035967562435654452015-07-29T12:35:00.000-04:002015-07-29T13:23:53.384-04:00Cookies!!!! 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It seems that the only people who may comment HAVE to have a Google + account (how tyrannical is that?!!) &nbsp;Even then, one cannot comment.</span></span></div><div style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: yellow;\"><br /></span></span></div><div style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: yellow;\">Rowena</span></span></div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/kMYCuZLHHHs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/cookies-google-may-be-biggest-cookie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-72811562955540432472015-07-28T11:00:00.000-04:002015-07-28T11:00:04.665-04:00How to Dissolve Your Expository Lump by Jacqueline Lichtenberg<div style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Dissolve Your Expository Lump<br />by<br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg&nbsp;</div><br />Here are links to previous scattered discussions of Expository Lumps.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2008/08/source-of-expository-lump.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2008/08/source-of-expository-lump.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2008/09/sexy-information-feed.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2008/09/sexy-information-feed.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/02/dissing-formula-novel.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/02/dissing-formula-novel.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/06/crumbling-business-model-of-writers.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/06/crumbling-business-model-of-writers.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2011/08/source-of-expository-lump-part-2.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2011/08/source-of-expository-lump-part-2.html</a><br /><br />Expository Lumps are the product of a writer's imagination building the story-world for them prior to informing the writer about it all (i.e. the \"I have an Idea!\" moment.)<br /><br />In one fell swoop, you know everything about these characters, this world, and its arcane, mundane, and esoteric Relationships.&nbsp; You know the karmic forces, the rebirths, the life-history -- you know everything all at once and don't know where to start.&nbsp; <br /><br />So you sit down to write the story.<br /><br />You want to take your reader on a wild rafting ride down a swift mountain stream, the plot carrying them along with whoops and screams.&nbsp; Instead, your reader gets smashed dizzy hitting the rocks in your plot-stream: <br /><script src=\"http://www.freefoto.com/imagelink/?ffid=15-60-6&amp;s=s\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script> <br /><br />The rocks are expository lumps.&nbsp; <br /><br />You create those rocks because you want the reader to understand your new world so you say, \"But wait! Before you can understand what's going on, you must know this -- oh, and that -- oh! I left out...!!!)<br /><br />There is all this connected foundation material the reader MUST KNOW FIRST.<br /><br />Informing the reader so enjoyment and understanding will happen later (but not now) is called an expository lump.&nbsp; It's a rock that splits the stream of the plot and story apart.&nbsp; <br /><br />A lump is more than 1 sentence, more than a pebble.&nbsp; <br /><br />Very often, the lumps come in the first or second chapter (or possibly a forward or preface), and the longer you wait to inform your reader, the more paragraphs (even pages) of history, considerations relevant to the characters but not (yet) to the reader, life-story of other characters we haven't met yet, and so on and on get lumped together in a block of text. <br /><br />Here is how to spot a lump you have created:<br /><br />Finish the manuscript's first draft.&nbsp; <br /><br />Scan the pages and find long, unbroken paragraphs -- they look like lumps, visually, but can be description, dialogue, or even narration.&nbsp; <br /><br />These are blocks of paragraphs that do not advance the plot&amp;story in lockstep, do not change the Situation in the direction of the Ending and usually are not about what is going on at that point in the text.&nbsp; They can be about the past, or about the possibly future (disasters or triumphs, anything that is not-happening-now.) <br /><br />Expository Lumps are usually not actual scenes -- but a misplaced scene can act like a Lump and kill reader interest.&nbsp; The cure is to study scene structure:<br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/07/6-tricks-of-scene-structure-part-2.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/07/6-tricks-of-scene-structure-part-2.html</a><br /><br />Any such not-now material should be half-a-sentence, maybe one or two short sentences -- not full page paragraphs unbroken by things happening, things being done, things being discovered, lessons learned.&nbsp; Yes, you can do long flash-forwards and flashbacks, but those require the same non-lump techniques and a different set of skills. <br /><br />Take those lumpy paragraphs apart point by point -- bulleted lists work, but use whatever format you like. Detail what information the reader gains.&nbsp; <br /><br />The sign you've got a Lump may be that you can extract more than one bullet point per sentence.&nbsp; <br /><br />Another sign you've got a lump is the use of complex-compound sentence structure, or the run-on paragraph -- a paragraph that wanders all around a point (more than 8 lines without dialogue).&nbsp; <br />Here's a blog titled The Almighty Paragraph in the acquiring new techniques series. <br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/05/acquiring-new-techniques-part-2.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/05/acquiring-new-techniques-part-2.html</a><br /><br />Another way to spot a hidden lump is to scrutinize your dialogue.&nbsp; <br /><br />If a character speaks more than two sentences at once while the other character just stands there, you've likely got an expository lump disguised as a lecture.&nbsp; The best way to fix those is to delete the middle sentence of the dialogue paragraph and re-evaluate whether any of what is left is needed.<br /><br />Ask yourself, how does this utterance advance the plot, change the situation, and change the way the listening character is thinking?&nbsp; Good dialogue advances the conflict toward the resolution which is the Ending.&nbsp; If the dialogue is static, doesn't advance the conflict, then it is likely to be a Lump.<br /><br />Dialogue where one character tells another something the other character knows is expository lump.&nbsp; Dialogue where one character tells another what the reader already knows is expository lump best cured by deletion.&nbsp; In those spots where you have deleted dialogue that was repetition for the reader, you can insert bits of expository lumps that you've broken up using the method below.&nbsp; <br /><br />Once you've spotted your expository lumps, dissolve them and anoint the moving parts of your story with the resulting solution.&nbsp; <br /><br />Here's how: <br /><br />1) Ask yourself if the reader absolutely must understand this point in order to comprehend the Ending.<br /><br />A) if so, clip that sentence or paragraph and save it in a txt file or notation, but get it out of the narrative.<br /><br />B) if not, delete that material.&nbsp; Don't worry, if you need it later, you will recreate it at a more appropriate point, or perhaps change it markedly to lead to the ending. Endings morph as you write and rewrite, so likewise info in lumps must morph.<br /><br />2) Ask yourself if this point made in the expository lump must be understood by the reader at this exact point in the story.<br /><br />A) if so, ask yourself if there is another way to SHOW DON'T TELL this point. Maybe there's a scene missing, maybe a character, or an offhand line of dialogue. Sometimes a bit of worldbuilding can be restated as a piece of artwork, a vase, a brightly dyed carpet - a bit of visual stimulation that implies underlying technology or trade without explicitly detailing it all.&nbsp; A Persian Carpet in Fiji implies trade without exposition. <br /><br />B) if not, put this detail into a file of \"Move it to Later\" -- sometimes you can copy the bit and paste it at the top of the chapter where it absolutely MUST be known.&nbsp; When you go through on rewrite, you'll think of a way to show-don't-tell without slowing the pace of the plot.<br /><br />3) Ask yourself why this point is interesting to yourself.&nbsp; Maybe this Expository Lump is the real story you are trying to write, and all the rest is just noise?&nbsp; Yes, every character has a life-story and a history that you, the writer, must know -- but that does not imply that the reader must know it, or must know it now.&nbsp; Leave some bits over for future novels in the series if it is intrinsically interesting but irrelevant to the Ending of this novel.<br /><br />A) if this point is more interesting than the story you've written, write the story that goes with that point separately.&nbsp; It may be a prequel, and you started in the middle of a series (like Star Wars).<br /><br />B) if this point is inherently boring to you, it will bore the reader, so cut it.&nbsp; On rewrite, you will fabricate some other back-story point from the theme and plot:<br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/05/index-to-theme-plot-integration.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/05/index-to-theme-plot-integration.html</a><br /><br />The solution that dissolves all expository lumps is \"Show Don't Tell\" -- which means to illustrate, dramatize, symbolize, <br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/03/communicating-in-symbols.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/03/communicating-in-symbols.html</a><br />or embody the material in a character who speaks for that philosophy or point of view and throws monkey wrenches into the lives of your main character (i.e. to integrate the lumped material into the plot.)<br /><br />Every writing course will tell you to show-don't-tell, but I've never found one that shows you how to show rather than tell.&nbsp; <br /><br />This Tuesday blog series on writing craft is designed to impart the necessary clues for developing the ability to illustrate, dramatize, symbolize, and transform your creativity into Art that conveys a fresh point of view to your readers.&nbsp; <br /><br />The most common reasons for coding material into expository lumps are:<br /><br />a) it's boring to you, so you just want to get on to your exciting story -- so you TELL instead of SHOWING.<br /><br />b) it's more interesting to you than the story you think you can sell.<br /><br />c) you do not have mastery of character-creation via theme which is what makes stories interesting.<br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/07/index-to-theme-character-integration.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/07/index-to-theme-character-integration.html</a><br /><br />4) Ask yourself which makes you more excited -- the story you condensed into a Lump, or the story you are writing?&nbsp; <br /><br />A) if the lump is exciting, cut it, paste it into a new file, and write an outline of that story with a beginning, middle, end just as if you were going to write that instead. <br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/06/finding-story-opening-part-1-action-vs.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/06/finding-story-opening-part-1-action-vs.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/12/astrology-just-for-writers-part-8-beat.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/12/astrology-just-for-writers-part-8-beat.html</a><br /><br />B) if the lump is not exciting, copy/paste it into another file, separate it into bulleted list of points it makes, and copy/paste that bulleted list into the \"Move it to Later\" file.<br /><br />Once you have your second draft, with all the bits of broken up Lumps sprinkled where they best lubricate the moving parts of your story, go over the \"Move it to Later\" file and check to see if you left out anything important.&nbsp; (the editor and copyeditor will still find stuff you have to fix).&nbsp; Leaving items out is much better than putting in too much.&nbsp; Make your editor and readers ask questions.<br /><br />5) Don't despair!!&nbsp; Once you have done this Lump-Dissolution process a few times, your subconscious will begin to feed you the information the reader needs in the order which the reader will most appreciate it.&nbsp; And you will be writing the most exciting story of the bunch that come wrapped in boring expository lumps.<br /><br />In other words, professional writers who can make a living at it do not spend months rewriting.&nbsp; They write, clean up the second draft, and send it in -- getting on to the next contract they've already signed.<br /><br />But most people don't begin their careers able to do that.&nbsp; First comes that proverbial million words for the garbage can.&nbsp; This Expository Lump method allows you to retrieve those early works from the garbage can, and produce the story you most want to write.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/iKFHfewwe5A\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-to-dissolve-your-expository-lump-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-88965526640580526152015-07-26T15:37:00.000-04:002015-07-26T15:37:49.625-04:00Free Webinar On Monday July 27th \"Sell Truckloads Of Books\"<span style=\"background-color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><br /></span></span><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; 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Pluto (known as Yuggoth, home of eldritch entities, in the Lovecraftian mythos, and discovered to be the outpost of an interstellar invasion in Robert Heinlein's HAVE SPACESUIT, WILL TRAVEL) has geological activity and several moons. When I learned about the Solar System as a child, Pluto was a full-fledged planet of inert, icy rock and had no moon.</p> <p>A not-uncommon SF trope speculates that the shared beliefs of human minds collectively shape reality. For instance, the Earth was flat until we decided it was round. There were only four elements until chemists decided otherwise.</p> <p>From an early story on this premise, THE NEW REALITY (1950) by Charles L. Harness:</p> <p> \"And I repeat, the universe is the work of man. I believe that man began his existence in some incredibly simple world-- the original and true noumenon of our present universe. And that over the centuries man expanded his little world into its present vastness and incomprehensible intricacy solely by dint of imagination. . . . Even this brilliant man would probably say that the earth was round in 600 B.C., even as it is today. But I know it was flat then--as truly flat as it is truly round today. What has changed? Not the Thing-in-Itself we call the earth. No, it is the mind of man that has changed. But in his preposterous blindness, he mistakes what is really his own mental quickening for a broadened application of science and more precise methods of investigation--\"</p> <p>Heinlein plays with a similar notion in WALDO (1942):</p> <p>\"Suppose Chaos were king and the order we thought we detected in the world about us a mere phantasm of the imagination; where would that lead us? In that case, Waldo decided, it was entirely possible that a ten-pound weight did fall ten times as fast as a one-pound weight until the day the audacious Galileo decided in his mind that it was not so. Perhaps the whole science of ballistics derived from the convictions of a few firm-minded individuals who had sold the notion to the world. Perhaps the very stars were held firm in their courses by the unvarying faith of the astronomers. Orderly Cosmos, created out of Chaos -- by Mind! The world was flat before geographers decided to think of it otherwise. The world was flat, and the Sun, tub size, rose in the east and set in the west. The stars were little lights, studding a pellucid dome which barely cleared the tallest mountains. Storms were the wrath of gods and had nothing to do with the calculus of air masses.\"</p> <p>Along those lines, speaking postmodernly, did the Solar System end at Saturn before more powerful instruments revealed Uranus? Did Pluto exist before the anomalous wobble in Neptune's orbit was discovered? Did the former ninth planet objectively lose its planet status and become a dwarf planet when astronomers decreed it so? In my childhood, was it really a moonless world?</p> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/uzVNIoWBnjU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-pluto-formerly-known-as-planet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-6467036972620703772015-07-22T05:50:00.000-04:002015-07-22T05:50:16.122-04:00EBook Awards Now Accepting Entries<span style=\"background-color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">EPIC's eBook Awards Competition is now accepting entries. Since 2000, the&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">eBook Awards Competition (formerly the EPPIE Awards) has recognized the&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">very best of ePublished works in all genres of fiction, non-fiction, and&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">poetry. The longest running competition of its kind, the eBook Awards&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Competition continues this tradition. To view the rules and enter, visit&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><a href=\"https://epicorg.com/competitions/epic-s-ebook-competition/epic-s-ebook-competition-rules.html\" style=\"cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" target=\"_blank\">https://epicorg.com/competitions/epic-s-ebook-competition/epic-s-ebook-competition-rules.html</a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">.&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Also, EPIC\u2019s Ariana eBook Cover Art Competition is accepting cover entries.&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">For information visit&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><a href=\"https://www.epicorg.com/competitions/ariana-ebook-cover-art-competition/ariana-ebook-cover-art-competition-rules.html\" style=\"cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.epicorg.com/competitions/ariana-ebook-cover-art-competition/ariana-ebook-cover-art-competition-rules.html</a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">today!&nbsp;</span><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><br style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" /><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Please share and thank you for helping us spread the word. #EPICOrg&nbsp;</span></span></span><br /><span style=\"background-color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><br /></span></span><span style=\"background-color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><br /></span></span><span style=\"background-color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\">Posted with permission by</span></span><br /><span style=\"background-color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\">Rowena Cherry</span></span><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/faGorauugu0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com1http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/ebook-awards-now-accepting-entries.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-10634727881061461502015-07-21T11:00:00.000-04:002015-07-21T11:00:01.862-04:00Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story - Part 3 - Reliability by Jacqueline Lichtenberg<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story<br />Part 3<br />Reliability<br />by<br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg</b></div>&nbsp; <br />Previous Parts to this series:<br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-1.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-1.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-2.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-2.html</a><br /><br />This post is about a Life Hack which has led to riches.&nbsp; <br /><br />We have been discussing the love story that every novel needs.&nbsp; The core of the matter is the ability to love yourself, which is very different from self-love or narcissism. &nbsp; <br /><br /><img alt=\"Confidence Quotes\" src=\"http://www.itsworthquoting.com/images/ConfidenceQuotes540.jpg\" height=\"297\" style=\"max-width: none;\" title=\"Confidence Quotes\" width=\"400\" /><br /><br />To love yourself, you have to come to trust yourself.&nbsp; Sometimes it takes a blindingly confusing Romance to achieve that kind of self-trust that lets you love yourself enough to love another.&nbsp; Can you rely on yourself to come through in a pinch?&nbsp; <br /><br />One of the Big Issues couples face, sometimes at the outset of their Love Story, sometimes right in the middle of the Romance, and sometimes as a prelude to Divorce, is the issue of Reliability.<br /><br />Can you trust this person?&nbsp; Has something they've done so surprised and shocked you that you no longer know \"who\" this person really is?&nbsp; Studying the Identity of others is the key to not being betrayed.&nbsp; <br /><br />Writers who depict characters losing trust often brush aside the whole matter of how different people understand the world, as if understanding the world had nothing to do with trusting a specific person.<br /><br />If you want your characters to sparkle, to come to life with depth, you need to study real people in depth, how they think and what they think about -- and why.&nbsp; <br /><br />To know whether a given person will see this politician as a Hero and that politician as a Villain, you need to know more about that given person than just what they've said on Facebook.&nbsp; To predict behavior, you must understand the person.&nbsp; <br /><br />Likewise, a writer must create a character from the inside out and place that character within the spectrum of the reader's everyday experience of \"people in general.\"&nbsp; A character has to be recognizable to the reader.&nbsp; <br /><br />I've never seen a more comprehensive rundown on exactly how to accomplish that framing of a character to be trusted by the reader than in this article:<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelsimmons/2015/03/23/how-one-life-hack-from-a-self-made-billionaire-leads-to-exceptional-success/\">http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelsimmons/2015/03/23/how-one-life-hack-from-a-self-made-billionaire-leads-to-exceptional-success/</a><br /><br />It is about a real life billionaire -- as in \"How To Marry A Billionaire\" only for real.<br /><br />This old man was young and hot, at one time -- and he wasn't a billionaire then.&nbsp; <br /><br />Knowing how this fellow, Charlie Munger, approached analyzing the world of people and technology, of science and psychology, of marketing and value, you could have guessed he would become very-very-very rich.<br /><br />There are more ways to be rich than just to have a lot of money.&nbsp; Romance writers depict most all those ways of achieving wealth of body, mind and soul, but in this case, Charlie Munger set out to make money -- and he succeeded.&nbsp; He is happy with that choice, very professional about it.&nbsp; <br /><br />This method sketched in this article is one you can use to characterize a character who is going to become a billionaire.&nbsp; Is that guy or gal worth marrying, though?&nbsp; What kind of billionaire would they be?<br /><br />The path to riches is fraught with failures, to be sure, but those failures lead to formulating a set of rules about what behavior to expect from certain Groups, and how to define those Groups.<br /><br />If you understand the goals, motivations and belief sets common among a lot of people, you can trust them to behave in a predictable way.<br /><br />Trust that is not \"betrayed\" or violated is based in a full, deep, far reaching, multi-variable understanding of the parameters that define another person.&nbsp; To trust someone you must study them, and study the Groups to which they belong.<br /><br />To understand the forces driving another person, you must understand that \"forces\" also drive you -- some from inside, some chosen by you, some launched by others, and some from the Heavens.&nbsp; <br /><br />To attain that kind of understanding of another, as pointed out in previous entries in this series, you must somehow find a way to love yourself so that you do not see only yourself when you look at others.&nbsp; That method of finding a way to love yourself is called a Life Hack.&nbsp; Cracking the code of life, gaining entry into another person's innermost being and finding yourself in there -- that is a Life Hack.&nbsp; Fiction is the textbook to that course in coding life.&nbsp; Romance 101 is required for graduation.&nbsp; <br /><br />Fiction has to reflect the general shape of reality to be comprehensible and believable.&nbsp; You have to be able to see into another person in order to love them.&nbsp; After that, what you see in them can draw you into Romance under the right circumstances.&nbsp; <br /><br />There can be love without romance, and romance without love.&nbsp; They are independent variables.&nbsp; So you can surround your characters with other characters, some of whom reflect your Main Character back at himself, some of whom show complex depths that are lovable, some of whom are shallow and unlovable, and one or two of whom totally enchant your main character.<br /><br />Enchanted, your Main Character may fall into a Romance.<br /><br />Or, if you are writing another genre, your main character may learn to trust another by understanding that other.&nbsp; Once trusted, that other character may be able to learn to love himself, and thus become truly rich.&nbsp; The password, the key, to life hacking is trust.&nbsp; If you are betrayed, it is because you did not understand what you were trusting.&nbsp; Read that article about Charlie Munger. <br /><br />Study how Charlie Munger, Billionaire Extraordinaire, studies the world and trusts people will behave predictably.&nbsp; Use that method to depict a character who is learning the difference between riches and love.&nbsp; That difference is one of the most powerful life hacks. <br /><br />Here's a previous blog post on the 1% and the nature of the billionaire phenomenon.<br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/02/depiction-part-6-depicting-money-and.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/02/depiction-part-6-depicting-money-and.html</a><br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/ucwaSbKRTzo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-15223830797772884972015-07-19T13:23:00.000-04:002015-07-19T13:23:16.072-04:00Are You Thinking Of Joining the Authors' Guild?<div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; 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Thank you!)</div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Not only traditionally published authors qualify for membership; self-published and freelance authors earning at least $500 in writing income can become members of the Guild. Learn more about eligibility criteria&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.authorsguild.org/join/eligibility-criteria\" style=\"color: blue; cursor: pointer;\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Thank you,</div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Rowena Cherry</div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;\"><br /></div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/j2sM5Jhind0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/are-you-thinking-of-joining-authors.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-84098423936404376912015-07-16T09:00:00.000-04:002015-07-16T09:00:05.451-04:00Lists of Fictional Things<p>A Facebook post this week drew attention to a Wikipedia list of fictional expletives. (\"Shen,\" from Jacqueline's Sime-Gen universe, appears there, as do \"hraka\" and \"embleer\" from WATERSHIP DOWN and many invented rude words from works I'm not familiar with.) From that page, I discovered a cool and useful page I had no idea existed:</p> <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20060717215752/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%3ALists_of_fictional_things\">Lists of Fictional Things</a> <p>The subcategories range all the way from the cosmic -- list of fictional universes -- through planets, animals, plants, languages, etc., down to minute trivia (e.g., radio stations, TV stations, diaries, addresses of fictional characters).</p> <p>These lists are fun to explore. Who'd have thought there would be enough fictional license plate numbers to warrant a page of their own?</p> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/o3b3pcLGL4g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/lists-of-fictional-things.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-21802530134577328772015-07-14T11:00:00.000-04:002015-07-20T19:10:37.761-04:00Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story - Part 2 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg <div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story<br />Part 2<br /> by<br /> Jacqueline Lichtenberg</b></div><br />In Part 1 of this series <br /><span style=\"background-color: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-1.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-1.html</a></span><br />we noted how the signature of a Strong Character is that the Character \"arcs\" -- or changes their emotional responses to situations because of some life-lesson learned \"the hard way\" in the \"school of hard knocks.\"<br /><br />Characters get pummeled by Events you create.&nbsp; They learn from the Events (the plot) and they do not necessarily learn the best or most correct lesson the first time you hit them with an Event.<br /><br />Characters that are strong at the beginning of the story get pummeled with Events until they break&nbsp; -- think of Spock crying alone in the briefing room.&nbsp; Leonard Nimoy knew Spock's strength had to be broken in order to engage viewer interest.&nbsp; <br /><br />Granite strength all by itself is not interesting.&nbsp; So writers break their strongest characters.<br /><br />Start with a weak character, someone gripped by the \"I can't\" or \"I'm doing all I can, so how can you expect more of me?\" attitude, hammer that character to pulverize them, and chronicle their path to becoming a strong character.&nbsp; That's Character Arc.<br /><br />So, Strong Characters can be weak at the beginning of the Arc, and the strength is revealed as you hammer them into becoming Strong.<br /><br />What exactly is it that writers hammer at in either the strong or weak character that changes them, that morphs them along an Arc?<br /><br />What causes people to change in real life?&nbsp; What causes people to start to behave differently, and seem \"out of character\" for a while, until friends and family get used to the new person?&nbsp; <br /><br />What changes in life that re-formulates a person's behavior?&nbsp; <br /><br />I submit that the easiest attribute of a Character for a writer to depict as Arcing, or changing in a way that readers can see as realistic, is the ability to Love.<br /><br />That is the \"wall\" that Events hammer at to Arc a character.<br /><br />It is the ability to establish and maintain Relationships that distinguishes the Happy person from the miserable person.&nbsp; We draw our strength of character from our \"stance\" among our people, our family, our co-workers, our buddies, our spouse, our children, our distant relatives, and just friends made via organizations.<br /><br />How many times have you seen the story of the lone-gunman who shoots up a crowd and nobody expected it because \"he kept to himself\" and \"he seemed like a nice guy\" but he had no close friends (or the ones he had were likewise disconnected.)<br /><br />As humans, we need to belong, to connect, to be surrounded by layers upon layers of people who know intimately, less well, distantly, and just feel general kinship with because we share a fandom, a reading taste, a craft etc.&nbsp; We speak of \"the Music World\" and \"the Golf World\" -- and we say, \"Welcome to my world.\"&nbsp; <br /><br /><b>We live in \"worlds\" composed of layers of associates.</b><br /><br />The entre into such a \"world\" is via the close, immediate, intertwined, personal Relationship.<br /><br />Enemies, Adversaries, a policeman's quarry (think TV Series THE FUGITIVE), relationships can be incredibly intimate and even replace true love for a time.<br /><br />Social networking has leveraged that layered-worlds structure of human life into a profitable business where you are their product which they sell to advertisers.<br /><br />We are creatures of Relationship, embedded in a physical world composed of intricate layers of interlaced relationships.&nbsp; Think of the way genetics has evolved -- almost all life on Earth shares basic building block genes.&nbsp; (almost since there are non-carbon single-cell life near hot vents in the bottom of the ocean)&nbsp; <br /><br />Most all life on Earth is genetically related, which is why we can use animals to test new drugs and why we shudder at the mere thought of doing that!&nbsp; We are all of one piece.<br /><br />But we don't see that, at least not at the surface of our awareness.&nbsp; We don't see into another person's emotional life, the internal structure of another person's decision making process, their most dearly held values, their unconscious assumptions about what is right and what is wrong.<br /><br />That realm of the unconsciously held Value System is where the writer works.<br /><br />Writers probe, explore, learn, and map their own unconscious minds, especially the Value System they imbibed with Mother's Milk.&nbsp; We acquire our first values from our parents, but as life goes on, we acquire more layers of values around those.<br /><br />Sometimes the later value acquisitions logically contradict earlier ones, but we hold onto all of them as our OWN -- we identify with the wild and incompatible mix of values we have created and call it our Identity.<br /><br />Thus when a person's Values are attacked by another person (who may or may not have different values), it feels like a threat to LIFE ITSELF.&nbsp; It feels like a threat to existence.&nbsp; People will tolerate starvation or being shot at by hostiles better than they will having their unconscious Values contradicted.<br /><br />Yes, mere words can trigger a counter-attack as if life and existence were at stake.<br /><br />Politics and Religion are two topics that are rooted in that first learned, unconscious value system that most likely has been overlaid by Values acquired in college, which have been overlaid by Values acquired on the job.&nbsp; <br /><br />That's why they are explosive topics for family gatherings (and wondrous sources of Conflict that can advance a Plot).&nbsp; <br /><br />Today, in our modern world, Politics and Religion are mixing at depths not seen since the Middle Ages when The Church basically ran the Governments of Europe.<br /><br />The Crusades were a show-don't-tell manifestation of the mixing of Politics (Kings) with Religion (The Cross).&nbsp; <br /><br />Today, the explosive mix is Science vs. Religion.&nbsp; What sane person could possibly reject Evolution or want to teach Creationism in schools?&nbsp; See?&nbsp; \"sane\" -- \"If you don't share my Values, you are not a Person.\"&nbsp; <br /><br />In other words, we tend to work on the assumption that the only people whose opinions count are the people who share our Values.<br /><br />But nobody shares anyone's Values.&nbsp; As described above, each individual person accumulates layers upon layers of different values and morphs the disparate mess into some kind of ball of wax which they use as their Identity.&nbsp; <br /><br />Each of us is unique -- but we want to associate only with those who are identical to us, at least in our intimate relationships.&nbsp; <br /><br />As noted in Part 1, look closely at the TV Series SUITS.&nbsp; Suits works via the way the senior (Harvey Specter) sees himself in the junior (Mike Ross).&nbsp; When Mike doesn't do what Harvey would do, Harvey is uncomfortable and acts out.<br /><br />Now back to the Romance Novel, which is what this blog is all about.&nbsp; <br /><br />Consider the various ideas of what Love is.&nbsp; <br /><br />You will find Romance depicted as about co-dependence, as about feelings only, as about bodily functions only, as about paying attention only to me.&nbsp; And all of these variations are real, and all matter, and all of them are necessary ingredients in Romance.<br /><br />It is very true that you can have amazing Romance without a trace of Love at all.<br /><br />\"Love\" (with a capital L) is a spiritual thing that transcends our innate insanities.&nbsp; Love with a capital L is an experience of the Soul that changes the Soul -- i.e. that causes Character to Arc.<br /><br />Real change happens when channels of the Personality open to Love.<br /><br />That happens under different circumstances for different people at different times of Life.&nbsp; Sometimes it is religious conversion, sometimes encountering a senior mentor, sometimes the birth of your first child, sometimes it is finding your Soul Mate.<br /><br />People (and Characters) change not by becoming someone else, not by losing or gaining abilities or Talents, but by re-arranging their characteristics.<br /><br />Thus a Character Arc Event causes an aggressive person who is likely to solve any problem by putting out a Hit on the opposition into someone who behaves more like Harvey Specter in SUITS and leverages the other person's emotional weaknesses.<br /><br />The Aggression is still there, but the channel is different.<br /><br />An alcoholic might morph into someone who eats or smokes too much, but holds a job and is kind to his kids.<br /><br />All the traits remain, but the emphasis and utilization changes.&nbsp; <br /><br />Why does that happen?&nbsp; <br /><br />One of the key ingredients that forms our crazy-quilt pattern of Values is our Relationships.&nbsp; There is a well studied trait of human perception (see the TV Series Perception) that causes us to see ourselves in others.<br /><br />When you hate someone, when someone just plain drives you crazy, and you go around with an inner dialogue counting their failings and what they should do about it, then very likely (not always, but most of the time) you are seeing yourself in that person.<br /><br />Other people are the mirror in which we see our own reflection.<br /><br />But like with a mirror, you see a reversal of the image, and you can see what is behind you (e.g. in your subconscious).&nbsp; You see deeper into yourself, into the dark underside of yourself, because the other person is so very different from you.<br /><br />You see their faults, and their faults are visible because they are different.<br /><br />Writers leverage that common human perception by creating Characters who are so very different from the reader that the reader is barely aware of the similarity.&nbsp; When it strikes the reader just right, that difference allows the reader to identify with the character and walk in their moccasins.&nbsp; <br /><br />So people react emotionally to other people according to how they love or hate themselves.&nbsp; But as noted above, Identity is a pearl composed of layers of contradiction accreted around a sharp-grain of pain that caused the acquisition of a Value.<br /><br />That pain might be a parental smack, a deprivation from a toy, a forced-sharing with a sibling, and rewards of kindness, love, joy, celebration.&nbsp; <br /><br />Right and Wrong and what is more important than what (i.e. Values) are absorbed from parents via what the parents do, not what the parents say -- so Values are non-verbal and conveyed with a Sharp Pain that forces the pain to be wrapped by a Value that will henceforth prevent that Pain.&nbsp; <br /><br />So when we see someone who is Wrong -- we react to that wrongness.&nbsp; How we react, what we do about Wrong People, is influenced by our ability to Love our own Self -- to admire our pearls that encase our Pain and create Values.<br /><br />If we Love ourselves because we know how we have just barely managed to cope with our Pain, we are able to see others struggling (and sometimes failing) to cope with their Pain.&nbsp; We know that sometimes a Pain does not get encased in a Pearl of Values - a lesson is not (yet) learned and successfully applied to life.<br /><br />Lessons can be rejected, maybe never learned, because of some other Belief that is in the way, that contradicts or conflicts and thus causes Truth to be rejected.&nbsp; <br /><br />People who do not (yet) love themselves, see nothing but their own reflection in the mirrors of the people around them, and thus are in effect isolated, alone, unloved, and frustrated.&nbsp; Such people may compensate by narcissism, which others interpret as self-love.&nbsp; <br /><br />How does a writer depict people caught in a House of Mirrors life where all they can see in those around them are hateful traits?&nbsp; <br /><br />Dialogue is the answer.&nbsp; How a Character speaks, what opinions so desperately need airing, what opinions (and the vocabulary to express them) burst out with loud urgency, and to whom those opinions are expressed (with what collateral damage), depicts the Character's inner conflict, inner story, and subconscious Values.<br /><br />A Character's emotional life is revealed in Dialogue.&nbsp; <br /><br />Here is an example to study, from a piece of non-fiction analyzing our current real world situation.&nbsp; <br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/16/1371324/-Adelson-and-Kristol-attempt-the-first-Liberum-Veto-in-US-history\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/16/1371324/-Adelson-and-Kristol-attempt-the-first-Liberum-Veto-in-US-history</a><br /><br />The author is<br />&nbsp;arendt&nbsp; <br /><br />-------quote from opening line----------<br />As the GOP sabotage and sedition continues, the US appears to be going the way of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth (P-LC) rather than the way of the Roman Empire.<br /><br />If you know your history, this is not an insult; but, rather, a tragedy in progress. The P-LC was a powerful and progressive state during the early Reformation era, reaching its Golden Age in about 1575.<br /><br />--------end quote------------<br /><br />Note the sidling up to the chosen audience by characterizing an entire group of people \"the GOP\" as if they are all identical to one another.&nbsp; This is a valid representation of what a person who lives a House of Mirrors existence actually sees in those around them -- no difference one to another, because they are all reflections of him/herself.&nbsp; <br /><br />The opening sentence here is brilliant in that it instantly and efficiently says, \"Listen to me because I'm just like you.\"&nbsp; <br /><br />The rest of the historical thesis in this article is a brilliant analysis, considering the point of view.&nbsp; <br /><br />Take a Character who shares this writers contempt and disdain for those who see things differently and create some Events that would shatter his certainty that his view is the only laudable view.<br /><br />It doesn't matter what views your Character holds, or opposes.&nbsp; The writing exercise is to Depict a Conflict of Values and its Resolution.&nbsp; <br /><br />It will work better as a Novel if you choose some vast conflict of World Shattering importance that is utterly unrelated to the headlines of today.&nbsp; Just lift out of this article the attitude of this writer -- not the content.<br /><br />Your task is to create a Character who views Others with such contempt, then discovers that what he hates in them is actually inside himself, that he never perceived them at all.&nbsp; As he comes to resolve his inner conflict, he begins the journey to being able to Love himself.<br /><br />Where does that lead?&nbsp; It will lead him to his Happily Ever After, but not in one or even a thousand steps.&nbsp; Along the way, he will discover how those he held in contempt are actually struggling as he was.&nbsp; He will find Love for them, and his way of speaking of them will change (his Character will Arc).<br /><br />The changed attitude will not change the facts of the Situation, but it will open vistas of opportunity for different sorts of actions to change the facts.&nbsp; (yes, it's a series of novels)<br /><br />Once your Character understands how lovable his opposition is, even though they are flat out wrong, his actions will begin to be instructive rather than destructive, and solutions will appear that were never visible before.<br /><br />The key to Character Arc is the introduction of Love which penetrates the Mirror Effect so that one Character can actually perceive what is inside another Character.&nbsp; Thus begins all Relationship.<br /><br />So every novel needs a love story, even if there is no Romance.&nbsp; And every Romance, to create a realistic Happily Ever After needs a Love story -- the story of learning to Love yourself so that you can see through the mirror-surface and into the people around you.<br /><br />That Love Story gives the fictional world the necessary verisimilitude to draw a reader into the Fantasy world.<br /><br />Here are more posts on Alien Romance discussing verisimilitude, story arc, and Romance.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/11/index-post-to-art-and-craft-of-story.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/11/index-post-to-art-and-craft-of-story.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/02/believing-in-happily-ever-after-part-5.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/02/believing-in-happily-ever-after-part-5.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/12/plot-subtext-integration-part-2-ruining.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/12/plot-subtext-integration-part-2-ruining.html</a><br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a><br /><br /><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/_wawNnymK8U\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-27122655901298231192015-07-12T15:15:00.000-04:002015-07-12T15:15:00.099-04:00Authors Guild Suggests 50/50 Is Fair To AuthorsWhat is fair recompense for authors when an ebook is sold through a publisher? Should an author's royalties be reduced when a retailer demands that the publisher allows the retailer to cut prices?<br /><br />Authors' Guild writes:<br /><br /><div align=\"left\" style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"></div><br /><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><blockquote><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">We announced our&nbsp;</span><a href=\"http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&amp;fn=Link&amp;ssid=896&amp;id=ewrrirngsp20gd7hn8v6r5w5x45dj&amp;id2=e3plymjdtuik7d1dz14c5s41fg7hx&amp;subscriber_id=bhlmgeswggapszqzfkagvxfzinbjbcg&amp;delivery_id=bnorqqvcorodyfpcfhpmuddjbaekbkh&amp;tid=3.A4A.BBAJXg.HGiw.A9S0sw..BSSvag.b..l.CXw0.a.VZ64-A.VZ7RlA.b2WlKQ\" style=\"cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;\">Fair Contract Initiative</span></a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;earlier this summer. Now our first detailed analysis tackles today\u2019s inadequate e-book royalties. At the heart of our concern with the unfair industry-standard e-book royalty rate is its failure to treat authors as full partners in the publishing enterprise. This will be a resounding theme in our initiative; it\u2019s what\u2019s wrong with many of the one-sided \u201cstandard\u201d clauses we\u2019ll be examining in future installments.<br /></span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br /></span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Traditionally, the author-publisher partnership was an equal one. Authors earned around 50% of their books\u2019 profits. That equal split is reflected in the traditional hardcover royalty of 15% of list (cover price, that is, not the much lower wholesale price), and in the 50-50 split of publishers\u2019 earnings from selling paperback, book club, or reprint rights. Authors generally received an even larger share than the publisher for non-print rights (such as stage and screen rights) and foreign rights.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br /></span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">But today\u2019s standard contracts give authors just 25% of the publisher\u2019s \u201cnet receipts\u201d (more or less what the publisher collects from a book sale) for e-book royalties. That doesn\u2019t look like a partnership to us.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br /></span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">We maintain that a 50-50 split in e-book profits is fair because the traditional author-publisher relationship is essentially a joint venture. The author writes the book, and by any fair measure the author\u2019s efforts represent most of the labor invested and most of the resulting value. The publisher, like a venture capitalist, invests in the author\u2019s work by paying an advance so the author can make ends meet while the book gets finished. Generally, the publisher also provides editing, marketing, packaging, and distribution services. In return for fronting the financial risk and providing these services, the publisher gets to share in the book\u2019s profits. Not a bad deal. This worked well enough throughout much of the twentieth century: publishers prospered and authors had a decent shot at earning a living.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">How the e-book rate evolved</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">From the mid-1990s, when e-book provisions regularly began appearing in contracts, until around 2004, e-royalties varied wildly. Many of the e-rates at major publishing houses were shockingly low\u2014less than 10% of net receipts\u2014and some were at 50%. Some standard contracts left them open to negotiation. As the years passed, and especially between 2000 and 2004, many publishers paid authors 50% of their net receipts from e-book sales, in keeping with the idea that authors and publishers were equal partners in the book business.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br /></span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">In 2004, we saw a hint of things to come. Random House, which had previously paid 50% of its revenues for e-book sales, anticipated the coming boom in e-book sales and cut its e-rates significantly. Other publishers followed, and gradually e-royalties began to coalesce around 25%. By 2010 it was clear that publishers had successfully tipped the scales on the longstanding partnership between author and publisher to achieve a 75-25 balance in their favor.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">The lowball e-royalty was inequitable, but initially it didn\u2019t have much effect on authors\u2019 bottom lines. As late as 2009, e-books accounted for a paltry 3\u20135% of book sales. Authors and agents ought to have pushed back, but with e-book sales so low it didn\u2019t make much sense to risk the chance of any individual book deal falling apart over e-royalties. We called the 25% rate a \u201clow-water mark.\u201d We said, \u201cOnce the digital market gets large enough, authors with strong sales records won\u2019t put up with this: they\u2019ll go where they\u2019ll once again be paid as full partners in the exploitation of their creative work.\u201d&nbsp;</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">E-books now represent 25\u201330% of all adult trade book sales, but for the vast majority of authors the rate remains unchanged. If anything, publishers have dug in their heels. Why? There\u2019s a contractual roadblock, for one: major book publishers have agreed to include \u201cmost favored nation\u201d clauses in thousands of existing contracts. These clauses require automatic adjustment or renegotiation of e-book royalties if the publisher changes its standard royalty rate, giving publishers a strong incentive to maintain the status quo. And the increasing consolidation of the book industry has drastically reduced competition among publishers, allowing them more than ever to hand authors \u201ctake it or leave it\u201d deals in the expectation that the author won\u2019t find a better offer.</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">The elephant in the room</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">And then there\u2019s the elephant in the room: Amazon, which has used its e-book dominance to demand steep discounts from publishers and drive down the price of frontlist e-books, even selling them at a loss. As a result, there\u2019s simply not as much e-book revenue to split as there was in 2011</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">when we reported on the e-book royalty math. At that time, publishers made a killing on frontlist e-book sales as compared to frontlist hardcover sales\u2014at the author\u2019s expense\u2014because, as compared to today, the price of e-books was relatively high.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">When we analyzed e-royalties for three books in the 2011 post,&nbsp;</span><a href=\"http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&amp;fn=Link&amp;ssid=896&amp;id=ewrrirngsp20gd7hn8v6r5w5x45dj&amp;id2=h6cotg9bf9ruwjt42oajarf8imfj9&amp;subscriber_id=bhlmgeswggapszqzfkagvxfzinbjbcg&amp;delivery_id=bnorqqvcorodyfpcfhpmuddjbaekbkh&amp;tid=3.A4A.BBAJXg.HGiw.A9S0sw..BSSvag.b..l.CXw0.a.VZ64-A.VZ7RlA.b2WlKQ\" style=\"cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u201cE-Book Royalty Math: The House Always Wins,\u201d</span></a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;we found that every time an e-book was sold in place of a hardcover, the author\u2019s take decreased substantially, while the publisher\u2019s take increased.&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Since 2011, we have found that publishers\u2019 e-gains have diminished. But the author\u2019s share has fallen even farther. Amazon has squeezed the publishers, to be sure. The publishers have helped recoup their losses by passing them on to their authors.</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">These were our calculations for several books in 2011. The trend was obvious. Compared with hardcovers, each e-book sold brought big gains to the publisher and sizable losses to the author when the author\u2019s royalties are compared to the publisher\u2019s gross profit (income per copy minus expenses per copy), calculated using industry-standard contract terms:</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Royalty vs. Publisher\u2019s Profit, 2011</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">The Help</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, by Kathryn Stockett</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Standard Royalty: $3.75 hardcover; $2.28 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s E-Loss = -39%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s Margin: $4.75 hardcover; $6.32 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s E-Gain = +33%</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Hell\u2019s Corner</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, by David Baldacci</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Standard Royalty: $4.20 hardcover; $2.63 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s E-Loss = -37%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s Margin: $5.80 hardcover; $7.37 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s E-Gain = +27%</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Unbroken</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, by Laura Hillenbrand</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Standard Royalty: $4.05 hardcover; $3.38 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s E-Loss = -17%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s Margin: $5.45 hardcover; $9.62 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s E-Gain = +77%</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">What\u2019s happening now? We ran the numbers again using the following recent bestsellers. Because of lower e-book prices, the publishers don\u2019t do as well as they used to, though they still come out ahead when consumers choose e-books over hardcovers. But authors fare worse than ever:</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Royalty vs. Publisher\u2019s Profit, 2015</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">All the Light We Cannot See</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, by Anthony Doer</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Standard Royalty: $4.04 hardcover; $2.09 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s E-Loss= -48%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s Margin: $5.44 hardcover; $5.80 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s E-Gain: +7%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Being Mortal</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">,</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">by Atul Gawande</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Standard Royalty: $3.90 hardcover; $1.92 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s E-Loss= -51%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s Margin: $5.10 hardcover; $5.27 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s E-Gain: +3.5%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">A Spool of Blue Thread</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, by Anne Tyler</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s Standard Royalty: $3.89; $1.92 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author\u2019s E-Loss: -51%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s Margin: $5.09 hardcover; $5.27 e-book.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher\u2019s E-Gain: +3.5%</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">[1]</span><br /><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Exceptions to the rule</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">It\u2019s time for a change. If the publishers won\u2019t correct this imbalance on their own, it will take a critical mass of authors and agents willing to fight for a fair 50% e-book royalty. We hope that established authors and, particularly, bestselling authors will start to push back and stand up to publishers on the royalty rate\u2014on behalf of all authors, as well as themselves.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">There have been cracks in some publishers\u2019 fa\u00e7ades. Some bestselling authors have managed to obtain a 50% e-book split, though they\u2019re asked to sign non-disclosure agreements to keep these terms secret. We\u2019ve also heard of authors with strong sales histories negotiating 50-50 royalty splits in exchange for foregoing an advance or getting a lower advance; or where the 50% rate kicks in only after a certain threshold level of sales. For instance, a major romance publishing house has offered 50% royalties, but only after the first 10,000 electronic copies\u2014a high bar to clear in the current digital climate. But overall, publishers\u2019 apparent inflexibility on their standard e-book royalty demonstrates their unwillingness to change it.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">We know and respect the fact that publishers\u2014especially in this era of media consolidation\u2014need to meet their bottom lines. But if professional authors are going to continue to produce the sort of work publishing houses are willing to stake their reputations on, those authors need a fair share of the profits from their art and labor. In a time when electronic books provide an increasing share of revenues at significantly lower production and distribution costs, publishers\u2019 e-book royalty practices need to change.</span></span><hr /><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">[1] In calculating these numbers and percentages for hardcover editions, we made the following assumptions: (1) the publisher sells at an average 50% discount to the wholesaler or retailer, (2) the royalty rate is 15% of list price (as it is for most hardcover books, after 10,000 units are sold), (3) the average marginal cost to manufacture the book and get it to the store is $3, and (4) the return rate is 25% (a handy number\u2014if one of four books produced is returned, then the $3 marginal cost of producing the book is spread over three other books, giving us a return cost of $1 per book). We also rounded up retail list price a few pennies to give us easy figures to work with.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Likewise, in calculating these numbers and percentages for the 2015 set of e-books, we are assuming that under the agency model\u2014which is reportedly</span><a href=\"http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&amp;fn=Link&amp;ssid=896&amp;id=ewrrirngsp20gd7hn8v6r5w5x45dj&amp;id2=3an32t77itmuqw590q5i2mzp6iilf&amp;subscriber_id=bhlmgeswggapszqzfkagvxfzinbjbcg&amp;delivery_id=bnorqqvcorodyfpcfhpmuddjbaekbkh&amp;tid=3.A4A.BBAJXg.HGiw.A9S0sw..BSSvag.b..l.CXw0.a.VZ64-A.VZ7RlA.b2WlKQ\" style=\"cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;\">the new standard in the Big Five\u2019s agreements with Amazon</span></a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2014the online bookseller pays 70% of the retail list price of the e-book to the publisher. The bookseller, acting as the publisher\u2019s agent, sells the e-book at the price established by the publisher. The unit costs to the publisher are simply the author\u2019s royalty and the encryption and transmission fees, for which we deduct a generous 50 cents per unit.</span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></blockquote><div style=\"color: black;\"><br /></div><div style=\"color: black;\">I wonder why Amazon's rates are taken as 'Settled\" when it comes to ebook prices, but their royalty split with self published authors.... is not?</div><div style=\"color: black;\"><br /></div><div style=\"color: black;\">Not seriously.</div><div style=\"color: black;\"><br /></div><div style=\"color: black;\">Rowena Cherry</div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"></div><div style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"></div></div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/-nr_NpcK8aI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/authors-guild-suggests-5050-is-fair-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-59888569018015031462015-07-11T14:48:00.001-04:002015-07-11T14:53:26.483-04:00Congress, Close Those Pirate-Friendly Loopholes, Please!<div class=\"tr_bq\"><br /></div>For the benefit of authors and interested readers of this blog who are not members of Authors' Guild, I am sharing recent news from the Guild.<br /><blockquote>Dear Member,&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>This week, we sent a&nbsp;<a href=\"http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&amp;fn=Link&amp;ssid=896&amp;id=cuz3lcgq24m2y1ob7teev8uicj1wx&amp;id2=je122cs7yyrgrsty48qfctqn806ba&amp;subscriber_id=bhlmgeswggapszqzfkagvxfzinbjbcg&amp;delivery_id=byvaqjfkezwqnmxtcepqxrxlkbjpbij&amp;tid=3.A4A.BBAJXg.HGk7.A9TuiA..BSTxaw.b..l.CXw0.a.VaAUvA.VaAtWA.--KWWA\" style=\"color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\">letter to Congress</a>&nbsp;asking for help in fighting piracy, which affects us all. Authors care about e-book piracy. We hear this increasingly from our members. From 2009 to 2013, the number of Internet piracy alerts we received increased over 300%. In the next year alone, from 2013 to 2014, it doubled.&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>There is a direct connection between e-book piracy and authors\u2019 pocketbooks. The publishing industry as a whole loses $80 to $100 million to piracy annually, according to the Association of American Publishers. Many publishers have the resources to adjust their business models to absorb piracy-related losses, but individual authors don\u2019t. Each time a standard frontlist e-book is pirated rather than purchased through a normal retail channel, its author forgoes what would have been nearly $2 in royalties. This adds up and make a real dent in the typical author\u2019s earnings. (According to our recent survey, median writing-related income for full-time authors in 2014 was only $17,500.)&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>Despite many publishers\u2019 implementation of anti-piracy software and technological protection measures, the problem continues to grow. According to the International Intellectual Property Alliance, the effectiveness of protection measures is limited by \u201cbusiness models built entirely around manufacturing and distributing technologies, software, devices, components, or tools, or around providing services, to gain unlawful access to the content or to copy it without authorization.\u201d&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>So we\u2019re asking Congress to do something about it.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&amp;fn=Link&amp;ssid=896&amp;id=cuz3lcgq24m2y1ob7teev8uicj1wx&amp;id2=l0mz8h357dtr5zkejcb1a5lbxwi84&amp;subscriber_id=bhlmgeswggapszqzfkagvxfzinbjbcg&amp;delivery_id=byvaqjfkezwqnmxtcepqxrxlkbjpbij&amp;tid=3.A4A.BBAJXg.HGk7.A9TuiA..BSTxaw.b..l.CXw0.a.VaAUvA.VaAtWA.--KWWA\" style=\"color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\">This letter</a>, addressed to the House Judiciary Committee (which is spearheading a review of U.S. copyright law), reminds members of Congress that Internet piracy directly harms authors\u2019 ability to make a living. It asks them to consider key changes to the U.S. Copyright Act to give authors a productive remedy for online infringement\u2014not the ineffective, Sisyphean system currently in place, known as \u201cNotice and Takedown.\u201d&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>Court decisions have construed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act\u2019s Notice and Takedown provisions to mean that a copyright owner is required to send a notice for each separate instance (i.e., copy) of infringement, specifying the URL. But as soon as a pirated copy is taken down, it is usually put right back up. Needless to say, copyright owners cannot keep up with this senseless game, and individual authors do not begin to have the resources to send a new notice every time a pirated copy is posted or reposted.&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>We are asking for a \u201cNotice and Stay-Down\u201d regime: once a webhost knows a work is being infringed, it should not continue to receive \u201csafe harbor\u201d immunity from claims of infringement unless it takes reasonable measures to remove all infringing copies of the same work.&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>You can help supplement our efforts to create more awareness among members of Congress by contacting your Representative to express your support for this change. Feel free to pass along our letter or write your own. And, as always, if you\u2019ve been a victim of Internet piracy, let us know at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:staff@authorsguild.org\" style=\"color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;\">staff@authorsguild.org</a>.</blockquote><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\">Full link to the letter:&nbsp;</span></b></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><a href=\"http://hosting-source.bm23.com/896/public/Letter_to_Judiciary_Comm._7.9.15.pdf\">http://hosting-source.bm23.com/896/public/Letter_to_Judiciary_Comm._7.9.15.pdf</a></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\">Do read the letter. It calls out Google Play and the pirated works posted there. I've seen illegal ebook versions of my works posted on other sites with false release dates and false publisher information.&nbsp;</span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #fff2cc;\">Like this: (But, I wouldn't visit lacumbre if I were you!)</span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px;\"><a href=\"http://www.lacumbre.com/review-714-498-forced_mate_god_princes_of_tigron_1_/\" style=\"color: blue; cursor: pointer;\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.lacumbre.com/review-714-498-forced_mate_god_princes_of_tigron_1_/</a></div><div style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px;\"><a href=\"http://www.lacumbre.com/static/register.html\" style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: black; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.lacumbre.com/images/1348439774l/1455289.jpg\" style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(203, 204, 200) solid 1px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 270px;\" /></a><br /><div class=\"edition-details\" style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-image-source: none; border-right-color: rgb(203, 204, 200); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1px 1px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;\"> <dl style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; clear: both; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><dt style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 3px 3px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publisher</dt><dd style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 1px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Transworld</dd><dt style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 3px 3px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Publication date</dt><dd style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 1px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;\">28th August 2014</dd><dt style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 3px 3px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">ISBN</dt><dd style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 1px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;\">0505526018</dd><dt style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 3px 3px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Length</dt><dd style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 1px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;\">326 pages</dd><dt style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 3px 3px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Categories</dt><dd class=\"genre-list\" style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 1px 0px 5px 65px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><a href=\"http://www.lacumbre.com/static/register.html\" style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #0678be; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\">Thrillers</a></dd><li></li></dl></div></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\">I've never had a contract with Transworld and the book is not a \"Thriller\". It was released as a paperback, and only as a paperback by Dorchester Publishing's \"LoveSpell\" imprint.</span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\">More anon.</span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\">Rowena Cherry</span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\"><br /></div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/y_jghA_8FSo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/congress-close-those-pirate-friendly.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-3702793141993594592015-07-09T09:00:00.000-04:002015-07-09T09:00:00.725-04:00Supernatural Creatures Out of the Coffin<p>I've just finished rereading SUNSHINE, a fantastically good vampire novel by Robin McKinley. Like Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series and Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, SUNSHINE depicts an alternate version of our world in which vampires, werewolves, and other nonhuman beings are \"out,\" their existence publicly known. It's interesting to see how differently various authors handle this premise. In Hamilton's and Harris's fiction, vampires and other creatures enjoy varying degrees of acceptance, more so in Harris's than Hamilton's, because of the availability of artificial blood in the world of Sookie Stackhouse. McKinley's version is much darker. SUNSHINE takes place in a North America ravaged by the Voodoo Wars, still in the process of rebuilding. Magically tainted \"bad spots\" and ruined cities seem far more common than safe havens. Supernatural beings, collectively called the Others, incite suspicion or, more typically, horror. Vampires are worst of all. Even human magic-users are regarded with wariness and have to register their existence. A government agency called the Special Other Forces\u2014SOF\u2014monitors the Others and strives to protect ordinary citizens from them.</p> <p>Since this novel was published after 9-11, I'm certain the analogy between SOF and Homeland Security isn't accidental. All Others are feared and shunned, even though not all of them are dangerous, just as not all members of certain religions and ethnic groups are terrorists. TVTropes labels fear and loathing of imaginary scapegoated groups in fantasy and SF \"fantastic racism\":</p> <a href=\"http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasticRacism\">Fantastic Racism</a> <p>We're all familiar with STAR TREK's IDIC ideal of rejoicing in diversity. The original STAR TREK portrayed an Earth civilization that had moved beyond racial and national prejudice, with a black woman on the bridge and Chekov, a representative of the Cold War enemy of that era, shown as a valued member of the crew. In the first season, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy befriended a nonhumanoid \"monster\" with silicon-based biology, who looked like an ambulatory rock. Throughout the various series and movies, we saw characters of many different planets and species working together for the greater good.</p> <p>Does contemplation of fantastic racism have any impact on actual racism? Does appreciation of STAR TREK and other works that undercut prejudice against aliens or supernatural creatures transfer over to real life? Does a fan of such literature and films necessarily hold more generous attitudes toward mundane \"Others\"? Are SF fans typically more open to ethnic and cultural diversity in their everyday lives than the general population?</p> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/LZjz4twtH8Q\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/supernatural-creatures-out-of-coffin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-13126535424496854832015-07-07T11:00:00.000-04:002015-07-20T19:10:04.301-04:00Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg <div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story<br />Part 1<br /> by<br /> Jacqueline Lichtenberg&nbsp;</b></div><b></b><br />I talk a lot on this blog about how to depict character -- not just characterization, but how to show-don't-tell the \"strength\" of a character.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/08/reviews-9-sex-politics-and-heroism.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/08/reviews-9-sex-politics-and-heroism.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2010/07/greed-is-good.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2010/07/greed-is-good.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2010/05/tv-show-white-collar-fanfic-and-show.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2010/05/tv-show-white-collar-fanfic-and-show.html</a><br /><br />One of the signatures of \"strength\" (as Editors define it when asking for \"strong\" characters) is the clearly defined \"story arc\" that the character travels throughout the story.<br /><br />If you've been watching the USA series SUITS (on their \"characters welcome\" presentation) you have noted how, in the season finale in March 2015, showed couples finally articulating the emotions the viewers had seen were developing.<br /><br />That finale came complete with a marriage proposal.<br /><br />SUITS is a series about high-powered lawyers eviscerating each other while struggling to hang onto some kind of code of decency.&nbsp; <br /><br />It is not a love story.&nbsp; It is not a Romance.&nbsp; It is, however, all about Character Arc.<br /><br />And it has been renewed for a summer 2015 run.<br /><br />The show is also made available on streaming services, such as Amazon Prime.<br /><br />Why do these high-profile dramas always tiptoe around the edges of a love story, even when they are about something incompatible with couple-formation?<br /><br />The vague, general answer to that question is \"verisimilitude\" -- to make the created world of the characters seem like reality, so vastly un-real things can happen and seem real.<br /><br />In real life, characters are people.&nbsp; People have strong times in life, and weak times in life, and just slogging along day to day times in life.&nbsp; Life goes in cycles.&nbsp; Not all of a real life is a \"story\" -- your life's story is laced through the Events in your life, but most of life is not eventful.&nbsp; Sometimes non-eventfulness is just what you want most.<br /><br />A novel or TV Series, though, focuses on the periods of the main character's life when Events are hammering at the Character.&nbsp; Some Events break the character in half and leave him/her helpless, and other Events temper the Character's strength.<br /><br />We relate to those life segments because we have lived through them, or helped someone through them, or been elated or devastated by someone we know going through them.<br /><br />Life is hard.&nbsp; We all know that.&nbsp; We go to fiction to look at life from a perspective that reveals how to survive, how to win, how to get to our own idea of \"Happily Ever After.\"&nbsp; The first thing we learn, reading our first juvenile fiction, is it is possible to win against all odds.&nbsp; <br /><br />A little older, we learn about the Character traits that merit winning.<br /><br />After that, fiction opens up, no longer YA, no longer aimed at a particular age group but aimed at a personality type that is at a particular emotional maturity level.&nbsp; Thus Genre is born, created by marketers looking to sell a stream of identical products.&nbsp; <br /><br />That's what books (or TV Series Episodes) are.&nbsp; They are all identical, yet each is new and different. <br /><br />So the life-lessons are sequenced and marketed to people at various maturity levels looking to get away from the rut of daily life and experience what it would be like to break through to the next higher maturity level.<br /><br />How does a writer deliver that experience of \"the next higher maturity level\" without turning preachy, intellectual, abstract, philosophical, boring?<br /><br />The most effective method for delivering an entertaining life-elevating experience to a reader is Character Arc.<br /><br />The writer starts with a Character whose age, gender, spiritual awareness, politics, values, and life-situation resembles the intended reader's -- but differs enough so the reader can adopt an objective (this is not me) attitude.<br /><br />That's paragraph one - or the infamous narrative hook.&nbsp; The narrative hook has to be&nbsp; fabricated out of the theme, the character, and the character's internal and external conflicts.&nbsp; <br /><br />Page One delivers an Event -- not necessarily a Life Event, but a Change of Situation.<br /><br />Something happens, but not to the main Character.&nbsp; On Page One the reader learns which character is the Main Character because the Main Character is the character whose actions happen TO someone else.&nbsp; As in chess, the player playing White makes the first move.&nbsp; The character who is arcing makes the first move, and thus becomes the Main Character.<br /><br />Now, why does that Main Character have to be involved in a Love Story?<br /><br />Love Story is not sex.&nbsp; It is not Romance.&nbsp; It is more like \"Velcro of the soul\" -- it is opening your heart and soul to another, becoming involved in that other's emotional, intellectual and spiritual life, values and Character Arc.<br /><br />A Love Story is not just a story.&nbsp; It is a plot.&nbsp; The plot of the story, the internal conflict. <br /><br />Look again at SUITS.&nbsp; The pilot episode involved one guy (the Main Character) getting suckered into doing a drug-drop by a so-called friend, running for his life, and accidentally plunging into a job interview (all in a big hotel) where a Law Firm was interviewing for associates.&nbsp; It turns out, being a Lawyer was his youthful aim in life.&nbsp; He gets the job despite not having the proper degree and officially passing the Bar.<br /><br />The guy who hires him does not love him.&nbsp; He's into women.&nbsp; But through the impact they have on each other, they learn to love themselves, and now (2015 seasons) Romance is ripening into Marriage.&nbsp; That is story-arc.&nbsp; One character's internal world changes because of the impact of being deeply involved in another character's internal world.<br /><br />STORY is the sequence of emotions the Character experiences.&nbsp; PLOT is the sequence of events outside the character that reflects and makes visible to the reader/viewer what is going on inside the Character.&nbsp; Proposing Marriage brings Story and Plot together in one scene.<br /><br />Keeping in mind that LOVE is not about sex, not about Romance, not about Winning or Losing or Commanding or Demanding or Controlling, we need to look at what Love is exactly so that we can see why every novel, TV Series, or story of any sort needs a thread woven through it that depicts Love.&nbsp; <br /><br />The simple answer is just verisimilitude -- to make any story powerful, there has to be something in it that \"rings a bell\" or resonates with the reader/viewer.&nbsp; The fictional world has to have something in it that resembles reality -- then you can do anything and make it believable.<br /><br />If Love is included, you achieve two objectives with a few spare words.&nbsp; You create that verisimilitude, and you depict a world where happiness is possible (even if it doesn't exist).&nbsp; Check out the TV Series Once Upon A Time about a world where Happiness exists, or does not exist.<br /><br />We all want love, and most of us have experienced long stretches of years where we feel nobody loves us (least of all ourselves).&nbsp; While going through such a period, it seems like a steady state -- that life will always be love-less, that nobody cares.&nbsp; <br /><br />That's not depression but realism.<br /><br />Take a Character who is in such a period, and show-don't-tell how that Character will be able to break him/herself out of that loveless rut.&nbsp; <br /><br />If you, the writer, do not know how your Character can break out of a love-less life-cycle, all you have to do is check out today's major headlines, then dig into History, browse some blogs, and you will find examples of every mental/emotional state along that Character Arc.&nbsp; <br /><br />As a writer, you are an artist.&nbsp; Artists discern patterns clearly that others see only dimly.&nbsp; Artists depict what they see so vividly that others can recognize in the Art the same pattern they see in Life, but dimly.&nbsp; Art triggers that wondrous AHA! moment.&nbsp; <br /><br />No matter what the conflict, theme, situation, your Character can triumph over all adversity by Arcing into a state of being more able to Love, more willing to Love, more open to Love.<br /><br />In Part 2 of Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story, (next Tuesday)<br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-2.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-2.html</a><br />we'll look at some seriously explosive inspirational material.&nbsp; Meanwhile, think carefully about how you would define love -- because without Love there is no Romance.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/nqypKQbdRS8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-every-novel-needs-love-story-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-19115475769781767652015-07-02T09:00:00.000-04:002015-07-02T09:00:02.070-04:00True Blood on the Way?<p>The U.K.'s National Health Service has announced the prospect of beginning human experimental trials for manufactured blood in 2017:</p> <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/lab-grown-blood-be-trialed-uk\">Lab-Grown Blood</a> <p>They're not working on an artificial product like the commercial synthetic beverage in Charlaine Harris's vampire series and the TV adaptation TRUE BLOOD, although other researchers have worked on creating synthetic blood. The NHS hopes to grow blood from stem cells. So far, they've demonstrated that red corpuscles can be generated in the lab, but only in tiny quantities, a few teaspoons at most. Mass production still lies out of reach. According to a doctor at NHS, \u201cThe intention is not to replace blood donation but to provide specialist treatment for specific patient groups.\u201d If proven safe in the human body, even small amounts could be helpful to patients with conditions such as sickle cell anemia.</p> <p>Eventually, though, it seems likely that manufactured blood cells will become available in a quantity useful for transfusions, even if that goal lies several years in the future. If so, will human donors of common blood types become unnecessary (like me, O-positive)? Or will the lab-grown product remain only a supplement to natural donations rather than a replacement?</p> <p>As for vampires, the Sookie Stackhouse series implies that the undead find the synthetic product less than satisfying. Rogue vampire attacks on human victims still pose a hazard to the public, contributing to the tensions between vampire and mortal that pervade both the books and the TV program. Would blood grown from human stem cells be different, though? Would it taste and nourish enough like the real thing to allow the living and the undead to coexist without fear on either side? Of course, vampires might still desire the intimacy of feeding from live partners, but ideally that need would be supplied by willing volunteers and paid donors. It would be interesting to contemplate a world in which vampires are not only \"out of the coffin\" but fully integrated into society instead of legally restricted second-class citizens (and objects of either fear, loathing, or queasy fascination) as in Harris's series.</p> <p>Off topic: Reverting to last week's subject, here's an essay about how parents can use INSIDE OUT to talk about feelings with their kids:</p> <a href=\"http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-inside-out-20150629-story.html\">Inside Out</a> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/U7iczxi65Mw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/07/true-blood-on-way.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-18981369871886267982015-06-30T11:00:00.000-04:002015-06-30T11:00:03.886-04:00Blurb Writing 101 - Part 1 - Study The Experts by Jacqueline Lichtenberg<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Blurb Writing 101<br />Part 1<br /> Study The Experts&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><br />I put the following into a Facebook post on the Sime~Gen Group as we were wrestling with creating the back cover copy for the upcoming Sime~Gen release, an anthology of stories by 11 writers edited by 2 other writers, not Jean Lorrah or Jacqueline Lichtenberg. &nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />The Facebook Group is centered on the Sime~Gen novels, but that encompasses so many topics (as a \"built\" world, it contains everything - and we're still building), that there is hardly anything that isn't being discussed. <br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimeGen/\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimeGen/</a><br /><br />The video below is about the Middle East mess, but the subject of the Facebook post is the creation of a SHORT explanation of the world I have built around the Sime~Gen Characters (which just gets more complicated as Jean Lorrah adds to it all).<br /><br />To accomplish the creation of this blurb, I've been trying to teach a whole profession (which I have never mastered) to a beginner who didn't realize it is an entire profession.&nbsp; <br /><br />The profession is called copywriting, and/or advertising copywriting, and is the skill set needed to write cover copy blurbs for novels.<br /><br />The task is to write the blurb for the back of the Sime~Gen Anthology, and that blurb will go on Amazon and other e-book distributors pitch page.&nbsp; <br /><br />The stories span a huge swatch of the Sime~Gen Chronology <br /><a href=\"http://www.simegen.com/CHRONO1.html\">http://www.simegen.com/CHRONO1.html</a><br />and have an enormous cast of characters.&nbsp; <br /><br />This task requires summarizing Sime~Gen, boiling it down, making it easy to understand.&nbsp; <br /><br />SHORT has never-ever-never been my forte!&nbsp; <br /><br />Another task on our do-list requiring \"short\" is the creation of a YouTube Video explaining \"What Is Sime~Gen.\"&nbsp; <br /><br />So I found this video on YouTube.&nbsp; <br /><br /><b>CAUTION</b><br /><br />Do not get caught up in the subject of the Middle East Mess, but focus on the technique behind making this video. <br /><br />This is the sort of image-based explanation with clear narrative that you need when you create the cover copy for your novel.<br /><br />As the writer, the worldbuilder, you know too much about your world -- just as you know too much about the Middle East Conflict, about Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Liberia, Sudan, Iran, -- the list of countries is huge! <br /><br />Copywriting is indeed an entire profession -- people sit at desks, pluck a folder out of their in-box, find an assignment and after briefly scanning the essential facts, they write the cover copy, or the press release, or the packaging or pitching or whatever elevator-pitch style summary of \"why you should be interested in this\" message.<br /><br />Copywriters get paid a lot for that skill - just not enough to afford to live in Manhattan unless they work for an ad agency on a top floor corner office.<br /><br />Sime~Gen is far more complex than the Middle East!&nbsp; Many copywriters have tried and failed to explain it.&nbsp; The one who comes the closest works for Loreful, the company that owns the rights to the Sime~Gen videogame.<br /><br />The author of a \"world\" has to master the boil-down technique and presentation technique you can see in this video and adapt it to their blurb problem. <br /><br />This 5 minute video takes an enormously complex, sprawling, multi-layered, millions of people with trillions of opinions, and explains to \"outsiders\" what they are doing and why, just as if explaining the Middle East to UFO denizens from Arcturus.&nbsp; <br /><br />We all know more than we want to know about the Middle East criss-crossing-conflicts.&nbsp; And we all harbor half a dozen or more contradictory opinions about it at once.&nbsp; But who among us can visualize a graphic explanation of our own novel or series that is this succinct?<br /><br />Nevermind if you think it is a correct description of the Middle East Conflict!&nbsp; <br />SUCCINCT is what We are looking for when describing the Main Conflict of a novel or series of novels.<br /><br />Here are some previous posts on conflict:<br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/01/theme-plot-integration-part-5-great.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2013/01/theme-plot-integration-part-5-great.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/01/theme-worldbuilding-integration-part-8.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/01/theme-worldbuilding-integration-part-8.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/09/depiction-part-2-conflict-and-resolution.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/09/depiction-part-2-conflict-and-resolution.html</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/09/depiction-part-3-internal-conflict-by.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/09/depiction-part-3-internal-conflict-by.html</a><br /><br />Now watch this 5 minute video and imagine it is explaining the Sime Territories being forged in Killing, in Pens, in Secret Pens, in Violence, in desperation, in Zelerod's Doom to produce a situation that can pass for \"peace\" in the History Books.&nbsp; \\<br /><br />Here's a handy source of Sime~Gen books in an Amazon store -- you can click through the titles to read the Amazon blurbs, many of which I wrote.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://astore.amazon.com/simegen-20\">http://astore.amazon.com/simegen-20</a><br /><br />Be sure not to focus on the content or veracity of this video's opinionated and one-sided explanation.&nbsp; Re-post it on your own Facebook Wall and intro with your opinion of the content, but here focus on the technique used to distill a situation you understand into a simple, 5 minute graphic.&nbsp; <br /><br />Focus on how the \"stock\" images in the video are used to make a point, and how that one point is sifted out of the background and brought into focus then repeated.&nbsp; <br /><br />You know how complicated that real-world background is.&nbsp; Focus on the technique required to simplify it into this video -- and on how the video was scripted and made.&nbsp; <br /><br />Yes, we will need 2 videos for Sime~Gen if we use this technique! One from the Sime point of view, and one from the Gen point of view!<br /><br />Maybe more: from the junct point of view, from the disjunct point of view, from the non-junct point of view, from the towner point of view, from the Householder point of view, from the \"converts\" to Householding lifestyle point of view.&nbsp; <br /><br />Point of view is what makes this YouTube video SIMPLE.&nbsp; Study how narrow that view is, and how sharply the point is made because of that.&nbsp; You can tell easily because you will react strongly to what this video does not say.&nbsp; <br /><br />As in music, SILENCE is the most powerful element, the element that structures the art.&nbsp; In narrative fiction, what is not said is often far more powerful than what is said.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/8EDW88CBo-8\">https://youtu.be/8EDW88CBo-8</a><br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/C3cz2TsjNHw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/blurb-writing-101-part-1-study-experts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-60231534139916719532015-06-28T17:31:00.002-04:002015-06-28T17:31:38.808-04:006 Pentacles - What Goes Around Comes Around<div>As noted previously, this is a chapter in a book about the Tarot aimed at Intermediate students of Tarot, not beginners or advanced students. It is particularly aimed at writers looking to learn World Building and Alien Character building. </div><br /><div>Updated and expanded compilation of all these Tarot Just For Writers entries is now available on Kindle:<br /><br />The Wands and Cups Volumes and &nbsp;the Swords and Pentacles Volumes, are now all available separately on Kindle. &nbsp;The 5 Volumes combined are also available on Kindle as one book, cheaper than buying them individually.<br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Never Cross A Palm With Silver Aug 30, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108MC26O\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108MC26O</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Wands Sept. 1, 2015 &nbsp;99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVPKU\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVPKU</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Cups Sept. 11, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106SATX8\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106SATX8</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Swords &nbsp;Sept. 17, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0100RSPM2\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0100RSPM2</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Pentacles &nbsp;Sept. 21, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVKF0\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVKF0</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Books 1-5 combined Sept. 24, 2015 $3.25<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010E4WAOU\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010E4WAOU</a><br /><div><br /></div>This series is designed not for the beginner or the advanced student, but for the intermediate student and specifically for writers doing worldbuilding..</div><br /><div><br />--------------- </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And Remember: The meaning of a Tarot Minor Arcana resides in the placement on the Tree of Life (i.e. the number on the card) integrated with the \"World\" or Suit of the card.<br />For the Tree of Life and the Jacob's Ladder diagrams see: </div><br /><div><br /><a href=\"http://web.onetel.net.uk/~maggyw/treeladder.html\">http://web.onetel.net.uk/~maggyw/treeladder.html</a> </div><br /><div><br />I don't really go with the way this page explains the Tree, but it is worth thinking about. There are many other ways. For now, ponder the diagrams on this page or Google up some others. </div><br /><div><br />I have been posting here since August 14th, 2007, every Tuesday, the 10 minor Arcana of the suit of Swords. The Ace of Pentacles was posted Oct 23, 2007. The 3 of Pentacles was accidentally posted dated Monday November 5th. </div><br /><div><br />--------------- </div><br /><div><br />6 Pentacles </div><br /><div><br />What goes around comes around. Yep, I'm still on cliches. </div><br /><div><br />As much as the 5 of Pentacles is about isolation, loneliness and being unable to get anyone to listen, unable to get psychological validation from another human being, the 6 of Pentacles is about connectivity. </div><br /><div><br />6's are about Love, and how love opens the psyche to receive Beauty. </div><br /><div><br />The shock-and-awe of the apperception of the Beauty which fuels the Universe is the essence of 6, the center of the Tree of Life. </div><br /><div><br />Look at the Jacob's Ladder diagram. We are now talking about the 3rd circle up from the bottom of the MIDDLE column. </div><br /><div><br />Under that 6 of Pentacles lies the 10 of Swords, so these two processes are related harmonics.<br />6 of Pentacles is immensely complicated because it is in fact so very simple. It is love. We've grappled with this before, discussing the 6 of Swords. </div><br /><div><br />In Swords, we did not discuss how the 6 of Swords overlays the 10 of Cups, and is overlain by the Ace of Pentacles. We just tried to tease out the meaning of 6 Swords without getting so complicated. </div><br /><div><br />The 10 of Cups is a vast and stable emotional joy -- a psychological stability. The 6 of Swords is a journey to start over somewhere else, despite dragging your habits with you (good or bad habits, you drag them everywhere). </div><br /><div><br />The Ace of Pentacles is the start of materializing something new (not always good, just materializing whatever project you've been working on). </div><br /><div><br />Here in the 6 of Pentacles, we hit the 6-note again, harmonizing with the previous 6's and bringing it all down into concrete manifestation. </div><br /><div><br />How do you concretize G-d's love? </div><br /><div><br />Well, a good start is Charity. </div><br /><div><br />But mostly people think of Charity as giving to those less fortunate, those who have less. And its often just physical things that get donated. </div><br /><div><br />But very often, the most meaningful kind of Charity is done just within your own mind, quietly inside your thoughts and opinions, your thought-habits (10 Swords). </div><br /><div><br />Political correctness requires that we not judge people's values, and most especially that we not judge on a double standard. </div><br /><div><br />But it's very possible that true Charity requires a double standard. </div><br /><div><br />Not everyone can do what you have done -- so should you require everyone to measure up to the standard by which you judge yourself? </div><br /><div><br />Look at it backwards. If you find yourself wanting, should you necessarily judge others by a higher standard? </div><br /><div><br />And some people \"put others on a pedestal\" in order to devalue themselves. </div><br /><div><br />But if you judge everyone against the same standards, you aren't \"handicapping\" (as in golf or gambling). You aren't allowing for the inherent differences among us. </div><br /><div><br />Charity may in fact mean that you judge each person you meet against their own ideal condition. But of course, you not being Infinitely Wise, can't possibly know what that ideal condition is. In fact, you can't know what your own ideal condition is! </div><br /><div><br />So what are we to do? Not judge anyone? Political correctness indicates that one should not ever pass value judgements. </div><br /><div><br />Wouldn't it be nice if life were that simple? One rule that always applies. </div><br /><div><br />Something about that idea makes me suspicious. </div><br /><div><br />If life were that simple, would the Tarot deck need so many cards to describe the process of living? </div><br /><div><br />In the 5 of Pentacles, we experienced solitude, loneliness, and learned self-reliance. We learned to get rid of some of our emotional baggage and other clutter to make room for that which others value. </div><br /><div><br />That housecleaning left us able to re-enter social interaction after the long, quiet building process of 4 Pentacles. </div><br /><div><br />What we built in 4 Pentacles we are now able to SHARE with others by accepting into the spot emptied by housecleaning, what they have to share with us. </div><br /><div><br />So maybe we can't judge the value systems other live by as better or lesser than our own. So maybe all we can judge is how compatible someone else's values are with our own -- at this particular time. </div><br /><div><br />Everyone changes all the time, though we change within the parameters delineated by our natal charts. We can become a better example of our self, but we can't become someone else or live someone else's life. </div><br /><div><br />However, at any given moment, we can respond to compatibility -- that what the Other has to share fits nicely into the empty spot within us while what we have to share fits into their empty spot. </div><br /><div><br />Cliche: You scratch my back; I'll scratch yours. </div><br /><div><br />And that's the Giving and Receiving contract represented by 6 Pentacles. </div><br /><div><br />Once again, the Waite Rider deck images miss the point somewhat. The essence of Charity is not the wealthy giving to the poor. The essence of Charity is the Social Contract. It's not about what I have and what you have -- it's about what we have. </div><br /><div><br />Yeah, love is a contract -- a legal contract! Isn't that awful? </div><br /><div><br />But in a way it's true. Every human interaction is based on a contract of some sort -- a \"you do this; I do that\" contract. </div><br /><div><br />Mystically, G-d came to Avram and said, \"Come walk in my ways and I'll make of you a great nation.\" That's a contract. And again at Mount Sinai, the Ten Commandments were given as a contract -- you do this; I'll do that. G-d interacts with humankind via a legal contract. </div><br /><div><br />All human relationships mirror that, as do all civilizations. </div><br /><div><br />The contract part is the concrete part, the Pentacles part of the deal. </div><br /><div><br />6 is Love, the love of Beauty and the Beauty of love. </div><br /><div><br />The contract of love is reciprocity -- to allow one's self to be affected, changed, as much as one offers to affect the other. </div><br /><div><br />For the most part, the terms of the contract of love are unspoken, mostly subconscious and therefore un-speakable because you, yourself, don't know your own terms -- and therefore the whole contract is subject to misunderstanding. </div><br /><div><br />That misunderstanding often manifests as co-dependence, sometimes in a healthy way, and sometimes not. See 5 Swords again. </div><br /><div><br />So 6 Pentacles is about the individual's pairing contract mirroring the social contract which mirrors the mystical contract the Creator made with humankind. </div><br /><div><br />So to figure out the 6 of Pentacles, we have to start at the top, the origin. </div><br /><div><br />As we discussed in Swords, creation was Created by a Word. Much later, we learned what that Word was about via the Ten Commandments. </div><br /><div><br />It's no co-incidence there are 10 Sepheroth of the Tree of Life and 10 Commandments. Trust me, no coincidence at all! </div><br /><div><br />We learned that if we follow these 10 simple rules, there will be Abundance. Vast Abundance! The Universe is Abundant. It's a Law and part of the Contract. (remember the Swords discussion of the Zero Sum Game model vs. the model of Abundance). </div><br /><div><br />So how come there are poor people and rich people? And the richest aren't always the best at following Commandments! </div><br /><div><br />The theory is (more mysticism here) that the vast abundance flows into the world unevenly, and some people are challenged (remember, you can't judge other people very well, being a person yourself) to develop ways of redistributing the extra that they get. Yeah, being rich is (cliche!) no bed of roses. </div><br /><div><br />Conundrum: If you find that you need to get more, the way to get more is to GIVE more. </div><br /><div><br />So those who start out with extra and figure out how to give, (it's not that easy - look at the celebrity-gossip headlines!) find they have even more than they started with. </div><br /><div><br />But it's also true that some of those who start out with too little have become prosperous after doing Charity. </div><br /><div><br />Remember the movie where the fellow will inherit a fortune if he can figure out how to spend a million dollars in a short time? It was a comedy, but could be remade as an Alien Romance. </div><br /><div><br />We all know from experience that giving doesn't bring more right away. </div><br /><div><br />You can't (usually) get by deliberately giving for the purpose of getting. </div><br /><div><br />Remember the discussion in 5 Pentacles of discarding some of the irrelevant bits accumulated in 4 Pentacles? You discard what you don't need to make room to accept something from someone else, something they cherish (an idea, a value, a joy, whatever). </div><br /><div><br />Relationships are established and nurtured by exchanging such personal bits of individuality.<br />One of the most difficult principles of Kabbalah is Giving and Receiving. Receiving is very likely the single most difficult occult concept of all. </div><br /><div><br />6 Pentacles is the process during which we complete the circuit with G-d, receiving the Love He gives and giving to others in reflection of that. This process leaves us more and more capable of loving G-d. </div><br /><div><br />This process is not so simple. How many of us are even capable of letting ourselves be loved by another human being, never mind the Creator of us all? </div><br /><div><br />It's a pump - you have to prime it. </div><br /><div><br />Young people today don't know how to prime a pump -- all their sinks come with faucets and their cars don't have carburetors. How are they supposed to learn about love? </div><br /><div><br />Well, by attempting to participate in giving and receiving, even by deliberately giving in order to get, we start to open ourselves up. </div><br /><div><br />It is a stepwise process, taking many lifetimes. Eventually Pentacles can be understood in a whole new light. (when I get there, I'll let you know what color that light is) </div><br /><div><br />Story characters, just like some people, often set out to get rich, to make money, to amass wealth. We like to read stories about the wantonly rich. The TV Show Colombo was about an ordinary Los Angeles Detective who investigated murders among the grandly wealthy the city is known for. His rumpled trenchcoat became an icon! </div><br /><div><br />There is a fascination in how the \"other half\" lives. And in the USA, it is possible for the poorest among us to become the richest. So we're fascinated to a purpose. </div><br /><div><br />Often, wealth is chosen as a goal. And we read many stories about people who became \"hard-hearted\" as they pursue that goal. </div><br /><div><br />Cliche: Money Is The Root Of All Evil. </div><br /><div><br />How can that be if one whole quarter of Jacob's Ladder, the path to Heaven, is formed of Pentacles? The Suit of Coins? </div><br /><div><br />What's wrong with wanting to be rich? </div><br /><div><br />Nothing, unless you choose having a lot of money as a goal. </div><br /><div><br />Maybe that's the whole secret of it! Wealth is not a goal. It is a side-effect. Wealth is a side-effect produced by the pursuit of self-knowledge and spiritual health that lets you love and let yourself be loved. </div><br /><div><br />Remember, Jacob's Ladder is the conduit down which G-d's love flows into the world, and it is also the circuit diagram of human personality-soul-spirit. </div><br /><div><br />Perhaps wealth is chosen as a goal by those who despair of ever knowing love. Or perhaps they believe if they're rich enough, they'll be loved. </div><br /><div><br />How many Romance novels involve a young woman yearning for the rich scion of a Titled family? </div><br /><div><br />If wealth is chosen as a goal in itself, you may achieve it and never know you've made it. Or you may think you have it made only to have it all evaporate. Or you may star in one of those movies where the elderly Grandfather is dying in a huge four-poster bed, and the children are sniping at each other all over the mansion, vying for shares of the fortune. </div><br /><div><br />We yearn for riches as much or maybe more than for love. Why is that? Why do we worship the almighty dollar which is represented in Tarot by the Suit of Pentacles? </div><br /><div><br />There is a relationship between wealth and love. </div><br /><div><br />When we feel G-d's love, we feel wealthy even if we don't have much. When we don't feel G-d's love, no matter how much wealth we have, we feel poor and use our wealth to batter at that internal barrier (hence celebrities with a $17,000/month party budget). </div><br /><div><br />The 6 of Pentacles is all about puzzling out how that relationship between love and money works for you right now. </div><br /><div><br />The key is to realize that money is not the root of all evil, but rather the conduit through which G-d's love flows into manifestation. </div><br /><div><br />If you attempt to stand in the way of that downrushing flood more powerful than Niagra Falls, you will be swept away as surely as so many celebrities with wasted lives. </div><br /><div><br />If you become an extension of that conduit, then the event that marks the 10 of Swords process (which underlies 6 Pentacles) will be a culmination of your actions resulting in filling you up with love to give. </div><br /><div><br />Let's look in on our writer who gritted her teeth and started writing her first novel in Ace of Swords, and eventually had her packaging go all awry, then made changes, and finally began another novel in Ace of Pentacles and found herself building a career in 4 Pentacles and lost her confidence in 5 Pentacles. </div><br /><div><br />Guess what's happening to her now that she's worked that second novel down to 6 Pentacles.<br />She's just been offered a FILM OPTION on her second book! That's 6 of Pentacles -- something you earned in a past life but didn't get, a big break, a leg up when you really need it, a boost you couldn't create for yourself, just \"falls into your lap.\" I suspect many \"rescuer\" novels are primarily inspired by this kind of event half-remembered from a prior life and misunderstood in today's model of the universe. </div><br /><div><br />To others our writer's good fortune looks as if a fumbling, incompetent beginning writer (they always blame the author for the cover) got unreasonably lucky with her second novel and got a film option. She couldn't possibly have earned it more than someone working for decades in the industry. </div><br /><div><br />Well, she didn't earn it now. She drew some capital out of the karmic bank, or possibly a loan against collateral. Because of that, the right person for her got the editorial job and inherited her book contracts. </div><br /><div><br />Or perhaps someone with a big karmic debt (not to her, but just a debt) was drawn to pay off that debt. The love that should have flowed to our writer splashed sideways and hit her new editor who happened to send an ARC to this producer who was moved to give because he loved her book. </div><br /><div><br />Why did he love her book? Well, he didn't love her book. He just loved. </div><br /><div><br />Now our writer is all excited and energized again, toiling away on her third and fourth books, working with self-confidence, once more sure that what she has to give will be well received. </div><br /><div><br />And because she is glowing with all this love, she will do as well with these new novel contracts as her skills permit. If she worked hard enough acquiring skills before her first sale, she will now be able to deliver the goods. If not - she won't have the follow-up success needed to continue the build. </div><br /><div><br />This writer has chosen as her goal to gift-wrap her heart and soul in order to give it away as stories. She has poured love into those stories, unstintingly, and when she's empty, love will pour back into her. Her chickens will come home to roost and lay many eggs. </div><br /><div><br />6 of Pentacles Reversed happens when goals aren't chosen well, usually for lack of sufficient energy in the execution of plans. </div><br /><div><br />6 of Pentacles Reversed feels like being held back a grade and having to repeat the lessons of giving and receiving, of charity and discipline of creating karmic credit. </div><br /><div><br />In the Reversed process, wealth is not understood as a side-effect but as a goal on the road to power without self-knowledge. </div><br /><div><br />It took knowledge of yourself to select the the right bits to discard in 5 Pentacles in order to re-enter the flow of the social contract in 6 Pentacles by receiving. </div><br /><div><br />One last caution. Don't judge how well people are doing spiritually by how much wealth they have amassed, or by how \"lucky\" they are getting \"all the breaks.\" </div><br /><div><br />Someone can be doing splendidly in one area, with one project or one part of life, and be completely messed up in all the others. Humans are complex and develop unevenly -- and we all have challenges tailored specifically for our own lesson in this life right now. </div><br /><div><br />The spiritually greatest among us can be the poorest or least lucky. </div><br /><div><br />Remember that when you give to someone who has less money than yourself. You may be giving to the richest person on earth who simply doesn't have money for food at the moment in order to give you a chance to tap into abundance. You would be wise to give with respect. </div><br /><div><br />There is no one answer that will work for everyone. Your right answer today will not be right tomorrow - because you will change. We'll look into that in 7 Pentacles. </div><br /><div><br />But the basic principle is always there and objectively true. The universe is made out of love, and it's love that holds it all together via the social contract. </div><br /><div><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg </div><br /><div><br /><a href=\"http://www.simegen.com/jl/\">http://www.simegen.com/jl/</a> </div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/4fxYtM2796s\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/6-pentacles-what-goes-around-comes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-62430997828443092572015-06-28T17:26:00.001-04:002015-06-28T17:26:27.802-04:005 Pentacles - Bad Reviews<div><br />As noted previously, this is a chapter in a book about the Tarot aimed at<br />Intermediate students of Tarot, not beginners or advanced students. It is<br />particularly aimed at writers looking to learn World Building and Alien<br />Character building. </div><br /><div><br />Updated and expanded compilation of all these Tarot Just For Writers entries is now available on Kindle:<br /><br />The Wands and Cups Volumes and &nbsp;the Swords and Pentacles Volumes, are now all available separately on Kindle. &nbsp;The 5 Volumes combined are also available on Kindle as one book, cheaper than buying them individually.<br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Never Cross A Palm With Silver Aug 30, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108MC26O\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0108MC26O</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Wands Sept. 1, 2015 &nbsp;99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVPKU\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVPKU</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Cups Sept. 11, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106SATX8\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106SATX8</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Swords &nbsp;Sept. 17, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0100RSPM2\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0100RSPM2</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Pentacles &nbsp;Sept. 21, 2015 99 cents<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVKF0\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0106RVKF0</a><br /><br />The Not So Minor Arcana: Books 1-5 combined Sept. 24, 2015 $3.25<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010E4WAOU\">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010E4WAOU</a><br /><div><br /></div>This series is designed not for the beginner or the advanced student, but for the intermediate student and specifically for writers doing worldbuilding..</div><br /><div><br />--------------- </div><br /><div><br />And Remember: The meaning of a Tarot Minor Arcana resides in the placement on the Tree of Life (i.e. the number on the card) integrated with the \"World\" or Suit of the card. </div><br /><div><br />For the Tree of Life and the Jacob's Ladder diagrams see: </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href=\"http://web.onetel.net.uk/~maggyw/treeladder.html\">http://web.onetel.net.uk/~maggyw/treeladder.html</a> </div><br /><div><br />I don't really go with the way this page explains the Tree, but it is worth<br />thinking about. There are many other ways. For now, ponder the diagrams on<br />this page or Google up some others. </div><br /><div><br />I have been posting here since August 14th, every Tuesday, the 10 minor<br />Arcana of the suit of Swords. The Ace of Pentacles was posted Oct 23, 2007.<br />The 3 of Pentacles was accidentally posted dated Monday November 5th. </div><br /><div><br />---------------</div><br /><div><br />5 Pentacles </div><br /><div><br />We are now discussing the 2nd circle up from the bottom of the left hand<br />column (your left, as you face the diagram) of Jacob's Ladder. </div><br /><div><br />In 4 Pentacles we spent a long time building something.</div><br /><div><br />The writer we've been following is building her career in 4 Pentacles,<br />submitting outlines, getting contracts, delivering novels, doing galleys,<br />juggling all this against family, health crises, and obligations. She is<br />trying to resist all distractions. It rarely works. </div><br /><div><br />In the 4 Pentacles processes, she's writing characters layer by layer,<br />building one layer on top of another to create deep characters she can write<br />long series of books about. She's creating intricate worlds, one layer at a<br />time, one revelation at a time. All that is 4 Pentacles, the long<br />apparently non-productive pause in the materialization of a project. </div><br /><div><br />Now, in 5 Pentacles we come to a situation similar to what we found in 5 Swords. </div><br /><div><br />Check Jacob's ladder again and note how both 4 and 5 Pentacles dangle out in space, without another layer of circles behind them. This section of the Ladder is fundamentally different from the top section of Wands, which also dangles out in space, and at the same time it is much more accessible to living people than the top. This is familiar territory. </div><br /><div><br />So in 5 Swords, our writer presented her (overly long) novel to her critique<br />group and felt their criticism as an attack. She fought back, defending her<br />baby, and eventually felt their love and learned something (6 Swords). But<br />the 5 Swords process was brutal. </div><br /><div><br />So what happens to our writer now she's got it made, has a career,<br />contracts, and can say proudly, \"My editor told me . . ..\" </div><br /><div><br />Her books start being published (Pentacles -- materialized) and her career<br />hits the 5 process in Pentacles. What could be worse than a hostile critique<br />group? </div><br /><div><br />Now that she's self-confident and happy -- she gets a bad review, a<br />scathing, scornful review that reveals loudly that the reviewer didn't even<br />read the book! </div><br /><div><br />Devastated, she can't write. She's lost self-confidence. She misses a<br />deadline. Her editor is on her tail. Her family erupts in rebellion (You<br />have to go to my recital! You can't miss my graduation! Some mother you<br />are, nose in the computer while your kid has a fever!) She emails pdf files<br />to reviewers herself, but nobody has time to read her book. She asks for<br />help on the book she can't finish, and nobody has time. Her editor won't<br />return her calls. </div><br /><div><br />On a fan listserv she has always relied on for support, she gets blasted by<br />a newbie because, \"That's easy for you to say. You're a professional<br />writer!\" And for the first time, nobody defends her. Her friends are gone. <br /><br />She's in the 5 of Pentacles process. </div><br /><div><br />This is actually a process we write so many novels about. This is the<br />Initiation where you get sent into the desert alone, or dropped into a<br />forest, or marooned on a desert island, all alone with nobody to depend on<br />but yourself. It's a Teen Rite of Passage we repeat throughout life. </div><br /><div><br />The lesson to be learned through this process is the one we harp on in so<br />many Romance novels -- no man is an island. (yep, another Cliche)<br />It's not about islands. Or men. It's about self-reliance. Not independence,<br />but real self-reliance. 5 Pentacles is where you learn not to need help but<br />to give help -- not to be dependent but to support others. </div><br /><div><br />The 5's are associated with Mars, ruler of Aries, the natural first house. </div><br /><div><br />It's all about ego, and ego strength. There's a difference between being<br />strong and being a bully. There's a difference between being self-reliant<br />or independent, and being isolated like a sociopath who can't make emotional<br />contact with others. </div><br /><div><br />Aries is the loner, the first-in scout, the explorer -- Daniel Boon or<br />Captain Kirk. But a leader needs people to lead. And in 5 Pentacles,<br />there's nobody following -- except others who are (cliche warning) \"on the<br />outside looking in.\" </div><br /><div><br />Mars is the root of the meaning Martial Arts -- the arts of war. It is both<br />defense and offense. It is the way of using force, power, position, tactics<br />and strategy. </div><br /><div><br />But Mars is also about sex. There is nothing more sexy to a woman than a<br />powerful man in full possession and control of his manhood. </div><br /><div><br />But what good is all that without the recipient? </div><br /><div><br />And so love comes into the picture, and we see the lesson of 5 Pentacles is<br />about the meeting and blending of two strong egos battered by isolation. </div><br /><div><br />Think of all the fanfic about Star Trek's Spock! His time on the Enterprise<br />was a 5 Pentacles period of isolation from his peers and estrangement from<br />family. That loneliness made him seem intensely sexy to many women writers. </div><br /><div><br />The first real \"Alien Romance\" novels may have been Star Trek fanfic about<br />Spock. </div><br /><div><br />In 4 Pentacles, our writer wrote and wrote, creating substance from her<br />heart of hearts, sure her second novel would be accepted. </div><br /><div><br />In 5 Pentacles she offers it to the world (Mars is the aggressive tendency<br />that gets you out of procrastination and on the move. Taking the initiative<br />and contacting an agent or editor is a Mars function). But her new novel <br />is ignored. Or maybe outright rejected. Or perhaps rewrite demands would<br />distort it all out of shape. Or the ARC may get bad reviews. All of these<br />events would be 5 Pentacles experiences. </div><br /><div><br />She doesn't get the feedback she expected that indicates her heart is<br />beating in tune with that of others. </div><br /><div><br />So the loneliness of 5 of Pentacles is a lesson in Love -- the importance of<br />it in our lives, the function of it even in the business world, the place of<br />physical possessions or other material resources (such as time and heart) in<br />Love. It is also about what lengths we would go to for social sanction. </div><br /><div><br />Often we learn such lessons only by contrast, and 5 Pentacles is where the<br />contrast is most stark.</div><br /><div><br />As we learned in 9 of Swords, the whole physical world is a projection of<br />our Ideas (9 Wands), Emotions (9 Cups) and Actions (9 Swords). All our<br />material possessions, including our very life, are shaped on the Astral<br />plane (the 9's) and are still rooted in that level of reality. </div><br /><div><br />In a mystical sense, we are our possessions and our possessions are us. This<br />is true not just of physical things (your grandmother's antique vanity<br />mirror; your mother's sterling; your grandfather's Tefillin) but of all the<br />things you've created. Your marriage, your children; your characters; your<br />novels; your house decor; the critique group you founded. </div><br /><div><br />Yes, there are things that pass through our hands without touching our<br />hearts. But there are things we cherish in a very special way. Those<br />things are imbued with our essence. </div><br /><div><br />You know that romance has ripened to love when the things your lover<br />cherishes become things you cherish -- even if you don't particularly like<br />them. Because they have meaning for your relative, your S.O., your role<br />model, your friend, they have a new, unique meaning for you. </div><br /><div><br />Love cherishes the significant and defining creations and possessions of the<br />Other, not for their intrinsic value, but because they are loved by the<br />beloved. </div><br /><div><br />Thus, when you offer something of yourself that is so significant to you,<br />and it is spurned by those you expect it will delight, you experience a<br />crushing blow akin to ramming into a brick wall (Pentacles; physical<br />reality). </div><br /><div><br />The spiritual lesson of 5 Pentacles comes after that crushing blow, when you<br />are all alone, wounded and unable to get anyone to listen. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You throw a party and nobody comes. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You distribute a hundred review copies and get no reviews. </div><br /><div><br />You win a contest and call everyone you know to tell them -- but nobody's home. </div><br /><div><br />Here, in the total void, with all relationships absent, in the wake of your<br />friends betraying you, your spouse leaving you, your children screaming out<br />their hatred of you, you learn what a relationship really is. </div><br /><div><br />What you have created with all your heart collides full force with what<br />others have created with their heart. And there's no room in their hearts<br />for yours. </div><br /><div><br />Relationships belong to Pentacles. They are investments of a non-renewable<br />resource. (Applicable cliche: \"You only live once.\") </div><br /><div><br />In the 5 of Pentacles process you have to sort out what's important to you<br />from what you can throw away (the baby from the bathwater) in order to make<br />room inside you for what is important to others. </div><br /><div><br />If you don't clear resources for what's important to others, nobody will<br />have patience with what's important to you. But even if you do clear<br />resources here, there is no guarantee others will treasure what is important<br />to you. </div><br /><div><br />Having space inside yourself for what others cherish is a necessary<br />condition for building a Relationship, but it's not a sufficient condition. <br />Life is complicated in its sheer simplicity. </div><br /><div><br />Martian energies often come on way too strong, so oddly enough the 5 of<br />Pentacles Reversed (where there is less energy pouring into the 5 process)<br />actually tends to work better. </div><br /><div><br />In the 5 Pentacles Reversed, you get a few new chances or second chances to<br />jump-start a new relationship. Maybe your editor didn't read and accept<br />your manuscript because she was leaving the company rather than ignoring<br />you. Now a new editor writes how she loved your book, but wants changes. <br />She says they're minor, but to you they're major. </div><br /><div><br />Maybe instead of a new editor you only find a new hairdresser -- but that<br />leads to meeting someone who knows someone, and you start to be included in<br />a new network of relationships. Somebody will have time to read your newest<br />book. </div><br /><div><br />These little 5 Pentacles Reversed openings are caused by your discarding<br />some irrelevant bits accumulated in 4 Pentacles to make room for something<br />created by another person. </div><br /><div><br />Once the vacant spot inside you is open and clear, very likely something<br />will be attracted and fall into that hole. (not always a positive<br />something, though, so be wary)</div><br /><div><br />If you like being included, you may clear away more space inside yourself,<br />and find you are able to attract more attention by paying attention to<br />others. And this is a process that may take years -- 7 years or so is normal, as that is the interval Saturn spends in the \"obscure\" part of your chart where nobody notices you. </div><br /><div><br />Again, as with the 9's, this is NOT a conscious process. Most of the work<br />is done while you are asleep, out of body, visiting the astral plane,<br />reshaping your life by re-imagining it. </div><br /><div><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg</div><br /><div><a href=\"http://www.simegen.com/jl/\">http://www.simegen.com/jl/</a> </div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/YUkiS5USFnE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/5-pentacles-bad-reviews.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-60580400962107207812015-06-25T09:00:00.000-04:002015-06-25T09:00:01.267-04:00Allegory Rises Again<p>Has anyone here seen INSIDE OUT, Pixar's newest film, yet? How strange and wonderful that one of the most highly praised movies of the year turns out to be\u2014an allegory! C. S. Lewis, in his classic work of literary history THE ALLEGORY OF LOVE, laments that in his time \"the art of reading allegory is as dead as the art of writing it.\" Nowadays the word \"allegory\" tends to suggest to most people a tedious, highly artificial narrative form that became obsolete after PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. And readers often mistakenly apply it to works it doesn't fit, as if it meant any fiction with an obvious \"message.\" (Lewis's Narnia fantasies are sometimes labeled \"allegories,\" usually by people who don't like them. They aren't, as would become instantly clear upon contrasting them with his true allegorical novels THE PILGRIM'S REGRESS and, to some extent, THE GREAT DIVORCE\u2014or with the few arguably allegorical scenes in the Narnian stories themselves, e.g., the un-dragoning of Eustace in THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER as an analog of baptism.) Yet allegory\u2014the narrative form that uses characters, inanimate objects, and landscape features to personify abstractions such as virtues, vices, mental states, natural forces, nations or other social institutions, etc.\u2014has never completely died out. For instance, it flourished in the works of Freud, who invented a trio of homunculi named Ego, Id, and Superego that live inside the human mind and, through a process called Repression, banish undesirable impulses to a place called the Unconscious.</p> <p>In tracing the history of this form in THE ALLEGORY OF LOVE, Lewis points out that to classical and medieval authors it seemed the natural way to write about emotions and internal states of mind. For example, when \"hesitating between an angry retort and a soft answer, you can express your state of mind\" as a dialogue between the two personifications of Wrath and Patience. Lewis contends that this viewpoint is not at all strained and unnatural. \"No man is a 'character' to himself\"; when a person looks inward, he or she doesn't find a unified personality. Rather, \"within he finds only the raw material, the passions and emotions which contend for mastery.\" And that's exactly the kind of thing we see in the film INSIDE OUT.</p> <p>In the command center of 11-year-old Riley's brain, her dominant emotions\u2014Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust\u2014staff the console that controls her response to external events both positive and negative. Colorful glass balls represent memories. Landscape features include the dream factory (like a movie set), the Islands of Personality (Friendship, Family, etc.), the realm of Imagination, the Subconscious (where the darkest fears lurk), and Long-Term Memory (from which mind workers take faded memories to the dump of permanent forgetfulness). Joy and Sadness travel on a literal Train of Thought. I wondered about the choice of emotions. The vital importance of Joy, Sadness, Anger, and Fear is obvious. But why Disgust as the only other named emotion? Others might deserve equal prominence. What about Boredom, Embarrassment, Envy, or Greed? If Riley were a couple of years older, surely Lust would join the cast (foreshadowed by the bright red \"Puberty\" button on the upgraded control panel at the end).</p> <p>There's no Ego in charge, only a committee of emotions with Joy striving to steer the others in directions that will keep Riley happy. Interestingly, Reason, to whom medieval poets would give a major role, is nowhere to be seen. What does this movie reveal about our culture's concept of how the human psyche works?</p> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/uXhGmjHmbFI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com1http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/allegory-rises-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-55491659502195487402015-06-23T11:00:00.000-04:002015-06-23T11:00:00.808-04:00A Very Cool Development: Kraith in New York Magazine<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A Very Cool Development: <br />Kraith in New York Magazine <br />by<br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /> </div><br />&nbsp;Kraith Collected was mentioned in New York Magazine in March 2015.<br /><br />This below is from: <br /><a href=\"http://abrahamriesman.com/post/113178799303/i-have-a-two-page-spread-in-this-weeks-nymag/embed\">http://abrahamriesman.com/post/113178799303/i-have-a-two-page-spread-in-this-weeks-nymag/embed</a><br /><br /><div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-did=\"acda5af76ab1d27c36e1299ea28057df7d83b1f1\" data-href=\"https://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/iMihfhMggID-BkZu9YWWwA/113178799303\"><a href=\"http://abrahamriesman.com/post/113178799303/i-have-a-two-page-spread-in-this-weeks-nymag\">http://abrahamriesman.com/post/113178799303/i-have-a-two-page-spread-in-this-weeks-nymag</a></div><script async=\"\" src=\"http://assets.tumblr.com/post.js\"></script><br /><br />Kraith is the alternate universe I created for my Star Trek fan fiction.&nbsp; Each of the main Kraith stories that I wrote illustrates one or another writing lesson -- many of which I try to pass on in this blog series.<br /><br />Kraith is about Spock -- and it has been said that Vulcan itself is the hero of the story.&nbsp;<br /><br />A while back, Professor Anne Jamison asked me for an essay for her compendium, FIC: WHY FAN FICTION IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD, and I sent her a long essay which she had to condense (did a great job of that).&nbsp; Now she's teaching a course on Fan Fiction using that book and New York Magazine did an article about FIC.&nbsp; <br /><br /><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=rereadablebooksr&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1939529190&amp;asins=1939529190&amp;linkId=MDGQDNBT5IHO7WFE&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px;\"><br></iframe><br />Kraith, which I mentioned and explained in my article in FIC, is used in Prof. Jamison's syllabus for the Princeton University course Prof. Jamison is teaching.&nbsp; I explained some of the connection between Sime~Gen and Kraith, the sources of inspiration and what was added to create something new.<br /><br /><br />You can find the syllabus here.<br /><span class=\"null\"><a class=\"_553k\" href=\"http://www.fanfiction.princeton.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.fanfiction.princeton.edu</a> People can also log on as guests at <a class=\"_553k\" href=\"http://www.blackboard.princeton.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.blackboard.princeton.edu</a> and search for \"fanfiction\" to access the complete syllabus and follow along with the course</span><br /><br /><span class=\"null\"></span>Or you can read Kraith for free here:<br /><a href=\"http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/\">http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/</a><br /><br />Like Star Trek, the Sime~Gen universe has spawned more words of fan fiction than ever were professionally published.<br /><br />The Sime~Gen publisher is releasing a compendium of Sime~Gen fiction soon, but you can read other stories for free online:<br /><a href=\"http://www.simegen.com/sgfandom/rimonslibrary/\">http://www.simegen.com/sgfandom/rimonslibrary/</a><br /><br />Keep in mind that, although you will find it said all over the internet, I did not 'come out of' Star Trek fan fiction -- I was selling professionally way before I placed my first non-fiction article with a Star Trek fanzine which was before I started writing Kraith stories as homework for a writing course.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/PtnIegX3qlk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com1http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-very-cool-development-kraith-in-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-75343397936313702922015-06-18T09:00:00.000-04:002015-06-18T09:00:04.375-04:00The Vagaries of Memory<p>\"Aggressive interrogation\" not only can intimidate suspects into confessing to crimes they didn't commit. A University of Toronto Institute of Technology study found that this type of questioning can also induce witnesses to report events that never happened, with confident belief in the truth of their statements:</p> <a href=\"http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2015/02/15/aggressive-police-questioning-may-boost-false-accusations-study-finds.html\">Aggressive Police Questioning</a> <p>In this experiment, subjects \"remembered\" witnessing the theft of a cell phone that never existed in the first place.</p> <p>The experiment reinforces the known unreliability of eyewitness testimony, which used to be valued above mere \"circumstantial evidence.\" For instance, when a witness views a police lineup, the implicit assumption that one of the people in the lineup MUST be the criminal can nudge the witness into picking the person who most resembles his or her mental image of the perp. This study's insight into the workings of the brain also brings to mind the horrors that sprang from the once-prevalent belief in \"recovered memories.\" The \"satanic panic\" of the 1980s surrounding accusations of \"ritual abuse\" based on false memories implicitly trusted as real harks back to the Salem witchcraft trials. In colonial Salem of the 1690s, \"spectral evidence\" offered by a group of teenage girls held the place taken by \"recovered memories\" in the 1980s.</p> <p>Similarly, people who nowadays recall supposed alien abduction events describe the same kinds of subjective experiences that would have been attributed to incubus attacks in the Middle Ages. Sufferers in both cases have testified to feelings of dread, the sense of being watched by a malevolent presence, and inability to move\u2014characteristics of the hypnagogic state associated with sleep paralysis, a phenomenon that sometimes occurs immediately after waking from the REM phase.</p> <p>The opposite of recovered memories would be lost memories, the topic of a movie I coincidentally just watched, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. The protagonist, Joel, discovers that his ex-girlfriend has had all her knowledge of him erased by Lacuna, a company that provides memory-wiping services. He decides to hire the company to perform the same procedure on him. I found it a depressing, confusing film. Joel's default mood resembles that of Eeyore, the gloomy donkey. The scenes are presented in nonlinear order, and much of the action occurs in surreal sequences within his mind during the memory-wipe procedure. (Hint in case you decide to watch it: After the first scene when Joel and his girlfriend, Clementine, meet on the train, the entire rest of the movie consists of flashbacks. Realizing that fact would have helped me a LOT in understanding the story\u2014instead of having to read the summary on Wikipedia to find out what I was supposed to have seen.) However, it raises provocative questions. On the plot level, why doesn't Lacuna inform the subject of the erasure that he's been erased from the client's memory? They seem to have a policy against doing so, although they remove all physical memorabilia from the client's life and caution his or her friends not to mention the erased person. So we have the probability of the forgotten person desperately trying to pursue the relationship with the high-tech-amnesiac client and coming across as a delusional stalker. The story also addresses the ethics and dangers of memory deletion. The two Lacuna technicians who work on Joel have dubious, if any, ethics. They smoke marijuana during the procedure. Previously, one of them also performed Clementine's procedure, became infatuated with her, stole a pair of her panties, and used his knowledge of her forgotten past to lure her into a relationship with him. The other technician fools around with his girlfriend (another Lacuna employee) while supposedly monitoring Joel's brain, and they raid Joel's food and liquor. Even their manager proves to be ethically bankrupt. While he at least takes his job seriously, it's revealed that he had an adulterous affair with the tech's girlfriend and used the procedure to make her forget it happened (allegedly at her request, but he could be lying). The movie foregrounds the risks of giving anyone else that much power over the contents of one's mind.</p> <p>In this scenario, the lost memories can't be recovered, because they're literally deleted, not merely repressed. The film doesn't quite make clear whether traces can remain, though there are hints that this can happen. Midway through the deletion process, Joel realizes he doesn't want to forget Clementine after all. Despite their traumatic breakup, the happy memories outweigh the pain. Knowing that once the memories have been erased, there's no getting them back, he frantically tries to surface from his induced coma make the techs stop the process. If targeted memory deletion were possible, should it be made available to anyone willing to pay for it? Or would it be too risky for public dissemination? Would the average person want negative memories erased, or is all of our past, whether pleasant or painful, a vital part of our personalities? Would losing important memories, even bad ones, mean losing a portion of ourselves? </p> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/C-L_IJB1kQM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-vagaries-of-memory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-77033844182549621462015-06-16T11:00:00.000-04:002015-06-28T11:57:09.843-04:00Reviews 16 - The Thorn of Dentonhill by Marshall Ryan Maresca<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Reviews 16</b></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Thorn of Dentonhill</b></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>by&nbsp;</b></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Marshall Ryan Maresca</b></div><br />Last week we discussed an odd science fiction future-world by Sarah A. Hoyt, A Few Good Men.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/reviews-15-by-jacqueline-lichtenberg.html\">http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/reviews-15-by-jacqueline-lichtenberg.html</a><br /><br />Sarah has a multidimensional world mapped out based on not-so-straight-line extrapolations of the leading edge of science today.<br /><br />In other words, she has done some insightful futurology, and she generally does that in most of her novels.<br /><br />Today, we'll look at a fantasy novel set in a world that is just as well visualized, but contrasts with Sarah's work in an informative way.<br /><br />This one is by a new writer, Marshall Ryan Maresca, who has (from the Acknowledgements page he wrote) come up through a training group of many accomplished writers, beta-readers, fellow struggling writers, and voracious readers who know what they are looking for.&nbsp; He thanks his wife, his mother-in-law, and many more, including a person named Julie Kenner.<br /><br />I saw that name and connected with Marshall Ryan Maresca on Facebook, and asked him if this is our Julie Kenner. Yes! This is THE Julie Kenner who writes such delightful fantasy romance novels.&nbsp; <br /><br />Here's her page:<br /><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Julie-Kenner/e/B001H6GHOO/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1425839802&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=rereadablebooksr&amp;linkId=N46ZCQWTQIG2EZUA\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Kenner - the excellent writer</a><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=rereadablebooksr&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" /><br /><br />If you haven't read hers, do go get some!&nbsp; <br /><br />Here's one free on Kindle that I really loved -- Adventures of a Demon Hunting Soccer Mom:<br /><br /><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=rereadablebooksr&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00AM5VBEC&amp;asins=B00AM5VBEC&amp;linkId=T5ZJPZZCKLQD467F&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px;\"><br></iframe><br /><br /><br />Julie Kenner is thanked for reading the manuscript and offering advice that made it stronger.&nbsp; So, don't miss The Thorn of Dentonhill.&nbsp; It is definitely \"strong.\"&nbsp; <br /><br /><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=rereadablebooksr&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00LMGLZYG&amp;asins=B00LMGLZYG&amp;linkId=6WVD5EITZHSHCEOD&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px;\"><br></iframe><br /><br />There's another Maradaine novel, A Murder of Mages, slated for July 2015.&nbsp; <br /><br /><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=rereadablebooksr&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00PT4J12K&amp;asins=B00PT4J12K&amp;linkId=VXNU42W7NM5K7XAL&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px;\"><br></iframe><br /><br />THORN OF DENTONHILL turns on a Relationship that is sizzling into a real Romance, but does not quite get there in this volume.&nbsp; <br /><br />So don't get behind following this writer.&nbsp; These novels are from DAW books, a prime market for the Fantasy or Science Fiction Romance.&nbsp; Be sure you can hold your own at any party where a DAW editor might be overhearing a discussion you are in.<br /><br />The Thorn of Dentonhill is about two cousins, descendants of a Gang-Boss-Family in a large University town.&nbsp; Dentonhill is a neighborhood.&nbsp; The surrounding neighborhoods also have names.&nbsp; There are detailed maps in the front of the book.&nbsp; <br /><br />One cousin is a student at the University -- a student of Magic because he has a serious talent for handling magical force.&nbsp; It's just that he has a different life-agenda from that of most of the students.&nbsp; <br /><br />His agenda is to \"get\" the guy responsible for the death of his father.&nbsp; In the process, he earns the appellation Thorn.<br /><br />The guy the Thorn is out to get is now the Big Boss of an adjacent neighborhood with aspirations to take over more neighborhoods.&nbsp; He deals in a potent and deadly drug, and has used that drug to put The Thorn's mother into a coma.<br /><br />The other cousin is in the middle-level staff of the neighborhood adjacent to the University.&nbsp; He's trying to live down the reputation of being the nephew of the old Boss.<br /><br />The Thorn mounts a campaign of disrupting the Big Boss's drug trafficking. In the process, he&nbsp; steals some merchandise as it is being delivered to the Big Boss.<br /><br />The merchandise is two objects of magical Power.&nbsp; The Big Boss has a contract to deliver those objects to a group of Mages by a certain time.&nbsp; The Big Boss is no longer annoyed, he is pissed.<br /><br />The Thorn sneaks off campus nightly to use these magical objects to further disrupt the drug traffic.&nbsp; He often gets into fights, and drags back to campus wounded, needing help from his accomplice.<br /><br />Here's where the Romance starts to wriggle into the plot -- and you should take careful note as you read exactly how this is done.&nbsp; It is a great example of what I have called in this blog, Information Feed.<br /><br />The accomplice is a woman.&nbsp; She works on campus on the gardener's staff and is very strong, fit, self-possessed and likewise dedicated to stopping the drug traffic.&nbsp; She's also good at stitching wounds, but doesn't have magical talent.&nbsp; <br /><br />The two make a good team -- but there is obviously more to their budding Relationship, and I do hope we get to learn more.<br /><br />The next novel set in Maradaine is about a woman who is a detective only because she needs money to support her infirm husband and her children.&nbsp; From the book description, I don't think we'll meet The Thorn again in this novel, but it is clear the world, it's politics, the magic, and social problems are all worked out in detail.<br /><br />This second novel, A Murder of Mages, is sub-titled A Novel of the Maradaine Constabulary.&nbsp; It sounds so Sherlock Holmes in foggy London chasing Jack The Ripper.&nbsp; <br /><br />I think you can learn a great deal about formulating the interface between Science Fiction and/or Fantasy and the pure Romance by doing a full contrast/compare between Sarah A. Hoyt's GOOD MEN and the THORN OF DENTONHILL.&nbsp; <br /><br />Besides learning, though -- great, good fun reading!&nbsp; <br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br /><a href=\"http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com/\">http://jacquelinelichtenberg.com</a> <div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/Ao70EYMHkTU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://plus.google.com/114502453271491930341noreply@blogger.com2http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/reviews-16-thorn-of-dentonhill-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-5496536934666565512015-06-14T12:20:00.002-04:002015-06-14T12:20:41.680-04:00Reflections on \"THE MARTIAN\" (Science Is Plot)<span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial;\">THE MARTIAN</span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"></span></span><br /><div style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\">author- Andy Weir</span></div><div style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica, arial;\">publisher &nbsp;Broadway Books&nbsp;</span><div style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\">paperback</span></div><div><span style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial;\">978-0-553-41802-6</span></span><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><b>SCIENCE&nbsp;<i>IS</i>&nbsp;PLOT.</b></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\">A botanist and mechanical engineer is impaled by a javelin-like projectile during a Martian sandstorm and blown away by a windgust of up to 175 kph. His spacesuit is punctured and decompressing. According to his cardiac telemetry, he is lifeless. The five surviving astronauts must--and do-- evacuate the red planet before their one and only Mars Ascent Vehicle is destroyed by the force of the storm.</span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\">Mark Watney regains consciousness and discovers that he is well and truly skewered. Chance and science saved his life. (Spoiler) Spilt blood turns to gunk in the hostile Martian atmosphere, and gunk clogs.... He still faces impossible odds. Science may save him, but (like Magic) the application of Science comes with its own costs and dangers.</span></div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\">That is why Science IS Plot (or at least, creates plot). Mark can make water (scientifically), but the chemistry involves fire and potential explosions. Mark can solve the problem of the deadly Martian cold, but only by risking cancer. He can generate solar power, but not enough to breathe and drive and cook, and communicate and everything else he'd like to do. For every solution, there is a trade-off, and every solution or trade-off may lead to unanticipated consequences and new perils.</span></div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\">Sometimes literally, Mark Watney lurches from one cliff-hanger to another. The primary narrative is \"Captain's Log\" diary-style, spiced with transcripts of different methods of interplanetary communication from Morse code using rocks to binary to near-normal email, interspersed with real time scenes on Earth and on the mothership. A riveting read!</span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"clear: both; font-family: helvetica, arial;\"><span style=\"color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial;\">Rowena Cherry&nbsp;</span></div></div></div><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/IYLTiBB8n8Q\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>RowenaBCherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14826977922522817547noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/reflections-on-martian-science-is-plot.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-60131623301620233942015-06-11T09:00:00.000-04:002015-06-11T09:00:00.762-04:00Smart Animals<p>A pictorial piece on ten \"geniuses\" of the animal kingdom, including some that we don't typically identify as \"smart\":</p> <a href=\"http://distractify.com/mark-pygas/smartest-animals/\">Animal Geniuses</a> <p>Raccoons can learn to pick locks! That's a new one on me, though I already knew from experience that they can pry lids off garbage cans. Maybe they are plotting to replace us as the dominant species on Earth? Today, opening lids and locks; tomorrow, hacking computers. Crows construct tools out of twigs and know how to use water displacement (dropping rocks into a container of water) to get things they want. Pigs understand mirrors\u2014also new information to me\u2014and can learn shapes \"as quickly as human children\" (some scientists estimate their intelligence as equal to that of human three-year-olds). I knew about the problem-solving skills of octopuses and rats. I was surprised, however, that the list includes sheep, usually stereotyped as pretty dumb. They allegedly can remember faces for up to two years. Pigeons also recognize faces and, like pigs and some primates, can recognize themselves in mirrors. Another small-brained animal on the page, the squirrel, gets included because of its phenomenal ability to recall the locations of buried nuts.</p> <p>Two types of insects also make the list\u2014creatures that we ordinarily don't acknowledge as having intelligence at all. Argentine ants brought together from far-flung parts of the world seem to recognize each other. Bees are credited with \"hive intelligence,\" and their communication of food sources through dance is highlighted. These two examples challenge our definition of intelligence and raise the question of whether it can exist without self-consciousness. (I've previously mentioned Peter Watts's BLINDSIGHT, which postulates a species of aliens whose minds work that way\u2014intelligence without consciousness.) Also, if intelligence comes in such unlikely shapes as insect hive minds, would we necessarily recognize ET sapience if we met it?</p> <p>And on a related topic, an editorial that appeared in the Baltimore SUN this Monday, musing about the defense of a house on a wooded lot against the incursions of critters great and small:</p> <a href=\"http://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20150608/281745563004305/TextView\">Would Nature Miss Us?</a> <p>The author segues to the larger theme of nature's overrunning the ruins of human civilization in places such as Chernobyl (a prospect explored in depth in books such as THE WORLD WITHOUT US, by Alan Weisman). Maybe the carpenter bees and wolf spiders are conspiring with the bears, crows, and raccoons in preparation to take over if we go extinct.</p> <p>Margaret L. Carter</p> <a href=\"http://www.margaretlcarter.com\">Carter's Crypt</a><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping\n<a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/tag/rowena+cherry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Link to Technorati Tag category for rowena cherry\">rowena cherry</a></div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/grAkm/~4/hTS_Yy4NALo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"/>Margaret Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com0http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/06/smart-animals.html"}
-{"text": "Coffee Kombucha Is Now A Thing\n\nKombucha, the fizzy, probiotic drink that\u2019s taking over the health food world, just got a major jolt. See how Revive Kombucha is giving this fizzy drink a java-infused makeover. Plus, how it may\u2014or may not\u2014fit into your weight loss plan.\n\nBy\nAshlyn Heller\n\nJuly 11, 2016\n\nShare\n\nTweet\n\nPin\n\nEmail\n\nCoffee Kombucha Is Now A Thing\n\nKombucha, the fizzy, probiotic drink that\u2019s taking over the health food world, just got a major jolt. See how Revive Kombucha is giving this fizzy drink a java-infused makeover. Plus, how it may\u2014or may not\u2014fit into your weight loss plan.\n\nByAshlyn HellerJuly 11, 2016\n\nHealthy foodies have all heard the claims of kombucha before: \u201cIt\u2019s so good for your gut!\u201d \u201cIt can help you lose weight!\u201d And our favorite, \u201cIt\u2019s an anti-aging miracle!\u201d Some have even gone so far as to say that it\u2019s a cure for HIV and cancer. Maybe these claims have inspired you to pick up a bottle at your local supermarket. Or maybe, like us, you\u2019re a bit skeptical. \u201cWhen a product is said to cure everything, it seldom actually cures anything. There are no studies on humans that show kombucha promotes good health,\u201d says Kelly Choi, author of The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse.\n\nWhile the health benefits remain up for debate, there\u2019s no denying the drink\u2019s popularity. In 2014, over $529 million bottles of kombucha were sold\u2014a major jump from the $128 million exchanged for the stuff in 2009. That said, it\u2019s easy to see why Revive, a California-based craft kombucha brewery, wanted to get in on the action by taking the drink to a whole new level. The company has created a drink, aptly named \u201cUp Beat,\u201d that capitalizes on the popularity of kombucha by combining it with another sippable obsession: cold brew coffee. Since cold brew is packed with antioxidants and is less acidic than regular coffee, it also carries a long list of health claims, ranging from improved health to fat loss. However, like Kombucha, the science on cold brew is slow to catch up.\n\nWhile the nutrition facts may be a bit fuzzy (or, should we say, fizzy), one thing\u2019s for sure: Revive\u2019s Up Beat Kombucha is far more palatable than most other Kombucha products on the market. (Which all taste a bit like apple cider vinegar gone bad.) The cold brew adds a creamy texture and a sweet, roasted flavor that counteracts kombucha\u2019s traditional bitter flavor. Plus, the hybrid drink provides a major energy buzz from the added java. Maybe sipping the fermented tea will add five years to your life, or maybe it won\u2019t, but one thing\u2019s for sure: this cold brew variety goes down far easier than the traditional kind. The improved taste and energy boost provides an actual reason to hop on the kombucha trend. To try this new bubbly beverage blend, head to your nearest Whole Foods or click here to order it online.\n\n**In rare cases, unpasteurized kombucha drinks have been linked to bacterial infections, allergic reactions, and liver damage. For that reason, women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should take caution when it comes to consuming kombucha. The same suggestion holds true for those with weakened immune systems.\n\nNo-Diet Weight Loss\u2014Guaranteed!\n\nLook, feel and live great while getting on the path to better health with the new Eat This, Not That! Magazine"}
-{"text": "Welcome back, friends, to another fun-filled CHART ATTACK! We\u2019ve now covered every year of the \u201980s, and even though we\u2019ve got a number of Mellow Golds in this post, I\u2019m going to cover it anyway. So let\u2019s backtrack to see what was happening the week of December 15, 1979!\n\n10. Take The Long Way Home \u2013 Supertramp (download) The final single off of their most successful album, Breakfast In America, this one peaked here and became the band\u2019s last song to grace the Top 10. I\u2019ve always loved this song, mainly because songwriter (and lead singer) Robert Hodgson was able to craft such a happy-sounding song around such sad lyrics. I\u2019m a sucker for songwriters who can pull that off. (Barenaked Ladies do it all the time.) \"Take The Long Way Home\" sounds like it\u2019s about taking the time to enjoy the things around you, but in truth, it\u2019s about delaying inevitable reality. Love it!\n\n9. Heartache Tonight \u2013 The Eagles You know that many Eagles songs were written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, that some were co-written by \"unofficial Eagle\" J.D. Souther, and even that Jackson Browne had his hand in an Eagles tune or two. But did you know that Bob Seger gets a co-write on this one? Turns out that parts of this song had been lying around since the late \u201960s, when Frey and Seger were frequent collaborators. One of the final Eagles singles from The Long Run, it eventually reached #1 and sold over a million copies. I\u2019ve always loved Frey\u2019s nitty-gritty vocal on this one.\n\n8. Do That To Me One More Time \u2013 The Captain & Tennille See? This is why I don\u2019t want to cover late \u201970s/early \u201980s charts: I deprive myself of good fodder for Mellow Gold! You don\u2019t get any mellower than this. Not with that awful synthesized flute-ish solo or those dulcet keyboards. Dammit. Oh well. In any case, this song was their first single after signing with Casablanca Records, and while it did eventually hit #1 for one fleeting week in February (it spent an impressive 12 weeks on the Top 10, total), it proved to be their last substantial hit single. I should probably have snarkier things to say about this track, but I don\u2019t, so I\u2019m hoping you\u2019ll come through for me in the comments, folks.\n\n7. You\u2019re Only Lonely \u2013 J.D. Souther Hooray for songwriting royalties \u2013 what a good week for J.D. Souther! The man hasn\u2019t had many hits on his own, with \"You\u2019re Only Lonely\" being his biggest single, so I had no idea what he sounded like. Turns out he\u2019s a perfect blend of Glenn Frey and Roy Orbison. I thought maybe I was projecting the Orbison thing as a result of the similar title to \"Only The Lonely,\" but everything I\u2019m reading about Souther claims that he was indeed heavily influenced by Orbison. You could do a lot worse for influences, and at least he did it right \u2013 backing vocals courtesy of Phil Everly, and just about all the Eagles. This song, by the way, was influenced by his then-girlfriend, Linda Rondstadt.\n\n6. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) \u2013 Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer This one was kind of a no-brainer at the time. Both artists were enjoying success with disco songs (Streisand, most recently, with \"The Main Event,\" and Summer with\u2026well, with a shitload of hits, including \"Bad Girls\" and \"Hot Stuff\"), and they had a writer in common: Paul Jabara had written \"The Main Event\" for Streisand (nominated for a Golden Globe) and \"Last Dance\" for Donna Summer (winner of an Oscar). Jabara was clearly well-versed in disco, and producer Giorgio Moroder had produced other Summer dance hits. All of these factors resulted in a #1 for Summer and Streisand in November of \u201979. The radio version of this song ran just shy of five minutes, and if you think that was long\u2026the album version was just shy of twelve. Twelve minutes! Oy. The first version of this song I ever heard, by the way, was Eddie Murphy\u2019s version.\n\n5. Send One Your Love \u2013 Stevie Wonder \u2026and this is just about the time Stevie jumped the shark. There\u2019s nothing actually wrong with \"Send One Your Love,\" the song. It\u2019s pretty. However, it comes from Stevie\u2019s mostly-instrumental soundtrack double-album Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants. Remember that the album released before this one was Stevie\u2019s two-LP masterpiece Songs In The Key Of Life. Although the album itself hit #4, fans and critics alike didn\u2019t know what to make of it. It was, as mentioned, mainly instrumental, oversynthesized (it contains the first use of a digital sampling synthesizer), and conceptual without fans being able to relate much to the concept itself, as the documentary from which it was inspired was never released. If you\u2019re interested, you can see a clip from the end of the film here, but be warned, you\u2019ll spend half of it living in fear of Stevie falling down, as he\u2019s walking dangerous terrain on his own, and there\u2019s a closeup of his eyes at about 3:10. I don\u2019t care if Stevie Wonder is a musical genius. His eyes are freaky.\n\n3. Please Don\u2019t Go \u2013 K.C. & The Sunshine Band (download) Well shit, now, I\u2019m going to call this song \"the song that stopped Rupert Holmes\" from having a straight #1 hit from 1979 to 1980.\" Stupid K.C.\n\nOkay, you know how I\u2019m often saying \"and if you only know this song from the cover in (insert year here), I\u2019m too old?\" Um. Well. I had no idea this was a song by K.C. & The Sunshine Band. I first heard it as the cover version by KWS, which hit #6 in October of 1992. Didn\u2019t know it until just now. That being said, I don\u2019t like it. I didn\u2019t like the KWS version, and I don\u2019t like this version. I\u2019m surprised this hit #1. It\u2019s sappy, and K.C. is barely hitting that \"gooooo\" note in the chorus. Clearly, though, somebody loved it, and I\u2019m going to include it for download so all of you (I KNOW it\u2019s not just me) who didn\u2019t know this was a K.C. song can hear the original.\n\n2. Still \u2013 Commodores Man, it seems like just last week that we were discussing Lionel Richie\u2019s ever-increasing dominance over the music of The Commodores. Oh wait, it was last week. When we covered \"Oh No\" in our Chart Attack! from 1981, Richie was at the tail-end of his Commodore reign. \"Still\" was a hit from 2 years earlier, and if Richie was eyeing a solo turn, it wasn\u2019t yet apparent. What was apparent, however, was that the group, for better or for worse, was becoming the vehicle for Richie\u2019s ballads more than the funk tunes for which they were originally known. \"Still\" was Richie\u2019s sixth Top 10 for The Commodores, and their second (and final) #1. Although a little unfocused lyrically (like \"Sail On\" before it), it really is a great ballad \u2013 and you can\u2019t beat the moment at the end of the song where Richie just quietly says the title of the song. After seeing him live, I can verify that the ladies go frickin\u2019 crazy after he says it.\n\nBecause it wouldn\u2019t be a Chart Attack! without a YouTube link, here\u2019s an interesting (but not especially great) performance of a little \"Three Times A Lady/Still\" medley featuring The Commodores and Dionne Warwick. Look how young Lionel is! Actually, forget age, look at that Afro!\n\nLionel Richie was to the Afro what Richard Marx was to the Mullet. Discuss.\n\n[youtube]6-ayshbwEBk[/youtube]\n\n1. Babe \u2013 Styx Babe was the hit that Styx both needed and didn\u2019t need. I think you probably know what I\u2019m talking about. Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 by 1979, Styx was doing quite well. However, only a couple of their singles had reached the Top 10. \"Babe,\" as you can see here, hit #1 \u2013 and remains their biggest-selling single and the only Styx chart-topper. Plus, similar to our #2 song, it brought an increasingly varied (read: female) audience to the band. It\u2019s done them well.\n\nHowever, if anything was to prove that Dennis DeYoung was the true Styx \"winner\" over Tommy Shaw, \"Babe\" was just the thing. The two aforementioned Top 10 singles belonged to DeYoung, and \"Babe\" was merely an old DeYoung demo with the Panozzo brothers adding drums and bass. Shaw needed to be convinced it belonged on a Styx album, and his only contribution is the middle guitar solo; and yet, again, it\u2019s their only #1 hit. It paved the way for such DeYoung projects as Kilroy Was Here, which was definitely not a favorite of Shaw\u2019s. (Have you seen the \"Behind The Music\" episode? It\u2019s priceless.)\n\nI\u2019m not here to argue who\u2019s the better member of Styx (that\u2019s what the comments section is for, duh), but I do get a chuckle thinking about what must have gone through Shaw\u2019s head for 15 years every time he had to listen to that opening keyboard sound. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s wrong with me. I just like to think about Tommy Shaw getting angry.\n\nAnd that\u2019s it for another edition of CHART ATTACK! As always, thanks for reading, and see you here tomorrow for more Mellowmas!\n\n1979 is maybe my favorite year in American music, for many of the reasons you cite above. Look at that top ten list -\u2013 that\u2019s variety, baby! R&B, Country Rock, Cheese, Ballads, Disco, perfect Pop \u2026 you don\u2019t get that kinda mix anymore.\n\nI have the 12 minute version of the summer/ streisand on lp somewhere (well maybe not anymore) and I remember loving it\nI wonder if I would still like it.\n\nMatt\n\nTo paraphrase Jack Black, Stevie Wonder jumped the shark the day he learned how to use a telephone. Having said that, Secret Life of Plants was mostly an overindulgent wank-fest, but pretty much every musical genius has dropped one of two of these. \"Emancipation,\" \"Some Time in New York City,\" \"Self Portrait,\" or \"Mighty Like a Rose,\" anyone?\n\nVelma\n\nOkay, I have to confess to a fondness for \"Babe,\" because it was the first song that I ever slow-danced to, back when I was in high school. It has no real redeeming virtues, apart from that sentimental value.\n\nMan, I never thought I\u2019d be posting to Chart Attack to defend Mighty Like a Rose. Of all the late Costelo albums that get dismissed as self-indulgent twaddle, MLAR at least has several excellent songs, which seem to have got lost behind the schmaltzy sound of the arrangements and the fact that it has several of his very worst songs (a trait shared by Blood and Chocolate, which somehow frequently gets mentioned among Costello\u2019s best, possibly because it was a much-ballyhooed return to rockin\u2019). Anyway, as bad as \"Hurry Down Doomsday\" and \"Invasion Hit Parade\" and \"Playboy to a Man\" and \"Broken\" are,\"How To Be Dumb\" and \"Harpies Bizarre\" and \"So Like Candy\" and \"The Other Side of Summer\" and \"All Grown Up\" and \"Couldn\u2019t Call It Unexpected\" are all damned good IMO; \"How To Be Dumb\" is right up there with his most vicious songs and \"Harpies Bizarre\" is one of his best bitter little set pieces, and the others have great melodies and fine lyrics: some of his best lyrics are on MLAR. I think a lot of people maybe never got past the sound of the album to the substance. Or maybe I\u2019m just insane on this one.\n\nBreakfast in America is like a poor man\u2019s Rumours (which I don\u2019t mean as an insult). Like Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp moved from a very different style \u2014 almost a prog band, in Supertramp\u2019s case \u2014 to a well oiled precision slick pop song machine. I love that sound, but they sure lost their mastery in a hurry.\n\nOn \u201cDo That To Me One More Time,\u201d Toni Tennille always sounds to me like a PTA mom who\u2019s mildly surprised that her balding insurance-agent husband of 17 years managed to get her off. And that synthesized flute-ish solo makes me want to hurl.\n\nwoofpop\n\nHey, lay off of KC \u2013 \"Please Don\u2019t Go\" was THE couples skate song of 1979 \u2013 it always followed \u2018Wishing On A Star\u2019 by Rose Royce as we all went round and round\u2026\n\nwoofpop\n\nScraps,\nI second your assessment of MLAR. So Like Candy and Couldn\u2019t Call It Unexpected rule.\n\nDave\n\nI always thought it would be great to have a children\u2019s chorus cover \"Do That To Me One More Time\".Or would that be sick?\n\nThis is my third attempt at commenting. Safari, how dare you shut down on me when I\u2019m trying to relay random thoughts.\n\n\u201cTake the Long Way Home\u201d holds up. \u201cIt\u2019s Raining Again\u201d from 1982 sure doesn\u2019t. And for some reason I still like \u201cCannonball\u201d from \u201985, although the video featuring a Neanderthal no longer spooks me.\n\n\u201cHeartache Tonight\u201d is probably my favorite Eagles song. You can\u2019t beat that stomp-and-clap rhythm. I always thought \u201cLife in the Fast Lane\u201d came from the \u201cLong Run\u201d album, but it didn\u2019t. Truly exciting personal trivia: on Thanksgiving when I went to a karaoke bar, \u201cHeartache Tonight\u201d was sung by a friend of a friend before I sang \u201cEscape.\u201d Thanks for making it all possible, 12/15/79!\n\nJB, your comment about \u201cDo That to Me One More Time\u201d made me laugh. Is it true that \u201cMuskrat Love\u201d was first performed by America?\n\nJ.D. Souther\u2019s 1981 duet with James Taylor, \u201cHer Town Too,\u201d is a great song. It might even be a candidate for the \u201cMellow Gold\u201d series. I\u2019d have to listen to the lyrics again.\n\nJason, I agree that Stevie started to jump the shark with \u201cSend One Your Love.\u201d Although 1980\u2019s \u201cHotter Than July\u201d had some gems on it (but why doesn\u2019t anyone ever praise \u201cDid I Hear You Say You Love Me,\u201d the funkiest song on the album?), it was clear the \u201880s weren\u2019t going to be as good as the \u201870s for Stevie. But my favorite of his \u201870s albums is \u201cFulfillingness\u2019 First Finale,\u201d which critics keep telling me was just a lateral move between \u201cInnervisions\u201d and \u201cSongs in the Key of Life.\u201d Fine, be that way.\n\nI\u2019ve never liked Styx, but I would love to see a \u201cKilroy Was Here\u201d tour video from \u201983. The clip that was shown on \u201cBehind the Music\u201d was wonderfully horrible. Can you imagine going to see Styx in concert and having to put up with them trying to ACT? Yikes.\n\nI recently saw \u201cThe Virgin Suicides\u201d for the first time, and in the school-dance scene \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d is played. In the pilot episode of \u201cFreaks and Geeks,\u201d the same song was played in the same kind of scene. The use of \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d in \u201cFreaks and Geeks\u201d was particularly powerful (especially because the main character thought it was a slow song and then was forced to actually dance with his crush once the tempo picked up), but it appears that \u201cVirgin\u201d was filmed first, yet it came out in theaters seven months after \u201cFreaks\u201d debuted. However, I\u2019m pretty sure \u201cVirgin\u201d took place in 1975, and \u201cCome Sail Away\u201d didn\u2019t come out until \u201977. \u201cFreaks and Geeks\u201d took place in 1980-\u201881. The judge has made his ruling \u2014 \u201cFreaks and Geeks\u201d wins. Hizzoner has a problem with anachronisms!\n\nOne last thing \u2014 Tommy Shaw has to be David Spade\u2019s older brother. I\u2019d like to see some birth certificates.\n\nAmerica did do \"Muskrat Love\", but they didn\u2019t write it or record it first. Believe it or not, \"Muskrat Love\" \u2014 originally titled \"Muskrat Candlelight\" \u2014 was by a country songwriter named Willis Alan Ramsey, who recorded one album in 1972. Not only that, but it\u2019s an album that is considered a touchstone for the 1970s Texas country style, and songs from it have been covered by Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Shawn Colvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Jimmy Buffett. Lyle Lovett drew Ramsey out of retirement, and Ramsey has written a few songs with Lovett, including \"That\u2019s Right (You\u2019re Not from Texas)\".\n\nFulfillingness\u2019 First Finale doesn\u2019t get enough respect. I think it\u2019s the equal of Talking Book and Innervisions. It\u2019s reputation has possibly suffered in comparison because its hit singles (\"You Haven\u2019t Done Nothing\" and \"Boogie on Reggae Woman\") are not quite the towering achievement of \"Superstition\" and \"Higher Ground\" and \"You Are the Sunshine of My Life\". But it\u2019s excellent from start to finish \u2014 even the incoherent \"Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away\" \u2014 and \"They Won\u2019t Go When I Go\" is the spookiest song he ever recorded.\n\nI prefer \u201cYou Haven\u2019t Done Nothin'\u201d and \u201cBoogie On\u201d over \u201cYou Are the Sunshine of My Life,\u201d but that\u2019s me. \u201cInnervisions\u201d is marred a bit for me by \u201cLiving for the City,\u201d particularly the part in the middle that Prince Paul refers to as the original hip-hop skit. (I\u2019m not sure if he said that with respect.) I just think \u201cFulfillingness\u201d gets the job done from start to finish, but I\u2019m also a sucker for underrated underdogs. Here\u2019s another one \u2014 \u201cTuesday Heartbreak,\u201d from \u201cTalking Book.\u201d Why isn\u2019t that song praised to the high heavens? It\u2019s a thrilling song.\n\nI can\u2019t distinguish between Fulfillingness, Talking Book, Innervisions or Songs In The Key Of Life when it comes to deciding which one is better. They\u2019re all unbelievable with one or two clunkers. With you both all the way about \"They Won\u2019t Go\" and \"Tuesday Heartbreak.\" I also think \"Creepin\u2019\" is absolutely beautiful.\n\n\"You Haven\u2019t Done Nothin\u2019\" is one of my favorites. I meant that \"You Are the Sunshine of My Life\" is more famous.\n\nDespite having heard it a thousand times, \"Sunshine\" has grown on me over the years. I think that I\u2019d dismissed at as my mom\u2019s radio fare for a long time. Now I love the chord progression in the verse part, and every bit of melisma in Stevie\u2019s singing.\n\nA couple other neglected songs: \"Maybe Your Baby\" has an amazing groove and doesn\u2019t wear out its welcome at nearly seven minutes long. And \"Have a Talk with God\" is one of his best laid-back funky songs. I love the interplay between the harmonica and that awesome burbly keyboard.\n\nYou\u2019re right, \u201cSunshine\u201d is definitely more famous, and more likely to be heard on the radio these days. \u201cCreepin'\u201d is beautiful, as is \u201cSmile Please.\u201d And from \u201cMusic of My Mind,\u201d the album right before \u201cTalking Book,\u201d the songs \u201cLove Having You Around\u201d (another seven-minute monster that\u2019s good from start to finish) and \u201cI Love Every Little Thing About You\u201d are classics.\n\nTo understand Stevie Wonder\u2019s genius as a singer \u2014 his genius as a songwriter and instrumentalist can be demonstrated any number of ways \u2014 listen to Stevie sing one of his slower songs and then listen to any Boys II Men-derived melisma-maniacal vocalist of the past 15 years. That\u2019s the difference between a genius and a hack.It\u2019ll be tough to top JB\u2019s take on \"Do That to Me One More Time.\" I\u2019ll just add that it\u2019s not necessarily a compliment to hear \"once is never enough with a man like you.\" And underneath that stage smile, Toni Tennille looked like she could be a demanding taskmaster, didn\u2019t she? And even when they were young, there was something about C&T that just made you say \"ewwwww.\" Maybe it was the Captain\u2019s sailor suits. Maybe it was the horrid percussion in this song (a common problem of this era and genre \u2014 even Gerry Rafferty\u2019s excellent \"Right Down the Line\" has a few ill-timed claves hits). In this case, the clunky claves (or whatever it was) seemed to call to mind glasses clinking over a bar.So to me, this song was the equivalent of old Aunt Toni \u2014 who wasn\u2019t even that old \u2014 showing up and smelling of stale cocktails, then making kissy-faces at her overbearing hubby. Again, \"ewwww.\"And today, it sounds to me like a couple reminiscing about the days in which they had sex. Like the time before this \"one more time\" was actually about 10 years ago, not earlier in the evening.\"Behind the Music\" with Styx is priceless, especially Tommy Shaw\u2019s take on appearing at an overheated festival on the \"Kilroy Was Here\" tour, fully expecting that the crowd was going to eat them alive as he tried to get some sincerity behind those lines. (Disclaimer: I work with a relative of a current Styx member.)\n\nActually the BEST part of the Styx BEHIND THE MUSIC was where they showed the DAMN YANKEES concert where Tommy Shaw played the opening notes to BABE, then Ted Nugent came over and said \"Hey Tommy, I think your guitar is out of tune there.\" He then took the guitar from Tommy, raised it over his head then slammed it to the ground several times to wild applause. This was truly one of the greatest ROFLMMFAO moments in BEHIND THE MUSIC history!"}
-{"text": "Wi-Fi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab is delayed by Samsung\n\nWell, that didn't work out very well. Almost a month ago, we told you that the Wi-Fi-only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab made an appearance on Best Buy, while a few days after that it met the federal government. All this hints to imminent release, but..."}
-{"text": "Title\n\nAuthors\n\nDocument Type\n\nRights\n\nThis item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only\n\nDisciplines\n\n5.3 EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES\n\nPublication Details\n\nEuropean journal of education, Vol. 49, Issue 1. March 2014.\n\nAbstract\n\nTen years have passed since the Shanghai JiaoTong University first published the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2003. Followed shortly thereafter by the Times Higher Education QSTop University Ranking (THE-QS) in 2004, the arrival of rankings has been a game-changer for higher education and research, intensifying cross-national comparisons. They immediately attracted the attention of policymakers and the academy, challenging perceived wisdom about the status and reputation, as well as quality and performance, of higher education institutions (HEIs1).The Irish Minister for Education and Science, speaking in his capacity as President of the European Council, echoed the concerns of many political and academic leaders: Last year the Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u2019s Institute of Education ranked the world\u2019s top 500 universities on academic and research performance. For the European Union, the news is not all that good.The study shows that 35 of the top 50 Universities in the world are American . . . (Dempsey, 2004). Almost ten years later, at the launch of Europe 2020, unease was just as palpable: Europe is no longer setting the pace in the global race for knowledge and talent, while emerging economies are rapidly increasing their investment in higher education (Europa, 2011, p. 2). The arrival of global rankings coincided with a Zeitgeist of modernising higher education, and ideological and public support for markets; their continuing influence is a manifestation of the intensification of global competitiveness and their visibly multi-polar character."}
-{"text": "The Wisdom of Crowds\n\nIn this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant\u2014better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.\n\nWith boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.\n\nAnv\u00e4ndaromd\u00f6me\n\n5 stj\u00e4rnor\n\n10\n\n4 stj\u00e4rnor\n\n15\n\n3 stj\u00e4rnor\n\n9\n\n2 stj\u00e4rnor\n\n2\n\n1 stj\u00e4rna\n\n0\n\nLibraryThing Review\n\nAnv\u00e4ndarrecension - Razinha - LibraryThing\n\nExcellent book, but then it fits with a confirmation bias and I was primed for it, as I do this all the time in my design meetings - I like to fill the room with brains, because while I have great ...L\u00e4s hela recensionen\n\nLibraryThing Review\n\nAnv\u00e4ndarrecension - MartinBodek - LibraryThing\n\nNever have I enjoyed a book so much that I completely disagreed with. There is much I learned here about processes and fundamental workings of everyday behavioral phenomena, but his thesis doesn't ...L\u00e4s hela recensionen\n\nOm f\u00f6rfattaren (2005)\n\nJames Surowiecki is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he writes the popular business column, \u201cThe Financial Page.\u201d His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Artforum, Wired, and Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York."}
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-{"text": "WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2013 Janelle Sparks is eager to hear the conversation, if one takes place.\n\nShe\u2019s a mom. Of course, Janelle would love to overhear her two sons \u2013 Jared and Adam \u2013 and the ongoing banter they would exchange with each other on the football field.\n\nJanelle and her husband, Kenyatta, have heard the back-and-forth talk for years. Playing video games. At the dinner table. Sitting around watching television. In the car headed to another baseball or football game and practice around Geismar, Louisiana. Playing board games. Monopoly and Sorry! are holiday traditions in the Sparks household.\n\n\u201cMonopoly is no joke around here,\u201d Kenyatta said.\n\nWhat might happen Saturday when Purdue takes on Missouri in Columbia would bring plenty of smiles to the Sparks family. It's not guaranteed but Jared, a redshirt freshman quarterback/receiver with the Boilermakers and Adam, a freshman defensive back, with the Tigers, could be on the field at the same time.\n\nThis is the first time they\u2019ve competed against each other in sports, other than practice. They grew up playing on the same teams. That\u2019s why mom is curious. She wants to know what they\u2019re saying when they\u2019re on opposite sides.\n\n\u201cI wish I could be a fly on the wall if they're on the field together,\u201d Janelle said.\n\nWe all do.\n\nThere\u2019s a chance the two brothers will line up across from each other at some point Saturday. Jared at receiver. Adam at cornerback.\n\n\u201cThe best man wins,\u201d Jared said. \u201cI know he\u2019s a competitor. I know I\u2019m a competitor. We\u2019re going to do whatever it takes to win. It\u2019s going to be a battle. Both teams, regardless of us two, we\u2019re just a small piece of each team, of the game\u201d\n\nOr, what if Jared is playing quarterback when Adam is in the game? Does Jared prefer to catch a pass or complete a pass against his younger brother, who has appeared in both games for the Tigers?\n\n\u201cHey, whatever happens, happens,\u201d said Jared, who played in his first college game last week against Ohio. \u201cBoth sound great. If I could do both in the same game, that would be pretty good, too.\u201d\n\nSpeaking of passing - Has Adam ever intercepted one of Jared\u2019s passes during practice?\n\n\u201cNope. Not at all,\u201d Jared quickly said, jumping in before the question was finished.\n\nWhat would Adam say?\n\n\u201cHe better tell the truth. He better not lie to y\u2019all,\u201d Jared said.\n\nSaid Adam: \u201cAll the time. It was a common thing.\u201d\n\nWould Jared agree?\n\n\u201cNope. He would lie to y\u2019all,\u201d Adam said.\n\nThere you have it. Maybe we\u2019ll see who\u2019s telling the truth Saturday.\n\nIf you didn\u2019t already realize, this is a big deal.\n\nJanelle designed T-shirts for the occasion \u2013 she\u2019s expecting about 20 family members in attendance. On the front, there\u2019s PurZou with the each school\u2019s logo and the family name on the back with her son\u2019s numbers, separated by the Fleur-de-lis.\n\nEveryone knew this day was coming when Adam verbally committed to Missouri on Christmas Day last year. The family already knew the schedule. The two teams play again next season at Ross-Ade Stadium.\n\n\u201cIt was at that point we started looking forward to it,\u201d Kenyatta said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have the opportunity. Two sons playing Power 5 football, but the impact doesn\u2019t really hit you. It will be a good feeling to see both of my sons out there.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s been a popular topic of conversation around the family during the last nine months.\n\n\u201cOh yeah. We talked about it the day I committed here. We\u2019ve always been talking smack,\u201d Adam told reporters in Columbia this week.\n\nSo, who wins the war of words?\n\n\u201cAdam is the type of player where he lets his actions speak louder than words,\u201d Kenyatta said. \u201cBut let me tell you, being in college you\u2019re in a different atmosphere and you\u2019re playing with a different team. I can\u2019t tell you he wouldn\u2019t.\n\n\u201cOn the other hand, if Jared picks up that he is \u2026 I tell Jared all the time, \u2018You missed your calling \u2013 you should\u2019ve been an attorney.\u2019 He\u2019ll go back and forth with you in the best way. He\u2019s not going to be disrespectful.\u201d\n\nBoth, though, have high praise for each other\u2019s talents.\n\nJared called Adam \u201ca savage\u201d and isn\u2019t surprised he\u2019s playing in his first season.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s in our blood,\u201d Jared said. \u201cI\u2019m not even trying to be boastful. I just know the hard work we both put in. He\u2019s a guy that you want on your squad, you want him to be part of your team.\u201d\n\nAdam looked up to Jared, who served as a mentor and helped him create his own pathway throughout his life.\n\n\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for him, I\u2019d have made more mistakes in my life,\u201d Adam said. \u201cI really appreciate him. He was the first person I talked to when I realized I would be able to go to college for sports. I really based my freshman year off of what he did and it\u2019ll be that way until I graduate.\u201d\n\nThe competitive spirit remains alive in both brothers. Both want to be part of a victory Saturday. Both want to play a big role in front of their family members, who will be dressed in those T-shirts. Both want to win bragging rights for at least one year until the 2018 matchup.\n\n\u201cFor me, I\u2019ll be nervous but excited at the same time,\u201d Janelle said. \u201cI\u2019m hoping they both touch the field and they both get to play. Hoping they stay safe and do well. It would be interesting if they both got on the field at the same time.\"\n\nSATURDAY'S GAME\n\nPurdue (1-1) at Missouri (1-1), 4 p.m.\n\nTV: SEC Network\n\nRadio: WAZY (96.5)\n\nT-shirt members of Sparks family will be wearing Saturday to watch Jared (Purdue) and Adam (Missouri) when the two teams play in Columbia, Missouri(Photo: Photo provided by Janelle Sparks)\n\nT-shirt members of Sparks family will be wearing Saturday to watch Jared (Purdue) and Adam (Missouri) when the two teams play in Columbia, Missouri(Photo: Photo provided by Janelle Sparks)"}
-{"text": "Hearing Healthcare Initiative\n\nThe Hearing Healthcare Initiative for Ontario, led by The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) in partnership with six other organizations and researchers from Canadian universities, is dedicated to promoting hearing health in Ontario.\n\nThe Hearing Healthcare Initiative for Ontario, led by The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) in partnership with six other organizations and researchers from Canadian universities, is dedicated to promoting hearing health in Ontario.\n\nTOWARD A HEARING HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE FOR ONTARIO\n\nAs the number of older adults in Ontario increases, evidence shows that the incidence of hearing loss is becoming more widespread. Hearing loss among youth is also growing \u2013 mostly caused by exposure to loud noise such as through headphones or from live music concerts.\n\nThe Canadian Hearing Society received responses to questions from all political parties. During the 2011 provincial election, CHS have sought to educate all candidates about our platform and polled all three parties on issues important to our consumers. The responses to our poll can be found on our web site.\n\nHearing Healthcare \u2013 time to take action \u2013 October 13, 2011\n\nThe Canadian Hearing Society issued a news release when the initiative was launched. The Canadian Hearing Society has actively worked to raise awareness of these issues and work toward solutions with Members of Provincial Parliament and government officials at Queen\u2019s Park for a number of years by conducting meetings, holding our annual CHS Day at Queen\u2019s Park and participating in ongoing government consultations."}
-{"text": "Crucial Info\n\nMost Android users will already be very familiar with launchers. These apps replace the home screen and app drawer on your phone and present the simplest way of customising a device or of removing (or at least hiding) a manufacturer\u2019s custom skin. A brand new launcher, Themer, takes the customisation angle to its logical, and beautiful, extreme. Themer comes packed with stylish home screen replacements that transform the look of a phone into any number of styles.\n\nThemer removes much of Android\u2019s widget support, but provides the key services such as weather, image galleries and RSS feeds. At the time of writing, Themer was still in beta, and you need to sign up at themerapp.com for a registration code. It will, in due course, be released for free in the Play store.\n\nCustomise Your Themer Experience\n\nThere are many settings that you can adjust to tailor your theme to best suit how you use your phone. Here\u2019s our guide to the key settings\u2026\n\nBrowse Themes\n\nSwipe the sidebar open and select Browse Themes to view the latest and most popular themes in the app. Tap one for a preview, and swipe left and right to see all its panes. Hit Apply to make it your home screen.\n\nSettings\n\nBack in the sidebar, choose Settings>Themer. Here you can choose your default apps for web, gallery, weather and so on, as well as picking RSS feeds (including being able to import feeds directly from Feedly).\n\nGet Advanced\n\nUnder Advanced Settings you can take greater control over your theme, including selecting the number of home screen panels and whether to show the dock. Be aware that the effect can differ between themes.\n\nFeature:\n\nStatus Bar\n\nThe status bar is hidden on many themes, but a swipe downwards will reveal it. Another swipe will then open the notification shade just as it does on any Android device. A swipe upwards will hide the status bar again.\n\nAdd Panels\n\nLong press on the home screen and you can add extra panels. They won\u2019t match the theme on the other panels, but can be used to install important widgets. To add a widget go to the app drawer, select Widgets and drag them in as normal.\n\nFind A Theme\n\nThemer\u2019s themes are radically different to your stock Android experience, or indeed any other phone. You will need to take your time to experiment with several in order to find one you are happy with.\n\nCrucial Info\n\nAll themes include the core elements that most users will need. This includes weather information and music controls. Third-party apps, such as Spotify, are supported. Some themes also include RSS feeds with regularly updated news headlines.\n\nGesture Friendly\n\nThemer fully supports a range of customisable gestures. Go to Settings>Themer and you can set up controls for one and two-finger swipes, plus a handy double-tap gesture. These are excellent options for power users in particular."}
-{"text": "The Day of the Disappeared: Enforced disappearances persist globally\n\nShare\n\nShare\n\nGovernments around the world are consistently using enforced disappearances to secure their own power and silence opposition, said Amnesty International, ahead of this year\u2019s International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August.\n\n\u201cAmnesty International campaigns on hundreds of cases of enforced disappearance in all regions of the world. This Day of the Disappeared, our millions of supporters globally will press governments who employ enforced disappearances to stop using this cruel tactic once and for all,\u201d said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General.\n\nThe organization is highlighting cases from each of its global regions this year:\n\nMiddle East and North Africa \u2013 Syria and Egypt\n\nThe Syrian government has forcibly disappeared tens of thousands of people since the country\u2019s crisis began in 2011. Human rights lawyer Khalil Ma\u2019touq was arrested by security forces in October 2012 in Damascus and remains missing nearly four years later. Similarly, the whereabouts of software engineer and free speech activist Bassel Khartabil, first arrested in March 2012 and later moved to prison in Damascus, have been unknown since October last year.\n\nIn Egypt, the Interior Ministry is using enforced disappearance as a policy to wipe out peaceful dissent. Since early 2015, hundreds of Egyptians, including children, have vanished at the hands of the state. Egypt\u2019s Public Prosecution has been complicit in these violations and repeatedly failed to bring those responsible to justice. Aser Mohamed, 14, was forcibly disappeared for 34 days and tortured in January 2016. Meanwhile, Islam Khalil was abducted from his home in May 2015, his fate concealed for 122 days. Both face trial based on \u201cconfessions\u201d obtained under torture. If convicted, Khalil could face the death penalty; Aser, up to 15 years in prison.\n\nThe Americas \u2013 Mexico\n\nAccording to Amnesty International\u2019s January 2016 report \u2018Treated with Indolence\u2019, the State\u2019s Response to Disappearances in Mexico, there are more than 27,000 people whose whereabouts are unknown in Mexico. The report looks at cases including the disappearance of 43 teacher training students in Ayotzinapa in September 2014 and the crisis of disappearances in Ciudad Cuauht\u00e9moc in the State of Chihuahua between 2009 and 2014.\n\nThe report\u2019s recommendations include establishing enforced disappearances as separate offences in the country\u2019s General Law on Disappearances and recognizing the state\u2019s obligation to start a search for those reported disappeared.\n\nAsia \u2013 Pakistan and Laos\n\nIt has been more than a year since Zeenat Shahzadi, 24, became the first female journalist to be \u201cdisappeared\u201d in Pakistan. She has not been heard from since 19 August 2015. According to her family, she was detained by security officials shortly before she went missing. Her case has been pending without any progress in the government\u2019s Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances.\n\nWhen Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Laos next month, he should ask \u201cWhere is Sombath?\u201d Activist Sombath Somphone was taken away by police in December 2012 and his fate remains unknown. Three years after the event, Amnesty International called on the Lao government to establish an independent commission to uncover the truth, saying the police investigations into the disappearance have been inadequate. The authorities have also failed to supply adequate information on the progress of the investigations to Sombath\u2019s family.\n\nEurope \u2013 Turkey\n\nRecent security operations in south-eastern Turkey are being carried out beyond the reaches and protections of the law. Kurdish politician Hur\u015fit K\u00fclter, a vocal advocate of self-rule for Turkey\u2019s Kurds, disappeared almost three months ago on 27 May, and has not been heard from since. Local authorities and security forces have denied taking him into custody, though K\u00fclter contacted his father shortly before his disappearance to say police were at his house. Amnesty International is dismayed by the apparent failure of the authorities to initiate a prompt, effective and independent investigation into the alleged enforced disappearance.\n\nAfrica \u2013 Cameroon, Kenya and Zimbabwe\n\nIn Cameroon, security forces\u2019 attempts to clamp down on Boko Haram have led to arbitrary arrests, detentions, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions. In the country\u2019s far north the whereabouts of at least 130 people are still unknown since their arrest on 27 December 2014. They were among more than 200 boys and men arrested that day by security forces during a raid on suspected Boko Haram fighters. On 30 August, Amnesty International is launching a campaign, \u201cProtect our rights\u201d, calling on authorities in Cameroon to clarify the fate of those still missing.\n\nIn Kenya, enforced disappearances have become commonplace. Despite compelling evidence, the authorities continue to deny that the problem is systemic. This month the High Court found that human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josphat Mwendwa and their taxi driver Joseph Muiruri, whose bodies were found dumped in a river in July, had been subjected to enforced disappearance and later executed by police. Amnesty International has called for the formation of a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate cases of enforced disappearance and for the establishment of a comprehensive accountability framework consistent with international human rights standards.\n\nThe enforced disappearance of government critics has become standard practice in Zimbabwe. Over a year after writing to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe about the disappeared activist Itai Dzamara, a prominent critic of Robert Mugabe, Amnesty International is renewing its call for the Zimbabwean government to establish a Commission of Inquiry into his case. Dzamara has not been seen since 9 March 2015. The government is yet to respond.\n\nJOIN OUR MOVEMENT\n\nFight injustice and help create a world where human rights are enjoyed by all."}
-{"text": "The Tony winner relives making up a language on the spot while singing the Carousel showtune.\n\nAs June 1 rolls around, theatre aficionados enthusiastically share an easily searchable video of Leslie Uggams performing Carousel\u2019s \u201cJune Is Bustin\u2019 Out All Over\u201d on the Capitol lawn in Washington, D.C. The Tony winner makes her way through the song, but not without adding her own gibberish lyrics.\n\nIn the video above, Uggams sits down with Playbill\u2019s Seth Rudetsky during a 2012 episode of Seth\u2019s Broadway Chatterbox to discuss what exactly happened during that fated performance.\n\n\u201cWell, it poured like crazy the night before, and then it poured that morning. And so the grass was wet as can be,\u201d Uggams explains. \u201cThey start the music, and I\u2019m [singing] \u2018June is bustin\u2019 out all over, and all of the sudden the cue cards slip and falls into the grass and he\u2019s gone, and the camera\u2019s still moving and I have to go with the camera.\u2019\u201d\n\nEver the professional, Uggams continued with the performance, despite her cue cards (and the man holding them) lying in the mud. \u201cI couldn\u2019t think anything except, \u2018This is live, and you have to keep going, and whatever comes out, you just say it.\u2019 And so I wound up making up a language.\u201d\n\nThe lyrical snafu remained under the radar for a number of years, according to Uggams, until a friend informed her that the video was playing in \u201cevery gay bar in America.\u201d\n\nAudiences can catch June bustin' out all over (sans mud) at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, where the Jack O'Brien-helmed revival of Carousel opened earlier this year. Opera star Ren\u00e9e Flemingearned a Tony nomination for her performance as Nettie Fowler, who leads the cast in the Rodgers and Hammerstein tune. The two recently connected on Twitter to commiserate over those tricky lyrics:\n\nIn 1995, the Six Degrees of Separation actor made his Broadway debut in Terrence McNally\u2019s Love! Valour! Compassion! and shared how he felt playing one of the gay \u201cold marrieds\u201d in this milestone play."}
-{"text": "Using Movies for Healing and Growth\n\nCinema therapy can be a powerful catalyst for healing and growth for anybody who is open to learning how movies affect us and to watching certain films with conscious awareness. Cinema therapy allows us to use the effect of imagery, plot, music, etc. in films on our psyche for insight, inspiration, emotional release or relief and natural change. Used as part of psychotherapy, cinema therapy is an innovative method based on traditional therapeutic principles. Even outside a therapist\u2019s office, following certain guidelines for choosing films and watching them consciously can support personal and spiritual growth. In the case of long-standing psychological problems this is only recommended in the context of psychotherapy.\n\nUsing movies in therapy has been something i have done for many years, but I never thought of it as Movie therapy. I might need to add it to the list of Approaches I use."}
-{"text": "Moving Your Vehicle Across Provinces\n\nGetting you and your vehicle licensed and insured for Alberta\u2019s roads can be time-consuming.\n\nYou will need to:\n\nGet your vehicle inspected\n\nGet Alberta car insurance\n\nRegister your vehicle\n\nSwitch your driver\u2019s license to an Alberta driver\u2019s license\n\nThere are several steps you must take to complete the process, and typically, you have only 90 days from the first day you move to Alberta to complete them. Here\u2019s how:\n\nGet a Request for Vehicle Inspection form\n\nYour vehicle will need to pass an out-of-province inspection before you can get Alberta plates and have your vehicle ownership transferred to your new province of residence.\n\nYou can get a Request for Vehicle Inspection form at any Alberta Registry office. It will cost around $10. You will need to bring your vehicle registration papers from your previous province of residence.\n\nGet an out-of-province vehicle inspection\n\nNote that you must have an out-of-province inspection completed within 14 days prior to registering your vehicle. If your timing is off, you will need to pay for another inspection! An inspection will cost $150 \u2013 $250, not including any necessary repairs that need to be made on your vehicle.\n\nBook an inspection at a garage that is approved for out-of-province inspections. The mechanic will provide you with an out-of-province vehicle inspection certificate, which you will need to present at the Alberta Registry office when you are ready to register your vehicle. In some cases, additional mechanical work may be required for your vehicle, so it\u2019s best not to wait too long to have the inspection. Remember the 14-day rule.\n\nBuy Alberta car insurance\n\nBefore you can register a vehicle in Alberta, you MUST present proof of valid Alberta vehicle insurance \u2013 a pink card \u2013 issued from an Alberta insurance company. As time is of the essence, you can get quotes online from a number of insurance companies. Your premium rate will depend on your driving record, the type of vehicle you own, how it is used, your age and other factors.\n\nRegister your vehicle and get an Alberta driver\u2019s license\n\nOnce again, you need to visit the Alberta Registry Office to register your vehicle and get your new Alberta driver\u2019s license. It will cost around $150.\n\nBe sure to bring your pink card, out-of-province vehicle inspection certificate, proof that you own your vehicle (such as a bill of sale), something that is proof of your address in Alberta (telephone or hydro bill, rental agreement or a pay stub as long as the piece of paper has your name on it), your passport, and your driver\u2019s license from your previous province of residence.\n\nYou will be given new provincial license plates and your vehicle ownership will be transferred to your new province of residence at this time. Your photo will be taken for your new driver\u2019s license. You\u2019ll be given a temporary license to use, until your new one arrives in the mail. It is valid for five years.\n\nAfter following these steps, you and your vehicle are approved for travel on Alberta\u2019s roads.\n\nOne last thing. You will need to renew your vehicle registration annually at a cost of approximately $85. You will receive a notification in the mail when you are due to renew your registration.\n\nMoving Your Vehicle Across Provinces\n\nIf you have recently moved or have plans to move to Alberta, there are some things you need to know about moving your vehicle to our province."}
-{"text": "Trainee Highlights\n\nDario Motti, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Vance Lemmon, received the award for the Best Poster at the 2012 \u201cApplying Next-Generation Sequencing\u201d meeting held August 13-15 in Providence, RI. The title of his award winning poster was \u201cRNA\u2010Seq and microRNA expression profiling reveal networks of RNA interactions in regenerating dorsal root ganglion neurons\u201d.\n\nThe studies in the Lemmon-Bixby lab focus on axonal regeneration. In this particular study, Dario took advantage of Next Generation Sequencing of the Transcriptome (RNA\u2010Seq) to identify mRNA isoforms differentially expressed in the neurons of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) after sciatic nerve crush, an injury that is known to initialize the axonal regeneration program in these neurons. The expression of different RNA species is influenced by and influences the activity of small regulatory RNAs (e.g. microRNAs). They identified more than 2000 mRNA isoforms and more than 40 microRNAs that were differentially expressed in DRG neurons 7 days after axotomy. Their approach revealed, for the first time, differential expression on an isoform specific basis. Among the microRNAs, they observed downregulation of mir\u20109, a neuronal specific microRNA whose inhibition increases axon length in cortical cells. They are currently using a bioinformatic approach to predict the interactions among these mRNAs and microRNAs, and thus to describe the regulatory network behind the transcriptional profile of regenerating DRG neurons to further our understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying the process of axon regeneration.\n\nAt the same meeting, Dr. Lemmon gave a featured talk entitled \u201cUsing RNA-Seq to Uncover Isoforms and Molecular Networks Involved in Nerve Regeneration\u201d and chaired a session about \u201cConquering the Cancer Genome\u201d.\n\nIn addition to winning the best poster, Dario also gave a 15 minute talk and led a discussion session about \u201cDefining the transcriptional landscape through RNA-Seq: from reads to isoforms.\u201d Talk about multi-tasking! Congrats Dario!!\n\nMeghan O\u2019Connell Blaya, a Ph.D. graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Dalton Dietrich, was selected to participate in the Top Student Finalist Competition at the National Neurotrauma Society annual meeting held July 22-25, 2012, in Phoenix, AZ. She received an award for her poster entitled \u201cTransplantation of genetically-modified neural progenitor cells releasing a chimeric neurotrophin leads to increased cell survival and targeted migration after traumatic brain injury in the rat\u201d.\n\nThese studies were evaluating the idea of transplanting neural progenitor cells (NPCs), which have been genetically modified to secrete a multi-neurotrophin that can bind all tropomyosin-receptor-kinase (Trk) receptors, as a neuroprotective and reparative strategy for traumatic brain injury (TBI). They transplanted these cells near the lesion area in a rodent model of TBI. They found that these cells have increased survival and targeted migration five weeks after transplantation. Sham animals receiving the cells did not exhibit similar targeted migration patterns; however, exogenous cell survival was evident. NPCs exhibit tropism towards areas of injury, which may explain why only TBI animals had significant NPC migration. The majority of transplanted cells colocalized with NeuN-positive cells, indicating that these cells differentiate primarily into mature neurons. Interestingly, all animals receiving NPCs performed on par with sham uninjured animals in a spatial memory task, while the TBI/Vehicle group had significant learning deficits. Cellular transplantation coupled with multineurotrophin exposure represents a novel combinatorial approach to attenuate cognitive impairment after TBI. Meghan will continue with these studies to determine if this multidimensional intervention may be more effective in improving outcome than one-dimensional therapies alone.\n\nYang Liu, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Christine Thomas\u2019 lab, received student travel awards to attend the 11th International Neural Transplantation & Repair Conference held at Clearwater, FL in May, 2011 and the Society for Neuroscience 41st Annual Meeting in Washington DC in November 2011. At these conferences, he presented posters on his research related to use of electrical stimulation of embryonic transplants in peripheral nerve to improve muscle function.\n\nThis research addresses the clinical issue of rapid and progressive muscle denervation that occurs after motoneuron death, a common phenomenon with spinal cord injury or motoneuron disease. In his study Yang showed that there are long term benefits to electrical stimulation of the replacement neurons. With just one hour of electrical stimulation of the transplanted rat embryonic day 14-15 ventral spinal cord cells, more axons had grown from the transplanted cells 10 weeks later. Further, more muscles contracted upon transplant stimulation compared to control and this reinnervation reduced muscle atrophy significantly. The combination of neuron transplantation and a brief period of electrical stimulation therefore provide an important long-term strategy to rescue muscles from atrophy following motoneuron death. Muscle reinnervation also dramatically improved the excitability of skeletal muscles, opening the possibility of artificial control of muscles through patterned electrical stimulation.\n\nDr. Xie was a Postdoctoral Associate (Feb 2008- March 2011) in Dr. Brian Noga\u2019s lab here at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. Research in this laboratory is concerned with understanding the control of spinal locomotor neurons by descending monoaminergic pathways originating within the brainstem. Monoamines hold particular promise as transmitter replacement candidates for facilitating walking following spinal cord injury. Dr. Xie was a perfect candidate for this position having just finished his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University, School of Engineering where he worked on the development of diamond-tipped microelectrodes for the detection of monoaminergic neurotransmitters in brain tissue. During Dr. Xie\u2019s tenure in Dr. Noga\u2019s laboratory, he played a major role in the development of a new experimental model to study spinal transmitter release during walking. The research has led to new insights on the mechanisms of spinal monoamine release and the effects of other major transmitters on this release. The results are highly significant and will greatly enhance our understanding of transmitter dynamics and their interactions during the production of walking. Results of this study have important implications for the design of transmitter replacement strategies which aim to alter transmitter levels within the spinal cord and facilitate walking in persons with spinal cord injury. In late 2011, Dr. Xie took a new position as a Senior Engineer in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. There, he is mainly involved in the development of chronic implantable, flexible electrode arrays for the Mayo Neuromodulation System to advance deep brain stimulation and brain-machine interfacing techniques. By providing an interface for real time neurotransmitter monitoring, electrical stimulation and recordings, such a close-loop electrode device can serve as a neural prosthesis with chemical and/or electrical feedback.\n\nJessica Ashbaugh, a Ph.D. graduate student with Dr. John Bethea, received a 2012 American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Abstract Trainee Award for the upcoming 99th AAI Annual Meeting - IMMUNOLOGY2012TM \u2013 to be held May 4 \u2013 8 in Boston, MA.\n\nThis was for her studies detailing the role of Interleukin-7 receptor \u03b1 (IL7R \u03b1) in a murine model of multiple sclerosis, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). She found that IL7R\u03b1 defective mice display a less severe form of EAE; particularly they had reduced levels of paralysis, myelin damage, and inflammation. Furthermore, diseased wild type mice that were treated with neutralizing anti-IL7R\u03b1 showed significant recovery in EAE clinical scores and reduced lymphocyte infiltration into the central nervous system. Together with other results, she demonstrated that IL7R\u03b1 signaling blockade in multiple cell types is necessary for marked reductions in EAE. This could be considered as a new therapeutic target for MS worthy of additional investigation. Her abstract, titled \u201cInterleukin-7 receptor \u03b1 contributes to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis\u201d, was chosen for oral presentation. Congratulations!\n\nA hearty \u201cCongratulations\u201d to Stephanie Bacik on receiving the outstanding news that her NIH Pre-doctorial Fellowship Application will be funded on the first submission! Stephanie is a graduate student in the Neuroscience Program, and is working in Dr. Robert W. Keane's lab in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Stephanie is studying the innate immune response following traumatic brain injury (TBI).\n\nTBI affects an estimated 1.5 million people each year and contributes to one third of injury-related deaths. It is well known that the initial injury is exacerbated by a robust and poorly controlled inflammatory response, which contributes to secondary cell death in areas of the brain distant to the initial trauma. The innate immune response to tissue injury is mediated, in part, by the inflammasome, a multiprotein complex that senses endogenous danger signals and is responsible for caspase-1 activation and the production of inflammatory cytokines. The AIM2 (absent in melanoma 2) inflammasome is the most recently identified, and least understood, inflammasome complex. The AIM2 inflammasome is activated by dsDNA and has been characterized in macrophages, predominantly in the context of viral infection. However, the AIM2 inflammasome also responds to self-DNA and induces pyroptosis, a recently-characterized, inflammatory cell death program. Stephanie\u2019s central hypothesis is that AIM2 forms an inflammasome in neurons, is activated by endogenous dsDNA released from necrotic cells following TBI, and contributes to caspase-1 activation, inflammatory cytokine production, pyroptotic cell death, and injury pathology. These studies will increase our understanding of secondary neuronal death and the innate immune response following TBI, and aid in the identification of a novel therapeutic target to limit the chronic, progressive loss of neurons following brain injury.\n\nMichelle Theus, a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Dan Liebl, received the \u201cWomen in Neurotrauma Research Award\u201d at the 2010 National Neurotrauma Society Annual meeting! This was for her studies detailing the role of Eph receptors in the control of neural stem cell proliferation/expansion in the brain following injury. These studies are critical to advancing our understanding of how to harness adult stem cells and learn how to use them effectively to try to repair the spinal cord or brain after injury. Here is a photo of Michelle receiving her award from Dr. Geoff Manley, President of the National Neurotrauma Society.\n\nMatthew Sacino, University of Miami undergraduate, is an achiever and the Miami Project is proud to be a part of his education! Matt has been volunteering in the laboratory of Drs. Vance Lemmon and John Bixby for a couple years now. Under their guidance, he has performed research on axonal regeneration in the central nervous system at the Lois Pope LIFE Center. He recently received Honorable Mention from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Sacino was recognized on the basis of academic merit and from a field of 1,111 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the colleges and universities nationwide. The Scholarship Program honoring Senator Barry M. Goldwater was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.\n\nMatt was also selected as a member of USA Today\u2019s All-USA College Academic First Team. Only twenty undergraduate students in the entire country are on this list each year! These winners \u201cdefy expectations\u201d. \u201cAt their core, they are solution-oriented thinkers who aren't afraid to dare. And in defying standard notions of what it means to be a student, they set a high bar for what the undergraduate experience looks like.\u201d Selected by a panel of judges from among hundreds of college juniors and seniors, first-team members received a $2,500 cash award.\n\nSacino, a Neurobiology and Chemistry major, is the founder and editor of the UM Undergraduate Research Newsletter (URN) and Vice President of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Society. He founded a program to collect unused medical supplies from Miami-area hospitals and clinics and, partnering with Project Cure, ship them to facilities in developing countries. He helped establish, organize, and screen applicants for the volunteer program at the University of Miami Hospital. This summer he is working with Dr. Murray Blackmore and studying a set of transcription factors called KLFs that play a large role in regulating neuronal growth. Recently he has been focusing on the mechanisms by which these transcription factors regulate activity, such as DNA binding activity and post translational modifications. They are working to illustrate their in vitro model through in vivo experiments. He plans to obtain his M.D./Ph.D. in Cellular/Developmental Neuroscience and conduct research on neuropathological diseases.\n\nMany women are making Miami a better community. But just four of them were recognized as emerging leaders in The Miami Herald's recent 20 under 40 contest. The small number motivated us to find women who are making a difference in our city and highlight their accomplishments. This month we nominate Dr. Rachel Cowan as an emerging leader. At 32, she's helping people with spinal-cord injury (SCI) maximize their ability to live and travel independently.\n\nAt the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Cowan does research to equip people with SCI with physical conditioning and assistive technology so they can maximize their potential and live full lives. People with disabilities still face many barriers to achieving their optimal fitness. Her expertise in physical education and exercise science and her personal experience with spinal-cord injury have honed her ability to lead in this area.\n\nWith a Ph.D. in rehabilitation science and technology, Cowan helps clinicians determine the best assistive technology and fitness options for patients with SCI. In developing research initiatives, she asks: \"How could this project help someone get the treatment/equipment that will help maximize their function?''\n\nThis fall, Cowan will give the plenary lecture at the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Her long-term goals involve changing policies and laws to make the world better for persons with mobility disabilities. One of her favorite quotes is from Robert Schueller: ``What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?''\n\nCowan wants to be a game-changer. She envisions using the path of academia to garner respect and credentials to create the largest possible impact. She wants to remove the barriers and frustrations she encountered since her injury so that others need not fight the same battles.\n\n\u201cRachel also received the Fritz Krauth Memorial Fellowship for her new grant funded by the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Research Foundation 2010 grant cycle.\" For more details read here\n\nKatie Gant, a research associate in the lab of Dr. Christine Thomas and Ph.D. student in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Miami, received a travel grant to attend a conference in Paris, France. This award was part of an NIH grant written by CJ Heckman at Northwestern University in Chicago. The biennial meeting, this year titled \u201cTowards translational research in motoneurons\u201d, brings together researchers from around the world that focus on motoneuron studies in animals and human subjects. Katie presented work from the Thomas lab in a poster titled \u201cLong-term EMG records: muscle activity in healthy subjects\u201d. She also chaired a session on \u201cNew techniques to investigate motor unit properties in humans\u201d. Katie\u2019s poster presented 24 hour EMG records from healthy subjects,\n\nwhich will serve as important control data and is an important step towards interpreting data from people after SCI.\n\nMousumi Ghosh, Ph.D. received the first inaugural \u201cYoung Investigator Award\u201d from the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation in partnership with the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Sell Research Fund on September 25, 2009. The $15,000 award is designed to provide funding to a post doctoral researcher whose work has contributed substantially to the field of spinal cord injury medicine. Ghosh\u2019s project entitled, \u201cAddressing the Technical Limitations of Studying Axonal Regeneration in a Clinical-Relevant Contusive Spinal Cord Injury Model through Ex Vivo 3D Ultramicroscopy\u201d focused on the use of three dimensional microscopy, a new state-of-the-art imaging method, for assessing the changes that occur during axon regeneration. Previous equipment was only two dimensional which didn\u2019t allow it to be known if axons had regenerated from injury, whether they had been spared, or if they were the result of sprouting. The project answers the following questions:\n\n1. Which axons are injured and which ones are spared?\n\n2. What effect do Schwann cells implanted into the injured spinal cord have?\n\n3. What impact will this method have as a research tool for the SCI community in the future?\n\n\u201cWe are extremely excited to support this award in its inception,\u201d said Ida Cahill, President of the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. \u201cThe invaluable research that these individuals engage in brings us one step closer to finding a cure for paralysis.\u201d\n\nA native of India, Dr. Mousumi Ghosh received her undergraduate degree from the University of Poona in Pune, India and graduate education from the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. She was nominated by Dr. Damien Pearse, her mentor at the University of Miami where she currently a postdoctoral associate.\n\nSarah Bobker was accepted into the 2010 Miami Project Summer Student Research Program. She has been working in the lab of Dr. Nancy Brackett on three projects:\n\n1. Effect of brief high temperature exposure on sperm motility in men with SCI.2. Comparison of processing methods on recovery of total motile sperm in men with SCI versus controls.3. Comparison of the Miami Project Male Fertility Research Program database with other national databases in levels of injury and causes of injury.\n\nSarah is not your typical undergrad, she has just been admitted early to Tulane\u2019s School of Medicine after completing only two years of undergraduate education! Premedical students usually complete the necessary four basic science prerequisites (Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Physics, and Organic Chemistry \u2013 all with labs) by the end of their third year in college. However, choosing to accelerate her course load by doubling up two of these rigorous courses per year, Sarah has taken advantage of an early application process that Tulane offers to few undergraduate sophomores who meet certain high standards. She has succeeded in doing so! This guarantees her a slot in their 2012 class. However, it does not preclude her from applying to other medical schools. Her summer research with the Miami Project has fueled her interest in applying to the UM Miller School of Medicine as well. In the next two years, Sarah plans to broaden her creative intelligence as she completes a major in Dance and a minor in English. Furthermore, she is excited to maintain her knowledge of, and passion for, science (this time though by undertaking only one science class a year). She can now breathe a little easier knowing that her hard work has paid off and her dreams of becoming a doctor will one day be achieved!\n\nThe purpose of this fellowship program is to facilitate doctoral level research with direct relevance to the rehabilitation of Veterans with disabilities and to enhance rehabilitation research capacity within VA. Providing an opportunity for interested students to develop expertise in clinical research will prepare fellows to assume leadership roles in rehabilitation research after receiving doctoral degrees. The fellowships are designed for graduate students who have completed doctoral course work in a rehabilitation-related health discipline, broadly defined, and who are prepared to work on basic science or clinical dissertation research relevant to recovery of function from disabling diseases or injuries of Veterans.\n\nYenisel\u2019s application takes a multidisciplinary approach to study the complex pain conditions experienced by persons after a spinal cord injury (SCI). The goals of this research are to elucidate the relationship between the functional integrity of somatosensory pathways and the metabolic activity in the thalamus in persons after SCI. Specifically, relationships between the characteristics of chronic neuropathic pain associated with SCI, mechanisms of sensory function, and metabolite levels in the thalamus will be evaluated in persons with SCI with and without pain. Two non-invasive methods: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) and Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) will be used to address the study hypotheses."}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nMonthly Archives: December 2015\n\nI remember when I really fell in love with Jester King sours. Years ago I volunteered at Jester King with my good friend Mark on a bottling day. Turns out it was a Funk Metal day which is an amazing beer to bottle. Back then, the volunteers got to take some of the failed QC (almost always underfills or busted labels) bottles home. The other benefit was being able to drink Jester King beer on the job. It so happened that along with Black Metal Stout (non-farmhouse, aka OG BMS) and the ever present Le Petite Prince they had Salt Lick Saison, renamed Censored Saison due to the ridiculous laws here in Texas which don\u2019t allow breweries to endorse a product by putting the name on the label. The massive level of smoke was initially too much but strong sour really wom me over; the combination was amazing. At the end of my shift I knew why Jester King prefers something light like Le Petite as I was feeling the 6% smoked saison. Salt Lick Saison hasn\u2019t been produced since that summer but the other smoked beers by Jester King, namely Gotslandricka, has similar levels of smokiness and a touch of sour.\n\nMy cellar is almost bare of these great smoked sours so I decided it was time to brew something of my own. Last summer Jester King brewed Black Metal Stout for the first time in years and due to the time of the year, winter, the cold fermentation favored sour acid production resulting in an amazing combination of roast and sour. In this homebrew I\u2019m hoping to clone that combination and add some smoke as well.\n\nThis is my first experiment with smoking my own malt. Cursory reading of the homebrew forums indicated that a low temperature, about 100F, is best, as is the use of some sprayed water to help the malt absorb the smoke. I didn\u2019t make my own basket but I did find a sink colander which does the right thing for exposing the malt to the smoke. I smoked 15# of Maris Otter, roughly 50% of the base malt bill in the Black Metal Stout recipe for approximately 45 minutes with a combination of oak and mesquite smoke. Only time will tell if this was enough, or too much (ha!).\n\nI\u2019ll be sure to report back on how this one turned out. Happy New Year!\n\nMy longtime assistant brewer has slowly transitioned into a full-time brewer on his own. Mark initially started with a Brew-in-a-Bag (BIAB) setup to brew Kombucha. Over time, the recipes changed to BeerBucha, all-grain beer recipe but Kombucha SCOBY for fermentation. Finally he just switched to beer and exclusively employs a mixed-culture blend from Jester King. After the completion of the Battle Shed Mark\u2019s Rebel Brewing Alliance decided to get ahead of opposition and transition into an electric brewing setup, Blichmann BrewEasy.\n\nLast week he invited me over during his initial brewing run to take a look at his new setup and become *his* assistant brewer. The first beer is Jester King\u2019s Das \u00dcberkind Vieille Saison. The BrewEasy 10G equipment profile is available in BeerSmith2, merely selecting the Blichman 10 Gallon profile, which uses a 20 Gallon BoilKettle and a 15 Gallon Mash Tun. The BrewEasy is slightly different since it\u2019s doing a recirculating mash process combined with BIAB-style where all of the water needed is provided up-front and split between the two pots. The BrewEasy recirculation loop consists of liquor from the mashtun using gravity to drain through the false bottom into the lower boil kettle using a custom steel tube that connects to the output valve on the 15 gallon mash pot. Inside the boil kettle resides the electric element which requires approximately 6 gallons of liquid to ensure the element is always covered. The output of the boil kettle is connected via hose to a pump with a stainless T adapter in which resides a temperature probe connected back to the Tower of Power for reading the current temperature of the liquor/wort. The output from the pump flows up to the side of the mashtun and into a Blichman Autosparge which uses a ballast (floating arm) to control the input flow back into the mashtun. The brewer controls the level of the floatarm and the opening of the mashtun to balance the flow of wort between the mashtun and boilkettle.\n\nAt the start, we split the water between the two kettles and started the element to heat the water to a target of about 161F for dough-in at about 152F mash temp. We set the float arm to keep 10.5 gallons of water in the mashtun and the remaining 8 gallons in the boil kettle. We noticed during this process that there was a delta in temperature reading between what was being measured at the T off of the pump and the actual water in the mashtun. We measured about about 4F degree loss between the pump and the water in the mashtun. My initial thought was that the temperature probe really ought to be right next to the input to the mashtun, right before the sparge arm. With the delta in mind, we raised the temp to reach our target and started the dough-in. The strike temperature was calculated by using the upper mash volume (10.5 gallons), the amount of grain and the grain temperature.\n\nAfter doughing in, we noticed two things. First we had overshot our strike temperature, and second that the sparge arm was not open due to the additional volume now in the mashtun. After fixing the arm level, recirculation resumed and now our temperature rose again. This revealed the second \u201cflaw\u201d in the system. The temperature sensor that controls the element in the boilkettle/grant measures temperature as it passes in the loop. When the sparge arm closes the value, we\u2019re no longer recirculating and the temperature in the loop falls meaning the element in the kettle is active to raise the temperature. Without recirculating, the controller never knows the temperature inside the kettle and we ended up raising the remaining water in the kettle far above our strike temperature. Additionally since we recirculated 18 gallons instead of 10.5 gallons, the additional thermal mass meant that we didn\u2019t need to raise the strike temperature up to 161F, rather we should have only reached about 157F to ensure a target of 152.\n\nMark worked around this overshoot by leaving the mash isolated and reciculating the remaining liquid in the lower pot itself until it returned to the target temp of 152F. Several times during the mash itself, the same problem repeated itself, as we attempted to raise the volume of liquid in the mashtun to match the water/grain ratio, this ended up closing the recirculation valve and leaving the element on raising the temperature in the boil kettle higher than needed to retain a target mash temp.\n\nUpon reflection, and examining how The Electric Brewery has designed their HERMS loop, a few things come to mind for the BrewEasy. First, the autosparge is not needed at all. In the case where all of the water needed for the batch is available at the start, the closing of the loop via autosparge is only going to cause problems, as we described above. Removing the autosparge would have fixed the major issue above that prevented the temperature sensor from controlling the element temperature. The second issue was the location of the temperature sensor. To keep the mash temperature held, we really want to measure at the output of the mashtun; after the water has gone through the grain bed. This is just not possible on the BrewEasy setup due to the design of the return pipe which directs the flow via gravity directly into the boil kettle below.\n\nBrewEasy 10 Gallon Adapter Kit. Photo by Blichmann Engineering.\n\nIn the picture, you can see the bent tube, which is the Drain Pipe with Orifice, designed for the G2 Kettles. Contrast that with the kit for the G1:\n\nBrewEasy 20 Gallon Adapter Kit. Photo by Blichmann Engineering.\n\nEven with the G1 kettle which uses a 90-degree street-elbow, it\u2019s not clear to me that one would be able to introduce a stainless T and move the temperature sensor there.\n\nWith the mash complete we moved on the to boil which went off flawlessly if eerily almost silent due to the electric coil heat source.\n\nA few other items worth mentioning. On the Tower of Power (ToP) itself the display could use some UI/UX improvements. The current and target temperatures are easily seen but it\u2019s not immediately clear whether the heating element is on. There is a small green dot indicating whether it is on or not but it should be quite a bit more obvious. Given the Tower of Power history, originally designed to control a Blichmann gas burner, it\u2019s easy to see that a small light on the ToP wasn\u2019t a big deal as the noise from a running burner would make things much more obvious. The silent nature of the electric element though exposes this design issue.\n\nI\u2019m a huge fan of the plastic hose clamps. They are easily manipulated by fingers, rather than tools. Since they\u2019re not metal, one doesn\u2019t have to worry about tearing or ripping the hose material. Excellent attention to detail here.\n\nThe G2 kettle sight tube includes a metric scale (yay!) however, instead of having a second part, the sight tube now includes metric on one side and US on the other oriented upside-down so as to not confuse the brewer when in use. I would have preferred the tube to include the unit abbreviation (L, G) next to the numbers so I could measure either in in Gallons or Liters without detaching the sigh tube to switch.\n\nAs mentioned above, if one does make use of the Autosparge, the 3-way flow meter from Blichmann should be a requirement, otherwise with the lid closed on the mashtun there is *no* way of knowing whether you\u2019re actually recirculating wort or not. It would be an improvement for the Tower of Power to require a *flow* meter in addition to the low-water detection switch and stop applying heat if either are tripped (no flow or low water should prevent firing of the element instead of just the sounding a horn as it does now).\n\nIn all, the BrewEasy is a really nice setup but I do believe that the current version certainly has some issues that make it more difficult to use than the current state-of-the-art setup from The Electric Brewery.\n\nI\u2019m looking forward to more brewdays with Mark as an assistant brewer; always something to learn from anyone\u2019s brewday.\n\nBrewing and IPA just the way you want has always proved to be more difficult that I\u2019ve wanted. The Mosaic IPA is no different. I\u2019ve had plenty of Lone Pint\u2019s Yellow IPA to know what I really liked about it: huge amazing Mosaic nose and aromatics, sweet, but light malt flavors, and a solid bitter and dry finish.\n\nV1 was a small batch and didn\u2019t quite attenuate exactly as intended, partly due to learning temps and mashing in the small batch setup but it was in the ballpark for what we wanted in a clone.\n\nV2 was a scaled up to a 6 gallon batch. When I brewed V2 I did have a slight shortage of Mosaic hops and had to go with a Mosaic/Simcoe blend. In tasting, this had almost zero impact in aroma and flavor. That wasn\u2019t too surprising considering Mosaic\u2019s heritage. Color was spot on as well as clarity. The real difference was in the taste. In a side-by-side with a bottle of Yellow Rose, it was clear that my V2 was sweeter than YR; something I knew as I was sampling V2. V2 finished around 1.016 or so which is much sweeter than my palate enjoys nowadays. However, beyond the sweeter malt flavors it was lacking some of the hop bite.\n\nThe reviews of V2 were all similar: good, but not quite right, needs more hops. Well, that\u2019s not a problem. So on to V3! I wanted to achieve two things. First, and foremost, the beer needed to finish drier than V2. Considering the yeast I have, Dry English Ale, which already does a really solid 75 to 80% attenuation, I decided I\u2019d employ some step mashing to maximize beta amylase hoping to reduce the final gravity. The second goal was to bump up the bitter a bit as well, oh and this time use all Mosaic for sure.\n\nThe recipe below includes these changes. Brewing of V3 was picture perfect. However, somewhere along the mash, we accidentally bumped the efficiency from 72% to around 93%. The pre-boil gravity target was to be 1.045 and we ended up with 1.055. The final O.G ended at 1.083 instead of 1.067 meaning we had a 9% beer bordering on double IPA rather than a solid 6.5% IPA. Worse things have happened.\n\nUpon tasting V3 though it wasn\u2019t significantly more bitter than V2 and it immediately dawned on me that the additional efficiency was the source of the trouble. Since the boil gravity was much higher than expected, that resulted in a lower alpha-acid isomerization, and lower IBUs in the final product. I should have adjusted the amount of hops in the boil to combat the higher gravity wort. Clearly a V4 will be needed.\n\nV3 finished at 1.016, but considering the starting gravity I don\u2019t think I can expect WLP 007 and mash techniques to get any lower. 80% attenuation is the top end for this ale strain. But I know some other strains that can go a bit higher. For V4, I\u2019ll brew another 6 gallons of wort but this time pitch my favorite strain, the Jester King mixed culture.\n\nThe Jester King blend attenuates just about anything down to 1.000 SG. Jester King already produces a number of highly hopped beers, namely Wytchmaker Rye IPA and El Cedro, Cedar IPA. I\u2019m also interested in their collaborations with many breweries in which they use wort produced by their partners and then pitch the mixed culture and see what sort of beer it becomes.\n\nV4 will use the same recipe as V3, but will use the JK mixed culture instead. Fermentation temperature will change as well, the JK blend tends to produce a more sour wort at cooler temperatures, so a minimum temp of about 75F or higher will be used to encourage the yeast to dominate and keep the bacteria in check (at least for a while). As a bonus, cold conditioning in bottle will keep hop aroma as the brett is an oxygen consumer and the bacteria like to produce some lactic acid! Who doesn\u2019t want a hoppy sour beer? =)"}
-{"text": "Brown was last seen in the early hours of July 27, 2015 at the \u201cPoint\u201d on Penelakut Island with friends. She never returned home that night.\n\nBrown\u2019s body was discovered on August 19, 2015. Investigators suspected foul play in her death and commenced a homicide investigation.\n\nAs the years have passed, Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit investigators continue to follow up on investigative leads and are working hard to determine who is responsible for Brown\u2019s death.\n\n\u201cWe once again are asking the public, if you have any information about Deedee\u2019s death, please contact VIIMCU investigators,\u201d noted Corporal John Place. \u201cThe information held by members of the public may be the key piece of evidence needed to bring this file to a successful conclusion.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Have you decided yet on a seeding rate for your 2013 corn crop?\n\nPlanters are being repaired, upgraded, and modified, as well as torn apart and reassembled in machine sheds throughout the Corn Belt. New gizmos are being attached, electronics added, and soon planters will be pulled out into the sunlight with new paint, new grease, and scrubbed spic and span. They will be ready for work, burying seed corn at whatever rate per acre you want. And by the way, what rate will that be?\n\nPurdue cornmeister Bob Nielsen says, \u201cOf all the many agronomic management decisions a corn grower makes each year, one would think that choice of seeding rate would be among the simplest. Yet, this topic continues to garner a lot of attention in coffee shops, Internet chat rooms, the farm press, and in crop seminars. So, apparently this decision is not clear-cut.\u201d\n\nHardly. About every farmer has a different seeding rate, but every farm is different. And for that matter every field is different, and in many fields there is a significant agronomic difference just from here to there.\n\nInterviewing a young farmer for my morning television program earlier this week, he planned to make a number of changes in hybrids as he moved across a field. Another young farmer scheduled for the program later this week puts several different varieties in his planter at the same time. But seeding rates have been staying the same. Nielsen says, \u201cIdentifying the optimum seeding rate for corn is difficult because it involves a delicate balancing act among the various yield components that multiply together to determine grain yield:\n\nIn a year like 2012, many farmers who had lower plant populations than their neighbors actually had higher yields because of the shortage of soil moisture. With prospects for wet soils in the eastern Corn Belt and dry soils in the western Cornbelt, the National Agricultural Statistics Services field surveyors will have a challenging time coming up with an average plant population for 2013. But your challenge is determining the plants per acre rate you want, because the 2013 planting season will hit when the baseball season starts, and the pitchers and catchers are already at training camp.\n\nWhen reading the farm magazines that have been piling up, the winners of the National Corn Growers Yield Contest told you their populations were 40 thousand or more per acre or some very expensive number. 40 thousand would be $200 per acre, just for seed. Nielsen says, \u201cCrop input suppliers sometimes recommend to their customers that seeding rates should be in the neighborhood of 35,000 or higher to maximize yield and furthermore show yield response data that appear to support those recommendations. Results of some university research also tend to favor these higher seeding rates.\u201d\n\nTo dispel the NCGA population tale, Nielsen says, \u201cWhile it is true that a fair number of those winners use exceptionally high seeding rates, it is also true that there is not much of a relationship between grain yield and harvest population among those NCGA Contest winners.\u201d\n\nNielsen suggests two alternatives:\n\nYield increases to a maximum, then decreases at seeding rates beyond the maximum. If you accepted (that) model, the optimum seeding rate mathematically predicted from the equation would be 39,000 plants per acre.\n\nYields increase with increasing seeding rates to a point, then levels out at higher seeding rates. If you accepted (that) model, the optimum seeding rate predicted from the equation would be 32,000 plants per acre or 7,000 fewer plants per acre than the optimum rate calculated from the (first) model.\n\nNielsen feels that researchers such as himself have a responsibility to analyze and interpret yield response to various seeding rates, and says that the yield response of today\u2019s hybrids to seeding rates are best described by the second scenario.\n\nSubsequently, he recommends to Indiana corn growers they should have a seeding rate around 33 thousand seeds per acre, with a final population about 31 thousand plants per acre, except for those farmers with soil or growing conditions that severely limit yield potential. While your farm may not be like Indiana soils, they vary considerably throughout that state, just as much as soils vary from the eastern to the western Cornbelt.\n\nIn the western Cornbelt, corn specialist Roger Elmore at Iowa State University suggested last week that farmers concerned about the lack of soil moisture should consider a lower population than normal, because in field trials last year, the lesser populations performed better.\n\nAnd as you are researching the optimum number, visit with your LG Seeds dealer for his or her thoughts.....\n\nSummary:\n\nThe corn seeding rate per acre and the resulting plant population may not be exactly the same for every farmer, farm, and field, and finding the optimum rate may take some experimentation. Yield does not increase as plant population and seeding rate increase, but may level off at some point. Other factors boosting the yield beyond the optimum seeding rate and plant population may be linked to fertility, lack of competition for moisture and nutrients, and plenty of optimum growing days."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, May 31, 2011\n\nso you've all seen this dress, right?\nI mean, I've made 7 versions in 3 weeks, so hopefully you've seen it.\nI have the pattern pieces all done, as PDFs, ready to go....\nsizes 18m-5T (for reference, I'd make the Bean a 2T. She's 36\" tall and 26 lbs. BUT she has no store bought clothes, so I dunno what she'd be in store sizes. I used standard growth charts for my sizing.)\nand I have photographs of the whole process, with instructions (for now) on each of the photos, (or written out as a Word Doc)\nBut I need some pattern testers...\nboth to check my drafting, and to tell me where I'm over- or under-explaining...\nIt's definitely advanced beginner, but it's NOT hard. Maybe a little fiddly. (you can totally do it tired at night, but not while your children are awake and interupting)\nI really like it because, with the shirred empire waist, and the cased-elastic neckline, it's basically impossible to make the wrong size.\n(the top dress is a size 4T, the 4th dress is an 18m, the last dress is a 3T, all the rest are 2Ts.)\nOh, and if you'd rather, it's also a top. I put cutting lines for making a top (i.e., pictures 4 and 6), if you want...\nsend me an email or comment, (i'll close comments when I have enough testers), and I'll get back to you RIGHT away.\nTHANKS in advance!\n\nSo last night, I HAD to put all other projects aside, and play with this AMAZINGLY cute fabric.\n\npolka dots win all the cuteness points, right?\n\nclose-up of big rose clip\n\nI made rose clips from the scraps. 1 big, from both fabrics, 1 small, from the mostly-coral-fabric\n\nhere's the back\n\nwanna see it EVEN CUTER:\n\nshe likes it.\nwhy?\nbecause it has pockets.\n\npockets with butterscotch chips.\nyes, I bribe my model.\n\nshe insisted on having BOTH roses in her hair,\n(even though 1 was meant to stay on the dress.)\n\nI didn't put elastic in the sides of the neckline, because I was SO in love with the sweetheart curve it made.\nthis one is a perfect 3T, which is too big for this little munchkin, but it's in my grandma's favorite colors, so we're keeping it.\nLOVE. (ps, I may have made matching ruffled bloomers from the leftover mostly-white-fabric, but I'm not posting pics up my daughter's skirt.)\n\nMonday, May 30, 2011\n\nwell, the last dress was NOT a hit. the Bean loved it, and was all excited to wear it, put it on quite happily, posed for pics (as seen a little while ago), and then realized that it had no pockets.\ninstant tantrum. but the print is so busy and pretty that my scraps-large-enough-to-become-pockets clash.\n\npockets!\n\nup close, you can see the shirred neckline.\n\nSo here's the new dress. I'm loving this VERY simple dress pattern I drafted last night.\n\npockets are meant to be filled.\nby anything handy.\nlike rocks.\n\nIn my head, it's already available in multiple sizes, and I'm struggling with naming it. the only name that works right now is the Very Simple Dress.\n\nlots and lots of rocks. even if they are heavy\nand rip the pocket.\n\nThat's not a horrible name, though, right?\n\nbecause pockets are for filling.\n\nVery Simple Dress. start to finish (cutting and all), well under an hour.\n\nBecause D needs a new hat, and I am going to make some for his teachers, as end of the year gifts. (just WAIT till you see the fabrics D chose for his preschool teachers. SO PRESCHOOL)D is semi-graciously letting me use his head to test my prototypes.But then, it turned out he wasn't D, he was Robin Hood, and he needed a green hat to be Robin Hood. So I grabbed some felt, and made him a tunic and a hat.luckily we have oodles of feathers, and C and D went off for a walk in the woods (aka the fire road in one of the canyons), and collected some sticks, and made a bow and arrow.pretty tough (CUTE!) little Robin Hood, right?(and now back to work on the hat)\n\njust a quick one...\nsomeone (1 of 3 friends, can't remember which one) gave me this skirt, adult size L, but with an elastic waist, so there was LOTS of fabric. (yes, friends give me large old skirts, JUST so I can cut them up. I have awesome friends).\n\nhere's the dress!\n\nelastic shirring on the neckline, front and back\n\nlight and airy, perfect for summer\n\nmatching hair bow\n\nI actually had enough of the skirt to make TWO (mostly) identical dresses (each with a bow). and since I don't remember who gave me the skirt originally, I'll be sending one of these off to my friend Emily, for her little girl.\n\nSaturday, May 28, 2011\n\nDespite the June Gloom we wake to every morning (or perhaps because of it), SUMMER is officially here in Pedro.how do I know?It's blackberry season! My dad has a whole wall covered in blackberry vines, and since we're petsitting for him right now, we're there at least once a day, and can eat our fill.yesterday, there were just TOO many to eat, so we packed up 2 little containers, and came home, planning to bake a pie.But I don't actually like pie (I know, I'm strange. I also don't like coffee, tea, or chocolate. I have accepted my shortcomings.).ANYway, after a desperate search through EVERY cookbook I know, I called my grandmother, and over the phone we cobbled together a recipe for Blackberry Turnovers.Are you drooling yet? (btw, that's C's coffee. he loves it as much as I hate it).SO so so good. totally worth the 7 or 8 hours to make the puff pastry from scratch. SOOOOO good.would anyone like the recipe?\n\nWednesday, May 25, 2011\n\nYAY! we're back!\nok, so, as mentioned previously, I'm trying to improve my knit-sewing abilities...\nso I ripped up an ugly old knit nightgown of mine, and turned it into this cute Bo Peep top for the Bean:\nshe seems to like it, right?\nthere's a little puckering on the side seams, but I can't remember if I ironed it or not, so the puckering might go away. I used a weird honeycomb stitch all along the neckline and sleeves, so that worked out pretty well...\nshe had a GREAT time posing, because I let her hold my phone...\nI didn't shir this one, because the jersey is very thick, and it's pretty warm in these parts already, and that just seemed like it'd be too hot.\nanyway, fun times....\n\nTuesday, May 24, 2011\n\nmake carnitas\nand Cheez-its.\n(we don't eat them together or anything, but that's what I'm making tonight.)\nboth recipes are linked to my recipes of choice. not that I've tried others, but when the 1st one you try is AWESOME, why keep looking for more?\nhope you all have a wonderful night!\nRamona\n\nSunday, May 22, 2011\n\nSo I successfully made a shirt from KNIT fabric yesterday!I guessed on the sleeve length, so they're a little long, but the collar looks nice, right?I also didn't have 2 spools of green thread, so I couldn't use a twin needle, to make it look better, but it totally came out good enough for a 4 year old.he was super excited to have a new shirt, and be the star of a photoshoot...(gratuitous photo because I love my kiddos.)\n\nOk, yesterday was the Sew for my Guild, so I packed everything up, and made this dress, photographing ALL the steps, so tonight, hopefully, I'll have a chance to type out all the directions, and then, hopefully by the end of the week, I'll have a PDF pattern ready to go!\n\nfront\n\nback\n\nMy munchkin has WAY too many dresses already, so this one's gonna go to the Etsy shop...\n\nimp\n\nI have just enough of the Teapot fabric to do another one, exactly the same or smaller, so I'm thinking of making another and selling them for sisters....\n\nhorrible posture!\n\nwe took almost 300 pictures of her this morning, as she got her first haircut yesterday, and we need new headshots\n\nAbout Me\n\nI'm living in my home town of San Pedro, CA, (forgotten suburb of LA), with my WONDERFUL husband, 3 children (and 3 cats, a fish, and 2 big dogs). I love sewing, knitting, embroidery, dancing, reading, and learning new crafts...(when I'm not busy playing trains or construction, of course...) I also love ellipses and parenthetical statements."}
-{"text": "Attention all Knifemakers!.....Product dealers/retailers and/or knife makers/sharpeners/hobbyists (etc) are not permitted to insert business related text/videos/images (company/company name/product references) and/or links into your signature line, your homepage url (within the homepage profile box), within any posts, within your avatar, nor anywhere else on this site. Market research (such as asking questions regarding or referring to products/services that you make/offer for sale or posting pictures of finished projects) is prohibited. These features are reserved for supporting vendors and hobbyists.....Also, there is no need to announce to the community that you are a knifemaker unless you're trying to sell something so please refrain from sharing.\nThanks for your co-operation!\n\nHelp Support Kitchen Knife Forums by donating using the link above or becoming a Supporting Member.\n\nI just would like to mention that Matus was very modest when he mentioned that \"The only gyuto is currently on long term loan to a chef in Prague and the feedback has been rather positive\"...The feedback was HIGHLY positive:-)...he loves the knife and was excited about it (I meet that guy quite often so I have first-hand feedback, currently he uses it at work more often than his beloved Konosuke Fujiyama Blue 2 gyuto what already says something)...I personally had the opportunity to test the knife for a few days along with some other toys like Kato, Gesshin Hide, Munetoshi, Tanaka Blue 2, Kochi santoku and all of my knives including, Itinomonn, Yoshikane, etc. (we also had a nice knife party with Matus and that guy about one month ago:-) - here are a few photos of the toys: http://rhamphorhynchus.rajce.idnes.c...party/)....and was also excited how the knife cuts, I tried to make a \"face to face\" comparison of all those knives on tomatoes, carrots and potatoes one day...and Matus's gyuto scored the 2nd place of all of them, slightly behind Munetoshi, it was definitely one of the very best cutting knives I have ever held...And that 52100 150 mm petty was also very pleasant to use...\n\nI don't intend to praise Matus's work somehow uncritically just because we are friends, its obvious that its a long way from a single good knife to a consistent high quality (and Matus, of course, is fully aware of that), but I truly believe that he has a great potential to reach that point and all the necessary prerequsities (OK, currently except enough time for the knife work, but that's a separate story:-)) for it! So, good luck, Matus:-)!\n\nKrakorak, thank you, I do not quite know what to say other than the knife getting so much praise changed its profile (and lost about 10 mm in lenght) because of all the mistakes I did in its production. I did my best to give it a thin, convex geometry and I am very happy that it cuts so well, but there is so much to improve so that the knife comes out as I want it to. I do hope to improve on that once I get a new grinder (it takes longer than expected, unfortunately)\n\nAnd a little correction - that petty is O1. 52100 is unfortunately not available for stock removal in Europe.\n\nBill - haha, photography skills. I have indeed spent in my life much more time with photographing than with knifemaking and it shows (on both ends)"}
-{"text": "Broadcast\n\nSynopsis\n\nListeners sent in cards telling the tale of an event that had happened to them. The panel worked out how and why.\n\nTrivia\n\nDespite being Nicholas Parsons' first TV hosting job, it gets all of three sentences in his autobiography. His assessment: \"It had a lot of publicity, ran for thirteen weeks, but was not really successful. It was too similar to What's My Line?, and not as good.\""}
-{"text": "Kausfiles\n\nLook at the graph: Isn't the story here that rich and poor are staying home at rates that are closer than you'd think?//\"Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury\" https://t.co/g8qg0sKY7q"}
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-{"text": "In 2000, video-game storytelling was still largely in its infancy. The plots in most titles, if there were any plots at all, tended to be thin threads connecting each action sequence, offering the barest context necessary to push your character from level to level. There were exceptions \u2013 the likes of Final Fantasy VII and Planescape: Torment, released in 1997 and 1998 respectively, were light-years ahead of anything else released at the time. But if Deus Ex wasn\u2019t the first title to offer a complex, thought-provoking storyline with well-developed characters, the way it told that story was revolutionary.\n\nSet in 2052, Deus Ex posits a near future world where mechanical and genetic body modification have become the norm and where social breakdown, unrest, terrorism, and a deadly plague are sweeping the United States. You play as JC Denton, a newly recruited and heavily augmented agent in an anti-terrorist agency called UNATCO.\n\nThe opening few hours of the game, in which you fight a series of running battles across New York with a violently militant rebel group known as the NSF, are a masterclass in organic world building. The small but open environs \u2013 Liberty Island, Battery Park, Hell\u2019s Kitchen \u2013 positively crackle with violence and poverty. Ramshackle homeless camps sprawl in disused parks, children beg for food, ill-looking prostitutes sullenly hawk their wares, and armed men \u2013 police, soldiers, rebels, gangsters \u2013 roam the streets. The game world is packed with newspapers, books and emails that fill in the holes in the backstory. It all adds up to give the feel of a nation falling apart.\n\nEqually fascinating is the game\u2019s nuanced view of its various factions. At a time when most video games offered up little more than straight battles of good vs evil, Deus Ex painted in shades of grey. The NSF see themselves as freedom fighters against a government they justifiably see as corrupt and tyrannical, but they also kill innocent people, take civilian hostages, make deals with criminals, and generally terrorise the local population. The government\u2019s social Darwinian response to extreme poverty and the plague essentially abandons America\u2019s poorest to their fate, and they deal with the resulting violence through repression and outright brutality. Within each organisation there are good people and bad. Few other games at that time incorporated such subtleties.\n\nThe later stages of Deus Ex admittedly produce a more obviously straightforward antagonist, but the twists and turns the story-line takes to get there are still surprising. The game offers up a killer premise: what if every conspiracy theory you\u2019ve heard was real? From the Illuminati, to men in black, to false flag operations, Deus Ex heads deep into a sci-fi-ish conspiratorial rabbit hole that\u2019s hugely fun while, crucially, staying rooted in real-world trends and politics. After all, in a post-Snowden world is it really so hard to believe that we\u2019re subject to massive government surveillance programmes?\n\nIndeed, in many ways Deus Ex feels like a very prescient game. It took terrorism on US soil as a main theme a year before 9/11. It even, eerily, mentions that the World Trade Centre has been destroyed in a terrorist attack, although admittedly this was developers Ion Storm making a virtue of the game\u2019s memory limitations, which precluded the inclusion of the Twin Towers on the Manhattan skyline. It\u2019s certainly easy to see shades of the worst excesses of the War on Terror in the in-game response of the government, with its illegal renditions and \u2018enhanced interrogation\u2019 of captured combatants. Likewise Deus Ex\u2018s depiction of social inequality, one-percenter oligarchies, and globalised corporations run amok feels more relevant than ever in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nGameplay wise, Deus Ex was one of the first games to put a heavy emphasis on player choice. While, on the surface, it looks like a straight-forward first-person shooter, Deus Ex incorporates stealth and RPG-elements as well, influenced by the likes of the Thief and System Shock series. Most objectives will have multiple ways of going about them, and the game allows you to build your character in a way that best suits you. Perhaps you prefer frontal assaults, in which case maybe you want to pour skill points into the use of heavy weapons. Or perhaps you favour the quieter approach, in which case it\u2019s worth picking upgrades that allow you to temporarily turn invisible and creep inside via the air ducts. It is entirely possible, if admittedly tricky, to get through the entirety of Deus Ex\u2018s 25 or so hours of gameplay without killing anyone. The game doesn\u2019t favour one approach over the other \u2013 it leaves that up to the whims of the player. But it encourages players to explore their surroundings and think about their options, making for a more rewarding experience and adding some serious replayability value.\n\nInevitably, some elements have aged poorly. For one, the main characters all sport the long black trench coats and quasi-fetish gear that were the required garments for all turn-of-the-millennium cyber-thriller protagonists (The Matrix has a lot to answer for). Graphically, it doesn\u2019t look great either. The grainy resolution adds an inadvertently effective dystopian sheen to proceedings, but the boxy character models weren\u2019t exactly cutting edge even at the time, and now look downright hideous.\n\nMeanwhile the shooting mechanics, competent enough back in 2000, inevitably suffer by comparison to today\u2019s slick shooters, and the RPG system was always a little unbalanced (the swimming skill, for example, was virtually useless, while your military-trained main character can apparently barely fire a handgun in the game\u2019s early stages). But the most comical issues of all are the regular reminders that Deus Ex was released in an era where professional voice actors for video games had yet to become the norm. With a few exceptions the voice acting really is hilariously terrible, reaching its nadir in a section set in Hong Kong that has to heard to be believed.\n\nBut if the gameplay and graphics have dated (and these are relatively minor quibbles), after all these years the storyline still holds up as one of gaming\u2019s strongest. Ion Storm created a rich, intricate world that is easy to lose yourself in even now. Deus Ex was followed by a sequel (Invisible War) and two prequels (Human Revolution and Mankind Divided) but as enjoyable as those games are none of them possess the same depth or revolutionary innovation as their predecessor. It\u2019s a dark, twisty masterpiece whose influence on modern gaming is incalculable.\n\nChristopher Nolan has directed some spectacular films over the years but his last feature \u2013 the tedious, bloated and seemingly endless sci-fi snoozefest Interstellar \u2013 was, without exaggeration, one of the worst films I\u2019ve seen in a long time. So for the first time in the career of a director I\u2019ve always admired, I approached Dunkirk with something like trepidation. Was Interstellar just a blip, or was it indicative of a director who\u2019d lost his touch?\n\nI needn\u2019t have worried. Dunkirk is a simply extraordinary piece of film-making.\n\nSet during the evacuation of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940 following a disastrous defeat in France, Dunkirk opens with a group of British soldiers \u2013 all incredibly young, as most of these soldiers were \u2013 walking through the streets of the town as dozens of leaflets flutter down from the sky. A soldier opens one up to see it shows a map of the area with arrows coming in from all sides. \u201cWe surround you,\u201d it threateningly warns.\n\nFrom there we settle into the siege. The film plays out in three separate branches. In \u2018The Mole\u2019, a group of young Tommies (including Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Bernard and a perfectly competent Harry Styles, late of One Direction) huddle amongst the hundreds of thousands trapped on the beaches, desperately seeking an escape. In \u2018The Sea\u2019, Mark Rylance heads for Dunkirk in his pleasure boat, joining hundreds of other small ships setting out to help the evacuation. Finally there\u2019s \u2018The Air\u2019, which sees Tom Hardy\u2019s Spitfire pilot battle the Luftwaffe over the Channel as he attempts to provide air support to the fleeing men below.\n\nIntriguingly, these stories take place over different time spans \u2013 one week, one day and one hour, respectively. Nolan has always been a director who likes playing with time in his movies \u2013 he did it in Interstellar, and, far more successfully, in his classic 2000 thriller Memento \u2013 and Dunkirk plays out in non-linear fashion, shifting forwards and backwards in time in elegant loops, the stories occasionally inter-connecting with each other in a way that by stages adds colour and overturns what we thought we knew. Nolan manages this chronology-hopping timeline with astonishing deftness \u2013 despite the temporal complexity, audiences always have a clear understanding of what\u2019s going on.\n\nIn Nolan\u2019s hands, Dunkirk becomes as much of a psychological thriller as a war film. By the time the film starts, the battle is already lost \u2013 many of the British soldiers don\u2019t even have guns left. All that\u2019s left for them to do is try and survive. And as the Germans close in the film becomes a relentless assault on the nerves and senses. There\u2019s exhilaration to be had here, most notably during the extraordinarily immersive scenes of aerial dogfighting. But for the most part the overriding emotion is one of terror, as gunfire splinters a fence protecting one soldier and others cower as German aircraft dive towards them with a terrible banshee howl (Dunkirk must surely be the favourite for next year\u2019s Sound Editing Oscar). One scene, set below decks on a sinking ship, is pure, unadulterated nightmare fuel. Luftwaffe aircraft aside, the enemy themselves are invisible menaces \u2013 only once, briefly, do we catch a glimpse of a German soldier. This is mechanised slaughter, death visited from afar on the desperate Brits by an enemy they can\u2019t even see, let alone fight. Nolan ensures we feel their helplessness every step of the way.\n\nIf that makes Dunkirk sounds like a relentlessly grim frog-march into hell, it\u2019s actually far less exploitative than most war films, in part because Nolan avoids the extreme gore (for all its violence, Dunkirk is largely bloodless) and easy jingoism of movies like this year\u2019s dire Hacksaw Ridge. Most war films profess an anti-war message while revelling in the slaughter. In Dunkirk Nolan sets out to demonstrate what a harrowing experience the evacuation was. There\u2019s no rousing triumph of good over evil here. Instead there is just deliverance from immediate death in the aftermath of a catastrophic defeat. The film closes with the words of Churchill\u2019s \u2018We Shall Fight on the Beaches\u2019 speech \u2013 \u201cWe must be very careful not to assign to this delivery the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations.\u201d\n\nShooting on 65mm film, cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (who previously worked with Nolan on Interstellar, a film that had many faults but certainly looked beautiful) paints the beaches as an austere, almost post-apocalyptic wasteland, with sea foam whipped up by the wind into a thick scum, and fires filling the horizon with black smoke. Hans Zimmer\u2019s superb score, a cacophony of groans and drones, replete with air-ride siren squalls and clock-like ticking, provides a suitably sinister soundtrack that erupts into Elgar strings at the moment of salvation.\n\nFor all that Dunkirk focuses resolutely on the traumatic experiences of its characters \u2013 there\u2019s little in the way of a big picture, no shots of admirals and generals poring over maps in a London war room \u2013 it may frustrate those looking for strong character arcs and more personal drama. The plot remains largely static for the entirety of its run-time (the exception being a sub-plot involving Rylance\u2019s encounter with a shell-shocked soldier, played by Nolan favourite Cillian Murphy), and large stretches of the film are entirely wordless. This is a film about desperation, not characterisation.\n\nNonetheless, the acting is generally strong. In particular, Rylance\u2019s laconic stoicism is as wonderful as ever, Whitehead does a lot with very little, and Hardy, his face covered by an oxygen mask, manages to conveys whole sentences through little more than a crinkle of his eyes. The film\u2019s only real weak link is Kenneth Branagh, who gets saddled with some seriously clunky lines as the officer leading the evacuation. \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d a subordinate asks him as Branagh stares out to sea. \u201cHope,\u201d Branagh replies, his eyes filling with tears as an audience rolls theirs.\n\nDunkirk doesn\u2019t tell the whole story of the evacuation \u2013 in particular it rather underplays the role of the French. But it seems churlish to nitpick a film so stunning. For the entirety of its 106 minutes Dunkirk will knot your stomach and put you through the ringer. It is the work of a director in absolute command of his craft, and the best war film since at least 1999\u2019s Three Kings \u2013 it might be the finest since Apocalypse Now. It is cinema on a truly epic scale, a tour de force of purely visceral film-making. There aren\u2019t enough superlatives in the world. See it.\n\n9/10\n\n]]>https://hugomongoose.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/dunkirk-review/feed/0hugomongooseWar for the Planet of the Apes \u2013 reviewhttps://hugomongoose.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-review/\nhttps://hugomongoose.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-review/#respondSun, 23 Jul 2017 19:43:49 +0000http://hugomongoose.wordpress.com/?p=8047Continue reading War for the Planet of the Apes \u2013 review]]>\n\nThe Planet of the Apes prequel trilogy comes to a satisfying if not note-perfect end in War for the Planet of the Apes, another spectacular summer blockbuster treat in a series that has defied expectations since the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes back in 2011.\n\nWar carries on the tale of Caesar (played in motion capture by Andy Serkis), the leader of a community of super-intelligent apes living in the forests of northern California. With conflict between the apes and the human survivors of a deadly epidemic having broken out in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War sees Caesar staging a guerrilla (and gorilla) struggle against the humans while desperately seeking a safe haven for his people.\n\nCaesar has always been a Moses-figure in the Apes trilogy, and War makes the most explicit references yet to the Book of Exodus. But it\u2019s also possible to see in this human-ape conflict, with its rifle-wielding soldiers up against tribal apes on horseback armed with bows and spears, comparisons with the Native American wars as American settlers pushed west in the 18th and 19th centuries (although the anti-ape graffiti scrawled onto the soldiers\u2019 helmets is straight out of Full Metal Jacket).\n\nBut despite the title, this isn\u2019t really a war movie. Instead for much of the film War plays more like a western, a chimp-starring rethread of The Outlaw Josey Wales. Caesar here takes the Clint Eastwood role, as he leads a small band of followers into the mountains to seek revenge on a human military commander (Woody Harrelson) after a particularly brutal raid on the apes\u2019 homestead.\n\nIt\u2019s this section \u2013 surprisingly meditative and light on action for a big-budget blockbuster \u2013 that is the film\u2019s strongest. Wordless for large stretches (the apes communicate mostly through sign language) it offers up an intriguing character study. As the journey goes on Caesar, previously a reluctant warrior who preferred diplomacy to bloodshed, increasingly becomes consumed with his quest, to the consternation of his lieutenants, led by the wise orangutan Maurice (Karin Konoval). It\u2019s rare for a summer blockbuster to delve so deeply into the psyche of its protagonist, something which makes Caesar\u2019s complexity all the more welcome.\n\nIf only the human antagonists were as interesting, for as a result of their shallowness the film\u2019s final act, set in a sort of ape concentration camp, is somewhat less successful. Whereas Dawn offered up a surprising amount of nuance with its inter-species relationships, with attempts by both human and ape moderates to make peace were repeatedly thwarted by bad blood and extremism on both sides, there\u2019s no doubt here as to whose side we\u2019re meant to be on. The humans (with the sole exception of an angelic little mute girl, played by Amiah Miller, whom the apes pick up along the way) are one-note baddies. Even the normally reliable Harrelson gives a cartoonishly over-the-top Kurtz impression as the Colonel (it is a sign of how weakly fleshed out the character is that we never learn his real name) that does the film no favours.\n\nMore interesting are the traitorous apes who serve as scouts and guards in the Colonel\u2019s army in return for being spared the destruction of Caesar\u2019s community, but despite significant build-up this simian sonderkommando sub-plot doesn\u2019t lead anywhere other than a fairly trite conclusion.\n\nStill, what this final act lacks in true artistry it makes up for in thrills and spills. Director Matt Reeves (who also directed Dawn) stages the action scenes with style, not least during a scene set in darkened tunnels lit only by the green laser-scopes of the soldiers. It\u2019s a consistently exciting film and as a result, despite being the longest of the Apes films, War rarely drags.\n\nThe real praise though belongs to both Serkis, who continues to be the best motion-capture actor around, and Weta Studios, the effects house behind War\u2018s bleeding edge CGI. Even in a world where we take mega-budget special effects for granted, their apes are stunning creations: so fully-realised, so intricately animated, that they look almost human. You can practically see Serkis in every twitch of Caesar\u2019s haunted face, and the ability of the actors to make themselves felt even through layers of digital overlay goes a long way to making you really care about what happens to these apes. For though Serkis yet again steals the show, he\u2019s not the only ape actor to make an impression here, and Steve Zahn is a particularly enjoyable presence as a klutzy chimp who provides this otherwise relentlessly grim film with some comic relief.\n\nFor, like Dawn, War really is extraordinarily bleak in tone, with its depiction of inevitable violence that must, ultimately, end in extinction for one species or the other. It\u2019s a measure of how successful this series has been in putting us in the shoes of our primate cousins that, when the time comes, you\u2019ll be rooting against your own side.\n\nTruthfully War is probably the weakest of the Apes prequels \u2013 it lacks the deeper intelligence and subtlety of its predecessors \u2013 but if it\u2019s not a great film, it is a very good one, and its perfect closing scene offers a fitting finale for what has been, arguably, the best blockbuster trilogy since The Lord of the Rings.\n\nThe American science-fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon once defended his genre of choice from the claim that \u201c90% of science fiction is crap\u201d by retorting that \u201c90% of everything is crap.\u201d In recent years, it\u2019s sometimes felt like the romantic comedy genre has been trying to go for the full 100%. With each fresh insipid and unfunny title, a new Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary, Four Weddings and a Funeral or When Harry Met Sally felt further and further away. What a relief then it is to have that bad run ended by this thoroughly charming Judd Apatow-produced Sundance favourite: The Big Sick is comfortably the best rom-com in years.\n\nPakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani essentially plays himself in this loosely autobiographical tale (co-written with Nanjiani\u2019s wife Emily V. Gordon, and directed with journeyman competence by Michael Showalter). When we first meet him, Kumail is a struggling Chicago comedian who makes ends meet as an Uber driver while trying to fend off repeated attempts by his devout Muslim parents (Anupam Kher and Zenobia Shroff, both superb) to set him up in arranged marriage. Unbeknownst to them, their plans hit a snag when he falls for white grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after she heckles him at one of his shows.\n\nThese early scenes between Nanjiani and Kazan are among the film\u2019s best \u2013 the two share an easy chemistry, and their relationship is an entirely convincing one, from their first slightly awkward hook-up onwards. But this is a film that ends up being less about the relationship between its leading couple, so much as between Kumail and two sets of parents \u2013 his and Emily\u2019s.\n\nThe family dynamic creates two different sets of stresses. Kumail\u2019s reluctance to tell his parents about Emily leads to serious ructions in their relationship. And when a mysterious illness lands Emily in hospital, Kumail finds himself forced to spend a considerable amount of time with her mum and dad (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano), neither of whom he\u2019s met before and neither of whom are particularly thrilled to see him.\n\nAs played by Kazan, Emily is cute and sparky but Nanjiani and Gordon deftly steer clear of manic pixie dream girl tropes, ensuring Emily remains a layered, well-developed character in her own right rather than just Kumail\u2019s quirky arm candy. Her hospitalisation in The Big Sick\u2018s second half is therefore something of a gamble by the writers, sidelining as it does one of the film\u2019s best characters. But it\u2019s a gamble that pays off, the arrival of Emily\u2019s parents offering a neat reverse of the situation Kumail faces with his own family: one set of parents knows too little about his relationship, the other too much.\n\nAs Emily\u2019s mum Beth, Hunter proves the film\u2019s secret weapon, offering a fierce and feisty performance. Romano\u2019s role is perhaps the less showy one \u2013 Terry is quieter and more awkward than his wife, a clumsy speaker with a penchant for terrible jokes \u2013 but he hits the right notes, producing a masterclass in low key comedy.\n\nIndeed, low-key comedy is rather the watchword of The Big Sick. Avoiding the gross-out gags and broad-strokes mugging of previous Apatow films (for example, the script mostly steers clear of cliched \u2018Muslim terrorist\u2019 gags, although there is one killer 9/11 joke), Nanjiani and Gordon instead mining humour from the gentle everyday awkwardness of human interaction. It\u2019s relatively restrained and deadpan, but consistently very funny.\n\nIt feels a touch obvious to compare The Big Sick to Aziz Ansari\u2019s Netflix series Master of None, but the two share significant similarities: not just because both have as their main characters ethnic minority Muslims trying to make it in the whitewashed American entertainment industry, but also because of their healthy contempt for stereotypes. Kumail is a droll, likeable and fully rounded character, but even his conservative family are presented as something more than simple negative archetypes \u2013 a level of nuance that remains sorely lacking in most Hollywood portrayals of Muslim immigrants.\n\nThe Big Sick could perhaps stand to be ten minutes shorter, but all things considered it\u2019s a minor complaint. Deeply personal but not self-indulgent, this sharply written treat is warm, charming and frequently hilarious. The slump is over. The long wait has ended. Here it is folks: the first great romantic comedy of the decade.\n\nFew film-makers can be said to have defined a genre the way George A Romero, who died this week at age 77, did for zombie films. While he wasn\u2019t the first director to make a movie featuring zombies (earlier films tended to cleave more closely to the Haitian voodoo zombie myth, beginning with 1932\u2019s White Zombie), his Dead trilogy (Night, Dawn, and Day) popularised the now-standard image of zombies as flesh-eating corpses risen from the grave. They also established key genre rules, such as that a zombie bite is fatal, and that the only way to kill one is to destroy the brain. Virtually every zombie film, TV show, video game and book released since Night of the Living Dead owes an extraordinary debt to Romero. But after so many years, how do his movies stack up against the genre\u2019s best? Here\u2019s my list of the ten best zombie movies of all time.\n\n(10)\n\n28 Weeks Later (2007)The sequel to one of the greatest horror films ever made, it was perhaps inevitable that 28 Weeks Later was never going to live up to the high expectations set by its predecessor. Nonetheless it was far from being a cash-in sequel, as evidenced by it\u2019s heart-stopping first act, in which savage Infected attack a rural farmhouse. Shifting to London, the plot sees the survivors of the original film\u2019s apocalyptic event attempt to rebuild society. Inevitably, things go horribly, gruesomely wrong. 28 Weeks Later is a less artistic, more straight-forward film than 28 Days Later, with characters that aren\u2019t fleshed out enough to be truly interesting (the exception being a wonderful Robert Carlyle as a father trying to hide a terrible secret from his two children). That doesn\u2019t stop it from being tightly staged, nail-bitingly tense and often genuinely terrifying, with an absolutely fantastic final shot.\n\n(9)\n\nDawn of the Dead (2004)Though purists will no doubt be horrified, Zack Snyder\u2019s remake of George A. Romero\u2019s classic is (whisper it) the better movie. Sure, it doesn\u2019t have the original\u2019s satirical bite, but what it lacks in social commentary, it makes up for with sheer, visceral tension. Like the original the plot centres around a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse besieged in a shopping mall by an undead horde, but Snyder replaced Romero\u2019s shambling hordes with fast-moving ghouls that can leap and run. The result is a remake that\u2019s much leaner, more streamlined, more action-packed and far more frightening. Snyder\u2019s Dawn packs in nearly every zombie cliche in the book and Romero\u2019s more thoughtful approach is occasionally missed, but this film\u2019s stunning opening sequence alone would earn it a deserved place in this list.\n\n(8)\n\nBraindead, aka Dead Alive (1992)Before directing a little series called The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson was better known for his earlier, splatter-heavy B-movies. The best of them is this Kiwi horror comedy gem, which sees a timid young man forced to come out of his shell after his overbearing mother is zombified by a bite from an infected \u2018Sumatran rat monkey. It\u2019s a hilariously gruesome splatstick classic, the tidal waves of gore leavened by gross-out laughs aplenty. If you ever wanted to see a showdown between a room full of zombies and a guy armed with a lawnmower, Braindead is the film for you.\n\n(7)\n\nZombieland (2009)If Edgar Wright\u2019s low-key and deadpan Shaun of the Dead was a very British zombie comedy, Ruben Fleischer\u2019s Zombieland feels more typically American \u2013 Shaun\u2018s bigger, brasher and bolder cousin. For all that, it\u2019s often no less hilarious. Jesse Eisenberg excels as a neurotic college student trying to make his way across a zombie-infested America, staying alive by ensuring he always follows a set of survival rules which neatly reference horror tropes (\u2018Always check the back seat\u2019). It\u2019s Woody Harrelson however who really steals the show as a gleefully violent fellow traveller whose passion for killing zombies is surpassed only by his love of twinkies. Well-acted and very funny, with a showstopper of a final act, Zombieland is a thoroughly enjoyable zom-com romp.\n\n(6)\n\nEvil Dead 2 (1987)You could debate whether or not Evil Dead 2\u2018s demonically possessed reanimated corpses are really zombies \u2013 I\u2019d say they\u2019re close enough to qualify. What\u2019s not in doubt is that since its release Evil Dead 2 \u2013 essentially Sam Raimi\u2019s blackly comic remake of his own more straightforward horror flick Evil Dead \u2013 has become a cult classic. Bruce Campbell gives one of the great horror movie performances as Ash, a wise-cracking young man whose romantic getaway with his girlfriend to a rural cabin goes south when she\u2019s possessed by demons and he\u2019s forced to decapitate her. And that\u2019s within the first ten minutes! From there it\u2019s an utterly insane, madcap sprint to the finish line that takes in possessed deer heads, tree demons and disembodied hands. Evil Dead 2\u2018s charm lies in its utter refusal to take anything seriously, but that hasn\u2019t stopped it from becoming one of the most influential horror movies around.\n\n(5)\n\nTrain to Busan (2016)\nThe Korean-made Train to Busan is built around a killer high-concept: forget snakes on a plane, this is zombies on a train. Taking place almost entirely on a cross-country bullet train, Train to Busan is a simply merciless exercises in tension, ruthlessly ratcheting up the stress levels as each compartment falls to the bloodthirsty undead hordes. As with 28 Days Later, to which Train to Busan owes a significant debt, the zombies here are fast-moving and acrobatic, and in a nod to World War Z they attack through sheer force of numbers, crashing through the compartments like a ravenous wave. Director Yeon Sang-Ho throws in some Romero-esque social commentary, but it\u2019s during the heart-pounding zombie attacks that Train to Busan really stands out from the crowd \u2013 it\u2019s a startlingly energetic nerve-shredder.\n\n(4)\n\nShaun of the Dead (2004)A smash commercial and critical success on release, Shaun of the Dead helped revitalise the zombie genre and made stars of its leads, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Pegg played Shaun, an aimless 20-something salesman whose life is going down the tubes; Frost played his boorish best mate. When the zombie apocalypse hits London, they\u2019re initially both too hungover to notice. Shaun of the Dead is a knowing spoof of zombie movie cliches, directed by Edgar Wright with a stylish verve and eye for detail that belied its low budget. But Shaun is more than just a comedy \u2013 although it\u2019s easily one of the funniest British movies since the millennium. It\u2019s also punctuated by moments of surprising emotional resonance, not to mention flashes of genuinely shocking violence. In short, it\u2019s a film that works on many different levels, one that\u2019s become as much of a classic as the genre heavyweights it lovingly mocks.\n\n(3)\n\nNight of the Living Dead (1968)Here it is \u2013 the film that reinvented a genre nearly a half century ago. In black and white and made on a shoe-string, the film\u2019s low budget actually works to its advantage, the grainy footage lending it a crude sort of realism. The plot meanwhile \u2013 a band of survivors hole up in a rural house as an army of the living dead descends upon them \u2013 would become the template for generations of future zombie flicks. Released amidst seething domestic tensions around race and the Vietnam War, even 50 years on Night of the Living Dead remains an occasionally shocking film, not least thanks to its bleak, nihilistic but perfectly judged ending.\n\n(2)\n\n[REC] (2007)The Spanish-language [REC] isn\u2019t the only found footage zombie film (Romero\u2019s own underrated Diary of the Dead is another worthy example) but it is by far the scariest. Told through the eyes of a Spanish news crew who follow a fire crew to an incident at a Barcelona apartment building, [REC] starts slowly but quickly develops into a nightmarish ordeal. As the darkened, claustrophobic corridors and stairwells of the apartment building become a hunting ground for things that go bump in the night, [REC] begins cranking up the scares, culminating in a final act that is one of the most purely terrifying sequences in any film ever.\n\n(1)\n\n28 Days Later (2002)\nIf Night of the Living Dead helped create a genre, 28 Days Later helped redefine it for the modern age. By 2002 zombie films had hit a creative wall, the genre rendered moribund by waves of trashy straight-to-video B-movies and increasingly tired sequels. Danny Boyle\u2019s 28 Days Later changed everything by rewriting the genre rules. Whereas by the millennium the shambling rotting corpses popularised by Romero had become more comical than scary, Boyle\u2019s zombies \u2013 actually living humans infected with a rabies-like virus \u2013 were fast, savage and very, very scary. Boyle\u2019s vision of a London emptied of life (which called to mind similar images from Romero\u2019s Day of the Dead, along with John Wyndham\u2019s 1951 novel Day of the Triffids) were eerie and unsettling, but also hauntingly beautiful, and the film bridges the gaps between its bursts of shocking violence with long stretches of reflective, almost meditative quiet. More than just another genre flick, 28 Days Later is as much a political allegory as a post-apocalyptic chiller, and nearly every zombie film that has followed it bears traces of its influence.\n\nIt\u2019s a sign of the overall ambiguity of It Comes At Night, the hair-raising new chiller from writer-director Trey Edward Schults, that it\u2019s never entirely clear what \u2018it\u2019 is. \u2018It\u2019 could be the deadly virus that has ravaged the world at large, forcing Paul (Joel Edgerton), wife Sarah (Carmen Ejogo) and 17-year old son Travis (Kelvin Harrison Jr) to barricade themselves in their woodland homestead. \u2018It\u2019 could be the nightmares that plague Travis whenever the sun goes down. \u2018It\u2019 could be the intruder who one night breaks into their home.\n\nOr maybe it\u2019s none of the above, and the studio just thought it would be a good title to lure in audiences expecting a straight-forward horror flick. Instead, some obvious jump-scares aside, viewers are treated to something that is far more slow-paced, but, for those patient enough, rarely less than gripping.\n\nThe family\u2019s daily life \u2013 a tedious routine that doesn\u2019t quite cover up their ceaseless anxiety \u2013 is interrupted by the arrival of a new group, a sort of younger version of themselves: Will (Christopher Abbott), his wife Kim (Riley Keough), and their pre-school age son Andrew (Griffin Robert Faulkner). Initially the two groups bond, seemingly delighted after a long period of isolation to have finally found companionship. But, inevitably, in the claustrophobic environs of the house paranoia and mistrust start to settle in, as contagious as the virus outside. \u201cYou can\u2019t trust anybody but family,\u201d Paul gravely informs Travis. \u201cDo you know what people are capable of when they\u2019re desperate?\u201d\n\nA suffocating atmosphere of dread hangs over It Comes At Night, making for deeply uneasy viewing. Within the boarded-up house, darkened even during the day, cinematographer Drew Daniels makes masterful use of shadows, particularly in a series of shots set in a lengthy hallway. And even in full daylight, there\u2019s something supernaturally creepy, almost Blair Witch-like, about the woods outside. To the family the seemingly endless forest represents their entire world. An extended tracking shot along a woodland road is a masterclass in low-key tension building: I found myself holding my breath, nervously anticipating what lay behind the next corner.\n\nAn unsettling score from Dirty Projectors\u2019 Brian McOmber provides the requisite sinister strings and droning synths, but for the most part Schults relies heavily on ambient sound \u2013 the creaks and groans of the house, the branches snapping and leaves rustling in the woods \u2013 to provide his film\u2019s soundtrack. The audience\u2019s ears strain against the silence, listening out for what might be coming next. Likewise Schults largely allows us to make up our own minds about what, if anything, lurks beyond the house\u2019s walls, knowing that the the unseen horror is always the most frightening. The director\u2019s minimalist style pays real dividends. It\u2019s a gimmick-free, almost old-fashioned approach to psychological horror that slowly cranks up the tension, rendering its characters \u2013 and its viewers \u2013 tightly wound springs, close to breaking point.\n\nAt times, though, the minimalism has its downsides. At a brief 91 minutes long, It Comes At Night could have stood to be a little longer, if only to allow more time to allow the group\u2019s internal rivalries to really simmer. Travis, a teenage boy who\u2019s been cooped up inside with no female company but his mother, is fascinated by the beautiful Kim in a way that\u2019s initially slightly endearing and then increasingly inappropriate. There\u2019s a cracking scene between the two of them, late at night at the kitchen table, that positively brims with sexual tension. But after significant build-up this sub-plot never really goes anywhere, becoming overtaken by other events.\n\nLikewise while in many ways It Comes At Night\u2018s ambiguity is one of its strengths \u2013 the audience is never told about the origins of the virus or what\u2019s going on in the outside world, mirroring the characters\u2019 isolation and heightening the paranoia \u2013 at times it\u2019s a little too vague for its own good. In the most frustrating incidence, an explanation for a key plot point, involving a mysteriously unlocked door, is never provided, or even really hinted at. Sometimes a director letting the audience figure things out for themselves shows an admirable respect for the viewer. Sometimes it feels like cheating.\n\nWith its ultra-bleak tone and almost nihilistic vision of humanity brought low, It Comes At Night might be a hard watch, but it\u2019s also a ruthlessly effective one. It\u2019s arguably a triumph of mood over substance, with a deliberately thin plot that doesn\u2019t hold up to significant scrutiny. It\u2019s not wildly original, or above getting by on genre cliches. But if the role of a horror movie is to unnerve and unsettle, then this grim shocker can be relied upon to leave a shadow that lingers long in the mind.\n\nWhen making 2004\u2019s smash zombie hit Shaun of the Dead With Baby Driver, Edgar Wright referred to it as the world\u2019s first rom-zom-com. Now he tries his hand at an action-movie-meets-musical with Baby Driver, a film that often feels like Wright thought of the title first and worked backwards from there.\n\nReferencing the Simon and Garfunkel track of the same name (which makes a slightly too obvious appearance at one stage) the title here refers to a young man called Baby (Ansel Elgort), who is a getaway driver (geddit?) for a criminal syndicate led by the charmingly vicious Doc (Kevin Spacey). Baby is a reluctant wheelman, pressed into service in order to pay off a debt to Doc; lest we doubt what a swell guy he is, he\u2019s also a kindly carer for his deaf foster father (CJ Jones) and utterly smitten with Debora (Lily James), a cute waitress from the cafe where his beloved late mother used to work.\n\nBaby\u2019s defining characteristic is that he constantly has headphones in his ears, playing a steady diet of classic rock and soul in order to drown out chronic tinnitus. These songs soundtrack nearly every minute of the film, and in Baby Driver\u2019s best moments the rhythyms of music and film march together in lockstip, whether it\u2019s Baby dancing in his car as Jon Spencer Blues Explosion blares, or fleeing a heist to the tune of Focus\u2019s Hocus Pocus. At one point he halts a robbery until he can cue up the perfect Damned riff.\n\nIndeed, the problem is not that Wright commits too much to his mad car-chase rock opera, but too little. The heists are, without fail, uproariously enjoyable scenes of grandiose insanity, but they make up only a surprisingly small fraction of the film. Filling the gaps in between is a relatively predictable and humdrum gangster story, as Baby is pulled into One Last Job alongside a team of sociopathic armed robbers: Buddy (Jon Hamm), Darling (Eiza Gonzalez) and the truly insane Bats (Jamie Foxx), who takes an instant dislike to Baby\u2019s odd quirks. \u201cI\u2019m the one with mental problems in this crew,\u201d Bats angrily informs him at one stage.\n\nThe heist crew are all enjoyably deranged (particularly the ever-wonderful Foxx), but only occasionally are they given a chance to really shine. Still, they do better than poor Lily James. She\u2019s always been a winning presence but there\u2019s little she can do to rescue Debora, a woefully underwritten character who\u2019s saddled with some truly heinous dialogue (\u201cI want to head west on 20, in a car I can\u2019t afford, with a plan I don\u2019t have.\u201d) She gets no arc, no real progression: her sole purpose in the film is to serve as motivation for Baby. She\u2019s more of a walking pair of doe eyes than a recognisable human.\n\nEven more baffling is what exactly she sees in Baby that would make her willing to go through hell and back for him. He really is a relentlessly dull character, with little to say and with a barely sketched back story that makes little sense (would someone who watched his parents die in a brutal car crash really be so keen to become a driver?). \u2018Aren\u2019t you mysterious,\u2019 Debora says at one stage, but the truth is there\u2019s not much to Baby at all. Elsort gives it his all, strutting and dancing while sporting a never-ending series of sunglasses, but he nonetheless feels miscast, coming across as a little dorky when he should be shit-hot. Wright sometimes seems to be aiming for a True Romance-style Bonnie & Clyde romance for Baby and Debora, but True Romance worked in part because Patricia Arquette\u2019s adoration of the ultra-cool Christian Slater made sense; by contrast, Baby\u2019s just a little awkward.\n\nFor all its faults, Baby Driver is rarely less than entertaining, and its 113-minute runtime flies by. The heist scenes in particular are wild thrill rides, choreographed with genuine flair. But far from reinventing the car chase movie like it threatens at one stage to do, in the end Baby Driver doesn\u2019t do much more than put a glossy new coat on genre cliches. It never quite takes full advantage of its silly but fun high concept. Too often it applies the brakes when it should be putting the pedal to the metal, and ultimately Baby Driver is a really great music video stretched further than it can go.\n\nEven in an era where no summer is complete without a tidal wave of comic book adaptations filling every screen in the land, female-led superhero films remain as rare as a mint condition Action Comics #1. The last one of any note was 2004\u2019s Catwoman, a film so catastrophically terrible that even now it\u2019s spoken of in the hushed, maudlin tones used to describe a horrific road accident.\n\nSo DC Film\u2019s Wonder Woman, shockingly the first live action standalone feature film for arguably the most female superhero of all (previously she\u2019s been limited to a 1974 TV movie and a brief but show-stealing appearance in last year\u2019s otherwise dreadful Batman vs Superman) has some wrongs to right. And though this adaptation by director Patty Jenkins (whose only previous feature directing credit was 2003\u2019s astonishing Charlize Theron-led serial killer drama Monster) sometimes struggles to rise above comic book movie cliches, it\u2019s nonetheless an enjoyable and entertaining outing for a genre that has become laboriously po-faced in recent years.\n\nThe statuesque and stunningly beautiful Israeli actress Gal Godot makes a clear pitch for mega-stardom as Diana, an Amazonian warrior princess living on a hidden Mediterranean island inhabited by an all-female society ruled by Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) and defended by an army led by General Antiope (an all too brief appearance for Robin Wright). The island is peaceful and seemingly none the worse for being devoid of men \u2013 quite the opposite in fact. \u2018Men are essential for procreation but when it comes to pleasure, unnecessary,\u2019 Diana explains.\n\nUnbeknownst to them, however, in the outside world the Great War is raging, and their tranquil existence is interrupted when American pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) almost literally crashes the party, pursued by German soldiers (the resulting battle of the sexes, a high-octane swords\u2019n\u2019sandles vs guns\u2019n\u2019spiked helmets showdown, is as wildly fun an action scene as you\u2019ll see all year). Persuaded that the Amazonians\u2019 old foe Ares, the Greek god of war, is up to his old tricks again, Diana sets out in pursuit of him, with Steve in tow.\n\nThere\u2019s some enjoyable fish out of water fun as Diana arrives in 1918 London, where her unabashedly forthright manner outrages the mutton-chopped patriarchy and she is equally nonplussed by the subjugated obeisance (and bafflingly restrictive clothes) of London\u2019s womenfolk. In truth, the film\u2019s feminist message isn\u2019t overly deep, but there are some enjoyable subversive moments; practical or no, Diana\u2019s costume is as scanty as you\u2019d expect from a female comic book character, but Steve spends much of his early scenes naked too, ensuring there\u2019s eye candy on display to suit all tastes.\n\nWhile Diana is the clear star of the show, Steve isn\u2019t reduced to the role of mansel-in-distress, but is given a clear, compelling character arc in his own right \u2013 it\u2019d be nice if all superhero love interests were treated as well. Indeed, unusually for a blockbuster \u2013 where love stories tend to feel like either box-ticking exercises or slightly distasteful rewards for the (almost always male) main characters \u2013 the relationship between Diana and Steve turns out to be one of the film\u2019s strengths. Their low-key flirty banter is coyly steamy, and when their big romantic moment comes it feels like a convincing and obvious progression. What a difference it makes when a comic book film treats both its male and female romantic partners as characters in their own right.\n\nThe decision to set Wonder Woman during the Great War proves to be a slightly awkward one. Though the film\u2019s tackling of wartime issues like refugee crises is in one sense admirably ambitious for a superhero film, the message never really develops into anything more complex than \u2018war is bad\u2019, and it\u2019s hard not to feel a little uncomfortable about the marriage of comic book movie sensibilities with trench and chemical warfare. What\u2019s more, unlike the World War 2-set Captain America, it feels slightly unfair and ahistorical to write off the Germans as the principal villains in a war where millions of people were fed into the meat grinder for the advancement of imperialists on all sides.\n\nNonetheless it provides the backdrop for some gloriously choreographed action scenes, most notably an assault on a German-held Belgian town that offers up some genuinely thrilling spectacle. Indeed for all the well-written repartee between its leads, Wonder Woman is still a film that is at its best when it\u2019s at its most action-packed, and I found myself impatiently suffering through a few too many scenes of backstory and exposition between fistfights.\n\nMuch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s recent success has been built on excellent casting, and DC do their damnedest to match their rivals here, ensuring that the acting is generally strong even where the characters aren\u2019t. Diana and Steve are accompanied on their quest by a motley crew consisting of a Scottish sniper (Ewen Bremner), a French-Maghreb linguist (Sa\u00efd Taghmaoui) and a Native American scout (Eugene Brave Rock). In truth they feel a little underused, particularly the always wonderful Bremner who so recently made Trainspotting 2 his own, although it\u2019s nice to see Taghmaoui being given a less stereotypical role than the ones he normally gets saddled with.\n\nSimilarly, Danny Huston and Elena Anaya are rather wasted as the film\u2019s chief villains, who aren\u2019t sufficiently intimidating and whose motivations are never really clear. Better served are Lucy Davis, in a fun comic relief role as Steve\u2019s suffragette secretary, and the ever-wonderful David Thewlis who\u2019s given a chance to show off some unexpected action chops.\n\nPine meanwhile is his usual charming self as the handsome blue-eyed Steve, but ultimately this film would be nothing without Godot\u2019s Wonder Woman. She lends Diana a winning combination of doe-eyed naivety and steely determination; she\u2019s shocked by the horrors of the world around her but steadfast in her resolve to protect the innocent and ensure justice is served. In this she\u2019s a throwback to a pre-Nolan superhero era, when good guys were allowed to be good guys and comic book movies didn\u2019t have to be melancholy treatises on the nature of crime and vigilantism. Diana is a free-spirited, pure-hearted badass, and one of the most instantly likeable movie superheroes in a long time.\n\nFor all its lip-service to hard-hitting themes of war and conflict, Wonder Woman is at heart a levity-filled, shamelessly enjoyable film that\u2019s light-years away from the previous near-unwatchably humourless DC outings. What\u2019s more, it feels like a proper film in its own right, rather than, as with the recent likes of Captain America: Civil War or the Marvel TV shows, an extended trailer for a wider franchise; with the exception of a couple of brief references to Bruce Wayne the wider DC universe is largely absent. And if, in the end, it doesn\u2019t break the superhero mould (a destructive climactic battle could have come from pretty much any recent genre release) it remains the most fun I\u2019ve had at a comic book film since, at the very least, Guardians of the Galaxy. Imperfect it may be, but Wonder Woman may be a much needed shot in the arm not just for the DC universe, but for comic book film-making as a whole.\n\nThe latest compilation volume from record-label-meets-promoter-meets-music-collective You Might Not Like This may be more accessible than their first release (that one ran to a mere 42 tracks), but that doesn\u2019t make this eclectic mix a straightforward listen.\n\nTake opening track \u2018Broken in Spirit and Bitter at the World\u2019 by American-based metal outfit Brobdingnagian. It\u2019s an industrial noise-soundtracked rage against the shallowness of society, built around a creepy looped sample imploring listeners to \u2018build muscle\u2019 before descending into a distorted caterwaul of shrieks \u2013 abrasive but thoughtfully composed it calls to mind San Franciscan blackgazers Deafheaven. It\u2019s followed up by the Void\u2019s \u2018Wish To Create\u2019, a Nirvana-style grunger that\u2019s admittedly derivative but hugely fun.\n\nNext up is Girl Disaster\u2019s remix of Radiohead\u2019s \u2018Sit Down, Stand Up\u2019 takes the original and turns it into a brooding, ominous descent into darkness. It offers something of a transition between the rock-heavy opener and the more electronic territory of the album\u2019s mid-section. There\u2019s a lot of musical ground covered here, mostly succesfully \u2013 Seduction & Disappointment\u2019s \u2018Gathering in the Head; Over Study of Religion\u2019 is a twinkling techno delight, Kardifkrew\u2019s \u2018Keith, Quiche Me\u2019 build to a cyber trance finale that positively pulses with energy, and album highlight \u2018Northern Nights\u2019 by Crimewave is an impossibly catchy fusion of distorted guitars and jittery dance beats. Against these tracks, B O K E H\u2019s \u2018Virtua Death\u2019 and Hungered\u2019s \u2018Came Out\u2019 come across as also-rans: they\u2019re both pretty enough, particularly the island-beat laden \u2018Came Out\u2019, but both are a little too understated to keep your attention for the whole of their 5 minute plus runtimes.\n\nThe sinister industrial tones of Daniel Ruane\u2019s \u2018Assemble\u2019 herald a shift back into heavier territory, and Mancunian-based Weapon Dogs\u2019 \u2018Apathetic Rapture\u2019 doesn\u2019t disappoint: it\u2019s a driving alt-rocker designed to get crowds moving. Even more imposing is Hziulquoigmnzhah\u2019s vaguely terrifying cover of REM\u2019s \u2018Sweetness Follows\u2019, which takes the original and forces it through an atmosphere-soaked, alt-metal filter that would make Tool proud.\n\nIt\u2019s unfortunate for the compilation\u2019s final two tracks that they have to follow that up. There\u2019s nothing wrong with Issaka\u2019s \u2018Journey\u2019 \u2013 on the contrary, it\u2019s a likeably sun-soaked acoustic piece \u2013 but it feels out of place against the more brooding heavyweights that have come before it. Likewise closing track Cyber Pirates \u2018Mutiny\u2019, a dischordant clash of beatbox, guitar and sea shanty strings, is an oddity too far.\n\nBut what\u2019s striking about this latest offering from YMNT is how unusually cohesive for a compilation album it is. Though there\u2019s a huge variety of styles on display here, the tracks flow together with surprising fluidity, and even where things don\u2019t quite work, it\u2019s not for lack of ambition or talent. It\u2019s a reminder of just how many great artists there are out there waiting to be discovered. You might not like this, but I sure did.\n\nIt\u2019s very, very unusual for Studio Ghibli to release a film not made entirely in-house but though the famous Japanese animation studio\u2019s name features prominently in the marketing material for The Red Turtle, it\u2019s Micha\u00ebl Dudok de Wit who wrote and directed this production. Though his name is likely unfamiliar to most cinemagoers, Ghibli\u2019s founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata have long been fans of the UK-based Dutch animator (who won an Oscar for his 2000 animated short Father and Daughter), and in this breathtakingly wonderful film he repays their faith in him a thousand times over.\n\nContaining not a single line of dialogue, de Wit\u2019s tale is both comfortingly familiar and surreally off-kilter. The film opens with a nameless man being tossed to and fro on stormy waves. Washed up on the shore of an uninhabited island, his attempts to sail away on a homemade raft are repeatedly thwarted by a huge red turtle. Initially antagonistic, the two soon develop a surprising companionship. To say much more would be to spoil the film\u2019s great mystery, but The Red Turtle operates as a kind of magical realist fable, one that looks for inspiration both from Japanese and western folk tales in a way that will make it recognisable to people the world over.\n\nIt\u2019s not just the narrative that operates as a fusion between east and west either. So too does the animation, a seamless blend of hand-drawn and digital techniques which combines the ligne claire style of Tintin creator Herg\u00e9 with gorgeously painted landscapes that are the hallmark of Ghibli films. De Wit\u2019s use of colour is simply gorgeous, overlaying individual scenes with a consistent hue \u2013 whether it\u2019s the blue-grey of storm-tossed seas, the verdant green beneath the forest canopy, the metallic glow of moonlight, or the red-gold of sunset. The lush imagery finds perfect accompaniment in Laurent Perez del Mar\u2019s beautiful score, which flits between gentle woodwinds and soaring strings.\n\nThe island itself is an enchanting place, and some of the film\u2019s most evocative moments focus on its natural rhythms, whether it\u2019s baby turtles emerging from the sand to begin their first voyage to the sea, or rain hissing gently through the bamboo groves. The scuttling crabs that inhabit the beach act as the closest thing the film has to comic relief sidekicks, although to so name them does these wonderful little creatures a disservice, calling to mind as the phrase does more clownish cartoon creations. These crustaceans\u2019 charms are far more subtle.\n\nThe island can be a tough place \u2013 nature is red in tooth and claw and not all those baby turtles or cute crabs make it through the film. The furious power of a tsunami is brought to life with the same visceral immediacy with which Ghibli recreated a ferocious fire in 2014\u2019s The Wind Rises. But though the moments of violence can be unsettling, they are, ultimately, part of the natural cycle: the island picks up the pieces and moves on.\n\nIt\u2019s that cycle of life and death which proves The Red Turtle\u2018s core theme. It acts as an allegory for a lifetime of experiences, a meditation on love, mortality and rebirth. Wordless it may be but the power of its visual storytelling renders it an uncommonly moving film \u2013 I confess to finding myself choked up by the final scene. It is a magnificent, transcendentally beautiful work of art.\n\n9/10\n\n]]>https://hugomongoose.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/7503/feed/1hugomongooseImage result for the red turtle"}
-{"text": "SBA's disaster loan application deadline approaching\n\nACROSS MISSISSIPPI \u2014 The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes in 15 Mississippi counties of the April 25 deadline to apply for economic injury disaster loan assistance.\n\nThe loans are available due to tornadoes and severe storms with high winds, excessive rainfall, flooding and flash flooding that occurred from April 30-May 3, 2010.\n\nUnder this declaration, SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to eligible farm-related and non-farm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. These loans can be up to $2 million with terms not exceeding 30 years. Interest rates are 4 percent for businesses and 3 percent for non-profit organizations. Farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers are not eligible to apply to SBA.\n\nTo obtain disaster loan information and application forms call the SBA\u2019s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for people with speech or hearing disabilities) or send an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. Loan applications can be downloaded from the SBA\u2019s website at www.sba.gov. Mail completed applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.\n\nThose affected by the disaster may apply for disaster loans from SBA\u2019s secure website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/.\n\nCompleted loan applications should be returned to SBA no later than May 2, 2011.\n\nVision Centers List\n\nList of vision centers in Mississippi as provided by the Mississippi Optometric Association. Ranked alphabetically by city. List includes clinic, address, phone, website where available, and optometrists.\n\nSports Medicine Centers List\n\n40 sports medicine clinics who are members of the Mississippi Orthopaedic Society. List is ranked alphabetically by city and includes clinic, address and phone number."}
-{"text": "Journalism Alumni Profile: Valerie Bonk\n\n\u201cThe biggest challenge young journalists face is the ever changing journalism industry\u2026 Make sure to gain experience in every medium of journalism. Don\u2019t turn down an assignment. If you have a story idea, pitch it.\u201d\n\nWe are proud to feature Valerie Bonk as our April alumna of the month. Valerie is currently a news anchor for HMTV6 out of Hagerstown, Maryland, and a writer for The Baltimore Sun. In addition, she is also a dance instructor, law student at the University of Baltimore, and a law clerk. Read more about Valerie\u2019s most memorable pieces and where she hopes to be in the next five years.\n\nValerie Bonk: After completing internships in Washington at NPR, ABC (Good Morning America), and CBS, I knew I really wanted to continue my education and training in the place to be for political journalism. While researching graduate schools in the area, I was attracted to Georgetown\u2019s program because the professors are all current or recent professional journalists in the area with connections to several different outlets and a breadth of knowledge on how to cover both local internationally relevant stories.\n\nMPS JO: How has your degree from the Journalism program helped you in your current job?\n\nVB: I am a news anchor and reporter at HMTV6 in Hagerstown, Md. Through the journalism master\u2019s program at Georgetown I was able to work on my writing skills and have professionals in the industry give input on my work, which made me more confident to put myself out there and get my current position around the time of graduation last year. Also, through my professor Carole Feldman, I learned about the Associated Press internship program and was very grateful to represent Georgetown and gain experience covering stories at the White House and the Capitol in the summer of 2013.\n\nMPS JO: What is your best memory in the MPS Journalism program?\n\nVB: Meeting other students of various backgrounds and having opportunities to work together and learn from each other. I still stay in touch with my classmates and we still help each other navigate the intense journalism job market.\n\nMPS JO: What one piece of advice would you give current students? What do you think is the biggest challenge young journalists face, and how can they overcome that obstacle?\n\nVB: Don\u2019t be afraid to put yourself out there. Reach out to professors, to fellow classmates and to alumni and realize you\u2019re not alone in your job search or in your studies. The biggest challenge young journalists face is the ever changing journalism industry. With newspapers ever changing and television stations restructuring and trying to gain viewers both on the air and online, it\u2019s important to keep your head up and let them tell you know. Make sure to gain experience in every medium of journalism. Don\u2019t turn down an assignment. If you have a story idea, pitch it.\n\nMPS JO: What\u2019s the most memorable piece you\u2019ve published and why?\n\nVB: My capstone was definitely a piece that I really enjoyed writing and putting together. I have a passion for homeschooling and was very excited to have the opportunity to delve deeper into the subject and learn more about the process of applying to college as a homeschooled student as I wrote my article and edited together my complementary video component.\n\nOutside of school, one of my most memorable pieces was an article and video package I worked on while at the Associated Press. As a journalist sometimes your job is to present or expose something that people may not be aware of. My piece on the rising cost of prison phone calls and the controversy surrounding the regulation of phone coverage at prisons was a wonderful education for me. I found a woman trying to navigate how to pay for not only providing for her two young children but also trying to figure out how to pay the thousands of dollars it took to keep in touch with her husband who was in jail for striking and killing a man while drunk driving. I learned an immense amount through interviewing the individuals I found who were dealing with these costs and learning as well how to write a story and conduct interviews regarding a tough subject matter.\n\nMPS JO: In recent months have you worked on any projects you are particularly proud of or have you had any unusual experiences in your coverage?\n\nVB: I was given the opportunity to move from reporting to anchoring the news. This is something that I\u2019ve always wanted to experience and never knew that I\u2019d have the opportunity as I had been reporting for a while. I really enjoy being behind the desk and growing over the past year as a new anchor for live broadcasts.\n\nMPS JO: Where do you see yourself in five years?\n\nVB: Earning my law degree and working as a legal correspondent or a legal analyst for a television station. I have a passion for law and criminal reporting and very much want to combine my education in journalism and law to tell stories using those backgrounds."}
-{"text": "Bad CRE Debt Threatens U.S. Economy, Congressional Panel Concludes\n\nUnless there is a strong and immediate improvement in the U.S. economy, it is likely to receive yet another sucker punch from the $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate loans coming due over the next three years. That\u2019s the conclusion of a 184-page report released by the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) last week.\n\nOf the approximately 8,100 banks in the U.S., 2,988 are small banks that are dangerously exposed to commercial real estate. In addition to the lack of diversification, these community and mid-sized banks also hold high concentrations of the riskiest and least sought-after loans, including transition properties and construction loans in secondary or tertiary markets, according to the panel.\n\n\u201cA significant wave of commercial mortgage defaults would trigger economic damage that could touch the lives of nearly every American,\u201d the congressional inquiry reported.\n\nThe COP, established by Congress in 2008 to oversee expenditures of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), is particularly concerned about the nation\u2019s small banks, because these lending institutions are responsible for about half of all small business loans.\n\nThat is significant because small businesses have accounted for about 45% of all job losses during the current economic downturn. Small businesses also have been responsible for about one-third of all jobs created growth during the last two economic expansions, according to the COP.\n\n\u201cThe withdrawal of small business loans because of a disproportionate exposure to commercial real estate capital creates a negative feedback loop that suppresses economic recovery,\u201d the COP report stated. \u201cFewer loans to small businesses hamper employment growth, which could prolong commercial real estate problems by contributing to higher vacancy rates and lower cash flows.\u201d\n\nOf the $1.4 trillion in commercial mortgage debt projected to come due through 2014, about half is underwater, meaning borrowers owe more than the properties are currently worth. Since 2007, owners have seen their property values fall by an average of 40%, the report stated.\n\nAhead of the curve\n\nIn late January, the COP held a field hearing in Atlanta on the issue of declining real estate fundamentals and property values and the impact on the banking industry. Property values in the metro Atlanta office sector have fallen by 50% from their peak in 2007. Meanwhile, 30 Georgia banks have failed since August 2008.\n\n\u201cMany experts believe that Atlanta\u2019s experience could foreshadow a problem that could echo across the country,\u201d said COP chairman and Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren, during the hearing.\n\nBrian Olasov, managing director with Atlanta-based law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and an adjunct professor at Emory University, testified at the Atlanta hearing, which became part of the COP report. The first step to recovery for the small banks, Olasov says, \u201cstarts with the recognition of the scope and the implications of the problem.\u201d\n\nThe COP\u2019s findings provide a balanced view of the critical issues facing the commercial real estate industry and the U.S. economy, he adds.\n\n\u201cHere in the state of Georgia, we have one out of three banks under some level of enforcement authority,\u201d explains Olasov, who also provides expert witness testimony in disputes involving commercial mortgage-backed securities.\n\n\u201cA lot of those smaller banks are in communities that are underbanked. Even if you aren\u2019t under an enforcement authority, you\u2019re living under the fear of going under an enforcement action,\u201d says Olasov.\n\nWho thrives, who dies?\n\nThe federal government\u2019s decision over which banks will be allowed to fail and which banks will be allowed to live to fight another day has been a controversial question throughout the recession. In part, the issue has become heated because there are no easy fixes, no palatable choices.\n\nThe COP recognizes in the report that if banks are forced to take write-downs on commercial real estate loans, many more will fail, potentially causing serious harm to the nation\u2019s financial system. On the other hand, until the billions of dollars of these commercial property loans are written down, no meaningful recovery can begin.\n\nAs a lender, Mesa West Capital co-CEO Mark Zytko is familiar the conundrum expressed in the COP report. \u201cIf banks recognized all their losses now, it would most likely translate into a flurry of distressed real estate in the market, which would be good for potential buyers of real estate,\u201d he says. \u201cHowever, banks would most likely not have sufficient capital levels to survive the extraordinary level of losses across their loan portfolios.\u201d\n\nPrior to the credit crunch, Los Angeles-based Mesa West was primarily known as bridge loan lender. Mesa West has since expanded its business to include making low-leverage loans on cash-flowing properties with strong sponsors.\n\nRecognizing the loss\n\nFederal regulators are now charged with the task of finding a way to work through the bad commercial real estate debt without causing massive small banks failures that would trigger an even more painful and prolonged U.S. economic recovery.\n\nOlasov recommends a structure that would move problem assets out of the banks in a manner that would not impair the banks\u2019 regulatory capital. \u201cWhat I have in mind is a form of forbearance that moves these assets into the hands of entrepreneurial investors to start maximizing recoveries,\u201d he says.\n\nCurrently, many banks are faced with the following scenario: A bank holds a $1 million loan, which it carries on its books at $950,000. Because of the prevailing bid-ask gap in the marketplace, a buyer comes along with an offer of $500,000. The bank would like to remove the loan from its books, but to do so would require it to recognize a loss of $450,000.\n\n\u201cIf I do that with respect to a bunch of loans on my portfolio, I become undercapitalized according to the regulators,\u201d says Olasov.\n\nSigns of sanity\n\nRegulators so far have opted to support banks through a combination of bailout programs and low interest rates, and they\u2019ve allowed the banks to push off the recognition of bad assets for another day, says Zytko of Mesa West Capital.\n\nSome of the more well capitalized banks, however, have been able to start taking write-downs. Mesa West has recently financed two note purchases from banks that were sold between 50 and 70 cents on the dollar.\n\nIn addition, Mesa West is currently in the process of closing another loan for a Class-A office building in Southern California that was purchased in 2008 for roughly half its 2006 purchase price.\n\nBoth transactions are examples of the availability of capital for assets that have had their values reset, says Zytko. \u201cThere is a lot of capital on the sidelines waiting to be invested as this process continues to work its way through the system.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Pete Dye Golf Trail\n\nHit the road and enjoy a range of\nexperiences, from big city\nexcitement to small town charm,\nwith the Pete Dye Golf Trail. At each\nturn you'll have the pleasure of\ntesting the game's greatest\narchitect in his own backyard\nExplore the Trail"}
-{"text": "Thursday, December 30, 2010\n\nThree Months Old\n\nDear Larkin,\n\nYesterday, you turned three months old. I would have written this letter then, but we spent the entire afternoon snuggling and napping on the recliner. Your little body is going through so many changes right now, it\u2019s just about worn you out. You are growing taller by the second. You\u2019ve already gained eight inches in length, and doubled your birth weight. Everyone who meets you can\u2019t believe you\u2019re only three months old. You\u2019re so long and solid and you have the most adorable little man face.\n\nYou are the most social, smiley baby I\u2019ve ever seen. If you\u2019re awake, you are cooing and laughing and looking around for someone to make eye contact with. You have the most beautiful smile \u2013 ear to ear and wide open and gummy. Every time you smile, I fall even deeper in love with you.\n\nCheeky little monkey!\n\nYou just recently discovered the most fascinating things in the world \u2013 your toes. We\u2019ll be playing and you\u2019ll catch sight of them and all the sudden I HAVE TO HAVE THEM I NEED TO TOUCH THEM OH MY GOD WHY ARE THEY SO FAR AWAY?!? You then bend over as far as your little round belly will allow and try to grab at them. When I try to straighten you for breathing purposes, you scream furiously.\n\nLast night you started to fall asleep in my arms, so I took you to the bedroom to change your diaper and ready you for bed. I took off your drooled over onesie (I suspect teething is imminent) and just kissed all over your little warm belly and cheeks while you grinned at me sleepily. I relish moments like that, because I suspect it won\u2019t be much longer before you\u2019re far too busy to let mama snuggle with you much.\n\nYou adore your daddy. He\u2019ll look up from his computer where he\u2019s working, and catch you staring at him. Once you catch his eye, I have to be ready, because you squeal at top volume, throw your arms out and toss yourself backwards in excitement, leaving me scrambling to catch you before you fall.\n\n'Helping' me do the laundry, and wearing your Daddy's shirt from when he was a baby\n\nToday, I realized the dreaded tummy time is probably a thing of the past. You have proved yourself completely proficient at rolling from tummy to back, and do so the second I place you down. With the way you love to jump on everyone\u2019s lap, I\u2019m beginning to wonder if you won\u2019t walk before you crawl.\n\nEvery day I wake up to your beautiful smile and wonder where that tiny baby went. When we snuggle now, you no longer fit squarely in my arms. You are a bundle of fun and personality, and I enjoy every minute. You are my most amazing miracle."}
-{"text": "\"It's been so beautiful\" \u2013Tracy K. Smith on her visit to China\n\nThe newly appointed U.S. Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, having recently toured China in her official capacity as post-Virgilian apologist for Empire, summed up her visit by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s been so beautiful.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "The clatter of the horse's hooves soothed him. My head is too hot. The director is away on a trip. He began to work to get Congress to reduce taxes. The thieves knocked off another bank today in a daytime robbery. I want to talk about them. It is foolish to take his word seriously. I couldn't help falling in love with you. She died of stomach cancer. Looks like I messed up.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nWhether we will go on the trip depends on the weather. His main interest is in history. She is not rich enough to waste money. Raj is basking in the sun.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nMost of the people in this town are on vacation. What's in the truck? Gil is quite short, isn't he? What did you do with your summer vacation? Johnny sneaked back into the room. He failed to follow our advice.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nMayor Boyce Jackson held several campaign appearances this month. Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nI could have done it better. I've already started to do so. I'll have what he's having. Don't grieve about your past errors. We've talked about this many times before. Takao wouldn't even consider our offer. Tait, my friend, I know that you loved me, but I could not be yours. What's the saddest song in the world? You had better take an umbrella.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nAre you going to be all right? My parents usually speak to each other in French, even though my mother is a native English speaker. What is the correct answer?\n\n231-598-3248\n\nWhat are you going to be doing with that? I'd like to take a short break. Trying knew Srivatsan was with John. Holly mumbled something in French. He kept me from making a big mistake.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nPut another log on the fire. I can't understand a word you're saying. As well as mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects are animals too. Srikanth will plumb her new house with stainless steel; she expects the pipes' endurance will make up for the higher cost. There are a lot of flowers in the garden. When the big earthquake occurred, I was just ten. His annual income is larger than that his brother's. It is the first time this crossed my mind.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nI used to help Raj with his homework. He thinks nothing of staying up all night. What a sweet deal!\n\n231-598-3248\n\nAbdominal pain is a common problem. It's as clear as crystal.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nManolis should go see a doctor. I had a father who believed in me. I don't see anything wrong. Why didn't anyone warn me? I do not want to cut my wrists. We are baking cookies. A litter of pigs can have as many as thirteen piglets. Moses had no place to go. Grant took 14,000 prisoners.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nI'm not as talkative as you. He's strong. She was his married mistress. Marco and Presley are waiting outside. My husband's not in town.\n\n231-598-3248\n\nI'm reading a book about skiing. Before making something, make the man. Let's all drink wine at work! Rusty will now be proud of me."}
-{"text": "Quran Reference1.0\n\nQuran Reference is a comprehensive Quran guide that allows you to understand the meaning of the Tajweed Rules. It provides features such as:\n- Summary of every chapter in English and Urdu\n- Audio repetition by verse, section and page\n- Search in entire Quran and translations using Arabic keyboard or phonetic keyboard option\n- Switch to full screen mode to avoid distraction."}
-{"text": "Fifty Shades of Grey Recap: Chapter Four\n\nby thethreepennyguignol\n\nIn between recaps, my computer broke, I watched Orphan Black, and I dyed my hair purple. Now, on with the chapter!\n\nThe last chapter ended with Grey saving Ana from the terrifying bicycle of death and her imploring him (internally, of course-anything else wouldn\u2019t be ladylike) to kiss her. He doesn\u2019t kiss her.\n\nI\u2019ve been looking for an excuse to use this gif for EVER.\n\nShe just about dies on the spot, curses the fact she thought someone like Christian Fancydick would be interested in some lithe, artful, dark-haired pimple like her, and leaves. She sobs in her garage like a pussy. Eventually she makes her way to the apartment and Kate tries to convince her that a rich guy like Grey might be into a pale, big-eyed, well-off kid like her. Ana decides he rejected her because he was too good-looking, as there\u2019s no way it had anything to do with her being a shallow, bitchy tea-bore.\n\nAna takes her final exams (0h yeah, remember college?) and arrives home to find Kate brandishing a package for her. Kate is far too useful. I\u2019m beginning to think that she\u2019s actually a plant by Ana\u2019s parents to make sure she doesn\u2019t starve or set herself on fire. Either way, the package is some first-edition books from AN UNKNOWN SENDER. The UNKNOWN SENDER has highlighted some passage from Tess of the D\u2019urbevilles where a hero warns the heroine off him. This shite makes Jumanji look like Se7en.\n\nAna and her pals go out to get drunk like normal students, but because Ana\u2019s a lightweight and has probably never woken up from a nap underneath three cubicles in the lady\u2019s bathroom on her eighteenth birthday, she thinks it\u2019s a grand idea to call Grey. Upon realising she\u2019s drunk and somehow sensing that Jose is flirting with her, Grey declares that he\u2019s on his way to pick her up. Wait, what?\n\nSo this guy has had a coffee with her, rejected her, and now he\u2019s so utterly terrfied for her safety that he has to come to Portland to pick her up from hanging out with her friends and roomate? Tits to that. I\u2019ve had close friends suggest bringing a rowdy night to a close answered with bottle hugging and pouting. If someone tried to pick me up from a party for no good reason I would break them into shards to match their empty glass heart.\n\nA close personal friend of mine was slagging off Matt Smith last week. He looked upon his last dawn.\n\nAna goes outside to get some fresh air and Jose starts forcibly trying to get off with her. Come on, Jose, man, I liked you! Why did you have to go and make Grey seem like the better alternative? And seriously man, no means fucking no. Calling her \u201cdarling\u201d in Spanish doesn\u2019t make you less of a prick.\n\nBut thank absoloute fuckery, because Grey is here to pick Ana up. Ana vomits at Jose\u2019s feet, some shite occurs to fill up page space (seriously, Ana just vomits some more in excruciating detail. Next time someone tells you they think Fifty Shades is really hot, assume they\u2019re talking about this vomiting scene, and refuse to let it go until they slice the book into sashimi rolls for your bitter enjoyment) Grey sweeps her off to the hotel he\u2019s staying in. Because going back to the hotel room of a man you know has strange feelings for you and also purchases murder paraphernalia while drunk is the best desicion ever made ever the end.\n\nBut we don\u2019t get to find out how bad of a desicion it was until next time! Hold on in there, folks!"}
-{"text": "April 29, 2013\n\nHouse Republicans on Wednesday helped sink a bill pushed by one of their own leaders that would have scaled back and later repealed requirements that North Carolina electric companies generate a set portion of power through efficiencies and alternative sources.\n\nThe House Public Utilities Committee, on an 18-13 vote, defeated a motion that would have phased out a landmark 2007 law and end the requirements by 2021.\n\nThe current law set no expiration date on the mandate that ultimately directs big electric utilities such as Duke Energy Corp. to generate an amount equal to 12.5 percent of its retail sales from efficiency efforts or renewable sources such as solar, wind and animal waste. Electric cooperatives and city-owned power companies have to reach 10 percent later this decade.\n\nThe bill sponsors, led by House Minority Whip Mike Hager, said it was time to remove what they called subsidies for the industries, because utilities can pass along part of the cost of complying with the law to home and industrial customers on their power bills. The bill would have capped the requirement at 10 percent for electric companies and 6 percent for cooperatives before phasing it out.\n\n\"If you oppose this bill you support a mandate and subsidy that will virtually last forever,\" Hager, R-Rutherford, told committee members. \"I think we've got a fair bill here that soft-lands the industry.\"\n\nBut several Republicans \u2014 including the House Rules Committee chairman and two chief budget-writers \u2014 voted against the change, with at least one citing the jobs he said have come to his district because of the renewable energy portfolio standard. Renewable energy companies, environmental groups and large farming operations in the state argued the standard had contributed to creating jobs and encouraging clean energy investments in North Carolina.\n\nRep. Tim Moore, the rules chairman, said a German-based company that makes mounting systems for solar panels is bringing 300 jobs to his home of Cleveland County.\n\n\"I'm pretty well convinced that if it weren't for this program that those companies at least starting out wouldn't be there and it would result in a net loss in jobs in my county,\" Moore said after the meeting.\n\nA subsidiary of North Carolina-based Prestage Farms, with 1,100 workers in the state, is close to completing plans for a system that converts poultry waste into gas in Bladen County, company spokeswoman Summer Lanier told the committee.\n\n\"Prestage would certainly see its large waste energy project halted without the support of (the 2007 law) as it is currently written,\" Lanier said, adding that the company \"already has invested millions to help fulfill the utility companies' needs.\"\n\nRep. Jerry Dockham, R-Davidson, who also voted against the repeal, said the legislature should let the current standards take their course and that it would be wrong to change \"horses in the middle of the stream right now. \"\n\nSeveral North Carolina and nationally-based conservative-leaning and free-market groups actively pushed for the repeal. A letter signed by 16 organizations and provided to committee members said the requirements in the 2007 law will artificially boost electric bills for consumers because solar and wind-based energy is more expensive to produce.\n\n\"It's ridiculous that the General Assembly would ever want to pick winners and losers,\" said Donald Bryson with the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity.\n\nElizabeth Ouzts with Environment North Carolina said the renewable standards have cost utility customers so far and ultimately will save consumers money. She praised legislators for turning back the bill, which is technically still alive but would probably need to be overhauled to be revived.\n\n\"We're going to try and patch it up,\" Hager said later Wednesday. He didn't know why he lost but said some lawmakers had been on the fence about the bill entering the meeting. He said it's a philosophically conservative bill that he hopes will sway some \"no\" votes back around to his side. The bill failed although the repeal date had been pushed from 2018 after it passed in another House committee by just one vote."}
-{"text": "Vincent Diepeveen wrote:\n> Bzip2, gzip,\n>> Why do you guys keep quoting those total outdated compressors :)\nPath of least resistance, not to mention python bindings.\n> there is 7-zip for linux, it's open source and also part of LZMA. On\n> average remnants\n> are 2x smaller than what gzip/bzip2 is doing for you (so bzip2/gzip is\n> factor 2 worse).\n> 7-zip also works parallel, not sure whether it works in linux parallel.\n> 7za is command line\n> version.\nSeems like the question is related to CPU utilization as well as compression\nratios. Assuming the TIFF files are not already compressed, how fast would\nyou expect 7-zip to be relative to bzip2 and gzip's compression and\ndecompression speeds? I was looking for decent bandwidth, and I did look\naround a bit and it seemed like things often would compress somewhat better,\noften the bandwidth achieved was 5-6x worse. So for squeezing the most out of\na 28k modem... sure. For keeping up with a 100mbit or GigE connection on a\nlocal LAN, not so much.\nGoogle finds:\nhttp://blogs.reucon.com/srt/2008/02/18/compression_gzip_vs_bzip2_vs_7_zip.html\nCompressor Size Ratio Compression Decompression\ngzip 89 MB 54 % 0m 13s 0m 05s\nbzip2 81 MB 49 % 1m 30s 0m 20s\n7-zip 61 MB 37 % 1m 48s 0m 11s\nSo sure you save 28MB, at the cost of 95 seconds. Might make sense if you are\ntransfering over a slow modem. Also considering the original file was 163MB\nit's nowhere near the 6MB/sec that seems to be the target. At 1.5MB/sec you'd\nneed 4 CPUs running flat out for 2 days to manage 2TB, instead of 1 CPU\nrunning for just 24 hours. Definitely the kind of thing that sounds like it\nmight make a big difference.\nAnother example:\nhttp://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=11670\n7zip compress: 19:41\nBzip2 compress: 8:56\nGzip compress: 3:00\nAgain 7zip is a factor of 6 and change slower than gzip.\n> Linux distributions should include it default.\n>> Uses PPM, that's a new form of multidimensional compression that all\n> that old junk like\n> bzip2/gzip doesn't use.\nOne man's junk and another man's gold. My use was backup related and I\ndefinitely didn't want to become CPU limited even on large systems with 10TB\nof disk and a healthy I/O system. From the sounds of it even with 8 fast\ncores that 7zip might easily be the bottleneck.\n> TIFF files compress real bad of course. Maybe convert them to some more\n> inefficient format,\n> which increases its size probably, which then compresses real great with\n> PPM.\nEr, that makes no sense to me. You aren't going to end up with a smaller file\nby encoding a file less efficiently.. under ideal circumstances you might get\nback to where you started with a substantial use of cycles. Seems pretty\nsimple, if the TIFFs are compressed, just send them as is, significant\nadditional compression is unlikely. If they are uncompressed there's a decent\nchance of significant lossless compression, the best thing to do would be to\ntry it or at least a reference to some similar images."}
-{"text": "Don L Christiansen\n\n14 Flips | 1 Magazine | 3 Likes | @NoLongerNee6blf | Keep up with Don L Christiansen on Flipboard, a place to see the stories, photos, and updates that matter to you. Flipboard creates a personalized magazine full of everything, from world news to life\u2019s great moments. Download Flipboard for free and search for \u201cDon L Christiansen\u201d\n\nA 1,500-year-old book that contains a previously unknown gospel has been deciphered. The ancient manuscript may have been used to provide guidance or encouragement to people seeking help for their problems, according to a researcher who has studied the text.<p>Written in Coptic, an Egyptian language, \u2026\n\nMay the force be with you! The 66th annual Sapporo Snow Festival kicked off today and the most impressive snow sculpture of all features Darth Vader, his three stormtroopers and TIE fighters. This Star Wars snow sculpture was created by Japan's army troopers, or the 11th Brigade of the Ground \u2026\n\nUS role in killing Imad Mughniyeh with a car bomb in Damascus is revealed for the first time by former officials, who say it took President George W Bush 30 seconds to approve the operation<p>The CIA and Mossad collaborated in the 2008 assassination of a senior Hizbollah leader, detonating a car bomb \u2026\n\n<b>When Penelope Chaney met up with her friend, Eleanor Marshall, she had good news to share - she was pregnant. But Eleanor also had good news... she was pregnant too. And amazingly, both had been given the same predicted delivery date - 4 April. So what are the chances of both giving birth on the</b> \u2026\n\n<b>If someone shares a porn video on Facebook, beware.</b><p>The latest threat to users involves a fake Flash Player update which pops up during a preview of a pornographic video.<p>Once you click on the link to update your video player, malware (the name given to malicious software), downloads onto your \u2026\n\nIt's electrifying!<p>Spider silk is legendarily strong and light. So much so, that researchers are incorporating (or, at least, attempting to incorporate) variations of the material into everything from garments to electronics. Now, it turns out that in addition to being as light as a feather and as \u2026\n\nHarnessing the power of sound using office supplies<p>On the ground floor of Pioneer Works Center for Arts and Innovation in Brooklyn, New York, a bearded and flanneled trio played gloomy arrhythmic music one Wednesday night. Upstairs, director of education David Sheinkopf taught a class on the \u2026\n\nIf you're a parent or a grandparent, you know kids pick up the latest technology lightning fast. Of course, that means the children in your life can also be using apps and visiting sites that are totally inappropriate for their ages. Worse yet, you might not even realize it.<p>Let\u2019s look at five \u2026\n\nProduct Hunt, a discovery website that shows you the newest startups and products, has collected a bunch of websites and apps that will make you want to relive the past. Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover even wrote a blog post about how he thinks the emotional power of nostalgia makes it a perfect \u2026\n\n\u201cIf I had arrived 15 minutes later at the hospital, I would have died. I underwent 12 blood transfusions in order to survive.\u201d Sitting in the living room of her wooden stilt house, 39-year-old Buan Kham slowly lifted her skirt to expose what remains of her right leg, amputated at the knee. \u201cIf I \u2026\n\nYou know what's cooler than a gigantic rocket? A gigantic rocket that can land itself. Elon Musk's SpaceX released a new video this week demonstrating just what it plans to do with its upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket, which is set to launch for the first time later this year.<p>In essence, the rocket is \u2026\n\nOne of the most prominent supporters of a DNA technique designed to eradicate a range of inherited diseases has angrily condemned Church of England claims that MPs were being rushed into a vote to back the process. Consultation had been exemplary, he claimed.<p>Professor Douglas Turnbull, a Newcastle \u2026"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nRace Schedule\n\n2015 Races\u2026TBD!\n\nFriday, June 1, 2012\n\nNo Reservations: Beginnings\n\nThis is hard.\n\nIt's scary. It's wildly intimidating. It's like jumping into dark water unable to see the bottom and unsure when or if you'll hit it (who jumps into dark water? that's creepy!). Think of standing on the edge of a cliff, looking down, waaaaay down to the water and then jumping after a countdown (countdowns always make me more nervous, and then I can't do it). You hope you land safely, and most likely you will, but there's a chance you might not. It's like that.\n\nIt's like walking through an obstacle course blindfolded.\n\nBut at least we have our arms free.\n\nOur arms, heart, minds, and our legs; they are free and we have absolutely No Reservations!\n\nLiterally, we don't have any reservations, except for a hotel in June for a wedding. But seriously, that's it. Everything else...will fly by the seat of our pants.\n\nThis here mini-series of posts will aim to chronicle the journey that Geof and I are about to take. We aren't just taking a long vacation and then returning to the grind. We are leaving it pretty much all behind and just making it happen. We are jumping the tracks, as Chuck said in a note on a prevous post.\n\nI'd like to call this here new series on Serious Case of the Runs: No Reservations.\n\nThoughts and photos from the open road...\n\n...and, of course, the trail. I want to capture all the good stuff, the not-so-good stuff and everything in between. I want to remember this experience always and I want to share it with our future someday, too. I joke about saying one day, \"Kids, did I ever tell you about the time your father and I spent the summer touring the country in that old truck and then moved 1700 miles away because it felt right?\" One day. And, it's not a joke, it's f'real.\n\nIt's a slight break from the usual here on Serious Case of the Runs, but not by much. There will still be plenty of running banter, because, let's face it, that's just who I am. And hopefully we can jump in on a couple of races if the timing works out. Otherwise we'll mostly be preparing our legs and lungs for their new home at a much higher elevation (Utah is \"Life Elevated\"), flanked by gorgeous peaks and canyons. So fear not, I am still here :)\n\nNo Reservations: Beginnings\n\nI ask myself constantly, 'is this a good idea?', 'should we stay? It would be so much easier,' 'what if I don't get into school?', 'what if we can't find jobs?', 'what if we can't find fresh kale anywhere?', and most of all, 'what are we going to do without Trader Joe's?!' (That last one keeps me awake at night. We are Trader Joe fiends. Like f'real. Goodbye delicious and cheap almond butter, goodbye crumbled goat cheese, goodbye multigrain pilaf in the microwavable bag, goodbye...*SIGH*)\n\nBut life goes on once I get through each question and realize this one thing: Everything always works out. It's just a matter of how that \"works out\" with what you had envisioned. So it's a good reminder to be flexible. Be mindful, and be thankful. Thankful that we are in the position to make this kind of change, to take the summer off, to move somewhere beautiful and amazing, to not feel stuck on the tracks. Disgustingly thankful.\n\nAnd I just have a really, really good feeling about all of it.\n\nThe night before the big move, over Memorial Day weekend, the entire apartment packed neatly in boxes and crammed into the living room...\n\n...I walked into the bedroom to grab something and out of habit flipped the switch to turn the lights on, but nothing happened. Oh, that's right, we even packed the lights already. It suddenly hit me and I stood there frozen for a moment... We sat on the couch eating ice cream out of our camping bowls, no TV on as it was already packed, and I suddenly started crying/laughing; that sort of crazy sounding combination. I was happy, but holy crap I was also really sad...\"I tried to turn on the lights, but they're already packed...and I already miss it here and we haven't even left!! ...and who cries while eating ice cream?!?\" I was overcome by this intense melancholy and in the same instant I wanted Geof to call my bluff so we could unpack everything and return to life as we knew it, but at the same time I wanted to just leave it all behind, hop in the truck and get the hell outta Dodge. It was a strange and confusing set of feelings, but expected all the same.\n\nIt was really happening. Finally.\n\nPacking up the moving truck the next day with Geof and two of my brothers I didn't give myself a chance to let anything else sink in; there was just too much to do. And suddenly things looked like this...\n\nWe ate dinner on our last night in the apartment by the light of an old set\n\nof Christmas lights. Livin' the rock star life :)\n\nWe hit the road and continued on for nearly 28 hours. Through the flat congestion of Illinois, rolling pastoral farmland of Iowa, the wind tunnel that is Nebraska and Wyoming, and finally made it to our new home state, coasting mightily from Evanston, Wyoming all the way into Salt Lake City, Utah.\n\nWe made it.\n\nThe evening before we vacated Chicago for good, we headed to Logan Square to meet up with some of my family at Dunlay's on the Square. We sat around a huge table in the middle of the pub, 10-12 of us in all, with about 15 different conversations going simultaneously, kids playing Go Fish at one end, an animated speech by my older brother at the other end, playing musical chairs around the table throughout the night as conversations evolved and changed...it was pure chaos, purely Troelstrup, purely my family as I've always known it. And I loved it.\n\nIt was a good reminder: that life isn't about the work-a-day, about where you live or what you do, how much you make, or what you own. It's about doing what you love, making it happen rather than waiting for it to happen, and, above all, family.\n\nI'm going to miss my family so much, but luckily we're not too far away :) And our Salt Lake family awaits with open arms.\n\n5 comments:\n\nYay! I am surprised there's no Trader Joes in SLC. I bet there will be before too long -- I mean there's on in Spokane why not SLC. You are going to love your new life and never look back. Yay you! And I'm really super jealous you get to live near Meghan.\n\nThe panic before taking the big step sounds pretty normal to me. It's okay to cry while eating ice cream. And don't worry, I heard Trader Joes is coming to Colorado (Boulder) so I'm sure it won't be long before they go to Utah.\n\nYou will have so many discoveries in your new home that you might forget all about Trader Joes.\n\nYou guys are doing what so many people are afraid to do, and they are missing out on living their lives!\n\nWowzers - you guys are amazing! I would definitely cry if/when we left our house, neighborhood, area, etc. It's familiar and comfortable and it's scary taking that gigantic leap into the great unknown. We admire you guys for doing it! Love, love, love Trader Joes - unfortunately we don't have them her in CO - yet. Supposedly coming soon, first to Boulder. We have something called Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage that I think is based from Colorado into WY. Not sure if there are any in UT.... Have fun on your wonderful, great adventure! We'll be watching and taking notes.... :-)\n\nThe night before I left my NH home and moved out to western Nebraska for an awesome new job in a place I'd never been before I alternated between laughter and tears...that fine line between sadness at leaving and excitement for the new road ahead. Enjoy the new adventures that await you in SLC!!\n\nOutdoor Blogger Network\n\nQuotes and Musings\n\n\"What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.\" ~ George Mallory, 1922\n\n\"There is a reason in every race to finish it or to quit early; it's a matter of what you choose. I believe the choice you take out there is the choice you're going to take in every aspect of life.\" ~ Perry Edinger\n\n\"Your outlook on life is a direct reflection of how much you like yourself.\" ~ Lululemon\n\n\"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you'll get over it.\" ~Thibeault\n\n\"The core of a man's spirit comes from new experiences.\" ~Chris McCandless\n\n\"Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.\" ~Chris McCandless\n\nMust Reads\n\n\"Life of Pi\" Yann Martel\n\n\"No Shortcuts to the Top\" Ed Viesturs\n\n\"Omnivore's Dilemma\" Michael Pollan\n\n\"The Alchemist\" Paulo Coehlo\n\n\"Crossing to Safety\" Wallace Stegner\n\n\"Merle's Door\" Ted Kerasote\n\n\"The Way of the Peaceful Warrior\" Dan Millman\n\n\"Running Through The Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon\" Neal Jamison\n\n\"Buddha\" Deepak Chopra\n\n\"Into The Wild\" John Krakauer\n\nNew to the Sport? Read This...\n\nBuckle Envy\n\nEver wonder what all the hundo buckles look like? Click on my buckle to find out!"}
-{"text": "Sunday, February 21, 2010\n\nAimee Mullins\n\nThe thesaurus might equate \"disabled\" with synonyms like \"useless\" and \"mutilated,\" but ground-breaking runner Aimee Mullins is out to redefine the word. Defying these associations, she hows how adversity -- in her case, being born without shinbones -- actually opens the door for human potential."}
-{"text": "Thursday, February 21, 2008\n\nWell, I did it. I am going to be teaching a class on fermented foods at Pima Community College this Spring.\n\nI received a call from Pima Community College with an interest to have a class on Effective Microorganisms\u2122. After going through what would be the most popular topics, cooking classes stood out. There is a growing trend in the Raw Foods and Fermented Foods arena. As more and more people focus on health, they are learning about the benefits of probiotics and fermented foods.\n\nMy cooking experience and interest in raw foods peaked my interest in teaching a class on using EM\u20221\u00ae EM America store to make foods. So much of cooking is intuition. You can learn the basics and branch out from there to make concoctions that suit your tastes. I generally start with a recipe and incorporate EM\u20221\u00ae into the recipe. Some of the recipes I came up with are on the EM America website (Raw Food Recipes). Since I normally just make something to taste, I normally don't measure ingredients. This is a bad habit when you actually want to create a recipe, but is really how things are done in the professional arena. All recipes are really just guidelines for chefs to follow up on to remind them of how they created something they liked.\n\nIn the class I plan on showing people how to make a couple of the recipes on the EM America site and also how to make a couple other things. I wanted to show how to make beer, but am not allowed to due to school policy.\n\nHere is the information on the class:\n\nCF117 \u2013 Introduction to Fermented Foods\n\nLearn to make some simple, healthy foods that are Raw, Organic and Live!We\u2019ll make a fermented Balsamic Vinaigrette that has an extended shelf life, a fermented health drink with natural carbonation, and some salsa that is packed with nutrients and is easy to digest.All of the foods provide natural probiotics to the body.Join us to prepare the latest in gourmet food that is a powerhouse of nutrition.$15 food fee per person.\n\nWednesday, February 06, 2008\n\nBokashi is really a term. It is Japanese for \"fermented organic matter.\" The closest thing I would relate it to is silage. Silage is hay or grains that are fermented for livestock feed. The feed is collected in large piles, some water is added, and the pile is covered and allowed to ferment for an extended period of time. The fermentation process causes the lignin in the grains to break down so it can be easily digested by the livestock.\n\nToday most commercial feedlots go through so much feed that they do not have the time needed for the fermentation to take place. Therefore, most of the animals are fed whole grains like corn and soybeans. There is a definite difference in taste between meats that were grain fed or grass fed. Many grass fed animals are fed silage during the winter (in cold areas). This grasses that are mowed can inoculated with EM1 just before they are bagged. This will accelerate fermentation, produce enzymes, amino acids, add trace minerals and vitamins (antioxidants) so the feed it value added. This finished product would be called EM1 boakshi...for animal feeds. This is done in over 100 countries worldwide.\n\nStarting in Japan, several womens' groups got together with schools to promote what they call the Bokashi Network. The Bokashi Network teaches students to make and use EM1 Bokashi to ferment cafeteria waste, preventing it from going to incinerators or landfills. Since this process of recycling food waste involves fermentation, meats and dairy can be added to the mix. EM America has detailed the food waste recycling program and also has the instructions on how to make EM1 Bokashi.\n\nIn Tucson, Arizona, the Arizona School For the Deaf And Blind makes their own EM1 Bokashi and recycles all their cafeteria food waste. This school wants to teach the students life-skills. Therefore, they teach the students how to make and sell the EM1 Bokashi. The students bury the food waste into pits and allow it to break down naturally...no turning. The soil they use to grow plants (flowers and vegetables). They have a little store that is open to the public. At the store they sell the flowers and veggies so they learn a bit about business as well. It is a great program. Other schools may use the foods they grow to supplement the foods they serve in the cafeteria. This is another great full circle opportunity for schools to teach, learn, and save some money.\n\nEM1 Bokashi can also be used instead of clay kitty litter. The microbes in the EM1 Bokashi will break down all the urine so the litter box doesn't smell bad. When the box needs cleaning, the spent litter can be used to fertilizer flowers in the yard. This is another great way to keep unnecessary stuff out of our landfills and to deter from using synthetic fertilizers.\n\nTuesday, February 05, 2008\n\nWhen I lived back in Massachusetts there were a lot of skunks in the area. During the summer you could not mistake the smell. You would be driving along a wooded road and out of nowhere that smell would invade your senses! The thick stench of a nocturnal animal...the skunk. Your mind would flash to the old cartoons of Pepe Le Pu walking around with his tail wafting the odor trail... It you get too close, look out! The smell will bring tears to your eyes.\n\nWhile I was growing up, I always heard horror stories of dogs coming home wreaking of skunk. The only way people knew how to get rid of the smell was with a bath of tomato juice...not only does that sound gross, but it also sounds expensive!\n\nOne warm summer evening...around 1am...my wife and I had gone to bed. A few minutes later we heard what sounded like a cat fight. Our cat had ticked off the wrong animals. We opened the door to let him in before he got hurt. There was a funny smell that came in the house...there were also two other animals that followed him right in the door: a possum and a skunk!!! Our eyes started tearing up right away.\n\nThe cat ran into the house, climbing up the couch and down the back of the arm chair and then under the couch, leaving a lovely scent as he went. We managed to get the skunk and the possum out of the house with the assistance of a nice broom. My cat was wet with skunk spray. Without thinking I grabbed him by a handful of skin and fur and threw him in the bathtub. I grabbed a gallon bottle of Activated EM\u20221\u00ae (AEM1) on the way... I held him down...cats don't really like water...and poured the AEM1 all over him. Like magic, the skunk smell was gone. A few scratches later and a warm towel...it was time to treat the rest of the house. A couple of spray bottles helped get the stuff on all the furniture. It took about an hour to spray and wash down everything, but we got rid of the skunk smell on everything we thought the cat had run into.\n\nThe next morning I had a sales call. I picked up my bag and headed out the house to my appointment, which was an hour away. When I got to the clients house, I realized we missed spraying my bag. It still smelled like skunk. Oh, what a smelly day!"}
-{"text": "Published 5:00 am, Tuesday, April 23, 2013\n\nDENVER -- Denver police on Monday interviewed a man wanted in connection with a shooting at a weekend marijuana rally that wounded two people, but authorities did not arrest the person.\n\nThe man was shown on a video posted on YouTube and was believed to have been an accomplice to the primary shooter at the Saturday event, said police spokesman Sonny Jackson. Police had urged the public to watch the video, which showed a man wearing a brown and white checkered shirt walking away from the shooting scene as sirens wail in the background.\n\nJackson said Monday afternoon that the man came in voluntarily and spoke to detectives. \"He gave us some information, and we're moving forward with our investigation,\" Jackson said. \"That's where we stand.\"\n\nJackson declined to elaborate further or say whether the possible accomplice was a suspect or person of interest in the case.\n\nAs was the case with the Boston Marathon bombings, in which investigators appealed for the public's help in identifying suspects captured on photos and video cameras, Denver police have asked those at the rally to share anything they may have seen, photographed or recorded at the event.\n\nJackson said police have received numerous tips based on videos and photographs provided by revelers at the 4/20 marijuana celebration at Civic Center Park, and he encouraged the public to keep sending any images captured around the time of the 5 p.m. shooting.\n\nThe YouTube video cited by police had been viewed more than 17,000 times by Monday afternoon.\n\n\"This day and age, we've done this a lot where we've released video,\" Jackson said. \"It's not unusual for the public to be responsive.\"\n\nStill unknown is the identity of the primary shooter. Police said they are looking for a man who was wearing a blue hat, gray sweatshirt and black pants at the rally. Denver's police gang unit is in charge of the investigation, though it wasn't clear if the shooting was gang-related, Jackson said.\n\nSaturday's shooting occurred at the end of an outdoor celebration of the first 4/20 counterculture holiday since Colorado legalized marijuana last fall. The jovial scene turned to panic when the shots were heard and thousands fled the park.\n\nA man and a woman suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds. A juvenile grazed by a bullet was treated at a nearby hospital.\n\nIt wasn't clear if the shooting would affect future plans by organizers of the annual rally, which traditionally attracts tens of thousands of pot smokers to downtown Denver. Festival organizers did cancel a Sunday event after the shooting.\n\nLast summer, a Denver police officer was killed in what police called a gang-related shooting that disrupted a crowded jazz concert in Denver's City Park.\n\nRollin Oliver, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faces at least 16 years in prison when he is sentenced at a June 21 hearing. Oliver was arrested after witnesses provided descriptions to police.\n\nOfficer Celena Hollis, 32, was killed while responding to a disturbance at the concert. Oliver's attorneys say he was being pursued by gang members when he drew his weapon and fired."}
-{"text": "Cool fall nights are the perfect time to have warm comforting meals. Sometimes the most simple recipes are the ones that end up becoming family favorites, and that is certainly true of this next dish. Made from cooked cornmeal and a basic, slow cooked sauce, this one is a winner!\n\nPolenta is a simple dish. It's creamy and satisfying for breakfast or side dish, but you may not have ever thought of it as a main flavor for the entire meal. This recipe for Polenta and Sausage is so tasty. It's made from a few, simple ingredients and the end result is amazing! If you have never had polenta like this before, it's a great introduction.\n\nCornmeal is an inexpensive food for the pantry, and you can make this recipe, then change it up to suit your family's taste. We love this one!\n\nI(Amy) cook for a large family of 7. You may want to divide this in half, unless your family likes leftovers.\n\nPolenta and Sausage Supper\n\n2 cups cornmeal\n\n8 cups water\n\n1 tsp salt\n\nBring to a boil, then reduce heat and stir very often. This will burn in a second, so keep an eye on it. I like to stir constantly, until it becomes as thick as pudding, then turn to lowest heat and cover. Stir every 15 minutes, for a total of 1 hour.\n\n1 lb Italian sausage, sliced\n\n2 cloves minced garlic\n\n3 cups tomato sauce-crushed tomatoes work really well here\n\n1 1/2 cups tomato paste (if using homemade) or 2- 6 ounce cans paste\n\nParmesan cheese\n\nItalian seasonings, salt and pepper to taste\n\nTo Make Sauce\n\nCook sausage and garlic until meat is cooked through and garlic is translucent."}
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-{"text": "SE Coupe\n\nCompare Dealer Clearance Prices and SAVE\n\nReview\n\n1995\nNissan\n240SX Review\n\nA curve-hugging coupe with creature comforts.\n\nReviewed by Automotive on\n12/18/1995\n\nOverview\n\nThe 1995 Nissan 240SX is totally redesigned as it enters its second generation as a coupe only, abandoning the hatchback and convertible versions from the original series. The revamped coupe is found in two distinct versions: a base model and the more robustly-optioned SE. The 1995 redesign addresses impact-resistance concerns. It is not engineered with excessive speed in mind, rather revisions of the suspension and handling systems make the stylish coupe a natural on city streets and country drives. The total overhaul is notable as well for featuring many interior compliments as standard, especially in the case of the SE. In any case, owners of the sporty coupe enjoy good gas mileage, great handling, and updated styling.\n\nThe Range\n\nWhat's New\n\nThe 1995 Nissan 240SX receives a complete overhaul. Gone are the hatchback and convertible versions. Also gone are outdated pop-up headlights. New additions also dual airbags, reinforced body panels, and more interior amenities.\n\nExterior\n\nThe 1995 Nissan 240SX bears great visual similarity to the preceding version of the coupe. New headlamp fixtures adorn the hood, taking the place of pop-up headlights It was originally outfitted with 15-inch wheels while the SE shipped from the factory with 16-inch factory alloy wheels. The SE also adds a rear spoiler as a standard feature. A power sunroof is optional for both models.\n\nInterior\n\nThe 1995 Nissan 240SX offers many interior features as standard not found in competing base models. Power windows and mirrors, tilt steering wheel, and cloth interior are standard features on both version of the coupe. The SE adds air-conditioning, cruise control, and an anti-theft device to its standard specification. While the base features AM/FM/Cassette stereo, the SE adds CD-functionality. Leather is an option only on the SE version.\n\nPerformance & Handling\n\nThe 1995 Nissan 240SX features a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder engine outputting 155 horsepower to the rear axle. It is aptly powered for all intents and purposes, though speed is not the primary objective of the coupe. The suspension is overhauled in comparison to the earlier version, with the SE adding a rear stabilizer. The suspension is soft in the standard model, and notably stiffer in the case of the SE. An optional four-wheel Anti-lock Braking System is available to both trim levels. Power steering is a standard option. These factors combine to make it a tight-handling road car.\n\nSafety\n\nThe 1995 Nissan 240SX adds dual front airbags. Body panels are reinforced in order to comply with U.S. side impact regulations. With the addition of airbags, manual seatbelts are the only offering."}
-{"text": "Manage your Inbox\n\nLearn how to get a head start on your Inbox with Outlook on a mobile device. With Outlook, you're all set to work on your email from wherever you are, using your smartphone. Watch the video to see how this works on an iPhone, and scroll down to see how to perform this task on any mobile device that runs Outlook.\n\nTry it!\n\nThe following procedure describes how to perform tasks on a mobile device.\n\nTo manage your Inbox on a mobile device\n\nFrom Outlook, tap Focused to see your high priority emails.\n\nTap Filter, then tap Unread to see just the messages you haven't read yet.\n\nSwipe right to archive a message. This marks the message as read, and moves it to your email's Archive folder.\n\nSwipe left to schedule a message. This holds the message until the time you select. The message will appear in your Inbox at the time you selected with it's original timestamp.\n\nAdditional resources\n\nFor instructions on setting up Outlook for this tutorial on a variety of devices, see the Setup Instructions in Tame your email and calendar."}
-{"text": "Half-Life Remake Black Mesa Gets A Release Date\n\nBlack Mesa, a fan-made remake of the original Half-Life, will finally be released to the public this month. The project has been in development since way back in 2004, so hopefully you like it.\n\nBlack Mesa converts Half-Life to the Source engine, the enhanced technology that launched with Half-Life 2. The entire campaign will be remade from the ground up. The deathmatch multiplayer from Half-Life is being revamped as well.\n\nAccording to a post on the project's forum, Black Mesa will be available to the public on September 14th. The whole thing won't be available all at once, though. The build available in two weeks will take players up until the Lambda Core. The later stages that take place on the alien world of Xen will not be included, nor will the reimagined deathmatch. Still, just playing up to Lambda should take you about 8-10 hours.\n\n\"We are still working hard on Xen and BMDM, but instead of making you wait we are giving you Black Mesa as soon as it's ready! We're doing our best to help bring the immense vision of this project into reality, and we are very excited for what the future brings!\" said project leader Carlos Montero.\n\nWhile you're waiting to get your hands on Black Mesa, you can listen to the mod's soundtrack. The soundtrack, said to be an homage to HL1, was composed by Joel Nielsen. You can download it in zip file or listen to individual tracks via YouTube. If you're so inclined, you can also pay for the soundtrack through PayPal to show your appreciation to Nielsen.\n\nIt's really incredible that this team has managed to stay together since 2004 and finish (most) of the project. Congratulations to them for sticking with it. Eight years is an absurd amount of time to work on a game but hey, it works for Valve."}
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-{"text": "Home, Interest\n\nSaturday, March 28, 2015\n\nSpend Less Get More\n\nHello friends, I have been stamping my little fingers to the bone these last few days. I want to get far enough a head so I can post more cards, I'll see how that goes. I went to Michaels the other day looking for some new supply's mostly paper for my Christmas cards. There was not a lot to chose from but I all most fell over when I saw the prices one single sheet of 12x12 paper was .79 cents I thought that was high. I don't want to have $5.00 in one card. So I came home on a mission to learn how to get the most from what I have. Explicitly all these dies, I feel my cards are getting kind of same old same old thing. Stamp, mat, layer.\n\nI think I may need to explain something, I'm not cheep if I see something I want to craft with I have always bought it or gotten it as a gift. But last fall my dad had a heart attack he is 93 and living with us. I quit my job to take care of him. This has been a whole new experiences taking card of a elderly parent.\n\nBack to the crafting thing for my card today I used cheep Georgia Pacific white paper and a really ugly green.\n\nI start with a sheet of 8.5 x 11 G.P. white card stock cut in half scored and folded at 4.25. Then I used the Largest die in the Matting Basic A, I kept the fold inside the cutting edge and ran it though the machine then I used the embossing mats this made a very nice edge on the card. Then using a smaller die from the B set I cut a white mat and embossed that one to. This extra step really makes a world of differences. I used another die to cut the green mat. Back to the white mat I took it out of the die and rubbed Perfect medium a round the edge that will be showing then added some Perfect Pearls in Perfect pearl. I have had this stuff a long time and just quit using because it fell out of style. For the green layer I rubbed the Perfect Medium over the recessed side of a embossing folder closed it up and ran it through the machine. Then I added a little Gold Perfect Pearls this really made a difference to the ugly green paper. For the buckle across the front I used the GP paper and the three smalls dies from the Floral Ovals. I rubbed the Perfect Medium over the frames and added a little Perfect Pearls. It gives them the look of a pearl paper. The strip across the center is half inch wide I gold embossed the DRS designs Happy Birthday and wove through the ovals. The bows are made from seam Binding. I think this is the best investment I have ever made from a consumable craft supply. There is 100 yards on this roll and the price sticker is 14.99 I have had this for several years and still have a lot left on the roll. You can die it any color. I have used my Copic reinkers, markers, stamp pads and they all work great.\n\nWell that is my cheep card. I hope I have given you some ideals on how to save a little but still get pretty cards."}
-{"text": "The Barbican International Theatre Events (BITE) 2005 season has pulled off a double coup. Not only, as previously reported, has Ralph Fiennes signed up to star as Mark Antony in an epic Julius Caesar production, it has now been confirmed that Simon Russell Beale is joining him as Cassius.\n\nSimon Russell Beale\n\nRussell Beale, currently playing another Shakespearean nasty, Macbeth, at the Almeida, will make the jump across London in time for Caesar\u2019s opening in April. Also prominent are Paul Rhys as Brutus and John Shrapnel as Caesar. Rhys is best known for his work at the National Theatre, which includes Tom Stoppard\u2019s The Invention of Love and King Lear. Shrapnel has played many lead roles for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National. The rest of the cast includes Sean Baker, Antony Mark Barrow, David Collings, Robert Demeger, Jimmy Gardiner, David Glover, Jim Hooper, Joseph Kennedy, Oliver Kieren Jones, Alex McIntosh, Tim Potter, Clifford Rose, Paul Shearer, Struan Rodger, John Rogan, Daniel Weyman and Leo Wringer.\n\nThe epic production will feature a total ensemble of over 100 \u2014 the largest ensemble to have performed the play in the U.K. since Peter Stein\u2019s vast production \u2014 and will be directed by Deborah Warner. It\u2019s the second show to be produced by BITE. The first was The Black Rider in 2004, which starred Marianne Faithfull.\n\nCaesar will be presented in association with the Young Vic, and will begin previews at the Barbican Theatre April 14. The official opening night will follow on April 20, and the show will run until May 14. Following the London run, the show will tour Europe \u2014 visiting the Theatre National du Chaillot in Pairs, the Terto Espanol in Madrid and Luxembourg\u2019s Grand Theatre de la Ville.\n\nFor more information, call (0)845 120 7516, or visit www.barbican.org.uk."}
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-{"text": "With the final days of 2012 upon us, many companies are looking forward to \u201cgreat success\u201d in 2013. Samsung is expecting to sell 510 million mobile phones next year, which would represent a 20 percent rise compared to 2012.\n\nOf the 510 million mobile phones it expects to sell, 390 million will be smartphones with the remainder coming from the sale of feature/budget phones.\n\n\"There are some possibilities that smartphone demand will slow in general. But we are seeing new demand for devices using Long Term Evolution (LTE),'' said Kim Hyun-joon, an executive at Samsung's telecommunications division.\"\n\nSamsung also announced that it intends to build 240 million devices at its Vietnamese factory, 170 million devices in China, 20 million in India, and 40 million devices at its Korean factory. Samsung also plans to spend $2.2 billion upgrading handset factories in Vietnam by 2020 to boost output.\n\n\"By offering better pricing to consumers in developing nations, we will find new growth. This will also enable consumers in developed nations like North America and Europe to buy our LTE devices at more affordable prices,'' said a Samsung official.\n\nAnalysts are predicting that Samsung will dethrone Nokia to become the top handset shipper in the world for 2012. Nokia has held that title for 14 years."}
-{"text": "Next Meeting\n\nThis is our annual election of officers and directors for the upcoming club year, followed by a potluck dinner. Please bring your own picnic gear - plates, glasses, flatware, etc., along with a dish to share. Informal feedback for wines in process is available before the meeting starts.\n\nBoard members should plan to attend. Other club members are welcome as well - please let the hosts know if you plan to attend. Please check with the hosts ahead of time, and see whether it would be helpful to bring an appetizer, salad or dessert, and plan to bring a bottle or two of wine."}
-{"text": "Babel, like the cities of the Pentapolis, had now become a perpetual desert. \"She remains uninhabited for ever, and unoccupied into generation of generations; and not an Arab pitches his tent there, and shepherds do not make their folds there. And there lie beasts of the desert, and horn-owls fill their houses; and ostriches dwell there, and field-devils hop about there. And jackals howl in her castles, and wild dogs in palaces of pleasure; and her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.\" The conclusion is similar to that of the prophecy against Edom, in Isaiah 34:16-17. There the certainty of the prediction, even in its most minute particulars, is firmly declared; here the nearness of the time of fulfilment. But the fulfilment did not take place so soon as the words of the prophecy might make it appear. According to Herodotus, Cyrus, the leader of the Medo-Persian army, left the city still standing, with its double ring of walls. Darius Hystaspis, who had to conquer Babylon a second time in 518 b.c., had the walls entirely destroyed, with the exception of fifty cubits. Xerxes gave the last thrust to the glory of the temple of Belus. Having been conquered by Seleucus Nicator (312), it declined just in proportion as Seleucia rose. Babylon, says Pliny, ad solitudinem rediit exhausta vicinitate Seleuciae. At the time of Strabo (born 60 b.c.) Babylon was a perfect desert; and he applies to it (16:15) the words of the poet, \u03b5\u0313\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9\u0301\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03b1\u0301\u03bb\u03b7 \u0313\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u0300\u03bd \u03b7\u0314 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03b1\u0301\u03bb\u03b7 \u03c0\u03bf\u0301\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2. Consequently, in the passage before us the prophecy falls under the law of perspective foreshortening. But all that it foretells has been literally fulfilled. The curse that Babylon would never come to be settled in and inhabited again (a poetical expression, like Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 33:16), proved itself an effectual one, when Alexander once thought of making Babylon the metropolis of his empire. He was carried off by an early death. Ten thousand workmen were at that time employed for two months in simply clearing away the rubbish of the foundations of the temple of Belus (the Nimrod-tower). \"Not an Arab pitches his tent there\" (\u201bAra\u0302bi, from \u201bAra\u0302ba\u0302h, a steppe, is used here for the first time in the Old Testament, and then again in Jeremiah 3:2; ya\u0306he\u0304l, different from ya\u0302he\u0304l in Isaiah 13:10 and Job 31:26, is a syncopated form of \u05d9\u05d0\u05d4\u05dc, tentorium figet, according to Ges. 68, Anm. 2, used instead of the customary \u05d9\u05d0\u05d4\u05dc): this was simply the natural consequence of the great field of ruins, upon which there was nothing but the most scanty vegetation. But all kinds of beasts of the desert and waste places make their homes there instead. The list commences with ziyyim (from zi, dryness, or from ziyi, an adj. relat. of the noun zi), i.e., dwellers in the desert; the reference here is not to men, but, as in most other instances, to animals, though it is impossible to determine what are the animals particularly referred to. That ochim are horned owls (Uhus) is a conjecture of Aurivillius, which decidedly commends itself. On benoth ya\u201ba\u0306na\u0302h, see at Job 39:13-18. Wetzstein connects ya\u201ba\u0306na\u0302h with an Arabic word for desert; it is probably more correct, however, to connect it with the Syriac \u05d9\u05e2\u05e0\u05d0, greedy. The feminine plural embraces ostriches of both sexes, just as the 'iyyim (sing. \u05d0\u05d9 equals \u05d0\u05d5\u05d9, from 'a\u0302va\u0302h, to howl: see Bernstein's Lex. on Kirsch's Chrestom. Syr. p. 7), i.e., jackals, are called bena\u0302t a\u0304wa in Arabic, without distinction of sex (awa in this appellation is a direct reproduction of the natural voice of the animal, which is called wawi in vulgar Arabic). Tan has also been regarded since the time of Pococke and Schnurrer as the name of the jackal; and this is supported by the Syriac and Targum rendering yaruro (see Bernstein, p. 220), even more than by the Arabic name of the wolf, tina\u0302n, which only occurs here and there. \u05d0\u05d9, ibnu a\u0304wa, is the common jackal found in Hither Asia (Canis aureus vulgaris), the true type of the whole species, which is divided into at least ten varieties, and belongs to the same genus as dogs and wolves (not foxes). Tan may refer to one of these varieties, which derived its name from its distinctive peculiarity as a long-stretched animal, whether the extension was in the trunk, the snout, or the tail.\n\nThe animals mentioned, both quadrupeds (ra\u0302batz) and birds (sha\u0302can), are really found there, on the soil of ancient Babylon. When Kerporter was drawing near to the Nimrod-tower, he saw lions sunning themselves quietly upon its walls, which came down very leisurely when alarmed by the cries of the Arabs. And as Rich heard in Bagdad, the ruins are still regarded as a rendezvous for ghosts: sa\u0302\u201bir, when contrasted with \u201battu\u0304d, signifies the full-grown shaggy buck-goat; but here se\u201birim is applied to demons in the shape of goats (as in Isaiah 34:14). According to the Scriptures, the desert is the abode of unclean spirits, and such unclean spirits as the popular belief or mythology pictured to itself were se\u201birim. Virgil, like Isaiah, calls them saltantes Satyros. It is remarkable also that Joseph Wolf, the missionary and traveller to Bocha\u0302ra, saw pilgrims of the sect of Yezidis (or devil-worshippers) upon the ruins of Babylon, who performed strange and horrid rites by moonlight, and danced extraordinary dances with singular gestures and sounds. On seeing these ghost-like, howling, moonlight pilgrims, he very naturally recalled to mind the dancing se\u201birim of prophecy (see Moritz Wagner's Reise nach Persien und dem Lande der Kurden, Bd. ii. p. 251). And the nightly howling and yelling of jackals (\u201ba\u0302na\u0302h after rikke\u0304d, as in 1 Samuel 18:6-7) produces its natural effect upon every traveller there, just as in all the other ruins of the East. These are now the inhabitants of the royal 'armenoth, which the prophet calls 'almenoth with a sarcastic turn, on account of their widowhood and desolation; these are the inhabitants of the palaces of pleasure, the luxurious villas and country-seats, with their hanging gardens. The Apocalypse, in Revelation 18:2, takes up this prophecy of Isaiah, and applies it to a still existing Babylon, which might have seen itself in the mirror of the Babylon of old.\n\nIsaiah 9:4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.\n\nIsaiah 13:1 The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.\n\nIsaiah 14:5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,\n\nIsaiah 16:4 let the outcasts of Moab sojourn among you; be a shelter to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,\n\nIsaiah 49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the LORD your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.\"\n\nIsaiah 51:13 and have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?\n\nIsaiah 54:14 In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you."}
-{"text": "I attended a European Policy Centre Breakfast Meeting on Feb 28th with Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. It was well attended with about 300 there: I sat at the top table with the Commissioner. He spent some time \"unwrapping the EU Climate Package\". When I had a chance to put a question, I spoke as follows:\n\n\"Is the Commission aware that 1998 was the hottest year in recent history, and that climate change now seems to have stalled? Is it aware that new data in recent days from four highly respected meteorological institutes shows that in recent months average global temperatures have dropped dramatically, far outside the range of recent years? Is the Commission aware of the exceptional snow-fall in China, in the Middle East, in parts of the USA?\" (I could see that the American Ambassador, Boyden Grey, also at the top table, was following my question with interest). \"Does the Commission know that sea ice cover in the Antarctic is currently the highest since records began? You may say that these are anomalies against the trend, but we seem to have an awful lot of anomalies and not very much trend.\n\n\"Isn't it true that we are relying on predictions from computer models which are increasingly at odds with reality, and that based on those predictions we are putting in place policies which will do huge damage to European economies, and impoverish our grandchildren?\".\n\nThe guy from the WWF booed. Commissioner Dimas muttered a long reply which contained a lot about the IPCC and the Stern report, nothing at all about the actual climate data .\n\nAnd a footnote on sea ice. Two months ago there was no sea ice south of Greenland. Today my jet flew over the North Atlantic about 400 nm south of the south cape of Greenland, and there was sea ice as far as the eye could see, extending all the way to Newfoundland. This hasn't been seen for many years. A very strong La Nina indeed, helped along by the eerily-prolonged solar minimum. An excellent moment to be holding a climate conference that raises serious questions about the predictions of the Forces of Darkness.\n\nIs Olmert finally getting serious about these animals? Or just afraid for his position?\"Israel warns of Gaza 'holocaust'Israeli leaders are warning of an imminent conflagration in Gaza after Palestinian militants aimed rockets at the southern city of Ashkelon.\n\nThe deputy defence mister said the stepped-up rocket fire would trigger what he called a \"bigger holocaust\" in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip.\"Link:\n\n\"It took a century for earth's recorded average temperature to rise by 0.6 degrees Celsius, and then one year - last year -- for it to drop by between 0.6 and 0.75 degrees Celsius, depending on which of the four major global tracking agencies you follow (that's Britain's Hadley Centre's graph for the last twenty years at right).\n\nJust to repeat: that's more than the rise in recorded surface temperatures over the whole of the twentieth century, and more than four times greater than the supposed effect on temperatures of every every nation on the planet reducing its emissions according to the Kyoto Protocol.\" (bold mine)Not PCwill this information put a stop to the proposed new taxes and regulations which are supposedly going to put the brakes on global warming? Will it shut up the hysterics who are babbling on about carbon footprints and derail the burgeoning carbon trading scams?Nope. This is now all about power and screwing the taxpayer, aided and abetted by gullible useful idiots.But then, some of us always knew that.\n\nNZ Herald - New Zealand's loss of population to our trans-tasman neighbour is at its highest level since early this decade, new figures show. The net outflow of people from New Zealand intending to live permanently, or at least long term, to Australia, was last month at its highest for 6-1/2 years, Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) said. In the year to January, 28,600 more people left for Australia as permanent or long term departures (PLT) than came the other way. That compared with 21,600 in the January 2007 year and was the highest annual net outflow to Australia since the August 2001 year, when the figure was 29,100, SNZ said.\n\nRest assured folks, Kiwis are not leaving their homeland because things are getting so much better for them in NZ and the grass is dry and brown over here. Guess who has been running that country for the last 8 or was it 10 years, yep, lefties. Recently their glorious leader came over here to meet with our newly elected glorious leftist leader, from what I read about their talks, they have both agreed to implement similar policies, that caused Kiwis to flee their homeland, over here as well. That's what lefties call 'equality' and once all this is done Kommisar Klark (Pictured) from New Zealand can then crow that she has stemmed the tide of Kiwis fleeing to Australia and isn't she wonderful!\n\nSouth Australian police accept parents using \"minor force\" to discipline their child, Police Minister Paul Holloway has told State Parliament. The Minister said SA Police did not have a \"specific official policy\" regarding smacking of children by parents, but accepted the community standard. Mr Holloway, in a written response to a question in State Parliament, said officers would only act if they believed the \"application of force was more serious than an act of minor discipline, he said, and could then charge them with aggravated assault. \"Police would take action against a parent in those circumstances where they believe that the force applied was or is excessive,\" he said. \"SAPOL accept the community standard that on occasion some parents apply minor force to their child as an act of discipline,\" he said.\n\nBut Family First MP Dennis Hood yesterday said SA Police needed to develop an official policy to establish a consistent approach to the issue. Mr Hood said he was trying to protect the rights of parents to discipline their children by smacking in a bill introduced into Parliament late last year, which was not supported by the Government. Under his bill, parents would be protected under law from being charged if they smacked their children with an open hand on the bottom, hand or back of legs.\n\n\"I haven't pushed the legislation to a vote because the Government has said it won't support it and so it would be unsuccessful,\" Mr Hood said. \"If somebody gives their child a whack on the bottom or the hands or legs they shouldn't be facing potential court action over that - as happened in other states and there are reports of it having happened here in South Australia as well.\" \"Clearly there are inconsistencies with the way this issue is handled. I am not endorsing the beating of children or any form of child abuse whatsoever.\"\n\nMr Holloway said police don't keep records of parents charged with smacking their children because if action was taken, the parent would be charged with aggravated assault. Mr Hood said smacking children is illegal in New Zealand. Last week a retired Victorian family court judge called called on state governments to follow New Zealand's move to abolish the legal defence of \"reasonable chastisement\" for parents who hit their children.\n\nOfficers have the power to remove children from dangerous situations if they believe the child was in serious danger and they had to protect the child from harm, Mr Holloway said.\n\n\"\"Cherchez la femme,\" advised Alexander Dumas in: \"When you want to uncover an unspecified secret, look for the woman.\" In the case of Barack Obama, we have two: his late mother, the went-native anthropologist Ann Dunham, and his rancorous wife Michelle. Obama's women reveal his secret: he hates America.\n\nAmerica is not the embodiment of hope, but the abandonment of one kind of hope in return for another. America is the spirit of creative destruction, selecting immigrants willing to turn their back on the tragedy of their own failing culture in return for a new start. Its creative success is so enormous that its global influence hastens the decline of other cultures. For those on the destruction side of the trade, America is a monster. Between half and nine-tenths of the world's 6,700 spoken languages will become extinct in the next century, and the anguish of dying peoples rises up in a global cry of despair. Some of those who listen to this cry become anthropologists, the curators of soon-to-be extinct cultures; anthropologists who really identify with their subjects marry them. Obama's mother, the University of Hawaii anthropologist Ann Dunham, did so twice.\n\nObama profiles Americans the way anthropologists interact with primitive peoples. He holds his own view in reserve and emphatically draws out the feelings of others; that is how friends and colleagues describe his modus operandi since his days at the Harvard Law Review, through his years as a community activist in Chicago, and in national politics. Anthropologists, though, proceed from resentment against the devouring culture of America and sympathy with the endangered cultures of the primitive world. Obama inverts the anthropological model: he applies the tools of cultural manipulation out of resentment against America. The probable next president of the United States is a mother's revenge against the America she despised.\n\nAnn Dunham died in 1995, and her character emerges piecemeal from the historical record, to which I will return below. But Michelle Obama is a living witness. Her February 18 comment that she felt proud of her country for the first time caused a minor scandal, and was hastily qualified. But she meant it, and more. The video footage of her remarks shows eyes hooded with rage as she declares: \"For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment.\"The desperation, frustration and disappointment visible on Michelle Obama's face are not new to the candidate's wife; as Steve Sailer, Rod Dreher and other commentators have noted, they were the theme of her undergraduate thesis, on the subject of \"blackness\" at Princeton University. No matter what the good intentions of Princeton, which founded her fortunes as a well-paid corporate lawyer, she wrote, \"My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'Blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my White professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong.\" ....\n\n\"Frustration\" and \"disappointment\" have dogged Michelle Obama these past 20 years, despite her US$300,000 a year salary and corporate board memberships. It is hard for the descendants of slaves not to resent America. They were not voluntary immigrants but kidnap victims, subjected to a century of second-class citizenship even after the Civil War ended slavery. Blackness is not the issue; General Colin Powell, whose parents chose to immigrate to America from the West Indies, saw America just as other immigrants do, as a land of opportunity. Obama's choice of wife is a failsafe indicator of his own sentiments. Spouses do not necessarily share their likes, but they must have their hatreds in common. Obama imbibed this hatred with his mother's milk.\n\n\"Naivete\" is a euphemism for Ann Dunham's motivation. Friends describe her as a \"fellow traveler\", that is, a communist sympathizer, from her youth, according to a March 27, 2007, Chicago Tribune report. Many Americans harbor leftist views, but not many marry into them, twice.\n\nBy AR - Legend has it that the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus were suckled by a she-wolf as abandoned infants. As legends go it is... fabulous, but when you hear the modern day equivalent you'll get a shiver down your spine.The UK Telegraph reports on coroner Alistair Hope's investigation into aboriginal suicide rates: \"Aboriginal children in Outback Australia are so neglected by their alcoholic parents that some have suckled from dogs' teats in a desperate search for food.\"These are the same sort of children Kevin Rudd has apologised to on our behalf... not for allowing such a situation to occur, but for actually rescuing them from their plight. Is there some nuance that I don't get?\n\nWe've had snow in Baghdad, Jerusalem, and Athens. There has been some of the heaviest snow in North America in fifty years. Near record lows have been seen in many countries including Australia. Of course Global Warming is a settled issue. But in the last year we've experienced the largest drop in temperature ever recorded.\n\nThe total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to wipe out most of the warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year's time. For all four sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down. Source.\n\nAlthough, as we have noted in the past charts can be misleading, they are still fun and useful to demonstrate a point. And since the Global Warming enthusiasts use them so much, here is one that doesn't look like global warming.\n\nBut this is not the only problem for Global Warming crowd. Remember how they claim the ice caps are melting? Well, the reality is just the opposite. In Antarctica it has been getting colder over the last 50 years. (Source). Further, the Antarctic ice sheet has more ice than normal for this time of year and the extent of the ice is more than one million square kilometers about the 28 year average despite it be summer. (Source). Still many web sites continue to report massive loss of ice, even though this appears not to be the case.Hopefully, we are not headed into another ice age, which would be much worse than warming. In any case, Global Warming will not be over until Al Gore says so.\n\nApologies if you all already know about this and it's all old news, some of us are still shuffling along alright. I happened to stumble upon this while reading a different article in National Review last night.\n\nWSJ - Most commentators who oppose capital punishment assert that an execution has no deterrent effect on future crimes. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the death penalty, when carried out, has an enormous deterrent effect on the number of murders. More precisely, our recent research shows that each execution carried out is correlated with about 74 fewer murders the following year. The study examined the relationship between the number of executions and the number of murders in the U.S. for the 26-year period from 1979 to 2004, using data from publicly available FBI sources. The chart nearby shows the number of executions and murders by year.\n\nThere seems to be an obvious negative correlation in that when executions increase, murders decrease, and when executions decrease, murders increase. In the early 1980s, the return of the death penalty was associated with a drop in the number of murders. In the mid-to-late 1980s, when the number of executions stabilized at about 20 per year, the number of murders increased. Throughout the 1990s, our society increased the number of executions, and the number of murders plummeted. Since 2001, there has been a decline in executions and an increase in murders.\n\nIn summary, if you want to save people from murdering scumbags, then execute the murdering scumbags, it's as simple as that. Needless to say, it's leftists who are at the forefront of saving these murdering sacks of filth, shock/horror, and yet they insist that it is us Conservatives who are the hard bastards, go figure.\n\n\"We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges.\"Obama's SCOTUS Picks: Can you say 'Nightmare?'\n\nThese are words that move and uplift, that give hope to the hopeless. These words inspired millions of voters nationwide to join the grand experiment called democracy, casting votes for their candidate, their country, their destiny: \"More than anything else, I want my candidacy to unify our country, to renew the American spirit and sense of purpose. I want to carry our message to every American, regardless of party affiliation, who is a member of this community of shared values . . . For those who have abandoned hope, we'll restore hope and we'll welcome them into a great national crusade to make America great again!\"\n\nSo Ronald Reagan proclaimed on July 17, 1980, as he accepted his party's nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Mich. Earlier that day, the New York Times ran a long profile of Reagan on its front page. The author, Howell Raines, lamented that the news media had been unsuccessful in getting Reagan to speak in anything other than \"sweeping generalities about economic and military policy.\" Mr. Raines further noted: \"political critics who characterize him as banal and shallow, a mouther of right-wing platitudes, delight in recalling that he co-starred with a chimpanzee in 'Bedtime for Bonzo.'\"\n\nThroughout his campaign, Reagan fought off charges that his candidacy was built more on optimism than policies. The charges came from reporters and opponents. John Anderson, a rival in the Republican primary who ran as an independent in the general election, complained that Reagan offered little more than \"old platitudes and old generalities.\"\n\nConservatives understood that this Reagan-as-a-simpleton view was a caricature (something made even clearer in several recent books, particularly Reagan's own diaries). That his opponents never got this is what led to their undoing. Those critics who giggled about his turn alongside a chimp were considerably less delighted when Reagan won 44 states and 489 electoral votes in November. One Reagan adviser had predicted such a win shortly after Reagan had become the de facto nominee the previous spring. In a memo about the coming general election contest with Jimmy Carter, Richard Whalen wrote Reagan's \"secret weapon\" was that \"Democrats fail to take him very seriously.\"\n\nAre Republicans making the same mistake with Barack Obama? ... In just the past week, conservative commentators have accused Mr. Obama of speaking in \"Sesame Street platitudes,\" of giving speeches that are \"almost content free,\" of \"saying nothing.\" He has been likened to Chance the Gardner, the clueless mope in Jerzy Koscinski's \"Being There,\" whose banal utterances are taken as brilliant by a gullible political class. Others complain that his campaign is \"messianic,\" too self-aggrandizing and too self-referential....\n\nThe assumption behind much of this criticism is that because Mr. Obama gives a good speech he cannot do substance. This is wrong. Mr. Obama has done well in most of the Democratic debates because he has consistently shown himself able to think on his feet. Even on health care, a complicated national issue that should be Mrs. Clinton's strength, Mr. Obama has regularly fought her to a draw by displaying a grasp of the details that rivals hers, and talking about it in ways Americans can understand.\n\nDaily Mail - They are devoted foster parents with an unblemished record of caring for almost 20 vulnerable children. But Eunice and Owen Johns have been forced to abandon their good work because they refuse to tell children as young as ten that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle. To do so, they say, would go against their Christian beliefs. The council says its fostering panel felt it would not be following the regulations if it placed a child with a couple who could not comply with the Act. The couple's case comes at a time when there is a chronic shortage of foster parents, who work on a voluntary basis. Around 8,000 more are needed nationally.\n\nIt's not like these two are running some sort of gay-bashing vigilante gang or something. It's not like the couple said that if the child comes home and says they're gay, they're going whip the homosexuality out of the child or something. You see folks, you're not allowed to even think that homosexuality is wrong, no sir. Soon these bureaucratic scum will be at your door asking you why you didn't attend last months annual gay and lesbian street celebrations, you a homophobe or something boy? So when they have a shortage of such volunteers, who suffers the most, that's right, the children. As far as these bureaucratic scum are concerned, the children can whistle, you see it's more important that homosexuals are not discriminated again in thought than children are properly cared for, go figure!\n\n\"Health officials are having crisis talks with Muslim medical staff who have objected to hospital hygiene rules because of religious beliefs.Medics in hospitals in at least three major English cities have refused to follow the regulations aimed at helping tackle superbugs because of their faith, it has been revealed.\n\nWomen medical students at Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool objected to rolling up their sleeves when washing their hands and removing arm coverings in theatre, claiming it is regarded as immodest.\"Daily Mail UK\"immodest\" eh....apparently there's nothing immodest about their infidel patients dying from infections because these primitives put religion before basic hygiene.And would those same health officials be \"having talks\" with Christian or Hindu or atheist medical staff who refused to follow infection guidelines?The hell they would.\n\n\"A PROPERTY developer who donated more than $160,000 to the NSW ALP has been given a $200 million windfall in a land rezoning deal \u2013 despite the Government's own expert panel warning Planning Minister Frank Sartor against the move.'News.com\n\nThe UK Times reports that Barack Obama's involvement with Chicago slum landlord Tony Rezko, currently under indictment, may involve money originating from a British-Iraqi Middle East wheeler-dealer, Nadhmi Auchi, a convicted criminal.\n\nRezko, an Obama fundraiser, helped facilitate Obama's purchase of a $1.65 million mansion in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood for $300,000 below the asking price. The owner wished to sell both the house and an adjoining lot. Mrs. Rezko paid the full asking price of $625,000 on the same day that the Obamas purchased their luxury home. At a substantial discount. The seller denies that there was any connection between the two transactions. Later, a small portion of the land was sold to the Obamas so that they could expand their garden.Senator Obama calls this arrangement a \"mistake.\"The Obama-Rezko plot thickens (updated)\n\nAmerica as been fortunate in avoiding political cults of personality. The closest that we have come to it may have been the 4 terms that Franklin Roosevelt was elected to. We should note also that FDR was a special case. He was first elected during the Great Depression and continued into World War II. This form of crisis situation has been unusual, and while one might disagree with the way that President Roosevelt handled some aspects of them, he certainly understood the gravity of the situation and the need for America to take action to preserve itself. This is exactly the opposite of what we see with current Democrat presidential front-runner, Barack Obama.\n\nSimply stated, and as a significant number of critics, both liberal and conservative have pointed out, Senator Obama is an empty suit; a candidate who talks in endless platitudes, but says nothing of substance, except that he wants to enact a myriad of tax and spend programs at home, while ignoring the true nature of its enemies abroad and emasculating the military. Perhaps he believes that the foreign dictators are foolish enough to fall for his charm. If elected, he will quickly learn that they will be more than willing to say anything, and then do exactly the opposite if it suits their interest at the time. As Neville Chamberlain sold out Europe to Nazi Germany, Senator Obama is willing to sell out the United States anyone and everyone who has an axe to grind and is willing to say the right things in public, regardless of their true intentions.\n\nSean Hannity has talked a lot about two focus groups that were asked if they could identify any of Obama's accomplishments. Both came up with essentially nothing, which speaks volumes; the man really has done nothing, except promote his own political career as rapidly as can. Now, the fact that he can speak charismatically is really all that he is running on. People like what he says, regardless of whether it has any substance. I remember having a similar reaction to Jimmy Carter many years ago. I was a teenager when I told my, now departed, Mother that he said a lot of things that sounded nice, but there was nothing that I could identify specifically as practical or realistic. Obama is now doing the same thing. He talks about \"hope\" but it is a blind hope; faith that he has all the answers and that electing him to office will somehow solve all of America's problems. To make matters worse, his campaign is taking on a messianic attitude. This may well speak of an even greater underlying danger.\n\nMichael Medved recently asked of his audience why people are supporting this candidate. He received all of the usual empty answers about hope, unity and the like. In the end, there really was nothing of substance that anyone could identify. I have an answer; it is not one I like, but I believe that it is the truth; that Senator Obama is the candidate of the intellectually bankrupt. It is no wonder to me that so many young people are swooning over this charlatan. He is all show and no substance, like so much of modern entertainment. He is the MTV candidate. He is the candidate of people who love special effects and don't care about the plot. Politically they are oblivious to the consequences of electing someone who is as gullible as they are. He is their drug that will make all problems go away, but like with a drug, the problems don't really go away and after effects are terrible.\n\nEnacting the Obama domestic policies would result in a quick trip to national bankruptcy. His foreign policies would create a weak, vacillating nation that will not defend itself because talking to an implacable enemy is always better than eliminating him. He has no realistic method for dealing with our national energy needs. In short, he is running on hot air, and despite his contentions to the contrary, empty words. He does not have the depth to create words of real substance.\n\nI confess! I confess! I have become an Obamablogger. And not only on this blog. There are now lots of blogs devoted to dissecting the words and deeds of the vacuous one but I now have a new blog which is simply a gathering-together of what I have posted about him here and elsewhere. I intend it more as a handy archive than anything else. See Obamology.\n\nThis is just what they used to say about Hitler: \"When you watch an Obama speech, you lean forward and listen and think, That's good. He's compelling, I like the way he speaks. And afterward all the commentators call him \"impossibly eloquent\" and say \"he gave me thrills and chills.\" But, in fact, when you go on the Internet and get a transcript of the speech and print it out and read it--that is, when you remove Mr. Obama from the words and take them on their own--you see the speech wasn't all that interesting, and was in fact high-class boilerplate\"\n\nObama no compromiser: \"After his victory last week in Wisconsin and again at the Austin debate, Obama revealed himself to be the most liberal candidate since George McGovern. He is not thrilled with building a border fence. He wants to meet with Raul Castro. He will raise taxes and spend a boatload of money on new programs. He will exit Iraq pronto and spend that money on domestic programs. He opposes any restriction on partial birth abortion and thinks the District of Columbia's total handgun ban is a 'common sense' regulation. This is no 'third way' and, other than a few rhetorical flourishes, there is no sign of 'reaching across the aisle.'\n\nObama corruption: \"A British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions of dollars to Barack Obama's fundraiser just weeks before an imprudent land deal that has returned to haunt the presidential contender, an investigation by The Times discloses. The money transfer raises the question of whether funds from Nadhmi Auchi, one of Britain's wealthiest men, helped Mr Obama buy his mock Georgian mansion in Chicago. A company related to Mr Auchi, who has a conviction for corruption in France, registered the loan to Mr Obama's bagman Antoin \"Tony\" Rezko on May 23 2005. Mr Auchi says the loan, through the Panamanian company Fintrade Services SA, was for $3.5 million. Three weeks later, Mr Obama bought a house on the city's South Side while Mr Rezko's wife bought the garden plot next door from the same seller on the same day, June 15.\"\n\nI guess it WAS a Jewish guy who said \"Love thine enemy\": \"It is no secret that Obama's candidacy has been supported financially and politically by many prominent members of the American Jewish community. Even previously outspoken Clinton-supporting spokespersons for Democrats Abroad here in Israel have been hedging their bets recently in articles and interviews, suggesting that an Obama Administration would augur well for Israel. Incredibly, citing unenthusiastic, canned pro-Israel campaign statements, these dyed-in-the-wool Democratic sycophants would urge Jewish voters to cast their fate and Israel's with Obama rather than with the Republican candidate, McCain. With all due deference to the Obama celebrity supporters like Steven Spielberg and George Soros, can Jews herein Israel and in America and other friends of Israel risk a vote for Obama in November? A quick look at the facts should switch on a big red light in most peoples' minds.\"\n\nForeign press warnings on Obama: \"Der Spiegel editor: \"The rise of democratic frontrunner Barack Obama signifies an alarming victory of style over substance.\" And that was just the first sentence. On Friday, it was Gerard Baker of the Times of London asking: \"are Americans really ready to leap all the way across in one go to embrace a European-style Left?\" Now there is a warning about Obama from Gabor Steingart of Der Spiegel's Washington bureau. \"The senator's successes in the primaries also have a narcotizing effect. Obama defines himself as a new type of politician, as someone who refuses to be judged by the old standards,\" Steingart wrote. Judging by old standards = accountability. I realize my readers are not Obama fans. But they should not buy the baloney about the rest of the world having a feel-good crush on Obama. Europeans want a strong America - that they can complain about being too strong. Steingart pointed out: \"If democracy functions only half as well as the market economy, the Obama bubble will burst. The burning question is: When?\"\n\nNews.com.au - THE US presidential race has become a blood sport, with a family feud over which Democratic candidate was the best person for the job spilling over into a full-blown fight, with punches thrown and a man stabbed. The incident took place last week, when Jose Antonio Ortiz began arguing with his brother-in-law Sean Shurelds about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, US website The Smoking Gun has reported. Mr Ortiz, 28 is a Clinton supporter. Mr Shurelds, 41, is an Obama man.\n\nNo wonder they're usually doing things that aid and assist violent and intolerant terrorists around the world.\n\nYahoo!7 News - Most Australian adults would fail a test on household finances and many would only last a month on their current savings if they lost their job, a new survey shows. The Citi Fin-Q Survey, conducted by Citibank, found that only 28 per cent of people save something from each pay packet and 50 per cent save when they can, while 22 per cent rarely save anything. The survey of 400 Australian respondents - as part of a wider survey of 4,400 people across 11 Asia-Pacific countries - found that 45 per cent would last up to one month only on their savings to pay their current usual expenses - mortgage, food, utility bills - if they lost of their job.\n\nGood grief people, wake up will ya, you're supposed to be adults, start behaving like them if you want to be treated like adults. They can last one month, that's it! Haven't people heard of the saying, save for a rainy day, I don't know where that came from, but that wasn't brought about by folks lazing about with nothing to do and thought it just sounded good. In my opinion we should be working towards lasting a lifetime if you lose your job, not 10 months, let alone 1 useless month. After all one day we will all stop working and the way life expectancy is, you'll be around for a lot longer than 1 month after retirement.\n\nIt's been a while since I formed this opinion but the way I see it, the easier it is to do something, the less of it we actually do. When you think about it, it's so easy to set up one of those savings accounts, you can sit on your ass in front of a computer and get it all done in a few days. Once it's set up, you can sit on your ass again and move your savings over to it via the internet as well, it's that easy. We have flash cars and public transport and banks everywhere making it easier to shuffle our backsides to the nearest bank, all to make it easier, but we still don't do it. Image thanks to Yahoo Images.\n\nWhen all the political sophistry is said and done, there is no denying that the claim to fame of the Democratic Party's two superstar candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, is that the one is a woman, the other black and from something of an \"ambiguous\" religious background (little wonder bland John Edwards stepped out, with the jocular yet true remark during January's CNN Democratic Debate that being white and male wasn't helping his cause). Clinton's and Obama's primary appeal, then, is that they are \"minorities\" - who, so the unspoken logic goes, must be in tune, domestically and internationally, with minorities everywhere, due to their own \"diversity,\" and therefore must be open-minded and just. Yet, while diversity, multiculturalism, pluralism, et. al. are all well and good, is that all there is when choosing a president - when choosing a leader for our nation during these trying times?\n\nHillary can boast White House experience - eight years worth as First Lady, of being privy (except on a few occasions) to key presidential decisions being played out in the Oval Office. Still, it is very clear that Hillary's main appeal to democrats and liberals everywhere is, simply, that she is a woman. In that-and that alone-does she truly bring something new and unprecedented to the White House.\n\nAs for Barack (whose Arabic name, incidentally, means \"Blessing\"), it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where his merit or experience lies - aside from his reported \"charisma\" which apparently manifested itself in the 2004 democratic convention. But presidents - whose ultimate worth manifests itself behind the scenes, where many uninspiring yet momentous and consequential decisions are made - need a bit more than charisma and platitudes of \"change.\" That said, does anyone doubt that Obama would have been able to come out of nowhere to represent the Democratic Party if he wasn't black and with a \"diverse\" religious identity/heritage? ...\n\nLet no one be deceived, however. Favoring a candidate primarily because they are female, or because they are ethnic or religious minorities is absolutely no different than disfavoring a presidential candidate simply because they are female, or because they are ethnic or religious minorities. Prejudice works both ways. We are supposed to choose presidents based on their merit and the good they can do for our country - not because they are men or women, black or white, Christian or Muslim. We cannot be a society constantly preaching that race, gender, and religion are immaterial in the public and political spheres - and then simultaneously turn around and use race, gender and religion to win political support, though from another angle. Oprah Winfrey's unwavering support for Obama's presidential bid - primarily because he is black, as most political observers have noted - is absolutely no different than if a prominent white talk show host gave his unwavering support to a fellow white presidential candidate, for no other reason than their shared \"whiteness.\" ...\n\nAt any rate, the question every American should ponder is: If race, religion, and gender are aspects that have no bearing in our society and should always be overlooked, why are they the defining characteristics of the democratic candidates?\n\nNews.com.au - COMMUNIST party chief Demetris Christofias won a historic victory in Cyprus's presidential election overnight and immediately vowed to launch a new drive to reunite the island after 34 years of division. His jubilant supporters - some in luxury convertibles - cruised the streets of Nicosia, the world's last divided capital, waving Cypriot flags and banners of communist icon Che Guevara, their car horns blaring.\n\nLuxury convertibles and Che Guevara eh, I thought communism was supposed to bring equality, sharing and all that or were they just taking their last rides in those luxury convertibles before handing them over to the masses so they could also 'share'. One would think that people would have had enough of commies by now, but I guess not, I wonder if the folks who voted for this mob are aware of how their hero Che dealt with dissent. I wonder too, if this will be the last election they'll get to vote in, because in the communist countries I've heard of, they aren't big on this citizens subjects voting, democratic elections and all that. None the less, good luck to them, they obviously want to give Communism another chance. Image thanks to Yahoo Images.\n\nIn Australia, we have very strict gun control, the gun-grabbers insist that we are all safer for it. They point to the shootings in the US as proof, but they conveniently forget to mention that those shootings usually occur in stupid gun-free zones. Now, if we were so much safer, why do we suddenly need all these programs to address these 'disenfranchised' students, why do we suddenly yearn for social justice in our universities? I thought it was the evil, terrible, mean, nasty gun that caused all the killings and now that we'd taken them away from the law-abiding nasties, we'd all be safe and could just hop and skip along singing kumbaya!\n\nSMH - But the Monash incident, in which the perpetrator was later diagnosed with a paranoid delusional disorder, sounded an alarm bell to universities. Suddenly they were forced to confront difficult questions about their duty of care to students and the reality that allowing just one student to slip through the cracks could result in harrowing consequences. Universities across Australia ramped up their counselling programs and encouraged teaching staff to identify and refer loner students to support services. They reviewed their safety and response procedures again last year after the Virginia Tech shooting in the US.\n\nWhen I first read this article, I thought, they have a plan, these folks are taking pre-emptive action, 320 highly trained... perhaps top-notch ninjas or something, at the first sign of some 'disenfranchised' student pulling a nasty gun out, they'd have him on his ass and completely disabled using their secret 'touch of death' finger jabs. If not that, then these folks would be armed and ready to deploy and neutralize the baddie, post-haste. Shock/horror folks, those were the old days, it's a new sophisticated world we live in now, yes they are highly trained. They are organized, they have their careful plans and fancy drills, just that they all involve some form of running away!\n\nMuch of the strategy is focused on prevention and involves early identification of disenfranchised or vulnerable students, but it is almost impossible to protect campuses from gunmen walking off the streets. \"To stop people coming in is very, very difficult,\" said Steve Wallace, security manager at the University of Technology, Sydney, where 33,000 students are enrolled. \"You can't. There's just so many access points and nobody wants to live in a jail.\" UTS trained 320 supervisors to be wardens in charge of evacuating students in case of an emergency and has developed a system to contact them quickly via SMS messages and can make broadcasts around the campuses. Some universities can contact all students via text message.\n\nSo, what they're saying, once you cut through all the BS about counseling, hold-hands and all that, is that they cannot protect you, that there is always the possibility of some 'disenfranchised' student suffering social injustice walking into your bastion of higher learning, inquiry and free thought and start busting caps. It's amazing how they, who consider themselves to be intellectually superior and of greater brainpower than us, refuse to acknowledge this very plain reality. So in summary, you're just sitting ducks, strolling ducks, studying ducks, so Quack-Quack!\n\nOne does occasionally hear the term \"The white man's burden\" as a mocking reference to the claim that the British and other empires were good for the native peoples whom they dominated. I wonder how many people are aware that the term was originally the name of a poem and that the poet was Indian-born British poet Rudyard Kipling? Some, no doubt. But I would not at all be surprised to hear that NOBODY reading this was aware that the poem concerned was inspired by the deeds of a famous American \"Progressive\". Let me explain:\n\nRight into the 1960's, the American Left (e.g. JFK) was patriotic and nationalistic. Nowadays they mostly make only a shallow pretense of patriotism. Getting the votes of minorities is their desperate aim these days and glorifying America does not serve that aim very well. And with Obama, even the pretense seems to be fading.\n\nAnd the most nationalistic icon of the American Left in history was undoubtedly TR (Theodore Roosevelt), founder of the \"Progressive\" party. TR was the first Fascist leader of the 20th century -- where Fascism is conceived of as Leftism plus nationalism. He glorified war as a purifying force for the nation, built lots of battleships and invaded and took over three countries. And on the home front he attacked big business. Fascist enough? His conquests were in fact in the last few years of the 19th century but his Presidency of the USA continued into the early 20th century.\n\nThe British empire had however never been Fascist. It was run by conservatives most of the time and when the Left came to power they were much more inclined to wind it down than expand it. And, as the saying goes, the empire was mostly acquired \"in a fit of absence of mind\". It was not acquired as the result of any deliberate expansionist policy but rather as the byproduct of pursuing other objectives -- such as containment of the French. And if anyone doubts the humane impulse that formed British policy of the time, just reflect that it was in 1807 that Britain became the first major country to abolish slavery. And, unlike Abraham Lincoln many years later, the British both attacked it outside their own domain and abolished it at home. Lincoln's war \"against slavery\" was fought while permitting slavery in the North! Lincoln's war was really a power-motivated war with slavery as a thin pretext.\n\nAnd India is an excellent example of the non-imperialistic origin of the British empire. The British first came to India as the representatives of a private company, the British East India company, and the aim was trade, not conquest. The company encountered various attacks on its operations, however, so gradually built up a private army to defend itself (perhaps a bit like the security guards employed by Halliburton in Iraq today). And when Indian princelings took on the company in battle, the company tended to win -- meaning that it eventually had large parts of India under its private control. At that stage, the British government got a bit concerned that the company was not treating the natives well and took over the company's military and rulership operations. So the British government in a sense \"inherited\" India rather than invading and conquering it. The history I have just given does of course simplify much for the sake of brevity but that is the essence of it.\n\nAnd the humane thinking (mostly of Christian origin) behind British policy is spelled out in Kipling's poem. Kipling saw the British as having a civilizing mission and saw that mission as one of replacing savage values with humane and Christian ones. And he persuaded himself that TR had such values too. He wrote his poem as a commentary on the American takeover of the Philippines. He saw America as joining Britain in the mission of civilizing savages.\n\nAnd what he wrote was very prophetic. And it was good prophecy because it was based on experience -- British imperial experience. He prophesied that the gift of liberty and humaneness that America would give to other nations would not be appreciated and would instead lead to resentment of America. And that was long before the liberation of France from the Nazis and the liberation of Iraq from Saddam! Here are some excerpts from a wonderful and idealistic poem that is now almost always misrepresented:\n\nTake up the White Man's burden--In patience to abide,To veil the threat of terrorAnd check the show of pride;\n\nBy open speech and simple,An hundred times made plainTo seek another's profit,And work another's gain.\n\nTake up the White Man's burden--The savage wars of peace--Fill full the mouth of FamineAnd bid the sickness cease;\n\nAnd when your goal is nearestThe end for others sought,Watch sloth and heathen FollyBring all your hopes to nought.\n\nTake up the White Man's burden--And reap his old reward:The blame of those ye better,The hate of those ye guard--\n\nThat's amazingly good prophecy by my lights. Very wicked of him to mention skin color judged by today's hysterical political standards but Britain and America WERE largely white countries at the time, and still are.\n\nThe \"ethical\" brand Fairtrade, backed by A-list celebrities and \u00a32million of taxpayers' cash, leaves Third World farmers worse off, according to a damning new report....Huge publicity, including a Government-sponsored education campaign in schools, has attempted to persuade the public to pay more for goods such as coffee, chocolate and bananas to ensure a better deal for producers in impoverished nations.\n\nAnd stars such as Coldplay singer Chris Martin have been queuing up to endorse its products.\n\nBut an investigation by the Adam Smith Institute, the highly respected Right-wing think-tank, claims that Fairtrade's efforts to help African and Central American farmers do more harm than good.\n\nThe Fairtrade Mark \u2013 familiar to anyone who shops in Britain's leading supermarkets \u2013 guarantees that producers in developing countries receive a fair price for their goods.\n\nLast year, British consumers spent more than \u00a3300million on Fairtrade products.\n\nBut the report Unfair Trade claims that the organisation's \"positive image appears to rely more on public relations than research\".\n\nIt adds:\u2022 Fairtrade helps only a very small number of farmers while leaving the majority worse off.\u2022It favours producers in better-off nations such as Mexico, rather than poor African countries.\u2022It holds back economic development, paying inefficient cooperative farms and discouraging diversification and mechanisation.\u2022 Supermarket chains profit more from the higher price of Fairtrade goods than farmers.\u2022Only a fifth of produce grown on Fairtrade-approved farms is actually purchased at its guaranteed fair price.\n\n\"At worst, it may inadvertently be harming some of the planet's most vulnerable people.\"\n\nMost damning of all, the report claims that Fairtrade is hurting the poorest group of all in the production process of its goods \u2013 the casual labourers hired by farmers to pick the bananas, coffee and cotton.\n\nLast night, Harriet Lamb, UK executive director of Fairtrade, said: \"Of course, Fairtrade is not perfect and has not solved all the world's problems. But the Institute is condemning us for trying.\"\n\nYahoo! News - Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of \"change you can Xerox.\" Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, then turned the jeers to applause when he countered, \"What we shouldn't be spending time doing is tearing each other down. We should be spending time lifting the country up.\"\n\nThe writing is on the wall Hillary, it's over, whatever Obama says will draw applause, but if you step out of line or say anything, you'll get booed, Obama simply cannot do any wrong. The masses are not interested, in a way the left promoted this themselves. It's too late now, you have to let the masses choose and get burnt, it's just the way sometimes, no matter how much you warn them, some will have to frolic with the flames and learn when they get burnt.\n\nReuters - In a bitter exchange, the Obama campaign defended the leaflet as accurate and decried Clinton's \"negative campaign. Shame on you, Barack Obama,\" Clinton said, speaking to reporters after a rally in Ohio, a state that is key to her struggling campaign.\n\nThey dumbed down the masses and now they won't listen to reason, you can have all the healthcare plans down to details, but that won't sway the masses Hillary, because you're talking jobs and healthcare, while Obama talks hope and change. No one knows what change and hope for what, but the masses don't care, it's like he is the messiah. We had our own recently, no detail, little understanding, but the masses didn't care, he spoke about revolutions and the future, now we have wars on things no one is really sure about. Soon he'll run out of things to make war on and the masses will have to learn the hard way. Best you let go and walk away while you can.\n\nBy AR - I have been watching with lurid interest the story of the Wollongong Council officer and the property developers. It's got everything, sex, money, deceit, corruption, a list of names that could be from The Sopranos, and it threatens to bring down some big political names.But of course none of this would be occurring if councils didn't have so much power and control over development. If property development relied just on investors making a commercial decision to invest their money rather than negotiating a mountain of compliance approvals then the industry would not attract so many of the type of person who \"knows how to make a deal\". By that I mean spivs. When developers are so willing to engage in bribery to expedite matters, then maybe the red tape is the problem?\n\nAnd our blinkered Prime Minister thinks bigger government is the answer\n\nTHE Rudd Government must stare down the indigenous service provider industry that profits from entrenched Aboriginal disadvantage or risk dooming the federal intervention into Northern Territory communities, former Labor president Warren Mundine has warned. Mr Mundine urged his party to \"have courage\" in challenging the \"old guard\" whose political power base lay within remote Aboriginal communities and who opposed aspects of the intervention. He warned that a welfare industry had built up around Aboriginal people that could derail Kevin Rudd's pledge to \"close the gap\" between indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy rates.\n\n\"What we have created in Australia is an indigenous industry that lives off people's poverty and misery,\" Mr Mundine said. \"It's destroyed incentives. There's a whole culture that developed over a period of time of dependency.\" He said some Labor powerbrokers in remote Australia, such as Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon, had been key players in the land rights political movement and were pushing for the party to return to the \"status quo\" prior to the intervention. \"There's no doubt there's a split in the party about what needs to be done,\" Mr Mundine said. \"And we have people whoare harping back to keeping the status quo prior to the intervention.\"\n\nHis comments came as Reconciliation Australia director Fred Chaney labelled remote Australia a \"failed state\" with little electoral clout that had been abandoned by federal, state and territory governments. \"Government have essentially stepped outside and left these communities to their own devices,\" Mr Chaney said. \"This intervention has had to make it up as it goes along. There is a serious gap in governance of the governments themselves.\" ....\n\nThe Northern Territory Government this week introduced legislation to reform disparate local government authorities into a series of \"super-shires\", but the reforms that were crafted by Australia's father of reconciliation, Pat Dodson, were watered down at the last minute when the Government exempted the Top End shire, dominated by white pastoralists, from the super-shire structure. The exemption prompted the resignation of NT local government minister Elliot McAdam.\n\nVisiting the northwest NSW town of Walgett yesterday, the Prime Minister said the Government had begun formulating a plan to attack duplication and infighting among Aboriginal service providers and government agencies by creating local boards for remote indigenous communities that would be responsible for ground-level service delivery.\n\nSpeaking on his first visit to an outback indigenous community as Prime Minister, Mr Rudd said he was considering bringing together service providers and local, state and federal government agencies to co-ordinate indigenous service delivery on a community-by-community basis. \"Maybe it's time for us to look at much more of a whole-of-local-community focus whereby you have around the one table not just all the representatives of organisations and groups but the various levels of government,\" he said.\n\nBut Mr Mundine said the \"indigenous industry\" would prove difficult to reform. \"There's a whole culture that's developed over a period of time of dependence,\" he said. \"I have never seen a place in the world where they've got more governance of people. \"We've got to get bureaucrats out of the way. Let's stop spending money on bureaucrats and get money on to the ground.\"\n\nMr Mundine's comments come after former indigenous affairs minister Mal Brough told a dinner for Quadrant magazine in Sydney last week that political correctness hampered many of the people working within the indigenous sector who wanted to bring about change...\n\nMr Rudd said that governance was one of two key messages from his five-hour visit to Walgett. The other was creating a flexible approach to housing that would allow private ownership in one community and communal title in another. With a majority of indigenous residents, Walgett is one of the most disadvantaged communities in the state. Mr Rudd toured two Aboriginal reserves and was taken to task by Ann Dennis about the level of duplication and lack of communication by service providers. She said funding was not the problem. \"It's the co-ordination and planning, not the money coming in,\" she said. [That would be right. That's typical bureaucracy]\n\nMr Rudd said he was committed to ending a one-size-fits-all approach. \"It may be that in the 300 to 400 remote indigenous communities in Australia that we'll end up with lots of different housing models from full private ownership, through to leasehold through to community ownership,\" he said. He asked Ms Dennis if they wanted private ownership of homes, and she said the community did.\n\nBy AR - The conventional wisdom is that interest rate rises by the RBA hurt the government politically. Interest rate rises which occur outside the RBA's cycle however can easily be blamed on the profit-hungry banks. And blame the banks is exactly what Treasurer Wayne Swan did earlier this year when he condemned lenders for \"excessive\" rises and urged mortgagors to \"vote with their feet\". But it seems that the Big Bad Banks did Swan a favour when they raised their rates off cycle in January as this dissuaded the RBA from raising the official interest rate by 50 basis points in February, instead raising it only 25 points.\n\nSwan should be thanking the banks, rather than demonising them and inspiring futile anger in their customers.\n\nDaily Mail - Jails were declared absolutely full last night for the first time in history. Even court and police cells were packed as the number of prisoners rose to 82,068 - almost 100 above the official safety limit. The crisis is expected to trigger the early release of thousands of muggers, burglars and other convicts. In a desperate attempt to buy time, Jack Straw begged magistrates to imprison fewer offenders. But magistrates refused point-blank to help him out of the shambles - saying they would continue to hand down whatever sentence they saw fit. The Magistrates' Association said it did not react kindly to being placed under \"pressure\" by ministers.\n\nDaily Mail - A judge listening to graphic details of an immigration centre riot yesterday warned that Britain had lost control of its borders \"for the first time since 1066\". Christopher Elwen gave the dramatic assessment after four foreign nationals were cleared of masterminding the \"rampage\" at Harmondsworth removal centre. Two of the men were jailed for the millions of pounds worth of damage caused during the huge disturbance, which left large parts of the 555-bed West London centre wrecked.\n\n10 short years folks, 10 short years of leftist rule, now they have no guns, no protection, no justice, more taxes, the economy much worse than Americas', the criminals let out early and their borders are a shambles. Earlier I read that the UK is going to strengthen its citizenship rules, a sort of reinforcing the barn door after the horses, donkeys and all the farm animals had bolted about a year ago. Apparently this is going to affect us Aussies who wanted to move to Britain, something about ancestry ties, I couldn't help but think, who would want to go and live there now. Just 10 short years of leftist rule, that's all it takes folks, just 10 short years.\n\nThe hysteria Obama produces in his followers is not normal in democratic politics but it is VERY reminiscent of the 1930s German reaction to Hitler. And, like Hitler, Obama is an extreme socialist who want the government to control everything. But we now get another glimpse of the all-controlling Fascist leader in the words of his wife:\n\nBarack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.\n\nChicago Sun Times - I met Steve Kazmierczak in an introductory political science class in 2002 as a freshman in college. He was inquisitive, smart, respectful and nice. The Steve I knew studied the consequences of chaos and havoc and spoke out against it. The man who declared himself a pacifist wouldn\u2019t own a gun, much less kill several people in cold blood. Hat tip Woman Honor Thyself.\n\nSee, if only us gun-crazy Conservatives could get a dollar for every time we told you that criminal killers also like gun control. But do the stupid gun-grabbers ever listen, No! Just like the stupid Democrats in America and leftists worldwide, their small brains just can't work out why western hating terrorist filth also yearn for them to get elected into power. For the last time, your stupid policies and ideas intentionally or unintentionally aid them and that is not a good thing for us and you.\n\nOnce we took a course called \u201cThe Politics of the Middle East.\u201d At the beginning of the course, our instructor informed us a research paper would be due by the end of the semester. Steve decided on Hamas, which is known mainly to the world as being a Palestinian terrorist group, which was the first thing that interested Steve about the group. But he also heard Hamas funded many social services, which also interested him. How could one group be put into two completely different categories, Steve would ask. Steve said that his perception of Hamas changed with all the research he did.\n\nThere you go folks, shock-horror eh, a mass murderer turns out to be a gun-hating, pacifist, terrorist-loving sack of filth. Now, in which group do we see those same qualities and actions that aid such vermin, ah yes, the left.\n\nSince so many Victorian police have been transferred to \"community\" functions (e.g. \"gay and lesbian liason\") by Victoria's big fat pro-Lesbian top cop (See above), this is not exactly a surprise\n\nVICTORIA has witnessed staggering rises in assaults over the past five years, with Melbourne and the outer suburbs hardest hit. That is the picture painted by a comparison of official Victoria Police figures for the 2000-01 period with those for last year. In the metropolitan area, Melton tops the list, registering a 160.6 per cent increase from 226 to 589 cases reported in 2007. Close behind is Casey, where assaults jumped from 595 to 1358 over the same period, an increase of 128.2 per cent. Moreland, Mornington, Wyndham and Cardinia are close behind, all seeing five-year increases in excess of 100 per cent. Across the state, assaults climbed from 21,939 in the 2000-01 reporting year to 31,020, an increase of 41.4 per cent.\n\nDeputy Commissioner Kieran Walsh blamed alcohol and domestic violence for the increases, insisting that much of the surge was due to a campaign aimed at encouraging victims of spousal abuse to report attacks. \"We've been concentrating on family violence and encouraging people to report that violence,\" he said. \"The other driver is alcohol, and we're addressing that.\"\n\nCasey councillor Steve Beardon said the figures demonstrated the need for drastic measures. \"We have hoons on our roads, and shopping strips and parks are magnets for kids hanging out and causing trouble,\" he said. \"I've taken up a petition with 1500 signatures of local residents, which called for a curfew. \"It was tabled in parliament and then forgotten, even though the same measure has worked very well in Western Australia. \"Bottom line: we need more cops and we need them now.\"\n\nIn Dandenong, where in the past five years assaults have risen from 709 to 1151 -- a 62.3 per cent hike -- councillor and anti-crime campaigner Peter Brown echoed the call for more police. \"After the trouble we had last year in Noble Park,\" he said, referring to the beating death of 19-year-old Liep Gony, \"the police blitzed the area and we saw problems with gangs drop off. \"Give them credit, they did a good job but it didn't solve the problem. What it did was move it somewhere else . . . \"On Monday night as I was driving by, there was a mob of these kids -- drunk or high, I'm not sure which, probably both -- spilling out into the street and playing havoc with the traffic. You don't cure a problem in Noble Park by moving it to Dandenong.\"\n\nAcross Melbourne, Werribee activist Lori McLean hailed police efforts to curb violence and hooning, saying that a \"tough-minded approach\" was working. \"Big, burly male coppers; they're the ones that get taken seriously, and they are the ones that have been getting the results.\"\n\nCountry Victoria also had major increases in assaults, with Whittlesea experiencing a 104 per cent increase from 375 to 765. In Bendigo it was 49.3 per cent and in Geelong it was 38.1 per cent.\n\nDaily Mail - They are trained to brave every kind of danger to safeguard the public, but now firefighters are being ordered to turn back if they encounter a cloud of smoke - from a cigarette. Fire crews have been banned from making home visits to offer safety advice to people who smoke, unless the residents stub out all cigarettes at least one hour beforehand and open their windows.\n\nThe official edict was sent out by fire brigade chiefs in order to comply with the workplace smoking ban - after they decided that private homes filled with cigarette smoke are officially a firefighter's 'workplace' for the duration of the visit. Officials stressed that the new rules would only apply to prearranged \"Home Fire Safety Visits\", and not to emergencies in which homes were actually burning down.\n\nWell, at least they weren't stupid enough to ban firefighters from, well you kow, fighting fires! For now they're just banned from advising people who smoke. One would have thought that people who light cigarettes with small flames, and keep em lit for a short while, would benefit the most from the advice of a firefighter, but this is the bureaucratic sty we're talking folks, a completely common sense free area. Image from Yahoo Images.\n\nJPost - Iran urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to condemn Israel and demand that it immediately stop threatening to use military force against the country's nuclear program.\n\nYes folks, this is the very country that regularly threatens to wipe Israel off the map, maybe that means something else to the Iranians, maybe they mean that as in, wipe them off some atlas or something. If that's the case then Israel should just say the same thing, proceed with your nuclear program and we'll wipe you off the map. Give the lunatics back just as much they give out.\n\nJPost - In yet another verbal attack against Israel Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Jewish state a \"filthy bacteria\" whose sole purpose was to oppress the other nations of the region. \"The world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime, which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast,\" the Iranian president told supporters at a rally in southern Iran.\n\nYeah I know, the hypocrisy is simply stunning! Yesterday we read how Muslims in Europe feel that their hosts, or should I just say 'dhimmi', think they're backward and incompatible with western values. Well folks, stories like this certainly don't do them any favors. If this ain't backward and stupid, I don't know what is.\n\nFOXNews - A 70-year-old Iranian man was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail and 30 lashes for walking his dog, Adnkronos.com reported Tuesday. Police caught the man on the street with his dog in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran.\n\nWe\u2019ve all wondered why liberals support the same disastrous and failed programs of the left over and over again. Why do they fall for scams like man made global ice ages, and when that fails to materialize immediately fall for man made global warming? Why do they vote for far left nut cases, whose policies will damage the economy, keep them poor and dependant upon government, deprive them of their rights, their ability to defend themselves, weaken national defense, etc?\n\nWell, one reason is that it's not about substance, facts, or issues, but rather it is about feelings like \"hope\" and \"coming together\". Nothing demonstrates this better than when an elected politician, who should know the facts and issues, has absolutely no clue as to why he's supporting Barack Obama in his effort to become the most powerful elected official in the world. Check out this video of Texas State Sen. Kirk Watson, as he attempts to explain why people should support Obama for president. It makes for a good laugh, but is instructive as to what the Obama movement is all about.\n\nMichelle Obama. Millionaire. Harvard Law grad. Wife of a senator. A person who has been afforded the best of opportunities in that land of opportunity that we call the United States, told a crowd in Milwaukee this: \"For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.\"\n\nCindy McCain. Also a millionaire. USC educated. Wife of a senator. A person who has been afforded the best of opportunities in that land of opportunity that we call the United States, told a crowd in Brookfield, Wisc.: \"I am proud of my country. I don't know about you? If you heard those words earlier, I am very proud of my country.\"\n\nReporters asked her if she was responding to Mrs. Obama's statement. Mrs. McCain replied: \"I just wanted to make the statement that I have and always will be proud of my country.\"\n\nIslam Online - Muslims in Holland are suffering from Islamophobia, which mainly results from the anti-Islamic perceptions that are spread by Western media, a pan-European anti-racism commission based in France said. In its report, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), said that many Dutch Muslims are complaining about the rising violence and discrimination against them. The ECRI also said that the country\u2019s Muslims, who make up 6% of Holland\u2019s population, are facing \"stereotyping, stigmatising\", \"outright racist political discourse\" and \"biased media portrayal.\u201d \u201cIslam has been repeatedly presented as a 'subculture' and Muslims have been presented as the carriers of backward values, generally incompatible with democracy and the values of Western societies,\" the report said.\n\nAre these folks for real? Have they ever stopped to think that things like female genital mutilation, honor killings, beheadings, Sharia law, homicide bombers, flying planes into buildings, shooting little children in the back, using mentally retarded women as homicide bombers, placards saying \"freedom go to hell\" might have a wee bit to do with the perceptions of backwardness and incompatibility with democracy? Why, on the same website they address the pressing issue of what a Muslim man can do about marrying a Christian woman, if he's made the mistake of marrying one in the first place that is.\n\nIslam Online - However it is not advisable to marry a kitaabi (i.e., Jewish or Christian) woman nowadays, because it is fraught with dangers, especially with regard to the children\u00e2\u0080\u0099s upbringing. In order to be on the safe side, the believer should not marry her. Hence you can see that the Christianization of the children is one of the greatest dangers to be feared as a result of marrying a Christian woman. Undoubtedly it is not permissible for you to allow that under any circumstances.\n\nHence some of the followers turn violent and nasty when caught in such a predicament, remember all those western women who married Muslims and are shocked and horrified when the children are taken and she is cut off from them. You see, 'any circumstances' is not always interpreted the way we think it is, let's have more of a look shall we.\n\nWhat you have to do now is protect your son\u00e2\u0080\u0099s religion and prevent him from being made a Christian. If your wife insists on that then you have no choice but to make her stay with you in your city, or keep the child only, even if that leads to you leaving her and divorcing her. Try by all means to protect this child and prevent him being taught Christian teachings. Remember that you are responsible for him and that the worst neglect and betrayal of this trust would be to leave him disbelieving in Allaah.\n\nIn other words Allah will be extremely pissed off if you let the kid be raised as a Christian, there's that famous tolerance we always hear about shining brightly through. I don't know folks, maybe honor-killings and such are signs of an advanced, progressive society. It's always our fault isn't it, the problem is always us. I feel sorry for the media outlets, most of them have done such a good job of trying to cover for the militants and extremists in Islam and this is the thanks they get. Perhaps it's time for them to really get unbiased.\n\nPRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's national apology to the stolen generation has sparked a spate of racial violence in Darwin. Five people had to be admitted to hospital after one brawl. The Caucasian men were attacked by a group of 10 Aboriginal men, who demanded that their victims \"say sorry\".\n\nA 28-year-old Territory woman watched helplessly as her friend was king-hit and kicked to the ground outside a Darwin 24-hour eatery on Sunday morning. She said three men ran at them from across the road, when they looked at the group yelling at two women. \"They just started king-hitting him. They got him on the ground and then two others came over and started kicking him,\" she said. \"They kept screaming that we were not sorry at all - 'Say sorry to us'. You just couldn't stop them.\"\n\nThe woman said three more men grabbed another Caucasian man and punched him in the middle of Smith St. \"That's when I called the police. He managed to roll into the gutter but they kept on kicking him,\" she said. They and her friend ran to the Mitchell St police station, where they met up with other victims of the racial attack.\n\n\"The police officer said since the sorry apology on Wednesday, it had been completely out of control.\"\n\nThe woman said there were four other victims of racial violence in the emergency room at Royal Darwin Hospital. Her friend had fractured ribs and bad bruising. Others had head injuries and bruises. \"I don't know why they did it,\" she said. \"They're just making it worse for everyone. It was gutless. It doesn't have to be this way.\"\n\nAnother big brawl occurred at Fairway Waters in Palmerston on Saturday night. Police said witnesses and victims of the \"series\" of assaults on Sunday were being questioned. Senior Sergeant Steve Martin warned that \"thugs\" and \"troublemakers\" had no place in Darwin. \"Police take a zero tolerance approach to violence and antisocial behaviour and any assaults of this nature will be thoroughly investigated,\" he said. Constable Michael Lunney, officer-in-charge of the investigation, said he was confident police would find the men responsible for the attacks.\n\nDaily Telegraph - THE Rudd Government will axe a $1.2 billion program which has allowed schools across NSW to upgrade toilets, landscape their grounds and improve facilities. The Investing in Our Schools scheme - one of the most popular policies of the former Howard government - will not be continued after the money runs out this year. Angry primary principals are seeking an urgent meeting with new Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard at which they are expected to voice a strong complaint about the decision. \"Under this scheme a little bush school could get equal access to funds.\n\nWell, he promised a revolution yes, but he never said anything about it being a 'good' revolution. As Mark Steyn says about real revolutions - \"They\u2019re messy, your cities get torched, the economy collapses, much of your talent flees. Ask the many peoples around the world for whom revolution means not a lame-o Sixties poster above your desk but the carnage and horror of the day before yesterday.\" I wonder if all the leftie schools that put up the \"Society not an Economy\" placards are regretting their scorn of the previous government now, while they contemplate their coming funds totaling zero dollars and zero cents. Perhaps now they might learn the hard way that without an economy, you can't have much of a society.\n\nI am not really sure that what the wife of a presidential candidate says is all that important but as The Obamassiah himself says, words matter. Here's what his wife says:\n\nFor the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.\n\nNot once during her adult life has Michele Obama \"really\" been proud of America? Not of the fact that it won the Cold War and liberated tens of millions from totalitarian rule? What about sending billions to ease the plight of millions of AIDS sufferers in Africa? What about the nation's selflessness in stopping genocide in the Balkans when it had no immediate security interest in the region? What about our ability to produce hundreds of thousands of brave men and women who will risk life and limb to liberate two countries from despotic regimes right out of the Dark Ages? Doesn't the Herculean Tsunami Relief effort generate a flicker of national pride?\n\nThe list could go on ad infinitum. But she's proud now because her empty suit of a husband may become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party by saying 'hope' and `change' more than anyone else? The audacity of stupidity.\n\nObama the Messiah: It was inevitable. There is now a blog following references to Barack Obama as something more than an ordinary politician. See here\n\nThe official Obama web site has mysteriously made a page vanish: It was a page that predicted failure of the \"surge\" in Iraq. But a false prophecy can't be made to disappear so easily these days. The \"censored\" page is reproduced here.\n\nThe real Barack Obama: \"The effects of 'political correctness' are prevalent in the 2008 elections and very well may result in electing a person whose true agenda and even the facts of his childhood are kept from the public because anyone expressing the true nature of his views and life would be subjected to unbearable tirades and attacks upon their own character for bringing these facts to light. To touch on the issue of Barack Obama's Muslim childhood and intended Black agenda as president would subject his opponent, media political pundits, and the general public to shrieks of racism and worse. Truth is on the chopping block -- but so is our country's future\"\n\nTax delusions: \"Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both propose to 'turn the economy around' in a novel way -- by raising tax rates on small businesses, working couples and stockholders in general, including retirees. Of course, their plans are also meant to raise revenue for their various hundreds of billions in new spending -- but the move would fall flat on that front, too.\"\n\nBehind our \"Western\" heart\n\nAs the name of this blog implies, we have always welcomed contributors and readers from anywhere in the Western world. But there is also something else behind the name. The blog originated in Australia and most contributions come from Australia. And that is very fitting. Australians have an unusually good awareness of events outside their own country. Australian newspapers feature news from Britain and the USA not as an afterthought but as a major part of their coverage. So Australians do tend to have a truly Western heart -- and you will see that in the posts appearing here. Events in Australia, Britain and the USA all feature frequently here, plus occasional coverage of other places, particularly Israel.\n\nA primer in American politics for non-Americans:\n\nSCOTUS is the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the land\n\nThe \"GOP\" stands for \"Grand Old Party\" and refers to the Republican party. The GOP is at present center/Right, while the Democrats have been undergoing a steady drift Leftwards and now have policies similar to mainstream European Leftist parties.\n\nThe ideological identity of both parties has however been very fluid -- almost reversing itself over time. In the mid 19th century, the GOP was the party of big government and concern for minorities while the Democrats advertised themselves as \"The party of the white man\" -- an orientation that lasted into the mid 20th century in the South. The Democrats are still obsessed with race but have now flipped into support for discrimination AGAINST whites.\n\nWas Pope Urban VIII the first Warmist? Below we see him refusing to look through Galileo's telescope. People tend to refuse to consider evidence\u2014 if what they might discover contradicts what they believe.\n\nSome brief observations about Leftism\n\nAs a good academic, I first define my terms: A Leftist is a person who is so dissatisfied with the way things naturally are that he/she is prepared to use force to make people behave in ways that they otherwise would not.\n\nLeftists think that utopia can be coerced into existence -- so no dishonesty or brutality is beyond them in pursuit of that \"noble\" goal\n\nLeftism is fundamentally authoritarian. Whether by revolution or by legislation, Leftists aim to change what people can and must do. When in 2008 Obama said that he wanted to \"fundamentally transform\" America, he was not talking about America's geography or topography but rather about American people. He wanted them to stop doing things that they wanted to do and make them do things that they did not want to do. Can you get a better definition of authoritarianism than that?\n\nAnd note that an American President is elected to administer the law, not make it. That seems to have escaped Mr Obama\n\nThat Leftism is intrinsically authoritarian is not a new insight. It was well understood by none other than Friedrich Engels (Yes. THAT Engels). His excellent short essay On authority was written as a reproof to the dreamy Anarchist Left of his day. It concludes: \"A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon the other part by means of rifles, bayonets and cannon \u2014 authoritarian means\"\n\nEvan Sayet: The Left sides \"...invariably with evil over good, wrong over right, and the behaviors that lead to failure over those that lead to success.\" (t=5:35+ on video)\n\nSome useful definitions:\n\nIf a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed. If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat. If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone. If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him. If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down. If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!) If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.\n\nDeath taxes: You would expect a conscientious person, of whatever degree of intelligence, to reflect on the strange contradiction involved in denying people the right to unearned wealth, while supporting programs that give people unearned wealth.\n\nAmerica is no longer the land of the free. It is now the land of the regulated -- though it is not alone in that, of course\n\nEnvy is a strong and widespread human emotion so there has alway been widespread support for policies of economic \"levelling\". Both the USA and the modern-day State of Israel were founded by communists but reality taught both societies that respect for the individual gave much better outcomes than levelling ideas. Sadly, there are many people in both societies in whom hatred for others is so strong that they are incapable of respect for the individual. The destructiveness of what they support causes them to call themselves many names in different times and places but they are the backbone of the political Left\n\nThe large number of rich Leftists suggests that, for them, envy is secondary. They are directly driven by hatred and scorn for many of the other people that they see about them. Hatred of others can be rooted in many things, not only in envy. But the haters come together as the Left.\n\nLeftists hate the world around them and want to change it: the people in it most particularly. Conservatives just want to be left alone to make their own decisions and follow their own values.\n\nThe failure of the Soviet experiment has definitely made the American Left more vicious and hate-filled than they were. The plain failure of what passed for ideas among them has enraged rather than humbled them.\n\nRonald Reagan famously observed that the status quo is Latin for \u201cthe mess we\u2019re in.\u201d So much for the vacant Leftist claim that conservatives are simply defenders of the status quo. They think that conservatives are as lacking in principles as they are.\n\nThe shallow thinkers of the Left sometimes claim that conservatives want to impose their own will on others in the matter of abortion. To make that claim is however to confuse religion with politics. Conservatives are in fact divided about their response to abortion. The REAL opposition to abortion is religious rather than political. And the church which has historically tended to support the LEFT -- the Roman Catholic church -- is the most fervent in the anti-abortion cause. Conservatives are indeed the one side of politics to have moral qualms on the issue but they tend to seek a middle road in dealing with it. Taking the issue to the point of legal prohibitions is a religious doctrine rather than a conservative one -- and the religion concerned may or may not be characteristically conservative. More on that here\n\nThe Leftist hunger for change to the society that they hate leads to a hunger for control over other people. And they will do and say anything to get that control: \"Power at any price\". Leftist politicians are mostly self-aggrandizing crooks who gain power by deceiving the uninformed with snake-oil promises -- power which they invariably use to destroy. Destruction is all that they are good at. Destruction is what haters do.\n\nLeftists are consistent only in their hate. They don't have principles. How can they when \"there is no such thing as right and wrong\"? All they have is postures, pretend-principles that can be changed as easily as one changes one's shirt\n\nA Leftist assumption: Making money doesn't entitle you to it, but wanting money does.\n\n\"Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money -- only for wanting to keep your own money.\" --columnist Joe Sobran (1946-2010)\n\nI often wonder why Leftists refer to conservatives as \"wingnuts\". A wingnut is a very useful device that adds versatility wherever it is used. Clearly, Leftists are not even good at abuse. Once they have accused their opponents of racism and Nazism, their cupboard is bare. Similarly, Leftists seem to think it is a devastating critique to refer to \"Worldnet Daily\" as \"Worldnut Daily\". The poverty of their argumentation is truly pitiful\n\nThe Leftist assertion that there is no such thing as right and wrong has a distinguished history. It was Pontius Pilate who said \"What is truth?\" (John 18:38). From a Christian viewpoint, the assertion is undoubtedly the Devil's gospel\n\n\"If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.\" - Ludwig von Mises\n\nBecause of their need to be different from the mainstream, Leftists are very good at pretending that sow's ears are silk purses\n\nAmong people who should know better, Leftism is a character defect. Leftists HATE success in others -- which is why notably successful societies such as the USA and Israel are hated and failures such as the Palestinians can do no wrong.\n\nA Leftist's beliefs are all designed to pander to his ego. So when you have an argument with a Leftist, you are not really discussing the facts. You are threatening his self esteem. Which is why the normal Leftist response to challenge is mere abuse.\n\nBecause of the fragility of a Leftist's ego, anything that threatens it is intolerable and provokes rage. So most Leftist blogs can be summarized in one sentence: \"How DARE anybody question what I believe!\". Rage and abuse substitute for an appeal to facts and reason.\n\nTheir threatened egos sometimes drive Leftists into quite desperate flights from reality. For instance, they often call Israel an \"Apartheid state\" -- when it is in fact the Arab states that practice Apartheid -- witness the severe restrictions on Christians in Saudi Arabia. There are no such restrictions in Israel.\n\nBecause their beliefs serve their ego rather than reality, Leftists just KNOW what is good for us. Conservatives need evidence.\n\n\u201cAbsolute certainty is the privilege of uneducated men and fanatics.\u201d -- C.J. Keyser\n\n\"Almost all professors of the arts and sciences are egregiously conceited, and derive their happiness from their conceit\" -- Erasmus\n\nTHE FALSIFICATION OF HISTORY HAS DONE MORE TO IMPEDE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THAN ANY ONE THING KNOWN TO MANKIND -- ROUSSEAU\n\n\"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him\" (Proverbs 26: 12). I think that sums up Leftists pretty well.\n\nEminent British astrophysicist Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington is often quoted as saying: \"Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.\" It was probably in fact said by his contemporary, J.B.S. Haldane. But regardless of authorship, it could well be a conservative credo not only about the cosmos but also about human beings and human society. Mankind is too complex to be summed up by simple rules and even complex rules are only approximations with many exceptions.\n\nPolitics is the only thing Leftists know about. They know nothing of economics, history or business. Their only expertise is in promoting feelings of grievance\n\nSocialism makes the individual the slave of the state \u2013 capitalism frees them.\n\nMESSAGE to Leftists: Even if you killed all conservatives tomorrow, you would just end up in another Soviet Union. Conservatives are all that stand between you and that dismal fate.\n\nMany readers here will have noticed that what I say about Leftists sometimes sounds reminiscent of what Leftists say about conservatives. There is an excellent reason for that. Leftists are great \"projectors\" (people who see their own faults in others). So a good first step in finding out what is true of Leftists is to look at what they say about conservatives! They even accuse conservatives of projection (of course).\n\nThe research shows clearly that one's Left/Right stance is strongly genetically inherited but nobody knows just what specifically is inherited. What is inherited that makes people Leftist or Rightist? There is any amount of evidence that personality traits are strongly genetically inherited so my proposal is that hard-core Leftists are people who tend to let their emotions (including hatred and envy) run away with them and who are much more in need of seeing themselves as better than others -- two attributes that are probably related to one another. Such Leftists may be an evolutionary leftover from a more primitive past.\n\nLeftists seem to believe that if someone like Al Gore says it, it must be right. They obviously have a strong need for an authority figure. The fact that the two most authoritarian regimes of the 20th century (Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia) were socialist is thus no surprise. Leftists often accuse conservatives of being \"authoritarian\" but that is just part of their usual \"projective\" strategy -- seeing in others what is really true of themselves.\n\n\"Why should the German be interested in the liberation of the Jew, if the Jew is not interested in the liberation of the German?... We recognize in Judaism, therefore, a general anti-social element of the present time... In the final analysis, the emancipation of the Jews is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism.... Indeed, in North America, the practical domination of Judaism over the Christian world has achieved as its unambiguous and normal expression that the preaching of the Gospel itself and the Christian ministry have become articles of trade... Money is the jealous god of Israel, in face of which no other god may exist\". Who said that? Hitler? No. It was Karl Marx. See also here and here and here. For roughly two centuries now, antisemitism has, throughout the Western world, been principally associated with Leftism (including the socialist Hitler) -- as it is to this day. See here.\n\nLeftists call their hatred of Israel \"Anti-Zionism\" but Zionists are only a small minority in Israel\n\nSome of the Leftist hatred of Israel is motivated by old-fashioned antisemitism (beliefs in Jewish \"control\" etc.) but most of it is just the regular Leftist hatred of success in others. And because the societies they inhabit do not give them the vast amount of recognition that their large but weak egos need, some of the most virulent haters of Israel and America live in those countries. So the hatred is the product of pathologically high self-esteem.\n\n\"With their infernal racial set-asides, racial quotas, and race norming, liberals share many of the Klan's premises. The Klan sees the world in terms of race and ethnicity. So do liberals! Indeed, liberals and white supremacists are the only people left in America who are neurotically obsessed with race. Conservatives champion a color-blind society\" -- Ann Coulter\n\nWho said this in 1968? \"I am not, and never have been, a man of the right. My position was on the Left and is now in the centre of politics\". It was Sir Oswald Mosley, founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists\n\nThe term \"Fascism\" is mostly used by the Left as a brainless term of abuse. But when they do make a serious attempt to define it, they produce very complex and elaborate definitions -- e.g. here and here. In fact, Fascism is simply extreme socialism plus nationalism. But great gyrations are needed to avoid mentioning the first part of that recipe, of course.\n\nPoliticians are in general only a little above average in intelligence so the idea that they can make better decisions for us that we can make ourselves is laughable\n\nA quote from the late Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931\u20132005: \"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.\"\n\nA lesson in Australian: When an Australian calls someone a \"big-noter\", he is saying that the person is a chronic and rather pathetic seeker of admiration -- as in someone who often pulls out \"big notes\" (e.g. $100.00 bills) to pay for things, thus endeavouring to create the impression that he is rich. The term describes the mentality rather than the actual behavior with money and it aptly describes many Leftists. When they purport to show \"compassion\" by advocating things that cost themselves nothing (e.g. advocating more taxes on \"the rich\" to help \"the poor\"), an Australian might say that the Leftist is \"big-noting himself\". There is an example of the usage here. The term conveys contempt. There is a wise description of Australians generally here\n\nHeritage is what survives death: Very rare and hence very valuable\n\nTwo lines below of a famous hymn that would be incomprehensible to Leftists today (\"honor\"? \"right\"? \"freedom?\" Freedom to agree with them is the only freedom they believe in)\n\nFirst to fight for right and freedom,\nAnd to keep our honor clean\n\nIt is of course the hymn of the USMC -- still today the relentless warriors that they always were.\n\nIf any of the short observations above about Leftism seem wrong, note that they do not stand alone. The evidence for them is set out at great length in a MONOGRAPH on Leftism.\n\nYou can email me (John Ray) here (Hotmail address). In emailing me, you can address me as \"John\", \"Jon\", \"Dr. Ray\" or \"JR\" and that will be fine -- but my preference is for \"JR\"\n\nThere are also two blogspot blogs which record what I think are my main recent articles here and here. Similar content can be more conveniently accessed via my subject-indexed list of short articles here or here (I rarely write long articles these days)"}
-{"text": "For more than two years, the Snob, the alter-ego of Kensington resident Eben Weiss, hid behind a blogger\u2019s anonymity, making biting observations of the bike scene while also poking fun at its sometimes-elitist and always-insular culture.\n\nNow, with a new attitude \u2014 oh, and a book that he\u2019s trying to sell \u2014 Weiss has a mission: to \u201csystematic\u00adally and mercilessly realign the world of cycling\u201d and bring it into the mainstream.\n\nTo achieve this goal, Weiss\u2019s book, \u201cBike Snob,\u201d offers two sections that will be of great interest to any rider familiar with Brooklyn\u2019s mean streets: a survival guide for coping with careless drivers, as well as a run-down of all types of bike riders, from hipsters on fixies to meatheads on tricked-out racing bikes.\n\nIn the helpful section, \u201cWhy is everyone trying to kill me?\u201d Weiss delves into the terrifying experience of riding a bike in the city, offering some clever words of caution \u2014 namely how to best cope with road rage while being stuck on an exceptionally vulnerable vehicle.\n\n\u201cAs much as I hate, \u2018Get out of the road!\u2019 \u201d Weiss writes, \u201cI\u2019d rather have someone yell that at me than have someone almost kill me because he didn\u2019t even know I was there. At least being yelled at means I matter.\u201d\n\nThe Bike Snob is filled with such pragmatic advice. Indeed, I ended up on the wrong end of the Snob\u2019s razor-sharp wit when I attempted to justify riding against traffic in Prospect Park as a shortcut \u2014 or \u201cbike salmon\u201d as Weiss calls it.\n\n\u201cWhy not ride around the park [with traffic]? It\u2019s a beautiful day! Or ride in the street!\u201d Weiss fired back. \u201cAll is chaos if you salmon. You see cars drive through the park \u2014 they don\u2019t drive against traffic. They don\u2019t complain, \u2018Oh, what am I supposed to do, drive around the whole park?\u2019 \u201d\n\nAside from that one eviscerating takedown, Weiss was quite agreeable \u2014 not elitist in the least. In fact, I was relieved to hear him say I didn\u2019t even fit into any of the categories of cyclists that he defines in his book.\n\nBut one of the species of cyclists he examines was on display in Prospect Park the day we went for a ride: the \u201cContraption Captains,\u201d who mount odd variations of the bicycle in which they lean back and pedal in front of them.\n\n\u201c[The bike] places the rider in an odd position with his feet kicking at the air like he\u2019s defending himself from an attacking eagle,\u201d he said.\n\nWeiss similarly characterizes another familiar cycling sight \u2014 the \u201cUrban Cyclist\u201d who generally dwells in Williamsburg. As Weiss describes them: \u201cThe Urban Cyclist is one of the very few groups of cyclists among whom cigarette smoking is not acceptable, but considered \u2018cool,\u2019 which is sort of like being really into performance cars but driving around with rags shoved up your tailpipe.\u201d\n\nFor now, Weiss\u2019s goal is to demystify bike riding, but it was only last month that the Bike Snob emerged from the shadows himself.\n\n\u201cIt gets gimmicky after a while \u2014 being the anonymous, wiseass blogger,\u201d said Weiss. \u201cIt was great in the beginning, because I could just write and people wouldn\u2019t picture the author. They could enjoy it more \u2014 it spoke for itself.\u201d\n\nBut now Weiss\u2019s witty take on the bike world has been put in book form and he\u2019ll be hopscotching around the country to promote it. And after that come the inevitable charges that he has sold out.\n\n\u201cAre you kidding? Look at me! I have no money! How could I have sold out?\u201d Weiss said.\n\nBut his audience is poised to grow substantially from his mostly hardcore cyclist readership \u2014 the type of reader who isn\u2019t bored out of his mind watching more than 10 minutes of the Tour de France, or who doesn\u2019t see anything unreasonable in donning those weird, advertisement-covered tights before taking a spin.\n\nWeiss is no longer speaking just to them \u2014 but he is one of them, just look at his resume.\n\nHe\u2019s ridden with Lance Armstrong. He participates in cyclocross races, in which a racer will pick up his or her bike and haul it over rough terrain. He writes for biking magazines. He goes on 60 miles treks to Nyack.\n\nBut the key, Weiss says, is you don\u2019t have to be anything like him to be a cyclist.\n\nHeck, you don\u2019t even need to be some righteous environmentalist who thinks she heals the world every time she hops on her Schwinn.\n\n\u201cWhen I ride my bike, one of the last things I\u2019m thinking about is global warming or something,\u201d Weiss joked. \u201cI\u2019m just enjoying myself and getting things done.\u201d\n\n\u201cBike Snob\u201d Eben Weiss will be reading at Powerhouse Arena [37 Main St. between Water and Front streets in DUMBO. (718) 666-3049] on May 1 at 2 pm.\n\nReader Feedback\n\nEnter your comment below\n\nName:\n\nNeighborhood:\n\nBy submitting this comment, you agree to the following terms:\n\nYou agree that you, and not BrooklynDaily.com or its affiliates, are fully responsible for the content that you post. 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-{"text": "Follow my joyful struggle to live healthy and live well in this life *after* weight loss!\n\nMonday, April 9, 2012\n\nIndulgence and success this weekend\n\nI'll start off by saying I had an incredibly lovely weekend where I saw my family, Chris' family and got to spend every day with Chris :D\n\nSuccess Stories:\n\nSaturday morning Chris and I went to the gym for 45 minutes before hitting the road!\n\nSunday morning Chris and I took the dog on a 3 mile walk before Easter dinner\n\nSunday night Chris and I took a long walk around the city after Easter dinner\n\nI did not overeat Easter dinner (one small piece of lasagna and one small piece of bread and a cookie!) ... it was my lunch and my dinner because we ate at 3PM so my calories for the day were a-okay.\n\nIndulgence Stories:\n\nI ate cheese before dinner on Saturday night that I did not need to but it was yummy\n\nI had a super decadent dinner with Chris' family at a restaurant. I ate a fried risotto ball, hahaha, so healthy!\n\nThere was Godiva Chocolate cake to celebrate the birthdays back at Chris' parents home. I had two pieces. It was insanely, out of this world, breathtakingly delicious. I don't regret it at all, mmm mmm. It's not an everyday thing for me, for sure.\n\nI went over my calories on Saturday. By about 600 - 800. A little set back.\n\nMoral of the Stories:\n\nEverything seems to have balanced out!\n\nI just got back from my Monday morning gym workout. It was GREAT! I felt strong, cardio flew by, my pull ups are getting stronger (I need less assistance), and I worked on my abs!\n\nGoing to eat super clean for the next two days to just clean out the rich food I indulged in on Saturday.\n\nOverall feeling pretty positive :)\n\nSeeing the families was good. There was stress just because it is family and there is a lot of history there, but I had a great time regardless of being a tad stressed out. Chris and I are both definitely working on not turning to food or alcohol in those stressful situations. We are sometimes successful and sometimes not, but it is overall forward progression.\n\nHoping everyone is feeling back on track and settling down after the holiday weekend!\n\nThis Is For Life\n\nAbout Me\n\nI am an early thirties woman who has only been \"normal weight\" for about 7 years (maintaining over a 70 pound loss). I am still struggling to accept and maintain this new body. I am the OTHER side of weight loss.\nI am a proponent of real world exercise, eating paleo/primal, and clean/organic food."}
-{"text": "Ocean, nature, critters, and recreation\n\nJul 30, 2017\n\nRescued humpback whale had been tangled in crab-fishing gear from Washington State\n\nBy Pete Thomas\n\nThe next time you enjoy a plate of steaming Dungeness crab, consider the plight of a young humpback whale that was rescued Sunday off San Clemente, Calif.\n\nThe 25-foot juvenile whale had become entangled, perhaps several weeks ago or longer, in crab-fishing gear from Washington State. Ropes attached to floats were wrapped tightly around the base of the whale\u2019s tail fluke, and around parts of its upper body, including its mouth.\n\nThe mammal carried the gear more than 1,200 miles, and it remains unclear how effectively the whale was able to feed.\n\nThe first attempt to rescue the whale occurred late Saturday off Palos Verdes in Los Angeles County. A disentanglement team from Marine Animal Rescue attached a telemetry buoy, but could not remove the gear before darkness fell.\n\nThe telemetry buoy enabled rescue teams, in an effort led by Justin Viezbicke of NOAA Fisheries, to locate the whale Sunday morning off San Clemente, in south Orange County.\n\nUnits from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, SeaWorld, and Marine Animal Rescue worked for several hours, according to those monitoring the rescue effort, before the whale swam away with only a single line trailing its mouth.\n\nViezbicke, California Stranding Network Coordinator for NOAA Fisheries, had not responded to a request for a statement at the time of this post.\n\nHowever, Viezbicke told the Orange County Register: \u201cThe prognosis is guarded. It will depend how the remaining line affects [the whale's] foraging.\u201d\n\nLast year there were 71 reported cases of entangled whales off the U.S. West Coast (54 were humpback whales). It was the highest annual total since NOAA Fisheries began keeping records in 1982. Of the 71 reported entanglements, 48 were confirmed by NOAA.\n\nLast year, according to NOAA Fisheries, there was a sharp increase in the number of entanglements associated with the Dungeness crab fishery. However, entanglements also involve gillnets, spot prawn-fishing gear, sablefish trap gear and lobster trap gear."}
-{"text": "Maikon Bonani Career Fantasy Points & Rankings\n\nFor his career Maikon Bonani has averaged fantasy points per game. View season and career fantasy points for Maikon Bonani for every year of his career and find how many points he tallied in his best performances.\n\nAdditional Bio Information\n\nFor his career Maikon Bonani has averaged fantasy points per game. View season and career fantasy points for Maikon Bonani for every year of his career and find how many points he tallied in his best performances."}
-{"text": "My Italian Adventure: Days 1-3 \u2013 Travel from the US to Florence\n\nI arrived in Italy yesterday with my grandparents and my aunt. What a gorgeous country! Like a true blogger, I am keeping a journal to remember this wonderful trip forever. I want to write all my adventures here as well for you all to enjoy. Currently I have no means to include pictures, but once I return home I will post many. Right now I am in Florence, or Firenze as it is spelled in Italian. It is a beautiful city and our apartment looks over the Arno River. Included in this post is what I have written in my journal so far:\n\nMonday, June 3, 2013\n\nMy first day in Italy! Once we reached Rome, we took a train from the airport to the Terminale Roma in order to catch the Eurail to Florence.\n\nOur travels began yesterday nearly 24 hours ago. We sat on first class on the airplane and that was an amazing adventure within itself! I never want to go back to coach! They gave everyone a tablet to watch movie and television shows, listen to music, or play games. I watch Safe Haven and Identity Theft, two movies that I have been wanting to see. Between the movies and the sleep I was able to get, the long flight went quickly! We had an overnight flight so we had meals on the plane. They were so much better than I believed they were going to be! My dinner included a salad with balsamic and vinaigrette dressing, a bread stick, grilled chicken with some sort of white chocolate gravy sauce (it was the most delicious sauce for anything that I have had so far), asparagus, and tomatoes. We were also given Ben and Jerry\u2019s ice cream with our choice of toppings. It was really a treat to be taken care of so well!\n\nOnce we finally landed in Rome, it was a completely different atmosphere. People were dressed nicer for traveling. The pairs of sweatpants I saw were now few and far between which I thought was interesting. However, more people spoke English in addition to Italian so understanding people was easier than I imagined. Later, we took the train to reach the Terminale Roma. That was interesting because in the United States, one can hardly find a train station that is so populated! The station was a melting pot of cultures. There were various nationalities there visiting. We finally got on the Eurail and began our journey to Florence. We had an hour and a half train ride through Tuscany and the numerous villages were absolutely breathtaking. It was like something out of a movie so of course I had to put on my music so it was like I was in a movie! \ud83d\ude42 The Duemo is in Florence which I am excited to see. I learned about it when I was a sophomore, in World History and swore that one day I would visit. I cannot wait to see it!\n\nOur apartment is very quaint. It looks over the Arno river and the view is breathtaking! I can see hundreds of scooters lined up on the streets from my window. Which reminds me, let me talk about the driving here. Traffic laws exist, but they must be enforced lightly because people pull out in front of each other, weave between cars, and do not pay much attention. The funny part about this is, however, is that the anger levels are way lower than what I am used to. People go with the flow and road rage is at a minimum. The motor cyclists do make me nervous with the way that they drive. They will weave in and out of cars that are less than a few feet apart! It is an absolute miracle that they stay alive!\n\nRegardless, it is such a beautiful country. When we were flying in I could see Tuscany and it was such a surreal feeling and experience. To know that this land has been farmed for nearly 3,000 years, if not longer, is amazing. It has been quite a long day and I am ready for some sleep\u2026\n\nTuesday, June 4, 2013 8:00 am\n\nWell, I have been up for nearly three hours already. I was very out of it last night. Jet lag has not affected me much yet\u2026I don\u2019t think\u2026 I keep forgetting that everyone at home is still asleep as daylight has not reached them yet. That is strange. Since we have arrived in Italy, the few Italian songs have been on a continuous stream in my mind. None of the American music I know seems to fit with the baroque architecture here. Although, when we made a trip to the market yesterday they had Bruno Mars playing over their music system. I thought that was odd because 1) it was in English and 2) don\u2019t they have their own pop sensations? I guess with the globalization of everything it makes perfect sense to have him singing! I really want to hear Italian music, but evidently the Italians do not want me to hear it! Yet, I still have nearly 2 weeks here so that could change!\n\nI am starting to understand why writers such as Ernest Hemingway came to Europe to write. Although he wrote in Paris, Italy has that creative ambiance as well. I hope that one day I can visit Italy again and sit at a cafe with the city bustling around me and just write. While I have barely ventured out onto the streets so far, I feel as if this atmosphere is very relaxing and quells the soul. I know that it will be difficult to go home to the suburbs knowing that this all exists and has been thriving for thousands of years. I am beginning to see that there is more in this world than I ever imagined. I am going to go for awhile until I have more adventures to write about. Until then, arrivederci!\n\nStill Tuesday\u2026 12:50 pm\n\nWe have returned from walking around Florence. What an interesting experience! We saw The Duemo and went inside. It was absolutely gorgeous! The ceiling of it told a story about the journey of life and death through a painting. It showed Heaven and Hell and those who were living and dying. It was a painting from hundreds and hundreds of years ago that had a depiction of Jesus and God. It was an incredible masterpiece. The Duemo is a church and currently a place of worship so every once in awhile you would hear an automated voice say, \u201cShhhhh, Silencio!\u201d. It would then get louder and repeat itself. Lastly came the English translation.\n\nWe also visited many places including the Piazza Della Republica which had a large archway that looked as if it was an entryway to the city at one point. We also visited the Piazza Di San Giovanni, and the Piazza Della Signoria. The streets around Florence are very cramped. The idea of personal space is non-existent. Nearly every building is adorned with flower boxes that contain a wide selection of gorgeous flowers.\n\nBefore I came to Italy, I had heard about the gypsy\u2019s and pickpockets. We came across a few gypsy\u2019s today who came up to us begging for money and followed us until we said \u201cVa via!\u201d loudly. Va via means \u2018go away\u2019 in Italian and they listen. Everyone is very abrupt and direct here. As I mentioned with personal space, there is none. To some, \u201cno\u201d is not an answer. Some of the vendors keep pressing on until you tell them for the umpteenth time, \u201cno\u201d or if you just walk away.\n\nAnyway, we also saw the Statue of David. Rather, the weather durable David. Tomorrow I will see the real one, the original, not a copy, David, that Michelangelo carved at the age of 26. That is quite the accomplishment Mr. Michelangelo\u2026.be proud!\n\nIn addition to all of my adventures we also tried gelato! It was sweeter than ice cream and thicker. I got chocolate gelato that had chocolate chips in it which really added something special to it. It was so yummy!\n\nI have always heard about people backpacking through Europe and I saw some people backpacking and it looked like a lot of fun. I hope one day I can do that!\n\nItaly is known for its fashion, namely Milan. It must be a lot of Italy because the streets are filled with fashions I have only seen in fashion magazines. As I mentioned yesterday, people are a lot dressier. Even though not everyone is in high fashion, many of the women have leather purses, scarves, and high heels on and so many of the men wear blazers and leather shoes. It is easy to distinguish the natives from the tourists. Italy is known for its high quality leather. Before I leave I plan to buy a wallet or a purse. I went into one store where the man working spoke Italian mainly. When I meant to say \u201cokay\u201d, I said si, or yes. Then when I told him, \u201cthank you\u201d, I said gratzi. Instead of it sounding smooth like it should be I pronounced it like gratzee (like Yahtzee, but with a grrrrr sound). Anyway, adios!\n\nStill Tuesday\u20265 pm\n\nWe just a ate at a truly pure Italian restaurant. I ordered spaghetti al la carbonara. I thought it was going to be normal, to my standards of course, but alas, it was not. The spaghetti was more of a yellow color as opposed to the white shade I am used to seeing it as. It also contained more oil than I use. The carbonara (or bacon) was also very different. It was sweeter, but it was also boiled instead of being fried. Not my favorite way of preparing it, but it was interesting to try! \ud83d\ude42\n\nWhile we were eating the author, Dan Brown walked in. There were only two other tables eating at the time and mainly everyone kept to themselves. Brown was taking pictures with a lovely view of Florence as the back drop. He just wrote a new book called \u2018Inferno\u2019 and is famous for his book \u2018The Di vinci Code\u2019.\n\nI will continue with part 2 of my Italian adventures soon! Stay tuned!"}
-{"text": "Never Miss A Story.\n\nDaily Edition\n\nMGM ignites Fireworks for TV, film partnerships\n\nEmpty\n\nMGM Consumer Products has hired entertainment marketing firm First Fireworks to develop promotional partnerships for the \"Rocky,\" \"Highlander\" and \"Stargate\" franchises as well as its new \"Team Galaxy\" show on Cartoon Network and its upcoming program \"Storm Hawks.\"\n\n\"We appointed First Fireworks recently in order to help us extend our brands into the promotional space,\" said Paul Flett, vp worldwide marketing and promotions at MGM Consumer Products. \"Increasingly to attract quality promotional partners, you need to target your ideas and make them really relevant to the brand owners and to show them how their brand would benefit from an association with an MGM property. First Fireworks is incredibly creative, and we're very confident they will generate significant business for us.\"\n\nFirst Fireworks will not be responsible for the promotional partnerships for the Dec. 22 release \"Rocky Balboa\" or the 30th anniversary tie-ins for the \"Rocky\" franchise. First Fireworks will take over the franchise partnerships around mid-2007 after the release of the \"Balboa\" DVD, MGM said.\n\nFlett said MGM Consumer Products is seeking to bolster its promotional activities to create buzz about its properties, stimulate demand for licensed products and generate revenue from promotional fees and premium royalties."}
-{"text": "NAKURU, 7 July (IRIN) - Jane Wanjiru Maina, a mother of seven, is tired of living in an internally displaced people's (IDP) camp in the show grounds of Nakuru, in the Rift Valley.\"The tents are now starting to leak and I can see a possibility of spending the [Christmas] holidays here,\" said Maina, who also has three grandchildren under her care in the camp. She lost property worth 485,000 shillings (US$8,000) during a wave of violence that followed December's presidential election.\n\n\"Although I would really like to leave so that I can take care of my family like I used to before, I have to stay on until the government comes up with a better compensation package,\" she said.Each resettled IDP household is receiving 10,000 shillings ($166) in family assistance funds. The IDPs also take home a one-month food ration along with a kitchen kit.\n\n\"If I leave this place with 10,000 shillings, will my grandchildren ever learn to read and write?\" she asked. \"We are not landowners so why should we have to go back to receive compensation?\" The resettlement funds are paid out in areas of return.Most of the former IDPs who have returned to their places of origin are landowning farmers, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Many of those still living in camps are agricultural workers, who do not own land, or business people.\n\nAt least 68,519 IDPs were still in 101 camps as of 1 July, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS).Another IDP among the 14,000 living in the Nakuru show grounds said he preferred to stay there to be in a better position to lobby for more support.\n\n\"Why should I get the same amount of money as someone who is going back to his farm?\" Samuel Mbote asked. \"Even if you are moved [from the camp] with the tent, where will you pitch it?\"\n\nMore timeThe IDPs in the showground camp and the Afraha stadium camp, also in Nakuru, had been expected to start returning home on 1 July.\n\nHowever, they asked for more time to allow them to bury an IDP killed during a demonstration.\n\nAccording to the director of resettlements at the Ministry of Special Programmes, Wilfred Ndolo, discussions were ongoing to find a long-term solution for such IDPs. \"They will probably get interest-free loans,\" he said.\n\nHe added that there were plans to provide an extra 25,000 shillings ($416) for shelter support. \"We have the money but we still do not have the data of those who lost their houses.\"\n\nAt least 36 million shillings ($600,000) has been paid out in shelter support to 3,600 households, he said.Meanwhile, the IDPs who remained in the camps were still receiving assistance. \"They have food, water and electricity,\" Anthony Mwangi, the KRCS public relations manager, said.\n\n\"Nobody is being forced to leave the camp. They don't want to go back with no [shelter] structures,\" he said. The KRCS has built 10 houses for returnees in the Matharu area of the Rift Valley with plans for the construction of another 1,000 units depending on funding.\n\nTransport problems had also delayed IDP returns at the Kedong camp in Naivasha, he said.\n\nThe Red Cross official said there was a need for further efforts to foster reconciliation. IDPs who had been resettled in Surgow, in Eldoret North District, from a camp in Eldoret had to be returned to the camp after receiving a hostile reception.\n\nAccording to OCHA, about 100,000 people have left IDP camps for 134 \"transit sites\" near their home areas. The OCHA report said sanitation facilities in some sites was below standard, with residents defecating in the open, leading to a risk of disease.\n\nCases of malnutrition have also been detected among IDPs in \"host\" communities not targeted by food aid, according to OCHA.\n\nThe resettlement of IDPs began on 5 May in Kenya's Rift Valley Province under a government campaign, Operation Rudi Nyumbani (Go Back Home). So far, at least 210,000 IDPs have left the camps, including those in transit sites, Ndolo said.\n\naw/am/mw[ENDS]\n\nKenyan govt says Kimunya departure only temporary - Reuters\n\nTue 8 Jul 2008, 9:49 GMT\n\nNAIROBI, July 8 (Reuters) - Kenya's president has accepted an offer by Finance Minister Amos Kimunya to step aside for a probe into the controversial sale of a luxury hotel, but the move is only temporary, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.\n\n\"The finance minister has been in discussions already with the president over this,\" government spokesman Alfred Mutua said. \"But he will not be replaced, it's only a temporary move.\"\n\nNAIROBI, July 8 (Reuters) - Kenya's finance minister stepped aside on Tuesday to allow an investigation into the sale of a luxury hotel that critics have called the latest example of high-level corruption in east Africa's largest economy.\n\nThe Grand Regency controversy has put the biggest strain yet on Kenya's fragile coalition government, set up in April to end a bloody crisis over disputed presidential elections.\n\n\"I have requested the president to allow me to step aside to facilitate this inquiry,\" Kimunya told reporters after a no-confidence vote in parliament and a bombardment of resignation calls in recent days.\n\nA government spokesman said President Mwai Kibaki had accepted the decision by his close ally. \"But he will not be replaced, it's only a temporary move,\" Alfred Mutua said.\n\nKimunya -- a 46-year-old accountant from Kibaki's Kikuyu ethnic group -- said his conscience remained \"very clear\" on the role played by the treasury in this month's sale.\n\nHe said he was open to an independent inquiry to prove his innocence. Critics say the hotel was secretly sold to Libyan buyers at a cheap price of 2.9 billion shillings ($45 million).\n\nBut Kimunya allies say he has been subjected to a witch hunt in the media by ill-informed foes.\n\nThe local shilling currency reacted slightly to Kimunya's announcement, briefly weakening to 65.85/95 versus the dollar, before returning to a roughly similar level to that before the news of 65.73/93.\n\n\"It was more or less priced in,\" said one dealer, Peter Njuguna, of Commercial Bank of Africa.\n\nCABINET FAULT-LINESAt the weekend, Kimunya had said he would only step down over the matter if three other top government officials, including Prime Minister Raila Odinga, did the same.\n\nOdinga and both of the others -- Lands Minister James Orengo and Attorney General Amos Wako -- have denied any wrongdoing.\n\nOrengo has threatened to sue Kimunya, and Odinga was due to give a statement to parliament on the case later on Tuesday.\n\nAnti-graft groups and some ministers have sharply criticised the no-bid sale of the Regency, saying it should have been public and that the hotel was worth nearer 6 billion shillings.\n\nIn its no-confidence vote last week, Kenya's parliament accused Kimunya of ignoring public procurement laws in the sale and of contempt for parliament.\n\nThe dispute has widened fault-lines between pro-Kibaki and pro-Odinga ministers in the coalition cabinet, which was formed in April to keep the peace after a deadly post-election crisis.\n\nKENYA: Lack of facilities hampering bid to halt black fever outbreakISIOLO, 7 July (IRIN) - A lack of laboratory facilities, transport and skilled medical workers is hampering efforts to tackle an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease also known as kala azar or black fever, in northern Kenya's Isiolo and Wajir districts, officials said.\n\n\"We have a serious shortage of personnel to cover the affected area. We are also faced with the problem of mobility as we have only one vehicle for the work,\" said Ali Wario, a public health officer in Isiolo, told IRIN.\n\nHe added that there was a lack of personnel trained in the prevention and management of the disease.The outbreak has killed five people since it was first recorded in April 2008. Ten more cases were confirmed in July by a special surveillance team. In early June, the total number of confirmed cases was 66.\n\n\"We must now move to prevent as we treat the cases at Merti [health centre in Isiolo], but lack of medicines and transport must be addressed urgently,\" he added.\n\nA local councillor, Ibrahim Halake, appealed to the government and aid agencies to provide vehicles to help affected families travel to health centres.\n\n\"Families are selling their animals. We have been asked on several occasions to help raise funds for those who are sick. Many families are poor and cannot afford to travel to the health centre - it is far,\" he told IRIN.\n\nOnce it enters the body, the leishmaniasis parasite, which is carried by sand flies, migrates to internal organs and bone marrow. If an infection progresses and is left untreated, it almost always results in death.\n\nSand flies thrive in the cracks of mud-covered dwellings, in cow dung, rat burrows, ant-hills, dry river beds and vegetation. In Wajir, the flies often bite people as they dig for water in the bed of the Ewaso Nyiro River or graze their livestock.\n\nKala azar is endemic in northern Kenya and outbreaks are common in times of drought.\n\nWhat Africa needs\n\nWe are called to assist the earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own -- indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty, and wonder.- Wangari MaathaiKenyan environmentalist, political activist, and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate\n\nAfrica: Crisis Points\n\nCrisis in Congo\n\nCongo is Kenya's neighbor. Crisis in the region causes instability in neighboring countries. Quakers have a significant community in eastern Congo, experiencing desperate living conditions. A quarter million people have been displaced in this most recent chapter of the civil war in Congo. Here's how you can help:\n\n+ Read posts about the escalating crisis in Congo+ Act by contacting elected officials+ Pray for all concerned that the conflict may be ended+ Give generously to support relief efforts.\n\nEncourage your Quaker meeting or Friends church to get involved in bringing peace in Congo, one of the ten most under-reported humanitarian stories for the past decade (Doctors without Borders).\n\nGod's Politics Blog\n\nNever doubt\n\n\u201cNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.\u201d--Margaret Mead (1901-1978)\n\nGive generously\n\nThe need and opportunity for pastoral leadership and ministry...in Kenya has never been so vital.At the same time, the challenges for ministry in East Africa are greater than ever.> Give generously toFUM's \"Kenya Relief Fund.\"Kindly earmark your gift for this purpose.\n\nWelcome to Kenya News\n\nThis blog was created by Mary Kay Rehard and is intended as a place Friends (Quakers) and others may share news about Kenya, especially regarding the crisis of post-election violence. Disclaimer: The views expressed in postings do not necessarily reflect the views of myself or any organization mentioned on this site. Messages may contain breaking news and details should be confirmed.Check out the links belowfor news and updates out of Kenya, background and ways to give funds for relief. Click on any of the Blog Archive listings to view a posting.> View a concise chronology of the post-election crisis.\n\nDaily Devotions from Taiz\u00e9\n\nWhoever seeks reconciliation with a simple heart is able to pass through rock-hard situations like the water of a stream that, in early springtime, makes its way through the still-frozen ground. -Brother Roger of Taiz\u00e9.\n\nThere are physical forms of violence on earth, including war, torture, murder\u2026. There are other more subtle forms of violence that are concealed in cunning tactics, in suspicion, mistrust, humiliation\u2026. \u201cThere is no violence in God. God sent Christ not to accuse us, but to call us to himself, not to condemn us, but because he loves us.\u201d-Letter to Diognetus\n\nFriends Plan Peace Conference - Jan 24-27 Kakamega\n\nKenyan Yearly Meetings and Quaker organizations will hold a Quaker Peace Conference 24-27th January 2008 at Sheywe Guest House, Kakamega, to analyze recent events in Kenya and discern God\u2019s call for Friends\u2019 ministries in this context.\n\nThe conference will bring together 60 participants, including the leaders of all fifteen Kenyan Yearly Meetings, the leaders of the Kenyan Quaker peace organizations, and others representing Friends programmes and ministries, including schools, hospitals, and evangelistic missions.\n\nParticipants will explore seven themes in small groups:\n\n+ Peace and non-violence as central to the gospel+ Trauma healing and post-conflict ministries+ Humanitarian needs, Internally Displaced People and vulnerable populations+ Ethnic conflict and reconciliation toward a harmonious society+ Preaching and evangelism in the present context+ The mission of our institutions of education and healthcare+ Global partnership and the role of our international/ecumenical partners\n\nWorship and Biblical reflections will be woven throughout the programme.\n\nThe purpose of the conference is to pray together for unity and purposeas Friends, to offer the gift of our Testimonies to our nation of Kenya during this time of unrest, and through the long process of reconciliation and healing that lies ahead.\n\nFinding the actors: data on selected peace organizations in Kenya\n\nBy Wakuraya Wanjohi, in Wajibu 2007\n\nA number of organizations in Kenya have made it their concern, not only to try and solve conflict between warring groups but also to teach individuals how they can become better instruments of peacemaking. In the overview of such groups below, we have excluded most organizations that work on a district or provincial level.\n\nFor information about these bodies, the organization to contact is PeaceNet. It is PeaceNet\u2019s objective to coordinate the work of the various peace groups in the country. We have also included organizations that work on pan-African or international level but which have a substantial local programme.\n\nSecurity Research and Information CentreBox 56622 Nbi 00200449503sric - at - srickenya.orgSecurity Research and Information\n\nShinystat\n\nThe answers to Kenya's problems are in Kenya. In fact, God is in Kenya, though sometimes in disguise. One of the best things we can offer Kenya is to look for God here, to document not the atrocities but the epiphanies of God here. --Dr Raymond Downing, Webuye, Kenya"}
-{"text": "More Views\n\nOrtovox Avalanche Safety kit\n\nQuick Overview\n\nDetails\n\n>Ortovox Avalanche Safety kit\n\nThis Avalanche kit contains the essentials you should carry whilst travelling in the Backcountry - Transceiver, Probe and Shovel.\n\nOrtovox D3 Transceiver - This purely digital avalanche transceiver features intuitive operation and excellent performance to the highest level: quick and easy locating, even with multiple victims, is ensured by the digital distance display combined with an acoustic signal and the three brightly lit direction arrows. Its extensive range of approx. 40 meters saves valuable time during the refined search. The 3-antenna technology guarantees that avalanche victims are located quickly and precisely and eliminates misleading signals close by. A red LED display signals the multiple victims. Whether making a close or wide radial search, the search strategy can easily be adjusted. With features such as automatic activation and the simple change of functions between sending and receiving, even novices and less experienced users will enjoy the best protection in case of an avalanche. The D3 comes in an innovative carrying system with protective case.\n\nOrtovox 240 PFA Light Probe - The ideal compromise between weight and price. If the depth of burial is about 1m on average, the probe 200 has a sufficient length. The different-coloured segments made from aluminium indicate the depth. The \"conic\" tubes and the practical express screw fastener allow a fast assemblage of the probe. The larger head of the probe drills a bore channel being larger than the diameter of the probe so that the probe can be pulled out easily and doesn't freeze.\n\nOrtovox Compact Alu Shovel -The Compact Alu is small and compact - at least the shaft is. The 29 x 21 x 6 cm large Aluminium shovel blade is stiff and robust. The shaft attachment is riveted rather than welded. Pre-determined breaking points are thus avoided and shovel precision is increased! Product designer Christoph Kirsch used the professional Alu II, our successful product from the previous year, as a model. There is possibly no other shovel on the market that has been perfected as much as this ORTOVOX classic. Anyone who values safety as much as weight will be delighted with the Compact Alu. The style resembles that of the little cougar: stiff, robust, compact. Compact Alu - the companion for the high mountains!"}
-{"text": "Sookasa Encrypted File System Delivers Compliance as a Service\n\nWhen it comes to enterprise, IT compliance has been and always will be a headache to one degree or another. The issue in the cloud computing era is that end users can now store almost any type of file anywhere. The good news is that most of those places are a service that exposes an API.\n\nLooking to leverage all those APIs, Sookasa today formally introduced a service that encrypts files regardless of where they are stored. Sookasa CEO Asaf Cidon says Sookasa Compliance as a Service provides a file system that encrypts data whether it resides inside the enterprise, on a mobile computing device or in the cloud.\n\nWhether it\u2019s complying with Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations, Cidon says the fact that the files are encrypted means most organizations are going to easily comply with just about any regulation. The Sookasa Compliance Service itself runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The real challenge developing the system was not so much using RESTful APIs to read data but to actually write data across those APIs, says Cidon.\n\nImage Credit: Sookasa\n\nBy encrypting files wherever they are, Cidon says Sookasa is essentially defusing a ticking time bomb that exists in most organizations. End users now routinely make use of shadow IT services in the cloud to access and share files. The vast majority of that data is not encrypted, which not only means that data can be stolen these days by what seems like almost anyone, but if discovered by regulators it could wind up resulting in millions of dollars in fines being levied against the organization.\n\nCompanies of all sizes today dedicate a significant amount of resources to managing all aspect of compliance. At the same time, many of those organizations have been reluctant to embrace encryption because of the overhead associated with processing encrypted files and the complexity associated with tracking the keys needed to unlock encrypted files. Cidon, however, says modern processors have embedded capabilities to process encrypted files and that the cloud provides a mechanism for essentially outsourcing the management of encryption to a file system that is delivered as a service.\n\nWhether IT organizations that today spend an inordinate amount of time and money trying to comply with regulations will take to a cloud service to manage that process remains to be seen. But given the risk that most organizations are now exposed to via the cloud it\u2019s hard to see how any other approach is going to be nearly as effective."}
-{"text": "Dry Needling\n\nTrigger points are described as \u201chyperirritable spots of skeletal muscle associated with hypersensitive palpable nodules in a taut band\" (Simons, 1999).\n\nThese points are commonly found in orthopedic conditions including headaches, neck and back pain, elbow pain, jaw pain and osteoarthritis.\n\nThese nodules are thought to develop due to altered electrical activity at the junction between nerves and muscle. These changes are sustained by changes in acetylcholine action, removal, and receptor activity.\n\nAuthors also note altered biochemical markers at the site of the trigger point including pH changes and markers involved in the nociceptive process.\n\nThese painful areas can either initiate or continue a pain response due to injury.\n\nMyofascial Pain Syndrome, recognized by the American Pain Society, is hallmarked by the presence of trigger points in skeletal muscle. Authors have noted this is the most commonly overlooked diagnosis in chronic pain.\n\nDry needling involves the insertion of a fine, sterile solid filament needle into a taut band of muscle fibers. Therapeutic effects including decreased pain and improved function occur through mechanical, neurophysiological, and biochemical effects.\n\nDry needling is always used in conjunction with other Physical Therapy interventions including manual therapy, exercise prescription, and education.\n\nWho Utilizes Dry Needling?\n\nTrigger point dry needling is commonly utilized by Physical Therapists around the world and is within the scope of practice of Colorado PTs under state law.\n\nAll Physical Therapists at MEND have undergone education, training, and clinical examinations consistent with Colorado State Law"}
-{"text": "Awesome! Bravo! Crazyhg and MFaroTusino. Its all coming together so nicely. Where would the elegance of the N9 be if it was not for the determination motivation, and collaboration of this tweak and of course many others.\n\nNo, it can't be implemented the same way. He does not alter the status bar, only the status menu. He has an implementation in a way, by using my still of overlaying the percent as a text to icon though. This is his icon for PSM"}
-{"text": "Find a clinic to book an appointment\n\nBlood\n\nBreadcrumb trail\n\nNeed Help or want to give your feedback?\n\nWhether you\u2019re having trouble with your account, or would like to make a suggestion, Canadian Blood Services offers you quick and convenient options to troubleshoot or get in touch. Contact us via live chat, consult our FAQ, send an email feedback@blood.ca, or give us a call at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283).\n\nWhy we talk about this screening criterion\n\nBefore the introduction of testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the mid-1980s, thousands of Canadians were infected through tainted blood products. Being solely responsible for Canada\u2019s blood supply at that time, the Canadian Red Cross Society introduced a donor eligibility criterion that excluded all men who have had sex with a man even once since 1977. This criterion was embedded into Health Canada regulations in 1992.\n\nAt Canadian Blood Services, we periodically review our donor eligibility criteria, including those related to men who have sex with men. In 2016, Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services\u2019 and H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s applications to reduce the men who have sex with men ineligibility period from five years to one year. In other words, as long as they meet all other donor eligibility criteria, a man is now eligible to donate blood if it has been at least one year since he last had sex with another man. These changes are important steps towards being as minimally restrictive as possible while also maintaining the safety of the blood supply.\n\nThis change in eligibility was made after extensive review of scientific and epidemiologic evidence. Equally important was the consultation with high-interest groups, including patient groups representing heavy users of blood and blood products as well as members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer community groups.\n\nWhat\u2019s next?\n\nCanadian Blood Services is exploring the possibility of moving toward behaviour-based screening.\n\nOur aim is to identify a long-term solution that prioritizes patient safety while minimizing the societal impact on certain groups of people. We established a working group, which includes representation from patient advocacy groups, as well as LGBTQ community organizations, to serve as a forum for ongoing discussion and consultation as we develop further changes in eligibility criteria. We have also committed to research funding, as described below.\n\nA two-day meeting will be held in January 2017 with national and international stakeholders to identify research priorities for closing knowledge gaps that impact donor eligibility for men who have sex with men. Read more\n\nCanadian Blood Services is a world leader in discovery research and applied development related to blood and blood products: your donation could help us build the future of transfusion medicine. Make an appointment to donate blood for research.\n\nKey facts\n\nInternational standard\n\nThere is no international consensus on an optimal deferral period for men who have sex with men, since the patterns, causes and effects of HIV infection differ by country. Currently many large blood suppliers such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands have or are implementing a one-year deferral. In 2014, Australia\u2019s health regulator denied a proposal to move from a one-year men who have sex with men deferral period to six months.\n\nOne-year deferral period\n\nMen who have sex with men account for the largest proportion of new HIV infections reported in Canada. A one-year deferral period, which was implemented in 2016, was chosen as a safe incremental step forward in updating our blood donation criteria based on the latest scientific evidence.\n\nIn 2013, the ineligibility period was reduced to five years, replacing a previous regulation which affected men who had sexual contact with another man even once since 1977. Canadian Blood Services is exploring the possibility of moving toward a behaviour-based screening criteria.\n\nBlood testing\n\nWe use antibody testing and nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) to test blood for HIV. Introduced in 2001 and since upgraded, NAT greatly reduces the length of time HIV can go undetected in a person infected with the virus. However, there is still an approximately nine day period shortly after infection when an individual may transmit HIV but the virus is not detected by our tests. That\u2019s why we use screening questions before a donation is made as part of a multi-tiered safety system to protect patients. Learn more here.\n\nStem cells and organ donation\n\nRegulations for organ and stem cell donations are different than those for blood donation. For more information, visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the topic.\n\nMen who have sex with men eligibility history\n\nIn the mid-1980s, Canadian Blood Services\u2018 predecessor, the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service introduced a donor selection criterion that excluded all men who have sex with men since 1977 to protect the blood supply from HIV. In 1992, blood products became regulated by the national blood system regulator, Health Canada, and the criterion was \u2018grandfathered\u2019 into existing regulations.\n\nCanadian Blood Services thoroughly reviewed the men who have sex with men eligibility criteria in 2006. In June 2007, the board of directors concluded the current men who have sex with men deferral criteria should be maintained, but Canadian Blood Services should actively gather information to gain more knowledge on the subject.\n\nIn 2010, in response to a Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge launched in 2002, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the deferral criteria for men who have sex with men is not discriminatory because it is based on health and safety considerations. Justice Aitken of the Ontario Superior Court ruled that:\n\nBlood donation is a gift, not a right\n\nThere is no requirement under law to accept the gift of blood\n\nDonors have a duty to answer questions honestly\n\nThe men who have sex withmen deferral is not discriminatory, but is based on health and safety consideration\n\nThe need for lifetime deferral period was not demonstrated\n\nIn 2011, Canadian Blood Services\u2019 board of directors approved plans to move away from the long-standing permanent deferral for men who have sex with men since 1977 to a defined term of not more than 10 years and not less than five years since last sexual contact.\n\nIn 2013, Health Canada approved the change in donor selection criteria for men who have sex with men from an indefinite deferral period for any man who had sex with another man even once since 1977 to a time-based deferral of five years since last sexual contact.\n\nIn June 2016, Health Canada approved our proposal to reduce the blood donation ineligibility period for men who have sex with men from five years to one year. This new eligibility criteria was implemented on Aug. 15, 2016.\n\nA two-day meeting will be held in January 2017 with national and international stakeholders to identify research priorities for closing knowledge gaps that impact donor eligibility for men who have sex with men. Read more\n\nCanadian Blood Services acknowledges the funding of provincial, territorial and federal governments. The views expressed in this document are those of Canadian Blood Services and do not necessarily reflect those of governments."}
-{"text": "IOE Exam Center Notice\n\nTribhuvan University (TU), Institute of Engineering (IOE), Examination Control Division has published drawing exam center notice for Bachelor\u2019s Level All Year First Part Regular and Back Exam. The exam is scheduled for 11th of Baisakh.\n\nThe routine for BE Computer, Electronics & Communication, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and other streams is already published which can be accessed from IOE Exam Routine page."}
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-{"text": "TARP Watchdog: Foreclosure Program \u2018Too Small, Too Slow\u2019\n\nJune 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM EST\n\nLoading the player...\n\nJudy Woodruff talks with Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel about the effectiveness of the TARP bank bailout and a program aimed at helping homeowners steer clear of foreclosures.\n\nTRANSCRIPT\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: And with us now is the panel\u2019s chair, Elizabeth Warren.\n\nThank you for being with us.\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: Good to be here.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: We heard Secretary Geithner say today he thinks the TARP program has worked remarkably well. Taxpayers are getting most of their money back. Should that be the main measurement of its success?\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: Well, it should be one of the measurements.\n\nAnd, look, it\u2019s always part of the measurement that the initial action very well may have pulled us back from the brink of a depression. The big question is, what are we going to do with the money now? TARP is winding down. There\u2019s three more months to figure out whether or not we actually have adequate stability in the financial institutions and what to do about home mortgage foreclosure.\n\nWe only have this limited period of time to adjust the programs, to change the programs to try to deal with those problems.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: Well, let me ask you about the home mortgage foreclosures. You had a very animated exchange with the secretary over that question.\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: We did.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: He says the success, as we heard him say, can be measured family by family, that it was never intended to help everybody.\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: Well, you know, no one disputes that. Of course it was never intended to help everybody. But it was intended to help somebody.\n\nThe problem we have got \u2014 let me put it this way. This is a program that is saving a tiny number of people, ultimately, by getting them into affordable mortgages that the estimates are they will be able to sustain over time.\n\nAnd for every one of those families that goes in, there are many, many more families who never make it. And the kinds of numbers we\u2019re looking at, we\u2019re looking at mortgage foreclosures that stay well over a million families this year, next year, the year after that, the year after that.\n\nThat has implications, not only for those families, but for the financial institutions that are holding those mortgages, for the construction industry, for our overall economy. We have a serious problem and a limited amount of time to get ahead of it. HAMP is not getting ahead of it.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: The government\u2019s current \u2014 that\u2019s the name of the program.\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: It is \u2014 it\u2019s as if we had a boat that\u2019s taking on gallons of water, and they\u2019re trying to bail it with a teaspoon.\n\nAnd, actually, I will give you an example of that. This program has now been in effect for 15 months. It has an allocation to try to deal with a very large problem. The allocation is $50 billion. And, so far, they have actually spent less than $200 million on mortgage foreclosure relief.\n\nIt is a \u2014 it is a badly designed program that, from the beginning, was too small, too slow, couldn\u2019t be scaled up.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: Elizabeth Warren, you also expressed concerns today about the number of banks that you said are dangerously exposed to commercial real estate loans. What did you make of Secretary Geithner\u2019s answer on that?\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: Well, you know, he said he\u2019s comfortable. And I\u2019m \u2014 I just have to worry.\n\nWe have 3,000 of the 8,000 banks in the United States, by the definition of their own regulators, are dangerously exposed on commercial mortgages. We see a problem that\u2019s coming that\u2019s getting bigger in the years ahead. And six of the 19 stress-tested banks \u2014 just to give you an idea about concentration, six of the 19 stress-tested banks have commercial real estate mortgage portfolios that are larger than their Tier 1 capital.\n\nThis is an area \u2014 just to give you an idea, by the end of this year, commercial real estate mortgages will have shrunk in value, the property underlying those mortgages, by about 50 percent. Well, this is a big problem. And it\u2019s a problem in our future, not in our past.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: And I listened to your exchange with the secretary on that. And he didn\u2019t seem to be nearly as concerned as you are. And is this a definitional difference here, as much as anything else? How do you explain it?\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: Well, you know, I do have to say, I really wish that the secretary had said, your numbers are wrong. Here\u2019s some part of it you\u2019re not seeing.\n\nInstead, what he said is, the problem isn\u2019t as bad as we thought it was going to be.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: Separate question. The financial regulatory reform legislation moving through Congress, it came up today at the panel several times. I know it\u2019s not \u2014 it\u2019s not officially under your purview as chair of this panel, but as someone who studies the financial sector, what do you think is good about what\u2019s moving through Congress, and what do you worry about?\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: I think the Consumer Financial Protection Agency is good. You know, we don\u2019t know until the final details are there, but it is a strong agency. It\u2019s right up to the edge. You take much more away from it, and it won\u2019t be enough to get the job done.\n\nRight now, the big issue on that, it is whether or not car dealers ought to have an exemption, not have to follow the same rules of disclosure and honesty in their loans that everyone else is going to have to follow. But the consumer agency looks good.\n\nThe other pieces, in the right direction. The real question is whether they push hard enough, whether we get enough done in this round of reform.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: And what would be your definition of enough?\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: Well, enough that we feel like we have wound real risk out of the system. And that\u2019s hard to do.\n\nYou know, we always have to remember what it was that brought us this crisis in 2008. We talked about concentration in the financial services industry. Here we are, two years later, and the industry is more concentrated. The big are bigger. And there are fewer small banks, so we have less diversification in the industry.\n\nWe have not yet dealt with the problems of derivatives with these shadow markets that impose a lot of risk on the overall financial system, and not on the rest of us. Until we deal with that, we \u2014 we continue to live at risk.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: And will your panel be hearing from Secretary Geithner again, before TARP expires in October and before your panel expires next spring?\n\nELIZABETH WARREN: We will certainly invite him. And that\u2019s the best we can do. I call on a regular basis and ask if he will come to talk with us.\n\nJUDY WOODRUFF: Elizabeth Warren, chair of the congressional oversight panel, thanks very much for coming to talk to us.\n\nPBS NewsHour allows open commenting for all registered users, and encourages discussion amongst you, our audience. 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-{"text": "My Life\n\nVisitors\n\nI had visitors yesterday my daughter and my grandson , it was lovely to see them. We bought Dexter this T -shirt before he was born it has a superhero cape to it and he was wearing it yesterday. He looked adorable\n\nSuper dude indeed.\n\nMy dog here looking very guilty\n\nShe might well do, she has stolen Dexter\u2019s toy Dipsy \ud83d\ude26 Usually, when Jess has a toy in her mouth you cannot go near her she will growl a warning but yesterday she knew she was being naughty and reluctantly handed it back without any fuss. A quick wipe with Baby wipes and no harm done \u2026\u2026\u2026\n\nPost navigation\n\nSearch\n\nSearch\n\nText Widget\n\nThis is a text widget, which allows you to add text or HTML to your sidebar. You can use them to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. Edit them in the Widget section of the Customizer."}
-{"text": "The Cat\u2019s Meow Cat Clinic in Sebastian, Florida\n\nThe Cat\u2019s Meow Cat Clinic in Sebastian, Florida\n\nThe Cat\u2019s Meow Cat Clinic in Sebastian, Florida has been serving our community and the surrounding areas such as Vero Beach, Melbourne Beach, Orchid Island, West Palm Beach, and Daytona Beach. Our veterinarians have established a reputation for high quality medicine, compassionate care, and forming lasting bonds with our patients, clients, and the community. Read more\u2026"}
-{"text": "Seafaring nation, New Zealand, has relied on its thriving marine industry to keep the country\u2019s economy afloat. These days, however, competition is fierce. Countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and China,\u2026"}
-{"text": "English: Finaly the day is here! After months of waiting it's now finally going to happend: my trip to Sri Lanka together with my boyfriend. In May I got the offer from my work to make a two-week trip in Sri Lanka. This way I will get to know the country and after the trip I can advise travellers which route to take in Sri Lanka based on my own experiences. I really doubted wether I would go or not. I've never been to a country like Sri Lanka before and frankly I don't see myself walking around there either... But tomorrow that will change because our flight leaves in the early morning. I'm excited, nerveus and curious at the same time, and also so happy that my boyfriend is comine with me! Like I said; I really don't know what to expect from this trip! When I'm in December I'll write about my experiences for sure. Now I'm going to pack the last things and then we're ready. 11 hours until take- off! Ahhhh!"}
-{"text": "This is a minor addendum to the previous post on creating and placing arbitrary raster graphic images and symbols into Google Earth using GIF/PNG transparency. As my chicken scratch writing sample showed, creating quality raster graphic symbols can be a challenge for some, and while there are tools in most raster graphic editors to create high-quality test, shapes and symbols, vector drawing programs usually do a better job on those. It\u2019s possible to use a slightly-modified version of the process in the previous post to bring symbols drawn in vector graphic software into Google Earth.\n\n1. As before, export in image format the area of Google Earth you want to display custom graphics on top of, recording the bounds of the image.\n\n2. Import this graphic jpg image into a vector drawing program. Adobe Illustrator is the best-known COTS program for this, but if you search around, you can find several free programs that do similar things. Examples include Inkscape, a simple, free and open source solution, and Creature House Expression 3, a commercial program now available for free that is very powerful, but has a steep learning curve.\n\n3. Mark the corners of the imported graphic with some kind of symbols; you\u2019ll need these as a guide to cropping later on.\n\n4. Add your vector objects in the appropriate position on top of the raster graphic image from Google Earth.\n\n6. Export this image as a raster graphic (check your help file to find out how). You\u2019ll get the best results by saving it in a lossless format like TIFF, PNG, or GIF (the last only if the image has less than 256 colors).\n\n7. Open the new raster graphic image in your favorite raster graphic editor, and crop it using the bounds from step 3 as guides.\n\n8. If the resulting cropped raster graphic image is large (greater than 2000 x 2000 pixels), Google Earth may have trouble dealing with it; use the resize function to shrink it down, then save it\n\nFrom this point on, just follow the steps in the previous post to convert this graphic image to a GIF/PNG file with transparency, and then to place it correctly in Google Earth. Unlike the raster graphic example in the previous post, you may have to move and stretch the image a bit to get it place correctly, depending on how accurately you were able to crop it in step 7.\n\nCopyright And Conditions Of Use\n\nDetermining the accuracy, reliability, validity, or appropriateness of any of the software or data written about in this blog for any uses is the sole responsibility of the reader, not the authors of the blog posts. The blog authors have no liability for any uses of the software or data described here.\n\nShopping at Amazon through any of the links below helps keep this site up and running. Thanks for your support!"}
-{"text": "Breadcrumb\n\nSwitzerland to become a secure haven for the world's data\n\nEconomics\n\nQuality, stability, neutrality, confidentiality: The country is capitalising on its strengths and investing in the data-driven economy. The ambition is to become a peaceful haven for the storage of confidential physical and digital data for Swiss and international companies.\n\nLast update\nJune 29th, 2016\n\nIn response to the exponential growth in data, Switzerland is repositioning itself to focus on the protection of physical and digital data stored in Swiss server farms. Its reputation for quality, stability, respectability and neutrality are a big advantage when it comes to positioning itself among the best countries for storing the physical and digital data of Swiss and international companies. On 20 April 2016, the Federal Council adopted the Digital Switzerland strategy, an agenda designed to help Switzerland seize opportunities in the digital world. The data-driven economy and data security are at the heart of this approach.\n\nProtecting the data of individuals, the state and companies has become crucial in a society that is rapidly becoming digitalised. The increasing number of thefts of sensitive data by cybercriminals has made securing this data even more urgent. Switzerland has a lot to offer. In the Data Centre Risk Index it ranks 11th among the most attractive countries in the world for data centres.\n\nAttractive legal environment\n\nSwitzerland is attractive for a number of reasons. It has a good reputation when it comes to confidentiality and data protection. The Swiss Data Protection Act, which is scheduled for revision in 2016, protects all personal data, including digital data. That means that under Swiss legislation nobody has unauthorised access to data legally stored in Swiss centres \u2013 whether in physical (CD) or digital format.\n\nSwitzerland also boasts political stability, neutrality, and a safe, cheap supply of electricity, which is renewable and creates almost no CO2 emissions since up to 60% comes from hydropower. Let's not forget, a server farm is above all an energy chasm, with vast amounts of power needed to cool data servers running at full capacity day and night.\n\nA large area dedicated to IT hosting\n\nSwitzerland currently has 62 shared data centres, which are used by a number of companies. This figure does not include private data centres like those of the bank UBS or the telecommunications operator Swisscom. More than 150,000 m2 is dedicated to IT hosting \u2013 an area bigger than 20 football pitches. This represents an expansion of 63% in the area covered by data centres since 2011, according to a study by the Institut f\u00fcr Wirtschaftsstudien (IWSB), a private research institute in Basel. The amount of space devoted to data centres in Switzerland is the sixth largest in Europe. A data centre measuring 10,000 m2 consumes as much electricity as a town with 50,000 residents.\n\nMany companies in French-speaking Switzerland are taking advantage of Switzerland's appeal as a safe haven for data storage. These include start-ups such as Safe Host, whose first data centre, in Plan les-Ouates in the canton of Geneva, is already up and running. The company is now preparing to launch a second centre in Gland (Vaud) measuring 18,000m2, to be made available in stages. Others include T3 Risk Management, Wisekey, Seculabs, SCRT, NetGuardians, Navixia, Equinix, Brainserve\u2026. The Swiss data storage industry is booming.\n\nThe Swiss data centres are organising themselves\n\nThe Vigiswiss association was launched in February 2016 to raise international awareness of the benefits of data storage in Switzerland. It currently comprises 12 Swiss companies active in data hosting, including Deltalis, Safe Host and Abissa. The Vigiswiss label acts as a guarantee of quality and advertises the benefits of storing data in Switzerland worldwide.\n\nAccording to the president of Vigiswiss's strategic committee, Laurence Jovignot-Halifi, the association aims to \"bring the best Swiss companies that focus on storage and data protection together to champion Switzerland internationally as a digital safe-haven.\" Vigiswiss aims to appeal to both governments and companies, and to international organisations that wish to protect their confidential data.\n\nA new economy to safeguard\n\nThe members of the Vigiswiss association have therefore signed a charter in which they undertake to guarantee a high level of security and not to host illegal data. If a problem arises, the certified data centres agree to provide their clients with a solution within 24 hours. The label is intended to ensure the highest level of security for the data of international clients. Furthermore, the members will be regularly audited by an independent body to ensure that they meet these standards.\n\nVigiswiss also has a second mission: to raise awareness among law-makers of economic issues surrounding the storage, security and confidentiality of data in Switzerland. According to the association, it is essential that governments provide the conditions to support the development of this new economy. For now, Switzerland has not accepted administrative surveillance of stored data. This is a competitive advantage over other countries which Vigiswiss would like to hold on to in order to attract foreign clients.\n\nThe army is converting its bunkers\n\nPrivate stakeholders are not the only ones to understand Switzerland's potential in the 'data economy'. For several years, the Swiss Army has been converting its bunkers into centres for the hosting of private data. Since being converted, the ex-command centre in Attinghausen in the canton of Uri has become one of the biggest data storage centres in the country. Swiss and foreign businesses make up 30% of its clientele.\n\nThe bunker in Attinghausen is 10km away from Lake Lucerne. It lies under 1500m of mountain, protected by four-tonne nuclear blast resistant doors, behind which the computer servers of private banks, pharmaceutical firms and multinational companies run 24/7. This underground location worthy of a spy film is made up of 15,000 m2 of corridors and rooms on three levels. Its GPS location is a secret.\n\nHouseholds will produce 318 iPhones worth of data annually\n\nMore than a third of this surface area is currently rented out. Growing demand from abroad means that those in charge of Attinghausen should have no trouble finding customers for the rest. In fact, according to the market research firm IDC, the volume of data worldwide doubles every year. By 2020, it will take the storage capacity of 318 iPhone 6S 32GB to hold the data produced every year by a single household."}
-{"text": "Letter to my 5-year-old self since independence\n\nI\u2019m writing you this letter fully knowing that you\u2019re going to think everything I\u2019m about to tell you is complete rubbish, because at the stage you are now, you\u2019re a nation with so much promise and hope; a nation that is out to conquer the world. OK, right off the bat, I will tell you that your plans to conquer the world are not going to happen.\n\nToday, 1st October, I am 53 years since independence and you are 5 years and I\u2019m writing you this as a warning of things to come. For you, it has been five years since your illustrious children such as Herbert Macaulay and Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe helped gain independence for you from the British colonial masters. And even though that journey was riddled with several road blocks, on the 1st October, 1960 when you were granted independence, you came out of it in the end with a hope for a very bright future. Oh what a time, what a time! I remember very fondly the pride on the faces of your young children, the hope in their hearts, the beauty that lay across your breadth, the envy of the world at the promise you held\u2026 Behold the giant of Africa; Behold Nigeria!\n\nBut as you read this letter, very shortly a chain of events will occur that will have such a disastrous and far reaching effect and give way to the circumstance that propels me to write you this warning letter today. This chain of events will start on the 15th January, 1966 in a military coup. I wish I could tell you everything to stop you making the same mistakes I did, but I can only say a few. The rest you have to figure out yourself. There is so much you need to know about the things you will be going through very shortly. Some of this won\u2019t make sense for a long time. And some of it will go against everything you know about yourself. But it needs to be said by me\u2026, by you.\n\nIn exactly forty eight years you are going to find yourself at the midst of a crisis; a crisis which, although created by your children and by you, could be quelled if you could give your children the will to fight for your survival. It is a crisis whose footprints are riddled in the scorching political landscape of your fourth republic; a republic that could come tumbling down based on the choices and route the elections of 2015 are going to take. It is a crisis that could spell doom for you; the most populous nation in Africa; a crisis that is being created by the selfish ambitions of individuals, leaders and former leaders to the detriment of 150 million of your brethren.\n\nI know it may sound ludicrous to you now Nigeria but there is other hard truths to tell. You are going to be a nation that is reviled and mocked the world over and your children are going to harbor such a deep and innate hatred for each other, the likes of which created such catastrophe and pain during Hitler\u2019s Holocaust and the sectarian massacres in Rwanda. Extremism will run so deep in the veins of some of your offspring that they would commit the most monstrous of acts against one another. Bigotry will eat at the heart of your very own that their spirit and soul will only exist in the dark corridors of loathing and hatred. Those of your decedents, whom you bequeath the mantle to lead your kingdom, will betray you in the worst of ways; they will bastardize their position and loot your treasures dry. Selfishness, greed, corruption, pain, poverty, suffering will come to define your children as a people and you as an entity.\n\nYou will be a 53 year old who will be immature and have no sense of direction. Your many years will be marked by nothing apart from nonsense, lawlessness, crumbling infrastructure and little power infrastructure. All you will be able to boast of at 53 will be dilapidated Schools and glorified Universities where strikes, violence and cult reign supreme. At 53, you will have no functional rail system, no credible election system and an elite force that cares little about the mass population in your space. As I write this to you, I can only boast of a few major achievements other than terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing of public funds, rigging of elections, political instability and 419. Today, you are one of the poorest countries in the world despite the huge human and natural resources you have had at your disposal.\n\nYou will be seen as a tragic love story, looked upon as a pathetic entity and as a reprehensible excuse for a nation. As big and populated as you are, you will feel minute and unworthy whenever you face those that should not even square up to you and those who have not had the opportunities and resources that you have been endowed with. Africa and other nations in our continent will be suspicious of you. And if you look past what you may consider to be a cruel assessment by our continental siblings by myself, lives a hard truth that you must come to terms with before you can make right what is wrong within you.\n\nWhen you look at your existence since 1914, you will see many of the mistakes you could have avoided and many of the bad choices that you made. As I stand here at the age of 53 since independence writing to you at the age of five, I don\u2019t think either of us could have imagined we would be living a nightmare at the age of fifty-three after our independence.\n\nWhen you get to where I am now, you will recall all the incidents that led you to where you are and you will regret that each incident wasn\u2019t addressed and tackled there and then. In 1964, when we were doing well, we ignored the eruption of several crises such the fractionalization of the Action Group Party in the Western Region, the Census Crisis, the Electoral Crisis, Tiv Crisis and the agitation by minority people for greater autonomy and we swept those troubles under the carpet ignoring the fire they would ignite.\n\nAs I reflect, I remember the mess created by the toppling of the civilian government of Sir Abubukar Tafawa Balewa on the 15th January, 1966 in a military coup that was led by Major Chukwu Emeka Kaduna Nzeogwu. When The Prime Minister, the Premiers of the Northern and Western Regions, Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief Akintola were all killed, it was inevitable that the embers of ethnic nationalism and regionalism would be inflamed but we did nothing to mediate between our children then. A lot of damage control could have been done then. Then there was the civil war. After the war when it was announced that there would be, \u2018No victor and no vanquished\u2019, we knew that the proclamation was complete rubbish. After all, how can groups of people go to war in which one group is decimated and they be expected to feel like a victor and not the vanquished? Again we did nothing to settle our children\u2019s minds.\n\nDuring the course of our development, when the military was playing Russian roulette with the leadership of the country by overthrowing each other, we never tried to heal the deep scars that the nation carried within the psyche of the individuals that participated in this macabre dance. Up until now, that dance is still being played with the same actors still actively participating and sabotaging each other in politics.\n\nWhen the military promised to give way to civilian rule, yet annulled the freest and fairest elections we have ever seen, it was amazing that it never occurred to us how much the course of our route would be changed.\n\nWhen we eventually had a constitution which was to guide our new democratic dispensation and within that constitution, no state was allowed to adopt any religion as the state law, many thought it was because we wanted to protect the country against the rise of religious extremism. Yet when some of our children went ahead to develop religion as a state law, we did nothing to remind them that civil aspects of religious law was already part of the state law because the Penal Code included civil parts of Shari\u2019a law. Out of fear, we watched as some governors used religion to gain political favour and we kept silent when that seed grew to a point where people are justifying the mass murder and decapitation of fellow Nigerians in a misrepresented interpretation of faith.\n\nWhen we drowned out the fighting and drama between our own children, in our own home, we gave way to the negativity of the few bad spawn within our midst. And this is what has shaped what I am and what will, in due course, shape who you will become.\n\nI am giving you the chance that I never had. I am telling you that you have no choice Nigeria but to make yourself right, to battle your demons and heal yourself from within. To give your coming generations a fighting chance, you must desperately fight to escape what I represent today. I need you to realize the effect that my grown-up actions and the actions of our children will have on the next generation of Nigerians who watch and learn from the bad example I have set.\n\nI know that you cannot get everything right and you cannot be perfection, but what is important is for you to try to be better than I am. You have got to get it together and fight for your future.\n\nI understand that some of our children and even you sometimes think that the problem of Nigeria lies in the creation of Nigeria in itself. There is no doubt that the underling objective for the fusion of the Colonies and Protectorates that eventually made you a nation was purely economic from the point of view of the British colonialists. This has led to the view that Nigeria is a failure because she was cobbled in such a manner. But even as some describe us as \u2018a mere geographical expression\u2019, we should never subscribe to that view. After all, there are so many countries with great industrial, military, economic and political powers that were artificially created in the same manner. That has never been and will never be an excuse.\n\nThat is just the tip of the iceberg Nigeria. Like I earlier mentioned, I felt the need to write this to you because in 48 years\u2019 time, you will find yourself in the middle to a crisis which may be the precipice of your existence. This should be your wake-up call. See the beauty and virtue of your differences and diversity and you will realize that your cup is half full.\n\nMy failures leave you with many valuable life lessons. Use this to your advantage in order to make sure that your greatest weakness actually turns out to be your greatest strength. I know it\u2019s a tough one to swallow, but it will only be upon that realization that you will able to start turning things around. Even if the differences that represent us are not going to go away, once we learn to harness it, it will lead us from a rather self-destructive path to a highly productive one.\n\nYou must not let anything distract you and blind you to what\u2019s really in front of you. And what really is in front of you Nigeria? You are. You don\u2019t even know yourself yet. You think you know and you want to assert that you do, now that you\u2019re a certain age, but you don\u2019t. What\u2019s in front of you is a whole world of mistakes and bad choices beyond your imagination. And my warning to you is to tread with caution.\n\nPut yourself, and your growth and development first, grab the unity that you promised your children who were the forefathers. Unity\u2026 Yes unity! That is the key. If you dissect your innermost problems Nigeria, you will find that in the core of each and every one of your problems and mistakes lays the lack of unity and the religious, ethnic, tribal and regional dichotomy that drives our people and drives a wedge in our necessity of that unity.\n\nYou must teach your children that the unity of you as Nigeria must come before the unity of any tribe or region. It is only then that you and they will be able to objectively separate the good from the bad and ostracize the bad and uphold the good in the interest of the nation. It is only then that you can see facts clearly through clear vision not through bigoted and jaundiced eyes.\n\nEverything you do, every thought you have, every choice you make creates a legacy that you will hold within your entity and that will come to define your history. It\u2019s imprinted on you as a nation and on generations of your children and it affects you all in the most subtle ways; ways that you may never be aware of. With that in mind Nigeria, please be very conscious, be very careful and be very smart. Wish you the best for the next 48 years when we shall hopefully merge again as one. I will be watching with high hopes for you."}
-{"text": "Peace of Mind\n\nWednesday, April 22, 2015\n\n\"A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.\"\n\nLast week, I got the chance to visit the Botanical Garden to see the Orchid Show taking place this year. Being only about 15minutes away from it, I really feel guilty for not taking advantage of going there more often. I mean, sometime all you really need is a long walk in the park to stop and smell the flowers.\n\nWith so many great things happening as of lately, I'm over-filled with excitement, joy, and gratitude to everything and everyone beautiful in my life.\n\nI actually wore this outfit to Shun's birthday dinner a week ago, but I loved it so much that I didn't mind repeating it for this post. By now, you have probably seen me wear this blazer for the 5th time already, but I guess it goes to show how much I love it. Because the weather suddenly became really nice, I haven't had the chance to prepare my Spring wardrobe, so, I've been wearing a lot of old pieces that I still adore.\n\nI've worn this top a few times before (here, and here), but this is probably my most favorite way to wear it thus far.\n\nSpring is often considered a fresh start, but for me, it's more of a continuous process. You can grow and change without completely neglecting everything prior -- because everything good or bad that happens only makes you a stronger and smarter person. With so much going on and social media setting the pace for new standards of pretty and good, we often forget that we have a choice about who we are, and where we ultimately want to be and it's sad that some people settle for what's temporary. The same can be applied to fashion/style, trends come and go, and you can always try to keep up and copy as much as you'd like -- but style is long lasting and speaks about who you are as a person.\n\nRegardless, I personally believe that it's necessary to be aware of what's going on around you, but remain true to yourself as well. What's important is that you should always have a peace of mind. Be content with having enough, and happy when you feel like you have more than enough.\n\nI've also included some photos from the Orchid Show, because I really want to share with you guys how beautiful these flowers were. Enjoy xx"}
-{"text": "One of the things that really pisses me off about western thinking is it\u2019s aversion to mistakes. The word \u201cmistake\u201d has a negative connotation in the English language. It kinda implies that mistakes should be avoided. Most schools even penalize you for mistakes. It\u2019s really annoying because this attitude discourages the exploration of a subject.\n\nSocrates taught that by correcting all the wrong aspects with an argument, you will be left with something \u201cright\u201d. Critical thinking is therefore reductive in nature, designed to eliminate all but the truth. But this doesn\u2019t address the design/creative aspects of thinking which is more concerned with generating new alternative and ideas.\n\nYou can eliminate all errors in your driving by leaving the car parked in the garage. But you\u2019re also not going to get anywhere.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nNassim Taleb, author of the Black Swan makes an excellent point about the nature of probability:\n\nImagine you had a coin that was tossed 100 times. The first 99 times yields heads. What is the probability of it being tails on the 100th attempt? \u201cThat\u2019s easy\u201d, a statistician says, \u201c, \u201cit\u2019s 50% because each coin toss is independent\u201d. So you ask the same question to \u201cFat Tony\u201d, a Brooklyn bookie hell bent on making a buck. (Read this in a thick Brooklyn accent). . .\n\nFat Tony: \u201cYou\u2019re a pure sucker to believe in that \u201850% business\u2019. That coin\u2019s gotta be loaded. . .\u201d.\n\nThe problem with most people\u2019s thinking is that they place way too much emphasis on what they know and put no emphasis at all on the things they DON\u2019T know. The statistician (as well as most academics) think entirely in the box in terms of information given to solve a problem. Fat Tony thinks almost entirely outside the box.\n\nThe most common error in thinking doesn\u2019t really happen from strict logical errors. They happen because most errors in thinking are errors of PERCEPTION. But the problem with perception errors is that it\u2019s hard to know what we don\u2019t know, so we naturally ignore it.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\n(I kinda commented on this before, but I actually experienced this in the real world, so I think I\u2019ll write my thought out again)\n\nThere\u2019s this black chick that keeps calling my ass. It\u2019s really fucking annoying. She\u2019s one of those \u201cracially sensitive\u201d people so you have to be really careful what you say around her. She\u2019s very \u201cboo-hoo. . . someone\u2019s racist.\u201d.\n\nIt\u2019s really funny the way she looks at things sometimes. If something weird happens, it\u2019s because of racism (of course. . .). There could be a friggin\u2019 million reasons for what\u2019s happening, but it\u2019s irrelevant. In every case, it\u2019s her PERCEPTION of the events that sets the tone for how everything gets intperpreted. So her belief in racism ends up reinforcing her belief in racism. It\u2019s amazingly circular.\n\n\u2013 Stever\n\nPS If you are one of those people who are \u201coffended\u201d by anyone critical of political correctness, fuck you. Being offended is an intellectually lazy way to shut people up without having to prove them wrong."}
-{"text": "Cameroon call for Bassong\n\nTottenham defender Sebastien Bassong has secured a place in Cameroon's preliminary World Cup squad.\n\nLast Updated: 11/05/10 4:57pm\n\nTottenham defender Sebastien Bassong has secured a place in Cameroon's preliminary World Cup squad.\n\nPaul Le Guen has decided to reward the French-born centre-back for his performances at Spurs this season with a place in the 30-man squad despite leaving the 23-year-old out of the African Cup of Nations in January.\n\nBassong joins White Hart Lane team-mate Benoit Assou-Ekotto, while there is also a place for Alex Song of North London rivals Arsenal who is carrying a knee injury."}
-{"text": "]]>http://www.pwmania.com/usa-network-touts-most-watched-quarter-in-cable-tv-history/feed0JR Blog: 40-Man Royal Rumble, Who Should Induct HBK, TNA-WCWhttp://www.pwmania.com/jr-blog-40-man-royal-rumble-who-should-induct-hbk-tna-wcw\nhttp://www.pwmania.com/jr-blog-40-man-royal-rumble-who-should-induct-hbk-tna-wcw#commentsFri, 21 Jan 2011 01:45:35 +0000http://www.pwmania.com/artman/?p=5205WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here..."}
-{"text": "Welcome to my blog\u2014an eyes-open, no holds barred exploration of Western and Eastern spirituality, mindfulness, philosophy and literature. A member of the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association, I lectured at the NSW Institute of Psychiatry (now the Health Education and Training Institute) to mental health workers for 14 years and at the University of Technology, Sydney to law students for 16 years. My interests include metaphysics, mythology and addiction recovery.\n\nSunday, May 26, 2013\n\nIs there any place for \u2018faith\u2019 in today\u2019s world? Do we need faith? If so, what sort of faith? When all is said and done, can we really \u2018trust\u2019 anyone\u2019s word on anything? Is one person\u2019s opinion on any given matter as good---or as bad---as that of anyone else?\n\nThe word \u2018faith\u2019 is ordinarily associated with another familiar but often misunderstood word. That word is \u2018religion.\u2019 Now, many religious people---even many religious liberals---talk about a \u2018journey of faith.\u2019 What do they actually mean by that?\n\nWell, for starters, most religions require their adherents to have faith in something or someone. For example, in Christianity one has faith in God and Jesus Christ, faith being a combination of two things---belief and trust. Belief is largely, but not entirely, intellectual. Trust has been described---particularly by Christian commentators---as \u2018belief activated,\u2019 such that the basis for action is the level of trust one has in any particular belief. Trust is said to involve a confidence of a very special kind, namely, a resting on the testimony of a God, and perhaps also a Bible (or some other \u2018holy book\u2019), both of which, one believes, cannot lie or be wrong. So, in trust, and thus faith, there is a leaning of one\u2019s whole weight on certain beliefs which largely take the form of certain \u2018promises\u2019 and \u2018assurances,\u2019 which are accepted as true---even though one has no empirical proof of the same.\n\nThe Bible says that faith is \u2018the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen\u2019 (Heb 11:1) [KJV]. Well, as I see it, if the word \u2018substance\u2019 has any sensible meaning at all it must mean something that is tangibly and objectively real, even if that reality is not presently visible. Still, I have great problems in believing anything that I really don\u2019t know to be the case, simply on the basis that I \u2018hope\u2019 it will come to pass. There is too much idealistic fantasy in that for my liking.\n\nBuddhism is quite different from all other religions. Indeed, at least in some of its manifestations, Buddhism is arguably not a religion at all. The Buddha said, \u2018Do not believe, for if you believe, you will never know. If you really want to know, don't believe.\u2019 Ordinarily, we tend to believe when we don\u2019t know or understand. If we know something to be true, there is no need for belief at all. But why believe anyway? If the sky is blue, it is the case that the sky does not become any bluer because we believe it to be blue. Further, the proposition---\u2018the sky is blue\u2019---does not become any truer because we believe it to be true.\n\nThat is not the end of the matter. Beliefs, by their very nature, take the form of prejudices or biases of various kinds and dissipate energy which is otherwise needed to remain mindfully aware at all times. Buddha referred to beliefs as being in the nature of thought coverings or veils (\u0101varnas). Beliefs are barriers to truth and realization. Consequently, my advice has always been---choose a religion or philosophy that doesn\u2019t require you to believe or disbelieve anything. Life is truth, and life is never static but forever open-ended and dynamic.\n\nSo, then, what about faith? Can there be faith without belief? Well, let me quote the Buddha again. He is said to have given this advice, which has served me well over many decades:\n\nBelieve nothing because a so-called wise person said it.\n\nBelieve nothing because a belief is generally held.\n\nBelieve nothing because it is written in ancient books.\n\nBelieve nothing because it is said to be of divine origin.\n\nBelieve nothing because someone else believes it.\n\nBelieve only what you yourself judge to be true.\n\nSomething is not true because it is written in some \u2018holy book.\u2019 It is not true because it was spoken by Jesus or Muhammad or someone else. It is not true because it is believed to be true. A thing is true only if it is---well, true. Truth means occurrence---it either is or is not the case.\n\nI have faith in certain convictions that I have found out to be empirically true as a result of careful observation, choiceless awareness, mindfulness, critical thinking, firsthand experience, and analytical investigation. Despite what some people assert, there are certain truths that we can affirm to be true in an objective sense. These are truths we can experience and then come to know and understand.\n\nThere is another important meaning of the word 'faith,' and none other than the great Christian evangelistDr Billy Graham, in his landmark book Peace with God, has given it this meaning. The word 'faith,' writes Graham, literally means 'to give up, surrender, or commit.' I have written elsewhere on this blog, in several of my posts, of the imperative need, when one is faced with certain difficulties and problems where 'self' is the root trouble, to find and rely upon a 'power-not-oneself' of some sort for deliverance. Addiction and other forms of mental, emotional and spiritual 'bondage' or 'imprisonment' are largely problems of self-obession, self-centredness, and self-absorption. The solution is to 'let go' of self entirely and seek the assistance of a power-not-oneself that is able to relieve you of the bondage of self. This power-not-oneself may or may not be a traditional god or other religious figure or image. The power may simply be the 'person' that one is---a 'person among persons.' One other thing---in order to 'let go,' one must first 'let be,' and the latter requires that the person first admit and acknowledge that they have a problem over which 'self' is powerless and then commit themselves to an entirely new way of thinking, acting and living, fixed, focused and grounded in that power-not-oneself.\n\nIn short, as I see it, faith is not some supposed \u2018supernatural\u2019 gift that some have and others don\u2019t, but rather a firm affirmation of what we, individually, have come to know to be the case. So, never accept \u2018on faith\u2019 that which you have not already experienced, nor accept \u2018on faith\u2019 that which you would like to be true, or that which others whose opinion you greatly respect tell you is true. Only believe---that is, affirm---what you yourself have found to be true, that is, the case.\n\nIn my days as an evangelical Christian---by the way, those days are gone---I was told repeatedly that faith involved a \u2018believing in,\u2019 a \u2018coming to,\u2019 a \u2018receiving,\u2019 and a \u2018standing firm\u2019 (also known as a \u2018holding fast\u2019). If those words mean anything at all they must refer to a state of mind in which one becomes more and more convinced of the truth of some state of affairs. At first, we may need to assume the truth of certain things---for the sake of testing and investigation. In time, we may---or may not---come to affirm the truth of some proposition. We may even be able to \u2018receive\u2019 it as true---that is, affirm it to be true, knowing that it is true. We can stand firm, and hold fast, in such truth---but not otherwise.\n\nPlease remember this---nothing, absolutely nothing, is superior to facts. Never believe, or have faith in, anything that, after careful examination and investigation, you don\u2019t know to be true. Indeed, cherish and rejoice in your doubts and reservations, for the latter are in my view much more important than faith and belief.\n\nSunday, May 19, 2013\n\nSo many of our problems arise---and stick---because we get stuck in the moment and refuse to move on. But things can be different. We can change.\n\nThe Reverend Manora(Manorhita), was the twenty-second Zen patriarch in India. He is perhaps most famous for having written this gem of wisdom:\n\nMind turns along with myriad situations;Its turning point is truly recondite.When you recognize nature and accord with its flow,There is no more elation,And no more sorrow.\n\nThe first line may, to some of you, suggest the exact opposite of what you might think to be the \u2018way to go.\u2019 Why let your mind \u2018turn along with myriad situations\u2019?\n\nWell, a mind that is truly aware, that is focused on the action of each moment as it quickly becomes the next moment, and then the next, and then the next, is a mind that moves with that action. It does not get stuck in the moment, unable to move on to the next. Such a mind-set does not even start to analyse, criticise, react to, or recoil from, the action of the moment. That, my friends, is the way to go.\n\nIn The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War, by Yagy\u016b Munenori (pictured left), we get this helpful interpretation of Manora\u2019s advice:\n\nIn the context of martial arts, 'myriad conditions' means all the actions of adversaries; the mind turns with each and every action. For example, when an opponent raises his sword, your mind turns to the sword. If he whirls to the right, your mind turns to the right; if he whirls to the left, your mind turns to the left. This is called 'turning along with myriad situations.'\n\n\u2018The turning point is truly recondite.\u2019 This is the eye of martial arts. When the mind does not leave any traces in any particular place, but turns to what lies ahead, with the past dying out like the wake of a boat, not lingering at all, this should be understood as the turning point being truly recondite.\n\nTo be recondite is to be subtle and imperceptible; this means the mind not lingering on any particular point. If your mind stops and stays somewhere, you will be defeated in martial arts. If you linger where you turn, you will be crushed.\n\nNeedless to say, this is not just good advice as respects the martial arts. Whether we engage in the martial arts or not doesn\u2019t matter---although there is much to be gained from such an involvement. The way to \u2018ride the waves,\u2019 and respond to one\u2019s inner \u2018adversaries,\u2019 is to let---note that word \u2018let\u2019---the mind turn with each and every action, whether that action be internal (eg in the form of thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, etc) or external. Let your mind turn to whatever be the action of the moment, and then turn to the action of the next moment, and so on, but don\u2019t let the mind \u2018stop,\u2019 so to speak, let alone \u2018cling.\u2019 Instead, turn along with myriad situations.\n\nThat\u2019s not the end of the matter. We are to let the turning point be \u2018truly recondite.\u2019 The turning point is \u2018recondite\u2019---that word means, among other things, hidden from sight or virtually imperceptible---when the mind leaves no \u2018traces\u2019 in any particular place. We leave no \u2018traces\u2019 when there is a soft focus sort of awareness, when we refuse to analyse or judge the content of any action or occurrence. We note, and immediately move on. We turn to \u2018what lies ahead, with the past dying out like the wake of a boat.\u2019 We do not linger at all---not at any particular point. If we let the mind \u2018stop\u2019 and \u2018stay somewhere,\u2019 we will be defeated, even crushed, by life in the sense that events will overtake and overwhelm us.\n\nIt\u2019s all about mastery, especially mastery of self, but true inner mastery occurs when we let things unfold as they will, when we resist not, when we cling not and linger not, when we go with the flow.\n\nAnd yes, like that other grand opus The Art of War, the work contains much useful information for business executives, political leaders and strategists of all kinds on conflict resolution, decision-making, strategy and tactics.\n\nI have several different translations of the text, and whenever I go to Japan I return home with yet another seemingly better translation. In this post I\u2019ll be using several different translations rather indiscriminately, so please forgive me.\n\nThose into meditation would be aware that The Book of Five Rings also contains much useful, insightful advice on the subject, and, in particular, on what is known as mindfulness. For example, in 'The Water Scroll' we get this solid advice:\n\n\u00b7Let the mind be \u2018open and direct, neither tense nor lax, centering the mind so that there is no imbalance\u2019\n\n\u00b7\u2018Calmly relax your mind, and savour this moment of ease thoroughly so that the relaxation does not stop its relaxation for even an instant\u2019\n\n\u00b7\u2018Let there be neither insufficiency nor excess in your mind\u2019\n\n\u00b7Keep your mind \u2018free from subjective biases\u2019\n\n\u00b7Let your inner mind be \u2018unclouded and open.\u2019\n\nThen there\u2019s this advice. We are to maintain a \u2018normal, everyday mental attitude at all times.\u2019 More specifically, we are told that when we are physically calm we are to be \u2018mentally alert\u2019; conversely, when we are physically active, we are to maintain a \u2018serene state of mind.\u2019\n\nMusashi urges us to be \u2018attentive at all times to all things without being overly anxious\u2019 and to \u2018perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.\u2019 The phrase \u2018bare attention,\u2019 in the context of mindfulness, means just that---just enough attention to stay alert and to be aware, but not so much attention as would inevitably lead on to analysis, judgment, labeling, and so forth. It is all about \u2018effortless effort\u2019 and \u2018pure [choiceless] awareness.\u2019 As respects the latter, Musashi speaks of an \u2018all-seeing, imperturbable awareness\u2019 such that \u2018one should be able to see the distant like the near, and the near like the distant.\u2019 He writes:\n\nIt is most important in the knightly arts to know your opponent\u2019s sword, without looking at it at all. \u2026 It is also important to see either side without moving your pupils to the side at all. If you are taken up with the world, you cannot expect to learn the secret in a short time. Take to heart what I have written here, and always practice fixing the gaze in this way, so that it does not waver. \u2026\n\nWe are told to \u2018accept everything just the way it is,\u2019 and \u2018in all things [to] have no preferences.\u2019 And here's a real gem:\n\nThere is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.\n\nGot that? Seek nothing outside of yourself. No god, guru, saviour, or teacher has anything of value to offer you, except perhaps this one piece of advice---look within. If a teacher tells you that, listen to him or her. Otherwise, tell them where to go.\n\nAnd what are we to make of the many references in the text to one's 'opponent' or 'enemy'? Well, when it comes to the practice of mindfulness---and most things in life for that matter---one's most real and formidable opponent or enemy is within, that is, within one's own mind. We have many inner opponents and enemies, so to speak. One's many 'false selves' that wax and wane but constantly seek our attention, for starters. But we can be victorious. They are not us. Here's some really good advice from the book: 'If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.' The 'others' include the false selves (the innumerable 'I's' and 'me's') within us.\n\nIn the last section of the text, \u2018The Scroll of Emptiness,\u2019 we are given these pearls of wisdom:\n\n\u00b7We are to \u2018diligently cultivate the spirit and the mind, as well as awareness and the physical eye, every day and every hour\u2019\n\n\u00b7We are to make those things---wait for it---\u2018cloudless and free from all delusions.\u2019\n\nWrites Musashi, \u2018then you may be sure that you have attained the spiritual state of true \u201cemptiness\u201d.\u2019 Yes, \u2018taking emptiness as the Way, you see the Way as emptiness\u2019:\n\nIn emptiness there is good but no evil. Wisdom exists, logic exists, the Way exists, mind is empty.\n\nAh, the ancient wisdom again---emptiness!I will finish with this. Do not try to be, or remain, alert, for if you think about being alert, or staying alert, you will not be. Let yourself---without conscious effort or any act of the will---be mindfully awake, and fully relaxed, ready to accept whatever arises. As Alan Watts used to say, we need to learn \u2018how not to use the mind.\u2019 Got it? Yes, it\u2019s a paradox. Being mindful is, well, being \u2018un-mindful\u2019 of any thing in particular.\n\nHere's an illustration that I've shared with you before. In Zen there is the story of the master who says to his pupil, \u2018One must never think of the white monkey, if you want enlightenment.\u2019 You can guess what happens. Thinking about not thinking about the white monkey is the same as thinking about the white monkey. So, don\u2019t try to be mindful---and don\u2019t try to be un-mindful either.\n\nFriday, May 10, 2013\n\n\u2018But everything exposed by the light becomes visible--and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said: \"Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.\"\u2019 (Eph 5: 13-14) [NIV]\n\nVipassan\u0101 (insight meditation)---also known as mindfulness---is different from all other forms of meditation. Only mindfulness affords insight. How important that is! Without insight, without understanding of ourselves and reality, there can be no possibility of growth or change of any positive kind.\n\nThe word vipassan\u0101 is composed of two parts---vi, meaning \u2018invarious ways\u2019, and passan\u0101, meaning seeing. So, vipassan\u0101means \u2018seeing in various ways\u2019 ... as well as seeing things as they really are.\n\nIn the Bible passage set out above we are told to \u2018wake up.\u2019 That was also the advice given by the Buddha. Wake up! That is the meaning of enlightenment. One wakes up, and perhaps for the very first time in one\u2019s life one sees things as they really are. Enlightenment. Insight. Light. Truth. They are all different words used to refer to the same reality.\n\nWhen we practise mindfulness---that is, live mindfully from one moment to the next---everything \u2018exposed by the light\u2019 becomes visible. When, conversely, we live mindlessly, we are in darkness, so to speak. It is as if we were dead.\n\nNow, there will be certain readers who will say, \u2018Ellis-Jones, that is not what those verses mean at all. The verses are talking about what happens to you when you accept Jesus as your Saviour and Lord, and you're born again, or born from above, so that when you die you will go to live with Jesus for all eternity. It\u2019s about being saved once-and-for-all from your sins, that is, from everlasting punishment, which is the fate we really deserve, and the fate people will receive unless they make a personal decision to turn their lives over to the Lord Jesus.\u2019 (Note. This rather mechanical evangelical four-step \u2018plan of salvation\u2019 [i.e., confess, believe, repent, and receive], with its emphatic insistence on the supposed need for a one-time, life-changing decision, is not accepted by all Christian denominations. In my view, this so-called plan of salvation is an unwarranted imposition upon Scripture, and is completely unknown to the Bible. Rather, true Biblical salvation is an ongoing process of being 'healed,' that is, made spiritually 'whole'---and it is a past reality, a present reality, and a future reality, all at the same time.)\n\nWell, as I see it, the evangelical interpretation, with its emphatic insistence upon a person's profession of faith in Jesus, is a gross distortion of the true position propagated by people who divide the world into the \u2018saved\u2019 and the \u2018unsaved.\u2019 More particularly, it is a carnalization, literalization and personification of a myth---and yet still the truth---in the person of the man Jesus.\n\nYou see, the reference to \u2018Christ\u2019 in the verses I quoted, as in many other verses in the New Testament, is in the nature of a metaphor referring to the light of truth that indwells and infuses the life of a person---any person---when they have come to see things as they really are, that is, when they wake up. The experience described is not one that can be experienced only by Bible-believing Christians. No, it is a truly universal experience. The \u2018Christ\u2019 indwells every one of us as our potential perfection. For the most part, this \u2018sleeping giant,\u2019 this inner power---for that is what it is---lives undeveloped, hidden, dormant, and asleep in our human spirits (minds), but it is ever seeking release and perfect expression and unfoldment in our daily lives.\n\n\u2018Resurrected living\u2019---so called \u2018rising from the dead\u2019---is not something supernatural that supposedly happens at some time in the future, whether at the moment of our death or otherwise. The resurrected living expounded in these Bible verses, and of which Jesus otherwise spoke, is something in the here-and-now. It\u2019s waking up, that\u2019s what it is. And when we wake up, we find that we are living in a new \u2018land,\u2019 a new \u2018place.\u2019 In the Bible this \u2018place\u2019 is referred to as the \u2018Kingdom of God\u2019 and the \u2018Kingdom of Heaven.\u2019 In some forms of Buddhism it\u2019s called the \u2018Pure Land of Buddha.\u2019 And here is some wisdom from the Upanishads:\n\nThere is a light that shines beyond all things on earth,\n\nbeyond the highest, the very highest heavens.\n\nThis is the light that shines in your heart.\n\nChandogya Upanishad\n\nRegardless of any religious beliefs you may or may not hold, please know this. (Note. I didn\u2019t say \u2018believe\u2019---just know.) If you choose to live mindfully, you will see things as they really are. When you see things as they really are, you have insight and understanding, as well as compassion. Your whole being becomes suffused and illumined with light. Indeed, you become a beacon of light in an otherwise dark world. 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-{"text": "Twin Peaks \u201cMissing\u201d Posters Show Up in Australia: Here\u2019s What Calling the Number Gives You\n\nWe\u2019re approximately two-and-a-half months away from Showtime\u2019s revival of \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d, the David Lynch/Mark Frost murder mystery series that aired in the early 90\u2019s and captivated audiences the world over. Personally, it\u2019s my most anticipated event of the year as I have long been a fan of the original series. Something about the charming characters, the hypnotic and gorgeous music, and the captivating story drew me in and never let me go. Just like with other fans of the series, I\u2019ve been left for decades with an unsatisfying ending, one that raised more questions than it answered, and it left me begging for more, crying out for more to what felt like an endless deafness from television executives. But no more! Sunday, May 21st, sees the return of that delightful show and you better believe I\u2019ll have my ass planted on my couch and my phone and laptop shut off so that I can devote every ounce of my attention to the premiere!\n\nNow, we\u2019ve all known that this series is coming. Hell, it\u2019s been in the news for almost two years! But with the premiere locked down, marketing has really begun ramping up and it seems that folks in Australia have begun seeing missing posters for Laura Palmer pop up here and there. Attached to these posters is a fun number that plays a pre-recorded message for anyone who calls it. Soundcloud user void as gave the number a ring and then recorded the message, which featured a \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d staple: a backwards message. Playing it in reverse, it reveals itself to be the giant man saying, \u201cIt is happening again.\u201d You can give the recording a listen below.\n\nThe 18-part limited event series \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d will debut with a two-part premiere on Sunday, May 21st, at 9PM ET/PT. Immediately following the premiere, Showtime subscribers will have access to the third and fourth parts, exclusively across the network\u2019s streaming service, SHOWTIME ANYTIME, and SHOWTIME ON DEMAND. In its second week, \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d will air the third and fourth parts back-to-back on the linear network, starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by one-hour parts in subsequent weeks.\n\nAbout \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d:The critically-acclaimed television phenomenon \u201cTWIN PEAKS\u201d returns as a limited series to Showtime in 2017. \u201cTWIN PEAKS\u201d is written and produced by series creators and executive producers David Lynch and Mark Frost and is directed entirely by David Lynch.\n\nWhile the full mystery awaits, fans can expect many familiar faces, including Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Kyle MacLachlan, who reprises his role as FBI Agent Dale Cooper, plus Lynch as FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole.\n\nWidely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential broadcast series of all time, \u201cTWIN PEAKS\u201d followed the inhabitants of a quaint Northwestern town who were stunned after their homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, was shockingly murdered. The town\u2019s sheriff welcomed the help of FBI agent Dale Cooper, who came to town to investigate the case. As Cooper conducted his search for Laura\u2019s killer, the town\u2019s secrets were gradually exposed. The mystery that ensued set off an eerie chain of events that plunged the inhabitants of Twin Peaks into a darker examination of their very existence. Twenty-five years later, the story continues\u2026"}
-{"text": "We're taking a whole new approach.\n\nStart reading The Daily Wire WITHOUT ADS*\n\nTry it FREE for 30 Days!\n\nE-mail *\n\nRemember me\n\nBy checking this box, I have read and agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and authorize Forward Publishing LLC to charge my card today for the subscription fee and in the future for renewal fees. *\n\nSuspect has been deported multiple times...\n\n(UPDATED) The man who is accused of killing Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson in a DUI accident on Sunday is a Guatemalan national by birth wanted by federal immigration authorities for deportation for being in the United States illegally, according to a report.\n\nAuthorities initially said on Sunday that Alex Cabrera Gonsales, 37, drove his truck into an emergency shoulder on the highway and plowed into a \"ride-share vehicle,\" killing Jackson and 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe. Gonsales was booked at Marion County Jail, where records showed that he is wanted for deportation. The Washington Times reports:\n\nMr. Cabrera Gonsales didn\u2019t have a driver\u2019s license, tried to flee the scene of the accident and had a blood-alcohol level of at least .15 (nearly twice the legal limit), authorities said.\n\nThe booking document, which specifies that Mr. Cabrera Gonsales has a detainer request on him, does not say whether was in the U.S. illegally or as a legal permanent resident who can still be deported for a serious crime.\n\nCBS 4 Indianapolis reported early Monday morning that Gonsales was using an alias and that his real name is Manuel Orrego-Savala, an illegal alien who has been deported multiple times from the U.S., once in 2007 and in 2009.\n\n\"It is believed [Orrego-Savala] was intoxicated and was driving without a license,\" Sgt. John Perrine of the Indiana State Police said. \"He was transported to the Marion County Jail, the result of the test for intoxication is pending.\"\n\nIt is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of one of our own.\n\nEdwin Jackson always brought a smile to our locker room and the community. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time."}
-{"text": "This is me trying to pay attention.\n\nWhere the internet draws us together, I am grateful. But is the web is benign\u2013simply a tool without bias? I'm not convinced. What I see looks more like a spider's web, where you and I sit trapped in a cycle of interactions that are not healthy, but easy.\n\nThe internet is looking a lot like CS Lewis 'Grey Town' \u2013 a singular vision of hell he lays out in his book The Great Divorce."}
-{"text": "How are you travelling?\n\nThe Airport. What's here?\n\nPassenger Information\n\nTUI UK launches Summer 2019 programme from Bournemouth Airport\n\nFly to Kefalonia, Heraklion and Antalya\n\nTUI UK\u2019s first programme launch after last year\u2019s re-brand reveals ambitious growth plans with three new routes for summer 2019 from Bournemouth Airport.\n\nThe enduring popularity of Greece and the resurgence of Turkey are reflected in the new programme. Flights and holidays to Kefalonia, Heraklion and Antalya have all been added to the programme from Bournemouth Airport for next summer.\n\nTUI Sensimar resorts, the exclusive contemporary adults only range, are all about relaxation and quality. Now grown-ups wanting a child free get away have new Sensimar Resorts to choose from in summer 2019. There will be one opening in Crete coinciding with the new route launching next summer. Two other resorts will open in Greece located in Zakynthos and Santorini as well as one in Agadir, Morocco and one in Dalaman, Turkey.\n\nTUI UK\u2019s Commercial Director Richard Sofer said:\u201cSummer 2019 is the most ambitious programme we have ever introduced. We are focusing firmly on expanding access to our amazing range of holidays through an extended regional flying programming concentrated on the core destinations holidaymakers want to travel to, while offering the flexibility of holiday duration they want.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve increased our capacity in Bournemouth Airport, adding almost 25,000 additional seats and three unique new routes for summer 2019. We are giving customers even more opportunity when booking their summer holidays and have even more flagship resorts opening across TUI and First Choice affirming our commitment to our exclusive hotel concepts.\u201d\n\nPaul Knight, Managing Director at Bournemouth Airport, said:\u201cThis is exciting news for customers who like the convenience of being able to travel directly to Greece and Turkey from our friendly, local airport. Kefalonia, an idyllic Ionian Sea island, and Heraklion on Crete, the largest island in Greece, will complement TUI UK\u2019s summer flights to Rhodes from the airport. It is also wonderful to have the beach resort city of Antalya, the gateway to Turkey\u2019s southern Mediterranean region, available for holidaymakers and an addition to TUI UK\u2019s summer flights to Dalaman in the south-west of the country.\u201d\n\nThousands of free kids\u2019 places will be available across all TUI and First Choice holidays and deposits will be just \u00a350pp short and mid haul and \u00a3125pp long haul. Summer 2019 holidays will be on sale from Thursday 5th April."}
-{"text": "Rubio vs. Dunn vs. Jones\n\nThe Timberwolves currently have a bit of an issue at the point guard position. Longtime fan-favorite/most-hated Timberwolf Ricky Rubio is clearly on the way out. Personally, I love Rubio. But like my non-existent hairline, sometimes it\u2019s best to just realize there\u2019s no saving things. Kris Dunn appears to be Tom Thibodeau\u2019s favorite for the future, which probably entails standing over his bed at night yelling \u201cREST! REST!! NO NIGHTMARES!!!\u201d However, wee-little Tyus Jones is also coming on very strong. What to do?\n\nRicky Rubio, possibly heading back to Mypos.\n\nSince Rubio will surely be out of the picture no later than this summer, I\u2019m going to analyze the pros and cons of Kris Dunn vs. Tyus Jones and try to figure out who is best suited to start.\n\nKRIS DUNN\n\nKris Dunn, while still at Providence, doing some kind of Licorice Whip or something? I don\u2019t know how kids dance these days. Photo from fxtribune.com\n\nPROS\n\nAmazing handles \u2013 Dunn has broken more ankles during his short career than the Red Hat Society\u2019s downhill skiing trip.\n\nOne of the best defensive players on our team (which is like being the prettiest girl at the meth clinic \u2013 oops, this is a pros list.)\n\nThose amazing ankle-breakers? Well, he\u2019s made like one of the shots that followed those. That\u2019s about as useful as doing a hand-stand on a car that\u2019s driving into Lake Minnetonka.\n\nHe\u2019s a rookie but is already almost 23, which makes him the oldest player on the Timberwolves. (Okay, not really, but kinda. The Timberwolves probably couldn\u2019t rent a car between the 12 of them.)\n\nHe\u2019s the reason I am probably going to have to take my autographed Ricky Rubio poster and put it down in the basement next to the mouse traps and the giant painting of myself that I\u2019m too embarrassed to display but am too egotistical to throw away.\n\nSomebody made it for me and I gave them $50, okay? Shut up.\n\nTYUS JONES\n\nTyus really needs to quit vaping. Photo from basketballpapers.com\n\nPROS\n\nOne of the best shooters on the Timberwolves. Did I make the prettiest girl at the meth clinic joke already?"}
-{"text": "NRG R1\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe new NRG R1 is the next chapter in the D3 NRG story. Taking a bit of DNA from the EVO, the new R1 is faster (less effort) while still delivering the powerful edge-control that the NRG is famous for. The R1 features efficient, tight turns but still moves easily into the first wake.With cross course holding power that is unparalleled, the R-1\u2019s deep concave creates a ride that is very stable. Symmetrical is a word that every member of our test team kept mentioning when riding the new R1. The R1 is fast behind the boat but shuts down quickly to give the skier space before the next buoy. If you are looking to experience quick, even, smooth-finishing turns on both sides of the course you owe it to yourself to try the NRG R1.\n\nD3 Pro and Test Team skier Nick Parsons said, \u201cThe NRG R1 features refinements that have improved my skiing consistency. The R1 has a \u201clivelier\u201d finish, particularly on my onside. Additionally, the transition from the second wake rolling into the pre-turn has an easier-to-control roll. From pre-turn to finish the R1 is consistent and predictable.\u201d\n\nD3 Team Skier and top ski coach Ryan Nason provided this feedback, \u201cThe R-1 builds angle easily at the gate turn-in. When I have a bad turn, or don\u2019t get enough angle out of a buoy, this ski allows me to continue building angle into the first wake to make up for my mistake. The R-1 is fast behind the boat, but shuts down quickly to give me space before the buoy. It holds angle really well. For a ski that cranks turns, it moves through to the first wake nicely. In other words, I don\u2019t have to worry about stop-and-go action after a hard turn. I really like how easy it is to stay balanced on this ski. It\u2019s not twitchy during the edge change, and it doesn\u2019t hunt. I always feel like I know what it\u2019s going to do.\u201d"}
-{"text": "rusk recipe\n\nHi Lynne,\nI saw your request for rusks. I first heard of them in the Sundays at\nMoosewood cookbook. You could probably borrow a copy at your local\nlibrary. They have a good recipe. I loaned my book to a friend, so I\ncan't send their recipe. Here is my own recipe for Spicy Rusks that I made\nup based on the Moosewood recipe. They turned out very well for me.\nSpicy Rusks\n2 C. whole wheat pastry flour\n2 C. whole wheat flour\n1/2 tsp. salt\n2 tsp. baking powder\n1/4 tsp each: ginger, cinnamon, allspice\nanise, mace, cloves, cardamom\n1/2 C. applesauce\n1Tbsp Ener-g egg replacer mixed\nwith 1/4 cup water\n1/2 C. water\n1/3 C. honey\n1/2 tsp lemon extract\nPreheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet\ningredients in another. Mix the two together. Knead lightly to mix. Pat\nor roll into 1/2 inch thick rectangle. Cut into rectangles about 2x4\ninches. Place on cookie sheet. Bake 25 minutes at 400, then for 4 to 8\nhours at 200 degrees or until very hard and dry. Rusks will keep for\nweeks.\n------------------------------"}
-{"text": "Southeast Alaskans say some of group's ideas not feasible here\n\nTo remedy this economic nightmare, a special council reported recommendations to the governor Wednesday on how cities can reduce costs in the short and long terms.\n\nThe largest of the 12 recommendations made by the Rural Energy Action Council is to fully fund a $21.5 million program that gives money to qualifying municipalities to offset energy costs.\n\nRural towns and villages have struggled since Gov. Frank Murkowski eliminated a $22 million annual revenue sharing program in 2003.\n\n\"People from time to time again tell us that rural Alaska has to pay its own way,\" said Sen. Al Kookesh, D-Angoon. \"We're willing to do that, but the first step has to be affordable energy.\"\n\nThe REAC is made of Bush businesses owners, Native advisers and Edgar Blatchford, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development commissioner.\n\nReducing fuel costs is one of three key agendas of the Alaska Legislature's rural caucus. The others are lobbying for school operating needs and maintenance funding and getting cities affordable insurance rates.\n\nGustavus Mayor Sandi Marchbanks said the tourism business is difficult when the city pays 53 cents per kilowatt hour. The town relies on diesel generators to supply electricity, and the fuel must be delivered by barge.\n\n\"We got a lot of things going on here that makes it real tough to do business in Gustavus.\"\n\nThe council recommended funding the Power Cost Equalization program at $21 million. The PCE is a subsidy system set up in 1984 for rural communities so they pay energy costs equal to urban areas and cities near the rail line.\n\nThe House of Representatives approved $18.75 million in the operating budget, or House Bill 67. In the past three years, PCE funding averaged about $15.7 million annually.\n\nResidents in Hoonah pay 36 cents per kilowatt hour and without the state's help the city would pay 44 cents. By comparison, Juneau pays an average of 8 cents.\n\nHoonah is also dogged by higher prices for vehicle fuel: currently at $2.98 per gallon.\n\n\"I fill it up until it stops and hope it doesn't go over $50,\" said Hoonah City Administrator Jerry Medina.\n\nThe council proposed that communities buy fuel together in bulk to have more bargaining power over the prices. Murkowski compared the idea to shopping at Costco.\n\nNorthern Interior municipalities purchase fuel only in the summer, when transportation there is possible.\n\nRural Energy Council Recommendations\n\n\u0095 Give $21 million to cities for energy subsidies\n\n\u0095 Encourage towns to create bulk fuel cooperatives\n\n\u0095 Support alternative energy systems, such as coal, wind and natural gas projects\n\n\"We talked about it,\" said Medina, but it didn't make sense after considering a number of factors.\n\nIf they bought a bulk amount at $2.80 a gallon, the towns would be stuck with the fuel even if the price of gasoline drops shortly thereafter. Sharing and dividing the fuel would require overhead costs, Medina said.\n\nMarchbanks said Southeast Alaska towns would still have to pay freight charges to move the fuel between those sharing the bulk. And she said Gustavus does not have the infrastructure to support such plan.\n\n\"We've got a lousy dock here,\" Marchbanks said.\n\nOther ideas suggested were to support alternative energy systems using coal, wind and natural gas. Accelerating renewable energy programs and adopting energy conservation measures were also advised.\n\nThe council's research found school districts spending 23 percent of their operating budget on energy. The proposal suggests reserving a line in the state's operating budget to fund school district energy needs.\n\nMedina favors the idea of building an oil refinery in Alaska so the state doesn't have to import fuel from the Lower 48. He also expects Hoonah's rates to significantly drop when the town becomes connected to Juneau's power grid via an underwater intertie to be laid in 2007."}
-{"text": "Erdogan concerned over German debate on 1915 events\n\nTurkish president shares concerns with Angela Merkel over upcoming German parliament vote on 'genocide' resolution\n\nANKARA (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone Tuesday to share Ankara's sensitivities over a German resolution aimed at recognizing the deaths of Armenians in 1915 as \"genocide\", according to sources from Turkey's Presidency.\n\nErdogan stressed the need for showing common sense, and approaching Thursday\u2019s debate in a reasonable manner, said the sources, who were not named according to protocol.\n\nThe two leaders also reportedly stressed the importance of continuing official talks on the EU-Turkey refugee readmission agreement and visa liberalization, they added.\n\nThe EU-Turkey deal aims to discourage irregular migration through the Aegean Sea by taking stricter measures against human traffickers and improving the conditions of nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. The deal also aims for the acceleration of Turkey\u2019s EU membership bid and visa-free travel for Turkish nationals within the Schengen area.\n\nOn Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also spoke with Merkel over the phone, calling on the German government and parliament to show common sense over the resolution, prime ministry sources said.\n\nYildirim also reportedly said Turkey and Turks living in Germany were concerned about the \"baseless and unfair\" attempt by the German parliament to characterize the 1915 events.\n\nLast year, parliamentary parties had approved the resolution in principle but had sent it to committee for further work.\n\nThe deaths of Armenians in eastern Anatolia in 1915 occurred after some sided with the invading Russians and revolted against Ottoman forces. A subsequent relocation of Armenians resulted in numerous casualties.\n\nTurkey rejects labeling the deaths as \"genocide\" but acknowledges that large numbers died on both sides."}
-{"text": "Details for Tuesday, March 03\n(Evening)\nEvening: A mix of wintry precipitation this evening. Then mainly rain showers expected overnight. Low 28F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precip 100%. About one inch of snow and ice expected.\n\nUV Index: 0 (Low)\n\nRelative Humidity: 81%\n\nPrecipitation: 100%\n\nSnow: 39%\n\nCloud Coverage: 100%\n\nSunrise: 6:31 AMSunset: 5:53 PM\n\nMoonrise: 4:14 PMMoonset: 5:10 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaxing Gibbous\n\nDirection: SSW (206\u00b0) Speed: 12Mph(20Km, 11Kts)\n\nDetails for Wednesday, March 04\nSteady light rain in the morning. Showers continuing in the afternoon. High near 40F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%.Evening: Rain and snow in the evening, becoming all snow late. Low 23F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.\n\nUV Index: 1 (Low)\n\nRelative Humidity: 78%\n\nPrecipitation: 70%\n\nSnow: 0%\n\nCloud Coverage: 99%\n\nSunrise: 6:30 AMSunset: 5:54 PM\n\nMoonrise: 5:10 PMMoonset: 5:42 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaxing Gibbous\n\nDirection: W (259\u00b0) Speed: 7Mph(11Km, 6Kts)\n\nDetails for Thursday, March 05\nSnow likely. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the mid single digits.\n\nUV Index: 1 (Low)\n\nRelative Humidity: 60%\n\nPrecipitation: 90%\n\nSnow: 90%\n\nCloud Coverage: 98%\n\nSunrise: 6:28 AMSunset: 5:55 PM\n\nMoonrise: 6:06 PMMoonset: 6:12 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nFull\n\nDirection: NNW (343\u00b0) Speed: 8Mph(13Km, 7Kts)\n\nDetails for Friday, March 06\nA few clouds. Highs in the mid 20s and lows in the low teens.\n\nUV Index: 4 (Moderate)\n\nRelative Humidity: 53%\n\nPrecipitation: 0%\n\nSnow: 0%\n\nCloud Coverage: 7%\n\nSunrise: 6:26 AMSunset: 5:56 PM\n\nMoonrise: 7:02 PMMoonset: 6:41 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaning Gibbous\n\nDirection: WNW (301\u00b0) Speed: 7Mph(11Km, 6Kts)\n\nDetails for Saturday, March 07\nA few clouds. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the low 20s.\n\nUV Index: 4 (Moderate)\n\nRelative Humidity: 54%\n\nPrecipitation: 0%\n\nSnow: 0%\n\nCloud Coverage: 24%\n\nSunrise: 6:25 AMSunset: 5:57 PM\n\nMoonrise: 7:58 PMMoonset: 7:10 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaning Gibbous\n\nDirection: WSW (238\u00b0) Speed: 8Mph(13Km, 7Kts)\n\nDetails for Sunday, March 08\nPartly cloudy. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 20s.\n\nUV Index: 4 (Moderate)\n\nRelative Humidity: 62%\n\nPrecipitation: 10%\n\nSnow: 10%\n\nCloud Coverage: 29%\n\nSunrise: 7:23 AMSunset: 6:58 PM\n\nMoonrise: 9:55 PMMoonset: 8:40 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaning Gibbous\n\nDirection: NW (306\u00b0) Speed: 7Mph(12Km, 6Kts)\n\nDetails for Monday, March 09\nPlenty of sun. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the mid 20s.\n\nUV Index: 4 (Moderate)\n\nRelative Humidity: 78%\n\nPrecipitation: 10%\n\nSnow: 9%\n\nCloud Coverage: 22%\n\nSunrise: 7:22 AMSunset: 6:59 PM\n\nMoonrise: 10:52 PMMoonset: 9:11 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaning Gibbous\n\nDirection: SW (234\u00b0) Speed: 8Mph(13Km, 7Kts)\n\nDetails for Tuesday, March 10\nMix of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the upper 20s.\n\nUV Index: 4 (Moderate)\n\nRelative Humidity: 76%\n\nPrecipitation: 10%\n\nSnow: 3%\n\nCloud Coverage: 52%\n\nSunrise: 7:20 AMSunset: 7:01 PM\n\nMoonrise: 11:50 PMMoonset: 9:45 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaning Gibbous\n\nDirection: W (264\u00b0) Speed: 8Mph(13Km, 7Kts)\n\nDetails for Wednesday, March 11\nPartly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s and lows in the mid 20s.\n\nUV Index: 4 (Moderate)\n\nRelative Humidity: 74%\n\nPrecipitation: 10%\n\nSnow: 2%\n\nCloud Coverage: 37%\n\nSunrise: 7:18 AMSunset: 7:02 PM\n\nMoonrise: 11:59 PMMoonset: 10:23 AM\n\nMoonphase:\nWaning Gibbous\n\nDirection: WNW (290\u00b0) Speed: 8Mph(13Km, 7Kts)\n\nDetails for Thursday, March 12\nTimes of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 20s."}
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-{"text": "Cream butter and sugar and add the egg. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and chopped nuts and add it together with the milk. Spread the batter in the bottom of a 9 inch tart pan.Wash the rhubarbs and slice them in 1 inch pieces. Layer them on the raw batter and sprinkle with sugar.Bake the tart in the oven at 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C.) for about 1 hour.Enjoy warm or cooled with whipped cream or sour cream."}
-{"text": "Town Square\n\nCity Council approves controversial alcohol ordinance\n\nOriginal post made\non May 3, 2012\n\nThe Walnut Creek City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a controversial nuisance ordinance that will hold all alcohol-serving establishments in the city to the same standards. City officials said the ordinance will give city leaders more control over problem bars, such as those that consistently over-serve patrons or are venues for violence.\n\nPosted by Trish Hamilton\na resident of Danville\non May 3, 2012 at 7:06 am\n\nThis is ridiculous! More rules! More regulations! Let us be free! Stop punishing EVERYONE for the actions of a few! I believe we ALL have a right to enjoy visiting an establishment and it's horrible that these poor business owners and their customers are going to be paying the price...\n\nIf a few customers get rowdy, then use them to set an example. Have them serve the community through mandatory volunteering (LOL!) and allow them to give back to the community so they can attain a new perspective and perhaps allow them to gain a better understanding of what it means to contribute to a good cause and be part of a strong community.\n\nGood for WC for trying to keep their lovely city safe. I don't see how these regulations would harm any business that doesn't create an environment that endangers the public. If you can't behave like a civilized human being, don't come here.\n\nPosted by Concerned Citizen\na resident of Danville\non May 4, 2012 at 9:02 am\n\nFor those of you who don't realize, most of the cost of an alcoholic beverage in a bar is TAX. They are taxed by pour count, so if a bar over pours, then they lose money. The money collected through this taxation helps the entire community.\n\nPatrons will simply move outside of Walnut Creek to consume their beverages and then commute longer to go home. You're not changing the behavior of the individuals causing the problem - you are ONLY damaging the businesses and communities.\n\nWho do you think owns the bar? An individual in the community so as you're concerned about your \"safety\" in Walnut Creek, please be aware that you will now have MORE individuals coming home from other destinations where they have over-consumed driving back INTO Walnut Creek. Gee!... I hope no one gets hurt!...\n\nAnother good item out of this new regulation is that we'll have much more open store fronts available downtown. I'm pretty sure that those who disagree with me don't own businesses, are probably the folks that pay NO federal income taxes\u2026 or as I like to refer to them as \"the 50%ers because \u00bd of our population doesn't pay Federal income tax so why should they be concerned with happens in the government. It doesn't cost them a dime! And for those that don't understand accounting, payroll tax is NOT income tax. Income tax is levied on top of payroll tax.\nI'm sure these people don't frequent these establishments so they have no context as to what actually occurs.\n\nI'm not a religious person and I've never read the Bible, but I understand it much better now when they say: \"the meek will inherit the Earth.\" That means lesser intelligent human beings scavenging like dogs. If you want to know what that looks like, then talk to the two folks above...\n\nto \"concerned Citizen\" of Danville.\nI suppose you consider YOURSELF an intelligent human being and anyone that disagrees with you is a scavenging dog. I had to read your raging rambling twice because your intelligence gets in the way of writing a legible comment that makes grammatical and contextual sense. I would not have wasted my time to reread, but I was trying to locate any fiber of intelligence or logic or actual facts.\nMaybe you should frequent out of the area bars, and while you are at it, get an education and learn to write.\n\nDon't miss out on the discussion!Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic.\n\nEmail:\n\nPost a comment\n\nPosting an item on Town Square is simple and requires no registration. Just complete this form and hit \"submit\" and your topic will appear online.\nPlease be respectful and truthful in your postings so Town Square will continue to be a thoughtful gathering place for sharing community information\nand opinion. All postings are subject to our TERMS OF USE, and may be deleted if deemed inappropriate by our staff.\n\nWe prefer that you use your real name, but you may use any \"member\" name you wish.\n\nName:*\n\nSelect your neighborhood or school community:*\n\nComment:*\n\nVerification code:* Enter the verification code exactly as shown, using capital and lowercase letters, in the multi-colored box."}
-{"text": "Fuller, in opposition to the commercial view of the atonement, consistently defines atonement as a substitutionary sacrifice that expressed divine displeasure against sin:\n\n\u201c\u2026displeasure is expressed against transgression\u2026. Thus, in the death of Christ, though he died, \u2018the just for the unjust,\u2019 yet God herein expressed his displeasure against sin\u2026\u201d (Works, I:362).\n\n\u201c\u2026if its [atonement] grand object were to express the Divine displeasure against sin, (Rom viii.3), and so to render the exercise of mercy, in all the way wherein sovereign wisdom should determine to apply it.\u201d (Works, II:373\u201374).\n\nIt does that, but it does much more than that. The atonement is essential because it appeases the wrath of God against the guilty sinner by the fact that God\u2019s wrath is directed against his substitute, the perfect sacrifice of Christ. God is not merely expressing his displeasure; his displeasure is being appeased in the atonement. The purpose of the atonement was not to reveal the offense but to remove it. Reconciliation is the grand object, yet Fuller states that the object of the atonement is two-fold: \u201cthe great ends designed were to express God\u2019s love of righteousness and his abhorrence of unrighteousness; and these ends are answered by the obedience of sufferings of Christ\u2026. But his obedience unto death, which includes both, gloriously answered every end of moral government, and opened a way by which God could honorably, not only pardon the sinner who should believe in Jesus, but bestow upon him eternal life\u201d (Atonement and Justification, pp. 72\u201373).\n\nEven as he limits total depravity to the moral faculty of man, Fuller restricts atonement to a moral sense, as a crime. \u201cSin is a debt only in a metaphorical sense; properly speaking, it is a crime, and satisfaction for it requires to be made, not on pecuniary, but on moral principles\u201d (Atonement and Justification, p. 68). When Christ made atonement for sin, he did not resolve a debt, but satisfied the spirit of the law by a public demonstration of divine displeasure with sin.\n\n\u201cThe sufferings of Christ in our stead, therefore, are not a punishment inflicted in the ordinary course of distributive justice, but an extraordinary interposition of infinite wisdom and love; not contrary to, but rather above the law\u2014deviating from the letter, but more than preserving the spirit of it. Such, as well as I am able to explain them, are my views of the substitution of Christ\u201d (Atonement and Justification, p. 71).\n\nFuller refused to consider the atonement in pecuniary terms, as a literal payment of a debt. An exact payment for an exact number of sinners with varying degrees of guilt would be inconsistent with free forgiveness of sin. Sinners are \u201cdirected to apply for mercy as supplicants, rather than claimants\u201d (Works, p. 170).\n\n\u201cIf the atonement of Christ proceed not on the principle of commercial, but of moral justice, or justice as it relates to crime\u2014it its grand object were to express the Divine displeasure against sin, (Rom. viii.3,) and so to render the exercise of mercy, in all the ways wherein sovereign wisdom should determine to apply it, consistent with righteousness (Rom iii. 25)\u2014if it be in itself equal to the salvation of the whole world, were the whole world to embrace it\u2014and if the peculiarity which attends it consist not in its insufficiency to save more than are saved, but in the sovereignty of it application\u2014no such inconsistency can justly be ascribed to it\u201d (Works, pp. 170\u201371).\n\nFuller seems to be expressing a penal satisfaction, but he uses non-penal language, overcompensating for his opposition to a pecuniary sacrifice. He uses, instead governmental, moral expressions which give the overtone of a Grotian atonement. Fuller is reluctant to talk in terms of legal equivalents, but that is what Christ\u2019s atonement provided for\u2014a voluntary payment of a debt. But, of course, it was much more than that. Rolland McCune writes,\u201cPenal satisfaction recognizes that Jesus\u2019s sufferings were different from that of an ordinary human being, but they were the legal equivalent to the infinite debt that sinners owed. His suffering for sin was a generic one not a numerical one. Suffering must be equal but not necessarily identical. Identical suffering must actually be by the guilty sinner himself. Dabney speaks of a stick of wood and an ingot of gold being subjected to the same fire. One is consumed and the other is melted. So the sufferings of Christ and their effects on Him differ from what they would do to the sinner himself. \u2018The infinite dignity of Christ\u2019s person gives to His temporal sufferings a moral value equal to the weight of all the guilt of the world'\u201d (Systematic Theology Notes, p. 149, citing Dabney, p. 505).\n\nOthers may have more insight into Fuller\u2019s view of the atonment which I would be most happy to see.\n\nArchives\n\nThe Elephant of Kettering-Andrew Fuller \u00b7 This blog serves to increase people\u2019s knowledge of one of the greatest Baptist theologians of all time. Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was an able pastor, theologian, and missionary statesman. Posts will be made that offer a contribution to the life and thought of Andrew Fuller and to promoting books, articles, conferences, etc. on Andrew Fuller and Baptist history and thought. This blog functions under the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies under the supervision of Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin."}
-{"text": "The Violet Dawn is an organization, a gathering of liked minded adventurers and heroes who strongly believe in the concept of peace through out Azeroth, of living in harmony with one another, regardless of Faction. Originally founded by Zaknefia Silverspear,Because of her father, she grew up with a fierce belief that members of the Horde and the Alliance could co-exist peacefully along side one another. She has since, dedicated her life in pursuit of this cause, believing that there were others out there that were of like mind. And so she set out in search of these individuals, slowly but surely gathering them and uniting them under one banner to strive towards the goal of bringing about peace and harmony to Azeroth.\n\n+\n\nThe Violet Dawn is an organization, a gathering of liked minded adventurers and heroes who strongly believe in the concept of peace throughout Azeroth, of living in harmony with one another, regardless of Faction. Originally founded by Zaknefia Silverspear,Because of her father, she grew up with a fierce belief that members of the Horde and the Alliance could co-exist peacefully alongside one another. She has since, dedicated her life in pursuit of this cause, believing that there were others out there that were of like mind. And so she set out in search of these individuals, slowly but surely gathering them and uniting them under one banner to strive towards the goal of bringing about peace and harmony to Azeroth.\n\n\u2212\n\nThanks to this desire, she formed the order known as The Violet Dawn, a guild dedicated to this cause, different branches scattered across Azeroth and beyond to gather these kindred spirits to fight for peace in secret from the Judging, prying eyes of those whom desire only warfare. in hopes of bringing a divided Azeroth together, to create a world where Orc and Human would not throw away their lives to barge into battle against one another. The Violet Dawn is a banner, a Organization where people believing in the dream of Peace amongst each other can share and start this movement to bring enlightenment into not only our leaders hearts and minds but our peers also.\n\n+\n\nThanks to this desire, she formed the order known as The Violet Dawn, a guild dedicated to this cause, different branches scattered across Azeroth and beyond to gather these kindred spirits to fight for peace in secret from the Judging, prying eyes of those whom desire only warfare. in hopes of bringing a divided Azeroth together, to create a world where Orc and Human would not throw away their lives to barge into battle against one another. The Violet Dawn is a banner, an Organization where people believing in the dream of Peace amongst each other can share and start this movement to bring enlightenment into not only our leaders hearts and minds but our peers also.\n\nWe discriminate against no one wishing to join our cause and become a Knight of the Order, those who do reach Knighthood receive a violet sash. Which they may wear on their person in any fashion of their choosing.\n\nWe discriminate against no one wishing to join our cause and become a Knight of the Order, those who do reach Knighthood receive a violet sash. Which they may wear on their person in any fashion of their choosing.\n\n+\n\n[[File:Zak.jpg|thumb|left|286px|Zaknefia Silverspear]]\n\n==About Us==\n\n==About Us==\n\nWe are mostly a Role-Playing guild, once we start getting more active members we will also partake in PVP and PVE also. We look for every class, race and level. Willing to abide by the rules and create a fun and exciting atmosphere for people to come, enjoy each-others company and overall have a blast playing a game together, with friends. What else could you ask for!\n\nWe are mostly a Role-Playing guild, once we start getting more active members we will also partake in PVP and PVE also. We look for every class, race and level. Willing to abide by the rules and create a fun and exciting atmosphere for people to come, enjoy each-others company and overall have a blast playing a game together, with friends. What else could you ask for!\n\n\u2212\n\n[[File:91956668-profilemain.jpg|thumb|left]]\n\n== Guild rules ==\n\n== Guild rules ==\n\nLine 52:\n\nLine 51:\n\n*5: No harassing members! Especially The Guild Mistress or any Officers. Bugging someone for a promotion will NOT get you promoted faster.\n\n*5: No harassing members! Especially The Guild Mistress or any Officers. Bugging someone for a promotion will NOT get you promoted faster.\n\nLatest revision as of 23:25, December 6, 2013\n\nThe contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.\n\nContents\n\n\"There is always room for all of you here. Our beloved home is a place of friendship. Anyone one, young or old, who has read or heard of The Violet Dawn may come and visit us. If you are honest and good of heart, no matter your faction, no matter what season, our doors are always open to you. Whether for the first time, or for the return of an old companion, you are welcome. Please feel free to visit us anytime you pass by this way.\"\n\nThe Violet Dawn is an organization, a gathering of liked minded adventurers and heroes who strongly believe in the concept of peace throughout Azeroth, of living in harmony with one another, regardless of Faction. Originally founded by Zaknefia Silverspear,Because of her father, she grew up with a fierce belief that members of the Horde and the Alliance could co-exist peacefully alongside one another. She has since, dedicated her life in pursuit of this cause, believing that there were others out there that were of like mind. And so she set out in search of these individuals, slowly but surely gathering them and uniting them under one banner to strive towards the goal of bringing about peace and harmony to Azeroth.\n\nThanks to this desire, she formed the order known as The Violet Dawn, a guild dedicated to this cause, different branches scattered across Azeroth and beyond to gather these kindred spirits to fight for peace in secret from the Judging, prying eyes of those whom desire only warfare. in hopes of bringing a divided Azeroth together, to create a world where Orc and Human would not throw away their lives to barge into battle against one another. The Violet Dawn is a banner, an Organization where people believing in the dream of Peace amongst each other can share and start this movement to bring enlightenment into not only our leaders hearts and minds but our peers also.\n\nWe discriminate against no one wishing to join our cause and become a Knight of the Order, those who do reach Knighthood receive a violet sash. Which they may wear on their person in any fashion of their choosing.\n\nWe are mostly a Role-Playing guild, once we start getting more active members we will also partake in PVP and PVE also. We look for every class, race and level. Willing to abide by the rules and create a fun and exciting atmosphere for people to come, enjoy each-others company and overall have a blast playing a game together, with friends. What else could you ask for!\n\nThe rules here are simple, and all members must abide by them, regardless of rank. Though we are a very laid back and fun group of players, there are some \"laws\" that must be set to insure everyone is given equal treatment in The Order. The rules are as follows:\n\n1: A guild is like an extended family,so please,treat other members with kindness and respect!\n\n2: Discrimination of any sort against race, religion, or sexual orientation will NOT be tolerated! We are a LGBT friendly Guild.\n\n3: Please be courteous towards others, regardless of whether or not the individual is in the Guild or not.We must set an example for others and take pride in our Order and thus we must conduct our selves with dignity and honor.\n\n4: All members must have the add-on \"Gryphon Heart item (GHI)\" downloaded, Special items are created and handed out as a symbol of rank to those who receive promotions with in the Guild. In short, GHI is required for promotions. Promotions will be handed out once a member has proven them selves in the eyes of their peers, be it through questing, dungeon running, or any thing else with a fellow guildie that levels the guild or unlocks achievements/goodies for the guild, being a frequent player, attending RP Events, or lending aid to fellow guildies.\n\n5: No harassing members! Especially The Guild Mistress or any Officers. Bugging someone for a promotion will NOT get you promoted faster."}
-{"text": "I had some problems with devKitARM recently that broke Chuckie Egg and Hanky Alien. Thinking that the problem might be related to some DSi-specific code that got added to libnds, I decided to try out the games on my DS Lite. Unfortunately, the console no longer recognized DS carts. No amount of fiddling would get it to read either of the two carts I tested.\n\nNuts.\n\nI\u2019d heard that AliExpress - purveyor of fine knock-off Chinese electronics like the GB Boy Colour - had a selection of fake DS Lites on offer, so I went digging. I eventually settled on a cobalt blue DS Lite for the very reasonable price of $40. Given that an original Nintendo console would have cost more than double that back in the day, and given that it\u2019s difficult to find an original, new DS Lite for less than ten times that, it seemed like a chance worth taking.\n\nHere\u2019s what arrived:\n\nLet\u2019s start with the bad first. Side by side with a real DS, the shell is obviously not original. The top case is slightly larger than it should be and bulges outwards slightly along the edge where the clamshell opens. The square black rubber pads that are dotted around the upper screen are fitted imprecisely. The plastic feels cheap, especially when compared to the beautifully glossy Nintendo device. The A, B, X and Y buttons are horribly mushy, and the Start and Select buttons are too small for the holes that they sit in. The cover over the top screen is fitted incorrectly, allowing light from the screen to bleed through its top edge. The screens themselves are set deeper into the casing than on the original. The DS cartridge slot makes a series of nasty griding sounds when a cartridge is inserted, and the cover over the GBA slot is looser than on the original handheld.\n\nIn short, the casing is cheap and poorly assembled. But it\u2019s close enough.\n\nNow the good. My original DS Lite came from the factory with a dead pixel; a common problem. Cracked hinges were another, and the hinges on mine cracked not long after I bought it. The clone device doesn\u2019t exhibit either problem (yet). Both screens are perfect and indistinguishable from the original. We\u2019ll see how long the hinge lasts.\n\nFunctionally it appears identical to the Nintendo console. When you consider that the K1-GBA still isn\u2019t a perfect clone of the GBA, and that this thing has a GBA embedded within it, that\u2019s stunning. The only explanations that make any sense are that this clone is from a DS factory secretly making extra devices on the side, or that someone stole and replicated the PCBs like the Everdrive clones, or that it\u2019s assembled from spare OEM parts and a third-party case.\n\nIt even comes with a box (missing the serial number, of course), manual, soft case and screen protectors.\n\nI haven\u2019t really tried the stylus yet. It\u2019s possible that the touchscreen is terrible. The screen\u2019s texture feels different to the original, though that could just be because it\u2019s new. I haven\u2019t tried the charger yet as the battery is fully charged. The combination of a knock-off charger and a knock-off battery is a little concerning. Other than that, it looks to be a good alternative to either buying a second-hand DS Lite (and possibly ending up with a device that was mistreated) or paying a crazy amount for a new official device.\n\nOh, and now that I have a second DS Lite, my original console has started recognizing carts again."}
-{"text": "I seem to have trouble getting a crisp outside on vegan waffles. I think it's because we have a shitty cheap waffle iron. It takes like 7-8 minutes to cook a waffle, and it's still not crispy. My husband, however, thinks it's because they don't contain eggs.\n\ni made vegan waffles with my mom the last time i visited my parents, and they were crispy and good enough that my dad ate seconds (he looks at all vegan food with a narrowed, skeptical eye). i just found some random recipe on the internet; it wasn't very different from a standard pancake-batter recipe. your iron needs to get really super hot; maybe you aren't letting it warm up enough? or, if it's electric, it just might not be working very well anymore. but i really doubt that it's an egglessness problem.\n\n_________________\"rise from the ashes of douchebaggery like a fancy vegan phoenix\" - amandabear\"I'm pretty sure the moral of this story is: fork pants.\" - cq\n\nOurs are crispy and we use the Oatmeal banana raisin recipe from Vwav. I would assume its your waffle iron (maybe you need to oil it more?), but maybe try that recipe and see if it helps?\n\nI'll try that one next. I've made most of the waffles from Vegan Brunch, and the peanut butter ones are the only ones that even get close to crispy, but they're also the driest ones.\n\nacr wrote:\n\ni made vegan waffles with my mom the last time i visited my parents, and they were crispy and good enough that my dad ate seconds (he looks at all vegan food with a narrowed, skeptical eye). i just found some random recipe on the internet; it wasn't very different from a standard pancake-batter recipe. your iron needs to get really super hot; maybe you aren't letting it warm up enough? or, if it's electric, it just might not be working very well anymore. but i really doubt that it's an egglessness problem.\n\nI feel like I'm letting it adequately preheat. I turn it on before I start the recipe, and the preheat light turns on, so I guess it should be hot enough?\n\nIt's kind of always sucked though. I think it's just a cheap piece of crepe.\n\nThe raised waffles from vegan brunch get really crispy - I think it has to do with the amount of oil (they have a fair amount). You can try leaving them in for longer, at a lower setting if you can adjust the temperature. Or, you can try baking them in the oven for a few minutes.\n\nI have a Waring Pro Double Belgian Waffle Maker and it totally makes crispy waffles. I love it! Then again, not every recipe makes for crispy waffles...But my two favorite crispies are the chelsea and raised from VB. There's also a single waffle maker in the same brand/model for a little cheaper, but I like being able to make two at a time.\n\nI have a Waring Pro Double Belgian Waffle Maker and it totally makes crispy waffles. I love it! Then again, not every recipe makes for crispy waffles...But my two favorite crispies are the chelsea and raised from VB. There's also a single waffle maker in the same brand/model for a little cheaper, but I like being able to make two at a time.\n\nThat looks hardcore! I think mine was probably a quarter that price, which may be why it sucks. Good thing it's almost exmas."}
-{"text": "The peace in the storm\n\n35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, \u201cLet us go over to the other side.\u201d36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care if we drown?\u201d\n\n39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.\n\n40 He said to his disciples, \u201cWhy are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?\u201d\n\n41 They were terrified and asked each other, \u201cWho is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!\u201d (Mark 4:35-41, NIV)\n\nWhen will spiritual formation truly be working in me? Sometimes, honestly, I wonder if it will ever be at work!\n\nBut the peace in the storm is a great indicator. Peace to know the storm doesn\u2019t win. Peace to know I can get up and rebuke the storm in the authority of the Kingdom."}
-{"text": "Health & Safety\n\nDetecting spice: research continues at the Academy\n\nAmy Gillentine Air Force Academy Public Affairs\n\nU.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) \u2014 The Navy has a promotional campaign warning against spice; the Army has allowed commanders to order mandatory drug-testing for the first time; and Airmen at the Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory are working to find ways to detect the substance in service members.\n\nSpice is a synthetic compound created in laboratories, it has properties similar to marijuana, and has been shown to be dangerous and deadly. Once sold legally, the drug is now outlawed in 45 states and in all four service branches, the result of users suffering from hallucinations, violence and organ failure.\n\nSpice is reportedly gaining popularity among military personnel, but U.S Air Force Academy\u2019s Chemistry Research Center and the Chemistry Department have teamed-up to solve the problem.\n\nTo do this, they must answer two questions: How do they detect a new chemical compound in a routine drug test and how do they detect it for longer periods after a person takes it?\n\nThe results of their work have been promising. Last year, research teams discovered a common metabolite used in synthetic cannabinoids like Spice, a generic term used for all types of the synthetic drug mimicking the effects of marijuana.\n\nFormer Cadet 1st Class Alexa Gingras, now a second lieutenant, spent the summer of 2012 at the laboratory and discovered strategies to improve the sensitivity of the Air Force\u2019s drug tests and devised a shortened method of preparing urine samples for analysis. For her research, Gingras received the Moore Award, an honor presented to the cadet with the most influential summer research across all academic disciplines.\n\nThe Academy\u2019s spice research continues, with chemistry professor Dr. Timm Knoerzer and Cadet 1st Class Jacob Krimbill working to develop extended testing protocols for the drug with the goal of increasing analytical testing of samples.\n\nKrimbill, a senior biochemistry student, first began researching spice in the spring of 2013. He also conducted a summer research project at Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory, where he assisted in devising new protocols to increase the rate at which samples can be tested. His research continued throughout the fall semester and he gave up part of the semester break to continue working on the project.\n\nThe pair are trying to find ways to detect spice metabolites even weeks after it\u2019s been used.\n\n\u201cOne main component in spice (UR-144) is easily metabolized, but readily degrades either in the body or during the testing protocol,\u201d Krimbill said. \u201cOur intent is to synthesize and test for the degraded metabolite which may ultimately lead to a more precise and sensitive test.\u201d\n\nGetting to this point will take work.\n\n\u201cOnce this particular metabolite breaks down, it takes on a different chemical makeup,\u201d Knoerzer said. \u201cThe standard test doesn\u2019t check for it. We\u2019re designing a test that will check for the degraded metabolite directly in urine samples.\u201d\n\nBut first, Krimball and Knoerzer must recreate the metabolite in the lab.\n\n\u201cHow to develop the synthesis of the compound doesn\u2019t exist in literature,\u201d Knoerzer said. \u201cYou can buy it, but not in pure form. So, an inherent need exists to synthetically produce the metabolite in larger quantities and with better purity. So, that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do is take advantage of our skills as synthetic chemists.\u201d\n\nBut they don\u2019t expect to be waylaid for long.\n\n\u201cWe have identified several alternative strategies and we are aggressively screening these methods for effectiveness,\u201d Knoerzer said. \u201cWe plan to present our findings at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Dallas this March.\n\nBoth researchers believe their project could lead to a commercial product.\n\n\u201cI think drug testing laboratories would be interested,\u201d Knoerzer said. \u201cBut right now, we\u2019re focused on developing the system and publishing a paper on it.\u201d\n\nThe Air Force as a whole will benefit from the research, as will their Army counterparts, who are also working with the Air Force lab, the doctor said.\n\n\u201cIt has real-world applications,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has Air Force applications. That\u2019s one of the things that makes this so inherently interesting. We\u2019re filling a void.\u201d\n\nMAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) \u2014 The Community College of the Air Force officially launched the Air Force Credentialing Opportunities On-Line program March 16. Air Force COOL is a pathway for enlisted Airmen to earn industry recognized professional certifications and licenses to enhance their active-duty work and to prepare them as they transition to...\n\nVANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. \u2014 What does it take to change a nation? What force has the power to move millions of people in their fundamental views of the world? For Christopher Daniels, a U.S. Air Force colonel, that answer is simple: leadership. In his words, \u201cThe true agent of change is true leadership.\u201d...\n\n(U.S. Air Force photo) On April 18, 1942, Airmen of the U.S. Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. \u201cJimmy\u201d Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack...\n\nNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. \u2014 It\u2019s Sept. 12, 2005. Senior Airman Dennis Hutchison is recovering from a hard day\u2019s work on the flightline of Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, when he receives a call that tragedy had struck. \u201cI got a notification from my family that my father had passed away,\u201d Hutchison said. \u201cI immediately contacted...\n\nTUCSON, Arizona \u2013 On March 28 and 29, hundreds of rockets will soar into the Tucson sky at Desert Heat 2015. Rocket enthusiasts from around the Southwest will gather for this annual two-day rocketry event, where there\u2019s no cost to watch, and kids always fly free. The rockets that will be launched vary in size...\n\nInformation\n\nPublisher\n\nDesert Lightning News is published by Aerotech News and Review, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under written agreement with the 355th Fighter Wing. Aerotech News and Review prepares all editorial content for Desert Lightning News. Submissions may be edited to conform to the AP Style Guide, local policy and Air Force style as required by Air Force Instruction 35-101.\n\nDisclaimer\n\nThe appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the DoD, the Department of the Air Force or Aerotech News and Review, of the products or services advertised.Contents of Desert Lightning News are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, DoD or the Department of the Air Force."}
-{"text": "REMARKABLE WOMEN: Local woman finds her purpose in helping others\n\nWINDBER, Pa. (WTAJ) \u2014 Barb Zablotney is one of a kind. She knows exactly who she is, and what she\u2019s doing.\n\n\u201cI was just like, well if you\u2019re going to stare at me, I might as well make it worth your while,\u201d Zablotney said. \u201cI\u2019m just gonna get this crazy chair, I\u2019m gonna get these crazy tattoos, I\u2019m gonna dress crazy.\u201d\n\nIn December 2007, Zablotney was paralyzed from the waist down after a car crash. Her mom died a year later, then she separated from her fiance.\n\n\u201cI held on to false hope for way too long, and it caused my depression, I feel like,\u201d Zablotney said. \u201cThat\u2019s a lot to take. I was just trying to survive day by day. I had no plans for the future. I was just trying to live.\u201d\n\nZablotney knew something had to change, even if it was just her mindset.\n\n\u201cI would say that that was the turning point when I accepted that this is permanent and I\u2019m still Barb and I am who I am and can still do just as much, I just have to do it differently,\u201d she said.\n\nShe decided to get involved with the community and be more independent.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s when I dealt with so many little micro-aggressions, little things that people say and they do that they think are cute or funny but it\u2019s really degrading,\u201d she said.\n\nShe posted her struggles on Facebook, but wanted to educate on a bigger level.\n\n\u201cWhen the opportunity for Miss Wheelchair came to me and I realize it\u2019s not a beauty pageant but it\u2019s more of an advocacy-based thing, I knew exactly what I wanted to go in and advocate for,\u201d she said.\n\nZablotney competed in Miss Wheelchair Pennsylvania and won. Her mission? To change ignorance with education and inclusion.\n\n\u201cIt was really surreal, I was like, did this just really happen, is this really a thing? What\u2019s happening right now?\u201d she said. \u201cI finally found, I guess, where I belong, and my sense of purpose and direction in my life for the first time since I got injured.\u201d\n\nWith her new platform, Zablotney traveled 20,000 miles to seven different states and made 68 appearances. She showed officials in her hometown of Windber what it\u2019s like to use a wheelchair downtown, as well as arranged to have Johnstown host the annual Ms. Wheelchair Pennsylvania competition.\n\nZablotney lobbied in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. for legislation that protects and advances the rights of all people with disabilities. She started a YouTube channel called \u201cRolling Rainbow\u201d to show others what a day in her life looks like, calling out people and places unaware of how their actions or inaction impact those with disabilities.\n\n\u201cI want people to learn how to properly address people with disabilities and they speak about people with disabilities,\u201d she said.\n\nHoping able-bodied people learn to treat her the way they did before she had to use a wheelchair.\n\n\u201cOne day I would love for someone just to come by, see me getting in or out of my car and not go, \u2018Can I help you?\u2019,\u201d she said. \u201cI would love for someone to just, you know, walk by me and say \u2018Hi, how are you doing today?\u2019 and keep going because that\u2019s when they see me as a person and not as someone that is helpless.\u201d\n\nThis is only a fraction of what Zablotney has accomplished in two years. She\u2019s now focusing on a support group for others using wheelchairs in the Johnstown area.\n\n\u201cThe sense of community is the number one thing that I noticed in the wheelchair community that is very healing,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s the only minority group in the country you can become part of at any time. You\u2019re not always born with a disability.\u201d\n\nBecause of that, Zablotney hopes you are thankful for today, because your entire would could change tomorrow.\n\n\u201cIf tomorrow does change for you, the world\u2019s not gonna end,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna not be fun for a little bit but it still continues, and you can have a great life afterwards.\u201d\n\nZablotney is living proof of just how great life can be.\n\nCopyright 2020 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed."}
-{"text": "Beijing scholar urges open ballot in 2017 at rowdy reform seminar\n\nBut Rao Geping's idea is dismissed as \"screening\" at rowdy seminar on reform\n\nMembers of the nominating committee that will pick candidates for chief executive should vote on each candidate individually and reveal how they vote to keep the process \"open and transparent\", a leading Beijing legal scholar told an often fiery seminar on reform yesterday.\n\nBasic Law Committee member and Peking University academic Rao Geping faced heckles at City University as he set out his ideas for the 2017 poll.\n\nHe said committee members would have to vote for or against each candidate put forward. An unspecified number of candidates would then go forward to face the public when the city elects its leader democratically for the first time.\n\nRao's idea differs from those put forward by most Beijing-loyalist groups, which have generally suggested an internal election of committee members. But pan-democrats, including forum organiser Ronny Tong Ka-wah, said Rao's idea would likewise result in \"screening\" of candidates critical of Beijing.\n\n\"Nominating committee members should vote on the candidates one by one, the result should be made public, and the candidates who got the biggest number of votes can become the candidates \u2026 This can help increase voters' right to know about and monitor the work of the committee,\" Rao argued after a series of groups from across the political spectrum set out their own favoured models for reform.\n\nRao suggested his idea would be more transparent than an internal election. But Eric Cheung Tat-ming, a law lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, said the idea would allow whichever political camp controlled the committee to decide the shortlist. Beijing loyalists are expected to dominate the committee.\n\nTong also found himself heckled by some pan-democrat supporters. Unlike many in the camp, the Civic Party lawmaker does not insist that the public should be allowed to pick candidates in 2017. Beijing dismisses the idea as against the Basic Law.\n\nTong hailed a \"consensus\" among participants on the need for the composition of the nominating committee to differ from the election committee that chose previous chief executives.\n\nBut he said abuse from members of radical groups Socialist Action and People Power, some of whom were later removed by security guards, might stop him holding further seminars.\n\n\"It was deeply regrettable \u2026 As we fight for democracy, I believe we should embrace diversity, but I am worried that what I saw today was rather [the beginning] of mob politics,\" Tong said.\n\nChief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, leader of the government's consultation on reform, also attended. She received a petition from student activist group Scholarism before the meeting, calling on her to listen to the public on 2017."}
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-{"text": "Primary Navigation Menu\n\nHow To Make Thai Iced Coffee\n\nHow To Make Thai Iced Coffee\n\nEspresso is the most eaten beverage in the world. No matter exactly where you go, coffee is often accessible. But, till not long ago there's been little or no study around the effects of coffee on our wellness. The researcher's are waking up having said that. There have lately been studies accomplished with a range of wellness advantages to drinking that only delightful cup of espresso.\n\nInside a study in Italy, it had been verified that that brewed coffee consists of several anti-oxidants and consumption of antioxidant-rich brewed coffee may inhibit health conditions induced by oxidative damages. Compared to other caffeine made up of beverages like tea and cocoa, espresso proved being the most effective in helping to stop sickness turquoise coffee mugs.\n\nThe caffeine in coffee has frequently been a resource of worry for several. Plenty of people have troubles sleeping if they drink coffee suitable before bedtime. Other people will drink espresso to provide them that increase of energy caffeine presents. Some even come to feel their coronary heart level boost when they drink an excessive amount of espresso.\n\nDo you realize you will find also gains on the caffeine discovered in coffee? Coffee consumption ( due to the caffeine) was connected using a appreciably decrease danger for Alzheimer's Sickness, independently of other doable confounding variables. These outcomes, with potential potential experiments, may have a serious affect about the prevention of Alzheimer's condition."}
-{"text": "ACCO Brands Co. (ACCO) Shares Sold by Ancora Advisors LLC\n\nAncora Advisors LLC reduced its stake in ACCO Brands Co. (NYSE:ACCO) by 32.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 786,454 shares of the industrial products company\u2019s stock after selling 374,591 shares during the period. Ancora Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.77% of ACCO Brands worth $8,887,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.\n\nA number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. MetLife Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in ACCO Brands by 11.9% in the 2nd quarter. MetLife Investment Advisors LLC now owns 48,975 shares of the industrial products company\u2019s stock valued at $678,000 after buying an additional 5,210 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in ACCO Brands by 27.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 24,958 shares of the industrial products company\u2019s stock valued at $346,000 after buying an additional 5,380 shares during the period. Chartwell Investment Partners LLC grew its position in ACCO Brands by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Chartwell Investment Partners LLC now owns 149,891 shares of the industrial products company\u2019s stock valued at $1,694,000 after acquiring an additional 7,490 shares in the last quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. grew its position in ACCO Brands by 710.7% in the 3rd quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,050 shares of the industrial products company\u2019s stock valued at $125,000 after acquiring an additional 9,687 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sun Life Financial INC acquired a new position in ACCO Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at about $140,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.21% of the company\u2019s stock.\n\nGet ACCO Brands alerts:\n\nIn related news, SVP Pamela R. Schneider acquired 3,100 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 1st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $8.10 per share, with a total value of $25,110.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 81,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $662,482.80. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Chairman Boris Elisman acquired 6,547 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 31st. The shares were bought at an average cost of $7.72 per share, with a total value of $50,542.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now owns 798,917 shares of the company\u2019s stock, valued at approximately $6,167,639.24. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have bought 19,647 shares of company stock valued at $156,253. Corporate insiders own 4.50% of the company\u2019s stock.\n\nSeveral equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research downgraded ACCO Brands from a \u201chold\u201d rating to a \u201csell\u201d rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 11th. Barrington Research set a $13.00 target price on ACCO Brands and gave the company a \u201cbuy\u201d rating in a research report on Monday, November 5th. ValuEngine downgraded ACCO Brands from a \u201chold\u201d rating to a \u201csell\u201d rating in a research report on Saturday, September 22nd. TheStreet downgraded ACCO Brands from a \u201cb-\u201d rating to a \u201cc+\u201d rating in a research report on Friday, November 16th. Finally, Noble Financial reaffirmed a \u201cbuy\u201d rating and issued a $15.00 target price on shares of ACCO Brands in a research report on Monday, August 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. The company presently has a consensus rating of \u201cHold\u201d and an average target price of $15.25.\n\nNYSE ACCO opened at $8.11 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $808.56 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.82, a PEG ratio of 0.67 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.03. ACCO Brands Co. has a 1-year low of $7.39 and a 1-year high of $14.63.\n\nACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 30th. The industrial products company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.35 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $507.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $533.26 million. ACCO Brands had a net margin of 7.36% and a return on equity of 17.38%. The business\u2019s revenue was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.35 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that ACCO Brands Co. will post 1.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.\n\nThe business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 29th. ACCO Brands\u2019s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.17%.\n\nTRADEMARK VIOLATION NOTICE: \u201cACCO Brands Co. (ACCO) Shares Sold by Ancora Advisors LLC\u201d was originally published by American Banking News and is owned by of American Banking News. If you are accessing this news story on another publication, it was illegally stolen and republished in violation of international trademark & copyright law. The correct version of this news story can be read at https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2018/11/30/acco-brands-co-acco-shares-sold-by-ancora-advisors-llc.html.\n\nACCO Brands Profile\n\nACCO Brands Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets, consumer and business products. It operates through three segments: ACCO Brands North America, ACCO Brands EMEA, and ACCO Brands International. The company offers school notebooks, calendars, and whiteboards; storage and organization products, such as lever-arch binders, sheet protectors, and indexes; stapling, punching, laminating, binding, and shredding products; do-it-yourself tools; and computer accessories and others, which are primarily used in schools, homes, and businesses."}
-{"text": "Engineering Careers PPT\n\nViews: 2895\n\nRating:\n\n(1 rating)\n\nThis powerpoint was created by Sandra Kaszynski to cover the various types of engineering careers open to students and what these types of engineering are. Sandra is an Aerospace Education Specialist for NASA."}
-{"text": "K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences\n\nNew screen ordered\n\nIt\u2019s an oddball situation for me. I\u2019m the owner of a battered Thinkpad \u2014 a machine that is fully functional (and serves as a three-way guinea pig for Arch, Ubuntu and Crux systems), with the exception of a damaged screen. That makes it only somewhat useful, since it\u2019s enough to see what you\u2019re doing, but not enough to see everything you want to be doing.\n\nIn a situation like this, I have to weigh the value of the machine as a unit, against the value of the machine as parts, and both of those against the price for repairs. It\u2019s unfortunate, but part of the price is also the cost for shipping, etc., which don\u2019t really figure in the actual value of the part, but have to be taken into consideration.\n\nI\u2019ve done this countless times before, with everything from a pile of leftover Dell laptop parts to a pair of identical Poweredge servers with Xeon Pentium 4 processors. Depending on the machine and the value and usefulness of it, I decide if it gets the repair, or gets disassembled. (The servers were consolidated into one and used as a high-end dual-processor hyperthreading desktop machine. :shock::twisted: )\n\nBut now my physical location makes things a little more complicated. I\u2019m not aware of any parts sources locally that might carry a 14.1-inch screen to fit an 8-year-old laptop \u2014 unless I buy an entire machine (which will probably be functional already and therefore an inappropriate donor). Internet resources are a possibility, but a little more hassle than they\u2019re worth (since decoding the kanji on a page could take a day in and of itself :roll: ).\n\nSo after careful consideration, and much introspection, and a few pro-and-con lists, I decided to call in a favor and ordered a screen from a source in America. It\u2019ll be shipped to a friend and reshipped to me, making the entire escapade rather expensive \u2014 the screen itself is only about US$30 (a really good price), but shipping and reshipping bump it up to about US$80.\n\nI thought about it and decided the machine is worth US$80, really. For as frequently as I call it a \u201cbattered\u201d laptop, it\u2019s in great shape. No scuffing, minor wear, a working battery, latches work, great keyboard \u2026 and so that screen is honestly the only defect. If it wasn\u2019t for that, it\u2019d be perfect.\n\nI decided US$80 is a small price to pay to make it 100 percent useful. Of course, there\u2019s a little work involved once it arrives, and I know enough about computers to never say \u201cit\u2019s working\u201d until it\u2019s actually working, but I have a good feeling about this one. It\u2019s a keeper, I suspect. :)"}
-{"text": "Sunday, December 2, 2012\n\nA Korean Wedding\n\nSo this last weekend, my Hopkido instructor was the Honored speaker (like a conductor/ director/priest) at a former hopkido student's wedding and he invited us to go with him to experience what a Korean wedding was like. And all I can say is that is was interesting.\n\nAll the older people were dressed in their traditional handbock, which was cool. I got a good shot of one with an awesome furry vest:\n\nHere is my instructor, as he is announcing the couple and directing what will happen next.\n\nThe room was cool and beautifully decorated but when the wedding started it turned into what I felt like was a runway show. The lights started changing colors and there was music that was more fit in a dance hall not a wedding. The whole thing was very scripted and their was constantly a person telling them where to sit or stand and when to bow. Then there was this part where they brought out a cake for the bride and groom to cut (mind you they used a gigantic cleaver instead of a normal knife) the lights started to strobe and light them up like a rock concert, along with music. I was fighting back laughing so bad. After they cut the cake they just pushed it off to the side as though it was just a normal part of the ceremony.\nAnother point in the wedding, the groom started doing push-ups and with each one he would shout how much he loved his new bride. Odd, but cute in a military way. Oh also when the groom was asked if he would marry the bride, he shouted like answering a drill sargent that he would and 'THANK YOU'. It was to say the least intense.\n\nAnd with all good weddings we had a great buffet afterward, filled with food I had never seen before in my life and a sushi bar which was great. I am starting to warm up to sushi. Not as bad as I thought it would be.\n\nActually a week before we had another wedding happen with a couple that I train with. The couple are both foreigner, one from America and the other from Scottland. They met while teaching here and to avoid a big ceramony they signed the legal documents here in Korea. Of course my instructor would not allow them to get away without a ceremony. Sabunim, my instuctor, set up everything and so it was at the Dojang (Dojo). He made a huge banner and we had a good little reception ceremony there for them. I thought it was cool because it really was a mix of cultures. Andy, the scottish groom, played the bagpipes and we toasted them with wine (cola for me)."}
-{"text": "News & Events\n\nFor Us\n\nDeadlines\n\nPlease note the following deadlines for applying via the Common Application to Colorado College.\n\nIn addition the Common Application, we accept the QuestBridge Application. Please work with the QuestBridge Foundation to meet their deadlines. We have also joined the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success, but have deferred our participation for the 2016-17 application year. We will accept the Coalition Application next year for the 17-18 application season."}
-{"text": "Emily isn\u2019t saying who she chose to design her wedding dress, but we wouldn\u2019t be surprised if she gave the project to a \u201cgood friend\u201d Marc!\n\nDesigner Marc Bouwer knows exactly what Emily Blunt wants in a wedding dress. \u201cShe has a models body,\u201d Marc explained of John Krasinki\u2018s fianc\u00e9 to HollywoodLife.com exclusively June 7 at \u201cFreeing Voices Changing Lives,\u201dThe American Institute for Stuttering\u2019s 4th Annual Benefit Gala at the Tribeca Rooftop in NYC. \u201cI think she can take on different characters; she can be totally sophisticated and sweet and pretty. I would like to see Emily in something very slim, simple and sheath like!\u201d\n\nMarc, who\u2019s very close friends with Emily, has already dressed her three times \u2014 twice for Stuttering Institute Galas, and once for the BAFTAs last year \u2014 so he knows what looks good on her. \u201cShe really likes the way my [dresses] fit her,\u201d Marc said. So, in her wedding gown, he would like to see something with \u201ca lot of action on the back, but a really slim shape. I would do amazing arrangements with these gorgeous flowers right here,\u201d he said, pointing the lower-back area.\n\n\u201cI like taffeta,\u201d Marc continued. \u201cThe shine has a bit of a gold iridescence to it, very slight just so that it adds a little bit of warmth to it.\u201d\n\nAs for accessories: \u201cI always love a long simple earring,\u201d Marc said. \u201cI know you\u2019re not supposed to wear pearls at a wedding, [so] maybe throw in aquamarine \u2014 a hint of color. Something borrowed, something blue \u2014 there you go!\u201d\n\nMarc sees Emily as a type of \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d figure and would LOVE the chance to design her dress. \u201cThis is just a designer\u2019s dream to do something like that,\u201d he said. \u201cNot that I\u2019m doing it,\u201d he added sarcastically.\n\nWhat do you think, BFFs? Have we finally solved the mystery of Emily\u2019s wedding dress designer?"}
-{"text": "\u201cProtecting consumer privacy is of utmost importance,\u201d Ms. Harbour said during a Federal Trade Commission roundtable discussion about privacy Wednesday, speaking via videoconference from Barcelona, Spain. \u201cUnfortunately, many of the companies that consumers look to as leaders \u2014 and that we expect to be leaders \u2014 still have not taken this message entirely to heart.\u201d\n\nMs. Harbour\u2019s remarks started off the FTC discussion in Washington, where speakers are addressing privacy questions related to Internet architecture, health and sensitive information. The roundtable is the final in a series of discussions the FTC will use to make privacy-related recommendations.\n\nThe launch of Google Buzz was \u201cirresponsible conduct\u201d by a company considered \u201cone of the greatest technology leaders of our time,\u201d Ms. Harbour said, in making her remarks, which she said are her own and not the views of the FTC. Ms. Harbour is leaving the FTC on April 6.\n\nGoogle introduced the social-networking service in February and was met with a wave of privacy complaints. Similar to Twitter and Facebook, Google Buzz allows users to share information, notes and comments with users they are connected to. But, unlike Twitter and Facebook, Google Buzz automatically signed users up to connect with other users based on email and chat contacts in Google\u2019s Gmail. It also made that list of followers public by default. Google soon scrambled to tweak the service\u2019s privacy settings.\n\nMs. Harbour said that social networking was barely a reality when Google introduced its email system and that consumers who signed up for the email service likely did not expect that their data would be used for social networking. When Google introduced a new service, consumers, not the company, should have decided whether or not to sign up for features that could expose their data, she said.\n\nA Google spokesman said in a statement that user transparency and control are \u201ctop of mind\u201d for the company. \u201cWhen we realized that we\u2019d unintentionally made many of our users unhappy, we moved quickly to make significant product improvements to address their concerns,\u201d he said. \u201cOur door is open to additional feedback and we\u2019re continuing to make more improvements based on that feedback.\u201d\n\nTechnology companies continue to launch new products under a problematic model: throwing the idea against the wall, seeing if it sticks, then pulling it back and addressing privacy concerns if needed, Ms. Harbour said. \u201cDeeds speak louder than words, and this is turning into a dangerous game of \u2018copycat\u2019 behavior,\u201d she said. \u201cUnlike a lot of tech products, consumer privacy cannot be run in beta.\u201d\n\nMs. Harbour also addressed the issue of data-security vulnerabilities, especially through services offered via \u201ccloud computing,\u201d a term for online applications. She said that while encryption technology is built into Web browsers, it often applies only to login information, such as user names and passwords. Other data are sent unencrypted. She said that the issue affects several email and social networking services.\n\nThe practice can expose consumers to risks when they connect to these cloud-based services from a public wireless network at a coffee shop or airport, for instance. Without the encryption, the user data can easily be intercepted, she said.\n\nPrivacy is a fundamental right that consumers still care about and have expectations for, Ms. Harbour said. Those norms do not change as technology evolves, and the stakes are growing as more information, such as genomic and public-health records, is made available, she said. Ms. Harbour cited recent comments from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who said during an interview with CNBC, \u201cIf you have something that you don\u2019t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn\u2019t be doing it in the first place.\u201d\n\nMs. Harbour said she could not disagree more with that assertion. \u201cThe Commission will continue to evaluate consumers\u2019 preferences, and armed with these insights, I hope and expect that the Commission will continue to shape the conversation about the intrinsic value of privacy,\u201d she said. \u201cBut make no mistake: The Commission will unfailingly step in to protect consumers where we believe the law has been violated, and that includes violations relating to privacy promises.\u201d\n\nA spokesman for Google said that the company cares about privacy, citing its creation of tools to help users understand and control information online and the improvements it continues to make to Buzz."}
-{"text": "Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nIf this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nKravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nI'm sorry, but somebody screwed up. Not sure if it was the Memphis Grizzlies. Not sure if it was the Indiana Pacers. Not sure if it was the New Orleans Hornets, who later got involved in the trade talks.\n\nBut somebody somewhere messed up two huge deals Thursday -- the proposed O.J. Mayo-for-Josh McRoberts-and-a-first-round-pick deal and a trade that would have sent Brandon Rush to the Hornets for a first rounder and some other pieces -- and now, the Pacers are left with . . .\n\nNothing.\n\nWho's to blame?\n\nShortly after news of the aborted trades broke, Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley seemed to throw the Pacers front office under the bus, telling TNT's David Aldridge, \"Indiana was not able to get it all together.\" That can be interpreted one of two ways, either \"Indiana couldn't get its (bleep) together,\" or \"Indiana was waiting on New Orleans to make this three-team deal work, and it didn't come together in time.\"\n\nWhatever.\n\nSources told The Star, though, that the Pacers called the league at 3 p.m. to notify them of the three-team deal, and were on hold, waiting to get into the league's queue, when the deadline passed at 3:01 p.m. While the Pacers were waiting, New Orleans apparently backed out of the deal -- which wouldn't have been consummated anyway, since the league insisted it was 3:01.\n\nHe said, he said, he said.\n\nBottom line?\n\nThe Pacers got absolutely nothing done at this trade deadline, and they missed a fabulous opportunity to add a draft lottery-quality talent who is still young enough to get his head screwed on right.\n\nNo question, Mayo has some baggage. He was suspended in high school for an altercation with an official. He was charged with marijuana possession in high school. He got USC put on NCAA probation for accepting freebies.\n\nAfter a remarkable rookie season in 2008-09 (18.5 points per game) and a solid second season (17.5 ppg), he has gone south in his third season, averaging 12.1 points in 28 minutes, primarily coming off the bench. This season has been a mess: He was late for a game-day shootaround and was pulled from the starting lineup. He got in a fight on a plane with a teammate. And he was suspended 10 games for taking a banned substance, DHEA, which he said he ingested from an over-the-counter energy drink he got at a gas station.\n\nHe's also only 23.\n\nAnd he's got crazy talent.\n\nWhen his mind is right, the third pick in the 2008 draft is that good. And he would have been worth the minimal risk. The Pacers wouldn't have been forced to give up very much -- just McRoberts, Rush and a first-round draft choice.\n\nMayo was making only $4.45 million this year and $5.6 million next year, with a team option the third year.\n\nSmall risk, huge upside.\n\nThese have been some very good weeks for the Pacers, who are playing well after the overdue firing of coach Jim O'Brien. But Thursday was a bad day, a frustrating, mystifying day.\n\nThey didn't get Mayo. They didn't get anybody.\n\nWasn't that all part of the grand plan, to use these expiring contracts at the trade deadline to make deals to acquire young talent?\n\nThe Pacers stood there with roughly $30 million in expiring deals -- Mike Dunleavy ($10.5 million); T.J. Ford ($8.5 million); Jeff Foster ($6.6 million); Solomon Jones ($1.5 million) and McRoberts ($885,120) -- and got nothing done. In a league where expiring contracts are incredibly valuable assets, especially at a time when the salary cap is going to be slashed, the Pacers failed to move any of those assets.\n\nSo the Pacers are now putting most of their eggs in the free-agent basket, and that's a chilling prospect.\n\nTwo issues:\n\nFirst, this is not one of the better free-agent classes in recent history. I like Dallas' Tyson Chandler, the defensive-minded, shot-blocking power forward. I like David West of the New Orleans Hornets, a hard worker whose scoring average improved each of his first six years in the league. But it's not a long or terribly impressive list, and it's not like the Pacers are the only ones shopping.\n\nSecond, this is Indianapolis. We love the place, but honestly, are free agents clamoring for the chance to party in Broad Ripple?\n\nDanny Granger was both honest and incredibly foolish with his comments the other day, telling Mike Wells of The Star, \"I don't think (the talent migration to the big markets is) good for the league. It hurts a team like us tremendously if everybody can pick where they want to go. No chance for us at all.\"\n\nNow, you'd really like the face of your franchise to do a little bit better sales job, but he's not completely wrong.\n\nCap flexibility is great, and the Pacers will have more than anybody this summer, but only if somebody is willing to take your cash.\n\nThe deal for Mayo could have been a game-changer, especially in a league where the power pendulum has moved to the Eastern Conference.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\nDoesn't seem like that once a trade is agreed on and you're on phone with the league that a team can back out... One would think that something on paper should be signed off on and once you've got that signature, there's no going back...\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\nI actually agree with Kravitz on this one. We had 30 million dollars in expiring contracts...a very valuable asset come trade time. I can understand wanting to hold on to a few to reduce your salary the coming year, however, we didn't do anything.\n\nThe most frustrating part is not that we didn't get Mayo. The frustrating part is that building through trades and the draft are our primary vehicles for adding talent. Free Agency is not going to net us the talent we are looking for (at least IMO). I think once a guy is here and realizes Indy is a great city, he is more likely to stay. However, getting them to sign here initially is the problem.\n\nPoint being......we have waited a long time to have the assets to add valuable pieces to this team. That time has now passed up by. We take the risk of not luring and FAs in the summer. We have also lost our most valuable trading assets.\n\nI just don't quite understand how this deadline could pass and nothing could get done.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\nWhat was supposed to be a three-team deal orchestrated by Indiana Pacers officials Thursday afternoon fell apart when the NBA trade deadline expired.\n\nThe Pacers were set to send forward Josh McRoberts and a first-round draft pick to Memphis for guard O.J. Mayo. The Pacers were also going to send guard Brandon Rush and forward Solomon Jones to New Orleans for a draft pick and two unnamed players.\n\nThe deal fell apart because the NBA did not receive the call until 3:01 p.m., a minute past the league's mandatory deadline.\n\nTime passed as the teams attempted to finalize all of the components of the trade. The Hornets then decided not to take part.\n\nPacers president Larry Bird was frustrated after team officials had spent the day talking to five teams, trying unsuccessfully to get a third team involved in the deal only to come away with nothing.\n\nThe Pacers also talked to the Charlotte Bobcats about forward Gerald Wallace.\n\n\"I don't like it,\" Bird said. \"Sometimes it's difficult because people wait until the last minute because they're waiting on other deals. It's just unfortunate that it didn't get done. A deal is never done until you sign the papers.\"\n\nMemphis owner Michael Heisley told nba.com the Pacers were \"not able to get it all together. I think from our point of view, we were interested in the trade going forward. It was a very, very difficult conversation for us.\"\n\nMayo was to have been the key component for the Pacers, even though he has had several off-court incidents. Mayo was suspended for 10 games last month after violating the league's substance abuse program. He also got into a fight with teammate Tony Allen over a card game on the team plane.\n\nThe Pacers were still willing to take a chance on him. Mayo is a gifted offensive player who also would have provided toughness.\n\n\"I'm trying to be as aggressive as I can, but I can't make a mistake,\" Bird said. \"(Mayo) is not a mistake. I thought he would have been perfect for us.\"\n\nThe inability to pull off the trade means the Pacers will finish the season with their current roster, with the likely exception of point guard T.J. Ford. The Pacers plan to start negotiating a buyout with Ford to give him a chance to sign with a playoff-contending team before Tuesday's deadline.\n\n\"I think I'm going to get an opportunity very soon,\" Ford said. \"I knew coming into the season my time here was going to be short, and I felt this move was most likely to happen.\"\n\nPortland, Miami and New York are expected to have interest in Ford. He said he will agree to a buyout only if he knows a team will sign him and he will be able to make up the money he would lose in a buyout.\n\n\"If not, I'll be a Pacer the rest of the season,\" Ford said.\n\nThe Pacers have taken advantage of the soft portion of their schedule to go 9-3 under interim coach Frank Vogel.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\nWasn't that all part of the grand plan, to use these expiring contracts at the trade deadline to make deals to acquire young talent?\n\nHere is what I've been saying all along, in the end of the \"three years plan\" Larry was supossed to have a clear picture of what he wanted to do, he was supossed to know who he wanted to go after with all that cap space and assets, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FREAKING DAY FOR THREE YEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED.\n\nIf Larry can't get a simple deal done before the trade deadline for about three years, how are we going to trust this guy with 30+ mil in cap space? could this be another Detroit Pistons free agent signing all over again?\n\n@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\nIf Larry can't get a simple deal done before the trade deadline for about three years, how are we going to trust this guy with 30+ mil in cap space? could this be another Detroit Pistons free agent signing all over again?\n\nSee, I don't agree with the bolded part. I think our FO has a problem closing deals, and that may stem from Larry's insistence that we win deals, not just that we make deals. That's why the Pacers so often end up inactive in the trade market.\n\nOn the other hand, this kind of thinking also means we're unlikely to overpay in the free agent market. If we miss out on the guys we want, I'd think Larry will be willing to sit on our cap space waiting for a deal to materialize. And then fans will complain that Larry can't sign anyone. But I doubt very much we'll overpay for role players, which was Detroit's mistake.\n\nI think we need a closer for trades, just as we do for games. But I'm not worried that we'll overpay the way Detroit did.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nIf I'm Mr Simon, I'm questioning LB's contract situation and his capabilities. Yeah, perhaps NO backed out screwing everything up, but why did it come domn to the last minute.\n\nAnd I don't buy the \"on hold\" bit............total BS.\n\nSounded like to me that Memphis took their time deciding on the first part of the trade:\n\n\u201cPeople are going to say I have reservations (about the proposed trade). I think from our point of view, we were interested in the trade going forward. It was a very, very difficult conversation for us. It took us a long time to decide. We were getting a lot of players at the two and three position and we were getting a little skinny at the four. We had three candidates we were looking at and when we decided on one, O.J. had to be part of that trade. It wasn\u2019t that we were anxious to get rid of him.\u201d\n\nAs for Bird and NO, I'm sure he had an earlier trade agreed on, called them back and then they got cold feet at the last second. It's too bad because I think NO could really use a good young defensive-oriented SG (BRush) alongside CP3 and that rookie contract has to appeal to a small market team.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\nSee, I don't agree with the bolded part. I think our FO has a problem closing deals, and that may stem from Larry's insistence that we win deals, not just that we make deals. That's why the Pacers so often end up inactive in the trade market.\n\nOn the other hand, this kind of thinking also means we're unlikely to overpay in the free agent market. If we miss out on the guys we want, I'd think Larry will be willing to sit on our cap space waiting for a deal to materialize. And then fans will complain that Larry can't sign anyone. But I doubt very much we'll overpay for role players, which was Detroit's mistake.\n\nI think we need a closer for trades, just as we do for games. But I'm not worried that we'll overpay the way Detroit did.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\n3 years in a row? Sometimes you have to wonder if it's always the other guy's fault.\n\nWhy exactly did N.O. back out? I guess we won't know the exact details, but we can make educated guesses. Maybe N.O., realizing they have leverage, decided to hold out for additional sweeteners. Unfair? Maybe, but we had to deal with it. Or as McKeyFan suggested in the other thread, maybe it was us asking for more from N.O. Either way, N.O. wasn't satisfied, else they wouldn't have pulled out. You don't discuss a deal nearly to the finish line and just change your mind for no reason.\n\nWould giving up a little extra to N.O. help get the deal done? Ditto for the TJ Ford to Charlotte deal, and the Tinsley to Orlando deal. We probably won't ever know, but it's a noteworthy trend if you think making trades is an integral part of team building.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nOJ Mayo has a longer rap sheet than I realized. Would he have been a great physical talent to add to our team? Yeah, probably. But is he a behavior problem? It sure looks that way from what you read. Why else would everyone be talking about how he is a young player whose issues can still be \"fixed\" by Bird and the Pacers? I don't want someone that we have to \"fix.\" I want someone that will work hard, and stay out of trouble.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nKravitz would have been just as happy if the trade went through and he caused a major incident. He would have said that Bird should have known this was going to happen all along and that it was always obvious to him that this was a huge mistake. This article would have been followed up by thousands of dullards stating \"Kravitz is right!\" It's always the same.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nThis, we were sending a late 1st round pick for Mayo, either way to me the whole issue is not that they didn't get Mayo but that they didn't get anybody, the master plan didn't work.\n\nThey didn't trade for anybody, but that doesn't mean they won't be able to use the cap space. If I'm not mistaken, having the cap space still makes for a positive trade position, because you can use that to take on more salary than you send out. It's not just about free agency. The new CBA muddies the water a bit, but I hardly think the sky is falling because OJ Mayo is still in Memphis. Disappointed a bit? Maybe. Disgusted a bit? Perhaps. Despairing? Nope.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league\n\n3 years in a row? Sometimes you have to wonder if it's always the other guy's fault.\n\nWhy exactly did N.O. back out? I guess we won't know the exact details, but we can make educated guesses. Maybe N.O., realizing they have leverage, decided to hold out for additional sweeteners. Unfair? Maybe, but we had to deal with it. Or as McKeyFan suggested in the other thread, maybe it was us asking for more from N.O. Either way, N.O. wasn't satisfied, else they wouldn't have pulled out. You don't discuss a deal nearly to the finish line and just change your mind for no reason.\n\nWould giving up a little extra to N.O. help get the deal done? Ditto for the TJ Ford to Charlotte deal, and the Tinsley to Orlando deal. We probably won't ever know, but it's a noteworthy trend if you think making trades is an integral part of team building.\n\nNow that I've thought about it, trading McBob would have created a shortage of PFs on the team and I'm fairly certain that the Rush/Solo trade to NO would have addressed it.... It's interesting to consider what salaries that NO has that would fit the trade possibilities (possibly consider our trade exception too). Again, it sounded like to me that NO backed out while we were on hold with the league. I'm not sure TPTB would lie to save face with the fans as anything that comes out proving they lied down the road would really erode confidence in TPTB and what they say.\n\nAs for history, Charlotte has screwed up a lot of trades with MJ getting cold feet half way through deals.... I'm not sure I recall what we had with Minny and what Kahn had a beef with...\n\nThe Collison/Murphy trade shows that Bird can make good trades... It sounds like what happened was beyond his control - NO got cold feet at the last second and there wasn't much time to get another third team involved (ie prefer not to send Rush to Chicago) or to renegotiate with NO (sweetening the deal).\n\nAgain, all this is spilled milk and we can all speculate on the details we don't know about or are uncertain about...\n\nI won't be surprised if we revisit this trade in the off-season with Memphis and a potential S&T of McBob.\n\nRe: Kravitz Take on Mayo Trade Collapse: NO backs out when we're on hold with the league /// Wells Article with Trade Details\n\nThis is something that I don't understand. If O.J. Mayo is worth the risk, why weren't any other teams attempting to trade for him. The kid has been made available by Memphis since basically the beginning of the season. If he is truly worth the risk, you would think that a team like Chicago, who greatly needed a SG to put next to Rose, would've gone after Mayo.\n\nI'm perfectly fine with this trade not going through. We've got a game against the Jazz tonight. Moving on..."}
-{"text": "Our customers have done amazing work on the LiveStories platform for great causes. Here are some of our favorite examples from this year:\n\nData.mil: An Experiment in Defense Open Data\n\nThe Digital Defense Services, a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, uses LiveStories to showcase the Theater History of Operations (THOR) datasets\u2014a painstakingly cultivated database of historical aerial bombings from World War I to the Vietnam War.\n\nPackard Foundation: Lasting Change Evaluation\n\nThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation\u2019s Organizational Effectiveness (OE) team provides funding to non-profit organizations, networks, and individual leaders to build core strengths in key areas of infrastructure. This report examines the results of OE grants one to two years after completion."}
-{"text": "Social media is slowly creeping into all areas of the web. Even websites and services that have no social features usually place a Facebook or Google+ like button somewhere to help spread the word of their existence. Even so, it\u2019s quite difficult to explain to someone new to the Internet, or social aspects of the web, exactly what this social media revolution is. And just as importantly, what the difference between social media services are.\n\nThat problem has now been solved by using a donut analogy. Douglas Wray posted a whiteboard breakdown of all the major social media services and explained how they differ from each other using the example of a donut. Quite fittingly he posted the image on Instagram\u2013the photo sharing service.\n\nThe breakdown is the clearest I have yet seen of how something like Twitter differs from Facebook or LinkedIn. Twitter is for telling people what you are doing at any given moment (eating a donut), Facebook is more for sharing what you like in general (I like donuts), and LinkedIn is for sharing what you\u2019re good at (skilled with donuts). Yet all rely on the sharing of information in different ways to remain relevant and keep people using them.\n\nSo, the next time someone asks you what social media is, or how two services differ, save this image and pull it up on your phone. They\u2019ll understand much more quickly and you won\u2019t be standing there trying to find examples that work to show the differences. Alternatively, memorize the donut analogy and look clever at parties."}
-{"text": "Two horizontal wells OK'd for Stark\n\nChesapeake Energy has been approved for two more Utica shale horizontal wells at sites in eastern Stark County.\n\nThe Suburbanite\n\nWriter\n\nPosted Jun. 1, 2012 at 12:01 AM\nUpdated Jun 1, 2012 at 1:02 AM\n\nPosted Jun. 1, 2012 at 12:01 AM\nUpdated Jun 1, 2012 at 1:02 AM\n\nCOLUMBUS\n\nChesapeake Energy has been approved for two more Utica shale horizontal wells at sites in eastern Stark County.\n\nThe Ohio Department of Natural Resources posted new permits for Chesapeake wells in Marlboro and Paris townships. The company now has permits for 10 wells in Stark County.\n\nODNR reports that drilling already has started for a Chesapeake well off Crowl Street SE and state Route 183 in Paris Township. The Marlboro Township permit is on the north side of Pontius Street NE, about one-half mile east of New Baltimore. The drilling pad was constructed several weeks ago.\n\nChesapeake is leading the race to drill into the Utica shale formation that lies roughly 6,500 feet below the surface in eastern Ohio. Chesapeake and other companies are hoping to recover oil and natural gas liquids, along with dry natural gas, from the formation.\n\nSo far ODNR has approved permits for 236 horizontal wells into the Utica formation. Companies have drilled 72 wells and 10 are now producing.\n\nChesapeake has 173 permits for horizontal wells. The list includes 76 permits in Carroll County, where seven wells are in production. Chesapeake has all 35 of the permits in Columbiana County.\n\nHorizontal wells are drilled vertically into the ground. As the well bore nears the shale formation, the bit is curved so that it can run in a horizontal line through the rock. Companies then use a process called hydraulic fracturing \u2014 also called \u201cfracking\u201d \u2014 that involves forcing a slurry or water, sand and chemicals into the well. The pressure breaks the rock and releases the oil and gas.\n\nChesapeake has drilled four of its 10 permitted Stark County wells, but none are in production. A well in Osnaburg Township has been fracked.\n\nEnerVest has finished drilling a Marlboro Township well and expects to frack the well this month. The company started last week drilling at a site north of state Route 212 in Bethlehem Township."}
-{"text": "Pricing is unknown at the time of going to press, yet, expect release prior to the close of September.\n\nIn the meantime, DIGITIMES reports on concerns coming from NVIDIA AIBs about a possible overstock situation, being caused by the refreshed GTX 260 part.\n\nWith pricing on the 216 Shader Processor part being similar, it is claimed, to the current GTX 260 iteration, a suggested performance boost of between 5 and 10%, is expected to put the current GTX 260 solutions on unfamiliar ground."}
-{"text": "The Huawei P30 Pro uses a chipset known as the Hi-Silicon Kirin 990 5G Chipset, supporting it with its 8-Gigabyte of R.A.M and also 128-GigaByte of internal storage.\n\nThe Huawei P40 Pro smartphone is based on a OLED display. The screen also has a resolution of 1440 x 3040 pixels and a pixel density of 512ppi.\n\nA Mega-pixel of 32MP and 2MP on the front/selfie camera and also a set of Quad cams on the rear, 64MP + 20MP + 12MP + 2MP also inhibiting camera features like Auto flash, Face detection, 10x Optical zoom and Touch to focus.\n\nHUAWEI P40 PRO PRICE AND AVAILABILITY\n\nThe Huawei p40 pro isn\u2019t really popular for sale, it hasn\u2019t been fully launched to the public and also online shops. However it price costs from $1032 in the USA, UK, and Canada, also #377,196 in naira.\n\nWHERE TO BUY. People can purchase this phone on online platforms such as ALI-EXPRESS and also local Phone/Gadget stores after its launch.\n\nHUAWEI P40 PRO PHONE REVIEW ON ITS SPECS\n\nHuawei P40 Pro Specs and Price\n\nDESIGN AND DISPLAY\n\nHuawei P40 Pro smartphone has an OLED Display with a pixel density of 512ppi and also a screen resolution of 1440 x 3040 pixels.\n\nIt uses a Dual punch-hole camera, giving over 97% full screen mode. its power button is placed by the right-hand side (Anterior view) and its uses in screen finger-print sensor with its LED flash and HUAWEI product name placed underneath its cameras.\n\nIts speaker grill and headphone jack alongside its USB port are all arranged beside each other at the bottom bezel of the smartphone.\n\nTHE OPERATING SYSTEM\n\nMODEL\n\nP40 PRO\n\nAndroid O.S\n\nv.10 (Q)\n\nHuawei P40 Pro running on the latest Android version which is said to be the Android version 10. Giving 100% compatibility to applications and programs.\n\nTaking a photo with this smartphone camera and you expect it to be dull? then you must be dreaming.\n\nIf you are looking a smartphone camera that can stand up to that of the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, then give the huawei p40 pro smartphone a shot.\n\nGiving an image resolution of 9000 x 7000 Pixels.\n\nNETWORK AND CONNECTIVITY\n\nThis smartphone uses the 4G, 3G, 2G, EDGE Network Band. It has a Speed of over 21Mbps. Using a Nano SIM(Hybrid) Supports 4G on Both SIM-1 and SIM-2. Using a Bluetooth Version of 5.0.\n\nTHE BATTERY\n\nNothing about this phone seems to be boring or embarrassing. Huawei P40 Pro smartphone has a battery power of 5500mAh\u2026Mind Blowing!!!!\u2026Enjoy endless Video streaming without a short cut in battery life.\n\nTHE PROCESSOR\n\nDo you want want to be marveled? Take a look at some processor specifications. just like i said earlier.\n\nThe Huawei P30 Pro uses a chipset known as the Hi-Silicon Kirin 990 5G Chipset.\n\nTHE RAM AND THE INTERNAL STORAGE (ROM)\n\nThe Huawei P40 Pro smartphone has a R.A.M (Random Access Memory) of 8GB very much good for multitasking and also an internal storage capacity/ R.O.M (Read Only Memory) of 128GB pretty much gonna do well for storage of files and apps."}
-{"text": "From poison gas to submarines, WW1 was crucible for deadly innovation\n\nFighter aircraft, tanks, submarines, heavy artillery: the horrors of warfare between 1914 and 1918 were a crucible for deadly technological innovation, including the poison gas that came to symbolise the barbarity of the conflict.\n\nWhen World War I broke out in 1914, no European army was prepared for the heavily defensive conflict that was to define the coming years.\n\nSPONSORED\n\nFaced with a wall of bullets from machine guns and a deluge of shells from above that German writer Ernst Junger later described as a four-year \u201cstorm of steel\u201d, armies on all sides dug down into trenches and relied on a formidable array of defences.\n\nBarbed wire \u2014 invented in the United States for fencing cattle \u2014 became ubiquitous.\n\nThousands of infantrymen lost their lives entangled in the wires, earning them the grim nickname of \u201cclothes-line\u201d among French veterans.\n\nBritain and France made more attempts than Germany to break through enemy lines on the Western Front.\n\nThey focused on perfecting their heavy artillery.\n\nPreviously packed with shrapnel, shells were now filled with high explosives that could flatten defences and maximise casualties.\n\nSmoke shells and more accurate targeting became major priorities as the war progressed.\n\n\u2013 Tanks and poison gas \u2013\n\nThe British also unveiled a new caterpillar-tracked armoured vehicle \u2014 the tank \u2014 in 1914.\n\nInitially clumsy, plodding and prone to frequent break-downs, it was quickly perfected to become a key tool for penetrating enemy lines in the closing stages of the war.\n\nIn the early years, Germany was largely content to sit back and wait for attrition to take its toll on the enemy.\n\nIt carried out only one major attack on the Western front in 1915 \u2014 at Ypres in Belgium \u2014 and this only to test a brutal new weapon: chlorine poison gas.\n\nTotal war destroyed any moral inhibition in the development of weaponry.\n\nThe French and Belgian soldiers at Ypres in April 1915 saw thick smoke rising, \u201cthen a cloud of green, about 10 metres high, particularly thick at the base, coming towards us, pushed by the wind.\n\nAlmost immediately, we were suffocating,\u201d recalled a French lieutenant, Jules-Henri Guntzberger.\n\nGas brought a previously unknown level of terror to soldiers on the front line.\n\nPanicked, blinded and choking, thousands died in agony.\n\nThe horror of poison gas would permanently scar the collective imagination and forms the root of international condemnation directed against the Syrian regime\u2019s chemical attacks against civilians in August 2013.\n\nBut it actually had a minimal impact on the outcome of World War I.\n\nSoldiers learned to cover their faces in wet handkerchiefs, soon supplanted by goggles, canvas masks and a medical antidote.\n\nThe lethal effectiveness of gas was further blunted by the public revulsion it stirred on the home front. In the end, gas attacks caused less than one percent of the deaths in the war.\n\n\u2013 Combat aviation takes off \u2013\n\nAnother danger came from the sky. Combat aviation was still in its infancy in 1914, but the war triggered a rapid industrial mobilisation that meant France alone had some 3,700 aircraft by the end of hostilities.\n\nVerdun, in eastern France, was host to the world\u2019s first large-scale aerial battle.\n\n\u201cThe Great War may have been the quintessential land battle, but it also highlighted a strategic concept that would dominate conflicts in the 20th century: the importance of airpower as a prerequisite for any successful major ground attack,\u201d wrote French historian Jean-Yves Le Naur.\n\nInitially, the air was a place for surveillance, helped by improvements in mapping, aerial photography and communications.\n\nThe dogfights \u2014 which alone in the conflict retained some vestige of the romantic warfighting of the past \u2014 were primarily geared towards denying the enemy these reconnaissance opportunities.\n\nBombardments emerged only gradually, most notably in the form of the German dirigible balloons named after their inventor, Graf von Zeppelin.\n\nThey were first used to attack Antwerp in August 1914 and then deployed for night raids in the UK from January 1915.\n\nBy 1917, long-range German Gotha bombers were carrying out daylight raids in London, and the UK had developed its Royal Airforce for retaliatory attacks in the Rhine, but the technology\u2019s deadly potential would not be realised until later.\n\nThe other major innovation came at sea. Germany had all but given up trying to compete with Britain above the waterline, but turned its attention to the U-boat that it started building after the outbreak of war.\n\nBritain\u2019s naval blockade in late 1914 triggered the first submarine warfare in the North Sea.\n\nBy 1917, Germany had set itself a target of sinking 600,000 tonnes of shipping every month, and was at first successful.\n\nBut the use of convoys to protect ships, produced in vast numbers in US factories, was able to overwhelm the U-boat strategy.\n\nNone of these weapons proved decisive. It was ultimately the involvement of the vast US industrial war machine that tipped the scales in favour of the West.\n\nBut the firepower and technologies that emerged during the Great War were to define most of the conflicts since then.\n\nDon't let Silicon Valley control what you see. Get more stories like this in your inbox, every day."}
-{"text": "OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?\n\nValerie and I wanted to thank all the authors and the fabulous production team for their work on this edition of e-O&P. We hope you find this special edition on OD thought provoking and would love to hear what questions and reflections it prompts for you.\n\nI like the idea of turning the sub-title of your excellent winter edition, 'evolution & revolution', into a question. Thanks for this.\n\nMy reaction to 'revolution' is to think in terms of being both far reaching and rapid. Of course revolutions can have lengthy gestation periods and may not overturn all that has gone before. But there is generally a tipping point (sometimes only visible with hindsight) where the action begins. Are we there yet?\n\nThe strange thing about evolution (in a biological context) is that it is easier to recognise with hindsight. Under great environmental pressures evolution can run very quickly. We need to identify those pressures, and the responses that are being tried. Perhaps answers have already been found - but are not yet recognised as the fundamental shifts in thinking that they will become. The clues for us as practitioners will be in the abnormal success that the adaptations generate. Then we will have to work fast to replicate (or improve on!) those adaptations within our client organisations.\n\nThe board of one client organisation are in the final throes of ousting the chief executive and needed to shape a strategy to move forward in an uncertain and challenging environment. So were suffering both revolution and evolution. With just simple interventions from me, they have developed their plans. Plans which include a decision to re-examine, on a frequent basis, the niche (portfolio of services) in which they operate; something of a \u2018given\u2019 until now.\n\nSo I could argue that I am using the opportunity of revolutionary tipping points to encourage clients to reflect and revise in depth, and then to engage in active-evolution (echoes of learning organisations!) to address uncertainty and rapid change into the future.\n\nThanks for sharing your experiences, Ned. Does anyone else have any perspectives to share?\n\nFor me thinking about developing organisations in terms of 'evolution' prompts me to look backwards and think about what do we want and need to keep? And 'revolution' prompts me to ask what we want and need to change?\n\nNed Seabrook said:\n\nI like the idea of turning the sub-title of your excellent winter edition, 'evolution & revolution', into a question. Thanks for this.\n\nMy reaction to 'revolution' is to think in terms of being both far reaching and rapid. Of course revolutions can have lengthy gestation periods and may not overturn all that has gone before. But there is generally a tipping point (sometimes only visible with hindsight) where the action begins. Are we there yet?\n\nThe strange thing about evolution (in a biological context) is that it is easier to recognise with hindsight. Under great environmental pressures evolution can run very quickly. We need to identify those pressures, and the responses that are being tried. Perhaps answers have already been found - but are not yet recognised as the fundamental shifts in thinking that they will become. The clues for us as practitioners will be in the abnormal success that the adaptations generate. Then we will have to work fast to replicate (or improve on!) those adaptations within our client organisations.\n\nThe board of one client organisation are in the final throes of ousting the chief executive and needed to shape a strategy to move forward in an uncertain and challenging environment. So were suffering both revolution and evolution. With just simple interventions from me, they have developed their plans. Plans which include a decision to re-examine, on a frequent basis, the niche (portfolio of services) in which they operate; something of a \u2018given\u2019 until now.\n\nSo I could argue that I am using the opportunity of revolutionary tipping points to encourage clients to reflect and revise in depth, and then to engage in active-evolution (echoes of learning organisations!) to address uncertainty and rapid change into the future.\n\nI think it has to be revolution to get the topic on the agenda at all, Sharon.\n\nThe trouble with OD is that it lies a paradigm shift away from prevailing thinking about people in organisations. The usual reflex response is always to try harder, reaching hungrily for mechanistic concepts that seem to fit the need: human capital management, talent management, performance management.\n\nTo discover systems thinking and OD we must be ready to try something completely different \u2013 and not just out of idle curiosity either. We must be desperate, having exhausted our common sense, acknowledging our ignorance.\n\nI have noticed at times that managers who have been very successful can find it much harder to see the system they are part of, the limited scope they have for real autonomy, the unintended consequences of their own actions and words. The more successful a manager, the bigger the shock required to expose the flawed assumptions on which the misleading self-image and the incomplete world view stands. The bigger the shock, the more it feels like a revolution.\n\nBut to return to the question, there are revolutionary processes in nature. I have been intrigued by the concept of punctuated equilibrium. I think Ned is referring to this too. The steady state is one of slow, incremental change. All niches are occupied and new opportunities have to be won in fierce competition. When the equilibrium is disturbed by a catastrophe, the established, slow adapters die out and many new niches become available to fast adapting organisms.\n\nSo ... a classic OD response may be appropriate. Q: Evolution or revolution? A: Yes ... or possibly no.\n\nThanks David. Evolution and revolution are simply two perspectives on the same thing. It depends who's looking and their frame of reference.\n\nYour suggestion that we need to be desperate before we turn to OD is somewhat more provocative!\n\nAnd perhaps an interesting question to consider at Friday's face-to-face session.\n\nDavid McAra said:\n\nI think it has to be revolution to get the topic on the agenda at all, Sharon.\n\nThe trouble with OD is that it lies a paradigm shift away from prevailing thinking about people in organisations. The usual reflex response is always to try harder, reaching hungrily for mechanistic concepts that seem to fit the need: human capital management, talent management, performance management.\n\nTo discover systems thinking and OD we must be ready to try something completely different \u2013 and not just out of idle curiosity either. We must be desperate, having exhausted our common sense, acknowledging our ignorance.\n\nI have noticed at times that managers who have been very successful can find it much harder to see the system they are part of, the limited scope they have for real autonomy, the unintended consequences of their own actions and words. The more successful a manager, the bigger the shock required to expose the flawed assumptions on which the misleading self-image and the incomplete world view stands. The bigger the shock, the more it feels like a revolution.\n\nBut to return to the question, there are revolutionary processes in nature. I have been intrigued by the concept of punctuated equilibrium. I think Ned is referring to this too. The steady state is one of slow, incremental change. All niches are occupied and new opportunities have to be won in fierce competition. When the equilibrium is disturbed by a catastrophe, the established, slow adapters die out and many new niches become available to fast adapting organisms.\n\nSo ... a classic OD response may be appropriate. Q: Evolution or revolution? A: Yes ... or possibly no."}
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-{"text": "NFL player caught smoking weed, quits football on live stream\n\nNFL player caught smoking weed, quits football on live stream\n\nThe Cowboys defensive tackle David Irving was suspended last week for testing positive for THC, so he decided to quit altogether and go after the NFL and its antiquated rules.\n\nDavid Irving lit up the media more than a week ago when he tested positive for marijuana on a drug test. This wouldn\u2019t be as big of a news story if it wasn\u2019t the first time he tested positive\u2014he started his last 2 seasons with a 4-game suspension due to the same violation.\n\nThe Cowboys defensive tackle went live on his Instagram account once the news broke out that he would be getting a suspension once again. The suspension was going to be indefinite and could have easily ended up in him getting fired.\n\nSo, he wanted to be a step ahead and he simply quit football altogether.\n\nUnfair testing rules\n\nDuring the live feed, Irving came out in support of medical marijuana and pointed out how unfair the testing rules are when compared to the likes of those in the NBA, NHL and MLB.\n\nNFL has one of the strictest drug testing policies in the United States, if not the strictest. It could only be compared to the drug testing policy in the NCAA which isn\u2019t even a professional league.\n\nIrving\u2019s comments sparked a larger debate in regards to the rights of the players, and the substances they are allowed to consume.\n\nHere\u2019s what the rules are like in other nationally televised leagues:\n\nNBA does not test during the off season\n\nMLB only tests if there is \u201creasonable cause\u201d\n\nNHL tests only if they feel that there is a substance abuse problem\n\nMeanwhile, in the NFL, players can get tested at any time of the year, no matter if its during season or off season.\n\nIrving went on his live feed to talk to his fans, and among other things, he reasoned that marijuana helps him with the pain that the job carries.\n\nAthletes are known to take multiple prescription drugs, creams, lotions and other forms of medication to manage the pain created from all that physical stress.\n\nIt would seem as a logical step for the NFL and other national leagues to stay in touch with the times and allow for the use of cannabis in medical purposes, instead of knowingly pushing their employees into painkiller addictions."}
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-{"text": "Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Tea Party Candidate\u2019s Debate Coach\n\nTags\n\nYou should not be shocked to learn that gaffe-prone congressman and Senate candidate Paul Broun (R-GA) has spent tens of thousands of dollars on a rhetoric coach. But you may be surprised to discover that you are footing the bill for it.\n\nAccording to a report by WSB-TV\u2019s Justin Gray, Rep. Broun has spent $33,000 of his congressional office budget over the past two years to pay rhetorical specialist and debate coach Brett O\u2019Donnell. When Gray noticed the curious expenditure of taxpayer money, he paid a visit to Broun\u2019s D.C. office \u2014 only to have the door slammed in his face.\n\n\u201cCan we ask you why you\u2019re spending all this money on a debate coach?\u201d Gray asked the third-term congressman.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t have time to talk,\u201d Broun replied.\n\n\u201cCan\u2019t we talk to you for just one minute please, sir?\u201d Gray asked. Broun then shut his office door on the reporter.\n\nBroun\u2019s press secretary later provided a statement to WSB-TV, explaining that O\u2019Donnell \u201cprovides training with public speaking, on-camera interviews, and media appearances so that Dr. Broun can best communicate his legislative priorities, issues, and message with his constituents.\u201d\n\nAs Ed Kilgore notes at Washington Monthly, Broun appears to be toeing an ethical line by using taxpayer money to pay O\u2019Donnell. If O\u2019Donnell is doing any campaign work \u2014 which certainly seems likely for a debate coach \u2014 then he would have to be paid at least partially through campaign funds.\n\nEven if the arrangement is legally sound, asking taxpayers to foot the bill for his rhetoric coach should tarnish Broun\u2019s self-styled image as an extreme fiscal conservative (the congressman even criticized Rep. Paul Ryan\u2019s budget for not cutting enough spending).\n\nVoters may also wonder what, exactly, Broun was getting for their money. After all, even with a coach, Broun can\u2019t seem to stop saying things like evolution and the Big Bang theory are \u201clies straight from the pit of Hell,\u201d or that \u201cthe only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution,\u201d among many other curious claims.\n\n(If you\u2019re wondering how O\u2019Donnell hasn\u2019t been fired yet, perhaps the answer lies in a story from 2012. A former campaign aide to Rep. Michele Bachmann accused O\u2019Donnell of developing an \u201cunnatural,\u201d \u201cRasputin-like\u201d control over the congresswoman while working on her 2012 presidential run, leaving Bachmann \u201cfearful of O\u2019Donnell\u201d and \u201cbroken emotionally\u201d by the end of her campaign. O\u2019Donnell strongly denied the claim.)\n\nUltimately, the incident is just the latest reason that Democrat Michelle Nunn is likely rooting for Broun to emerge from Georgia\u2019s crowded Republican primary (in which Broun is not the only candidate to spend taxpayer money controversially).\n\nAccording to The Huffington Post\u2019spolling average, Broun currently holds an 11-point lead in the primary."}
-{"text": "Posts tagged \u201cAtari\u201d\n\nFor the first time ever, there is an official Windows version of Blood, Monolith Software's classic horror-themed FPS. Blood: Fresh Supply is out today, and a subtle update produced by Night Dive and their porting maestro Samuel \"Kaiser\" Villarreal, brains behind their Turok, Strife and System Shock updates. It's a surprisingly straightforward port to modern systems, retaining the old look while adding widescreen, high-refresh and\u2026\n\nContinuing to hoover up every neglected video game series that's remembered half-fondly, THQ Nordic today announced they're buying the rights to horror series Alone In The Dark and Eugen's real-time strategy 'em up Act Of War. These two had been owned by The Creature Wearing The Skin Of Atari - who largely seem poor carers for old series, while The Creature Wearing The Skin Of\u2026\n\nJeff Minter of tiny indie outfit Llamasoft is back and hasn't changed a bit, if Tempest 4000's launch today is any indication. Take the 1981 vector-graphics arcade shooter Tempest, and pile on the psychedelic laser effects, pumping '90s techno music and weird Welsh humour until comfortably numb. It is almost excessively retro, very loud and is out now.\n\nAmericans don't know Jeff Minter in the way he's known elsewhere. At least, that's what I've been told, and it tracks because I didn't know who Minter was either. The game creator has repeatedly butted heads with The Creature That Wears The Skin Of Atari, so it is delightful to see that some kind of common ground was reached to allow Minter to make this\u2026\n\nFirst launched in 2016, Hearts of Iron IV is yet another of the grand strategy games to come from the great grand strategy Santa's Workshop known as Paradox Interactive. Mixing sandbox style play and real-time war simulation, the title allows you to start in 1936 or 1939 and take one control of one great power -- leading them to victory over the rest of the,\u2026\n\nBack in January, zombie publisher Atari suffered the legal ire of its past-life contractor Frontier Developments over unpaid royalties for 2004's theme park sim RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. There's been no word as yet of how that particular dust - alleged by gossip site TMZ to be worth some $2.2m - settled, but I suspect many of us would raise an eyebrow or six if someone\u2026\n\nEveryone loves witches. That's just like, you know, facts. Bullets? Some people are into bullets. Some people are not. But a witch that has bullets? How could that possibly go wrong? Well, three years before we were gifted with Bayonetta, developer Cavia attempted to fuse Western and Japanese sensibilities into a post-apocalyptic monster battle adventure game. Unfortunately, the reviews for the game were just brutal.\u2026\n\nHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I had never seen a sweatier man. Deep into the battle that would decide his fate and the way his story lived on or dwindled to nothing, my custom-built character was part-way between solid and fluid. A jelly of a man; a moist pink marshmallow on\u2026\n\nHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Has anyone made a fighting game more realistic than Pit-Fighter? Released in arcades in 1990 and to home computers a year later, it used actual people as the models for its characters, digitising them through some sort of sorcery and allowing them to punch and kick\u2026\n\n\"EAT ELECTRIC DEATH\" declares Tempest 4000 as noises and colours and particles and numbers explode all over. Yup, that's certainly what I'd expect from Jeff Minter's return to the arcade shooter series. Minter was behind Tempest 2000 and 3000, Minterised remakes for Atari of the '80s arcade game. But when he tried to make the similar TxK for himself, the creature wearing the skin of\u2026\n\nSince its foundation in 2003, Obsidian Entertainment has worked with seven different publishers. Commencing with LucasArts on Knights of the Old Republic II, Obsidian has since signed contracts with Atari, SEGA, Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft and most recently, Paradox Interactive. In fact, up until Pillars of Eternity [official site], every single game Obsidian had made was funded and distributed by a different publisher. This is\u2026\n\nJeff Minter is revisiting Tempest later this year in Tempest 4000, the creature wearing the skin of Atari announced today. This is mighty surprising, considering Minter has said the creature tried to kill his TxK, the Tempest-ish shooter he released in 2014. Their apparent reconciliation is definitely welcome news, mind. No one does loud, colourful, intense, and silly arcade action just like Minter. He was\u2026\n\nThe creature wearing the skin of Atari has announced astonishing plans to launch RollerCoaster Tycoon World [official site] next Wednesday, November 16th. It's been on Steam early Access for seven months. The surprising part is: Frontier's theme park sim Planet Coaster comes out the very next day, Thursday the 17th. Given that Planet Coaster looks the better game by far, it's a bit silly. Perhaps\u2026\n\nRollercoaster Tycoon World [official site] will have players create their own parks and rides in-game, of course, but it'll also let people make brand new things outside the game. The theme park-building game will have simple tools to create new scenery objects and people and doodahs through a Unity plugin then share them over the Steam Workshop, a new trailer explains. Come see how that works\u2026\n\nIt's been a ride full of... (if I say \"ups and downs\" will you continuing reading, dear reader?) turbulence for Rollercoaster Tycoon World [official site]. Since it was first announced in 2014, it's already been through three different developers and has long passed its original \"early 2015\" release window. It was then scheduled for a December 10th launch, however has now been pushed back to\u2026\n\nThe current inhabitants of the Atari skinsuit have finally stuck a release date on their latest attempt to revive beloved management sim/construction toyRollercoaster Tycoon. Series creator Chris Sawyer is sadly not involved in Rollercoaster Tycoon World [official site], which is the fourth game in the main series, and rather worryingly the project has been through three different developers since its announcement last year.\n\nAlone in the Dark: Illumination [official site] is a curious name for a game that'll have you neither alone nor really in the dark, but strange things happen when games carry papers plucked from the corpses of fallen franchises frozen on the battlefield of the industry. The shooter named after ye olde survival horror series launched last night with class-based shooty action and support for\u2026\n\n\"This ain't your grandpa's Asteroids,\" I wish the creature wrapped in the flesh of Atari would hiss. Sadly not. That's the kind of line I'd like when a classic game becomes something so very, very modern. And what way to reinterpret the vintage space shoot 'em up could be any more modern than a multiplayer sandbox survival game? That's Asteroids: Outpost [official site], you guys,\u2026\n\nJeff Minter has been making tip-top arcade shooters for a good thirty years now, including classics like Space Giraffe, Gridrunner, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, and Tempest 2000. That last one is coming back to bite him in the bottom. TxK [official site] is his latest loud and colourful and silly and exciting shooter, and I've been waiting patiently for the PC port since its\u2026\n\nThe second episode of a mostly-forgotten episodic game being released over four years after it was nearly finished, and after its makers mostly closed, is the sort of weird game news that makes me trill \"Ooh! Weird!\" So: Blade Kitten [official site] Episode 2 came out yesterday. Ooh! Weird! \"Episode 2 was nearly completed 9 months ago then was put on indefinite hold because Atari\u2026"}
-{"text": "Kryptonium (PreICO) (KRYP) ICO\n\nKryptonium (PreICO)\n\nAbout Kryptonium\n\nKryptonium is a cryptocurrency based on Cryptonote, it has a secure blockchain which will enable enhanced levels of privacy through features such as Ring CTs, I2P, Ghost and will facilitate the introduction of Zero Knowledge smart contracts.\n\nOur solution is to introduce Kryptonium, where the control is in the hands of the people. The general public has the opportunity to gain control of their own freedom and security.\n\nKryptonium it built with the people\u2019s security in mind. Our goal is to provide the enhanced levels of security we have sought after for many years allowing us peace of mind when it comes to the privacy of our assets and our children\u2019s futures. We built Kryptonium with several layers of cryptographically proven privacy features which allow for enhanced levels of anonymity. What Kryptonium represents is the opportunity for early adopters to become part of a unique, exciting and industry disrupting technology built not just for the speculators or technologically advanced but for the masses. Kryptonium offers ease-of-use to all.\n\nKryptonium represents the opportunity for early adopters to become part of a unique, exciting, and industry disrupting technology; Not built for the amusement of speculators and technocrats, but rather for the general public. Kryptonium offers mass adoptable, user friendly, use cases and expandability to all. For the people, by the people. Kryptonium focuses on keeping your transactions as secure as you want them to be, by allowing you to select how much encryption you want in each transaction. This goes beyond just transactions and reaches into smart contracts and p2p messages; privacy and trust are at the forefront of what Kryptonium stands for."}
-{"text": "Top 10 Cheap Cruises To Mexico\n\nThere are many amazing cheap cruises to Mexico to choose from. When shopping for the best and most inexpensive Mexican cruises, you will find that there are many to choose from. Many times if you look at the different cruise lines, you will be able to find some cheap cruises to Mexico that will fit your budget. Most of the time, this just depends on how far in advance you are planning your trip. You may also find many surprisingly cheap cruises to Mexico if you are planning a last minute trip. The important thing is to shop around. Here we have done the research for you with our list of the top 10 cheap cruises to Mexico.\n\n1. 4 Night Baja, Mexico cruise from Long Beach, CA by Carnival \u2013 This is a great cruise for a long weekend, or if you just want to get away for a few days. For only $309 per person you will visit Ensenada, Mexico and enjoy two fun-filled days at sea.\n\n2. 7 Night Mexican Riviera Cruise by Holland America \u2013 For about $450 per person you will enjoy one of the best Mexican Riviera cruise deals. You will depart from San Diego and cruise the Bahia Magdalena and spend two days in Puerto Vallarta as well as one day in Cabo San Lucas.\n\n3. 7 Night Mexican Riviera Cruise by Princess Cruises \u2013 For only $500 per person, guests will enjoy the ports of Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas where they will stay for 2 days as well as enjoying two exciting days at sea.\n\n4. 7 Night Mexican Riviera Adventure by Disney Cruises \u2013 When you leave the port of San Pedro, California you will have two days at sea as well as visiting the ports of Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas for two days.\n\n5. 11 Night Mexican Riviera from San Diego by Holland America \u2013 This is one of the best deals on Mexico cruises from San Diego. For only about $599, you will enjoy 11 nights during which you will visit Puerto Vallarta, Huatulco, Ixtapa, Manzanillo as well as Cabo San Lucas.\n\n6. 10 Night Mexico Cruise by Princess Cruises \u2013 For about $1149 per person, guests will leave from San Francisco before visiting Catalina Island, California and the Mexico ports of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan.\n\n7. 8 Night Mexico Cruise by Carnival \u2013 For about $519, guests will enjoy this cruise as it departs from San Diego before visiting the ports of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo. Guests may also be eligible for upgrades and credits.\n\n8. 14-day Panama Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale \u2013 This is one of the best cruises to Mexico from Florida. For this two week adventure, guests will pay about $700 and enjoy visiting the ports of Cabo San Lucas, Hualtulco as well as Costa Rica and Panama.\n\n9. 5 Night Baja Cruise by Carnival \u2013 This is another example of the wonderful cheap cruises to Mexico. Guests will enjoy two fun filled days in Cabo San Lucas as well as two days at sea for only $329 per person.\n\n10. 7 Night Mexico Cruise by Princess Cruises \u2013 Guests will leave from San Pedro (Los Angeles) and enjoy the ports of Cabo San Lucas as well as Ensenada for about $600 making this the best cruise to Mexico from Los Angeles.\n\nIt\u2019s clear that there are many amazing options when it comes to planning cheap cruises to Mexico. With a little shopping around, there is sure to be a great cruise that will fit just about everyone\u2019s budget."}
-{"text": "Why You Should Wake Up at 5 a.m. Every Day\n\nWe\u2019ve heard of great visionaries like Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Barack Obama, who always get up at 5 a.m. They\u2019re far from the only successful people that do this. You should do it too. Why? Read on to find out.\n\nThe World is Still Asleep\n\nThe hectic, stressful workday has yet to start. You can get a lot of work done from the day or days before and be better-prepared for new and unexpected challenges. We know there\u2019s no shortage of those in our day and age. You can take advantage of the most useful hours of the day \u2013 between 5 and 8 a.m.\n\nBuild Discipline\n\nIt can be hard to even imagine getting up at 5, not to mention every day. Every time you force yourself out of bed, you build discipline, which is a crucial factor of success. It will become easier with time. You will become better able to concentrate on your tasks and tackle challenges.\n\nSet Your Own Priorities\n\nYou don\u2019t have to catch up on work at 5 \u2013 you can choose to do exercise, read, meditate, or go jogging instead. You can do whatever you want for a few hours, up until your phone starts ringing and your inbox overflowing. If there was ever a definition of freedom, this is it: you can do what\u2019s important to you with a three-hour head start on the rest of the country instead of driving straight into a hailstorm of tasks. You can devote your mornings to all those quiet activities you enjoy. When you get to work, you\u2019ll feel happier and calmer.\n\nOrganize Family Matters\n\nStarting your day in a rush to get yourself and your young children ready, speeding to drop them off at school on time, and being late for work\u2026sound familiar? Once at work, you start falling behind on tasks, with your mood dropping as rapidly as your output. Isn\u2019t it excruciating?\n\nFinish Work Early\n\nIf you get up at 5 a.m., you might be able to finish and get off work early and avoid the panic as 5 p.m. approaches and everyone is hustling to get stuff done by the end of the business day. What a relief! Again, you have the freedom to do absolutely anything you choose \u2013 read, write, exercise, meditate, or simply spend time with friends or family."}
-{"text": "Midway College gets initial approval for pharmacy program\n\nMidway College has received approval to offer a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.\n\nThe SACS accreditation is one of two accrediting processes necessary for the Midway College School of Pharmacy to become fully accredited. The other is by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Midway's accreditation from ACPE is under review, and the process will continue into 2011.\n\nMidway announced in January 2010 plans to open a School of Pharmacy in Paintsville. The pharmacy school plans to enroll its first class in the fall of 2011."}
-{"text": "Increased security for discs and files, faster video editing and even easier handling? Can you have! In a well-known manner, Nero 2017 Platinum manages to help you with your digital tasks with the highest quality, brand new, extensive functions, powerful technologies and digital learning aids.\n\nBURNING & ARCHIVING\n\nSimply safer!\n\nStart with the new Nero QuickStart completely intuitively into the Nero 2017 Platinum pleasure and access the most important tasks in turn around. Just as fast, it continues with the next step: Whether audio CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc \u2122, with the proven Nero technology, images, videos, music and data are copied and burned in the long term. And if you want to be quite sure SecurDisc 4.0 with password protection and 256 bit encryption ensures that no one reads what you want to keep for yourself!\n\nCREATE & EDIT\n\nFull creativity for full enthusiasm!\n\nFor the best results and full creativity for your multimedia files, the current Nero 2017 Platinum offers you a variety of possibilities. Now import high-quality HEVC (H.265) recordings or bring 4K and HD movies from smartphones, digital cameras and camcorders to your computer. Capture your audience with 4K movie templates and more than 800 great effects by using either extended or extended video processing. Export single scenes from long movies in one slide. Give your DVD-Video \u2122 and Blu-ray Disc \u2122 high-quality menus to your favorite scene, create your own Nero CoverDesigner covers and enjoy the highest quality output of movies and music. What is still missing? Popcorn!\n\nRIBBING & CONVERTING\n\nThe whole keyboard of the formats!\n\nBring together what's in common: Import all formats to high-quality HEVC (H.265) and convert them to almost any format you need. Rip Video DVDs *, AVCHD *, and Blu-ray Discs \u2122 * and simply continue using the files for new projects. With one-click conversion, you transfer audio CDs directly to your connected mobile device. Nero automatically ensures the easiest conversion with the best sound.\n\nPLAY & STREAM\n\nRecline and enjoy!\n\nMake the speakers, set the screen: photos, videos with subtitles and music are not only found and played quickly in Nero MediaHome, but also with the optimized app Nero MediaHome WiFi Sync jerkily imported from your mobile device and transferred to almost every device - whether iOS or Android smartphone and tablet! Play as good as all audio and video formats, even 4K (Ultra HD) and high quality HEVC. Thanks to Gracenote\u00ae connectivity, you can search for music tracks on your mobile devices using the albumcovers, and enjoy playing even more. Extend your music collection with the Music Recorder and record MP3 legally from thousands of Internet radio stations. Sounds good!\n\nIncreased security for discs and files, faster video editing and even easier handling? Can you have! In a well-known manner, Nero 2017 Platinum manages to help you with your digital tasks with the highest quality, brand new, extensive functions, powerful technologies and digital learning aids.\n\nBURNING & ARCHIVING\n\nSimply safer!\n\nStart with the new Nero QuickStart completely intuitively into the Nero 2017 Platinum pleasure and access the most important tasks in turn around. Just as fast, it continues with the next step: Whether audio CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc \u2122, with the proven Nero technology, images, videos, music and data are copied and burned in the long term. And if you want to be quite sure SecurDisc 4.0 with password protection and 256 bit encryption ensures that no one reads what you want to keep for yourself!\n\nCREATE & EDIT\n\nFull creativity for full enthusiasm!\n\nFor the best results and full creativity for your multimedia files, the current Nero 2017 Platinum offers you a variety of possibilities. Now import high-quality HEVC (H.265) recordings or bring 4K and HD movies from smartphones, digital cameras and camcorders to your computer. Capture your audience with 4K movie templates and more than 800 great effects by using either extended or extended video processing. Export single scenes from long movies in one slide. Give your DVD-Video \u2122 and Blu-ray Disc \u2122 high-quality menus to your favorite scene, create your own Nero CoverDesigner covers and enjoy the highest quality output of movies and music. What is still missing? Popcorn!\n\nRIBBING & CONVERTING\n\nThe whole keyboard of the formats!\n\nBring together what's in common: Import all formats to high-quality HEVC (H.265) and convert them to almost any format you need. Rip Video DVDs *, AVCHD *, and Blu-ray Discs \u2122 * and simply continue using the files for new projects. With one-click conversion, you transfer audio CDs directly to your connected mobile device. Nero automatically ensures the easiest conversion with the best sound.\n\nPLAY & STREAM\n\nRecline and enjoy!\n\nMake the speakers, set the screen: photos, videos with subtitles and music are not only found and played quickly in Nero MediaHome, but also with the optimized app Nero MediaHome WiFi Sync jerkily imported from your mobile device and transferred to almost every device - whether iOS or Android smartphone and tablet! Play as good as all audio and video formats, even 4K (Ultra HD) and high quality HEVC. Thanks to Gracenote\u00ae connectivity, you can search for music tracks on your mobile devices using the albumcovers, and enjoy playing even more. Extend your music collection with the Music Recorder and record MP3 legally from thousands of Internet radio stations. Sounds good!\n\nIncreased security for discs and files, faster video editing and even easier handling? Can you have! In a well-known manner, Nero 2017 Platinum manages to help you with your digital tasks with the highest quality, brand new, extensive functions, powerful technologies and digital learning aids.\n\nBURNING & ARCHIVING\n\nSimply safer!\n\nStart with the new Nero QuickStart completely intuitively into the Nero 2017 Platinum pleasure and access the most important tasks in turn around. Just as fast, it continues with the next step: Whether audio CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc \u2122, with the proven Nero technology, images, videos, music and data are copied and burned in the long term. And if you want to be quite sure SecurDisc 4.0 with password protection and 256 bit encryption ensures that no one reads what you want to keep for yourself!\n\nCREATE & EDIT\n\nFull creativity for full enthusiasm!\n\nFor the best results and full creativity for your multimedia files, the current Nero 2017 Platinum offers you a variety of possibilities. Now import high-quality HEVC (H.265) recordings or bring 4K and HD movies from smartphones, digital cameras and camcorders to your computer. Capture your audience with 4K movie templates and more than 800 great effects by using either extended or extended video processing. Export single scenes from long movies in one slide. Give your DVD-Video \u2122 and Blu-ray Disc \u2122 high-quality menus to your favorite scene, create your own Nero CoverDesigner covers and enjoy the highest quality output of movies and music. What is still missing? Popcorn!\n\nRIBBING & CONVERTING\n\nThe whole keyboard of the formats!\n\nBring together what's in common: Import all formats to high-quality HEVC (H.265) and convert them to almost any format you need. Rip Video DVDs *, AVCHD *, and Blu-ray Discs \u2122 * and simply continue using the files for new projects. With one-click conversion, you transfer audio CDs directly to your connected mobile device. Nero automatically ensures the easiest conversion with the best sound.\n\nPLAY & STREAM\n\nRecline and enjoy!\n\nMake the speakers, set the screen: photos, videos with subtitles and music are not only found and played quickly in Nero MediaHome, but also with the optimized app Nero MediaHome WiFi Sync jerkily imported from your mobile device and transferred to almost every device - whether iOS or Android smartphone and tablet! Play as good as all audio and video formats, even 4K (Ultra HD) and high quality HEVC. Thanks to Gracenote\u00ae connectivity, you can search for music tracks on your mobile devices using the albumcovers, and enjoy playing even more. Extend your music collection with the Music Recorder and record MP3 legally from thousands of Internet radio stations. Sounds good!"}
-{"text": "The Christian County Sheriff\u2019s Office employs several commissioned Deputies for Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Court Security, Civil Service, and Corrections, as well as several civilians in Support Services and clerical positions. Christian County covers approximately 564 square...\n\nThere are a variety of ways to stay informed of the emergencies within the community. Sign up for important alerts either through social media or one of our exclusive mass notification systems. Refer to \u201cTerms of Use\u201d for additional...\n\nThe Drug & Crime Tip Hotline is not monitored 24/7. If you need to report an emergency or time-sensitive information please dial 911. If you know of drug-related or suspicious activity in your area, citizens are urged to call the Drug & Crime Tip Hotline at 417-582-5350. ...\n\nChristian County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently searching for qualified deputies to join our reserve program. Deputy \u2013 Patrol Division (Reserve) Minimum Requirements: United States Citizen. 21 years of age. Excellent physical condition; must be able to achieve and maintain a level..."}
-{"text": "Scenix SX Programming Connector\n\nEditor's note, 27-JAN-1998:\n\nThe following was written by Richard Ottosen in response to difficulties with\nRevision C of the Parallax SX-Key. The transition from programming mode to\nrun mode has reportedly been improved in the Revision E SX-Key, such that a\nseparate MCLR* signal may not be necessary. Parallax has been shipping\nthe Revision E SX-Key for quite some time now.\n\nThe SX-Key does not always give a good reset to the SX after programming it.\nFrom now on SX circuits will use the following pinout for the programming\nconnector:\n\nPin\n\nFunction\n\n1\n\nMCLR*\n\n2\n\n(key, reserved for future use)\n\n3\n\nOCS1\n\n4\n\nOSC2\n\n5\n\nVDD\n\n6\n\nVSS\n\nThis pinout assumes that the MCLR* pin of the SX is pulled up to +5 volts\nthrough a 10K ohm resistor.\n\nIt is expected that all future developement systems will also have this 6 pin\nconnector.\n\nA reset circuit can be added to the SX programming circuit using a 6.2 volt\nzener diode, a 47K ohm resistor and an N-channel VMOS FET. Connect the cathode\nof the zener to the OSCI pin of the SX. Connect the anode to one end of the\nresistor and the gate of the FET. Connect the other end of the resistor and the\nsource of the FET to ground. Connect the drain of the FET to the MCLR* pin of\nthe SX.\n\nAdding a programming connector to a prototype circuit using an 18 pin SX is\neasy. Use a right angle 6-pin SIP header. Remove pin 2 and straighten pins 1 and\n6. Align the connector with the 6 pins over pins 13 through 18 of the SX with\nthe empty position over pin 17 of the SX. The three right angle pins of the\nconnector solder in order to pins 16, 15 and 14 of the SX on the circuit side of\nthe PCB. Jumper from the connector pin above pin 13 to pin 5 (ground) of the SX.\nJumper the pin above pin 18 to pin 4 (MCLR*) of the SX.\n\nYou can also build a \"development system\" SX by soldering a connector directly\nto an SX designated for testing. Use a right angle 6-pin SIP header. Remove pin\n2 and straighten pins 3, 4 and 5. Align the connector with the 6 pins over pins\n13 through 18 of the SX with the empty position over pin 17 of the SX. The three\nstraight pins of the connector solder in order to pins 16, 15 and 14 of the SX.\nJumper from the connector pin above pin 13 to pin 5 (ground) of the SX. Jumper\nthe pin above pin 18 to pin 4 (MCLR*) of the SX. Plug the SX into an IC socket\nto protect its leads from repetitive plugging and unplugging from test circuits."}
-{"text": "This thread is for chatter on particular stocks. I'll start with a couple I've filed under the heading of \"reckless\"\n\nBased upon a Spear report suggestion, I am in on MVIS at 1.90, so I am up 50% in very short order.\n\nKVHI (think Sat Radio like XMSR, but instead its for TV-- which includes military battlefield application). I rode this one up and down on its ride to 30 and got out too late to profit much, but got back in , , , just in time for the recent drop on options issues. Ugh-- but I've bought some more in the 11s. We shall see.\n\nOn a less reckless basis, I'm following David Gordon's calls on GOOG, UARM and am looking to fatten my position in RACK.\n\nLooking at a longer term chart, I'm re-entering KVHI. Like XMSR and SIRI for sat-radio, KVHI does the same for mobile sat-TV. They also do a lot for the military (think of a tank with a TV screen showing what is going on from other POVs).\n\nI rode out MVIS's pullback from the 3.25 area and now it pulls back from 3.90 area (3.80 is a double for me in 10 weeks).\n\n================\n\nFWIW, here's a teaser on MVIS from the Gilder Report:\n\nThe Week / A New Vision for Microvision\n\nGilder Technology Report\u2019s Charlie Burger: By combining its proprietary silicon micromirror with modulated light sources, Microvision (MVIS) enables higher-intensity, finer-grained imagers and displays using a fraction of the size and power of rival systems. Though it possesses the single most potent display technology in the industry, Microvision has for years been foundering in uncharted waters, steered by a Magellan management pursuing too many difficult applications too early.\n\nNow, new management fresh out of General Electric (GE) appears to be steadying the ship. After a decade filling key marketing, operations, and product development roles at GE, Alexander Tokman jumped to Microvision a year ago July as operations chief. Quickly gaining the CEO spot last January, he brought in marketing and sales chief, Ian Brown, and R&D head, Sid Madhaven, with a combined 26 years of experience at GE.\n\nFinally, Microvision becomes as focused as its photons\n\nThe key goal of the new team is development of an integrated photonics module (IPM) or microprojector to be used as a common display engine in its new products. Small enough to integrate into a cellphone or iPod, the microprojector will include the silicon micromirror (about a square millimeter in size) and light sources, electronics to wiggle the mirror and modulate the light, a controller, and memory.\n\nThree separate beams of red, blue, and green light from either LEDs (light emitting diodes) or semiconductor lasers shine on the mirror. Gimballing on two axes, it flickers to project 30 million pixels a second onto a surface such as a wall. Even though the mirror reflects one pixel at time in raster fashion, it does it so quickly that our brains \u201csee\u201d a static image or continuous movie. To produce different colors during the scan, the light sources are modulated to emit beams at varying combinations of intensities.\n\nIn addition to functioning as a projector, Microvision\u2019s display technology can be turned into a scanner or near-field camera that works well over distances that are about the same as those for a barcode reader. In this case, the light sources that bounce off the moving mirror are used to illuminate an object. A detector receives the scattered light energy and converts it to electrical signals stored in the appropriate memory locations based on the corresponding pixel position, thereby reproducing the object. Because the time the beam remains on any given spot is a very short 20 nanoseconds, there\u2019s virtually no motion blur.\n\nTokman is focusing on three specific product areas: (1) miniprojectors, including embedded projectors inside cellphones and standalone models that will work with portable devices; (2) head-up displays (HUDs), now making their way into luxury cars, that shine an image directly in front of the driver, just above the steering wheel, displaying information about the engine, weather, navigation, and traffic; (3) eyewear that creates immersive experiences for gamers and movie buffs, giving them a virtual screen equivalent to an 80- to 100-inch display.\n\nManagement is focusing on potent markets. By 2008, some 80\u201390 percent of all cellphones\u2014some 800 million shipped that year\u2014are expected to have mega-pixel cameras and/or be capable of receiving broadband video. Nokia (NOK) is already looking at technologies to integrate projectors into mobile devices, and several large consumer electronics companies are reportedly developing microprojectors based on very small display technologies. And head-up displays are becoming popular in cars for safety, for convenience, and as a differentiator for luxury models. Automakers installed several hundred thousand units last year and could increase that to 4 million units a year by 2010.\n\nBut when the consumers and manufacturers arrive, will Tokman be there to meet them? \u2026\n\nBig move by KVHI today-- apparently the market liked what it heard this morning:=========\n\nKVH Industries' CEO & CFO to Speak at 9th Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference7:30 AM EST January 11, 2007KVH Industries' (Nasdaq: KVHI) president and chief executive officer, Martin Kits van Heyningen, and chief financial officer, Patrick Spratt, will be speaking at the Ninth Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference in New York City on Friday, January 12, 2007. The presentation, which is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., will be simulcast on the Internet and can be accessed via KVH Industries' investor website, http://investors.kvh.com. An audio archive of the presentation will also be available for replay later in the day at the same website address.\n\nAbout KVH Industries, Inc.\n\nKVH Industries, Inc., is a premier manufacturer of systems to provide access to live mobile media ranging from satellite TV to telephone and high-speed Internet for vehicles and vessels as well as a leading source of navigation, pointing, and guidance solutions for maritime, defense, and commercial applications. The company's products are based on its proprietary mobile satellite antenna and fiber optic technologies. An ISO 9001-certified company, KVH is based in Middletown, Rhode Island.\n\nKVH Industries receives 5-year sole-source contract from U.S. Military7:31 AM EST February 1, 2007Co announces that it has received a sole-source contract from the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command for the purchase of KVH's T.A.C.N.A.V vehicle navigation systems for use on U.S. Army combat vehicles. The contract is potentially worth $11.5 mln over five yrs.\n\nI'm under water at the moment on this one, but at the moment look to ride it out.\n\nWith your daily reading Crafty, i'm not suprised you're well rounded. You seem very much the right character to do well - risk taker, researcher, consntantly reevaluating, cpu nut. To add - your following of the politics and war on terror, gives you an edge fundamentaly wise to military type financial vehicles, as well as inverse type commodities like metals and oil.\n\nI have not actively played in a couple of years, part of it the commitment to my training and some personal...the game can be a huge time and energy vaccuum. I still love the game and can't wait to actively reengae with full throttle. It used to be my passion. No where else is the potential bigger or defeat faster. Again can't wait to play full steam, but i may have to prioritze and scale into it for time is the most precious commodity.\n\nOdds and scaling are my favorite strategies.\n\nI do want to develop a 'Shock- News' type plan with various default orders sitting at various brokers. I love that things fall 66% faster than they rise. That's on my horizon... and is not one that requires daily adjustment, prodding and pruning.\n\nKVHI has been scaring me a bit of late and been scraping along a support line, so today was a nice day. Here's this from yesterday:\n\nKVH Joins Lazydays in Providing Satellite TV to RV Owners7:30 AM EST February 21, 2007KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) announced today that Lazydays RV SuperCenter(R), the nation's number one RV dealership, has joined KVH's nationwide independent RV dealer network. Lazydays will offer KVH's premier line of TracVision(R) mobile satellite television antennas, and the TracNet(TM) mobile Internet system. Offering satellite TV systems to customers directly through leading independent RV dealers like Lazydays is a key element in KVH's commitment to enhancing its national RV dealer network and providing its customers with the best sales, installation, and after sale support available in the RV marketplace.\n\n\"We are thrilled to be joining forces with Lazydays to bring live satellite TV and HDTV programming to RV customers,\" said Ian Palmer, KVH's executive vice president for satellite sales. \"We believe that independent dealerships offer the greatest value to our customers in terms of sales, quality installation, support, and customer satisfaction. Lazydays RV SuperCenter has earned its place as the nation's largest single-point dealership due to its professionalism, commitment to customer satisfaction, and its outstanding facilities and staff. They will provide KVH customers with outstanding service in selecting the right equipment, installation, and after-sale support. We look forward to building on this valued relationship and, in doing so, benefit KVH, Lazydays, and most of all, our mutual customers.\"\n\nLazydays is now offering its customers KVH's award-winning TracVision satellite TV product family, including the in-motion TracVision R5, the stationary, automatic TracVision R4, and the premier TracVision R6 in-motion satellite TV system. These all-digital, HDTV-ready systems allow RV passengers throughout North America to enjoy more than 300 channels of digital programming and commercial-free music via the DIRECTV(R), DISH Network(TM), and ExpressVu services. Lazydays will also offer KVH's TracNet 100 Mobile Internet system, which provides mobile high-speed Internet access via the TV screens of the RV as well as through an integrated WiFi network that turns the RV into a rolling hot spot.\n\n\"Our priority is to offer our customers the best experience possible at all times, whether it's the quality of the accessories they choose, the installation and service, or the entertainment options available,\" said Bob Grady, director of parts and service for Lazydays. \"KVH shares our commitment to superior quality and the TracVision satellite TV systems are a great match for our mission and our customers' expectations.\"\n\nAbout Lazydays\n\nLazydays RV SuperCenter (lazydays.com), founded in 1976, is the largest single-site RV dealership in the world. Located on 126 acres outside Tampa, Florida, Lazydays has an 86,600 sq. ft. main building, 273 service bays, 300 RV campsites and more than 1,200 RVs on display. This national RV destination will host more than one million visitors and serve more than 300,000 meals this year alone.\n\nAbout KVH Industries, Inc.\n\nMiddletown, RI-based KVH Industries, Inc., is a leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communication systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 100,000 mobile satellite antennas for applications on boats, RVs, trucks, buses, and automobiles. Winner of the prestigious General Motors Innovative Design Award, CES Innovation Award, 22 National Marine Electronics Association \"Best Product\" awards, and a finalist for the Automotive News PACE Award, KVH's mission is to connect mobile customers with the same digital television entertainment, communications, and Internet services that they enjoy in their home and offices.\n\nI have followed XMSR and SIRI for several years now, but have not invested in either of them since XMSR was as 32, so I post this WSJ editorial more out of sentiment than anything.\n\nWhat's the Frequency, NAB?April 21, 2007Ever since satellite-radio companies XM and Sirius announced plans to merge back in February, the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents commercial AM and FM radio stations, has been urging federal regulators to quash the deal on antitrust grounds.\n\nThe NAB's argument is a remarkably weak one, and the government would be remiss if it became a party to the group's transparent agenda, which is to stop satellite radio from luring away any more of its listeners than it already has. Which isn't much, otherwise the two satellite-radio companies wouldn't be merging.\n\nIn the name of preventing some phantom \"monopoly\" from forming, the NAB is effectively asking regulators at Justice and the Federal Communications Commission to help it keep the competition in check and thus deprive consumers of figuring out whether this is a viable alternative radio service.\n\nDon't take our word for it, by the way. Last October, just months before XM and Sirius unveiled their plans to combine, NAB President David Rehr spoke openly about the make-up of the current marketplace for audio news and entertainment. \"We still must address new competitors,\" he said in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington. \"On the radio side, we have satellite radio, Internet radio, iPods, other MP3 players, cell phones, and many, many other things. How will we compete?\" Not much we can add to that.\n\nApparently that argument was fine so long as XM and Sirius were lost in space, losing money. Today, Mr. Rehr is saying that regulators should consider satellite radio a unique and separate market when assessing the competitive impact of the merger. In testimony before Congress, Mr. Rehr said XM and Sirius are seeking to form a monopoly that \"would undermine audio content competition, not enhance it.\" The NAB has also commissioned several analyses of the merger that employ sophisticated Herfindahl-Hirschman Index measures and the like to determine that XM/Sirius would dominate the market for satellite radio.\n\nIt's true that a XM/Sirius merger would leave us with one satellite-radio provider. But opposing the deal on those grounds is wide of the mark. Sometimes the best response to what a person is saying today is what that person has said in the past. And despite Mr. Rehr's efforts of late to take it all back, the reality is that he had it right the first time.\n\nMonopolies are harmful when they are the sole seller of a product or service with no close substitutes. And as Mr. Rehr acknowledged, substitutes -- competitors -- abound in the marketplace. XM and Sirius, whose subscribers currently represent less than 4% of total radio listeners, aren't merely competing for each other's customers; blocking the merger on that assumption makes little sense. The real objective of XM and Sirius is to lure listeners from free radio, the Internet, MP3 players, music channels on cable television, cell phones and who-knows-what-other options coming down the pike.\n\nXM and Sirius, which have a combined 14 million subscribers, continue to lose money. More than 220 million people tune into free radio each week. No one knows whether the public will ever really take to the pay model, but it's not the role of the government to help the NAB smother a fledgling competitor in the crib. This appears to be a merger of desperation more than anything, and blocking it could well result in no satellite-radio providers and thus fewer listening options for consumers. Consumers, not the government, should decide whether one satellite-radio provider is one too many.\n\nThis isn't the first time the NAB has tried to forestall competition from XM and Sirius. The group opposed granting them radio licenses and urged the FCC and Congress to ban satellite providers from offering local weather and traffic reports. This is more of the same.\n\nTelecom policy should not be about picking winners and losers but about encouraging investment and innovation. For that to happen, what's most important is competition among technological platforms: cable, telephone, wireless and satellite (for now). Policy makers and regulators would do better to focus less on static models of market share within one platform and more on making sure rival platforms continue to exist. Consumers will happily take care of the rest.\n\nFor you LNOP shareholders, I enclose the following interview with Eli Fruchter, CEO, in an Israeli newspaper, Globes. Right now, the company's annual revenue is $8 million. By 2008-2009, the company should capture at least 50% market share of the $250 million market. This is why I have recommended buying shares in this company. We are looking at 1200% revenue growth from 2006 to 2009.\n\n*********************\n\nShiri Habib 2 May 07 18:56\n\nTwo years ago, Eli Fruchter, President and CEO of EZchip Technologies Ltd. said that it was not inconceivable that the company would record revenue of $75 million in 2008. He was still optimistic when he talked to \"Globes\" last week although this time round he refuses to give figures. \"The market we're targeting will reach $250 million in 2008-2009. I expect that we will have a sizeable chunk of it,\" he predicts. Yokneam-based EZchip, which is controlled by LanOptics Ltd. (Nasdaq: LNOP; TASE:LNOP), is a fabless company that develops high-speed network processors. EZchip's chip sits in the router, and Fruchter describes it as the \"Pentium of routers.\"\n\nMost of EZchip's customers presently use its first generation NP-1c processor. The company began shipping the newer NP-2 to customers at the end of 2006. At the same time, it is also developing the next generations of processor, the NP-3 and NP-4.\n\nEZchip's potential customers are telecommunications equipment manufacturers and the three largest companies in this sector are Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), which controls 50% of the market, Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR), and Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU). EZchip has more than 100 design wins, and two of the three companies just mentioned are its customers. Fruchter refuses to say who they are but describes them as the \"cr\u00e8me-de-la-cr\u00e8me in the field.\"\n\nOne individual who has been forthcoming about this is tech stocks guru George Gilder, who has been following EZchip for several years. In his latest report, Gilder writes that EZchip's revenue is likely to increase thanks to the sales of NP-2 processors, followed by sales of the next generation of processors, NP-3, to Cisco and Juniper from the beginning of next year. He believes that revenue of $100 million or more for EZchip in 2009 is definitely possible. For the sake of comparison, the company ended 2006 with sales of $8.5 million.\n\n\"We began shipping NP-2 processors in the third quarter of 2006,\" says Fruchter. \"Every router has many cards and every card has our chips. The previous generation of processors had one chip in each chassis, while the new generation can take up to 64 chips. The difference in price is such that the NP-2 costs about half of the NP-1, so even if you don't fill the chassis with our chips, the potential revenue from NP-2 is ten times that of NP-1.\"\n\nSince the time from the announcement of a contract win to the launch of a completed product on the market can sometimes be two to three years, EZchip is now recognizing revenue from previous years. This fact should on the face of it give the company good visibility and the ability to publish forecasts, but it doesn't do this. \"We have visibility for one quarter and that's not enough,\" says Fruchter. \"The customers' products need to prove themselves on the market. In order to increase our visibility, we need more large customers that have reached the production stage.\" In any event, he adds the company should not be judged on a quarterly basis. \"If anyone is expecting stable growth, it won't necessarily happen. There could be surges from one quarter to the next. At the annual level, 2007 should be a lot stronger than 2006.\"\n\nGlobes: And when will the profit come? You lost $12.3 million in 2006.\n\nFruchter: \"We are spending just over $1 million a month, $12-13 million a year, and with an expenditure level like this and a profit margin of around 60%, a quarter in which we recorded $5.5 million in revenue would be a profitable one. I can't say exactly when this will happen, but it will.\"\n\nAs a start-up, EZchip was not required to publish its results, but it is controlled by LanOptics, which is a public company. LanOptics has a market cap of $211 million, reflecting a value for EZchip of $270 million, in which it has a 78% stake. EZchip is LanOptics' sole activity, and LanOptics recently decided to raise its stake in EZchip to outright ownership. Last December it increased its holding from 60% to 78% after it gave EZchip's minority shareholders its own shares in exchange for their holdings.\n\n\"The current structure does not give us any advantage,\" says Fruchter, who also serves as LanOptics chairman. \"It started when EZchip needed a lot of money, and LanOptics didn't have enough. We raised a total of $60 million through venture capital funds, the last part of which was raised in 2005. The goal is to simplify the structure and return to full ownership by LanOptics. The problem here is not efficiency but simplicity - people like simple things.\"\n\nFruchter notes that today two funds remain investors in EZchip - Goldman Sachs and JK&B Capital. \"They hold preference shares in EZchip, and if they convert them they will receive ordinary LanOptics shares,\" explains Fruchter. \"I assume that once LanOptics's stock is at a certain price level, it'll be worthwhile for them to convert. I believe it is worthwhile for them now. There's a good chance that it will happen as early as next year.\" Once it does, Fruchter believes that LanOptics will change its name to EZchip and continue trading under its new name.\n\nEZchip is already acting more and more like a public company. The company plans to hold a conference call following the publication of its financials for the first quarter, and a road show, and it also intends to work with an investor-relations company. \"The main reason for this is that a lot of investors are interested in us, largely thanks to the \"Gilder Reports,\" says Fruchter. The company currently does not have any coverage by investment houses.\n\nDoes EZchip's market cap give a fair reflection of the state of the company and the market?\n\n\"I'm not an analyst and I don't engage in calculations of profit multiples. It has transpired from conversations with investors that the fairly high value is derived from their view of EZchip as a growth company. This is typical of many companies at the early growth stages.\"\n\nEZchip recently announced a collaboration with Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL), an announcement that sent LanOptics' stock up sharply, even though the collaboration was known before the official announcement was made. The two companies are collaborating on R&D, marketing, and sales of network processors to the Ethernet market. \"The goal is to increase exposure to Tier 1 customers, a sector in which Marvell has a very strong grip,\" says Fruchter. \"Marvell is active primarily in the enterprise solutions sector, and our chip is designed for service providers. The combination enables us to approach customers of both companies.\"\n\nDo you mean customers that are apprehensive about working with a small company like EZchip?\n\n\"That's one good example.\"\n\nThe collaboration with Marvell was a form of response to Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM), which entered EZchip's market after it acquired the privately-held Sandburst Corporation at the beginning of 2006. \"Broadcom is our main competitor,\" says Fruchter. \"Broadcom and Marvell are acting in a similar fashion to each other. They both came from the enterprise field and are trying to reach service providers, Broadcom by way of an acquisition, and Marvell through a collaboration.\"\n\nDid Broadcom approach you or make an acquisition offer to you too before it acquired Sandburst?\n\n\"I'd rather not comment on that.\"\n\nBut do you feel that EZchip could still be an acquisition target?\n\n\"Yes, of course it could. Looking ahead, the most reasonable scenario is that LanOptics will buy the remaining holdings and reach 100% ownership, and that EZchip will continue to grow as a public company. Another option is that EZchip will be acquired, before or following a full merger with LanOptics. A third option, albeit highly unlikely, is that EZchip itself will make an offering, but there is no need for this at present.\"\n\nAside from Broadcom, EZchip faces another kind of competition, since there are companies that prefer to develop their chips in-house. One competitor now quitting the market is Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC). \"Intel announced that it would no longer be making any developments in the field,\" says Fruchter. \"They're in the process of exiting the market. They developed low-speed processors, while we have been developing high-speed processors. I imaging that had they stayed in the market, they would have developed high-speed ones too.\" Fruchter believes that Intel decided that a market worth hundreds of millions of dollars in which other companies were also active, was not suited to a company of its size.\n\nFruchter notes the many changes that are now taking place in the market. \"The standards are changing. The whole idea of processors is to replace chips, which are not flexible. This allows for changes to be made and the product's life to be extended when the market changes,\" he says. \"The move to processors is a move to another technology and it takes time.\"\n\nAccording to Fruchter, the market was worth less than $20 million in 2006, but it has grown. \"Service providers have seen some dry periods,\" he says. \"They didn't invest in new infrastructures and routers, things are now changing. There has also been a move to Internet services, which necessitates the replacement of old infrastructures, something that helps to push the processors.\"\n\nAre there any other directions that EZchip could develop in?\n\n\"We began with large and expensive chips, and working our way down from that is easy. We're looking at further options, such as for example, entering the developing wireless market.\"\n\nFruchter says EZchip could also acquire companies for the purpose of growth, although the company wishes first to complete the move with LanOptics.\n\nHow will EZchip look in a few years from now?\n\n\"I don't want to commit myself as to figures, but the company will sell at levels that are a lot higher than those today. We'll take our technology to additional markets as well.\"\n\nIn the last couple of weeks I have finally jettisoned KVHI-- a big loser for me than totally offset my gains in MVIS.\n\nI retain the big position in MVIS and have entered into bigger positions in ISIS and LNOP.\n\nISIS is per David Gordon's recommendation. His http://eutrapelia.blogspot.com/ offers some of the finest market commentary and stock commentary/advice to be found anywhere. (I recently doubled by solid position in GOOG at 462 on his call)\n\nLNOP is a hot choice of George Gilder, whose advice led me to seriously disasatrously consequences a few years ago, but Rick Neaton who continues following the Gilder universe has persuaded me about this one.\n\nI have followed David Gordon's decision to exit from ISIS for now at about a 10% loss. DG feels that it looks to be going down a bit further and, assuming the story, fundamentals remain as they are, will re-enter at that time.\n\nI own some level three by way of corvis by way of broadwing. A recent report from LVLT suggests the real tidal wave for broadband will come with the adoption of high definition TV which requires multiple times of bandwidth then anything being used now. Does Gilder or DMG express any theories as to when this will occur?\n\nWill LNOP's processors also be needed in the middle of such networks?\n\nWhat about the political risks of owning an Israeli company? I looked on their website and the only address is listed in Israel. This makes me warry of investing in an Israeli company.\n\nI noticed the surgical robotics company is doing great. Now that there are some studies coming out that show reduced risks compared to other surgical techniques as well as healing benefits I would think it only a matter of time till this gets more universally adopted. If it can be shown that it is *cost effective* by way of reduced hospital stays, less complication rates, etc. - despite the higher costs of the equipment than this seems a no brainer. It would still take time for the pressures on surgeons to learn this new kind of procedure to override their resistance to change.\n\nIt sounds like Medicare does not have any special reimbursement rate for this procedure. The reimbursement rate for laproscopic procedures is lower than for open procedures. This despite the fact that laproscopic procedures are technically more difficult for the surgeon to perform. The reason is that the cost of care for the patient is reduced because of faster healing, faster they can return to work, etc\n\nEZChip NPU's operate in line cards in the metro networks. These cards are installed in switches that route traffic from the core networks, the big pipes between cities, to the netwroks that ring the various metro areas. They are also installed to route traffic from the metro netwroks to the networks; e.g., enterprise networks, and other end users that exist at the other edge of the metro network. Their appeal is their programmability which is very useful to the carriers in the metro because their functions can be adjusted to meet changing circumstances.\n\nLNOP, the parent of EZChip is a fabless company. Thus, war in Israel would not impact the company's ability to produce NPU's. They are produced at Taiwan Semi and IBM. The company backs up its intellectual property in several ways. It does have operations here in the US. They are mainly sales offices.\n\nLVLT and Broadwing/Corvis focused more upon the core network. There is not as great a need for lots of programmable switching in the core because there are not as many destinations for traffic as exist in the metro networks. They can install ASIC's in the core more efficiently. However, in the metro, the ASIC may not be as efficient because the carriers would need to replace them frequently as needs changed. The NPU serves these needs better.\n\nEZChip just announced a successful design of a 100gb NPU that should be ready for production in 2-3 years.\n\nRevenues are expected to ramp seriously beginning in 2008. A good stock to own in conjunction with EZChip is NETL. They make a Layer 7 solution to overflow that occurs at that point. The performance of that stock also gives the investor an idea of what to expect from LNOP.\n\nCable is not true fiber to the home because the actual connection to the home is usually standard coax that you can buy at Radio Shack.\n\nVZ (Verizon) FIOS is the major residential fiber to the home project out there at this time. AT&T U-verse relies upon fiber to nodes and lower capacity connections from nodes to the home. However, both systems rely heavily upon IPTV as the means to distribute digital and HD content. BTW, VZ is deploying the JNPR MX960. Remember that the MX 960 contains the EZChip NP-2.\n\nMSFT is a big player in IPTV and is involved with AT&T. Most new overseas TV developments involve IPTV.\n\nHere is a great article my good friend \"Jasen Davis\" Wrote. He wrote it for \"Maxim\" mag and he now writes for Skinny.\n\nIts a great article..Since its long and the site wont let you attach anything or post of 20000 words I will post it in over to post.\n\nWhat\u2019s NASDAQ and NYSE? \u201cNasdaq and NYSE are exchanges. Stocks typically either trade on the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange. There are also lesser known exchanges like the American Stock Exchange and even electronic exchanges (ECNs) like Instinet, Island, and Archipelago. When a stock goes public, it will typically go public on either the Nasdaq or the NYSE. NYSE has stricter rules for allowing stocks to trade. Nasdaq is a little less stringent, but still has rules that prevent any small company from trading without meeting the requirements. NYSE is typically made up of traditional large companies like Ford, GM, American Express, etc. Nasdaq is mostly Technology, Biotech, and the like.\u201d \u201cNasdaq trades stock through a system of Market Makers. When you buy and sell stock, you are not actually buying or selling with another individual - you are buying or selling from the Market Maker. The Market Makers have rules that govern what they must do (for example, they must provide a liquid market --- this means you will always have a way of buying or selling a stock). You can write an entire article just on the Market Makers. The largest of these is Knight Trading. The market makers determine the price of a stock, and the \"spread\" (difference between the current bid and ask) is where the market makers make their profits.\u201d \u201cNYSE trades through market specialists. There are specialists for all the major stocks, and the specialists understands the company they are responsible for and helps keep a fair price at all times. Again, an entire article could probably be written just on specialists.\u201d\u201cS&P is not actually a market, it is a group of stocks (the most common is the S&P500) that make up an index. This index is tracked along with many others. The S&P500 index tracks the performance of a select 500 stocks. Nasdaq also has an index fund that tracks the largest 100 stocks that trade on the Nasdaq exchange. The most common index is the Dow Jones Industrial Index which is made up of just 30 stocks --- all big names that just about everyone has heard of.\u201dThank you, Mr. Law.Reading stocks is a fairly simple skill. A stock usually has it\u2019s name, for instance, Microsoft Corporation, how much it\u2019s stock is at the given moment, say, $71.20, and whether it\u2019s up or down from yesterday (+.02, at the moment of this writing).At www.cnn.com one can also click on the company itself to get a more detailed assessment of the stock. Continuing with the above example, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) as of 7/17/01, opened at $70.66 a share, with a high of $71.48 and a low of $70.14.Mr. Law gave me more insight in regards to this matter.\u201cNewspapers typically have the major stocks from the Nasdaq, NYSE, and AMEX listed every day in the business section. To really track stocks, the best way to do it is online. E*Trade has a free section where people can become members and get information about stocks without actually having an account. Two of my other favorites are http://quote.yahoo.com and http://cbs.marketwatch.com. These sites provide vast amounts of investing information all for free. Both allow you to set up \"portfolios\" of stocks to watch.\u201d More on portfolios, later. I mentioned CNN\u2019s website, and it is indeed the place to go to track stocks. It also has a section that gives you a list of brokers and how much they charge. I highly recommend that you go there. What\u2019s an IPO? \u201cAn IPO is an Initial Public Offering. This is when a stock is first going to trade publicly. A few years ago, the IPO market was in a frenzy. Every day companies were going public, and the stock price would just skyrocket. Examples of huge first day gainers were VA Linux Systems (LNUX) and Freemarkets (FMKT). Both went up into triple digit prices on the first day of trading publicly. People who got shares at the IPO price made 300% or more on the first day. Both stocks are now trading well below their IPO prices.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe trick to an IPO was actually getting shares at the IPO price. An IPO has an underwriter (usually multiple underwriters) that actually brings the stock to market. These underwriters typically cater to their largest clients (usually institutions) who get the vast majority of shares at the IPO price. It wasn't until recently that individual investors started getting access to IPOs. I believe E*Trade and Wit Capital were two of the first brokerages offering IPO shares to their clients. Even with this access, the number of shares given to these companies was small. And they had to distribute the shares to requesting clients. For a while, the usual number of shares available to an individual investor was typically 100. And these were generally given on either a first come first serve basis or through a lottery system. As demand grew, the typical allotment fell to 50 shares.\u201d \u201cCurrently, the IPO market is very cold, and not many companies are going public. The few that have have had either modest gains or even fallen below their IPO price. For now, it seems the IPO game is over, but it is definitely a cyclical thing as many years ago, Biotechs had a hot IPO market much like the Internet IPO market of a couple years ago.\u201d So you got money. You want to invest. You need a broker. A broker is a glorified bookie. Just like at the horse races. A broker takes your moolah, advises you on how to invest it wisely, and does all the work for you, turning your modest pile of moolah into a Matterhorn pile of moolah (hopefully), for a modest fee, of course. There are four laws about what to look for when choosing a broker. One is that he is easy to talk to. Two is that he does not pressure you. Three is that he pays attention and acts on what you say. Four is that he explains things until you understand. Those are good rules to follow. Remember, this is your money. He works for you. No \u201cBoiler Room\u201d tactics here, just make sure that those four things are happening and you will go far. If you are worried about a broker (like, you aren\u2019t sure if he has ties to the Russian Mob) you can go to the National Association of Securities Dealers (or visit their website at www.nasdr.com) and look the broker up. They should have good things to say. Too many complaints (or the guy is not listed there at all) then you should drop him like uranium. I checked out the Buy and Hold broker\u2019s corporation, and they offered a starting deal at a mere $6.99 per month for two trades, and every trade after would set you back $2.99, or a package deal of $14.99, with unlimited trades. Now, next, you have to pick the stocks you wish to invest in. There are many, many ways to do this. The Motley Fool (www.fool.com) has a technique called the Foolish Four. Stock Guru Michael O\u2019Higgins, author of the book \u201cBeating the Dow\u201d, has a technique called \u201cThe Dogs of the Dow\u201d, also known as \u201cThe Dow High Yield Strategy.\u201d The thing to look for in any stock is low price, high yield. Simply put, you pay little and it becomes more. Easy enough. There are many different names for stocks. Penny stocks. Blue chip stocks. Preferred stock. Stocks are all a part of your portfolio. A portfolio is simply a term used to describe all investments and assets a company owns. One method, for example, is to research companies who were traditionally well off, according to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a famous index of the cream of the crop of American businesses), but have taken a bad turn. You invest in these faltering corporations for a year, gambling on the fact that perhaps they just went through temporary bad times and will return bigger and brighter in the future. When they do, the 100 shares you bought for 50$ a pop (a five thousand dollar investment) will hopefully double (or even triple) to ten or even fifteen thousand. Yeah, I know, you are thinking of all that cash and your eyeballs are starting to sweat. Let\u2019s back up a bit. No one\u2026NO ONE can predict how a the market is going to be in the future. It\u2019s just not possible. People have been trying to do it for decades. It\u2019s like guessing which horse will get to the finish line first, or the winning numbers of the lotto. It\u2019s voodoo. It\u2019s called speculation, and sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. Basically, it sounds good in the short term, you buy several shares of Microsoft at $50.00 a share. Let\u2019s say you bought 20 shares for a total of $1,000. Later that day, the market is full swing, the price goes up to $75.00 a share and you sell, sell, sell all of your shares and reap a profit of $500. Short term investing is fast and furious, and can be as successful as faith healing. Much like a game show, you can win big or lose big, and there are no guarantees. The moral of the story is, don\u2019t bet your rent money in Las Vegas. Another method is so very simple you wonder why economic analysts and brokers get paid. \u201cThe Dogs of the Dow\u201d, which I mentioned earlier, was invented by the famous broker\u2019s group, The Motley Fool. You simple buy stock from ten companies that have the highest yield and hold onto them for a year. At the end of the year, if your stocks are not on the top ten list, sell them and buy shares in the ones that are. Simple, eh? Well, according to the Motley Fool, you can make $10,000 into $625,00 over the course of twenty five years. But start small. Start by investing, say, $100. I have already mentioned the broker part. You are going to need one. Well, you need to decide what type of broker you want to hire, a full-service broker or a discount broker. There are differences\u2026when you get big time you will certainly want a full-service broker, but let\u2019s put it this way: a discount broker will cost you $20, while a full-service broker from someplace like Merril Lynch can be up to $150, with an additional $150 annually. Bare in mind also that full service brokers are salesmen. They reap a profit based on what you buy, and how often you trade. As you can imagine, if you own fifty shares in a software company that\u2019s cutting a deal to sell it\u2019s new product to the U.S. Government, you probably want to hold onto those stocks until after the beta testing is done. Don\u2019t think for a second that the company you decide to put your green into is none of your business. It is. For big investing, that is, when you have more cash to throw around, look into companies which are clearly doing well and building golf courses for their fat cat CEO\u2019s= Microsoft, Disney, Starbucks, or look for companies that are universal= Gilette, Coca-Cola, Intel. But for now you are doing what\u2019s called small cap investing. In plain argot, small cap investing is putting your money into companies that are moving up but don\u2019t have their own company University like Microsoft. These companies tend to have shares on sale for $7 (yes, seven dollars, the price of a gallon of gas will probably be one year from now) with sales of only $500 million (gee, I wish I only made $500 million.) Typically, the company in question has a net profit margin above 7%, with insider holdings of 15% or more. Simply put, ask your broker, after you have found one and set up an appointment with him, to look for small, profitable, growing companies. Look for products that people want, like pencils, pens, soda, microchips, or look for companies that are researching something that is going to be big= like the cure for AIDS or hair loss. Brett Law offers his own advice on how to start investing. \u201cThe easiest way to start buying and selling stocks is through an online account. There are many online companies including E*Trade, Ameritrade, and Datek among others. They typically require some initial amount to open an account, and then you can start trading immediately. I think the most important thing to remember is that profiting from individual stocks is NOT EASY. It takes a lot time and energy as well as some luck.\u201d\u201c For most people just starting out, the best way to start is through mutual funds. Mutual funds own a variety of stocks, and when you buy into the mutual fund, you essentially own all the stocks within the fund. By doing this, you allow professionals to do the research, and you invest in the professional. Finding a mutual fund can be almost as difficult as finding a good stock. Mutual funds have a prospectus which describes the strategy of the fund including the type of companies they invest in, the size of the companies, etc. Individuals should try and match a mutual fund to the type of stocks they would be interested in owning.\u201d \u201cAnother fun way to begin investing is through an investment club. I've been the president of an investment club for the past few years now, and it is something that gives us a chance to meet every month or two to discuss our performance and present research to the rest of the group. Decisions on stock purchases are made through voting, and we all succeed or fail together while reducing each individuals risk. It also allows us to buy more shares and / or more stocks than we could if we were each investing on our own. Information on investment clubs can be found at the National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) at www.better-investing.org.\u201dI\u2019d like to take this time to mention that, aside from being quite an effendee when it comes to investing, also makes a great deal more money than I do. He\u2019s more than just a little worth listening to.My advice? Invest in porn. You laugh, but porn is a big business that is going to go public with their stock in a major way. Men buy porn (no, really, they do.) and it\u2019s not going to go away, despite what George Bush and the Pope think otherwise. It makes a pretty big profit, too\u2026Steve Hirsch and David James, owners of Vivid Entertainment, are serious businessmen. They made a mere $1 million a few short years ago, but are expected to make $18 million in 2001. Not bad, not bad. Investing can\u2019t be learned overnight, quite obviously. It\u2019s not something that is automatic, either. It takes time to learn, like any other hobby, but the principles are constant and fundamental, just like changing the oil in a Buick or a Honda. There is nothing loathsome about calling the company you wish to invest in and asking them. They will usually send you a starting investors package with a complete step by step of where to go with your money, in regards to their future. If you were to drop $100 dollars into stocks in an up and coming business, buying eight shares at $10 each, giving $20 to your broker, and five years later that company gets bigger (as companies do, remember, businesses rarely tread water for long, in the raging seas of capitalism they either sink or swim) to where there shares are $50 each, you will have made a profit of $300, which you will then wisely reinvest, right? In the movies, investing is exciting. Drooling stockbrokers, wearing immaculate Armani suits, running around screaming with their ties around their heads like bandanas, foaming, \u201cSell!!! For the love of God, SELL!!!\u201d That\u2019s what\u2019s known as hourly trading, and it\u2019s for the dauschunds. Wise investing is done over years, patiently, investing and reinvesting what you\u2019ve made, not wrestling other suits like some cocaine addict with a business major. As I have said before, it\u2019s your money, and investing is there, waiting. The next time the love of your life wants to spend $250 on those damned beanie babies, explain to her that if you drop $250 into an off shore genetics manufacturing firm that goes public, your investitures could mature within four years, and a possible percentage increase of 300%. That\u2019s enough cash to buy a thousand of those damn glorified bean bags. Just don\u2019t tell her you\u2019re going to invest it in \u201cSexx, Inc.\u201d a porn movie making company out of Orange County, California, and that you\u2019re going to spend your share on a night out at the local pub, followed by an excursion to the strip club, with you and your buddies. $5,000 can buy a lot of lap dances, you know\u2026\n\nI receive many messages this morning that read, in part, \"Praise be the FRB! Today's discount rate cut kick starts the markets' rally...\" -- which could not be farther from the truth.\n\nToday's action by the FRB does not, by itself, cause a reversal (up), but does exacerbate the short term up trend that kicked into gear yesterday.\n\nPlease recall that traders had their signals, purchased yesterday at varying points based on each trader's objectives, and would likely purchase more shares today based upon tick by tick data. Today's news reverses the previous trend: the sellers suddenly stand aside, as the buyers crush the doors attempting to get into this (new) market trend. Its duration, however, remains to be determined.\n\nSo, to reiterate, today's FRB action merely exacerbates what was to occur anyway.-- David M Gordon / The Deipnosophist\n\nAnother 52 week high and closing high today. I think that the company is close to placing the remainder of its secondary. It has already sold 900,000 shares of the secondary to one private investor with a last name of Cheney. The stock is up 50% during this placement.\n\nHere are some more fundamental tidbits that I have discovered since my last post here. The newly announced NP-4 chip will be cost competitive with ASIC's. This is huge because it opens up the opportunity to move downspeed with cheaper,slower chips in other parts of the network. It will be usable with any company's switch fabric. It incorporates the physical layer on to the chip and includes many functions that now require additional chips in a linecard. Market share in the target market is about 50% higher than any assumption out there. The initial ramp will run through 2012. It has design wins at Lockheed Martin, Motorola and with the Israeli government.\n\nThe more I learn about this company, the better its prospects look. Gilder may have stumbled onto another big winner like QCOM at its zenith and EQIX.\n\nLNOP's recent meteoric rise seems to be temporally related to Cramer and the Street's mention of it. I suppose the private placement with Cheney and the Street's mention is no coincidence either. Sounds to me like it was orchestrated.\n\nI've been burned so badly in the past listening to Gilder and drinking his koolaid I have been hesitant to get into this one though it sounds like it has the technological edge. We've learned that having the technological edge isn't always enough.\n\nWhen did he say Terayon (another Israeli company) would follow Qualcomm \"over the rainbow\" - around 1999 or 2000. Its price soared to well into the 200s. What is the price now, 1 or 2 bucks? Are the Israeli's running LNOP more attuned than the brothers who managed Terayon to oblivion? I am not being sarcastic. I don't know the answer to this. But clearly we have to have not only tech brains but business brains to have any chance of a homerun. (along with a big dose of luck)\n\nThat is the problem with these kinds of tech picks. They can go up 1000% (like QCOM) or more frequently drop 95% (like TERN, AVNX and countless others).\n\nI learned if nothing else whatever one invests into these crap shoots - one better be willing to risk all of the investment which should be small and reasonable. Great technology aside these investments are only one step above venture capital investments in myHO.\n\nEvery time my greed fires me up to \"get in\" and make great profits I go through the above safety valve analysis that I've learned the hard way. This one will turn out to be a great investment - why - because I am holding off.\n\nGeorge Gilder, Gilder Telecosm Forum (9/9/07): People everywhere want to know. What are the limits of EZchip (LNOP)?\n\nThe Linley Group defines EZ's limits as some portion of the $700M Carrier Ethernet market, particularly the demand for metro ethernet switches. Yet the NPU performs generic functions of routing, switching and managing traffic for Internet Protocol packets and Ethernet frames, which are by no means restricted to metro slots. These functions have to be performed everywhere the Internet reaches, from entertainment rooms to Googleplex datacenters, from telco central offices to enterprise local area networks, from surveillance devices to satellite links, from automobiles to airplanes, from storage area networks to medical centers. The current carrier switches are merely the first of the markets to emerge, but they do not begin to represent the limits for EZchips.\n\nDavid Gordon is back in town and has several posts in recent days up on his blog. His call for ISRG is up quite nicely for me! Speaking of David, it was he who first brought my attention to the fundamentals of water as an investment hypothesis. Here is a recent article that speaks to this theme.\n\n==========\n\nBy JON GERTNERPublished: October 21, 2007Scientists sometimes refer to the effect a hotter world will have on this country's fresh water as the other water problem, because global warming more commonly evokes the specter of rising oceans submerging our great coastal cities. By comparison, the steady decrease in mountain snowpack - the loss of the deep accumulation of high-altitude winter snow that melts each spring to provide the American West with most of its water - seems to be a more modest worry. But not all researchers agree with this ranking of dangers. Last May, for instance, Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, one of the United States government's pre-eminent research facilities, remarked that diminished supplies of fresh water might prove a far more serious problem than slowly rising seas. When I met with Chu last summer in Berkeley, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which provides most of the water for Northern California, was at its lowest level in 20 years. Chu noted that even the most optimistic climate models for the second half of this century suggest that 30 to 70 percent of the snowpack will disappear. \"There's a two-thirds chance there will be a disaster,\" Chu said, \"and that's in the best scenario.\"\n\nIn the Southwest this past summer, the outlook was equally sobering. A catastrophic reduction in the flow of the Colorado River - which mostly consists of snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains - has always served as a kind of thought experiment for water engineers, a risk situation from the outer edge of their practical imaginations. Some 30 million people depend on that water. A greatly reduced river would wreak chaos in seven states: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. An almost unfathomable legal morass might well result, with farmers suing the federal government; cities suing cities; states suing states; Indian nations suing state officials; and foreign nations (by treaty, Mexico has a small claim on the river) bringing international law to bear on the United States government. In addition, a lesser Colorado River would almost certainly lead to a considerable amount of economic havoc, as the future water supplies for the West's industries, agriculture and growing municipalities are threatened. As one prominent Western water official described the possible future to me, if some of the Southwest's largest reservoirs empty out, the region would experience an apocalypse, \"an Armageddon.\"\n\nOne day last June, an environmental engineer named Bradley Udall appeared before a Senate subcommittee that was seeking to understand how severe the country's fresh-water problems might become in an era of global warming. As far as Washington hearings go, the testimony was an obscure affair, which was perhaps fitting: Udall is the head of an obscure organization, the Western Water Assessment. The bureau is located in the Boulder, Colo., offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the government agency that collects obscure data about the sky and seas. Still, Udall has a name that commands some attention, at least within the Beltway. His father was Morris Udall, the congressman and onetime presidential candidate, and his uncle was Stewart Udall, the secretary of the interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Bradley Udall's great-great-grandfather, John D. Lee, moreover, was the founder of Lee's Ferry, a flyspeck spot in northern Arizona that means nothing to most Americans but holds near-mythic status to those who work with water for a living. Near Lee's Ferry is where the annual flow of the Colorado River is measured in order to divvy up its water among the seven states that depend on it. To many politicians, economists and climatologists, there are few things more important than what has happened at Lee's Ferry in the past, just as there are few things more important than what will happen at Lee's Ferry in the future.\n\nThe importance of the water there was essentially what Udall came to talk about. A report by the National Academies on the Colorado River basin had recently concluded that the combination of limited Colorado River water supplies, increasing demands, warmer temperatures and the prospect of recurrent droughts \"point to a future in which the potential for conflict\" among those who use the river will be ever-present. Over the past few decades, the driest states in the United States have become some of our fastest-growing; meanwhile, an ongoing drought has brought the flow of the Colorado to its lowest levels since measurements at Lee's Ferry began 85 years ago. At the Senate hearing, Udall stated that the Colorado River basin is already two degrees warmer than it was in 1976 and that it is foolhardy to imagine that the next 50 years will resemble the last 50. Lake Mead, the enormous reservoir in Arizona and Nevada that supplies nearly all the water for Las Vegas, is half-empty, and statistical models indicate that it will never be full again. \"As we move forward,\" Udall told his audience, \"all water-management actions based on 'normal' as defined by the 20th century will increasingly turn out to be bad bets.\"\n\n========\n\nPage 2 of 10)\n\nA few weeks after his testimony, I flew to Boulder to meet with Udall, and we spent a day driving switchback roads high in the Rockies in his old Subaru. It had been a wet season on the east slope of the Rockies, but the farther west we went, the drier it became. Udall wanted to show me some of the local reservoirs and water systems that were built over the past century, so I could get a sense of their complexity as well as their vulnerability. As he put it, he wants to connect the disparate members of the water economy in a way that has never really been done before, so that utility executives, scientists, environmentalists, business leaders, farmers and politicians can begin discussing how to cope with the inevitable shortages of fresh water. In the American West, whose huge economy and political power derive from the ability of 20th-century engineers to conquer rivers like the Colorado and establish a reliable water supply, the prospect that there will be less water in the future, rather than the same amount, is unnerving. \"We have a very short period of time here to get people educated on what this means,\" Udall told me as we drove through the mountains. \"Then once that occurs, perhaps we can start talking about how do we deal with it.\"\n\nSkip to next paragraph\n\nUdall suggested that I meet a water manager named Peter Binney, who works for Aurora, Colo., a city - the 60th-largest in the United States - that sprawls over an enormous swath of flat, postagricultural land south of the Denver airport. It may be difficult for residents of the East Coast to understand the political celebrity of some Western water managers, but in a place like Aurora, where water, not available land, limits economic growth, Binney has enormous responsibilities. In effect, the city's viability depends on his wherewithal to conjure new sources of water or increase the output of old ones. As Binney told me when we first spoke, \"We have to find a new way of meeting the needs of all this population that's turning up and still satisfy all of our recreational and environmental demands.\" Aurora has a population of 310,000 now, Binney said, but that figure is projected to surpass 500,000 by 2035.\n\nI asked if he had enough water for that many people. \"Oh, no,\" he replied. He seemed surprised that someone could even presume that he might. In fact, he explained, his job is to figure out how to find more water in a region where every drop is already spoken for and at a moment when there is little possibility that any more will ever be discovered.\n\nBinney and I got together outside Dillon, a village in the Colorado Rockies 75 miles from Aurora and just a few miles west of the Continental Divide. We met in a small parking lot beside Dillon Reservoir, which sits at the bottom of a bowl of snow-capped mountains. Binney, a thickset 54-year-old with dark red hair and a fair complexion, had driven up in a large S.U.V. He still carries a strong accent from his native New Zealand, and in conversation he comes across as less a utility manager than a polymath with the combined savvy of an engineer, an economist and a politician. As we moved to a picnic table, Binney told me that we were looking at Denver's water, not Aurora's, and that it would eventually travel 70 miles through tunnels under the mountains to Denver's taps. He admitted that he would love to have this water, which is pure snowmelt. To people in his job, snowmelt is the best source of water because it requires little chemical treatment to bring it up to federal drinking standards. But this water wasn't available. Denver got here before him. And in Colorado, like most Western states, the rights to water follow a bloodline back to whoever got to it first.\n\nOne way to view the history of the American West is as a series of important moments in exploration or migration; another is to consider it, as Binney does, in terms of its water. In the 20th century, for example, all of our great dams and reservoirs were built - \"heroic man-over-nature\" achievements, in Binney's words, that control floods, store water for droughts, generate vast amounts of hydroelectric power and enable agriculture to flourish in a region where the low annual rainfall otherwise makes it difficult. And in constructing projects like the Glen Canyon Dam - which backs up water to create Lake Powell, the vast reservoir in Arizona and Utah that feeds Lake Mead - the builders went beyond the needs of the moment. \"They gave us about 40 to 50 years of excess capacity,\" Binney says. \"Now we've gotten to the end of that era.\" At this point, every available gallon of the Colorado River has been appropriated by farmers, industries and municipalities. And yet, he pointed out, the region's population is expected to keep booming. California's Department of Finance recently predicted that there will be 60 million Californians by midcentury, up from 36 million today. \"In Colorado, we're sitting at a little under five million people now, on our way to eight million people,\" Binney said. Western settlers, who apportioned the region's water long ago, never could have foreseen the thirst of its cities. Nor, he said, could they have anticipated our environmental mandates to keep water \"in stream\" for the benefit of fish and wildlife, as well as for rafters and kayakers\n\n==========\n\nPage 3 of 10)\n\nThe West's predicament, though, isn't just a matter of limited capacity, bigger populations and environmental regulations. It's also a distributional one. Seventy-five years ago, cities like Denver made claims on - and from the state of Colorado received rights to - water in the mountains; those cities in turn built reservoirs for their water. As a result, older cities have access to more surface water (that is, water that comes from rivers and streams) than newer cities like Aurora, which have been forced to purchase existing water rights from farmers and mining companies. Towns that rely on groundwater (water pumped from deep underground) face an even bigger disadvantage. Water tables all over the United States have been dropping, sometimes drastically, from overuse. In the Denver area, some cities that use only groundwater will almost certainly exhaust their accessible supplies by 2050.\n\nThe biggest issue is that agriculture consumes most of the water, as much as 90 percent of it, in a state like Colorado. \"The West has gone from a fur-trapping, to a mining, to an agricultural, to a manufacturing, to an urban-centric economy,\" Binney explained. As the region evolved, however, its water ownership for the most part did not. \"There's no magical locked box of water that we can turn to,\" Binney says of cities like Aurora, \"so it's going to have to come from an existing use.\" Because the supply of water in the West can't really change, water managers spend their time looking for ways to adjust its allocation in their favor.\n\nBinney knew all this back in 2002, when he took the job in Aurora after a long career at an engineering firm. Over the course of a century, the city had established a reasonable water supply. About a quarter of its water is piped in from the Colorado River basin about 70 miles away; another quarter is taken from reservoirs in the Arkansas River basin far to the south. The rest comes from the South Platte, a lazy, meandering river that runs north through Aurora on its way toward Nebraska. Binney says he believes that a city like his needs at least five years of water in storage in case of drought; his first year there turned out to be one of the worst years for water managers in recorded history, and the town's reservoirs dropped to 26 percent of capacity, meaning Aurora had at most nine months of reserves and could not endure another dry spring. During the summer and fall, Binney focused on both supply and demand. He negotiated with neighboring towns to buy water and accelerated a program to pay local farmers to fallow their fields so the city could lease their water rights. Meanwhile, the town asked residents to limit their showers and had water cops enforce new rules against lawn sprinklers. (\"It's interesting how many people were watering lawns in the middle of the night,\" Binney said.)\n\nWater use in the United States varies widely by region, influenced by climate, neighborhood density and landscaping, among other things. In the West, Los Angelenos use about 125 gallons per person per day in their homes, compared with 114 for Tucson residents. Binney's customers generally use about 160 gallons per person per day. \"In the depths of the drought,\" he said, \"we got down to about 123 gallons.\"\n\nPart of the cruelty of a Western drought is that a water manager never knows if it will last 1 year or 10. In 2002, Binney was at the earliest stages of what has since become a nearly continuous dry spell. Though he couldn't see that at the time, he realized Aurora faced a permanent state of emergency if it didn't boost its water supplies. But how? One option was to try to buy water rights in the mountains (most likely from farmers who were looking to quit agriculture), then build a new reservoir and a long supply line to Aurora. Obvious hurdles included environmental and political resistance, as well as an engineering difficulty: water is heavy, far heavier than oil, and incompressible; a system to move it long distances (especially if it involves tunneling through mountains or pumping water over them) can cost billions. Binney figured that without the help of the federal government, which has largely gotten out of the Western dam-and-reservoir-building business, Aurora would be unwise to pursue such a project. Even if the money could be raised, building a system would take decades. Aurora needed a solution within five years.\n\nAnother practice, sometimes used in Europe, is to drill wells alongside a river and pull river water up though them, using the gravel of the riverbank as a natural filter - sort of like digging a hole in the sand near the ocean's edge as it fills from below. Half of Aurora's water rights were on the South Platte already; the city also pours its treated wastewater back into the river, as do other cities in the Denver metro area. This gives the South Platte a steady, dependable flow. Binney and the township reasoned that they could conceivably, and legally, go some 20 or 30 miles downstream on the South Platte, buy agricultural land near the river, install wells there and retrieve their wastewater. Thus they could create a system whereby Aurora would use South Platte water; send it to a treatment plant that would discharge it back into the river; go downstream to recapture water from the same river; then pump it back to the city for purification and further use. The process would repeat, ad infinitum. Aurora would use its share of South Platte water \"to extinction,\" in the argot of water managers. A drop of the South Platte used by an Aurora resident would find its way back to the city's taps as a half-drop in 45 to 60 days, a quarter-drop 45 to 60 days after that and so on. For every drop the town used from the South Platte, over time it would almost - as all the fractional drops added up - get another.\n\nMany towns have a supply that includes previously treated water. The water from the Mississippi River, for instance, is reused many times by municipalities as it flows southward. But as far as Binney knew, no municipality in the United States had built the kind of closed loop that Aurora envisioned. Water from wells in the South Platte would taste different, because of its mineral and organic content, so Binney's engineers would have to make it mimic mountain snowmelt. More delicate challenges involved selling local taxpayers on authorizing a project, marketed to them as \"Prairie Waters,\" that would capitalize on their own wastewater. The system, which meant building a 34-mile-long pipeline from the downstream South Platte riverbanks to a treatment facility in Aurora, would cost three-quarters of a billion dollars, making it one of the most expensive municipal infrastructure projects in the country.\n\nWhen Binney and I chatted at the reservoir outside Dillon, he had already finished discussions with Moody's and Fitch, the bond-rating agencies whose evaluations would help the town finance the project. Groundbreaking, which would be the next occasion we would see each other, was still a month away. \"What we're doing now is trading high levels of treatment and purification for building tunnels and chasing whatever remaining snowmelt there is in the hills, which I think isn't a wise investment for the city,\" he told me. \"I would expect that what we're going to do is the blueprint for a lot of cities in California, Arizona, Nevada - even the Carolinas and the Gulf states. They're all going to be doing this in the future.\"\n\nWater managers in the West tend to think in terms of \"acre-feet.\" One acre-foot, equal to about 326,000 gallons, is enough to serve two typical Colorado families for one year. When measurements of the Colorado River began near Lee's Ferry in the early 1920s, the region happened to be in the midst of an extremely wet series of years, and the river was famously misjudged to have an average flow of 17 million acre-feet per year - when in fact its average flow would often prove to be significantly less. Part of the legacy of that misjudgment is that the seven states that divided the water in the 1920s entered into a legal partnership that created unrealistic expectations about the river's capacity. But there is another, lesser-known legacy too. As the 20th century progressed, many water managers came to believe that the 1950s, which included the most severe drought years since measurement of the river began, were the marker for a worst-case situation.\n\n===========Page 5 of 10)\n\nBut recent studies of tree rings, in which academics drill core samples from the oldest Ponderosa pines or Douglas firs they can find in order to determine moisture levels hundreds of years ago, indicate that the dry times of the 1950s were mild and brief compared with other historical droughts. The latest research effort, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in late May, identified the existence of an epochal Southwestern megadrought that, if it recurred, would prove calamitous.\n\nWhen Binney and I met at Dillon Reservoir, he brought graphs of Colorado River flows that go back nearly a thousand years. \"There was this one in the 1150s,\" he said, tracing a jagged line downward with his finger. \"They think that's when the Anasazi Indians were forced out. We see drought cycles here that can go up to 60 years of below-average precipitation.\" What that would mean today, he said, is that states would have to make a sudden choice between agriculture and people, which would lead to bruising political debates and an unavoidable blow to the former. Binney says that as much as he believes that some farmers' water is ultimately destined for the cities anyway, a big jolt like this would be tragic. \"You hope you never get to that point,\" he told me, \"where you force those kinds of discussions, because they will change for hundreds of years the way that people live in the Western U.S. If you have to switch off agriculture, it's not like you can get back into it readily. It took decades for the agricultural industry to establish itself. It may never come back.\"An even darker possibility is that a Western drought caused by climatic variation and a drought caused by global warming could arrive at the same time. Or perhaps they already have. This coming spring, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will issue a report identifying areas of the world most at risk of droughts and floods as the earth warms. Fresh-water shortages are already a global concern, especially in China, India and Africa. But the I.P.C.C., which along with Al Gore received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month for its work on global-warming issues, will note that many problem zones are located within the United States, including California (where the Sierra Nevada snowpack is threatened) and the Colorado River basin. These assessments follow on the heels of a number of recent studies that analyze mountain snowpack and future Colorado River flows. Almost without exception, recent climate models envision reductions that range from the modest to the catastrophic by the second half of this century. One study in particular, by Martin Hoerling and Jon Eischeid, suggests the region is already \"past peak water,\" a milestone that means the river's water supply will now forever trend downward.\n\nClimatologists seem to agree that global warming means the earth will, on average, get wetter. According to Richard Seager, a scientist at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory who published a study on the Southwest last spring, more rain and snow will fall in those regions closer to the poles and more precipitation is likely to fall during sporadic, intense storms rather than from smaller, more frequent storms. But many subtropical regions closer to the equator will dry out. The models analyzed by Seager, which focus on regional climate rather than Colorado River flows, show that the Southwest will ultimately be subject to significant atmospheric and weather alterations. More alarming, perhaps, is that the models do not only concern the coming decades; they also address the present. \"You know, it's like, O.K., there's trouble in the future, but how near in the future does it set in?\" he told me. \"In this case, it appears that it's happening right now.\" When I asked if the drought in his models would be permanent, he pondered the question for a moment, then replied: \"You can't call it a drought anymore, because it's going over to a drier climate. No one says the Sahara is in drought.\"\n\nClimate models tend to be more accurate at predicting temperature than precipitation. Still, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that \"something is happening,\" as Peter Binney gently puts it. Everyone I spoke with in the West has noticed - less snow, earlier spring melts, warmer nights. Los Angeles this year went 150 days without a measurable rainfall. One afternoon in Boulder, I spent some time with Roger Pulwarty, a highly regarded climatologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Pulwarty, who has spent the past few years assessing adaptive solutions to a long drought, has a light sense of humor and an air of optimism about him, but he acknowledged that the big picture is worrisome. Even if the precipitation in the West does not decrease, higher temperatures by themselves create huge complications. Snowmelt runoff decreases. The immense reservoirs lose far more water to evaporation. Meanwhile, demand increases because crops are thirstier. Yet importing water from other river basins becomes more difficult, because those basins may face shortages, too.\n\n=========Page 6 of 10)\n\n\"You don't need to know all the numbers of the future exactly,\" Pulwarty told me over lunch in a local Vietnamese restaurant. \"You just need to know that we're drying. And so the argument over whether it's 15 percent drier or 20 percent drier? It's irrelevant. Because in the long run, that decrease, accumulated over time, is going to dry out the system.\" Pulwarty asked if I knew the projections for what it would take to refill Lake Powell, which is at about 50 percent of capacity. Twenty years of average flow on the Colorado River, he told me. \"Good luck,\" he said. \"Even in normal conditions we don't get 20 years of average flow. People are calling for more storage on the system, but if you can't fill the reservoirs you have, I don't know how more storage, or more dams, is going to help you. One has to ask if the normal strategies that we have are actually viable anymore.\"\n\nPulwarty is convinced that the economic impacts could be profound. The worst outcome, he suggested, would be mass migrations out of the region, along with bitter interstate court battles over the dwindling water supplies. But well before that, if too much water is siphoned from agriculture, farm towns and ranch towns will wither. Meanwhile, Colorado's largest industry, tourism, might collapse if river flows became a trickle during summertime. Already, warmer temperatures have brought on an outbreak of pine beetles that are destroying pine forests; Pulwarty wonders how many tourists will want to visit a state full of dead trees. \"A crisis is an interesting thing,\" he said. In his view, a crisis is a point in a story, a moment in a narrative, that presents an opportunity for characters to think their way through a problem. A catastrophe, on the other hand, is something different: it is one of several possible outcomes that follow from a crisis. \"We're at the point of crisis on the Colorado,\" Pulwarty concluded. \"And it's at this point that we decide, O.K., which way are we going to go?\"\n\nIt is all but imposible to look into the future of the Western states without calling on Pat Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Mulroy has no real counterpart on the East Coast; her nearest analog might be Robert Moses, the notorious New York City planner who built massive infrastructure projects and who almost always found a way around institutional obstructions and financing constraints. She is arguably the most influential and outspoken water manager in the country - a \"woman without fear,\" as Pulwarty describes her. Pulwarty and Peter Binney respect her willingness to challenge historical water-sharing agreements that, in Mulroy's view, no longer suit the modern West (meaning they don't suit Las Vegas). According to Binney, however, Nevada's scant resources give Mulroy little choice. She has to keep her city from drying out. That makes hers the most difficult job in the water business, he told me.\n\nLas Vegas is almost certainly more vulnerable to water shortages than any metro area in the country. Partly that's a result of the city's explosive growth. But the state of Nevada has the historical misfortune of receiving a smaller share of Colorado River water (300,000 acre-feet annually) than the other six states with which it signed a water-sharing compact in the 1920s. That modest share, stored in Lake Mead along with water destined for Southern California, Arizona and northern Mexico, now means everything to Las Vegas. I traveled to Lake Mead on a 99-degree day last June. The narrow, 110-mile-long lake, which at full capacity holds 28 million acre-feet of water (making it the largest reservoir in the United States), was at 49 percent of capacity. When riding into the valley and glimpsing it from afar - an astonishing slash of blue in the desert - my guide for the day, Bronson Mack of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, remarked that he had never seen it so low. The white bathtub ring on the sides of the canyon that marks the level of full capacity was visible about 100 feet above the water. \"I have a photograph of my mother on her honeymoon, standing in front of the lake,\" Mack, a Las Vegas native, said. That was in 1970. \"It was almost that low, but not quite.\"\n\nOver the past year, it has become conceivable that the lake could eventually drop below the level of the water authority's intake pipes, the straws that suck the water out for the Las Vegas Valley. The authority recently hired an engineering firm to drill through several miles of rock and create a deeper intake pipe near the bottom of the lake. To say the project is being fast-tracked is an understatement. The day after visiting Lake Mead, I met with Mulroy in her Las Vegas office. \"We have everything in line to get it running by 2012,\" she said of the new intake. But she added that she is looking to cut as much time off construction as possible. Building the new intake is a race against the clock, or rather a race against a lake that keeps going down, down, down."}
-{"text": "we also have a number of locations offering the same service, but different staff in that location. if you are going to improve the location offering you will need to be able to assign people to each of the locations as well as to the service being offered\n\nWe have multiple satellite offices throughout the city and staff assigned to manage 2-5 offices, where we offer the same services.\n\nSo I may have a meeting at location A, could take an appointment right after at location A, then need 30 minutes to travel to Location B where I have one meeting, and then to Location C. The individual should choose the location nearest them.\n\nI'm fine with either a fixed travel time (ie: add a 1hr buffer when a location change is needed) or of course it could leverage Bing Maps to figure out a travel time of 30 minutes and then add my usual 15 minute after buffer.\n\nBrandi: If Microsoft is not able to offer you the ability for your customers to book into your webinar, you might want to try evite.com. I have used evite.com to manage customer signups for in person and web seminars. evite.com offers a superior experience for organizers and attendees. Just something to consider if Microsoft does not meet your needs."}
-{"text": "Mubarak's Refusal To Step Down Enrages Protesters\n\nCairo, Egypt -- Protesters in Egypt, rowdy with revolutionary fervor, dug in for an 18th day of demonstrations Friday, one day after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down.\n\nCairo, Egypt -- Protesters in Egypt, rowdy with revolutionary fervor, dug in for an 18th day of demonstrations Friday, one day after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down.\n\nIn a highly anticipated speech, Mubarak clung to the presidency but said he would \"delegate powers\" to Vice President Omar Suleiman according to the constitution -- a major concession from the man who has ruled Egypt with an iron grip for 30 years.\n\nHis speech, however, enraged protesters in Tahrir Square, who want Mubarak to leave now. Packed in like sardines and showing no sign of giving up, many said they were spending the night in the square for the first time since the protests began. The mood of the crowd was relentlessly upbeat, even at 3 a.m..\n\nA splinter group of demonstrators marched to the presidential palace, where the military maintains a strong presence. Another group rallied in front of a state television building.\n\nMassive street demonstrations are expected on Friday.\n\n\"Get out! Get out!\" angry protesters chanted as Mubarak spoke.\n\nAfter the the president's speech,parliamentary speaker Ahmed Fathi Srour told state-run Nile TV that Mubarak's move had put the authority for the day-to-day running of the government in Suleiman's hands. That would include oversight of the police, the Interior Ministry and other key agencies, control of economic policy and running any negotiations with the opposition.\n\nSrour echoed Mubarak's statement in adding that the constitution specifically prohibits the president from delegating other key powers to the vice president. As a result, the power to dismiss parliament or dismiss the government and the power to ask for amendments to the constitution remain in Mubarak's hands, not Suleiman's.\n\n\"The vice president is the de facto president,\" Egypt's ambassador to the United States, Sameh Shoukry, told CNN, shortly after Mubarak spoke.\n\nProtesters watched Mubarak's speech on screens hoisted above their heads in Tahrir Square. Quiet at first, they waited to hear what he would say. When it became clear the president would not stand down, they erupted.\n\n\"Illegitimate!\" they cried. \"Mubarak, the coward, must stand down!\"\n\n\"Everyone's lost,\" Khalid Abdalla, a demonstrator in the square and star of the motion picture \"The Kite Runner,\" said after the president's speech. \"People are trying to work out what more they can do.\"\n\nMubarak stressed -- as he has before -- that he would not run for another term in September. He also expressed regret for any loss of life and said he would move to repeal Article 179 of the Egyptian constitution, which allows Mubarak to send anyone suspected of terrorism to a military court, \"as soon as we regain stability and security.\"\n\nHis comments came as pressure on Mubarak's regime intensified throughout the day.\n\nRumors had run rampant before he spoke that Mubarak was planning to step down. Many also had predicted he would deputize Suleiman, the former intelligence chief, to take control. For that to happen under the current constitution, Mubarak must retain the title of president -- as he did.\n\nSuleiman addressed the nation soon after Mubarak, urging Egyptians to remain calm and go back to work.\n\nHe said he was committed to doing \"whatever it takes in order to have an orderly transition of powers in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.\"\n\nMubarak's refusal to step down caught the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama off guard, a senior U.S. official told CNN.\n\n\"Not what we were told would happen and not what we wanted to happen,\" the official, who would speak only on the condition of anonymity, said of the speech.\n\nObama released a statement late Thursday, calling on the Egyptian government to do more.\n\n\"The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition is immediate, meaningful or sufficient,\" he said. \"Too many Egyptians remain unconvinced that the government is serious about a genuine transition to democracy, and it is the responsibility of the government to speak clearly to the Egyptian people and the world.\"\n\nThe mass demonstrations, despite stern government warnings of military intervention, were relentless Thursday, and thousands of workers in vital industries walked off their jobs in a show of solidarity with demonstrators demanding change.\n\nIn their strongest maneuver yet, the military's senior officers Thursday issued \"Communique No. 1,\" as if more were forthcoming, stating that their discussions were ongoing on \"what can be achieved to preserve the homeland and the gains of the Egyptian people.\"\n\nThe military remained out in force throughout the day, and many believe Egypt's future hinges on the role it will play.\n\n\"Egypt will explode. Army must save the country now,\" Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition leader, posted on his Twitter page soon after Mubarak spoke.\n\nSimilarly, Yaser Fathi, one of the organizers of protests in Alexandria, said the military must intervene and push to get Mubarak out.\n\n\"Everyone in Egypt is disappointed ... We were hoping that it was almost over, but we will continue until the whole regime gets toppled,\" he said.\n\nExactly what role the military will play, however, remained unclear.\n\n\"This now creates a massive crisis for the Egyptian military,\" analysts with Stratfor global intelligence company said in a statement, soon after Mubarak's speech.\n\n\"As dawn breaks over Cairo, it is likely that large numbers of others will join the demonstrators and that the crowd might begin to move. The military would then be forced to stand back and let events go where they go, or fire on the demonstrators,\" the analysts said.\n\nEarlier Thursday, protesting lawyers toppled barricades near Abdeen Palace, the former home of Egypt's monarchy and a symbol of power. Armed police, who had disappeared from the streets of Cairo as the uprising gained momentum, waited behind metal fences.\n\nBut the police fled and the crowd surged amid the roar of thunder on a rainy day. \"God is great,\" they chanted.\n\nUnable to enter the palace, which was under heavy army protection, the group of lawyers headed to Tahrir Square, where massive crowds again gathered to call for the immediate departure of Mubarak.\n\nThe demonstrations were galvanized earlier in the week by the words and tears of freed cyberactivist Wael Ghonim, who emerged as a reluctant hero of Egypt's uprising.\n\nGhonim, on leave from his marketing job with the search engine Google in Dubai, was seized by security forces and held for 10 days before being released. He is credited with starting a Facebook page that triggered the protests.\n\nMubarak's foes were re-energized again Thursday by strikes called by petroleum, railway and telecommunications employees seeking better compensation.\n\nOil workers demanded transparency in executive salaries, said Hamdi Abdel-Aziz, a spokesman for the petroleum ministry.\n\nNational Railway Council employees called for longer contracts, prompting a pledge to extend them from their leaders. Some did not return to work Thursday, said Mostafa Qinawi, head of the Railway Council.\n\nEmployees of the steel industry and the Suez Canal Port Authority also took to the streets to demand better salaries, said the state-run al-Ahram newspaper. That sparked fears that the Suez Canal -- a significant oil transport hub and major revenue source for Egypt -- would shut down and send oil prices skyrocketing.\n\nEgypt's finance minister said the nation will \"do its utmost best\" to ensure the canal remains open.\n\n\"All precautions are taken to prevent any sabotage from outside to the Suez Canal,\" Samir Hadwan told CNN. \"The Suez Canal is safe and the Egyptian Army -- I don't talk on their behalf -- but I can assure you it will do whatever is in its power to keep that open.\"\n\nIn the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt's second largest, street cleaners and administrative staff went on strike over what they say is a salary freeze. At least 1,000 engineers protested contracts and financial compensations, officials said.\n\nThursday's demonstrations unfolded with vigor despite escalating fears of a government crackdown. Key government officials have sought to portray an immediate departure for Mubarak as a recipe for absolute mayhem and warned of military intervention.\n\nHuman Rights Watch has been deeply critical of the government's handling of the crisis.\n\n\"Mubarak's speech is far from the needed break with the abusive system of the past 30 years,\" Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Thursday. \"Cosmetic changes are not enough to meet the Egyptian people's demands for democracy and human rights.\"\n\nThe monitoring group has documented 302 deaths since the January 25 rally that ignited Egypt's revolt."}
-{"text": "Kick-starting the 113th Congress: Ideas Congress can use\n\nPosted on\n\nJanuary 16, 2013,\n\nTime\n\n5:31 p.m.\n\nby\n\nMatt Rumsey\n\nLooking for ideas to make government more transparent and accountable? Join the The Advisory Committee on Transparency on January 28th for \"Kick-starting the 113th Congress,\" a series of short presentations on what Congress could do right now to make government more transparent.\n\nThe presentations will take place on Capitol Hill, in the Rayburn House Office Building, room 2203. After the dozen-or-so lightning talks, there will be an opportunity to mingle and talk with the presenters.\n\nThe lineup includes representatives of the Cato Institute, the Center for Effective Government, the Center for Responsive Politics, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the Data Transparency Coalition, GovTrack.us, Judicial Watch, the New America Foundation, OpenTheGovernment.org, Princeton University, Robinson & Yu LLC, the Sunlight Foundation, the Sunshine in Government Initiative, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.\n\nThe Advisory Committee on Transparency is a private-sector organization and complies with all House and Senate rules. It is separate and distinct from the Congressional Transparency Caucus, a Congressional Member Organization. The Advisory Committee on Transparency is a project of the Sunlight Foundation."}
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-{"text": "Sunday, 7 February 2016\n\nArriving in Morocco\n\nOn an 80 Euro flight to Agadir, Morocco. The rain is belting down outside and the plane is full of Irish people. The pilot announces \"Expected weather will be 28 degress in Agadir\". The plane erupts in cheering and shouting.\n\nI spent all Friday evening dismantling the bike and getting it ready to put in a box for the flight. I also packed everything away I'd need for the trip. The flight took over 3 and a half hours. I was bored so I wrote a list of all that I'm bringing. I'll update this post with that exciting list in due course but today I need to get on the road.\n\nSaturday evening was spent in a hostel in Taghazout with 41 Dutch surfers from the University of Delft. After getting dinner and planning the route for day 1 and 2 I hung out with some of them on the rooftop.\n\nI woke up at around 9 to see the small town during the day which took all of 10 minutes. The bike is now assembled again and I should have 55km to Imouzzer assuming that I don't get lost."}
-{"text": "Gopher\n\nA gopher is a small rodent that plagues gardens. Derek Karlavaegen believes the Universe Interpreter may have been set up to scare gophers out of Crispin's vegetable garden, or that it may serve to both scare gophers and keep the stars aligned.[1]"}
-{"text": "Storyline\n\nProfessional photographer and wealthy oilman Ken is commissioned by the Bahama Chamber of Commerce to film the beautiful uninhabited island in the Bahama chain. With his passionate girlfriend Joan traveling with him, Ken finds two women and one man enjoying themselves in the nude. After several misunderstandings, Ken learns that the threesome are shipwrecked Americans who decided to stay on the island. Written by\nAnonymous"}
-{"text": "Ubuntu popularity in downward spiral, is Unity to blame?\n\nIt has been an interesting year for Ubuntu and its backer, Canonical. Unity arrived amid much speculation in its April release of Ubuntu 11.4, with many questioning why Canonical needed to be moving away from Gnome's desktop environment. Unity makes sense for those new to Linux, but many power users found it frustrating to work with. The initial fallback into the old Gnome 2.x environment when lacking 3D acceleration just confused matters. Now at least, with the release of 11.10, Unity functions with or without 3D acceleration, providing a more consistent environment. But the latest figures suggest differently for the once dominant Linux distribution.\n\nThe graph, representative of page hit rankings from the last six years shows a mostly continuous decline in Ubuntu. It looks even worse when you look at the last 30 days page hit rankings. Ubuntu manages only fourth place, despite having released its new version, 11.10, only last month. To be fair, three of the top four distributions have released new versions in the last month or so, although interestingly Mint is not one of them. The figures should be fairly accurate when taking into account the extra attention they receive around release dates, with people scrambling to try their preferred Linux as it hits the download servers.\n\nI think it's fair to suggest most of those new to Linux are unlikely to be viewing Distrowatch's website, though. Therefore, we'll look at Google's Trends tool to see search result statistics and gauge interest in each distro.\n\nThe graph above shows a continuous downward trend for Ubuntu, with Linux Mint slowly increasing in popularity and spiking much higher in the last six months to a year. Also decreasing are Fedora and Debian, although their fall is nowhere near as pronounced as Ubuntu is.\n\nIronically, the core release of Linux Mint is based on a snapshot of Ubuntu. They chose to keep to the Gnome environment, however, with customization and tweaks to the menu system. It is therefore a natural progression for existing users of Ubuntu, with the same available packages, package management tools and the same underpinnings that many users are already accustomed to from using Ubuntu.\n\nViewing the top five distributions in the above chart it does give some credence to the notion that Unity's release corresponds with a larger than expected reduction in Ubuntu's share. In the last 12 months, Ubuntu has reduced from 25 percent to just 14 percent, with Mint and openSUSE gaining ground in the top five. Mint increased its page hit ranking by 12 percent in the 12 month period alone.\n\nHowever, it is important to point out that Canonical prefers to keep its different versions of Linux separate, so Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu all have individual listings on Distrowatch's page hit rankings. Mint on the other hand, bundles its different versions (including a Debian-based release) into one page ranking. This is obviously going to push the general outcome of the results in Mint's favor.\n\nIt could be that users are fed up with Unity and the direction Canonical is driving Ubuntu and are naturally progressing on to Linux Mint. The data does make it reasonable to assume that Unity has had at least some impact on these figures. That said, it is hard to really confirm a definitive answer for the reasons behind its decline. Any Ubuntu users -- or Linux Mint converts -- in the house? We'd love to hear your thoughts."}
-{"text": "Post navigation\n\nThe essential reason for creating independence4you.org was the question, whether the states we (are forced to) live in are really democracies or something else.\n\nHow do you define a measure for democracy? Actually that is kind of simple: you just need to ask the right questions, define a few representative answers and assign a plausible value to them.\n\nLets start with the basic question about the basic set of rules that defines your society (probably organized as a state):\n\nDoes your state (or the society you live in, however it\u2019s organized) have an existing constitution, which defines the state (organization) as \u201cdemocratic\u201d?\n\nYes, our constitution states that the form of government is a democracy. (Democracy Score: 100%)\n\nNo, we don\u2019t have a constitution, or it states, that our govenment is not a democracy. (Democracy Score: 0%)\n\nWikipedia says: The term originates from the Greek\u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1 (d\u0113mokrat\u00eda) \u201crule of the people\u201d, which as found from \u03b4\u1fc6\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 (d\u00eamos) \u201cpeople\u201d and \u03ba\u03c1\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 (kr\u00e1tos) \u201cpower\u201d or \u201crule\u201d; Democracy is further defined as \u201cgovernment by the people; especially : rule of the majority\u201d\n\n(I am quoting the statements consistent with the original idea of democracy, not those stating, what it has been turned into in the meantime)\n\nRule of the people \u2026 so the people (via mojority votes) decide about the rules of their society.\n\nThis brings us to our second essential question:\n\nWho made the constitution for your state?\n\nThe citizens in a democratic process (suggestion, support of suggestion, poll). (Democracy Score: 100%)\n\nRepresentatives, who were selected in a direct democratic process by the people and charged with the task to make the constitution for them. (Democracy Score: 66%)\n\nSome politicians who happened to be in power at the time, due to some war or a revolution. (Democracy Score: 33%)\n\nSome power-elite, completely independent from any vote or involvement of the majority of the people. Democracy Score: 0%)\n\nI wonder, if your state started out with a democratically made constitution. I know, mine didn\u2019t (it get\u2019s a 33% score).\n\nWe\u2019ll continue this in the upcoming blog entries. There are many more questions and in the end, we\u2019ll have a nice little measurement tool for a democracy score, that gives us a good idea, how much democracy we actually have (and if it\u2019s even legit to call it a democracy)"}
-{"text": "Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIBs untarnished mission statement: protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. It''s been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Kay has since returned to the comforts of civilian life while Jay continues to work for the Men In Black, the highly funded yet unofficial government agency that regulates all things alien on earth. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, Jay uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. When Serleena takes the entire MIB building hostage, there is only one person left Jay can turn to-his former MIB partner who is now a drone in another large government office, the U.S. postal service, and prefers simple pleasures like his wife''s cookies over standoffs with mammoth alien insects. It''s a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay-who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the Men In Black, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy-to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction."}
-{"text": "Welcome to the NEW Shady Tree Landscaping website! Since 1991, we have been committed to serving the New England area and look forward to continuing to provide our services to you and your family. This year, our 29th year of being in business, we\u2019re ready to start new projects, meet new customers, and make your property look brand new! The new site was designed to make it easier to access information about our offerings, showcase our work and simplify use when accessing us via mobile-device.\n\nWe encourage you to take a look around our new website, review our portfolio and explore the breadth of services we offer. Our passionate and dedicated team are only a click or tap away if you have any questions or are looking for an estimate. Also, don\u2019t forget to check out and follow us on our social media sites for in-progress project snapshots and to stay up-to-date on all things at Shady Tree.\n\nWe\u2019ll be posting a few times a month on this blog to keep you on the forefront of general company announcements, landscaping tips, design trends and all other sorts of valuable tidbits.\n\nHave Lawn Maintenance and Care question this upcoming spring? Ask our Todd@shadytreelandscaping.com our in-house expert and he\u2019ll address it in an upcoming post.\n\nStay tuned for more blog posts like this and welcome to the new age of Shady Tree Landscaping. Talk to you soon!"}
-{"text": "Weatherdock big step forward in German Midsize Companies Award 2017\n\nThe Weatherdock AG is honored to announce that once again the company is listed in the TOP100 jury-list of the German Midsize Companies Award\n\nN\u00fcrnberg, 22.06.2017 (PresseBox) -\nThe German Weatherdock AG enters the next big level in the 2017 German Midsize Companies Award. Weatherdock is pround and pleased as well that once again the jury awarded the company into the TOP100 list.\n\nThis listing among the TOP100 companies in Germany, which is the second time in a row, becomes a bright shining symbol for the high quality level of the company and of the products made in Germany, Weatherdock sells all over the world to foreign authorities as well as pleasure boaters.\n\nThe Board of the Weatherdock AG takes this confidence of the jury to work as hard as possible to keep the achived level or even go a step beyond.\n\nThe PresseBox site relays on the functionality of JavaScript. This seems not to be available in your browser. We appologize if parts of the website may not be full accessible with the lack of JavaScript.\n\nSubscribe for news\n\nThe subscribtion service of the PresseBox informs you about press information of a certain topic by your choice at a choosen time. Please enter your email address to receive the email with the press releases.\n\nAn error occurred!\n\nThank you! You will receive a confirmation email within a few minutes.\n\nI want to subscribe to the gratis press mail and have read and accepted the conditions."}
-{"text": "In this project the PhD-student shall study a comparison theorem between rigid cohomology and overconvergent de Rham-Witt cohomology for smooth varieties which was funded by EPSRC and published jointly by Davis, Zink and the project supervisor and extend the result to semistable varieties resp log-schemes. This requires a good understanding of the theory of log-schemes and p-adic analytic techniques in arithmetic geometry. The project is a fundamental problem in the study of p-adic cohomology theories. As the theory of log-schemes is well-developed a student who is well-educated in arithmetic geometry should be able to manage this additional difficulty. The successful project will be important and will have applications in integral p-adic Hodge-theory, for example in understanding comparison theorems between de Rham - and p-adic etale cohomology for open varieties.\n\nThe student shall study this paper in the first instance and shall make himself familiar with logarithmic geometry which is a necessary tool to tackle the problem. He should then try and work out the case where the variety is singular and a normal crossing divisor in a regular scheme defined over the ring of Witt vectors. This is a challenging but very interesting problem and many techniques are already well developed and a prototype of this problem (\" the good reduction case \") that will allow the student to be able to realize the project.\n\nThe student will acquire a lot of expertise in sophisticated techniques in p-adic arithmetic geometry and p-adic Hodge-theory which is really main stream mathematics and internationally highly regarded. At the beginning they will attend courses in the MAGiC consortium, attend workshops and study groups in order to achieve a broader education in areas that may be related but in general go beyond the PhD-topic.\n\nWith a completed PhD they will be in a position to apply for Post-Doc positions where in particular the internationally academic market will be available to them and later may find academic positions; in other words the PhD-project prepares the student very well for a University career.\n\nThe project is suitable for excellent students who already have a strong background in algebraic or arithmetic geometry.\n\nFunding Minimum3.5 year studentship: UK/EU tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance at current Research Council rate. Current rate of \u00a314,296 per year."}
-{"text": "Karin's Rainbow Gathering 2011 news and ideas for creating a safe, fun and healing gathering in Washington State, July 1 - 7, 2011. As with all things related to Rainbow Gatherings, this is not an official source of information and represents my thoughts and opinions only. Other people will have different ideas. Email me if you wish.\n\nThursday, August 18, 2011\n\nCan you help find out what happened to Marie?\n\nMarie\n\nFor forty years this family has gathered and to the best of my knowledge we've never lost anyone. Let's make sure Marie doesn't stay lost. If she's alive, all her family needs from her is a phone call. If Marie is deceased, her family wants her body back so they can grieve and bury her.\n\nMarie came to the gathering with Cathy and Mellow. She was last seen on the morning of July 7th.\n\nCathy\n\nMarie\u2019s family is now asking everyone who saw Marie, Mellow or Cathy at any time during the gathering come forward with dates, times and specifics about locations and people who were seen with Marie. If you met any of these people at the gathering, know the details may help us find Marie who has now been missing for over a month. Her grandchildren are hurting and finding out what happened to Marie will help them and the rest of her family heal. Don't leave Marie's grandchildren crying for her.\n\nMellow\n\nMarie arrived at the Gathering on July 2nd with \u201cMellow\u201d and camped near Lovin\u2019 Oven.\n\nShe and Mellow moved their camp to the Rear Gate on July 5th.\n\nThey were joined by Mellow\u2019s girlfriend Cathy on July 6th.\n\nThe last sighting of Marie was the morning of July 7th near the rear gate. She never came back to camp, leaving all of her belongings.\n\nMellow searched for Marie, showing her ID to people at the Gathering until the morning of July 10th, when he and Cathy returned home.\n\nIf you saw Marie, Mellow or Cathy at the gathering, please contact the family or if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can post your comments on this message. If you wish, you can email me any information you have with instructions to not reveal where I got it and I will honor your privacy. All we want is to find Marie: dead or alive.\n\nEven if you don't remember these three people, if you were near the rear gate (150 Road -- kitchen supply drop off; handicapped parking; Omnivore Cafe) on July 7, please contact me with everything you can remember about that morning. No detail is too small. For more information, photos and details of the search efforts to date, visit http://mariehansonmissing.com/.\n\nPlease share this plea with everyone you know who attended the Washington Gathering this year.\n\n4 comments:\n\nI was parked along this area on road FS 32(west of FS 150). http://mapper.acme.com/ ... N 46.09499 W 121.87760 ... Hundreds of other vehicles were also parked along the road and there was a steep and significant drop off that would have lead to an injury if someone had fallen. This is the only significant clue that I can offer. In fact, I was getting some supplies out of my vehicle one day and thought to myself how you would not want to fall off this cliff. If S & R go out again, they should check the areas outside of the main gathering site and look into the areas off the main roads where someone may have fallen.\n\nThe Rainbow Gathering has participants from every walk of life. Just as we have in mainstream America (or what Rainbows call \u201cBabylon\u201d) there are thieves and rapists, doctors, children and homeless, peace lovers and alcoholics and anarchists and Christians and Buddhists and drug abusers and eschew-ers.\n\nNorthwest Tribes Lightline\n\n(503) 727-2498\n\nWashington Family Lightline\n\nForwarded info: For good updated info on info for the Washington state annual gathering of the tribes 2011..please contact the Washington state lightline @ (509)217*6573 between the hours of 10am and 10pm Pacific Time unless it is a emergency!!! or dial 911!!!PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE!! on a side note please do not flood the lightlines with calls for direction to the nationals this will be chosen by consensus at spring council 2011 on june 12th..(site to be announced for that location)..please do not flood the lightlines with directions to holding camps these direction are to be announced very soon as well..please be patient family...i know everyone has rainbow fever..but this is a long process to get our family to the rite place at the rite time...WE LOVE YOU and we will see you soon!\n\nMailing Address\n\nIf you prefer to communicate via snail mail or want to send a few dollars to help with scouting or other pre-gathering related costs:\n\nWashington Rainbow Gathering 2011 P.O. Box 76 Oroville, WA 98844\n\nRainbow Links\n\nWelcome Home\n\nI try to cover a wide range of gathering specific topics on this blog to help those new to gathering create a safe and positive gathering experience. If I haven't covered a topic on this year's blog, odds are I or a guest blogger covered it in one of the prior year's gatherings. Some of the information will be outdated, but most of the basics will be the same. If there's a specific topic you're curious about, email me and I'll try to cover it or invite a guest blogger to do so.\n\nAbout Me\n\nGetting into the gathering without getting a mandatory court appearance ticket\n\nGETTING INTO THE GATHERING WITHOUT GETTING A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE TICKET\n\nEvery year the United States Forest Service Law Enforcement (USFS) Incident Management Team (the cops) attempts to write as many tickets to family coming home as they possibly can to justify their presence. They give out tickets for broken tail lights, failure to use a turn signal in a deserted parking lot at 2 AM, lack of seat belts, controlled substances (even just a trace amount), beads hanging from your rear view mirrors, prescription medications if the label doesn't clearly have your name on it and you can't prove who you are, dogs off leash, a vehicle missing a front license plate even if you live in a state that does not issue a front license plate and a lot more violations of the letter of the law.\n\nHowever, these tickets are not the type of citation you would probably receive for any of these issues in your hometown. These are mandatory court appearance tickets. There will be special court dates set up just for us, so we can go to the local courthouse, fire station or visitors center and go before a magistrate. In the past, charges have been reduced, fines were often minimal and the court has allowed people to make payment plans ranging from 90 days to pay $75 to 18 months to pay $25 depending on the hardship cases people have expressed.\n\nIf you do not show up for your mandatory court appearance on the date indicated on your ticket, a Federal Bench Warrant will be issued for your arrest. Then the USFS LEOs will come into the gathering looking for you. If they find you they will arrest you and put you in jail until the next court date. If this happens on a Friday afternoon, you will be in jail until Monday. If they do not find you at the gathering, the next time a law enforcement officer for any reason stops you, your ID will be run through the database and you will go directly to jail.\n\nOf course, everyone is free to manage this situation as they wish but I strongly recommend you go to your court date. I have seen people charged with crimes that could potentially result in a six years sentence walk out with a $500 fine and three years\u2019 probation. Keep in mind that every year the dynamic is different and these results may not always be available. There are lawyers at the gathering (I am not a legal expert) who attend the court dates and will assist as best they can although I recommend you catch up with them before your court date to gain a better understanding of your specific charges and strategies to get the charges dropped or reduced. If you do not know these people personally, go to INFO and let them know you received one of the magic tickets and you need legal assistance."}
-{"text": "Coloring Christmas For Fun \u2013 Volume 2\n\nLet's continue with Christmas!\n\nDrawings, mandalas, patterns and pictures transformed into drawings have been grouped herein enabling you to invite Christmas at home.\n\nTaking the time to color is like taking a breath for oneself, planning for a relaxing moment, made of calm and quietness, of focus, a window out of time of your day.\n\nThereafter, for a few minutes or many more, some of the drawings of this book have been realized with lots of details whereas some others are simpler to cope with your mood, your desires and the available time."}
-{"text": "Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky going into the Quaker State 400 on June 29.\n\nKENTUCKY-SPECIFIC STATISTICS\n\nGreg Biffle (No. 16 3M National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Ford)\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 21.0\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 13.4, 11th-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 84.9, 13th-best\n\n\u00b7 23 Fastest Laps Run, sixth-most\n\n\u00b7 172 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.814 mph, eighth-fastest\n\n\u00b7 420 Laps in the Top 15 (78.7%), eighth-most\n\n\u00b7 88 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fifth-most\n\nKurt Busch (No. 78 Furniture Row/SertaChevrolet)\n\n\u00b7 One top 10\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 14.0\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 12.1, seventh-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 92.6, eighth-best\n\n\u00b7 20 Fastest Laps Run, eighth-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.386 mph, 13th-fastest\n\nKyle Busch (No. 18 Doublemint Toyota)\n\n\u00b7 One win, one top five, two top 10s\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 5.5\n\n\u00b7 Series-best Average Running Position of 3.6\n\n\u00b7 Series-best Driver Rating of 133.0\n\n\u00b7 Series-high 92 Fastest Laps Run\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 171.694 mph, third-fastest\n\n\u00b7 516 Laps in the Top 15 (96.6%), third-most\n\nDale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 National Guard Youth Foundation Chevrolet)\n\n\u00b7 One top five, one top 10\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 17.0\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 13.1, 10th-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 88.3, 11th-best\n\n\u00b7 18 Fastest Laps Run, 10th-most\n\n\u00b7 156 Green Flag Passes, 12th-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.654 mph, ninth-fastest\n\n\u00b7 301 Laps in the Top 15 (56.4%), 13th-most\n\n\u00b7 68 Quality Passes, 11th-most\n\nCarl Edwards (No. 99 UPS Ford)\n\n\u00b7 One top five, one top 10\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 12.5\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 9.7, fifth-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 94.3, seventh-best\n\n\u00b7 10 Fastest Laps Run, 13th-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.928 mph, seventh-fastest\n\n\u00b7 456 Laps in the Top 15 (85.4%), fifth-most\n\n\u00b7 91 Quality Passes, fourth-most\n\nJeff Gordon (No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet)\n\n\u00b7 One top five, two top 10s\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 7.5\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 13.9, 12th-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 89.8, ninth-best\n\n\u00b7 14 Fastest Laps Run, 11th-most\n\n\u00b7 173 Green Flag Passes, third-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.496 mph, 12th-fastest\n\n\u00b7 335 Laps in the Top 15 (62.7%), 10th-most\n\n\u00b7 93 Quality Passes, second-most\n\nDenny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota)\n\n\u00b7 One top five, one top 10\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 7.0\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 8.7, fourth-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 105.0, fourth-best\n\n\u00b7 32 Fastest Laps Run, fourth-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.968 mph, fourth-fastest\n\n\u00b7 430 Laps in the Top 15 (80.5%), sixth-most\n\n\u00b7 69 Quality Passes, 10th-most\n\nKevin Harvick (No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet)\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 13.5\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 12.3, eighth-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 88.2, 12th-best\n\n\u00b7 164 Green Flag Passes, seventh-most\n\n\u00b7 424 Laps in the Top 15 (79.4%), seventh-most\n\n\u00b7 77 Quality Passes, sixth-most\n\nJimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe\u2019s Dover White Chevrolet)\n\n\u00b7 One top five, two top 10s; one pole\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 4.5\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 4.7, third-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 119.5, third-best\n\n\u00b7 56 Fastest Laps Run, third-most\n\n\u00b7 Series-best Average Green Flag Speed of 171.807 mph\n\n\u00b7 523 Laps in the Top 15 (97.9%), second-most\n\n\u00b7 92 Quality Passes, third-most\n\nKasey Kahne (No. 5 Quaker State Chevrolet)\n\n\u00b7 One top five, one top 10\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 7.5\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 15.1, 13th-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 96.7, sixth-best\n\n\u00b7 31 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most\n\n\u00b7 Series-high 230 Green Flag Passes\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.961 mph, fifth-fastest\n\nMatt Kenseth (No. 20 Dollar General Toyota)\n\n\u00b7 Two top 10s\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 6.5\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 10.0, sixth-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 98.2, fifth-best\n\n\u00b7 19 Fastest Laps Run, ninth-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 170.936 mph, sixth-fastest\n\n\u00b7 510 Laps in the Top 15 (95.5%), fourth-most\n\n\u00b7 Series-high 122 Quality Passes\n\nBrad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Ford)\n\n\u00b7 One win, one top five, two top 10s\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 4.0\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 3.9, second-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 128.2, second-best\n\n\u00b7 72 Fastest Laps Run, second-most\n\n\u00b7 Average Green Flag Speed of 171.762 mph, second-fastest\n\n\u00b7 Series-high 526 Laps in the Top 15 (98.5%)\n\nMartin Truex Jr. (No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota)\n\n\u00b7 One top 10\n\n\u00b7 Average finish of 13.0\n\n\u00b7 Average Running Position of 12.8, ninth-best\n\n\u00b7 Driver Rating of 88.8, 10th-best\n\n\u00b7 77 Quality Passes, sixth-most\n\nChase Contenders\n\nThe Top 10\n\nFollowing Race 16 of 36\n\nRank Season\n\nLast Driver\n\nDriver\n\nPoints\n\nWins\n\nPoles\n\nWeek\n\nRating\n\n1. Jimmie Johnson\n\n573\n\n3\n\n1\n\n1\n\n112.7\n\n2. Carl Edwards\n\n548\n\n1\n\n1\n\n2\n\n93.7\n\n3. Clint Bowyer\n\n528\n\n0\n\n0\n\n3\n\n94.6\n\n4. Kevin Harvick\n\n510\n\n2\n\n0\n\n4\n\n95.4\n\n5. Matt Kenseth\n\n481\n\n3\n\n2\n\n5\n\n112.9\n\n6. Greg Biffle\n\n479\n\n1\n\n0\n\n8\n\n84.8\n\n7. Dale Earnhardt Jr.\n\n479\n\n0\n\n0\n\n7\n\n95.1\n\n8. Kyle Busch\n\n461\n\n2\n\n2\n\n6\n\n101.4\n\n9. Brad Keselowski\n\n454\n\n0\n\n0\n\n9\n\n91.0\n\n10. Martin Truex Jr.\n\n453\n\n1\n\n0\n\n13\n\n97.0\n\nADDITIONAL DRIVERS\n\n11. Kasey Kahne (1 win)\n\n445\n\n32. David Reutimann\n\n232\n\n12. Paul Menard\n\n445\n\n33. David Stremme\n\n217\n\n13. Jeff Gordon\n\n441\n\n34. J.J. Yeley\n\n213\n\n14. Joey Logano\n\n439\n\n35. Travis Kvapil\n\n205\n\n15. Tony Stewart (1 win)\n\n433\n\n36. AJ Allmendinger\n\n158\n\n16. Aric Almirola\n\n428\n\n37. Michael McDowell\n\n83\n\n17. Kurt Busch\n\n425\n\n38. Timmy Hill\n\n80\n\n18. Ryan Newman\n\n418\n\n39. Scott Speed\n\n75\n\n19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.\n\n406\n\n40. Michael Waltrip\n\n63\n\n20. Jeff Burton\n\n403\n\n41. Terry Labonte\n\n52\n\n21. Jamie McMurray\n\n395\n\n42. Scott Speed\n\n39\n\n22. Marcos Ambrose\n\n380\n\n43. Boris Said\n\n26\n\n23. Juan Pablo Montoya\n\n371\n\n44. Ron Fellows\n\n22\n\n24. Casey Mears\n\n333\n\n45. Justin Marks\n\n14\n\n25. Denny Hamlin\n\n320\n\n46. Scott Riggs\n\n10\n\n26. Mark Martin\n\n314\n\n47. Victor Gonzalez Jr.\n\n7\n\n27. Danica Patrick\n\n292\n\n48. Tomy Drissi\n\n6\n\n28. David Gilliland\n\n281\n\n49. Brian Keselowski\n\n4\n\n29. David Ragan (1 win)\n\n276\n\n50. Alex Kennedy\n\n4\n\n30. Bobby Labonte\n\n257\n\n51. Jacques Villeneuve\n\n3\n\n31. Dave Blaney\n\n245\n\n52. Jason Leffler\n\n1\n\nNote: The first 26 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season determine which 12 drivers qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, contested over the final 10 races of the season. After race No. 26, the top 10 earn a berth in the Chase. Spots 11 and 12 \u2013 the Wild Cards \u2013 will go to those drivers outside the top 10 with the most wins, provided they are in the top 20.\n\nThe NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2013 Top 12 at Kentucky Speedway\n\nDriver\n\nRaces\n\nPoles\n\nWins\n\nTop Fives\n\nTop 10s\n\nDNFs\n\nAverage Finish\n\nDriver Rating\n\n1\n\nJimmie Johnson\n\n2\n\n1\n\n0\n\n1\n\n2\n\n0\n\n4.5\n\n119.5\n\n2\n\nCarl Edwards\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n12.5\n\n94.3\n\n3\n\nClint Bowyer\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n25.5\n\n70.5\n\n4\n\nKevin Harvick\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n13.5\n\n88.2\n\n5\n\nMatt Kenseth\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n2\n\n0\n\n6.5\n\n98.2\n\n6\n\nGreg Biffle\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n21.0\n\n84.9\n\n7\n\nDale Earnhardt Jr.\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n17.0\n\n88.3\n\n8\n\nKyle Busch\n\n2\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n2\n\n0\n\n5.5\n\n133.0\n\n9\n\nBrad Keselowski\n\n2\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n2\n\n0\n\n4.0\n\n128.2\n\n10\n\nMartin Truex Jr.\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n0\n\n13.0\n\n88.8\n\n11\n\nKasey Kahne\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n0\n\n7.5\n\n96.7\n\n12\n\nPaul Menard\n\n2\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n18.0\n\n80.2\n\n* \u2013 Based on last two races at Kentucky Speedway.\n\nThe NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2013 Wildcard Standings Following Sonoma\n\nPoints Points\n\nRank\n\nDrivers\n\nWins\n\nPosition\n\nPoints\n\nFrom 10th\n\nStarts\n\nPoles\n\nT5s\n\nT10s\n\nDNFs\n\n1\n\nKasey Kahne\n\n1\n\n11\n\n445\n\n-8\n\n16\n\n0\n\n5\n\n7\n\n2\n\n2\n\nTony Stewart\n\n1\n\n15\n\n433\n\n-20\n\n16\n\n0\n\n3\n\n5\n\n0\n\n3\n\nPaul Menard\n\n0\n\n12\n\n445\n\n-8\n\n16\n\n0\n\n0\n\n4\n\n0\n\n4\n\nJeff Gordon\n\n0\n\n13\n\n441\n\n-12\n\n16\n\n0\n\n4\n\n5\n\n4\n\n5\n\nJoey Logano\n\n0\n\n14\n\n439\n\n-14\n\n16\n\n0\n\n4\n\n7\n\n2\n\n6\n\nAric Almirola\n\n0\n\n16\n\n428\n\n-25\n\n16\n\n0\n\n0\n\n4\n\n2\n\n7\n\nKurt Busch\n\n0\n\n17\n\n425\n\n-28\n\n16\n\n1\n\n4\n\n6\n\n2\n\n8\n\nRyan Newman\n\n0\n\n18\n\n418\n\n-35\n\n16\n\n0\n\n2\n\n7\n\n4\n\n9\n\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.\n\n0\n\n19\n\n406\n\n-47\n\n16\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n0\n\n10\n\nJeff Burton\n\n0\n\n20\n\n403\n\n-50\n\n16\n\n0\n\n1\n\n3\n\n1\n\n11\n\nDavid Ragan\n\n1\n\n29\n\n276\n\n-177\n\n16\n\n0\n\n1\n\n1\n\n3\n\nAt Kentucky Speedway:\n\nHistory\n\n\u00b7 In 1998, the track broke ground in Sparta, Kentucky, and opened as a 1.5-mile speedway in 2000.\n\n\u00b7 The original owners, Jerry Carroll and four other investors owned the track until 2008, when current owners, Speedway Motorsports Inc. purchased the facility.\n\n\u00b7 Since 2000, the track has hosted 13 NASCAR Nationwide Series (2001-2012) and 15 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races (2000-2012).\n\n\u00b7 The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held there in 2011 \u2013 won by Kyle Busch.\n\nNotebook\n\n\u00b7 There have been two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kentucky Speedway since the first race in 2011 \u2013 one race per season.\n\n\u00b7 Fifty drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway; 36 in more than one.\n\n\u00b7 The first NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kentucky was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was set per the rule book.\n\n\u00b7 Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at Kentucky with a 1.500.\n\n\u00b7 Brad Keselowski leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average finishing position at Kentucky with a 4.0. Jimmie Johnson (4.5), Kyle Busch (5.5), Matt Kenseth (6.5), Denny Hamlin (7.0), Jeff Gordon (7.5), Kasey Kahne (7.5),are the other active drivers with an average finish in the top 10.\n\n\u00b7 The closest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway was the June 30, 2012 race won by Kyle Busch over David Reutimann with a MOV of 0.179 second.\n\n\u00b7 Neither of the two NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky Speedway have resulted with a green-white-checkered finish.\n\n\u00b7 Neither of the two NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions.\n\n\u00b7 Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway once; the 2011 race.\n\n\u00b7 Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at Kentucky with 243 laps led in two starts. Brad Keselowski has led the second-most with 147.\n\n\u00b7 Danica Patrick will attempt to become the first female driver to compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway."}
-{"text": "WIP\n\nATTENTION!! THIS IS A COMPLEX DIY BUILD WITH EXTREMELY SMALL SMD COMPONENTS, LOTS OF WIRES, & PRECISION DRILLING! DO NOT ATTEMPT IF YOU HAVE NEVER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A DIY PROJECT CONTAINING ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED!\n\nFirst and foremost, read the above warning. Make absolutely 100% sure you are comfortable with SMD soldering and extensively modifying your Moog Werkstatt. This project requires direct modification of the Werkstatt PCB. Traces need to be cut & parts need to be removed. Laurentide SynthWorks cannot be held responsible for any damages to the Werkstatt. If you have never, or just barely touched a soldering iron, go to the contact form and request LSW to perform the mod for you. Think of it this way: if you mess up and destroy the Werkstatt, it will cost you $329 to buy a new one which won't be modded. Or, send it to us and we will mod it for you for $329. So that's either a broken Werkstatt and an unmodded Werkstatt for $658, or a fully operational Werkstatt der Pfahler for $658.\n\n1. WERKSTATT PROVISIONS PCB:\n\nBefore you start with the SMD soldering, make sure you have the proper tools. There are 5 items that I use or have on hand every time:\n\nRosin Flux Pen\n\nSmall tweezers (preferably angled)\n\nMagnifying Lens (jewelers loupe)\n\nSolder Wick (fine braid)\n\nFlux Remover\n\nWatch this video that goes through the steps of building the Werkstatt Provisions PCB.\n\n...coming soon\n\n2. GETTING THE WERKSTATT PCB READY\n\nThere are a couple of parts that need to be removed from the Werkstatt PCB.\n\nVCO Wave Switch (Saw/Square Wave Selector\n\nGlide Potentiometer\n\nJMP57\n\nThere are also 3 locations that need a trace cut.\n\nWatch this video detailing which parts to remove and how to go about it:\n\n...coming soon\n\n3. DRILLING THE CASE & ASSEMBLY\n\nTo make this process as easy as possible, you'll want to have the following items:\n\nWatch this video detailing the proceedure and how to install the replacement parts.\n\n...coming soon\n\n5. CALIBRATION\n\nThis part is pretty simple. All you really need is a voltage meter and a guitar tuner. The Werkstatt EXP Calibration is not super accurate. It'll only give about 4 octaves before it starts to drift out.\n\nWatch this video on the calibration proceedure:\n\n...coming soon\n\n6. FINAL TEST\n\nNow let's make sure everything works the way it should. Power up your oscilloscope and watch this video:\n\n...coming soon\n\nPROVISIONS PCB MOUSER BOM\n\nNEW REVISION COMING SOON\n\nNote: There are extra's of the 1k and 100k resistors. It was cheaper to order 10, than the required amount. Also, it's a good idea to add a couple more of everything to the order just in case any of the parts are dropped and lost during the build."}
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-{"text": "Reining In Iran\n\nHere\u2019s the basic summary of what has been happening, with a hat-tip to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius: At the beginning of the week, Turkey and Brazil cut a deal with Iran involving a swap of unenriched uranium in exchange for 20 percent enriched uranium. The deal, in fact, is quite similar to one offered Iran in October. That deal was offered by the major powers (including the United States) and would have involved a swap with Russia; the major powers are not behind this deal and it involves a swap with Turkey. Brazil and Turkey get to solidify their position as leaders of a new bloc of rising nations; Iran gets to be seen as conciliatory and thereby persuades Russia and especially China that further U.N. Security Council sanctions are not necessary.\n\nBut! That only sort of worked! Because on the very same day\u2014as if to say, \u201cNo, we\u2019re still in charge\u201d\u2014the United States introduced a new draft sanctions resolution that has the support of all five permanent members, including general holdout China. While lacking much in the way of actual bite\u2014there are no enforcement mechanisms, for example\u2014the unity this expressed demonstrated that Iran is not going to be let off so easily. (As for Turkey and Brazil, the United States is appreciative of their efforts \u2026 and little more.) \u201cWhat\u2019s important about the unified U.N. stand,\u201d Ignatius writes,\n\nis that it will force Iran back to the bargaining table if it wants to avoid growing diplomatic isolation from the world\u2019s superpowers. Yes, Tehran can claim that it has support from two of the world\u2019s rising nations, Turkey and Brazil, which it will tout as allies against the great satans of the Security Council. But realistically, the Iranians know that having lost Russia and China on sanctions, they are on shaky ground.\n\nThe Obama administration has been calculating that unity among the \u201cP-5\u2033 (diplo-speak for the five permanent Security Council members) is more important than the details of the sanctions resolution, and this week\u2019s events showed that this strategy was right.\n\nBoth the Anti-Defamation League and J Street, in e-mailed press releases, applauded the draft resolution. \u201cThe uranium exchange proposal by Turkey and Brazil,\u201d Abraham Foxman said, \u201cfell far short of addressing the core issue.\u201d And J Street called the Turkish-Brazilian deal \u201ca starting point for further diplomatic efforts but not as a substitute at this stage for further U.N. sanctions.\u201d\n\nFinally, Israel remains unsatisfied. \u201cIsraeli officials and commentators say that nothing short of a sanction of Iran\u2019s energy sector will work,\u201d the Post reports. \u201cAnd with no sign of that in the offing, the prospect of Israeli military action, which Israeli officials have always said remains an option if sanctions fail, looms larger.\u201d\n\nWAIT, WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY TO COMMENT?\nTablet is committed to bringing you the best, smartest, most enlightening and entertaining reporting and writing on Jewish life, all free of charge. We take pride in our community of readers, and are thrilled that you choose to engage with us in a way that is both thoughtful and thought-provoking. But the Internet, for all of its wonders, poses challenges to civilized and constructive discussion, allowing vocal\u2014and, often, anonymous\u2014minorities to drag it down with invective (and worse). Starting today, then, we are asking people who'd like to post comments on the site to pay a nominal fee\u2014less a paywall than a gesture of your own commitment to the cause of great conversation. All proceeds go to helping us bring you the ambitious journalism that brought you here in the first place.\n\nI NEED TO BE HEARD! BUT I DONT WANT TO PAY.\nReaders can still interact with us free of charge via Facebook, Twitter, and our other social media channels, or write to us at letters@tabletmag.com. Each week, we\u2019ll select the best letters and publish them in a new letters to the editor feature on the Scroll.\n\nWe hope this new largely symbolic measure will help us create a more pleasant and cultivated environment for all of our readers, and, as always, we thank you deeply for your support.\n\nIt is in point of fact a nice and helpful piece of information. I am glad that you just shared this helpful info with us. Please stay us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.\n\nName (required)Email (required, will not be published)Website (optional)\n\nMessage\n\n2000\n\nYour comment may be no longer than 2,000 characters, approximately 400 words. HTML tags are not permitted, nor are more than two URLs per comment. We reserve the right to delete inappropriate comments."}
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-{"text": "Terrible, Terrible News\n\nFires have destroyed much of Canberra, Australia---now including the Mount Stromlo Observatory. This is terrible; I had no idea it was even in danger. The SMH article reports that all the telescopes were destroyed, although the back channel news (still kind of fragmentary at this point) is that one of the smaller ones was not. All of the staff and residents were evacuated safely, although most of the residents' homes are gone.\n\nEven though they're just bits of glass and metal and cabling and smelly oil, a telescope is like a friend to those who use it. (Friends' friends, to me---I was never up there.) I was going to write that 74\" telescopes (the largest lost) don't just grow on trees, but they kind of do. This company makes an off-the-shelf 2m telescope.\n\nAlso destroyed was an instrument they were building for the Gemini telescope in Hawaii. This was going to be a large chunk of Australia's contribution to the multinational Gemini project, and it was going to be really, really cool. And now it's gone, and so is the workshop in which is was being built, so making a new one---should the money be found---may not be easy.\n\nThis is really a terrible blow for Australian astronomy. Have I said terrible enough yet? My writing is terrible.\n\nThis Canberra Times story doesn't mention the observatory, but gives a horrific account of how suddenly the fire grew. This story says it's the worst fire Canberra has had, and the first time home in the suburbs (as opposed to the forest) have been lost in 50 years.\n\nI can't point you to other pictures. They reside on the observatory's computers, and my attempts to access them have been futile. The observatory is a part of the Australian National University in Canberra, which is still up, and I would have assumed their computers would be located on campus, but perhaps they were all on the mountain.\n\nIn better news, Canberra blogger Chris Textor is still holding on; the fire didn't come to him. Yesterday it looked like this near his place.\n\nLast year we had bush fires outside Sydney. The place reeked of smoke for about a week, and one morning I woke up to a sky the color of a new penny. But those were far away from me.\n\nUPDATE: Here's a Canberra Times story about rebuilding the observatory, and here's another about the general cost of the damage throughout Canberra.\n\nUPDATE II: Jack at Captain Yips Secret Journal writes to point out that there are pictures of the devastation at Sky and Telescope's web site. There are only a couple. This article points to one in the SMH which has one more photo. The one of the Yale-Columbia (did the Aussies know the pun and the allusion?) makes me sick to my stomach. It was a large refractor, too. Geek break: Refracting telescopes use lenses; all research telescopes for about the past century have been reflecting telescopes, using mirrors (most amateur telescopes larger than a couple inches are reflectors as well). It's much easier to fabricate and support a large mirror than it is a large lens. So they don't make big refractors anymore, and now this one is lost.\n\nBoth the SMH and Sky and Telescope articles mention NIFS, the instrument I talked about, above.\n\nFurthermore:\n\nThe fire then consumed the main administration building, which housed the observatory's library...\n\nWhich no doubt contained much valuable stuff---historic research papers in manuscript, early photographs and photographic plates, log books noting important discoveries and petty, comical carping. Not to mention a complete collection of Far Side books.\n\nLook at that beautiful dome in the side-by-side comparison picture. They knew how to build observatories then. That will no doubt be the subject of a future blog post."}
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-{"text": "A female racing driver is fighting for her life after a crash on a test track in Cambridgeshire.\n\nMaria de Villota, a test driver for the Marussia F1 team, was taken to hospital after her car collided with a lorry at Duxford airfield.\n\nGary Sanderson, a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service, said: \"A woman has sustained life-threatening injuries and following treatment at the scene by paramedics, she has been taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital for further care.\"\n\nChris Mann, Drivetime presenter on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, witnessed the accident and said: \"She got into the car, fired it up and did a test run at probably about 200mph in the rain. The car was slightly misfiring but there didn't seem to be any concerns.\n\n\"She came back into the area we were in with the engineers. She slowed down but then suddenly, inexplicably accelerated through the crowd and smashed into the side of the truck. The top of her car and her helmet seemed to take the brunt of it. She didn't move for about 15 minutes.\n\n\"After a while we thought we saw some movement of her hands but she appeared to be unconscious or unable to move for quite some time.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old, originally from Madrid, was taking part in the first of two days of testing at the site.\n\nIn a statement, a spokesman for Marussia said: \"At approximately 09.15am, the Marussia F1 Team's test driver, Maria De Villota, had an accident in the team's MR-01 race car at Duxford airfield where she was testing the car for the first time.\n\n\"The accident happened at the end of her first installation run and involved an impact with the team's support truck. Maria has been transferred to hospital. Once her medical condition has been assessed, a further statement will be issued.\"\n\nA spokesman for Duxford airfield, home of the Imperial War Museum, said testing had been suspended while team personnel and medics assessed the situation. Villota is the daughter of retired Formula One driver Emilio de Villota. Members of the Formula One community said their thoughts were with de Villota.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Jenson Button said: \"Terrible accident for Maria de Villota, Marussia F1 team test driver. My thoughts are with Maria and her family at this very difficult time.\""}
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-{"text": "A brilliant fireball streaked through the night sky over\nsouthern Arizona, US around 03:32 UTC on September 24, 2017 (20:32 MDT,\nSeptember 23). The event lasted about 12 seconds and produced a sonic\nboom picked up by a seismometer near Tucson. The American Meteor Society\n(AMS) received 35 reports of a fireball seen over Arizona and New\nMexico. 6 eyewitnesses reported hearing a sound associated with the\nevent, 3 delayed and 3 concurrent, while 12 of them reported seeing\nfragmentation.\n\nThe object was captured by all-sky cameras at Kitt Peak National\nObservatory, Mount Lemmon Observatory, and the MMT Observatory.\nAccording to NASA Meteor Watch, the meteor originated 80 km (49 miles)\nabove the desert southwest of Tucson, Arizona. It traveled at about 47\n150 km/h (29 300 mph) for 12 seconds, passing almost directly over the\nTortolita suburb of Tucson, before disrupting 32 km (20 miles) above the\ndesert approximately 13 km (8 miles) north of the town of Oracle,\nArizona. READ MORE\n\nThousands of birds fall from the sky from erupting volcano in Indonesia\n\nOfficials in Bali cannot explain the death of thousands of\nbirds at the Office of Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) in\nKarangasem on the island of Bali. Birds have most probably been\nasphyxiated by gases and vapors currently emanating out of the crater of\nAgung volcano. Indonesian officials are baffled by the sudden death of\nthousands of birds in the eastern part of the island Bali. Officials\ndon\u2019t want to\ntestify that these birds falling from the sky are more likely victims\nof the recent volcanic and seismic unrest of Agung volcano and answers\nto a frightened population that rain is most probably responsible for\nthe mass die-off: \u2018We do not know yet whether it is related or not, if\nthe volcanic gases have already reached the region and the town. READ MORE\n\n120-years record broken: Lee becomes the eighth\nconsecutive Atlantic hurricane and this hasn\u2019t happened in the same\nhurricane season since 1893\n\nHurricane Lee has become the eighth consecutive Atlantic hurricane of this year\u2019s hurricane season.\n\nIt\u2019s been since 1893 since the Atlantic last encountered as many or more hurricanes as this in a row in one season.\n\nThe 2017 hurricane season brings new record since 1893 with Hurricane Lee\nThis year\u2019s line-up began with Franklin, forming on August 9 to\nbecome the first named hurricane of the season. During the weeks that\nfollowed, three of the eight hurricanes including Harvey, Irma, and\nMaria reached category 4 status and all made landfall \u2013 a record first.\nTropical storm Harvey hit Texas as a category 4 hurricane in August,\npiling rain in places more than any other cyclone measured on the\ncontinental United States.\nThroughout Irma\u2019s development, the destructive eyewall of the storm\nmaintained intensity above 180mph longer than any other storm in\nAtlantic history \u2013 making it one of the most powerful Atlantic storms\never recorded.\nMeanwhile, Hurricane Maria continue churning in the Atlantic, but neither posing a substantial threat to land.\nOn Sunday evening the Category 1 Hurricane Lee\u2019s eyewall was nearly\n900 miles away from the coast of Bermuda, travelling eastward at 3 mph.\n\nPath of the Hurricane Lee and Hurricane Maria on September 27 2017.\nSo far this year, there have been a total of seven hurricanes and 13 named storms, with potentially even more to come.\nOn average an entire Atlantic hurricane season, which starts June and\nends in November, usually equates for only six hurricanes. However this\nyear\u2019s hurricane season is predicted to be the most active since 2010.\n\nMany eyewitnesses have reported seeing a strange celestial\nphenomenon in the night sky over Jamundi, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on\nSeptember 23, 2017.\n\nThe clouds suddenly began to engulf the city, with lightning flashes\nand a loud thundering sound coming from the sky. Then the clouds were\nblown away and two bright objects appeared, as if the sun had risen in\nthe middle of the night.\n\nStrange glowing lights in the sky of Colombia on September 23 2017. via Youtube video\nFirst a weird thundering cloud is engulfing the city:\n\nThen, the thundering cloud dispersed and two glowing objects appeared from behind:\n\nAccording to locals, the glowing objects appeared at different times from behind the clouds.\n\nWhat are these strange pulsating lights in the sky of olombia?\nThe first \u2018light\u2019 emitted a strange sound and divided into several\nluminous objects that moved to the sides of the main object, which then\nvanished one after another:\n\nThis\nstrange phenomenon was witnessed on September 23, 2017 and it greatly\nscared baffled onlookers who were trying to understand what the heck was\ngoing on!\n\nHuge chunk of ice falling from the sky digs huge crater in Scotland \u2013 Just another megacryometeor\n\nThis is just another megacryometeor!?!\n\nYes, a family had a lucky escape when a huge block of ICE \u2013\nmegacryometer \u2013 fell down from the sky in a loud bang to leave a huge\ncrater in the middle of their garden in Scotland.\n\nHuge chunk of ice lands in garden in Renfrewshire, Scotland\nA family had a lucky escape when huge block of ice fell from the sky and crashed into their garden, leaving a massive crater.\n\nThe megacryometeor made a huge crater in a garden ater falling from the sky in Scotland on September 26, 2017.\nThe megacrometeor struck the garden with a \u201cbig boom\u201d and shook their home on September 26, 2017.\n\nThe scottish huge chunk of ice may have killed someone.\nAs reported by a family member: \u201cI was sitting at my desk and\nheard this big boom. I thought it was an explosion and I felt the house\nshake. When I went downstairs the dog was acting strangely. I looked out\nof the window and saw a hole with white stuff in it. It was splashed\nall over the grass. If anybody had been out in the garden, it could have\nkilled them. We just don\u2019t know where it came from. It\u2019s a complete\nmystery.\u201d\n\nThe megacryometeor is probably has probably fallen from an airplane.\nThe resultig crater in the middle of their lawn measures 4ft 7in by 3ft 11in.\n\nThe huge chunk of ice fell from the sky in a loud boom and shook the house.\nThere source of the strange phenomenon is still under investigation,\nbut experts suspect the ice may have cme from a passing aircraft, but\nthis is relatively rare: approximately 25 ice falls per year are\nreported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).\n\nThe Canyon Fire spread to more than 2,000 acres and prompted at least 1,500 mandatory evacuations Monday night. via Twitter\nAircraft and more than 300 firefighters have been deployed to battle the flames.\n\nFour schools in Corona will be closed Tuesday due to the fire, evacuations, road closures and poor air quality. via TwitterMore than 300 firefighters were working to contain the Canyon fire and save people\u2019s homes. via Twitter\nHelicopters and other aircraft dropped water on the fire all through\nMonday and the night. Crews used bulldozers and cleared vegetation by\nhand to try to halt the fire\u2019s advance.\n\nThe Canyon Fire was described as a \u201cvegetation fire\u201d by the Orange County Fire Authority. via TwitterCorona residents were told to shelter in the local high school. Closed roads caused halted traffic in the area. via Twitter\nFour schools have been closed due to the threat from the blaze, with\nCorona City authorities urging people to leave their homes south of\nGreen River Road to the Trudy Way area.\n\nMandatory\nevacuations went into effect for parts of Corona and the announcement\nfrom the loud speaker of a police car blared: \u201cIt\u2019s time to go.\u201d via Twitter\nAuthorities reported that only one home was damaged, and they have\nnot reported any injuries. An evacuation shelter has been opened at the\nCorona High School gymnasium.\n\nWhat is this mysterious spiraling glowing object observed over thousands of kilometers in the Russian sky? So eerie!\n\nThis mysterious glowing light was observed flying in the Russian sky during several minutes. via VKAnother UFO spotted in the sky of Russia. via VKsky watchers were left baffled ater this strange piraling light suddenly appeared in the sky of Russia. via VKThe unexplained flying object was observed over hundreds of kilometer in the Russia sky. via VKAs if a giant comet with a huge trail was coming down to Earth. via VKIs this new glowing light in Russia a large meteor disintegrating in the sky? via VKI\u2019m sure some believe it\u2019s Nibiru or Planet X! via VKOr is this strange shape in the sky of russia a portal to another dimension? via VKThe more rational cause of this strange atmospheric phenomenon is\u2026 via VKYes, it\u2019s a space rocket! But areally strange space rocket! via VK\nNow here a video of the strange glowing object in the sky of Russia:\n\nTRADCATKNIGHT VIDEOS!\n\nTCK Youtube Channel\n\nTRADCATKNIGHT- TOP 3 CATHOLIC YOUTUBE CHANNEL\n\nArchbishop Lefebvre\n\n\u201cThis Second Vatican Council Reform, since it has issued from Liberalism and from Modernism, is entirely corrupt; it comes from heresy and results in heresy, even if all its acts are not formally heretical. It is thus impossible for any faithful Catholic who is aware of these things to adopt this Reform, or to submit to it in any way at all. To ensure our salvation, the only attitude of fidelity to the Church and to Catholic doctrine, is a categorical refusal to accept the Reform.\u201d\n\nANNOUNCEMENTS\n\nArchbishop Lefebvre\n\n\u201cAnd we have the precise conviction that this new rite of Mass expresses a new faith, a faith which is not ours, a faith which is not the Catholic Faith. This New Mass is a symbol, is an expression, is an image of a new faith, of a Modernist faith. \u2026.Now it is evident that the new rite, if I may say so, supposes another conception of the Catholic religion-another religion.\u201d\n\nFOLLOW TRADCATKNIGHT ON TUMBLR!\n\nTCK Facebook\n\nFOLLOW TRADCATKNIGHT ON PINTEREST\n\nArchbishop Lefebvre\n\nThat Conciliar Church is a schismatic Church, because it breaks with the Catholic Church that has always been. It has its new dogmas, its new priesthood, its new institutions, its new worship, all already condemned by the Church in many a document, official and definitive.... The Church that affirms such errors is at once schismatic and heretical. This Conciliar Church is, therefore, not Catholic. To whatever extent Pope, Bishops, priests, or faithful adhere to this new Church, they separate themselves from the Catholic Church...\n\nFr. Hesse Summary on Vatican II\n\nVatican II = Heretical & Schismatic\n\nExposing Vatican II & New Mass, Fr. Villa\n\nArchbishop Lefebvre\n\n\u201cWell, we are not of this religion. We do not accept this new religion. We are of the religion of all time; we are of the Catholic religion. We are not of this 'universal religion' as they call it today-this is not the Catholic religion any more. We are not of this Liberal, Modernist religion which has its own worship, its own priests, its own faith, its own catechisms, its own Bible, the 'ecumenical Bible'-these things we do not accept.\"\n\nTraditional Quotes & Prayers\n\nThe Real 3rd Secret of Fatima\n\nInlcudes Vatican II and the soon Apostate Church...\"...because Fatima is a very apocalyptic message. It says that no matter what happens there are going to be terrible wars, there are going to be diseases, whole nations are going to be wiped out, there are going to be 3 days darkness, there are going to be epidemics that will wipe out whole nations overnight, parts of the earth will be washed away at sea and violent tornadoes and storms. 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This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her liturgy, Her theology and Her soul. \u2026 I hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the universal flame of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past.\"A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them. Like Mary Magdalene, weeping before the empty tomb, they will ask, 'Where have they taken Him?'\"\n\nALEXA RANK\n\nFind The Rank Of Any Website\n\nCurrent Crusaders Online Worldwide (RealTime)\n\nSt. Bernard:\n\nGo forth confidently then, you knights, and repel the foes of the cross of Christ with a stalwart heart. Know that neither death nor life can separate you from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ, and in every peril repeat, \"Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.\" What a glory to return in victory from such a battle! How blessed to die there as a martyr! Rejoice, brave athlete, if you live and conquer in the Lord; but glory and exult even more if you die and join your Lord. Life indeed is a fruitful thing and victory is glorious, but a holy death is more important than either. If they are blessed who die in the Lord, how much more are they who die for the Lord!\n\nHow secure, I say, is life when death is anticipated without fear; or rather when it is desired with feeling and embraced with reverence! How holy and secure this knighthood and how entirely free of the double risk run by those men who fight not for Christ! Whenever you go forth, O worldly warrior, you must fear lest the bodily death of your foe should mean your own spiritual death, or lest perhaps your body and soul together should be slain by him.\n\nIndeed, danger or victory for a Christian depends on the dispositions of his heart and not on the fortunes of war. If he fights for a good reason, the issue of his fight can never be evil; and likewise the results can never be considered good if the reason were evil and the intentions perverse. If you happen to be killed while you are seeking only to kill another, you die a murderer. If you succeed, and by your will to overcome and to conquer you perchance kill a man, you live a murderer. Now it will not do to be a murderer, living or dead, victorious or vanquished. What an unhappy victory--to have conquered a man while yielding to vice, and to indulge in an empty glory at his fall when wrath and pride have gotten the better of you!\n\nBut what of those who kill neither in the heat of revenge nor in the swelling of pride, but simply in order to save themselves? Even this sort of victory I would not call good, since bodily death is really a lesser evil than spiritual death. The soul need not die when the body does. No, it is the soul which sins that shall die.\n\nThe knight of Christ, I say, may strike with confidence and die yet more confidently, for he serves Christ when he strikes, and serves himself when he falls. Neither does he bear the sword in vain, for he is God's minister, for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good. If he kills an evildoer, he is not a mankiller, but, if I may so put it, a killer of evil. He is evidently the avenger of Christ towards evildoers and he is rightly considered a defender of Christians. Should he be killed himself, we know that he has not perished, but has come safely into port.\n\nOnce he finds himself in the thick of battle, this knight sets aside his previous gentleness, as if to say, \"Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord; am I not disgusted with your enemies?\" These men at once fall violently upon the foe, regarding them as so many sheep. No matter how outnumbered they are, they never regard these as fierce barbarians or as awe-inspiring hordes. Nor do they presume on their own strength, but trust in the Lord of armies to grant them the victory.\n\n.\n\n.\n\nSaint Athanasius\n\n\"May God console you! ... What saddens you ... is the fact that others have occupied the churches by violence, while during this time you are on the outside. It is a fact that they have the premises \u2013 but you have the Apostolic Faith. They can occupy our churches, but they are outside the true Faith. You remain outside the places of worship, but the Faith dwells within you. Let us consider: what is more important, the place or the Faith?The true Faith, obviously. Who has lost and who has won in the struggle \u2013 the one who keeps the premises or the one who keeps the Faith? True, the premises are good when the Apostolic Faith is preached there; they are holy if everything takes place there in a holy way ...\"You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day. \"Thus, the more violently they try to occupy the places of worship, the more they separate themselves from the Church. They claim that they represent the Church; but in reality, they are the ones who are expelling themselves from it and going astray. Even if Catholics faithful to Tradition are reduced to a handful, they are the ones who are the true Church of Jesus Christ.\""}
-{"text": "I totally agree about South Park, when they do something offensive it's always in the context of the story. Plus they don't rip on the same thing every week. Well, maybe Kyle being a Jew, but that's part of his relationship to Cartman. Kind of like George Jefferson calling Mr. Willis a honkey. Also as twisted as South Park can be, oddly enough, there is an actual sense of morality in that show. It comes down to this, some people are a holes and make jokes they don't mean, while other people are heartless a holes who make jokes and don't care.\n\nBut, while I liked Family Guy initially, I prefer South Park to the umpteenth degree. It's a vastly well written show, consistently entertaining, sometimes offensive but damn near always has a point and isn't necessarily cruel for the HELL of it. Check out their \"Cartoon Wars\" episodes about Family Guy/Simpsons/King of The Hill.\n\nI think that double episode nailed it completely. The South Park guys are completely fearless. The episodes they make have been some of the most jaw-droppingly offensive things I have ever seen, but the humor there has always been used to prove a surprisingly moralistic point.\n\nI don't always agree with them, but they understand how to use humor to talk about controversial topics. I can't stress enough how \"making it funny\" changes the situation.\n\nI have a longer post in me about the whole \"depiction of Muhammad\" they got up to in the same episode, but that's a different story.\n\nLogged\n\nEvery dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill.\n\nI don't think Family Guy has been the same since it was brought back.It was funny because it was always on the edge, now it's just going over which isn't as funny as anyone could do that.\n\nI agree too. It was always fun to see how close they could get to the line without actually going over it. I know the line is going to be differnet for everyone but they seem to cross it so often that it's become just cheap shock-jockery.\n\nI like both South Park and Family Guy. I do agree that Trey Parker and Matt Stone mix it up more and are just a little bit better at satire than Seth MacFarlane, but I still like both shows.\n\nHere's what I find interesting. South Park satires everything, but tend to poke just a little bit more fun at the left. I like they're justification. They don't do it because of a political leaning, they do it because the left, by and large, seem to have a general vibe that it's not okay to make fun of them, and they're basically raising the bulls**t flag on that. Because of the ratio of left vs. right satire, it has led to a pop-culture phenomenon known as \"South Park Republicans.\"\n\nIn contrast, Seth MacFarlane's politics are all too obvious, and he makes no apologies for it nor tries to hide it. That's fine too, he doesn't have to. There's no doubt he's trying to push buttons. What's interesting is wherever one rests on the political spectrum tends to dictate which show is more acceptable or better. I thought the Family Guy episode with the Down's Syndrome girl was disturbing and I didn't like it, but nobody can tell me that South Park hasn't been equally offensive about and number of similarly taboo subjects of satire. I don't suffer from a political affiliation that makes either show more offensive than the other, I just think the guys on South Park are marginally better at satire.\n\nLogged\n\nI don't always talk about bad movies, but when I do, I prefer badmovies.org\n\nMaking fun of politics,celebirtys,religion,geeks,sexuality,whatever-ok. But making jokes about an incurable illness-like AIDS or cancer. It's not a matter of a politics. It's just shock for shocks sake. Thats great-in a horror film. But I dont think its funny. Its just not funny.Actually-I dont care for Family Guy or South Park. Never have. Especially Family Guy. There are no-ZERO-likable charecters in that show. The dog mebbe.I miss Ren and Stimpy.\n\nMaking fun of politics,celebirtys,religion,geeks,sexuality,whatever-ok. But making jokes about an incurable illness-like AIDS or cancer. It's not a matter of a politics. It's just shock for shocks sake. Thats great-in a horror film. But I dont think its funny. Its just not funny.Actually-I dont care for Family Guy or South Park. Never have. Especially Family Guy. There are no-ZERO-likable charecters in that show. The dog mebbe.I miss Ren and Stimpy.\n\nI respect that, I really do. The only thing I disagree with is that ANYTHING can be funny, depending on context, and on whom is observing. I know that sounds horrible, but really, humor can be applied anywhere.\n\nI miss Ren and Stimpy too, but some people found that show offensive and disturbing. I found it slightly disturbing myself, but then I can appreciate disturbing things. All a matter of perspective, I know.\n\nMy ex-wife had a sister with Down's Syndrome, and she was, understandably, particularly sensitive to humor aimed at anybody with a mental disability. The Family Guy episode I mentioned in my previous post? That would have sent her into several days of anger and ranting, and if I had actually laughed at a single joke in her presence I would have been in the dog-house for that same amount of time. But yet, you see humor about that kind of thing constantly in movies like The Ringer or Borat, and some people find it funny. What are ya gonna do? If we want a free society then we have to put up with the existence of such things. I like Trevor's approach. If he doesn't like something a certain movie or director or whatever represents, he doesn't watch it.\n\nLogged\n\nI don't always talk about bad movies, but when I do, I prefer badmovies.org\n\nI'm glad that this post is raising a dialogue here, because in today's society, so many people are struggling with what is insensitive, and how far do we go? Growing up in the 80's it's almost laughable now at what was controversial back then. Some religious radicals thought things I loved like \"Married with Children\" and Heavy Metal music were gonna bring about the fall of civilization. So I always felt like nothing could offend me, and now I find myself disturbed by a joke on a cartoon. But I do feel that people are less sensitive to violence and disease and more PC about things like race and religion. As far as sex, it's hasn't been really taboo for along time. I for one don't find it to be nearly as shocking as it used to be, but I'm a perv anyway lol.\n\nMaking fun of politics,celebirtys,religion,geeks,sexuality,whatever-ok. But making jokes about an incurable illness-like AIDS or cancer. It's not a matter of a politics. It's just shock for shocks sake. Thats great-in a horror film. But I dont think its funny. Its just not funny.Actually-I dont care for Family Guy or South Park. Never have. Especially Family Guy. There are no-ZERO-likable charecters in that show. The dog mebbe.I miss Ren and Stimpy.\n\nI respect that, I really do. The only thing I disagree with is that ANYTHING can be funny, depending on context, and on whom is observing. I know that sounds horrible, but really, humor can be applied anywhere.\n\nI miss Ren and Stimpy too, but some people found that show offensive and disturbing. I found it slightly disturbing myself, but then I can appreciate disturbing things. All a matter of perspective, I know.\n\nMy ex-wife had a sister with Down's Syndrome, and she was, understandably, particularly sensitive to humor aimed at anybody with a mental disability. The Family Guy episode I mentioned in my previous post? That would have sent her into several days of anger and ranting, and if I had actually laughed at a single joke in her presence I would have been in the dog-house for that same amount of time. But yet, you see humor about that kind of thing constantly in movies like The Ringer or Borat, and some people find it funny. What are ya gonna do? If we want a free society then we have to put up with the existence of such things. I like Trevor's approach. If he doesn't like something a certain movie or director or whatever represents, he doesn't watch it.\n\nI agree it shouldnt be censored-and like Trevor-I just wont watch it. Cancer is a very touchy subject for me. Religion and politics dint kill my wife. Cancer did. I can also see why that in the 60's many WW 2 survivoirs were upset about HOGANS HEROS. It's a personal thing with me.\n\nI hate both Family Guy and South Park - both just seem offensive for offensive sake to me. Don't like The Cleveland Show or American Dad either. Actually I did like Family Guy a little back in its early days but now it just seems all about upping the shock ante. Meanwhile I love The Simpsons although some episodes make me cringe (either from being so awful and unoriginal or from promoting something I'm very much against).\n\nI like Family Guy a lot, and although it has slipped on joke material in recent years it has held up. I'm actually surprised on how many people on this board dislike it seeing it's jokes kind of fit toward pop culture we often discuss.\n\nWith that said the jokes about controversial subject matter has always been part of the show. This includes suicide, paraplegics, ethnic jokes, homosexuality and yes diseases including VD, strokes, alcoholism and cancer. Thats just naming a few.\n\nI see the point of overusing a joke to it being runover but if you look at the show's history no topic has been off limits. Thats why I'm hardly ever shocked at something they bring out.\n\nI recall at one point South Park getting massive popularity. I watched the show for years then all of a sudden people like my 40 plus year old coworkers were talking about it. I think eventually the guys shooed that fan base away with the whole \"Who's Cartman's Father\" episodes never getting a real answer. Maybe McFarlane is doing the same now or perhaps he's just sick of doing the show period.\n\nBring Back Bugs!Yes-lots of the old cartoons relied on ethnic stero types. But they also made fun of rednecks,bluenoses,drunks...but they did it with class. SOUTH PARK is actually-at times-trying to make a political statement. FAMILY GUY is just crap.\n\nBring Back Bugs!Yes-lots of the old cartoons relied on ethnic stero types. But they also made fun of rednecks,bluenoses,drunks...but they did it with class. SOUTH PARK is actually-at times-trying to make a political statement. FAMILY GUY is just crap.\n\nI LOVE the old Warner Bros. cartoons. It seems hard to find them on DVD or through NetFlix without the actual funny stuff edited out of them to \"protect our children.\"\n\nI actually disagree that South Park is trying to make political statements. They're actually not about that. They're much more on the social commentary tip, I think. Yes, they do fit in some political commentary as well, but it's far more social. They don't really take a political stance. Family Guy is more about making political points than South Park.\n\nBut it's perfectly okay for you not to like the show, or Family Guy for that matter. I like 'em both.\n\nLogged\n\nI don't always talk about bad movies, but when I do, I prefer badmovies.org"}
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-{"text": "master limited partnershipshttps://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/master-limited-partnerships\nenNew Earth Track analysis shines a light on fossil fuel subsidies through tax-exempt master limited partnerships (MLPs)https://www.earthtrack.net/blog/new-earth-track-analysis-shines-light-fossil-fuel-subsidies-through-tax-exempt-master-limited-p\n<div data-history-node-id=\"809\" class=\"view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-user field-type-ds field-label-hidden field-item\"><article typeof=\"schema:Person\" about=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\"><div class=\"field field-name-user-picture field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\">\n</a>\n</div>\n</article></div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-node-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden field-item\">Friday, July 19, 2013 - 4:14pm</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <img src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/blog-images/MLP%20subsidies_2013_cov_blog%20scale.png\" width=\"931\" height=\"615\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" /></div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden field-item\"><p>If a company or an industry is going to get subsidized, there are good ways and there are better ways for it to happen if one is sitting in the corporate suite. Among the best is to receive big subsidies that, while not flowing to your competitors, arrive in a form that nobody seems to notice. The benefits of this structure are clear: while the recipient gets a large slug of financial support, because few people see or understand the largesse, the political cost to both obtain and retain the subsidy is relatively low. Master Limited Partnerships, the subject of Earth Track's most recent report <em><a href=\"http://earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/Subsidies%20to%20MLPs_July%202013.pdf\">Too Big to Ignore: Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Master Limited Partnerships</a></em>, prepared for Oil Change International, fit the bill here perfectly:</p><p><img style=\"float: right; border: 1px solid black; margin: 3px;\" src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/u10/MLP%20subsidies_2013_cov.png\" alt=\"MLP subsidies_cover\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" /></p><ul><li><strong>They are big.</strong> Not only can beneficiary companies with hundreds of billions of dollars in market cap entirely escape corporate income taxes on profits earned from eligible activities, but they can also defer for many years any tax payments on the gobs of cash they distribute out to their owners. </li><li><strong>They are mostly hidden</strong>. Energy subsidy studies documenting tax breaks conducted in recent years by the US Department of Energy, the Congressional Budget Office, the US Treasury, and the Government Accountability Office have either not mentioned MLP subsidies at all, or done so only in passing with no related numerical estimate. The Congressional Research Service did mention the tax break, but did not link it to energy. Only the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) both linked the tax break to energy and included an estimated revenue loss figure. Unfortunately, JCT's first estimates came only in 2008, though fossil fuel MLPs were already surging in earlier years. </li><li><strong>They are selective. </strong>Because most industries can't partake in this little game, the tax exemption for MLPs generates an especially big market boost to oil and gas over other energy options. Nearly every other industry lost their ability to form tax-favored publicly-traded partnerships like MLPs in 1987, more than a quarter-century ago. The reason? Congress was afraid corporate income tax revenues would be gutted. Since that time, fossil fuels have increasingly dominated this tax break, comprising well more than 75% of the sector by 2012. </li><li><strong>They have (until this point) little political risk</strong>. Fossil fuel MLPs continue to grow very quickly, and, unlike common and highly visible subsidies to wind and solar, MLP tax breaks never expire.</li></ul><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Selective Subsidies That Work Counter to National Fiscal and Environmental Goals</strong></span></p> <ul><li><strong>MLP tax expenditures are part of a broader set of government subsidies that continue to underwrite activities contributing to climate change. </strong>These policies not only have large fiscal costs, but also work counter to the country's environmental goals and our national interest.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Fossil fuel MLPs are growing quickly. </strong>The market capitalization of fossil fuel MLPs reached an estimated $385 billion by the end of March 2013, up from less than $14 billion in 2000. Related tax subsidies have been as high as $4 billion annually in recent years at the <strong>federal level alone</strong>. Because the tax benefits from MLPs also ripple through state income tax codes, the combined state and federal MLP subsidies would be even higher. </li></ul><ul><li><strong>Fossil fuel activities continue to dominate MLPs, both in number of firms and share of total market capitalization. </strong>As of the end of last year, 77 percent of MLPs were in the oil, gas, and coal sectors based on data collected by the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships (NAPTP), the main industry trade association. Firms in the fossil fuel sectors comprised 79 percent of total MLP market capitalization, though this figure is likely a bit low. Firms classified in other sectors also include some oil and gas-related businesses, including fracking sand and fossil fuel investments held by publicly-traded private equity firms such as Blackstone.</li></ul><p><img src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/u10/MLP_fig2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"398\" /></p> <p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">MLP Subsidies to Fossil Fuels: Underestimated and Ignored for Too Long</span><br /></strong></p> <ul><li><strong>Government estimates of tax expenditures from energy-related MLPs are too low. </strong>Tax expenditures related to MLPs have been understated in recent years, and appear to be growing rapidly. Using a variety of estimation approaches, we estimate that tax preferences for fossil fuel MLPs cost the Treasury as much as $13 billion over the 2009-12 period, more than six times the official estimates. </li></ul><ul><li><strong>MLP tax breaks are among the largest subsidies to fossil fuels. </strong>Although most government reviews of energy subsidies have not even included MLP-related tax expenditures, our estimates suggest this subsidy is among the top five largest fiscal subsidies to the fossil fuel sector and the largest single tax break to the sector.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Growing share of production cycle for oil, gas, and coal can be organized as a tax-favored MLP - indicative that revenue losses will continue to grow. </strong>Financial innovation and IRS private letter rulings have expanded the fossil fuel market segments able to legally and successfully operate as tax-favored MLPs. Recent innovations have even established a precedent by which MLPs have successfully acquired taxable corporations, taking them off the corporate tax role in the process.</li></ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">MLPs for All? Providing Matching Tax Breaks to Renewables May Not be a Panacea</span><br /></strong></p> <p>Though supported by many environmental groups, recent legislation introduced to expand MLP-eligibility to a range of new energy technologies may not be the panacea it is widely believed to be by supporters. Further, the legislation is currently worded to include a range of energy technologies such as waste-to-energy, landfill gas, coal-to-liquids, and biomass that have a decidedly mixed environmental profile.</p><ul><li><img style=\"float: right; border: 3px solid black; margin: 4px;\" src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/u10/MLP_Table6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"340\" /><strong>Even in well-established market segments, there is a large overhang of fossil fuel assets poised to exit the corporate income tax system through conversion to MLPs. </strong>Less than 20 percent of total assets in the refiners, exploration and production, oil services, and coal sectors are presently held in a tax-favored MLP format (see Table). Even in the MLP-intensive midstream segment of the oil and gas market, conventional (taxable) corporate forms continue to own more than half of the assets. In all of these sectors, there is a huge pool of assets that multiple investment firms anticipate will convert to MLPs in coming years.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Proposed expansion of MLP eligibility to renewables risks disproportionate benefits flowing instead to the fossil fuel sector. </strong>Current efforts to expand MLP treatment to renewables (The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act) may entrench existing subsidy recipients. The expansion will reduce the likelihood that MLP's tax-exempt treatment will be ended for fossil fuel producers, allowing the rapid growth of tax-exempt fossil fuel MLPs to continue unchecked. This legislation also would open MLP-eligibility to power generation for the first time, creating risks that this treatment will be extended from the current proposed set of recipients (biomass, solar, wind, geothermal) to all forms of power generation in coming years. This would disadvantage energy conservation, offset hoped for gains from the expansion in renewable sectors, and trigger very large tax losses to Treasury.</li></ul><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>MLP Subsidy Termination a More Logical Path than Further Expansion</strong></span></p> <p><strong>The MLP loophole should be closed; MLPs should be taxed as conventional corporations, not extended to new uses. </strong>This strategy, continuing what the United States started in 1986, would eliminate large and growing subsidies to fossil fuels. Canada also successfully ended tax-favored treatment of an equivalent corporate structure in 2006. In both cases, the affected industries did not wither and die; they adapted and moved on. This newest crop of tax-favored fossil fuel firms will do the same.</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-tags1 field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/tax-expenditures\" hreflang=\"en\">tax expenditures</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/publicly-traded-partnerships\" hreflang=\"en\">publicly-traded partnerships</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/ptps\" hreflang=\"en\">PTPs</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/pipelines\" hreflang=\"en\">pipelines</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/oil-and-gas-subsidies\" hreflang=\"en\">oil and gas subsidies</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/mlps\" hreflang=\"en\">MLPs</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/master-limited-partnerships\" hreflang=\"en\">master limited partnerships</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/fossil-fuel-subsidies\" hreflang=\"en\">fossil fuel subsidies</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/corporate-structure\" hreflang=\"en\">corporate structure</a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\nFri, 19 Jul 2013 20:14:17 +0000dkoplow809 at https://www.earthtrack.netToo Big to Ignore: Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Master Limited Partnershipshttps://www.earthtrack.net/documents/too-big-ignore-subsidies-fossil-fuel-master-limited-partnerships\n<span>Too Big to Ignore: Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Master Limited Partnerships</span>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-authors field-type-string-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Author(s)</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">Doug Koplow</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-author-affiliation field-type-string-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Sponsoring Organization(s)</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">Oil Change International and Earth Track</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-pub-date-year field-type-integer field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Year Published</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">2013</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-pub-date-month field-type-list-integer field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Month</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">Jul</div>\n</div>\n<span><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\" lang=\"\" about=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\" typeof=\"schema:Person\" property=\"schema:name\" datatype=\"\" xml:lang=\"\">dkoplow</a></span>\n<span>July 19, 2013 - 3:46pm</span>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-verify-copyright field-type-boolean field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Copyright</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">I verify that I have the right to upload this document or that there is no copyright on this document.</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-thumbnail field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/documents/too-big-ignore-subsidies-fossil-fuel-master-limited-partnerships\"><img src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/document_thumbnails/MLP%20subsidies_2013_cov.png\" width=\"93\" height=\"120\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" /></a>\n</div>\nFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:46:24 +0000dkoplow808 at https://www.earthtrack.netMaster Limited Partnerships: exempt from corporate taxation, dominated by oil and gas industryhttps://www.earthtrack.net/blog/master-limited-partnerships-exempt-corporate-taxation-dominated-oil-and-gas-industry\n<div data-history-node-id=\"775\" class=\"view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-user field-type-ds field-label-hidden field-item\"><article typeof=\"schema:Person\" about=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\"><div class=\"field field-name-user-picture field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\">\n</a>\n</div>\n</article></div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-node-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden field-item\">Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 8:58am</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <img src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/blog-images/pipeline%20image.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" /></div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden field-item\"><p>Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are a special corporate form, used primarily by natural resource industries. They enable firms to both raise capital on public equity markets and to pay zero corporate income taxes. MLPs deserve far more scrutiny as energy subsidies than they have received to date. Although the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) excluded them from their most recent study of US energy subsidies on the grounds that other industries also benefit (so the subsidies are not \"energy-specific\"), EIA's logic is weak. Based on data compiled by the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships in August 2012, roughly 87% of the total market capitalization of the MLP sector was associated with fossil-fuel related activity. That's pretty focused. </p> <p>And the dollars look to be large -- between $5 and $15 billion/year in revenue losses, funds that either increase our deficit or have to be made up through higher taxes on other taxpayers. More precise review of data on specific MLPs would be needed to tighten this range. But even at the low end, tax subsidies through MLPs <em>alone</em> generate higher subsidies to fossil fuels than everything else that EIA counted <em>combined</em>.<em> </em> Let's just say that the government's subsidy figures are <a href=\"http://earthtrack.net/documents/eia-energy-subsidy-estimates-review-assumptions-and-omissions\">highly sensitive</a> to which policies they ignore. </p><p><img style=\"float: right; margin: 4px;\" src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/u10/MLP%20mkt%20cap%20by%20sector%20aug12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" /></p> <p>With enormous pressure on Congress to identify ways to boost revenues and reduce economic distortions from the tax code, stripping the tax exemption of MLPs seems a great place to look. Of course the industry will lobby heavily to protect their subsidy; it always does. But elimination is still good public policy. In fact, were the industry to argue that the world will end if MLP tax treatment changes, we can point out that Canada has already traveled this path. In 2006, <a href=\"http://www.fin.gc.ca/n06/06-061-eng.asp\">Canada eliminated preferential tax treatment</a> for their energy investment trusts, a corporate structure modeled on, and analogous to, MLPs. And the oil and gas industry did not disappear.</p> <p>The remainder of this blog is extracted from a <a href=\"http://earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/Romney%20Energy%20Subsidies_5Nov12.pdf\">more detailed review</a> I did on subsidies that the Romney presidential campaign forgot when it discussed energy subsidies. </p> <p><strong>Escaping corporation taxation entirely: Master Limited Partnerships</strong></p> <p>With all of the talk this campaign season about reducing income tax burdens on small business, it is easy to forget that an ever higher percentage of small businesses (and many larger ones) are adopting corporate forms that escape corporate income taxes entirely. This includes sub-S corporations, partnerships, and limited liability corporations. As a result, the share of national income paid from corporate income taxes has dropped from nearly 30% in the 1950s to less than 11% for the period 2000-2009.<a name=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></a> But one group of enterprises - those raising capital on public equity markets - must generally still use corporate forms that pay corporate taxes. </p> <p>One glaring exception is publicly-traded partnerships (PTPs), also known as Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). Under special rules, this group of companies can both raise capital on public markets and bypass corporate income taxes entirely. Tax liabilities (and enterprise-related subsidies) pass directly out to the partners' individual tax returns. MLPs don't make up a huge chunk of listed firms on the stock market. But within the tax favored MLP universe, oil and gas companies dominate, including a new one focused on fracking sand. </p> <p>One other sector able to use the MLP approach is also relevant to this debate: private equity firms. If Bain Capital (the firm that Mr. Romney founded) wanted to go public so partners could cash in their built-up equity, they would likely become an MLP. Blackstone and KKR, two large private equity firms, have already done so. </p> <p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em> Table: Avoided taxes on oil and gas MLPs alone exceed totals subsidies DOE attributed to the sector</em></strong></span></p><table style=\"width: 656px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr style=\"background-color: #d3d3d3;\"><td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>$293b/yr</strong></p></td> <td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p>Market capitalization of <em>fossil fuel-related </em>MLPs, as of August 2012.<a name=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\"><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup></a> The MLP corporate form allows many oil and gas operations to both raise capital on public stock markets and pay no corporate-level income taxes.</p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>$20-56b/yr</strong></p></td> <td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p>Estimated income generated by fossil fuel MLPs, based on reported yields. This income entirely escapes corporate taxation.<a name=\"_ftnref3\" href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\"><sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup></a> </p></td></tr><tr style=\"background-color: #d3d3d3;\"><td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>$5-15b/yr</strong></p></td> <td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p>Estimated tax savings to fossil fuel sector from using an MLP relative to a standard corporation, based on assumptions on tax rates by the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships. </p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>87%</strong></p></td> <td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p>Share of all MLPs, by market capitalization, in the fossil fuel sector.</p></td></tr><tr style=\"background-color: #d3d3d3;\"><td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>$0</strong></p></td> <td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p>Subsidies associated with MLPs that the US Energy Information Administration captures in its evaluations, excluding it on the basis that \"the tax treatment of PTPs is not exclusive to the energy sector.\"<a name=\"_ftnref4\" href=\"#_ftn4\" id=\"_ftnref4\"><sup><sup>[4]</sup></sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>1.8 - 5.4</strong></p></td> <td style=\"width: 109px; border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\"><p>Tax subsidy to fossil fuel MLPs as a multiple of all subsidies to oil and gas EIA counted in its 2011 analysis.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><hr size=\"1\" /><p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a name=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]</a> Chuck Marr and Brian Highsmith, \"Six Tests for Corporate Tax Reform,\" Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 24 February 2012.<br /><a name=\"_ftn2\" href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]</a> National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships, \"Master Limited Partnerships 101: Understanding MLPs,\" August 2012.<br /></span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a name=\"_ftn3\" href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\">[3]</a> Low-end assumes a yield of 6.7%, the average of fossil-fuel-related MLPs based on MLPs listed on the <a href=\"http://www.dividendyieldhunter.com/Master_Limited_Partnerships.html\">Yield Hunter website</a> with additional data from Google Finance. High-end estimate is from Telis Demos and Tom Lauricella, \"Yield-Starved Investors Snap Up Riskier MLPs,\" <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, 16 September 2012. <br /><a name=\"_ftn4\" href=\"#_ftnref4\" id=\"_ftn4\">[4]</a> U.S. Energy Information Administration, <em>Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2010</em>, 2011, p. x.</span></p><p> </p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-tags1 field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/tax-subsidies\" hreflang=\"en\">tax subsidies</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/mlps\" hreflang=\"en\">MLPs</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/master-limited-partnerships\" hreflang=\"en\">master limited partnerships</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/fossil-fuel-subsidies\" hreflang=\"en\">fossil fuel subsidies</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/subsidy-document-tags/canada\" hreflang=\"en\">canada</a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\nThu, 08 Nov 2012 13:58:51 +0000dkoplow775 at https://www.earthtrack.netCounting with Mitt: Subsidies to fossil fuels that the campaign forgothttps://www.earthtrack.net/blog/counting-mitt-subsidies-fossil-fuels-campaign-forgot\n<div data-history-node-id=\"773\" class=\"view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-user field-type-ds field-label-hidden field-item\"><article typeof=\"schema:Person\" about=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\"><div class=\"field field-name-user-picture field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\">\n</a>\n</div>\n</article></div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-node-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden field-item\">Monday, November 5, 2012 - 10:38am</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <img src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/blog-images/romney%20egy%203.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" /></div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden field-item\"><p>Part 2 of my review of energy subsidies and the Romney campaign is a bit long for a blog posting. Thus, it has been uploaded as a PDF instead, and can be accessed <a href=\"http://earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/Romney%20Energy%20Subsidies_5Nov12.pdf\">here</a>. Issues covered include conflicts between the private equity world view and good national policy; how appropriate adjustments to Romney's subsidy baseline alter the conclusions he drew from the figures, and a discussion of missing subsidies in a number of key areas: tax-exempt oil and gas master limited partnerships, inadequate fuel taxes to pay for highways, huge losses on federal resource sales, and the funding of energy security.</p><p>My <a href=\"http://earthtrack.net/blog/mitt-romney-energy-and-energy-subsidies\">first posting</a> on Romney's energy subsidy policy focused on data errors in his tabulation of subsidies to green energy.</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-tags1 field-type-entity-reference field-label-hidden field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/romney\" hreflang=\"en\">Romney</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/master-limited-partnerships\" hreflang=\"en\">master limited partnerships</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/fossil-fuel-subsidies\" hreflang=\"en\">fossil fuel subsidies</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/subsidy-document-tags/energy-subsidies\" hreflang=\"en\">energy subsidies</a></div>\n<div class=\"field-item\"><a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/category/tags/energy-security\" hreflang=\"en\">energy security</a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\nMon, 05 Nov 2012 15:38:12 +0000dkoplow773 at https://www.earthtrack.netCounting with Mitt: A Review of Energy Subsidies and the Romney Campaignhttps://www.earthtrack.net/documents/counting-mitt-review-energy-subsidies-and-romney-campaign\n<span>Counting with Mitt: A Review of Energy Subsidies and the Romney Campaign</span>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-authors field-type-string-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Author(s)</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">Doug Koplow</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-author-affiliation field-type-string-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Sponsoring Organization(s)</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">Earth Track</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-pub-date-year field-type-integer field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Year Published</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">2012</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-pub-date-month field-type-list-integer field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Month</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">Nov</div>\n</div>\n<span><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\" lang=\"\" about=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/users/dkoplow\" typeof=\"schema:Person\" property=\"schema:name\" datatype=\"\" xml:lang=\"\">dkoplow</a></span>\n<span>November 5, 2012 - 9:58am</span>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-pub-date-day field-type-list-integer field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Day</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">5</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-verify-copyright field-type-boolean field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Copyright</div>\n<div class=\"field-item\">I verify that I have the right to upload this document or that there is no copyright on this document.</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-thumbnail field-type-image field-label-hidden field-item\"> <a href=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/documents/counting-mitt-review-energy-subsidies-and-romney-campaign\"><img src=\"https://www.earthtrack.net/sites/default/files/document_thumbnails/Romney%20Energy%20Subsidies_cov.png\" width=\"93\" height=\"120\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" /></a>\n</div>\nMon, 05 Nov 2012 14:58:43 +0000dkoplow772 at https://www.earthtrack.net"}
-{"text": "Manny Acta chose Cleveland over Houston when offered both manager jobs, but the Astros announced this afternoon that they\u2019ve found a new skipper in Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills.\nMills and Terry Francona are longtime friends, playing together first at the University of Arizona and then with the Montreal Expos. Francona became the Phillies\u2019 manager in 1997 and hired Mills as first-base coach, and then brought him on board as his bench coach after taking the Red Sox job in 2004. Interestingly, current Houston general manager Ed Wade fired Francona when he held the same job in Philadelphia.\nPrior to becoming a fixture of Francona\u2019s coaching staffs Mills managed in the minors for over a decade, so the 52-year-old brings quite a bit of experience to the table. He faces an uphill climb in Houston, because the Astros went 74-88 this season with an aging core of players and don\u2019t have much in the way of high-upside prospects ready to contribute.\nMills previously interviewed for the Mariners job that went to Don Wakamatsu last offseason. He reportedly gets a two-year deal with a third-year option from the Astros."}
-{"text": "Code Red\n\nThe City of Winter Garden utilizes the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. All residents and businesses should register with the City's CodeRED system. The City will only send out a message on CodeRED in an emergency situation or with updates after an emergency.\n\nThis system allows us to send critical communications, to all or targeted areas within the City in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action. This system is capable of dialing the entire City within minutes. It delivers a recorded message describing the situation and any instructions for immediate or future action. The message will play when answered by a live person or an answering machine and makes three attempts to connect to each number. If you opt-in for text message and/or email alerts those will also be sent.\n\nCodeRED is used for emergency communications ONLY. **Your contact information is private, exempt from public records laws, and cannot be shared, requested or sold.\n\nFor your convenience, residents and visitors alike can receive enhanced public safety alerts no matter where you are located via the CodeRED Mobile Alert app - a free public safety app for both Android and iPhone users. The CodeRED Mobile Alert app delivers community and emergency alerts to individuals targeted within an impacted geographical area so that you may also receive timely notifications when you're on the road, away from home. If you are currently a CodeRED subscriber that has already registered your mobile phone to receive notifications from the {City/County}, you will continue to receive calls. However, if you download the CodeRED Mobile Alert app, you will also be able to receive alerts via your smartphone anywhere in the country, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Alaska. To download the free CodeRED Mobile Alert app, visit the Google Play or iTunes store. For more information about the CodeRED service, contact the Winter Garden Police Department - 407.656.3636\n\nFinally, we suggest that you program the following numbers into the contact list of your phone so it will recognize them as CodeRED messages. You may also call these numbers to playback any recent CodeRED messages that were sent to your phone."}
-{"text": "\u0096 | Comments Off on Spirit Forward Bacardi Women In Leadership Empowerment Series\n\nThe Spirit Forward Bacardi Women In Leadership Empowerment Series, kicking off this February, is dedicated to championing the outstanding individuals that make up the spirits trade and hospitality community and elevating them to their highest \u2026\n\nPitbull\u2019s Third Fragrance Line\n\nPitbull, the globally successful music icon and business entrepreneur, announces today the launch of PITBULL CUBA, a signature fragrance line available in two distinct scents for men and women. Inspired by his exotic motherland, PITBULL CUBA embodies the essence of the Island\u2019s legendary nightclubs, sultry beats and the quixotic combination of sugar and rum. The new fragrances exude a vibrant culture and aspirational experiences.\n\n\u201cThis is my personal favorite, and it\u2019s one step closer to freedom \u2013 CUBA LIBRE,\u201d says Armando Christian Perez(Pitbull). \u201cI wanted to pay a sensorial tribute to my family heritage. Cuba is warm, sexy and vibrant. It\u2019s designed for confident individuals who flirt with the unknown.\u201d\n\nCrafted by Givaudan, CUBA MAN is a scent that draws upon the desire of spending hot, sunny days lounging on powdery sand beaches followed by steamy, passion-filled nights. The men\u2019s fragrance features top notes of rosemary, bergamot, lemon and cardamom, highlighted by jasmine, coriander and oakmoss. Dry notes of tonka bean, cedarwood and musk round out this aromatic blend.\n\nCUBA WOMAN, composed by Fragrance Resources, is designed for the seductress hidden within and takes your breath away with a mesmerizing balance of citrus fruit and floral notes. Bergamot, mandarin, pomelo and white pineapple compose the top notes, while rich orange flower, magnolia, freesia and mimosa blossoms round it out. Finishing touches of soft amber, warm blonde woods and layered musks polish out the intoxicating fragrance.\n\nThe bottle\u2019s look was designed by Pitbull, and has been the signature look of each of his fragrances since he launched his first in 2013. The exterior is sleek and architectural, reminiscent of modern skyscrapers throughout the world. Both CUBA Man and CUBA Woman bottles feature vibrant, retro artwork, similar to what you would find throughout the Island. While the CUBA Man bottle depicts an attractive vintage sailor being doted on by a coquettish femme, the WOMAN bottle illustrates a playfully seductive Cuban dancer who is confident and knows what she wants. The exterior packaging flaunts vintage artwork; while CUBA MAN catches the eye with jewel-toned classic cars, CUBA WOMAN celebrates sexiness and the female form. A Cuban flag peeks through in each design.\n\n\u201cWe are delighted to be working with Pitbull on the launch of this fragrance, which is so special and personal for him,\u201d says Donald J. Loftus, President of Parlux Ltd. and Executive Vice President of Perfumania Inc. \u201cConsumers are so intrigued by Cuba, its history, culture and people, and we are confident this fragrance will be a huge hit with fans and consumers throughout the world.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are pleased to announce the addition of PITBULL CUBA to our growing portfolio, and look forward to continuing this partnership with Parlux Ltd.,\u201d says Rene Garcia, Founder of Jacavi Worldwide. \u201cPitbull is our generation\u2019s consummate figure of Cuban-American spirit, and we feel there is no better creative partner to help us bring that fiery essence to life.\u201d\n\nPITBULL CUBA MAN and PITBULL CUBA WOMAN are sold for a suggested retail price of $55 USD/3.4 oz and will be available first at select Perfumania stores and perfumania.com starting December 1, 2016. The fragrances will be available for purchase on all other channels beginning March 2017.\n\nDominique Siby, Founder and Designer of the luxury design house, Felio Siby, and Elysze Held, Fashion Director and Stylist, joined Miami\u2019s who\u2019s who of high society and the fashion world, as the hosts of an intimate luncheon \u2026\n\nFull Bloom, Miami Beach\u2019s only gourmet vegan restaurant, is now open in the lobby of the Crest Hotel Suites at 1670 James Avenue. (The Crest is owned by Blue Road, a Miami development company led by principals \u2026\n\nPresented by Gala Chairs Sarah Arison and Thomas Wilhelm, the black-tie affair raised the most funds in all of NWS history! All proceeds from the 30th Anniversary Gala benefit New World Symphony\u2019s mission to provide meaningful, cultural programs to the South Florida \u2026\n\nThe Walton Family Foundation and Ford Foundation announced today they are each committing $3 million over three years to support creative solutions to diversify curatorial and management staff at art museums across the United States.\nRecent studies have shown \u2026\n\nAgainst the beautiful backdrop of Biscayne Bay and Port of Miami\u2019s waterways, Marc Anthony was introduced as the headliner for El Clasico Miami half time show, a first ever in the history of soccer championships. \u2026\n\nA nationwide digital casting call is now underway to find super-talented, fiercely competitive singers for FOX\u2019s THE FOUR, a new singing competition series that begins where most end: with the four finalists. Each week, these \u2026\n\nForget the oversized soda pops, buckets of popcorn or overcrowded movie theater screening rooms. Welcome to the new and enhanced dine in cinema experience introduced by Cinemex to fill the void for movie theaters in \u2026\n\nAs with other Kimpton properties, it\u2019s never just business as usual at Kimpton\u2019s Seafire Resort + Spa in Grand Cayman and EPIC in Miami when it comes to meetings and events. Both EPIC and Seafire, which opened to great \u2026\n\nThe Spirit Forward Bacardi Women In Leadership Empowerment Series, kicking off this February, is dedicated to championing the outstanding individuals that make up the spirits trade and hospitality community and elevating them to their highest \u2026\n\nEden Roc Miami Beach, the iconic Miami Beachhotel, is newly transformed after $250 million in renovations and the creation of a reenergized brand experience that provides avid business and leisure travelers alike, and discerning locals, with a fundamentally \u2026\n\nThe newly opened KLIMA Restaurant and Bar \u2013 a culinary concept inspired by contemporary gastronomy from Barcelona \u2013 debuts its first brunch concept courtesy of Executive Chef David \u201cRusti\u201d Rustarazo \u2013 introducing the quintessential essence of modern day Mediterranean \u2026\n\nEden Roc Miami Beach, the iconic Miami Beachhotel, is newly transformed after $250 million in renovations and the creation of a reenergized brand experience that provides avid business and leisure travelers alike, and discerning locals, with a fundamentally \u2026\n\nThu, June 7, 2018\n5:30 PM \u2013 8:00 PM\nThe third annual Hard Hats & High Heels cocktail reception will once again bring together a cross section of Miami\u2019s professional, social and philanthropic leaders. The cocktail is \u2026"}
-{"text": "Welcome. Here you will find articles from Poland's 'Przeg\u0142\u0105d' weekly selected and translated by your host Czarny Kot for your reading pleasure-- some of them will be about Poland, but many will not be. Enjoy....\n\nThursday, 15 March 2012\n\nOPINION: Piotr \u017buk-- On Class Discrimination\n\nIdentical social phenomena are often lablled with different names. It all depends who they are associated with. The language used everyday in the media, government announcements and casual conversation is full of prejudices and stereotypes. Whenever we hear about poor neighbourhoods in the media, the same connotations appear-- dysfunctional communtites inhabited by alcoholics and broken families where one should think twice about venturing into at night. According to capitalist morality and market culture, poverty itself has become a pathology.\n\nThe smiling faces we see in countless adverts are usually middle-class faces. They are the heroes of our time. They act as role models for the rest of society, most of whom aspire to be like them. They display the greatest virtues one can have in our contemporary capitalist society-- flexibility, entrepreneurship, assertiveness, creativity, innovation and other traits from the Newspeak dictionary.\n\nThe same behaviour can carry a completley different label, and can be judged much less positively, depending on its class context. If members of the lower orders are not in a stable marriage then we hear of broken homes and sexual promiscuity. In the case of the middle and upper classes we hear of free and open relationships with 'partners'.\n\nAn educated, urban, middle-class woman without a husband or stable 'partner' is simply 'single'. Her working-class equivalent is likely to be labelled an 'old spinster'.\n\nA famous actor, journalist or singer who has homosexual tendencies is a cosmopolitan 'gay'. A working class or unemployed homosexual is just a common 'faggot'. The word 'gay' has come to signify not only sexual orientation but also lifestyle and social status. Working-class homoexuals do not spend time in trendy, big-city clubs, nor do they buy designer clothes. They cannot achieve the status of a 'gay' and so they remain lowly 'faggots'.\n\nWhen a middle-class teenager smashes a shop window, it is a manifestation of growing pains which needs to be analysed and rationalised-- perhaps he suffers from ADHD? Perhaps he had a bad day at school? When a teenager from a poor family smashes a shop window then it merely illustrates his pathological background and the problematic upbringing which, 'obviously', are omnipresent in his social sphere.\n\nThe full weight of the law comes down on the inhabitants of poor neighbourhoods, who have an almost genetic predispostion to commit crime. However, actions which cause more damage, and are carried out on a much larger scale, are not even considered as crimes. In this way, one person is labelled a thief and criminal whilst another is hailed as a creative entrepreneur who has managed to find a loophole in the law. Large-scale fraud becomes so abstract that there are no laws on the books which can stop them. The perpetrators enjoy thier status as respected businessmen.\n\nSlavoj Zizek is right when he says that the stigma of class also means a lot in feminist circles. Watching and listening to a representative of Poland's Women's Congress such as Henryka Bochniarz, one can agree with Zizek's opinion that politically active feminism \"can function as an ideological tool for the upper middle-classes who wish to confirm thier superiority to the 'patriarchal and intolerant' lower orders\". On one hand we have educated feminist activists with high status and income and on the other hand we have submissive, feeble-minded women from the working class. In the media it is very hard to find a working-class, non-graduate woman who calls herself a feminist. In Poland the term 'feminist' is reserved for independent, well-educated women from large cities, many of whom schooled in the academic sphere of 'gender studies'.\n\nFor these reasons, class tensions in Poland are often articulated by hostility to different cultural and identity groups, as David Ost has written. The enemy is not a capitalist but rather a German, a Jew, a feminist or a middle-class homosexual. Feminists and gays take flak from 2 directions: in a generally conservative society they face hostility due to their beliefs and sexuality but they also face hostility from the poorer sections of society as they are seen as symbols of the rich and powerful classes.\n\nAlthough the language of class warfare is no longer to be found in either the Polish media or Polish political debate, our society is full of class prejudice. Classism is a cultural form of racism in which the hostility is not aimed towards those of different races but those of different social class. In Poland we have anti-semitism without Jews, racism without ethnic minorities and hidden classism without the language of class in public debate. This does not mean that we live in a classless society, far from it: class tensions and prejudices affect us all, all day, every day.\n\n16 comments:\n\n\"Poverty itself has become a pathology...according to capitalist morality and market culture.\" Piotr \u017buk gets it right here. Also, he reminded me of that Bob Dylan line \"Steal a little and they through you in jail, steal a lot and they make you aking\" when he talked about working class theft. If we have the poor to blame, or Jews to point the finger at then we can ignore the deeper causes of society's problems. Sometimes it seems like so little has changed in the last few hundred years in Europe.\n\nWith the way things are polarising, it seems that we are only given a black and white view of the world.\n\nEither the poor are completely at fault for their poverty or all poverty is the fault of our economic system, with personal responsibility playing no part at all.\n\nPersonally, I believe that most poverty is caused by macroeconomic factors but at the same time I am enough of a pessimist to believe that there will always be some sort of pathological underclass, no matter how just and prosperous a society may be.The problem with the discrimination that Mr. \u017buk describes is that it does not differentiate between these people and those who are simply poor."}
-{"text": "Company Overview:Company History: Founded in 1919 as a subsidiary of General Motors, GMAC currently operates in approximately 40 countries. 51 percent of GMAC was recently sold to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P."}
-{"text": "Perhaps in an attempt to \u201cbalance\u201d their one-sided interview with Watts, last week Newshour aired a segment titled \u201cArctic Icecap Shrinks to Record Low Level,\u201d in which Walt Meier from the National Snow and Ice Data Center discussed the implications, dangers, and causes of the Arctic ice melt. These causes and concerns have been documented in studies and articles all across the world, so there is no room for debate on this issue when the facts clearly show that the arctic ice caps are melting at a record.\n\nBut apparently for climate skeptics, one one-sided story isn\u2019t enough to keep them happy for very long, and they have now decided to attack PBS for ignoring their talking points about melting polar ice caps.\n\nLeading the charge against PBS is noted climate skeptic and Heartland Institute \u201cexpert\u201d Steve Goreham, who tells us that Arctic ice melting isn\u2019t a cause for concern because there\u2019s so little ice in the arctic that it won\u2019t make a \u201cmeasurable difference\u201d if it all melts. But more importantly, Goreham tells us that PBS ignored the \u201celephant in the room\u201d by not reporting on how the Antarctic ice sheet is actually expanding.\n\n\u2026PBS and Dr. Meier have ignored the elephant in the room. The elephant is the Antarctic Icecap. While satellite data shows that Arctic ice has been declining for the last 30 years, the same satellite data shows that Antarctic ice has been expanding for the last 30 years.\n\nIt\u2019s interesting that climate scientists are so alarmed by declining Arctic ice. The Arctic Icecap is only 1\u20122 percent of Earth\u2019s ice, while the elephant, the Antarctic Icecap, contains about 90 percent of Earth\u2019s ice. The climate models underestimated the decline in Arctic ice, but they are confounded by the growth in Antarctic ice. Data from Dr. Meier\u2019s own National Snow and Ice Center shows that the extent of Antarctic sea ice for 2012 is greater than the 1979-2000 average. I wonder why he didn\u2019t mention the good news about Antarctic ice on the PBS segment.\n\nIf Goreham is honestly wondering why the issue of \u201cAntarctic ice expansion\u201d wasn\u2019t brought up in the PBS segment, the answer is obvious: Antarctic ice has nothing to do with Arctic ice. It\u2019s the old \u201capples to oranges\u201d comparison.\n\nBut if anyone had asked an actual scientist, they would have learned that a good year for sea ice in the Antarctic in no way nullifies the precipitous drop in Arctic sea-ice levels year after year \u2014 or the mounds of other evidence indicating global warming is really happening.\n\n\u201cAntarctic sea ice hasn't seen these big reductions we've seen in the Arctic. This is not a surprise to us,\u201d said climate scientist Mark Serreze, director of the NSIDC.\n\n\u201cSome of the skeptics say 'Well, everything is OK because the big changes in the Arctic are essentially balanced by what's happening in the Antarctic.' This is simply not true.\u201d\n\nProjections made from climate models all predict that global warming should impact Arctic sea ice first and most intensely, Serreze said. \u201cWe have known for many years that as the Earth started to warm up, the effects would be seen first in the Arctic and not the Antarctic.\n\nThe physical geography of the two hemispheres is very different. Largely as a result of that, they behave very differently.\u201d\n\nThe Arctic, an ocean surrounded by land, responds much more directly to changes in air and sea-surface temperatures than Antarctica, Serreze explained.\n\nThe climate of Antarctica, land surrounded by ocean, is governed much more by wind and ocean currents.\n\nSome studies indicate climate change has strengthened westerly winds in the Southern Hemisphere, and because wind has a cooling effect, scientists say this partly accounts for the marginal increase in sea ice levels that have been observed in the Antarctic in recent decades.\n\nSo, according to actual climate scientists, not only are the two unrelated, but the increase in Antarctic ice can actually be attributed to climate change. Goreham\u2019s own talking points are therefore debunked by his own data.\n\nBut what Goreham is really trying to do is misdirect the public. He believes that distracting the public with a different issue will draw attention away from the real issue. This practice is all too common in both the media and politics, and is a tried and true PR tactic.\n\nBut, Arctic ice is floating in the Arctic Ocean. Even if all of it melts, sea levels would not rise by a measurable amount. In addition, Arctic ice has expanded and receded many times in history due to natural causes.\n\nGoreham isn\u2019t a skeptic in the sense that he believes climate change is a hoax, but he is a firm believer that the activities of human beings have nothing to do with climate change. His quote above shows us that he\u2019s a member of the \u201ccyclical climate change\u201d crowd \u2013 a crowd that chooses to bury its head in the sand and pretend the problem isn\u2019t the result of our activities.\n\nThere is ample evidence that tells us that Arctic ice melt is not cyclical, but the result of human activities that have spurred on climate change. But as long as there is dirty energy industry money to fund think tanks and deniers like Heartland and Goreham, there will always be misinformation to tell us that the scientists are wrong.\n\nTo clarify: it's only seasonal Antarctic sea ice that's increasing. Which is not really surprising, is it, given that the \u2013 relatively \u2013 tiny fringe of floating ice is totally dominated by that massive mile-thick sheet of Antarctic land ice?\n\nThey should have goven the numbers of Arctic decrease to Antarctic increase. Arctic sea ice extent has decreased to the tune of 2.6 million square kilometers and now stands at about 3.41 million square kilometers. Over the same time frame Antarctic sea ice extent has increased by approximately 400,000 square kilometers (NSIDC September 19, 2012 update and Sea Ice Index). However, as John points out, the overall mass of the Antarctic ice cap continues to decline as measured by the Grace satellite.\n\nDemocracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.\n\nThere is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.\n\nKeep In Touch\n\nWith the news of Willie Soon's fossil-fuel-funded career featured on the front page of The New York Times on Sunday, there's no time like the present to take a look at all of Soon's friends in the anti-science climate denial echo chamber."}
-{"text": "UPDATE 1-Cricket-Afridi blitz in vain as New Zealand spank Pakistan\n\nReuters Staff\n\n3 Min Read\n\n* Afridi blasts 29-ball 67 in Pakistan's 210\n\n* Elliot shines with bat and ball (Updates after New Zealand victory)\n\nJan 31 (Reuters) - Grant Elliot's all-round performance eclipsed Shahid Afridi's 29-ball blitz to secure New Zealand a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first One Day International in Wellington on Saturday.\n\nElliot took three wickets for 26 runs to help the hosts bowl out Pakistan for 210 in 45.3 overs at the Westpac Stadium.\n\nHe then returned to hit an unbeaten 64, adding 112-runs with Ross Taylor (59 not out) as New Zealand romped home with 10.3 overs to spare.\n\nEarlier, Afridi blasted a 29-ball 67 and captain Misbah-ul-Haq stroked a patient 58 to help Pakistan overcome a terrible start and post 210.\n\nPut in to bat, Pakistan lost their opener Mohammad Hafeez for a duck to the fifth delivery of the day and kept losing wickets to slump to 127 for six in the 36th over.\n\nKiwi pacemen Kyle Mills (2-29) and Trent Boult (2-25) stifled the visiting batsmen and struck at regular intervals to put Pakistan on the mat before Afridi went on the attack.\n\nDropped on 14 by rival captain Brendon McCullum, the flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder added 71 runs with Misbah in 6.2 overs to lend some respectability to the total.\n\nAfridi blasted nine boundaries in his blistering knock to go with three sixes, the third bringing up his fifty before Adam Milne dismissed him in the 44th over.\n\nMisbah, who was content playing second fiddle to Afridi, perished in the 42nd over trying to accelerate.\n\nThe Kiwis were off to a flying start with the first three overs yielding 31 runs before McCullum fell.\n\nTom Latham (23) could not convert the start he got either but Martin Guptill contributed 39 runs before the unseparated Elliot-Taylor partnership took the game away from Pakistan.\n\nElliot hit eight boundaries in his 68-ball knock, the last sealing the team's victory.\n\nNapier hosts the second and final ODI on Tuesday. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Patrick Johnston)"}
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-{"text": "The Spinster Cycle\n\nI\u2019m a 32-year-old woman with a Ph.D. I\u2019m beyond happy with my career path, but I\u2019m not meeting men I\u2019m impressed with or inspired to see again. A girlfriend sent me a New York Times op-ed by a historian named Stephanie Coontz, who said that highly educated women can find a man if they drop \u201cthe cultural ideal of hypergamy \u2014 that women must marry up.\u201d Coontz advises women to \u201creject the idea that the ideal man is taller, richer, more knowledgeable, more renowned or more powerful.\u201d She claims a woman\u2019s marital happiness is predicted not by how much she looks up to her husband, \u201cbut how sensitive he is to her emotional cues and how willing he is to share the housework and child-care. And those traits are often easier to find in a low-key guy than a powerhouse.\u201d She then adds, \u201cI\u2019m not arguing that women ought to \u2018settle.'\u201d Really? Sounds that way to me. \u2014 Dismayed\n\nYes, you can have it all \u2014 a high-powered education, a high-powered career, and the perfect high-powered man to go with. Of course, it helps if you\u2019re willing to relax your standards a little, like by widening your pool of acceptable male partners to include the recently deceased.\n\nI respect Stephanie Coontz as a historian, but as a forecaster of economic and romantic possibilities for women, I have to give her a thumbs-down. Coontz claims that \u201cfor a woman seeking a satisfying relationship as well as a secure economic future, there has never been a better time to be or become highly educated.\u201d Actually, as doctorate holders \u201cOccupying\u201d sleeping bags outside city halls will tell you, that depends on what you\u2019re becoming highly educated in. Ph.D. in financial engineering? Hedge fund, here you come. Ph.D. in Tibetan gender studies? You\u2019ll be lucky to be teaching the merits of pulverized lavender in the body oils section of the food co-op.\n\nCoontz is wrong again in deeming hypergamy \u2014 women\u2019s preference for men of a higher socio-economic status \u2014 a cultural construct. The preference for the alpha male is biological, an evolutionary adaptation that exists in women across cultures \u2014 and species. (Do we really think the lady peacock wants the alpha male peacock because she\u2019s been watching way too much \u201cDesperate Housewives\u201d?)\n\nSome feminist academics claim that women only want big bucks/high status men because they lack those things themselves. But, a number of studies by evolutionary psychologists have found that women with big bucks and big jobs want men with bigger bucks and bigger jobs. Even women who are feminists. Dr. Bruce J. Ellis writes in \u201cThe Adapted Mind\u201d that when 15 feminist leaders described their ideal man, they repeatedly used words like \u201cvery rich,\u201d \u201cbrilliant,\u201d and \u201cgenius\u201d (and they didn\u2019t mean \u201cgenius with a baby wipe!\u201d).\n\nSo, if you\u2019ve become the man you would\u2019ve married in the \u201950s, don\u2019t be surprised if your mating pool starts to seem about the size of the one that comes with Barbie\u2019s Dream House. Biology is neither fair nor kind. What those pushing feel-good sociology don\u2019t want to believe or tell you is that you increase your options by being hot \u2014 or hotting yourself up the best you can. Obviously, looks aren\u2019t (SET ITAL) all (END ITAL) that matter, but while your female genes are urging you to blow past the hot pool boy to get to the moderately attractive captain of industry, men evolved to prioritize looks in women, so powerful men will date powerfully beautiful waitresses and baristas. As evolutionary psychologist Dr. David Buss writes, \u201cWomen\u2019s physical attractiveness is the best known predictor of the occupational status of the man she marries and the best known predictor of hypergamy.\u201d\n\nThere isn\u2019t a person on the planet who doesn\u2019t have to settle. (Maybe Brad Pitt farts in bed.) Want kids? You\u2019re more likely to find yourself a husband to have them with if you do as Coontz suggests \u2014 go for a man who\u2019s shorter, poorer, and not that intellectually exciting but who\u2019s emotionally present and willing to be appointed vice president of diaper rash. Problem solved \u2014 if you can keep from seething with contempt for his lack of ambition and intellect. A lack of respect for one\u2019s spouse is definitely not the ground happy marriages are built on. That\u2019s why settling is most wisely discussed not as some blanket policy for women, but in terms of what an individual woman wants and what she\u2019s willing and able to give up to get it. Realistically assessing that for yourself is how you find your happiest medium \u2014 between possibly being in a panic to find a sperm donor at 42 and trying to make it work now with some guy who watches the soaps after dusting a few surfaces and drinking a few too many glasses of blush wine."}
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-{"text": "Monthly Archives: February 2012\n\nThe British Library has reached a deal with search engine Google to have thousands of pages from one of the world\u2019s biggest collections of historic books, pamphlets and periodicals scanned and made available on the internet. The project involves about 250,000 rare texts dating back to the 18th Century.\n\nIt will take a few years to complete the project and Google will cover the cost of digitization. After the project is completed, it will allow readers to view, search and copy the out-of-copyright works at no charge on both the library and Google books websites.\n\nI find it interesting that the library chief executive, Dame Lynne Brindley, justifies the project on the basis of the core library principles saying that the scheme is an extension of the ambition of the library\u2019s predecessors in the 19th Century to provide access to knowledge to everyone: \u201cThe way of doing it then was to buy books from the entire world and to make them available in reading rooms [\u2026] We believe that we are building on this proud tradition of giving access to anyone, anywhere and at any time. [\u2026] Our aim is to provide perpetual access to this historical material, and we hope that our collections coupled with Google\u2019s know-how will enable us to achieve this aim.\u201d Google\u2019s Director of external relations, Peter Barron, agrees: \u201cWhat\u2019s powerful about the technology available to us today isn\u2019t just its ability to preserve history and culture for posterity, but also its ability to bring it to life in new ways.\u201d (quoted from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13836332#story_continues_1)\n\nI am thinking what benefit it is for the British Library to have its out of print collection scanned and available from their website if it\u2019s going to be available through Google anyway. Then I am thinking for how long access from Google will be free\u2026 Will it be free only as long as people remember that certain out of print texts are also available from the British Library website while other texts are available from other libraries\u2019 websites? And for how long will people actually bother accessing individual libraries\u2019 websites if everything will be available from Google, and for how long will it be economically feasible to even maintain these websites. What will be the use of the British Library and other libraries in time when out of print texts will be accessed online through Google and electronic versions of new books will be downloaded to individual readers?\n\nAnd I think about the access principle that is apparently the guiding principle behind this digitization project\u2026 In the end, it will be the few in Google and such that will hold the key to human knowledge and culture and they will provide access on their terms. There is already an unfortunate precedent for this project at the British Library. They have had already digitised a large part of their newspaper collection in partnership with JISC, and few years later made it available behind a paywall: http://newspapers11.bl.uk/blcs/. If they have closed access to their digitised newspapers, what assurance there is that they will not do the same with this new project?\n\nSlovenian philosopher and intellectual provocateur, Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, is perhaps the most controversial yet popular public intellectual in the world. Called \u201cthe world\u2019s hippest philosopher\u201d and a \u201cmedia intellectual\u201d in today\u2019s Telegraph, \u017di\u017eek is a cross between guru and gadfly, sage and showman, a contemporary public intellectual whose important work is mostly performed in public, via the various media. His \u2018live\u2019 performance of philosophy teaching, go well beyond the static page and are not limited only to the screen, or blog but also happen in packed open to the public seminars and are published in a variety of internet sources, such as YouTube and social networks. \u017di\u017eek\u2019s combining of radicality and accessibility through the strategic use of interviews and public performances as popular media vehicles for the dissemination of his thought and the popularity and renown he has earned through this, indicates, to my mind, a shift in scholarship in at least some fields of the humanities, not only merely from print to digital but all the way to all available online media formats. Like Socrates on the agora, \u017di\u017eek distributes his thought on the Internet bypassing paywalled Blackboards and other such. His case is the proof that the relationship between the free social media for mass knowledge distribution and scholarship does exist. What effects does and will it have on academia, the univerasality of education? What effects does it have on libraries? How do we respond to this?\n\nI came across the article below quite by accident, having spend almost all of my entire professional life working mainly in the circulation department that I lead: delivering the service, training new library school students and thinking relentlessly of ways how to deliver a better service at the circulation desk and in the libraries as institutions. Throughout all these years I was also constantly upgrading my skills by taking courses (in library science and technology) and was always able to perform the most advanced library tasks that kept changing as the libraries and information landscape changed. I just never got the chance to do it as my main job duty. I was always drawn to action and it was busy at the desk\u2026..\n\nUnless current patterns change, by 2020 university libraries will no longer have circulation desks. This claim may seem hyperbolic if you\u2019ve been observing your library, or even if you\u2019ve been glancing over ACRL or National Center for Education Statistics data. If you have been looking at the data, you might be familiar with a pattern that looks like this:\n\nThis chart shows total circulation for academic libraries, and while there\u2019s a decline it certainly doesn\u2019t look like it will hit zero anytime soon, definitely not in just 8 years. But there is a problem with this data and this perspective on library statistics. When we talk about \u201ctotal circulation\u201d we\u2019re talking about a property of the library, we\u2019re not really thinking about users.\n\nHere\u2019s another set of data that you need to look at to really understand circulation:Academic enrollment has been rising rapidly. This means more students, which in turns means greater circulation. So if total circulation has been dropping despite an increase in users then something else must be going on. So rather than asking the question \u201cHow many items does my library circulate?\u201d we need to alter that to \u201cHow many items does the average student checkout?\u201d\n\nHere is that data:\n\nThis chart shows the upper/lower quartiles and median for circulation per FTE student. As you can see this data shows a much more dramatic drop in the circulation of library materials. Rising student populations hide this fact.\n\nBut 2020? Can I be serious? The simple linear regression model in the charts is probably a good predictor of 2012, but not necessarily 2020. Hitting zero without flattening out seems pretty unlikely. However, it is worth noting the circulation per user in the lower quartile for less than 4 year colleges reached 1.1 in 2010. If you\u2019re averaging around 1 item per user, every user that takes out 2 items means there\u2019s another who has checked out 0.\n\nWhat\u2019s Happening Here?\n\nRather than waste too much time trying to predict a future we\u2019ll live in in less than a decade, let\u2019s explore the more interesting question: \u201cWhat\u2019s happening here?\u201d\n\nBy far the number one hypothesis I get when I show people this data is \u201cClearly this is just because of the rise of e-journals and e-books\u201d. This hypothesis is reasonable: What has happened is simply that users have switched from print to electronic. This data represents a shift in media, nothing more.\n\nBut there are 2 very large problems with this hypothesis.\n\nFirst, print journal circulation is not universal among academic libraries. In the cases where there is no print journal circulation the effect of e-journals would not be present in circulation data. However, I don\u2019t have information to point out exactly how many academic libraries did circulate print journals. Maybe the effect of e-journals on just the libraries that do circulate serials could effect the data for everyone. The data we have already shown resolves this issue. Libraries that did circulate serials would have higher circulation per user than those that did not. By showing different quartiles we can address this discrepancy in the data between libraries that did and did not circulate journals. If you look at the data you\u2019ll see that indeed the upper quartile does seem to have a higher rate of decline, but not enough to validate this hypothesis. The median and lower quartiles also experience this shift, so something else must be at work.\n\nSecond, e-books were not largely adopted until the mid 2000s, yet the decline preceding 2000 is at least as steep as after. If you look at the chart below you\u2019ll notice that ebook acquisition rates did not exceed print until 2010:\n\nEbooks, of course, do have an effect on usage, but they\u2019re not the primary factor in this change.\n\nSo clearly we must reject the hypothesis that this is merely a media shift. Certainly the shift from print to electronic has had some effect, but it is not the sole cause. If it\u2019s not a shift in media, the most reasonable explanation is that it\u2019s a shift in user behavior. Students are simply not using books (in any format) as much as they used to.\n\nWhat is Causing this Shift in User Behavior?\n\nThe next question is what is the cause of this shift.\n\nI think the most simple answer is the web. 1996 is the first data point showing a drop in circulation. Of course the web was quite small then, but AOL and Yahoo! were already around, and the Internet Archive had been founded. If you think back to a pre-web time, pretty much anything you needed to know more about required a trip to the library and checking out a book.\n\nThe most important thing to take away is that, regardless of cause, user behavior has changed and by all data points is still changing. In the end, the greatest question is how will academic libraries adapt? It is clear that the answer is not as simple as a transition to a new media. To survive, librarians must find the answer before we have enough data to prove these predictions.\n\nAbout our guest author: Will Kurt is a software engineer at Articulate Global, pursuing his masters in computer science at the University of Nevada, Reno and is a former librarian. He holds an MLIS from Simmons College and has worked in various roles in public, private and special libraries at organizations such as: MIT, BBN Technologies and the University of Nevada, Reno. He has written and presented on a range of topics including: play, user interfaces, functional programming and data\nvisualization.\n\n\u201cThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore\u201d is one of five animated short films that will be considered for outstanding film achievements of 2011 in the 84th Academy Awards \u00ae. The ceremony will take place on February 26, 2012.\n\nInspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Mary Poppins, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, \u201cMorris Lessmore\u201d is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) award winning author/ illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a new narrative experience that harkens back to silent films and M-G-M Technicolor musicals. \u201cMorris Lessmore\u201d is old fashioned and cutting edge at the same time, just like book lovers are. Enjoy the fifteen minutes celebration of reading and caring for books!\n\nWe cannot have good libraries until we first have good librarians \u2014 properly educated, professionally recognized, and fairly rewarded.\u201dHerbert S. White (Library Journal column, 15 November 1999, pp. 44-45)\n\nI was researching how modern research libraries are built in the last five years and came across this gem \u2013 the new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which opened May 16, 2011.\n\nIt houses cutting-edge facilities for preservation and digitization of physical books, as well as a high-density underground storage system with the capacity to hold 3.5 million volume equivalents. The beautiful elliptical dome of the Mansueto Library\u2019s Grand Reading Room is on the prime central location on campus and provides an inviting space for rigorous scholarship in an array of fields.\n\nSo this academic library is the heart of the university; however, books are stored in the basement. Then again, they are retrieved at such high speed that they can be accessed quicker than books that are shelved in open stacks. I would also imagine that the problems with mis-shelved books are eliminated by the RFID technology. Another thought floating in my mind is: for how long this expensive storage system will be used. Will libraries keep physical books, or is this done only temporarily to accommodate the copyright laws?\n\nAnd finally, the glass dome brings to mind scenes from science fiction movies, while the long wooden tables and simple chairs look like the ones I saw in Collegium Maius at the Jagiellonian University where Copernicus studied \u2013 conducive to collaborative learning and sharing ideas. They seem to signal a movement away from the solitude and the isolation of carrels towards collaborative learning and knowledge generation in the common gathering place, a center of intellectual, artistic, spiritual and political life of the university. In Copernicus\u2019 time, the students and the professors gathered, ate at such tables and discussed ideas. The classroom was, in fact, a kind of library with very few books that allowed food and drink and talking. Out of that came De revolutionibus orbium celestium that began the scientific revolution. This informal teaching and learning where discussion and questioning were encouraged, produced the bold statement that the universe is not what it seems but a subject that human mind should and can explain."}
-{"text": "What's that, 2010? I mean, no, I'm not at all surprised that the slap bracelet is still around, but you say that there's a miniature computer attached to the thing? That's nuts! Does it run CompuServe?\n\nNow let's see what's going on here. Griffin's combined cutting edge silly\u2014a silver dollar sized MP3 player with a comically small touch screen\u2014with retro silly\u2014an accessory you put on by whacking yourself with it\u2014to come up with the retro-future silly: a slap bracelet watchband for the new iPod Nano. They call it Slap. Like what your girlfriend would try to do to you if you gave her one of these as a gift, or what I did to my knee after I saw the announcement for this product.\n\nOK, that's being unfair. The iPod Nano Watch has been an idea we've all loved to make fun of but also secretly kind of actually just loved since the tiny new Nano was debuted in September. And as far as Nano watch bands go, this looks to be the slickest one yet."}
-{"text": "Our History\n\nThe Social History Society was founded in 1976 by Harold Perkin (1926-2004), with founding President Asa Briggs (1921-2016) serving for the entire time until his recent death. For four decades we have acted to represent the interests of social and cultural history and historians both within higher education and in the wider community. We have also held an annual conference, most recently our SHS40 conference at Lancaster University, the academic home of Harold Perkin, Eric Evans and many of our founding and leading figures.\n\nA number of leading figures from the Society shared their thoughts on the anniversary at the conference. Click below to read the reflections of\u2026\n\nThis anniversary year also saw the publication of a virtual special issue of our journal Cultural and Social History . This included former editor John Arnold\u2019s pick of the top five articles published in the journal, as well as two short articles on the history of the Social History Society from former SHS Chairs Pat Thane and Malcolm Chase. The latter includes the following passage:\n\nIt is easy to overlook now how daring Perkin\u2019s vision must have seemed. If there was space between, on the one hand, long-established generalist societies like the Royal Historical and the Historical Association and more \u2018niche\u2019 associations (of labour or agricultural historians for example) on the other, then it was ground long-claimed by the Economic History Society and now rapidly being colonised by History Workshop.\n\nRather than History Workshop Journal, I mean the gatherings each November \u2013 chaotic and inspirational by turns \u2013 that by the late 1970s were drawing together many hundreds of historians and activists. The rapid acceleration of History Workshop from a modest \u2018Day with the Chartists\u2019 in 1967 clearly indicated the existence of a constituency of historians whose interests were otherwise going largely unmet.\n\nFrom its inception, though, the SHS was an academic force, with its conferences and newsletters conceived in that light. Yet at the same time the Society conspicuously stood outside the Oxbridge-London triangle that profoundly influenced History Workshop, even after the latter\u2019s annual November gatherings vacated Oxford for the provinces from 1980."}
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-{"text": "Bocancea Monastery is located in the village of the same name, Singerei district, 105 km from Chisinau, 40 km from Balti.\n\nHirova Monastery is located in the village Niculaeuca, Orhei, 160 km from Chisinau and 15 km from Orhei. Please be aware that it is possible to confuse Hirova monastery in the village Orhei Hirova of Calarasi.\n\nAccording to sources, Hirova was founded as a monastery for nuns in 1805, the Metropolitan of Moldova, Veniamin Costache. They say something earlier but there was a monastery of monks who burned in about 1803. After leaving the monks, nuns arrive here from the hermitage hollow, which built a wooden church in honor of the great Nicholas. Already in 1836 the wooden church was built where the present church of stone. Among the founders there is also the nun Pelagia, Sister Gabriel Callimachi Metropolitan Moldova. In 1865, John baptized man giving hand in these places, winter church building, dedicated to \"Welcome the Lord.\" Between the two world wars, is the monastery was already inhabited by 190 monks.\n\nHirova Monastery, was closed in 1959, even the Great Sunday by Soviet power, the monastery and others of that time being devastated. The nuns left the monastery but, living in boxes on its territory. Monastery was confiscated land and the whole household. Summer Church \"Saint Nicholas\" was converted into a coal deposit, then a granary. Winter Church \"Saint Simon Stylite\" after a radical renovation, becoming a hospital for handicapped children, and later was taken over by authorities and used for household. According to sources, the summer church icons were brought to the church \"St. Nicholas\" Orhei and in the winter to Japca Monastery, the only remaining open throughout Bessarabia sin.\n\nChurch \"Saint Nicholas\" was repaired in the years 1988-1990 is, as the church reopened in February 1990. Painting the church was rebuilt in 1997. Church \"St. Simeon Stylite\" was built of straw and clay in almost 140 years ago, but remained in ruins during the communist period and will be repaired."}
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-{"text": "Login\n\nWeedcraft Inc. \u2013 Announcement\n\nPosted on01 Oct 2018\n\nVile Monarch and Devolver Digital have announced their upcoming game, Weedcraft Inc. In it you\u2019ll take on the business of producing weed in a tycoon style game. There\u2019s also something about political and cultural aspects but let\u2019s face it, you\u2019ll probably be too baked and giggling at a funny name to care. Weedcraft Inc. launches for PC next year.\n\nWeedcraft Inc Announced: A New Tycoon Game Explores Marijuana as Big Business\n\nSparking up on Steam in 2019\n\nMonday, October 1, 2018 \u2014 Casual stoners Devolver Digital and wake-and-bake enthusiasts Vile Monarch (Crush your Enemies, Oh\u2026Sir!) announced the burgeoning legal pot industry\u2019s first fully fledged tycoon game: Weedcraft Inc. Coming to PC in 2019, Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country\u2019s complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.\n\nWould-be Mary Jane moguls will need to prioritize resources carefully as they manage the production and distribution of their weed. Cultivate killer plants, cross-breed them to create unique strains of the devil\u2019s lettuce, hire and manage a growing staff, and be prepared to take on the competition. As in real life, the business of bud presents plenty of opportunity along with a plethora of problems. Decide when and where to take on extra risk to maximize profit, but be careful, the cops and politicians are all working their own angles.\n\nAn important, controversial topic presented in an insightful and detailed manner, Weedcraft Inc presents a challenge to those would rule the reefer offering a series of diverse scenarios and unique characters to work with (or around) as your budding empire grows. Whether you choose to hobnob with politicians, pay off the po-po, fight for medical marijuana rights or work the legal system, it\u2019s all in the name of the sticky icky and your cutthroat corporate profits.\n\nWeedcraft Inc hits PC in 2019.\n\nFor a contact high, hit up weedcraftgame.com and follow @DevolverDigital and @VileMonarch on Twitter."}
-{"text": "A Bridge City man was charged Thursday with two West Jefferson murders, including the shooting death of a grandmother accused of being a drug dealer. A Jefferson Parish grand jury handed up the indictment of Isaac Smith, 20.\n\nHe is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Doretha Richardson, 81, and Emeal Washington, 58. Authorities have not said whether they think the killings were related.\n\nWashington was gunned down Feb. 11 while standing outside a home in the 6100 block of August Avenue in Marrero, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. More than 81 shots were fired. Washington fled, but at least two gunmen ran him down, stood over him and fired numerous bullets into his body. Smith allegedly confessed to being one of those gunmen.\n\nFour days after that killing, Richardson was shot numerous times in the kitchen of her home at 301 Fifth St. in Bridge City. Smith turned up later with a gunshot wound at a West Bank hospital, saying he was shot in St. Charles Parish, according to the Jefferson Sheriff's Office. But detectives said they had evidence linking Smith to Richardson's home.\n\nAt the time of her death, Richardson was awaiting trial in the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of marijuana. Her home had been the subject of criminal investigations, according to the Sheriff's Office. The district attorney's office dismissed those charges March 1, court records show.\n\nA grandson, Willis Stevenson, 23, who was charged with her in the drug case, was considered a person of interest in her death. He pleaded guilty to the narcotics charges on March 1 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, court records show.\n\nThe grand jury on Thursday also charged Smith with possession of a stolen .40-caliber Glock pistol. Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force found the pistol April 16 when arresting Isaac at his mother's home, 717 Tricia St. in Bridge City,\n\nThe pistol, reported stolen in March, was in a pocket of Smith's pants, hanging in a closet, according to the arrest report. Smith said he bought it \"off (the) street,\" according to the report. Authorities have not said it was linked to the homicides.\n\nSmith is held in the parish jail in Gretna in lieu of a $2 million bond for the homicides and $30,000 for the stolen gun charge, Assistant District Attorney Kenny Bordelon said.\n\nSecond-degree murder carries a sentence of mandatory life in prison upon conviction.\n\nSmith separately is charged with unrelated narcotics and gun crimes that occurred after Washington and Richardson were killed. Prosecutors charged him April 23 after his arrest in March on charges of possessing cocaine, marijuana, hydrocodone, a stolen gun and a gun with obliterated serial number, court records show.\n\nCourt records show that Smith was arrested with Frankie Hookfin, 21, of Waggaman, who is charged with five counts of attempted second-degree murder and other charges stemming from an April 22 shooting at the Lapalco Apartments in Harvey.\n\nSmith was released from jail on those charges April 1, after posting a $45,500 bond, records show. He was re-arrested two weeks later in connection with Richardson's homicide then allegedly confessed to killing Washington."}
-{"text": "Blog\n\n#BusinessTipTuesday \u2013 National Student Employment Week \u2013 April 9-13\n\nThis week, April 9-13, is National Student Employment Week, which is something that the Small Business Development Center fully supports. This semester alone, the SBDC is hosting eleven interns, all of which are students at the University of Scranton. This annual event is dedicated to recognizing the significant impact that student employees make on campus and in the surrounding community.\n\nThe SBDC offers a service called the Small Business Internship Initiative (SBII), which is a program that connects small businesses to prospective interns. SBII provides no cost, confidential guidance in determining whether hosting an intern is the right option to help grow your business, assistance in preparing internship descriptions, guidance with conducting interviews, and access to students at 11 local colleges and universities.\n\nWhy should you consider an intern?\n\nGrow Your Business. Hosting an intern can help you expand the capabilities of your business and reach your goals!\n\nInternships Help Identify Future Employees. Welcoming students into your business is a great strategy. If all goes well, you might want to bring them on as a paid employee when they complete their internship.\n\nInterns Offer Fresh Perspectives. Adding an intern\u2019s perspective to your team will keep you a step ahead of the competition. Their unbiased viewpoints can help you discover a more effective or efficient way of doing things.\n\nHiring an Intern is Affordable. Surveys show that 73% of student interns consider career advancement opportunities highly important, but only 41% said getting paid is. Offering your intern a reasonable wage as well as perks \u2013 like an invitation to networking events \u2013 could be more effective than offering solely a high wage.\n\nHosting an intern could be a great addition to your business. If you are interested in offering an internship, visit our website for more information: http://scrantonsbdc.com/internships/small-businesses/\n\nAmy Simpson, Senior\nWEC Intern\nThe University of Scranton\nSmall Business Development Center\n\nContact Us\n\nFollow Us\n\nFunded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. All services extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals."}
-{"text": "Toronto Raptors vs. Indiana Pacers 1/7/14: Video Highlights and Recap\n\nThe Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers squared off Tuesday night in a battle of Eastern Conference division leaders. The Pacers had snagged wins in seven of their last eight but faced a tough test from a Raptors squad that had won seven of its last nine, including a win over the Pacers on New Year's Day."}
-{"text": "Copy/paste the article video embed link below:\n\nThis week\u2019s question on U-talk comes from Andris, from Riga in Latvia: \u201cI plan to go on holiday to Cuba with my children. As far as I know there is no Latvian embassy in the country. I would like to know who can help us if something goes wrong?\u201d\n\nThe answer from Nina Koudelkova, the Communication Officer from Europe Direct, the EU\u2019s information service:\n\n\u201cAs a Latvian citizen, you automatically hold the European citizenship and therefore EU rules on consular protection apply to you. According to these rules, any EU citizen in a non-EU country where his/her own national state has no representation is entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other EU state.\n\n\u201cAs your country is not represented in Cuba, you may contact there a diplomatic or consular mission of any other EU state where you will be treated as if you were a national of the EU country they represent.\n\n\u201cWhen you seek such help, you must show an ID document (passport or ID card) as proof of your nationality. If these documents have been stolen or lost, the embassy may accept any other proof.\n\n\u201cThe protection offered by embassies/consulates of other EU States comprises: \u2013 assistance to victims of violent crime, assistance in cases of death, serious accident or illness, arrest or detention, need for an emergency travel document as well as the relief and repatriation of distressed Union citizens.\n\n\u201cFinally, we would suggest that you visit the European Commission website on consular protection for EU citizens where you will find useful information, including the contact details of EU countries consulates/embassies in countries outside the European Union.\n\nFor more information about the EU, call 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 or check out the website: europa.eu/youreurope\n\nIf you would also like to ask a question on U-talk, click on the button below."}
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-{"text": "Bombers could have been thwarted, Keating reports\n\nShare via e-mail\n\nMOSCOW \u2014 Russian intelligence officials believe that if US \u00adauthorities had acted on their \u00addetailed warnings about Tamerlan Tsarnaev wanting to join an Islamic insurgency, the Boston Marathon bombings could have been averted, US Representative William R. \u00adKeating said Thursday in Moscow after a series of meetings with \u00adsenior members of the Russian \u00adFederal Security Service.\n\nKeating said the counterintelligence officials had shown him specific information that convinced them Tsarnaev \u201chad plans to join the insurgency back in\u201d Dagestan, a restive region in the North Caucasus mountains on Russia\u2019s southern rim.\n\n\u201cYou can see with the level of these details that in fact if we had had better information sharing, there\u2019s a very strong chance that things could have changed, and [the bombings] could have been avoided,\u201d said \u00adKeating, who was in Moscow as part of a congressional delegation discussing counter\u00adterrorism cooperation.\n\nTsarnaev, who was killed in a shootout in \u00adWatertown last month, and his brother, Dzhokhar, are suspected of planting the two bombs that killed three and \u00adinjured more than 260 at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15. Dzhokhar, 19, was injured in the Watertown shooting and ultimately taken into custody. The brothers are suspects in the slaying of an MIT police officer.\n\nThe FBI and CIA did not \u00adrespond to repeated requests for comment Thursday.\n\nKeating\u2019s comments raise new questions about whether US intelligence authorities could have prevented the bombings if they had more closely tracked the elder Tsarnaev brother after interviewing him in 2011 at the urging of the Russians. After a three-month investigation, in which the FBI reviewed Tsarnaev\u2019s Internet activity and interviewed family members, the bureau closed his case and \u00adapparently never followed up.\n\nThat inquiry has been the subject of several Capitol Hill hearings, including one in which Keating bemoaned the lack of US-Russian cooperation before the bombings.\n\nRussian officials have in the past said they had information about conversations Tsarnaev had with his mother, Zubeidat, that made vague references to jihad. US officials have maintained the information they received from Russia about their suspicions regarding the Tsarnaevs, while enough to land them in a database of people who posed a possible security threat, never contained much detail.\n\nBut Keating said the intelligence he was shown by the Russian security agency, known as FSB, contained \u201cthe names, the addresses, the cellphone numbers, the iPad accounts, e-mail, Facebook pages . . . the fact that he was trying to get involved to go to Palestine and deal with insurgencies there but wasn\u2019t able to learn the language there sufficiently so that had to be scratched.\u201d\n\nAccording to the FSB, \u00adTamerlan then decided to come to Dagestan, the homeland of his mother, and the \u00adregion bordering Chechnya, the ancestral homeland of his father.\n\nA US intelligence official, who asked not to be identified, told the Globe Thursday that \u201cwe have no dispute with Representative Keating\u2019s characterizations of the Russian-provided information in their memo.\u201d\n\nIn fact, it was this information that led the CIA to add \u00adTamerlan to a database of \u00adpotential terrorist suspects, said the official, who has \u00addirect knowledge of the chain of events.\n\nUS and Russian officials, however, seem to have a different opinion about what was sufficient information back in 2011 to detain the Cambridge resident, the official said.\n\nKeating said the Russians asked to be tipped off if Tamerlan Tsarnaev were coming to Russia but never heard back from US intelligence.\n\n\u201cThey took the nonreply as a sign that this was not important and this was not a threat,\u201d Keating said.\n\nWhen Tsarnaev traveled to Dagestan in January 2012, the FSB did not realize he was there because he had traveled on documents issued by the country where he grew up, Kyrgyzstan, not Russia or the United States.\n\nAnother ethnic Chechen and Tsarnaev associate, Ibragim Todashev, was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Orlando, Fla., last week during an interview about his possible involvement in a 2011 \u00adtriple murder in Waltham.\n\nAs Keating made his revelations, the father of Todashev released photos of his son\u2019s shirtless corpse during a press conference in Moscow and said the FBI agents were \u201cbandits\u201d who should face trial.\n\n\u201cI cannot call them anything else,\u2019\u2019 Abdulbaki Todashev said in a recording of the conference played by a human rights lawyer supporting him, Zaurbek Sadakhanov. The pictures showed six wounds on his arm and body that had been sewn up. Another picture showed an apparent bullet wound to his head.\n\n\u201cThe shooter would have had to have been standing above him, to his side, shooting down,\u201d Sadakhanov said. He dismissed reports that the agents had fired only after \u00adTodashev attacked them. \u201cWhy did they have to shoot him seven times? Why did they have to shoot him from behind?\u201d\n\nSadakhanov also poured cold water on Keating\u2019s assertions that the FSB had tried to relay information that could have prevented the bombings.\n\nHe referred to a response Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir V. Putin, gave recently to reporters who asked about the information the FSB had tried to share.\n\n\u201cSince the Tsarnaevs did not live in the Russian Federation, and they arrived in \u00adRussia from Kyrgyzstan, and appeared here only occasionally, the Russian special service unfortunately, to our great misfortune, could not have given our American colleagues information,\u201d Putin said.\n\nThe Russian president\u2019s comments conflicted with Russian news reports about the FSB investigation into the Tsarnaev family and the effort to alert US officials.\n\nThe Moscow newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported in April that the Russian special services\u2019 observation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev intensified in 2012, when he spent six months in Dagestan.\n\nAccording to the paper, agents in an antiterrorism \u00adbureau in the North Caucasus noticed several encounters \u00adbetween Tamerlan and Makhmud Mansur Nidal, whom Russian intelligence agencies had identified as a \u00adrecruiter for the radical \u00adMuslim underground.\n\nAccording to the paper, a background check revealed that Tsarnaev\u2019s name had surfaced during the investigation of William Plotnikov, a Canadian who had converted to \u00adIslam and had been detained in Dagestan in 2010 for having contacts with Islamic militants. During an interrogation, Novaya Gazeta said, \u00adPlotnikov gave a list of names of people with whom he communicated over the Internet.\n\nPlotnikov, the paper said, divulged that he had communicated with Tamerlan frequently on a popular Islamic Website.\n\nThe FSB, according to the paper, \u201crequested information from its overseas colleagues\u201d but received no answer, and the name Tsarnaev was relegated to the archives.\n\nWhen Tsarnaev came to Dagestan, he spent most of the time in its capital, Makhachkala, other than a short trip to Chir-Yurt, a village in neighboring Chechnya where some relatives live.\n\nIn May of that year, Nidal was killed in a raid by authorities in Makhachkala. In July, Plotnikov and seven others were killed in what officials described as a special operation against extremist militants.\n\nTamerlan flew out of Moscow two days later for the United States.\n\nThe paper reported that the FSB sent a request to the CIA to look into Tamerlan\u2019s activities, but once again received no answer.\n\n\u201cJudging from everything, Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to Dagestan with the goal of joining the militants,\u201d the paper quoted the security official as saying. \u201cBut it didn\u2019t work out. . . . After the deaths of Nidal and Plotnikov, having lost his \u2018contacts,\u2019 Tsarnaev got frightened and took off.\u201d\n\nBoth Russian and US intelligence agencies appear to be interested in improving their communications. Russia\u2019s \u00adInterior Ministry recently said the United States had agreed to grant Russia access to some FBI information previously unavailable.\n\nKeating, too, said communication has improved.\n\n\u201cI was able to find out that cooperation has improved greatly since the April 15 bombings, greatly,\u201d Keating said."}
-{"text": "News anchor accused of choking anchor-wife resigns\n\n(CNN) \u2014 A news anchor for WCBS in New York City has resigned following allegations that he choked his wife in their Connecticut home, a WCBS spokeswoman said Wednesday.\n\nThe anchor, Rob Morrison, said a statement released Wednesday that his \u201cfamily is my first and only priority right now.\u201d\n\n\u201cI have informed CBS 2 management that I need to put all of my time and energy into making sure that I do what\u2019s best for my wife and my son,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cI very much appreciate the opportunity that CBS 2 has given me and I thank them for accepting my decision.\u201d\n\nMorrison was taken into custody early Sunday at the Darien home he shares with his wife, CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison, police said. He was arrested and accused of choking his wife with both hands after becoming \u201cincreasingly belligerent \u2026 during the course of the evening,\u201d a Darien police statement said.\n\nHe was arrested on charges of second-degree strangulation, second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct."}
-{"text": "Contents\n\nSummary\n\nSelection is a core capability of all design software, commonly used for everyday editing tasks such as quickly identify objects of interest, moving objects, or deleting objects. It can also be used to define a set of objects that can then be edited simultaneously, via the Object Inspector panel.\n\nDetails\n\nSelection can be performed at any time using the mouse in combination with keyboard keys, using the following techniques:\n\nLeft mouse click on an object to select it. With each new click any objects that were previously selected are de-selected.\n\nClick and drag a rectangle to select all objects that are completely enclosed by the rectangle.\n\nShift+click to select an object while retaining previous selections.\n\nCtrl+click and drag to sub-select primitive objects that belong to a group object, for example to select pads or strings in a component.\n\nAlternatively, the following selection commands are available. To access these commands:\n\nclick Home | Select | to display the following menu:\n\nCommand\n\nBehavior\n\nFind Similar Objects\n\nRather than editing many objects individually, it is possible to edit many objects simultaneously using the Object Inspector panel (View Tab). To do this, the objects must first be selected. The selection can be built up interactively, or the Find Similar Objects dialog can be used via this command. After launching the command the Status bar will prompt to choose a reference object, click on one of the object's of interest to open the Find Similar Objects dialog, which will load displaying the properties of that object. The concept with this dialog is to define what properties of the reference object will be used to find similar objects of the same kind. For more information refer to the Find Similar Objects page.\n\nCross Select Mode\n\nWhen Cross Select Mode is enabled, each time a component is selected in the PCB editor, the matching component is selected in the Schematic editor. This is a toggle command, select it once to enable, again to disable.\n\nInside Area\n\nSelect design objects inside a user-defined area. After launching the command the Status bar will prompt to define a selection rectangle. Click to define the first corner, move the mouse to size the selection rectangle and click to define the second corner. All objects that fall completely within the defined area will be selected.\n\nAll\n\nSelect all design objects in the current document, including the Board Shape.\n\nNet\n\nSelect all objects whose Net property is the same. After launching the command the Status bar will prompt to choose an electrical object, click on an object to select that object and all other objects with the same Net property.\n\nConnected Copper\n\nSelect all objects on signal layers that are in contact with each other. Use this command to select routing across and through the board. After launching the command the Status bar will prompt to choose an object on a signal layer, when you click on an object all objects that are connected to the chosen object will also be selected. Note that pads and vias allow this command to select connected objects on other signal layers.\n\nPhysical Connection\n\nSelect all connected copper between 2 nodes in a net (a connection). After launching the command the Status bar will prompt to choose an object, click on any object within a connection to select only the routing objects that create the connection. Note that pads are not selected, and if a pad that joins two connections is chosen, both connections are selected. Note also that vias allow this command to select objects on other signal layers that are part of the connection.\n\nAll on Layer\n\nSelect all objects on the current (active) layer.\n\nToggle Selection\n\nInteractively select objects one by one, without loosing the previous selection. After launching the command the Status bar will prompt to change any object, click on an object to change it from not-selected, to selected. Click a second time on the same object to toggle it back to not selected. Continue to click on other objects to add them to the selection set.\n\nSelection Color\n\nTo change the default selection color, click on View | View |Switch to 3D \u00bb View Configuration on the ribbon. The View Configurations dialog will open, select the Board Layers and Colors tab where the Selections color can be changed by clicking the color box.\n\nPolygon Selection\n\nTo make the selection process more efficient, polygons can only be selected if they are on the current layer.\n\nSelecting Pads within a Component Footprint\n\nA component footprint is a group object (an object made up of primitive objects). The standard behavior when a group object is clicked on, is to select the entire group object. To help with working with the pads in a component footprint, the following selection techniques are available:\n\nClick to select - click directly on the pad to select just that pad, use Shift+Click to select a number of pads.\n\nCtrl+Click and drag - hold Ctrl as you click and drag a selection rectangle to select only the pads that fall inside that selection rectangle."}
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-{"text": "Brain Pathology\n\nLaboratory of Structural Neuropathology\n\nNobuyuki Nukina,Ph.D.,M.D.\nThe pathomechanism of neurodegenerative disorders are not fully elucidated yet. The responsible genes for hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have been identified by the genetic approach and many of those diseases showed the accumulation of their gene products in neurons. In Huntington disease and hereditary spinocerebellar ataxias, expanded polyglutamine accumulates and forms aggregates in neuronal nuclei. We are studying the pathological process in which the mutation induced the misfolding of the gene product and the misfolded gene product accumulates and induces neuronal degeneration, using cell biological and structural biological approach. We are searching for the protecting factors and compounds for those pathological processes and chaperones and ubiquitin-proteasome pathway are important factors for the folding and degradation of misfolding proteins. We are also investigating other neurodegenerative disorders such as synucleinopathy and tauopathy, which are induced by misfolded proteins and show dementia. In addition, we recently identified large bundles of unmyelinated fibers in basal ganglia and are studying the physiological and pathological roles of unmyelinated fibers in central nervous system. Our goal is to protect the conformational diseases induced by protein misfolding.\n\nResearch topics\n\nThe mechanism of aggregation formation of misfolded proteins\n\nProtein quality control in cells\n\nPhysiological and pathological roles of unmyelinated fibers in the central nervous systems"}
-{"text": "Well, I used to use Nucoa for a \"true margarine\" But they \"just\" changed their product to Buttery Sticks (65% oil), so I guess I'm screwed on that one. It's still dairy free so it's a \"no scorch product\" so you can use it to saute or for oiling waffle grids or a griddle. Tastes nearly identical to Country Crock.\n\nWhen Shedd's Spread re-branded as Country Crock, it was basically a clarified butter blended with partially hydrogenated oil and a touch of artificial butter flavoring. (Clarified butter is totally shelf stable and lasts nearly forever.) Everyone went nuts over Country Crock, then they reformulated.\n\nMan......I guess I'll have to formulate a margarine recipe now arggg!!!\n\nanyhow... My recommendation was just shot down, so I guess that just leaves the whipped butter I posted in the pancake thread. Just eliminate the water and don't whip a lot of air into it, just get it nice and smooth.\n\nSorry\n\nLogged\n\nThe roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.They say he acquired his size from eating too much pi.\n\nWell, I used to use Nucoa for a \"true margarine\" But they \"just\" changed their product to Buttery Sticks (65% oil), so I guess I'm screwed on that one. It's still dairy free so it's a \"no scorch product\" so you can use it to saute or for oiling waffle grids or a griddle. Tastes nearly identical to Country Crock.\n\nWhen Shedd's Spread re-branded as Country Crock, it was basically a clarified butter blended with partially hydrogenated oil and a touch of artificial butter flavoring. (Clarified butter is totally shelf stable and lasts nearly forever.) Everyone went nuts over Country Crock, then they reformulated.\n\nMan......I guess I'll have to formulate a margarine recipe now arggg!!!\n\nanyhow... My recommendation was just shot down, so I guess that just leaves the whipped butter I posted in the pancake thread. Just eliminate the water and don't whip a lot of air into it, just get it nice and smooth.\n\nSorry\n\nMaybe use butter flavored Crisco instead? You can add however much water you want to then.\n\nMaybe use butter flavored Crisco instead? You can add however much water you want to then.\n\nYah, I'm right with yah Colonel..I'm working on it in my head right now. It could work in a modified version of the whipped butter. As a spreadable margarine \"Just water\" wont work, it will still coat the tongue so bad it'll gag a person... been there done that. Just thinkin' out loud. (jepardy theme song playing in the backgound.)\n\nLogged\n\nThe roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.They say he acquired his size from eating too much pi.\n\nWell, I used to use Nucoa for a \"true margarine\" But they \"just\" changed their product to Buttery Sticks (65% oil), so I guess I'm screwed on that one. It's still dairy free so it's a \"no scorch product\" so you can use it to saute or for oiling waffle grids or a griddle. Tastes nearly identical to Country Crock.\n\nWhen Shedd's Spread re-branded as Country Crock, it was basically a clarified butter blended with partially hydrogenated oil and a touch of artificial butter flavoring. (Clarified butter is totally shelf stable and lasts nearly forever.) Everyone went nuts over Country Crock, then they reformulated.\n\nMan......I guess I'll have to formulate a margarine recipe now arggg!!!\n\nanyhow... My recommendation was just shot down, so I guess that just leaves the whipped butter I posted in the pancake thread. Just eliminate the water and don't whip a lot of air into it, just get it nice and smooth.\n\nSorry\n\nOh, I knew you would not sit still for this and be on to something....\"Lydia, you are in the lead, please choose a category\"Colonels Crisco will need some salt water whipped in there, no?\n\nedit: shortening tastes nasty though compared to lard, no? I think German folks keep a dish of lard on their countertops...gonna ask my GF when she comes home later...\n\nOil would be number one in pecking order, preferably flavorless or use the clarified butter. Could prove helpful since it's pretty solid in nature around 75 F+Followed by shortening (I would go with a generic brand not Crisco, but am considering Butter Flavor Crisco)Definitely salt, I would use a fine grained salt (popcorn salt) because is disperses better without heat, preferably not iodized unless you want the dextrose and silicone. the dextrose might prove beneficial though. And yes, it can be dissolved in the water, if used.Most 1960-70 margarine's had buttermilk, but I can't remember if it scorches since the solids are removed.\n\nLogged\n\nThe roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.They say he acquired his size from eating too much pi.\n\nHey Lydia, what about Imperial Margarine. I see that a lot in stores and they sell a \"spreadable\" version, but are the sticks the real deal?\n\nUnfortunately No. The sticks dropped all the way down to 53%. It went 70-68-65 before its currently sad 53%, so it irritates me that the box says it good for baking. As far as I can tell it's still \"scorch-free\" since it only has whey.\n\nLogged\n\nThe roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.They say he acquired his size from eating too much pi.\n\nOK, I'm trying the no yeast, no fuss, recipe Steve posted years ago. Maybe tonight or later this week. I have both Buf and WM fresh mozz and other good stuff to top it with. I've always thought a dough as dry as this seemed to not a leavening agent. Also, I have some local store high gluten flour that seems to give a good cracker, even better than KASL. Maybe some malty beer for flavor? Tom...are you out there?"}
-{"text": "Abstract Bat-borne viruses can pose a serious threat to human health, with examples including Nipah virus NiV in Bangladesh and Malaysia, and Marburg virus MARV in Africa. To date, significant human outbreaks of such viruses have not been reported in the European Union EU. However, EU countries have strong historical links with many of the countries where NiV and MARV are present and a corresponding high volume of commercial trade and human travel, which poses a potential risk of introduction of these viruses into the EU. In assessing the risks of introduction of these bat-borne zoonotic viruses to the EU, it is important to consider the location and range of bat species known to be susceptible to infection, together with the virus prevalence, seasonality of viral pulses, duration of infection and titre of virus in different bat tissues. In this paper, we review the current scientific knowledge of all these factors, in relation to the introduction of NiV and MARV into the EU. View Full-Text"}
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-{"text": "First-order, or discontinuous, synchronization transition, i.e. an abrupt and irreversible phase transition with hysteresis to the synchronized state of coupled oscillators, has attracted much attention along the past years. We here report the analytical solution of a generalized Kuramoto model, and derive a series of exact results for the first-order synchronization transition, including i) the exact, generic, solutions for the critical coupling strengths for both the forward and backward transitions, ii) the closed form of the forward transition point and the linear stability analysis for the incoherent state (for a Lorentzian frequency distribution), and iii) the closed forms for both the stable and unstable coherent states (and their stabilities) for the backward transition. Our results, together with elucidating the first-order nature of the transition, provide insights on the mechanisms at the basis of such a synchronization phenomenon."}
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-{"text": "Ron Miles Finds Wide-Open Spaces On \u2018Quiver\u2019\n\nTeaching jazz history got trumpeter Ron Miles deep into the pleasures of early jazz, with its clarity of form and emphasis on melodic improvising that doesn\u2019t wander far from the tune. On his new album, Quiver, his trio performs a rarely revived song from the late \u201920s, \u201cThere Ain\u2019t No Sweet Man That\u2019s Worth the Salt of My Tears.\u201d Oddly enough, it\u2019s also on Diana Krall\u2018s new album in a splashier version. Ron Miles brings out the blues in it.\n\nMiles told an interviewer recently that the better he knows how a tune works, the less he has to play to put it across; do it right and the listener will fill in the blanks. That\u2019s also his trio\u2019s method: Not having a bass is like opening the back door to let a breeze blow through \u2014 or let the sound blow out. Miles had recorded his tune \u201cJust Married\u201d with Bill Frisell before, in a quiet duo. Brian Blade\u2018s drumming puts them in a roadhouse mood.\n\nLike Ron Miles, Frisell comes from Colorado, where country music is in the air. The trumpeter\u2019s melodies both indulge and temper the guitarist\u2019s rustic side. The 1920s tunes make an easy fit with Miles\u2019 originals. His \u201cGuest of Honor\u201d is named after a lost Scott Joplin opera; it suggests the stately lyricism of classic ragtime, as well as the music that came before that. Played a bit faster and higher, its main theme could be a cornet feature in John Philip Sousa\u2018s concert band.\n\nMany jazz trumpeters fall into one of two categories: players who love to show off what they can do, and ones who artfully compensate for what they can\u2019t. Ron Miles follows a third way: He has serious chops, but doesn\u2019t advertise them. Instead, he comes up with thoughtful settings like this one that rarely call for shouting. His music is about the total effect and feeling, and not about blowing his own horn.\n\nCopyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/."}
-{"text": "Paint Shop Pro 7 Try And Buy\n\nWhat is Paint Shop Pro 7 Try And Buy?\n\nPaintShop Pro (PSP) is a raster graphics editor and, later in the series, a vector graphics editor for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. Picture tubes are graphic images with no background. They are often used as a starting point for complex images; that is, they are combined with other image elements to produce a final work. Tubes can also be regarded as graphic brushes based on a pre-created image; this was their original use.\n\nAbout (from Jasc Software)\n\nPaint Shop Pro is the cost-effective graphics editing alternative that is both powerful and easy to use and offers far more flexibility than template-based applications. It allows you to easily retouch, repair, and edit photos, offers automatic photo-enhancement features, and lets you create and optimize Web graphics w... Read more\n\nOverview\n\nA scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named AnimDoc.exe. The setup package generally installs about 100 files and is usually about 1.32 MB (1,385,472 bytes)."}
-{"text": "Family fallout! Need some opinions lol\n\nHi everyone. Right where do I start?\n\nMe and my cousin have always been close. He's 25 n I'm 22. He's always been a bum (never had a proper job and smokes weed at night.) I am a full time mum so quite often go down to my nans (most days for a cuppa) and he's always there too as he hasn't nothing better to do although he has a Mrs and son aswell. We've always got on. He would always come to my at 8 every morning for cuppa and Id help him sign on I'd feed him and alsorts as he had to get out of his flat as his Mrs annoys him and they argued alot he always said he wishes she had my personality as I'm very laid back n me my husband never ever argue. His gf has bi polar. N he would always talk to me or should I say moan to me about her! I used to give him some advice sometimes. This went on for a year until he was with me more than her. I'd quite often go shopping or just for lunch n he would be at mine so I'd invite him for something to do. I always tell him to bring her round for coffee but he always sed no.and it got to the stage where his gf started getting funny as every time she rung him He was with me. But she never ever said anything to me. Which wasn't always my fault he would just turn up. My nan even stopped her going down there as she would **** her off about different things. She even got funny once coz my cousin brought my cuppa out to the garden and not hers! I didn't mind the company as my husband works full time. But I understood her views. She wondered why he was with me all the time right? This carried on for a while and they rowed a bit but he still kept Cumming here in the mornings or throughout the day or he would be at my nans but never with her. In July this year. Everything changed. He went really cold with me and said him and his gf n son wasnt Coming to my wedding out of the blue which was in august. I asked why and he said he don't believe in weddings n don't wanna play happy familys as he thinks were all weirdos.( this was all our side of the family. Our dads are brothers) I said ok whatever n took him off the guest list. Then for a few weeks later When I walked in my nans him and his gf would walk out. This happend a few times until I snapped and said what's your problem keep walking out when I walk in. What have I done? He said its not you personally its this family. (We all go round my nans its like An open house lol) but he never explained himself.\n\nAnd that's it we haven't spoke since then. He dissapaerd for a few weeks didn't come down my nans for ages and now he does again. But my nan has to text me when he's there so I dont turn up as he will walk out n I've duno what I've done. Y should I suddenly have time slots to go to my nans because he don't like me n he can't give a reason? He stopped talking to everyone at 1st but now he talks to everyone but not me and I don't get it. He walked out my nans the other day as I was walking in. I said hello and he just blanked me n then my partner said hello and he just blanked him?\n\nWhat do u reckon is going on in his head? All the family has asked him what his problem with me is and he puts his head down n ignores them or he just says coz I don't want to.\n\nI could go on but I'm proberly boring you all already! Hope someone could shed some light? I even messaged him saying pop round if u wanna sort this out whatever it is n he never text back? Xx\n\nIf all of this is out of the blue after him spending all his time with you and not his g/f, I can only imagine his g/f has given him an ultimatum to stop spending time with you full stop, or she'll leave. It must be hard on you, but I'd back off if it means him spending time and working things out with his family.\n\nyou lost me a bit half way through lol but I think its obvious his girlfriend is a bit jealous - and you can see why.I know you've done nothing wrong hun but she probably cant see why he needs to spend the day with you and be with you etc...give him some space,he'll get over it xx\ngo and see your nan when you like.I'm very close to my elderly grandmother and I wouldnt stand for anyone giving me time slots xx\n\nI'm so sorry if I'm totally wrong with this and I'll probably get shot down in flames but honestly to me it really sounds like your cousin has more feelings for you than he should and now he's trying to avoid you.\n\nThanks girlies yes I thought that about his gf giving him the ultimatum which is fine. I understand her. But why not tell me that? Lol. I have stayed away. But its the going down my nans that gets too me. She tells me when I can go down there when he's not there as she don't like the atmosphere but he's always there literally so I can never go down there. he's always been the favourite grandson! X\n\n' can you tell him to sod of or grow up, the kids and i have made a (insert item of choice) and they wanna come and show it to you'\n\nalso id write a letter to him saying that you have no idea whats happened but you have done nothing wrong, whatever this is its between him and his girlfriend, but he has no right to hog the rest of the family and push you out and he has no right to make you feel the way he is. you don't expect him to suddenly be best buds with you again but you do deserve an explanation and an apology and some respect.\n\nI'm so sorry if I'm totally wrong with this and I'll probably get shot down in flames but honestly to me it really sounds like your cousin has more feelings for you than he should and now he's trying to avoid you.\n\nI did think this too - but I also think the OP knows this as well.........\n\nIt sounds as if your cousin wishes that his girlfriend was more like you and may even have said as much to his girlfriend. Not surprisingly, his girlfriend doesn't like it and has made it very clear that he had to choose between his relationship with her or his friendship with you... It is also possible that he has developed feelings for you that are more than cousinly and doesn't want to admit to this because of the repercussions it would create within the family.\n\nHowever, it is clear from your post that you have never regarded him in this way. None of this is your fault, either.\n\nIt is a shame that your grandmother feels the need to warn you when he is in her home so that the two of you don't meet, but if she is prepared to indulge him then there is not very much you can do about that. Perhaps it is better this way to avoid yet another snubbing.\n\nI can imagine that this is all very confusing and hurtful. I think pp are probably right in that his gf has told him to stay away. However, not talking to you about it or at least other members of the family who could let you know is not only childish but rather callous. Especially add his selfishness is causing an issue within the family. You can't do much about it though.\n\nAs for your nan I would explain clearly that you expect your relationship and visits to continue as normal. If he has a problem then he can just leave or she can text him when you leave so he knows he can go. He is the one with the problem so he should feel the effects of it, not you.\nIf she feels she can't do that I would express disappointment and then stop going. I appreciate that may seem extreme but I find that life is to short to spend it with people who treat you as second class.\n\nI can imagine that this is all very confusing and hurtful. I think pp are probably right in that his gf has told him to stay away. However, not talking to you about it or at least other members of the family who could let you know is not only childish but rather callous. Especially add his selfishness is causing an issue within the family. You can't do much about it though.\n\nAs for your nan I would explain clearly that you expect your relationship and visits to continue as normal. If he has a problem then he can just leave or she can text him when you leave so he knows he can go. He is the one with the problem so he should feel the effects of it, not you.\nIf she feels she can't do that I would express disappointment and then stop going. I appreciate that may seem extreme but I find that life is to short to spend it with people who treat you as second class.\n\nSent from my GT-I9300 using Netmums mobile app\n\nI text her today saying I'd pop down abit later the 1st time in 2 weeks as well as I've stayed away. She text back saying what time has my cousins bringing his son Down to see her. I just text back saying don't worry about it. She never text bk x\n\nI text her today saying I'd pop down abit later the 1st time in 2 weeks as well as I've stayed away. She text back saying what time has my cousins bringing his son Down to see her. I just text back saying don't worry about it. She never text bk x\n\nAwww that must be really hurtful. Have a virtual ((hug))\n\nAt the end of the day you can't change other people. I doubt you'd nan sees that she is upsetting you though. I think you should stay clear until they can treat you at least fairly."}
-{"text": "Gender in Puerto Rican Music\n\nComments (0)\n\nTranscript of Gender in Puerto Rican Music\n\nIntroduction Conclusion Danza Salsa Reggaeton Gender in Puerto Rican Music By:Indiana G\u00f3mezPaola Lebr\u00f3nMar\u00eda L\u00f3pez Thanks to music, many different societies around the world are related and come together. Puerto Rican music has been recognized all over the world and that make it\u2019s culture even more special and striking. Music has contributed to societies by creating stereotypes toward gender roles and positions, which can be either positive or negative. Many historians attribute Juan Andino the creation of this gender. In 1870 he made the rhythmic transformation that today we all know as Puerto Rican danzas. It's the result of the mix of the Spanish \u2018contradanza\u2019 and the Cuban danza, also known as \u2018habanera\u2019. Reggaeton is a musical gender that reached popularity in the 90\u2019s. This genre has Jamaican reggae and Hip-Hop influences.Reggaeton was created after songs of Reggae singer, Bob Marley, were sung in Spanish in Panam\u00e1. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary the word \u201cmusic\u201d means \u201cthe science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity.\u201d Music also has been, throughout the years, a mechanism of manifesting social problems, love, hate, among other themes. Puerto Rican music culture has been in a constant change over history. These genders do not only affect our culture, but also all music cultures around the World. Just like our language, Danza, Salsa and Reggaeton aren\u2019t pure genders, they're a mixture of many others. Music lyrics impact gender roles in society. This is what we'll be discussing in this presentation of the music genders of Danza, Salsa and Reggaeton. Just like Hip-Hop, Reggaeton tries to reach a teenager population with its lyrics and the vividness of its rhythm.People can also identify Reggaeton as \u201cperreo\u201d, but this is a term that refers to the most commonly way of dancing Reggaeton. The lyrics mostly talk about dancing, love and sex. The typical instruments used in Reggaeton are synthesized sounds of guitar, keyboard, bass and drum machine. Biggest Reggaeton exponents:\u2022El General: Panamanian artist of the 1970's. This singer is credited to have developed a unique sound of the music by singing Spanish lyrics over a fast Reggae beat.\u2022DJ Playero: considered one of the pioneers of the genre.\u2022Vico C: one of the founding fathers of Reggaeton. \"Dale pal piso\"By: Watussi Ft Jowell, \u00d1engo Flow, Voltio & JQ \u201cTooa voy a moderte y aru\u00f1arte tooa Hoy yo estoy pa maltratarte tooa voy a comerte, esbaratarte tooa eh ohaheh\u201d \u201cno importa si es blanca no importa si es prieta\u201d The initial danza is \"La Margarita\", also known as the teacher of danzas. \"La Margarita\" is constructed with what many Puerto Rican know as \"the elastic triplet\" , because the measures may not always be exact. The danza was very popular between the middle class and upper class. \"Nuestro rosal\u201dBy: Luis Marrero Gonz\u00e1lez \"Yo fui quien por primera vez te bes\u00f3 quien llen\u00f3 de pasi\u00f3n prob\u00f3 tus encantos quien derram\u00f3 su amor en tu piel de nardo quien despert\u00f3 la virgen de su letargo, quien derram\u00f3 su amor en tu piel de nardo quien despert\u00f3 la virgen de su letargo.\u201d \"T\u00fa eres\u201dBy: Frankie Ruiz \"T\u00fa eres un demonio en traje de mujer t\u00fa eres quien me quema cada amanecer despu\u00e9s de arrebatarme el sue\u00f1o cada madrugada.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "The album Red was really great, but I think it might have been even better if they hadn't voted David out of the band (although in that case we probably wouldn't have had Ian, Mel, Marc, and Robin on the record). Well, we never do get to know what could have been, but my hat goes off to Bill Bruford for having cast the lone vote to keep David in. And so how about a thread discussing the oft overlooked David Cross? His solo work is, to me, among the best stuff done at any time by any ex-member of the 72-74 Crimbeast.\n\nI am myself no longer a completist. I only have the following hardcopy by Cross: Memos From Purgatory, Testing To Destruction, and Exiles, which seems to be the most widely known David Cross CD among Crimheads, if for no other reason than the participation therein of Fripp, Wetton, Sinfield, Hammill, and Manzanera. But of the three CDs I have I prefer Testing To Destruction. Does anybody else here get into the David Cross Band?\n\nA note on why I like DC: I played (or rather attempted to play) the violin as a kid, and I do love classical music. But generally I don't enjoy electric violin so much. Too often the electric violin just sounds like a violin with awful tone, even in the hands of a violinist as talented as the great L. Shankar (known for playing with John McLaughlin and Peter Gabriel). But David Cross somehow makes up for the tone-colour limitations of the electric violin. And though there may be many violinists more talented than David Cross, I do love it when his violin sounds as distorted and mind-bending as any heavymetal electric guitar!\n\nWatch the you-tube video of the David Cross Band in Poland to see how DC still gets overlooked, literally: while David's solo is shredding the sonic universe the clueless confused cameraman focuses on the guitarist!\n\nIf anybody is interested, please post your thoughts on the solo work of David Cross on this thread!\n\nMaybe I should have posted a link to a you-tube video or something. I didn't think it necessary because anyone can easily find clips of David Cross solo stuff by searching for the \"David Cross Band\" on you-tube.\n\nBut then again, why not? It shouldn't be a problem because at least some of the live DC stuff on you-tube was uploaded either by Cross himself, or by people closely connected with him or his band.\n\nI've always been a big fan of Cross' contribution to the Larks era Crimson, but have not really followed him that much since then. I think of him as essential as anybody else in that band. I listened to that Starless performance you posted, and although it got a little goofy in the second half, and terrible quality, it still shows Cross and his band know how to lay down Crimson music as well as anybody can be expected to do live. Playing the sax solo on violin was, well, strange, and not exactly interesting to me. I could only listen to the first half, and half of the second half, before it turned into noise, imo. The best cover of Starless I have heard period, was Hungarian progressive rock band \"After Crying\". checkem out, some great stuff.\n\nIndyrod, that was a good version. For my taste it was, however, trying a little too hard to be just like the studio version. I'm one of those who like it when covers take material in a different direction.\n\nAnd hey, it's interesting that you didn't mention that the After Crying version has WILTON CARPET himself on vocals and bass!\n\nWetton also appears in a much more recent live version on the wonderful DVD/CD set\n\nREUNION UK - Live in Tokyo April 15-18, 2011. This lineup of UK has the jaw-droppingly good Marco Minneman on drums and the wonderful Alex Machacek channeling Holdsworth and Fripp on guitar. The DVD of REUNION UK also includes a live version of One More Red Nightmare!\n\nI do really like Eddie Jobson, too, not just David Cross. I saw UK live in 1979 when they still had Bruford and Holdsworth. They opened up for John McLaughlin.\n\nI'm not sure if you'd like the UK version of Starless, since it's also with violin instead of sax.\n\nActually, I don't really get why you made that comment about the strangeness of violin versus sax in Starless since, as you know, the earlier live versions of the song were with solo violin not saxophone. Maybe you mean David lifted a few licks from Ian McDonald's Alto Sax solo. Maybe so, and why not, but it still sounds mainly like a DC solo to me! Anyway, I absolutely don't think the mobile phone DC version descends into noise. It's tight and well executed through to the end. In fact, I think it's really great.\n\nLast edited by Ironclaw on Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:22 am, edited 1 time in total.\n\nIronclaw wrote:The album Red was really great, but I think it might have been even better if they hadn't voted David out of the band (although in that case we probably wouldn't have had Ian, Mel, Marc, and Robin on the record).\n\nI'm ambivalent for the same reasons. I feel bad about the circumstances of DC's departure, but it's hard to find complaints about the way the album turned out in the end.\n\nRF also mentions (in the interview from the LTiA megabox) that David had already decided on his own to leave before the band sacked him. He did his best but it was obvious on all sides just how out of place he'd become. The second half of Red could have benefited from his contributions, sure, but after hearing him sound out of tune on the original performance of \"Providence,\" I can at least see why things were presented the way they were. It would have been nice to hear him on \"Starless,\" but then we wouldn't have the opportunity to hear this version with sax, which makes it unlike any of the others. And \"Red\" and \"Red Nightmare\" are really the kind of material where the violin wouldn't have fit much anyway.\n\nI've never really gotten around to exploring what the guy's done post-Crimson - not from lack of curiosity, just from the usual music-addict's problem of too little time & funds. Maybe those Youtubes will make a good start once I'm somewhere I can audit them.\n\nThere's just three things in my life that I regretThere's everything I've done, everything I'm doingAnd what I haven't done yet\n\nAnd on the booklet to \"The Great Deceiver\" I seem to remember that David Cross mentioned that he'd already decided that he really didn't want to go out on the road again with King Crimson. But I don't think that means he wouldn't have wanted to be on the album. But like I said, you never known what would've been...\n\nBTW, as I was typing that I was listening to The Talking Drum from Pittsburgh and that one really was a mind-blowing performance!\n\nOK, vroom-Darren, yeah, David got excommunicated by His Holiness Pope Robert of Crimson, although I don't think any of us really believes Fripp is infallible, far from it. But what's done is done, I've got to admit.\n\nNow on further thought about what Geno posted about Providence, I want to say I don't think David sounded bad at all on any part of it. I think there were other reasons to edit out the last section of that improv for its inclusion on Red.\n\nAnyway, I'd be more interested to know what people think of David Cross' solo stuff.So, another you-tube from live in 1994, the song Abo, which is kind of a simple slow-builder, but gets really rather intense by the end, I mean I LOVE IT, actually I think it's GREAT:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2W6IzO0sI\n\nAnd a studio track from David's most recent album, Closer Than Skin, (you-tube posted by David Cross himself), it's a sort of a prog-metal kind of thing, I don't know, I'm not really into labels, the song's called Tell Me Your Name:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6lG8zyEag"}
-{"text": "Earl Cameron was inducted into the UK\u2019s first black film and television Hall of Fame, with 99-year-old Bermudian cited as \u201cone of the first African Caribbean screen actors to break the colour barrier in the UK.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Screen Nation Hall Of Frame is a legacy project created by the Screen Nation Foundation to honor individuals of African Caribbean heritage who have made extraordinary contributions to UK Film & Television,\u201d the Screen Nation said.\n\nPhoto courtesy of the Screen Nation:\n\n\u201cThe Hall of Frame is styled both as a celebratory career talk event and a unique online resource launched first as part of BFI Black Star, the UK\u2019s biggest ever celebration of black screen talent\n\n\u201cThe inaugural inductee is Earl Cameron CBE, acknowledged by most as one of the first African Caribbean screen actors to break the colour barrier in the UK.\n\n\u201cThe induction honored and celebrated the incredibly robust career of an amazing multi-talented performer with remarkable longevity who has maintained an acting career for over 70 years which has allowed him to act and star in 91 films and TV productions.\n\nPhoto courtesy of the Screen Nation:\n\n\u201cArriving from Bermuda in 1939, the now 99 years young Mr Cameron was interviewed by Samira Ahmed, BBC News journalist and officially inducted as the first member of the Hall of Frame through a testimonal paid by the UK representative of the Bermuda Government who presented an honorary plaque to Mr Cameron.\n\n\u201cThe occasion included a special performance by the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Choir of UK of music inspired by the universal principles of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith to which Mr Earl Cameron belongs.\n\n\u201cPool of London, the Ealing Studios classic thriller that launched Mr. Cameron\u2019s career screened after the presentation. A VIP Reception was held after the film for specially invited guests and Screen Nation members ."}
-{"text": "Vancouver\u2019s Most Awesome: Michael J. Fox!\n\nA lot of times you\u2019ll read interviews with famous people and the writer starts their introduction off by telling you that \u201cno introduction is needed\u201d for them. Well, this is one of those interviews. I mean I could tell you that he was on Family Ties and in the Back To The Future series of films back in the day and I could tell you that he lives with Parkinson\u2019s disease and has championed a foundation that is paving the way for one day finding a cure for it, but I think the one thing I could tell you that you might not really know about Michael J. Fox is that he really is a genuinely nice, incredibly awesome person. I was fortunate enough to get to speak to Michael recently about all things Vancouver and before getting on the phone I had one of those \u201cnever meet your heroes because they could turn out to be a-holes and ruin your lifelong admiration of them\u201d moments of apprehension but was left reeling after the conversation at how completely opposite to that it was. I am incredibly proud to bring you our interview with one of Vancouver\u2019s finest exports and ambassadors to the world.\n\nPhoto: Mark Seliger\n\nMJF: Hi Bob. How are you doin? What\u2019s it like at home today?\n\nBob K: I\u2019m good, thanks. It\u2019s pretty nice, it\u2019s supposed to rain. So let\u2019s start with a broad question\u2026 what makes Vancouver so awesome?\nTo start with, on the top of the list, it\u2019s just visually stunning. There\u2019s a convergence of land, water and sky in a way that just doesn\u2019t exist anywhere else in a city. It\u2019s just amazing. And also it attracts people that are worthy of it, people who enjoy the hell out of it and use it and develop it and share it. The people know what they\u2019ve got and they take full advantage of it.\n\nCool. I just saw that HelloBC.com commercial that came out, the \u201cYou Gotta Be Here\u201d one that you were in. What was your experience with that?\nThe funny thing is that I shot mine in New York, but ironically the place that they green screened me onto, on Vancouver Island, I was right in that area for my mother\u2019s 80th birthday 2 weeks later.\n\nGrowing up in Burnaby what was your fondest childhood memory of that place?\nIn the winter time when the pond would freeze over we\u2019d go down and clear it off with a shovel, bringing a stick, a pair of skates and a puck and play hockey. I remember my childhood there just feeling easy and free. I knew all the streets and all the back trails through the woods.\n\nHow about as a teenager?\nI remember going to Friday night skating at CG Brown\u2019s. Trying to figure out what girl you were going to skate with, couples only\u2026\n\nWait, like roller skating?\nYeah, but ice skating. Friday nights, everybody did it. We\u2019d all pile on the bus, go a couple stops and a couple friends would get on, a couple more stops and a couple more friends and by the time you got down to the rink the bus was full. It\u2019s just what we did.\n\nDo you follow hockey at all?\nYeah, I follow the Bruins and the Canucks. My family is crazy about the Canucks, my mom\u2019s got seasons tickets. She\u2019s rabid.\n\nWho\u2019s your all time favourite Canuck?\nI gotta say Stanley Smyl. And my present favourite? Well, it\u2019s tough to argue with the league\u2019s top scorer.\n\nYes it is! Let\u2019s move on from hockey. What\u2019s your all time favourite band from Vancouver?\nThere\u2019s a few\u2026 D.O.A. was great. Joey Shithead. There was another bar band from the early 80\u2019s called East Van Halen that was really good. I used to love going to the Commodore Ballroom, seeing the Boomtown Rats there, the floor was on springs and everybody\u2019d be bouncing up and down.\n\nI was going to ask you what your favourite venue was and I guess you just answered that question. The Commodore?\nYeah, the Commodore\u2019s pretty great. You can wipe stories off the wall with your hand there.\n\nGrowing up, what was your favourite restaurant to go to?\nMy favourite fancy resturant that I went to when I was a kid that I thought was a big deal was the Cannery. And then in terms of just regular restaurants we used go out to Mr Mike\u2019s Steakhouse and the Old Spaghetti Factory.\n\nMr Mike\u2019s! That\u2019s a blast from the past! When you come to town now what\u2019s your favourite restaurant?\nVij\u2019s.\n\nAre you coming to town for the Olympics?\nYeah, I think I\u2019m gonna watch a bit of hockey.\n\nWere you in town for EXPO 86 and is there a highlight for you of that time?\nI mean I had a great time. I wasn\u2019t around to see the transformation so to come back and see that False Creek area remade like that, it was amazing. I remember taking a picture with a cardboard cutout of me. This vendor had a stand where you could take your picture with cardboard cutouts of famous people and they had one of me and I took my picture with me, and the cardboard cutout was taller.\n\nimages from jeremy shaw\u2019s \u2018something\u2019s happening here\u2019\n\nIn our interview with Ryan Reynolds [click HERE to read it] he talked about running the New York Marathon and his experience with that. What are the chances you\u2019ll get him to run it again?\nWell, he looked good running it. I saw him at the 23 mile mark and it didn\u2019t seem to phase him physically. He\u2019s a great guy and it meant a lot to us that he did that.\n\nWhat\u2019s the most awesome thing about that guy?\nThe way he bends his knees when he takes pictures with me to make himself look shorter, because he\u2019s like 6 foot 8. And we got him on the board of the foundation, I\u2019m really thrilled about that!\n\nYour first TV role was on The Beachcombers, is that right?\nNo, I was never on The Beachcombers. The first show I was on was Leo and Me.\n\nWhat?! It says on your Wikipedia entry that you were on it.\nNo, it wasn\u2019t me. That\u2019s the thing with Wikipedia\u2026 you don\u2019t put your money in and you take your chances.\n\nIt\u2019s true! Are you aware of all of the hoopla that\u2019s surrounded that pair of futuristic Nikes you wore in Back To The Future 2?\nYeah, about a year ago they sent me a very cool pair of shoes that were designed in the same color spectrum. I\u2019ve heard the rumors too but that\u2019s all I know.\n\nAre you doing anything for the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future?\nI hadn\u2019t planned anything, we\u2019re all just going to celebrate the fact that we\u2019re still alive. The cool thing is that people still like the movies a lot, that\u2019s awesome. And when we get to 2015, for the 30th anniversary, that\u2019s when I break out the double tie.\n\nWhat\u2019s the best piece of advice anybody\u2019s ever given you?\nMaureen Stapleton, who is a very talented actress, we were talking about acting and she said to me that whenever you\u2019re doing a scene and you walk into a room you should always just try to touch somebody in the room or make contact with somebody in the room on a really human level and it\u2019ll improve your performance. The same is true just in life. You acknowledge people\u2019s existence and that they\u2019ve got stuff going on just like you do it makes you a little less judgmental and just a lot better.\n\nCool. What was her name again?\nMaureen Stapleton. Wikipedia her.\n\n[laughs] I will! If you were in Vancouver and we handed you a hundred bucks where would you go and spend it?\nProbably Granville Island. Get a bite to eat and go through the market, there\u2019s usually all kinds of cool stuff there.\n\nBob is our founder and Editor in Chief. An outdoorsman and family man with 20+ years of professional experience in online publishing, he hosts our \"BC Was Awesome\" history TV show and is currently writing a book of the same name, releasing in 2018 on Arsenal Pulp Press."}
-{"text": "Big head mode is back in Killing Floor 2\n\nOff the back of last week's character-shrinking mode, this week's Killing Floor 2 Weekly Outbreak flips the switch, giving enemies and players enormous heads. In a game that strongly favors headshots, this is an unexpected gift. Why did \"Big Head Mode\" ever go out of style, anyway?\n\nComplete this 'Bobble Zed' challenge, and you'll earn a golden-colored 'Precious' variant of the Horzine Helmet. This is one of several time-limited challenges running until August, as Tripwire creative director Bill Munk announced at the PC Gaming Show last month at E3. Here's the rest of the schedule:\n\nJuly 4- Bobble Zed -...that must hurt their necks.\n\nSomething went horribly wrong with this batch of Zeds and their heads are wwwaaaayyyyyyy larger than normal! Huge even!\n\nJuly 11\u2013 Poundemonium- All Fleshpounds, all the time. Almost.\n\nThe Fleshpound Convention is in town!\n\nJuly 18- Up, Up and Decay- Try to make ninety-nine Zed balloons.\n\nShooting Zeds in this outbreak will cause them to inflate like balloons, even to the point of floating away and popping!\n\nJuly 25- Zed Time- All the Zed Time in the world.\n\nEver think that life is passing you by? Not in this outbreak! You'll be in Zed Time any time you're near a Zed.\n\nAugust 1\u2013 Beefcake- Bigger they are, harder you fall.\n\nIn this outbreak, Zeds increase their health, size, and reach when they hit players or are affected by certain Zed abilities.\n\nAugust 8\u2013 Boom- Zeds under pressure; may explode.\n\nMaybe it was something they ate? Bad gas? Whatever it was, Zeds explode when killed in this outbreak."}
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-{"text": "Ring Size Guide\n\nImpeccable service from start to finish.\n\nThey always went the extra mile to ensure I was completely happy. The end product was even better than I could have ever imagined. I would recommend everyone to work with them!\n\nOzzy\n\nI wouldn\u2019t have been able to do it on my own.\n\nThey made it easy and smooth to get to the best possible result for me and my budget. I feel really good about the ring I bought, I think the result is beautiful. Most importantly, my fianc\u00e9e absolutely loves it!\n\nDaniele\n\nUnparalleled quality and service\n\nI cannot recommend Taylor & Hart enough. From start to finish, they were a pleasure to work with. From showing the utmost patience with me during the design process, excellent communication throughout, and of course, to the beautiful end product - a very happy customer!\n\nLara\n\nFantastic start to finish\n\nMaria was fantastic from start to finish. She was so helpful, creative & knowledgeable. There were a few designs which needed to be revised but she was endlessly helpful, patient & innovative. Without Maria we would have got stuck. She is a shining star!\n\nMichael\n\nOutstanding\n\nAs a guy, at first designing & purchasing an engagement ring was nerve-racking thought, but once the process started I felt like I was in safe hands throughout the process. Aline, my designer, was extremely helpful along the way. The end result - a very happy fianc\u00e9e!\n\nDarrell\n\nWhat a wonderful ring\n\nI found inspiration of rings I knew my girlfriend would like the style of & sent these to Emma. After a follow up phone call, she got to work designing something unique & perfect for my needs. We made a few small tweaks & when it arrived, I couldn't stop looking at it!\n\nTom\n\nPerfect service, perfect ring\u2026\n\nI went into the process nervous & not knowing anything, however with the guidance of Emma, alongside the very transparent process, I never lacked confidence that the ring received would be perfect, and it was. My fianc\u00e9e couldn't be happier.\n\nMatt\n\nAn amazing engagement ring design\n\nI worked to create the most beautiful engagement ring design I've ever seen (alright, maybe I'm a bit biased). I received support and feedback through the entire process and the result was a truly unique ring.\n\nAndras\n\nOnce again you guys delivered\n\nAmazing service throughout the whole experience. Once again you guys delivered with excellence and professionalism! The wedding ring is amazing and will go perfectly with the engagement ring.\n\nBrendon\n\nPerfect team, perfect outcome and \u201cover the moon\u201d with satisfaction\n\nThis company has made me a very happy man and an even happier fianc\u00e9e. The whole design process was fantastic with frequent email updates from Maria, who I can't thank enough.\n\nDavid\n\nSo happy with the finished result!\n\nI started with very vague ideas on the type of style and Kate brought it to life. No change was too much effort. So happy with the finished result!\n\nJack\n\nFantastic job\n\nThanks to Aline for a great ring and fantastic service. Additionally, the after sales support is terrific compared with many other jewellery houses.\n\nDylan\n\nI was given tons of advice!\n\nFrom the initial enquiry to delivery of the ring, Kate was absolutely amazing. She gave me tons of advice for the design from the hints I have been given from my partner. Her professionalism and dedication to her work is amazing.\n\nMatt\n\nA service you can trust\n\nWe discussed how the diamond would look on the band I had chosen, different options etc. Emma replied to emails very quickly and was always honest and sincere, a great personal touch.\n\nScott\n\nSeamless experience\n\nI chose Taylor & Hart over other custom jewellers because of their phenomenal communication & customer service. The design process was a fluid discussion, & I was never pressured into a particular style or price-range. I would not have done a single thing differently.\n\nBeau\n\nEnamour: Design inspiration\n\nMajestic ribbons of icy platinum and pav\u00e9 diamonds form the base of the Enamour design with the centre diamond acting as the nexus. The Enamour is the perfect choice for anyone wanting the feeling of movement and fluidity, a more organic take on the classic pav\u00e9 diamond engagement ring.\n\nPrefer another shape?\n\nHelp with choosing a ring size\n\nThe average size for a women is size L and 90% of women fall between H-Q. Visit our ring size guide for more help.\n\nAlternatively, if you can use an existing ring, download this guide to help you get that ring\u2019s size.\n\nStill not sure? We offer a complimentary re-size to all customers, on ring designs that allow it, as part of our lifetime warranty.\n\nEngraving\n\nAdd a personal touch to your ring with a complimentary engraving of a message, lyric, date or quote \u2013 the choice is yours. Your message should not exceed 25 characters including spaces. The engraving is limited to common characters and symbols. 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-{"text": "Ground Control Coil-Over 1035.02\n\nSKU: 6544\n\nGround Control has been building suspension kits for almost 20 years \u0097 and with that much experience in engineering suspension systems, just imagine what that experience can do for you and your cars handling! Whether you are weekend warrior or a boulevard cruiser, Ground Control coil-over suspension kits are designed for superior handling without sacrificing a lot of ride quality. After several years of use in racing applications, these kits have been fine-tuned and adapted for street use. Ground Control coil-over kits give you the option to customize the ride height of your vehicle with ease. Simply lift the corner(s) of the vehicle and spin the adjustable spring seat up or down by hand to raise or lower the ride height (some applications require the use of a provided wrench). All adjusters consist of a threaded sleeve and adjustable spring seat that is made using high strength 6061-T6 aluminum and are anodized for greater durability and appearance. The threads on the adjusters are square cut, which locks the adjustable spring seat in place securely under load. For further precaution, a setscrew in the adjustable spring seat can be used to secure the adjustment, while upper spring perches are used to insulate the spring. Ground Control coil-over kits feature Eibach springs and offer a lifetime warranty against spring rate change and sagging. Ground Control works very closely with Eibach to ensure that the provided springs are made with the highest standards that are demanded by today\u0092s tuners. Ground Control coil-over suspension kits are backed by a lifetime warranty and all made in the USA. Designed to be used with either OEM or specific aftermarket shocks (see below). Shock absorbers not included.\n\nFeatures * Ride-height adjustability * All adjusters consist of a threaded sleeve and adjustable spring seat made from 6061-T6 aluminum and anodized * Square cut adjuster threads locks spring seat securely under load * Setscrew in the adjustable spring seat can be used for additional holding strength * Each kit features Eibach springs * Lifetime warranty * Made in the USA"}
-{"text": "posted at 7:10 pm on December 12, 2011 by Tina Korbe\n\nListen to this advertisement and you\u2019ll reasonably assume that what\u2019s for sale is something forlorn, lonely, cute and cuddly \u2026 a stray puppy, perhaps.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019ve been mistreated and misunderstood for generations,\u201d the ad begins. \u201cAbusive owners have done severe damage and given these beautiful creatures a bad reputation.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s how it\u2019s supposed to sound. The owner of PRK Arms in Fresno, Calif., brainstormed this brilliant way to sell guns \u2014 and, so far, it\u2019s worked. According to a news report from Fresno\u2019s CBS 47 news, the gun shop has seen more business this holiday season than ever before. Among the many new customers are a surprising number of women, who are buying guns in record numbers, according to gun store owners.\n\nNo surprise there, really. What woman could resist this pitch?\n\n\u201cYou can make a difference by giving a gun a loving home,\u201d the ad says. \u201cThese guns want nothing more than to adore and protect you. So, please, have a heart. \u2026 PRK Arms has the kinds of guns that need a loving home more than anything else \u2014 like AK-47s, Glocks and the biggest selection of AR-15s in Fresno.\u201d\n\nNot surprisingly, the ad has stirred controversy, with some anti-gun activists objecting to the ad\u2019s supposedly misleading nature. But I\u2019d argue that what the ad states is true: Guns are designed as much for defensive protection as for offensive harm. And I agree, too, with what one woman says in the video: Learn how to use one and the scary factor fades.\n\nObviously, the potential for mishap exists, and gun safety should always be the first priority of a gun owner. But that doesn\u2019t mean guns have no place on a holiday shopping list. The \u201cpeace of mind\u201d that comes from a security system \u2014 whether a motion-triggered alarm or a well-stocked gun cabinet \u2014 is surely a welcome present.\n\nBreaking on Hot Air\n\nBlowback\n\nNote from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.\n\nAfter all, a new sidearm will last your girlfriend much longer, is more practical and says you care much better than a Pajama-gram! And it\u2019s really difficult to get one in the wrong size\u2026 in fact, you might hurt her feelings if you do get one too small!\n\nHalf the guns shown are illegal for civilians as far as I know in CA. I am not sure who their clientele is but that USP-T is illegal (threaded barrel) as are the vast majority of the evil black rifles. Must be a LEO customer base.\n\nGuns are totally unnecessary in the twenty-first century. Only those who live in fear of the boogyman waste their money on such things.\n\nYeah, like the two women in New York City who called 911 when a guy tried to break into their apartment. Cops arrived, noted \u2018all quiet\u2019 and left. Pretty good service, they NEVER left their warm patrol car. Meanwhile 3 flights up, both women were savagely beaten and raped over the course of several hours.\n\nHalf the guns shown are illegal for civilians as far as I know in CA. I am not sure who their clientele is but that USP-T is illegal (threaded barrel) as are the vast majority of the evil black rifles. Must be a LEO customer base.\n\nAbacab on December 12, 2011 at 7:33 PM\n\nI believe threaded barrel is illegal in CA, but everything I saw is legal AR15, AK47, Glocks, etc. CA does restrict all weapons to 10 cartridge mag, and other restrictions on \u201cassault\u201d rifle configuration. I believe shotgun barrel is 18\u2033 min. There may have been some items \u201cLEO\u201d only but I didn\u2019t see much.\n\nFirst I thought: did I just see a TV reporter really shoot a gun?\nThen I noticed the clever editing \u2013 it wasn\u2019t the reporter who actually squeezed off the real round.\nThat restored my faith in leftist lib reporters.\n\nSince I am partial to Stoner\u2019s greatest achievement, THIS will be the first thing like this I have gotten in years. I already have most of the other versions and this will be more reliable than Mr. Spas.\n\nMy son is going to Barett\u2019s in Tennessee to train on the M107A1 and the MFAS before going to Afghanistan. I wish I were going with him. But, at the same emotional moment, this is his second tour and I remember my 18 months in Nam. I will miss him but He told me , \u201cDad, I know what you did. Let me do what I can do.\u201d My heart breaks because Obama is his Commander in Chief. I know this is OT\u2026. I had to rant.\n\nAbsolutely brilliant ad. We have fostered many over the years. Initially I didn\u2019t want my young sons to follow their father\u2019s interest in guns, but when they fashioned guns out of their toast, I knew it was hopeless. And, yes, they do make good Christmas gifts.\n\n\u201cA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.\u201d\n\nThe Militia is every able-bodied male. The government should ISSUE every able-bodied male a firearm and ammunition and provide at least two weeks training each year.\n\nEvery citizen should possess a serviceable firearm and ammunition and be ready to defend the country and the U.S. Constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic.\n\nI also believe that everyone should serve at least two years in the military. It teaches you discipline, how to follow orders, get along with others, a skill or trade for future reference, and gives you some skin in the game. Conscientious objectors can serve as medics, supply clerks, or whatever. The United States military is the greatest organization in history.\n\nIn 1982 the city of Kennesaw, GA (suburb of Atlanta) enacted a law that stated every home must have a gun. Here\u2019s what happened next:\n\n\u201cPrior to enactment of the law, Kennesaw had a population of just 5,242 but a crime rate significantly higher (4,332 per 100,000) than the national average (3,899 per 100,000). The latest statistics available \u2013 for the year 2005 \u2013 show the rate at 2,027 per 100,000. Meanwhile, the population has skyrocketed to 28,189.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy comparison, the population of Morton Grove, the first city in Illinois to adopt a gun ban for anyone other than police officers, has actually dropped slightly and stands at 22,202, according to 2005 statistics. More significantly, perhaps, the city\u2019s crime rate increased by 15.7 percent immediately after the gun ban, even though the overall crime rate in Cook County rose only 3 percent. Today, by comparison, the township\u2019s crime rate stands at 2,268 per 100,000.\u201d\n\nThere you go again, draggin\u2019 out tired old facts that just don\u2019t fit the meme. Get with the program. Guns are evil and if we just ban them criminals won\u2019t be able to get any and crime will just disappear. Then everybody can focus on important stuff like savin\u2019 the Earth from mankind. Kumbaya!\n\nIn 1982 the city of Kennesaw, GA (suburb of Atlanta) enacted a law that stated every home must have a gun. Here\u2019s what happened next:\n\nYou were saying\u2026..\n\nangryed on December 12, 2011 at 8:32 PM\n\nVery nice town. Been there, know folks there. According to them, the drop came because when the people who live there and commute to Atlanta got themselves armed, the crooks from Atlanta stopped commuting there to do their business.\n\nDear Santa, I\u2019ve been extra very good this year and as such I believe I have earned the right to request a good condition Win M12 in 12ga with a ventilated rib, and an older model Savage M99 chambered for 7.62 NATO . . . dang it . . . I mean .308 Win.\n\nVery nice town. Been there, know folks there. According to them, the drop came because when the people who live there and commute to Atlanta got themselves armed, the crooks from Atlanta stopped commuting there to do their business."}
-{"text": "Hindsight is 20/20...\n\nIn the fall of 2008, the New England College of Optometry Library began building a formal archive of College materials. This project was funded through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funds from LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act), a federal source of library funding provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.\n\nThe Archives & Special Collections include materials that represent the College\u2019s rich history, and provide a window into the development of optometry as a profession throughout the 20th century and beyond. Our collections include photographs, College publications, yearbooks, theses, rare books, and more.\n\nWe invite you to peruse this guide to learn more about the Archives. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and outside researchers are welcome to make an appointment to further explore our collections."}
-{"text": "Category Archives: Theology\n\nA brief quote from a brilliant piece by Stanley Hauerwas a few years ago here:\n\n\u201cJesus was crucified because he embodied a politics that threatened all worldly regimes based on the fear of death. And so Easter has profound political consequences\u2026\n\n\u2026He gave them a new way to deal with offenders \u2013 by forgiving them.\n\nHe gave them a new way to deal with violence \u2013 by suffering.\n\nHe gave them a new way to deal with money \u2013 by sharing it.\n\nHe gave them a new way to deal with problems of leadership \u2013 by drawing on the gift of every member, even the most humble.\n\nHe gave them a new way to deal with a corrupt society \u2013 by building a new order, not making the old.\n\nHe gave them a new pattern of relationships between man and woman, between parent and child, between master and slave, in which was made concrete a radical new vision of what it means to be a human person.\n\nHe gave them a new attitude toward the state and toward the \u201cenemy nation.\u201d\n\nStanley Hauerwas is among the several great speakers at the 2018 BMS Catalyst Live day events in Bristol and Birmingham:\n\n2018 CONTRIBUTORS\n\nDavid Bebbington \u2013 Professor of History at Stirling University and Visiting Professor at Baylor University; creator of the \u2018Bebbington quadrilateral\u2019, his definition of evangelicalism\n\nBaroness ElizabethBerridge \u2013 Member of the House of Lords, with a wide range of interests including international freedom of religion and belief\n\nRon Choong \u2013 Theologian of science and biblical archaeologist; Founder and Executive Director of the Academy for Christian Thought in New York\n\nAmy Orr-Ewing \u2013 Director of Programmes for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics; Amy will be speaking on her doctoral research on the work of Dorothy L Sayers\n\nAdrian Snell \u2013 Musician; Adrian\u2019s music is renowned worldwide, with albums including \u2018Alpha and Omega\u2019 and \u2018Song of an Exile\u2019. Adrian will be speaking on his amazing work as a music therapist, as well as playing live\n\nAnne Wafula Strike MBE \u2013 Anne was the first wheelchair racer to represent Kenya, where she was born; she has since become a Paralympian with Team GB, has been recognised in the Queen\u2019s Birthday honours and is an author and sporting ambassador\n\nAnd finally, Catalyst Live 2018 is hosted by Mark Woods \u2013 consulting editor of the Methodist recorder, author, commentator and very good friend of BMS!\n\nLike this:\n\nJurgen Moltmann (whose hand I once shook), wrote the following about the place and importance of theology being the job for every Christian. We are poorer as a church if we limit theology to the Academy, or marginalise it in the life of a local church, labelling it falsely as a specialism for academics or irrelevant for ordinary people (I\u2019ve never met an \u201cordinary\u201d person in my life)! Anyway, enjoy this snippet. Did I tell you I once shook his hand\u2026..? (It was the hand in the picture below\u2026.)\n\n\u201cTheology is the business of all God\u2019s people. It is not just the affair of the theological faculties, and not just the concern of the church\u2019s colleges and seminaries. The faith of the whole body of Christians on earth seeks to know and understand. If it doesn\u2019t, it isn\u2019t Christian faith. This means that the foundation for every theological specialization is the general theology of all believers, which corresponds to the Reformation\u2019s thesis about the universal \u2018priesthood of all believers\u2019. All Christians who believe and who think about what they believe are theologians, whether they are young or old, women or men. . . .\n\nI should not like to let this universalization of the priesthood and of theology stand in such general terms, and so I would prefer to talk about \u2018the shared priesthood\u2019 and therefore about the shared theology of all believers too. On this common ground, not everyone has to do and think the same thing. The fellowship of all believers requires that differentiation of assignments and functions which corresponds to the multicoloured diversity of the Spirit\u2019s gifts, or charismata. Even in the shared theology of all believers there are particular commissions and delegations. Academic theology is one of them. But the community of Christians must be able to identify with its delegations. Otherwise alienations arise which have an oppressive rather than a helpful effect.\n\nAcademic theology is nothing other than the scholarly penetration and illumination by mind and spirit of what Christians in the congregations think when they believe in God and live in the fellowship of Christ. By scholarly I mean that the theology is methodologically verifiable and comprehensible. Good scholarly theology is therefore basically simple, because it is clear. Only cloudy theology is complicated and difficult. Whether it be Athanasius or Augustine, Aquinas or Calvin, Schleiermacher or Barth\u2014the fundamental ideas of every good theological system can be presented on a single page. It is true that Barth needed more than 8,000 pages for his Church Dogmatics, and even then they were still unfinished, so that kindly disposed critics said, \u2018surely truth can\u2019t be as long as that\u2019. But as we know, theological praise of the eternally bounteous God is never-ending. So the length of a work does not necessarily detract from the simple truth of what it says.\u201d\n\nLike this:\n\n\u201cTheological distinctions are fine but not thin. In all the mess of modern thoughtlessness, that still calls itself modern thought, there is perhaps nothing so stupendously stupid as the common saying, \u201cReligion can never depend on minute disputes about doctrine.\u201d It is like saying that life can never depend on minute disputes about medicine. The man who is content to say, \u201cWe do not want theologians splitting hairs,\u201d will doubtless be content to go on and say, \u201cWe do not want surgeons splitting filaments more delicate than hairs.\u201d It is the fact that many a man would be dead to-day, if his doctors had not debated fine shades about doctoring. It is also the fact that European civilization would be dead to-day, if its doctors of divinity had not debated fine shades about doctrine.\u201d\n\nLike this:\n\nGregory the Theologian (or Gregory of Nazianzus) 329-389 AD, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, speaking of God and those who would study God (i.e. theology!), in quite astonishing and uncompromising ways. Challenging -yes. But what a read\u2026\n\n\u201cNot to every one, my friends, does it belong to philosophize about God; not to every one; the Subject is not so cheap and low; and I will add, not before every audience, nor at all times, nor on all points; but on certain occasions, and before certain persons, and within certain limits.\n\nNot to all men, because it is permitted only to those who have been examined, and are passed masters in meditation, and who have been previously purified in soul and body, or at the very least are being purified. For the impure to touch the pure is, we may safely say, not safe, just as it is unsafe to fix weak eyes upon the sun\u2019s rays. And what is the permitted occasion? It is when we are free from all external defilement or disturbance, and when that which rules within us is not confused with vexatious or erring images; like persons mixing up good writing with bad, or filth with the sweet odours of ointments. For it is necessary to be truly at leisure to know God; and when we can get a convenient season, to discern the straight road of the things divine. And who are the permitted persons? They to whom the subject is of real concern, and not they who make it a matter of pleasant gossip, like any other thing, after the races, or the theatre, or a concert, or a dinner, or still lower employments. To such men as these, idle jests and pretty contradictions about these subjects are a part of their amusement.\n\nNext, on what subjects and to what extent may we philosophize? On matters within our reach, and to such an extent as the mental power and grasp of our audience may extend. No further, lest, as excessively loud sounds injure the hearing, or excess of food the body, or, if you will, as excessive burdens beyond the strength injure those who bear them, or excessive rains the earth; so these too, being pressed down and overweighted by the stiffness, if I may use the expression, of the arguments should suffer loss even in respect of the strength they originally possessed.\n\nNow, I am not saying that it is not needful to remember God at all times\u2026I must not be misunderstood, or I shall be having these nimble and quick people down upon me again. For we ought to think of God even more often than we draw our breath; and if the expression is permissible, we ought to do nothing else. Yea, I am one of those who entirely approve that Word which bids us meditate day and night, and tell at eventide and morning and noon day, and praise the Lord at every time; or, to use Moses\u2019 words, whether a man lie down, or rise up, or walk by the way, or whatever else he be doing Deut. 6:7 \u2014 and by this recollection we are to be moulded to purity. So that it is not the continual remembrance of God that I would hinder, but only the talking about God; nor even that as in itself wrong, but only when unseasonable; nor all teaching, but only want of moderation.\u201d\n\nLike this:\n\nAnd then, as we were serving tea and scones in the dining room, my brother David, in a heavenly voice, said without recourse to any current or prior conversation:\n\n\u201cI think that the problem with nudity, the reason it seems offensive, is not so much the sight of genitals (which are hardly what you\u2019d call offensive), but because clothes help to designate our place in society.\n\nPublic nudity is in this sense highly a/anti-social, kind of like a denial of normal social codes because there is no place for it except in the brief intermediary space of the changing room. It isn\u2019t the imagined threat of another\u2019s sexuality that offends, but their taking up of a position outside of considerations of status or social context.\n\nWe need to be able to place people, and clothes go a long way to helping with that. Since we rely on social codes all the time to function, someone stepping outside of them is equivalent to having two fingers stuck up at the bulk of humanity. Personally, I don\u2019t care if people want to go around naked, and I actually like swimming nude, but doing it in public seems a pointless and immature thing to insist upon, like growing ridiculously long fingernails or not washing \u2013 you\u2019re free to do it, but what kind of freedom is that?\n\nAlso, just to add a theological note on this (which, naturally is by far the most offensive thing anyone can possibly do!), the animal skin clothing that God made for Adam and Eve in the bible was not particularly about making sure we covered our naughty bits up to satisfy a strangely schizoid deity\u2019s need for modesty. It was meant to be read allegorically as a sign that our attempts to hide our shame (a consequence of the knowledge of good and evil) are inadequate, and so God replaced our fig leaves with something he provided for us. The twist in the story is that, in Christ, he is himself the lamb-skin that protects us.\n\nUsing Private Eye as a great introductory example, one thing is sure \u2013 humanity loves humour, and we love humour that subverts the way things are, the high-and-mighty, etc. The Bible hasn\u2019t had good fare in recent millennia regarding all things funny. The Bible is a serious book, and is found to be read (when it is read at all), to be read by serious people.\n\nOur Western rationalism in general, and 19th century German scholarship (p.5) in particular, riding on the back of Plato\u2019s suspicion that humour is malicious; and Aristotle\u2019s warning that while humour is necessary, it should be \u2018kept in check\u2019, is missing the point that humour can be \u2018a route to truth\u2019 (p.3).\n\nOn the contrary, humour is not the opposite of sadness or seriousness, a useful observation of what de Sousa calls a \u2018category error\u2019 (p.4). Thank God! I have come to realise that my own use of humour is directly related to my serious side. They are two sides of the same coin.\n\nAll this is carried over into our Bible reading. Our culture may \u2018Think Bike \u2013 Think Safety\u2019 but we certainly do not train ourselves or our churches to \u2018Think Bible \u2013 Think Humour,\u2019 and I for one would love to try. Admittedly, this is not easy \u2013 the Bible is a very serious book(s), with lots of weighty, eternal, salvific images, multi-genre & theological categories, stories and truth claims. Thus, as a default setting, we \u2018are more likely to under diagnose humour than over-diagnose it\u2019 (p.6), and this means we will likely miss it altogether.\n\nA taster-example is offered via the Naboth narrative (1 Kings 21), and how the Hebrew word describing the sulky and vexed Ahab is related to the Deuteronomic stubborn and rebellious son (21:18-19). Here, the son is the one killed, whilst in Kings, it is Ahab who kills. \u2018This subtle, darkly humorous, allusion will only be apparent to the attentive reader or listener\u2019 (p.8). I wish I\u2019d been more attentive in my reading!\n\nHelen then offers some \u2018ground rules\u2019 for textual interpretation. The text itself assumes a \u2018literary or aural competence\u2019 (p.8), and this requires competent hard work. Highlighting wordplays and \u2018hidden polemics\u2019, the careful reader is able to see the \u2018subversive, and deliberate partial concealment\u2019 (p.10) of the narrative, using the \u2018useful guidelines\u2019 for the \u2018methodological criteria\u2019 outlined by Yairah Amit on page 9.\n\nFinally, Helen\u2019s hermeneutical approach leans heavily on the Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin, someone who refers to seriocomic literature as \u2018playful, irreverent, multi-voiced, subversive and outrageous\u2019 (p.11). I have already guessed in my own reading that the Bible is all of these things, but what I hadn\u2019t reckoned with, is that it is more deliberately so, and far deeper than I gave credit.\n\nLike this:\n\nIt\u2019s always helpful to have working definitions of theology interacting with each other, rather than one, flat, bland and bloodless offering; a few definitions are floating around this blog somewhere or other! Michael Jenson has got a great little book out called \u2018How To Write a Theology Essay\u2018 designed to help new theological students write good essays.\n\nHis chapter titles suggest a keen focus on practicalities, such as \u2018How not to lose heart before you start\u2019, \u2018What is a theology essay\u2019 and \u2018Types of argument for your essay\u2019, among many other great short chapters.\n\nI like his question: \u2018What is Theology in any case?\u2019 and his response:"}
-{"text": "Niall Trafford, CEO of BRE and colleagues, Gwyn Roberts, Homes and Communities Lead, and Simon Nicol, Director, Housing, welcomed more than a dozen senior policy-shapers, key building experts, academics, and commentators to the third in its roundtable discussion event series at the Co-op\u2019s new HQ at 1 Angel Square in Manchester last month. The theme for the debate was: \u201cHow can Britain\u2019s built environment tackle social exclusion?\u201d\n\nOpening the debate, Trafford provided the context and noted: \u201cIt might not appear to some that social exclusion comes within BRE\u2019s remit but that isn\u2019t the case. For example, how are we going to ensure that the hundreds of thousands in our society who continue to suffer heat poverty, can be kept warm during our winters? We have done extensive research in this area: around 11% of English households are fuel poor; 65% of English homes could benefit from energy efficiency improvements.\u201d\n\nFollowing Trafford\u2019s scene setting, Antony Lockley, the Director of Strategy and Assistant Chief Executive at Blackpool Council, opened the discussion on social exclusion and the failure of the current model to support everyone\u2019s housing needs. Lockley is well placed to do so: Blackpool\u2019s difficulties have led it to become a by-word for social exclusion in the UK.\n\nBlackpool is the unhealthiest place in England, and poor housing is at the centre of the town\u2019s poor health. Its 4,000 disused guesthouses \u2013 the consequence of a slump in tourism since the 1970s \u2013 have over recent decades been bought-up by private landlords to profit from housing benefit claimants who are often crammed into houses of multiple occupation.\n\nLockley noted: \u201cLandlords are incentivised by the benefits system to sub-divide these properties, assisted by a lack of effective regulation and low statutory standards. We\u2019ve experienced a permanent migration of vulnerable people to Blackpool, in particular from the big cities like Birmingham, Burnley, Manchester and Glasgow. In our inner eight wards, over 50% of our housing is poor quality for private renters \u2013 a startling statistic.\n\n\u201cHowever, there is no relationship between rents paid by public subsidy and the quality of the product on offer. This dynamic, and the perverse incentives on offer for landlords to cram vulnerable people into poor quality accommodation, has led Blackpool to become the single most deprived place in the UK under any single measure of deprivation.\n\n\u201cSome parts of many towns and cities across the North now require wholesale clearance and remodelling. We need a localised system of public subsidy that rewards quality and investment rather than incentivises failure. We are doing everything we can within the law in Blackpool to regulate this housing failure.\n\n\u201cHowever, the cost of intervention is prohibitive. We can buy property using our cheap borrowing powers over 30 years which means for every \u00a3200,000 borrowed at 2% we can create three quality apartments out of a failing house in multiple occupation.\n\n\u201cBut we need the private sector to be incentivised to make similar kinds of investments. In the end, the aim is to have a housing stock that supports individuals and families in putting down roots, stabilising their lives, and contributing to a sustainable community. Right now, in inner Blackpool, we have exactly the reverse.\u201d\n\nDaniel Cochlin, Head of External Affairs at the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, which has called for \u00a339 billion for investment in an improved East/West rail network and a \u00a3250 million housing fund to cater for the predicted growth around the areas of transport expansion including HS2, noted we will need a mix of social rent and private sale housing, and affordability is critical.\n\n\u201cDevolution is the key to unlocking the full potential of the Northern Powerhouse and we\u2019re strongly supportive of elected mayors,\u201d he said. \u201cLocally elected officials are far better placed to deliver what we need when it comes to housing, transport, education and many more critical areas. The power, authority and responsibility to ensure the correct housing and rental mix is provided for everyone can\u2019t reside in central Government.\u201d\n\nRisha Lancaster, the founder of Coffee4Craig which provides help, food, advice and a shower for Manchester and Salford\u2019s rough sleepers, proposed a root cause of social exclusion is insecurity of employment. \u201cTrying to rent with a zero-hour employment contract is impossible \u2013 you just can\u2019t secure a tenancy, let alone a mortgage,\u201d she said. \u201cThe homeless need not just housing, but community spaces where they can help themselves.\u201d\n\nAmina Lone, Co-Director at The Social Action and Research Foundation (SARF), noted that \u2018in-work\u2019 poverty is getting worse. \u201cPeople are working but they cannot afford to pay the rent. There is much talk about affordability, but affordable for whom? I sat as a councillor on Manchester City council and we had endless debates, but you cannot say \u2018social housing\u2019 in certain parts of that organisation. They don\u2019t want it. And at the end of the day [property] developers want profit.\u201d\n\nDavid Rudlin, a director of URBED (Urbanism Environment and Design) has been responsible for flagship renewal schemes in Manchester. He told the room, \u201cWe built 2,000 social houses in Hulme and the stability that comes from giving people a good home allowed them to improve their circumstances. Many of them are still there and it is the stability of the community that limits opportunities for new people to move in.\n\n\u201cThe answer to how we house deprived communities is, of course, council housing. It always was, despite the terrible mistakes that we made in the 1960s and \u201970s. Council housing that serves a wide range of people and doesn\u2019t put all of the most deprived people in the same place. This is a lesson we need to re-learn.\u201d\n\nDavid Roberts, a director at Igloo, a sustainable urban regeneration specialist, proposed change is needed throughout the supply system if we are going to deliver quality places to live work and relax. \u201cThat means,\u201d he noted, \u201cfrom the starting point of land sales (local authorities, Homes England, private landlords and their army of advisors) through to planning, financing, designing, constructing and managing.\n\n\u201cProgress is possible and is now evident, albeit in the margins. We and a few others follow self-imposed regulations and policies with the aim of delivering the best possible developments. For example, BRE\u2019s Home Quality Mark and the Building For Life benchmarks are being ingrained within igloo\u2019s Footprint\u00ae approach to development to help ensure that objectives relating to sustainability and quality are being achieved and robustly monitored.\u201d\n\nGwyn Roberts, Homes and Communities Lead at BRE, added: \u201cThe opportunity to get things right with new homes isn\u2019t quite happening. Government must ensure that where it spends its money, it helps the housing sector overall, and that means getting the basics right for all.\n\n\u201cThere is some forward thinking within government, especially around the NHS. Its 10-year plan demonstrates a realisation that it should have a say in the housing that is being built. BRE has long made the connection between the cost of healthcare and poor housing. We now need to think about this positively with new homes so that they will not be the \u201cpoor housing\u201d of the future.\n\nNiall Trafford concluded the roundtable by emphasising that BRE is focussed on quality and impact in housing, and the wellbeing outcomes that should lead to better homes for everyone. \u201cOur aim with these roundtables is to go out around the country and listen to those we don\u2019t normally interact with, and to demonstrate BRE\u2019s leadership: providing the knowledge and data necessary to support the quality housebuilding that\u2019s necessary to foster the communities people want to live in; playing a key role in ensuring those who build and work in the wider construction industry are properly trained so that they can deliver quality homes.\u201d\n\nFact File:\n\nSimon Nicol,Director, Housing at BRE, provided the roundtable some statistics on UK housing to give the discussion an evidence-based perspective:\n\nThe UK has the oldest housing stock in Europe and, most probably, in the world. Some 37% of our homes date from before 1939, compared to 24% in Germany and Sweden, and 9% in Finland.\n\nThere is a strong correlation between the age of the housing stock and its quality, performance and condition. Some 11% of UK housing is of \u2018poor quality\u2019, the average for the EU. This compares with 2% for Denmark (which has the best quality housing in the EU), 4% for Finland and 5% for Sweden and the Netherlands.\n\nThe North West has the oldest housing stock of English regions and some of the poorest housing conditions.\n\nThe private rented sector has the oldest and poorest condition housing of UK tenures. The highest number of vulnerable people in poor housing are owner-occupiers.\n\nSocial housing has the highest level of over-crowding, as social mobility is strictly limited. Some 8% of social housing is overcrowded compared to 1% of owner-occupied housing. Children being brought up in over-crowded homes under-achieve at school compared to those who have their own bedroom.\n\nHousing is measured through the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS). Some 18% of England\u2019s housing contains a Category 1 HHSRS hazard (as measured through the English Housing Survey 2015), which means that it is unacceptable for a vulnerable person to live there. It is estimated that leaving people to live in such housing environments costs the NHS some \u00a31.4bn per year in first year treatment costs alone (for asthma, respiratory and circulatory conditions associated with cold and damp, home accidents, infections and stress). It is estimated that it is costing society as a whole, some \u00a310bn per annum through the lost opportunities associated with poor housing. These include treatment costs, long term care costs, lost educational opportunities, lost production, wellbeing and life chances.\n\nBRE is hosting a series of influencer roundtables around the UK. The Manchester roundtable was held on 28 February 2019. The second in the series took place in Edinburgh on 25 January. The Edinburgh participant video interviews are available to view here. The podcast and summary of the first roundtable, which was held in London, can be found here. The next roundtable will be hosted in Coventry.\n\n\u2013 Ends \u2013\n\nFor press information, to arrange interviews with the BRE roundtable participants or for additional comment please contact:\n\nBRE is the world\u2019s leading building science centre. Our sustainability, safety and security services, the BRE Academy and our Innovation Centres, are used by our customers to deliver on their social, environmental and economic goals. 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-{"text": "Search\n\nAre you sick of living an average life? Are you ready to take a chance, make a change? We all have so much potential bottled up inside, maybe we just need someone to spark a fire under our butts so we can let it out!\n\nThe Bold Academy- We have one mission: to help you lead the life you are meant to live.\n\nI spent about an hour yesterday reading up the Bold Academy. Amber Rae founded this company/idea and has created this team of people, which are so wise and cultured; to work together in helping others find their true destiny.\n\nThe Bold Academy is a life-accelerator designed to arm you with the habits, values, courage, and community to overcome obstacles and boldly unleash your gifts on the world.\n\nShe holds ten day long \u201ccamps\u201d where individuals come together and grow, learn, relax and so much more. They include fitness and healthy eating into the equation as well (how perfect). I think I have found my goal for 2014-Go to the Bold Academy. How cool would that be?\n\nThere are so many interesting and intelligent people out there and I just have this desire to know and talk to them all. I want to soak up as much as I can! When I first started shadowing Noal and David at CFD Noal used to say to me all the time, \u201cBe a sponge Laura-soak in every little detail of what we are doing and saying\u201d. It was like he ignited this awareness inside of me that although I was done with college I was not done learning. I want to fill this brain with as much knowledge and wisdom as I can. I think having the opportunity to spend 10 days in a situation like the Bold Academy is exactly what I want.\n\nFear is the single most significant obstacle that holds so many of us back. Risk is a scary thing. Diving into the unknown is frightening. But if we stay stuck in this safe zone our whole lives we will never reach our fullest potential. Humans are magnificent creatures which hold so much possibility.\n\nI have quite a detailed vision of what I would love my life to be like in 3-6 years. It looks really good on paper/in my head =) but how am I going to kick start that to make it concrete, make it come alive? I honestly don\u2019t know. Today is a start, tomorrow is an opportunity. I think sometimes we get comfortable where we are (and not always in a bad way. I feel great about my life, it\u2019s everything I want it to be at this given moment and I am truly lucky to be where I am today. But that doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t more out there for me\u2026) It\u2019s not that we fear the end result but we fear the path from point A to point B and whether or not we can actually get to point B. I say\u2026\n\nI had to put this in here, it\u2019s perfect. Take your fears, punch them in the face, and attack your life with passion, trust, and an open heart. Good things are bound to come your way."}
-{"text": "The Baltic Dry Index, an overall measure of commodity shipping costs on different routes and ship sizes, jumped 3.6% to 10,218 on Wednesday, surpassing the 10,000 mark for the first time, according to the Baltic Exchange.\n\nThe measure climbed to a record for a third day.\n\nSteel makers and traders in China, the world\u2019s largest steel user, may raise iron ore imports in anticipation of higher contract prices next year. That will bolster freight rates which have more than doubled in the past year. Demand for steam coal to generate electricity during the peak winter demand will increase shipping fees and put pressure on ports.\n\n\u201cIron ore and coal markets are strong and there is also a boost to the grain market, leading to congestion particularly\n\nin Australia, and it\u2019s increasing to such an extent that this market is strapped for available vessels,\" said Nicolai Hansteen, analyst at Lorentzen & Stemoco AS. \u201cIt will be a very strong short-term market for the next two to three months.\"\n\nAbout 12-13% of the existing dry-bulk fleet is tied up in congested ports worldwide, Hansteen said. At Australia\u2019s Newcastle, the world\u2019s biggest coal export harbour, the number of ships waiting rose to 45 on 8 October from 38 a week earlier, Newcastle Port Corp. said on its website. The coal carriers waited an average of 17.2 days to load, compared with 6.7 hours for general cargo.\n\n\u201cWe will see seasonal swings to the market,\" Hansteen said on Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t envisage the market that we are seeing today being sustainable for a very long period. We will see a very high market in 2008, continuing into 2009, but sometime in 2010, there will be the influx of new deliveries.\"\n\nMore than 40% of the existing dry-bulk fleet is on order, Louisa Follis, Singapore-based general manager for consultancy and research at UK shipbroker Simpson Spence & Young Ltd, said at a shipping conference in Singapore in September.\n\n\u201cIn the short term, the market will continue to strengthen,\" Rikard Vabo, an analyst at Oslo-based Fearnley Fonds ASA, said. \u201cRelatively few ships\" will be delivered over the next 12 months, Vabo said.\n\nCia. Vale do Rio Doce, Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton, the world\u2019s three largest iron ore exporters, may raise prices by 30% next year, according to the median forecast of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. US grain exports are likely to increase as a result of lower supply from Australia, Canada and South America, pushing freight rates higher, since vessels will have to travel longer distances, DnB NOR Markets analysts Henrik With and Glenn Lodden said in a report.\n\nAustralia may harvest as little as 10 million tonnes as it grapples with the worst drought in its history, Global Commodities Ltd\u2019s founder Greg Smith said on 4 October. Australia competes with the US and Canada as a wheat exporter. Hiring rates for a capesize vessel, which can move 175,000 tonnes of cargo, rose to a record for a second straight day, jumping 4% to $179,030 (Rs70.36 lakh) on Wednesday, based on Baltic Exchange data.\n\nThe cost of chartering apanamax, which is capable of transporting 70,000 tonnesof goods, surged 4.4% to $83,219 on Wednesday, according to data on the Baltic Exchange. That\u2019s a seventh day of record. Bloomberg"}
-{"text": "I look forward to all of those one-shots, particularly Hedone's tale. I love back stories. This will be awesome. I mean, the weddings and things will be adorable, but ohmygawd I love back stories. Sad that we have to wait for so long, but I understand. I wish you the best of luck figuring out what to do next.\n\nCan't sleep. It's late. Realized I hadn't reviewed yet. Here I am, reviewing. Might be rambly, but will probably be shorter than usually since I'm not reading as I go.\n\nI'm glad Carmen got a new studio.\n\nI love that you tied in Logan's college friends. A potential one-shot, perhaps? I'm curious to see that.\n\nInteresting to think about what might happen if they had known their soulmates were in fact their soulmates. Probably stubbornly refused to be with them. Dude, if you can make it work, maybe you should do that as a one-shot. Like, dream sequence or something. That would be interesting.\n\nLogan as a matchmaker? Hmmm... Well, it would be interesting. I definitely can't see Evie doing the job, but maybe Logan would be good at it.\n\nAnyways, overall, it was a good ending. I'm sad that the series has reached its inevitable conclusion, but I look forward to what comes next. It's been a pretty awesome adventure with these guys. :D\n\nAnd I have little else to say and I'm not sure how to end a review without 'update soon' so... Yeah... Happy noveling? No, that's NaNo advice... Uh... I really don't know... Bye, I guess. Adios! That seems right...\n\nWell, I am sad that Roman Roommate is over :( I am excited for the Cupid Collections! Can't wait till those come out.. Umm oh yeah going back to the main focus, reviewing the epilogue. Well I liked it! As you already know.. Umm yay for mentioning katrina and bianca again! I thought when Evie told Jay to dance with his mom was really cute! Logan and Vee are just so cute and adorable.. I don't really know what else to write about.. umm..great story as always! You are an Amazing writer and keep doing what you do! once agian, Ecstatic for the cupid collections! Bye talk to later\n\nYou know, a friend of mind will be playing Cupid's bow and arrow whenever she sees my crush and I together. She just reminds me so much of Eros... Anyways, I'm wondering if you're ever going to make a third generation thing. :P You know, when Jay has a handsome kid, and Evie tries to matchmake the both of them together. :P"}
-{"text": "Seeing gurneys of babies trundled through the chiaroscuro of old black-and-white footage at the start of Scott Noble\u2019s Human Resources, the gurneys in the tunnels of God only knows what kind of institution, the viewer does well to brace herself for the coming onslaught.\n\nThe piano accompaniment is not so much music as it is the hammering of wires in the industrial mode, a harbinger of doom. And as it turns out, there is nothing in the film to save us from its earliest suggestion of menace. Not the reassurance that the institution is a hospital rather than a death camp, not the good-natured and wacky antics of the scientist donning a fierce mask to impress Little Albert the plucky human baby in a famous set of experiments, not a single routine bell of work or school by which we recognize ourselves as modern subjects. Not one of these scenes can silence the tolling bell of modernity as it calls out to us across a century of darkness and names us as we sit, not quite cowering, before the flitframes of Human Resources, our faces backlit by our computer screens like so many ancients clustered around a faggot fire at the center of the night.\n\nPerhaps we have seen some or most of these images before. They lurk in the sensorium as a subliminal archive of what it is we know collectively\u2014but Noble\u2019s synthesis cracks the code of their proper arrangement. This is the order in which they need to be seen, these are the appropriate experts interviewed and brought to the film with just the right finesse of juxtaposition. Appreciating Noble\u2019s relentlessly inquisitorial talent as a film-maker is like the moment when you first realize that a piano is not a plucked-string instrument but an instrument of percussion. Listen and learn. Noble\u2019s skill is at such an exalted level that the wise viewer might well hold something in reserve, a suspicion that anything this good, eliciting these sorts of responses from us, might possess its own dark behaviourist powers. Glad we might be to have such a mage as Noble on our side.\n\nWhile I was a grad student at Princeton, I went to Duke University for a couple of years to hang out in classes with Fred Jameson, the theorist and critic of modernism. It took me a while to get up to speed. Human Resources is the film I wish I had been able to see before sitting in on Jameson\u2019s lectures on Fordism, Taylorism, and the whole shtick of capital and Western civ in the 20th-century industrial mode, and what that portends for culture and for the 21st century.\n\nIs Human Resources a masterpiece? To know this, you\u2019d have to answer the old zen conundrums, like whether a truckload of dead babies is worse than the possibly-less unsettling notion of a live one eating its way up from the bottom. I advise viewing the first half of Human Resources in the educative mode, learning the ropes of that skein of modernity that has held us so resourcefully to our tasks as good worker bees and advocates of box-style public education. I advise viewing the second half of the film with the willingness to weep that is the corollary of modernist inquiry. Unless you weep, you may be damaged by this film. It answers the significant events of the last century the way a glass answers the implicit questions of a man who peers into its reflective surface\u2014point for point. It corresponds, in short, to reality. Perhaps this is what we mean when we say that a work is a piece of the master.\n\nHumanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street"}
-{"text": "Editor in Chief: Moh. Reza Huwaida\nThursday, March 21st, 2019\n\nHome \u00bb Afghanistan \u00bb US Rejects Russia's Accusation of Influence on Afghan Elections\n\nUS Rejects Russia's Accusation of Influence on Afghan Elections\n\nJanuary 12, 2019\n\nKABUL - The US embassy meanwhile said the decision to delay the presidential elections was made by the Afghan election commission.\nRussian Foreign Ministry in reaction to the delay in Afghanistan's 2019 presidential elections said the polls were postponed due to pressure from the United States.\n\"Everything seems to suggest that the decision to put off the election was made under the United States\u2019 influence, which needs additional time to prepare for holding the upcoming voting in accordance with its patterns and building a peace process in Afghanistan according to its own scenario,\" the ministry said.\nAfghanistan presidential election was scheduled for 20 April 2019, but last month, the Independent Election Commission said the elections have been postponed to 20 July 2019 in order to bring more reforms at the commission.\n\u201cAfghanistan\u2019s Independent Election Commission could make a decision to postpone the presidential elections scheduled for April 20 until June 20 under pressure from the United States, which needs time to get ready for the voting in accordance with its scenario,\u201d the statement said.\nAccording to the statement, officially it has been said that Afghan elections postponed for technical reasons, but that is not the case.\nThe statement also highlights that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the election commission was calling that the elections should be held based on the schedule, but the decision was imposed on them.\n\u201cWe note that this decision was made despite the repeated assurances by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghanistan\u2019s Election Commission concerning the need to strictly adhere to the deadlines for the election announced earlier,\" read the statement.\nRussian Foreign Ministry also said the Afghan peace talks is another issue that has caused Afghan elections to be postponed.\nTalking on the US possible troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, the statement said US is trying to create some Afghan anti-terror units which will operate for the interest of US.\n\u201cUS media reports about Washington\u2019s intention, in light of the planned reduction of the US military contingent in Afghanistan, to create some Afghan \u2018counter-terrorist units,\u2019 which will not be controlled by Kabul but will operate in the interests of the US special services, make one draw a similar conclusion,\" the statement said.\nRussian Foreign Ministry says that due to creation of such units, Kabul last November refused to send its representatives to Moscow format meeting in which they had the chance to have dialogue with members of Taliban movement.\nIn reaction to Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs remarks on Afghan elections, the US Embassy in Kabul says in a statement that the decision to delay presidential elections was made by the IEC in order to address administrative and technical deficiencies that were apparent in the parliamentary elections in the fall.\n\"We join with the many Afghans and others in the international community who believe that serious elections reform is necessary,\" the US Embassy in Kabul says in a statement.\nThe US Embassy says it is up to Afghans to elect their leaders, and they deserve elections bodies that are capable and staffed with experts who can restore public trust in the process. (Tolo news)"}
-{"text": "DoD News\n\nNews Article\n\nIraqi Air Force Takes Off in Building for Future\n\nBy Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service\n\nWASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2006 \u0096 As the Iraqi army gains in numbers and capability, so too does the country\u2019s air force, which aims to grow to 2,500 airmen by the year\u2019s end, the commander of the Coalition Air Force Transition Team said.\n\nAir Force Brig. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog cited impressive improvement over the past six months, noting that the Iraqi air force continues to grow and improve its ability support the counterinsurgency mission.\n\nThe Iraqi air force\u2019s counterinsurgency mission consists primarily of aerial observation and surveillance and air transportation. Officials believe it is critical for Iraq\u2019s long-term ability to police its international borders, protect its oil pipeline network and rapidly deploy its developing army.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re making progress with leaps and bounds,\u201d Hoog said during a roundtable with Pentagon reporters Sept. 1.\n\n\u201cThe bottom line is, we are making progress every day in helping the Iraqis enter the COIN (counterinsurgency) fight now and lay the proper foundation for the Iraqi air force for the next five to 10 years,\u201d he said.\n\nIraq\u2019s C-130 Hercules program is the country\u2019s most advanced program. Its three C-130s have moved 6,000 Iraqi and coalition troops and more than 460 tons of cargo since March, he said.\n\nDuring the same timeframe, Iraq\u2019s Seeker SB7L-360 light surveillance aircraft and CH-2000 military tactical surveillance aircraft have flown more than 200 intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions.\n\nU.S. advisors with the Coalition Air Force Transition Team are assigned to Iraqi air force units to steer this effort forward, Hoog said. With members spread over sites around Iraq, this team serves as the coalition\u2019s liaison with and advisors to the Iraqi air force.\n\n\u201cWe are working together as one team,\u201d Iraqi Maj. Gen. Jamal Barzanjy, the Iraqi air force\u2019s chief of staff, said earlier this year. \u201cOf course we still need support from our allies, but we are going.\u201d\n\nOne big step forward is the relocation of the Iraqi air force headquarters to the same installation as the Iraqi army headquarters. This move will improve joint operations and coordination, Hoog said.\n\nMore growth is on the way, with the first of 16 UH-1H Iroquois aircraft to join the Iraqi air force fleet by January. The UH-1s are being upgraded in the United States to the more powerful \u201cHuey II\u201d configuration and \u201cwill provide a much-needed medium lift capability, as well as a CASEVAC (casualty evacuation) capability as well,\u201d Hoog said.\n\nTen Mi-17 Hip helicopters also are slated to join the fleet, and Iraqi pilots are continuing their training.\n\nAnother upcoming initiative is the introduction this spring of \u201cpipeline training,\u201d to focus on skills ranging from basic piloting to air traffic control and aircraft maintenance. \u201cThey are building on the great training foundation already laid by the CMAT (Coalition Military Assistance Team) in their operations throughout Iraq,\u201d Hoog said.\n\n\u201cThis rebuilding effort will continue to increase at an accelerated pace as the Iraqi air force seeks to grow to almost 2,500 people by the end of \u201907,\u201d he said.\n\nBarzanjy expressed optimism over progress made but acknowledged the work still ahead. \u201cWe are starting over,\u201d he said in Baghdad earlier this year. \u201cAmerica has given us a lot of help, and we have already accomplished many things, but we need to keep growing.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "5865Re: Eckankar's God is not \"God\"\n\nHello Etznab,\nNo, I don't think Anami Purusha\nwas in PT's Eckankar Dictionary.\nIMO, it was added, by Klemp, to\nhis 1998 Lexicon.\n\nHowever, in this case, it appears\nthat Klemp was merely tweaking\nthe EK Dogma that Twit, and/or\nDG, had overlooked.\n\nIn the Shariyat Book One, Chapter\nFive, Anami Purusha is:\n\n\"The first focus of action was the\nruler of the Anami Plane, named\nAnami Purusha.\"\n\nBut, it seems strange that SUGMAD\ncreated the Anami Lok where Anami\nPurusha rules and, yet, the Sugmad\n(according to Klemp) resides on\nthis same lower 10th Plane. Now,\nwhy would the great SUGMAD reside\non the 10th Plane with Anami Purusha\n(a lesser creation) when the Mahanta\n(Klemp) is residing on the 14th Plane?\n\nBTW- Which Plane does the Mahanta\nRule?\n\nAnyway, here's the definition for\nANAMI LOK from Klemp's first ECK\nLexicon:\n\n\"That plane where SOULS are\nreproduced by the Lord of Lords\nreacting upon Itself; the world\nof the Supreme Being, the Sugmad;\nthe mighty center of the universes,\nthe very heart and core of all life\nand existence. The sound here\nis of the whirlpool, and the word\nis HU; the TENTH Plane; the\nNameless Plane.\"\n\nInteresting that most ECKists\nhave never noticed or questioned\nthis disparity. It seems this\ninfo was extracted from Hindu\nor Sant Mat sources early on,\nby PT, and was never tweaked\nto fit in with his new but ever\nchanging EK dogma/scam,\nespecially, after creating the\n14th Plane \"Mahanta\" in 1969.\n\nEither this was overlooked or it\nwas seen as a minor issue that\ncould always have a fabricated\nekplanation, if need be, on down\nthe road.\n\nPrometheus\n\netznab@... wrote:\n\n>\n> Anami means \"nameless\", I believe.\n>\n> The Eckankar Dictionary & Lexicon mention a number of Purushas. Sat\n> Purusha, Alakh Purusha, Alaya Purusha, Hukikat Purusha, Agam Purusha &\n> Anami Purusha (Not sure if Anami Purusha is mentioned in early Eckankar\n> Dictionary.)\n>\n> Alternate spellings for Purusha include Purakh, Purakhu, Purukh and\n> Purukutsa. Alternate spellings for Prakriti include Prakrta.\n>\n> Purakh appears in Guru Nanak's Mool Mantra, 1st line (I've seen it\n> spelled Purukh too).\n>\n> http://www.sikhnet.com/oldsikhnet/sggs/translation/0001.html\n>\n> On one site Purakh = soul.\n>\n> http://www.heavenlygardens.org/japjie/japjip0.htm\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> -----Original Message-----\n> From: Tyson <abunjoroge@...>\n> To: EckankarSurvivorsAnonymous\n> <EckankarSurvivorsAnonymous@yahoogroups.com>\n> Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 12:57 pm\n> Subject: [EckankarSurvivorsAnonymous] Re: Eckankar's God is not \"God\"\n>\n> \u00c2\n>\n>\n> --- In EckankarSurvivorsAnonymous@yahoogroups.com, \"prometheus_973\"\n> prometheus_973@ wrote:\n> >\n> > Hello All,\n> > FYI: When Harold Klemp\n> > or any member of the\n> > Eckankar cult mentions\n> > \"God\" it is not the same\n> > God others worship. This\n> > is a misdirection... a lie!\n> >\n> > According to Eckankar's\n> > Holy Book, The Shariyat-\n> > Ki-Sugmad, and Klemp's\n> > \"Autobiography of a Modern\n> > Prophet\" (pg.385) the God\n> > that all other religions\n> > worship is Satan, i.e. the\n> > Devil, KAL. Thus, the \"God\"\n> > of Jews, Muslims, Christians,\n> > etc. is a limited God and is\n> > on a lower plane of consciousness\n> > than any and all ECK Higher\n> > Initiates!\n> >\n> > Yes, EK High Initiates, according\n> > to Eckankar's religious dogma\n> > and according to their spiritual\n> > leader and LEM/Mahanta, Harold\n> > Klemp, have a \"Higher\" consciousness\n> > than the God that others (non-Eckists)\n> > worship and pray to!\n> >\n> > \"God\" i.e. Allah et al. is merely\n> > a 4th Mental Plane deity (Satan)\n> > while Klemp is a 14th Plane God.\n> > However, Eckankar's true God,\n> > SUGMAD, is even a few rungs\n> > higher than Klemp, the Mahanta.\n> >\n> > So, when Klemp or his missionaries\n> > use the word \"God\" it's not what\n> > they mean. They are really referring\n> > to SUGMAD, unless, they might be\n> > thinking of how stupid people are\n> > to think they are referring to the\n> > same God they believe in versus\n> > SUGMAD. To the foolish Eckists,\n> > the foolish public might as well\n> > be praying to EK Higher Initiates!\n> >\n> > For some reason Klemp, the\n> > highest consciousness on earth,\n> > thinks that it's okay to deceive\n> > people with his \"common language\"\n> > excuse/approach/rationalization,\n> > where SUGMAD becomes \"God.\"\n> > And, of course, ECKists have bought\n> > into this deception because they\n> > don't dare question the methods\n> > of the 14th Plane Mahanta!\n> >\n> > And so it goes on and on with\n> > more and more deception when\n> > ever \"God\" is mentioned by an\n> > ECKist or by Klemp. One would\n> > think that the Truth would be\n> > important to people who claim\n> > to be so \"spiritually\" evolved/\n> > advanced as Eckists believe they\n> > are!\n> >\n> > Prometheus\n> >\n> Harold and paul also claim that sugmad is beyond duality and that the\n> universal mind(kal) is the negative pole of creation. Yet paul also\n> uses the hindu name Anami Purusha as a manifestation of sugmad. I think\n> it means inconcievable or unknowable purusha. The name purusha is\n> actually a God that sometimes referes to the universe itself for the\n> universe is the body of purusha. purusha is also considered to be\n> represented as male thus I see duality in this. Prakita is the divine\n> mother(matter) purusha is the divine father(spirit) when the two come\n> together spirit enters matter(lila) thus the divine dance of creation\n> begins. I dont think eckists would like to know that there name purusha\n> came from what I consider a beautiful Hindu myth and they owe there\n> creation to hinduism not the other way around.\n>"}
-{"text": "\u201cProduce Regupathi's letter to Gokhale\u201d\n\nAlso bring on record Gokhale-Balakrishnan letters\n\nAn application to bring on record the letter written by Justice R. Regupathi, former judge, to the then Madras High Court Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale on an alleged incident that happened in his chambers involving advocate R.K. Chandramohan, has been filed in the Supreme Court.\n\nThe letter written by Justice Gokhale to the then Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, enclosing Justice Regupathi's letter, which alleged influence peddling by Mr. Chandramohan to the effect that the former Communications Minister, A. Raja, wanted to speak to him (Justice Regupathi), must also be brought on record, said the application filed by advocate Elephant G. Rajendran.\n\nIt was on Mr. Rajendran's writ petitions that the High Court suspended Mr. Chandramohan as member and consequently as Chairman of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry (BCTNP). On December 15, 2010 the Supreme Court stayed the suspension and sought Mr. Rajendran's response.\n\nMr. Rajendran justified the High Court judgment and said the quo warranto petition was maintainable as Mr. Chandramohan was holding the statutory office as Bar Council Chairman though he might be an elected member.\n\n\u201cDocument not proved properly\u201d\n\nIn his special leave petition (SLP), Mr. Chandramohan had said the High Court was not justified in accepting Justice Regupathi's letter as evidence against him without following the mandatory requirements of law. He said the document was not proved as required to be proved by applying the provisions of law and that he was held guilty without being given an opportunity to defend himself.\n\nRefuting this submission, Mr. Rajendran said Mr. Chandramohan did not file a counter affidavit in the High Court on its merits; instead he filed a counter raising a technical objection to the maintainability of the writ petitions. The judgment clearly recorded a finding \u201cthough the letter [written by Justice Regupathi] was called upon from the Registry and produced before the court, the first respondent [Mr. Chandramohan] did not evince any interest to know the contents. No steps were taken at his instance for getting a copy of the letter or its contents.\u201d\n\nHaving failed to avail himself of the opportunity, Mr. Chandramohan could not say he was denied an opportunity, Mr. Rajendran pointed out and sought dismissal of the SLP. In this context, he sought a direction that the letters exchanged between Justices Regupathi and Gokhale and between Justices Gokhale and Balakrishnan be brought on record for adjudication of the present appeal. He also sought a direction to the High Court Registrar-General to produce the letters.\n\nIn another application, Mr. Rajendran said since the High Court found that Mr. Chandramohan had tried to influence his position to procure a favourable order for his client, he should be restrained from contesting the March 4 BCTNP election."}
-{"text": "Sharpton Sows Seeds of Next L.A. Riot\n\nAs we remember the last riot in Los Angeles, the seeds of the next one are being sown.\n\nAl Sharpton was in Los Angeles on Thursday, attending a church rally marking the two-month anniversary of Trayvon Martin\u2019s death. Why Los Angeles should be chosen as the venue for such an event may at first seem a mystery, but whatever one may think of him, Sharpton can be counted among the true masters at manipulating the media. And here in Los Angeles this week, much of the media has been consumed with observing the 20th anniversary of what is often referred to as the Rodney King riots. The not-so-subtle message Sharpton was here to convey is this: Listen to me, do as I say, or face the consequences.\n\nRecall that on April 29, 1992, four Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King, who had led police on a high-speed pursuit through L.A.\u2019s San Fernando Valley. When he finally pulled over, unlike his two passengers King refused to submit to arrest and was struck with batons, kicked, and shocked with a Taser, all of which was captured on that famous videotape by a man who lived nearby. The tape (edited portions of it, actually) was played on television in what seemed to be a continuous loop for months, and then was played again ad nauseam throughout the officers\u2019 trial. It was that tape, and the careful but deceptive manner in which it was edited and shown, that led to the near-universal expectation that the accused officers would be convicted. When they weren\u2019t, much of Los Angeles was put to the torch in days of rioting and looting.\n\nBy yoking himself to the memory of the Los Angeles riots, and to the coming trial of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Sharpton is implicitly threatening violence even as he explicitly denounces it. \u201cI've fought for justice for Trayvon,\u201d Sharpton wrote at the Huffington Post, \u201cbecause I believe in America and I don't believe we should burn it down. Let's prove that we are in fact the United States of America, and let's not miss another opportunity to show just how great we can be.\u201d\n\nAnd just how great can we be, Mr. Sharpton, if \u201cjustice for Trayvon\u201d results in an acquittal of George Zimmerman?\n\nSharpton surely knows this is a real possibility. As pointed out by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, among others, the case against Zimmerman is feeble. But this is of little import to Sharpton, and indeed may even be to his advantage. The initial narrative of the Martin shooting \u2013 racist white guy shoots harmless black child \u2013 has come unraveled, leaving Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey in the unenviable position of pressing a murder case in which the only known eyewitness bolsters the defendant\u2019s claim of self-defense. But expectations of a conviction have already been raised, not least by Sharpton himself, leaving him in the role of the man who will pour oil on the troubled waters. And, conveniently for Sharpton, the anniversary of the L.A. riots arrives to provide exactly the right platform for the type of self-promotion at which he is so adept.\n\nJust as the details of George Zimmerman\u2019s deadly encounter with Trayvon Martin have escaped the limits first placed on them by the media, so too did the actual facts of Rodney King\u2019s arrest fly in the face of what had been presented to the public, leading to genuinely reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors who acquitted the four LAPD officers twenty years ago. But that hasn\u2019t prevented some from trying to make history conform to long-discredited canards about the LAPD, one of which was recently trotted out in the Los Angeles Times.\n\n\u201cLAPD goes from longtime oppressor to community partner,\u201d read the headline over an April 22 column by Times columnist Sandy Banks. I\u2019ll allow that Banks probably didn\u2019t write the inflammatory headline, but while the piece itself is worth reading for the interview with three police officers who worked through the riots and are still patrolling South Central L.A., it repeats the most tired of tired clich\u00e9s about how that area once was policed. The LAPD, writes Banks, was \u201can occupying army.\u201d\n\nUtter rubbish.\n\nLike the three officers interviewed in the Banks piece, I too was working in South Central L.A. on the day the riots began. In 1991, the LAPD had about 8,000 officers, or 2,000 fewer than it has today. But while in 2010 the city had a Part I crime rate of 273 per 10,000 residents, in 1991 that figure was a staggering 1,010. And in 1991, in the four police divisions that patrol South Central L.A., the department put no more than 80 cops on the street on a typical night, hardly anyone\u2019s idea of an occupying army. And while the LAPD now investigates fewer than 300 murders each year, in 1991 it handled 1,025, the greatest share of which occurred in South Central L.A. On those infrequent occasions when the department did manage to muster a larger number of officers to patrol the area, it was in response to a level of violence that seems all but incomprehensible today.\n\nAnd though there is much less violent crime in L.A. than there was twenty years ago, a disproportionate amount of it still occurs in those same neighborhoods. This is a fact evidently lost on Henry Watson, one of the central figures from the opening moments of the Rodney King riots. It was Watson and Damian \u201cFootball\u201d Williams who were the primary culprits in the assault on Reginald Denny, who on April 29, 1992, was dragged from the cab of his big-rig dirt hauler and beaten nearly to death at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues. In one part of a retrospective series on the riots produced by the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles, Watson spoke of his anger on hearing that the four LAPD officers had been acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.\n\n\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d Watson told KNBC. \u201cAnd you know, history has a tendency to repeat itself, you understand? So it\u2019s boiling. It\u2019s hot right now with the [Trayvon Martin] issue in Florida. . . . You can\u2019t keep killing black folks. We\u2019re not going to allow it.\u201d\n\nHe apparently prefers to leave the killing of black folks to other black folks, about whom he expressed no outrage in the interview. According to the Los Angeles Times, since Jan. 1, 2007, there have been 166 people killed within two miles of the intersection of Florence and Normandie, the great majority of them young black men killed by other young black men. And many of them, victims and killers alike, were members of the same street gang to which Watson and Williams once belonged. (To no one\u2019s surprise, Damian Williams is serving a life sentence for killing a man in 2000.)\n\nAnd I may have missed it, but I didn\u2019t catch Al Sharpton commenting on L.A.\u2019s black-on-black crime problem while he was here in town, either. How many more will be killed in the time it takes to get a resolution in the Zimmerman-Martin case?\n\nUnless some previously undisclosed evidence emerges against George Zimmerman, he will not be convicted of any crime, and in any event I\u2019m confident he will never be convicted of murder. When he is acquitted, or when a mistrial is declared with a hung jury, what will happen? When that day comes, the prudent citizen will avoid the intersection of Florence and Normandie."}
-{"text": "Doom 2 Dplay.dll Is Missing\n\nContents\n\nDLL-files.com Client fixes your immediate error, and solves any possible future DLL errors. NOTE! Alternatively, change the screen resolution to 640x480 Window and the game should run properly. Because of this, we have prepared a special article for each Windows version. check over here\n\nStep 2:Opening the software's file folder Copy the Dplay.dll file into this folder that opens. You look young and like one of those wiz kids. D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncelerinizi payla\u015fmak i\u00e7in oturum a\u00e7\u0131n. We ran the Command Prompt using Windows 10. http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/524287-doom-1993/66949909\n\nDplay.dll Windows 8\n\nThis file can be found inside the Doom95 installation archive in the DIRECTX folder. Uninstall the software from your computer by following the steps that come up and restart your computer. 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Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. have a peek at these guys Learn more You're viewing YouTube in Turkish.\n\nOur editor will respond to your comment shortly. \"Dplay.dll not found.\" error \"The file Dplay.dll is missing.\" error \"Dplay.dll access violation.\" error \"Cannot register Dplay.dll.\" error \"Cannot find Dplay.dll.\" error \"This I came across several reviews of the Enthoo Evolv and fell in love with the look of the case, but wondered if... Advertise Media Kit Contact Doom Wiki is a Fandom Games Community. We ran the Command Prompt using Windows 10.\n\nPlease install [APPLICATION] again.\" Well I figured I could down load it and got on google and came across thishttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...4-03710469c94c Well I tried this and it failed only to find dpx.dll Bu \u00f6zellik \u015fu anda kullan\u0131lam\u0131yor. The most commonly occurring error messages are: The program can't start because dplay.dll is missing from your computer. 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-{"text": "During the days of the early Republic the food was as simple and austere as\nthe Roman people and their houses. Meat was not eaten often and the diet was\ngenerally based on vegetables and agricultural produce such as onions, peas and\nwheat. As Cato informs us, vegetables should be eaten with vinegar when raw and\nwith Olive oil when cooked.\n\nLeguminous foods (\"legumina\") were particularly frequent and\neven loved, especially when they were mixed with cereals (\"frumenta\")\nand boiled into something like Scottish porridge or Italian polenta. It\nwas cooked in an earthenware pot hanging over the fire and could be rendered a\nlittle more interesting by adding lard, cheese, vegetables or possibly meat.\nThere are records of legions complaining because they had had to rely on rations\nof meat rather than their beloved dish of \"Puls\" or \"Polenta\".\n\nThe earliest wheat used for bread was still of the wild, unselected variety\nknown as \"far\" which we would know as \"Spell\". The\nPotatoes, Wheat and Corn from the Americas weren't known yet! This bread had\ntraditional meanings so much so that it was used as part of the\nmarriage\nceremonies. The bride and groom would both eat a piece of this unleavened bread\npreviously prepared by the bride for the occasion. In fact the simple foods of\nantiquity came to be directly associated with the good austere traditions of\nearly Rome.\n\nIt was with the advent of soft wheat that the industry around bread making\nreally took off: being easier to process (it doesn't require breaking the pod to\nextract the useful part) is soon transformed farming methods and the volumes\nwhich could be usefully produced and traded. It was also more suited to making\nleavened breads and cakes which per se stimulated demand and as a consequence\nthe trading infrastructure, including bakeries. The bakeries and indeed the\npublic fortune of bakers is visible at sites such as Pompeii. The consumption of\nwine grew in line with that of bread - clearly bread creates thirst and as such\ncreated a new need for increasing volumes and varieties of\nAncient Roman wine.\n\nWhilst remaining on the theme of bread I once saw an interesting comparison\nbetween a fossilised bread from Pompeii and a modern traditional loaf from the\nsame area. They were identical in shape: A circular loaf with an asterisk cut\ninto the top to allow the dough to open during cooking. Although the shape was\nthe same I expect they weren't equally digestible.\n\nEating was clearly an increasingly popular passtime rather than necessity as\nRoman civilisation increased in wealth. The culture of eating consequently\ndeveloped, for example in paintings and literature.\n\nOne of the most popular eater's mottoes which made it down to us was\nattributed to Cicero. He happened to live just about the time that Rome really\nbegan to get rich on an international scale:\n\n\"Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas\" - Eat in order to live, don't live in order to eat. Hear hear.\n\nThe writer Petronius agreed with him in his \"Satyricon\":\n\n\"Oportet etiam inter cenandum philologiam nosse\"\n- You must know how to use the principles of science even in order to dine.\nModern nutritionists would agree I'm sure!\n\nIn spite of all the good advice, feasts and banqueting were driven to the\nextreme, not only by gluttony but also by the heavily ingrained class structure,\nnot to mention the politics.\nClass structure allowed\nslaves to become rich and\nto pay for their freedom, as liberti they could gain further freedom to win\nfurther riches and their sons and their son's sons could aspire to the\nEquestrian and even\nSenatorial ranks. Everyone could move up (or down) the\nsocial ladder and everyone did their best to be upwardly mobile\n\"yuppies\". During the height of the empire even marriage suffered,\njust like nowadays.\n\nThe Yuppies' problem was that there was little to actually distinguish your\nwealth and social rank other than perhaps a specially coloured stripe on your\ntoga, a half moon on your shoes or a signet ring, all of which were easily\nforged and copied. Ostentatious hairdos and expensive jewellery were good means\nof distinguishing your superiority if you were a woman but by and large what\ncould prove better than lavish feasts surrounded by servants and your rich and\npowerful \"friends\"?\n\nThe name which has made it down for the sake of posterity is that of the rich\nApicius who collected up a renowned book of recipes called \"De Re\nCoquinaria\" (a link is shown below). Apicius happened to be rich enough to delve into the\ndeepest culinary secrets and delicacies of the time. He finally committed\nsuicide when he realised he had reduced his vast estate to a \"humble\"\nmillion. This is the most extant proof that the love for luxury, exotic foods\nand the cook that went with them literally ate up, or at least digested and\nredistributed small fortunes.\n\nSurprise surprise, as the wealth of Rome and its citizens grew so did the\nbelly size of the citizens themselves. Just take a quick look at their statues\nfor proof. The wealthy Romans of the golden age of the empire forgot the\nausterity of their forefathers and preferred to laden the table with every sort\nof delicacy. To be correct they never forgot the austerity - they often preached\nit and even tried to enforce a degree of it by law - but as a society they\nsimply never managed to abide by its principles.\n\nTaking food and entertainment to excess most aptly describes what ancient\nRomans would have regarded as an Ancient Roman Orgy. The vegetable based meal of the olden days was enriched with fish, fowl, wild\nboars, pastries and fruits cooked into well elaborate recipes. Favourite sauces\nincluded Garum which was made out of fish entrails (I think Sardines) fermented\nfor a long time under the sun. Archaeologists have found plenty of remnants of\nthe stuff in the bottom of market jars and urns all over the empire. A little\nlike we might resort to mustard or ketchup. Yum yum!!!\n\nA growing appetite for the exotic meant that the more foreign a recipe the\nmore it was sought after. Petronius, the master of\nRoman Satire tells us of \"\u2026stuffed game\naccompanied by the teats of young sows and knowledgeably prepared hares onto\nwhich dense spicy sauces poured from small dishes which also flowed onto fish\nwhich looked as though they were swimming in a pond\u2026\". Dinners of six or\nmore courses were accompanied with wine and water whilst guests would be\nentertained by dancers, singers and other performers.\n\nThe most famous host of ancient Rome was Lucullus who after successfully\nserving as military commander under Silla returned to Rome to live a life of\nleisure and plentiful food of the most extravagant and exotic variety. An\ninvitation to one of his dinners was everyone's desire and no one forgot the\ndinner invitation he extended to the whole of Rome on occasion of his Triumphal\nprocession of 66BC. Plutarch in his biography of Silla says (ch.35)\n\n\"On consecrating the tenth of all his substance to Hercules, Sulla feasted\nthe people sumptuously, and his provision for them was so much beyond what was\nneeded that great quantities of meats were daily cast into the river, and wine\nwas drunk that was forty years old and upwards. 2 In\nthe midst of the feasting, which lasted many days, Metella lay sick and dying.\nAnd since the priests forbade Sulla to go near her, or to have his house\npolluted by her funeral, he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be\ncarried to another house while she was still living. In doing this, he observed\nthe strict letter of the law, out of superstition; but the law limiting the\nexpense of the funeral, which law he had himself introduced, he transgressed,\nand spared no outlays. 3 He transgressed also his\nown ordinances limiting the cost of banquets, when he tried to assuage his\nsorrow by drinking parties and convivial banquets, where extravagance and\nribaldry prevailed.\"\n\nAs hinted above, the love for these feasts grew to such an extent that\nRoman laws\nhad to be made in order to limit the allowable budgets. The first of these laws\ndates back to the Republican period. For example the Fannia Lex and Didia Lex\nposed limitations on festive spending to all people of Italy. The Orchia lex\n(year 566 of the city) placed a maximum on the number of dinner guests you might\nhave. Even Julius Caesar put his pen to a similar set of laws (Julia Lex) posing\nnew limits of 300 Sestertii on common feasts and a thousand Sestertii on\nmarriage feasts. As time went by the limits were shifted through new laws, which\nin itself is interesting because you would have thought that they were simply\nignoring the law and making the issue of new ones totally useless. Perhaps the\nlaw was followed after all? Perhaps not.\n\nMy favourite of all these is the attempt made with the Antia Lex written by\nAntius Restio posing limitations on luxury. It was never respected by anyone\nexcept, according to Macrobius, by the author himself who in order to avoid\nbeing regarded a bigot in contempt of his own laws was never seen going out to\ndinner again."}
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-{"text": "Of the three key findings of the How People Learn research, 1. Engage preconceptions, 2. Students must have a deep foundation of knowledge within a contextual framework and know how to retrieve and apply it, and 3.Teach students metacognition, questioning is how we engage preconceptions. So it makes sense that the questioning strategy became eliciting evidence. The reason this strategy is of extra importance to me is because it is one that I am very aware of due to how hard it is for me. Asking good questions is not easy for me so it\u2019s no wonder my students struggle with it!\n\nSurfacing our student\u2019s preconceptions is of paramount importance. In Science people tend to hold on to their preconceptions of how the world works even in the face of conflicting evidence. So it becomes the duty of Science teachers to continually challenge and conflict our students misconceptions until the actual Science concepts become what they believe and understand. This often times take years if not their whole K-12 education! So asking the right questions at the right time is essential.\n\nBack in 2004 I attended a physics training where the instructors treated us like students instead of teachers. If you think about it as teachers we are often taught like teachers in that if we struggle with something the instructor usually just gives us the \u201canswer\u201d so that we know what to expect from our students or how to help our students when we teach it. In the physics course we were not given answers. When we asked a question usually in the form of, \u201cokay I\u2019m confused here so tell me is it a mechanical or an electrical interaction?\u201d We expected the instructor to tell us which one but to our surprise and complete frustration the instructors all answered our questions with more questions! And they wouldn\u2019t provide any answers until we had struggled with the concepts enough to be ready for an answer, which usually meant we had discovered the answer for ourselves. At one point of extreme frustration I asked the instructor why he just didn\u2019t answer me. He showed me by answering my question. Then he asked me what I was thinking. I said nothing. His point exactly. When you answer your student\u2019s questions they stop thinking yet when you ask questions or just NOT answer their questions they are forced to continue thinking! It\u2019s a balancing act of deciding when it\u2019s finally okay to answer questions.\n\nGuiding questions to help students get to their next step is the art that we need to master. That is how we use questioning as feedback. What do good questions need to do?\n\nThey help students make sense of the content\n\nThey are open-ended, whether in answer or approach.\n\nThey empower students to unravel their misconceptions.\n\nThey not only require the application of facts and procedures but also encourage students to make connections and generalizations.\n\nThey are accessible to all students in their language and offer an entry point for all students.\n\nTheir answers lead students to wonder more about a topic.\n\nSource: Good Questions for Math Teachers by Schuster and Anderson (2005)\n\nAlso from Schuster and Anderson we were shown what we need to consider to create good questions:\n\nThe goals of the lesson\n\nThe misconceptions students may have\n\nThe connections we\u2019d like students to make between lesson goals and previously covered concepts and/or procedures\n\nAssessment of understanding\n\nAnd finally we get from Schuster and Anderson some tips on the classroom conditions necessary to support good answers:\n\n\u2013 A place to begin\n\nThink about how students begin the process of answering a question\n\nMake adjustments to the question posed\n\n\u2013 Waiting\n\nPurposeful, consistent and patient wait time with the goal to elicit mindful, insightful and sound answers\n\n5-10 second rule\n\n\u2013 Discussing answers (from this I gather they mean a risk free environment where it\u2019s okay to be wrong and learn from each other)\n\nSo what this means to me is that just like using any formative assessment strategy I have to plan it in such a way that it is effective to what my students need. And by that I don\u2019t mean plan minute by minute what I\u2019m going to be teaching. Frankly, that is not even my style. But knowing my content well enough and by learning what misconception my students have I can decide which questions will help most. Sure, I often do this on the spot because you never know where a lesson will go or what students will ask or need but it sure does help being prepared so I\u2019m not winging it all.\n\nIn order to create a classroom culture that is conducive to not answering your student\u2019s questions and creating a space where it\u2019s okay to make mistakes and learn from each other we were introduced to talk moves. Talk moves are deliberate techniques we use as teachers to engage our students with the content to the point where they will be forced to challenge their misconceptions. Click on the graphic at the beginning of this blog post to see the purpose of talk moves and examples of talk moves. I found this resource on talk moves from the teaching channel that is quite helpful.\n\nI also did a quick Google search on questioning and found some helpful resources:\n\n3 Responses to More on Questioning\n\nTo respond to your question prompts at the end, I would like to share the KWLQ strategy. It is an extension of the well known Know-Want to know-Learned (KWL) strategy. In the context/cycle of inquiry, as your post highlights, we should always have more questions. By adding the \u201cQ\u201d, for Questions you have because of your learning, we are continuing the cycle of inquiry, a.k.a Life-long Learning. KWL-Q (repeat)."}
-{"text": "Man charged in death of Maryland woman; son missing\n\nChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.\n\nAn Amber Alert has been issued for William McQuain, 11, whose mother was found dead in their Maryland home.\n\nStory highlights\n\nPolice charge boy's stepfather with murder of his mother\n\nAmber Alert has been issued for William McQuain, 11\n\nThe sixth-grader was last seen at school September 30\n\nHis mother was found dead in the home Wednesday, police say\n\nThe stepfather of a missing Maryland boy was charged Thursday with first-degree murder after the boy's mother was found dead, police said.\n\nCurtis Lopez, 45, was arrested Thursday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, after a warrant was issued, said Chief Tom Manger of the Montgomery County, Maryland, police.\n\nAn Amber Alert has been issued for the boy, 11-year-old William McQuain, who remains missing, police said.\n\nHomicide detectives from Montgomery County were on their way to Charlotte on Thursday.\n\n\"Our focus and our priority now is locating William McQuain,\" Manger told reporters Thursday. He held up two pictures of the sixth-grader, one a class picture and the other showing him in a baseball uniform.\n\nThe case began Wednesday afternoon when a friend of the boy's mother reported her missing, saying he had not seen her for about two weeks and that he was concerned for her welfare, Manger said. Police learned her son had not been in school since Sept. 30.\n\nWhen detectives arrived at the woman's home in Germantown, they found Jane McQuain, 51, dead in her bedroom with evidence of trauma to her upper body, Manger said. Her son was not there and the woman's vehicle, a Honda CRV, was gone.\n\nLopez was McQuain's husband and had been known to frequent her residence but did not appear to live there, Manger said. Witnesses told police they saw him recently at the home, removing property and loading it into McQuain's Honda, he said.\n\nThe car was found Thursday morning, but police would not reveal where.\n\nDetectives contacted Lopez on Wednesday night, before they found McQuain's body, Manger said. Once the body was found and the case was ruled a homicide, Lopez, based on his inconsistent statements, became a person of interest, he said.\n\n\"We were hoping that we would find (William) with Mr. Lopez and we did not, so we are asking for the public's help in locating 11-year-old William McQuain,\" Manger said.\n\n\"My hope is that he may be with a family member or a friend that perhaps has no idea what's occurred with his mother, but as time goes on it becomes, I guess, more and more of a long shot that that's the case,\" he said.\n\nJane McQuain was probably dead for 10 to 12 days before police found her, Manger said.\n\nPolice believe Lopez may have had a residence in North Carolina, Capt. Paul Starks of the Montgomery County police told CNN, but they have few other details linking him to the area.\n\nWilliam McQuain is described as a light-skinned African-American, about 5 feet tall and weighing about 85 pounds.\n\nAnyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call 911, police said."}
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-{"text": "2.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\nIntel\u00ae Virtualization Technology in Embedded and\nCommunications Infrastructure Applications\nDean Neumann, Communication Infrastructure Architecture & Planning, Intel Corporation\nDileep Kulkarni, Communication Infrastructure Architecture & Planning, Intel Corporation\nAaron Kunze, Corporate Technology Group, Intel Corporation\nGerald Rogers, Infrastructure Processor Division, Intel Corporation\nEdwin Verplanke, Infrastructure Processor Division, Intel Corporation\nIndex words: virtualization, virtual machine monitor (VMM), hypervisor, real-time operating system\n(RTOS), multi-core, isolation, consolidation, embedded, communications, industrial control,\naerospace\nABSTRACT virtualization can be used) which provide these benefits.\nIn this paper we survey several of these models within\nIntel\u00ae Virtualization Technology\u0394 delivers improved embedded and communication systems.\ncomputing benefits for home users, business users, and IT\nmanagers alike. This paper describes the unique Regardless of the mechanism by which virtualization is\nrequirements that embedded systems and communications used, one commonality between usage models is that it is\ninfrastructure equipment place on virtualized always necessary for an additional layer of software to\nenvironments and shows how Intel is working with a exist that schedules the operating systems which share the\nnumber of third parties to extend the benefits of Intel hardware platform, manages the resources assigned to\nVirtualization Technology to these market segments. each OS, and saves/restores state when context switching\nBounded real-time performance can be maintained while between the OSs. In this way each OS executes within a\nusing virtualization to consolidate systems; system uptime \u201cvirtual machine\u201d (VM) rather than on a physical\ncan be increased by enabling software failover without machine. This additional layer of software, the Virtual\nredundant hardware; and software migration can be Machine Monitor (VMM), manages the execution of OSs\nperformed without bringing down the application. in much the same way that OSs manage the execution of\nVirtualization also allows legacy applications to co-exist applications.\nwith new applications by executing both software Although the existence of a VMM is common to all usage\nenvironments in parallel, and it provides the means for models, we shall see that the architecture of these VMMs\napplications to take advantage of multi-core processors is tailored to the constraints of the market segments they\nwithout re-architecting for multi-threaded execution. address, and that different design decisions must be made\nto optimize the VMM for the specific requirements of\nINTRODUCTION each market segment. It is not only the VMM that is\nAs in the desktop, mobile, or IT server domains, tailored to different market segments, but also the OSs\nembedded systems and communications infrastructure that execute within the VMs that must be tailored to the\nequipment can also realize several benefits from requirements of these market segments. Whereas a\nvirtualizing the hardware execution environment, so that General Purpose-Operating System (GPOS) such as\nmultiple operating systems (OSs) can share the common Linux*, Microsoft Windows* or Microsoft Windows\nresources of the hardware platform. These benefits may be Server* addresses the requirements of desktop or IT server\nrealized in terms of cost reduction (either by reducing environments, a different class of OS\u2014the Real-Time\ncapital costs or operational costs), in terms of increased Operating System (RTOS)\u2014is required to address the\nperformance and functionality, or in terms of increased requirements of embedded and communications systems.\nsystem reliability and security. There are also several As we shall see, providing specific real-time behaviors in\ndifferent \u201cusage models\u201d (mechanisms by which\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 217\n\n3.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\na virtualized environment becomes an overriding factor in physical memory, including that of devices or other\nembedded system design. guests. This is a tradeoff that would not be acceptable in a\ngeneral-purpose environment, but may be preferred in\nEMBEDDED VMM DESIGN some embedded environments. Second, I/O performance\nCONSIDERATIONS can be critical to the success of an embedded system. This\nhas caused some embedded VMM vendors to allow VMs\nEmbedded systems have requirements that make software\nto have direct access to Direct Memory Access (DMA)-\ndesign for these systems different than software design for\ncapable devices. This increases performance, but would\na server or desktop environment. These requirements\nallow a malicious application or device driver to use the\ncome from many factors, including the closed nature of\ndevice to read and write the memory of the other guest\nthe systems and the real-time workloads that often run on\nOSs on the system. Again, in environments where the\nthese systems. The design requirements of these devices\nsoftware environment is fixed, this tradeoff might be\nimpact the design of VMMs that are targeted to this\nacceptable.\nenvironment. Although there are some similarities in the\nrequirements of many embedded systems, even within the Even though some embedded environments will accept\nembedded systems market segments, different vertical reduced isolation between guests, there are exceptions\nmarket segments have different requirements. Before Intel with other embedded environments. Specifically, security-\nreleased processors with Intel Virtualization Technology critical and safety-critical environments like those\n(Intel VT), the complexity and costs involved in supported by LynuxWorks would not allow these types of\ndeveloping a VMM for different embedded systems tradeoffs [2]. Again, Intel VT reduces the cost of\nmarket segments was extremely high. With Intel VT, producing a VMM so that the development of targeted\nhowever, the unique requirements of embedded systems VMMs with different design tradeoffs is possible.\ncan be inexpensively met by targeted products like those\nhighlighted in this paper. Static Virtual Machines\nIn this paper, we highlight three design considerations for Many embedded systems are designed with the knowledge\nVMMs for an embedded system. These design of exactly what workloads will be run at all times. They\nconsiderations include the unique isolation requirements, are also designed knowing exactly what hardware will be\nthe prevalence of static VMs, and support for real-time available on the system. This allows designers to make\nworkloads. design-time choices about how to allocate hardware to the\ntasks running in the workload. As such, when using an\nUnique Isolation Requirements embedded OS it is typical for the designer to statically\nallocate specific cores and specific regions of memory to\nOne difference between the requirements of an embedded\nprocessing tasks. This reduces the emphasis on dynamic\nVMM and a general-purpose VMM affects how well VMs\nscheduling and dynamic memory management that is often\nare isolated from one another. Most embedded systems\nimportant in a GPOS. Although scheduling multiple tasks\nare closed systems, where all of the software is either\nthat are running on the same core is still important,\nwritten by or installed by a single vendor, and where end\nespecially in an RTOS, deciding which cores will run\nusers do not have the flexibility to run their own software.\nwhich particular tasks is less important.\nIn some cases this can reduce the isolation requirements\nthat exist in general-purpose VMMs. In embedded In a virtualized environment, the VMM is responsible for\nsystems, this reduced isolation often increases performing processor scheduling and memory\nperformance or increases the predictability of management for the guest OSs just as the OS is\nperformance. In other cases such as security-critical responsible for processor scheduling and memory\napplications, the isolation requirements are increased management for applications. Therefore, many of the\nrather than reduced, often to the point of requiring formal requirements that apply to OSs in an embedded\nanalysis and certification. environment also apply to VMMs in an embedded\nenvironment. With this in mind, VMMs can be designed\nThere are two examples of optimizations supported by\nso that system designers can make static configuration\nembedded VMMs that capitalize on reduced isolation\nchoices at design time with respect to how resources are\nrequirements. First, many real-time OSs run without\nallocated to VMs. This changes the design of VMMs for\npaging [1]. Page walks make it difficult for real-time\nembedded environments in two ways. First, the design of\nsystems to predict the performance of code and meet real-\nthe scheduler is simplified since the designer will likely\ntime guarantees efficiently. They can also result in a\nstatically map tasks to processor cores manually. The\nreduction in overall performance. In an Intel VT-enabled\nscheduler must still schedule between VMs running on the\nsystem, running guests with paging disabled reduces the\nsame core, and must do so using different scheduling\nisolation of that guest\u2014the guest can read and write all of\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 218\n\n4.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\npolicies than would be used in desktop or IT data center would occur while the RTOS is executing a critical task,\ndomains, but scheduling between cores is simplified. the VMM should delay delivery of the interrupt until the\nSecond, memory management is designed more for RTOS has finished execution of the time-critical task to\nconfigurability than for dynamic reallocation. VMMs rely maintain determinism.\non the designer to specify which memory ranges should be\nMany embedded systems also require strict prioritization\ngiven to each VM. This simplifies the design of memory\nof I/O traffic between code running at different priority\nmanagers within the VMM, but increases the complexity\nlevels [4]. For example, if multiple VMs are to access a\nof configuring the VMM.\nnetwork device, the application may require some quality\nof service (QoS) guarantees be enforced between the\nReal-time System Support\nguests. These guarantees may come in the form of\nMany embedded systems are required to support real-time bandwidth or latency guarantees. Such requirements are\nworkloads. One of the reasons why GPOSs such as not typically found in a general-purpose system. This\nMicrosoft Windows cannot provide real-time control is complicates the design of the infrastructure used to share\ndue to the limitations of the scheduler. The scheduler in devices between VMs.\nthis case is the entity which determines how much time a\nspecific process or thread is allowed to spend on a given Embedded systems have unique design criteria that have a\nprocessor. Microsoft Windows uses a quantum-based, large impact on how VMMs are designed for such\npreemptive priority scheduling algorithm. This basically systems. Intel VT reduces the cost of producing a VMM\nmeans that threads with equal priority are scheduled round such that targeting an individual embedded environment is\nrobin and threads with higher priority are serviced above a possibility. It allows VMM vendors to focus on how\nthreads with a lower priority. Linux uses a priority-based they meet the requirements of their market segment\nscheduling algorithm as well. An RTOS, however, often without dealing as much with the complexities of\nschedules tasks using a strict priority scheduler [3]. A virtualizing system hardware.\npriority scheduler will let higher priority tasks run for as\nlong as they have work to do, whereas a general-purpose VIRTUALIZATION IN INDUSTRIAL\nscheduler tries to guarantee that no task can prevent CONTROL\nanother from progressing.\nMany industrial control systems feature highly visual\nSupporting real-time workloads in a virtualized human interfaces that depict the process under control,\nenvironment is a challenge. A VMM does not typically which may be a medical device, an industrial plant, an\nhave visibility into the individual tasks running in an assembly line, etc. These displays may also involve\nRTOS, nor does it have knowledge about their priority. rapidly changing data, or they may include interfaces to\nThe solutions that embedded VMM vendors are using network-accessible databases to access schematic\ntoday is to isolate RTOSs alone on a processor core, or to diagrams or diagnostic and maintenance procedures. Such\nonly allow the RTOS to share a core with a GPOS and systems therefore benefit from the ubiquity and richness\ngive the RTOS strict priority over the GPOS. of GPOSs such as Microsoft Windows and the\ncomputational performance of powerful CPUs. Yet they\nThere are also differences between a real-time\nalso require strict real-time control to ensure that robotic\nenvironment and a general-purpose environment in the\nmachines assemble parts with exacting precision, move\nway interrupts are handled. In many embedded\ngantries and X-ray machines to exact locations, operate\napplications, interrupts generated by external hardware\nswitches and actuators at precise times, or perform\nhave to be serviced within a specific time frame. GPOSs\nfunctions for exact durations. Many require closed-loop\ndo not necessarily have this capability built in as they can\nfeedback control systems: for example, if a sensor detects\nfrequently turn off interrupt processing for an unbounded\nthat a machine has reached a specific point, that sensor\namount of time. This kind of behavior is unacceptable for\nsends a signal that must be acted upon by the control\napplications that require real-time control.\nsoftware within a timeframe that is measured in\nFor real-time interrupt handling, Intel VT plays a key role. microseconds in order that the machine can be halted in\nWith Intel VT, the system can be configured such that that exact position without variance.\nwhen a guest disables interrupts, only the delivery of\nAs we noted above, GPOSs such as Microsoft Windows\ninterrupts to itself is disabled and not the delivery to other\nare not suitable for performing this level of real-time\nguests. Therefore, if a GPOS guest were to disable\ncontrol because they are designed to share processor\ninterrupts, and an interrupt for a real-time device were to\nresources fairly between running processes, thereby\nbe asserted, the VMM could still decide to interrupt an\npreventing \u201cstarvation\u201d of some processes. Traditional\nRTOS that required small, predictable interrupt latencies.\nindustrial control systems therefore typically separate their\nOn the other hand, if an interrupt targeted for the GPOS\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 219\n\n5.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\nprocessing and control functions into a Master Station The scheduler behavior has an immediate effect on\ncomponent that implements the human computer interface, interrupt handling. When controlling a critical process,\ndatabase interface, and other non-real-time management interrupts generated by the equipment under control must\nfunctions, and separate Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) be serviced within a very specific and bounded time\nwhich are small, rugged computers that implement the frame. GPOSs do not have this capability, as high priority\nreal-time control functions, traditionally using separate tasks/processes or threads can take priority. This behavior\nProgrammable Logic Controllers for that purpose. These is unacceptable for applications that require real-time\nRTUs contain the sensors and actuators to detect and control. The design of the OS kernel may also include\ncontrol the operating environment, along with sufficient critical sections of code that must execute atomically, and\ncomputing performance to react to environmental changes therefore interrupts must be disabled during these critical\nand control commands extremely quickly, and to execute sections, thereby causing the worst-case latency to\nthe communications protocol stack to exchange data with increase by the length of the longest critical section in the\nthe Master Station. RTUs frequently must also operate OS.\nwithin extreme temperature, humidity, vibration, or other\nToday there are different solutions available to provide\nenvironmental conditions that are more challenging for the\nthis element of real-time control. Some solutions provide a\nelectronics than for the mechanical components. These\nreal-time kernel and run the GPOS and graphical user\nenvironmental conditions restrict the choice of computing\ninterface within a complete thread. An API is defined that\ncomponents that can be employed, or they increase the\nallows the GPOS to interact with the real-time kernel. If\ncost of those components, particularly if ample\nthe requirement for thread scheduling exists, an\nperformance headroom is desired to support future\napplication within the GPOS would utilize the thread\nfunctionality. Therefore, for reasons of cost reduction and\nmechanism offered by the real-time kernel.\nthe desire for a common, scalable infrastructure upon\nwhich greater functionality can be layered, trends in Another approach is to run a small real-time kernel along\nindustrial control are toward a consolidated platform that with the GPOS. Both OSs share the CPU, memory, and\ncan provide the required separation of the real-time interrupt controller. However, each version of the kernel\ncontrol functionality from the non-real-time functions [5]. has its own context (descriptor tables, memory\nIn this way RTUs can be simplified, while the Master management etc.). The real-time kernel determines when\nStation provides real-time control that can be given specific processes have to be executed to maintain\nabsolute priority so that signals can be operated upon determinism, and interrupt delivery is also controlled so\nwithin strictly defined bounded timeframes, while still that it does not affect the behavior of the system. If an\nproviding the rich graphical environment, databases, and interrupt occurs during the execution of a real-time task,\ndevice support of a GPOS. the real-time kernel will not necessarily execute the\ninterrupt service routine if it is associated with the GPOS.\nScheduler and Interrupt Latencies for Instead it will continue execution of the real-time task and\nVirtualized Solutions in Industrial Control on completion it will hand over control to the GPOS,\nAlthough the graphical user interface of a GPOS such as which will then deal with the interrupt.\nMicrosoft Windows or Linux combined with XWindows Designing in determinism in a GPOS this way can be very\nmeets the requirements for control of medical equipment complex. The OS source may not be available: with this in\nor industrial equipment, the applications\u2019 response times mind, some assumptions must be made in order to predict\nare often not acceptable. The average interrupt latency the behavior of the general-purpose kernel.\nprovided by a GPOS may indeed be within acceptable\nlimits (on the order of 5-20 microseconds), but the worst- Commercial Virtualization Solutions for\ncase latency must be designed for, and this may be orders Industrial Control Applications\nof magnitude too long in a GPOS.\nCommercial solutions exist that meet the stringent latency\nThe main reasons why GPOSs are not suitable are due to constraints of real-time control while still providing the\nthe policies of the scheduler and the design of the kernel. rich and ubiquitous development framework of Microsoft\nThe scheduler is the entity that determines how much time Windows. Products such as TenAsys Corporation\u2019s\na specific task/process/thread is allowed to spend on a INtime* employ the hardware capabilities of Intel\u2019s\ngiven processor. Modern GPOS schedulers allow users to processors with Intel VT to provide extremely low\nprovide an element of application scheduling control. latencies (worst-case measured as low as 3 microseconds)\nBoth Windows and Linux OSs provide such features. and real-time capabilities for Microsoft Windows, while\nStill, even when equipped with these kinds of features, the allowing Visual Studio* to be used for development in\nscheduling algorithms utilized by GPOSs do not provide both the Windows environment and the INtime\nsufficient real-time control. environment. This enables developers to create and\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 220\n\n6.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\ndeploy sophisticated real-time applications without trying Data Plane, Control Plane, and Management Plane\nto force a GPOS or device driver to achieve real-time processing. Each plane has different processing\nperformance. requirements, memory latency and bandwidth\nrequirements, and network I/O requirements. By using\nVIRTUALIZATION IN Intel VT and a real-time VMM, a manufacturer can\nCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS consolidate these different planes onto fewer processing\nelements. This reduces equipment and operational costs,\nCommunication Usage Models and these savings allow the equipment manufacturers as\nAs Intel Corporation and other vendors migrate towards well as their customers (the service providers) to remain\nmulti-core processors, communications equipment competitive. An example of such a consolidation is in the\nmanufacturers are changing their programming paradigms Mobile Wireless business where a system for determining\nto take advantage of these additional cores. the current location of a mobile unit, called a Home\nCommunications equipment tends to utilize highly Location Register (HLR), exists. Many of these systems\nspecialized software that has been optimized and validated are proprietary in nature, and restricted to 32-bit\nto execute as sequential logic. Thus, it is not easily ported addressing. Using Intel VT, more than one HLR can be\nto a multi-core platform. By eliminating the need for collocated onto a single system. The VMM allows for the\nequipment manufacturers to refactor their software for splitting of workloads to multiple HLRs, and allows for a\nmulti-threaded execution, Intel VT makes this migration HLR database to be greater than 4 GB in size.\nsimpler. Equipment manufacturers can instead execute A unique requirement of communication systems is their\nmultiple instances of their single-threaded software, each extremely high reliability. Communication systems may\nwithin a separate VM, each processing a portion of the be required to be available to process calls 99.999% of the\ntotal workload. A suitably architected VMM provides the time. This corresponds to less than five minutes per year\nsoftware infrastructure necessary to distribute the of downtime, which includes all scheduled maintenance,\nworkload between VMs. Examples of multi-core software and hardware upgrades, and system corrective\nmigration include multiple Home Location Registers in a actions. In comparison, we may spend five minutes per\ncellular network; or splitting workloads between intrusion day brushing our teeth, so communication systems permit\ndetection systems. approximately 1/300th the maintenance that we perform on\nour teeth. Due to the implications on software design,\ntoday only high-end communication systems can provide\nthis level of reliability. With Intel VT, communication\nSingle Threaded Multi-Instanced systems can provide greater availability without the\ntraditional software infrastructure costs. Many of these\nreliability issues arise from the customized nature of the\ncommunication software. Intel VT provides for software\nAPP APP APP fault isolation on all levels of communication systems.\nThis is achieved by allowing Active and Standby instances\nOS OS OS of the executing software, each within its own VM. In the\nevent of a software failure, the Standby instance will\nVMM continue execution and assume Active status, while the\nUni-Core failed instance is restarted by the VMM. With this\nMulti-Core capability, the cost of a software fault, which has\ntraditionally been protected against via redundant\nhardware, is eliminated.\nIn addition to redundancy, the ability to perform live\nFigure 1: Virtualized vs. non-virtualized environment\nupgrades of software is accomplished by providing\nConsolidation is common across all market segments, but redundant hardware components. As indicated in Figure 2,\noffers unique benefits in communication market segments. a Standby partition could be used for either hot upgrades\nTelecommunications Equipment Manufacturers could or fault tolerance. With Intel VT, the need for redundant\nutilize a VMM to consolidate multiple instances of an hardware is eliminated. Now simply upgrading the\nolder legacy single threaded application on a multi-core standby instance, restarting it, and designating it the\nplatform, avoiding the need to spend expensive R&D Active instance accomplishes the software upgrade. In the\ncycles on modifying legacy code to take advantage of event the new software fails, the previous software version\nmulti-core architectures (see Figure 1). Much of the is still available to fall back on.\ncommunication equipment processing is split between\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 221\n\n7.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\nStandby instance Region Region\nprovides for hot\nupgradeability and\nsoftware fault\nSwitch Migrate Switch\nActive Standby tolerance. OS OS\nSwitch Switch\nOS OS\nOS OS\nVMM\nVMM VMM\nHardware\nSwitch Fabric Switch Fabric\nFigure 2: Hot upgradeability and fault tolerance Multi-Core Multi-Core\nWorkload migration is a more common feature of Installed Switch Expansion Switch\nvirtualized enterprise servers; however, it also has\napplicability to the communications market segment. For\ninstance, in many Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Figure 3: Virtual machine migration\nimplementations, there is a device called a Soft Switch.\nThis switch handles all aspects of call establishment and\nCommunication-Oriented Operating Systems\nmanagement. This switch has a set level of capacity, and More so than any other market segment, the\nonce exceeded must be replaced or augmented with a new communications market segment contains many\nswitch. The process of configuring the new switch is very customized home grown OSs. Many times these systems\ntime consuming due to its manual nature. Intel VT are developed with a specific product in mind and don\u2019t\nsimplifies this process by allowing for the migration of a lend themselves well to maintainability either due to\ncomplete switch instance from one hardware platform to complexity or lack of original knowledge. Virtualization\nanother. In addition, expanding a network can be allows a company to take advantage of this valuable\nsimplified by first performing all configuration in a intellectual property while still moving forward with new\ncontrolled lab environment and then pushing that technology. By providing an environment within which\nconfiguration to the live switch, thus reducing the risks the proprietary OS can operate, Intel VT allows new\nassociated with expansion. Using a test harness and traffic development to occur on general-purpose or modern OSs,\npatterns from the live environment, an expansion switch while providing a link back to the proprietary OS. Intel\ncan be fully configured and tested in the lab prior to VT offers the first step in providing support for these\ndeployment in the field. Once the expansion switch legacy OSs. It provides migration to advanced hardware\nconfiguration has been tested, and a migration strategy put technologies such as multi-core, without requiring multi-\ninto place, the live upgrade can proceed. This migration is processor support within the OS. It also eliminates the\nshown in Figure 3, where the expansion switch has been need for modification of the OS, and it improves\nadded into the network, and a Region, from the installed performance by eliminating the need for binary\nswitch, is being migrated to the expansion switch. This translation. With this capability, the proprietary\nmakes for a simpler management model than existing technology is utilized for the purpose it was intended, and\nsolutions. it is saved from costly revalidation and software\ndevelopment efforts.\nSharing vs. Assigning I/O Devices\nThe communications market segment demands high I/O\nperformance from the hardware/software solution. Cost is\nalways a factor in the design, and obtaining the most\nperformance per watt is a driving fact for every design. In\nvirtualized solutions, two methods exist for providing\naccess to high-performance I/O, namely Shared I/O and\nDirect Assignment models (i.e., driver domains).\nIn Shared I/O the VMM (or its host OS) provides access\nto an I/O device by multiplexing that access through\nemulation. The guest OSs are presented with a virtual\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 222\n\n8.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\ndevice through which they communicate. The VMM then statistics and alarm reporting. Intel has prototyped an\nmultiplexes the access from those virtual devices to the application running on such a system and found that it\nreal I/O device below. The Shared I/O mechanism results outperforms the same application running on a GPOS on\nin a performance loss due to the introduction of a the same hardware by 24%.\nmultiplexing and emulation layer; yet provides for the\nmost flexibility in migration. Due to this performance Commercial Virtualization Solutions for\nimpact, shared I/O in communication systems is limited to Communication Networks\nnon-performance critical tasks, such as the management\nCommercial products such as Jaluna OSware* offer\nplane.\nsolutions that are optimized to meet the stringent demands\nIn Direct I/O Assignment, the VM is assigned an I/O of communications equipment. OSware provides a robust\ndevice exclusively. Intel VT for Directed I/O (Intel VT-d) platform that offers the key ingredients: Direct and Shared\naddresses this requirement, and today this assignment I/O, hard real-time guarantees, bounded interrupt latencies\noccurs on the PCI bus within commercial VMMs (measured at 21 microseconds), efficient memory\narchitected to address this need. The VMM hides access virtualization, and the ability to execute both commercial\nto PCI devices that are not assigned to a particular guest as well as proprietary OSs without requiring them to be\nOS. modified. Figure 4 shows that OSware provides identical\nnetwork I/O performance of benchmark applications on\nTechnical challenges exist for Direct I/O Assignment. The RedHat Enterprise Linux* when executing in virtualized\nbiggest challenge comes with those devices that perform and non-virtualized environments.\nDMA operations. Since a guest OS is unaware that it has\nbeen moved to a location in memory above its known\n2 G bp s IP F o rwa rd ing T hro ugh pu t - Lin ux\nstarting point, it will provide addresses to DMA devices\nthat may reside outside its memory range. To overcome 10 0%\nthis problem, it is necessary for either the VMM to remap 9 0%\nthese memory accesses or for hardware to dynamically do 8 0%\nso. In the case where the VMM remaps addresses, this 70%\n6 0%\neither will require that the guest OS be aware of the fact\n50%\nthat it will be relocated into a new memory location, or 4 0%\nthat the VMM restrict the relocation accordingly. In the 3 0%\ncase where the hardware remaps DMA addresses (as with 2 0%\nIntel VT-d), it is necessary that the VMM program the 10%\n0%\nhardware with the VM base address, and that VM\u2019s device 0 500 1000 150 0\nassignments. Direct I/O Assignment provides an order of Packet Size\nmagnitude performance improvement over Shared I/O, at\nthe expense of VM dynamic migration ability. This Red hat EL4 A S U2 (2.6.9 )\nperformance improvement is mandatory for all high Red hat EL4 A S U2 (2.6.9 ) on OSW are w/ vM M U\nRed hat EL4 A S U2 (2.6.9 ) on OSW are w/ o vM M U\nthroughput interfaces in communications equipment and\nthus the tradeoff is warranted.\nPartitioning the Platform for Better Figure 4: Virtualized vs. native OS networking\nCommunication Performance performance\nWhen designing for general-purpose architectures,\ncommunication systems designers are often forced into a VIRTUALIZATION IN SAFETY-\nparadox: They want to leverage GPOSs, various operator CRITICAL APPLICATIONS\ninterface options, and other general-purpose software, but The US government is migrating its Department of\nthe networking performance provided by GPOSs is less Defense, Department of Energy, and Homeland Security\nthan acceptable. Virtualization can be used to solve this infrastructures from proprietary systems developed solely\nparadox by creating one partition that executes a minimal for government specifications to commercial off-the-shelf\nOS containing just what is needed to run the performance- (COTS)-based systems with incremental security and\ncritical parts of the application and provide direct access reliability requirements. It is easy to imagine that the\nto networking devices, while another partition runs a efficiencies and cost savings resulting from migrating to\nGPOS that executes those parts of the system that are not COTS systems would easily run into the billions of\nperformance-critical, such as operator interfaces or dollars, but the real benefits lie beyond that. Rapid\nmanagement agents for configuration, monitoring, and deployment of new technologies allows the US armed\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 223\n\n9.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\nforces to retain the technological superiority so vital to to operate within the constraints of embedded,\ntheir military and intelligence actions. Modern COTS- communications or safety-critical environments,\nbased systems permit increasingly sophisticated security and still provide the functionality,\nmethods to be employed to safeguard data while configurability, separation, or performance of\npermitting the sharing of data that has proven very solutions that have been architected specifically\ndifficult across different proprietary architectures of the for those attributes.\npast. Safety-critical systems are also found in many other\n\u2022 It simplifies VMM design keeping the separation\nnon-governmental applications where human life is at\nkernel code very small and thus making it\nstake, such as aerospace (flight control systems).\npossible to build a mathematically verifiable\nA major challenge in migrating to COTS architectures is separation kernel.\nensuring the security of both the hardware and software\nelements. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has \u2022 It simplifies the migration of single-threaded\nestablished criteria for certifying software for safety- legacy software to multi-core processors by\ncritical aviation systems, and likewise the National allowing virtualization of unmodified OSs. This\nInstitute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the gives end customers an option to simultaneously\nNational Security Agency (NSA) have established a run multiple instances of non-SMP OSs.\ncommon criteria for evaluation of technology products for \u2022 Intel VT-d allows for direct access to assigned\nsecurity-critical systems. An enabling architecture known devices. Separation of network interfaces is an\nas Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) is in essential component of system security. Intel\u2019s\nthe process of dramatically reducing the size and family of virtualization technologies will be\ncomplexity of security-critical code, thus allowing faster extended to allow efficient sharing of physical\nand more cost-effective development and evaluation. I/O devices among VMs without requiring a\nThe MILS architecture defines four conceptual layers of \u201cservice\u201d partition that has access to all network\nseparation: traffic, thus allowing the directing of network\ntraffic to the specific guest OS and application\n\u2022 separation kernel and hardware for which it is intended.\n\u2022 middleware services \u2022 Intel VT also supports the use of a Trusted\nPlatform Module (TPM) to provide the ability to\n\u2022 trusted applications\nauthenticate both the VMM and the guest OSs\n\u2022 distributed communications and applications, to ensure that their image on\ndisk has not been tampered with between\nOur focus in this discussion is mainly on the MILS\nreboots. The TPM is a microcontroller that stores\nseparation kernel. The separation kernel must be\nkeys, passwords, and digital certificates.\nmathematically verified and evaluated. This practically\nMicrocontrollers that adhere to the TPM\nlimits kernel size to less than 5,000 lines of code. Also,\nspecification as defined by the Trusted\nthe separation kernel must be completely isolated from\nComputing Group [6] are available from a\nother layers of software including OS services, which\nnumber of manufacturers.\nthemselves must also be separated from other middleware\ncomponents. Commercial Virtualization Solutions for\nIntel VT is ideally suited to meet these separation kernel Safety-Critical Applications\nrequirements. Figure 5 illustrates how Intel\u2019s family of Safety-critical systems and security-critical systems are\nvirtualization technologies provides the foundation for an being developed using Intel VT by companies such as\nimplementation of the MILS architecture. LynuxWorks, which provides its LynxOS* RTOS and\nLynxOS-178* safety-critical RTOS and corresponding\nBenefits of Intel Virtualization Technology development tools. Intel and LynuxWorks are working\nIn summary, the benefits of Intel VT are these: together to demonstrate the MILS architecture shown in\n\u2022 It provides the separate root ring structure Figure 5 using Intel\u00ae Core\u2122 Duo processors. The\nnecessary for isolation of separation kernel from LynuxWorks separation kernel has been developed to be\nnon-separation kernel services. mathematically verifiable, and it utilizes Intel VT and\nIntel\u00ae EM64T\u03a6 technologies to support virtualization and\n\u2022 Just as we would not expect a minivan to do the both 32-bit and 64-bit operating modes. It provides SMP\nsame job as a pickup truck, we cannot expect a support and is architected to take full advantage of Intel\u00ae\ndesktop-oriented OS or a desktop-oriented VMM\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 224\n\n10.\nIntel Technology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006\nmulti-core processors and their various platform- safety- and security-critical environments. The\nenhancing technologies. requirements of these domains are however quite different\nfrom one another and from the more familiar desktop,\nCONCLUSION mobile, and IT data center environments. These\nrequirements dictate that different architectural and design\nWe have shown that virtualization has many varied uses in\ntradeoffs be made within the VMM and the guest OSs\nembedded systems, communications infrastructure, and\nexecuting within the VMs.\nFigure 5: Example of MILS architecture with Intel Virtualization Technology\n[5] Falco, J, Gilsinn, J., and, Stouffer, K., \u201cIT Security\nREFERENCES for Industrial Control Systems: Requirements\n[1] Abrossimov, E., Rozier, M., and Shapiro, M., Specification and Performance Testing,\u201d 2004 NDIA\n\u201cGeneric virtual memory management for operating Homeland Security Symposium & Exhibition.\nsystem kernels,\u201d in Proceedings of the twelfth ACM\n[6] Trusted Computing Group, at\nsymposium on Operating systems principles, 1989,\nhttp://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org*.\npp. 123\u2013136.\n[2] United States Department of Defense, Department Of AUTHORS\u2019 BIOGRAPHIES\nDefense Trusted Computer System Evaluation\nDean Neumann specializes in strategic planning of\nCriteria, 1985.\nadvanced technologies for Intel\u2019s Communication\n[3] Ramamritham, K., Stankovic, J.A., \u201cScheduling Infrastructure Group. He holds Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s\nalgorithms and operating systems support for real- degrees in Computer Science, and has 20 years of\ntime systems,\u201d in Proceedings of the IEEE, January experience in engineering fault tolerant and highly\n1994, pp. 55\u201367. available systems for the communications and financial\nindustries. His e-mail is dean.neumann at intel.com.\n[4] Kuhns, F., Schmidt, D., Levine, D., \u201cThe Design and\nPerformance of a Real-time I/O Subsystem,\u201d in Dileep Kulkarni specializes in strategic planning of\nProceedings of the Fifth IEEE Real-Time Technology advanced technologies for Intel\u2019s Communication\nand Applications Symposium, June 1999, pp. Infrastructure Group. He holds an Engineering degree\n154\u2013163. from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.B.A.\n\u00ae\nIntel Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications 225"}
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-{"text": "I'm lying here on the floor just like the man on the yellow cone\nI guess the floor was wet so I'm cold and I'm all alone\n'Cause I was running down the stairs I didn't think that I could fall\nBut gravity took over me and I crumpled like a ball\n\nBut if you would pick me up I'd be obliged\nDust me off and push my hair aside\n\nWell it's later than I thought, and I thought it was pretty late\nI guess everyone's asleep, wonder why I'm still awake\nI could fall asleep right here with my hands under my head\nThere's a body in this stairwell, call the cops I think she's dead\n\nBut if you would pick me up I'd be obliged\nDust me off and push my hair aside\n\nWell I can't lie, perhaps I didn't trip\nI've been having troubles lately and I got something to admit\nSee I was standing at the top thinking about the earth\nIt's been so hard to just keep living so I thought it might be worth it\n\nBut if you would pick me up I'd be obliged\nDust me off and push my hair aside\n\nKiss me goodbye.\n\nLyrics taken from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/julia_nunes/stairwell.html\n\nClick \"Correct\" to open the \"Correction form\". There you can add structure tags, correct typos or add missing words. Send your correction and get karma points! Result of your work will appear after moderating.\n\nhotlyrics\n\nsongmeanings\n\nWrite about your feelings and thoughts\n\nKnow what this song is about? Does it mean anything special hidden between the lines to you? Share your meaning with community, make it interesting and valuable. Make sure you've read our simple\ntips\n\nHey! It's useful.\n\nIf this song really means something special to you, describe your feelings and thoughts. Don't hesitate to explain what songwriters and singer wanted to say. Also we collected some tips and tricks for you:\n\nDon't write just \"I love this song.\" Hidden between the lines, words and thoughts sometimes hold many different not yet explained meanings\n\nThis page is missing some information about the song. Please expand it to include this information. You can help by\nuploading artist's image, adding song structure elements, writing song meaning or creating lyrics explanation."}
-{"text": "WAVERLY \u2014 Auburn High School, enrollment 430, is the second-largest school in this week\u2019s Waverly Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament. Franklin (101) is the third smallest.\n\nBut in the context of the 2011-12 season, the Franklin Flashes actually have superior numbers to the Auburn Trojans. It became apparent Monday as second-seeded Franklin broke open a close game and pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 61-45 first-round win over No. 10 Auburn.\n\nThe second-seeded Flashes, with more support from their bench, won their eighth straight to advance to a quarterfinal game against No. 6 Kincaid South Fork in a matchup of\n\n8-1 teams at 6:30 tonight.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing together for a long time; it\u2019s like everyone wants to play basketball at our school,\u201d said Franklin senior guard Scottie Thoele, whose 18 points Monday shared game scoring honors with teammate Tanner Knox. \u201cIt\u2019s big for our town.\n\n\u201cWe just boxed out, got some rebounds and created some turnovers. That was the key, getting down the floor and scoring off (turnovers).\u201d\n\nAuburn (4-4) has had depth issues this season, with little varsity experience beyond its first five players. And with Auburn junior Austin Muench and senior Colby Butler chasing Thoele and Kollin Keltner in a triangle-and-two defense, the Trojans lost a step or two as the second half wore on.\n\nAuburn dressed 10 players, with coach Doug Graven working in two reserves in the middle quarters and playing a third reserve briefly in the third quarter.\n\n\u201cI think we just ran out gas; we\u2019re not very deep,\u201d said Graven, whose 4-4 team has just two seniors. \u201cOur numbers are hurting us. We played three good quarters, but the last one killed us.\u201d\n\nWith Auburn out-rebounding the Flashes 15-6 in the first half, Franklin clung to a 26-22 halftime lead. Franklin opened a six-point lead in the third quarter, but Muench hit a short jumper to cut it to 40-38 entering the fourth.\n\nBut with the Trojans committing five (out of 15 total) turnovers in the fourth quarter, Franklin took advantage with a 9-0 run that included a pair of buckets by Knox. He scored nine of his 18 points in the final period.\n\nKnox said the Flashes have adjusted to opposing teams using box-and-one or triangle-and-two defenses against floor leaders Thoele and Keltner.\n\n\u201cWe saw that against Carrollton at the start of the year,\u201d said Knox, referring to a 68-53 loss in late November. \u201cWe weren\u2019t ready for it at all. We knew they were going to do it, but we didn\u2019t know how to handle it.\n\n\u201cI think we\u2019ve figured it out. More guys are getting open.\u201d\n\nFranklin coach Joe Kuhlmann, who used a total of eight players (all entering before halftime), said the Flashes have learned they can\u2019t be a two-man team.\n\nPage 2 of 3 - \u201cWe actually did tonight what we did against Carrollton, at least in the first quarter,\u201d Kuhlmann said. \u201cWe stood around in the first quarter. We have to move against those defenses. The other three guys aren\u2019t being guarded; they have to move and attack the rim.\n\n\u201cWe finally started doing that. Tanner Knox stepped up and played really well tonight. Auburn got a little tired, but we were dragging, too. It just feels nice to get the win.\u201d\n\nThe top-seeded Cougars (12-0) overcame their own 48 percent shooting and a late Athens rally as they held on for a two-point win in the day\u2019s first game.\n\nWest Central meets Jacksonville Routt in a quarterfinal at 10:30 a.m. today.\n\nThe No. 9 Warriors (4-6) trailed 53-49 after the Cougars\u2019 Parker Day made one of two free throws with 14 seconds left. Athens\u2019 Sean Phifer then missed a long 3-point attempt, and the Cougars got the ball out of bounds with 5.9 seconds to go.\n\nAthens stole the inbound pass, but the Warriors\u2019 Joseph Epperson missed another 3-point try. Athens\u2019 Mitchell Wendling hit a rebound basket at the buzzer to account for the final score.\n\nCorey Barnett led West Central with 19 points, followed by Jordan Boehs with 17. The Cougars made just 11 of 23 free throws. Wendling and Brandon Vice scored 16 and 13, respectively, for the Warriors.\n\nPawnee (2-4) also had three double-figure scorers, but they scored all but four of the Indians\u2019 points. Senior Dalton Doerfler led with 16, followed by sophomore Cale Henneman with 13 and sophomore Garrett Galloway with 10.\n\n***\n\nWaverly 67, Edinburg 41\n\nThe fourth-seeded host Scotties tied a single-game tourney record by hitting 13 3-point field goals on their way to a 26-point win over the No. 12 Wildcats.\n\nJunior guard Derek Burchett drained five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points for 5-5 Waverly, which will play in tonight\u2019s 9:30 quarterfinal against the winner of Monday night\u2019s last contest between No. 8 New Berlin (5-5) and No. 16 Greenview (0-8).\n\nDerek Whalen added three 3-pointers and 11 points for Waverly, whose 13 treys tied the tourney mark already shared by New Berlin in 1990 and Girard in 2005.\n\nSophomore Isaac Roethemeyer led Edinburg (5-5) with 14 points, followed by junior Clint Amos with 13. Edinburg will meet the New Berlin-Greenview loser in a consolation quarterfinal at 8 tonight.\n\n***\n\nNew Berlin 70, Greenview 30\n\nMichael Lehman scored a game-high 18 points to lead No. 8 New Berlin past No. 16 Greenview in the final game of the night.\n\nThe Pretzels (6-5) also got 15 points, including three 3-pointers, from Eric Gustafson, while Ben Burger chipped in 10.\n\nAustin Dixon led the Bulldogs, who are making their first holiday appearance at Waverly, with 12 points."}
-{"text": "News:\n\n\"There is a terrible desperation to the increasingly pathetic rationalizations from the climate denial camp. This comes as no surprise if you take the long view; every single undone paradigm in history has died kicking and screaming, and our current petroleum paradigm \ud83d\udc09\ud83e\udd95\ud83e\udd96 is no different. The trick here is trying to figure out how we all make it to the new \u26a1 paradigm without dying \u2620\ufe0f right along with the old one, kicking, screaming or otherwise.\" - William Rivers Pitt\n\nCalling it \"5 Seismic Shifts\" in global power generation, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) outlines the dominant trends we'll see over the next 25 years.\n\nThe big news is the scale of renewable energy investment we are about to see, especially in distributed solar energy. The bad news is that without more radical policies, continued fossil fuel emissions will prevent the world from reaching climate goals.\n\nPower to the People: $2.2 trillion of that will go to rooftop and community-based solar systems, giving individuals and businesses electricity independence by storing it in batteries and giving billions in the developing world access to power for the first time.\n\nSmall solar and building-integrated solar will soar from 104 gigawatts in 2014 to nearly 1.8 terawatts in 2040, a 17-fold increase. Prices will drop another 47% per megawatt, conversion efficiencies will improve and the industry will move to new materials and more streamlined production methods.\n\nSolar on House\n\n\"Up to now, small-scale solar investment has been dominated by wealthy countries such as Germany, the US and Japan. By 2040, developing economies will have spent $1 trillion on small PV systems, in many cases bringing electricity for the first time to remote villages,\" says Jenny Chase, chief solar analyst at BNEF.\n\nBy 2030, solar will be the cheapest energy resource and by 2040, the cost of wind projects will have dropped another 32%.\n\nIn fact, 78% of the $12.2 trillion invested in power generation will be in emerging markets. Renewables will account for two thirds of that, with $1.6 trillion still in coal, $1.2 trillion in gas and $1.3 trillion in nuclear.\n\nFor every 1 GW of new build in the Americas, 3.4 GW will be installed in Asia Pacific nations. China alone will attract $3.3 trillion, nearly double that for the Americas, BNEF says.Solar Becomes Top Energy Source in 2018\n\nLooking at the shorter term, GTM Research finds 2018 will be the tipping point for solar, when it achieves grid parity worldwide and becomes the energy of choice. By 2020, the world will be installing 135 gigawatts a year, triple the current pace.\n\nThe top countries will be China, US and Japan, and Africa, Latin America and the Mid-East will jump from 1% solar today to 17%.\n\nDemand Undershoots: at the same time, ever-increasing energy efficient technologies of all kinds will limit energy demand growth to 1.8% a year, down from 3% a year from 1990-2012. In OECD countries, electricity demand will be lower in 2040 than in 2014.\n\nGas Flares Briefly: Natural gas will not be the world's \"transition fuel\" away from coal, except in the US. Many developing nations will opt for a twin-track of coal and renewables.\n\nClimate Peril: Despite $8 trillion in renewable energy investments, there will still be enough fossil-fuel plants to keep world carbon emissions rising until 2029, and in 2040, emissions will still be 13% above 2014 levels. Fossil fuels will still be used for 44% of electricity production, down from 67% in 2014).\n\nEven with much slower energy demand growth, the world will use 56% more electricity - too much of it from coal - as population and economies expand in developing countries.\n\n\"The CO2 content of the atmosphere is on course to exceed 450 parts per million by 2035 even if emissions stay constant, so the trend we show of rising emissions to 2029 makes it very unlikely that the world will be able to limit temperature increases to less than 2 degrees Centigrade,\" says Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BNEF.\n\n\"The message for international negotiators preparing for the Paris climate change conference in December is that current policy settings - even combined with the vast strides renewables are making on competitiveness - will not be enough. Further policy action on emissions will be needed,\" he adds.\n\nThe analysis, however, leaves out key policies that have yet to be put in place, such as EPA's Clean Power Plan in the US or China's cap-and-trade systems, which starts official operations next year. In proceeding years, a worldwide cap-and-trade system will likely coalesce.\n\nRead our articles, World Emissions Can - and Must - Peak By 2020 and Stabilizing Our Atmosphere Costs $44 trillion through 2050."}
-{"text": "The small, but growing genre of post-9/11 war movies \u2014 dominated by massive hits like \u201cAmerican Sniper,\u201d \u201cLone Survivor,\u201d and \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d \u2014 has a new addition coming to American audiences on Nov. 13: \u201cKilo Two Bravo.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Cold Calling:\nis evil. Nick W has some tips on how to cold call. My personal goal when people cold call me is to ensure I drastically increase the likelihood they will have a bad day, and to hopefully lead to eventual attrition at their work place."}
-{"text": "How To Access J Drive From Home\n\nNetwork Drive Fitchburg State UniversityUser filespace is personal filespace on the J Drive. No other user will be able to access files saved to a personal filespace, or J Drive. All CAEDM users have a generous amount of disk space on the J Drive, limited by a personal quota.... 13/11/2018 \u00b7 My problems are similar but is not client to client and not a home version of Windows. Problem: DomainX.local on my Windows 2012 r2 servers are set up using frank123 and the client is set up on a workgroup 'DomainX' Laptop with the same username & credentials as the domain uses.\n\nAccess Community ServicesThis method provides Internet access to your H: drive and W: drive and allows read/write permissions. You can open, edit, save, create, and delete files just as if they were in a folder on your local computer.... Double-click on the \u201cStudent Storage\u201d desktop icon (Libraries) or the \u201dIC Home Drive\u201d desktop icon (Information Commons). For access to file storage in faculty computer labs , \u2026\n\nHow do I access my H S or J Drive on my universityNCSU has a program that can connect you to your K drive from home called ExpanDrive. ExpanDrive is available for Mac and Windows. To download ExpanDrive, go to ExpanDrive is \u2026 how to clean strong silicone bong 13/11/2018 \u00b7 My problems are similar but is not client to client and not a home version of Windows. Problem: DomainX.local on my Windows 2012 r2 servers are set up using frank123 and the client is set up on a workgroup 'DomainX' Laptop with the same username & credentials as the domain uses.\n\nRemote Network Access Angelo State UniversityDouble-click which Drive you want to access. They are located on the left side of the screen, in the list of file locations. In this example, the H: Drive is being selected. They are located on the left side of the screen, in the list of file locations. how to bring dog from australia to vietnam External Hard Drive showing up as Local Disk (J:) The reason why the drive letter is J is because it was suggested that changing the drive letter might work, obviously didn't. Please ask if\n\nHow long can it take?\n\nConnect to your J drive on Microsoft Windows A world top\n\nNAU ITS - Connecting to your NAU Home (Bonsai) Drive for\n\nHow to recover a permanently deleted file on the J drive\n\nRemote Network Access Angelo State University\n\nConnect to your J drive on Microsoft Windows A world top\n\nHow To Access J Drive From Home\n\nExternal Hard Drive showing up as Local Disk (J:) The reason why the drive letter is J is because it was suggested that changing the drive letter might work, obviously didn't. Please ask if\n\nMapping a Network Drive in Windows. You will need to know the name of the server and the name of the network share that you want to map. Right click on the \"my computer\" or \u2026\n\nNeed off-campus access to your online storage? Use \"Storage on the Go\" \"Storage on the Go\" provides access to all storage volumes including your S- (SHARED1) and J-drive storage (USER1) via mobile device or from off-campus.\n\nTo connect to your NAU Home (Bonsai) drive from an outside of NAU's network you must first connect the the NAU VPN. Detailed instructions on how to set up and connect to the VPN can be found here: Detailed instructions on how to set up and connect to the VPN can be found here:\n\nConnect to CLA J drive or myhome W drive off campus Operating System: Mac OS X *Note: You must connect to the Purdue VPN first when off campus."}
-{"text": "Tagged: welfare\n\nBoth This American Life and Tina Rosenberg recently covered GiveDirectly, a charity started by a few grad students who understood that social programs that provide specific kinds of goods or services can\u2019t be as efficient as simple cash transfers.\n\nWhat\u2019s efficiency? Laypeople incorrectly assume that efficiency, for any given process, has to do with maximizing output while minimizing input. When economists discuss efficiency, it\u2019s actually shorthand for Pareto efficiency. An allocation of resources is Pareto efficient if no individual can be made better off without making another individual worse off.\n\nAssume that X represents a specific good or service, and Y represents all other possible goods or services. Without any help, an individual with budget constraint BC would consume at E. A social program that distributes only X would shift the recipient\u2019s budget constraint from BC to BD, and the recipient would then consume at F. However, if the recipient were to receive cash, the budget constraint would shift to AD, and the recipient would be on an even higher indifference curve, and would consume at G.\n\nBC is parallel to AD. It\u2019s important to realize that, in either case, the donor would be spending the exact same amount of money. The donor has no way of knowing the recipient\u2019s precise consumption preferences, so donating cash gives the recipient the freedom to more precisely choose how much to purchase of X and Y.\n\nThose on the left tend to believe that the differences come from giant structural problems: bad or no education, health, transport, housing, few jobs. Giving cash to the poor, while helpful, solves one of these problems: credit constraints. It\u2019s a big problem. But once it\u2019s solved, another problem is likely to get in the way.\n\nThe right-wing argument is that the poor are poor because of the culture of poverty: people make bad choices, lack discipline, look for short-term gratification. This argument holds that giving cash to the poor doesn\u2019t help much \u2014 and many people will misspend it in ways that make things worse.\n\nStandard consumer choice theory dissolves these kinds of left-wing and right-wing superstitions. Unfortunately, such flawed political narratives tend to be based more on availability heuristics than sound systematic analyses."}
-{"text": "The progress of technology is best measured by our obsolescence: we have a knack for creating machines that are better than us. From self-driving trucks to software that reads MRIs, many of our current jobs will soon be outsourced to our own ingenious inventions.\n\nAnd yet, even as the robots take over, it\u2019s clear that there are some skills that are still best suited for human beings. We might be irrational, distractible and bad at math, but we are also empathetic, cunning and creative. Robots are smart. We are social.\n\nIt\u2019s easy to dismiss these soft skills. Unlike IQ scores, they are hard to quantify. However, according to a new working paper by Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson, Martin Nybom and Bjorn Ockert, these squishy interpersonal skills are precisely the sort of talents that are most in demand in the 21st century.\n\nWhat\u2019s driving this shift? The answer is technological. Before there were computers in our pockets, the most valuable minds excelled at cognitive stuff: they were adept at abstraction and gifted with numbers. But now? Those talents are easily replaced by cheap gadgets and free software. Computation has become a commodity. As a result, so-called non-cognitive skills\u2014a catch-all category that includes everything from teamwork to self-control\u2014are becoming increasingly valuable.\n\nTo prove this point, the researchers took advantage of a unique data set: between 1969 and 1994, nearly every Swedish male underwent a battery of psychological tests as part of the enlistment procedure for the military draft. Their cognitive scores were based on four tests measuring reasoning ability, verbal comprehension, spatial ability and technical understanding. Their non-cognitive skills, in contrast, were assessed during a 20-minute interview with a trained psychologist. During the interview, the draftee was scored on dimensions including \u201csocial maturity,\u201d perseverance and emotional stability.\n\nThe researchers then matched these cognitive and non-cognitive scores to wage data collected by the Swedish government. Among workers in the private sector, they found that the returns to cognitive skills was relatively flat between 1992 and 2013. This jives with related research from the United States labor market, showing that employment growth in \u201ccognitively demanding occupations\u201d slowed down dramatically in the 21st century.\n\nHowever, Edin et al. observed the opposite trend when it came to non-cognitive skills. For these Swedish workers, being good at the interpersonal and emotional was increasingly valuable, with the partial return to non-cognitive skills roughly doubling over the same time-period. It\u2019s not that intelligence doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s that emotional intelligence matters more.\n\nAccording to the economists, one of the reasons non-cognitive skills are becoming more valuable is that they are required for managerial roles. A good manager doesn\u2019t just issue edicts: he or she must also coordinate workers, placate egos and deal with disagreements. As the economist David Deming noted in his paper, \u201cThe Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market,\u201d \u201cSuch non-routine interaction is at the heart of the human advantage over machines\u2026Reading the minds of others and reacting is an unconscious process, and skill in social settings has evolved in humans over thousands of years.\u201d (Watson might trounce us at chess, but the supercomputer would probably be a terrible boss.) The importance of such non-cognitive skills for management helps explain why the bigger paychecks are going to those with the best social skills.\n\nThis research inevitably leads back to education. The traditional classroom, after all, has been mostly focused on building up cognitive skills. We drill students on arithmetic and pre-algebra; we ask them to memorize answers and follow the rules; the ultimate measure of one\u2019s education is the SAT, a highly cognitive test. Such talents will always be necessary: even in the age of robots, it\u2019s nice to know your multiplication tables.\n\nHowever, it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that our classrooms are preparing students for a workforce that no longer exists. They are being taught the most replaceable skills, drilled on the tasks that computers already perform. (It\u2019s a bit like teaching parchment preparation after Gutenberg.) This trend is only getting worse in the age of standardized tests, which focus classroom time on material that can be easily measured by multiple choice questions. Unfortunately, that\u2019s often the very kind of education that technology has rendered obsolete. If you need to memorize it, then chances are a computer can do it better.\n\nThe obvious alternative is for classrooms to follow the money, at least when it comes to the wage returns on non-cognitive skills. We should invest in classrooms that teach students how to work together and handle their feelings, even if such soft skills are harder to assess. What\u2019s more, there\u2019s reason to believe that many of these socio-emotional skills are learned relatively early in life, suggesting that we need to invest in effective pre-school and kindergarten curriculums. (Interventions targeting at-risk parents have also proven effective.) While these enhanced socio-emotional abilities might not translate to improved academic performance, there\u2019s evidence that they remain linked to adult outcomes such as employment, earnings and mental health.\n\nThe modern metaphor of the human mind is that it\u2019s a biological computer, three pounds of meaty microchips. But it turns out that the real value of the mind in the 21st century depends on all the ways it\u2019s not like a computer at all. It\u2019s not about how much information we can process, because there\u2019s always a machine that can process more. It\u2019s about how we handle those feelings that only we can feel.\n\nOn November 30, 1939, 450,000 Soviet troops stormed across the Finnish border, setting off nearly five years of brutal conflict. The cities of Finland were strafed by bombers; severe food rationing was put into effect; roughly 2.5 percent of the population was killed. To protect Finnish children from the war, about 70,000 of them were evacuated to temporary foster homes in Sweden and Denmark.\n\nAt first glance, it seems like evacuating children from a war zone is the responsible choice. Nevertheless, multiple studies have found that those Finnish children who were sent away have had to deal with the more severe long-term consequences. They might have avoided the acute stress of war, but they had to cope with the chronic stress of separation. A 2009 study found that Finnish adults who were separated from their parents between 1939 and 1944 showed an 86 percent increase in deaths due to cardiovascular illness compared to those who had stayed at home. Although more than sixty years had passed since the war, these temporary orphans were also significantly more likely to have high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Other studies have documented elevated levels of stress hormone and increased risk of severe depressive symptoms among the wartime evacuees.\n\nWhat explains these tragic correlations? The Finnish studies build on decades of research showing that disruptions to our early attachment relationships\u2014such as separating young children from their parents during wartime\u2014can have a permanent impact on our health.\n\nThe latest evidence in support of early attachment and adult medical outcomes comes from a new paper in PNAS by the scientists Michael Murphy, Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki-Deverts and William Doyle. But these researchers didn\u2019t look at wartime evacuations \u2013 they looked at divorce. While parental divorce during childhood has been statistically linked to an increased risk for various physical ailments, from asthma to cancer, these studies have tended to rely on self-reports. As a result, it\u2019s been difficult to determine the underlying cause of the correlations.\n\nTo explore this practical mystery, Murphy et al. came up with a clever experimental design. They quarantined 201 healthy adults and gave them nasal drops containing rhinovirus 39, a virus that causes the common cold. They carefully monitored the health of the subjects over the next five days, tracking their symptoms, weighing their mucus, and collecting various markers of immune response and inflammation.\n\nThe first thing the scientists found is that not all divorces are created equal. This accords with a growing body of evidence showing that the quality of the parents\u2019 relationship with each other after separation may be more important in predicting the adjustment of their children than the separation itself. This led the scientists to ask their subjects whose parents lived apart if their parents spoke to each other after the separation. As the scientists note, \u201chaving parents who are separated and not on speaking terms suggests high levels of acrimony in the childhood family environment.\u201d Such conflict can be extremely stressful for children.\n\nHow did these bitter separations during childhood impact the response of the adult subjects to a cold virus? The results were clear. Those adults whose parents lived apart and never spoke during their childhood were more than three times as likely to develop a cold than adults from intact families or those whose parents separated but were still on speaking terms. What\u2019s more, the differences persisted even after the scientists corrected for a raft of possible confounding variables, such as demographics, childhood SES, body mass index, etc.\n\nPLANS = Parents that Lived Apart and Never Spoke\n\nThere are two possible explanations for this increased risk. The first is that a bitter divorce weakens the immune system, making those subjects more vulnerable to the rhinovirus, even decades later. The second possibility is that divorce heightens the inflammatory response post-infection, thus triggering the annoying symptoms (mucus, sore throat, mild fever, etc.) associated with the common cold.\n\nThe evidence strongly favors the second explanation. For one thing, there was no statistical relationship between divorce and viral infection: everyone was equally likely to show antibodies to the virus in their blood. However, there was a large difference in how the body responded to the infection, with those from non-speaking divorced households being much more likely to exhibit symptoms of illness. (This increased risk was mediated by measurements of inflammatory cytokines.) Although it\u2019s still unclear why an ugly divorce might alter our response to viral infection, one intriguing hypothesis is that the chronic stress of having parents who never stop fighting can cause immune cells to become desensitized to the very hormones that help suppress the inflammation response. In other words, an ugly parental separation can mark our stress response for life, an invisible wound we never get over.\n\nThis research is an important reminder of attachment\u2019s long reach: even the most basic aspects of our physical health, like resistance to the common cold, are shaped by emotional events that happened decades before. But it\u2019s also a demonstration that not every rupture of attachment leaves lasting scars; different kinds of divorce can have a very different impact on children. According to this data, the key element might be finding some way to constructively communicate with our former spouse, at least in matters relating to childcare. While intervention studies are needed to directly test this possibility, it seems likely that a little civility can help buffer the fallout of living apart.\n\nMurphy, Michael LM, et al. \"Offspring of parents who were separated and not speaking to one another have reduced resistance to the common cold as adults.\" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)\n\nIt's now a firmly established fact that loving attachments are an important component of good health. According to dozens of epidemiological studies, people in long-term relationships are significantly less likely to suffer from cancer, viral infections, mental illness, pneumonia, and dementia. They have fewer surgeries, car accidents, and heart attacks. Their wounds heal faster and they have a lower risk of auto-immune diseases.\n\nConsider the results from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has been tracking 268 Harvard men since the late 1930s. While the study set out to identify the medical measurements that could predict health outcomes\u2014they tracked everything from the circumference of the chest to the hanging length of the scrotum\u2014none of the data proved useful. Instead, what George Vaillant and other scientists discovered after tracking the men for nearly seven decades is that \"the capacity for love turns out to be a great predictor of mortality.\" For instance, those men in the \"loveless\" category\u2014they had the fewest attachments\u2014were three times more likely to be diagnosed with a mental illness and five times more likely to be \"unusually anxious.\" The loneliest men were also ten times more likely to suffer from a chronic illness before the age of fifty-two and three times more likely to become heavy users of alcohol and tranquilizers.\n\nThose are just a few of the tragic correlations. (I wrote more about them in A Book About Love, which is soon out in paperback.) Nevertheless, the causal mechanics of these health benefits are unclear. How, exactly, do close relationships prevent such a wide variety of serious illnesses, from alcoholism to heart disease? Why does love keep us alive?\n\nThose practical mysteries are the subject of a new paper in PLOS One by Erica Hornstein and Naomi Eisenberger, psychologists at UCLA. The scientists began by asking subjects to identify \u201cthe individual who gives you the most support on a daily basis.\u201d They were told that these individuals could come from any relationship: parent, friend, romantic partner, etc. The subjects were then asked to provide a picture of this supportive figure.\n\nThe experiment itself was a classic fear learning paradigm. First, the scientists had to calibrate the proper amount of electric shock for each subject: they wanted the experience to be \u201cextremely uncomfortable, but not painful.\u201d (The shock is what triggers the fear.) During the acquisition phase, the subjects were shown various neutral images, such as different clocks and stools. One of these images was paired with a picture of their social support figure while the other was paired with a stranger matched for gender, age and ethnicity. Finally, these images and faces were matched to that \u201cextremely uncomfortable\u201d electric shock. This pairing process was repeated six times.\n\nIt might seem unlikely that the mere picture of a loved one could keep us from remembering a fearful association. Nevertheless, when Hornstein and Eisenberger measured fear responses using the skin conductance response of the hand\u2014when you\u2019re scared or anxious, the hands begin to sweat\u2014they found a dramatic difference between the images paired with support figures and strangers.\n\nWhat accounts for this striking difference? According to the scientists, the most plausible explanation is that the picture of a loved one can \u201cinhibit the formation of fear associations,\u201d preventing us from remembering those scary stimuli in the first place. This builds on related work by Erica Hornstein, Michael Fanselow and Naomi Eisenberger showing that pictures of social support figures can also enhance fear extinction, so that subjects are less likely to react to images that had previously been paired with an electric shock. In short, thinking of a loved one can serve as a useful form of amnesia, at least when it comes to fear memories.\n\nThis is pure speculation, but I wonder if studies like this might be used to develop new therapeutic tools. So much of therapy is about learning how to retell our personal history in less painful ways, reducing those triggers that send us into paroxysms of fear, anxiety and despair. One obvious approach would be make sure our retellings of negative events are somehow told in conjunction with our support figures. Maybe it involves having a picture of a partner nearby, or asking questions about the trauma that frame the event in terms of how our attachment figures helped us through. When it comes to buffering the bad stuff, the best medicine is the people we love. A good relationship is like Xanax without the side-effects.\n\nHornstein, Erica A., and Naomi I. Eisenberger. \"Unpacking the buffering effect of social support figures: Social support attenuates fear acquisition.\" PloS one 12.5 (2017): e0175891.\n\nWe are living in an era of extreme partisanship. As documented by the Pew Research Center, majorities of people in both parties now express \u201cvery unfavorable\u201d views of the other side, with most concluding that the policies of the opposition \u201care so misguided that they threaten the nation\u2019s well-being.\u201d 79 percent of Republicans approve of Trump\u2019s performance as president, while 79 percent of Democrats disapprove. In many respects, party affiliation has become the lens through which we see the world; even the Super Bowl can\u2019t escape the stink of politics.\n\nThere are two ways of understanding these divisions.\n\nThe first is look at the historical parallels. Partisanship, after all, is as American as apple pie and SUVs. George Washington, in his farewell address, warned that the rise of political parties might lead to a form of \u201calternate domination,\u201d as the parties would gradually \u201cincline the minds of men to seek security... in the absolute power of an individual.\u201d In the election of 1800, his prophesy almost came true, as several states were preparing to summon their militias if Jefferson lost. Our democracy has always been a contact sport.\n\nBut there\u2019s another way of explaining the political splintering of the 21st century. Instead of seeing our current divide as a continuation of old historical trends, this version focuses on the impact of new social media. Donald Trump is not the latest face of our factional republic\u2014he\u2019s the first political figure to fully take advantage of these new information technologies.\n\nNeedless to say, this second hypothesis is far more depressing. We know our democracy can handle partisan passions. It\u2019s less clear it can survive Facebook.\n\nWhy might technology be cratering our public discourse? To answer this question, a new paper in PLOS ONE by a team of Italian researchers at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and Brian Uzzi at Northwestern looked at 12 million users of Facebook and YouTube. They began by identifying 413 different Facebook pages that could be sorted into one of two categories: Conspiracy or Science. Conspiracy pages were those that featured, in the delicate wording of the scientists, \u201calternative information sources and myth narratives\u2014pages which disseminate controversial information, usually lacking supporting evidence and most often contradictory of the official news.\u201d (Examples include Infowars, the Fluoride Action Network and the ironically named I Fucking Love Truth.) Science pages, meanwhile, were defined as those having \u201cthe main mission of diffusing scientific knowledge.\u201d (Examples include Nature, Astronomy Magazine and Eureka Alerts.)\n\nThe researchers then looked at how users interacted with videos appearing on these sites on both Facebook and YouTube. They looked at comments, shares and likes between January 2010 and December 2014. As you can probably guess, many users began the study only watching videos from either the Conspiracy or Science categories. (These people are analogous to voters with entrenched party affiliations.) The researchers, however, were most interested in those users who interacted with both categories; these folks liked Neil deGrasse Tyson and Alex Jones. Think of them as analogous to registered Democrats who voted for Trump, or Republicans who might vote for a Democratic congressperson in the 2018 midterms.\n\nHere\u2019s where things get unsettling. After just fifty interactions on YouTube and Facebook, most of these \u201cindependents\u201d started watching videos exclusively from one side. Their diversity of opinions gave way to uniformity, their quirkiness subsumed by polarization. The filter bubble won. And it won fast.\n\nWhy does the online world encourage polarization? The scientists focus on two frequently cited forces. The most powerful force is confirmation bias, that tendency to seek out information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs. It\u2019s much more fun to learn about why we\u2019re right (Fluoride = cancer) than consider the possibility we might be wrong (Fluoride is a safe and easy way to prevent tooth decay). Entire media empires have been built on this depressing insight.\n\nThe second force driving online polarization is the echo chamber effect. Most online platforms (such as the Facebook News Feed) are controlled by algorithms designed to give us a steady drip of content we want to see. That\u2019s a benign aspiration, but what it often means in practice is that the software filters out dissent and dissonance. If you liked an Infowars video about the evils of vaccines, then Facebook thinks you might also like their videos about fluoride. (This helps explain why previous research has found that more active Facebook users tend to get their information from a smaller number of news sources.) \u201cInside an echo chamber, the thing that makes people\u2019s thinking evolve is the even more extreme point of view,\u201d Uzzi said in a recent interview with Anne Ford. \u201cSo you become even more left-wing or even more right-wing.\u201d The end result is an ironic affliction: we are more certain than ever, but we understand less about the world.\n\nThis finding jives nicely with another new paper that directly tested the impact of filtered newsfeeds. In a clever lab experiment, Ivan Dylko and colleagues showed that feeds similar to those on Facebook led people to spend far less time reading articles that contradicted their political beliefs. Dylko et al. end on a somber note: \u201cTaken together, these findings show that customizability technology can undermine important foundations of deliberative democracy. If this technology becomes even more popular, we can expect these detrimental effects to increase.\u201d\n\nThe obvious solution to these problems is to engage in more debunking. If people are seeking out fake news and false conspiracies, then we should confront them with real facts. (This is what Facebook is trying to do, as they now include links to debunked articles in News Feeds.) Alas, the evidence suggests that this strategy might backfire. A previous paper by several of the Italian scientists found that Facebook users prone to conspiracy thinking react to contradictory information by \u201cincreasing their engagement within the conspiracy echo chamber.\u201d In other words, when people are told they\u2019re wrong, they don\u2019t revise their beliefs. They just work harder to prove themselves right. It\u2019s cognitive dissonance all the way down.\n\nIt was only a few generations ago that most Americans got their news from a few old white men on television. We could choose between Walter Cronkite (CBS), John Chancellor (NBC) and Harry Reasoner (ABC). It was easy to assume that Americans wanted this shared public discourse, or at least a fact-checked voice of authority, which is why nearly 30 million people watched Cronkite every night.* But now it\u2019s clear that we only watched these shows because we had no choice\u2014their appeal depended on the monopoly of network television. Once this monopoly disappeared, and technology gave us the ability to curate our own news, we flocked to what we really wanted: a platform catering to our biases and beliefs.\n\n*The shared public discourse reduced political partisanship. In the 1950s, the American Political Association published a report fretting about the lack of ideological distinction between the two parties. The lack of overt partisanship, they said, might be undermining voter participation.\n\nPity the Cleveland Browns fan. Seemingly every year, the poor performance of the team leads to a high first-round pick: in this year\u2019s draft, the Browns are making the first selection. And every year the team squanders the high pick, either by trading down and missing a superstar (Julio Jones in 2013) or trading up for a pick that didn\u2019t pan out (Johnny Manziel in 2014, Trent Richardson in 2012, Brady Quinn in 2007, et al.) The draft is supposed to be a source of hope, a consolation prize for all the failures of the past. But for the hapless Browns, it has become yet another reminder of their chronic struggles.\n\nThis blog is not another critique of a pitiful team. The Browns might have a terrible track record in the draft, but I\u2019m here to tell you that it\u2019s not their fault. And that\u2019s for a simple reason: picking college players is largely a crapshoot, a game of dice played with young athletes. The Browns might not know how to identify the college players with the most potential, but there\u2019s little evidence that anybody else does, either.\n\nIt\u2019s not for lack of trying. Every year, professional football teams invest a huge amount of time and effort into choosing which college players to take with their draft picks. This is for the obvious reason: picks are extremely valuable. (Because the NFL has a strict cap on rookie salaries, new players are significantly underpaid, at least compared to their veteran colleagues.) Given the high stakes involved, it seems reasonable to assume that teams would have developed effective methods of identifying those players most likely to succeed in the pros.\n\nBut they haven\u2019t. That, at least, is the conclusion of a 2013 analysis of the NFL draft by Cade Massey and Richard Thaler. Consider one of their damning pieces of evidence, which involves the likelihood that a given player performs better in the NFL than the next player chosen in the draft at his position. As Massey and Thaler note, this is the practical question that teams continually face in the draft, as they debate the advantages of trading up to acquire a specific athlete.\n\nUnfortunately, there is virtually no evidence that teams know what they\u2019re doing: only 52 percent of picks outperform those players chosen next at the same position. \u201cAcross all rounds, all positions, all years, the chance that a player proves to be better than the next-best alternative is only slightly better than a coin flip,\u201d write the economists. Or consider this statistic, which should strike fear into the heart of every NFL general manager: over their first five years in the league, draft picks from the first round have more seasons with zero starts (15.3 percent) than seasons that end with a selection to the Pro Bowl (12.8 percent). While draft order is roughly correlated with talent \u2013 players taken early tend to have better professional careers \u2013 Massey writes in an email that he \u201cconsiders differences between team performance in the draft to be, effectively, all chance.\u201d The Browns aren\u2019t stupid, just unlucky.\n\nIf teams admitted their ignorance, they could adjust their strategy accordingly. They could discount their scouting analysis and remember that college performance is only weakly correlated with NFL output. They might even explore new player assessment strategies, as the old ones don't seem to work very well.\n\nAlas, teams routinely act as if they can identify the best players, which is what leads them to trade-up for more valuable picks. But this is precisely the wrong approach. As proof, Massey and Thaler compute a statistic they call \u201csurplus value,\u201d which reflects the worth of a player\u2019s performance (as calculated by the pay scale of NFL veterans) minus his actual compensation. \u201cIf picks are valued by the surplus they produce, then the first pick in the first round is the worst pick in the round, not the best,\u201d write the economists. \u201cIn paying a steep price to trade up, teams are paying a lot to acquire a pick that is worth less than the ones they are giving up.\u201d\n\nWhy are most NFL teams so bad at the draft? The main culprit is what Massey and Thaler refer to as \u201coverconfidence exacerbated by information.\u201d Teams assume their judgments about prospective players are more accurate than they are, especially when they amass large amounts of data and analytics. What they fail to realize is that much of this information isn\u2019t predictive, and that it\u2019s almost certainly framed by the same biases and blind spots that limit our assessments of other people in everyday life. As Massey and Thaler write: \u201cThe problem is not that future performance is difficult to predict, but that decision makers do not appreciate how difficult it is.\u201d\n\nThere is something deeply sobering about the limits of draft intelligence among NFL teams. These are athletes, after all, whose performance has been measured by a dizzying array of advanced stats; they have been scouted for years and run through a gauntlet of psychological and physical assessments. (As the economists write, \u201cfootball teams almost certainly are in a better position to predict performance than most employers choosing workers.\u201d) However, even in this rarified domain, the mystery of human beings still dominates. We live in the age of big data and sabermetrics, which means that it\u2019s harder than ever to know what we don\u2019t. But this paper is an important reminder that such meta-knowledge is essential\u2014when we ignore the error bars, we\u2019re much more likely to make a very big mistake.\n\nBill Belichick, the coach of the New England Patriots (and former coach of the Cleveland Browns!), has won lots of games by pushing back against the curse of overconfidence. If Belichick has a signature move in the draft, it\u2019s trading down, swapping a high pick for multiple less valuable ones. (Under Belichick, the Patriots have gained more than 25 compensatory draft picks.) If teams could reliably assess talent, this strategy would make little sense, since it would mean giving up on superstars. However, given the near impossibility of predicting elite player performance, gaining more picks is an astute move. Since nobody knows who to choose, the only way to play is to make a lot of bets.\n\nMassey, Cade, and Richard H. Thaler. \"The loser's curse: Decision making and market efficiency in the National Football League draft.\" Management Science 59.7 (2013): 1479-1495.\n\nThe first line of Aristotle\u2019s Metaphysics begins with a seemingly obvious truth: \u201cAll men by nature desire to know.\u201d According to Aristotle, this desire for knowledge is our defining instinct, the quality that sets our mind apart. As the cognitive psychologist George Miller put it, we are informavores, blessed with a boundless appetite for information.\n\nIt\u2019s a comforting vision. However, like all dictums about human nature, it also comes with plenty of caveats and exceptions. Take spoiler alerts. It\u2019s hard to read an article about a work of entertainment that doesn\u2019t contain a warning to readers. The assumption of these warnings, of course, is that people don\u2019t want to know, at least when it comes to narratives.\n\nAnd it\u2019s not just the latest twists in Scandal that we\u2019re trying to avoid. Twenty percent of Malawi adults at risk for HIV decline to get the results of their HIV test, even when offered cash incentives; approximately 10 percent of Canadians with a family history of Huntington Disease choose to not undergo genetic testing. (Even James Watson declined to have his risk of Alzheimer\u2019s revealed.) These are just specific examples of a larger phenomenon. Given the advances in genetic testing and biomarkers, the Aristotelian model would predict that we\u2019d all become subscribers to 23andMe. But that\u2019s not happening.\n\nA new paper in Psychological Review by Gerd Gigerenzer and Rocio Garcia-Retamero explores the motives of our willful ignorance. They begin by establishing its prevalence, surveying more than 2000 German and Spanish adults about various forms of future knowledge. Their results are clear proof that most of us want spoiler alerts for real life: between 85 and 90 percent of subjects say they don\u2019t want to know when or why their partner will die. (They feel the same way about their own death.) They also don\u2019t want to know if their marriage will eventually end in divorce. This preference for ignorance even applies to positive events: between 40 and 70 percent of subjects don't want to know about their future Christmas gifts, or who won the big soccer match, or the gender of their next child.\n\nTo understand our reasons for ignorance, Gigerenzer and Garcia-Retamero asked subjects about their risk attitudes. They found that people who are more risk-averse (as measured by their insurance purchases and their choices playing a simple lottery game) are more likely to prefer not knowing. While this might appear counterintuitive\u2014learning how you will die might help reduce the risk of dying\u2014 Gigerenzer and Garcia-Retamero explain these results in terms of anticipatory regret. People avoid risks because they don\u2019t want to regret those losing gambles. They avoid life spoilers for a similar reason, as they're trying to avoid regretting the decision to know.\n\nOn the one hand, this intuition has a logical sheen. It\u2019s not that ignorance is bliss\u2014it\u2019s just better than knowing that life can be shitty and full of suffering. Knowing exactly how we\u2019ll suffer might only make it worse. The same principle also applies to the good stuff: we think we'll be less happy if we know about our happiness in advance. Life is like a joke\u2014it's not so funny if we get the punchline first.\n\nBut there\u2019s also some compelling evidence that our intuitions about regretting future knowledge are wrong. For one thing, it\u2019s not clear that spoilers spoil anything. Consider a 2011 study by Jonathan Leavitt and Nicholas Christenfeld. The scientists gave several dozen undergraduates twelve different short stories. The stories came in three different flavors: ironic twist stories (such as Chekhov\u2019s \u201cThe Bet\u201d), straight up mysteries (\u201cA Chess Problem\u201d by Agatha Christie) and \u201cliterary stories\u201d by writers like Updike and Carver. Some subjects read the story as is, without a spoiler. Some read the story with a spoiler carefully embedded in the actual text, as if Chekhov himself had given away the end. And some read the story with a spoiler disclaimer in the preface.\n\nHere\u2019s the shocking twist: the scientists found that almost every single story, regardless of genre, was more pleasurable when prefaced with some sort of spoiler. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s Harry Potter or Hamlet: an easy way to make a good story even better is to spoil it at the start. As the scientists write, \u201cErroneous intuitions about the nature of spoilers may persist because individual readers are unable to compare spoiled and unspoiled experiences of a novel story. Other intuitions about suspense may be similarly wrong: Perhaps birthday presents are better when wrapped in cellophane, and engagement rings when not concealed in chocolate mousse.\u201d\n\nIn fiction as in life: we assume our pleasure depends on ignorance. However, Leavitt and Christenfeld argue that spoilers enhance narrative pleasure by letting readers pay more attention to developments along the way. Because we know the destination, we\u2019re better able to enjoy the journey.\n\nBarry Schwartz, a psychologist at UC-Berkeley and Swarthmore, does not think much of the college admissions process. In a new paper, he tells a story about a friend who spent an afternoon with a high-school student. His friend was impressed by the student and, for the first time in thirty years of teaching, decided to send a note to the dean of admissions. Despite the note, the student did not get in. Schwartz describes what happened next:\n\n\u201cCurious, my friend asked the dean why. \u2018No reason,\u2019 said the dean. \u2018No reason?,\u2019 replied my friend, somewhat incredulous. \u2018Yes, no reason. I can\u2019t tell you how many applicants we reject for no reason.\u2019\u201d\n\nFor Schwartz, such stories are a sign of a broken system. Although colleges pretend to be paragons of meritocracy, their selection methods are rife with randomness. \u201cDespite their very best efforts to make the selection process rational and reasonable, admissions people are, in effect, running a lottery,\u201d Schwartz writes. \u201cTo get into Harvard (or Stanford, or Yale, or Swarthmore), you need to be good...and you need to be lucky.\u201d\n\nSchwartz devotes much of his article to the severe negative consequences inflicted by this capricious selection process. He begins by lamenting the ways in which it discourages students from experimenting, both inside and outside the classroom. Because teenagers are so terrified of failure\u2014Harvard requires perfection!\u2014they refuse to take classes that might end with the crushing disappointment of a B+. Over time, this can lead to high-school students that \u201cmay look better than ever before\u201d but are probably learning less.\n\nBut wait: it gets worse. Much worse. Suniya Luthar, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University, has spent the last several years documenting the emotional toll of the college competition on upper-middle class children. Although these affluent kids lead enviable lives on paper\u2014they have educated white-collar parents, high test scores and attend elite high-schools\u2014they are roughly twice as likely to suffer from the symptoms of depression and anxiety than the national average. They are also far more likely to have eating disorders and meet the diagnostic criteria for substance abuse.\n\nThere are, of course, countless variables driving this epidemic of mental issues among affluent teenagers. (Maybe it\u2019s Snapchat\u2019s fault? Or a side-effect of helicopter parenting?) However, Luthar argues that one of the main causes is what she calls the \u201cpressure to achieve.\u201d The problem with the pressure is that it\u2019s a double-edged sword. If a student\u2019s achievements fall short, then he feels inadequate. However, even if a student gets straight As, she probably still lives in what Luthar calls \u201ca state of fear of not achieving.\u201d Over time, that chronic sense of fear can lead to anxiety disorders and depression; kids are burned out on stress before they even leave their childhood homes.\n\nHow can we fix this competitive morass? Schwartz offers a provocative solution. (In an email, he observes that he first offered this proposal a decade ago. In the years since, it\u2019s only gotten more necessary.) The first phase of his plan involves filtering applicants using the same academic standards currently in place. Schwartz estimates that these standards\u2014GPA, SAT scores, extracurricular activities, etc.\u2014could cut the applicant pool by up to two-thirds. But here\u2019s the crucial twist: after this initial culling, all of the acceptable students would be entered into an admissions lottery. The winners would be drawn at random.\n\nSuch a lottery system, Schwartz writes, would offer multiple advantages over our current fake meritocracy. For one thing, it would be much less stressful for teenagers to strive to be \u201cgood enough\u201d rather than the best; high-achieving students wouldn\u2019t have to be the highest achieving. This, in turn, would \u201cfree students up to do the things they were really passionate about.\u201d Instead of chasing extrinsic rewards\u2014does Stanford need an oboe player?\u2014adolescents would be free to follow their sense of intrinsic motivation.* By making selective colleges less selective, Schwartz says, they can get happier and more well-rounded students.\n\nThe hybrid lottery system would also force colleges to be more transparent about their selection methods. Right now, the admissions process is a black box; such secrecy is what allows colleges to accept legacies and reject otherwise qualified students for no particular reason. However, if the schools were forced to define their lottery cut-off, they would have to reflect on the measurements that actually predict academic success. And this doesn\u2019t mean the criteria must be quantitative. As Schwartz notes, \u201ccriteria for \u2018good enough\u2019 can be sufficiently flexible that applicants who are athletes, violinists, minorities, or from Alaska get \u2018credit\u2019 for these characteristics,\u201d just as in the current system.\n\nThe most obvious objection to Schwartz\u2019s lottery system is ethical. For many people, it just seems wrong to base a major life decision on a roll of the dice. But here\u2019s the thing: the college application process is already a crapshoot. (The differences used to differentiate applicants\u2014say, 10 points on the SAT\u2014are often smaller than the amount of error in the assessments.) By making the lottery explicit, students and schools would at least be forced to have a candid conversation about the role of luck in life. Instead of taking full credit for our admission, or blaming ourselves for our rejection, we\u2019d admit that much of success is random chance and pure contingency. Perhaps, Schwartz writes, this might make students a little \u201cmore empathic when they encounter people who may be just as deserving as they are, but less lucky.\u201d\n\nSchwartz is best known for his research on the pitfalls of the maximizing decision-making strategy, in which people obsess over finding the best possible alternative. The problem with this approach, Schwartz and colleagues have repeatedly found, is that it ends up making us miserable. Instead of being satisfied with a perfectly acceptable option, we get stressed about finding a better one. And then, once we make a choice, studies show that maximizers end up drenched in regret, fixated on their foregone options. We\u2019re trained to be maximizers by consumer culture\u2014who wants to settle for the second best laundry detergent?\u2014but it\u2019s usually a shortcut to a sad life.\n\nThis new paper extends the maximizing critique to higher-education. In Schwartz\u2019s telling, the college application process is a particularly powerful example of how the maximizing approach can lead us astray. Given the inherent uncertainty of matching students and colleges, Schwartz argues that it\u2019s foolish to try to find the ideal school. Rather, we should practice an approach that Herbert Simon called satisficing, in which we search for colleges that are good enough.After all, the evidence suggests we can be equally happy at a multitude of places.\n\nThis, perhaps, is the greatest virtue of the lottery proposal: by making it impossible for students to act like maximizers\u2014chance chooses for them\u2014they will be given a life lesson in the power of satisficing. Instead of wasting their dreams on a dream school, they should follow their adolescent passions and embrace the chanciness of life. You can\u2019t always get exactly what you want. But if you practice satisficing, you just might get what you need.\n\n*The danger of replacing intrinsic motivation with extrinsic rewards was first demonstrated in a classic study of preschoolers. Some of the young children were told they would get a reward for drawing with pens. You might think this would encourage the kids to draw even more. It didn\u2019t. Instead, those toddlers given an \u201cexpected reward\u201d were less likely to use the pens in the future. (And when they did use the pens, they spent less time drawing.) The extrinsic rewards, said the scientists, had turned \u201cplay into work.\u201d\n\nWhen you are running into the wind, the air feels like a powerful force. It\u2019s blowing you back, slowing you down, an annoying obstacle making your run that much harder.\n\nAnd then you turn around and the headwind becomes a tailwind. The air that had been pushing you back is now propelling you forward. But here\u2019s the question: do you still notice it?\n\nProbably not. Simply put, headwinds are far more salient than tailwinds. When it comes to exercise, we fixate on the barrier and ignore the boost.\n\nIn a new paper, the psychologists Shai Davidai and Thomas Gilovich show that this same asymmetry is present across many aspects of life, and not just when we\u2019re running on a windy day.\n\nAs evidence, Davidai and Gilovich conducted a number of clever studies. In the first experiment, they asked people which political party was advantaged or disadvantaged by the rules of American democracy, such as the electoral college. As expected, partisans on both sides believed their side suffered from the headwinds, so that Democrats were convinced the political system favored Republicans and Republicans believed it favored Democrats. Interestingly, the size of the effect was mediated by the level of political engagement, with more engagement leading to a stronger sense of unfairness. In short, the more you think about American politics the more convinced you are that the system is stacked against you. (In fairness to Democrats, recent history suggests they might be right.)\n\nA similar effect was also observed among football fans, who were much more likely to notice the difficult games on their team\u2019s upcoming schedule than the easy ones. The headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry even shaped the career beliefs of academics, as people in a given sub-discipline believed they faced more hurdles than those in other sub-disciplines.\n\nAnd then there\u2019s family life, that rich vein of grievance. When the psychologists asked siblings if their parents had been harder on the older or younger child, their answers depended largely on their own position in the family. Older children were convinced that their parents had gone easy on their little siblings, while younger siblings insisted the discipline had been evenly distributed. Mom always loves someone else the most.\n\nAccording to Davidai and Gilovich, the underlying cause of the headwind effect is the availability heuristic, in which our judgement is distorted by the ease with which relevant examples come to mind. First described by Kahneman and Tversky, the availability heuristic is why people think tornadoes are deadlier than asthma\u2014tornadoes generate headlines, even though asthma takes 20 times more lives\u2014and why spouses tend to overestimate their share of household chores. (We remember that time we took out the garbage; we don\u2019t remember all those times we didn\u2019t.) As Timur Kuran and Cass Sunstein point out, the availability bias might be \u201cthe most fundamental heuristic\u201d of them all, constantly distorting our judgements of frequency and probability. We see through a glass, darkly; the availability heuristic is often what makes the glass so dark.\n\nThis new paper shows how the availability bias can even warp our life narratives. We think our memory reflects the truth; it feels like a fair accounting of events. In reality, though, it\u2019s a story tilted towards resentment, since it\u2019s so much easier for us to remember every slight, wound and obstacle.\n\nWhy does this matter? Didn\u2019t we already know that our memory is mostly bullshit? Davidai and Gilovich argue that this particular mnemonic flaw comes with serious practical consequences. For one thing, the headwind effect makes it harder for us to experience gratitude, which research shows is associated with higher levels of happiness, fewer hospitalizations and a more generous approach towards others. Because we take the tailwinds of life for granted\u2014the headwinds consume all our attention\u2014we have to work to notice our blessings. We easily remember who hurt us; we soon forget who helped us.\n\nThis effect can even shape public policy, limiting our interest in helping the less fortunate. We\u2019re so biased towards our adversities that we can\u2019t empathize with the adversities of others, even when they might be far more challenging. And since we tend to neglect our God given advantages\u2014good parents, silver spoons, etc.\u2014we discount the role they played in our success. The end result is a series of false beliefs about what it takes to succeed.\n\nIn a recent interview, Rob Lowe lamented the obstacles that had limited his early career opportunities. Handsome actors like himself, he said, are subject to \u201can unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people.\u201d\n\nWe\u2019re all victims. Even beauty is a headwind.\n\nDavidai, Shai, and Thomas Gilovich. \"The headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry: An availability bias in assessments of barriers and blessings.\" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 111.6 (2016): 835.\n\nIn A Book About Love, I wrote about research showing that the social networks of Americans have been shrinking for decades. Miller McPherson, a sociologist at the University of Arizona and Duke University, has helped document the decline. In 1985, 26.1 percent of respondents reported discussing important matters with a \u201ccomember of a group,\u201d such as a church congregant. In 2004, McPherson found that the percentage had fallen to 11.8. In 1985, 18.5 percent of subjects had important conversations with their neighbors. That number shrank to 7.9 percent two decades later. Other studies have reached similar conclusions. Robert Putnam, for instance, has used the DDB Needham Life Style Surveys to show that the average married couple entertained friends at home approximately fifteen times per year in the 1970s. By the late 1990s, that number was down to eight, \u201ca decline of 45 percent in barely two decades.\u201d\n\nThese surveys raise the obvious question: If we\u2019re no longer socializing with our neighbors, or having dinner parties with our friends, then what the hell are we doing?\n\nOne possibility is screens. Conversation is hard; it\u2019s much easier to chill with Netflix and the cable box. According to this depressing speculation, technology is an enabler of loneliness, allowing us to forget how isolated we\u2019ve become.\n\nBut there\u2019s another possibility. While it seems clear that we\u2019re spending less time with our friends and acquaintances (texting doesn\u2019t count), we might be spending more time with our spouses and children. (McPherson found, for instance, that the percentage of Americans who said their spouse was their \u201conly confidant\u201d nearly doubled between 1985 and 2004.) If true, this would suggest that our social network isn\u2019t fraying so much as it\u2019s gradually becoming more focused and intimate.\n\nA new paper by Katie Genadek, Sarah Flood and Joan Garcia Roman at the University of Minnesota, drawing from time use survey data from 1965 to 2012, aims to answer these important unknowns. Their data provides a fascinating portrait of the social trends shaping the lives of American families.\n\nI\u2019ll start with the punchline: on average, spouses are spending more time with each other than they did in 1965. This trend is particularly visible among married couples with children. Here are the scientists: \u201cIn 1965, individuals with children spent about two hours per day with both their spouse and child(ren); by 2012 this had increased 50 minutes to almost three hours.\u201d Instead of bowling with neighbors, we\u2019re taking our kids to soccer practice.\n\nOf course, when it comes to togetherness time, quality matters more than quantity. One cynical explanation for the increase in family time is that much of it might involve screens. Maybe we\u2019re not hanging out\u2014we\u2019re just sharing a wifi network. But the data doesn\u2019t seem to show that. In 1975, couples spent 79 minutes watching television together. In 2012, that number had increased by only 13 minutes. What\u2019s more, spouses are still making time for shared activities that don\u2019t involve TV. Although our total amount of leisure time has remained remarkably constant \u2013 Keynes\u2019 leisure society has not come to pass \u2013 we are more likely to spend this free time with our spouse.\n\nThis is particularly true among couples with children. The big news buried in this time use data is that parents are doing a lot more parenting. In 1965, parents spent 41 minutes engaged in \u201cprimary care\u201d for their little ones. That number had more than doubled, to 88 minutes, in 2012. We\u2019re also far more likely to parent together, with the number of minutes spent as a family unit quadrupling from 6 minutes in 1965 to 27 minutes in 2012. This increase in family time comes despite the sharp increase in women working outside the home.\n\nIt\u2019s so easy to despair about the state of the world. What\u2019s important to remember, however, is that these more intimate benchmarks of life are trending in the right direction. Amid all the calls to make America great again, we\u2019re liable to forget that the greatest generations spent a staggeringly little amount of time with their families. The nuclear family is supposed to be disintegrating, but these time diaries show us the opposite, as Americans are choosing to spend an increasing percentage of their time with their partner and children.\n\nWhat makes this survey data more compelling is that it jives with recent research showing the growing role played by our spouses in determining our own life happiness. In a separate study based on data from 47,000 couples, Genadek and Flood found that individuals are nearly twice as happy when they are with their spouse as when they\u2019re not. Meanwhile, a recent meta-analysis of ninety-three studies by the psychologist Christine Proulx found that the rewards of a good marriage have surged in recent decades, with the most loving couples providing a bigger lift to the \u201cpersonal well-being\u201d of the partners. In fact, the influence of a good marriage on overall levels of life satisfaction has nearly doubled since the late 1970s. Given this happiness boost, it shouldn\u2019t be too surprising that we\u2019re spending more time with our spouses. If we\u2019re lucky, we already live with the people who make us happiest.\n\nOne day, when historians tell the strange story of the 21st century, this age of software and smartphones, populism and Pokemon, they will focus on a fundamental shift in the way people learn about the world. Within the span of a generation, we went from watching the same news shows on television, and reading the same newspapers in print, to getting a personalized feed of everything that our social network finds interesting, as filtered by a clever algorithm. The main goal of the algorithm is to keep us staring at the screen, increasing the slight odds that we might click on an advertisement.\n\nI\u2019m talking, of course, about Facebook. Given the huge amount of attention Facebook commands\u2014roughly 22 percent of the internet time Americans spend on their mobile devices is spent on the social network\u2014it has generated a relatively meager amount of empirical research. (It didn't help that the company\u2019s last major experiment became a silly controversy.) Furthermore, most of the research that does exist explores the network\u2019s impact on our social lives. In general, these studies find small, mostly positive correlations between Facebook use and a range of social measures: our Facebook friends are not the death of real friendship.\n\nWhat this research largely overlooks, however, is a far more basic question: why is Facebook so popular? What is it about the social network (and social media in general) that makes it so attractive to human attention? It\u2019s a mystery at the heart of the digital economy, in which fortunes hinge on the allocation of eyeballs.\n\nOne of the best answers for the appeal of Facebook comes from a 2013 paper by a team of researchers at UCSD. (First author Laura Mickes, senior authors Christine Harris and Nicholas Christenfeld.) Their paper begins with a paradox: the content of Facebook is often mundane, full of what the scientists refer to as \u201ctrivial ephemera.\u201d Here\u2019s a random sampling of my current feed: there\u2019s an endorsement of a new gluten-free pasta, a smattering of child photos, emotional thoughts on politics and a post about a broken slide at the local park. As the scientists point out, these Facebook \u201cmicroblogs\u201d are full of quickly composed comments and photos, an impulsive record of everyday life.\n\nSuch content might not sound very appealing, especially when there is so much highly polished material already competing for our attention. (Why read our crazy uncle on the election when there\u2019s the Times?) And yet, the \u201cmicroblog\u201d format has proven irresistible: Facebook\u2019s \u201cnews\u201d feed is the dominant information platform of our century, with nearly half of Americans using it as a source for news. This popularity, write the scientists, \u201csuggests that something about such \u2018microblogging\u2019 resonates with human nature.\u201d\n\nTo make sense of this resonance, the scientists conducted some simple memory experiments. In their first study, they compared the mnemonic power of Facebook posts to sentences from published books. (The Facebook posts were taken from the feeds of five research assistants, while the book sentences were randomly selected from new titles.) The subjects were shown 100 of these stimuli for three seconds each. Then, they were given a recognition test consisting of these stimuli along with another 100 \u201clures\u201d \u2013 similar content they had not seen - and asked to assess their confidence, on a twenty-point scale, as to whether they previously been exposed to a given stimulus.\n\nAccording to the data, the Facebook posts were much more memorable than the published sentences. (This effect held even after controlling for sentence length and the use of \u201cirregular typography,\u201d such as emoticons.) But this wasn\u2019t because people couldn\u2019t remember the sentences extracted from books \u2013 their performance here was on par with other studies of textual memory. Rather, it was largely due to the \u201cremarkable memorability\u201d of the Facebook posts. Their content was trivial. It was also unforgettable.\n\nIn a follow-up condition, the scientists replaced the book sentences with photographs of human faces. (They also gathered a new collection of Facebook posts, to make sure their first set wasn\u2019t an anomaly.) Although it\u2019s long been argued that the human brain is \u201cspecially designed to process and store facial information,\u201d the scientists found that the Facebook posts were still far easier to remember.\n\nThis is not a minor effect: the difference in memory performance between Facebook posts and these other stimuli is roughly equivalent to the difference between people with amnesia due to brain damage and those with a normal memory. What\u2019s more, this effect exists even when the Facebook content is about people we don\u2019t even know. Just imagine how memorable it is when the feed is drawn from our actual friends.\n\nTo better understand the mnemonic advantage of microblogs, the scientists ran several additional experiments. In one study, they culled text from CNN.com, drawing from both the news and entertainment sections. The text came in three forms: headlines, sentences from the articles, and reader comments. As you can probably guess, the reader comments were much more likely to be remembered, especially when compared to sentences from the articles. Subjects were also better at remembering content from the entertainment section, at least compared to news content.\n\nBased on this data, the scientists argue that the extreme memorability of Facebook posts is being driven by at least two factors. The first is that people are drawn to \u201cunfiltered, largely unconsidered postings,\u201d whether it\u2019s a Facebook microblog or a blog comment. When it comes to text, we don\u2019t want polish and reflection. We want gut and fervor. We want Trump\u2019s tweets.\n\nThe second factor is the personal filter of Facebook, which seems to take advantage of our social nature. We remember random updates from our news feed for the same reason we remember all the names of the Pitt-Jolie children: we are gossipy creatures, perpetually interested in the lives of others.\n\nThis research helps explain the value of Facebook, which is currently the 7th most valuable company in the world. The success of the company, which sells ads against our attention, is ultimately dependent on our willingness to read the haphazard content produced by other people for free. This might seem like a bug, but it\u2019s actually an essential feature of the social network. \u201cThese especially memorable Facebook posts,\u201d write the scientists, \u201cmay be far closer than professionally crafted sentences to tapping into the basic language capacities of our minds. Perhaps the very sentences that are so effortlessly generated are, for that reason, the same ones that are readily remembered.\u201d While traditional media companies assume people want clean and professional prose, it turns out that we\u2019re compelled to remember the casual and flippant. The problem, of course, is that the Facebook news algorithm is filtered to maximize attention, not truth, which can lead to the spread of sticky lies. When our private feed is full of memorable falsehoods what happens to public discourse?\n\nAnd it\u2019s not just Facebook: the rise of the smartphone has encouraged a parallel rise in informal messaging. (We've gone from email to emojis in a few short years.) Consider Snapchat, the social network du jour. It's entire business model depends on the eagerness of users to consume raw visual content, produced by friends in the grip of System 1. In a universe overflowing with professional video content, it might seem perverse that we spend so much time watching grainy videos of random events. But this is what we care about. This is what we remember.\n\nThe creation of content used to be a professional activity. It used to require moveable type and a printing press and a film crew. But digital technology democratized the tools. And once that happened, once anyone could post anything, we discovered an entirely new form of text and video. We learned that the most powerful publishing platform is social, because it embeds the information in a social context. (And we are social animals.) But we also learned about our preferred style, which is the absence of style: the writing that sticks around longest in our memory is what seems to take the least amount of time to create. All art aspires to the condition of the Facebook post.\n\nOne of the essential techniques of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is reappraisal. It\u2019s a simple enough process: when you are awash in negative emotion, you should reappraise the stimulus to make yourself feel better.\n\nLet\u2019s say, for instance, that you are stuck in traffic and are running late to your best friend\u2019s birthday party. You feel guilty and regretful; you are imagining all the mean things people are saying about you. \u201cShe\u2019s always late!\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s so thoughtless.\u201d \u201cIf he were a good friend, he\u2019d be here already.\u201d\n\nTo deal with this loop of negativity, CBT suggests that you think of new perspectives that lessen the stress. The traffic isn\u2019t your fault. Nobody will notice. Now you get to finish this interesting podcast.\n\nIt\u2019s an appealing approach, rooted in CBT\u2019s larger philosophy that the way an individual perceives a situation is often more predictive of his or her feelings than the situation itself.\n\nThere\u2019s only one problem with reappraisal: it might not work. For instance, a recent meta-analysis showed that the technique is only modestly useful at modulating negative emotions. What\u2019s worse, there\u2019s suggestive evidence that, in some contexts, reappraisal may actually backfire. According to a 2013 paper by Allison Troy, et al., among people who were stressed about a controllable situation\u2014say, being fired because of poor work performance\u2014better reappraisal ability was associated with higher levels of depression.\n\nWhy doesn\u2019t reappraisal always work? One possible answer involves an old hypothesis known as the strategy-situation fit, first outlined by Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman in the late 1980s. This approach assumes that there is no universal fix for anxiety and depression, no single tactic that always grants us peace of mind. Instead, we must think strategically about which strategies to use, as their effectiveness will depend on the larger context.\n\nA new paper by Simon Haines et al. (senior author Peter Koval) in Psychological Science provides new evidence for the strategy-situation fit model. While previous research has suggested that the success of reappraisal depends on the nature of the stressor\u2014it\u2019s only useful when we can\u2019t control the source of the stress\u2014these Australian researchers wanted to measure the relevant variables in the real world, and not just in the lab. To do this, they designed a new smartphone app that pushed out surveys at random moments. Each survey asked their participants a few questions about their use of reappraisal and the controllability of their situation. These responses were then correlated with several questionnaires measuring well-being and mental health.\n\nThe results confirmed the importance of strategy-situation fit. According to the data, people with lower levels of well-being (they had more depressive symptoms and/or stress) used reappraisal in the wrong contexts, increasing their use of the technique when they were in situations they perceived ascontrollable. For example, instead of leaving the house earlier, or trying to perform better at work, people with poorer \u201cstrategy-situation fit\u201d might spend time trying to talk themselves into a better mood. People with higher levels of well-being, in contrast, were more likely to use reappraisal at the right time, when they were confronted with situations they felt they could not control. (Bad weather, mass layoffs, etc.) This leads Haines et al. to conclude that, \u201crather than being a panacea, reappraisal may be adaptive only in relatively uncontrollable situations.\u201d\n\nWhy doesn\u2019t reappraisal help when we can influence the situation? One possibility is that focusing on our reaction might make us less likely to take our emotions seriously. We\u2019re so focused on changing our thoughts\u2014think positive!\u2014that we forget to seek an effective solution.\n\nNow for the caveats. The most obvious limitation of this paper is that the researchers relied on subjects to assess the controllability of a given situation; there were no objective measurements. The second limitation is the lack of causal data. Because this was not a longitudinal study, it\u2019s still unclear if higher levels of well-being are a consequence or a precursor of more strategic reappraisal use. The best way to deal with our emotions is an ancient question. It won\u2019t be solved anytime soon.\n\nThat said, this study does offer some useful advice for practitioners and patients using CBT. As I noted in an earlier blog, there is worrying evidence that CBT has gotten less effective over time, at least as measured by its ability to reduce depressive symptoms. (One of the leading suspects behind this trend is the growing popularity of the treatment, which has led more inexperienced therapists to begin using it.) While more study is clearly needed, this research suggests ways in which standard CBT might be improved. It all comes down to an insight summarized by the great Reinhold Niebuhr in the Serenity Prayer:\n\nGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,\n\nCourage to change the things I can,\n\nAnd wisdom to know the difference.\n\nThat\u2019s wisdom: tailoring our response based on what we can and cannot control. Serenity is a noble goal, but sometimes the best way to fix ourselves is to first fix the world.\n\nThe history of science is largely the history of individual genius. From Galileo to Einstein, Isaac Newton to Charles Darwin, we tend to celebrate the breakthroughs achieved by a mind working by itself, seeing more reality than anyone has ever seen before.\n\nIt\u2019s a romantic narrative. It\u2019s also obsolete. As documented in a pair of Sciencepapers by Stefan Wuchty, Benjamin Jones and Brian Uzzi, modern science is increasingly a team sport: more than 80 percent of science papers are now co-authored. These teams are also producing the most influential research, as papers with multiple authors are 6.3 times more likely to get at least 1000 citations. The era of the lone genius is over.\n\nWhat\u2019s causing the dramatic increase in scientific collaboration? One possibility is that the rise of teams is a response to the increasing complexity of modern science. To advance knowledge in the 21st century, one has to master an astonishing amount of information and experimental know-how; because we have discovered so much, it\u2019s harder to discover something new. (In other words, the mysteries that remain often exceed the capabilities of the individual mind.) This means that the most important contributions now require collaboration, as people from different specialties work together to solve extremely difficult problems.\n\nBut this might not be the only reason scientists are working together more frequently. Another possibility is that the rise of teams is less about shifts in knowledge and more about the increasing ease of interacting with other researchers. It\u2019s not about science getting hard. It\u2019s about collaboration getting easy.\n\nWhile it seems likely that both of these explanations are true\u2014the trend is probably being driven by multiple factors\u2014a new paper emphasizes the changes that have reduced the costs of academic collaboration. To do this, the economists Christian Catalini, Christian Fons-Rosen and Patrick Gaule looked at what happens to scientific teams after Southwest Airlines enters a metropolitan market. (On average, the entrance of Southwest leads to a roughly 20 percent reduction in fares and a 44 percent increase in passengers.) If these research partnerships are held back by practical obstacles\u2014money, time, distance, etc.\u2014then the arrival of Southwest should lead to a spike in teamwork.\n\nThat\u2019s exactly what they found. According to the researchers, after Southwest begins a new route collaborations among scientists increase across every scientific discipline. (Physicists increase their collaborations by 26 percent, while biologists seem to really love cheap airfare: their collaborations increase by 85 percent.) To better understand these trends, and to rule out some possible confounds, Catalini et al. zoomed in on collaborations among chemists. They tracked the research produced by 819 pairs of chemists between 1993 and 2012. Once again, they found that the entry of Southwest into a new market leads to an approximately 30 percent spike in collaboration among chemists living near the new routes. What\u2019s more, this trend towards teamwork showed no signs of existing before the arrival of the low-cost airline.\n\nAt first glance, it seems likely that these new collaborations triggered by Southwest will produce research of lower quality. After all, the fact that the scientists waited to work together until airfares were slightly cheaper suggests that they didn\u2019t think their new partnership would create a lot of value. (A really enticing collaboration should have been worth a more expensive flight, especially since the arrival of Southwest didn\u2019t significantly increase the number of direct routes.) But that isn\u2019t what Catalini et al. found. Instead, they discovered that Southwest\u2019s entry into a market led to an increase in higher quality publications, at least as measured by the number of citations. Taken together, these results suggest that cheaper air travel is not only redrawing the map of scientific collaboration, but fundamentally improving the quality of research.\n\nThere is one last fascinating implication of this dataset. The spread of Southwest paralleled the rise of the Internet, as it became far easier to communicate and collaborate using digital tools, such as email and Skype. In theory, these virtual interactions should make face-to-face conversations unnecessary. Why put up with the hassle of air travel when there\u2019s Facetime? Why meet in person when there\u2019s Google Docs? The Death of Distance and all that.\n\nBut this new paper is a reminder that face-to-face interactions are still uniquely valuable. I\u2019ve written before about the research of Isaac Kohane, a professor at Harvard Medical School. A few years ago, he published a study that looked at the influence physical proximity on the quality of the research. He analyzed more than thirty-five thousand peer-reviewed papers, mapping the precise location of co-authors. Geography turned out to be a crucial variable: when coauthors were closer together, their papers tended to be of significantly higher quality. The best research was consistently produced when scientists were located within ten meters of each other, while the least cited papers tended to emerge from collaborators who were a kilometer or more apart.\n\nEven in the 21st century, the best way to work together is to be together. The digital world is full of collaborative tools, but these tools are still not a substitute for meetings that take place in person.* That\u2019s why we get on a plane.\n\n* Consider a study that looked at the spread of Bitnet, a precursor to the internet. As one might expect, the computer network significantly increased collaboration among electrical engineers at connected universities. However, the boost in collaboration was far larger among engineers who were within driving distance of each other. Yet more evidence for the power of in-person interactions comes from a 2015 paper by Catalini, which looked at the relocation of scientists following the removal of asbestos from Paris Jussieu, the largest science university in France. He found that science labs that had been randomly relocated in the same area were 3.4 to 5 times more likely to collaborate. Meat space matters.\n\nThe world is lousy with experts. They are everywhere: opining in op-eds, prognosticating on television, tweeting out their predictions. These experts have currency because their opinions are, at least in theory, grounded in their expertise. Unlike the rest of us, they know what they\u2019re talking about.\n\nBut do they really? The most famous study of political experts, led by Philip Tetlock at the University of Pennsylvania, concluded that the vast majority of pundits barely beat random chance when it came to predicting future events, such as the winner of the next presidential election. They spun out confident predictions but were never held accountable when their predictions proved wrong. The end result was a public sphere that rewarded overconfident blowhards. Cable news, Q.E.D.\n\nWhile the thinking sins identified by Tetlock are universal - we\u2019re all vulnerable to overconfidence and confirmation bias - it\u2019s not clear that the flaws of political experts can be generalized to other forms of expertise. For one thing, predicting geopolitics is famously fraught: there are countless variables to consider, interacting in unknowable ways. It\u2019s possible, then, that experts might perform better in a narrower setting, attempting to predict the outcomes of experiments in their own field.\n\nA new study, by Stefano DellaVigna at UC Berkeley and Devin Pope at the University of Chicago, aims to put academic experts to this more stringent test. They assembled 208 experts from the fields of economics, behavioral economics and psychology and asked them to forecast the impact of different motivators on the performance of subjects performing an extremely tedious task. (They had to press the \u201ca\u201d and \u201cb\u201d buttons on their keyboard as quickly as possible for ten minutes.) The experimental conditions ranged from the obvious - paying for better performance - to the subtle, as DellaVigna and Pope also looked at the influence of peer comparisons, charity and loss aversion. What makes these questions interesting is that DellaVigna and Pope already knew the answers: they\u2019d run these motivational studies on nearly 10,000 subjects. The mystery was whether or not the experts could predict the actual results.\n\nTo make the forecasting easier, the experts were given three benchmark conditions and told the average number of presses, or \u201cpoints,\u201d in each condition. For instance, when subjects were told that their performance would not affect their payment, they only averaged 1521 points. However, when they were paid 10 cents for every 100 points, they averaged 2175 total points. The experts were asked to predict the number of points in fifteen additional experimental conditions.\n\nThe good news for experts is that these academics did far better than Tetlock\u2019s pundits. When asked to predict the average points in each condition, they demonstrated the wisdom of crowds: their predictions were off by only 5 percent. If you\u2019re a policy maker, trying to anticipate the impact of a motivational nudge, you\u2019d be well served by asking a bunch of academics for their opinions.\n\nThe bad news is that, on an individual level, these academics still weren\u2019t very good. They might have looked prescient when their answers were pooled together, but the results were far less impressive if you looked at the accuracy of experts in isolation. Perhaps most distressing, at least for the egos of experts, is that non-scientists were much better at ranking the treatments against each other, forecasting which conditions would be most and least effective. (As DellaVigna pointed out in an email, this is less a consequence of expert failure and more a tribute to the fact that non-experts did \u201camazingly well\u201d at the task.) The takeaway is straightforward: there might be predictive value in a diverse group of academics, but you\u2019d be foolish to trust the forecast of a single one.\n\nFurthermore, there was shockingly little relationship between the credentials of academia and overall performance. Full professors tended to underperform assistant professors, while having more Google Scholar citations was correlated with lower levels of accuracy. (PhD students were \u201cat least as good\u201d as their bosses.) Academic experience clearly has virtues. But making better predictions about experiments does not seem to be one of them.\n\nSince Tetlock published his damning critique of political pundits, he has gone on to study so-called \u201csuperforecasters,\u201d those amateurs whose predictions of world events are consistently more accurate than those of intelligence analysts with access to classified information. (In general, these superforecasters share a particular temperament: they\u2019re willing to learn from their mistakes, quick to update their beliefs and tend to think in shades of gray.) After mining the data, DellaVigna and Pope were able to identify their own superforecasters. As a group, these non-experts significantly outperformed the academics, improving on the average error rate of the professors by more than 20 percent. These people had no background in behavioral research. They were paid $1.50 for 10 minutes of their time. And yet, they were better than the experts at predicting research outcomes.\n\nThe limitations of expertise are best revealed by the failure of the experts to foresee their own shortcomings. When the academics were surveyed by DellaVigna and Pope, they predicted that high-citation experts would be significantly more accurate. (The opposite turned out to be true.) They also expected PhD students to underperform the professors \u2013 that didn\u2019t happen, either \u2013 and that academics with training in psychology would perform the best. (The data points in the opposite direction.)\n\nIt\u2019s a poignant lapse. These experts have been trained in human behavior. They have studied our biases and flaws. And yet, when it comes to their own performance, they are blind to their own blindspots. The hardest thing to know is what we don\u2019t.\n\nIn a famous series of studies conducted in the 1980s, the psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley gave parents a new variable to worry about: the number of words they speak to their children. According to Hart and Risley, the quantity of spoken language in a household is predictive of IQ scores, vocabulary size and overall academic success. The language gap even begins to explain socio-economic disparities in educational outcomes, as upper-class parents speak, on average, about 3.5 times more to their kids than their poorer peers. Hart and Risley referred to the lack of spoken words in poor households as \"the early catastrophe.\"\n\nIn recent years, however, it\u2019s become clear that it\u2019s not just the amount of language that counts. Rather, researchers have found that some kinds of conversations are far more effective at promoting mental and emotional development than others. While all parents engage in roughly similar amounts of so-called \u201cbusiness talk\u201d \u2013 these are interactions in which the parent is offering instructions, such as \u201cHold out your hands,\u201d or \u201cStop whining!\u201d \u2013 there is far more variation when it comes to what Hart and Risley called \u201clanguage dancing,\u201d or conversations in which the parent and child are engaged in a genuine dialogue. According to a 2009 study by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health, parent-child dialogues were six times as effective in promoting the development of language skills as those in which the adult did all the talking.\n\nSo conversation is better than instruction; dialogues over monologues. But this only leads to the next practical question: What\u2019s the best kind of conversation to have with children? If we only have a limited amount of \u201clanguage dancing\u201d time every day - my kids usually start negotiating for dessert roughly five minutes into dinner - then what should we choose to chat about? And this isn\u2019t just a concern for precious helicopter parents. Rather, it\u2019s a relevant topic for researchers trying to design interventions for at-risk children, as they attempt to give caregivers the tools to ensure successful development.\n\nA new answer is emerging. According to a recent paper by the psychologists Karen Salmon and Elaine Reese, one of the best subjects of parent-child conversation is the past, or what they refer to as \u201celaborative reminiscing.\u201d As evidence, Salmon and Reese cite a wide variety of studies, drawn from more than three decades of research on children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years, all of which converge on a similar theme: discussing our memories is an extremely effective way to promote cognitive and emotional growth. Maybe it\u2019s a scene from our last family vacation, or an accounting of what happened at school that day, or that time I locked my keys in the car - the details of the memory don\u2019t seem to matter that much. What does is that we remember together.\n\nHere\u2019s an example of the everyday reminiscing the scientists recommend:\n\nMother: \u201cWhat was the first thing he [the barber] did?\u201d\n\nChild: \u201cBzzzz.\u201d (running his hand over his head)\n\nMother: \u201cHe used the clippers, and I think you liked the clippers. And you know how I know? Because you were smiling.\u201d\n\nChild: \u201cBecause they were tickling.\u201d\n\nMother: \u201cThey were tickling, is that how they felt? Did they feel scratchy?\u201d\n\nChild: \u201cNo.\u201d\n\nMother: \u201cAnd after the clippers, what did he use then?\u201d\n\nChild: \u201cThe spray.\u201d\n\nMother: \u201cYes. Why did he use the spray?\u201d\n\nChild: (silent)\n\nMother: \u201cHe used the spray to tidy your hair. And I noticed that you closed your eyes, and I thought \u2018Jesse\u2019s feeling a little bit scared,\u2019 but you didn\u2019t move or cry and I thought you were being very brave.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s such an ordinary conversation, but Salmon and Reese point out its many virtues. For one thing, the questions are leading the child through his recent haircut experience. He is learning how to remember, what it takes to unpack a scene, the mechanics of turning the past into a story. Over time, these skills play a huge role in language development, which is why children that engage in more elaborative reminiscing with their parents tend to have more advanced vocabularies, better early literacy scores and improved narrative skills. In fact, one study found that teaching low-income mothers to \u201creminisce in more elaborative ways\u201d led to bigger improvements in narrative skills and story comprehension than an interactive book-reading program.\n\nBut talking about the past isn\u2019t just about turning our kids into better storytellers. It\u2019s also about boosting their emotional intelligence, teaching them how to handle those feelings they\u2019d rather forget. In A Book About Love, I wrote about research showing that children raised in households that engage in the most shared recollection report higher levels of emotional well-being and a stronger sense of personal identity. The family unit also becomes stronger, as those children and parents who know more about the past also scored higher on a widely used measure of \u201creported family functioning.\u201d Salmon and Reese expand on these findings, citing research showing that emotional reminiscing is linked to long-term improvements in the ability of children to regulate their negative emotions, handle difficult situations and identify the feelings of themselves and others.\n\nConsider the haircut conversation above. Notice how the mother identifies the feelings felt by the child: enjoyment, tickling, fear. She suggests triggers for these emotions - the clippers, the water spray - and helps her son understand their fleeting nature. (Because the feelings are no longer present, they can be discussed calmly. That\u2019s why talking about remembered emotions is often more useful than talking about emotions in the heat of the moment.) The virtue of such dialogues is that they teach children how to cope with their feelings, even when what they feel is fury and fear. As Salmon and Reese note, these are particularly important skills for mothers who have been exposed to adverse or traumatic experiences, such as drug abuse or domestic violence. Studies show that these at-risk parents are much less likely to incorporate \u201cemotion words\u201d when talking with their children. And when they do discuss their memories, Salmon and Reese write, they often \u201cremain stuck in anger.\u201d Their past isn\u2019t past yet.\n\nPerhaps this is another benefit of elaborative reminiscing. When we talk about our memories with loved ones, we translate the event into language, giving that swirl of emotion a narrative arc. (As the psychologist James Pennebaker has written, \"Once it [a painful memory] is language based, people can better understand the experience and ultimately put it behind them.\") And so the conversation becomes a moment of therapy, allowing us to make sense of what happened and move on.\n\nIt was just a haircut, but you were so brave.\n\nSalmon, Karen, and Elaine Reese. \"The Benefits of Reminiscing With Young Children.\" Current Directions in Psychological Science 25.4 (2016): 233-238.\n\nAfter six weeks in orbit, circling the earth in a claustrophobic space station, the three-person crew of Skylab 4 decided to go on a strike. For 24 hours, the astronauts refused to work, and even turned off their communications radio linking them to Earth. While NASA was confused by the space revolt\u2014mission control was concerned the astronauts were depressed\u2014the men up in space insisted they just wanted more time to admire their view of the earth. As the NASA flight director later put it, the astronauts were asserting \u201ctheir needs to reflect, to observe, to find their place amid these baffling, fascinating, unprecedented experiences.\u201d\n\nThe Skylab 4 crew was experiencing a phenomenon known as the overview effect, which refers to the intense emotional reaction that can be triggered by the sight of the earth from beyond its atmosphere. Sam Durrance, who flew on two shuttle missions, described the feeling like this: \u201cYou\u2019ve seen pictures and you\u2019ve heard people talk about it. But nothing can prepare you for what it actually looks like. The Earth is dramatically beautiful when you see it from orbit, more beautiful than any picture you\u2019ve ever seen. It\u2019s an emotional experience because you\u2019re removed from the Earth but at the same time you feel this incredible connection to the Earth like nothing I\u2019d ever felt before.\u201d\n\nThe Caribbean Sea, as seen from ISS Expedition 40\n\nWhat\u2019s most remarkable about the overview effect is that the effect lasts: the experience of awe often leaves a permanent mark on the lives of astronauts. A new paper by a team of scientists (the lead author is David Yaden at the University of Pennsylvania) investigates the overview effect in detail, with a particular focus on how this vision of earth can \u201csettle into long-term changes in personal outlook and attitude involving the individual\u2019s relationship to Earth and its inhabitants.\u201d For many astronauts, this is the view they never get over.\n\nHow does this happen? How does a short-lived perception alter one\u2019s identity? There is no easy answer. In this paper, the scientists focus on how the sight of the distant earth is so contrary to our usual perspective that it forces our \u201cself-schema\u201d to accommodate an entirely new point of view. We might conceptually understand that the earth is a lonely speck floating in space, a dot of blue amid so much black. But it\u2019s an entirely different thing to bear witness to this reality, to see our fragile planet from hundreds of miles away. The end result is that the self itself is changed; this new perspective of earth alters one\u2019s perspective on life, with the typical astronaut reporting \u201ca greater affiliation with humanity as a whole.\u201d Here\u2019s Ed Gibson, the science pilot on Skylab 4: \u201cYou see how diminutive your life and concerns are compared to other things in the universe. Your life and concerns are important to you, of course. But you can see that a lot of the things you worry about do not make much difference in an overall sense.\u201d\n\nThere are two interesting takeaways. The first one, emphasized in the paper, is that the overview effect might serve as a crucial coping mechanism for the challenges of space travel. Astronauts live a grueling existence: they are stressed, isolated and exhausted. They live in cramped quarters, eat terrible food and never stop working. If we are going to get people to Mars, then we need to give astronauts tools to endure their time on a spaceship. As the crew of Skylab 4 understood, one of the best ways to withstand space travel is to appreciate its strange beauty.\n\nThe second takeaway has to do with the power of awe and wonder. When you read old treatises on human nature, these lofty emotions are often celebrated. Aristotle argued that all inquiry began with the feeling of awe, that \u201cit is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.\u201d Rene Descartes, meanwhile, referred to wonder as the first of the passions, \u201ca sudden surprise of the soul that brings it to focus on things that strike it as unusual and extraordinary.\u201d In short, these thinkers saw the experience of awe as a fundamental human state, a feeling so strong it could shape our lives.\n\nBut now? We have little time for awe in the 21st century; wonder is for the young and unsophisticated. To the extent we consider these feelings it\u2019s for a few brief moments on a hike in a National Park, or to marvel at a child\u2019s face when they first enter Disneyland. (And then we get out our phones and take a picture.) Instead of cultivating awe, we treat it as just another fleeting feeling; wonder is for those who don\u2019t know any better.\n\nThe overview effect, however, is a reminder that these emotions can have a lasting impact. Like the Skylab 4 astronauts, we can push back against our hectic schedules, insisting that we find some time to stare out the window.\n\nThe egg bag magic trick is simple enough. A magician produces an egg and places it in a cloth bag. Then, the magician uses some poor sleight of hand, pretending to hide the egg in his armpit. When the bag is revealed as empty, the audience assumes it knows where the egg really is.\n\nBut the egg isn\u2019t there. The armpit was a false solution, distracting the crowd from the real trick: the bag contains a secret compartment. When the magician finally lifts his arm, the audience is impressed by the vanishing. How did he remove the egg from his armpit? It never occurs to them that the egg never left the bag.\n\nMagicians are intuitive psychologists, reverse-engineering the mind and preying on all its weak spots. They build illusions out of our frailties, hiding rabbits in our attentional blind spots and distracting the eyes with hand waves and wands. And while people in the audience might be aware of their perceptual shortcomings \u2013 those fingers move so fast! - they are often blind to a crucial cognitive limitation, which allows magicians to keep us from deciphering the trick. In short, magicians know that people tend to to fixate on particular answers (the egg is in the armpit), and thus ignore alternative ones (it\u2019s a trick bag), even when the alternatives are easier to execute.\n\nWhen it comes to problem-solving, this phenomenon is known as the einstellung effect. (Einstellung is German for \u201csetting\u201d or \u201cattitude.\u201d) First identified by the psychologist Abraham Luchins in the early 1940s, the effect has since been replicated in numerous domains. Consider a study that gave chess experts a series of difficult chess problems, each of which contained two solutions. The players were asked to find the shortest possible way to win. The first solution was obvious and took five moves to execute. The second solution was less familiar, but could be achieved in only three moves. As expected, these expert players found the first solution right away. Unfortunately, most of them then failed to identify the second one, even though it was more efficient. The good answer blinded them to the better one.\n\nBack to magic tricks. A new paper in Cognition, by Cyril Thomas and Andre Didierjean, extends the reach of the einstellung effect by showing that it limits our problem-solving abilities even when the false solution is unfamiliar and unlikely. Put another way, preposterous explanations can also become mental blocks, preventing us from finding answers that should be obvious. To demonstrate this, the scientists showed 90 students one of three versions of a card trick. The first version went like this: a performer showed the subject a brown-backed card surrounded by six red-backed cards. After randomly touching the back of the red cards, he asked the subject to choose one of the six, which was turned face up. It was a jack of hearts. The magician then flipped over the brown-backed card at the center, which was also a jack of hearts. The experiment concluded with the magician asking the subject to guess the secret of the trick. In this version, 83 percent of subjects quickly figured it out: all of the cards were the same.\n\nThe second version featured the same trick, except that the magician slyly introduced a false solution. Before a card was picked, he explained that he was able to influence other people\u2019s choices through physical suggestions. He then touched the back of the red cards, acting as if these touches could sway the subject\u2019s mind. After the trick was complete, these subjects were also asked to identify the secret. However, most of these subjects couldn\u2019t figure it out: only 17 percent of people realized that every card was the jack of hearts. Their confusion persisted even after the magician encouraged them to keep thinking of alternative explanations.\n\nThis is a remarkable mental failure. It\u2019s a reminder that our beliefs are not a mirror to the world, but rather bound up with the limits of the human mind. In this particular case, our inability to see the obvious trick seems to be a side-effect of our feeble working memory, which can only focus on a few bits of information at any given moment. (In an email, Thomas notes that it is more \u201ceconomical to focus on one solution, and to not lose time\u2026searching for a hypothetical alternative one.\u201d) And so we fixate on the most salient answer, even when it makes no sense. As Thomas points out, a similar lapse explains the success of most mind-reading performances: we are so seduced by the false explanation (parapsychology!) that we neglect the obvious trick, which is that the magician gathered personal information about us from Facebook. The performance works because we lack the bandwidth to think of a far more reasonable explanation.\n\nThomas and Didierjean end their paper with a disturbing thought. \u201cIf a complete stranger (the magician) can fix spectators\u2019 minds by convincing them that he/she can control their individual choice with his own gesture,\u201d they write, \u201cto what extent can an authority figure (e.g., policeman) or someone that we trust (e.g., doctors, politicians) fix our mind with unsuitable ideas?\u201d They don\u2019t answer the question, but they don\u2019t need to. Just turn on the news.\n\nThe fundamental paradox of big box stores is that the only way to save money is to spend lots of it. Want to get a discount on that shampoo? Here's a liter. That\u2019s a great price for chapstick \u2013 now you have 32 of them. The same logic applies to most staples of modern life, from diapers to Pellegrino, Uni-ball pens to laundry detergent.\n\nFor consumers, this buy-in-bulk strategy can lead to real savings, especially if the alternative is a bodega or Whole Foods. (Brand name diapers, for instance, cost nearly twice as much at my local grocery store compared to Costco.) However, not every American is equally likely to seek out these discounts. In particular, some studies have found that lower-income households \u2013 the ones who could benefit the most from that huge bottle of Kirkland shampoo \u2013 pay higher prices because they don\u2019t make bulk purchases.\n\nA new paper, \u201cFrugality is Hard to Afford,\u201d by A. Yesim Orhun and Mike Palazzolo investigates why this phenomenon exists. Their data set featured the toilet paper purchases of more than 100,000 American families over seven years. Orhun and Palazzolo focused on toilet paper for several reasons. First, consumption of toilet paper is relatively constant. Second, toilet paper is easy to store \u2013 it doesn\u2019t spoil \u2013 making it an ideal product to purchase in bulk, at least if you\u2019re trying to get a discount. Third, the range of differences between brands of toilet paper is rather small, at least when compared to other consumer products such as detergent and toothpaste.\n\nSo what did Orhun and Palazzolo find? As expected, lower income households were far less likely take advantage of the lower unit prices that come with bulk purchases. Over time, these shopping habits add up, as the poorest families end up paying, on average, 5.9 percent more per sheet of toilet paper.\n\nThe question, of course, is why this behavior exists. Shouldn\u2019t poor households be the most determined to shop around for cheap rolls? The most obvious explanation is what Orhun and Palazzolo refer to as a liquidity constraint: the poor simply lack the cash to \u201cinvest\u201d in a big package of toilet paper. As a result, they are forced to buy basic household supplies on an as-needed basis, which makes it much harder to find the best possible price.\n\nBut this is not the only constraint imposed by poverty. In a 2013 Sciencepaper, the behavioral scientists Anandi Mani, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jiaying Zhao argued that not having money also imposes a mental burden, as our budgetary worries consume scarce attentional resources. This makes it harder for low-income households to plan for the future, whether it\u2019s buying toilet paper in bulk or saving for retirement. \u201cThe poor, in this view, are less capable not because of inherent traits,\u201d write the scientists, \u201cbut because the very context of poverty imposes load and impedes cognitive capacity.\u201d\n\nConsider a clever experiment conducted by Mani, et al. at a New Jersey mall. They asked shoppers about various hypothetical scenarios involving a financial problem. For instance, they might be told that their \u201ccar is having some trouble and requires $[X] to be fixed.\u201d Some subjects were told that their repair was extremely expensive ($1500), while others were told it was relatively cheap ($150.) Then, all participants were given a series of challenging cognitive tasks, including some questions from an intelligence test and a measure of impulse control.\n\nThe results were startling. Among rich subjects, it didn\u2019t really matter how much the car cost to fix \u2013 they performed equally well when the repair estimate was $150 or $1500. Poor subjects, however, showed a troubling difference. When the repair estimate was low, they performed roughly equivalent to rich subjects. But when the repair estimate was high they suddenly showed a steep drop off in performance on both tests, comparable in magnitude to the mental deficit associated with losing a full night of sleep or becoming an alcoholic.\n\nThis new toilet paper study provides some additional evidence that poverty takes a toll on our choices. In one analysis, Orhun and Palazzolo looked at how purchase behavior was altered at the start of the month, when low income households are more likely to receive paychecks and food stamps. As the researchers note, this influx of money should temporarily ease the stress of being poor, thus making it easier to buy in bulk.\n\nThat\u2019s exactly what they found. When the poorest households were freed from their most pressing liquidity constraints, they made much more cost-effective toilet paper decisions. (This also suggests that poorer households are not simply buying smaller bundles due to a lack of storage space or transportation, as these factors are not likely to exhibit week-by-week fluctuation.) Of course, the money didn't last long; the following week, these households reverted back to their old habits, overpaying for household products. And so those with the least end up with even less.\n\nOrhun, A. Yesim, and Mike Palazzolo. \"Frugality is hard to afford.\" University of Michigan Working Paper (2016).\n\nBy virtually every measure, the Nordic countries \u2013 Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - are a paragon of gender equality. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re looking at the wage gap or political participation or educational attainment: the Nordic region is the most gender equal place in the world.\n\nBut this equality comes with a disturbing exception: Nordic women also suffer from intimate partner violence (IPV) at extremely high rates. (IPV is defined by the CDC as the experience of \u201cphysical violence, sexual violence, stalking and psychological aggression by a current or former intimate partner.\u201d) While the average lifetime prevalence for intimate partner violence for women living in Europe is 22 percent \u2013 a horrifyingly high number by itself \u2013 Nordic countries perform even worse. In fact, Denmark has the highest rate of IPV in the EU at 32 percent, closely followed by Finland (30 percent) and Sweden (28 percent.) And it\u2019s not just violence from partners: other surveys have looked at violence against women in general. Once again, the Nordic countries had some of the highest rates of violence in the EU, as measured by reports of sexual assault, physical abuse or emotional abuse.\n\nA new paper in Social Science & Medicine by Enrique Gracia and Juan Merlo refers to the existence of these two realities \u2013 gender equality and high rates of violence against woman \u2013 as the Nordic paradox. It\u2019s a paradox because a high risk of IPV for women is generally associated with lower levels of gender equality, particularly in poorer countries. (For example, 71 percent of Ethiopian women have suffered from IPV.) This makes intuitive sense: a country that disregards the rights of women, or fails to treat them as equals, also seems more likely to tolerate their abuse.\n\nAnd yet, the same logic doesn\u2019t seem to apply at the other extreme of gender equality. As Gracia and Merlo note, European countries with lower levels of gender equality, such as Italy and Greece, also report much lower levels of IPV (roughly 30 percent lower) than Nordic nations.\n\nWhat explains this paradox? Why hasn\u2019t the gender equality of Nordic countries reduced violence against women? That\u2019s the tragic mystery investigated by Gracia and Merlo.\n\nOne possibility is that the paradox is caused by differences in reporting, as women in Nordic countries might feel more free to disclose the abuse. This also makes intuitive sense: if you live in a country with higher levels of gender equality, then you might be less likely to fear retribution when accusing a partner, or telling the police about a sex crime. (In Saudi Arabia, only 3.3 of women who suffered from IPV told the police or a judge.) However, Gracia and Merlo cast shade on this explanation, noting that the available evidence suggests lower levels of disclosure of IPV among women in the Nordic countries. For instance, while 20 percent of women in Europe said that the most serious incident of IPV they\u2019d experienced was brought to the attention of the police, only 10 percent of women in Denmark and Finland could say the same thing. The same trend is supported by other data, including rape statistics and \u201cvictim blaming\u201d surveys. Finally, even if part of the Nordic paradox was a reporting issue, this would only reinforce the real mystery, which is that gender equal societies still suffer from epidemic levels of violence against women.\n\nThe main hypothesis advanced by Gracia and Merlo \u2013 and it\u2019s only a hypothesis \u2013 is that high gender equality might create a backlash effect among men, triggering high levels of violence against women. Because gender equality disrupts traditional gender norms, it might also reinforce \u201cvictim-blaming attitudes,\u201d in which the violence is excused or justified. Gracia and Merlo cite related studies showing that women with \u201chigher economic status relative to their partners can be at greater IPV risk depending on whether their partners hold more traditional gender beliefs.\u201d For these backwards men, the success of women is perceived as a threat, an undermining of their identity. This backlash is further exacerbated by women becoming more independent and competitive in gender equal societies, thus increasing the potential for conflict with partners who insist on control and subservience. Progress leaves some people behind, and those people tend to get angry.\n\nAt best, the backlash effect is only a partial explanation for the Nordic Paradox. Gracia and Merlo argue that a real understanding of the prevalence of IPV \u2013 why is it still so common, even in developed countries? \u2013 will require looking beyond national differences and instead investigating the risk factors that affect the individual. How much does he drink? What is her employment status? Do they live together? What is the neighborhood like? Even brutish behaviors have complicated roots; we need a thick description of life to understand them.\n\nOn the one hand, the Nordic paradox is a testament to liberal values, a reminder that thousands of years of gender inequality can be reversed in a few short decades. The progress is real. But it\u2019s also a reminder that progress is difficult, full of strange backlashes and reversals. Two steps forward, one step back. Or is it the other way around? We can see the moral universe bending, but goddamn is it slow.\n\nThe construction of public waterworks across the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was one of the great infrastructure investments in American history. As David Cutler and Grant Miller have demonstrated, these waterworks accounted for \u201cnearly half of the total mortality reduction in major cities, three-quarters of the infant mortality reduction, and nearly two-thirds of the child mortality reduction.\u201d Within a generation, the scourge of waterborne infectious diseases \u2013 from cholera to typhoid fever \u2013 was largely eliminated. Moving to a city no longer took years off your life, a sociological trend that unleashed untold amounts of human innovation.\n\nHowever, not all urban waterworks were created equal. Some systems were built with metal pipes containing large amounts of lead. (At the time, lead pipes were considered superior to iron pipes, as they were more durable and easier to bend.) Unfortunately, these pipes leached lead particulates into the water, exposing city dwellers to water that tasted clean but was actually a poison.\n\nOver the last few decades, researchers have amassed an impressive body of evidence linking lead exposure in childhood to a tragic list of symptoms, including higher rates of violent crime and lower scores on the IQ test. (One study found that lead levels are four times higher among convicted juvenile offenders than among non-delinquent high school students.) In 2014, I wrote about a paper by Jesssica Wolpow Reyes that documented the association between leaded gasoline and violent crime:\n\nReyes concluded that \u201cthe phase-out of lead from gasoline was responsible for approximately a 56 percent decline in violent crime\u201d in the 1990s. What\u2019s more, Reyes predicted that the Clean Air Act would continue to generate massive societal benefits in the future, \u201cup to a 70 percent drop in violent crime by the year 2020.\u201d And so a law designed to get rid of smog ended up getting rid of crime. It\u2019s not the prison-industrial complex that keeps us safe. It\u2019s the EPA.\n\nBut these studies have their limitations. For one thing, the pace at which states reduced their use of leaded gas might be related to other social or political variables that influence the crime rate. It\u2019s also possible that those neighborhoods with the highest risk of lead poisoning might suffer from additional maladies linked to crime, such as poverty and poor schools. To convincingly demonstrate that lead causes crime, researchers need to find a credible source of variation in lead exposure that is completely independent (aka exogenous) to the factors that might shape criminal behavior.\n\nThat is the goal of a new paper by James Feigenbaum and Christopher Muller. Their study mines the historical record, drawing from homicide data between 1921 and 1936 (when the first generation of children exposed to lead pipes were adults) and the materials used to construct each urban water system. If lead was responsible for higher crime rates, then those cities with higher lead content in their pipes (and also more acidic water, which leaches out the lead) should also experience larger spikes in crime decades later.\n\nWhat makes this research strategy especially useful is that the decision to use lead pipes in a city\u2019s water system was based in part on its proximity to a lead refinery. (Cities that were closer to a refinery were more likely to invest in lead pipes, as the lower transportation costs made the \u201csuperior\u201d option more affordable.) In addition, Feigenbaum and Muller were able to look at how the lead content of pipes interacted with the acidity of a city\u2019s water supply, thus allowing them to further isolate the causal role of lead.\n\nThe results were clear: cities that used lead pipes had homicide rates that were between 14 and 36 percent higher than cities that opted for cheaper iron pipes.\n\nThese violent crime increases are especially striking given that those cities using lead pipes tended to be wealthier, better educated and more \u201chealth conscious\u201d than those that did not. All things being equal, one might expect these places to have lower rates of violent crime. But because of a little noticed engineering decision, the water of these cities contained a neurotoxin, which interfered with brain development and made it harder for their residents to reign in their emotions.\n\nThe brain is a plastic machine, molded by its environment. When we introduce a new technology \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s an urban water system or the smartphone \u2013 it\u2019s often impossible to predict the long-term consequences. Who would have guessed that the more expensive lead pipes would lead to spikes in crime decades later? Or that the heavy use of road salt in the winter would lead to a 21st century water crisis in Flint, as the chloride ions pull lead out of the old pipes?\n\nOne day, the scientists of the future will study our own blind spots, as we invest in technologies that mess with the mind in all sorts of subtle ways. History reminds us that these tradeoffs are often unexpected. After all, it took decades before we realized that, for some unlucky cities, even clean water came with a terrible cost.\n\nJames Feigenbaum and Christopher Muller. \"Lead Exposure and Violent Crime in the Early Twentieth Century.\" Explorations in Economic History (2016)\n\n\u201cAn expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.\u201d -Niels Bohr\n\nCarol Dweck has devoted her career to studying how our beliefs about intelligence influence the way we learn. In general, she finds that people subscribe to one of two different theories of mental ability. The first theory is known as the fixed mindset \u2013 it holds that intelligence is a fixed quantity, and that each of us is allotted a certain amount of smarts we cannot change. The second theory is known as the growth mindset. It\u2019s more optimistic, holding that our intelligence and talents can be developed through hard work and practice. \"Do people with this mindset believe than anyone can be anything?\" Dweck asks. \"No, but they believe that a person's true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it's impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training.\"\n\nYou can probably guess which mindset is more useful for learning. As Dweck and colleagues have repeatedly demonstrated, children with a fixed mindset tend to wilt in the face of challenges. For them, struggle and failure are a clear sign they aren\u2019t smart enough for the task; they should quit before things get embarrassing. Those with a growth mindset, in contrast, respond to difficulty by working harder. Their faith in growth becomes a self-fulling prophecy; they get smarter because they believe they can.\n\nThe question, of course, is how to instill a growth mindset in our children. While Dweck is perhaps best known for her research on praise \u2013 it\u2019s better to compliment a child for her effort than for her intelligence, as telling a kid she\u2019s smart can lead to a fixed mindset \u2013 it remains unclear how children develop their own theories about intelligence. What makes this mystery even more puzzling is that, according to multiplestudies, the mindset of parents\u2019 is surprisingly disconnected from the mindsets of their children. In other words, believing in the plasticity of intelligence is no guarantee that our kids will feel the same way.\n\nWhat explains this disconnect? One possibility is that parents are accidental hypocrites. We might subscribe to the growth mindset for ourselves, but routinely praise our kids for being smart. Or perhaps we tell them to practice, practice, practice, but then get frustrated when they can\u2019t master fractions, or free throws, or riding without training wheels. (I\u2019m guilty of both these sins.) The end result is a muddled message about the mind\u2019s potential.\n\nHowever, in an important new paper, Kyla Haimovitz and Carol Dweck reveal the real influence behind the mindsets of our children. It turns out that the crucial variable is not what we think about intelligence \u2013 it\u2019s how we react to failure.\n\nConsider the following scenario: a child comes home with a bad grade on a math quiz. How do you respond? Do you try to comfort the child and tell him that it\u2019s okay if he isn\u2019t the most talented? Will you worry that he isn\u2019t good at math? Or would you encourage him to describe what he learned from doing poorly on the test?\n\nParents with a failure-is-debilitating attitude tend to focus on the importance of performance: doing well on the quiz, succeeding at school, getting praise from other people. When confronted with the specter of failure, these parents get anxious and worried. Over time, their children internalize these negative reactions, concluding that failure is a dead-end, to be avoided at all costs. If at first you don\u2019t succeed, then don\u2019t try again.\n\nIn contrast, those parents who see failure as part of the learning process are more likely to see the bad grade as an impetus for extra effort, whether it\u2019s asking the teacher for help or trying a new studying strategy. They realize that success is a marathon, requiring some pain along the way. You only learn how to get it right by getting it wrong.\n\nAccording to the scientists, this is how our failure mindsets get inherited \u2013 our children either learn to focus on the appearance of success or on the long-term rewards of learning. Over time, these attitudes towards failure shape their other mindsets, influencing how they felt about their own potential. If they worked harder, could they get good at math? Or was algebra simply beyond their reach?\n\nAlthough the scientists found that children were bad at guessing the intelligence mindsets of their parents \u2013 they don\u2019t know if we\u2019re in the growth or fixed category - the kids were surprisingly good at predicting their parents\u2019 relationship to failure. This suggests that our failure mindsets are much more \u201cvisible\u201d than our beliefs about intelligence. Our children might forget what happened after the home-run, but they damn sure remember what we said after the strike-out.\n\nThis study helps clarify the forces that shape our children. What matters most is not what we say after a triumph or achievement - it\u2019s how we deal with their disappointments. Do we pity our kids when they struggle? (Sympathy is a natural reaction; it also sends the wrong message.) Do we steer them away from potential defeats? Or do we remind them that failure is an inescapable part of life, a state that cannot be avoided, only endured. Most worthy things are hard."}
-{"text": "Journal\n\nI made one minor change here. The cheese didn't exactly match, as there wasn't quite the match at the cheese shop, but I also changed this vegetarian dish to not, and added the leftover Garlic Sausage (red table), cutting it into rounds and then mixing it in. That being said, this came out pretty well, porky, fatty garlicy and earthy (cauliflower). More experiments to come I suppose.\n\nGarlic Sausage Sandwiches\n\nHalved the garlic sausage, seared, and then added to a sandwich. Good things.\n\nSo I think I've about had it with my food processor. The pieces of it are getting harder and harder to find as Cuisinart has replaced it with a model that is slightly different. That being said, this came together OK (minor leak splattered my shirt for the chicken marinade). I used chicken thighs instead of breasts and the oven instead of a grill. Good things. I do like the Green sauce."}
-{"text": "Sonia Garro Alfonso: A birthday in a Cuban prison cell\n\nToday is the birthday of Cuban opposition leader and Lady in White, Sonia Garro Alfonso. Instead of being surrounded by family and friends, she is surrounded by the four walls and bars of the putrid Cuban prison cell she has been kept in since March of this year.\n\nLet us remember Sonia today on her birthday and every day. Let us also remember her husband Ramon Mu\u00f1oz Gonzalez, who was arrested with her in March and also continues behind the bars of a Castro gulag."}
-{"text": "Blue Mountains\n\nAlmost on the edge of Sydney, and visible on a clear day from the city's observation towers, the beautiful World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains are the perfect destination for an idyllic day trip from the hustle-bustle of downtown Sydney. ..."}
-{"text": "General map of the Osumi Islands showing the location of Kikai Caldera. The location of Kuchinoerabu-jima, an active\nstratovolcano with numerous historic eruptions, is also shown.\n\nSimple map of Kikai Caldera. Syowa-Iwo-zima is a small island that formed\nduring a submarine eruption in 1934 that produced a lava dome. The dome\nrises only 26 m above sea level and is 500 by 300 m. From Kuno (1962).\n\nKikai is a submarine caldera with three small islands, parts of the caldera\nrim, that project above sea level. The caldera is about 19 km in diameter.\nSubmarine topography suggests the presence of a double collapse structure.\nThree large silica-rich eruptions have been produced by Kikai. The most\nrecent caldera-forming eruption was about 6,300 years ago and was the\nlargest\neruption on Earth in the\nlast 10,000 years. About 150 cubic km of ash was erupted. The volcanic\nexplosivity\nindex for the eruption was 7\n(there have only been three other VEI=7 eruptions in the last 10,000 years:\nTambora\n1815,\nBaitoushan\nca. 1050,\nand Crater\nLake,\n4895 BC). The eruption sent pyroclastic flows 100 km across the sea to\nsouthern Kyushu and ash fell across all of Japan. Eruptions since 6,300\nyears ago have been bimodal with several silicic vents and one basalt vent\nforming. The most rest unrest at Kikai was in 1988 when gray plume rose\nabout 500 m above the Iwo-dake summit crater."}
-{"text": "Effective October 31, 2007, Patriot Coal Corporation\n(Patriot) was spun-off from Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody)\nand became a separate, public company traded on the New York\nStock Exchange (symbol PCX). The spin-off from Peabody,\nincluding coal assets and operations in Appalachia and the\nIllinois Basin, was accomplished through a dividend of all\noutstanding shares of Patriot.\n\nPatriot is engaged in the mining of thermal coal, also known as\nsteam coal, for sale primarily to electric utilities and\nmetallurgical coal, for sale to steel mills and independent coke\nproducers. Patriot\u0092s mining operations and coal reserves\nare located in the eastern and midwestern United States,\nprimarily in West Virginia and Kentucky.\n\nOn April 2, 2008, Patriot entered into an agreement to\nacquire Magnum Coal Company (Magnum). Magnum was one of the\nlargest coal producers in Appalachia, operating 11 mines and 7\npreparation plants with production from surface and underground\nmines and controlling more than 600 million tons of proven\nand probable coal reserves. On July 23, 2008, Patriot\nconsummated the acquisition of Magnum. See Note 4 for\nadditional information on the acquisition. In conjunction with\nthe acquisition, Patriot issued debt in order to repay\nMagnum\u0092s existing senior secured indebtedness. See\nNote 13 for additional information.\n\nBasis\nof Presentation\n\nThe consolidated financial statements include the accounts of\nPatriot and its wholly-owned affiliates. All significant\ntransactions, profits and balances have been eliminated between\nPatriot and its subsidiaries. Patriot operates in two domestic\ncoal segments; Appalachia and the Illinois Basin (see\nNote 21).\n\nThe statements of operations and cash flows and related\ndiscussions for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006\nrelate to Patriot\u0092s historical results and may not\nnecessarily reflect what its results of operations and cash\nflows will be in the future or would have been as a stand-alone\ncompany. Upon the completion of the spin-off, Patriot\u0092s\ncapital structure changed significantly. At the spin-off date,\nPatriot entered into various operational agreements with\nPeabody, including certain on-going agreements that enhance both\nthe financial position and cash flows of Patriot. Such\nagreements include the assumption by Peabody of certain retiree\nhealthcare liabilities and the repricing of a major coal supply\nagreement to be more reflective of the then current market\npricing for similar quality coal.\n\nEffective August 11, 2008, Patriot implemented a\n2-for-1\nstock split effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. All\nshare and per share amounts in these consolidated financial\nstatements and related notes reflect this stock split, including\nshare information related to the Convertible Senior Notes and\nthe Magnum acquisition.\n\nPatriot\u0092s revenue from coal sales is realized and earned\nwhen risk of loss passes to the customer. Coal sales are made to\ncustomers under the terms of supply agreements, most of which\nare long-term (greater than one year). Under the typical terms\nof these coal supply agreements, title and risk of loss transfer\nto the customer at the mine, where coal is loaded onto the rail,\nbarge, truck or other transportation source that delivers coal\nto its destination. Shipping and transportation costs are\ngenerally borne by the customer. In relation to export sales,\nPatriot holds inventories at port facilities where title and\nrisk of loss do not transfer until the coal is loaded into an\nocean-going vessel. The Company incurs certain\n\u0093add-on\u0094 taxes and fees on coal sales. Coal sales are\nreported including taxes and fees charged by various federal and\nstate governmental bodies.\n\n30\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nOther\nRevenues\n\nOther revenues include royalties related to coal lease\nagreements and farm income. Royalty income generally results\nfrom the lease or sublease of mineral rights to third parties,\nwith payments based upon a percentage of the selling price or an\namount per ton of coal produced. Certain agreements require\nminimum annual lease payments regardless of the extent to which\nminerals are produced from the leasehold, although revenue is\nonly recognized on these payments as the mineral is mined. The\nterms of these agreements generally range from specified periods\nof 5 to 15 years, or can be for an unspecified period until\nall reserves are depleted.\n\nCash\nand Cash Equivalents\n\nCash and cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates\nfair value. Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid\ninvestments with original maturities of three months or less.\n\nInventories\n\nMaterials and supplies and coal inventory are valued at the\nlower of average cost or market. Saleable coal represents coal\nstockpiles that will be sold in current condition. Raw coal\nrepresents coal stockpiles that may be sold in current condition\nor may be further processed prior to shipment to a customer.\nCoal inventory costs include labor, supplies, equipment,\noperating overhead and other related costs.\n\nProperty,\nPlant, Equipment and Mine Development\n\nProperty, plant, equipment and mine development are recorded at\ncost. Interest costs applicable to major asset additions are\ncapitalized during the construction period, including\n$0.1 million, $0.5 million and $0.3 million for\nthe years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,\nrespectively.\n\nExpenditures which extend the useful lives of existing plant and\nequipment assets are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are\ncharged to operating costs as incurred. Costs incurred to\ndevelop coal mines or to expand the capacity of operating mines\nare capitalized. Costs incurred to maintain current production\ncapacity at a mine and exploration expenditures are charged to\noperating costs as incurred, including costs related to drilling\nand study costs incurred to convert or upgrade mineral resources\nto reserves. Costs to acquire computer hardware and the\ndevelopment\nand/or\npurchase of software for internal use are capitalized and\ndepreciated over the estimated useful lives.\n\nCoal reserves are recorded at cost, or at fair value in the case\nof acquired businesses. Coal reserves are included in \u0093Land\nand coal interests\u0094 on the consolidated balance sheets. As\nof December 31, 2008 and 2007, the fair value of coal\nreserves totaled $2.5 billion and $545.5 million,\nrespectively. The Company is still in the process of determining\nthe fair value of the coal reserves related to Magnum, which is\npreliminarily valued at $1.9 billion at December 31,\n2008. For further discussion related to the acquisition see\nNote 4, Business Combinations. Excluding Magnum, these coal\nreserve amounts included $287.8 and $287.6 million at\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, attributable to\nproperties where the Company was not currently engaged in mining\noperations or leasing to third parties and, therefore, the coal\nreserves were not currently being depleted. Included in the book\nvalue of coal reserves are mineral rights for leased coal\ninterests including advance royalties. The net book value of\nthese mineral rights, excluding Magnum, was $373.9 million\nand $380.1 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007,\nrespectively. The remaining net book value of the coal reserves\nrelates to coal reserves held by fee ownership.\n\nDepletion of coal reserves and amortization of advance royalties\nare computed using the units-of-production method utilizing only\nproven and probable reserves (as adjusted for recoverability\nfactors) in the depletion base. Mine development costs are\nprincipally amortized ratably over the estimated lives of the\nmines.\n\n31\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nDepreciation of plant and equipment (excluding life of mine\nassets) is computed ratably over the estimated useful lives as\nfollows:\n\nYears\n\nBuilding and improvements\n\n10 to 29\n\nMachinery and equipment\n\n1 to 20\n\nLeasehold improvements\n\nShorter of life of asset, mine\n\nIn addition, certain plant and equipment assets associated with\nmining are depreciated ratably over the estimated life of the\nmine. Remaining lives vary from less than one year up to\n29 years. The charge against earnings for depreciation of\nproperty, plant, equipment and mine development was\n$87.8 million, $60.3 million and $65.1 million\nfor the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,\nrespectively.\n\nPurchased\nContract Rights\n\nIn connection with the Magnum acquisition, the Company acquired\ncertain below market coal purchase contracts. These below market\npurchase contracts were recorded at their\npreliminarily-determined fair value, resulting in a gross asset\nof $42.9 million and accumulated amortization of\n$33.4 million as of December 31, 2008. The purchase\ncontracts are amortized into earnings as the coal is sold to the\nend customer, expected to be within a year from the acquisition\ndate and included in \u0093Operating costs and expenses\u0094 in\nthe consolidated statements of operations. The Company also has\ngross purchased contract rights associated with the KE Ventures,\nLLC acquisition of $6.2 million, with accumulated\namortization of $4.0 million as of December 31, 2008.\nThe current portion of these acquired contract rights is\nreported in \u0093Below market purchase contracts acquired\u0094\nand the long-term portion is recorded in \u0093Investments and\nother assets\u0094 in the consolidated balance sheets.\n\nJoint\nVentures\n\nThe Company applies the equity method to investments in joint\nventures when it has the ability to exercise significant\ninfluence over the operating and financial policies of the joint\nventure. The Company reviews the documents governing each joint\nventure to assess if it has a controlling financial interest in\nthe joint venture to determine if the equity method is\nappropriate or if the joint venture should be consolidated.\nInvestments accounted for under the equity method are initially\nrecorded at cost, and any difference between the cost of the\nCompany\u0092s investment and the underlying equity in the net\nassets of the joint venture at the investment date is amortized\nover the lives of the related assets that gave rise to the\ndifference. The Company\u0092s pro rata share of earnings from\njoint ventures and basis difference amortization was expense of\n$0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and\nincome of $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the years\nended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, which is\nreported in \u0093Operating costs and expenses\u0094 in the\nconsolidated statements of operations. The book values of the\nCompany\u0092s equity method investments as of December 31,\n2008, and 2007 were $21.2 million and $0.7 million,\nrespectively, and are reported in \u0093Investments and other\nassets\u0094 in the consolidated balance sheets.\n\nSales\nContract Liability\n\nIn connection with the Magnum acquisition, the Company recorded\nliabilities related to below market sales contracts. The below\nmarket supply contracts were recorded at their\npreliminarily-determined fair value when allocating the purchase\nprice, which is accreted into earnings as the coal is shipped\nover a weighted average period of approximately three years. Net\nsales contract accretion related to the below market coal supply\ncontracts acquired is included as a reduction of \u0093Operating\ncosts and expenses\u0094 in the consolidated statements of\noperations. The net liability at December 31, 2008 relating\nto these below market sales contracts was $641.1 million,\nincluding accumulated accretion of $313.3 million. The\ncurrent portion of the liability is recorded in \u0093Below\nmarket sales contracts acquired\u0094 in the consolidated\nbalance sheets and the long-term portion of the liability is\nrecorded in \u0093Below market sales contracts acquired,\nnoncurrent\u0094 in the consolidated balance sheets.\n\n32\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nAsset\nRetirement Obligations\n\nStatement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 143,\n\u0093Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations\u0094\n(SFAS No. 143) addresses financial accounting and\nreporting for obligations associated with the retirement of\ntangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement\ncosts. The Company\u0092s asset retirement obligations (ARO)\nprimarily consist of spending estimates related to reclaiming\nsurface land and support facilities at both surface and\nunderground mines in accordance with federal and state\nreclamation laws as defined by each mining permit.\n\nARO liabilities for final reclamation and mine closure are\nestimated based upon detailed engineering calculations of the\namount and timing of the future cash spending for a third-party\nto perform the required work. Spending estimates are escalated\nfor inflation and then discounted at the credit-adjusted,\nrisk-free rate. Patriot records an ARO asset associated with the\ndiscounted liability for final reclamation and mine closure. The\nobligation and corresponding asset are recognized in the period\nin which the liability is incurred. The ARO asset is amortized\non the units-of-production method over its expected life and the\nARO liability is accreted to the projected spending date. As\nchanges in estimates occur (such as mine plan revisions, changes\nin estimated costs or changes in timing of the performance of\nreclamation activities), the revisions to the obligation and\nasset are recognized at the appropriate credit-adjusted,\nrisk-free rate. The Company also recognizes an obligation for\ncontemporaneous reclamation liabilities incurred as a result of\nsurface mining. Contemporaneous reclamation consists primarily\nof grading, topsoil replacement and revegetation of backfilled\npit areas.\n\nEnvironmental\nLiabilities\n\nIncluded in \u0093Other noncurrent liabilities\u0094 are\naccruals for other environmental matters that are recorded in\noperating expenses when it is probable that a liability has been\nincurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably\nestimated. Accrued liabilities are exclusive of claims against\nthird parties and are not discounted. In general, costs related\nto environmental remediation are charged to expense.\n\nIncome\nTaxes\n\nIncome taxes are accounted for using a balance sheet approach in\naccordance with SFAS No. 109, \u0093Accounting for\nIncome Taxes\u0094 (SFAS No. 109). Deferred income\ntaxes are accounted for by applying statutory tax rates in\neffect at the date of the balance sheet to differences between\nthe book and tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation\nallowance is established if it is \u0093more likely than\nnot\u0094 that the related tax benefits will not be realized. In\ndetermining the appropriate valuation allowance, projected\nrealization of tax benefits is considered based on expected\nlevels of future taxable income, available tax planning\nstrategies and the overall deferred tax position.\n\nSFAS No. 109 specifies that the amount of current and\ndeferred tax expense for an income tax return group shall be\nallocated among the members of that group when those members\nissue separate financial statements. For purposes of the\nconsolidated financial statements prepared for the twelve months\nended December 31, 2007 and for the other periods prior to\nthe spin-off, the Company\u0092s income tax expense has been\nrecorded as if it filed a consolidated tax return separate from\nPeabody, notwithstanding that a majority of the operations were\nhistorically included in the U.S. consolidated income tax\nreturn filed by Peabody. The Company\u0092s valuation allowance\nfor these periods was also determined on the separate tax return\nbasis. Additionally, the Company\u0092s tax attributes (i.e. net\noperating losses and AMT credits) for these periods have been\ndetermined based on U.S. consolidated tax rules describing\nthe apportionment of these items upon departure (i.e. spin-off)\nfrom the Peabody consolidated group.\n\nPeabody was managing its tax position for the benefit of its\nentire portfolio of businesses. Peabody\u0092s tax strategies\nwere not necessarily reflective of the tax strategies that the\nCompany would have followed or will follow as a stand-alone\ncompany, nor were they necessarily strategies that optimized the\nCompany\u0092s stand-alone position.\n\n33\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nPostretirement\nHealthcare Benefits\n\nPostretirement benefits other than pensions are accounted for in\naccordance with SFAS No. 106, \u0093Employers\u0092\nAccounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions\u0094\n(SFAS No. 106), which requires the costs of benefits\nto be provided to be accrued over the employees\u0092 period of\nactive service. These costs are determined on an actuarial\nbasis. The consolidated balance sheets as of December 31,\n2008 and 2007 fully reflect the funded status of postretirement\nbenefits.\n\nMulti-Employer\nBenefit Plans\n\nThe Company has an obligation to contribute to two plans\nestablished by the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act of\n1992 (the Coal Act) \u0097 the \u0093Combined Fund\u0094\nand the \u00931992 Benefit Plan.\u0094 A third fund, the 1993\nBenefit Fund (the 1993 Benefit Plan), was established through\ncollective bargaining, but is now a statutory plan under\nlegislation passed in 2006. A portion of these obligations are\naccounted for in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force\n(EITF)\nNo. 92-13,\n\u0093Accounting for Estimated Payments in Connection with the\nCoal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992,\u0094 as\ndetermined on an actuarial basis. The remainder of these\nobligations qualify as multi-employer plans under\nSFAS No. 106, and expense is recognized as\ncontributions are made.\n\nPension\nPlans\n\nPrior to the spin-off, Patriot participated in a\nnon-contributory defined benefit pension plan (the Peabody\nPension Plan) accounted for in accordance with\nSFAS No. 87, \u0093Employers\u0092 Accounting for\nPensions\u0094 (SFAS No. 87), which requires that the cost\nto provide the benefits be accrued over the employees\u0092\nperiod of active service. The Peabody Pension Plan was sponsored\nby one of Peabody\u0092s subsidiaries and covered certain\nsalaried employees and eligible hourly employees of Peabody. In\nconnection with the spin-off, Patriot employees no longer\nparticipate in a defined benefit pension plan, and Patriot did\nnot retain any of the assets or liabilities for the Peabody\nPension Plan. Accordingly the assets and liabilities of the\nPeabody Pension Plan are not allocated to Patriot and are not\npresented in the accompanying balance sheets. However, annual\ncontributions to the Peabody Pension Plan were made as\ndetermined by consulting actuaries based upon the Employee\nRetirement Income Security Act of 1974 minimum funding standard.\nPatriot recorded expense of $1.1 million and\n$3.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2007 and\n2006, respectively, as a result of its participation in the\nPeabody Pension Plan, reflecting Patriot\u0092s proportional\nshare of Peabody\u0092s expense based on the number of plan\nparticipants.\n\nPatriot also participates in two multi-employer pension plans,\nthe United Mine Workers of America 1950 Pension Plan (the 1950\nPlan) and the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan\n(the 1974 Plan). These plans qualify as multi-employer plans\nunder SFAS No. 87, and expense is recognized as\ncontributions are made. The plan assets of the 1950 Plan and the\n1974 Plan are managed by the UMWA. See Note 16 for\nadditional information.\n\nPostemployment\nBenefits\n\nPostemployment benefits are provided to qualifying employees,\nformer employees and dependents, and Patriot accounts for these\nitems on the accrual basis in accordance with\nSFAS No. 112 \u0093Employers\u0092 Accounting for\nPostemployment Benefits.\u0094 Postemployment benefits include\nworkers\u0092 compensation occupational disease, which is\naccounted for on the actuarial basis over the employees\u0092\nperiods of active service; workers\u0092 compensation traumatic\ninjury claims, which are accounted for based on estimated loss\nrates applied to payroll and claim reserves determined by\nindependent actuaries and claims administrators; disability\nincome benefits, which are accrued when a claim occurs; and\ncontinuation of medical benefits, which are recognized when the\nobligation occurs. The Company\u0092s consolidated balance\nsheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 fully reflect the\nfunded status of postemployment benefits.\n\n34\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nUse of\nEstimates in the Preparation of the Consolidated Financial\nStatements\n\nThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with\ngenerally accepted accounting principles requires management to\nmake estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts\nof assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets\nand liabilities at the date of the financial statements and\nreported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting\nperiod. Actual results could differ from those estimates.\n\nIn particular, Patriot has significant long-term liabilities\nrelating to retiree healthcare and work-related injuries and\nillnesses. Each of these liabilities is actuarially determined\nand uses various actuarial assumptions, including the discount\nrate and future cost trends, to estimate the costs and\nobligations for these items. In addition, the Company has\nsignificant asset retirement obligations that involve\nestimations of costs to remediate mining lands and the timing of\ncash outlays for such costs. If these assumptions do not\nmaterialize as expected, actual cash expenditures and costs\nincurred could differ materially from current estimates.\nMoreover, regulatory changes could increase the obligation to\nsatisfy these or additional obligations.\n\nFinally, in evaluating the valuation allowance related to\ndeferred tax assets, various factors are taken into account,\nincluding the expected level of future taxable income and\navailable tax planning strategies. If actual results differ from\nthe assumptions made in the evaluation of the valuation\nallowance, a change in valuation allowance may be recorded\nthrough income tax expense in the period such determination is\nmade.\n\nShare-Based\nCompensation\n\nThe Company has an equity incentive plan for employees and\neligible non-employee directors that allows for the issuance of\nshare-based compensation in the form of restricted stock,\nincentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock\nappreciation rights, performance awards, restricted stock units\nand deferred stock units. The Company recognizes share-based\ncompensation expense in accordance with\nSFAS No. 123(R), \u0093Share-Based Payment\u0094. The\nCompany recognized compensation cost for awards with only\nservice conditions that have a graded vesting schedule on a\nstraight line basis over the requisite service period for each\nseparately vesting portion of the award.\n\nDerivatives\n\nThe Company has utilized derivative financial instruments to\nmanage exposure to certain commodity prices.\nSFAS No. 133, \u0093Accounting for Derivative\nInstruments and Hedging Activities\u0094 (SFAS 133), and\nrelated interpretive guidance require the recognition of\nderivative financial instruments at fair value on the\nconsolidated balance sheet. For derivatives that are not\ndesignated as hedges, the periodic change in fair value is\nrecorded directly to earnings. For derivative instruments that\nare eligible and qualify as cash flow hedges, the periodic\nchange in fair value is recorded to \u0093Accumulated other\ncomprehensive income (loss)\u0094 until the contract settles or\nthe relationship ceases to qualify for hedge accounting. In\naddition, if a portion of the change in fair value for a cash\nflow hedge is deemed ineffective during a reporting period, as\ndefined in SFAS No. 133, the ineffective portion of\nthe change in fair value is recorded directly to earnings. In\n2008, the Company entered heating oil swap contracts to manage\nits exposure to diesel fuel prices. The changes in diesel fuel\nand heating oil prices are highly correlated thus allowing the\nswap contracts to be designated as cash flow hedges.\n\nImpairment\nof Long-Lived Assets\n\nImpairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations are\nrecorded when events and circumstances indicate that the assets\nmight be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to\nbe generated by those assets under various assumptions are less\nthan the carrying amounts of those assets. Impairment losses are\nmeasured by comparing the estimated fair value of the impaired\nasset to its carrying amount. No impairment losses were recorded\nduring the periods covered by the consolidated financial\nstatements.\n\n35\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nBusiness\nCombinations\n\nThe Company accounts for its business acquisitions using the\npurchase method of accounting consistent with the requirements\nof SFAS No. 141, \u0093Business Combinations\u0094.\nUnder this method of accounting, the purchase price is allocated\nto the fair value of the net assets acquired. Determining the\nfair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires\nmanagement\u0092s judgment, and the utilization of independent\nvaluation experts, and often involves the use of significant\nestimates and assumptions, including, but not limited to,\nassumptions with respect to future cash flows, discount rates\nand asset lives.\n\nDeferred\nFinancing Costs\n\nThe Company capitalizes costs incurred in connection with\nborrowings or establishment of credit facilities and issuance of\ndebt securities. These costs are amortized as an adjustment to\ninterest expense over the life of the borrowing or term of the\ncredit facility using the interest method.\n\nReclassifications\n\nCertain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to\nconform to the 2008 presentation.\n\n(3)\n\nNew Accounting Pronouncements\n\nNewly Adopted Accounting Pronouncements\n\nFASB Staff Position APB 14-1\n\nIn May 2008, the FASB issued FSP APB\n14-1, \u0093Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion\n(Including Partial Cash Settlement).\u0094 FSP APB 14-1 changes the accounting for the\nCompany\u0092s convertible notes, specifying that issuers of convertible debt instruments that may settle in\ncash upon conversion must bifurcate the proceeds from the debt issuance between debt and equity\ncomponents in a manner that reflects the entity\u0092s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost\nis recognized in subsequent periods. The equity component reflects the value of the conversion feature\nof the notes. The Company adopted the provisions of FSP APB 14-1 effective January 1, 2009, and has\nretrospectively applied the provisions to its 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes issued in May 2008. See\nNote 13 for additional disclosures regarding the impact of adoption.\n\nFASB Staff Position EITF 03-6-1\n\nIn June 2008, the FASB issued FSP EITF 03-6-1, \u0093Determining Whether Instruments Granted in\nShare-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities.\u0094 FSP EITF\n03-6-1 addresses that instruments granted in share-based payment awards that entitle their\nholders to receive nonforfeitable dividends or dividend equivalents before vesting should be\nconsidered participating securities and need to be included in the earnings allocation in\ncomputing earnings per share under the \u0093two-class method.\u0094 The two-class method of computing\nearnings per share is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for\neach class of common stock and participating security according to dividends declared (or\naccumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The Company adopted the\nprovisions of FSP EITF 03-6-1 effective January 1, 2009, and has applied the provisions\nretrospectively to all applicable periods presented. See Note 7 for\nadditional disclosures regarding the impact of adoption.\n\n36\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nFASB Statement No. 157\n\nIn September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, \u0093Fair Value Measurements.\u0094 SFAS No. 157\ndefines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted\naccounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measures. SFAS No. 157\nclarifies that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on the\nassumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability\n.\nSFAS No. 157\nestablishes a three-level fair value hierarchy for fair value to be measured based on the\nobservability of the inputs utilized in the valuation. The levels are: Level 1 \u0097 inputs from\nquoted prices in an active market, Level 2 \u0097 inputs other than a quoted price market that are\ndirectly or indirectly observable through market corroborated inputs and Level 3 \u0097 inputs that\nare unobservable and require assumptions about pricing by market participants. SFAS No. 157 is\neffective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company elected to implement\nSFAS No. 157 with the one-year deferral permitted by FASB issued\nStaff Position No. 157-2 (FSP\nSFAS 157-2) for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for those items that\nare recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. The\ndeferral applies to nonfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in a business\ncombination. The Company utilized SFAS No. 157 for an exchange transaction described in Note\n6.\n\nIn October 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position No. 157-3, \u0093Determining the\nFair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active\u0094 (FSP SFAS 157-3),\nwhich clarified the application of SFAS No. 157 in an inactive market and demonstrated how the\nfair value of a financial asset is determined when the market for that financial asset is\ninactive. FSP SFAS 157-3 was effective upon issuance, including prior periods for which\nfinancial statements had not been issued. The adoption of FSP SFAS 157-3 did not have a\nmaterial effect on the Company\u0092s results of operations or financial condition since it did not\nhave any financial assets in inactive markets.\n\nFASB Statement No. 159\n\nIn February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, \u0093The Fair Value Option for Financial\nAssets and Financial Liabilities.\u0094 SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many\nfinancial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to\nbe measured at fair value. Entities electing the fair value option are required to recognize\nchanges in fair value in earnings and to expense upfront costs and fees associated with each\nitem for which the fair value option is elected. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years\nbeginning after November 15, 2007. The Company adopted SFAS No. 159 on January 1, 2008, with no\nimpact to the financial statements upon adoption\nsince the Company did not elect fair value treatment for any items not currently required\nto be measured at fair value.\n\nFASB Statement No. 160\n\nIn December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, \u0093Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated\nFinancial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51.\u0094 SFAS No. 160 establishes\naccounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests in partially-owned consolidated\nsubsidiaries and the loss of control of subsidiaries.\nSFAS No. 160 requires that a noncontrolling interest (previously referred to as minority interest) in a consolidated subsidiary be displayed\nin the consolidated balance sheet as a separate component of equity and the amount of net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest\nbe included in consolidated net income on the face of the\nconsolidated statement of operations.\nIn addition,\nthis statement requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary\nis deconsolidated. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 160 effective January 1, 2009,\nand has retroactively applied the provisions to all applicable periods presented.\n\n37\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nPending Adoption of Recent Accounting Pronouncements\n\nFASB Statement No. 141(R)\n\nIn December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R),\nBusiness Combinations\n, which replaces\nSFAS No. 141 and retains the fundamental requirements in SFAS No. 141, including that the\npurchase method be used for all business combinations and for an acquirer to be identified for\neach business combination. This standard defines the acquirer as the entity that obtains\ncontrol of one or more businesses in the business combination and establishes the acquisition\ndate as the date that the acquirer achieves control instead of the date that the consideration\nis transferred. SFAS No. 141(R) requires an acquirer in a business combination to recognize the\nassets acquired, liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the\nacquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions. It\nalso requires the recognition of assets acquired and liabilities assumed arising from certain\ncontractual contingencies as of the acquisition date, measured at their acquisition-date fair\nvalues. SFAS No. 141(R) will be effective for the Company for any business combination with an\nacquisition date on or after January 1, 2009.\n\nFASB Statement No. 161\n\nIn March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, \u0093Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and\nHedging Activities \u0097 an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133\u0094 (SFAS No. 161). SFAS No. 161\nexpands the disclosure requirement for derivative instruments and hedging activities. This\nstatement specifically requires entities to provide enhanced disclosures about its use of\nderivative instruments, the accounting for derivatives and related hedge items, and the related\naffect on an entity\u0092s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. SFAS No. 161\nis effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008 (January 1,\n2009 for the Company). While the Company is currently evaluating the impact SFAS No. 161 will\nhave on its disclosures, the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will not affect the Company\u0092s results of\noperations or financial condition.\n\nEITF 08-6\n\nIn\nNovember 2008, the Emerging Issues Task Force issued EITF 08-6, \u0093Accounting for Equity Method Investments\u0094\n(EITF 08-6), because of questions raised regarding the application of the equity method after\nFASB Statement 160 and FASB Statement 141(R) were issued. This EITF issue addresses\nother-than-temporary impairment, the accounting for gains or losses on issuance of shares by\nthe investee and the loss of significant influence such that the accounting method must change.\nEITF 08-06 is effective on a prospective basis for transactions in an investee\u0092s shares\noccurring or impairments recognized in fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2008. The\nCompany does not expect EITF 08-6 to have a significant impact on the accounting for its equity\ninvestments.\n\n(4)\n\nBusiness\nCombinations\n\nMagnum\nCoal Company\n\nOn July 23, 2008, Patriot consummated the acquisition of\nMagnum. Magnum stockholders received 23,803,312 shares of\nnewly-issued Patriot common stock and cash in lieu of fractional\nshares. The fair value of $25.29 per share of Patriot common\nstock issued to the Magnum shareholders was based on the average\nof Patriot stock price for the five business days surrounding\nand including the merger announcement date, April 2, 2008.\nThe total purchase price was $739.0 million, including the\nassumption of $148.6 million of long-term debt,\n$11.8 million of which related to capital lease\nobligations. In conjunction with the acquisition, Patriot issued\ndebt in order to repay Magnum\u0092s existing senior secured\nindebtedness as discussed in Note 13. Magnum was one of the\nlargest coal producers in Appalachia, operating 11 mines and 7\npreparation plants with production from surface and underground\nmines and controlling more than 600 million tons of proven\nand probable coal reserves.\n\nThe results of operations of Magnum are included in the\nAppalachia Mining Operations segment from the date of\nacquisition. The acquisition was accounted for using the\npurchase method of accounting. Under this method of accounting,\nthe purchase price is allocated to the fair value of the net\nassets acquired. The excess purchase price over the fair value\nof the assets acquired, if any, is allocated to goodwill.\n\n38\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nThe following table summarizes the preliminary estimated fair\nvalues of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at the\ndate of acquisition:\n\n(In thousands)\n\nCash\n\n$\n\n21,015\n\nAccounts receivable, net\n\n88,636\n\nInventories\n\n53,609\n\nOther current assets\n\n43,008\n\nProperty, plant, equipment and mine development, net\n\n2,261,199\n\nOther non-current assets\n\n11,719\n\nTotal assets acquired\n\n2,479,186\n\nAccounts payable and accrued expenses\n\n240,483\n\nBelow market sales contracts acquired, current\n\n497,882\n\nLong-term debt\n\n144,606\n\nBelow market sales contracts acquired, noncurrent\n\n459,802\n\nAccrued postretirement benefit costs\n\n445,675\n\nOther non-current liabilities\n\n88,871\n\nTotal liabilities assumed\n\n1,877,319\n\nNet assets acquired\n\n$\n\n601,867\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, the accounting for the acquisition\nis preliminary. The Company is conducting reserve studies on the\nacquired properties, the outcome of which will determine the\nfair value to be allocated to reserve assets. Additionally, the\nCompany is in the process of preparing estimates, as well as\nobtaining third party estimates of fair value of coal reserves,\nproperty, plant and equipment, intangible assets and\nenvironmental liabilities.\n\nIn connection with the Magnum acquisition, the Company recorded\nliabilities and assets related to below market coal sales and\npurchase contracts. The below market supply contracts were\nrecorded at their preliminarily-determined fair value when\nallocating the purchase price, resulting in a liability of\n$957.7 million, which is being accreted into earnings as\nthe coal is shipped over a weighted average period of\napproximately three years. The below market purchase contracts\nwere recorded at their preliminarily-determined fair value,\nresulting in an asset of $42.9 million, which is being\namortized into earnings as the coal is acquired, expected to be\nwithin a year from the acquisition date. Net sales contract\naccretion related to the below market coal supply and purchase\ncontracts acquired is included as a reduction of \u0093Operating\ncosts and expenses\u0094 in the consolidated statements of\noperations.\n\nBased on the preliminary estimated fair values set forth above\nas compared to the carryover tax basis in assets and\nliabilities, $67.0 million of net deferred tax liability\nwould be recorded on Magnum\u0092s opening balance sheet. As\npart of the business combination, these Magnum deferred tax\nliabilities have impacted management\u0092s view as to the\nrealization of Patriot deferred tax assets, against which a full\nvaluation allowance had previously been recorded. In such\nsituations, SFAS 109 requires that any reduction in the\nacquiring company\u0092s valuation allowance be accounted for as\npart of the business combination. As such, preliminary deferred\ntax liabilities have been offset against a release of\n$67.0 million of valuation allowance within purchase\naccounting. Any final determination of the net deferred tax\nliability (or net deferred tax asset) associated with the\nbusiness combination will not be complete until the value of all\nMagnum assets and liabilities is finalized.\n\nUpon the acquisition of Magnum, the Company performed a\ncomprehensive strategic review of all mining complexes and their\nrelative cost structure in order to optimize performance. As a\nresult of this review, the Company announced plans to idle\noperations of both the acquired Jupiter and Remington mining\ncomplexes. The Jupiter\n\n39\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nmining complex ceased operations in December 2008 and the\nRemington mining complex is scheduled to cease operations in\nMarch 2009. The fair value of the assets and liabilities\nacquired for these two mining complexes will reflect their\nstatus as idled in final purchase accounting.\n\nThe following unaudited pro forma financial information presents\nthe combined results of operations of the Company and Magnum, on\na pro forma basis, as though the companies had been combined as\nof January 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008, respectively.\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n(Dollars in thousands,\nexcept per share data)\n\nRevenues:\n\nAs reported\n\n$\n\n1,654,622\n\n$\n\n1,073,362\n\nPro forma\n\n2,207,353\n\n2,194,432\n\nNet income (loss):\n\nAs reported\n\n$\n\n146,850\n\n$\n\n(106,868\n\n)\n\nPro forma\n\n285,671\n\n299,725\n\nBasic earnings per share:\n\nAs reported\n\n$\n\n2.23\n\n$\n\n(2.00\n\n)\n\nPro forma\n\n4.46\n\n5.60\n\nDiluted earnings per share:\n\nAs reported\n\n$\n\n2.21\n\n$\n\n(2.00\n\n)\n\nPro forma\n\n4.42\n\n5.60\n\nPatriot\u0092s historical financial information has been\nadjusted in the pro forma amounts above to present the results\nas if the spin-off from Peabody occurred on January 1, 2007\ninstead of October 31, 2007. The combined pro forma\nfinancial information has been further adjusted to exclude\nnon-recurring transaction-related expenses and include purchase\naccounting adjustments for preliminarily-determined fair values\nimpacting coal inventories, net sales contract accretion,\ndepletion of coal reserves and depreciation of property, plant\nand equipment. This unaudited pro forma financial information\ndoes not necessarily reflect the results of operations that\nwould have occurred had the Company and Magnum constituted a\nsingle entity during those periods.\n\nKE\nVentures, LLC\n\nAs of December 31, 2005, the Company owned a 49% interest\nin KE Ventures, LLC and accounted for the interest under the\nequity method of accounting. In March 2006, Patriot increased\nits ownership interest in the joint venture to an effective\n73.9% and accordingly, fully consolidated KE Ventures, LLC\neffective January 1, 2006. The purchase price for the\nadditional 24.9% interest was $44.5 million plus assumed\ndebt. The purchase price was allocated over the various assets\nand liabilities in proportion to the additional ownership\npercentage with an additional $52.8 million allocated to\ncoal reserves and plant and equipment included in\n\u0093Property, plant, equipment and mine development\u0094 and\ncustomer contracts included in \u0093Investments and other\nassets.\u0094\n\nIn September 2007, Patriot acquired an additional 7.6% interest\nin KE Ventures, LLC for $13.6 million, increasing effective\nownership to 81.5%. The noncontrolling holders of KE Ventures, LLC\nheld an option which could require Patriot to purchase the\nremaining 18.5% of KE Ventures, LLC upon a change in control.\nThis option became fully exercisable upon the spin-off from\nPeabody. The noncontrolling owners of KE Ventures, LLC exercised this\noption in 2007, and the Company acquired the remaining noncontrolling\ninterest in KE Ventures, LLC on November 30, 2007 for\n$33.0 million. The additional purchase price of\n$46.6 million was allocated to the proportional percentage\nof assets and liabilities acquired in 2007. The purchase price\nwas primarily allocated to coal reserves as it was the most\nsignificant asset acquired.\n\n40\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nBecause the option requiring Patriot to purchase KE Ventures,\nLLC was considered a mandatorily redeemable instrument outside\nof the Company\u0092s control, amounts paid to the noncontrolling\ninterest holders in excess of carrying value of the noncontrolling\ninterest in KE Ventures, LLC was reflected as an increase in\nnet loss attributable to common stockholders of\n$15.7 million in 2007. This treatment is consistent with\nthe guidance in SEC ASR 268\n\u0093Redeemable Preferred\nStock\u0094\nand EITF Topic D-98 \u0093Classification and\nMeasurement of Redeemable Securities.\u0094 This obligation was\nfully redeemed as of December 31, 2007.\n\n(5)\n\nRisk\nManagement and Financial Instruments\n\nPatriot is exposed to various types of risk in the normal course\nof business, including fluctuations in commodity prices and\ninterest rates. These risks are actively monitored to ensure\ncompliance with the Company\u0092s risk management policies. The\nCompany manages its commodity price risk related to the sale of\ncoal through the use of long-term, fixed-price contracts, rather\nthan financial instruments.\n\nCredit\nRisk\n\nPatriot\u0092s concentration of credit risk is substantially\nwith utility customers and Peabody. In 2008, Patriot sold more\nthan 40% of its production through a marketing affiliate of\nPeabody at prices paid by third-party customers (see\nNote 18 for additional discussion of related party\ntransactions). Allowance for doubtful accounts was $540,000 and\n$251,000 at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively and\nreflects specific amounts for which risk of collection has been\nidentified based on the current economic environment and\ncircumstances of which the Company is aware. The Company also\nhas $142.3 million in notes receivable as of\nDecember 31, 2008 outstanding from counterparties from the\nsale of coal reserves and surface lands discussed in\nNote 6. The current portion of these receivables was\n$11.1 million as of December 31, 2008 and is included\nin \u0093Accounts receivable and other\u0094 on the consolidated\nbalance sheets. Each of these notes contain a\ncross-collaterization provision secured primarily by the\nunderlying coal reserves and surface lands.\n\nThe Company\u0092s policy is to independently evaluate each\ncustomer\u0092s creditworthiness prior to entering into\ntransactions and to constantly monitor the credit extended. In\nthe event that a transaction occurs with a counterparty that\ndoes not meet the Company\u0092s credit standards, the Company\nmay protect its position by requiring the counterparty to\nprovide appropriate credit enhancement. When appropriate, steps\nhave been taken to reduce credit exposure to customers or\ncounterparties whose credit has deteriorated and who may pose a\nhigher risk, as determined by the credit management function, of\nfailure to perform under their contractual obligations. These\nsteps might include obtaining letters of credit or cash\ncollateral, requiring prepayments for shipments or the creation\nof customer trust accounts held for the Company\u0092s benefit\nto serve as collateral in the event of failure to pay.\n\nCommodity\nPrice Risk\n\nWith the Magnum acquisition, the Company\u0092s commodity risk\nprofile changed as its annual usage of diesel fuel increased\nsignificantly. To manage this risk, the Company entered into\nheating oil swap contracts with financial institutions in the\nfourth quarter of 2008. These derivative contracts have been\ndesignated as cash flow hedges of anticipated diesel fuel\npurchases such that the changes in fair value of these\nderivatives are recorded through other comprehensive income. As\nof December 31, 2008, the notional amount outstanding for\nthese swap contracts included 9.5 million gallons of\nheating oil, which expire throughout 2009, and 9.0 million\ngallons of heating oil expiring throughout 2010. At\nDecember 31, 2008, the fair value of these derivatives was\na liability of $9.7 million. The Company did not recognize\nany gains or losses in earnings in the year ended\nDecember 31, 2008, for hedge ineffectiveness or realized\ngains or losses on these contracts.\n\nEmployees\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, Patriot had approximately\n4,300 employees. Approximately 47% of the employees at\nCompany operations were represented by an organized labor union\nand they generated approximately 41% of the\n\n41\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\n2008 sales volume. Relations with our employees and, where\napplicable, organized labor, are important to the Company\u0092s\nsuccess. Union labor is represented by the United Mine Workers\nof America (UMWA) under labor agreements which expire\nDecember 31, 2011.\n\nFair\nValue of Financial Instruments\n\nThe Company\u0092s heating oil swap contracts discussed above\nwere the only financial instruments that were measured and\nrecorded at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31,\n2008. The unrealized loss of $9.7 million was recorded as a\nliability at December 31, 2008. The Company utilized NYMEX\nquoted market prices for the fair value measurement of these\ncontracts, which reflects a Level 2 input as defined in\nSFAS No. 157 and discussed in Note 3.\n\nCash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable\nand accrued expenses have carrying values which approximate fair\nvalue due to the short maturity or the financial nature of these\ninstruments. The fair value of notes receivable approximates the\ncarrying value as of December 31, 2008 and 2007. At\nDecember 31, 2008, the estimated fair market value of the\nCompany\u0092s Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 was\n$100 million compared to a face value of $200 million.\nThese notes were valued using a Level 2 input as defined in\nSFAS No. 157.\n\n(6)\n\nNet Gain\non Disposal or Exchange of Assets and Other Commercial\nTransactions\n\nIn June 2008, Patriot entered into an agreement to swap certain\nleasehold coal mineral rights with another coal producer.\nAdditionally, Patriot sold approximately 2.7 million tons\nof adjacent leasehold coal mineral rights in Appalachia for\n$1.0 million. Patriot recognized gains totaling\n$6.3 million on these transactions. The swap transaction\nwas recorded at fair value in accordance with\nSFAS No. 153 \u0093Exchanges of Nonmonetary\nAssets\u0094 and SFAS No. 157. The Company utilized\nLevel 3 inputs as defined by SFAS No. 157 in a\ndiscounted cash flows model to calculate the fair value of the\ncoal reserve swap due to the lack of an active, quoted market\nand due to the inability to use other transaction comparisons\nbecause of the unique nature of each coal seam.\n\nAlso in the second quarter of 2008, Patriot recorded a\n$4.9 million gain related to a structured settlement on a\nproperty transaction and received a $4.5 million settlement\nfor past due coal royalties, which had previously been fully\nreserved due to the uncertainty of collection. Both transactions\nwere recorded as \u0093Other revenues\u0094 in the consolidated\nstatements of operations. Additionally, in the second quarter of\n2008, Patriot entered into two joint ventures for which it has\ncontributed cash totaling $16.4 million and committed\ncertain coal reserve rights. Patriot holds a 49% interest in\neach joint venture and accounts for the interests under the\nequity method of accounting. Patriot\u0092s maximum exposure to\nloss is the value contributed plus additional future committed\ncapital contributions, which, for one of the joint ventures, is\ncapped at $4.1 million. The investment in these joint\nventures was recorded in \u0093Investments and other\nassets\u0094 in the consolidated balance sheets. One of the\njoint ventures commenced coal mining operations in the third\nquarter of 2008 and the other is expected to commence coal\nmining operations in 2009.\n\nDuring 2007, Patriot sold approximately 88 million tons of\nnon-strategic coal reserves and over 18,000 acres of\nsurface land located in Kentucky for cash of $26.5 million\nand notes receivable of $69.4 million. Patriot recognized\ngains totaling $78.5 million on these transactions.\n\nDuring 2006, Patriot sold coal reserves and surface land located\nin Kentucky and West Virginia for proceeds of $84.9 million\nincluding cash of $31.8 million and notes receivable of\n$53.1 million which resulted in a gain of\n$66.6 million. The gain from these transactions is included\nin \u0093Net gain on disposal or exchange of assets\u0094 in the\nconsolidated statements of operations.\n\n42\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\n(7)\n\nEarnings\nper Share\n\nBasic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by\nthe number of weighted average common shares outstanding during\nthe reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated\nto give effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during\nthe reporting period. Earnings (loss) per share is not presented\nfor periods prior to October 31, 2007, because Patriot was\nwholly-owned by Peabody and its affiliates prior to the spin-off.\n\nFor the year ended December 31, 2008 the effect of dilutive\nsecurities includes the dilutive impact of stock options and\nrestricted stock units. For the year ended December 31,\n2008, the Company had additional potential dilutive securities\noutstanding representing 0.3 million common shares related\nto share-based compensation awards as described in Note 23\nand 3.0 million common shares related to the convertible\nnotes issuance described in Note 13 that were not included\nin the computation of dilutive securities because they were\nanti-dilutive for that period. For the year ended\nDecember 31, 2007, 34,638 shares related to\nshare-based compensation awards were excluded from the diluted\nearnings per share calculation for the Company\u0092s common\nstock because they were anti-dilutive due to the net loss for that period.\n\nFor the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, 377,221\nand 369,598 restricted stock shares, respectively, were\nincluded in the calculation of basic earnings per share as unvested participating securities as\nrequired by FSP EITF 03-6-1 as discussed in Note 3 above.\n\n(8)\n\nInventories\n\nInventories consisted of the following:\n\nDecember 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nSaleable coal\n\n$\n\n15,107\n\n$\n\n13,519\n\nMaterials and supplies\n\n52,023\n\n13,385\n\nRaw coal\n\n13,823\n\n4,133\n\nTotal\n\n$\n\n80,953\n\n$\n\n31,037\n\nSaleable coal represents coal stockpiles that will be sold in\ncurrent condition. Raw coal represents coal stockpiles that may\nbe sold in current condition or may be further processed prior\nto shipment to a customer. Coal inventory costs include labor,\nsupplies, equipment, operating overhead and other related costs.\nMaterials, supplies and coal inventory are valued at the lower\nof average cost or market. The increase in inventories from\nDecember 31, 2007 to December 31, 2008 is primarily\nattributable to the Magnum acquisition.\n\nComprehensive loss differs from net income (loss) attributable to Patriot by the amount\nof unrealized gain or loss resulting from valuation changes of\nthe Company\u0092s diesel fuel hedge and adjustments related to\nthe change in funded status of various benefit plans during the\nperiods. For the year ended December 31, 2006,\ncomprehensive loss was impacted by the adjustment required by\nSFAS No. 158 to initially record the funded status of the\nCompany\u0092s pension and other post-retirement benefit plans.\n\n(10)\n\nLeases\n\nPatriot leases equipment and facilities, directly or through\nPeabody, under various non-cancelable operating lease\nagreements. Certain lease agreements require the maintenance of\nspecified ratios and contain restrictive covenants that limit\nindebtedness, subsidiary dividends, investments, asset sales and\nother actions by both Peabody and Patriot. Rental expense under\noperating leases was $39.5 million, $30.9 million and\n$28.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2008,\n2007 and 2006, respectively.\n\nA substantial amount of the coal mined by Patriot is produced\nfrom mineral reserves leased from third-party land owners.\nPatriot leases these coal reserves under agreements that require\nroyalties to be paid as the coal is mined. Certain of these\nlease agreements also require minimum annual royalties to be\npaid regardless of the amount of coal mined during the year.\nTotal royalty expense was $71.6 million, $43.2 million\nand $51.0 million for the years ended December 31,\n2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.\n\n44\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nFuture minimum lease and royalty payments as of\nDecember 31, 2008, are as follows:\n\nCapital\n\nOperating\n\nCoal\n\nLeases\n\nLeases\n\nReserves\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\n2009\n\n$\n\n4,775\n\n$\n\n41,853\n\n$\n\n25,056\n\n2010\n\n5,668\n\n34,789\n\n22,994\n\n2011\n\n593\n\n25,947\n\n20,672\n\n2012\n\n\u0097\n\n17,882\n\n18,827\n\n2013\n\n\u0097\n\n10,056\n\n18,091\n\n2014 and thereafter\n\n\u0097\n\n2,755\n\n86,692\n\nTotal minimum lease and royalty payments\n\n$\n\n11,036\n\n$\n\n133,282\n\n$\n\n192,332\n\nLess interest\n\n(818\n\n)\n\nPresent value of minimum capital lease payments\n\n$\n\n10,218\n\nDuring 2002, Peabody entered into a transaction with Penn\nVirginia Resource Partners, L.P. (PVR) whereby two Peabody\nsubsidiaries sold 120 million tons of coal reserves in\nexchange for $72.5 million in cash and 2.76 million\nunits, or 15%, of the PVR master limited partnership. Patriot\nparticipated in the transaction, selling approximately\n40 million tons of coal reserves with a net book value of\n$14.3 million in exchange for $40.0 million. Patriot\nleased back the coal from PVR and pays royalties as the coal is\nmined. A $25.7 million gain was deferred at the inception\nof this transaction, and $3.2 million of the gain was\nrecognized in each of the years 2008, 2007 and 2006. The\nremaining deferred gain of $6.4 million at\nDecember 31, 2008 is intended to provide for potential\nexposure to loss resulting from continuing involvement in the\nproperties and will be amortized to \u0093Operating costs and\nexpenses\u0094 in the consolidated statements of operations over\nthe minimum remaining term of the lease, which ends\nDecember 31, 2010.\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, certain of the Company\u0092s\nlease obligations were secured by $13.4 million outstanding\nletters of credit under Patriot\u0092s Credit Facility.\n\n(11)\n\nTrade\nAccounts Payable and Accrued Expenses\n\nTrade accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the\nfollowing:\n\nDecember 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nTrade accounts payable\n\n$\n\n201,046\n\n$\n\n66,811\n\nAccrued healthcare, including post-retirement\n\n66,509\n\n30,120\n\nWorkers\u0092 compensation obligations\n\n28,225\n\n23,778\n\nAccrued payroll and related benefits\n\n40,719\n\n21,565\n\nAccrued taxes other than income\n\n27,646\n\n13,339\n\nOther accrued benefits\n\n11,029\n\n9,487\n\nAccrued royalties\n\n9,532\n\n5,281\n\nAccrued lease payments\n\n4,330\n\n1,692\n\nDiesel fuel hedge\n\n5,915\n\n\u0097\n\nOther accrued expenses\n\n18,839\n\n11,519\n\nTotal trade accounts payable and accrued expenses\n\n$\n\n413,790\n\n$\n\n183,592\n\n45\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\n(12)\n\nIncome\nTaxes\n\nIncome (loss) before income taxes was\nincome of $146.9 million, loss of $102.1 million, and\nincome of $6.0 million for the years ended\nDecember 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and\nconsisted entirely of domestic results.\n\nThe income tax rate differed from the U.S. federal\nstatutory rate as follows:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n2006\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nFederal statutory rate\n\n$\n\n51,398\n\n$\n\n(35,751\n\n)\n\n$\n\n2,110\n\nDepletion\n\n(16,597\n\n)\n\n(11,281\n\n)\n\n(15,006\n\n)\n\nState income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit\n\n5,918\n\n(6,911\n\n)\n\n(2,183\n\n)\n\nNoncontrolling interest\n\n\u0097\n\n(1,652\n\n)\n\n(3,909\n\n)\n\nChanges in valuation allowance\n\n(44,540\n\n)\n\n55,183\n\n26,864\n\nChanges in tax reserves\n\n960\n\n107\n\n172\n\nOther, net\n\n2,861\n\n305\n\n302\n\nTotal\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n8,350\n\nThe tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to\nsignificant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities\nconsisted of the following:\n\nIn June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48,\n\u0093Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes \u0097 an\ninterpretation of FASB Statement No. 109\u0094\n(FIN No. 48). This interpretation prescribes a\nrecognition threshold and measurement attribute for the\nfinancial statement recognition and measurement of a tax\nposition taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.\nFIN No. 48 also provides guidance on derecognition,\nclassification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim\nperiods, disclosure and transition.\n\nPatriot adopted the provisions of FIN No. 48 on\nJanuary 1, 2007, with no impact to retained earnings. At\nadoption and at December 31, 2008, the unrecognized tax\nbenefits in our consolidated financial statements were\nimmaterial, and if recognized, would not currently affect the\nCompany\u0092s effective tax rate as any recognition would be\noffset by valuation allowance. The Company does not expect any\nsignificant increases or decreases to our unrecognized tax\nbenefits within 12 months of this reporting date.\n\nDue to the immaterial nature of its unrecognized tax benefits\nand the existence of net operating loss carryforwards, the\nCompany has not currently accrued interest on any of its\nunrecognized tax benefits. The Company has considered the\napplication of penalties on its unrecognized tax benefits and\nhas determined, based on several factors, including the\nexistence of net operating loss carryforwards, that no accrual\nof penalties related to its unrecognized tax benefits is\nrequired. If the accrual of interest or penalties becomes\nappropriate, the Company will record an accrual as part of its\nincome tax provision.\n\nThe Company\u0092s deferred tax assets include net operating\nlosses (NOL) carryforwards and alternative minimum tax (AMT)\ncredits of $133.9 million and $20.3 million as of\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The NOL\ncarryforwards and AMT credits represent amounts apportioned to\nthe Company in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and\nTreasury Regulations at the time of the Company\u0092s spin-off\nfrom Peabody on October 31, 2007, Magnum NOL carryforwards\nfrom periods prior to the merger, as well as taxable losses from\nthe Company\u0092s operations for the last two months of 2007\nand for the calendar year ended December 31, 2008. The NOL\ncarryforwards begin to expire in 2019, and the AMT credits have\nno expiration date.\n\nOverall, the Company\u0092s net deferred tax assets are offset\nby a valuation allowance of $202.4 million and\n$270.6 million as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,\nrespectively. The valuation allowance decreased by\n$68.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008\nprimarily as a result of the Magnum acquisition. The Company\nevaluated and assessed the expected near-term utilization of net\noperating loss carryforwards, book and taxable income trends,\navailable tax strategies and the overall deferred tax position\nto determine the valuation allowance required as of\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007.\n\nThe Federal and state income tax returns for the Magnum\ncompanies for the tax years\n2005-2008\nremain subject to examination by the relevant taxing\nauthorities. The Company and the remainder of its subsidiaries\nwere included in the consolidated Peabody income tax returns\nprior to November 1, 2007, with Peabody retaining all\nliability related to these returns. Therefore, for the Company\nand the remainder of its subsidiaries, Patriot only has\nexamination exposure related to the Federal and state income tax\nreturns for the two month tax year ended December 31, 2007.\n\nThe Company made no Federal income tax payments and made only\nimmaterial state and local tax payments for the years ended\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007.\n\nOn May 28, 2008, Patriot completed a private offering of $200 million in aggregate\nprincipal amount of 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the notes), including $25 million\nrelated to the underwriters\u0092 overallotment option. The net proceeds of the offering were $193.5\nmillion after deducting the initial purchasers\u0092 commissions and fees and expenses of the\noffering and were used to repay Magnum\u0092s credit facility at the date of acquisition. The\nCompany has retrospectively applied the provisions of FSP APB 14-1, which was adopted on\nJanuary 1, 2009, to these notes.\n\nThe Company utilized an interest rate of 8.85% to reflect the nonconvertible\nmarket rate of the Company\u0092s offering upon issuance, which resulted in a $44.7 million discount\nto the convertible note balance and an increase to \u0093Additional paid-in capital\u0094 to reflect the\nvalue of the conversion feature.\nThe nonconvertible market interest rate was based on an analysis of similar securities trading in the market at the pricing date of the\nissuance, taking into account company specific data such as credit spreads and implied volatility.\nIn addition, the Company allocated the financing costs related\nto the issuance of the convertible instruments between the debt and equity components. The\nCompany will amortize the debt discount over the contractual life of the convertible notes,\nresulting in additional interest expense above the contractual coupon amount.\n\nAt December 31, 2008, based on the required application of FSP APB 14-1, the principal\namount of the convertible notes of $200.0 million, net of the debt discount of $40.4 million,\nresults in a long-term convertible note balance of $159.6 million. The additional interest\nexpense resulting from the application of FSP APB 14-1 above the stated coupon rate of 3.25%\nfor the year ended December 31, 2008 was $4.1 million, net\nof a $0.2 million decrease to amortization of deferred financing\ncosts ($0.06 per share \u0097 basic and diluted).\n\nInterest on the notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 31 and November 30 of\neach year, beginning November 30, 2008. The notes mature on May 31, 2013, unless converted,\nrepurchased or redeemed in accordance with their terms prior to such date. The notes are senior\nunsecured obligations and rank equally with all of the Company\u0092s existing and future senior\ndebt and are senior to any subordinated debt. Patriot used the proceeds of the offering to\nrepay Magnum\u0092s existing senior secured indebtedness and acquisition related fees and expenses.\nAll remaining amounts were used for other general corporate purposes.\n\nThe notes are convertible into cash and, if applicable, shares of Patriot\u0092s common stock\nduring the period from issuance to February 15, 2013, subject to certain conditions of\nconversion as described below. The conversion rate for the notes is 14.7778 shares of Patriot\u0092s\ncommon stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which is equivalent to a conversion price of\napproximately $67.67 per share of common stock. The conversion rate and the conversion price\nare subject to adjustment for certain dilutive events, such as a future stock split or a\ndistribution of a stock dividend.\n\n48\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nThe notes require Patriot to settle all conversions by paying cash for the lesser of the\nprincipal amount or the conversion value of the notes, and by settling any excess of the\nconversion value over the principal amount in cash or shares, at the Company\u0092s option.\n\nHolders of the notes may convert their notes prior to the close of business on the\nbusiness day immediately preceding February 15, 2013, only under the following circumstances:\n(1) during the five trading day period after any ten consecutive trading day period (the\nmeasurement period) in which the trading price per note for each trading day of that\nmeasurement period was less than 97% of the product of the last reported sale price of\nPatriot\u0092s common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; (2) during any\ncalendar quarter after the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2008, and only during such\ncalendar quarter, if the last reported sale price of Patriot\u0092s common stock for 20 or more\ntrading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the\nimmediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the conversion price in effect on each\nsuch trading day; (3) if such holder\u0092s notes have been called for redemption or (4) upon the\noccurrence of corporate events specified in the indenture. The notes will be convertible,\nregardless of the foregoing circumstances, at any time from, and including, February 15, 2013\nuntil the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date.\n\nThe number of shares of Patriot\u0092s common stock that it may deliver upon conversion will\ndepend on the price of its common stock during an observation period as described in the\nindenture. Specifically, the number of shares deliverable upon conversion will increase as the\ncommon stock price increases above the conversion price of $67.67 per share during the\nobservation period. The maximum number of shares that Patriot may deliver is 2,955,560.\nHowever, if certain fundamental changes occur in Patriot\u0092s business that are deemed \u0093make-whole\nfundamental changes\u0094 in the indenture, the number of shares deliverable on conversion may\nincrease, up to a maximum amount of 4,137,788 shares. These maximum amounts are subject to\nadjustment for certain dilutive events, such as a stock split or a distribution of a stock\ndividend.\n\nHolders of the notes may require Patriot to repurchase all or a portion of their notes\nupon a fundamental change in Patriot\u0092s business, as defined in the indenture. The holders would\nreceive cash for 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus any accrued and unpaid\ninterest.\n\nPatriot may redeem (i) some or all of the notes at any time on or after May 31, 2011, but\nonly if the last reported sale price of Patriot\u0092s common stock for 20 or more trading days in a\nperiod of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date Patriot\nprovides the relevant notice of redemption exceeds 130% of the conversion price in effect on\neach such trading day, or (ii) all of the notes if at any time less than $20 million in\naggregate principal amount of notes remain outstanding. In both cases, notes will be redeemed\nfor cash at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be\nredeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the relevant redemption\ndate.\n\nUnder the indenture for the notes, if Patriot fails to timely file any document or report\nrequired to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or\n15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (other than reports on Form 8-K),\nPatriot is required to pay additional interest on the notes of 0.50% of the principal balance\nof the notes. Per the guidance set forth in SFAS No. 133 \u0093Accounting for Derivative Instruments\nand Hedging Activities\u0094 (SFAS No. 133), this additional interest feature is considered an\nembedded derivative. Management has determined the fair value of this embedded derivative is de\nminimis as the probability of reports not being filed timely is remote and the Company has no\nhistory of late submissions.\n\nThe notes and any shares of common stock issuable upon conversion have not been registered\nunder the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or any state securities\nlaws. The\nnotes were only offered to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A\npromulgated under the Securities Act.\n\n49\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nCredit Facility\n\nEffective October 31, 2007, the Company entered into a $500 million, four-year revolving\ncredit facility, which includes a $50 million swingline sub-facility and a letter of credit\nsub-facility. This facility is available for the Company\u0092s working capital requirements,\ncapital expenditures and other corporate purposes. As of December 31, 2008, the balance of\noutstanding letters of credit issued against the credit facility totaled $351 million, and $23\nmillion short-term borrowings were outstanding under the sub-facility. As of December 31,\n2007, the balance of outstanding letters of credit issued against the credit facility totaled\n$254 million. Availability under the credit facility was $126 million and $247 million as of\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The weighted-average effective interest rate of the\nsub-facility was 3.99% as of December 31, 2008.\n\nThe obligations under the Company\u0092s credit facility are secured by a first lien on\nsubstantially all of our assets, including but not limited to certain of our mines and coal\nreserves and related fixtures and accounts receivable. The credit facility contains certain\ncustomary covenants, including financial covenants limiting the Company\u0092s total indebtedness\n(maximum leverage ratio of 2.75) and requiring minimum EBITDA coverage of interest expense\n(minimum interest coverage ratio of 4.0), as well as certain limitations on, among other\nthings, additional debt, liens, investments, acquisitions and capital expenditures, future\ndividends and asset sales. The credit facility calls for quarterly reporting of compliance with\nfinancial covenants. The financial covenants are calculated based on pro forma results as if we\nacquired Magnum on January 1, 2008 and EBITDA as defined by the credit agreement. The terms of\nthe credit facility also contain certain customary events of default, which will give the\nlender the right to accelerate payments of outstanding debt in certain circumstances. Customary\nevents of default include breach of covenants, failure to maintain required ratios, failure to\nmake principal payments or to make interest or fee payments within a grace period, and default,\nbeyond any applicable grace period, on any of the Company\u0092s other indebtedness exceeding a\ncertain amount.\n\nIn connection with the merger agreement with Magnum, Patriot entered into an amendment\ndated as of April 2, 2008 to the credit facility. The amendment among other things, (i)\npermitted the merger with Magnum and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement,\n(ii) increased the rate of interest applicable to loans and letters of credit fees under the\ncredit facility and (iii) modified certain covenants and related definitions to allow for\nchanges in permitted indebtedness, permitted liens, permitted capital expenditures and other\nchanges in respect of Patriot and its subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition. The\nincrease in the interest rate and the covenant modifications were effective with the closing of\nthe acquisition. In connection with Patriot\u0092s issuance of the convertible notes discussed\nabove, Patriot entered into an amendment to the credit facility dated as of May 19, 2008,\nallowing the issuance of the convertible notes and modifying certain covenants for the period\nprior to the closing of the Magnum acquisition. On September 25, 2008, Patriot entered into an\namendment to the credit facility allowing, among other things, permitted securitization\nprograms without adjusting the capacity of the credit facility. At December 31, 2008 we were in\ncompliance with the covenants of our amended credit facility.\n\nPromissory Notes\n\nIn conjunction with an exchange transaction involving the acquisition of Illinois Basin\ncoal reserves in 2005, the Company entered into Promissory Notes. The Promissory Notes and\nrelated interest are payable in annual installments of $1.7 million beginning January 2008. The\nPromissory Notes mature in January 2017. At December 31, 2008, the short-term portion of the\nPromissory Notes was $1.0 million.\n\nCapital Lease Obligations and Other\n\nCapital lease obligations include obligations assumed in the Magnum acquisition, primarily\nfor mining equipment (see Note 10 for additional information on the Company\u0092s capital lease\nobligations). As of December 31, 2008, \u0093Property, plant, equipment and mine development\u0094 on\nthe consolidated balance sheets includes approximately $7.6 million related to assets subject\nto capital leases and $13.5\nmillion related to a capital lease for the Blue Creek mining complex preparation plant\nthat is under construction.\n\n50\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nBridge Loan Facility\n\nIn connection with the Magnum acquisition agreement, Patriot obtained a subordinated\nbridge loan financing commitment, allowing it to draw up to $150 million under the related\nbridge loan facility at the effective date of the acquisition to repay a portion of the\noutstanding debt of Magnum. Patriot terminated the financing commitment on May 30, 2008, as a\nresult of the Convertible Senior Notes issuance. Patriot recognized $1.5 million in commitment\nfees in connection with the financing commitment, which were included in \u0093Interest expense\u0094 in\nthe consolidated statements of operations.\n\nThe aggregate amounts of long-term debt maturities subsequent to December 31, 2008,\nincluding capital lease obligations, were as follows:\n\n(Dollars in\n\nYear of Maturity\n\nthousands)\n\n2009\n\n$\n\n5,071\n\n2010\n\n6,596\n\n2011\n\n1,695\n\n2012\n\n1,182\n\n2013\n\n201,255\n\n2014 and thereafter\n\n5,857\n\nTotal cash payments on debt\n\n221,656\n\nDebt discount on convertible notes\n\n(40,363\n\n)\n\nTotal long-term debt\n\n$\n\n181,293\n\nInterest paid on long-term debt was $5.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008.\nPrior to the spin-off, all cash payments for interest were made by the Company\u0092s former parent,\nPeabody. The following table summarizes the amount of interest cost recognized related to both the\ncontractual interest and the accretion of the discount of the liability component of the\nconvertible notes:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n2006\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nCash interest\n\n$\n\n16,744\n\n$\n\n8,123\n\n$\n\n11,419\n\nDiscount amortization\n\n4,293\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\nAmortization\nof debt issuance costs\n\n2,611\n\n214\n\n\u0097\n\nTotal interest expense\n\n$\n\n23,648\n\n$\n\n8,337\n\n$\n\n11,419\n\n(14)\n\nAsset\nRetirement Obligations\n\nReconciliations of Patriot\u0092s liability for asset retirement\nobligations were as follows:\n\nDecember 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nBalance at beginning of year\n\n$\n\n134,364\n\n$\n\n139,703\n\nLiabilities incurred\n\n203\n\n224\n\nLiabilities settled or disposed\n\n(6,540\n\n)\n\n(17,228\n\n)\n\nAccretion expense\n\n19,116\n\n13,291\n\nRevisions to estimate\n\n1,057\n\n7,089\n\nLiabilities conveyed to Peabody (upon spin-off)\n\n\u0097\n\n(8,715\n\n)\n\nLiabilities acquired through acquisition\n\n75,980\n\n\u0097\n\nBalance at end of year\n\n$\n\n224,180\n\n$\n\n134,364\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, asset retirement obligations of\n$224.2 million consisted of $171.8 million related to\nlocations with active mining operations and $52.4 million\nrelated to locations that are closed or inactive. As of\nDecember 31, 2007, asset retirement obligations of\n$134.4 million consisted of $102.7 million related to\nlocations with active mining operations and $31.7 million\nrelated to locations that are closed or inactive. The\ncredit-adjusted, risk-free interest rates were 9.00% and 6.60%\nat January 1, 2008 and 2007, respectively.\n\nFor the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded\na $1.3 million reduction in its asset retirement\nobligations and expense associated with the disposal of\nnon-strategic properties and the assumption of the related\nreclamation liabilities by the purchaser. For the year ended\nDecember 31, 2008, no similar reduction was recorded.\n\n51\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nAs of December 31, 2008 and 2007, Patriot had\n$135.5 million and $84.1 million, respectively, in\nsurety bonds outstanding to secure the Company\u0092s\nreclamation obligations or activities. As of December 31,\n2007, Peabody had $19.9 million of self bonding outstanding\nthat related to Patriot\u0092s reclamation obligations or\nactivities. In 2008, these self bonds were replaced with Patriot\nsurety bonds.\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, Arch Coal, Inc. (Arch) held surety\nbonds of $91.9 million related to reclamation for\nproperties acquired by Patriot in the Magnum acquisition. As a\nresult of the acquisition, Patriot is required to post letters of credit in Arch\u0092s favor at an increasing\npercentage of the accrued reclamation liabilities beginning\nAugust 2009 through February 2011.\n\n(15)\n\nWorkers\u0092\nCompensation Obligations\n\nCertain of Patriot\u0092s operations are subject to the Federal\nCoal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and the related\nworkers\u0092 compensation laws in the states in which the\nCompany operates. These laws require Patriot\u0092s operations\nto pay benefits for occupational disease resulting from coal\nworkers\u0092 pneumoconiosis (occupational disease). Provisions\nfor occupational disease costs are based on determinations by\nindependent actuaries or claims administrators.\n\nPatriot provides income replacement and medical treatment for\nwork related traumatic injury claims as required by applicable\nstate law. Provisions for estimated claims incurred are recorded\nbased on estimated loss rates applied to payroll and claim\nreserves determined by independent actuaries or claims\nadministrators. Certain of the Company\u0092s operations are\nrequired to contribute to state workers\u0092 compensation funds\nfor second injury and other costs incurred by the state fund\nbased on a payroll-based assessment by the applicable state.\nProvisions are recorded based on the payroll-based assessment\ncriteria.\n\nThe workers\u0092 compensation provision consists of the\nfollowing components:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n2006\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nService cost\n\n$\n\n3,382\n\n$\n\n2,971\n\n$\n\n2,807\n\nInterest cost\n\n9,876\n\n9,124\n\n9,568\n\nNet amortization of actuarial gains\n\n(4,009\n\n)\n\n(1,607\n\n)\n\n(1,369\n\n)\n\nTotal occupational disease\n\n9,249\n\n10,488\n\n11,006\n\nTraumatic injury claims\n\n13,261\n\n13,160\n\n10,984\n\nState assessment taxes\n\n2,546\n\n4,373\n\n10,388\n\nTotal provision\n\n$\n\n25,056\n\n$\n\n28,021\n\n$\n\n32,378\n\nThe decline in traumatic workers\u0092 compensation costs was\nprimarily driven by the impact of changes in workers\u0092\ncompensation law in West Virginia. Administrative fees have been\nreduced as a result of successfully self-administering, at a\nlower cost, claims that were previously administered by the\nstate. In addition, the law changes have reduced the frequency\nand magnitude of claims.\n\nThe weighted-average assumptions used to determine the\nworkers\u0092 compensation provision were as follows:\n\nAs a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 158 on\nDecember 31, 2006, the accrued workers\u0092 compensation\nliability recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007 reflects the accumulated benefit\nobligation less any portion that is currently funded. The\naccumulated actuarial gain that had not yet been reflected in\nnet periodic postretirement benefit costs was included in\n\u0093Accumulated other comprehensive loss.\u0094\n\nAs of December 31, 2008 and 2007, Patriot had\n$189.5 million and $183.8 million, respectively, in\nsurety bonds and letters of credit outstanding to secure\nworkers\u0092 compensation obligations.\n\nThe reconciliation of changes in the occupational disease\nliability benefit obligation was as follows:\n\nDecember 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nChange in benefit obligation:\n\nBeginning of year obligation\n\n$\n\n155,829\n\n$\n\n173,924\n\nService cost\n\n3,382\n\n2,971\n\nInterest cost\n\n9,876\n\n9,124\n\nAcquisitions/divestitures\n\n3,176\n\n\u0097\n\nNet change in actuarial gain\n\n(6,876\n\n)\n\n(21,653\n\n)\n\nBenefit and administrative payments\n\n(10,860\n\n)\n\n(8,537\n\n)\n\nNet obligation at end of year\n\n154,527\n\n155,829\n\nChange in plan assets:\n\nFair value of plan assets at beginning of period\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\nEmployer contributions\n\n10,860\n\n8,537\n\nBenefits paid\n\n(10,860\n\n)\n\n(8,537\n\n)\n\nFair value of plan assets at end of period\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\nObligation at end of period\n\n$\n\n154,527\n\n$\n\n155,829\n\nThe liability for occupational disease claims represents the\nactuarially-determined present value of known claims and an\nestimate of future claims that will be awarded to current and\nformer employees. The liability for occupational disease claims\nwas based on a discount rate of 6.0% and 6.4% at\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Traumatic injury\nworkers\u0092 compensation obligations are estimated from both\ncase reserves and actuarial determinations of historical trends,\ndiscounted at 6.1% and 5.8% as of December 31, 2008 and\n2007, respectively.\n\n53\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nFederal\nBlack Lung Excise Tax Refund Claims\n\nIn addition to the obligations discussed above, certain\nsubsidiaries of Patriot are required to pay black lung excise\ntaxes to the Federal Black Lung Trust Fund (the\nTrust Fund). The Trust Fund pays occupational disease\nbenefits to entitled former miners who worked prior to\nJuly 1, 1973. Excise taxes are based on the selling price\nof coal, up to a maximum of $1.10 per ton for underground mines\nand $0.55 per ton for surface mines. The Company has a\nreceivable for excise tax refunds of $5.8 million as of\nDecember 31, 2008, related to new legislation that allows\nfor excise taxes paid in prior years on export coal and related\ninterest to be refundable to the Company, which is included in\n\u0093Accounts receivable and other\u0094 in the consolidated\nbalance sheets. The refund is reflected in the consolidated\nstatements of operations as a reduction to \u0093Operating costs\nand expenses\u0094 of $2.4 million and an increase to\n\u0093Interest income\u0094 of $3.4 million.\n\n(16)\n\nPension\nand Savings Plans\n\nMulti-Employer\nPension Plans\n\nCertain subsidiaries participate in multi-employer pension plans\n(the 1950 Plan and the 1974 Plan), which provide defined\nbenefits to substantially all hourly coal production workers\nrepresented by the UMWA. Benefits under the UMWA plans are\ncomputed based on service with the subsidiaries or other\nsignatory employers. The 1950 Plan and the 1974 Plan qualify\nunder SFAS No. 106 as multi-employer benefit plans,\nwhich allows Patriot to recognize expense as contributions are\nmade. The expense related to these funds was $13.5 million\nand $6.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2008\nand 2007, respectively. There were no contributions to the\nmulti-employer pension plans during the year ended\nDecember 31, 2006. In December 2006, the 2007 National\nBituminous Coal Wage Agreement was signed, which required\nfunding of the 1974 Plan through 2011 under a phased funding\nschedule. The funding is based on an hourly rate for certain\nUMWA workers. Under the labor contract, the\nper-hour\nfunding rate increased to $2.00 in 2007 and increases each year\nthereafter until reaching $5.50 in 2011. The Company expects to\npay approximately $19.7 million related to these funds in\n2009.\n\nDefined\nContribution Plans\n\nPatriot sponsors employee retirement accounts under a 401(k)\nplan for eligible salaried and non-union hourly employees of the\nCompany (the 401(k) Plan). Patriot matches voluntary\ncontributions to the 401(k) Plan up to specified levels. Prior\nto the spin-off, Peabody also sponsored a similar 401(k) plan in\nwhich eligible Patriot employees could participate. A\nperformance contribution feature under both Patriot\u0092s plan\nand Peabody\u0092s plan allows for additional contributions\nbased upon meeting specified performance targets. The Company\nrecognized expense for these plans of $6.1 million,\n$3.4 million and $5.6 million for the years ended\nDecember 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.\n\nIn addition, Magnum had three defined contribution plans prior\nto the acquisition. The first two were the Magnum Coal Company\n401(k) Plan and the Day Plan, LLC. These plans matched voluntary\nemployee contributions up to specified levels, similar to\nPatriot\u0092s 401(k) Plan. Additionally, certain employees were\ncovered by the Magnum Coal Company Defined Contribution\nRetirement Plan based on age and compensation. Magnum funded the\nplan in an amount not less than the minimum statutory funding\nrequirements or more than the maximum amount allowed to be\ndeducted for federal income tax purposes. Magnum\u0092s expense\nunder these plans was $2.4 million for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2008. These plans were merged into\nPatriot\u0092s 401(k) Plan effective January 1, 2009.\n\n(17)\n\nPostretirement\nHealthcare Benefits\n\nThe Company currently provides healthcare and life insurance\nbenefits to qualifying salaried and hourly retirees and their\ndependents from defined benefit plans established by Peabody and\ncontinued by Patriot after the spin-off. Plan coverage for\nhealth and life insurance benefits is provided to certain hourly\nretirees in accordance with the applicable labor agreement.\n\n54\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nNet periodic postretirement benefit costs included the following\ncomponents:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n2006\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nService cost for benefits earned\n\n$\n\n1,731\n\n$\n\n981\n\n$\n\n599\n\nInterest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation\n\n51,472\n\n65,964\n\n62,385\n\nAmortization of prior service cost\n\n(680\n\n)\n\n(1,306\n\n)\n\n(2,545\n\n)\n\nAmortization of actuarial losses\n\n13,516\n\n34,260\n\n26,866\n\nNet periodic postretirement benefit costs\n\n$\n\n66,039\n\n$\n\n99,899\n\n$\n\n87,305\n\nThe following table sets forth the plans\u0092 combined funded\nstatus reconciled with the amounts shown in the consolidated\nbalance sheets:\n\nPeabody assumed certain of the Company\u0092s retiree healthcare\nliabilities at the spin-off, which are valued at\n$597.6 million as of December 31, 2008 and are not\nreflected above. These liabilities included certain obligations\nunder the Coal Act for which Peabody and Patriot are jointly and\nseverally liable, obligations under the 2007 National Bituminous\nCoal Wage Act for which the Company is secondarily liable, and\nobligations for certain active, vested employees of the Company.\n\n55\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nAs a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 158 on\nDecember 31, 2006, the accrued postretirement benefit\nliability recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007 reflects the accumulated\npostretirement benefit obligation less any portion that is\ncurrently funded. The accumulated actuarial loss and prior\nservice costs that had not yet been reflected in net periodic\npostretirement benefit costs were included in \u0093Accumulated\nother comprehensive loss\u0094.\n\nThe Company amortizes actuarial gains and losses using a 0%\ncorridor with an amortization period that covers the average\nremaining service period of active employees (6.47 years,\n6.47 years and 8.47 years utilized for 2008, 2007 and\n2006, respectively). For the year ending December 31, 2009,\nan estimated actuarial loss of $18.4 million and an\nestimated gain from prior service cost of $0.6 million will\nbe amortized from accumulated comprehensive loss into net\nperiodic postretirement costs.\n\nThe weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit\nobligations as of the end of each year were as follows:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\nDiscount rate\n\n6.80%\n\n6.80%\n\nRate of compensation increase\n\n3.50%\n\n3.50%\n\nMeasurement date\n\nDecember 31, 2008\n\nDecember 31, 2007\n\nThe weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic\nbenefit cost were as follows:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n2006\n\nDiscount rate\n\n6.80%\n\n6.00%\n\n5.90%\n\nRate of compensation increase\n\n3.50%\n\n3.50%\n\n3.50%\n\nMeasurement date\n\nDecember 31, 2007\n\nDecember 31, 2006\n\nDecember 31, 2005\n\nThe discount rate used for Magnum for the five months of 2008\nfollowing acquisition was 7.25%. The discount rate above for\n2008 was for the full twelve months.\n\nThe following presents information about the assumed healthcare\ncost trend rate:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\nHealthcare cost trend rate assumed for next year\n\n9.25\n\n%\n\n7.50\n\n%\n\nRate to which the cost trend is assumed to decline (the ultimate\ntrend rate)\n\n4.75\n\n%\n\n4.75\n\n%\n\nYear that the rate reaches that ultimate trend rate\n\n2014\n\n2013\n\nAssumed healthcare cost trend rates have a significant effect on\nthe amounts reported for healthcare plans. A one\npercentage-point change in the assumed healthcare cost trend\nwould have the following effects:\n\n+1.0%\n\n-1.0%\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nEffect on total service and interest cost components\n\n$\n\n10,058\n\n$\n\n(8,220\n\n)\n\nEffect on year-end postretirement benefit obligation\n\n127,213\n\n(105,631\n\n)\n\nPlan\nAssets\n\nThe Company\u0092s postretirement benefit plans are unfunded.\n\n56\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nEstimated\nFuture Benefits Payments\n\nThe following benefit payments (net of retiree contributions),\nwhich reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are\nexpected to be paid by Patriot:\n\nPostretirement\n\nBenefits\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\n2009\n\n$\n\n61,674\n\n2010\n\n67,205\n\n2011\n\n75,600\n\n2012\n\n79,936\n\n2013\n\n84,488\n\nYears\n2014-2018\n\n454,930\n\nMedicare\nand Other Plan Changes\n\nEffective January 1, 2007, the Company entered into a new\nlabor relations agreement for certain UMWA represented employees\nin Appalachia. The provisions of the new agreement resulted in\nan actuarially determined projected increase in healthcare costs\nof $11.7 million primarily in relation to the elimination\nof certain deductibles.\n\nMulti-Employer\nBenefit Plans\n\nRetirees formerly employed by certain subsidiaries and their\npredecessors, who were members of the UMWA; last worked before\nJanuary 1, 1976; and were receiving health benefits on\nJuly 20, 1992; receive health benefits provided by the\nCombined Fund, a fund created by the Coal Act. The Coal Act\nrequires former employers (including certain entities of the\nCompany) and their affiliates to contribute to the Combined Fund\naccording to a formula. The Coal Act also established the 1992\nBenefit Plan, which provides medical and death benefits to\npersons who are not eligible for the Combined Fund, who retired\nprior to October 1, 1994. A prior national labor agreement\nestablished the 1993 Benefit Plan to provide health benefits for\nretired miners not covered by the Coal Act. The 1993 Benefit\nPlan provides benefits to qualifying retired former employees,\nwho retired after September 30, 1994, of certain signatory\ncompanies which have gone out of business and defaulted in\nproviding their former employees with retiree medical benefits.\nBeneficiaries continue to be added to this fund as employers go\nout of business. The Company expects to pay $19.1 million\nin 2009 related to these funds.\n\nThe Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 2006 (the 2006\nAct), enacted in December 2006, amended the federal laws\nestablishing the Combined Fund, 1992 Benefit Plan and the 1993\nBenefit Plan. Among other things, the 2006 Act guarantees full\nfunding of all beneficiaries in the Combined Fund, provides\nfunds on a phased-in basis for the 1992 Benefit Plan, and\nauthorizes the trustees of the 1993 Benefit Plan to determine\nthe contribution rates through 2010 for pre-2007 beneficiaries.\nThe new and additional federal expenditures to the Combined\nFund, 1992 Benefit Plan, 1993 Benefit Plan and certain Abandoned\nMine Land payments to the states and Indian tribes are\ncollectively limited by an aggregate annual cap of\n$490 million. To the extent that (i) the annual\nfunding of the programs exceeds this amount (plus the amount of\ninterest from the Abandoned Mine Land trust fund paid with\nrespect to the Combined Fund), and (ii) Congress does not\nallocate additional funds to cover the shortfall, contributing\nemployers and affiliates, including some of the Company\u0092s\nentities, would be responsible for the additional costs.\n\nThe Company has recorded actuarially determined liabilities\nrepresenting a portion of the amount anticipated to be due to\nthese funds. The noncurrent portion related to these obligations\nwas $42.5 million and $31.1 million as of\nDecember 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and is reflected\nin \u0093Obligation to industry fund\u0094 in the consolidated\nbalance sheets. The current portion related to these obligations\nreflected in \u0093Trade accounts payable and accrued\nexpenses\u0094 in the consolidated balance sheets was\n$6.6 million and $5.2 million as of December 31,\n2008 and 2007,\n\n57\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nrespectively. Expense of $2.6 million was recognized\nrelated to these obligations for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2008, and consisted of interest discount of\n$2.7 million and amortization of actuarial gain of\n$0.1 million. Expense of $2.9 million was recognized\nrelated to these obligations for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2007, and consisted of interest discount of\n$2.3 million and amortization of actuarial loss of\n$0.6 million. Expense of $2.5 million was recognized\nrelated to these obligations for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2006, and consisted of interest discount of\n$2.4 million and amortization of actuarial loss of\n$0.1 million. The Company made payments of\n$6.1 million, $5.5 million and $8.3 million to\nthese obligations for the years ended December 31, 2008,\n2007 and 2006, respectively.\n\nAs a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 158 on\nDecember 31, 2006, the obligation to industry fund recorded\non the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2008 and\n2007 reflects the obligation less any portion that is currently\nfunded. The accumulated actuarial gain that has not yet been\nreflected in expense as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 was\n$0.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and is\nincluded in \u0093Accumulated other comprehensive loss.\u0094\n\nA portion of these funds qualifies under SFAS No. 106\nas multi-employer benefit plans, which allows the Company to\nrecognize expense as contributions are made. The expense related\nto these funds was $11.8 million, $15.9 million and\n$6.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2008,\n2007 and 2006, respectively.\n\nPursuant to the provisions of the Coal Act and the 1992 Benefit\nPlan, the Company was required to provide security in an amount\nequal to three times the annual cost of providing healthcare\nbenefits for all individuals receiving benefits from the 1992\nBenefit Plan who are attributable to the Company, plus all\nindividuals receiving benefits from an individual employer plan\nmaintained by the Company who are entitled to receive such\nbenefits. Beginning in 2007, the amount of security the Company\nwas required to provide for the 1992 Benefit Plan was reduced to\none times the annual cost to provide the above mentioned\nhealthcare benefits.\n\n(18)\n\nRelated\nParty Transactions\n\nPrior to the spin-off, Patriot routinely entered into\ntransactions with Peabody and its affiliates. The terms of these\ntransactions were outlined in agreements executed by Peabody and\nits affiliates.\n\nThe Company sold 12.1 million tons of coal resulting in\nrevenues of $578.1 million for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2008; 21.6 million tons of coal resulting\nin revenues of $1.03 billion for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2007; and 24.3 million tons of coal\nresulting in revenues of $1.13 billion for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2006 to a marketing affiliate of Peabody,\nwhich negotiated and maintained coal sales contracts. These\nsales were made at prices paid by outside third-party customers,\nwith the exception in 2008 of one major coal supply agreement\nwhich was re-priced to reflect the then market price as part of\nthe spin-off from Peabody. As of December 31, 2008,\n\u0093Accounts receivable and other\u0094 on the consolidated\nbalances sheets included $34.8 million of outstanding trade\nreceivables from Peabody related to coal sales. As of\nDecember 31, 2007, the majority of the \u0093Accounts\nreceivable and other\u0094 on the consolidated balance sheets\nrepresented outstanding trade receivables from Peabody related\nto coal sales.\n\nSelling and administrative expenses include $37.3 million\nand $47.9 million for the twelve months ended\nDecember 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, for services\nprovided by Peabody and represent an allocation of Peabody\ngeneral corporate expenses to all of its mining operations, both\nforeign and domestic, based on principal activity, headcount,\ntons sold and revenues as applicable to the specific expense\nbeing allocated. The allocated expenses generally reflected\nservice costs for: marketing and sales, legal, finance and\ntreasury, public relations, human resources, environmental\nengineering and internal audit. Different general accounting\nallocation bases or methods could have been used and could have\nresulted in significantly different results. The allocation from\nPeabody was not necessarily indicative of the selling and\nadministrative expenses that would have been incurred if Patriot\nhad been an independent entity.\n\n58\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nPatriot recognized interest expense of $4.1 million and\n$5.0 million for the twelve months ended December 31,\n2007 and 2006, respectively, related to a $62.0 million\nintercompany demand note payable to Peabody, which was forgiven\nat spin-off.\n\nPatriot entered into certain agreements with Peabody to provide\ntransition services following the spin-off. As of\nSeptember 30, 2008, Peabody is no longer providing support\nto Patriot. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2008,\ntransition service expenses were $1.4 million, and are\nincluded in \u0093Selling and administrative expenses\u0094 in\nthe consolidated statements of operations.\n\nIn 2007 and 2006, the Company received contributions from\nPeabody of $43.6 million and $44.5 million,\nrespectively, primarily for the funding of acquisitions.\n\nIn June 2007, Peabody exchanged numerous oil and gas rights and\nassets owned throughout its operations, including some owned by\nPatriot, for coal reserves in West Virginia and Kentucky.\nPeabody did not allocate gain recognized from this transaction\nto Patriot but contributed to Patriot approximately\n28 million tons of West Virginia coal reserves. These\nreserves are located in the Pittsburgh coal seam adjacent to\nPatriot\u0092s Federal No. 2 mining operations and were\nvalued at $45.2 million.\n\nArcLight Energy Partners Fund I L.P. (ArcLight) is a\nsignificant stockholder of Patriot due to its former ownership\nof Magnum. In January 2007, ArcLight purchased from a third\nparty rights to a royalty stream based on coal mined on certain\nproperties, and then leased the rights to one of Magnum\u0092s\noperations. Royalty payments to ArcLight for the period from\nJuly 23, 2008 to December 31, 2008 were approximately\n$475,000.\n\n(19)\n\nGuarantees\n\nIn the normal course of business, Patriot is a party to\nguarantees and financial instruments with off-balance-sheet\nrisk, such as bank letters of credit, performance or surety\nbonds and other guarantees and indemnities, which are not\nreflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Such\nfinancial instruments are valued based on the amount of exposure\nunder the instrument and the likelihood of required performance.\nManagement does not expect any material losses to result from\nthese guarantees or off-balance-sheet instruments.\n\nLetters\nof Credit and Bonding\n\nThe Company\u0092s letters of credit and surety bonds in support\nof the Company\u0092s reclamation, lease, workers\u0092\ncompensation and other obligations were as follows as of\nDecember 31, 2008:\n\nWorkers\u0092\n\nRetiree\n\nReclamation\n\nLease\n\nCompensation\n\nHealth\n\nObligations\n\nObligations\n\nObligations\n\nObligations\n\nOther(1)\n\nTotal\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nSurety Bonds\n\n$\n\n135,506\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n19,487\n\n$\n\n154,993\n\nLetters of Credit\n\n92,239\n\n13,399\n\n189,488\n\n49,849\n\n5,841\n\n350,816\n\n$\n\n227,745\n\n$\n\n13,399\n\n$\n\n189,488\n\n$\n\n49,849\n\n$\n\n25,328\n\n$\n\n505,809\n\n(1)\n\nOther includes letters of credit and surety bonds related to\ncollateral for surety companies and bank guarantees, road\nmaintenance and performance guarantees.\n\nAdditionally, as of December 31, 2007, Peabody continued to\nguarantee certain bonds (self bonding) related to Patriot\nliabilities that had not yet been replaced by Patriot surety\nbonds. Patriot replaced these Peabody self bonds in 2008.\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, Arch Coal, Inc. (Arch) held surety\nbonds of $93.6 million related to properties acquired by\nPatriot in the Magnum acquisition, of which $91.9 million\nrelated to reclamation. As a result of the\n\n59\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nacquisition, Patriot is required to post letters of credit in\nArch\u0092s favor at an increasing percentage of the accrued\nreclamation liabilities beginning August 2009 through February\n2011.\n\nIn relation to an exchange transaction involving the acquisition\nof Illinois Basin coal reserves in 2005, the Company guaranteed\nbonding for a partnership in which it formerly held an interest.\nThe aggregate amount that the Company guaranteed was\n$2.8 million and the fair value of the guarantee recognized\nas a liability was $0.3 million as of December 31,\n2008. The Company\u0092s obligation under the guarantee extends\nto September 2015.\n\nOther\nGuarantees\n\nPatriot is the lessee or sublessee under numerous equipment and\nproperty leases. It is common in such commercial lease\ntransactions for Patriot, as the lessee, to agree to indemnify\nthe lessor for the value of the property or equipment leased,\nshould the property be damaged or lost during the course of\nPatriot\u0092s operations. Patriot expects that losses with\nrespect to leased property would be covered by insurance\n(subject to deductibles). Patriot and certain of its\nsubsidiaries have guaranteed other subsidiaries\u0092\nperformance under their various lease obligations. Aside from\nindemnification of the lessor for the value of the property\nleased, Patriot\u0092s maximum potential obligations under their\nleases are equal to the respective future minimum lease\npayments, assuming no amounts could be recovered from third\nparties.\n\n(20)\n\nCommitments\nand Contingencies\n\nCommitments\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, purchase commitments for capital\nexpenditures were $68.1 million.\n\nOther\n\nAt times Patriot becomes a party to claims, lawsuits,\narbitration proceedings and administrative procedures in the\nordinary course of business. Management believes that the\nultimate resolution of such pending or threatened proceedings is\nnot reasonably likely to have a material effect on\nPatriot\u0092s financial position, results of operations or cash\nflows. The Company\u0092s significant legal proceedings are\ndiscussed below.\n\nFlood\nLitigation\n\n2001\nFlood Litigation\n\nOne of the Company\u0092s subsidiaries, Catenary Coal Company,\nLLC (Catenary), has been named as defendant, along with various\nother property owners, coal companies, timbering companies and\noil and natural gas companies, in connection with alleged\ndamages arising from flooding that occurred on July 8, 2001\nin various watersheds primarily located in southern West\nVirginia (referred to as the 2001 flood litigation). Pursuant to\norders from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the\ncases are being handled as mass litigation, and a panel of three\njudges was appointed to handle the matters that have been\ndivided between the judges pursuant to the various watersheds.\n\nOne of the cases, in the Upper Guyandotte River watershed, went\nto trial against two defendants, both of which were land holding\ncompanies, to determine whether the plaintiffs could establish\nliability. The jury found in favor of the plaintiffs, but the\njudge in this matter set aside the verdict stating he committed\nreversible error by allowing certain testimony of the\nplaintiffs\u0092 experts. The judge went on to address the core\nfoundation necessary to prevail in the flood litigation in his\norder, which is whether the plaintiffs can scientifically\nestablish that a certain flood event caused\nand/or\ncontributed to injury and, if so, who caused the injury and what\npersons were injured by such conduct. An appeal of this order\nwas filed with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The\nWest Virginia Supreme Court issued its decision reversing the\ntrial judge\u0092s order and remanded the matter to the Mass\nLitigation Panel for further disposition.\n\n60\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nIn the Coal River watershed of the 2001 flood litigation,\nanother judge in the panel provided an opportunity for the\nplaintiffs to amend their complaints to more specifically\nidentify, among other things, the defendants\u0092 specific\ninjury-causing conduct, and the amount of damages sustained by\neach plaintiff. The plaintiffs were unable to meet the pleading\nstandard announced by the judge and in January 2007, the judge\nentered an order that granted defendants\u0092 motions to\ndismiss with prejudice. An appeal of this order was filed with\nthe West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The West Virginia\nSupreme Court issued its decision reversing the trial\njudge\u0092s order and remanded the matter to the Mass\nLitigation Panel for further disposition.\n\nPursuant to the purchase and sale agreement related to Magnum,\nArch Coal, Inc. (Arch) indemnifies the Company against claims\narising from certain pending litigation proceedings, including\nthe 2001 flood litigation, which obligation will continue\nindefinitely. The failure of Arch to satisfy its indemnification\nobligations under the purchase agreement could have a material\nadverse effect on the Company.\n\n2004\nFlood Litigation\n\nIn 2006, Hobet Mining, LLC (Hobet) and Catenary, two of the\nCompany\u0092s subsidiaries, were named as defendants along with\nvarious other property owners, coal companies, timbering\ncompanies and oil and natural gas companies, arising from\nflooding that occurred on May 30, 2004 in various\nwatersheds primarily located in southern West Virginia. This\nlitigation is pending before two different judges in the Circuit\nCourt of Logan County, West Virginia.\n\nIn the first action, the plaintiffs have asserted that\n(i) Hobet failed to maintain an approved drainage control\nsystem for a pond on land on, near,\nand/or\ncontiguous to the sites of flooding; and (ii) Hobet\nparticipated in the development of plans to grade, blast, and\nalter the land on, near,\nand/or\ncontiguous to the sites of the flooding. Hobet has filed a\nmotion to dismiss both claims based upon the assertion that\ninsufficient facts have been stated to support the claims of the\nplaintiffs.\n\nIn the second action, on behalf of Catenary and Hobet, motions\nto dismiss have been filed, asserting that the allegations\nasserted by the plaintiffs are conclusory in nature and likely\ndeficient as a matter of law. Most of the other defendants also\nfiled motions to dismiss. Both actions were stayed during the\npendency of the appeals to the West Virginia Supreme Court of\nAppeals in the 2001 flood litigation.\n\nThe outcome of the West Virginia flood litigation is subject to\nnumerous uncertainties. Based on the Company\u0092s evaluation\nof the issues and their potential impact, the amount of any\nfuture loss cannot be reasonably estimated. However, based on\ncurrent information, the Company believes this matter is likely\nto be resolved without a material adverse effect on its\nfinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows.\n\nClean\nWater Act Permit Issues\n\nThe federal Clean Water Act and corresponding state and local\nlaws and regulations affect coal mining operations by\nrestricting the discharge of pollutants, including dredged or\nfill materials, into waters of the United States. In particular,\nthe Clean Water Act requires effluent limitations and treatment\nstandards for wastewater discharge through the NPDES program.\nNPDES permits, which the Company must obtain for both active and\nhistorical mining operations, govern the discharge of pollutants\ninto water and require regular monitoring and reporting and set\nforth performance standards. States are empowered to develop and\nenforce \u0093in stream\u0094 water quality standards, which are\nsubject to change and must be approved by the EPA. In stream\nstandards vary from state to state.\n\n61\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nEnvironmental claims and litigation in connection with our\nvarious NPDES permits, and related Clean Water Act issues,\ninclude the following:\n\nEPA\nConsent Decree\n\nIn February 2009, the Company announced that it had entered into\na consent decree with the EPA and the West Virginia Department\nof Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to resolve certain claims\nunder the Clean Water Act and the West Virginia Water Pollution\nControl Act relating to its NPDES permits at several mining\noperations in West Virginia. The consent decree does not cover\nissues related to discharge limits for selenium, and it is\nsubject to public comment, which could result in delays,\nmodifications, or even withdrawal of the consent decree. Under\nthe current terms of the consent decree, the Company is\nobligated to pay a civil penalty of $6.5 million in 2009.\nThe Company also could be subject to stipulated penalties in the\nfuture for failure to comply with certain permit requirements as\nwell as certain other terms of the consent decree. Because the\nCompany\u0092s operations are complex and it periodically\nexperiences exceedances of its permit limitations, it is\npossible that the Company will have to pay stipulated penalties\nin the future, but the Company does not expect the amounts of\nany such penalties would be material. The civil penalty of\n$6.5 million was included in the estimated fair value of\nacquired environmental liabilities accrued as part of the Magnum\nacquisition purchase accounting described in Note 4.\n\nThe consent decree also requires the Company to implement an\nenhanced company-wide environmental management system, which\nwill include regular compliance audits, electronic tracking and\nreporting, and annual training for all employees and contractors\nwith environmental responsibilities. In addition, the Company\nwill complete several stream restoration projects in\nconsultation with the EPA and WVDEP. These latter requirements\ncould result in incremental operating costs in addition to the\n$6.5 million civil penalty. Initial estimates ranging from\n$3 million to $6 million of incremental costs could\nincrease or decrease as the Company implements the various\nrequirements.\n\nIn a separate administrative proceeding with the WVDEP, the\nCompany has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $315,000 for past\nviolations of NPDES permits held by certain subsidiaries.\n\nApogee\nCoal Company, LLC (Apogee)\n\nIn 2007, Apogee, a subsidiary of the Company, was sued in the\nU.S. District Court for the Southern District of West\nVirginia by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc. (OVEC)\nand another environmental group (pursuant to the citizen suit\nprovisions of the Clean Water Act). The Company refers to this\nlawsuit as the Federal Apogee Case. This lawsuit alleges that\nApogee has violated water discharge limits for selenium set\nforth in one of its NPDES permits. The lawsuit seeks fines and\npenalties as well as injunctions prohibiting Apogee from further\nviolating laws and its permit.\n\nCurrently, there is no reasonably available technology that has\nbeen proven effective at addressing selenium exceedances in\nmining outfalls. As a result, the WVDEP has deferred the\nobligations to comply with the selenium discharge limits in most\npermits related to mining outfalls until April 2010. However, on\nMay 28, 2008, the judge in the Federal Apogee Case\ndetermined that the attempted deferral of the selenium discharge\nlimits set forth in the relevant Apogee permit failed to meet\ncertain procedural requirements and ordered Apogee to develop\nand implement a treatment plan or to show cause of its inability\nto do so. After a July 2008 hearing, the judge ordered Apogee to\nsubmit a report specifying an explanation of the treatment\nalternatives under consideration. After Apogee submitted its\nreport, the judge entered an order requiring complete\ninstallation of treatment no later than May 31, 2009, and\nfinal compliance with the selenium discharge limits in\nApogee\u0092s NPDES permit no later than June 30, 2009.\n\nThe Company is actively engaged in studying potential solutions\nto controlling selenium discharges and is installing treatment\nfacilities at various permitted outfalls in an effort to comply\nwith the deadlines established in the Federal Apogee Case. The\npotential solutions identified to date, some of which have been\nprovided to the court,\n\n62\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nhave not been proven to be effective and otherwise may not be\nfeasible due to a range of problems concerning technological\nissues, prohibitive implementation costs and other issues. While\nthe Company is actively continuing to explore options, there can\nbe no assurance as to when a definitive solution will be\nidentified and implemented. As a result, it is possible that the\nCompany will be unable to meet the court order. While these\nselenium discharge issues generally relate to historical rather\nthan ongoing mining operations, any failure to meet the\ndeadlines or to otherwise comply with selenium limits in the\nCompany\u0092s permits could result in further litigation\nagainst the Company, an inability to obtain new permits or to\nmaintain existing permits, the incurrence of significant and\nmaterial fines and penalties or other costs and could otherwise\nmaterially adversely affect the Company\u0092s results of\noperations, cash flows and financial condition.\n\nPenalties related to the Company\u0092s violations of the\nselenium discharge limits under its NPDES permit will be\naddressed at a separate hearing before the court in November\n2009, and the Company may be subject to further penalties in the\nevent it is unable to comply with the deadlines established by\nthe court\u0092s August 2008 order. Finally, the Company will\nlikely incur significant costs related to the investigations and\nultimate installation and maintenance of treatment facilities\ndesigned to control selenium discharges. The amount of these\ncivil penalties and other costs may be significant, although the\nCompany is unable to reasonably estimate such costs at this time.\n\nThe outcome of this litigation is subject to numerous\nuncertainties. Based on the Company\u0092s evaluation of the\nissues and their potential impact, the amount of any future loss\ncannot be reasonably estimated.\n\nHobet\n\nIn 2007, Hobet was sued for exceedances of effluent limits\ncontained in its NPDES permits in state court in Boone County by\nthe WVDEP. The Company refers to this case as the WVDEP Action.\nIn 2008, OVEC and another environmental group filed a lawsuit\nagainst Hobet and WVDEP in the U.S. District Court for the\nSouthern District of West Virginia (pursuant to the citizen suit\nprovisions of the Clean Water Act). The Company refers to this\ncase as the Federal Hobet Case. The Federal Hobet Case involves\nthe same NPDES permits that are the subject of the WVDEP Action\nin state court. However, the Federal Hobet Case is focused\nexclusively on selenium exceedances in permitted water\ndischarges, while the WVDEP Action addresses several pollutant\ndischarge limits including selenium.\n\nThe WVDEP Action was resolved by a settlement and consent order\nentered in the Boone County circuit court on September 5,\n2008. As part of the settlement, the Company agreed to pay\napproximately $1.5 million in civil penalties, with\n$500,000 due immediately and the remaining approximately\n$1 million payable in ten monthly installments. The\nsettlement also requires the Company to complete five\nsupplemental environmental projects estimated to cost\napproximately $2.6 million, many of which focus on\nidentifying methods for treatment of selenium discharges and\nstudying the effects of selenium on aquatic wildlife. Finally,\nthe Company agreed to make gradual reductions in its selenium\ndischarges from its Hobet Job 21 Surface Mine, achieving full\ncompliance with its NPDES permits by April 2010, and to study\npotential treatments for wastewater runoff.\n\nFollowing the WVDEP Action settlement, motions to dismiss and\nfor summary judgment have been filed by both sides and are\npending in the Federal Hobet Case. To date, the federal court\nhas dismissed all injunctive claims asserted by the plaintiffs\nas moot because of the WVDEP Action settlement. However, the\nfederal court is still considering a pending motion to dismiss\nplaintiffs\u0092 claims for civil penalties. The Company expects\nto pay an additional penalty relating to the period of time not\ncovered by the WVDEP Action settlement, which could exceed\n$100,000, but which the Company does not anticipate will be\nmaterial. It is also possible that the federal court would hold\nthat the plaintiffs continue to maintain viable claims for\nadditional civil penalties.\n\nAs a result of the litigation involving Apogee and Hobet, the\nprocess of applying for new permits has become more\ntime-consuming and complex, the review and approval process is\ntaking longer, and in certain cases, new\n\n63\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\npermits may not be issued. The lack of proven treatment methods\nfor selenium discharges also causes uncertainty as to the\nmagnitude of the Company\u0092s future liability. Based on the\nCompany\u0092s evaluation of the issues and their potential\nimpact, the amount of any future loss cannot be reasonably\nestimated.\n\nCERCLA and similar state laws create liability for investigation\nand remediation in response to releases of hazardous substances\nin the environment and for damages to natural resources. Under\nCERCLA and many similar state statutes, joint and several\nliability may be imposed on waste generators, site owners and\noperators and others regardless of fault. These regulations\ncould require the Company to do some or all of the following:\n(i) remove or mitigate the effects on the environment at\nvarious sites from the disposal or release of certain\nsubstances; (ii) perform remediation work at such sites;\nand (iii) pay damages for loss of use and non-use values.\n\nAlthough waste substances generated by coal mining and\nprocessing are generally not regarded as hazardous substances\nfor the purposes of CERCLA and similar legislation and are\ngenerally covered by SMCRA, some products used by coal companies\nin operations, such as chemicals, and the disposal of these\nproducts are governed by CERCLA. Thus, coal mines currently or\npreviously owned or operated by the Company, and sites to which\nthe Company has sent waste materials, may be subject to\nliability under CERCLA and similar state laws. A predecessor of\none of the Company\u0092s subsidiaries has been named as a\npotentially responsible party at a third-party site, but given\nthe large number of entities involved at the site and the\nCompany\u0092s anticipated share of expected cleanup costs, the\nCompany believes that its ultimate liability, if any, will not\nbe material to the Company\u0092s financial condition and\nresults of operations.\n\nOther\nEnvironmental Litigation\n\nApogee has been sued, along with eight other defendants,\nincluding Monsanto Company, Pharmacia Corporation and Akzo Nobel\nChemicals, Inc. by certain plaintiffs in state court in Putnam\nCounty, West Virginia. The lawsuits were filed in October 2007,\nbut not served on Apogee until February 2008, and each are\nidentical except for the named plaintiff. They each allege\npersonal injury occasioned by exposure to dioxin generated by a\nplant owned and operated by certain of the other defendants\nduring production of a chemical, 2,4,5-T, from\n1949-1969.\nApogee is alleged to be liable as the successor to the\nliabilities of a company that owned and/or controlled a dump\nsite known as the Manila Creek landfill, which allegedly\nreceived and incinerated dioxin-contaminated waste from the\nplant. The lawsuits seek class action certification as well as\ncompensatory and punitive damages for personal injury. Under the\nterms of the governing lease, Monsanto has assumed the defense\nof these lawsuits and has agreed to indemnify Apogee for any\nrelated damages. The failure of Monsanto to satisfy its\nindemnification obligations under the lease could have a\nmaterial adverse effect on the Company.\n\nOne of the Company\u0092s subsidiaries operated the Eagle\nNo. 2 mine located near Shawneetown, Illinois from 1969\nuntil closure of the mine in July of 1993. In 1999, the State of\nIllinois brought a proceeding before the Illinois Pollution\nControl Board against the subsidiary alleging that groundwater\ncontamination due to leaching from a coal waste pile at the mine\nsite violated state standards. The subsidiary has developed a\nremediation plan with the State of Illinois and is in litigation\nwith the Illinois Attorney General\u0092s office with respect to\nits claim for a civil penalty of $1.3 million.\n\nOn December 31, 2008, 45 related lawsuits were filed by 116\nplaintiffs against several coal companies, including one of the\nCompany\u0092s subsidiaries in the Circuit Court of Boone\nCounty, West Virginia. The plaintiffs in each case allege\ncontamination of their drinking water wells from slurry\nimpoundments in Boone County. The lawsuits seek property\ndamages, personal injury damages and medical monitoring costs.\nBecause of the early stage of the lawsuits, we are unable to\npredict the likelihood of success of the plaintiffs\u0092\nclaims, though the Company intends to vigorously defend against\nall claims.\n\n64\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nThe outcome of this other environmental litigation is subject to\nnumerous uncertainties. Based on the Company\u0092s evaluation\nof the issues and their potential impact, the amount of any\nfuture loss cannot be reasonably estimated. However, based on\ncurrent information, the Company believes these matters are\nlikely to be resolved without a material adverse effect on the\nCompany\u0092s financial condition, results of operations and\ncash flows.\n\n(21)\n\nSegment\nInformation\n\nPatriot reports its operations through two reportable operating\nsegments, Appalachia and Illinois Basin. The Appalachia and\nIllinois Basin segments primarily consist of Patriot\u0092s\nmining operations in West Virginia and Kentucky, respectively.\nThe principal business of the Appalachia segment is the mining,\npreparation and sale of thermal coal, sold primarily to electric\nutilities and metallurgical coal, sold to steel and coke\nproducers. The principal business of the Illinois Basin segment\nis the mining, preparation and sale of thermal coal, sold\nprimarily to electric utilities. For the twelve months ended\nDecember 31, 2008, 79% of Patriot\u0092s sales were to\nelectricity generators and 21% to steel and coke producers. For\nthe twelve months ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,\nPatriot\u0092s revenues attributable to foreign countries, based\non where the product was shipped, were $241.3 million and\n$120.8 million, respectively. Patriot utilizes underground\nand surface mining methods and produces coal with high and\nmedium Btu content. Patriot\u0092s operations have relatively\nshort shipping distances from the mine to most of its domestic\nutility customers and certain metallurgical coal customers.\n\u0093Corporate and Other\u0094 includes selling and\nadministrative expenses, net gains on disposal or exchange of\nassets and costs associated with past mining obligations.\n\nPatriot\u0092s chief operating decision makers use Adjusted\nEBITDA as the primary measure of segment profit and loss.\nAdjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) attributable to\nPatriot before deducting\nnet interest expense; income taxes; noncontrolling interest; asset\nretirement obligation expense; depreciation, depletion and\namortization; and net sales contract accretion excluding\nback-to-back coal purchase and sales contracts. The net contract\naccretion on the back-to-back coal purchase and sale contracts\nreflects the net accretion related to certain coal purchase and\nsales contracts existing prior to July 23, 2008, whereby\nMagnum purchased coal from third parties to fulfill tonnage\ncommitments on sales contracts. Because Segment Adjusted EBITDA\nis not calculated identically by all companies, Patriot\u0092s\ncalculation may not be comparable to similarly titled measures\nof other companies.\n\nOperating segment results for the year ended December 31,\n2008 were as follows:\n\nCorporate\n\nAppalachia\n\nIllinois Basin\n\nand Other\n(1)\n\nConsolidated\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nRevenues\n\n$\n\n1,370,979\n\n$\n\n283,643\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n1,654,622\n\nAdjusted EBITDA\n\n172,994\n\n13,155\n\n(141,911\n\n)\n\n44,238\n\nAdditions to property, plant, equipment and mine development\n\n107,358\n\n10,893\n\n3,137\n\n121,388\n\nLoss from equity affiliates\n\n(915\n\n)\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\n(915\n\n)\n\nOperating segment results for the year ended December 31,\n2007 were as follows:\n\nCorporate\n\nAppalachia\n\nIllinois Basin\n\nand Other(1)\n\nConsolidated\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nRevenues\n\n$\n\n821,116\n\n$\n\n252,246\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n1,073,362\n\nAdjusted EBITDA\n\n89,850\n\n11,862\n\n(101,281\n\n)\n\n431\n\nAdditions to property, plant, equipment and mine development\n\n48,955\n\n6,639\n\n\u0097\n\n55,594\n\nIncome from equity affiliates\n\n63\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\n63\n\n65\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nOperating segment results for the year ended December 31,\n2006 were as follows:\n\nCorporate\n\nAppalachia\n\nIllinois Basin\n\nand Other\n(1)\n\nConsolidated\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nRevenues\n\n$\n\n890,198\n\n$\n\n257,721\n\n$\n\n\u0097\n\n$\n\n1,147,919\n\nAdjusted EBITDA\n\n204,827\n\n(1,900\n\n)\n\n(76,158\n\n)\n\n126,769\n\nAdditions to property, plant, equipment and mine development\n\n72,236\n\n7,988\n\n\u0097\n\n80,224\n\nIncome from equity affiliates\n\n60\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\n60\n\n(1)\n\nCorporate and Other results include the gains on disposal of\nassets discussed in Note 6.\n\nA reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss)\nattributable to Patriot follows:\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\n2006\n\n(Dollars in thousands)\n\nConsolidated Adjusted EBITDA\n\n$\n\n44,238\n\n$\n\n431\n\n$\n\n126,769\n\nDepreciation, depletion and amortization\n\n(125,356\n\n)\n\n(85,640\n\n)\n\n(86,458\n\n)\n\nSales contract accretion\n\n249,522\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\nAsset retirement obligation expense\n\n(19,260\n\n)\n\n(20,144\n\n)\n\n(24,282\n\n)\n\nInterest expense\n\n(23,648\n\n)\n\n(8,337\n\n)\n\n(11,419\n\n)\n\nInterest income\n\n17,232\n\n11,543\n\n1,417\n\nIncome tax provision\n\n\u0097\n\n\u0097\n\n(8,350\n\n)\n\nNet income (loss)\n\n142,728\n\n(102,147\n\n)\n\n(2,323\n\n)\n\nNet income attributable to noncontrolling interest\n\n\u0097\n\n(4,721\n\n)\n\n(11,169\n\n)\n\nNet income (loss) attributable to Patriot\n\n$\n\n142,728\n\n$\n\n(106,868\n\n)\n\n$\n\n(13,492\n\n)\n\n(22)\n\nStockholders\u0092\nEquity\n\nCommon\nStock\n\nOn October 31, 2007, the spin-off of Patriot from Peabody\nwas completed and holders of Peabody common stock received a\ndividend of one share of Patriot common stock for each ten\nshares of Peabody common stock that they owned. The Company has\n100 million authorized shares of $0.01 par value\ncommon stock. Each share of common stock will be entitled to one\nvote in the election of directors and all other matters\nsubmitted to stockholder vote. Except as otherwise required by\nlaw or provided in any resolution adopted by the Board of\nDirectors with respect to any series of preferred stock, the\nholders of common stock will possess all voting power. The\nholders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights. In\ngeneral, all matters submitted to a meeting of stockholders,\nother than as described below, shall be decided by vote of a\nmajority of the shares of Patriot\u0092s common stock. Directors\nare elected by a plurality of the shares of Patriot\u0092s\ncommon stock.\n\nSubject to preferences that may be applicable to any series of\npreferred stock, the owners of Patriot\u0092s common stock may\nreceive dividends when declared by the Board of Directors.\nCommon stockholders will share equally in the distribution of\nall assets remaining after payment to creditors and preferred\nstockholders upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the\nCompany, whether voluntarily or not. The common stock will have\nno preemptive or similar rights.\n\nEffective August 11, 2008, the Company implemented a\ntwo-for-one stock split on all shares of its common stock. All\nshare and per share amounts in these consolidated financial\nstatements and related notes reflect the stock split.\n\n66\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nThe following table summarizes common share activity from\nOctober 31, 2007 to December 31, 2008:\n\nShares\n\nOutstanding\n\nOctober 31, 2007\n\n53,141,880\n\nStock grants to employees\n\n375,656\n\nDecember 31, 2007\n\n53,517,536\n\nStock grants to employees\n\n5,697\n\nEmployee stock purchases\n\n56,654\n\nShares issued to Magnum shareholders\n\n23,803,312\n\nDecember 31, 2008\n\n77,383,199\n\nPreferred\nStock\n\nIn addition to the common stock, the Board of Directors is\nauthorized to issue up to 10 million shares of\n$0.01 par value preferred stock. The authorized preferred\nshares include one million shares of Series A Junior\nParticipating Preferred Stock. Patriot\u0092s certificate of\nincorporation authorizes the Board of Directors, without the\napproval of the stockholders, to fix the designation, powers,\npreferences and rights of one or more series of preferred stock,\nwhich may be greater than those of the common stock. Patriot\nbelieves that the ability of the Board to issue one or more\nseries of preferred stock will provide the Company with\nflexibility in structuring possible future financings and\nacquisitions and in meeting other corporate needs that might\narise. The issuance of shares of preferred stock, or the\nissuance of rights to purchase shares of preferred stock, could\nbe used to discourage an unsolicited acquisition proposal. There\nwere no outstanding shares of preferred stock as of\nDecember 31, 2008.\n\nThe Board of Directors of Patriot adopted a stockholders rights\nplan pursuant to the Rights Agreement with American Stock\nTransfer & Trust Company (the Rights Agreement).\nIn connection with the Rights Agreement, on October 31,\n2007, the Company filed the Certificate of Designations of\nSeries A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the\nCertificate of Designations) with the Secretary of State of the\nState of Delaware. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designations,\nthe Company designated 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock\nas Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock having the\ndesignations, rights, preferences and limitations set forth in\nthe Rights Agreement. Each preferred share purchase right\nrepresents the right to purchase one-half of one-hundredth of a\nshare of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.\n\nThe rights have certain anti-takeover effects. If the rights\nbecome exercisable, the rights will cause substantial dilution\nto a person or group that attempts to acquire Patriot on terms\nnot approved by the Board of Directors, except pursuant to any\noffer conditioned on a substantial number of rights being\nacquired. The rights should not interfere with any merger or\nother business combination approved by the Board since the\nrights may be redeemed by the Company at a nominal price prior\nto the time that a person or group has acquired beneficial\nownership of 15% or more of common stock. Thus, the rights are\nintended to encourage persons who may seek to acquire control of\nthe Company to initiate such an acquisition through negotiations\nwith the Board. However, the effect of the rights may be to\ndiscourage a third party from making a partial tender offer or\notherwise attempting to obtain a substantial equity position in\nPatriot\u0092s equity securities or seeking to obtain control of\nthe Company. To the extent any potential acquirers are deterred\nby the rights, the rights may have the effect of preserving\nincumbent management in office. There were no outstanding shares\nof Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as of\nDecember 31, 2008.\n\nThe Company has not paid cash dividends and does not anticipate\nthat it will pay cash dividends on its common stock in the near\nterm. The declaration and amount of future dividends, if any,\nwill be determined by the Company\u0092s Board of Directors and\nwill be dependent upon covenant limitations in the\nCompany\u0092s credit facility and other debt\n\n67\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nagreements, the Company\u0092s financial condition and future\nearnings, the Company\u0092s capital, legal and regulatory\nrequirements, and other factors the Board deems relevant.\n\n(23)\n\nStock-Based\nCompensation\n\nThe Company has one equity incentive plan for employees and\neligible non-employee directors that allows for the issuance of\nshare-based compensation in the form of restricted stock,\nincentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock\nappreciation rights, performance awards, restricted stock units\nand deferred stock units. Members of the Company\u0092s Board of\nDirectors are eligible for deferred stock unit grants at the\ndate of their election and annually. This plan has\n5.2 million shares of the Company\u0092s common stock\navailable for grant, with 2.5 million shares available for\ngrant as of December 31, 2008. Additionally, the Company\nhas established an employee stock purchase plan that provides\nfor the purchase of up to 2.0 million shares of the\nCompany\u0092s common stock, with 1.9 million shares\navailable for grant as of December 31, 2008.\n\nShare-based compensation expense of $7.3 million and\n$1.3 million was recorded in \u0093Selling and\nadministrative expenses\u0094 in the consolidated statements of\noperations at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and\n$0.6 million was recorded in \u0093Operating costs and\nexpenses\u0094 for the year ended December 31, 2008.\nShare-based compensation expense included $1.4 million and\n$0.3 million related to awards from restricted stock and\nstock options granted by Peabody to Patriot employees prior to\nspin-off for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,\nrespectively. As of December 31, 2008, the total\nunrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested awards\ngranted after the spin-off was $7.5 million, net of taxes,\nwhich is expected to be recognized over seven years. As of\nDecember 31, 2008, the total unrecognized compensation cost\nrelated to nonvested awards granted by Peabody prior to the\nspin-off was $1.7 million, net of taxes, which is expected\nto be recognized through 2011.\n\nRestricted\nStock\n\nThe Company has restricted stock agreements in place for grants\nto employees and service providers of the Company and its\nsubsidiaries and affiliates. Generally, these agreements provide\nthat restricted stock issued will fully vest on the third\nanniversary of the date the restricted stock was granted to the\nemployee or service provider. However, the restricted stock will\nfully vest sooner if a grantee terminates employment with or\nstops providing services to the Company because of death or\ndisability, or if a change in control occurs (as such term is\ndefined in the Patriot Coal Corporation 2007 Long-Term Equity\nIncentive Plan (the Equity Plan)).\n\nA summary of restricted stock award activity is as follows:\n\nWeighted\n\nYear Ended\n\nAverage\n\nDecember 31,\n\nGrant-Date\n\n2008\n\nFair Value\n\nNonvested at January 1, 2008\n\n375,656\n\n$\n\n18.75\n\nGranted\n\n54,681\n\n54.60\n\nForfeited\n\n(48,984\n\n)\n\n20.01\n\nNonvested at December 31, 2008\n\n381,353\n\n23.73\n\nExtended\nLong-Term Incentive Restricted Stock Units\n\nThe Company has extended long-term incentive restricted stock\nunits agreements in place for grants to employees and service\nproviders. These agreements grant restricted stock units that\nvest over time as well as restricted stock units that vest based\nupon the Company\u0092s financial performance. In general, the\nrestricted stock units that vest over time will be 50% vested on\nthe fifth anniversary of the initial date of grant, 75% vested\non the sixth such anniversary and 100% vested on the seventh\nsuch anniversary. However, the restricted stock units that vest\nover time will fully vest sooner if a grantee terminates\nemployment with or stops providing services to the\n\n68\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nCompany because of death or disability, or if a change in\ncontrol occurs (as such term is defined in the Equity Plan). The\nperformance-based restricted stock units vest according to a\nformula described in the form of Extended Long-Term Incentive\nRestricted Stock Units Agreement, which is primarily based on\nthe Company\u0092s financial performance as measured by EBITDA,\nreturn on equity and leverage ratios. The achievements of the\nperformance-based unit calculations is determined on December 31\nfollowing the fifth, sixth and seventh anniversaries of the\ninitial grant date. The Company estimated the number of\nperformance-based units that are expected to vest and utilized\nthis amount in the calculation of the stock-based compensation\nexpense related to these awards. Any changes to this estimate\nwill impact stock-based compensation expense in the period the\nestimate is changed.\n\nIn addition, the Company has deferred stock units agreements in\nplace for grants to non-employee directors of Patriot. These\nagreements provide that the deferred stock units will fully vest\non the first anniversary of the date of grant, but only if the\nnon-employee director served as a director for the entire\none-year period between the date of grant and the first\nanniversary of the grant. However, the deferred stock units will\nfully vest sooner if a non-employee director ceases to be a\nPatriot director due to death or disability, or if a change in\ncontrol occurs (as such term is defined in the Equity Plan). Any\nunvested deferred stock units will be forfeited if a\nnon-employee director terminates service with Patriot for any\nreason other than death or disability prior to the first\nanniversary of the grant date. After vesting, the deferred stock\nunits will be settled by issuing shares of Patriot common stock\nequal to the number of deferred stock units, and the settlement\nwill occur upon the earlier of (i) the non-employee\ndirector\u0092s termination of service as a director or\n(ii) the third anniversary of the grant date or a different\ndate chosen by the non-employee director, provided the date was\nchosen by the non-employee director prior to January 1 of the\nyear in which the director received the grant.\n\nA summary of restricted stock time units and deferred stock\nunits award activity is as follows:\n\nWeighted\n\nYear Ended\n\nAverage\n\nDecember 31,\n\nGrant-Date\n\n2008\n\nFair Value\n\nNonvested at January 1, 2008\n\n509,438\n\n$\n\n18.75\n\nGranted\n\n105,835\n\n34.01\n\nForfeited\n\n(71,558\n\n)\n\n19.18\n\nVested\n\n(37,340\n\n)\n\n18.75\n\nNonvested at December 31, 2008\n\n506,375\n\n21.88\n\nAs of December 31, 2008, there were 37,340 deferred stock\nunits vested that had an aggregate intrinsic value of\n$0.7 million.\n\nA summary of restricted stock performance units award activity\nis as follows:\n\nWeighted\n\nYear Ended\n\nAverage\n\nDecember 31,\n\nGrant-Date\n\n2008\n\nFair Value\n\nNonvested at January 1, 2008\n\n708,164\n\n$\n\n18.75\n\nGranted\n\n78,524\n\n60.20\n\nForfeited\n\n(107,336\n\n)\n\n19.18\n\nNonvested at December 31, 2008\n\n679,352\n\n23.47\n\nExtended\nLong-Term Incentive Non-Qualified Stock Option\n\nThe Company has extended long-term incentive non-qualified stock\noption agreements in place for grants to employees and service\nproviders of Patriot. Generally, the agreements provide that any\noption awarded will become\n\n69\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nexercisable in three installments. The option shall be 50%\nexercisable on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, 75%\nexercisable on the sixth such anniversary and 100% exercisable\non the seventh such anniversary. However, the option will become\nfully exercisable sooner if a grantee terminates employment with\nor stops providing services to Patriot because of death or\ndisability, or if a change in control occurs (as such term is\ndefined in the Equity Plan). No option can be exercised more\nthan ten years after the date of grant, but the ability to\nexercise the option may terminate sooner upon the occurrence of\ncertain events detailed in the form Extended Long-Term\nIncentive Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement. Each award will\nbe forfeited if the grantee terminates employment with or stops\nproviding services to Patriot for any reason other than death or\ndisability prior to the time the award becomes vested. As of\nDecember 31, 2008, there were no stock options vested or\nexercisable. There is no intrinsic value for the outstanding\noptions as of December 31, 2008.\n\nA summary of non-qualified stock option outstanding activity is\nas follows:\n\nWeighted\n\nWeighted\n\nAverage\n\nYear Ended\n\nAverage\n\nRemaining\n\nDecember 31,\n\nExercise\n\nContractual\n\n2008\n\nPrice\n\nLife\n\nOutstanding at January 1, 2008\n\n1,109,346\n\n$\n\n18.75\n\nGranted\n\n128,618\n\n60.20\n\nForfeited\n\n(168,234\n\n)\n\n19.20\n\nOutstanding at December 31, 2008\n\n1,069,730\n\n23.66\n\n8.835\n\nThe Company recognizes share-based compensation expense in\naccordance with SFAS No. 123(R),\n\u0093Share-Based\nPayment\u0094. The Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing\nmodel to determine the fair value of stock options. Determining\nthe fair value of share-based awards requires judgment,\nincluding estimating the expected term that stock options will\nbe outstanding prior to exercise and the associated volatility.\nThe Company utilized U.S. Treasury yields as of the grant\ndate for its risk-free interest rate assumption, matching the\ntreasury yield terms to the expected life of the option. The\nCompany utilized a seven-year peer historical lookback to\ndevelop its expected volatility. Expected option life\nassumptions were developed by taking the weighted average time\nto vest plus the weighted average holding period after vesting.\n\nYear Ended December 31,\n\n2008\n\n2007\n\nWeighted-average fair value\n\n$10.33\n\n$15.34\n\nRisk-free interest rate\n\n3.55%\n\n4.22%\n\nExpected option life\n\n6.69 years\n\n6.69 years\n\nExpected volatility\n\n47.61%\n\n30.64%\n\nDividend yield\n\n0%\n\n0%\n\nEmployee\nStock Purchase Plan\n\nBased on the Company\u0092s employee stock purchase plan,\neligible full-time and part-time employees are able to\ncontribute up to 15% of their base compensation into this plan,\nsubject to a fair market value limit of $25,000 per person per\nyear as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Effective\nJanuary 1, 2008, employees are able to purchase Company\ncommon stock at a 15% discount to the lower of the fair market\nvalue of the Company\u0092s common stock on the initial or final\ntrading dates of each six-month offering period. Offering\nperiods begin on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The fair\nvalue of the six-month \u0093look-back\u0094 option in the\nCompany\u0092s employee stock purchase plan is estimated by\nadding the fair value of 0.15 of one share of stock to the fair\nvalue of 0.85 of an option on one share of stock. The Company\nissued 56,654 shares of common stock and recognized\n$0.7 million expense in \u0093Selling and administrative\nexpenses\u0094 and $0.1 million in \u0093Operating costs\nand expenses\u0094 for the year\n\n70\n\nPATRIOT\nCOAL CORPORATION\n\nNOTES TO\nCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL\nSTATEMENTS \u0097 (Continued)\n\nended December 31, 2008 related to its employee stock\npurchase plan. The Company issued no shares of common stock and\nrecognized no expense for the year ended December 31, 2007\nrelated to its employee stock purchase plan.\n\n(24)\n\nSummary\nQuarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)\n\nA summary of the unaudited quarterly results of operations for\nthe years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, is presented\nbelow. Patriot common stock is listed on the New York Stock\nExchange under the symbol \u0093PCX.\u0094"}
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-{"text": "Donald Lee Ballard\n\nApril 29, 1929 - July 1, 2013\n\nMr. Donald Lee Ballard, age 84, of Lima, left this life on July 1, 2013, at 5:20 a.m., at Kindred Hospital, Lima, Ohio. He was born April 29, 1929, in Lima, to Robert W. and Lucile C. (Siferd) Ballard who preceded him in death.\n\nFrom prior marriages, he is survived by daughter, Daryl Lou Clark, of Sylva, NC and sons D. Lee (Deb) Ballard, of Lake City, MI, and Gregg (Marlene) Ballard, of Nixa, MO. In 1970 he married Doneta E. (Stewart) Courtney and gained three more sons: David (Jean) Courtney, Daniel Courtney, and James (Michele) Courtney all of Lima. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.\n\nMr. Ballard was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Lynn Ballard, a daughter-in-law Teresa (Daniel) Courtney, and a brother, William Ballard.\n\nAs a child, Mr. Ballard lived and attended public schools in Lakewood, Ohio, until 1945. He then graduated from Lima Central High School in 1947. He was an ambulance driver for Siferd Funeral Homes before entering the U.S. Army in 1951 during the Korean Conflict. He was associated with the family in the Ballard Hardware and then with the Stippich Hardware Co., on Bellefontaine Avenue where he was the manager. After retirement, he was once again associated with Siferd Funeral Homes.\n\nHe enjoyed local and civil war history, traveling the 49 states, but loved his family, especially his grandchildren. He had been a longtime member of the Grace United Methodist Church as his grandparents had been part of the founders. He then became a member of Forest Park Methodist Church, where he had been an usher and board member. He was a life member of V.F.W. Post 1275, a member of American Legion Post 96, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Union Veterans and a member of the Lima Area Civil War Study Club. He had formerly been a longtime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #370, Elks Lodge #54, Breakfast Optimist Club and F.O.P.A., where he had been the chaplain.\n\nFuneral services for Mr. Ballard will begin at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Siferd-Orians Funeral Home, with Rev. Tim Benjamin officiating. Following services, his funeral procession will take him to Woodlawn Cemetery.\n\nVisitation will be on Friday, from 4-8 p.m., at the funeral home, and one hour prior to services on Saturday."}
-{"text": "Main Street without bandwidth\n\nThere was an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal this week discussing the impact that availability of high-speed internet access is having on housing values. Homes lacking access to broadband have simply become \u201coff limits\u201d to a rising tide of young to middle-aged home buyers.\n\nWhere it is a factor, this collective shunning of homes without broadband is negatively influencing \u201cdays on the market,\u201d markedly slowing turnover of housing inventory in many communities. If one town or city lacks connectivity and a neighboring one has it, then the \u201cbandwidth-poor\u201d community faces a disadvantage. And such negatives carry specific financial costs.\n\nCould this be a form of \u201credlining\u201d of neighborhoods or whole communities? But one that\u2019s wholly legal\u2014at present\u2014and a consequence of the inevitable growth and omnipresence of technology?\n\nThinking about this internet issue got me thinking about my days as a community banker involved in all sorts of projects of a civic and charitable nature. It\u2019s what community bankers do. Without them, often something goes missing.\n\nBankers as economic engineers\n\nWe are a reliable source of manpower\u2014and perhaps brainpower\u2014with our specialized experience and skills in finance, administration, marketing, and other specific areas often lacking in employees of not-for-profit enterprises. We often represent sources of funding too, as our employers expect to allocate contributions budgets at least in part guided by the services contributed by its employees.\n\nSeveral years ago I read an article in Fortune magazine that gave an extensive profile of the career and views of Charlie Agemian, who had at one point served as head of correspondent banking for Chase Manhattan Bank in the 1950s. Charlie was one of the grand old men of the post-World War II banking era and at the time of the article was CEO of a large regional bank holding company in New Jersey following his retirement from Chase.\n\nDrawing on his correspondent banking experience, Charlie observed that he could always tell as he travelled around the countryside visiting his customers how well the local banks were serving their local markets.\n\nHe said that it showed on the face and fa\u00e7ade of the communities themselves. Was it a prosperous appearance? Or one suggesting a \u201cdown at the heels\u201d mentality and outlook?\n\nCommunity banks and bankers are the primary recyclers of any community\u2019s wealth held in the form of the community\u2019s bank deposits. Banks investing their loan portfolios in local infrastructure and projects is economic development at its most basic\u2014and perhaps at its most efficient level.\n\nDrive through town like a stranger\n\nLiving as I do in Texas and New Mexico, I drive through many communities, large and small, in the course of my travels for business and pleasure (such as visiting grandkids). I see lots of community downtown centers and in the years since reading that Fortune article, I\u2019ve noticed just how accurate that observation by Charlie Agemian truly was.\n\nPerhaps it\u2019s just a blinding flash of the obvious. But this is one of the primary means of how community bankers differentiate ourselves from our big-bank cousins. We hear laments by community leaders and business people at the news of a local bank\u2019s acquisition by a large regional or top-tier sized institution.\n\nThe issues are all familiar: community projects and endeavors lose what previously was a reliable source of funding for quality of life projects. And also lost is a presence in the acquirer\u2019s business activity, such as representation on its board of directors or loan committee and perhaps access to its contributions budget.\n\nThinking and acting in economic development terms is probably the best and most visible way of demonstrating our commitment to our local communities. We need to be the names and faces of those on the front lines of improving our local environments. We assist and improve on the scope and scale of quality of life activities and protect them as custodians for our children and future citizens.\n\nToo often we tend to see economic development projects solely as individual economic opportunities of a lending or deposit-generating activity. As true as that often is, it\u2019s silo thinking. We can all be guilty of at least some of it some of the time.\n\nThe broader picture strongly favors community banks and the front and center position that their staffs take in the community\u2019s life. Today\u2019s tendency by larger banks that enter our markets by acquisition is to automate key aspects of credit underwriting and to centralize decision making on everything from marketing to resource allocations to loans at headquarters or regional centers in a distant city.\n\nThis often results in a vacuum of leadership, empathy, and involvement by the new players or owners. Our communities are the losers.\n\nPlay the community card\n\nWe should acknowledge the success of the larger banks\u2019 business models in a purely financial way. They work well for them and their shareholders. But let us never fail to fully appreciate what we can and do bring to our local marketplaces. We should not be bashful about what we do or whom we tell about it. Happily, these activities are both good for our own business and good for the community as well.\n\nCharley Agemian was astute in his observation. Yet it\u2019s more than whether downtown looks like it needs a fresh coat of paint. It\u2019s whether we have the buoyancy of attitude and outlook to create and perpetuate our own success.\n\nI suspect that we\u2019re better at it than we often realize. But make sure your town has great internet!\n\nBanking Exchange Contributing Editor Ed O'Leary, a veteran lender and workout expert, spent nearly 50 years in bank commercial credit and related functions, working with both major banks as well as community banking institutions. His last job before retiring was as the CEO of a regional bank headquartered in Alburquerque, N.M. He earned his workout spurs in the dark days of the 1980s and early 1990s in both oil patch and commercial real estate lending. O'Leary began his banking career at The Bank of New York in 1964, and worked at banks in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. He served as a faculty member and thesis advisor at ABA's Stonier Graduate School of Banking for more than two decades, and served as long as a faculty member for ABA's undergraduate and graduate commercial lending schools. Today he works as a consultant and expert witness, and serves as instructor for ABA e-learning courses. You can e-mail him at [email protected]. O'Leary's website can be found at www.etoleary.com.\n\nIn mid-2016 O'Leary's \"Talking Credit\" blog received a bronze excellence award for the Northeastern Region from the American Society of Business Publication Editors."}
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-{"text": "Cervical Cancer Health Center\n\nTools & Resources\n\nColposcopy and Cervical Biopsy\n\nGuide\n\nHow It Is Done continued...\n\nIf areas of abnormal tissue are found on the cervix, your doctor\nwill take a small sample (cervical biopsy) of the tissue. Usually\nseveral samples are taken. The samples are looked at under a microscope for\nchanges in the cells that may mean cancer may be present or is likely to\ndevelop. If bleeding occurs, a special liquid (Monsel's) or silver nitrate swab\nmay be used on the biopsy area to stop the bleeding.\n\nIf a sample of tissue is needed from inside the opening of the\ncervix (the endocervical canal), a test called endocervical curettage (ECC)\nwill be done. Since the endocervical canal cannot be seen by the colposcope, a\nsmall sharp-edged tool called a curette is gently put into the endocervical\ncanal to take a sample. ECC takes less than a minute to do and may cause mild\ncramping. An ECC is not done during pregnancy.\n\nColposcopy and a cervical biopsy usually take about 15\nminutes.\n\nHow It Feels\n\nYou may feel some discomfort when the vaginal speculum is inserted.\nYou may feel a pinch and have some cramping if a biopsy sample is taken.\n\nRisks\n\nIn rare cases, a cervical biopsy can cause an infection or\nbleeding. Bleeding can usually be stopped by using a special liquid or swab on\nthe area.\n\nAfter the test\n\nIf you have a biopsy, you may feel some soreness in your vagina for a day or two. Some\nvaginal bleeding or discharge is normal for up to a week after a biopsy. The\ndischarge may be dark-colored if Monsel's solution was used. You can use a\nsanitary pad for the bleeding. Do not douche, have sex, or use tampons for one\nweek, to allow time for your cervix to heal. Do not exercise for 1 day after\nyour colposcopy.\n\nFollow any instructions your doctor gave you. Call your doctor if\nyou have:\n\nHeavy vaginal bleeding (more than a normal\nmenstrual period).\n\nA fever.\n\nBelly\npain.\n\nBad-smelling vaginal discharge.\n\nResults\n\nColposcopy is a way for your doctor to use a special magnifying\ndevice to look at your\nvulva,\nvagina, and\ncervix.\n\nYour doctor will talk to you about what he or she sees at the time\nof the colposcopy. Lab results from a\nbiopsy may take several days or more.\n\nColposcopy and cervical biopsy\n\nNormal:\n\nThe vinegar or iodine does not show any areas of abnormal\ntissue. The vagina and cervix look normal.\n\nA biopsy sample does not show any abnormal\ncells.\n\nAbnormal:\n\nThe vinegar or iodine shows areas of abnormal tissue. Sores\nor other problems, such as\ngenital warts or an infection, are found in or around\nthe vagina or cervix.\n\nA biopsy sample shows abnormal cells. This may mean\ncervical cancer is present or likely to develop."}
-{"text": "Welcome to an Engaged Community\n\nThere's a better way to personalize your website experience. With myConnection, the profile you create allows you to set up a unique starting point for the tasks and transactions that you want to complete in your time on this website. Use myConnection to gather the information that you most care about from across this website into one central location, giving you greater control over how you connect with your community.\n\nGreat Golf and a lot More\nGrantwood Golf Course is a wonderful 18-hole golf course for players of all skill levels. A spacious green belt area that consists of an 18-hole golf course with a large clubhouse, which includes a snack bar, pro-shop, meeting rooms, and a banquet facility that will accommodate 165 people. Catering services are also available. Additionally, a large shelter house is utilized on the site for golf outings, clambakes, and parties.\n\nAdjacent to Grantwood Golf Course is Timberlake Recreation Park, a natural park with a large fishing lake, two shelter houses and numerous outdoor grills for picnics and outdoor gatherings.\n\nThe Grantwood Golf experience has been rated by Golf Magazine as one of the \"Top Five Courses You Can Play In Cleveland Under $50.\""}
-{"text": "Acquiring burly winger Rick Nash from the Blue Jackets should give the Rangers the scoring they lacked last season. He's a two-time 40-goal scorer and can be a physical presence. The Rangers will need another big season from Henrik Lundqvist (1.97 goals-against average, .930 save percentage), who won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie.\n\n2. Washington Capitals\n\n2011-12: 42-32-8 (92 points), 2nd in Southeast, 7th in East, lost in second round.\n\nAlexander Ovechkin hasn't been the high-scoring Ovie of old, which was widely blamed on clashes with coaches Bruce Boudreau and Dale Hunter. Boudreau was fired, Hunter went back to the junior ranks and Adam Oates was hired to coach this underachieving team. Oates was a generous, smart player. If he carries that over to coaching, the Capitals should be fine.\n\n3. Boston Bruins\n\n2011-12: 49-29-4 (102 points), 1st in Northeast, 2nd in East, lost in first round.\n\nThe Bruins have depth and scoring power up front and size and mobility on defense. Young center Tyler Seguin (29 goals, 67 points) was smart to play in Switzerland during the lockout. Right wing Nathan Horton, hampered by head injuries the last two seasons, appears ready to play for the first time in nearly a year. His return would improve the balance of their four lines.\n\n4. Pittsburgh Penguins\n\n2011-12: 51-25-6 (108 points), 2nd in Atlantic, 4th in East, lost in first round.\n\nMVP and scoring champion Evgeni Malkin (50 goals, 109 points) played in Russia during the lockout and should be sharp. Sidney Crosby didn't go to Europe but worked out regularly and has said he feels fine. The Penguins traded Jordan Staal for some promising defensive prospects. Signing veteran goalie Tomas Vokoun will allow coach Dan Bylsma to avoid overworking Marc-Andre Fleury.\n\n5. Philadelphia Flyers\n\n2011-12: 47-26-9 (103 points), 3rd in Atlantic, 5th in East, lost in second round.\n\nClaude Giroux (28 goals, 93 points) and Scott Hartnell (37, 67) are the heart of this team. The defense is solid enough to withstand the loss of Chris Pronger, who might not play again because of concussion-related woes. The key to their success will be goalie Ilya Bryzgalov's ability to bounce back from an erratic season and show some focus and consistency. Good luck with that.\n\n6. Ottawa Senators\n\n2011-12: 41-31-10 (92 points), 2nd in Northeast, 8th in East, lost in first round.\n\nCoach Paul MacLean did an impressive job last season with a team that wasn't expected to do much. Veteran forward Daniel Alfredsson is back and Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson established himself as someone to watch, but their goaltending is underwhelming. Prospect Robin Lehner eventually might emerge over Craig Anderson and Ben Bishop.\n\n7. Carolina Hurricanes\n\n2011-12: 33-33-16 (82 points), 5th in Southeast, 12th in East.\n\nThe Hurricanes always look better on paper than they turn out to be, but adding Jordan Staal gives them an exceptional No. 1 center and makes for a happy reunion with his brother Eric (24 goals, 70 points). GM Jim Rutherford took a big gamble by signing winger Alexander Semin to a one-year, $7 million contract after a 21-goal, 54-point season with the Capitals.\n\n8. Florida Panthers\n\n2011-12: 38-26-18 (94 points), 1st in Southeast, 3rd in East, lost in first round.\n\nThe Panthers were a surprise division winner last season, benefitting to an extent from the Capitals' inconsistency. They lost defenseman Jason Garrison (16 goals, 33 points) to free agency but should be able to compensate. Watch for speedy, skillful 19-year-old winger Jonathan Huberdeau, a star in the making.\n\nLosing Zach Parise to free agency will hurt beyond compensating for his 31 goals and 69 points. He was a clutch player, but the Devils couldn't match the Wild's 13-year, $98 million offer. They have a solid defensive corps and a budding star in center Adam Henrique, a Calder Trophy finalist. Ilya Kovalchuk (37 goals, 83 points) did well in Russia during the lockout and should be primed for another big season.\n\n10. Buffalo Sabres\n\n2011-12: 39-32-11 (89 points), 3rd in Northeast, 9th in East.\n\nThe Sabres missed the playoffs by only a few points, but another miss could mean dismissal for GM Darcy Regier and coach Lindy Ruff, who have become fixtures in Buffalo. They have a fine goaltending tandem in Ryan Miller and Jhonas Enroth but need scoring. Trading center Derek Roy to the Stars for pugnacious Steve Ott ups their peskiness quotient but might not do much for the offense."}
-{"text": "MCG crowd breaks Test attendance world record as Australia continues to dominate England on day one of the fourth Test.\n\nA world record crowd has watched another commanding Australian performance over England on day one of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.\n\nThe opening day of the fourth Australia-England Ashes Test on Thursday set a new world record crowd of 91,092 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), as Australia enjoy an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.\n\nMitchell Johnson's late double strikes fired up the MCG crowd and left England a rocky 226 for six after Kevin Pietersen threatened to win the opening day of the fourth Ashes match for the tourists.\n\nPaceman Johnson steamed in to remove number six Ben Stokes (14) and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow (10) in quick succession to put Australia marginally ahead at the end of a meandering Thursday's play.\n\nComing in to the match under a barrage of criticism, Pietersen responded with a defiant half-century after being granted lives on six and 41, and went to stumps unbeaten on 67, with Tim Bresnan hanging on desperately with one run.\n\nThe boys in the team room are so pumped to have played in front of that many people.\n\nRyan Harris, Australian fast bowler\n\nWith seamer Ryan Harris having Ian Bell caught behind by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for 27 in the first of three wickets after tea, Australia's bowlers worked hard to validate captain Michael Clarke's surprise decision to field after winning his fourth successive toss of the series.\n\nThe hosts could have been in a stronger position, however, had they not let three catching chances go down, with two reprieving Pietersen. Their bowling attack also suffered a blow with all-rounder Shane Watson sustaining a groin injury.\n\nWatson pulled up in his run-up and left the ground after lunch, and though he later returned to field in the slips, he did not bowl again.\n\nAlthough quelling his usual attacking instincts, Pietersen was at his theatrical best in his 152-ball knock, slumping to his knees twice in an apparent bout of nausea after smacking a shot to midwicket where a leaping George Bailey put a tough chance down with the batsman on 41.\n\nThe crowd smelled gamesmanship as play was paused for a few minutes and Pietersen later enjoyed riling up the terraces again by holding up Johnson's run-up in the final over.\n\nPietersen went on to dig in for a defiant 67-run stand with Bell before the lionhearted Harris struck. Harris unleashed a sublime delivery that jagged away off the seam and had Bell feathering an edge after he had become only the second batsman to surpass 1,000 runs in tests for the year with Clarke.\n\nThe Australian attack derived little from the drop-in pitch early but restricted England to 135 for three at tea with a disciplined line and length that saw the tourists' run rate slow to crawl.\n\nBefore coming off injured, Watson bowled opener Michael Carberry for 38 before a flat-footed Joe Root was caught behind by Haddin off the bowling of Harris for 24.\n\nThe catch was the revitalised Haddin's 50th in a year in which he has also scored more than 500 runs with the bat.\n\nSiddle earlier continued England captain Alastair Cook's forgettable series by dismissing him for 27 in the morning, breaking a promising 48-run opening stand with Carberry.\n\nCarberry nicked behind when on two runs, but a diving Steven Smith put down a difficult chance that he might better have left for second slip Clarke.\n\nAustralia paceman Ryan Harris said said the noise at the end of the day when Johnson was charging in was tremendous.\n\n\"The boys in the team room are so pumped to have played in front of that many people,\" Harris said.\n\nEngland, who have already lost the five-test series 3-0 to surrender the coveted urn, dropped wicketkeeper vice captain Matt Prior, who paid the price for a poor campaign with the bat and behind the stumps.\n\nYorkshire's Bairstow, recalled for the first time since the northern Ashes series, lasted 19 minutes at the crease before being bowled by Johnson.\n\nIt was the biggest single-day crowd for a cricket Test match and eclipsed the previous single-day crowd record at the MCG of 90,800 set in the 1961 Test between Australia and the West Indies.\n\nContent on this website is for general information purposes only. Your comments\nare provided by your own free will and you take sole responsibility for any direct\nor indirect liability. You hereby provide us with an irrevocable, unlimited, and\nglobal license for no consideration to use, reuse, delete or publish comments, in\naccordance with Community Rules & Guidelines and Terms and Conditions."}
-{"text": "Ultimate Game Pass\n\nDiscus and support Ultimate Game Pass in XBoX Accessibility to solve the problem; Hi all, I may just be silly or I have not had a proper look but when I log onto my pc and try to sign in to my live account since I bought the ultimate...\nDiscussion in 'XBoX Accessibility' started by SirBionicLegs, Aug 7, 2019.\n\nUltimate Game Pass\n\nHi all, I may just be silly or I have not had a proper look but when I log onto my pc and try to sign in to my live account since I bought the ultimate game pass version allowing me to download some games onto my pc but it just doesn't seem to be working\nand its consistently logging me out. Any ideas for help please and thank you.\n\ni have lost my gold liciense code\n\n\"This code is not currently supported for conversion to your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription\"\n\nFound some more fine print: \"Xbox Game Pass Ultimate:\n\nUse your active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership to play games on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate includes Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Live Gold and additional benefits. Note: Purchase of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate\nautomatically upgrades your existing Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass membership(s) to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a conversion ratio each based on days remaining. Learn how this works at www.xbox.com/gamepass. Future code redemptions are also subject to a\nconversion ratio. Conversion ratio subject to change. All conversions to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate are final: Once converted, you cannot re-convert your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership back to a previous membership. Maximum 36 months of redeemed Xbox Game\nPass Ultimate per account at a time, including any converted time from Xbox Live Gold and/or Xbox Game Pass (for PC or console). \"\n\nSmwutchesWin User\n\nProblem with the association between Gold and Game Pass Ultimate.\n\nUnfortunately you would have to purchase gold again if that is what you want. Before purchasing the promotion, you are warned that whatever gold or regular game pass you have on your account will be converted to Ultimate Game Pass and cannot be converted\nback.\n\nXbox Game Pass Ultimate:\n\nUse your active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership to play games on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate includes Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Live Gold and additional benefits. Note: Purchase of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate\nautomatically upgrades your existing Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass membership(s) to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a conversion ratio each based on days remaining. Learn how this works at www.xbox.com/gamepass. Future code redemptions are also subject to a\nconversion ratio. Conversion ratio subject to change. All conversions to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate are final: Once converted, you cannot re-convert your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership back to a previous membership. Maximum 36 months of redeemed Xbox Game\nPass Ultimate per account at a time, including any converted time from Xbox Live Gold and/or Xbox Game Pass (for PC or console).\n\nSmwutchesWin User\n\nGame Pass Ultimate Cancelled My Xbox Live Subscription\n\nNo. As stated before you upgrade, once you're current subscription is converted, there is no way to go back.\n\nXbox Game Pass Ultimate:\n\nUse your active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership to play games on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate includes Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Live Gold and additional benefits. Note: Purchase of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate\nautomatically upgrades your existing Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass membership(s) to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a conversion ratio each based on days remaining. Learn how this works at www.xbox.com/gamepass. Future code redemptions are also subject to a\nconversion ratio. Conversion ratio subject to change. All conversions to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate are final: Once converted, you cannot re-convert your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership back to a previous membership. Maximum 36 months of redeemed Xbox Game\nPass Ultimate per account at a time, including any converted time from Xbox Live Gold and/or Xbox Game Pass (for PC or console).\n\nXBF Erick CWin User\n\nTrying to understand\n\nHey there RyanLong4,\n\nAs the Ambassadors have previously mentioned, If you are currently paying for these subscriptions on a monthly basis then you would want to complete the purchase for the Game Pass ultimate subscription so that it converts your outstanding time on the Live\nand Game pass subscriptions and adds it to your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription time.\n\n\"I already have Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold. How do I switch to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate?\n\nOn Xbox One, get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in Store > Memberships. Online, go toXbox Game Pass. 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-{"text": "Kenzie Reeves Gets A Lesson In Love In Girlsway Debut\n\nFans of Kenzie Reeves will be elated to know her debut scene for Girlsway is finally available. Released today, \u201cBiology Exam\u201d pairs Kenzie with Carter Cruise in a sexy girl/girl scene you won\u2019t want to miss. Kenzie is studying with tutor Carter, but has more on her mind than education. Kenzie isn\u2019t shy with expressing her attraction to Carter, who tries to keep the conversation on biology. But, Kenzie makes it known she wants a different kind of of lesson, and caresses and kisses Carter. The two blondes continue until they both collapse in ecstasy.\n\nFilming her first scene for Girlsway.com was one of Kenzie\u2019s favorite experiences of her career. She commented, \u201cThis was one of the best girl on girl experiences I\u2019ve ever had! It was filled with such passion yet so much raw sexual charisma, I didn\u2019t even wanna stop when the scene was done! Just thinking about it gets me wet! The entire crew was amazing, including the makeup artists, camera guys, and especially the director, Stills By Alan. He made sure everything was absolutely perfect, from beginning to end. I felt the chemistry between us all immediately, it seemed so unreal. The vibe on set was real and I\u2019m so happy I got to experience this and share it with my supporters and fans. I can\u2019t wait to sit back and flick my bean to this scene!\u201d\n\nDirector Stills By Alan was extremely impressed with Kenzie and her performance, saying, \u201c\u201dKenzie\u2019s love for girls clearly came across in her Girlsway debut with Carter Cruise in the scene \u201cBiology Exam.\u201d I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what Kenzie will do when we match her up with some of our other Girlsway Girls!\u201d\n\nTori Black Makes Her Big Comeback For Vixen\n\nVixen is proud to announce Tori Black\u2019s huge comeback in a high profile boy-girl scene directed by Greg Lansky.\n\nBlack is coming back from a seven years hiatus from boy girl scenes exclusively for the multi-award-winning director.\n\nTori Black Comeback will be available worldwide on Monday, November 20.\n\n\u201cComing into such an anticipated project, I of course had reservations and concerns. So much is on the line for me, my career, my fans as well as my future,\u201d Black said.\n\n\u201cWhat I hadn\u2019t anticipated was how comforted and assured I would feel working alongside a visionary like Greg Lansky.\n\n\u201cNot only does Greg Lansky embody his own ideas and ideals, he has the ability to appreciate, understand and adapt alongside the talent he works with. It was very assuring to know I was in such thoughtful and considerate hands.\n\n\u201cThe knowledge my own visions and goals were so well respected gave me the comfort and extra confidence I needed to make an epic and unbelievable comeback! I truly believe it takes an entire team to pull off a feat like this.\n\n\u201cA great thank you to Greg for his imaginative and confident nature and his willingness to invest in an unparalleled moment in my career. Thank you to his entire team that rallied around us dreamers! This is a massive moment in my personal sensual history.\u201d\n\nShot in a contemporary-noir style that recalls the \u201890s film classic Basic Instinct, Ms. Black perfectly inhabits the role of a glamorous femme fatale in a passionate display of wanton desire alongside Jean Val Jean.\n\n\u201cI am very excited to announce this feature scene with the sublime, iconic and multi-talented Tori Black,\u201d declares Lansky, Director and founder of Vixen. \u201cAdult stars and women everywhere admire not only Tori\u2019s beauty but also her charisma and strong personality.\n\n\u201cDirecting Tori was an incredible experience, we share the same vision about aesthetic and passion and she\u2019s also undeniably one of the most gifted and accomplished women in the adult industry.\n\n\u201cI can tell you that there will be a lot more collaboration between Tori and I in the future but we\u2019re keeping all confidential for now. This is only the beginning.\u201d\n\nVixen and Lansky are unique in their high production values, lavish location shoots and the beauty of its talented artists, treating fans to a transcendent filmed erotica experience like no other.\n\n\u201cWe are excited that our Naturally Stacked Stories scenes are finally coming out as a full movie,\u201d said director Stills by Alan. \u201cWe\u2019ve got seven Girlsway fan favorites \u2013 all brunettes, incidentally \u2013 that captivate in four sizzling storylines.\u201d\n\nAnna Bell Peaks Snags Cover For \u2018Freak In The Streets\u2019\n\nBeing one of the hottest starlets in the industry, producers are almost to the point of physically fighting over Anna Bell Peaks. There is only so much of this petite \u2018n pretty gal to go around and Reality Kings is showing that they are very much in the fight.\n\nThey have a new DVD, Freak In The Streets, and it features a beautiful shot of Peaks and a gorgeously designed cover. What\u2019s inside is even more exciting: one of the year\u2019s hottest scenes with Peter \u201cLuckiest Man Alive\u201d Green on the receiving end.\n\nAnna also has a new scene on RealityKings.com called \u201cBest Home Workout.\u201d If every guy could get a workout like this, the U.S. would not only relieve itself of its obesity problem \u2013 people would start being a helluva lot nicer to each other. The Anna Bell Peaks Effect!\n\nGet your dose of ABP live in Colorado this week. She will be at Platinum 84 in Denver this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-18. The Anna Bell Peaks Feature Experience is not to be missed! She\u2019ll be doing lap dances, posing for photos and will have plenty of merch to help you remember one of the greatest nights of your life.\n\nShay Evans Sexplains What It\u2019s Like To Be A Sex Addict\n\nIt\u2019s been almost two years to the day since Mofos.com released a scene starring sexy Shay Evans and all will agree it was worth the wait.\n\nThe new \u201cEbony Sex Tapes\u201d scene, which will be available on Saturday, begins with her being asked about her sex addiction.\n\nThe Puerto Rican princess answers with words, but words, they can seem so inadequate. Any sex addict knows that explaining is one thing, but sexplaining is another. And it\u2019s better. Anything to get laid!\n\n\u201cI think I can relate to sex addicts,\u201d the proud owner of a 30DD rack said. \u201cMy sexual desires are extremely, extremely strong and if I don\u2019t get laid I can get a little, well, crazy. It\u2019s true, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a real addiction, I don\u2019t go into withdrawals anything, but it is a desire so strong. Actually, I don\u2019t even know if I would go into withdrawals \u2013 I don\u2019t ever go too long without sex. I love my job so much!\u201d\n\nShay\u2019s first scene for Mofos, \u201cLatina Sex Tapes,\u201d came out in December 2015.\n\nNina enjoys filming unique content for her fans and this scene fits the mold of unique. \u201cI always love doing POV scenes, since it\u2019s the closest I can get to my fans. Working with the entire Evil Angel crew and Mick is always a pleasure, and I hope you all enjoy this scene as much as I did!\u201d"}
-{"text": "Category: Extinction\n\nThe tiniest living thing\nThat soars on feathered wing,\nOr crawls among the long grass out of sight\nHas just as good a right\nTo its appointed portion of delight\nAs any King.\n\nA lovely thought from Chritina Rossetti, to remind us that we should not only be mindful of each other as human beings but we should also think of the plight of other creatures around us.\n\nThis thought is especially topical concerning what become of Cecil the Lion from Zimbabwe. Cecil was king of his pride and had a fairly wild time with his kin and only to become a murder victim of a human vanity. Poor Cecil!\n\nWhat of Walter Palmer? What compels him to kill beautiful wild animals?\n\nWhat is this about dentists? The electric chair was invented by one; and the sugary cotton candy as well! What goes on in their mind while thinking whether a patient needs an amalgam or not?!!! LOL\n\nLike this:\n\nThe safety of England depends on the number of cats she keeps. He proves his proposition thus: Without the aid of bumble-bees the red clover could not be fertilised. Bumble-bees make their nests on the ground, where they are the prey of mice. Cats destroy the mice and give the bees a chance to live. Hence he reasons, no cats, many mice; many mice, no bumble-bees; no bees, no clover; no clover, no cattle; no cattle, no beef; and without beef where would the Englishman be?\n\n\u2014Prof. W. W. Cooke\u2014(American Bee Journal.)\n\nBusy Bees at Feed\n\nBees are extremely important to our survival as human beings. They fertilise the flowers of many food resources to naturally produce the goods.\n\nThere was a report not long ago that there were fears that bees are heading into extinctions. Well fear no more as our garden has become a haven for busy buzzy hungry bees. It is all the flowers that are growing profusely in our garden, the roses expecially are a great attraction to them!\n\nGo on bees, help yourselves, just try not to sting anyone of us!\n\nMi jard\u00edn es su jard\u00edn\n\nBee by PH Morton\n\nBee by PH Morton\n\nBee by PH Morton\n\nBee by PH Morton\n\nBee by PH Morton\n\nBee by PH Morton\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u202627 February 2014\n\nThe bee population is dwindling fast. We need to prevent this happening as bees are necessary in the cross pollination and fertilisation of plants.\n\nBelow is a cute chart by a very talented lady, Hannah Rosengren, detailing the plants that would best attract the bees in your garden.\n\nLike this:\n\nThis is a positive ruling. It would be even better if whaling is banned permanently.\n\nFor goodness\u2019 sake 3,600 minke whales were already slaughtered/caught by Japan in the guise of \u201cscientific research\u201d That is a humongous amount of specimens already. Now leave the whales and experiment on sprats instead.\n\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n\nAntarctic Whaling Banned!\n\nJapan accepts court ban on Antarctic whaling\n\nAnti-whaling activists filmed Japanese whaling ships in January this year\n\nThe UN\u2019s International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whaling programme in the Antarctic.\n\nIt agreed with Australia, which brought the case in May 2010, that the programme was not for scientific research as claimed by Tokyo.\n\nJapan said it would abide by the decision but added it \u201cregrets and is deeply disappointed by the decision\u201d.\n\nAustralia argued that the programme was commercial whaling in disguise.\n\nThe court\u2019s decision is considered legally binding.\n\nJapan had argued that the suit brought by Australia was an attempt to impose its cultural norms on Japan.\n\nScience \u2018myth\u2019\n\nReading out the judgement on Monday, Presiding Judge Peter Tomka said the court had decided, by 12 votes to four, that Japan should withdraw all permits and licenses for whaling in the Antarctic and refrain from issuing any new ones.\n\nIt said Japan had caught some 3,600 minke whales since its current programme began in 2005, but the scientific output was limited.\n\nJapan signed up to a moratorium on whaling in 1986, but continued whaling in the north and south Pacific under provisions that allowed for scientific research. Norway and Iceland rejected the provision and continued commercial whaling.\n\nThe meat from the slaughtered whales is sold commercially in Japan.\n\nJapan has clashed repeatedly with Australia and some other western countries, which strongly oppose whaling on conservation grounds.\n\nJapan has argued that minke whales and a number of other species are plentiful and that its whaling activities are sustainable.\n\nWe can do our bit to prevent overfishing or giving our British money to the French fishing trawlers who are bent on destroying our deep British seabeds.\n\nIf you are not into exposing yourself (especially in this wintry British weather) and then using a fish as a pashmina to highlight your protest then there is an easier step, which I have already taken myself. Below is a petition that you can sign. It is really as easy as that and not so cold or slimy! \ud83d\ude09 Just add your email address and you are done!\n\nHere\u2019s Gillian Anderson wearing just a conger eel\n\nIn one of the weirder images we\u2019ve seen today, X-Files and The Fall actress Gillian Anderson poses naked with a massive conger eel thrown round her neck.\n\nThe picture forms part of a photographic campaign called Fishlove seeking to highlight the issue of diminishing fish stocks, the message being that British taxpayers\u2019 money is being given to French fishing trawlers to destroy the deep seabed in British waters.\n\nA petition has been launched in support of the campaign, aiming to attract 10,000 signatures.\n\nThe collection was taken by French portrait photographer Denis Rouvre and also sees Olivia Williams, Goldie and a number of French celebrities in the nude while holding various fish.\n\nThis is something for the diary of 2014. I have always been fascinated with the history of the Neanderthals. Apparently their lack of language made them an easy target for the slightly more sophisticated Cro-Magnons.\n\n18 November 2013\n\nThe grizzled face of a model of a Homo sapiens, seen briefly in the Central Hall.\n\nModels that will take pride of place in the Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story exhibition made their entrance last week.\n\nTwo eerily lifelike models of a Neanderthal and a Homo sapiens were delivered to the Museum on Friday, before being whisked off into hiding until early next year.\n\nThe specially commissioned models were created by the Kennis brothers, twin artists who specialise in scientifically accurate sculptures of ancient humans and animals.\n\nAncient visitors: the Neanderthal, left, is modelled on a Neanderthal who was in his 20s. The artists were surprised by scientific evidence of his anatomy, particularly his flat bottom. The Homo sapiens is based on a man in his 50s.\n\nThe naked models, both with tattoo-like markings, are wizened and look disturbingly similar to modern men. The Neanderthal is lighter-skinned than the Homo Sapiens, based on evidence from recent and ancient DNA.\n\nThe Neanderthal figure is modelled on a skeleton found in a cave in Belgium and is short and stocky, whereas the modern human, whose ancestors came from Africa, is much taller.\n\nDrawing on scientific data, the Kennis brothers rebuilt the skeletons of these ancient humans in their studio in Arnhem in the Netherlands built up clay muscle and tendon and took a cast of each body. These were then filled with silicon to create the models.\n\nThey coloured and specked the silicon from the inside out to recreate accurate skin tone. Both Neanderthals and modern humans probably used pigment to mark their skin.\n\nThe AHOB project is a 13-year multidisciplinary collaboration between the Museum and Royal Holloway, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the British Museum and Queen Mary University.\n\nThe exhibition itself has taken three years to create.\n\nNeanderthal DNA\n\nNeanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and although our species, Homo sapiens, did not evolve from them directly, many of us have a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA as a result of ancient interbreeding.\n\nNeanderthals were skilled toolmakers and hunters, great survivors who colonised Britain many times between 400,000 and 50,000 years ago, at times coping with ever-changing environments, and at other times disappearing.\n\nAncient artists\n\nModern humans first arrived in Britain from Africa around 40,000 years ago. Homo sapiens were the first human species to sculpt objects not just for survival but to interpret the world around them, through artistic expression.\n\nSue, The T-Rex\n\nMeet Sue, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.\n\nSue, a seven tonne t-rex can be seen at the Field Museum in Chicago. Sue is currently the largest and most complete specimen of the prehistoric predator ever found. The curator paid a record-breaking $8.4m at auction in 1997.\n\nDinosaur enthusiasts are revising their image of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex after discovering that the most famous specimen on public display was felled not in mortal combat, but by an infection that causes sore throats in pigeons.\n\nExamination of her remains found that this 65million years old t-rex had suffered and survived turbulent skirmishers that left her with 3 broken ribs, torn tendons and damaged shoulders.\n\nBut do you know how Sue died?\n\nWell scientists reckon that Sue died of sore throat.\n\nT-Rex Trivia:\n\nDid you know the nearest living relative to the tyrannosaurus rex is the chicken!\n\nHEDGEHOGS POPULATION IN LONDON\n\nI remember as a child, growing up in the 1960s, the garden of our house in NW London used to have regular visits from hedgehogs.\n\nThey are cute harmless to human creatures. They have sharp spines for protection against predators. They eat garden pests such as slugs, snails etc.\n\nWe had to be careful, as they tended to hibernate or sleep in places, where we would dig the garden such as heaps or piles of grass and leaves. Many an unfortunate animals was speared by a garden fork. We would check such heaps before digging.\n\nAlso if the garden had a small pond they would sometimes wander and fall into them. So a garden could be a perilous place for them.\n\nI once rescued a drowning baby hedgehog from our pond, luckily the water was not too deep. I dried the hedgehog (carefully!) put it in cardboard box with a cloth blanket and fed it bread soaked in milk (a traditional remedy for some small sick pets !). After a few days it recovered. I saw another larger hedgehog visit the garden whislt I was caring for the little one! When the larger hedgehog appeared again after a few days I released the recovered baby and both got together, so I guess mother or father had come looking for their child! It was a nice feeling seeing them scuttle off together into the garden undergrowth. \ud83d\ude42\n\nChildren\u2019s author Beatrix Potter created a hedgehog character named Mrs Tiggy-Winkle for the famous Peter Rabbit books, I remember the stories well from my childhood. There is an animal hospital in Buckinghamshire called Tiggy- Winkles that looks after injured hedgehogs and small wild animals.\n\nEndearing Mrs Tiggy-Winkle\n\nSadly since the early 2000s we rarely if at all see a hedgehog in our urban gardens. It is believed that the hedgehog population has declined by one-third. A combination of factors have led to their decline such as disease, many gardens being cleared of undergrowth, hedgerows etc., as home owners want simpler & easier to maintain gardens. More roads & building construction destroys their habitats. As they grub around in soil for food, lack of worms & insects in the earth indicates more serious environmental issues. Changing weather patterns with colder weather and deluges of rain have affected hedgehog habitat and food.\n\nDid you know?\n\nAn average of 275 hedgehogs are killed on British roads daily. \ud83d\ude41\n\nWe only hope that intended conservation programmes happen and once again we may have the privilige of seeing these charming little creatures gracing our gardens.\n\nIs Nyasasaurus parringtoni the earliest ever dinosaur to be found? Fossils of an arm bone and pieces of bone from the back and hips, first unearthed in the 1930s in Tanzania and recently unpacked from the drawers of the Museum, suggest that it could be.\n\nRead our news story and attend this Saturday\u2019s free \u2018The First Dinosaurs\u2019 Nature Live talks with Museum palaeontologist Paul Barret to find out more: http://bit.ly/TOIzwL"}
-{"text": "Colorado's Schoolcraft ousted at U.S. Amateur\n\nMunroe needs 19th hole to win Amateur match\n\nCHERRY HILLS VILLAGE -- On paper, Wednesday's U.S. Amateur first-round match between Colorado's own Michael Schoolcraft and Zack Munroe at Cherry Hills Country Club was all in favor of the local boy.\n\nNot only did Schoolcraft have a wealth of knowledge, playing on his home course, but had the backing of a crowd that was clearly in his favor all day long.\n\nMunroe never blinked. The 19-year old from Charlotte, N.C., rallied from 2-down with five holes to play, forced extra holes and eventually downed Schoolcraft on the 19th hole.\n\n\"I had no one on my side and playing a home boy is a little tough to do,\" said Munroe, who attends the College of Charleston. \"I stuck around, gave myself some chances, was patient, got a lucky a few times and made a putt when I needed to.\"\n\n\"Hats off to him. That was a really great birdie,\" said Schoolcraft, who plays at the University of Oklahoma after finishing up his prep career at Valor Christian High in Highlands Ranch. \"It wasn't him beating me, it was me beating myself today.\"\n\nMunroe will play Todd White of Spartanburg, S.C., this morning in the second round. White eliminated Jonathan De Los Reyes 3-and-1.\n\nThe only other Colorado player to make the match play was Justin Spray. The Cheyenne Mountain High grad, who now makes his home in Arizona, lost 3-and-2 to Patrick Rodgers of Avon, Ind.\n\nNew coordinator pushes Buffs to work, play at level he expectsJim Leavitt has discovered this much about his new defense at Colorado: He has some talent with which to work, but his players need to put it in another gear. Full Story"}
-{"text": "Many on this board called this release. I must admit I am pleasantly surprised as I am so glad to see this, but I was not expecting it. Way to go Luckas ! AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT KING KONG THE DELUXE EDITION SET IS NOT LIMITED ?\n\nI admit to being wrong, and I hope everyone who wanted this enjoys it (but if anyone starts asking for another Barry title as the final FSM release, I'll have him/her killed). But I also admit to now completely understanding why Varese Sarabande and La-La Land don't bother with letting people play guessing games - it's very boring to have surprises ruined.\n\nTo think in the winter of 1976 when i went into a record store and bought the KING KONG lp, the first response i got from a person was, you got to be kidding, what garbage that must be.Time changes- LUKAS, WE HAVE OUR AVENGE.AMEN."}
-{"text": "News from around the 32 counties of Ireland\n\nMore Belfast people are ditching the car to rely on their own two legs, new figures have revealed. The latest travel survey reveals that the number of people using a car or van to get to work has dropped from 67% in 2003-2005 to 59% in 2007-2009. That contrasts with a small increase in usage from workers in the East of Northern Ireland (up from 81% in 2003-2005 to 84%) and no real change in the West.\n(Source: Belfast Telegraph)\n\nArmagh\n\nThree more people have been arrested in connection with the murder more than two years ago of farmer Victor Stewart. The 45-year-old\u2019s body was discovered at his home on the morning of October 22, 2008 at Creevekeeran Road in Middletown, Armagh. A 50-year-old woman and 22-year-old man were arrested last Thursday by detectives from the PSNI serious crime branch and remain in custody. A 21-year-old man was later arrested and is being questioned about assisting an offender and withholding information. A 23-year-old man was remanded in custody last month on Christmas Eve charged with Mr Stewart\u2019s murder.\n(Source: Belfast Telegraph)\n\nCarlow\n\nSeveral businesses around the town were targeted in a series of Christmas burglaries. On Christmas Eve, the front door of Ho\u2019s takeaway in Sandhills estate, Tullow Road was smashed before the till and its contents were taken. The incident occurred sometime between 12.30am and 5am. On Christmas Day, Revolution store on Tullow Street was hit between midnight and 9am the following morning. The front door of the shop was kicked in and, once again, the cash register was taken.\n(Source: The Carlow Nationalist)\n\nCavan\n\nWhile the weather drove most of us indoors, an English angler kept the faith and fished the waters of his beloved Annalee river at Deredis, Butlersbridge, as he has been doing each Christmas for the last 30 years, writes Tom Carron. Michael Affleck from Greater Manchester sat patiently in sub zero temperatures in the days before Christmas, rod in hand and line cast well out into the choppy, ice filled expanse in front of him.\n(Source: The Angle Celt)\n\nClare\n\nA total of 43 Clare companies collapsed in 2010 accounting for more than 13% of all insolvencies in Munster. The highest month for insolvencies was September when seven companies were declared insolvent according to a new report. In August, just one company went to the wall according to the report by insolvencyjournal.ie. Nationally, more than 1,500 companies collapsed last year with the highest number of these being based in Dublin.\n(Source: The Clare Champion)\n\nCork\n\nCork people may have experienced close encounters of the third kind last week, with eight reported sightings of UFOs in skies above the city. While there are no reports of aliens in the attic, body snatchers or extra terrestrials that come in peace, witnesses reported seeing yellow and orange lights in the Cork skies from New Year\u2019s Eve to Sunday 2 January.\nSource: (Cork Independent)\n\nDerry\n\nA judge has led tributes to a popular Londonderry solicitor who died last week following a long illness. Before the new sitting of Derry Crown Court last week a tribute was paid to Seamus Hegarty. The Recorder of Derry, Judge Piers Grant, and Judge Philip Babington were joined in court number one by local solicitors and Mr Hegarty's three sons for the tribute. Judge Grant said he had been at university with Mr Hegarty and that he had borne his long illness with bravery and fortitude.\n(Source: Belfast Telegraph)\n\nDonegal\n\nA number of well known Donegal salmon fisheries will be re-opened in 2011 as native stocks begin to make a recovery, it has been announced. The Eske in Ballyshannon will re-open as a \"harvest\" river, while the Owenwee in Teelin, which is also part of the Ballyshannon fishery district, along with Bracky, Glenna, Tullaghobegley, Ray and Glenagannon in Letterkenny fishery district will re-opened as \"catch and release\" rivers.\n(Source: Donegal Democrat)\n\nDown\n\nA cocaine-snorting prison officer who saved his marriage by giving in to blackmail threats and smuggled \u201cunauthorized packages\u201d into Maghaberry jail faces the prospect of being jailed himself this week. Craigavon Crown Court heard that 46-year-old Darrall Scott, a father-of-two from Winona Lodge in Donaghcloney, Co Down, has since been forgiven by his wife for having a six-month affair with a prisoner's wife. Prosecutor Peter Sefton said another inmate discovered the affair and effectively \u201cblackmailed\u201d Scott, a former member of the Royal Navy, into smuggling three packages into the prison over a five-month period up to May 2009.\n(Source: Belfast Telegraph)\n\nDublin\n\nThe new garda (police) speed vans have finally been deployed across the streets of Dublin. The speed vans, which are run by the private company GoSafe, were rolled out in November on a phased basis, with areas outside Dublin covered initially. As of January, the vans are now in operation across the capital. The gardai (police) have hailed the new speed cameras as a success and believe they have contributed to a fall in road deaths.\n(Source: The Evening Hearld)"}
-{"text": "Volunteer Recognitions\n\nVolunteers Recognized at Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon!\n\nThe Westmoreland Association of Volunteer Administrators (WAVA) are proud to announce their annual volunteer awardees for 2017. At a Holiday Luncheon at Lakeview Restaurant in Greensburg on December 14, 2017, two volunteers were recognized for their outstanding service to the Westmoreland County community.\n\nVolunteer of the Year, Judy Woodring Schafer with her family\n\nThe Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Judy Woodring Schafer of Greensburg.\n\nJudy was one of the founding members of Angela\u2019s Angels in 2006. This organization provides prom and special occasion wear to local economically disadvantaged high school girls. Judy assists girls in selecting apparel and initiates alterations. She is a team player and leads by example, while improving the lives of others. She have overseen all aspects of the boutique, including marketing and inventory control, as well as, working Prom Fairs, and fundraising. Angela Rose O\u2019Brien, Founder, stated that, \u201cJudy is highly deserving of the honor and opportunity bestowed by WAVA.\u201d She is a stellar member of the community, while active with In Westmoreland Networkers (IWN), a nonprofit networking organization that is comprised of self-motivated business friends and colleagues, and with Women\u2019s Small Business Association. She has worked on the Latrobe Revitalization Project, the Candy Cane Giveaway, and the Westmoreland Latrobe chamber events. Family is of utmost importance to Judy. She always says she feels blessed and grateful for her full life. She is married to her husband Steve and has 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren. \u201cBeing a grandparent is the best!\u201d, she says.\n\nEmerging Volunteer of the Year, Brenda Bradish on right with Kim DiPiazza from ViaQuest Hospice\n\nThe Emerging Volunteer of the Year award was presented to Brenda Bradish of Latrobe.\n\nBrenda has been an integral part of the hospice team at ViaQuest Hospice since 2015. She has provided companionship and emotional support to patients, as well as respite to weary caregivers in Greensburg, Latrobe and Delmont. She often surprises her patients with home-baked treats and flowers to brighten their day. She understands that every person she cares for is a unique individual with a lifetime of experiences, relationships and gifts. She is always there to listen and share her heart. Her actions help those who are facing the journey of life\u2019s end. This journey can be a lonely, frightening or simply an unfamiliar experience. \u201cShe has really made a difference to our patients and their families,\u201d stated Kim DiPiazza, her volunteer director."}
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-{"text": "Partnering to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Rural Nicaragua\n\nUnsafe drinking water is one of the single greatest threats to human health. Globally, waterborne diseases are the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five, killing an estimated 1,400 children every day.\n\nDrinking water contamination is endemic in Nicaragua, which is both the largest and the poorest country in Central America. Rural families often drink untreated water sourced from polluted rivers and streams\u2014water that frequently contains disease-causing pathogens from animal and human fecal matter. A 2010 World Health Organization study found that \u201c[fecal] contamination of water sources is a serious problem in Nicaragua, and that water sources in 90% of the municipalities of the country may be contaminated.\u201d\n\nAccess to safe drinking water is a key step to building healthier communities, increasing productivity and school attendance, and enabling sustained economic growth.\n\nWhen communities gain access to clean water, not only are lives saved, diseases are significantly reduced\u2014translating to a population that is healthier, better educated, and more productive. Numerous studies have shown that for every $1 invested in clean water and sanitation yields an economic return of between $4 and $8.\n\nCTI\u2019s Water Chlorinator helps villagers in rural Nicaragua treat the contaminated water sources in their communities.\n\nThe CTI Water Chlorinator was specifically designed to serve rural communities\u2014it is easily assembled in-country, does not require electricity, and can be sustainably maintained without ongoing outside assistance. The inexpensive system utilizes chlorine tablets to produce clean water for an entire village for just pennies per day. The chlorinator attaches to a gravity-fed water tank, delivering a controlled dosage of chlorine that kills most disease-causing pathogens, making the water safe to drink. Water chlorination is a safe, low-cost method of treating drinking water, hailed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an extremely effective method of providing potable water in a village setting.\n\nCTI and our partners at local NGOs travel throughout Nicaragua by bus, motorcycle, and foot to reach remote rural villages, where they help locals assemble the chlorinator and attach it to their community water tanks. In each community, we partner with formal water committees, called CAPS (Comite de Agua Potable y Saneamiento, or Potable Water and Sanitation Committee). The CAPS purchase the Water Chlorinators and maintain the systems\u2014replenishing the chlorine tablets and using testing kits to regularly check for safe chlorine levels. CAPS volunteers also collect a few cents from families to fund the replacement chlorine tablets every few months, so the communities aren\u2019t dependent on outside funding to maintain their sources of safe water.\n\nTo keep a constant supply of chlorine tablets within short distance from local villages, we've created over 20 regional chlorine banks that hold small inventories of tablets. This ensures that chlorination systems remain in operation at all times.\n\nTo expand the reach of our chlorinators, CTI partners with Nicaragua-based development organizations (EOS International and Self-Help International) that install chlorinators in additional regions of the country. We also partner with the Nicaraguan Health Ministry, who accompanies our staff to the villages to provide communities with health and sanitation education.\n\nMore than 300,000 people in rural Nicaragua have gained access to safe drinking water through the installation of CTI\u2019s water chlorinator.\n\nGoal: Help 500,000 Nicaraguans gain a sustainable source of safe drinking water by 2018\n\nProgress: More than 300,000 Nicaraguans have safe water through CTI's Water Chlorinator."}
-{"text": "learn about health, what exactly is health? Learn about healthy living, adopt healthy attitudes, and live a healthy lifestyle. Study online about health and learn the links between mental, personal and chemical health.\n\nFood Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part I\n\nA Curious Finding\n\nIt all started with one little sentence buried in a paper about obese rats. I was reading about how rats become obese when they're given chocolate Ensure, the \"meal replacement drink\", when I came across this:\n\n...neither [obesity-prone] nor [obesity-resistant] rats will overeat on either vanilla- or strawberry-flavored Ensure.\n\nThe only meaningful difference between chocolate, vanilla and strawberry Ensure is the flavor, yet rats eating the chocolate variety overate, rapidly gained fat and became metabolically ill, while rats eating the other flavors didn't (1). Furthermore, the study suggested that the food's flavor determined, in part, what amount of fatness the rats' bodies \"defended.\"\n\nAs I explained in previous posts, the human (and rodent) brain regulates the amount of fat the body carries, in a manner similar to how the brain regulates blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygenation and blood pH (2). That fact, in addition to several other lines of evidence, suggests that obesity probably results from a change in this regulatory system. I refer to the amount of body fat that the brain defends as the \"body fat setpoint\", however it's clear that the setpoint is dependent on diet and lifestyle factors. The implication of this paper that I could not escape is that a food's flavor influences body fatness and probably the body fat setpoint.\n\nAn Introduction to Food Reward\n\nThe brain contains a sophisticated system that assigns a value judgment to everything we experience, integrating a vast amount of information into a one-dimensional rating system that labels things from awesome to terrible. This is the system that decides whether we should seek out a particular experience, or avoid it. For example, if you burn yourself each time you touch the burner on your stove, your brain will label that action as bad and it will discourage you from touching it again. On the other hand, if you feel good every time you're cold and put on a sweater, your brain will encourage that behavior. In the psychology literature, this phenomenon is called \"reward,\" and it's critical to survival.\n\nThe brain assigns reward to, and seeks out, experiences that it perceives as positive, and discourages behaviors that it views as threatening. Drugs of abuse plug directly into reward pathways, bypassing the external routes that would typically trigger reward. Although this system has been studied most in the context of drug addiction, it evolved to deal with natural environmental stimuli, not drugs.\n\nAs food is one of the most important elements of survival, the brain's reward system is highly attuned to food's rewarding properties. The brain uses input from smell, taste, touch, social cues, and numerous signals from the digestive tract* to assign a reward value to foods. Experiments in rats and humans have outlined some of the qualities of food that are inherently rewarding:\n\nFat\n\nStarch\n\nSugar\n\nSalt\n\nMeatiness (glutamate)\n\nThe absence of bitterness\n\nCertain textures (e.g., soft or liquid calories, crunchy foods)\n\nCertain aromas (e.g., esters found in many fruits)\n\nCalorie density (\"heavy\" food)\n\nWe are generally born liking the qualities listed above, and aromas and flavors that are associated with these qualities become rewarding over time. For example, beer tastes terrible the first time you drink it because it's bitter, but after you drink it a few times and your brain catches wind that there are calories and a drug in there, it often begins tasting good. The same applies to many vegetables. Children are generally not fond of vegetables, but if you serve them spinach smothered in butter enough times, they'll learn to like it by the time they're adults.\n\nThe human brain evolved to deal with a certain range of rewarding experiences. It didn't evolve to constructively manage strong drugs of abuse such as heroin and crack cocaine, which overstimulate reward pathways, leading to the pathological drug seeking behaviors that characterize addiction. These drugs are \"superstimuli\" that exceed our reward system's normal operating parameters. Over the next few posts, I'll try to convince you that in a similar manner, industrially processed food, which has been professionally crafted to maximize its rewarding properties, is a superstimulus that exceeds the brain's normal operating parameters, leading to an increase in body fatness and other negative consequences.\n\n* Nerves measure stomach distension. A number of of gut-derived paracrine and endocrine signals, including CCK, PYY, ghrelin, GLP-1 and many others potentially participate in food reward sensing, some by acting directly on the brain via the circulation, and others by signaling indirectly via the vagus nerve. More on this later."}
-{"text": "(Newser)\n\u2013\nAmazon has narrowed the list of cities vying for its second headquarters to 20, and the New York Times reports on an interesting part of the competition: The cities' top-secret bids are often top-secret even to officials of those very cities. In Indianapolis, for example, a city council member says he has been told \"absolutely nothing\" about the financial incentives offered to Amazon in the \"HQ2\" hunt. One big reason is that the bids were often put together by public-private development groups affiliated with the local chamber of commerce, and those groups aren't required to make them public under freedom-of-information laws. However, that raises the prospect that taxpayers of the eventual winning city might end up paying a steeper-than-expected price in exchange for the jobs and economic jolt promised by Amazon.\n\nNot all the cities are being completely secretive. Newark, New Jersey, for example has outlined a $7 billion package of tax credits and other incentives to lure the behemoth. But others don't want to tip their hands, and Amazon apparently likes it that way. \u201cI don\u2019t know what we offered Amazon in terms of financial incentives, but I believe Amazon wants to see the biggest incentive package that any city will offer them,\u201d says an Austin City Council member. No word on when the winner will be announced, but another winnowing of the finalists is expected soon. At Fast Company, one writer thinks it would be better for everyone if Amazon opened several smaller headquarters, while another at Forbes wonders if a public job posting suggests that DC has an edge. Check out the 20 finalists here."}
-{"text": "Baby Alpaca's Leather & Layers\n\nMost Read\n\nThere are layers to Chris Kittrell. Let's start with the name. Kittrell the man is also Baby Alpaca the musician (both are 27) whose self-titled, debut album drops this summer (download the EP here). Baby Alpaca, the album, takes haunting, plaintiff vocals and places them on top of temperate guitar and piano chords, which in turn rest on smart, controlled beats, which remind us of New Wave's danciest tracks. And then there's the look, which is complex, and striking, and quite literally, layered.\n\n\"I wear a lot of vintage,\" he says, downing an Americano at a corner caf\u00e9 in Chelsea, barely a block from the apartment where he's currently crashing. \"I wear vintage blazers a lot and pair them with other vintage shirts, dress shirts and oxfords and flannels. I'm wearing leather leggings, by The Row. I'm wearing these shoes my friend Samantha gave me yesterday. This is a shirt that I made. It's just cashmere, just strange loosely woven fabric. And I'm wearing my grandma's high school ring.\" He proudly points out the year of her graduation. \"See, '55.\" A little home-made, a little fancy, something new, something found; all combined into something striking and bold that's also relaxed and easy; a fitting description for Baby Alpaca's music as much as his look.\n\nRaised on a 120 acre farm in Owensville, Ohio, fashion and music have always been a part of Kitrell's life. \"I learned to sew when I was very young\u2014my grandma taught me how. And I was always playing music at the same time. I had a very musical childhood,\" he says. He went to school for fashion, working at Marc Jacobs and The Row, but found that the industry left him no time to do anything for himself. \"I really had something to say musically, and in my own fashion sense, I needed to do my own thing.\"\n\nThe solution is Baby Alpaca. In a creative outburst of style and sound, Kittrell has found a place where the aesthetic layers can combine to something greater, and something all his own. \"Style is very important to me because it's a form of self expression, just like music,\" he says. \"I like to wear really soft things, and I love cashmere. All my clothes are worn. I don't have a very fresh or clean aesthetic. I think my music is soft, refined, and intricate, but it's strong at the same time. I'm tall. I have a very bold style. It's very noticeable.\"\n\nLike Kitrell's more noticeable looks\u2014the loud jacket, the hair\u2014his haunting, baritone grabs you, and, without insistence, doesn't let you go. The songs aren't overproduced, but manage to stay refined. The beats underscore the album with the same pop knowingness of Kittrell's Olsen-designed leggings. On another man, on any other man, the look would fail. But Kittrell not only makes it work, he makes it something whole.\n\n\"All the layering is a mix of male suiting meets hobo meets living out of a suitcase. But also really detailed and intricate. I like safety pins. I like long necklaces.\" And here I can no longer figure out if he's talking about the music, or the sound. \"It can also be flowy and dreamy and ethereal. It's a definite mix of masculinity and femininity.\" For Kittrell, for Baby Alpaca, the intended topic on which he's opining may be irrelevant: \"It comes together in the way that you feel and the way that you sound.\""}
-{"text": "Saturday, April 14, 2012\n\nTreating us with contempt\n\nThis is a jolly little tale one might think. Farmer David Cundall, 62, from Scunthorpe, North Lincs, has located the aircraft, and got David Cameron to negotiate their release by the Burmese authorities.\n\nFrom thereon, though, the story falls apart. The piece authors describe the Spitfires as \"fighter jets\" (below), an incredible description, and more so since this is the iconic \"victor\" of the Battle of Britain, known to every man child in the country. No fighter jet this.\n\nEven neglecting the \"aircrafts\" in the strap, the story get worse. We are told they were \"hidden more than 40-feet below ground amid fears of a Japanese occupation\", after having been shipped to Burma and then transported by rail to the RAF base where they have been found. But, we are told:\n\n... advances in technology and the emergence of more agile jets meant they were never used and in August 1945, officials fearing a Japanese occupation abandoned them on the orders of Lord Louis Mountbatten, the head of South East Asia Command, two weeks before the atom bombs were dropped, ending the conflict.\n\nThe time that Burma was threatened was in 1942, of course, when there were no Spitfires in theatre, only Hurricanes. Not until 1943 with the formation of the 3rd Tactical Airforce did Spitfires appear in Burma, and then they were the tropicalised Mk Vc version, latterly replaced by Mk VIIIs (below: a Spitfire Mk VIII of No. 155 Squadron about to take off from Tabingaung, Burma, January 1945).\n\nNevertheless, we are told that the machines delivered in 1945 have somehow become \"Mk II planes\"? And there was a Japanese occupation feared?\n\nIn a story littered with so many factual errors, one does not have to go very far to see part of the reason. We are dealing with girlies here, Victoria Ward, and Rowena Mason. And, as we all know, girlies don't do toys.\n\nWatching recently the ground-breaking TV series The Wire, we have an episode where the hiring policy of the local paper (in the series) - The Baltimore Sun - is described. Senior and experienced (largely white male) reporters are being replaced by \"twenty-something\" girlies (in experience if not calendar age) , who are so much cheaper.\n\nSo we have the disease spread to the UK, but there is more to it than that. The multiple, laughably egregious errors were missed by the subs. But then, there are so few of them now. They barely have time to read the copy \u2013 and many of them are as ignorant as the reporters.\n\nIt does not stop there though. Predictably, the readers \u2013 more knowledgeable than the writers - have ripped the piece apart in the comments section. Had I made mistakes of this order on my blog, my readers would have done likewise, and I would have responded with alacrity. But not the arrogant Failygraph. Rather than curl up in embarrassment at such an appalling piece, it sails on regardless on the \"award-winning\" website, with not a correction to be seen.\n\nThese, however, are obvious errors, ones that can so easily be spotted by readers. As for the more subtle errors, in more arcane areas, these stand alongside in hundreds of pieces, unchanged. The Failygraph does not care. In The Wire, we get an explanation of why it is more profitable to produce a bad newspaper than a good one, and this paper has learned the lessons well.\n\nBut the readers are being treated with contempt.\n\nUPDATE: some, but by no means all of the errors have been corrected ... I suppose evenThe Failygraph had to do something about the piece, so bad was it that even they must have noticed."}
-{"text": "Blur is Coming\n\nIf you are familiar with Defrag and Glue, you know they are built around two of Foundry Group\u2019s themes (Protocol and Glue respectively). Blur is being built around our Human Computer Interaction theme, but with a twist. Instead of simply being able to \u201csee cool stuff up close\u201d, our goal with Blur will be to create an environment where you can actually use and work with this stuff. We\u2019ll have user-oriented demos, hackathons, and tons of crazy shit no one has ever seen before.\n\nPlus, we\u2019ll give away a lot of cool toys, have a ton of smart people who are working on the next generation of HCI in one place, and have some fun surprises. And we are doing it in an environment that is especially tuned for a conference like Blur."}
-{"text": "Verizon customers are the biggest idiots I've ever dealt with. They never want to pay their bill always calling in for a \"credit\". Why do't you lazy assholes get a job and pay for your service. Maybe stop downloading RBT and RT if you can't afford it so you can make a call when your broke down on the side of the road in the woods with, for the 10th time this month.\nPAY FOR YOUR FUCKING SERVICE OR GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND STOP HARRASSING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS WHO MAKE VERY LITTLE MONEY TO DEAL WITH YOU ASSHOLES!!!\n\nTypical hate for the customer. Sorry for bothering you at work, you're welcome for the pay check.\n\nAnonymous - Verizon H8er ID: 6E9C14\n\n04/17/13 | 8:31AM\n\nthey get paid little for the garbage they put up with from the customers as well as the company...let the person vent for god sakes...you all scream about the this company how would you like to work for them? They treat their employees like crap as well as the customers...and yet pay their CEO something in the ballpark of 22 million a year in salary alone. Why dont you complain to him instead of the poor rep thats doing what their told to do....Im not condoning bad service or incompetance...but folks these days can be brutal...just stand in line at your grocery store and see how some of these customers are horrible to the clerk checking them out...rediculous....now ive vented...lol....\n\nAnonymous - Verizon H8er ID: EA030E\n\n04/18/13 | 17:21PM\n\nThe ends don't justify the means in the case of disgruntled Verizon employees a sucky job. But you can quit.\n\nCustomer Service is tough no matter what company you work for. It's your job to be nice, polite and courteous. If customer service is that much of an ordeal get a transfer to the street as a field tech then face the customers one on one on their home turf.\n\nAnonymous - Verizon H8er ID: 58F90B\n\n06/22/13 | 3:53AM\n\nFunny you say you can quit? Sounds like the economy is BOOMING and unemployment is way down in a some imagination land. And as for dealing with people on their home turf. I think people are generally more polite in person, and less likely to get arrogant than over the phone."}
-{"text": "Trending Now\n\nYou are here\n\nColumbia\u2019s Overtime Winner Sends Falcons Past Rebels 5-4\n\nSOUTH BURLINGTON\u2013Dylan Columbia's goal twenty-four seconds into the second overtime propelled the North Country Falcons past South Burlington 5-4 in the Metro Division quarter-finals on Saturday.\"Oh my God, you can't describe it,\" said Columbia about the goal, \"I was overwhelmed with joy... it was the greatest feeling in the world.\"Setting up Columbia was Logan Fortier, who was in on all the scoring Saturday, and he had the same reaction. \"I can't describe this,\" said Fortier moments after the game, \"I've dreamed of this since I was four years old.\"\"These guys have been working really hard, and we are playing like we know we can beat anybody and it is a fantastic feeling to be back in the final four,\" said coach Andrew Roy.Columbia's goal was the last event in a long series of occurrences that made for a very special afternoon at the Douglas A. Cairns Arena, and we will start at the beginning.It was a sluggish start for the Falcons against the quick moving Rebels, and the hometown team wasted little time getting on the board.Eric Craig slid into the slot, where South Burlington prefers to do most of its' damage, and one-timed the puck past Chris Bronson just 1:12 into the game.The Rebels utilized their strong breakout and crisp passing to stay out of their own zone and spend the bulk of the first in the North Country end where they put twenty shots on Bronson.\"We came out with some bus legs, but Chris Bronson was amazing, He was the difference for us tonight,\" said Roy.North Country would eventually put four shots on South Burlington's Nate Young, but it was 1-0 Rebels at the end of one.In the second, SBUHS continued to buzz around the North Country end. Five and half minutes into the period their hard work paid off, as a lucky bounce off of a Falcon leg directed the puck into the back of the net, and it was 2-0 Rebels.Chris Weinheimer would be credited with the goal.The Falcons finally cracked the score sheet in the period's eleventh minute. While on the power-play, they were able to get the puck up high to Ebin Fournier, who in turn sent it over to Fortier who fired the puck through a maze of players into the far left corner of the net.The goal gave the Falcons life, but it also gave So. Burlington energy, and two minutes later, set up by Weinheimer and Bernie Thibeault, Charles Hall one-timed another shot past Bronson, restoring the two goal advantage, and sending the Rebels into the second intermission up 3-1.Starting the third it was clear, North Country needed goals and they needed them fast.No Problem.Fortier cruised into the South Burlington end and sniped home another low shot to make it 3-2.Said Fortier on his play in regulation, \"I was shooting the puck, getting it on net, crashing, and I got a little bit of luck, but that happens.\"With the Falcons fans strongly behind them, North Country continued to play well, but the Rebels did not win seventeen games this year on just their looks.They are a very talented team with a crew of skilled underclassman, and it was one of those young guys who would put the stomachs of the NCU crowd into a knot.Sophomore Sam Finklestein came blazing into the Falcon end, went wide left and put what John Buccigross would call a \"twisted wrister\" into the back of the cage.South Burlington was now firmly in the drivers seat.They were winning 4-2 with less than ten minutes to go, in their own barn, they, up to this point, had put nearly fifty shots on net, and had the bulk of the crowd firmly behind them.They should have won. They were supposed to win. How on Earth could they possibly lose to a team from Orleans County?Ask Ross DeLaBruere.You see North Country too has a group of very good, very big youngsters.Ross, along with Ryan Paul are two of these players, and they, along with Fortier, teamed up to get the comeback going.Winning face-offs is tantamount to being a successful team, and goal number three started with a face-off win by Paul.He got the puck back to Fortier, and Logan wasted no time putting it on net where DeLaBruere muscled his way in and lifted the puck over Young, making it 4-3 with 9:33 left on the clock.Three minutes later he stuck again, this time taking Logan Judd's rebound and burying it to tie the game at four. Fortier got the other assist on the goal, giving him four points so far.\"I just wanted to work hard and help my team out, and things just seemed to go my way,\" DeLaBruere said of his third period performance.If the high slot belonged to the Rebels, then the low slot was Falcon Country.Said Roy, \"We had asked the D to get something to the net, and Ross was in the right place at the right time.\"Now it was Bronson time.He channeled his inner Tim Thomas, jumping, diving, sprawling, what ever it took to keep the puck out of the net, allowing nothing to get past him.His best moment came with 4:13 left to play, when he somehow managed to keep the puck out of the net while a flurry of players swarmed the front, trying to jam it home.Going the other way, Nate Marsh had a chance to put North Country ahead on a breakaway with two minutes left, but he was unable to beat Young, and the teams went into the extra session deadlocked at four.Eight minutes were put on the clock, and it was winner take all.Both teams had chances in the first OT, most notably a breakaway for Finklestein and a Paul attempt, but both goalies stood strong and we were headed to overtime number two.By now the crowd had expanded, as fans who were waiting to see the South Burlington girls take on the Hartford Hurricanes filled the arena.In a show of anti-Chittenden Country camaraderie, the Hartford girls cheered on the boys as they made their way onto the ice for the start of the second overtime period.Twenty-four seconds later it was over.Fortier swooped down the left side of the ice, cut hard to the net and slid the puck along the crease over to Columbia, who knew exactly what Logan was going to do, and where to be, and he lifted the puck over Young's pads, shocking the crowd and sending the Falcon team over the boards and onto the ice where they mobbed Columbia in front of a group of painted Rebel fans.North Country played yet another clean game on Saturday, proving the importance of controlled play at this time of year.\"We can't afford to have any of a players in the box, not just to be down a man, but we need to have those personnel fighting for us, and that was key tonight,\" Roy said about his team's smarter brand of hockey.Strangely enough, Chris Bronson was the most penalized Falcon, getting tagged twice in the contest, but I think that his fifty-four save performance earned him a pass.Now the boys move on to face number three BFA, who defeated Rice 6-0 Saturday, this Wednesday in St. Albans at the Collins-Perly Sports Complex at 5:30."}
-{"text": "A conversation on seeing holistically in a complex world, sensing the whole as well as the parts: from Richard Marrs\n\nRichard\n\nRichard Marrs is the founder and president of Altamont Consulting Group LLC. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, the group works with organizations, senior executives and their teams creating and executing Strategy, Strategic Alliances, Corporate Development, and Innovation.\n\" Altamont is dedicated to improving our client's productivity, innovation, and performance by helping them Collaborate. Innovate. Transform.\"\n\nAltamont Consulting Group\n\nSee You There!\n\n2014 Productivity Summit - Edmonton AlbertaNovember 26-27 2014\n\"...The conversations that took place over the day and a half were deep, insightful, and truly focused on the theme of asking \u201cWhy\u201d we do things the way we do within our organizations...\"\n\nDecember 2008\n\nDecember 29, 2008\n\nOne of the concepts Steve Barth and I have been developing is the idea of Knowledge Tense. We spoke to it at KM World in 2007, and then again I used it in the context of innovation at KM World 2008 in a workshop.\n\nWe wanted to distinguish between past, present and future tense knowledge, not having seen or heard this distinction before. Needless to say, we are just beginning to think about knowledge this way.\n\nDecember 23, 2008\n\nOne of the more interesting topics of recent conversation is the idea that this economic crisis really has no model or pattern that is discernable from past downturns and crises.\n\nI was listening to Nassim Taleb (The Black Swan) this past Sunday morning on Fareed Zakaria's (The Post-America World) GPS show: He and the other roundtable members made some very compelling points about the unique nature of the current crisis. And after listening to some other folks, and thinking about some recent work I have done, there are some critical new ways of thinking you need in this crisis.\n\nDefinitions\n\ncon\u00b7tex\u00b7ture\n\n(k\u0259n-t\u0115ks'ch\u0259r, k\u014fn't\u0115ks'-) noun: 1. The act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole. 2. An arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure. 3. A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure.\n\nJudi N. Sandrock: The Art of Managing Knowledge: A Practitioner's GuideThis book provides a road map to either start a KM program from scratch, or use well defined processes and tools to conduct a diagnostic on an existing program \u2013 fine tuning for our current times of uncertainty. (****)"}
-{"text": "John Frayne: Jasper Quartet offers delightful performances of pieces old and new\n\nThe Jasper String Quartet, winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award, played a varied program Jan. 27 at the Sunday Salon concert in the Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.\n\nBeginning with a quartet by Franz Joseph Haydn, this highly talented group went on to the intense and ambitious \"musica instrumentalis\" quartet by Aaron Jay Kernis, and finishing with the Third \"Razumovsky\" Quartet of Ludwig van Beethoven, a work that inspired the Kernis piece.\n\nThe members of the Jasper Quartet are J Freivogel, violin; Sae Chonabayashi, violin; Sam Quintal, viola; and Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello. This group gets its name from Jasper National park in Alberta, Canada, and J (no period) and Rachel are married.\n\n\"What, two Freivogels?\" you might ask. \"Doesn't our quartet in residence, the Jupiter, have two Freivogels?\"\n\nYes, indeed, Megan and Lisa. It seems that the Freivogel family had a family string quartet, and J played along with his sisters, Megan and Lisa.\n\nThe opening work, Haydn's String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2 is Haydn's last work in a form which he virtually created, and it is one of two works that bears the name \"Lobkowitz,\" after the Bohemian prince who commissioned them.\n\nFor a last word by Haydn in this form, this piece has many moments of pure joy, and the Jasper group played with a fresh buoyancy, displaying fine intonation and lovely tone along the way.\n\nThen came Kernis' 1998 work, String Quartet No. 2, \"musica instrumentalis.\" The impressive Latin title reminds me of Paul Hindemith's Symphony, \"Harmony of the World,\" about the astronomer Johannes Kepler, with Latin titles of movements. (Hindemith's first movement is entitled \"Musica instrumentalis.\")\n\nKernis had written in 1990 another string quartet with the title \"Musica Celestis,\" so there is a continuity in these Kernis works. This second quartet, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1998, is based in some ways on the Beethoven Quartet No. 9 that ended this program. Then why not play the Beethoven work before the Kernis? Well, it seems an unwritten law of programming that the challenging contemporary work must be played before intermission to prevent a good part of the audience walking out. Let me say at once that the Kernis work, for me, held no terrors, but rather many pleasurable moments.\n\nQuintal introduced the Kernis work by saying the Jasper players had met Kernis and they had worked on this quartet for years and decided to record it.\n\nI could not help contrasting their intense involvement with this Kernis work with my reaction on hearing it for the first time. Well, the opening movement uses many older dance forms, and what was for me user friendly about this music was that one could distinguish an opening hectic section from a later elegant section, and recognize these themes when they recurred near the end of the movements. This is in sharp contrast to some contemporary quartets I have heard in recent years.\n\nThe long, slow movement (17 minutes), built upon two \"Sarabande\" segments, had moments of great emotional intensity, resembling slow movements of the late quartets of Beethoven. Despite its length, it held my attention and sustained my emotional involvement to its end.\n\nKernis' final movement, with its double and triple fugue, had frenetic and explosive moments, and after a reminiscence of the earlier elegant style, ended by sounding like an homage to the monumental four notes that open Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The Jasper players performed with heroic intensity, and we later learned that Quintal had broken a string during the finale and had to improvise on the fly.\n\nAlthough this was my first time hearing this Kernis work, the final work on the program, Beethoven's Quartet No. 9, was the first string quartet I grew to love, about 65 years ago. Listening to the Jasper Quartet playing it with elegance and enthusiasm was for me pure joy. The pizzicato playing of Rachel Henderson Freivogel in the slow movement was especially memorable. Yes, Beethoven's dizzying fugal finale did resemble Kernis' final movement, or should it be the other way around?\n\nThe audience on the Foellinger stage gave the Jasper Quartet a well-deserved standing ovation.\n\nOne last curious observation: Among previous winners of the Cleveland Quartet Award were the Pacifica Quartet in 2003 and the Jupiter Quartet in 2007. Is there a pattern here? Will there be a Freivogel dynasty here?\n\nJohn Frayne hosts \"Classics of the Phonograph\" on Saturdays at WILL-FM and, in retirement, teaches at the University of Illinois. He can be reached at frayne@illinois.edu."}
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-{"text": "Wednesday, September 30, 2009\n\nTo get publicity going for the Hartford's Open Studio Weekend, the online magazine Connecticut Creative is doing interviews of the participating artists. I was lucky enough to be interviewed and you can see the article here.\n\nApart from the fact that they started dropping the extra \"p\" from my last name toward the end of the piece, I think it's a very nice article.\n\nBTW - Open Studio Weekend will be November 14 & 15th. I'll be at the ArtSpace Building on 555 Asylum, but I don't know which floor yet.\n\nTuesday, September 29, 2009\n\nSaturday, the town of Newington held their annual Waterfall Festival which features a Chalk Walk. In years past I have entered the competition. But even in my 30's, being on my hands and knees for hours did a number on my body. Just when I thought I'd had enough, they offered me a judging position.\n\nYeah!\n\nThis is the third year I have been one of the judges for the competition. I, and another artist, walk around with our clip boards* and rate the art on a scale from 1 - 5 in different categories, like subject matter, use of medium, overall impression.\n\nBoth of us felt that this piece was the strongest:The artist (a young woman in high school, I think) used the chalk very well. She blended beautifully and there are dynamic lights and darks.\n\nSo many people rely on an under-painting of tempera paint and then they don't do much chalk work. It just plain annoys me, and the art is flat. One artist used glitter glue! GLITTER GLUE! Tacky. (Pun intended)\n\nThis is another piece that I really liked. But, being one of four landscapes doesn't help in the creativity department, so it didn't place. Sorry.\n\n* The other judge is an extremely friendly woman who hides her clipboard and casually goes around and talks to all of the artists. She is soooo nice. I am the quiet, serious judge. My clipboard is right out there and I don't talk to anyone unless they speak to me. Then I'm nice. But I don't like to chat up people I'm judging. We're like good cop/bad cop.\n\nSaturday, September 26, 2009\n\nYesterday evening, Magoo attended his karate graduation from yellow belt to orange belt. (Above) Here he is waiting as the instructor talked about what they were going to be doing.\n\n(Below) It was a HUGE group of kids. I had no idea! When Magoo graduated from white to yellow, there were six kids in his graduation group. Mike counted thirty-six last night. As a result, it was harder for me to move around with my camera. I drew in a red arrow pointing to Magoo.\n\nThe kids did sit-ups and push-ups - Magoo is AWESOME at those. He's so strong and he takes great pride in them. Then they worked through some punches, kicks, and combinations. (Below) Magoo hits his horse stance and says \"Hiya!\"\n\nAt the end of a very long 65 minute ceremony, Magoo got his orange belt!!! His father and I are giddy with pride! (Well, Mike's not so much with the giddy, just proud.)\n\nHere is a video of Magoo doing #2 Combination. The instructor had just spoken about strong, fierce faces during the moves. So Magoo is practicing his mean face. (Another kid gets in front of him in the middle, but Magoo will emerge again.)\n\nThursday, September 24, 2009\n\nA couple weeks ago our excellent neighbors gave us a hand-me-down castle.\n\nMagoo is old enough to read early level \"easy-readers\" but we find the stories are too simple, \"One dog ran fast. Two cats ran fast.\" or it's just subject matter that he's not interested in. So I decided to take a page from the army guy book project and make him a story using photographs for the illustrations and his first-grade word list in the text.\n\nI came up with Skull Castle!\n\nHere's a page after the King and Sir Blue discover that Skull Castle has been taking over by the evil King Rojo.\n\nYes, there's a battle. Magoo loves battles so there is definitely a wee bit of violence in the book. (No beheading though!) Just the average stuff 6-year-old boys would come up with on their own. Actually, it's probably tamer than what a 6-year-old boy would come up with on his own! But worry not, King Rojo is captured and the good people of King Azul end the day happily.\n\nMonday, September 21, 2009\n\nI am putting the finishing touches on my commission job and am waiting for feedback for my current story project - so I'm back to work on material for the art show. I just completed Wink's Grandmother. I love the way glasses look - but MAN - I hate cutting those things. Xacto blade circles are hard!\n\nThursday, September 17, 2009\n\nI'm still busy at work with projects that I can't really blog about - so, in an effort to keep things from getting stale, I'll post about my guilty pleasure TV show, America's Next Top Model.\n\nIt's episode 3 and the girls are still fresh, and I still can't remember their names. So I will refer to them as the nicknames that I have given them. First, let's talk about Bambi Eyes (above.) Bambi Eyes had a good week last week. The judges liked her photo and she was feeling all good about herself. BIG MISTAKE!\n\nThis week the girls had a surprise visit to the Wilhelmina Modelling Agency and poor Bambi Eyes froze in her interview. She mentioned that she'd done some musical theater and when the MAIN GUY asked her to sing something, she completely froze - couldn't think of a single song.\n\nI felt so bad for the girl that I was shouting out songs from the couch. \"Sing Memory from Cats. Sing something from Les Mis - they don't care!\" But Bambi froze like a deer in headlights and they gave her the boot. Seriously - no one was expecting that. Her interview was so bad that the MAIN GUY at Wilhelmina couldn't ever see working with her. Ba-Bye.\n\nHeather and I thought they'd boot the girl with the lazy eye. But no. Poor Bambi had to go.\n\nAnd this is a girl who left a job as a cashier at Walmart. Can you imagine? You're at Walmart. You audition for Top Model. You make the final 32 girls and go to LA. You make the top 13 girls that go to the house. You rock your first photo shoot and them BOOM - you can't think of a song and you're gone. Rough.\n\nWell, after all she committed one of the Top Model sins: Thou Shalt Not Be Uninteresting.\n\nBut things were back to normal soon enough. For their next photo shoot, the girls had to pose topless with a horse and a jockey. I won't go into this too much. The bottom two were Bianca - the angry girl with her head shaved who hates every piece of clothing and accessory the stylists put her in - and Gimpy Courtney - the girl with the broken foot.\n\nThey let Courtney go. You know why? Even though her photo last week was great. Even though she walked without her foot brace for the guy from Wilhelmina and impressed him. Even though she could smile with her eyes. Courtney got flustered during her photo shoot b/c Mr. Jay asked her to wear her foot brace. She doesn't like the foot brace. It messes with her mojo. She had a bad photo. But the real reason Gimpy was cut was that she committed the Big Mama of top Model Sins.\n\nThou Shalt Not Give Up (or Thou Shalt Know How Ding-Dong Lucky Though Art To Be Here And Give Your Blood and Sweat To Me)\n\nAt panel, poor Gimpy said, \"I gave up.\"\n\nYou can take the worst photos, be in the worst mood, complain, be ungrateful - all of it, but if you have a moment when you get frustrated and just kinda don't care and you SAY SO - that's it. Game over. Tyra HATES YOU!\n\nAnd it's OK if Tyra has silly little sketches and characters like Super Smeyes. It's OK if Tyra makes light of things - but the girls have to give blood. And the second you stop - you're gone.\n\nSo Good-bye to Bambi Eyes. You seemed like a sweet girl and I bet you could have grown. And good-bye to Gimpy. You seemed like you might have annoyed me in time, but I think they cut you too soon.\n\nMy current favorites are Laura the Cowgirl, Brittany (I have no nickname for Brittany. She's brunette now and had a lovely photo where she was laying across the top of the horse's back) and Over-Posey Ashley. (They had to use her test shot.)\n\nTuesday, September 15, 2009\n\nAs we enter Magoo's third week of school and my third week of productivity, I am happy to say I am busy, busy. Unfortunately, not everything is blog worthy (or blog ready.)\n\nI have been doing a lot of writing. I think posting about works-in-progress puts a bad mojo on them, so I never like to blog about my writing. Just know that I'm working hard on some fun stuff. Will it see the light of day? Dunno.\n\nMy current collage project is a commissioned work. I am creating a friend's house in a Christmas scene. Architecture is not always my favorite subject matter, but I have to say I am really liking how it's turning out.\n\nI hope to finish another watercolor goldfish today or tomorrow and I need to get going on a Wink collage for the art show/card set.\n\nSo that's what I working on. As for leisure time, anyone catching any new shows? I just finished watching Season 2 of True Blood at my friend w/ HBO's house. I've started Glee, America's Next Top Model, and the Vampire Diaries.\n\nFriday, September 11, 2009\n\nI made the body of Master Zutsu last May when I wanted an iron-on for a shirt to wear to my reading in Virginia.\n\nBut I thought I'd work him into a background so I can present him at the November art show (Open Studio Weekend Nov. 14 & 15th in Hartford, folks.) I was already planning on doing one of Wink - because duh! But then I thought, Hey, why don't I make two more and then I can make a four-pack of cards. Wink cards would be super cute, right?\n\nSo I'll make Wink next. Then I think I'll do Grandmother, then Wink in his pink curtain outfit. That's my plan anyway. I'll keep you posted.\n\nThursday, September 10, 2009\n\nLast week, Magoo had his buddies O & G over. And whenever there are three wet boys that I don't want playing in my house around, I pull out the blocks and army guys. At first, they just built and played. Then I pulled out my camera - as I often do - to snap pictures for the blog. Magoo asked if I was making a book and I thought, \"That's a good idea.\" I pulled out my older camera and schooled the boys on how to use it and let them take their own shots.\n\nThe next day, I uploaded the photos in the computer and printed a few choice ones up on blank white paper, leaving plenty of room for the story.\n\nWhen O & G came back over, I pulled out the pages and some markers and let them have at it.\n\nO, who is in second grade, really \"got\" the project. He looked at the picture and created appropriate text.We have you surrounded. Ha! (I love kid spelling!)\n\nMagoo, who is in first grade, had his own take on it.Clearly, his army guys were speaking in a sophisticated code. \"Can Aok!\"\n\nG, who is in Kindergarten, wins the style award. He tackled this project like it was art, using a variety of colors and sizes.And it looks like they're speaking in binary code!\n\nWhen they were all done, we put the pages in order, folded a piece of color paper over it, and Magoo stapled it together. The saga begins.\n\nTuesday, September 8, 2009\n\nSunday, we went down to Gramma's house and to the beach. It was WIN-DEE. Our chairs wouldn't even stay up unless there were people weighing them down. And there were WAVES. These weren't big waves if you surf - or if you live in California. But they were big waves for Niantic, CT and they were FUN!\n\nIt's always fun to see how Magoo is going to react to something. Ever since Coraline, he seems to be aware of a lot more danger in the world. He's especially skeptical of plants right now. \"Is this one poisonous?\" Thanks, whoever names poison ivy!\n\nBut ever since he learned to swim, he is Mr. Confident in the water. He was swimming like a champ in the choppy waves and wasn't even scared when they crashed over his head. He just came up for air, wiped his face off, and kept right on going.\n\nHe wanted to swim out to the raft, but we thought it was a little far for such rough water and no lifeguards on duty - so we stayed close to the shore and body surfed. The air was chilly. The water was warm. And we all had a really good time.\n\nSaturday, September 5, 2009\n\nIt's been awhile since I painted fish. I got a little burnt out on them. But I wanted to put some small pieces in the show - things under $100 - so I thought I'd paint a small (5\" X 7\") single goldfish. And to get me back into it - I thought I'd do a step-by-step because these are always fun - right?\n\nI started with a background wash of light blue, sap green, and a darker Prussian blue. I also dropped some clean water on there and let the colors mix and mingle. I left most of the fish body unpainted, but I did paint over the fins and then lifted them out. It will give them a thin, transparent feel.\n\nWhen that completely dried - like overnight dried - then I put some colors in the fish's body. I started with pinks and grays on the belly and then oranges and reds on the top. I put some violet under the eye to create a shadow. Then I let that dry for a few minutes.\n\nI darkened my prussian blue above the fish to make that top fin pop. And I started to layer up some reds and oranges on the fish's body. See how dark the shadow under the eye is? That's because it is wet. It will dry lighter.\n\nThen I had to darken the blue in the water around the back of the tail and beneath the body. I also painted in the eyes a bit and started removing small patches of color to look like scales. I darkened the base of the tail so it receded and started adding some color and definition to the fins.\n\nAs I began the finishing touches, I had to step back and see what was working and what wasn't. I thought the pink part under the fish's eye looked to jowly - so I darkened that a bit.\n\nI worked on more details around the eyes and mouth. I thought the bottom scales were too big for the size of the fish so I painted a wash over them and added some smaller highlights in white gouache.\n\nThen I spattered some paint drops, put my seal on, and signed my name.\n\nThursday, September 3, 2009\n\nOpen Studio Weekend in Hartford is coming up. Like always, I wait until two months ahead of time to make new pieces. So, in addition to working on making books, I am working on making art. Here are a couple new additions:\n\nWednesday, September 2, 2009\n\nIn the final week of summer vacation, Magoo and I found ourselves with time on our hands and nothing much to do. So we went for a bike ride to Elizabeth Park. I had been hoping to find giant sunflowers, but no. No sunflowers this year. They had plenty of other beautiful things, though.\n\nThe dahlias were gorgeous!\n\nThey have a lovely pond and there are koi in it, but it's too murky to see. So we just sat and watched fish heads for awhile.\n\nThen we walked over to the other side of the pond where a lady had a sack of bread and every duck and goose in a five mile radius was there to greet her.\n\nShe kindly gave Magoo some bread to pass out. He loved that. I couldn't get a great shot because it was hard to navigate around all the birds and I really didn't want a cheesed-off goose nipping my ankles.\n\nThe flowers so pretty I took shot after shot. Magoo wasn't up for modeling though. This is his \"Blue Steel.\""}
-{"text": "Joseph Sherman - REEL TWO PRODUCTIONS INC.\n\nJoseph is a Gemini award-winning series director (Oct., 2007, Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for Series \u201cJohnny Test\u201d) with over 25 years experience in the Animation industry in Canada and overseas. Sherman has a background and detailed understanding in the design and production of animated commercials, series, motion graphics and print illustration and design. With training in visual arts that includes University of Alberta Fine-arts and a graduate of the Sheridan College Animation program, he has extensive experience in every aspect of commercial animation production, from development, script and storyboard, through character design and background styling to post offline and online direction.\n\nSherman has worked for more than 14 years as director and creative director for series and commercials in a variety of studio settings, both large and small, such as Nelvana, Hanna Barbera, Breakthrough Entertainment, Spin Productions, 9 Story Entertainment, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Marble Media and has a comprehensive understanding of both traditional and Computer animated design, illustration, production and video post-production.\n\nHe has a thorough working knowledge of the Macintosh O.S., as well as a working knowledge of Window\u2019s based OS\u2019 with extensive experience in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign, Adobe After Effects, Flash and Toon Boom. He is an extremely \u2019hands on\u2019 creative director, in design, concept art, styling and art direction in both traditional and digital media."}
-{"text": "Though This Week in Taco Bell sampled Taco Bell\u2019s fries at the international test kitchen inside company headquarters in 2016, the domestic rollout of that much-anticipated menu item two weeks ago came with multiple opportunities to try them again at exclusive Taco Bell events. But awful, awful jury duty waylaid all those opportunities, and as such this author had to go try Taco Bell\u2019s Nacho Fries at a regular Taco Bell restaurant location and not inside a nightclub swanked out with Taco Bell regalia.\n\nAfter eating Taco Bell\u2019s fries for a second time, This Week in Taco Bell is prepared to call them just OK but undoubtedly a fine way to get nacho cheese in your mouth.\n\nThough still reminiscent of the seasoned fries available at Checkers and Rally\u2019s, the fries, in the wild, lacked the same crispiness I enjoyed inside headquarters. Fry preparation frequently dictates fry quality, and these were a touch on the soft side. It is unclear to me why all fries are not, by default, prepared well-done and crunchy.\n\nThey\u2019re a bit thicker and more potatoey than standard burger-chain fast-food fries, but the main important difference is that they come with nacho cheese, and Taco Bell\u2019s nacho cheese is incredible. So as an alternative to, if not quite an upgrade over, the standard tortilla chips as a delivery method for the cheese, they\u2019re plenty serviceable.\n\nNext to the Nacho Fries on the tray above, incidentally, is the No. 1 best thing to order at Taco Bell: A Beefy Nacho Loaded Griller with added jalapenos. Is it a classic Taco Bell menu item? No. But it has all the best Taco Bell stuff and none of the filler, earning my frequent and forceful endorsements.\n\nA look inside fancy Taco Bells in China\n\nKotaku has some photos and details of new Taco Bell locations in China. They look awesome, and the menu apparently includes a ribeye steak and mushroom taco.\n\nTaco Bell\u2019s Las Vegas wedding chapel sounds dope\n\nYvonne and Eric were given their 12-pack of crunchy tacos and two champagne flutes of \u201cMountain Dew Baja Blast\u201d (a popular Taco Bell beverage).The couple posed with their champagne flutes, began cutting their Cinnabon cake\u2013which all guests got a slice of. Then, everybody just sat around eating Taco Bell wedding cake and chilling the hell out to the pop hits. It was dusk, and Flo Rida was playing.\n\nThe Cinnabon Delight cake alone sounds worth the $600 charge for a Taco Bell wedding. I need to make more friends to up the chances that someone I know gets married at that Taco Bell in Las Vegas.\n\nDelivery coming\n\nAccording to an Associated Press report, Taco Bell is partnering with Grubhub to bring its long-awaited delivery service nationwide.\n\nDetails beyond that are scant. Consider This Week in Taco Bell officially intrigued but skeptical. Obviously getting Taco Bell delivered will cut out the inconvenience of needing to leave my apartment to get Taco Bell, but it will take multiple successful Taco Bell deliveries before I can feel confident my Taco Bell won\u2019t be ravaged by the time necessary for delivery. Because crunchiness is imperative with all crunchy Taco Bell items, I need to know they can get me my tacos before the Taco Bell meatgrease softens the shells.\n\nThis Week in Taco Bell: Taco Bell's new fries are a fine way to get nacho cheese in your mouth\n\nThe fries are just OK, but the nacho cheese remains incredible.\n\nI found this on FTW and wanted to share:\n%link%\nFor more great sports stories ...\n*visit For The Win: https://www.ftw.usatoday.com\n*follow @ForTheWin: https://www.twitter.com/forthewin\n*like FTW on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatodayftw"}
-{"text": "Absolutely gorgeous clock. I looked at so many before finding this skeleton clock online and just had to order it. The clock arrived quickly (from the UK to Boston) and was carefully packed. What a beautiful addition to our family room.Thank you Anna!\n\nWhat a beautiful clock! We really love our clock and our guests couldn\u2019t believe it\u2019s made out of wood - they just couldn\u2019t praise it enough! All the leaflets that came with it went the same day too \ufffd. Thank you so much Anna\n\nAbsolutely amazing!!! We love our clock...it is a conversation piece...a work of art!!! I\u2019ve only had it a few days and have received so many compliments! Anna is a true artist and professional. She customized our clock to compliment our decor...she is AWESOME to work with! I highly recommend Peak Art!!!\n\nWe are so so pleased with our beautiful clock- we spent a long time looking at different options for skeleton clocks but stopped looking immediately after we came across Peakart. Anna went the extra mile to ensure we had a personalised service and that we had the exact piece that we were looking for. Her communication with us through the purchase was incredible as she always responded to emails promptly and nothing was too much trouble. We are excited to have such a beautiful and unusual piece if art up in our kitchen and look forward to our friends and family enjoying it with us. Thank you Anna xx\n\nLove our new addition!! We live in the United States and Received the clock a lot faster than expected. Anna was always so very helpful in making our decision and answered every question we had promptly. It is so much more than a clock. It is a beautiful piece of art that we will always cherish. Thanks again Anna!!\n\nWhat an amazing piece of art that lovingly tells the time! It's completely perfect and personalised to complete our kitchen. The service I received was excellent from browsing to purchase and upon decision, arriving in 2 days. Thank you Anna \ud83d\ude03"}
-{"text": "Weapon(s)\n\nEffective weapon(s)\n\nBob-ombs are recurring enemies in the Legend of Zelda series. Bob-ombs are explosive bomb-like enemies that, when attacked, light their fuses and run around wildly before exploding and harming Link, should he be in the vicinity of the blast. Two good ways to avoid being harmed by the resulting explosion are to either use a shield to block the explosion or shooting it with an arrow to detonate it immediately.\n\nContents\n\nAppearances\n\nBob-ombs appear within certain dungeons. When hit with a weapon, a Bob-omb will start smiling and following Link. After a short while, it will count down from three. Once the countdown is finished, it explodes and damages Link if he is in the blast zone.\n\nBob-ombs appear in numerous areas of the game, beginning with certain portions of the Chambers of Insight. When struck with the Four Sword, they will fall into a dormant, blue state. If struck again, their fuses will ignite and they will run about the room until they explode, sometimes damaging the four Links. When they are in their blue state, they are prone to being picked up and utilized in a similar fashion to regular bombs.\n\nBob-ombs appear in several locations, such as the Cave of Flames, Palace of Winds, and Dark Hyrule Castle. When hit, they will light their fuse and begin running around randomly. Bob-ombs can only be defeated instantly by shooting it with an arrow, all other methods to defeat them (excluding the Gust Jar) will simply cause them to start running around. Hitting them while they are running around will cause them to stop moving and allow Link to pick them up and throw them, like a regular Bomb. The use of the Gust Jar is smart as Link can grab them safely, then launch them at enemies or walls that can be destroyed by a Bomb"}
-{"text": "Friday, 23 September 2016\n\nI thought I had a pretty good knowledge of Land Rover colours and had managed to acquire examples of each so I was delighted but slightly astonished to find another shade of metallic green. There were two items for sale from different vendors - one with Whizzwheels and one with cast wheels. As the Whizzwheels one was only a few pounds and available to buy rather than bid for I paid there and then.\n\nIt looked like a distinctly more golden, rich shade of green to the blue-green that I already had. I unwrapped the parcel that came today and it looked a bit worn with some scratches on the roof and had a broken screen that I hadn't noticed but, \"Never mind,\" I told myself, \"it was not expensive and it's a nice new shade.\"\n\nI was about to take some photos of this new addition to the catalogue when I paused and wondered. Was it really different? \"Yes, of course it is,\" I said to myself. To settle the matter and, indeed, to demonstrate the new shade in an article I would be writing soon to tell you all about this, I went and retrieved the other metallic green Whizzwheels Land Rover that I had.\n\nAs I took it out of the cabinet and headed back to my desk I remember thinking how much more of a turquoise-blue-green the one I carried was compared to the golden green of the other that was sitting on the desk. I set them down next to each other. Oh.\n\nThey were exactly the same colour!\n\nI mean exactly. Not a shade more blue nor a shade more golden. These were both the familiar blue-green metallic shade. I had bought a second and rather tatty example of something I already had. And it hadn't been until actually placing them side by side that I had realised.\n\nSo there's a warning for us all! The photos above are of my stock item and, from Ebay, the 'richer, brighter green' shade I thought I was buying. I guess the cream-yellow paper that the vendor's model was sitting on had affected the image. I can just hit remove colour cast in my software but most people these days just take some snaps and upload them without paying too much attention to what they look like.\n\nThe new one does have a black plastic tow-bar as opposed to the grey of my other one so I suppose it'll have to stay but you won't, I am afraid to say, be getting an imminent article of new Land Rover shades after all.\n\nI am still convinced that there is a fairly 'normal' green 438 with normal wheels as well as the dark green shades I have so maybe that will turn out to be real after all and I can write about them instead. I read that a version for the Agricultural Set was what QDT described as a 'correct' lighter shade but it might have merely meant that the set had the green 406 rather than the dark green 438. I have one possible candidate to buy so, as I said, there may be an article after all.\n\nOn the subject of colours of Land Rovers, my friend Anders in Germany spotted this a couple of days ago. It looks like a nice 416S in Tours Secours mode, the Belgian equivalent of our RAC.\n\nThis is my old 416 version. You would have expected the revised version to use the same colours now wouldn't you? It did strike me as remarkably like someone had taken a fawn 438 from the later Gift Set 2, detached the pony trailer, added some transfers and an aerial and a grey canopy. In fact, I was so sure that this had been the case that I had a go at making one myself.\n\nI sat back to admire the excellent job I thought I had made and then realised that there, on the bonnet, was a pretty damn obvious difference! So, after all, it would seem that the advertised model is real. Incidentally, it is currently only \u00a382 but by the time you read this it will probably have sold for many times that figure.\n\nReturning to the metallic blue-green colour now, where we started this article, I feel I must share with you my frustration at the prices people ask for the 'LEPRA' version of the Land Rover. Now this is, surely, something I could put together in a matter of minutes? The transfers are easy to find and only need to go on the canopy. Unless I am missing something again, the vehicle is identical in every other respect to the 438 that I now have several of.\n\nThis is one currently advertised at several hundred pounds. It may be real but how on Earth will anyone know? I accept that the 'LEPRA' may well be super rare but I would want some definitive proof that it was genuine before buying one. Did it not have a special box?\n\nThursday, 22 September 2016\n\nCorgi's Bedford CA Vans were an odd group indeed. The first were released with the very first models in 1956 with more following the next year and an update to single screen versions of some models in 1960 and 1961.\n\nBy the time I started my collection only one or two later editions were still around and they never had a great deal of appeal, looking terribly old-fashioned and even on the streets around Hertfordshire they weren't a regular sight any more. It has only been since starting this project that I have come to quite like these old vans and realised that there is a lot more to them than first meets the eye.\n\nNever very great sellers anyway, the variations mean that we are talking of some seriously scarce items in amongst this group and, perhaps, once people start to realise that, prices will increase quite a bit.\n\nThe first, split screen models had two distinct radiator grill styles: one with a curved edge at the top and the other being quite straight. My guess is that the curved one was their first issue, later corrected to the more accurate straight edge.\n\nBoth types can be found on the same model for some issues. Whether that applies to all the first types I don't know. That is something I am currently researching and, fortunately, don't need to buy models to see. So far it has been on the 404M Dormobile and 405 Fire Tender that I have seen both types. 403M I have only seen with the straight edge and all the others are curved. However, it is early days and I am sure there will be more to report on that aspect.\n\nAt the rear of these models you will also find some differences. Those with the earlier curved grill have lights below what looks like a bumper on each side. This area is smooth on the straight edge types.\n\nHere is another variation. The left had model is a straight edge grill but it has a semblance of lights at the rear rather than a completely smooth finish and this has a sort of step in the casting. It looks like someone has twisted the edge but, no, it is an intentional bit of casting. This is the only example I've seen so far with the step.\n\nUnderneath you will find differences too. The non-mechanical models have the familiar tin base with the text embossed in it. As the illustration shows, late editions have a much crisper, sharper type of embossing, presumably achieved with some new equipment. The font is also quite different. This example is from a 423, probably near the end of its production life in 1962.\n\nStill underneath, there were just three mechanical models with friction motors: 403M, 404M and 405M. These were very poor sellers, the 405M Fire Tender apparently being the best but that only sold 116000. This is not much more than half of the Mobilgas Tanker's sales at the time - a much more expensive item too - just to put it in perspective.\n\nAmongst these you will also see variations. The two on the left have 'British Made' on the base and the other two 'Patent Pending'. The way that the front axle is retained is different too with either open or closed 'leaf springs'.\n\nAs you may have noticed, these variations can be found within a model range, with both 404M models showing different bases here.\n\nAll in all, these variations mean that already small production figures become really significantly low in some instances. I have done my best to estimate the likely production numbers of each type based on the totals that are available and the length of time each type was likely to have been around. They are not definitive but should be a good indication of how many might have been produced.\n\nNo.\n\nModel\n\nColour\n\nGrill or model type\n\nEstimated prodn\n\n405\n\nBedford Utilecon AFS Tender\n\nred\n\ncurved\n\n17000\n\n412\n\nBedford Utilecon Ambulance Mk2\n\noff-white\n\nII\n\n24400\n\n404M\n\nBedford Personnel Carrier\n\npale blue\n\ncurved\n\n33000\n\n404M\n\nBedford Personnel Carrier\n\npale blue\n\nstraight\n\n66000\n\n422\n\nBedford Van \"Corgi Toys\"\n\nyellow / blue\n\nII\n\n67000\n\n404\n\nBedford Personnel Carrier Mk2\n\nblue / yellow\n\nII\n\n67375\n\n421\n\nBedford 'Evening Standard' Van\n\nblack / silver\n\nII\n\n74000\n\n405\n\nBedford Utilecon AFS Tender\n\ngreen\n\nstraight\n\n76500\n\n405\n\nBedford Utilecon AFS Tender\n\ngreen\n\ncurved\n\n76500\n\n423\n\nBedford Fire Tender Mk 2\n\nred\n\nII\n\n84200\n\n412\n\nBedford Utilecon Ambulance\n\noff-white\n\ncurved\n\n97600\n\n403M\n\nBedford \"KLG Plugs\" Van\n\nred\n\nstraight\n\n99000\n\n408\n\nBedford \"AA Road Service\" Van Mk2\n\nyellow and black\n\nII\n\n100000\n\n405M\n\nBedford \"Fire Dept\"\n\nred\n\ncurved\n\n116000\n\n414\n\nBedford \"Military Ambulance\"\n\nkhaki\n\nII\n\n132000\n\n408\n\nBedford \"AA Road Service\" Van\n\nyellow and black\n\ncurved\n\n156000\n\n404\n\nBedford Personnel Carrier\n\ndark metallic cerise\n\ncurved\n\n165625\n\n403\n\nBedford Daily Express Van\n\ndk blue\n\ncurved\n\n167000\n\nFor comparison purposes, the much sought after 500 Land Rover is stated as having sold 17000 and a 242 yellow Fiat Ghia 600 Jolly 49000.\n\nI haven't even mentioned the different colour schemes used for the two-colour models like the (already quite scarce) 422 'Corgi Toys' Van. Some of these are now fetching vast sums. There are also examples of many models with shaped wheels, all later editions, and these are beginning to get recognised as worth looking out for. If you were to break down the numbers above even further for the different types of wheels then you can see how comparatively scarce some really are.\n\nGenerally, though, these unattractive little lumps are not making much money unless they are perfect in boxes so it is a good time to catch a few while you can. There really are not many around, you know.\n\nSaturday, 17 September 2016\n\nYou could have bought the Jaguar 2.4 Litre shown above today on Ebay at \u00a31450. Or you could buy mine, below, for \u00a360.\n\nNow, I will admit that my old box isn't up to much but the car is original and looks pretty good. The advertiser claims that his one comes from Marcel Van Cleemput's collection, which is entirely possible but I don't see how that makes it worth one thousand three hundred and ninety pounds more than mine.\n\nAn immaculate model in a nice crisp box might be worth \u00a3150. Toymart only quote \u00a3101 for A+/A+ although that seems rather low. I would happily buy several at that price! But not \u00a31450. Even if Mr Van Cleemput did have it on his shelf once.\n\nFriday, 16 September 2016\n\nI really have no idea why Corgi felt it necessary to put Whizzwheels on a double decker London bus! Of the the vehicles in the range, apart possibly from tractors and some farm equipment, at the time a London bus is the least likely that any child would have chosen to zoom down the track.\n\nCost was probably the reason and sometime in 1971 the sturdy old 468 loses its jewelled lights and plastic stairway and gets chrome lights, a perspex stairway and Whizzwheels. The conductor also gets moved slightly but that's about all the changes.\n\nWith this one a slightly earlier 468 arrived with cast wheels but otherwise very similar indeed.\n\nI already have one of these with cast wheels but bought it for a friend in Germany.\n\nI am still looking for a nice example of the first 468 issued - the one with normal wheels and the Corgi Naturally / Corgi Classics banners.They seem to hold their prices and few have survived without chips or lost stickers.\n\nIn April 1975 468 gets replaced by 469 which is actually slightly smaller (when by rights it ought to have been bigger) and loses the driver, conductor and the louvre windows. It is altogether a far cheaper, more plastic model by then but sells in hundreds of thousands, probably millions as it is used as an effective marketing product for a whole host of brands. My guess is that they funded best part of Corgi's production costs and, for all I know, the same cast is still being used today!\n\nI haven't yet got a 469 but will look for the first type that had Welcome to Britain or maybe Evening Standard banners.They really shouldn't be expensive.\n\nWednesday, 14 September 2016\n\nOn its way to Roetgen is the only recently acquired Chevrolet Impala with red interior. Cruising around the roads there can be confusing as one minute you're in Germany and the next it could be Belgium. As far as I can tell there are almost no indications of any border. Maybe a small EU sign or the road narrows slightly but not much else.\n\nYou can understand why some people resident in Europe's mainland seem less bothered about their national identity and may be content with some grand federal state one day. Here in Britain you get some massive display signs just for leaving a county, never mind entering Scotland, Wales or even Cornwall! Roetgen does, though, look like a nice place to live. I might have to drive the Impala after all.\n\nThursday, 8 September 2016\n\nThat took longer than I had expected. Finally, decent examples of the blue Chevrolet Impala #220 with lemon and red interiors. I thought they would be quite common. Whilst there were several around they were either immaculate in boxes and cost a fortune or rather tatty.\n\nThe roof can often either get bent or twist on the thin pillars and many had that problem. The perspex seems strong for the windows but is very vulnerable at the front to getting scratched or cracked with so much exposed. Then you have to look out for those amazing fins!\n\nThese two have survived extremely well with the smallest of chips in a bumper here and there but that seems to be all. The one with red interior also has lovely shiny shaped hubs. I wish I could find a compound that would clean up old hubs like that. Maybe someone has some suggestions?\n\nOne thing you shouldn't have to worry about is the suspension which is nice and strong on just about every Impala I have encountered (except the dog grooming / poodle one which has very lively suspension for some reason I have yet to investigate).\n\nI am still looking for a blue model with free spinning wheels. I have one in pink so they do exist but are definitely much scarcer than either of these variations.\n\nI had often wondered what the blob was and why the side stripe seemed to change and now I can see just how well Corgi's casting people did in replicating the details.\n\nThe cast got plenty of use in Police, Taxi and Fire vehicles and the saloon gets one more release in 1965, by which time the real thing had been somewhat revised. Corgi slice it in half and insert a chrome section to provide the front grill and bumper and the whole rear section. This is only available in the toffee and cream colours and is not that common. Some sites say there was a blue one but I really don't think that exists. It may have been a trial but as far as I can tell, only this one gets to the shops.\n\nTuesday, 6 September 2016\n\nIf you live near a church called St. Vincents in St. Leonards on Sea then what else would you drive but a Ford Thunderbird. Naturally. This is one of my rescued models, looking very smart in silver-blue with a black interior.\n\nSaturday, 3 September 2016\n\nFirst of the four arrivals last week was this 9004 Jeeves & Wooster edition. All totally original and spotless. It came with Jeeves and I have had Bertie standing around for quite a while as the person who bought the last one didn't want the characters.\n\nYou can spot this one quite easily with its distinctive dark crimson upholstery and dark grey rails. The steering wheel is also black. Steed's and the 9001 type were silver.\n\nNext is something that I have put together myself with various bits and pieces I found lying around. Everything is actually original apart from the horn. You can tell a replacement horn as it has a flat end. The original ones are indented. The body on this was simply too good to throw away but it had a broken radiator emblem. It now looks as good as new and, with just one rivet well-hidden underneath that had to be extracted, few would notice it had been made from several different models.\n\nNumber three is totally original but there are a couple of chips on the bonnet and the rails have a few on the edges too. I even have an original box for this too as the item below came with one but it was the box for a 9002! Either of these 9002s would made good alternatives for Steed and so I'll be offering them without the drivers and with a replacement folded hood for the Avengers fans too.\n\nThe fourth model is a really nice 9001 with Racing Numbers. Totally original and, as far as I can see, unmarked. Even the rails are spotless. I already have one without Racing Numbers if someone wants a green one for Steed so this may well remain as a 9001 for now. The wheels are very clean too. So often they get a bit discoloured.\n\nSo, here are the things you should look out for with these models:\n\nThe radiator emblem is pretty tough but they do break. To replace them you have to take the car apart so be careful about that. The cast metal unit at the front can be susceptible to metal fatigue too so if you find a light is a bit bent be very careful about straightening it. It might well break instead so maybe leave it bent!\n\nThe screens are obvious if they're broken or missing. You can get replacements which are good but they can be fiddly to replace and often you'll break either the new screen or the dashboard so keep a few spares just in case.\n\nCheck that the handbrake is there and not wildly out of position. It can flap around a bit but avoid bending it or it will break.I haven't seen replacement handbrakes for sale so you'll need another model to take it off. It is very occasionally possible, if the base is a bit loose, to fit a new handbrake without breaking the model apart. Try prising up the small folded pieces of green (or red) metal holding the rear section in place and you may get enough movement to insert the handbrake. It can be difficult, though, getting a nice solid model that doesn't wobble afterwards so try to avoid buying one with a duff handbrake in the first place!\n\nThe horn invariably goes missing. You can get replacements for boxes on either side, with or without the horn. The boxes are held in place by two small protrusions of the body and would have been put in place before the body was attached to the chassis when it was made. However, you won't want to break it apart just to fit a new horn and box so you can cut out the old one, remove all the bits and make two small indents in the replacement part. It should then slide on but may need some glue to hold it in place.\n\nAs many of the 9001 or 9002 models are used as replacements for The Avengers Gift Set Bentley, you need to be able to recognise the difference between original and replacement folded hoods. Most replacements do not have little holes drilled to fit on the two small lugs near the back on the sides. If they are drilled then you should still be able to tell the difference. The originals had a sort of circle moulded in the plastic around the hole.\n\nYou also need to look out for signs of the Racing Numbers being removed from the rear box and radiator grill. It is possible to take them off nicely but more often than not some signs remain. The Union Jack on the passenger door, however, is not so easily scraped off. It may be better not to try if you're making a Steed alternative.\n\nFinally, let's look at the wheels. 9001 really only came with silver steel wheels. 9002 can be found with silver steel wheels or red wheels and I have seen a few with gold wheels too although they're pretty scarce. In the original sets, Steed's Bentley is either red with silver steel wheels or green with red wheels. I am not aware of any others but, of course, over the years who knows what has been changed? So green with silver wheels is quite possible and sort of accepted generally although frowned on by purists. That's it, though. No more options. 9004 may make a lovely substitute but I am pretty sure it would not have been issued that way.\n\nDo remember that wheels are quite easy to change. So if you see an unusual combination, that may be how it arose.\n\nBecause prices for the sets are now so high, you really must be careful when buying one described as original. These tips may help. On the other hand, you can have fun making up alternatives yourself and, with the marvellous reproduction boxes available now, brollies and characters too, it needn't cost a fortune to make a super set of your own choosing. The models that have just come in may well all finish up in display sets. My problem these days is finding decent Lotus Elans for Mrs Peel!\n\nFriday, 2 September 2016\n\nThere is a collector I would love to meet one day in Italy. Not just because he has been buying many of my best items but it really does look the most wonderful of places and I would be keen to see what else he has acquired over the years.\n\nToday, a Bentley Continental, Jaguar E Type and Ford Mustang are heading for the streets of Manocalzati in Avellino Province. The Bentley is the gold-plated version from Gift set 20. These sets were only produced in low numbers and the individual components are some of the scarcest models, something not yet reflected in their prices. I think this can only be due to their appearance often being a little shabby as the gold plate did not usually fare well and the Ford Classic and Chevrolet Corvair, neither particularly attractive cars at the best of times, suffer most. This Bentley, however, carries its gold well and looks very smart. I now have to locate another decent example in case someone wants a Gift Set.\n\nThe E Type is the nice dark grey version with a black hard top. I don't think there ever was an official black hard top; all that I have ever seen were a sort of plum red colour. However, it does look good and I have used this combination in many places as a sort of icon for Corgi Tots of this era.\n\nLastly, there's a lovely Ford Mustang in Flower Power mode. This is a splendid example of #348, only the second really nice one I have had. I had been hanging on to it in the hope of finding a box but I'm happy to see it going to this good home. And maybe I'll see them again one day!\n\nI would also like to send my sympathies and best wishes to all those affected by the dreadful earthquakes and after shocks that have taken place in the last week or so in that country.\n\nI made a suggestion recently to Royal Mail that they should have some stamps to celebrate the hobby of collecting model cars or, at least, to include one in a set that might show hobbies like stamp collecting and other popular pastimes. I did say it would have been nice to have marked Corgi's 60th Anniversary but I suppose it was not appropriate to been seen to advertise a brand name that is still in use.\n\nWhilst that all fell on deaf ears in the United Kingdom but it is good to see that in the British Islands (there is a difference!) someone has made an effort. The stamp illustrated is one of a July issue. The cartoon-like design isn't much to my taste but I don't know of any other stamps featuring our hobby so it does represent a start.\n\nIt is fascinating and I had great fun entering the details of all my old cars. None are quite extinct but there are only 3 of an Aufi 100GL5E that I used to own in 1981. The image shows that there are 64 Riley 4/72 cars still around. I wonder if my old one survived? Whilst there will be more that are wrapped up in museums or maybe under restoration in garages somewhere, this is a pretty good guide to what has and what hasn't survived.\n\nI was quite surprised to see that only a handful of Morris Marinas still exist, despite it selling really well in the early 1970s, outselling even the veritable Ford Escort at one point.\n\nThere is a Festival Of The Unexceptional held each year and sponsored by an insurance company. I had not been aware of this before but, as it is held just a few miles from I live, in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, I shall certainly make a point of going next year!\n\nIt is quite a thought that the scarcest sights on the roads here now may well be cars like a Riley Kestrel or Renault 30!"}
-{"text": "Beer: Ratings & Reviews\n\nReviews by jlindros:\n\n4/5 rDev -0.2%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4\n\nThis was brewed at, and in collaboration with, my favorite brewery, Hill Farmstead. Not sure why this isn't referenced as a collab. Also met these guys at The Festival, great guys, great beers, so this should be awesome. Shared with rudzud.\n\nBig fluffy head hits a few fingers then fades at a med pace, nice lacing, very hazy copper mahogany orange brown color.\n\nTaste starts with earth, I don't mean earthy I mean like soil right from the farm. Lots of yeast, farmhouse funk, grainy malt, some saison malts, light saison spices, hint of lemony and orange peel citrus. Wet hay, cut grass, fermented straw, slight taste of chewing on the floor of the barn. Light sweet malt, little Berlinerweisse like lemony funk. A hint if amber toasty brown malt, and some creaminess maybe oats or lactose. Light acidity but smooth and rich. Finish is dry but light, lingering funk and grainy malts, more earth and dirt, more yeasty flavor and lemon.\n\nMouth is med bodied, interesting creamy feel with many little bubbles, the carbonation is interesting.\n\nOverall really interesting, can't call it great, but it's not that bad. Weird flavors and funk, very complex, nice Berlinerweisse flavors, very earthy. Although really tasty, not sure if I could finish the entire 750ml by myself so I'm glad I got to share this with Matt.\n\nPours a 1.5 finger frothy white head with great retention. Beer is a clear black tea color. Lacing is thick, web-like and layered with excellent stick. A really good looking beer.\n\nNose is slightly tart and spritzy. Notes of Brett, sour lemon and apple. Some mild yeastiness and peppery and spicy. Very nice.\n\nOpens yeasty, sour apple, lemon tartness. Clove, peppercorn, and floral in the middle. Ends foamy with some wood and mossy notes. Finishes tart and crisp with a lemon zest and peel aftertaste. Delicious!\n\nLight bodied with ample carbonation. Prickly and light in the mouth and goes down dry but fluffy. Accented finish with a dry, sticky aftertaste. Super drinkable.\n\nHard for me to believe the low ratings on this beer. Just because it doesn't have the Hill Farmstead name doesn't mean it doesn't carry the Hill Farmstead pedigree. An excellent saison all the way around.\n\nHair of the dog tulip - cloudy orange-amber with a nice sticky lace. A little funk, pepper, crackery malt, a bit yeasty, notes of apple and pear. Just OK - not really up to the standards set by other Hill Farmstead offerings. Cool logo, though"}
-{"text": "TEEN NUDIST SEX\n\nWhat would be better for a 114kg Male in terms of fatlossreduction of sides. You can try using a water clarifier to send all the particles to the filter or you can use pool floc to gather the debris together and then vacuum it up using a manual pool pump. They like to be referred to as The Neighborhood Watering Hole. Nel Giro del 1913 Galetti viene fermato da un incidente meccanico. Basic unit von allem menschlichem Verhalten und von Zivilisation. Cuando ste se utiliza en un . I suppose I am mildly depressed not horribly but just mildly. In the last two weeks he deteriorated hed had 2 little faints and was referred to a specialist veterinary clinic had more blood tests and abdominal scan . Aldrich y aurait t tmoin de visions de laptre Pierre. HFMUU which is to the best of our knowledge the only pure-play US. Ponting predicts India-Australia final in 2015 World Cup. Natuurlijk ga ik het vandaag over sporten hebben over Feijenoord Peer Ja maar dan ben je snel klaar. Bates was summoning her troops. June 2 1928 the son of Marion Harlow andPearlShill Paul. Did someone drop a pound of truffles in the room The wine has a nose of freshly shaved white truffles with a follow-up of red berry fruit. Per quello che non potranno mai fare cambiare il senso dei processi e le condanne che seguiranno copiose specialmente quelle sulla compravendita dei senatori. -Non sono inadempiente avendo gi pagato lopera svolta fino al momento della recessione. Thursday April 1 2010 at Arbeka United. Drawing of the Statue of Liberty. Now its true some other countries have raised their academic standards over and above what they were once. Oujka lijenica kolske medicine i medicinska sestra odrale su etiri predavanja za uenike. HTC hat den besten Kundenservice wenn man Fragen hat beantworten die die sofort. You are running away from the issues. Provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement or. As to the effects of shape on the behaviour of metals one outcome."}
-{"text": "Monthly Archives: June 2014\n\nWell, it\u2019s been 2 weeks since my son moved to Arizona. It feels like a lifetime; a really long, painful, empty lifetime. I miss him so much. Although I talk him just about every day (except for when he forgets \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "I'm currently planning a one day, London based fortean event. It will feature speakers, film screenings, art exhibitions and a weird auction. As well as myself it's current line up has horror artist Graham Humpheries, actress Emma Dark and mistress of weird taxidermy Adele Morse. More speakers will be added soon. Currently awaiting venue information.\nThe event will be in October / November and cost around \u00a35 for the whole day. Proceeds will go to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/\n\nI'm currently planning a one day, London based fortean event. It will feature speakers, film screenings, art exhibitions and a weird auction. As well as myself it's current line up has horror artist Graham Humpheries, actress Emma Dark and mistress of weird taxidermy Adele Morse. More speakers will be added soon. Currently awaiting venue information.\nThe event will be in October / November and cost around \u00a35 for the whole day. Proceeds will go to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/\n\nThe venue is The North By North West Pub in Islingtonhttp://www.northbynorthwestpub.com/home\nThe date is Saturday November 11th\nIncluding talks Death By Cryptid Richard Freeman, Horror Art Graham Humphries, Sculpting the orang-pendek by Adele Morse (further to be announced).\nDisplay of horror art.\nScreening of short horror film\nCharity auction of fortean and bizarre items.\nMore stuff to be announced as we go on.\n\nThe venue is The North By North West Pub in Islingtonhttp://www.northbynorthwestpub.com/home\nThe date is Saturday November 11th\nIncluding talks Death By Cryptid Richard Freeman, Horror Art Graham Humphries, Sculpting the orang-pendek by Adele Morse (further to be announced).\nDisplay of horror art.\nScreening of short horror film\nCharity auction of fortean and bizarre items.\nMore stuff to be announced as we go on.\n\nIt would be great to see you there. What is wrong with the Tetzoo thylacine talk?\n\nClick to expand...\n\nI'd like to make it, but it's 180 mile drive. I really wanted to come to the Weird Weekend, is that coming back?\n\nAs for the thylacine talk, I was put off by the speaker. I really mean no offence to her, or Tetzoo, which I am a huge fan of. But bluntly I don't think she's knowledgeable enough. I hate saying that, but it's what I think.\n\nSaying that I haven't seen lumpy for a while, and I really fancy seeing the Crystal Palace dinosaurs and the site of the old North Mammal House at London Zoo, plus there's some stuff at the British Library.\n\nCurrent line up (in no partucular order)\nAdele Morse: Sculpting orang-pendek\nGwyllim Games: Weird Wales\nEmma Dark: Her own Horror movies (and screening)\nRichard Freeman: Death by Cryptid\nAlan Frizwell : Working with Ray Harryhausen\nGraham Humphries: Horror Art\nPossibly Scott Wood if he can make it.\nOther speakers to be announced.\nAlso charity auction of occult and fortean items 9some belters i can tell you!)\n\nThe venue is The North By North West Pub in Islingtonhttp://www.northbynorthwestpub.com/home\nThe date is Saturday November 11th\nIncluding talks Death By Cryptid Richard Freeman, Horror Art Graham Humphries, Sculpting the orang-pendek by Adele Morse (further to be announced).\nDisplay of horror art.\nScreening of short horror film\nCharity auction of fortean and bizarre items.\nMore stuff to be announced as we go on.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nOoh, possibly I can do this! I might have to step out for the horror sections but plenty of varied interest A worthy cause, too, Lordmongrove."}
-{"text": "Hotel Urbano is focused on being a Big Data-infused travel company with an online travel agency platform in Brazil, one of the largest emerging markets in the world. Hotel Urbano claims it is not only riding that demand, but is also creating it.\n\n\u2014 Dennis Schaal\n\nShare\n\nTweet\n\nShare\n\nPost\n\nSend\n\nEditor\u2019s Note: Skift is publishing a series of interviews with online travel CEOs talking about the Future of Travel Booking, and the evolving habits and device preferences of travel consumers. Check out all the interviews as they come out here.\n\nJo\u00e3o Ricardo Mendes, founder and co-CEO of Rio de Janeiro-based Hotel Urbano, the leading hotel online travel agency in Brazil, is nothing if not confident. Mendes says Hotel Urbano, which raised $50 million in venture capital funding in a Series D round in March, plans to go to the well again in the first quarter of 2015 and raise perhaps triple that amount before going the IPO route a year or two later.\n\nMendes says he has the utmost respect for the people at Booking.com, but warns Booking.com and Expedia that although \u201cthey may be a shark in the ocean,\u201d Hotel Urbano is \u201ca crocodile in the Amazon River.\u201d\n\nRhetoric aside, Mendes details how Hotel Urbano is using Big Data to uncover travel intent and is generating so much demand that its customers tend to book travel every 100 days or so, a frequency that is much greater than the norm in the travel industry.\n\nThe Hotel Urbano founder says the site is educating the Brazilian public about online booking and getting customers accustomed to using its mobile app while discouraging call center bookings, and all of this is taking place as the Brazilian economy and its hotel market is undergoing fairly spectacular growth.\n\nSkift discussed these issues, and others related to the future of travel booking with Mendes.\n\nAn edited version of the interview follows:\n\nSkift: What are some of the trends you are seeing when people book hotels on the Hotel Urbano website, app or through a call center, and how is it all changing?\n\nJo\u00e3o Ricardo Mendes I think a huge trend is not just the way people book hotels, which is very similar to any other online travel agency. Ever since we started Hotel Urbano four years ago, we have been able to monitor and track the behavior of every single potential traveler. So at Hotel Urbano we have quite a different approach than the traditional OTAs. If you already know you want to go to New York you can go on Booking.com and book a hotel. The same with Expedia and Hotels.com. At Hotel Urbano, 35% of our business comes from these kind of clients who already knows the place they want to go.\n\nBut what we are doing that is very different from most of the OTAs around the world is creating demand for travel. We have one of the biggest travel brands [second largest behind Disney] on Facebook with all of this travel intent. We don\u2019t only have the big travel brand on Facebook with 12 million likes. We are monitoring that behavior and we are seeing what they are sharing and querying no matter if it is not connected to travel. Through that we create over 400 kinds of patterns. We can see whether you want to go to a Japanese restaurant or a concert on Sunday, and whether you travel to any place on a given weekend. From this we create marketing for people who didn\u2019t even think of traveling before.\n\nIn terms of the way people book their travel, I don\u2019t see any trends in terms of differentiation. But, I do see a lot of trends \u2014 and we are working hard on those trends \u2014 in terms of the way we make people travel. We are making people travel a lot. Our average time between orders is 96 days, which is very good for the travel industry. Probably before Hotel Urbano they traveled once or twice a year. No we are making them travel more than three times a year. That is the main trend we are working on.\n\nSkift: Once you see on Facebook that someone is interested in traveling to a particular city or a certain restaurant how do you lead them to the booking stage?\n\nMendes We call that a virtuous cycle at Hotel Urbano. The first thing we do at Hotel Urbano is track user behavior. Of course people focus on the 1% convert and we also talk to the 99% who don\u2019t convert. We try to understand why they don\u2019t convert. We have a lot of things to do. The first is make them become fans and then we understand their behaviors.\n\nA lot of people talk about Big Data. Big Data goes far beyond static data. The hard part of data is to create patterns is dynamic data because that changes every day, it changes every year. Then we start to understand how you interact the most. There are people who interact the most with push notifications, there are people who interact the most with email marketing. Even that changes.\n\nSkift: What percentage of people book on your website, your apps and maybe through call centers? How does that break down and is that changing at all?\n\nMendes: The mobile market in Brazil is still at a very early stage even if we are the second biggest emerging market in the world. We have over 200 million people and over 250 million smartphones, but only 1% of those smartphones have Internet access. We try to get people friendly with our apps even if they don\u2019t buy.\n\nFor instance, if you want to go to Salvador or Miami and you arrive at the hotel and have Wi-Fi access and you want to upgrade your room you can speak 24/7 with our customer service center. Six months ago our revenue from mobile was zero, three months ago it was 2-3% and last month we had 9% of our revenue come from mobile.\n\nOne of our main differences at Hotel Urbano is we have over 700 employees, including 200 engineers, and we are improving our apps and our mobile strategy every day. Not just to increase our bookings through the app and through the mobile website today, but to make people download our apps and make them comfortable with our app.\n\nWe our changing our government, hopefully with a new president this month, and the Internet, digital and mobile penetration for the new middle class will grow. We have more than 80 million people who now have credit, have access for broadband and Internet. Even if they are a new middle class, they have a net income much higher than China, India and other emerging markets so there is much more to come. In my humble opinion it will take two to three years and we want to be very well-positioned. Today, our main source of traffic and revenue still comes from the website.\n\nSkift: What about call centers? You are saying that more people are booking on the website than are booking through call centers?\n\nMendes: Our call centers are just for questions. We want to change the market. We want to educate the market. We are unlike Despegar, which has a huge demand for flights, and most of that is done through call centers. I know that we are losing some business from people who love the call center. But we still try to make all of the experience for people who are picking hotels, whether it is in Dubai or in Brazil \u2026 We are trying to educate the market that we are a technology platform, that we are online. If you want to call we are there 24/7 to help you, but we will show you, train you, teach you to make your order online.\n\nSkift: Can you tell me how Hotel Urbano is changing? In the beginning, weren\u2019t you much more of a deals website and now you are broadening things out? What can you say about that?\n\nMendes: In 2004, we started an ecommerce company. We learned that flights, in my opinion, is not a good piece of the market. By 2010 we started a deals website. A lot of companies like Groupon and LivingSocial came to Brazil. One of the things that made a lot of sense were hotels. We started to deeply study the market and realized that there were 35,000 hotels in Brazil and this number will almost double by 2016.\n\nAnd we started Hotel Urbano, as a website focusing on hotels. With our deeply local knowledge, and making people travel more, we are doing a great job with Big Data and we realized we could create an online travel agency. And we can beat players like Booking.com, Hotels.com.\n\nWe can be a huge player here, connecting the dots, with all of our knowledge in the second biggest emerging market in the world. We can be the number one player in hotels by far. We have over 8,000 hotel partners in Brazil and we have over 8,000 to 10,000 waiting to be part of the club. We also have 200,000 hotels worldwide, which we use brokers to get like GTA and all of these guys.\n\nWe are getting one piece of the cake, which is the demand that already exists, and we are getting the other piece of the cake, which is the demand we are creating.\n\nBooking.com\u2019s search engine marketing strategy is amazing. They have a better conversion rate. So they are able to outbid other players. But the main thing is their availability is amazing. We are making hotels profitable, some of which have a cash flow problem. And we are solving those kinds of things 12 months a year so our value proposition for those hotels is amazing.\n\nSkift: You mentioned Booking.com. What would you say your competition position is in Brazil in relation to players like Booking.com and Despegar. Where do you stand?\n\nMendes: On Booking.com, we are big fans of the company. We are very close to Priceline and all of the Booking.com team. I\u2019ve learned a lot from those guys. People ask me when is Booking.com coming to Brazil, and I say, \u2018Guys, Booking.com has been in Brazil for over 10 years.\u2019 They are very strong for Brazilians traveling internationally and vice versa for international travelers coming to Brazil. But for Brazilians traveling in Brazil we are by far far the biggest one.\n\nDespegar is a huge player. Most of their topline revenue comes from flights, maybe 85%. Their net revenue may be 35% from hotels because the margins are so much bigger than flights.\n\nHave you seen the documentary, Crocodile in the Yangtze: the Alibaba Story? It\u2019s about Jack Ma about 15 years ago when eBay was going to China. And [Alibaba CEO] Jack Ma said something very interesting \u2014 and I use their words for us a lot \u2014 he said, \u201ceBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I am a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose. But if we fight in the river, we win.\u201d So basically, I believe we power knowledge, we power the relationships with the hotels, we power low-cost, we power an understanding of our base. We can be the Alibaba connecting these dots. OK guys, global players like Priceline and Booking.com and Expedia: They may be a shark in the ocean. But we are a crocodile in the Amazon River.\n\nWe are very well-positioned and bullish about the years to come. We are going to have almost 1 million hotel rooms in Brazil, which is almost double what we had when we started Hotel Urbano. We have a lot of room to grow, and I do believe we are going to be the biggest player by far in the Brazilian market and then in the Latin American market. And hopefully, one day we will be bigger and go international.\n\nSkift: You had a $50 million Series D funding round in March. What did that do for you and how are you using the money?\n\nMendes: We are cleaning house, getting ready for an IPO. We still have plenty of money on the balance sheet. We are close to break even. In Q1 we are planning to make a big private placement, a pre-IPO in Q1 of next year. We are going to bring in some very good investors. We already have Accel, Tiger Global and Insight Venture Partners. We are going to bring maybe two more guys around the table. It is going to be very strategic for us. That is going to be our biggest round by far, probably three times bigger than the biggest one we already had.\n\nWe still have all of the money we raised from the last round we had. But we are going to be more aggressive in some ways, including mobile. In two or three years from now, we are going to be ready to be the number one player in the mobile environment in Brazil.\n\nThe Skift Daily newsletter puts you ahead of everyone about the future of travel. Subscribe now."}
-{"text": "A federal district court judge dismissed money-laundering and tax evasion charges against Ed Rosenthal Wednesday, saying federal prosecutors had vindictively re-indicted the \"Guru of Ganja\" after he publicly criticized them in the wake of his successful appeal of his 2003 marijuana cultivation conviction. In that case, Rosenthal was convicted after not being allowed to present evidence he was growing for medicinal purposes, but was sentenced to only one day in jail after the jury protested upon hearing the rest of the story.\n\nEd Rosenthal at courthouse, with supporters, September 2006 (courtesy indybay.org)\n\nThe same judge who presided over Rosenthal's first trial, US District Court Judge Charles Breyer, ruled that prosecutors illegally retaliated against Rosenthal by re-indicting him for the acts that were the basis of his original conviction, which was overturned last year, and piling on with the tax evasion and money-laundering charges over a sum that amounted to less than $1,900.\n\nFederal prosecutors tried \"to make Rosenthal look like a common criminal and thus dissipate the criticism heaped on the government after the first trial,\" Breyer said in his opinion. That perception, he said, \"will discourage defendants from exercising their First Amendment right to criticize their prosecutions and their statutory right to appeal their convictions.\"\n\nWhile he dismissed the two financial counts, Judge Breyer let stand Rosenthal's indictment for growing marijuana for medical patients. But that doesn't give prosecutors much to work with because Breyer also noted that even if he were convicted in a new trial, they could not seek to sentence him to more than the one day that he has already served. That leaves them with the equally unpalatable options of appealing the decision to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals -- the same court that overturned the original conviction -- or pursuing a conviction where they cannot punish Rosenthal even if they win.\n\nAssistant US Attorney George Bevan, the chief prosecutor on the case, helped Judge Breyer prove the case for a revenge prosecution. While Bevan told Breyer he would not seek additional prison time on the marijuana counts, he said he was \"committed to doing the retrial and seeing the case to a conclusion.\" That remark came after Bevan told the court in October that Rosenthal had complained about not getting a fair trial because he could not mention medical marijuana. \"So, I'm saying, this time around, he wants the financial side reflected, fine, let's air this thing out,\" Bevan said. \"Let's have the whole conduct before the jury: tax, money-laundering, marijuana.\"\n\nIn Wednesday's ruling, Breyer noted Bevan's candor but said his comments only \"confirm the appearance of vindictiveness.\"\n\n\"The government was clearly out of line to bring this case forward against me,\" said Rosenthal in a statement released by his attorneys. \"The court's ruling is reassuring, but my continued prosecution on the marijuana charges is still malicious. To make me and my family go through a second prosecution to obtain, at most, a one-day time served jail sentence seems personally motivated.\"\n\n\"We are gratified that the court has recognized the vindictive nature of this prosecution and has reigned in the prosecutor,\" said Joe Elford, chief counsel for Americans for Safe Access, and author of the successful vindictive prosecution motion. \"The additional charges brought against Rosenthal were clearly in retaliation for his criticism of the government. Taxpayer dollars should not be wasted on a vendetta carried out by a prosecutor against a defendant.\"\n\nZealously pursuing his distorted and perverted vision of justice George Bevans again wanted to terrorize a brave, noble man & his beautiful family, and perhaps even more despicable, he willfully causes unneccesary pain & suffering to the sick & dying that are denied their medicine.\n\nIt's clear George Bevans as much as confessed to his crime(s) and criminal intentions... what's opaque is no mention of his imprisonment or pending charges... do they allow bail for such serious crimes committed by officials in the public trust? Silly question... chances are he probably won't even get bitch slapped or pistol whipped. You would think a serious crime like double jeopardy and malicious prosecution would be akin to perjury and carry at least a 5 yr. federal prison sentence & permanent felony record!\n\nEager to steal 100's of thousands of taxpayer dollars to satisfy his need/sickness for moral authority... pursuing another unlawful vendetta & federal prosecution of a victimless crime... all to recover $1900 in back taxes & 1 day in jail!\n\nPlease, lets stop treating these ass-holes as special... they' re special ass-holes for sure... but belong in prison... in the general prison population like any other dangerous criminal... if he survives 5 years in federal prison, and it's not important that he does, he may return to civilian life but must be watched carefully and never again be given a position of authority... these types of criminals... like politicians...have very high recidivism rates!\n\nNo lawyer, judge, politician, religious leader, moral authoritarian, constitutional criminal, etc should be allowed to attend a girlyman prison that's more like a day spa for men with hairless nuts... don't you just hate hypocritical hairless pussies like George Bevans... he and his ilk should be made to take it in the ass (repeatedly) just like the rest of us!\n\nUnless George Bevans and largely religious shitheads like him are stopped he/they will continue to zealously incarcerate people for victimless crimes... which averages $35,000 per year per prisoner!\n\nSo lets see... fucks like George Bevans incarcarate 500,000 peaceful pot smokers x $35,000 per year = Ohmygod that's 17.5 bbbbbillion dollars... but wait that's just 1 year and the avg prison term is 5+ YEARS so 17.5 billion x 5 years = OHMYGOD THAT'S $87,5000,000,000 TO PUNISH POT SMOKERS FOR 5 YEARS?\n\nBUT WAIT IT GETS BETTER YET... THIS 87.5 BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT COUNTED AS A DRUG WAR EXPENSE... THE FUNDS COMES OUT OF THE JUDICIARY BUDGET NOT THE DRUG WAR BUDGET. THE DRUG WARRIORS ONLY ADMIT TO SPENDING around $40 BILLION ON ENFORCEMENT PER YEAR!\n\nSo lets review the real cost of the drug war for 1 year: 40 billion + 17.5 billion = ah heck that's only 57.5 billion wasted annually! Just the same... that would buy you a shitload of socialism... comrade!\n\nGeorge Bevans... hope you have a horrible life & painful death... your a despicable ass-hole... you should shot yourself and anyone that thinks like you... ASS-HOLE!\n\nyou guys are all wrong. THis should be legal because I know u can use other medicene but this is the safest there is on ly a ten percent chance of getting addicted so get over yourselfs and stop being dicks over people who do have issues and nned to use this!"}
-{"text": "This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.\n\nEthanol Production Continues Surge, Setting All-time Monthly Record\n\nIndustry produces more than 290 million gallons, or the equivalent of 232,000 barrels per day.\n\nFeb 01, 2005\n\nThe U.S. ethanol industry set an all-time monthly production record in November 2004, producing more than 290 million gallons, or the equivalent of 232,000 barrels per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.\n\nProduction was up 20% compared to November 2003 when 194,000 barrels per day were produced. The previous all-time monthly record of 226,000 was set in September 2004 and tied in October 2004.\n\n\"Monthly ethanol production records are being broken almost as quickly as they're being established. We're seeing the industry set a new production record nearly every month,\" says John Caupert, National Corn Growers Association director of commercialization. \"The ethanol industry is growing at an amazing rate and that translates to expanding markets for corn growers and more clean-burning fuel for consumers.\"\n\nThrough November, the ethanol industry had produced 73.8 million barrels, an average of 220,000 barrels per day in 2004. If ethanol producers kept pace with November's production rate in December, the industry will have generated nearly 3.4 billion gallons in 2004. Production numbers from December will be released in February. Through November, the industry had already surpassed its 2003 production total of 2.81 billion gallons.\n\nAccording to the Renewable Fuels Association, 81 ethanol plants nationwide have the capacity to produce more than 3.6 billion gallons annually. Sixteen plants are under construction and two major expansions are under way. When those projects are finished, the industry will have a total production capacity of 4.35 billion gallons."}
-{"text": "PaperCity magazine recently did a feature on our home and family in their July 2015 issue. Wooch and I looked at each other and laughed initially when they asked to come shoot our home because we\u2019ve seen many of the past interior features, and we felt tha\n\n2017 Custom Made Black Lace Prom Dress,See Through Beading Evening Dress,Off The Shoulder Middle Sleeves Party Dress sold by LovePromDresses. Shop more products from LovePromDresses on Storenvy, the home of independent small businesses all over the world."}
-{"text": "Figure 5: Diameters of three polycaprolactone nanofibers measured by atomic force microscopy. The diameter was measured from the baseline to the maximum height of the peak to eliminate errors from the shape of the tip [42]."}
-{"text": "The End of the Circus?\n\nThe Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circuses are closing down after almost 150 years. They've blamed the closure on declining ticket sales due to removing large animals from their acts, saying that people concerned for the animal's welfare don't want them performing, but that people then don't come to the circus as the animals were the main attraction. https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&s...Spfzh8aK87MLmw\n\nWhat are your thoughts on animals being used for entertainment? Does it depend on the setting? Do you feel different about animals in theme parks (eg. Dreamworld/Seaworld)? What about zoos? Do those thoughts extend to animals used in film & tv? Animal tourism? Where is your personal \"line in the sand\"? Does it change your view if it's to benefit preservation of species, or is there still a better way to do it?\n\nI'm not a fan of animals being used in entertainment in terms of being trained to perform 'tricks'. I cringe when I think these beautiful creatures may be punished if they don't perform as required. Plus they are so far removed from their natural habitat and can't move around freely (I imagine they'd be caged when they're not training or performing).\n\nAs for zoos and the like, I don't frown on them to the same degree as the animals tend to be treated with more dignity and kindness. My DH used to volunteer at Taronga and the keepers really are dedicated to caring for the animals. Some of the species are rare and require protection, so they're not solely housed for display.\n\nThe line in the sand for me is when it is obvious the animal is being kept in an environment which is not suitable/comfortable for them, or when it appears their care needs are not being met.\n\nAs for theme parks, I feel ill that huge marine creatures like the Orca are kept in small pools and trained to entertain. Research shows how damaging this is to the animal, yet it continues.\n\nThe End of the Circus?\n\nThank the lord! I've been protesting circuses since I was 14! I don't go to or will take DS to zoos, circuses, sea world ect I can't look at a wild animal out of its own environment and be happy about it\nThat ad for the Canberra zoo where you sleep in a room next to a caged tiger made me what to throw up\n\nI'm not keen on the circus because they don't serve the animals in a way that zoos or wildlife parks do. A circus is just performing animals, whereas I do think zoos and wildlife parks play an important role in education and conservation. For me, the line in the sand is animals such as the orcas at SeaWorld - those whales suffer in an enclosed environment, so should not be kept as such. However, SeaWorld do rehabilitate and release many animals back into the wild, so I don't think they're all bad.\nThere are many animals that benefit from captivity (I think we would have more extinct species if it weren't for zoos and parks). Orcas aren't one of those animals.\n\nThank the lord! I've been protesting circuses since I was 14! I don't go to or will take DS to zoos, circuses, sea world ect I can't look at a wild animal out of its own environment and be happy about it\nThat ad for the Canberra zoo where you sleep in a room next to a caged tiger made me what to throw up\n\nI'm just interested- zoos and wildlife parks these days are very much into animal conservation. I was at the Melb Zoo in August last year and the amount of money, time and effort they are putting into awareness and conservation is quite considerable. They're not so much about putting on a show for people, these days it's more about raising awareness. (Can't say much for Canberra zoo though.., that's weird)\nIs it a blanket \"no\" on anything that involves having an animal out of its natural habitat? (I'm trying to ask respectfully because I am aware of your beliefs re animals etc.. I'm word clumsy today!)\n\nThe End of the Circus?\n\nI think what annoys me the most about zoos is yes they might play a \"small\" part in conservation, but it should be of animals in its own country, not lions and tigers and elephants etc that don't belong here - that money should be spent on assisting their native countries with conservation ( like they do in South Africa and China)\nYears ago Taronga ( which is the government) paid millions and millions of dollars to import baby thai elephants ( who were from a conservation program, perfectly happy and safe in their own country ) here for their exhibits but refused to take the retired Australian circus elephants , why because old elephants aren't cute , that's not conservation that's consumerism , I would be mortified to see kangaroos in a foreign zoo\n\nI haven't been but I think Steve irwins zoo is a bit better as at least it takes rescued and unwanted animals ( like ex circus animals)?\n\nThe Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Elijahs Mum For This Useful Post:\n\nI am a massive supporter of animals, I'm vegetarian etc. I personally think (well maintained) zoos are an important service for animals and I support them. They promote conservation, they have breeding programs, they raise funds to maintain natural habitats in the wild, they educate people, and create empathy by showing people those animals. The animals in zoos have access to a good diet and veterinary care and nowadays they try to give them a habitat close in type to the wild. They run rescue programs for injured wildlife and many have a wildlife hospital attached. I don't think circuses always can offer the same thing so I generally wouldn't support animals especially large animals taking part in a circus.\n\nThe Following User Says Thank You to bezzy For This Useful Post:\n\nI think what annoys me the most about zoos is yes they might play a \"small\" part in conservation, but it should be of animals in its own country, not lions and tigers and elephants etc that don't belong here - that money should be spent on assisting their native countries with conservation ( like they do in South Africa and China)\nYears ago Taronga ( which is the government) paid millions and millions of dollars to import baby thai elephants ( who were from a conservation program, perfectly happy and safe in their own country ) here for their exhibits but refused to take the retired Australian circus elephants , why because old elephants aren't cute , that's not conservation that's consumerism , I would be mortified to see kangaroos in a foreign zoo\n\nI haven't been but I think Steve irwins zoo is a bit better as at least it takes rescued and unwanted animals ( like ex circus animals)?\n\nThose 3 elephants at Australia zoo were the only elephants at the zoo, perhaps it was too hard/dangerous to integrate 3 mature elephants into an existing herd? I'm not sure just a guess.\n\nI'm just interested- zoos and wildlife parks these days are very much into animal conservation. I was at the Melb Zoo in August last year and the amount of money, time and effort they are putting into awareness and conservation is quite considerable. They're not so much about putting on a show for people, these days it's more about raising awareness. (Can't say much for Canberra zoo though.., that's weird)\nIs it a blanket \"no\" on anything that involves having an animal out of its natural habitat? (I'm trying to ask respectfully because I am aware of your beliefs re animals etc.. I'm word clumsy today!)\n\nI think it's more animals from other countries that annoys me, the time and money put into the elephants and big cats here could have been donated to their own countries to help them in their own habitats, those animals need to be roaming, they need to walk hundreds of kilometres a day, not stuck in a few hundred metres of enclosures being looked at , it just makes me sad or worse the poor polar bears at SeaWorld, in QLD, that's just cruel\n\nNever been a fan of circuses for this reason. Even if the animals arent treated poorly (which i find hard to believe ) i could not think of a more unnatural environment for an animal to live in. Performing tricks, tied up behind caravans, constant travelling by road, beaten/hit whilst being trained......good riddance.\nAs for zoos...not a huge fan. Alot of animals die that the public is not made aware of. The enclosures are nowhere near big enough.....a huge animal like an elephant should be able to roam for kilometres....not be enclosed in a small fenced area in the middle of suburbia. Its just wrong. An then there are situations eg Harambe the gorilla shot dead in his enclosure due to human error. Animals considered dangerous do not belong in zoos and that was a perfect example.\n\nLeading natural health practitioners in fertility, preconception, pregnancy, and children's health. We take an integrative approach all health professionals and offer diagnostic testing and natural treatment options suitable for the whole family."}
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-{"text": "Embryo Preservation Holds Great Promise\n\nIn a scientific breakthrough, USDA scientists have successfully completed several trials involving pig embryo preservation.After years of work, researchers at USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have produced the first live offspring from pig embryos that were \"cryopreserved\" by stabilized vitrification, according to research physiologist J.R. Dobrinsky.In the process, embryos placed in a plastic\n\nAfter years of work, researchers at USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have produced the first live offspring from pig embryos that were \"cryopreserved\" by stabilized vitrification, according to research physiologist J.R. Dobrinsky.\n\nIn the process, embryos placed in a plastic straw are submerged into liquid nitrogen. To prevent cellular disruption during cryopreservation, embryos are stabilized and then cryopreserved to a solidified liquid, in the absence of ice crystals (vitrification). After indefinite storage, straws containing the cryopreserved embryos can be warmed, embryos recovered and then transferred to recipient females.\n\nIn the first trial verifying this process, two of the five recipient sows implanted with preserved embryos farrowed 10 normal piglets.\n\nIn a second trial, four of seven recipients farrowed 24 live offspring. >From these litters, two boars and two gilts were selected for reproductive tests. Each boar was mated to three gilts. One boar was used naturally, the other was used in artificial insemination. Each gilt was artificially inseminated twice with semen from herd boars. All eight females farrowed normal litters. Select offspring from the second generation litters were raised to maturity, mated and farrowed normal, third generation offspring.\n\nThis embryo preservation process will provide a foundation for effective utilization and transport of the world's best genetics globally, modernize pork production and enhance genetic improvement programs."}
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-{"text": "29 de octubre de 2011\n\nThe title page is a compendium of philosophical conceptions linked to the theme of the harmony of the universe. Kircher adds acoustical physics and heavenly music to mundane, human and instrumental music. In one of the illustrations in the work, Kircher portrays the universe as an organ.Athanasius Kircher was a German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works on a wide variety of subjects including Egyptology, geology, music theory, oriental studies, geology and medicine. Sometimes referred to as \"the last Renaissance man\" the wide range of Kircher\u2019s interests typifies an era predating the strict boundaries maintained between different disciplines today. In particular, Kircher is noted for being ahead of his time in proposing that the plague was caused by an infectious microorganism and in suggesting effective measures to prevent the spread of the disease.In his musical encyclopedia Musurgia Universalis (1650) Kircher produced not only one of the most important musical texts of the 17 th century, but a testament to wider philosophies indicative of how the world was understood in his day. Not a musician himself, Kircher held the essentially medieval view that the cosmos was revealed in musical ratios and that musical harmony mirrored God\u2019s harmony. In this approach Kircher drew upon scholasticism of ancients such as Pythagoras albeit in accordance with Catholic orthodoxy. In Musurgia Universalis Kircher\u2019s learning is conveyed with the assistance of a sophisticated utilisation of diagrams, tables, allegorical engravings and other visual material. In Reading\u2019s copy a number of the illustrations have been coloured by a former owner.In this frontispiece Kircher presents a cosmic scheme embodying Catholic doctrine and revealing his philosophical standpoint. The triangle at the top represents the Trinity. It is surrounded by nine choirs of angels, each choir singing in four parts. Together they are singing a complex canon (or part song) in a total of 36 parts (shown in more detail later in this work). It was thought that through the art of singing in parts (known as polyphony) man had imitated cosmic harmony. Such polyphony manifested the relationships between the six planetary ratios and the six basic intervals in music. In the bottom left hand corner of the page sits Pythagoras, who according to legend discovered the secret of the mathematical basis of harmony after comparing the pitches made by hammers on a blacksmith\u2019s forge (see bottom centre). This same secret was believed to underpin the very workings of the entire Universe.\n\n8 de octubre de 2011\n\nwas a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is thought to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627, of which the music has since been lost. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on July 28 with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. He was buried in the Dresden Frauenkirche but his tomb has been destroyed.Sch\u00fctz's compositions show the influence of his teacher Gabrieli (displayed most notably with Sch\u00fctz's use of resplendent polychoral and concertato styles) and of Monteverdi. Additionally, the influence of the Netherlandish composers of the 16th century is prominent in his work. His best known works are in the field of sacred music, ranging from solo voice with instrumental accompaniment to a cappella choral music. Representative works include his three books of Symphoniae sacrae, the Psalms of David (Psalmen Davids), the Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (the Seven Last Words on the Cross) and his three Passion settings.\n\nVisitors in the World\n\nDatos personales\n\nFor all the lovers of Medieval, Sacred, Renaissance and Baroque music.\nThis blog doesn't have intention of stimulating the piracy on the contrary, it supports the artists by making their works available to the major possible number of people. 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-{"text": "Season 2 | Ep.1: Isilon\n\nSeason 2 kicks off with James McCormick joining us to talk Scale-Out NAS, Unstructured Data, Isilon, and ECS. We discuss how customers can build a cloud native environment, save operational costs, and deliver better performance."}
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-{"text": "I love to bake. Period. I love to combine a bunch of ingredients and produce a delicious, gorgeous product. I love the reaction I get when I give out my confections. I absolutely hate cleaning up the mess. And never fails, after each huge bakeathon, my husband looks at me with this look that says \"Why?Why do you do this to yourself?\" as we survey the damage around us. And then together we roll up our sleeves and put things right again. And that's why I so aptly named this blog \"Cant.Stop.Baking\" Because even if I wanted to....\n\nI just can't stop baking!\n\nI would love to hear from you, so if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them! Or you can email me at cantstopbaking [at] gmail [dot]com.\n\nI tend to get carried away with nicknames on Cant.Stop.Baking, so I thought it would be helpful to include a Cast of Characters:\n\nBig D.: My husband, also known as My Knight in Shining Armor. But only when he does the dishes.\n\nLittle D.: My six year old monkey who coincidentally is trapped in a little boy's body.\n\nS-Monkey: A four year old who can't decide if he is a puppy or a monkey.\n\nBut we love him either way.\n\nZ-Monkey, Little D. and S-Monkey are also collectively known as \"The Three Little Monkeys.\"*Update:\n\nThere is a new little monkey!He started off as Grumpy Bundle of Joy but he's not grumpy anymore- he's delicious! I think for now he'll be called Monkey Baby, but that may change.\n\nMy Super Awesome Sister-In-Law: I have lots and lots of sister-in-laws. And they are allpretty cool. But only one of them is Super Awesome. So her role in my life is pretty self-explanatory. She's super. She's awesome. And she's my sister-in-law.\n\nHyperD.: My good friend who sometimes makes her way into my posts to spice things up a bit.\n\nS-Dude: The guy who stole Hyper D's heart. And married her as well. *Awwww*\n\nStumbled across your blog through someone elses. Looooooove your template. It tells me a lot about what sort of a person you are. Spirited and fun loving. Now heading over your recipe index to get to know why you cant stop baking"}
-{"text": "Tuesday, February 24, 2009Jenkins' 40-yard times and the NFC West\nBy Mike SandoESPN.com\n\nPosted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando\n\nThe Cardinals invested the eighth overall choice of the 2005 NFL draft in a cornerback. Or so they thought. Antrel Rolle made the conversion to safety, a position NFL teams value less than cornerback, but he is playing under the contract he signed as a potentially elite cornerback.\n\nThe lesson seems relevant again after Ohio State cornerback Malcolm Jenkins posted disappointing times in the 40-yard dash at the combine. Scouts timed Jenkins between 4.52 and 4.59 seconds in separate 40-yard dashes.\n\nRolle covered 40 yards in 4.48 seconds at his pro day in 2005, according to NFL Draft Scout. The 40-yard times aren't everything, but they can be important for cornerbacks.\n\nJenkins' times do not appear fast enough to cement his status as a player the Seahawks might consider as early as the fourth overall choice. I base that on perceptions heading into the combine, not what anyone affiliated with the Seahawks has told me."}
-{"text": "Author\nTopic: Lirra: Thrones and Daggers [XP] (Read 918 times)\n\nYour throne is usurped, your family massacred. You now have to rely on allies and close friends where you once had servants and nobles, reclaim your throne and establish stability within the realm. Trust no one but yourself and your choices.\n\nThe game is split into three chapters and could be described as like the Fable series. Your ultimate goal is win your throne back after having it usurped, you then rule as a monarch and fulfill promises or break them. This emphasis on the choices the player makes which can open or close quest lines and events to alter gameplay.\n\nYou start as a princess and the game pulls you along through detailed dialog and cut scenes to the events which leave you without a home and a family. The game then turns to a traditional RPG where the Princess must rally support from allies and other kingdoms while being guided by loyalists and household retainers.\n\nThe game is heavily influenced by Game of Thrones and is set in a medieval setting under a feudal system with slight magical aspects. Expect gore and foul language as castles and princesses aren't always a wonderful fluffy kingdom all the time.\n\nThe game's first chapter is nearly complete, this will form the basis of the demo i will be releasing.\n\nSTORY\n\nSpoilerfor:\n\nThe game will focus heavily on choices and your approach to them. Certain choices may lead to fame or infamy and change whole areas. You may be locked out of or gain access to new quests, hidden areas, dialogue etc.\n\nChapter I - HomeThe game's intro which leads to the events which forces the player to leave their home and rally support to reclaim the throne. No combat apart from a battle tutorial. The player is limited to a linear path and limited exploration.\n\nChapter II - DutyThis part of the game plays like a traditional RPG. You have your retainers (party members,) items and experience to gain to better defeat your enemies. The story will still drive the player through locations but exploration will be free and backtracking to former locations for side-quests is possible. You may need to make promises during quests to receive support for your claim, if you choose not to, any local battles may be more difficult with less men at your disposal. You eventually return to your ancestral home and are crowned.\n\nChapter III - ReignRuling as a monarch, you will have to hold court and hear petitions from the nobles and smallfolk. Any promises you made previously may come back to haunt you as your treasury may not be able to fund the request. Broken promises may lead will lead to infamy and threats upon your life. You command your forces both from the throne and on the field. The chapter ends after winning the events of the invasion.\n\nCHARACTERS\n\nSpoilerfor:\n\nKingdom of LirraEleanor (16) - The player, Royal Princess of Lirra.King James II - The current reigning king of Lirra, your father.Theodore II (7) - Your annoying, younger brother.Piers - The family's loyal butler and mentor.Grand Scholar Maxem - Head of scholars within Lirra, teacher and mage.Ellis (16) - Your smallfolk friend.Jerry (25) - A loyal knight serving as a man-at-arms for your family you befriend early on.\n\nNordenhaadAgustamagus - Current ruler of the once mighty empire.Lady Octavia/White-haired bitch - Your step-mother and sister to the current head of House Rosenhien."}
-{"text": "The offbeat TV series, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, will be returning to television in 2016, according to a strange (of course) video posted on Showtime's YouTube channel. The original show ran on ABC in 1990 and 1991 and spawned a 1992 theatrical film directed by Lynch, \"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.\"\n\nAccording to a press release from Showtime, \"Twin Peaks\" will be a limited series of nine episodes. Lynch and Frost will write and produce each one and Lynch will direct all nine.\n\nWhen it debuted, \"Twin Peaks\" was like nothing else that had ever aired on television. Lynch (then best known as the director of \"Eraserhead\" and \"Blue Velvet\") and Frost -- who had written for \"Hill Street Blues\" -- created an eerie story starring Kyle MacLachlan as FBI agent Dale Cooper, who had come to the Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of a high school girl named Laura Palmer.\n\nThe murder mystery was only the entry point into a bizarre world, one that was alternately drily witty and brutally violent. The straight-arrow Cooper was fond of a diner's \"damn fine coffee\" and pie to an almost absurd degree. The show featured a one-armed man, a dancing dwarf, rumblings at the local lumber mill and a malevolent spirit named BOB.\n\n\"Twin Peaks\" started off a huge hit, but as the plot became more obscure and the mood became darker, the audience dwindled, especially in the second season. However, those who stayed with it were a hardcore bunch, enough to prompt the theatrical film so Lynch could tie up some loose ends (or not, being Lynch).\n\nDespite diverse reviews, the show remains one of the most influential in television history, with its involvement of a noted movie director, its willingness to take audiences to far-out places, its deliberate pace and its obsessed-about plot points and character tics. In many ways, it was ahead of its time.\n\nShowtime plans to show the entire run of the TV series before the premiere of the new \"Twin Peaks\" episodes.\n\n\"What more can I say -- 'Twin Peaks' with David Lynch and Mark Frost on Showtime in 2016!\" said Showtime President David Nevins. \"To quote Agent Cooper, 'I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.'\""}
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-{"text": "What We Can Learn From the Young Woman Who Has Rocked the Madhya Pradesh Police\n\nBy taking on the system at every level \u2013 administrative, social and cultural \u2013 this young survivor of sexual assault presents a textbook case of a brilliant survivor.\n\nThe survivor has been quoted as saying that though she\u2019d initially been interested in the IAS, she now wants to become an IPS officer. I hope she does. We deserve police officers like this young woman. Credit: Reuters\n\nThe civil services aspirant, survivor of a gang rape, really gets it. She has managed to focus attention on the inadequacies, inefficiency and sheer misogyny of the system that is geared towards shaming victims, not aiding them.\n\nHer interventions ensured that five policemen and two sub-inspectors were suspended for their negligence and delay in registering the case. Two senior police officers \u2013 inspector general of police Bhopal Range and the government railway police superintendent \u2013 have been transferred. The two doctors whose initial report suggested that the act was committed \u201cwith her consent and will\u201d have been served show cause notices by a Madhya Pradesh state administration that is clearly on the back foot: witness chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan rushing in with promises of a fast track court.\n\nEvery action and every sentence she has been quoted on suggests a textbook case of a brilliant survivor with clarity, resilience and courage. Every line I read makes me want to stand up and cheer.\n\nShe has been quoted saying she does not want to spend the rest of her life hearing comments like \u201cbechari rape victim\u201d, thereby clearly locating shame on the perpetrators of the crime. She also refused to engage in the ridiculous victim-blaming debate of \u201cwhat was she wearing,\u201d pointing out not just that she was wearing a full-sleeved shirt and jeans, but also asserting that the clothes she was wearing are irrelevant to the case. She has further argued that even sari-clad women in villages are raped.\n\nShe has also been able to counter typical victim-blaming in regard to her choice of route by pointing out that the route she used was the shortest and was used by most people, ergo she was not taking \u201cunnecessary risks\u201d and was just using common sense.\n\nThrough our research, some of which we wrote up in our book, Why Loiter? Women andRisk on Mumbai Streets, we have argued that what women need in order to access public spaces is not conditional safety but the right to risks that are chosen. We explicitly exclude those risks that are unchosen, that are imposed by poor infrastructure and lack of better options. The Bhopal rape survivor implicitly gets this in the way in which she makes her case.\n\nWhat women need in order to access public spaces is not conditional safety but the right to risks that are chosen. Credit: Reuters\n\nShe understood clearly that nothing is a fate worse than death, which is why she has been able to focus on survival rather than honour. The young woman lied about what her parents did and where she lived in order to survive. She overheard the perpetrators discussing whether to murder her to kidnap her. She also gathered that they were trying to figure out if she would go to the police. To hide her parents\u2019 identity \u2013 both of whom work in the police force \u2013 she made them into a tailor and a labourer. She was able to convincingly suggest to them that she was not likely to report the case to the police and that nothing will be gained by murdering her. At one point, she lay motionless to make them think she was dead.\n\nIf the young woman\u2019s actions have been exemplary, her parents\u2019 too have been no less focused on justice. Her mother has not just asserted that it is not her daughter\u2019s life but that of the perpetrators that is spoilt. She has also displayed incredible tenacity in registering the case. She cites the experience of filing the case as one of the worst in her career, disdaining the policeman who accused her daughter of making a false \u2018filmy complaint\u2019. She has contributed to ensuring that these words come back to haunt the said policeman, not her daughter. The mother clearly is determined to focus on a dysfunctional system, rather than cry over the assault.\n\nNo less gutsy is her father. When his daughter figured out that the perpetrators likely lived close by, they went looking for them and found two of them, who they dragged to the police station. This, of course, is not recommended behaviour. But it shows the force of will. One report suggests that when the perpetrators were first caught, the young woman had covered her head. On removing the dupatta, she commented on how shocked they looked. Once again, she was able to locate and transfer the idea of shock and fear on to the perpetrator.\n\nUnfortunately, while the survivor gets it, the Madhya Pradesh government clearly does not. They have responded to the situation by asking coaching centres to close at 8 pm, failing which they, the police or the city will not be responsible for the safety of the students.\n\nIn our book, we have argued that shutting down a city early is never the solution to making it safer. On the contrary, crowded, noisy, well-lit spaces, peopled by diverse populations enhance access to public space, making them more comfortable for marginal citizens such as women to access.\n\nThe survivor is also quoted as saying that though she\u2019d initially been interested in the IAS, she now wants to become an IPS officer. I hope she does. We deserve police officers like this young woman."}
-{"text": "OCC Takes Calif. JC Title\n\nOrange Coast College\u2014without suspended coach John Altobelli in the dugout\u2014won the California Junior College championship this past weekend at Fresno. It was an emotional season for OCC, as detailed in the above subscriber-only column, but they rallied in the postseason, Altobelli said Wednesday.\n\n\"I think we were 4-4 at one time after I got dumped,\" he said. \"But we pulled the guys together and told them, if the coaches tell you to hit and run, you just have to trust them. It\u2019s just like if I was there. I was able to do everything but coach during the games, which was difficult, but the guys pulled through. In the playoffs, we really got on a roll.\n\n\"It was very emotional. It was just a crazy, crazy year.\"\n\nSeveral draft eligible pitchers were in action at the JC tournament. Our scout source had these insights on three of the JC hurlers, including two at OCC:\n\nBrett Wallach, OCC: \u201cHe did himself a lot of favors\u201489-91 fastball, good curveball, nice frame. Could go three-to-four rounds.\u201d\n\nCalvin Drummond, OCC: \u201cHe sat around 91, but it was straight and he got hit. He looks a little stiff to me, a little complacent also.\u201d\n\nBrian Peacock, Santa Ana JC: Peacock is a highly projectable freshman lefthander who is a \u201creal interesting guy. When his fastball is on it shows nice late sink. In this game it was 88, but it was up, straight and got hit. He doesn\u2019t have a feel for the change, but he has a good tight breaking ball. There were some guys (scouts) out there who were paying real close attention to him.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Most importantly, bison made sure the prairie stayed a prairie, rather than reverting to forest, which offers little to eat for such large herbivores. Grazing \u2013 along with fires (both naturally-occurring and intentionally set by native peoples) \u2013 are the two forces of nature that conspire to manage grasslands the world over.\n\nWhile cattle and other domesticated livestock are often used often used to manage grasslands in other parts of the world, bison appear to be the species best-suited to controlling the North American prairie that they\u2019ve coevolved with. In fact, a 1976 experiment in South Dakota demonstrated that bison are the prairie\u2019s go-to: Cattle were grazed on one side of a fence and bison on the other side. Ponderosa pines soon sprouted and grew into a canopy on the side with the cattle, while the bison chomped down on the seedlings as they sprouted on their side and prevented a forest from becoming established.\n\nGrasslands once comprised 40 percent of the North American landscape, but after bison were hunted nearly to extinction in the 19th century, the prairies of the heartland were converted to farms and cities on a vast scale: 99 percent of tallgrass prairie and 68 percent of mixed-grass prairie have disappeared, making grasslands North America\u2019s most endangered ecosystem. As the keystone species of the prairie \u2013 that is, the one who holds it together for all the other species \u2013 bison are being actively reintroduced to conservation areas throughout the Midwest in an effort to bring degraded prairie ecosystems back to life. Here are five ways they do it.\n\n1. They\u2019re living tree removers\n\nNot only do bison munch out tiny seedlings of trees as they appear, they take care of any that begin to mature and threaten to shade out the grass. They have several methods for doing so: Bison like to eat bark, often leaving trees girdled at head height; with the bark stripped, trees can no longer transport water and nutrients to the canopy, and quickly die. A similar effect occurs when bison rub against mature trees to help remove their winter coat, as well as from \u201chorning\u201d \u2013 a common bison behavior where they rub their horns against the bark of conifers to cover them in sap, presumably as a form of insect repellent.\n\n2. Their grazing keeps grass healthy\n\nEcologists have found that prairie grasses produce about one third more new vegetation each year than what actually decomposes. If all of that decaying grass was left in place, it would form a thick thatch, restricting the germination of small-seeded plants and the exchange of gases in the soil, conditions which favor woody species over grasses (that\u2019s why we have to mow, aerate, and de-thatch our lawns to keep them healthy). Historically, periodic fires would burn off some of the excess thatch, though bison played an important role in consuming top growth in the grasslands, keeping much of the biomass below ground in enormous root systems \u2013 which is why Midwestern soils are so fertile.\n\n3. They\u2019re better than a fertilizer factory\n\nNitrogen, the most essential nutrient for plant growth, is delivered to grassland plant communities in copious quantities through the urine and feces of bison. Without grazing, much of the nitrogen contained in grassland plants volatilizes and is lost to the atmosphere as new top growth dies and decays each year, rather than returning to the soil. Grassland fires also volatilize nitrogen as the vegetation burns. But when bison and other grazers eat grass, the nitrogen is concentrated through the digestive process, and eliminated out the other end in a stable form that plants can make use of.\n\n4. Bison promote biological diversity\n\nBison are considered preferable over cattle for managing America\u2019s grasslands, in part because they are picky eaters. While cattle graze on pretty much anything in sight, bison have a strong preference for grasses over forbs (broad-leafed species, including wildflowers and herbaceous plants). Grasses thrive on periodic grazing, whereas forbs are more apt to die out when subjected to grazing. Only a handful of native grasses comprise most American grasslands, but upwards of 400 species of native forbs are responsible for the tremendous biological diversity of these ecosystems, which bison help to encourage by not eating them.\n\n5. Where bison roam, other wildlife follows\n\nBy managing vegetation, bison effectively manage the habitat for a majority of other prairie wildlife. The Wildlife Conservation Society estimates that 42 native bird species are dependent on grasslands historically maintained by bison, virtually all of which nest in the ground hidden from predators in the mosaic patchwork of grass. Prairie dogs, another icon of America\u2019s grasslands, take up residence in \u201cbison lawns\u201d \u2013 areas routinely cropped by these enormous herbivores \u2013 as they can better keep watch for predators than in the taller grass of ungrazed areas. In an ecological ripple effect, the underground \u201ctowns\u201d of burrowing prairie dog packs, are known to provide habitat for an additional 200 species."}
-{"text": "Select Local Merchants\n\nfacet: Main\ntype: Traditional\nlocale: en_US\ntitle: Cactus Club Tanning Salon\nfacet_type_id: a590aef0-5f39-1032-9ffc-a20946133d51\nhtml_text: The sun\u2019s rays can give the skin a golden glow, but it can take hours for anyone who doesn't live on the beach. Cactus Club Tanning Salon speeds up the star\u2019s effects by bronzing the skin with UV light and airbrush tans. The high-pressure Magic 636 bed, for instance, imparts the equivalent of eight hours of sun in 12 minutes without the risk of burns, whereas the Diva Stand-Up tanner gives skin a golden glow in just 9 minutes. And since the sun tends to hibernate during the winter, tanning beds can also help chase away cloudy doldrums with their UV light.\n\nSqueeze in a few trips to Normandy Park in Normandy Park and prep your skin for your sunny vacation.\nFor alternative beauty treatments that will make you look and feel great, head to this salon.\nLook brighter, feel happier with this salon's full tanning salon. They have you covered entirely, with their services including tanning beds, spray tan, and airbrush tan.\nWhen you have a little time before your next appointment, this salon's stylists can squeeze you in. Walks-ins are both accepted and valued here.\nIf you're short on cash, take care of business with one of many major credit cards.\nNormandy Park makes sure you always look your best no matter what time of year, so get that beach glow going whenever you feel like it's time for a tan.\n\nLying out in the sun for hours often leads to an unpleasant sunburn. Get a pain-free tan instead at Salon Eclipse in Seatac.\nTry one of this salon's signature hair treatments, such as hair cuts, and freshen up your look.\nIf you're looking to tan your base tan to the next level, book an appointment at Salon Eclipse.\n\nTukwila's Desert Sun Franchising is perfect for experienced or first-time tanner.\nThis salon is known for its quality alternative services, such as acne treatment.\nThis salon's tanning services help your skin be perpetually summer-ready with various tanning services like tanning beds, spray tan, and airbrush tan.\nIf you're planning a trip to somewhere warm, head on over to Desert Sun Franchising for a base glow.\n\nIsland Breeze Tanning darkens skin with both UV and UV-free options. Their conventional, high-pressure, and standup booths can bronze skin in as little as 12 minutes, or certified airbrush technicians will quickly and evenly coat bodies using custom tanning solutions. If clients have trouble choosing the right service, they need only ask the staff, each of whom is Smart Tan certified and has completely forgotten the definition of the word pale.\n\nDesert Sun Tanning Salons was awarded the 2011 Best Tanning award by CityVoter, which cites the salon's Smart Tan certified tanning consultants as one of its strongest features. The consultants effortlessly guide clients through three levels of tanning beds according to the client's skin type and tanning desires, and they may even to achieve a bronze as deep as an ancient Greek statue of a lifeguard. Tanning beds are tricked out with amenities including aromatherapy, air conditioning, and piped-in music, and after their sessions clients can choose from an array of nourishing lotions to smooth onto freshly golden skin.\n\nGroupon Guide\n\nSo \u2026 should I get naked?\nIt\u2019s something any tanning newbie might wonder before their first salon visit. The answer? \u201cWe don\u2019t care.\u201d At least that\u2019s according to Matthew Turner, owner of Chicago\u2019s Halsted Street Beach Tanning. His salon offers UV tanning beds and airbrush spray tans, and going in the buff is fine for both styles.That\u2019s not to say you have to be naked, of course. \u201cWhatever tan lines you want are fine,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if you want to be naked, go for it.\u201dSo that\u2019s one mystery out of the way. Below, Matthew answers some other etiquette questions pertaining to his salon\u2019s two signature tanning styles.How freshly showered should you be?\u201c[Showering] like an hour before is the best,\u201d Matthew said. As long as there\u2019s a shower stored somewhere in your short-term memory, though, you\u2019re probably good to recline in a bed or stand at the ready for an airbrush tan.Is there anything you should avoid saying in an airbrush-tanning consultation?Skip any references to Oompa Loompas.\u201cI understand you don\u2019t [want to look like an Oompa Loompa],\u201d Matthew said. Specifying that might imply that you think the technician doesn\u2019t know how to do their job. \u201cPersonally, I take offense to it sometimes.\u201dYou can say almost anything else, though. Some questions Matthew called out as totally reasonable: Is your airbrush-tanning spray organic? and How long have you been doing this? (Halsted Street\u2019s spray is organic, and Matthew\u2019s been airbrush tanning for 10 years.)Can you tan for the full time listed on the bed during your first visit?No. First off, that would be against Illinois law. More generally, \u201cyou need to be skin-typed. You don\u2019t know the beds. \u2026 You don\u2019t know how they\u2019re lamped. You should always err on the side of caution.\u201dIs \u201cI have to burn before before I tan\u201d a good mantra?Matthew gave that \u201ca big no with lots of exclamation points. \u2026 You do not have to burn to tan. In fact, you should never burn. Just tan!\u201dCan you wear sunscreen in a tanning bed?No. \u201cIt\u2019s not good for the acrylics in the bed.\u201d If you\u2019re worried about overexposure, shorten your tanning time instead.Can you tan with non-contagious skin conditions, like eczema?\u201cNot even a problem,\u201d Matthew said. This goes for bed tans and airbrush tans. Fun fact about bed tans, though: a lot of dermatologists actually recommend tanning (or, at least, UV radiation in a medical setting) to treat eczema. Who knew?After a bed tan, do you need to clean the bed?Not unless it\u2019s visibly sweaty. \u201cThat\u2019s not your job. We have to clean everything, and there\u2019s electronic components that we need to clean in a correct manner. I mean, if you left a pool of sweat, take the towel and dab that up. \u2026 I would consider that a common courtesy.\u201dHow long can you spend in your private room during a bed tan?At Halsted Street, you get five minutes to undress for a bed tan and up to seven minutes to dress afterward. \u201cThere\u2019s usually somebody waiting for that bed,\u201d Matthew explained.\nThat\u2019s why his salon doesn\u2019t have mirrors in its rooms\u2014to prevent makeup touchups and other types of primping. Save that for the bathroom or the hallway mirrors.\nShould you tip when you get an airbrush tan?Yes. \u201cUsually 20% of the full price is standard. \u2026 We are basically artists in spray tanning, because we are doing cosmetics. You\u2019re getting a cosmetic applied to you.\u201d\nShould you tip when you get a bed tan?\nNo. \u201c[Some people] leave a couple dollars [for] cleaning the bed,\u201d Matthew said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice, but it\u2019s not something expected or even anywhere remotely required.\u201d Check out our other etiquette guides:10 Questions You Wish You Could Ask Your Nail ArtistEight Awkward Questions About Bikini Waxes, Answered\n\nThere are only 100 days of summer. 100. Days. And some of them are rainy. Do you really want to waste sunny ones indoors hemming and hawing over what to toss in your beach bag? With these seven summer essentials, you can keep a foolproof bag ready to go at the drop of a sunbeam.\n1. Grand Trunk Parasheet Beach Blanket ($39.99)\nThere\u2019s nothing worse than getting whacked in the face by the sandy corner of your own beach towel blowing in the wind. Not a problem with this 7\u2019x7\u2019 blanket\u2014each corner has stake-able loops and built-in pockets you anchor with sand to keep it in place when ocean breezes pass through. It\u2019s easy to clean, too, as the quick-drying nylon material resists mildew.\n2. Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Ultra Radiance Sunscreen ($7.19 at Target)\nLike most good sunscreens, this oil-free formula protects skin from UVA and UVB rays for up to 80 minutes, even in water. But unlike other sunscreens, it contains shea-butter complex and mango extract to keep skin smooth even after swimming in harsh chlorine or salt water.\n3. BareSkin Beach Towel ($37.99)\nThis towel is made of chamois, a synthetic material that dries up to three times faster than cotton while staying silky soft. In addition to being super absorbent, chamois has natural antibacterial properties that prevent the musty smells and mold that can plague unwashed beach towels. The 34\u201dx58\u201d towel also folds up to the size of an index card.\n4. Contigo Autospout Sheffield Stainless Water Bottle ($19.99)\nThis 20-ounce water bottle might look like any other, but inside its stainless-steel exterior is a vacuum-insulation system that keeps drinks icy for up to 20 hours. In fact, the exterior isn\u2019t as it seems, either\u2014it\u2019s condensation-proof, so it won\u2019t sweat on everything else stashed in your bag.\n5. Kala Pineapple Ukulele ($139.99)\nListen, acoustic guitars on the beach are great. But they are way too cumbersome to be trekking around in addition to coolers and beach bags. This uke solves the size problem, and its handsome pineapple design could not be more perfect for relaxing beach days.\n6. House of Marley Chant Portable Audio System ($59.99)\nWhen you\u2019re ready to give the uke a break, fish out this portable speaker. It might only be two inches tall, but it packs impressive sound and a powerful, rechargeable battery that keeps music playing from Bluetooth-capable devices for up to six hours. Plus, it\u2019s constructed from an eco-friendly combination of natural bamboo, recycled plastic, and canvas.\nFind waterproof portable speakers on Groupon Goods.\n7. Panasonic Lumix TS5 Underwater Camera ($269.99, on sale)\nThis amphibious camera takes bright, colorful pictures and videos both on land and up to 43 feet below sea level. Though its clarity is its main selling point, it also features a durable construction that is drop-proof up to six feet in case your hands are still slippery after swimming and scuba diving.\n\nFor me, putting on sunscreen is as natural as brushing my teeth. There\u2019s a history of skin cancer in my family, so I\u2019ve been pretty anal-retentive about using it ever since I was a kid. But the way I look at it, it\u2019s another health and beauty product to learn about\u2014and I love doing that!So in honor of Chicago beaches finally opening today (I\u2019ve never been more excited to get sand in uncomfortable places!), here\u2019s a rundown of the sunscreens I wear during my favorite beach activities. After all, even the best summer outfits can\u2019t make a sunburn look good.For tanning:Banana Boat Clear UltraMist Dry Oil Spray SunscreenSPF: 4 or 8I love to lay out, so tanning oil is a given for any beach trip. Protecting my skin is just as important as getting a good glow, however, so I like my oil to have an SPF component. This dry oil sunscreen just requires a quick spray for total coverage, and it smells like banana-coconut rum!For swimming:Neutrogena Ultimate Sport Sunscreen LotionSPF: 30Growing up in the Arizona desert, the only thing my siblings and I ever wanted to do was go to the pool. We were all on swim teams from ages 6\u201318, so putting on sunscreen became part of our morning ritual: by 6 a.m. every day, my mom had us slathered in goop. That goop was Neutrogena Ultimate Sport Sunscreen, and the water-resistant formula did a bang-up job of shielding us from the Arizona sun. It\u2019s still my go-to goop for swim days!For jet-skiing:Australian Gold Lotion with Kona BronzersSPF: 30Zooming across the water on a jet ski is one of my favorite vacation activities. I\u2019ve learned the hard way, though, that being out on the water is different from being in the water. The light reflects off the ocean\u2019s surface and gives me what feels like a double-dose of sun, so I burn way more easily. That\u2019s why, when I\u2019m on a WaveRunner, I go for a long-lasting sunscreen with a higher SPF. Australian Gold Lotion is designed to stay on for upwards of 80 minutes, and its instant bronzers make me look like a consummate beach professional.For picnicking:L\u2019Or\u00e9al Paris Advanced Suncare Quick Dry Sheer Finish SpraySPF: 30 or 50When I\u2019m sitting in the sun but not trying to tan, this one\u2019s my favorite. The spray nozzle makes it a breeze to apply, and the super-high SPF is great for sensitive skin. The best thing about this spray is that it doesn't make me feel sticky or clog my pores, so I don\u2019t feel gross while I\u2019m, uh, stuffing my face with beach snacks.For beach volleyball:Coppertone ClearlySheer Sunny Days Body LotionSPF: 15 or 30This sunscreen is so lightweight, I barely feel it when it\u2019s on. The true benefits come out after I\u2019ve been playing beach games for a while: the lotion doesn\u2019t run into my eyes when I sweat, and the lemon-lime scent means I don\u2019t smell like sweat.For evening tiki parties:Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration After Sun LotionSPF: N/AEven after sunset, my skincare routine isn\u2019t over (I told you I was anal-retentive!). I use this after-sun lotion to soothe my skin, and it\u2019s truly a lifesaver, because it helps prevent peeling and cools burns with aloe gel. Of course, like most things I put on my body, it also smells amazing. Plus, the 24-hour moisturizing effect keeps my skin feeling great for whatever I\u2019m doing the next day. Which is probably more beach stuff.Photo by Andrew Nawrocki, Groupon"}
-{"text": "Install\n\nCommercial Exterior\n\nCommercial Interior\n\nFleet Wraps\n\nIndustrial Interior\n\nAutomotive Tint\n\nCommercial & Residential\n\nBlog\n\nOur Commercial Window Tinting Applications\n\nWe understand different businesses require different products to perfectly fulfill their needs. We\u2019ve worked with a multitude of commercial spaces including retail spaces, schools, office buildings, warehouses, hotels, and larger spaces with many windows. No matter the type of business location, we can treat your windows as needed.\n\nWe offer commercial window tinting to meet any and all of your needs. These are some of the more popular selections for business owners.\n\nEnergy saving: This application can save up to 60% on your cooling and heating bills each month. Allow you to keep your clients and employees at a more comfortable temperature regardless of the outside conditions.Read More\n\nIndustrial Aluminum Signs Decision Criteria\n\nStandard, Brushed, Reflective: Which on is right for your company?\n\nAluminum is one of our strongest and most adaptable signage materials.\n\nIts professional appearance makes it a perfect fit for both indoor and exposed locations. In addition to standard aluminum industrial signage, we offer brushed aluminum and reflective aluminum pending on your signage needs. Understanding the look and feel differences between our standard aluminum, brushed aluminum, and reflective aluminum will help you pick the material that best represents your company. We\u2019ve compiled a rundown of major distinctive qualities between our different types of aluminum industrial sign creation.\n\nAbout Us\n\nWe make things stand out.\n\nDirections. Information. Hazards. All of that stuff can fade into the background if you let it. Our job is to make it pop out and be more readable, more attractive or more obvious. That\u2019s what our work boils down to. Sometimes it\u2019s with a sign. Sometimes it\u2019s a decal. A banner. A reflective stripe. It\u2019s our job to make it look great, make it to spec and make sure it stands the test of time.\n\nThat\u2019s our mission. That\u2019s what we\u2019re passionate about. It\u2019s a small thing in the larger scope of the world, but it\u2019s important to us and we hold our work to a high standard. There are probably cheaper options in the short term, but we aren\u2019t in this business to burn our customers with cheap quick fixes that fail and have to be replaced again and again.\n\nWe use exceptional materials because our customers expect the best. We use intelligent solutions because our customers need them. We don\u2019t cut corners because our customers demand quality of us, and we rise to meet their expectations and strive to exceed them."}
-{"text": "Characters Daryl and Merle Dixon venture into the realm of video games with The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, but technical problems and frustrating design decisions mar what could\u2019ve been a thrilling experience."}
-{"text": "Title Information\n\nRecords for not-yet-published titles do not include subject classifications.\nTo initiate an order, see the instructions at the bottom of the page.\n\nOP\n\nHUMANISM IN CHINA: A CONTEMPORARY RECORD OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Ed. by Wang Huangsheng and Hu Wugong. Museum fur moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2006. Contemporary Photo & Video Series. Organized by Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou. Published by Anno Domini Publishing Co., Ltd., Hong Kong (main catalogue), in association with Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag, Heidelberg (German-text volume). Two volumes. 29 x 25 cm. Vol. 1: 488 pp. with 521 ills. (103 col.). ISBN 988-98941-7-3. Vol. 2: 84 pp. The set: ISBN 3-89904-212-3. ISBN 3899042123 Bilingual in Chinese and English; second volume with complete translations and one additional prefatory text in German.\nThis two-volume set comprises a reprint of the Chinese-English catalogue that accompanied the original exhibition, held at the Guangdong Museum of Art in 2003, and an unillustrated volume of German translations of the catalogue texts, prepared for the recent presentation of the show in Germany. Indexing: Western, Non-Western in a Western Style, Asia (Western Style) \u2014 China \u2014 Post-1945 \u2014 Photography Plans: 50,69 Worldwide Number: 031348Paperbound, boxed Out of Print / No Longer Available.\n\nSelect titles for ordering by clicking in the boxes to\nthe left of the title entries and then click\non the \"Add to Cart\" button below.\nYou will then be able to specify quantities and continue with your order."}
-{"text": "Feint can be swapped in if there is a boss that hits with powerful physical attacks. Similarly, Crutch can be swapped in if there is an enemy that slows or binds your teammates.\n\nTrue North is technically optional for dungeons\u2026 but there are MANY upsides in getting used to it, plus in large speedrun pulls ground effects can cause you to lose positionals. Just take it, it\u2019s not like you\u2019ll lose much.\n\nThe other skills are iffy for \u201ccasual random dungeon runs\u201d.\n\nThe order is largely irrelevant, but the above is a decent ordering given the dungeons you will encounter when you scale down to <50.\n\nMelee DPS Role Actions for Raids\n\nRAID ROLE ACTIONS ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY ENCOUNTER! THERE IS NO TRUE ONE SIZE FITS ALL!\n\nWell, that\u2019s about it for Melee DPS Role Actions! As can be seen, in raids all of the Melee DPS role actions are situationally useful. I hope this guide gives you a general idea of how to use them in raids. Observation and adaptation will be the keys to figuring out what is best for each fight."}
-{"text": "\u2026Can you imagine walking on a road more than 2,000 years old, surrounded by stunning landscapes? Would you like to go on a wonderful journey back to the times of the Roman Empire? All this is possible if you come to Spain\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Walking around Seville, in Andalusia, is one of the most wonderful experiences to be had in southern Spain. Here you will find a magical city, more beautiful and restored than ever. If you also take \u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Would you like to explore the city of Seville in an original way and learn more about opera? Would you like to see the settings that inspired Verdi, Donizetti, Beethoven, Bizet and Mozart? Then take \u2026\n\n\u2026A unique and timeless master. A painter chosen by Philip IV of Spain to portray his family. A specialist in depicting light and shade. We are speaking of Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, the 17th-century Spanish painter whose incomparab\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Exploring Mar\u00eda Luisa Park by horse and carriage is an altogether different experience. Bringing together nature, peace and distinction, you will recover the charms of a romantic era, enjoying this d\u2026\n\n\u2026Deluxe extensions to show some of the world's finest collections of paintings. Restored historic buildings, now home to contemporary art. Avant-garde centres whose exterior is as attractive as what lies within. Museums i\u2026\n\n\u2026(Andalusia) Discover Andalusia on horseback. Have you ever thought about it? These animals have been closely linked to this part of southern Spain for centuries. Get ready to enjoy Andalusia in a very different way: you \u2026\n\n\u2026Pure sentiment and profound passion. This is flamenco, a genuine Spanish musical art that is universally renowned. Anyone who hears flamenco cannot help but admire it. In Spain there are many ways to feel its energy and \u2026\n\n\u2026Flamenco is a truly Spanish art. To feel the passion and energy it transmits is an extraordinary experience. Visit a tablao (flamenco club) and experience this \"universal\" art, whose roots lie in the deepest of Spanish f\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) The April Fair is a guarantee of pure, unadulterated fun.The fairground and the marquees are always packed with people ready enjoy themselves,and the Sevillians\u2019 friendly, party-loving nature is even\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Seville is home to Europe's largest Gothic building, a colossal church with the UNESCO World Heritage designation. Come and discover this architectural gem. Inside there are 500 priceless works of ar\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) The April Fair is basically about having fun.During these days, all the young people in Seville gather together in the roads leading to the fairground, intent on making the very most of a night of fu\u2026\n\n\u2026Water, sun and fun. How would you like to enjoy this unbeatable combination with your family? Come to one of the many water parks in Spain and take the opportunity to share a wonderful day of fun with your children, pack\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Good prices in the street markets. The most traditional and lively street market in Seville is known as El Jueves which is open on Thursday mornings in the calle Feria. Its stalls are full of books, \u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Shopping centres and franchises in Nervi\u00f3n. To find the latest fashions at reasonable prices, you should go to the avenida de Luis de Morales, the avenida de Eduardo Dato or the calle Luis Montoto, n\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Popular ceramics in Triana. Many shops specialising in ceramics can be found on the other side of the Guadalquivir river, in the narrow streets of the Triana quarter. You can buy plates, glasses, jug\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Variety in the old town centre. In the old, historic centre of the city is the lively shopping centre of Seville where you can find all kinds of shops. In the Plaza Nueva, the pedestrian streets of S\u2026\n\n\u2026This gastronomic specialty from Andalusia combines the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet with the pleasure of relishing the flavour of great sea fish. The fried fish assortment is the extraordinary result of dipp\u2026\n\n\u2026Seville. (Andalusia) Shopping in Seville will give you the chance to take a little piece of Seville away with you in your suitcase. You\u2019ll find the colour and gaiety of the city reflected in the souvenirs you take away w\u2026\n\n\u2026Spain is the ideal place for a holiday with all the family. Come and discover a warm, welcoming country with the best infrastructure for families, where the little ones will be looked after like nowhere else. The notion \u2026\n\nThis website uses cookies to guarantee the best experience for the user. If you continue browsing, we consider that you agree to their use. For more information, or to find out how to change your settings, see our cookie policy"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nBead, Book & Bounce\n\nWe've chosen some of the most popular beading books and each month, we'd like you to join us in choosing a project from that book - perhaps one that you\u2019ve always had your eye on - to make along with us! We\u2019ve tried hard to choose books with a variety of projects so that no matter what your interests, skill level or budget there should be something for you!\n\nWhen Do We Find Out Which Book We're Using?\n\nOn the 7th of each month, we\u2019ll reveal the name of the beading book that we\u2019ll be working from over the next month. We\u2019ll link to existing book reviews and projects that have been made from, or inspired by, the book. You\u2019ll then have two months to blow the cobwebs off your own copy, sort through your beadstash and work on a project from the current book.\n\nWhat Can I Make?\n\nYou can choose any project from within the current book and you\u2019re welcome to make that project \u2018as is\u2019 or make your own adjustments - whether that be to colour, beads or the basic pattern. We do not want to limit you, we want to encourage you. That means that if you are inspired to take a project in a new direction you should!\n\nHow Do I Share My Finished Project?\n\nSurely the best thing about finishing a project is sharing it with other people? We all love to have our work oohed and ahhed over, right? On the 6th of each month, we'll reveal the projects made from our current choice, before moving on to work from another book.\n\nTo make it easier for everyone to show off their finished pieces, we'll be accepting 'entries' in two ways.\n\nOn Your Own Blog: Create your own blog post sharing your thoughts on the current book, the pattern you followed (or were inspired by) and, of course, photographs of your finished project. Schedule your blog post to publish on the reveal date and then visit Operation Tackle That Beadstash to leave us a link to your blog post, so that we can all stop by for a visit.\n\nOn Our Blog: If you don't have your own blog, that's not a problem. You can send us a photograph of your finished project and a little write up about the current book and we'll feature it here, on our blog instead! Send entries to ottbs@live.com by 11am (GMT) on the 5th, so that we have time to include them before the reveal on the 6th!\n\nWhich Admin Do I Contact If I Have Any Other Questions?\n\nIf you have a question that hasn't already been covered here, please contact us at ottbs@live.com. Alternatively, if you are a member of our Facebook Group, please tag Clair Rigby with your question!"}
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-{"text": "Adam Dennis / 2005 Canadian WJC team\n\nWhy wasn't he invited to Canada's camp that year? Of the goaltenders invited to that camp - Devan Dubnyuk, Rejean Beauchemin, Kevin Nastiuk, Jeff Glass - only Jeff Glass had a Sv% above .914 (.932) with their club team. Adam Dennis, of course, was part of that ridiculously stacked London Knights team during the lockout, but also boasted a .930Sv% in 23 games with Guelph, including a 48-save shutout against London, on the night they broke the ubeaten streak in the CHL, before joining London via trade where he went on to post a 1.50 GAA and .951Sv% the rest of the season.\n\nI'm not saying Dennis should have been the starter, or even saying he should have been on that team, but I have no idea why he wasn't invited to Canada's camp. He was the most dominant goaltender in the OHL that year.\n\nCould be for the same reason Elliot won't be a hero for his country anytime soon. They were pretty sure it was just the team around him\n\nBut, like I said in the OP, Dennis posted outstanding numbers for Guelph before he was traded to London in the same season. I still remember the game when London tied the ubeaten streak record.. Dennis was absolutely insane that night. I mean, a 48-save shutout against the best Junior team, IMO, ever? He was ridiculous that season. Not to mention, he also had a Mem. Cup appearance on his resume from the previous season.\n\nSerious answer, head coach that year was Sutter (WHL) and the goalie coach was Ian Clark (Vancouver Canucks) so they likely went with guys they were a bit more familiar with.\n\nDubnyk, Glass, Beauchemin, Nastiuk were all WHL goalers.\n\nJeff Glass was absolutely lights out that season. Beauchemin was on a below average Prince Albert team and was doing alright. Beauch had also played at the U17s and U18. Dubnyk was a first round pick and being prepped for the next season (they weren't counting on Pogge lol)\n\nHonestly though, looking at the pool of talent they had to pick from at FWD and D, they likely didn't care about the goalies lol"}
-{"text": "Beginners Guides: 101 Tech Tips and Tweaks for Windows From performance to security and\nprivacy tips; from essential advice for beginners to registry tweaks, PCSTATS 101 Tech Tips will help you get the most out of your PC! - Version 1.3.5\n\nPCSTATS has a little present for you this week - a massive Tech Tip guide for Windows; 101 useful and sometimes spicy Tweaks and Tips that you can use to improve your clunkly PC! Some you might know, some you might not, but guaranteeded there is a lot of interesting advice in this guide.\n\nFrom Beginner's Tech Tips to registry tweaks, it's all\npresent and accounted for. This list is presented in two sections. The first is\ncomposed of tweaks and tips you can implement using options already present in\nthe Windows XP interface.\n\nThe second is composed of Registry tips which\nrequire the use of the REGEDIT program. Instructions are included, so read on,\nand enjoy!.\n\nNow before we get started,\nclick on this link to bookmark the guide. There are so many useful tips and\ntweaks listed here that I'm sure at some time in the near future you'll need to\nreference a tip here and may not be able to remember the exact URL."}
-{"text": "The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has measured omega meson production via leptonic and hadronic decay channels in p + p, d + Au, Cu+ Cu, and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. The invariant transverse momentum spectra measured in different decay modes give consistent results. Measurements in the hadronic decay channel in Cu Cu and Au + Au collisions show that. production has a suppression pattern at high transverse momentum, similar to that of pi(0) and eta in central collisions, but no suppression is observed in peripheral collisions. The nuclear modification factors, R-AA, are consistent in Cu + Cu and Au + Au collisions at similar numbers of participant nucleons.\n\nWe report the measurement of cumulants (C-n,n = 1, ..., 4) of the net-charge distributions measured within pseudorapidity (vertical bar eta vertical bar &lt; 0.35) in Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 7.7-200 GeV with the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The ratios of cumulants (e.g., C-1/C-2, C-3/C-1) of the net-charge distributions, which can be related to volume independent susceptibility ratios, are studied as a function of centrality and energy. These quantities are important to understand the quantum-chromodynamics phase diagram and possible existence of a critical end point. The measured values are very well described by expectation from negative binomial distributions. We do not observe any nonmonotonic behavior in the ratios of the cumulants as a function of collision energy. The measured values of C-1/C-2 and C-3/C-1 can be directly compared to lattice quantum-chromodynamics calculations and thus allow extraction of both the chemical freeze-out temperature and the baryon chemical potential at each center-of-mass energy. The extracted baryon chemical potentials are in excellent agreement with a thermal-statistical analysis model.\n\nThe PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has performed systematic measurements of phi meson production in the K+K- decay channel at midrapidity in p + p, d + Au, Cu + Cu, and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. Results are presented on the phi invariant yield and the nuclear modification factor R-AA for Au + Au and Cu + Cu, and R-dA for d + Au collisions, studied as a function of transverse momentum (1 &lt; p(T) &lt; 7 GeV/c) and centrality. In central and midcentral Au + Au collisions, the R-AA of phi exhibits a suppression relative to expectations from binary scaled p + p results. The amount of suppression is smaller than that of the pi(0) and the. in the intermediate p(T) range (2-5 GeV/c), whereas, at higher p(T), the phi, pi(0), and. show similar suppression. The baryon (proton and antiproton) excess observed in central Au + Au collisions at intermediate p(T) is not observed for the phi meson despite the similar masses of the proton and the phi. This suggests that the excess is linked to the number of valence quarks in the hadron rather than its mass. The difference gradually disappears with decreasing centrality, and, for peripheral collisions, the R-AA values for both particle species are consistent with binary scaling. Cu + Cu collisions show the same yield and suppression as Au + Au collisions for the same number of N-part. The R-dA of phi shows no evidence for cold nuclear effects within uncertainties.\n\nWe report the observation at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider of suppression of back-to-back correlations in the direct photon+jet channel in Au+Au relative to p+p collisions. Two-particle correlations of direct photon triggers with associated hadrons are obtained by statistical subtraction of the decay photon-hadron (gamma-h) background. The initial momentum of the away-side parton is tightly constrained, because the parton-photon pair exactly balance in momentum at leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics, making such correlations a powerful probe of the in-medium parton energy loss. The away-side nuclear suppression factor, I-AA, in central Au+Au collisions, is 0.32 +/- 0.12(stat)+/- 0.09(syst) for hadrons of 3 &lt; p(T)(h)&lt; 5 in coincidence with photons of 5 &lt; p(T)(gamma)&lt; 15 GeV/c. The suppression is comparable to that observed for high-p(T) single hadrons and dihadrons. The direct photon associated yields in p+p collisions scale approximately with the momentum balance, z(T)equivalent to p(T)(h)/p(T)(gamma), as expected for a measurement of the away-side parton fragmentation function. We compare to Au+Au collisions for which the momentum balance dependence of the nuclear modification should be sensitive to the path-length dependence of parton energy loss.\n\nThe standard model (SM) of particle physics is spectacularly successful, yet the measured value of the muon anomalous magnetic moment (g - 2)mu deviates from SM calculations by 3.6 sigma. Several theoretical models attribute this to the existence of a &quot;dark photon,&quot; an additional U(1) gauge boson, which is weakly coupled to ordinary photons. The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has searched for a dark photon, U, in pi(0), eta -&gt; gamma e(+)e(-) decays and obtained upper limits of O(2 x 10(-6)) on U-gamma mixing at 90% C.L. for the mass range 30 &lt; m(U) &lt; 90 MeV/c(2). Combined with other experimental limits, the remaining region in the U-gamma mixing parameter space that can explain the (g - 2)(mu) deviation from its SM value is nearly completely excluded at the 90% confidence level, with only a small region of 29 &lt; m(U) &lt; 32 MeV/c(2) remaining.\n\nThe PHENIX experiment at RHIC has measured the centrality dependence of the direct photon yield from Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV down to pT = 0.4 GeV/c. Photons are detected via photon conversions to e(+)e(-) pairs and an improved technique is applied that minimizes the systematic uncertainties that usually limit direct photon measurements, in particular at low pT. We find an excess of direct photons above the N-coll-scaled yield measured in p + p collisions. This excess yield is well described by an exponential distribution with an inverse slope of about 240 MeV/c in the pT range 0.6-2.0 GeV/c. While the shape of the pT distribution is independent of centrality within the experimental uncertainties, the yield increases rapidly with increasing centrality, scaling approximately with N-part(alpha), where alpha = 1.38 +/- 0.03(stat) +/- 0.07(syst).\n\nMeasurements of bottomonium production in heavy-ion and p + p collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are presented. The inclusive yield of the three states, (1S + 2S + 3S), was measured in the PHENIX experiment via electron-positron decay pairs at midrapidity for Au + Au and p + p collisions at root sNN = 200 GeV. The (1S + 2S + 3S) -&gt; e(+)e(-) differential cross section at midrapidity was found to be B(ee)d sigma/dy = 108 +/- 38 (stat) +/- 15 (syst) +/- 11 (luminosity) pb in p + p collisions. The nuclear modification factor in the 30% most central Au + Au collisions indicates a suppression of the total. state yield relative to the extrapolation from p + p collision data. The suppression is consistent with measurements made by STAR at RHIC and at higher energies by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.\n\nCharged-pion-interferometry measurements were made with respect to the second- and third-order event plane for Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. A strong azimuthal-angle dependence of the extracted Gaussian-source radii was observed with respect to both the second- and third-order event planes. The results for the second-order dependence indicate that the initial eccentricity is reduced during the medium evolution, which is consistent with previous results. In contrast, the results for the third-order dependence indicate that the initial triangular shape is significantly reduced and potentially reversed by the end of the medium evolution, and that the third-order oscillations are largely dominated by the dynamical effects from triangular flow.\n\nThe azimuthal anisotropy coefficients v2 and v4 of p 0 and. mesons are measured in Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV as a function of transverse momentum p(T) (1-14 GeV/c) and centrality. The extracted v(2) coefficients are found to be consistent between the two meson species over the measured p(T) range. The ratio of v(4)/v(2)(2) for pi(0) mesons is found to be independent of p(T) for 1- 9 GeV/c, implying a lack of sensitivity of the ratio to the change of underlying physics with p(T). Furthermore, the ratio of v(4)/v(2)(2) is systematically larger in central collisions, which may reflect the combined effects of fluctuations in the initial collision geometry and finite viscosity in the evolving medium."}
-{"text": "DVD DIGEST | LIVE UPDATE Issue 4\nWhat's new at DVD DIGEST ?\nThursday, November 25th, 1999\n*******************************************************\nTOP NEWS SUMMARY :\n1. Old domains, new domains ...\n- some changes abound ...\n2. PowerDVD vs WinDVD\n- the war heats up ...\n3. What's new at Digital Video Downloads ?\n- Cinemaster 99, PowerDVD 2.5 and WinDVD 2000 full reviews\n- WinDVD 2000 download links\n4. A simple thank-you\n- a thank-you message for all those that\njoined this list\n*******************************************************\n1. Old domains, new domains ...\nAs you probably know, our old redirection address : http://getdvd.cjb.net was deleted today =(\nSo for the next few days, please use the new one : http://softdvd.cjb.net\nWe've already made the changes on all my pages, so if you bookmarked my other redir addresses, it's okay.\nWe'll be moving to a new domain soon : http://www.dvd-digest.com\nwith some suitable sub-domain names like : downloads.dvd-digest.com for our download site ...\nWe'll keep you informed ...\n*******************************************************\n2. PowerDVD vs WinDVD\nYes!! The software DVD market is finally heating up, with competing players, PowerDVD and WinDVD going out head to head to out-do each other, in terms of features and quality.\nPowerDVD 2.5 and the newly released WinDVD 2000 both are very competent players - software DVD player have finally matured enough to be complete solutions.\nDVD Digest has written full reviews for both, as well as for the other main player, Cinemaster 99, on our download site : http://softdvd.cjb.net\nYou can read them here :\nCinemaster 99 Review - http://dvd.zo8.com/downloads/qirw.html\nPowerDVD Review - http://dvd.zo8.com/downloads/pdvdrw.html\nWinDVD Review - http://dvd.zo8.com/downloads/wdvdrw.html\n*******************************************************\n3. What's new at Digital Video Downloads ?\n- Cinemaster 99, PowerDVD 2.5 and WinDVD 2000 full reviews\nas mentioned above, the reviews are up, with full set of screen-shots and goes over every bit of the players. Links in above section.\n- WinDVD 2000 download links\nDVD Digest was officially told off by InterVideo for publishing links for their WinDVD player, so we have removed them. But we do still have links to links of WinDVD (hope that's okay), and one of the links is this excellent co-production by DVD Digest and Freeloader :\nWinDVD Download Zone - http://windvdzone.cjb.net\nThey have all your WinDVD download needs, even the new WinDVD 2000 player !! So have a look there to get the best info, and DVD Digest WILL be featuring news about upcoming downloads on our news pages as well as on the news pages of WinDVD Download Zone.\n*******************************************************\n4. A simple thank-you\nJust a note to thank all those people, including you, who joined the DVD Digest LiveUpdate program. We've spent quite a bit of time developing this site, and making it what it is today, and really do appreciate your continued support.\nWe hoped you enjoyed this LiveUpdate newsletter.\nThankyou\nDVDGuy - DVD Digest Owner and Webmaster\n======END OF LIVEUPDATE NEWSLETTER======"}
-{"text": "Race Guide\nRunThrough Victoria Park 10k\n\nDate / Time\n\nSaturday, December 8, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.\n\nLength\n\n6.21 miles (10.0 km)\n\nDescription\n\nJoin us for a 5k, 10k or half marathon in London\u2019s oldest public park on Saturday 8th December. Victoria Park borders South Hackney and Bow in the East end of London. The wide, flat paths offer a brilliant opportunity for a personal best. Each Mile is accurately marked out with sign posts and we have plenty of helpers to keep you on track and to encourage you on your way to the finish. Come and enjoy the day with us; we hope to see you there!"}
-{"text": "A potential winter storm remains the topic of discussion this Wednesday afternoon. This system is setting up to be an interesting storm, that will likely need an advisory issued. Models are still not in agreement with one another, which is currently causing uncertainty with this forecast.\n\nAs it stands now, the best chance of accumulating snow will be north of highway 30, with the greatest accumulations north of highway 20. Snow will begin Saturday afternoon and will continue through the evening, before eventually wrapping up by Sunday morning.\n\nSince models are still not agreeing with one another, it is hard to give a confident snowfall forecast. Right now, in the heavier band, it appears that 3\u2033 to 6\u2033 of snow will be possible. This forecast is still likely to change as we get closer to Saturday, so continue to check back for the latest forecast updates."}
-{"text": "There is no disputing the fact that competition has been dramatically debated in the tech industry in recent years. Google, Facebook, Apple, and many other companies that we would consider major players in the tech space have all been questioned, and many of them have even been investigated. But, are they really violating antitrust law, and is competition really that bad?\n\nAdam Thierer, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, doesn\u2019t think so. According to him, the \u201cRule of Three\u201d applies to the tech sector just as it does to any other sector in a capitalistic economy. At any given time, there may be three dominant players in various sectors of tech such as search and browsers, but, as he explained, \u201ccreative destruction\u201d happens much faster in technology than it does in other industries. The fall of Myspace, for example, is a perfect illustration of this happening.\n\n\u201cJust because these companies are large, it doesn\u2019t mean that big is bad,\u201d said Thierer, \u201cor, in this case, that big is uncompetitive or non-innovating. In fact, to the contrary, despite the fact that some very large players dominate various sectors of the digital economy.\u201d\n\nAs these antitrust concerns have grown, it seems that a lot of them have evolved around privacy concerns, which is unique since antitrust typically involves price, quantity, and quality. Thierer questions this addition of \u201cprivacy\u201d to the mix, but also told us that current antitrust laws, in general, are too dated.\n\nHowever, since the digital space is impacting society more and more, he believes that policymakers and regulators will continue to be active in getting involved in the Internet. Thierer would like to see Washington apply Moore\u2019s law to these issues, which would mean that laws could drop or change every couple of years in order to keep up with the pace of technology.\n\nAlthough it seems like a logical solution to him, Thierer said he is not optimistic about it coming to fruition. Eventually though, he said there would likely be a bill that would cover these issues."}
-{"text": "On this tour we will visit the coolest fair in town; where people go on Sundays for nice regional food and great folkloric shows and dances. Be transported to the culture of the Gaucho!\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nThis tour, apart from being the symbol of rural tradition in Buenos Aires City, transports us to the gaucho culture, the emblematic character of Argentinean history. This fair was born 20 years ago in the area where the old slaughterhouses of the city were located, and is today the meeting point for people from the interior of our country who are deeply-rooted to their costumes of their provinces and for those who, living in this city, like to spend a while surrounded of handcrafts, typical foods and folkloric music and dances. Also, the neighborhood was declared, in 1991, as \u201cneighborhood of the Argentinean Gaucho\u201d.\n\nWe begin the tour near midday at your hotel and we drive to the fair. There you will have some minutes at your own disposal to visit the old archway of the market and then we will visit the \u201cMuseo Criollo de los Corrales\u201d. This museum is a big sample of rural objects and will give us an idea of how gauchos lived in the Pampas, through clothing, tools and everyday objects. It will also show us how in our country the stockbreeding industry started to develop, from the period when Indians ruled the pampas until Argentina became in one of the main exporter and a world leader in meats. We\u2019ll see on the following rooms weapons, knives, carriages, animals, paintings and even the famous \u201cquincho\u201d or \u201cranch\u201d, the meeting point for the countryside meals.\n\nLater we\u2019ll go to lunch to the fair stalls. We\u2019ll taste some typical foods as tamales (grinded meat with spices boiled into a corn leaf), humita en chala (similar to the tamales but instead of meat, grinded corn with cheese), locro (a typical Argentinean stew) and the world-famous empanadas. Everything served with a good wine, obviously. After that we will be with our stomachs full, we will have more time to our own disposal to visit the stalls where we will find, apart from the handcrafts mentioned above, sweets, instruments, albums, clothes, accessories and more objects of everyday use.\n\nOther place to visit is the historical Oviedo Bar, a place that used to be an old Grocery Store that supplied the slaughterhouses workers. The time passed and the store became a meeting point of this people after working, to share a gin and some games of truco. We cannot miss to play a game of billiards in one of the eldest billiards table in Buenos Aires, from year 1920. Folkloric shows are constant on the main stage, where we will see musicians from all the provinces playing the Argentinean Songbook accompanied by couples of dancers that, in the majority, are the own assistants to the fair. To end the evening we will attend to the famous \u201cCarrera de Sortijas\u201d (Rings Race), where the gaucho riders gallop towards an arch where the ring they try to take is hanging. After spending a few hours breathing our tradition, we will close the evening having a mate (traditional Gaucho tea) with pastelitos (cupcakes). After that we go back to the hotel."}
-{"text": "Mr. and Mrs. Brown\n\nMark and Stephanie were such a joy to capture. Everyone around them friends and family were just full of such joy and love which made their day that much more special. They are amazing parents to their daughter and it is an honor to know that she will look back on these photos and be the proudest daughter ever. Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Brown!"}
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-{"text": "The Lost Boy, 2.\n\nJamie walked slowly down the stairs of the multi-level deck in his backyard. His parents were wealthy. No. His grandparents were wealthy. He would not deny them that. After all, they were the ones who now paid for him to attend St. Dominic\u2019s. Since he now sans scholarship. But he never flaunted their wealth, and most people would never guess.\n\nThe house he grew up in was huge. It belonged to his mother\u2019s parents; it had been their vacation home before he was born. A log cabin nestled against a backdrop of mountains and a frozen lake. It really was a beautiful site. From the outside.\n\nInside, it was slightly more chaotic. The once perfectly polished hardwood floors were now caked with dirt and dust. His mother had simply not taken care of the place. It was hard, he knew, to keep up. There was too much going on in their home. Family pictures made an attempt at covering the holes punched in the walls. Nothing was in the same place twice. None of the appliances were updated. His home looked as though a hurricane had gone through, but that was its general state. He was used to it.\n\nJamie continued down the stairs until he came to his favorite spot on the grounds. The dock stretched out a few yards over the water. He sat down and let his legs dangle over the edge. From above, nothing could be seen but darkness. He was hidden. Invisible. But from Jamie\u2019s corner of the world, he could see clear across the water.\n\nIt was cold down by the water. He continually rubbed his hands together to keep warm. But he didn\u2019t mind. He was away from everything \u2013 and everyone.\n\nIt was now close to midnight, and Jamie still refused to go inside. Inside was where his mother was. And his father. Not his father. John may have been daddy to the many young children that dismantled the house on a daily basis, but he was not Jamie Daniels\u2019 father. He had been born a bastard and he was alright with admitting that. He wasn\u2019t alright, however, with talking \u2013 or even thinking about his real father. Still, try as he might to suppress them, his thoughts often drifted across the Atlantic to the small island where the man resided.\n\nAlan Jacob Davidson. He had been partners with Jamie\u2019s maternal grandfather in the insurance business a number of years ago, before his mother became pregnant. It wasn\u2019t an affair, and it wasn\u2019t a one night stand. It was an accident, plain and simple. Both his parents had been too drunk to remember any of the details clearly, but Samantha was adamant that Alan was the father. Nothing could change her mind.\n\nAnd nothing would have to. A paternity test was done immediately following Jamie\u2019s birth. Fearing his partner\u2019s wrath more than anything else, Alan fled the country to return to his native land. Picking up bits of information over the years, Jamie had learned that his father had married, and his trophy wife had bore him a second son. Christened with his father\u2019s middle name, Jacob Davidson was something of junior hockey legend in England. Apparently, he to had inherited his father\u2019s talent.\n\nJamie stood up and stretched, glancing lazily at his watch. It was two o\u2019clock in the morning. He had been sitting on the dock for several hours now, lost in thought. With a habit born of much practice, he pushed all thoughts of his father from his mind as he made his way up the stone steps and into the house."}
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-{"text": "tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76577356246143742412018-03-19T12:09:41.152-07:00rogue wavelength...capsizing dinghies since 2007Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.comBlogger569125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-38938998331071352722009-12-04T15:35:00.000-08:002009-12-04T16:27:13.638-08:00Hiatus<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sxmc8pzfZ8I/AAAAAAAAB0U/2oQVxAo6RmU/s1600-h/technical_difficulties.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sxmc8pzfZ8I/AAAAAAAAB0U/2oQVxAo6RmU/s320/technical_difficulties.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411528993090267074\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />For those wondering where I am -- and really only one has, technically, at least here on the blog (bless you, Anonymous, truest of readers) -- I've gone to ground.<br /><br />It says in the papers that I've been spotted in Costa Rica, either leading an army of mercenaries in my long-planned coup, or, drunk in mud hut. While I will neither confirm nor deny nor confirm these reports, the truth is a combination of other factors:<br /><br /><br />1) I'm writing again, my first new script project in a couple years.<br />2) Mrs. Splash has given birth to another Splashling, meaning we're now outnumbered.<br />3) The black helicopters have been hovering over the Splash Cave a lot again lately.<br />4) What little time all that leaves me for fighting the good fight these days is more economically spent in that one-click, hit-and-run Thunderdome known as Facebook.<br /><br />Also, the Wavelength has been inundated by Japanese and Italian Viagra SPAMers lately to such a degree that it's kinda souring me on Blogger...and Viagra.<br /><br />And what with baseball's winter meetings upon us -- and spring training just a few short months away? Well...<br /><br />Not that I've unplugged the Wavelength forever. I'll be back, even if only to feed my ego or throw the government and Splashlings off my trail when they get too close.<br /><br />Until then, stay classy, San Diego.<br /><br />(Now will somebody please tell me how to say \"keep it down, I have a splitting headache\" in Spanish?)Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-64400704045729908092009-10-16T10:52:00.000-07:002009-10-16T11:08:13.406-07:00Liberals hate free speech<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sti0h9xcfII/AAAAAAAAB0M/uC4_dq9Xmuc/s1600-h/Free+speech+ban.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sti0h9xcfII/AAAAAAAAB0M/uC4_dq9Xmuc/s320/Free+speech+ban.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393259049386802306\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />...also privacy rights and the sanctity of our entire political process. But who's counting?<br /><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A federal appeals court says Washington's secretary of state can release of names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state's expanded benefits for domestic partners.</span></p> <p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A panel of the 9<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">th</span> U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued an order reversing a decision from U.S. District Judge Ben Settle in Tacoma, who held that releasing the names could chill the First Amendment rights of petition signers.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>And before you try tell me they only want to uphold the integrity of the process, note the topmost reason <a href=\"http://whosigned.org/\"><span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\">WhoSigned</span>.org</a> lists for doing this:<br /><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">\"When signatures for Referendum 71 have been verified <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\">WhoSigned</span>.Org will: Work to make this public record signature information accessible and <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\">searchable</span> on the <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\">internet</span>.\"<br /></span></blockquote><span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_5\">Hmmm</span>...<br /><br />On the news this morning they said the right to contact the signers of this petition was also being sought.<br /><br />Double <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_6\">hmmm</span>...<br /><br />I'm guessing \"right to contact\" means more Prop 8-style, gay-mob <a href=\"http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/11/11/anti-prop-8-mob-swarms-elderly-lady-tv-anchor-proclaims-hate-both-side\">beat-downs of elderly women</a>. But don't quote me on that... I have a wife and children to think about.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-33135452280575943302009-09-25T09:13:00.000-07:002009-09-25T17:41:20.876-07:00'Flashforward' has vision, but have we seen it before?<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sr1jKKwcCEI/AAAAAAAABzs/yrw650KOcgk/s1600-h/Flashforward.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sr1jKKwcCEI/AAAAAAAABzs/yrw650KOcgk/s320/Flashforward.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385569755742341186\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Flashforward</span>, the first of the fall season's new hopefuls (<a href=\"http://roguewavelength.blogspot.com/2009/05/networks-announce-fall-shows.html\">hoped by me</a> anyway) aired last night, and I'm a little torn.<br /><br />The show sports a killer premise, an A-list writer/producer, and an uber-capable cast -- kudos to the ever-underrated Joseph Fiennes for maybe the best American accent from a Brit ever. Not to mention a bulletproof pilot that had me bumping it to near the top of my DVR timer queue.<br /><br />But it's \"near the top\" because <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lost </span>still sits higher and, more to the point, got there first.<br /><br />Comparisons to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lost </span>are invited: <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dark Knight</span> writer David S. Goyer is the power behind <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Fastforward</span>, and he freely admits he's a \"huge, huge\" fan of the Splash-proclaimed greatest TV drama ever.<br /><br />The good news is, he understands what makes <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lost</span> tick. The pitfall becomes merely following the template<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"></span>. (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Flashforward</span>'s kangaroo moment felt cheesily close to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lost</span>'s polar bear for me.) We've been down this road before, so those hairpin turns don't take us by surprise anymore. Meanwhile <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lost </span>is still barreling down the unmapped parts of that road far, far ahead.<br /><br />So I guess I'm saying it might be a lightning-in-a-bottle deal. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lost</span><span>'s</span> fan-based viral video and web sleuthing aspect sprung up organically, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">FF</span> comes prepackaged with it, which rarely works.<br /><br />And most of the fun last night for me came from the apocalyptic mushroom cloud hanging over the Event. Unless they sustain that, as opposed to the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prison Break</span>-like whodunit this has the potential to become, we have another problem.<br /><br />Or maybe just chalk it up to my own impossibly high standards. Compared to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">NCIS: Los Angeles</span> the other night, this is the best show ever.<br /><br />Encore showing of the pilot runs tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC. Check out the promo below.<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/N_ngEMPRxoI&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/N_ngEMPRxoI&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-88788453729616201962009-09-16T11:44:00.000-07:002009-09-16T14:10:17.108-07:00You're just a middle class Socialist brat...<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SrFUKv_sGjI/AAAAAAAABzk/xzIsJ_7MDlw/s1600-h/Danny+Elfman+Oingo+Boingo.JPG\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SrFUKv_sGjI/AAAAAAAABzk/xzIsJ_7MDlw/s320/Danny+Elfman+Oingo+Boingo.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382175573343476274\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />I wonder if Danny Elfman had the Democrats in mind when he wrote \"Dead Man's Party.\"<br /><br />Huh--??<br /><br />OK, some background: Before he was a big time movie composer, Danny Elfman had a little band back in the 80s and 90s that you may remember -- Oingo Boingo. Thoroughly alternative with layers of punk energy on stage. I liked the music, but I really warmed to the conservative message in songs like \"Only a Lad\" and \"Capitalism.\"<br /><br />With Michael Moore saying we need to <a href=\"http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=4610\">end capitalism</a> and the President doing everything in his power to make it happen, I've had 'Capitalism,' <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">boinging</span> around in my brain for a couple days.<br /><br />I'm thinking somebody needs to cover this song pronto and get it into a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">lot </span>of heads, because talk about a song ahead of its time...<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with Capitalism</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with free enterprise</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Don't try to make me feel guilty</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">I'm so tired of hearing you cry</span><br /><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with making some profit</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">If you ask me I'll say it's just fine</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with wanting to live nice</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">I'm so tired of hearing you whine</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">About the revolution</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Bringin' down the rich</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby!</span><br /><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">If it ain't one thing</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Then it's the other</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Any cause that crosses your path</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Your heart bleeds for anyone's brother</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">I've got to tell you you're a pain in the ass</span><br /><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">You criticize with plenty of vigor</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">You rationalize everything that you do</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">With catchy phrases and heavy quotations</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">And everybody is crazy but you</span><br /><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">You're just a middle class, socialist brat</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">From a suburban family and you never really had to work</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">And you tell me that we've got to get back</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">To the struggling masses (whoever they are)</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">You talk, talk, talk about suffering and pain</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Your mouth is bigger than your entire brain</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">What the hell do you know about suffering and pain . . .</span><br /><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with Capitalism!</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with Capitalism!</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with Capitalism!</span><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">There's nothing wrong with Capitalism!</span><br /><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div></div>YouTube link:<br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/xqXAW2snGMI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/xqXAW2snGMI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-38811074114888322722009-09-08T11:02:00.001-07:002009-09-08T15:30:21.642-07:00Dear Leader Speaks: the final word<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SqbUWJpEB0I/AAAAAAAABzU/Vq9Nuot9QCs/s1600-h/Obama+fist+bump+kids.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SqbUWJpEB0I/AAAAAAAABzU/Vq9Nuot9QCs/s320/Obama+fist+bump+kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379220281950996290\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />Chalk up Obama's speech to the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">cheeel</span>rens as another win for our side.<br /><br />With a total conservative power outage in Washington, liberalism a raging wildfire, so it's all about containment right now.<br /><br />So far so good.<br /><br />With the Town Halls Gone Wild phenomenon, the Dems will have to punt on health care... Van Jones just had his czarist crown knocked off by Glenn Beck's September Revolution... Now, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">just </span>before the big do-or-die speech to Congress, today's \"how can we help the president achieve his goals?\" pitch to American kiddos has been quickly toned down to \"I pity the fool who don't stay in school!\"<br /><br />So are we actually kinda sorta winning? Without leadership? We're doing something. All we need to do is keep it up for another 1,229 days, 23 hours, 53 minutes, and 47 seconds.<br /><br />My favorite moment in the Master Rhetorician's address today? The president says you shouldn't look to basketball for success in life...then holds up Michael Jordan as a role model. (Maybe you should put on some clothes if you're going to keep Emperoring today, sir. Little eyes are watching.)<br /><br />But even with all the Cult of Personality warnings to avoid, did you notice how he <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">still</span> couldn't resist touching on the awesomeness of Being Barack? <span id=\"profile_status\"><span id=\"status_text\">Has there ever been a president who self-referenced as much as Dear Leader Barry? </span></span><span id=\"profile_status\"><span id=\"status_text\">This time we learned that because he studied hard at the dinner table in Indonesia, we can be somebody too! (<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1QiSi0_kTo\">Alpha...Omega! Alpha...Omega! Alpha...Omega!</a>)<br /></span></span>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-59765391933560547262009-09-06T20:57:00.000-07:002009-09-06T23:40:04.646-07:00You too, John Piper?<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SqSF2g8lisI/AAAAAAAABzM/1posifBqWhk/s1600-h/John+Piper+Gang+Sign.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SqSF2g8lisI/AAAAAAAABzM/1posifBqWhk/s320/John+Piper+Gang+Sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378571026590698178\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >Dawg be trippin'!</span><br /><br />Ah, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">man</span>... John Piper just made a poopie.<br /><br />What's the point of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://ow.ly/oixP\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1252289133_0\">praying</span></a> kids \"take their studies seriously\" when those studies can only, legally be a 100% man-centered curriculum? And there's attitude here, too, which kinda baffles me.<br /><br />I just took part in a major <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1252289133_1\">Facebook</span> brawl -- with fellow Christians -- over whether or not believers should enlist their kids in a soul-flattening state education if there's an alternative, so this one felt like a bit of a knife in the back.<br /><br />Clearly he's reacting to the level of vitriol against Obama's speech to the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">cheeel</span>rens. But that doesn't fill me with confidence on his grasp of the bigger picture.<br /><br />Amazing the lines being drawn in the culture war lately. Christians, Mormon commentators and secular Libertarians vs. Christians, Libs and Statists. (Not that Piper is on the latter's side, but suddenly I have to put him on my \"Guys Who Don't Get It\" watch list, and that's no fun.)<br /><br />My take on the speech itself...<br /><br />Charles Krauthammer had it right when he said the problem isn't what Obama is saying, which appears to be bland. Or even the (quickly amended!) teacher's guide that <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">had </span>asked kids to find ways to \"help the President.\" It's the fact that school kids are being asked to have a special relationship with <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">any </span>president, regardless of affiliation. Time was, and wisely so, when country and Constitution were paramount in the civic education of young Americans. Now we're holding up elected officials as the heart and soul of the nation?<br /><br />Oy.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-57051070357568387812009-09-06T15:18:00.001-07:002009-09-06T15:29:08.232-07:00Afghanistan: getting ugly fast<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SqQ3kJsFz1I/AAAAAAAABzE/i0DWuMNX9Oo/s1600-h/Afghan+memorial.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SqQ3kJsFz1I/AAAAAAAABzE/i0DWuMNX9Oo/s320/Afghan+memorial.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378484949202882386\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br /><img src=\"file:///C:/Users/Moes/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" />What a mess. Forget \"social re-engineering.\" That should never be the mission of the U.S. military, and the Founders would be livid. We were right to knock down the Taliban after 9/11, but doing anything but leaving immediately after that -- with the promise to return and make them glow like Chernobyl if they mess with us again -- is a recipe for Vietnam II, even if our motives are right.<br /><br />Story here, courtesy of the inestimable Michael Yon courtesy of Big Hollywood...<br /><br /><a href=\"http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/myon/2009/09/06/new-afghan-war-frontline-correspondent-says-fight-has-morphed-%e2%80%93-but-we-still-cant-afford-to-lose/\">New Afghan War: Frontline Correspondent Says Fight Has Morphed</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href=\"http://addthis.com/\">AddThis</a>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-60321985207168391032009-07-30T17:30:00.001-07:002009-07-30T17:30:57.704-07:00B holes are better<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/vmpisOn4FmE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/vmpisOn4FmE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-1405111087591922062009-07-26T00:10:00.000-07:002009-07-26T00:27:17.764-07:00Live free or die<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SmwCQCHUbmI/AAAAAAAABy8/XFmV4e6G4Rg/s1600-h/Porcupine+Freedom+Festival+New+Hampshire.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SmwCQCHUbmI/AAAAAAAABy8/XFmV4e6G4Rg/s320/Porcupine+Freedom+Festival+New+Hampshire.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362663730760150626\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Any place where a guy named Doobie can walk around freely in his kilt and shades with an AR-15 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">and </span>a <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1248592071_0\">Braveheart</span> claymore on his back is <a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090725/ap_on_re_us/us_camping_for_freedom\">a place I want to be</a>. Preferably next door, because you know that guy's neighborhood is the safest on the planet. (Not to mention the humdinger <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1248592071_1\">block parties</span> he probably throws.)<br /><br />Seriously, though. These people are doing it right. Keeping it light, while keeping it real. Making freedom fun while living out the ideals back home. Like Woodstock without the hippies, Marxism and B.O.<br /><br />Read the article, then check out the Free State Project <a href=\"http://www.freestateproject.org/\">website</a>.<br /><br />(Kudos also to the Associated Press, yet again, for some solid, unbiased reporting on life in the Obama Era.)Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-57419917502987828082009-07-22T19:37:00.000-07:002009-07-23T08:34:30.210-07:00You can still rock in America...<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SmgSvVnrqpI/AAAAAAAABy0/CMp9nT4s5-c/s1600-h/Rock+the+Vote.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 244px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SmgSvVnrqpI/AAAAAAAABy0/CMp9nT4s5-c/s320/Rock+the+Vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361555960851311250\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />One benefit of liberals running the media is the joy to be found in hijacking their material. I smile every time I hear Chrissie Hynde's \"My City was Gone\" because I know how much it must burn her biscuits that most people know it only as Rush Limbaugh's theme song.<br /><br />You see it a lot on the campaign trail, where it's the sorry excuse for a Republican candidate who doesn't get at least <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">one </span>angry cease-and-desist for using some bootleg tune at a rally. (I loved watching McCain's use of \"Right Now\" lead to a minor flareup of the bad blood between right-leaning Sammy Hagar, who thought it was \"cool,\" and members of his former backup band, Van Halen, who grumbled about \"no permission\" asked.)<br /><br />It may be early, but I've got a good soundtrack suggestion for whoever's headlining for the GOP in 2012.<br /><br />Yes, after watching President Barry's health care press conference/disinformation event tonight, I'm tired of laughing him off. I know we need to pace ourselves, but I'm in rebel mode right now, and this one is just what the doctor ordered. Can't miss with rage-powered <a href=\"http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/foofighters/thepretender.html\">lyrics</a> like:<br /><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;\">What if I say I'm not like the others!<br />What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?<br />You're the pretender!<br />What if I say I will never surrender!!</blockquote>A kickin' song. A killer video. Suitable for killing Taliban or raging against the Obama machine... I give you Foo Fighter's supremely stealable <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Pretender</span>. (And when Dave Grohl calls to cry about it, put phone to speaker and crank it to 11.)<br /><br /><div><object width=\"420\" height=\"339\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x2su4o\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x2su4o\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"420\" height=\"339\"></embed></object><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x2su4o\">Foo Fighters - The Pretender (Video Premiere)</a></b><br /><i>by <a href=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/Alisvideo\">Alisvideo</a></i></div><br />(Video missing? Watch it <a href=\"http://www.blogger.com/Video%20missing?%20Watch%20it%20here%20on%20YouTube.\">here</a> on YouTube.)Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-74800496093252177322009-07-16T10:31:00.000-07:002009-07-16T10:32:58.130-07:00Barack O'Mama JeansMaybe this is the real reason they were booing him at the All Star game?<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/L_x9A3JsLk4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/L_x9A3JsLk4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-23354090603218422102009-07-07T18:50:00.000-07:002009-07-07T18:59:50.937-07:00I'm Geert Wilders!<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Ac3hcMt9rSw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Ac3hcMt9rSw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed><br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\">What a stud. Watching this, I find myself fantasizing about a day when people around the world are inspired to unite behind the man like they did in a certain iconic scene from 'Spartacus.' (Preferably without the rest of us, y'know, wearing chains.)<br /><br /><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GQMTmMzlrOc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GQMTmMzlrOc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"></embed></object></object>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-55091352100298734162009-07-06T13:17:00.000-07:002009-07-06T13:34:39.401-07:00...And Rick Warren is His prophet<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SlJdg0Sgd1I/AAAAAAAAByk/-LZ00itqSfM/s1600-h/Rick+Warren+pool.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SlJdg0Sgd1I/AAAAAAAAByk/-LZ00itqSfM/s320/Rick+Warren+pool.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355445725270406994\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Purpose-driven naivete</span><br /><h3 class=\"UIIntentionalStory_Message\" ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;msg&quot;}\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"></span></h3>Rick Warren believes <a href=\"http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=592930\">God needs Allah's help</a> to combat man's inhumanity to man because \"some problems are so big you have to team tackle them.\"<br /><br />What, too big even for Bono??<br /><br />(More <a href=\"http://www.examiner.com/x-4291-Baltimore-Christian-Conservative-Examiner%7Ey2009m7d6-Rick-Warren-yoked-with-Islam\">here</a>.)Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-80294645243795387942009-07-01T11:50:00.000-07:002009-07-01T14:16:03.441-07:00Your tax dollars at work: Gay Pride edition!<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Skux8_sKtnI/AAAAAAAABx8/9pHGkA1k_bM/s1600-h/CHP+gay+pride+day+fest+parade.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Skux8_sKtnI/AAAAAAAABx8/9pHGkA1k_bM/s320/CHP+gay+pride+day+fest+parade.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353568243506919026\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />So let me get this straight. California is so broke that it's closing state parks and <a href=\"http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_stabud25.481eb7b.html\">issuing IOUs</a> in order to pay for essentials like law enforcement. Yet the California Highway Patrol finds the resources to man a recruiting booth at the gay freak show known as \"Sacramento Pride\"?<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkuzaLz_-KI/AAAAAAAAByU/V-QvRAFGb9k/s1600-h/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade+4.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 255px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkuzaLz_-KI/AAAAAAAAByU/V-QvRAFGb9k/s320/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade+4.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353569844488829090\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />My dad went to the anti-tax TEA party held at the same location a month or two ago. To my knowledge, the CHP didn't set up shop on that occasion, and if you asked them, I'd bet you a case of fruit-flavored KY Jelly they'd say something about the partisan nature of the day. At which point I'd ask them about their position on a key point of the Pride event -- opposition to Prop 8.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkuyHoR2uXI/AAAAAAAAByE/BLPbjp8P6SI/s1600-h/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade+2.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkuyHoR2uXI/AAAAAAAAByE/BLPbjp8P6SI/s320/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade+2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353568426201102706\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />I heard somewhere that gays just want to be \"treated equally under the law.\" Apparently that doesn't include the ones on public nudity and indecency. And if the cops tried to enforce them, you know these second-class citizens would riot like it's 1969.<br /><br />And with President Obama <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/obama.gay.pride/\">praising those gay street brawlers</a> (who injured a cop or two as I recall) I probably wouldn't risk it anyway.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkuyNF65opI/AAAAAAAAByM/7Rv61wZaq74/s1600-h/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkuyNF65opI/AAAAAAAAByM/7Rv61wZaq74/s320/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353568520057234066\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />Luckily, the CHP is too busy <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">signing </span>guys in bare-butt leathers to arrest them. Which explains at least one member of the Village People, too.<br /><br />All these photos, by the way, come courtesy of a Facebook friend's album. There were more shocking ones -- including a leather-strapped, bare-chested lesbian with pierced nipples roaming the streets with a sno-cone -- but Facebook removed them overnight. Wouldn't want young eyes seeing stuff like that, would we?<br /><br />Which brings me to the Sacramento Pride <a href=\"http://www.sacramentopride.org/\">website</a>, which promised a \"kidzone\" for the event. And no, that's not a joke about the picture below. Pretty sure they meant an actual kidzone, meaning Facebook has higher standards than the CHP.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Skux3IiqwuI/AAAAAAAABx0/PQPan5zG3z0/s1600-h/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade+3.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Skux3IiqwuI/AAAAAAAABx0/PQPan5zG3z0/s320/Sacramento+gay+pride+day+fest+parade+3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353568142803780322\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><br />Do you consider yourself Californian? My condolences. If I were you, I'd go out and raise holy hell about this.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-35176581391237160462009-06-29T14:04:00.000-07:002009-06-29T14:12:23.747-07:00What writers are up against<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkktblggSeI/AAAAAAAABxs/MEmAxaGFzE8/s1600-h/Farenheit+451.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkktblggSeI/AAAAAAAABxs/MEmAxaGFzE8/s320/Farenheit+451.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352859584054708706\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Sadly, I believe Frank Darabont when he relates, regarding his script for 'Farenheit 451,' <a href=\"http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/14502/darabont-talks-fahrenheit-451-film\">this</a> exchange:<br /><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;\">I actually had a studio head read that script and say: \"Wow, that's the best and smartest script that I've read since running this studio but I can't possibly greenlight it.\" I asked why and he says \"How am I going to get 13-year-olds to show up at the theater?\"</blockquote>I'd have an snarky retort at this point, were it not for the weekend receipts for 'Transformers 2' staring me in the face.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-36191386554505819112009-06-25T19:27:00.000-07:002009-06-25T19:35:55.858-07:00Today in history...<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkQyQc1_RhI/AAAAAAAABxk/cA60-TuJfPc/s1600-h/Fall+of+Constantinople.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 308px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SkQyQc1_RhI/AAAAAAAABxk/cA60-TuJfPc/s320/Fall+of+Constantinople.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351457515424925202\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;\" >Epic Tragedy</span><br /><br />Today in 1453 the 1,000-year-old city of Constantinople -- most powerful and spectacular city in the history of mankind -- <a href=\"http://www.agiasofia.com/emperors/conpaleo.html\">fell to militant Islam</a>:<br /><br /><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;\" ><b>\"...The Emperor and his commanders were trying frantically to rally their troops and push back the enemy. It was too late. Waves of Janissaries, followed by other regular units of the Ottoman army, were crashing through the open Gates, mixed with fleeing and slaughtered Christian soldiers.<br /><br />Then the Emperor, realizing that everything was lost, removed his Imperial insignia, and followed by his cousin Theophilus Palaeologus, the lord Branas, the Castilian Don Francisco of Toledo, Katakouzinos, Mathaios Sgouromalis and John Dalmatus, all seven holding their swords, charged into the sea of the enemy soldiers, hitting left and right in a final act of defiance.<br /><br />They were never seen again...<br /><br />\". . . the great church of Hagia Sophia was filled to capacity. Thousands of people were moving towards the church. Inside, Orthodox and Catholic priests were holding liturgy, the last Christian service after almost 1,000 years. People were singing hymns . . . .<br /><br />\"Bands of Ottoman soldiers began now looting. Doors were broken, private homes were looted, their tenants were massacred. Shops in the city markets were looted. Monasteries and Convents were broken in. Their tenants were killed, nuns were raped; many, to avoid dishonor, killed themselves. Killing, raping, looting, burning, enslaving, went on and on . . . .<br /><br />\"The great doors of Hagia Sophia were forced open, and crowds of angry soldiers came in and fell upon the unfortunate worshipers. Pillaging and killing in the holy place went on for hours. Similar was the fate of worshipers in most churches in the city . . . .<br /><br />\"Thousands of civilians were enslaved, soldiers fought over young boys and young women . . . the invaders broke the heads of those women who resisted on the floor of the churches and they raped them dead. The famous icon of Apostole Loukas was totally destroyed.<br /><br />\"The sultan asked for the young sons of Duke Loukas Notaras. Their father refused and Mehmed was ready to take their heads. Notaras asked him to kill him after his sons so that he was sure that they were dead and not disgraced from the perverted sultan.\"</b></span><br /><br />If this massive, advanced civilization fell to the same enemy we face today, what makes us think it can't happen to us?<br /><br />(Hat tip, <a href=\"http://amillennialist.blogspot.com/\">ACM</a>)Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-86241354800803412732009-06-21T18:05:00.000-07:002009-06-21T18:16:03.027-07:00Remember Neda<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sj7ak4caAfI/AAAAAAAABxc/ARXWcPM-OW4/s1600-h/Neda.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 205px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sj7ak4caAfI/AAAAAAAABxc/ARXWcPM-OW4/s320/Neda.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349953734524404210\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I sit here watching <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/21/2009-06-21_neda_young_girl_killed_in_iraq.html\">this</a> on Father's Day -- my own little girl asleep in peace across from me in our living room, the birds chirping and a cool breeze coming through our open door on a nice day in a free country -- and it puts the whole wide world in heartbreaking perspective.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-18355069273408197982009-06-14T18:57:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:57:00.234-07:00Barham Saleh praises the troops on Colbert<object width=\"512\" height=\"296\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.hulu.com/embed/KUx9jfS879fZ5KbhdjH12g/119\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.hulu.com/embed/KUx9jfS879fZ5KbhdjH12g/119\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"296\"></embed></object><br /><br />Iraq's deputy prime minister is so much cooler than ours. Well spoken and very classy. And I hope Colbert realized that when Saleh thanked the American military, he was thanking George W. Bush. (Props to Colbert for doing this, with minor boos for waiting until Obama was in office to realize it was worth doing.)Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-13122660079976123182009-06-13T18:35:00.000-07:002009-06-13T18:43:53.223-07:00800,000 (and counting!) surprised by digital TV switch<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SjRVjaUIAtI/AAAAAAAABxU/8S-8mKAMvk8/s1600-h/TV+confused.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 118px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SjRVjaUIAtI/AAAAAAAABxU/8S-8mKAMvk8/s320/TV+confused.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346992724443136722\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Mater was right... <a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8kb0RNYgCXh4dAayGNOlHZtIaqgD98Q4IK80\">Tractors is so duuuuumb</a>!Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-75707761225460485142009-06-11T13:25:00.000-07:002009-06-11T13:33:18.599-07:00Road Worrier!<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/rAqPMJFaEdY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/rAqPMJFaEdY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />This car has Farfegnugen.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-70249379026452042832009-06-08T08:56:00.000-07:002009-06-08T09:40:48.929-07:00Conservatives taking Europe by storm<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Si09Vaa38gI/AAAAAAAABxM/Ud8T_xSEq2w/s1600-h/Geert+Wilders+votes.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 289px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Si09Vaa38gI/AAAAAAAABxM/Ud8T_xSEq2w/s320/Geert+Wilders+votes.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344995770837234178\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;\" >Mr. <del>Smith</del> Wilders goes to <del>Washington</del> Brussels</span><br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g84TG_GbGmg0KYpU0rWja872XM4wD98MH62G0\">Good news</a> from the twilight of Western Civilization...<br /><p></p><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Right-leaning governments came out ahead in Germany, France, Italy and Belgium, while conservative opposition parties won in Britain, Spain, and Bulgaria. Far-right groups also made gains in Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and Hungary.</span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Many Socialists ran campaigns that slammed center-right leaders for failing to regulate financial markets and spend enough to stimulate faltering economies. But voters did not embrace their cause.</span></p></blockquote>With more from the UK...<br /><p></p><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's center-left Labour party finished third behind the anti-European U.K. Independence Party \u2014 a crushing defeat that cast more doubt on Brown's future. The Conservatives are expected to win Britain's next national elections.</span></p></blockquote>Best of all, despised Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders' party made <a href=\"http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2261576.ece/Wilders_big_winner_of_Dutch_EU_elections\">big gains</a>, becoming the country's second most powerful party.<br /><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Wilders, who has become popular in the Netherlands running on an anti-Islam and anti-political establishment platform, promised voters he would be tough on immigration and criticised Turkey's bid to join the EU. \"Should Turkey as an Islamic country be able to join the European Union? We are the only party in Holland that says, it is an Islamic country, so no, not in 10 years, not in a million years,\" Wilders said. </span></blockquote>Like I said, baby steps. Now if we can only Geert our Wilders on here.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-54635057677990353632009-06-05T11:52:00.000-07:002009-06-05T12:11:47.456-07:00Tories taking England by storm<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SiltjrIiV-I/AAAAAAAABw8/6IpxqZwt_VY/s1600-h/David+Cameron.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SiltjrIiV-I/AAAAAAAABw8/6IpxqZwt_VY/s320/David+Cameron.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343922892493182946\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">OK in the UK!</span><br /><br />With Gordon Brown's own MPs calling for him to step down and the Conservatives <a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8081729.stm\">stomping Labour</a> and the Lib Dems across the nation, things are looking up in Britannia.<br /><blockquote style=\"font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">\"...The Conservatives have taken Staffordshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire from Labour - which had run all three since 1981 - as well as Devon and Somerset from the Lib Dems. </span><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">According to the BBC's estimated projected national vote share - the Conservatives are on 38%, Labour on 23% - a historic low - the Lib Dems on 28% and other parties on 11%. </span></p> <!-- S IBOX --><!-- E IBOX --><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">....\"We have won almost every council we could possibly have won ... We have won councils we really didn't think we were going to win ... so I don't accept that these aren't extremely good results for the Conservative Party,\" [said Conservative leader David Cameron].</span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">He said the results showed people wanted a \"strong, positive and united alternative\" to the government and were seeing the Conservatives as that alternative. </span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">\"Across the country what's remarkable about these figures and what shines out is it's the Conservative Party winning in every part of the country,\" he said. </span></p></blockquote><p>So as another nation in Europe does a spectacular about face, we here in the States stumble merrily on down the road to socialism.</p><p>So much for any Obama bounce!<br /></p>Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-69680704995833593912009-06-05T10:13:00.000-07:002009-06-05T12:24:16.911-07:00300!<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SilvD9s6hdI/AAAAAAAABxE/JQpFb3dtPAo/s1600-h/randy+johnson+300.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/SilvD9s6hdI/AAAAAAAABxE/JQpFb3dtPAo/s320/randy+johnson+300.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343924546745042386\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Standing tall</span><br /><br />Warm congrats to <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/sports/baseball/05johnson.html?hp\">Randy Johnson</a>, only the sixth left-hander in history to reach the big 300.<br /><br />Randy is a class act, evinced by his family interaction after the win and his gracious, no-frills appearance with the press soon after. He represents the best in baseball, and watching the win last night on TV was an honor.<br /><br />Here's to seeing more wins from this Giant of a man in the postseason.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-16175291584431303202009-05-28T16:44:00.000-07:002009-05-28T17:41:56.806-07:00Bill Gates wants you dead<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sh8no8W_VhI/AAAAAAAABwo/exYPiwsmaBY/s1600-h/Dr+Evil+quotes.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sh8no8W_VhI/AAAAAAAABwo/exYPiwsmaBY/s320/Dr+Evil+quotes.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341031267435501074\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;\" >Throw me a <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">frickin</span>' bone here. It's \"population control,\" OK?</span><br /><br />A <a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6350303.ece\">bunch of billionaires</a> just met in some dark corner recently to discuss how they can pool their limitless resources to reduce the number of people breathing air on planet earth.<br /><br />The result...<br /><blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">There was \u201cnothing as crude as a vote\u201d but a consensus emerged that they would back a strategy in which population growth would be tackled as a potentially disastrous environmental, social and industrial threat. </span> <p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"> \u201cThis is something so nightmarish that everyone in this group agreed it needs big-brain answers,\u201d said the guest. \u201cThey need to be independent of government agencies, which are unable to head off the disaster we all see looming.\u201d</span></p></blockquote><p> </p>Hey, it's all fun and games until someone loses a few billion lives.<br /><br />But why meet under multiple layers of secrecy?<br /><br />It seems they wanted \"to speak rich to rich without worrying anything they said would end up in the newspapers, painting them as an alternative world government.\"<br /><br />Totally. Wouldn't want to start any crazy conspiracy theories or anything. Might interfere with all the plans for global control of human destiny.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-58814532154806439182009-05-28T15:15:00.000-07:002009-05-28T17:39:34.182-07:00Bible study banned in San Diego County<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sh8qfDtwZQI/AAAAAAAABww/t2890xJ-XBY/s1600-h/home+bible+study.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 180px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9eiPBELMBM/Sh8qfDtwZQI/AAAAAAAABww/t2890xJ-XBY/s320/home+bible+study.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341034396146230530\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: arial;\">Home is where the <del>heart</del> government is.</span><br /><br />Holy shoot... I'm <a href=\"http://www.10news.com/news/19562217/detail.html\">getting nervous</a> over here. Seems like they're gunning for believers like never before -- outside the Roman Colosseum anyway.<br /><br />Is planetary colonization available yet? Suddenly I'm dreaming of a shiny, solid-fuel rocket with \"Mayflower II\" stenciled on the side.Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.com1"}
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-{"text": "Couple of people have mailed me privately with an apparently well-sourced\nwarning that photographers will be targeted at Monday's mayday protest, or\nat least their equipment.\nPersonally, this makes all the more determined to go along and it will be\ninteresting to see what happens. The idea that the media should become\ntargets is a massively undemocratic idea, and I find it hard to believe\nthat this attitude can possible prevail among the majority of the eco-types.\nI also think if this is the case it is kind of my duty to turn up, even if\njust to prove that the scares were unfounded.\nHowever, I won't be taking my leicas! A T90 day, I think.\nIf you're not as foolhardy or as me, or as upset about the possibility of\nthe freedom to photograph in public places being infringed in this way, I'd\nstay at home. However, anyone who wants to come along for the ride would\nstill be most welcome, and we can watch one another's backs.\n- --\nJohnny Deadman\nphotos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com\nmusic: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk"}
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-{"text": "Google AdSense New Approval Process Is Now Two Staged\n\nGoogle AdSense announced a new application approval process for new publishers.\n\nThe process is now two phased:\n\n(1) Submitting the normal AdSense application\n\n(2) Adding the code to your site and having Google review the code.\n\nPrior all you had to do was be approved on the first step. Now, Google is requiring a second step, reviewing your ad code.\n\nWhen the ad code is added, the ads will be blank. But \"soon after the ad code has been added to the submitted site, a final approval decision will be made and the applicant will be notified by email. Newly approved publishers will see live ads automatically appear in the existing ad units on their pages,\" Google said:"}
-{"text": "Wednesday, February 15, 2017\n\nFeeling the need for some green\nspace? How about a fishing trip, a hike or a visit to a real working\nastronomical observatory? If so, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has a park for all of your outdoor fun, historical\ninterests and exercise needs. Here are some of the great regional, county, city\nand local parks located throughout the Pittsburgh area.Riverview Park - City of Pittsburgh\nRiverview Park is a gem located about 15 minutes north of downtown Pittsburgh.\nThe 259-acre park is located on Pittsburgh's North Side and is home to lush green space and forest ecosystem, hiking trails and a walking loop. The park is includes a vibrant playground and swimming pool. Two\nof the most prominent landmarks in Riverview Park\nare the historic Allegheny Observatory and the Chapel Shelter that can be used\nfor picnics and activities. The shelter and many other park features are\ncontinuously cared for by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. Learn more about Riverview Park here.\n\nNorth Park - Pittsburgh NorthNorth Park\nis part of the Allegheny County Parks system and is located in the North Hills\nof Pittsburgh. The park encompasses 3,075 acres in three different North Hills\ntownships. The park is home to a thriving lake and Pine Creek which are prime\ndestinations for fisherman and kayakers alike. The park has plenty of updated\nplaygrounds, an ice skating rink, Olympic-sized swimming pool and a plethora of\nball fields and picnic shelters. North Park is also home to the Latodomi Nature Center - a unique environmental learning center. North Park has one\nof the most dog-friendly\nareas in the county as well. The dog park provides plenty of space for dogs to\nrun freely without a leash. Learn more about North Park here.\n\nRacoon Creek State Park - Pittsburgh West\nThis wonderful park is located on 7,500 acres of forest in Hookstown, PA\nand is home to a large 100-acre lake and beach-side area. Boating, fishing and\ncamping are some of the main draws to Racoon Creek State Park. There are over 200 picnic tables and grill groves located\nthroughout the park and seasonal swimming is allowed at the 500 foot sand and\nturf beach. Racoon Creek State Park has over 170 tent and trailer sites for\ncamping and also is home to ten modern furnished cabins. Learn more about Raccoon Creek State Park.\n\nSouth Park - Pittsburgh South\nMuch like North Park, South Park is part of the Allegheny County Park system.\nThe park spans over 2,000 acres within South Park and Bethel Park Townships. South Park\nis known for its really cool wave pool and skate park but is best known for the\nfree summer concert season. South Park is also home to an ice rink, dog park,\ngolf course, and many other forms of green space and outdoor activities. Learn\nmore about South Park here."}
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-{"text": "July 29, 2011\n\nBefore the start of the afternoon session on day two of the Illinois bar exam (Wednesday), the very pregnant [\u201cMother Bar Exam,\u201d AKA \u201cMBE\"] mentioned to the proctors the possibility that she might give birth during the test. She asked if she could leave early in the event that she went into labor; they agreed.\n\nSo Mother Bar Exam sat down for the afternoon session of the Multistate Bar Exam (\u201cMBE\u201d). Not long after, she started going into labor \u2014 not a little discomfort, but full-on labor....\n\nShe continued to answer MBE questions, while in labor. She then finished the exam early, at 4 p.m....\n\nUpon completing the exam, Mother Bar Exam notified the proctors that she was done and needed to leave, seeing as she was, you know, in the middle of giving birth and all. Normally candidates are not allowed to leave the room early, but in this case the proctors accommodated her (especially since she had mentioned the issue to them beforehand).\n\nImpressive! But I can understand the determination to finish the exam. After all the preparation and getting through the first day, to have to wait and take the exam months later would be a huge setback. And in the months ahead, she'll be dealing with an out-of-the-womb baby, keeping her up at night, making all sorts of babyish demands. Better to get it done while you can, especially since the hospital was right across the street.\n\nBy the way, what about the other test takers in the room? Were they unaware of what was going on? Were they distracted?\n\nIN THE COMMENTS: Joan, who is a doctor, says:\n\nI think taking an exam would be a great way to get through labor. The thing about contractions is that they hurt while they're happening, but when the contraction stops, so does the pain -- completely. It's like a light switch: off, on. It amazed me all 3 times I was in labor (anesthesia-free, too). It's terrific to have something to occupy your mind during this time. If you're distracted your body can just do its thing, whereas if you're stressed, you'll interfere with those things happening.\n\nThis woman does not sound like the type to make a disturbance to those around her. I was furious during my last state licensing exam when the guy in front of me had a chronic, severe cough. Every 30, 45, 60 seconds or so he'd cough hard enough to shake my desk. I spoke to the proctor about it but there wasn't anything he could do. But the 30 or so of us in that room (a high school classroom) were definitely disadvantaged. (One thing that made it so bad was knowing he was going to cough again but not knowing when it was going to happen -- I was distracted by anticipating the next cough. At least with labor contractions, they come at regular intervals.)\n\nI hope she passes the bar and winds up running for office for something one day, even though the busybody bigots would never forgive her for not being incapacitated before and during labor. Unless she's a Dem of course. Then she'd be a hero.\n\nWhen you're in labor ... and you get your significant other to give you a ride to the hospital ... If you're not having contractions on top of one another ... You could be sent home!\n\nThe \"every five minutes\" ... isn't even bringing you halfway close to delivery!\n\nAnd, now I'll add something racist: Black women who come into New York City's hospitals ... are taken IMMEDIATELY into the labor room. No matter what the gap is in contractions. Because doctors found out ... as a general rule ... they'll deliver in the elevators.\n\nMeanwhile, Hildabeast has the hips that generally make delivery \"easy.\" \"Easy\" being subjective.\n\nWhile I thought the pains were so bad, I was going to die.\n\nI was screaming so much I was told a woman in another pre-delivery room pushed her kid out so fast, she gave birth before they transported her to delivery.\n\nIn this story? Until you find out the gap in time between the woman's 4PM exit ... and her walk to the hospital across the street ... you don't know if the nursing staff had time to \"prep\" her. Which includes an enema.\n\nOne of my coworkers went to the hospital with contractions but they sent her home. They returned a little later and while her husband was inside trying to get some help, she delivered her son herself out in the parking lot. A couple years later when she was pregnant with her second child, she refused to let them send her home.\n\nOy. If we're going to be telling birthing stories ... Not just the scene from Gone With The Wind ...\n\nI remember Carl Reiner's autobiography. He said he was born in the Bronx (circa 1922). On his parent's bed, in their apartment. Because Jewish women feared that at the hospital their healthy babies would be grabbed ... and put into adoption mills run by the Catholic Church!)\n\nNot me! Like Macduff, I am a man not born of a woman, but from my mother's womb untimely ripp'd; therefore I possess the ability to slay mad, homicidal Scottish kings. At least I've got that going for me.\n\nHaving made the mistake of reading Carol's comment, I can't make another and not bring her up to date on current child birth practices, namely, mothers in labor are no longer given enemas. Nor are they shaved, stuffed into stirrups, and forced to deliver while lying flat.\n\nI think taking an exam would be a great way to get through labor. The thing about contractions is that they hurt while they're happening, but when the contraction stops, so does the pain -- completely. It's like a light switch: off, on. It amazed me all 3 times I was in labor (anesthesia-free, too). It's terrific to have something to occupy your mind during this time. If you're distracted your body can just do its thing, whereas if you're stressed, you'll interfere with those things happening.\n\nThis woman does not sound like the type to make a disturbance to those around her. I was furious during my last state licensing exam when the guy in front of me had a chronic, severe cough. Every 30, 45, 60 seconds or so he'd cough hard enough to shake my desk. I spoke to the proctor about it but there wasn't anything he could do. But the 30 or so of us in that room (a high school classroom) were definitely disadvantaged. (One thing that made it so bad was knowing he was going to cough again but not knowing when it was going to happen -- I was distracted by anticipating the next cough. At least with labor contractions, they come at regular intervals.)\n\nJoan wrote: It amazed me all 3 times I was in labor (anesthesia-free, too).\n\nI salute you, Joan! My wife did the same twice (no anesthesia). She also maintained that it sped recovery afterwards. She wanted to leave the hospital after our second one and she did, walking out the door a just a few hours later.\n\n____________wv = \"unche\" \"I say, that new Cuban policy is very unche.\"\n\nIn 1979 nursing boards were a two-day 16 hour affair. The young, very pregnant woman across from me the first day didn't return for the second. I can empathize with the person who said \"I wouldn't want to have to sit for that exam again\". Also, Joan is right about the pain completely going away between contractions.\n\nThis account of an escape from a besieged castle in central Japan during the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) is considered historically accurate:\n\n\"When we had walked five or six [hundred yards] north of the castle, one of the women suddenly felt a pain in her belly and gave birth to the baby she had been carrying. It was a girl. The adults gave the baby her first bath right there in the paddy water. After they were finished, the father wrapped it in his clothing, swung the mother over his shoulder, and fled to Aonogahara.\"\n\nNote the \"kids these days\" conclusion:\n\n\"This is how things were in the old days: nothing was easy. We never even dreamed of eating lunch, and when night fell, there was no supper either. Young people today, with their fancy clothes and free-spending ways and fussy palates--it's truly scandalous.\"\n\nThere is a difference between being within walking distance of a hospital when you start to go into labor and flying back to a small town in Alaska multiple hours away to give birth to a baby you KNOW is a special needs child and there will likely be complications with. Apples and oranges comparison there.\n\nThere is a difference between being within walking distance of a hospital when you start to go into labor and flying back to a small town in Alaska multiple hours away to give birth to a baby you KNOW is a special needs child and there will likely be complications with. Apples and oranges comparison there.\n\nOh Christ on a crutch.... here we go again with some man who has never given birth pontificating on how a woman who has already given birth multiple times should act.\n\nHere is a deal. We won't tell you how to jack off and you butt out of telling us how to deliver our babies.\n\nJust to chime in, I agree that flying for six hours while in labor (away from ANY option of intervention while in the air) is a damn sight different than being in a room walking distance from a hospital. Especially if you have a special needs pregnancy, which has a significantly higher chance of complications. Had the Bar Taking Mom gone into the hospital when she first felt labor pains, they would have sent her home. You're not supposed to be going in until contractions are 5 minutes apart.\n\nPlus, I know reading comprehension is difficult folks but she had a c-section two hours later. I had a c-section, and two hours before my c-section I had mild labor pains, and was out having lunch with friends. It's not like she was minutes from actually giving birth (first pregnancy labor pains start usually 12 hours or so before the actual birth.) She wasn't screaming, she wasn't disruptive, so you all are just being idiotic about this.\n\nAs to the folks who think that labor is gross, you all came out of your mothers. It's not gross, it's natural.\n\nThe point being, yeah people were tougher back then (in general). And if the shit hits the fan, you better get tough fast or you are probably going to die.\n\nThe Puritan survivors were more freaked out about their children falling into the hands of Jesuits in Quebec than being held captive by the Indians. Because if they died they would go to heaven, but if they died after becoming Catholics they would surely be going to hell.\n\nYou know, the most important thing an obstetrician can have is good shoulders. Sometimes, because the baby is stuck inside by suction ... He has to put one leg up on a woman's thigh ... and slipping his hands around the baby's head. Or using forceps ... He pulls like crazy!\n\nMy wife is a direct desendent of one of the captives from this raid. Her relative was later redeemed back to New England. So on a winter day the French and Indian forces killed around 56 of the settlers and took 100 captives. They marched those women and children through the snow back to Canada.\n\nThe point being, yeah people were tougher back then (in general). And if the shit hits the fan, you better get tough fast or you are probably going to die.\n\nFascinating stuff, but, yes, no central heating, no safe water, almost no safe preservation of food, no antibiotics. Any child under 5 was always at risk, as was anyone over 40.\n\nThe Indians took prisoners because their birth rate was so low and their resistance to disease was lower. The colonists won the real battle in the bedroom. Families having 6 - 12 children were going to overwhelm families having 1 or 2.\n\nEek! I'm not a doctor. Although every new medical professional I meet asks me if I am. So, thanks for that -- but for now, I'm just a junior high science teacher who has 3 kids and an absolutely pathetic medical history.\n\nFull confession, too: I did get an epidural mid-way through laboring my youngest. I was completely exhausted. Having your third baby is a lot harder in some ways than having your first, because you've got those other babies at home to think about, and one of mine, with a bad cold, had kept me up most of the night before.\n\nJust an update: Ms. Nightengale Dawson passed the bar exam that she took while having contractions: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_grad_who_went_into_labor_during_bar_exam_passes_the_test/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email\n\nJust an update: Woman who was in labor during the bar exam passed the exam, and is just happy she doesn't have to take it again: (not to mention happy about having a healthy baby boy): http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_grad_who_went_into_labor_during_bar_exam_passes_the_test/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email"}
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-{"text": "Joint Statement on the Senate Transportation Finance Bill\n\n\u201cThrough both the work of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and the amendment process, the transportation finance bill passed by the Senate today reaches a level of revenue that allows for meaningful investments in a fiscally-sound, 21st century transportation system. It is for this reason that we vote yes on this bill today.\n\nWe look forward to the bill continuing to the joint House-Senate conference committee. Should the bill be reported out of the conference committee having lost the revenue gains we made, it will also lose our support. We are grateful to all of our partners in the legislature, the Governor, advocates, and constituents across the state for their tireless work in crafting solutions to one of the most pressing issues in our Commonwealth.\u201d"}
-{"text": "This song can be used as an effective prayer song. Interest can be added by dividing the group of singers into smaller groups having one group sing the questions and the other group singing the answers."}
-{"text": "Carl Lee Perkins (1932-1998) is too well known, and information on him is easily available. Search with your engine or go direct to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Perkins also Rockabilly Hall Of Fame site http://www.rockabillyhall.com/CarlPerkins.html. The Perkins Brothers (Jay B. rhythm guitar, Clayton, bass \u2013 later W.S. Holland, d) band began performing in the Covington, Tennessee, area in 1953 and quickly found success with a Hillbilly-boogie type music heavily based on Blues. When they heard in July 1954 Elvis\u2019 Blue Moon Of Kentucky on radio, they decided to go see Sam Phillips to record. First they were cut in Country vein (Turn around, a ballad, being their first disc on Flip 501), because Phillips would not them rivalling with Elvis. With the latter\u2019s departure in November of 1955, they were given freehand, and the result was \u00ab Gone gone gone \u00bb (Sun 224) in September 1955 : a romping Hillbilly bop, almost a Rockabilly. Three months later, Perkins cut Blue suede shoes, the rest is history\u2026\n\nSmokey Joe (Baugh), vocalist and piano player for the Clyde Leoppard Snearly Ranch Boys (see part 1) had one single (Sun 228, reissued as Sun 393 in the 60s) under his name taken from the 4 sessions he cut on his own between August 1955 and 1956. His style is heavily based on R&B, there is even his raucous voice which reminds one of Fats Waller. \u00ab The Signifying Monkey \u00bb is a sort of amusing recitation, and a whole lot of then hip animals like monkeys and baboons is cited. The steel-guitar (played by Stan Kesler) is very unobstrusive, and there\u2019s even a trumpet on the B-side \u00ab Listen To Me \u00bb ! All in all a record on the border of Hillbilly and R&B, the sort of thing Phillips was still looking for, even after the departure of Presley and the crossover success of \u00ab Blue Suede Shoes \u00bb. He cut similar nature material left in the can (and later issued in Europe) with tracks like \u00ab Hula Bop \u00bb and \u00ab She\u2019s A Woman \u00bb.\n\nLittle is known about Maggie Sue Wimberly who went to Sun in October 1954 and cut a solitary single (Sun 229) : \u00ab How Long/Daydreams Come true \u00bb. In the early part of 1954, Sam Phillips had turned down Bud Deckleman and his song (co-penned by the team Quinton Claunch/Bill Cantrell) \u00ab Daydreamin\u2019 \u00bb. Deckleman had been to Lester Bihari of Meteor and had a huge hit with this record. Phillips tried to catch up on the success and recorded a follow-up, \u00ab Daydreams Come True \u00bb by Wimberly, which came nowhere. One of the rarest Sun records ever\u2026A fine Hillbilly weeper though.\n\nCharlie Feathers (1932-1998) is also well known. See his official site : http://www.charliefeathers.com/ for a very detailed biography. He arrived at Sun from Mississipi in 1955 and recorded with the duet Quinton Claunch (fiddle)/Stan Kesler (steel) one bopping fast novelty \u00ab Peepin\u2019 Eyes \u00bb (Flip 503). He claimed later to have directed Elvis Presley\u2019s late Sun sessions, and actually wrote and gave him I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Sun 223) ; Sam Phillips wanted Feathers as a Country singer, and he was not allowed to sing anything else than the great \u00ab I\u2019ve Been Deceived \u00bb (Flip 503) or the beautiful Defrost Your Heart (Sun 231). Even his demos of Rockabilly songs (Bottle To The Baby, complete with hiccups, later re-cut for King in July 1956 ; or Honky Tonk Kind) were rejected by Phillips. That is why he came, through his brother-in-law, in touch with Meteor Records, and cut the classic Rockabilly \u00ab Get With It/Tongue Tied Jill \u00bb on April 1rst, 1956.\n\nJimmy Haggett was inspired by the phrasing of Jim Reeves, and took (without knowing it) a LukeMcDaniels\u2019 song, \u00ab No More \u00bb (from 1952), although with different lyrics. Flip was \u00ab They Call Our Love A Sin \u00bb (Sun 236). The record had sold 448 copies a year after release, and the songs are pretty tame. Shortly after, Haggett tried his hands at Rockabilly but felt uneasy and hired a front singer to replace him. But that\u2019s another story.\n\nWarren Smith (1932-1981) is well documented too. See : http://www.rockabillyhall.com/WarrenSmith.html. He went from Mississipi as lead singer of Clyde Leoppard Snearly Ranch Boys and was presented to Sam Phillips early in 1956 by Johnny Cash who gave him his very first song: Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll Ruby (Sun 239) \u2013 which George Jones claims to have written, instead of Cash. Anyhow the demo of it by Cash was published in U.K. in the 80s. But Smith was an ably Country singer \u2013 the best he heard at Sun, to quote Phillips \u2013 and his renderings are quite good flavored Rockabilly/Hillbilly Bop songs : I\u2019d Rather Be Safe Than Sorry (Sun 239), Black Jack David (Sun 250), So Long I\u2019m Gone (Sun 268), Tonight Will Be The Last Night (unissued at the time) or later effort Goodbye Mr. Love (Sun 314). Disappointed by a constant rivality with Jerry Lee Lewis, he moved to Hollywood and Liberty Records in 1959 as a Country singer and succeed a little.\n\nThe Miller Sisters (Elsie & Jo) were a local Memphis act, discovered by Phillips in 1955. Elsie Jo Miller and Mildred Wages did originate from Elvis\u2019 hometown, Tupelo, Mississipi ; they were offered to record for Sun at 5 occasions between March 1955 and July 1957, so Sam Phillips must have been confident enough in them as a duet. First they cut a passable Hillbilly weeper on Flip 504 (Someday You Will Pay), backed by the then cream of Sun studio musicians : Stan Kesler on guitar, Quinton Claunch on steel-guitar, Bill Cantrell on fiddle, Marcus Van Story on bass ; even Charlie Feathers used spoons on this tune ! Later in 1956 they embarked on the Rockabilly bandwagon and cut a little classic, Ten Cats Down (Sun 255), with the accompaniment of members of Clyde Leoppard Snearly Ranch Boys, aptly augmented by the sax of Ace Cannon. They were also involved as vocalists on Cast King 1956/1957 session (originally unissued) which produced the beautiful \u00ab Can\u2019t find time to pray \u00bb. They did disappear after 1957.\n\nSlim Rhodes (Ethell Cletus \u2018Slim\u2019 Rhodes) (see part 1) had a Hillbilly boogie romper on Sun 238 with \u00ab Gonna Romp and Stomp \u00bb ; he had well adapted from the wild sounds of Hillbilly Bop instrumental \u00ab Skunk Hollow Boogie \u00bb (Gilt-Edge 5015, recorded at Sun in July 1950) to the new trends of 1956. \u00ab Romp\u2026 \u00bb is still Hillbilly Bop in essence, but the pace is Rockabilly (note the classic guitar solo), as is their next effort (Sun 256) : Take And Give/Do What I Do (vocal Dusty Rhodes). Two very fine Sun records ! Last recording of Rhodes for Phillips was in 1958, and of far lesser interest (I\u2019ve never been so blue), hence unissued then.\n\nBilly Riley (Pocahontas, Ark., 1933 ; dead August 2, 2009). Born to a poor sharecropping clan, Riley developed a passion for blues and learned to pick guitar watching the older black musicians his family worked alongside. Although he made some early appearances performing on local radio, Riley\u2019s career took shape after he was discharged from the Army in the mid-\u201950s. Moving to Memphis, Riley soon hooked up with a crew of fledgling country musicians that included \u00ab Cowboy \u00bb Jack Clement. He and his truck driver partner, Slim Wallace, founded the tiny Fernwood label in a South Memphis garage and cut Riley\u2019s debut recordings, \u00ab Trouble Bound \u00bb and \u00ab Think Before Your Go\u00ab (still unissued today). Clement took the tapes to Sam Phillips over at Sun Records so he could master a single. Impressed by what he heard, Phillips ended up hiring Clement to work at Sun, and signed Riley. Hence \u00ab Trouble Bound/Rock With Me Baby \u00bb (Sun 245). Riley and his group \u2013 which included drummer J.M. Van Eaton and guitarist Roland Janes \u2014 would also become the de facto house band at Sun, providing the backing on numerous hits. Another Hillbilly song recorded at a Rockabilly pace is the underrated \u00ab I Want You Baby \u00bb (Sun 260), overshadowed by the A-side which made Riley famous until today, the classic \u00ab Flyin\u2019 Saucer Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll \u00bb.\n\nMalcolm Yelvington and band, 1956\n\nMalcolm Yelvington (see part 1) had well adapted to 1956 trends with his unique brand of Western Swing/Hillbilly Bop for a February 1956 session which produced the uptempo \u00ab Rockin\u2019 With My Baby \u00bb (full of reference to then R&R hits) and the slower, much more interesting \u00ab It\u2019s Me Baby \u00bb (Sun 246). Later Yelvington recorded mainly mainstream Country, always flavored of Western swing : tracks (unissued then) like \u00ab Trumpet \u00bb or \u00ab Goodbye Marie \u00bb, to be found on 1990\u2019s Bear Family compilation \u00ab Sun \u2013 The Country years \u00bb 10-LP boxset. It also included a different version of \u00ab Yakety Yak \u00bb to that Meteor Records released in 1956.\n\nIt was not before October 1956 that Sam Phillips (too busy cutting Rockabilly and Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll sessions) recorded more Hillbilly, this time with Ernie Chaffin. The latter went from Biloxi, MS. and had had records from 1954 on Fine and Hickory labels. \u00ab His style was as unique as Johnny Cash\u2019s : he depended on a percussive, repeated rhythmic pattern and minimal instrumentation. Unlike Cash\u2019s work, however, Chaffin\u2019s songs (most often composed by his acoustic guitar player Murphy \u2018Pee Wee\u2019 Maddux) were highly melodic and his voice had considerable range. While the songs were lyrically more conventional than the stark lonesome ballads of Cash, Chaffin\u2019s songs drew much of their power from unusual and arresting chord changes. \u00bb (Hank Davis) Between October 1956 and June 1958, Chaffin had 7 Sun sessions, resulting in 4 Sun singles, the best being the first two, and the most memorable and accomplished tracks being \u00ab Feelin\u2019 Low \u00bb (Sun 262) and \u00abLaughin\u2019 And Jokin\u2019 \u00bb (Sun 275). Both are on the border of Hillbilly Bop, and announce the future Country music of the late 50s/early 60s, when Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll and Rockabilly were integrated into it. All in all Ernie Chaffin recorded 15 songs for Sun, and they are all on the Bear Family boxset .\n\nErnie Chaffin 'left)\n\nSam Phillips made relatively few mistakes in his choices, but after the discovery of Cast King (Joseph Dudley King) tapes in the Sun vaults, it is surprising why he didn\u2019t release ANYTHING by him, like another mystery, the now famous Jimmy Wages. Maybe too busy with Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll bands ! Cast King cut one convincing religious narration (\u00ab Can\u2019t Find Time To Pray \u00bb) in 1956 with the Miller Sisters as backing vocals, but the most interesting track was to come in June or July 1957 with \u00ab When You Stop Loving me \u00bb : \u00ab It is a splendid song and must have stood a fair chance of success. Although neither the composition nor the performance are really polished, the end product is quite spectacular (\u2026) Instrumentally it\u2019s a gem, featuring standout steel-guitar work and some nice dobro. \u00bb (Hank Davis/Colin Escott). It\u2019s a \u00ab Country waltz beautifully sung, which stands alongside Sun\u2019s finest Country records and his non-appearance is a mystery. \u00bb\n\nMack Self\n\nMack Self was a real Country singer, and although he tried a variety of other styles when at Sun, he always retained a country purity in his vocals and his band was never going on rough edges. He had 5 sessions between 1955/1956 and 1959 and only had two singles (from which one on Phillips International), the other being (Sun 273) \u00ab Easy To Love/Everyday \u00bb . The solitary Sun release had very little chance of success in 1957, and actually sounded anachronic for the times being. Beautifully sung Country ballads ; and Phillips allowed Self to sing that, when he released at the same period pounding rockers by the likes of Carl Perkins, Tommy Blake, Wade & Dick, Ray Harris ! But a real treasure was unearthed in the 1990s on the aforementioned Bear Family boxset : Self had recorded a Hillbilly session in 1955/1956, complete with steel-guitar and fiddle. \u00ab Easy To Love \u00bb is plaintive, and the fiddle of Bill Cantrell well to the fore. The same session gave us a near-Rockabilly Hillbilly Bop, \u00ab Goin\u2019 Crazy \u00bb, complete with slapping bass (Jimmy Evans \u2013 is he the same guy as the one later on Rivermont and \u00ab The Joint Is Really Jumpin\u2019 \u00bb rasping piano rocker ?).\n\nWe came to an end with the Hillbilly Bop sides cut by Elvis Presley. Actually he cut at least 8 Hillbilly sides in his own unmistakingly style, and 5 went their way as B-sides of his Sun singles. They are too well-known, but listen to them closely as Hillbilly Bop sides\u2026Johnny Cash was also near Hillbilly, although he never used steel-guitar neither a fiddle \u2013 but his style was really his own and did in fact owe very little to Hillbilly\u2026Do not forget The Rhythm Rockers (Sun 250) and \u00ab Fiddle Bop/Juke Box, Help me find my baby \u00bb \u2013 actually Hardrock Gunter. Phillips leased them from Emperor Records, it wasn\u2019t his production.\n\nCredits: all the color pictures that bear \u00ab The Country Years \u00bb do come from the Bear Family boxset BCD 15211 \u00ab Sun \u2013 The Country Years \u00bb\n\nG.D. \u00ab Bud \u00bb Deckleman was born on 2 April 1927 in Harrisburg, Arkansas. After spending the war in the Air Force, he worked in Chicago where he met songwriter and fiddle player Bill Cantrell, formerly of the Blue Sea Pals. While Cantrell was in Chicago his co-Pal, Quinton Claunch, was in Memphis. By 1954 both Cantrell and Deckleman were back in the Memphis area. Bud had a band with his brother Thadeus (known as Dood) and Claunch recalls : \u00ab One day Cantrell met Bud again at a club and said I should go on down and check him out. He was a natural. He had a voice that just knocked me out. He had great tonal quality and he could sing rings around some of the star names, like Webb Pierce. (suite\u2026)"}
-{"text": "Potential terrorists threatened pope, say police in Italy, Kosovo\n\nShare this story\n\nBRESCIA, Italy (CNS) \u2014 Italian State Police in Brescia, working with their counterparts in Kosovo, announced Dec. 1 that they had taken action against four Kosovars they believed to be terrorist risks and who, police said, made threats on social media against Pope Francis.\n\nThe four are accused by police of publishing messages \u201cagainst the person of the Holy Father,\u201d and saying, \u201cRemember, there will not be another pope after this one; he will be the last.\u201d\n\nOne of the four was arrested in Kosovo, the police in Brescia said. Two were expelled from Italy and a fourth was placed on a terrorism \u201cwatch list\u201d and his travel documents were confiscated.\n\nThe four were active on a Facebook group that indicated they had or aspired to have connections to Lavdrim Muhaxheri, a terrorist believed to be the leader of Muslims from the Balkan states fighting for the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, the Brescia police statement said. The four also posted photos of themselves \u201cwith weapons and in poses characteristic of combatants of the so-called Islamic State.\u201d\n\nHelp keep Catholic media free, support CatholicPhilly.com\n\nYou may have noticed \u201cpay walls\u201d greeting you when you visit the websites of newspapers and magazines, both large and small. These mechanisms allow you to read a few articles for free before you\u2019ve got to pay an annual fee if you want to see more.\n\nYou won\u2019t find a pay wall on CatholicPhilly.com because we\u2019re more than a news organization. We\u2019re informing, inspiring and forming readers in the Catholic faith every day through the news, features and commentaries that we post on this site and share across social media.\n\nIt costs money to provide high-quality coverage of the local Catholic communities we primarily serve, while also distributing national and world news of interest to Catholics, plus the orthodox teachings of the Catholic faith.\n\nHelp us in this mission by making a single gift of $40, $50, $100, or more. Your gift will strengthen the fabric of our entire Catholic community."}
-{"text": "Why Do Hubs in the Yeast Protein Interaction Network Tend To Be Essential: Reexamining the Connection between the Network Topology and Essentiality\n\nAffiliations\nDepartment of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America,\nInstitute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America\n\nFigures\n\nAbstract\n\nThe centrality-lethality rule, which notes that high-degree nodes in a protein interaction network tend to correspond to proteins that are essential, suggests that the topological prominence of a protein in a protein interaction network may be a good predictor of its biological importance. Even though the correlation between degree and essentiality was confirmed by many independent studies, the reason for this correlation remains illusive. Several hypotheses about putative connections between essentiality of hubs and the topology of protein\u2013protein interaction networks have been proposed, but as we demonstrate, these explanations are not supported by the properties of protein interaction networks. To identify the main topological determinant of essentiality and to provide a biological explanation for the connection between the network topology and essentiality, we performed a rigorous analysis of six variants of the genomewide protein interaction network for Saccharomyces cerevisiae obtained using different techniques. We demonstrated that the majority of hubs are essential due to their involvement in Essential Complex Biological Modules, a group of densely connected proteins with shared biological function that are enriched in essential proteins. Moreover, we rejected two previously proposed explanations for the centrality-lethality rule, one relating the essentiality of hubs to their role in the overall network connectivity and another relying on the recently published essential protein interactions model.\n\nAuthor Summary\n\nAnalysis of protein interaction networks in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has revealed that a small number of proteins, the so-called hubs, interact with a disproportionately large number of other proteins. Furthermore, many hub proteins have been shown to be essential for survival of the cell\u2014that is, in optimal conditions, yeast cannot grow and multiply without them. This relation between essentiality and the number of neighbors in the protein\u2013protein interaction network has been termed the centrality-lethality rule. However, why are such hubs essential? Jeong and colleagues [1] suggested that overrepresentation of essential proteins among high-degree nodes can be attributed to the central role that hubs play in mediating interactions among numerous, less connected proteins. Another view, proposed by He and Zhang, suggested that that the majority of proteins are essential due to their involvement in one or more essential protein\u2013protein interactions that are distributed uniformly at random along the network edges [2]. We find that none of the above reasons determines essentiality. Instead, the majority of hubs are essential due to their involvement in Essential Complex Biological Modules, a group of densely connected proteins with shared biological function that are enriched in essential proteins. This study sheds new light on the topological complexity of protein interaction networks.\n\nThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.\n\nFunding: TMP and EZ were supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH and the National Library of Medicine. DPO was supported by NSF Grant CCF-0514213.\n\nCompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.\n\nIntroduction\n\nAn intriguing question in the analysis of biological networks is whether biological characteristics of a protein, such as essentiality, can be explained by its placement in the network, i.e., whether topological prominence implies biological importance. One of the first connections between the two in the context of a protein interaction network, the so-called centrality-lethality rule, was observed by Jeong and colleagues [3], who demonstrated that high-degree nodes or hubs in a protein interaction network of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contain more essential proteins than would be expected by chance. Since then the correlation between degree and essentiality was confirmed by other studies [4]\u2013[7], but until recently there was no systematic attempt to examine the reasons for this correlation. In particular, what is the main topological determinant of essentiality? Is it the number of immediate neighbors or some other, more global topological property that essential proteins may have in a protein interaction network?\n\nJeong and colleagues [3] suggested that overrepresentation of essential proteins among high-degree nodes can be attributed to the central role that hubs play in mediating interactions among numerous, less connected proteins. Indeed, the removal of hubs disrupts the connectivity of the network, as measured by the network diameter or the size of the largest connected component, more than the removal of an equivalent number of random nodes [3],[8]. Therefore, under the assumption that an organism's function depends on the connectivity among various parts of its interactome, hubs would be predominantly essential because they play a central role in maintaining this connectivity.\n\nRecently, He and colleagues challenged the hypothesis of essentiality being a function of a global network structure and proposed that the majority of proteins are essential due to their involvement in one or more essential protein\u2013protein interactions that are distributed uniformly at random along the network edges [9]. Under this hypothesis, hubs are proposed to be predominantly essential because they are involved in more interactions and thus are more likely to be involved in one which is essential.\n\nIn this work we carefully evaluate each of the proposed explanations for the centrality-lethality rule. Recently several hypotheses that linked structural properties of protein interaction networks to biological phenomena have come under scrutiny, with the main concern being that the observed properties are due to experimental artifacts and/or other biases present in the networks and as such lack any biological implication. To limit the impact of such biases on the results reported in our study we use six variants of the genomewide protein interaction network for Saccharomyces cerevisiae compiled from diverse sources of interaction evidence [10]\u2013[15].\n\nTo assess whether the essentiality of hubs is related to their role in maintaining network connectivity we performed two tests. First, if this were the case, then we would expect essential hubs to be more important for maintaining network connectivity than nonessential hubs. We found that this is not the case. Next, in addition to node degree, we consider several other measures of topological prominence, and we demonstrate that some of them are better predictors of the role that a node plays in network connectivity than node degree. Thus, if essentiality were related to maintaining network connectivity, then one would expect essentiality to be better correlated with these centrality measures than with the node degree. However, we found that node degree is a better predictor of essentiality than any other measure tested.\n\nTo reject the essential protein interaction model [9], we used a hypothesis testing approach. Namely, we observed that this model implies that the probability that a protein is essential is independent of the probability that another noninteracting protein is essential. However, in the tested networks the essentiality of noninteracting proteins that share interaction partners is correlated. Thus, we reject the independence assumption and, as a result, the essential protein interaction model with high confidence.\n\nMotivated by our findings we propose an alternative explanation for the centrality-lethality rule. Our explanation draws on a growing realization that phenotypic effect of gene-knockout experiments is a function of a group of functionally related genes, such as genes whose gene products are members of the same multiprotein complex [16]. It is well known that densely connected subnetworks are enriched in proteins that share biological function. Therefore, one would expect that dense subnetworks of protein interaction networks should be either enriched or depleted in essential proteins. Indeed, Hart and colleagues observed that essential proteins are not distributed evenly among the set of automatically indentified multiprotein complexes [17]. In this work we observe that the same phenomenon holds for potentially larger groups of densely connected and functionally related proteins, which we call COmplex BIological Modules (or COBIMs). We demonstrate that due to the uneven distribution of essential proteins among COBIMs the majority of the essential proteins lie in those COBIMs that are enriched in essential proteins, which we call Essential COmplex BIological Modules (or ECOBIMs).\n\nBy the very definition, ECOBIMs contain, relative to their size, more essential nodes than a random group of proteins of the same size. But what fraction of all essential hubs are members of such ECOBIMs? How does this number relate to what is expected by chance? In fact, how does the enrichment of hubs that are members/nonmembers of ECOBIMs in essential proteins relate to the enrichment values expected by chance under a suitable randomization protocol? We propose that membership in ECOBIMs largely accounts for the enrichment of hubs in essential proteins. In support of this hypothesis, we found that the fraction of essential proteins among non-ECOBIM hubs is, depending on the network, only 13\u201335%, which is almost as low as the network average. Furthermore the essentiality of nodes that are not members of ECOBIMs is only weakly correlated with their degree. Finally, using a randomization experiment we demonstrated that these properties are characteristic of the protein interaction network and are unlikely in a corresponding randomized network.\n\nResults\n\nOur Study Uses Six Protein Interaction Networks\n\nOur source of protein interaction data for the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is numerous small-scale studies and seven high-throughput experiments [15], [18]\u2013[23]. Interactions reported in targeted studies are believed to be biologically relevant as they are usually subjected to a variety of validation methods. Recently, Reguly et al. [11] curated about 30,000 literature abstracts to compile a network of protein interactions reported in small-scale experiments. We refer to this network as the LC network (Literature Curated network).\n\nIt was suggested that the centrality-lethality phenomenon is an artifact of a possible bias present in the networks mainly derived from small-scale experiments [24]. Namely, essential proteins are the focus of more studies and therefore tend to have a higher degree in these networks. Therefore, to complement the LC network, we included in our study two networks that contain interactions reported in both small-scale studies and high-throughput experiments. The DIP CORE network is derived from the pool of protein interactions deposited in the DIP database using a computational method of Deane et al. [10] that recruits evolutionary information to filter out unreliable interactions. The HC network (the High Confidence network) recently published by Batada et al. [12] is derived by intersecting small-scale data with the above-mentioned seven high-throughput datasets. More specifically, an interaction is included in the final network only if it was independently reported at least twice.\n\nWe also include two networks derived solely from high-throughput experimental data. The Y2H network is obtained from the genomewide yeast-two-hybrid interaction screen of Ito et al. [15] and contains high-confidence interactions that were experimentally detected at least three times. Recently, Collins et al. [13] published a statistical scoring scheme that maps raw complex purification experimental data to interaction confidence scores. The authors applied their method to raw purification data from two recent genomewide complex purification experiments [22],[23]. We refer to a network that contains all interactions with a confidence score above a certain threshold as the TAP-MS network.\n\nFinally, we include a network of interactions predicted in silico using the computational approach of Jansen et al. [14]. The method trains a Bayesian network that combines a variety of genomic features such as mRNA coexpression, colocalization, etc. to derive interaction confidence scores for protein pairs. The authors used protein interactions derived from a set of manually curated protein complexes as the set of positive training examples and pairs of proteins localized to different cellular compartments as the set of negative training examples. We refer to this network as the BAYESIAN network.\n\nTable 1 summarizes the structural properties of the six networks just described. (Here and throughout the paper we analyze the largest connected component of each protein interaction network.) Table 2 shows the overlap, fraction of interactions in common, between the networks. Given the differences in the experimental techniques used to construct these networks and the fact that the edges in the TAP-MS and BAYESIAN networks correspond to membership in multiprotein complexes, in the Y2H to physical contacts, and in the DIP CORE, LC, and HC networks to a mix of these two things, it is not surprising that the networks differ significantly in terms of density, cliquishness, and other parameters. The biggest outlier is the Y2H network. In fact, for this network, the relation between essentiality and lethality is less prominent as discussed in the next section.\n\nThe Centrality-Lethality Rule Holds in the Six Networks\n\nIn their influential paper, Jeong et al. [3] observed that the degree of a node in a yeast protein interaction network correlates with the phenotypic effect of its deletion. More specifically, the authors observed that high-degree nodes are three times more likely to be essential than nodes having few interaction partners. It was further hypothesized that high-degree nodes tend to be essential due to the central role that they play in maintaining the overall connectivity of the network by mediating interactions among other less connected proteins. Consequently, high-degree nodes are also referred to as hubs, and the observed phenomenon is known as the centrality-lethality rule.\n\nTo confirm the centrality-lethality rule in the tested networks we used the results of a systematic gene deletion screen [25] in which 1,105 yeast genes were found to be essential for growth on rich glucose media. There are numerous ways of exposing positive correlation between degree and essentiality, two of which are used in this paper. First, one can ask whether hubs, nodes with a degree greater than or equal to a certain threshold, are more likely to be essential than an average network node, i.e., whether the fraction of essential proteins among hubs is greater than the network average. To choose an appropriate threshold value we relied on Figure 1A, which shows the enrichment values for nodes with a degree greater than or equal to k as a function of k. In some networks the steady increase of enrichment values is interrupted for very large values of k. Therefore, we chose the threshold value so that approximately 20% of the network nodes are hubs. (For the DIP CORE network the value of k is 7, for the LC network it is 10, for the HC network it is 10, for the TAP-MS network it is 24, for the BAYESIAN network it is 12, and for the Y2H network it is 3.) However, we repeated the experiments with hubs defined as 10% (data not shown) and found that our conclusions are robust to the specific choice of the threshold.\n\nFigure 1. Relationship between degree and essentiality in the tested networks.\n\n(A) For each tested network the fraction of essential nodes among nodes with highest degree (hubs) is shown. The horizontal axis shows the fraction of the total network nodes that were designated as hubs. (B) Correlation between degree and essentiality is assessed by Kendall's tau and Spearman's rho rank correlation coefficients.\n\nFrom Figure 1A it is clear that the enrichment values increase with k. Therefore, one can use a nonparametric measure of association, such as Kendall's tau and Spearman's rho rank correlation coefficients[26], to assess the correlation between degree and essentiality over all network nodes. As shown in Figure 1B these two measures agree in their estimates of the strength of the correlation; therefore all further evaluations were done with the Kendall's tau rank correlation coefficient. Then, to assess the correlation between other centrality measures and essentiality after correcting for correlation with degree, we used a partial Kendall's tau rank correlation.\n\nIt should be noted that in contrast to other networks the Y2H network exhibits only a weak correlation between degree and essentiality. This is in agreement with the study of Batada et al. [4]. They observed a highly significant difference in the average degree of essential and nonessential proteins in the LC network but found that the difference almost disappears when the analysis is restricted to interactions detected by only the yeast-two-hybrid experiments.\n\nEssential Hubs Are Not More Important in Maintaining the Overall Network Connectivity Than Nonessential Hubs\n\nA network centrality index assigns a centrality value to each node in the network that quantifies its topological prominence. Topological prominence can be defined in a number of ways, and over the years many centrality indices were introduced that emphasize different aspects of network topology [27]. In a local centrality index, the node's centrality value is mainly influenced by the topology of its local neighborhood. A well known example of a local centrality index is degree centrality, where the node's centrality value is equal to the number of its immediate neighbors. Betweenness indices, on the other hand, assign centrality values based on the node's role in maintaining the connectivity between pairs of other nodes in the network. A well-known example of a betweenness centrality index is shortest-path betweenness centrality, where the node's centrality value is proportional to the fraction of shortest paths that pass through it.\n\nEven though degree centrality is a local centrality index, in some networks hubs may play an important role in maintaining the overall connectivity of the network. For example, it was demonstrated that in some scale-free networks the removal of hubs affects the ability of other nodes to communicate much more than the removal of random nodes [8]. To clarify the topological role of hubs in the tested networks, we compared degree centrality to two other local indices (eigenvector centrality (EC) [28] and subgraph centrality (SC) [29]) and to two betweenness indices (shortest-path betweenness centrality (SPBC) [30] and current-flow betweenness centrality (CFC) [31]). (See Figure 2 for an illustration, and Materials and Methods for a more detailed description of the centrality measures used in this study.)\n\nHere we demonstrate the difference in the five centrality measures on a toy network. (A) The toy network consists of two cliques: K50 with nodes A1\u2013A50 and K10 with nodes B1\u2013B10. The two cliques are interconnected by an edge (A1, B1) and through an additional vertex D. Additional node C attaches to the network through A2. (B) As the measures assign centrality values based on different network properties they will rank nodes differently. Briefly, the eigenvector centrality measure (EC) will assign high-centrality values to nodes that are close to many other central nodes in the network. The subgraph centrality measure (SC) assigns centrality values to a node based on the number of closed walks that originate at the node. The shortest path betweenness centrality measure (SPBC) assigns the node centrality value based on the fraction of shortest paths that pass through the node averaged over all pairs of nodes in the network. The current-flow betweenness centrality measure (CFC) generalizes the SPBC measure by including additional paths, not just the shortest paths, in the computation. Here, the difference between the measures is exemplified by the rankings that they produce for the toy network nodes.\n\nSince betweenness indices rank nodes based on their role in mediating communication between pairs of other nodes in the network, it is interesting to compare the effectiveness of high-degree nodes and nodes with high betweenness centrality in disconnecting the network. One common way to measure the impact of the nodes' removal on the network connectivity is by monitoring the decrease in the size of the largest connected component. Figure 3A\u2013F shows, for the six protein interaction networks, how the removal of the most central nodes, random nodes, and essential proteins affects the network connectivity. As expected, removing nodes with high local centrality values is much less disruptive than removing those with high betweenness centrality values. Interestingly, degree centrality is as efficient in shattering the network as betweenness in the DIP CORE, LC, and Y2H networks, is as inefficient as the local indices in the TAP-MS network, and is somewhere between the local and betweenness indices in the HC and BAYESIAN networks. The local measures strongly agree in their ranking of network nodes in all networks except the Y2H network. The agreement is the strongest in the TAP-MS network; as a result the curves for the EC and SC measures overlap completely in Figure 3D.\n\n(A\u2013F) The impact of node removal is quantified by the fraction of nodes in the largest connected component. There is one curve for each centrality measure that shows the fraction of nodes in the largest connected component as a function of the fraction of the most central nodes removed. We also show the impact of node removal in a random order and the size of the largest connected component when all essential proteins are removed.\n\nWhile the removal of a set of nodes may not disconnect various parts of the network, it may impair significantly the \u201cquality of communication\u201d between them. For example, there can be an increase in the length of the shortest path or decrease in the number of alternative paths between pairs of nodes in the network. Therefore, we introduced two additional measures, which we call network integrity measures, to capture various aspects of the effect of the nodes' removal on the ability of other nodes to communicate. (See Materials and Methods for a description of the network integrity measures.) We find that even when these more sensitive measures are used the observations made above about the disruptive power of hubs relative to other most central proteins hold (Table S1).\n\nNext, we examined whether the disruption power of hubs comes mainly from essential hubs. First, we observe that the removal of all essential proteins from the huge connected component is less disruptive than the removal of an equivalent number of the most central nodes according to any index (Figure 3A\u2013F). Moreover, as shown in Table 3, the removal of essential nodes is not more disruptive than the removal of an equivalent number of random nonessential nodes that have the same degree distribution. We conclude that even though in most networks, the DIP CORE, LC, HC, and Y2H networks, the removal of high-degree nodes is disruptive, this disruption is not related to the essentiality of these nodes. On the contrary, essential genes are indistinguishable in that respect from the random nonessential genes with the same degree distribution.\n\nThere Is No Relationship between the Disruptive Power of a Centrality Index and Its Enrichment in Essential Proteins\n\nAbove we demonstrated that various centrality indices vary considerably in their ability to predict disruption in the overall connectivity of the network. Next we asked whether this difference is reflected in the enrichment levels. Figure 4 shows the fraction of essential proteins among hubs and an equivalent number of most central proteins according to five centrality measures. We observe that the local centrality indices have enrichment levels comparable to those of betweenness indices and in some cases even higher. But most notably, degree centrality fares better than any other centrality index in five networks but is narrowly beaten by shortest-path centrality for the Y2H network. The superiority of degree centrality is even more apparent when Kendall's tau rank correlation coefficient is used to measure correlation between centrality values and essentiality over all network nodes (compare Table 2 to Table 4).\n\nFigure 4. Enrichment of hubs and an equivalent number of most central nodes according to other centrality measures in essential proteins.\n\nFraction of essential proteins among hubs and an equivalent number of most central nodes according to four other centrality measures. The fraction of essential proteins among the nodes of the network is shown as ntwk.avg.\n\nAs there is considerable correlation between degree centrality and other centrality indices, we used Kendall's tau partial rank correlation coefficient to see whether any of the indices is correlated with essentiality beyond its correlation with degree centrality index. We found that, controlling for the correlation with degree, the correlation with essentiality is reduced to statistically insignificant values for betweenness centrality indices and is greatly reduced for local indices (Table 4).\n\nThe above observations indicate that the main topological determinant of essentiality is the node's local neighborhood rather than its role in maintaining the overall connectivity of the network. In particular, even though removing the nodes with high betweenness centrality indices is much more effective in shattering some of our protein interaction networks, their correlation with essentiality is reduced to statistically insignificant levels by subtracting their correlation with degree centrality.\n\nWe Reject the Essential Protein Interaction Model\n\nRecently He and colleagues [9] proposed an explanation for the centrality-lethality rule in terms of essential protein interactions: a protein is essential either due to its involvement in one or more essential protein interactions or due to other factors. The authors argue that the determination of protein essentiality in the protein interaction network can be captured by a simple random process: (i) distribute essential protein interactions along the edges of the network uniformly at random with probability \u03b1; (ii) distribute essential proteins among the nodes of the network uniformly at random with probability \u03b2. Thus, according to the model, the probability (PE) of a protein with k neighbors being essential is PE = 1\u2212(1\u2212\u03b1)k(1\u2212\u03b2), and the natural logarithm of the fraction of nonessential proteins among proteins of degree k has a linear dependency on k: log(1\u2212PE) = log(1\u2212\u03b1)k+log(1\u2212\u03b2).\n\nWe note that from the assumptions of the essential protein interaction model it follows that if two proteins do not interact then the essentiality of one protein in such a pair does not depend on the essentiality of the other protein. Furthermore, this independence should also be observed when proteins share interaction neighbors. To test whether this holds in real data, we computed the number of nonadjacent protein pairs, with three or more neighbors (one or more neighbors in the Y2H network), that are either both essential or both nonessential in the tested networks and compared these numbers to the expected number of such pairs under the model. (The model parameters were estimated using three different strategies as described in the Materials and Methods. In their paper, He et al. point out that their model may not work in networks where the edges represent membership in the same protein complex. Thus, we excluded the TAP-MS and BAYESIAN networks from the analysis.) As shown in Table 5, the model does not capture the correlation in essentiality observed in the tested networks; i.e., there is a statistically significant difference between the number of such pairs observed in real data and the number expected under the model. Consequently, the essential interaction model is rejected with high confidence.\n\nWe Propose an Alternative Explanation for the Centrality-Lethality Rule\n\nIn the previous section we showed that proteins that share neighbors are more likely to have the same essentiality (be both essential or both nonessential) than expected under the essential PPI model. Moreover, it was observed in another study that essential proteins are not distributed uniformly among in the set of automatically derived multiprotein complexes [17]. This suggests that densely connected subnetworks are polarized toward being either highly enriched or significantly depleted of essential proteins. Furthermore, it is well known that densely connected subnetworks are enriched in proteins that share biological function. Therefore, one should expect that protein interaction networks contain densely connected functional modules that are highly enriched in essential proteins. Some large multiprotein complexes, for example, those involved in transcription regulation, are known to be highly enriched in essential proteins, but how general is this phenomenon and can it account for the centrality-lethality rule?\n\nTo investigate the above question, we introduce a notion of Essential Complex Biological Modules, which are groups of proteins with shared biological function that extensively interact with each other and are enriched in essential proteins. First, we describe an automatic method for the extraction of ECOBIMs from a protein interaction network. Next, we argue that the membership in ECOBIMs accounts to large extent for the centrality-lethality rule in the tested networks. Finally, we address statistical issues related to our selection procedure by applying suitable randomization protocols.\n\nWe developed an automatic method for extraction of ECOBIMs from a protein interaction network. In this work proteins are deemed to share biological function if they are annotated with the same GO biological process term from a set of 192 terms that were selected by a group of experts to represent relevant aspects of molecular biology [32]. Therefore, our method is applied to subnetworks induced by proteins annotated with the same GO biological process term, one subnetwork at a time. The high-level idea behind the method is to first identify groups of densely connected proteins, which we call Complex Biological Modules (or COBIMs), and then identify a subset of COBIMs as ECOBIMs based on the distribution of essential proteins among the COBIM nodes. More specifically, our heuristic selects a subset of COBIMs that are enriched in essential proteins. (The method is schematically shown in Figure 5 and is described in detail in the Materials and Methods section. Figure S1 shows the fraction of nodes that are members of r or more COBIMs for various values of r.)\n\nHere we demonstrate the major steps of the method on the HC network. The input to the method is a protein interaction network, GO annotation, and the set of essential nodes, which are shown in red. The method considers subnetworks induced by proteins annotated with the same GO biological process term, one subnetwork at a time, to identify densely connected regions or COBIMs. The COBIMs are shown by a COBIM intersection graph, where nodes correspond to COBIMs (the size of the node is proportional to the number of genes in the corresponding COBIM) and there is an edge between a pair of COBIMs if they have at least two proteins in common. The COBIMs that are enriched in essential proteins are selected as ECOBIMs, shown in green.\n\nTo examine to what extent the membership in ECOBIMs accounts for the centrality-lethality rule we partitioned hubs into two groups, those that are members of one or more ECOBIMs (ECOBIM hubs) and those that are not (non-ECOBIM hubs), and compared their enrichment values. As shown in Figure 6 ECOBIM hubs are highly enriched in essential proteins, whereas non-ECOBIM hubs are depleted in essential proteins as compared to the network average enrichment values. But most importantly, as discussed in the next paragraph, the difference in the fraction of essential proteins among ECOBIM hubs and non-ECOBIM hubs is not a result of our greedy ECOBIM selection procedure or particular degree sequence of essential proteins in the network. We next asked whether there is a correlation between degree and lethality for network nodes that are not members of the ECOBIMs. As shown in Table 6 the correlation between essentiality and degree for non-ECOBIM nodes is much less than that for all network nodes.\n\nFraction of essential proteins among various types of hubs: all hubs, hubs that are members of ECOBIMs (ECOBIM hubs), and hubs that are not members of ECOBIMs (non-ECOBIM hubs). The fraction of essential proteins among all proteins in the network is also shown (ntwk.avg.). The numbers above the bars show the number of essential hubs out of the total number of hubs of this type for ECOBIM and non-ECOBIM hubs.\n\nOne may ask to what extent the difference in the behavior of ECOBIM hubs and non-ECOBIM hubs is due to the particular selection procedure that we employ to identify the putative ECOBIMs. More specifically, there are two concerns that need to be addressed. First, our method is guided by the enrichment in essential proteins when selecting ECOBIMs from COBIMs. Therefore, it is expected that the fraction of essential proteins among ECOBIM hubs should be higher than that among non-ECOBIM hubs. Second, our method considers only annotated yeast genes. Therefore, one might argue that the difference in behavior is due to the fact that ECOBIM hubs are necessarily annotated while non-ECOBIM hubs may include both annotated and unannotated genes.\n\nTo address the first concern we performed a control experiment where essential proteins were assigned to a random set of nodes having the same degree distribution as the true set of essential proteins in the network. (A total of 100,000 random assignments were performed, which resulted in 100,000 sets of ECOBIMs.) To address the second concern, we restricted the random assignment to annotated genes only. As shown in Table 6, the ECOBIMs resulting from the true assignment of essential proteins have dramatically different properties than these resulting from the random assignment of essential proteins. In particular, the fraction of essential proteins among non-ECOBIM hubs under the true assignment of essential proteins is significantly lower than that under the randomized assignment of essential proteins, even though the same selection procedure is used in both cases. Therefore, we conclude that the observed difference is the result of the particular distribution of essential proteins among the nodes of the network and not an artifact of our selection procedure. The same holds for the reduction in correlation between degree and essentiality for non-ECOBIM nodes.\n\nWe Identify Properties of the ECOBIMs\n\nThe identified ECOBIMs mostly correspond to large essential multiprotein complexes such as the anaphase promoting complex (APC) and the DAM1 protein complex but not exclusively complexes. For example, one of the largest ECOBIMs identified in the LC network contains multiprotein complexes involved in the process of RNA polymerase 2 transcription [33], such as RNA polymerase 2, general transcription factors, the mediator complex, etc. The ECOBIMs with at least 20 members are shown in Table 7; all ECOBIMs and their member proteins are given in Table S2.\n\nMoreover, the ECOBIMs are remarkably different than non-ECOBIM COBIMs. As shown in Table 8, the distribution of essential proteins among the COBIM nodes is highly uneven. In particular, the observed difference between fractions of essential proteins among the ECOBIM nodes and among non-ECOBIM COBIM nodes can not be accounted for neither by degrees of essential COBIM nodes nor by the particular ECOBIM selection procedure. The last claim is validated by performing 100,000 randomized assignments of essential proteins that preserve degrees and the number of essential COBIM nodes, selecting the ECOBIMs and computing the corresponding fractions. As shown in Table 8, the values obtained under the true assignment of essential proteins are significantly different from those obtained under the randomized assignment of essential proteins.\n\nSo far, we demonstrated that the high correlation between degree and essentially can be predominantly attributed to the ECOBIMs. In addition, it is well known that certain functions that are essential to the cell, for example, transcription regulation or cell-cycle regulation, rely on large multiprotein complexes. Indeed, many of the GO terms that are overrepresented among ECOBIM nodes are of this type, as seen in Figure 7. Do ECOBIMs play a distinguished role in those essential processes, or are they merely a byproduct of the above-mentioned observation? In particular, is the difference in the enrichment in essential proteins exclusively due to the fact that some essential GO processes contain ECOBIMs while others do not?\n\nFor every network the GO terms that are overrepresented among ECOBIM nodes are shown. The overrepresentation of a GO term is quantified by the natural logarithm of a p-value, where the p-value is the probability that at least this number of ECOBIM genes would belong to the GO term had the ECOBIM genes been selected uniformly at random from the network genes.\n\nTo elucidate the role of the ECOBIMs we examined all GO processes that contain at least one ECOBIM. Table 9 shows the results for the DIP core network sorted by the percentage of essential proteins in a given GO process. (The data for the other networks are given in Table S3.) Observe that the enrichment of ECOBIMs in essential genes is typically much higher than the average enrichment in the corresponding GO. Thus, the ECOBIMs are not merely representatives of the average structure of the corresponding GO subnetwork. The uneven distribution of essential proteins is also observed even when the corresponding GO process is extremely enriched in essential proteins such as rRNA metabolic process (GO:0016072) or transcription initiation (GO:0006352). The percentage of essential proteins among network nodes annotated to either one of these two processes is more than 80%, and all COBIMs are selected as ECOBIMs. The process with the next highest percentage of essential proteins, transcription from RNA polymerase III promoter (GO:0006383), contains both types of COBIMs. Interestingly, for this process, all ECOBIM nodes are essential, but none of the remaining COBIM nodes is. In fact, if a GO process contains both ECOBIM and non-ECOBIM COBIMS, then such polarization is frequent albeit rarely that extreme (Table 9). Removal of any protein from a Complex Biological Module is expected to perturb or even disable the whole module. Thus, within a large spectrum of essential GO processes, a cell can tolerate large perturbations of some modules but very little perturbations of ECOBIMs.\n\nThis last observation can also explain the poor correlation between degree and essentiality in Y2H networks, as it indicates that ECOBIMs are likely to contain large, stable multiprotein modules, typically multiprotein complexes. However, interactions recovered by the Y2H technique correspond to physical contacts and as such do not encompass all members of a complex. Moreover, due to its binary nature, the Y2H technique may completely miss interactions in complexes that require cooperative binding [34].\n\nDiscussion\n\nThe enrichment of high-degree nodes in essential proteins, known as the centrality-lethality rule, suggests that the topological prominence of a protein in a protein interaction network may be a good predictor of its biological importance. There exist numerous measures of topological prominence, called network centrality indices; local centrality indices assign centrality values based on the topology of the node's local neighborhood, whereas betweenness centrality indices assign centrality values based on the node's role in maintaining the connectivity between pairs of other nodes in the network. Even though by definition degree centrality is a local measure, depending on the structure of the network, hubs may play an important role in maintaining the overall connectivity of the network. In this paper we sought to identify the main topological determinant of essentiality and to give a biological explanation for the connection between the network topology and essentiality.\n\nTo address this question we performed a rigorous analysis of six protein interaction networks for Saccharomyces cerevisiae compiled from diverse sources of interaction evidence. To clarify the topological roles of essential proteins in general and essential hubs in particular, we compared degree centrality to other local and betweenness centrality indices. We found that while in some networks high-degree nodes are as important in maintaining the overall network connectivity as nodes having high betweenness centrality values, this property is not due to essential proteins. On the contrary, essential proteins are indistinguishable in that respect from nonessential proteins having the same degree distribution. We also found that degree centrality is a better predictor of essentiality than any other measure tested and that correlation of betweenness indices with essentiality is entirely due to their correlation with degree centrality. Thus, we conclude that the topological determinant of essentiality is the node's local neighborhood rather than its role in maintaining the overall connectivity of the network.\n\nNext we examined whether the essential interactions model, recently proposed to explain the centrality-lethality rule, is valid in the tested networks. We found that the model's central assumption that the majority of proteins are essential due to their involvement in one or more essential protein interactions, which are distributed uniformly at random along the edges of the network, violates basic clustering patterns of essential proteins in the networks that we examined. The uniform distribution of essential protein interactions implies that, as long as two proteins do not interact, the essentiality of one protein in the pair is independent of the essentiality of the other protein. However, in real protein interaction networks the essentiality of pairs of proteins that share many neighbors is correlated, and the number of nonadjacent protein pairs that share three or more neighbors and are either both essential or both nonessential significantly deviates from the expected number of such pairs under the model. Consequently, we rejected the essential interactions explanation with high confidence. We stress that we do not reject the existence of essential protein interactions but rather the assumption that these interactions are evenly distributed along the edges of the network and explain the degree distribution of essential proteins.\n\nThe above observations led us to propose an alternative explanation for the centrality-lethality rule. Our explanation builds on a growing body of evidence that gene knock-out phenotypes for genes whose gene products are members of the same multiprotein complex are correlated [16],[17]. In particular, Hart et al. demonstrated that essential proteins are not distributed evenly among the set of automatically identified multiprotein complexes; rather there are \u201csurprisingly\u201d many complexes where the majority of members are essential and \u201csurprisingly\u201d many complexes where the majority of members are not essential [17]. Here we hypothesized and then computationally confirmed that the same phenomenon holds for potentially larger groups of densely connected and functionally related proteins that we called Complex Biological Modules and abbreviated as COBIMs. But more importantly, we were able to demonstrate that membership in ECOBIMs, those COBIMs that are enriched in essential proteins, provides a good explanation for the correlation between degree and essentiality in the protein interaction networks considered in this study. In particular, we showed that non-ECOBIM hubs are depleted in essential proteins and for non-ECOBIM proteins the correlation between degree and essentiality is greatly reduced. Moreover, by applying suitable randomization protocols we showed that the different characteristics of ECOBIM and non-ECOBIM hubs (or in general ECOBIM and non-ECOBIM proteins) are not a mere consequence of their degrees or the particular computational method that we adopted for selecting the ECOBIMs.\n\nIn the past, several attempts were made to classify high-degree nodes using additional biological data to obtain a deeper insight into biological and physiological properties that hubs were reported to possess. Here we discuss how our findings fit the results reported in two such studies [35],[36]. Han et al. utilized mRNA expression data to classify hubs into party and date hubs, where the party hubs show a significant agreement in the mRNA expression levels, or are coexpressed, with their interacting partners, whereas the date hubs are not coexpressed with their neighbors [35]. The removal of the date hubs was observed to shatter the network much more efficiently than the removal of party hubs. On the basis of this and other observations made in the paper, the date hubs were proposed to \u201c\u2026participate in a wide range of integrated connections required for the global organization of biological modules in the whole proteome network\u2026\u201d However, the fraction of essential proteins among the party hubs was even slightly higher than that among the date hubs. This is consistent with one of the conclusions made in this paper, namely, essentiality is not a byproduct of the node's ability to maintain the overall connectivity of the network. Furthermore, it has been proposed that \u201cparty hubs represent integral elements within distinct modules\u201d and \u201ctend to function at a lower level of the organization of the proteome\u201d [35]. Such a description is consistent with the properties COBIM hubs where COBIMs hubs are explicitly defined as hubs that are members of highly connected modules. Similarly to the party hubs, the average enrichment of COBIM hubs in essential proteins is slightly higher than that of non-COBIM hubs (data not shown). We also demonstrated that essential proteins clearly cluster within ECOBIMs rather than being uniformly distributed over all COBIMs.\n\nIn the second study Kim et al. utilized structural data to classify hubs into singlish-interface and multiinterface hubs, where singlish-interface hubs would interact with their partners through one or two distinct interfaces, whereas the multiinterface hubs would interact with their partners through three or more distinct interfaces [36]. In this case, however, the classification produced significantly different enrichment levels, with a multiinterface hub being twice as likely to be essential as a singlish-interface hub or an average network node. The authors suggested that multiinterface hubs most likely correspond to members of large and stable multiprotein complexes. Consequently, this would imply that stable multiprotein complexes are enriched in essential proteins. This view is consistent with the results of this paper with additional caveats as discussed below.\n\nIt is well known that certain biological functions essential for the cell depend on large multiprotein complexes. (Consider, for example, RNA Polymerase II transcription machinery [33] or ribosome biogenesis and assembly [37].) Indeed, many ECOBIMs indentified by our approach are associated with such processes. However, even within such essential processes, ECOBIMs distinguish themselves as being more enriched in essential proteins than the remaining proteins within the same process. The enrichment in essential proteins of non-ECOBIM COBIMs is usually at the same level and frequently significantly lower than the average enrichment within the corresponding GO process. Thus, within a large spectrum of essential GO processes, a cell can tolerate large perturbations of non-ECOBIM modules but very little perturbation of ECOBIMs. Some COBIMs do not contain any essential proteins. In such a case, the whole module can be nonessential, and the fact that a cell can tolerate the removal of any of member of such a COBIM does not exclude the possibility that this COBIM corresponds to a stable complex.\n\nMaterials and Methods\n\nNetwork Centrality Indices\n\nIn this work we compare the degree centrality measure to two other local measures (eigenvector centrality (EC) [28] and subgraph centrality (SC) [29]) and to two betweenness measures (shortest-path betweenness centrality (SPBC) [30] and current-flow betweenness centrality (CFC) [31]).\n\nThe computation of the eigenvector centrality values can be cast as an iterative process: (i) start with an initial vector of centrality scores ; (ii) in iteration k+1 update the centrality score of a node i using the scores of its neighbors from the previous iteration and then normalize the scores . It can be shown that this process converges to the eigenvector that corresponds to the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of the network.\n\nThe subgraph centrality value of a node is equal to the number of closed walks that start and terminate at the node. As there is an infinite number of such walks, to obtain finite index values the number of closed walks of length k is weighted by 1/k!. Therefore, short walks dominate the subgraph centrality values.\n\nFor the shortest-path betweenness index, the node's centrality value is equal to the average fraction of shortest paths that pass through the node.\n\nThe current-flow centrality measure extends the shortest-path centrality measure by taking into account other paths in addition to shortest paths. This is achieved through a current-flow paradigm where the network is viewed as a resistor network with each edge having a unit capacity. For every pair of nodes s and t, one unit of current is shipped from s to t, and the centrality of a node is set to the average amount of current that passes through that node.\n\nWe demonstrate the difference between the five centrality measures on a toy network in Figure 1A. In this network two cliques K50 and K10 are interconnected by an edge (A1, B1) and through a node D. The nodes of K50 are labeled A1\u2026A50, and the nodes of K10 are labeled B1\u2026B10. An additional node C attaches to K50 through A2. Figure 1B shows the ranking of network nodes based on the centrality values assigned by the five centrality measures.\n\nNetwork Integrity Measures\n\nWe introduced two measures, which we call network integrity measures, to capture various effects of node removal on the ability of other nodes to communicate. An integrity measure maps a set of nodes, S, to a value between 0 and 1, with the value of 0 being assigned when the removal of S completely disrupts the communication and the value of 1 being assigned when it causes no disruption. Our first measure, shortest-path integrity, quantifies the increase in the length of the shortest path due to the removal of S and is given by , where d(s,t) is the length of the shortest path between s and t in the original network, ds(s,t) is the length of the shortest path between s and t after the removal of S, and C is a constant. In this work we chose the value of C to be twice the diameter of the original network. Our second measure, edge-disjoint paths integrity, quantifies the decrease in the number of edge-disjoint paths and is given by , where fs(s,t) is the number of edge-disjoint paths between s and t in the modified network and f(s,t) is this value in the original network.\n\nEstimating the Parameters of the Essential Protein Interactions Model\n\nTo evaluate the model on the tested networks we used three strategies to estimate the model's parameters: a network simulation procedure, line fitting to points (log(1\u2212PE), k) for k\u2264k0, and weighted line fitting to points (log(1\u2212PE), k) for all values of k. (In weighted line fitting, the contribution of (log(1\u2212PE), k) to the error function is weighted by the fraction of nodes having degree k.) The first two strategies are described by He et al. [9]. They deem the agreement of parameter values estimated using the network simulation and line fitting strategies to be one of the strongest indications for the validity of the model. But in the tested networks the parameter values estimated using different strategies, as shown in Table S4, vary considerably.\n\nThe Method for Automatic Identification of ECOBIMs\n\nOur method for automatic extraction of putative ECOBIMs is applied to subnetworks induced by proteins annotated with the same biological process GO term. In this work we used a set of 192 biological process terms, which were selected by a group of experts to represent relevant aspects of molecular biology. Thus, the method was applied to 192 subnetworks, one subnetwork at a time.\n\nFrom each GO subnetwork the method extracts groups of densely connected proteins. An ideal dense network is a clique, a complete network where every pair of nodes is adjacent. Over the years various generalizations of the clique concept were proposed in the literature to model a wider set of dense networks. Here we adopt one such generalization based on k-connectivity. We say that a pair of nodes is k-connected if there are k node-disjoint paths in the network between them. We say that a network is k-connected if every pair of nodes is k-connected. For example, a (k+1)-clique, a clique with (k+1) nodes, is k-connected. In fact, it is the smallest k-connected graph.\n\nOur method utilizes the following approach to find regions of GO subnetworks that are k-connected: start with a seed that is a (k+1)-clique and iteratively extend the seed through addition of proteins that have at least k neighbors already in the seed. In addition to being k-connected our COBIMs satisfy the following property: nodes can be removed from a COBIM one by one such that the network induced by the remaining nodes is still k-connected. We note that not every k-connected network has this property. Consider, for example, a cycle. The cycle is 2-connected. However, removal of any node results in a path which is 1-connected. The value of parameter k was chosen so that the fraction of COBIM nodes is about 25% of the number of nodes in the network. As shown in Table S5 this results in the following values of k for the tested networks: for the DIP CORE network k = 3, for the LC and HC networks k = 4, for the TAP-MS network k = 11, for the BAYESIAN network k = 4, and for the Y2H network k = 1. We also sampled values of k in the neighborhood of selected values and found that the results reported in this paper are however robust with respect to the selected value of k. We note that approaches similar to ours have been previously used by Palla et al [38] and Chesler et al. [39].\n\nOnce the COBIMs are computed, the method selects a subset of COBIMs based on the distribution of essential proteins among the COBIM nodes. Namely, the heuristic selects all COBIMs with a fraction of essential proteins that is significantly higher than what would be expected from a uniform distribution of essential genes among the COBIM nodes. More specifically, a COBIM with n nodes and m essential nodes is selected iff:where N is the total number of COBIM nodes and M is the number of essential COBIM nodes.\n\nECOBIMs and their member genes. For every tested protein interaction network we list the automatically identified ECOBIMs. For each ECOBIM the following information is shown: the corresponding GO biological process term/terms, number of essential genes, number of genes, and the names of member genes.\n\nEnrichment of ECOBIM and non-ECOBIM COBIM nodes for GO subnetworks in the LC, HC, TAP-MS, BAYESIAN, and Y2H networks. For each GO subnetwork that contributed at least one ECOBIM the fraction of essential proteins among the subnetwork nodes, subnetwork ECOBIM nodes and subnetwork non-ECOBIM COBIM nodes is shown.\n\nThe parameters of the essential protein interaction model. We use three strategies to estimate the parameters, \u03b1 and \u03b2, of the essential protein interaction model: the network simulation as described in the original paper (simulation), line fitting to points for as described in the original paper (line fitting), and weighted line fitting to points for all values of k (weighted line fitting).\n\nThe number of COBIM and ECOBIMs nodes as a function of the parameter . The number of nodes that belong to one or more COBIMs (ECOBIMs) depends on the value of the parameter k. For small values of k the COBIMs (ECOBIMs) output by our algorithm are larger than the COBIMs (ECOBIMs) identified for bigger values of k and therefore contain more network nodes. Here the exact dependency is shown for a range of parameter values. For each protein interaction network the fraction of network nodes that are members of one or more COBIMs (ECOBIMs) is shown. For each network we selected a value of k that results in approximately 25% of network nodes being the members of COBIMs; the resulting fractions are shown in bold.\n\ndoi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000140.s006\n\n(0.03 MB DOC)\n\nAcknowledgments\n\nThe authors thank Eugene Koonin (NCBI) for valuable comments on the manuscript.\n\nAuthor Contributions\n\nConceived and designed the experiments: EZ TMP. Performed the experiments: EZ. Analyzed the data: EZ DPO TMP. Wrote the paper: EZ. Contributed the algorithm for efficient computation of edge-disjoint path integrity measure: JM. Contributed to designing the experiments and writing the paper: DPO. Participated in writing the paper: TP."}
-{"text": "'Hi, do you have water?' In a Central Calif. town, answer is often no.\n\nThe grandmother sat outside in her Sunday best next to a house with peeling paint, her canned iced tea resting on top of a washing machine that didn't work. She'd been without running water for four months.\n\nUp an easy-to-miss dirt road, a 70-year-old woman moved 5-gallon jugs of water into her single-wide trailer. It was hard because she was weak from chemotherapy. Her water had stopped coming out of the tap three months ago.\n\nAt the elementary school, a kitchen worker talked about all the children who were coming to school dirty.\n\nThis scattered Tulare County community may be the hardest-hit place in California's punishing drought. Of its 7,300 people, almost 1,000 have no running water.\n\nBut few knew that until Donna Johnson, 72, started counting.\n\nDuring a week when the temperature reached 106, Johnson drove her purple PT Cruiser past \"Beware of dog\" signs and up side roads that looked long-deserted. She found mobile homes hidden behind other buildings. She said to her newfound neighbors, \"Hi. Do you have water?\"\n\nAgain and again, the answer was no.\n\n::\n\nWhen Johnson's well ran dry in June, she and her husband, Howard, had no idea they were part of something bigger.\n\n\"I'd heard 'California drought!' on the news,\" she said. \"But I guess I was just oblivious to how bad it had gotten.\"\n\nAt the local gas station where everyone stops for a cold soda, Johnson tuned in to the conversations.\n\n\"It was all, 'So-and-so's well ran dry,'\" she said.\n\nNo public agency was keeping track. Until this week, California was the only Western state that didn't regulate groundwater, including an estimated 600,000 private, domestic wells mostly in more rural regions such as the Central Valley. Groundwater levels here have plunged by 60 feet or more in some spots, and tens of thousands of wells are in danger.\n\nIn July, Johnson decided to put together a list of people out of water in East Porterville. She figured that while she was at it, she should bring them water.\n\nThe Porterville Recorder ran an article that gave her phone number and address and said she was collecting bottled water for drought victims. The next day there were pallets of plastic bottles under her tarp carport.\n\nJohnson deputized Matt Rogers, a 19-year-old former neighbor, as her right-hand man to make the deliveries. The calls from people needing water came as quickly as the donated bottles.\n\n\"Families would call at midnight and say, 'We're completely out of water,' and we'd go take them some,\" Rogers said. \"I'd tell them it was a lot of work for a 72-year-old woman, but Donna got mad and told me to stop telling people her age.\"\n\nStill, the growing numbers and nonstop deliveries were taking a toll.\n\n\"I'd come home at night and cry,\" Johnson said. \"I thought 'What are these people supposed to do?' They could be dying for lack of water and just get brushed under the carpet.\"\n\n::\n\nFor months, scores of people had called the county, the next-door city of Porterville and the local water district to report dry wells. The answer was always the same: This agency isn't responsible for wells on private property.\n\nBut officials hadn't realized how many people were desperate.\n\nLast month, volunteers, firefighters and county workers delivered a three-week emergency supply of drinking water to 300 homes.\n\nIn front of an East Porterville fire station, a storage tank was filled with water from a city hydrant that residents could use for bathing and flushing toilets. Signs warned in English and Spanish: \"Do not use this water for drinking.\"\n\nNonprofit agencies began coordinating donations, grants and deliveries. Johnson was no longer a solo force. But she didn't stop her daily water runs.\n\n\"They're working their bejesus off at County Emergency Services,\" Johnson said. \"But you've got to understand a place like East Porterville. Not everyone is going to fill out paperwork, and some people are hard to find.\"\n\nOn a day when the heat was pressing down like a waffle iron, Johnson and Rogers loaded up shrink-wrapped cases of bottled water.\n\nJohnson pulled her lace-trimmed cowboy hat low. Her sunglasses had zebra stripes and rhinestones. She had elephants on her shirt and an elephant hanging from her rear-view mirror.\n\n\"Elephants this week. Next week it might be angels or horses,\" she said.\n\nShe used to be fickle about men too, until she married Howard, a physical therapist who prefers to stay in the background. They share a love of horses and 20 years ago bought a place with a corral in East Porterville, outside city limits.\n\n\"Did you guys even know that they say if you live on the east side, you're nothing?\" Rogers asked her.\n\n\"Nobody's nothing,\" Johnson answered.\n\n::\n\nOn a lawn as pale and scratchy as a hay bale, 9-year-old Destiny Carrillo attempted a cartwheel while her grandfather, Raul Carrillo, a house painter, watched.\n\n\"Hi, do you have water?\" Johnson asked, pulling into their driveway.\n\n\"A little,\" he said. \"But if two people take a shower, it's done.\"\n\nEight people lived in the tidy home. Destiny's mother, Veronica Carrillo, stepped out on a porch decorated with a small pot of geraniums.\n\n\"Thank you for the water. We didn't know where to go. We're grateful,\" she said, smoothing her daughter's hair.\n\nOn the next block, Manuel Dominguez, 84, didn't answer his door right away.\n\nDominguez came around the corner from the backyard, where he had been working on the pump of his well.\n\n\"He still doesn't want to believe that the ground is out of water,\" said his girlfriend, Gloria Acosta, 65, coming up the driveway with a stack of bottled water.\n\nShe used to bring 3 gallons of drinking water a day from her home in Porterville, but her landlord found out and put a stop to it. He was afraid it would run up his water bill. Now she has bought three cases of 24 bottles of water on sale for $7.98.\n\n\"Plus $2.38 CRV,\" she said. You keep track of stuff like that when you live on Social Security and baby-sitting money. Johnson added another 24-pack of water.\n\nDominguez's daughter Angie Nunagray came through the door with a 5-gallon jug of water for washing dishes. She cleans her father's house every day, being sure not to disturb his stacks of books, the loaded rifles propped in the corner or his collection of scissors covering one wall \u2014 because a man can never have too many scissors.\n\n\"I vacuum and dust, but you can't get it really clean without water,\" she said.\n\nDown a dirt road, a schoolgirl carrying a flute case unchained a dog and they went for a walk, kicking up dust. A man washed his hands in a bucket of water. Places lucky enough to have a small pool of underground water had green lawns.\n\nMarcella Ramirez, 70, had heard Johnson's car coming and was waiting with an ancient dolly outside her trailer. Wire flowers sprouted from the top of a chain-link fence. An American flag windsock drifted from a sagging carport. A miniature wishing well \u2014 it was dry \u2014 sat on bare dirt.\n\n\"Matt can carry it in,\" Johnson told her.\n\nRamirez agreed, but emphasized that she was strong enough to wheel the water in herself if she had to. She said she was a lucky woman. The last year was tough \u2014 her brother died, she fought cancer and the well ran dry in June. But she feels healthy now, her hair grew back, and look at her nice SUV.\n\n\"I didn't go to school or nothing and I got a car and a driver's license,\" she said. \"I made a good deal and I can't even read or write.\"\n\nJohnson's eyebrows lifted.\n\n\"Marcella, do you have those forms from the county for water deliveries? Do you need help filling them out?\"\n\nOn the hood of Ramirez's car they puzzled over which boxes to check.\n\n\"Are you multiethnicity?\" Johnson asked.\n\n\"Multi what?\" Ramirez said. \"I don't know what that means.\"\n\nBack on the road, Johnson talked about the last time she'd seen rain.\n\n\"It was months ago. I was where I used to have lavender and so many flowers. I watched it dry up before it hit the ground.\"\n\nOn the main road through town, a mother gave her 6-year-old daughter a bath \u2014 in her clothes, in a blue plastic drum of nonpotable water. The girl giggled and ducked her head underwater to get out the shampoo.\n\nNearby, a tree swing swayed in a stir of hot air. Stairs led to the place where a trailer had once been, until a well ran dry and another family moved away to search for water."}
-{"text": "\u201c\u2026President Obama has asked us to sign the bill by the end of the year on Justice Reform\u2026\u201d \u2013 Alicia Keys. With 1 million signatures we could start to see change in the justice system. Over 1million fathers are behind bars, a large portion of those fathers are men of colour. Alicia Keys, and TheBLACKMedia is asking you to SIGN THE PETITION Over 200,000 and counting, let\u2019s start getting some of these men out of jail and show them that compassion and rehabilitation outside of prison works!! If Corey Booker, And Alicia Keys and so many more can contribute to change, so can you.\n\nIt\u2019s over 30,000 dollars to keep one person in prison, why not develop a system outside of prison that actually reforms an ex-criminal thats cost effective, and humanly effective? The prison industry, yes industry, which means someone somewhere is making billions of dollars off of more men imprisoned, must change and it starts with you\u2026WATCH:\n\nA word from #WeAreHere:\n\n\u201c\u2026We Are Here is partnering with #cut50 to host this petition as part of their campaign for #JusticeReformNOW. Join the hundreds of thousands who have already put their name onto this petition.\n\nOur Justice System is broken, and the stats are striking.\n\nThe US spends $80 billion a year to incarcerate 2.2 million people.\n\n70 Million Americans have a criminal record.\n\n1 out of every 100 Americans is behind bars.\n\nBut most tragic, we believe, is that 2.7 million American children currently have at least 1 incarcerated parent.\n\nWe also believe that we have a critical moment of opportunity to create change.\n\nRight now, both houses of Congress have introduced comprehensive justice reform legislation. The Senate recently announced the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, which would reform federal prison sentencing, reduce automatic and harsh punishments, and increase support for rehabilitation programs.\n\nThat bill was followed by companion legislation in the U.S. House, the Sentencing Reform Act. These reforms join other proposals including the SAFE Justice Act, which would implement broad based, system-wide reforms to curtail over-criminalization, enhance rehabilitation, and support individuals\u2019 re-entry into society.\n\nWe are closer than ever, but we need your help. The President has asked us to help him get a bill across his desk before the end of the year\u2026WE ARE HERE\u201c"}
-{"text": "Petty offences like theft led to bigger and worse things for Dibra who grew up in the Sunshine area.\n\nAt age fifteen he started with theft.\n\nAt sixteen he was charged with driving recklessly and dangerously.\n\nOne year later, at age eighteen, he was caught in possession with a drug of dependence.\n\nLess than two months later he was convicted and fined after resisting police and escaping lawful custody.\n\nThe detective who first arrested him told the Herald Sun: \"Even then he was likening himself to a gangster. He loved that lifestyle. He was a funny guy and nothing seemed to faze him. When I charged him once and asked him if there was anything he wanted to say, he said, 'I'm young, I'm sweet and I'm innocent.'\"\n\nDibra went on to add more serious charges to his docket: reckless conduct endangering life, and reckless and unlicensed driving.\n\nBy mid-1994 he was charged for assaulting police and using and possessing cannabis.\n\nThe nineteen year old then faced charges of making a threat to kill, threatening to inflict serious injury and unlawful drug possession. He was jailed and fined.\n\nOn October 15, 1996, Dibra, who pumped his stocky frame, full of steroids, was imprisoned after he went berserk while driving.\n\nHe was sentenced to 18 months jail, fined $2500 and ordered off the road for five years.\n\nDibra failed in an attempt to appeal against the convictions but was released less than a year later.\n\nIn mid 1997 and in October that year he was handed more jail time for unlicensed and careless driving and failing to answer bail.\n\nDuring his early twenties, police say Dibra was running a stolen car racket with friend\nRocco\nArico\n\nThe racket allegedly involved re-building registered cars with the bodies and parts of stolen ones.\n\nWhen not buying new cars at auction for the clean framework, police have been told, the two were out extorting nightclub patrons for their car keys.\n\nDibra was known to fancy himself as an\nAlphonse Gangitano-type, the mob leader of his own little crime world.\n\nThe walls of his bedroom were covered with framed pictures of Scarface and characters from crime movies like Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction.\n\nHe once explained outside Melbourne Magistrates' Court what made him tick: \"Mate, I've just watched Reservoir Dogs too many times.\"\n\nPolice believe Dibra was dealing in cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines and ran a stolen car racket.\n\nContempt first manifested itself in his early years.\n\nAs a teenager, he would ride an unregistered motorbike past divisional vans trying to bait them into pursuits.\n\nCareer criminal\nCharlie Hegyalji\nwas shot and killed\non November 23, 1998, at 1.00am.\n\nSeveral shots were pumped into his head at close range.\n\nHegyalji had spent the day drinking beers and brandy with a few associates at the London Tavern in Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield, the Grosvenor Hotel on the Nepean Highway, St Kilda and the Newmarket Hotel in Inkerman St, St Kilda.\n\nThroughout the day, Hegyalji tried to contactDino Dibra via payphone.\n\n\"Charlie made a few calls to a guy called Nino or Dino and asked him to come down to the pub, but the guy never turned up,\" a witness told detectives. \"I thought Charlie may have wanted to buy some drugs.\"\n\nHegyalji arrived home in a taxi where a waiting gunman shot him four times.\n\nOn December 6, 1998, Dibra and four others were involved in a shooting at the Dome nightclub in Prahran.\n\n\"They were both involved in shooting incidents...and numerous hydroponic cannabis crops in houses in the Sunshine area.\"\n\nIn March 1999, detectives and members of the Special Operations Group pounced.\n\nDibra and others were arrested during mobile intercepts.\n\nPolice raided Dibra's home and found a cannabis crop along with a loaded .45 pistol and .22 sawn-off rifle.\n\nDetectives charged him with drug offences and possession of firearms.\n\nHe was bailed on the condition he report twice daily to police.\n\nBy May 1999, according to police intelligence, Dibra was back to his hydroponic cannabis business, with Veniamin his partner in crime.\n\nDibra, and\nRocco Arico\nwere among several men charged over the bashing and stabbing of a man forced at gun point into the boot of a car on August 2, 1999.\n\nIn this case the victim, one of Arico's associate's brothers, was kidnapped in broad daylight in the northern suburb of Ardeer.\n\nThe victim was punched, kicked and pistol whipped in an extortion attempt.\n\nAfter the initial kidnapping, Dibra, Arico of Albion St Brunswick, then 22 and manager of a Lygon Street pool hall, and associates\nTerrence Chimirri\nand Salih Kocoglu had to chase their victim who activated an emergency switch to open the boot.\n\nHe jumped from the moving vehicle and the four chased him and bundled him back into the car in front of flabbergasted onlookers.\n\nThey took him to Dibra's Taylors Lakes house.\n\nBut police had installed phone and video bugs as part of the investigation into the Dome Nightclub shooting.\n\nThe kidnap gang attempted to extort $20,000 from the victim's brother.\n\nThis was whittled down to $5000 by the time police raided the house.\n\nThe victim was still in the boot of the car when they arrived.\n\nDibra, Arico and\nChimirri\nwere arrested the next day and Kocoglu soon after.\n\nArico was bailed on those charges when prosecution witnesses did not attend court.\n\nIn December 2001, the County Court was told that much of the action surrounding the kidnapping was caught by police surveillance cameras.\n\nOn August 6, 1999, Dibra was arrested with another two men.\n\nThis was over the 1998 bouncer shooting at the Dome nightclub.\n\nOn June 15, 2000, Dibra's associate\nMark Moran\nwas murdered - shot out the front of his Aberfelde home.\n\nAccording to a Channel 10 news report in April 2002, Dibra was the prime suspect in the shooting.\n\nOn July 15, 2000, Dibra was driving a car involved in a minor accident in Taylors Lakes which resulted in the victim being shot five times.\n\nAgain, in the company of\nRocco Arico, now on bail for the August 1999 incident, the pair were driving cars which cut off another vehicle.\n\nIn the ensuing argument, Arico shot the man several times with an automatic pistol.\n\nThe road rage shooting victim had been offered cash to say that he'd incorrectly identified Arico, senior-detective Darren Dean later said when he opposed Arico's bail.\n\nArico\nwas arrested on July 17, 2000, at Melbourne Airport trying to board a flight to Perth.\n\nHe had $100,000 of cocaine in a bag in his pocket.\n\nOn October 14, 2000, Dibra, 25, was blasted to death outside a home in Krambruk St, West Sunshine.\n\nPolice said his death was no surprise.\n\nDet-Insp Allen of the Homicide Squad later said that Dibra was shot several times after visiting friends and associates.\n\nMore than one weapon was believed to have been used.\n\nOn the night of his murder, neighbours of Dibra told the Herald Sun they saw several men running around and yelling as shots were fired about 9.15pm.\n\nOne local resident, who did not want to be named, said he heard two distinct types of gunshots and believed the death took place in an exchange of bullets.\n\n\"There were about six shots, then a car load of men drove off. It sounded like two different guns going off. The last three shots were louder than the first three.''\n\nAnother neighbour said: \"It sounded like fire crackers at one stage then a car took off and that was it.''\n\nDet-Insp. Andrew Allen, of the homicide squad, said it was unclear whether more than one weapon was used.\n\nHe said a number of people at the house during the shooting were helping police with their inquiries.\n\nDibra was known to have made many enemies in his brief and wild life, police sources said, \"there would be plenty of suspects. He has been so violent to so many people in the past.\"\n\nPurana Taskforce detectives say Veniamin was there as an enemy when Dibra was gunned down by an interstate hitman.\n\nDetective Inspector Andrew Allen later said \"We believe there's up to three people involved, but we believe we know the identity of one of those gunmen now. We are quite confident in saying this is not the only murder he has committed.\"\n\nOn Friday June 22, 2001, Mick Dewhurst was set a maximum of 18 months jail his part in the Dome nightclub shooting.\n\nJustice Coldrey said that Dewhurst had many prior convictions.\n\nOn December 17, 2001,\nArico\nand\nChimirri\npleaded guilty to kidnapping for ransom after police revealed the tapes and bugs in Dibra's home at the time of the incident in August 1999.\n\nThe\ncourt heard that Dibra was the architect of the daylight kidnapping.\n\nAricowas jailed in June 2001 for nine years with a minimum of seven over the road-rage shooting in July 2000.\n\nIn December 2001 his minimum sentence was increased after he admitted to the kidnapping.\n\nOn April 21, 2002, it was revealed in the Herald Sun that police believed three people were involved in the execution of Dibra.\n\nDet-Insp Andrew Allen, of the Homicide Squad, said police had made a recent breakthrough.\n\n\"The homicide investigators have established that three people are involved in this execution murder and someone out there holds the key to solving this violent crime,\" he said.\n\nDet-Insp Allen said someone knew the trio and urged them to break the \"wall of silence\" which had confronted detectives during their 18-month inquiry.\n\n\"It's quite likely that they may have been known to him or known to people who perhaps he was visiting that night. No descriptions were available of the suspected killers and their sex was unknown, Det-Insp Allen said.\n\nDibra's family also pleaded for information.\n\nIn September 2003, the Herald Sun reported that recently murdered gangsters\nNik Radev\nand Sam Zayat\nwere considered prime suspects over the murder of Dibra."}
-{"text": "2012 Billboard Music Award Winners: Casting Crowns and Laura Story\n\nRadio Friend Phil \u2013 LAURA STORY and CASTING CROWNS took home the Christian awards in last night\u2019s 2012 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.STORY\u2019s song \u201cBlessings\u201d won Top Christian Song. \u201cMany thanks to the fans that continue to request this song, talk about it on FACEBOOK and TWITTER, and buy it,\u201d said STORY. \u201cWe are awed by how God continues to use this little song to minister to so many.\u201d CASTING CROWNS received Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Album for COME TO THE WELL. \u201cWhat we do is inspired by our faith in Jesus, our home churches and the incredible people we get to interact with on the road. We feel honored that our music would be recognized in this way,\u201d said CASTING CROWNS lead singer MARK HALL."}
-{"text": "Windows 8.1 Universal medical app\n\nImplementing visual designs already completed by a designer, the requirement was to style XAML pages and controls, and create additional icon assets where desired.\n\nChallenges & approaches\n\nOnce the UI/UX designer had left the project, the responsibility was to ensure the essence of the design was maintained throughout the development process.\nThis meant that where the design may require adaptation, particularly when the UI responded to changing screen sizes and devices, the integrity of the design was retained.\n\nThe biggest challenge was adapting the designs across different form factors. The content consisted of many intricate pieces of dynamic data that resulted in complex tabular-style data and interactions.\nExtensive use was made of XAML grids and Visual State Manager to ensure the pages responded to changes from wide desktop to narrow views.\n\nWith the customer's developer working closely as part of the team, a scrum-based agile process, supported by Team Foundation Server, ensured the customer had all assets and styles required at the point of handover."}
-{"text": "Blog Note\n\nThis blog is a meander through my interests in and around the world of independent roleplaying. Due to spam bots I authorise people's responses to the posts here, so if your reply doesn't appear straight away, don't get frustrated. You might just need to wait a couple of days for me to log on again. If you're really passionate about your reply, send me an email and I'll make sure that your message gets through."}
-{"text": "My son was lynched by his Muslim friends: Mother of 14-year-old cries for justice\n\nMy son was lynched by his Muslim friends: Mother of 14-year-old cries for justice\n\nThe 14-year-old's mother says she received a ransom call for Rs 10,000 and was also made to hear her son, Yogesh's frightened wails on phone.\n\nadvertisement\n\nPriyanka Sharma\n\nNew Delhi\n\nJuly 16, 2017\n\nUPDATED: July 18, 2017 05:34 IST\n\nYogesh's mother alleged his Muslim friends, who held him hostage, had lynched him.\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\nYogesh (14) was found dead near the railway station last month.\n\nHe had sustained grievous injuries on his face and all over the body.\n\nThe autopsy revealed that he was battered brutally.\n\nA mysterious case of the murder of a 14-year-old boy has surfaced in the national Capital, with his mother alleging that he was held hostage and lynched by some Muslim friends.\n\nThe victim, identified as Yogesh Kumar, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near New Delhi Railway Station last month. Multiple injury marks were found all over his face and the body indicated that he was battered to death, doctors said. However, police remain tight-lipped over the cause of death considering it a communally sensitive matter.\n\nYogesh (14) was found in a pool of blood near the New Delhi Railway Station with blunt injuries on his face, back and neck.\n\nYogesh's body was brought to the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) by police for the postmortem examination on June 23. Doctors who conducted autopsy said the injuries on his body were clear signs of his being attacked with a sharp object. Victim's mother, Seema alleged it was case of lynching by his Muslim friends, who had demanded money from her while keeping Yogesh hostage. She even claimed that they made her hear Yogesh's voice for once who was trembling with fear.\n\nHIS MUSLIMS FRIENDS LYNCHED HIM\n\nRecalling the horrifying incident to Mail Today, she said, \"On June 23, Yogesh left home after he got a call from his friend Arif. He, along with other friends, including a girl Fatima, first kidnapped my son, later demanding Rs 10,000 from me. I was told that if money was not given on time, they will kill my son.\" \"The very next morning, I was told that my son was killed and thrown somewhere along the railway track near New Delhi station,\" Seema said. Yogesh's family lives in Shahadra's Meet Nagar. Despite being very young, he had been working to fetch money for his mother's treatment.\n\nHis mother works as a domestic help. Doctors, on the condition of anonymity told Mail Today, \"The body was hit brutally and had severe injuries on face, skull and back. It seemed that deceased was beaten up repeatedly with some objects like stone or a bottle. We could smell a case of lynching.\" An FIR was lodged in the case the next day which stated that the body was lying in a pool of blood. Broken pieces of glass bottles, a stone and few bricks were also reportedly found with traces of blood on it."}
-{"text": "Z-Stage Problems\n\nRecommended Posts\n\nTwo years ago i bought the original heated build plate for the Ultimaker original from ultimaker. Now a couple of weeks ago i was able to come back to 3D printing and install the new Z-Stage but now i have a Problem.\n\nThe first try to Print was horrible, the part was 10mm high in the design but the print was nearly 30mm high. Then i checked the Z movement by a sliding caliper and it was totally wrong.\n\nI Tried to figger out the correct steps/mm value but i think i'm not 100% correct. Currently is it to +200,6 but when I print designers higher the approximately 30mm the the bond of the layers go worse.\n\nSo could please give me somebody the information of the correct steps/mm setting an also oft he jumpering of the Z-Motor drive?\n\nPicked By\n\nUltimaker Cura 4.0 is mainly focused on the improved user interface and cloud integration.\nAs always, we want to collect your user feedback for this release. If there are any improvements you can think of, feel free to mention it here and help us to shape the next release."}
-{"text": "The Brand New 9.0KW Sauna Heater Stove w/Controller is suitable for all kinds of Transitional Saunas and Barrel Saunas. With our new sauna heater, you can easily improve any temperature dissatisfaction caused by infrared sauna and gain an amazing sauna experience anytime anywhere.\n\nThe NTS-200 Digital control panel is an elegant new-generation digital control panel. With NTS-200, you can control the functions of your Nature sauna heater easily. It allows you to control practically anything that can be electronically controlled: operating time, temperature, lighting and fan. The preset time function allows you to set your sauna to be ready for bathing by the time you come home from work or a jog. With a chrome-plated digital control panel, the style is in line with other details of modern saunas and bathrooms. With the super slim and flat design, the control panel can be installed in virtually any dry place and the installation could never be easier.\n\nFeatures:Dedicated electrical boxThe heater comes with a dedicated electrical box for all the big components and wiring's, which make slim digital control panel become possible. The sauna heater inside the sauna heater also becomes more reliable and moisture-proof.\n\nExceptionally efficient air-circulation systemExceptionally efficient air-circulation system which warms up the heater and the sauna quickly while producing an even temperature. Firm body design ensure the heater not expand or distort under heavy duty workload. Special Heat Deflector with Teflon coating directs the heat towards interior of room.\n\nHigh grade Teflon coated heating elements.Highly anti-corrosive and durable heating elements coated with Teflon. With sauna stone, you could sprinkle water onto it to increase the temperature and humidity, give you a totally different feeling!\n\nHigh-temperature cut-off protection.The temperature is regulated by the build-in thermostat, however if unexpected high temperature occurs, the High-Temperature protection device will cut off power supply of heater to give you maximum level of protection. You could manually reset the heater after temperature drops to normal level. The Nature sauna heater is designed to comply with local safety code and standard for US and Canada, where the protection circuit will cut off both fire wires when emergency happens.\n\nUpdated DIGITAL temperature sensor.The updated digital temperature sensor does not just look better, but it also allows you to control the room temperature much accurately.\n\nNew Water-proof connectorConnection is more stable and reliable even under moisture environment.\n\nAdjustable wall-mount bracket.The heater can be easily installed at any spot with the adjustable wall-mount bracket.\n\nORDER ONLINE NOW\n\nOR CALL 866-606-3991\n\nSpecifications:\n\nModel NTSB-90B\n\nDimensions: 4'' X 4.5'' X 1'' (Wide x Height x Depth) 10x11.5x2.5cm\n\nWeight: 0.5 lb (150g)\n\nTemperature display range:43 --221 \u2109 (6--105 \u2103 )\n\nTemperature setting range:95--212 \u2109 (35--100 \u2103 )\n\nWorking time range: 0~60 minutes or 'CH' Non-stop mode\n\nDisplay: Environmental temperature in Fahrenheit .\n\nIndicator for setting-temperature and remaining working time on a 1\u00a8C5 scale.\n\nIndicator for the heating elements and light status.\n\nOutput power 9000W (9KW)\n\nInput Voltage 240V\n\nCurrent: 37.5A\n\nRequired Breaker >45A\n\nSuitable for Up to 318~459 cubic feet well-insulated sauna room with at least 7' ceiling"}
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-{"text": "\u201cStung by a Bullet Ant\u201d brutal challenge taken up by Coyote Peterson\n\n\u201cPain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage\u201d. As true as this may be, it is one of the sensations that reminds us that we are still alive. Coyote Peterson embodies this through this video \u201cStung by a Bullet Ant\u201d.\n\nHe braves to complete the challenge to be stung by the bullet ant. This video, takes you on a beautiful, informative and though provoking journey. It takes you not just through the rainforests of Costa Rica but also human psyche. It breaks our illusions of a man\u2019s madness while redefining the scope of science to satisfy a human\u2019s curiosity."}
-{"text": "Nikka Whisky From the Barrel: Famous Japanese Whisky Comes to US\n\nNorth American whisky enthusiasts, particularly those who know the difference between whisky and whiskey, have long had a certain Japanese whisky on their mental lists of beverages to try. But Nikka Whisky From the Barrel has, until now, never been available in the US.\n\nNow, as you have probably guessed, Nikka Whisky From the Barrel is indeed coming to America. And here\u2019s Nikka\u2019s own description of what makes this whisky so special:\n\n\u201cThis is a blend of multiple types of malt and grain that Nikka reserves. Nikka From the Barrel was created to deliver full flavors and richness of whisky \u201cfrom barrels\u201d which only blenders can sniff and taste. As the whisky contains so many characteristic components at a higher alcohol of 51.4%, it is essential to let the liquid \u201cmarriage\u201d in used casks for 3-6 months for it to stabilize and harmonize. The concept of the unique short squared bottle is \u2018a small lump of whisky\u2019, which perfectly visualizes the rich and strong taste of the whisky inside.\u201d\n\nIn even better news, when Nikka From the Barrel makes it US store shelves next month, it will reportedly cost just $65 a barrel. Keen an eye out for it in August."}
-{"text": "Cardinal Pictures was founded on a simple premise: to reduce the barriers to filmmaking for students of any background or level of experience. We provide support, resources, and guidance for all aspects of the filmmaking process.\n\nWe are always accepting short film and creative project proposals! No prior experience is necessary to direct, and students of all class years can apply. Projects of all sorts are welcome, ranging from short, fun experiments to more ambitious narrative pieces.\n\nFor first-time filmmakers we advise shorter films that can be filmed in 1 weekend or a single day with runtimes below 5 minutes. Your first film does not need to be an epic!\n\nTo make a film, please submit the Initial Proposal Form, found here. Please attach your screenplay if you have one. We will match you with an Executive Producer, help find a crew, and assist in make your project happen!\n\nWe send emails about crew calls for student films, notices for upcoming events, and other on-campus film-related news! To sign up for emails, click this link and \"Apply for Membership\" to our Google Group.\n\nWant to check out gear, or just learn about what equipment we have? Review our gear calendar to see what's available, stop by The Workshop for gear office hours. Unsure what you need? Shoot us an email with details of your project and a gear manager will help you out.\n\nOUR VISION\n\nCardinal Pictures is always striving to serve the community better and in more varied ways. Our vision for the future is to establish ourselves as the main resource for student filmmaking on campus and foster a culture of inclusivity, learning, and collaboration. With time, we hope to become an indispensable element of the Wesleyan experience."}
-{"text": "Pangilinan leads SW poll\n\nPHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE \u2014 Seven candidates from the Genuine Opposition, three from Team Unity and two independents led in the latest survey of Senate aspirants released by Social Weather Stations Wednesday.\n\nReelectionist Sen. Francis Pangilinan, who had just been dropped by GO from its lineup, led the survey, with 56 percent of voters polled choosing him.\n\nThe SWS also noted significant changes in ranking from last November\u2019s survey. Pangilinan has moved from third to first; Villar, from seventh to third; Cayetano, from tied for fifth to tied-fourth; Escudero, from tenth to tied-sixth; Osme\u00f1a and Aquino, both from tied-12th to tied-ninth; Arroyo, from tied-12th to solo 12th; and Roco, from 17th to 16th.\n\nThe comparative ranking for November 2006 was adjusted to exclude names of those who did not file their candidacy for senator.\n\nThose who lost ground in the February survey were Legarda, who slid from first to second; Lacson, from second to tied-fourth; Sotto, from fourth to eighth; Recto, from tied-fifth to tied-sixth; Honasan, from tied-eighth to eleventh; Pimentel, from tied-eighth to 14th; Angara, from 11th to 13th; and Pichay, from 18th to 22nd (due to the entry of fresh candidates Zubiri, Gomez, Montano, Magsaysay and Coseteng).\n\nMangahas said the latest survey was conducted February 24-27 using the names of all 80 persons who filed their candidacy.\n\nSWS said it interviewed 1,200 adults divided into random samples of 300 each in Metro Manila, the Balance of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao [sampling error margins of \u00b13% for national percentages] .\u201d\n\nPangilinan, Legarda and Cayetano also fared well in surveys conducted by Pulse Asia and Ibon in January consistently landing in the top four including the latest from SWS."}
-{"text": "Nuits Sonores 2012 in pictures\n\nChristian Olofsson took his camera, Ryan Keeling his pen, to one of Europe's best festivals this past weekend, as Lyon's Nuits Sonores celebrated its tenth anniversary.\n\nThere is a funny story regarding the origins of Lyon's Nuits Sonores festival, which you may have heard. It concerns the French city's newly elected mayor being taken on a boozy night out with a group of local electronic music promoters. After visiting a dozen bars and music venues, talking to musicians and those involved with the scene, the mayor agreed to allow them to start a festival. This anecdote may seem merely like an amusing tidbit, but the events leading up to it and the basis of this relationship are vital to understanding Nuits Sonores and its ongoing vitality.\n\nBack in 2001 Lyon's nightlife was in an abject state. Promoters of any form of music were subject to constant pressure and restrictions from the local government. Parties were forced to close at 1:00 AM. Local DJs like S\u00e9bastien Devaud, AKA Agoria, were regularly being arrested for breaking laws on opening hours. The situation remained fairly bleak, until in March of that year socialist mayoral candidate G\u00e9rard Collomb came to power with a mandate to boost Lyon's nightlife and therefore its student population. The city's key cultural figures were gathered and asked to give their thoughts on improving the situation. A small group of people including Devaud and Vincent Carry (now the Nuits Sonores director) campaigned for a dedicated electronic music festival. Carry eventually convinced the mayor to join them on a night out, looking to give him a greater insight into their nocturnal culture. Ten years on and Collomb is still in office, and Nuits Sonores is France's most important electronic music event.\n\nVenues\n\nIt has been a gradual process, but the level of trust and integration the festival enjoys within the city is unparalleled; a fact that is immediately apparent upon arrival. Lyon's stunning main square\u2014the Place des Terreaux\u2014serves as Nuits Sonores' central hub, which includes H\u00f4tel de Ville, its 17th century-built city hall. Parties take place in any imaginable space right across the city, with no apparent restrictions on sound. This has led to an almost overwhelming five-day program.\n\nThe main NS day (Hotel-Dieu) and night (Aciennes Usines Brossette) venues provided welcome focal points, which, in line with Nuits Sonores' commendably progressive approach, change each year. Sections of the far-reaching Hotel-Dieu building date back to the 15th century and it was an active hospital until 2010. Stages were erected in two of its splendid main courtyards, hosting a program which split its time between house/techno/bass and more indie/band-orientated entertainment. Brossette, a former factory, had the look and feel of Sonar's gargantuan night venue, Fira Gran Via, albeit in a more manageable form. Nuits Sonores production credentials were most closely tested here\u2014and in the main succeeded\u2014with giant projections, stadium-sized stages and more than adequate (save for the third space) soundsystems.\n\nIn addition to the daytime action at Hotel-Dieu, a different outdoor space was utilized each day for a free one-off party, Ap\u00e9ro Sonore. Locations ranged from a wooden shack in a sun-filled park decorated with bunting, to a weighty dub soundsystem parked on a rain-swept street, to Isloee playing live in front of thousands in Place des C\u00e9lestins, one of the city's central squares. In all cases there was a harmonious mix of mainly French club kids and curious locals. Friday night's Circuit Electronique saw 13 Lyon venues host parties, each loosely themed on a different city. It was difficult to draw any conclusions as to the state of the city's permanent club infrastructure (unless you had a driver handy) but the two we visited\u2014La Platforme and First\u2014seemed to suggest that the range runs from intimate and interesting to mainstream and trashy.\n\nMini Sonores / Extras\n\nMini Sonores spoke to the lengths that the festival has gone to integrate itself into the wider Lyon community. Parents brought their children to one of Hotel-Dieu's many courtyards to enjoy a surf rock soundtrack, a mini DJing school and various other bits of interactive fun.\n\nThe Extra! program, meanwhile, was an opportunity to get out and see some more of the city. Matters of gastronomy, photography, roller skating, cycling, cinema, musical chairs and much more besides were explored daily from Thursday to Sunday. There were also some good old-fashioned parties, with a soundsystem under a bridge beside the river Rh\u00f4ne being a particularly clever use of the space. However, this portion of the festival did serve to highlight a general flaw of Nuits Sonores: its communication. Attendees were confusingly offered as many as five different versions of the overall program, with none of them containing an all-important map that detailed locations.\n\nLyon\n\nAs you might have gathered at this stage, France's second-largest city plays an integral role in every aspect of Nuits Sonores. If you don't mind travelling by foot, most venues in the city are accessible in less than 30 minutes, and if not, are usually just a short cab journey away. Both the Rh\u00f4ne, and its tributary the Sa\u00f4ne, snake through the city, with the picturesque old town splayed steeply uphill from the banks of the latter. It's also worth noting that Lyon is known as France's food capital, although it's probably advisable to revisit outside of the festival schedule in order to fully indulge in its delicacies.\n\nLocal\n\nLyon and Airflex Lab's Opti warmed up for Hudson Mohawke, Julio Bashmore and Joy Orbison at NS Days 1, and after his set spoke eloquently about his and others' struggles to bring UK sounds to the city. Peoples' ears have gradually been opened over the last few years, he says, but what was striking from an outsider's perspective was his dedication to remain and educate, rather than leave Lyon. This type of spirit had been evident in the past through figures such as local hero Agoria, who, after claiming he would not be playing this year, closed the main stage at Brossette on the Saturday, DJing alongside Laurent Garnier and Brodinski to an enormous and ecstatic crowd. Elsewhere Lyon artists played largely supporting roles, but the festival has been\u2014and evidently will be\u2014a continuing source of grassroots inspiration.\n\nInternational\n\nChristine Kakaire noted in her review of Nuits Sonores last year that there was \"no single show-stopping act\" and this was again the case in 2012. The lesser discussed indie portion of the program seemed to fall flat on NS Day 2, while over on the second stage, Berghain's Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann gave one of the weekend's most feel-good performances. (Yes, you read that right.) Both beamed from ear-to-ear as they took a track each, interacting with a buoyant crowd (Klock was regularly grabbing cameras to take pictures for people) as they moved through cuts like Bam Bam's \"Where's Your Child?\" and a thumping techno remix of \"Ghetto Kraviz.\" The main stage the day before had seen Joy Orbison dexterously rattle through a crowd-pleasing set\u2014\"Getting Me Down,\" \"Ye Ye,\" \"Swims\"\u2014before Maya Jane Coles closed things out capably on a tough house tip. Pachanga Boys (Rebolledo and Superpitcher) resembled a latter-day Wighnomy Brothers as they tossed their hair about on the Kompakt stage and dropped Basement Jaxx's \"Flylife.\"\n\nAfter he was inexplicably left to sort out his own technical issues, James Murphy proved that disco can move a massive main stage crowd with his DJ set at Brossette on Night 1. Chris & Cosey took things to ear-splitting levels with a surprisingly danceable performance that night on the third stage, while Theo Parrish pushed his singular blend of funk, soul, disco and house on the same system two nights later. Following recent tragic events, Beastie Boys and Donna Summer were well represented over the weekend, with Flying Lotus dropping \"Intergalactic\" during a hip-hop heavy set. Running Back's Gerd Janson was a standout of the Circuit Electronique program on the Friday night, fuelling his continually growing reputation as a DJ who makes people lose their shit.\n\nRicardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer's Re:ECM performance at the majestic Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des C\u00e9lestins looked on paper to be a welcome experimental aside. The reality was that its scheduled slot on the Saturday evening (the fourth day of the festival) was ill-timed, with most in the warm auditorium fidgeting to fight fatigue as the pair improvised in one continuous movement on modular synths. Villalobos then reappeared later that night under wildly different circumstances as part of the secret program on the main stage at Brossette, with both him and fellow surprise guest Dixon expertly moving the biggest crowd of the weekend\n\nBefore his closing set that night, Agoria discussed how the attitudes of the Nuits Sonores founders have changed down the years. \"We were all kind of 'punk' when we started out...[but we realized] we can only change the establishment from the inside.\" While it's true that the festival is subject to a unique (and highly enviable) symbiotic relationship with the local government, the years of trust building and careful micro-management have resulted in a globally relevant festival and a superlative advert for the city of Lyon.\n\nA real good read, thanks!It's funny how people are really divided about the secret stage. I was personally disappointed! What a joke! The amount of times we've seen Agoria , Brodinksi, Garnier and Villalobos at the Nuits Sonores (or other events here in Lyon, Garnier did an all night long end of December for example), I mean come on, it was supposed to be a secret stage for the 10th anniversary, not just the usual line up! How boring can you get !?! I would have loved to have seen Maya Jane Coles on the secret stage or somebody like Richie Hawtins for instance. Or, as rumored, Kraftwerk!Klock and Dettmann's set was the highlight of the festival for me. Really great fun, real generous guys. So glad, I didn't miss it!\n\nThe secret stage was indeed amazing, I'm always surprised to see how skilled Bordinski is when he plays techno in a large venue.\n\nOther highlights included the back to back set between Caribou and Four Tet on Night 3 and a 3 hours set from SOULPHICTION and \"DJ Koze unleashed and heroic\" as they replaced Motor City Drum Ensemble at peak time at Transbordeur (thursday night). The latter set was one ecstatic moment where Koze took every chance to lead the crowd in the least expected area. I'm positive you don't often attend that kind of bollsy performance in France, Paris included.\n\nAlso, choosing a smaller venue than previous years for the main nights was a brilliant idea. Les Anciennes Usines Brossette felt much easier to wander across and the sound system was top-notch.\n\nBeautiful pictures and great report of this 10th edition. For me, it was not the best from a point of view of the audio live acts : I have had some deceptions (for instance Troy Pierce or the Kompakt Day except Panchanga and Sasha-Saschienne). But I keep a very good feeling of people, ambiance, the Down & out stage and the quality of the free event (Apero sonore notably). Furthermore, the secret stage (and especially the final show with the Agoria-Garnier-Brodinski team) was totally gorgeous.\n\nI already make an appointment for the 11th edition!Thanks to RA and to all the NS organization!Ceed"}
-{"text": "Trader thoughts - the long and short of it\n\nThe \u2018celebrations\u2019 of the ASX 200 trading above 6000 are seemingly short-lived, as we see the index unwinding at 5994 this morning, with Aussie SPI futures trading 26-point lower at 5975 in the night session.\n\nshare\n\nIG Analyst\n\n2017-11-07T22:11:47+0000\n\nSource: Bloomberg\n\nWhat this lower open does provide us with though is a guide as to the resilience of the bulls and while we know sentiment in global equity markets is sky high if the buyers step back in, support prices and we see another consecutive close above 6000 it will certainly be a positive.\n\nRecall, if we go back to the period between March and April 2015 (our last case study on the market test of 6000), we can see a market where the bulls just lacked the impetus to push the index through the figure, and largely this was not helped by the fact the index was trading on a consensus forward earnings multiple of 17.5x, which is as expensive as we have ever really seen. This time around valuations are again high on 16.5x, certainly relative to the long-run average of 14.4x, so we do need to do need further fuel to feed the fire here. We know equity markets have seen limited downside moves since early October but on 16.5x and with seemingly so much good news now discounted, it does suggest the upside is going to be a tough slog.\n\nAnother aspect worth focusing on, which should be taken as a positive, was the fact that not only did the ASX 200 finish on its highs but despite the Melbourne Cup holiday, we saw a very impressive $6.145 billion of value traded through the market. As a technician, it\u2019s not always about how a market goes from A to B, but the equality of the journey and yesterday was a massive victory for the bulls in that regard. Perhaps the clear negative that I would point out was that Aussie SPI futures traded to a high of 6008 at 17:52 aedt (yesterday), which was three points shy of the high reached on 23 March 2015.\n\nSo while we saw a new multi-year high in the ASX 200, SPI futures failed to achieve this and that takes some of the gloss of yesterday\u2019s move. For those interested in the ASX 200 today, one should watch price action in the futures market as this could be a strong guide.\n\nLooking at leads for the session ahead and while we have seen signs of weakness in European equities, US equity indices, such as the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq, have once again seen limited ranges and again this shouldn\u2019t shock given the S&P 500 realised volatility.\n\nThat said, the bears will point out that small caps have underperformed, with the Russell 2000 down 1.3%, while the Dow transports index is also finding better selling. Marry this weakness with a 0.7% fall in the Emerging Market ETF (EEM ETF) and US high yield credit spreads trading wider by six basis and there are a few signs that the bears are finding somewhat of a say here.\n\nUS financials have also struggled here (the sector is down -1.3%) and as we head into the back half of the week, all the focus in the US is on tax reform and the Senate text, which is scheduled to be released tomorrow night and there is no doubt there will sizeable differences between their plan and what we saw last week from the House. Tax reform is still the markets base-case for early 2018, but we are now entering a period where it will be fairly painful for market participants and of course, it means having the ability to cut through the noise.\n\nThere have been limited moves in US fixed income across the Treasury curve and subsequently, a major catalyst for the USD has gone missing. That said, we have seen the AUD finding sellers easy to come by and the currency has lost ground against all G10 currencies. AUD/USD has been well traded, but flip the chart of AUD/USD to the weekly (it\u2019s always good to get perspective) and we can see the 55-week moving average at $0.7633 holding up play. So a weekly close through this level could open up better downside again, and this could get into gear should we see a daily close through what has been good support in the $0.7640 to $0.7625 region.\n\nThere are few reasons to own the AUD right now, with the RBA yesterday giving a largely unchanged and nuanced view of the financial landscape. As always, keeping an eye on the interest rate differential between Aussie and US bonds is crucial and whether we focus on the five-year or ten-year (or a combination of various maturities) part of the bond curve, if the market genuinely feels that at some stage in early 2018 we see the US wearing a yield premium over Australia then the game changes, the AUD becomes a funding currency.\n\nSo an uninspiring set of leads and this includes the commodity complex, which of course underpinned everything that went well for Australia yesterday. Oil prices have finally undergone profit taking with some focus on OPEC\u2019s forecasts for higher shale production by 2021. Spot iron ore lost 1.1%, with iron ore, steel, and coking coal futures losing 1.2%, 0.7% and 0.2% respectively. Copper has also lost 2.2% and it could be a tough day for those who put new money to work buying energy and materials stocks yesterday. As a guide, Vale\u2019s US-listing has lost 2.5%, while BHP\u2019s ADR is lower by 1%.\n\nSo as I say, a weaker open is expected and there a few reasons to be cautious, but given the ASX 200 closed on its highs yesterday it will be interesting to see if investors overlook these leads to push the index higher and through 6000 again. That said, in my opinion, the bulls really need to see SPI futures close above its 2015 high of 6011 to get really excited here.\n\nShare this article\n\nshare\n\nThis information has been prepared by IG, a trading name of IG Markets Limited. In addition to the disclaimer below, the material on this page does not contain a record of our trading prices, or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instrument. IG accepts no responsibility for any use that may be made of these comments and for any consequences that result. No representation or warranty is given as to the accuracy or completeness of this information. 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-{"text": "61% of Brits think violent games cause real-world violence\n\nA YouGov poll has revealed that the majority of Britons believe that video games violence can be a catalyst for real-world violence.\n\nWhen asked if they agreed or disagreed with the statement \u2018video games can be a cause of real-world violence and aggression\u2019 61 per cent of those who responded with a yes/no answer agreed that they did, leaving 39 per cent who disagreed.\n\n57 per cent felt games can be a \u2018useful outlet for frustrations and aggression\u2019 with 43 per cent not believing that was the case.\n\nPerhaps unsurprisingly the younger the respondent the less likely they were to perceive a link between game and real violence.\n\n42 per cent of 18-24 year olds agreed with a link, 48 per cent of 25-39 year olds, 61 per cent of 40-59 year olds and 79 per cent of those aged 60 and over.\n\nConversely, the younger you are the more likely you are to think that games can be a useful outlet for aggression.\n\nIn addition, just 48 per cent of men believed in the games violence link while 71 per cent of women subscribed to the theory. 74 per cent of those with no experience of violent games presumed the link while just 35 per cent of gamers did.\n\nLast week Lib Dem leader and deputy Prime minister Nick Clegg told LBC radio that \u201cgames like Grand Theft Auto V can have a corrosive effect on players\u2019 behaviour\u201d.\n\nMCV is the leading trade news and community site for all professionals working within the UK and international video games market. It reaches everyone from store manager to CEO, covering the entire industry. MCV is published by NewBay Media, which specialises in entertainment, leisure and technology markets."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, April 18, 2012\n\nSex Selection Abortion in Canada\n\nBut a growing body of research is stoking fears that the practice may have migrated to Canada. On Monday, a newly-released St. Michael\u2019s Hospital study found \u201cconcerning trends\u201d to suggest female feticide could be happening in South Korean and Indian communities.\n\nThe starkest finding was in the category of Indian-born mothers with two previous children. Among their third children, the male-to-female ratio was 136 boys for every 100 girls; by comparison, the children of Canadian-born women have a sex ratio of just 105 boys for every 100 girls.\n\nSix of Toronto's sixteen major hospitals do not reveal the sex of the baby in the womb to mothers who have ultrasounds. All six of these hospitals are located in areas of large South Asian populations.\n\n\u201cNote the paradox that abortion for no reason \u2014 because it\u2019s untimely, unplanned, not wanted \u2014 that is acceptable. So then we\u2019ve got the paradox that an abortion for no reason (is ok), but abortion for what seems to be a gendered or sex-based reason is not,\u201d said Bernard Dicknes, professor emeritus of health policy at the University of Toronto.\n\nAs Ezra Levant said, this is the Achilles heel of the feminist pro-abortion position."}
-{"text": "i\u2019m really into bright colours for the summer. topshop stores are looking amazing at the moment with all their different shades. the amount of lust i have for those platforms is insane, even if i couldn\u2019t ever physically walk in them due to my stupid ankle. oh and those bright blue shorts, ahh!"}
-{"text": "It\u2019s at this place called Industrial Science and they make gas detection monitors and ohmykittens the building is so beautiful and high techy but yeah ill be doing some electronic asembly thing and its full time, starts at 13/hr then after 6 months its 16 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY they\u2019re like getting into robotics and everything they\u2019re doing is in C++ (which is the lang im most experienced in) and there\u2019s really good room for growth and basically they said I have a reaaally good shot at getting into a more programmery role down the line oh and if i go back to school THEY PAY 90% TUITION!!!\n\nHey guys, I'm sure you get thousands of asks but I'm really in a crunch and I could use your help. I'm a solo cosplayer and I've got a little under two weeks to crank out Cordelia--everything's done but the armor! Not having any trouble with anything except the chest piece. I know you used a plaster cast of your Cordelia's torso, is that the only way to do this? Do you have any tips on asembling the chest piece? This is my first time working with Worbla D:. Thanks so much for your help!!!!\n\nPlaster-cast torsos are definitely not the only way to make a Fire Emblem breastplate. The idea came to me and Jenn when we realized that no found objects could really replicate the shape of a breast if you were to form Worbla directly onto it. Most breastplate tutorials are for low-cut \u201ctitty armour\u201d as we Ladies like to call it. Here\u2019s an example from Kamui Cosplay:\n\n^ These typically involve forming breast cups over spherical shapes like\nplastic ornaments, and cutting them into a shape resembling a bra cup.\nUnfortunately for us, this kind of method really doesn\u2019t apply to any of\nthe Pegasus Knights, since their breastplates are pretty high-cut.\n\nIn the end we found our plaster doubles more useful as round forms to gradually hand-shape the breastplates than for patterning. For most of us, this project was our first time using Worbla too, so we\u2019ve been winging it from the start. As such (and this goes for everyone), you may want to treat our armour posts as ideas or guidelines rather than tutorials. We\u2019re still learning!\n\n^ Accurate depiction of Team Pegasus Knight.\n\nIf you have someone who can help you do the cling wrap and tape method of patterning directly on you, that would work just as well. You may want to wear a slightly more padded bra for this just to give yourself some extra room.\n\n^ Cling wrap and tape, for reference.\n\nWhen you\u2019re dividing your tape pattern into pieces, you\u2019ll want to figure out a) how many pieces of foam you\u2019re going to use, b) how many pieces of Worbla you\u2019re going to use, and c) how you\u2019re going to layer them. Try to plan this out before you cut your tape apart, if possible.\n\nThis is how I divided mine.\n\nBlue: 1 piece of Worbla and two pieces of foam glued together in the centre\n\nRed arcs: 1 Worbla and 2 foam each (one for the detail layer; the Worbla was formed over both pieces)\n\nYellow: 1 Worbla/1 foam\n\nGreen \u201cshield:\u201d 1 Worbla/2 foam.\n\nYou can see some photos of how they came together in the initial stages here. In all honesty, the way I divided mine was probably not the best way to do it. The more curves you need to form with a single piece of Worbla, the more you\u2019ll need to stretch it out. This takes a lot of heat and weakens the material, sometimes to the point of tearing it, which happened with mine in one spot. There were so many divots and overheated/overstretched areas that I actually ended up re-covering the whole thing in Worbla scraps and blending it together with wood filler, haha. Unlike Sumia\u2019s armour, Cordelia\u2019s has smaller layered pieces that can\u2019t cover most imperfections in the base of the breastplate.\n\nFrom my experience working with Worbla in the past few months, I\u2019ve learned that as long as you carefully match seams between two\npieces, it\u2019s pretty easy to hide that seam in the\nsmoothing/sealing stages with wood filler and sanding. So as a rule, try not to have too many different shapes competing for the same piece of Worbla. Each piece will be happier if it\u2019s attached to a simpler shape. Here\u2019s how I would do it if I were to remake the whole thing:\n\nSeveral of the pieces (yellow, green, red) would stay the same, but the blue from the first image would be split into 3 Worbla/3 foam - one completed Worbla/foam piece for each breast, and one for the under/sideboob areas leading to the collar. The pink piece would be a frame for the other two. The red arc pieces can cover a lot of the breasts\u2019 seams, so the only one you\u2019ll need to worry about smoothing out will be the centre seam.\n\nLastly, when you\u2019re forming really rounded pieces like the breasts, I would advise using a piece of Worbla on the back of each one. You don\u2019t have to do the sandwich method with two full-sized, identical pieces; you just need enough to cover the inside of the curve. Having a Worbla backing will make it a) more stable when you\u2019re forming it so it\u2019s less likely to warp, and b) easier for you to heat and manipulate the shape of the curve from both sides. Also, if you used any seams in your foam pieces like I did, this will help keep them together.\n\nSculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1/3 degree wide field of view spans over 30 light-years. The sharp composite, color image, highlights faint details of the region\u2019s gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17 stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material producing the cavernous appearance and undulating shapes. M17 is also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula.\n\nSo while I\u2019m also working on some requests, this has been wandering around by usb drive for the past day or two. It combines @sushinfood\u2018s Gasterblaster!Sans and Sans and Grillby are Friends pieces into something else. Please reference these for a.) the noises Sans makes, and b.) Grillby\u2019s fantastic voice and chill.\n\nAs usual, edits may or may not come at a later time.\n\nEnjoy. Or something. I enjoyed this.\n\nSans doesn\u2019t do well during his transformations. Papyrus refuses to let him go through it alone. Wosh u floors, Grillby!"}
-{"text": "Process\n\nWhat is it like to work with Alexa Gray?\n\nEvery job is different, but I follow a similar process with every project I do. Here is a glimpse into the process.\n\nContact\n\nOur first contact will be a time to share information. I\u2019ll ask you about your project and time constraints. You\u2019ll ask any questions you have, which might include questions about the work I do and how I can help you reach your project goals.\n\nEstimate\n\nOnce we have discussed your project, I\u2019ll create an estimate. When we have come to an agreement, I will send a contract for work, which you will agree to before I begin.\n\nResearch\n\nIn order to write for your business, I will need to research materials and documents related to your business and your competitors. I will probably need to interview you or members of your staff as well.\n\nCreation\n\nOnce I have collected all of the materials I will need to complete the project, I go to work. At this point, I may ask questions if they arise, but I should have all that I need and I have switched my focus from fact-finding to creation.\n\nDraft\n\nI send you the draft by the due date and allow you time to read it over and request edits.\n\nEdit\n\nThe editing process can take anywhere between a day and two weeks, depending on how extensive the edits are."}
-{"text": "Advertisements\n\nPreparation\n\nMETHOD\n1 Preheat the oven to 375\u00b0.\n2 slice off the top one-third (lengthwise) of each jalape\u00f1o to make a boat shape out of each pepper. You can mince the tops and add them to the filling if desired.\n3 Mix together all the filling ingredients except the jack cheese batons.\n4 Pack the filling into the peppers and nestle a baton of jack cheese onto the filling of each one. Arrange the peppers on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and lightly browned, and the peppers are cooked."}
-{"text": "Page 349 of Four years with five armies : Army of the frontier, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Missouri, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Shenandoah / by Isaac Gause, late of Co. E. Second Ohio Cavalry."}
-{"text": "Worth a look\n\nWisconsin, which produces more cheese than any other state in the U.S., has given preliminary approval to a bill that will name the bacterium that converts milk into cheese as the official state microbe.\n\n\u201cWe call those people who oppose it lactose intolerant,\u201d joked Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie), who presented the bill to the Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security on Thursday. The committee voted 7-1 in favor of the bill. It will likely head to the full Assembly in January.\n\nSupporters say the bill may seem silly but it has its merits.\n\n\u201cWe want people to know that as a result of this little microbe, we are able to produce these things for Wisconsin, and it\u2019s a tremendous backbone to our industrial complex,\u201d said Hebl.\n\nPlus, establishing a state microbe could spark national attention.\n\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t cost anything to have a state microbe, but it really is a great advertising tool so that we can sell what Wisconsin is really great at to the world,\u201d said Hebl.\n\nWisconsin\u2019s cheese-making industry generates $18 billion a year. That\u2019s twice as much as the citrus industry in Florida, and seven times as much as potatoes in Idaho. Wisconsin ranks first in cheese production in the U.S., producing 2.5 billion pounds of cheese annually, or 26 per cent of total output. California is second at 23 percent while Idaho is third at 8 percent.\n\nIn other cheese news this week . . . two shoppers needed hospital treatment after they fought a pitched battle in a supermarket in Germany with salami used as clubs and Parmesan cheese brandished like a dagger.\n\nSign up and win!\n\nEnter your email address to be notified of new posts at CheeseLover.ca. You'll be entered in a draw for a pair of tickets to the 2018 Great Canadian Cheese Festival. One winner drawn from every 100 new subscribers."}
-{"text": "Everything important about life, I learned while running. Or while I complained about running or avoided running or whined about not having run enough. Breathing, seeing, sweating, aching, exhilarating, and general observations.\n\nMonday, October 18, 2010\n\nLetting Go and Letting Loose\n\nI had a great time at the bachelorette party last weekend. What started with dread ended with a breath of fresh air. It was a revelatory evening for me.\n\nWhen I first started out for the evening, I really didn't want to go or be there. The feeling I had can best be described as a tight corset around me middle, making it hard to breathe. As I walked to the Melting Pot, I plotted out my early exit, blaming my jetlag, of course.\n\nDuring dinner, I started to open up. And ended up having a great time. Germaine really helped me with that. She is funny and nice and so GENUINE! I have a feeling we have a lot more in common than meets the eye. And since she is blond blue-eyed and considerably smaller than me, there is not a lot of \"common\" that meets the eye!\n\nKaraoke was a blast. I even sang a few duets with Katie and Brad! And we all sat on the couch and sang together. The walls started coming down and I let myself go a little.\n\nAt Gypsy, I spent the better part of the evening dancing. When we first got there, someone handed me a shot of something. It was lightly sweet and fruity tasting. Just one shot with water the rest of the night. But the walls had come down, and I was having a great time. I danced and danced and I felt completely free.\n\nI haven't felt that kind of freedom in a long time. I danced and sang with wild abandon. I know I surprised a few people. Jenn had confidence in the person I was underneath and was insistent in drawing me out. I realized that I was so constricted that I wasn't the person that even I know that I am. I was aging myself. Burying myself in my own depression, and under the weight of the world I put on myself.\n\nInstead of fully living life, and FEELING life, it's as if I only I watched it unfold through a peep hole. And the FEELING felt good. But the Self-Restraint hovered around the fringes of my mind.\n\nHow much time have I wasted?It will be a lot of work and \"feeling\" can be scary.But, no more."}
-{"text": "* The Other Woman (1982)\n* Woman Out of Control (1983)\n* Ghostbusters (Soundtrack) (1984)\n* Chartbusters (1984)\n* Sex and The Single Man (1985)\n* After Dark (1987)\n* I Love You Like You Are (1991)\n* I\u2019m Free (2006)"}
-{"text": "beats & bytes, philosophy & games, code & culture\n\nLike attracts like. My good friend Dan Rosen (who is not merely very interesting to talk to) hit me with a link to this the other day and I have been debating whether to tip the Strong Like Water ship one more notch towards Skrillex\u2019 direction and relay it to you my subscribers.\n\nAs you can see by this cute acoustic version of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, I have won the debate and so have you:\n\nYou can download that from the artist\u2019s facebook page (for the grand price of one like) here: http://on.fb.me/qXb7yp"}
-{"text": "A suggested donation of $35 will provide one week of meals for a soccer team and $110 will sponsor a literacy student.\n\nThank you for your support and thank you for believing in a better future for Haiti with GOALS. Be sure to like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for more updates and photos from our literacy, education, leadership and sport-for-development programs on the soccer fields of Leogane, Haiti."}
-{"text": "I really like the mantra Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu. The meaning of this chant is just beautiful. In Jivamukti, we translate it as: May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all. Many students of yoga like myself agree wholeheartedly with this intention. It's very simple and very direct and very easy to understand. What is not to love?\n\nHas anyone let you in yet on the secret that yoga is hard? Not so much because of the twisting and the binding and the balancing and the turning upside down. Those things are challenging for sure, but what I am referring to is the difficulty in staying consistent with what we say we believe in. Yes, we say we believe that all beings deserve to be happy and free. Well, the last time you were standing in line somewhere and someone cut in front of you, did you think \"may this person be happy and free\"? How about when a business partner disagreed with you about something? Or how about a conversation you have with someone you care about that escalated into an argument? In the heat of that argument, did you think \"may my mother/father/partner/friend etc be happy and free\"?\n\nYoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj which means to yolk. The state of yoga is the state of oneness, of letting go of the illusion of separation. And this is hard. When people cut in line or try to take disadvantage of us or argue with us or even just disagree with us, we often turn to our knee-jerk reaction of me-versus-you. We forget that we say we believe and wish for all beings to be happy and free. During those moments, we only care about being right or being justified. The things that we think, say, and do are not consistent with what we say we believe in.\n\nIn yoga asana, we often bring our hands in prayer position in front of our heart center. My teacher Sharon Gannon in her essay for June 2014 focus of the month says, \"The simple but powerful gesture of placing our two hands together in front of our hearts when we greet or acknowledge others (namaste mudra) speaks without words of the magic of union. Two hands coming together: the left and the right, the sun and the moon, the ha and the tha, the self and the other. This is the gesture that describes yoga: union, the ultimate truth.\"\n\nThink of a person whom you may percieve as your opposite, maybe because you have opposing views, or maybe you are in conflict with each other about something. Dedicate your practice today to this person. It is not an easy task, but you may find that your heart is bigger than you think.\n\nWhile we practice, we find that we sometimes struggle and fall out of alignment. Perhaps our disagreements with this person are also like that, us being out of alignment, or them being out of alignment, maybe both. There is no reason to judge or condemn. Whatever struggles we have, they have them too in some way and in some form. Whatever desires we have, they have them too in some way and in some form.\n\nThis person whom we perceive as difficult can test us. Quoting my teacher Sharon-ji again, \"Often we think, if only the others (meaning problematic people) are out of my way, I would be so happy, could be in a state of Yoga. But actually, these 'others' are the way\". We practice yoga by extending our love to them. It does not mean we will agree with them or condone their hurtful actions. It just means that we love them despite those hurtful actions, because we still wish for their happiness and freedom. Our condemnation may not help them get there, but maybe our love will.\n\nYoga is hard and the path of compassion is a path of persistent and unrelenting practice. Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu. May all beings everywhere be happy and free. We know all the words that make this promise. The words are simple and the practice is hard. May we all stay on path. May we be open enough to join the left and the right, courageous enough to join the sun and the moon, compassionate enough to join the self and the other."}
-{"text": "Since Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported on Friday that the Browns had \u201cnearly\u201d acquired the rights to 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, several reports have followed up on that story with additional details and an assortment of half-confirmations, half-denials from the Browns and Niners. Here\u2019s a round-up of where the story stands as of Monday morning:\n\nAfter tweeting on Friday that PFT\u2019s report \u201cisn\u2019t true,\u201d 49ers CEO Jed York softened his stance somewhat. \u201cThe Browns reached out to me, and we had no interest in pursuing it,\u201d York tells Peter King of TheMMQB.\n\nSpeaking to Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee, York explained that he initially shot down the report because it wasn\u2019t true that the 49ers were willing to move forward with the deal and Harbaugh wasn\u2019t interested. Asked how far discussions progressed, York replied \u201cnot far at all,\u201d adding that the Niners had \u201cno interest\u201d in entering serious negotiations. According to York, the team intends to reopen extension talks with Harbaugh before the 2014 season.\n\nBarrows reported yesterday that the Browns called the 49ers last month to ask about several of the team\u2019s coaches. During conversations between the two sides, Harbaugh\u2019s name came up, and former Browns CEO JoeBanner indicated what sort of compensation the team would be willing to provide for the Niners head coach. However, the discussion didn\u2019t progress from that point.\n\nBrowns owner Jimmy Haslam confirmed this weekend that there was at least something to the initial report, telling Jarrett Bell of USA Today, \u201cThere was an opportunity there, and it didn\u2019t materialize.\u201d\n\nWhile Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com also believes talks between the Browns and Niners didn\u2019t get far, he says the rift between Harbaugh and San Francisco\u2019s front office \u2013 including GM Trent Baalke and president Paraag Marathe \u2013 is much greater than has been portrayed in the media. League sources who have spoken to La Canfora at the combine have been pessimistic about the odds of an extension this offseason for Harbaugh."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, February 3, 2009\n\n.A) It\u2019s not up to us to decide when a person should live and when they should die. Christians can reject the humanistic idea that death is nothing more than a natural process:\n\nGen. 2:17, Death is an unnatural intrusion into our lives as a consequence of theFall.\n\n1 Cor. 15:26, 56 Death is the last enemy to be destroyed.\n\n2) Under present sinful conditions of the world, Death is inevitable.\n\nEccles. 3:2 Death is a doorway to another, better part of life. There is a \u201ctime to be born and a time to die.\u201d\n\n3) God is sovereign over life and death:\n\nDeut. 32:39,\u201cSee now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.\u201dJob 1:21, \u201cThe Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of theLord.\u201dJob 14:5, \u201cMan\u2019s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.\u201dPsalm 139:16, God has ordained our days.\n\nB) God\u2019s purposes are beyond our understanding. We have no idea why God allows certain suffering. God has a purpose for allowing certain disappointments in our life. He always has a purpose for our good. God is more interested in our spiritual life than relieving us from disappointments.\n\nIsaiah 55:8-9 teaches, \u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.\u201d\n\nJob 42: 2-3, \u201cI know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, \u2018who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?\u2019 Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.\u201d\n\nC) A Scriptural perspective on euthanasia requires understanding of the sanctity of human life. For centuries Western culture in general has believed in the sanctity of human life.\n\nGen. 1:26, Humans are created in the image of God.\n\nPsalm 139, Humans are fearfully and wonderfully made.\n\nD) Therefore, \u201cThou shalt not kill.\u201d\n\nExod. 20:13, The bible specifically condemns murder.\n\n2 Sam. 1:9 \u2013 16, In the death of King Saul, the soldier that had obeyed Saul\u2019s request and killed him was then put to death by David for \u201cdestroying the Lord\u2019s anointed.\u201d"}
-{"text": "News Talk 940 AM \u00bb georgiahttp://voiceofamarillo.com\nThe Voice of AmarilloTue, 31 Mar 2015 16:47:04 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2http://voiceofamarillo.com/files/2011/11/logo3.pngNews Talk 940 AMhttp://voiceofamarillo.com\nAlready-Injured Georgia State Coach Falls Off Stool After Game-Winning Shothttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-state-coach-falls-off-stool/\nhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-state-coach-falls-off-stool/#commentsFri, 20 Mar 2015 09:19:51 +0000Antenna Staffhttp://antennamag.com/?p=15003Continue reading\u2026]]>Georgia State pulled off one of the bigger upsets during the first day of the NCAA Tournament. And no one was more surprised than the Panthers coach.\n\n]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-state-coach-falls-off-stool/feed/0Getty ImagesWater And Sewer Line Construction On Georgia And Hollywood Roadhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/water-and-sewer-line-construction-on-georgia-and-hollywood-road/\nhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/water-and-sewer-line-construction-on-georgia-and-hollywood-road/#commentsWed, 28 May 2014 15:40:28 +0000James Ghttp://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=216094Continue reading\u2026]]>Yesterday construction began on water and sewer lines near Georgia and Hollywood Road.\n\n]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/prosecution-rests-in-georgia-baby-killing-trial/feed/0Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Baby BuggyGeorgia Widow Pleads For Mercy At Sentencing Hearinghttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-widow-pleads-for-mercy-at-sentencing-hearing/\nhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-widow-pleads-for-mercy-at-sentencing-hearing/#commentsTue, 20 Aug 2013 17:08:27 +0000Associated Presshttp://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=182962Continue reading\u2026]]>DECATUR, Ga. (AP) \u2014 The Georgia woman convicted of lying to investigators about the shooting death of her husband outside a preschool has pleaded for mercy at her sentencing hearing.\n\n]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-widow-pleads-for-mercy-at-sentencing-hearing/feed/0Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesGeorgia Suspends Three Running Backs Due to Alleged Drug Usehttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-suspends-running-backs/\nhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-suspends-running-backs/#commentsWed, 02 Nov 2011 19:07:27 +0000Wes Glinsmannhttp://tsminteractive.com/?p=57988Continue reading\u2026]]>The Georgia Bulldogs will be down to just two available running backs this week as three top rushers have been suspended for this week\u2019s game against New Mexico State.\n\n]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-shorter-university-staff-pledge-gay/feed/0Shorter UniversitySEC Investigating Confrontation Between Georgia, Vanderbilt Coaches [VIDEO]http://voiceofamarillo.com/sec-confrontation-georgia-vanderbilt-coaches/\nhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/sec-confrontation-georgia-vanderbilt-coaches/#commentsWed, 19 Oct 2011 18:07:42 +0000Wes Glinsmannhttp://tsminteractive.com/?p=55074Continue reading\u2026]]>While the postgame scuffle in the NFL between San Francisco\u2019s Jim Harbaugh and Detroit\u2019s Jim Schwartz captured the headlines, Vanderbilt and Georgia did their part to show that dust-ups between coaches aren\u2019t limited to the pros.\n\n]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/sec-confrontation-georgia-vanderbilt-coaches/feed/0YouTubeGeorgia Pardons Board Rejects Bid to Halt Execution of Troy Davishttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-pardons-board-execution-troy-davis/\nhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/georgia-pardons-board-execution-troy-davis/#commentsThu, 22 Sep 2011 12:00:36 +0000Shauna Wrighthttp://tsminteractive.com/?p=48236Continue reading\u2026]]>On Wednesday, the Georgia State Board of Pardons rejected a last-minute appeal to halt the execution of Troy Davis, a death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing a police officer in a crime both he and many others say he did not commit.\n\nAlthough defense attorneys argued that ballistic testing linking Davis to the shooting was flawed and said Davis would take a polygraph test, the board said it would not review its decision to allow the execution by lethal injection, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday night, to go forward."}
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-{"text": "More recently, \"concourse\" is often used to refer to a situation where people come together in online presence, even if they don't come together in real physical life. An example of such an online community is the IEEE Student Concourse, as well as various online shopping concourses."}
-{"text": "Trending\n\nStream: Two New Coldplay Songs\n\nFRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011|\n\nPosted by: Joe Puglisi\n\nColdplay, arguably one of the world's biggest rock bands, is returning with more Brian Eno produced tracks. Although 2009's Viva La Vida also boasted Eno as producer (a decidedly doughy affair, to say the least), the band's fifth studio album is shaping up to be pretty promising with the two latest tracks to leak onto the web being pretty substantially Coldplay-esque\u2014that is, significantly less airbrushed than the bloated tunes on Viva. Oldschool Coldplay fanboys get excited (but not too excited).\n\nCheck out \"Major Minus\", an uptempo footpumper with a neat acoustic riff at the core.\n\nAnd \"Moving To Mars\", a pretty missive in the style of classic Parachutes arrangements.\n\nThe pair appears on the Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall EP. Although we're not super fond of the title track, the other two cuts it worth the purchase. We'll see what else the band has up their Captain Crunch looking sleeves soon enough!"}
-{"text": "The Official Site of theNew York Giants Message Boards\n\nIf this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nThis year the Giants can't afford to draft best available. They have to draft according to need as well. They need O linemen it is a glaring weakness as we saw this year. I think an OLB is needed as well if they can get Mack or Mosley in the 1st round then I saw take them. After that go for OL then a CB and after that I would go DT again late in the draft and try for the kid from Wisconsin Beau Allen. Big and strong not a great pass rusher but stout against the run and good at collapsing the pocket. Basically he would allow us to keep that size in the interior of the DL like we had this year with Joseph,Rogers,Hankins and Patterson. Not gonna have Rogers and possibly Joseph next year. The only guarantee's are Hankins,Jenkins and Kuhn if healthy\n\nComment\n\nWe need help on the interior of the OL and there isn't really a G/C talented enough to be selected at our range with the 1st pick. I can understand people wanting to go with an OT then but I don't see a franchise like the Giants giving up on Beatty a year after his contract or moving Pugh inside when he did admirable at RT. A 2nd round (still a top 50 draft prospect which is GOOD) pick for the interior would be welcome as if you recall, Snee was a 2nd round pick and ended up becoming one of the best Guards this franchise has seen.\n\nAs for the offensive line and playoffs comment, I see at least 3 of those teams that have offensive line issues on the same level as ours (Seahawks, Dolphins, Colts) but the difference is that they are getting good play from either the QB and/or DL spots to offset that problem. That isn't the case for the Giants.\n\nIwouldn't put the seahawks on the same level as our o-line. They haven't been great but not as atrocious as our o-line. In the 25 years I've been watching Giants football I can't recall our o-line being as bad as it was this year. We need to fix the interior through free agency and then go BPA in the draft. Another year like that and Eli won't even finish half the season. Our run game was dead last this year too.\n\nComment\n\nThey need help all over. They where horrible at getting to the QB this year. They need another DE. Other than Prince who do they have at CB? LB's? They should have some money for FA this year so maybe they grab a FA OL and draft ones in the top 4 rounds.\n\nComment\n\nOL may not be the only need the Giants have but it is the BIGGEST need !!!!!! Besides that we need a good OLB. We could use another DT especially if they don't resign Linval joseph or Mike Patterson. Hankins Jenkins and Kuhn isn't enough and they need to stay relatively young at DT and keep the size they went for this year. That's why I think a late round pick of Beau Allen from Wisconsin who is tremendously strong and stout at the point of attack. He requires a double team on run plays or he will disrupt the backfield. He is also good at collapsing the pocket on pass plays helping the DE's to get sacks. At 6'3 335 he has the exact size the Giants want to continue to stop the run.\n\nComment\n\nI totally agree. If a guard is good enough to be a first round pick i DONT CARE if we have to \"reach\" to get him. I've looked at some recent drafts and time and time again we passed on players in the mid-late 1st round because they were \"reaches\" yet whoever snagged them in the back end of the first round or early-mid second round got a pro bowl player. Everyone knew these guys were good but because they weren't tackles or QB's they fell. If there is a guard with pro bowl potential YOU TAKE HIM, because some other team will take him in the 20s and get a pro bowler player.\n\nPlayers we should've taken: 2009 draft- Max Unger- Best available center and current pro bowler I'm sure we'd LOVE to have him now but he fell because he's only a center. Could've had him over CLINT SINTIM, PEOPLE!!\n\nSame with Louis Vasquez- pro bowler and the SECOND guard taken in the draft- fell to the third round bc he's \"only\" a guard."}
-{"text": "Event photography at Upton House Horse Trials\n\nDuring the Summer months I do a lot of freelance event photography for some of the best known names in the business. As Summer Season follows Summer Season it can become quite predictable that you will be doing this event, then that event, at a particular time of year. It\u2019s nice, therefore, to take on an event which is new to me. Upton House is a great example.\n\nAs many people have now realised, ES Photography (Royal Windsor Horse Show, all the Bede events, Dublin Horse Show, HOYS etc.) merged with 1st Class Images at the end of last season. The two companies had been working together for a season so the only real change was that ES Photography stopped providing new event photography under that name, and everything was now provided under the 1st Class Images banner. The ESP back archive is very much still available by the way.\n\n2018, though, brought a few changes. In addition to the jobs previously covered by 1st Class Images, the company was now covering the ES Photography events too, some of which take place on the same dates. The nice side effect of this is that those of us had the option to do some different jobs.\n\nI love Great Yorkshire Show, don\u2019t get me wrong. I have worked in the Ridings Ring at GYS for about eight years, camped in some dodgy places, queued for showers at 5.30am, and looked forward to dinner in the Cattlemens\u2019 \u2013 one of the highlights every year.\n\nThis year, however, I was offered the choice of covering Upton House instead and I decided a change would be a good thing. Upton is a fabulous event which provides sections from BE100 to Intermediate and attracts some of the top horse/rider combinations in the country to the beautiful Oxfordshire Cotswolds.\n\nOn a whim I used Google Maps to search the area around the event for a caravan site to base myself from, and found one which actually sponsors the event: an added bonus. I would thoroughly recommend Fir Tree Campsite to anyone in the area. Great facilities, a beautiful setting, and several good pubs within a very short distance for food and drink. The Rose & Crown in Ratley, for example, provided me with two excellent meals, one of which was an England World Cup BBQ special to accompany our ill-fated semi-final exit.\n\nI don\u2019t need to tell anyone in the UK that we have had something of a dry spell this Summer. As I write I can\u2019t remember the last time we have had rain. Obviously this presents a massive challenge to an event organiser, for whom the ground condition is the difference between a successful event and social media nightmare. A huge amount of work went into the ground in the run up to the Upton House event and, crucially, the riders who were considering entering, or had already entered, were kept informed. The results were nothing short of miraculous. I lost count of the number of riders I overheard walking the course and expressing how amazed they were with the going, a real testament to the work put in by the ground staff with the bowser, vertidrain and other tools.\n\nAs a result Competitor numbers were excellent, with few withdrawals, and the four-star horses running in the open intermediate sections all completed the event in style \u2013 a great sign that the groundwork had paid off. It was great to see the regular trade stands in attendance. The likes of Empire Coachbuilders, Tigga\u2019s Saddlery and many more that were new to me this time around.\n\nOne of the challenges I always face is fence choice. This year we decided to photograph fences which looked as big and solid as possible, but ones which would also present few problems and produce a nice picture.\n\nI will be making sure I sign up for this one again next year.\n\nEvent photography at Upton House Horse Trials was last modified: July 12th, 2019 by nico"}
-{"text": "slomo007 wrote:I'm not ignoring your question, I just don't use any email software because I have no need for it at the moment.\n\nAlthough, if I had to use one, there is no doubt in my mind that I would use T-Bird over anything by Microsoft or even Eudora.\n\nhey no prob. im in the same boat as in i really dont need one in the least i guess its just my techie geekieness that has a piqued interest. guessi could do waht i always do and jst test it out on my work comp before doing my home (ah work test bed pc's gotta love it )\n\nAfter further researching...it looks like it used to be a POP system but they have since changed to IMAP when they changed to the whole \"uconnect\" layout. Now you will have to set up an IMAP account in T-Bird and use: \"imap.uky.edu\" as the incoming and use \"smtp.uky.edu\" as the outgoing.\n\nBaseballer02 wrote:Just tried downloading Thunderbird, but couldn't get my Hotmail or Gmail accounts to work with it 'cuz I'm not sure how to find the ingoing/outgoing servers and whatnot. Can anyone help me out?\n\nSOTD should be able to help you out with the gmail settings...I'm not sure what the POP settings are.\n\nBaseballer02 wrote:Just tried downloading Thunderbird, but couldn't get my Hotmail or Gmail accounts to work with it 'cuz I'm not sure how to find the ingoing/outgoing servers and whatnot. Can anyone help me out?\n\nheres the gmail instructions for t-bird. not usre about the hotmail. (other than you would need the pop addresses) you get to this link by clicking on settings and clicking on forwarding and pop\n\nYou can't use T-Bird for Hotmail if I understand it correctly. M$ charges a fee for you to access your hotmail or MSN accounts by POP (or whatever it is) which is how programs like T-Bird do it. You may be able to do it with Outlook since it's M$, but I'm not sure, I've never used it. As for Gmail you have to configure it in Gmail and then in T-Bird. I set it up just like the link logan gave said, and it's worked so far.\n\nslomo, I'll check it when I get home tonight and see if it works. Thanks for all the help.\n\nBaseballer02 wrote:Just tried downloading Thunderbird, but couldn't get my Hotmail or Gmail accounts to work with it 'cuz I'm not sure how to find the ingoing/outgoing servers and whatnot. Can anyone help me out?\n\nheres the gmail instructions for t-bird. not usre about the hotmail. (other than you would need the pop addresses) you get to this link by clicking on settings and clicking on forwarding and pop\n\nIt was pretty easy to setup. I just keep it running in the background and don't really think about it. The only problem comes from Yahoo!, I think, where if you keep checking your mail (i.e. 5 times in 30 seconds) it gives you an authorization failed message. If you wait 10 minutes after that, it works. When it pops up, you just have to click ok, so it's easy to ignore.\n\nI used to use Outlook Express to check Hotmail and all other accounts except Yahoo!, but I read that Microsoft was terminating the free pop access. I believe Mr. Postman will still work after they switch to subscription since it works with Yahoo! which is subscription.\n\nMake sure you check out the extensions for Thunderbird. I use\nButtons!\nMagicSLR\nCalendar (tied in with Firefox also)\nand Folderpane tools."}
-{"text": "I just put it on twitter and reddit. This should go on tumblr as well but I don't have an account.\n\nI will work on a press release tonight when I get home from work.\n\nThe reason the media will lap this story up will be it was a true grass roots effort. Passionate fans chip in $5, $10, $20 whatever the could spare to make our voices heard at one aroowhead drive. That has power in the media."}
-{"text": "What\u2019s Next for Social Video? (Infographic)\n\nVideo has become a driving force behind engagement on social media. Indeed, social media users spend more time watching video than ever before, and providing video has positive impacts on conversion, audience retention and a number of other metrics. A new infographic from Animoto examines the tactics businesses are employing to capitalize on the swell in video engagement.Read the full article"}
-{"text": "UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USACONSISTORY OFFICE OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRYPRESS RELEASE\n\nDiocesan Church School Camp 2012 Filled with Fruit of the Spirit!\n\nThe 2012 session of Diocesan Church School Camp was blessed with increased numbers of campers and staff from many of our parishes across the country. The theme Fruit of the Spirit was explored throughout the two-weeks during church school classes and by encouraging the campers to live the fruits in their daily lives.\n\nThe encampment was honored to be visited by His Eminence Archbishop Antony and His Grace Bishop Daniel for a Spirit filled Divine Liturgy at which a 40-day Parastas (Memorial Service) was held in honor of our Beloved Metropolitan Constantine. The camp pavilion was brightly decorated as a celebration of his life for the brunch provided for the guests and campers. Larissa Kocelko, niece of His Beatitude, presented a check for $13,000 to complete the clergy cabin in his memory. The campers engaged in a rousing competition of the \"Fruit of the Spirit\" song for which the Hierarchs chose a winner for the day.\n\nThe campers enjoyed various activities such as hiking and nature classes, cooking classes, Ukrainian dancing, campfires, skit night, games night and the mess games. During crafts the campers created \"Fruit of the Spirit\" painted glass fruit plates, icon sun catchers and sculpture rocks. The campers made two of each for the sun catchers and sculpture rocks so that one could be utilized in a project at the camp.\n\nThe special project tackled by the campers was to update the River Walk Prayer Trail. The campers painted fences, repaired icon kiosks and benches, and created a new installation - the Fruit of the Spirit Garden. A seven foot \"tree\" was erected with painted fruits inscribed with the spiritual fruits. The sun catchers were hung on the tree and the scripture sculpture rocks were placed in the garden around the tree.\n\nDuring the second week, the campers enjoyed a field trip to Jennings Environmental Center where they learned how to identify and catalog flora and fauna in the area as well as discovering fresh water communities.\n\nThe Fourth of July was action packed with a patriotic sidewalk chalk art competition. Guest speakers Fr. Anthony & PM Tina Perkins and Melissa Haluszczak who all spoke on ways to serve your country. Water balloon tosses, swimming, the 4th of July games including the Continental Congress Cornhole Toss and the Oklahoma Land Rush Sack Races, the movie Despicable Me, and a spectacular fireworks display. The next day Fr. John Haluszczak discussed the movie with the campers to discover how the main character developed the fruits of the spirit.\n\nThe campers loved hosting a few more guest speakers. PM Iryna Mahlay spoke to the campers about Zoe House which is sponsored by Zoe for Life. Mother Magdalena and Sister Martha of Holy Transfiguration Monastery spent the afternoon with us and were inundated with questions from the campers concerning the life at the monastery. Fr. Zinovy Zharsky, DCSC Spiritual Director, made a presentation on the properties and faith of water.\n\nIt was hot, hot, hot this year at DCSC, subsequently additional swimming took place including several night swims - a camper favorite. All agreed that DCSC 2012 was spectacular year filled with love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control!"}
-{"text": "Rooms and Rates\n\nMore Information\n\nRates are subject to change for holidays and special events. Rates based on 2 people.\n\nJacuzzi and fireplaces available\n\nWireless Internet\n\nFamily rates available\n\nSorry, no discounts for holidays, special events and October\n\nReservation deposit required\n\nSeven days notice for cancellation to avoid charge\n\nVisa, MasterCard and Discover accepted\n\nCheck in at 2:00 p.m.; check out 11:00 a.m.\n\nTwo night minimum stay on certain weekends\n\nIn addition to having Mobile Guide Approval, we strive for the little touches of home over and above their rigid standards. The convenience of being in town, together with large fluffy 100% cotton towels, percale sheets, sturdy mattresses, magazines and flowers, fully carpeted rooms of absolute cleanliness, assure the comfort of our guests. Most rooms are ground floor and have cross ventilation, individual heat and air conditioning, color cable TV, wireless internet, phones and refrigerators. Deluxe units and suites are on the second floor with mountain views.\n\nAntique furnishings and country collectibles compliment the homespun decor. King and queen size beds are available. Our gazebo with rocking chairs in a country garden setting, nearby a stream has a view of surrounding high ground. Flowers and plants abound to complete a pleasant, restful setting. So come on up and discover the Blue Ridge Mountains and the charm of the Alpine Village Inn, an experience you'll never forget."}
-{"text": "Song\n\nLyrics\n\nFrom a Jack to a King\nFrom loneliness to a wedding ring\nI played an Ace and I won a Queen\nYou made me King of your heart\nFrom a Jack to a King\nWith no regrets\nI stacked the cards last night\nAnd lady luck played her hand just right\nYou made me King of your heart\nFor just a little while\nI thought that I might lose the game\nBut just in time I saw\nThe twinkle in your eyes\nFrom a Jack to a King\nFrom loneliness to a wedding ring\nI played an Ace and I won a Queen\nYou made me King of your heart\nFrom a Jack to a King\nFrom loneliness to a wedding ring\nI played an Ace and I won a Queen\nYou made me King of your heart\nFrom a Jack to a King\nFrom loneliness to a wedding ring\nI played an Ace and I won a Queen\nYou made me King of your heart\nFor just a little while\nI thought that I might lose the game\nBut just in time\nI saw the twinkle in your eyes\nFrom a Jack to a King\nFrom loneliness to a wedding ring\nI played an Ace and I won a Queen\nYou made me King of your heart"}
-{"text": "AllTreatment.com is an aggregator that provides several listings for substance use treatment method amenities.\n\nFor those who or anyone you already know is in disaster, please Get hold of the subsequent Group for details about 24 hour crisis solutions:\n\nThis new and revised part of your Medicaid.gov Site that gives information to States, managed care companies, vendors, beneficiaries and Many others concerning mental health and substance use condition\u2014called behavioral health products and services. This page delivers information relating to products and services and supports to meet the health, behavioral health and long run products and services and guidance requires of Medicaid people with mental health or substance use Issues.\n\nA Psychiatrist needs to have a Masters or simply a Doctoral Degree from an accredited school. Other necessities toward getting a Psychiatrist consist of residency education and board certifications that differ from condition to point out.\n\nRestrictions on products and services utilization, such as limitations on the number of inpatient times or outpatient visits that happen to be coated\n\nYour local Mental Health The us affiliate is an excellent source for information regarding neighborhood courses and services like cost-effective remedy companies.\n\nWhen you Obtain your expert services within a clinic outpatient clinic or clinic outpatient department, you could have to pay for an additional copayment or coinsurance amount of money towards the clinic.\n\nFor inpatients with Liquor dependence, MAT was connected with fewer inpatient admissions. Total healthcare costs were being 30 percent less for individuals receiving MAT than for individuals who not receiving MAT.\n\nSubstance Use Ailments (SUD) affect the life of hundreds of thousands of american citizens in the final inhabitants, including people today which are enrolled inside the Medicaid program. Nearly 12 p.c of Medicaid beneficiaries above eighteen have a SUD, and CMCS is devoted to assisting States successfully serve individuals with SUDs. On common, 105 folks die daily as results of a drug overdose. Furthermore, six,748 individuals across the country seek out procedure everyday while in the emergency Section for misuse or abuse of drugs.\n\nUniversities or training hospitals may additionally certainly be a supply of small-cost or totally free procedure services. It is recommended that you simply contact Individuals in your area.\n\nWellness.com isn't address going to offer clinical assistance, analysis or treatment nor do we verify or endorse any certain business enterprise or Skilled listed on the internet site. Wellness.\n\nMedicaid is The only premier payer for mental health companies in The us and is also more and more taking part in a bigger part within the reimbursement of substance use ailment expert services. Men and women using a behavioral health ailment also use significant health care expert services\u2014nearly 12 million visits designed to U.S. hospital unexpected emergency departments in 2007 included people today by using a mental disorder, compound abuse difficulty, or each.\n\nThe quick assessments The present landscape of substance abuse protection in Medicaid managed care states and also the paradigm change made by the ACA Medicaid enlargement regarding compound abuse eligibility, Positive aspects, and supplier potential. A webinar on this matter was held on September 24,2014.\n\nIn case you, or a person you recognize is in disaster, make sure you seek support right away. Contact the next corporations for details about 24-hour disaster solutions close to you:\n\nGive an Hour ( a non-financial gain Business providing no cost mental health providers for returning Veterans as well as their family members by way of a community of mental health professionals who volunteer their time)"}
-{"text": "Best ever soap for sensitive skin\n\nI use this soap every time, it helps me to get rid of skin problems, my allergist recommended me this bar.I also use this soap for shaving purpose.\n\nRashmi\n\nCA\n\nWorks well as a shampoo\n\n2/2/2012\n\nRating:\n\nPros:\n\nCons:\n\nI no longer use conditioner and my shoulder-length hair is doing all right with gentle brushing to spread natural oils along the length and the alternating of the cleansers. I can even blow dry my hair when I really need to, but I usually let it air dry.\n\nIt also works great as a body wash. (as it is intended to be for the skin) :) My skin is much happier since I have been using it and my son's eczema is better in control since he has started using it instead of soap or body wash.\n\nLynne\n\nNY\n\nGentle cleanser that cleans well!\n\n1/5/2012\n\nRating:\n\nPros:\n\nCons:\n\nI have dry, sensitive skin. I've tried a number of cleansers like this one (Cetaphil, Ponds cold cream, Boots cleansing lotion, etc.) and this one seems to work the best. It takes make up off well and doesn't leave behind a 'filmy' feeling if you just wipe off. If you do rinse with water, it doesn't leave you with a tight, squeeky-clean feeling. It really does leave your skin feeling moisturized and yet cleanses enough to get rid of the dirt and make-up! I'm very happy with this cleanser and will purchase again.\n\nSeezor\n\nTX\n\nWorks great as advertised.\n\n11/11/2011\n\nRating:\n\nPros:\n\nCons:\n\nUsed this when in the hospital then nurses gave it to me to take home. Liked it enough that I not only used it when I physically couldn't shower, but continued to use it in the shower. Really liked this product. CS\n\nProduct descriptions and images presented on the site are for representational use only and do not constitute or substitute for medical information from your health care or medical professional. Information on this site is provided for informational purposes only. You should read carefully all on correct product packaging and follow the instructions. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, promptly contact your health care provider. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements on this site have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and may be for commercial. Image shown for reference only. Actual item you recieve may differ from shown."}
-{"text": "Jerilyn Reed\n\n1. What made you want to compete?\nI saw pictures of other women that I know competing in these events. They were inspiring! I felt compelled to take on this challenge and make this journey in order to be free from self-imposed limitations and self-doubt.\n\n2. What do you do to stay inspired?\nI remember the obstacles that I have all ready overcome in my life and know that my inner-strength and my faith are stronger than anything I will go up against on this earth. I also have a four year-old son and a one year-old daughter who inspire me to always keep moving forward and be my very best.\n\n3. What shows have you already been in or plan to be in in the future?\nThis is my first show. In the future, I would love to be in the Rhode Island and New York shows.\n\n4. Who got you started?\nAthlete Sarah Albanese got me started by explaining to me how everything works and referring me to her coach, James Byrnes.\n\n5. Who do you look to for help now?\nI look to my coach, James Byrnes of Perfect Form Fitness to give me a solid plan, guidance, and direction. I have also received immense support from my husband and trainer, Dan Reed of Ironclad Training & Fitness.\n\n6. Where do you usually workout?\nI do the majority of my workouts at my home gym, created by my husband, Dan Reed. I also workout at Old School Iron in New London, Connecticut as well as Flex Fitness in Plainfield, Connecticut.\n\n7. Do you use any suppliments? If so, what ones (brands, names, etc)\nI use Advocare products to help make my goals more attainable.\n\n8. What are your most noticeable results?\nMy most noticeable results are the loss of inches and definition in my midsection.\n\n9. Has fitness changed your life? If so, how?\nFitness has changed my life because it has taught me that nothing is impossible. Anything that I want or dream, I CAN do it; as long as I\u2019m willling to do the work.\n\n10. What personal fitness goals have you set for yourself?\nThe personal fitness goals that I have set for myself are to get into the best shape of my life for this show; both aesthetically and functionally.\n\n11. Describe your diet.\nMy diet is a regimented meal plan where I consume 1300 calories per day. I take in six meals spread out through the day. I eat clean, healthy, and balanced foods. My diet has me feeling better than ever before. I adhere to it 100% so that I may attain the most results possible for my body.\n\n12. What does your workout schedule look like?\nI workout six days per week. Each day consists of a different type of cardio, as well as full-body weight and resistence training.\n\n13. What do you do for a living?\nI keep the books and do accounting for two Connecticut businesses and wait tables two nights per week at a restaurant. This summer, I will start my new position in my family\u2019s new business venture of Nummies bakery & deli in West Haven, Connecticut.\n\n14. What are your personal non-fitness goals?\nMy personal non-fitness goals are to build a solid business with my family. I plan to use my resources and contacts as a way to further my involvement with running for charities. Also, to continue to learn and grow as a person and woman; to be the best wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend that I can be.\n\n15. Have you participated in any other sports?\nI played basketball and softball throughout my childhood and into high school. I currently am a runner and run in many different races and charity events.\n\n16. Here you can mention your family/thank you\u2019s.\nI want to thank my husband, Dan Reed for being my main support through all of this. He has helped me to train and stay on track with my meal plan. I appreciate that he knows when to hug me and when to push me. He helps me to be a better woman. I thank my coach, James Byrnes for guiding me on this journey and helping me to prepare and be my best for this show. I thank my son, Danny for telling me that he loves me, that I am beautiful and that I am powerful. I thank my family and friends for the kind words and encouragement that they have offered me along the way. I definitely needed it.\n\n17. Do you have any hobbies?\nI love to run with my children in the double-running stroller. Our family loves to be outside and play wiffle ball together. I also participate in many charity running events that hold a special place in my heart. I love to cook with my son and teach him about healthy food. I love to continue to learn and improve as a cake decorator.\n\n18. What are challenges that you face that may keep you from reaching your fitness goals?\nThe challenges that I face are finding enough time for my husband, two kids, three part-time jobs, one bulldog, family, friends, charities, running a household and other obligations in addition to this committment that I have made to my meal plan and workout regiment. While this has been a tall order, I\u2019ll tell you that NOTHING will keep me from reaching my goals. I make no excuses. I do what needs to get done. I have all ready reached my fitness goal of being in the best shape of my life. I plan to push even harder in this last stretch to the Boston show!\n\n19. What obstacles have you overcome to be where you are?\nI had to ovecome many obstacles to be where I am. At the risk of being too open, I\u2019ll tell you that I have overcome alcohol and drug addiction, food addiction and disordered eating. After I gave birth to my son, my husband and I wanted more children. I endured the loss of three pregnancies. I went back to college. I became pregnant with my daughter while in school. I gave birth to her while completing my finals and writing my senior Capstone. I received my college diploma. I know pain. I have struggled, I have fought, I have overcome. I am not ashamed. I am a fighter. I am strong. I use my experiences to relate to and help other people. My life is beautiful.\n\n20. Is there anything else you would like to add that you think we\u2019ve missed?\nI would just like to say that I have put all of my heart and soul into this preparation. I have given blood, sweat, and tears. I have had to dig deep every single day. I have had to get up ridicuously early and go to bed ridiculously late to get in all of my workouts. No matter what happens, when I walk onto that stage I will hold my head high because I have given all that I have to give. 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-{"text": "Mud Diver\n\nAfter releasing two 12\u201ds for Lee Gamble\u2019s fledging UIQ label, Latvian artist N1L flits to Where To Now? to present four new compositions of smudged, innovative, and completely otherworldly bass mutation.\n\n\u2018Mud Diver\u2019 begins with the aptly titled \u2018Chasing the Sun\u2019, at first holding all the intentions of aiming for a big room anthem \u2013 introducing itself with familiar melodic pads and focused, drop friendly peaks. Anyone who knows N1L\u2019s work though will understand that this settling for a straight forward approach is not his vibe\u2026 at drop point the anthemic nature absolutely plummets face first into the grit and accelerates away into layer upon layer of revving synth mayhem, transforming with grace into the complete polar opposite of its initial gambit.\n\nTitle track \u2018Mud Diver\u2019 takes us further down into the realms of machine trouble and its mechanised cyclical movements. Held together by the deepest of off beat kicks, we wade through this horrorscape of construction and collapse in search for light. This light comes in the form of \u2018Jaget Och Maskerna\u2019 where swathes of rapid-fire signals weave through the darkness and speed away towards the hopeful bloom, holding an escapist and otherworldly aura, a hallmark of much of N1L\u2019s work.\n\nSubmerged for 9 minutes \u2018Clockroach\u2019 takes us deeper and deeper down into the basin, where dubwise flutters of percussion and sparks from the breaks of rolling dread bubble around the vessel. Recalling the deepest moments of Raime, the tensest moments of Kode 9, and the most desolate moments of Demdike Stare, \u2018Clockroach\u2019 best embodies N1L\u2019s ability to respectfully reference a rich history of bass music, whilst injecting his own deeply experimental learnings and leanings at every turn.\n\n\u201cListening to the music of N1L is at times like staring into a vast, bleak expanse where time moves at a different rate to the rest of the world\u2026N1L\u2019s music feels stretched and compressed in equal measure, combining a nostalgic traces of 90s techno, jungle and rave into something that sounds like it\u2019s been torn from another era and warped in the process.\u201d \u2013 Scott Wilson (FACT)"}
-{"text": "SHARE\n\nState aimed well on Arrow Electronics\n\nThe announcement Tuesday that Arrow Electronics will shift its corporate headquarters from Long Island, N.Y., to Colorado was great news for the state \u2014 not just the Front Range.\n\nFor one thing, it will raise Colorado\u2019s reputation worldwide when it comes to computer components and computer-related electronics. Arrow is listed by Fortune magazine as one of the top 140 companies in the country in terms of revenue, and it is a global leader in electronics and computer components.\n\nFurthermore, while the company is expected to add 1,200 jobs over the next five years to the 1,000 it already has at its Colorado facilities in Englewood, Arrow does business with hundreds of suppliers and related businesses.\n\nIn announcing the Arrow move, Gov. John Hickenlooper said the state will now actively recruit many of those businesses, seeking to have them move to or build facilities in Colorado.\n\nThose facilities don\u2019t all have to be next door to Arrow\u2019s headquarters. They can be in many parts of the state. And that means there are opportunities for communities around Colorado \u2014 including Grand Junction \u2014 to try to attract these companies.\n\nArrow plans to keep its facilities open in New York, but it\u2019s corporate headquarters will now be in Colorado, and most of its planned expansion in this country is expected to occur here. The state last week approved tax credits of up to $11.4 million over five years, if the 1,200 new jobs materialize in this state.\n\nThe announcement was a coup for Gov. Hickenlooper, who worked with Colorado corporate leaders and personally lobbied Arrow CEO Michael Long to persuade him to locate the headquarters here. This from a governor who, last year on the campaign trail, pledged to make job creation in this state his top priority."}
-{"text": "2011 SCTE Show\n\nFeed\n\nCategories\n\nArchives\n\nYouTube\n\nIf you\u2019ve followed the TV tech industry at all, you know the difficulties associated with getting interactive television apps to market. Technologists and marketers have held out the promise of iTV for years with little to show for it. But slowly that\u2019s changing. Two years ago CableLabs and Comcast put tru2way (aka OCAP) front and center at CES. Last year, the reality of legacy equipment in the field set in, and the focus shifted (back) to EBIF. This year EBIF has gotten an update, and several cable operators have committed to widespread EBIF rollouts.\n\nOfficial tallies are hard to come by, but we know Comcast deployed EBIF on Motorola set-tops last year, and Verizon started even earlier with EBIF embedded in a guide update that was pushed out at the end of 2008 and into 2009. Now that CableLabs has updated the EBIF spec, several other cable operators are on board. Most notably, Time Warner Cable has said EBIF is a priority in 2010. Charter, Cox, and Bright House have also reiterated their commitments to the technology.\n\nSo what does this mean for consumers? Addressable (targeted) advertising is going to be a big focus, at least in trials, but consumers should also see a number of new widget-type experiences. As an example, Verizon just launched the Showtime Sports Interactive service. During Showtime boxing and mixed martial arts events, consumers can now access bios, stats, trivia, polls, and more directly on the TV screen. Verizon states that this is the first-ever HD EBIF app, and the first-ever EBIF app to incorporate interactive polling. It won\u2019t be the last by a long shot.\n\n*Note: Industry folks know that Biap, the company listed in the photo above, changed its name to FourthWall Media last year. The photo is outdated, but I love the visual enough that I\u2019ve decided to ignore that fact."}
-{"text": "There is perhaps no more politically charged issue currently than the mass of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border looking to enter the United States. For the Obama Administration, however, this is no longer just a policy or PR concern, as civil rights groups have filed a class action lawsuit, blaming the Administration for not providing legal representation for children facing deportation hearings.\n\nThe American Civil Liberties Union, the American Immigration Council and other groups filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle on July 9. The groups seek to have all children supplied legal counsel at these hearings, a right that is not currently given under current government rules.\n\n\u201cThe government pays for a trained prosecutor to advocate for the deportation of every child. It is patently unfair to force children to defend themselves alone,\u201d said Ahilan Arulanantham, senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, to the Wall Street Journal.\n\nThe lead plaintiff for the suit is a 10 year old boy from El Salvador whose father was killed by gang members. According to Arulanantham, the boy has an asylum claim, as he and his family have been threatened.\n\nThis lawsuit follows a new plan released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review in early July, which called for the hiring of nearly 100 lawyers and paralegals to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children. At the time, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the move would \u201cprotect the rights of the most vulnerable members of society.\u201d\n\nThe Obama Administration furthered the Executive Office for Immigration Review\u2019s plan in the President\u2019s proposal for $3.7 billion in funding to deal with the issue at the border. As part of the proposal, Obama asked for $15 million to provide legal representation to children in immigration proceedings.\n\nHowever, that proposal may not be quick enough for the civil rights groups filing the case. Although the suit is not directly tied to the growing number of immigrants at the border, the case could have a large effect on how they are treated by the government. As Arulanantham said, \u201cThe question is: should a 10-year-old have to marshal evidence and mount a case?\u201d\n\nAssistant Editor\n\nZach Warren\n\nZach Warren is Assistant Editor of InsideCounsel magazine, where he oversees online content submissions and administers InsideCounsel's enewsletters. Zach specializes in new media and multimedia..."}
-{"text": "Solving the \u2018Catch 22\u2019 of rectal cancer\n\nToday\u2019s standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove the tumour along with the rectum and its encasing tissue (called mesorectum).\n\nAfter the surgery, the specimen is analysed in the pathology lab to assess, among other things, whether tumour infiltration has occurred into the lymph nodes of the mesorectum.\n\nFinally, clinicians consider this and other relevant findings to determine how to proceed with the optimal therapeutic route.\n\nThis long-standing approach has been the accepted procedure for rectal cancer treatment for many years.\n\nHowever, it has been reported that radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy can be more effective in high-risk patients (patients with, among other features, lymph node involvement) if administered before the surgery.\n\nThis observation has placed physicians in a sort of a \u201cCatch 22\u201d situation, where determining the patient\u2019s treatment strategy requires results from the same surgery.\n\nThis \u201cCatch 22\u201d can also lead to overtreatment: to be on the safe side, radiologists have traditionally been exceptionally conservative when considering the status of lymph nodes.\n\nThis cautionary approach works as a double edged sword, since radiation and chemotherapy may have adverse and sometimes irreversible side effects, which clinicians strive to avoid if possible.\n\nNow, in an article published in the scientific journal Cancer Research, a team at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, in Lisbon, Portugal, found a way to help clinicians get out of this \u201ccatch\u201d: they developed a cutting-edge, non-invasive, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methodology that can efficiently determine whether the tumour has metastasised into the lymph nodes of the mesorectum prior to the surgery.\n\n\u201cThe pathologic status of lymph nodes in the mesorectum constitutes one of the most important prognostic markers in rectal cancer patients\u201d, says In\u00eas Santiago, the first author of this study.\n\n\u201cHowever, with currently implemented imaging protocols, knowledge of lymph node status before surgery is limited, so decision-making is largely based on other tumour characteristics.\u201d\n\nTo confront this challenge, a multidisciplinary team of scientists and clinicians, including Santiago, a radiologist specialising in rectal cancer, Noam Shemesh, a basic scientist focusing on MRI, and Jo\u00e3o Santinha, an image analysis expert, decided to develop a novel methodology capable of differentiating between benign and cancerous lymph nodes.\n\n\u201cWe knew that this difference in size should induce a kind of \u201cdistortion\u201d in local magnetic fields, so we hypothesised that this effect could be exploited to noninvasively differentiate between normal and affected nodes using MRI. To do this, we had to develop a novel MRI methodology, which we named Susceptibility Perturbation Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SPI), as well as a new analysis framework to better understand the sources of its signals.\u201d\n\nThe team first tested their hypothesis by harnessing the Centre\u2019s ultra-high magnetic field preclinical MRI scanner \u2013 one of the strongest in the world.\n\nWhen samples of lymph nodes excised from rectal cancer patients were imaged with the new SPI methodology, the team immediately observed striking differences between benign and malignant lymph nodes.\n\n\u201cTheir magnetic signature was quite distinct. And we were also able to confirm our imaging results using the conservative pathological analyses used to assess lymph node malignancy\u201d, Shemesh points out.\n\nAfter success at this preclinical stage, the team proceeded to adapt SPI for the clinic.\n\n\u201cSuch ultra-high field scanners are not yet available for human use. Therefore, to make SPI effective for examining lymph node malignancy in patients, we needed to adjust it for conventional scanners, which have a much lower magnetic field\u201d, Santinha explains.\n\nThough it was not clear whether SPI would still work with the lower magnetic fields of clinical scanners, the adaptation was successful.\n\n\u201cTo confirm the efficacy of SPI, patients were imaged using both SPI and the current \u2018gold standard\u2019 MRI method. After surgery, the analysis of the lymph nodes confirmed that SPI increased the accuracy of lymph node characterisation compared with the standard MRI techniques, with a significant improvement in sensitivity and no loss in specificity\u201d, he says.\n\nNow, the team is striving to further optimise clinical SPI and cross-validate the results by extending the study to other centres.\n\n\u201cWe believe that SPI can be of added value to select patients for pre-operative radiation and chemotherapy. Our results bode well for future studies aiming to generalise SPI as a lymph node specific biomarker, which may be developed to address the lymph node status in other types of cancer as well\u201d, Santiago concludes."}
-{"text": "Samsung says it is working on support for the Galaxy Gear to work with other Galaxy smartphones but hasn\u2019t yet announced a time frame for that compatibility. My first impressions of the Gear were generally favorable, but I\u2019ll have to spend more time with one before deciding if it\u2019s worth $299."}
-{"text": "Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army\u00eds Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson (Samantha Morton), to whom he has delivered news of her husband\u00eds death."}
-{"text": "An announcement that the Blackhawks will play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in the NHL's second outdoor Winter Classic could come as early as today, according to Comcast SportsNet.\n\nHowever, a Friday announcement might be more likely, as Blackhawks Hall of Famers Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Tony Esposito will be on hand at Wrigley during the Cubs-Rockies game to sing \"Take Me Out to the Ballgame\" during the seventh inning stretch.\n\nChicago's chances to host the game improved considerably when NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said earlier this month that Yankee Stadium was no longer the favorite to host because of a \"variety of issues.\"\n\nThe NHL's first Winter Classic was played earlier this year on New Year's Day at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Sabres 2-1 in a shootout."}
-{"text": "Family doctors need a \"closer personal relationship\" with their patients as part of efforts to ease the crisis in hospital accident and emergency units, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.\n\nMr Hunt insisted he was not blaming GPs for the problem but said they must be made responsible for the out-of-hours service provided to patients on their list.\n\nThe Health Secretary claimed the service \"deteriorated\" when the GP contract was changed in 2004, with the public losing confidence and turning to A&E departments.\n\nMr Hunt told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show: \"I would never blame GPs because I think they work extremely hard. I've been in GP surgeries and they have very, very long days.\n\n\"But I do think that contract is one of the contributing causes, yes, because I think what happened was when you removed the responsibility for services at the evenings and weekends from GPs, the service deteriorated and there's a great loss of public confidence. If you need to speak to a GP out of hours, you'll generally be speaking to someone who's a long way away from you who doesn't know you, can't see your medical notes.\"\n\nWhile he was not calling for family doctors to personally be on call all night, he added: \"I think we need to go back to GPs having responsibility for making sure that for the people on their list, there is a good service available. And I think the reforms we've had in the health service help to make that happen, but I think there's lots more we need to do.\"\n\nMr Hunt said having \"better alternatives in primary care, a closer personal relationship between people and their GPs - something that many people think was lost by those contract changes - that's going to be at the heart of the solution\".\n\nThe Health Secretary admitted there had been \"teething problems\" with the 111 phone service, which may have resulted in more people attending A&E, but the issues ran deeper that that.\n\nHe said: \"I think we did have some teething problems with the new 111 service, which we're now resolving. But I think the problem runs much deeper than that and if you talk to the doctors in A&E departments, as I've been doing a lot in the last few months, there are a number of things.\n\n\"One of them is that it's harder now for hospitals to hit their targets because under the last government we, I'm afraid, had a culture of hitting targets at any cost, and that led to the appalling tragedy at Mid Staffs Hospital. And now hospitals rightly are saying that these targets matter, they do need to see people within four hours at A&E, but they're not going to do so in a way that compromises patient safety.\""}
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-{"text": "Princess Cruises Announces a Voluntary and Temporary Pause of its Global Ship Operations for 60 Days\n\n(Victor Valley)\u2013 In proactive response to the unpredictable circumstances evolving from the global spread of COVID-19 and in an abundance of caution, Princess Cruises announced that it will voluntarily pause global operations of its 18 cruise ships for two months (60 days), impacting voyages departing March 12 to May 10.\n\n\u201cPrincess Cruises is a global vacation company that serves more than 50,000 guests daily from 70 countries as part of our diverse business, and it is widely known that we have been managing the implications of COVID-19 on two continents,\u201d said Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises. \u201cBy taking this bold action of voluntarily pausing the operations of our ships, it is our intention to reassure our loyal guests, team members and global stakeholders of our commitment to the health, safety and well-being of all who sail with us, as well as those who do business with us, and the countries and communities we visit around the world,\u201d added Swartz.\n\nThose currently onboard a cruise that will end in the next five days will continue to sail as expected through the end of the itinerary so that onward travel arrangements are not disrupted. Current voyages that are underway and extend beyond March 17 will be ended at the most convenient location for guests, factoring in operational requirements. Princess will do everything possible to return each guest home with the greatest amount of care possible. During this time, our operations and medical teams across the fleet will remain vigilant in their care and service for guests and crew onboard.\n\nFor those who are impacted by this business decision, Princess is offering guests the opportunity to transfer 100% of the money paid for their cancelled cruise to a future cruise of their choice. To add a bonus incentive for guests to accept this offer, the company will add an additional generous future cruise credit benefit which can be applied to the cruise fare or onboard expenses. In addition, Princess will honor this offer for those guests who had made final payment and cancelled their booking on or after February 4, 2020. The future cruise credit can be used on any voyage departing through May 1, 2022.\n\nPrincess will protect travel advisor commissions on bookings for cancelled cruises that were paid in full and for the total amount of the future cruise credits, in recognition of the critical role they play in the cruise line\u2019s business and success.\n\nIf the future cruise credit option does not work for some guests, they will be able to complete an electronic form on Princess.com to request a cash refund. Princess asks guests not to call the Reservation Call Center due to the possibility of high call volumes and the potential of long on-hold wait times due to this unprecedented action. Guests and their travel advisors will be sent communications on how to manage cancellations and desired compensation. Information and instructions for requesting a refund are available online at Princess.com\n\nIn a video posted on YouTube, Jan Swartz shares that \u201cwhile this is a difficult business decision, we firmly believe it is the right one and is in alignment with our company\u2019s core values. Rest assured the long-serving and dedicated professionals at our company will make best use of this time to prepare Princess Cruises\u2019 fleet of cruise ships for a successful return to operation to serve our guests by delivering an exceptional vacation experience.\u201d\n\nLoyal guests, employees, travel advisor partners and business partners around the world have asked what they can do support Princess Cruises and its more than 35,000 team members in these challenging times. The answer is simple \u2013 book a cruise with Princess and bring your family and friends along. The company offers over 180 itineraries to popular and exotic destinations around the globe.\n\nPrincess Cruises plans to be back in operation beginning with cruises departing May 11, 2020."}
-{"text": "Fourth Day of Losses for Market as the Fed Meets\n\nBy The Associated Press\n\nJune 14, 2016\n\nStocks in the United States and global markets fell for a fourth day on Tuesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve\u2019s decision on interest rates and continued to worry about Britain\u2019s expected close vote on whether to leave the European Union.\n\nCredit card company stocks fell sharply after Synchrony Financial, the country\u2019s leading issuer of store brand credit cards, warned that more of its customers were falling behind on payments.\n\nThe Dow Jones industrial average fell 57.66 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,674.82.\n\nUnited States government bond yields remained at their lowest levels since 2012 as investors sought safety ahead of the Fed meeting and the vote in Britain. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was 1.61 percent, up slightly from a day earlier.\n\nIn Europe, benchmark German government bond yields fell below zero percent for the first time, a signal that skittish investors are willing to pay to park their money in investments they consider supersafe.\n\nThe Federal Reserve\u2019s two-day meeting started on Tuesday, with a decision on interest rates to be announced on Wednesday. The Fed had been expected to raise interest rates, but after some weak economic data, including the most recent monthly jobs report, it now appears likely to wait.\n\nMost investors are focused overseas right now. There is considerable uncertainty about whether British voters will choose to leave the European Union in a referendum on June 23. Polls show the vote could go either way, and investors are starting to worry about the consequences.\n\nA British exit from the European Union, known informally as Brexit, would probably hurt the British economy most and destabilize the rest of Europe. The repercussions, however, are not clear.\n\n\u201cInvestors are Brexit-proofing their portfolios right now,\u201d said Anastasia Amoroso, a global markets strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management.\n\nIn individual companies, Synchrony Financial plunged $3.99, or 13 percent, to $26.45 after the company disclosed that more of its customers were falling behind on payments. The company is also taking losses on more accounts than anticipated.\n\nIn commodities, benchmark crude dropped 39 cents, to $48.49 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, fell 52 cents, to $49.83 per barrel in London."}
-{"text": "The Borotba organization was put on record in May 2011. However, one of the authors of this article had been present at its conception which took place in April, 2010. The Kyiv Marxist Organization (MO) was celebrating its anniversary and Serhiy Kirichuk was speaking a lot about the importance of creating a left political party. Borotba\u2019s chief had not yet sprouted a Third World revolutionary\u2019s-like beard and looked more like a second-rate marketer whom he actually was (he had been busy selling chicken by the time). Sergey and his MO allies were inspired by \u2018Svoboda\u2019 nationalists and their success; thus they were willing to go into party construction after the same plot to take on Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) on the left flank. This was when the name Borotba was spoken out at first. About a year after Kirichuk\u2019s speech, the organization split, though there had been a certain schism from the very beginning as it was impossible to hold Stalinists, Trozkists, former party nomenclature, Komsomol leaders, and libertarians together for a long time. The very fact of MO\u2019s existence showed how immature the left-wing politics were in Ukraine. Such a political Frankenstein could keep up the fa\u00e7ade and pretend he was alive only during a period of deep apathy and stagnation. The very fact that the authors and dozens of other \u2018lefties\u2019 had not noticed the rotting smell of this organization in time is a shame for all of us.\n\nAfter the split some of the OM members had quit activism, some had formed the Left Opposition, some had joined the libertarians, and some had become our enemies. Yes, enemies, without any rhetorical stress. The division of Borotba is neither a question of doctrines, nor historic reenactment games, nor an anecdotic \u2018Kronshtadt anarchist revenge,\u2019 \u2014 nothing of what the authoritarians have been trying to accuse us of. At the beginning, the reasons for conflict were systematic lies and fraud. This was not a secret for anybody though many pretended to ignore these facts, saying that everybody had a right to build up his career the way he wanted to. But today, their shallow political ambitions, dishonesty, and readiness to spread any lies or manipulations have led to bloodshed. That was not the abstract \u2018working class treachery\u2019 but real deaths and injuries of people unlucky to believe Borotba or stray in their way.\n\nBorotba was formed by the fraction of the Marxist Organization usually described as Stalinist. Surely, they have never been noticed carrying Stalin\u2019s portraits and always called themselves Marxists-Leninists, showing their love to the moustached chief openly only in the drunk company. However, any ideology is proved not by declarations but through political practice. Borotbists are true Soviet political school followers. Borotba leaders originated from the Komsomol organization and some were active CPU members. This has been reflected not only in their USSR-nostalgic attitudes being actively exploited in their agitation, not only in positive esteems of Soviet regime but in their organization culture, tactics, strategies, and aims as well.\n\nBorotba has always been active trying to parasite on non-authoritarian left activism where anarchists were used as a striking force. Ukrainian Stalinists were trying to take merits from activities of Direct Action, a student syndicalist trade union, by squattingits campaigns. Unfortunately, Direct Action had been loose change for Stalinists, Trozkists, liberals, and national-democrats in their political games due to the lack of ideological platform and unwillingness to take a firm line in political questions. When the attempts to jockey anarchists into supporting authoritarians failed, it would be time to use lies, intrigues along with threats and violence reaching the new scales recently. During the clashes in Kharkiv, Borotbists together with Russian nationalists stormed the administration building and beat people being inside, among them anarchists and anti-authoritarian leftwings. To legalize their violence, they accused all their victims of Right Sectormembership just like Spanish Stalinists had been naming \u2018fascists\u2019 both anarchists and POUM Marxists opposing them.\n\nQuote from a Borotba mail: \u201cWe have to use the cluelessness of the media, who are mixing up the names of the various sects, so that everything \u2018left; in the capital will be associated exclusively with us. Yes, that\u2019s squatting of other\u2019s actions, but there is no other choice. Excuse me for being too direct, comrades. If you have the ability to squat something, you have to do it, and I don\u2019t see a problem with that.\u201d\n\nLeninism itself is a radical and authoritarian version the of social-democratic, movement while Stalinism is even a more radical evolvement. It is hard, though, to tell Stalinists from social-democrats today, they talk of revolution on holiday aiming to participate in bourgeois politics on weekdays at the same time. Bourgeois politics equal populism in Ukrainian reality. Borotba has been successful adapting their rhetoric to the audience. This is what helps them to find common both with Russian nationalists, na\u00efve Western leftists and their back-alley Ukrainian colleagues. When Serhiy Kirichuk has spoken out for the libertarians at the \u2018Hedonist International\u2019 conference (a meeting of left activists and artists where he got by trick) he has criticized \u2018far-rights and monarchists\u2019 in the Eastern republics and told Borotba was fighting two fronts, both against \u2018Ukrainian and Russian nazi\u2019.\n\nWith a less critical audience, like Die Linke or anti-Imperialists, he appealed to support \u2018anti-Fascist people republics\u2019 while Russian nazi in his interpretation had turned into \u2018somewhat mistaken but conceptually and socially allied anti-Fascists\u2019. Borotba has been successful turning into \u2018peace advocates\u2018 or \u2018Fascist junta fighters\u2019, depending on situation. Addressing to both sides of the conflict demanding to lay their weapons down but celebrating every micro-victory of the self-proclaimed \u2018Donetsk People\u2019s Republic\u2019 (DNR) at the same time, publishing texts with \u2018people republics\u2019 support and their \u2018conservative shift\u2019 critics, celebrating Maidan slaughter in Kharkiv and publishing a resolution condemning violent actions in some weeks, moreover, participating in organization of even more cruel attack on Maidan in Odesa, criticizing Putin of \u2018not providing enough help to separatists\u2019 and demanding introduction of troops! Borotba would hypocritically condemn sexism and homophobia in order to impress left-wing intellectuals and use homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic rhetoric to engage more conservatives. This is what should be described in details.\n\nOne of the first loud scandals actually letting Borotba\u2019s history begin was the fact of violence committed by one of its activists, Vladimir Gurov, to female anarchist K. P. (name omitted by her request) in spring 2011. Gurov had never been an official Borotba member although he had been noticed attending all their campaigns and living at their activists\u2019 flats, later in their office; also his photo was on some of the party stickers. He had beaten the girl shortly before the organization was officially established. The motivation was both sexist and political at the same time (Gurov had been going after her but unrequited; he had also been outraged by the woman being so bold to argue back in a political conversation). After the accident gained publicity within the left-wing community, Borotbists rhetorically withdrawn from Gurov and told he \u2018was not their member\u2019 being so cynic to advice victim to report to police.\n\nSoon after, he returned to their office continuing to attend all the meetings and campaigns. Borotbists have even pushed him as a \u2018talking head\u2019 to a journalist taking an interview with working activists protesting against salary delays during construction of a bridge for Euro 2012. \u2018Feministychna Ofenzyva\u2019, a leftwing-liberal feminist organization had declared a boycott to Gurov and anybody who would cooperate with him, however the boycott was not observed even by some of his initiators as Ofenzyva participants would continue to write articles for Liva, website controlled by Borotba, take part in collective actions and campaigns with Borotbists and maintain political and friendly contacts with \u2018non-sectant lefts\u2019.\n\nQuote from a Borot\u2019ba mail: \u201cAnyway I propse to walk separately without the pederasts [derogatory Russian term for homosexuals] and other scum (physically and morally)\u2026 we have to try harder to attract larger crowds!\u201d\n\nHomophobia is rather one of the \u2018left conservative\u2019 attributes for Borotba than a priority. However, there are exclusions like Alexey Albu, a Borotba activist from Odesa and local deputy elected by the CPU who appealed to expel LGBT activists from left campaigns and attack them and expressed his readiness to work together with far-rights for these aims. Recently, Borotba has been noticed spreading homophobic agitprop. To get themselves into Antimaidan favour they have been spreading texts and jokes about \u2018gay Lyashko.\u2018\n\nRacism and anti-Semitism would make the picture complete, and they are also present in Borotba\u2019s record. Alexey Albu, mentioned above, when criticizing Mikhail Shtokalo, Odesa Left Opposition activist for his \u2018liberal inclinations,\u2019 would always mention his opponent\u2019s skin color, consistently addressing Shtokalo as \u2018Negro\u2019 in the organization newsletters. Later he attacked Mikhail and no steps were taken by the organization, as Albu has stayed one of its leaders. A few years later, the Odesa Borotbists successfully cooperate with Russian Nazis from the Slavic Union and ultra-conservatives from Rodina, information on this cooperating is published on the the party\u2019s website , and Albu publicly calls on to Russian armed forces to enter Odesa.\n\nQuote from a Borot\u2019ba mail: \u201cIf the Russians invade Odesa, we\u2019ll be able to breathe more freely\u201d\n\nSurely, Borotba has never made any anti-Semitist appeals and has even held some populist \u2018anti-anti-Semitist\u2019 campaigns. However, a notorious anti-Semit Oleksiy Blyuminov, ex-chief editor of Vecherniy Luhansk, a newspaper having published extractions from antisemitic \u2018Zion protocols,\u2019 had been their member for a long time. A professional \u2018political girouette\u2019 has quit Borotba after voicing support for Maidan but now has returned home, supporting LNR, and is into renewing contacts with his ex-comrades. Borotba leaders have even dropped so low as to make friends with Israel Shamir, a well-known Orthodox fanatic supporting myths about Jews holding bloody sacrifices of Christians. There have been some anti-Semitist pictures at Borotba\u2019s official website and social network pages. While they are usually deleted after some angry comments, the trend is obvious. Whether it is a \u2018Zionist conspirator\u2019 with an Israeli flag as a background or \u2018bloody president Poroshenko\u2019 with a menorah on his head, Borotba is steady reproducing the most antisemitic images and symbols.\n\nScreenshot of a Borot\u2019ba article with an antisemitic illustration\n\nBorotbists, having spoken much of their \u2018Anti-fascism\u2019 in fact have extensively cooperated with Nationalist organizations, going beyond pro-Russian ones. They had lobbied participation of Nationalist-loyal groups like \u2018Communa\u2019 and \u2018Storm Committee\u2019 in the 2012 First May parade in Kyiv. Today, \u2018Communa\u2019 activists have joined the \u2018Right Sector,\u2019 while former Borotba friends from the Storm Committee attack Borotba activities, according to Borotba participant Denis Levin. In Odesa, Borotba has cooperated with Avtonomnyi Opir. For Borotba, Support for both \u2018Anti-Fascism\u2019 and \u2018nationalism\u2019 are just instruments for political manipulations. They are trying to involve masses by any means while the political views do not matter at all for these parliament populists. Borotbists can call themselves \u2018anti-Nationalists\u2019 in one case and appeal to the National aspect in \u2018Ukrainian bolshevism\u2019 in another, turning the legacy of Skrypnyk and Khvylyovyi\u2019s legacy to their advantage [members of the Executed Rennaissance nationalist revival in the 1920\u2019s that favored communism].\n\nThis is not surprising for one who understands Borotba\u2019s political genesis and their target audience. The remaining left alternative to CPU aims to take away the conservative and xenophobic electorate from that political party. They have given up the clericalism and Russian Nationalism of their Russian counterparts, but cannot give up tolerating Nationalists and conservatives. Victor Shapinov, one of Borotba\u2019s leading ideologists, besides working on his own political projects, has been a political strategist for different political forces. The story of elections in Russian city Gus\u2019-Khrustalnyi where Shapinov had been working for \u2018Yedinaya Rossiya\u2019 was a hit among post-Soviet left activists. These are not the only elections where Borotbists have made their mark using the organization resource: they had been into smear campaigns in Pridnestrovye working against Evgenii Shevchuk whom they accused of being too much \u2018pro-European\u2019. A little time before, Shapinov had been working in Crimea for Leonid Grach, one of the CPU leaders, having selled him \u2018new-leftist\u2019 slogans like \u2018Power to millions, not millionaires\u2019. We have to mention here that Grach although having dissociated himself from Symonenko accusing one of \u2018Marxism withdrawal\u2018, was no difference from CPU mainstream both in clericalism and pro-Russian attitudes.\n\nAs we have already mentioned, Borotba\u2019s history should be counted from spring, 2010. By that time Kirichuk had gained career success in \u2018Myronivsky Khlibproduct\u2019 and joined Marxist Organization. Before, he had only been registered along with many other ghost voters. However, membership in a political circle did not fit the scale of Kirichuk\u2019s ambitions. So the idea to create a political party appeared. Mandelist fraction was seduced by Kirichuk\u2019s prompts of creating \u2018wide left party\u2019 and \u2018involving left-liberal allies\u2018.\n\nSummer 2010 at the Coordination council elections Stalinists achieved one voice advantage in the executive board. As a result of next journey to Malmo Shapinov succeeded in getting a 250,000 Swedish crones grant from International Left Forum for MO. The money was received formally for holding conferences concerning actual political problems. There were certain restrictions and demands for financial reporting written in the treat which would not let the money just be spent on some extra purposes.\n\nHowever, there have been still legal ways left to tap the bank from trust fund to the organization pool as the contract allowed fees for the project members. Nobody would forbid the MO members involved to deposit most of the fee amount to the organization cash fund. But to make this scheme successful all of the members should understand what was being done and what for. That means, the fact of receiving the money, amounts and terms should have become public for every member of the organization.\n\nThis was what the Stalinist wished the least. The information on Swedish grant was concealed even from the Trozkist fraction as Kirichuk and Co had a majority in the leadership and the perspective to rule organization by making guidelines was too seducing. However, the realization of their instructions had stalled as most of the members could not figure out what was going on and why should the events like feminist conference in Crimea be held. Besides, a Stalinist-Trozkist conflict beraged so the latter would not be so eager to heed the Stalinist chiefs and their commands.\n\nAs a result, some of the events were messed up.\n\nIn autumn 2010, MO called non-parliament lefts to unite into the political subject. This caused a quite surprising response from Kyiv Mohyla \u2018left intellectuals\u2019. Trozkists believed it was a chance to create wide organization with stable anti-Stalinist majority. This is how \u2018KPD Platform\u2019 appeared, a predecessor of future Left Opposition. However, at the moment Trozkists aimed only to voice their independent position in the consolidation process using MO by-laws allowing to create ideological platforms.\n\nHowever, Kirichuk and other Stalinists did not see themselves as a minority within the new organization, so a 1920-s tradition battle against KPD platform started within MO. This battle was ideologically marked as \u2018true-Marxist\u2019. Any orientation on left-liberals approach was thrown away. Stalinists have created their own secret fraction (need to mention that therefore they have flaunted the MO regulations allowing only platforms but not fractions) and started to search for approach with CPU-close Stalinist groups.\n\nWinter passed together with this battle. March, 2011 International Left Forum\u2019s internal profit and loss statement deadlines were coming close so the Swedes became to be more concerned about the fate of money given to Shapinov. The emissaries were sent to Kyiv for investigations. The question about money and statement was raised in front of MO\u2019s Control committee consisting of Anti-Stalinist Marxists totally ignorant about the subject. The worst was the shock of the news about organization running up a 30,000$ bill to the Swedes, and all the money gone missing.\n\nA scandal burst. Stalinists were desperately trying to cheat everybody including the Swedes who received a false report signed by \u2018Erman, the MO auditor\u2019 (there was no such vacancy at all and Georgiy Erman, having no connection with the Control committee was payed by Kirichuk).\n\nCrystal art from the Russian city of Gus-Khrystalny, where Borot\u2019ba ideologist Viktor Shapinow worked as political technologist for \u201cUnited Russia\u201d\n\nIt turned out that Shapinov could not provide a statement as he was in Gus\u2019-Khrustalny at the moment working for Yedinaya Rossiya.\n\nSurely it became impossible for anyone to stay with Stalinists within one organization. A question was raised: if Shapinov had been working for Yedinaya Rossiya and signing secret contracts by the organization\u2019s name at the same time, would it be possible for Shapinov one day to sign a contract for MO to execute any political orders for Yedinaya Rossiya?\n\nToday, Borotba is actually fighting for Putin\u2019s interests in Ukraine; Shapinov must have found it an intriguing business project.\n\nAnd now about the money. Almost all the sum stayed on the accounts so, after all, the money was not sacked. The Stalinists have not succeeded even in using that budget, mostly because of the efforts to hoax their own organization. A loud scandal with trials and media coverage could be avoided only because the Swedes themselves were eager to hush the case and just cop out from their own higher controlling organs. Taking into consideration the Stalinist routs of Left Party, the Swedes saw Borotbists having transmutated from Stalinists as their soul mates and re-established seminal cooperation.\n\nIt was clear that no left-wing union would appear. Some microscopical Stalinist groups have joined Borotba and this finally defined it as another CPU-clone. Also, cult newsletter left_unia appeared where left-wings of different political views had been throwing dirt and accusations at each other.\n\nLater on Borotba has achieved new sources of funds all of which were quite murky. The contacts with \u2018regionals\u2019 were established. For example, Borotba regional office in Kherson was led by regional party deputy Ihor Poddubchenko. His membership has never been made too much public and he must have Borotba as an extra actually unwilling to risk his reputation through contacts with \u2018radicals\u2019. Borotbists would become nervous and start threatening after being in their cooperation with non-proletarian politician.\n\nIt is still not clear who had sponsored Serhiy Kirichuk\u2019s 2012 elections campaign \u2018Comrade, not oligarch\u2019. However, it is interesting that almost all Borotba leader\u2019s activities as a candidate ended in attacking one of his opponents, \u2018oligarch\u2019 Lev Partskhaladze. Other \u2018oligarchs\u2019 like Alexander Tretyakov balloting on the same district were mysteriously lucky to avoid critics which proves purely technical participation in the elections. Getting a result, Kirichuk has soon forgotten about his native Svyatoshynskyi district which he promised to take care of. After Borotba got a chance to join the self-proclaimed \u2018Kharkiv People\u2019s republic\u2019, Kirichuk turned to be a Kharkiv resident and after the \u2018Kharkiv Republic\u2019 failed \u2014 a Berlin one.\n\nInvestigating the financial side of Borotba\u2019s activities, we should mention the anecdotic \u2018anti-Fascist\u2019 campaign December 2012 rhetorically preceding the Yanukovych Party of Regions\u2019 similar campaigns and having given a net meme about red zeppelin. There were hardly 30 Borotbists in Kyiv at the moment so the origin of the crowd scene at the meeting was not clear. However, hundreds of red scarves and flags would not come from the middle of nowhere.\n\nBorotba railing against the while walls of the Ukrainian parlament\n\nSoon after the zeppelin \u2018anti-Fascist\u2019 march through Mariinsky park under snow the organization received capital for scheduled journeys across Ukraine and the ability to take regional activists to Kyiv. Their family members and friends willing to see the capital were also welcome. Borotba had enough money to at least two full-time workers. Georgiy Erman besides doing his office duties was also active defending the organization\u2019s reputation in web newsletters and trying to spread his influence on \u2018Direct Action\u2019. However, in the meantime he grew ashamed of his bosses and departed from them after the Maidan attitudes. Second worker, former CPU member and Komsomol leader Evgeniy Golyshkin was more committed and he was imitating \u2018trade union organizing\u2019 and political work with subcultural anti-Fascists. The job concluded in alcohol and psychoactive substances heavy use at the party office accompanied with talks on \u2018motherfuckers from other organizations\u2019. However, the Borotbist experience of creating trade unions failed as none of their satellite organization survived (it could have been counted \u2018Kyiv junta\u2019s repressions\u2019 if the organizations had not ceased showing any signs of life long before Maidan) while most of the Antifa-subculture would at least stop any contacts with Borotba and at worst would threat its members.\n\nOne of Borotba\u2019s loud achievements was \u2018defending\u2019 Razvozzhaev, a political refugee from Russia after the May 6th case. Shortly before the repressions began, Borotbists together with Left front had been giving interviews and holding press-conferences. They had pathetically opened the \u2018Left front foreign bureau\u2019 in Kyiv. Borotba\u2019s activities had been facing a certain crisis in Ukraine so they decided to stick to white-ribbon Russian protest providing support and protection to their red-flag comrades. The support was overly pathetic. They were almost shouting in every corner that it was them who would welcome Left Front political refugees. No wonder that when Razvozzhaev had really arrived in Ukraine, the Borotba leaders were the ones spiked in the first place. Surely, the guest was accompanied with prominent activists well-known for the secret services in different countries.\n\nThere can be no rational excuse for such irresponsibility, any wishes to make a photo report \u2018How we saved our comrade from Putin\u2019s regime\u2019 would not make an excuse for such a risk. They could as well send a direct e-mail to [email protected] telling \u2018We have Razvozzhaev here, come and get him\u2019. Surely Borotbists did not do that on purpose. Their treason rather went in a natural way. The lack of principles does not exclude mere idiotism. For comparison, any Russian refugee appealing to anarchists or liberal human rights activists, or just taking care of himself, was not kidnapped from Ukraine, though there were efforts.\n\nAfter Razvozhaev\u2019s kidnapping, the evil mistake was turned into a PR instrument. Kirichuk was busy giving dozens of interviews telling how they had been batting for the refugees. Borotba\u2019s first serious media success was created by their irresponsibility having crossed their colleague and, indirectly, many other people named in a May 6th case, up. By the way, \u2018Ukrainian Left Front bureau\u2019 has never since. Looks like Russian Bolshevists estimated freedom and safety over such cooperation although they continue friendly bounds with Borotba when it concerns Ukraine\u2019s internal politics. This is where they trust their Stalinist brothers.\n\nLong before Maidan began, Borotba had shyly assumed pro-Russian attitudes. When their leaders came to writing articles on the topic of economical integration, there usually would be three pages on EU critics and about a couple sentences on Customs union critics. There were Lukashenko and Asad\u2019s apologists within Borotba (including abovementioned Blyuminov being not just an ordinary member but one of the organization ideologists). Support of authoritarian leftists opposing Putin would fit well with friendly attitudes to \u2018red putinists\u2019. As recent scenario has shown, there was nothing contradictory about that as notwithstanding with repressions from Russian regime, many Left front members have voiced open support regarding both the annexation of Crimea and Putin\u2019s aggressive politics addressed on Ukraine. Borotbists were close to pro-Russian far-rights as well, such as journalists Alexey Chalenko and Myroslava Berdnyk as well. The presentation of Oles Buzyna\u2019s book and meeting with Novorossiya\u2019s ideologist Vladimir Kornilov took place in their office.\n\nBorot\u2019ba leader Sergey Kirichuk and right-wing fanatic Israel Shamir\n\nAs the conflict escalated, any sentiments flew off. Borotba forgot even any ritual criticism of Russian imperialism to fall in its arms. Pro-Kremlin and ultrapatriotic Russian media published interviews with their leaders telling about cruel Maidan Fascists tormenting poor unarmed Berkut soldiers. The overly conservative position was excused with concerns about \u2018territorial entity\u2019 and \u2018preventing the civil war\u2019. However, after Yanukovych\u2019s defeat Borotba turned into one of the most active hate preachers, having consolidated with \u2018Oplot\u2019 and their mercenaries.\n\nThe Kharkiv and Donetsk Republics supported separatists\u2019 (some of the Borotbists in Kharkiv even claimed themselves \u2018people\u2019s deputies\u2019), appeals for Russian invasion, collaboration with Putinists from Russia and West, recognizing the \u2018referendum\u2019 results, appeals for legalization of ultra-right \u2018militants\u2019 and recognizing them as a Southeast army. Participated in beating Maidan activists in Kharkiv in the administration building, among them the leftist poet Serhiy Zhadan and anarchists (borotbist Alexey Fedorenko is clearly seen on the video kicking unarmed people with legs).\n\nDemonstrators beating Maidan activists and forming a \u201ccorridor of shame\u201d\n\nAll of this could have been prevented easily if the left-wing swamp had not provided a kindly soil for Borotba growth. If Stalinists had received full boycott in 2011 after the assault on female anarchist. If they had rallied on the First of May alone, without Trozkist and quasi-anarchist support. If Direct Action had banned them from participating in their campaigns not in 2013, but two years earlier, and had obeyed the ban. Unfortunately, we have done none of this and have let the monster be born, a dumb and clumsy, but deadly dangerous monster. We have written this text to help ones coming later not to repeat our mistakes. Today, tomorrow, 20 or 100 years later, authoritarians will NEVER cease to be your enemies. No matter what words they may say, how fine and sane they may seem, the ones willing to seize political power will never be the allies for ones willing to destroy it."}
-{"text": "Leicester campaigners demonstrate to save Glenfield Heart Unit\n\nNearly 200 campaigners from Leicester are expected to demonstrate on Parliament Square, in Westminster, today, in a bid to save Glenfield's Children's Heart Surgery Unit.\n\nThe silent protest will feature 50 children with red balloons, representing the 50 young lives that some clinicians have predicated could be put at risk if the specialist ECMO unit is moved to Birmingham.\n\nThe demonstration has been organised to highlight the risk of closing Glenfield's Paediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Unit, to the Government.\n\nLiz Kendall, MP for Leicester West, will meet the group, along with other MPs, this morning."}
-{"text": "News.\nLearn OSRS Kebos Lowlands informations\n\nOSRS Kebos Lowlands will update on January 3rd, 2019.Now,Let's learn some new details first.\n\nOSRS Kebos Lowlands is a new expansion to the continent of Zeah, which is located in the Kebos region.\n\nThe below are some new contents:\n\n1.Alchemical Hydra boss\n\nOSRS Alchemical Hydra is a boss version of the Hydras, with the drop of the new Ferocious gloves pet and a Hydra claw.\n\n2.New quests\n\nThere will be two new quests to expand the story of Zeah.\n\n3.Farming Guild\n\nOSRS Farming guild will be split into 3 tiers: 60, 70, and 80, and each will unlock different patches. The Farming skill is planned to expand with more crops, including snape grass, bamboo, dragonfruit trees, chaotic herb seeds and evil spirit trees.\n\n4.New Slayer Master\n\nThis Slayer Master will assign location-specific tasks in Kebos Lowlands.\n\nWhat's more:\n\nIt is no doubt that runescapegoldfast.com will give you latest runescape news and a more enjoyable purchasing experience\n\nrunescapegoldfast aims to supply cheap Runescape 3 Gold for you with fair selling price and we guarantee that there is no invisible charge any more.\n\nWe company are always the best and the most professional ones for Cheap Runescape Gold who already have 11 years's game working experience. 07 Runescape Gold is always your best love and we also have the matual skills to farm deadman Gold and deliver safely and fast. 24h live chat online service"}
-{"text": "Located in the Digbeth art booming workspaces of Minerva Works is Stryx, an artist led studio and exhibition space in Digbeth formed by recent Fine Art graduates from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design.\n\nFrom the Stryx site:\n\n\u2018Formed by six female graduates of Fine Art from Birmingham City University, 2012, Stryx\u2019s joint ambitions are to continue developing their art with the ever-growing cultural wealth of Birmingham, and maintaining support for artists internally and externally by creating an accessible community of practice.\u2019"}
-{"text": "Road construction and maintenance projects\n\nInterstate 75 over Little Riley Creek, north of Beaverdam, will be impacted minimally by maintenance work on bridges and overpasses in the following locations. Work will be done primarily off the highway, but occasional lane closures may occur during daytime hours. Work is being performed by Complete General Construction, Columbus.\n\nU.S. 30 in Allen and Van Wert counties will be impacted minimally by maintenance work on bridges and overpasses in the following locations. Work will be done primarily off the highway, but occasional lane closures may occur during daytime hours. Work is being performed by Complete General Construction, Columbus.\n\nU.S. 30 near state Route 115, west of Cairo in Allen County\n\nU.S. 30 between Leatherwood Road and Ridge Road, east of Delphos in Allen County\n\nU.S. 30 over U.S. 127/U.S. 224, within the city of Van Wert in Van Wert County\n\nU.S. 30 between John Brown Road and Dutch John Road, near the city of Van Wert in Van Wert County\n\nState Route 65 between Fourth Street and Elm Street, Lima, will be restricted to one lane of through traffic in each direction through the work zone for pavement resurfacing. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton.\n\nState Route 81 between Wapak Road and Defiance Trail, west of Lima, will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for pavement repairs. Work is being performed by the ODOT Allen County maintenance garage.\n\nState Route 117 between Eastown Road and the village of Spencerville will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for pavement repairs. Work is being performed by the ODOT Allen County maintenance garage.\n\nState Route 117 between Greely Chapel Road and Bowman Road, Lima, will be restricted to one lane in each direction through the work zone for pavement resurfacing. The project also includes replacement of curbs, catch basins and crossover drainage pipes. Work is expected to continue through early June. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton.\n\nState Route 309 between the Allen County Fairgrounds and the Hardin County line will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for pavement resurfacing beginning Monday, June 3. The project also includes drainage work near the Allen County Fairgrounds. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton.\n\nThird Street over Flat Fork Creek, between Douglas Street and Scott Street within the city of Delphos, will close Monday, May 13, for approximately two months for a bridge replacement project. Traffic will be detoured onto Scott Street, Second Street, and Douglas Street back to Third Street. The project also includes the replacement of the First Street and Seventh Street bridges over Flat Fork Creek. It is being administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation on behalf of the city of Delphos. This project is being performed by The Eclipse Company, Chagrin Falls.\n\nAUGLAIZE COUNTY\n\nState Route 364 between Mercer Darke County Line Road and Winner Road, bridge closure, April 30th\u2013May 20th. The official detour is state Route 705 to state Route 716 to state Route 119.\n\nInterstate 75 between state Route 219 and U.S. 33, nightly lane closures April 14th-May 31st between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. One lane will remain open in each direction.\n\nHANCOCK COUNTY\n\nState Route 103 between U.S. 68 and township Road 177, just east of the village of Arlington, is now open following a culvert replacement.\n\nHARDIN COUNTY\n\nState Route 53 between county Road 175 and county Road 90, between the city of Kenton and the village of Forest, will close Monday, May 6, for approximately three days for a culvert replacement. Traffic will be detoured onto U.S. 68 and state Route 81 back to state Route 53. Work is being performed by the ODOT Hardin County maintenance garage.\n\nState Route 67 between county Road 75 and township Road 65, west of the city of Kenton, is now open following a culvert replacement.\n\nState Route 67 between county Road 115 and township Road 135, west of the city of Kenton, will close Monday, June 3, for approximately three days for a culvert replacement. Traffic will be detoured onto state Route 235 and state Route 309 back to state Route 67. Work is being performed by the ODOT Hardin County maintenance garage.\n\nState Route 81 just east of state Route 235, within the village of Ada, is now open following a water line repair project.\n\nPUTNAM COUNTY\n\nThe following routes within Putnam County will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for drainage structure cleaning and repair. Work is being performed by the ODOT Putnam County maintenance garage.\n\nState Route 65 between the villages of Ottawa and Leipsic\n\nState Route 66 between the Van Wert County line and the village of Ottoville\n\nState Route 115 between the village of Kalida and state Route 15\n\nU.S. 224 between the Van Wert County line and the Hancock County line\n\nState Route 694 between state Route 115 and the village of Glandorf\n\nState Route 114 between U.S. 224 and Road M, within the village of Kalida, will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for pavement resurfacing through late July. Work is being performed by the Shelly Company, Findlay.\n\nU.S. 224 between the Van Wert County line and the eastern corporation limit of Kalida, excluding the village of Ottoville, will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for pavement resurfacing through late July. Work is being performed by the Shelly Company, Findlay.\n\nSHELBY COUNTY\n\nFort Loramie Swanders Road between county Road 25A (Sidney) and Thompsonschiff Road, road closure, April 22nd-May 27th. The official detour is county Road 25A to Sharp Road to Thompsonschiff Road to Ft. Loramaie Swanders Road.\n\nInterstate 75 between county Road 25A (Piqua) and state Route 219, Nightly lane closures April 14th-May 31st between the hours of 6 pm and 7 am. One lane will remain open in each direction.\n\nVAN WERT COUNTY\n\nU.S. 30 in Allen and Van Wert counties will be impacted minimally by maintenance work on bridges and overpasses in the following locations. Work will be done primarily off the highway, but occasional lane closures may occur during daytime hours. Work is being performed by Complete General Construction, Columbus.\n\nU.S. 30 near state Route 115, west of Cairo in Allen County\n\nU.S. 30 between Leatherwood Road and Ridge Road, east of Delphos in Allen County\n\nU.S. 30 over U.S. 127/U.S. 224, within the city of Van Wert in Van Wert County\n\nU.S. 30 between John Brown Road and Dutch John Road, near the city of Van Wert in Van Wert County\n\nState Route 49 between the village of Payne and U.S. 30 will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for pavement repairs. Work is expected to continue through mid-May. Work is being performed by the ODOT Paulding County maintenance garage.\n\nState Route 66 over Flat Fork Creek, between East Hunt Street and Lima Avenue within the city of Delphos, will also be minimally impacted by bridge maintenance operations. Work will be done primarily off the highway. Work is being performed by Complete General Construction, Columbus.\n\nState Route 81 between county Road 103 (Mendon Road) and Thomas Road, west of the village of Elgin, has been postponed due to weather conditions and is now expected to close Monday, May 6, for approximately 45 days for the replacement of twin culvert structures. The project also includes additional drainage work on each side of the roadway. Traffic will be detoured onto U.S. 127, state Route 709 and state Route 116 back to state Route 81. Work is being performed by VTF Excavation, Celina.\n\nState Route 697 between county Road 213 (Spencerville Delphos Road) and state Route 116, west of the city of Delphos, closed March 27 for approximately 45 days during a pavement repair and shoulder widening project. Traffic is detoured onto state Route 116, state Route 81 and state Route 66 back to state Route 697. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton."}
-{"text": "Moderation in Following the Constitution is No Virtue\n\n\"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a victim of torture in the Vietnam War, is considered a moderate on issues relating to \u201cwar on terror\u201d detainees. This time he has paired with a moderate Democrat, Carl Levin, chairman of that same committee, to insert in the 2012 defense authorization bill a provision requiring military detention only for al-Qaeda members who are suspected of planning or perpetrating attacks against the United States. The bill even allows the executive branch wide latitude in determining who fits into this category, provides it a waiver to hold such detainees in civilian custody if it serves the national security, explicitly authorizes the transfer of military prisoners to civilian custody for trial in federal courts, and makes it easier for the president to transfer prisoners from Guantanamo to the United States or foreign countries. In a bout of bipartisanship, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved these measures unanimously.\""}
-{"text": "Stories\n\nHere's the summary of the Senate tax plan\n\nHere's what will be in the Senate tax plan. Photo: J Scott Applewhite / AP\n\nThe Senate tax plan will have key differences from the House tax bill, according to a two-page summary by the Finance Committee. It will preserve the current lowest tax rate of 10 percent and lift the child tax credit to $1,650, slightly higher than the House. It also preserves several popular tax deductions.\n\nWhy this matters: Like the House, the Senate will now work through the plan in committee to address member demands."}
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-{"text": "Luke Plunkett\n\nThe dude in the chair in this video is Nathan Claridge. He's a regular, early 21st-century human being. At the end of a long session with make-up artist Patt Foad, though, he's become killing machine and one-man judiciary system Judge Dredd.\n\nThis goes a little above and beyond your standard cosplay. This is Hollywood-level stuff."}
-{"text": "The United States and major EU countries have recognised it as independent.\n\nSerbia, backed by its ally, Russia, says it will never accept an independent Kosovo.\n\nThe government in Belgrade has allegedly agreed a secret plan against Kosovo and countries that recognise it.\n\nIt is unclear what it contains.\n\nMay polls?\n\nMr Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) split with its coalition partner, the Democratic Party (DS) of Mr Tadic, over policy towards the EU in the wake of Kosovo's independence declaration.\n\nThe outgoing prime minister has maintained that ties can improve only if the EU rejects Kosovo's declaration of independence.\n\nBelgrade has reacted angrily to an EU mission to ease Kosovo's transition.\n\nThe DSS is backing a draft resolution from the opposition nationalist Radical Party, condemning the EU's 1,800-strong mission to Kosovo as illegal and calling on countries to overturn their decision to recognise it.\n\nBut a number of pro-Western ministers have failed to support Mr Kostunica's approach.\n\n\"The government of Serbia has no united policy any more on an important issue related to the future of the country - Kosovo as a part of Serbia,\" Mr Kostunica told reporters as he announced his move in Belgrade.\n\n\"Such a government could not function any more,\" he said.\n\nMr Kostunica said \"we should return the mandate to the people\" - and added that he had scheduled a cabinet meeting on 10 March to propose calling for early elections to be held on 11 May - the date for Serbia's local elections.\n\nNo party has a majority in the Serbian parliament.\n\nThe political establishment in Serbia has been deeply divided over the way forward and a general election would be the first opportunity for the people of Serbia to express their views, says the BBC's Nick Hawton in Belgrade.\n\nKosovo's declaration of independence came nearly a decade after Nato forces expelled Serbian forces from the mainly ethnic-Albanian territory."}
-{"text": "Search by Artist\n\nSign up here to receive weekly updates from Dusted\n\nRecent Reviews\n\nDusted Reviews\n\nThe lengthy drone-based works of French electronics composer Eliane Radigue inspire rapturous praise among her obsessive followers. Count me among them. There\u00eds something so immersive and natural about her soundworld that even the cranky musings of record reviewers can\u00edt detract from the raw power and sheer enchantment they create. These two important releases of archival work feature compositions that, while not as fully realized as her Trilogie de la Mort, served as crucial formative experiments in Radigue\u00eds decades-long relationship with layered sound and with the ARP synthesizer.\n\nThe earlier of the pieces, Vice Versa, takes off from tape experiments popular in the mid-20th century, when folks like Pierre Henry or Iannis Xenakis labored with razor and spools of magnetic. Radigue was, even before her discovery of the synthesizer and the Bardo Thodol, compelled by long-form drones and pulses. This release consists of two separate recordings of the 30-minute composition, meant to be played simultaneously.\n\nWhether intended as a kind of palindrome or (more likely) simply as a means to widen the field of the listener\u00eds experience, the piece is more successful than its conceit might suggest. In part, this is because the piece reveals features of Radigue\u00eds composing that have since been either fully absorbed or abandoned altogether. For example, at one point there is a pronounced experimentation with layered tempi, where the contours of the sound are more immediate and audible than I\u00edm accustomed to hearing. And Radigue flirts with instrumentalism on a couple of occasions, with a garland of tiny chimes seeming to cloud around the steadily proceeding low thrum or some high string noises faintly audible outside an elastic deep note. But aside from these moments of interest, the piece also succeeds because of its careful harvesting of these elemental tones, yielding singing choruses of prayer bowls, clean oscillations, ghosts, and flickering panes of glass.\n\nAfter being introduced to Tibetan Buddhism in 1974, Radigue went to the shed, as they say. Triptych gives her 1978 composition its proper attention, presenting in vivid sound Radigue\u00eds performance of all three parts on her ARP synthesizer. As with Vice Versa, there are moments of relative surprise in this piece, even though it represents the beginning of the methodology that preoccupies Radigue to this day. The first part of the piece, by the time it settles in at around 10 minutes, has an actual line (even if it sounds like it\u00eds constructed from the wind, there are whole tones that continually repeat). But the power of this piece is achieved in its movement between presence (felt in the steadfast lower register, buffeted with what sound like flanged waves and slow, vast inhalations) and absence (the gathering of oscillations, coalescing like guitar feedback, and then their dissolution). The decay of time, of tone, of form itself is what impresses about the piece (and is, for those who care, the most explicit conceptual link to the Vajrayana tradition).\n\nNever frosty, never remote, this is music in which to lose yourself, with all the resonances entailed in that notion. Its edges are at times imperceptible, yet the music seems to saturate nearly everything. There are few composers who reach such spaces. And while this isn\u00edt top-shelf Radigue, it\u00eds compelling nonetheless."}
-{"text": "Luna Guitars Vista Mustang Acoustic-Electric Guitar\n\nLuna Guitars\nThe Luna Guitars Vista Mustang Acoustic-Electric Guitar ships to most regions with the United Arab Emirates including Dubai , Abu Dhabi , Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar and Saudi Arabia for the total price of AED 3,228. Free shipping applies to all Luna Guitars purchases. If your order is not in stock at the time of purchase you will not be charged.\n\nAED 3,228\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe Mustang model depicts wild horses galloping freely across a moonlit desert plain ... their movements individual, yet united in the common joy of flying hooves over moon-mirroring sand.\n\nHow much dust do you like to kick up when writing, practicing, recording, or performing? Do you run at full clip, pace yourself, or stop often to admire each new view? Let your natural tendencies run wild on this gorgeous Vista series guitar.\n\nLuna Guitars' new Vista series continues a tradition of beautiful, innovative design, laden with personal meaning. This collection of three guitars evokes majestic landscapes, with open space to all sides and above ... giving your creativity room to roam, explore and soar.\n\nYour audience will find their imaginations sparked by the composition of vibrant colors and textures in the specially-chosen, exotic wood veneers of each model. Best of all, the natural variations in these woods' grain and color will make every Vista series guitar unique among its fellows ... mirroring the individual ways that we each perceive the vistas in our own lives.\n\nLuna Guitars Vista Mustang Acoustic-Electric Guitar Features\n\nBODY: grand auditorium\n\nTOP: rosewood, zebrawood, padauk, bird's eye maple, koa & flame maple\n\nBACK & SIDES: rosewood\n\nNECK: mahogany\n\nBINDING: maple\n\nFRETBOARD / BRIDGE: ebony\n\nPREAMP/TUNER: B-Band T55\n\nSCALE: 25-1/2\"\n\nNUT SIZE: 1-5/8\"\n\nFINISH: gloss\n\nCASE: hard shell; faux tooled leather (included)\n\nPricing\n\nThe includes a 1 Year return to base warranty. This warranty applies to all equipment which has developed a manufacturer defect during application. Please contact us to confirm the availability and lowest price for any product. For quotes and price matching requests, contact us and include the competing website address.\n\nBrand\n\nCondition\n\nSealed / New\n\nPrice\n\nInsured Value\n\nDelivered Price\n\nShown at checkout\n\nLook no further than AudioDubai when buying gear online in the United Arab Emirates , always at the lowest price with free shipping to all locations serviced by FEDEX UAE. Please contact us for stock availability , price quotes , expedited shipping quotes or to arrange a return of your (for the full purchase price of ). You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. AudioDubai are very proud to carry a large selection of gear. You demand quality, reliability, and innovative design from your gear, and we're here to help you find exactly what you need. We're glad to answer any questions you have and you can always depend on AudioDubai to give you the best possible value on musical instruments and accessories with responsive customer service."}
-{"text": "USD/CHF Side-Lined Below 0.9700, Awaits Fresh Impetus\n\nThe US dollar extends its side-trend versus its Swiss counterpart in the early European trades, keeping USD/CHF in the upper band of 0.96 handle.\n\nUSD/CHF confined in a tight range\n\nCurrently,\nthe USD/CHF pair trades modestly flat at 0.9671, having faced stiff\nresistance near 0.9680 region. The major trades around a flat-line this\nsession, consolidating the extensive rally witnessed yesterday after the\nUS dollar benefited across the board from hawkish Fed speaks and\nrisk-on rally in global equities.\n\nAt the moment, the USD/CHF pair\ntrades lacklustre as markets resort to profit-taking on their longs\nheading into the US CPI report due later today. Although the pair\nremains underpinned somewhat, finding support from broad based US dollar\nrally. The USD index, which measures the relative value of the\ngreenback against a basket of six major currencies, now trades +0.27% at\n95.08, at two-week highs.\n\nLooking ahead, the major now awaits\nthe Swiss factory gate prices for fresh impetus, while the main market\nmoving event for today is expected to be the US inflation figures.\n\nUSD/CHF Technical Levels\n\nTo\nthe upside, the next resistance is located at 0.9700 (round number) and\nabove which it could extend gains to 0.9780 (50-DMA). To the downside,\nimmediate support might be located at 0.9633/29 (20-DMA & Daily\npivot) and below that 0.9600 (psychological levels/ 1h 50-SMA)."}
-{"text": "The Stories of a Wife, Mom and Pastor\n\nToys and the 15 Litre Rule\n\nIf something is not working I am more than willing to try something new. I feel like with toys and keeping them organized and well played with you have to change it up every once and a while to keep things fresh. We have cut down the girls toys, but even still if they are all out at once they spread from one end of the apartment to the other. And once they spread they don\u2019t get played with and boredom sets in. We have tried rotating toys, but I usually just end up forgetting about the ones put away. So I decided right before Christmas when I knew that new items would be coming into the house that something had to be done.\n\nI went to the dollar store and found these 15 Litre clear totes. I brought them home and after the girls were in bed I sorted through all of the toys. I then separated them into categories. So we said we would see how this goes. They are allowed ONE bin down at a time. They are not allowed another bin down until the first bin is cleaned up and put away. I posted this idea on a mom group I am in and someone asked the question of what if they want to give their barbies a tea party\u2026my answer was tough luck. I am pretty tired of the toys and clutter.\n\nSo we have 6 boxes in the works right now. This is what is in each box.\n\nMagnetic Tiles\n\nKitchen play items\n\nBarbies (dolls, clothes) and Ponies\n\nSmall random toys (little dolls, small animals, vehicles, a wooden puzzle house, and peg dolls, and a few random items). This is probably the most played with box.\n\nCraft Items (paper and crayons are always available, this is beyond that).\n\nDoll clothes and accessories.\n\nWe also have two canvas bins that hold stuffed animals and dolls. These bins are always available.\n\nThe bins get put on the top shelves of the bedroom closet. And they cannot get them down themselves. I realize that for some people this is not something they would do, but for us it is working really well.\n\nThe girls have been playing so well with this new setup. They are actually playing with their toys, and even more so they are playing with each other. The first day or so there was fighting over which bin would be brought down but that has settled.\n\nBesides these toys the girls have a balance beam, a tumbling mat, 3 bilibo toys, a rocking horse, and their dress up bin. They have a doll house and barn in one room as well.\n\nWe got rid of their kitchen and instead they use their window ledge and other items to create their own restaurants, kitchens, and picnic spaces. I drew a small stove on the lid of their kitchen box.\n\nI have found in the few weeks we have had this system set up that there have been some major changes in our daily lives.\n\nThe house stays a lot cleaner\n\nThe girls play more with their toys\n\nThe girls play more with each other\n\nTheir imaginations have blossomed\n\nI truly believe that it is not about finding the perfect system that someone else uses. Or keeping the old system that you have always had even if it is broken. I think we need to find what works for us, in whatever stage we are in, for our own families, and for however long it works."}
-{"text": "Thursday was a rainy day at Minnehaha Falls but that didn\u2019t stop the IPR team from putting on a show. IPR Student Services and the Student Advisory Board were there just after noon preparing for the day\u2019s festivities. With umbrella in hand, the VIP area was set up, the grill was fired up and the indoor pavilion was configured for music.\n\nWorking hand-in-hand, IPR alumnus Tom Colvin and Jay Fleming\u2019s live sound engineering class set up the pavilion to accommodate live music. Meanwhile, Matthias Saunders\u2019 digital cinema class filled the place up with cameras to capture the action, including artist interviews in the VIP area conducted by SAB member Shelby Fisher.\n\nThe music started right on time at 5pm with opening band State of Mind. Although the group was missing two members for this performance, they included IPR student Craig Cherny and sounded strong with impressive vocals and energetic guitar strumming.\n\nEveryone in attendance was blown away by the next performers, The Road Crew. Featuring students from The School of Rock, this band destroyed the room with rock covers full of slaying guitars, thrashing drums and killer vocals. The band had more than ten members, so they would switch out between songs, providing the set with an enjoyable variety and energy. Included in the group was the son of IPR faculty member Mary Jane Alm!\n\nNext up was My Brother Mary, whom everyone remembers from last winter\u2019s Student Showcase Concert. IPR student Rob Ryan played drums and did some singing during this set of 100% rock. We\u2019ve come to expect nothing but solid music from these guys.\n\nDred I Dread was next on the bill featuring IPR student Hoku Aki. Nothing sounds more fitting in the summertime than this band\u2019s reggae-inspired music in the park. We\u2019ve seen these musicians perform a couple times at recent events, and they seem to keep getting better.\n\nThe night closed with The New Congress, who wowed everyone with their professionalism and talent. They were recently named the Twin Cities\u2019 best R&B group by City Pages, and they are soon putting out an independent national release. Be sure to check it out, with tracks featuring Twista & Talib Kweli.\n\nAll in all the night was beautiful, albeit wet. Thank you to SAB members Sarah Pavelec, Shelby Fisher, Kate Turner, Joseph Souza, David Stevens, David Wolfgram, Will Hensley and Ty Cody. Thanks also to Matthias Saunders and the video students who captured the night on film: Soren Gauche, Oriel Cornwall, Taylor Iseminger, Chanel Tattenbach, Treng Phuong Dinh, Alexander Jaramillo, Sarah Connolly, Adam Byer and IPR alumnus Lauren Alford. Additional thanks to Jay Fleming\u2019s live sound engineering class for their help setting up the stage. Special thanks to Rebecca Buller for catering the event, Eric Bull for his audio recording assistance, admissions team members Londo Masterman and Tanya Norman, Sable Cofrin and B.U.M. Radio, Student Run Records for recording and releasing a single for two winners from our raffle, Chipotle, Vitamin Water and Redbull for their donations, and co-founder Lance Sabin and the rest of staff and faculty for their support."}
-{"text": "The (Very Late) Recap: Broccoli City Festival\n\nDespite the rain blowing my mood and the perfect outfit I had planned, Broccoli City Fest was dope. The festival\u2019s goal was to promote healthier and more environmentally friendly lifestyles in cool and relevant ways. With healthy food truck alternatives, on-site spinning and yoga classes, and a strict recycling policy, Broccoli City Fest did just that.\n\nCheckout the pics and recap on some of my favorite artists and vendors from Broccoli City below:\n\nMaybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a HBCU Grad myself, but I fell in love with these HBCU Grad shirts. It didn\u2019t hurt that the owners were easy on the eyes! You can buy HBCU Grad apparel here.\n\nI absolutely had to cop a shirt from Mutha\u2019s , Erykah Badu, tour merch table for two reasons: \u201cGreen Eyes\u201d is one of my favorite songs and I love being able to wear my shade on my shirt!\n\nThis Virginia songstress goes by the name of Abir and was easily one of my favorite performances! She has a soulful voice to match her R&B/indie sound. She performed a couple of covers and original songs with a live band! Listen to \u201cAutumn\u201d, which is now my favorite \u201cI can\u2019t stand you\u201d song, here.\n\nKali Uchis\n\nTink\n\nTiara Thomas\n\nWillow and Jaden Smith really stole the show, for me. When the two hit the stage, the audience could feel their energy. They sung their hearts out and even supported each other as Jaden shouted \u201cShe\u2019s only 14, y\u2019all\u201d over the mic.\n\nNow, let\u2019s get into Mutha\u2019s set. I waited all damn day in the rain for Erykah. Around 9PM, she hit the stage with Thundercat by her side. Though I was a little disappointed she didn\u2019t perform any of her songs, Erykah made waiting it the rain all worth it! Imagine Erykah doing runs and ad-libs over Kendrick Lamar tracks while the rain pours over a hyped audience. It was amazing! DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown played everything from Tyler, the Creator \u2018s \u201cFucking Young/Perfect\u201d to ILoveMakonnen\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Sell Molly\u201d. She wrapped up her set by giving D.C. a tribute to remember.\n\nAll in all, the rain didn\u2019t dampen the spirits of those at Broccoli City Fest!\n\nNext up for me is The Roots Picnic in Philly. What have been your favorite festivals to attend so far?"}
-{"text": "SonicSpy was found inside messaging app Soniac, which was downloaded thousands of times by Android device users.\n\n\"While Soniac does provide this functionality through a customized version of the communications app Telegram, it also contains malicious capabilities that provide an attacker with significant control over a target device,\" Lookout said last week.\n\nVarious versions of the spyware can carry out 73 different functions.\n\nOnce downloaded, the malware removes its icon from the smartphone's menu. Then, it grants cybercriminals access to the user's private data by connecting to a command and control server.\n\nGoogle has eliminated three infected apps from its marketplace - Soniac, Hulk Messenger and Troy Chat - but other applications that may contain the spyware are still available in third-party stores. Up to 5,000 Android users had downloaded Soniac at the time of its removal.\n\nApplications infiltrated with malware are becoming problematic for Android app developers and consumers. As of last spring, an estimated 1.3 to 1.4 billion people owned Android phones, which are somewhat easier to infiltrate than iOS-based devices.\n\nThe Google-developed operating system is \"more open and adaptable,\" which makes it easier to infiltrate than Apple's operating system.\n\nTo avoid SonicSpy, Android smartphone owners should refrain from downloading and installing apps from unknown sources. Reading user reviews is also helpful - apps that show suspicious behavior will often have low ratings in the Google Play Store."}
-{"text": "license\n\nabout\n\ncontact / help\n\nwe've all fallen down\nso whats the point in picking ourselves up\nbecause stumbling through\nhas been the only thing we've gotten used to\nit's not worth fighting so just let it be\nwhy is it hard to be happy\nthough i have everything i need to live\ni stood here now, for a couple of years\ntrying to shield myself from all of these tears\nbut when it comes down to the bottom of it\ni've got nothing good to say\n\nTrack Name: Dobis\n\nyou can call me a pessimist\nyou can call me a worthless piece of shit\nbut i know, this isn't the real me\ntime is said to heal all wounds\nim not broken, just black and blue\ni never thought something so small could hit me like this\n\nbecause i'm sick of wasting time\nso why did i forget why im alive\n\nwhats the point of optimism\nthere is beauty in cynicism\nlowered expectations never felt so good\n\nim not saying im not happy\nits just the world is so fucking crappy\nhow could one hopes things stay like this\n\nwaking up to the same day\ngreet the afternoon go on my way\nbite my nails, let them bleed\nthe glass ain't full but it's where i WANT to be\n\nTrack Name: Laugh it Off\n\nyou look at me like i've got two heads\nbut that's not my problem, it's what's been said by you\nmy mouth is filled with blood\nfrom grinding teeth, biting me tongue, it's true (it's you)\nand all the little things you say and do\n\nbut you just shrug and laugh it off\nyou love to dance around it, wave your flag and\nyou just laugh it off\n\nyou're a danger to yourself\ni take offense to what you're spittin' out\nnow you could say the same things\nand finger point your way to bliss, i guess\nyour parents, they raised one hell of a kid\n\ni shake my head and laugh it off\nnot worth one single breath\ni laugh it off\n\nhide behind a plasma screen while you launch attacks on me\nwell i woke up today, not a single thing has changed\nwe're smelling two different (too different) cups of coffee\nand mine is fresher than yours\nand i fucking laugh it off\n\nTrack Name: Bumber Cradcre\n\nI TRIED SO HARD TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THIS PLACE\nBUT IN THE END IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL IN VAIN\nI'LL LEAVE WITH NO PLANS OF A RETURN\nMY SO CALLED FRIENDS TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED BUT SOON THEY'LL LEARN\nTHAT WHAT WE HAVE IS BETTER WITH COMMUNITY\nBUT THERE'S NO SENSE OF IT IN THIS TOWN THAT I CAN SEE\n\nSO YOU'RE APATHETIC DO YOU TAKE PRIDE IN IT\nYOU'RE TOO FUCKING LAZY TO BE A PART OF THIS\nDON'T YOU HATE THIS TOWN AS MUCH AS ME\nMOST PEOPLE HERE TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED BUT SOON THEY'LL SEE\nA STUPID PLACE WITH NO SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH TALKS OF LEAVING TO FOLLOW SOME ENDLESS DREAM IT'S ONLY A DREAM\n\nTrack Name: Fall Ball\n\nif this relation lost its loving bond\ni wont regret the things that went wrong\nthis may not be what you want but its what i need\ni give up so easily on things that should mean more to me\n\nive got sand in my shoes like little league but now its different\nnow i walk down 7 blocks and ignore the sediment\nshiny pebbles cutting me inside my sole-less shoes\nim abandoned like the baseball to the blues"}
-{"text": "OUR GOALThe damage caused by the rejection of the first-hand government of God is first and foremost spiritual and therefore invisible until it becomes manifest in our behaviour. It can only be properly understood when we consider how a human spirit, our innermost being, should be.\n\nHistorically, just as ancient Israel did, we as the church of God have often missed the whole point of God\u2019s eternal purpose. We have sometimes thought and acted as if it\u2019s about us becoming morally perfect, obedient in every way, forgetting that it\u2019s first and foremost about us becoming a loving family. We are:\n\ncalled according to His purpose\u2026 to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren.1\n\nWe are not to become conformists, clones as produced by totalitarian regimes such as Stalin\u2019s or Mao\u2019s \u2013 Jesus became like us so that anyone who\u2019s willing can become like Him, to be the delight of the Father\u2019s heart forever. Accordingly, as Keith Green sings, \u201cmy one and only goal, His image in my soul\u201d.\n\nInstead, we have aimed at creating an outward obedience, a memorising of creeds and prayers and repeating rituals rather than at developing true spirituality, as led and taught by the Holy Spirit within us. 2\n\nThis transformation has two distinct phases: the first, partial and growing, and the second, perfect and complete.3 John, \u2018the beloved disciple\u2019, described it like this:\n\nBeloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is.4\n\nThis perfect and complete likeness will not be achieved in us until Jesus returns and His kingdom is the only thing left standing. Meanwhile, until He returns, the Holy Spirit is at work within every believer, changing whatever can be changed now:\n\n(We) are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.5\n\nHowever, the extent to which the Holy Spirit can do this is, astonishingly, limited to our cooperation with Him right now.6\n\nLooking again at Israel\u2019s mistake, remember they could see four short-term and natural benefits of having a king:\n\n(i) They could relate more easily to someone they can see(ii) \u201cthat we also may be like all the nations\u201d(iii) \u201cthat our king may judge us\u201d(iv) \u201cand go out before us and fight our battles\u201d\n\nOur churches today often use the same arguments for us having authority figures lead us. However, each of these causes a directly corresponding \u2018leanness\u2019 or retardation in developing the adult human spirit, i.e. prevents us becoming like Jesus, so let\u2019s carefully consider each one.\n\n(i) DAMAGE FROM HAVING A VISIBLE, CENTRAL AUTHORITY FIGUREFirstly, we are told of Moses:\n\nBy faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.7\n\nWhat gave Moses his endurance, his persistence against such vast odds? He kept his eyes on \u2018Him who is unseen\u2019; Moses challenged the powerful and contrary but mortal and visible king of Egypt because his faith was in \u2018the King of the ages, immortal, invisible\u2019.8 He knew to \u2018look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen\u2019.9 In other words, he trusted in God.\n\nIs this too high an expectation to have of the rest of us as the people of God, that we should \u2018see Him who is unseen\u2019? Paul thought not. He wrote that we now have a better covenant than Moses, with better access to God:\n\nBut we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.10\n\nWe saw above that the Holy Spirit changes us but here we see how. Paul reveals that it is in \u2018seeing Him who is unseen\u2019 that the eternal purpose of God is accomplished. As we behold Him, face to face, we are transformed by the Spirit of God into what we see. But the corollary is also true: if we do not \u2018see Him who is unseen\u2019, we are not \u2018transformed into the same image\u2019. Like Moses, we must see the King, the only One we are allowed to serve in the spiritual realm.11\n\nSecondly, consider the whole Corinthian church. Paul rebuked them for their carnality in their quest for Christian authority figures and the consequences to them:\n\nAnd I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ\u2026 for you are still fleshly.. and are you not walking according to man? For when one says `I am of Paul\u2019, and another `I am of Apollos\u2019, are you not mere men?12\n\nThe desire to have as our authority even godly, visible, Christian leaders instead of listening for the commands of the invisible Holy Spirit is an evidence of \u2018leanness of soul\u2019, of retarded spiritual growth: \u201cAre you not mere men?\u201d, \u201cnot.. spiritual men but men of flesh, ..babes in Christ\u2026 walking according to man\u201c. Paul urged the Corinthians, and us, to see the invisible King, Christ Himself, and grow up:\n\nSo then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas\u2026 ; all things belong to you and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.13\n\nHe went on to explain that, instead of seeing their leaders as authority figures, they should recognise them as \u2018servants through whom you believed\u2019 16 Just as Jesus taught, Paul taught that all true leaders are servants who don\u2019t have and don\u2019t need authority.\n\nMy friend James Doak often quoted to me the words of Jesus:\n\n\u201cA disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become as his teacher, and the slave as his master.\u201d17\n\nHe points out from these that if we allow anyone other than Jesus to become our teacher or our master, we will necessarily stunt our growth \u2013 we will become like them, with their failings and weaknesses, instead of like Jesus. Of course, the Lord often uses people to teach or to give us His commands but they never to become more than servants or stewards as we listen for His voice through them.18\n\nJesus being our Teacher and the Master19 means we must \u2018see Him who is unseen\u2019, \u2018the King of the ages, immortal, invisible\u2019, and become like Him. We are to have leaders and to learn from them, but to search for any kind of spiritual authority figure is a natural and carnal desire that should never be encouraged in the church of God since its consequence is long-term \u2018leanness of soul\u2019.\n\n(ii) DAMAGE FROM THE WORLD\u2019S WAYThis way is very easy to find and walk in because it\u2019s the way the whole world operates \u2013 the whole world, but not God:\n\n\u201cEnter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.\u201d20\n\nThe way the world does things, including the way their leaders lead, is \u201cbroad\u201d and easy to walk in and offers us \u201cmany\u201d companions, examples, and role models, but in the plainest words of the Lord Himself, it also \u201cleads to destruction\u201d.\n\nWhat exactly is destroyed by the natural realm\u2019s leadership roles? There are two destructive effects, one towards each other and the second towards God.\n\n(a) Towards each other\nFor leaders to exercise authority, to be lords or kings, requires an unnecessary self-abasement of every other adult believer. It requires that the majority of the people of God abandon their calling as kings and priests for the sake of the few who are called to be leaders. Paul warns us:\n\nLet no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement\u202621\n\nOf course, this self-abasement must not be confused with humility. Humility is accepting our true worth and for Christians that can only be defined by God. Self-abasement, however, is false humility which insists on a lower personal worth than God\u2019s estimation, thus allowing us to be defrauded of our prize.\n\nAs unbelievers, we are sinners deserving only condemnation; in Christ, however, we are called by God Himself to be His children and \u2018a royal priesthood\u201922 \u2013 we must resist any temptation to abandon our calling. We must hold onto \u2018the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints\u2019.23 David, the leader God called \u201ca man after My heart, who will do all My will\u201d,24 revealed his personal attitude to the saints:\n\nAs for the saints who are in the earth, they are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.25\n\nSo how do leaders fit in? Since all believers are the \u2018royal priesthood\u2019, leaders are, again in the plain words of the Lord Jesus Himself, to be servants to them. Leaders who are not servants are actually defrauding their people by encouraging them to self-abasement rather than humility, introducing \u2018leanness to their soul\u2019.\n\n(b) Towards God\nThe ways of the world can be easily learned from the world. In deliberate contrast, the way of God is spiritual and a mystery:\n\n\u201cI will lead the blind by a way they do not know,\nIn paths they do not know I will guide them.\u201d26\n\nA completely unknown way requires the presence of a guide who becomes the way. Sound familiar? Since we can\u2019t see the paths of the Spirit, we \u201cdo not know where the wind comes from and where it is going\u201d,27 so the only possible solution is for us to commit ourselves to Him to get anywhere. We even have to be \u201cborn again\u201d, to become as little children and learn new ways from the start.\n\nThe worst obstacles to this unknown way are therefore known ways, since they cause us to rely on ourselves and not on Him. I remember so well what a hard lesson it was to learn to \u2018trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding\u2019.28 How easy to forget! This \u2018leanness\u2019 comes by simply conforming to the ways of the world through familiarity. No wonder Paul had to say:\n\nDo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.29\n\n(iii) DAMAGE FROM NOT MAKING THE HARD DECISIONSSome decisions can be arrived at easily. It doesn\u2019t require a great deal of personal judgement to decide what is the will of God on black and white issues, such as \u201cShould I steal money from a bank, crash this car, murder my neighbour, cheat on my wife?\u201d The Scriptures are clear if we are in any doubt but what about \u201cShould I take this job, marry that person, go to another church, or city?\u201d The Scriptures can only give general guidelines on these issues and do not mention the particular job, person, church, or city. And what about issues that are right for some believers and wrong for others? Should a recovered alcoholic drink alcohol? Should anyone drink alcohol, eat some foods, listen to certain kinds of music, wear their hair long or short, dress in a particular way?\n\nThese decisions cannot be arrived at easily, must be decided on an individual basis, and should actually vary on different occasions,30 so who should accept the responsibility for these judgments? Every individual, adult believer, of course. Paul\u2019s answer to these kinds of issues is clear:\n\nThe kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.31\n\nIn His kingdom, we must do whatever is righteous \u2018in the Holy Spirit\u2019 as confirmed by the peace and joy that only He can give, and that\u2019s necessarily subjective. It also requires a great dealing of learning, some by trial and error, but this continual practice is essential to our spiritual growth. Consider the rebuke by the writer to the Hebrews regarding their failure to grow in this way:\n\nFor though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil32\n\nIf maturity is reached by bearing that responsibility and by \u2018practice\u2019, if our senses are \u2018trained\u2019 by practice so we can discern God\u2019s definitions of \u2018good and evil\u2019, what is the predictable, indeed inevitable, effect of not accepting or being allowed that responsibility or practice? Lack of discernment and lack of maturity. We will be delayed or retarded in \u2018growing up in all aspects into Him\u2019.33\n\nThis applies not just to decisions of whom to marry and where to live, but also to many doctrinal issues where often conformity to the group view is held to be essential for fellowship. Unfortunately, many churches and all cults make far too many decisions on behalf of their people. In keeping this ungodly and unscriptural control, they ensure their people are, at best, \u2018children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men\u2019. 34\n\nWe need to be as crystal clear on this as Paul:\n\nLet no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day\u2026 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize\u202635\n\nAs leaders, we must resist the urge to over-protect our people by making all their hard decisions and instead, seek to equip them to make their own. Like Jesus the Leader, we should on occasion be saying:\n\n\u201cMan, who appointed Me a judge or arbiter after you? \u2026Why do you not on your own initiative judge what is right?\u201d36\n\nThis insistence on people making their own decisions before God, to do what is right \u2018in the Holy Spirit\u2019 and to \u201cseek first the kingdom\u201d, actively promotes their spiritual growth and maturity, as Jesus well knew.\n\n(iv) DAMAGE FROM NOT FIGHTING OUR OWN BATTLESIn Saul\u2019s and ancient Israel\u2019s time, their battles were national wars. They wanted a king to go out before their armies against their enemies, often the Philistines. Our battles, however, are spiritual battles, are on three different fronts, and can only be fought by individuals.\n\n(a)The first battlefrontIt\u2019s the one we had before we became believers, every individual\u2019s war against God.\n\nAs we saw in the section in \u2018Elders\u2019 on \u2018Counselling A New Testament King\u2019,37 even in our unbelieving rebellion against His righteous government, God still regards every human being as made in the image of God and \u201ca king with ten thousand men\u201d.38 That strength of \u201cten thousand men\u201d is at war with Him, \u201ca king with with twenty thousand men\u201d, and He requires of us that we take careful note of His terms of peace: unconditional surrender to His will. Those who won\u2019t face this battle but strive to avoid the issue eventually pay the ultimate cost to their souls. Instead of becoming like Him, they are doomed to remaining unlike Him on the Last Day.39 No one can fight this battle for another.\n\nHappily, after we lose this war against God who loves us, we actually win.\n\n(b) The second battlefront\nWe each have to live a life of warfare against another opponent who hates us:\n\nPut on the full armour of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 40\n\nWhat if we don\u2019t? If we leave it for someone else to fight on our behalf, will we really remain undamaged by the devil? This does not mean we are not alone in this battle. We have God with us and in us, and we have each other:\n\nResist him [your adversary, the devil], firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.41\n\nBut we must each one of us \u2018resist him\u2019. Judas didn\u2019t, and the rest of the Twelve couldn\u2019t fight that battle for him any more than Jesus could.42\n\n(c) The third battle front\nWe must each fight our own wrong desires:\n\nBeloved, I urge you\u2026 to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.43\n\nEven now as Christians, our own fleshly desires wage an unceasing war that is entirely internal and can only be entered into individually. We each have to accept responsibility for the state of our hearts and lives. How do we win in this war?\n\nIf you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.44\n\nIt is only as we are led by the Holy Spirit to cut off the old life that we find our new life and we become like Him. It is learning to find His strength for ourselves rather than always trusting in someone else\u2019s strength, or even someone else\u2019s faith for His strength.45 If we remain passive and try to leave our battles for others to fight, we damage our own souls. Only if we accept and do our part in cooperation with the Holy Spirit, can we \u2018grow up in all aspects into Him\u2019.\n\nLeadership in the Kingdom Appendix B \u2013 What About?\n\n\u2018HE GAVE THEM AUTHORITY\u2019\u2026 having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave them authority46Doesn\u2019t this mean that Jesus gave His leadership authority, the right to enforce obedience? Yes, it does. The question is, over whom? Matthew goes on to say \u2018over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness\u2019.Read more >>\n\nKeith Green: By Original uploader was Eseymour at en.wikipedia \u2013 The original source of this image is the Last Days Ministries website: http://www.lastdaysministries.org/keith/photos/13.jpgLast Days Ministries has released this image according to the email copied below:Subject: Re: Permission to use Keith Green photoFrom: XXXXXXXX@aol.comDate: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:01:54 -0400 (EDT)To: XXXXXXXX@verizon.netDear [Eseymour],Hopefully the following will be sufficient for you to post Keith\u2019s picture atWikipedia.We own the copyright to the image mentioned in your email letter and found at http://www.lastdaysministries.org/keith/photos/13.jpgWe grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with noInvariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.In Christ,Betty Daffin Last Days Ministries, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3528705\n\nPost navigation\n\nRECENT ARTICLESReally? These Historic Palestine maps are a blatant lie, parading in plain sight, for all who haven\u2019t yet learned relevant history and, as George Santayana predicted, \u201cThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it\u201d.\n\nFor years we have been taught we should not speak against our church leaders, that it was a sin to not support them \u2013 to question their leading was to question God! \u2026If God was to forbid them questioning their leaders\u2019 leadings, they would be forever trapped.\n\nWe are pro human rights for all. Some people don\u2019t believe that \u201call men are created equal. Here\u2019s what we mean\u201d\n\nGiven the present world-wide media focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it seems odd to me that so little background analysis to these events is being offered.\n\nGraeme\u2019s latest book explains Revelation 11. Who are the two witnesses? Will Moses and Elijah really come back from the dead? 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-{"text": "2010 Cheese Puff Previews: Arkansas St.\n\nThat\u2019s right, folks, your favorite air-injected, chemically-enhanced, unnaturally-orange Auburn football opponent preview series is back for another year, one that I swear is going to make it past Week 8 this time. For newish readers: this is a week-by-week preview of Auburn\u2019s 2010 opponents. But since you can find straightforward overviews in a half-dozen magazines and a ton of places across the web, these are a little more \u2026 disposable. Light. Cheese-puffy.\n\nPresenting: Arkansas State!\n\nWhat the logo tells us about their football team: Dude, it looks really cool having those white-out clip-on sunglasses or whatever on the wolf, but how\u2019s he able to see? That\u2019s how you end up with a 10-to-12 TD-to-interception ratio with a four-year starter at quarterback, isn\u2019t it?\n\nWhat happened last year: The Red Wolves entered 2009 as one of the (if not the) principle challengers to Troy\u2019s dominance atop the Sun Belt, thanks in large part to the aforementionedquarterback, Corey Leonard, the preseason co-Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year.\n\nDidn\u2019t work out like that, though. The air went out of the balloon after close calls against Troy and Iowa, with Leonard flailing and getting benched, ASU falling to the highly iffy likes of UL-Monroe and a Rusty Smith-less FAU, and the season ending in a 4-8, 3-5 SBC disaster. Head coach Steve Roberts\u2013still without a winning season in eight seasons\u2013is now on as hot a seat as seats can get in Jonesboro.\n\nWhat happened the last time these teams met: Excited by his Hogs\u2019 win in Jordan-Hare earlier in the 2006 season, Arkansas-bred bajillionaire Jerry Jones promised to pour millions into Jonesboro\u2019s declining downtown, creating a new shopping-and-dining district called \u201cJones\u2019 Borough,\u201d if the then-Indians could inflict further humiliation on the Tigers. Unfortunately for the good people of the city, Auburn rolled to a 29-0 Homecoming victory.\n\nWhat actually happened between them: Auburn won 27-0. The 2006 meeting is the only one between the two schools to-date. Also, I don\u2019t think Jones gives the first crap about ASU.\n\nWhat two things about the Red Wolves are cause for alarm:\n\n1. They wear black helmets and potentially even all-black uniforms, so you know they\u2019re bad-asses, like the Atlanta Falcons under Jerry Glanville, back when they had Neon Deion and Aundray Bruce had that one good year month and the run-and-shoot was going to revolutionize football. They\u2019re totally going to be just like that.\n\n2. There aren\u2019t going to be very many offensive lines that can even hang in Auburn\u2019s neighborhood for offensive line experience, but here\u2019s one: ASU returns all five o-line starters and four of them are seniors. Should be a nice appetizer of a challenge for Hot Carter, Mike Blanc, Nick Fairley, and Co.\n\nWhat two things about the Red Wolves are causes for confidence:\n\n1. They\u2019ve hired a new offensive coordinator, Hugh Freeze, who\u2019s installing the spread. This is mostly bad because as any Auburn fan can tell you, the transition from non-spread to spread is not easy, and it will not be easier for having a new quarterback, new running back, new No. 1 receiver, etc. However, it is also bad for Freeze having gotten his start at the collegiate level on Ed Oregeron\u2019s staff at Ole Miss, and these days, is there anything Ed Orgeron has touched that hasn\u2019t turned to ash? Besides the YAW YAW song, anyway?\n\n2. I thought at first maybe ASU might get some positive karma for having abandoned their previous politically incorrect \u201cIndians\u201d nickname for a species trying to make a comeback from total extinction in the wild, but I think they pretty well destroyed any chance of that by beating hapless Texas Southern 83-10 in Week 2 of 2008, just after adopting the new nickname. At that point they were 2-0 with a win over Texas A&M under their belt. Since then they\u2019ve gone 8-14 despite having their best two teams on paper since the SBC champs of \u201905. The moral: don\u2019t beat up on cash-strapped SWAC teams.\n\nWhat tidbit I found most interesting from Phil Steele\u2019s ASU preview: Arkansas St. has gone 1-17 in their road openers since moving up to D-I, with the win over Mike Sherman\u2019s first Texas A&M club the only W. (Runner-up: their all-time leading passer is long-time NFL journeyman Cleo Lemon.)\n\nWhat I actually think about this match-up: Some credit to Roberts and his program: their track record against BCS competition isn\u2019t half-bad. The upset of A&M isn\u2019t all that far in the distant past, and they\u2019ve put some legitimate scares into good teams like 2007 Texas and 2009 Iowa. If this looked like a vintage Red Wolves team, I\u2019d give them a solid shot at hanging with Auburn for a few quarters, maybe even a distant shot at the upset if Newton came out and tossed a few picks.\n\nBut even if he does that, it\u2019s not going to matter against this particular ASU team. Leonard\u2019s gone, the wideouts are gone, the defensive line is gutted, the secondary looks mediocre even by Sun Belt standards, everyone important on special teams had graduated. Even a terrific Sun Belt team wouldn\u2019t have particularly good odds against Auburn in J-Hare; the Red Wolves are not going to a terrific Sun Belt team.\n\nYeah, they might be a better SBC team than expected; with Roberts coaching for his job and any and all assumptions about the Sun Belt other than \u201cTroy wins\u201d so incorrect over the past few years, it won\u2019t be a shock if they wind up in the upper half of the conference. But that\u2019s not enough to think they\u2019ll do more than give Auburn a good workout. If the game remains competitive for longer than a few series into the second half, that will be a shock.\n\nSupport TWER\n\nLike this story? You can help keep more like it coming by becoming a TWER patron through Patreon. You'll get free stuff and exclusive content. It's great. You can also support TWER with a secure one-time donation with PayPal.\n\nThis is my first time posting. I just \u201cdiscovered\u201d your blog last week. It\u2019s AUsome!!!! I haven\u2019t even read this article yet. You got me with those player profiles. Great idea. Just jumping in to say thanks. War Eagle.\n\nKevin\u2019s post about Oher\u2019s coach going to Ole Miss on the heels of Oher\u2019s enrollment, plus the (essentially) same situation with Gustav on Nutt\u2019s staff at Arkansas begs this question: How often does this sort of thing happen, and has it happened at AU? In my opinion (even if it turns out it happens regularly at AU): it\u2019s skeezy, and I can\u2019t believe the NCAA doesn\u2019t treat it the same way it treats a coach/booster/university giving a recruit\u2019s parent a job in exchange for his committment.\n\nI suppose the counter argument, at least in Gus\u2019 case, is that he was a star in the making and deserved a shot to coach in college. I just wish that shot wasn\u2019t so closely associated with Gus\u2019 stud recruits all committing to Arkansas.\n\nbigdawg, glad you found us and gladder you like the site. Stick around; in-season stuff is better than the offseason, I think most of us would agree.\n\nRe: hiring coaches to win recruits, it doesn\u2019t happen all that often in football\u2013Malzahn\u2019s really the only guy I can think of off the top of my head, not knowing about Freeze. But it\u2019s a major problem in hoops recruiting and the NCAA hasn\u2019t had much success in stamping it out; there\u2019s no way to PROVE a given coach is being hired just to deliver a recruit, is there? I think it\u2019s one of those things we just have to have presidents and A.D.\u2019s take an ethical stand against and prevent from happening at the school level.\n\nI\u2019m not aware of it happening at AU, but I\u2019m not totally familiar with Smith\u2019s/Eagles\u2019/Ellis\u2019s staffs. I\u2019d be surprised if it\u2019s ever happened with the football team.\n\n[\u2026] A week-by-week preview of Auburn\u2019s 2010 opponents. But since you can find straightforward overviews in a half-dozen magazines and a ton of places across the web, these are a little more \u2026 disposable. Light. Cheese-puffy. Previously: Arkansas St. [\u2026]\n\n[\u2026] we all know the dam is going to break at some point.) So, if you\u2019re bored, you can check out this site\u2019s Cheese Puff Preview of Arkansas St. or Andy Bitter\u2019s enjoyable\u2013if predictable\u2013unit-by-unit breakdown of [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "International Science Group Looks to National Ecological Observatory\nNetwork (NEON) as Example of What\u2019s Working in Global Research\nInfrastructure\n\nJune 04, 2018 12:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time\n\nBOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted, for the first\ntime, a meeting of the Group of Senior Officials (GSO) for Global\nResearch Infrastructures, NEON project staff members from Battelle\nwere asked to share details of their recent work to build and operate\nthe ecological Observatory.\n\nThe National\nEcological Observatory Network (NEON) is a continental-scale\necological observation facility, sponsored by the NSF\nand operated by Battelle since 2016. The NEON project collects and\nprovides free and open data that characterizes and quantifies complex,\nrapidly changing ecological processes across the United States. The\nproject\u2019s comprehensive data, spatial extent and remote sensing\ntechnology will enable the user community to tackle new questions both\non larger (continental) and longer (decadal) scales.\n\nThe GSO, established as part of the G-7 group of seven nations with the\nlargest, most advanced economies in the world, gathered recently in\nTallahassee, Florida at the Florida State University\u2019s National High\nMagnetic Field Laboratory. The lab, which is the largest and\nhighest-powered magnet lab in the world, is seen as a leading example of\ninternational cooperation through science.\n\nAs part of the discussions, NEON project leadership also were asked to\npresent case studies on international collaboration and programmatic\nbest practices. Battelle\u2019s management of the NEON project was hailed as\nan example of best practices and innovative solutions to emulate in\nfuture Global Research Infrastructure projects. Moreover, Battelle-NEON\nalso highlighted the need for new mechanisms to strengthen international\nrelationships that foster the advancement of science for society and our\neconomy.\n\nThe GSO has developed a framework for global research infrastructure\nbest practices and as part of the evolving nature of the framework, it\nevaluates case studies and policy in the member nations.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re proud that the National Science Foundation thinks enough of our\nwork at NEON to share it with these high-level visitors,\u201d said Rick\nFarnsworth, NEON program manager. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked very hard to ensure this\ncomplex, first-of-its-kind project meets its intended goals and we\u2019re\nhappy to share with our international colleagues.\u201d\n\nAbout Battelle\n\nEvery day, the people of Battelle apply science and technology to\nsolving what matters most. At major technology centers and national\nlaboratories around the world, Battelle conducts research and\ndevelopment, designs and manufactures products, and delivers critical\nservices for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in\nColumbus, Ohio since its founding in 1929, Battelle serves the national\nsecurity, health and life sciences, and energy and environmental\nindustries. For more information, visit www.battelle.org."}
-{"text": "T-Mobile, Verizon sign spectrum deal to grow 4G network\n\nT-Mobile backs off in Verizon criticisms to secure 4G deal\n\nVerizon Wireless and T-Mobile signed an agreement covering a range of AWS spectrum swaps and sales that should improve 4G coverage for both companies.\n\nWhile the deal concerns various AWS spectrum exchanges between both carriers, the net result will be improved spectrum holdings for T-Mobile in 15 of the county's top 25 markets and reaching 60 million customers.\n\nVerizon will gain holdings that cover 22 million customers, as well as an undisclosed cash payment from T-Mobile.\n\n\"This agreement will provide T-Mobile with critical AWS spectrum, enhancing both network capacity and performance and allowing us to meet the growing consumer demand for 4G mobile broadband,\" T-Mobile CEO and President Philipp Humm said.\n\nVerizon, T-Mobile on the other end of the spectrum\n\nEarlier this year, Verizon set out to acquire unused AWS spectrum bands held by SpectrumCo, Cox, and Comcast among others. T-Mobile took issue with the deal, petitioned the FCC that Verizon was hoarding AWS spectrum licenses.\n\nVerizon responded by announcing it would put many of its spectrum bands up for sale. This current deal seems to put an end to the bad blood between Verizon and T-Mobile.\n\nIn fact, many of the spectrum bands that will be transferred to T-Mobile in the deal come from the unused cable bands Verizon originally tried to purchase.\n\nSo T-Mobile can only get this spectrum deal on the condition that Verizon wins its \"hoarding\" purchase.\n\nT-Mobile is making an increased push toward 4G, previously pledging $4 billion toward expanding its LTE networks for 2013, and this deal with Verizon should help the carrier in its goals."}
-{"text": "This is true, and there's only so many of them... therefore they will need to be carefully rationed, to avoid a 'drought'- in this case The Tempest (Farnborough) announcement feel-good factor needed to be milked to the full, before it being forgotten due to the next announcement... they were stringed together in quite a clever way - also, the decade long story culminating in the retirement of the Tornado (early, instead of 2024) was 'magically' turned into good news, by celebrating the life together with the birth of the new baby - there was 'the wedding' as well (Tempest tying in and together industry interests that cross borders - come Brexit ... or not )\n\nScimitar54 wrote:If we cannot be bothered to publicise our own critical achievements in a timely fashion, someone may feel justified in thinking that we are behind in other things as well. Undermanned, Under-equipped, Underfunded. Perhaps Unready! I note that the MOD did not even claim that IOC (Land) had been achieved on time.Too important to foul-up in the light of all the circumstances. Let us hope it is not +100 days (or worse) for IOC (Maritime). The critical aspect is that we should not have to hope.\n\nPublishing achievements is a recruitment and funding tool, its there to primary to make us feel good and justify expenditure more so when we use the military for HADR etc, its primary concern is not to give your potential enemy your readiness composition of your forces\n\nIf they depend on what can learn from MoD press announcements and internet, then I dare to say that the UK has nothing to fear.\n\nFortune favors brave sir, said Carrot cheerfully.What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves\u2026\n\nIf you say that you are going to do something (achieve a critical timescale) then you damn well make sure that you tell EVERYONE that you have achieved it, or the malaise of \"It does not matter, it's only\" can set in for other things as well. It is ALL important and it is part of being disciplined. If the Secretary of State does not care about such, what else may he not care about. Did they achieve the target or not? We have still not been told. If you do not want to be measured against a target, then don't have one at all. If the RN (FAA) had been running the programme, I would have expected the IOC to have been achieved (and publicised) EARLY.\n\nScimitar54 wrote:If you say that you are going to do something (achieve a critical timescale) then you damn well make sure that you tell EVERYONE that you have achieved it, or the malaise of \"It does not matter, it's only\" can set in for other things as well. It is ALL important and it is part of being disciplined. If the Secretary of State does not care about such, what else may he not care about. Did they achieve the target or not? We have still not been told. If you do not want to be measured against a target, then don't have one at all. If the RN (FAA) had been running the programme, I would have expected the IOC to have been achieved (and publicised) EARLY.\n\ncrikey, if you set a target date and not everything goes to plan as most things do, so you either have to ignore problems or you can stand back take 5 revaluate work the problem then when it reaches its milestone you have a true capability\n\nIf there has been a delay and their is a good reason for it, then that would be understandable. However, if you miss the target date and then don't mention either that the date was achieved, or a reason for any actual delay then the lasting impression is that there is no urgency, so it does not the matter. This is not so. As a milestone in Carrier Strike, it is urgent. How long has \"the gap\" been now? The programme has been carefully put together (not rushed) and all involved in it should get with the programme or Ship Out. It is not a matter of preference, but one of accuracy and transparency.\n\nIn want of a x-thread quoting facility (and I don't like playing 'mod), this discussion has gone away from Tempest, so let \"it\" be the seed corn ):\n\nSPEAR can carry out the Brimstone mission, albeit its larger and more expensive. Storm Shadow is OOS by 2030 meaning that integration as part for F-35 block 4 would have given it a service live of 4-5 years max.\n\nRe: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)\n\nPostby shark bait \u00bb 15 Jan 2019, 08:29and neither of those fit on the inside, so no real loss.@LandSharkUK\n\nRe: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)\n\nPostby ArmChairCivvy \u00bb 15 Jan 2019, 09:31\n\nshark bait wrote: so no real loss.\n\nI agree. Considering what weapons will be integrated on our F-35s we should, however, stop listing them as CAS assets (just for the reason that they serve that purpose for the USMC).\n\nTrump's outburst about destroying Turkey 'economically' may have as much with this to do as with Kurds (the piece is four days old, from Janes, and thus pre-dates the latest twitter war):\n\n\" Turkey would go ahead with the purchase of a Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile (SAM) battery under a USD2.5 billion deal, which includes an option for a second one, despite strong US opposition. Turkey will begin deploying S-400s in October.Demir was confident Turkey would receive the first four of 100 F-35s in the autumn, despite US warning that Turkey risks expulsion from the US-led F-35 programme if it takes delivery of S-400s.\"- a nice little contract from Russian supplier, to use the first 4 a/c in various simulated attacks, so as to optimise the S-400 radars & else for countering the stealth\n\nArmChairCivvy wrote:Four of those (no pods) on the Hunter ground-attack version... was it the Swiss who ordered them.- we seem to be going backwards ?\n\nFour 30 mm ADEN revolver cannon was the standard internal armament of most Hawker Hunter variants. Must be a contender for the most over-gunned fighter aircraft to actually see service. Was the original operational requirement to vaporise Russian bombers?!\n\nYes, the std pack came as one: https://web.archive.org/web/20171106185 ... /86040.jpg and was chosen for its compactness over the original design with four smaller Hispano Mark V 20-millimeter cannon, with two in the nose and one in each wing root, or alternatively two 30-millimeter Aden revolver-type cannon.\n\nLord Jim wrote:were supposed to go on the Harrier GR5/7s but never materialised.\n\nIt was the 25 mm version, with much higher muzzle velocity, that was cancelled, allegedly for weight problems. Why the old 30 mm work horse that existed in podded version was not used instead...?- so perhaps the old memories of problems with podded guns is now holding the purchase for F-35s back? Let others mature it first (which would be a perfectly valid line of thinking)."}
-{"text": "Human Remains Found Near Latigo Canyon Road\n\nMALIBU\u2014On Monday, January 21 human remains were discovered near a burned Malibu hillside near the intersection of Latigo Canyon Road and Calicut Road. Investigators are currently trying to determine the cause of death for the victim.\n\nThe remains were found late Monday afternoon, where officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department noted it was too dark to conduct a proper investigation at the time of the discovery. The investigation resumed on Tuesday morning.\n\nAuthorities are not sure if the remains belong to a man or woman, and authorities do not suspect any evidence of foul play at the current time.\n\nThis will be the second time that the Woolsey Fire, which destroyed over 97,000 acres in November 2018 resulted in human remains being found. The LA Times reported a skull being found in the same region. The Woolsey Fire claimed the lives of three people.\n\nAnyone with information on the case is asked to contact the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500."}
-{"text": "Rules Force Massive Shake-up Of Fontana Grid\n\nWill Power was among drivers sent backward in the field by a rules violation. (INDYCAR/LAT USA)\n\nWith the exception of front-row starters Marco Andretti and Ryan Briscoe, INDYCAR\u2019s \u201cfresh engine rule\u201d will re-shape the starting grid for Saturday night\u2019s IZOD IndyCar Series season-ending MAVTV 500, almost to the point of confusion.\n\nFourteen drivers \u2013 including championship leader Will Power and runnerup Ryan Hunter-Reay \u2013 will incur 10 grid-spot penalties from the sanctioning body for engine changes in their respective Dallara DW12 chassis at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.\n\nPower, who holds a 17-point lead over Hunter-Reay, posted a two-lap qualifying average of 215.940 mph around the D-shaped, 2-mile ACS oval in his No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet Friday afternoon \u2013 third-fastest of the 26-car field. But Power now will start the 250-lapper mid-pack.\n\nHunter-Reay, meanwhile, qualified his No. 28 Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Dallara/Chevy at 212.773 mph to place a season-worst 17th. But like Power \u2013 also cited for using his sixth engine of the season \u2013Hunter-Reay will slot-in among these other violators:\n\nPursuant to Rule 15.1.4, each \u201cfull-season entrant\u201d will be provided with no more than five fresh-built engines throughout each year covered by an engine service agreement. Using more than five fresh engines in a season will result in a penalty. Engines beyond the fifth fresh engine may be fresh or part-used. Pursuant to Rule 15.6.2, using more than five fresh engines in a season will be considered unapproved engine change-outs.\n\n\u201cI flew all over the world two years ago and talked to engine manufacturers and one of the first things they said was, \u2018We\u2019ve seen what engines can cost you there, and we don\u2019t want any part of that,\u2019 \u201d Bernard said. \u201cSo we had to come up with a type of rule that allowed it to be very fair to let everyone have equal opportunity, and the way we did it was a way to keep costs down. So you can\u2019t build tons of engines.\n\n\u201cDoes it work to our fans that are confused? No. But does it work to keep the cost of our engines down and keep our competition thriving not at the expense of the engine manufacturers \u2013 yes, it does that.\u201d\n\nAsked if General Motors, Honda and Lotus will continue to provide enough turbocharged V-6 engines next year, Bernard said, \u201cNo doubt. That\u2019s very important to us.\u201d\n\nFor their part, the championship contenders \u2013 both seeking their first IndyCar titles \u2013 downplayed their penalties with good humor. \u201cHonestly, the only thing that it\u2019s good for is to maybe be keeping out of if something happens,\u201d Power said. \u201cApart from that, you can start a lap down, still come back and win the thing. You can be a lap down halfway and still come back and win. So, yeah, it\u2019s not a big deal.\u201d\n\n\u201cYeah, I agree,\u201d said Hunter-Reay, of Andretti Autosport. \u201cI think Will should start a lap down.\n\n\u201cYou know, it doesn\u2019t matter because it\u2019s 500 miles. If you have a well-balanced race car, it\u2019s fine. You don\u2019t want to put yourself in a position to be buried in traffic and have to deal with cars that might have handling issues as well. It\u2019s always better to be up at the front. It\u2019s usually drama-free. We\u2019ll be looking to get up there as soon as possible.\u201d\n\nThere are a myriad of scenarios for either driver to claim his first series title. Basically, Power will win the $1 million bonus if he finishes ahead of Hunter-Reay.\n\nThe MAVTV 500 is scheduled to start at 8:45 p.m. EDT Saturday with live television coverage on NBC Sports Network beginning at 7:30 p.m. Live radio coverage will air on the IMS Radio Network on SiriusXM (XM 94 and Sirius 212). In addition, IndyCar live timing and scoring with the radio broadcast can be accessed at www.indy.car.com.\n\n\u2014\n\nMarco Andretti\u2019s two-lap cumulative time of 1:06.6455 with an average speed of 216.069 mph earned the third-generation star his first pole of the season, first at ACS, second of his IndyCar career and 10th for Chevrolet in 2012. Ryan Briscoe, driver of the No. 2 IZOD Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet, will start second after posting an average speed of 216.058 mph.\n\n\u201cI had my mind made up that I was going flat,\u201d said Andretti, driver of the No. 26 Team RC Cola Dallara/Chevy. \u201cWhatever was going to happen was going to happen. I even talked about it with my engineer \u2013 \u2018If I do a lazy lift, we\u2019re not going to have a chance for the pole.\u2018\n\n\u201cSo, you know, I just went for it on Lap 1. She hung in there. But then Lap 2, I committed again to being flat. I had an even bigger lift. I should have, hindsight Lap 2, just done a lazy lift, just committed to lifting. Instead I committed to going flat and had to bail out big-time. That almost caught me out with Ryan. I was worried about that. I\u2019ve been on the outside looking in on that hundredth of a mile an hour for the pole. I was on the good side of that today.\u201d\n\nAndretti\u2019s previous pole was scored at The Milwaukee Mile in 2008, a span of 76 starts. Marco said his strategy for Saturday night is simple and self-centered.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re definitely showing up here to win,\u201d said Marco, who drives for father and team-owner Michael Andretti. \u201cI know my teammate (Hunter-Reay) is in the championship. We\u2019re going to help him if we\u2019re around him on the track by not interfering, but this is going to race like a high-speed short oval. There\u2019s not much I can do drafting-wise to actually help him. I\u2019m not going to hurt him or Will. I\u2019m going to be out to try to win the race, end on a good note to carry some momentum into the off-season.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nBased up on Wednesday\u2019s eight-hour practice, Team Penske\u2019s Ryan Briscoe predicted an exciting event once the sun sets in Southern California. ACS is located approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles.\n\n\u201cWednesday night, I don\u2019t know who was here, but it was unbelievable,\u201d Briscoe said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen so many different racing lines working on a single track, from some cars being on the white line, apexing at the white line, some cars running around the wall up the top, about a hundred feet in-between, with any other line working as well.\n\n\u201cPlenty of room. Big, long, fast track. Challenging start with the sun in your eyes for about 30 minutes probably. Then the sun comes down. We\u2019re watching the track temperatures, they drop really dramatically as soon as the sun goes behind the grandstands. All of a sudden the car comes to life. You can get a lot more aggressive out there. I mean, great formula. We\u2019re racing hard, but we\u2019re not pack racing. I think it\u2019s more exciting than any oval racing we would have seen last year.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nMike Conway\u2019s decision to step out of the No. 14 ABC Supply Dallara/Honda on Friday generally was supported in the paddock. Conway, a road-racing specialist and native of Great Britain, has been replaced by Wade Cunningham in the car fielded by open-wheel legend A.J. Foyt Jr. and son Larry.\n\n\u201cI look up to Mike,\u201d Ryan Hunter-Reay said. \u201cHe was somewhere mentally that he didn\u2019t want to be. He was man enough to say, \u2018Hey, this is not working for me right now.\u2019\n\n\u201cInstead of going out there and being in a bad place mentally in one of these cars, which is a very dangerous thing to do \u2013 these cars are dangerous enough, racing on a track like this is dangerous enough _ but to be in a bad place mentally and do it is not right. That\u2019s a smart decision from him. If he doesn\u2019t feel like it, there\u2019s other days to fight this whole thing out. He chose to do that.\u201d\n\nPower, an Australian who arguably is the series\u2019 top road-racer, also empathized with Conway. \u201cIf the car\u2019s not right around here, you don\u2019t even want to be out there,\u201d Power said. \u201cYeah, that\u2019s ballsy to say, \u2018Hey, I don\u2019t feel comfortable.\u2019 Full credit to him. He\u2019s a great driver, too. He\u2019s one of the quickest guys on the circuit. It\u2019s just the circumstance.\u201d\n\nRandy Bernard, INDYCAR\u2019s chief operating officer added, \u201cI like Mike a lot, but I think everyone knows that racing is very dangerous. I haven\u2019t talked to him so I haven\u2019t heard him say what drove him to his decision.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nJustin Wilson says Dr. Sid Watkins was so respected in the Formula One community \u201cthat if he said the cars could drive on the moon we would drive on the moon.\u201d\n\nWatkins, who was instrumental in advancement of safety procedures and protocols during his 26 years as the FIA Formula One safety and medical delegate, died Thursday at age 84. Watkins retired after the 2004 F1 season.\n\n\u201cI never had any close encounters with him, fortunately,\u201d said Wilson, who competed in F1 in 2003 for Minardi and Jaguar Racing and now drives for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series. \u201cHe was one of those people that even when you walk up to him, before he says anything, you can just tell he\u2019s a caring guy who has everyone\u2019s best interests at heart. He had that aura around him; everyone did everything he said.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019d been there in some of Formula One\u2019s most tragic times and in some of it best times and helped progressed safety from some of those tragic times. He\u2019s been a huge part of what we know as open-wheel racing.\u201d\n\nPrimarily through Watkins\u2019 efforts following the accident at Monza in 1978 that claimed the life of Ronnie Peterson, a medical helicopter, mobile hospital and vehicle to get a doctor to the scene of accidents was adopted as standard procedure.\n\n\u2014\n\nThe IndyCar Series\u2019 2013 schedule is nearing completion, and could feature doubleheader weekends.\n\n\u201cI want to have a complete schedule finished and out by October 1st,\u201d said Randy Bernard, INDYCAR\u2019s chief operating officer. \u201cThat\u2019s a hard deadline and we are getting real close. What we are making sure happens this year is that we have signed contracts before we put them on the schedule. We will put all of our schedule out on the same day.\u201d\n\nAsked about doubleheader events, Bernard added, \u201cI think it\u2019s definitely something we want to try, at a minimum two races. I think it will give you double exposure for viewership in those markets if we pick the right markets. We want to make sure that we can make very great races.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nBits from the Auto Club Speedway pits: The MAVTV 500 will be the 11th Indy-car race at Auto Club Speedway and the fifth IndyCar Series event. It will be the first open-wheel race at the facility since 2005, an event won by Dario Franchitti. \u2026 Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) and Champ Car conducted six Indy-car races at ACS from 1997-2002. Mauricio Gugelmin won the pole for the first Indy-car race at ACS in 1997; Mark Blundell won the race. \u2026 Jimmy Vasser, Adrian Fernandez and Sam Hornish Jr., are the only drivers to win at ACS more than once. Vasser won in 1998 and 2002; Fernandez won in 1999 and 2004 and Sudden Sam won back-to-back races in 2002 and 2003. Franchitti (2005) is the only past winner entered in the MAVTV 500. \u2026 Five drivers who have won the pole at ACS are entered in the MAVTV 500: Alex Tagliani (2001), Tony Kanaan (2002), Helio Castroneves (2003), Scott Dixon (2004) and Franchitti (2005). \u2026 Franchitti (\u201805) is the only driver to win at ACS from P1. \u2026 Seven drivers entered in the event _ Ed Carpenter, Castroneves, Dixon, Franchitti, Kanaan, Oriol Servia and Tagliani _ have made at least one Indy-car start at ACS. Nineteen drivers in Saturday\u2019s field are poised to make their first start at the track."}
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-{"text": "Sunday, December 31, 2017\n\nIt's been quite a year. And I make no predictions about the one to come. I do know that it will -- at least where we are -- start out cold. Beyond that, my crystal ball is foggy. But each new year brings the possibility of hope and wisdom. May you experience both in 2018.\n\nSaturday, December 30, 2017\n\nIn case you missed it, Trump just tried to turn the UN General Assembly into a congregation of whores. Faced with world-wide opposition to his Jerusalem decision, Trump reverted to Goodfellas rules: If other countries dared to denounce him over a foreign policy decision that shattered the peace process and upended fifty years of global diplomacy (much of it forged by the United States), then their rebuke would come at a price.\n\nThe \u2018price\u2019 had to do with the fact that Trump seems to believe that since the United States accounts for 22 per cent of the UN\u2019s operating budget, the General Assembly\u2019s votes are, in effect, bought and paid for by Washington.\n\nDonald has always acted like a Don. In his business career, he's dealt with a few. Now he is telling the world he's making it a deal it can't refuse:\n\nTrump laid his contempt for international law, global opinion and the UN on the table for all to see with his Jerusalem call. He warned those nations voting against the rogue U.S. position \u2014 a policy that violates both international law and existing UN resolutions \u2014 that he\u2019d be taking down names, and not for his Christmas card list.\n\nThe payback was swiftly delivered by Trump\u2019s robot at the United Nations, Ambassador Nikki Haley. Fittingly, the news was delivered over the Christmas holidays, shortly after the U.S. was humiliated by a General Assembly vote of 128 to 9 on a motion denouncing the embassy move. Sadly, when the world was expressing its disdain of Trump\u2019s bullying tactics, Canada was hiding under its desk.\n\nThe American mission subsequently announced that the UN\u2019s budget would be cut by $285 million, or 5 per cent of the total. The cuts came along with threats of \u201cfurther action\u201d the U.S. might take, including cuts to foreign aid to certain disobedient countries, and further reductions in American support for the UN\u2019s overall management and operations.\n\nIn one year Trump has destroyed his country's bona fides. By keeping his mouth shut, Justin is destroying ours. Silence means consent.\n\nFriday, December 29, 2017\n\nAs the year comes to an end, E.J. Dionne writes a meditation on Democracy. He starts with first principles:\n\nIn embracing democracy, as the historian James Kloppenberg has written, we are standing up for three contested principles: popular sovereignty, autonomy and equality. We are also embracing three premises: deliberation, pluralism and reciprocity.\n\nCertain things follow from those three premises. We rarely think of those premises and what they entail. Dionne gets down to specifics:\n\nA devotion to democracy thus ought to affect how we treat others. We often have to deal with hierarchies, but we should never internalize them. Those at the bottom of formal authority structures see things and know things that cannot be seen from on high. We should, as Pope Francis has said, seek the wisdom available only on the peripheries. We learn from experience \u2014 and from the news \u2014 that the distributions of virtue, compassion and judgment are not correlated with the distributions of power and wealth.\n\nDemocracy, finally, is rooted in two intuitions, about our aspirations to transcendence, which allow us to imagine a better world, and about our proclivities to sin and failure, which require limits on the power any of us can wield. Thus Reinhold Niebuhr\u2019s aphorism: \u201cMan\u2019s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man\u2019s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.\u201d\n\nDionne -- who is a practising Catholic -- speaks in religious terms. However, he does not transform democracy into a religion. And he warns that when elites control the levers of power, democracy is in danger:\n\nThursday, December 28, 2017\n\nI admire Hugh Segal. He has always had the courage to speak truth to power. In this morning's Globe and Mail he advocates welcoming the many Haitians who are presently fleeing the United States:\n\nThere are commitments that involve more or less risk, and more or less genuine impact. Often, when a country acts clearly and decisively in a way that underlines its own values, that is when its impact is greatest. There would be no greater practical example of Canadian engagement as a member of the United Nations, a member of the Organization of American States and a founding member of la Francophonie, than a decision now to reach out and welcome Haitians who face deportation by the United States.\n\nThe commitment to help Haitians is nothing new to Canada. And Haitians have been contributing to this country for a long time:\n\nWe have a robust, active, productive, economically and culturally dynamic Haitian community in Quebec, and elsewhere. A distinguished Canadian of Haitian birth, Micha\u00eblle Jean, became our Governor-General and now heads la Francophonie in Paris. The Haitian community is a credit to Canada in so many ways and has produced business, cultural, political and journalistic leadership that has immensely strengthened and enriched us all. It has the depth and capacity to sponsor and welcome new arrivals, along with other Canadians who would be delighted to help.\n\nNearly forty years ago -- when Baby Doc Duvalier ruled the roost -- my wife and I visited Haiti. At that time, it was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The average annual income was a little over $500 a year. That position has not changed. In fact, it is worse after the ravages of this year's hurricanes.\n\nSegal is right. We should welcome people we have long welcomed -- particularly now that the president of the United States claims that \"they all have AIDS.\"\n\nWednesday, December 27, 2017\n\nMuch has been written about the return to fascism under Donald Trump. But, Henry Giroux writes, not much ink has been spilled on the subject of Trump's war on children:\n\nFinance capitalism now drives politics, governance and policy in unprecedented ways. And it\u2019s more than willing to sacrifice the future of young people for short-term political and economic gains, if not democracy itself.\n\nIn an apparent war on children, the Trump administration provides a disturbing index of a society in the midst of a deep moral and political crisis \u2014 not the least of which was the president\u2019s support and defence of an accused serial pedophile, Roy Moore, in his unsuccessful attempt to win an Alabama Senate seat.\n\nAs U.S. children\u2019s rights activist Marian Wright Edelman points out, such actions are particularly alarming and cruel at a time when \u201cmillions of America\u2019s children today are suffering from hunger, homelessness and hopelessness.\u201d\n\nShe adds: \u201cNearly 13.2 million children are poor \u2014 almost one in five. About 70 per cent of them are children of colour, who will be a majority of our children by 2020. More than 1.2 million are homeless. About 14.8 million children struggle against hunger in food insecure households.\u201d\n\nRepublicans have long railed against the injustice of saddling the next generation with mountains of debt. But they have now foreclosed on the future of young people:\n\nToo many young people today live in an era of foreclosed hope, an era in which it is difficult either to imagine a life beyond the tenets of a savage form of casino capitalism or to transcend the fear that any attempt to do so can only result in a more dreadful nightmare.\n\nYouth today are not only plagued by the fragility and uncertainty of the present, they are, as the late Polish philosopher Zygmunt Bauman has argued, \u201cthe first post-war generation facing the prospect of downward mobility [in which the] plight of the outcast stretches to embrace a generation as a whole.\u201d\n\nAmerican youth, especially those marginalized by race and class, are subject to the dictates of the punishing state. Not only is their behaviour being criminalized in schools and on the streets, they are also subject to repressive forms of legislation.\n\nTuesday, December 26, 2017\n\nEugene Robinson writes that many people feared what would happen in the first year of Donald Trump's presidency. It turns out that the year was worse than they feared:\n\nMany of us began 2017 with the consoling thought that the Donald Trump presidency couldn\u2019t possibly be as bad as we feared. It turned out to be worse.\n\nDid you ever think you would hear a president use the words \u201cvery fine people\u201d to describe participants in a torchlit rally organized by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan? Did you ever think you would hear a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations thuggishly threaten that she would be \u201ctaking names\u201d of countries that did not vote on a General Assembly resolution the way she wanted? Did you ever think the government of the world\u2019s biggest military and economic power would reject not just science but empiricism itself, preferring to use made-up \u201calternative facts\u201d as the basis for major decisions?\n\nPerhaps an indication of just how extreme the Trump make over has been is how citizens are placing their hopes on the military:\n\nSince its founding, the nation has treasured civilian control of the military as a restraint on adventurism. Now we must rely on three generals \u2014 Trump\u2019s chief of staff, his national security adviser and his secretary of defense \u2014 to keep this rash and erratic president from careening off the rails.\n\nIt's clear voters can't rely on the Republican Party to keep Trump on the rails:\n\nThe president\u2019s Republican allies in Congress, who have the power to restrain an out-of-control executive, have rolled over in passive submission. Many see clearly Trump\u2019s unfitness but continue to support him because they fear the wrath of his hard-core base and see the chance to enact a conservative agenda. History will remember this craven opportunism and judge it harshly.\n\nSo, it is now up to \"we the people\" to shut Trump down in the mid-term elections. The biggest question in the coming year is, Will they do it?\n\nSunday, December 24, 2017\n\nAnd, John Lennon asked, what have you done? These days, we -- the collective we -- do little that is noble. Everywhere we look, Folly appears to be in the driver's seat. But, every year at Christmas, we are reminded of another kind of folly. It's not the folly of what we possess, but the folly of what we give. It's perhaps best expressed in O. Henry's short story, The Gift of the Magi. The final paragraph of that story is famous:\n\nThe magi, as you know, were wise men\u2014wonderfully wise men\u2014\nwho brought gifts to the newborn Christ-child. They were the first to\ngive Christmas gifts. Being wise, their gifts were doubtless wise ones.\nAnd here I have told you the story of two children who were not wise.\nEach sold the most valuable thing he owned in order to buy a gift for\nthe other. But let me speak a last word to the wise of these days: Of all\nwho give gifts, these two were the most wise. Of all who give and receive\ngifts, such as they are the most wise. Everywhere they are the wise ones.\nThey are the magi.\n\nSaturday, December 23, 2017\n\nPoliticians have lied since the beginning of recorded history. But, Chris Hedges writes, we are living in a time when lying has become permanent:\n\nDonald Trump and today\u2019s Republican Party represent the last stage in the emergence of corporate totalitarianism. Pillage and oppression are justified by the permanent lie. The permanent lie is different from the falsehoods and half-truths uttered by politicians such as Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The common political lie these politicians employed was not designed to cancel out reality. It was a form of manipulation. Clinton, when he signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement, promised \u201cNAFTA means jobs, American jobs and good-paying American jobs.\u201d George W. Bush justified the invasion of Iraq because Saddam Hussein supposedly possessed weapons of mass destruction. But Clinton did not continue to pretend that NAFTA was beneficial to the working class when reality proved otherwise. Bush did not pretend that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction once none were found.\n\nThe permanent lie is not circumscribed by reality. It is perpetuated even in the face of overwhelming evidence that discredits it. It is irrational. Those who speak in the language of truth and fact are attacked as liars, traitors and purveyors of \u201cfake news.\u201d They are banished from the public sphere once totalitarian elites accrue sufficient power, a power now granted to them with the revoking of net neutrality. The iron refusal by those who engage in the permanent lie to acknowledge reality, no matter how transparent reality becomes, creates a collective psychosis.\n\nThe permanent lie turns political discourse into absurdist theater. Donald Trump, who lies about the size of his inauguration crowd despite photographic evidence, insists that in regard to his personal finances he is \u201cgoing to get killed\u201d by a tax bill that actually will save him and his heirs over $1 billion. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claims he has a report that proves that the tax cuts will pay for themselves and will not increase the deficit\u2014only there never was a report. Sen. John Cornyn assures us, countering all factual evidence, that \u201cthis is not a bill that is designed primarily to benefit the wealthy and the large businesses.\u201d\n\nTruth no longer matters. What matters is what is \"correct:\"\n\nFederal courts are being stacked with imbecilic and incompetent judges who serve the \u201ccorrect\u201d ideology of corporatism and the rigid social mores of the Christian right. They hold reality, including science and the rule of law, in contempt. They seek to banish those who live in a reality-based world defined by intellectual and moral autonomy. Totalitarian rule always elevates the brutal and the stupid. These reigning idiots have no genuine political philosophy or goals. They use clich\u00e9s and slogans, most of which are absurd and contradictory, to justify their greed and lust for power. This is as true on the Christian right, which is filling the ideological vacuum of the Trump administration, as it is for the corporatists that preach neoliberalism and globalization. The merger of the corporatists with the Christian right is the marrying of Godzilla to Frankenstein.\n\nWhen Godzilla marries Frankenstein, both stomp around, destroying everything in their paths.\n\nFriday, December 22, 2017\n\nThis is a government and prime minister who rode to power two years ago on the type of inspirational message of hope and a new dawn that propelled Barack Obama to the White House in 2008.\n\nThis was a government that was going to do everything differently than the Stephen Harper government, yet continually plays to a sense of entitlement, of playing by different rules than other Canadians.\n\nTrudeau and family and Liberal friends made two trips to the island in the Bahamas \u2014 Sophie Gr\u00e9goire Trudeau also took her family there without her husband \u2014 at a time when the Aga Khan Foundation, which Dawson said has received $330 million from Canadian governments since 1981, was registered to lobby Trudeau\u2019s office.\n\nBut, so far, \"nothing seems to stick to this government, whether broken promises, a ham-handed performance from the finance minister, or a minister insulting Canadians with disabilities, the very people for whom he is supposed to advocate.\"\n\nAccording to the Bank of Canada, the economy is chugging along on all cylinders. And the employment figures keep getting better. We live in strange times. An accused child molester just missed being elected to the U.S. Senate. And a man who admitted assaulting women is now president of that country.\n\nThursday, December 21, 2017\n\nDonald Trump has a chaotic mind. That conclusion is buttressed by everything he says and does. Most recently, that chaos was evident in Trump's statement on international security. Tom Walkom writes:\n\nThis particular document appears to reflect the foreign affairs logic of one wing of the Republican Party. But it doesn\u2019t always reflect the stated views of Trump.\n\nWhether it ends up guiding the foreign affairs policy of the U.S. administration remains an open question.\n\nThe strategy begins with Trump\u2019s dystopian view of America as a nation that has fallen behind. The reason (and again this is pure Trump) is that feckless U.S. presidents, such as Barack Obama and George W. Bush, allowed other nations to take advantage of Washington.\n\nThe main problem with the document is that it does not echo the platform Trump ran on:\n\nThe document suggests that Russia and China pose a greater threat to the U.S. than even terrorism. But all are involved in \u201cfundamental contests between those who value human dignity and freedom and those who oppress individuals and enforce unanimity.\u201d\n\nThis is language reminiscent of the Cold War. It is also language that Trump does not usually apply to Russia and China.\n\nIndeed, at times Trump has actively praised both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. His beef with China is more economic than political. And while Trump\u2019s ministers routinely decry Russian intentions in Eastern Europe, he himself usually does not.\n\nAt bottom, the statement is rooted in the Social Darwinism of the Republican Party. All states are viewed as \"competitors:\"\n\nIn fact, the security strategy says that the dog-eat-dog nature of foreign relations requires America to be willing to confront China and Russia everywhere.\n\nIn one sense, this is not at all surprising. Trump views everyone as his enemy. But, in another sense, it is yet again a warning: Trump is completely unreliable. Betting on his reliability is a losing game.\n\nWednesday, December 20, 2017\n\nJane Philpott has her work cut out for her. But, Tim Harper writes, she's determined to get it done:\n\nThe federal Indigenous services minister has ambitious plans when it comes to ending water quality advisories in First Nations communities, closing the gap on Indigenous child welfare spending and reducing what she calls an \u201cabhorrent\u201d number of Indigenous children living in foster care.\n\nOne thing not on her list for the coming year is hearing the word \u201cno\u201d from anyone in her department\u2019s bureaucracy.\n\nUnclean water on native land is a perennial problem. Philpott is determined to put an end to that problem:\n\nAs we spoke this week, Philpott sat at a desk with six multi-colour-coded spread sheets in front of her, detailing all 68 long-term drinking water advisories in communities directly funded by her department, with the dates the order went into effect, timelines for ending them and potential barriers in the way.\n\nThere are a total of 100 such advisories in First Nations communities including privately operated systems.\n\nAlso on Philpott's desk is reform of the child welfare system:\n\nShe has called the rate of Indigenous child apprehension a humanitarian disaster. Indigenous children 14 and under make up 7.7 per cent of all children in this country, according to the 2016 census. But they represent 52 per cent of children in foster care.\n\nIn Manitoba the rate can be as high as 90 per cent, but the rate is anywhere from 60 to 80 per cent across western Canada.\n\n\u201cIt is positively abhorrent. There is clearly something very wrong,\u2019\u2019 Philpott told me.\n\nAnd she is determined to improve First Nations schools:\n\nA push to have First Nations control First Nations education is showing promise.\n\nBut it is also up to Philpott to light a spark in a bureaucracy that has for years worked to thwart Indigenous progress, launching court challenges and slowing programs in the name of protecting the taxpayer.\n\nBureaucracies are not monolithic, as Philpott points out. They are composed of people who care and understand 150 years of injustices.\n\nThey smile, she says, when they are told to find a way to deliver a \u201cyes,\u201d instead of falling back on an automatic \u201cno.\u201d\n\nPhilpott has worked as a doctor in third world countries. She knows that conditions on Canada's reserves are third world conditions. And she knows how to get things done.\n\nTuesday, December 19, 2017\n\nHart Williams writes that the Republican tax bill -- which is speeding its way toward passage -- marks the end of democracy in the United States:\n\nThink about it: a bill that will affect EVERY SECTOR of the American economy is put together in secret in the House and the Senate. Both bills pass, using legislative tricks like \u2018budget reconciliation\u2019 to sidestep normal process, holds no hearings, allows no input from or information TO the opposition party, engages in backdoor trading, all-but-bribery and all-but-extortion in secret, then passes both versions and \u201creconciles\u201d the final bill again in secret, again behind closed doors in formerly smoke-filled rooms, as every single Republican senator is carrot-and-sticked into voting for the final bill, which was only released on Friday in the afternoon.\n\nThe tax bill itself is almost entirely a separate subject, and its particulars ought not be adjudicated here, but we need to understand that a fundamental principle of our form of governance, already on life support, has died.\n\nA majority of Americans are opposed to it, but that matters little to the GOPs of today \u2014 or should I say \u201ctoady\u201d?\n\n83 percent were opposed to striking down Net Neutrality, but the chairman of the FCC, a \u201cfree market\u201d GOP does not extend that freedom to the franchise. Ayn Rand, you know. The virtue of selfishness, or as the Republicans actually behave: we expect greed (the most toxic of human drives) to miraculously solve all human problems.\n\nWhat we've witnessed is a coup. The wealthy have captured the legislature, the courts and the presidency.\n\nMonday, December 18, 2017\n\nNeal Gabler writes that November 8, 2016 marked the beginning of the Second American Civil War:\n\nBy that perspective, just as the first Civil War was the last gasp of slavery, this second is very likely the last gasp of aging white Americans \u2014 their full-throated death rattle against an America that they detest for having changed so dramatically the traditions and power structures by which those whites had lived. Regressions are often like that. They are an angry attempt to prevent a threatening future from arriving. Republicans had long preyed upon these discontents, but did so tepidly \u2014 a wink-and-nod approach. Trump voiced them and validated them, making racism, nativism and sexism acceptable. It will be his primary legacy.\n\nAnd behind it all is the devolution of politics into religion:\n\nOne of the most important shifts in our culture has been the transformation of politics into a kind of civic religion. Religion has always provided a sense of identity \u2014 hence the tribalism \u2014 but it provided something else, too; something even more fundamental. In what historian Karen Armstrong describes as the Axial Age, from which modern religions grew, it pointed the way to a meaningful life with spiritual values. That was for nurturing the soul. And it provided a cosmology, a systematic way of thinking about and explaining the world and our place in it. That was for the mind.\n\nTrump has sold his fellow citizens a debased cosmology. And he now poses as their Saviour:\n\nModern conservatism, like debased religion, has an explanation for everything, and there is nothing mysterious or spiritual about it. Trump understood the desire for some all-encompassing answer, as demagogues always do. Demagogues assume the proportions of religious leaders, but without the moral instruction. Through a process of simplification, they purport to tell their followers what happened and who is responsible. In short, they provide cosmology, not for the purpose of enlightenment, but for the opposite \u2014 benightedness.\n\nAs religious observance has declined in America, as faith has declined and the religious cosmologies have weakened, political passions and political cosmologies have risen, and those old religious/conservative affinities have strengthened as religion tries to save itself by piggybacking on politics, rather than as some believe, the other way around. Roy Moore, the Republican senatorial candidate in Alabama, is the perfect example of religion\u2019s surrender to politics. Many evangelicals embrace him despite credible allegations of child molestation, showing how morality has become so politicized that it no longer even makes sense. That is because politics is the new religion of America.\n\nThe ugliest wars in human history have been wars of religion. Fasten your seat belts.\n\nSunday, December 17, 2017\n\nLike Martin Luther five hundred years ago, Steve Keen -- who teaches at the London School of Economics, -- has called for a reformation of his discipline. Larry Elliott writes:\n\nKeen and those supporting him (full disclosure: I was one of them) were making a simple point as he used Blu Tack to stick their 33 theses to one of the world\u2019s leading universities: economics needs its own Reformation just as the Catholic church did 500 years ago. Like the medieval church, orthodox economics thinks it has all the answers. Complex mathematics is used to mystify economics, just as congregations in Luther\u2019s time were deliberately left in the dark by services conducted in Latin. Neoclassical economics has become an unquestioned belief system and treats anybody who challenges the creed of self-righting markets and rational consumers as dangerous heretics.\n\nNeo-liberal -- some call it neo-classical -- economics has assumed theological status. It has become a dogma which is beyond question. But the evidence shows that the models it proposes simply don't work. The new economics should be built on the following principles:\n\nFirstly, listen to consumers, because it is pretty obvious that they are unimpressed with what they are getting. The failure of the economics establishment to predict the crisis and its insistence that austerity is the right response to the events of a decade ago has meant the profession has rarely been less trusted.\n\nSecondly, we should stop treating economics as a science because it is nothing of the sort. A proper science involves testing a hypothesis against the available evidence. If the evidence doesn\u2019t support the theory, a physicist or a biologist will discard the theory and try to come up one that does work empirically.\n\nThirdly, economics needs to be prepared to learn from other disciplines because when it does the results are worthwhile. One example is the way in which auto-enrolment has increased pension coverage. If humans were truly economically rational, it would make no difference whether their employers automatically enrolled them into pension schemes: they would decide whether to join schemes on the basis of whether they deemed it worth deferring consumption until they had retired. Yet, basic psychology says this is not the way people actually act. They are far less likely to opt out of something than they are to opt into something.\n\nFourthly, economics needs to be demystified. One of the big battles between Catholics and Protestants in mid-16th century England was over whether the bible should be in Latin or English, a recognition that language matters. The easy part of an economic Reformation is to attack the current establishment; the difficult part is to present a compelling story without resorting to jargon. Control of the narrative \u2013 as George Osborne realised when he criticised Labour for failing to mend the roof while the sun was shining \u2013 is crucial.\n\nIt's high time we stopped worshipping at the temple which Milton Friedman and Fredrick Hayak built. Economics is neither a science nor a theology.\n\nSaturday, December 16, 2017\n\nBeverley McLachlin has left the bench. Adrienne Clarkson knows her well and puts her tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in perspective:\n\nRarely does public life bring you into intimate contact with people for whom you instantly feel great personal affinity. And in my case, a sharing of a generation's strivings in the second wave of feminism. It's not easy to be a woman in public life in Canada. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and I, having been governor-general, have shared different kinds of travails, but we know what sharing means and we know what sisterhood means. Yes, I use that rather dated and old-fashioned word because I think it is really what I have found with her.\n\nIt's her approach to the law which -- most of all -- defines McLachlin:\n\nThis Chief Justice understands that law is an organic entity, or, \"the living tree,\" which grows and evolves with the evolution of societal views. This Chief Justice knows that courts can justify the making of substantial changes to the law if in doing so they reflect clear changes in social values.\n\nNowhere was this more evident in the Court's battles with Stephen Harper -- who consistently refused to acknowledge the existence of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- and who personally badmouthed McLachlin.\n\nMoreover, she never forgot where she came from:\n\nI am sure that she is the only Chief Justice we have ever had who knows how to deliver a calf. I don't think there is anything more revealing than going to Pincher Creek \u2013 which I have done \u2013 and seeing that beautiful little town nestled in the foothills of Alberta and to enter through the roadway that is now called Bev McLachlin Drive. I think that Bev McLachlin Drive really says a lot. It says that she comes from there. It says that she is known to everyone there. And it says that she is one of us.\n\nThe air inside Canada's legal temples can get pretty rarefied. It's important that our judges remember the air that most of us breathe everyday. It was a principle McLachlin followed scrupulously.\n\nFriday, December 15, 2017\n\nRepublicans have Robert Mueller in their sites. They plan to mount the OJ Defence. Michael Harris reminds his readers how it worked:\n\nInstead of allowing the prosecution to try their client on the evidence, Johnnie Cochran and company managed to put LAPD investigators on trial. It was the judicial world\u2019s equivalent of a Hail Mary pass.\n\nIn the face of Cochran\u2019s relentless attack on the police, buttressed by full courtroom theatrics, prosecutor Marsha Clark\u2019s mountain of evidence against Simpson was obscured behind all the legal smoke.\n\nAn email from FBI investigator Peter Strzok has been uncovered which calls Donald Trump an \"idiot.\" When it was brought to Mueller's attention, Mueller removed Strrzok from the investigation. Now the Trump propaganda machine is going after Mueller. Harris writes:\n\nGiven Strzok\u2019s role in the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s email scandal, they are now demanding that the Justice Department appoint a second special counsel to investigate Mueller.\n\nTheir position is at once absurd and another example of obstruction of justice by the Republicans. For one thing, Strzok\u2019s texts were discovered by an internal investigation conducted by the Inspector General\u2019s Office of the DOJ. When Mueller learned of them, Strzok was removed from the investigation. Does that sound like Mueller has it in for the president? Isn\u2019t it proof of the exact opposite \u2014 that the former FBI director wouldn\u2019t tolerate even the appearance of bias on his team?\n\nSecondly, if the premise of Congressional Republicans\u2019 argument is that Strzok\u2019s political leanings mean that he is unfit to conduct a fair investigation, then what about others who have clearly expressed their political preferences?\n\nRobert Mueller himself is a lifelong Republican. Does that make him unfit to lead the investigation? At the time of his appointment, Senator Lindsey Graham and Republican kingpin Newt Gingrich raved about his stellar credentials. Now they say he\u2019s \u201ccorrupt\u201d?\n\nTrump and the Republicans are all about distraction. They're desperate to change the channel away from the big picture -- which is getting darker:\n\nIt is all about obscuring the clearly visible mountain range of lies told by Trump and his people about their Russian connections. It\u2019s all about the serial instances of Donald Trump trying to obstruct justice, from lying about the Russia connection to pressuring James Comey to let the case against Michael Flynn go.\n\nThursday, December 14, 2017\n\nThe Republicans claim they have a deal on their tax bill. And they're rushing to get it done -- before Doug Jones takes his seat. Why? Paul Krugman thinks that the main reason for their behaviour is that they've been living in a bubble:\n\nToday\u2019s Republicans are apparatchiks, who have spent their whole lives inside an intellectual bubble in which cutting taxes on corporations and the rich is always objective #1. Their party used to know that it won elections despite its economic program, not because of it \u2013 that the whole game was to win by playing on social issues, national security, and above all on racial antagonism, then use the win to push fundamentally unpopular economic policies. But over the years the party has seemed increasingly out of touch with that reality, imagining that if only it preaches the gospel of supply-side economics loudly enough voters will be won over.\n\nMore than anything else, however, they want to put points on the board. Barack Obama tried the same strategy:\n\nI\u2019m taking the phrase from Rahm Emanuel, who believed that Obama could gain electoral capital simply by racking up legislative victories. The idea is that voters are impressed by your record of wins, or conversely that they\u2019ll turn away if you don\u2019t win enough.\n\nThe truth is that this strategy didn\u2019t work at all for Obama, who won a lot of stuff in his first two years then got shellacked in the midterms. And think about the things that have been going wrong for Republicans in special elections: desertions by highly educated suburban voters, massive African-American turnout, weak turnout by rural whites. Which of these is likely to be improved by a massive, unpopular corporate tax cut? Still, the idea that you have to win something seems to have a grip on the GOP, and of course especially on our childlike president.\n\nThe stuff this bill does will hit the fan in time for the mid term elections. And the coalition which organized in opposition to Roy Moore will enter the polling booths of the nation.\n\nWednesday, December 13, 2017\n\nDonald Trump likes to think of himself as a winner. So does Steve Bannon. But neither man won last night in Alabama. Quin Hillyer reports in The New York Times:\n\nDonald Trump and Steve Bannon are politically impotent.\n\nThe president and his former grand strategist threw considerable weight behind Roy Moore, the polarizing Republican Senate candidate in Alabama. For the second time this year, the state that gave Mr. Trump crucial early support during the presidential campaign \u2014 and his first senatorial endorsement \u2014 has rejected the candidate Mr. Trump endorsed for the Senate.\n\nThat's because the people Trump has scapegoated -- and others Trump thought were on his side -- came out to vote for Doug Jones:\n\nExtraordinarily high turnout among African-American voters pulled the Democratic nominee, Doug Jones, a former United States attorney, to a narrow victory. Mr. Moore was held back by a significant resort to write-in ballots (some 1.7 percent of the total, a fact on which Mr. Trump quickly fixated) that presumably came from voters who ordinarily lean Republican \u2014 suburban professionals, especially women \u2014 along with tens of thousands fewer suburban Republicans voting at all. For example, in Shelby County, neighboring Birmingham, Mr. Trump earned 73,000 votes and a 51,000-vote margin, but it appears that Mr. Moore won 36,000 votes and a 9,000-vote margin.\n\nThe walls are closing in on Donald. And as Robert Mueller moves to indict members of his family -- his son-in-law chief among them -- Trump will increasingly become unglued. His next step will be to try and fire Mueller.\n\nThat will initiate a constitutional crisis. The toughest road is still ahead.\n\nTuesday, December 12, 2017\n\nThe trouble begins where everything begins: with soil. The UN\u2019s famous projection that, at current rates of soil loss, the world has 60 years of harvests left, appears to be supported by a new set of figures. Partly as a result of soil degradation, yields are already declining on 20% of the world\u2019s croplands.\n\nNow consider water loss. In places such as the North China Plain, the central United States, California and north-western India \u2013 among the world\u2019s critical growing regions \u2013 levels of the groundwater used to irrigate crops are already reaching crisis point. Water in the Upper Ganges aquifer, for example, is being withdrawn at 50 times its recharge rate. But, to keep pace with food demand, farmers in south Asia expect to use between 80 and 200% more water by the year 2050. Where will it come from?\n\nThe next constraint is temperature. One study suggests that, all else being equal, with each degree celsius of warming the global yield of rice drops by 3%, wheat by 6% and maize by 7%. These predictions could be optimistic. Research published in the journal Agricultural & Environmental Letters finds that 4C of warming in the US corn belt could reduce maize yields by between 84 and 100%.\n\nNow consider that by 2050 there will be 2 to 3 billion more people occupying the planet, and you begin to see that we're in deep trouble. The solution, Monbiot believes, lies in changing how we use the land -- and that means no longer using it to grow beef:\n\nThe greater the number of people, the greater the hunger meat eating will cause. From a baseline of 2010, the UN expects meat consumption to rise by 70% by 2030 (this is three times the rate of human population growth). Partly as a result, the global demand for crops could double (from the 2005 baseline) by 2050. The land required to grow them does not exist.\n\nWhen all those mouths start asking, \"Where's the beef?,\" try telling them no.\n\nMonday, December 11, 2017\n\nDonald Trump's acolytes are waging a full court press on Robert Mueller. Randall Ellison writes:\n\nCritics on the right charge that Mueller\u2019s investigation is politically biased or worse. Some of the attacks are particularly vitriolic. Sean Hannity has called Mueller a \u201cdisgrace to the American justice system\u201d and said his investigation is \u201ccorrupt\u201d and abusive. Newt Gingrich, who effusively praised Mueller when he was appointed, now says Mueller\u2019s probe is corrupt, dishonest and a \u201cpartisan hit.\u201d\n\nAs Mueller closes in on Trump the Republicans are trying to deligitimatize Mueller -- who by all accounts is one of them. They do not understand -- or care -- how prosecuters work:\n\nSuch criticisms betray a profound misunderstanding of the way professional prosecutors and FBI agents do their jobs. Prosecutors and agents are human. They are allowed to have political views, belong to political parties and support political candidates. It is not a conflict of interest if a prosecutor who belongs to one political party is involved in an investigation of a politician from another party. We\u2019ve never had a system where Republicans could be investigated only by partisan Republicans or vice versa.\n\nIn fact, trying to deligiimize their opponents is now standard Republican practise. On the day Barack Obama took office, Republicans doubled down on the lie that he was not born in the United States. Everything in the United States is now seen through a political lens:\n\nWe live in a hypercharged environment, where almost every move is seen through a partisan political lens. Many people don\u2019t believe that a prosecutor such as Mueller could simply follow the facts and the law. But that\u2019s exactly what happens. Prosecutors and agents set aside their personal politics when they work on investigations, and it\u2019s essential that they do so. In this country, we don\u2019t use criminal prosecutions to attack political enemies. That\u2019s the stuff of despots and dictators, not the American justice system. For good prosecutors and agents, this principle is part of their DNA.\n\nSunday, December 10, 2017\n\nAndrew Nikiforuk believes that Canadian democracy is in trouble. The most recent sign of that fact is the National Energy Board's approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline:\n\nOn Thursday the scandal-plagued federal agency ruled that Kinder Morgan, a U.S. pipeline company that\u2019s the spawn of Enron (remember that tale of corporate corruption) doesn\u2019t have to comply with City of Burnaby bylaws.\n\nThe board effectively ruled that there are two classes in Burnaby: those who have to follow the rules and a U.S. pipeline company that doesn\u2019t.\n\nWith Trumpian flare the NEB added that it will explain this injustice when it feels like it.\n\nThe residents of Burnaby have made it clear that they have no wish to be the terminus of the pipeline. But they have simply been ignored:\n\nBurnaby has been dragging its feet on the Trans Mountain pipeline because its citizens have opposed a project they feel will irrevocably change their community and the province.\n\nThe city would be the unfortunate terminus for the $7.4-billion project to triple the capacity of the existing 63-year-old oil pipeline from Alberta.\n\nThe NEB heightened public discontent with a string of injustices during public hearings on the pipeline.\n\nThe dysfunctional agency did not consider the pipeline\u2019s full impacts on climate change through offshore and upstream emissions.\n\nIt failed to examine the full impact of diluted bitumen spills on B.C.\u2019s coast, although the pipeline would bring a sevenfold increase in tanker traffic.\n\nIt failed to assess the full economic need for the project.\n\nIt failed to even analyze the impact of stress corrosion cracking and its causes and consequences on an aging pipeline.\n\nAnd it restricted the narrow review to \u201capplied capacity\u201d of 540,000 barrels a day as opposed to \u201cdesigned capacity\u201d of 780,000 barrels and failed to access the full costs and benefits of the project in a volatile global oil market.\n\nAnd then, to add insult to industry, the Trudeau government rubber stamped the NEB decision:\n\nIn so doing Trudeau broke election promises and once again ignored the impacts on climate change and First Nations.\n\nWhy? To please the totalitarian Chinese government.\n\nThe Chinese told Trudeau that they won\u2019t consider a new free trade deal without the removal of investment restrictions and the construction of a bitumen pipeline to the coast.\n\nCanada has become the rarest of democracies: one willing to surrender its sovereignty for a pipeline ferrying a junk crude.\n\nSaturday, December 09, 2017\n\nMichael Harris' contempt for Justin Trudeau keeps growing. He's particularly ticked at Trudeau's response to the bonfire Trump has set in the Middle East:\n\nIssuing timorous platitudes in response to Donald Trump\u2019s disastrous decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is not leadership. It\u2019s abdication.\n\nEveryone understands the need for expediency, diplomacy and practicality in geopolitics. No government sticks its nose into another country\u2019s affairs on a whim.\n\nBut for his government to offer nothing more on Trump\u2019s catastrophic political decision than a promise that our embassy is staying put \u2014 along with an anodyne statement that the Israelis and Palestinians are our friends \u2014 is decaffeinated politics at best and, at worst, a disgraceful cop-out.\n\nIt's not easy living next door to the United States. But Donald Trump is not a normal American president. And sometimes neighbours have to deliver unpleasant truths to those who live across the yard:\n\nPresident Trump reversed seventy years of U.S. foreign policy after consulting his belly-button and Steve Bannon. According to CNN, American evangelicals were informed of this reckless and self-interested political move before the State Department.\n\nIn the end, Trudeau will gain nothing by molifying Trump. The shear number of people who have left his employ during the last year should make that clear. And those who stay on -- like Jeff Sessions and Rex Tillerson -- merely serve as punching bags fro Trump. In the end, Trump must be confronted -- certainly not a pleasant experience.\n\nJustin needs to remember his father's response when the Watergate tapes revealed that Richard Nixon had called him a \"son of a bitch.\" The elder Trudeau's response was, \"I've been called worse things by better men.\"\n\nWorse things await Justin the longer he remains silent about a man who most assuredly deserves the qualifier \"worse.\"\n\nFriday, December 08, 2017\n\nDavid Brooks understands what has happened to the Republican Party. He used to be a Republican cheerleader. Today he can find nothing and no one to cheer about -- because the Republican Party is now the Trumpian Party. Trump keeps asking his party to betray what they have long stood for. And they keep obliging him:\n\nFirst, he asked the party to swallow the idea of a narcissistic sexual harasser and a routine liar as its party leader. Then he asked the party to accept his comprehensive ignorance and his politics of racial division. Now he asks the party to give up its reputation for fiscal conservatism. At the same time he asks the party to become the party of Roy Moore, the party of bigotry, alleged sexual harassment and child assault.\n\nThere is no end to what Trump will ask of his party. He is defined by shamelessness, and so there is no bottom. And apparently there is no end to what regular Republicans are willing to give him. Trump may soon ask them to accept his firing of Robert Mueller, and yes, after some sighing, they will accept that, too.\n\nThat\u2019s the way these corrupt bargains always work. You think you\u2019re only giving your tormentor a little piece of yourself, but he keeps asking and asking, and before long he owns your entire soul.\n\nThe Party stands for one thing and one thing only -- hypocrisy:\n\nYou don\u2019t help your cause by wrapping your arms around an alleged sexual predator and a patriarchic bigot. You don\u2019t help your cause by putting the pursuit of power above character, by worshiping at the feet of some loutish man or another, by claiming the ends justify any means. You don\u2019t successfully rationalize your own tawdriness by claiming your opponents are satanic. You don\u2019t save Christianity by betraying its message.\n\n\u201cWhat shall it profit a man,\u201d Jesus asked, \u201cif he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?\u201d The current Republican Party seems to not understand that question. Donald Trump seems to have made gaining the world at the cost of his soul his entire life\u2019s motto.\n\nFriday, December 01, 2017\n\nThe Paradise Papers -- like the Panama Papers before them -- have revealed a stark fact: Corporations have run amok. Murray Dobbins writes:\n\nGlobal corporations have become the greatest threat to the planet. The deliberate starvation of government, climate change, grotesque inequality, Dickensian working conditions, environmental degradation, dwindling biodiversity, the slow (or not so slow) death of the oceans and the creation of the security state on corporations' behalf threaten not only the natural world but our capacity to democratically govern ourselves while maintaining some semblance of civilization.\n\nConsider what we now know:\n\nA recent study by Canadians for Tax Fairness (disclosure: I am on their board) revealed that the 60 largest public companies in Canada have 1,021 subsidiaries in a string of tax havens. Four had none; Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Sun Life Financial have over 50 each. According to the study, \"Canadian foreign direct investment (FDI) in tax havens grew from $2.1 billion in 1994 to $284 billion in 2016.\"\n\nBy now most people know how these \"profit-shifting\" schemes work. Companies assign profits made elsewhere to tax haven subsidiaries in countries with low or no income taxes. They half-heartedly claim they actually do business in these countries, but the numbers say otherwise. The study shows subsidiaries in non-tax haven countries employ between 1,244 to 2,760 employees per billion in assets; for tax-haven users the ratio is one to 250. In 2014, Canadian corporations held almost $31 billion in assets in Bermuda; their subsidiaries employed a total of 35 employees.\n\nGovernments have the power to make and to breakup corporations. But, for the last thirty years, they have become the handmaidens of their corporate masters:\n\nGovernments are the only institutions that can seriously challenge the power and reach of transnational corporations: they made them and they could unmake them. Only governments can curb their predatory nature, constrain their contempt for their workers, communities and the environment, and genuinely punish them when they openly break the law as part of their fiduciary \"duty\" to their shareholders.\n\nOf course, it's difficult to imagine current governments in any role other than the unindicted co-conspirator which have played for decades. The implementation over 30 years of neoliberal policies by governments of virtually every stripe has liberated corporations, increasingly removing constraints designed to make them accountable to the broader society.\n\nAnd now, south of the border, there is a tax \"reform\" bill which unashamedly does the bidding of those corporate masters. The assumption is that the rest of the world will follow in lock step.\n\nIt's also undeniable that, if the planet is to survive, governments will have to reassert their authority over the sociopathic monsters they have unleashed.\n\nOne personal note: I've come down with some kind of bug. I'm on my second round of anti-biotics and the doctor has dosed me up with puffers. I'm going to take a couple of days off and try to beat this thing into submission. But I'll be back.\n\nThursday, November 30, 2017\n\nWhen Theresa May criticized Donald Trump for tweeting British anti-Muslim propaganda, Trump took to Twitter:\n\n\u201cTheresa@theresamay, don\u2019t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom,\u201d the US president tweeted on Wednesday evening. \u201cWe are doing just fine!\u201d\n\nBut, in what has become Standard Trumpian Operating Procedure, Trump sent the message to the wrong Theresa May. The Guardian reports that:\n\nThe \u201c@theresamay\u201d Twitter handle that Trump targeted does not belong to the British prime minister, but to a woman called Theresa Scrivener. Minutes later Trump deleted and reposted the tweet, this time with the correct handle: @Theresa_May.\n\nIt should be abundantly clear that the days of Britain's \"special relationship\" with the United States are long gone. Julian Borger also writes in The Guardian:\n\nThere are many layers of humiliation here for May to get her head around over breakfast. Not only is it personally demeaning, it is also politically toxic.\n\nThe prospect of a successful or at least survivable Brexit is posited on a strong relationship with Washington. In that regard, May\u2019s successful rush to Washington in January to become the first foreign leader received at the Trump White House was presented as a coup.\n\nHumiliation is what Trump is all about. He sees enemies everywhere. And he sees his mission as belittling every one of them -- whether it's \"Little Marco,\" \"Rocket Man\" Kim or disabled reporters in wheelchairs.\n\nTrump has no special relationships. And now he walks on the world stage.\n\nWednesday, November 29, 2017\n\nRobert Kuttner has an interesting op-ed in this morning's New York Times. Trumpworld, he writes, is controlled by what are euphemistically called \"financial engineers:\"\n\nThis is an administration run by and for financial engineers. The president\u2019s policies have sought to gut what remains of the Dodd-Frank Act and other legislation that protects consumers from financial wrongdoing, most recently in his assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.\n\nMr. Trump\u2019s administration rewards what we might call an \u201cextraction economy.\u201d Rather than adding value, financial engineers often extract as much as they can \u2014 from operating companies that they buy, strip and sell as well as from consumers, borrowers, workers and other taxpayers.\n\nPrivate equity epitomizes financial engineering. The very term \u201cprivate equity\u201d is a sly rebranding of what used to be called \u201chostile takeovers\u201d or \u201cleveraged buyouts.\u201d\n\nIn 2002, Mr. Ross bought several steel factories that had been closed; he reopened them after persuading the steelworkers union to take major cuts. When he cashed out three years later, he made 14 times his original investment of $90 million. According to the economists Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt, \u201chis three-year investment netted him $4.5 billion \u2014 just equal to what retirees lost in their health and pension plans.\u201d\n\nRemember: it was precisely these people for whom Trump said he would fight. He was the champion of the forgotten. And, after the election, he forgot them. It certainly was a scam for the record books.\n\nBut, then, Donald Trump's whole life has been a scam. And he will go down in the record books.\n\nTuesday, November 28, 2017\n\nThere has been a lot of discussion about whether the Trans Pacific Partnership is a good deal for Canada. The discussion, Tom Walkom writes, is inconsequential. Business wants the TPP. And, when it comes to trade, business has always gotten what it wanted:\n\nCanada has always based its trade policy on the needs of business. John A. Macdonald\u2019s 19th century National Policy of protective tariffs was instituted to meet businessmen\u2019s demands for what they called a \u201cliving profit.\n\nIn the 1970s, when Canadian businesses persuaded Ottawa that they were being overwhelmed by American corporate takeovers, Canada dabbled briefly with economic nationalism and foreign investment controls.\n\nBut by the 1980s, big business wanted something different. It told a royal commission studying the Canadian economy that it needed access to the big U.S. market.\n\nAnd now business wants into the Asian market:\n\nLast week, the Business Council of Canada, which is made up of the CEOs of 150 of the country\u2019s largest firms, scolded the government for dragging its feet on the TPP.\n\nCouncil head John Manley, a former Liberal cabinet minister, said Trudeau\u2019s delay in agreeing to the TPP put at risk Canada\u2019s participation in the scheme.\n\nManly, just back from a trip to Tokyo, said that there are already hints that the other 10 countries \u2014 Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand \u2014 might go ahead without Canada.\n\nYou can bet that Mr. Manley has Mr. Trudeau's ear. So we'll be in on the deal. But there are still big problems to be addressed -- like labour and environmental standards.\n\nMonday, November 27, 2017\n\nI'm a lucky man. I have a defined benefit pension. It guarantees me a particular income at retirement. It used to be the standard type of pension. But, in the 1980's, businesses began to complain that they could no longer afford defined benefit pensions. Because of the vagaries of the market, they argued, retirement payments should fluctuate. And so the push began for defined contribution pensions. The monthly payment remained the same, but the payout at retirement was not guaranteed.\n\nGovernment bought into the idea of defined contribution pensions because they relieved government of the responsibility of providing adequate pension payments to its employees. And, because business was also relieved of that responsibility, what no longer went to pension payments fattened corporate bottom lines.\n\nThe corporate keenness to foist riskier pensions on their workers is not driven by necessity. Corporate profits have risen significantly in recent years, even as companies have switched to the stingier pensions that transfer all risk to employees.\n\nEven fabulously rich corporations are adopting the new pensions \u2014 not because they can\u2019t afford to pay workers fixed pension benefits like they used to, but because they\u2019d rather not be obliged to do so.\n\nTake the Royal Bank \u2014 with staggering profits of $10.5 billion last year. In 2011, RBC adopted the new-style pensions for all new employees.\n\nBut CEO Gordon Nixon didn\u2019t feel the need to convert his own pension to the riskier model.\n\nHe retired in 2014, at the age of 57, with an old-fashioned, risk-free pension guaranteeing him $1.68 million a year. And when he turns 65 \u2014 no matter what happens in the markets \u2014 he can count on receiving an even more comfortable $2 million a year (more than $5,000 a day) for the rest of his life.\n\nThe Trudeau government -- as part of Bill C-27 -- is now proposing to make defined contribution pensions the Canadian standard. It's policy Stephen Harper would cheer. The faces change -- but the policies don't.\n\nSunday, November 26, 2017\n\nAs Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving, it may be hard to see any blessings which Donald Trump is showering on his fellow citizens. But Robin Sears sees several:\n\nWilmot Collins, an African who became an American, is the first Black and the first African to be elected mayor of this small city. When he had recently arrived and spoke out against racism, his house was smeared: \u201cGo back to Africa, KKK.\u201d He called the police. When they arrived, his neighbours were already washing the painted threat away.\n\nLaToya Cantrell was just elected mayor of New Orleans \u2014 the first woman and the first Black woman. She is a transplanted Californian who came to prominence through her post-Katrina rebuilding efforts, defeating a field of 18, including several from prominent Louisiana families.\n\nThese kinds of changes are happening throughout the United States:\n\nThe triumphs of Collins and Cantrell are a powerful reminder of why American democracy has survived slavery, civil war and rampant political corruption. American voters can and do push back when offered a better choice of leader. And, increasingly, those leaders are younger, more progressive, non-white, women and men.\n\nThe Democratic sweep in Virginia was not altogether surprising, but the background of many of the candidates was: the first Asian woman, the first two Latina women, the first trans woman, and the first African-American woman. Across the country, the pattern was repeated: newcomers, especially women and non-white men, successfully challenged establishment candidates.\n\nAnd the current revulsion against men who assault women goes back to Mr. Trump:\n\nToday, aging white men open their devices with dread, preparing for the shock of the latest stupid man caught behaving stupidly. As revolting as Roy Moore et al are, we must thank Donald Trump for having launched this dramatic sea change in what is acceptable. The silent complicity that greeted Bill Clinton\u2019s transgressions came to a sudden stop, and the trigger for the building roar of anger from newly empowered victims today, was when we saw the infamous Trump Access Hollywood video. So, thank you, Donald.\n\nIt's easy to lose track of what is happening when one is greeted every morning with a barrage of self promoting tweets. But make no mistake. Mr. Trump is sealing his fate.\n\nSaturday, November 25, 2017\n\nThose of you who visit this space regularly know the salamander. His comments are always insightful, tightly argued, and a pleasure to read. He sent this comment on yesterday's post which suggested that it's hard to find a true progressive in the House of Commons these days. His response was much more than a comment. And so, this morning, I turn this space over to him:\n\n.. I am ill informed regarding some of the various regions of Canada.. I speak mainly of the economic forces, opportunities or threats facing the regions and their inhabitants. Humans being but one species of inhabitants.. and of course we do rely on our habitat, last I looked.\n\nThere are 'layers' if you will.. to habitat, and one can 'map' these layers in many many ways.. but one of them can be 'politics' - whether progressive or liberal or failure or enlightened. And the boundaries are essentially provincial borders, invisible aside from road signs or the American border etc.\n\nLast week I looked at Alberta & British Columbia from the 'habitat' point of view.. while thinking of the politics, election campaigns, promises, candidates, names, jobs jobs jobs, the wild claims, the public serpents, the snake handlers, the lobbying.. I guess that's all part of the foliage, the flora & fauna of governments, political parties and wannabe politicians. I look at Notely, Horgan, Kenney, Wynne etc.. and the johhny cum latelys Patrick Brown, Singh.. The Left, the Right, the Extreme Right.. the libtards, Greens.. and I wonder.. Yes I truly do wonder\n\nMy current context is environment & species.. that's the only reason I became involved.. or weighed in.. or waded into 'politics' - It was Stephen Harper winning a majority government that was my personal trigger. My perspective is how does Left or Right or Liberal or United Conservative Party navigate or initiate or perceive 'environment' ? How do they see 'habitat' - habitat being partly or heavily influential in how they get votes, get alected, or run out of town.\n\nSo.. take a navigational map of Alberta & British Columbia showing inland and coastal waters, and to some extent, terrain such as mountain chains. Then overlay the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, then overlay the identified energy deposits, resources, whether tar sands, natural gas, shale oil, coal, lumber, potash etc.. Bingo ! You are looking at the habitat of captured politicians, lobbyists and all too often, foreign owned resource stripping and exporting corpoations. There really is no LEFT or RIGHT.. Conservative, Green or NDP, UCP etc.. Progressive ? Those are just the cutesy hockey style sweaters of political 'brands' - Harper and Kenney sure prove that.. and they can wear several team sponsor patches too.. even the same sponsor for the different team brands !\n\nAll I see is what will become the largest, toxic desert in North America. Follow the same 'habitat mapping' in South America & you will see how the forests, waters and air will be trashed.. Apply any projection or map reflecting Climate Change & the situation becomes compressed, extremely dire. Fatal. What 'jobs' will exist in Alberta if my scenario unfolds. Where all those resources in Alberta are removed via British Columbia or the North West Territories? Or via pipelines to Galveston, Texas? Or to New Brunswick 'tidewater' ?\n\nExtirpation or extinction ? Complete system failure.. of wild creature food chains.. No salmon, no polar bear, no caribou or bald eagles. No bobcat or raven, no steelhead, no orca or other cetaceans.. just supertankers and pipelines for Asia.. and no 'Energy Security' for Canadians as Notely, Kenney, Joe Oliver, or Christy Clark proclaim.. its all wonderdust political posturing for 'power' & that is the only 'direction' you will find on the compass rose of my political mapping exercise.. We need a new political model.. even disease can be progressive.. then fatal for the creature .. I think we need a 'jury selection' style model now.. three years local, prov or fed 'duty' random selection of course & you're gone.. done.. 'thank you for your service' & yes there is a useful but hardly large 'pension' as added incentive.\n\nFriday, November 24, 2017\n\nJagmeet Singh is trying to define himself as the one and only progressive leader in the House of Commons. But two provincial premiers -- Rachel Notley and John Horgan --are making it hard for Singh to make his case. Michael Harris writes:\n\nNDP Premier Rachel Notley has done a better job of promoting new pipelines than any Conservative premier before her.\n\nIn fact, it is hard to see how a Premier Jason Kenney could out-perform Notley at cheerleading for fossil fuels and the tar sands \u2014 or at completely obfuscating the mortal threat of climate change.\n\nAnd in B.C, environmental concerns are gumming up Singh's pledge to be the environment's champion:\n\nBritish Columbia represents another danger to Singh which is not his fault but might end up as his problem \u2014 the Site C dam dilemma.\n\nThis obvious boondoggle from the Christy Clark era was given approval and permits by the Trudeau Liberals. Opponents of the $9 billion dam have been fighting a pitched battle to stop the project, which is already over-budget, behind schedule and, in the opinion of many experts, completely unnecessary.\n\nOn the merits, the Site C decision should be a no-brainer. Even a former president of B.C. Hydro, Marc Eliesen, thinks the true cost of the project will be 30 per cent higher than the utility\u2019s $9 billion estimate. A similar cost overrun in Newfoundland\u2019s Muskrat Falls hydro dam could end up costing Newfoundland ratepayers a staggering $1,800 more per year on their hydro bills.\n\nConstruction on Site C is behind schedule and will only fall further behind now that two \u201ccracks\u201d have appeared in the banks of the Peace River. These \u201cgeotechnical problems,\u201d as B.C. Hydro\u2019s president Chris O\u2019Reilly called them, will delay work for another year.\n\nWith other energy alternatives available (geothermal, wind and solar) and no immediate customer or provincial need for Site C\u2019s power, one would think that pulling the plug $2 billion into a nightmare in the making would not be a hard call to make.\n\nBut British Columbia's labour unions want the jobs created by Site C. If Horgan nixes the project, there be a lot of disillusioned NDP supporters. However, if Horgan gives Site C a greenlight, it will make a mockery of Singh's vaulted environmentalism.\n\nSingh certainly is a new face. But he's dogged with the same old problems. So, we're left with a tired old question: Who is the real progressive?\n\nThursday, November 23, 2017\n\nThroughout the first year of his presidency and the entirety of his campaign, Mr. Trump has shown an otherworldly ability to be on the wrong side of every significant issue. Now, with record-low approval ratings and a track record of bad judgment, it's time for Americans to realize the stark, cold truth: our president embodies the most pressing ills of our nation.\n\nEvery time he opens his mouth, he makes a situation worse. His latest debacle is his support for Judge Roy Moore -- a man who, like Trump, has been accused of sexual assault:\n\nMr. Trump has shown time and again a deep disrespect for women, and seems stuck in a patriarchal past that is both crumbling by the day while still maintaining a desperate stranglehold on our culture.\n\nAnd then there is Trump's fixation on wealth:\n\nMr. Trump's constant fixation on material possessions and his life's work of amassing wealth for no other purpose than the amassment itself, is indicative of two of America's most pressing issues: the widening wealth gap between the haves and have-nots, and unrestrained greed. In the interests of both, Trump's Republican Party is currently pushing legislation to grant a tax cut for wealthy Americans that will simultaneously punish the middle and working classes \u2013 a bill that, on the surface, seems to have no other purpose than to further enrich the wealthy and punish the poor.\n\nTrump personifies the illness which currently threatens the United States. In fact, it's an illness which has refused every attempt at a cure for the last thirty-five years:\n\nThe truth of the matter is that Mr. Trump personifies a backward worldview that prevents America from moving forward and realizing its potential. His actions are regularly misogynistic, racist, ignorant and authoritarian. On issues that are black and white \u2013 both in terms of ethics and public opinion \u2013 including freedom of expression, freedom of the press and the removal of Confederate statues, he stands firmly on the side of the wrong and vocal minority.\n\nAbout Me\n\nA retired English teacher, I now write about public policy and, occasionally, personal experience. I leave it to the reader to determine if I practice what I preached to my students for thirty-two years."}
-{"text": "Hong Kong police once again deployed tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons after protesters defied a government-canceled march organized by the Civil Human Rights Front.\n\nPhoto: May James/HKFP.\n\nTo prepare for the encounter, protesters dug bricks from pavements, set up barricades at the closed Admiralty MTR Station, and hurled molotov cocktails and other firebombs - hitting a water cannon truck and setting it on fire, according to Reuters and HKFP.\n\nProtesters also set fire to a banner honoring the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Reuters reports.\n\nAt one point a middle-aged man was beaten on Cloucester Road, according to SCMP:\n\n\"Of course, the police force try to make use of the MTR system to deploy increased manpower to suppress our movement. But I do not think Hong Kong people will back down and if [police] try to use any excessive power to stop them, they will just spread to other parts of Hong Kong,\" said Lam.\n\nVandalized MTR station entrance (Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP.)An MTR exit has been vandalised with a grafiti saying \"Bad cops and all of their families should die.\" Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP.\n\nOne man wearing a stormtrooper mask climbed on top of a tram and was seen waving an American flag and a light saber while the Star Wars theme blared in the background.\n\nA black-clad person wearing a storm trooper mask, from the franchise Star Wars, has scaled a tram stop on Des Voeux Road Central, waving a toy light laber and a US flag, to approving cheers from the crowd.\n\n\"Even though the police rejected our march today we will still come out because it is our right to do it,\" said a 24-year-old registered nurse \"Ms Chow,\" who says she has joined the protest most weekends. \"I think the majority of Hong Kong people are not afraid of coming out.\"\n\nMs. Chow, a registered nurse. Photo: Jennifer Creery/HKFP.\n\nAccording to HKFP, a large banner reading \"I want democracy\" was unfurled across from the Central Government Offices.\n\nThe months-long protest were sparked by a controversial extradition bill which would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial. It has since evolved into a general anti-government movement revolving around five demands - \"withdraw the extradition bill, retract the categorisation of protests as riots, drop all charges against those involved in the movement, investigate police misconduct, and transition to full democracy,\" according to HKFP. And while the extradition bill was withdrawn completely (after first 'pausing' it), the protests have shown no signs of slowing down.\n\n\"We're not satisfied with the withdrawal [of the extradition bill]. It's too late,\" a 40-year-old teacher who wished to remain anonymous told HKFP, so said she considered the cancelation of Sunday's march to be unacceptable.\n\n\"After three months, she just said those two words - she has been playing these word games. It's dirty, the whole government is dirty,\" added the teacher.\n\n\"It was promised that Hong Kong people would enjoy basic human rights and such protection,\" one demonstrator told the BBC, who added \"We believe that the UK government has the legal rights and moral obligation to protect Hong Kong people.\""}
-{"text": "Transportation images add real value to search results\n\nWritten by\n\nOriginally published\n\nBesides demonstrating that an A380 is a lot bigger and probably more comfortable than a 737, there\u2019s not a lot of consumer value in showing an image of the airplane in a search result. Most of us know what to expect when we fly; we\u2019re familiar with the planes, and with the on-board experience. But that\u2019s not the case when it comes to other forms of transportation.\n\nAt Rome2rio, we suspect many people choose to fly even when apparently better (lower cost, more comfortable, faster door-to-door) options are available. The same goes for train travelers and self-drivers, who might be reluctant to choose bus or rideshare, even in cases where those options offer real benefits over their usual choice.\n\nTherein lies the reasoning behind Rome2rio\u2019s new Transportation Images feature, which is being progressively rolled out. By displaying images of the various transport offerings within our search results, we expect our users will look at alternatives more closely, perhaps deciding that their bias towards air (or rail, or self-drive) might be a prejudice that deserves closer examination.\n\nThis example demonstrates how the Transportation Images feature is integrated into our search results:\n\nThis image of the fast-train operating from downtown Milan to downtown Rome will convince many travelers it\u2019s a better option than flying.\n\nIn some cases, we expect that seeing an image of the vehicle will dispel a fear that it might be antiquated, slow, or somehow uncomfortable. Buses are a case in point: they simply don\u2019t enjoy a great reputation for luxury. Images like these help reduce those concerns:\n\nModern buses compete with trains for luxury, and often beat them on price.\n\nWith ferries, there is often the fear of the unknown. How big is it? Is it safe? Will I need to wear a life jacket? When people see the ferries that operate on many routes nowadays, they express surprise\u2026 which is not surprising, given their space-age designs, which positively ooze speed and comfort.\n\nThat\u2019s not to say that all ferries are ocean-going liners, or that travelers are always looking for that type of experience. Sometimes, it\u2019s good to know your travel experience will be authentic, and somehow connected to the history and culture of the place you\u2019re visiting.\n\nIn many destinations, travelers are searching for the slow option.\n\nFinally, there are some forms of transportation that are so specialised and site-specific that only a photograph or video can deliver a useful explanation. Funiculars, suspension railways and maglev railways all fit this bill.\n\nWuppertal\u2019s suspension railway, and Schilthorn\u2019s funicular: now you know.\n\nAs we continue to roll-out this feature over the coming months, we\u2019ll be loading tens of thousands of images for trains, buses, ferries and other forms of transportation. As a result, we expect to see our users make journey plans with greater confidence to try something new: something that\u2019s probably less expensive, possibly \u201cgreener\u201d, and perhaps a change from their old travel habits.\n\nJoin our newsletter\n\nGet regular access to our best deals and travel tips in your inbox.\n\nRome2rio will use the information you provide on this form to provide product updates and marketing offers. You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us.\n\nRome2rio, based in Melbourne, Australia, is organising the world\u2019s transport information. We offer a multi-modal, door-to-door travel search engine that returns itineraries for air, train, coach, ferry, mass transit and driving options to and from any location. Discover the possibilities at rome2rio.com"}
-{"text": "Key US-Afghan security deal faltering\n\nON EDGE:\uff1aIf the pact is not signed, all US troops must leave next year, but Kabul is not budging on some issues and Karzai is ready to walk away if Afghan interests are not met\n\nAP and AFP, WASHINGTON and KABUL\n\nWed, Oct 09, 2013 - Page 6\n\nA security deal to allow some US troops to stay in Afghanistan to fight al-Qaeda was at risk of collapse yesterday after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he was prepared to walk away from negotiations.\n\nThe US has pushed for the bilateral security pact (BSA) to be signed by the end of this month so that the US-led NATO military coalition can schedule its withdrawal of 87,000 troops by the end of next year.\n\nHowever, Karzai said he refused to be rushed into signing the deal, and would first seek approval from a traditional grand assembly to be convened in a month\u2019s time.\n\n\u201cThe agreement has to suit Afghanistan\u2019s interests and purposes. If it doesn\u2019t suit us and if it doesn\u2019t suit them, then naturally we will go separate ways,\u201d Karzai said in a BBC interview in Kabul.\n\nAccording to the Afghan government, talks ground to a halt over US demands for the right to conduct unilateral military operations after next year, and on how the US would pledge to protect Afghanistan.\n\nUS Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel last week described the deal as \u201ccritically important\u201d and said he hoped it would be signed by the end of the month.\n\nThe collapse of a similar agreement with Iraq in 2011 led to the US pulling all its troops out of the country, which is currently suffering its worst sectarian violence since 2008.\n\nHowever, Kabul has dismissed the possibility that the US may enact the \u201czero option\u201d of a complete pull-out.\n\nUS and Afghan negotiators held their latest round of talks on Monday, focusing their attention on two sticking points.\n\nKabul accuses its neighbor of harboring the Taliban and other extremists who enter Afghanistan and then cross back into Pakistan, where they cannot be attacked by Afghan or US-led international forces.\n\nThe second sticking point is the role and conduct of the counterterrorism force the US wants to leave behind.\n\n\u201cThe United States and its allies, NATO, continue to demand even after signing the BSA they will have the freedom to attack our people, our villages,\u201d Karzai said on Monday.\n\nKarzai\u2019s outburst came in response to a question about a NATO air strike on Friday last week in Nangarhar Province.\n\nThe US-led coalition said its forces struck insurgents trying to attack the base and that no civilians were harmed, but Kabul claims five civilians were killed.\n\nAfter Karzai\u2019s comments, Washington said it remained committed to talks and urged Kabul to stay focused on concluding the deal.\n\nUS President Barack Obama this week said he would consider a limited US mission after this year only if the Afghan government \u201cwas willing to work with us in a cooperative way that would protect our troops.\u201d\n\nThe US wants to keep as many as 10,000 troops in Afghanistan to go after the remnants of al-Qaeda, but if no agreement is signed, all US troops would have to leave by Dec. 31 next year and it is unlikely that NATO or any of its allies will keep troops there either."}
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-{"text": "Tag Archives: opportunity international\n\nThe \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019 Campaign is back, and I am very honoured to be collaborating again with Opportunity International Australia for their annual fundraising project. In its third year (you can view details of the previous years here and here); the campaign aims to raise funds to help families in developing countries build income-generating businesses.\n\nA bit of background info for those who are hearing about Opportunity International Australia and the Great Australian Curry campaign for the first time\u2026\n\nOpportunity International Australia provides small loans to families in developing countries to steer them towards a path of financial independence and thereby a better quality of life. Founded in the 1970s by David Bussau, Opportunity has come a long way since offering innumerable families a new lease of life.\n\nOpportunity works through a unique system of microfinance, community development, training, local presence, technology and rural outreach programmes. And the \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019 campaign is a great way by which food lovers like us can contribute in a meaningful manner towards poverty and diminishing its impact.\n\nBut why curry?\n\nMost of Opportunity International Australia\u2019s work is concentrated in the Asian countries and a curry is perhaps the most iconic dish to have come from the region. And Australia loves curry \u2013 Vindaloo, Rogan Josh, Massaman, Thai green curry\u2026the list is endless.\n\nChef Ian Curley said that he is looking forward to cooking up a curry with Diana. \u201cIt\u2019s one way we can give a hand up to families less fortunate than ours. It\u2019s important for us to not lose focus of how lucky we are, just the simple fact of where we live. I\u2019m very blessed to have a healthy family and to live In Australia with the opportunity to do the work I love.\u201d\n\nDiana agrees too and she says that it will be an honour to share space and cook alongside Chef Curley. \u201cI am so impressed with the work that Opportunity does to help families end poverty. \u201cI also love that I can contribute towards the same through my cooking skills.\u201d\n\nPlan a Curry Night \u2013 Time to dig out your favourite recipes and invite your friends and family for a curry feast at home. Be generous and plan the entire dinner yourself or make it a curry potluck (so much fun!); even better would be a curry cook-off. If cooking is not your forte, head out for a curry night to your favourite restaurant and let the professionals feed you.\n\nCreate a Fundraiser \u2013 Once you have planned out the night, set up a fundraiser page and encourage everyone to make a donation. The fundraiser page can also be set up without hosting any curry event. All the details for setting up the page can be found here.\n\nSpread the Word \u2013 Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to show support by making a donation or host their own curry fundraising event.\n\nAnd this year, the Great Australian Curry campaign has another proud supporter \u2013 Herbie\u2019s Spices, the artisan Australian spice business.\n\nSince all of you get my fascination for good quality spices, I was thrilled when Herbie\u2019s Spices gifted all the spices that I needed to create this lipsmacking delicious Kerala style Prawn Curry. This is not the first time I am using Herbie\u2019s Spices; it has been one of my go to brands whenever I need to stock up my spice pantry.\n\nThe first 20 people to sign up to host a Great Australian Curry fundraiser will win a \u2018Flavours of India Spice Kit\u2019. Also Ian and Liz Hemphill, who established Herbie\u2019s Spices 21 years ago, will also give out \u2018Pantry Spice Kits\u2019 and their \u2018Herb and Spice Bible\u2014Third Edition\u2019 as prizes for an upcoming Facebook competition promoting the campaign,\u201d Learn more and participate in the competition here.\n\nIan Hemphill is enthusiastic to be giving a boost to the Great Australian Curry. \u201cAs most spices originate from developing countries, we\u2019re keen to support a campaign that strives to improve the lives of people in these spice-producing communities.\n\nSpeaking of spices, here is a deliciously creamy and coconuty Kerala style Prawn Curry that you can make for your fundraising curry night.\n\nThis year, I wanted to make a seafood curry. Seafood, especially prawns is hugely popular during the spring-summer months in Australia leading up to Christmas and New Year. And I also wanted to make a curry that is light yet packed with flavour that\u2019s perfect for our warm days.\n\nThe title \u2018Kerala style Prawn Curry\u2019 is rather generic because there are so many different styles of making seafood curries in Kerala. This particular one is more popular in central Kerala, as coconut milk is used liberally in curries making it light yet so creamy, coconuty and packed with flavour. As for spices, I have kept is simple again and used spices that are familiar to most people.\n\nI used tiger prawns for making this curry and if you can source it fresh, then I highly suggest you do so because then this dish is nothing short of an indulgence. And pair it with steaming hot long grained rice; that\u2019s all you need. Maybe some pappadoms on the side\u2026.\n\nSo let\u2019s get cooking this fingerlickin\u2019 good Kerala style Prawn Curry\u2026.\n\nBut before that, here are a few curry recipes for hosting your Great Australian Curry fundraising campaign\u2026.\n\nHeat the coconut oil in a deep pan (use an earthenware pot, if you have one).\n\nWhen the oil gets warm, add the mustard seeds and allow to crackle.\n\nThen add the fenugreek seeds, half of the curry leaves and green chillies.\n\nNext add the ginger paste and sliced onions; saut\u00e9 till the onions are softened and translucent.\n\nThen add the turmeric, chilli, black pepper and coriander powder; mix well to combine and reduce heat to avoid the spices from burning.\n\nAdd the cleaned prawns and 300ml coconut milk (reserve the remaining). Season with salt and mix well. Bring to boil and then simmer gently on low heat till the prawns are cooked.\n\nOnce the prawns are cooked, add the remaining coconut milk and mix well. Adjust seasoning and remove from heat.\n\nIn another small pan, heat coconut oil and add the remaining curry leaves and dry red chillies. Fry for a few seconds and add this to the prepared prawn curry. Keep covered for at least 30 minutes before serving.\n\nEnjoy over steamed long grain rice.\n\nAnd let\u2019s not forget to join hands and support Opportunity International Australia\u2019s commitment to help fight poverty. Start your own Great Australian Curry fundraisingcampaign today!\n\nDisclaimer \u2013 This post has been bought to you in association with Opportunity International Australia and all the spices were kindly gifted by Herbie\u2019s Spices.\n\nOpportunity International Australia works through a unique system of microfinance, community development, training, local presence, technology and rural outreach programmes in developing countries including India. And the \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019 campaign is a great way by which food lovers like us can contribute in a meaningful manner towards poverty and diminishing its impact.\n\nThis year\u2019s campaign was officially launched last month with a spicy cook-off between Stephanie Rice (Triple Olympic gold medallist) and Courtney Ferdinands (Finalist, My Kitchen Rules) on one team and Michael Kasprowicz (former Australian Test Cricketer) and Valerie Ferdinands (Finalist, My Kitchen Rules) on the other team.\n\nIt\u2019s a great cause and with curry being a favourite at most Australian homes, it\u2019s so easy to organize a small fundraiser in your home or office. Invite a couple of your friends home for a dinner (plenty of delicious curry recipes on the blog to help you with the cooking) and organize a small fundraiser of your own. Or perhaps arrange a curry potluck in your office where you can pitch in with your colleagues to raise a target amount. Remember that even the smallest amount can go a long way in being a helping hand to those in need.\n\nRobert Dunn, the Opportunity Chief Executive Officer, said that last year the campaign was able to raise $108,000 which was used to help out 1500 families start small businesses and provide a livelihood. \u2018We hope to help even more families this year through the generosity of Australians.\u2019\n\nAnd if cooking is not your thing, you can still make a donation and show support.\n\nThere are also many exciting prizes up for grabs this year to encourage you to start a campaign.\n\n\u201cThe first 20 people to set up a fundraiser on Opportunity\u2019s website will receive Rick Stein\u2019s mouth-watering cookbook, \u2018India\u2019. The book features a wealth of simple curry recipes that\u2019ll come in handy for your Great Australian Curry events. The colourful cookbook features the best recipes from Rick Stein\u2019s Indian odyssey in search of the perfect curry.\n\nThere is also a writing competition and the prize is a signed copy of renowned Sydney Quay chef Peter Gilmore\u2019s cookbook \u2018Organum\u2019. Peter\u2019s book delves into the four essential ingredients for the perfect dish \u201cnature, texture, intensity and purity. Just tell us in 25 words or less why taking part in the Great Australian Curry is important to you. Details of this competition are on the Great Australian Curry website.\n\nAnd while you can find lots of delicious curry inspiration on my blog, here\u2019s another one to get you started\u2026Chettinad style Duck Kurma.\n\nToday\u2019s recipe comes from the Chettinad region in South India, which is famous for its cuisine especially curries.\n\nKurma is a type of curry preparation that was bought to India by the Mughals. While it has evolved much over the years, the kurma is essentially a rich creamy curry and can be both vegetarian and non vegetarian.\n\nHowever in the Chettinad region, the kurma is prepared slightly different as the cream gets replaced by coconut which is blended with poppy seeds, cashewnuts and other spices to form a rich and flavourful curry. Personally, it\u2019s this kurma preparation that\u2019s my favourite as I am not too fond of cream based curries.\n\nI have veered away from the usual proteins, opting for duck instead of chicken or lamb as it\u2019s a delicious meat that pairs beautifully with the spices and coconut. And also because we get such high quality duck meat in Australia.\n\nNote \u2013 Use any meat of choice or replace with eggs or mixed vegetables/paneer/tofu for a vegetarian option.\n\nIngredients:\n\nWet spice paste:\n\n2 tbsp vegetable oil\n\n2 tsp fennel seeds\n\n2 tsp cumin seeds\n\n3 fresh green chillies; broken in half\n\n2 tsp white poppy seeds\n\n10 raw cashewnuts\n\n7 garlic cloves; crushed\n\n2 tbsp roasted Bengal gram (split)\n\n1 \u00bd inch ginger; crushed\n\n60gms fresh grated coconut\n\nFor the curry:\n\nWhole duck (approximately 1.1kg); cut into curry sized pieces\n\n3-4 tbsp vegetable oil\n\n2 inch cinnamon bark\n\n4 green cardamom\n\n1 large onion; finely chopped\n\n\u00bd tsp turmeric powder\n\n2-3 sprigs curry leaves\n\n2 large ripe tomatoes; pureed\n\n2 tsp red chilli powder\n\nSalt, to season\n\nMethod:\n\nTo prepare the wet spice paste:\n\nHeat oil in a large pan and add the cumin, fennel seeds and green chillies. Then add the poppy seeds, cashews and garlic; saut\u00e9 for a few seconds.\n\nNext add the Bengal gram, coconut and ginger. Mix well and saut\u00e9 for a minute or two till the coconut turns a little toasty but not too brown.\n\nRemove from heat and allow to cool thoroughly. Blend with just enough water to get a wet paste.\n\nTo make the curry:\n\nHeat the remaining oil in a large wok/kadhai and add the cinnamon and cardamom followed by the onion. Saut\u00e9 till the onions are softened and turn light brown.\n\nNext add the turmeric powder, chilli powder and curry leaves; mix to combine.\n\nAdd the tomato puree and season with salt. Cook on medium heat till the mixture comes together and you can notice oil appearing at the sides of the masala.\n\nNext add the wet spice pasta and mix well to combine. Saut\u00e9 for about 5-6 minutes on low to medium heat stirring continuously.\n\nAdd the duck pieces; mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes. Then add 1-2 cups water (depending on how much gravy you prefer) and bring to boil. Turn down the heat and simmer gently till the duck pieces have cooked perfectly and the gravy has thickened. Taste and season with salt if necessary.\n\nLike this:\n\nCurry and Australia are inseparable, all thanks to the multicultural diaspora of this beautiful country. But can a curry change the world?\n\nMaybe not. But a curry can definitely help and contribute towards putting food on another family\u2019s table. Isn\u2019t that ironic? Yes, it is and that is why we need to join hands with Opportunity International Australia in its annual fundraising campaign \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019 to help and raise funds to help give a hand up to families living in poverty.\n\nI had collaborated with Opportunity International last year on their fundraising \u2018Food for Thought\u2019 campaign, which gave me an insight into how this organization works. As I mentioned in last year\u2019s post, I am not a big believer in giving away a few dollars (or more) to an NGO or charity organization and think I have done my bit for the society. I like to be involved in campaigns where I know the exact reach of that money and if it is being used in a truly positive manner i.e. is there at least one person whose life I have touched in a positive way.\n\nOpportunity works through a unique system of microfinance, community development, training, local presence, technology and rural outreach programmes. And this year\u2019s \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019 campaign is a great way by which food lovers like us can contribute in a meaningful manner towards poverty and diminishing its impact.\n\nThis year\u2019s campaign is extra special because it is being backed by three-time Olympic gold medallist, Stephanie Rice and former Australian test cricketer and fast bowler, Michael Kasprowicz.\n\nMichael Kasprowicz said: \u201cI recently visited Opportunity\u2019s work in Delhi, India. Seeing firsthand the impact of small loans, empowering parents to meet the needs of their children, was so rewarding. Kids can dream of becoming whatever they want in the future, whether it be sportspeople or teachers, because they know their parents can afford to give them an education. It\u2019s the way it should be.\u201d\n\nStephanie Rice invited Australians to get behind the Great Australian Curry. \u201cBy simply getting together with some friends and family and cooking up your favourite curry, we can help raise much needed funds and give people in Asia a hand-up,\u201d she exclaimed.\n\nThe \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019 was officially launched last week with a fun curry cook-off between Stephanie and Michael. You can watch all the action here and get inspired to cook up some curry.\n\nSo how exactly can you help?\n\nPlan \u2013 Decide on which curry you would like to cook (that\u2019s where I come in with ideas and recipes) at home or maybe a fun cook-off with friends/colleagues or simply head over to your nearest curry offering establishment sometime in October or November.\n\nSet up your goal \u2013 Start your unique fundraising page here and mention the goal you would like to achieve.\n\nDonate and spread the word \u2013 Get everyone you know onboard and encourage them to not only share the curry with you but also contribute towards this campaign to help families living in poverty in Asian countries like Philippines, Indonesia, India etc\u2026.\n\nOfcourse I cannot leave you guys without a curry recipe so today I have a very special dish for you \u2013 the Jaffna style goat curry.\n\nAdapted from a Peter Kuruvita recipe, this curry is a rather simple one. And with this, I added yet another spice blend to my collection \u2013 the Srilankan roasted curry powder. Garam masala has taken a backseat forever!\n\nIn traditional Srilankan cooking, two forms of spice blends are common \u2013 the roasted and the unroasted variety. While the former is reserved for the rich curries and nonvegetarian dishes, the latter is milder and for seafood and vegetarian dishes (exceptions ofcourse). The key to a good roasted curry powder is getting your hands on good quality whole spices and then roasting it yourself. The roasting is taken right to the edge without burning it, so watch over it diligently.\n\nI read up a lot of recipes and articles on how to make both the versions and ended up using this one I found on YouTube; seemed the most basic and authentic version. Also just as with many traditional spice blends like the garam masala, the Srilankan roasted curry powder also varies slightly between households.\n\nThe Jaffna goat curry uses both the roasted and unroasted curry powder which is liberally used to marinate the meat along with a few other aromatics and thin coconut milk. Another interesting thing about the recipe is that it only uses the thin and not the thick coconut milk so you still get that rich dark curry opposed to the creamy coconuty one.\n\nAs I mentioned, this is an adaptation of the traditional curry (which uses blood and offals); I have not done both, choosing to keep it simple and easy to make by all.\n\nAnd before we get on to this recipe, here are five other curries that would be perfect to host the \u2018Great Australian Curry\u2019\n\nHeat oil in another vessel (earthenware if you have) and add the curry leaves, shallots, garlic and ginger; saut\u00e9 till the onions are soft and translucent.\n\nThen add the marinated goat pieces into this, season with salt and mix well to combine. If there is extra marinade in the first pot, add a little water to it and rinse it out into the curry so none of that lovely flavour is lost. Add more water to the curry if necessary and cook covered on low heat till the goat pieces are tender and falling off the bone. Stir occasionally and add water if more gravy is required.\n\nGarnish with curry leaves and serve warm.\n\nNote \u2013 It is best to make this curry ahead and let it sit for a while for the flavours to develop.\n\nIngredients for unroasted curry powder:\n\n2 tbsp coriander seeds\n\n1 tbsp cumin seeds\n\n\u00bd tbsp fennel seeds\n\nMethod:\n\nIn a grinder, add all the whole spices and grind to get a fine powder. Store in an airtight container and use as required.\n\nIngredients for Srilankan roasted curry powder:\n\n3 sprigs curry leaves\n\n1 tbsp cumin seeds\n\n\u00bd tbsp fennel seeds\n\n2 tbsp coriander seeds\n\n10 dried chillies\n\n\u00bd tbsp black peppercorns\n\n5 cloves\n\n5 green cardamom\n\n1 stick Ceylon cinnamon (not cassia)\n\n2 dry bay leaf\n\nMethod:\n\nNote \u2013 Roasting the spices has to be done in steps as some of the spices need to be roasted longer than the others. Some versions of this blend also use fenugreek, mustard and pandan leaves.\n\nAdd the coriander seeds to a pan and allow to roast on low heat for about a minute and then add the peppercorns, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and cinnamon. Roast for another 15 seconds and then add the curry leaves. Mix regularly and keep the heat low to avoid burning the spices. Continue to roast for another 30 seconds and then add the chillies. Allow to roast for a minute and finally add the fennel and cumin seeds. Roast for another 15-30 seconds and remove from heat. Allow to cool completely and then grind to a fine powder. Store in an airtight container.\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nEven though my blog started out purely as a recipe based one, over the past two years I have become more and more interested in all aspects of food like restaurants and dining out, growing your own food, local markets, regional food producers, farming stories etc\u2026..\n\nBut recently when I was invited to the launch of the \u2018Food for Thought\u2019 campaign, an initiative by Opportunity International (Australia), it was taking a step towards one of my food philosophies \u2013 using food as a medium not just for sustenance but for the greater good of the world.\n\nOpportunity International Australia provides small loans to families in developing countries to steer them towards a path of financial independence and thereby a better quality of life. Founded in the 1970s by two businessmen, David Bussau and Al Whittaker, Opportunity has come a long way since offering innumerable families a new lease of life.\n\nOpportunity works through a unique system of microfinance, community development, training, local presence, technology and rural outreach programmes. And now the company has launched its unique \u2018Food for Thought\u2019 campaign which allows us foodies to contribute in a meaningful manner towards poverty and diminishing its impact.\n\nFor the launch of the \u2018Food for Thought\u2019 campaign, a small group of food and lifestyle bloggers, writers and social workers met at Babu Ji, a contemporary Indian restaurant located at The George Building\n4\u20136 Grey Street, St Kilda.\n\nOur host for the evening was Andrew Philp, Director of Philanthropy and the evening began with a short session of how Opportunity works and its rationale behind the \u2018Food for Thought\u2019 campaign.\n\nI do not believe in mindless charity; giving away a few dollars here and there is not my idea of helping anyone in need. The money has to reach the right hands and be used to improve lives at a grassroot level, only then can there be progress. And this is why the work that Opportunity does appealed to me; it is not just another charity donating money and supplies. Instead, it helps families to set up a business or get employment by funding small loans which ensures that the people who receive the money do not take it for granted which is very important for real progress.\n\nSo how does food play into all this?\n\nAussies love their food and we don\u2019t need any more explanation on that front. We love spending time with our family, friends and even strangers bonding over good food.\n\n\u2018Food for Thought is a great platform for people to come together to help others. Here in Australia we are so fortunate to share in the diverse cultures and cuisines available to us, so why not share your favourite meal with family, friends and colleagues and make a difference at the same time.\u2019\n\nSo the campaign runs like this; host your own foodie event with your near and dear, whether it is a backyard barbecue, a Mexican fiesta, a curry night or a footy match party. Set a fundraising goal and help Opportunity raise $100,000 which translates to providing at least 1000 families with the opportunity to start a small scale business. You do not have a raise a huge amount (we are all struggling with personal stuff to dish out hundreds of dollars!); as little as $70 is enough to change a family\u2019s life.\n\nSo be generous this season and let\u2019s lend a helping hand to those in need while having a joyous occasion with our loved ones.\n\nI am planning my foodie event soon and you will hear all about it on my social media channels.\n\nNow, before we get to the giveaway part, I have to tell you all about the food we had at the launch event. I have often cribbed about the lack of \u2018real\u2019 Indian food here but that was before I stepped into Babu Ji.\n\nThe food was brilliant; there\u2019s no other word for it. And when I mean contemporary, it does not mean modern Indian cuisine. It means traditional Indian dishes using local produce served in an extremely beautiful manner and tastes absolutely delicious. The spread that Babu Ji put up for us was huge and there is not one dish that I can fault (that\u2019s big coming from me because I am usually super critical of Indian food).\n\nNaan with a delicious dal, butter chicken, palak paneer and the works\u2026..\n\nAnd if you like your beer, then Babu Ji offers a unique experience of choosing your own craft beers from the chiller. This is wonderful news for the beer lovers as there are some real good ones to go along with the excellent food.\n\nI will definitely be revisiting this restaurant and will surely post a review. For now, here are a few shots of some of the dishes that we had that day\u2026..\n\nAnd now for the giveaway\u2026.\n\nTo celebrate the launch of \u2018Food For Thought\u2019, Opportunity has teamed up with renowned Melbourne (Babu Ji) and Sydney (Subcontinental) restaurants to offer you the chance to win dinner and drinks for four, on the house plus meet the chefs.\n\nThe prize for the Melbourne competition is food and drinks at Babu Ji up to the value of $300.\nThe prize for the Sydney competition is a banquet dinner for 4 people at Subcontinental and selected matching wines chosen by the restaurant. Not available Fridays or Saturdays.\n\nTake my word for it; you want to win this one as I can personally vouch for the food especially at Babu Ji."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, January 20, 2009\n\n.... aka The 'Service' economy, only works in the perfect world where everyone gets along well.\n\nThe current hard recession will severely test globalization.\n\nWill countries try to protect their worker's jobs? Will they protect industries that are starting to fail? Will they start to impose tariffs and 'local content' provisions in laws and contracts?\n\nYes, yes and yes. They cannot politically do otherwise.\n\nEven if just a few countries embark on protectionist paths, other countries will need to respond to these new rules or they will lose market-share, large parts of industries, and many jobs.\n\nWhat is true for the pharmaceutical industry, below, i.e. offshoring manufacturing as well as most other attendant work including design, development and managing of manufactured products exposes countries to economic and political weakness and turmoil.\n\nThis process is affectinghas been ongoing and expose almost all other industries as well.\n\nComputer technology .... aircraft manufacturing ... car and truck manufacturing ....clothing ... etc. What is made in the USA (or the West) anymore? Even in food production where the economic mantra has been the same , repeated ad nauseum, 'allow the lowest-cost producer to take over the industry. This will be good for the global economy'.\n\nIn a perfect world where all societies are in-sync politically, philosophically and religiously, this might work, but not in the fragmented world we currently live in.\n\nWhile the effects of economic warfare may be critical in pharmaceuticals, what would the effect be if used with food?\n\nWe are already seeing this type of scenario played out with Russia which has Europe in a serious stanglehold because of it's control of a significant part of their energy needs.\n\nGlobalization has actually created , in our current severe economic downturn, greater instability with the promise of social upheavals and war.\n\nJanuary 20, 2009\n\nDrug Making\u2019s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 In 2004, when Bristol-Myers Squibb said it would close its factory in East Syracuse, N.Y. \u2014 the last plant in the United States to manufacture the key ingredients for crucial antibiotics like penicillin \u2014 few people worried about the consequences for national security.\n\n\u201cThe focus at the time was primarily on job losses in Syracuse,\u201d said Rebecca Goldsmith, a company spokeswoman.\n\nBut now experts and lawmakers are growing more and more concerned that the nation is far too reliant on medicine from abroad, and they are calling for a law that would require that certain drugs be made or stockpiled in the United States.\n\n\u201cThe lack of regulation around outsourcing is a blind spot that leaves room for supply disruptions, counterfeit medicines, even bioterrorism,\u201d said Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, who has held hearings on the issue.\n\nDecades ago, most pills consumed in the United States were made here. But like other manufacturing operations, drug plants have been moving to Asia because labor, construction, regulatory and environmental costs are lower there.\n\nThe critical ingredients for most antibiotics are now made almost exclusively in China and India. The same is true for dozens of other crucial medicines, including the popular allergy medicine prednisone; metformin, for diabetes; and amlodipine, for high blood pressure.\n\nOf the 1,154 pharmaceutical plants mentioned in generic drug applications to the Food and Drug Administration in 2007, only 13 percent were in the United States. Forty-three percent were in China, and 39 percent were in India.\n\nSome of these medicines are lifesaving, and health care in the United States depends on them. Half of all Americans take a prescription medicine every day.\n\nPenicillin, a crucial building block for two classes of antibiotics, tells the story of the shifting pharmaceutical marketplace. Industrial-scale production of penicillin was developed by an American military research group in World War II, and nearly every major drug manufacturer once made it in plants scattered throughout the country.\n\nBut beginning in the 1980s, the Chinese government invested huge sums in penicillin fermenters, \u201cdisrupting prices around the globe and forcing most Western producers from the market,\u201d said Enrico Polastro, a Belgian drug industry consultant who is an expert in antibiotics.\n\nPart of the reason these plants went overseas is that the F.D.A. inspects domestic plants far more often than foreign ones, making production more expensive in the United States.\n\n\u201cU.S. companies are more regulated and are under more scrutiny than foreign producers, particularly those from emerging countries. And that\u2019s just totally backwards,\u201d said Joe Acker, president of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association. \u201cWe need a level playing field.\u201d\n\nThe Bush administration spent more than $50 billion after the 2001 anthrax attacks to protect the country from bioterrorism attacks and flu pandemics; some of that money went to increase domestic manufacturing capacity for flu vaccines.\n\nEven so, officials have said that during a pandemic the United States would not be able to rely on vaccines manufactured largely in Europe because of possible border closures and supply shortages. And the situation is similar with antibiotics like penicillin; researchers have found that during the 1918 flu pandemic, most victims died of bacterial infections, not viral ones.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a stockpile of medicines with enough antibiotics to treat 40 million people. If more are needed, however, the nation lacks the plants to produce them. A penicillin fermenter would take two years to build from scratch, Mr. Polastro said.\n\nDr. Yusuf K. Hamied, chairman of Cipla, one of the world\u2019s most important suppliers of pharmaceutical ingredients, says his company and others have grown increasingly dependent on Chinese suppliers. \u201cIf tomorrow China stopped supplying pharmaceutical ingredients, the worldwide pharmaceutical industry would collapse,\u201d he said.\n\nSince drug makers often view their supply chains as trade secrets, the true source of a drug\u2019s ingredients can be difficult or impossible to discover. The F.D.A. has a public listing of drug suppliers, called drug master files. But the listing is neither up to date nor entirely reliable, because drug makers are not required to disclose supplier information.\n\nOne federal database lists nearly 3,000 overseas drug plants that export to the United States; the other lists 6,800 plants. Nobody knows which is right.\n\nDrug labels often claim that the pills are manufactured in the United States, but the listed plants are often the sites where foreign-made drug powders are pounded into pills and packaged.\n\n\u201cPharmaceutical companies do not like to reveal where their sources are,\u201d for fear that competitors will steal their suppliers, Mr. Polastro said.\n\nChina\u2019s position as the pre-eminent supplier of medicines is a result of government policy, said Guy Villax, the chief executive of Hovione, a maker of crucial drug ingredients with plants in Portugal and China.\n\nThe regional government in Shanghai has promised to pay local drug makers about $15,000 for any drug approval they garner from the F.D.A. and about $5,000 for any approval from European regulators, according to a document Mr. Villax provided.\n\n\u201cThis shows that there has been a government plan in China to become a pharmaceutical industry leader,\u201d Mr. Villax said.\n\nThe world\u2019s growing dependence on Chinese drug manufacturers became apparent in the heparin scare. A year ago, Baxter International and APP Pharmaceuticals split the domestic market for heparin, an anticlotting drug needed for surgery and dialysis.\n\nWhen federal drug regulators discovered that Baxter\u2019s product had been contaminated by Chinese suppliers, the F.D.A. banned Baxter\u2019s product and turned almost exclusively to the one from APP. But APP also got its product from China.\n\nSo for now, like it or not, China has the upper hand. As Mr. Polastro put it, \u201cIf China ever got very upset with President Obama, it could be a big problem.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "A congressional committee called in some of the keepers of the Bowl Championship Series for explanations this past spring. A Democratic congressman, Bobby Rush of Illinois, chaired the hearing. A Texas Republican, Joe Barton of Ennis, characterized the BCS as \"like Communism: You can\u2019t fix it.\" A Texas Democrat, Gene Green of Houston, brought a Houston Cougars helmet to the proceedings.\n\n\"This,\" Green said, \"goes across party lines.\"\n\nThe good news for those who would like the BCS to suffer an excruciating death is that members of Capitol Hill are asking hard questions about why the highest level of college football does not have a playoff system. The bad news for BCS detractors is that Rush, Barton and Green were the only ones who saw fit to attend that particular hearing.\n\nTo BCS administrator Bill Hancock, it sounded like echoes of seasons past.\n\n\"Politicians have discussed this many times,\" Hancock said. \"I guess in the real world, we wish everybody loved it. They don\u2019t. Some people don\u2019t like apple pie and motherhood.\"\n\nBarack Obama made a vow to put his presidential powers of persuasion to eradicate the BCS \u2014 not motherhood or apple pie \u2014 from the face of the planet. Barton introduced a bill earlier this year known as the College Football Playoff Act of 2009. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called a Senate hearing in July and followed up last month with a letter urging the president to launch a Justice Department inquiry into whether the BCS system violates antitrust law.\n\nMillions of college football fans regard the BCS as an evil empire designed to protect the interests of the marquee schools. And in a season that could see five teams go undefeated before the bowls, they might have a point.\n\nIf Texas and either Florida or Alabama go undefeated as champions from the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference, they will be certain to meet in the BCS title game. But what about potential unbeatens such as TCU and Boise State \u2014 not to mention Cincinnati, which is a Big East member? When such teams appear destined to be stuck on the outside looking in at the BCS title game, the cries to scrap the system in favor of a playoff tend to escalate into screams.\n\n\"It\u2019s sort of the car-race fan theory,\" Hancock said. \"Some people go to a car race to see a crash. I think some people would like to see the BCS crash because they think it\u2019s fun. We completely get that. The fact is, we continue to be confident that this is the best way to decide a champion.\"\n\nThere is organized opposition that strongly suggests otherwise. The Playoff PAC, a federal political action committee established this fall, is dedicated to galvanizing support it takes to establish a football playoff. Playoff PAC calls the BCS system \"inherently flawed,\" charging that it \"crowns champions arbitrarily and stifles inter-conference competition.\" The organization contends a playoff system would better serve fans, players, schools and corporate sponsors.\n\nAuburn went 13-0 in 2004 and got squeezed out of a chance to play in the title game in favor of Southern California and Oklahoma. Utah went 13-0 last season and got left out of the title game in favor of once-beaten Florida and Oklahoma teams.\n\n\"People deflect criticism with, \u2018How would a playoff work?\u2019\" said Playoff PAC board member Matthew Martinez, a Houston attorney. \"That\u2019s not really the point at this stage of the game. We could make some kind of playoff that would work for everybody. The current system isn\u2019t working.\"\n\nBCS proponents would argue that the system is working exactly as intended. Hancock points out that the BCS was never designed to be a substitute for a playoff, that it was simply designed to pit the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in a championship game. Under the old structure, the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Associated Press poll met in bowls eight times between 1936 and 1992. Since the BCS emerged in 1998, the AP\u2019s top two teams have met eight times.\n\n\"There is a whole generation of fans \u2014 or half a generation \u2014 that doesn\u2019t remember what the season was like before the BCS,\" Hancock said. \"The other thing the people don\u2019t think about is college football is more popular than ever. We think the BCS has something to do with that. Certainly, people in Texas before the BCS couldn\u2019t have cared less about the outcome of Boise State-Oregon. With the BCS, they need to watch that game.\"\n\nCount UH president Renu Khator, whose school is in contention for a Conference USA championship, among those who would rather see a playoff. Khator said, \"A championship should be decided on the field,\" though she added the disclaimer that a playoff shouldn\u2019t extend the season to the point of negatively affecting the athletes.\n\n\"Given the rich tradition of college football and its bowl games, a playoff system is not feasible any time soon,\" Khator said. \"A plus-one or an eight-team tournament would be the easiest system to implement and would leave the ranking system intact.\n\n\"But the (system) is resistant to change. There are many obstacles to overcome before a playoff system has any chance of becoming a reality.\"\n\nThe top two teams in the Bowl Championship Standings \u2014 a compendium of two human polls and six computer ranking systems \u2014 meet in the title game. The automatic qualifiers, along with a pool of at-large teams, fill out the other spots in the lucrative BCS bowls. A team from outside the AQ conferences can earn an at-large bid by finishing in the top 12 in the BCS standings. The BCS bowls are not contractually obligated to take more than one team from outside the AQ conferences, creating a precarious situation for TCU (No. 4 in the latest BCS standings), Boise State (No. 6) and UH (No. 15).\n\n\"We realize there are other, more important issues,\" Martinez said. \"We also feel it is a $1 billion business and that it\u2019s important to a lot of people. Maybe they can take time away from naming a post office or the hundreds of other things Congress does to take some time for this issue.\"\n\nGreen said that shouldn\u2019t be a problem.\n\n\"Hopefully, members of Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time,\" said Green, a UH alum. \"This is nowhere near on the level of health care or appropriations or protecting our nation. But our constituents still have interest in this, too.\"\n\nOn the other hand, Green conceded that Capitol Hill is unlikely to do anything more than apply pressure for change. Barton\u2019s Playoff Act of 2009 doesn\u2019t actually call for the creation of a playoff; it simply calls for the end of billing the marquee BCS event as a national championship game. In any case, the conferences have a contractual obligation to the BCS system through the 2013 season.\n\n\"Every year, people raise questions about it,\" Hancock said. \"But the majority of the (university) presidents, athletic directors, commissioners and coaches continue to believe it\u2019s the best way to select a national champion. It\u2019s just so much better than what happened before. We haven\u2019t found a better system.\""}
-{"text": "4 bedroom house for sale in Main Street, Oldstead, York, North Yorkshire, YO61\n\nGuide price \u00a3550,000\n\nA SUBSTANTIAL AND WONDERFULLY SITUATED VILLAGE HOUSE WITH EXTENSIVE RURAL VIEWS IN THIS RENOWNED NATIONAL PARK VILLAGE\n\nBelieved to date originally from the early nineteenth century, Scawling House is constructed of attractive stone elevations under a slate roof with dressed stone window sills and a first floor sill band and is situated at the northern end of the picturesque village of Oldstead, itself located on the southern fringe of the North York Moors National Park.\n\nDespite its secluded nature, Oldstead is conveniently situated for a wide range of local facilities in the nearby Georgian market towns of Thirsk, Helmsley and Easingwold whilst York is just 21 miles away to the south. In Oldstead itself is the renowned Black Swan Michelin starred restaurant. The main A19 York \u0096 Teesside trunk road may be joined at Thirsk from where there is a good link to the A1 Great North Road thence to the wider motorway network. Nearby are delightful walks in the National Park and at Byland Abbey. Of particular note is the fact that the well known co-educational public school of Ampleforth College and St Martin\u0092s, its junior school at Gilling Castle, lies only a short distance away.\n\nScawling House has been sympathetically modernised and now offers excellent family accommodation featuring double glazed windows virtually throughout and high quality contemporary design Kitchen and Bathroom fittings whilst at the same time retaining the period feel of the original property with many Pine doors, architraves and the Pine staircase remaining in situ. Originally a more modest farmhouse, the property was significantly extended in the late 1990s by the addition of a substantial rear wing where there is a splendid first floor Drawing Room being open to the ridge with windows to three elevations and with a plethora of exposed structural timbers. Completing the picture is a large stone corner fireplace with a wood burning stove and adjacent to which French doors open to a roof terrace with wrought iron balustrade and from where there are wonderful views over the valley towards the hillside beyond. This room is a most wonderful principal reception room of elegant proportions and great character and ideal for entertaining on all scales.\n\nTo the ground floor is a comfortable Sitting Room with a period fireplace flanked by display cabinets and immediately adjacent is a spacious contemporary Dining Kitchen with recessed ceiling lights, ceramic tiled floor and Dining Area arranged to the front elevation with a wood burning stove and a glass fronted china cupboard. The Kitchen was built by renowned local craftsmen, Deansbury Kitchens of Northallerton and comprises a substantial Island Unit with polished granite worksurface with cupboards beneath, further worksurfaces with base cupboards and matching wall cupboards above, 2-oven oil fired Aga and adjacent Hotpoint fan assisted double oven. Adjoining is a tiled Inner Hall giving direct access to the remaining ground floor accommodation.\n\nThe driveway terminates at a parking area adjoining the Garage and adjacent is a good sized oil and log store. The garden is approached via a Honeysuckle clad arbour and is bounded by Beech hedging and a stone wall. It is principally lawned with a central specimen Chilean Pine and close by are a greenhouse and garden shed."}
-{"text": "The Podcasts\n\nWelcome to Episode 2 (of 6) in the next leg of our chronicle. \"Be Kine To Your Neighbors\" is a Vampire: the Requiem story. Expect betrayals, blood cults, addiction, and wickedness for wickedness' sake.\n\nFade into Devon's team, a detached clutter of hedonistic Kindred hoping to keep their heads low while New York tears itself apart in search of a new Prince. When their leaders fall to a sudden coup, however, even the lazy must respond to the call to arms.\n\nBased on the RPG Vampire: the Requiem from Onyx Path Publishing and White Wolf Publishing.Opening and Closing Narration read by Michelle Silvani.Original Music Produced by Jimmy Lin.Excerpts from \"Hexed\" used with permission from Anders Manga."}
-{"text": "Gallery\n\nListing Agent\n\nListed By\n\nRequest more information\n\nThank you for the email, we'll get back to you shortly\n\nName (required)Email Address (required)Questions/Comments\n\nDescription\n\nThis exceptional corner three bedroom, three and a half bathroom residence encompasses elegance, glamour and luxury over its sprawling 2,439 sqft. Upon arrival, residents enter through a custom smoked-oak entry door to be greeted by natural oak chevron floors, as well as an abundance of light and exquisitely designed spaces throughout.\n\nSituated in the southwestern corner of the residence overlooking the Hudson River, the enormous great room is soaked in sunlight and is an exceptional setting to live, dine, and entertain, opening into the large and lavish custom-designed Molteni kitchen. Features include a custom elegant Carnico Grigio marble floors, brushed Epicea and white lacquer cabinetry with cove lighting, and honed Calacatta Gold marble countertops and backsplash. A Calacatta Gold marble center island with a brass patina frame is complemented by a raised Carnico Grigio marble eating counter, designed for generous seating and flow. Fully integrated appliances include a Gaggenau refrigerator, convection oven, speed oven, and Miele ventilation hood, dishwasher, and undercounter wine refrigerator. A gas cooktop is complemented by a steam oven with polished nickel fittings by Parisian brand THG throughout.\n\nA signature powder room, conveniently located off the foyer, features a monolithic Calacatta Paonazzo marble vanity and sink, chevron Calacatta Paonazzo marble floors and wainscoting with Crystal White stone borders, baseboards and shelves.\n\nA premium large-scale side-by-side washer and dryer, as well as a Kraus Hi-Tech package featuring an in-wall touch panel, voice-activation, remote access, and smart device application control for HVAC, audio, WiFi and lighting, complete this exceptional home.\n\nExclusive to residents, The XI features over 18,000 sqft of light-filled amenity space curated and managed by Six Senses New York and designed by Gabellini Sheppard Associates. Services and amenities include a 75-foot glass enclosed, sunlit swimming pool surrounded by a hot tub and poolside cabanas; a fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment and dedicated studios; a luxurious spa with steam rooms, saunas, cold plunges and treatment room; a double-height entertainment space and social lounge with dining area, catering kitchen, and wine room; a teen lounge and children's playroom with specially-tailored spaces; 24-hour attended lobbies and on-site resident manager; priority access to all Six Senses New York services and amenities, and access to select a la carte Six Senses New York services; residential storage available for purchase; access to hotel valet services or parking spaces can be offered by license.\n\nThe complete terms are in an offering plan available from the Sponsor (File No: CD16-0214)"}
-{"text": "I present to you a new job \"Razvoz\u010dik flowers\": you'll be able to work at a new job and deliver flowers to customers in San Fierro on a Faggio scooter. Can be from one to three clients all over town (just over 200 locations in the city), you will get paid for it (depending on distance between customers and store). Time will also be given to this principle, but I do not know what you skorostrely there, so as always made the timer settings to a text file.How to play:0. are you looking for in San Fierro \"?\" icon. Come back (or come, fly, priplyvaete, pripolzaete, teleportiruetes\u2032). See there red sphere, get up into it.1. after the Eclipse screen near you will be motoroler, take a Faggio. You immediately see clients, from one to three. Go to them. 2. Both came to the client stand up with motorolera, get up close to the person who is designated a blue marker, CHOOSE from the list of weapons of the FLOWERS (they'll give you in the beginning), and click the dot button G (Cyrillic p), and Carl will give flowers to the client.3. Go to the next customer. If this was the last, chase the shop on money and work on."}
-{"text": "Things worked out better than we had plannedCapital from boy, woman and manWe were like ink and paperNumbers on a calculatorKnew arithmetic so wellWorking overtime completed what was assigned We had to multiply ourselvesA bouncing little babyA shiny copper pennyAnd he spent himselfWould not listen to us But when he lost his appetiteHe lost his weight in friendsBaby became a fat nickel so fastThen came pubertyExponentiallySoon our boy became a millionPeople loved him soAnd helped him to growEveryone knew the thing that was bestOf course, he must investA penny won't doBut he made us proudHe made us richBut how were we to knowHe's counterfeitNow everything's ruined"}
-{"text": "Quincy Acy is the player of the game with his energy and blue collar mentality. Loved the blocked shots, standing up for teammates - pushing Nazr out of way to help Lowry up, getting right into Rip's face - and the underrated skill offensively.\n\nI still hate Alan Anderson and John Lucas.\n\nWhat happened to Landry Fields tonight?\n\nAgree on almost everything ... IMO, Aaron Gray is a solid 3rd string utility center. He does a lot of things well but he's so clumsy finishing shots under. But yeah, I don't mind him as a 3rd stringer.\n\nI hate John Lucas more than Alan Anderson. Anderson can actually create for others & at his position, I can understand why he would shoot more than others. Lucas, on the other hand, can't facilitate the offense if his life depended on it.\n\nQuincy Acy is growing on me. I like him a lot.\n\nDeMar couldn't break down Marco Bellinelli off the bounce and that concerns me a lot moving forward.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t create controversies. They\u2019re there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nNapoli Italia\n\nI am flying to Naples, Italy tomorrow. I will be there until Jan 9th 2011. I am not looking forward to being away from the family for Christmas and New Years, but it's work.\nI am taking the Alpha 200 and a couple of lenses. There is more than enough Beauty to try to capture in this area. If anyone has ideas or requests please let me know and I will see what I can do.\nWish me luck!\n\nGood Luck\n\nHave a terrific time and take images like you will never have the chance again!\n\nDon Schap - BFA, Digital Photography A Photographer Is ForeverLook, I did not create the optical laws of the Universe ... I simply learned to deal with them.\nRemember: It is usually the GLASS, not the camera (except for moving to Full Frame), that gives you the most improvement in your photography.flickr\u00ae & Sdi\n\nJoe, being away from the family at Christmas is a bit of a downer.\nAlso it's a shame you are not going to Naples in April/May when the weather is much more comfortable.\nAs it is, you'll find it mild with temps in the upper 50s and quite a bit of Sun but a lot more rain and fog than the Spring."}
-{"text": "Our system has found that you are using an ad-blocking browser add-on.\n\nWe just wanted to let you know that our site content is, of course,\navailable to you absolutely free of charge.\n\nOur ads are the only way we have to be able to bring you the latest\nhigh-quality content, which is written by professional journalists,\nwith the help of editors, graphic designers, and our site production\nand I.T. staff, as well as many other talented people who work around the clock\nfor this site.\n\nSo, we ask you to add this site to your Ad Blocker\u2019s \"white list\" or\nto simply disable your Ad Blocker while visiting this site.\n\nHow low can laptops go? Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are joining forces to make sure Google's Chromebook doesn't have the low-cost laptop market to itself. Microsoft is working with partners to create Windows laptops in the $199-$249 price range, one of which is the $199 HP Stream 14.\n\nThe Mobile Geeks Web site uncovered a service manual for the Stream 14 earlier this week. The 14-inch laptop seems like a bid for a place in the growing market for inexpensive, light-running laptops.\n\nThe HP Stream was announced at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference last month but no specifications were made public until this week.\n\nCutting Costs\n\nWe talked to Deron Kershaw, an analyst with Gap Intelligence in San Diego, about the brewing laptop battle.\n\n\"Windows sees its biggest advantage as the ability of its machines to run its legacy software,\" Kershaw told us. \"They know that people love to be able to have access to Office.\"\n\nHow can Windows and HP team up on such an inexpensive machine? Component costs are falling, and as Bloomberg news reported earlier this year, Microsoft has drastically cut the licensing fee it charges hardware makers to use Windows on their machines in an effort to encourage the manufacture of systems costing less than $250.\n\nThe Stream also comes with 2 GB of memory and either 32 or 64 GB of flash storage. It includes an SDXC card slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, three USB ports, HDMI output and a 720p webcam, along with four speakers and support for Beats Audio. For cloud storage, it will come with 100 GB of OneDrive storage for two years, which might offset the relatively meager hard drive for some buyers.\n\nEnough Memory?\n\nThe 3.9-pound Stream will run Windows 8.1, which might give some users pause. In comparison, the Chrome OS, because it runs on just the Linux OS kernel, a browser and some drivers, boots up almost instantly, a virtue that Windows computers have tended not to share.\n\n\"The 2 GB of RAM could be a concern for some buyers,\" Kershaw said. \"A Chromebook can run on that just fine. But running full Windows in 2 GB might not offer as good a user experience.\"\n\nThe Stream follows on the heels of HP's $279 Chromebook 14. This won't mark the first time Windows has gone after a hardware competitor recently. It overtook Linux as the dominant platform when netbooks were the rage a few years ago.\n\nHP isn't alone in its pursuit of the Chromebook market. Introduced a few weeks ago, Lenovo's B50-30 is another laptop entering the market at a familiar price point (less than $200). The Lenovo is powered by Intel's 2.16/2.41GHz dual-core Celeron N2830 processor and contains 4 GB of RAM, which can be expanded to a maximum of 8 GB.\n\nAlso, Dell is currently advertising a Windows 8.1 Inspiron 15 at a $249 list price. And if that isn't cheap enough, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner recently made reference to 7- and 8-inch HP Stream that might be available for around $100 during the holidays.\n\nNotice that no one is selling a \"dirt cheap\" Windows 7 laptop? It's because everyone knows that Windows 7 laptops are still selling like hotcakes because they're the only Windows laptop that anyone actually WANTS.\n\nAnd dirt cheap laptops are not being proffered because of chromebooks. Chromebook sales are a drop in the bucket. Dirt cheap WINDOWS 8.xxxx laptops are being offerred as a last gasp measure to prop up the nearly dead Windows 8.xxxxx OS and it's a futile attempt to compete with the massive sales of iOS and Android tablets after the various Windows 8.xxxx tablet ventures lost close to 2 billion dollars for Microsoft and untold amounts for the rest of the industry.\n\nAnd since Microsoft and their increasingly restive \"partners\" have NO arrows in their quiver for Christmas sales, they thought they'd dangle CHEAP laptops in front of the masses in one last gasp venture to stem the tide of iOS and Android. \"Cheap (Windows 8.xxxx) laptops\" is really just a reprise of the netbooks fiasco.\n\nAnd it's not gonna work. The public isn't as stupid as they think they are."}
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-{"text": "2017 EATA CONVENTION COMPENDIUM\n\nThis site contains information from the 2017 EATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium. You will find power point presentations from our speakers, as well as other pertinent materials from the meeting."}
-{"text": "Microlearning has not only stood the test of time, it is uniquely suited to facilitate business in today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largely informal, development-driven work environment.\n\nWhen customers call a bank, they are pleased to receive perfect, courteous service. When customers bring a car in for service, they don\u2019t want to be told the job will take two extra days because the mechanic will be in class. They want results now.\n\nBusiness is about productivity, not learning. The learning challenge is to keep employees productive and learning simultaneously. Microlearning can be a critical component of the strategy because it satisfies immediate knowledge needs to enable performance. As technologies advance, microlearning evolves to match the needs and pace of business.\n\nLearning and consumption have several similarities. According to the FDA, the most beneficial eating patterns include eating six small meals through the day when one is truly hungry as opposed to when a clock says it is time to eat. In other words, consume when needed. There is a lot to be said for applying the same strategy to learning as to nutrition. The analogies include:\n\n\u2022 Too much consumption at one time can be painful and stressful, and the value can be lost.\u2022 It is often wasteful. Investments of time and expense may not satisfy the true need.\u2022 No one wants to clean up after a big meal. It can be messy and exhausting to redo learning and restore order.\n\nMicrolearning strategies facilitate knowledge acquisition, employee learning and performance support, when and where needed. It is just enough and always available should learners need to partake more as demanded. However, it is just as important to enable employees to learn where they are and to have learning be integrated tightly into their work.\n\nSometimes this may involve a smartphone, tablet or presentations though an online, corporate intranet. Eventually e-learning may be accessed in a manufacturing plant or hospital by scanning a QR code and reading resulting content on a handheld device. Consider current standby microlearning examples such as instant messaging, blogging and even the telephone and water cooler. These are now ubiquitous in the workplace. The expertise needed to be tapped belongs to top performers, and their knowledge transfer is not specific to a certain delivery mode.\n\nSince micro is a relative term, let\u2019s give it some bounds in reference to what has been common in the learning industry for years. A five-day instructor-led course would not be considered microlearning, nor would an eight-hour e-learning course. However, each lesson and its assets could be made available for easy reference when demands for performance arise. Recall that first reference to a phone call to the bank. Perhaps the bank representative is referring to information from the latest course about the new mortgage program restrictions to satisfy a customer\u2019s call.\n\nThe learning may occur during the call to satisfy the customer and the employee aspiring to deliver excellent service.\n\nConsider that service in a mobile environment. Now that the housing market is picking up in parts of the country, home shows and conventions are experiencing a comeback. Banks and mortgage companies may be onsite to assist with financing. They must be untethered and ready to support buyers. Perhaps they are equipped with a state-of-the-art tablet with a high-speed network connection. The same scenario can be replayed face-to-face.\n\nOr, consider a chemical manufacturing plant that has just moved, so the location and operation for some equipment is new. Rather than expecting employees to retain everything about the facility from a class conducted a month earlier, engineers can scan a QR code using their smartphones to access documentation for the new equipment, a video of its use and directions for shutdown if necessary. Ideally, all of this would have occurred in the workers\u2019 native language.\n\nThe learning needed for the representative and the engineers was just enough, and when and where it was needed. In both the public and private sectors, organizations have recognized the value of leveraging learning content in relevant, worker-consumed chunks.\n\nA global engineering company might employ the strategy and realize significant savings by downsizing an expensive help desk which supports employees after the rollout of new business applications. In a large public school system, employees across the jurisdiction might access bite-sized learning assets relevant to their task at hand, enabling record keeping to be flawless in the schools and main offices.\n\nAccording to Cushing Anderson of market intelligence firm IDC and his 2010 Modality Survey, \u201cMeasuring the impact of training on the enterprise is frequently weak. Most are unable to describe the business impact that successfully trained or skilled workers will have on the performance of the related technology.\u201d This drives a trend to match more targeted microlearning investments to specific job needs.\n\nAn IDC survey also documented changes in delivery modalities into 2012. The drastic increase in asynchronous e-learning points to the workforce\u2019s need to access what they need when they need it (Figure 1).\n\nThere are some common issues with microlearning in an organizational learning strategy.\n\nRetention: IDC research and anecdotal data shows that knowledge retention from traditional learning methods is 20 percent at best. Perhaps the right strategy is to assume low retention and focus on leveraging all assets from the classroom as performance support. Current data and folklore indicates 70 percent of learning happens on the job.\n\nPerformance support: To match employees\u2019 working environment, learning leaders may have to modify classroom development and think ahead to where else content will be accessed and on what device or channel.\n\nCollaboration: As recently as 30 years ago, this looked like a tap on the shoulder, but it is powerful, and it has evolved into an electronic action. For synchronous microlearning, techniques such as instant messaging, social media and email are well understood. However, employees cannot always rely on experts\u2019 availability, especially with the global reach of today\u2019s organizations. Subject matter experts and mentors may be anywhere. Facilitating a platform on which it is easy to consume and contribute is a solid component of an effective microlearning strategy.\n\nEnablement: Enabling experienced experts to articulate their knowledge and stories is easier than ever. Given available technologies, they can record their actions or their voice to enable those who need to know. A smartphone could equal a movie studio. The value of subject matter experts is not in their knowledge, but in their ability to share that knowledge and expertise, especially as they prepare for retirement or for that next job within the organization or at a new company.\n\nEnabling those who are required to know is the next challenge in a microlearning strategy. Search, search, search should be the mantra. It does not matter how much valuable content is available for microlearning if no one can find it. Searching text contained in the content is easy. However, when the asset is a video or an online simulation of a business transaction, searching must be enabled by attaching tags and keywords relevant to the learner and in the learner\u2019s specific context and language.\n\nThe case has been made for employee-generated content. However, just because experts have something to contribute does not mean they should. Platforms can be governed in such a way that publishing comes after composing, and learning leaders can provide all the tools and methods to make the development and review easier.\n\nProve it: If leaders, experts, mentors and consultants are going to invest their time to share their knowledge to be consumed in bite-size meals, it may behoove learning leaders to ensure team members consume it. Then, assess learning reception and comprehension.\n\nThe value of employee learning is measured on the job. Think about the bank representative in those two environments described. The measures of the learning to enable his or her performance could be customer satisfaction as well as new consumer loans from new and existing customers.\n\nImagine if learning leaders could correlate the data about the consumption of the microlearning assets to business outcomes. The business case develops itself to continue the efforts. Learning is not an industry where process compliance is externally mandated. It can be policed internally.\n\nDoes microlearning adoption mean that all learning content should be scrapped or converted? No. Innovation is demonstrated by leveraging existing assets while investing in content to satisfy the descriptors in Figure 2.\n\nAccording to Yvette Cameron, vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research Inc., managing work is the true focus in the workplace. When recently addressing an audience of human resources professionals, she highlighted the characteristics of effective work management tools (Figure 3).\n\nShe also recognized that learning is the stickiest part of the HR sphere of influence and action. The tools in Figure 3 are totally aligned with the aforementioned concepts of microlearning.\n\nMicrolearning is about employee performance support, but the label is not as important as the effect. Remember, business is all about productivity. It\u2019s not about learning. Therefore, the tight integration of learning and business enables a culture to thrive and expect integrated learning in the workplace \u2014 just in time and just enough. Size does matter.\n\nMalcolm Poulin is director, product strategy, for Ancile Solutions, a learning and performance software provider. He can be reached at editor@CLOmedia.com.\n\nREADER REACTION\n\nWe asked our CLO LinkedIn followers: How do you deliver bite-sized chunks of content to drive learning and productivity? How have learners responded? Here is what they had to say.\n\nParul Gupta:Bite-sized learning is what sticks with learners. Learners are so overloaded with content that a clear, concise and crisp bite of learning is what they cherish. I saw these bites catch fire in a leader-led development program. The small bites of learning should consist of a single topic and need to be extremely well designed.\n\nSameer Panuganti:I feel that microlearning in organizations has taken a center stage due to the growing pressure on people leaders to update and retain their workforce. Even though the advantages of having such learning options cannot be seen immediately, they have a lasting impact on people and the learning culture in an organization.\n\nJennifer Jortner Cassidy: A client of mine did a lynda.com promotion around the idea of \u201clearning snacks\u201d which I loved. The nice thing about our courses is that they are broken into small chunks, so while you can take an entire course, you can learn a great deal from watching a five-minute or less video \u2014 better yet while in the doctor\u2019s office, on the train, on the treadmill, etc. I thought it was brilliant.\n\nSpencer Buck: I am firm believer in bite-sized, just-in-time training. It\u2019s something we help people deliver from a top-down perspective, but we also think that user-generated content (bottom up) is equally powerful to engage users. With this bi-directional approach, coupled with gamification and recognition for the user, you have a powerful platform that speaks to a millennial workforce.\n\nMichel Koopman:In the new world of information overload, talent gaps and having to do more with less, we focus on curating the right business knowledge, expertly compressing it and making it available on-demand in a way that professionals can learn when they have 15 minutes to spare without having to \u201creserve\u201d learning time; microlearning has little opportunity cost. It allows people to make better business decisions at the point of need. To be effective it does require the ability to use any device from anywhere. In this world of rapid change, learning is critical to stay relevant, but learning must be integrated into our daily responsibilities to ensure it is available and used when we need it.\n\nEmily Connelly:We routinely break our learning modules (designed for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device representatives) into easily digestible sections, followed by self-assessment quizzes. We find that this type of microlearning is most effective. A single course might have five, 10 or more sections that learners can complete at their own pace. Over the past few years, we\u2019ve actually revised many of our courses so the sections are shorter, but there are more of them. We think microlearning is a positive trend with multiple applications in L&D.\n\nDavid Forry:I have heard Jason Womack talk about working smarter with your time, and in his book, Your Best Just Got Better, you see how important 15 minutes can be. Our day is actually split up into 96 of these 15-minute blocks. It\u2019s important to identify your most important things, but in my opinion it\u2019s also very important to schedule some downtime, away from \u201cwork work.\u201d I do this by looking at relevant news/industry sites or LinkedIn pages, but I\u2019m also learning and bettering myself. There is absolutely time for learning in these 96 segments and they can happen in the downtime of waiting for a conference call to get going or planned as a mental escape. Afterward I feel more productive because I\u2019m refreshed, but from a bigger picture I\u2019m also a better-informed professional.\n\nWhat do you think? Join the discussion here or join our Chief Learning Officer LinkedIn group."}
-{"text": "Southport is a section and census-designated place of the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, located along Long Island Sound between the Mill River and Sasco Brook (the Westport town line). As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,585. Settled in 1639, the downtown area has been designated a local historic district since 1967 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 as the Southport Historic District."}
-{"text": "Noam Chomsky calls Gnarr his \"favorite mayor. No competition, in fact,\" while Lady Gaga praises him so highly that she says, \"More mayors in the world should be like J\u00f3n Gnarr.\" People from all over the world have gravitated to the founder of the Best Party--and it's easy to see why.\n\nIn 2009, comedian and anarchist J\u00f3n Gnarr founded the Best Party in order to satirize his country's failing political system. Entering (and winning!) the race for mayor of Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland's capital, J\u00f3n ran on a platform that promised to get the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park into downtown parks, free towels at public swimming pools, and a \"drug-free Parliament by 2020.\" Visit Strand's rare book room for J\u00f3n's firsthand account of his revolutionary win and his serious vision of a more enlightened politics for the future!\n\nJ\u00f3n will be joined in conversation with Gawker's Hamilton Nolan. Hamilton is one of Gawker's longest tenured writers.\n\nAdmission Options: Buy a copy of Gnarr! or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. The event will be located in the Strand's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at our store at 828 Broadway at 12th Street."}
-{"text": "Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees \"are still paying about 12 to 13 percent\" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector \"pay 20 to 25 percent.\"\n\nScott Walker says most public employees in Wisconsin paying more for health insurance, but still far less than private sector\n\nPeople protesting Gov. Scott Walker's bill to change collective bargaining for public employees march around the state Capitol on Feb. 18, 2011.\n\nLess than a month after his inauguration in January 2011, Gov. Scott Walker drew a bead on state employees and what they pay toward their health insurance premiums.\n\nEven if what most of the workers paid were doubled, Walker said in his first \"state of the state\" speech, they would still only being paying half the national average.\n\nWe rated that claim True. State workers were paying about 6 percent of their premiums, so doubling would put that at 12 percent; meanwhile, the national average -- for public and private employees -- was 29 percent.\n\nNearly three years later, the Republican governor, on a higher platform as an author and potential presidential candidate, made a similar assertion.\n\nIn a Nov. 27, 2013 interview on Wisconsin Public Radio about his new book, Walker reflected on Act 10, the law that made most state -- as well as local -- government employees pay more for benefits. It also erased most of their collective bargaining powers.\n\n\"In the end, do public employees -- including me and my family -- pay a little bit more for pensions and health care? Absolutely,\" Walker told host Joy Cardin.\n\n\"But still far less than what our counterparts pay outside of government. Most people in this state pay 20 to 25 percent, for example, of their health insurance. Most of our public employees are still paying about 12 to 13 percent.\"\n\nLet\u2019s hit the ledgers again.\n\nAct 10 and state workers\n\nWhen we contacted Walker spokesman Tom Evenson about Walker\u2019s new claim, he insisted that when the governor said public employes, he was referring only to state employees; Evenson also said \"state employees\" and \"public employees\" are synonymous.\n\nBut that certainly would not have been clear to listeners.\n\nIn the radio interview, Walker referred twice in quick succession to public employees, which would include not only state workers -- who number about 70,000 -- but some 200,000 local government and school employees, as well.\n\nIndeed, Act 10, the focus of Walker\u2019s remarks, applies to that much larger group of public employees (except for police and firefighters, who were exempted from the law).\n\nWalker signed the innocuously labeled budget-repair bill, known formally as Act 10, in March 2011, after unprecedented protests in and around the state Capitol.\n\nThe law did double, from 6 percent to 12 percent, what the vast majority of state employees pay toward health insurance premiums. That also applies to nearly 13,000 local government workers who get health insurance through the state.\n\nBut Act 10 does not determine how much the vast majority of local public employees pay toward their premiums.\n\nOther public workers\n\nLocal schools employ 99,000 full-time-equivalent employees statewide. Before Act 10, school workers who got health insurance through school districts paid an average of 4 percent to 5 percent of their premiums, according to school districts responding to a 2010-\u201911 survey by the Wisconsin Association of School Boards. Now, the average is 10 percent.\n\nThe association\u2019s data is by district and isn\u2019t broken down to indicate what percentage most school employees pay. But the average figure show goes to Walker\u2019s point that school employees are paying significantly less than private-sector workers.\n\nThere are no such surveys for employees of cities, villages, towns and counties.\n\nDan Thompson, executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, said Walker\u2019s claim of 12 percent to 13 percent might be a little high, but is a reasonable estimate as an average of what city and village employees around the state pay toward their premiums.\n\nSo, that figure also helps Walker make his case.\n\nThe municipalities group had no hard number. Nor did the Wisconsin Counties Association or the Wisconsin Towns Association.\n\nSo, Walker\u2019s figure of 12 percent to 13 percent is accurate for state employees and a significant number of other public employees are paying that rate or less.\n\nPrivate sector\n\nAs for the second part of Walker\u2019s claim, Walker\u2019s spokesman pointed us to 2012 figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Wisconsin residents working in the private sector.\n\nThey show employees paid 22 percent of the cost of the health insurance premiums for single coverage and 24 percent for family coverage.\n\nWe posed Walker\u2019s claim to Dave Jensen, editorial director of HCTrends, a Milwaukee health care research organization. He cited the same federal figures, known as the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.\n\nJensen pointed out that the federal figures include public- as well as private-sector employees. But he said the proportion of public employees is so small that the federal figures still provide a solid estimate of how much private-sector employees are paying for health insurance.\n\nOur rating\n\nWalker said that even after his collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees \"are still paying about 12 to 13 percent\" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector \"pay 20 to 25 percent.\"\n\nThe available figures indicate many if not most public employees are paying at or less than 12 percent and Walker was right on the private-sector workers part of his claim.\n\nWe rate his statement Mostly True.\n\nTo comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website.\n\nHow to contact us\n\nWe want to hear your suggestions and comments. Email the Wisconsin Truth-O-Meter with feedback and with claims you'd like to see checked. If you send us a comment, we'll assume you don't mind us publishing it unless you tell us otherwise."}
-{"text": "I've always loved magic and illusions in both performance and in books. This is a love story about 2 illusionists who are made to compete against one another where they don't know the rules, or how one will be declared a winner.\n\n2 comments:\n\nWanted to let you know again how much I look forward to your podcasts! Enjoy the book reviews, the quilting news, family news, etc. Thank you!! Right now I am reading David Baldacci's One Summer. Following that on my nightstand is a Michael Connelly City of Bones ( I am working my way through all of his books, in order), Rosnay's Sarah's Key, and Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. And, of course, I leave room for any books you recommend!!!"}
-{"text": "Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World\n\nScott Pilgrim has a tough time ahead of him. Not only must he defeat Ramona Flowers\u2019 7 evil ex boyfriends, but he also is tasked with proving that the beat-em-up is still relevant as a genre in this day and age. A task that he (mostly) succeeds in.\n\nIf you\u2019ve ever played River City Ransom, you\u2019ll know exactly what to expect when you pick up Scott Pilgrim, and that\u2019s a game with hordes of enemies, along with the ability to level up your character, and unlock yet more moves with which to knock seven bells out of your opponent. Now, all this would be for moot if the game didn\u2019t provide an enjoyable experience, and it certainly does. The enemies come thick and fast, and can sometimes overwhelm you in their numbers. This is certainly a game that\u2019s meant to be experienced with friends, and the co-op is by far the best part of the game, as the whole experience becomes far more manageable when you have people to blame for all your mistakes. Its an incredibly fun time with 4 friends, but the lack of online co-op saps the replayability somewhat, as you\u2019re unlikely to have 4 friends to hand any time you want to play the game. The game is really quite hard solo, a fact that I experienced first hand as I was forced to beat the final boss on my lonesome, which is a task I\u2019d rather not repeat.\n\nHowever, the game\u2019s looks and sound sapped most of my frustration in the game\u2019s most harrowing moments. This is a beautiful game, with gorgeous pixel art taking up every inch of the screen, and bright, vibrant colours permeating every frame. This is a backed up by a fantastic chip tune soundtrack, with toe tapping beats and great melodies backing up the standard punching and kicking sound effects. This is a game that certainly has flair, and it\u2019s this flair that saves it from being nothing more than a standard beat-em-up.\n\nScott Pilgrim vs. The World is a good game that doesn\u2019t escape the trappings of its genre, but nobody was really asking it to. What you get here is a game with style and a boatload of fun. It\u2019s really meant to be enjoyed with 3 friends, and if you have the means to play it with them locally, I\u2019d highly recommend checking it out. If not, you\u2019re in for a challenge, but one you\u2019ll gladly take up. After all, there\u2019s a woman at stake!\n\nA copy of this game was provided by the publisher for review purposes. For more info on our review policy click here. This review is for the PlayStation 3 version of the game."}
-{"text": "Space Still Available This Year for Tuition-Supported Pre-K\n\nNov 08, 2017\n\nThe Frisco ISD Early Childhood School has a limited number of spaces still available for students to enroll in tuition-supported pre-kindergarten during the 2017-18 school year.\n\nThe tuition-supported program is an opportunity for students who would not otherwise qualify to attend the school. Students get a jump start on learning in Frisco ISD and build readiness skills for successful entry into kindergarten.\n\nThe cost for the program is $348 per month for the first child and an additional $300 per month for the second child, plus a $100 non-refundable application fee per child.\n\nParents are responsible for transporting their child to and from the Early Childhood School, 10330 Red Cedar Drive in Frisco, for the half-day program. Students attend either the morning session from 7:40 to 10:40 a.m. or the afternoon session from 11:40 a.m. to 2:40 p.m."}
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-{"text": "Dating an air force man\n\nOver the years, Military Friends has experienced tremendous success in bringing military singles and their admirers together.\n\nMany single military members and military admirers met each other here.\n\nUnlike other sites, members here start out with something in common, love for military people or military related.\n\nThe common interest will help make dating easier and more effective.\n\nI'd stop dating him if I didn't see that he's genuinely a good-hearted guy underneath it all (and the fact that he's good in bed is a plus). What should I know about military culture in order to understand him better? They tend to be faithful to their wives, hard on their children -not very flexible or sensitive. Their public persona is the most important thing often in the absence of a private persona. He was very into Church which was a deal breaker for me. I am not saying he's not confident about some aspects of himself - he is.\n\nThey can rip into each other or they can grow up and figure out what kind of strategies and sacrifices and strengths they need to develop.\n\nThat growing-up-together attitude is common among lasting military couples. I am so grateful that after 25 years, Brad and I can count ourselves among that married bunch.\n\nJust trying to put his behavior and personality in context. It is hard to give you advice without knowing either of you but these are things you should discuss with him. Their public persona is the most important thing often in the absence of a private persona. But there is a depth of insecurity there too, that I just haven't seen before in previous boyfriends.\n\nI dated an Air Force officer, full of bravado and cocky, but in a genuine way- he was confident, competent, and very skilled at his job. And it makes no sense because he has everything going for him!\n\nBut I really do think a lot of it is based on comfort level of perceived anonymity. I do not want to start off by blaming the Internet and saying, you know, \"This medium is the reason that there are higher transmission rates.\" It is yet another way that men can meet men and a lot of the people who are meeting men on the Internet are also meeting men in bars and clubs and bath houses and parks and everywhere else. Adding to that, though, the Internet allows men to meet each other faster."}
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-{"text": "If there is a capable spinner who can inflict damage, I have no problem, pushing Naeem up to be a batting specialist who's useful with the ball. That ofcourse means that *ahem* somebody from the top will need to be shown the door.\n\n__________________\nWelcome to wherever you are, this is your life, you've made it this far...\n\nOriginally Posted by Fazal\nHe is more than enough as our 6th Bowler and potentially our 4th bowler.\n\nWith the spinner we need to be a little bit patient. They get better over time and experience.\n\nThats the point Naeem is doing decent with the ball at present his S/R is bellow 50 against G8 with good Econo and hopefully as normally spinners get better with time and experience so i can see good hope for him as a bowler.Posted via BC Mobile Edition\n\nwe have naeem batting at 8............. we can easily drop two batsmen ....... aftab and ashraful and insert a new batsman and a bowling allrounder like shuvo. and promote some of our low order performers\n\nWhen your middle order doesn't click, you don't play eight batsmen hoping your #8 will come to the rescue. You fix your middle order and get rid of the non-performing batsmen. I think we always play a batsman too many - we need to have five bowlers of \"specialist\" quality with Nayeem and Mahmudullah sharing part time duties for now. One of the specialists (i.e. Shakib) being an all rounder helps as it means we have 7 batsmen in the team and hopefully at least a #8 who is in the side for his bowling but can hit too (e.g. Masri/Razzak) when the need arises.\n\nOriginally Posted by asddsa\nspecialist spinner for Test matches for sure !!\n\nI voted for Naeem as 'improving' category because I think he wants to be in the Test side and so he's trying to improve his performance at the moment.\n\nUntil the World Cup 2011, its OK, but in the future, we need a specialist bowler, with Sakib already in the team as the 5th bowler. On this point, I am confused about the role of both Mahmudullah and Naeem in the bowling department, because Mahmudullah is not bowled his full quota of 10 overs, and sometimes neither is Naeem. In test cricket also, Mahmudullah is not given the ball to bowl a lot besides Sakib, so that's another point for discussion.\n\nOn the other hand, Abdur Razzak did not bowl well at all against SL-IND and I'm not sure whether he can perform to his ability in the upcoming tours. If the same-bowling combination is kept for the national team up until the World Cup 2011, then I think we need more variety in our bowling - left arm spin bowling of Sakib & Razzak and off right arm off spin bowling of Mahmudullah and Naeem to make up the 40 (or is that 30? - with 20 overs from our two new ball bowlers) overs is not good against any strong team. Especially with 20 overs of field restrictions (including 10 overs of bowling & batting power play) does not encourage keeping 4 spinners in the team; does not matter how turning or spin-friendly the wicket is.\n\nOriginally Posted by AsifTheManRahman\nOne of the specialists (i.e. Shakib) being an all rounder helps as it means we have 7 batsmen in the team and hopefully at least a #8 who is in the side for his bowling but can hit too (e.g. Masri/Razzak) when the need arises.\n\nI am also not sure about the role of Razzak and Shahadat in the team. Their batting needs a lot of work. While we have Mahmudullah and Naeem Islam at # 7 & #8, Razzak and Shahadat does not bat as they're capable of. Both of them bat like a #11 (read hoik like a #11) and yet they're batting at #8 (or #9 & #10 sometimes) and also Rubel/Rasel can't even hold the bat properly. Its true that Rubel is a young enough-player, but at least all of them (Razzak/Rasel/Shahadat/Shafiul/Rubel) should have the patience to go for the quick singles whenever they come to bat.\n\nIts like they are all influenced by Tamim & Sakib and they all try to slog every time they come to bat, no matter what the situation is. I'm not trying to turn them into specialist batsman, when our top order batsman can't even bat properly with some patience, but at least our #9 - #11 should bat like whatever the situation demands.\n\ni think he is OK bowler in ODI, in nZ series he did better than sakib in first 2 matches, In ODI he is effective\n\nbut naeem can secure his place in the team as a batsman alone\ni think we should have shohrawardi shuvo as a 2nd specialist spinner--so that he can balance between batting position also.in ODI, razzaq can fill up the space also.\nto kill england, we have to be strong in spin attack--thats the only way to defeat england. 2 pacer and unlimited spinner we need.\n\ni think shahadat and rubel can be too expensive in ODI\nif mash back-- he should pair with shafiul or rasel\n\nnaeem and riyad are alright in one-dayers, but they're not test class spinners, besides they can both be used as batting allrounders and moved up the order and dropping one of the batsmen and bringing in another spinner (which would have to be shuvo or alok in one-dayers because of their batting, unless you think a nasir, shabbir, noor or mahmudul is ready). in tests riyad and naeem play as batsmen with an extra spinner being played.\n\npacers i'd leave shahadat out of one-dayers, make him a longer format bowler if anything (think we have better prospects in the longer format as well). mash should lead in one-dayers with rubel, shafiul as the 2 other main pacers and subashis as back-ups (and maybe emon once he's got some experience and put in some performances). in tests you take the pacers i just mentioned for the one-dayers and add robin. these should be the main pacers focused on, but we don't want to foget about rasel, nazmul, dolar, robiul and ziaur or the u19 pacers but we need to start focusing on the players who have the best weapons and that means the pacers who have the pace and can swing and/or seam the ball and hopefully the accuracy comes in time (obviously they should be working on it and not just expecting it to happen).\n\nTo consider as a 5th bowler, you have to be able to bowl 10 overs. Right now, Nayeem is not good enough a bowler to bowl 8-10 overs consistently. With him and Riyad may be able to fill up the quota of 10 overs.\n\nBoth of them need to do lot of improvement in their bowling. If they cannot do so, we need to find other options for 5th bowler. Not necessarily a specialist bowler, may be another bowling/batting all-rounder.\n\nIf we go in WC 11 with Riyad+Nayeem as a 5th bowler, that will be the weakest link in the team and can the deciding factor in crucial matches.\n\nThere is at least one vacant position in the team right now if not two. As Raqib/Aftab/Ashraful all out of form. We can replace one with Shohrawardi Shuvo. It gives us a specialist bowling option, also he can hold his bat. At #8, bowling all-rounder is a better choice than a batting all-rounder, what we are doing at them moment. It will balance up the team both bowling and batting wise.\n\nSecond option may be Faisal Hossain. As he is scoring runs, he can be in a plan for WC as well. He bowls a bit also. Riyad+Nayeem+Faisal can fill-up the 5th bowling quota. Captain will have much more option then and 3/4 overs from 3 of them should not be a problem.\n\ni think in ODI--naeem and mahmudullah combined can be played as 5th bowler, nothing wrong with that. naeem can be economic and can take wkt. mahmudullah on the otherside little expensive but has wkt taking capability.\n\nbut shuvo is the ultimate solution or other spin all rounder, i mean bowling allrounder--sabbir rahman, mahmudul,nasir hossain\n\nOriginally Posted by Tiger Manc\nYeah I like the idea of Shuvo taking up one of the spots. He could come in purely as a bowler, who can be handy with the bat.\n\nActually batting collapse is a vital issue in our team.Lot of time we had to depend on no 8 batsman to build up the innings.If we had good batsman from no 1 to 7 in that case we could have taken Su.Shuvo as 5th bowler come no 8 batsman that could have been very handy.3 pacers+2SLA+Naeem it would have been a dream bowling line up.Posted via BC Mobile Edition"}
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-{"text": "ATTORNEY SEARCH\n\nFirst NameLast NamePractice Area\n\nIndustries\n\nKeyword\n\nPro Bono and Community Partnerships\n\nOverview\n\nWe strive to be leaders in everything we do, both as lawyers and as citizens. Our attorneys and staff take the lead in civic, charitable, educational, social, and political projects and activities in Greater Boston and their individual communities. We sit on boards of directors, volunteer our time and enthusiasm to committees and fundraisers, and lend our expertise to both local and national nonprofit organizations.\n\nWe review plans for economic growth and development, protection of open spaces and historical sites, and influence public education through participation in local government\n\nAdvice and assistance to the Appalachian Mountain Club and Bay Circuit Alliance regarding acquisition and consolidation of rights in the Bay Circuit Trail, a walking trail which traverses communities from Newburyport to Duxbury\n\nProvided general corporate advice to Nyaya Health, which provides health services to poor people in Nepal.\n\nObtained asylum and permanent resident status for Ugandan man persecuted in his home country for his political affiliations and ethnic background\n\nWellness Community Massachusetts South Shore, which provides psycho-social services to cancer patients and their families, with general corporate matters, including obtaining non-profit 501(c)(3) status and filing its articles of incorporation, ongoing employment and contract advice\n\nSuccessful zoning variance and condominium conversion of industrial use building into the Gorse Mill Studios, 33 work-only studio condominiums and gallery in Needham, Massachusetts\n\nInmate on Alabama's death row in federal and state court appeals over the last eight years\n\nBerklee College of Music singer/songwriter in drafting studio/musician releases for album launch through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts\n\nNational Association of Industrial and Office Properties, for whom we filed an amicus brief analyzing the risks of biohazard release at the proposed Level 4 biolab at Boston Medical Center's South End Campus\n\nBoard of Bar Examiners in character and fitness investigations for admissions, and challenges to bar admissions in Supreme Judicial Court\n\nAttorneys in disciplinary matters before the Board of Bar Overseers and the Supreme Judicial Court\n\nNew England Conservatory regarding business and tax issues for artists"}
-{"text": "Tuition fees increase as funding falls\n\nBudget 2018-19 brings cuts to research, rise in fees\n\nThis fall, U of M students will find themselves dealing with the repercussions of changes initiated by the provincial government \u2014 primarily, increased educational expenses.\n\nBoth undergraduate and graduate students will see the maximum allowable 6.6 per cent rise in tuition fees. This comes after the provincial government passed Bill 31, the Advanced Education Administration Act, in November, lifting a cap on tuition hikes that had been in place since 2012.\n\nWhen combined with an expected 0.5 per cent increase in enrolment, the increased fees are expected to generate an additional $9.5 million in revenue for the university.\n\nBut the increases follow a provincial budget in March that saw support for universities fall by 0.9 per cent, leading UMSU president Jakob Sanderson to point out that the additional revenue is not entirely what it seems.\n\n\u201cSadly we need to recognize that there really is not [$9.5] million in additional revenue because the university\u2019s operating grant was cut by the province by a similar rate when adjusted by inflation,\u201d Sanderson said.\n\nSanderson added that if there is additional revenue being generated, he hopes the university will choose to put it toward \u201cimproving educational standards.\u201d\n\nProvost and vice-president (academic) Janice Ristock has referred to $60 million in bursaries and scholarships distributed annually by the university as one method the U of M takes to meet the needs of students.\n\nThe province has also reduced 10.4 per cent of its funding for Access grants, an extended education program that provides academic support, personal support and financial assistance to students, with preference given to Indigenous students, students from Northern areas, newcomers to the country and low-income earners.\n\nThe recent cuts follow a trend of what critics are calling dwindling provincial support for post-secondary education, including the 2017 nixing of an income tax rebate offered to graduates working in Manitoba.\n\nPremier Brian Pallister said at the time the program \u201cwasn\u2019t working,\u201d and added \u201cthe thing we should be doing with those resources is lowering the barriers to entry in the first place.\u201d\n\nUnpacking Budget 2018-2019\n\nThis marks the first year of a new budgetary model at the U of M.\n\nThe new model takes a more decentralized stance to fund allocation, and the changes made incentivize revenue growth within academic units. Academic units that partake in activities contributing to the U of M\u2019s net finances receive more in terms of budgeted funding.\n\nThe General Operating Fund revenue for the 2018-2019 year is just over $663.9 million, with 53 per cent coming from government grants.\n\nAt the faculty level, the majority of revenue is generated by the Rady faculty of health sciences, with a revenue of just over $183.1 million, with the faculties of arts and science coming in a distant second, with $93.4 million and $89.9 million in revenue, respectively.\n\nOf the total, a portion from each academic unit augments the University Fund, bringing it to a total of $100.8 million. These funds, also collected through taxes on allocated tuition and grant revenues, are invested in the university\u2019s strategic priorities.\n\nMost of the University Fund, $85.2 million, is returned to faculties through a grant-giving process that allocates money based on several factors, including revenue generated.\n\nThe Rady faculty of health sciences receives $23.5 million from the fund, which translates to about 12.8 per cent of its $183 million revenue.\n\nThe faculty of science receives $848,000, 0.9 per cent of its overall revenue of just under $90 million. The faculty of arts receives $674,000, 0.7 per cent of its revenue of $93.4 million.\n\nThe expenses of the Rady faculty of health sciences are similarly disproportionate \u2014 72.8 per cent compared to the faculties of science and arts that devote 42.2 and 49.6 per cent of their revenue to expenses, respectively.\n\nOther allocations for the fund include support for the Senior Canada 150 Research Chair\u2019s research, new faculty member salaries, research start-up funds and $2.1 million to help international students transfer their healthcare plans.\n\nThe provincial government also slashed $3 million from funding to Research Manitoba, which provides funding to research in the health, natural and social sciences, of which the University of Manitoba is the primary beneficiary. This follows a $2 million cut in 2017. A $1.65 million allotment of total funding is going to expenses previously afforded by Research Manitoba.\n\nFrom the University Fund, $900,000 is being allocated to \u201ccontinue to support the objectives identified in the agreement between the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the University,\u201d and $500,000 is set aside for to the 2018-2019 Indigenous Initiatives Fund, which supports projects relating to Indigenous achievement.\n\nSo, what\u2019s next?\n\nSanderson added that working on contributing to a more sustainable budget plan for next year are goals UMSU will be working to achieve over the upcoming school year.\n\nSanderson stressed that both himself and Sarah Bonner-Proulx (VP Advocacy) voted against the tuition increase in the board of governors.\n\nSanderson and his team are planning to work with a student-led accessible education working group, which will be struck at the next board of directors meeting, with the expressed purpose to \u201cimplement more open educational resources in classrooms to make course materials freely accessible for students.\u201d"}
-{"text": "5% Dining Rewards\n\n**Delivery date is approximate and not guaranteed. Estimates include processing and shipping times, and are only available in US (excluding APO/FPO and PO Box addresses). Final shipping costs are available at checkout.\n\nAll rights reserved. All trade names are registered trademarks of respective manufacturers listed.\nIn compliance with the California Proposition 65 Warning, please note that this product may contain chemicals known to the State of California. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.\n\nThe ink works great, but the packaging is so poorly designed, I failed to completely remove the \"pull\" tape on the cartidges. Know that I've replaced the ink cartriges for my 7 year old printer many times over, and I know how to do it, despite using the knock off ink, as I've done so plenty of times over 7 years. This is the very first time I've made the mistake of not fully removing the \"pull\" tape so the ink can filter through the printhead. I didn't realize the tape was still covering the holes until my printer wouldn't print the fill spectrum of colors. I really thought the printhead was clogged, took it out twice and rinsed it under warm tap water ... to no avail. The printer only printed blue. Upon closer inspection, I found the problem. I really do think it's becasuse of poor cartridge design. So if your printer isn't working make sure you have completely removed the \"pull\" tape on each color. At 1st you may think the ink isn't campactible with your printer, or your printhead is broken, when the tape is simply not fully removed. For that reason, I had to take away 1 star. BTW, I wasted a lot of blue ink trying different measures, so now I'll have to order a single cyan ... since I have 2 unopened all other colors.\n\nMost Helpful\n\nGreat Value\n\nVerified Purchase\n\nI bought this knock off brand of ink for my cannon printer because I was tired of paying as much money for my ink as I did for the printer itself! The ink is a fraction of the cost, and it works great. It does not smear or streak and it does not clog the printer. I use my printer to mainly print documents. I don't use it for printing pictures so I can't say what the quality is for picture printing.\n\nI shopped around for printer ink, and know the prices of the local dept stores that carry it. I had used a 'discount' ink site in the past, but this deal was $10 cheaper for all 5 cartridges that my printer (MX860) needs. (I bought the 4 shown here plus the second type of black.) The ink works fine. I have been printing documents in black & white and color, paper and card stock, with no problems. I recommend this ink to anyone who owns a compatible Canon printer. At this price, I would buy it again. Thanks, Overstock!\n\nShopping Tips & Inspiration\n\nBest Bluetooth Speakers for Christmas\n\nFrom rugged and waterproof outdoor speakers to wireless speaker sets for quality indoor surround sound, Bluetooth speakers are a must-have for the music lovers, partygoers, and outdoor enthusiasts on your list. Check out these top trends to get started on your Christmas 2016 shopping.\n\nStocking Stuffer Ideas\n\nIn the hurry and flurry of Christmas Day, don't overlook the gifts found in Christmas stockings. Stocking stuffers are usually smaller and less expensive than what you put under the tree, but they're a thoughtful and ideal way to celebrate the personality or interests of those on your list. Peruse our options and you'll be ready to grant the holiday wishes of the special people in your life.\n\nValentine's Day Gifts for Him\n\nForget the flowers and chocolate, and treat the man in your life to an extra special gift this Valentine's Day. Finding the perfect gift is sometimes difficult, but remember that you can't go wrong with a thoughtful, personal, and romantic present during this holiday devoted to all things love. If you're looking to give your significant other a truly memorable Valentine's Day gift, here are a few suggestions.\n\nStandard Return Policy:\n\nItems must be returned in new or unused condition and contain all original materials included with the shipment. More\nDetails\n\nFINAL SALE EXCLUSION: Items marked as FINAL SALE are not\nreturnable unless the problem you experience is the result of our error.\n\nFor your protection, all orders are screened for security purposes. If your order is selected for review, our Loss Prevention Team may contact you by phone or email. There may be a two business day delay to process your order.\n\n** Most Oversize orders are delivered within 1-4 weeks. Some orders may take 6 weeks to be\ndelivered.\n\nShop Overstock\u2122 and find the best online deals on everything for your home and your family. We work every day to bring you discounts on new products across our entire store. Whether you're looking for memorable gifts or everyday essentials, you can buy them here for less. Not just anyone\u2019s mobile outlet, your mobile outlet."}
-{"text": "Ep:92 How To Hustle Your Way To Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur\n\nKelly Roach, a former Fortune 500 Exec turned 7-figure business owner, shares how she was able to leave her corporate job and become a successful entrepreneur. Learn her tips to create a side-hustle that will eventually become a booming business."}
-{"text": "De Blasio signs paid sick days bill into law, celebrates with ice cream\n\nBill de Blasio signed his first piece of administration as mayor, requiring any business with five or more employees to offer workers paid sick days.\n\nBill de Blasio signed his first piece of administration as mayor, requiring any business with five or more employees to offer workers paid sick days.Credit: Rob Bennett/NYC Mayor's Office\n\nWith a few deliberate strokes of his pen, Bill de Blasio signed his first piece of administration as mayor, requiring any business with five or more employees to offer workers paid sick days.\n\nThe mayor \u2014 who admitted to practicing his letter-by-letter script \u2014 signed the bill at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based Steve's Ice Cream shop, surrounded by New Yorkers who would benefit from the law and his fellow city leaders who ushered the bill through City Hall.\n\nThe bill's sponsor Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito were both alongside the mayor, as was former Councilwoman and current Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, who first introduced the legislation almost four years ago.\n\nA compromised version of Brewer's bill eventually passed, with provisions that limited the number of small businesses affected and a failsafe trigger to stop the law if the economy were in bad shape.\n\nThe signed law strips away those conditions originally requested by the business community, covers an additional 200,000 New Yorkers and goes into effect on April 1.\n\n\"The urgency we all felt about this legislation \u2013 it wasn\u2019t abstract. It wasn\u2019t something we read about in a book,\" de Blasio said. \"It was from hearing from our fellow New Yorkers. It was seeing the difference when you knew what it was like to have paid sick leave. And those of us who have been blessed understand how fundamental it is.\"\n\nRepresentatives from the department of Consumer Affairs, which will oversee enforcement of the law, said that the agency was committed an educational program to inform business owners and employees alike.\n\nConsumer Affairs Deputy Commissioner Marla Tepper also explained that while the law does create statutory penalties for businesses who don't comply, the main goal of the law is to make employees whole.\n\n\"Because we recognize that there's a period of time for employers to get to know the law, and work with the department to understand it, there will be a stay of penalties for the first six months for small employers and for manufacturers,\" she added.\n\nDe Blasio again praised members of the business community who understood the need for paid sick leave. He pointed to David Stein, owner of Steve's Ice Cream shop.\n\n\"Some business owners didn\u2019t wait for this law. They were ahead of the curve. They knew what their employees needed,\" de Blasio said before sampling some of the store's offerings.\n\nDe Blasio seemed particularly fond of a vanilla concoction with coconut cream and burnt sugar shards.\n\n\"I\u2019m convinced,\" de Blasio said. \"If this is what workers who get paid sick days can make, this is the best endorsement you\u2019re going to have for the concept anywhere.\""}
-{"text": "Application for dating site\n\nIt offers the ability to set up dates, join mixers, finding events, and a lot more. Like Coffee Meets Bagel, they're useful for adding functionality and increasing your visibility. However, based on our research, dating apps in general still need major improvements.\n\nIt's a clean process and perfect for those who have busy lifestyles. Here are the best dating apps for Android.\n\nYou meet people, talk to them, and maybe start dating if enough sparks fly. It's a fairly standard dating app. In any case, the app works well enough. Android and iPhone users can get the app for free, and it should only take a minute or two to create a profile. You can search by categories, including sex, foreplay, classic, icebreaker, romantic, and flirt, as well as choose the intensity level.\n\nUnlike most, this one boasts a free chat. Women never have to provide their credit card info to use Pure, and the process is really simple and quick. There is also a subscription that is rather expensive.\n\nIt works best as a companion to the real thing as opposed to the main way you engage with Match. Women will get a curated list as well, but the list will prioritize men who have already expressed interest. You can then connect and chat as needed. They help give you more visibility and features.\n\nYou can also set your profile to just look for friends instead of dating. No flicking through profiles all day long. You'll create a profile, meet people, and hopefully things go further. It has plenty of bugs and issues that it still needs to work out, but the underlying system mostly works. Don't expect to see your local single celebrity using Tinder.\n\nYou probably shouldn't use both. There are some issues here and there, but nothing too drastic. The app works by showing you who you cross paths with in real life. Every day at noon, men will get a curated list of women in their area.\n\nEvery time you load up the app, it shows you some profiles. The super famous have their own version. It allows you to join for free, message people for free, and engage with the app for free.\n\nThis free hookup app is all about making breaking the ice as natural as possible. Like most dating apps, this one won't do you any good if it's not a popular app in your area. There are some dating apps out there that can help this process along. Once it happens enough times, their profile shows up on your timeline.\n\nYou have an hour to talk and arrange a meeting before the correspondence disappears. It lets you rate your daily matches, exchange messages with people, and search for people."}
-{"text": "Job gains banish fears of hiring slowdown in Bay Area and Santa Clara County\n\nShare this:\n\nThe Ascona Pizza Company advertises its online job application process at its location in Danville, Calif., on Monday, May 9, 2016. Ascona has improved its hiring practices by working with WebCorp, an online job application service for restaurant and retail businesses. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)\n\nWith a gain of nearly 11,000 jobs during June, the Bay Area employment market sent a strong signal that there is no hiring slowdown in the region, based on new labor figures released Friday.\n\n\u201cThe gains are broad-based across most industries,\u201d said Scott Anderson, chief economist with San Francisco-based Bank of the West. \u201cThat should lay to rest some of the fears of a sharp slowdown in job growth.\u201d\n\nThe current hiring trends curbed concerns by some experts that the region\u2019s economy was turning sluggish and overall employment gains were slowing down. While the Bay Area is unlikely to maintain the torrid pace of hiring in recent years, it won\u2019t tumble into a downturn or recession, experts said Friday.\n\nTepid job reports for the nation and a potential slump in the global economy outside the United States stoked concerns the Bay Area would suffer a decline, as well.\n\n\u201cThere is no hiring slowdown in the Bay Area,\u201d said Stephen Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. \u201cWe are back on course.\u201d\n\nSome yellow flags, though, linger on the horizon, according to some economists.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t think all of the concerns are gone about a slowdown in the Bay Area,\u201d said Mark Vitner, a senior economist with San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank.\n\nFor example, during the first six months of the year, the Bay Area added 47,700 jobs. That was well below the pace of job gains during the final six months of 2015, when the region added 74,100 jobs. The increase also fell short of the first six months of 2015, when the Bay Area added 62,100 jobs.\n\n\u201cDespite the recent uptick, I expect slower but still healthy growth in the second half of the year and into 2017,\u201d said Jeffrey Michael, director of the Stockton-based Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific.\n\nStill, the gain of 10,900 jobs in the Bay Area last month means that the nine-county region accounted for 27 percent of all the jobs added in California, according to figures from the state Employment Development Department and Beacon Economics.\n\nSanta Clara County added 3,500 jobs in June, the East Bay gained 200 jobs, and the San Francisco-San Mateo region added 3,400 jobs, according to the seasonally adjusted figures.\n\nThe leisure and hospitality industry provided the most consistent gains for jobs in the Bay Area\u2019s three major urban centers during June, according to a Beacon Economics analysis of the EDD data.\n\nIn Santa Clara County, the strongest job gains in June came in health care, up 2,400 jobs, and in restaurants, hotels, entertainment and arts jobs, which gained 1,900.\n\nThe San Francisco-San Mateo region saw its strongest gains in technology, which added 900 jobs, as well as restaurants, hotels, entertainment and arts, which added 700.\n\nThe East Bay saw its strongest gains in the leisure and hospitality sector, which consists of hotel, restaurant and entertainment employment, up\n\nThe increases in Bay Area jobs were mirrored by statewide improvements in payrolls.\n\nDespite California\u2019s gain of 40,300 jobs, the statewide jobless rate worsened to 5.4 percent in June, compared with 5.2 percent in May. For an array of reasons, the jobless rate and the number of jobs gained or lost don\u2019t always move in tandem.\n\n\u201cWe are still chugging along,\u201d Vitner said.\n\nBig tech companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Facebook and Apple have all bought or leased big offices or large land parcels that have put them in position for ongoing future expansions that will lead to more hiring, Levy pointed out.\n\nThe future still looks bright,\u201d Levy said. \u201cHiring won\u2019t match the pace we have seen. But there is no way we can keep up this pace.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Month: March 2017\n\nLast week was a week of special meetings at church. During the week there are extra church services, during which a few of the visiting ministers and pastors from the branch churches preach the sermon. For those of us who live here, it is a treat. I have nothing against the pastor of my church, it is just nice to hear someone else every now and again. Every minister has their own style, and each style works for different people.\n\nSunday morning the minister who gave the sermon delivered a great sermon. Off the top of my head, I can\u2019t recall actually having heard him preach, unless I had 11 years ago when I had attended Midwest camp, but I can\u2019t tell you who preached in those services, so for all intents and purposes, this was the first time I had heard him preach.\n\nHis style kind of reminded me of being in the more interesting college lectures I have been in. How he presented his sermon, made the message, that I have heard my entire life, relevant. As I was sitting there listening to it, the message totally registered, and I knew that I had needed to hear that sermon, things clicked.\n\nThe point of the sermon, was that light always overcomes and trumps the darkness, and those who have surrendered their life to God, and have a personal relationship with Christ have the light in our lives, and he will help us overcome the darkness and light our way.\n\n\u201cO taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.\u201d\u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d34:8\u202c \u202dKJV\n\n\u202c\u202c\u201cAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.\u201d\n\u202d\u202dRomans\u202c \u202d8:28\u202c \u202dKJV\u202c\u202c\n\nThese two verses have been on my heart the past day or so.\n\nLeaning on God\u2019s promises, knowing he has a plan for our lives as well as a purpose and a call for each of our lives is a great comfort and strength for me right now as I am looking for a new job.\n\nI had been a contractor for a local phone and internet company for nearly 2.5 years, and the project I had been hired for is winding down to the point where they no longer needed the extra help, so I am needing a new job. I am definitely trusting God for help and guidance for the next step, because I know he is in control of things and the big picture.\n\nSome things about my future and career have become clearer, as I allow God to be in control in my life and I stay in the center of his will for my life.\n\nThe Lord has been showing me his goodness, and while my future in uncertain to me, I have peace about it.\n\n\u201cIn the dark of the night I\u2019ll be with thee,\nWith the light of my Word I will guide thee,\nI have passed this way before-\njust trust me.\nIn the cleft of the rock,\nI\u2019ll hide thee.\u201d\n\nThis is a short passage from one of my favorite songs from church. It has reminded me, that even in the valleys we go through, that God is still there.\n\nWhen we feel all alone, or we are hurting, or disappointed, or everything is going wrong, God is still right there. We just have to keep trusting him, and that he has a plan, and it is better than anything we could come up with."}
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-{"text": "Makers of the Twentieth Century: Nasser\n\nRobert Stephens looks at how Nasser left his mark on nearly twenty years of Egyptian, Arab and world history. An anti-colonialist who extended his concern to the newly liberated countries of the Third World, he has been acclaimed as a nationalist liberator - and condemned as a warmonger.\n\n'History will sentence him to death' was Nasser's valedictory comment on King Farouk when the Free Officers who led the 1952 Egyptian revolution were debating whether to execute or exile the deposed King.\n\nWhat will be history's verdict on Gamal Abdul Nasser? How has the reputation of the Egyptian leader changed in the ten years since his death? How relevant are his ideas and his example to the problems of Egypt and the Arab world today? The reputations of great political figures, like those of great artists and writers, often suffer a slump after their death. Sometimes they recover, at least in part, in a later generation when the pain of their mistakes is less immediately felt and the problems they faced are more clearly understood. So it has been and may be with Nasser. Not surprisingly this decline in fame is especially true of political dictators who were able to stifle criticism or even public knowledge of their mistakes during their lifetime and whose idealised picture of themselves does not survive the demolition their successors may choose to carry out. Where the successors were closely associated with the former leader and derived their legitimacy from the continuity of the regime, as with Khrushchev and Stalin, Sadat and Nasser, the demolition may prove a tricky job, something like defusing a time-bomb. In trying to reform the unpopular aspects of the regime they have to be careful not to destroy themselves in the process."}
-{"text": "Below:\n\nNext story in Security\n\nHOUSTON \u2014 FBI agents arrested a San Antonio man Tuesday accused of planting a note on a Southwest Airlines flight claiming there was a bomb on board.\n\nThe threat forced a temporary shut down at Houston\u2019s Hobby Airport, and the plane had to be evacuated and then searched after a passenger found the note in a seat pocket during a flight from Dallas to Houston on Friday.\n\nNo explosives were found.\n\nElias Jeremiah Cervantez, 20, of San Antonio, was charged Monday with making a false bomb threat to an aircraft. He confessed to FBI agents that he wrote the note on a gum wrapper, according to an affidavit signed by special agent Jamaal C. King.\n\nThe note read, \u201cThere\u2019s a bomb on the plane!\u201d Another note asked whoever found it to call a phone number and tell them. It was accompanied by a drawing of a happy face.\n\nIf convicted, Cervantez faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if he had an attorney who could comment.\n\nU.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg said investigators had determined the note was left on the plane during an earlier flight from Odessa to Dallas.\n\nCervantez\u2019s roommate Josh Michael Gonzales told the Houston Chronicle for its Wednesday editions that it was just a dumb joke and that the two thought, \u201cIf somebody finds that, it\u2019s going to be funny.\u201d\n\nU.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg didn\u2019t agree.\n\n\u201cPeople need to understand that we take these threats very seriously, and that we will prosecute anyone who threatens an airline even, as here, when the threat turns out to be a hoax,\u201d Rosenberg said in a statement. \u201cNot funny, don\u2019t do it.\u201d"}
-{"text": "On Our Radar\n\nOn Our Radar\n\nJudging the American Consumer by his Appetite\n\nIf you want to put a finger of the pulse of the American consumer, you could look at the Labor Department\u2019s gauge of consumer inflation.\n\nContinue Reading Below\n\nOr, you could look closer to ground level: Big Macs and Coca-Cola \u2013 a classic American pairing.\n\nMcDonald\u2019s (MCD) and Coke (KO) were both out with their second-quarter earnings results Tuesday, and both were relatively disappointing.\n\nThe world\u2019s biggest burger chain posted a miss on both the top and bottom lines for the second quarter. Diluted profits-per-share of $1.40, were four cents below Wall Street expectations, a 1% increase from the first quarter of the year. Revenues, meanwhile, came in at $7.18 billion, below the $7.29 billion expected.\n\nMcDonald\u2019s noted its global same-store sales were flat for the quarter as a result of higher-than-average checks, but negative overall foot traffic in all of its major segments. Comp sales in the U.S. fell 1.5%, compared to a shallower fall in Europe where same-store sales fell 1%. In a sharp contrast, the Asia/Pacific, Middle East, and Africa markets saw an increase in same-store sales of 1.1%, reflecting strong performance in China.\n\nEfraim Levy, an equity analyst at S&P Capital IQ, said the better overseas results reflect international opportunity that\u2019s wide open for brands like McDonald\u2019s and Yum Brands (YUM).\n\nContinue Reading Below\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s opportunity for new stores and growth in those stores as consumers get wealthier and eat out more,\u201d he said.\n\nHe compared the opportunity available for those brands to others like Chipotle, which saw global comp sales blow away analysts\u2019 estimates when it reported quarterly results after the bell Monday.\n\n\u201cComp sales were strong and they put in a price increase, which means McDonald\u2019s has to be careful,\u201d Levy noted. \u201cBut if you have what people want to buy, they\u2019ll (buy) it at a higher price. \u201c\n\nAdded to the golden arch\u2019s overall weak results, the company didn\u2019t give investors much to hold onto for the coming quarters as its CEO Don Thomson warned of muted near-term results for the remainder of the year.\n\n\u201cFull year 2014 global comparable sales are expected to be relatively similar to year-to-date June performance with July global comparable sales expected to be negative,\u201d he noted in a press release. \u201cWhile near-term results are expected to remain muted, sizable growth opportunities remain and we are committed to pursuing these opportunities through continuous improvement in everything we do.\u201d\n\nCoca-Cola , which reported mixed second-quarter results ahead of the opening bell Monday, didn\u2019t do much to excite U.S. investors as far as confidence in the American market either.\n\nThe iconic American beverage giant\u2019s profits came in at 64 cents per share, beating estimates by a penny. However, revenues of $12.57 billion missed expectations for sales of $12.83 billion for the quarter.\n\nThe company posted global volume growth of 3% for the quarter, and 2% year-to-date, attributing growth of its sparkling beverage volume, which grew 2% in 2Q, to Coke\u2019s sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup and its Share a Coke marketing campaign worldwide. Just in its China market alone, the company saw a 10% increase in sparkling volume for the quarter as it focused on driving sales of single-serve packages.\n\nStill, the company noted North America volume was flat quarter-over-quarter, despite an uptick in sparkling-beverage volume in the region.\n\nWhat\u2019s hitting consumers, in the U.S. particularly, especially hard is the continuing economic recovery that\u2019s slogged on for more than four years.\n\n\u201cThe stock market is still near records, so for people with money in the market, they\u2019re feeling better, and if you have a job, things are not as bad,\u201d Levy said. \u201cFor low-end jobs, we\u2019ve gotten rid of economic assistance, which means less money for eating out. It\u2019s still cheaper to eat at home.\u201d\n\nHe added those consumers tend to focus on menu items at a discount, for example, McDonald\u2019s dollar menu offerings, as opposed to more upscale items.\n\nPut up against rivals like Chipotle, which offer fresher menu items for a higher price \u2013 but whose quarterly results have easily exceeded analysts\u2019 estimates, companies like McDonald\u2019s and other fast-food chains haven\u2019t performed as well, at least over the last quarter.\n\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean brands like McDonald\u2019s have to reinvent themselves to attract more consumers.\n\n\u201cThey have a very successful core business model, and they\u2019re still generating lots of sales,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThey do have to evolve, but that doesn\u2019t mean going to direct competition with Chipotle. They have to figure out how they can fight the best\u2026their consumers are going for 99-cent hamburgers. They just want something that tastes good and is relatively good quality. They\u2019re not expecting filet mignon at that price.\u201d\n\nIn recent trading, shares of McDonald\u2019s were 1.46% lower, while Coca-Cola shares were down 2.9% on the day."}
-{"text": "Barnes Group Deal Could Benefit Other MRO Players\n\nMSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (NYSE: MSM) announced last month that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B). The purchase price will be $550 million and the asset purchase structure will translate to future tax benefits to MSM valued at more than $100 million. Run-rate cost synergies between the two are projected at $15-$20 million a year by 2015. This acquisition is expected to be completed by third quarter of the current fiscal year.\n\nWith this transaction, MSM will become a strong player in the fasteners and other consumable products segments. MSM's management expects that the transaction will be value-accretive to the company. It projects incremental earnings of $0.15 to $0.20 per share for 2014 and $0.30 to $0.40 in the following year. It seems that MSM bought Barnes reasonably at 1.8 times revenues, slightly higher than its average revenue multiples of 1.22 times.\n\nWill Lawson Products Be the Next Target?\n\nThe acquisition is a clear signal that the North American MRO market is ripe for consolidation. While the deal will definitely increase the company's cash flow, this will put MSM into new product category and closer competition with Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) and Lawson Products Inc. (NASDAQ: LAWS). Lawson sounds like a good acquisition target for MSM if it plans to shore up its market share in the fastener category. It offers more than 300,000 different products for sale, of which approximately 60,000 are maintained in inventory.\n\nLawson recently reported earnings of $1.7 million during the fourth quarter. This is a reversal from the previous year's net loss. For the fourth quarter, management attributed the turnaround to its ongoing efforts to improve efficiencies and reduce operating costs. It has also made significant progress consolidating its distribution network. For the last five years, the company has experienced a decline in earnings by 34 percent a year. However, analysts expect that the company could grow its earnings by 11 percent for the next five years. Analysts have upgraded the stock to buy from the previous hold rating. It also pegged the price target at $20 per share, 31 percent higher from the current market prices.\n\nThe current market cap of $131 million makes the company an easy acquisition target for bigger players like MSM. The latter generates cash flow of around $277 million a year. At the current market cap, this would translate to 0.45 times annual revenues. This is significantly lower than Barnes' price tag of $550 million. Given MSM's thrust to expand into other niches in the MRO market, acquiring Lawson Products could be a good deal.\n\nAssuming that the deal would not happen, Lawson Products remains a good investment in the long run. Moving forward, it remains on track at improving its earnings and cash flow. The market is expected to re-rate this stock given the current Barnes deal. At 1.8 times revenues, Lawson Products looks a 4-bagger stock in the making.\n\nDisclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.\n\nWe only use your contact details to reply to your request for more information.We do not sell the personal contact data you submit to anyone else.\n\nThank you for your interest in Seeking Alpha PROWe look forward to contacting you shortly for a conversation.\n\nThank you for your interest in Seeking Alpha PRO\n\nOur PRO subscription service was created for fund managers, and the cost of the product is\nprohibitive for most individual investors.\nPRO Alerts is our flagship product for individual investors who want to be faster\nand smarter about their stocks. To learn more about it, click here.\nIf you are an investment professional with over $1M AUM and received this message\nin error, click here and you will be contacted shortly.\n\nThank you for your interest in Seeking Alpha PROWe look forward to contacting you when we have an individual investor product ready!"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: tracking\n\nA user-transparent privacy enhancement may allow online service providers like Google to provably shield personal data from prying eyes\u2014even from themselves. Personal user data like search, email, doc and photo content, navigation and clicks will continue to support clearly defined purposes (advertising that users understand and agreed to), data will be unintelligible if inspected for any other purpose.\nIn effect, the purpose and processes of data access and manipulation determine whether data can be interpreted or even associated with individual users. If data is inspected for any purpose apart from the original scope, it is unintelligible, anonymous and self-expiring. It is useless for any person or process beyond that which was disclosed to users at the time of collection. It cannot even be correlated to individual users who generate the data.\n\nBlind Signaling and Response is not yet built into internet services. But as it crosses development and test milestones, it will attract attention and community scrutiny. A presentation at University of Montreal Privacy Workshop [video] gives insight into the process. The presenter can be contacted via the contact link at the top of this Blog page.\n\nCan Internet services like Google protect user data from all threats\u2014even from their own staff and processes\u2014while still supporting their business model? If such commitment to privacy could be demonstrable, it could usher in an era of public trust. I believe that a modification to the way data is collected, stored and processed may prevent a breach or any disclosure of personal user information, even if compelled by a court order.\n\nThe goal of Blind Signaling and Response is define a method of collecting and storing data that prevents anyone but the intended process from making sense of it. But this pet theory has quite a road ahead\u2026\n\nBefore we can understand Blind Signaling and Response, it helps to understand classic signaling. When someone has a need, he can search for a solution.\n\nWhen an individual is aware of their needs and problems, that\u2019s typically the first step in marrying a problem to a solution. But in a marketing model, a solution (sometimes, one that a user might not even realize he would desire) reaches out to individuals.\n\nOf course the problem with unsolicited marketing is that the solution being hawked may be directed at recipients who have no matching needs. Good marketing is a result of careful targeting. The message is sent or advertised only to a perfect audience, filled with Individuals who are glad that the marketer found them. Poor marketing blasts messages at inappropriate lists or posts advertisements in the wrong venue. For the marketer (or Spam email sender), it is a waste of resources and sometimes a crime. For the recipient of untargeted ads and emails, it is a source of irritation and an involuntary waste of resources, especially of the recipient\u2019s attention.\n\nConsider a hypothetical example of a signal and its response:\n\nPixar animators consume enormous computing resources creating each minute of animation. Pixar founder, John Lasseter, has many CGI tools at his disposal, most of them designed at Pixar. As John plans a budget for Pixar\u2019s next big film, suppose that he learns of a radical new animation theory called Liquid Flow-Motion. It streamlines the most complex and costly processes. His team has yet to build or find a practical application that benefits animators, but John is determined to search everywhere.\n\nMethod #1: A consumer in need searches & signals\n\nDespite a lack of public news on the nascent technique, John is convinced that there must be some workable code in a private lab, a university, or even at a competitor. And so, he creates a web page and uses SEO techniques to attract attention.\n\nThe web page is a signal. It broadcasts to the world (and hopefully to relevant parties) that Pixar is receptive to contact from anyone engaged in Liquid Flow-Motion research. With Google\u2019s phenomenal search engine and the internet\u2019s reach, this method of signaling may work, but a successful match involves a bit of luck. Individuals engaged in the new art may not be searching for outsiders. In fact, they may not be aware that their early stage of development would be useful to anyone.\n\nMethod #2: Google helps marketers target relevant consumers\n\nLet\u2019s discuss how Google facilitates market-driven signaling and a relevant marketing response today and let us also determine the best avenue for improvement\u2026\n\nAt various times in the past few weeks, John had Googled the phrase \u201cLiquid Flow-Motion\u201d and some of the antecedents that the technology builds upon. John also signed up for a conference in which there was a lecture unit on the topic (the lecture was not too useful. It was given by his own employee and covered familiar ground). He also mentioned the technology in a few emails.\n\nGoogle\u2019s profile for John made connections between his browser, his email and his searches. It may even have factored in location data from John\u2019s Android phone. In Czechoslovakia, a grad student studying Flow-Motion has created the first useful tool. Although he doesn\u2019t know anything about Google Ad Words, the university owns 75% of the rights to his research. They incorporate key words from research projects and buy up the Google Ad Words \u201cLiquid Flow-Motion\u201d.\n\nAlmost immediately, John Lasseter notices very relevant advertising on the web pages that he visits. During his next visit to eBay, he notices a home page photo of a product that embodies the technique. The product was created in Israel for a very different application. Yet it is very relevant to Pixar\u2019s next film. John reaches out to both companies\u2013or more precisely, they reached out in response to his signal, without even knowing to whom they were replying.\n\nNeat, eh? What is wrong with this model?\n\nFor many users, the gradual revelation that an abundance of very personal or sensitive data is being amassed by Google and the fact that it is being marketed to unknown parties is troubling. Part of the problem is perception. In the case described above and most other cases in which the Google is arbiter, the result is almost always to the user\u2019s advantage. But this fact, alone, doesn\u2019t change the perception.\n\nBut consider Google\u2019s process from input to output: the collection of user data from a vast array of free user services and the resulting routing of ads from marketing partners. What if data collection, storage and manipulation could be tweaked so that all personal data\u2013including the participation of any user\u2013were completely anonymized? Sounds crazy, right? If the data is anonymized, it\u2019s not useful.\n\nA signaling and response system can be constructed on blind credentials. The science is an offshoot of public key cryptography and is the basis of digital cash (at least, the anonymous form). It enables a buyer to satisfy a standard of evidence (the value of their digital cash) and also demonstrate that a fee has been paid, all without identifying the buyer or even the bank that guarantees cash value. The science of blind credentials is the brainchild of David Chaum, cryptographer and founder of DigiCash, a Dutch venture that made it possible to guaranty financial transactions without any party (including the bank) knowing any of the other parties.\n\nThe takeaway from DigiCash and the pioneering work of David Chaum is that information can be precisely targeted\u2013even with a back channel\u2013without storing or transmitting data that aids in identifying a source or target. (Disclosure: I am developing a specification for the back channel mechanism. This critical component is not in the DigiCash implementation). Even more interesting is that the information that facilitates replying to a signal can be structured in a way that is useless to both outsiders and even to the database owner (in this case, Google).\n\nThe benefits aren\u2019t restricted to Internet search providers. Choose the boogeyman: The government, your employer, someone taking a survey, your grandmother. In each case, the interloper can (if they wish) provably demonstrate that meaningful use of individually identifiable data is, by design, restricted to a stated purpose or algorithm. No other person or process can find meaning in the data\u2014not even to whom it belongs.\n\nThe magic draws upon and forms an offshoot of Trusted Execution Technology, a means of attestation and authentication. In this case, it is the purpose of execution that must be authenticated before data can be interpreted, correlated with users or manipulated. This presentation at a University of Montreal privacy workshop pulls back the covers by describing a combination of TXT with a voting trust, (the presenter rushes through key slides at the end of the video).\n\nIt\u2019s reasonable to assume that privacy doesn\u2019t exist in the Internet age. After all, unlike a meeting at your dining table, the path from whisper to ear passes through a public network. Although encryption and IP re-routing ensure privacy for P2P conversations, it seems implausible to maintain privacy in everyday searches, navigation, and online email services, especially when services are provided at no cost to the user. Individuals voluntarily disgorge personal information in exchange for services, especially, if the goal is to keep the service provider incented to offer the service. For this reason, winning converts to Blind Signaling and Response requires a thoughtful presentation.\n\nSuppose that you travel to another country and walk into a bar. You are not a criminal, nor a particularly famous or newsworthy person. You ask another patron if he knows where to find a good Cuban cigar. When you return to your country, your interest in cigars will probably remain private and so will the fact that you met with this particular individual or even walked into that bar.\n\nGradually, the internet is facilitating at a distance the privileges and empowerment that we take for granted in a personal meeting. With end-to-end encryption, it has already become possible to conduct a private conversation at a distance. With a TOR proxy and swarm routing, it is also possible to keep the identities of the parties private. But today, Google holds an incredible corpus of data that reveals much of what you buy, think, and fantasize about. To many, it seems that this is part of the Faustian bargain:\n\nIf you want the benefits of Google services, you must surrender personal data\n\nEven if you don\u2019t want to be the target of marketing,* it\u2019s the price that you pay for using the Google service (Search, Gmail, Drive, Navigate, Translate, Picasa, etc).\n\nOf course, Google stores and act on the data that it gathers from your web habits. But both statements above are false!\n\na) When Google incorporates Blind Signaling into its services, you will get all the benefits of Google services without anyone ever discovering personal information. Yet, Google will still benefit from your use of their services and have even more incentive to continue offering you valuable, personalized services, just as they do now.\n\nb) Surrendering personal data in a way that does not anonymize particulates is not \u201cthe price that you pay for Google services\u201d. Google is paid by marketers and not end users. More importantly, marketers can still get relevant, targeted messages to the pages you visit, while Google protects privacy en toto! Google can make your personal data useless to any other party and for any other purpose. Google and their marketing partners will continue to benefit exactly as they do now.\n\nArticle in process\u2026\n\n* This is also a matter of perception. You really do want targeted messaging. Even if you hate spam and, like me, prefer to search for a solution instead of have marketers push a solution to you. In a future article, I will demonstrate that every individual is pleased by relevant messaging, even if it is unsolicited, commercial or sent in bulk.\n\nGoogle captures and keeps a vast amount of personal information about its users. What do they do with all that data? Despite some very persistent misconceptions, the answer is \u201cNothing bad\u201d. But they could do a much better job ensuring that no one can ever do anything bad with that data\u2014ever. Here is a rather simple but accurate description of what they do with what is gleaned from searches, email, browsing, documents, travel, photos, and more than 3 dozen other ways that they learn about you:\n\nIncrease the personal relevance of advertising as you surf the web\n\nEarn advertising dollars\u2013not because they sell information about you\u2013but\nbecause they use that data to match and direct relevant traffic toward you\n\nThese aren\u2019t bad things, even to a privacy zealot. With or without Google, we all see advertising wherever we surf. Google is the reason that so many of the ads appeal to our individual interests.\n\nBut what about all that personal data? Is it safe on Google\u2019s servers? Can they be trusted? More importantly, can it someday be misused in ways that even Google had not intended?\n\nI value privacy above everything else. And I have always detested marketing, especially the unsolicited variety. I don\u2019t need unsolicited \u2018solutions\u2019 knocking on my door or popping up in web surfing. When I have needs, I will research my own solutions\u2014thank you very much.\n\nIt took me years to come to terms with this apparent oxymoron, but the personalization brought about by information exchange bargains are actually a very good bargain for all parties concerned, and if handled properly, it needn\u2019t risk privacy at all! In fact, the things that Google does with our personal history and predilections really benefits us, but\u2026\n\nThis is a pro-Google posting. Well, it\u2019s \u2018pro-Google\u2019 if they \u201cdo no evil\u201d (Yes\u2014it\u2019s the Google mantra!). First the good news: Google can thwart evil by adding a fortress of privacy around the vast corpus of personal data that they collect and process without weakening user services or the value exchange with their marketing partners. The not-so-good news is that I have urged Google to do this for over two years and so far, they have failed to act. What they need is a little urging from users and marketing partners. Doing no evil benefits everyone and sets an industry precedent that will permeate online businesses everywhere.\n\nThe CBS prime time television series, Person of Interest, pairs a freelance \u2018James Bond\u2019 with a computer geek. The geek, Mr. Finch, is the ultimate privacy hack. He correlates all manner of disparate data in seconds, including parking lot cameras, government records, high school yearbook photos and even the Facebook pages of third parties.\n\nMr. Finch & Eric Schmidt: Separated at birth?\n\nIt\u2019s an eerie coincidence that Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt, looks like Mr. Finch. After all, they both have the same job! They find a gold mine of actionable data in the personal dealings of everyone.\n\nViewers accept the TV character. After all, Finch is fictional, he is one of the good guys, and his snooping ability (especially the piecing together of far-flung data) is probably an exaggeration of reality. Right?!\n\nOf course, Eric Schmidt & Google CEO Larry Page are not fictional. They run the largest data gathering engine on earth. I may be in the minority. I believe that Google is \u201cone of the good guys\u201d. But let\u2019s first explore the last assumption about Mr. Finch: Can any organization correlate and \u201cmine\u201d meaningful data from a wholesale sweep of a massive eavesdropping machine and somehow piece together a reasonable profile of your interests, behavior, purchasing history and proclivities? Not only are there organizations that do this today, but many of them act with our explicit consent and with a disclosed value exchange for all that personal data.\n\nData gathering organizations fall into three categories, which I classify based on the exchange of value with web surfers and, more importantly, whether the user is even aware of their role in collecting data. In this classification, Google has moved from the 2nd category to the first, and this is a good thing:\n\nOrganizations that you are aware of\u2013at least peripherally\u2013and for which there is a value exchange (preferably, one that is disclosed). Google comes to mind, of course. Another organization with informed access to your online behavior is your internet service provider. If they wanted to compile a dossier of your interests, market your web surfing history to others, or comply with 3rd party demands to review your activities, it would be trivial to do so.\n\nOrganizations with massive access to personal and individualized data, but manage to \u201cfly beneath the Radar\u201d. Example: Akamai Technologies operates a global network of servers that accelerate the web by caching pages close to users and optimizing the route of page requests. They are contracted by almost any company with a significant online presence. It\u2019s safe to say that their servers and routers are inserted into almost every click of your keyboard and massively distributed throughout the world. Although Akamai\u2019s customer relationship is not with end users, they provide an indirect service by speeding up the web experience. But because Internet users are not actively engaged with them (and are typically unaware of their role in caching data across the Internet), there are few checks and on what they do with the click history of users, with whom they share data, and if\u2013or how\u2013individualized is data is retained, anonymized or marketed.\n\nNational governments. There is almost never disclosure or a personal value exchange. Most often, the activity involves compulsory assistance from organizations that are forbidden from disclosing the privacy breach or their own role in acts of domestic spying.\n\nThe US is preparing to spy on everyone, everywhere, at all times. The massive & intrusive project stuns scientists involved.\n\nI have written about domestic spying before. In the US, It has become alarmingly broad, arbitrary and covert. The \u00fcber secretive NSA is now building the world\u2019s biggest data gathering site. It will gulp down everything about everyone. The misguided justification of their minions is alternatively \u201canti-terrorism\u201d or an even more evasive \u201c911\u201d.\n\nRegarding, category #2, I have never had reason to suspect Akamai or Verizon of unfair or unscrupulous data mining. (As with Google, these companies could gain a serious ethical and market advantage by taking heed of today\u2019s column.) But today, we focus on data gathering organizations in category #1\u2014the ones with which we have a relationship and with whom we voluntarily share personal data.\n\nGoogle is at the heart of most internet searches and they are partnered with practically every major organization on earth. Forty eight free services contain code that many malware labs consider to be a stealth payload. These doohickeys give Google access to a mountain of data regarding clicks, searches, visitors, purchases, and just about anything else that makes a user tick.\n\nIt\u2019s not just searching the web that phones home. Think of Google\u2019s 48 services as a marketer\u2019s bonanza. Browser plug-ins phone home with every click and build a profile of user behavior, location and idiosyncrasies. Google Analytics, a web traffic reporting tool used by a great many web sites, reveals a mountain of data about both the web site and every single visitor. (Analytics is market-speak for assigning identity or demographics to web visits). Don\u2019t forget Gmail, Navigate, Picassa, Drive, Google Docs, Google+, Translate, and 3 dozen other projects that collect, compare and analyze user data. And what about Google\u2019s project to scan everything that has ever been written? Do you suppose that Google knows who views these documents, and can correlate it with an astounding number of additional facts? You can bet Grandma Estelle\u2019s cherry pie that they do!\n\nHow many of us ever wonder why all of these services are free to internet users everywhere? That\u2019s an awful lot of free service! One might think that the company is very generous, very foolish, or very unprofitable. One would be wrong on all counts!\n\nGoogle has mastered the art of marketing your interests, income stats, lifestyle, habits, and even your idiosyncrasies. Hell, they wrote the book on it!\n\nBut with great access to personal intelligence comes great responsibility. Does Google go the extra mile to protect user data from off-label use? Do they really care? Is it even reasonable to expect privacy when the bargain calls for data sharing with market interests?\n\nAt the end of 2009, Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt made a major gaffe in a televised interview on CNBC. In fact, I was so convinced that his statement was toxic, that I predicted a grave and swift consumer backlash. Referring to the Billions of individuals using Google search engine, investigative anchor, Maria Bartiromo, asked Schmidt why it is that users enter their most private thoughts and fantasies. She wondered if they are aware of Google\u2019s role in correlating, storing & sharing data\u2014and in the implicit role of identifying users and correlating their identities with their interests.\n\nSchmidt seemed to share Bartiromo\u2019s surprise. He suggested that internet users were naive to trust Google, because their business model is not driven by privacy and because they are subject to oversight by the Patriot Act. He said:\n\nIf you have something that you don\u2019t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn\u2019t be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines \u2014 including Google \u2014 do retain this information for some time and it\u2019s important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities.\n\nAt the time, I criticized the statements as naive, but I have since become more sanguine. Mr. Schmidt is smarter than me. I recognize that he was caught off guard. But clearly, his response had the potential to damage Google\u2019s reputation. Several Google partners jumped ship and realigned with Bing, Microsoft\u2019s newer search engine. Schmidt\u2019s response became a lightning rod\u2013albeit brief\u2013for both the EFF (Electronic Freedom Foundation) and the CDT (Center for Democracy & Technology). The CDT announced a front-page campaign, Take Back Your Privacy.\n\nBut wait\u2026It needn\u2019t be a train wreck! Properly designed, Google can ensure individual privacy, while still meeting the needs of their marketing partners \u2013 and having nothing of interest for government snoops, even with a proper subpoena.\n\nI agree with the EFF that they undermine Google\u2019s mission. Despite his high position, Schmidt may not fully recognize to that Google\u2019s marketing objectives can coexist with an ironclad guarantee of personal privacy \u2013 even in the face of the Patriot Act.\n\nSchmidt could have had salvaged the gaffe quickly. I urged him to quickly demonstrate that he understands and defends user privacy. But I overestimated consumer awareness and expectations for reasonable privacy. Moreover, consumers may feel that the benefits of Google\u2019s various services inherently trade privacy for productivity (email, taste in restaurants, individualized marketing, etc).\n\nRegarding a damning consumer backlash for whitewashing personal privacy with their public, I was off by a few years, but in the end, my warnings will be vindicated. Public awareness of privacy and especially of internet data sharing and data mining has increased. Some are wondering if the bargain is worthwhile, while others are learning that data can be anonymized and used in ways that still facilitate user benefits and even the vendor\u2019s marketing needs.\n\nWith massive access to public data and the mechanisms to gather it (often without the knowledge and consent of users), comes massive responsibility. (His interview contradicts that message). Google must rapidly demonstrate a policy of \u201cdefault protection and a very high bar for sharing data. In fact, Google can achieve all its goals while fully protecting individual privacy.\n\nGoogle\u2019s data gathering and archiving mechanism needs a redesign (it\u2019s not so big a task as it seems): Sharing data and cross-pollination should be virtually impossible \u2013 beyond a specified exchange between users and intended marketers. Even this exchange must be internally anonymous, useful only in aggregate, and self expiring \u2013 without recourse for revival. Most importantly, it must be impossible for anyone \u2013 even a Google staffer \u2013 to make a personal connection between individual identities and search terms, Gmail users, ad clickers, voice searchers or navigating drivers!\n\nI modestly suggest that Google create a board position, and give it authority with a visible and high-profile individual. (Disclosure, I have made a \u201cballsy\u201d bid to fill such a position. There are plenty of higher profile individuals that I could recommend).\n\nSchmidt\u2019s statements have echoed for more than 2 years now. Have they faded at all? If so, it is because Google\u2019s services are certainly useful and because the public has become somewhat inured to the creeping loss of privacy. But wouldn\u2019t it be marvelous if Google seized the moment and reversed that trend. Wouldn\u2019t it be awesome if someone at Google discovered that protecting privacy needn\u2019t cripple the value of information that they gather. Google\u2019s market activity is not at odds with protecting their user\u2019s personal data from abuse. What\u2019s more, the solution does not involve legislation or even public trust. There is a better model!\n\nThey are difficult to contain or spin. As Asa Dotzler at FireFox wrote in his blog, the Google CEO simply doesn\u2019t understand privacy. Here in USA, Schmidt\u2019s statements have become a lightning rod for both the EFF and CDT (Center for Democracy & Technology). The CDT has even launched a front page campaign to \u201cTake Back Your Privacy\u201d.\n\nGoogle\u2019s not the only one situated at a data Nexus. Other organizations fly below the radar, either because few understand their tools or because of Government involvement. For example, Akamai probably has more access to web traffic data than Google. The US government has even more access because of an intricate web of programs that often force communications companies to plant data sniffing tools at the junction points of massive international data conduits. We\u2019ve discussed this in other articles, and I certainly don\u2019t advocate that Wild Ducks be privacy zealots and conspiracy alarmists. But the truth is, the zealots have a leg to stand on and the alarmists are very sane."}
-{"text": "All the ingredients in Buggy Love products are 100% natural organic, with artificial or chemical ingrediants.\n\nWe love \u2026\n\nvery effective brush\n\nevery product you need in one kit\n\nall organic ingredients\n\nsweet smelling\n\nIn use \u2026\n\nWhen we received our Buggy Love organic stroller cleaning kit, there was only one way to review it. Issue a cleaning challenge to the owner of the grubbiest stroller we could find. It was our dirt, banana, yogurt and general toddler/pre-schooler encrusted tester phil&teds vibe v. the Buggy Love organic stroller cleaning kit. It was a pretty even match.\n\nWe stripped our long-suffering tester vibe down to the basics. We chose to pop the seat liners (we tackled both the main & 2nd seat) and shoulder pads in the wash for ease (you may prefer to use the Buggy Love organic products for your whole pram, especially if your baby has any allergies or skin concerns). Then we tackled the seat units, hood and under seat basket with the Buggy Love cleaning kit.\n\nFirstly, the Buggy Love brush is fantastic. It\u2019s the standout product in the kit. It got into every fold, line of stitching, bit of padding and plastic or metal join quickly & easily. The plastic tip was effective in getting into the deep crevices where the seat folds and was also great in flicking out the sand in the under seat basket. (I also tried the Buggy Love brush on my own Bugaboo Bee, I always have trouble getting the crumbs and sand out of the seat folds, it worked a treat.)\n\nNext came the Buggy Love FABRICLove stain remover, we used it conduction with the micro fiber cloth (the brush was too stiff for the Vibe\u2019s fabric seat, but can be used with the stain remover on tougher fabrics). It lifted the yogurt & banana easily, but we did have a couple of stubborn oil based stains which the FABRICLove lessened, but didm\u2019t totally remove.\n\nThe POLISHLove did a great job on the chassis. There were some marks on the chassis we thought were scratches that were actually removed by the Buggy Love POLISHLove.\n\nFinally we used the WHEELLove which bought the wheels up and we finished by spraying the freshly cleaned seat liners with the Buggy Love FRESHLove spray.\n\nSo the question is, who won the challenge? You can see the before & after shots below, but its safe to say, our tester vibe come up looking as good as new. Plus, it smelt good enough to eat.\n\nConsider this \u2026\n\nThe Buggy Love FABRICLove stain remover is the product you\u2019ll use the most, but comes in one of the smallest bottles. Also, because it\u2019s oil based, you can\u2019t use FABRICLove for spot cleaning, you need to give the whole area (hood, seat liner, etc) the once over.\n\nLike all micro fibre products, you should only wash the Buggy Love cloth when you absolutely have to. You may need to replace it after a few washes.\n\nThe verdict \u2026\n\nWhen you invest in a good quality pram or stroller, it\u2019s worth investing in a Buggy Love organic stroller cleaning kit to keep it in pristine condition. Buggy Love stroller cleaning kits are also great to refresh your current pram for a new baby or a second hand stroller.\n\nYou can buy Buggy Love products separately so you can choose just what you need for your car seat."}
-{"text": "Beloxxi: The making of a wise cracker\n\nIf you have not tasted Beloxxi cream cracker, you probably have seen it in shops and market places. And if you have not, your child probably has had a romance with it. It is a delight for both children and adult.\n\nBut many people perhaps don\u2019t know the biscuit is made inNigeriaexcept for those who care to look at its wrap. It is a proudly Nigerian product made by Beloxxi Industries Limited.\n\nRecently, a team from the Managing Business for Christ including Church Times Nigeria paid a visit to the company\u2019s site on a fact finding mission.\n\n\u201cA member of the MBFC had cause to make some inquiry concerning the cream cracker and we were surprised at the way the company responded and the way it took the pain to offer some explanation. That was what prompted the visit. We feel that a company that is so concerned about its customers and with the level of standard we have seen so far must have the fear of God\u201d says the managing director of MBFC, Dr. David Abraham.\n\nThe company which is situated on the outskirt of Agbara Industrial Estate in OgunState, indeed has a touch of class. You can\u2019t miss the serenity. An unusual equanimity seems to define the environment. As the MBFC team got to the company\u2019s arena it was ushered into the biscuit factory by the head of personnel of the company, Augusta Awiaka and the company\u2019s customer care cum business development officer, Stella Emenike. Just at the entrance of the factory one has to go through a ritual of hand cleansing; first with water and then with disinfectant.\n\nThe factory is a massive site to behold with high tech equipment occupying a reasonable part yet with a lot of space to maneuver within. The machines range from the mixer to the machine that molds and processes the biscuit down to the one that cuts it and processes its packaging. A long winding process gives birth to the cream cracker after which they are allowed to undergo a natural cooling process before they are finally packaged into wraps and then cartons.\n\nThe wraps, according to Awiaka are of such high quality \u201cIt is literarily difficult for anybody to clone. We take the pain to have a packaging material that is of world class. The wraps are of such high quality that it will not make any sense for anybody to have a fake version of the biscuits. We have not had that experience,\u201d She stated.\n\nGiving an insight into the making of the biscuit, the Quality Control executive of the factory, Irehorbude Abijah explained that a total of 19 different ingredients including butter and flour go into the production of the cream cracker. \u201cHere we don\u2019t joke with quality. That is why we follow due process in the production of the biscuit.\u201d\n\nShe says the cream cracker has a life span of one year though they are almost consumed as soon as they are supplied to the market adding that the company is yet to meet market demand. \u201cBecause we can\u2019t meet demand the company had to introduce the third manufacturing line. Presently about 1200 cartoons are produced on a daily basis.\u201d she said.\n\nCorroborating Abijah\u2019s claim, the company\u2019s head of marketing, Abigail Okafor disclosed that \u201ctwo airlines: Lufthansa and Ethiopian Airlines patronise the company. The airlines actually called to request that we supply them our biscuits for their customers. So, it is what they serve their customers on board\u201d\n\nContinuing, Abijah who took the pain to answer questions from the MBFC team, said the biscuit has also been packaged to meet the health need of consumers. \u201cThese days there is a general warning against massive consumption of sugar. For those who care for their health and especially for children, eating our kind of biscuit is the best thing that can happen to them because it is low in sugar,\u201d she affirmed.\n\nIn a later interaction Awika who heads the company\u2019s personnel pointed out that the company has deliberately maintained a policy of engaging young people and training them. \u201cMost of the heads of departments and the general staff are young people. It is a deliberate policy to encourage young people and give them opportunity to grow. We employ and train rather than ask for experience. That is why we are different\u201d she says.\n\nIn a short meeting to wrap up the visit, Dr. Abraham of the MBFC noted that the company has demonstrated its commitment to God and the service of humanity. While praying that God will continue to strengthen it, he encouraged the management to keep on doing what is right and hold on to the principles of Christ.\n\nHe said further, \u201cWe had occasions to make some observations and we are enthused by the way you responded in a way more than we expected and we do also appreciate the corporate culture of greeting by the staff of the company. I discovered that every staff who passes by us greeted us. We have been to factories in other nations of the world and we see that Beloxxi is not left behind. We are impressed proud and satisfied that God has given us a gift in making Beloxxi stand out and we do express our appreciation to the staff and management of the company.\u201d\n\nWhile disclosing that that MBFC is a charity organization, he said, \u201cOur vision is to help both growing and well established business achieve their utmost potential.\u201d\n\nPost navigation\n\nAbout Gbenga Osinaike\n\nGbenga Osinaike is a 1992 graduate of Dramatic Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He specialised in Play-writing. He also holds a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Lagos. He was Assistant Editor in Punch Newspapers from where he resigned having worked for 13 years to start Church Times Nigeria in March 2007. He is currently the Nigeria representative of US based Institute of Global Church Studies and also the Publicity Secretary of the Lagos, Nigeria Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. He is married and blessed with two children."}
-{"text": "I am currently updating my large content mod, my pet mod, that adds robes and armors in cascading quantity to integrative KotOR II. It is completely compatible with vanilla base K2.\n\nThe next update (as of 8/6/11 - onward) will focus on compatibility with other mods and with current builds of restoration projects, also trimming some of the excess off the previous incarnations and making what's left sleeker and better integrated.\n\nCompatibility and content updates forthcoming, smoothness and some reduction of excessive adds from the previous sets of this content forthcoming.\n\nAny compatibility errors witnessed or favorite robes requested for updating or saving vs. other models or robe ideas for freed up equip slots ARE WELCOME! Lend me your ideas!\n\n--------------------\n\nFirst update is this Iridonian armor; attempting to clean it up and readd the Iridorian bounty hunter as an engagable opponent, repable armor and possibly voice mimiked VOs\n\n(There's gonna be a glut of robes placed in-game since I've reskinned for the movie master models and default jedi master models as sets, and there are eight Jal Shey replacements. That means I'll have like fifty textures to play with total so I'm gonna be overhauling all the robes in the game with juicy retextured replacements. I'll try to fit as many in as I can without being ridiculous.)\n\n- I'm including my overhaul of the armor icon system naturally since by now its the staple of the mod in all three versions.\n\nI don't have any pictures because I broke the feature in my janky K2 setup on my laptop, so it may be a while before I can provide anything reasonable as proof that this stuff is actually getting done because they just won't take.\n\nGreat to see you back around here 90SK Great stuff always enjoy seeing what your upto and always great to have a veteran modder back around the forum producing stuff. 90SK please feel free to use anything you like from Force Fashion II by the way, or to add my Revans Robes Revisioned to K2 should you so wish!\n\nThe full body flight suits pictured above are pending release on KotORfiles, I'll post in the taris upper city emporium section when its out. Also, I have packaged and submitted my Bao-Dur refitting mod that slims down Bao-Dur's overall look and makes him normally-bodied without a fake arm. Hopefully both of those will be posted relatively soon.\n\nThe larger content mod is shaping up nicely, I may even go so far as to add some sequential script stuff, though I don't know how much I can do and with what I have yet to decide... but things are going smooth so we'll see.\n\nwhile I think that the spaceman's armour has been nicely upscaled, and refined (with nice colour too), I don't think that the black body sock areas are working. Without shaded detail, they look like black voids, or holes that all light disappears into. I think they need some highlights, just to give it the appearance of rounded, volumnous muscles, rather than a flat, 2D area.\n\nThe robes are looking fantastic. I especially like how you've managed to work in that center 'collar-connected-to-rib-belt' thing that was part of the original model (that couldn't have been easy). The layered clothing (jackets, vests, shirts) is working well, and looking natural (just the right amount of shading along the edges).\n\n^ Spaceman armors are already pending release on kotorfiles, there's only so much I can do for that armor model as it is fairly low resolution, I used the flight suit slot and have four colorful variants so hopefully that'll be worth the timeframe I've put for its release. I do agree though that it could use work though I won't be updating it again for a while.\n\nI should say with total respect that while I appreciate the praise for the robes as that mod is salvaged and finished by me, it is not my original work and should thus not be credited to me in such totality. Their owners will be credited in readme format same as all the other authors helping me with material contributions.\n\nI'm working on install details right now, got two polished party members and all heavy armors, robes and M class armors accounted for and being polished. There are approximately 30 to replace the old 30, plus one perhaps that I think I added to the Onderon palace museum in the last mod, and also handmaiden's robe. still have to account for the added scenes NPCs merchants and placed custom item codes, so there's still a chance that there will be compatibility issues with this mod though I've written the instructions and layout to be plain as day and hopefully compatible with the TSLRCM which is my benchmark for compatibility. The brunt of files in this mod will be copy-type, while the scripts and dialog and merchants will probably still need to be install-type.\n\nThe heavy armors haven't really changed much since the last release. They're more or less in their final format, best ones pictures below + robe tease and Mandalore portrait.\n\nThey were my favorite part of the Super Content and they're my favorite part of whatever it is you're making now.\n\nIs there any chance you'll consider releasing a collection of your reskins as separate cheat-able items in-game?\n\nNo but I'm making giveitem code templates with the screenshots so getting them via the console in-game will be very easy.\n\nI am updating the super content mod once again, this time hopefully in a sleeker, more intuitive format that should be compatible with TSLRCM and M4-78EP mods.\n\nI'll provide giveitem codes matched to images so you cheaters out there can have easy access to the content. Also, I'm making installing this one as much of a no-brainer as possible, so that means a very comprehensive set of instructions in the readme and a similarly comprehensive installation process.\n\nBoth the files link to invalid pages, I found the flight suit page, but it won't let me download. Filefront has waaayy too many problems, can you upload to DeadlyStream, Mediafire, Megaupload, or such?\n\nBoth the files link to invalid pages, I found the flight suit page, but it won't let me download. Filefront has waaayy too many problems, can you upload to DeadlyStream, Mediafire, Megaupload, or such?\n\nThe large mod I'm currently working on will be more in keeping with the Ultimate Robe Pack I created some time ago, wherein it reworks the different robe content and also enhances the armors as well.\n\n-> The entire E and D class armors have been enhanced, mostly contrast tweaking but some recolors as well. My work with the heavy armors H class is finished, see previous screenshots. I have kept the master robe model with svosh collar fix as the jedi robe, with movie style master robes as the master robe (smaller jedi robe model is done away with).\n\n-> Added tunics with the marauder model, see previous screenshot. Jal shey armors are in J slot (revans robes) with four variations.\n\n-> Onderon bounty hunter encounter is intact, Telos/corpseDxun traveler sub NPC quest is also intact. I am attempting to remove the Nar Shaddaa merchant I added, but I'm keeping the one I put on Onderon.\n\n-> Canon synthesized Mandalore and shiny HK droids are both functional. I am playing through the game with TSLRCM and this mod (I'm calling it Style Synthesis Mod) installed to check for errors though I doubt I will find any, there were not installation conflicts. I have changed almost all clothing inventory textures and many UTI inventory clothing items but luckily they are practically untouched by the TSLRCM and the mandalore mod is TSLRCM compatible, and if there are module edits that change the vanilla defaults my mod will simply act over the changes in the same way they would act over the defaults.\n\n-> There are some easter eggs also like a polished version of the apprentice armor from VarsityPuppets Trayus Rank mod, so if you have that installed you'll see my version (hardly changed, just polished). Also see if you can find the gizka I added, hint it doesn't stray far from the mod it comes with hehehe though you will have to backtrack to find it."}
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-{"text": "Fall road biking just around the corner\n\nBiking through Silver Gate at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. NPS PHOTO\n\nMajority of park roads close Nov. 5\n\nBy Jessianne CastleEBS Contributor\n\nBOZEMAN \u2013 For two, sometimes three, weeks in November, cyclists have nearly exclusive access to Yellowstone National Park while managers transition from the summer to the winter season.\n\nThis year\u2019s biking period begins Monday, Nov. 5 when all park roads close to vehicles at 8 a.m. except the road between the north and northeast entrances, which remains open year-round. Once snow consistently flies, usually by mid- to late-November, the roads close to bikes to allow for snow accumulation that accommodates snowmobiles and snowcats.\n\nDuring the brief biking period, which also occurs during the spring shoulder season, cyclists may encounter the occasional Park Service or concessionaire vehicle, but otherwise the roads are wide open. Those wishing to do other activities, like roller ski or walk, are also welcome during this time.\n\nFrom West Yellowstone, consider one of two routes, either traveling to Madison junction and go south to Old Faithful, or head north and travel as far as Tower Fall or the Northeast entrance near Cooke City. With these route options, bikers can pick an easy jaunt to 7-mile bridge just past West Yellowstone, or extend the trip into a day-long excursion.\n\nThe route to Old Faithful is about 30 miles one-way, and for a large portion of the ride, the road follows the Firehole River. You could stop to explore a number of geyser basins along the way, including Fountain Paint Pots and Midway Geyser Basin and the brilliant Grand Prismatic Spring.\n\nShould you continue north from Madison Junction about 15 miles east of West Yellowstone, you\u2019ll be able to visit Norris, Mammoth Hot Springs, and Tower Fall\u2014a full 70-mile trip that may warrant a car shuttle. Remember that a portion of this route will remain open to cars and you can drive in from the North entrance to access the northern bike options more quickly.\n\nKelli Hart, co-owner of Freeheel and Wheel bicycle and ski shop in West Yellowstone, said she loves biking in Yellowstone in the fall. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those iconic experiences,\u201d she said, though she added that the fall season can be particularly challenging to plan due to weather.\n\n\u201cThe weather can turn at any time and anyone that rides in there should be ready for that,\u201d she said. For local conditions, Hart recommends visitors call Freeheel and Wheel, where they can also rent gear, as well as gloves and hats.\n\nVisit nps.gov or call Freeheel and Wheel at (406) 646-7744 to learn more."}
-{"text": "Tykocin\n\nTown in the Podlasie province of Poland; known in Yiddish as Tiktin. The first Jews settled in Tykocin in 1522 when the town\u2019s owner, Olbracht Gaszto\u0142d, brought in 10 families from Grodno (Hrodna) and permitted them to build a synagogue, establish a cemetery, and practice their trades. In 1537, the original privilege was extended to grant juridical autonomy to the Jewish community. In 1542, ownership of Tykocin passed to the crown, with subsequent kings affirming and extending privileges for Jewish residents in 1576, 1601, 1639, and 1650. In 1661, Stefan Czarniecki assumed the post of starosta (district official), a title that after his death passed to the Branicki family and then to the Potocki and Rostworowski families.\n\nJews settled in Kaczorowo, a section in the eastern district of Tykocin. The town\u2019s Jewish population expanded quickly: by 1559 it totaled 50 families; and in 1655 some 540 Jews were noted. According to the 1765 census of Tykocin and its surrounding villages, the Jewish population had risen to 2,694.\n\nThe Union of Lublin (1569) transferred Tykocin to Polish crown lands. However, several adjacent towns with affiliated communities\u2014Zab\u0142ud\u00f3w, Choroszcz, and Gr\u00f3dek\u2014found themselves within the borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This situation led to a dispute regarding jurisdiction over these settlements between the Tykocin community and that of Grodno, a conflict that continued well into the seventeenth century.\n\nIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Tykocin was the predominant Jewish community in Podlasie and northeastern Mazovia, as well as one of the most important in the Polish Commonwealth. It had well-established community authorities, and many outstanding scholars graced its rabbinate. Among these, the most acclaimed were Mena\u1e25em David ben Yits\u1e25ak, a student of Mosheh Isserles; and Shemu\u2019el Eli\u2018ezer ben Yehudah ha-Levi Edels (Maharsha, 1615\u20131631). Also associated with Tykocin is the learned Rivke bas Me\u2019ir of Tikotin (Rebecca of Tykocin), author of the moralistic women\u2019s manual Meynekes Rivke (Rebecca\u2019s Wet Nurse), which dates from the second half of the sixteenth century.\n\nThe prominence and relative prosperity of Tykocin\u2019s Jews resulted in large part from the town\u2019s location on important trade routes linking Polish lands and Lithuania. Jews of Tykocin traded with K\u00f6nigsberg, Vilna, Pozna\u0144, and Lublin, and also engaged in tax and tariff farming. Others worked in textiles, distilling, brewing, and milling. At the end of the eighteenth century, however, Tykocin\u2019s Jewish community began to lose its leading position to the rising community of Bia\u0142ystok.\n\nIn 1795, Tykocin fell under Prussian rule, becoming part of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 and of the Congress Kingdom of Poland in 1815. In 1827, Tykocin\u2019s Jews numbered 2,701, making up 63.6 percent of the population; in 1857 this number had risen to 3,456 (69.9%). By 1897, though, the Jewish population had fallen to 2,484, or 59 percent of Tykocin\u2019s total population, and by 1921 only 1,461 Jews resided there, constituting less than half (48.8%) of the population. By this point they worked mainly in small-scale commerce and crafts and were best known for their production of prayer shawls.\n\nIn the interwar period, the Zionist movement grew especially strong in Tykocin. The town\u2019s Tarbut organization established a school and a library. The Agudas Yisroel party was also active; it established a Beys Yankev girls\u2019 school. From 1939 to 1941, the Soviets occupied the town. On 26\u201327 August 1941, the Germans, having taken over, shot 1,400 of Tykocin\u2019s Jews in the nearby village of \u0141opuchowo, sending approximately another 150 to the Bia\u0142ystok ghetto.\n\nOf Tykocin\u2019s community there remains a brick synagogue, built in 1642 to replace an earlier wooden one. In the 1970s the synagogue was restored; it currently houses a Judaica museum. The brick bet midrash, built in 1772\u20131798 and rebuilt after its destruction during World War II, now houses a regional museum. A two-volume reconstruction of the communal record book, Pinkas kehal Tiktin (1996\u20131999, based on transcriptions made by Israel Halpern) was published by Mordekhai Nadav."}
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-{"text": "Ivan Perisic 'Wants to Join Tottenham' After Missing Out on January Move to Arsenal\n\n\u200bTottenham are now favourites to sign Ivan Perisic from Inter after a January move to Arsenal fell through, according to reports from Italy.\n\nPerisic handed in a transfer request during the last week of the transfer window, with Arsenal reportedly keen to sign him on loan until the end of the season before making the move permanent next summer.\n\nThat move failed to materialise, and it was reported that Perisic would actually prefer to join \u200bTottenham; however, Mauricio Pochettino did not make an approach for the Croatian winger.\n\nTuttosport (via \u200bSport Witness) reports that Perisic is still determined to play in the Premier League and his interest may at last be reciprocated by Tottenham, who are preparing for next season.\n\nThe Italian outlet claims that Perisic is now 'betrothed' to Spurs ahead of a summer wedding, and could become the first new signing to join Mauricio Pochettino's squad in 18 months.\n\nIt is likely that the transfer would be a cash-plus-players deal, with Moussa Sissoko and \u200bSerge Aurier named as possibilities who could be used in part exchange.\n\nSigning a 30-year-old player who would command a high salary doesn't sound like a typical move for Pochettino, who has built his team around a young core of attacking players, but Tuttosport is adamant that Perisic will be a Tottenham player next season.\n\n\u200bArsenal are highly unlikely to re-enter the race for Perisic after \u200bInter manager Luciano Spalletti slammed the Gunners for misleading Perisic with talk of a bid that never materialised.\n\nInter Milan star Ivan Peri\u0161i\u0107 is set to sign for Tottenham Hotspur in the summer, with the player always preferring a move to Spurs over Arsenal. [Tuttosport] #THFCpic.twitter.com/hGI83euVQI"}
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-{"text": "Network Rail paid out \u00a328,000 after a passenger \u2018possibly slipped\u2019 on pigeon poo at Paddington station. Details of the incident at the west London station \u2013 in which the victim hurt their leg \u2013 were revealed in response to a Freedom of Information request by the BBC.\n\nA total of more than \u00a3950,000 was paid out by Network Rail for 290 claims over the past five years for slips, trips and falls resulting in compensation claims at the 20 stations it manages in England and Scotland.\n\nIn some instances this included money towards claimants\u2019 legal costs.\n\nThe largest single payout was \u00a340,000 after a passenger \u2018slipped on some liquid and landed heavily on their right hip\u2019 at London Charing Cross.\n\nNetwork Rail\u2019s head of claims and insurance, Philip Thrower, said: \u2018We\u2019re a big company that takes our responsibilities seriously. With tens of millions of people using our stations every day; only a tiny fraction of a percent experience a mishap. Horse waits for train on South Shields metro platform\n\n\u2018If we are at fault for causing damage or injury to anyone, we rightly compensate them for those accidents and put in place new ways of working to stop them from happening again.\u2019\n\nOther accidents which led to successful compensation claims include:\n\nA passenger slipped on an uneven surface while walking towards a train at Euston (\u00a317,000);\n\nA large puddle of water caused a passenger to slip while crossing a bridge at Leeds station (\u00a310,000);\n\nA passenger slipped on \u2018discarded tomato sauce\u2019 on the concourse at London Liverpool Street, hurting their wrist and both knees (\u00a36,000).\n\nVictoria station in London was the location for the most successful claims, with 44. This was followed by London Waterloo and Leeds (both 32), Euston (27) and Liverpool Street (24). The lowest amount paid was \u00a310 after a passenger suffered \u2018personal injury and damage/messing to suit\u2019 when they slipped on ice at an entrance to Victoria.\n\nPigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.\n\nVoted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products eight years in a row."}
-{"text": "BioSense Plus\u2122 Support Topper with Gel Fusion\u2122 Sleep Surface\n\nShips Free!\nAdds luxurious, pressure-relieving support to any bed. With advanced temp control.\n\nBioSense\u00ae Memory Foam provides support where you need it most.\n\nConforms to the precise contours of your body\n\nHelps alleviate pressure in hips, shoulders and legs\n\nHelps dissipate body heat, keeping you comfortable\n\n4\" topper builds overall bed height\n\nSoft microfiber cover is removable and washable\n\nNOTE: requires deep-pocket fitted sheets\n\nBioSense\u00ae 4-Way Sleep Support System This is no ordinary mattress topper. The BioSense Plus\u2122 Support topper incorporates four layers designed to work together to create the most comfortable sleep environment possible. It relieves pressure from head to toe, and helps regulate a comfortable sleep temperature all night long. \u2013Gel Fusion\u2122 sleep surface \u20131 \u00bd\" BioSense\u00ae memory foam to relieve pressure \u00ac\u2013\u00bd\" NUREST\u00ae foam for bounce \u20132\" Support foam\n\nGel Fusion\u2122 sleep surface A layer of gel on top feels cool and helps dissipate body heat, keeping you comfortable all night long.\n\nPressure-relieving BioSense\u00ae memory foam Perfectly supports the contours of your body. \u201cRe-sets\u201d itself as you change positions throughout the night.\n\nIncludes natural ingredients to neutralize odors Our BioSense\u00ae memory foam is made with the perfect combination of green tea, charcoal and seed oil to help naturally neutralize odors.\n\nVentilated design Maintains airflow for comfortable full-body support in any climate.\n\nWhen I received the topper it had an odor. I let it air out but the odor is still there. It smells like Mildew/Mold. I am hoping this will go away. It does mold well to your form, but it is hard to change positions. I am not as happy with the product as I had hoped to be."}
-{"text": "Sponsor\n\nSponsor\n\nMinneapolis VA expands network of rural clinics\n\nVA community-based clinic in HaywardPhoto courtesy of the Veterans Administration\n\nThe medical director of the Minneapolis VA's network of community clinics, Dr. Michael Koopmeiners, says with Rice Lake open for business, the Minneapolis VA completes a years-long effort to ensure most veterans in its coverage area are no more than about 30-miles from a VA doctor's office.\n\n\"These clinics have been on the docket for several years and it's been somewhat frustrating for the veterans out in the Wisconsin area that it's taken a little bit of struggle to get these clinics going,\" Koopmeiners says. \"I think for Minneapolis it completes our ring. It just a nice job of completing our goals of getting to the veterans.\"\n\nVets in Rice Lake have been closely following the process that's led to their clinic, according to the commander of the Rice Lake and Barron County American Legion posts, Jim Sanders.\n\n\"I lost track of the number of phone calls in the last three months,\" Sanders said in a telephone interview from the Rice Lake American Legion Club.\n\nThe VA clinic will save a lot of vets a lot time and money, Sanders says.\n\n\"We've been pushing for it for years because we always felt it was kind of dumb for these guys to travel these humongous miles,\" Sanders explained. \"I would venture to say that these guys who are reluctant to go that far over there will probably get a lot better care and be seen a little bit more often. make their final years just a little bit easier.\"\n\n\u201cIt's the best thing since sliced bread. I've already been there twice!\u201d\n\nHayward VA clinic user and Navy veteran Jim Gustafson\n\nFor younger veterans with jobs, the community-based clinics will make getting medical care much more feasible because it means they won't have to take time from work.\n\nLike the seven other community-based clinics in the Minneapolis VA network, the Rice Lake office will offer a wide range of services. Vets can be seen for minor injuries and illnesses. They can also get follow-up care for serious conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. And there's mental health counseling.\n\nSanders, from the American Legion, says he and other Rice Lake area vets have plans to make the new VA clinic their own.\n\nIn June the VA opened a community-based clinic in Hayward, about an hour northeast of Rice Lake.\n\nThe VA says the Hayward clinic was supposed to be open two or three days a week, but it's now running Monday through Friday because of strong demand for health care among area veterans. Among those vets is Jim Gustafson who served in the Navy.\n\n\"It's the best thing since sliced bread,\" Gustafson says. \"I've already been there twice.\"\n\nGustafson, 63-years-old, says he needs regular check-ups for his heart condition and his diabetes. He lives about 12 miles from the Hayward clinic. For him and other area veterans, having the local clinic means going to the doctor no longer involves a van ride to Minneapolis and a day-long commitment.\n\n\"I like Minneapolis but is was like, oh man you dread (it)-- because it's such a long day,\" Gustafson says.\n\nNow that it's easier to get VA health care, Gustafson says he'll likely be going in more often rather putting off clinic visits because of the long-drive. That's exactly what the VA wants, according to Dr. Michael Koopmeiners.\n\n\"If we can get a veteran who has, let's say, congestive heart failure, to be seen on a more regular basis we know that that reduces hospital stays and that's a significant savings,\" says Koopmeiners. \"So we know we can save money by providing good care upfront and helping the veteran stay healthy and preventing the secondary complications. The veteran wins and we win because our money goes farther to serve the vets.\"\n\nIn addition to the two new clinics in western Wisconsin, the Minneapolis VA is expanding most of its existing community-based clinics. There are also plans for a 9th clinic somewhere in the northwest metro area of the Twin Cities within the next year and a half."}
-{"text": "Daft Punk Unveils \u201cThe Collaborators Series\u201d\n\nDaft Punk have updated their website to add a new series featuring the collaborators on their upcoming album, Random Access Memories. The first episode features the Grammy and Academy award winner, Giorgio Moroder. This is the first of the series that will be published by The Creators Project, a video project from Intel and VICE. Be sure to check out Daft Punk\u2018s album website randomaccessmemories.com for more info.\n\nGiorgio Moroder ended this first episode on the following note, leaving us even more excited for the upcoming album:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of overwhelmingly [with] a lot of stuff coming out, so Daft Punk wanted to do something and do it in a way that\u2019s not done by just pushing a note or a chord. You hear that it\u2019s nice and full and the drums and the bass have that warm, full sound. It\u2019s time to have something new in the dance world. I love disco dance anyway, but this is like a step forward. They had to do something which is different, still dance, still electronic, but give that human touch back.\u201d\n\nEditor-in-Chief. I am a student Ithaca College in central New York and hail from Northampton, Massachusetts. If you have some feedback, want to talk music or just want to say hi you can get in touch with me at [email protected] Also, you can follow me on twitter at @Jacob_YourEDM."}
-{"text": "Things You Need To Know About Card Authorization\n\nHave you ever wondered what happens \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d when you hit the \u2018Pay\u2019 button on a website? When you make a purchase with a credit or debit card, a card authorization request is sent to the issuer to verify that the card is valid. Here\u2019s how.\n\nCredit card authorization is an approval that the customer has sufficient funds on their card to pay for the transaction. This is the approval from an issuer, usually through a credit card processor. If the customer details are correct and there are enough funds in their account, the specified amount is held and then deducted from customer\u2019s credit limit.\n\nLet\u2019s dive deeper into the process.\n\nWhenever a transaction is made with a credit or debit card, the merchant sends a request to the acquirer, usually through a credit card processor, such as SecurionPay. Then, the acquirer submits a request to the issuer (What is an issuing bank?) to review the customer\u2019s account, check if the customer\u2019s card is valid and whether they have the required funds to complete the transaction.\n\nIf there are enough funds to cover the cost of the sale, the authorization hold is placed on the customer\u2019s account, so the credit line is reduced by the amount of the sale. This means that, in return, the acquirer gets a code of approval or error code. As you might guess, if an error code is issued, the transaction was not completed.\n\nBy placing an authorization hold for credit or debit card transaction, merchants can protect their business from fraud or chargebacks. They can block funds temporarily for a transaction to verify it and make sure they will get paid.\n\nWhat happens with the \u2018authorization hold\u2019? In short, it is removed when a merchant captures the charge or when the authorization expires (after 5 days). Blocking funds on the customer\u2019s card gives some time to verify and then capture the funds to complete a transaction.\n\nHere\u2019s how the process looks when the authorization fails.\n\nMost payment processors notify online customers about failures automatically by displaying a certain notification of why their transaction was not completed. On the other hand, a merchant can see the cause of the failure, identified by its error code. The error codes can differ based on the acquirer. These could be some technical issues or problems with the information sent to the processor, such as a wrong configuration, missing value in the online form, etc. In many cases, error codes are usually related to a customer\u2019s account.\n\nRelated posts\n\nSandra Wr\u00f3bel-Konior\n\nA well-established Content Marketing Specialist with a tech-savvy personality, experience in writing, and a passion for reading. Staying up to date with the latest technology and social media trends, in love with GIFs."}
-{"text": "\u2018Homeless Jesus\u2019 provokes debate on what it means to be Christian\n\nIn a small college town 20 miles north of Charlotte, \u201cHomeless Jesus\u201d is provoking more conversation than a month of Sunday sermons.\n\nThe life-size sculpture depicting a figure asleep under a blanket on a park bench lies outside St. Alban\u2019s Episcopal Church. The nail-scarred feet peeking out from under the blanket are the only indication that Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz is making a religious statement about Jesus.\n\nThe hollow, bronze piece bolted to the park bench is a $22,000 gift from a church member intended to support public art.\n\nThat\u2019s a small price to pay to get people thinking about what it means to be a Christian \u2013 and what it means for \u201cHomeless Jesus\u201d to take up residence in a community of 270 townhomes and single-family homes, said the Rev. David Buck, the rector of St. Alban\u2019s.\n\n\u201cYou love it, you hate it, it makes you think,\u201d said Buck, who has been happily overwhelmed by the thousands of responses he\u2019s personally received or read online. \u201cIt\u2019s gone viral!\u201d\n\nSt. Alban\u2019s neighbor John Chesser, who walked past \u201cHomeless Jesus\u201d on the way to pick up his mail one sunny Sunday morning, had another response: \u201cIt\u2019s a little creepy.\u201d\n\nIt makes sense that \u201cHomeless Jesus,\u201d a copy of Schmalz\u2019s original work, found a home outside St. Alban\u2019s. Buck says the congregation of 800 members fills a \u201cliberal, high-church niche,\u201d is gay-friendly and embraces the arts and sciences. The church draws a number of faculty, staff and students from Davidson College a mile or so down the road.\n\nBuck, 64, led a Southern Baptist church outside Charlotte until the Southern Baptist Convention grew too conservative for his liking. He switched denominations and says he never dreamed he\u2019d have the chance to serve a church like St. Alban\u2019s.\n\nThe saga of \u201cHomeless Jesus\u201d has stirred Buck\u2019s juices more than he could ever have hoped.\n\nWith the church in the middle of an upscale community, the congregation agreed that it\u2019s the perfect place to display a piece of public art.\n\n\u201cHomeless Jesus\u201d was bolted down in February, beside a bronze plaque with the familiar words from Matthew 25:40 \u2013 \u201cTruly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.\u201d\n\nThe news stories started coming almost immediately: The Charlotte Observer, The Christian Post, The Huffington Post.\n\nPublic reaction quickly followed on both sides.\n\nBuck said someone attached a note to the sculpture saying this isn\u2019t the way to remember Jesus. A reader posted a somewhat sarcastic response to The Christian Post story: \u201cThe Episcopal Church, huh? Shocking.\u201d\n\nChesser, the neighbor walking to get his mail, calls the piece \u201cdark\u201d and \u201cmacabre\u201d \u2013 so dark and macabre, it never occurred to him to think about whether it belongs in a community like his. Neighbor Jerry Dawson wrote a letter to the editor at the online davidsonnews.net saying it doesn\u2019t belong.\n\n\u201cMy complaint is not about the art-worthiness or the meaning behind the sculpture. It is about people driving into our beautiful, reasonably upscale neighborhood and seeing an ugly homeless person sleeping on a park bench.\u201d\n\nBob Cameron, president of the St. Alban\u2019s Square Neighborhood Association, said he invited Dawson to air his concerns at a board meeting. Meanwhile, the association has not taken a position on \u201cHomeless Jesus,\u201d and neither has he.\n\nSupporters have spoken up as well, in and out of St. Alban\u2019s.\n\n\u201cIt makes us all more aware of homelessness, that there are others who are not as fortunate as we are,\u201d said church member Alice Mietz, who lives about 20 yards from the piece.\n\nAs Buck was seated on a bench outside the church, making the case for the sculpture, Mike Schaefer of Roanoke, Va., stopped his car in front of \u201cHomeless Jesus\u201d and jumped out to snap a picture before heading home.\n\n\u201cAs Christians, we need to be more aware of the homeless among us,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cAttaboy!\u201d Buck exclaimed in response. \u201cQuote him!\u201d\n\nSuch is the brouhaha that the Rev. John Kuykendall, who lives a mile or so from church, drove over one day to see what all the fuss is about.\n\nThe retired president of Davidson College and a Presbyterian preacher, Kuykendall believes St. Alban\u2019s is prophetic for welcoming Jesus in the guise of a homeless man asleep on a park bench. There are more references in the gospels to Jesus\u2019 relationship with the poor than anything else, Kuykendall says. \u201cWhere it says the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head, that means he\u2019s homeless.\u201d\n\nBefore heading home for Sunday lunch, Buck had one more point to make: There\u2019s a good reason why the artist left room for one person on the bench next to \u201cHomeless Jesus.\u201d Perhaps people will take a seat beside Jesus and pray.\n\nNever miss a local story.\n\nSign up today for a free 30 day free trial of unlimited digital access."}
-{"text": "Join us at Fox River Harley Davidson, 131 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL for our Annual Kneeze In The Breeze Run! This yearly event chooses an ideal destination that appeals to all riders. For more information, check out our FB page or contact dukanepresident@aol.com"}
-{"text": "p.s. the background is a T-shirt from New York that my neighbour bought back as a present for me last month, & my daughter will be visiting NYC in October with her school... I could do the phone box in a black New York ashtray too."}
-{"text": "College of Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio Online Magazine\n\nStudent Profile: Ogechukwu Madu\n\nElectrical Engineer | Houston, TX | Age 21 | Senior\n\nI was cap student and was supposed to transfer to UT but I was getting a good amount of financial aid here so I decided to stay, and I just really liked it here.\n\nWhy did you want to be an engineer?\n\nWhen my family first bought a computer, I took it apart to see how it worked. Ever since then, it just felt right to be an engineer.\n\nWhat\u2019s your favorite class?\n\nMy favorite class was digital system designs with professor Lee. He made the class fun, and I enjoyed designing different circuits.\n\nOther than engineering, what else do you do?\n\nI am involved in cheerleading at UTSA. My friend and I got an email from the coach and the email said they were looking for \u201cbig dudes.\u201d So my friend went to check it out and told me it was pretty cool. I joined and really enjoyed helping the girls with their stunts and stuff.\n\nWhat sort of tricks or stunts can you do?\n\nI can do a backflip, but that\u2019s about it really.\n\nWhat other organizations are you in?\n\nI am in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE).\n\nHave you had any internships?\n\nOne fall I had a co-op with Toyota engineering. One of the things I learned while there was to write everything down that I would do for the day. And I took that skill and applied it to my everyday life. I still use it now, and it really helps. I\u2019ve also done an internship with ST Aerospace. From that internship I learned a lot more about airplanes than I ever thought I\u2019d know. It was a lot of hands-on type of stuff.\n\nWhat would be your dream job?\n\nMy dream job would probably involve being the manager of a reputable engineering company and overseeing a lot of the aspects of the job.\n\nStudent Profile: Rani Putri\n\nElectrical Engineer | Indonesia | Age 20 | Senior\n\nWhere are you originally from?\n\nI was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and then my family moved to Sumatra where I lived for 16 years. I\u2019ve also lived in Saudi Arabia, Houston and California. I came to UTSA as an international student because my friend suggested it.\n\nWhat made you choose UTSA specifically?\n\nI\u2019d never heard of UTSA before, but my friend told me she went to UTSA and that she really liked it. I went to the UTSA website and saw how great the school was and after more research I found out that the engineering program was really good as well, so that\u2019s why I came to UTSA.\n\nWhy did you want to be an engineer?\n\nI took an electrical engineering class in Indonesia and I enjoy electrical things. I like all the resistors and stuff. Initially, I wanted to study psychology but my dad convinced me to do engineering.\n\nWhat\u2019s your favorite class?\n\nI would say Lab One was my favorite class because I got to experience hands-on type of stuff. It didn\u2019t involve a lot of calculations, there weren\u2019t any integrals or derivatives. We built transformers, and I liked building the circuits and everything.\n\nOther than engineering, what else do you do?\n\nI play trumpet, guitar, piano and violin. I also started singing when I was a little girl. I got my first guitar in elementary school after I saw my friend with one and I thought it was cool. I am more or less self-taught with the guitar and piano, but learned the trumpet in marching band and I took lessons to learn how to play the violin.\n\nWhich is your favorite instrument?\n\nThe guitar is my favorite instrument. I just take my guitar with me everywhere."}
-{"text": "The campaigns people of Derbyshire believe in\n\nstock signature\\ forged signature\n\nPublished:16:31Friday 15 April 2016\n\nFrom serious subjects regarding transport links or schools to the opening of fast food chains you Derbsyhire folk are a passionate bunch and we have done a round up of the online petitions you have created to try and bring about change.\n\nRe-open the Railway line from Butterley\n\nJames Wyatt who created the petition said: \u201cI think Derbyshire County Council should back this petition, because something needs to be done in order to reopen this railway line, and bring back trains to the area.\n\n\u201cTrains are needed in this area, in order to reconnect this part of the county that hasn\u2019t had a train pass through it in over fifty years.\u201d\n\nMore than 5,500 people have signed this petition to rebuild and reopen the American Adventure theme park in a different location.\n\nCreator Declan Salmon said: \u201cMe and my friend have come up with a new design and plan to relocate the park with modern roller coasters and attractions.\n\n\u201cSo sign this petition and let\u2019s see if we can get The American Adventure Theme Park Back open for business with brand new attractions and coasters. The sooner you sign, the better chance we have of getting American Adventure back.\u201d\n\nHe plans to send it Derbyshire County Council and Erewash Borough Council.\n\nAdam Godsall feel passionately about the school being closed for voting because he feels there is double standards for not having children in education and wants to change this.\n\nHe said: \u201cWe as parents are penalised for taking children out of school during term, but it\u2019s ok for Erewash Borough Council to ignore these rules, and close schools at will, placing undue pressure on the schools own discretion to stay open.\n\n\u201cAnd causing undue stress to parents who struggle to find alternative care for their children when unexpectedly forced to be off school.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Driving up Baseline road toward Chautauqua, you can't miss the white, stately, modern Wilbur Williams house located at 1434 Baseline road. Completed in 1937, the home will celebrate it's 75th birthday next year. To read the full story of this house and more from On the Corner 2011 click here."}
-{"text": "The rent is. $190 a week and for the slightly bigger room $200 payed weekly and ALL BILLS INCLUDED!\n\nTo move in it is first weeks rent and two weeks bond.\n\nThe house is located on the Eastwood side of Ermington just off the top end of Marsden road.\n\nHouse has everything you would need. Fully contained kitchen, air fryer, rice cooker, slow cooker 2 fridges, big living room area, Tv, Free wifi, Huge back yard which backs off onto parkland and there's a big outdoor area with bbq and plenty of seating . Smoking outside only. There's one main bathroom and another toilet area just outside. Lots of parking area out front.\n\nCurrently there is one staying in the house and we all work and come and go so there's lots of privacy and free space to enjoy.\n\nMust be able to be clean up after yourself, PAY YOUR RENT ON TIME , be employed and take your shoes off at the door.\n\nOver the past couple of years I have had many people from all over the world come and stay so travelers are welcome.\nThere's plenty of camping area in the back and a large fire pit."}
-{"text": "September 16, 2011\n\nI reported yesterday that TfL is planning to increase fares on average by RPI+2 each year until 2018, and Travelcard prices by RPI+3 over the same period, the supposed justification being that rail fares are to rise by RPI+3. I briefly discussed the implications of this discrepancy, but had a subsequent conversation which led me to consider a different case.\n\nI don\u2019t know about you, but I always feel short-changed if I buy a season pass for a transport network and then find I\u2019d have been better off paying for each journey individually. How likely is this to happen for someone living in Ealing, but working in central London a) now and b) in 2018?\n\nCase 1: A morning and evening peak commuter\nThis individual uses the tube during the morning and evening peak and sometimes catches a bus back from the station.\n\nIn the following table I\u2019ve ignored inflation and just increased costs by 2 or 3% p.a. So in today\u2019s prices a zone 1-3 Travelcard will cost \u00a341.55 in 2018, compared to \u00a334.80 in 2012.\n\nSo whereas in 2012 our peak commuter would only have to catch the bus 3 times in 2012 to avoid feeling cheated on a weekly Travelcard, he\u2019ll have to catch it 5 times in 2018. If, like me, he walks to and from the station most of the time, he\u2019ll be in a bit of a dilemma by 2018 as to whether or not to buy a weekly Travelcard.\n\nCase 2: A morning peak and evening peak/off-peak commuter\nIt gets even worse in the case I actually discussed yesterday. The evening peak is from 16:00 to 19:00, so many people working in London may not actually travel home until off-peak fares apply. If this happens 3 times in a week, then the calculation changes somewhat:\n\nBy 2018 this commuter will need to use the Travelcard on more than one bus each work-day (or for leisure journeys) to justify the expenditure.\n\nPersonally I feel the Travelcard should be a better deal. In London, it seems, regular tube users are likely to pay as much per journey as occasional travellers. And it seems unfair for commuters to have a dilemma as to whether to by a season ticket or not \u2013 I haven\u2019t even discussed the effect of Bank Holidays, leave, sick-days and occasional home-working. This is the opposite of the case for main-line rail commuters who get a tremendous deal compared to the occasional traveller.\n\nFrom TfL\u2019s point of view inflating the cost of Travelcards relative to pay as you go (PAYG) fares may also not make sense in the long-run. The result may be that more of us in suburban London stop buying Travelcards and instead cut out as many bus and tube journeys as possible. As I said yesterday, \u201cmaybe it hasn\u2019t occurred to TfL that people might consume less of their product when they put the prices up\u201d.\n\nIt turns out that TfL has a Business Plan based on fare rises of RPI+2%. News to me, most likely totally unjustifiable, but certainly worthy of discussion.\n\nFirst, are we to believe that TfL\u2019s costs rise faster than general inflation? This seems unlikely, though we do know that many of their employees are extraordinarily privileged to the extent that they apparently deserve a bonus just for doing their job during the Olympics. A lot of people will be working then, and the vast majority will be paid their normal salary, and would expect nothing more. I don\u2019t support the present government, but I was rather hoping they might look at strike law with a view to stopping Londoners being continually held to ransom.\n\nSecond, on the customer side, how is it possible to bear continual above inflation rises in transport costs? I\u2019m thinking of low-paid workers travelling into central London. The cost of a weekly Travelcard (tube and bus) season in 2012 will be \u00a334.80 to zone 3, \u00a342.60 to zone 4, after rises of 8.1% in each case. That\u2019s about \u00a31 per hour of work! Surely the minimum wage for central London needs to be higher than elsewhere to compensate? Assuming your pay rises roughly in line with inflation (which is doing well these days), then, if you have to spend more on transport, you have to spend less on something else. That is unsustainable. TfL is not like national rail, which, as the Transport Secretary pointed out this week, is now a service for the wealthy. It is simply not realistic for TfL to increase its prices by more than RPI for a long period of time, unless the lowest wages are increasing by at least the same rate.\n\nSo why has TfL adopted the RPI+2% formula? Maybe the document I downloaded doesn\u2019t tell me everything I need to know after all. There seem to be a lot of TfL Business Plans, but the 2009 one for 2009/10 to 2017/18 tells us what we need to know:\n\n\u201c\u2026fares in January 2011 and in subsequent years are now assumed to rise at RPI plus two per cent.\u201d\n\nSo it is indefinite. And the purpose is clearly to increase the proportion of operating costs covered by fares and therefore reduce what TfL term \u201cNet operating expenditure\u201d:\n\nExcerpt from TfL Business Plan 2009/10 - 2017/18\n\nLet\u2019s just note in passing that the congestion charge is going to raise less in 2017/18 than 2009/10!\n\nBizarrely, TfL don\u2019t state what the figures in the table refer to. Presumably they\u2019re 2009 \u00a3s (i.e. adjusted for inflation). Assuming that is the case, TfL assumes a steady growth (several % p.a. varying erratically) in passenger numbers as well as a 2% annual increase in the fares. They say:\n\n\u201cAs the economy recovers from recession, it is projected that demand will return to current levels by 2012 and then continue to grow strongly as London\u2019s employment and population increase, with demand reaching record levels by the end of the Plan.\u201d\n\nThis is a fairly heroic assumption, as it seems to assume a very low elasticity of demand \u2013 maybe it hasn\u2019t occurred to TfL that people might consume less of their product when they put the prices up. I\u2019ll return to this point in due course.\n\nTfL\u2019s Business Plan suggests they expect costs to also rise by several % p.a. more than inflation, and also erratically, with a bigger increase in 2012/13 presumably to reflect the need to bribe the staff not to disrupt the Olympics, and in 2017/18, perhaps because Crossrail comes onstream (though there is no concomitant increase in fare revenue).\n\nSo in answer to my earlier questions, it seems that unlike every other field of economic activity, running London Transport becomes less and less efficient with time. And low-paid London commuters are expected to pay an ever-increasing proportion of their income on transport.\n\nIt seems to make sense that the fare-payer should cover the cost of the service, but let\u2019s make a few observations:\n\n1. Unlike many others, the London transport market is not segmented, so that those who can pay more do (compare walk-on national rail or air fares with advance tickets). I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m a fan of dramatic market segmentation. It creates its own problems, such as making urgent travel punitively expensive for everyone. But in an unequal society, it does allow some access to services for the less well off. Obviously it\u2019d be better to have greater income equality in London, but until that happy day, subsidising fares helps alleviate the problem.\n\n2. The fare-payer is not the only beneficiary of the London transport network. Just as, in the \u201980s and \u201990s, out of town superstores and malls benefited from the motorway network, such as London\u2019s M25, (and generally improved roads), so the new millennium has seen similar developments \u2013 notably London\u2019s twin east and west Westfields (or perhaps the new one should be an Eastfield?) \u2013 piggybacking on the city\u2019s public transport network. Maybe these businesses should chip in and subsidise fares from the taxes they and their customers pay.\n\n3. Just as for customers, businesses benefit from the availability of employees. They don\u2019t pay a higher minimum wage even for staff having to travel into the centre of London. Maybe they should, but in the meantime it doesn\u2019t seem entirely unfair for businesses and higher paid employees to subsidise the fares of the low-paid through the tax system. \u00a31 travel cost for each hour of work is a lot for those earning little more than the minimum wage of \u00a36/hour.\n\n4. Today\u2019s fares shouldn\u2019t subsidise investment. That should be paid for by future fares, i.e. the beneficiaries of the investment. And in fact, the goal in TfL\u2019s Business Plan is not apparently to increase fares to pay for more investment. So when Boris mentions investment in the same bluster as higher fares he\u2019s actually being misleading and trying to deflect criticism.\n\nAnd on top of this, there\u2019s an anomaly in the pricing scheme \u2013 this is what really got my goat and prompted me to delve into the mire of transport fares once again:\n\n\u201cTravelcard season prices increase by 8% overall because of the link with National Rail fares which, as approved by the Secretary of State for Transport, are to rise by 8% (RPI+3%).\u201d\n\nWhat tosh.\n\nFares other than Travelcards are going to increase by RPI+2% (7% this year), but Travelcards are going to increase by RPI+3%, because you might get the train.\n\nDo they think we\u2019re stupid?\n\nThe price for a mainline train within London is the same as the price for the same journey by tube. I can go to Ealing Broadway and get a train to Paddington or I could get the tube there. I\u2019d touch in and touch out with my Oyster card the same either way.\n\nThe daily limit applies just the same whether I use tubes and buses or tubes, trains and buses.\n\nNo, increasing the weekly limit faster than other fares (and remember this won\u2019t happen just this year, but indefinitely until the policy changes) affects certain people disproportionately. The sort of people most affected are those who use the system most, that is, those dependent on it most likely to get to work, that is, those with least choice.\n\nI\u2019m in zone 3. If you need to get a bus and tube to and from work \u2013 and tube stations are thin on the ground out here, so often a long walk \u2013 then you\u2019re going to need a weekly Travelcard (\u00a332.20 in 2011; \u00a334.80 in 2012), given that 10 peak pay as you go (PAYG) zone 1-3 tube journeys alone cost \u00a329 in 2011 and \u00a331 in 2012.\n\nOf course, the tragic thing about all this is that many Londoners get the bus all the way into the centre to save a few pounds at the expense of perhaps an hour a day. But even they\u2019re being screwed. The cost of a 7 day bus and tram pass is rising by 7.3% from \u00a317.80 in 2011 to \u00a319.10 in 2012. I can understand why the individual bus fare is increasing by 7.7% \u2013 that\u2019s to keep a round number (\u00a31.40 in 2012 after \u00a31.30 in 2011). But \u00a319.00 for the weekly pass would have been a 6.7% increase. Why not stop there? Gratuitous.\n\nAs far as I can see, the main beneficiaries of the fare changes for 2012 are off-peak occasional tube travellers for whom the zone 1-2 fare rises by only 5.3% (\u00a31.90 to \u00a32 \u2013 OK a nice round figure) and the zone 1-4 fares by a mere 4% (\u00a32.50 to \u00a32.60). For the last, \u00a32.70 would only have represented an 8% increase. It seems fairer somehow to impact what is most likely discretionary travel a little more and that for people trying to make ends meet a little less.\n\nWhat else could be done to help the low-paid? Besides fair pay, that is.\n\nWell, here\u2019s another curious anomaly. \u201cPeak\u201d in regard to the daily limit means 4:30-9:30am. That is, if you travel between those hours the daily cap will be the peak rate (\u00a310.80 in 2012, rather than the off-peak \u00a37.80). But if you don\u2019t reach the daily limit and just pay as you go, the peak is 6:30-9:30am and 4-7pm (16:00-19:00). Odd. Why not give people more of an incentive to travel before 6:30am, when presumably there is spare capacity? Why not make the peak daily limit apply only if you travel between 6:30 and 9:30am? Wouldn\u2019t this be sensible demand-management? It would help at least some of those who currently spend more than the off-peak daily limit because they take a bus and tube to work (e.g. in zone 3 in 2012 a pre 6:30am tube fare, a peak return fare and two bus fares would come to \u00a32.60 + \u00a33.10 + 2x\u00a31.40 = \u00a38.50, above the off-peak cap of \u00a37.80 but below the \u00a310.80 peak cap).\n\nThe case I\u2019m most interested in is my own, of course. It\u2019s the borderline case, where I may as well walk to and from the tube station rather than catch the 297 (or infrequent E10). If the service were more frequent I might take the 297 to Ealing Broadway. As it is, I never do, because I don\u2019t know how long I\u2019ll have to wait, at least until I get to the stop, when there may be a few clues. When I come out of the station, though, I can sometimes see the bus waiting, or at least a queue of people. I\u2019d take it more often if they actually bothered to display a departure time. But sometimes it comes down to a cost consideration. Basically, I\u2019ll rarely pay the full fare. I might take the bus, though, if I reckon I\u2019ll hit the daily limit.\n\nI note that for 2012 the daily limits for zones 1-3 are increasing by more than the relevant tube fares. The peak daily limit is going up from \u00a310.00 to \u00a310.80 (8%) whereas the peak tube fare is increasing only from \u00a32.90 to \u00a33.10 (6.9%). And off-peak, the daily limit is going up from \u00a37.30 to \u00a37.80 (6.8%) whereas the tube fare is increasing only from \u00a32.50 to \u00a32.60 (4%).\n\nSo, in 2011, an off-peak return tube journey to the centre, and a journey within zone 1 (\u00a31.90) came to \u00a36.90, leaving 40p of the daily limit to be taken up by a bus fare, but the same itinerary in 2012 would come to \u00a37.20 before the bus, which effectively costs me 60p. OK, it\u2019s a 50% price increase but I expect I\u2019ll still hop on a 297 at Ealing Broadway station if passengers are boarding!\n\nNevertheless, if TfL persists in increasing weekly Travelcard prices by more than other fares, there will be people who switch to pay as you go, and walk to tube stations rather than take the bus. Maybe this is all very healthy, but it seems a strange policy. It would make more sense to me to raise all TfL prices by exactly the same percentage and charge \u2013 now that it\u2019s all electronic with Oyster \u2013 to the nearest penny if necessary.\n\nPre-empting arguments over the figure, Labour are cunningly pointing out that the Lib Dems claimed during the General Election that the VAT rise would cost \u201cthe average household\u201d \u00a37.50 a week.\n\nCurious. \u00a37.50 extra VAT a week at 2.5% implies \u00a3300 of spending that qualifies for the tax \u2013 that is, \u00a3300 of spending that doesn\u2019t include mortgage or rent, food, children\u2019s clothes, books or newspapers, lottery tickets, gas, water, electricity, public transport or Council Tax. Difficult to manage on an income of ~\u00a330K, that is, a weekly spend of ~\u00a3600, I\u2019d have thought.\n\nOn the other hand, multiplying \u00a37.50 by 52 weeks and the ~20m households in the UK gives around \u00a37.5bn, which does seem about right. I suspect VAT is in fact a progressive tax. The wealthy spend proportionately more on the sort of things that qualify \u2013 restaurant meals, expensive booze, nibbles and confectionery, new cars, designer gear and other big-ticket items. The poorest \u2013 getting by on Tesco bogoffs, saving up for the odd bus ticket, buying all their clothes from charity shops and so on \u2013 must have eff all VAT-qualifying expenditure.\n\nI strongly suspect that this is a case where Mr & Mrs Average do not in fact actually exist.\n\nMaybe Labour would gain more votes by instead pointing out what appears to have been another case of dissembling during the election campaign by those (allegedly) lying liar Liberals.\n\nOr perhaps they could have focussed instead on the increases in public transport costs which are in many cases seriously regressive.\n\nTake the Zone 1-4 Travelcard (and daily Oyster limit) which will affect those working in the centre of London. It\u2019s rising from \u00a36.30 to \u00a37.30, off-peak, that is, by nearly 16%, not the 11% the BBC calculates, bless. What\u2019s more, if you happen to live near muggins here in zone 3, the peak Travelcard/Oyster limit has increased from \u00a38.60 to \u00a310 \u2013 that\u2019s over 16% even if you\u2019re the BBC \u2013 to match the unchanged rate for zone 4.\n\nCuriously, bargain of the year for 2011 is the 7-day zone 1-3 Travelcard which remains less than that for zones 1-4 at \u00a332.20 against \u00a330.20 last year, a mere 6.6% increase. This could now pay for itself in 32.20/10.00 = 3.22 days, against 30.20/8.60 = 3.51 days last time out. Even off-peak it\u2019s worth considering at 32.20/7.30 = 4.41 against 30.20/6.30 = 4.79 days. More realistically a mix of peak and off-peak travel into London over 4 days (2*\u00a310.00 + 2*\u00a37.30 = \u00a334.60) would justify buying the Travelcard for \u00a332.20 whereas last year you were much more likely to need to travel on 5 days (2*\u00a38.60 + 2*\u00a36.30 = only \u00a329.80, still less than a \u00a330.20 Travelcard). Where\u2019s the logic in that?\n\nHaving to decide in advance whether to invest in a weekly Travelcard is an unnecessary irritation, since the system could cap weekly expenditure in the same way as daily. I understand TfL\u2019s IT experts will get round to doing this by around 2013.\n\nHours of amusement, perhaps, though maybe deadly serious if, like me, you fall into the category of zone 3 residents who travel into London on an irregular basis. A category that is being seriously screwed by the latest fare rises.\n\nWho will this arbitrary unfairness affect the most? The poorest of course. Consider those who live in zone 3 and can\u2019t afford the higher price of property near a tube station. In 2010 two off-peak tube fares to the centre at \u00a32.40 each, for example, brought you within striking distance \u2013 \u00a31.50 \u2013 of the daily limit of \u00a36.30. You didn\u2019t end up spending full whack on the bus each way to the tube station \u2013 the cost was capped at another \u00a31.50. In 2011, though, those two tube fares will set you back \u00a32.50 each, but the daily limit has been disproportionately raised to \u00a37.30, so the buses will cost you \u00a32.30. The tube fare \u2013 which is all Mr Rich who lives near the station has to worry about \u2013 might have gone up by only 4%, but the bus fare will have risen by 80/1.50 = 53%! The percentage is even greater if one of the tube fares happens to be at the afternoon peak rate (\u00a32.70 in 2010, \u00a32.90 in 2011, charged from 16:00 to 19:00) when the off-peak daily cap still applies. [In 2010, \u00a32.40+\u00a32.70 left \u00a31.20 of the \u00a36.30 daily limit for the bus; in 2011, \u00a32.50+\u00a32.90 leaves \u00a31.90, so the cost of choosing the bus rather than walking has risen by more than 58%!].\n\nI happen to fall into the category of those who live near enough to a tube station to be able to walk if I\u2019m not feeling lazy. I now have much more of an incentive to do so. What TfL has done is make it much more expensive for zone 3 travellers to use a bus as well as the tube. So more people will walk instead and TfL may not even realise the extra revenue they may expect from the daily cap increases. Leaving everyone worse off.\n\nBoris may want to take note that with another 8.3% increase (from \u00a31.20 to \u00a31.30) in the flat-rate bus fare, following the 20% increase at the start of 2010 (from \u00a31) he\u2019s making short hops in general more and more expensive. The flat-rate fare makes a lot less sense in a purely fare-based system than in a subsidised one where the fares don\u2019t recover the full cost.\n\nCommuters who make one tube journey each day haven\u2019t been hard hit, but it\u2019s difficult to find categories of bus user who aren\u2019t much worse off after these latest changes. The daily bus limit has only increased by 2.6% \u2013 from \u00a33.90 to \u00a34 \u2013 this time (though it was \u00a33.30 in 2009). This is good news only for occasional bus commuters to the centre, who most likely have to change \u2013 and it\u2019s a disgrace that some people are paid so little that they can\u2019t afford to use the tube (and note that you face no penalty for changing tube routes) \u2013 since the 7 day bus pass has increased by 7.2% from \u00a316.60 to \u00a317.80. [And now represents 4.45 rather than 4.26 daily maximum fares. Where\u2019s the logic in that?].\n\nAll this has been rather a digression as what I really wanted to do was provide an update on the cost of mainline rail travel. \u2018Cos if you want to get about the UK within a finite time you need serious money.\n\n2007 \u00a315.20 2.4% (presumably lower because of the new afternoon restrictions \u2013 the return can no longer be used on trains departing King\u2019s Cross between 16:30 and 19:00, which is inconvenient, to say the least)\n\n2008 \u00a315.85 4.3% (lulling us into a false sense of security)\n\n2009 \u00a317.50 10.4% (out of the blue \u2013 it\u2019s a record!!)\n\n2010 \u00a317.50 0% (but still a real-terms increase! \u2013 according to the RPI, prices in July 2009 were 1.4% lower than a year earlier)\n\n2011 \u00a318.50 5.7% (close to the July RPI of 4.8% plus 1% which I understand was allowed for the average of each operating company\u2019s fare increases)\n\nSo the cost of a day Travelcard from Cambridge to London \u2013 for a degraded service, remember \u2013 has risen a whopping 60.2% in the mere 8 years since 2003.\n\nWhat about inflation? Really we should compare the RPI for a month from December 2010 to December 2011 (reflecting general prices when we\u2019re actually travelling) with the same month in 2002-3, but the latest data available is for November 2010 when the RPI index was 226.8. It was 178.2 in November 2002, so prices in general over the same 8 years have risen only roughly 27.3%.\n\nThat is, in 8 years, the day Travelcard from Cambridge to London (with Newtork card discount), for a degraded service, has risen about 25.8% in real terms.\n\n\u201cThe RAC Foundation, a motoring thinktank, claims that the annual \u00a35bn subsidy of the rail network disproportionately benefits Londoners and the well-off, with 40% of households earning more than \u00a350,000 a year using the railways at least three times a week \u2013 double the figure for those on less than \u00a325,000 per year.\n\nStephen Glaister, its director, said: \u2018The rail subsidy comes from the Treasury and, in that sense, it is paid for by everybody. But the benefits are weighted towards the south-east and the relatively well-off. If government policy is intended to help redistribute wealth and help the less well-off, rail subsidies are a poor way of doing it. Spending the money on helping road users would be a better way of doing it.\u2019 \u201c\n\nWell, of course only the wealthy can now afford to use the railways! There\u2019s not much point taking a \u00a315K a year job in London if it\u2019s going to cost you \u00a35K of that just to get to work, is there?\n\nBut I rather dispute that the benefits are \u201cweighted towards the south-east\u201d, or at least towards commuters on busy routes, such as Cambridge to London. What I suspect happens is that commuters subsidise those travelling off-peak; busy routes subsidise those at the periphery of the network; and busier regions, especially in the south-east subsidise less-busy regions.\n\nThe Guardian could, for example, have taken a peak at the latest (2009-10) National Rail Trends (NRT) Handbook from the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR). On p.62 you\u2019ll find table 6.2c which gives the 2008-9 passenger subsidies for each Train Operating Company (ToC). I crudely show it here:\n\nAs can be seen at a glance, First Capital Connect (FCC), which operates the Cambridge-London route, is not directly subsidised, but in fact pays 3.4p per passenger kilometer for the privilege of running the trains. Now, this is for the whole franchise, which must include peripheral routes that are less heavily used, as well as the most overcrowded trains in the country from Cambridge. But those peripheral routes at least help to bring some passengers onto the network, so let\u2019s take the figure of 3.4p to be realistic. A round trip to London must be in excess of 100km, so travellers from Cambridge are on average paying in at least \u00a33.40 every time they buy a return ticket.\n\nBut the franchise payments are not the main subsidy to the railways. The taxpayer provides around \u00a34bn a year in direct support to Network Rail (see Table 6.2a of the ORR\u2019s HRT handbook \u2013 self-serving obfuscation in Network Rail\u2019s financial statements reveals no more detail). Table 6.2c shows a total of around 50bn passenger kilometers per year (note that some operators are outside the franchise system so the distance total in table 6.2c is not complete). Making the heroic assumptions that Network Rail\u2019s subsidy is evenly spread and not used to support vanity investment projects, rail passengers do indeed appear to be subsidised to the tune of around 8p per passenger km.\n\nCombining the two subsidies suggests FCC passengers are on average subsidised by around 4.6p per km (8p \u2013 3.4p) whereas those on, for example, Northern Rail receive around 12p/km (8p + 4p from Table 6.2c).\n\nThe Guardian notes that an annual season ticket from Cambridge to London costs around \u00a34000. If this is used 250 times, that works out at around \u00a316 per day return, not bad at all compared to the \u00a313.85 price for an off-peak day return with a Network card. It seems commuters in fact get a relatively good deal since their season ticket entitles them to unlimited travel to London at times when the day return fare would otherwise cost an absurd \u00a334.\n\nThis isn\u2019t quite what I expected \u2013 as always, it pays to delve into the numbers. It seems a bit daft for an annual season ticket to represent no more than 120 daily trips (\u00a34000/\u00a334). I don\u2019t really see why anyone making fewer than that should be so severely penalised. This discourages all kinds of business and other activity, part-time working, working from home and tourism, for example.\n\nIt remains conceivable that even commuters on the Cambridge to London route are still being subsidised, though the trains are so busy I\u2019m confident that the Cambridge to London route in fact subsidises the rest of the FCC franchise.\n\nThe people really being fleeced are:\n\n\u2013 those adults without a Student, Senior or other railcard \u2013 since anyone can buy a Network card for around \u00a325, this means occasional users are penalised, which hardly helps to bring new passengers onto the railways;\n\n\u2013 all non season-ticket holders forced to travel at peak times (which, since 2007, includes 16:30 to 19:00 from King\u2019s Cross);\n\n\u2013 purchasers of single or open return tickets. An Anytime (i.e. including peak-time trains) open return from Cambridge to London now costs the same as two peak singles, at \u00a340, a ridiculous two and a half times the effective rate (\u00a316) for a season ticket-holder occupying the same seat \u2013 or more likely standing on the same train.\n\nThe numbers suggest these categories of passenger from Cambridge to London are definitely not being subsidised.\n\nIf the strategy is for costs of rail travel to be attributed to those using the service, then it makes no sense for some categories of passenger to pay substantially more than the cost. The open return ticket price should be reduced to that of the day return and single tickets should be half the return price. For Cambridge to London, the non season-ticket peak fare is way out of line and should simply be reduced to say 1/150th of the season ticket price, that is, around \u00a327 (from \u00a334).\n\nThe TOCs effectively have monopoly pricing power. Prices therefore reflect expediency rather than the cost of providing the service. If there were a decent level of competition they\u2019d soon find another operator could afford to undercut them on those fares that are out of line.\n\nWhat\u2019s more, allowing peak fares of effectively twice the off-peak rate gives no incentive to rail companies to increase passenger numbers, for example, by running more late-night and pre morning-peak trains. Allowing an afternoon peak is insane \u2013 the rail company has a disincentive to ease over-crowding.\n\nThe whole rail franchise system is dysfunctional. What\u2019s effectively being sold is the right to charge monopoly prices. This is absurd.\n\nIn an ideal world, there would be no need for peak and off-peak fares \u2013 sufficient trains would be run to meet demand at all times. In the meantime, though, the need for demand management skews incentives for the TOCs. It\u2019s therefore necessary to divorce ticket-pricing from financial rewards to the TOCs. The TOCs should be paid just for the service they provide \u2013 that is, the same rate per passenger regardless of when they travel and how much they\u2019ve paid for their ticket. And less per passenger on trains that are more than 70% full. The TOCs should have an incentive to increase use of the railways, not screw more money out of fewer passengers.\n\nAs we head towards what promises to be a fascinating General Election, the absurd first past the post system has ensured the parties are united in their zeal to pander to Middle England. And Middle England, it seems, is consumed with localist fervour.\n\nWhat is localism, anyway?\n\nThe politicians would have you believe that the first stop on the road to true democracy is to \u201cempower communities\u201d. That is, they assert the moral right of the current residents of a given area to make a broad range of decisions without reference to the general interest.\n\nThe idea that the primary unit of a complex modern society is a \u201ccommunity\u201d of people living near one another is, of course, absurd. In fact, our personal networks \u2013 including families \u2013 are, in general, becoming more and more geographically dispersed. We have little in common with most of our neighbours, other than the area where we live.\n\nHarking back to an outmoded idea of the community masks what is really going on. What\u2019s really happening is that the political process is becoming more and more skewed towards vested interests and against the general interest.\n\nLet\u2019s put to one side the fact that John Prescott was right: we need to increase housing density. Labour has caved in on this principle as the Tories have gradually captured local government. But below a certain threshold of population density local shops are not economically viable; nor is public transport. Pretty soon everyone\u2019s driving to Tesco\u2019s. And the same nauseating nimbys who prevented \u201coverdevelopment\u201d are complaining about the loss of local shops and whinging about \u201cTesco towns\u201d.\n\nI consider it absolutely ridiculous that I\u2019m in London Transport Zone 3, but 10 minutes walk from a pint of milk and a newspaper. If there were a few more flats nearby and perhaps fewer large private gardens, maybe there\u2019d be enough people in walking distance to sustain a local corner-shop. If it could get planning permission.\n\nLet\u2019s ignore the \u201ccommunity\u201d narrative and instead consider what\u2019s really happening with the \u201cclamp-down\u201d on \u201cgarden-grabbing\u201d. What John Healey is really doing is strengthening the rights of neighbours over the owners or prospective owners of property \u2013 despite the fact that the size of gardens has marginal impact on neighbouring properties, or, for that matter, their value. If they reduce the size of a garden, those bogey-men, the developers, are not simply being bloody-minded. The market is telling them that the land has less value as a garden than as building. If the opposite was the case they\u2019d increase the size of gardens.\n\nObviously, the reason why \u201cbuilding\u201d is more highly valued than \u201cgarden\u201d could have something to do with the lack of available housing in many parts of the UK. But clearly our leaders don\u2019t see this isn\u2019t a good enough basis for a decision. The visceral feelings of neighbours are obviously far more important.\n\nA few weeks ago Secretary of State John Denham rejected plans for a development near Ealing Broadway station. He acknowledged that the proposed \u201cscheme would comply with some specific development plan policies relating to the regeneration of Ealing Town Centre and would bring many benefits to the area\u201d, including 567 homes, but judged that all this value was outweighed by his subjective judgement (in response to local concerns) that \u201cthe bulk, massing and certain aspects of the design of the scheme would be inappropriate in its surroundings. It would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Town Centre conservation area and the setting of the Haven Green conservation area, as well as harming the setting of the Grade II* listed Church of Christ the Saviour.\u201d One person\u2019s fears about their \u201cvisual amenity\u201d (an irritating phrase repeated ad nauseam in planning documents) trumps another\u2019s need for somewhere to live.\n\nLook, Haven Green is a mess. It\u2019s simply not that pleasant a place. It could conceivably be improved by removing the buses which stop and indeed park (for driver breaks, I gather) on the diagonal road across the Green. A recent Ealing Council document (pdf) noted that: \u201cA major consideration, as part of both the Crossrail and Arcadia redevelopment proposals, is the provision of better interchange with local bus services.\u201d But Arcadia is not going ahead, and, if I understand the document correctly, Crossrail has no budget to pay for a proper bus station.\n\nThe planning process is bad enough, but nowhere is localism more evident than in the battle for control of scarce road space.\n\nOK, the proliferation of CPZs can be largely explained in terms of local government bureaucrat empire-building, but there is clearly at least enough tacit public approval to allow them to get away with it. Let\u2019s therefore consider the CPZ in my novel terms of the \u201clocal\u201d (or \u201cvested\u201d) interest and the \u201cgeneral\u201d interest.\n\nBefore a CPZ is implemented in a given street, everyone has an equal right to park there. After its implementation, car-owning residents generally have absolute priority. In fact, often the schemes are implemented with the shocking inefficiency that non-residents can\u2019t even use the space when it is unoccupied! (Schemes variously allocate a few metered bays or, better, allow metered parking albeit for limited periods and at limited times in residents\u2019 bays).\n\nSo, in approving a CPZ, residents in effect extend their property a couple of metres into the road in one fell swoop!\n\nDo they pay a fair price for this asset, though?\n\nOf course they don\u2019t.\n\nPermits for residents\u2019 parking on public roads are often less than \u00a3100 per year, and rarely more than a few \u00a3100s. The market value of such parking \u2013 determined by the rates in the few metered bays typically provided or in nearby car-parks \u2013 is usually at least several pounds a day \u2013 \u00a31000s, not \u00a3100s a year.\n\nIt\u2019s not just outsiders who, in effect, subsidise permit-holders. Residents who don\u2019t run cars are massively inconvenienced, as is everyone when they have visitors, or use local services. Estate agents, for example, have problems parking when they quite legitimately want to show properties to prospective purchasers or tenants.\n\nWhat CPZ schemes fail to take account of is that residents\u2019 cars are part of the problem, and not the only injured party. Personally, it seems to me that there would be more social utility in reserving parking places for estate agents than for residents who just want to leave half a tonne of steel and moulded plastic outside their house for 6 1/2 days a week.\n\nIf we\u2019re going to have CPZ schemes, then, let\u2019s charge a market rate for the parking space \u2013 upwards of \u00a31000 a year (and allow the option of paying a daily rate for those residents who park their car elsewhere most of the time). Then we\u2019d reduce car ownership, spaces could be allocated to car clubs and for visitors and our parking problems would be much reduced.\n\nWhat Ealing really wants, though, is not an ever-growing CPZ area. What\u2019s happened is they\u2019ve tried to solve the problem of commuters parking near Ealing Broadway and West Ealing stations. Entirely predictably, the small CPZs implemented have just moved the problem. Now they\u2019re consulting on more CPZs. Nice work, if you\u2019re in the CPZ implementation business.\n\nIs there another policy that might make more sense than the inefficiency of selling the public parking space asset at a discounted rate to residents who think they own \u201ctheir\u201d road? It is entirely legitimate to discourage car rather than bus or shoe-leather use by commuters. Why not, therefore, consider a congestion-charge scheme for non-residents coming into the centre of Ealing? One might hope that some of the London congestion-charge infrastructure could be fairly cheaply deployed just in the centre of Ealing. I\u2019d suggest vehicles entering and leaving are monitored and the software programmed to charge only for those non-residents who stay in the area more than, say, an hour, since the objective in this case is not to penalise through-traffic but relieve pressure on on-street parking.\n\nPerhaps it will take PR to slow the tide of localism. Certainly though, until the political process weighs the general interest more carefully against vested interests, our society will continue to be held back by dysfunctional and misguided decisions.\n\nOctober 16, 2009\n\nBBC Radio 4 is more than usually surreal this morning. Unless my ears deceived me, they just broadcast a nursery school teacher asking her young charges: \u201cWhat rhymes with \u2018bucket\u2019?\u201d. Recipe for disaster, I\u2019d say. Earlier they\u2019d announced that \u201cGoogle, the world\u2019s biggest search engine\u201d has an opinion. No, the company may have an opinion, or, better, the CEO, but, unless the internet has become self-aware overnight, search engines do not have opinions.\n\nSo I decided that, rather than slob about, I\u2019d make a point I\u2019ve been dwelling on overnight.\n\nOn the BBC London News, after News at 10, the reporting of the London Transport fare rises brought home to me the scale of the price rises. Bus fares are going to rise by 20p. At the moment my Oyster is charged \u00a31, now it will be \u00a31.20. That\u2019s 20%. Previously I\u2019d only skimmed a BBC report that noted that:\n\n\u201cBus fares are to go up by 12.7% and Tube fares will rise by 3.9%.\u201d\n\nI hadn\u2019t really taken in the rest:\n\n\u201cOyster card pay-as-you-go bus journeys are to rise from \u00a31 to \u00a31.20. \u2026 and the price of a seven-day bus pass will also jump from \u00a313.80 to \u00a316.60 but London Travelcard prices will be frozen in the vast majority of cases.\u201d\n\nThis makes me suspicious. I\u2019ve just downloaded the PDF from the BBC\u2019s report. Yeap. The 12.7% and the 3.9% are spin \u2013 well, they\u2019ve been constructed somehow, but without any information as to how, they are virtually worthless.\n\nLike RPI and CPI, these % increases mean little. They do not reflect the effect on specific individuals.\n\nIn fact, the fare rises are ludicrously unfair. Is this the start of a Tory assault on the poor?\n\nThe key point is that fare rises on buses are much greater than those on the tube. The result is that the cost of living increases fastest for the poorest. Boris may not realise this (Ken did, apparently), but he shares London with people who catch the bus because they can\u2019t afford the tube.\n\nLet\u2019s consider first how the fare changes affect those struggling on the minimum wage. Let\u2019s assume Mr Minimum catches a bus to and from work 5 days a week. That\u2019s 10 fares now at \u00a31.20 rather than \u00a31 \u2013 \u00a310/wk now but \u00a312/wk after 2nd January \u2013 a 20% increase as already mentioned. Now, the minimum wage recently increased from \u00a35.73 an hour to \u00a35.80, that is by 7p an hour. If Mr Minimum works 40 hours a week, he\u2019s better off by \u00a32.80/wk (before tax) because of the pay rise, but worse off by \u00a32/wk because of the bus fare rise. That\u2019s right \u2013 the fare increase has wiped out all but 80p, or (200/280)*100 = 71% of the rise in the minimum wage.\n\nMaybe that\u2019s not incredibly realistic. Mr Minimum might have to take 2 buses to work and 2 back. In that case he\u2019d reach the daily fare cap on the buses. But this has risen from \u00a33.30 to \u00a33.90 or by 18% (exactly where did this 12.7% come from?). More to the point Mr Minimum will have to pay 5*60p = \u00a33 extra per week to get to work. Wiping out his entire annual pay rise plus an additional 20p.\n\nBut, of course, if he used the bus to travel to work 5 days a week, Mr Minimum will most likely have taken advantage of the weekly Bus and Tram pass. How has this increased? From \u00a313.80 to \u00a316.60, that is by \u00a32.80 or just over 20%, that\u2019s how. Unbelievable.\n\nIf Mr Minimum works a 40 hour week, the bus fare increase wipes out his entire annual pay rise.\n\nOn the other hand, fares for most tube commuters will not increase at all \u2013 some peak fares and more to the point 7 day Travelcard prices are (mostly) frozen.\n\nBizarrely, off-peak tube fares have risen more than peak fares. The way to use the system more efficiently is to spread the load more. I would have thought a greater differential was called for. Train fares are punitive at peak times. Maybe both could converge on a happy medium.\n\nI was going to mention pensioners, who have just been awarded a \u00a32.40 weekly rise. Then I realised that pensioners can travel free on the buses anyway. In fact, pensioners are now rather more than \u00a32.40 a week better off, since they would have been entitled to no rise at all based on RPI, which is negative. In general the increase in the state pension is based on an inflation index that includes transport costs, even though they pay less for transport than the general population.\n\nWhat\u2019s actually needed are indices that reflect the cost of living rises for different segments of the population, to be used for different purposes.\n\nBut there\u2019s a bigger issue. When are we going to start treating the low-paid fairly?"}
-{"text": "RR Donnelley to close JC plant; notice of closure attached\n\nRR Donnelley to close JC plant; notice of closure attached\n\nDocument\n\nRR Donnelley, Jefferson City's 12th largest employer, told its employees this morning that the Jefferson City operations will be shut down.\n\nApproximately 500 employees are expected to lose their jobs.\n\nEmployees got the news in a mass meeting with the rest of the third-shift workers. The plant had been operating every weekend and also had been doing overtime work.\n\nThe facility was established in Jefferson City in 1964 as part of Von Hoffmann Press. RR Donnelley acquired the plant in 2007. The operation specializes in printing and related business services, including print and digital publications.\n\nThe company has plants across North America and Europe, including one in Owensville.\n\nIn February 2009, the company laid off approximately 200 employees.\n\n\"They cited market conditions,\"\u009d said Randy Allen, president and CEO of the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce. \"We will do everything we can do to help.\n\n\"We will kick in along with Missouri Department of Economic Development and their rapid response team to work with employees on other opportunities.\"\u009d\n\nA spokeswoman for the state Economic Development Department said this morning they just had learned of the announcement, and did not have a comment.\n\nAllen said it was his understanding that today's announcement doesn't affect the Donnelley operations at Owensville.\n\nIn 2011, the company invested $6 million in the Owensville operations with more than 100 jobs being generated.\n\n\"These are good-paying jobs,\"\u009d Allen said. \"I believe it's about $20 an hour, plus benefits,\"\u009d Allen said. \"Even with two month's notice, there will have to be some cleanup, so I don't think there is any way they'll be able to get all the plant shut down - so some workers will be on past the two months notice.\"\u009d\n\nAllen said the plant covers 700,000 square feet and might be the largest manufacturing facility in Jefferson City."}
-{"text": "South Carolina Federal Credit Union Announces New CUSO\n\nTuesday, May 17, 2011\n\n(N. CHARLESTON, S.C.) \u2013 May 17, 2011 \u2013 South Carolina Federal Credit Union announced a new credit union service organization (CUSO) called South Carolina Financial Solutions, LLC. The new CUSO began offering products and services May 2.\n\nSouth Carolina Federal\u2019s Chief Information Officer Bonnie Ciuffo will also serve as President of the CUSO--South Carolina Financial Solutions, LLC.\n\n\u201cSouth Carolina Financial Solutions, LLC will provide our members with additional products and services that we haven\u2019t had the opportunity to offer before,\u201d said Bonnie Ciuffo, President, South Carolina Financial Solutions, LLC. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to providing this as another member benefit.\u201d South Carolina Financial Solutions, LLC will offer a variety of products and services.\n\nThe initial offerings will include insurance solutions such as vision and dental plans. Additional products and services, including Medicare supplements and life insurance, will be added in the coming months.\n\nCUSOs allow credit unions to conduct business that would otherwise be restricted due to regulatory constraints and it offers the option for a credit union to offer products and services to other credit unions.\n\nAbout South Carolina Federal South Carolina Federal Credit Union is headquartered in North Charleston. More than 144,000 members own and belong to the not-for-profit financial cooperative, which has over $1.3 billion in assets. South Carolina Federal is a community-chartered credit union. Anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester or Georgetown counties, and most of the Columbia area, is eligible to join. South Carolina Federal has 17 branches, and more than 75 ATMs throughout Charleston, Columbia and Georgetown. In 2008, South Carolina Federal, for the second consecutive year, was voted one of the Best Places to Work in the state. More information about South Carolina Federal can be found at scfederal.org or on the SiMPLE CENTS blog at simplecentsblog.org."}
-{"text": "Notes on the Russian Calendar\n\nAs you study Russian history, you may notice some peculiar ways that dates are mentioned. That is because of the unique history of the Russian calendar.\n\nBefore 1600, most of Europe was using the Julian calendar that dated all the way back to Julius Caesar. Because of the way that calendar was calculated, the Julian calendar was/is off by 1 day every 128 years.\n\nBecause of the growing error with the calendar, Pope Gregory--no need to know what number Gregory he was--adopted a revised calendar in 1582, now called the Gregorian calendar. This calendar gradually spread through Europe.\n\nOk, back to Russia. When Peter the Great became tsar, the Russians were using a calendar that was largely Julian but that was also based on Byzantine influences. That meant that the start of the calendar year was 1 September and not 1 January. That also meant that the years were numbered from the creation of earth and not the birth of Christ. Peter revised the calendar by decreeing that the year start on 1 January and that the years should be numbered from the birth of Christ. But Peter also decided to continue to use the Julian calendar instead of converting to the Gregorian calendar. His calendar decisions caused quite a bit of discontent amongst some in Russia.\n\nSo, roughly speaking, in the nineteenth century, the Russian calendar was 12 days behind the Western European calendar. It was/is important to know which calendar was/is being used for the date of any event in Russian history were. So, you might see something like 1 March O.S. (The O.S. means the \u201cold style,\u201d or Russian, or Julian calendar); you might see something like 15 May 1862 N.S. (The N.S. means \u201cnew style,\u201d or European, or Gregorian calendar); you might even see something like 25 October/6 November 1917, which means 26 October \u201cold style\u201d or 6 November \u201cnew style.\u201d It can get confusing. Remember, it is the same day (just a different calendar).\n\nThus, when the October Revolution happened, it was 25 October according to the Russian calendar, but 7 November according to the Gregorian calendar\u2013a similar situation with the February revolution, according to the Russian calendar, but the March Revolution according to the Gregorian calendar.\n\nThe Bolsheviks eventually decided to get in line with the rest of Europe and changed calendars to the Gregorian calendar on 1 January 1918. The Russian Orthodox Church continues to use the old Julian calendar, and that meant that my family always celebrated Russian Christmas eve on 6 January."}
-{"text": "So, I'd been struggling with a mechanical relay that just wouldn't actuate properly in the printer. I swapped it for the spare (Always have one on hand), which I had pre-tested, and that didn't work either. If you bumped the test button it would stick. I checked contact resistance, and all these other things. So I finally open it up further, and when I go to test the voltage, what do I get but 5VDC, for a 12VCD relay. Ahh, the wonders of ATX power supplies without color coded wiring.\n\nSo, here's the ways to avoid fails like this and do it right:\n\nColor code your wiring. Depending on the application, different color codes are used, but I would typically use an ATX scheme with the addition of sky blue for 24Vdc (distinguish this from -12VDC). This will make it easier for you ensure you have the right voltage for each application.\n\nLabel wires at each connection: This makes it easier to trace a wire, and be able to sniff test a connection. It works even better if you draw out your circuitry. If you aren't familiar with them yet, I seriously suggest looking at ladder diagram formatting for anything you intend to wire by hand rather than put in a PCB. Consider an alphabetical prefix for each voltage with a number for the wire itself, possibly with a postfix for the device or connection as well. This means that every wire within a printer, or even every connection should be identifiable by a 3-4 digit code.\n\nTest points! If you can't check a voltage with the appropriate panels dismounted to access it, you've probably designed something wrong, especially if it's something like a mechanical relay, even more so if it's part of a thermal fuse circuit as mine was.\n\nIf anyone else has minor electrical derps like this, feel free to share. They are far from unique, and printers are complex electromechanical beasts."}
-{"text": "Secret Superstars: Minnesota Vikings\n\nSecret Superstars: Minnesota Vikings\n\nOur Secret Superstar series continues with the final team from the NFC North, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings\u2019 linebacking core has featured several different players over the last few seasons.\n\nThe group now features last year\u2019s first-round pick Anthony Barr and incoming second-round pick Eric Kendrick, but our Secret Superstar is a different young player, Gerald Hodges. With Chad Greenway still pegged as the starter, the lesser-known defender in Hodges will likely begin the season on the bench despite showing promise last season.\n\nHodges attended Penn State, commonly referred to as \u2018Linebacker U\u2019, where he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors his senior season. The Vikings selected him in the fourth round of the 2013 draft as the 15th linebacker taken in the draft, the highest they had taken a linebacker since the aformentioned Greenway in 2006.\n\nFighting for Playing Time\n\nAlthough Jasper Brinkley left Minnesota that offseason, the Vikings were pretty well set entering the year which kept Hodges down the depth chart. Over the 2013 preseason, Hodges earned a -2.3 overall grade on 94 snaps, with the negative plays largely coming in run defense. His performance wasn\u2019t too different than fellow linebackers Erin Henderson and Marvin Mitchell who earned similar grades on half the number of snaps. He played decent enough in coverage, allowing two catches, both for first downs, on 43 snaps in coverage.\n\nWhen the regular season rolled around, Hodges saw just two snaps on defense despite injuries to most of the linebackers ahead of him. However, Hodges finally made his way on to special teams as a regular in Week 8, and thrived from that point forward. He played 178 special teams snaps over the final nine weeks and finished the season with a +5.5 special teams grade, the highest on the team.\n\nSophomore Breakout\n\nWith a new coaching staff and a few player departures heading into 2014, it looked like Hodges would be in a better position to make an impact. But an injury limited him to just 47 defensive snaps over two preseason games, with seven linebackers seeing more snaps. He received a neutral overall grade on defense, but once again made an impact on special teams as he tied for the highest, non-kicker, special teams grade at +3.5.\n\nHodges was one of eight linebackers to make the 53-man roster and played 39 snaps over the first three weeks. He made the most of his limited playing time, earning positive overall grades in two of the three games, including a +3.2 run defense grade against New Orleans. He finally got his shot in Week 4 filling in for Greenway, who missed three weeks with broken ribs and hand.\n\nHodges performed well for the most part and finished the game with a neutral +0.2 overall grade, allowing just one reception for a 12-yard first down. He continued to start through Week 6, and while he didn\u2019t play quite as well as he had over the first three games, he still looked like an upgrade over Greenway. Hodges then suffered a hamstring injury while Greenway was returning and Hodges missed time and saw little action over the next six weeks.\n\nAn unfortunate knee injury to Anthony Barr in Week 13 handed Hodges another opportunity, and this time he excelled. Hodges earned a +7.5 overall grade over the final four weeks of the season, third among 4-3 outside linebackers in that span. He graded average or better in run defense and pass coverage in each game. When all was said and done, Hodges finished the season with the ninth-best overall grade among 40 qualifying 4-3 OLBs, just behind Barr. He ranked sixth and ninth in run defense and coverage, respectively.\n\nIf Hodges can build off of his sophomore year, we believe he can be a good starter in the NFL. He has proven to be effective in both run defense and pass coverage. Now he just needs to wrestle playing time away from the veteran Greenway, who we had Hodges rated higher than in our Depth Chart series."}
-{"text": "Mon, 08 Feb 2010\n\nI'm interested in measuring the performance of SMTP servers connected to the Internet. Before I can poke around inside a SMTP implementation, I want to ensure that I am using one which lots of people use. To that end I have been running a series of SMTP server surveys for the last several years. This work has been alluded to in the past, but I haven't published any results. This has mainly been because while I have written a number of papers on the topic, I am yet to have one accepted by an academic conference. I've been hesitant to comment about my results because of the requirement for academic publications not be previously published work.\n\nI've decided to change that policy. I'm going to reserve a lot of the deeper analysis for academic publication (if I can make such a thing happen), but I am going to start talking about the work I am doing more in public. To start that off, I should mention what I've been doing...\n\nThere have been a number of previous surveys of SMTP servers connected to the Internet, with each survey using a different methodology. So although these results are not directly comparable, a comparison still provides some insight into how the server landscape has changed over the last 12 years. A comparison of published surveys is presented in the table below. Each survey in this table shows the: sample size, which is the number of IP addresses surveyed; sample approach, which is the methodology used to determine which IP addresses to sample and adds bias into the sampling; and the number of responses, which is the number of SMTP servers that responded. The majority of these surveys have relied on random sampling of the IP address space, perhaps with a selection algorithm to limit the results selected. Few of the more recent surveys provide complete information on their probing implementation or the rules they used to identify specific implementations from their observations. It should be noted that non-response from a surveyed IP generally indicates that it is not in fact running a SMTP server accessible from the Internet.\n\nDate\n\nSurveyor\n\nSample size\n\nSample method\n\nResponses\n\n27 Nov 1996\n\nBernstein\n\n500,000\n\nSelective random\n\n25,121\n\n214 Aug 1997\n\nBernstein\n\n200,000\n\nSelective random\n\n8,056\n\n211 May 1998\n\nBernstein\n\n20,310\n\nMX walk\n\n17,592\n\n22 Apr 2000\n\nBernstein\n\n12,595\n\nSelective random\n\n10,087\n\n25 Oct 2000\n\nBernstein\n\n25,777\n\nRandom\n\n859\n\n227 Sep 2001\n\nBernstein\n\n39,206\n\nRandom\n\n937\n\n21 Dec 2002\n\nCredentia\n\n4,096\n\nRandom\n\n1,837\n\n21 Jan 2003\n\nCredentia\n\n30,000\n\nRandom\n\n17,540\n\n21 Apr 2003\n\nCredentia\n\n37,563\n\nRandom\n\n20,410\n\n21 May 2007\n\nMailChannels\n\n400,000\n\nCorporate domain names\n\n254,400\n\nWhereas the surveys that I have been running with the assistance of my ever patient PhD supervisor Dr Eric McCreath have been quite a bit larger. Note that larger isn't necessarily better with these sorts of surveys, but my methodology attempts to aim for completeness, and the relative power of PlanetLab makes these computations surprisingly cheap. Details of my surveys so far:\n\nDate\n\nSurveyor\n\nSample size\n\nSample method\n\nResponses\n\nJanuary 2008\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n46,136,113\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,973,748\n\nApril 2008\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n92,286,998\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,609,111\n\nJuly 2008\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n97,545,668\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,579,507\n\nOctober 2008\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n109,661,889\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,801,081\n\nJanuary 2009\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n110,397,428\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,916,719\n\nApril 2009\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n110,706,130\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,925,760\n\nOctober 2009\n\nStill / McCreath\n\n111,209,212\n\nExhaustive\n\n1,800,573\n\nOur survey is implemented by attempting to identify the MTA software running on an SMTP server using the SMTP connection banner. In other words, a collection of IP addresses are connected to on the SMTP port (TCP 25), and an attempt is made from the early stages of the SMTP protocol interaction to determine what SMTP server software is running on that host. The SMTP protocol will often reply to the connection with a status 220 line, referred to as the SMTP banner, this tells the connecting client that the server is ready. The SMTP banner also frequently states what software the server is running. Even if the software in use isn't explicitly named, it is often a string which is unique to a given SMTP implementation. This technique simply connects on the SMTP port, and logs any lines starting with 220. The connection is then closed, with no attempt to transfer an email occurring.\n\nSo what results have I found so far? I'm trying to keep these blog posts to less than 1,000 words each, so that's too big a question to answer here. I've found some quite unexpected things along the way, such as an accurate technique for measuring the occurrence of domain parking on the Internet, and I'll discuss those in future posts. Instead, let me leave you with this short graphical summary of the results so far:\n\nThis is the history of the currently five most popular implementations over time. You can see that Sendmail has fallen from a position of market dominance, and Exim is currently the most popular SMTP server implementation.\n\nI have a lot more to say about all this work, but as I mentioned earlier I want to keep the length of these posts down. I'll say more in future posts."}
-{"text": "The colorful and large bill, which in some large species measures more than half the length of the body, is the hallmark of toucans. Despite its size, the toucan\u2019s bill is very light, being composed of bone struts filled with spongy tissue of keratin between them. The bill has forward-facing serrations resembling teeth, which historically led naturalists to believe that toucans captured fish and were primarily carnivorous; today it is known that they eat mostly fruit."}
-{"text": "Share this post\n\nWhile a number of American states have been known to be in various stages of offering a regulatory framework for Bitcoin and Blockchain firms, the UK might soon win the race to offer a competitive \u2018Bitlicense\u2018 first. It has now been made public that the British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is actively engaged with guiding and even encouraging firms to employ the innovative technology."}
-{"text": "Oil Change Service Get a Quick Oil Change Near You\n\n1988 GMC C2500 Oil Change\n\nWhat Type Of Oil Should I Use In A 1988 GMC C2500?\n\nGet the best oil type for your 1988 GMC C2500 when you visit your nearest Firestone Complete Auto Care. We'll hook you up with the right oil at the right price. During your oil change service, one of our ASE-certified technicians will change your 1988 C2500's oil, recycle your used oil and oil filter, examine all of your vehicle's essential filters, top-off vital fluids, and perform a free 19-point inspection on your vehicle. No matter whether your engine requires synthetic oil, a synthetic blend, or high mileage oil, you can bet we'll always do what's best for your car given your climate, driving style, and mileage. At Firestone Complete Auto Care, we know that every mile is a milestone. Make your appointment online for a GMC C2500 oil change service and allow our expert oil technicians to care for your vehicle's most important system...it's engine! Our locations are open in the evenings and on Saturdays and Sundays for your convenience."}
-{"text": "Actor Hugh Jackman attends the premiere of \"Logan\" at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, 17 February 2017. The film will be shown without entering the competition. Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa"}
-{"text": "Do not fear\nMy beloved\nWe are going home\nAfter all the bloodshed and tears\nBut they won\u2019t leave us alone\nOh, my dear\nI have come to take you away\nfrom the foster home\nYou were afraid and alone\nIn the marrow of so many nights\nI could hear the beating of your heart\nWill you come along and\nwash your face in the dawn?\n\nSay something, fill my heart\nDo not cry, do not cry\n\nWho made your bosom\nthe tomb of your sons?\nWho took the dream\nout of your gentle eyes?\nLong I haven\u2019t heard\nYour muse and her songs\n\nWe at the midway\nthey\nwho tucked you in bed of grief\nare everywhere, in front and behind\nNo. they won\u2019t leave us alone.\nWe will make our home so high\nBeyond their reach\nBelieve in me\nhold tight\nI am your mother\nI will take you home\nOn my wings way above."}
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-{"text": "Oct 1, 2011\n\nThe role of public relations in the military\n\nOne of Canada's top military figures, Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Walt Natynczyk has gotten media attention recently since it was revealed that he spent over a million dollars on government aircraft to fly to such things as \"Military Appreciation Nights\" at NHL and CFL games. In addition, money was seemingly egregiously spent on such things as vacations and flying to fundraisers where the $80,000 flight was a large portion of the money raised.\n\nOne issue in this story is simply one of government waste - corroborated by similar revelations about the enormous sums being spent by Defense Minister Peter Mackay on government aircraft. One might look at the large range of commercial flights between Ottawa and Toronto, say, and wonder how such expenditures could be justified to make it to the Blue Jays game. The other issue raised is a broader question about the role and scope of the military engaging in public relations.\n\nTake, for instance, the Toronto Air Show which I attended. One of the acts was the HMCS Shawinigan which attended the show as part of an expanded, semi-annual, five week long public relations tour of the Great Lakes along with sister ship Summerside and the frigate HMCS Montreal. According to the DND, the Great Lakes Deployment \" is an opportunity to tell Canadians about the important role the Navy plays both in protecting our sovereignty and in providing security and humanitarian assistance around the world\".\n\nThe corner stone of our democracy is the unquestioned civilian control of our military. This fundamental relationship was hard fought for, cannot be taken for granted, and the lack of it in many third world countries remains among the largest problems facing our world. In order to have this relationship, transparency, accountability and civilian knowledge and understanding of the military is imperative.\n\nThere is thus a limit to my criticisms. I think the military should engage the public and conversely that the public should take opportunities to get informed about the military. That is worth some cost to the taxpayers. I also don't have a problem with recruitment campaigns, which is one of the functions of the above mentioned Great Lakes deployment. The military needs employees and can advertise for that if necessary just like any other business.\n\nWhat I have a problem with is what seems to be egregious advertising for the existence of the military itself. It is the notion of trying to indue positive support and sentiment toward the military; in essence, a government department advertising for its own existence. Canadians ought not to be \"told\" of the important role of the military, Canadians should tell the military what its role ought to be. We should not be sold the idea of the military and induced to support it on the back of its public relations campaigns.\n\nWith the possible exception of Harper's ubiquitous 'Action Plan' signage during the stimulus spending, what other department could get away with sending a billion dollar (literally) piece of equipment around on an advertising campaign? Not to mention that it is somewhat diminishing to tell us of all the grand purposes of the (recently rebranded) Royal Canadian Navy while it is spending so much money on a far more less grandiose enterprise.\n\nIt is no secret that I think the Canadian military - and indeed most militaries in the west, particularly the US - are too large, spend enormous amounts of money on things that don't even advance their claimed geostrategic interests, and take actions I disagree with. Further, I maintain that there are numerous institutional pressures between the government and the media that serve to supress criticism of the military. Given that context, the kind of top down, exclusively positive, public relations campaign from the military to the people serves a distinct role in the continuation of the status quo. That basic function of the military and public relations campaigns is one echoed by Orwell or North Korea and differs from here mainly by matter of degree.\n\nAs a final note, at the Toronto Air Show the Snow Birds also performed. It is fine for the government to spend a certain amount of money on culture works that build national identity; things like the Olympics or fireworks on Canada day are a priori acceptable. There is some extent to which such things overlap with the narrative above, but I think largely it becomes a question of a cost-benefit analysis on the specific program."}
-{"text": "I am working on a new app using the AdminLTE template.\nOne of the struggles I am currently facing is that when I take pieces and break them out into components (like the user-profile popup that is in the upper right corner) when Ember actually renders that, the wrapped div breaks my look and feel by not having correct CSS to not enforce it\u2019s on changes. Suddenly objects that weren\u2019t originally inside a div end up there due to the component work. And the ember-view class doesn\u2019t seem to do what\u2019s expected to minimize that (if that\u2019s what it\u2019s trying to do).\n\nWhat\u2019s the best practice for making sure that making something a component doesn\u2019t create un-intended CSS issues?"}
-{"text": "Germans Appalled by Threat From Trump\u2019s Ambassador to Help Far-Right Nationalists Take Power Across EuropeRobert MackeyJune 4 2018, 9:02 p.m.\n\nThe German government demanded a formal explanation from the United States on Monday of what, exactly, the new U.S. Ambassador in Berlin, Richard Grenell, meant when he promised to use his office to help far-right nationalists inspired by Donald Trump take power across Europe.\n\nIn an interview with Breitbart News published on Sunday, Grenell said that he was \u201cexcited\u201d by the rise of far-right parties on the continent and wanted \u201cto empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders.\u201d\n\nUS Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell makes clear he is a political activist who will use his position to promote political change in his host country (and all over Europe). https://t.co/ruo0lrGFMa\u2014 Mathieu von Rohr (@mathieuvonrohr) June 3, 2018\n\nGrenell was apparently not asked if that group includes the far-right Alternative for Germany \u2014 known by its German initials AfD \u2014 the largest opposition party in the German parliament, but he did praise Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, a center-right politician who is in coalition with the Freedom Party, which was formed in the 1950s by a former Nazi officer.\n\nA spokesman for the German foreign ministry told reporters that Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s government had \u201casked the U.S. side for clarification,\u201d as to whether the remarks \u201cwere made as reported.\u201d\n\nGrenell, a former Fox News pundit whose abrasive Twitter style had already alienated many Germans, tweeted on Monday that it was \u201cridiculous\u201d to suggest that he would endorse candidates or parties, but stood by his claim to Breitbart that Europe, like America, was \u201cexperiencing an awakening from the silent majority \u2014 those who reject the elites and their bubble. Led by Trump.\u201d\n\nLeaving aside that Trump was, in fact, elected by a hyper-vocal minority of American voters, his envoy\u2019s apparent willingness to cast off diplomatic neutrality and meddle in the internal affairs of European countries caused an uproar.\n\nSevim Dagdelen, a member of the left-wing Germany opposition left party Die Linke, suggested that Grenell had revealed himself to be Trump\u2019s \u201cregime change envoy.\u201d\n\nThe leaders of Germany\u2019s Social Democratic Party, the junior coalition partner in Merkel\u2019s government, were similarly unstinting in their condemnation. \u201cEurope\u2019s citizens cannot by told how to vote by a Trump vassal,\u201d the party\u2019s vice chairman, Thorsten Sch\u00e4fer-G\u00fcmbel, wrote on Twitter. \u201cA U.S. ambassador who meddles in democratic contests is simply out of place,\u201d he added, perhaps hinting that the ambassador could be asked to go home.Martin Schulz, the former leader of the Social Democrats, accused Grenell of behaving less like a diplomat than \u201can extreme-right colonial officer.\u201d\n\nOmid Nouripour, the foreign policy spokesman for Germany\u2019s Green party, told Der Spiegel that \u201cthe American people should be able to expect partisan neutrality from their representative in Germany, because he represents all Americans, not just Breitbart and Fox News.\u201d\n\nGuy Verhofstadt, a former prime minister of Belgium who now leads the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, a free-market group in the European Parliament, tweeted: \u201cWe have to defend Europe against Trump. It\u2019s not up to his ambassador to influence our elections and steer our society. We respect the sovereignty of the U.S., they have to respect ours.\u201d Verhofstadt added the hashtag #GrenellRaus \u2014 \u201cGrenell Out\u201d \u2014 to his tweet.There was, however, one political leader in Berlin on Monday who demonstrated his support for the embattled American ambassador. Israel\u2019s far-right prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced at a news conference with Chancellor Merkel that he had agreed to a brief meeting with Grenell, at the ambassador\u2019s request, before leaving the German capital.\n\nBefore he was confirmed by the Senate, Grenell \u2014 a hyper-partisan Republican activist whose farewell party in New York was attended by Donald Trump, Jr., Bill O\u2019Reilly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Wayne Newton and a half-dozen Fox News personalities \u2014 had promised to stay out of German politics.\n\nWhen I raised concerns to Grenell about politicizing this post, he personally assured me that once he became Ambassador he would stay out of politics. This interview is awful \u2013 Ambassadors aren't supposed to \"empower\" any political party overseas. https://t.co/i8oOhqEk5k\u2014 Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 3, 2018\n\nWhat was perhaps most stunning about Grenell\u2019s stated aim to intervene in European politics on behalf of far-right leaders is how closely it mirrored, and inverted, the behavior of American diplomats in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, when those states were part of the Soviet Bloc. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. ambassadors did make a point of supporting antigovernment dissidents, but in those cases the stated aim was to promote democracy in authoritarian states.\n\nBy making it his goal to empower Trump-like nationalists in Germany and other European nations, Grenell seems to be treating democratic U.S. allies like authoritarian Cold War enemies.\n\nOpinion Eurozone reformAngela Merkel stretches out a hand to her neighboursGermany\u2019s chancellor offers a unifying economic plan to mollify a divided EuropeCONSTANZE STELZENM\u00dcLLER\n\nAngela Merkel, Germany\u2019s chancellor, has ended her long silence on the proposals for European reform made by the French president Emmanuel Macron. In an interview with a German newspaper at the weekend, followed by a speech in Berlin on Monday, she laid out her unifying plan for a divided continent. Divisions, it must be said, to which German policies and inaction have contributed.\n\nThe chancellor is stretching out a hand not only to France, but also to Europe\u2019s economically beleaguered south. Just as importantly, her plan is one that the more parsimonious and debt-averse northern Europeans can sign up to. With its emphasis on embracing technological change in a way that leaves no one behind, it is crafted to appeal not just to her coalition partners at home, the Social Democrats, but to future partners like the Greens.\n\nMs Merkel\u2019s plan is an implicit apology for past German intransigence on economic policy, and signals that Germany wants to return to its old role as a bridge-builder. She promises a \u201crespectful\u201d approach to Italy\u2019s populist governing coalition\u2014 a rebuke to earlier criticism of the Italian vote by German EU commissioner G\u00fcnther Oettinger.\n\nMs Merkel accepts that Germany, Europe\u2019s richest economy, needs to contribute more than others, while acknowledging that there is resistance on the part of northern and eastern EU member states to further integration. Her plan, unlike Mr Macron\u2019s impassioned calls for deeper reform, stands a chance of forming the basis for a new European consensus.\n\nIn effect, Ms Merkel is now fleshing out her announcement in a May 2017 campaign speech that we Europeans needed to \u201ctake our fate into our own hands\u201d in the era of a rising China and Donald Trump. Europe, she says now, must \u201crenew the promise of peace and security\u201d to its citizens on three \u201cexistential\u201d questions: monetary union, immigration and defence. Only then can it stand firm in defence of a rules-based world order.\n\nOn the eurozone, Ms Merkel still rejects any form of debt mutualisation. Instead, she supports banking and capital markets union, as well as a \u201cEuropean Monetary Fund\u201d with special new short-term emergency credit lines. She wants to use the EU budget for investments in growth and innovation in Europe\u2019s more troubled economies.\n\nMs Merkel is much closer to Mr Macron on immigration and asylum policy. She accepts that an earlier German-led attempt to force a mandatory quota system on member states was a failure. Instead, she sketches a system of common European asylum standards, a real European border security agency and a European refugee agency.\n\nOn defence, Ms Merkel floated the idea of a European Security Council, and says she\u2019s \u201cpositive\u201d on Mr Macron\u2019s \u201cEuropean intervention initiative\u201d for rapid military action in global hotspots. But she also says it shouldn\u2019t be set up outside existing European frameworks, and ought to be open to the UK.\n\nEuro-federalists and small-Europe nationalists alike will find a lot to disagree with here. The maximalists will object that an investment budget of just above \u20ac10bn is derisory. The chancellor\u2019s defence plans invite the question of how Germany intends to achieve them with outdated forces and an insufficient military budget. The illiberal governments in Budapest and Warsaw may simply reject these ideas wholesale.\n\nNonetheless, Ms Merkel\u2019s initiative is a genuine attempt at a positive strategic response to a dramatic array of new internal and external threats to Europe. Its conciliatory tone holds out the promise of a big tent that could appeal to many EU member states. They should take up the chancellor\u2019s offer. As she said on Monday, quoting the philosopher Immanuel Kant: \u201cHe who has no goals must endure his fate; he who has a purpose can shape it.\u201d\n\nThe real meaning of the mini-crises sparked by his ambassador to Germany\n\nThomas Wright11:28 AM ET\n\nOver the past week, the recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Germany, Ric Grenell, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. On June 3, Breitbart published an interview with Grenell, in which he said: \u201cThere are a lot of conservatives throughout Europe who have contacted me to say they are feeling there is a resurgence going on. I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders. I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left.\u201d\n\nThe statement was just the latest in an unusual series of moves by Grenell.He spoke at a lunch for Jens Spahn, Germany\u2019s minister of health and a prominent critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel; he has also been photographed with Spahn on several occasions. In a breach of protocol, Grenell asked to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Berlin\u2019s airport. (Netanyahu only gave him a meet-and-greet after meeting with Merkel.) Grenell also hosted a lunch honoring Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz, and praised him by name in the Breitbart interview. To put Grenell\u2019s activities in context: This would be like Emily Haber, the newly appointed German ambassador to the United States, kicking off her tenure by promising to empower American liberals, meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Dulles before meeting Donald Trump, holding a lunch honoring the Mexican president, and hanging out with Senator Jeff Flake, a vocal critic of the president.\n\nGrenell is early in his tenure, and may yet turn things around. But the Breitbart episode is a symptom of a broader problem. With rogue ambassadors, a president who praises Vladimir Putin, a bureaucracy that supports NATO, and an ongoing trade war, nobody really understands Trump\u2019s policy on Europe.\n\nEnter Wess Mitchell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Europe, who laid out the administration\u2019s long-anticipated Europe strategy in a speech at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday. Mitchell, a well-regarded expert on central and eastern Europe, is the author of three books on foreign policy, including a forthcoming history of the Hapsburg Empire. The main message of his thoughtful, well-written, and strategic speech:The United States views Europe through the lens of a strategic competition between Western civilization and a Russian and Chinese alternative. Mitchell effectively announced a pivot in America\u2019s Europe policy away from western Europe and toward the East (his natural stomping ground) and the South. In fact, Mitchell criticized western Europe for failing to take strategic competition seriously, particularly on defense spending and confronting Iran.\n\nIn Mitchell\u2019s speech, he favored engaging central and eastern Europe nations even when disagreements arise because \u201ccriticism bereft of engagement is a recipe for estrangement.\u201d \u201cEngagement,\u201d he said, \u201cis not just diplomatic\u2014it is also about winning hearts and minds of publics for whom the memory of 1989 and NATO enlargement is increasingly distant.\u201d Reasonable people can differ over whether such a strategy might give countries like Hungary a free pass on democracy. Mitchell is also hamstrung by Trump\u2019s refusal to authorize actions to deter Russian political warfare. But the commitment to engagement that he expressed is to be welcomed. That section of his speech, including calls for pushing back against China\u2019s efforts to make eastern Europe its \u201cplayground,\u201d was promising. The problem, however, is in what is left behind in Mitchell\u2019s pivot\u2014the big three nations of western Europe: Britain, France, and Germany.\n\nOne would have to go back to the Suez Crisis of 1956 to find a time when the special relationship with Britain was in worse shape, for instance. Rhetorically, the Trump administration supports Brexit. In practice, it has pursued a predatory policy in response to Brexit, designed to exploit the government\u2019s need for new trading arrangements. Essentially, the Trump administration is using Britain\u2019s need to join the World Trade Organization as an individual state to force it to accept painful concessions in a number of trade and services sectors, exploiting the fact that it has less leverage outside the EU. Meanwhile, in bilateral trade talks, the Trump administration is pushing Britain to accept the U.S. regulatory framework, or at least opt out of the EU single market and customs union. This will benefit U.S. economic interests in the short term, but make it much tougher for London to reach an agreement with the rest of the EU.\n\nThe Trump administration, then, is treating Britain as an easy mark, not as a vital strategic ally. The State Department has been entirely absent from this part of the relationship, with the Commerce Department and the U.S. Trade Representative running point. Meanwhile, Trump has routinely offended the British people, retweeting a member of the British Nationalist Party and criticizing the mayor of London for failing to prevent terrorist attacks. All this makes it more likely that Jeremy Corbyn, an avowed critic of the United States and NATO, will win the next election, plunging U.S.-British relations into further crisis.\n\nIn Germany, while Ambassador Grenell is getting all the attention for now, the antipathy between the Trump administration and the German government runs deep. Trump has described Germany as \u201cbad, very bad\u201d on trade, and accused it of using the EU as a vehicle to dominate Europe. He is known to personally dislike Merkel. Trump administration officials have relentlessly pounded Germany on its defense spending. A recent Politbarometer poll found that only 14 percent of Germans believe the United States is a reliable partner, compared to 36 percent for Russia and 43 percent for China.\n\nOn the surface, the relationship with France appears to be in better shape. However, the sweeping nature of Trump\u2019s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and his imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum meant that President Emmanuel Macron got absolutely nothing for supporting Trump. Instead, France is now reassessing its policy toward America, asking if support means its national interests will be ignored and whether it needs to find and exploit sources of leverage.\n\nBeyond the big three, the Trump administration has radically changed the U.S. position on European integration.In private briefings, multiple Trump administration officials have said they are adopting a new approach to the EU. Past administrations, they believe, have been too supportive of European integration, which has turned out to be a source of instability, they believe. The Trump administration would let Europeans make their own decisions. Yet the president has commented repeatedly on their politics, while Ambassador Grenell actively intervenes in their domestic debates and the Commerce Department tries to influence Brexit negotiations. Even setting all that aside, the shift in policy toward the EU is clear. At best, the United States is neutral; viewed less charitably, it is hostile.\n\nAmerican conservatives are inherently skeptical of the EU because they are ferociously protective of their own sovereignty and find it hard to imagine why anyone would choose to pool their own with that of others. This is nothing new. But previous Republican administrations were still broadly supportive of European integration. The Trump administration\u2019s shift appears to have occurred without much consideration of its impact on vital U.S. interests.\n\nFor instance, an overwhelming majority of economists, including those who opposed the creation of the euro, believe that the breakup of the euro zone could precipitate an international financial crisis more severe than the Great Recession. If a debtor country were to leave, its banks would collapse and it would fall into deep economic crisis since its debts would be denominated in euros. But its assets would be in its new currency, which would likely have depreciated dramatically. This contagion would spread through Europe and then across the world, likely leading to additional financial collapse. The United States needs the euro zone to succeed because it cannot tolerate its failure\u2014this is why the Obama administration engaged in quiet but sustained diplomacy to prevent a Greek exit. No one in the Trump administration has explained how the United States could cope with a euro zone collapse.\n\nOr consider the matter of sanctions enforcement. The United States relies on EU member states to ensure effective sanctions on Russia and Iran. If the EU fell apart, Europe would no longer maintain a united front on sanctions on Iran or Russia. The reason why skeptics of sanctions on Russia, like Italy, Greece, and Hungary, have stayed on board is because of EU solidarity.\n\nThe United States cannot be strategically competitive in Europe without deepening its relationship with western Europe. Mitchell\u2019s warning, that criticism without engagement risks estrangement and that the United States must win the hearts and minds of generations who have forgotten 1989, applies there too. The Trump administration would do well to cast aside ideological debates about the nature of sovereignty and instead focus on protecting America\u2019s strategic interests in all of Europe\u2014preventing the disorderly collapse of the euro zone, countering negative Chinese influence in Europe, ensuring that Europe and the United States work together to maintain an edge in new technologies, facilitating a smooth and negotiated Brexit, and preparing NATO for political and information warfare.\n\nOn June 5, 1947, George Marshall gave the commencement address at Harvard University announcing the Marshall Plan to bolster the war-ravaged economies of Europe. At the Heritage Foundation yesterday, Mitchell did not mention the anniversary and instead said that economics and trade were the purview of other departments and that State would only \u201cplay a supporting role.\u201d The legacy of Marshall, Dean Acheson, and George Shultz, all former secretaries of state who understood the importance of foreign economic policy, was cast aside. But what was true then\u2014that economics and geopolitics are inextricably linked\u2014is even truer in today\u2019s globalized world. An economically savvy State Department could build a common transatlantic front to negotiate with China from a position of strength. But, with its key western European alliances in disrepair and no positive economic agenda, the Trump administration\u2019s Europe strategy still does not take geopolitical competition seriously enough."}
-{"text": "Tuesday\n\nThe latest chapter in the legal history of torture is being written by U.S. pilots who were beaten and abused by Iraqis during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. And it has taken a strange twist.\n\nThe Bush administration is fighting the former prisoners of war in court, trying to prevent them from collecting nearly $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them as compensation for their torture at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime.\n\nThe rationale: Today's Iraqis are good guys, and they need the money.\n\nThe case abounds with ironies. It pits the U.S. government squarely against its own war heroes and the Geneva Conventions.Many of the pilots were tortured in the same Iraqi prison, Abu Ghraib, where U.S. soldiers abused Iraqis 15 months ago. Those Iraqi victims, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said, deserve compensation from the United States.\n\nBut the U.S. victims of Iraqi torturers are not entitled to similar payments from Iraq, the U.S. government says.\n\n\"It seems so strange to have our own country fighting us on this,\" said retired Air Force Col. David W. Eberly, the senior officer among the former POWs.\n\nThe case, now being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, tests whether \"state sponsors of terrorism\" can be sued in U.S. courts for torture, murder or hostage-taking. The court is expected to decide in the next two months whether to hear the appeal.Congress opened the door to such claims in 1996, when it lifted the shield of sovereign immunity -- which basically prohibits lawsuits against foreign governments -- for any nation that supports terrorism. At that time, Iraq was one of seven nations identified by the State Department as sponsoring terrorist activity. The 17 Gulf War POWs looked to have a very strong case when they first filed suit in 2002. They had been undeniably tortured by a tyrannical regime, one that had $1.7 billion of its assets frozen by the U.S. government.\n\nThe picture changed, however, when the United States invaded Iraq nearly two years ago and toppled Saddam from power. On July 21, 2003, two weeks after the Gulf War POWs won their court case in U.S. District Court, the Bush administration intervened to argue that their claims should be dismissed.\n\n\"No amount of money can truly compensate these brave men and women for the suffering that they went through at the hands of this very brutal regime and at the hands of Saddam Hussein,\" White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters when he was asked about the case in November 2003.\n\nGovernment lawyers have insisted, literally, on \"no amount of money\" going to the Gulf War POWs. \"These resources are required for the urgent national-security needs of rebuilding Iraq,\" McClellan said.\n\nThe case tests a key provision of the Geneva Conventions. The United States and other signers pledged never to \"absolve\" a state of \"any liability\" for the torture of POWs.\n\nFormer military lawyers and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have been among those who have urged the Supreme Court to take up the case and to strengthen the law against torturers and tyrannical regimes.\n\n\"Our government is on the wrong side of this issue,\" said Jeffrey F. Addicott, a former Army lawyer and director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. \"A lot of Americans would scratch their heads and ask, why is our government taking the side of Iraq against our POWs?\"\n\nThe POWs' journey through the court system began with the events of Jan. 17, 1991 -- the first day of the Gulf War. In response to Saddam's invasion of Kuwait five months earlier, the United States, as head of a U.N. coalition, launched an air attack on Iraq, determined to drive Iraqi forces from the oil-rich gulf state. On the first day of the fighting, a jet piloted by Marine Corps Lt. Col. Clifford Acree was downed over Iraq by a surface-to-air missile. He suffered a neck injury ejecting from the plane and was taken prisoner by Iraqis. Blindfolded and handcuffed, he was beaten until he lost consciousness. His nose was broken, his skull was fractured, and he was threatened with having his fingers cut off. He lost 30 pounds during his 47 days of captivity.\n\nEberly was shot down two days later and lost 45 pounds during his ordeal. He and several other U.S. service members were near starvation when they were freed. Other POWs had their eardrums ruptured and were urinated on during their captivity at Abu Ghraib.\n\nAll the while their families thought they were dead, because the Iraqis did not notify the U.S. government of their capture.In April 2002, the Washington law firm of Steptoe & Johnson filed suit on behalf of the 17 former POWs and 37 of their family members. The lawsuit, Acree v. Republic of Iraq, sought monetary damages for the \"acts of torture committed against them and for pain, suffering and severe mental distress of their families.\"\n\nThe case came before U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts. There was no trial; Saddam's regime ignored the lawsuit, and the U.S. State Department chose to take no part in the case.\n\nOn July 7, 2003, the judge handed down a long opinion that described the abuse suffered by the Gulf War POWs, and he awarded them $653 million in compensatory damages. He also assessed $306 million in punitive damages against Iraq, and lawyers for the POWs asked the judge to put a hold on some of Iraq's frozen assets.\n\nNo sooner had the POWs celebrated their victory than they came up against a new roadblock: Bush administration lawyers argued that the case should be thrown out of court on the grounds that Bush had voided any such claims against Iraq under U.S. occupation.The administration lawyers based their argument on language in an emergency bill, passed shortly after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, approving the expenditure of $80 billion for military operations and reconstruction efforts. One clause in the legislation authorized the president to suspend the sanctions against Iraq that had been imposed as punishment for the invasion of Kuwait more than a decade earlier.\n\nThe president's lawyers said the clause allowed Bush to remove Iraq from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism and to set aside pending monetary judgments against Iraq.\n\nWhen the POWs' case went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the three-judge panel ruled unanimously for the Bush administration and threw out the lawsuit.\n\n\"The United States possesses weighty foreign-policy interests that are clearly threatened by the entry of judgment for (the POWs) in this case,\" the appeals court said.\n\nThe administration also succeeded in killing a congressional resolution supporting the POWs' lawsuit. \"U.S. courts no longer have jurisdiction to hear cases such as those filed by the Gulf War POWs,\" then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage said in a letter to lawmakers. \"Moreover, the president has ordered the vesting of blocked Iraqi assets for use by the Iraqi people and for reconstruction.\"\n\nAlready frustrated by the turn of events, the former POWs were startled when Rumsfeld said he favored awarding compensation to Iraqi prisoners abused by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib.\n\n\"I am seeking a way to provide appropriate compensation to those detainees who suffered grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the U.S. military. It is the right thing to do,\" Rumsfeld told a Senate committee last year.\n\nBy contrast, the government's lawyers have refused to discuss a settlement in the POWs' case, lawyers for the Gulf War veterans say.\"They were willing to settle this for pennies on the dollar,\" said Addicott, the former Army lawyer.\n\nThe last hope for the POWs rests with the Supreme Court. Their lawyers petitioned the high court last month to hear the case. Significantly, it has been renamed Acree v. Iraq and the United States.\n\nThe POWs say the justices should decide the \"important and recurring question (of) whether U.S. citizens who are victims of state-sponsored terrorism (may) seek redress against terrorist states in federal court.\"\n\nThis week, Justice Department lawyers are expected to file a brief urging the court to turn away the appeal."}
-{"text": "Looking for a deal?\n\nWe'll keep you up to date on any offers or news from Blue Feather Books and Botanicals.\n\nTips\n\n250\n\nFrom Our Editors\n\nA student of Native American, Peruvian, and Siberian shaman traditions, Rhonda Day-Kooy spreads her passion for medicinal plants through the green products, classes, and events offered at Blue Feather. Some of Day-Kooy's customers come to the botanical boutique for aromatherapy certification, and others stop in to purchase eco-friendly skincare products by Babo Botanicals and whimsically flammable wares from Flying Wish Paper. In the Healing Hut, Rhonda and her therapists lead spiritual therapies, including guided meditation, chakra balancing, and foot-based reflexology treatments.\n\nGroupon Guide\n\nAs the owner of Bang Bang Pie Shop, Michael Ciapciak spends plenty of time in the heat of the kitchen. But when he comes home, he gets a different kind of warm feeling. Ask him what he loves most about his Logan Square home, which he shares with his wife, Susan, and their sons, Ned and Will, and he\u2019ll tell you: \u201cMy favorite thing would have to be the sense of warmth of it [from] being filled with all of our things we have collected.\u201d\nOne glance around the space confirms the Ciapciaks are quite the collectors. Their decor includes vintage pieces (a brown and tattered US map) and alley scores (an old fire escape that serves as a pot rack), not to mention a whole wall of curiosities in the sitting area off the dining room. Some pieces on the wall were gifts, such as the photo of the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. Others are family heirlooms, including the silhouette of Susan\u2019s mother when she was a girl.\nStill, not everything here is old or used. \u201cWe have a few items that we've saved for and purchased,\u201d Michael said. For example, the tufted headboard in the master bedroom was bought new and looks elegant against colorful bedding and embroidered pillows. In contrast, the guest-bedroom headboard, while no less beautiful, is nothing but stacked apple crates that were repurposed from Bang Bang.\nDespite drawing from such a wide variety of sources, the Ciapciaks achieve an unmistakable unity in their decor. This harmony is due in part to a few smart design choices: selecting simple furnishings with classic shapes, sticking with neutral wall colors, and connecting spaces throughout the home with beautiful oriental rugs.\nUltimately, though, the reason the home blends together so well may have less to do with any aesthetic theory than with the sense that each item has meaning to the owners. \u201c[I] can't say we really have a specific style other than decorating with what we like,\u201d Michael said. He added that the most important element in creating a harmonious home has nothing to do with furnishings. \u201cIf I didn't have family to share my home with, there would be no real sense of warmth in it.\u201d\nPhotos: Andrew Nawrocki, Groupon\nFind even more home-design inspiration at ideel.\nThere are even more tours of gorgeous Chicago homes to be found on the Groupon Guide:\nInside the Photogenic Home of Two Pro Photographers\nTrying to deal with living where you work? Take a cue from Stevi and Matt Savage, who designed their Lakeview home with flexibility in mind.\nThis Kids\u2019 Musician\u2019s Home Is as Cheery as Her Songs\nLittle Miss Ann is one of Chicago\u2019s top \u201ckindie\u201d rock musicians. Learn how a simple act of decorating kindness inspired her after a hospital stay.\nHow a High-School English Teacher Assembled One of Chicago's Coolest Modern Furniture Collections\nNick Roux has a knack for finding Eames lounge chairs for cheap. Tour his striking Lincoln Square apartment and find out how he does it.\n\nWhen wearing all-over prints, it\u2019s a fine line between looking glamorous and looking like grandma\u2019s couch. But it\u2019s actually not that complicated. The key? Choose sophisticated prints in modern silhouettes that suit your body type. We\u2019ve found four matching sets, and added some coordinating garments to show how versatile these printed pieces can be as separates.\nLook #1: The Deconstructed Dress\nPalm jacquard tee, Topshop ($130); Palm jacquard midi skirt, Topshop ($170); Black leather skirt, Avenue 32 ($598 on sale); High-waist jean shorts, Jolly Chic ($22.99)\nBuying separates instead of a full dress can be more figure-flattering, as you have more control over fit (it can be more cost effective, too). For a sleeker look, pair the top with a leather pencil skirt and strappy high-heeled sandals, or dress it down with high-waisted shorts and espadrilles.\nLook #2: Crop Tops\nTaffeta Picnic midi skirt, Topshop ($190); Taffeta Picnic crop top, Topshop ($76); Iris crop top, Abercrombie & Fitch ($17.10 on sale); Short-sleeve Pima tee, L.L. Bean ($17.99)\nThis set\u2019s longer crop top shows just a sliver of skin, giving your eye a break from the bold pattern. Show more skin by swapping in a shorter lace top and wedge sandals, or less with a black tee and canvas sneakers.\nLook #3: Classic Cuts\nCharley pineapple sweater, J.Crew Factory ($34.50 on sale); Printed stretch chino short, J.Crew Factory ($49.50 on sale); Pineapple collector tee, J.Crew Factory ($34.50); Cropped jersey top, H&M ($6.95)\nThe simple tailoring of this sweater and shorts keeps the pineapple print from being too sweet. This also makes it easy to separate the set: double down on the \u2018apples by half-tucking this printed tee, or mix prints with a striped top. (Read more tips on mixing prints.)\nLook #4: Back to Bed\nAnimal-print top, Zara ($29.99); Animal-print trousers, Zara ($29.99); Skinny low-rise jeans, H&M ($9.95); Neon jacquard-weave skirt, H&M ($49.95)\nWearing pajama-inspired clothes may not feel chic, but this animal-print set looks quite sophisticated with some black-leather Birkenstocks. Even more surprising is this bold print\u2019s versatility, as it pairs equally well with dark-blue skinny jeans or a neon miniskirt.\n\nEarlier this season, we previewed some of the summer\u2019s most stylish movies. We then (inevitably) started waxing nostalgic about our favorite films from summers past\u2014those VHS\u2019s we watched until the magnetic tape wore thin, and the lines we repeated until they became colloquialisms. (\u201cNobody puts Baby in a corner,\u201d and \u201cHold on to your butts.\u201d)\nWhy wouldn\u2019t we want to honor those movies, too? Here, we\u2019ve selected the most stylish characters from six of our all-time favorite summer films, and curated outfits that remind us of their costumes.\nAmerican Graffiti (1973)\nFitted bodice dress, Alice and Olivia ($440); Jitney sandal in black, Marais ($147); Openwork cardigan, Mango ($27.99 on sale)\nBest-dressed character: Debbie\nWhy we love the look: Vintage-inspired dresses with that fit-and-flare shape have had a renaissance of late, thanks to TV shows such as Mad Men and Masters of Sex.\nWhere to wear it: An alfresco dinner. The cardigan\u2019s open weave makes it the perfect sweater for a cool summer night.\nRead more about what to wear on patios and how to style summer sweaters.\nDirty Dancing (1987)\nCrepe halter top, Tibi ($138.60 on sale); High-waisted shorts, River Island ($60); Champion originals, Keds ($45); Hand-cut leather belt, Wolf & Badger ($99)\nBest-dressed character: Frances \u201cBaby\u201d Houseman\nWhy we love the look: Jean shorts, Keds, a basic tank\u2026think breezy summer fashion at its finest.\nWhere to wear it: A street fest. If Baby\u2019s moves are any indication, it\u2019ll help you shimmy through the crowds with ease.\nThe Sandlot (1993)\nRuched halter swimsuit, J. Crew ($98); Jungle Red lipstick, NARS ($26); Cat-eye sunglasses, CRAP Eyewear ($56)\nBest-dressed character: Even though our 10-year-old selves are still crushing hard on Benny \u201cThe Jet\u201d Rodriguez, we have to give this one to Wendy Peffercorn.\nWhy we love the look: This ruched one-piece is flattering for most any body type, and it\u2019s hard not to look fierce while peeking over the tops of these cat-eye shades.\nWhere to wear it: Pool party! Beach party! Anywhere with a large enough body of water!\nCheck out other examples of pop-culture-inspired swimwear.\nJurassic Park (1993)\nBlouse with cropped sleeve, Zara ($19.99 on sale); Tailored skinny jeans, paper denim & cloth ($152 on sale); Beckett sunglasses, Warby Parker ($95); Harper moto boot, rag & bone ($575); Arrowhead ring, Pamela Love ($625)\nBest-dressed character: Dr. Ian Malcolm\nWhy we love the look: Don\u2019t get us wrong, summer\u2019s vivid color palette is fun, but this all-black ensemble is a refreshing break from the neon norm. Plus, Goldblum.\nWhere to wear it: This would be too hot for an outdoor music festival, but perfect for a late-night show at a corner bar.\nFind more summer concert style ideas.\nNow and Then (1995)\nCutout chambray dress, Intermix ($495); Architecture Outing bag, ModCloth ($89.99); T-strap flats, Francesca\u2019s ($28); Glam lipstick in Lotus, NYX ($6)\nBest-dressed character: Teeny, obviously. She grew up to be a movie star!\nWhy we love the look: The cutouts on this dress are perfectly flirty, and the dusty-pink bag reminds us of the foursome\u2019s amazing treehouse.\nWhere to wear it: No treehouse? Then post up beneath some trees for a picnic in the park.\nWet Hot American Summer (2001)\nClifton ringer tee, Spreadshirt ($31.10); Track shorts, Madewell ($49.50); Slip-on sneakers, Bucketfeet ($65)\nBest-dressed character: \u201870s chic abounds in this cult favorite, but we\u2019ll go with McKinley for his classic summer-camp style.\nWhy we love the look: It\u2019s colorful, comfy, and nostalgic all at once.\nWhere to wear it: If summer camp\u2019s not in the cards, then organize a WHAS viewing party in your backyard.\nAlso, see our tips for styling your home like a summer camp.\n\nShopping Deals in Nearby Places\n\nA Groupon Buck is site credit worth $1 that's deposited directly into your Groupon account. 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-{"text": "UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has just given his third Spending Review, laying out the government's plans for public spending over the next three years.\n\nAmid the usual flurry of numbers, real and imaginary, and political promises on everything from sports funding to childcare, what is the average voter supposed to think?\n\nHang on: Didn't we just have the budget?\n\nWe did - in April.\n\nThis event has many of the trappings of the annual budget statement to the house; it uses much the same language, and many of the same promises.\n\nBut its intention is slightly different.\n\nAn innovation brought in by New Labour, the Spending Review aims to cast the government's plans three years forward.\n\nThis, Gordon Brown feels, gives it a considered, strategic feel often missing from the short-term, knee-jerk decisions contained in an annual budget.\n\nIt also, his critics say, gives him yet another chance to crack the whip on spending departments, and grandstand in the House of Commons.\n\nSo what does it mean for me and my wallet?\n\nIt doesn't quite work that way.\n\nThe Spending Review is more focused on long-term policy than the nitty gritty of capital gains tax and the price of a pack of ciggies.\n\nAs a result, it's harder to say right now whether the average punter is any better or worse off.\n\nMost of the spending plans relate to a target in distant 2005-06, and some do not envisage any change until the year after next.\n\nThe only changes that will make much difference to anyone's pockets are to do with benefits, especially the well-trailed \u00a31,500 a year to encourage GSCE students to stay on at school.\n\nBut don't expect the money to materialise overnight.\n\nEducation was supposed to have been the big thing this time, wasn't it?\n\nIndeed, just as NHS spending took centre stage in April's budget.\n\nIt is now modish to give each expenditure event a theme, giving the journalists something to get hold of in what could otherwise be an off-putting jumble of figures.\n\nAnd Mr Brown has not disappointed: he has pledged a 6% annual increase in the education budget over the next three years, somewhat higher than expected.\n\nPart of that money will go to rebuilding school facilities, but most will be given to schools to spend on quality improvements - ideally targeted at the most deserving schools, who in turn have to submit to rigorous inspection.\n\nIn all, investment in education is to quadruple in real terms by 2005-06.\n\nThere seems to be more money for everyone. Can we afford it?\n\nAh, yes, how will Mr Brown pay for all that.\n\nThere certainly is more money all round - an extra \u00a361bn, or about one-fifth - in department budgets by 2005-06.\n\nThe chancellor feels we can afford a little largesse, and in this statement at least is not bound to discuss how taxes may be tweaked to pay for it all.\n\nIn his April budget, he conceded that national insurance would have to rise to pay for improvements to the NHS, and critics complain that a few minor taxes have crept higher here and there.\n\nCertainly, Mr Brown has espoused the idea that heavy spending on public services is more important than cutting taxes, especially as the UK is seen as lagging its neighbours in terms of historic investment.\n\nAt the same time, however, he is taking an optimistic view of the British economy - not one shared by everyone, least of all the City.\n\nRecent alarrming jolts in the stock market may have more to do with the US than anything else, but there is a general sense of economic nerves that fits oddly with Mr Brown's bullish view.\n\nFew Britons would be keen to commit to a 20% rise in their own spending three years hence, for example.\n\nBut Mr Brown says that being parsimonious with spending in previous years, and paying back a lot of debt has freed up billions of pounds, which can now be spent.\n\nForget the money - how about the politics? What does this do for Gordon Brown's career?\n\nThere's no great gamble here.\n\nOverall, this statement displays no major change of tack on Mr Brown's part, and - characteristically - no huge surprises.\n\nBrown-watchers will have combed the document, however, for hints on his relationships with fellow ministers.\n\nSome - notably Margaret Beckett at agriculture and possibly Patricia Hewitt at trade - may have ended up with less cash than they wanted.\n\nOthers, notably the lucky Estelle Morris, education secretary, will be staggering home under a mountain of cash.\n\nIn a sense, this statement completes Mr Brown's transition from steely-eyed friend of the City to twinkling godfather of the public services - a move that will do him no harm in the eyes of the voters."}
-{"text": "Police Open Day \u2013 Saturday 6 August!\n\nSave the date! Thames Valley Police\u2019s fantastic annual Open Day will take place on Saturday 6 August at Sulhamstead training centre, near Reading!\nThe huge event usually welcomes over 5,000 people, who are given an insight into what goes on behind the scenes at TVP. Around 40 Force departments and external partners exhibit at the day, with a number of talks and displays from a variety of units including the Dog Section and the Mounted Section!\nMore information will be posted over the coming weeks and months, so watch this space! #TVPOpenDay"}
-{"text": "UGG Bailey Button Boots 5803..\n\nParty shivers force began to world and the body of the WangPinXian became completely condensed thirty-three days began his treasure rested, ZhouTianYi calculation capacity than in the past are more than ten thousand times. ZhouTianYi, optimus prime, town day ring, seal lock day... . And baby all Cheap UGG Boots functioning, crazy absorbing the day pulse power, that the plague of cut kill huang, Ning huang, give birth to the emperor, you people have many days pulse power, stored in the body of the party, but such a running thirty-three days god creation of boxing, the original is simply had been erased. Thanks HuangFu avenue is the day of pulse power enough, or not enough to draw. Now all the day in the party pulse vigor, is enough to cast three times fist 33 times god creation warfare. Can imagine, each one punch, this how much power. Lawless breath, from party head cold come up, the ChengYiZun umbellate magic weapon. This is thirty-three days of his treasure \"no day umbrella\". In the fist at the moment of creation god launch, all power, Israeli cold as the center, spread all around, a wholly beyond the sea, abolish, swire, hon meng, era, direct to the time of the other side of the breath send out, click the let the xi stem could not move. Xi stem the forehead of the first old emperor, with the beginning of a wind of the fullest the descent, in the party of the cold breath of oppression, incredibly completely unable to move, face a clinking fear god appeared to se. UGG Men Boots Because he found himself, incredibly can't transfer the power of heaven. This is a terrorist information. \"God, master creation boxing celestial....\" his mouth, tough spit out a few words to, finally know, god creation of boxing burstling, forehead to surrender power. Because the ancient times, the sky is possessed of a king created. God is his creation of the unique boxing skills, in casting in heaven, the heaven of qi ban to respect the old master. Xi stem fight on means, be party real refrain from cold. Party a cold brush, hair away, body is big, tall, have the qualification of the city, a slight movement and control all the world, a little walk, the world at ease, not reach place. The fist brought, thunder storm, the rain lu solar term, st sunset... . All in one punch in. This is epoch-making, casting tide and plucked a healthy atmosphere, atmosphere and a boxing dang demon. This is the Dun hun cut the evolution of universe, derivative beginning, open the door of the men of eternal life one punch. This is the breakthrough in the future, hit a golden avenue, smooth all the blow. One punch under, the future of all the stage, sprouts margin, all break. Enter a new world. Thirty-three days god endowed the boxing, three hundred and thirty times warfare. Dangdang vastly, almost all the xi stem are flooded. Xi stem which is almost not enough room to revolt, trying to run the the beginning by the \", but this ancient the upanishads a functioning, exploded immediately. He lights in the wind, put out all the time. UGG Foxfur Boots King day cannot be killed for the repair, in nature before god boxing, incredibly appear very weak up. This is the condition of the power, especially in the forehead, the condition of the wei, is unapproachable, the power of life into. Party cold feel, in their creation of instant cast god boxing, forehead is almost is in our hands, to what the law is what the law, to what is what qi qi. At the moment, he seems to be the master of the forehead is. Instant between, xi stem will cost in the punch under. Suddenly! Different changed axon was born! In the party a blow when the play, the sky above the vast, top heaven, there was a stream of vortex, is almost torn the eternal forces, notice here. A rainbow light, pour down, seems to be knife light, seems to be the sword light, the aurora, the rainbow, and redeemed breath, all pervading. Party of a punch in the dawn of the cold, in light of a rainbow, a series of explosions, but did not break through the rainbow light. Rainbow light a roll, xi stem involved. And then, once again, a change, rainbow light toward the party swept over the cold, every glory, all have destroyed xing breath, though this is the light of salvation, but also is the light of destruction. Destruction is redeemed. \"The blade of redemption, the product for the shots\"Party a see rainbow across the cold light come over, want to also don't want to, even tread footsteps, cast out the wings of freedom, and steal the word of the day, the world WangFo at the UGG Adirondack Boot II also launched, rapidly between, vanished into thin air. And that, he knows, is the blade of redemption shots, equivalent to day king level of existence. He immediately ran, now also is not day king opponent. Although he wanted to and day king one war, see each other can't kill me. But now's not the time, he had enough benefits, must want to digest, the body has a large number of artifact? No refining creation pieces. And now the situation be urgent, remove the benefits and then run, is the way to go, heaven can be more than one day ruler. Body strength, at which the maximum burstling! The party is almost instantly through the forehead all the law, came to the sky outside. Unfortunately, the way the light of redemption, through time river, incredibly tracking him out. A rumbling, the light of redemption, rushed out of heaven, just hit the enter a group of barbarians in the army, and many of the barbarians between rapidly is evaporated. UGG Bailey Button Boots 5803 \"Hum! If it is at ordinary times, this a light of redemption, affirmation is to make track for me there is no way to god, into without men. But now, the word in siege celestial light in killing me at the same time, will destroy the barbarians, sure to be army all aspects of the superior to intercept! First I escape from the muddy, digest the income say again. A kind of celestial WeiGongZhan, will continue for a long time, enough I digestive casting invincible body.\" Party cold accelerating again, small fate was running, into a does not exist in the world of shadows. Sure enough, the deep space and time, the huge day king virtual shadow appear, is one of the barbarians day gentleman, see the blade of redemption in the light of rampant army, a palm press down. Huge palm, fully cover the sky, the time and space enrichment, instantly closed the universe. This big hands even party was caught cold together in one of them."}
-{"text": "Archive for February 28, 2012\n\nAccording to NHK the government announced that for Tohoku-region farmers unable to grow rice last year many rice fields contaminated with radiation can plant rice this year. The government reports that 2% of rice harvested last year contained between 100-500 bequerels of radiation, whilst 0.2% had more than 500bq which is not fit for consumption. The decision was made because of concern for farmers\u2019 livelihoods and maintenance of good quality rice fields. Criticisms included no measures for stringent oversight preventing contaminated rice of more than 500bq to slip into the national rice supplies; no means of disposal of contaminated rice; nor financial incentive for farmers and local officials to be honest. Further, it appears to be a commercial decision in sympathy with farmers, and with less regard for consumers.\n\nPreviously there were reports in 2010 of expired rice meant for industrial uses, including glue production, was bought from government stocks and commercially resold to pre-schools and schools for childrens\u2019 lunches in the period between about 2005 and 2010.\n\nI love the Internet and the culture around it. It\u2019s brilliant. I love being able to communicate with friends and family\u2026 at a distance, and up close. I love having access to the information and resources that didn\u2019t exist 10 years ago, and I love seeing the new useful stuff. I do admit I let MySpace pass me by, and never heard of Orkut until it was already a living fossil; I was too busy with ICQ. However, here\u2019s a website I\u2019m steering clear of, Pinterest.\n\nPinterest says in it\u2019s terms and conditions that it reserves the right to resell any image its users have added to Pinterest\u2019s website, including mine. This is without regard to copyright ownership, nor standard industry licensing & purchasing. In short, Pinterest is a messy mass of Intellectual Property law suits waiting to happen. Both Flickr and stock agencies have added the no pin code to their websites preventing image theft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest#Copyrighted_content).\n\nOn top of that, Pinterest allows website owners to opt out, which prevents Pinterests users adding your images to Pinterest.com; a rather selfish paradigm, it\u2019s very ego-centric. Now, every single website in the world is fair game, until they insert the code (below) which prevents Pinterest\u2019s users from stealing your copyrighted images. What if every other social network had this system? Should there be a list of websites to blacklist, or \u201cblackcode\u201d? It\u2019d be a nightmare to keep updated, as each website will require unique coding, and occasional updates. The alternative is to invite Pinterests members to your site, and as soon as they illegally upload your images you start suing; it\u2019ll be profitable, and should changed Pinterest\u2019s policies.\n\nWe have a small piece of code you can add to the head of any page on your site:\n\n<meta name=\u201dpinterest\u201d content=\u201dnopin\u201d />\n\nWhen a user tries to pin from your site, they will see this message:\n\n\u201cThis site doesn\u2019t allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting!\u201d\n\nThis Photo of the Week is for the upcoming Nagoya fertility festival, held at Tagata annually on 15th March. The festival promotes having babies and families, and it\u2019s also a place where young single people can pray that they find a husband or wife in the coming year. In a Catholic western tradition, all thought of sex is considered a sin, but oriental religions do not consider sex a problem, and so there is no shame or sense of sin associated in having such festivals. The public parading of a phallus is not a problem. Families bathe together, and everyone know what all the bits are, so there\u2019s nothing to teeter about. So, without further ado, here\u2019s a giant wooden cock.\n\nThat\u2019s it! I\u2019m declaring Sony Japan institutionally racist. I don\u2019t know about other parts of the Sony company, but Sony Japan has got to change. The new Sony A77 and A65 cameras were announced on the 11th August 2011 (Sony A65, DPReview.Com), and yet the Sony Store and all other electronic and camera stores in Nagoya Japan do not provide these digital cameras with multilingual options nor overseas models. In other countries, the cameras that are exported are multilingual, and the menu language can be changed, so French people living in China are well catered for. However, the models sold in Japan are Japanese language only. I do have a Sony Bloggie, but I had to pay extra for \u201cthe overseas model\u201d, that is, the model with multilingual menu settings. However, it seems that now there is only one multilingual Sony product available inside of Japan, the Sony Reader.\n\nIn 2005 Sony took over the Konica Minolta camera division, and so Sony inherited millions of SLR camera users like me. The picture below on the left is the Konica Minolta Alpha Sweet I bought in Japan in 2005. It was exported to North America as the Maxxum 5d and all other parts of the world as the Dynax 5d (DPReview.Com). These models in Japan included multilingual settings. The camera on the right is the Sony A200 sold in Japan, and just like the current models the menus are only available in Japanese.\n\nThe Minolta digital camera on the left provides multilingual options, but not Sony cameras sold in Japan.\n\nIn contrast to Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, and other camera makers do provide in Japan a menu setting to allow the user to set their choice of language. I do have some reading ability in Japanese, but there are some menu options I just cannot understand, and there are some information displays that are beyond me. Also, if consumers pay as much as \u00a5140,000 (USD$1,700) for the Sony A77 or Nex-7, they would surly feel at least slightly disappointed in not being able to make full use of all of the features of the camera. Wouldn\u2019t some feel at least slightly insulted? Otherwise, I\u2019m sure they would just buy a Nikon or Canon instead. Well, why am I with Sony? I didn\u2019t intend to be with Sony, I started with Minolta, and stayed with the Minolta system when the camera division was handed to Sony, and therefore I had to take on the Sony system. How do I feel now? Well, Nikon is looking like a good option, but they often use Sony sensors in their digital cameras, and I don\u2019t particularly want my money going to Sony right now.\n\nThis Photo of the Week was one taken last summer. It was taken on film, and as a double-exposure. It was then digitised complete with grain, dust spots, and other charisma. This series of photos Poem of a Cacophonous City is more in the art realm\u2026 than of poetry, but then poetry is also more in the art realm than something like a police report. Anyway, the point is that it will look great on cafe walls.\n\nThis series is meant to convey the business, the proximity, the noise, and general clutter of the city. However, this particular image is meant to convey a different kind of clutter. The spelling, or mis-spelling of the titles this particular picture has had include Ex-plain, Explane, and Explain. Essentially it toys with the idea that Nagoya, the city where this photo was taken, was a flood plain, or a delta, that was regularly inundated after each snow melt, where new sediment was deposited. Now, there are flood barriers, and in the last 40 years, the general Nagoya area has sunk about 20cm, and especially sinks during and after each shaking of the sediment from earthquakes. So, this former, or \u2018ex\u2019-plain had pretty flowers here once, and now it\u2019s a city. But why put a city here? Explain to me, that. Especially because sedimentary plains shake more in earthquakes causing more damage, and the whole basin will be below sea level quite soon. Isn\u2019t it a poor choice to have one of the richest cities of the world?\n\nThere are a number of reviews for this cheap mini digital video camera on the internet, and a Google search can help you find them (CNet has this technical review). This, however, this is a much more qualitative review. I have not been paid by Sony, and I do not depend on any electronics manufacturer to supply me with products to review, and therefore indirectly promote. I have bought this device, and have used it for a while now. What I have noticed in a recent Google search is that some basic problems of my Bloggie seems to be inherent in the current models (see other CNet reviews). Below, is my qualitative review.\n\nThe Sony Bloggie is very small, compact and I like the burgundy colour (though Sony, a Japanese-language company, claim it\u2019s violet). It fits a Sony Memory Stick or standard SD card, making it in part ways compatible with some of your other electronic devices. It comes with a single Sony shape battery, that does not last very long and there\u2019s no external charger, nor will the battery fit any other manufacturers devices. The Bloggie does not take standard AAA or AA batteries so you are locked in. It can do a few recordings before it needs recharging. I have been in a situation where I though it was charged enough, only needing to recharge it off of my laptop battery right at time of need. The added problem was that it would not function whilst it was charging. Even though it is intended for blogs and an internet social life, hence the name, it cannot be used for live streaming like on Google+ Hangouts or UStream. The primary assumption by Sony Engineers must have been a standard point of view that you would record, then upload, and not do both simultaneously. The supplied software, PMB does not upload high quality video to YouTube, see this early video of mine as an example, Nagashima Town Festival. Instead, you need to use the YouTube uploader to provide HD quality video to your adoring fans, see Sumo Bitch Slap. Aviation buffs will be disappointed with the rolling shutter problem, as shown in this video of a Curtis Kittyhawk taxiing. You will also notice that it can be a bit slow to focus, and the auto focus system can focus on not the thing you want it too, and you have no control of that. It does have a face-recognition auto-focus system, so most of the time you\u2019ll get what you want. In this video of the Nagoya Domatsuri (Nagoya Dance Festival), you will also see it\u2019s dynamic range (control of dark and light areas) isn\u2019t bad, nor it\u2019s automatic exposure settings. You have no control over the exposure, that is, there is no manual settings, but the auto-functions does a good enough job, however, I do not professionally produce videos anyway.\n\nNow, as promised, the rant, but I promise to keep it unemotional. The problems I have encountered are when you want to play back the videos. On the camera the video appears smooth, on the Sony PMB software on your computer, the video appears smooth, when uploaded onto YouTube (using either PMB or the YouTube uploader), the video appears smooth. However, when viewing on your computer with QuickTime, Windows Media Player, or any of the Linux players the mpg visuals will jump and pause, whilst the sound will just carry on; it will be a frustrating watch. If you record family videos, party videos, or anything that you will keep private and share with friends, you cannot just send the file. You need to convert it to another format that will replay the video smoothly on your friends computers. I have used Any Video Converter in the past, but I had spent an entire day trying to find the right settings to convert the Bloggie mpg-4 file. Eventually I gave up and then tried Acala Video Studio. These two video converters are available on Cnet Downloads for free. I eventually found that the Bloggies mpg-4 file could be successfully converted to wmv format that will play smoothly, and so you can share private videos with your friends. In the year I\u2019ve had this camera firmware and software updates have become available, and I was unaware of them until I experienced the frustration of getting a smoothly playing video file. I have not tested the camera with the updates, but will get to updating this review when appropriate.\n\nThe other problem with the PMB software for playback and uploading, is that once it has automatically installed onto your computer direct from the camera (nice and convenient), it cannot do that again, even if you have a new computer. Not to worry, just open the MP Root folder and then upload to your online account directly or onto your hard-drive. Files the Bloggie produces are quite large when the best quality settings are chosen (and I recommend you do this), so I also advise you to have an external hard drive to keep your videos on.\n\nThe below video of the Toyohashi Fire Festival demonstrates that the Bloggie can deal with difficult lighting situations, but also shows the slow autofocus. The sound quality seems reasonable, but there is no external microphone jack to improve things anyway. Would I buy this again? I\u2019d probably shop around a bit more and see if there is something better (and cheaper), whilst still not discounting this.\n\nThis POTW is of Nabana no Sato is a private botanic gardens, where you pay to enter. They always of some special feature at all times through the year. Currently their special feature is the nighttime illumination, which started in late October and runs until the 1st April. It is especially a great place to take your Valentine\u2019s date.\n\nFrom Nagoya Kintetsu you can take an Express train to Yatomi and change to a Local or Semi-express and get off at the next stop for 390 yen (one-way). Also, in the late afternoon and early evening some Express trains will stop at Nagashima (announced in Japanese, Kintetsu is not very good at ad-hoc bilingual notices), so it\u2019s better to ask the guard / conductor at the rear of the train to confirm if the Express train you\u2019re about to take will stop at Nagashima or not.\n\nThanks to +John Asano reminding me that it\u2019s almost Cherry Blossom (sakura) season, which is usually the end of March early April and goes for about a week. In Japan friends, social groups, companies, and families all stake out a place under an arboretum of cherry blossoms and have barbeques and pretend it\u2019s not uncomfortably cool. These barbeques / parties are known in Japanese as \u2018hanami\u2019, or \u2018flower looking\u2019. Because of the 11th March earthquake last year, most people thought it bad taste to have a party only a month after the disaster, so there were very few hanami parties in 2011, and so I bet they\u2019ll make up for it this year. See more Japanese pictures at my PhotoShelter portfolio.\n\nThis year, I made up a gallery of pictures that have \u201csakura\u201d as a keyword. I\u2019ll admit that I was in that stage where I was repulsed from taking hanami party pictures, until last year when I couldn\u2019t. So this year I\u2019ll add more to the collection.\n\nSome parts of Japan have received heavy and accumulating snow. Last week many areas in the north received snow, followed by a slight warming, which has allowed the top layer to melt slightly before freezing again. On top of this icy layer, known in Japan as corn snow (due to it\u2019s micro scopic shape), fresh snow created yet another layer. Concern is for a number of points.\n\nThe corn-snow layer allows for surface avalanches\n\nAvalanches and surface avalanches can be triggered by earthquakes\n\nSnow sliding off roofs can kill people under them. A meter of snow can weigh upto 500kg (1/2 ton).\n\nSnow clearing with snow ploughs have killed pedestrians\n\nSnow clearing off roofs have accounted for about 75% of deaths. Most deaths involve people aged 60 and over. Most deaths are as a result of falls, heart attacks, or falls with snow burials.\n\nSolar panels on roofs have also contributed, as normal roofs have stoppers that hold snow in place, or slow the rate of fall. However, solar panels were not designed with this consideration, and often sit above snow stoppers, thus with the smooth surface are more dangerous than a regular roof (see the picture below).\n\nFinally, some houses this week have collapsed under the weight of snow on their roofs. So far, some areas have more than 3 meters of accumulated snow.\n\nBelow are file pictures relating to the extreme weather.\n\nSolar panels allow snow to dangerously slide off roofs, which has caused the deaths of many people."}
-{"text": "Pak faces serious threat from Taliban, warns US\n\nThe United States on Wednesday warned that Pakistan faces a \"serious\" threat from the Taliban and offered its assistance to fight against terrorism after the recent attacks in Karachi.\n\n\"There is no doubt that the threat of violent extremism in Pakistan, including the TTP, is serious,\" a US state department spokesperson told PTI.\n\nThe people of Pakistan have suffered greatly at the hands of terrorists and violent extremists, the official said, adding that Pakistan continues to lose many police, soldiers and civilians.\n\n\"The US stands with Pakistan in this struggle and we remain engaged with the government of Pakistan on this issue. Certainly the United States and Pakistan have a common enemy and a common cause in the fight against violent extremism and we will continue to work with Pakistan as it combats extremism and violence,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We have a strong ongoing dialogue with Pakistan regarding all aspects of our bilateral relationship and shared interests, including security and counter-terrorism cooperation and we work together to address these concerns,\" said the official.\n\nThe official stressed that the United States and Pakistan continue to have a vital, shared and strategic interest in ending terrorism and in the pursuit of a stable, peaceful, and prosperous region.\n\nThe official's comments came after the Pakistani Taliban confirmed that Uzbek militants took part in the deadly assault on Karachi's international airport that killed at least 39 people.\n\nTen Uzbek militants entered the Jinnah International airport on Sunday night from different directions in two groups, resulting in a bloody standoff lasting for about 13 hours.\n\nA day after the assualt, Taliban militants attacked a training camp of the Airport Security Force outside Karachi international airport, but fled after Pakistani forces repulsed the assault.\n\nImage: Planes are seen near a section of a damaged building at the Karachi airport after Sunday's attack by Taliban militants"}
-{"text": "Simplex to rent in Veld En Vlei - 2 bedroom 13359808\n\nGallery (10 Photos)\n\nThis neat, modern simplex consist of 2 bedrooms with built-in cupboards, 2 bathrooms of which 1 is a main-en-suite, an open-plan kitchen with modern finishes and granite tops, lounge and a single lock-up garage. The unit is fully tiled with Italian tiles and also offer air conditioner. Located in a neat complex. Unfortunately NO Pets Allowed."}
-{"text": "Charitable Gifts of Life Insurance\n\nMany Americans decide to make a difference by donating money to local religious, educational, social, or cultural organizations, and this type of charitable giving can also provide tax benefits for the donor and his or her heirs.\n\nA charitable donation does not have to be cash. Gifts of life insurance have some unique advantages:\n\nBecause life insurance is a contract that passes outside the will, it cannot be contested in probate proceedings.\n\nThe payment of a life insurance policy death benefit is private\u2014not a matter of public record.\n\nAlthough payment of the life insurance death benefit is deferred, the charity may be able to use the cash values immediately.\n\nThe charity does not pay income or estate tax on the benefit.\n\nThere are no probate delays.\n\nAssets are preserved for the donor's family.\n\nLife insurance can be donated to charity in two ways:\n\nThe first arrangement is used when the insured/donor wants to retain control over the insurance policy. Under this system, the insured is the owner of the policy, the charity is the beneficiary, and the premiums are not income-tax-deductible. Since the insured owns the policy at death, the death benefit will be included in his or her estate under IRC Section 2042, but it will be 100% deductible from the estate, since it is payable to a charity (IRC Section 2055).\n\nIn the second arrangement, the charity is both owner and beneficiary of the policy. Here, the premiums may be income-tax-deductible within IRS guidelines.\n\nIf the donor gives an existing policy to charity, the value of the policy (generally, its cash surrender value plus any unearned premiums) or the policyholder's basis (normally the premiums paid), whichever is less, is allowable as an itemized income tax deduction. (See IRC Section 170(e)(1)(A), and Tuttle v. U.S., 436 F.2d 69 (2d Cir. 1970).) The tax consequences of future premium payments would work as described above where the charity is both owner and beneficiary.\n\nA charitable remainder trust (CRT) allows an individual to give an asset to charity while retaining an interest in the asset during his or her lifetime. This can help the donor increase income, reduce estate and income taxes, avoid taxes on gains, and make a significant charitable contribution without reducing his or her family's inheritance.\n\nIt is generally best to fund a CRT with an asset that would produce substantial long-term capital gains tax if sold outside the trust. After the trust is executed, the donor transfers the appreciated asset to the CRT, which sells the asset and gives the donor an income for life, for a term of years, or for joint lives. At the death of the donor or other named beneficiary, the remaining trust assets pass to the charity. Here are some benefits of using this strategy:\n\nWhen the trust is created, the donor gets a current income tax deduction based on the future amount passing to the charity (IRC Sections 170(f)(2)(A) and 664(e)).\n\nThe trust pays no capital gains tax when it sells the asset.\n\nThe trust can invest in assets paying a higher rate of return than the donated asset was producing, and the trust has more to invest, since it doesn't pay tax on the gain. This can result in increased income for the donor.\n\nEstate taxes are reduced, since the asset placed in the trust has been removed from the estate.\n\nUpon the donor's death, assets remaining in the CRT pass to the charity. However, the tax savings produced by the charitable donation and the income generated by the trust can be used to pay premiums on a life insurance policy owned by an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT), which can replace the value of the assets that pass to the charity in the CRT. Since the life insurance policy is purchased and owned by the irrevocable trust, the proceeds are free of income tax and estate tax.\n\nIf you are considering a life insurance gift or a CRT, consult a qualified financial professional for more specific guidance before making your decision."}
-{"text": "My family has been with McDonough ATA for several years now and we love it! The staff here is very friendly and Ms. Johnson especially is very helpful and goes out of her way to answer questions and give help wherever and whenever needed.\n\nCarey Klement Daughtry\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nIf you want your child to defend themselves against all the challenges that life will bring them as they grow and develop, you need to enroll in this school. I am especially impressed with their \"Leadership Program\". This school doesn't just teach students to \"pass\" which is what it seems our youth only cares about... this school raises the bar and tells it's students to go beyond \"passing\" and EXCEL.\n\nBecca Nell\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nThe staff is highly qualified and makes a point to get to know every student individually. They are genuinely concerned that each student is achieving their maximum potential. They are very organized and the studio is kept clean. They also offer numerous other activities that are fun and even offer parent's night out.\n\nAshley Westphall-Carr\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nMy kids have gained so much from going there. They are more respectful and have gained so much self-confidence. I would recommend ATA of McDonough to anyone wanting to take martial arts. My daughter just had her birthday party there in the staff was wonderful. They made her feel so special. Thanks ATA!!!\n\nStacey Coada\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nThis place is a great place for kids of all ages and adults. Very family oriented even if you are just a parent not taking classes you are invited to watch and kept informed of all things going on. Very patient staff and teachers are phenomenal with the fact that all kids/people learn differently and they teach individually while still keeping the group learning as a whole. Walked into the building on a whim and ended up letting my daughter take classes for 4 years and becoming a 2nd degree black belt. She was strong willed stubborn and kinda hard to teach however all the teachers and staff were patient and kept calm helping her to learn respect and to follow rules and also respect to others who may not learn as quick as her so in the end she became a leader willing to help other struggling students. Highly recommend anyone thinking about taking classes to check this place out.\n\nNims Harris\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nWe've been with McDonough ATA for a year now and the growth and positive changes we've seen are incredible. Our family have noticed the changes and have copied what we are doing in one way or another. Staff is great, friendly, and their families are a part of the Black Belt journey as well. Talk about putting your mouth where your money is. Gold Star\n\nCallie Hamric\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nWe absolutely adore this studio. My daughter is 4 and she loves her karate instructors and everything she learns! Today they learned about what to do if someone tries to kidnap them and I think it is absolutely wonderful that they teach this! The people are wonderful! I also am so happy that they are so accepting of all cultures. My daughter has two moms and they are more than welcoming of it!\n\nAllison Knight Fedorowicz\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nMy kids love ATA! My 7 year old is in the after-school program and begs to attend every camp and parents night out. A four-year-old has already told me he wants to join the after-school program next year when he starts kindergarten. They have both learned so much: martial arts, anti-bullying, self-defense, respect, discipline, and more. I love seeing the look of accomplishment on their faces every time they advance to the next belt. They love their instructors and the friends they have met along the way. What a great experience!\n\nKrista Panick Crews\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nMy son and I have been attending this school for about three years now. Great people, great curriculum, ATA rocks\n\nShelia Evans Gatlin\nreviewed McDonough ATA Black Belt Academy \u2014\n\n5\n\nvia Facebook\n\nMy son is 7 years old and last month marked one year he has been enrolled in classes. McDonough ATA is about so much more than learning cool karate moves. For example, the oath they begin and end class with...\"I promise to be a good person, to have knowledge in my mind, honesty in my heart, strength in my body, and make good friends.\" McDonough ATA and the wonderful instructors reinforce everything (and more) that we are teaching our son at home. Core values...honesty, loyalty, manners, tolerance, commitment, perseverance, discipline, self-confidence, encouragement, empathy, citizenship...I could go on! Not to mention the friendships and bonds he has formed with his classmates...priceless. ATA McDonough excels in molding and creating good people to be our country's future leaders.\n\nCategory: Teen & Adults\n\nThe term \u201cMartial Arts\u201d is a relatively broad expression that encompasses a variety of different disciplines. Typically, when we hear the words martial arts, the first ideas that come to mind are one or more of the techniques that have developed in Asian countries. However, the martial arts are comprised of most types of fighting [\u2026]\n\nFebruary is all about the hear! Not just the heart we share with others but that muscle inside all of us that keeps us going all day every day. Every year, the American Heart Association celebrates Heart Month to raise awareness about heart disease and heart health. What you may not know is that martial [\u2026]\n\nThere are few things quite like working out with a partner or spouse \u2013 a loved one of any sort. No matter type of martial arts you both practice, there are some benefits to exercising together. From perfecting your form to keeping each other motivated, you\u2019ll find them here Read on to find out more. [\u2026]\n\nMany think martial arts is about kicking and punching, but there is so much more that martial arts teaches in our hectic multi-media world. For starters, martial arts teaches creating a strong positive mind set which increases good habits, thereby resulting in positive decisions and creating the right actions. For beginners, one of the first [\u2026]\n\nDiscipline is to obey what is right. That means taking the actions to move us closer to our goals. What was something you did yesterday that will make your tomorrows better? Let\u2019s not forget, it\u2019s the little things each day that make up the bigger things\u2026 For martial arts programs specializing in martial arts [\u2026]\n\nThe New Year is here, and with thousands of goals and resolutions in sight as well, 2019 is the year you should try something new! Martial arts is an established system that can better the entirety of your being. Whether you need mental benefits like furthering your discipline muscle, physical benefits like getting in shape, [\u2026]\n\nThe Leadership Life Skill that Leads to an Abundant Life November is here and during the last two months of the year, we are practicing the Leadership Life Skill Honesty. Quite simply, honesty it is the process of recognizing, accepting and expressing your true, authentic self. We teach in our ATA classes that honesty is [\u2026]\n\nHoliday shopping can be a thrill. In a good way and even in a bad way. Adding a little self defense mentality can go a long way. Self Awareness You have society on your side. Potential criminals (for the most part) won\u2019t just obnoxiously run up to you in front of a crowd and take [\u2026]\n\nAs children, we have parents, teachers, coaches that are in our lives providing the support to empower our success. As we grow, it becomes a challenge for us to know what made us a success because of WHO we are vs what made us successful because of the influences in our circles. Sometimes we leave [\u2026]\n\nMany think martial arts is about kicking and punching, but there is so much more that martial arts teaches in our hectic multi-media world. For starters, martial arts teaches creating a strong positive mind set which increases good habits, thereby resulting in positive decisions and creating the right actions. For beginners, one of the first [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "I've played with Mafia 2 and inspired to build something. This was just a simple black car then it changed into a police car. Ready to get the job done.\n\nAbout this creation\n\nShowing the front. The hood is my favourite part. I really like the shape of it.\n\nThe side of it. Nothing much.\n\nBack with opening trunk.\n\nNot a really big space but you can store small things there.\n\nAnd finnaly a little action\nPolice officer: 510, we've got a speedy vehicle\n...\nPolice officer: Do you know that you went over 90km/h?\nGuy with the motor: I didn't know that.\nPolice officer: Then here is the bill for you and your shiny bike.\nGuy with the motor: Thank you officer."}
-{"text": "Last week I bought my wife a Thunder .380 sice she finally decided she wanted to learn how to shoot. I throughly cleaned and lubed the gun and today was able to try it out. I find the gun very accurate, but on every magazine load fired throught it the next to last round fail to chamber. Sometimes it would stove pipe, while on others it would jam itself against the top edge of the chamber. I suspect it is the magazine, but having no previous experience with this gun I don't know for sure. I picked this gun after all the positive reviews I have seen here, and I had several people approach me at the gun show after I bought to offer testimonials about what a great gun it was. Some of my buddies were very negitive about this brand, and my experience today has just added to their diddain. Any ideas?\n\n09-26-2010, 11:18 PM\n\nbayhawk2\n\nA couple of things to look at.One is \"limp wrist\".You probably already have heard of it.Just in case,I'll explain it.It's where you hold the gun loosely in your hands.The spent pressure from the shell wants to eject the slide back far enough to eject the spent casing and load a fresh one.With a loose grip the slide is handicapped from its full slide back due to your hands following the slide back in the same direction.I avoid \"limp wrist\" by holding a firm grip.I actually push my hands forward,in the direction of the target while pulling the trigger.This puts the full pressure of the spent shell on the slide.\nSecondly.Ammo.Mine shoots well with anything,but some swear on certain ammo.Cor-Bon is a biggie in other Threads for the Bersa.\nThird.Keep the gun oiled.Mainly the slide.\nThese may not be the problem,but I like my Bersa Thunder .380.I have the Duo Tone.It jammed once in the first 50 rounds.I cleaned it up and have shot hundreds of rounds since.No problems.Good luck and hope you all the best on finding the fix.\n\n09-28-2010, 09:21 PM\n\ngschnarr\n\nWe have two of them. With my wife, she did limp wrist it at first. Once that was corrected, she now has over 2000 rounds through it without a hitch. Mine only has about 1500. Is the gun new or used. Also if it is not a bersa mag, that is often a problem. Got to Bersa Chat Forum for a lot of good information. Sometimes the type of ammo may be the issue. Some of the pistols do not like a particular brand of ammo. Finally if it is new, there is a lifetime warrantee wheere they will make it right quickly.\n\n10-01-2010, 08:23 AM\n\nGrimjack\n\nFirst off, I've been shooting handguns for over 30 years, I was in the military for 20 , so yes, I do know what limp wristing is, and no, that is not the problem. The gun is new, the magazine is the factory issue one that came with it, and the ammo is Fiocchi. I'm hoping this is just a break in thing and will settle out after another cuople hundred rounds. Fortunately this gun is only intended to teach my wife to shoot. But I want to prove to my shooting buddies that Bersa is not a \"cheap\" gun, and is capable of being a dependable firearm.\n\n10-01-2010, 10:03 AM\n\nrecoilguy\n\nIt appears you may have to lie to your buddies then.........at least about this particular Bersa. I know they are inexpensive and Bersa folks stand by them rabidly and blindly.\n\nThe finish on a Bersa is sub par at best but the .380's normally shoot well and cycle effectively. I would surely try a different brand of ammo it does make a diffreance. Then I would shoot it myself to see if maybe she was limp wristing it. It is not easy to tell if someone else is limpwristing a handgun.\n\nI would place my concern on can I make the gun my wife has to shot well, before what my buddies think of the brand I bought. If your buddies are gun guys with experiance shooting and with many manufactures, maybe they have some knowlege that a couple guys at a gunshow who only own one gun do........maybe not though.\n\nGood luck getting the little Bersa to run correctly. A faulty shooting gun in a new shooters hands is not a good combo.\nRCG\n\n10-01-2010, 10:40 AM\n\nzhurdan\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by Grimjack\n\nFirst off, I've been shooting handguns for over 30 years, I was in the military for 20 , so yes, I do know what limp wristing is, and no, that is not the problem. The gun is new, the magazine is the factory issue one that came with it, and the ammo is Fiocchi. I'm hoping this is just a break in thing and will settle out after another cuople hundred rounds. Fortunately this gun is only intended to teach my wife to shoot. But I want to prove to my shooting buddies that Bersa is not a \"cheap\" gun, and is capable of being a dependable firearm.\n\nSounds like the pistol is not cooperating in your quest to prove to your buddies that it's capable. Personally, I wouldn't take a Bersa if it were given to me, but alas, you already have it. Definitely try some different ammo as suggested. Also, did you clean the magazines as well? Try that. One new gun I bought had more goop in the magazine body than the gun did.\n\n10-06-2010, 02:23 PM\n\nclanger\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by Grimjack\n\nFirst off, I've been shooting handguns for over 30 years,\n\nthen you should know these things (auto-feeders) like to be run in for several hundred rounds and they can be ammo finiky and you should try more than one brand.\n\nwe gotta thunder in the safe and it eat's everything we shove in the pipe, reloads only, and it's dead nuts accruate and has been for oh gosh i dunnow- ever?\n\nno offence but the whole \"prove to your buddies\" thing aint what guns or shooting's all about. who care's what yer shooting and what others think.\n\nshoot what ya like the best ya can and if that aint good enough? then.....ya need new buddies imho.\n\n02-07-2011, 07:47 PM\n\nguard dog\n\ntoo simple\n\nThis might seem too simple to work but try loading your magazine with one or two less\nbullets. If you find that there are no longer feeding problems you will know it's your\nmagazine. Try storing your magazine fully loaded for a week or longer before you\nuse it again.\n\n02-09-2011, 05:06 PM\n\nmactex\n\nNever mind, just noticed how old this thread was!\n\n10-27-2012, 01:35 PM\n\nfang_zamillion\n\nI have one with same problem. Naturally, the first thing I heard was the \"limp wrist\" crap. I have tried firing with thumb behind grip, mid finger in front, and letting it hang limp as possible when firing. result? Stovepipes on next to last round. Hold firmly with both hands, I can fire it and it stovepipes - ALWAYS on the next to last round. The hold has no effect, and it is always that round that stovepipes EVERY time. No answers found, and none to give, but at least I have learned that this is common problem...\n\n10-28-2012, 10:42 AM\n\nScienceWizard\n\nHi Grimjack,\n\nI had the same problem with a used Bersa 380 i purchased back in May 2011. I have included my inital post if you want to look it up.\n\n(Bersa 380 last round jamming.\nAfter allot of research and finally deciding to add a Bersa 380 to my current collection, I am stumped. I am looking for some experienced guidance as to how to eliminate a jam. The weapon was purchased used and in great shape. It came with one factory magazine. I have put about 250 rounds through it and love the feel and accuracy. Have been using WWB ammo. It seems that each time I reload and fire the magazine the 7th or last shell causes a jam. Has anyone else experienced this last shell jamming issue in the past? Could it be the Magazine spring being compressed from previous owners, and loosing its \"umph\" to raise the last shell to proper height? If you think its the Magazine can I fix it myself? Thanks for any ideas you can present. )\n\nSince I replaced the Mag. spring that was shipped free from Eagle Imports, everything works fine. Have at least 800 rounds through it with out a hickup. I also would check the position of the slide spring on the barrel. The tight end goes back toward the chamber. I do not think that is the issue, but who knows. You would be getting some stovepipes throughout the 8 shot volly, (I think!), if that were the culprit. This is a great wepon, and I carry it daily. No issue in my mind it will work flawlessly."}
-{"text": "Polyjuice Brewing (Benrik, Mavis)\n\nOOC: I will make individual topics for each and every one of you with the schedule. Note that I will put all the steps in the topic. You will be in the same classroom, but there will be no talking, and it will be your characters, successes, struggles, etc. You will need to make at least three posts. One for each week. Since this class lesson will end soon, keep in mind that it will carry over to the final lesson. That is when, if you've posted in your topics, you will pass this class. Seventh years, it's important to note that you HAVE to have three posts to pass the year in potions and get any points. If you will be away please PM me. If you have any questions feel free to do the same.Summary: If you don't do three posts, in this topic, you get no credit for Lesson 2 NOR 3. Make if believable. If you make it seem easy then there will be no credit. Each post is \"one week\" apart.\n\nTIP: Again be realistic in your potions, if you are a better brewer then perhaps your potion might be more potent, but if you're younger, a bit wary, etc. it won't be as perfect. And that is acceptable too. You will receive credit either way so long as you try to do the three posts.\n\nPost 1:Part 1, step oneAdd 3 measures of fluxweed to the cauldron (must be picked on a full moon).Add 2 bundles of knotgrass to the cauldron.Stir 3 times, clockwise.Wave your wand then let potion brew for 80 minutes (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require 68, and a copper one only 60.)\n\nPost 2: Part 1, step twoAdd 4 leeches to the cauldron.Add 2 scoops of lacewing flies to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add 2 measures of the crushed lacewings to the cauldron.Heat for 30 seconds on a low heat.Wave your wand to complete this stage of the potion.\n\nPost 3: Part 2, step oneAdd 3 measures of boomslang skin to the cauldron.Add 1 measure of bicorn horn to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add one measure of the crushed horn to the cauldron.Heat for 20 seconds at a high temperature.Wave your wand then let potion brew for 24 hours (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require 1224 minutes, and a copper one only 18 hours.)"}
-{"text": "The above dates are critical for reporting of cargo to Japan Customs. Failure to provide a final or proforma instruction will result in cargo being rolled. Any costs associated will be passed back to merchant shipper."}
-{"text": "April ski deals Courchevel\n\nWith longer days, clearer skies (look out for Mont Blanc), warmer temperatures and some potentially great skiing even this late in the season, April is a fantastic time to visit Courchevel. If want to ski during the Easter holidays, there\u2019s usually a lot to do besides skiing, including Easter themed events and activities or just a nice cool beer and sunbathing at Bel Air.\n\nWith mild conditions and child-friendly skiing, the school holiday weeks are naturally busier than the rest of the month, although you shouldn\u2019t have to queue too long for the Saulire cable car as the lifts here are very efficient. If you\u2019re not restricted by term time, you might be able to find a great deal at this classy, well-equipped resort and enjoy some crowd-free spring skiing.\n\nSkiing Conditions in April\n\nWith warm temperatures (average of 8.3 degrees at 1850) combined with the sunny, clear skies of spring, April\u2019s a fantastic time to explore Courchevel. A lot of visitors take long lunch breaks to soak up the magnificent views (Mount Blanc can be seen on a clear day) as well as some much needed rays that we\u2019re deprived of in the long British winter.\n\nIt\u2019s not a month known for its incredible snow, but April has historically been a terrific month in terms of the skiing at Courchevel, with the tourist office known to boast \u201cguaranteed snow\u201d until the end of the month. This is certainly not all talk: snow depth is historically an average of 164cm at the top of the piste and 92cm lower down, and with the majority of the slopes facing the north, the snow is generally kept in good condition.\n\nIn the Three Valleys, which is the largest ski area in the world, 85% of the terrain is above 1800 metres and there are 25 accessible summits (including 10 above 2500 metres) as well as four equipped glaciers. The Saulire summit (2700 metres) and the Peclet Glacier, for example, are easily accessible from Courchevel and you should find some awesome snow here even at the tail end of April.\n\nWith such a huge variety of terrain, it\u2019s difficult to know where to start when it comes to where to ski. For experts, we like the wide Grand Couloir which is near the Saulire cable-car. First thing in the morning when it\u2019s relatively empty and well-groomed, the Combe de la Saulire is a favourite for intermediate skiers.\n\nActivities and events in April\n\nThere are usually plenty of exciting events taking place at Courchevel in April. Events this time of year in the past include the Snow & Fire Ski Show - a spectacular show combining demonstrations of various skiing/board disciplines and fireworks. If you\u2019re here over the Easter holidays, they usually have an Easter party and the obligatory Easter egg hunt. The 3 Valleys Enduro has also taken place at Courchevel in years gone by, which is the biggest gathering of amateur skiers in the world and offers a range of challenges in three categories: amateurs, professionals and families. See if this is still happening this year (we hope so!).\n\nget deals and& discounts firstby email >>\n\nBook with the confidence that your package holiday is always protected against supplier failure.\n\nEvery Sno ski holiday packaged with flights is ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority.\nAll our suppliers are ATOL bonded, so your holiday money is safe. In addition to this, payments for your holiday are\nheld in trust, by NatWest bank and the Travel Trust, who insure every booking against supplier failure."}
-{"text": "Randoms\n\n- Gavin McInnes has some excellent thoughts on feminism here. It does strike me that demeaning motherhood is just about the most anti-feminist thing one could possible do.\n\nAlso, I always find it strange that these articles about whether or not feminism has been good for women focus on women with jobs in the top 1-5%. If the picture isn\u2019t absurdly clear for these women, it should absurdly clear that the rest of the women are getting screwed. Put another way, if your job as a high-powered executive or official isn\u2019t obviously better than taking care of your kids, it should be super fucking clear that working as a cashier or an editor or a mortgage broker isn\u2019t better.\n\nBut however dark the view of human nature that inspired this mission, I fear it\u2019s not dark enough. If Greene thinks that getting people to couch their moral arguments in a highly reasonable language will make them highly reasonable, I think he\u2019s underestimating the cleverness and ruthlessness with which our inner animals pursue natural selection\u2019s agenda.\n\nLike this:\n\nLikeLoading...\n\nRelated\n\nThis entry was posted on Saturday, October 26th, 2013 at 12:08 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.\nYou can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.\n\nWell, considering that economists have recently discovered the law of supply and demand, it\u2019s appropriate that psychologists, biologists and anthropologists have also discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.\n\nIn that book review link the first comment is a very good counter-argument against universal morality in our current \u2018messy\u2019 world. I don\u2019t know how strictly Atlantic oversees the purity of its comment threads so I\u2019ll paste it all here:\n\nEvolution is the missing dimension in this argument. The problem was well described by Sir Arthur Keith in \u201cEvolution and Ethics\u201d seventy years ago.\n\nEvolution does not favor all of mankind living together in tranquility. Quite the opposite \u2013 natural selection has always favored those individuals whose tribes out-competed, lorded over and vanquished the others. It is only over the past few centuries that European civilization has learned, at considerable cost, that learning to live together is beneficial to our group survival.\n\nThat lesson applied well within tribes \u2013 cooperate in the hunt, share the meat. It worked with nation states as well. When England prospered, so did most Englishmen. For the past two centuries in our industrial world, with abundant energy, our productivity outstripped our fertility. Net of war, that is. We finally figured out, after two major wars, that we are better off cooperating in commerce than attempting to dominate one another. The Better Angels of our Nature have won out \u2013 we are less violent all around.\n\nFor whatever reasons \u2013 chagrin about our past behavior, or living in close quarters like rats in one of John Calhoun\u2019s mazes \u2013 we of the industrial nations have totally reversed population pressure. We now need geriatric nurses much more than lebensraum. No kids.\n\nThe other side of evolution is how different it makes us. Much more different, I\u2019m afraid, than Greene or Wright would like to admit. The populations that continue to reproduce enthusiastically are also those which lack the wit to ever entertain such philosophical arguments as they present. Their religions tell them to have children. They rationalize that what belongs to the flaccid, timorous white man once belonged to them, and their children\u2019s mission is to take it back. They have been impeded in the past by their own lack of ability \u2013 read Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen, Arthur Jensen et al. on intelligence \u2013 and the will of the more intelligent to hang onto their own. That will has dissolved. Western civilization no longer believes in itself and defends itself.\n\nThe biological basis of morality would only be at issue if the game were among the civilizations and nations which demonstrate well developed levels of morality. The ascendent peoples do not extend their moral umbrellas farther than their own tribes. They have what Keith would call a cosmical \u2013 amoral \u2013 view of the world. Kaffir, gadje, or however they refer to outsiders are subject to a different set of rules. Until these peoples can be convinced to join a universal ethical union, we will find that \u201cWe Can\u2019t Just All Get Along.\u201d If we did, evolution would come to an end and we would stand Darwin on his head. Let\u2019s just get real. A biological basis of morality can never be universal.\n\nThat covers a lot of ground \u2013 sometimes at the cost of focus \u2013 but I won\u2019t disagree about the general point of fiercely divergent moral systems found around the world and how the more primitive among them are on ascendancy at least demographically. (The recently relative genetics vs. culture angle of this is addressed in a later comment).\n\nAlso notable is this brilliant (and upvoted) rebuttal:\n\nWhile your comment seems well reasoned, you do assert presumptions which are quite reminiscent of white supremacy logic, and therefore you miss the mark of being compelling.\n\n\u201cGhettoization\u201d (as it appears in the original linked article) is a misnomer. Ghettoization suggests a walling-off or a formation of pockets of insularity, rather than the mass adaptation of the African American affectations that they are describing. A more accurate term would be \u201cnegrification.\u201d\n\nAlthough actually, I think there is something more anti-feminist than encouraging motherhood. Celebrating and encouraging female submission to male authority is the most anti-feminist thing one could possibly do.\n\nCertainly the Art of Writing is the most miraculous of all things man has devised. Odin's Runes were the first form of the work of a Hero; Books written words, are still miraculous Runes, the latest form! In Books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. Mighty fleets and armies, harbors and arsenals, vast cities, high-domed, many-engined,\u2014they are precious, great: but what do they become? Agamemnon, the many Agamemnons, Pericleses, and their Greece; all is gone now to some ruined fragments, dumb mournful wrecks and blocks: but the Books of Greece! There Greece, to every thinker, still very literally lives: can be called up again into life. No magic Rune is stranger than a Book. All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.\n\u2014Thomas Carlyle\n\nCategories\n\n\"To have been always in the right and yet always on the losing side; always being ruined, always under persecution from a wild spirit of republican-demagogism,\u2014and yet never to lose anything, not even position or public esteem, is pleasant enough. A huge, living, daily increasing grievance that does one no palpable harm, is the happiest possession that a man can have. There is a large body of such men in England, and, personally, they are the very salt of the nation. He who said that all Conservatives are stupid did not know them. Stupid Conservatives there may be,\u2014and there certainly are very stupid Radicals. The well-educated, widely-read Conservative, who is well assured that all good things are gradually being brought to an end by the voice of the people, is generally the pleasantest man to be met.\"\n- Anthony Trollope (in The Eustace Diamonds)\n\nDemocracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.\n- H. L. Mencken\n\nThe more I see of men, the better I like dogs.\n- Madame Roland\n\nvox populi, vox humbug\n- W. T. Sherman\n\nOnce there was The People - Terror gave it birth;\nOnce there was The People and it made a Hell of Earth.\nEarth arose and crushed it. Listen, O ye slain!\nOnce There was The People - it shall never be again!\n- Rudyard Kipling (quoted from Easy as A.B.C.)\n\nRemember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.\n- John Adams\n\n[T]he first Whig was the devil\n- Samuel Johnson\n\nThe people that awakes, first shouts, then gets drunk, pillages, [and] murders, and later goes back to sleep.\n- Don Colacho"}
-{"text": "Unusual Animal Crackers\n\nI think it\u2019s fun to visit different ethnic grocery shops and find new foods (when we travel we always make time for a neighborhood supermarket, where we might spend hours looking at everything). Last year at a Chinese grocery shop in Rotterdam we picked up a few things, including this box of animal crackers. Is that a happy box, or what?\n\nI\u2019m used to crackers shaped like big game like elephants, hippos or tigers. My favorites from this box were the pigeon (tasted like animal cracker), eagle (same) and penguin (same). Have you ever seen a porcupine animal cracker? How about a Tapir, or a dog? And isn\u2019t that tiger kind of adorable-shaped?"}
-{"text": "Many of our patients are interested in the health benefits of medical marijuana \u2014 but are understandably concerned about the high. They\u2019re not interested in taking something that\u2019s psychoactive. They\u2019re worried about how cannabis could affect their thinking. And yet they suffer serious pain \u2014 cancer, fibromyalgia, AIDS, severe back pain. Is there a way to tap into the pain relieving and inflammatory benefits without the side effects of THC?\n\nYes! That\u2019s the beauty of CBD oils, pills, and tinctures. CBD is just one of the more than 104 chemical compounds known as cannabinoids found in the cannabis or marijuana plant. It can be derived from either hemp or marijuana but contains very little to no THC \u2014 the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that causes the high.\n\nNumerous scientific studies have found that CBD can be quite effective at treating chronic pain, inflammation, and anxiety.\n\nCBD Calms You Down \u2014 Relaxes You\n\nCBD can be great for stress relief. A recent study has found it to be highly effective at calming the nervous system.\n\n\u201cIn one trial, people with social anxiety disorder who took CBD were less stressed during simulated public-speaking sessions than those who didn\u2019t use it. My patients find it helps them sleep better too,\u201d says Donald Abrams, M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.\n\nCBD Can Relieve Chronic Pain\n\nNumerous studies have found CBD to be highly effective at relieving chronic pain in the way it interacts with the endocannabinoid system (ECS). Endocannabinoids are neurotransmitters that bind to cannabinoid receptors in your nervous system. CBD reduces inflammation and interacts with these neurotransmitters.\n\nIn fact, CBD can be effective at relieving not only chronic pain but even pain felt after recovering from a workout.\n\nTreatment for Anxiety & Depression\n\nNumerous studies have shown promise for CBD as a treatment for anxiety and depression with far fewer side effects than prescribed pharmaceuticals.\n\nIn one study, 24 people who suffered social anxiety were given a public speaking test. The group that used CBD reported significantly less anxiety. Moreover, they exhibited less cognitive impairment. Not only did they have less anxiety \u2014 but they were still able to perform the speech in front of a group.\n\nNumerous studies have found it to be effective as an antidepressant and in treating PTSD.\n\nTreatment for Epilepsy\n\nCBD\u2019s effectiveness as an epilepsy treatment is probably its most researched and documented benefit. In fact, the FDC recently approved a CBD pill to treat seizures. This step is great progress for patients who wish to use CBD oil as the medical benefits become more documented and mainstream.\n\nCBD: Over-the-Counter vs. Medical Marijuana\n\nNow that CBD is legal in Ohio, available everywhere from health and wellness stores to the local gas station, you might be wondering what the difference is between over-the-counter CBD oils and products and medical marijuana.\n\nTo be legal in Ohio outside of Ohio\u2019s medical marijuana laws, CBD must contain less than .3% THC and be derived from hemp, not cannabis. The catch is that CBD works most effectively when there is a higher rate of THC involved. The good news is you don\u2019t need to use cannabis that has high psychoactivity to benefit from a mixture of CBD and THC. You can choose a strain that is high in CBD and low in THC but higher than the state mandated .3%.\n\nPatient Testimonials\n\nI really hope this helps change and save someones life. I was extremely MISERABLE for over 5 years before finding and being treated by Dr. Blatman. I tried 3-Chiropractors, 3- Physical Therapists, and 4- Neurosurgeons. Eventually I was physically unable to do anything and spent numerous hours laying down. FYI, I\u2019m in my 40\u2019s so I refused a handicap parking pass and heavy addictive pain pills. Those were the options consistently pushed upon me by the above experts. A customer saw my struggles and referred me to Dr. Blatman. It sounded too simple to be true. However, he SAVED my life with minimum visits and costs. I now vacation, play tennis, racquetball, and ride ATVs. Truly AMAZING!!\n\nGeorge Triantafilou\n\nI visited Dr. Blatman to receive relief from a strained groin, and recurrent calf pain due to an injury a year ago. After two visits where Dr. Blatman performed the trigger point injection technique, both problems have been resolved and I have been able to resume all activities including playing tennis 3 times a week. I would highly recommend Dr. Blatman and his associates.\n\nChris Uhlhorn\n\nAs an author of one of the early texts on Evidence-Based Medicine I know the power and peril of anecdote. That said I arrived to present at a conference with a painfully familiar recurrence lower back pain, bracing myself for days if not weeks of symptoms to come. Hal kindly offered to diagnose and provide some hands on treatment. Within 10 minutes I felt 50% better and by morning I was 80% better and could put my socks on again. Within a week I was completely pain free. While this is by no means scientific evidence I could not help but feel awe inspired by Hal and his care.\n\nDaniel Friedman, MD\n\nChronic Fatigue was my diagnosis in 2005. How do you treat Chronic Fatigue? Well, there is no magic pill or cure. So I suffered for almost 2 years. I did not find a magic pill but I did find Blatman Pain Clinic. I was cautious about many of his recommendations but I have found out the hard way to follow his advise. My energy level is back to normal. I can keep up with my hectic job and 2 teenage children. I am a single parent and they count on me! Thank You Dr. Blatman!\n\nKG\n\nThe key to relieving chronic pain, especially fibromyalgia and myofascial pain, requires identification and treatment of perpetuating factors. This must be done on a patient-by-patient basis, due to the variables these conditions present. Dr. Blatman provides this total patient care.\n\nDevin Starlanyl\n\nWhen I first went to Dr. Blatman two years ago, I was spending 1-3 days a week in bed with severe neck pain, headaches and nausea. I had had migraines for 40 years and been to countless doctors, but did not receive any help. I had also developed chronic myofascial pain in my neck. Now, two years later, I have not been bed ridden with a sick pain event in my neck or head once, and I have a life again, thanks to Dr. Blatman's expert knowledge, thoughtful help and perseverance.\n\nWendy Andrews\n\nAfter suffering with widespread pain for two years, I was told it was all in my head and that nothing could be done for my condition as nothing appeared on an x-ray or MRI. After joining a fibromyalgia support group, I was referred to Dr. Blatman. I found [it] to be very calm[ing] and reassuring that my pain was real. We discussed medication, therapies exercise and diet changes and Dr. Blatman literally walked with me in reclaiming my life.\n\nSylvia Link\n\nI was in pain daily and forced to limit my exercise. This was a real blow to me because exercise had always been a part of my life. I tried anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy, but nothing worked. I was afraid I was going to have to live the rest of my life like this. That\u2019s when I was introduced to Dr. Blatman\u2019s philosophies. By implementing his ideas of wellness into my life and selective trigger point injections, I\u2019m happy to say that I am now happy, healthy and pain free.\n\nTeri Boynton\n\nLike so many people who suffer with chronic headaches, I had gotten only partial relief from traditional medicine. Dr. Blatman understands the impact of headache pain. His emphasis on multiple techniques made a big difference for me.\n\nChris Modrall\n\nWithin ten days, my groin muscle pain was gone and the elbow tendonitis pain resolved in a slightly longer time. Both problems have gone away with no recurrence.\n\nAlan Rosenberg\n\nI don\u2019t have a lot of time to get better when my back hurts. Bad backs are an occupational hazard in dentistry. Treatment with Dr. Blatman gets me out of pain, back to work and back on the golf course with a minimal amount of down time. Having this treatment available has been an indispensable part of my life in terms of doing the things I need and love to do.\n\nDr. Richard Wolterman\n\nSince beginning treatment with Dr. Blatman, I have lost lost 30 pounds and gone from being unable to walk without help, to a career singing and dancing at retirement communities, sometimes up to four hours a day.\n\n\"About 20% of people get hives -- itchy red or skin-colored welts also known as urticaria. For a small number of people, though, hives come back again and again, with no known cause.\"#Hives #Rash #Urticaria ...\n\nHow Much Does Cincinnati Stem Cell Therapy Cost?\n\nWhat\u2019s the cost of stem cell therapy in Cincinnati? Though it can vary depending on the condition, the quality and type of insurance you have, and who is doing the procedure, most treatments cost between $3,000 and $8,000. Some more extensive treatments can cost as high as $25,000."}
-{"text": "Work in Progress- Pewter and Eggs\n\nThe last work in progress documented on this blog was really useful for me as a reference, and to see the outcome of a day\u2019s work on a painting I\u2019d been procrastinating about. So, here\u2019s another one.\n\nPewter dish and eggs, in progress\n\nDoesn\u2019t look like much at the moment, does it. To be continued\u2026\n\n***\n\nI did eventually get back to the dish and eggs. Here\u2019s a peek at how things were set up in my good friend Fiona Cotton\u2018s studio. If you happen to follow the link to her site, keep a look out for \u2014 among her many other wonderful works \u2014 her version of the same arrangement."}
-{"text": "Recreational Kayak Cockpit Cover\n\nDescription\n\nFrontenac Outfitters\n\nRecreational Kayak Cockpit Cover Review\n\nThe recreational kayak cockpit cover from Harmony is perfect for keeping weather and debris out of your kayak.\n\nOffering the ability to store your kayak worry-free, the recreational kayak cockpit cover features an adjustable shock cord rim ensuring a proper fit around any cockpit. Constructed from 210 denier nylon with double-stitched and sealed seams, this skirt is durable enough to handle whatever the off-season throws at it.\n\nNote: While the seal provided by the recreational cockpit cover is reliable, we do not recommend transporting your kayak with the cover on."}
-{"text": "Neymar has since been away on international duty for Brazil in two friendly matches in the USA.\n\nWith the saga over his on-off move back to Barcelona now over, Neymar could return to action with Paris Saint-Germain this weekend.\n\nThe world\u2019s most expensive player has had to come to terms with a third season in Ligue 1 after PSG and his former club failed to agree terms on a transfer before the transfer window shut on September 2.\n\nNeymar has since been away on international duty for Brazil in two friendly matches in the USA, scoring one goal and making another in a 2-2 draw with Colombia and then coming on as a substitute in a 1-0 loss to Peru.\n\nThose were his first appearances this season after the 27-year-old was left out of PSG\u2019s opening four league games amid the uncertainty over his future.\n\nIf he is passed fit after a long trip back across the Atlantic, coach Thomas Tuchel may choose to select Neymar in Saturday\u2019s game against Strasbourg, the team against whom he suffered a fractured foot in a cup tie back in January.\n\nPSG are already without Kylian Mbappe, who has a hamstring injury, as they prepare to start their Champions League campaign at home to Real Madrid next week. Edinson Cavani is also struggling for fitness.\n\nArgentine striker Mauro Icardi is available after joining from Inter, but Tuchel may be tempted to turn to Neymar, even though the Brazilian is suspended for the game against Real and seems unlikely to receive a warm welcome from fans unhappy with his posturing for a transfer.\n\n\u201cHe knows that he has made mistakes, but he has no bad intentions,\u201d said his club and international colleague Thiago Silva. \u201cHe is an incredible kid. I hope he has a great season.\u201d\n\nEven Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has had her say, urging Neymar to get his head down and help PSG finally succeed in Europe.\n\n\u201cWe turned the Eiffel Tower red and white for him, in the colours of PSG,\u201d she told magazine Tele Loisirs.\n\n\u201cNow my boy, we love you a lot, and you are going to have to work hard and win us the Champions League.\u201d\n\nOne to watch: The stands\n\nFrench football has been consumed by its battle to eradicate homophobia from stadiums, so all eyes will be on the stands this weekend to see if more matches will be halted by referees.\n\nSeven games have been interrupted so far this season because of anti-gay chants and banners, including a hold-up of more than 10 minutes during a match between Nice and Marseille.\n\nThe last week has seen French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet enter into a war of words with the country\u2019s sports minister, former Olympic swimmer Roxana Maracineanu, after saying in a radio interview that stopping matches in such circumstances was \u201ca mistake\u201d.\n\nOn Wednesday the French league (LFP) called on politicians to let them get on with leading the fight against homophobia, while insisting that referees will be left to decide whether to stop matches if they hear \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d words from the stands.\n\n\u201cFor a long time we have tolerated certain chants in stadiums, but today society no longer accepts them,\u201d said LFP president Nathalie Boy de la Tour."}
-{"text": "Faerie Tales\n\nChris MillarWednesday, December 06, 2006\n\nhat was weird. I don't know where I was last week. Someone suggested that I must've had a terrible bump on the head and that I wasn't really gone. But I did leave you, Johnnies - that's just the trouble. And I tried to get back for days and days. It wasn't a dream - it was a place. And JMS - and Adrian - and Randy - and BDM \u2013 and, uh, BDM were there.\n\nThank goodness I'm home! And this is my column - and you're all here! And I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all! And - Oh, Beedie Em - there's no place like House of Cards.\n\nAll this temporal chaos is really playing havoc with my internal chronometer. I should really have that thing looked at. No matter, though, because at last the present returns. Good thing, too, since it's probably my favourite of all the tenses.\n\nSpeaking of the present, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming. I'm in charge here, I'm the captain of this vessel. I'm the decider and I've decided that we're going to build some decks for Standard Tribal Wars. What can I say? I love to see different races (and classes) come together and settle their disputes with violence.\n\nLast week, Time Shifted rogue (or is it rapscallion?) Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar gave you a taste of tribal, while the paradigmatically flawed Rivien Swanson has been keeping the tribal flames a-blazin' with his Tribal Bible series over at StarCityGames. In recent weeks, the two gents have marshalled the armies of Birds, Soldiers, Horrors, Snakes, Illusions, Fungi, Vampires, Zombies, and Skeletons. Who could be left? Who could still be itching to test their respective mettles on the field of tribal battle? I have a few ideas.\n\nLet the mettle-testing begin!\n\nThe bigger they are, the harder they are to cast\n\nMy deckbuilding process is pretty organic. No pesticides for me. In order to \u201cgrow\u201d the next couple decks, I had to procure some \u201cmagic beans\u201d. At least, that's what the unsolicited email in my spam folder said they were for. The first tribe I'm going to build around is bigger and yet, not as big, as humans. What I mean is that their tribe is much smaller, but as individuals, they're much, much bigger. In this case, size matters.\n\nThey're the only tribe that shares its name with two major professional (North American) sports franchises: the Giants. They've certainly come a long way since Ravnica debuted and I first started building decks for the format. My first attempt at a Giant deck was red and white, since that's where the Giants were. This enabled the use of all kinds of cool Boros cards, like Lightning Helix, Sunhome, and the all-powerful Boros Signet. Red and white also happened to contain the only known Giant-related combo: Hammerfist Giant + Light of Sanction. Under normal circumstances, Hammerfist Giant would destroy himself (and most of your team) when he uses his hammerfist, but Light of Sanction prevents all the damage that sources you control would deal to creatures you control. Against some decks, this turns ol' Hammy into a repeatable, one-sided Wrath of God with a Flame Rift thrown in for good measure.\n\nI built it. I played it. I smashed face with it. Sometimes. To win, you basically have to draw all the right cards in the right order. Occasionally, you'd be able to play a fourth-turn Bloodfire Colossus off of two Signets and an Ur-Golem's Eye, but other times you'd \u201ckick things off\u201d with a turn-four Sunhome Enforcer, which somehow wasn't as good.\n\nYes, that's a Hill Giant. Four of \u2018em. Normally, I wouldn't use a vanilla animal unless I was baking a cake that for some reason wanted animals in it. In this case, I didn't have much say in the matter, since at the time, the only R/W Giant sitting on the sidelines was Ninth Edition's Marble Titan. Don't get me wrong. I like ol' Marbles. He rules the schoolyard. Unfortunately, he quite inconveniently hoses the rest of the deck. He's the black sheep of the Giant family, an attention-hog who picks on others his own size (and larger). You'd be much better off slipping him into a weenie deck, something with Knights or Soldiers or one of the other tribes I'm going to look at this week.\n\nThat was then; this is now. A lot has changed in Brobdignag since then. Giants made a lot of headway with Coldsnap (and they really needed it). The J\u00f6tun duo (J\u00f6tun Owl Keeper and J\u00f6tun Grunt), with their umlauts and their low mana costs, allow you to shrink the deck's curve significantly. Things get even better with Time Spiral. There's a quasi-one-drop/Falter effect (Ivory Giant), a durable threat (Chronosavant), and a Wrath on a stick (Desolation Giant).\n\nStandard Tribal Wars is tricky because the decks just don't have a lot of room once you fill out the starting lineup card and accommodate their mana requirements. If you play something that doesn't give you a lot of low-cost creature options, you're lucky to have a dozen free slots since you'll have to devote more space to making mana. This makes it important to have creatures that can act like spells, creatures that aren't just vanilla beaters. Since the format is by definition creature-heavy, one good thing about Giants is that they have three \u201cWrath of Gods\u201d: Hammerfist Giant, Bloodfire Colossus, and the aforementioned Desolation Giant.\n\nWith all these new tools, can Giants be a contender? Robby Bullis, aka Redland Jack, certainly thought so. Since Chronosavant complements a reanimation strategy (you'll want to be dumping creatures into your graveyard anyway) and Resurrection enables such a strategy, Robby was all over it like someone who loves Smarties would be all over a Smartie. A turn-one Lightning Axe allows you to get a turn-two Chronosavant, which is about the best time to both skip a turn and have a 5/5 monster in play. There aren't a whole lot of ways to fast-track creatures to your graveyard in R/W, but either of the new Spellshapers (Icatian Crier or Flowstone Channeler) will do the trick. The Crier makes chump-blocker tokens while binning fatties like Bloodfire Colossus. He does a decent job of holding back opposing forces, but I wouldn't hold it against you if you wanted to swap them out for Lightning Helixes or Pyroclasms.\n\nFaerie, faerie, quite contrary\n\nGiants are quite intimidating. They're big and mean and destructive. One of them has a hammer for a fist, for crying out loud! Another one has blood \u2026 that's on fire! There's probably a Giant out there with a socket-wrench for a leg. Made of magma. You can't make this stuff up. By contrast, the tribe I'm going to look at next is full of delicate little creatures with wings of silk.\n\nAh, Faeries. Right off the bat you know you're in trouble when you've been illustrated by Rebecca Guay. By contrast, if, say, Wayne England has got your illustration covered, you're pretty much guaranteed to have horns and scales and a power that at least trumps that of a squirrel.\n\nWay back in September, if you recall, while I was in the process of previewing the funnest most fun multiplayer card in Time Spiral, I tried to reassure dedicated Green mages that there would be plenty of \u201ctricksy\u201d cards in the set for them. One of the cards that I had in mind when I wrote that was the Master to Spectral Force's Blaster, Scryb Ranger. It's a Scryb Sprite! It's a Quirion Ranger! Buy now and get Protection from Blue and Flash and, like, a tote bag while supplies last! (Offer void everywhere.)\n\nWhat kind of \u201ctricks\u201d can this faerie perform? Well, for starters, it can effectively make mana, if you have a Birds of Paradise in play and/or you're going to miss your land-drop for the turn. You can also untap the Faerie Lord, Sprite Noble, and give all of your flying guys +2/+0. You can play offense and defense with the same creature as well. The best such creature is probably Ohran Viper. It's an evasive two-drop, so you can follow it up with a turn-three Moldervine Cloak for some serious Faerie beatings.\n\nBudget players will probably want to forgo the Ohran Vipers, as awesome as they are, in favour of something that won't break the bank. If you want to maintain a certain level of snowiness, I'd recommend Frost Raptor. It's common, it gets pumped by both Diamond Faerie and Sprite Noble, and it shrugs off removal like so many, uh, loose-fitting shoulder accessories.\n\nYou can't see the forest for the tree nymphs\n\nYou know what? I'm already sick of faeries. Sure they're cute little flying weenies, sure they look snazzy all gussied-up in their watercolour ensembles, but they're just so obvious. Let's try something a little further off the beaten path. How about ground faeries, aka Dryads! They're much more down to earth.\n\nYavimaya Dryad is especially cool in a Dryad deck. Since everyone but Transluminant has some kind of landwalking or landwalk-granting ability, the pain of accelerating your opponent's mana by giving them a Forest is lessened. By searching out an Overgrown Tomb, say, and putting it into play under your opponent's control, you make all of your Forestwalkers unblockable, you make Dryad Sophisticate unblockable, and you can make Wormwood Dryad unblockable in two different ways!\n\nTo further the Forestwalking theme, I decided to use an old favourite: Gaea's Liege. Just as everyone had a \u201cThallid Guy\u201d in their group, I'm pretty sure most people who played in the olden days knew someone who played Gaea's Liege, usually alongside Instill Energy and Aspect of Wolf. While Aspect of Wolf is no longer around, we now have the better-in-just-about-every-way Blanchwood Armor (which is a nice thing to play on unblockable creatures and involves much less accounting than its forebear).\n\nScryb Ranger does many of the same things in this deck as it did in the Faerie deck. It also allows you to get double use out of Ivy Dancer and Gaea's Liege, which can be pretty devastating against a non-green deck. Indrik Stomphowler is a nice utility creature, a Naturalize on a Durkwood Boar-sized stick, that also happens to be a one of the only decent targets for Ivy Dancer's ability (since so many of your guys can Forestwalk already)."}
-{"text": "Monday, October 18, 2004\n\nHere is the portrait of BW's little boy. When someone has light hair, I find it looks better and has more contrast if I give it a darker colored background. This one has an image area of 8x10 and was drawn on 11x14 paper in graphite pencil.Posted by Hello"}
-{"text": "It is quite possible, and beyond that most satisfactory, to lose one\u2019s thoughts in consideration of the idea that the turbulently shifting great moments of history produce or recognise precisely the artists required to frame those occasions for present and future generations to understand and appreciate. Without Homer, ancient Greece would be but a rubble [...]\n\n\u2018I was raised in the shadow of men who wanted to conquer wildness\u2019 Annemarie N\u00ed Churre\u00e1in\u2019s debut Bloodroot is dedicated to the women of her family whose voices were not always heard I grew up in northwest Donegal on bogland named Cnoc Na Naomh. Legend tells that on this hill four men met to decide [...]"}
-{"text": "Loosely based on the Golden Dawn system, Triester\u2019s HEXEN 2.0 Tarot depicts the interconnected histories of the computer, the internet, counterculture, cybernetics, social engineering, government and military research projects, and the occult."}
-{"text": "You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!\n\nIf you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.\n\n__________________The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.\n\n__________________The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.\n\n__________________Active Characters Hashart Datton- Marshal of the Black Hand Oliver Ironhide- Guardian Lynk Frost-Champion of Bane\nDorin Hammond- Scout\nSeith Ronson- Master of War \"A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.\"Socrates\n\nCan't wait... the new city / France knockoff looks soooo good. I wish we had MP in a setting like this to just chill and RP.\n\n__________________The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.\n\nI need this! I haven't enjoyed a rpg as much as Witcher 3. It's easily my favorite rpg of all time with the amount of content in it, and the beautiful quality control that went into both characters and the landscape. Thaler and Dijkstra's skin textures blew my mind the first time I saw them.\n\nAfter watching the trailer and seeing a new creepy-crawly, I'm having flashbacks to the board contract to hunt a katakan that was preying on drunks. Now taking bets that Toussaint will have something similar, or at least a higher vampire that adds more than the one that tells you to fuck off in the sewers.\n\nIf you haven't played the first expansion, Hearts of Stone, it's amazing (especially the story). I was blown away, so cool... I don't want to spoil anything but it's the first time the game actually touches upon what might be a real god.\n\n__________________The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.\n\nYou guys are making me want to go back and finish my Witcher 3 playthrough. I got a little overwhelmed trying to tick off the points of interest/treasure locations on the map, so I set it aside for a bit ... but now im feeling amped up again!\n\nYou guys are making me want to go back and finish my Witcher 3 playthrough. I got a little overwhelmed trying to tick off the points of interest/treasure locations on the map, so I set it aside for a bit ... but now im feeling amped up again!\n\nYeah I can't say enough great things about that game. It seriously transports me to another place and time, more than any other game I've ever played. It probably helps I play it on a 4K TV with surround sound\n\n__________________The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.\n\nI want to try a full alchemy build next or perhaps just a strength build with a tiny bit of magic like flamethrower and quen. Something that can survive the higher difficulties. Plus Ursine armor is badass...\n\nBased on the quality of armors in the game I'm excited to see the Touissant armors, they should all be epic level.\n\n__________________The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."}
-{"text": "To Become A Market Leader, You Must Go Beyond Customer Needs and Expectations To Meeting Customer Perceptions\n\nWe are used to the mantra that organizations must meet the needs of their customers. Need and want are major concepts in elementary economics. It could be confusing initially, but for good students, they always master the differences. While deficiency of need could cause severe negative outcome, want is not that critical. Nonetheless, there exist subjectivities in classifying individual or personal needs and wants; a topic for another day. So, from high school to business school, we are taught that understanding your customers\u2019 needs is very critical in surviving as a business concern. Based on this, many inexperienced marketing directors develop models and strategies upon which their organizations align their products and services for the market. They anchor their organic growth and survivability solely on meeting those needs in the market.\n\nUnfortunately, meeting the customer needs is not enough. You must exceed the needs if you want to remain relevant in the market. The 21st century is not a century of market needs; it is one that requires more than meeting needs. Why? Technology disrupts the habits of the customer so fast that if you focus on needs, you will never be an industry leader. For early adopting customers, it would be very difficult to keep them loyal by just meeting their needs. They want more from you.\n\nThey want you to understand what their expectations are. Expectation here has to do with meeting their present need and understanding that they need more than what you are giving them. It could be like a customer who wants to heat his house. He lives green, but he heats his house with dirty coal. It makes him very unhappy that he preaches green lifestyle but cannot power the house with green technology. His income cannot support investment in solar panels. He was expecting the utility firm to provide something greener than coal. His needs are met; yet, he expected more than that. Agile firms will go to serve that expectation and win the customer. It is being conscious that even though the needs are met, we know customers expect more from us. When firms work hard to meet customer expectations, they become innovative in the process.\n\nWhile expectation can help you stay in the game, what firms really need to do is to meet the perception of customers. Perception is the king of all marketing. Unfortunately, few firms get to that level. Excellent innovative technology is required to play at this level. It is risky because if you get it wrong, you can harm your organization. Perception is providing to customers what they never expected or imagined they needed. But the day they see the product (or rarely service), they will embrace it en mass.\n\nFor all the modern firms, Apple is among the few that play at this level. Apple provides products that exceed expectation; yet, customers never actually asked for them. They just arrived and we all embraced them. It is beyond expectation because you never thought about their possibilities or existence. It was more than need because you knew nothing about the constructs of those products. But the day you see them on TV, you will go for them. Apple\u2019s iPod is a good example. Before it came, very few people, excluding Steve Jobs and company imagined that such could be accommodated in this planet. When iPhone prototype was shown to Verizon, they rejected it because (I suspect) they lacked the capacity of understanding customer perfection. There was nothing to benchmark iPhone because there was none like it. Products that fit this category do not need focus groups during development because those insights make no sense. Unless the product is ready, many customers cannot imagine it. It is an abstractive product that becomes real when you see a completed version.\n\nThe interesting thing is that all products that succeed at the level of perception are usually disruptive in their sector or industry. Google search cannot be considered to fall in the category of perception because many people already craved for better search because neither Microsoft nor Yahoo was offering a good one. So a product could be disruptive and yet not a percepting product. However, all percepting products are disruptive.\n\nSucceeding in marketing today will require understanding what the customer perceptions are. While meeting their expectations is a good business model, the risk to that is that one technology can immediately shift their expectations. If you have a fast device today, they will expect a faster one in six months; it is a cycle of marginal innovation. However, if one creates a percepting device that works, your business will be in trouble. Ask the film camera industry; they were meeting the expectations of film photography, until the day digital camera arrived and they lost more than 90% of their customers. So, make meeting your customer perception the lifeblood of your organization strategy.\n\nIn a research during my business school, I discovered that the most profitable customers are those whose perceptions are met. They become more loyal and you can have great margins while serving them. This research was done in Lagos (Nigeria). I developed a three-segment pseudo pyramid where Need is at the bottom, Expectation at center and Perception at the top. The percepting customers are the most sophisticated to service. If you can nurture and keep them, you become the king of your market. They are willing agents that enable disruption in market composition and are innovation-tasty early adopters."}
-{"text": "Meaning & Origins\n\n(Russian) short form of Larissa, introduced in the early 20th century to the English-speaking world. It enjoyed some popularity as the name of one of the principal characters in Boris Pasternak's novel Dr Zhivago (1957), which was made into a film in 1965, but it was not until almost forty years later that the name acquired widespread currency in Britain."}
-{"text": "Discussion and Links\n\nNavigation\n\nPost navigation\n\nSurprise, Surprise. Many of the \u201cWork Coaches\u201d ranting about using Universal Jobmatch for your jobsearch applied for theirs through a different system entirely.\n\nDespite spending \u00a317m of taxpayers money giving the old site the ability to upload a CV, and very basic skill matching amongst a few others, and the cost of \u00a36m a year to keep it running, the Civil Service and various other public sector bodies actually use a different e-recruitment system from WCN. No details of how much this cost the taxpayer is available in the public domain.\n\nIronic isn\u2019t it? The Government ploughs millions of pounds of taxpayers money into \u2018developing\u2019 Universal Jobmatch by tendering it out to Monster who modified their pretty-poor job board (no, not the one they use for monster.co.uk, one even worse than that!) into \u201cDirectGov\u201d colours, just to add functionality of CV upload and tracking for jobseekers.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people hunting for work on a \u00adgovernment jobs website may have been chasing posts that never existed, ministers admit.\n\nNearly 60% of employment advertised on the Universal Jobmatch scheme could have been placed by bogus firms \u2013 some of which have been demanding upfront fees from applicants for fake background checks.\n\nA third of a million job vacancies advertised on the government\u2019s official website for jobseekers are suspected of being bogus, falsely promoted or against the rules, documents seen by the Guardian show.Frank Field, a Labour MP and former minister, has established that officials are concerned about more than 350,000 vacancies promoted on the Universal Jobmatch site, which must be used by unemployed people to apply for jobs in order to claim benefits. This amounts to around half of the jobs currently being advertised on the flagship website that Iain Duncan Smith, the work\u2026\n\nUniversal Jobmatch has come under fire for the number of fake employers posting adverts on websites that redirect (or encourage people to click through) to CV Library affiliate links, and claims that they are making \u00a31 per CV uploaded. Is this true? Who is CV Library? We will tell you more.\n\nThe company turnover was almost 8.8m last year with a gross profit of \u00a35.9m making just under \u00a33m in profit. The company paid just over \u00a3888,000 in Corporation Tax and paid the directors (shareholders) \u00a32,610,178 in dividends \u2013 the majority of the profit. The company had \u00a33,192,014 in the bank at the end of the year.\n\nThey boast 7.1 million CVs (an increase of 30% on the previous year) and 2.3 million users. Job postings have increased 33% on last\u2026\n\nSo whilst just as much of the public is up-in-arms about the Fake Jobs Scam as there are fake jobs (around 95%) its is nothing compared to the financial scandal surrounding the tendering process. The value far exceeds \u00a31m so its classified as serious fraud. Hat tip to refuted for pointing out about the \u00a3950,000 Universal Jobmatch payoff.\n\nA tweet by Simon Jones provides a link to a Freedom of Information request detailing about two tenders for the Universal Jobmatch system \u2013 we reveal below further details including how Monster appeared to be third in the initial results of the first tender but managed to win the second tender \u2013 you can view the full FOI here (pdf).\n\nFull Credit to Andy Hyams on WhatDoTheyKnow for making the FoI request!\n\nIn this article we will show you how to kick the scammers where it hurts! Remember, DWP would want to sweep this under the carpet\u2026 it\u2019s not in their best interest to lose up to 95% of the jobs. If you want to safeguard your benefits and your personal information the best way is to get the fraudsters to retreat as Jobcentre Plus won\u2019t do anything about it.\n\nYou can pick and choose how you fight back \u2013 but most importantly don\u2019t fight back alone. Spread the word.\n\n\u2014\n\nKill their income\n\nThe primary reason why most of these scams operate is to receive income directly from jobseekers like you (rather than indirectly by selling your\u2026\n\nIpswich Unemployed Action begins with Part 1 of \u2018Fake Employers\u2019 on Universal Jobmatch.\n\nWhat is a \u201cfake employer\u201d? This is any vacancy that will never result in getting a job; the company might exist but may live off revenue from CV Library or Indeed affiliate schemes \u2013 or Google Adsense advertisements. In more cases than not, it doesn\u2019t exist, and is to steal personal information or profit from selling your information.\n\nFake employers types include:-\n\nRelay Ads \u2013 Just posting other job vacancies (whether the original advert job exists or not) usually to promote their own job website, with intention of jobseekers clicking on a Google Adsense advert along side or uploading a CV through CV Library.\n\nFake Job Adverts \u2013 Creating fake adverts to entice people on to their website to get revenue through Google Adsense, CV library or Indeed affiliate scheme. This is identical to the\u2026\n\nDole to Tell you to Cut down on Visits to Chippie. Cameron: Accept help to lose weight, or lose your benefits Posts Conservative Home, apparently the Home of Conservatism. \u2018Obese people who refuse medical treatment to help them lose weight could have their benefits cut, the Prime Minister will announce today. David Cameron will launch [\u2026]\n\nCause for Review of Sanctions? Review of benefit sanctions urged amid concern over regime\u2019s effectiveness. Reports today\u2019s Guardian. NOTE: this is buried in a dry-as-dust report SSAC Occasional Paper 15: Universal Credit: priorities for action (SEE Below for more details*). In the Conclusions and Recommendations: they call for \u201c an urgent review of the ope [\u2026]\n\nGovernment \u2018Nudge\u2019 to Help Claimants \u2018Start Smiling Again\u2019. Enigma points out that the government is using \u2018nudge\u2019 theory to guide how they work (BBC Politicians learn power of using nudge technique). \u201cA nudge, as we will use the term, is any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people\u2019s behavior in a predictable way without forbidding [\u2026] [\u2026]\n\nOsborne with his children, who attend expensive Private School, St Pauls, in London. Welfare Weekly reports. George Osborne has urged progressive MPs in the Labour party to back his welfare changes in a critical Commons vote on Monday night, saying they should recognise that the proposals not only chime with the public but build on [\u2026]\n\nDWP Funded Answer to People with Mental Health Problems. Release the Death Statistics on Benefit Cuts to Show Their Full Impact Mark Sivier. Huffington Post. Following last week\u2019s budget announcement of \u00a312billion in benefit cuts, how many people will die as a result? Dramatic as it may sound, there is already solid evidence that deaths [\u2026]\n\nIDS Faces Strike over \u2018Pisspoor\u2019 IT. Thanks to: Gaia. Universal Credit staff go on strike in protest against \u2018oppressive\u2019 culture under Tory welfare reforms. reports the Mirror. Call centre staff in charge of helping people through the Tories\u2019 welfare reforms are going on strike in a protest against their \u2018increasingly oppressive\u2019 working culture. Nearly 1, [\u2026]\n\nIain Duncan Smith Hammers Young as he Plans to Let more Private Firms Make Money from Welfare. UK \u2018failing its young\u2019 as gulf grows between generations reports the Observer this morning. I cannot help feeling that this is one of the worst things you could say about any government and society The prospects for young [\u2026]\n\nOsborne: I don\u2019t Care, My Family\u2019s Doing Quite Nicely Thank You. Some effects of the Budget on the out of work. (Guardian) Single, no children. Unemployed Base income: \u00a33,801 2015-16 Jobseeker\u2019s allowance rose to \u00a373.10 (\u00a357.90 if aged 16-24) in April, an increase of 70p a week or \u00a336.40 a year compared with 2014-15. Housing [\u2026]\n\nAs the Budget looms and the government prepares to take an axe to benefits \u2013 above all for the working poor \u2013 the issue of sanctions has been out of the headlines. But there are voices who continue protesting: A group of churches and charities have called on the UK government to hold [\u2026]\n\nOne of Iain Duncan Smith\u2019s Gaffs: No Housing Benefit Problems for him! \u201cState benefits paid to thousands of sick and disabled people could be cut by \u00a330 a week as part of the \u00a312bn of welfare cuts to be implemented by the Government.\u201d reports the Independent today. People on housing benefit could be forced to [\u2026]\n\nFighting back against the bastards has never been more important, so here\u2019s an updated list of some of the groups taking action against social security reforms. This list is far from exhaustive \u2013 apologies to those I\u2019ve missed \u2013 feel \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nFears that the psychological treatments to be introduced in Jobcentres will amount to little more than unscientific quackery look well founded with the appointment of a so-called stress and anxiety management company to provide service for claimants with a mental \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nIf you take a step back for a while then the view is grotesque. Next week a Government led by people born into vast wealth will introduce new laws that will plunge many of the UK\u2019s poorest children into desperate \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nFrom Boycott Workfare Take part in the week of action against workfare 18-24 March The Government is pushing ahead with increasingly savage workfare policies despite the fierce resistance to the scheme causing many high street names and national charities to pull out. 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-{"text": "Today makes 3 months since I started Keto and I have lost 43 lbs. The way it works for me is by using a meal logging App and sticking to it daily and trying to reach the macronutrient goal percentages as closely as possible. In addition, I have found that \u201cunlimited amounts of protein and fat\u201d does NOT work, for me. Instead, I have to carefully restrict total daily calories and mix in \u201cintermittent fasting\u201d with lots of hydration to get the ketosis going. I also find that if I can eat low-carb high fiber greens like arugula, celery, non-peanut not-hydrogenated no-added-sugar seven-nut butter, walnuts, avocado and lots of water and soups, it helps me avoid constipation. The other benefit is that I have become a careful label reader and I am often surprised at how much sugar is added to packaged foods.\n\nCan I Lose 25 lbs in 4 months\n\nWhen you consider what excessive consumption of carbohydrates (and I do consider the RDA of 250g excessive) do to the human body I find it kind of sad that nutritionists still by and large pedal carbs as a hugely necessary forerunner to being a functioning human. The sugar industry pedalled the \u201cfat is bad\u201d lie for decades and the introduction of low fat foods duped millions of people into becoming obese. A lot of people still don\u2019t get, for instance, the difference between blood cholesterol and dietary cholesterol.\nOver 8\u201310 mmol/l: It\u2019s normally impossible to get to this level just by eating a keto diet. It means that something is wrong. The most common cause by far is type 1 diabetes, with severe lack of insulin. Symptoms include feeling very sick with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and confusion. The possible end result, ketoacidosis, may be fatal and requires immediate medical care. Learn more\n\nHow long does it take for Keto tablets to work\n\nSlow cooking is also great for those who aren\u2019t comfortable using a stove or an oven as slow cookers typically need minimal preparation and food is all prepared in one pot. This is also a great alternative to other books which typically rely on standard cooking infrastructure such as a stovetop. So, if you are a fan of the crockpot or simply looking to expand your ketogenic cooking repertoire, this is one of the best keto cookbooks you will find.\n\nDoes the keto diet ruin your kidneys\n\nAlso, plan for modifications to the meals for other people in your home. You won\u00edt be able to make totally different meals for yourself and your family for the long term. The best approach is to use the main meat dish for your meal for the entire family and then a carbohydrate side dish for your family. For example, if you are eating meatloaf you can add half a potato for the other members of your family.\n\nI\u2019ve lost lots of weight on the keto diet (over 100lbs) so the comment about the weight losses being water is just absurd. And I can sustain it quite easily as long as I have the right foods in the house \u2013 just like any dietary ha it you want to maintain. The Mediterranean diet was just ranked as the #1 diet, but I bet if there were Oreos in the house, I couldn\u2019t maintain that diet either. The \u201clow fat\u201d diet that we\u2019ve all been told is so good for us is not based on sound science. It\u2019s based on the lipids theory from the 1930s and has since been denounced due to the researcher\u2019s omittence of any data that didn\u2019t fit his desired model. Also, the idea that somehow because you\u2019re eliminating a macronutrient (carbs are not a food group), you\u2019re also reducing food intake overall, and THAT\u2019S the reason for weight loss, is utterly false. I eat WAY more on the keto diet than I ever did when I wasn\u2019t paying attention. My brain, body, emotions, and weight all run better on ketones than they ever did on glycogen. I actually believe that ketosis is probably the way we were designed (or evolved) to operate. Think about it\u2026 agriculture (growing carbs for eating) is only something we\u2019ve done in the last 10,000 years. Before that, we\u2019d eat meat all fall, winter, spring, and early summer, then gorge ourselves on carbs in the late summer to store up fat, and then do it all over again in the fall. Just because we have access to an abundance of carbs doesn\u2019t mean that\u2019s how we are meant to live. And for hose who think that only eating meat is horribly bad for you, look at the Inuits, the aborigines, and other people groups around the world, who until the west interrupted with colonization and exploration, loved solely on high fat animal products. And guess what, they were healthier before we showed them how easy and tasty bread was.\n\nI am with you! I have been a WW member and been years without going outside of my suggested guidelines. I would lose weight, plateau, go on one of their plateau breaking diets for two weeks then have to go off and slowly gained weight again. I was teaching my body to live on less. I have been down as low as 800 kcal a day and not losing. Eat more fiber so you feel full was what I was told. Try eating 800 kcal, high fiber and see how balanced your diet is. I am eating between 1800 \u2013 2000 kcal now and dropping 10 \u2013 15 lbs a month on Keto. Long term diuretic user, I no longer have water retention. I am salting and using fat and I am off my blood pressure medicine. I am not hungry so I am wondering why is this not sustainable? I eat mostly carbs from vegetables, I eat a variety of meats, I eat a variety of vegetables, I feel great and my blood tests are better than they have been in 2 decades. I am starting to feel that the carb revolution is because we are told by the government what is good to eat. We all know that vegetables are good to eat but the government subsidizes corn, wheat and soy, not spinach, kale and cucumbers. Do your research, follow your hearts, do what works for you.\n\nWhy not just rest on the opinion that it is not a fad diet and has been around for a long time as a diet that works for some people. Some of our youth on reddit may be doing it because they have diabetes (like my Son) Many of these kids are getting this from the poor American diet and low activity because of computers and phones. So if they can take a break from that and try to take an active and creative interest in this diet (which is a good diet for some) then why not just be respectful of that. My Sons doctor put him on this diet, we are doing it as a family and loving it! His blood sugar is normal after 1 1/2 months and we have all lost weight. BTW most if not all the foods you tried I would def eat! ???? There is def some concern about doing this way of eating carefully and making sure we are in balance with our nutrients. We have cheat meals once a week, so not feeling deprived at all!\n\nHow many calories should I eat on the keto diet\n\nGet Plenty of Sodium. This might sound counter to what you\u2019ve been told before, but your body really needs sodium. It\u2019s one of the ways that your cells transport nutrients in and out of cells. And when you stop eating processed grains and sugar, you often get much less sodium. So when you go keto, just be sure that you\u2019re eating salt or sodium-rich foods. If not, you will often experience fatigue.\n\nIs Fried Chicken bad for Keto\n\nNo, you won\u2019t need every single item on a keto grocery list at any time. Instead, a list is simply a guideline to help you to make the best food choices while you are shopping for keto foods. You don\u2019t need to stock every single kind of nut butter, oils, sweeteners, etc. Pick the ones that you like the most, and stock those as needed. Then, you can build your keto pantry over time.\n\nCan you have a heart attack on keto\n\nOn a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run mostly on fat, burning fat 24-7. When insulin levels become very low, fat burning can increase dramatically. It becomes easier to access your fat stores to burn them off. This is great if you\u2019re trying to lose weight, but there are also other less obvious benefits, such as less hunger and a steady supply of energy. This may help keep you alert and focused.\n\n9 weeks of keto diet\n\nHi, I think Keto is a great starting point. I am almost 60 years old and finally feel good, no fogginess or sluggishness. For the first time I have no hippy handles and my tummy is flatter \u2013 no bloating or puffiness and I feel more energetic. I have only been doing Keto for about 4 weeks. I am so happy with the results!! I will continue for another 8 weeks or so then I will add more foods back in BUT moderation is key. I will slowly up my healthy carbs and find what is good for me. Happy days everyone!!! =)\n\nShopping for the keto diet will take some time to get used to. You\u2019ll be navigating parts of the grocery store that you may not be familiar with. You\u2019ll also be purchasing items you\u2019ve never cooked before. However, with planning and dedication, low carb shopping will become easier. Just remember to make a list before you visit the store and stay toward the outer aisles of the grocery store. In no time, you\u2019ll be an experienced low carb shopper.\n\nHis new way of eating, he says, also cured his migraines and acid reflux. On top of that, it eliminated spikes in blood sugar, kept his appetite in check, and allowed his body to burn its own fat as fuel. After Noakes\u2019 diabetes had reversed course, he wrote about it for Discovery Health News; that triggered a national debate across South Africa, a country plagued by an epidemic of diabetes and its associated conditions. (Blacks and ethnic Indians, who make up much of South Africa\u2019s population, are especially prone to the disease.)\nAnyways, I am feeling so much better without the weight, my sleep apnea is gone, my blood glucose is lower and the edema in my legs is gone. But I do have concerns about the saturated fat, my HDL/LDL and I do not like the \u201cnail polish breath\u201d. Once I reach my goal, I plan to transition to more of a Mediterranean style diet but still with logging and I hope to be able to keep the weight off.\n\nc quoi keto diet\n\nIf you are looking to put your health on a new track, these books can help you renovate your life. Whether you are dealing with weight issues, or other health concerns such as Type-2 diabetes, autoimmune disorders, depression, Alzheimer\u2019s, or some other gut and brain health related issues, you will be able to find value in any of these keto books on our list.\nToday I am sharing the ultimate Keto Food List with a Free Printable Keto Grocery List. These foods will be a massive part of your new LCHF (low carb high fat) lifestyle. Before you change the way you eat, you have to modify the way you look at food. Most of the foods we\u2019ve been told are bad for us are good. Of course, many of the foods we\u2019ve been told are good for us (or are better options) are bad. Make sure you understand the basics behind the keto diet before you begin. That\u2019s the only way you will be successful in making this a lifestyle change, and not just another failed attempt at weight loss.\n\ni like the comments of people who are better off now after being on Keto, but what they never say is what were they doing BEFORE keto? eating like shit? no exercise? unhealthy lifestyle? THAT is the big part of the equation \u2013 if you went from a terrible diet to keto then OF COURSE you\u2019re going to be better off, lose weight and feel better. maybe its not the keto, maybe its just the removal of garbage food?\n\nA ketogenic diet may be an option for some people who have had difficulty losing weight with other methods. The exact ratio of fat, carbohydrate, and protein that is needed to achieve health benefits will vary among individuals due to their genetic makeup and body composition. Therefore, if one chooses to start a ketogenic diet, it is recommended to consult with one\u2019s physician and a dietitian to closely monitor any biochemical changes after starting the regimen, and to create a meal plan that is tailored to one\u2019s existing health conditions and to prevent nutritional deficiencies or other health complications. A dietitian may also provide guidance on reintroducing carbohydrates once weight loss is achieved.\n\nWhile I admittedly struggled after going off the diet (they have some high protein, low carb,good tasting premade foods that I no longer had access to) with what to eat, I at least had better knowledges of HOW to eat and have been able to maintain my weight loss since. For the first time ever, I realized that I couldn\u2019t eat the \u201cfood pyramid\u201d suggested amount of carbs if I wanted to maintain a healthy weight. I even began running because I was thin enough to do so. What people who have never been fat before don\u2019t understand is how much being fat holds us back from trying new things. If only there was a way to get people to quickly and easily lose the weight so they could be successful at dieting and discover such things (tongue in cheek)."}
-{"text": "UAE passport jumps to the 7th rank\n\nThere is yet more reason to cheer for Emiratis who are bitten by the travel bug. The UAE passport has marked another milestone by swiftly climbing to the 7th position on the Passport Index. This comes in the wake of developments last month when the passport had risen to the 8th position globally. Now Emiratis have visa-free access to 159 countries across the world.\n\nThe citizens of the UAE can travel to 112 countries without acquiring a visa. Meanwhile, they can get visa on arrival in 47 countries. The latest rankings follow the waiver agreement signed between UAE and Mexico. A diplomatic memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two nations thus allowing visa-free entry for citizens.\n\nThe visa-free entry to Mexico will be applicable from October 31. Citizens can stay in the country for up to 180 days. Now, the UAE is at par with Estonia which also shares the 7th position. It is only a matter of time before the passport makes to the top spot."}
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-{"text": "Dating man hot and cold\n\nAt the beginning, he comes on strong \u2014 he pursues you relentlessly, buys you gifts, compliments you, plans dates and outings, makes an effort to make you feel special\u2026. He pulls away. So why does this man \u2014 whom things were so great with at the beginning \u2014 suddenly seem like a completely different person? This is the part of the brain that is in every living creature \u2014 of course, reptiles included.\n\nMen Who Blow Hot And Cold \u2013 What To Do With Them\n\nThe Dating Game of Hot and Cold | HuffPost\n\nDating Dos and Don'ts. I love her thinking on this one\u2026especially the part about not assuming it is anything you have done. It is better to ask what is going on before spending too much energy thinking you must have screwed things up along the way. This change can throw us into a panic, making us feel insecure just when things were beginning to feel so good.\n\nHot and Cold\n\nNothing will make a woman feel more crazy and desperate than a man playing hide and seek with your emotions. And as soon as you do, he starts to pull away. You become like a dog with a bone, unwilling to relinquish what you want. You frantically search for the man inside him who was \"hot\" for you.\n\nHe lays it on thick and absolutely ravishes you with attention and warmth \u2014 only to switch things up seemingly without any sort of provocation and freeze you out. What happened? Why did he pull away? Was it something you did? Does he still like you?"}
-{"text": "Oprah and the good guys: The dozen billionaires with big hearts and even bigger bank balances who are planning to spread their wealth around \u2013 by Daniel Bates and Louise Boyle \u2013 PUBLISHED: 03:37 GMT, 20 September 2012 | UPDATED: 07:04 GMT, 20 September 2012\n\nCongregated behind closed doors of the grandiose Trustees Room at New York Public Library, this group of individuals made for the wealthiest gathering in the world.\n\nThe twelve \u2013 Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Bill and Melinda Gates, Pete Petersen, Leon Black, Jon Bon Jovi, Marc Benioff, David Rubenstein, Steve Case, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreessen \u2013 may have made their billions from as diverse pursuits as rock music to microchips, but they have united to dedicate vast portions of their wealth to philanthropic causes.\n\nTheir combined wealth totals a staggering $126billion \u2013 with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in first and second place respectively. The two leaders of the billionaire pack supported the Summit on Philanthropy \u2013 where 161 of the richest people in America met to share ideas on how the wealth might be spread across education, poverty, religion, medicine and the environment.\n\nThe combined wealth of America\u2019s richest is $1.7 trillion, up from $1.5 trillion in 2011, in due part to the rising stock market, a rebound in real estate values \u2013 especially in cities like Los Angeles and New York, and rising values for art works.\n\nThe billionaires posed at the library in Manhattan on June 26 this year for the 30th anniversary cover of Forbes 400, published on October 8.\n\nThe combined wealth of America\u2019s richest is $1.7 trillion, up from $1.5 trillion in 2011, in due part to the rising stock market, a rebound in real estate values \u2013 especially in cities like Los Angeles and New York, and rising values for art works.\n\nCommentator comments :\n\nJohn Bon Jovi has a restaurant in NJ. Google it\u2026 its a non profit. Pretty much can pay what you like. and if you don\u2019t have money, you can work it off. Menu changes daily.\n\n\u2013 Laura , Sarasota Florida USA, 20/9/2012 11:31\n\nGates stole more than he\u2019s ever going to give back through the exploitation of a virtual monopoly with excessive charges for MS software.\n\n\u2013 BobCratchet , London, United Kingdom, 20/9/2012 11:27\n\nOprah obviously didn\u2019t receive the memo to wear dark clothes. Your eyes immediately go to her before the others, ha.\n\n\u2013 LH , Essex, United Kingdom, 20/9/2012 11:16\n\n\u201c161 of the richest people in America met to share ideas on how the wealth might be spread across education, poverty, religion, medicine and the environment.\u201d \u2013 Spot the odd one out\u2026why on earth give any money to religion? The three Abrahamic faiths are swimming in money as a result of peddling their lies for so many years, particularly institutions like the Catholic church. Take religion out and that\u2019s a pretty good list to start with though.\n\n\u2013 Alex , London, 20/9/2012 11:14\n\nAnd not a single Bullingdon Dining Club member amongst them\n\n\u2013 Bigman , Glasgow, United Kingdom, 20/9/2012 11:08\n\nIts good they\u2019re giving the money but I find this public display a bit sickening. Plenty of wealthy give alot without plastering their faces over a magazine making sure everyone knows.\n\n\u2013 Linley , Sydney, 20/9/2012 11:08\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\n12 people alone have 126 billion? Look here, 12 people represent less than 1% of North America\u2019s 300 million population, so lets have at least 99% of that wealth re-distributed (124.4 billion) to stop a few hundred thousand foreclosures of viable working families that could tip the scales for USA. The remainder of the 1.6 billion (1%) from 126 billion should be redistributed among these 12, which would mean 130 million each. Thats 324 times a 401K for this lot. They can\u2019t go whining about how 99% of their wealth has been lost when they are worth 300+ times a 401K Joe Public now can they? Lets see if the greed and cynicism will prevent these 12 from doing the 99% right thing or if 130 million is fine by them to save 1000s of good American families (interview respectfully, this will be better than American Idol, \u2018Middle Wealth Class Idol\u2019 perhaps?). Last chance for the Capitalism model IMHO, otherwise try 20 million Socialist caps on wealth sequestration if these hearts are big enough . . . 20 million is still 50 times a 401K and sveral lifetimes of work for 99% of Americans.\n\nConsider that 1.7 trillion of the 161 richest, 99% of that redistributed would be 1.68 trillion 17 billion split among 161 people would be 10.5 million each, still 25 times a 401K. How about saving 10s of 1000s of middle class Americans\u2019 lives and homes? Perhaps 75% of that could be used for shelters and staples for the poorest as well. This is TRUE patriotism, saving America\u2019s *VIABLE* (do feel free to ferret out those who won\u2019t make the mark) middle class population, and sharing \u2018the fat\u2019, and at least making sure the poorest don\u2019t starve or freeze while so-called \u2018plutocrat entertainer stars\u2019 go to East Europe and Asia or Africa (WTF?) to do the same (abit better than plutocrat sportsmen with millions but not even owning a single sports facility to their name \u2013 these sorts are in sport for MONEY not love of sport \u2013 sports fans could do an audit of major brand sponsors to :\n\nidentify then boycott those brands that are merely parasiting off sports goods (actually the gambling industry is doing this even as sportsmen throw games off and on for profit . . . ) FROM brands which are actually run by people/execs who do love the sport,not a bunch of snarky executives gloating at people who buy their overpriced sports goods) while locally back home and most cynically, Americans suffer the same starvation and homelessness, freeze to death as well while plutocrats enjoy lives worth more than 3-10 or 50 times 401K. If the country belongs to everyone, then all the land and all the wealth belongs to everyone \u2013 that could come off the limit for wealth sequestration at 20 million. No citizen should be allowed to starve, be homeless much less freeze then being supposed equals. Vote properly Joe Publics!\n\nARTICLE 2\n\nFoster Friess: America Would Be Better Off With More Wealthy People \u2013 September 21, 2012 \u2013 By Lawrence Sinclair\n\nSinclair News is publishing part of an article by Tony Lee dated 18 Sep 2012 which was published at Breitbart.com. We are linking our readers to the complete article.\n\nOn the one-year anniversary of the fizzling \u201cOccupy\u201d movement that tried to pit the so-called 99% against the 1%, and on the day in which a video of Mitt Romney talking about the 47% of Americans who pay no federal income taxes drove liberals and the mainstream media into fits, Foster Friess on Monday made an argument that society is better off with more rich people.\n\nFriess is one of the wealthiest and most generous people in the world, and he wrote a piece arguing the world would be better off if there were more \u201cfat cats\u201d like him, less government, and more reliance on the free market.\n\nFriess made many valid points, but his arguments became more significant after a video of Romney\u2019s comments at a fundraiser in May was leaked to the left-wing publication Mother Jones.\n\nUnder President Barack Obama, the United States has seen more government and less wealth creation and, according to Friess, that has made the country worse off.\n\n\u201cWhat do wealthy people do with their money?,\u201d Friess asked in the Newsweek column. \u201cThey can only buy so many cars, houses, and steak dinners. So we either give it away or invest it.\u201d\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\n. . . if there were more \u201cfat cats\u201d like him, less government . . .\n\nMost fat cats only exist because of crony capitalism and contractor collusion. In a real fair or free market, making money is VERY DIFFICULT and after decades prices would be deadly competitive by now instead of inflation which is the fault of the Fed reserve or fiat printing and exotic trading like the stock market which is inflated 1000 times normal value, or fractionated trading of commodities that do not exist or monetization-commoditisation of DEBT which is ridiculous and ILLEGAL because one cannot collect of as of yet labour that has no guarantee upon compound interest WHILE jobless to boot!\n\nEven machines have a shelf life, need maintainance at levels that could never pay off loans for the price of the machine alone much less flesh and blood humans who do far worse than machines on top of being pressured for loan repayments that a jobless society which colludes on EVERYTHING, even political free thought which can get the psychiatric establishment down on dissidents and activists.\n\nSo think when a supposed fat cat spends the GDP of a small country, while being in debt 10 to 1 million times of whatever effort any 401K person can put in with the \u2018poor\u2019 having no access to housing loans (which should not be compound interest but simple interest or basic entrepreneurial loans, let alone exotic trades), simply because the state will bail out that person who is viewed as accountable by the bank rather than the honest 99% working class type, while \u2018massive debt types\u2019 viewed as plutocracy get to destroy the nation.\n\nFinally while more rich people are good, when extreme wealth sequestration of the entire nation say at a 1.61 to 300,000,000+million ratio (1:15,000,000+ or a 1 to 15 million ratio \u2013 the 1% owns 15 million times that of the 99%!!!), rather than an enforced limit of 1% to 99% ratio at least, Capitalist limits (like 1% of 1000 top richest people must not be above 1% of the nation\u2019s collective sequesterable wealth) to wealth sequestration NO MORE THAN the richest being 100 times the poorest, are still needed. What 20 million in limits does is make 50 times a 401K a maximum norm. Who among the 99 people of a population of 100 wants to tolerate a single person being worth 15 million times more than their 401K \u2013 when they are only worth 401K? Simple math and facts that cannot be ignored. The fat cats are still too fat, the banks and state apparatus will not lend to the 99% and as of now the 161 (or lets say 50,000) richest hold probably 15 million times the poorest collectively! Then read the below pro1% schmooze article . . .http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-20/poverty-inequality-aren-t-as-bad-as-you-think-view.html\n\nWhen everyone is worth 20 million the remainder can go to USA\u2019s favourite groups of 3rd world nations of choice for ETHICAL expansion of influence. Socialist limits on Capitalism! 20 million wealth limits on everyone. And just look at the NLP in the title of the article . . . Poverty and Inequality ARE ALWAYS BAD. Saying *Not as bad as \u2018you\u2019 think\u2019* is apologism for the plutocracy if anything. Shame on Bloomberg! People are dying and getting thrown out of their homes and the 1% gets a \u2018not so bad\u2019 article to mock the 99% with?\n\nMindboggling numbers of the richest. Redistribute already. Millions of Americans do not have access to healthcare, to education, to food and shelter even. Selfish plutocrats sequestering wealth forget that without the \u2018unwashed masses\u2019 of low wealth citizens or \u2018chattering classes\u2019 of mid wealth citizens, and the would-be plutocrat seeming lessers of the \u2018high wealth of \u2018a acceptable handful of millions\u2019 BUT STILL working\u2019 classes, the true plutocrat would have NO SOCIETY to look good for or nation to be part of! Obviously in the best interest of the plutocrat to ensure that healthcare, education, food and shelter are a given, so that USA will not end up being a puppet of creditor nations!\n\nIt\u2019s not just his giant income or the low tax rates he pays on it. And it\u2019s not just the videotape of him berating almost half of America, or his endless gaffes, or his regressive budget policies.\n\nIt\u2019s something that unites all of this, and connects it to the biggest underlying problem America faces \u2014 the unprecedented concentration of wealth and power at the very top that\u2019s undermining our economy and destroying our democracy.\n\nRomney just released his 2011 tax returns, showing he paid $1.9 million in taxes on more than $13 million of income last year \u2014 for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent. (He released his 2010 return in January, showing he paid an effective tax rate of 13.9 percent.)\n\nAmerican has had hugely wealthy presidents before \u2014 think of Teddy Roosevelt and his distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt; or John F. Kennedy, beneficiary of father Joe\u2019s fortune.\n\nBut here\u2019s the difference. These men were champions of the working class and the poor, and were considered traitors to their own class. Teddy Roosevelt railed against the \u201cmalefactors of great wealth,\u201d and he busted up the oil and railroad trusts.\n\nFDR thundered against the \u201ceconomic royalists,\u201d raised taxes on the wealthy, and gave average working people the right to form unions \u2014 along with Social Security, unemployment insurance, a minimum wage, and a 40-hour workweek.\n\nBut Mitt Romney is not a traitor to his class. He is a sponsor of his class. He wants to cut their taxes by $3.7 trillion over the next decade, and hasn\u2019t even specified what \u201cloopholes\u201d he\u2019d close to make up for this gigantic giveaway.\n\nAnd he wants to cut benefits that almost everyone else relies on \u2014 Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, food stamps, unemployment insurance, and housing assistance.\n\nHe\u2019s even a warrior for his class, telling his wealthy followers his job isn\u2019t to worry about the \u201c47 percent\u201d of Americans who won\u2019t vote for him, whom he calls \u201cvictims\u201d and he berates for not paying federal incomes taxes and taking federal handouts.\n\n(He mangles these facts, of course. Almost all working Americans pay federal taxes \u2014 and the federal taxes that have been rising fastest for most people are Social Security payroll taxes, which aren\u2019t collected on a penny of income over $110,100. Moreover, most of the \u201c47 percent\u201d whom he accuses of taking handouts are on Medicare or Social Security \u2014 the biggest \u201centitlement\u201d programs \u2014 which, not incidentally, they paid into during their working lives.)\n\nMoney means power. Concentrated wealth at the top means extraordinary power at the top. The reason Romney pays a rate of only 14 percent on $13 million of income in 2011 \u2014 a lower rate than many in the middle class \u2014 is because he exploits a loophole that allows private equity managers to treat their income as capital gains, taxed at only 15 percent.\n\nAnd that loophole exists solely because private equity and hedge fund managers have so much political clout \u2014 as a result of their huge fortunes and the money they\u2019ve donated to political candidates \u2014 that neither party will remove it.\n\nIn other words, everything America is learning about Mitt Romney \u2014 his tax returns, his years at Bain Capital, the video of his speech to high-end donors in which he belittles half of America, his gaffes, the budget policies he promotes \u2014 repeat and reenforce the same underlying reality.\n\nSo much wealth and power have accumulated at the top of America that our economy and our democracy are seriously threatened. Romney not only represents this problem. He is the living embodiment of it.\n\nhttp://robertreich.org/\nChancellor\u2019s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written (more\u2026)\n\nARTICLE 4\n\nThoughts on the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am\n\nThe third-generation Pontiac Firebird was a stunner. Its sleek lines made the old 1970\u20131981 second-gen \u2018Bird look like a relic. The shape set a new standard for aerodynamics. The bodywork, especially in Trans Am guise, was tasteful and clean. When it debuted, everyone forgot about the poorly performing 1980\u20131981 Turbo Trans Ams. The \u201982 even got a starring role in Knight Rider as KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), seen here.\n\nWell, a fresh redesign with cutting-edge aero doesn\u2019t necessarily equate to performance under the hood. In fact, for 1982 the Firebird\u2019s standard engine was a 2.5-liter 90-hp four-cylinder. That\u2019s right, a four-cylinder engine in a Firebird. Yes, there was a V-8 option. But if you selected the four-speed manual, that 5.0-liter Chevrolet-sourced V-8 pumped out just 145 horses. The \u201cCross-Fire Injected\u201d 5.0-liter V-8 was available with an automatic only, and though it was torque-rich, this motor didn\u2019t produce more than 165 hp.\n\nThe bright spot was just two short years away. By 1984, a 190-hp 5.0-liter HO motor replaced that Cross-Fire Injected engine.\n\nNo. 145 horses could pull a 100 wagon train (actually single persons have pulled the same or Airbuses), a Pontiac TA could only pull the engine car of a train alone. This is dishonest and a lie, a gross exaggeration about the number of horses the car is worth for value of money. The Trans Am is worth 3 to 6 horses at most, and is severely overpriced and marketed as up to 50 times as many horses that so many other cars of the day cars do not have. How many cars can what one spends on a Trans Am buy? Trans Ams DO NOT have 145 horses worth of power, though they cost 145 or more horses . . . Overpriced and inefficient compared to ACTUAL horses (which can be eaten and preserved in event of disaster). The BMW Z3 below is another example of LIES, being worth no more than 3 horses at most.\n\nBMW Z3 (E36/4) (1996\u20132002)\n\nPierce Brosnan was far from the best James Bond, and the Z3 he drove in GoldenEye, BMW\u2019s first modern mass-market roadster, was anything but the Bavarian carmaker\u2019s most memorable agent. Grossly underpowered from the get-go, the 138-hp, 1.9-liter four-cylinder was quickly substituted for a 2.8-liter straight six. Still, its sub-200-horse numbers weren\u2019t anything to get excited about, and the car\u2019s wallowy handling couldn\u2019t match BMW\u2019s sharp sedans. Nevertheless, the Z3 sold quite well, and perhaps that\u2019s part of the problem\u2014a car first marketed as a spy\u2019s ride sold to many drivers too tall or broad to pull off the look. A rare coupe version, known by those at the company as \u201cthe shoe,\u201d enjoyed a cult-like following because the car\u2019s stiffer structure noticeably improved the handling. But it wasn\u2019t until the next two generations of Z4 that BMW really left the roadster segment shaken and stirred.\n\nTry the below for a list of horrendously unfashionable and aesthetically conventional vehicles EVER. The mainstream media \u2018Popular Mechanics\u2019 site has lost all sense of proportion here probably are colluding with the car companies who fund them to fracture buyers\u2019 fashion senses and who knows promote UGLINESS as beautiful (making impossible for regular people to tell the difference between beautiful and ugly people to the media oligarchs\u2019 nepotistic benefit), these cars have neither attitude nor lines of vehicles designed 20 years back . . .\n\nThe 2012 Ferrari FF can haul 450 litres of luggage with the rear seats up, 800 litres with the seats folded down. How much can a clydesdale horse pull? Three times it\u2019s own weight, Which is around 2000-2400 lbs. The max. load of the Ferrari California is 1,025 lbs. So guess what? The fact of the matter is that the Ferrari FF does not even have a single or 1 \u2018horsepower\u2019. 100s of horses under the hood is a blatant marketing lie when barely 0.5 horses is more accurate.\n\nWhy should any vehicle cost as much as a Ferrari when a horse costs 1000s of times less but pulls 3 times as much, and when coupled with \u2018changes\u2019 of horses (that could be housed in the \u2018corral\u2019 boot while the horses \u2018on shift\u2019 run), could in fact run as far and fast as a Ferrari WITHOUT constant and pollutive, also expensive fuel but with regular feed instead. Stores of feed and water if carried as well makes for indefinite travel WITHOUT fuel costs.\n\nThe only issue is speed which in either case is always dangerous and in dense conditions makes the speed of a Ferrari quite useless and unnecessary. As for aesthetics and design (or the need to hide horses from sight), a larger version of the car will be a necessity that the kiddies and joyriders will not want but compared against the pollution issues the necessity not optional, the world is being destroyed by pollution . . . also a car where standing is possible should be nicer than always being seated? Include a bar and a kitchen or toilet as well using that space. Or an indoor pool/jacuzzi. See below pic for the green solution :\n\nNeed for light weight materials (could still have a protective bar of heavy rubber for prevention of accidents etc.) will be necessary.\n\nSo vote for the 99% who won\u2019t allow the DMV to place controls that make no sense on what car one can or cannot drive. In fact, flying cars or at least VTOL cars should be the norm by now after near 200 years of land based vehicles since the 1800s. The government and policy regulators are forcing people to use tolled roads if anything. Fly a VTOL or heli and land that in your balcony, drop the airline industry and fly DIRECT to the country of your choice ! Heck why do we even need passports which we need to pay for at all to begin with even, especially if we are not criminals? Only criminals need passports, everyone else should be travelling AND migrating freely.\n\nAltercations over polite behavior on public transportation offer a window on a changing society, reports Tang Yue.\n\nIf you\u2019re riding the bus or subway and see a pregnant woman, an elderly person or young child standing up in front of you, you might want to think seriously about offering them your seat.\n\nIf you don\u2019t, you may discover that the consequences are serious, given that a number of altercations have happened recently and some have even ended in violence.\n\nDon\u2019t take seat disputes sitting down\n\nOn Aug 23, a young man on a bus in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, did not give up his seat to a pregnant woman. As a result, he was given five sharp slaps across the head by the woman\u2019s disgruntled husband, despite the fact that he wasn\u2019t occupying any of the seats usually reserved for the elderly and infirm, and, moreover, had a crippled leg.\n\nThree days after that incident, a woman slapped a man on a bus in Jinan, Shandong province, after he failed to respond to a public announcement asking seated passengers to consider other travelers. Instead of offering his seat to the woman\u2019s daughter, aged around 6 years old, the man simply turned his back on them. Enraged, the mother struck him repeatedly and shouted, \u201cI am fulfilling your mother\u2019s obligation to educate you.\u201d\n\nThe aggression hasn\u2019t only affected men. Media reports of aggressive behavior include that of an elderly man in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, who sat on a young woman\u2019s lap after she refused his request to give up her seat. A similar incident is reported to have happened in Chengdu, Sichuan province.\n\nPublic opinion suggests that, while those who doggedly refused to offer up their seat weren\u2019t acting from noble instincts, the actions of those who beat them were antisocial and unnecessarily violent.\n\nSo what makes people feel justified about the use of force against those who fail to comply with their wishes?\n\nAs China undergoes rapid urbanization, people who have grown up in an \u201cacquaintance society\u201d, one where everyone knows everyone else in the neighborhood, face challenges from the increasing need for daily interaction with strangers, according to Yang Yiyin, director of the social psychology research office at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing.\n\n\u201cIn traditional Chinese society, where people are tied by family and blood relationships, emotions and morals, rather than reason and law, guide people\u2019s behavior,\u201d said Xiao Qunzhong, professor of ethics at Renmin University of China.\n\nAs a result, people tend to automatically, but mistakenly, use their sense of moral superiority to legitimize their behavior, including the use of verbal and physical violence.\n\nHowever, while the traditional mindset remains, tragedies such as the case of Xiao Yueyue a 2-year-old girl who died after being ignored by 18 passers-by as she lay in the street in Foshan, Guangdong province after she had been hit by a car and then run over twice more also indicate a value-system in flux as the country moves through a period of rapid social transformation, said Xiao.\n\n\u201cCivil society in China is not as developed as in the West. People are still learning how to respect the fundamental rights of others and the bottom line for behavior,\u201d he said.\n\nStranger society\n\nTo deal with other passengers on a bus, where people come and go in a very short time and very limited space, serves as a very good test of social attitudes. It\u2019s one many people fail, noted Yang Yiyin of the CASS.\n\n\u201cYou will always see female colleagues or friends trying very hard to persuade each other to take the only seat, even if there are only a couple of stops to go,\u201d said Yang, 57. \u201cBut they still don\u2019t know how to negotiate with strangers.\n\n\u201cThat helps to explain why those with a sense of moral superiority just skip the discussion process and begin dictating to strangers, sometimes in a very rude manner.\u201d\n\nPeople in the West have more experience in dealing with everyday public life and are better at expressing their needs and opinions, be it through lectures, negotiation or debate, she noted.\n\nZheng Liudi, a 29-year-old who rides the subway to work in Shanghai, knows exactly what Yang means. Zheng said most people are pleasant when help is offered. However, she said that on occasion, usually just as she was about to offer her seat to someone else, she has noticed a \u201cYou owe me\u201d look in the eyes of seniors or mothers with young children. \u201cI change my mind, then. I just dislike their attitude,\u201d she said.\n\nShe recalled that on one occasion, a woman in her 50s kicked her shoes from time to time. \u201cI think she did it on purpose, to hint that she wanted the seat. But there was no way I would offer it to her under those circumstances,\u201d said Zheng.\n\n\u201cThese extreme examples of wrangling over a seat also reflect a general feeling of anxiety and irritability,\u201d according to Yang.\n\nIndividual personality, values and the prevalent mood at the time of an incident all contribute to people\u2019s behavior. The background socially, however, is that many people are highly stressed and restless, and thus tend to appear aggressive on such occasions, she said.\n\n\u201cThe prevailing mood in China now is being competitive every single second and not miss a single opportunity to gain something, anything. Sometimes, people just use incidents such as these as an outlet for suppressed anger,\u201d she explained.\n\nJust too crowded\n\nRegular users of public transportation might not know much about social theory; but they certainly feel the social reality during rush hours in the mega-cities and fully realize that a seat on a crowded bus or train is a precious commodity.\n\nEvery working day at 6:30 am, Jiang Xin, a 26-year-old auditor in Beijing, gets on the bus at the first stop on the route. Her journey takes roughly 90 minutes.\n\n\u201cAt first, I used to sit down as soon as I got on the bus, just near the ticket seller. But I found I had to give up my seat several times on each journey and felt exhausted when I arrived at my office. So I changed seats and now sit in the corner instead,\u201d she said.\n\n\u201cOn the weekend, I always offer my seat to people if they need it, but during the working week I really need that seat in the corner so I can take a nap.\u201d\n\nQin Jianhua is not as lucky. The 31-year-old works in Beijing, but bought an apartment in Yanjiao, Hebei province, in 2009. His daily commute to work takes two hours door to door, including one hour on the bus, a 10-minute walk and another 50 minutes on the subway.\n\nThe bus is always crowded, so it requires an enormous effort just to get on and there are always four or five passengers always standing crammed on a single step by the door. People always swear loudly if they can\u2019t squeeze on and some even block the road to stop the bus if they can\u2019t gain access, he said.\n\n\u201cWhen I\u2019m on a comfortable bus, I give up my seat if others need it. But it\u2019s always so crowded and smelly on the bus I take to work. Everyone is very sleepy, almost collapsing, so giving up your seat would be the last thing you\u2019d want to do,\u201d said Qin. The bus trip got old quickly, so Qin now lives in a rented apartment near his office during the working week and only goes home on the weekend.\n\nThe experience has given him a fresh insight into the issue: \u201cDon\u2019t judge someone until you have been in his shoes. That person may be aggressive on the bus, but may also behave politely in a different environment,\u201d he said. \u201cAlso, standards seem to vary. I\u2019ve seen some people happily and politely give up their seats to seniors, but the same people acted totally differently to a migrant worker. So, how do you rate them?\u201d he asked.\n\nYang Wanli and He Na contributed to the story.\n\nContact the reporter at tangyue@chinadaily.com.cn\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nLow density is dignity but also a vulnerability. And lower classes among Chinese regardless of wealth level who think in this manner are in that case unsuited to high density living. They just don\u2019t know this fact. A people tied by family and blood relationships, emotions and morals, cannot exist in high density conditions without basis on reason and law. Thus best that Chinese with the village mentality of entitlement to the property of others physical or spiritual, stick to low density venues or learn modern civility.\n\nIf anyone touched another in the westernized model, they\u2019d be assaulted back, or if civilised would find themselves in a lawsuit. This is why the Chinese not familiar with modern society need to attend a training course or mix with high density familiar people, before moving out from the villages and vice verse for the situation reversed. Culture shock. And don\u2019t even go near discussions on toilet habits and LGBT activity unless particularly prepared for the fight of your life . . . that dildo will be murder to your neighbour and if the laws are anti-LGBT or based on fundo policy, then it\u2019s back to the stone ages. This is also why elderly are neglected in some places and times to come, as society \u2018densifies\u2019 the lower density types will be outnumbered and die off. Not the best scenario but preservation of low density and high density and transition education between both must be thought through by migrants to avoid problems.\n\nRussia\u2019s anti-corruption drive should be boosted by introducing constant video surveillance on officials, limiting their maximum term of service and banning personal meetings with citizens, the leader of the Liberal Democrats said.\n\nVladimir Zhirinovsky was speaking at the \u201cOpen Tribune\u201d meeting, dedicated to future measures to rein in corruption. The politician suggested a small leniency in the planned anti-corruption bill, saying that at the first stage it must be applied only to a narrow circle of officials, not to them all, as there are about 5 million of them in Russia.\n\nHe added that the narrowing of the group that falls under control would allow the control to become stricter.\n\nAmong the most urgent measures the MP implied that the maximum term of stay in any official post should be limited to 10 years. Another call was to limit the civil servants\u2019 communication with the population to email or conventional mail, as ruling out personal contact would seriously hamper bribery on both sides.\n\nBesides, Zhirinovsky suggested that video surveillance be conducted in official\u2019s offices and cars, as well as constant monitoring of all their electronic communications.\n\nAs a final measure, Zhirinovsky said that the government should introduce a total ban on business people assuming posts in state structures or state-owned companies. He did not specify if this should apply to working entrepreneurs or to all those who have previously tried their hands at business.\n\nSergey Mironov, the leader of another opposition party \u2013 Fair Russia \u2013 reminded of his party\u2019s previous initiative to introduce confiscation of all property from those convicted of corruption along with the property of their family members. In this connection he also suggested broadening the definition of close relatives to include parents, children, siblings, spouses and grandparents.\n\nThe Communist Party suggested that any member of parliament could be checked for business dealings at any time and without an official complaint from the third party. The Liberal Democrats seconded the move.\n\nAccusations of business dealings have recently become a real weapon in Russian politics. Earlier this month, the State Duma voted to deprive a Fair Russia MP of his seat over allegations he was continuing to operate companies in Bulgaria.\n\nBefore the vote to oust him took place, MP Gennady Gudkov published documents that allegedly testified to the fact that many other MPs were doing the same thing, including the members of the ruling party, United Russia.\n\nOn Thursday the special commission announced that they checked reports on five United Russia MPs and four of them were cleared of charges of running a business while working in the lower house. However, the commission decided to continue the probe into one MPs case and invited him for personal consultations.\n\nCommentator Comments :\n\nIron curtains WITHIN Iron curtains. So very KGB in a respectable-fear/awe inspiring \u2018Matryoshka doll\u2019 manner that will make people, especially 99% types worldwide love Russianness. Soviet Union again anyone? Bring back a limited form of Communism, Capitalist limits of 20 million for wealth sequestration!\n\n@Crusader148 September 20, 2012, 20:03\n\nZhirinovsky is a total nut-job, but camera surveillance of officials makes perfect sense. Anything that curbs corruption is welcome.\n\n@Count Cash September 20, 2012, 19:44\n\nExcellent! Now we are starting to get the simple concept across, it is the state that must be monitored by the citizen. This is the game changer, the conceptual innovation that I have wanted here. Then add the icing on the cake with separation of wealth and civil service and politics, natural cycling in and out of civil servants (no jobs for life for many) plus big risks for corruption and we are then getting the concepts correct. HOWEVER, the devil is in the detail, and we can absolutely make a mess going too quickly without thinking through all the proposals. When we appreciate this, to go step by step in phases, then we get the next concept right, and that is wide consultation, wider than the Duma, wider than the systematic opposition, we must open this debate to all including the \u2018opposition\u2019 and all stakeholders, to put real lean flesh on the concepts. We are starting to get the compass working, so who has the guts to set the course and work the ropes! Or who has the laziness to just sit along for the ride, or worse just moan they can\u2019t be captain to massage their egos on the voyage!\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nThe KGB juniors should get lots of training here before being posted overseas to spy on foreign countries. More Russianness? Paranoia attacks for the non-Commie/Red governments not allied to Russia anyone? Some background (not sure if accurate on Vladimir Zhirinovsky) follows below . . .\n\nWho was Vladimir Zhirinovsky? \u2013 TalmudTimmy at 2009-05-02 18:52 CET:Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein was a crypto-Jew who aided the Communist massacre machine in the Soviet Union which murdered millions upon millions of people.(He was the colonel of the Russian Army, founder and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Vice-Chairman of the State Duma, and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Despite its name, the LDPR is often described as an ultra-nationalist party) \u2013 WikipediaSo why was Zhirinovsky rallying Russians, during the reign of red terror, with mild anti-semitic slogans? He was rounding up dissent, the resisters, the ones who know who was really in control of Sovietism (Bolshevism). By shepherding and gaining the trust of the resistance, he was able to help lead and direct them, ultimately to their own demise like sheep to the slaughter. By rounding up resistance to the Jewish Bolsheviks, Soviet over a once Christian nation, was strengthened.Now who do we know of today who demonstrates similar characteristics? Guys like Alex Jones and others in the so called \u201cTruth Movement.\u201d Jones, will at times, mildly criticize Israel in a similar way to Zhirinovsky. Is Jones gaining the trust of disseneters so that the New World Order resistance can be more easily rounded up? Time will tell. We do know that Alex Jones is a Zionist in one form or another, and his wife Violet and children are Jewish.\n\nCrypto-Judaism in the USSR was able to penetrate every faction of government and every \u201cpeople\u2019s\u201d movement so as to lead both opposing sides of the conflict. Crypto-Jewry was able to control and direct the opposition to a problem they created. Now why would the American-based \u201ctruth\u201d movement be any less controlled and directed by the decendants of the Bolsheviks and their Judaic banking swindle?\n\nJones has several Jews working with him in studio and on his many documentaries, which always leave the Zionist question out, and instead, offer mysterious and ultimately lower-level groups like the Bilderbergers as the target of dissent. Jason Bermas, the new host of the infowarrior (an Alex Jones created show) mocks and says that anti-Judaics should kill themselves. Alex Jones\u2019 best friend Joe Rogan is a Jewish comedian. Alex\u2019s wife Violet (Kelly) is Jewish along with their two children, one who is named Einstein. According to other sources, the producers of Alex Jones\u2019 recent film \u201cThe Obama Deception,\u201d are Jewish. There are several examples from live shows, where Alex fiddles for the Jews and denies the Zionists. -TT\n\nThe highly-trained female agents from Mossad, Israel\u2019s spy agency, leave their male compatriots in the dust. Five agents spoke about their \u201cmovie-style\u201d lives for the first time, revealing a world dominated by deadly efficient femmes fatales.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nFirst Iran, then Israel. So men don\u2019t fight anymore? Perhaps Israel and Iran had better look through the Talmud and the Quran again and take a leaf from Xians who at least have Stepford wives in a natural patrilineal society with MASCULINE characteristics. No sense of chivalry for the men of both these nations. No sense of femininity for the women of both these nations. Well that shows that countries ruled by the heart and emotions wind up under women. Or in China\u2019s case by Dowagers unaware of what goes on outside the Palace. Men are needed if a country is to be viable. God would never approve of women going to war and if the entire system if skewed politically towards women as well, Israel will cease to exist even without taking on Iran.\n\nSome parts of society (women and children \u2013 think child soldiers \u2013 are just off limits and if no REAL MEN draw the lines and limits, the rest of the world knows how to say \u2013 Your mom wears combat boots (well this is tolerable when a country is at war but a slide towards barbarism overall if entire populaces are militarized) . . . and we all know what a society or nation is worth when class and social \u2018niceties\u2019 (actually a sense of morality) like refusing to abet recruitment of child soldiers, or less so, women soldiers, the sense of structure goes out the window. The nation gets one morass of sexless, gender insensitive clones . . . ). Some parts of the world are degenerating quite quickly civilisationally . . . bunch of fetish addled fundos posing as being battle ready. Women\u2019s rights aren\u2019t even properly affirmed in Iran and Israel, and now they want to send women to war? Greeeeaat, next the feminazis will become pedonazis and will start promoting \u2018child soldiers\u2019 as well . . .\n\nIf I were either Mossad or CIA, I\u2019d watch out for the NLP factor, synchronicity, women\u2019s \u2018hive minds\u2019 and the copycat effect. Through Islam and god cop bad cop tactics (possibly Sunni/Shiite for every death on either side caused by either has a will and intent directable \u2013 thats why either faction\u2019s leaders don\u2019t care if either factions followers kill themselves), they intend to subvert the men of Israel and USA through spirit and prayer and women. Everytime something is named, or spoken of, a US or Israel official bought over, the \u2018West\u2019 and the main competitors for Monotheism in Xianity and Judaism become weaker. Think deeper, this is about cultural domination through mindless solidarity and subversion.\n\nIt turns out that China\u2019s been mixing its nuclear missiles in with its conventional ones at the same military bases. Not really, uh, advisable: that makes it really hard for other countries to figure out if a Chinese missile launch is just a conventional one or the beginnings of a nuclear Armageddon. But fret not \u2014 while China\u2019s missile mingling may not be very sensible, it\u2019s not going to cause World War III.\n\nIn what\u2019s thought to be the first comprehensive, non-governmental report on China\u2019s nuclear warplans, John Lewis, a professor of Chinese politics at Stanford University, reveals that China stores its nuclear and conventional missiles in the same locations. Writing in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Lewis warns that the intermingling could trigger a nuclear launch: once another nation watched a Chinese missile blast off, it might trigger a nuclear retaliation from a confused, panicked Russia or United States. And then, should the Chinese see their nuclear assets targeted and destroyed, they might conceivable launch their surviving nuclear warheads.\n\nNor is Lewis convinced that China\u2019s military policies are characterized by restraint. \u201cThe notion that China only acts in self defense is wrong,\u201d he tells Danger Room. \u201cTheir whole war plan is aimed at attacking Taiwan.\u201d\n\nThat said, even Lewis thinks China\u2019s missile ambiguity is unlikely to result in a nuclear exchange. (In fact, he emphasizes that the Chinese government actually encouraged him to write his piece \u2014 as a gesture of transparency.) And other experts agree that the Chinese missile move is merely stupid, not suicidal.\n\nJeffrey Lewis, a nuclear weapons analyst at the Monterrey Institute of International Studies, says the de facto presumption in the case of a missile launch is that China isn\u2019t going nuclear. The People\u2019s Republic has a declared no-first-use policy; China isn\u2019t going to nuke, say, Japan over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.\n\nAnd James Dobbins, a former U.S. ambassador to a host of conflict zones, thinks the U.S. isn\u2019t buckwild enough to go nuclear over a confusing missile launch. \u201cI don\u2019t believe the U.S. would launch a nuclear strike on warning in response to a Chinese ballistic attack on U.S. or allied targets,\u201d Dobbins tells Danger Room.\n\nSo why would China group its nuclear and conventional missiles together? Experts largely agree that the decision was a logistical one and \u201cpractical, not rational,\u201d says Monterrey\u2019s Jeffrey Lewis. Another theory: the Chinese think launching a conventional weapon from a nuclear base would prevent a counterattack, since an adversary is unlikely to take the risk of bombing a nuclear weapons base.\n\nThere\u2019s also another possibility: a lumbering, dumb bureaucracy keeps the missiles group together out of inertia. The Chinese may make bad missile decisions. But under that theory, at least their reasons for those bad decisions will be familiar to the Pentagon.\nBenjamin Plackett\n\nBenjamin Plackett is a freelance science writer and an intern in WIRED\u2019s New York office.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nHalf baked hawk. Not as simple as sight and shoot. The Chinese do this to keep strategy ambiguous (they WANT to obscure the fact of if a nuke or conventional was fired, though ethically this is not healthy, but in war life or death will be more important, though in peacetime this indeed reflects badly on the Chinese \u2013 they still have the \u2018cost saving excuse\u2019 if the intent is not the main issue . . . though a wealthy nation whuch China is not exactly despite the un-Communist wealth of the Chinese leadership, which makes such cost saving necessary . . . ), and any other nuisance behaviour on purpose while saving money. Read your Sun Tzu. Lumbering and dumb? Not in the slightest. Their reasons for those \u2018bad decisions\u2019 are not even familiar to the Chinese citizens.\n\nIn fact Taiwan and China might be good cop/bad copping USA. How does that sound when more and more advanced weapons end up in Taiwanese hands? See? And that is only Fu Manchu 18th century tactics, unlike Suntzu\u2019s Strategy dating from 700bc. If I were USA, I\u2019d leave the region alone and focus on consolidating the Middle East, before USA becomes a pawn of Taiwan that may become the tail that China wags the USA dog with. Try that for Chineseness!\n\nOne of the more well-known stories about Sun Tzu, taken from Shiji, illustrates Sun Tzu\u2019s temperament as follows: Before hiring Sun Tzu, the King of Wu tested Sun Tzu\u2019s skills by commanding him to train a harem of 180 concubines into soldiers. Sun Tzu divided them into two companies, appointing the two concubines most favored by the king as the company commanders. When Sun Tzu first ordered the concubines to face right, they giggled. In response, Sun Tzu said that the general, in this case himself, was responsible for ensuring that soldiers understood the commands given to them. Then, he reiterated the command, and again the concubines giggled. Sun Tzu then ordered the execution of the king\u2019s two favored concubines, to the king\u2019s protests. He explained that if the general\u2019s soldiers understood their commands but did not obey, it was the fault of the officers. Sun Tzu also said that, once a general was appointed, it was his duty to carry out his mission, even if the king protested. After both concubines were killed, new officers were chosen to replace them. Afterwards, both companies performed their maneuvers flawlessly\n\nThe Chinese missile move probably is INTENDED to merely \u2018look\u2019 stupid or is made to look stupid by some writers, HOPEFULLY suicidal. But is neither. Who knows the Chinese want to bait the USA into building even more hardware that needs to be maintained? Or hope that USA keeps sending more hardware to Taiwan that may be secretly reverse engineered?\n\nAs the House of Representatives prepares to conclude its legislative business this week and bolt Washington for a six-week recess ahead of the election Nov. 6, Republicans deflected concerns about Mitt Romney\u2019s campaign today, launching a counterattack against President Obama with a barrage of complaints about the president\u2019s \u201cfailure to lead\u201d during the past two years of divided Congress.\n\nAddressing reporters following a conference meeting that featured a speech by GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, House Speaker John Boehner did not directly address videos released on the internet earlier this week that show Romney telling a Florida fundraiser last May that 47 percent of the country\u2019s voting population thinks of themselves as victims and are dependent on the government.\n\n\u201cListen, this election is about jobs. We\u2019ve said it for 20 months and it hasn\u2019t changed,\u201d Boehner, R-Ohio, began when asked about the videos. \u201cForty-three consecutive months where our unemployment is above 8 percent, and everybody\u2019s going to try to make this election about everything other than what it is. The American people are asking the question, \u2018Where are the jobs,\u2019 and so the focus is on jobs.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe president\u2019s economic policies have failed, and the American people know it,\u201d he continued. \u201cMitt Romney has a background where he\u2019s created jobs, he\u2019s got a background where he understands what government can do to destroy jobs, and he has a plan to put Americans back to work. And that\u2019s what this election\u2019s going to be about.\u201d\n\nPressed whether he agrees with the sentiment of the GOP presidential nominee\u2019s comments considering his own humble upbringing, Boehner conceded that \u201cboth campaigns on both sides\u201d will have moments \u201cthat get off the message.\u201d\n\n\u201cListen, the election is about jobs. It\u2019s not about anything else. I\u2019ve had family members who have lost their jobs in this downturn. Two of my brothers, two of my brother-in-laws. I know what\u2019s happening out there and I know how difficult this economy is,\u201d he said. \u201cThe message is let\u2019s stay focused on jobs because that\u2019s what the American people want us to stay focused on.\u201d\n\nRep. Kevin Brady, the vice chairman of the Joint Economic committee, recalled a recent interview where President Obama gave himself an incomplete grade on his economic leadership.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know what curve he was grading himself on, but the truth is, he\u2019s dead last,\u201d Brady said. \u201cThis president has failed the economic leadership. It is not an incomplete. It\u2019s an F.\u201d\n\nRep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., criticized the president for \u201ceither blaming others or avoiding challenging problems that face our nation,\u201d and she recalled bipartisan cooperation that Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan managed during their own presidencies and divided Congress.\n\n\u201cThe president is the leader of his party and yet he refuses to do anything about the overwhelming dysfunction of the Democrat-led Senate. He\u2019s too busy blaming us Republicans for the failing economy,\u201d Black said. \u201cDivided government is clearly not an excuse for President Obama\u2019s failure to lead, and in the absence of strong presidential leadership America is struggling. Today more than ever, we need a president who is not only willing but able to lead our country.\u201d\n\nWith recent polling in many battleground states showing a boost for Obama, Boehner insisted that the race is \u201cfar from over\u201d and pointed to a Gallup poll that showed just a one-point lead for the president.\n\n\u201cThink about this as a card game,\u201d Boehner said. \u201cThe president has played his cards. His economy policies have failed, his foreign policy has failed, [and] his energy policy has failed. His cards are played. Mitt Romney has a plan to get our economy back on track.\u201d\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nBe honest.\n\n\u2013 economy policies have failed \u2013 every President except possibly Clinton had a surplus but even that might have been from turning the graph upside down \u2018hordes of terrorists\u2019 situation.\n\u2013 foreign policy has failed \u2013 maybe but no President has even had to deal with a post Iraq and at least China and Russia have not decided to side with Iran instead siding with USA, not a failure, not exactly spectacular but a pass at least\n\u2013 energy policy has failed \u2013 all energy policy based on fossil or nuke are failures. The main failure is not importing Solar Panels at state level COMMIE style to give free power to the people with at \u2018bulk prices\u2019 through the Chinese government. Stop importing oil from \u2018terrorist countries\u2019 as well.\n\nLast weeks or months of an exam can be \u2018crammed\u2019 for though the family members and neighbours can hinder by being noisy or problematic or unconducive to study. Maybe incomplete still stands because ALOT can change in 6 months, like Iraq becomes USA\u2019s focus and Japan gets dropped so that Iran can be dealt with properly with USA making China the \u2018Deputy\u2019 Sheriff\u2019 and main military mainstay rather than Japan (actually more like Sheriff of the East\u2019).\n\nThese Muslims think people are stupid and believe their lies and disrespect the UN treaties or secular lifestyles, impose Islam justified apartheid, or even LGBT culture. Obama needs to look at the so-called allies, could be that the Sunnites are trying to pull a fast one on USA by drawing USA into the Middle East in Iran. Israel can\u2019t even think straight, but who would be able to, given the way Muslims behave regards the above mentioned areas?\n\nA state-owned Chinese tabloid adopted a mocking tone as India entered the small club of nations with intercontinental nuclear weapons capabilities yesterday by test-firing a rocket that can reach Beijing and eastern Europe.\n\nFootage showed the Agni V with a range of more than 5,000km blasting through clouds from an island off the east coast. Named after the Hindu god of fire, it is the crowning achievement of a programme developed primarily with a threat from China in mind.\n\nThe official response from Beijing was measured, with China\u2019s foreign ministry saying the two countries should \u201cwork hard to uphold friendly strategic co-operation\u201d. But the Global Times, owned by the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s main mouthpiece, the People\u2019s Daily, struck a less conciliatory tone, saying India was being swept up by \u201cmissile delusion\u201d. \u201cIndia should not overestimate its strength,\u201d it said before the launch, which was delayed by a day because of bad weather.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nFor throwing negativism at an immediate neighbour, this tabloid should have self-identified to all watchers as a propagandist outfit. Could all propaganda outfits be closed down by Indian and Chinese sides AFTER being branded and identified to the people as such (i.e. list of reasons before shut down of the offending domains would be good). BRICS is obviously a single and growing group able to ensure citizen freedoms via multipolarism, preventing hegemony. All in appropriate government departments should act quickly against such media portals. Methinks a low level political spat is in the works. BRICS ensures a multipolar world that should not be destroyed by 1 irresponsible state owned tabloid which doubtless could well already be influenced by foreign powers intent on breaking up BRICS. This article also demogogues via the title. China DOES NOT mock. The state owned tabloid\u2019s editors (much less the owner?) are the mockers.\n\nHONG KONG, April 9 \u2014 Hypnotherapist Dick Yu has a mission that seems unthinkable to some Hong Kong people: he wants to make the Asian financial hub\u2019s seven million residents laugh.\n\n\u201cHong Kong people don\u2019t laugh because they are under constant pressure to make more money, to make life better,\u201d says Yu, who has founded 11 Laughter Clubs in the southern Chinese city since 2007.\n\n\u201cPeople get worried easily because housing is so expensive, the cost of living is getting higher and people are concerned about whether they can keep their job.\u201d\n\nThe 35-year-old trained hypnotherapist set up Hong Kong\u2019s first laughter club in 2007, after he discovered the concept of laughter yoga \u2014 made popular as an exercise routine by Indian physician Madan Kataria in 1995.\n\nSince then hundreds of heavy-hearted Hong Kong residents have signed up for the free classes, a sign, experts say, of the city\u2019s underlying health and social problems.\n\n\u201cWhen you laugh, you\u2019re happier, you become positive and everything else will become better,\u201d Yu says after a one-hour laughing session in a park.\n\n\u201cHo ho, ha ha ha,\u201d the group of 30 students recite. They combine the exercise with deep yogic breathing, give each other high-fives, clap and waddle like penguins, all in the name of laughter.\n\nThe fake laughter very soon breaks into the real thing, demonstrating one of the core principles of laughter yoga: Laughter has physiological benefits whether it is fake or real.\n\nAs the adage \u201claughter is the best medicine\u201d goes, researchers credit belly laughs as a recipe for a healthy heart. It helps expand blood vessel linings to increase blood flow, reduces stress hormones and boosts the immune system.\n\nA British study last year showed 15 minutes of laughter increased the level of pain tolerance by around 10 per cent, as the action helps to trigger the release of endorphins, the body\u2019s naturally produced pain killers.\n\n\u201cIt was a bit awkward in the beginning when we tried to fake the laughter with the \u2018ho ho, ha ha ha\u2019, but after a while you can tell the difference and you feel more relaxed,\u201d said Kaman Wong at one of Yu\u2019s classes.\n\nThe 37-year-old student joined the laughter club two years ago when he was a supervisor at a food processing firm.\n\n\u201cThe work was stressful. There was a lot of overtime work, I had to deal with many workers. If anything went wrong I was responsible, but I\u2019ve learned how to laugh away all the stress,\u201d he says.\n\nBut on top of his work problems, he said the pressure-cooker atmosphere of Hong Kong itself was getting him down.\n\n\u201cEveryone is like a balloon that is about to explode in Hong Kong. If you smile at me, I wouldn\u2019t know how to react to that. I think there are just a lot of barriers among Hong Kongers that we need to break,\u201d he says.\n\nSocial scientists say the laughter club boom highlights the stress issue faced by many residents of a densely populated city which groans under extremes of inequality, soaring property prices and cramped living spaces.\n\nThe number of people seeking psychiatric treatment at Hong Kong\u2019s public hospitals leapt 20 percent between 2007 and 2011 to 184,087, according to the Hospital Authority.\n\nHong Kong\u2019s suicide rate rose from 11.5 deaths per 100,000 people in 1990 to 14.6 in 2009, World Health Organization figures show. That\u2019s higher than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, but lower than South Korea.\n\nPaul Yip, director of the University of Hong Kong\u2019s Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, says material success means more to many Hong Kong residents than physical well being.\n\n\u201cHong Kong is a very fast-paced society. People walk fast\u2026 They have to work long hours not because it is their choice but because they have to survive,\u201d he says.\n\nSky-high property prices fuelled by the entry of rich mainland Chinese tycoons into the local market mean families often have to squeeze into tiny apartments.\n\n\u201cEven if you\u2019re not happy, you have nowhere to go,\u201d Yip says.\n\nIn other words, Hong Kong is fertile ground for laughing guru Yu, who hopes to set up branches of his club all over the city.\n\n\u201cThe laughter club should be like a convenience store, which you have in every community. If everyone is laughing, the society will be happier,\u201d he says.\n\n\u201cI hope there are more laughing ambassadors in Hong Kong to spread joy and laughter to everyone.\u201d \u2014 AFP/Relaxnews\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nWhat an idiot and idiotic mindset the article promotes. Vote properly for MPs who will change bad laws not laugh (as the Hokkien say \u2018Chio Lan\u2018 or \u2018Laugh Dick\u2019, right before they can the a$$es of the slithery sniggerers out to sabotage everyone . . . ). If not run for election as independent candidates intent on bettering the system. Laughing won\u2019t change ANYTHING but \u2018waste\u2019 energy that will be needed to effect change. This is a strawman NGO who cements helplessness via unhelpful laughter. Shameless 1%ter posing as someone useful. Instead of direct propaganda, they now presume to manipulate emotional realities where truth is esconced \u2013 ORGANIC EMOTIONS not contrived laughter. If you\u2019re sad this is the way you will be made aware that something is seriously wrong in society or a relationship. Gratuitous Ra-ra feel goodism, much like Foodie-ism in supposed religious festivals, is plain destructive of an already suffering people or followers. Who are these straw-men and straw-women distracting us from? POLITICIANS who refuse to change the system or amend laws!\n\nBad feelings and stress are a barometer to tell you when something is wrong. By \u2018learning\u2019 to laugh when inappropriately positioned to, much like that \u2018Amma\u2019 wmoron hugs mindlessly in Malaysia, Mankind (in Hongkong at least where the foolish and mediocre actually join this nonsesne) are impoverished in the accuracy and expression of heart. Life is serious and hard work is needed not helpless and insane laughter. Mankind has MANY battles, and here we have laughing fools trained by the probably the West and NWO out to destroy the severe work ethic of the Chinese through Hong Kong. This Dick shames the Yu family and his ancestors. This is a very wicked and subversive thing to do to fellow citizens. Well there will always be fools. Instead of building, some idiots will always tear down instead. Some Maoist re-education needs to be done here before this socialised poison, with that thread of idiocracy stemming from some ungodly propaganda intent media funded by Orwellian government. Chinese leaders will be ambassadors for their culture and pride for nation NOT the morasss of commonality in laughter.\n\nMuch like the \u2018Clowning\u2019 NLP/meme was fostered against USA\u2019s black community to weaken the Afro-American\u2019s resolve from revolution for the RNA (Republic of New Africa) for true equality and human rights . . . next \u2018Fooling\u2019 and finally FOOLS will be Hongkonger\u2019s imprint rather than something greater. What chance do fools have in life? This is where laughter leadsm dissolution . . . Vote properly for MPs who will change bad laws. If not run for election as independent candidates intent on bettering the system. Laughing won\u2019t change ANYTHING, voting out oligarchs, nepotists, citizen destroying bad politicians that refuse to amend laws will . . .\n\nThe face of Orwellian idiocracy and mediocrity in Hong Kong. Mindless followers led by the above appropriately named dick, Dick Yu . . .\n\nThe face of Malaysia's Orwellian stooge . . . note the neo-Illuminist meme based on the subversion of meanderings of REAL minds intent on REAL change . . . an entire non-career built on parasitization and nepotism . . .\n\nChildren of the Revolution \u2013 China\u2019s \u2018princelings,\u2019 the offspring of the communist party elite, are embracing the trappings of wealth and privilege\u2014raising uncomfortable questions for their elders. \u2013 By JEREMY PAGE\n\nOne evening early this year, a red Ferrari pulled up at the U.S. ambassador\u2019s residence in Beijing, and the son of one of China\u2019s top leaders stepped out, dressed in a tuxedo.\n\nBo Xilai, with his son, at a memorial ceremony held for his father in Beijing, in 2007.\n\nGrandfather, Bo Yibo \u2014 Helped lead Mao\u2019s forces to victory, only to be purged in the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution. Subsequently rehabilitated.\n\nFather, Bo Xilai \u2014 Party secretary of Chongqing and Politburo member, likely to rise to the Politburo standing committee in 2012.\n\nBo Guagua, 23, was expected. He had a dinner appointment with a daughter of the then-ambassador, Jon Huntsman.\n\nThe car, though, was a surprise. The driver\u2019s father, Bo Xilai, was in the midst of a controversial campaign to revive the spirit of Mao Zedong through mass renditions of old revolutionary anthems, known as \u201cred singing.\u201d He had ordered students and officials to work stints on farms to reconnect with the countryside. His son, meanwhile, was driving a car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and as red as the Chinese flag, in a country where the average household income last year was about $3,300.\n\nThe episode, related by several people familiar with it, is symptomatic of a challenge facing the Chinese Communist Party as it tries to maintain its legitimacy in an increasingly diverse, well-informed and demanding society. The offspring of party leaders, often called \u201cprincelings,\u201d are becoming more conspicuous, through both their expanding business interests and their evident appetite for luxury, at a time when public anger is rising over reports of official corruption and abuse of power.\nA Family Affair\n\nA look at China\u2019s leaders, past and present, and their offspring, often known as \u2018princelings.\u2019\n\nState-controlled media portray China\u2019s leaders as living by the austere Communist values they publicly espouse. But as scions of the political aristocracy carve out lucrative roles in business and embrace the trappings of wealth, their increasingly high profile is raising uncomfortable questions for a party that justifies its monopoly on power by pointing to its origins as a movement of workers and peasants.\n\nTheir visibility has particular resonance as the country approaches a once-a-decade leadership change next year, when several older princelings are expected to take the Communist Party\u2019s top positions. That prospect has led some in Chinese business and political circles to wonder whether the party will be dominated for the next decade by a group of elite families who already control large chunks of the world\u2019s second-biggest economy and wield considerable influence in the military.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no ambiguity\u2014the trend has become so clear,\u201d said Cheng Li, an expert on Chinese elite politics at the Brookings Institution in Washington. \u201cPrincelings were never popular, but now they\u2019ve become so politically powerful, there\u2019s some serious concern about the legitimacy of the \u2018Red Nobility.\u2019 The Chinese public is particularly resentful about the princelings\u2019 control of both political power and economic wealth.\u201d\n\nThe current leadership includes some princelings, but they are counterbalanced by a rival nonhereditary group that includes President Hu Jintao, also the party chief, and Premier Wen Jiabao. Mr. Hu\u2019s successor, however, is expected to be Xi Jinping, the current vice president, who is the son of a revolutionary hero and would be the first princeling to take the country\u2019s top jobs. Many experts on Chinese politics believe that he has forged an informal alliance with several other princelings who are candidates for promotion.\n\nAmong them is the senior Mr. Bo, who is also the son of a revolutionary leader. He often speaks of his close ties to the Xi family, according to two people who regularly meet him. Mr. Xi\u2019s daughter is currently an undergraduate at Harvard, where Mr. Bo\u2019s son is a graduate student at the Kennedy School of Government.\n\n\u201cPrincelings were never popular, but now \u2026 there\u2019s some serious concern about the legitimacy of the \u2018Red Nobility.\u2019 \u201d\n\nAlready in the 25-member Politburo, Bo Xilai is a front-runner for promotion to its top decision-making body, the Standing Committee. He didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment through his office, and his son didn\u2019t respond to requests via email and friends.\n\nThe antics of some officials\u2019 children have become a hot topic on the Internet in China, especially among users of Twitter-like micro-blogs, which are harder for Web censors to monitor and block because they move so fast. In September, Internet users revealed that the 15-year-old son of a general was one of two young men who crashed a BMW into another car in Beijing and then beat up its occupants, warning onlookers not to call police.\n\nAn uproar ensued, and the general\u2019s son has now been sent to a police correctional facility for a year, state media report.\n\nTop Chinese leaders aren\u2019t supposed to have either inherited wealth or business careers to supplement their modest salaries, thought to be around 140,000 yuan ($22,000) a year for a minister. Their relatives are allowed to conduct business as long as they don\u2019t profit from their political connections. In practice, the origins of the families\u2019 riches are often impossible to trace.\n\nLast year, Chinese learned via the Internet that the son of a former vice president of the country\u2014and the grandson of a former Red Army commander\u2014had purchased a $32.4 million harbor-front mansion in Australia. He applied for a permit to tear down the century-old mansion and to build a new villa, featuring two swimming pools connected by a waterfall. (See related article.)\n\nBO XILAI waves a Chinese flag during a concert with revolutionary songs in Chongqing on June 29.\n\nMany princelings engage in legitimate business, but there is a widespread perception in China that they have an unfair advantage in an economic system that, despite the country\u2019s embrace of capitalism, is still dominated by the state and allows no meaningful public scrutiny of decision making.\n\nThe state owns all urban land and strategic industries, as well as banks, which dole out loans overwhelmingly to state-run companies. The big spoils thus go to political insiders who can leverage personal connections and family prestige to secure resources, and then mobilize the same networks to protect them.\n\nThe People\u2019s Daily, the party mouthpiece, acknowledged the issue last year, with a poll showing that 91% of respondents believed all rich families in China had political backgrounds. A former Chinese auditor general, Li Jinhua, wrote in an online forum that the wealth of officials\u2019 family members \u201cis what the public is most dissatisfied about.\u201d\n\nOne princeling disputes the notion that she and her peers benefit from their \u201cred\u201d backgrounds. \u201cBeing from a famous government family doesn\u2019t get me cheaper rent or special bank financing or any government contracts,\u201d Ye Mingzi, a 32-year-old fashion designer and granddaughter of a Red Army founder, said in an email. \u201cIn reality,\u201d she said, \u201cthe children of major government families get very high scrutiny. Most are very careful to avoid even the appearance of improper favoritism.\u201d\n\nFor the first few decades after Mao\u2019s 1949 revolution, the children of Communist chieftains were largely out of sight, growing up in walled compounds and attending elite schools such as the Beijing No. 4 Boys\u2019 High School, where the elder Mr. Bo and several other current leaders studied.\n\nIn the 1980s and \u201990s, many princelings went abroad for postgraduate studies, then often joined Chinese state companies, government bodies or foreign investment banks. But they mostly maintained a very low profile.\n\nNow, families of China\u2019s leaders send their offspring overseas ever younger, often to top private schools in the U.S., Britain and Switzerland, to make sure they can later enter the best Western universities. Princelings in their 20s, 30s and 40s increasingly take prominent positions in commerce, especially in private equity, which allows them to maximize their profits and also brings them into regular contact with the Chinese and international business elite.\n\nIn 2008, Bo Guagua invited Jackie Chan to lecture at Oxford\u2014and sang with him on stage at one point.\n\nYounger princelings are often seen among the models, actors and sports stars who gather at a strip of nightclubs by the Workers\u2019 Stadium in Beijing to show off Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis. Others have been spotted talking business over cigars and vintage Chinese liquor in exclusive venues such as the Maotai Club, in a historic house near the Forbidden City.\n\nOn a recent afternoon at a new polo club on Beijing\u2019s outskirts, opened by a grandson of a former vice premier, Argentine players on imported ponies put on an exhibition match for prospective members.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re bringing polo to the public. Well, not exactly the public,\u201d said one staff member. \u201cThat man over there is the son of an army general. That one\u2019s grandfather was mayor of Beijing.\u201d (New anti-nepotism laws should prevent more recurances of this sort of thing . . . )\n\nPrincelings also are becoming increasingly visible abroad. Ms. Ye, a fashion designer, was featured in a recent edition of Vogue magazine alongside Wan Baobao, a jewelry designer who is the granddaughter of a former vice premier.\n\nBut it is Bo Guagua who stands out among the younger princelings. No other child of a serving Politburo member has ever had such a high profile, both at home and abroad.\n\nHis family\u2019s status dates back to Bo Yibo, who helped lead Mao\u2019s forces to victory, only to be purged in the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution. Bo Yibo was eventually rehabilitated, and his son, Bo Xilai, was a rising star in the party by 1987, when Bo Guagua was born.\n\nThe boy grew up in a rarefied environment\u2014closeted in guarded compounds, ferried around in chauffeur-driven cars, schooled partly by tutors and partly at the prestigious Jingshan school in Beijing, according to friends.\n\nIn 2000, his father, by then mayor of the northeastern city of Dalian, sent his 12-year-old son to a British prep school called Papplewick, which according to its website currently charges \u00a322,425 (about $35,000) a year.\n\nAbout a year later, the boy became the first person from mainland China to attend Harrow, one of Britain\u2019s most exclusive private schools, which according to its website currently charges \u00a330,930 annually.\n\nIn 2006, by which time his father was China\u2019s commerce minister, Mr. Bo went to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics. The current cost of that is about \u00a326,000 a year. His current studies at Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School cost about $70,000 a year.\n\n\u201c\u2019The children of major government families get very high scrutiny,\u2019 says the granddaughter of a Red Army founder.\u201d\n\nA question raised by this prestigious overseas education, worth a total of almost $600,000 at today\u2019s prices, is how it was paid for. Friends said that they didn\u2019t know, though one suggested that Mr. Bo\u2019s mother paid with the earnings of her legal career. Her law firm declined to comment.\n\nBo Guagua has been quoted in the Chinese media as saying that he won full scholarships from age 16 onward. Harrow, Oxford and the Kennedy School said that they couldn\u2019t comment on an individual student.\n\nThe cost of education is a particularly hot topic among members of China\u2019s middle class, many of whom are unhappy with the quality of schooling in China. But only the relatively rich can send their children abroad to study.\n\nFor others, it is Bo Guagua\u2019s freewheeling lifestyle that is controversial. Photos of him at Oxford social events\u2014in one case bare-chested, other times in a tuxedo or fancy dress\u2014have been widely circulated online.\n\nIn 2008, Mr. Bo helped to organize something called the Silk Road Ball, which included a performance by martial-arts monks from China\u2019s Shaolin temple, according to friends. He also invited Jackie Chan, the Chinese kung fu movie star, to lecture at Oxford, singing with him on stage at one point.\n\nThe following year, Mr. Bo was honored in London by a group called the British Chinese Youth Federation as one of \u201cTen Outstanding Young Chinese Persons.\u201d He was also an adviser to Oxford Emerging Markets, a firm set up by Oxford undergraduates to explore \u201cinvestment and career prospects in emerging markets,\u201d according to its website.\n\nThis year, photos circulated online of Mr. Bo on a holiday in Tibet with another princeling, Chen Xiaodan, a young woman whose father heads the China Development Bank and whose grandfather was a renowned revolutionary. The result was a flurry of gossip, as well as criticism on the Internet of the two for evidently traveling with a police escort. Ms. Chen didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment via email and Facebook.\n\nA Home Fit for a Princeling : A $32.4 million harborside mansion in Sydney\n\nAsked about his son\u2019s apparent romance at a news conference during this year\u2019s parliament meeting, Bo Xilai replied, enigmatically, \u201cI think the business of the third generation\u2014aren\u2019t we talking about democracy now?\u201d\n\nFriends say that the younger Mr. Bo recently considered, but finally decided against, leaving Harvard to work on an Internet start-up called guagua.com. The domain is registered to an address in Beijing. Staff members there declined to reveal anything about the business. \u201cIt\u2019s a secret,\u201d said a young man who answered the door.\n\nIt is unclear what Mr. Bo will do after graduating and whether he will be able to maintain such a high profile if his father is promoted, according to friends. He said during a speech at Peking University in 2009 that he wanted to \u201cserve the people\u201d in culture and education, according to a Chinese newspaper, Southern Weekend.\n\nHe ruled out a political career but showed some of his father\u2019s charisma and contradictions in answering students\u2019 questions, according to the newspaper. Asked about the pictures of him partying at Oxford, he quoted Chairman Mao as saying \u201cyou should have a serious side and a lively side,\u201d and went on to discuss what it meant to be one of China\u2019s new nobility.\n\n\u201cThings like driving a sports car, I know British aristocrats are not that arrogant,\u201d he said. \u201cReal aristocrats absolutely don\u2019t do that, but are relatively low-key.\u201d\n\u2014Dinny McMahon contributed to this article.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nThe article went, : \u201cAbout a year later, the boy became the first person from mainland China to attend Harrow, one of Britain\u2019s most exclusive private schools, which according to its website currently charges \u00a330,930 annually.\u201d\n\nThis is extreme WASTE. The \u2018Chinese Commie Way\u2019 would be to LEARN the skills needed to open such a private school then OPEN (perhaps an Imperial themed?) AND with Chinese architectural characteristics) the same in China offering the courses a \u00a3224.25 or \u00a3309.30 annually (this is still 10,000 to 12,000 Yuan, no small sum . . . ) \u2013 THEN be among the first crop of students attending even if 5-10 years LATE/too old for class. As for the $32.4 million dollar home, lets say that so long as ANY Chinese COMRADE citizen is homeless or lives in a hovel or shack, NOT A SINGLE APPARATCHIK HAS THE RIGHT to live in, or own a home ON FOREIGN LAND that is worth a few apartment blocks capable of housing THOUSANDS. Where is the intrepid spirit of the Long March? Marxist law China going soft, corrupt and wasteful? A corridor of development in the Eastern Coastal states makes for no more than 10% of China\u2019s landmass, and does not prevent 90% of China\u2019s population being looked down upon by the rest of the world from terrible lives (not starvation bad but coarse-bad) and living conditions while other so-called comrades live in luxury AND worse still, in foreign countries.\n\nHong Kong, China (CNN) \u2013 If you look at China\u2019s annual National People\u2019s Congress, now in session, you might think this country is one of the richest in the world.\n\nThe NPC\u2019s 75 richest legislators \u2013 from a total of 3,000 \u2013 had a net worth of more than $90 billion in 2011. To put that in perspective, that\u2019s more than half of Greece\u2019s latest bailout of some $170 billion.\n\nZong Qinghou is the NPC\u2019s richest member and China\u2019s second-richest man, with a net worth of nearly $10.8 billion in cash and assets. If you\u2019ve been to China, you\u2019ve likely eaten or drunk something his company, Wahaha Group, manufactures.\n\nThe firm\u2019s red-and-white distilled water bottles are ubiquitous \u2013 sold on the grounds of the Forbidden City in Beijing to the altitudes of the Chinese Himalayas in Tibet.\n\nAlong with food and drink, the five richest NPC legislators have shown that China\u2019s automobile and real estate industries are the sectors in which to make billions.\n\nFor more perspective on their wealth, compare NPC\u2019s six dozen richest members to U.S. politicians. This group earned more than the net worth of the six hundred top politicians and lawmakers of the United States.\n\nThat includes President Barack Obama, his Cabinet, the 535 members of Congress, along with nine members of the Supreme Court. Their average declared net worth in 2010 was just $4.8 billion \u2013 a pittance compared to the NPC\u2019s $90 billion.\n\nEven the richest person in the U.S. Congress looks a modest earner compared with the NPC\u2019s wealth. Representative Darrell Issa of California has a maximum net worth estimated at $700 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If he were in China\u2019s NPC, his ranking would fall forty notches.\n\nThe NPC is not the only major political meet-up happening in Beijing right now. The CPPCC \u2013 the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference \u2013 is also in full swing. The 70-odd richest legislators in this government advisory body, similar to the NPC, had a net worth of more than $100 billion in 2011.\n\nAnd they\u2019re apparently not afraid to flaunt the bling they can buy with those riches.\n\nOne legislator from an ethnic minority, often poorer than their Han Chinese counterparts, clutched an $800 Burberry handbag on the way to a CPPCC meeting this week. The Chairman of Evergrande, one of China\u2019s biggest property companies, sported a $950 black Hermes belt \u2013 with a golden H. And another lady legislator cradled a Marc Jacobs bag on the way to this week\u2019s work. Retail price? $10,000.\n\nThe annual per capita income for a Chinese citizen stands at about $2,400.\n\nWith images like those \u2013 which have gone viral on the web \u2013 many critics are wondering just how representative the \u201cpeople\u2019s\u201d congress is of the people.\n\nThe answer? Perhaps not so much.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nRetire all plutocrats whatever their ages, they already are rich and have no need for power (a dangerous combination). And institute a Capitalism with Socialist Caps system at USD$20 million.\n\nNobility with whatever privileges or privileged access (but specifically not wealth) is fine for the endowment of values and the ethos in a sea of faceless, but when their wealth is at an extreme level, they are no longer leaders but glaring symbols of excess, especially in a country that is supposed to be RED, as in Marxist red. In Marxism, the extreme wealthy, even those worth 20 million would be unacceptable (much less 100s of millions or billions) and in the 1960s-1970s the entire crop of leaders worth as much as today or even those 20 million worth would be rounded up, their wealth confiscated and sent to be re-educated if not shot. I personally advocate confiscation to a limit of 20 million with no imprisonment and not any punishment, even letting them continue their businesses BUT any profit gained above 20 million in personal asset there on, should be directed to the various redistribution or aid schemes, or simply to fund any and ALL medical treatment/education/housing at a a quantum of anything more than 10% of yearly savings payable by the patient needing medical-treatment/education/housing, these plutocrat businesses. With owners and directors or stockholders etc.. still limited to 20 million per individual \u2013 the excess profits will pay for everything else in costs that everyone else who can\u2019t save 10% of their salaries, 1 billion people maybe cannot afford . . .\n\nA bureaucrat should not be worth more than SME level (2-10 million), the best form being that the Bureaucat\u2019s job is the ONLY JOB they hold not with all kinds of businesses on the side that will occupy their time instead of them looking after the nations \u2013 thats what bureaucrats are for, not to look after their businesses.\n\nTry the Capitalism with Socialist Caps system at USD$20 million, starting with the political structure in ENTIRETY and then later society again, though not by killings, but perhaps citizen option to redistribute wealth MARXISM style or self expulsions by giving up Chinese citizenship with 3 times the ceiling \u2013 as that wealth is China\u2019s and not to be taken away to another country. Chairman Mao would approve.\n\nEspecially those who profit from monetised debt or other shadowy non-real-goods economic manipulations must be singled out. Real goods producers can be lower on the audit list, though Quality Control looks to be a serious problem in China for non-edible goods and for edible goods, potentially a disaster dependant on the producer\u2019s sense of scruples (Chinese manufacturer\u2019s agriculture industrialists\u2019 scruples are not too bad, but as the \u2018factory floor\u2019 viability of China shifts to even poorer regions, cost cutting or short cuts could create VERY SERIOUS problems \u2013 try for 100% organic and stick to that, good thing that China has already prevented GMO rice, the Chinese could be the last \u2018unmutated\u2019 (from eating GMO rice or GMO foods, mutations are possible) human beings on the planet.\n\nAt the same time, consider the issue of soft power and perhaps even the formalisation of the Royal Institution which will further educate about wealth vs. civiliational and moral values. Just look at those other Royals traipsing around creating a buzz, Oman, England, Japan etc.. China needs this sort of pathos, much like the flesh (civilisational values) without poison (material wealth) of the Fugu Puffer fish via a state formalized Noble ethos (with privileged access or certain immunities to reasonable limits) as well once extreme plutocracy is disallowed, and by the above issues the poison of Capitalism has near destroyed Japan and now infects China and has subverted many of the leaders . . .\n\nWhile China may have just introduced the toughest laws against nepotism worldwide, a new problem in the form of the plutocracy (specifically plutocracy that also is in politicsand holding power to create loophole laws that can be taken advantage of \u2013 the regular plutocracy however, especially the type that produces REAL GOODS aren\u2019t any major issue unless the Socialist Caps are refused, but the worst are the monetised debt or fiat/speculator types, as bad for China\u2019s reputation as the plutocrat politicians, though not as dangerous . . . ) looks set to take over as the no.1. troublemaker and most \u2018ethics subversive\u2018 danger for China\u2019s internal political structure. The potential corruption that saw the China fall in the Opium Wars can occur again when a country with 1 billion below the poverty level, are headed by plutocrat politicians none can identify with (at least they are not nepotists as well thanks to new laws) and effectively out of touch with the reality away from the developed coastal areas.\n\nThis is already punctuated with occasional chengguan trouble or if the as West reports is true, dozens of unreported riots. If all thats needed is the dismantling of extreme wealth (leaving USD$20 million for any single family or extended family, is still an exceptional amount in China btw) to harmonise so many oppressed and impoverished in China, there will be no harm in going back to basics as in the Cultural Revolution Era (no prisons or beatings, just simple redistributions DIRECT to the worst off \u2013 I\u2019m not talking about billionaires giving money to those upper middle class types very comfortable . . . so the outrage among billionaires themselves will not be as bad . . . ), the current state of affairs if as reported is disgraceful and Capitalist to a shameful level.\n\nRenewed assault: Sir Mervyn King has berated Britain\u2019s banks for failing to lend to small businesses\n\nSir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, this week renewed his assault on Britain\u2019s banks, for failing to provide the lending to small businesses which is indispensable to their growth, and often survival.\n\nNew figures show that last year net lending fell by almost \u00a311?billion. This was in defiance of promises made by the institutions\u2019 bosses under the so-called Project Merlin deal, to increase funding for companies.\n\nMeanwhile, the Office Of Fair Trading has called on banks to change their working practices, to simplify the jumble of numbers with which they muddle us, so that customers can make a clear calculation about whether they would be better off changing financial services providers.\n\nIn addition, though their bonuses have fallen from stupendous to merely disgusting, bankers are still giving themselves rewards for their own services out of all proportion to their usefulness to society or their shareholders.\n\nAbuse\n\nI recently read a pundit\u2019s appeal for an outbreak of truth and reconciliation in the on-going war between the City and the public. The writer argued that, after all the abuse we have heaped on bankers, it is time to call a halt, recognise their importance to the economy and let them get on with their jobs.\n\nMy answer to that, and probably yours, would be: time enough for reconciliation when these people stop robbing us blind and mend their ways. As long as they carry on exactly as before, there is not the smallest reason to stop kicking them.\n\nI have sometimes made mention in the Mail about my own tribulations at the hands of the financial services industry. I now have a nice new grievance.\n\nOn January 31, an endowment policy matured. Like everybody\u2019s holdings of this kind, mine would deliver only around 60 per cent of the \u2018target figure\u2019 that the crooks who sold it to me promised two decades ago. Indeed, I stand to get little more than the paper amount I have paid in since 1992.\n\nI signed all the maturity forms back in December and had them duly witnessed. It turns out that the provider, Barclays Life, has been sold to another firm called\n\nReAssure.\n\nThis week, I telephoned them to ask where my money was. After a few minutes, I was told: \u2018We\u2019ve just got the paperwork back from Barclays. We\u2019ll be dealing with ittoday.\u2019\n\nSo I would get the cash immediately? \u2018No, that will take three to five working days.\u2019\nBackwards step: New figures show that last year net lending fell by almost \u00a311\u00bfbillion\n\nUnacceptable: Bankers are still giving themselves rewards for their own services which are disproportionate to their usefulness to their shareholders\n\nI hit the roof. This is how the financial services industry gets rich. By the time I receive the miserable wreck of my endowment money, ReAssure will have had use of it for more than a fortnight past the due date.\n\nI warned the company it would be reading about itself in print, which prompted an automated response letter: \u2018Your complaint is important to us and will be fully investigated by one of our complaint handlers.\u2019\n\nNow, I will admit that my solvency is not threatened by ReAssure\u2019s tardiness and Barclays Life\u2019s miserable performance. But for lots of people, much less equipped than I am to extract revenge, such payments are of vital importance. These institutions are brutes run by brutes, each one as bad as the other.\n\nMy second barrel at the bankers derives from an experience a month ago.\n\nOne of the most notorious bank bosses, a man whose remuneration is delivered in an armoured truck, invited me to lunch. Stupidly, I thought he wished to confess the error of his ways. I could not have been more wrong.\n\n\u2018I am becoming extremely concerned, Max \u2014 you don\u2019t mind if I call you Max?\u2019 he began with headmasterly gravity, \u2018that Britain is turning against capitalism and the payment of appropriate rewards.\u2019\n\nI said: \u2018You mean you think people like me are unjust in criticising your remuneration?\u2019 Yes, he answered, saying my denunciations upset his children when they read them.\n\nI told him that a few days earlier I had met an industrialist \u2014 one of the really good ones \u2014 and told him I was booked to lunch with this particular banker. \u2018Ask him,\u2019 responded the industrialist, \u2018how he can conceivably justify his obscene display of personal greed.\u2019\n\nMy banker host refused to give up. \u2018I ask you this, Max,\u2019 he demanded, \u2018do you or do you not believe Britain needs a healthy and vigorous financial services industry? Would Britain be a better place if we take this bank to New York?\u2019\n\nI replied that I was sure that Mervyn King does not think anyone should be frightened by such a threat, which my host has often made before.\n\nRisk\n\nI added: \u2018Are you suggesting we have only one choice: to clap prettily as you collect untold millions every year, or watch you take the bank somewhere else in a huff?\u2019\n\nThe banker batted stubbornly back: \u2018Are you against paying people the going rate for what they do?\u2019\n\nI gave serial answers: first, almost no one criticises entrepreneurs who make fortunes by taking personal risk. Instead, our spleen focuses on privileged employees who play with company money, not their own, and who pay themselves grotesque sums for doing so.\n\nRequest: The Office Of Fair Trading has called on banks to change their working practices and to simplify the jumble of numbers which are surely used to muddle us\n\nSecond, had he not noticed what is happening in the real world? Everybody else is getting hammered. The European financial system is hanging by a thread. We are entering what looks like a long period of austerity. Unless bankers want the peasants storming their Winter Palaces, is it not prudent to be seen to curb their appetites?\n\nFinally, in addition to screwing their customers, bank bosses have ravaged shareholder value. My friends who understand these things say that the banks\u2019 balance sheets are not worth the paper they are written on, because no one knows the real value of their declared assets. They are scarcely presiding over success.\n\nMy host said portentously that since he signs off his bank\u2019s accounts, he is sure they accurately depict their condition. He travels the country meeting clients and customers, and he claims to find them pretty happy, too.\n\nRegrets\n\nHe himself is an entrepreneur: he has built a terrific investment business at the bank and created lots of jobs. He and his team deserve to be properly rewarded.\n\nUnless bankers want the peasants storming their Winter Palaces, is it not prudent to be seen to curb their appetites?\n\nI left our lunch bewildered that my host should have chosen to waste 75 minutes of his valuable time to tell me that he regrets nothing, and give me a dressing-down for casting aspersions on the proper workings of the capitalist system.\n\n\u2018When I voluntarily waived my bonus for two years, nobody gave me any credit,\u2019 he said crossly. He and his kind \u2014 for there are many more like him out there \u2014 inhabit a land so remote from the rest of us that no United Nations interpreter could bridge the communications gap.\n\nI see no hope of a reconciliation between bankers and the balance of mankind unless \u2014 or until \u2014 they suffer a shock, a divine thunderbolt, a revelation of a severity which will make St Paul\u2019s experience in transit to Damascus look like amateur stuff.\n\nThese vastly pampered moguls really believe they are worth the money, and cannot comprehend why most of the rest of us so passionately hold them in contempt.\n\nThe answer is that we must keep kicking until they get the message, and the Governor of the Bank of England obviously thinks so, too.\n\nHere\u2019s what other readers have said. Why not add your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards.\n\nThe comments below have not been moderated.\n\nI deal with one of the UK high street banks in other countries on a fairly regular basis and I have to say that the service they provide is very good. So I guess it comes down to the banking regulation in individual countries that prevents them from running amok elsewhere. So there you have it, if they are allowed to then they will.\n\n\u2013 keith, brisbane, 17/2/2012 22:25\n\n\u201cour banks are brutish institutions run by brutes\u201d. Ever thought why? How many new UK banks have started in the last 10 years? Its a very short list for a reason.\n\nIts a hard highly regulated, high risk, high reward and competitive business. Hence brutes are required to run them.\n\n\u2013 DD, Basingstoke, Hants, 17/2/2012 21:37\nRating 5\n\nHowever true your article is seen by most of us, it is patently not so among the denizens of self importance and since they hold the whip hand, regardless of the views of government and its diplomacy by people who can afford to wait until the furore has died down before carrying on where they left off. The banking system is a beast that will not be tamed. Like arms salesmen, they will do whatever it takes, on the grounds that if they don\u2019t someone else will. The big boys don\u2019t exactly seem to be quivering in their boots at the breech loaders \u2013 they know that no one will pull the cord \u2013 to many entwined vested interests. In any event, when push comes to shove, the old school tie covert conspirators will let their equally avaricious lobbyists, another mob Mr. Cameron \u2018U\u2019 turned on, off the leash. Plus cachange\u2026\n\nLots of fine-sounding rhetoric about unacceptable bonuses, but when it comes to European proposals to tax the financial sector, he plays the national card. NOT TAXING bankers is in our national interest. NOT TAXING nobles is in Louis XVI\u2019s interest. Who benefits? Answer: bankers and nobles, at least in the short run. With Fred Goodwin have we reached a Marie Antoinette moment \u2013 a lightning rod for all our hatred of the bankers? Revolutions are a sign that political elites have failed to reform in time.\n\n\u2013 mv, west midlands uk, 17/2/2012 19:45\nRating 14\n\nThe Prime Minister vetoed the EU summit in december saying it would badly hit the City of London. Maybe he is looking for a job there whedn he gets kicked out of 10 Downing Street\n\n\u2013 Kenneth Keane, Apremont Vendee France, 17/2/2012 19:40\nRating 7\n\nThe banks should be supporting the economy not the economy supporting the banks.\n\n\u2013 martin, kent, 17/2/2012 18:51\nRating 21\n\nGreat article Max. If I ever met your banking chum, I would tell him the following: A Bank manager invites a small businessman into his office. The bank manager\n\nlooks the businessman in the eyes & says \u201cLook, you have had a loan with us for years. We know that the current economic climate is dire. We as a bank know that without us granting you this loan your business would not exist. We also know that you have not made a profit for some time\u2026However, to recognise the fact that you are the only person on this planet who can lead your business, & to take into account the untold personal sacrifices that you have had to make as a person managing your business\u2026please pay yourself a bonus equivalent to 150% of your salary each year from now on, Oh & forget the effect that this will have to your balance sheet\u201d. The historic day that this event takes place will be the day that banks have ONE small businessman stop criticising bankers obscene display of personal greed & remuneration.\n\n\u2013 Why\u2026?, Oh Why\u2026?, 17/2/2012 18:07\nRating 25\n\nThe delay in getting your money reminds me of the 5 working day time still needed, even in this electronic age, to clear cheques. It is a racket and disgrace that when you present a cheque, which is then immediately put through a character reading machine and has the amount keyed in, that it STILL has to take 5 working days to \u2018get the money\u2019 from the drawer\u2019s account. What happens to the money during this time? And all this time the bank charges you interest and fees (if applicable) on any overdrawn amount. \u201cOh it hasn\u2019t been cleared yet\u201d is the response. Oh yeah?\n\n\u2013 CDA, Alsager, Cheshire, 17/2/2012 17:17\nRating 25\n\nYea John Tate,I can just hear it from an insurance salesman,\u201dof course this policy in x years may not be worth the money you have put into it\u201d,it\u2019s rubbish,it was based on the rate being around 8.5,sure there were 50 reams of paper to go through with various rates but I bet nobody did,that\u2019s why they were framed that way. Any salesman telling potential customers that they could quite easily lose their savings would have been out the door within a week,and you know it.\n\n\u2013 michael savell, brittany,france, 17/2/2012 17:12\nRating 9\n\nHe then made a conscious decision to go ahead with the investment against other types that would have been in the marketplace. Nothing is guaranteed!! \u2013 John Tate,\n\nBristol, 17/2/2012 13:47 ####\u2026and you, as an \u2018insider\u2019 totally miss the point, or are being deliberately obtuse. The results, or final pay out if you will, were totally in the hands of those offering the product, not market forces. They are in the position of being able to influence things, by moving money around and paying themselves huge dividends to the extent that the funds in question generate little if any interest, just sufficient to keep on going, then blaming poor market performance for the poor results. Lawyers and bankers are of the same mould \u2013 parasites.\n\n\u2013 Sick and tired of the lot of \u2019em, Essex, 17/2/2012 16:29\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nTry this using the English debt level as a reason to \u2018redistribute\u2019 wealth via \u2018requisitions\u2019 of wealth from the wealthiest. \u2018Requisition\u2019 ALL that wealth of the riches but 20 million of the top 1% of England\u2019s citizens \u2013 that should cover everything. Even 20 million is an unthinkable sum to the 99%, but given that some of these people are worth near billions, you\u2019d imagine how up in arms these 1% types would about having ONLY 20 million. The 99% cannot even imagine having 2 million, so either the Plutocracy Bastille gets torn down with the government alongside them, or the confiscation by the government occurs. Capitalism with socialist limits is the only wy to distribute weakth and prevent extrem sequestration of financial resources. When debt is killing England, the 99% should not have to pay the bills and the 1% who live in extreme luxury with massive sequestered funds not put to any use or to help alleviate interest levels by removal of debt, should have a sense of patriotism to give up that wealth to clear England\u2019s debt instead of selfishly running off with the money to tax havens or keeping silent while the country gets deeper in debt \u2013 the citizens make up the country so if the country is going down, it is ubconscionable for the 1% to sit still and then migrate when the country falls apart. In that case the government might as well confiscate those extyreme funds since the citizen has no interest in the country anyway and would watch the country fall like an ENEMY, not helping out.\n\nMARCH 3 \u2014 A Chinese association member who attended Sin Chew Daily and Guang Ming Daily 2010 Chinese New Year celebration said that as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak frequently attended activities held by Chinese, a friend of him told him that he will vote for Najib in the next general elections.\n\nI do not know how many Chinese elders share the same thought with his friend but Najib will have a chance to listen to different views and understand the people\u2019s needs only when he personally approaches non-Malays. The so-called \u201capproaching the people\u201d does not mean to stiffly shake hands and take photographs with them. Instead, he has to sit down to talk, listen and respond. It is also a kind of communications when Najib plans to meet Internet users.\n\nWhen political leaders continue to communicate with the people, they can build interaction, foster mutual understanding to deal with those who try to provoke racial sentiments with bad intentions. Similar to Chinese organisations, they can magnify the power that supports Chinese education by communicating more with other racial groups. It also facilitates the implementation of the concept of \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d.\n\nUnfortunately, when many people are doing their best to promote understanding, some organisations are engaged in small circles, hindering the country\u2019s opening up policy and progress. For example, a total of 76 Malay non-governmental organisations formed a consultative council, Majlis Perundingan NGO Melayu (MPM), to oppose Najib\u2019s opening-up economic measures. They vowed to defend Malay rights and Islam in the country. In fact, many organisations in the country are narrow-minded.\n\nPertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) are currently fighting for the inclusion of racial quota system and the Bumiputera equity requirement in the new economic model scheduled to be announced by the end of this month. Meanwhile, the Federation of Malay Economic Bodies (Gabem) called for Malay consumers to purchase goods only from Malay businessmen. Other radical organisations include the Association of Former Umno Elected Representatives (Mubarak), Federal Peninsular Malaysia Students Front (GPMS), Malay Professional Thinkers Association and Federation of Malay Writers Associations (Gapena).\n\nIf these organisations continue to think within the box and do not expand their struggling objective from Malays to the country and all Malaysians, the country will forever split. The country\u2019s economic pie will not be able to expand without the cooperation of all Malaysians. How could you expect others to help you if you think only about the interests of your own racial group?\n\nIt is undeniable that many of these organisations are Umno members. Najib is facing a problem of how to implement the \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d concept within the party?\n\nFormer Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pointed out that many members said they give full support to Najib but they are discontented with the \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d concept behind his back. For them, the concept is unfavourable to Malays. He also urged party members not to sabotage behind the prime minister.\n\nAbdullah\u2019s remarks have confirmed that the conservative force within the party has been hindering the implementation of the \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d concept. We believe that they are worried about the implementation of the concept may affect Malay privileges and the support of the civil society. However, their most concern is still their political interests. If the country\u2019s economy continues to be opened up, racial quota system is abolished and open tender system is implemented for government projects, it will harm the interests of the cliques and related enterprises.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nHistorically, it has always been difficult to open up and reform. The country can move towards a bright future only after it has passed through the task. \u2014 mysinchew\n\n\u201d If these organisations continue to think within the box and do not expand their struggling objective from Malays to the country and all Malaysians, the country will forever split. The country\u2019s economic pie will not be able to expand without the cooperation of all Malaysians. How could you expect others to help you if you think only about the interests of your own racial group? \u201d\n\nNot just split, but likely discriminated by rising super powers India and China who make up 2/3rd of the world\u2019s population and by their allies alone could make life very expensive and discriminatory to the racists who dare to be members of the 76 organisations above. As mentioned before, all Malays not part of the above organisations would not be subject to retaliation and should even form a counter organisation to announce to the world that they are true First Minded global citizens deserving the protection of all oppressed minorities here overseas. The minorities and right minded Malays will fight together for :\n\n1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism\n2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy.\n3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution.\n\nThe U.N. and \u201cLivestock\u2019s Long Shadow\u201d \u2013 July 8, 2011 by ppjg \u2013 Debbie Coffey\n\n\u201cBy restricting access to grazing land, for example, land and related feed resources become relatively scarce, so technical change will move towards making more efficient use of these resources \u2026\u201d\n\nThe same applies to all other natural resources that feed into the livestock production process, such as water or nutrients.\u201d\n\nIn 2006, the United Nation\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Livestock Environment and Development (LEAD), supported by US AID and the World Bank, put out a 416 page report titled \u201cLivestock\u2019s Long Shadow.\u201d Statements made in this document should make American ranchers and farmers look for the United Nation\u2019s long shadow over their land and water.\n\nWe\u2019ll start off with some points the FAO made in the report, then some of their solutions (which, by the way, seem a lot like communism). Then I\u2019ll tell you why I think this report is, pardon the pun, bullshit.\n\nTHIS FAO REPORT STATES:\n\n\u201cThe livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.\n\nThe findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution and loss of biodiversity.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe environmental impact per unit of livestock production must be cut by half, just to avoid increasing the level of damage beyond its present level.\u201d\n\nLAND DEGRADATION \u2013 \u201cThe livestock sector is by far the single largest anthropogenic user of land. The total area occupied by grazing is equivalent to 26 percent of the ice-free terrestrial surface of the planet. In addition, the total area dedicated to feedcrop production amounts to 33 percent of total arable land. In all, livestock production accounts for 70 percent of all agricultural land and 30 percent of the land surface of the planet.\u201d\n\nWATER \u2013 \u201cThe world is moving towards increasing problems of freshwater shortage, scarcity and Depletion\u2026The livetock sector is a key player in increasing water use, accounting for over 8 percent of global human water use, mostly for the irrigation of feedcrops\u2026in the United States, with the world\u2019s fourth largest land area, livestock are responsible for an estimated 55 percent of erosion and sediment, 37 percent of pesticide use, 50 percent of antibioticuse, and a third of the loads of nitrogen and phosphorus into freshwater resources. Livestock also affect the replenishment of freshwater by compacting soil, reducing infiltration degrading the banks of watercourses, drying up floodplains and lowering water tables. Livestock\u2019s contribution to deforestation also increases runoff and reduces dry season flows.\u201d\n\nBIODIVERSITY \u2013 \u201cLivestock now account for about 20 percent of the total terrestrial animal biomass, and the 30 percent of the earth\u2019s land surface that they now pre-empt was once habitat for wildlife. Indeed, the livestock sector may well be the leading player in the reduction of biodiversity, since it is the major driver of deforestation, as well as one of the leading drivers of land degradation, pollution, climate change, overfishing, sedimentation of coastal areas and facilitation of invasions by alien species.\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2026livestock actually detract more from total food supply than they provide. Livestock now consume more human edible protein than they produce. In fact, livestock consume 77 million tonnes of protein contained in feedstuff that could potentially be used for human nutrition\u2026\u201d\n\nTHE SOLUTIONS THAT FAO SUGGESTS:\n\n\u201cMany producers will need to find alternative livelihoods.\u201d\n\n\u201cSmall family-based livestock producers will find it increasingly difficult to stay in the market, unless effective organizational arrangements, such as contract farming or cooperatives, can be designed and used\u2026 the loss of competitiveness requires policy interventions, not necessarily to maintain smallholder involvement in agriculture, but to provide opportunities for finding livelihoods outside the agricultural sector and to enable an orderly transition.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy restricting access to grazing land, for example, land and related feed resources become relatively scarce, so technical change will move towards making more efficient use of these resources\u2026The same applies to all other natural resources that feed into the livestock production process, such as water or nutrients. Likewise, new costs associated with\u2026 livestock production, such as emissions of ammonia or other forms of waste, will lead to increased efforts towards their avoidance.\u201d\n\n\u201cMost frequently natural resources are free or underpriced, which leads to overexploitation and pollution. Often perverse subsidies directly encourage livestock producers to engage in environmentally damaging activities\u2026 One requirement for prices to influence behaviour is that there should be secure and if possible tradable rights to water, land, use of common land and waste sinks.\u201d\n\n\u201cPublic policies need to protect and enhance public goods, including the environment. The rationale for public policy intervention is based on the concept of market failures. These arise because many local and global ecosystems are public goods or \u201ccommons,\u201d and the negative environmental impacts that livestock have on them are \u201cexternalities\u201d that arise because individual economic decisions usually consider only private individual costs and benefits.\u201d\n\n\u201cAchieving greater efficiency in irrigation in the broader sense may mean giving up water to other sectors where it has higher value uses, even if sometimes that implies reducing the value of agricultural output.\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2026the removal of subsidies has been shown to have a strong potential to correct some of the environmental damage caused by livestock production.\u201d\n\nWHY FAO\u2019S REPORT IS BULLSHIT:\n\nThe United Nation\u2019s FAO, along with its CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, has been PUSHING ANIMAL CLONING FOR YEARS. So this issue isn\u2019t about too many animals on the earth, or the environment, or feeding the hungry \u2013 it\u2019s most likely about who owns the patents for the cloned animals and biotechnology, and who will own and control all food (and people, land and resources) in the future.\nFAO issued a statement about cloned animals:\n\n\u201cThe statement was published in March 2000 on the occasion of the \u2018Codex Alimentarius Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology\u2019 meeting in Japan.\n\nBiotechnology provides powerful tools for the sustainable development of agriculture\u2026When appropriately integrated with other technologies for the production of food, agricultural products and services, biotechnology can be of significant assistance in meeting the needs of an expanding and increasingly urbanized population in the next millennium.\u201d\n\n(Apparently, this urbanized population would be increased after they run small farmers and ranchers off their land and force them to find \u201calternative livelihoods.\u201d)\n\nTHE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE \u2013 INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW\n\nOn the U.S.D.A website, there is a page with an \u201cInternational Overview\u201d stating \u201cAll of agriculture has become global. For example, the success of the U.S. farm sector is increasingly dependent on our ability to trade and compete with other nations. Similarly, the science of agriculture depends on international research partnerships to address national issues of food safety, sustainability, resource management, biotechnology, and crop and livestock disease prevention.\n\nIn 2007, the U.S.D.A. signed an agreement with the FAO to support the development of sustainable agriculture (agricultural biotechnology) in developing countries.\n\nU.S.D.A.\u2019s CSREES has been actively promoting animal cloning and biotechnology. (It\u2019s ironic that the U.S.D.A. also has the National Invasive Species Information Center.)\n\nIn a U.S.D.A. Foreign Agricultural Service document, Framework Agreement on Increased Cooperation between U.S.D.A. and the FAO, the U.S.D.A. was to agree to \u201cfurther USDA\u2019s goal of cooperating with international agricultural organizations in activities that promote and further develop the global agricultural system. USDA will provide funds and resources to support FAO projects that advance that goal, that advance FAO\u2019s work towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in developing countries, and that contribute to the realization of FAO\u2019s programme of work/mid-term strategy as approved by FAO\u2019s Governing Bodies.\u201d\n\nU.S.D.A. was also to agree that \u201cNo member of the United States Congress will be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement or any subsequent Programme Agreement, or to any benefit arising thereof.\u201d\n\nWhat about the U.S. Constitution? What about the American taxpayers, who pay for FAO\u2019s projects while we have cuts to our Social Security?\n\nThe U.N.\u2019s Agenda 21 (Chapter 38) states: \u201cAll agencies of the United Nations system have a key role to play in the implementation of Agenda 21.\u201d Is the FAO, with the help of the U.S.D.A., implementing Agenda 21 in America?\n\nAUTHOR\u2019S NOTE: I\u2019ve been going to the roundups of our wild horses (the Bureau of Land Management is removing the wild horses from their federally protected Herd Management Areas, then leasing the same land for $2 an acre for oil and gas lease sales, or permitting new mining and mining expansions to foreign owned companies). Some ranchers think these wild horse roundups will help them gain more grazing for their livestock. I think the wild horses are the canary in the coal mine. Ranchers, your cattle and sheep will be next. As go these American icons that stand as symbols of our freedom, so goes our freedom.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nHow about this Americans, for a way out of the b.s. that is urban life now. Try a MASSIVE \u2018Cattle Drive Trail (Highway)\u2019 winding through the entire USA several time. Look at any herdsmen in the \u20183rd World\u2019. They do not have issues with lack of food though living in tents and being constantly on the move . . . in fact pay the herdsmen in meat and perhaps land for subsistence farming \u2013 how about 1 acre for every 5 years of herding work (lots of younger men would be self sufficient in as soon as 5 years instead of having 100,000s in debt on compound interest \u2013 no education but subsistence farming is far better than being hoodlums and gang bangers etc.) and animal husbandry work including food and board sound fair? Better than the homeless food stamp culture dotted with criminals and prison culture paid for by the tax payer. Look at Libya\u2019s Green Mountain Project, plenty of young people who do not need any education or education debt to be part of that and to at least be able to grow their own food. It\u2019s just that simple.\n\nThe grazing being of limited periods will not hurt the environment then the entire herding group moves on to return in a few years when the foliage would have regrown. Cattle remain healthy, lots of REAL high paying jobs as Cowboys, so those on cattle drives probably only will need to work 3 months a year. Much better than being a bean counter, pen pusher or paper shuffler or \u2018programmer\u2019 producing nothing in the real world right? The same way Facebook and Internet is just electricity without any place in reality compared to REAL work as suggested above . . .\n\nBest of all the men will be Marlboro healthy (oxymoron?), the cattle will be free range (happy), and the environment and wanderlust of both man and beast will be met, farms along the trails from state sequestered lands along the same trail to be distributed to the poor or homeless to subsist on at least. Try the below pic for an idea :\n\nWelcome back to the frontier? Welcome back the frontier. At the same time, do read the below and understand that the Red Race of Men must have their rightful place as the representatives of the Americas with all non-colonial (who conned lands rather than shared the land from NAs) or non-pro-slavery (in the past) people of the White Race of Man as welcome guests and citizens under their laws.\n\nUSA is a rich nation, but stop sequestering the land which can be cultivated and used for ranching and framing, and create REAL jobs. Internet is rubbish once this system is up. And dot the land with 1000s of farms along the way, pay wages by the day, pay wages in food? USA needs to grow more food not produce more paper shuffling or computer obsessed jobs.\n\nTheir front yard was torn up after replacing a sewer line, so instead of replacing the dirt with grass, one Oak Park woman put in a vegetable garden and now the city is seeing green.\n\nThe list goes on: fresh basil, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, cumbers and more all filling five large planter boxes that fill the Bass family\u2019s front yard.\n\nJulie Bass says, \u201cWe thought we\u2019re minding our own business, doing something not ostentatious and certainly not obnoxious or nothing that is a blight on the neighborhood, so we didn\u2019t think people would care very much.\u201d\n\nBut some cared very much and called the city. The city then sent out code enforcement.\n\n\u201cThey warned us at first that we had to move the vegetables from the front, that no vegetables were allowed in the front yard. We didn\u2019t move them because we didn\u2019t think we were doing anything wrong, even according to city code we didn\u2019t think we were doing anything wrong. So they ticketed us and charged me with a misdemeanor,\u201d Bass said . . .\n\nCity code says that all unpaved portions of the site shall be planted with grass or ground cover or shrubbery or other suitable live plant material. Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are what Basses see as suitable.\n\nHowever, Oak Park\u2019s Planning and Technology Director Kevin Rulkowski says the city disagrees. He says, \u201cIf you look at the dictionary, suitable means common. You can look all throughout the city and you\u2019ll never find another vegetable garden that consumes the entire front yard.\u201d\n\nSo what is suitable? From another local news report:\n\n. . . we asked Rulkowski why it\u2019s not suitable.\n\n\u201cIf you look at the definition of what suitable is in Webster\u2019s dictionary, it will say common. So, if you look around and you look in any other community, what\u2019s common to a front yard is a nice, grass yard with beautiful trees and bushes and flowers,\u201d he said.\n\nGod forbid your yard doesn\u2019t include beautiful trees, bushes and flowers. It\u2019s your job, Oak Park citizens, to give Kevin Rulkowski pretty things to look at. According to Bass\u2019s blog, she\u2019s demanding her right to a jury trial. So the city plans to throw the book at her.\n\nour attorney spoke to the prosecutor today. (for the record, my crush on him is totally finished after today.)\n\nhis position: they are going to take this all the way.\n\nofficially, this means i am facing 93 days in jail if they win.\n\nno joke.\n| peoplerrrstupid | July 8th, 2011 at 8:30 am\n\nWhat a stupid, clueless f. ing city worker. THIS is what\u2019s wrong with our country.\n\nCome tell me what I can plant in my yard, and I\u2019ll politely show you the quickest way to get the eff off property.\n\nA) I applaud the woman for demanding her right to a jury trial.\nB) the prosecutor\u2019s office should be ashamed of itself.\nC) The city planning guy should to, but he\u2019s obviously too stupid.\nD) I hope some nice lawyer will donate his/her services to this woman and offer to counter-sue the city for their malicious attack on common sense.\n\nmy letter to mayor:\n\nDear Sir,\n\nAfter reading an article about your city and your prosecution of a woman for growing vegetables in her front yard, I am shocked and embarassed that this can happen in America. With all of the green initiatives that municipalities are pushing these days, this woman should be held as a model. Furthermore, your staff is an embarassment, especially with his statements that \u201csuitable\u201d means \u201ccommon\u201d according to his dictionary. He must have a completely different dictionary than the rest of America. As a matter of fact, the vegetable garden meets the very definition of the word in so many ways.\n\nAs a suburb of Detroit, I would think that there are more serious issues facing your community than whether or not a woman grows a vegetable garden in her front yard. With today\u2019s budget issues, I am not sure why you are employing a staff that has nothing better to do. Its a waste of tax payers money, its bureaucracy run amock\u2026you work for your citizens, not the other way around. Not that you guys are alone with that issue. Get rid of these wastes of space and possibly hire more police officers, or for heavens sake possibly stick the money in the bank. Now there is a novel concept for government.\n\nAs a citizen, I can tell you that I would respect and vote for a mayor who came out opposed to such ridiculousness and guided his overzealous desk jockeys back on task.\n\nPlease step back away from your ordinances and your red tape and your career municipal officials and just look at this issue and how ridiculous it is.\n\nThanks,\n\nJames\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nI\u2019m beginning to hate USA when I read articles like this. Where are the Hell\u2019s Angels or Black Spades or even the Woodstock citizens of USA? Whats going on with you guys in \u2018the West\u2019? Run for candidacy and don\u2019t let up fighting against such abusers and bullies. Sue the police department and Oak Park\u2019s Planning and Technology Director! Can\u2019t grow veggies?!? Whats wrong with them? This is psychological warfare, identify people who act like that and vote them to hell ! Oh heres an example of the same kind of behaviour in Malaysia too. See the link below :\n\nI suggest Julie Bass go to Amnesty International and file for refugee status to see which country would allow her to migrate for being persecuted andf threatened with a jail term. Anyone from UNHCR want to contact Julie Bass? I think she needs help and that Oak Park needs to be sued for something related to Human Rights.\n\nNorway\u2019s Ministry of Finance announced that the Norway Oil Fund divested from Africa-Israel Investments and Danya Cebus Ltd. on Monday.\n\nThe reason given is the companies\u2019 construction in the West Bank.\n\nThe Norwegian Finance Ministry said, \u201cThe ethics council stresses that construction of settlements in the occupied territories violates the decision of the Geneva convention regarding defense of civilians during war time. Several decisions of the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice have reached the conclusion that construction of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories is prohibited.\u201d\n\nNorway will support Palestinians who are set to press for recognition of the independence of their state by the United Nations, says the Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re.\n\nHe was speaking following his talks in Oslo with the Palestinian National Administration Head Mahmoud Abbas.\n\nSt\u00f8re said he saw a likely recognition of Palestine\u2019s independence by the United Nations as no hindrance to a peaceful settlement in the Middle East. He said the Palestinian-Israeli talks should continue irrespectively of the UN voting results.\n\nNorway explosionNorwegian authorities have captured the man suspected of Friday\u2019s bombing in Oslo and shooting at Utoya island, which left 91 people dead. The suspect is Anders Behrin Breivik, 32, whom Norwegian authorities describe as a Christian fundamentalist.\n\nBreivik\u2019s attack on Friday began with a bomb in the capital\u2019s government headquarters, which houses the prime minister\u2019s office. Seven people are believed dead in that attack. But Breivik, apparently, was waiting to do murder at the Island, which is about 20 miles from Oslo. There, he gunned down 84.\n\nSaid the Norwegian prime minister, \u201cMy childhood paradise that yesterday was transformed into Hell.\u201d\n\nThough an Islamic group claimed credit for the bombing, Breivik, apparently, is the only suspect.\n\nWhat Happened\n\nBreivik\u2019s bomb exploded at about 3:30 p.m. local time in Oslo. As the New York Times noted, the streets around the city\u2019s government center appeared to be Baghdad, Iraq, or Oklahoma City, a reference to atheist Timothy McVeigh\u2019s bombing on April 19. 1995.\n\nAt 5:30 p.m., police allege that Breivik, dressed in the police uniform, opened fire at Utoya Island with a \u201cmachine pistol,\u201d as authorities described it. The Labor Party, which governs Norway, was holding a summer camp for its youth members.\n\nBy the end of the attack, 91 were dead. Police are still searching for bodies in the waters surrounding the island.\n\nIt\u2019s a wonder more people weren\u2019t killed im the bombing. The Washington Post reprised a Norwegian newspaper\u2019s account of what Breivik used to carry out the attack:\n\nThe Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, citing a spokeswoman for agricultural material supplier Felleskjopet, reported that the suspect bought 6 tons of artificial fertilizer \u2014 which is highly explosive \u2014 some 10 weeks before the attack. Police were alerted to the purchase only after it emerged the man was suspected of the deadly attacks, the Associated Press reported, quoting the newspaper.\n\nThe Norwegian VG newspaper reported that police had blocked off a farm in Asta, 100 miles north of Oslo, and were searching it, and Norwegian media speculated that the farm may have been the source of explosives used in the attack on Oslo, which blew out almost every window in the 17-story building that houses the prime minister\u2019s office and severely damaged several other nearby buildings in the government district of Oslo.\n\nThe New York Times identified the fertilizer as ammonium nitrate.\n\nNorwegian Profiling\n\nAn Islamic group took credit for the attack, the Times reported, and Spielgel online reported that Islamic Internet forums called the attack \u201cgood news.\u201d As well, Norwegian authorities, Jihad Watch.com notes, had every reason to believe the attack was the work of Muslim terrorists from al-Qaida.\n\nAs Jihad Watch.com noted, Muslim terrorists recently released a handbook on fertilizer bombs and an Islamic terrorist threatened to make Norwegians pay for deporting him. Britain\u2019s Sky News \u201creported that earlier this year, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a bomb-making handbook which contained notes on how to build fertilizer bombs.\u201d\n\n[Agence France Presse] reported that intelligence police chief Janne Kristiansen said last February that Islamic extremism was a major threat to the country and \u201cour main priority and our main concern.\u201d\n\nNorway, a member of NATO, has some 500 troops in Afghanistan.\n\nLast year police arrested three Muslim men based in Norway who were suspected of planning an attack using explosives, AFP reported.\n\nNorwegian prosecutors earlier this month also filed a terrorism charge against Mullah Krekar, founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, who was accused of threatening a politician with death over his potential deportation from the country.\n\nKrekar had warned that \u201cNorway will pay a heavy price\u201d if he were deported.\n\nBut the suspect is not Islamic. The Associated Press quickly noted that Breivik is a \u201cblond, blue-eyed Norwegian,\u201d and Norwegian authorities flatly stated that Breivik is \u201cright-wing and a Christian fundamentalist\u201d who may or may not have gotten help, as the New York Times duly reported:\n\n\u201cWe are not sure whether he was alone or had help,\u201d a police official, Roger Andresen, said at a televised news conference, adding: \u201cWhat we know is that he is right-wing and a Christian fundamentalist.\u201d So far Mr. Breivik has not been linked to any anti-jihadist groups, he said.\n\nJohan Fredriksen, chief of staff for the Oslo police, said officials were \u201cnot surprised\u201d that the attacks had been the work of an ethnic Norwegian, a blond, blue-eyed man, saying \u201cwe think about scenarios.\u201d\n\nBreivik posted his beliefs on his Facebook page, the Times also reported.\n\nA Facebook page matching his name and the photo given out by the police was set up just a few days ago. It listed his religion as Christian, politics as conservative. It said he enjoys hunting, the video games World of Warcraft and Modern Warfare 2, and books including Machiavelli\u2019s \u201cThe Prince\u201d and George Orwell\u2019s \u201c1984.\u201d\n\nThere was also a Twitter account apparently belonging to Mr. Breivik. It had one item, posted last Sunday: \u201cOne person with a belief is equal to the force of 100,000 who have only interests.\u201d\n\nARTICLE 4\n\nA death foretold: The rapid rise and tragic fall of Amy Winehouse, the deeply flawed soul prodigy \u2013 by Paul Bentley \u2013 24th July 2011\n\nIn just 27 years, Amy Winehouse has managed to leave behind her a soul legacy, with a band of modern British female soul singers \u2013 Adele, Duffy, Jessie J \u2013 celebrating success across the world borne almost entirely in her wake.\n\nSadly, however, the immeasurably gifted singer is unlikely to be remembered for her talents, which were so often starved; drowned by drink and tranquillised by drug abuse.\n\nAmy Winehouse\u2019s death was one foretold by gruesome pictures of bloody plimsolls and near death experiences from drugs publicly retold by her lovers. It almost seems unsurprising that, in death, Winehouse joins many of her heroes \u2013 Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison \u2013 all of whom died aged just 27.\n\nAmy Winehouse was born in 1983, a second child to cab driver Mitch and his wife Janis, a pharmacist, from North London.\n\nHer parents split when she was nine years old and she and older brother Alex moved to live with their mother in Southgate, North London \u2013 just minutes away from The Priory, the rehab clinic favoured by celebrities, which she would revisit just months before her death.\n\nThe balance between her precocious musical talents and a seeming inclination to self-destruct were clear from a young age. At just 12, Winehouse enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School but was expelled not long after for getting her nose pierced.\n\nShe had previously \u2013 aged 10 -formed a rap group, Sweet \u2018n\u2019 Sour \u2013 Winehouse was Sour \u2013 that she later described as \u2018the little white Jewish Salt \u2018n\u2019 Pepa.\u2019\n\nShe joined the Brit School and by 16 her otherworldly soul voice \u2013 deep, full and knowing but light and fresh and fragile at the same time \u2013 had won her a contract with Simon Fuller\u2019s management company, which led to her being signed by Island Records.\n\nIn 2003, she would release her first album \u2013 to much critical acclaim \u2013 while also meeting the man with whom she would share possibly the most destructive celebrity relationship of the decade.\n\nThe jazz-influenced debut, titled \u2018Frank\u2019, was critically praised for its gems \u2013 the anthemic Stronger Than Me, about a weak, feminine boyfriend and F**k Me Pumps, in which she ridiculed tired female gold-diggers, and earned Winehouse an Ivor Novello songwriting award, two Brit nominations and a spot on the shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize.\n\nBut Winehouse soon expressed dissatisfaction with the disc, saying she was \u2018only 80 per cent behind\u2019 the album.\nAmy Winehouse arriving at the Brit Awards 2005, Earls Court Arena, London. D\nAmy Winehouse in the press room at the 2006 Q Awards at the Grosvenor House Hote\n\nA tattoo appears: Winehous still looking fresh faced in 2005, and sporting her new tattoo the next year\n\nThat same year, she met Blake Fielder-Civil at a bar and swiftly had his name tattooed above her heart.\n\nThe relationship was on-off and infamously tempestuous, involving drug and drink binges. In one picture from 2007, she was seen with bruises on her face and blood seeping from her pink ballet shoes.\n\nShe grips Blake, as he displays a face full of scratches after a particularly viscious late night bust-up.\nAmy Winehouse arriving at the 2007 Brit Awards, Earls Court, west London.\nAmy Winehouse looks much more guant arriving at the MTV Movie Awards 2007 in Los Angeles\n\nLosing weight: The singer has acquired more tattos at the 2007 Brit Awards, left, and looks gaunt at the MTV music video awards in Losa Angeles in the same year\n\nBy 2006, after three years with Blake, rapid weight loss, an ever-expanding beehive hairdo and documented drug and drink problems, Winehouse released Back to Black, her breakthrough album, which made her a huge star across the world.\n\nWorking with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi and soul-funk group the **Dap-Kings** (note Malaysian friends, DAP NLPs via Minstreldom wrought by Zionism inflicted upon Malaysians specifically Muslim ones), Winehouse fused soul, jazz, doo-wop and, above all, a love of the girl-groups of the early 1960s with lyrical tales of romantic obsession and emotional excess.\n\nBack to Black was released in the United States in March 2007 and went on to win five Grammy awards, including song and record of the year for Rehab.\nBritish singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Brit Awards at Earls Court in London\nGlastonbury \u2013 Amy Winehouse performs on the Pyramid Stage\n\nThe voice: Amy Winehouse\u2019s talent was such that it has opened doors for many other young female soul singers who have earned huge success since her breakthrough. She is pictured performing in 2008\n\n\u2018I did [go to rehab], for just 15 minutes,\u2019 she told The Sun at the time. \u2018I went in and said, \u201cHello\u201d and explained that I drink because I\u2019m in love and have f****d up the relationship. Then I walked out.\u2019\n\nShe was famously blunt in her assessment of her peers, once describing Dido\u2019s sound as \u2018background music \u2013 the background to death\u2019 and saying of pop princess Kylie Minogue, \u2018she\u2019s not an artist \u2026 she\u2019s a pony.\u2019\n\nThe songs on Black to Black detailed her relationship with Blake with a similar frankness.\n\n\u2018I listen to a lot of \u201960s music, but society is different now,\u2019 Winehouse said in 2007. \u2018I\u2019m a young woman and I\u2019m going to write about what I know.\u2019\n\nEven then, Winehouse\u2019s performances were sometimes shambolic, and she admitted to being \u2018a terrible drunk.\u2019\n\nIncreasingly, her personal life began to overshadow her career.\n\nShe acknowledged struggling with eating disorders and told a newspaper that she had been diagnosed as manic depressive but refused to take medication. Soon accounts of her erratic behavior, canceled concerts and drink and drug-fueled nights began to multiply.\n\nPhotographs caught her unsteady on her feet or vacant-eyed, and she appeared unhealthily thin, with scabs on her face and marks on her arms.\n\nThere were embarrassing videos released to the world on the Internet. One showed an addled Winehouse and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty playing with newborn mice. Another, for which Winehouse apologised, showed her singing a racist ditty to the tune of a children\u2019s song.\n\nWinehouse\u2019s managers went to increasingly desperate lengths to keep the wayward star on the straight and narrow.\n\nThough she was often reported to be working on new material, fans got tired of waiting for the much-promised follow up to Back to Black.\n\nOccasional bits of recording were released. Her rendition of The Zutons\u2019 Valerie was a hit for producer Mark Ronson but other recording projects with Ronson, one of the architects of the success of Back to Black, came to nothing.\n\nShe also had run-ins with the law. In April 2008, Winehouse was cautioned by police for assault after she slapped a man during a raucous night out.\n\nThe same year she was investigated by police, although not charged, after a tabloid newspaper published a video that appeared to show her smoking crack cocaine.\n\n\u2018I\u2019m a musician; I\u2019m not a model,\u2019 she said on her 2007 concert DVD, I Told You I Was Trouble. \u2018The more insecure I felt, the more I\u2019d drink. The more insecure I feel, the bigger my hair has to be.\u2019\n\nThat year, after breaking up with Blake, going out with chef Alex Claire, and getting back together with her former lover, they married in Miami.\n\n\u2018I know I\u2019m talented, but I wasn\u2019t put here to sing,\u2019 she told Rolling Stone. \u2018I was put here to be a wife and a mum and look after my family.\u2019\n\nThe renewed relationship with Blake led to cancelled tours and hospital visits after overdosing on drugs.\n\nA day after being told she had received three MTV Video Music Award nods, the singer was rushed to the University College London Hospital after an overdose, which was initially dismissed as \u2018exhaustion\u2019.\n\n\u2018I really thought I was on the way out,\u2019 she said. \u2018My husband Blake saved me.\u2019\n\nLater that year the pictures were taken of her blood-addled pumps. In emails to blogger Perez Hilton, she insisted Blake did not hit her. \u2018I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I wasn\u2019t good enough for him. I lost it.\u2019\n\nLater that week, on BBC\u2019s Radio 5 Live, Fielder-Civil\u2019s mother, Georgette, said: \u2018I think they both need to get medical help before one of them, if not both of them, eventually will die.\u2019\n\nThat November, Fielder-Civil was arrested for an attack on a pub manager the year before. Fielder-Civil later pleaded guilty to assaulting barman James King and then offering him \u00a3200,000 to keep quiet about it.\n\nWinehouse stood by \u2018my Blake\u2019 throughout his trial, often blowing kisses at him from the court\u2019s public gallery and wearing a heart-shaped pin labelled \u2018Blake\u2019 in her hair at concerts. But British newspapers reported extramarital affairs while Fielder-Civil was behind bars. They divorced in 2009.\n\nAfter the split, Fielder-Civil described how he thought Winehouse had died in his arms following a three-day drugs binge.\n\nAmy went into a seizure at a party at her home in Camden, North London, and had stopped breathing.\n\nBlake told The Sun: \u2018She started having a fit on the bed. She slid down on to the floor before I could stop her. She started quivering again and it suddenly grew into what seemed like a full-blown epileptic fit.\n\n\u2018I was panicking. I didn\u2019t know know how to help her. I was out of it on drugs as well \u2013 and was sobbing and crying out, \u201cAmy!\u201d\u2018\n\nFielder-Civil put Winehouse into the recovery position and pulled her tongue out of her mouth to stop her biting it.\n\n\u2018I knelt over her as she kept on fitting. But then suddenly she just passed out and stopped breathing. It was the most frightening thing I had ever seen. I felt sure I was watching her die right in front of me. I didn\u2019t know what to do or how to save her. I held her to me \u2013 and I thought she was dying in my arms. But somehow I managed to open her mouth and breathe air down her throat,\u2019 he added.\n\n\u2018At first nothing happened. So I did it again. I was feeling for her pulse because I thought her heart might have stopped.\n\n\u2018Then she spluttered \u2013 and I saw her chest rise. I was still sobbing and panicking but I just felt this huge relief that she was alive.\u2019\n\nIn June 2008 and again in April 2010, Winehouse was taken to hospital and treated for injuries after fainting and falling at home.\n\nHer father said she had developed the lung disease emphysema from smoking cigarettes and crack, although her spokeswoman later said Winehouse only had \u2018early signs of what could lead to emphysema.\u2019\n\nShe left the hospital to perform at Nelson Mandela\u2019s 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park in June 2008, and at the Glastonbury festival the next day, where she received a rousing reception but scuffled with a member of the crowd.\n\nShe also, in 2010, pleaded guilty to assaulting a theatre manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show because she\u2019d had too much to drink.\n\nShe was given a fine and a warning to stay out of trouble by a judge who praised her for trying to clean up her act.\n\nIn a bid to save her ailing health and desperate addiction problems, Winehouse most recently booked herself into rehab in May.\n\nA month previously she had pulled out of her European tour after she was jeered while appearing drunk on stage at her comeback gig in Serbia.\n\nShe left the stage frequently, with her band having to improvise in her absence, and was said to have mumbled through parts of her songs.\n\nAfter the disastrous gigs, the stint at The Priory in May was hoped to have been a means finally to refocus the young singer.\n\nWinehouse, however, checked herself out after just one week.\nAmy Winehouse dead at 27 \u2013 is she another member of the \u2018Stupid Club\u2019?\nANALYSIS by PAUL CONNOLLY\n\nWhen Kurt Cobain, then 27, killed himself in 1994, his mother Wendy said that, \u2018Now he\u2019s gone and joined that Stupid Club.\u2019\n\nShe was referring to the long list of rock stars who have died by their own hand at the age of 27: Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Brian Jones to name only a few.\n\nNow, very sadly, Amy Winehouse has died at 27. At the time of writing it\u2019s unclear what the cause of death was, so to speculate would be grossly unfair. Like Cobain, Winehouse has left us with a frustratingly meagre canon of work. A voice and a talent like hers should have a much more substantial legacy than just two albums, 2003\u2019s promising Frank and 2006\u2019s Back To Black, which was a masterpiece of soul.\n\nThere\u2019s been little new material since Back To Black apart from her cover of The Zutons\u2019 Valerie with Mark Ronson and another cover last year, this time Lesley Gore\u2019s kitsch classic, It\u2019s My Party for a Quincy Jones tribute album.\n\nClearly, since Back To Black made her a star, she\u2019s become more renowned for her lurid lifestyle and, although she\u2019s been working on new material, no release date had been scheduled. I sincerely hope she\u2019s not remembered more for her drug use than her music but I\u2019m not optimistic. Adele, at least, has much to thank Amy for \u2013 Back To Black\u2019s success in America made it easier for her to make the huge inroads she\u2019s enjoyed across the pond.\n\nI met Amy once, way back prior to the release of Frank, and I found her witty, intelligent and sparky company. She certainly had a mischievous glint in her eye but I did not have her marked down as a potential member of the \u2018stupid club.\u2019 She seemed too perky, alive and confident.\n\nThe demons that have been clamped to her back in recent years were nowhere to be seen. Where did they come from? Did the pressure of fame conjure them up? Is that why she was so often drunk on stage? Did she, like Cobain, not enjoy fame? Like Cobain why did she not simply walk away? Perhaps that\u2019s why progress on her third album was so slow. Maybe she didn\u2019t want the attention focused back on her again.\n\nAgain, why didn\u2019t she just walk away?\n\nIt\u2019s desperately sad when someone who brought so much joy to so many dies unnaturally young. It really, really stings. But let\u2019s please remember just how talented she was. R.I.P. Amy.\n\nARTICLE 5\n\nBut Really, How Jewish IS Amy Winehouse? Posted on January 24, 2008 by admin\n\nQ. Amy Winehouse\u2026a) makes pretty great music.\nb) is a crack-smoking trainwreck.\nc) is Jewish.The answer, as you probably know, is all three, and the media is obsessed with each of these factoids. After the release of a video of Winehouse doing various drugs was greeted with requisite shock and a reprise of \u201cis she or isn\u2019t she in rehab?\u201d, I started thinking a little more about (c). In the face of the singer\u2019s unraveling (about which there\u2019s hardly need for yet another commentary), it\u2019s become impossible to ignore just how psyched everyone seems to be that Amy Winehouse is Jewish.\n\nThere are different motivations behind this, of course. Both the ravenous press and Winehouse herself have joyfully portrayed her Jewish identity as a bizarre contrast with her bad girl image. The Jewish community, ever-eager to claim a celeb for the team, has managed to boast and sneer about her at the same time. Winehouse is the proud \u2013 and in many ways, welcome \u2014 antithesis of the \u201cnice Jewish girl,\u201d but since she does tend to identify with two out of the three elements of that little saying, both she and the media like to keep her options open.\n\nHere are the oft-repeated basics. Back in 2004, The Guardian was one of many publications to pin her as \u201ca slight 20-year-old Jewish girl from north London\u201d and The Telegraph wrote, \u201cDone up to the nines (lustrous lipstick, dark mascara, long black eyelashes, thick black hair), Winehouse looks every inch the Jewish princess.\u201d In March of 2007, Rolling Stone\u2018s blog noted that \u201cMs. Rehab might in fact be the highest-debuting-female-solo-British-tall-Jewish-black-haired-tattoed-with-a-birthmark-on-her-left-arm artist ever to make the U.S. Billboard charts.\u201d In May, the Toronto Star chimed in: \u201cThe beehived, heavily tattooed Winehouse might be a wee Jewish girl from North London, but she can snarl and wail like Etta James or Eartha Kitt.\u201d From a Rolling Stonecover story that same month: \u201cThose who have only heard her voice express shock upon seeing the body that produces it: The sultry, crackly, world-weary howl that sounds like the ghost of Sarah Vaughn comes from a pint-size Jewish girl from North London.\u201d And from the Washington Post: \u201cWinehouse has an exceptional voice that\u2019s even more striking when you catch a glimpse of its source: a wispy, heavily tattooed young Jewish woman with a mile-high beehive for a hairdo and a Gothic level of mascara caked onto her face. It almost doesn\u2019t compute.\u201d\n\nWhat a study in contrasts!\n\nWhen she\u2019s prodded to comment on her bad girl ways, Winehouse tends to bring up her Jewishness herself, offering it as a reassuring counterpoint to the rest of her image. \u201cShe says what she really wants to do in 10 years\u2019 time is to settle down and be a good Jewish mum,\u201d Australia\u2019s Sunday Times reported last summer. The paper went on to quote the singer as saying, \u201cI would like to uphold certain things, but not the religious side of things, just the nice family things to do. At the end of the day, I\u2019m a Jewish girl.\u201d\n\nThe news that Winehouse planned to have a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony and (bonus!) convinced her husband to convert, had the press slobbering.\n\nAfter music producer Mark Ronson laughed off rumors that he and Winehouse were having an affair, he shared this highly pertinent information: \u201cAmy makes a really nice meatball dinner. She\u2019s good at making Jewish mother food.\u201d More recently, he announced that he and Winehouse may team up to do a holiday album that will include ditties with names like \u201cKosher Kisses.\u201d\n\nBecause all of this is not enough, the Jewish Chronicle recently posted a short write-up entitled \u201cHow Jewish is Amy Winehouse?\u201d**\n\nIn what I can only assume is a very (very, very) lame attempt to be funny, the piece manages to embrace stupid stereotypes in the name of policing Jewish identity. In the \u201cpro\u201d column, \u201cAmy is on record as saying she loves her grandma, she likes to make roast chicken on a Friday night and looks forward to a matzah and edam sandwich after an evening out.\u201d On the con side, she has all those tattoos \u201c(of naked ladies, no less)\u201d and, you know, drinks a lot. The verdict? \u201cOnce she comes out of rehab, we\u2019ll have her back,\u201d the Chronicle reassures. \u201cSo we say she is 78% Jewish.\u201d\n\nWhat a relief! Now we know.\n\n**\u201dHow Jewish is\u2026\u201d looks to be a recurring feature at the Chronicle, which also put French President Nicolas Sarkozy* on the hot seat. The results? His grandfather was Jewish (before he converted to Catholicism \u2013 but \u201cwe have made a halachic decision not to recognise it,\u201d says the Chronicle)! He can boast of family members who died in the Holocaust! And woah, his girlfriend Carla Bruni once recorded a song written by Serge Gainsbourg, a bonafide Jewish person!!!\n\n\u2013Eryn Loeb\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nA postulation comes to mind. Don\u2019t mind if the the dots are not connected properly, one could only guess the machinations between disparate events.\n\nThis Oslo bombing is a 911 style False flag done by Norway. Looks like Anders Behrin Breivik (a Mason and Christian) was killing pro-Israel fifth columnist politicians in coordination with the local politicians not yet corrupted. A true patriot to his race? But would Norway thank him for trying to free them from Israeli shackles or is Norway already in the grip of greedy Norwegian politicians bought up by Israel?\n\nWas the neurotech was countered by this obviously phenotypically superior specimen of the blue eyed blond haired white race? Did Anders Behrin Breivik or Norway\u2019s Nordic Occultists and/or loyalists managed to break into the neurotech emissions origins, (or who knows psychics?!?) and wrest the information before deciding he had to do the patriotic thing and kill the treacherous politicians?\n\nWas the Palestinian support issue what sparked this quiet war? He will likely spend time in prison quite well to thumb the Aryan nose at the dark haired, dark eyed, quasi-Arabian Israelis. Conclusion? Mason Scandinavians (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland) have decided that THEIR OWN Nordic primacy and hopefully that of diversity will take precedence over Israel and Judaism.\n\nThere was probably a fallout that spilt over to the Hollywood scene resulting in the death detailed on Article 3 as well. Corroborate with the below :\n\nThe Norse Eddas has subsumed the Judaic-Egyptian agenda \u2013 FINALLY. Realisation of the Norsemen themselves, courtesy of you-know-who (I\u2019d like to think heh), but likely out of fear of the Neutrotech that is doubtless proliferating the world right now.\n\nThere could be a few more deaths, false flags and massive economic and other retaliations in time. This Mason might too have been \u2018enslaved\u2019 so he decided to make a statement against neurotech bugging. By the way, Sarkozy\u2019s grandfather is Jewsih as well. Citizens of France, ready to act to save yourselves before a fals flag is played out in Paris or other busy French town? A trucker\u2019s strike is preferable to a false flag bomb, so act quick and depose all \u2018Infiltrators\u2019, before the deviate your leaders into selling off your country.\n\nPerhaps one day all those enslaved by technology propagated by the Jews will finally be freed. Google \u2018Neurotech\u2019 and \u2018Unmoderated Malaysian\u2019 for more on the horror, and the inroads the Zionists have made into Malaysia.\n\nAfter this series of easy and meaningless targets, Mossad (if it was Mossad) began targetting Iranian Nuke Scientists that looks set to create a very messy situation for peace and economy of the world . . .\n\nRelated to the massacre at the camp on July 22 killed more than 80 persons. Around 1,000 young supporters of Norway\u2019s Labour Party were making their way over to Ut\u00f8ya this week, an island in the Tyrifjord that\u2019s often viewed as an incubator for future Labour Party leaders. Detractors call it a breeding ground for a relatively small clique of would-be power mongers. The summer camp for members of Labour\u2019s youth group AUF (Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking) has launched the political careers of many a Labour Party leader. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was a fixture at the camp in his youth and remains keen to visit every summer. Both he, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re and former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland were due to make appearances at this year\u2019s camp during its five-day run that began Wednesday. Eskil Pedersen, current AUF leader, told newspaper Dagsavisen that this year\u2019s camp will include speeches and debate over the upcoming municipal elections in Norway, the rival Conservative Party\u2019s current policies, the even more conservative Progress Party\u2019s asylum policies and the state of Norwegian schools. The latter is traditionally the issue of most interest to the young politically minded AUF members. Pedersen, quite possibly a future Labour Party leader or government minister himself if Labour keeps winning elections, said the \u201cbest thing\u201d about the camp is \u201cmeeting lots of folks who have the same values as you do.\u201d Newspaper V\u00e5rt Land, however, recently put another slant on the Ut\u00f8ya camp, reporting that the Labour Party historically is run by a tight network of politicians linked by family relations, marriage and friendships who also have a tendency to take on key roles not only in government but in business and Norway\u2019s powerful bureaucracy as well. Many tend to meet in their youth on the island midway between Oslo and H\u00f8nefoss. Other media cited Ut\u00f8ya as \u201cthe glue in the Labour movement.\u201d Events will run through Sunday, and the weather forecast called for pouring rain.\n\nThe above \u2018camp\u2019 alludes collusion with GLCs, Nepotism, Oligarchy and all the abuse and power mongering that comes with such a structure. Typically the IMF or any globalist hegemonist group would infiltrate an AUF-like political party (parallels in any pro-Masonry/pro-NWO/pro-NATO groups). Then cause them to produce PIIGS nations type policies that bankrupt the government while favouring the representatives in parliament or bureaucrats so that kickbacks can be distributed. AFTER the country is bankrupted, the IMF comes in and \u2018controls\u2019 the nation via the Federal Reserve and international banking cartels. Anders Behring Breivik is a true patriot and good and moral Christian at heart, though one wonders if he could have used a different approach. Like Hitler\u2019s valid concerns, there may have been a peaceful way via frank and honest discussions (which we all know is sometimes impossible with certain \u2018power monger classes\u2019 /especially those backed by propensity to use violence via the rather unthinking police and army that such violence as in the \u2018Arab Spring\u2019 becomes necessary).\n\nUnless a majority of citizens are outraged at collusion (Example : Thai Rak Thai and PAP Singapore, with both nepotists in top Telecommunications companies being children of Prime Ministers defrauding 1.9 billion in tax monies which belong to the PEOPLE) and corruption and aware of the sellouts to IMF and Banking Cartels and plutocrats sequestering the lands and wealth of the world; Prevent Sequestering the lands and wealth of the world : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36665503866 ;any inclined to write laws that raise the representative salaries, increase police and military powers, retain Emergency laws, oppress via religion, APARTEHID, assign TSA type powers of detention and search etc.., or even assign special funeral funds to themselves **at the taxpayers expense** in collusion with other representatives WITHOUT consulting the people and voters, the ordinary citizen who does not understand that the MP is the one causing the economy to fail but enrich himself will eventually be so embattled that he will have no time to even think about how to vote and become susceptible to cult of personality propaganda via the political party in power. Read some of my discussion links and you will see a case-study in DAP Malaysia, which of course being a splinter branch of PAP is equally nepotistic and self serving.\n\nAs of now, voters, are unaware that their own supposedly democratic Constitution in fact ALLOWS such hegemony and abuse via laws, and thus voters MUST vote in consideration of which MP will dismantle such legal and constitutional structures so that, land and wealth, even bonuses and salary increments will reflect the economy instead of enrichiong the few who are \u2018in power\u2019. VOTERS BEWARE ! Here is your criteria for voting! Vote only for non-plutocrat MPs **WITHOUT** internationalist links and business (vested) interests, or in general even (not necessary all clubs, as some members are not aware of what their club represents) Western affiliated orgnisation links (i.e. Free Masonry / Inns of Law / Rotary and Lions Clubs, University Greek Letter ex-student\u2019s Clubs), 20 million and below that will amend abusive laws and constitutional clauses, removing powers vastly favouring the MPs instead of the people to prevent collusion with the International and Monetary cartels.\n\nYOU the non-oligarch, ethical and educated VOTER, must only vote for MPs who will distribute the wealth and lands of the nation or run for election as a candidate with intent to do the same. Any who retain laws and constitutional clauses that allow them to collude and sequester for their own benefit must never be voted again. Any MP who disregards nepotism, limitless terms, parliamentary privileges for themselves MUST be voted out at once. Identify which MPs will lower Election deposits as well. Most people are unable to even run for candidacy because the Election deposit requirements are too high ! This means that in a country where savings of 8000 (Assemblyman seat deposit) or 15,000 (MP seat deposit) are relatively rare among the 75% or working class Malaysians, 75% of Malaysians may NEVER be able to run for candidacy. How is that democratic? It\u2019s simply a plutocratic methd of keeping the Joe Public types from running for election. Now the MPs could address this by lowering those deposits but they instead intend to keep it a \u2018rich man\u2019s game\u2019, TAKING AWAY the right to run for election as a candidate BECAUSE 222 MPs, none of which have spoken on this have decided to leave this undemocratic situation as it is!\n\nDo not suffer the collusive and the self serving or plutocracy and neo-absolutist (TSA form governments will indeed form, to YOUR and YOUR childrens\u2019 impoverishment and eventual demise). Meanwhile, do also practice population control and use contraceptives. The world can only support so many people. Daulat Tuanku (HRH Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abdidin in Malaysia\u2019s case) ? God save the King (HRH Haakon in Norway\u2019s case)? The people need your honesty and sense of ethics and humanity to end wrongs like APARTHEID and international collusion and inequitable distribution of wealth and lands of the world more than ever, so VOTERS, know to drop plutocrats, nepotists and the corrupt. You as voters (even those who have taken corrupt monies, can stop being corrupt from this moment and not further damn yourself), MUST wipe out those who corrupted you instead ! Heck even give any ill gotten wealth to charities and such and blow all the whistles on corrupters ! Every corrupt dollar destroys the nation and by extension YOURSELF indirectly as the politicians who give out such freebies are the same types who will raise taxes that will take back 10 times what they gave you after they win.\n\nAct and vote the evil citizens out of power if you love the country and by parlance THE WORLD.\n\nDonald Trump tells a story about the Savings and Loan crash in the late 1980s. He was complaining to his young daughter at the time about how devastating the real estate plunge was for them. She didn\u2019t understand why he was crying poor when they lived such a lavish lifestyle. The Donald pointed to a bum on the park bench and said, \u201cYou see that guy over there? He is billions of dollars wealthier than we are.\u201d He was referring to the debt he owed to banks. On paper he was worse than broke, so he was actually poor compared to the penniless squatter in the park. But, in reality, he was still fabulously wealthy, as the debt was just an arbitrary number, and he still slept in a penthouse within a building he owned, not a park bench. And, of course, the banks had to work with Trump because he was too big to let fail. This story is relevant to the current debt \u201ccrisis\u201d facing the United States. Although many believe the national debt to be real, it is also simply a number in a ledger. First, consider that about 12%, or $1.7 trillion, of the overall debt is owed directly to the Federal Reserve. Another $2.6 trillion is owed to Social Security.\n\nFurthermore, other large private banks, including foreign banks, own a huge chunk of debt as well, most of it bought with the $16 trillion created from nothing and given to banks as bailouts. The amount owed to China pales in comparison. The scheme guarantees an income stream for the banks who got virtually free money backed by the U.S. taxpayer to invest in higher-interest bonds backed by the U.S. taxpayer. Next, the money never existed in the first place until it was created in the ledger. It was lent into existence in the moment of need. It started off as fiction and remains fiction. Since the banks never had the money it lent in the first place, they\u2019re either collecting interest or seizing assets due to default from funny money. It\u2019s not difficult to see how the banks will end up owning everything if this scheme keeps up for much longer. Finally, the American people don\u2019t owe this money, just like the people of Iceland or Greece don\u2019t owe their nations\u2019 debts to a shadowy banking cartel. They did not sign a contract to borrow the money. They did not mismanage the funds, or borrow more money to paper over private banking losses. They did not demand wars with any of the victims of the government\u2019s imperial conquest. They did not demand the PATRIOT Act and resulting behemoth surveillance-industrial complex. The taxpayer is not responsible for this debt as Stefan Molyneux explains. Yet, the politicians tell the same story Trump told: we\u2019re worse than broke. It\u2019s a crisis, economic Armadebton. America\u2019s credit rating is at stake. Soldiers and seniors won\u2019t get paid if we don\u2019t extract more taxes and cut benefits. All while they go to bed in the penthouse. The real wealth of America has nothing to do with a phony number on the ledger. Some great wealth lies in the infrastructure \u2014 water systems, roads, electric grids, universities, buildings, farms etc. Some wealth lies in our capacity to make war.\n\nBut America\u2019s greatest riches are its innovative people; each brought up to believe they can accomplish anything they put their mind to. This is precisely the reason Trump was not actually broke no matter what he owed to banks \u2014 because he had the ability to be creative, and the capacity to accomplish big things. If America defaulted and all debt was reset to zero, it would still be the wealthiest nation on Earth for the reasons above. The bankers argue that if the U.S. defaulted or lost its credit rating, no one would lend it money. That\u2019s laughable. The entire world depends on the ebb and flow of American business, and it always will. Starting over at zero would likely cause a surge of new capital. Therefore, I propose to the banks a complete write-off of the national debt in exchange for your survival. In other words, the American people will probably forgive your crimes and the bailouts, if the banks forgive the debt \u2014 even-steven. Should the banks not accept this deal, they and their political cohorts will eventually meet their demise and lose everything. And unlike the American people, they have not been able to prove that they can create anything of true worth. ***Commentator\u2019s Comments Anonymous said\u2026 I believe that the only way we can defeat the NWO in this country is for all of us to agree to not pay income taxes. Next is for every state to secede from the union. They can sit in Washington trying to figure out who they will steal from next. They don\u2019t have enough FEMA camps to house 350 million citizens but there would be plenty of room for those crooks to live out their lives quite comfortably.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nThis suggestion of default however could leave ALL Americans to the mercy to whatever NWO type social (think AUF and Breivik) and political forces WITHIN America (some say Trump is NWO, this dictatorship would serve him and his people if he was NWO \u2013 he backed out of Presidential runs but would suggest this???), the possibility for dictatorship by even law enforcement alone (much less military \u2013 Pres. Obama, how aboput forming a Junta as Supreme Commander with 3 to 5 star generals as various Satraps???) would be tremendous if regular citizens were villified. It is suggested that :\n\n4) changing economic policies that do not work at all (i.e. the prison contractor system has to go)\n\n5) also removing the \u2018term limitless\u2019 among political \u2018seat holders\u2019 (nothing is worse than a complacent Congressman, Senator or Governor, even Councilman or Mayor \u2013 ESPECIALLY if they are filthy rich)\n\n6) and the wealth of the little more than 10,000 plutocrats sequestering 90% of near 300 million strong American population\u2019s wealth redistributed\n\n;a barter based deal on absolute value of debt as of 2011 be implemented, i.e. no more interest added (read up on Usury and Islamic finance, maybe a Sheikh or few could be consulted on infterest free loans), BUT that USA will return at non-interest added, all that it earns in the form of goods and perhaps manpower services at least.\n\nWhy return anything at all? So that ABSOLUTE Dictatorship from being \u2018economically isolated\u2019 for default, will not give free reign by the TSA/Fed Reserve/NWO/Greek Letter Club types free reign to abuse (if they haven\u2019t been removed from policy making positions in government), and manipulate the average American citizen who are already quite severely NLP affected and even who knows, neuro-tech controlled.\n\nInterest and usury, also fiat and quantitative easing is b.s., but America should return it\u2019s debts in good faith, as a responsible nation. Default all you want, America, but no more lending will be made to you and you should return what you owe. Meanwhile down with the plutocrats and politicians living the high life off writing bad policy while 300 million Americans languish !\n\nTime for a second French Revolution, the \u2018Nero\u2019 types have returned and all they ever do is channel their funds and businesses overseas to tax havens or 3rd world economies where labour is still cheap. They have grown fat off the nation when times were good, and when times are bad this is the way they thank their homeland which was in fact stolen from the Native Americ-Red Indians?\n\nLike locusts they are and they will likely betray all those 3rd world nations they invest in AGAIN, via their NATO/IMF/UN conglomerate nation level corporate raiders. A multipolar world order is needed. The autonomy of BRICS and the Caliphate, African Union, South America will ensure that 300 million Americans will not end up as in the film \u201cIdiocracy\u201d while all the technology and wealth goes elsewhere (I\u2019d hazard even be taken to the Moon or Mars \u2013 no joke that GTA3 reference to off world issues . . . they will sabotage EVERYONE, so make sure their Rocket does not take off . . . the French Revolution type Guillotine whatever form it takes as deserving still awaits them . . . )\n\nSELANGOR- A retiree\u2019s massive RM57mil Supreme Toto 6/58 win has set a new record for jackpot winnings in the country.\n\nThe retiree, who is in his 70s, said it had been hard to keep calm after he first learnt of his win from a local daily a day after the draw last Wednesday.\n\n\u201cIt was so huge a shock that could even have triggered a heart attack!\u201d he quipped, in a press statement from Sports Toto Malaysia Friday.\n\nThe Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot has only been won twice before, each time coming up to less than RM48 mil. The retiree\u2019s win not only marks a new record for Supreme\n\nToto 6/58 winnings, but also for jackpot winnings in Malaysia.\n\nHis record-breaking win comes only days after the Toto 4D Jackpot of RM7.1mil was won by a Sabahan in his 40s on Jan 15. The Toto 4D second prize of RM171,000 was won on the same draw.\n\nThe retiree said he had created his winning set of numbers, 2, 12, 24, 25, 32, and 33, after diligently studying all the numbers that had been drawn before. He said he enjoyed studying number trends and creating lucky number combinations to bet on, and spent moderate sums on number games in his free time.\n\n\u201cIt is certainly a great Chinese New Year gift,\u201d the retiree said of his win.\n\nAsked what he planned to do with the money, the retiree said he planned to dedicate most of his newfound fortune to his grandchildren\u2019s future educational needs.\n\nHe added he had no big plans for himself, but wanted to use the money to help the less fortunate.\n\n-TheStar\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nMr Retiree, fund 25 MPs with 2 million each and wipe out the lapdog Chinese in MCA and Gerakan or even DAP\u2019s potential Hudud acceptance turncoats. Keep 7 million and enjoy retirement.\n\nActually Tan Sri Vincent Tan could very well fund/field 50 MPs at 20 million each and wipe out the same lapdog Chinese MPs, if not for the fact that Tan Sri Vincent himself is a lapdog who cannot even get the government to legalize all forms of gambling at 4D outlets instead of 4D alone.\n\nTurn on your captors if you are Chinese or a freeman much less titled nobleman at all Vincent! All that wealth and influence has a purpose, you are not using that wealth properly, the Sultans would not grudge especially you (no prizes for guessing why) equality . . . and remember that equality is not an attack on the Malay race or Islam, it is just freeing yourself and the minorities. So being this wealthy and influencial and doubtless with access to any number of private armies of thugs and goons for protection or even offense if needed (I doubt anyone could escape alive from that sort of thing . . . ), so why Vincent do you not dare broach subjects some of us have been near hounded to death over and prefer to cower and hide? Raise those black flags \u2013 for the end of apartheid at any rate. India, China, UN, Russia and USA would not fault a constitutional lawsuit for ending apartheid.\n\nHaving gambling outlets not based on franchises or with individual licenses not an attack on Malay sovereignty or Islamic tenets, as both would not be using the facilities in any case. With all that wealth behind you and no courage to think or act? See Donald Trump eyeing the Presidency (Back to the Future II comes to mind . . . USA would be nigh glorious with Casino King \u2018Griff\u2019 in charge . . . ), but what I suggest above to Vincent Tan in fielding candidates is not even lifting a finger.\n\nOh and citizens, don\u2019t be too impressed with that jackpot. In such a business, the wins are likely calculated events to \u2018friendies\u2019. After Toto has made 570 million, Toto will drop 57 million, and probably to selected persons (who likely are astrologically friendly) to boot, no big or kiasu boss would dare bestow such riches on an unfriendly unless he was so bored he wanted a challenge \u2013 for Vincnet, I think the challenge should be ending apartheid.\n\nThat\u2019s all for today\u2019s lesson on the contrived nature of society. It\u2019s not luck, it\u2019s planned. And wishful thinking about lotteries only merely waste \u2018subtle energy\u2019, though the organic playing formats as suggested with on the spot games other than 4D is the best way to gamble. No computers, and probably as random as it gets.\n\nFamously, the Cabinet Office boasted that the Government had embarked on a \u2018bonfire of the quangos\u2019, which would see almost 200 organisations disappear, saving the taxpayer a fortune. Ten months on, however, these claims have proved grossly overblown. All we\u2019ve had is a few flickering flames, rather than a mighty conflagration. As new research revealed yesterday, of the 192 bodies that the Coalition promised to abolish, 151 still exist, continuing to leech off the taxpayer. Failure to deliver: Francis Maude, Cabinet Office Minister, leaves a television studio in Westminster on October 14, 2010 in London, after announcing the plans to abolish 192 Quangos and merge an additional 118 Failure to deliver: Francis Maude, Cabinet Office Minister, leaves a television studio in Westminster on October 14, 2010 in London, after announcing the plans to abolish 192 Quangos and merge an additional 118 The gigantic, expensive quango-land has proved astonishingly resistant to the cuts. A host of outfits that were deemed a waste of public money, such as the Football Licensing Authority and the notoriously spendthrift National Policing Improvement Agency, continue to survive long after their death knell was supposed to have sounded. Even when an organisation is axed, it often reappears in another form \u2014 just like the hydra of Greek mythology, which would grow two new heads for every one that the mighty Hercules chopped off. Ministers have made much of the planned abolition of the eight Regional Development Agencies, set up by John Prescott to \u2018enable local communities to fulfil their economic ambitions\u2019.\n\nA year on from the \u2018bonfire\u2019 of the quangos, three in four survive Fury over taxpayer gold card cover-up: Ministers blame head of the Civil Service for blocking exposure of abuse Yet the agencies have been replaced by no fewer than 23 Local Enterprise Partnerships which are suspiciously similar to their predecessors. Likewise, the functions of the Training and Development Agency for teachers are to be taken over by a new body called the Teaching Agency, while the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority is to be replaced \u2014 you guessed it, \u2014 by another unelected organisation: the Standards and Testing Agency. This kind of structural tinkering and name-changing is designed to give the illusion of radical action, but all the while maintaining the bureaucratic status quo. An instinct for self-preservation runs deep in quangoland, with top officials skilled at finding new berths for themselves within the embrace of the state machine. Removed from reality: Even actor and director Clint Eastwood weighed in to criticise plans to abolish the Film Council Removed from reality: Even actor and director Clint Eastwood weighed in to criticise plans to abolish the Film Council There was a tremendous fuss last year when the Government announced the abolition of the UK Film Council, a move that was presented by campaigners on the Left as a shattering blow to a key industry and even attracted criticism from Clint Eastwood. Yet the Government was not nearly as tough as its critics portrayed. In fact, no fewer than 44 of the Film Council\u2019s staff, around half its workforce, were simply transferred to another quango, the British Film Institute. They included Tanya Seghatchian, the \u00a3135,000 head of the Film Council\u2019s film fund; Peter Buckingham, the Film Council\u2019s former head of distribution and exhibition; and Will Evans, former head of business affairs. It is the same story in many other areas. For example, there was more wailing in the arts world when the Government announced the abolition of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), its duties to be taken over by the Arts Council.\n\nAll too predictably, several of the MLA\u2019s top quangocrats made the smooth passage to the Arts Council, among them Hedley Swain, who is currently on \u00a372,000 as director of programme delivery, and Nicola Morgan, who is programme manager of sector improvement at the MLA but from October will be director of libraries at the Arts Council. This merry-go-round can also be found in the NHS, where the abolition of the strategic health authorities has not hindered the careers of some top officials. Dame Barbara Hakin, former \u00a3200,000 head of the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, will reportedly keep her salary in her new role in the Department of Health as managing director for commissioning development. The same good fortune has been experienced by Ian Dalton, the \u00a3195,000 chief executive of the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, who becomes the DoH\u2019s managing director for provider development. Nor has the imminent abolition of the London Development Agency, the discredited economic quango for the capital, come as too cruel a blow for its chief executive Sir Peter Rogers, who has become Mayor Boris Johnson\u2019s \u00a3127,000\u2013a-year economic adviser. Cocooned by their lavish subsidies and bloated with a false sense of self-importance, too many quangocrats refuse to face the economic realities of life in austerity Britain. They think they are entitled to the maintain the same profligate culture that existed under Labour \u2014 and the Coalition is too enfeebled to challenge them. Despite a supposed recruitment freeze at the top of the civil service and quangoland, the hiring of bureaucrats continues So, despite a supposed recruitment freeze at the top of the civil service and quangoland, the hiring of bureaucrats continues. One recent survey of 100 of Britain\u2019s biggest quangos and public bodies showed that 51 have been advertising for staff in the past three months. English Heritage, for example, has advertised for 16 new staff, including a \u00a345,000-a-year head of brands and national campaigns. Similarly, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence boosted its head count from 390 to 451 last year, while energy regulator OFGEM, the National Fraud Authority and the General Dental Council all increased staffing levels over the past year. One of the worst offenders has been the National Policing Improvement Agency, the effectiveness of whose work was demonstrated in the woeful response to the outbreak of mass thuggery in Britain\u2019s cities last week.\n\nIt certainly can\u2019t use the excuse that it was short of resources. Not only has it increased its permanent headcount from 1,489 to 1,538 in the past year, but its arrogant attitude towards the taxpayers who fund its existence was highlighted by revelations about how it had spent \u00a3100,000 on taxi fares, \u00a31,800 on a beehive and \u00a32,500 on dining at an exclusive Belgravia restaurant. No fewer than 150 members of the agency\u2019s staff have credit cards, racking up average annual bills of \u00a320,000. Whats been spared Similar extravagance can be seen in the huge pay-offs made to quango staff. Just as most people do not receive credit cards with almost unlimited sums from their employers, so few workers can expect massive golden farewells when they lose their jobs. But the normal laws of finance do not apply in quangoland, where an early departure can bring huge rewards. Research has shown that the average redundancy pay-out in Whitehall and for quangocrats is \u00a342,000 \u2014 more than four times the national average of \u00a39,362. The average redundancy pay-out in Whitehall and for quangocrats is \u00a342,000 \u2014 more than four times the national average of \u00a39,362 For senior pen-pushers, the pay-offs can be much higher. At the Training and Development Agency for Schools, 24 staff received packages worth an average of \u00a3160,000 each in 2010/11, with five given \u00a3200,000 and executive director Leanne Hedden handed \u00a3549,457. Sadly, such grotesque sums are widespread. The Land Registry paid 68 staff more than \u00a3200,000 to leave, though these figures are dwarfed by the colossal \u00a3949,000 awarded to the outgoing deputy director-general of the BBC, Mark Byford, and the \u00a3392,000 given to the BBC\u2019s former director of marketing Sharon Baylay on her exit. The Commission for Architecture and Built Environment \u2013 one of the few quangos to be culled (sounds like a Gambier Threat case related NGO?) What makes these pay-offs all the more outrageous is the fact that many quangocrats take up well-paid jobs soon after pocketing the huge sums. When Charlotte Cane left her job earlier this year as director of resources at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), a quango whose functions are to be absorbed within the Design Council, she was given a package worth \u00a3225,000 \u2014 the equivalent of \u00a311,000 for every month she was in the post. Yet she has already taken up a lucrative new job as director of finance at Engineering UK, the independent body that promotes engineering and technology in Britain. Just as offensive was the case of Mark Hammond, who has recently taken up a \u00a3130,000 position at the controversial and mismanaged Equality and Human Rights Commission, having only eight months ago pocketed a \u00a3256,000 package to take early retirement from West Sussex County Council. This practice of a huge, publicly-funded redundancies, followed by swift re-employment, amounts to a gross injustice towards the taxpayer and makes a mockery of the very concept of early retirement. The quango racket has to end. In desperately straitened times, this culture of wastefulness is an insult to the millions of hard-working families watching their standard of living fall due to rising prices and a sluggish economic recovery \u2014 a recovery which will grow only by encouraging enterprise, not by rewarding the bureaucrats in the State machine.\n\n[[[ *** RESPONSE *** ]]]\n\nThe 300 people who were from the 42 NGOs who supposedly voted in the Local EXCO elections (300 out of 1.5 million is not a 66% quorum) are quangocrats. See what DAP intends to inflict upon us in the article above if DAP ever gains control of the government. What is a Quango? Or a Quangocrat? From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of \u201cquasi-autonomous non-governmental organization\u201d. A Quango is an organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it. A Quangocrat is a committe post holder within such a Quango. NGO covers both paid and unpaid Quangos and is a generally more polite way of describing a state funded NGO and should not be compared to a self funded NGO proper. RELA looks like a very expensive, tax payer funded but not ta payer approved Quango as well. All the same NGOs here look set to become state funded, so think voters and know what you vote for. Good work on the article, for once England looks to be breaking new ground, in clearing the parasites in any case \u2013 looking forward to precedents towards moving ahead (like the way judges pass sentences and the non-relevance of the Criminal Code\u2019s punishments in the link below which however set England back 10 steps for the above 1 step forward.\n\nMake sense \u2013 an apology by the offender and maybe an hour of clean up work AT MOST, instead of enriching the prison system and burdening the tax payers for 6 months or food, housing and guarding would suffice. No fines applicable because it was not about the money, imprisonmeenty is entirely unrelated to an attitude of taking a bottle of water \u2018in the chaos\u2019. How much did the offender harm society? In fact ask the shop keeper if he would treat someone to a bottle of water. And for this a 6 month jail term is applied? So much for the judgment of judges. Justice denied, or was the lawyer representing the offender asleep or too block headed to think outside the box of a failed criminal code that should be amended? It\u2019s all about ethos and \u2018carrying balls\u2019 rather than logos in English courts then? Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Bottle of water for bottle of water. The taxpayers lose but the prison contractors laugh all the way to the bank. There are more honest ways of making a living or dispensing government monies than creating a jail and citizen imprisonment based economy."}
-{"text": "Today i\u2019ll be sharing with you a 100% working [trick] tutorial to download iReff for PC, Android or Windows smartphone. But before having a look at the tutorial, let\u2019s first know what this software is all about? Well, iReff is an application that finds the best possible recharge plan for your smartphone or a tablet (with voice calling abilities).\n\nWith iReff, you can get details on top-up vouchers, combo vouchers, special tariff vouchers, full talk-time vouchers for any telecom operator. This app was first launched for Android platform and is now available for Windows phone OS. This Android software comes with the ability to fetch latest recharge plans of all major Indian telecom operators (Tata Docomo, Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Loop Mobile , uninor, Virgin mobile,\u2026etc). As there\u2019s no official app available to install this app on PC, you\u2019ll need to follow any of the below listed tutorials to use this app on your computer (Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1 or Vista) or laptop.\n\nNote: iReff for Android and Windows smartphones/tablets can be downloaded absolutely free through the below links-"}
-{"text": "California budget \u2018example\u2019 needs closer examination\n\nKathleen Parker seems enthralled with California Gov. Jerry Brown\u2019s ability to get that state\u2019s budget balanced and implement (supposedly) restraints on spending. Before the good people of Wyoming consider taking some of Brown\u2019s medicine, perhaps they might want to consider some facts from the once-Golden State as reported by Thomas Del Beccaro in Forbes Magazine.\n\nWhile Parker seems enamored with Brown\u2019s production of a $6 billion surplus, she neglects the fact that the California public employee retirement fund is said to be underfunded by $329 billion and that medical benefits are said to be $64 billion in the red. By Brown\u2019s own assessment, the medical deficit is expected to grow 59 percent in the next four years.\n\nConsider also that California has the highest income taxes in the country, the highest gas taxes, the most regulations of any state, and the fourth-highest unemployment rate. All that despite California\u2019s having oil reserves of tremendous magnitude.\n\nHowever, the California fringe environmental lobby has ensured that this huge shale formation will lie untapped and up to $25 billion in state and local taxes and almost three million jobs will not materialize \u2013 all due to ideological irrationality by the Democrat Party as presided over by Brown.\n\nAdd to the above the fact that four million taxpayers (myself included) and a large number of companies have moved away from California since 1998, most to sanity-friendly states. The total unfunded liability in California (state, county, and municipal) is said to exceed $1 trillion. A paltry $6 billion short-term surplus won\u2019t put a dent in that.\n\nThe jury is most certainly still out on whether Brown and his beloved party will in fact be able to stabilize California\u2019s economic and fiscal woes in the long term. Based on my 30 years in California and on the factual record taken in its totality, I would advise folks in conservative states to beware of those recommending approaches to \u201csolving\u201d problems until we see whether or not such problems are indeed solved, or whether they are just being kicked down the road out of political expediency."}
-{"text": "Instructions:\nPreheat oven to 375.\nPound and tenderize the chicken to flatten.\nSpray foil and lay chicken out flat.\nPlace spinach in center of chicken pieces, cover with cheese.\nSprinkle with desired spices and a little of sauce.\nRoll up chicken around filling, then drizzle with more sauce and spices.\nWrap tight in foil.\nBake for 20 minutes of until cooked through.\n\nApril 23, 2013\n\nInstructions:\nPreheat oven to 375. Lightly mist a large piece of foil with cooking spray, place chicken in center, brush with mustard, wrap tightly in pouch. Cook for 20 mins or until cooked through. Steam asparagus to serve as side."}
-{"text": "I was reading an article, the writer seems to suggest that these \u2018insane ones\u2019 \u2013 for lack of a better word- believe they are going to win,that is, cause wars and death and then get away with it!!!! If they did win, it would be going against divine laws \u2013 ACTION REACTION\u2019. The Laws of Karma. The Laws of the Universe \u2013 As you sow so shall you reap- remember. These people are enjoying their last days. The question for us is DO WE WANT TO HUNT WITH HOUNDS AND pretend to RUN WITH THE DEER?!!!Not possible.\n\nAll evidence indicates -from the Bible to other scripts etc \u2013 these insane people know their time is up -as WE all have been living on borrowed time. They can not LIVE ON this PLANET BECAUSE THE VIBRATIONS OF THIS PLANET WILL MAKE THIS IMPOSSIBLE -LOVE- THEY know this WE just laugh at our ignorance!!I-they know this. They just want to cause as much destruction as possible before they are finally removed, The big question for us is how many of US want to join them THESE INSANE WAR HUNGARY SICK ENTITIES???\n\nService Love etc anything that bring more LIGHT to this world is necessary or we will be joining these insane ones\u2026.!! PEACE LOVE SERVICE to other people -"}
-{"text": "Gracing our pages again are top\npop band the Dum Dums. Fresh from supporting Robbie Williams on his arena\ntour we talk about the on going feudes with A1 and King Adora. Also look\nout for fresh new lyrics courtesy of Ad Lib in a new song called \"Genitals\nDay\". Read on for madness and strange goings on in the Dum Dums camp.\n\nQ: Dum Dums going all sensitive\nwith \"Army of Two\". Surely it can't be true?Josh: \"Army of Two\" is about\ngoing to war, the things that happenned in Vietnam, Viet com and the troops\nand the mooks and the jerk Americans who were fighting. Its just about\nthe whole idea of one love or one person for the rest of your life - a\nvietnamies girl called Yoko and unfortnuately she didn't make it, but we\nstill love her.\n\nStuart: The thing is that\nalthough she didn't make it, we managed to actually keep one of her legs\nin a jar. The only thing we have left of Yoko and we treasure it. Everytime\nwe look at it we think \"Ah!!! Yoko, what a beautiful thing\". Were releasing\nit for Jellantines day. For all the Jellantines out there.\n\nGentitals day - a public dayWhere everyone flashes their\ngenitalia at the childrenAt the high school, uptown\n- With your pants down!!!Dancing around, wiggling\nit aboutWhen your dick falls out.\n\nQ: Going back to the Robbie tour.\nHow did it all go?Steve: It was good. I tell\nyou what we played more football than music though. We were playing football\neveryday - about 2 or 3 matches. He basically worked out after one gig\nthat we were geting up onstage in front of 15,000 people and kicking ass.\nSo he thought \"What I will do now. I'll play an hour of football with them\nbefore they go on stage so they're knackered. They'll be even more knackered\nafter the gig so he played us straight after the gig. He knew then that\nA) It would limit are strength during the gig and B) It would give him\nmore of an option to take hold of the game afterwards\n\nJosh: We were a lot better\nplayers. Robbie doesn't know that much about football, he makes out he\nknows a bit but he doesn't actually. He surrounds himself with good players\nso they had the edge slightly. Robbie need to learn a bit more skills and\nthings like that - I don't think he realises that you can't use your hands.\n\nSteve: Crispian Mills was\nalright as well, he didn't play any football though.\n\nQ: These feuds with everyone\n(A1, King Adora). Whats all that about?Josh: A1 aren't a band so\nthey don't count. King Adora are alright, they just slagged us off behind\nour backs. There's no need for us to slag off King Adora because they're\nnot doing anything and they're about to fade off into obscurity. I'd rather\nslag off A1, we've slagged of A1 so much that the first question they get\nasked in interviews if \"What's this between you and the Dum Dums?\"\n\nSteve: Just to set the record\nstraight on King Adora though. It is mainly to do with the fact that we\ndid build them up to start with - we gave them good single reviews in Melody\nMaker and the like; did a gig with them and they were really nice - then\nthe next day we opened NME it was Dum Dums this, Dum Dums that. We were\njust like \"you bunch of anorexic trannies\".\n\nQ: Why do you keep changing direction\nfrom indie band to pop band and vice versa and was that the reason for\ncancelling the Smash Hits tour?Josh: We were never on the\nSmash Hits Tour. People were saying we were on it and everytime it was\nlike, what? From the beginning we've always done what we wanted to do,\nits not like we have changed. We set our agenda about what we wanted to\ndo from playing CD:UK to Nickolodean and various indie people tend to be\nvery scepticle about that.\n\nWe've had to do it the hard way because there hasn't been\nthat many journalist gunning on our side. Basically what we've had to go\naround and play are balls of to everybody we meet. Radio 1 didn't even\nplay our last 2 singles and they still got in the charts.\n\nQ: How do you survive the kids\nTV shows?Josh: Most of the kids &\nbreakfast TV presenters are really, really wicked. You can tell the ones\nthat are going to be cool - Ant & Dec, Dermot Oleary - they're well\ninto their music.....\n\nSteve: .... Donna Air's a\nlittle bit dizzy. She asked us \"who did everything originally?\" when we\nfirst went on the Big Breakfast - thanks for reading the biog, love. And\nyou know the story about her asking the Corrs how they got their name and\nhow they got together.\n\nJosh: All the guys on UK\nPlay are cool. Vernon Kay doesn't seem that confident of himself, it seemed\nlike that when we did FBI anyway. He hides behind that Britpop haircut\nof his!!!! But he wants to get in a band and play guitar for us. There's\na guy called Vernon Kay who keeps coming on our message board and saying\nhe loves us - I don't think its the same guy though.\n\nQ: Looking back at the year 2000.\nWhat were the highlights?Josh: Getting the \"4 Real\"\nfront cover of Melody Maker was cool. Oh poor Manics fans, don't get upset\nit was a joke!!! There were people writing to Melody Maker really upset,\nthen there was normal Manics fans writing to it saying \"Why you stupid\nManics fans getting upset?\" - the typical Manics Fan / Melody Maker scenario.\n\nSteve: The next album's going\nto be more typical of our live shows. It will still be song based but it\nwill just be more heavier in the production.\n\nQ: And a final word from Stuart?Stuart: I agree with everything\nthey just said, apart from the bit about licking poo from dogs bum holes."}
-{"text": "More Views\n\nDetails\n\nJebao Bio Pressure Pond Cleaning Kit\n\nCBF-8000 UV Pond Filter with Jebao XTP 10000LPH Water Pump\n\nWhether you are thinking about creating a Pond, and want to effortlessly maintain it or whether you own a pond but it looks more like a green algae swamp instead of a sparkling water feature. The Jebao Pond Cleaning range of Pond Filters is your solution. With reliable and effective filter technology, the Jebao Back Flush Bio Pressure Filter range requires minimal maintenance effort whilst delivering astonishing filter results to give you more time to enjoy your pond.\n\nThe Jebao Back Flush Bio Pressure Filter range has an integral indicator, located at the back of the filter, to show you when cleaning is required. Through the simple clip design the included bio media is easily accessible for cleaning. The Clear hose tail will also assist in checking the UV bulbs operation and water quality. The Jebao Bio Pressure Filter range can be partially buried and less visible. The Jebao Bio Pressure range all have a 10 meter Power cord making it easy to reach your power point.\n\nBio Filter Features\n\nMulti Stage biological and mechanical filtration provides maximum pond filtration. The large foam surface provides increased filtration and beneficial bacteria growth. The included bio balls provide a high surface area for beneficial bacteria to thrive and naturally clean pond pollutants. The UV light includes special quartz glass, which does not diminish the ultra violet light to pass. This significantly increases the performance of your filter.\n\nWater Pump Features\n\nJEBAO XTP-10000 WATER PUMP\n\nThe XTP range has the latest water pump technology and ultra quite operation, the Jebao DC pump, provides great flow rates yet without the power consumption. . The ceramic shaft was designed to minimise wear and tear, leading to a longer lifetime operation. The Jebao can be used in fresh or in saltwater and has no copper element.\n\nHow does it work\n\nStage 1 - Mechanical Filtration\n\nWater is pumped into the filter creating the necessary pressure to begin the mechanical filtration stage. There are 2 phases in this stage namely coarse and fine sponges. Each phase uses a specially designed foam sponge to effectively remove all sizes of unwanted debris.\n\nStage 2 - Biological Filtration\n\nThe biological filtration stage begins when water reaches the bottom of the filter. In this stage the bio balls provide a habitat for beneficial bacteria growth. These bacteria naturally convert harmful ammonia and other wastes into healthy nitrates that fertilise aquatic plants and support a healthy pond environment.\n\nStage 3 - UV Filtration\n\nThe final stage uses a low voltage, Ultra Violet (UV) light located in the middle of your filter. Exposure to the UV light kills algae as the water passes upward through the filter on its way back to your pond.\n\nWhen choosing the appropriate pump size the following needs to be taken into consideration: hose length to filter, hose height to filter, hose diameter used, bends and angles in the hose to filter. All of these factors affect the end flow rate of the pump. As a guide, use the following calculations and match them to the head height values to cross reference end flow of the pump in l/ph.\n\nHead height refers to the height the pump must push water vertically to the filter however, other factors listed below also add to the ultimate head height values.\n\n\u2022 For every 1m of pipe is equivalent to 10cm of head height.\u2022 For every 1 size hose diameter reduced from the maximum outlet diameter of the pump is equivalent to 1m of head height.\u2022 For every 90 degree bend in the hose is equivalent to 1m head height.\u2022 For every 45 degree bend in the house is equivalent to 50cm of head height."}
-{"text": "Fujifilm has announced the new X-A1 camera, the fourth in the line of the mirrorless interchangeable lens X-series cameras and also the cheapest one so far.\n\nThe X-A1 has a 16.3 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with an ISO range of up to 25,600 and can shoot videos in 1080p at 30fps. On the back is a 3.0-inch, 920k dot display with tilt functionality. The X-A1 also has Wi-Fi to wirelessly upload images to social networking websites and to mobile devices using Fujifilm\u2019s app. Read more \u00bb\n\nCanon has developed a brand new 35 mm full-frame high sensitivity CMOS sensor, which they first announced back in March. The new sensor allows cameras to shoot in extremely low light situations where you\u2019d have a hard time seeing even with your naked eye.\n\nTo show off the capabilities of this new sensor, Canon shot a video of Yaeyama-hime fireflies at night in near total darkness. The ambient light that you see in the video below is less than 0.01 lux, which is practically pitch dark to human eye. Read more \u00bb\n\nThree companies, three approaches to the \u201cbest camera\u201d \u2013 Nokia uses a huge sensors with a staggering amount of pixels, HTC used fewer, but bigger pixels and Sony settled for something in between. So, how did it work out for the Japanese company?\n\nA shootout coming from Vietnam tries to provide an answer by pitting Sony\u2019s new hotness, the Xperia Z1, against the Nokia 808 PureView and the HTC One mini. Read more \u00bb\n\nApple just announced the new iPhone 5s and bragged about its improved iSight camera. The new unit has a wider aperture (F/2.2 vs. F/2.4 for the iPhone 5) and \u201c15% larger pixels\u201d (1.5\u00b5m, up from 1.4\u00b5m). Feast your eyes on the first official camera samples from the new iPhone.\n\nBy the way, Apple skirted the subject a bit but the camera still shoots 8MP stills. Read more \u00bb\n\nOlympus has outed its new Micro Four Thirds camera flagship called E-M1. It brings along a 16.3 MP Live MOS sensor with on-chip phase detection, promising faster focusing. There\u2019s also a new electronic viewfinder, touch-sensitive tilting LCD and rugged body capable of withstanding water, dust and freezing temperatures.\n\nThe Olympus E-M1 will become available in October with a body-only price of $1399.99/\u00a31299.99. UK customers that pre-order prior to launch have a chance to get the HLD-7 battery grip for free. Read more \u00bb\n\nThe launch of Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera might just be around the corner as the official press images along with the release info have been leaked.\n\nThe upcoming mirrorless camera is said to be built around the FUJIFILM X series camera. The X-A1 will feature an interchangeable lens design, a large senor and the APS-C CMOS EXR processor. Read more \u00bb\n\nSony has officially announced a new Action Cam model \u2013 HDR AS30V. The latest model is said to offer high-performance and a few new features like easy share via Wi-Fi, NFC one-touch remote, GPS, high resolution images and optional wearable live-view remote.\n\nSony\u2019s Action Cam HRD-AS30V, the point-of-view video camera is designed exclusively to shoot full HD 1080p videos comes with an advanced design and optics. The Action Cam will come with a ruggedized waterproof housing, which is 35% lighter and 25% smaller than the previous models. Read more \u00bb\n\nFellow tech journalists have obtained a working unit DSC-QX10 we can see a lot of photos comparing the accessory-slash-standalone-camera with a number of top tier smartphone cameras and some high-quality dedicated shooters.\n\nThe lens style camera has a high resolution of 18.2 MP and some 10x optical zoom, a built-in battery and a memory card slot.Still, as the preview confirms, in terms of image quality, it\u2019s not much better than a 13MP high-end smartphone. Read more \u00bb\n\nSony isn\u2019t doing a great job of keeping those QX cameras secret \u2013 the press release for them plus the complete specifications have leaked, including pricing, and it\u2019s still hours before the announcement event even starts. And yesterday we saw the promo video, too.\n\nMost of the specs we\u2019ve seen already, but there are questions regarding video recording and dimensions that had so far gone unanswered. And by the way, just for the record, the QX10 and QX100 are called \u201clens-style cameras\u201d. Read more \u00bb\n\nA disobedient promo video for Sony\u2019s attachable camera modules, the CyberShot QX100 and QX10, has jumped over the virtual fence and gives us a minute and a half look of one of Sony\u2019s big announcements tomorrow (the other being the Xperia Z1 / Honami).\n\nThe QX devices are cameras that have been stripped down to the basics \u2013 lens, sensor and power to keep it all going. Read more \u00bb\n\nSony\u2019s QX detachable lens modules should be unveiled tomorrow at the company\u2019s IFA event, but what they look like will not be a surprise \u2013 with today\u2019s leak, virtually all press images of both models have leaked.\n\nBesides looks, the images give out some of the vital specs and reveal a new way to attach the module to an Xperia Z1 (Honami). Read more \u00bb\n\nWe have been hearing about and seen some images of Sony\u2019s outlandish camera accessory for smartphones that is basically a giant camera that snaps onto the back of your existing smartphone. Now we have some more images, along with the prices these devices will be selling for.\n\nAs we had learned before, there will be two of these, with varying specifications. Named the SmartShot QX10 and the SmartShot QX100, the former will have an 18 megapixel sensor with f/3.3-5.9 optics whereas the latter will have a 20.2 megapixel camera with f/1.8-4.9 optics. Read more \u00bb\n\nSony\u2019s unusual lens-cameras look like eccentric gadgets but early pricing rumors have them priced quite reasonably. They will come in high-end and entry-level options, helping push people who might be on the fence.\n\nThe high-end model \u2013 the QX100 \u2013 will reportedly use the same 1\u2033 sensor and optically stabilized lens with F/1.8 aperture and 3.6x zoom as the Sony RX100M II. Read more \u00bb\n\nSony has announced two new mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, one each in their NEX and Alpha series of cameras. The NEX-5T is the successor to the NEX-5R launched last year. It\u2019s mostly similar but adds some new features such as NFC.\n\nAs you can imagine, the NFC allows you to instantly pair the camera with your Android smartphone and transfer images over Wi-Fi using Sony\u2019s PlayMemories Camera app, which is also available on iOS. Other than that the NEX-5T has a 16.1 megapixel APS HD CMOS sensor with 99-point Fast Hybrid auto focus system that combines phase detection and contrast detection autofocus methods for quick and reliable focussing. Read more \u00bb"}
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-{"text": "If you would like to register, please email 2 preferred usernames to oceanfisher@gmail.com. You will be registered and sent instructions.\nTo start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nLemur Wheelz\n\nFine\n\nWe've all probably heard the mnemonic for FINE: f-@!ed up insecure neurotic and emotional. In the spirit of positive thinking, something I've been working on a lot as a part time pessimist, I've come up with a new one, FINE: fiercely independent naturally empowered. It may need some work to really pop, but I feel it's an improvement to the above definition that constantly left me feeling like there was something I needed to apologize for or improve about myself.\n\nWe're all works in progress. We are all constantly changing. None of us is the same person we were a decade ago. I know I'm not, and though there are days I miss what I could do then, the psychological changes I've gone through thus far on this journey have made me who I am now. My body is weaker, but my mind is stronger. I push myself more now than I ever had to before. Many here do, and I think we need to own that. So, I'm fiercely independent naturally empowered and if I can do it on my own, I will thank you very much...wouldn't you?\n\nThat doesn't mean I don't ask for help when I need it. I do on my terms. It's just a reminder to myself that I work hard to maintain as much independence as possible and a reminder it's my choice, my decision when I ask for help, and that is perfectly okay. So, if I am in a lot of pain, my muscles are weak and I waited too long to pee, but I'm going to gather my strength, transfer out of bed, wheel to the toilet and back anyway, that is FINE. I am proud to be fine. I hope each and every one of you are as well!! \ud83d\ude01"}
-{"text": "About Hotel Cort\n\nHotel Cort is a four star hotel with cosy rooms and has an excellent location just a few steps from the Town Hall of Palma. The nearby places of interest include the Church of Santa Eulalia, The Mercat Square and the great Palm Plaza.\n\nThe rooms offer an ideal environment for a peaceful rest. Each of the 16 rooms has charging stations for your mobile devices as well as a TV with access to cable channels. Also you can be permanently connected from your mobile phone or tablet with a free Internet connection service. Each room has a private bathroom equipped with everything you need for your personal hygiene. Every day it offers a delicious breakfast, included in the price of the reservation.\n\nThe hotel has facilities such as an outdoor swimming pool and a terrace from where you can enjoy beautiful panoramic views of the city. At the restaurant of the hotel you will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of Mediterranean and international cuisine.\n\nReception opens 24 hours. Complementary services such as laundry, Internet access in public areas, booking tickets for theaters and tourist attractions and transport to the Airport (on request) is offered.\n\nGeneral facilities\n\nRooms services\n\nWIFI/Internet\n\nCredit cards\n\nPets\n\nBack\n\nFacilities offered by Hotel Cort\n\n24-hour front desk\n\nBar/lounge\n\nBeach/pool umbrellas\n\nConcierge services\n\nDry cleaning/laundry service\n\nElevator/lift\n\nFree Wi-Fi\n\nFree breakfast\n\nLaundry facilities\n\nLuggage storage\n\nMultilingual staff\n\nOne meeting/conference room\n\nPool sun loungers\n\nRestaurant\n\nRoom service (24 hours)\n\nSmoke-free property\n\nSwimming pool - outdoor\n\nTerrace\n\nTours/ticket assistance\n\nHotel Cort rooms facilities and services\n\nAir conditioning\n\nBathrobes\n\nBathtub or shower\n\nBlackout drapes/curtains\n\nClimate control\n\nCoffee/tea maker\n\nComplimentary toiletries\n\nDaily housekeeping\n\nDigital TV service\n\nFlat-panel TV\n\nFree Wi-Fi\n\nHair dryer\n\nIn-room massage available\n\nIn-room safe\n\nIron/ironing board (on request)\n\nMinibar\n\nPhone\n\nPillow menu\n\nPrivate bathroom\n\nSlippers\n\nTurndown service\n\niPad\n\nWIFI/Internet\n\nFREE! WIFI is available in the hotel rooms and is free of charge.\n\nPets conditions in Hotel Cort\n\nPet maximum weight in kg is 8\n\nPet maximum weight in lb is 18\n\nOnly service dogs are allowed\n\nBack\n\nCheck-in and check-out instructions\n\nArrival and departure times\n\nCheck-out time is 12:00:00\n\nMinimum check-in age is 18\n\n24-hour check-in 24-hour check-in\n\nRequired at check-in moment\n\nBack\n\nHotel Cort conditions\n\nKnow Before You Go\n\nCash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.\n\nFeesThe following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.\n\nRollaway bed fee: EUR 100.0 per day\n\nThe above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change. Mandatory Fees and TaxesYou'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property:\n\nA tax is imposed by the local government and will be collected at the property. The tax is reduced by 50% after the 8th night of stay and children under 16 years of age are exempt. Other exemptions and reductions may apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.\n\nA tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 30 April, EUR 0.83 per person, per night , up to 9 nights, and EUR 0.41 thereafter. This tax does not apply to children under 16 years of age.\n\nA tax is imposed by the city: From 1 May - 31 October, EUR 3.30 per person, per night, up to 9 nights, and EUR 1.65 thereafter. This tax does not apply to children under 16 years of age.\n\nWe have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.\n\nWe guarantee\n\nSafety first: we provide to our customers the latest technologies in security online, your personal and banking data are protected at any time by SSL connections.\n\nPersonal data protection: ebooking.com only use your personal data to process and ensure your booking, are never shared with third parties.\n\nBookings free of charge: ebooking.com never will charge fees for its services in your credit card."}
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There are fixed rate mortgages and adjustable rate mortgages available, as well as loans with lower interest rates specially designed for purchasers of high-value property.\n\nOther loans from US Bank include construction loans, mortgages for veterans and active duty military, and loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). US Bank also offers a handy online prequalification feature, allowing borrowers to prequalify for a loan within minutes.\n\nHome loans offered by US Bank\n\nHere are some of the different home loan options offered by US bank:\n\nConventional Fixed Rate Mortgages\n\nOffering the security and convenience of a fixed interest rate, a US Bank Conventional Fixed Rate Mortgage usually offers a lower rate than a Jumbo, FHA, or US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mortgage. You can take out a fixed loan for a period of 10, 15, 20, or 30 years, and most loans require a down payment of 5% or more. 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-{"text": "Dirk, where do you get off speaking to Dick like this? He is suposed to supply you with what you need because you are to lazy to learn or unable to learn about this topic? Dick has shared considerable knowledge here and on his website.\n\nGo buy a used device if you can't or won't do the work yourself, but, don't blame Dick, or anyone else.\n\nKen\n\nYou misunderstand. I was not blaming anyone. I was saying that it is a shame that no one appeared to be taking the lead on this project in spite of the fact that there are many highly skilled designers on this thread. There are many other folks on this message board who are great leaders and provide designs and/or boards that are ready to go. Nelson Pass is one of them, for example. Why not some good DIY test gear also? That's all I'm saying.\n\nDick has designed an apparently outstanding notch filter with a lot of documentation and it's great he's done that but there are no boards that I know of that I can buy and assemble. Having a great design is one thing, making it into a real piece of gear is another. Dick has been extremely generous with his web site and his contributions here, but I'm not about to try to make my own board from his designs because I'm not confident that anything I would produce would work well. I've only done basic things in Pad2Pad for example, and I make mistakes often.\n\nIt's not that we don't want to sell you boards. It just that our designs are still in the making. I'm not really speaking for everyone else.\n\nWe can't really take Bob's design and make boards for it and sell them.\nAlthough if you look around the forum you will find that some have offered boards for there interpretations of Bob's oscillator. Maybe they still have some boards kicking around.\n\nThis is a DIY forum. A place to exchange knowledge, ideas and engage in technical discussion. It's really about doing it for yourself.\n\nIf you want help, you have been offered plenty. If you want boards you'll just have to wait until someone offers them.\nYou seem to reject everything offered to you so why would we trust you would buy our design if it were offered.\n\nWhat we put up here is up for grabs by anyone. The next thing we know is someone slapping a patent on or taking credit for something novel we've done.\nIt has happened.\n\nWell, you don't have to worry about me stealing any ideas because I can't get a patent. I work there, but I understand your concern. The simple solution is to file a patent application as soon as you think you have something unique, even if the application is incomplete.\n\nI know people have offered help here and I am grateful for that. No one has stated that boards are forthcoming, except in a very vague way, so how would I know that something is happening? Why do you assume I reject other people's ideas? I'm in the process of making a board for Coluke's HP 239A clone, but I'm missing some information, for example. I bought Victor's oscillators on the recommendations from you guys, and I did it without thinking twice about it because I trusted you, but when I did think twice about it I realized how hard it is to use what he has produced.\n\nIf this forum was purely about doing it ourselves then there wouldn't be so many boards and kits for sale here, and the site itself sells Nelson Pass amplifiers in it's own store! So no, this isn't even \"mostly\" about DIY. There's a whole vendor's forum here with countless items for sale.\n\nAnyone can ask Bob for permission to take his design and make a board for sale if the want to. It's been 30 years since it was designed. I would think he wouldn't have a problem with it since he doesn't offer boards for it either.\n\nI know Victors modules are a bit unconventional but mounting them really is intended to be a few round holes (rca jacks, level control and mounting screw (ground). I have made several suggestions for the 35V issue and at least one guy has successfully mounted a module is a cookie tin (good excuse to buy some) and is running it off of 4 9V batteries.\n\nI think you are looking more for a kit like a Velleman where most of engineering is done and its kitted and just waiting to go into a chassis. This may happen here but it could take a while.\n\nI'm here for the intellectual exercise. I see the interesting and big challenge is an ultra low distortion oscillator that doesn't need exotic stuff to calibrate or optimize. Samuel's targets are quite reasonable except I would ratchet up the flatness spec. Its really nice to just know that the error is essentially zero.\n\nI think the targets can be met and without adjustments if the AGC element can be made to be really transparent. The State Variable has the best chance because the distortion from the AGC is low pass filtered twice. I think the Intersil sample and hold is a good option even at $8.00 since its still current production and available. The opto AGC can work but its time constants are long and it has a high voltage co-efficient making for distortion proportional to signal.\n\nTuning is a big challenge. It requires either a lot of parts or precision variable parts (pricing a dual gang precision pot can be shocking). Switches and relays are also expensive. This is why reclaiming a chassis with suitable components can be very attractive. The Heathkit would not be my first choice but its not bad. A board that could drop in and work in one would be pretty slick.\n\nFailing that option a lot of decisions about what is needed are required. Continuous tuning is a big issue to address. A set of cardinal frequencies could make a lot of sense. Match those to a twin t filter with some signal conditioning and it could be very useful front end to a soundcard + fft.\n\nWell, as I said, I bought Victor's oscillator without really thinking it through. I know that I could get a faceplate made that would look super but for some reason I resist the idea. Drilling at intervals of 0.5mm is beyond my ability, since I can't even see that close. I know I can take a file and fiddle stuff, but then it looks ugly. When you put four 9V rechargeable batteries in series, you don't get 36V. It's not even close. It's outside of Victor's spec on input voltage. I did it, and I got 32 point something volts, which is apparently too low for his oscillator. I bought super hi zoot ($$) 9V Lithium ion batteries too.\n\nThanks for sharing all of the issues with making a good oscillator. I don't understand a lot of them, but I would add balanced outputs to the list of desired features. I know I can make a separate board myself that will do that so it's no big deal to me.\n\nI'd be happy with a board and BOM, as I've said. It doesn't have to be a complete kit like what Velleman offers.\n\nBut, I think everyone's right. I am too stupid and too inexperienced to participate in this thread, so I'll just say goodbye and good luck for now. Sorry if anyone was offended by my remarks.\n\nWell, you don't have to worry about me stealing any ideas because I can't get a patent. I work there, but I understand your concern. The simple solution is to file a patent application as soon as you think you have something unique, even if the application is incomplete.\n\nI know people have offered help here and I am grateful for that. No one has stated that boards are forthcoming, except in a very vague way, so how would I know that something is happening? Why do you assume I reject other people's ideas? I'm in the process of making a board for Coluke's HP 239A clone, but I'm missing some information, for example. I bought Victor's oscillators on the recommendations from you guys, and I did it without thinking twice about it because I trusted you, but when I did think twice about it I realized how hard it is to use what he has produced.\n\nIf this forum was purely about doing it ourselves then there wouldn't be so many boards and kits for sale here, and the site itself sells Nelson Pass amplifiers in it's own store! So no, this isn't even \"mostly\" about DIY. There's a whole vendor's forum here with countless items for sale.\n\nAnyone can ask Bob for permission to take his design and make a board for sale if the want to. It's been 30 years since it was designed. I would think he wouldn't have a problem with it since he doesn't offer boards for it either.\n\nSo, I hope this clears things up for you.\n\nActually Bobs sold quite a lot of boards for it after writing the article years ago.\n\nI think one aspect of this thread that is causing friction are the different unstated goals of various participants. Rather than trying to figure out those goals we should describe the target use of the device, REMEMBER ITS JUST A TOOL!. While there is intellectual satisfaction in going further past the edge of the art if you have a wrench adequate to tightening or loosening a nut a better wrench won't do a better job of the task.\n\nUltra low distortion oscillators are relevant to measuring distortion. Typically these devices are less well suited to general purpose oscillator functions, like finding the resonance of a driver and because of frequency limits, the overall response of a circuit. For me the utility today of one of these is evaluating ADC circuits and to a lesser degree analog amplifiers. I have not encountered (even in ultra high end) amps and preamps that are within 30 dB of these distortion goals. Not even close. So my Boonton with its -100 dB THD+Noise is adequate to those tasks. For measurements of really low distortion chains you don't need to have continuous tuning (I can't think of a mechanism in a linear system that would have the distortion change a lot with small frequency changes). This suggests to me that a few cardinal frequencies with a matched twin t filter would be really useful. Reducing the complexity makes the device much more accessible. Making the source floating would make it useful for balanced or unbalanced applications.\n\nThat's my use case for these devices. Who has others? more input would help narrow the actual requirements, which in turn can lead to something that really can be made.\n\nWell, as I said, I bought Victor's oscillator without really thinking it through. I know that I could get a faceplate made that would look super but for some reason I resist the idea. Drilling at intervals of 0.5mm is beyond my ability, since I can't even see that close. I know I can take a file and fiddle stuff, but then it looks ugly. When you put four 9V rechargeable batteries in series, you don't get 36V. It's not even close. It's outside of Victor's spec on input voltage. I did it, and I got 32 point something volts, which is apparently too low for his oscillator. I bought super hi zoot ($$) 9V Lithium ion batteries too.\n\nThanks for sharing all of the issues with making a good oscillator. I don't understand a lot of them, but I would add balanced outputs to the list of desired features. I know I can make a separate board myself that will do that so it's no big deal to me.\n\nI'd be happy with a board and BOM, as I've said. It doesn't have to be a complete kit like what Velleman offers.\n\nBut, I think everyone's right. I am too stupid and too inexperienced to participate in this thread, so I'll just say goodbye and good luck for now. Sorry if anyone was offended by my remarks.\n\nI think your perspective is useful even if sometimes inelegantly expressed. Also some of us presume a level of understanding that eludes many and makes it difficult to catch up if you aren't already there. (I barely understand PID stabilization and would not presume to explain details so you are not alone in bits of this going over your head.)\n\nAs Samuel said making ultra low distortion oscillators is really challenging. Its all in the details. I hope we will have a basic PCB that provides an oscillator and provisions for tuning at some point. In threads like this that can take months.\n\nI hope Dennis posts on his experience with the Victor oscillator soon.\n\nI'd like to note that it is not that difficult to make a point-to-point wiring version of Bob Cordell's PCB layout on perf board, and Steve Lafferty Modifications: Heathkit IG-18 Audio Generator did it nicely the same way for his HP 339A clone -- it is not magic. Steve's layout would fit nicely into many different enclosure types, and switching is just not that complicated.\n\nThat said, getting something that looks like a Tek SG-505 is no small task. I'm content with tuna cans and cookie tins, and knobs scavenged from old gear or from Radio Shack. But I'm a geezer who started breadboarding when breadboards were actually breadboards -- I used bare thumbtacks stuck in the board to solder parts to. Sometimes, if your standards are high, you just have to buy instrument-grade stuff.\n\nI can read the Adobe schematic files, for the rest I need a version of the software, it seems.Little hard for me to read the schematic, unless I print them..\nYou are so correct, to do a proper electronic design.you need lots of time and some times lots of $'s.\nI find building the libraries takes a lot of time. People take it for granted, until it is you who has to do the work. I never trust the libraries that come with all the CAD pkg's.\nAnyways, good luck with your oscillator project and make sure to post your results for us!!\nYes, I have learnt much from this thread. Good stuff everyone, wish I had more to add, sorry about that.\n\nRegards\nRick\n\nHello Rick,\nThanks for your kind words. I didn't think that the zip file had uploaded correctly. KiCad is worth investigating because it is open source and it works though it is a little different to other CAD systems which seem to annoy some people. I think that the file I uploaded was for version 0.1 of the PCB. I had to make some modifications to the schematic to make it work with some crude alterations to the PCB so beware. I also made a case and have a Google SketchUp drawing of that. I will try to upload the modified version of the project.\n\nWell, as I said, I bought Victor's oscillator without really thinking it through. I know that I could get a faceplate made that would look super but for some reason I resist the idea. Drilling at intervals of 0.5mm is beyond my ability, since I can't even see that close. I know I can take a file and fiddle stuff, but then it looks ugly. When you put four 9V rechargeable batteries in series, you don't get 36V. It's not even close. It's outside of Victor's spec on input voltage. I did it, and I got 32 point something volts, which is apparently too low for his oscillator. I bought super hi zoot ($$) 9V Lithium ion batteries too.\n\nPersonally I find these comments ridiculous. It may look ugly if you file the faceplate, but who cares as long as it is functional? This is a tool, not art design. And for the supply issue, Victor kindly published the schematics and it can be seen it runs off of two 15V shunt regs, so you can easily modify this 35V thing to be fed from any split or single rail power supply, say a simple PSU with two 18V regs. Or use one more 9V block and slightly increase R32&R33 (if even necessary at all)...\nEDIT: Or try decrease shunt regs to +-13V and use your 4 9V blocks, I don't think it will give any penalty in performance and the range of R16 should still sufficient.\n\nVictor's oscillator is the bomb, nuff said. Ridiculously low distortion, and I managed to easily put it in a Hammond enclosure, looks nice in my opinion.\n\nAs others have noted, if you want <0.00003% distortion, continuously variable freq from 10Hz to 100 kHz shows you don't really understand what you are asking for, nor are you going to properly apply it. For making ultra-precision measurements with ultra-accurate notch filters, there is only a need for a few (less than 4) fixed frequencies. When you NEED continuously variable, you shouldn't need ultra-low distortion.\n\nDirk, I don't think you have been fair to the contributors on this site. No one needs to dedicate their time to your pet project; few people need what you are asking for; they understand the applications don't require continuous adjustability.\n\nThank you, Victor, for the most impressive yet practical oscillator I have ever come across, for such a low price! I may come back for another frequency some day."}
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Talk to the manager about your ideal schedule.\n\nResume experience \u2013 build up communication and sales skills that look great on any high school graduate\u2019s resume.\n\nOpportunity for Advancement \u2013 opportunities to move into career positions, even for part timers.\n\nRequirements:\n\nEnjoys working with people\n\nAt least 18 or a high school graduate\n\nConditions apply\n\nWilling to learn and apply new skills\n\nAble to interview within the next 7 to 10 days (students can start after finals)\n\nWho can do well here:\n\nPeople who do well with us have experience in just about every field you can imagine \u2013 cashier at Aldi, administrative assistant at a local law firm, server at a food restaurant like Buffalo Wild Wings, worked fast food at Wendys or McDonalds, worked retail at Target, was a barista at Starbucks, worked in an Amazon warehouse, or a receptionist at a doctor\u2019s office.\n\nEven if all your past experience is just a temp job, babysitting, landscaping, internship, work from home, office work, or customer service we can train you to do well with us.\n\nIf you think you would be a good fit for our company fill out a quick application (usually takes about a minute or two) and someone will follow up with you about your interview request.\n\nVector Marketing is interviewing for entry level sales positions to be filled immediately. Great starting base pay. Flexible schedules \u2013 work around classes and other commitments. No experience is needed, all training and tools are provided.\n\nWe are currently filling seasonal, part time, and full time positions. Basic responsibilities include meeting with customers one on one, explaining our American made CUTCO products, and writing up any orders. Most of our sales representatives start with no experience, just need to be comfortable working with people.\n\nBenefits:\n\nExcellent training \u2013 our company that has been around for over 35 years has been training people to do well before they get started, even if they don\u2019t have any sales experience.\n\nGreat starting base pay \u2013 not based on sales or results, incentives available based on performance.\n\nFlexible work \u2013 interview now, start after finals. Schedule around classes and other obligations. Talk to the manager about your ideal schedule.\n\nResume experience \u2013 build up communication and sales skills that look great on any high school graduate\u2019s resume.\n\nOpportunity for Advancement \u2013 opportunities to move into career sales positions, even becoming a manger (starting at the entry level position).\n\nRequirements:\n\nEnjoys working with people\n\nAt least 18 or a high school graduate\n\nConditions apply\n\nWilling to learn and apply new skills\n\nAble to interview within the next 7 to 10 days (students can start after finals)\n\nWho can do well here:\n\nThis entry level sales position is a good fit for people who are looking to make some extra income in the upcoming year. Great for a student looking for work on their holiday break or part time around classes. It doesn\u2019t matter if you have a Bachelor\u2019s Degree, an Associate\u2019s Degree, or no degree at all - we can train you to do well with us.\n\nPeople who do well with us have experience in just about every field you can imagine \u2013 cashier at Aldi, administrative assistant at a local law firm, server at a food restaurant like Buffalo Wild Wings, worked fast food at Wendys or McDonalds, worked retail at Target, was a barista at Starbucks, worked in an Amazon warehouse, or a receptionist at a doctor\u2019s office.\n\nEven if all your past experience is just a temp job, babysitting, landscaping, internship, work from home, office work, or customer service we can train you to do well with us.\n\nIf you think you would be a good fit for our company fill out a quick application (usually takes about a minute or two) and someone will follow up with you about your interview request.\n\nOur Internships play an integral role in the success of Enterprise and are a comprehensive introduction to our Management Training Program. For a college student, real-world professional business experience can put you above the rest when you enter the job market.\n\nIt's Business 101 on 10 cups of coffee\n\nOur interns go at a highly energized pace. From day one as a paid intern with Enterprise, you'll learn what it takes to run a successful business and acquire highly marketable skills and experience pertaining to every aspect of operating a business. And it's learning by doing, not by getting coffee or filing all day. Our college interns take on the same challenges as our first and second year full-time professionals. It's a team-based environment where the Enterprise employees are supportive and fun to work with.\n\nInternships are located throughout the South Tampa area at/near the location below.\n\nBranch 4216\n\n3605 US HWY 27 South\n\nSebring, FL 338701\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nWhen you join our Management Internship Program, you'll acquire highly marketable skills and experience pertaining to every aspect of running a successful business. You'll soon discover that every day is different because it is filled with so many new, exciting, rewarding and often unexpected challenges. There is one consistent aspect, however - everyday, you'll learn more about sales/marketing, customer service, business management, and administrative skills than you ever thought possible.\n\nAt Enterprise, you won't be a glorified gopher getting coffee or filing all day. Our interns go at the same energized pace and take on the same challenges and responsibilities as our Management Trainees.\n\nNot only is it a paid internship program, but interns may also be eligible for performance incentives and employee referral rewards. The business training you'll receive will be an amazing jumpstart to your career.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans\n\nQualifications:\n\nMust be enrolled in a bachelor's degree program with a graduation date no later than December 2019.\n\nMust have a minimum of 1 year relevant work/leadership experience (cumulative) in:\n\nEnterprise Rent-A-Car is the largest and fastest growing privately owned automotive rental and leasing company in the U.S. With over 7,000 branch offices worldwide, Enterprise ranks #1 in the Insurance Replacement Market with yearly revenues of over $10 billion.\n\nThe Service Agent cleans vehicles inside and out (vehicles may be cleaned by hand or by operating washing equipment). The Service Agent also performs regular maintenance (non-mechanical services), moves vehicles, and performs other duties assigned by the manager, all completed in a safe and timely manner.\n\nThis is a part time position with 20-25 hours per week and pays $10.25/hour.\n\nThis position is for our location in Winter Haven at the address below!\n\nBranch 4211\n\n470 Cypress Gardens Blvd\n\nWinter Haven, FL 33880\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nThe Service Agent is responsible for the care and maintenance of the cars on the lot. This includes vacuuming and prepping the cars, shuttling cars to and from car washes and dealerships for servicing, car transports to and from offices, checking fluid levels, and changing tires.\n\nIf you\u2019re looking to start your career with a company that grows their managers and leaders from within the organization, then the Enterprise Management Training Program is for you. Whether you see yourself in sales, business development, customer service or operations, this program will prepare you to create your ideal career. As a Management Trainee, you can count on a defined career trajectory with a clear beginning and an open end \u2014 meaning you can take your training and shape your future. And with our promote-from-within philosophy, you will have plenty of opportunities to advance without ever having to change companies.\n\nThis position offers a targeted annual compensation of $41,300.\n\nThis position is located at the address below however we have several opportunities available throughout the area including Auburndale and Lake Wales.\n\n470 Cypress Gardens Blvd.\n\nWinter Haven, FL 33880\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nAs a Management Trainee, you\u2019ll start learning our business from day one while based out of one of our neighborhood branches. You will be entrusted to serve as both the face of Enterprise to customers and partners and the behind-the-scenes operational expert. In our structured program, you will master the knowledge and skills you need to eventually run your own branch, cultivate new business and develop your team.\n\nIn our hands-on learning environment, you will receive the guidance, mentoring, and support you need to be successful. You will also get out into the community and establish the relationships essential to building your own business.\n\nWe\u2019ll teach you how to excel at customer service, sales and marketing, finance, and operations. And you\u2019ll learn what it means to always put our customers first. Ours is a culture of friendly competition, which is critical to growing our business \u2014 and your success.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans\n\nQualifications:\n\n4 Year Bachelor's Degree is required.\n\nMust also have a minimum of 1 year relevant work/leadership experience (cumulative) in:\n\nIf you\u2019re looking to start your career with a company that grows their managers and leaders from within the organization, then the Enterprise Management Training Program is for you. Whether you see yourself in sales, business development, customer service or operations, this program will prepare you to create your ideal career. As a Management Trainee, you can count on a defined career trajectory with a clear beginning and an open end \u2014 meaning you can take your training and shape your future. And with our promote-from-within philosophy, you will have plenty of opportunities to advance without ever having to change companies.\n\nThis position offers a targeted annual compensation of $41,300.\n\nThis position is located at the address below however we have several opportunities available throughout the area including Avon Park.\n\n3605 U.S. HWY 27 S\n\nSebring, FL 33870\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nAs a Management Trainee, you\u2019ll start learning our business from day one while based out of one of our neighborhood branches. You will be entrusted to serve as both the face of Enterprise to customers and partners and the behind-the-scenes operational expert. In our structured program, you will master the knowledge and skills you need to eventually run your own branch, cultivate new business and develop your team.\n\nIn our hands-on learning environment, you will receive the guidance, mentoring, and support you need to be successful. You will also get out into the community and establish the relationships essential to building your own business.\n\nWe\u2019ll teach you how to excel at customer service, sales and marketing, finance, and operations. And you\u2019ll learn what it means to always put our customers first. Ours is a culture of friendly competition, which is critical to growing our business \u2014 and your success.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans\n\nQualifications:\n\n4 Year Bachelor's Degree is required.\n\nMust also have a minimum of 1 year relevant work/leadership experience (cumulative) in:\n\nPurpose: Cashiers play a critical customer service role by providing customers with fast, friendly, accurate and safe service. They process Checkout and/or Return transactions, as well as monitor and maintain the Self-Checkout area.\n\nAbout Qkids Qkids is an interactive online teaching platform that connects English teachers to young language learners with fun, user-friendly software in real time. Guiding learners through a curriculum of fun, dynamic, and engaging narrative gaming\n\nJob ID: 147167 Lawn & Garden, a Division of Oldcastle APG, a CRH company, is one of the largest manufacturers of bagged and bulk decorative mulch, soil, stone, and limestone products in the nation with over 40 production facilities. We take pride in\n\n* Final Deadline: Friday, March 1st, 2019.Who We AreTeach For America (TFA) is a leadership development organization focused on the systemic challenges facing children growing up in poverty. While potential is equally distributed across lines of race\n\nMany companies today spend a small fortune on marketing and advertising efforts. Everyone from clothing manufacturers to breakfast cereal companies want to know what your preferences are as a consumer, and they want to know what it is about their\n\nLocation - United States - Survey Taker Up To $37 an Hour We are looking for people nationwide that are dependable interested in working from home or anywhere where you have an internet connection. Need to be able to take surveys daily."}
-{"text": "To edit the text in the left column, highlight and select the text and either type or paste in from a plain text editor. Do not paste from Word or a rich text editor as the formatting may be inserted. To insert a link in the right hand column, click in an empty space and use the Link Builder tool accessed from the editor toolbar. Links will automatically format. To change or replace the image, right click and select replace image from the context menu.To insert a caption in the right column, click in an empty space beneath a photo, and type your caption. You can use the text editing tools above to alter the text size and weight if necessary\n\nVillage Stories 2012\n\nnational village volunteer of the year nominee: Tom Boyden\n\nby Kristina Holland, Ashby Village Member and Volunteer\n\nAs Tom tells it, he began volunteering for Ashby Village when his all-knowing wife announced to him that he \"couldn't retire unless he found some place to volunteer at least eight hours a week\" and then directed him to Ashby Village. That was three years ago.\nFrom that first meeting, he was smitten, signing up to answer phones and give rides. After a few weeks he began taking on the role of everything from handyman to computer guru (for the office as well as for members), chauffeur to MedPal mentor, e-mail recruiter to outreach ambassador.\n\nTom quickly worked his way up to a regular schedule of five days a week, opening the office at 8, welcoming staff at 9 and \"clocking out\" at noon.\nTom really has found his calling as the \"go-to guy\" on hard-to-fill and last-minute assignments where \"getting to Yes\" is imperative, and as the indispensable follow-up caller whose warmth and natural love of people inspire prospective members to join the Village and reassure new members that this is the place where they belong.\n\nTom says he misses the early handyman experiences that so often touched him deeply. These days he finds equal pleasure in spending most of his time in the office--on the computer, making sure every member's needs are met; on the phone, enlisting last-minute help and arranging connections with the community; on a ladder, or on his back, wrestling tangled under-desk computer connections into miraculous working order.\n\nAs the staff member puts it, Tom wears so many hats at Ashby Village it would simply be impossible to replace him. And, luckily, it sounds like that won't be necessary. Tom says this is \"the best work experience of my life,\" and he plans to keep on doing it...\"until I can't.\"\n\nnational village photo contest finalist\n\nby Peter Sussman, Ashby Village Member\n\nWhen we think of villages, we don't always envision older people tracking the paths of hawks through a redwood forest, but in Ashby Village they do.\nAshby Village helps connect its diverse members through communal events, of course, but also - and every bit as important - through members' shared individual interests, in small groups initiated and shaped by members to reflect those interests.\n\nThrough its newsletter, website and recent \"Interest Faire\" barbecue, our village assists members in finding others who share their passions, among them bridge, modern poetry, knitting, photography, computers, painting and - among the earliest and most popular of the interest groups - nature walks.\n\nAudre and Roger Newman, world-traveling nature lovers, suggested the nature walks and have been energetic organizers of the group ever since.\nThe Newmans - shown here with Irene Marcos in one of our resplendent regional parks - have led walks through many of the natural wonders that encircle the urban core of our membership area, from a bird migration walk in a local marsh to a fern walk in a redwood forest and a wildflower walk in a hillside park, among others. Guest experts often serve as guides; one, a naturalist and gerontologist, led a tour through a park built on landfill, explaining not only the natural features but the park's historical and ecological context, including how methane gas is systematically released from the garbage dump on which the park was built.\n\nSometimes, prospective members join in the walks, forming friendships with current members who share their interests and sampling the pleasures of joining Ashby Village. The group's walks often end with the reading of a nature poem or, in one case, an essay on the pleasures of sauntering - as opposed to hiking - in natural surroundings. Afterward, the hiker/saunterers often like to share a lunch, deepening bonds formed on the trail.\nAt the end of one walk, a member read a poem by William Wordsworth celebrating daffodils. One of the walkers reported in our member newsletter: \"It was a foggy day at Inspiration Point, prompting each of us to feel as if we had 'wandered ... as a cloud,' as the poem says. We enjoyed the incomparable beauty of Tilden [Park] and shared thoughts, memories, and good conversation along the path. This richness of nature and of friendship continues each month.\"\n\nnone too early\n\nby Bob Davis, Ashby Village Board Member\n\nMy wife, Merle, and I were in our 80s when we attended our first Ashby Village Living Room Chat. It was 2009 and there were only about 30 members. It all seemed too good to be true.\nWe were doing fine on our own at the time. But because we live in the Berkeley Hills where we can\u2019t rely on public transportation, we knew the day might come when we couldn\u2019t get out and drive ourselves to wherever we needed or wanted to go. Everything about Ashby Village seemed so right, so we decided to join then, before we needed assistance. That way, if something happened so that we couldn\u2019t keep our cherished dream of aging together in our hillside home, we\u2019d be prepared.\n\nNeither of us believed that time would come so soon.\nSince joining Ashby Village, I have been a member of the board as well as an active volunteer. I have driven people to medical appointments, taken them shopping, and sat through an evening with a member whose husband underwent abdominal surgery. I was, to quote Joan Diamond, \"Paying forward for services I might need later.\"\n\nIn 2012, payback became a reality.\nOn Jan. 23, I had ankle replacement surgery at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. Because my right ankle was in a cast, I couldn\u2019t drive. Merle and I were stranded at home and dependent on others for all of our transportation needs. Naturally, I turned to Ashby Village for help, and they came through for me. I needed transportation to San Francisco to have a new cast put on and, six weeks later, to remove it. Merle needed rides to the store so we could replenish our food supplies. There were trips to rehabilitation to assist in my recovery, follow-up medical appointments at Richmond Kaiser, and there may be more still to come.\n\nThe volunteer services we received have been exemplary. All of the volunteers who helped us have been punctual, friendly, and helpful. They load my wheelchair into and out of their cars and push me to my appointments, wait for me, and then drive me home. I have offered remuneration, but they would have none of that. How could volunteer services be any better? Joining Ashby Village was one of the best decisions we ever made and, as it turned out, none too early.\nOur thanks go to Ashby Village and its wonderful corps of volunteers.\n.\n\nYour web browser and/or computer operating system is either out of date, or requires a configuration change, and will not be able to access the secure portions of the website.\nYou will not be able to log in or access pages that require secure connections, such as members-only areas, event registrations, payments, etc."}
-{"text": "Fecha:\n\nDuraci\u00f3n del evento:\n\nLocalizaci\u00f3n:\n\nPrograma:\n\nCuota:\n\nWebsite:\n\nEvent focal point email:\n\nOtros detalles del evento:\n\nPrivate events - by invitation only are reserved for a pre-determined group of participants.\n\nIntroducci\u00f3n\n\nWhen disasters strike, the first thing the international early response community needs is information: What has happened, where did it happen, what is the effect, what response is needed? Not only can satellite imagery taken immediately after an event like an earthquake or tropical cyclone show what has happened through images of destroyed infrastructure or flood surge, but with their inherent geo-coding, one can tell immediately where the event took place and the apparent magnitude and impact of the disaster. This is key information for an efficient planning and coordination of emergency response operations as well as to perform a GIS based preliminary impact and damage assessment.\n\nObjetivos del Evento\n\nThe aim of the course is to provide training participants with concepts and GIS methodologies to perform satellite based rapid response analysis including the understanding of the benefits and limitations of using geo-spatial information technology in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.\n\nObjetivos de Aprendizaje\n\nUpon completion fo the course, the participants will be able to:\n\nExplain the role of Geo-information in the response phase of a disaster.\n\nGain awareness of GIS methodologies related to the rapid mapping processing chain to support emergency response.\n\nThe number of estimated hours required to complete the course is 18, which means a workload of 6 hours on average per day.\n\nMetodolog\u00eda\n\nThis is a face to face course. Full time lectures and GIS lab exercises using real case disaster scenarios from past events (80% Lab Exercise, 20% lectures and discussions).\n\nDestinatarios\n\nProfessionals working in governmental organizations who wish to strengthen their GIS skills in emergency response mapping. It is recommended that participants taking the course have a working knowledge of English including basic experience in GIS and Remote Sensing applications."}
-{"text": "If you asked the 6-year-old me to think of the single awesomest activity possible, I would have have answered, trike drifting (I was huge into Big Wheels). And, after watching this video, my 30-year-old self is still inclined to agree.\n\nFrom the crew that brought us the most epic of rope swings, this montage of full grown men riding customized tricycles\u2014well, not so much riding as being towed behind a van\u2014shows off the vehicles' penchants for going sideways. Watch as the riders turn a simple downhill into a real-life MarioKart battle. The footage was caputured by Devin Graham using a Glidecam HD 2000. [YouTube]"}
-{"text": "SPORE PRINTS\n\nSporedoctor spore prints will come on heavy duty aluminum foil and the spore prints will usually be dense with spores. They will very in size and it really depends upon the size of the mushroom cap that drops the spores about how big each print will be. It is extremely rare we receive a complaint on a few of our spore prints as we strive for high quality. Remember spore sizes also depend on the varieties of mushrooms. Species with small caps depart small spore prints.\n\nThis list includes microscopy spore samples from some of the world's most noted Psilocybe Cubensis strains."}
-{"text": "Wendy Davis' Campaign Just Started a War with the Texas Political Press Corps (Update: Texas Media Explode in Rage)\n\nBefore I get to the tweets that serve as a timeline, we need to set the stage. David Rauf is the Austin bureau reporter for the San Antonio Express-News and the Houston Chronicle. Those newspapers serve Texas' largest and second-largest cities. They are big dogs among the Texas press. Jan Soifer is the chair of the Travis County Democratic Party.\n\nThe Travis County Democratic Party held a fundraiser with Wendy Davis on Tuesday, and Davis delivered her stump speech. That's normal stuff. But in a highly unusual move, the TCDP and the Davis campaign barred the event to all but one media outlet, the Texas Tribune, which livestreamed it. According to Rauf, not only did the Tribune get exclusive access, a Davis campaign press release told other media to stay away. They would not be welcome or admitted.\n\nRauf took to Twitter today trying to get some answers, because apparently the TCDP and the Davis campaign have circled their wagons.\n\nHey @jansoifer -- why did your group bar state press Monday but give exclusive access to one outlet to hear a gubernatorial stump speech?\n\nThe episode leaves a strong impression that the Texas Tribune, the Davis campaign and the Democratic Party operations colluded to keep the rest of Texas' political press away from Wendy Davis as she continues to struggle with the fallout from revelations about her origins story. Rauf insinuates that. The TCDP's behavior is bizarre, first telling media to stay away, then breezily defending its decision in an obvious lie that was sure to be called out in public. Martin's interventions proved counterproductive. He needlessly antagonized a reporter who was doing his job.\n\nDavis' credibility is already suffering heavy blows from her policy flubs and her shading of the facts about herself. Sparking a war against the majority of the political press in the state is so unwise that it verges on lunacy.\n\nUpdate:Coup de grace.\n\n@davidrauf, you and all other esteemed members of the Capitol Press Corps are welcome to our Reagan Day Dinner! Details TBA.\n\nUpdate: A comment from a television news director in Texas: \"Who the f*ck is the Texas Tribune other than a news organization that violates every ethical standard possible - begging for money in the course of their reporting?\"\n\nThe Tribune is a tax-exempt non-profit, and as such is not supposed to be in competition with any other media.\n\nUpdate: Another journalist said today: \"What kind of planning was it to have Davis give the best speech of her life on the same night as the State of the Union?\""}
-{"text": "Type 1 Diabetes Could Be Diagnosed With a Microchip in the Future\n\nType 1 diabetes could be diagnosed with a microchip system in the future. A recent article published in Nature Medicine has announced the development of a microchip that can be used to detect the presence of islet cell-targeting autoantibodies in someone suspected of having Type 1 diabetes. The detection of these auto-antibodies that attack the islet cells of the pancreas, which produce insulin, is a confirmation of the person having Type 1 rather than Type 2 diabetes.\n\nThe scientists who developed the microchip are with Stanford University and Dr. Brian Feldman was the lead researcher in its development. These researchers developed what is described as a plasmonic gold chip for near-infrared fluorescence-enhanced detection of auto-antibodies that attack islet cells. They showed that this microchip system has high sensitivity (meaning it can detect small amounts) and high specificity (meaning it is good at specifically detecting its target) for diagnosing Type 1 diabetes.\n\nType 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease which means it results from the person\u2019s own immune system attacking the cells of the body incorrectly. In the case of Type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the islet cells of the pancreas, which are the cells that produce insulin in response to glucose levels in the bloodstream. Type 2 diabetes is not considered to be an autoimmune disease.\n\nPreviously, Type 1 diabetes was considered to occur at younger ages (under the age 30 years) and Type 2 diabetes was considered to occur at older ages. However more recently Type 2 diabetes is seen increasingly at younger ages due to environmental factors such as obesity and poor diet. It is also being seen that Type 1 diabetes is being recognized in the adult population in increasing numbers. The current methods for detecting Type 1 diabetes are not able to meet the need for a quick and sure diagnosis of the disease. Therefore, a good diagnostic test that can distinguish Type 1 from Type 2 diabetes in a clinical setting is necessary.\n\nThe detection of auto-antibodies against pancreatic antigens is the definitive diagnosis for Type 1 diabetes. Since classical methods to detect these antibodies do not produce results quickly, use of a microchip system may offer a better way to identify the antibodies that are attacking the cells of the pancreas. The microchip system works with a very small blood sample, such as the amount of blood that is produced with the prick of a finger. When the very small amount of blood is placed on the microchip, it automatically measures the level of antibodies. When this is done in a doctor\u2019s office, the results will be known right away and the doctor can proceed with treatment plans immediately.\n\nWith current methods, the patient would need to be sent to a lab for blood work and the results would not be known for a period of time. This means treatment would be started later and also it means there is more of a chance that the patient could become \u201clost from the system\u201d and then not be diagnosed. Another benefit from this new microchip system is it is very portable and could be produced inexpensively. This microchip diagnostic tool for detecting Type 1 diabetes could easily be used throughout the world in the future."}
-{"text": "The prevention of obesity\n\n[The prevention of obesity]\n\nPrevention of obesity\n\nThis is a new area which has attracted attention recently because of the dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity. However, it is an area often overlooked by the medical profession. Moreover, it should be a priority in governmental programs and health institutions. There are many ways to achieve prevention:\n\n- Carrying out information campaigns towards the general audience, through the radio, TV or other media. The general population should be educated about the risks of obesity, which are as serious as the risks of smoking or alcoholism. One should insist on the basic rules of eating, such as those explained in the chapter \" diet \" of this website.\n- Developing an education plan in schools according to the same principles. In the US for example, research on obesity prevention among those at high risk is best exemplified in studies on obesity intervention for children. Groups of students at risk have been identified, and volunteers have been enrolled for several years in a program of eating education, adapted physical activities etc. However, there is a poor coordination on a national scale in the US, so that obesity is still a heavy burden. One did not observe more efficiency in Europe.\n- Act on collective eating communities like school canteens in order that food should be balanced and advice given.\n- Act on the city environment to promote physical activities : for example, limiting the access to escalators. Our transportation system is mainly designed for automobiles, whereas priority should be given to transportation on foot or by bicycle. Improve access to physical activity and reward it.\n- Promoting active research on public health and epidemiology, particularly concerning obesity among children.\n- Some advise stronger measures, and one can fear that the \"epidemic\" evolution of obesity in industrialized countries will prove them right:\n- Improving the quality of food supply: a regulation should be put in place so that all food packaging specifies calorie density, fat content, or sugar content.\n- Controlling advertising or combine commercials with warning messages.\n- Taxation policies have a history of use to discourage the consumption of dangerous products, such as tobacco and alcohol. The same could be done for high-calorie products."}
-{"text": "A man hit on a teen barista at Starbucks and claimed age discrimination when she said no\n\nBy\nMike Denison\n\n0\n\n0\n\nJanuary 02, 2017 05:14 PM EST\n\nA Spokane, Washington man wrote a note to a barista at his local Starbucks, asking her on a date. He was 37. She was 16.\n\nWhen the barista turned him down, he accused her of age discrimination, KREM reports. The TV station did not identify the man since he was not charged with a crime, but he posted on social media as Lucas Werner. He was later banned from the Starbucks location.\n\nHis Facebook post on the subject went viral.\n\nThis creepazoid is trying to get ppl to harass a Spokane Starbucks because he hit on a very young looking woman working there & got banned. pic.twitter.com/TzCex9ozKM"}
-{"text": "Road Manager\n\nSalary range: $25,000 - $125,000+\nThe glamour and grit of life on the road can be a labor of love or a labor of luxury, depending on the act. For an A-list group, arranging travel and managing budgets can yield a six-figure salary."}
-{"text": "Hilarious \"Death Star PR\" Tries to Make the Empire Less Evil [Videos]\n\nOne of our favorite Twitter feeds is Death Star PR. It attempts to put a positive spin on the Empire's evil activities. Now the Twitter feed has become a hilarious web series. Created and Written by Robbie Boland, Death Star PR follows the Public Relations Division as they attempt to clear the Empire's bad name, and avoid getting force-choked to death in the process. The first episode \"Alderaan Reasons\" is now online."}
-{"text": "Head of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine to visit Donetsk on February 21 \u2013 Morozova\n\nHead of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Fiona Frazer is expected to visit Donetsk on February 21, according to Daria Morozova.\n\n\u201cThe visit of Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Fiona Frazer to Donetsk is scheduled for February 21,\u201d \u2013 said Morozova.\n\nAlso, on February 20, Head of ICRC delegation in Ukraine Alain Aeschlimann is visiting the Republic. According to the DPR Ombudsman, humanitarian situation in the region and issues of preparation for the prisoner exchange will be discussed at both meetings.\n\nAs reported earlier by Daria Morozova, the Republic received a list of persons, whom Kiev is ready to hand over to Donetsk as part of the next stage of the prisoner exchange."}
-{"text": "I noticed that in game the 3d kits shorts and socks dont change as they should when they are the same even though they have this set up from the pre-game editor and the kit selection in the editor says they will change.\nex when Juventus plays with Milan they both have white shorts and socks by default so they must change both to black shorts and socks when they are away (pics)\nbut in game never hapens this as they both always play with white shorts and socks.\nThis happened exactly last year in FM18 and never solved even I noticed it to the posts several times.\nI hope this year will be solved because it is very disapointing to have a feature of the game that never works, otherwise take off this option from the editor at all ......\n\nIn the game the set up is just fine, the problem begins when you put the file in the editor data file and load it.\nI try to do it with a file with no changes at all but the problem remains\nmaybe is something when the nation rules loading in the editor\n\nHallo mate nice work.\nthere is a bug though in Superleague in the first year 4 teams must be relagated and 2 must be promoted (1 through playoffs), and the same in the next year so Superleague in 2020 must have 12 teams.\nNothing of this is happening to your file...( 4 relagations - 4 promotions -1 through playoffs)\nCheck it...\n\nGreek Superleague has this year 16 teams and the teams will be shorten by two the next two years to 12 teams and the league champion will be through playoffs of the the first 6 teams.\nEverything is fine in game except that when you reach the champion playoffs all the teams start with 0 points (this will be corrected by SI in next patch as said)\nI tried to edit the play off points problem with the pre game editor but even though all leagues got verified the league stays with 16 teams all the years....\nAlso I tried to add a lower division and again everything get verified but the teams stay 16 all the years.\nI even try to just the put file of Greece from the editor with NO CHANGES at all and have the same issue ...16 teams all years....\ndoes anyone know why? can someone help?\n\nGreek Superleague has this year 16 teams and the teams will be shorten by two the next two years to 12 teams and the league champion will be through playoffs of the the first 6 teams.\nEverything is fine in game except that when you reach the champion playoffs all the teams start with 0 points (this will be corrected by SI in next patch as said)\nI tried to edit the play off points problem with the pre game editor but even though all leagues got verified the league stays with 16 teams all the years....\nAlso I tried to add a lower division and again everything get verified but the teams stay 16 all the years.\nI even try to just the put file of Greece from the editor with NO CHANGES at all and have the same issue ...16 teams all years....\ndoes anyone know why? can someone help?\n\nyeah but it seems that there are more files this year for the turfs, ( detail_grass_1,2,3.. for ex ) and I am not sure which files the game uses, the detail ones or those in the files ( perfect, dry etc) or maybe a combination of the two...\n\nbut some how the game must read and use the default gk 3d kits , I didn,t find this code neither... so I could try understand how it works...\nex . i managed to use real gk kits in the tactic panel, the same way I would assume that could be done for the 3d......weird....will keep searching though"}
-{"text": "The Wall Street Journal editorial board falsely claimed that the Department of Justice is relying on outdated civil rights law in its current lawsuits against the voter suppression of Texas and North Carolina.\n\nBaselessly claiming DOJ's efforts[1] to block redundant and unnecessarily restrictive voter identification laws that discriminate on the basis of race are motivated by politics, the WSJ incorrectly claimed that DOJ was trying to \"reverse\" the Supreme Court's infamous Shelby County v. Holder[2]decision. From the editorial[3]:\n\nFor Eric Holder, American racial history is frozen in the 1960s. The Supreme Court ruled in June that a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is no longer justified due to racial progress, but the U.S. Attorney General has launched a campaign to undo the decision state-by-state. His latest target is North Carolina, which he seems to think is run from the grave by the early version of George Wallace.\n\n[...]\n\nThe worst argument against such laws is that they must be racially motivated because there is so little evidence of voter fraud. Yet no less that former Justice Stevens said in his opinion in the Indiana case that \"flagrant examples of such fraud in other parts of the country have been documented throughout this nation's history by respected historians and journalists, [and] that occasional examples have surfaced in recent years.\" Anyone who thinks voter fraud doesn't exist hasn't lived in Chicago or Texas, among other places.\n\nIt's telling that Mr. Holder prefers to file lawsuits rather than take up the Supreme Court's invitation to modernize the Voting Rights Act for current racial conditions. The Congressional Black Caucus has said it is working on a new formula for preclearance, but such legislative labor doesn't get the headlines that lawsuits against GOP-run states do.\n\nThe conservative wing of the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act[4] in Shelby County when it overturned decades of precedent, ignored bipartisan congressional intent, and disregarded the text of the Fifteenth Amendment in order to dismantle the \"preclearance\" provisions of the VRA. These neutralized provisions - Sections 4 and 5 - required states with an engrained history of racially discriminatory voter suppression to \"preclear[5]\" any subsequent election changes with DOJ or the courts before implementation.\n\nShelby County did not directly touch any other component of the VRA.\n\nFor example, despite the right-wing's obvious plan[6] to drag this crown jewel of civil rights law back before the Supreme Court in the future, DOJ still has authority under the VRA to attempt to block voter suppression after legislative enactment, if no longer before. In addition to this after-the-fact enforcement powers under Section 2, DOJ also retains the ability to ask a court to once more place a jurisdiction shown to intentionally suppress the vote on the basis of race under the \"preclearance\" supervision of Section 3, similar but different to the process under Sections 4 and 5.\n\nDOJ is seeking to block voter suppression in Texas and North Carolina using only those sections still intact after Shelby County. Contrary to the WSJ's claims, by litigating under Sections 2 and 3, DOJ is expressly not trying to \"reverse\" a decision that only affected Sections 4 and 5. It is, rather, making do with what is left of perhaps the nation's greatest civil rights achievement.\n\nFurthermore, the reason that DOJ is targeting Texas and North Carolina specifically and not \"launch[ing] a campaign to undo [Shelby County] state-by-state,\" as the WSJ falsely asserted, is because new election changes in these states are the most egregious examples of how voter suppression previously kept at bay by Sections 4 and 5 are now being pushed by GOP legislatures[7]. Indeed, while the grab-bag of likely illegal restrictions[8] on the right to vote in North Carolina have yet to be tested, Texas' recent voter suppression was already found by a court to be intentionally racially discriminatory[9].\n\nInstead of acknowledging this rash of voter suppression by states that were previously subject to the \"preclearance\" mechanism of Sections 4 and 5 - now shut down by Shelby County - the WSJ instead resorted to repeatedly debunked misinformation about the new photo voter ID requirements at the core of much of this new Republican legislation.\n\nDOJ is not challenging all \"[t]hirty-four states [that] now require voters to show some form of photo ID\" because photo ID on its own is not necessarily the problem. Voter identification of some form or another has always been an election requirement. It is only those twists on voter ID that - intentionally or not - impermissibly discriminate on the basis of race that violate the Voting Rights Act[10]. This is why right-wing media's incessant reference[11] to the Supreme Court decision that upheld Indiana's voter ID law is a red herring. It is not Indiana's voter ID law that is currently being litigated, but rather that of Texas and North Carolina.\n\nThe WSJ also defended the use of photo voter ID laws in North Carolina by attacking the notion that \"there is so little evidence of voter fraud.\" But this is a conflation of the voter fraud of impersonation with voter fraud in general, a bait and switch technique that is common among those dubbed by election law experts as the \"fraudulent fraud squad[12].\" In fact, in-person voter fraud has been shown repeatedly to be \"virtually non-existent[13].\"\n\nNevertheless, it is this form of barely existent voter fraud that GOP legislatures are ostensibly trying to prevent with redundant and unnecessarily strict photo voter ID laws. Because this is nonsense, federal courts have repeatedly found this good government veneer is nothing more than a pretext for a restriction on the right to vote that impermissibly discriminates on the basis of race[14].\n\nFinally, in its disingenuous pretense that litigating clear violations of still-good sections of the VRA is only a headline-grabbing attempt to \"elect more Democrats,\" the WSJ argues that Congress' attempts to fix the damage of Shelby County and repair the preclearance coverage formula in Section 4 \"doesn't get the headlines that lawsuits against GOP-run states do.\" In addition to pointing out that North Carolina is not literally \"run from the grave by the early version of George Wallace,\" this is one of the few things the editorial got right.\n\nThe lack[15] of quality[16] media attention for Congress' immediate attempts to address the coverage formula in the weeks following Shelby County was noticeable. If this is a problem the WSJ is truly concerned about, however, dissembling editorials like this aren't helping."}
-{"text": "There have been a couple of recent posts about marine diesel engine opinions. I received a couple of recent requests in my inbox asking for Cummins marine pricing and engine offering.\n\nI had some time to kill over the weekend and did some $digging$ on the internet and came up with the following. The numbers are not to the dollar and can vary dealer to dealer but should be close enough for comparison shopping with other marine diesels and budgeting for repowers or new builds.\n\nGenuine Cummins FACTORY NEW, non-exchange ReCon Engines:\n\nThese engines are for all practical purposes 100% new Tier I and Tier II. 2 yr./2000 engine warranty.\n\n6BTA 370 Tier I with ZF220A gear....$28,900 +/- Figure a tad less $$ for the 6BTA 330 and quite a bit less for the 6BT 210/220. The 330 and 370 are priced close to one another and the 370 would be the \"best buy\".\n\nQSB 5.9 480 Tier II with a ZF280 gear figure $36,500 +/-. Lower hp are available such as 380 etc, and cost less.\n\nQSC 500, 550 and 600 are priced almost the same. Take your pick.\nFigure $45-$48K with a ZF286A gear and depending on configuration.\n\nPlease note: The QSC 600 needs about 3\" less pitch than the 500 \"like for like\" and needs to spin up easily to over 3000 RPM (a solid 400 RPM more) than the QSC 500. But that makes it easier on the gear and a much lower idle speed in the harbor. This would be my choice as you don't have to use the HP if you do not want to.\n\nThe QSCs are also available as factory new Tier IIIs. The factory \"new\" non ReCon QSCs are obviously more expensive and ordering options are many.\n\nQSL 9 liter 410-- New Tier 3 is about $ 50K with a ZF286A gear.\n\"A best buy\" if you are looking for an engine to run heavy hydraulics at idle and want upwards of 400 \"close to continuous cruise hp\" . If buoy racing is your gig choose a high hp low weight lb/hp engine.\n\nQSM11 at 610 or 670HP with a ZF gear ZF325A figure $55-60K\n\nQSB 6.7 550 Tier III with a ZF280A gear and single station digitals figure $45,500 +-. Lots of additional options on this package. Too many to list with pricing.\n\nUSA company, USA engineered, extensive USA wide dealer, extensive parts availability and a very large industrial and marine engine base worldwide and in the states.\n\nHere's a few paragraphs of the most recent 3rd quarter 2014 Cummins financial report. It's interesting the report mentions \"the growth in the commercial marine engine market\"\n\nCummins Reports Strong Results for the Third Quarter of 2014\nThird Quarter Revenues of $4.9 Billion,\nFull Year Revenue Expected to Grow Between 10 and 12 Percent\nCOLUMBUS, IN -- (Marketwired) -- 10/28/14 -- Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today reported results for the third quarter of 2014.\n\nThird quarter revenue of $4.9 billion increased 15 percent from the same quarter in 2013. The increase year-over-year was driven by stronger demand in on-highway markets and distributor acquisitions in North America, additional content growth for the Components business in Europe and China and higher engine sales to commercial marine customers.\n\nRevenues in North America increased 19 percent and international sales increased 10 percent compared to the third quarter a year ago. Within international markets, stronger demand in Western Europe and China offset weaker sales in Brazil.\n\nCummins 6.7 liter Turbo Diesel was the first diesel engine in a medium-duty vehicle to be certified to meet Low-Emission Vehicle III (LEV III) Standards in the US\n\nAbout 4%. Do not look for them to \"cut\" prices on anything. As a matter of fact they went up 5 or so percent last year I believe.\nThere are a lot of good things about Cummins Marine products but they have there skeletons as well.\n\nGood research Bill. That will surely help anyone that is curious on cost but reluctant to make the call. Are those prices from Tony? Will he ship here and allow someone else to install the motor or does he have somebody on the east coast he uses?\n\n\"Cummins Reports Strong Results for the Third Quarter of 2014\nThird Quarter Revenues of $4.9 Billion,\nFull Year Revenue Expected to Grow Between 10 and 12 Percent \"\n\nSounds like they could afford to lower their prices a little, like maybe 10-12%...\n\nGreat info and presentation. I thought the higher hp engines were much more expensive. Wonder what % of their business is marine engines? Love the Merican made aspect.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nToolate, next time I need a contractor I will be sure to use you, as you will do the work for cost. Cummins has shareholders to answer to. And furthermore your a Gas-Head and should not be reading this thread.\n\nAS I have come to understand since putting my boat together with the Cummins QSC 8.3, the amount of money that it takes for testing in order to gain compliance with the new IMO/EPA standards costs an ungodly amount of money. I have no doubts that this is true given all the other red tape that we(USA) are seemingly becoming famous for. What I am saying is that I am not so sure that they are profiting as much money as we think they are. But, that is just a hunch. Believe me there are plenty of other things to crap on them about!!\nIf I were an diesel engine manufacturer I would be in no hurry to reinvest a shit ton of money in new IMO/EPA technology when mister make it all \"green\" is in his last term(thank christ).\n\nIf I were an diesel engine manufacturer I would be in no hurry to reinvest a shit ton of money in new IMO/EPA technology when mister make it all \"green\" is in his last term(thank christ).\n\nClick to expand...\n\nI agree, but He promised with his election, the rise of the oceans would slow and the planet would begin to heal -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pZSvq9bto\n\nSorry to ruin this thread, but just thought I would point it out If we are going to heal the planet, it's going to cost all of us a lot of money, even the boaters need to chip in, spread the wealth around, and do our fair share\n\nGood research Bill. That will surely help anyone that is curious on cost but reluctant to make the call. Are those prices from Tony? Will he ship here and allow someone else to install the motor or does he have somebody on the east coast he uses?\n\nClick to expand...\n\nHe helped me out with the pricing. His pricing on the west coast is similar to the pricing @ any Cummins dealer in the states.\n\nTo your question....Tony has ground rules that need to be completely understood before he gets involved with East Coast re-powers. A potential buyer would need to work with him directly and satisfy his concerns first before they'd get past 1st base with him. I've got to know him pretty good over the years. He doesn't sell on price alone. It's value added and the right solutions from the get go. Plus 24/7/365 support after the $money$'s been spent. Too me the proof is in the pudding with him. He's got no less than a couple of hundred commercial boats under his watch. Money producing boats and law enforcement that operate out there year round. No $down time$ in his vocabulary.\n\nYou've read his posts here, on boatdiesel.com and if you read his articles on his website you know how he operates. Nothing with him is \"gray\", it's all black and white."}
-{"text": "The History of Penis in Vagina as Default Sex\n\nRead this fascinating article on the history of penis in vagina sex and why it is seen as the only kind of \u2018proper sex\u2019 \u2013 an awesome guest post by Dr Eleanor Janega.\n\nAll sex is \u201creal\u201d sex. The clue is in the name. If you have to use the word \u201csex\u201d, it\u2019s pretty much a guarantee you are having it.\n\nHaving said that, when you say the word \u201csex\u201d most people think about one thing \u2013 penis in vagina or PIV or ????. But why is that? Is it because it\u2019s the most enjoyable kind of sex? Because it is the thing that the largest group of people enjoy? The answer is actually a lot more complicated, it goes back to the medieval period, and we\u2019re still dealing with it now.\n\nMedieval Period Was Well Important\n\nBacking right up \u2013 the medieval period, roughly speaking, is about a thousand years from roughly when Rome fell (476) to about when Martin Luther called the Catholic Church out and took a lot of Europe with him (1517). The fact that we say the medieval period ends when the Church doesn\u2019t control all of Europe tells you something really important about the time \u2013 that the Catholic Church and what it thought was right or wrong was the biggest and most important factor at the time.\n\nIf you lived in most of medieval Europe (except Spain \u2013 which was really diverse and had both a lot of Jews and Muslims), you were almost by definition a Catholic. So that means that the Catholic Church got to tell you \u2013 and almost all of Europe \u2013 whether or not you were going to heaven or hell. In the Early Modern period, when Europeans then decided to go out and conlonise everything, they also took the Church, or their preferred flavour of Christianity, with them and forced everyone they came in contact with to accept it. So we\u2019re still dealing with these ideas today all over the world, not just in Europe.\n\nThe Church Were The Sex Police\n\nBecause the Church got to decide what everyone had to do in order to get into heaven, this means that that they told people, among other things, when they should be going to Church, when they should be fasting, and when and how they should be having sex.\n\nSpoiler alert: the Church didn\u2019t really want people to be having sex.\n\nAs you can expect, a bunch of dudes who were not allowed to have sex (the clergy, i.e. priests and monks who had to take a vow of chastity) didn\u2019t really think that anyone else should be having any fun either, so they decided to make a bunch of rules about what sex people could have and they made the definition as narrow as possible.\n\nThe PIV Police show up\n\nAs far as the Church was concerned, the only time you were ever supposed to be having sex was specifically if you were: 1) a man and a woman; 2) married; and 3) trying to get pregnant when you had sex.\n\nSodomy Is Probs Not What You Think\n\nSo obviously, if the only time it was ok to have sex was if you were trying to get pregnant, the only kind of sex that was ok was the kind that could potentially get you pregnant. Any kind of sex that couldn\u2019t specifically get you pregnant, the Church declared \u2018sodomy\u2019, named after the town of Soddom from the story of Lot and the destruction of Soddom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18 and 19. (That story is wild as hell. Go read it one time. It\u2019ll blow your mind.)\n\nAny kind of sex that couldn\u2019t specifically get you pregnant, the Church declared \u2018sodomy\u2019\n\nNow when you hear the term \u2018sodomy\u2019 you probably think specifically about \u2018gay sex\u2019, and probably even more specifically about anal sex between two cis men. That\u2019s just because any sex that gay cis men can have is \u2013 by definition \u2013 sodomy because they can\u2019t get pregnant doing it. Sodomy, though, means literally anything that any two or more people do for pleasure that doesn\u2019t specifically get you pregnant.\n\nSo that means oral sex, mutual masturbation, frottage, dry humping, all these great kinds of sex that people really liked were off the cards because no one was getting pregnant from them, and getting pregnant was the only good reason to have sex. You were also not allowed to have sex if the woman was on her period, or pregnant, or nursing, for the same reason.\n\nI mean, even if two married people were having sex and wanted to get pregnant there were still a bunch of rules they had to follow. No sex during Lent. No sex during Advent. No sex during Easter. No sex on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. No sex during daylight hours. No fully naked sex. Missionary position only. No snogging.\n\nHarshest member of the judging panel\n\nIf you got caught or admitted to actually having fun during sex, i.e. engaging in sodomy, you could be punished for it. After the twelfth century men caught having sex with each other were sometimes fined, sometimes had their property confiscated, sometimes were castrated, and sometimes killed. If straight people got caught or admitted to a priest that they had been engaging in sodomy they would usually be given penance, which means a punishment made up by the Church. You could be made to fast (i.e. eat nothing but vegetables and drink nothing but water) for up to three years if you were into stuff that wasn\u2019t \u2018natural\u2019. If you got caught doing it outside of marriage it was even worse, and you might even be put to death.\n\nThe church was specifically trying to take away any fun that people could have during sex.\n\nYou see what the Church did there? They were specifically trying to take away any fun that people could have during sex and turn it into an act that was only for procreation. You needed to have sex as quickly as possible, get pregnant, and then wait to have sex until the next time you wanted another kid. That\u2019s where we get the idea that the only kind of sex that \u201ccounts\u201d is PIV, from a bunch of old dudes who weren\u2019t supposed to be having sex and didn\u2019t want anyone else to have any fun when they had it either.\n\nDifference Between The Church and The People\n\nOf course, just like now, people in the middle ages didn\u2019t buy into this idea. They kept on having sex in whatever ways they wanted to, which we know because the Church was always complaining about it, courtly love stories had illustrations of it, and bored monks were always doodling pictures of stuff like oral sex in the margins of books.\n\nMedieval hand job in a really nice park\n\n\u201cShhhhhh. You\u2019re not supposed to enjoy sex\u201d\n\nPeople even write about the awesome sex they were having in letters to each other, or in the memoirs. Just because it didn\u2019t count as \u2018legitimate\u2019 sex, and just because the Church said they\u2019d go to hell if they did it, didn\u2019t mean people didn\u2019t want to have sex in a whole bunch of different ways. Because it\u2019s fun.\n\nThe moral of this story? Be more like medieval people and less like the medieval Church. Keep doing whatever it is that you and your partner find enjoyable and don\u2019t worry about whether or not it \u201ccounts\u201d as \u201creal\u201d sex. If you like doing it, it\u2019s worth doing. Don\u2019t let a bunch of old dead guys tell you what to enjoy.\n\nThanks again to Dr Eleanor Janega. If you liked this you would love her blog. Great for if you want to learn about medieval history via hip hop and with lots of swearing. She\u2019s awesome.\n\nPost navigation\n\n2 thoughts on \u201cThe History of Penis in Vagina as Default Sex\u201d\n\nOh my gosh this is unbelievable. Penis-in-vagina as \u201cdefault\u201d sex does not trace to the medieval European Christian church, it traces to the evolution of internal fertilization with intromittent organs (such as the penis) at least 400 million years before there was a church. Those organs don\u2019t fossilize well so we\u2019re not sure how old it might be. It\u2019s \u201cdefault\u201d sex because it\u2019s instinctive. Other techniques fail to reproduce the organism. Sure, the other stuff is great, and personally I like cunnilingus and handjobs better for example, but it\u2019s not the fricken church that made it the default.\n\nHow To Sex : Videos\n\nSorry, there was a YouTube API error: Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). 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-{"text": "Most Popular\n\nShekhar Kapur\u2019s Devi: Rebirth #1 (review)\n\nThis title has come back into existence following a crossover event in January 2016 between the title character, a warrior goddess named Devi, and Top Cow Production\u2019s character \u201cWitchblade\u201d. \u201cWitchblade\u201d reached the height of popularity in the late 1990s when comics featuring beautiful, under-dressed superheroines sold stock. This vogue prompted the term \u201cT&A\u201d (\u201ctits and ass\u201d) to describe comic books, such as \u201cTomb Raider\u201d and the truly awful \u201cMike Deodato\u2019s Jade Warriors\u201d which sat on the hazy border of soft pornography and comic book entertainment for teenaged boys.\n\nThe series begins with an historical battle against the hordes of a rogue god called Bala. Bala is an archetypical devil, defeated by the forces of good led by the new goddess Devi. Bala is a hideous creature, wearing taloned steel armour. Devi wears a flame which writhes around her breasts and groin, and wields fire. Bala is dismissive of being attacked by a woman, but is summarily defeated by Devi. Bala is trapped by the pantheon of gods in a stone tomb. The series then skips forward to the present day. Bala walks upon the surface of the world again. He is depicted as sitting in an office, the shadows of horizontal blinds across his face, now human but wearing sunglasses, his clawed hand holding a small globe of the Earth. The imagery of this closing scene has the subtlety of a falling brick. Oddly, Bala is on the phone to an assassin, who casually chats to him about her terms of engagement while she is mid-kill. Setting aside this lumpy plot, the dialogue is truly awful and clich\u00e9d:\n\na. \u201cLord Bala, the humans have a new champion and none can withstand the fury of her blade.\u201d\n\nb. \u201cAhahahahaha! Devi! A woman? They sent a woman to defeat me?\u201d\n\nc. \u201cYou should have run, Bala! The chase would have been good entertainment!\u201d\n\nd. \u201cHa! Your ego blinds you, \u201cLord\u201d! Two minutes from now I\u2019ll have you kneeling before me!\u201d\n\ne. \u201cJust a man of many curious resources.\u201d\n\nAnd there is some terrible misogyny: when Devi is on the ground with legs apart, knocked down by the villain, we read the awful line, \u201cStay down wench! This position suits your kind!\u201d\n\nThe story in a round-about way has its roots in Hindi epic mythos, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. This is fertile ground for comic books, a dramatic and cataclysmic Kurekshetra War. The main character in this comic, Devi, is apparently based on the mother goddess and primordial cosmic force, Durga in Hinduism.\n\nThis has only been briefly explored once, to our knowledge, by American writer Marv Wolfman in 1982 with DC Comics\u2019 \u201cNew Teen Titans\u201d #19. In this comic, the hapless villain Dr Light inadvertently causes statues of the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu, to come alive. The action features Narasimha, the half man/half lion : Matsya, the fish: Varaha the boar: and Rama the hero.\n\nBut otherwise this wealth of folklore has been untapped by comic books.\n\nThis comic is not the right vehicle for that task. In many ways, it is understandable why this title was paired with \u201cWitchblade\u201d in early 2016. The title character of \u201cWitchblade\u201d, a policewoman who could be mistaken for a supermodel, runs about wearing a dangerous, sentient artefact with the texture of a coral reef. This artefact is a mystical weapon called the Witchblade, and it can change shape: and so it cups the character\u2019s large breasts and barely covers her below the waist. \u201cDevi\u201d seems to be of the same ilk, an almost nude goddess who prefers flame to clothing and is drawn so as to titillate boys. Solid plot and dialogue are not needed for that purpose.\n\nWe are a little late in writing this review: issue 4 is now released. But we would be surprised if the quality of this comic has improved in the interim."}
-{"text": "On the night of the 1980 US presidential election, young David Barron dons a Ronald Reagan mask and brutally murders his ex-porn star mother, Scorchy McDaniels (Rae). Thirty-eight years later, and on the eve of the mid-term elections, David (Adams) escapes from the Lar-A-Mago sanitarium where he\u2019s spent the intervening years. Returning to his home town of Libertybelle, David takes to wearing a Donald Trump mask and hanging out at his childhood home. Meanwhile, Dr Lutin (Sing), his doctor, heads there in the hope of finding David \u2013 though he has an ulterior motive for doing so. In the same neighbourhood, best friends Lana (Attaie), Blanca (Perez), and Medjine (Boone) are preparing to have a pre-election party ahead of their participation in an anti-Republican rally on the day. Along with Blanca\u2019s younger brother, Pepe (Jorgensen), and their transgender friend, Gabriel (Sander), the party gets off to a good start, but it isn\u2019t long before David is picking them off one by one, while the town sheriff (Rosete) does his best to come to their aid before it\u2019s entirely too late\u2026\n\nThe pitch must have been a fairly simple one: hey, why don\u2019t we make a spoof of the original Halloween where instead of a Captain Kirk mask, the killer wears a Donald Trump mask instead? And the response must have been equally simple: great idea, go make it. But in the tradition of simple ideas made on a restricted budget, President Evil is an uneven, occasionally inspired, occasionally woeful movie with a ton of good intentions that don\u2019t always pay off. It begins with an opening credits sequence that replicates the style of Halloween\u2019s own opening credits, but replaces the jack o\u2019 lantern with a Trump mask. Then there\u2019s an updated recreation of the young Michael Myers\u2019 murder of his sister that is shot entirely from David\u2019s point of view and ends with him being unmasked outside his home. So far, so reassuringly competent homage, though with the kind of comedic elements that reveal the makers\u2019 broader intentions for their story. Nods and winks in the direction of John Carpenter\u2019s seminal movie follow, as well as Easter eggs that reference some of his other movies, while the script also adds further homages from the likes of Psycho (1960) and Young Frankenstein (1974).\n\nThe comedy is a mixed bag all by itself, and ranges from deft visual flourishes (David\u2019s Trump mask hides someone who looks like Trump), to irritating bouts of frat humour (best summed up by Miles\u2019 popping up at odd moments as characters as varied as a perverted priest and a Jared Kushner look-a-like), and further Mel Brooks\u2019 appropriations (\u201cBe a Smarty and Join the Republican Party\u201d). Like Halloween, there\u2019s a minimum of blood and gore, but there\u2019s a singular lack of tension throughout, and the killings are often poorly staged and framed. The performances are broadly acceptable for this sort of thing, though Attaie does make for an appealing heroine, and Lowry seems more confident when bending the knee to Carpenter\u2019s original than he does with the newer material; it\u2019s as if the obvious difference between them was a given he had no control over. But if there\u2019s one aspect that the script \u2013 by Lowry and Gregory P. Wolk \u2013 does get right, it\u2019s in depicting the anger and distrust of ethnic minorities in current day America towards the xenophobic attitudes of the predominantly white, privileged political system. The movie is strident in its approach, but is also unapologetic about being so, and on that level \u2013 and like the best of horror movies \u2013 proves to be a telling reflection of a section of US society\u2019s real fears.\n\nRating: 5/10 \u2013 though there\u2019s much that doesn\u2019t work, and much else that should have been jettisoned at the earliest opportunity, there\u2019s still much to enjoy in President Evil, not the least of which is the way it lampoons Donald Trump and his ill-advised ramblings; to call this a post-millennial horror comedy for post-millennials who believe they might be the last generation able to appreciate something like this, may be stretching things, but when it\u2019s en point, there\u2019s nothing \u201cFake\u201d about it."}
-{"text": "Israel intensifies campaign against 'price tag' attackers\n\nIsrael is beginning to take intensive action to end \"price tag\" attacks by far-right extremists, which have systemically targeted Christian and Muslim property, as well as on frequent occasions the IDF.\n\nIn December 2013, the government defined the movement behind the attacks as an \"illegal association\". Since then, there has been an increase in violent incidents against Arabs on both sides of the Green Line. Since the start of this year, the police unit for nationalist crimes, which investigates price tag attacks, has opened 78 new files, arrested 102 suspects and served 37 indictments.\n\nIn a recent internal debate on the issue, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein clarified that, in \"special and suitable instances of law-breaking\", where there is intelligence and administrative evidence of involvement in hate crimes, it is permissible to detain suspects for an extended period under administration detention, without trial.\n\n\"It is clear today that this is to all intents and purposes a terrorist cell,\" said a senior figure in Israel's judiciary.\n\n\"There are several dozen activists from Judea and Samaria, mostly from Yitzhar and the surrounding hills who are perpetrating these serious incidents,\" says a senior police officer. \"We know who they are, more or less.\"\n\nOn Friday there were two more hate crime attacks against Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem. An Arab family living in the Old City had \"Death to Arabs\" written on their front door in black marker. On the wall of the nearby Roman Catholic church, attackers spray-painted the slogans \"price tag\", \"King David for the Jews\" and \"Jesus is trash.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Eliraz Fein, a young woman from Yitzhar, was arrested last week for an email exchange in which she advocated for the killing of IDF soldiers in certain circumstances.\n\nJustice Minister Tzipi Livni and Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich will in the near future to present ministers with the findings they have gathered since December, when \"price tags\" were given their new definition. The government is set to request that the movement behind the \"price tag\" attacks be defined as a terrorist organization, a move that significantly steps up state efforts to counter this phenomenon.\n\nA discussion last week attended by representatives of the Justice and Internal Security Ministries, the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police, Livni raised the calls to kill soldiers that have been espoused by certain members of Yitzhar.\n\n\"These aren't things said in Hamas headquarters, but in a Jewish community \u2013 in Yitzhar,\" said Livni. \"Those who remained silent in the face of these hate crimes against Arabs is now finding the same crimes directed at IDF soldiers.\"\n\nThe Ministerial Committee for Legislation was set to meet Sunday to discuss a bill proposal by Livni to expedite legal proceedings against \"price tag\" suspects."}
-{"text": "A few years back, I signed up for a Vancouver Art Gallery membership based on this FUSE Fridays that they put on throughout the year. In a nutshell, the Vancouver Art Gallery takes a Friday night invites a lot of performance works, music and adds alcohol. Mix it all together and it\u2019s a much more social place conducive to interacting with one another or in layman\u2019s terms a recipe for a good time.\n\nWell, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they had a similar program for children (minus the alcohol, of course) which allows them to engage more with the art work and had activities as well. I took my nephew and niece quite a few times that year and enjoying what they had to offer, especially the roof top patio.\n\nI guess, this is the circle of life, as it\u2019s time to give back, as the Vancouver Art Gallery asked us to come and provide an activity for their latest exhibit The Grand Hotel.\n\nSo we\u2019re bringing down some LEGO built hotels and buildings to inspire the kids to build building facades of their own which we\u2019ll put on display. We\u2019ll bring the LEGO and your kids can bring the imagination and creativity.\n\nUnfortunately, we\u2019re not able to let the kids take home what they build but we will take photos of as many of the creations as we can and post them here on our website.\n\nOf course, what clinched the deal, was that while touring the exhibit I came across this on the wall.\n\nLucien has his priorities straight. Bonus points if you can find it.\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\nWonderlands | June 8-9\nSaturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm\n\nThis Family FUSE Weekend, use the power of your imagination to fly away with artists, musicians, performers and educators in an exciting exploration of the \u201cWonderlands\u201d. Set forth on an adventure, dream big and discover inspiring places together through exciting activities, performances and hands-on sessions on all floors of the Gallery.\n\nWonderlands\n\nDiscover the Vancouver Art Gallery\u2019s Family FUSE Weekend, where you will meet artists, musicians, dancers, performers, and educators for a weekend filled with family fun! Participate in a range of fun activities, performances, and hands-on sessions throughout the Gallery.Download the program guide in PDF\n\nWelcome\n\nPlease note that most of the LUG activity on our site takes place in the Forums. Members and the wider AFOL public are always talking about everything to do with LEGO\u00ae, so feel free to check it out.\n\nWe are NOT to be confused with The LEGO\u00ae Group of companies. We do NOT represent them in any manner, nor do they endorse, sponsor or authorize the VLC. We are simply enthusiasts, builders, hobbyists and consumers of the many wonderful things that The LEGO\u00ae Group produces."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, December 8, 2009\n\nTardy Race Reports: Part II. State Champtionships and PIR\n\nAfter packing up and heading back inland after Halloween weekend, I was sick, tired, emotionally overwhelmed and physically under-motivated. Decided to take a drastic measure....a real week off. Didn't work out for five days. No commuting, no training. Lots of sleeping and movie watching, followed by more sleeping.\n\nThe worst of it all had passed by Friday, and when El Luchador decided that he wanted to do the State Championship race in Salem, I decided to drag my mom down I-5 south to the Oregon State Fairgrounds and give it a whirl.\n\nState Championships:\n\nFirst and foremost, this was my favorite course of the year. So a huge thank you to the bicycleattorney.com folks for setting it up. Course was flat, fast and had at least 6 different surfaces to ride or run through: pavement, mud, sand, gravel, loose dirt and a motocross course. No run-ups and lots of room to stand and sprint. A vicious headwind. My kind of course.\n\nR raced early, in the C race, stayed upright and picked a good day to win his first cross race. It was a tight race from start to finish and I got a good warm-up in while frenetically riding back and forth through the course and hollering bloody murder while he raced.\n\nAs ecstatic as I was for him, I couldn't be upstaged by my boyfriend in front of my mother.\n\nA monsoon welcomed our start. This kind of weather beats some people down, but I love it. It might be because I get warm and stay warm pretty easily. But it also might be because Mother Nature is just another ass to try and kick.\n\nThe fields were small, so they called each field out of the barn individually, lined us up and blew the whistle before we could get too cold.\n\nThe start of our race is about thirty seconds into this video. One hundred meters of pavement, a sweeping left turn and another 100 meters of pavement, then into the dirt and mud for the first half of the course. I got a great start and by the time we hit the mud, had a fifteen/twenty meter lead on the field.\n\nThis half of the course was a series of straightaways into and out of the headwind, with several surface changes. I buried my head and stood up out of all of the corners, knowing that any gap would have to be created before we headed into the second half of the course, which weaved in and out of the show barns and covered motocross course.\n\nI had a sizeable lead after the first lap, which grew during the second and third laps. I felt great and willed myself not to look back, but to just keep pushing forward. At the end of the third lap, I could sense that Margi and Steph had made up a little ground. On the last time down the starting straightaway I stood up and sprinted as if I was finishing a crit, figuring if they couldn't see me when they rounded the corner onto the same straightaway, I would have the psychological advantage going through the last lap. As long as I stayed upright, that is.\n\nTurns out that I didn't need the psychological advantage. Because I had Burns. For the only time this season, the masters riders started behind the B riders. Burns had worked her way through my field and caught me a third of the way through the last lap. As she was at least three minutes ahead of the next masters rider, she slowed up a bit so I could just hug her wheel for the rest of the race.\n\nWhich is what I did, all of the way to the finish line.\n\n(Post Race Smiles for the Hammer Velo State Champions.)\n\nWhether I had won this race or not, I was really happy with my ride. It was technically clean and mentally consistent. And my mom was there at the finish line. Even at 32 years of age, having parents there for big moments doesn't get old.\n\nR prepared a huge celebratory meal for me and my family that night and the two of us capped it off by tossing back a bottle of bubbly that I had been holding onto for five years for a \"special occasion.\" That Saturday was such an occasion, unexpected and joyful.\n\nAnd Sunday, we both woke up with a bit of a headache. Obviously.\n\nPIR:\n\nSunday began with extra strength Excedrin for both of us and, for me, a dilemma: Which race? With the third win on Saturday, I was well within automatic upgrade territory. I hadn't gotten the email from OBRA, but I also was well aware of the rules. And of the heckling that would occur from my friends if I lined up for the B race.\n\nOne option down. Two remaining: A race or Singlespeed? In reality, there was only one option left because I had no desire to race for an hour after racing, then consuming most of a bottle of champagne, the day before. It was settled. I would make my debut as an A (minus) at Barton.\n\nRacing in the Singlespeed race was a wise decision on my part. It allowed me to race without any pressure and get in a phenomenal workout.\n\nI had to do things differently at PIR because of the nature of the race. Usually, I get a fast first lap in, then settle in, regroup and try to maintain for the last 25 minutes.\n\nHowever, because I was racing with men, started mid-pack and was pack fodder within two minutes, I had to ride a slow first lap and pick up speed as the race progressed. It was a good exercise in frustration management. I ended up in a pod of about ten guys, most of whom were faster than I, but I was more technically proficient through the barriers, in the mud and through the tricky off-camber sections . Lots of passing and getting caught, passing and getting caught.\n\n(I'm not passing these guys. I'm getting lapped.)\n\nPIR was a sonofabitch of a course as a Singlespeed. 80% the course was covered in varying consistencies of mud and there was no way to get the gearing just right. It also forced me to be a better technical rider, because I couldn't \"cheat\" my way through parts of the course by gearing down.\n\nI rode the race mostly clean. I say \"mostly\" because there were several sections of the course where I knew that if I attempted to ride them, I would end up sliding out. So my strategy became to ride those sections as fast as I could and hope that I'd be closer to solid footing when I wiped out and had to hoof it. Stupid, yet fun and, I imagine, entertaining for the spectators.\n\n(Getting lapped again. But still running!)\n\nI worked harder in this race than I think I had all year in a B race. I suppose it was a combination of not having to race strategically and being under no pressure to place well. No one was paying attention to me, so my only job to ride my ass off.\n\nI think I finished 110th out of 140. Ryan Trebon may or may not have lapped me twice. I honestly don't remember.\n\nOnly twice this year have I willed myself not to barf after a race: Barlow and PIR. If you can't tell from my face, I was spent.\n\nBut was also, again, very happy with cross racing. Which was the biggest victory of the weekend, as I was ready to hang up my shoes after Halloween weekend, content to spectate for the rest of the year.\n\nUp Next: Barton (Or \"Why I Missed the Finish of the Best Men's Race of the Year\") and USGP Day #2 (Or \"You Mean It's Going to be Twenty Degrees COLDER in Bend?!).\n\nNo comments:\n\nVital Statistics\n\nIf you were to ask me to describe myself in two words, I would say \"bike dork.\" Mostly because \"incurable smart ass\" is three words.\nOn February 24, 2011, I celebrated my first year as a cancer survivor. With the structural integrity of my boob currently stabilized, it is back to writing about bikes and passing judgment on my fellow human beings."}
-{"text": "Thursday letters to the editor\n\nPublished 7:00 pm, Wednesday, November 24, 2004\n\nWe should be thankful every day\n\nTo the editor:\n\nThanksgiving Day \u0096 the only day of the year most people try to give thanks for all the wonderful things that God has bestowed upon us. As I have stated in the past, why celebrate \"thanks-giving\" only one day of the year? We should be offering up our thanks every day.\n\nEven though we all have so many things to be thankful for, some of us still find time to criticize or complain about things. Why do we feel sorry for ourselves when things could be a whole lot worse for us? If we would just take a minute to look around, we would all find out how fortunate we are.\n\nSo you have a bad day at work and things don\u0092t go quite as well as you would have liked \u0096 think of the person who doesn\u0092t have a job!\n\nSo you notice a few gray hairs in the mirror and a slightly receding hairline \u0096 think of the cancer patient going through chemotherapy who has no hair to examine in the mirror!\n\nSee what I mean? And we all could list many more examples, but why dwell on the negative things? A positive attitude will help us realize how fortunate we are and the many things we have to be thankful for.\n\nHow about this beautiful country we live in? The warm bed we sleep in on a cold night? A soft touch or hug from our children or grandchildren? The warm food we eat every day? The love of our family and friends?\n\nThey say some good comes from everything regardless how bad it is or was. My wife\u0092s illness is an example \u0096 it has taught me to be patient, tolerant, compassionate, considerate, understanding and many other good qualities of life . Everytime I visit my wife and her fellow residents at the nursing home, I realize just how many things I have to be thankful for. Margie and her friends have made me a much better person.\n\nI am especially thankful that God has given me 80 years of a good, healthy happy life, with a positive attitude, a good sense of humor, (I think!) and the ability to not sweat the little things, while I try to keep a smile on my face \u0096 most of the time.\n\nSo dear friends, I wish the same good fortune for all of you and your families. I also want to thank you for the friendship you have shared with me over the years. I wish you good health, peace and happiness and hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with your loving family.\n\nJoe Lubbehusen\n\nMidland\n\nMake sacrifices\n\nTo the editor:\n\nI am 74 years old and consider myself extremely lucky because of where and when I was born and the opportunities I have been given. My growing regret is that my grandchildren and beyond will not have the chance to live the kind of life I\u0092ve been blessed with because of the financial disaster facing this country. This prediction is neither unique nor new, of course. We\u0092ve been warned of its imminence for years. What makes it more frightening now is that we seem totally indifferent to the possibility and, instead, are perfectly willing to pour even more fuel on the fire through tax cuts, unrestrained government spending and wars. Shouldn\u0092t we be deeply concerned that this nation survives only by borrowing heavily from the Social Security trust fund and by relying on foreign banks to loan us over 90 percent of the annual debt we need to operate our federal government?\n\nObviously, those who ultimately will be saddled with a future financial crunch will be those being born today \u0096 the same ones who will be facing the future shortfall in Social Security funding. Today, our society and its elected guardians pay obsessive attention to key voting blocks \u0096 the elderly, the wealthy, the middle class, business interests, cultural groups, religious groups, ethnic groups, geographic regions, environmental groups \u0096 but no one seems honestly concerned with the future overall welfare of our newborn. Yet isn\u0092t one characteristic of a great society its willingness to sacrifice for the benefit of its children?\n\nI am fortunate that I could sacrifice without going hungry or without undermining my health. Many could not. But many more could. Isn\u0092t it past time to start making sacrifices so there will be something left for those who come after? Isn\u0092t it time to forego some immediate gratification and become a political action group for future generations?"}
-{"text": "Friday, September 30, 2011\n\nTanya Bouchard, who has designed backpacks for children,\ndecides what is \"representational\" of Poles during World War Two.\n\nEver design one of these?\nThen YOU may be qualified to teach Immigration, Holocaust, and World-War-Two History!\n\nThe Canadian Museum of Immigration at\nPier 21 shows a film called \"Oceans of Hope\" that is an archetypal example\nof the \"Bieganski\"\nstereotype. It locates Polish, Christian, rescuers of Jews in the historical\nniche properly occupied by German Nazis. It sets up that historical revision by\nbeginning with a false and stereotyped depiction of Slavic immigrants to Canada\nas fat, dumb, happy, without history, and laughable.\n\nPier 21's revision is not the result of casual or isolated error.\nIt is part of a strategic revision of Holocaust and World War Two history, concomitant\nstrategic revision of immigration history and a pernicious stereotypification\nof Eastern European peasantry as only slightly more sophisticated than animals.\n\nOne may ask \u2013 why would anyone want to place Polish, Christian\nrescuers of Jews in the historical niche properly occupied by German Nazis? Why\nwould anyone want to disseminate false images of Eastern European peasantry and\nimmigrants?\n\nThe answer is complex, and best mastered\nthrough a reading of \"Bieganski.\"\n\nAn activist, Malgorzata Tarchala, has been writing\nletters to Pier 21 politely requesting that they reconsider the film.\n\nNeedless to say, given that she is just one person, Pier 21\nhas found it easy to dismiss her polite requests.\n\nShe wrote that \"Oceans of Hope\" is, and this\nis a quote from her letter, \"acceptable as it is a representation of facts\nof the time.\"\n\nHer letter addresses none of the\npoints found here.\nIt doesn't have to. She has power; Polonia has yet to exercise any power in\nrelation to its own stereotypification; she can say whatever she wants. She\ncould say that Hitler was born in Warsaw and that the Nazis loved Poles; no\nPolonian would or could take any significant action to address any absurdity.\n\nBouchard's letter is false, of course. There is nothing representational\nabout \"Oceans of Hope.\"\n\nWhat Bouchard and\nPier 21 believe to be true, though, is this: Poles, Polish-Americans,\nPolish-Canadians, and Polonians worldwide will do nothing to remove this film.\n\nI fear that Pier 21 is correct. Polonia has yet to unite,\nengage in mutual support, and act strategically in response to the Bieganski, Brute\nPolak stereotype.\n\nIn response to Pier 21 alone, I've\nseen several letters sent by various Polonians. None acted in unison with\nanyone else. I approached one previous letter-writer and he declined to participate\nin any new action. I approached a man who saw the film with his father. Both were\noutraged by it. Neither offered to participate in any response to the film. No\nletter I saw cited \"Bieganski,\" the one scholarly book that addresses\nthe brute Polak stereotype. Writers make vague statements about how the film\nupset them. One particularly bad letter focused on how the film made someone\ncry.\n\nThis isn't about a vague sense of unease this or\nthat Pole felt walking out of the film with teary eyes. This isn't about\n\"dishonoring the Polish nation,\" whatever that means. This isn't an\nissue that only a handful of disgruntled Poles might care about for about five\nminutes before forgetting about it and moving on to something more\nentertaining.\n\nThis is one incidence of a culture-wide\nsystematic historical revision, documented in a scholarly book. This is\nsomething that anyone who cares about truth might care about. This is something\nthat right-thinking Jews that I know personally care deeply about \u2013 and have\ntaken action in response to. The Bieganski, brute Polak stereotype requires\ninformed, educated, unified, cool-headed, professional, strategic action by\nactivists who are willing to work with others over the long haul and who have\ncommitted themselves to not stopping until the film is gone.\n\nAs long as Polonians decline to do what is necessary, the Brute Polak\nstereotype will continue to dominate, including in immigration history, World\nWar Two history, and Holocaust history. Not because it is true. But because\nPolonians declined to take appropriate action. And people who design backpacks\nfor children will decide what constitutes \"representational\" histories\nof World War Two, the Holocaust, Immigration, and Eastern European peasantry.\n\nSunday, September 25, 2011\n\nWalt Kelly's \"Pogo\" and Joseph Conrad's \"Heart of Darkness\" sent the same message:\n\"We have met the enemy and he is us.\"\n\nA journey into the Heart of Darkness -- toward \"Others,\" or into our own souls?\n\nJozef Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad. You can see the wisdom and compassion in his face.\n\nI learned last week that a new\nanthology of writing about the Peace Corps is soon to appear. A contributor to\nthe anthology posted the following announcement: that he would be publishing an\nessay in that Peace Corps anthology \"about Antisemitism in Poland.\"\n\nI read \"Heart of Darkness\" in\nthe first apartment I moved into after I left my parents' home. The most\nremarkable landmark I could see from the window of my bedroom was the World\nTrade Center. The landmark was all too appropriate to the content of the book,\nit would later turn out.\n\n\"Heart of Darkness\"\nwas one of those books I read in that apartment in one sitting. The other was\nAlbert Camus' \"The Plague.\" Both books would stay with me for the\nrest of my life.\n\nLuckily I also read Annie Dillard's\n\"Pilgrim at Tinker Creek\" there, an almost hallucinogenically\nlife-affirming book.\n\nBut Camus' \"The Plague\" also\ninspired and exhilarated me \u2013 perhaps an odd reaction to a book about bubonic\nplague.\n\n\"Heart of Darkness\" terrified me.\nReally. I was a tough kid. I had worked as a nurse's aid for many years by that\npoint; I was used to debriding pressure ulcers and preparing corpses for their\nlast journey. I had lived on the streets and known what it is to have someone\npress the point of a knife into my back and to calculate what move I'd make\nnext that would not result in the knifepoint driving in deeper. But something\nabout \"Heart of Darkness\" really rattled my soul.\n\n\"Heart of Darkness\" tells the story of Marlow, a British man\ntraveling up the Congo River in Africa during the days of Belgian colonization.\nMarlow keeps hearing about a man named Kurtz, a \"universal genius,\"\nwho lives in the bush. The African \"savages\" and \"natives\" look\nupon Kurtz as a God. \"He came to them with thunder and lightning.\" Kurtz\ncommands the marvels of modern technology. The Africans are impressed by that. Marlow\nmeets Kurtz. Kurtz is dying. His final words are \"The horror, the\nhorror.\"\n\nIt turns out that Kurtz was not a\nuniversal genius. Kurtz was a really bad guy who did really bad things. He did\nthese bad things when he was living alone in the African bush. He felt entitled\nto do bad things. He was superior, the Africans inferior.\n\nI didn't articulate it at the time, but I think this is why this book so\ntroubled me: \"Heart of Darkness\" closed off any escape route from\nevil.\n\nSee, we all think we are better. We all think we\nare qualified to work for \"The International Society for the Suppression\nof Savage Customs.\" There was never an actual society for the suppression\nof savage customs \u2013 Conrad made up the title. Conrad is criticizing European\ncolonizers in Africa who said that they were there to enlighten the savages,\nbut who were really there to exploit them and their natural resources.\n\n\"Heart of Darkness\" tells us that we are not what we\nimagine ourselves to be. We are not better. We are not superior.\n\n\"Heart of Darkness\" also tells us that evil is not\nwhat we think it is. It is not out there, locatable outside ourselves, ready to\nbe suppressed.\n\nWe are part of the problem. We are not\nqualified to suppress savage customs. \"The horror, the horror,\" is\nnot out there \u2013 it's not in the bush (exclusively). It is not located in an\n\"Other,\" the black African \u2013 at least not exclusively. \"We have\nmet the enemy and he is us.\" The horror is inside of our own souls. It's\nour arrogance, our greed, our sadism. Until we confront \"the horror, the\nhorror\" in our own societies, we only exacerbate \"the horror the\nhorror\" in those societies we colonize and exploit.\n\nSadly, idealism is often the very quality that morphs into \"the\nhorror, the horror.\" Idealism in practice confronts the realities of the\nreal world: savages who don't want to be \"saved.\" Systems that don't\nwant to change. Primarily, the idealist's own arrogance and ego.\n\nThese real-world complexities can warp an idealist. An\nidealist so warped can become a hater without peer.\n\nNot\nalways. There is a way idealists can avoid becoming warped. They can surrender\nto a Higher Power \u2013 for me, that Higher Power is the loving, forgiving and just,\nJudeo-Christian God. \"I won't save the world today, and I won't become\nworld famous by doing so. I'll just do what God asks, and allows me, to do, and\nhave faith for the rest.\" That kind of reality-tempered idealism, that\nkind of surrender to that kind of God, works wonders. Mother Teresa was that\nkind of humble, God-surrendered idealist. She didn't need to save the world.\nShe needed to wash one dying leper. Mother Teresa said, \"We can do no\ngreat things. Only small things with great love.\" Those are the words of a\nhumble idealist.\n\nNarcissistic, arrogant idealism creates\nmonsters like Kurtz, like the nineteen hijackers, who did, of course surrender\nto their idea of God \u2013 and their idea of God is one that warps.\n\n***\n\nI was involved with Peace Corps,\nboth overseas and in the US, for several years. I served twice, once in Africa\nand once in Asia. On PC's behalf, I also trained volunteers. I published in a\nfew Peace Corps publications, and participated in conferences. I visited with\nvolunteers in countries other than those in which I served. I kept in touch\nwith Peace Corps and my Peace Corps buddies for years afterward, up to today, visiting\nformer vols in several US states. On behalf of volunteers, I prepared a report\nabout PC operations and delivered that to PCDC, on PCDC's dime.\n\nI lived a movie. I met famous people. I traveled to exotic\nlocales. I saw wild rhinos and trekked so close to Mount Everest I was certain,\nif only I were a better shot, I could hit it with a rock. I learned libraries\nfull of lessons. My fellow volunteers were exciting, funny, smart, colorful,\ncreative, gifted people. Really, glow-in-the-dark special.\n\nPeace Corps was the most flawed institution I've ever been a part of, and\nthat's saying a lot, because I've also been part of American academia and the\nRoman Catholic Church.\n\nI've\nsoundly criticized academia on this blog. And I acknowledge that the\nCatholic Church sex abuse crisis is a serious problem that the church has yet\nto adequately address. And, yes, proportionate to its size, Peace Corps is even\nmore flawed.\n\nMost PCVs I had contact with, in several\ncountries where PCVs serve, didn't actually do what their job descriptions said\nthat they did. Teachers, more often than not, didn't teach. Fish farmers didn't\nraise fish. Community organizers didn't organize communities.\n\nWe were sent to dysfunctional societies, where, more often\nthan not, schools don't run, there are no supplies, and entrenched power\nrelations mitigate against any change that will benefit those who most need\nchange: women, children, low status people. And Peace Corps had zero interest\nin addressing any root causes \u2013 in fact, if we brought up root causes, like the\ncaste system or entrenched misogyny, we were accused of being cultural\nimperialists. Who's to say that gouging out little girls' clitorises is a bad\nthing? So, basically, we were sent out on fools' errands.\n\nWhat did we do, if we were not teaching, growing food for hungry\ncommunities, scattering the blessings of representational democracy?\n\nWhat do you think we did? Young, single, away from home for\nthe first time since we graduated college, pockets full of monopoly money that\ncould buy us anything in-country and nothing any place else, no supervision,\nand thrust into absurd, nihilistic scenarios?\n\nThe drugs, the sex, the dancing, the flamboyant outrageousness\nof it all. Uppers. Downers. Narcotics. Hash. Morphine. Moonshine, the dancing\nthat went on for days, the public displays of S&M\u2026\n\nI'll\nstop there.\n\nI knew one group of volunteers, nicknamed\n\"The Fish,\" who never, in their entire service, ever did any work.\nThey wanted to. They couldn't. The official bureaucracy never supplied them\nwith even the most rudimentary tools of their trade. They wondered around a\nThird World country for two and a half years, traveling from party to party.\n\nI'm not here to criticize that. If you want to criticize that\nuse of taxpayer dollars, feel free, but that's not why I'm writing this blog\npost.\n\nThere was another serious problem with the utter\ndisconnect between how Peace Corps sells itself and what Peace Corps really is.\n\nImagine being an American girl, weighing a bit over one\nhundred pounds, no muscles \u2013 your life has been servants and Ivy League schools\n\u2013 why would you need muscles? You're alone in a remote African village. Imagine\nbeing raped, at night, by a stranger who breaks into your isolated dwelling,\nwhere you have no electricity, no running water, no way of contacting anyone.\nWhere your nearest neighbor is out of range of your scream. That's bad enough,\nno?\n\nThen imagine being told by PCDC that you can't talk\nabout that to anyone, can't get any services, and, if you make any trouble, you\nwill face trouble, like, for example, when it comes time to claim your\n\"readjustment allowance.\"\n\n\"Jess Smochek arrived in\nBangladesh in 2004 as a 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer with dreams of\nteaching English and 'helping the world.' She left six weeks later a rape\nvictim after being brutalized in an alley by a knife-wielding gang. When she\nreturned to the United States, the reception she received from Peace Corps\nofficials was as devastating, she said, as the rape itself.\"\n\nMy most disturbing Peace Corps tale is actually really hard\nfor me to tell. I've never told it in public before. It involves someone else,\nsomeone else's life, so I'll be vague with details.\n\nOne\nday I was going for a walk. It was a nice, sunny day, and I had some free time.\nI was in a Third World village.\n\nA local kid approached\nme. \"Mees, Mees\" \u2013 her pronunciation of \"Miss\" \u2013\n\"Mees, your friend is over there!\" the kid pointed to a hospital set\nup by, iirc, Canadians. There were just a couple of Canadians on staff.\n\nI had no idea what the kid was talking about. For some reason,\nI followed the kid. I could not believe what I saw.\n\nOne\nof my fellow PCVs was lying, suspended, on a piece of plastic, with a hole in\nthe bottom so that waste could pour through. Her body was the color of camo\ngear. Her kidneys had shut down. She was clearly dying, alone, in horrible\npain.\n\nI sprang to action. I went to the one telephone I\nknew of in this village, in the post office. It took me hours of begging and\npleading and arguing to get a call through. I was lectured on how dying of\ndysentery was not such a big deal; local people died of dysentery every day. I\nwouldn't leave. Hours, and hours I argued: get the call through. Get the call\nthrough.\n\nPeace Corps tells vols that it will send an\nevacuation helicopter if you need it in a medical emergency. I finally got the\ncall through. They refused to send a helicopter. They said that *the next day*\nthey would send *a jeep.*\n\nA jeep. For a twelve-hour\nride over bumpy, dangerous, unpaved roads. For a dying young lady in\nexcruciating pain.\n\nI wondered how much morphine they'd\nhave to use on her to make the ride possible. I wonder how they found a vein\nthat could support the IV in her drained, skeletal body.\n\nI received a post card from that young lady some months later. She told me\nshe was learning to walk again.\n\nI could tell you more\nsuch stories.\n\nPCVs who lost it, who needed to be\n\"psycho-vacced,\" but were left in their village to slowly lose their\nmarbles, one by one. Or lost their intestines. Or their lives.\n\nBut that's not what I wrote this blog to focus on.\n\nWhat I want to focus on is this: the \"Heart of\nDarkness\" I encountered in Peace Corps.\n\nI'm not\ntalking about individual \"hearts of darkness;\" I'm not talking about\none or two bad apples \u2013 any more than the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis is\nabout one or two bad apples. I'm not talking about something separate from the\nnature, the essence of Peace Corps.\n\nI'm talking about a\nvery big, unaddressed problem with the essence of Peace Corps itself. Something\nso corrupting that, at this point, I think it would be a really good thing if\nPeace Corps were put on hiatus.\n\nI'm talking about the\nsoul, not of this or that volunteer, but of Peace Corps itself.\n\nA big chunk of Peace Corps' raison d'etre, its reason for\nbeing, its soul, its day-to-day functioning, has nothing to do with\n\"saving the world\" in the best sense of that phrase.\n\nA big chunk \u2013 maybe the most significant chunk \u2013 of Peace\nCorps' raison d'etre, its soul, its day-to-day functioning, is a modern,\nprettied up, multicultural version of \"white man's burden,\" of \"the\nhorror, the horror.\" The Peace Corps I knew overseas, in several\ncountries, and the Peace Corps I met face-to-face and had sit down talks with\nin the US, exists so that American arrogance can put privileged Americans in\nexotic situations so that they can feel superior and have colorful adventures,\nat the American taxpayers', and local citizens', expense \u2013 and then parlay\nthose adventures into jobs where their arrogant cluelessness and multi-culti\npretense will continue to be rewarded.\n\nThe other Peace\nCorps may exist, too. The idealism, the beauty, the small school built in a\nremote locale, the water tap in a village that never had one, the bridge, the\npaved road. I met one vol, Judy, who did build a water tap in a remote village\nthat had never had one before. I met one guy, Scott, who did build a bridge.\n\nBut the \"heart of darkness\" Peace Corps is the\nbigger part of Peace Corps that I encountered.\n\nJust a\nfew anecdotes:\n\nI and all other PCVs was issued a Peace\nCorps Volunteer's health care manual.\n\nIt wasn't enough\nthat I followed its hygiene guidelines. I was encouraged to worship \u2013 literally\nto worship \u2013 the health care manual's author. He was a MacArthur \"Genius\nGrant\" winner. Our Peace Corps trainer called this man \"a living\nsaint.\"\n\nI was not willing to worship a human\nbeing. Too, something about the health care manual hit me wrong. I was\nreprimanded for not being part of the group, not being idealistic enough, for\nbeing churlish.\n\nIn 1993, the very Peace Corps trainer,\nand later country director, who had insisted that I worship this health care\nmanual's author went public with allegations that the health care manuals'\nauthor, the living saint, the MacArthur genius grant award winner, had used his\nstatus in Third World villages to have sex with boys between the ages of 12 and\n16.\n\nAnother anecdote.\n\nIn PC I\nknew a girl \u2013 I really can't call her a woman \u2013 who came from a very privileged\nAmerican family. Her ancestors had arrived, not on the Mayflower, but on a\nsubsequent ship carrying religious dissidents from England. They were among a\ngroup who made great fortunes over two hundred years before. Her life as a\nmember of a privileged elite was still floating on that, over two centuries\nlater. She hired an African man to clean her house, so that she could, as she\ndescribed in juicy, enthusiastic detail to me, gaze at his very black body and\nthe articulated muscles underneath, as he, in minimal clothing (this was a very\nhot country) labored for her in his domestic, gender-transgressing, maid-like\nchores.\n\nOne man I knew told me that he \"had\nto\" sleep with an African prostitute \u2013 a desperate, impoverished village\nwoman who did agricultural labor during the day \u2013 he paid her a piece of cloth\n\u2013 because \"If I went back to New York, and told the guys there that I had\nnot banged a black woman, they'd never let me live it down.\"\n\nI knew more than one male PCV who left their own babies behind\nin the village, along with their African \"wives.\" No vows. Just sex. And\nclean laundry.\n\nThis was so common there were jokes about\nit. A sample:\n\nA Peace Corps volunteer is about to leave.\nThe Village Elder calls him in. \"You are leaving behind a half-white\nchild. You need to address this matter.\"\n\nThe Peace\nCorps volunteer panics. Busted! He looks out the window and sees a flock of\nsheep. Amidst all that white wool, there is one black lamb. Aha, he thinks. He\nturns to the Village Elder, and points out the black lamb.\n\n\"If you don't tell anyone about me, I won't tell anyone about\nyou.\"\n\nThe joke implies, of course, that the\nVillage Elder has sex with sheep \u2013 and is so low he can reproduce with them.\nThere was another famous Peace Corps story in circulation about an African\nwoman who turned herself into a pig. This story was widely believed to be true.\n\nThere was this joke: Africans are so stupid that,\nduring the dry season, they don't think that the river shrinks, they think that\nthe land rises.\n\nIn Asia, I heard this one: The Neutron\nbomb is perfect for India. Save all the glorious architecture; get rid of the\nannoying Indians.\n\nTelling these jokes was okay. Our\nsense of entitlement made it okay. We were heroic idealists, better than\neveryone else. Especially we were superior to those hopeless cases we came to\nsave, who resisted our salvation.\n\nThe most celebrated\nPCV I knew, the kind who gets newspaper write-ups both in America and overseas,\nwas a deathly cynical fulltime party animal and druggie. He knew how to milk\nthe publicity machine just enough, yank its crank and tweak it just enough with\nphoto-ops and free goodies brought to the village, to make a name for himself,\na name he traded in for big cash prizes \u2013 a glam job with international\ndevelopment when his term was over.\n\nThe Peace Corps\ndirector in one country I visited was notorious among Peace Corps volunteers\nfor feeling up every female volunteer he could get his hands on, often while\nhis wife was at the same party. He went on to be the director of a major\nmulit-culti institution in Vermont.\n\nI could go on. But\nyou don't really need me to \u2013 just read the \"Decameron\" and you'll\nget the general idea.\n\nWhy does any of this matter? I\ndon't know that it does. I've sat on these memories for years, never feeling\nany need to bring them up. If people want to believe the lies Peace Corps\npeddles about itself, they have my sympathy. If Peace Corps never wants to wake\nup to itself, there's nothing I can do about that.\n\nThe\ndecadent partying of Peace Corps was supported by the same foundation that\nsupported the Peace Corps' shameful treatment of rape victims. Both were\nsupported by Peace Corps' heart of darkness.\n\nWe are\nidealists.\n\nWe are saving the world.\n\nWe are sacrificing a great deal to do that \u2013 we left our comfortable homes\nand are now relieving ourselves of parasite-riddled waste in filthy outhouses.\n\nBecause we are so idealistic, so self sacrificing, we are\nspecial. We are deserving. We are privileged. We are better than you.\n\nAny criticism of what we do must be demonized. Thus the\nshameful treatment of rape victims. They were seen as casting dispersions on\nPeace Corps.\n\nMe? I rented a room in this heart of\ndarkness. I partied. I was arrogant.\n\nWhat changed? I\ngrew up. I realized that Peace Corps was lying. I saw the lies in front of my\neyes.\n\nIn PCDC, in a government office, staffed by US\ntaxpayer-funded employees, on Peace Corps' dime, I delivered a detailed report\nI had written with the cooperation of several volunteers in a country so\ndangerous the ambassador and the Marines had been evacuated \u2013 but not the PCVs.\nThe report detailed rapes, kidnappings for ransom, stabbings, and fatal bombings.\nIt detailed that all this danger was being risked for very little gain \u2013\nteachers couldn't teach. Schools didn't run. Engineers' projects were sabotaged\nby locals. One community organizer had retired from the field and was slowly\ngoing mad in a hut.\n\nThe country director looked me\nright in the eye with a huge dollop of contempt. How dare I criticize Peace\nCorps? How dare I disparage its idealistic, self-sacrificing mission to save\nthe world? I was obviously not an idealist. I could never understand.\n\"Peace Corps will have every man, woman, and child in that village living\nlike an American within twenty years.\"\n\nYes, those\nare the exact words. I did not change one syllable. Some things you never\nforget.\n\nIn addition to seeing what Peace Corps was\ndoing wrong, I saw what others were doing right, including Mother Teresa's\nSisters of Charity, with whom I volunteered. Using cold water from an outdoor,\ncommunal pump, I hand washed lice out of the clothing of homeless, dying\nHindus. The result? Cleaner clothes, and fewer lice, for homeless, dying\nHindus. \"We can do no great things, only small things with great\nlove.\"\n\nI met Sir Edmund Hillary, who impressed me\nas a truly great man. He could party, too. Though in his sixties, and\nundertaking a strenuous trek, he drank me under the table.\n\nHis Himalayan Trust struck me as doing something that Peace Corps was not\ndoing: real work. I met Jesuits, who were educating Third World kids, and\nMennonites and other Christian missionaries. Unlike Peace Corps, they did not\nsend lone, na\u00efve, kids into impossible situations. They sent seasoned\nprofessionals, with full support, into hospitals and schools for real work.\n\n***\n\nWhat's all this got to do with\nBieganski, the brute Polak stereotype, you may ask?\n\nAnd that sense of entitlement, of superiority, prevents them\nfrom taking a good, hard look at themselves, and their own flaws.\n\nBieganski and other contemptuous stereotypes facilitate that\nprocess. We don't need to confront our own racism, our own anti-Semitism,\nelites think. We've already fixed that problem. You can find people making\nstatements like that in Chapter Two of \"Bieganski.\" You can find a\npublished author and successful scholar claiming that Americans have never\nkilled Jews as Poles have. Have never been prejudiced against Jews as Poles\nhave. Americans are better. Poles are worse. The heart of darkness is always\nout there. Not in here.\n\nPeople who like resorting to\nthe Bieganski stereotype always defend themselves thus: \"I believe we need\nto talk openly about Polish anti-Semitism!\"\n\nWell,\nof course we do. Talking openly about Polish anti-Semitism is not the problem.\n\nRather, what is the problem is that people who have not come\nto terms with the bigotries and injustices of their own group using Bieganski\nas a way to continue to refuse to confront, and address, their own failings.\n\nThat's what I fear an essay about Polish anti-Semitism in a\nPeace Corps anthology might just contribute to, in however small a way. That\nfeeling that Peace Corps volunteers and the wider Peace Corps community are a\nsuperior, entitled species who need never take stock, not of isolated incidents\nof personal failure, but of endemic institutional rot.\n\nI\ncould be wrong. I have not read the essay, or the anthology. If this essay were\nto mention Polish anti-Semitism in the context of the rampant elitism,\nexploitation, and a refusal to take a look at one's own failings that are root\nand branch of Peace Corps, that would be a good thing.\n\nDecades older than\nYezierska. (She did not know the date of her birth and could not say how old\nshe was.)\n\nStarchy\n\nRich\n\nCold\n\nSuperior.\n\nA\nscholar with an international reputation that lasts to this day.\n\nYezierska and Dewey were the proverbial fire and ice.\n\nThey never even had sex.\n\nAfter a brief,\ninitial spark, Dewey cut Yezierska off completely, refusing to so much as speak\nto her. She continued to obsess on her one encounter with him for the rest of\nher life.\n\nReaders can wallow in one thinly fictionalized\nretelling of their few brief moments together in one Yezierska book after\nanother.\n\nIt's embarrassing, really.\n\nPainful.\n\nSick.\n\nTwisted!\n\nI can't get enough of it.\n\n***\n\n\"The Bread Givers\" was my first Yezierska book. I\nhad already read all the Dead White Males one must chew through to earn a BA in\nEnglish. I was so resentful of being force-fed Dead White Males \u2013 none Polish\nexcept Jozef Korzeniowski, who was packaged and sold as a great \"English\"\nauthor; none working class; none whose last name ended in a vowel \u2013 that it\ntook me decades to value the Dead White Males, to realize how great they really\nare.\n\nReading Yezierska's \"The Bread Givers,\" I felt like\nI was learning to read for the first time.\n\nI said as\nmuch to my friend, Joe Whitmeyer.\n\nHe said, no, \"The\nBread Givers\" is not a great book.\n\nHe knew it was\nnot because, as he said, when he and his white-collar, Ivy League, male college\nbuddies read James Joyce, they all thought Joyce was writing about them, and no\none felt that way about \"The Bread Givers.\"\n\nI\nwanted to brain and bury Joe right then and there. I may have. I have not heard\nfrom him since this incident.\n\nThat same miserable\nattitude prevails when it comes to academically-deigned ethnic niches in\nliterary canons. The great American ethnic authors are \"people of\ncolor;\" Yezierska doesn't count \u2013 she's \"white.\" Feh. As she\nmight have said.\n\nThe great American Jewish twentieth\ncentury novelist? No question. Philip Roth. Male, white-collar, removed from\nhis Galician Jewish immigrant ancestors by two comfortable suburban American generations.\nNever toiled in a sweatshop. Tapped for greatness while still a student \u2013 at the\nprestigious University of Chicago. Obsessed with his ego and his schmeckel.\n\nEnglish department chairs are also obsessed with their egos\nand their shmeckels; of course they'd grant Roth their imprimatur.\n\nYezierska's\npassion for justice is as \u2013 well \u2013 passionate as her hunger and thirst for true\nlove. Anzia Yezierska did not suffer fools, or conventional, powerful\n\"truths.\" She gave me one of my favorite quotes for \"Bieganski.\"\nA book, really, about people who think they know Poles, but who really don't.\n\n\"'How will you set about to know the\nPoles? \u2026 How can Americans with their cold hearts and clear heads ever come to\nknow people burning up with a million volatile ideas? \u2026 Who cares for the\nculture immigrants bring with them? They may sell the labor of their bodies.\nBut how many get the chance to give to America the hopes in their hearts, the\ndreams of their minds? \u2026 [She realizes that academics' study of Poles is only a\n'slumming adventure,' 'ethnic entertainment' to save the researcher 'from\nlooking into the depths where things get complicated and unutterable'] 'You\nknow less about the Poles than when you started out to study them \u2026 You know\nnothing about the heart of the Poles. Without love, what is there to\nwrite about?' (Yezierska All 37-38; 80-82; 108-09).\"\n\nOh,\nAnzia. In passages like that, you make my heart go pitter pat. I feel like I've\nfound my one, true, woman-writer Messiah.\n\nBut then you\nturn around and drive me crazy again!\n\nI think she really\nwas a little nuts. I don't mean that in a fun way.\n\nI\nthink Anzia Yezierska was probably obsessive compulsive, and maybe suffered\nfrom a bit of narcissistic personality disorder.\n\nI KNOW!\nI know it's horrible to celebrate a Romantic from the past, someone who\nexhibits the kind of raw passion that is outlawed today in our Cool Is All era,\nand then slap a medical diagnosis on her.\n\nBut you read\nbook after book after book by Yezierska, and you see her play out the doomed\nDewey romance over and over again, and you witness her tragic inability to move\non, to put things into perspective, to, perhaps, laugh at herself, and your\nheart breaks, and you wish you could help her. But you can't. And so you read\nthe next book.\n\n\"Hungry Hearts: Wings\" tells\nthe story of a Jewish immigrant woman who falls head over heels in love with a\ncold, superior, American WASP. And their doomed romance.\n\nGod, but she could love: \"I'll wash your shirts for you! If you would\neven only talk with me\u2026\" \"I wish I were the leather holding his\nfeet!\"\n\n\"Salome of the Tenements\" \u2013 could\nthere be a better title? How about \"Arrogant Begger,\" another by Yezierska?\n\n\"Salome of the Tenements\" tells the\nheartbreaking story of a \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 Jewish immigrant woman who falls head\nover heels in love with a cold, superior, American WASP. And their doomed\nromance.\n\n\"I'd wrap my soul around him like a living\nflame.\"\n\n\"This girl was an electric radiance\ndivinely formed of flesh and blood.\"\n\n\"Her\nabandon, her nakedness, staggered him. The product of generations of Puritans,\nhe retreated into his shell.\"\n\nShe responds:\n\"His dead ancestors, his rigid training, prevented him from being warm and\nspontaneous. 'You live too much inside your head! Too much ashes from book\nlearning is choking up your natural feelings!' This man was bound in with\ncenturies of natural inhibitions it would take cataclysmic love to break down.\"\n\nWASPS, she decides, \"hold in their feelings like they\nhold little dogs on chains. They do tricks with them all day long.\"\n\n\"I am a flame of longing. A soul consumed with hunger for\nheights beyond reach. I am the ache of unvoiced dreams, the clamor of suppressed\ndesires. I am the unlived lives of generations stifled in Siberian prisons. I\nam the urge of the ages for the free, the beautiful that never was on land or\nsea.\"\n\n\"And I am a Puritan whose fathers were\nafraid to trust. We are bound by our possessions of property, knowledge, and tradition.\"\n\nFrustration is inevitable.\n\nHer\nfrustration with him: \"Always at arm's length. Always cased in ice. So you\ncan never touch them. Never get near them. I never know what goes on in his\nhead. But everybody can tell what's going on inside of me. I'm naked and helpless\nas a child just born. The blood rushes to my face and betrays me every time I\nlook at him.\"\n\nAnd his frustration with her:\n\"He instinctively recoiled at this outburst of demonstrativeness. The\nwhole gamut of the Russian Jew \u2013 the pendulum swinging from abject servility to\nboldest aggressiveness.\"\n\nTo him, she is only a\nspecimen: \"his was the enthusiasm of the scientist for the specimen of his\nexperimentation, of the sculptor for the clay that would take form under this\ntouch. Her lack of contact with Americanizing agencies appalled him.\"\n\nAnd, so, she got over him \u2013 at the end of the story. And then\nshe took a break before moving on to the next story, in which she would fall in\nlove with him all over again, and they would recoil from each other again \u2013\nfrom exactly those qualities that first attracted them to each other \u2013 and then\nget over him. Until the next book.\n\n***\n\nYezierska is worth talking about not just because she is Yezierska.\nShe tells, not just the story of Yezierska and Dewey, but of passion and\nrationality, of immigrants and Americans, of outsiders and insiders, of youth\nand age.\n\nHow about Jews and Gentiles? I don't see it\nthat way. Yezierska is every bit as much Polish as she is Jewish; see her\nquote, above, standing up for the Poles in what she saw as Dewey and other\nsocial scientists' snobbish dehumanization of them.\n\nPut\nYezierska in a \"Jewish\" box with Philip Roth, more than in the\n\"Polish\" or \"immigrant\" box? I don't see it. They would,\nsimply, hate each other.\n\nMake it \"easier\" \u2013\nJewish women who were her contemporaries? Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein? What\ndid Parker, nee Rothschild, born in her family's oceanfront summerhouse, have\nin common with Yezierska, a girl who didn't know her own birth year, never mind\nher birth date, and grew up milking cows and yearning to read and write?\n\nGertrude Stein's \"a rose is a rose is a rose\" is\ncool. Yezierska was NEVER cool. She was never Paris, either, unlike Stein, who\nspent years there rubbing shoulders with Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.\nYezierska probably would have eventually punched Ernest Hemingway, and probably\nknocked him out.\n\nDon't misunderstand \u2013 Yezierska is\ncertainly, proudly, wildly Jewish. But her yearning for Dewey was more about a\npassionate, uneducated and poor immigrant yearning for a cool, rational, successful\nprofessor, rather than a Jewish woman yearning for a Gentile man. She says as\nmuch herself. It's always his coolness, his success, his scholarship, she\ncraves. It's never his non-Jewishness she yearns for.\n\nMy\nstudents and I discussed Yezierska and Dewey in class. New Jersey is wildly diverse,\nand so are my classes. My students are immigrants themselves, and children of\nimmigrants.\n\nI think they held their noses when reading\nof Yezierska and Dewey's messy and pointless passion. \"She's trying to\nhard.\"\n\n\"He's a player.\"\n\nNone of my students seemed to get what seemed horribly,\ntragically, wonderful obvious to me \u2013 that neither Yezierska nor Dewey was\nacting in a calculating fashion. They were both simply overwhelmed.\n\nOverwhelm \u2013 do we still have that delicious, tear-jerking fate\nin our sensory overload world?\n\nFriday, September 16, 2011\n\nSo the other night, I overcame thirty years\nof resistance and putting-it-off and finally sat down with the tooth-gritted\nintention of watching \"Das Boot,\" Wolfgang Peterson's 1981 U-boat\nmovie.\n\n\"Das Boot\" is universally acclaimed as\none of the greatest films ever made.\n\nI have never\nwanted to see it but have long felt that I should. I should see it because I'm\na film fan and these movies that are universally acclaimed as among the\ngreatest films ever made are our homework.\n\nReally \u2013 we\npunish each other when we have not done our homework. Karen, one of my film fan\nfriends, every time she sees me, and I mean EVERY TIME, and we see each other\nevery couple of weeks, in the middle of our conversation, will stop, assume a\nschool teachery look, squint her eyes, point her finger, and ask, \"Have\nyou seen it yet?\"\n\n\"No,\" I say. Depending\non my mood, I say this truculently, defiantly, coyly, ashamed. The\n\"it\" in question is \"The Godfather,\" another one of those\nfilms universally acclaimed as among the greatest films ever made, a movie I\nrefuse to watch, because, a Jersey girl, I have had face-to-face encounters\nwith Mafiosi, and they are NOTHING like the glamorized Hollywood / HBO\nproductions you people who love \"The Godfather\" and \"The\nSopranos\" fantasize that they are. Mafiosi are ugly, unromantic, scum.\n\nSo, back to the f---ing Nazi film.\n\nI\nshould, of course, see \"Das Boot\" not just because I'm a film fan and\n\"Das Boot\" is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest films ever\nmade. I should see \"Das Boot\" because I published Bieganski, a book addressing popular cultures\nimages of Poles, Jews, Germans \u2013 and Nazis. These images play a role in how the\nHolocaust is understood. Who is guilty? Who could have committed these horrible\ncrimes? And why?\n\nI sat through hours of repulsive trash\nto write that book. The Nazi propaganda film \"The Eternal Jew\" is a\nhate crime \u2013 not just against humanity, but against cinema itself \u2013 that no sentient\nbeing should ever have to endure. American author Raymond Federman's take on Poles is not much easier\nto stomach.\n\nSo, yeah, I should watch \"Das\nBoot.\"\n\nI remember when it first came out. I was\nliving in New York City and I had a lot of friends, some of them mainstream,\nsome of them fringe-dwellers. All very interesting. It was a really hardcore\nfringe-dwelling cabby who most fervently recommended \"Das Boot\" to\nme. He also wanted me to see Nazi propaganda films he had gone out of his way\nto obtain from some underground source. \"If you just watch these movies,\nyou'll see that what you learned in school about Nazism was not all true.\"\n\nUh huh. Yeah, I think I'll pass.\n\nWhatever\nWolfgang Peterson's intentions, I have never been able to get over that\nassociation \u2013 between my weirdo cab driver friend who insisted that the Nazis\nwere really not all that bad, and that their really cool, well-made movies was\nproof of that, and his affection for \"Das Boot.\"\n\nSo, teeth in full grit position, I sat down and tried to watch \"Das\nBoot.\"\n\nI immediately realized, from the opening\nscene, that everything I had long feared about \"Das Boot\" was right\nthere on the screen for me to see.\n\nNazi soldiers and\nsailors were just regular Joes like you and me.\n\nAnd they\nsuffered! And we, the Allies, made them suffer! And we should feel sorry for\nthem!\n\nInsert firebombing of Dresden here. And all those\nother big, bad things the big, bad Allies did: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, displacement\nof Germans after World War Two.\n\nBoo!\n\nHoo!\n\nFrom its opening scenes, heck, even before it\nstarts, \"Das Boot\" hammers that message into the viewer: Nazi sailors\nwere just regular Joes like you and me. And they suffered, too!\n\nA script appears onscreen before the film starts: Hitler sent\nout 40,000 sailors on U-boats. Fewer then 10,000 returned.\n\nYou are supposed to feel really sad. Really sad for these poor, poor Nazi\nsailors.\n\nMe? \"Ten thousand too many,\" I snort.\nAre there any left? Tell me where. I'll torpedo the bastard right now.\n\nIn the opening shots, the onscreen Nazis are not goose-stepping,\ninvading Poland, torturing Jews or sieg heil-ing. They are singing songs, pulling\nhi-jinks, drinking beer, getting rowdy, and then, in a high spirited prank, urinating\non the car carrying their commanding officer.\n\nJust a\nbunch of regular Joes! Just like you and me!\n\nNazis just\nwanna have fun!\n\nHey, wait a second, the viewer asks. Was\nthis really what Nazism was all about? Young colts having a good time and then\nsome disembodied, mean force sends them out on U-boats to die? Wasn't there that\nlittle matter of \u2026 An election, in which 38 % of Germans voted for Hitler? Mass\nrallies, in which thousands of Germans stood at rapt attention for Hitler? Piles\nof archived love letters, from men and women, pledging immortal fealty to\nHitler? Endless war crimes, committed by uncounted Germans, who gratuitously tortured\nJews, Poles, Slovaks, Russian POWs, homosexuals \u2026 ???\n\nOh,\nyes. The film addresses that, also in the opening moments. There is a party. A\nbeautiful woman is singing. Men are sexually harassing her. In \"Das Boot,\"\nthat sexual harassment of a pretty girl is a good thing. It shows that these\nmen are \u2013 Regular Joes! Just like you and me! They just want to have fun with\nthis pretty girl!\n\nA man swaggers into the party. The\ncamera follows him. He gets up on a stage. And he mocks Hitler!\n\nSee? See? I told you, these Germans are just like you and me!\nThey didn't like Hitler, either! SO DON'T JUDGE THE GERMANS you big, bad,\njudgmental person! It was just this one guy, Hitler, who was really bad.\nEveryone else just wanted to have fun, and then they \"were sent\" \u2013\nplease note passive voice; they did not go willingly \u2013 they \"were\nsent\" out on U-boats to be killed! In their tens of thousands! By\nAmericans, like you!\n\nThere's a similar scene aboard the U-boat,\nonce it sets out to sea. The ruggedly handsome captain, played by Jurgen\nProchnow, is, as Wikipedia puts it (it's not just me imagining all this)\n\"openly anti-Nazi.\"\n\nOkay, okay, the viewer thinks. Maybe these\nGermans were really not so bad. But were these innocent young boys on U-boats\njust \u2026 dying? Weren't they also \u2026 Killing? I mean, how else did U-boats get the\nnicknames, \"grey wolves\" and \"wolf pack\"?\n\nThe movie addresses that, too. The U-boat is shown sinking an\n\"enemy\" ship. (American? English? Populated with teenage farmboys\nfrom Arkansas who never left home before being drafted, who were sent out to\ndefend the lives and liberty of people they never met?)\n\nSailors from the \"enemy\" ship are shown burning alive, pleading\nfor help, jumping into the North Atlantic, and drowning.\n\nAnd the regular Joes on the U-boat watch in compassion. They blame the\nenemy, the Americans or the Brits, for not sending rescue craft.\n\nReally. REALLY. Compassionate Nazis watch innocent victims of\ntheir worldwide horror and feel sad because of these men's horrible deaths and\nblame that on Americans.\n\nNow that's moral relativism\nfor ya.\n\nWhat else makes \"Das Boot\" worthy to\nbe universally acclaimed as one of the greatest films ever made?\n\nWell, as I was watching it, I was really wishing that my old\nprofessor, Alan\nDundes,\nwere still alive. Prof. Dundes published a book, \"Life is Like a Chicken\nCoop Ladder,\" that argues that German culture shows evidence of anal\nfixation. There is, Dundes argues, simply many mentions of poop, farts, pee,\nand heinies in German songs, jokes, proverbs, etc. And there are a lot of poop,\nfarts, pee, and heinies in \"Das Boot.\" My aesthetic life was not\nenhanced by watching a naked German buttocks fill my screen. Not the first time\nor any time after that.\n\nAll these references to the\nnether regions of the human body have one intention, seamless with the intent\nof the rest of the film: See? The Germans were just regular guys like you and\nme. We have heinies; they have heinies. Here is photographic evidence! We all\nwant to have fun with our heinies!\n\nWolfgang Peterson should\nread Alan Dundes. Dundes argues, in \"Life is Like a Chicken Coop\nLadder,\" that there is such a thing as German national character. That it\nmanifests in all these heinie references. And at Auschwitz. But I digress.\n\nFull disclosure: I never made it through \"Das Boot.\"\nThe film was so amateurish in its obvious propaganda that I just couldn't get\npast not so much my own offense, but my boredom. I'll watch a compelling,\noffensive movie, but never a boring, offensive movie. Indeed, the negative\nreviews of \"Das Boot\" at the International Movie Database mention\nboredom as the reason the reviewer gave the film a low score. I watched about\nhalf an hour, and then watched fan-posted clips on \"Youtube,\"\nincluding one immodestly titled \"best movie scene ever.\" (Not.)\n\n\"What impresses me the most about the film, as the title\nmakes apparent, is that it's a German made film about a German U-boat.\nPatriotism for my own country would tend to make me hate the crew on this ship\nby definition (especially if portrayed as typical mindless killing machine\nNazis), but these characters are so well developed and played like human-beings\nfacing difficult decisions that I find myself sympathizing with these guys.\"\n\n\"This is a very rare portrayal of battle through the eyes\nof our enemy and will actually have you cheering for the 'bad guys'\"\n\n\"You sympathize with the crew, and FEEL their plight as\nthey struggle, cramped in a rickety U-boat against the odds\u2026to make you feel\nlike you are trapped in an underwater coffin with nothing to do, nowhere to go\"\n\n\"To see a film that showed 'the enemy' as human beings,\nwith hopes, fears and dreams\u2026 As i grew up i began to understand more about the\nsecond world war and was able to make up my own mind as to whether the 'evil\nNazis' were all that the cinema portrayed them to be.\"\n\nAnd there you have it. The word \"evil\" in quotes. Because the\nNazis really weren't all that evil. Moral relativism.\n\nThere\nwas a great deal of evil during World War Two. Who is responsible? Read \"Bieganski\"\nfor clues.\n\nWednesday, September 14, 2011\n\nIt was the thirties in Poland \u2013 the tense\nprewar years \u2013 and relations between Jews and gentiles had already become\nstrained.\n\nBut my father \u2013 five years old and already an iconoclast\n\u2013 refused to surrender to the fear and suspicion that began to envelop his\ntown. Even at five, he was possessed of a free spirit and a genuinely loving\none as well, so he continued his friendships with non-Jewish children, despite\nthe temper of the time.\n\nThere was one particular young\nboy my father was especially friendly with, and, as all young children are wont\nto do, they swapped things. Toys, foreign stamps, stories, jokes. One day, on\nan unusual display of ecumenism, they playfully decided to swap prayers.\n\n\"You teach me a Jewish prayer, and I'll teach you a\nChristian one,\" proposed the Polish lad one day. In their sweet, trusting\ninnocence, both thought it would b e fun. They had no idea how horrified their respective\nparents would have been had they learned what their children planned.\n\nTheir repertoires were, understandably, limited, so they both\nchose important prayers, cornerstones of their respective faiths.\n\n\"Let's memorize them!\" the Polish lad exclaimed.\n\nAnd so they did.\n\nThen years passed, and\neverything changed.\n\nBy then, most of the Jews of the\nshtetl had been transported to ghettoes or concentration camps or were long\ndead.\n\nMy rather, now fifteen and orphaned, was fleeing Europe,\ndisguised as a Gentile, aided by his Germanic facial features and forged documents.\nSo far, he had been successful in eluding the Nazis.\n\nOne\nday, he was on a train when a Nazi soldier boarded his car and demanded to see\neveryone's papers. He scrutinized every document intently, and seemed\nsatisfied. Then he approached my father. My father handed him his forged documents,\nwhich had always passed muster. But for some reason, this particular Nazi was suspicious.\nHe inspected the documents over and over again and regarded my rather with\nnarrowed eyes that flashed skepticism. Inside, my father was trembling badly.\nHe was sure the Nazi knew him for the imposter that he was that he would soon\nbe killed.\n\nFinally, the Nazi turned to him and said\nwith a contemptuous sneer, \"So, you are a Christian, my friend? Well, just\nto prove that you are who you say you are, why don't you recite, right now,\nhere on the spot, such and such Christian prayer that all good Christians know!\"\n\nAnd the solider smiled in glee, waiting to pounce on his\nobvious prey.\n\nBut somewhere inside my father, a\nlong-buried memory stirred. So he obliged the soldier, reciting the prayer\nperfectly. The soldier, surprised, let him go, never knowing that the Christian\nprayer he had asked my father to recite was the only one he knew.\n\nFor the prayer that the soldier had demanded my father recite\nwas the same prayer that his little Christian friend had taught him ten years before\nand insisted the he memorize.\n\nAnd my father, who had an\nexcellent memory, hadn't forgotten a single word.\n\nMy\nfather continued to flee across Europe, and made it onto a boast to Palestine.\nHe survived the war and rebuilt his life. And, as one of his enduring legacies,\nhe taught his children to respect all human beings, regardless of race, religion,\nor creed.\n\nAfter all, it was the friendship of a young\nChristian boy that had ultimately saved his life.\n\nFrom: Small Miracles of Love and Friendship: Remarkable Coincidences of Warmth and Devotion.\n\nSunday, September 11, 2011\n\n\"Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?As to\nthe poets, those who go astray follow them.\" (The Koran, 26:221-4)\n\n\"The enemy is in the house\u2026Oh God, do You exist? You do\nand yet Youdo not avenge. - Have You not had enough of Moscow's\ncrimes - or - or areYou Yourself a Muscovite? I here, useless! And\nI here empty-handed.At times I can only groan, suffer, and pour out\nmy despair at my piano!\" from Chopin's diary, at the time of\nthe November Uprising.\n\nI was always picked last in gym.I do not know how to kill a man with my bare hands.When my\nother cheek is turned,it's toward a screwball comedy.\n\nThat runt consumptive Polak, Chopin,wanted\nto fight.His friends laughed.So he placed wine corks between his fingers every nightto\nstretch them apart, to play.\n\nEurope said: \"Such\nbeautiful music; these people should be free.\" Thank you. But\nyou are fickle, and will forget. We do not: \"Live as if you\nare free,\" our pope said. And we do, at the piano, on the\npage, and in the heart.\n\nTuesday, September 6, 2011\n\n\"A Majority of One\" is a\ngenuinely bad movie, but it's hard not to feel affection for it. It's one of\nthose last gasps of Golden Age Hollywood. It stars classic film star Rosalind\nRussell as Mrs. Jacoby, a Jewish widow, and Alec Guinness as Mr. Asano, a\nJapanese businessman, who meet and fall in love after World War Two. Here are\ntwo Golden Age stars doing their Golden Age thing: playing ethnic minorities in\na stereotyped manner just short of minstrelsy.\n\nThe film\nwas made in 1961, and a new Hollywood was aborning, one in which the old-fashioned\nstar system was dying, and it would become taboo for a British actor to play a\nJapanese man by altering his eyelids with make-up and prosthetics. Rosalind\nRussell was Irish Catholic and her Yiddishe Mama causes protest today.\n\nOn the International Movie Database discussion board for the\nfilm, posters protest that it is wrong, wrong, wrong, for a white man to play a\nJapanese. There is similar, but less, protest against a Catholic playing a Jew.\nBecause this is so wrong, posters insist, they will boycott the film and they\nwill refuse the film their willing suspension of disbelief.\n\nAesthetically, this politically correct change is a tragedy. We don't go\nto see \"Swan Lake\" hoping to see real swans onstage. We go to see\n\"Swan Lake\" exactly so that we can see ballet dancers evoking swans\nwith their powerful, practiced ballet moves.\n\nI love\n\"Majority of One,\" in spite of its heavy-handed preaching and overt\npropaganda, because I love seeing classic film star Alec Guinness evoking a\nJapanese man with his speech, hand gestures, and body language. I also warmly\nappreciate Rosalind Russell's salute to Jewish mothers.\n\n\"A Majority of One\" is a preachy movie. It hammers into\naudiences: \"We must forget the hard feelings generated by World War Two.\nWe must not be bigoted, not against Black people moving into formerly Jewish\nNew York neighborhoods, and we must not be bigoted against the Japs we fought during\nWorld War Two.\"\n\nAll cultures are different, the\nmovie tells us, but those differences are just superficial. As they become\nacquainted, Mr. Asano, the Japanese millionaire, and Mrs. Jacoby, the Jewish\nwidow, mention aspects of their respective cultures that, at first, seem\ndifferent, but, after a few sentences of comparison, come out exactly the same.\n\nFor example, Japanese people worship in shrines; Jewish\npeople worship by blessing Sabbath candles \u2013 ultimately, \"God's house is\nGod's house,\" as Mrs. Jacoby says after being invited to a Japanese shrine.\nJapanese people eat raw fish; Jewish people eat gefilte fish. Japanese people toast\nwith \"Kanpai\" and Jews say \"L'Chaim.\"\n\nJapanese have a fall festival \u2013 Shubun no hi \u2013 \"We decorate our\nhouses with grains and fruits of the earth.\" So do Jews! \"We do the\nsame! We have a sukkah. A little hut we build. We put on grapes and\napples.\" \"It sounds enchanting. I hope you invite me to one of your\nfestivals.\"\n\nJews put up with a lot: \"Whatever\ncomes into your life you take.\" So do Japanese: \"You transcend. It's\nthe philosophy of the Zen Buddhists.\" \"You mean, if you have tsouris\n\u2013 trouble \u2013 you come out of it a better person if you live through it.\"\n\"Obviously you have studied Zen Buddhism \u2026 Kvelling would make an\nexcellent addition to the Japanese vocabulary.\"\n\nJapanese\npeople wear kimonos and listen to \"Sakura.\" Jewish people wear dowdy\ndresses \u2013 but can look very fetching in borrowed kimonos when their dresses conveniently\nget wet in the rain.\n\nYes, SOME Japanese people did bad\nthings during World War Two. Mrs. Jacoby's son was an American soldier killed\nby the Japanese. But Mrs. Jacoby learns her lesson. She learns to forgive and\nembrace \u2013 literally \u2013 a Japanese man.\n\n\"A Majority\nof One\" opens with a revolving globe made up of vertical stripes of dull\ncolors. \"It's a Small World After All!\" the Warner Brothers logo\nappears over the globe. Two bronze busts appear: one of Mrs. Jacoby (Rosalind\nRussell), one of Koichi Asano (Alec Guinness). Bronze busts! This movie takes\nitself very seriously. Then two hands appear \u2013 one is reaching down, from\nabove. One is reaching up, from below. They never actually touch.\n\nThe film opens with Mrs. Jacoby's fat, slutty, and obnoxious\nneighbor, who, on a visit, is eating too many of Mrs. Jacoby's chocolates. The\nbad neighbor complains about Blacks moving into their previously Jewish, New\nYork City neighborhood.\n\nJerome is Mrs. Jacoby's\nson-in-law. He is young, he is modern, and he will have nothing of bigotry!\nJerome lectures the bad, fat, older neighbor against bigotry.\n\nJerome has been assigned to work in Japan. Mrs. Jacoby will\ntravel there with her daughter and son-in-law.\n\nOne of\nthe most poignant scenes in the movie shows an American Airlines plane taking\noff, and Mrs. Jacoby listening to the very beautiful uniformed stewardesses\ntalking about oxygen masks. These were the days when flying was special, a\nlittle scary, and very elegant. There is even space between airplane seats! Sigh.\nThose were the days.\n\nWhile traveling to Japan from\nCalifornia on a cruise ship, Mrs. Jacoby meets Mr. Asano. (They never refer to\neach other by first names.) Mr. Asano is painstakingly polite to Mrs. Jacoby,\nbut she is brusque and rude to him. Finally, in a very un-Japanese manner, Mr.\nAsano confronts Mrs. Jacoby.\n\n\"You take this\nattitude because I am Japanese?\"\n\n\"Yes, because\nof my son.\"\n\n\"He was in some way affected by\nthe war?\"\n\nShe is disgusted by this polite\ncircumlocution. \"He was in some way affected.\" She quotes the\ntelegram she received from the government. Her son was killed.\n\nMr. Asano will not be outdone in the poignancy department. He\ntells Mrs. Jacoby that his son was killed by the American military and that his\ndaughter \u2013 pause for tears \u2013 he really does pause \u2013 was a nurse in Hiroshima.\n\nAh, so it is all relative. Americans suffered in the war.\nJapanese suffered in the war. It's no different, right? But, wait, didn't the\nJapanese actually start the war? Mrs. Jacoby says,\n\n\"All because you and Mr. Hitler wanted\nto run the world.\"\n\n\"My wife and I did not so wish Mrs. Jacoby. Nor our son nor our\ndaughter nor anybody we knew. What most of us wished for was a happy and\npeaceful existence with the flowers, the moon and the sunshine. Is that so very\ndifferent from what you wished, Mrs. Jacoby?\"\n\nThrough\ntears, she responds, \"No.\"\n\n\"Then, shall\nwe start again?\" Asano asks. \"How do you do?\" he asks, as if\nthey were meeting for the first time.\n\nShe responds,\n\"How do you do?\" and, overcome by tears, she walks away.\n\nLater, her son-in-law says to Mr. Asano, \"I think she\ndoes understand a little now.\"\n\nAsano won't be\noutdone in the graciousness department. \"You mother-in-law has every\njustification to hate us. I wonder which is worse \u2013 war or its aftermath?\"\n\nMr. Asano could not be a nicer guy. He's a saint,\nreally.\n\nLater, on deck, Mr. Asano sneezes. Mrs. Jacoby\nsprings into action. She has cough drops. She has medical advice. She takes Mr.\nAsano under her wing. She is a Jewish mother, after all! Their romance begins.\n\nMr. Asano and Mrs. Jacoby dance on the ship's deck. Alice,\nMrs. Jacoby's daughter, witnesses this. She and Jerome are horrified. They\nobject and refuse Mrs. Jacoby permission to continue this affair. Again, the\nmovie is hammering home a lesson: Jerome had been very adamant and\nself-righteous, earlier, when lecturing the bad neighbor about her anti-black\nbigotry. Now the self-righteous, modern young man is revealed to be a bigot \u2013\nagainst Japanese. He can't stand the sight of his Jewish mother-in-law in the\narms of a Japanese man.\n\nIt becomes Mrs. Jacoby's turn to\nlecture, and she does. You talked to me about bigotry! She remonstrates.\n\nHere's the weird thing \u2013 the movie lectures its audience about\nwhat a bad thing bigotry is, but the movie itself is bigoted.\n\nHollywood would not allow a real, live Japanese actor play a\nreal, live Japanese character. And even Jack Warner, Jewish himself, would not\nallow a real, live Jewish actress to play a Jewish character. Don't get me\nwrong \u2013 Alec Guinness is great in his part, and Rosalind Russell, in her own\nway, is marvelous. But the racism that mandated that they had to take these\nroles is despicable.\n\nGertrude Berg, who really was\nJewish, won the Tony award as Mrs. Jacoby on Broadway.\n\nMr.\nAsano and Mrs. Jacoby never refer to each other by their first names. They\nnever touch in a way that could be interpreted as exhibiting any warmth or\nintimacy. Even when they dance, they dance with the stiff caution of\nten-year-olds in their first formal dance class. This could be a romance about\ntwo people in their own isolation booths. The movie says, \"Shame on\nyou!\" to Alice and Jerome for begrudging Asano and Mrs. Jacoby their\naffair, but the movie itself won't let them develop their affair.\n\nThus, even though it lectures against bigotry, \"A\nMajority of One\" is part of a longstanding Hollywood tradition that\ndemands that love between Caucasians and Asians be handled gingerly at best.\n\n1915's \"The Cheat\" starred Sessue Hayakawa as an\nAsian man who attempted to possess a white woman, Fannie Ward (the name is\nreally too perfect.) It ends badly for all. 1919's \"Broken Blossoms,\"\nor \"The Yellow Man and the Girl\" ends with death. 1933's \"Bitter\nTea of General Yen\" ends with death. 1958's \"South Pacific\"'s\nwhite-Asian romance ends with death, in 1960's \"The World of Suzie\nWong\" Suzie's child dies, in \"The King and I\" the King dies, 1955's\n\"Love is a Many Splendored Thing\" ends with the death of one of the\nleads\u2026 you get the idea. Asian-white romances are trouble, and the only way\nfilms could resolve them was by killing someone off. At least \"A Majority\nof One\" never kills anyone off. But it never lets Jacoby and Asano kiss.\n\nThe movie does its work, though. It tells audiences that\nJapanese people are just like us, and we must embrace them.\n\nProblem: Just twenty short years before the film was made. Japanese people\nwere committing atrocities every bit as horrific as those committed by the\nNazis at their worst. Japanese doctors, for example, committed unspeakable\ncrimes against Chinese prisoners of war \u2013 and those torturers lived out their\nnatural life-spans in Japan after the war. They never faced justice in anything\nlike a Nuremberg Trial. Japanese soldiers made life on earth hell for Korean\ncomfort women. Japan has refused to apologize. Japanese leaders still worship\nat the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.\n\nHey, but, that's\nall okay. Because average Japanese people are just like average Jewish people.\n\nIn short, \"A Majority of One,\" a film I can't help\nbut like, does the same propaganda work as \"Decision Before Dawn.\"\n\nOne can argue about whether the agenda of these films \u2013\ninsisting that America must forgive and forget its erstwhile Axis enemies \u2013 is\nmoral or immoral.\n\nThe point is, though, that World War\nTwo's atrocities generated epic amounts of grief, rage, and disgust. That\ngrief, rage, and disgust needed a target. America worked hard to exculpate\nGermany and Japan. For too many audiences, the target is now Bieganski, the Brute\nPolak.\n\nSaturday, September 3, 2011\n\nThis review first appeared on John\nGuzlowski's \"Writing the Polish Diaspora\" blog, here.\n\nMBB Biskupski's \"Hollywood's\nWar with Poland: 1939-1945\" is a must-buy, must-read and must-keep\nbook for several audiences. Twenty-first century American citizens seeking\ninsight into ethnic jockeying for power will want to read this book. Conspiracy\ntheorists fascinated by the ability of popular culture to twist human minds\nwill find support for their most Orwellian nightmares. Polish Americans who care\nabout the abysmal position of Polonia in the arts, politics, journalism and\nacademia will buy, read, and reread it. Biskupski's style is straightforward, without\nacademic or aesthetic flourishes. The average reader will have no problem.\n\nHWWP is an essential resource that proves, beyond any\nquestion, that powerful people, prompted by geopolitical competition and deep\nhostility worked hard to sully the image of Poles, Polish-Americans, and\nPoland. They did this during World War II, when Poland was playing a key historical\nrole. World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Nazis located\nnotorious death camps like Auschwitz in Poland; Poland is an essential site of\nthe Holocaust. As part of its treaty with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union\ninvaded as well, and Poland would be central to the Cold War. In short, when\nPoland was being crucified by two of the most murderous regimes in world\nhistory, Hollywood, with US government supervision and approval, did everything\nit could to convince its audiences that Poles were unworthy of support or even\nconcern \u2013 in fact, Hollywood told its audiences that the Poles were deeply\nflawed people who probably deserved everything they got. This is the Big Lie\nwrit with lightning \u2013 not by Goebbels, but by Washington and Hollywood.\n\nHWWP provides another important service for anyone who studies\nethnicity in America. Powerful forces in academia, politics, journalism and\npopular culture have insisted that the American ethnic landscape is literally\nblack-and-white: poor and oppressed blacks struggle against privileged and\npowerful whites for their piece of the American pie. Perhaps the most notorious\nand resented example of this worldview are those check-off boxes that ask\nscholarship applicants and academic job candidates to identify as several\ndifferent varieties of \"persons of color\" while offering only one\nchoice for \"white\" people. In fact the black-white myth has never reflected\nreality, and American whites have come in varieties of rich and poor, powerful\nand disempowered. HWWP depicts Polish-Americans as the utterly disempowered,\nfecklessly looking on while their ancestral homeland was ruined and their\nethnicity was degraded.\n\nFilm fans may scoff at the very\ntitle of \"Hollywood's War with Poland.\" Hollywood simply did not make\nmany memorable films that feature Polish or Polish-American characters in\nleading roles. 1939 is known as Hollywood's annus mirabilis. \"Gone with\nthe Wind,\" \"Wizard of Oz,\" \"Stagecoach,\"\n\"Ninotchka,\" and \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\" were all in\ntheaters that year, and a Pole is only mentioned in passing in one of these\nfilms: as screen goddess' Greta Garbo's lover in \"Ninotchka.\" Perhaps\nthe most famous Hollywood production that was made, and takes place, during\nWorld War II is \"Casablanca,\" and there are no Poles in that. The\nmost celebrated film about post-war America is 1946's \"The Best Years of\nOur Lives.\" In that film, Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) a veteran suffering\nfrom PTSD, has a nightmarish flashback of combat. In a panic, he speaks of\ntrying to save Gadorsky, a fellow soldier. In another scene, a poor and\nuneducated, but stalwart and worthy, war veteran and Slavic American, Novak,\napplies for, and receives, a bank loan to make a new start for himself. The\nfilm teaches audiences to like inarticulate working men like Novak.\n\nHWWP acknowledges that Hollywood made few memorable films with\nidentifiable Polish characters. The book focuses instead on movies little seen\nor discussed today. Biskupski argues that moviegoers of sixty years ago\nattended many films, not just major productions, but B movies, serials, and\ngovernment propaganda films as well. These include two forgotten romance films:\n1935's \"The Wedding Night,\" and 1944's \"In Our Time,\" and two\nmore overtly propagandistic films: 1943's \"Mission to Moscow\" and \"The\nNazis Strike.\" As Biskupski shows, in these films and many others,\nnegative Polish characters abound. These characters are not negative in a\nrandom way; rather, their distastefulness fits a pattern, one Biskupski\noutlines again and again and again. Through reference to changing versions of\npre-production scripts and inter-office memos, often between representatives of\nWashington and Hollywood, Biskupski demonstrates that distasteful Poles are the\nproducts of careful planning. Polish aristocrats are ineffectual, selfish,\nfascists. Polish peasants and working people are thuggish, sexually coarse,\nstupid. In short, this is the Bieganski\nstereotype.\n\nThis negative stereotype, Biskupski argues,\ndidn't come about purely by chance. Two factors developed and honed it. The\nUnited States was at war with Nazi Germany and wanted the Soviets to keep\nfighting on the Eastern Front lest a separate peace would allow Nazis to devote\nall their power to fighting Americans on an eventual Western Front. Of all\nnations, Poland presented the politician, the historian, the filmmaker and the\nethicist with a quandary. Poland was invaded by both Nazi Germany and Communist\nRussia in September 1939. To this day, the debate continues: who was worse,\nHitler or Stalin? No one has the definitive answer. To Roosevelt, though, the\nanswer was clear; America needed to ally with Stalin. Problem: Communist Russia\nwas held in low regard by Americans. The Red Scare of 1919-1920, when America\nexpressed hate and fear of communists and communism, had not occurred all that\nlong before 1939, when World War II began. Americans, who had learned to hate\nand fear Russians and communism during the Red Scare, needed to be manipulated\ninto embracing their new Soviet ally. Washington directed Hollywood to bring about\nthis dramatic transformation of American hearts and minds. Washington demanded,\nand got, films celebrating the Soviet Union.\n\nHollywood enthusiastically\nembraced Washington's commission. A good percentage of Hollywood's\nscreenwriters, actors, and other movers and shakers were leftists, if not card-carrying\nmembers of the Communist Party. To convince Americans that defeating Hitler was\nworth American blood and treasure, and that the Soviets were a worthy ally, Americans\nneeded to be educated about Hitler's evil, and the Soviets' benignity. This\nnarrative would be a tough sell: the Soviets had been the Nazis' ally just a\nfew short years before the US entered the war, and had signed the August, 1939 Ribbentrop-Molotov\npact. The Nazis invaded Poland, a bad thing, but the Soviets had invaded as\nwell, and they also had invaded Finland. Nazis mass-murdered and exiled Poles;\nSoviets mass-murdered and exiled Poles. Nazis demanded other countries' territory;\nSoviets demanded Polish and Finnish territory. With alacrity, and with\nadherence to the concept that truth is of value only in so far as it advances\nthe revolution, Hollywood screenwriters did the work of Soviet propagandists.\nThere was no depth to which they would not sink in their insistence on\nexculpating Mother Russia. Hollywood devised films that depicted the tragic victims\nof Stalin's purges and show trials as guilty and worthy of the death penalty.\nHollywood worked to justify the Hitler-Stalin pact. Hollywood assured its\naudiences that the Soviet invasion of Poland was a good thing. Are you reaching\nfor your Orwell yet? And your Dramamine?\n\nIn the past, Germany,\nPoland, and the Soviet Union fought over territory. Today ethnic groups fight\nover another commodity: the right to speak of one's own victimization, both in\nterms of actual body counts and in terms of the cultural victimization that\nresults from negative stereotyping. Poles and Polish Americans are mocked and\ntrivialized when they attempt to speak of their victimization. This happens in\nstaff meetings on university campuses, in the press, and in seminal books. Just\none example: James Carroll's very important 2001 book \"Constantine's\nSword,\" about Catholic anti-Semitism, describes Poles as being\n\"particularly inclined to define\" themselves as victims, in contrast\nto Jews, who actually do suffer. Art Speigelman justified depicting Poles as\npigs in his Pulitzer-Prize-winning comic book \"Maus,\" by saying that\n\"the afflicted\" \u2013 those who have suffered \u2013 understand his work.\nPoles have not suffered, in this view, and so their opinions don't count. In\n2003, Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride, who had been in two Nazi camps, and whose\nmother had also been in two Nazi camps, was told she could no longer refer to\nherself as a Holocaust survivor because she is not Jewish. These and other\ndismissals of Polish suffering are strategic. At a meeting at Indiana\nUniversity, an African American university official told me that he works\nagainst public acknowledgement of women's and homosexual's status as victimized\ngroups. Why, I asked, stunned. Because if we acknowledge women and homosexuals\nas victims, he said, money will flow from programs for African Americans toward\nprograms for women and homosexuals. Status as victim equals justified recipient\nof commodities, from cash to respect to scholarly attention and placement in\ncurricula. Thus, it is important to belittle any discussion of Poles as victims\nof stereotyping. Acknowledgement of Polish suffering would require\nrearrangements of thought patterns, of attention, and of resources. Thus the\nimportance of Biskupski's book.\n\nHWWP is not perfect. Again\nand again, Biskupski insists that America just did not care about Poland or\nPoles. As \"Bieganski\" shows, America was obsessed with Poles and\nPoland, and America violated its own best traditions in passing the Quota Acts\nwhile citing the danger of immigration of people like the Poles. Congressional\ntestimony, articles in the popular press, including the Saturday Evening Post,\nthe New York Times and Atlantic Monthly, and foundational anthropological\npublications cite the Poles as the very reason America needed to shut its\nborders. The SAT test, a rite-of-passage for American youth, was first promoted\nas a test that proved the intellectual inferiority of Poles. This obsession\nwith Poles gave rise to that American cultural icon, the Polak joke. Biskupski\nnever situates his discussion of the brute Polak in American films in relation\nto America's primary ethnic conflict, that between blacks and whites. Doing so\nwould have offered insight. Poles are the prototypical poor white ethnic. They\nare the wretched of the earth it is okay for elites to hate, even while\nembracing African Americans, and using that embrace as a badge of liberalism.\n\nBiskupski insists on the distinction between, for example, a\nPolish American and a Slovak American in an American movie. Biskupski bristles\nat the word \"Bohunk,\" suggesting that it arises only from American\nignorance about and hostility to Eastern Europeans. In fact, the word\n\"Bohunk,\" and the concept it describes, makes perfect sense in the\nAmerican context. Poles, Slovaks, Lithuanians, Hungarians, and Yugoslavs shared\nsimilar cultural traits in the old country, and occupied similar socioeconomic\nniches in this country. Two immigration classics: \"The Jungle,\" about\na Lithuanian meat packer in Chicago, and \"Out of this Furnace,\" about\na Slovak steel worker near Pittsburgh, could just as easily have been written\nabout Poles. Biskupski argues that Victor Laszlo in \"Casablanca\" had\nto have been Czech because Czechoslovakia had no territorial grievances with\nthe Soviet Union, while Poland did. Question: Did American audiences make this\ndistinction? Did they care? As Christopher in the television series \"The\nSopranos\" put it, \"Czechoslovakian? That's a type of Polak,\nright?\" Scholar Michael Novak, a Slovak American, complains that people\ntell him Polak jokes; they see those jokes as being about him. This blurring of\nboundaries does not occur strictly on this side of the Atlantic; poet Adam Mickiewicz\nbegan \"Pan Tadeusz,\" Poland's national epic, with lines praising\nLithuania, and the Polish folk hero, Janosik, was actually Slovak; Queen\nJadwiga grew up in Hungary. Just so, in American films, characters slide\nbetween Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, and other Bohunk identities. This book would\nbe of interest to scholars of a variety of Bohunk ethnicities, not just Poles.\n\nThe American concept of the Bohunk is significant to American\nstereotypes of Poles and other Eastern Europeans and the use of films to\ndisseminate and reinforce these stereotypes. In fact an iconic Hollywood\nproduction did introduce American audiences to indelible images of Eastern\nEurope, and that film, more influential than perhaps any Biskupski discusses\nsave \"Casablanca,\" is the 1931 Bela Lugosi film \"Dracula.\" This film opens to\nTchaikovsky's \"Swan Lake\" and peasants repeatedly blessing themselves\nand invoking the Virgin; there is a roadside cross; a peasant woman gives a\nBritish man a crucifix as protection. A British tourist comments that the\nsetting is a relic of \"a bygone age.\" Peasants in authentic costumes,\nincluding embroidery, vests, shawls, caps and headscarves are shown in a\ntypical, Eastern European cottage, complete with straw roof. You may as well be\nin a Skansen. \"Dracula,\" and Maria Ouspenskaya's heavily accented\npresence in subsequent Wolfman films, communicate loud and clear to American\naudiences: if you're looking for the scary dark side, the vaguely demonic, the\ndangerous, the primitive, the irrational, the creepily religious, the\nsuperstitious, the sexually perverse, the grotesque, the medieval, Eastern\nEurope is your go-to location. To this day, every Halloween, Americans wishing\nto communicate these qualities imitate a vaguely Eastern European accent.\n\nBiskupski devotes no time to an ethnography of audience\nreception \u2013 how did pro-Soviet, anti-Polish films go down with American\naudiences? With brief references to opinion polls, Biskupski says that these\nfilms went down exactly as the filmmakers intended. Todd Bennet, in his\narticle, \"Culture,\nPower, and Mission to Moscow: Film and Soviet American Relations During World\nWar II\" argues otherwise. Bennet reports that Americans were often\nunconvinced, if not outright offended, by pro-Soviet material in American\nfilms. There was even a backlash. Significantly, one letter-writer to Warner\nBrothers studios insulted Harry Warner for being foreign born, and, thus, in\nleague with the Russians. Warner was born in Poland. The American letter-writer\napparently could not distinguish between Poles and Russians.\n\nBiskupski's narrow focus on the influence of Hollywood's pro-Soviet\nCommunist Party does not allow for a discussion as to why the Brute Polak image\nwas popular before World War II, after World War II, in print, for example in\nNelson Algren's books, or in European films. Andrzej Wajda's \"Promised\nLand\" features a Polish aristocrat worse than any to appear in a Hollywood\nfilm, and coarse peasants as well. The 1999 Polish film, \"With Fire and\nSword,\" features peasants who are drunken, violent torturers and thieves. There\nare hopelessly stupid and crude peasants in the Czech films \"Zelary\"\nand \"The Cow,\" a lengthy scene of cat torture in the critically\nacclaimed 1994 film \"Satantango\" set in a Hungarian village, and\ncomically stupid, sexually debased, criminal, violent, and lusty Yugoslav\nimmigrants in the 1981 Swedish film, \"Montenegro.\" In short,\nBiskupski is correct, and he proves himself correct; communism did inspire\nHollywood screenwriters to craft negative Polish characters in World War II era\nfilms. But there's more to it than that, and that's why I hope readers will\nread HWWP and \"Bieganski\"\ntogether. \"Bieganski\" talks in greater detail about the\nnarratological reasons why storytellers, both on the page and on the screen,\noften choose to depict Bohunks as brutes.\n\nHWWP's cut-and-dried\napproach allows little attention to the magic or artistry of film. Biskupski\nidentifies Hedy Lamarr, not Greta Garbo, as the eponymous star of\n\"Ninotchka\" (244). No classic film fan would ever make this gaffe;\nit's like confusing Joe DiMaggio with Vince Lombardi. This is more than a\nsurface complaint. Biskupski rightly argues against a Czech being the leader of\nthe resistance in \"Casablanca.\" At the same time,\n\"Casablanca\" is such an overt Hollywood confection that one wonders\nif anyone has ever viewed it and come away with a sense that the Poles were not\ndoing their part to fight the Nazis, while the Czechs were. Aesthetics affects\nreception. I've watched \"Casablanca\" numerous times. I am as much of\na nationalist Polish viewer as that film has never had. Yet I've never watched\n\"Casablanca\" and had a problem with Laszlo being Czech and not Polish.\nMy attention is focused on the lighting on Ingrid Bergman's lovely face,\nwhether Captain Renault (Claude Rains) is a good guy or a bad guy \u2013 or gay or\nstraight \u2013 and the film's witty repartee. Biskupski makes clear that filmmakers\nintended to create ugly Polish characters. Whether or not filmmakers are always\nsuccessful in their goals is a very different question. Bennett argues that\n\"Mission to Moscow,\" intended to boost the Soviet Union in the eyes\nof Americans, actually boosted the US in the eyes of Soviet citizens. When the\nfilm was shown there, Russians were given a taste of what life is like in\nAmerica, and they realized that capitalism was much better than their communist\nhomeland. In any case, as a Polish historian, Biskupski makes up for his lack\nof film-fan sensitivity with the meticulous attention he pays to pertinent\nhistorical facts, attention that probably no film scholar would ever devote to\nthis topic. For example, Biskupski points out the disconnect between the\ndepiction of Polish airmen in American films and the performance of real Polish\nairmen in the actual Battle of Britain (280).\n\nThere is\nan unavoidable, controversial aspect to HWWP. Jews were overwhelmingly\nrepresented among those slandering Poles, Polish Americans, and Poland during\nPoland's darkest hour. Just one example: Anatole Litvak participated in creating\n\"Why We Fight,\" which Biskupski excoriates as anti-Polish. Later,\nLitvak would make \"Decision\nBefore Dawn,\" a film that helped America re-embrace Germany. It's\npainful to contemplate a Ukrainian-born Jewish American filmmaker who helped\nAmerica to see Poland in a negative light, but then helped America to exculpate\nGermany.\n\nWorld War II was not the first time American\nJews contributed to a negative American assessment of Poland. Andrzej\nKapiszewski's \"Conflicts\nAcross the Atlantic: Essays on Polish-Jewish Relations in the United States\nDuring World War I and in the Interwar Years\" reports that American\nJews often undermined Polish efforts for its own rebirth in 1918 after over one\nhundred years of colonial status under Prussia, Russia, and Austria. In a\ntypical incident, in 1914, American Jewish newspapers published an open letter\nalleging that \"barbaric\" Poland did not deserve independence. To\nmention this reality risks opprobrium, and, indeed, stating this risks\nappearing to offer support for the very sorts of hate-mongers who created World\nWar II. When, in 1989, Cardinal Glemp mentioned that Jews had sullied Poland's\nreputation in the press, he was sued by Alan Dershowitz and widely denounced as\na wild-eyed anti-Semite.\n\nSilence does us no good\neither, though. Nature abhors a vacuum, and in any silence around Polish-Jewish\nrelations, those with the worst intentions become the most loud. So let us\nstate this plainly: American Jews played a significant role in contributing to\nhighly negative images of Poland at two of Poland's most vulnerable historical\nmoments. Now that we've said that openly, we can say the next necessary thing:\nit was not an essential Jewish identity that brought this about. Not all those\ninsulting Poland were Jewish. Frank Capra, maker of \"Why We Fight,\"\nwas Sicilian-born and Catholic. Roosevelt was no Jew. Not all Jews were\nanti-Polish. In 1937, MGM, under Louis B. Mayer, released \"Conquest,\"\na film that romanticizes Poland and depicts bestial Russians hoards ravaging an\nelegant Polish estate; heroic Poles respond in a civilized and courageous\nmanner. Too, Jews played a significant role in creating a positive image of\nPoland during the face-off between Solidarity and communism. The New York\nTimes, under significantly Jewish leadership, published Pulitzer-prize winning,\nhighly sympathetic coverage by journalist John Darnton. Biskupski emphasizes\nthat filmmakers were influenced by communism, not their Jewish identity.\n\nIf Polish chauvinists are gratified by anything I've written\nabove, I hope that this paragraph causes them to wipe the smug look off their\nfaces. Biskupski's conclusion contains two sentences that should give every\nPolish American pause: By 1939, \"the Poles in America had conspicuously\nabandoned the loyalty to the Polish cause that had distinguished their parents'\ngeneration\u2026American Poles deserve considerable blame for their failure to\ndefend their nationality's reputation more devotedly.\" And defend it they\ncould have \u2013 Biskupski repeatedly mentions Irish Americans, who were abundantly\nsuccessful in bringing about significant changes to American film, including\nthe introduction of the Production Code, the inclusion of numerous positive\nIrish characters, and the plethora of positive depictions of Irish Catholic\npriests in American film. Biskupski mentions pressures to assimilate, poverty,\nand lack of education as reasons for Polish-American failures to affect the\nnegative depictions of Poles in films. In fact, though, poor people lacking\nformal education have organized to make change; witness Satygraha, the Civil Rights\nMovement, The United Farm Workers, and, indeed, Polish American strikers who\nplayed a significant role in the 1936-37 Flint sit-down strike. Further, as my\nown book shows, the Bieganski image has not gotten better since World War II,\nbut worse. Today's wealthy and comfortable Polish Americans have yet to take\nsignificant cultural, political, and academic action against this image, which,\nin museums, in peer-reviewed books, and in entertainment and documentary films,\nis used to rewrite World War II history and place Polish, Catholic peasants in\nthe position rightfully occupied by German Nazis. Polish Americans need to act.\nTheir first act after finishing reading this review can be to purchase\n\"Hollywood's War with Poland,\" and also \"Bieganski.\""}
-{"text": "Originally posted by spfHere's a thought that I know others will disagree with it, but I'll throw it out there to get shot...mandatory voting. You want a democracy, you have to be a part of it. $500 if you don't vote. Set up the polls over the course of a weekend for primaries and local elections, and an entire week for Presidential elections.\n\nOriginally posted by OzzysunThat would be cool. Can you imagine the turnout if people had an entire week to vote.\n\nThe turnout would be awesome... People would have time to vote 4, 5, even 6 times!!!\n\nOriginally posted by spfHere's a thought that I know others will disagree with it, but I'll throw it out there to get shot...mandatory voting. You want a democracy, you have to be a part of it. $500 if you don't vote. Set up the polls over the course of a weekend for primaries and local elections, and an entire week for Presidential elections.\n\nPart of living in a free country is having the freedom to choose NOT to go & vote. To actually go make voting mandatory & even go so far as to fine people for not voting is absurd.\n\nPlus, I'm not sure I want everyone eligible to vote, being forced to vote. I'd sooner see a quiz of voter awareness at the polling place before I'd see mandatory voting. (although, part of the whole freedom thing is the freedom to be ignorant, so more power to the idiots who choose to exercise their rights!! ;-)\n\nOriginally posted by DrDirtWhere I live, a county of over 800 square miles, there are 4 polling places due to the lack of population. Here absentee voting means taking time off work and going into the court house and voting in a little room in the clerk's office. I always vote but I can be flexible.\n\nTo show the difference on that: I'm in a town of about 30,000 that has about a dozen polling places, with the one I'm at within 500 feet of another polling place.As for spf's idea: Hell, if it is enforced, I'd have no problem with it. I vote anyway, so it wouldn't cost me money, although it could theoretically dilute my vote. Also, if the government collects the money from those who don't vote, perhaps then the government would take less from me in taxes, or, even better, less speed traps used under the guise of safety when they are actually revenue collectors.\n\nI would agree that we should not have any laws in effect that call for mandatory voting. While the revenue collected by fining people may be a fringe benefit, there would be lots of unnecessary problems involved. Certainly, everyone is entitled to their vote, but I don't relish people who don't know ANYTHING about politics and don't really care to learn being forced to vote in an effort to make sure that everyone who wants to vote can do so. I'm not saying that in order to vote you need to be able to write an essay on the United States' role in the World Economy, but I think that the number of people who don't know who John Kerry, let alone John Edwards, is would be a shockingly high number. Or maybe I'm underestimating people by giving too extreme an example. Plus, if people don't care who they're voting for, their vote might just be up for sale.\n\nIf mandatory voting were put into effect (something that shouldn't happen; \"mandatory participation\" denies people their right not to vote), voter lists would have to be made much more current. How much time/money would be wasted hunting down for punishment people who \"escaped\" the polls who, as authorities eventually discover, are dead?\n\nJust the act of merely voting is not what makes democracies work. (Hell, nearly every nation in the world has some form of voting, even those ran by ruthless dictators) It requires the active participation into the political process throughout the other 3 years, 364 days that there is not a Presidential election. That means you have to make some attempt to keep up with current events and the positions held by politicians and candidates. A vote made without any basis is not only pointless, it actually hurts the democratic process. By forcing people to vote, you guarantee baseless votes, and you hurt the democratic process. And that's without getting into the freedom issues that others have pointed out.\n\nA force vote is the \"easy\" solution to low voter turnout that won't even solve the real root problem with low voter turnout (it's not the fact that they don't show up, it's that they don't care to). The real solution is to convince people of how important the whole election process is so that they will go voluntarily to the polls and make an informed decision. That takes a lot more work.\n\nAs it is, I think we are much, much better to have 60% of the voting age public making an informed decision than we would be if we had 100% of the voting age public making a decision, with 40% weight given to the uninformed.\n\nOriginally posted by JaguarIf voting was mandatory there would have to be an option to vote for \"None of the above\" in every category.\n\n-Jag\n\nWe have 'Mandatory Voting' down here. Have had for years, unless I believe, you qualify as indigenous. I would count Australia as a reasonably democratic settling.\n\nAnyhoo, the bit that is mandatory is actually turning up to vote, not the actual process of voting. So long as you turn up, postal in, or absentee - you don't get fined. You could take your ballot and scrawl \"George W is an arseclown\" all over it and nobody has a problem. No fines, no stormtroopers kicking in your front door and pack raping your cat. I believe, although I haven't actually tried it, that you can turn up, check your name off, and then walk out with no problems.\n\nThe fine, last time I took any notice, was about $50-60, but the infringement notice basically said - you have failed to vote, please explain why, or we shall fine you in 28 days. So provided you come up with a reasonable story, you don't get fined. Democracy lives on. I imagine there would be some very good reads amongst these.\n\nThere is always some grumbling about stupid people voting, particularly from intellectuals whose party has lost. Comments such as dole bludgers shouldn't be allowed to vote, etc. But as someone said above, people have the freedom to be as ignorant as they like.\n\nHowever, in these enlightened times, every time something gets brought up that can be interpretted as having implications on civil freedom, it is going to end up as an argument. Maybe if in 1926, the pres decided that the US was going to have mandatory elections (obviously in THOSE days it would have been for people elligible to vote) then it may have gotten through with minimal fuss and would be in place today without any real issue.\n\nBut what I think will happen is: Australia has mandatory voting and will continue to do so for the rest of my lifetime.The US does not have mandatory voting and will continue not to do so for the rest of my lifetime.Both countries are free democracies and will continue to be so for the rest of my lifetime."}
-{"text": "Point Pelee National Park of Canada\n\nBirds of Point Pelee National Park\n\nAdult male: bright deep-blue above, including sides of head and most of wings and tail; throat, breast, sides and flanks reddish brown; belly and under tail coverts white. Adult female: similar to adult male but very much duller above and below."}
-{"text": "For 2009, the Acura CSX receives new frontal styling that puts it in line with the company's new \"face\", as well as new standard features on all lines.\n\nExclusive to the Canadian market, the CSX shares its platform with the Honda Civic, and is Acura's entry model. All use a 2.0-litre four-cylinder, but it makes 155 horsepower in the CSX and CSX Technology, mated to a five-speed manual transmission or optional five-speed automatic; in the Type-S, it makes 197 horsepower, and exclusively uses a close-ratio six-speed manual."}
-{"text": "US Flood Maps: Do you live in a flood zone?\n\nRivers are beginning to recede after several days of devastating flooding in Louisiana. On Tuesday, we showed how FEMA\u2019s flood maps did a pretty good job of predicting where flooding actually occurred. However, in many places floods exceeded even the predicted 0.2% chance per year water levels, making this week\u2019s floods truly historic.\n\nFEMA designs its flood maps by statistically analyzing past records of river flow, storm surges, and rainfall. This method assumes that the flood risk in the future is the same as it was in the past. But what if that assumption is not justified?\n\nIn fact, one of the major downsides of climate change is that warm air can hold more water vapor, leading to greater amounts of rainfall and more extreme weather. It\u2019s extremely hard to say whether climate change is responsible for a single event like the Louisiana floods. But scientists agree that climate change will likely increase the frequency of major floods.\n\nFlood maps from around the US\n\nSo are current flood maps useless? Far from it. Today\u2019s flood maps are still the best tool we have to estimate where flooding will most likely occur. Using Temblor\u2019s web app, we can look at flood risk anywhere FEMA has published a flood map. Here are some cities that could get hit by floods in the future:\n\nDue to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, Houston is perpetually at risk of high rainfall and flash floods. In the past year, several major floods have hit the triangle between Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, including one in June that caused the deaths of nine Fort Hood soldiers.\n\nResidents of New York and New Jersey remember Superstorm Sandy, which flooded much of the NY metropolitan area, including parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Newark, and Jersey City. Actual flooding from the superstorm closely resembled FEMA\u2019s flood maps of the region.\n\nHeavy rainfall in Columbia, South Carolina, caused widespread flooding in October 2015. Floods also devastated Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties.\n\nExperts in the Tampa Bay area warn that Tampa and St. Petersburg could be hit by huge floods like those in Baton Rouge. Looking at Tampa flood maps, it\u2019s easy to see why.\n\nEven in drought-addled California, flash floods can cause major damage. FEMA\u2019s flood maps of the San Francisco Bay Area show that there is considerable flood risk throughout Silicon Valley, including San Jose, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, and Fremont. In California, the old saying is true: When it rains, it pours.\n\nYou can discover your flood risk anywhere in the US with Temblor\u2019s flood maps. Go to app.temblor.net, find the layers icon in the top-right, and select the \u201cFlood\u201d layer."}
-{"text": "Educating the public on the intersection of the death penalty and severe mental illness.\n\nMonday, May 5, 2008\n\nNAMIWalks for the Mind of America\n\nThis past Saturday, May 3, 2008, more than 20 members of the Houston chapter of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty participated in the Houston NAMIWalks for the Mind of America, an annual awareness-raising program of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Launched in 2003 with 12 pilot sites, the NAMIWalks Program has grown to include over 75 sites in 42 states. Proceeds from the walks help to fund NAMI's education and advocacy activities.\n\nMany thanks to everyone in Houston who raised money for NAMI and participated in the Walk!\n\nContributors\n\nFacts about Mental Illness and the Death Penalty\n\n\u00b7 The State of Texas ranks 47th nationally in terms of per capita spending on mental healthcare, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It ranks 1st in executions (more than 400 since 1982).\n\n\u00b7 Around 30 percent of those incarcerated in Texas prison or jails have been clients of the state\u2019s public mental health system. (TX Department of Criminal Justice)\n\n\u00b7 The U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited the death penalty for people with mental retardation, but it has not excluded offenders with severe mental illness from this punishment. Texas law also does not adequately protect those with diminished capacity from a death sentence.\n\n\u00b7 At least 20 individuals with documented diagnoses of paranoid schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other persistent and severe mental illnesses have been executed by the State of Texas. Many had sought treatment before the commission of their crimes, but were denied long-term care."}
-{"text": "Students, faculty and staff are invited to join us for a rally to promote campus unity. Come hear members of the EKU community speak about their shared values, and get information about campus programs and groups that work hard to support our vibrant, diverse community."}
-{"text": "It looks like you have JavaScript disabled. Please enable JavaScript. znanja uses JavaScript to provide a more interactive experience and to improve response time, so most features will not function without it.\n\nAt its core, leadership means setting goals, lighting a path, and persuading others to follow. This course will show you how leaders can get their message out in a way that inspires, make the most of their limited time, and build roads to precious resources."}
-{"text": "E-Mail Prayer\n\nNot long ago, a friend of mine was facing surgery. Two disks in his back and a detached Achilles tendon were creating a lot of pain. After assuring him of my prayers, I was struck with the idea of sending him something in writing to further encourage him. So I sent the following e-mail:\n\n\u201cThis is what I prayed for you today. \u2018Living God, I thank You for Your sovereign control over life\u2019s events. On behalf of Your dear servant, I ask that You would give him deep peace. I pray for the physicians as they apply their medical skills, that You would give them excellent results. May Your healing hand touch him and bring him back into full service for You. In Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.\u2019 \u201d\n\nThe apostle Paul wrote prayers to encourage other believers (Phil. 1:9-11; Col. 1:9-12; 2 Thess. 1:11-12). He wrote to the Ephesians: \u201c[I] do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him\u201d (1:16-17).\n\nDo you have friends or family members who need your prayers of encouragement right now? Besides letting them know that you\u2019re praying for them, try sending a written prayer as well.\n\nLord, help us be encouragersBy praying for our friends in need;And give us opportunitiesTo show them love in word and deed. \u2014Sper"}
-{"text": "->''\"APRIL FOOL, n.: The March fool with another month added to his folly.\"''-->-- '''Creator/AmbroseBierce''', ''Literature/TheDevilsDictionary''\n\nA long time ago, April 1st was the start of the new year, and after it was officially changed to January 1st, people who still celebrated at the old date were dubbed \"April Fools\". Or possibly the term originally referred to people who prematurely celebrated the start of summer (which was traditionally May Day, May 1, in many ancient cultures), only to be met with lingering snowfall; the exact origin is unclear. Regardless of where the term originated, it has since become something much sillier.\n\nApril 1 is known as April Fools' Day, where almost every single person in the world becomes TheFool. A time to trick {{Muggles}} that the joke is real, and a time to pull pranks and tricks. You will then reveal the trick with the line \"April Fools!\"\n\nMany works of the media include April Fools' Day jokes: usually articles presented as news or truth that go beyond the limits of sense, contain blatant inaccuracies, would be completely outrageous etc. They usually assume ViewersAreGeniuses and that no one would be stupid enough to take it seriously, but of course that's not always true. People are often taken in, get outraged, get laughed at, get to made feel stupid. A good time is had by all.\n\nIn the 1990s and early 2000s, a common April Fools' Day Joke on {{Webcomics}} was for two different webcomic authors to each do the other's strip. By far the most popular joke on the Internet seems to be a claim by the owner that the website is shutting down. A common joke specific to fansites is to suddenly denounce what the fansite stood for and revamp it to focus on a different franchise, most commonly one that bears similarities to the original, or even a competing one. Another joke specific to gaming sites with free content is the introduction of a \"[[BribingYourWayToVictory premium]]\" version of the site, where it's said one gets exclusive content if one pays for it; generally, the site makes \"preview content\" available, with most of the \"premium perks\" turning out to be silly (or duplicates of free services by other sites devoted to the game).\n\nSubversions of April Fools' Day are to have something improbable published on that day be actually true (either on that day or on a later date, or when a prank goes [[DudeNotFunny just a little too far]]).\n\nIn any case, woe betide someone who dies (or worse, is ''born'') on April Fools' Day. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Aleutian_Islands_earthquake And God help you if a natural disaster happens and people think the blaring sirens are a prank.]]\n\n[[folder:Advertising]]* The mouthwash company Scope used the couple of days leading to April 1st, 2013 to advertise a bacon-flavored mouthwash. Consumer reactions were overwhelmingly positive, and there were plenty of people [[http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=12dc81a5-15ad-4ef6-8b8e-3c7014fb5983 ticked off to find out it was all a joke]].* On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell took out newspaper ads in several cities announcing that they had purchased sponsorship rights to the Liberty Bell, and it would subsequently be renamed the \"Taco Liberty Bell.\" Millions of outraged people called the US Landmarks Commission in protest before the hoax was revealed, causing then-White House Press Secretary Mike [=McCurry=] to sarcastically (and in a surprisingly self-aware way for a bureaucrat) respond that Ford had also acquired sponsorship of the Lincoln Memorial, renaming it to the \"Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Memorial.\"[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Anime & Manga]]* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' usually has an event on the author's blog where one of the characters takes over the site for the day.* In 2003, mahq.net made an April Fools' Day [[http://www.mahq.net/rants/prank.htm prank announcement]] of a ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' sequel, which some websites in Japan apparently thought was a genuine one. And when ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' was released, the uncanny similarities [[HilariousInHindsight just made it funnier.]]** In addition April 1st is the site's anniversary, meaning they generally don't do April Fools' Day jokes. That, and it's admittedly [[ToughActToFollow kind of hard to top]] Grandiose Gundam.* In 2010, promotion for the upcoming ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' movie was changed so that [[http://community.livejournal.com/gintama/898276.html Shinpachi appeared to be the main focus]]. Worth it for Gintoki's expression in the cutaway panel alone.* In 2012, Creator/AdultSwim brought CN's much loved Creator/{{Toonami}} block BackFromTheDead for one night only, with all new recorded lines from [[Creator/SteveBlum TOM 3]], airing episodes of nostalgic anime like ''Manga/OutlawStar'', ''Anime/TheBigO'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and other shows that had previously aired on both Toonami and Adult Swim. This case is notable because fan reaction was so overwhelmingly positive and widespread that [[https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616 Cartoon Network brought the block back for good a month later!]]** For April Fools Day 2014, the fan site [[http://toonamifaithful.com/ ToonamiFaithful.com]] uploaded an [[http://toonamifaithful.com/exclusive-dragonball-z-is-returning-to-toonami/ article]] claiming that ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', one of Toonami's biggest {{Killer App}}s during its Cartoon Network years, would be returning uncut and in 16:9 HD... and would be taking up ''the entire lineup'', pushing every show currently airing off the block. The article, which was written to be as conspicuous as possible, even included fake quotes from Creator/{{FUNimation}} and Williams Street. The reaction was mixed, from those who took the joke in good spirits, to those who were pissed that it was just a joke, and to those who were convinced that it was actually true (to the point where some people on Twitter asked Jason [=DeMarco=] for confirmation). The joke itself was made ominously prophetic, however, when it was announced shortly after that Toonami would be airing the ''Cooler's Revenge'' movie, and ''even more so'' when, on that same night the movie aired, it was announced that the 2009 recut ''[[Anime/DragonBallKai Dragon Ball Z Kai]]'' would eventually be coming to Toonami.* In 2012, Crunchyroll announced a new streaming app for UsefulNotes/GameBoy. The ''original'' [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-756509/april-fools-crunchyroll-app-for-gameboy Game Boy.]]* In 2015, [[https://twitter.com/teruya13/status/582920743693905920 someone created a PV]] for a nonexistent spinoff of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' starring Accelerator's GenderFlip counterpart Yuriko Suzushina, who doesn't actually exist in-universe and is just an imaginary character.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Comic Books]]* In 2005, ''Magazine/{{Wizard}}'' magazine announced that Creator/GeoffJohns was working on a Creator/VertigoComics version of ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', in which the Crew was disbanded, Little Cheese was murdered by one of his teammates, and a new character called the Bald Eagle had to bring them all back together. Then Johns topped this by actually writing it into an issue of ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' the following year.** In later years ''Wizard'' had fake April Fools reports that Creator/PaulDini and Alex Ross were producing a graphic novel starring Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'', and that Steve Niles, creator of ''ComicBook/ThirtyDaysOfNight'', was producing a horror comic staring cereal mascots Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Count Chocula.* In 2009, the big news on the comics blogsphere was Johns again, now working on ''[[http://onceuponageek.com/2009/04/01/geoff-johns-and-ethan-van-sciver-talk-vibe-rebirth Vibe: Rebirth]]'' with Ethan Van Scriver. At last, one of the most iconic characters in the DC stable is brought back to glory!** For those who don't follow DC, Johns has done \"Rebirth\" stories for Franchise/GreenLantern (Hal Jordan) and Franchise/TheFlash (Barry Allen). Vibe, a [[TotallyRadical painfully-eighties]] inner-city kid with the meta-human ability to produce sonic waves, often through breaking dance, was a, uh, \"less prominent character\".* In 2010 TopShelfProductions released a cover for ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/04/01/top-shelf-announces-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-1988/ 1988]], featuring among others [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[Series/TheATeam Sergeant Bosco \"B.A.\" Baracus]].[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Film]]* In 2011, Creator/TheCriterionCollection announced that after years of releasing prestigious films on [=DVDs=], [[http://www.chud.com/45898/were-getting-criterioned/ the next release would be the notorious]] BMovie ''Film/{{CHUD}}''.** In 2012, they announced the same thing would be done for ''Film/KindergartenCop''.* In 2013, Creator/{{Pixar}} launched a website to promote ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' that resembled the website of real colleges. On April 1st of that year, the site appeared to have been hijacked and vandalized by rival college Fear Tech.* In 2016, Toho announced a crossover movie between Godzilla and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''... which turned out to be a promotional stunt for ''Film/GodzillaResurgence'' (which makes sense, considering [[Creator/HideakiAnno who's directing that movie]]).[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Literature]]* In 2012, weeks after the final book for ''Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi'' was released, Suvudu published [[http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2012/04/post-star-wars-fate-of-the-jedi-news-and-exclusive-epilogue-by-timothy-zahn.html a fake epilogue by Timothy Zahn]], claiming [[spoiler:it was Luke's clone who survived the events of ''The Last Command'', not the real Luke]]. Also, there's a revelation that [[spoiler:Grand Admiral Thawn's master plan was to collect a complete set of clones, and almost all of the characters may or may not be clones]], marking the launch of an unending ''Star Wars'' series called [[spoiler:''Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2'']].* ''Literature/TheHuntingOfTheSnark'' was first published on April 1, 1876.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Magazines]]* ''Discover'' magazine has published a number of notorious articles featuring absurd scientific discoveries, such as a macroscopic subatomic particle improbably named the \"bigon\".** The most infamous of these articles is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotheaded_Naked_Ice_Borer Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer]], a fictional Arctic animal created for the holiday in 1995. The critter was briefly picked up as an actual news item by at least one other source, and there are anecdotes of inquiries by zookeepers looking for a specimen! Discover claims it has received more mail about this one article than any other it has ever published.** Another dealt with a native culture that had [[BambooTechnology created primitive \"computers\"]] by tying multiple knots in ropes using a system they had devised. A little common sense applied showed that this was not only silly, but a {{pun}} - they were ''[[DontExplainTheJoke knot computers]]''.*** For further humour, this was at one time seriously proposed (fringe) explanation for the quipu.* ''Magazine/SportsIllustrated'' ran a story in its April 1, 1985 issue called \"[[http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/15/curious-case-sidd-finch The Curious Case of Sidd Finch]]\". The article, written by George Plimpton, ostensibly profiled a phenomenal and unknown New York Mets pitching prospect. Mr. Finch (it was claimed) grew up in an English orphanage, went to Harvard, studied yoga in Tibet, played the French horn, and could throw a baseball up to 168 MPH. The magazine even teased readers with a FunWithAcronyms subhead to the piece:--> \"'''H'''e's '''a''' '''p'''itcher, '''p'''art '''y'''ogi '''a'''nd '''p'''art '''r'''ecluse. '''I'''mpressively '''l'''iberalted '''f'''rom '''o'''ur '''o'''pulent '''l'''ifestyle, '''S'''idd's '''d'''eciding '''a'''bout '''y'''oga\u2014and his future in baseball.\"** The bogus story was nonetheless taken at face value by numerous Met fans, sports reporters, and rival general managers.''SI'' continued the gag the following week with an article announcing Finch's \"retirement\" from baseball, then finally let the cat out of the bag in the April 15 issue.* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' has had several, including a claim that the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons \"The Daemons\"]] was meant to be six episodes long, not five, and that the sixth episode had been discovered (much later, fan historians such as TatWood were still having to explain that this wasn't true).* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' does this a lot:** 1997 ran phony newspaper clippings, one of them saying that the Headless Snowman from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' was getting his own game instead of Luigi.** 1999 had an article featuring Pikachu from Franchise/{{Pokemon}} as a [=Y2K=] expert. However, his advice was completely useless since all he ever spoke was the iconic PokemonSpeak. The authors eventually turn to BillGates himself...who unfortunately also speaks in Pok\u00e9mon Speak.** 2001 discussed \"Warp Pipe Technology\", a fake {{Defictionalization}} of the warp pipes of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros.'' fame. At least two readers were fooled and wrote in to ask about the technology; their response:--->How can we put this gently? The test subject, Dr. Dru Wiliamskini, has a new nickname: \"Steaming Puddle of Goo.\" Better luck next year!** There was also the infamous Zelda April Fool's joke, showing fake screenshots of Link holding the Triforce. This only further fueled rumors of secret ways to get the Triforce, even after Nintendo repeatedly explained it wasn't possible.* ''[=GamePro=]'' had an annual April feature called \"[=LamePro=]\", which mostly featured crude reimaginings of the hot games of the day, along with some mashups like \"Series/{{Barney and|Friends}} [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Butthead]]\" and \"Franchise/StreetFighter [[Film/TheLittleRascals Alfalfa]]\".** Lamepro had a review of the ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' console game, and exclusive screenshots of a black screen - and the multiplayer mode (a black screen divided into four black screens.)[[note]]The joke, in case you don't get it? A first-person-perspective videogame starring a ''blind'' superhero.[[/note]]* ''Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly'' was so good at this, they ended up creating [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Urban Legends Of Zelda]] out of most of them. They are described in detail in the aforementioned article, but for the sake of summarization:** 1991: [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]] in ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game]]''.** 1992: Sheng Long in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' (Lead to the creation of Akuma, and later, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Gouken]]).** 1993: Four fake games for the UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar.** 1994: ''[[RougeAnglesOfSatin Streeets]] [[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage of Rage 3]]'' ([[{{Defictionalization}} allegedly]])** 1995: Creator/{{Nintendo}} publishing a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' game. (This became HilariousInHindsight when Nintendo was handed the Japanese publishing rights for ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames''.)** 1997: Sheng Long in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII''.** 1998: [[DummiedOut \"All Bonds\" cheat]] in ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye 007]]''.** 1999: The [[XtremeKoolLetterz GameShortz]], which was just boxer shorts with UsefulNotes/PlayStation controllers attached.** 2000: The return of the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.** 2001: Creator/{{Sega}} selling Sega Neptunes.** 2002: Sonic and Tails in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'' (this became HilariousInHindsight when Sonic made it into ''Brawl'').** 2003: ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive: Extreme Beach Volleyball'' nude code (the {{Fanservice}}-heavy series has since become famous for making this a reality by hacking the game files).** 2004: ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' getting a MascotRacer spinoff.** 2005: ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' getting a ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' makeover as a PreOrderBonus for the latter.** 2006: The [[HilariousInHindsight iGame]].** 2007: ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mushroom]] Franchise/KingdomHearts''.** 2008: ''{{VideoGame/Lego|AdaptationGame}} Franchise/{{Halo}}''. (Incidentally, [[http://www.megabrands.com/en/kids/halowars/ there are]] ''Halo'' [[MisaimedMarketing Mega Bloks]].)** 2010: ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty:'' set in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.* ''Game Informer'' has a section in every April issue called \"Game Infarcer\", complete with a faux cover and mini-articles poking fun at various aspects of the gaming world. In each May issue, GI publishes a few choice letters from people who believed the jokes to be real, despite the fact that every Game Infarcer page has \"PARODY\" in capital letters at the bottom. Interestingly enough, in 2010, most of the objections were not to the articles, but fake Editor-in-Chief Darth Clark's declaration that his game reviews had surpassed actual games as an art form.* In 2008, ''Hot Rod'' [[http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0804_amc_concept_cars/index.html published an article]] proclaiming the revival of American Motors (bought by Chrysler in 1987). The article contained detailed information and drawings of forthcoming models including the AMX, Matador, Ambassador, Pacer, and Gremlin. It was later revealed to be an April Fools' Day joke.* ''Road & Track'' usually prints a review of something other than a car, but a mode of transportation none the less.* In their April 2012 issue, ''Car and Driver'' listed 25 cars that would be released within the next few years. Most of them were real, except for [[http://www.caranddriver.com/features/2015-chrysler-td-by-maserati-future-cars the Chrysler TD By Maserati]].* ''Magazine/MacAddict'' (now ''Mac|Life''), upon its first April Fools' Day in 1997, ran a lot of jokes. Among them were a letter from the editor explaining that the magazine would be shifting its focus to Windows, and an ''Onion''-esque fake news section.* The April 1988 issue of ''Your Sinclair'' included a glowing review of a fictional lawn-mowing SimulationGame. ''Advanced Lawnmowing Simulator'' was inevitably [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]].* ''The One Magazine'''s April 1990 issue contained a [[http://amiga.lychesis.net/knowledge/CyberAssault556.html preview]] of a supposed upcoming game, ''Cyber Assault 556'', a highly complex WideOpenSandbox space sim game (complete with fake screenshots). * The Polish gaming magazine ''Reset'' had a different kind of joke in every April issue (except for April 1997, because that was their first issue.)** In 1998, the entire magazine layout was turned 90 degrees, and there was a enthusiastic review of a fictional game ''666'', a supposedly highly complex WideOpenSandbox game produced by the Polish company [[SdrawkcabAlias Teser Interactive]]. There was also a humorous hardware review of a... glass, and a spurious article about Bill Gates converting to Buddhism. ** In the 2000 issue the order of sections was reversed from the usual, so the magazine started with comics and off-topic articles and ended with reviews and previews. The same issue also contained a review of \"House Renovation 2000\", supposedly a NintendoHard strategy game where the player must hire highly lazy and recalcitrant worker units to renovate his house. * The Polish gaming magazine ''CD-Action'' pulled off subtle jokes sometimes. For instance, in the April 1999 issue, they claimed that in ''Franchise/TombRaider 4'' Lara Croft would have a second pair of breasts added to her back, and that Creator/IDSoftware was preparing to release ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 2000'' that would run on the Unreal engine. * Going back to earlier days of video gaming, the March/April 1984 issue of Atari Age magazine had a portion called Not The Atari Age, with a fake cover, improbable news articles (like ''Ion Defender'', a game designed to be unplayable and which literally cheats if you get any good at it at all, and a game called ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]]'' that just watches you), and impractical items for sale (like a one-million-dollar gem-encrusted joystick, or a Trak-Cube controller that doesn't move)* Yacht Club Games, the creators of ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', created a [[http://yachtclubgames.com/2017/04/top-games-that-copied-shovel-knight/ post]] on their website in 2017 that seemed designed to criticize knockoffs of the game. All of the content that seemingly stole from the game had come out before the game; the article was a sneaky way of showing off the things that influenced the world and design of the game.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder: Music]]* In April Fools Day 2015, {{Music/Brentalfloss}} released the song everyone has been requesting for over 7 years... the overworld theme of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' with lyrics. There's just one catch though... the lyrics he sings are in Japanese. (''Accurate'' Japanese, mind you, Brent had a translator working on it.) Like Brent himself said, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder: Newspaper Comics]]* In 1997, several comic artists swapped strips, producing such oddities as a ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' comic in the style of ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' (which ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' author Scott Adams described as one of the signs of the Apocalypse).** Kevin Fagan was unable to find another cartoonist to trade ''Drabble'' with, so he [[StylisticSuck drew it with his left hand]].* In 2005, several comics including ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'', ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'', and ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'', did identical comics where one character plays with a Ouija Board and uses it as an excuse to hit another, eliciting the response \"Somehow I imagined the afterlife to be a more peaceful place.\"[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Tabletop Games]]* ''Magazine/{{Dragon}} Magazine'', the house organ for TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, would usually dedicate their April issues to sillier fare. For example:** One issue had a series of mixed up spells like 'Find Terrain' for which the 'somatic' component was to fall forward, at which you have just 'found the terrain'.** Another issue had on its cover a chubby warrior holding flowers up to a beholder which had on makeup and flowers...[[StealthPun \"Beauty is in the eye of the...Oh nevermind!\"]]*** Another time, they packaged the April Fools material in one section of the magazine, with a cover page that parodied the heroes-steal-giant-demon-statue-eyes cover of the 1E ''Player's Handbook''. Exact same scene, except the demonic statue and gem thieves are all teddy bears.** Shortly after 3.5 introduced a Flaws mechanic, they did flaws for Commoners (the least powerful of the NPC classes); one of the flaws, called \"You Got Chickens\", had the character suffering a 50% chance of retrieving a chicken any time they tried to draw something from their pack. This was promptly exploited on the Character Optimization board.** The parody songs of \"Bard On The Run\".* Creator/WhiteWolf and its SpiritualSuccessor Onyx Path Publishing are in the habit of releasing a joke supplement on April Fools' Day.** They kicked off in 2008 with the release of an excerpt from a pitch for ''Shadows of Iceland''.** In 2009 they released the ''Scroll of Swallowed Darkness'', an incomplete, sex-themed supplement for ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. In 2012, they released errata for it.** 2010 saw the release of ''Dudes of Legend'', a very NSFW Take That-filled [[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness nWOD]] supplement with rules for, among other things, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} using glitter to let vampires go out in the sun]], and gaining superpowers from homoeroticism.** For 2011, they released ''Paths of Storytelling: Vampire'', a ChooseYourOwnAdventure-style piece for ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''.** In 2013, they released ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}: Extras'', a collection of [[OddJobGods (perhaps justifiably) obscure Gods]] and their Scions.** 2014's release was a set of [=nWOD=] Overly Narrow Condition cards, for use when [=PCs=] ran into highly unlikely situations. ** In 2015, they announced that, inspired by the popularity of the Kickstarter for historical [=nWOD=] supplement ''Dark Eras'', they'd be transplanting all TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness and TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness gamelines to the nineteenth century, at the height of Gothic literature's popularity, in order to add Historical Angst (TM) and gothness. As an indication of where this would be going, they released [=nWOD=] supplement ''Gothic Icons'', statting up characters from Gothic literature who represented {{goth}} archetypes.* Creator/PalladiumBooks has a combination fanzine/sourcebook for ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' and other Palladium titles called ''The Rifter''. They created an April Fool's Issue called ''The Rifter 9 1/2'', which was full of ridiculous characters, alternate rules, and other silly content. A RunningGag throughout the issue was that Palladium Books had been sold to the fictional Percy Ferkleberger, who began effecting massive changes in ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}''. The most notable example was the new rules for \"Giga-Damage,\" which was a massive in-joke regarding the game's love of MoreDakka, the fact that ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' tends to attract {{Munchkin}}s, and PowerCreepPowerSeep in general. Most amusingly, the Rifter 9 1/2 was made primarily as an April Fool's Joke on The Rifter's editor, who had heard nothing about it until the first copies arrived at the warehouse.* Catalyst Games Labs, the current publishers of {{TabletopGame/BattleTech}} and TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}, celebrates April Fools' by releasing gag products which are nonetheless playable. Considering that they're also ''free'' products, it's a pretty good deal if you can take the joke.** The 2012 releases were Taiwan-themed scenario-packs. The TabletopGame/BattleTech releases included a \"Third (Star) League Turning Points\" scenario-pack (set two centuries beyond the current in-universe date, complete with units and weapons advanced beyond even Clan technology).** The 2013 TabletopGame/BattleTech release is an 'Experimental Technical Readout'. It's titled ''XTRO:1945'', and details a range of units from ''World War 2'', complete with the gear they need to fight a [[HumongousMecha BattleMech]]. They ''are'' playable units, and incredibly deadly to each other. Against '''Mechs'' is another matter.* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Kevin Tewart, a member of Upper Deck Entertainment, sent a letter claiming that the card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trooper Card Trooper]] had been misprinted, making its effect vastly different. The first letter of each line spelled out \"APRIL FOOLS\".* Over the years, Creator/GamesWorkshop made a few April Fools jokes. Including the announcements of a \"How to throw Citadel dices\" book and the 'Eavy Metal Spraygun (that allows you to give your figures a perfect paintjob like the ones from the 'Eavy Metal team just by placing the right colors inside and spraying them on the figure)** In 2016, they announced a paintbrush for left-handed and a ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' pop-up book.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Toys]]* [[http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Bionicle Sector 01]], the Toys/{{Bionicle}} [[TheWikiRule Wiki]], Lost quite a few of their images and pages a while ago, but managed to find some replacement images of the Toa Nuva, Mata Nui, and Makuta Teridax, thanks to a certain [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Derpy Hooves]]...* In 2015, Hasbro announced that the Fan Made Combiner poll they were doing at the time was closed and the whole thing was going to be replaced with a new figure of Reflector.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Western Animation]]* Creator/CartoonNetwork:** In 1997, they ran the ''[[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons Screwy Squirrel]]'' cartoon \"Happy-Go-Nutty\" repeatedly for twelve hours straight. The network's AOL site [[note]]this was a year before [=CartoonNetwork.com=] launched[[/note]] ran banner messages saying that Screwy had taken over the network and was making demands with the authorities. The banners read \"April Fools\" after the madness ended at 6pm. A six-hour ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' marathon immediately followed as an apology.** In 2000, they ran a 4-hour Creator/{{Boomerang}} marathon to celebrate the new network's launch.** In 2001, they ran ''Creator/TexAvery's Marathon of Fools'', which presented 18 hours of Avery's shorts.** In 2009, they replaced the majority of their programming with a surprise ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''[[note]]which hadn't regularly been aired on the main network for years[[/note]] marathon.** In 2010, they added fart and belch sound effects to almost every cartoon they aired throughout the day, even to the intros.** In 2011, the logo bug at the bottom of the screen was flipped upside-down.** In 2017, the main characters in every show have googly eyes placed over their faces. They were even edited into all the advertisements for the shows on the network, including for ones that hadn't premiered yet.* Infamously done with ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''[='=]s season 2 premiere in 1998; the audience was expection a resolution to Season 1's CliffHanger about who Eric Cartman's father was, but instead they got an episode dedicated to the farting Canadian ShowWithinAShow Terrence & Phillip that aired on April 1st. Reactions from viewers were quite negative, leading to Trey Parker & Matt Stone resolving the cliffhanger in the season's second episode. This was later {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the episode \"Terrance & Phillip: Behind the Blow\".** It was also referenced in the 2010 episode \"Eat, Pray, Queef\" (which ALSO aired on April 1st), where the boys get mad after the conclusion to a 2-part ''Terrence & Phillip'' episode is replaced with a ''Queef Sisters'' episode. The creators actually originally intended to do a whole episode about the Queef Sisters, but went against it.** Referenced again in the 2006 episode \"Cartoon Wars Part 2\", which pulled a similar \"this episode will not be seen tonight\" gag involving Terrence & Phillip. Which had its own Muhammad joke. That gets censored on its own. ...What? Are Terrence & Phillip arguing with the executive behind the edit now? And they bring up ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' showing Muhammad uncensored? And the executive is saying someone is probably going to FOX to stop them? Ah, now the episode ''truly'' begins...* Creator/AdultSwim. 2012. While it began with the introduction to ''Film/TheRoom'' (which had been their joke in previous years), it quickly went in a different direction, bringing back {{Creator/Toonami}}[[note]]Canceled in September 2008[[/note]] for what was thought to be one night only. But then Creator/AdultSwim asked the fans what they thought on Website/{{Twitter}}... They wanted their Creator/{{Toonami}}. As of May 26, 2012, they're getting it.** 2004: Inuyasha. [[http://www.veoh.com/watch/v6555000RBbdbQSB?h1=Adult+Swim+2004+April+Fools-InuYasha+Mustaches moustaches]].** Creator/AdultSwim did many things in different years, including doing the \"add a fart track to all shows\" that was later done on daytime Creator/CartoonNetwork, all the funnier because that was on Saturday Night that year, so they fart-tracked such series as ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandaloneComplex''. One year, another Saturday, they replaced the anime lineup with ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever''. In the year in which ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Colon Movie Film For Theaters'' premiered, before the premier of the movie in theaters, they aired the entire movie on April 1st, but in a tiny block in the lower-right corner of the screen, without sound. One year, they dug up reruns of ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos''.** In 2014, Adult Swim aired a new episode of WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever alongside a ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' marathon (one that included the uncut version of \"Fire Ant\", among other things.)** For their April Fool's stunt in 2006 Creator/AdultSwim aired the Spumco short ''[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo Boo Runs Wild]]'' rather than ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and inserted fart noises into ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist''.** In 2017, [[ScheduleSlip after months of constant delays]] for the third season of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' (it was originally planned to air late 2016), Adult Swim suddenly premiered the first episode of the season and officially announced that the show would be returning in summer [[OverlyLongGag and then proceeded to rerun the same episode for five hours straight]], actually delaying the week's new episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack2017'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' dub for another week, which, needless to say, pissed off many fans of the latter two, with the formers fanbase even starting a [[FandomRivalry rivalry]] with the R&M fanbase.* In 2013, Creator/TeenNick advertised that they were planning to show a long lost episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' at midnight as part of its Series/The90sAreAllThat block. Said episode was 30 minutes of Mayo from the \"Wacky Delly\" episode, followed by a showing of said episode to presumably clear things up for the numerous confused viewers born well after the time of ''Rocko'' passed.* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': ** In 2013, series writer Meghan [=McCarthy=] released [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/04/meghan-and-steffama-larsondrews-season.html a lot of false episode titles and synopses for season four.]]*** Notably some of these were actually correct (though with silly synopses). Since the existence of a fourth Pie sister was already confirmed, many fans correctly guessed that \"Maude Pie\" was a reference to her.** 2014 saw the release of two promos for nonexistent spinoffs:*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMglq5ZgYK4 My Biggest Pony]]: featuring a gigantic Bon Bon creating a ruckus in Ponyville.*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DDF0q68kw Dragonfire]]: a SpaceOpera featuring a humanized Spike, on a spaceship named the Celestia.** 2015:*** Discovery Family released a promo for a side series called \"[[https://youtu.be/IZArPt_x0CU Apple Bloomers]]\", a MagicalGirl {{anime}} {{parody}} starring the Cutie Mark Crusaders. [[note]]A focused watcher may notice that it is scheduled for release Friday April 31st, but then you realize April doesn't even have 31 days.[[/note]]*** Also in 2015, Andrea Libman tweeted that the show has been merged with ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'', with Creator/MichaelBay set to direct it. The image tweeted is of Pinkie Pie (one of the characters she voices) in an Optimus Prime costume.** 2016:*** The official Facebook page announced that the show was going to be replaced with \"My Little Dragon: Spike is Magic\", a new show about Spike going in the Dragon Lands to teach friendship to his inhabitants, making friends and eating gems.* Late in March 2015, the creator of ''WesternAnimation/KidsNextDoor'' linked to a Rainbow Monkey website that had a search bar. Various names from ''Kids Next Door'' could be entered into the search bar, which would return a single line answer. One term showed a countdown in strange alien numbers. Around the same time, a Galactic Kids Next Door video was uploaded on Website/YouTube; this video was apparently supposed to be shown when the countdown ended, but it was leaked. Strange messages from the original ''Kids Next Door'' voice actors suggested that some kind of revival was in the works. Problem was, the countdown would end on April 1st. Fans waited with baited breath to see what would happen when the countdown ended...and while a new video was released, it ended with the message \"As of right now, there are no plans for a Galactic Kids Next Door Series. But...there ''should be''\". It appears that the whole thing was part April Fool's joke, part ViralMarketing pitch.* In 2015, ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' had a CrossOver with ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa''. While it aired on April 2 (as to fit with the pattern of airing new episodes on Thursday), the episode itself says \"April Fools'\" in it. Part of the prank also included [[TrollingCreator one of the staff members]] considering it a {{Canon}} episode, though watching the episode, it is definitely not.* Nickelodeon in 2017 launched a new channel called \"Nick Sr.\", ostensibly a sister network to Creator/NickJr. They also replaced the opening of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' with various different versions of the theme song, ending with [=SpongeBob=] saying \"April Fools\"![[/folder]]\n\n[[folder: Real Life]]* Online tech news site TheRegister regularly put up joke articles on April 1st. The articles are usually gone by the next day however, although some of them are archived for posterity.* China, notorious for their censorship regime, bans the media in the country from publishing or airing fake articles and reports on April Fools' Day.* A popular joke is the \"Fools' Day Parade\", wherein someone announces a time and place and big acts for a parade that never happens. Some of the more entertaining press releases are of New York's \"Annual April Fools' Day Parade\", written by world-class prankster Joey Skaggs.* British newspaper ''The Daily Mail'' pulled one when Tony Blair was still the Prime Minister, saying that he had replaced the black door of 10 Downing Street (the Prime Minister's residence) with a red one.* Many cable networks do April Fools' Day pranks. For example, Creator/AdultSwim will change their lineup or insert jokes into their programming:** In 2005 it was fart jokes during {{anime}}. Memorably, the fart gag caused such an angry and ''immediate'' InternetBackdraft that the sounds were removed for the late-night second airing.** In 2006, they had a \"stealth premiere\" of the finale of ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'', aired Spumco's ''Boo Boo Runs Wild'' instead of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', and put more farts in ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist''.** 2007 brought the complete ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce [[TheMovie Colon Movie Film For Theaters]]'' several weeks ''before'' its actual theatrical premiere date - in a small, 1 x 1 inch corner of the screen as the channel ran episodes of ''Futurama'' and ''Family Guy'', and with loud {{commercial pop up}}s promoting the ''ATHF'' film to boot.** 2008 had a whole night of \"stealth premieres\".** In 2009 it was the cable premiere of ''Film/TheRoom''. In 2010 and 2011, they aired ''The Room'' '''again'''.** In 2012, they opted for a one-day revival of Creator/{{Toonami}}, which began with a FakeOutOpening of ''The Room'', and was so well received that the block was brought back for good!** In 2013, they changed the name of the network to [meow meow], played cat-related bumps and superimposed cat heads on all their programming (except ''Loiter Squad''.)** In 2014, they released a new episode of ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'', out of the blue, in homage to the gag from 8 years before.** 2015's April Fools joke was simple: an ''ATHF'' marathon with a \"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvY67L2vRE coin hunt]]\".** 2016 had them hyping a big prank only for there to be [[BaitAndSwitch nothing]].** 2017 had at least one character on each show after midnight be auto tuned, along with added {{laugh track}}s and sound effects. All the shows later in the evening were instead substituted with a repeated unscheduled airing of the third season premiere of ''WesternAnimation/RickandMorty''. * [[http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/hotelicopter.asp The Hotelicopter]].* For 2008, the morning [=DJs=] at WBPM in upstate New York announced they were quitting. All throughout their show, they received calls from listeners asking if it was true and begging them not to do it. Just before they signed off, they admitted that they ''were'' quitting... smoking.* In 2008, users of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Unix}} Kubuntu Linux]] beta found that their wallpapers were now one of those TastesLikeDiabetes [[http://img146.imageshack.us/i/schermata1pq5.png/ unicorn images]]. And that the dialog boxes for changing the wallpaper were disabled.* In the late 1980s, the U.S. Armed Forces Network (radio) in Europe celebrated April 1st with such news items as an invasion of Germany by giant grasshoppers. Also, the German \"phrase of the day\" feature was replaced with a ''cow'' phrase: \"Moooo!\" which means, \"Hey, watch where you're putting those cold hands, buddy!\"* Something about the radio business must really lend itself to these. From 1964, [[http://www.musicradio77.com/images/apfool4pcm.mp3 here's WABC's Dan Ingram]] being victimized during his on-air shift.** George Weber, who hosted a talk show on KOA in Denver in the early 1990s, was fond of elaborate April Fools pranks. These included: telling listeners that the gold on the dome of the Colorado state capitol building was being replaced and that they could go to the grounds to get free chunks of the old gold, claiming that Denver had just built a subway system (he even mocked up a \"subway entrance\" at a local comedy club), and making it sound as though KOA had changed their format from talk to CountryMusic.* On April 1st of 2010, the cd trading site swapacd.com included a link on their homepage promising users \"free credits\". Instead of credits that can be exchanged for [=CDs=], what they got were the kind of credits you see at the end of movies - a scrolling list of bad puns on names of famous actors.* ''All Things Considered'', the evening news program of Creator/{{NPR}}, does an annual April Fools news story, delivered in their usual deadpan style. Among others was a report on the dangers of exploding maple trees in Vermont one year, and then another was a reading outraged \"listener mail\" concerning Whale Farming (as in, raising whales in massive tanks in the Midwest) which was a long series of ComicallyMissingThePoint gags.* The Swedish television channel SVT had a glorious one in 1962. Known radio technician Kjell Stensson told the viewers that by simply cutting up a nylon stocking and attaching it to the television screen, they would get color TV!* A few years ago one Christchurch newspaper published a news report about how the iconic Christchurch City Cathedral was going to be demolished due to bad structural damage. This became HarsherInHindsight considering the catherdral ''was'' demolished in 2012 after a 7.9 earthquake struck the city.* In the 80s, the Australian UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} team played a tour match in India on April 1st. The rules of cricket state that if the ball hits the stumps but fails to dislodge the bails, the batsman is not out. The Australians ''superglued the bails on'', and then just stood back and let the ball hit the stumps.* For 2011, Creator/Channel4 modified their (live-action with CGI effects) {{Station Ident}}s for the day by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wts8vOSyWdg removing the CGI 4 logos]].* On April Fools' Day 2011, Creator/ShoutFactory announced on its website that it would be producing a DVD box set containing the entire 72-year run of the radio/TV soap opera ''Series/GuidingLight'', collected on nearly 4,000 discs.* On April 1, 1966 the well-known BuccaneerBroadcaster Radio London, operating from a ship off the British coast, found its signal being drowned out by Radio East Anglia, which claimed to be broadcasting with an implausibly-powerful transmitter from somewhere in eastern England. This was so convincing that the police actually searched the region for illegal transmitters. Naturally they never found one, because the whole thing was broadcast from the Radio London ship with the help of two fake [=DJs=] (actually engineers) and good editing. It had all been planned by a couple of the real [=DJs=] - without the knowledge of the station's management, who weren't happy at the loss of scheduled commercial slots.* In 2005, a website was launched for \"[[http://www.hyperborea.org/googolplex-theaters/ Googolplex Theaters]]\", a supposedly innovatitve theater where patrons use a virtual reality headset that lets them watch any movie at any time. The theather and technology, of course, didn't exist.* The Internet Engineering Task Force often writes humorous Requests For Comments (the IETF's name for standards they adopt). Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments has a list]]. The very first one, \"TELNET randomly lose\" was taken serious enough times that for a while the IETF put a header saying \"note the date of issue\". [[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:TV Tropes]]* For April Fools 2011, all the avatars in the Administrivia/TVTropesForum were changed to [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_spartacus_8552.png a picture of]] Film/{{Spartacus}}, and [[IAmSpartacus all usernames had \"Spartacus\" placed in front of them]]. After that, they began to rotate between several others, including:** [[Franchise/StarWars A Stormtrooper's helmet]], changing everyone's name to \"Trooper [Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_trooper_5853.png]]** A {{Bear|sAreBadNews}}, with \"Grizzly [Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools__2011_bear_6305.png]]** A [[Franchise/MyLittlePony purple, butterfly-winged pony]], with \"Pony [Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_pony_7896.png]]** Franchise/SpiderMan, with \"Spider-[Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_spiderman_3825.png]]** [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Tweety Bird's]] head, with \"Tweety [Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_tweety_6095.png]]** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity]], with \"Still Flying: [Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_serenity_5847.png]]** A [[NothingIsScarier blank]] [[OurGhostsAreDifferent space]], with \"Ghostly [Troper's name]\".** And a [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angel]], with \"Unblinking [Troper's name]\". [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_fools_2011_unblinking_3564.png]]* For the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, some joker entered [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5Mqr6tRlw Hugga Wugga]] from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' under Level 7 (\"Soprano and gravel\"), and Cookie Monster's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw C Is For Cookie (That's Good Enough For Me)]] under Level 9 (\"Cookie Monster vocals - the TropeNamer\"). Someone fell for it.* April Fools' Day 2012 had a couple unrelated events:** the prank ran for an i-day (from the moment it became April 1st just west of the International Date line, for 47 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds, to the moment it became April 2nd just east of the DateLine) Astute users could have guessed what was going to happen from the banner at the top of each page that read \"Somewhere on Earth it is April 1st\". ** [[Administrivia/KnowTheStaff The moderators]] had a lot of fun within the forum. Most of them wear distinctive avatars, sig lines, and other gingerbread, and these have become well known enough that people identify the mods by their avatars rather than their names (to the point where @/FoxxyMod redirects to @/{{Madrugada}}, since she always has [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Vulpes_vulpes_laying_in_snow.jpg_100.jpeg an avatar of a sleeping fox]]).\\\\\\\\For April Fools' Day, they \"dressed up\" as each other: Each wore the gingerbread of someone else. This led to much confusion and silliness, since people suddenly thought the mods were posting in places they had never been before, e.g. @/BestOf took on @/FastEddie's avatar, signature, user title, and location, so people thought Fast Eddie was posting in Yack Fest, which rarely happens. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13331907300A61220100 Here]] is the main forum thread about it, including [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/April_Fools_2012_mod_switches_4386.png diagrams of who switched to who]].** It expanded outside the forum too. The HomePage was made inaccessible -- whenever you went there, you were redirected to a random article from the HomePages index, which might be a translation in anything from [[Qu/HomePage Quenya]] or [[Pl/StronaGlowna Polish]] to [[Pirate/HomePage Pirate]] and [[ElmerFudd/HomePage Elmer Fudd]]. Because of the obscure home pages getting a lot of exposure, we ended up with [[JustForFun/WeirdestInboundLinkOfTheDay some weird inbound link counts]] as people showed them to their friends.* 2013 brought the scale down again -- nothing happened wiki-side. On the forums, the mods once again had their avatars changed, this time to Agent Smith from ''Film/TheMatrix'', but that was all. The main event was that location lines in posts were randomised. Instead of the location given in your profile, your location would be randomly selected from one of 256 possibilities the mods had previously compiled, and would rerandomise upon refreshing the page. Most locations were references to works. For example, you might be listed as \"from\"...** {{Atlantis}},** [[Videogame/{{Zork}} the dark, about to be eaten by a grue]],** [[Literature/AnneOfGreenGables Green Gables, PEI]],** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Mordor]],** [[Theatre/GuysAndDolls the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York]],** [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove Russia, with love]],** [[Creator/WilliamBlake where there be Tygers]],** [[AirVentPassageway your AC vent]],:: And so on.* 2014: The site thought tropers needed help editing and writing articles so they employed Lampshade, an {{expy}} of Clippit from Microsoft Office, that gives \"helpful\" tips. After two minutes, Lampshade will leave until the next time an article is being edited.[[/folder]]\n\n!!Subversions\n\n[[folder:Anime & Manga]]* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'': The announcement that there was going to be a MagicalGirl anime SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' was presumed as an April Fools joke due to being announced on said date.** More than that: it was announced on an April 1st, then nothing was said about it for months and months, with no new information to be had anywhere, until a follow-up announcement on, you guessed it, the following April 1st.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Comic Books]]* A few years ago, Marvel announced that ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' had been UnCancelled on April 1st.* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic'' #1 was released on April 1st, 2015.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Film]]* The [[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/31/leonard-nimoy-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ casting]] of Creator/LeonardNimoy as the voice of Sentinel Prime in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' was announced near April 1st. Extra skepticism points thanks to Nimoy's retirement from acting (which clearly didn't stick as he continued to act right until his passing in 2015).* The trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' was released on March 31, 2006 with the second ''WesternAnimation/IceAge''. Despite being one day before April 1st, it did create some initial beliefs that Fox had been pulling an early April Fools' Day joke.* The announcement that Creator/HideakiAnno [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-31/evangelion-hideaki-anno-is-new-japanese-godzilla-film-chief-director-writer/.86598 would be directing]] ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' film. It was announced on March 31st, but due to timezones it was April 1st in Japan.* The digital release of ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'' was on April 1st, 2016.* The ''Series/SesameStreet'' documentary ''Street Gang'', adapted from the 2008 book of the same name, was announced on April 1, 2016.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Live Action TV]]* Just days after the series finale aired, The Science Channel announces that they're rebooting Series/{{Mythbusters}}, starting with a reality TV style season in search of getting a new team together. Many assumed it's an April Fools joke given the day the news was published. As it turns out, nope, it's real. [[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Magazines]]* When ''Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly'', well known for it's April Fools' Day hoaxes (see above), announced in its April issue that Creator/{{Rare}}'s kid-friendly platform game ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' was being reworked into an adult-oriented game with plenty of swearing, innuendos, cartoon violence, and ToiletHumor, most people thought it was a joke. [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay It wasn't.]][[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Music]]* Kasane Teto, vip@2Ch April Fools joke {{Music/Vocaloid}}, actually did have her own voice, albeit synthesised in different program. And free. ** Inhabitants of vip@2ch used to do it every year since then. [[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:New Media]]* Website/{{Google}}'s Gmail service was announced on April 1, 2004 with storage limits that (at the time) sounded absurdly unfeasible; it was no joke. Since then, Gmail has run an April Fools' joke every year, including such \"new features\" as a free email printing service (subsidized by giant red context-sensitive ads on the back of the emails) and a feature allowing the user to send an email to days earlier.** The [[http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2004/04/google-gets-message-launches-gmail.html press release]] was even intentionally written to look like an April Fool's joke, tricking everyone who thought they weren't falling for the trick.** And in 2007, a Google NY employee had to continuously state that his [[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/snakes-in-plain-old-office-building.html 3 foot python really was loose in the building]].* Popular gaming site The GIA[[labelnote:initialism]]'''G'''aming '''I'''ntelligence '''A'''gency[[/labelnote]] suddenly announced its dissolution on April 1, 2002. Readers were confused for ''months'' before finding out that, yes, it really was closing down, and many were angry that they would pick April 1 of all days to make the announcement. The GIA was later retooled into the ill-fated [=GameForms.com=], which didn't last very long; the site would remain dead for many years before being resurrected in 2013 (albeit without much content).* ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'' was meant to be one of these, but it ended up as a side project of [=LittleKuriboh=]'s. It currently has 5 episodes.** That was 2009's AprilFools joke. In 2008, he made a fake ending to the series and \"moved on\" to Zork and Pals. Then in 2010, he created \"a Anime/YuGiOh5Ds abridged\" with everyone just shouting \"CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!\"; then it turned out to be Iruka and Joekage watching it and then showing each other their abridged series. Naruto lampshades at the end how tired it's gotten and complains.* An ''accidental'' subversion: [[http://www.gamefront.com/ Gamefront]] (known back at the time of the incident as Filefront) announced on March 24, 2009, that they planned to shut down by the end of March. However, they managed to deal with their issues at that very moment and thus didn't close down after all; they just happened to be unfortunate enough to solve their problems by April 1st.* Like ''Naruto The Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show'', ''MyLittlePonyCamaraderieIsSupernatural'' started as an April Fools' joke for 2011 from the creators of ''WebVideo/SonicF''. It got popular enough that another episode was made.* WebVideo/ReZonanceSoundtrackReviews' Bubble Bobble's soundtrack review ran on April 1, 2013. After a lampshade of the trope, the review was played completely straight. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer It wasn't a gag review, or a prank, it was a straight up honest review.]] It even plays an important part to the continuity of the reviews.* On April 1, 2010, [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]] vandalized the [[http://sonichu.com/cwcki/List_of_Christian%27s_edits_to_the_CWCki CWCki]], a site dedicated to him and his webcomic. Most users assumed it was a prank at first.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Tabletop Games]]* The official ''MagicTheGathering'' website pulls off some sort of elaborate joke every year on April 1st, but occasionally hides some truth in it as well. Perhaps the best trick they pulled was on April 1st, 2004, when they announced ''Unhinged'', a sequel to the popular ''Magic'' joke set ''Unglued''. A few days later, it was revealed that the announcement was '''true'''.** Aaah, but when else to unveil new Unglued cards but that most auspicious of days?** The ''real'' Fool's Day Joke was the announcement that they were banning the Plains card: one of the resource cards you need to ''play the game''.** In 2010, they put up an \"Arcana\" (mini-article) that was just a LongList of [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial increasingly ludicrous]] rumors they want to debunk. Only the first 5 or so (of 38) were plausible enough to merit debunking.* Sanguine Productions' 6-page, $1,279.95 PDF supplement for ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'', known as The Book of Fools, is free on April Fool's Day.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Theme Parks]]* 2014 finally saw the debut of WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit as a mascot in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, specifically in Tokyo Disney Resort. Of course, [[http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/04/oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-makes-his-debut-at-tokyo-disneysea/ since the announcement happened on April 1]], one of the first comments was a verification on whether or not this was an April Fools' prank. [[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Video Games]]* Announced on April 1st 2012, ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird: Enter the Dominatrix'' was thought to be an April Fools Joke until it was later revealed to be a real standalone companion game retailing for $30. Triply subverted as development on the game got so ambitious that it got revamped into ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', and ''then'' the first ''Saints Row IV'' mission DLC is called \u2014 wait for it \u2014 ''Enter the Dominatrix''.* ''[[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Def Jam Vendetta]]'' had an initial release date of April 1, 2003. Hardly anybody took seriously the idea of a LicensedGame where rappers beat the stuffing out of one another. The game actually met the April 1 release date, and it sold like hotcakes, inspiring a pair of sequels.* As with several earlier examples, [[Creator/SquareEnix the merger of Squaresoft and Enix]] was initially thought to be an April Fools' Day prank because it was announced on April 1.* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''[='=]s Jarate weapon for April Fools' Day 2009 is now a genuine weapon as of the Sniper vs. Spy update, release by the end of May 2009.** Valve have also made multiple ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' April Fools' Day updates.** On the subject of Valve again, 13 indie games on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} saw odd updates relating to potatoes on April 1st, 2011. Surely enough, these potatoes served as the omen to [[http://valvearg.com/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki something]] [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} more]] [[AlternateRealityGame sinister]] than a mere foolish prank...** The 2013 April Fools was a form of zig-zag, since it was originally a straight-up joke (see Reddit's section in New Media above), but resulted in two new promotional hats for Reddit being added into the game two days later.* Similiar to the ''Powerpuff Girls Z'' example above is ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'', which was also announced near April 1st and thought to be an elaborate prank.* Similar to the previous example is ''VideoGame/PokerNight2''--however, the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' items that you can get from this game were added to the ''Team Fortress 2'' files before it was even teased.* Version 0.31.01 of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', two years in the making, was released on April 1, 2010. No surprise that the website broke within the hour.* Ogmo from ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'' has been announced to be a playable character in ''Super VideoGame/MeatBoy''. The fact that Ogmo and Meat Boy himself are look-alikes left those who saw the news skeptical.* ''VisualNovel/{{Narcissu}} -side 2nd-'' was supposed to be released on April Fools' Day. It got updated a few hours early, and some still think it's an April Fools' Day joke.* One April Fools Day, Max Barry announced that the UN-like organization in his browser-based nation simulation game ''VideoGame/{{Nationstates}}'' would change its name to the World Assembly because of a complaint from the real UN about his use of the name and emblem. Turns out, the UN really did send him a letter, and the change was made to comply with it.* The fan-made ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] ''Pok\u00e9net'' was shut down by Nintendo on April 1, 2010.* ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'''s introduction states that the character designs were released on April Fools' Day, and there's an anecdote (could be truth, could be just an UrbanLegend) that the creators of this game had originally intended for the game to be a normal DatingSim with human guys and posted bird designs for these guys on the website as an April Fools' joke, only for fans to love them so much that the game ended up being all about dating birds instead.* Rovio Mobile announced an ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' [[TheAnimeOfTheGame animated series]] on April 1st 2012.* Whilst ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' usually plays this straight, a notable subversion was the announcement of the long awaited champion Lee Sin, the Blind Monk who was released a few days later. In the April Fool's version, he was indestructible and could kick across the map but the player was filtered through a blurry screen. Here's the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3DWCGs3Tl8 April Fools spotlight]] compared to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6SleHuJjLo real spotlight.]]* The remake of ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' had an AprilFools trailer, but not everything shown in it is fake...* The announcement of ''VisualNovel/{{Rewrite}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts on April 1st 2008 was subsequently validated the following day.** The announcement that Rewrite would be an adult game on April 1st 2010 was revealed as a joke.** The release of a video showing the characters in distinctly un-Key like situation on April 1st 2011 was also confirmed the following day (and the events in video do actually happen in the novel). * For ''VideoGame/WarThunder'', in 2013 Gaijin Entertainment released a trailer showing [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic cute, colorful ponies]] as a new playable faction. Then they actually updated they game to include said ponies, each packing 4 20mm machine guns, 8 rockets tubes, and 2 half-ton bombs. Oh, and they each flew like a high-speed rocket plane. [[PeripheryDemographic Bronies]] were ecstatic, while brony-haters were... uh... [[StopHavingFunGuys not]].** In 2014, they added a Kaiju snail for the Japanese army. With eye stalk lasers.** 2015 saw them go for a two-fer.*** One event was all about walking tanks - think the turret from a KV-2 plonked onto a pair of walker legs that wouldn't look out of place in ''Battletech'' and then whack a 20mm turret to either side of the KV-2 one. Players would start in a pre-set roster of normal tanks and have to earn points before they could spawn in one of the walkers.*** The other was called \"Unrealistic Battle\" (referencing the game's own Realistic Battle mode) where players would control inflatable Shermans that launched high-explosive potatoes and armour-piercing carrots at each other in order to deplete their health bars (as a not-so-subtle dig at ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks''). The Shermans would bounce around and their barrels would bend and wobble like you'd expect from a giant inflatable tank while holding the button that lets you check the status of your machine's internals would reveal that the interior was four guys on bicycles around a wooden platform that the 'gunner' stood on. He had crates of vegetables at his feet and used a strong slingshot to fire them out the barrel.* In 2013, Konami [[http://i.imgur.com/4YXAMGH.png redecorated]] the ''VideoGame/{{jubeat}}'' e-Amusement website to promote \"Wow Wow VENUS\", with the unlock condition for the song ostensibly requiring tons of LevelGrinding. The site was reverted the day after as expected...but then, much to the joy of players wanting to play it, \"Wow Wow VENUS\" became an ''actual playable song'' the day after, freely available with no unlock precondition for one week, permanently so for the player if they played it once during that week. Currently, the song can be obtained by grinding through the \"bistro saucer\" unlock system.* In 2014, ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' developers [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXN5yr4dGIc revealed]] the newest addition to the game's cast: PaletteSwap MovesetClone character Fukua. Intended as a quick TakeThat against a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dC-Hl33Xqpk certain other character trailer]], she was removed from the game shortly after AprilFools... and was later permanently added, with a complete moveset and her own story mode.* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' was confirmed for the 3DS, UsefulNotes/{{Wii U}}, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on [[http://bindingofisaac.com/post/115192982234/rebirth-coming-to-3ds-wiiu-and-xbox1 April 1, 2015]]. Due to the timing, and a well known history that [=BoI=] has previously run into issues being released on Nintendo's eShop service, some thought it really was a joke, prompting the game's creator [[https://twitter.com/EdmundMcMillenn/status/583164512330592256 to state on Twitter that it's no joke.]] The dev did take the chance to still add in some jokes though, by making [[http://bindingofisaac.com/post/115192982234/rebirth-coming-to-3ds-wiiu-and-xbox1 a joke post]] stating that the Nintendo versions would have three \"subtle\" changes -- Isaac will now wear a fig leaf, the voice Isaac's mother hears coming from Max the dog rather than God, and the references to Christianity would be replaced by references to Scientology. A crossed-out section at the end claims that there are additional changes to the Nintendo versions such as replacing \"blood\" with \"sweat\" (a la the SNES version of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'') and \"pills\" with \"lollipops.\"* Creator/{{Nintendo}} made the announcement that they would indeed be holding a WebVideo/NintendoDirect on April 1, 2015, even stating in the announcement \"despite the date, this Direct is no joke!\" During said Direct they made announcements that caught many off guard, such as releasing the first debut trailer for ''[[VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE Shin Megami Tensei \u00d7 Fire Emblem]]'' (after two long years of not announcing anything besides a short teaser), announcing that the fifth entry in the ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'' series (for the Wii U) will indeed see a release outside of Japan (after the previous entry failed to see an official non-Japanese release), [[VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}} Lucas]] will be the next DLC character for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros 4'', [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and even the announcement]] that ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' will hit the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole service after many fans previously thought the game wouldn't due to rights issues.* ''VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple'' announced DLC that would replace the voice of Elohim with the voice of ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'' on April 1, 2015. It not only is an actual DLC, but it was also free for a short while.* On April 1, 2015, Creator/BioWare revealed ZITHER!, a WanderingMinstrel mage with ThePowerOfRock as the first multiplayer DLC character for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. A month later, the Dragonslayer DLC was announced, and ZITHER! with his [[MechanicallyUnusualClass unique mechanics]] were confirmed as the DLC's new Mage agent.* On April 1, 2016, Website/SFDebris posted a review of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episodes, \"Party of One,\" \"Lesson Zero,\" \"It's About Time,\" \"Luna Eclipsed.\"* On April 1, 2017 [[note]]March 31, 2017 in Japan[[/note]], Arika [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA showcased footage]] of a long-awaited follow-up to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' and ''VideoGame/FightingLayer'' as part of [[MilestoneCelebration an extended celebration of the company's 20th anniversary]]. Though the video description clearly states that it's Arika's prank for the holiday, Akira's vice president [[https://twitter.com/miharasan/status/847840152223268864 quickly clarified]] that the game's closely-guarded development, not the product itself, was the actual joke, and a demo build was livestreamed at [[https://www.facebook.com/co.arika/posts/1334036619965033 an official promotional event/location test by Arika]] later that day. The game, known tentatively as ''Fighting EX Layer'', currently lacks funding and a publisher, with the proof of concept released to drum up public interest.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Webcomics]]* Subverted in 2010 by ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' who chose April 1 for some real yet unlikely plot development. It would seem that two party members met long ago, but the sane one was too badly hurt to remember in detail.* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' brought us [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/206 this strip]]. Jodie completely naked!* After [[WebcomicTime several months]] of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' being almost entirely Miho and Piro talking, April 1st, 2012 unexpectedly delivered a barely offscreen naked MagicalGirl wrestling match and Piro getting smacked in the face with a washbasin. [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1332 Canonically.]]* On April 1, 2003, ''Webcomic/QueenOfWands'' put up a comic where Shannon is shown crying and announces she's pregnant; it was removed a few hours later. Naturally it caused quite a bit of discussion as some fans had seen it and some did not. One year later the comic was put up again and ''stayed'' up, beginning a legitimate story-line. * Most of the plot of ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}''[='s=] Wild North story arc was [[spoiler:brought to a sudden conclusion on April 1st, 2014 when a newly arrived character [[http://www.exiern.com/2014/04/01/red-2/ interrupted the villain.]]]] This was so abrupt, and done by someone known to be trusted not to overreact, that it sparked debates as to whether it was real.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Web Original]]* Wiki/TheOtherWiki populates the \"Featured article\", \"Did you know?\", \"On this day\" and \"Featured image\" sections on its front page with content that appears humorous or absurd, [[SubvertedTrope but are legitimate topics]], such as factoids with puns and wordplay (\"...that [[VideoGame/SpaceTravel space travel]] cost only US$50\u201375 in 1969?\" Specifically, the video game), and featured articles on such diverse topics as [[PropheticName prophetic names]], \"Fanny scratching\" (the Cock Lane Ghost), Disco Demolition Night, and an Indonesian film literally titled ''?'' (the Featured article space contained a giant question mark and nothing else).** The site also runs rampant with pranking by users, such as changing all the links on the {{Rickroll}} article to point to, well, a Rickroll, and [[SelfDeprecation jokingly nominating internal project pages (including articles on Wikipedia itself!) for deletion.]]* On the Creator/AgathaChristie section of the [[http://jdcarr.com/forum/index.php Golden Age Mysteries Forum]], one member posted a [[http://jdcarr.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3023 thread]] speculating about [[NobodyOver50IsGay a possible lesbian couple]] in one novel. Because this thread was posted on April 1 2006, another member at first thought it was a joke.* Once there was a major ''Website/DragonCave'' release on April Fools; neither the date or the name (\"Mod Madness\") lent credence to the idea that no, this was a legitimate release, and the eggs weren't going to disappear or become something ridiculous.* WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter does a really unique one in 2015 where his 38th Admirable is the highly requested \"WesternAnimation/FoodFight!\". [[spoiler: But it turns out to be a good, and even more surprisingly, modern ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode of the same name.]] Of course, those who watched his \"Top 11 Things I'll Never Review\" video should have at least known that he wasn't talking about the movie.* An ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' {{Website/Kickstarter}} campaign was set up on April 1st 2016. This was justified as this was the series' fifth anniversary.* Creator/RoosterTeeth, having been founded on April 1st 2003, has as a corporate policy to ''not'' to do any sort of pranks and usually uses the day to introduce trailers for new series and new seasons for existing series.. However, they ''do'' admit that it's amusing that fans will tend to claim one or more trailers are fake and are actually shocked when it turns out that it actually exists, despite that other fans will tell them that RT doesn't do April Fool's pranks.* In 2017, [[WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}} asdfmovie10]] was given an un-announced release.* The very first episode of ''Machinima/FreemansMind [[Videogame/HalfLife2 2]]'' aired on April Fools' 2017. The joke is that the viewer clicks on the video ''expecting'' it to be a joke, only to be surprised when it's actually the real episode. Some people suspected that it would turn out to be the ''only'' episode released or that, like its source material, [[VaporWare it wouldn't reach Episode 3]], but those proved false too. Ross Scott also deliberately stayed offline and didn't respond to any attempts to contact him for a week or so after the episode went up to help stoke the paranoia.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Western Animation]]* The long-awaited DVD sets for both ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' were announced by Warner Brothers on April 1st, 2008.* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':** On 1 April 2012, Netflix added the first season to their online service. When Blog/EquestriaDaily posted about it (in the midst of a \"Hasbro Takeover\" for the day), no-one took it seriously. The next day, people realize they weren't joking. One more day later, and ''Friendship Is Magic'' occupies the \"Most Watched Right Now\" spot on Netflix.** Meghan [=McCarthy=] announced that Mike Vogel would be working on the sixth season on the 1st of April, 2015 (this was just before the fifth season even started). Equestria Daily even waited until the following day to announce this, as they knew that if they announced it then, people would think this was another joke.** The first episode of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' was released by the creators on the 1st of April, 2017--and it is 100% real. Keep in mind season 2 had been finished for nearly two years at this point.[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Real Life]]* Music/MarvinGaye was shot and killed on April 1, 1984 by his father. People were shocked the next day because then they knew it was true.* People did not initially believe Tazz's departure from Wrestling/{{WWE}} was real because it was so close to April 1.* \"Think Geek\" added a [[Franchise/StarWars Tauntaun]] sleeping bag to their catalog as an April Fool joke ... but response was so great they're now checking with Lucasfilms about making that bag for real. ([[http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/ They got permission.]])** The same happened with the [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/a5bf/ Personal Soundtrack t-shirt]], which was an April Fools' Day joke that was so popular they ended up actually making one.** Same with their ever popular [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/hats-ties/9352/ 8-bit tie.]]* Following a shift in power at Creator/{{CBS}} Sports and complaints over his being overexposed on the network (and appearing to be overly power-hungry), sportscaster Brent Musburger ended up getting fired on April 1, 1990, with the NCAA Basketball Championship game serving as his lame duck assignment prior to joining Creator/{{ABC}} Sports.* The death of comedian Creator/MitchHedberg was questioned because it was announced on his website on April Fool's Day.* Creator/SteveJacksonGames had an announcement about the long-desired ''Ogre'' update on April Fools Day 2012. But it wasn't a joke, the wargame ''is'' being republished. (The Kickstarter campaign was fully funded ''before the formal announcement''.)* The April Fools equivalent in Hispanic countries is December 28. Be wary of the media in those parts of the world those days.* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool%27s_Day_Blizzard The April Fool's Day Blizzard]]. After a fairly below average winter, some people didn't believe that a huge blizzard would hit a week and a half into Spring; it ended up being Boston's third (now fourth) biggest snowstorm ever, coming only an inch shy of the winter season's 26 inches.* Traditionally in the UK, if you try to pull an April Fool joke after mid-day, you ''are'' the fool, as April Fool's Day ends at mid-day. If someone tries to pull an April fool's prank on you after this point, you can get them back by chanting a rhyme similar to the following[[note]]there are several variations[[/note]]:--> April Fool's Day is past,--> You're the biggest fool at last!* [[Music/TheBeatles Cynthia Lennon]] (Music/{{John|Lennon}}'s first wife) died of cancer on 1 April 2015.* Also in 2015, Amazon announced their dash button service on March 31. They actually had to flat-out explain that [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/31/amazon-dash-ordering-button/70747342/ it wasn't an April Fools joke.]]* The AMC Gremlin - the first American car designed to compete with foreign compacts - debuted on April 1, 1970. The car's highly divisive appearance (\"Where's the other half of your car?\") led many to call it a joke.* [[http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/29/google-unveils-fiber-phone-a-10month-home-phone-service-coming-to-all-fiber-cities/ Google Fiber Phone]], a home-phone service by [[Website/{{Google}} you-know-who]], was announced close to April Fools Day 2016.* At late March 2017, Crayola announced that [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/crayola-dandelion-retire_us_58dd657ce4b0e6ac7093865a they were retiring the color dandelion]] from their list. The company confirmed that it was not an April Fools stunt, and they announced that [[http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/01/us/crayola-new-crayon-color-contest/index.html a new blue color]], appropriately named \"[[http://www.crayola.com/splash/promos/newcolor Bluetiful]]\", is taking its place in September that same year. [[/folder]]----"}
-{"text": "Some U.S. prison contractors may avoid charges\n\nScott ShaneSun National Staff\n\nThe U.S. civilian interrogators questioning prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq work not under a military contract but on one from the Department of the Interior, a bureaucratic twist that could complicate any effort to hold them criminally responsible for abuse of detainees or other offenses.\n\nThe unexpected role of the Department of the Interior, usually associated not with wartime intelligence-gathering but with national parks, grew out of a government plan to cut costs. But in practice, it may have increased costs and reduced scrutiny, said Peter W. Singer of the Brookings Institution.\n\n\"You're placing a military interrogation task under Smokey the Bear,\" Singer said. \"You can't have good oversight.\"\n\nWhat's more, legal experts say, contractors for nonmilitary agencies such as the Department of the Interior may be able to escape prosecution for crimes they commit overseas because of an apparent loophole in the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. The law, passed in 2000, applies only to contractors with the Department of Defense - a flaw some members of Congress want to remedy.\n\nMichael J. Nardotti Jr., a Washington lawyer who served as judge advocate general of the Army from 1993 to 1997, said the law is untested and that it is uncertain whether a court would stretch the law to cover an Interior Department contractor working on Army assignments.\n\nWhat is certain, Nardotti said, is that a contractor charged with a crime would use the issue to challenge the prosecution.\n\nThe Iraq war and its aftermath have focused attention on the extraordinary expansion of the work performed by federal contractors, often in sensitive security and intelligence roles. U.S. security contractors in Iraq, who do everything from guarding U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer III to advising Iraqi police, number more than 20,000, making them the second-largest security force after the U.S. military.\n\nMany military officers and outside experts say that using contractors as interrogators is a bad idea no matter what agency hires them, because they are not subject to military discipline and control.\n\nQuestions of command\n\n\"I would never have tolerated civilian contractors working as interrogators,\" says Army Col. Charles Brule, a Rhode Island reservist who worked at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002. \"Who do they answer to? What's the chain of command?\"\n\nCongress has also expressed concern about contract interrogators. A defense spending bill passed Thursday by the House would require the Pentagon to disclose in greater detail the work of contractors in Iraq, and Senate Democrats have said they might propose legislation banning contractors from interrogating prisoners.\n\nSen. Daniel K. Akaka, a Hawaii Democrat, pressed top Army officials on the issue at a hearing last week. \"The contractors seem to be outside of the line of command,\" he said. \"And as a result, some things they do are not known by us.\"\n\nMaj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller replied that \"no civilian contractors had a supervisory position. It's the military ... who sets the priorities and ensures that we meet our standards.\"\n\nBut in the case of the contract interrogators at Abu Ghraib, the chain of command is especially blurry, because it ends with an obscure Department of the Interior office 70 miles southeast of Tucson, Ariz.\n\nThe interrogators work for CACI International, a global government contractor based in Arlington, Va., with more than $1 billion a year in revenue. And CACI's contract is with the Interior Department's National Business Center, which for the past four years has run the contracting office at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Ariz., said Interior Department spokesman Frank Quimby.\n\nQuimby said the arrangement was a result of federal efforts in the 1990s to \"streamline and reduce duplication,\" by having agencies with particular skill at administrative functions such as payroll or contracting handle those jobs for other agencies.\n\nThus, with efficiency in mind, the Fort Huachuca Contract Administration Office was gradually transferred from the Army to the Department of the Interior between 1998 and 2001.\n\n\"Now the Army comes to that office when it needs services,\" Quimby said.\n\nIn 2001, the Interior Department contracting office awarded a \"blanket purchase agreement\" to a company called Premier Technology Group for services to be provided to the Army. Last year, CACI International acquired Premier Technology.\n\nThe blanket purchase agreement allows the Department of the Interior to purchase services from CACI International without going through a new round of competitive bidding for each new job. Since 2001, the department has approved 81 \"delivery orders\" under the Premier Technology-CACI contract, including 11 for services in Iraq.\n\nMost of the services relate to information technology, but at least two involve the provision of interrogators, Quimby said - one for $19.9 million covering \"interrogation support\" and another for $21.8 million labeled \"human intelligence support.\"\n\nUnder those contracts, Army officials have said that CACI has provided 27 interrogators to work in detention centers in Iraq. Several work at Abu Ghraib, and one - a 34-year-old Navy veteran named Steven Stefanowicz - is sharply criticized in an Army investigative report on the prisoner abuse.\n\nStefanowicz instructed military police officers to \"facilitate interrogations\" in such a way that \"he clearly knew his instructions equated to physical abuse,\" says the report by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba. It also declares that Stefanowicz \"made a false statement to the investigation team regarding the locations of his interrogations, the activities during his interrogations, and his knowledge of abuses.\"\n\nHenry E. Hockeimer Jr., an attorney representing Stefanowicz, said his client denies doing anything wrong at Abu Ghraib. \"Anything he did there was both appropriate and authorized, and he did not do anything wrong, nor is he aware of any wrongdoing by any other CACI employee,\" Hockeimer said.\n\nCACI International did not respond to a request for comment, but company officials say they have seen no evidence of wrongdoing by employees.\n\nTaguba's report recommends that Stefanowicz be fired, reprimanded and stripped of his security clearance. The report does not suggest criminal charges.\n\nApparent loophole\n\nTechnically, Stefanowicz and other CACI workers are not Defense Department contractors - and thus do not appear to be covered by the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. Two congressmen submitted legislation last week designed to plug such loopholes in the law.\n\n\"Pentagon contractors working in Iraq are operating in a legal fog, where they are not accountable to Iraqi laws, U.S. laws or military laws governing our troops,\" Rep. David E. Price, a North Carolina Democrat, said in a statement about the amendment he proposed along with Rep. Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican.\n\nTheir bill would extend the law to contractors with any federal agency, as long as they are \"supporting the mission of the Department of Defense.\" But even if it passes, the amendment would not apply to crimes committed before it takes effect.\n\nSinger, of the Brookings Institution, said the Interior Department's role began with an attempt to be frugal. But by involving two Cabinet departments and having a contractor provide services for years without new bidding, the government has almost certainly increased costs, he said.\n\n\"There is no competition and no oversight,\" Singer said. \"The free market can be a wonderful mechanism. But not if you do everything possible to ensure that it won't work.\"\n\nQuimby, the Interior Department spokesman, sounded frustrated that his agency has been dragged into the prison scandal.\n\n\"The Army set the requirements for the contract,\" he said. \"The Army pays for the contract. The Army benefits from the contract."}
-{"text": "Paul Moss\n\nWednesday\n\nDec 5, 2012 at 2:00 AM\n\nPaul Moss, born June 23, 1938, in Brooklyn, N.Y., passed from this life on November 24, 2012, in his Ashland home. A celebration of his life will take place Sunday, December 16, at 4:30 p.m. at the Havurah, 185 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland, Ore.\n\nNever miss a story\n\nChoose the plan that's right for you.\nDigital access or digital and print delivery."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\ni think we played more of it this season bc the DL wasnt getting home. If the DL is generating consistent pressure, you can play more man. When the QB isnt getting pressured, you cant expect the corners to hold up coverage 4 seconds or more really, especially Webster this past season at least. I also think bc of who we could field at LB, our more athletic guys were hampered all season, PF might not have been comfortable depending on them tracking the athletic TE's and RB's we faced downfield...theres a ton of reasons...'\n\nbtw, rudy, this is a good question. and notice how theres like 2 replies? dont u find it funny, ironic, hypocritical how theres certain posters who complain that eli gets all this attention and its on \"homers\" minds non stop, meanwhile theyre creating eli threads to pick at and instigate banter?? i dunno i just find it funny at least...\n\nbtw, rudy, this is a good question. and notice how theres like 2 replies? dont u find it funny, ironic, hypocritical how theres certain posters who complain that eli gets all this attention and its on \"homers\" minds non stop, meanwhile theyre creating eli threads to pick at and instigate banter?? i dunno i just find it funny at least...\n\nWell, I think some of the lack of response is because a lot of people just don't know the answer and/or aren't strong enough in the X's and O's to give an informed opinion on why we run so much zone.\n\ni think we played more of it this season bc the DL wasnt getting home. If the DL is generating consistent pressure, you can play more man. When the QB isnt getting pressured, you cant expect the corners to hold up coverage 4 seconds or more really, especially Webster this past season at least. I also think bc of who we could field at LB, our more athletic guys were hampered all season, PF might not have been comfortable depending on them tracking the athletic TE's and RB's we faced downfield...theres a ton of reasons...'\n\nbtw, rudy, this is a good question. and notice how theres like 2 replies? dont u find it funny, ironic, hypocritical how theres certain posters who complain that eli gets all this attention and its on \"homers\" minds non stop, meanwhile theyre creating eli threads to pick at and instigate banter?? i dunno i just find it funny at least...\n\nYes I do find it funny, it is what it is. They know who they are.\n\nAnyway, I find it interesting that under Spags we were this powerhouse defense. Maybe it's because he had better players under his belt.\n\nAnyway, I find it interesting that under Spags we were this powerhouse defense. Maybe it's because he had better players under his belt.\n\nWe had a great pass rush in '07 that petered out at the end of '08, though, we did play excellent defense for most of '08.\n\nI just think that Spags' defenses were kind of a perfect storm of personnel that fit great and players that truly got his scheme. I really would have been interested in seeing if he could have had continued success or if he was just a two year wonder."}
-{"text": "Public Sex Horney Halloween\n\nRelease Year: 2016\nVideo language: English\n\nThere Were Plenty Of Treats At This Vip Halloween Special. Everybody Was All Dressed Up For The Party. They Were Wearing Their Favorite Costumes Becuase We All Know Our Ladies Love To Show Off For Us. Most Of The Costumes Didn'T Stay On Very Long. Officer Jmac Made Sure Off That. He Was Patrolling The Party With His Meat Baton. He Was Overwhelmed And Had To Have The Nurse Assist Him. Her Big Natural Tits Were A Perfect Pair To Go Along With The Butterflies Big Natties. They Both Put It On The Copper. They Made Sure He Was Busy And Was Letting All The Other Girls Have Their Naughty And Unsupervised Fun. Jmac Fucked These Two Beautiful Girls With All He Had In So Many Different Positions. The Tits Were Bouncing Non Stop. The Other Girls Were Taking Care Of Each Other And Themselves Which Is A True Sign Of An Awesome Party. We Can Wait Until Next Year To Dress Up Again."}
-{"text": "Movie Reviews by Dave Taylor\n\nMenu\n\nReview: State of Play with Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams\n\nI was lucky to see a pre-release promotional screening of State of Play, directed by Kevin Macdonald, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray. Promotional screenings are interesting because there are no previews and the audience is generally in a very upbeat, lively mood because the tickets are free: it\u2019s just to generate buzz in the local community (and to screen the film for reviewers like myself).\n\nLet me cut the suspense: like many modern Hollywood thrillers, State of Play had more than its share of plot twists, complex character motivations and exciting scenes where you weren\u2019t sure what was going to happen, but it also had the \u201cmake sure you get this, stupid audience\u201d flashback scenes (I\u2019ll explain a bit later in the review) and plot holes big enough to make you wonder if anyone actually read the script all the way through before they started production.\n\nA grade? B.\n\nUniversal Pictures and Relativity Media cast well-known Hollywood actors in the film: it headlines Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Helen Mirren and also features Robin Wright Penn and Jason Bateman in important supporting roles.\n\nUnfortunately, while they\u2019re all well-known to various degrees, they\u2019re not all good actors. Russell Crowe shines as a crotchety reporter for the fictional Washington Globe, but Ben Affleck just isn\u2019t believable as a congressman married to Robin Wright Penn. Part of the problem is his wooden, unemotional acting, but part of it was the casting: Penn is Crowe\u2019s peer agewise, not Affleck\u2019s, but is cast as Affleck\u2019s wife, a problem that exacerbates important character motivation when she comes on to Crowe after sharing her upset that Affleck has had an affair with one of his congressional researchers.\n\nI want to single out Rachel McAdams, though, because not only was she given a nonsensical role, as the Globe\u2019s \u201ccub\u201d political blogger Della Frye, but she didn\u2019t do anything with the role either.\n\nAs a blogger myself, I found it inadvertently entertaining that \u201cDella\u201d was ostensibly the young cub reporter (a clich\u00e9 role that Mirren parodies at one point) deep in the so-called blogosphere but rarely used her cellphone and almost never typed anything into her computer. In the course of this exciting story of conspiracy, congressional misdeeds and corporate malfeasance, she never broke away to blog about it! At one point she and Cal McAffrey (Crowe) have a discussion and she says she\u2019d rather develop the story fully than blog about it prematurely. Uh, what? No blogger in the world would rather potentially lose a scoop than break a sketchy, partially developed story, especially in the political space!\n\nState of Play is based on a 2003 BBC series of the same name and to be fair, it was an enjoyable conspiracy movie, where reporter Crowe is old college roommates with congressman Affleck, who has had an affair with Maria Thayer (playing Sonia Baker). Early in the film Baker is murdered in a complex conspiracy where people aren\u2019t who you think they are and motivations are more complex than it seems.\n\nThe problem with this entire genre \u2013 with a few notable exceptions, like the brilliant Mamet film The Spanish Prisoner \u2013 is that they\u2019re too tightly plotted. Every single element is critical, every question one character asks another is on target, every prop that we\u2019re shown becomes important later in the story. This is counterproductive because you know that you\u2019re being led by the nose through the storyline, and you never worry that characters are being misled or following a dead end. There are no dead ends in these sort of films, to their detriment.\n\nAlfred Hitchcock talked about what he called the \u201cmcguffin\u201d, a deliberate red herring that was intend purely to mislead you, the viewer, into thinking you understood what was going on. It was deliberately meant to make the film more interesting, and films like State of Play would be far, far more interesting if they made use of a mcguffin in the script.\n\nBut then again, too many modern filmmakers seem to feel that we viewers are complete clueless gits anyway. You can see that when they have the characters explain the denouement and use the nauseating flashback to show us what happened earlier in the film, just in case we weren\u2019t paying attention. In this film, Macdonald only does it once, but, man!, it just drives me crazy. A four second edit and the film would have been better. Really.\n\nI admit that I am quite a fan of caper films where there\u2019s an intricately plotted crime or conspiracy and we get to ride along with the characters as they either plan or uncover the full story. Good examples of this genre are The Italian Job and Nine Queens. They\u2019re fun and give a nice narrative storyline when they\u2019re done right. When they aren\u2019t, however, the film collapses and makes no sense. You\u2019re left saying \u201chuh? wait a sec, how can that have been true?\u201d\n\nI won\u2019t spoil the movie for you, dear reader, but the final scenes where Crowe realizes that something he\u2019s taken as true cannot be true because of a slip from Wright Penn actually fails to make sense within the context of the narrative. My film-watching friend and I were left scratching our heads, saying \u201cwhat? how could she know that?\u201d That\u2019s not exactly how you want to have the final Big Twist leave your audience!\n\nNonetheless, I have to say that I did find State of Play quite enjoyable as an action thriller, with Crowe\u2019s Cal McAffrey as a strong character and the many exterior shots of various Washington DC locales an opportunity for the city to be another character in the film, without the usual clich\u00e9 White House, Lincoln Memorial, etc."}
-{"text": "Marshawn Lynch was in his full Beast Mode, running for 132 yards, including a 27-yard TD to give the Seahawks the winning points. He rushed for 99 yards in the second half, taking the game over with his punishing tackle-breaking style.\n\nUNSUNG HERO\n\nRookie middle linebacker Bobby Wagner led a Seahawks defense that couldn\u2019t solve the Redskins\u2019 tricky read-option attack in the first quarter as they fell behind 14-0. The \u2019Skins didn\u2019t get another point as Wagner and Co. allowed no points and only 63 total yards after halftime.\n\nZERO\n\nWe know how competitive Redskins coach Mike Shanahan is but what was he thinking, keeping Robert Griffin III in the game as his franchise quarterback was limping around, clearly hurting. You want to win, sure, but not at the expense of possibly crippling your star player.\n\nKEY STAT\n\n26 Minutes, the Redskins\u2019 time of possession. The best way to deal with RG3 and Alfred Morris is to keep them off the field."}
-{"text": "New York\n\nAllison Schulnik\u2019s previous exhibitions employed theatrical settings to display her stop-motion animations, ceramics, paintings, and drawings. Here, she narrows the focus to her two-dimensional output. Her heavily impastoed narrative paintings, which possess the same physicality and rawness of her works in clay, warrant the attention.\n\nThe exhibition\u2019s title, \u201cHoof II,\u201d alludes to Schulnik\u2019s training as a dancer, as well as to the central role unicorns and centaurs occupy in the show. With their suggestive horns and erections, Schulnik\u2019s unicorns are decidedly male, though their eyes are depicted as vaginal forms, perhaps reflecting their carnal desire. Developed from a group of small gouaches made in 2015, her female centaurs are dubbed \u201ccentaurettes,\u201d a term likely borrowed from Disney\u2019s 1940 film Fantasia, a clear touchstone for Schulnik\u2019s subversive and darkly erotic vision. Two of the show\u2019s largest paintings\u2014despite their bucolic settings and creamy, pastel palettes\u2014are violent, salacious . . . qualities patently un-unicorn-like. In Two Long Unicorns, 2016, a pair of these battle-scarred creatures are entwined in vicious combat; while in Centaurette and Unicorn (both 2016), the latter poses victoriously over the defeated former, who is prostrated across a lush forest floor, with an uneasy crowd of plants and critters taking in the scene.\n\nGin #13 and Lady (both 2016), two bewitching self-portraits painted so thickly that the figures physically emerge from their nocturnal backgrounds, cast the artist as conjurer of these tableaux. If the spotlit drama of Schulnik\u2019s prior installations immersed the viewer within her mythic realm, here we are spectators, like the sylvan gawkers\u2014frightened, but enchanted."}
-{"text": "On Our Radar\n\nOn Our Radar\n\nStamps.com Shares Jump After Quarterly Results Beat\n\nStamps.com Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Thursday after the Internet-based postage service topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter. Stamps.com shares surged 21% to $116.61 after hours. The company reported adjusted fourth-quarter revenue of $1.57 a share on revenue of $69.9 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 95 cents a share on revenue of $58.4 million. For the year, the company sees adjusted earnings of $5 to $5.50 a share on revenue of $290 million to $300 million, while analysts expect $5.46 a share on revenue of $346.6 million."}
-{"text": "Ivor Davies\n\nSenior Management Accountant and Trusted Business Partner\n\nPersonal summary\n\nI am a highly skilled and experienced senior management accountant and trusted business advisor, providing valued financial advice and support to business units and managers across a variety of organisations for several years.\n\nMy strengths are:\n\nbuilding solid and productive working relationships with the business units I support to provide the highest level of value added services\n\nmy ability to monitor and interpret a wide range of financial and non-financial information, working with managers to identify risks and opportunities\n\nextensive experience in business case development and review, providing advice and detailed/complex financial inputs for a huge variety of initiatives and projects\n\nexperience with large and small organisations in both the private and public sectors.\n\nI specialise and thrive in leading and delivering highly effective business planning processes that successfully integrate operational targets with financial outcomes\n\nI also have useful leadership and staff management skills, having managed a team of 6 Finance Analysts and Management Accountants at the Department of Corrections and 4 Finance Administrators at Massey University.\n\nI am currently engaged on a 12 month fixed term contract for Massey University's International Relations Office as their Senior Adviser, Policy and Process for International Student funding.\n\nI am currently recovering from a chronic pain condition that was caused by nerve damage when undergoing a minor piece of surgery in early 2012. This condition eventually forced me out of work in 2015 and since then I have been undergoing intensive rehabilitation.\n\n20092012\n\nFinance Manager\n\nThroughout my time in this position I was responsible for end-to-end financial management, reporting and business planning processes for the Authority which was a newly established Crown entity in November 2009, in this role my main functions and accountabilities were:\n\nleadership of the business planning process, producing annual budgets and guiding the monthly forecasting process with senior management\n\nfinancial planning, processes and reporting for the Authority establishing a smooth-running finance and accounting function, including systems, processes and policies\n\n20092009\n\nProject Financial Controller\n\nAlcatel-Lucent\n\n20082009\n\nManager Stress Testing\n\nANZ Banking Group NZ Ltd\n\nConducting Stress Test workshops and developing inputs for calculation of the banks capital reserves, translating economic scenarios into financial outcomes for the ANZ.\n\n20052008\n\nInvestment Delivery Manager\n\nTelecom New Zealand Limited\n\nManaging Telecoms Investment Planning system, contributing to the annual capital plan, working with PGO to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, helping to build financial capability among project stakeholders.\n\n20042005\n\nSenior Project Financial Analyst\n\nTelecom NZ Ltd\n\nWorking with Telecom and Alcatel project managers to deliver Telecoms ICT capability programmes, ensuring accuracy and consistency of delivery.\n\n20032004\n\nAssistant Accountant\n\nSerco Property Solutions Ltd\n\nLooking after Telecoms Network Estate\n\n20022003\n\nFinance Consultant\n\nTelecom Mobile\n\nLooking after Telecoms Network Estate.\n\n20002002\n\nProject Accountant\n\nTelecom Mobile\n\nHelping to deliver the CDMA Project, implementing the 027 telephone network across New Zealand"}
-{"text": "CHINA is becoming one of the main source markets with huge growth potential for European tourism, said Eduardo Santander, executive director of the European Travel Commission (ETC), in an interview ahead of Friday\u2019s launch of China-EU Tourism Year.\n\nThe ETC counts over 30 national tourism organizations as its members and is responsible for the promotion of Europe as a tourist destination.\n\n\u201cEuropean destinations acknowledge the high potential of the Chinese market and the importance of tailoring targeted marketing and promotional activities to attract Chinese visitors and offer them the best travel experiences,\u201d said Santander, adding that there are numerous initiatives or actions carried by different industries in the sector and destinations.\n\nThe ETC and the industry have, from their observation and promotion in China, witnessed changes in the behavior of Chinese tourists.\n\n\u201cWith the growth in independent travel, many online platforms have sprung up,\u201d Santander said. \u201cThe old stereotype of Chinese people traveling in large tour groups is being challenged by the emergence of an increasing number of independent travelers seeking unique experiences,\u201d he said.\n\nEurope should adapt to the changes and digitalize, he said, adding that online travel agents such as Ctrip and Alitrip (Fliggy) have become ETC\u2019s preferred partners for promotion."}
-{"text": "The World Series. For decades it was America\u2019s premier sporting event, and it remains a compelling coda to the longest regular season in professional sports. Here are five of the best World Series ever played."}
-{"text": "Calories In A Banana\nThe calories in a raw banana\naccording to the banana\u2019s size are\nroughly as follows:\nBanana Size Calories Fat\nCarbohydrate Protein\nExtra Small (less than 6\u201c long) 81g\n72 0.27g 18.5g 0.88g\nSmall (6\u201d to 6-7/8\u201d long) 101g 90\n0.33g 23.1g 1.1g\nMedium (7\u201d to 7-7/8\u201d long) 118g\n105 0.39g 27g 1.29g\nLarge (8\u201d to 8-7/8\u201d long) 136g 121\n0.45g 31.1g 1.48g\nExtra Large (9\u201d or longer) 152g\n135 0.5g 34.7g 1.66g\nDieting Points About Bananas\nThe calories in a banana are not\nexcessive given typical daily calorie\nrequirements and the satisfying\nnature of the fruit. Ascan be seen\nin the above chart however,\nbananas are high in carbohydrates\nwhich may lead some people on\nlow-carb diets to avoid the fruit.\nNutritional Benefits of Bananas\nBananas are often considered to\nbe good sources of potassium,\nmanganese, vitamin C and\nvitaminB6 and are high in dietary\nfibre.\nA Few Notes About Calorie\nCounting\nThe heart of calorie counting\ncomes down to understanding\nhow many calories you consume\nand how many calories you burn.\nIf you consume 3500 calories less\nthan you burn, this should result in\napproximately 1lbof weight loss.\nIn order to lose weight, you should\naim for a basiccalorie deficit so as\nto achieve 1 to 2 lbs of weight loss\na week, rather than introducing\ntoo severe a calorie deficit. A\nsevere calorie deficit may result in\nthe loss of lean body mass, causing\nyour system to lower the\nnumberof calories it burns to\nmaintain itself.\nUnderstanding and monitoring\nthecalories you are consuming and\nburning is essential for a calorie\ncounting process. In order to help\nwith this, WeighByDate is a piece\nof weight loss software that allows\nyou to track the calories you\nconsume in a wide variety of food\nas well as the calories you are\nburning in exercise. The software\nalso allowsyou to monitor your\nweight and body measurements.\nThe above calorie and nutrition\ndata was taken from the U.S.\nDepartment of Agriculture, USDA\nNational Nutrient Database for\nStandard Reference."}
-{"text": "Brilliant Tips For An Exceptional Social Media Marketing Plan\n\nAt one point in time, many businesses viewed the world of social media as a playing ground for kids. Those days are long gone. In today\u2019s society, social media sites provide a valuable tool for marketing and branding any business. With such a level of importance placed on these sites, it is equally important to make your social media marketing plan an effective one. In this article we will give you a few tips for starting out right.\n\nPromoting your business with twitter means having a two way conversation with your followers. You will be more respected when you answer questions quickly and accurately and thank followers who mention you. This will help you to establish and maintain a more solid foundation with your potential customers. This will also help you to create a real identity, rather than just appear to be a screen name that sits behind a business.\n\nWhen you start a blog and post to it regularly, be sure that you insert a Facebook button on the page that allows readers to share your blog. Having this button means your blog readers can easily share your content with their Facebook friends. Ergo, the blog is suddenly available to a lot more viewers than previously, and this could then lead to a business boom.\n\nMake use of social media marketing in order to create storefronts that are easier for your users to use. While it\u2019s important to have an independent website, having a Facebook store that is easily accessible can also attract consumers to your brand. Facebook users are known to spend hours on the site. If your posts lead them to an online store, they could be checking out your products without having ever left Facebook. And this could easily lead to new sales. This way, you do not actually have to draw them all the way to your site, away from Facebook, where they would likely rather stay.\n\nSocial media marketing is not just here to stay, it is the advertising wave of the future. It could be utilized for successful marketing and branding your service and/or product. It can also be effective in exposing you to a large amount of potential clients. The above article has given you some valuable advice to help you develop a successful and lucrative social media marketing plan.\n\nRelated Posts\n\nBudget considerations are especially pressing for new business owners. As a result, it becomes necessary to use innovative channels as a means of reaching the target audience. Social media marketing is one such channel. Depending on how you choose to \u2026"}
-{"text": "Trai3 Strength-Based Body Weight Movements & Random Musings\n\nAdditionally, beneath the video I\u2019ve listed several cues/technique points to keep in mind while performing these movements on your own.\n\nI\u2019d note, these drills tend to be staples within my training regimen regardless of whether I\u2019m travelling or not so, even if you have access to a host of training equipment, these movements can be extraordinarily beneficial.\n\nMe in full costume the following day. I have way too much fun with this stuff\u2026.\n\nSliding arm should have a \u201cpacked\u201d shoulder and focus on recruiting the lats\n\nRandom Musings\n\nI recently posted a Facebook status in which I stated: \u201c\u2026my main goal in regard to training is to be physically capable and ready to handle any situation.\n\nBeing responsible for the health and safety of 40+ teenagers has definitely given me a new perspective on training, nutrition, and life in general.\u201d\n\nBut what does this mean?\n\nWill I alter my training? If yes, how? If no, why not?\n\nBefore I explain myself I\u2019ll provide a brief background story as to how this came about.\n\nSeveral days ago my 43 student\u2019s, several counselors, and I were all hiking Mount Shlomo, a very intense and somewhat dangerous mountain, in the south of Israel.\n\nHere I am about halfway up the mountain\n\nAs we approached the end of the hike, after 6 hours of moving in the extreme desert heat, I was alerted of a participant who had fainted and needed immediate medical attention.\n\nWithout hesitation several willing and able guides (including myself) grabbed our group stretcher and sprinted uphill about 1 kilometer until we found our medic taking care of the barely conscious participant.\n\nFortunately we were able to raise and carry the camper down the mountain where we were greeted by an emergency vehicle waiting to take him to the nearest hospital.\n\nSeveral days later the participant is happy, healthy, energetic, and taking part in all activities.\n\nNeedless to say, this experience dramatically influenced my outlook and priorities regarding how I approach training, nutrition, and life in general.\n\nAs I don\u2019t have a great deal of free time I can\u2019t devote numerous hours to writing an article detailing my feelings, priorities, etc. However, considering my goal of being \u201cphysically capable and ready to handle any situation,\u201d I want to briefly outline if/how my training will change.\n\nSimply put, the base of my training will look more or less exactly the same.\n\nStrength gave me the confidence and ability to keep a level head and calm demeanor when it was most important\n\nIn short, developing a high level of strength will contribute to improved speed, power, endurance, health, longevity, and mental capacity.\n\nThat being said, I will slowly begin to introduce new aspects within my training regimen which will specifically prepare me for a diverse assortment of situations.\n\nFor example, I may incorporate:\n\nTrail runs/sprints\n\nLifting odd objects (i.e. strongman training)\n\nUnilateral training\n\nVarious strength-endurance circuits/\u201dfinishers\u201d\n\nAdditionally, I need to stop being lazy and devote more time to:\n\nImproving my tendon/ligament strength\n\nImproving my grip and neck strength\n\nImproving my posture and various compensation patterns\n\nIt\u2019s important to note that I will not immediately begin to incorporate each and every one of these things into my current training routine. Rather I will slowly and progressively add and focus on new components in a structured and intelligent manner.\n\nAdditionally, most (if not all) of these things can be targeted within my warm-ups, accessory work, or sessions devoted to General Physical Preparedness (GPP). Just because I want to devote more time & effort to other athletic qualities does not mean every waking moment will be spent in the gym. Rather, I can work towards my goal through incorporating a variety of simple, quick, and effective methods into my current training routine.\n\nNeedless to say I\u2019ll continue to update and post about my training, progress, and thoughts.\n\nNow it\u2019s time to go train. Dynamic Effort Lower Body using only bands/bodyweight as the sun sets over Jerusalem \ud83d\ude42\n\nIf you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please post them below."}
-{"text": "Did you really expect the Harry Potter movies to end at eight? JK Rowling has just announced that she's launching another franchise in the world of Harry Potter, and although it won't feature the scarred wizard, it will be transmedia: films, video games, the works. \u00bb9/12/13 10:55am 9/12/13 10:55am\n\nWhat if there was a book that had no words in it? What if this book that required a camera, a TV and a video game console in order for you to \"read\" it? Would you call this progress? Would you call it science fiction? \u00bb7/24/12 12:30pm 7/24/12 12:30pm\n\nHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling has inked a deal with Sony to create Pottermore, a strange hybrid between a website, a game, an online store and an encyclopaedia (Potterpedia?). \u00bb6/23/11 8:00am 6/23/11 8:00am"}
-{"text": "Wayne MacVeagh married Simon Cameron's daughter, Virginia. Local lore\nremembers him as the \"intellectual\" of the Cameron-McCormick\nfamily.\n\nThe most famous anecdote relating to Wayne is that, according to legend,\nWayne told President Lincoln that the Gettysburg address was a fine\nspeech, and Lincoln replied that his was the only compliment that he\nhad heard.\n\nActive in politics as a liberal republican, Wayne sharply broke ranks\nfrom the Cameron-McCormick family, creating quite a stir in this high-profile\ngroup (especially in the mind of his Democratic Senator father-in-law),\nserving as Attorney General under President Garfield and later supporting\nGrover Cleveland for President. He was one of the major players in writing\nthe Pennsylvania Constitution of 1874, a document of political reform,\nand supported the Civil Service movement."}
-{"text": "A Musing #55\n\nA Musing #55\n\nNormally I would go on to apologize that I haven\u2019t written, but I\u2019ve done that too many times because life just tends to happen too many times. My world is in a large transition at the moment and it\u2019s tough trying to hang on to everything. In the past, I wouldn\u2019t be taking a break from work to deal with things but this storm has been heavy. There are periods in all our lives where we can\u2019t not hit the pause button. For those of you going through your own storms, I might not know you but I\u2019m imagining how good you\u2019ll feel when the sunshines back on you.\n\nThe Cabba formula is usually \u201cFeeling bad + Painting = Transforming negativity into beauty and productivity\u201d. My solitude in the studio wasn\u2019t enough to protect me. I\u2019ve had to grieve the loss of my eldest dog. Pets are more than just animals. They are family. I like my dogs more than some people I know. I had him with me since I was 13 and that\u2019s half my life spent with the little guy. Despite it being something planned with the veterinarian, I knew I was going to be in shambles at the end. Stack that on top of many other issues that I\u2019ll save for later entries, I\u2019ve been a mess. So instead of writing a post of my art, I\u2019m writing about the love of my friends. That part of the world that\u2019s outside my studio and who are there for me.\n\nI\u2019m grateful for the moments I\u2019ve been able to spend vulnerable with them. The same way I can be alone in front of a canvas is the same way I can be in front of my closest friends. You see a painting. You see the moment that also acts as a barrier. To be really open and tender with someone there is a whole different thing. Take this as a reminder that it\u2019s okay to have moments where you \u2018re not okay. Knowing who I have around me gives me peace and strength. I needed to take a step back and be with them. Creating things to help heal my emotional wounds helps but those paintings aren\u2019t there for me at the end of the day. Of course it\u2019s important to be able to stand on your own, but life can break down even the strong.\n\nTo those friends who are reading this, I love you unconditionally and I\u2019m eternally grateful. I realize that you\u2019re there for me the same way I\u2019m there for you. Nothing can compare to how complete I feel with you in my life. You\u2019re the real thing and part of my heart will always belong to you.\n\nTo those in a tough spot reading this, everything will work out. In order for a flower to grow, we need the rain. You\u2019re not alone. There\u2019s no shame in reaching out to someone and there are so many ways to do so. You matter and your feelings are valid. Trust me when I tell you it\u2019s all going to be alright."}
-{"text": "Welcome to DBSTalk\n\nWelcome to DBSTalk. Our community covers all aspects of video delivery solutions including: Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), Cable Television, and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). We also have forums to discuss popular television programs, home theater equipment, and internet streaming service providers. Members of our community include experts who can help you solve technical problems, industry professionals, company representatives, and novices who are here to learn.\n\nLike most online communities you must register to view or post in our community. Sign-up is a free and simple process that requires minimal information. Be a part of our community by signing in or creating an account. The Digital Bit Stream starts here!\n\ncurrently have a slimline dish with 4 wires running to a zen 8 way multi switch which splits off to the rest of the house. Want to get whole home dvr up and going, what would be the simplest and best setup. Have an hr21, h21, and h24, the h24 has convenient access to my router so keep that in mind for adding internet via coax with a decca device. There is convenient access to power at the current non swm multi switch in attic. Want to do this myself to save money if I can. Some opinions and recommendations on needed equipment would be very helpful.\n\nWouldn't I still need a 4 way splitter after the new SWM and PI? The power from the ckk wont eliminate the PI needed at the SWM would it? The hr21 and h21 would need those little network adapter modules case they don't have deca built in like the h24 right?\n\nWith an SWM8 multiswitch, yes, you would still need a splitter. (its early for me, sorry. multiswitch only has one output).\nYes, you would need a deca module on each receiver except the H24\n\nVeryoldschool has some excellent drawings in the connected home forum showing the various setups.\nIts been a long time since I set up a non-Hx24 or higher. Im not sure if you HAVE to have a DECA module on the lower numbered units for satellite only, or if you just need them to connect that box to the internet and whole home access. I am thinking they work for satellite without the DECA module, but I could be wrong, and have no way to check right now.\n\nRed is just power like plugging into an outlet for power, wasn't really needed in the diagram but I drew it for some reason lol. Is there a more reliable or simpler better way as far as the SWM stuff goes than I have illustrated? Does this leave any room for adding boxes in the future or would I need a bigger splitter somewhere?\n\nRed is just power like plugging into an outlet for power, wasn't really needed in the diagram but I drew it for some reason lol. Is there a more reliable or simpler better way as far as the SWM stuff goes than I have illustrated? Does this leave any room for adding boxes in the future or would I need a bigger splitter somewhere?\n\nYou can always replace the 4-way (which currently will still have one spare outlet) with an 8 way if you need to. The thing to remember with SWM, is you have 8 channels. Each tuner uses one channel. So for an HR34 you would use 5 channels.HR2x you would use 2 channelsH2x would use 1 channel.\n\nIf you go over 8 channels, you will need a STANDARD LNB and an SWM16 multiswitch. So using an SWM8 with your current LNB would offer more expansion options in the future than an SWMLNB, which will always be limited to 8 tuners.\n\nAny advantages to running the power inserter on the swm1/power port of the SWM8 and the splitter through the swm2 port on the SWM8? Or should the power inserter be ran inline between the splitter and SWM8? Will one of those white deca adapter things I need on the back of the hr21 and h21 work in place of the ckk?\n\nJust a couple of thoughts here. Each SWM unit handles 8 channels which equates to 8 tuners. Each DVR has 2 tuners and each receiver has 1. Your current configuration has 5 tuners so you are good with a SWM-8. As noted you have two options, get a SWM-8 switch or replace your LNB with a SWM LNB. If you do the research you will find that the SWM LNB will always be less expensive than a separate SWM-8. But, if you wanted to do this yourself and are concerned about touching the dish, you could certainly leave the dish alone and run 4 wires from your current LNB to a SWM-8 box and just put it under the eaves. You then just run 1 wire to the splitter and follow your diagram for most of the wiring.\n\nI would also suggest one change to your diagram. It is better to run the coax from your CCK back to the open port on your 4-way splitter rather than inject another splitter into the coax to your HR24. And if you get the wireless CCK it has a pass-through coax connection that you could just insert in the line where you show your 2-way splitter. And, if you are into MRV you need DECAs on the H21 and HR21.\n\nAs for the future, you really need to look to your viewing habits and determine how many simultaneous feeds and recording channels you need. Your current configuration allows for 3 simultaneous feeds (3 receivers) and two separate recording channels. You could cover that with an HR34 and two C-31s. You could have that configuration and keep your HR24 and still only have 7 tuners which would be covered by a SWM8 configuration. So, it is really difficult to try to plan too far ahead since D*'s technology is a real moving target and what limitations you see today may not be there in the future. What I trying to say here is don't get too excited about spending a bunch of money on a SWM-16 unless you really need that capability today.\n\nAny advantages to running the power inserter on the swm1/power port of the SWM8 and the splitter through the swm2 port on the SWM8? Or should the power inserter be ran inline between the splitter and SWM8? Will one of those white deca adapter things I need on the back of the hr21 and h21 work in place of the ckk?\n\nIf too close to a receiver, the power inserter can cause some issues. It doesn't really matter where you put the PI, but if you want to isolate it you can plug it directly into the legacy 3 port.\n\nI would also suggest one change to your diagram. It is better to run the coax from your CCK back to the open port on your 4-way splitter rather than inject another splitter into the coax to your HR24. And if you get the wireless CCK it has a pass-through coax connection that you could just insert in the line where you show your 2-way splitter. And, if you are into MRV you need DECAs on the H21 and HR21.\n\nThe WiFi DECA just has the splitter built in, the loss is about the same as using a 2way with a normal CCK.\n\nEdited by dielray, 07 October 2012 - 06:29 AM.\n\nDirecTV TechnicianMy thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not necessarily represent those of DirecTV, my HSP, or anyone else.\n\nYes, you can... Just remember if using one of these as a stand alone DECA to router bridge, you will need a power supply for it. It normally gets power from the receiver its attached to.\n\nThis is how I have my system set up. I am using one of those DECA modules between my splitter and my router. It used to be the way it was installed by DirecTv until they released the CCK. Power inserter for the DECA module is on the left. Router cable on left, Coax jumper to splitter on the right.\n\nYes, you can... Just remember if using one of these as a stand alone DECA to router bridge, you will need a power supply for it. It normally gets power from the receiver its attached to.\n\nThis is how I have my system set up. I am using one of those DECA modules between my splitter and my router. It used to be the way it was installed by DirecTv until they released the CCK. Power inserter for the DECA module is on the left. Router cable on left, Coax jumper to splitter on the right.\n\nWhat's with that black mark on the DECA's pigtail? While I'm sure its not, it does look like its burned there.\n\nAnd ironically DIRECTV has reverted back to the receiver DECA-PI combo idea for the CCK using the DECA II nowadays."}
-{"text": "In the past two weeks after taking over the management of the US Navy SETI team I have recruited over 21 members who were in an inactive status. Using the SETI program email list I made contact with many members who were inactive. To help our SETI program perhaps many founders of teams could/should contact members of their teams not only to update their files but to bring back some members who seemingly have left the program. One of our members had a remote computer working for SETI but only checked it once in awhile. No work from member for two weeks he was contacted and repaired his remote computer and once again is crunching units for SETI and the US Navy team.\n\nIn the past ten (10) days with our team members working very hard for SETI the US Navy team has increase their RAC by over 13,000.\n\nOn 10/1/07 our daily RAC was 82,868 today 10/10/07 it is 95,963. Our team sure could use some more help as the US Air Force is right behind us. If you have any Naval connections consider joining the US Navy SETI team.\n\nIf you can't join our team MAKE A DONATION TO THE SETI PROJECT to help the cause. Any donation, money, hardware, would be greatly appreciated by all.http://boinc.mundayweb.com/teamStats.php?userID=14824\n\nThanks. The team is always willing to help out fellow military members. We are still seeking fellow naval service personnel to stay #1 in the list of Government Teams. So far we are doing well but always need more assistance. Go...Go...Go navy.http://boinc.mundayweb.com/teamStats.php?userID=14824\n\nThanks. The team is always willing to help out fellow military members. We are still seeking fellow naval service personnel to stay #1 in the list of Government Teams. So far we are doing well but always need more assistance. Go...Go...Go navy.\n\nIn the morning,I will be going to the Seatle Veterans Medical Administration. Iam a retired Navy Airman with a 100% service connected disability. I will be visiting their spinal cord injury unit Ward 1 West. I will talk to all of my fellow Navy Vets and give them all of the information about the SETI@HOME participitation program. Wish Me Luck and GO NAVY. Michael T. Allison Recrutment is in my Blood...my website...Our Famlies Guitar strap company"}
-{"text": "Welcome to HVAC-Talk.com, a non-DIY site and the ultimate Source for HVAC Information & Knowledge Sharing for the industry professional! Here you can join over 150,000 HVAC Professionals & enthusiasts from around the world discussing all things related to HVAC/R. You are currently viewing as a NON-REGISTERED guest which gives you limited access to view discussions\n\nTo gain full access to our forums you must register; for a free account. As a registered Guest you will be able to:\n\nParticipate in over 40 different forums and search/browse from nearly 3 million posts.\n\nSpelling and grammar seem to have become a lost art. I have seen a growing number of spelling and grammar errors in several major news sites lately.\n\nCustomers notice such errors in our service work orders and tickets. Such mistakes make us look unprofessional. Customers begin to think that if we can't communicate clearly then how can they be sure we actually performed quality workmanship?\n\nNorm;\nI agree with you.\nBut,a lot of people migrate to the hands on trades as a way not to have to learn the skills of writing.\nMy self included.. But I have enrolled in courses to get my A.A. so I am taking English classes again.\nBack to your point, Yes if a tech works on a house of some academic type person and his (her) writing skills are bad, it makes the tech look bad also. Period!\nSchools just are not teaching proper English any more. Ebonics are more important to some districts.\n\nOriginally posted by Yuma Norm;\nI agree with you.\nBut,a lot of people migrate to the hands on trades as a way not to have to learn the skills of writing.\nMy self included.. But I have enrolled in courses to get my A.A. so I am taking English classes again.\nBack to your point, Yes if a tech works on a house of some academic type person and his (her) writing skills are bad, it makes the tech look bad also. Period!\nSchools just are not teaching proper English any more. Ebonics are more important to some districts.\n\nKeep up the crusade....\n\nYuma,\n\nYuma, I appreciate the support! There is a real need for all technicians to improve their writing an communication skills.\n\nOriginally posted by NormChris Spelling and grammar seem to have become a lost art. I have seen a growing number of spelling and grammar errors in several major news sites lately.\n\nCustomers notice such errors in our service work orders and tickets. Such mistakes make us look unprofessional. Customers begin to think that if we can't communicate clearly then how can they be sure we actually performed quality workmanship?\n\nDo you want an uneducated person servicing your equipment?\n\nHow many times did you reread your post before you clicked on \"submit\"?....\n\nIn a round about way you are making fun of me cause I can't spell. Thanks, now I'm gonna drink.\n\nI fully agree with you though. In the real world where it matters I make sure my writing is well worded and everything is spelled correctly. I work with a guy that drives me crazy because he wont even bother to learn to spell, and on top of that he puts slight ebonics into his writings.\n\nNorm you are right\n\nI'm able to write much higher dollar tickets quite simply for the fact of being able to interject hyper engineerese into the context of the body of a service report. In other words, higher BS ability does equate to a higher paycheck. Thanks again Norm for bringing this to the forefront!\n\nRe: Norm you are right\n\nOriginally posted by rob10 I'm able to write much higher dollar tickets quite simply for the fact of being able to interject hyper engineerese into the context of the body of a service report. In other words, higher BS ability does equate to a higher paycheck. Thanks again Norm for bringing this to the forefront!\n\n[Edited by rob10 on 01-22-2005 at 10:55 PM]\n\nRob you are right. I have yet to be able to read my doctors writing. If it works for him it should work for us."}
-{"text": "MINI PLANS\n\nIn addition to full-season tickets, we offer a variety of Mini Plan options ranging from our Half-Season plan to options that just zero in on the weekend or Sundays. Check out the plans and see what suits you best!\n\nAll Mini Plan Holders receive:\n\nReserved seating for every game in each package\n\nEarly entrance into the ballpark (10 minutes before regular gates open)"}
-{"text": "Description:\n\nHow many times has it been a complete pain to try to register your .DLL's on a remote server? For me it was just about an everyday issue. This article will explore how to register your DLL's on NT 4*, using ASP.\n\n* NOTE:This code has been tested and verified on NT4; it has proven to be unreliable on the Windows2000 Servers I tested it on. I am pretty confident that if you play around with the Permission settings in Win2K, you will be able to have it working there as well, but for now, I am focusing on NT4.\n\nOK, let's begin. There are a few things you will need before we start.\n\n1. The physical path to Regsvr32.exe on the remote computer (usually in \\WINNT\\System32 OR \\WINNT\\System32\\inetsrv) 2. Everyone Permissions for Execute on Regsvr32.exe (Default Setting)"}
-{"text": "Holiday Happenings Abound This Weekend With Hanukkah starting Sunday and Christmas less than three weeks away, there\u2019s plenty of holiday activities in the DMV this weekend from the National Menorah lighting on the Ellipse to holiday markets to concerts. This weekend is also Old"}
-{"text": "On any given night at Brandi's Exotic Nightclub in Vancouver, the women equal, and sometimes outnumber, the men. Sure, it's touted as a bridge between a nightclub and a venue for adult entertainment, a comfortable place for couples and women, but you can't escape the fact that women on stage are incrementally peeling off their clothes. The advent of what some people are calling \"raunch feminism\" is what is driving a whole bunch of trends like this lately - from pole and lap dancing lessons under the clever marketing guise of fitness, to Girls Gone Wild, and its Canuck counterpart Wild Canadian Girls, where young women at Mardi Gras and Spring Break flash, spread and simulate lesbianism - not for money, but simply for cameras.\n\nSexual power, a well-practiced special talent of women, could be one reason why so many of us are frequenting strip clubs these days. Another might be women's well-conditioned habit of competing with each other for the attention of men. It cold be that we simply want to keep a watchful eye on our boyfriends / husbands. Or maybe that we want to learn a thing or two to keep him happy. One woman I spoke with confessed that ever since her boyfriend cheated on her with a stripper, she goes to the clubs to prove to herself that \"they're all skanks.\" But I get the feeling it has more to do with taking away a few tips to ensure that it never happens again.\n\nOccupational hazard\n\nI've spent some time over the years at the clubs. It was plain old curiosity that started me. I once had a boyfriend who visited a certain popular strip club in Toronto every Wednesday night. He was a journalist, so to put a sugar coat on it, he confessed his \"sin\" very carefully over dinner one night, telling me it was \"research.\" He needn't have bothered; just about every guy I know goes to watch women take their clothes off. But I was struck by the regularity of his visits and it made me want to go find out what the allure might have been.\n\nI got my chance one night while out bar-hopping with my friend Jay. We ended up at his army alumni Christmas party at one of Toronto's less seemly gentleman's clubs. Not counting the strippers and half clad waitresses, I was the only woman in the room. Among all the testosterone, I felt like I was finally getting a glimpse into the secret world of men. It didn't take long to figure out that although sex was the commodity, the trade was in money and, mostly, power. As I sat front and centre watching the women, and flirting with Jay and his buddies, I realized that although fully clothed, I had my own particularly enjoyable hold in the room.\n\nI admit, I liked that feeling and started going to the clubs whenever I got a chance, always with men. It was, after all, at such odds with my strict Catholic upbringing to enjoy looking at naked women while talking so openly with men about their desires and how I might learn to fulfill them.\n\nPopular disappointment\n\nThat's why I was disappointed at Brandi's recently, when I first noticed the marked increase in the number of women milling about the club. I told people I was upset on behalf of men at the invasion of one of their last bastions of male-hood. But that was only part of it. No longer could I portray myself as an evolved, accepting, un-jealous woman, all the while secretly loving the attention I got in a room mostly full of appreciative men. In the past, my only competition for the male gaze were the untouchable fantasies bumping and grinding on stage.\n\nHere, all kinds of women were annoyingly causing distraction from the main event. Some were sitting in \"gyno row,\" offering their breasts for the strippers to grab, while others were kissing and groping right in the eye-line between men and the stage. I asked former stripper Annie Temple about this. She said, \"Those are the women I used to drag on stage since, obviously, they wanted to be there. But is it better to act glaringly rude for attention and not get paid? Or, to dance in a legitimate occupation for the same attention and be paid well?\"\n\nOf course, I never put myself in this scenario since I wouldn't considered being up on stage. I only wanted to bear witness to the goings-on.\n\nI wonder though, is there anywhere men can go anymore just to be men? Don't they go to strip clubs for the fantasy of it all, for a little tease by the unattainable, to get a good look at a hot woman but not have to be responsible for how she feels? Mix real, live, available woman with fantasy prototypes in a sex club and watch what happens. I suspect we've reached a point where the line of demarcation between the two is barely visible.\n\nIt wasn't that long ago when strippers occupied the low end of the social and professional stratosphere, but with women so keen to emulate them, it seems their stars are on the rise. Are strippers the new superwomen? I am woman, watch me strip! It used to be, you weren't a real woman unless you had a kid. Now it seems imperative to learn to dangle upside-down on a pole. If pole dancing is fitness, (and I'm not saying strippers aren't talented acrobats) then why are students entering competitions in stripper gear and featured at consumer events like the recent Naughty But Nice Sex Show? When I asked Aradia Fitness co-owner Tracy Gray how \"fitness\" includes the vinyl thigh-high spike heeled boots she said, without a shred of irony, \"They help grip the pole.\"\n\nStripped-down celebrities\n\nStripper culture's bleed into the mainstream has been enthusiastically led by some of the most popular celebrities like Carmen Electra, Britney Spears, Teri Hatcher and even Oprah, who took a whirl on the pole during one of her trend shows. Women are now staging stagettes at male strip clubs instead of going to see men take it all off. In an age of deconstruction of norms and traditions, young women truly seem to believe that this anything-goes-and-shows attitude is just an inherited right, fought for by feminist foremothers. New York journalist and feminist Ariel Levy calls this new breed Female Chauvinist Pigs: \"She is post-feminist. She is funny. She gets it. She doesn't mind cartoonish stereotypes of female sexuality, and she doesn't mind a cartoonishly macho response to them. The FCP asks: Why worry about disgusting or degrading when you could be giving - or getting - a lap dance yourself? Why try to beat them when you can join them?\"\n\nIf this is truly the trend, I'm a little concerned that we might be selling ourselves short. Each of us, after all, has our own instinctual sexuality that's what makes chemistry so interesting. So, I don't really get why we have to borrow someone else's idea (or a whole culture's one-dimensional idea) about how to be sexy.\n\nWhat I was discovering, though, is that my own observations in the clubs were enhancing, and maybe even altering, my sense of my own sexuality.\n\nOn another trip to Brandi's, I met Crystal, a lovely, tall brunette whom, you could say, initiated me into the \"female\" experience of male strip clubs. I joined her all-girl table to find out why they were there and she was only too happy to tell. \"I love to look at naked women,\" she said, adding that she appreciates the athleticism of the strippers. She had recently become engaged, but that didn't stop her, though her fianc\u00e9 didn't ever care to join her. Leading me up to \"gyno row\" she asked me if I was married. No, I said. She leaned intoxicatingly close to advise, \"Before you get married you should be with a woman, at least once.\"\n\nIt wasn't long after we sat down that the man next to me offered me five bucks to give to the stripper. Earlier, a couple of men told me they were annoyed at the presence of so many women, that it changed the experience for them. Not this guy. He was paying to see me interact with the dancer. Now, after reading about female chauvinist pigs, I'm wondering if my own behaviour makes me one. I'm certainly not consciously aware of recasting my feminism as \"empowerment\" to behave badly, but there was something exciting in this new and seemingly forbidden world. Here was a woman thrusting her private parts very close to my face. The pull to look was strong and I pushed the default Catholic shame aside. She looked the same as me, only intriguingly different.\n\nPrivate dancer\n\nSitting with the twenty-something Crystal, it occurred to me that consuming pornography of any kind is fairly normal for her generation (hence the female chauvanist pig trend) while for me, in my mid-forties, it's still in many ways taboo.\n\nThis experience, and Crystal's advice, stayed in my consciousness so much that a few months later at Brandi's, a little more inebriated than usual, I allowed myself to be escorted to the back, curtained area for my own private \"non-contact\" lap dance. My dancer, another brunette, was the perfect mix of athletic and feminine - petite with smallish breasts, a well toned, tanned and unmarked body. I found it utterly uncomfortable to be in a sexual situation without being able to touch and yet exciting to want to. She told me she thought I was pretty and I hoped she really did. Was this normal procedure? While there's no shortage of men willing to escort me to the peeler bar to do my \"research,\" they sure are reluctant to admit to paying for lap dances, let alone to reveal the appeal. So I have no idea if this woman really liked me or if she was just earning her keep. But I do understand how a man, lonely or not, with a satisfying personal life, or without one might be flattered and attracted to such attention. No strings attached. Just a little harmless exchange of discretionary cash. What happens at the club stays at the club.\n\nIn an essay from What I Meant to Say: The Private Lives of Men, writer Ian Brown breaks his experience down like this, \"I went to the club to bring lust into a more honourable place in my life, to normalize my desire, to make it less of a big deal. For a man, looking is part of his education. It's one way he learns the difference between what he wants and what he can have; or between what he thinks he wants, is supposed to want and what he actually needs.\"\n\nMaybe that's what I've been doing in the strip clubs; coming to terms with my own sexuality which I've always worried I placed in too high prominence; trying to understand what men want, why they want it and how I can give it; and dealing with my curiosity about women without having to consummate it. For now, I think I've had enough and I'm only too happy to leave these dens to the men who, at least according to some I spoke to, are hankering to reclaim their territory.\n\nCarla Lucchetta is a freelance writer and TV producer. Her commentary on \"the way we live today\" can be found at HerKind.com."}
-{"text": "Share this video\n\nWatch Next\n\nA quarter of a million pounds spent on backroom staff at the Civic Centre should be redirected to save school crossing patrols, it has been claimed.\n\nLast month Newcastle City Council revealed how it planned to make savings of \u00a330m next year, which included the axing of 17 lollipop men and women to save \u00a3212,000 - leaving the city with only two.\n\nThe move was met with fury from parents, who claimed \u201cchildren\u2019s lives will be put at risk\u201d if the cuts go ahead.\n\nNow, councillor Marc Donnelly has demanded the council directs the axe at Civic Centre staff rather than those who patrol crossings near schools.\n\nStaffing costs associated with the leader\u2019s office, cabinet office, opposition office and members\u2019 services currently stands at more than \u00a3250,000. Coun Donnelly, who represents Westerhope, also criticised the refurbishment of the Civic Centre, which the council started in a bid to release extra space to generate more income through external letting.\n\nLollipop lady Carol Frampton\n\nHe said: \u201cAt a time when we are supposed to be reducing costs it really does beg the question what on earth is the council thinking.\u201d\n\nIn a question to Newcastle City Council, Coun Donnelly added: \u201cSchool crossing patrols are essential to enable children, parents and grandparents to access schools safely.\n\n\u201cAt the time when we are encouraging people to walk, promoting the benefits of exercise, less pollution and congestion and particularly when there are scarce resources, elected members should not be taking up a disproportionate amount of office space in the Civic Centre.\n\n\u201cSurely children\u2019s safety becomes before comfort for officers and councillors.\n\n\u201cWould the leader of council accept that rationalising and reducing the cost of offices so the disproportionate amount of office space used for the leader, deputy leader, opposition, cabinet, Labour group and members services would free up monies to retain school crossing patrols?\u201d\n\nRead More\n\nNick Kemp, cabinet member for neighbourhoods and regulatory services, hit back, saying that after 2020 the authority would have to become self-funded and it needed to make use of facilities like the Civic Centre to generate income.\n\nHe said: \u201cThe council has already made massive cuts to its back office as part of saving more than \u00a3200m over the last five years.\n\n\u201cWe have to recognise that whilst school crossing patrols are important which is why we have funded them for so long when they are not a statutory service.\n\n\u201cWe do invest heavily in numerous road safety projects with all our schools, however we have another \u00a330m to save next year and have to look at new ways of funding school crossing patrols possibly with schools taking the lead.\n\n\u201cCoun Donnelly\u2019s attempts to conflate school crossing patrols with office accommodation are a cynical attempt at political opportunism which is beyond contempt.\n\n\u201cOur refurbishment of the Civic Centre will save money and help us to protect the very services that Coun Donnelly claims he cares about.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Additional Info\n\nNearby Theaters\n\nPacific Theaters opened this 8 screen theater on 20 June 1991. The largest two screens each had 450 seats. Shortly after this theater opened, the nearby Cinema Grossmont, a large single screen theater also operated by Pacific, closed.\n\nThe Grossmont Trolley theater was comfortable, but did not have stadium seating. It closed on February 27, 2006, and has been replaced by a Best Buy store.\n\nThe Google Street View is locked on the right location. I got the details wrong about the subsequent use of the building following the cinema closure \u2013 the building was not demolished, but was subdivided into separate retail stores and restaurants. More information at\nhttp://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080301/news_lz1ez1edtop.html"}
-{"text": "'Conduct Unbecoming': Civilian oversight\n\nSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD\n\nPublished 10:00 pm, Saturday, December 31, 2005\n\nIn the latest installment of \"Conduct Unbecoming,\" a team of P-I reporters, headed by investigative reporter Eric Nalder, has offered a troubling look inside the way the King County Sheriff's Office responds -- or doesn't -- to allegations of misconduct by its officers.\n\nThe FBI is presently looking into how the discipline cases of two deputies were handled by the department.\n\nThere are documented allegations that officers accused of misconduct sat in judgment on the careers of the very deputies who blew the whistle on them. Internal investigations of serious allegations appear to have been only cursory. Officers with histories of seemingly outrageous behavior have been allowed to retire in lieu of facing prosecution and recommended for other law enforcement service, even when one was obviously disqualified by having lost his right to possess a firearm.\n\nThose who read the stories on the P-I Web site had the opportunity to read for themselves many of the documents supporting the reporters' work, an Internet innovation that invites readers to come to their own conclusions from the source documents.\n\nSome Oregon Residents Upset at Prospect of Pumping Their Own GasBuzz 60\n\nDoug Baldwin playcallingBy Michael-Shawn Dugar, SeattlePI\n\nVan Crashes Into Pedestrians Injuring SixAssociated Press\n\nUS military to accept transgender recruits after Trump drops appealEuronews\n\nSnow on Christmas Eve, 2017Seattle Post-Intelligencer\n\nIce carving at WinterfestSeattle Post-Intelligencer\n\nAmtrak derails near OlympiaGrant Hindsley / SeattlePI\n\nGolden retriever meets Darth Vader and EwokSeattle Post-Intelligencer\n\nAs the allegations and concerns mount, it's particularly disheartening that Sheriff Sue Rahr and former sheriff and now U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert have been less than forthcoming when asked to respond.\n\nWhat's now obvious is that two things are lacking in the Sheriff's Office's disciplinary system: transparency and civilian oversight. The King County Ombudsman's Office is ill equipped to handle the difficult and complex task of oversight.\n\nThe Seattle Police Department has three levels of civilian oversight and even that level of scrutiny has been challenged as insufficient. The King County Council and county executive should move -- in cooperation with Rahr and the Police Officers Guild, or in conflict if necessary -- to establish a comprehensive system of civilian oversight."}
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-{"text": "Thoughts & Presentations to Share\n\nMain menu\n\nTag Archives: Community\n\nIn a recent conversation about whether bisexuals considered supportive lesbians and gays to be \u201callies\u201d there was a lot of talking past each other. It became clear to me that some of what that conversation was tripping on was this: the understanding of who is part of the community and who isn\u2019t, as well as who has power and who doesn\u2019t, changes when we are talking about what happens within the L, G & B community vs what happens in the wider world.\n\nIn the wider world, LGBT are all mushed together as \u201cdifferent\u201d so when I speak up about a homophobic comment I am defending my own community. However, in LGBT spaces there are structural power differences between the letters so the monosexuals (L & G) who support B, are allies.\n\nIf there wasn\u2019t discrimination against bi\u2019s in the gay and lesbian communities, we wouldn\u2019t even be having this discussion because bi\u2019s wouldn\u2019t need allies just to function in our \u201cown\u201d LGBT community.\n\nBisexuals have been moving along two community tracks for as long as I am aware of: being a part of the larger LGBT community and creating our own community. I used to think these were in opposition to each other, but a little historical education and perspective made me realize that this dual track has always been true of the gay and lesbian communities as well. To speak of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities is perhaps more accurate then to speak of us as a single community except for one thing: organizing to effect social and legal changes means we need to view ourselves as part of as large a community as possible in order to draw on as many resources as we can.\n\nUmbrella organizations that truly represent the needs of, and acknowledge all parts of, our entire community are stronger and more able to effect change then if we each try to do it alone. B & T have historically been left in out in the cold of the larger LGBT organizations and today there is a lot of distrust by the bisexual and transgender communities toward these institutions. There are people doing very important work providing education and repairing relationships at the organizational level. Others of us focus on strengthening our own communities so we can provide the support we need within our community as well as come to the table with more strength when it is time to work together as a united LGBT community. These are both important things that need to happen and we are lucky we have people who are interested in both types of activism.\n\nWe waste a lot of time and energy convincing gay and lesbian institutions and leadership that we should be included in their work. Not as \u201callies\u201d but in a way that our needs and concerns are taken into consideration when objectives and agendas are decided. We are a part of what is happening. Not including everyone voice can also lead to skewed agendas where the community becomes perceived as a single issue community (marriage equality, anyone?) when in fact our communities have many needs that should be being discussed and addressed.\n\nIt is important when thinking about allies within and outside of the LGBT movement to remember that we LGBTs have conversations with each other that are so far down in the weeds as to be a foreign language to the larger population. One of my friends calls it \u201cinside baseball.\u201d I might consider an individual lesbian to be a bisexual ally because of the support and understanding that person gives within LGBT spaces, but I would never agree that bisexuals are allies to L&G because we are part of the same larger movement that seeks social justice for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.\n\nPlus I don\u2019t want to give anyone more excuses to leave us out! The bisexual community is not an ally in the LGBT movement, we are part of it.\n\nAs a bit of a post script, and to address something that is sure to occur to some of you: Yes, as a cisgendered person, I can be ally to the trans community, even though I maintain that we are all part of the aforementioned LGBT movement working for social justice regardless of sexual orientation of gender identity. This is because cis and trans describe different things. In considering myself a part of the LGBT movement I see that homosexual and bisexual both describe something different then heterosexual. I am not a part of the trans community, I am a part of the non-heterosexual community. I can be ally to the trans community but I\u2019m a part of (not ally to) the non-heterosexual community. See how that works?\n\nAnd if that has led to the question: why is trans a part of the LGBT community if their axis is trans-cis not hetero-bi-homo then you have headed off into another topic that many people have written about so well. Just trust me, they are, as are asexual people and everyone else that doesn\u2019t fit into the heteronormative (binary) narrative that surrounds us. And I\u2019ll keep watching their backs however I can, hoping they have mine in return.\n\nI\u2019ve blogged before that here in the north land I do not think of January as a time of new beginnings. However, Sunday was a pretty big beginning. I\u2019ve been an active member of Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP) for a while now and Sunday I was elected to a two-year term as chair of the board of directors.\n\nThis is a pretty big deal. Sometimes I loose sight of how much because I\u2019ve been hanging around, watching the sausage being made and loosing sight of the bigger picture. Nothing like an annual meeting presentation to put it in perspective.\n\nThe 2013 BOP board (including me) wrote a new Strategic Plan for 2014 \u2013 2019 that will take us to the next level of being a resource for the bisexual community. Our revised vision statement is:\n\nBuild, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi*) community to promote social justice.\n\nI have on good authority that we already have the largest budget of any 501(c)(3) in the country that is devoted primarily to serving the bisexual community. We host the largest and longest running conference by, for and about bisexuals and our allies in the United States: the BECAUSE conference. Although our primary program focus is serving the Upper Midwest, BECAUSE and our work with other organizations gives us a national impact. We host a bi-annual, international conference for individuals researching bisexuality called BiReCon USA. Plus all the events we exhibit at, recurring social events we host and educational resources we provide. So BOP is kind of a big deal.\n\nBut here\u2019s the secret. I love the idea of being chair because I want to empower our board and our committees to go out and make a difference. BOP has great programs, plans for more great programs and so many ways to connect bisexual folks with their community. We have lots of opportunities to get involved and I\u2019m excited to connect people with what excites them. Leading, organizing, volunteering or attending, all of these things are important ways to be a part of our community. Community doesn\u2019t just happen, it happens when people show up.\n\nLast week I took part in a conversation on Fliponymous\u2019 blog that started out about labels and ended with a discussion of community. You\u2019ll find it in the comments of his most recent blog post. Sometimes it felt like Fliponymous and I were just not connecting with Saul. In the end I think we all saw where the breakdown of communication was. Saul has found his personal support among friends and family and that was enough for him. Fliponymous and I are working on the next layer out: community. Friends and family are really important and their support is invaluable. But when you want to change the world around you, you need to work with your community. That\u2019s where BOP comes in: building community, educating allies and potential allies; researching bisexuals and our community so we can educate even more; being present and visible to combat bi-phobia and bi-erasure; being seen so that people struggling with their sexual identities can see that there are other people out there who feel the same way they do. Plus, BOP\u2019s social events are great ways to expand your circle of supportive friends by providing a way to meet people who \u201cget it\u201d about being bi.\n\nSo come on down. Check out our Facebook page and get information about our recurring events. Wander over to meetup.com to see our member-driven events. Our website is under renovation right now due to some technical issues, but bookmark it, we\u2019ll be back to our normal helpful, resource self soon.\n\nOf course, I\u2019ll be blogging about the journey I just started with my fellow board members. I\u2019m still grinning like a fool when I think about what\u2019s coming next."}
-{"text": "Men\u00eds Gray Hair Cover | Generation Klean\n\nNo one ever beats father time. You see him sneak up on you rather smoothly and prod at those old football injuries that you know as a nagging pain in the back, knee, or whatever else has you limping around. The smell of menthol may be familiar to you, as it becomes a go-to ally along with your Tylenol or Advil\u2019s.\n\nThis formidable opponent we should definitely embrace because lets face it, there\u2019s no getting around it. Sure those nagging aches and pains are indicators that our body\u2019s recovery time is not quite what it once was, but what about in aesthetics?\n\nHow did you feel the first time you saw a gray hair show it\u2019s face? Well, if you are like me, you were certainly mortified. That definitely was a big revelation and kick-started the thinking on mortality, aging and all those fun existential thoughts and questions that love to revel in our minds throughout our lives as we get over the hump of what\u2019s more commonly known as \u201ca mid-life crisis\u201d.\n\nAfter you swallow that sour pill and have accepted the fact that the white hair was not an anomaly, you will find yourself thinking how to manage this moving forward?\n\nAs if getting gray hairs wasn\u2019t bad enough, now you have to figure out what products out there will best work for you and your lifestyle. There are so many products out there promising to cover the gray areas, with natural looking shades of color that will fool your barber or hairstylist for that matter. Great, how do I pick one out? There\u2019s the old trial and error way of doing things, try something until you find what works best for you. This mostly is the way to go since everyone is different, not all products will have the same effect and people\u2019s expectations vary.\n\nPrice; this is key too because our finances are not all the same, buying quality gray hair concealer products that don\u2019t brake the bank is tough. Most supermarkets / grocers will carry your basic line (L\u2019Oreal, Revlon, Clairol, etc.) of affordable hair dye\u2019s, mostly directed towards the female population, but what if you are a guy? It\u2019s like walking the isle of shame, sifting through hair dye boxes looking for a men\u2019s gray hair cover you feel good about.\n\nLastly but not least, how safe are these gray hair concealer products to begin with? Great question! Turns out, not very safe at all! We are one of several few countries that irresponsibly put products on the shelf that have been shown to cause cancer when used regularly. You would scratch your head at that thought, and even ask yourself how does this slip by the FDA and other agencies the \u201cpolice\u201d quality and safety on the types of products that hit the shelf. The reality and short answer is bureaucracy. If you are a giant player in the world of cosmetics you can certainly buy your way onto a shelf. Shelf space is very competitive out there and these companies will fork out millions of dollars every year to ensure that they indeed have the lion\u2019s share of the best and most coveted shelf space.\n\nThat leaves everyone else in the less desired areas of the shelves at the stores. Especially any brand that is promising to give you the desired look without using the harsh and harmful chemicals that the big dogs use. The amount of money that is used to prevent these types of products from getting the proper visibility for people to make a healthy decision is staggering. That\u2019s why it is so difficult to find a men\u2019s gray hair concealer product that are not only affordable, but relatively safe for you to use on a regular basis. These products that offer a healthier alternative are not easy to come by, especially if you are a busy person trying to juggle a schedule and possibly a family. You would have to go to a \u2018Whole Foods\u2019 type of store to find something that will offer this type of consumer safe product. At this point you will now be faced with the supply and demand reality, which will typically mean a hefty price tag. These prices may skew some since \u2018Amazon\u2019 just recently purchased \u2018Whole Foods\u2019 and are looking to be a competitive player against other giants such as \u2018Wal-Mart\u2019. This will benefit the consumer, so lets cross our fingers.\n\nThere is a great line of products being offered by Generation Klean, which was created by one of the owners that had a small cancer scare. She changed a lot of things in her life that may have been contributing to her diminishing health. As a woman and someone whom uses beauty products often, the one obvious place to look at was cosmetics. She began doing a lot of research and was floored on the amount of harsh chemicals that went into the production of creating a lot of the very well known products she loved to use on a daily. She made it her mission to develop and create a small line of GMO free cosmetics, that she could share with both men and women that want a healthy and safe alternative.\n\nIn regards to gray hair concealer products, they have a great product for both men and women. They call it \u2018Gray Disappear\u2019, it\u2019s similar looking to a mascara wand, but it\u2019s used for your hair and works great as a men\u2019s gray hair cover too. It comes in six different color shades and of course it is free of Parabens, Sulfates and Glycols.\n\nCheck them out and give yourself the opportunity to discover a line of products that may work for your lifestyle. www.generationklean.com"}
-{"text": "Unctuous. That's the only way I can describe Eat, Pray, Love. Unctuous. Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness. I didn't buy it. I didn't read the source material, so I can't speak to the book. But this Elizabeth Gilbert -- the one in the movie -- I don't see how anyone can relate to that character. Putting aside the white privilege that Courtney ranted to eloquently about yesterday, there's also the notion that anyone could buy into this fortune cookie bullshit. Gilbert is a shallow, self-indulgent, and arrogant woman. This person is not going on a journey of self-discovery, whatever the fuck that is. This person is abandoning her life. Instead of confronting her problems, instead of working through them, or processing whatever it is that makes her so inexplicably unhappy, she abandons them. And she abandons a husband who -- at least as he's characterized in the movie -- is loving, charming, and more than adequate because she needs some more goddamn \"me time.\"\n\nDon't we all, sister? Get the fuck over it.\n\nAnd for what? So she can find herself? Or so she can find a better man? It's hard to tell from the movie, because this woman is as shallow, self-indulgent and arrogant at the end of the movie as she is in the beginning, only now (*spoilers*) she's traded Billy Crudup for Javier Bardem. From an aesthetic point of view, maybe that's a worthwhile swap. But the best I can gather from the film is that all she learned along her journey of self-discovery is that she can eat more pasta, speak better Italian, and meditate, which is to say: Spend more time with herself, because God knows why anyone else would want to spend time with her. She's no better than the Julie Powell character in Julie and Julia: She finds herself by boring other people with her petty fucking problems, and shitting on anyone dumb enough to give a damn.\n\nI don't like these kind of people. The Oprah types, who have to tell you how great they are in order to convince you. That's all that Eat, Pray, Love boils down to: A woman trying to convince you of how great she is so that maybe you'll take a similar journey -- literal or metaphorical -- in which you try to convince everyone of how great you are. There's a scene in Eat, Pray, Love that's typical of this white, bourgeois bullshit, where Elizabeth sends an email to all of her American friends to guilt them into sending a poor family some money to buy a house as a birthday present to her. Noble? Perhaps, if it weren't so motherfucking transparent that the gesture is less about helping out this family than it is about celebrating her goddamn selflessness. I know people like this -- I suspect most of you know people like this. People who manage to work their good deeds into virtually every conversation, the same way that gym obsessed person will work his morning work-out routine into all of his conversations. Like we're the goddamn beneficiaries of their good health.\n\nThe people who will go to this movie, who read the book, they're probably trying to find some answers. I get that. A lot of us are looking for answers. Some of us look at the bottom of whiskey bottle; some of us look to a higher power; and apparently, some of us look to selfish, well-educated narcissists, who don't provide you with any answers as much as they try to convince you that they have the answers. They don't.\n\nBut let me tell you where you're not going to find those answers: In a Hollywood movie directed by the asshole who created \"Glee.\" Sure, he can splice together a sexual-identity crisis with a soaring rendition of a Streisand showtune better than anyone, but he wouldn't know sincerity if it were fucking him in the leg. He's not a feature director; what he did to Running with Scissors was absolutely criminal, and if there was at some point something genuine in Gilbert's memoir, it doesn't exist here on the screen.\n\nPutting aside the movie's themes, how does it hold up as entertainment? It stinks. It's a travelogue hosted by a solipsist. It's like being forced to look at someone else's vacation photos for two-and-a-half insufferable hours while they narrate their empty little epiphanies. \"This is the pizza place where I discovered that life is not about pleasing other people; it's about pleasing myself.\" Fuck you, and your Buddhist Ayn Rand bullshit philosophy.\n\nEat, Pray, Love is about a woman with marital problems -- we don't ever really understand why -- who decides to skip town for a year. She visits Italy, where she eats. She goes to India, where she meditates. And then she goes to Bali, where she finds a man. That's it. Eat. Pray. Love. It's right there in the title, so at least it's not misleading.\n\nThere are exactly two genuine moments in the entire excruciating experience, and they involve Richard Jenkins -- who plays a Texan visiting an Ashram in India -- and Bardem, a divorced and heartbroken man who deeply loves his son. In fact, the only honest relationship in the entire movie is between Bardem's character and his son. Ryan Murphy must have taken that day off to focus on the Lady Gaga episode of \"Glee.\" Roberts, of course, is Roberts: She alternates between pouting and breaking into that signature laugh like a epileptic Julia Roberts' doll. Pull its string, and it will cackle like a burst balloon."}
-{"text": "iProspect Social Networking User Behavior Study \u2014 Background and Definitions \u2014 In January 2007, iProspect partnered with independent research firm JupiterResearch to develop a series of survey questions focused on how the U.S. online population utilizes several of the most popular social \u2026\n\nGoogle Takes Partial Ownership Of Maxthon Browser \u2014 Multiple sources are confirming that the Chinese/Israeli startup behind the Maxthon Browser has sold a minority stake to Google. The total investment size is rumored to be around $1 million. We are also hearing that this investment is part of a \u2026\n\nThis Blogger's Code of Conduct \u2014 God preserve us from the Well Intentioned (WI). In the wake of the shocking Kathy Sierra episode, the WI have managed not to conclude there are simply some unpleasant people in the world who we should ignore, or report to the police.\n\nWeblogs 'need content warnings' \u2014 Readers should be warned when they are reading blogs that may contain \"crude language\", a draft blogging code of conduct has suggested. \u2014 The code was drawn up by web pioneer Tim O'Reilly following published threats and perceived harassment to US developer Kathy Sierra on blogs.\n\niTunes streamed to your phone? Possibly \u2014 The release of Apple TV a few weeks ago has opened up an intriguing new possibility: streaming music from iTunes on your home computer to your cell phone. \u2014 No, Apple TV does not stream over the Internet or across a cellular phone network, but the SlingBox does.\n\nHow to win in the Twitter vs. Jaiku battle \u2014 Over the weekend, a weird thing happened on the nanoblogging service Twitter (review; how-to): Its most popular contributor, Leo Laporte, announced that he was leaving Twitter for a competing service, Jaiku (review). And that he was taking his fans with him.\n\nJust don't call it a Web OS \u2014 When Richard MacManus published an overview of the so-called Web OS market almost a year ago, he said, \"a lot of people don't consider a WebOS to be a real operating system, but I think that's semantics and not something worth debating.\"\n\nImage of the Day - No More Heroes Shirts \u2014 Today's image comes to us from our friend Aaron, a 4cr reader spending a semester in Japan. Apparently he came upon some pretty cool No More Heroes apparel and, being a fan of both Suda 51 and cool shirts, he just had to buy it and send a photo to us to gloat over his cool find.\n\nWhy Wordpress.com is Virtually Spam Free \u2014 A recent study by WebmasterWorld found that an estimated 77% of all blogs on Google's Blogspot service were spam. Similarly, AOL Hometown, had well over 80% of its results turn out to be spam. Even MSN Spaces, which as not mentioned in the report \u2026\n\nNew WiMAX broadband technology a boon for labels \u2014 LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - If you've never heard the term \"WiMAX\" before, don't sweat it. You're probably not alone. \u2014 But in the hyper-wonk, tech-speak jargon of the wireless industry, WiMAX is the latest thing making its way through \u2026\n\nWilfing on the web, the new British pastime \u2014 It is the virtual equivalent of window-shopping, and a lot of us seem to be spending a lot of time doing it. \"Wilfing\" - or surfing the web without any real purpose - has become a new national pastime, according to a survey out today.\n\nGoogling your date \u2026 CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) \u2014 Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks. \u2014 These days, the Internet \u2026\n\nFinetune Launches Apollo Desktop Player \u2014 Social music site Finetune (profiled here along with competitors) launched their Apollo-based desktop music player this evening. To use it you must download and install the Apollo runtime on your Mac or PC, and then install FineTune. Links to both are here.\n\nDisney Mobile shares subscriber stats \u2014 Disney Mobile will soon celebrate its first anniversary, and the mobile virtual network operator is providing some statistics to show how consumers are using the service. \u2014 In a press release issued over the weekend, the company said 30 percent \u2026"}
-{"text": "THIS PAGE EXEMPLIFIES THE TYPE OF AID THIS ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AND WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE HIGHER FOR. THESE CASES WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED TO PROVIDE DONORS WITH CONSTANT FEEDBACK.\n\nMatthew was hit by a minibus which left him completely paralyzed; he now has a trach in his throat which allows him to breath and his meals are fed to him through a feeding tube. No child should have to be in this position but this is Matthew\u2019s reality. Read Matthew's Story\n\nOswald Subratie of Bartica, Guyana, was infected with malaria and recently underwent treatment, subsequently, he suffered a life threatening infection, which caused his body to deteriorate rapidly. He has since lost 2/3 of his body weight and is at risk of dying. Read Oswald's Story\n\nAt just 22 months old, Omkar has been diagnosed with Retinoblastoma (cancer of the eye). He has since lost his left eye to the disease and he is at a very high risk of losing his right eye, and possibly his life. Read Omkar's Story\n\nSeptember 2015, 40 year-old mother of 3 children and nurse at Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), Richlene Amsterdam, was diagnosed with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix stage III A. Read Richlene's Story\n\nOn June 17, 2013, a then 12-year-old Bhojpaul Ramjas was admitted to Georgetown Public Hospital with deep flash burns to 36% of his body. Read Bhojpaul's Story\n\nCarlos Domingo of Whitewater Village, Barima-Waini broke his arm when he was 7 years-old. Read Carlos' Story\n\nOn April 23, 2016, 15-month-old Devin Bishoondial was admitted to Georgetown Public Hospital's Pediatric Surgical Unit with a diagnosis of 50% deep second and third degree burns to his body. Read Devin's Story\n\nOn October 28, 2015, SHEA picked up the case of Mahadeo Mohan. Mahadeo was a farmer with a life threatening heart condition. Because of his past medical condition his doctors advised him to undergo bypass surgery or his next heart attack could kill him. Read Mahadeo's Story\n\nIn October, 2014, Samantha Persaud, a pregnant woman, was diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure). She was shuffled from hospital to hospital, eventually being discharged and sent home since the hospitals were unable to treat her issue. Read Samantha's Story\n\nIn January, 2012, Zeniha Loo, a six-year-old from Guyana, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Read Zeniah's Story"}
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-{"text": "After casting big budget films for Disney for years, Ross was excited to have more creative freedom\u2014and the chance to bring back actors with whom she'd previously worked, calling casting directors \"the number one ally to all actors.\""}
-{"text": "When you initially apply for a DBS check, you need to do this through an employer (or volunteer organisation). They give you the details of how to apply. You can't just decide that you want one and apply on your own.\n\nOnce you've completed the DBS check you'll get a paper certificate through the post. This must be kept safe. You can then register with this website using details from that certificate. You must do so within 19 calendar days of the date of issue which is printed on the certificate. There is a charge for this of \u00a313 per year.\n\nSome companies won't use this and still want you to do a DBS check through them. I know Scouts won't accept a previous DBS check.\n\n(Original post by Juno)\nWhen you initially apply for a DBS check, you need to do this through an employer (or volunteer organisation). They give you the details of how to apply. You can't just decide that you want one and apply on your own.\n\nOnce you've completed the DBS check you'll get a paper certificate through the post. This must be kept safe. You can then register with this website using details from that certificate. You must do so within 19 calendar days of the date of issue which is printed on the certificate. There is a charge for this of \u00a313 per year.\n\nSome companies won't use this and still want you to do a DBS check through them. I know Scouts won't accept a previous DBS check.\n\nI was given the impression that you can apply for the basic check on your own, it is just the enhanced one that you need to do with an employers?\n\n(Original post by Juno)\nWhen you initially apply for a DBS check, you need to do this through an employer (or volunteer organisation). They give you the details of how to apply. You can't just decide that you want one and apply on your own.\n\nOnce you've completed the DBS check you'll get a paper certificate through the post. This must be kept safe. You can then register with this website using details from that certificate. You must do so within 19 calendar days of the date of issue which is printed on the certificate. There is a charge for this of \u00a313 per year.\n\nSome companies won't use this and still want you to do a DBS check through them. I know Scouts won't accept a previous DBS check.\n\nThanks.\n\nSo on the update service will prospective employers see my personal details that I put on the application form for a enhanced dbs?\n\n(Original post by Juno)\nWhen you initially apply for a DBS check, you need to do this through an employer (or volunteer organisation). They give you the details of how to apply. You can't just decide that you want one and apply on your own.\n\nOnce you've completed the DBS check you'll get a paper certificate through the post. This must be kept safe. You can then register with this website using details from that certificate. You must do so within 19 calendar days of the date of issue which is printed on the certificate. There is a charge for this of \u00a313 per year.\n\nSome companies won't use this and still want you to do a DBS check through them. I know Scouts won't accept a previous DBS check.\n\n(Original post by john2054)\nI was given the impression that you can apply for the basic check on your own, it is just the enhanced one that you need to do with an employers?\n\nIf you're asked for a \"DBS check\" then that refers to the one that only employers can do. You can apply for a basic disclosure, but this is basically a money making scam - employers are very unlikely to accept it, and you obviously already know if you have any convictions.\n\n(Original post by Juno)\nIf you're asked for a \"DBS check\" then that refers to the one that only employers can do. You can apply for a basic disclosure, but this is basically a money making scam - employers are very unlikely to accept it, and you obviously already know if you have any convictions.\n\ni don't have any convictions, but because of a couple of incidents which happened in hospital, i thought i had a caution or two. but the check came back clean, please believe me?!?"}
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-{"text": "?, Iman does not make my size, so I do not know how her pants fit. I hear her clothes run true to size.\n\nAll I can tell u is that u did enter ur measurements correctly. According to that tool, u r a size 8 SHORT. However, sometimes that tool is not accurate.\n\nHave u looked at the Garment Measurements and Fit? I can post them for u.\n\nmommyme\n\n09.25.16 5:43 PM\n\n? I love IMAN and own a large amount of her clothing but not her pants\u2026 they don\u2019t fit me well as I\u2019m an apple. I am also short waisted.\n\nIn the past, were you more of an hourglass? Did you have a defined waist? If so and you\u2019re long waisted then IMAN jeans MAY work for you because she has that shape herself now. What size do you normally purchase in jeans/slacks? Go with that size in IMAN.\n\nflorida3216\n\n09.25.16 6:08 PM\n\nI\u2019m more straight shaped too. I tried them once and they did not work for me. Her pants are great for the curvy woman. I\u2019ve noticed that the \u201cdesigners\u201d body shape is an indicator of how their \u201cline\u201d of clothing will fit. Iman is curvy, Giuliana is thin and straight.\n\nSerenafan\n\n09.25.16 7:45 PM\n\nI did watch a presentation of some of Iman\u2019s items last night. It was revealed at some point during the show (a caller mentioned it) that the specs for some of Iman\u2019s items were incorrect on the host\u2019s card and on HSN website. The host apologized and said she would make sure the correct specifications would be updated.\n\nIman was not even aware of this. Call CS to be sure that sizing is accurate, and good luck.\n\nJADiva\n\n09.26.16 1:48 AM\n\nDisGo, I own several of those jeans, if you don\u2019t want them snug go to a 10, but they do stretch and are very comfortable. I have a 41 hip and wear an 8, they do give in the waist and hip. They are not a heavy Jean and wash well.\n\nkemiqueen\n\n09.26.16 2:04 PM\n\nY did u disappear when I was trying to help u at the time u were posting?\n\nMaryF1962\n\n09.26.16 3:40 PM\n\nWere you looking at the jeans that came with the top or the ones that aired for $79? I ask because the cheaper ones are last year\u2019s version and the more expensive ones are this year\u2019s. Last year\u2019s had a striation to the denim that I did not care for. I like this year\u2019s denim much better, plus I like the additional button. Personally, I order a 12 in Iman jeans whereas am often a 10 in other brands. I am bigger in the hip/butt. There is indeed a lot of stretch to them."}
-{"text": "DisplaysZeke JarvisMy wife is pointing out a big Santa in a chimney on the left. \u201cWatch\u201d she says. Then, to our daughter Kaley, \u201cThere he goes\u201d. It\u2019s one of those inflatable deals where the chimney and the Santa are both big balloons. Animatronic, I guess, because, sure enough, down the chimney the thing goes. It looks big, cartoonish. Kaley giggles. She and my wife are enjoying themselves in the backseat. My son is hard to read. I look from the yard with the balloon Santa to the house itself. The curtains are drawn, which doesn\u2019t mean anything automatically, but it\u2019s not something to gloss over, either. I pull over and say, \u201cLet\u2019s see if he\u2019ll come out again.\u201d Kaley\u2019s excited, but Jimmy, who\u2019s edging closer to teenage years, is playing with his Gameboy knockoff. I\u2019m preparing myself for the fact that he and I will come to be opponents in a very short time. It\u2019s the sort of thing that you can\u2019t really believe will happen, but that you eventually go through. I assume you, do, anyway. It\u2019s hard to remember how things like that went with my parents, and I don\u2019t know if asking would even help that much. Getting it comes too late. That\u2019s a lot of what parenting is, of course.\u201cHe\u2019s coming up,\u201d Kaley says. My wife, Liz, says, \u201cI see him.\u201d I look in the rearview mirror and say, \u201cYou see him, Jimmy?\u201d He says, \u201cYeah\u201d without looking up. I don\u2019t say anything, and I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the right thing or not. I look at this house\u2019s garage. Doors for two cars and plenty of extra room in between the two doors. It doesn\u2019t look like there\u2019s real security, either. The husband might have nice tools, and it might be easy to get into the house. \u201cSanta\u2019s funny,\u201d says Kaley.\u201cHe sure is,\u201d I say. I look at the mailbox. 2013. This\u2019ll be one to come back to. I drive on a little, slow down in front of a display that has just a couple of trees lit up with strings of multi-colored lights. These can often be old people who have a lot of stuff, poor security and not much strength to put up resistance if they do wake up. Not that we\u2019d ever seriously hurt someone. \u201cDo you like the trees?\u201d I ask Kaley. She says, \u201cYeah,\u201d in a quiet, reserved way. I try to make eye contact with Liz, but she\u2019s looking out the windows. \u201cHow about you, Mommy?\u201d She hums for just a few seconds, then says, \u201cI think they look nice.\u201d I look at the address. 2027. There was one house in between the two that we might check out, but, more likely, we\u2019ll just do those two. It\u2019s not a good idea to do too many in a row. I notice that I think \u201cwe\u201d, but, tonight, it\u2019ll just be me so that Liz can sleep with the kids. She\u2019s better at catching the little things that we could pick up, but I\u2019m a little quicker in terms of getting in and getting out. I drive a bit, then roll to a stop in front of a house with those wire animatronic reindeer that look like they\u2019re eating. Kaley says, \u201cIt looks like Rudolph.\u201d I quickly write down the two addresses and we move along. For the first time this season, I wonder if Jimmy has some kind of suspicion that Liz and I come back to these houses. It doesn\u2019t seem likely to me, but it\u2019s hard to tell. I wonder if him not getting it makes him gullible. Everything about my son is getting less and less readable to me. There\u2019s a strange set of lights on the other side of the road. It looks like it\u2019s supposed to be a UFO. Or maybe a tank where the cannon won\u2019t stay on. Either way, it doesn\u2019t seem very Christmasy. This might be a house we\u2019d break into on principle. \u201cWhat do you think that is?\u201d I ask.I peek into the rearview mirror, and I see that Jimmy actually does look up, though only quickly. He doesn\u2019t give an answer, and he must not be curious enough to look up again. After a few seconds of quiet, Liz says, \u201cMaybe it\u2019s a big Christmas bulb\u201d.Jimmy says, \u201cLooks like a hamburger.\u201d It\u2019s possible that he\u2019s right, though that\u2019s not really any more like Christmas than a UFO or a cannonless tank. \u201cCould be,\u201d Liz says. \u201cThink it has pickles?\u201d I ask. Kaley twists in her seat, trying to look for green, but I can\u2019t tell if she can actually see what\u2019s behind her or not. \u201cDylan Mueller puts barbecue sauce on his hamburgers when we have them for lunch,\u201d Jimmy says. This is a rare moment of sharing, even if it\u2019s about something so mundane. I check and Liz is running her fingers through Kaley\u2019s hair. \u201cTo each their own,\u201d she says. Kaley starts to tilt her head towards Liz\u2019s shoulder. She\u2019s tired, which is fine. Over the course of tonight, we already have six or seven possible houses to go back and visit, so we should be in good shape. Kaley will pick out clothes for school tomorrow, part of her goodnight ritual. There\u2019s a good chance it\u2019ll be one of the dresses we\u2019ve stolen for her. Liz had the idea to check in people\u2019s laundry rooms for clothes. The laundry rooms are almost always by the outside of the home, easy to get into. If you see a home that you can tell has kids, you can pop in quickly before a larger house, take a couple of decent looking outfits and get out. But you have to be careful not to do something that would draw attention before hitting another home, and you can\u2019t take something that looks custom made, or your kid will be a target at school, and you\u2019ll get busted. If you\u2019re smart and careful, you can do it. We haven\u2019t bought new clothes for the kids in a little over a year. We always tell them that we go shopping while they\u2019re in school.I look back again, \u201cJimmy, did you finish your report on Benjamin Franklin?\u201d He doesn\u2019t answer, which is his answer. This complicates things not so much because we\u2019ll be scrambling to help him. That\u2019s not a big deal. It\u2019s more that it upsets the balance of how tonight will run. It was supposed to be: get home, have some Christmas cookies, put Kaley to bed, finish homework with Jimmy, put him to bed, then Liz wraps gifts while I go out and get some more. A simple, predictable plan. Sadly, these sorts of hiccups are becoming more and more common for Jimmy. Thanksgiving weekend, Liz was supposed to do a little purse picking during Black Friday, but Jimmy said that he had to take care of a display of Indians that he was supposed to have finished the day before Thanksgiving break. Liz ended up sitting over his shoulder and coaching him while he downloaded some graphics. I took Kaley to the park for a while. Technically, I could\u2019ve kept Kaley and helped Jimmy, but we feel it\u2019s important to show Jimmy that he needs to do his work, and we don\u2019t like to punish Kaley for Jimmy\u2019s mistakes.\u201cWho\u2019s Benjamin Frankman?\u201d Kaley asks. Liz kisses the top of her head. \u201cBy tomorrow, Jimmy will be able to tell you all about Benjamin Franklin.\u201dKaley says, \u201cOh forget it,\u201d and Liz and I try not to laugh too hard. \u201cHow about one more block, and then we\u2019ll head home.\u201d Jimmy doesn\u2019t say anything. Kaley leans back into Liz, and that\u2019s about it. I could\u2019ve said that we\u2019d go straight home, but it would\u2019ve been like giving in to Jimmy. We see a couple of pretty flat, white lights on the eaves of roofs. Having Jimmy is a little like having a preview for where Kaley might be heading. I think she\u2019ll be easier in a lot of ways, but I still feel a little dread thinking about it. I know it\u2019s clich\u00e9, but she\u2019s my princess. \u201cEeesh,\u201d I say. \u201cSanta looks a little down.\u201d Everybody looks out the window to see a half-inflated balloon Santa. He\u2019s deflated enough to look like he\u2019s bent over. \u201cWhy is Santa like that?\u201d Kaley asks. Before Liz or I can answer, Jimmy says, \u201cHe\u2019s waiting for his boyfriend.\u201d Liz and I are quiet, but Kaley giggles. \u201cSanta doesn\u2019t have a boyfriend,\u201d she says. I\u2019m pretty sure that Jimmy doesn\u2019t actually know what he\u2019s referring to, but I can\u2019t be sure. There is the possibility that someone has explained it to him, but it seems hard to believe that he\u2019d really get it yet. The actual mechanics of sex. I remember sex seeming very abstract at his age. I knew that something went on, but wasn\u2019t totally sure what it was that grown up men and women did. Probably I would\u2019ve been grossed out. \u201cJimmy is being not nice,\u201d says Liz, \u201cprobably because he\u2019s ashamed that he didn\u2019t finish his homework.\u201d Liz has a knack for oversimplifying our psyches in a way that can be deflating. Luckily for us, she only uses this power for good, like cutting off any further explanation from Jimmy. \u201cThe Santa balloon is falling over because the cold from outside is making the air inside him get smaller,\u201d I say. \u201cIt\u2019s something that you\u2019ll learn about in science class in a couple of years.\u201d I feel stupid, having said it. \u201cEveryone gets a little down when it\u2019s cold,\u201d I say. There\u2019s total quiet from the back. I wish that Liz would say something that could pick me back up. Maybe she thinks that I should\u2019ve been on top of Ben Franklin before this late in the evening. She\u2019d be right. It makes me wonder, again, if Jimmy knows what we do. If he were doing this to keep us from stealing, there would be something sweet about that, but that seems impossible to me. His rebellion would almost have to be stealing himself. What will we say when that starts?\u201cWhat cookies are you guys having?\u201d I ask. Kaley puts her hands up and says, \u201cFrosted.\u201d Jimmy sighs. \u201cDo I get cookies, or am I punished for the report?\u201d Liz looks out the window. \u201cMaybe you can have one while you finish your report, which you\u2019ll do on your own this time.\u201d I\u2019m a little surprised by this, but it\u2019s probably the right thing to do. She\u2019s usually right when it comes to things like this.\u201cAnother Rudolph,\u201d Liz says, which both smooths things out and ends the conversation. I put in a Christmas CD that I got from this little Cape Cod home that had these blinking light-up icicles hanging from the eaves. It was weird, sorting through their CDs, being I their living room next to a turned-off Christmas tree. Trying to take just enough stuff to have them not call the authorities or push hard to pursue things. We\u2019re lucky we haven\u2019t had so much of a brush with the law yet. The first song is \u201cSanta Claus is Coming to Town.\u201d I feel like I should skip to the next track instead of making everyone listen to us being told that we should watch out and not pout, but I let it go. I take couple of turns that\u2019ll get us home faster but miss some displays. Even over the CD, I can hear Kaley\u2019s breathing starting to slow. I like getting to carry her into the house when she\u2019s sleepy. There\u2019s something reassuring about the weight of a little person that depends on you. It\u2019s the weight of your love and obligation. When I\u2019m breaking into a house, a lot of times I operate under this stupid assumption that God won\u2019t let either Liz or I get caught because we\u2019re watching over these two children, even though we\u2019re the ones who wanted kids. When Kaley fatigues and I carry her off, I feel protected, when Jimmy blows off his report, I feel like things might crash. And for good reason. As we near our home, I feel restless, which isn\u2019t necessarily a good mindset, if I\u2019m going to go back out tonight. \u201cWhat was your favorite display?\u201d I ask. \u201cHamburger,\u201d says Kaley, giggling. \u201cI liked the moving reindeer,\u201d says Liz, which is what she always says. Jimmy is quiet for a bit. I have no interest in pressing him, but Liz says, \u201cJimmy?\u201d Out my window, I see what I know is a doctor\u2019s house, and I wish that I could get in and take his cufflinks or golf clubs or whatever might be worth a lot, but I\u2019m always nervous that those are the homes that are going to have serious security systems or other unpredictable barriers. You always have to watch out for signs of a dog.\u201cBent over Santa,\u201d Jimmy says. I turn my head just a bit, and although he doesn\u2019t say anything, I can tell he knows. I look back at the road and make the final turn, just five blocks from home. \u201cWhat was yours, Papa?\u201d Liz asks. I think about it for a couple of seconds. I end up pulling into the driveway before I answer. I turn off the car and say, \u201cI think I liked the Christmas donkey.\u201dKaley laughs. \u201cChristmas Donkey?\u201d I turn back and pretend to pinch her nose. She puts her hands over her face and buries it in Liz\u2019s side. I make eye contact with Jimmy, and he puts his Gameboy in his pocket. I\u2019m trying to remember where we stole it from, and it occurs to me that we might have actually bought that one. I want to tell him how much it costs, but I have no clue, and I know it wouldn\u2019t matter. Even though she\u2019s awake now, I get out and go to pick up Kaley. Once again, I\u2019m glad for her. I\u2019d pay anything to get her something. Or, I\u2019d do what it takes to get it for her, which really isn\u2019t the same thing. As I carry her into our own house, I\u2019m glad to see that our things are safe, that our kids can sleep soundly in a warm house. I look at Liz, who smiles at me, even if I\u2019m not sure quite what that means.\n\nAbout the author:Zeke Jarvis is an Associate Professor at Eureka College. His work has appeared in Bitter Oleander, 2 Bridges, and Petrichor Machine, among other places."}
-{"text": "Here's a snippet. \"After\na 10-year absence from recording, MX-80 returned this Fall with what may\nwell be their finest hour, the glittering We\u2019re An American Band. Hypnotic,\nsubconsciously inflammatory and packed with top-end musicianship. it coalesces\nall their experience into a potent mind bomb encased in candy apple sweetness.MX-80\nalbum.\"\n\n\"MX-80\ncontinued their winning streak with Crowd Control, an album which found the\nquartet simplifying some of the arrangements without losing the sense of crackling\nintensity and playful-while-being-serious performing of earlier efforts. Stim\nat points sounds a bit more wistfully lost in the mix, though he's still an\nintriguingly off-the-beaten-path vocalist, reciting and pronouncing as much\nas singing and exchanging truths and eternal verities for odd, sly observations.\nThe wry take on a wannabe Hollywood (and other things) tastemaker via \"City\nof Fools\" is Stim at his prime, somehow sounding sleazy without changing\nhis general approach. His sax playing is still a good part of what's happening;\nthe brawling title track, about the closest this era of the band ever got\nto straight-up good time rock & roll, relies just as much on his horn\nblowing as the other instrumentalists. Similarly, the other three members\nagain demonstrate the perfectly in-tune playing and inventiveness that earned\nthem their reputation. Anderson has an ear for both clipped, focused riffs\nand thrilling solos that go quickly enough to never wear out their welcome,\nas in \"Night Rider\" and \"Pharoah's Sneakers.\" More than\nonce, he sounds like he's found a way to connect with the post-punk world\n(check out the watery guitar additions on \"Why Are We Here\") without\nseeming to chase any particular early-'80s trend. Perhaps the most surprising\nturn is a newfound sense of entrancing and even uplifting songs -- there's\nabout no other way to describe the downright beautiful \"Obsessive Devotion,\"\nwith its calmer pace and really beautiful feedback, Stim's vocals conveying\nboth unsureness and acceptance of the titular state of mind. Then there's\nthe kissing cousin of \"Sweet Jane,\" \"More Than Good,\"\nits descending chords in the chorus just sweetly sad enough, and the concluding,\nminimal rock noir (down the lonely sax) of \"Promise of Love.\" Ned\nRaggett, All Music Guide.\n\n\"MX-80's Hard Attack is a distorted free for all that set some eternal noisecore standard.\" Chuck Eddy, Stairway to Hell\n\n\"MX-80's\ndebut LP, Hard Attack, should establish MX-80 as either the most Heavy Metal Art Band or\nthe most Arty Heavy Metal Band.\" Glenn O'Brien, Interview Magazine."}
-{"text": "7 Critical Things Worth Knowing About SEO!\n\nSEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is not a choice for your website anymore. The purpose of any website is to generate traffic, and in the process, it is necessary to build a brand. SEO, along with PPC, social media, email marketing and online reputation management, is critical in the short and long run.\n\nHere are 7 things worth knowing about SEO.\n\nIt\u2019s a continuous thing. You cannot do SEO for a month and forget about it. Your website needs to be visible on Google, and that requires continuous effort.\n\nExpertise is important. If you are unsure of how to deal with online marketing, hiring a SEO agency is always the best choice to get started.\n\nLink building is not just an option. You need to focus on links, and it is necessary to earn the links and not buy them.\n\nContent is still important. You need to generate content, and that too on a regular basis, if you want to gain something from SEO efforts.\n\nOptimizing your website matters. You want to be sure that users are having the best experience on your website, for which pages and all SEO elements must be optimized.\n\nSEO requires time. Don\u2019t expect to be on the top of Google search results in just a week. That doesn\u2019t work and is always a hoax that SEO companies use.\n\nKeywords will always matter. While extreme keyword optimization is not a practice anymore, this is still a relevant and key component of online marketing and SEO."}
-{"text": "Explore Savannah\n\nRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\n\nType: History Museums, Museums\n\n10Best Says\n\nPeople of all ages and races are moved by this museum's brilliantly composed exhibits detailing Savannah's role in the civil rights struggle. Housed in a structure that was built in 1914 as an... Read More\n\nPeople of all ages and races are moved by this museum's brilliantly composed exhibits detailing Savannah's role in the civil rights struggle. Housed in a structure that was built in 1914 as an African-American bank, the museum is named for Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert, former NAACP president and dauntless hero of Savannah's civil rights movement. Today the three-story museum provides unparalleled insight into life during segregation, with highlights that include an exhibit dedicated to the NAACP, fiber optic map of 87 significant civil rights sites and events, a replica of a lunch counter where sit-ins occurred, and an extraordinary film with stirring first-hand accounts."}
-{"text": "2012-10-09 Meeting\n\nSheila and Gary were manning the registration table as Dick Jamer is not able to attend. Don mentioned that there are envelopes available that you can put your cheque in and leave it or mail it to Ken Miller who will look after it on his own time and get you your membership card.\n\nThis content is restricted to AWA members. If you are an existing user, please login. New users may register below."}
-{"text": "#MyPioneerAncestor and the Mormon Overland Travel Database\n\nIn celebration of Utah\u2019s Pioneer Day on July 24, I\u2019ve been studying my Mormon pioneer ancestors and sharing their stories on Instagram tagged with #MyPioneerAncestor. It has been a fascinating study. For some, their travels were extremely difficult and required many sacrifices. For others, it was a joyous journey and they became so skilled that they traveled the route again and again to help other emigrants.\n\nI began by checking out the FamilySearch Pioneer campaign, FamilySearch.org/Pioneers. It scans your family tree against the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database (created by the Church History Library) and creates a list of your ancestors who came to Utah from 1847-1868. (In May 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed with the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, ending the era of Mormon pioneer overland travel.) The FamilySearch Pioneers campaign told me that I have 23 pioneer ancestors.\n\nI made a spreadsheet and found out that I actually have 51 ancestors who attempted to travel to Utah during that time period. Several died before reaching the Mormon pioneer trail, which began at Council Bluffs, Iowa and ended at Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of my ancestors died while preparing for the journey in Florence (now Omaha), Nebraska and St. Louis, Missouri.\n\nThe Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database is well researched and easy to navigate. It has links to many primary sources that tell what the journey was like for each company. For example, I know that my ancestors who came to Utah with the Brigham Young 1848 company left Winter Quarters, Nebraska on 5 June 1848 and arrived in Salt Lake Valley on 20 September 1848. There were about 1220 individuals in the company.\n\nSave\n\nThese facts are helpful, but the most wonderful part of the database is the primary source documents that are transcribed for us to read. My ancestors in the Brigham Young Company of 1848 didn\u2019t keep journals or write firsthand accounts of their experiences (that I know of), but I can still read about what the journey was like! From the Autobiography of Benjamin Ashby, I read this interesting account of their experience with the oxen dying:\n\nWhen we got to the last crossing of the Sweetwater we stoped some 8 or 10 days waiting for teams from the valley which were to meet us there[.] the oxon commenced to die and it was said it was the alkali[.] the people some of them fed a considerable tobacco to their oxon and according to my observation it poisoned the cattle worse than the alkali and caused more death[.] we had one ox taken sick and I gave him about two pound of fat pork and he recovered.\n\nThe other source of pioneer stories that I have found is the memories section of FamilySearch. The stories are attached to their FamilySearch profiles and many times include anecdotes about their Mormon trail experiences that were passed down to children and grandchildren. This one I found particularly wonderful:\n\nAmanda and her family remained in Winter Quarters in 1847 where Amanda became very ill with \u201cblack canker\u201d (an archaic term for diphtheria). Her throat and mouth were so sore she could not eat, and large canker sores as big as 50 cent pieces covered her entire body. Family legend says no one expected she would live until an old woman came to the wagon and said to Amanda\u2019s mother Betsey, \u201cSister Bradley, I think I can cure your daughter.\u201d She gave Betsey a bottle of reddish-brown medicine that looked something like catsup, only it was sweet and had a pleasant flavor. Amanda was administered to by the Elders and took this medicine, a teaspoon full 3 times a day and returned to health. The old lady told Betsey and Amanda how to make this medicine by \u201cburning coppurs and alum on a fire shovel and adding healing goldenseal and other ingredients to it.\u201d\n\nA few days later, I read a story about Phoebe, another ancestor who was at Winter Quarters in 1847 (and was 60 years old at the time):\n\nPhoebe had a reputation for discovering sick or discouraged people and nursing them back to good health. Her talent made her a great asset to the Church in its early years. Her early frontier training gave her a knowledge of herbs and their uses, so she was called upon day and night to help sick people as there were so many in the camps.\n\nI can\u2019t help but wonder if the \u201cold woman\u201d who helped Amanda, my 3rd great grandmother on Grandpa Elder\u2019s side of the family, was Phoebe, my 5th great grandmother on Grandma Elder\u2019s side. There may not be any way to know for sure, but it is wonderful to think about!\n\nThe Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database is not complete. Church historians are working to add the names of all the Mormon pioneers who arrived in Utah before 1869. Their website says, \u201cIt is estimated that between 70,000 and 75,000 people immigrated to Utah between 1847 and 1868. Given this, as of 2015 we are lacking about 15,000 pioneers in the database\u201d (About Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel). They ask that you submit any information you may have to help improve the database. The three types of acceptable sources for modifying the database include primary sources, circumstantial evidence, and secondary sources (How to Use the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database).\n\nDo you have Mormon pioneer ancestors? I hope you\u2019ll share their stories with us on Instagram tagged with #mypioneerancestor. I\u2019ll be sharing one ancestor a day until July 24. Happy Pioneer Day!\n\nLike this:\n\nAbout Nicole Dyer\n\nNicole Dyer is a professional genealogist, lecturer, and creator of FamilyLocket.com and the Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast. She is the co-author of \"Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide\" and author of \"Find Names for the Temple: A Step-by-Step Method for Success.\" Nicole is the publicity chair at the Pima County Genealogy Society. She specializes in Southern United States research, including Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. She holds a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in History Teaching.\n\nThe Mormon Overland Travel Database is a great resource. I had many pioneer ancestors. I am blogging about one of them, Charles Anderson, who was called by the Church to settle in Arizona. He took a 44 day journey to arrive there in 1884. I am following his journal. My blog ishttp://thehoneymoontrail.blogspot.com\n\nMaybe we should follow each other. I have another blog as well\n\nthestephensherwoodletters.blogspot.com\n\nSorry for all this about me. I\u2019m not on instagram. #mypioneerancestor sounds interesting. Maybe I will have to look at instagram, I am working on a database that includes those pioneers who went to Arizona. I am finding inscriptions that were left on the rocks along the way. If you had ancestors who settled in Arizona, please let me know. If not, let\u2019s follow each other anyway :-). I had ancestors who came across the plains from Denmark, Sweden, and England.\n\nThank you for sharing your blogs \u2013 I am looking forward to following them. My husband has ancestors who settled in Arizona, so we will share those with you for the database. Sounds like a great project.\n\nThanks for the note!\n\nSearch\n\nDiana Elder, AG\u00ae, and Nicole Dyer\n\nWe are mother & daughter professional genealogists sharing ideas for finding ancestors and keeping them close to the heart. Check out our \u2018how to\u2019 articles on the blog, then check out our services page for professional research assistance. We are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more about us here. Thanks for visiting!"}
-{"text": "With the deadline to enroll in health insurance fast approaching, DC Health Link and its assister organization, Assist DC, will roll out a full court press for DC residents to get covered during March Madness. While filling out their winning brackets, consumers are encouraged to fill out their applications for affordable health insurance plans."}
-{"text": "Cisco turns to the education sector for cyber security experts\n\nCisco has announced it will be collaborating with the University of South Wales to develop Cyber Security Talent alongside the Welsh Government.\n\nPartnering with the National Cyber Security Academy (NCSA) the total four bodies will join together to create the next generation of cyber security experts, to help reduce the amount of security hacks like the UK has seen over the last year.\n\nUndergraduates studying Applied Cyber Security, Computer Forensics and Computer Security BSc (Hons) course at the University of South Wales will take part in the structured programme with Cisco and other partners. The programme will provide undergraduate students with the skills needed to tackle the cyber security threats the UK is faced with today.\n\nThe partnership hopes to create security experts of the future.Credit: University of South Wales\n\nScot Gardner, CEO Cisco UK & Ireland, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to be working with the University of South Wales on this initiative. With a focus on business innovation and skills, the country\u2019s focus on cyber security is helping address a business critical issue, not only for Wales or the UK but globally.\u201d\n\nCisco will utilise its security capabilities to support the programme with the NCSA by sharing its industry expertise on competency and skills, providing technical software resources and providing students with practical experience to help develop their skills.\n\nStudents taking part in the partnership will gain access to the knowledge and expertise Cisco has and carries out day to day, alongside getting practical experience on the job and how to prevent cyber threats through effective security.\n\nStephen Biggs, who is Head of the NCSA, said: \u201cWe are proud to have such amazing students at our University and believe that by investing in the development of young minds now, we can make a real difference in the future.\n\n\u201cCisco has a strong heritage in both cyber security and skills initiatives, and by working closely with the company\u2019s leading experts, we look forward to seeing the calibre of students that will emerge, who can help solve some of the world\u2019s biggest cyber security challenges.\u201d\n\nThe programme will give students both theory and practical experience, offering them the chance to take on an industry-specific project and potentially being a future Cisco employee.\n\nConcluding, Gardner said: \u201cWe see this as an important step in not only building on a great relationship with specialists in Wales, through the NCSA, but supporting and investing in the development of skills across the UK.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Dell plans to invest US$125 billion over the next five years in China, the company's second largest market outside the U.S.\n\nThe computers and IT services company is also collaborating with the state-controlled Chinese Academy of Sciences to set up an \u201cArtificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Joint-Lab,\u201d and is expanding its own research and development team in the country to focus on technologies aimed at the Chinese market.\n\nThe company already employs nearly 2,000 senior engineers in its research and development team in the country.\n\nAs part of its new \u201cIn China, for China\u201d 4.0 strategy, Dell is promising to contribute about $175 billion to imports and exports and support over 1 million jobs in the country. CEO Michael Dell said the company will integrate its future development planning into Chinese economic development and policies.\n\nThe company also wants to participate in China's \u201cInternet+\u201d national strategy. It has signed an agreement with local company Kingsoft to jointly launch \u201cDell-Kingsoft Cloud\u201d services, which will address China's market for cloud services and technologies.\n\nThe AI lab will focus on research and applications of new computing architectures in the areas of brain information processing and artificial intelligence, and will research cognitive function simulation, deep learning, brain computer simulation, and related new computing systems, according to a statement by Dell on Thursday.\n\nDell Ventures is also entering China with a focus on investing in startups, particularly in the fields of storage, cloud computing, big data, next-generation data center, mobility and security.\n\nTo comment on this article and other PCWorld content, visit our Facebook page or our Twitter feed."}
-{"text": "With respect to writing time and memory efficient programs, I would put forward that one should not concern themselves with execution speed while building code. Such concerns will be mostly a waste of time. Build the program to be robust and easily maintainable, then if it exhibits performance that is not acceptable profile it and improve only those sections that most need to be optimzed. -RexJolliff\n\n\u2212\n\n-----\n\n\u2212\n\nProgramming Guidelines\n\n\u2212\n\nHints to write good code.\n\n\u2212\n\nOriginally collected in the context of the ReactOS project.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\nWrite thread safe code\n\n\u2212\n\nEspecially if you write a library. Your library may be used by an MT-application This applies anyway to the kernel, since the kernel is a library which has to be thread-save per se.\n\n\u2212\n\nWhat differentiates thread safe code from thread unsafe code is the use of global variables. Thread safe code avoids nearly all global variables. This includes also local static variables and class variables. One has to decide carefully wether a variable or data structure is local, thread-global or process-global. Try to eliminate global variables. If this isn't possible and you need a thread-global varable then thread local storage (TLS) is the right thing. If you need a process global variable, then the right thing is a classic global variable. However don't forget to declare it with the volatile modifier. If you don't declare it as volatile, it may happen that two threads hold a copy of the variable in their contexts. So data consistency may not be guaranteed.\n\n\u2212\n\nGlobal data structures are little more difficult. A thread-global structure like a list is no problem, since only the owning thread knows about it. However a process-global structure which gets accessed by multiple threads needs more care. You have to synchonize the accesses of the threads with so called synchronization objects the kernel provides. These help your threads to guarantee a mutual exclusive access to common used data structures. The Mutex is commonly used for this purpose. One Mutex per list is mostly ok. However if such a structure gets accessed very hard, one should considder to use more than one Mutex. One per element is waste of resources. So using Mutexes for several ranges would be a good compromise.\n\n\u2212\n\nThe same applies to kernel-mode. It's only harder and one uses spinlocks to even synchonize threads over multiple processors.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\nvolatile int really_global_i;\n\n\u2212\n\nDWORD tlsi = TlsAlloc();\n\n\u2212\n\nTlsSetValue( tlsi, 95 );\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\nShort:\n\n\u2212\n\nAvoid global variables.\n\n\u2212\n\nUse TLS for thread-global variables.\n\n\u2212\n\nFind the right syncronisation granularity for global structures.\n\n\u2212\n\nWrite multiprocessor-aware code\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\nUse multithreading where possible and useful but judicious.\n\n\u2212\n\nMultithreading is not the holy grail. However there exist multiple examples out in the world where MT would have been appropriate. Win32-GUI apps have usually one GUI-thread and a bunch of workingthreads. It's also possible to have many GUI-threads but this gets complex very fast. It's not that simple to write MT-GUI-apps. However some things are just intuitively threadable. So have a try.\n\n\u2212\n\nAnother thing are server applications. It's just a have to for server apps to be multi-threaded. And fortunately it is no big problem to make a server use multiple threads. However using too many threads is not good, either. A better strategy is to have a pool of sleeping server threads. If a request arrives, it is queued and dispatched to one of the threads. Win32 provides for this purpose the so called I/O-Completion ports. Using this mechanism, all this dispatch and queue work is a minor matter for you.\n\n\u2212\n\nUsing multiple threads wich execute the same code in parallel lead us to another problem. If such a program is run on an SMP or an SMT capable system, a so called cache-aliassing happens. Processor caches are organized in so called cache lines, each of which consists of 32,64 or more bytes. These lines are circular mapped to memory addresses. Result is that addresses that, map to the same cache line, repeat all 8MB or so.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\nOn SMT systems this means that two threads with the same memory access pattern hinder each other. Same memory access pattern happens if the same code was started nearly at the same time and the memory places are 8MB off.\n\n\u2212\n\nOn SMT systems this means that if a thread reads a byte, the processor loads the whole cache line. The same happens on the other virtual processor but some MB off (which maps to the same cache-line). Next time the first processor acceses its address again.\n\n\u2212\n\nNow these two processors have to sync their caches with each other. This happens again and again. Result is that such a program runs faster on an uniprocessor system :-( This gets even worse on SMT-systems, because the two virtual processors share the same cache.\n\n\u2212\n\nThis means also SMT and Cache-aliassing.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-Try to open files shared (esp. SHAREMODE_DELETE)\n\n\u2212\n\n-Make programs to don't care multiple instances\n\n\u2212\n\n-avoid data corruption on crashes.\n\n\u2212\n\n-write preemtible code\n\n\u2212\n\n-Use spinlocks rarely but where needed\n\n\u2212\n\n-raise IRQL as short as possible\n\n\u2212\n\n-think of writing an DPC\n\n\u2212\n\n- remember Unicode/non-Unicode\n\n\u2212\n\n- don't hardcode English phrases into source code\n\n\u2212\n\n- if you must, collect them in one place (easier to localise)\n\n\u2212\n\n- don't create a thread per connected user, use I/O Completion\n\n\u2212\n\nPorts instead\n\n\u2212\n\nHaving one thread to serve all users is a bad idea. It urges users to wait an undefined time rather than being served slower. A solution is to create one thread for every user. However this is a bad idea, too. It's OK if you serve a determinable maximum of queries. But if you can't determine how many queries will arive, you better use the comfortable I/O Completion Ports. The thing with creating one and another server thread is: Mostly your thread does I/O operations (HD access). Invoking too many threads doesn't hurt the OS but your I/O subsystem. You get something like thrashing. The single thread's I/Os hinder each other to be finished and the whole thing gets slower and capacity melts.\n\n\u2212\n\nSo restricting to a number of server threads is the best idea. One could program such a behaviour by hand or use the I/O completion ports.\n\n\u2212\n\nExample:\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-Think of changing writing directions\n\n\u2212\n\nLeft to right reading order is not the only direction to read and write text on the globe. There exist also right to left reading order as in hebrew and top to down reading order as in japanese. Whereas one legal reading order in japanese is also left to right. So you can restrict yourself to these two orders. This means that <help me>\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n- (?) Use a GUI with layoutmanager rather than pixel positioning of controls\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-write time and memory efficient programs\n\n\u2212\n\nMemory sizes get always bigger and processors get always faster. But programs get always less efficient. OK, enough. This seems to be just an advice, because everyone has to decide and design ones application by ones own. At least these hints: Keep in mind that you can use memory mapped files. This gives you easier access to your file data and you do not have to rebuild the whole data world in memory. This is a thing you should always avoid: like some bad games, occupy one gig on HD and if started, the same amount in swapspace. If you work object oriented, use references for object parameters. This avoids a copy constructor to be called twice. One time for the temporal object, one time for the higher level variable. Avoid copying of redundant data through an object hierarchy. This means, do not pass a set of variables to the next deeper object and so on but use an intelligent design with pointers.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-avoid memory leaks\n\n\u2212\n\nEasier said than done. Memory leaks are always an offence. There's nothing one can really do to never have a memory leak. However take these hints. You can use a language which has a garbage collector, like Eiffel. In C, your only option is to be more careful and always write pairs of malloc and free. If you use C++ there exist the techniques of auto pointers and smart pointers. For how to use them, see the corresponding literature.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-- There are [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ garbage collectors for C and C++] - Jakov\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-put plenty of comments into your code\n\n\u2212\n\n-think of block comments which explain a whole module and the play tog.\n\n\u2212\n\n-find the right balance between abstraction and straight forward.\n\n\u2212\n\n-Don't make redundant copies of program data.\n\n\u2212\n\n-to be continued.......\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-If using assembler, always implement an alternative way in C or what you use\n\n\u2212\n\nReactOS is or will be a multi platform OS. Having nice fast assembler pieces for time critical operations is good. However there has to be an alternative written in C, always. Only this guarantee enables ROS to compile on every of it's target platforms. At last one hint: The first goal is always to make a piece of code running. If we find this piece to be a bottleneck, we'll optimize it and possibly write it in assembler.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-Preserve the meta information of files you use.\n\n\u2212\n\nOn ReactOS-filesystems files may have lots of additional information. This includes timestamps, attributes, access control lists, multiple filestreams and extended attributes. Not every filesystem provides every feature. But if it does, it is anoying for a user who works with these informations, if a program destroys the meta information. At most this happens when copying or packing files or when saving a file. These programs just create a new file and store the content from the old one to the new. Afterwards they delete the old and rename the new one. Generally the optimal way would be to memory map the original and use its mapped data to directly for r/o access. If changes are required, because the user works with the program, a self made copy-on-write mechanism goes on and makes a working copy. If the user wants to save his changes, the changed structures are written back through the memorymapping.\n\n\u2212\n\nIf this is not an alternative for you, remember to use the parameter hTemplateFile of the CreateFile-Call.\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n\u2212\n\n-Do not use absolute paths; don't imply path names.\n\n\u2212\n\nObvious, isn't it? As you know, drive letters (what a pain) vary from system to system. So including drive letters in paths is bad. Rather use relative paths or local paths. Also paths are no axioms on windows systems. The \u201eProgram files\u201c-directory for example changes it's spelling from localisation to localisation. On win32 there do exist the functions GetWindowsDirectory and GetSystemDirectory. With these functions you can resolve the differences between the single installations and localisations."}
-{"text": "New York, Sept. 11: Tyco International has selected David J. FitzPatrick, a senior vice-president and chief financial officer of the United Technologies Corp, to be its new chief financial officer as it tries to restore the company\u2019s credibility among investors, executives briefed on the appointment said.\n\nA spokesman for Tyco declined to comment Tuesday night, but United Technologies issued a statement confirming that FitzPatrick had stepped down to accept the job at Tyco.\n\nAt Tyco, FitzPatrick, who is 48, will succeed Mark H. Swartz, who had been criticised by investors for arcane and opaque financial manoeuvres.\n\nSwartz was also a longtime colleague and friend of Tyco\u2019s former chairman and chief executive, L. Dennis Kozlowski, who resigned a day before he was indicted on charges that he evaded more than $ 1 million in New York sales taxes."}
-{"text": "Denham Capital and Three of its Portfolio Companies to Commit under the Power Africa initiative\n\nDenham Capital Management and three of its portfolio companies \u2013 Endeavor Energy Holdings, BioTherm Energy, and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) \u2013 will jointly each commit under the Power Africa initiative. Denham Capital is a leading energy-focused global private equity firm advising funds with approximately $7.3 billion of invested and committed capital. Endeavor, BioTherm and FRV are all privately-owned companies focused on investing in power generation facilities in Africa that expect to operate in, among others, the following African countries: Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria. Over the next several years, as part of their commitment to the Power Africa Initiative, Endeavor, BioTherm and FRV intend to:\n\nTo Advance the Power Africa goal of providing access to clean, reliable energy in West Africa, Endeavor, BioTherm and FRV seek to invest in 1,000MW of power generation in West Africa \u2013 including wind power generation, solar power generation and thermal power generation, representing total investment of over $1.0 billion, with a special focus on Ghana. Endeavor seeks to provide as much as 800MW of thermal power generation in Ghana representing a total investment of over $0.8 billion.\n\nEndeavor, BioTherm and FRV seek to invest an additional 1,000MW of power generation in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria \u2013 including wind power generation, solar power generation and thermal power generation, representing an additional total investment of over $1.0 billion.\n\nThese planned activities are expected to increase the quantity of power available to Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria by 2,000MWs, which has the potential to benefit roughly 2 million households and businesses or more by providing much need power generation."}
-{"text": "Planning. Weeknights need planning. Tonight we had 45 minutes between work and the daughter's school music program so dinner needed to be ready and quick.Chicken cooked in tomato sauce in the crock pot is a standard in our house.\n\nOne 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes with basil and garlic, one pound of boneless skinless chicken breasts, one small bag of baby carrots, eight hours in the crock pot. Boil your favorite noodles. Done.\n\nSometimes dinner is indeed that easy. And the kids sang beautifully. Happy Monday."}
-{"text": "MUSICK: Quenneville preaching intensity\n\nPublished: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 5:30 a.m. CDT\n\nCaption\n\n(Nam Y. Huh)\n\nChicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville, top right, yells to his team during the first period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild in Chicago, Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)\n\nST. PAUL, Minn. \u2013 Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville gathered his players in the right faceoff circle during practice Monday at the Xcel Energy Center.\n\nClearly, this was a lecture rather than a conversation.\n\nIt was a mostly calm lecture, but a lecture nonetheless.\n\n\u201cWhen he screams and yells, sometimes it\u2019s the same stuff,\u201d Hawks winger Bryan Bickell said afterward when I asked about the mid-practice conference. \u201cBut when he starts to talk like normal human beings, everybody gets their ears open and we listen.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s our leader. He puts us together to make us the best.\u201d\n\nThe Hawks are in good hands with their gruff, occasionally normal-human-being coach.\n\nAnother hostile crowd and the same hungry opponent will greet the Hawks when they take the ice against the Minnesota Wild for Game 4 of the Western Conference quarterfinals. The Hawks lead the series, 2-1, and need to win to maintain their advantage instead of slipping into a 2-2 stalemate.\n\nSo far, the series has shown that the Hawks are more talented but the Wild are more truculent. Although the Hawks have outshot the Wild by 20, the Wild have outhit the Hawks by 25.\n\nThat\u2019s why Quenneville called his players together in a corner of the ice for his State of the Hawks address. His talking points were clear based on his pointed comments to reporters after practice.\n\n\u201cI\u2019d like to see a very intense team,\u201d Quenneville said. \u201cI think if you watch other playoff series, you can see it, whether it\u2019s the animosity, the hatred, the battles. It\u2019s playoff hockey.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s the level we\u2019ve got to get to.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s tough to imagine anyone better suited than Quenneville to push the Hawks to that level.\n\nOne week from Friday, the NHL will announce its three finalists for the annual Jack Adams Award, which is given to the league\u2019s top coach. Quenneville, who won the award as the St. Louis Blues coach during the 1999-2000 season, deserves to become a two-time winner based on his work this season.\n\nThe Hawks arrived to training camp with plenty of ability, but Quenneville molded the group into a regular-season superpower. As a coach, he has a hands-on style without being a micromanager, which has earned the respect of his veteran locker room.\n\nDuring a sluggish Game 3, Quenneville tinkered with his top lines by pairing Kane with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp in the third period. On Monday, Quenneville returned to status quo, pairing Kane with Sharp and Michael Handzus, while Toews centered Brandon Saad and Marian Hossa.\n\nHawks players were not surprised to return to their previous line combinations. It was a sign of patience and respect from Quenneville, although that quickly could change with another playoff dud.\n\n\u201cThis year, there hasn\u2019t been too much change in the lines unless there have been injuries,\u201d Kane said. \u201cHe\u2019s kept everything pretty much the same.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit different when you get down a goal or you\u2019re trying to catch up. Usually, he\u2019ll put some different players together to maybe create a spark.\n\n\u201cI think that\u2019s something he knows how to do. He\u2019s coached a lot of games in the league.\u201d\n\nCorrect.\n\nOnly five coaches in NHL history have won more regular-season games than Quenneville, who has a remarkable record of 660-389-77-85 (the third number is from the days when games ended in ties). Those ahead of Quenneville are Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, Dick Irvin, Pat Quinn and Mike Keenan, all of whom coached for at least 20 years and the first three of whom are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.\n\nIn the playoffs, Quenneville also has proved to be a winner.\n\nEntering today, the Hawks\u2019 coach has 74 career playoff wins, which is No. 8 all time. He needs four more wins to surpass Pat Burns and nine more wins to surpass Toe Blake, another Hall of Famer.\n\nAll of those numbers add up to one big fact for Hawks players.\n\nIf you want a W, put your trust in Q.\n\nIn other words, keep your mouth closed and your ears open.\n\n\u201cWhen he says something, you listen,\u201d Hawks center Marcus Kruger said after Quenneville\u2019s lecture. \u201cThat was something we had to hear.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nThursday, 15 November 2018\n\nThe AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter 'did not respond to pilot's command' in Leicester City crash\n\ntaking off, seconds before crashing. Captured by BT Sport\n\nThe UK's Civil Aviation Authority Air Accidents Investigation Branch has released an initial interim report into the helicopter crash at Leicester City Football Club that caused the death of five people, including the clubs chairman and owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.\n\nThe report detailed the route the helicopter had taken in the hours before the tragic crash on 27th October. The report indicates the helicopters first flight of the day was from its Fairoaks Airport base in Surrey with the pilot and one passenger on board to go to the London Heliport in Battersea on the banks of the Thames. There it picked up three more passengers before it flew up to Leicester and landed at Leicester City Football Club's training ground at Belvoir Drive. It is then understood that those onboard went to the King Power stadium to watch the match. The pilot and one passenger returned to the training ground, to fly the helicopter back to the stadium and landed in the centre of the pitch. It picked up three people and took off on a flight that was due to go to London's Stanstead airport. However, less than 40 seconds after lifting off, the helicopter started to turn right \"contrary to the pilot's left pedal command\" the AAIB report states. The cause of the apparent loss of control is still being investigated.\n\nAfter taking off, the helicopter, an AgustaWestland AW169 \"entered an increasing right yaw contrary to the pilot's left pedal command\" states the reports, it reached an estimated height of 430ft before it descended and crashed in an \"approximately upright position\". There was no indication or evidence at this stage, the report also states, of the helicopter hitting a drone or having suffered any other interference.\n\nThe Air Accidents Investigation Branch advised that extra safety checks have been ordered on the tail rotor mechanism of helicopters of a similar type to the AgustaWestland AW169 that crashed \"As a priority\".\n\nThe five people that died in the crash have been confirmed as Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, Kaveporn Punpare and Nusara Suknamai, pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz.\n\nChief Aviation Correspondent.\nJason has many years experience of the aviation and media industries. He has written numerous articles, reports and features for various publications and is the author of a number of both nonfiction and fiction books.\n\nTranslate\n\nFollow us on twitter\n\nLike us on facebook\n\nAir101\n\nSearch our site\n\nSearch the web\n\nMeet the team\n\nJason Shaw.\n\nJason Shaw's love of the aviation industry started at a young age when he used to watch the whirlybirds of Bristow Helicopters coming and going from the garden of his Surrey childhood home. Since those days he's worked in a number of key areas within the aviation industry from airlines, travel agents, holiday companies and product selection to reporting on it for local radio and making video travel brochures.\n\nJason is also an experienced broadcaster, having presented on radio, television, corporate videos and video travel brochures. He's an avid writer and written a number of books, articles, features and reports. He also loves to travel and his favourite destinations include Port Douglas, Singapore and Copenhagen.\n\nJoshua Jordan.\n\nJosh loves to travel and has a passionate interest in the airline industry. He's worked in both travel and the media for a number of years. His voice can often be heard on Internet-based radio stations as well and the odd commercial! The destination he calls his favourite is - New York.\n\nAdam Shaw\n\nAdam is the youngest member of the team, no relation to Jason and like the rest of the team, he has a keen interest in airlines, aircraft and aviation. His favourite destination is Prague and has just started taking flying lessons."}
-{"text": "Ogre Revolt\n\nThe Ogre Revolt was the onslaught on Ebonhawke created by newly created brandedogres and hyenas, led by Chief Kronon, shortly after Kralkatorrik awoke and flew south. At this time, a celebration was being held in honor of Queen Jennah for the fixing of Ebonhawke's asura gate and the promise of refuge and support by Kryta. The branded slaughtered an encampment of charr laying siege to the city fortress before breaking through their walls with ease and began to slaughter the Ebon Vanguard and Seraph inside. Logan Thackeray showed up to defend Jennah and in turn recruited the aid of charr prisoners within the dungeons to fight alongside the humans. Even with this aid, however, the branded were still winning with ease until Jennah created an illusion of Kralkatorrik transforming the humans. At the end of the battle, Jennah ordered the charr to be set free due to the new threat.\n\nThere were 133 Seraph slain during the event, including Logan Thackeray's brother Dylan. The conflict was indirectly responsible for the dissolving of Destiny's Edge, as Logan deserted his friends to save Queen Jennah."}
-{"text": "02473cam a22002657 4500001000600000003000500006005001700011008004100028100002600069245015200095260006600247490004100313500001900354520131700373530006101690538007201751538003601823690006601859690006901925700002201994710004202016830007602058856003702134856003602171w4547NBER20180222000134.0180222s1993 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aEschweiler, Bernhard.10aRules, Discretion, and Central Bank Independenceh[electronic resource]:bThe German Experience 1880-1989 /cBernhard Eschweiler, Michael D. Bordo. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc1993.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w4547 aNovember 1993.3 aTheories of rules and discretion suggest that monetary policy rules are first best in terms of social welfare. However, if commitment is not feasible, delegating monetary policy to an independent and conservative central bank can be second best. Monetary policy in Germany during the past one hundred years provides an excellent case to assess the empirical evidence on the use of rules and central bank independence in monetary policy making. Since the creation of a central monetary authority in 1876, Germany has participated in four monetary regimes: the pre-war gold standard, the inter-war gold standard, the Bretton-Woods system, and the floating exchange rate regime. The bottom line of our analysis is that monetary policy in Germany was always geared toward maintaining price stability with the exception of the two world war periods. Germany relied both on rules and discretion with central bank independence to achieve the goal of price stability. A comparison of the Classical Gold Standard regime with the floating exchange rate regime suggests that society under the floating exchange rate regime with central bank independence was better off. However, this comparison ignores the historical difference in output shocks and the possibility that society became more inflation averse over time. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aN13 - Europe: Pre-19132Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aN14 - Europe: 1913\u20132Journal of Economic Literature class.1 aBordo, Michael D.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w4547.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w454741uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w4547"}
-{"text": "Search Site\n\nThursday, September 06, 2018\n\nIn search of Deep Throat\n\nThe greatest disappointment about the anonymous NYT op-ed? We have a corrupt and scandal-plagued administration and an anonymous source talking publicly, but no good porn movies after which to name that anonymous source. Perhaps something off Stormy Daniels' IMDB page."}
-{"text": "A dashing white sleigh against a bright red background, its runners spelling out the word \"Cheers\" -- what could be more fun for the holidays? This horizontal foldover card opens to display the personal message you compose, in the ink color of your choice (matte silver is shown), with plenty of leftover space for everyone to sign their name (or even stamp their paw print, as the case may be!). Upgrade the white wallet-flap envelopes that come with your cards, if you like, by choosing a bold liner (Lei Red is shown here) or changing the flap to the dramatic Swiss style pictured. Send a reminder of the simple joys of winter with this festive holiday card!"}
-{"text": "Using Shareit, you can transfer your files over from some of the different devices. For example, if you have a smartphone, tablet or computer, you can use a direct Wi-Fi connection, and this lets you share and send your photos, files, videos and apps as needed over to other devices. Sending videos, photos and apps is the core feature of Sharteit, which lets you transfer your files between different people, and you never have to use cloud storage to make use of it. With this system, some of the shareable things include:\n\nApps\n\nMusic Files\n\nVideos\n\nPhotos\n\nDocuments\n\nThe platform does not matter because Shareit will only communicate with the other devices that have been Shareit enabled. With Shareit, the data does not get transferred through a general Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection. Instead of doing that, Shareit makes use of a direct wireless connection, and you can connect up to five different devices up to a small network. After that has been connected to other devices, you can send files and receive them. You can also clone your devices so that you can send the contents over to other devices. Shareit is a multiplatform that includes the Windows PC.\n\nNot All Good Things\n\nUnfortunately, while Shareit does offer a multiplatform to share from, that can also become a double-edged sword at times. For example, being multiplatform can cause problems if you have to troubleshoot the connection or there are issues with using different devices. Shareit does not use Bluetooth or a Wi-Fi network, and as a result, you will have to create a direct connection with the other devices. What that means is that the device will create a hotspot and other devices will be able to connect to it.\n\nWhat the app does not tell you is how you will have to adjust your Wi-Fi settings before you can make use of this. You will visit the \"settings\" menu, and there are options that you can select like, \"Prefer hotspot.\" This lets you send and receive your files, but what the app never mentions is how your devices can create such hotspots so that you can share data. The system can also be somewhat buggy, and there are times where the app will freeze. When this happens, you will have to restart Shareit on both devices if you will want the transfer to work.\n\nThe Positives of Shareit\n\nThe biggest reason to use this software is because when it does work, it works at lightning fast speeds. You can transfer pictures very fast, and after the file transfers have been completed, the app will disable the wireless connection used, and it will go back to the old original connection. As a result, you will have to revisit the steps of creating another hotspot.\n\nShareit: Easy to Use?\n\nWhile the software developers claim that the system is simple to use, the biggest problem is how it can be somewhat confusing at times if you are the average user. It's not that this is a bad software, but it could definitely benefit from a little extra polish. Because there is no explanation of how to use it and no instructions, that can make it frustrating to someone just starting on it. While closing your hotspot connection is a fairly intuitive process, you have to go back through all the steps of transferring, and not only is this inconvenient, it can also be annoying. Shareit makes sense for video, but you also have to watch the size that you will share. While Shareit makes the promise of ease of use, the company has not quite reached that goal.\n\nWhy Shareit Has Such Attraction\n\nWhat has made Shareit have such an attraction is because it does not use mobile data, USB, cable or Bluetooth. You can share between completely different operating systems like Windows, iOS or Android. What's more, you can quickly share this information with up to five devices at a time, and you can share numerous files and folders with an unlimited file space. The sharing speed can reach up to 20M/sec, which is around 200 times the speed of Bluetooth. In addition, you have auto detect, and that will allow you to connect to the surrounding devices. However, if you have an Android, the compact capacity will only be 5.6 MB. You can also notify your friends about the file size, the sending time and the list of connected devices. That gives you better management over receiving and sending your files as needed.\n\nOffline? That Could Be a Problem\n\nWith Shareit, you cannot send or receive files when one of the devices has gone offline. This can become somewhat of a problem. In addition, you can only share and connect from short distances because iOS devices will occupy around 29.6 MB, and that requires a 6.0 iOS version or better. You will also have to deal with annoying popups and advertisements that will have an impact on the sharing process. Also, you should understand that Shareit does not offer total security. There are vulnerabilities that could allow for a virus or other form of malware to enter.\n\nIs Shareit worth your time? To be honest, there are some better photo sharing apps out there, and this software could benefit from some polishing up. However, it does get a lot right, and if you want fast transfers across multiplatforms, then Shareit can perform exceptionally well to compete with the best. While there are some drawbacks, there is nothing that will significantly affect your sharing speed, and that is what matters the most here."}
-{"text": "After re-reading many of your articles I just wanted to ask you.......\nHow do you answer to those who say Federalism for Iran is wrong?\n\nI have heard people recently coming out with comments such as \"Iran has to many ethnic groups, they will start getting greedy and become separatists, if Iran goes Federal\". What is your answer to these people?\n\nGood to see you young Grasshopper! How are you and what\u2019s up? I thought you moved to Katmandu!\n\nYou bring up the most important and interesting subjects for discussion! As a matter of fact it is in my bag of tricks to soon write a vast research about the \u201cHistory of Federalism in Iran\u201d.\n\nLet\u2019s face it, the only people who are against Federalism in Iran are Muslim and Monarchists. Both of these groups are believers in outdated and dead ideologies. The first ones are ruling Iran now and the second ones used to rule Iran before 1979. They both insist on Centralism because this is the only way that they can control, oppress and rule over the people. They get their power by absolute divine control from Allah.\n\nCentralism in Iran was created by Islam. Iranian Traditional Colonial Monarchy was created by Safavids. Monarchy and Shiite go hand in hand.\n\nOn the other hand, in Federalism, the central government gets their power from the people. The people have the power who runs the states and the states in combination are the backbones of the nation.\n\nIn a Federal System, people rule the government not vice versa! Government is the servant of the people. In an Islamic regime or a Monarchy, it is vice versa!\n\nIn Islam, Imam rules over the people.\nIn Monarchy, Shah rules over the people.\nIn a Federal System, people rule over the Government.\n\nIran is not a nation of unified race, culture, ethnicities, religions and languages. Iran is not Germany or Japan. Iran in reality is not a nation, but she is an Empire of multi cultures, races, religions and ethnicities. Such country can only survive as a unified empire, by granting rights to her minorities and many cultures.\n\nIn a Federal System, the only factor which unifies the nation is Federalism and internal autonomy of states. The nation does not get unified by a Shah or an Imam! This is a joke and cartoonish! This is unscientific and humorous! This is illogical!\n\nIn a federal system, each state has absolute autonomy except for the matters of National Security (Military), Foreign Policy (Diplomacy) and National Trades (Federal Economy). Every other aspect of state governments are ran by the people of that state.\n\nFact:\n\nThe most glorious era in history of Iran was the Achaemenid Empire who was the sole superpower on Earth. After Achaemenids, no other dynasty or regime or system could ever match their glory. In Achaemenid\u2019s era, Iran ruled the world! How was that? Federalism is the key word.\n\nAchaemenid Empire was a Federal Empire. The states (Khashtarahs) even had internal military, economy and semi foreign policy control. However, all the states were under the absolute supervision and orders of Persepolis. This is how the Founding Fathers Cyrus and Darius designed the Iranian system.\n\nThe reason for collapse of Achaemenids where many such as corruption, economical, brutal force of Alexander, savagery of Greeks, internal chaos, treason and betrayal, political divisions, etc., but never the Federalism!\n\nFederalism was what kept Iran great. Islam is Centralism and invented Centralism in Iran. Centralism is what we had in Pahlavi Era and what we have today in IRI. In both regimes, minorities would separate if they were allowed. Hypothetically, if tomorrow you hold a referendum, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Baluchistan, Turkmenistan, Khuzestan, etc. will all separate from Iran! Everyone hates Central system. No one likes to be oppressed by Tehran. People want their own independence and autonomy.\n\nWhy would we want to make the minorities to hate us by centralism?\nWhy would we want to force the minorities to stick with us?\n\nWhy don\u2019t we win the hearts of the minorities?\nWhy don\u2019t we respect the minorities\u2019 humanities?\n\nIran is an Empire of many cultures, languages, religions and ethnicities. The only solution to keep this empire united is Federalism which means Equal Rights for All.\n\nTo force this empire united by the power of a Shah or Imam leads in catastrophe. This is what happened in 1979 and this is what will happen to IRI in the future.\n\nPahlaviists (Today\u2019s Monarchists) and Islamists (Today\u2019s Hezbollah) are a bunch of backward, fanatical dead worshipers with limited intellectual capabilities and narrow global visions. They can\u2019t see beyond the tips of their noses and their little Herds and Tribes. They still live in the 7th century or 1970s. Their ideologies are flawed, illogical and corrupt.\n\nIranians said no to Monarchy on 1978 and they have politically destroyed Monarchy.\n\nI, on the other hand, have philosophically and logically destroyed Monarchy over here and everyone with brains are well aware of it:\n\nSo those with logic can judge for themselves that Monarchy and Islam are elements of the past and they will play no part in the future political evolution of Iran.\n\nOn the other hand, the fanatics, the dogmatists and the Reactionary are destined to stick with the elements of the past rather than grasping the obvious future. You can\u2019t logic with dogma! You can\u2019t logic with Monarchists and Muslim.\n\n2500 years ago Cyrus and Darius understood Federalism. Xerxes grasped the wisdom of the fathers and he established the largest Empire in history of Iran.\n\nMohamad Reza Pahlavi was ignorant of Federalism. This is why he Fragged Iran on 1979 and handed it to Muslim. In returns, Imams are also ignorant of Federalism and they will bring Iran to the edge of destruction and separatism. Mark my word.\n\nMonarchy and Islam are both garbage and done with.\n\nThe Future is the Government of People for the People and by the People.\nThe Future is A Free, Democratic, Secular Federal Republic of Iran.\nThe Future is a Scientific and a Logical Regime in Iran.\nThe Future is Equal Rights for All.\n\nA trip to Katmandu is necessary for your spirit and soul. It will revive, rejuvenate and recharge your psyche and soul. It is the ultimate inspiration point in isolated corner of Himalayas. The amazing glory of this place cannot be fit in to words. It is a Shargri-La!\n\nThis poem of mine defines the desired and ideal living environment and state of mind as Shangri-La. In this poem, metaphorically I designed the future of Iran as Shangri-La. I was inspired by Katmandu and Tibetan Utopia, as I wrote this poem.\n\nTo have a healthy mind, you need a healthy body. Yin and Yang must be equal. If you noticed, the Favicon (little IPC icon in your top browser navigation bar and URL address) is Yin Yang.\n\nYin and Yang must have a balance. This is Nietzsche, beyond Good and Evil. This is Kung Fu. This is the fundamental philosophy of Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Zoroastrianism and Nietzsche. There must be a balance of Good and Evil in your body and soul to complete you or else you will not be in the clear. This is what Faravahar means!\n\nTo gain absolute \u201cClear\u201d, control of your soul, state of peace, state of clarity, state of serenity, most important the \u201cHomeostasis\u201d, you must seek the perfect \u201cInspiration Point\u201d to meditate, gather your thoughts, review your life and actions. On the mountain range of Himalayas in Katmandu, you will find what you are looking for. Damavand Mountain Range in Iran has also beautiful inspiration points.\n\nWhen you will sit squat cross-legged (Buddha, Yoga or Persian Sitting Style) on top of a massive rock in Himalayas (like you sit on the side of a traditional Persian Sofreh on the floor to eat), and put your hands together under your chin in a prayer motion, close your eyes and practically your spirit transports your soul out of your body, flying around Himalayas, breathing the fresh clean mountain air and state of absolute silence \u2026\u2026 you will have your out of body experience in your state of absolute \u201cHomeostasis\u201d. You will find peace and after this experience, you will be \u201cIn The Clear\u201d. You can meditate for hours at a time using Tai Chi slow motions or just squatting, sitting cross-legged, or sitting parallel-legged on the mountain tops. You will become one with your soul.\n\nThis will be an experience of a lifetime. At that moment you will think of what I am telling you right now and you will tell yourself: \u201cAhreeman is Wise\u201d!\n\nIt is essential for you to go to Katmandu, it is a soul pilgrimage to a Shangri-La.\n\nWhen on top of that rock starring at the world below, speak a \u201cGood Word\u201d for me and have me in your thoughts. This would be refreshing for my soul, even though I shall be absent from this experience.\n\nTo build your body and mind and to prepare both for our future \u201cNationalist Revolution\u201d of Iran, you must self educate your mind and self build your body. This is your mission. No one will help you in this mission but some will inspire you through this mission. I will be one of those inspirations. Grasp the inspiration and use it wisely to balance your Yin and Yang and achieve absolute Homeostasis to become in \u201cThe Clear\u201d.\n\nYour Sacred Mission\n\nYou and others like you are the future of our movement. You are the future of IPC and Iran. You have a mission and this mission is sacred. Without this Mission, your life means nothing and it is worthless. You will be just another Iranian Young Cattle amongst the herd of the Cabaret, Disco and Concert Scene in London or LA. You will be just another Ant in the Ant Aquarium, not knowing who you are and why you are here! Another Iranian degenerate with the identity problem:\n\nThere are those who make things happen.There are those who watch things happen.There are those who don\u2019t know what has happened!\n\nWhich one are you?\n\nOn top of Himalayas, think about everything that we talked before and everything that we are talking about right now.\n\n\u201cbut I decided to start a Post-Graduate course and boost my chances of better prospects for the future first. I am now doing an MBA in International Management. \u201c\n\nGood move. Education is power of the mind. Education first.\n\n\u201cOne of the major benefits is that through it I have had to improve my English and standard of essays.\u201d\n\nYes indeed.\n\n\u201cThat book you recommended to me has been the answer to my prayers; I do not know what I would have done without it.\u201d\n\nThat book saved many people\u2019s lives including myself. Actually I should post it in the IPC Bookstore for all to read.\n\nThat book is specifically made for someone like you who will be one of the upcoming star authors of IPC to enlighten the youth.\n\nAvoid Grammar, spelling and punctuation errors. You had a few over here! Run spell checks in MS word and avoid just posting rhetorics without reading them first, to make sure they are error free. Avoid being another illiterate Iranian youth!\n\nAs I told you before: You want to be an author? Read and practice what the book says. Only then, you will be good enough to write in IPC. I am counting on you and looking forward for your future articles and books.\n\n\u201cI was also going to ask, I remember reading one of your articles regarding your opinion on Mossadeq, by which you referred to him as a \"selfish old man\". May I ask your full opinion on this matter?\u201d\n\nOn Mossadeq and Jebhe Meli\n\nThat would require a book! Again you bring up the most interesting subjects out of the shade and in to the IPC Spotlight!\n\nCorrection from Ahreemanic Digital Memory:\n\nI mostly called Mossadeq an \u201cArrogant and Selfish Old Fool\u201d not a \u201cSelfish Old Man\u201d! You are being too kind on Mossadeq (unlike me)!\n\nWhen it comes to False Heroes and Empty Legends, Mossadeq comes nothing short of Mohamad Reza Pahlavi. One group of Brain Drained Gusaleh (Monarchists) worship the second and the other group of Brain Drained Gusaleh (Jebheis) worship the first! Iranian Gav O Guspandan are always in need of worshiping a hero but being a nobody themselves! Robots they are, cattle from the various herds they are. They follow the false legends to give meaning to their empty lives!\n\nMossadeq and Jebhe Meli could make Iran Heaven by Reforming The Imperial Regime from the within because the Imperial Regime was reformable. Instead, throughout the history, Jebhe Meli and its leaders: Mossadeq, Sanjabi, Bazargan, Forouhar, Boroumand, Varjavand, other Dayus chose another path!\n\nThis path was to opportunistically share power with the dictators (Tudehi Comrade Chairmen or Shah or Imam) as needed for their own desires to gain power and wealth. In addition, they never helped to truly reform the reformable Imperial Regime, instead they done their best to destroy it and create chaos in Iran for their own glory. Ironically, these same cockroaches (Jebheis) tried to reform the unreformable IRI from the within and under the framework of the Islamic constitution!\n\nMossadeq is the one who started this opportunistic self serving political machine (Jebhe Meli) who betrayed Iran and Iranians for decades! Treason after treason and after another treason. The list goes on, leaders change but Jebheis are the ultimate Low Lives of the Iranian politics without any dignity or principles. They will sell their mothers for $ 5. Let me try to explain who Jebheis are. How should I put it in to words? It\u2019s hard but let me try:\n\nMonarchists are intellectually inferior and fanatically backward Neanderthals.ButMossadeqists (Jebheis) are Self Serving, Power Hungry, Opportunistic Snakes of the Iranian politics.\n\nIn other words:\n\nMonarchists are idiots.ButMossadeqists are Cleaver Snakes!\n\nThey will back stab you without hesitation! Madar Qahbegi is their motto! No one can top Jebheis is Madar Qahbegi and Vatan Foroushi!\n\nIn the future, I will vastly write articles about this self serving, narrow minded old fool Mossadeq, who many historically ignorant Iranians worship him as a Hero of Democracy, but for now be satisfied to read these pieces to get more enlightened about Mossadeq:\n\nMossadeq was planning to kick Shah out, end Monarchy, but not turning Iran in to a Democracy but a Nationalist Dictatorship. He was an arrogant and selfish old fool. Most Iranian youth are too historically illiterate to know the true Mossadeq, and Jebheis are too criminals to even speak the truth about Mossadeq!\n\nJebhe Meli is an exclusive club for wanna be in-tell-egg-chew-alls. They would run Iran the same that they ran their Internet Forum (before your time), a perfect Dictatorship. It is a good thing that they never gained power (except those 2 days of Mossadeq\u2019s rule)!\n\nA Fundamental Question?\n\nLet me ask you a question:\n\nHow can a Movement (Jebhe Meli) be so criminal and treacherous throughout the history, but its founder, and head guru (Mossadeq) be an infallible holy man?\n\nThis is contradictory!After all, garbage produces garbage, no?It is only logical!\n\n\u201cThank you and kind regards,\n\nAryan\u201d\n\nYou are welcomed.\n\nRemember a few points:\n\nWhatever the public believes and preaches is always far from reality, simply because the public by majority are not intellectuals, logical and most important, historians!\n\nDon\u2019t hesitate to shoot anymore questions.\n\nNow,\n\nIs the Missus from Katmandu?\nAre you going to continue for PhD after the Masters?\nHow are your studies coming along?\nHow is your Self Education coming along?\nHow are your Writing skills coming along?\nHow is life and marriage?\n\nA Constitutional Monarchist\nA National Islamist (Meli Mazhabi)\nA Socialist Leftist\nA Democratic Republican\n\nHe ate the bread by the price of the day (Persian Expression). In nature, the same as Shah, he was a Muslim. If you go to Iran and visit his shrine (mausoleum), you will see a picture of Ali on the wall and a Quran on his tomb.\n\nWithout noticing the amount of power he had, he wanted to face off with Britain, USA and Monarchy! Eventually he was planning to become a Fuhrer. If succeeded, he would establish the same situation as Monarchy, but milder and in the name of a Republic!\n\nJebhe Meli would rule Iran and Mossadeq would become the Fuhrer. On the other hand, he was blind to see the power of the Tudeh Party. Communists would swallow Iran, Jebhe and Mossadeq in one shot!\n\nAny way you look at it, it was a lose lose situation.\n\nHowever in earlier years, I used to defend 28 Mordad because I believed Marxists and Soviets would kick Mossadeq out and take over Iran.\n\nToday I believe 28 Mordad was not so good after all! I would cheer for Mossadeq to overthrow Shah! Do you know why? 2 possible conditions:\n\na) Mossadeq would establish a Democratic Republic.b) Marxists would rule\n\nIn both conditions, Iranians would be much more educated to allow Islam to take over in 1979!\n\nSorry it took some time to write back, I have been very busy with assignments lately.\n\nRegarding *SHANGRI-LA*\n\nDoes this imply that you may be irreligious, but yet you may still have a spiritual side?\n\nRegarding *Ying and Yang*\n\nDoes this imply that for one to have a balance of good and evil, one must therefore perform evil acts as well as good ones?\n\nRegarding *Persian Mythology*\n\nI would have said a good word about you anyway, I will let you know when I am going before I go.........By the way........ Thank you Sensai ;) For your wise words of course.\n\nYour Sacred Mission\n\nThe problem with many Iranian youths is that they are all in inherited talk, by that I mean they are virtually human dictaphones of their parents. In reality they barely know of Iran's rich culture and heritage, and with that bare no real nationalism but rather hollow patriotism. To them politics and Iran's affairs bore them and it doesn't interest them. So long as they go to their concerts, wear their football jerseys and smoke their Shishas; they are happy to call themselves Iranian. The problem in my opinion is that if everyone were to think this way (not that the majority do not already) our future is doomed.\n\nIs the Missus from Katmandu? Are you going to continue for PhD after the Masters? How are your studies coming along? How is your Self Education coming along? How are your Writing skills coming along? How is life and marriage\n\n1. She sure is, so I shouldn't really have a problem with the language barrier once I'm there.2. I have been thinking about it, but still its in the air.3. It couldn't be going any better. I feel personally that I have made a lot of progress in the past six months, even looking back at my older material now makes me cringe.4. That book you recommended to me has been amazing. Thanks to that I haven't received a single grade under a B.5. To be honest with you my friend.............. I couldn't be happier[/quote]\n\nDo you see how one thing relates and leads to another? Federalism, Politics, and now philosophy?!\n\nOn Good and Evil\n\nYou must look at this philosophical issue from the proper angle. Forget the existence of Good and Evil as they taught you in the Bible School. Holy Books are basically rubbish and written for inferior minds. There is no absolute good and absolute evil. Every element has a good and evil in it. The combination of two, makes the element. Try to think beyond Good and Evil. Good and Evil are products of Story Books (Holly Books) made for adults!\n\nAnything good is not necessarily beneficial for you.\nAnything evil is not necessarily bad for you.\nThere must be a balance.\n\nTo balance the good and evil, it does not mean for you to go and commit evil acts! But it means that when someone slaps you on the right cheek; do not turn your left cheek to him to slap the Shiite out of it too! Don\u2019t follow Jesus\u2019 example. He was a wimp and a pussy, that\u2019s why Romans crucified him!\n\nWhen someone slaps your left cheek, turn around and punch the Shiite out of them! Keep on punching until the poor bastard is knocked out cold! This is necessary evil. If you do not do this, then the balance breaks and you will not be in the clear; therefore, everyone pisses all over you! Do you get the drift?\n\nYou must do good to those who do good to you.\nYou must do evil to those who do evil to you.\n\nYou must create a balance between the two. Above is a simple example, but in life, there comes times that you must make important decisions and sometimes you are not comfortable with these decisions, but they are the logical ones.\n\nThe point is that you must make the logical decisions based on logic. Good and Evil do not exist. They are fragments of religious imaginative minds!\n\nThere is no such thing as good or evil. Any element has the combination of two. When the balance is lost, then the Catholic priest bones the choir boys! Let me put it this way:\n\nIf there is any evil in the world, then it is the Church, Mosque, Synagogue and Temple.\nIf there is a God, then he surely is not worth worshiping, just take a good look at the world!\n\nSo my point is that you must think, decide and act based upon logic, not based upon good or evil, simply because good and evil do not exist!\n\nThis is Nietzsche, True Zoroastrianism (not hypocrisy of the Fire Temples and Mubeds)\n\nOn Spiritualism\n\nAbout Spiritualism, have in mind that the spiritual world is beyond hideous Earthly religions. God, Prophets, Religions and all are basically garbage.\n\nWhen I say Spiritualism, I am talking about the fundamentals of the powers which runs all universes. The inner and outer powers amongst the matters, energies and spirits. The essence of what this universe is made of. We are parts which are connected to the Whole wither the Dark Side or the Light Side of the Force and Inner Galactic and Universal forces.\n\nWhen I speak of spirituality, I am talking about inner and outer forces between the matters, energies and spirits. I am not talking about God, Prophets and Religions.\n\nYou can be spiritual and moral, but not religious.\n\nThe fundamentals of our universe and all universes are way beyond these simplistic cheesy concepts of God and Religions. The God and Religions are for inferior minds.\n\nWhat you are asking me is due to the basic and simplistic thought patterns which inputted in your brain since childhood by the Church and Society. You must change your thought patterns,\n\nLet me give you a metaphor.\n\nTell them there is no God.\nA religious person right away asks you: Then who created all this?\n\nYou see, in a religious mind when there is a creation, then there must be a creator!\nReligious mind cannot comprehend that everything existing today, has been existing forever, yet in various shapes and forms and they have been evolved to the present point! No one created everything! It is in fact the most stupid belief to believe that a guy sits up there in the sky named God and created everything in 6 days!\n\nSo when I speak of Spiritualism, I am speaking of:\n\na) Spiritualism in Martial Arts (Kung Fu)b) Spiritualism in fundamentals of the universec) Spiritualism in essence of Morality\n\nThese have nothing to do with God, Religions and Con Artist Prophets like Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Bahaullah and other charlatans.\n\nWhen it comes to philosophy, 2 persons never claimed that they were prophets. Zoroastra and Buddha. That is why I call them philosophers and poets but not prophets. That is why I respect them. The organized religions of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism established after them are frauds created by the hierarchy and bureaucracy of the Buddhist Temples and the Zoroastrian Fire Temples which has nothing to do with the original teachings of Buddha and Zoroastra.\n\nMy spiritualism partly comes from original thesis of Buddha (Kung Fu) and Zoroastra (Avesta and Gatha). The rest is garbage.\n\nOn The Mission\n\nThe mission is set. We do not change our mission to Iran, because majority of the Iranians are presently in to opium, vodka and orgies rather than Nationalism! We do not change our mission because the majority of the Iranian youth are presently shaking their asses with the 6/8 stupid Persian beat in cabarets and discos and listening to Bache Kunis and Gay Boys Rising Stars of Los Angeles! We do not change our mission because the majority are lost, confused, stupid, shallow, ignorant and weak.\n\nPacifism, Gayshess, Ignorance, Shallowness, mind inferiority and Cow-like lifestyle of the majority of Iranians will not change our mission. In opposite, we are the ones who will eventually change their lifestyle, their thought patterns and future of Iran. We change the future system; therefore, to establish a new order and a meaningful system to base the Iran of future upon it.\n\nThe majority are cows? So what? So we have to become Cows? Or we have to give up? Hell no!\n\nWe don\u2019t follow. We destroy the present social norms and build the future in depth system.\n\nWe are not part of the present Tabloid readers, Hip Hop listeners and Ass Shakers of Iranian Cabarets and Discotheques. We have a higher mission. We are building the tomorrow\u2019s mindsets.\n\nWe can\u2019t get disappointed because majority are addicts to nicotine, alcohol and drugs! We can\u2019t get disappointed because the majority are cattle controlled by their fads of the day, shallow social standards and cheesy Iranian media.\n\nWe do not get disappointed, but we get more motivated to force a change upon the society for the better. Why you ask?\n\nBecause we are Supermen, superior minds and Critical Thinkers of this lost tribe. Simple as that.\n\nGreat to hear everything is working well with you. Remember me in Shangri-La Katmandu.\n\nYou bring up the most interesting subjects.\nSo do you now have a better concept and understanding of the above issues which you brought up?\n\nWhat do you think of conspiracy theorists (i.e. those who criticize the \"Jewish lobby\") on the matter of 9/11, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran, which somehow interlink?\n\nConspiracy Theories such as?\nSo many theories, so many Middle Eastern Nut Jobs!\nGive me some examples, I give you my opinion?\n\nFor instance:\n\nBang O Salavat Theory on Twin Towers\n\nTrita Parsi banged Jahanshah Javid up the Shiiter, Javid lain an egg, the egg hatched, it was a Hajew (a Jewish Haji), Bush saw the egg, got permanent limp penis, Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu took one glance at the Bush\u2019s limp Schlong and got afraid that the limpness epidemic would drag from DC to Tel Aviv; therefore, to avoid the global epidemic, his intention was to blow up DC but mistakenly he blew up the Twin Towers in NY! \u2026\u2026. And suddenly Ahmadinejad woke up due to a heavy erection lying next to Trita Parsi\u2019s hairy butt which reminded him of his cousin\u2019s in Elmiyeh Qom backrooms of the mosques and then bam \u2026.. he noticed it was all an Islamic dream, so they kept on doing the Islamic Bangarooni and the nasty on the King Size Bed and they all lived happily ever after \u2026\u2026\n\nVa Alaikom ol SalamAllah O AkbarKhomeini Rahbar\n\nYou know, give me some scenarios and make it juicy, something like that?\n\nI'm refering to those who say that Zionists are behind the downfall of Iran and that America's Jewish lobbies who are supposedly affiliated with the illuminati will stop at nothing to keep countries like Iran in it's current state, so as not to let an oil rich country gain power. 9/11 was really a government conspiracy funded by familes such as Rothschild in order to justify it's earlier proposal of the PNAC and enter into countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. Afghanistan was used as a gimmick to rid the world of \"so called terrorism\" which would then give the U.S an easy ride through its imperialist motives and Iraq was invaded to supply the U.S with oil. Unlike Iran, Iraq under Saddam resisted dealings with America, which is why Iraq was invaded and Iran wasn't and although Iran appears to be enemies with the U.S behind closed doors they are really allies.\n\nThis kind of thing is what I mean, sorry of it's a bit skethcy I wrote this on a phone while waiting for a haircut. It's only few minutes of free that time I've had in order to write this.\n\nTo be honest Ahreeman I think it is absolutely nonsense. I've always viewed such bullshit in the same way, in my opinion these were originally devised by a bunch of leftist hippies who have nothing better to do with their lives than finding ways of knocking down right-wing realists. They usually follow a politically correct agenda that submits itself to short-term world peace (ie the east way out). One of the most amusing is that they rarely hunt for an ounce of reliable evidence to suppport their ludicourous claims, and whatever evidence they do provide is recycled from their own circle of conspiracy theorists.\n\nAllow me to put forward a few questions for you?Are Iranians aware that Iran has 8000 years of civilized history?Are Iranians aware that Federalism have had ever existed in Iran of the past?Iranians assume that Federalism is a Western Concept!This causes some to take sides against Federalism!Iranians have a narrow and vague comprehension of Federalism.Do Iranians know that if not born, at least Federalism was raised in Iran?Yes, Federalism in its primitive form had existed in Iran over 2500 years ago.Do not believe in Hollywood because Hollywood does not produce history but garbage.Pre-Islamic Persian Empire was the only super power which had never practiced slavery!Back then, when Greece, Rome, Egypt and China practiced Slavery,Iran was practicing Federalism!So once more, let me ask you, where did the Civilization come from?!"}
-{"text": "Experts say cyber security centre well overdue\n\nUpdated\nJanuary 24, 2013 09:30:00\n\nExperts say a new cyber security centre is long overdue. It's been flagged by the Federal Government and details will be announced today. Analysts say cyber crimes are targeting devices and networks used by millions of Australians.\n\nTONY EASTLEY: Later today the Federal Government will announce details of a new cyber security centre to combat growing threats to Australian online services.\n\nThe establishment of the combined government agencies and law enforcement unit was flagged in the Prime Minister's national security strategy unveiled yesterday.\n\nExperts say it's a well overdue measure.\n\nPeter Lloyd reports.\n\nPETER LLOYD: Worms - they're not just grubs in the garden; they are also computer codes and they are the tools of the trade for computer hackers with criminal intent.\n\nDarren Pauli is the editor of SC Magazine. It specialises in online and digital security.\n\nDARREN PAULI: They search for software vulnerabilities to break in and steal data.\n\nPETER LLOYD: It's the ultimate device of modern convenience but it's well to remember that the mobile phone is also a mobile computer.\n\nDarren Pauli warns that with the right know-how, its digital doorway can be pushed wide open.\n\nDARREN PAULI: With Apple's iPhone it has Apple's sort of security stamp on it if you like which means that users can't really hurt themselves and they're fairly secure. With android devices, you know, it's susceptible to all the various malwares infection, data theft hacking - all that kind of stuff that any other conventional desktop or laptop would be vulnerable to.\n\nPETER LLOYD: What's in prospect now is an entirely new one-stop-shop that puts government agencies and law enforcement under one roof.\n\nThis is how the Prime Minister describes it:\n\nJULIA GILLARD: This will be a world class facility. It will provide Australia with an expanded and more agile response capability to deal with all cyber issues.\n\nPETER LLOYD: Broadly, the new Australian Cyber Security Centre is seen as welcome news.\n\nRory Medcalf is a former diplomat and intelligence analyst, now with the Lowy Institute think-tank.\n\nRORY MEDCALF: If it's essential that all of the relevant agencies be on board, it would be good if actual resources, that is new funding, are allocated, that there's a new funding announcement to go with the centre.\n\nPETER LLOYD: So far cyber crime in Australia has largely been a new form of stand-over tactic. The online commentator and writer, Stilgherrian:\n\nSTILGHERRIAN: We've got the low level cyber crime operatives who are just trying to hack into small businesses, encrypt all their data, hold them to ransom. We've seen cases of that with victims in Alice Springs and the Gold Coast and elsewhere in Australia, that a business finds that all the data on their computer is unavailable until they send money of some thousands of dollars to have it unlocked for them.\n\nPETER LLOYD: Overseas a noiseless war of the digital kind is already being waged and it seems to be a fight that only the nation state can afford.\n\nOne of the best documented attacks happened in 2010; the target - Iran. A highly sophisticated worm called Stuxnet was sent into computers at key nuclear facilities.\n\nDarren Pauli from SC Magazine again:\n\nDARREN PAULI: And it caused them to, these centrifuges, to spin up really fast and then slow right down so they destabilised and physically, and physically broke.\n\nPETER LLOYD: No government has ever openly admitted carrying out the attack although a year later a White House official expressed satisfaction that the Iranians were having so much trouble with their centrifuges."}
-{"text": "X-Roulette: Uncanny X-Men #15\n\nIn which the team have to deal with Master Mold, part of a group of robots which were designed to get rid of all mutants \u2013 but then upped their game, overthrew their creator, and decided to get rid of basically all humans at the same time. Also, Iceman builds a flying saucer.\n\nThis is counter-intuitive to write, but I wonder if Stan Lee\u2019s approach to comics is actually the better way to go about telling X-Men stories.\n\nRight upfront, I\u2019m going to have to throw in some huge assumptions that I\u2019m going to make across the next few paragraphs. The first is that Stan Lee actually wrote the story that unfolds across issue #15 of (Uncanny X-Men), which is in no way a guarantee despite the byline. Stan Lee famously derived the \u201cMarvel method\u201d of storytelling due to his huge workload, in which he essentially asked his artist to tell some kind of story which he\u2019d then adapt and lace speech over at a later date. With Lee being a huckster and many of his collaborators having passed on, it\u2019s hard to know what he did or didn\u2019t actually create himself, in most cases.\n\nSecondly, I\u2019m going to assume that Jack Kirby laid out this issue for Jay Gavin to pencil. Again, there\u2019s no way to really know the division of labour or what the \u201cdesigned by\u201d credit offered to Jack Kirby really means, especially for someone like me who has done minimal research and is writing this off the cuff ten minutes after reading the issue. My belief here is that Stan Lee wrote the story in some kind of structured form, Kirby laid it out, Gavin and the rest of the artistic team drew it, and then Lee wrote over the speech bubbles afterwards. This could be hugely wrong, and I\u2019ll look to the comments section with interest.\n\nAfter reading issue #15 of Uncanny X-Men, I was struck by how clearly the X-Men themselves, who by all accounts are five normal looking white kids whose powers can all be hidden where necessary, come across as more unnatural in this story than they do today. Beast is nowadays a blue monkey looking dude, but the Beast written by Stan Lee is more unnerving and \u201cdifferent\u201d than any time we\u2019ve seen him in maybe the last ten years. Lee\u2019s particular speech patterns and \u201cwow golly\u201d exposition, paired with consistent and slower-paced panel sequencing, make for a more unnerving mutant than we\u2019d ever see today.\n\nPart of that is the lack of gloss in the art \u2013 because it\u2019s all in the dialogue. The issue basically has the X-Men sat on a hill, trying to cross a valley so they can break into a bunker which has been over-run by evil robots. In three parts, the team make their way across in various forms, and attempt to take back control. Once they\u2019re in, things get a little more complicated as their rescues start to overlap with one another and cause problems, but essentially this is an issue of infiltration.\n\nYou wouldn\u2019t think that from Lee\u2019s dialogue in the issue, though, which never drops below awestruck at his characters. The third page wonderfully demonstrates how the powers of the five students all work \u2013 asked to get up a cliff, Iceman forms a ladder to climb; Beast essentially walks up; Angel carries Xavier up; Jean kinetically leaps vertically to the top; and Cyclops uses his concussive blasts to make handholds so he can climb it. Almost every time they use their powers in these simple ways, they exclaim at their own miraculous powers, which are still fresh and new to them in each instance.\n\nWhen Angel ducks away from gunfire, he declares his relief at being able to escape in time. When Beast has a flashback to a family dinner, he remembers how he stands on the back of his chair with both feet, perfectly balanced \u2013 and his parents call him out. Xavier\u2019s response \u201cI\u2019m anxious to observe your son under all conditions\u201d is emblematic of Lee\u2019s own interest in the fantastical nature of the X-Men. Whenever the artistic team draw something unbelievable, Lee wants the reader to notice.\n\nI\u2019ve always thought a lot of Stan Lee\u2019s appeal as a writer came not from his proclamations and insistence on being embedded into brand \u2013 but from the innocence of his scripting. Everything is amazing and surprising, and readers aren\u2019t given any time to get used to the existence of mutant powers in this world. Modern X-Men comics go into things with the understanding that people are now familiar with how the lanky kid can fire bright red lasers out his eyes, but Lee never takes that for granted. Perhaps because fairly often it was likely a surprise reminder to himself (he wrote a LOT of comics during this time) to see Cyclops launch a concussive blast, he gets so excited when he sees superpowers in action. And it\u2019s infectious.\n\nWhilst Lee\u2019s astonishment feels dated in comparison to many of the characters he famously co-created, it seems to suit the X-Men. There\u2019s been a lean towards suggesting that the X-Men shouldn\u2019t seem any different to regular humans \u2013 but I\u2019d argue Lee\u2019s gasps of excitement at seeing Beast somersault are wholly earned, and in fact serve the characters beautifully. Like the Inhumans, the X-Men are supposed to seem otherworldly at times, and there\u2019s no good to \u201cthe mutant metaphor\u201d if mutantkind doesn\u2019t act differently to the rest of the world. Everybody sits within their own context, and perhaps the X-Men should more often be situated as incredible and uncanny characters.\n\nWhen matched to a simple artistic style, which plainly shows the characters doing amazing things without getting startled and overproducing the visual aspect of their powers, the X-Men suddenly seem like the greatest superheroes in the world. You can throw the wildest, most experimental artists in the world at the X-Men, but perhaps every so often it\u2019d do us some good to sit back and actually marvel at them for who they are, and not for how well they can be made to look while they do it.\n\nUncanny X-Men #15: \u201cPrisoners of the Mysterious Master Mold\u201d\nWritten by Stan Lee\nDesigned by Jack Kirby\nPencilled by Jay Gavin\nInked by Dick Ayers\nLettered by Artie Simek"}
-{"text": "HUGE FIREBALL: Footage Shows Russian Meteor\n\nThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.\n\nPlease enable Javascript to watch this video\n\n(NBC News) - A huge fireball fell from the skies over Russia's Chelyabinsk region early Friday, resulting in a powerful blast and a spate of dramatic eyewitness videos.\n\nReports from Russia suggested that the fireball was caused by a meteorite. \"Preliminary indications are that it was a meteorite rain,\" the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted an emergency official as saying. \"We have information about a blast at 10,000-meter (32,800-foot) altitude. It is being verified.\"\n\nReuters reported that a witness in Chelyabinsk, 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) east of Moscow in Russia's Ural Mountains, heard a huge blast early in the morning and felt a shock wave in a 19-story building in the town center. The sounds of car alarms and breaking windows could be heard in the area, the witness told Reuters, and mobile phones were working intermittently.\n\nThe Associated Press quoted a spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry, Vadim Kolesnikov, as saying that the fireball caused in an explosion and sonic boom that broke windows. He said 102 people called for medical assistance after the incident, mostly for treatment of injuries from broken glass. Kolesnikov also told AP that about 600 square meters (6,460 square feet) of a roof at a zinc factory had collapsed.\n\nMultiple videos posted to YouTube showed the object flaring brightly as it sped across the sky. Twitter users posted photos showing broken windows. One video showed an office building in Chelyabinsk being hurriedly evacuated.\n\nRussian news media quoted local residents as speculating that the blast could have been caused by a missile explosion or a military plane crash, but an unnamed emergency official told Reuters that was not the case. \"It was definitely not a plane,\" the official said, without elaborating. \"We are gathering the bits of information and have no data on the casualties so far.\"\n\nThe fireball reports spread just hours before a 150-foot-wide (45-meter-wide) asteroid was due to make a close flyby, coming within 17,200 miles of Earth. It's unlikely that there's any connection between the fireball and the encounter asteroid, known as 2012 DA14. However, a bright flash and explosion in midair would be consistent with the atmospheric entry and breakup of a large meteoroid. If 2012 DA14 were to hit Earth, the scenario might play out in a similar way, but with a far more powerful impact.\n\nIn 1908, a massive explosion shook a remote region of Siberia and knocked down millions of trees over an 820-square-mile area. Experts concluded that the blast, known as the Tunguska event, was caused by the midair explosion of a 150-foot-wide asteroid falling to Earth.\n\nUPDATE\n\nReports suggest that the total figure injured is over 400 with at least three critically injured from broken glass."}
-{"text": "History of Scotland\u2019s towns and cities to be investigated\n\n20 June 2014\n\nPeople living in towns and cities across Scotland will get involved in investigating and telling the history of their own communities through a project that\u2019s just received a \u00a31.65m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant.\n\nRCAHMS has been awarded the funding by the HLF for a five-year project, Scotland's Urban Past (SUP).\n\nThe project builds on the success of the Scotland\u2019s Rural Past (SRP) a community archaeology project which trained hundreds of volunteers in 60 local groups across Scotland, in recording historic settlements.\n\nNow Scotland\u2019s Urban Past (SUP) will focus on the urban built environment, working with 60 communities the length and breadth of Scotland, to explore the rich architectural, social and personal histories of their urban environments and to study how they have changed over time.\n\nA call for participants and interested groups will be launched in spring 2015.\n\nCommenting on the success of RCAHMS\u2019 bid to for funding, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs said: \u201cIt is easy to overlook the histories of our towns and cities as we go about our everyday lives. Now thanks to this significant grant, RCAHMS will be able to engage people the length and breadth of the country in telling the fascinating stories of the places where eight in 10 of us now live.\u201d\n\nSpeaking about the project, which will be taken forward by the merged RCAHMS and Historic Scotland body - Historic Environment Scotland (HES) - Rebecca Bailey, RCAHMS Head of Education and Outreach, said: \u201cSocial, economic and technological forces have shaped our towns and cities in profound ways. We want to directly connect communities with the place they live in, by getting them to explore the history that is quite literally, right on our own doorsteps.\n\n\u201cThe scale of each project will range from investigations of a building, street or neighbourhood, to an entire urban area. We\u2019ll train some people in survey and recording techniques while others may explore the personal histories of buildings and areas by gathering photographs, documents and oral histories from local residents.\u201d\n\nColin McLean, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, added: \u201cHLF is delighted to give our support to a project which provides opportunities for people to learn new skills while building a detailed history of Scotland\u2019s towns and villages. It builds on the earlier, highly successful Scotland\u2019s Rural Past project which inspired people across Scotland to get involved in their community\u2019s heritage for the first time.\u201d\n\nSUP will:\n\noffer training courses in building investigation, photography, oral history recording and historical document research run by RCAHMS\u2019 expert staff\n\nEncourage participants to actively research, record and promote awareness of their urban past.\n\ntake information and personal memories gathered by participants into the RCAHMS Canmore website - the online database of Scotland\u2019s national collection of the built environment\n\nrun events and hands-on activities to encourage people to get involved\n\nhelp people of all ages to learn about the urban past\n\n'Crowd-sourcing' activities will connect the wider public with their urban heritage and a website will enable people to upload information and access detailed architectural notes via mobile devices.\n\nSome of the projects \u2013 particularly those targeting new audiences and young people - will involve creative input from artists, musicians, writers, actors and digital designers.\n\nNotes for editors:\n\nRCAHMS is the National Collection of materials on Scotland\u2019s built environment that connects people to places across time. It is the first port of call for information about the built environment of Scotland, from prehistory to the present and records the changing landscape of Scotland and collects materials relating to it. www.rcahms.gov.uk\n\nHistoric Scotland is an executive agency of the Scottish Government. Its statutory function is to protect and promote the historic environment, helping to ensure that the historic environment delivers economic, social, cultural and environmental benefits for Scotland. Historic Scotland cares for 345 historic properties and sites.\n\nThe two bodies have worked closely together for many years and will be merged into a single new, Non-Departmental Public Body that will seek charitable status. The merger will enable the new body to provide more effective and efficient support for the historic environment of Scotland, investigating, recording, caring for, protecting and celebrating it. The Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland can be found here http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/03/8522 Further information on the Strategy and the Bill can be found here. Following parliamentary process, the new Historic Environment Scotland body is expected to be launched in 2015. It will be established in two stages, with the inauguration of the body corporate and the Board appointed in April 2015 and the transfer of operational powers to the new body in October 2015.\n\nThe impetus for Scotland\u2019s Urban Past (SUP) stems from success of the HLF-supported Scotland's Rural Past (SRP) project. Evaluation emphasised the positive impact SRP had on individuals and communities across Scotland. Skills and experience gained through participation created a strong legacy, with many community projects developing further and spawning new ideas after SRP was completed. Information gathered by participants has enriched the national database, and project outputs have inspired wider understanding and awareness of the rural heritage.SUP aims to support 60 community projects in 20 urban areas over a five year period.\n\nUsing money raised through the National Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage for present and future generations to take part in, learn from and enjoy. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, we invest in every part of our diverse heritage. HLF has supported more than 3,000 projects with an investment of over \u00a3611 million across Scotland. www.hlf.org.uk\n\nThe journey planning form requires javascript, which is unsupported by your browser.For your journey planning needs use the main journey planner."}
-{"text": "Features\n\nClick on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book!(Formatting may be different depending on your device and eBook type.)\n\nThis book is an introduction to the theory of knots via the theory of braids, which attempts to be complete in a number of ways. Some knowledge of Topology is assumed. Necessary Group Theory and further necessary Topology are given in the book. The exposition is intended to enable an interested reader to learn the basics of the subject. Emphasis is placed on covering the theory in an algebraic way. The work includes quite a number of worked examples. The latter part of the book is devoted to previously unpublished material."}
-{"text": "Mediterranean diet: A heart-healthy plan for life\n\nThe Mediterranean diet has proven beneficial effects not only regarding metabolic syndrome, but also on its individual components including waist circumference, HDL-cholesterol levels, triglycerides levels, blood pressure levels and glucose metabolism, according to a new study published in the March 15, 2011, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study is a meta-analysis, including results of 50 studies on the Mediterranean diet, with an overall studied population of about half a million subjects.\n\n\"The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increasing rapidly throughout the world, in parallel with the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity, and is now considered a major public health problem,\" said lead investigator Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Ph.D., associate professor in Biostatistics-Epidemiology of Nutrition, Department of Science of Dietetics - Nutrition, Harokopio University of Athens. \"Additionally, the metabolic syndrome is one of the main causes of cardiovascular disease (directly or indirectly), associated with personal and socio-economic burdens. As a result, prevention of this condition is of considerable importance.\"\n\nThe Mediterranean diet is a dietary pattern characterized by high consumption of monounsaturated fatty acids, primarily from olives and olive oils; daily consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and low-fat dairy products; weekly consumption of fish, poultry, tree nuts, and legumes; a relatively low consumption of red meat; and a moderate daily consumption of alcohol, normally with meals.\n\nThe Mediterranean diet, according to Dr. Panagiotakos and Christina-Maria Kastorini, MSc, Ph.D. cand., is one of the best-known and well-studied dietary patterns, which has been shown to be associated with decreased mortality from all causes, lower risk for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some types of cancer. Additionally, it has a beneficial effect on abdominal obesity, lipids levels, glucose metabolism and blood pressure levels, which are also risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of the Mediterranean diet as a whole, as well as the effects of the individual components of the diet, and especially olive oil, fruits and vegetables, whole grains and fish, also confer to the beneficial role of this pattern.\n\n\"To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first work that has systematically assessed, through a large meta-analysis, the role of the Mediterranean diet on metabolic syndrome and its components,\" he said. \"Our results add to the existing knowledge, and further demonstrate the protective role and the significance that lifestyle factors, and mainly dietary habits, have when it comes to the development and progression of the metabolic syndrome.\"\n\nEncouraging adherence to a healthy dietary pattern like the Mediterranean diet, as well as the adoption of an active lifestyle, seems to be a cornerstone in developing public health strategies for the prevention of the metabolic syndrome, Dr. Panagiotakos suggested. Taking into account the limited financial resources many countries face in the 21st century, better eating seems to be an effective and affordable means for preventing cardiovascular diseases, at the population level, he suggested. In addition to its various health benefits, this dietary pattern can be easily adopted by all populations and various cultures.\n\n###\n\nThe American College of Cardiology is transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health through continuous quality improvement, patient-centered care, payment innovation and professionalism. The College is a 39,000-member nonprofit medical society comprised of physicians, surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists and practice managers and bestows credentials among cardiovascular specialists who meet its stringent qualifications. The College is a leader in the formulation of health policy, standards and guidelines, and is a staunch supporter of cardiovascular research. The ACC provides professional education and operates national registries for the measurement and improvement of quality care. More information about the association is available online at http://cardiosource.org/ACC.\n\nDisclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system."}
-{"text": "GOP Rep. Coble of NC Won't Seek Reelection\n\nHoward Coble, North Carolina's longest serving Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that he will not seek re-election next year.\n\nHis retirement announcement closely follows those of two other House Republicans, Tim Griffin of Arkansas and Jon Runyan of New Jersey, who have said in recent weeks they would not run in 2014.\n\nCoble, 82, was first elected to the U.S. House in 1984 and represents the state's Republican-leaning 6th District. He said he has been plagued by back pain and skin cancer, and decided not to run due to his physical limitations.\n\n\"Mentally and emotionally, I am stable and reliable,\" he said at a news conference in Greensboro. But, he added, \"It's time for me to step aside.\""}
-{"text": "Month: September 2016\n\nI felt like talking about silliness, sweetness\u2014in more ways than one\u2014and magic. So I\u2019ve included three diverse books, all of them with a lighthearted twist. They all subtly teach the reader something. Hope you enjoy them.\n\nThe first one is the most didactic, but still is a good adventure story, and if it encourages the reader to try a bit harder to understand math and physics, that\u2019s a good thing.\n\nCharlie Lewis, a.k.a. Numbers, the smartest kid in his six-grade class, is part of a scheme to beat the carnival games at Incredo Land to garner enough points for a chance at spinning the lottery wheel and winning the big prize\u2013$50,000! Using basic laws of physics and mathematics, that\u2019s exactly what he does with the help of his friends, new and old. Mathematics rule Numbers\u2019 life; it\u2019s how he views the world. The new friends are in a secret club run by the exotic Miranda, supposedly a teaching student at a local Boston university. They call themselves the Carnival Killers and swear Charlie to secrecy. This causes problems between Numbers and his best friend, Jeremy. In the end, Charlie does figure out how to beat the wheel, but he also figures out how to keep Miranda from running off with the money\u2014her ultimate goal. The story is fun, but the author gets bogged down in explaining the math and physics, which continually disrupts the flow. It\u2019s hard to keep track of who is doing what and where Charlie is. When, out of the blue, other characters are the focus it\u2019s hard to know where they are. A few more dialog attributions would keep the characters straight in the reader\u2019s mind. Still, the book makes a good teaching tool for discussing the relevance of science for all kids.\n\nI love stories told in foreign countries. They tickle my interest in exotic, at least to me, places. The illustrations are delightful and the story is sweet.\n\nRed Panda\u2019s Candy Apples\n\nRuth Paul\n\nIllustrated by Ruth Paul\n\nThis sweet story has lovely illustrations which the illustrator produced with pencil drawings and digital finishing so they look like watercolors. Red Panda sells candy apples to his forest friends, but he\u2019s sad to see each apple go. He\u2019d like to eat them all himself. After he has sold off many apples and mostly filled up his coin jar, he treats himself to one. But then duckling and Bushbaby fight over the one remaining apple, spilling the coins. Red Panda picks up the coins and Duckling gives Bushbaby the last apple. But\u2026it turns out there is one more apple. And Red Panda sells the candy apple he\u2019d saved for himself. Everybody\u2019s happy and Red Panda has a jar full of sticky coins. The story introduces children to the concept of marketing and the moral of sharing, in a playful and easy to understand fashion. Red Pandas and Bushbabies are not normally found running around in the United States, but this story is a good way to show children that there are other creatures sharing our world.\n\nI was tempted to try this trick, but I was afraid of damaging my old lady bones. Still, it\u2019s a good trick to fool your friends with.\n\nThe Incredible Twisting Arm\n\nKate Egan with Magician Mike Lane\n\nIllustrated by Eric Wight\n\nMike loves magic and he loves the White Rabbit Magic Shop, but he goes only when his mother can take him. He\u2019s not a good student and he\u2019s forever getting in trouble. Maybe he can show his parents that he can ride to the magic shop by himself. With encouragement from his neighbor and best friend Nora, Mike decides to show how responsible he can be. He tries harder in school and works on not getting into trouble. For an extra credit science project, decides to show how to look double jointed and what that really means. He learns from his friend at the White Rabbit how make it look as if his arm can twist into a complete circle. He does so well with his project, his parents agree to let him go to the store. During the course of the story, the reader learns several magic tricks. The moral of the story isn\u2019t too blatantly presented and most children can relate to a less than perfect person. Plus, aspiring magicians get some new tricks to practice.\n\nI believe today is the first day of autumn, so I hope you\u2019re looking forward to hot cider spiced with cinnamon and accompanied by a slice of pumpkin pie. Be sure, before or after, to rake up some leaves and leap into them. Please tell me a memory of something special to you about fall weather or activities. Thanks for reading, Sarah.\n\nI\u2019ve been concentrating on Young Adult stories with love interests, so I thought I\u2019d change it up with a few picture book and middle reader stories this week. The drawings in the last two entries are quite nice. And it\u2019s always fun to have a little mystery with a doofus dad trying to run the show.\n\nThe first book is the weakest of the trio, but still has some merit and a good smattering of humor to encourage people to read it. It will especially attract reluctant boy readers.\n\nKnightley & Son: 3 of a Kind\n\nRohan Gavin\n\nAlan Knightley and his son, Darkus, a.k.a. Doc, are detectives in England, that is until Knightley, Senior, is hypnotized and falls into a swoon for four years. Doc despairs of getting his father back and decides he doesn\u2019t want to be a detective, but rather an ordinary thirteen-year-old boy doing ordinary kid things. But after Alan finally awakens and, with the help of his ex-wife\u2019s step-daughter, Tilly, begins to track the Combination, their arch enemies, the whole family gets caught up in a trap set off by the bad guys kidnapping the family\u2019s prize assistant, Bogna Rejesz. They eventually end up in Las Vegas, Nevada, having been led there by clues. There the trio of detectives discovers they\u2019ve walked right into the trap and are summarily delivered to the leaders of the Combination, which is led by Tilly\u2019s long lost mother. Mildly amusing, the book does weave quite the tale of deceit. Tilly\u2019s dad, Clive, is now married to Darkus\u2019 mother, to make things even more complicated. Teachers could use the book as a jumping off point for studying geography. It seems to be part of a series, so somebody must like it.\n\nThis picture book is enchanting for any person with an imagination, something that all writers and illustrators are endowed with.\n\nMaggie McGillicuddy\u2019s Eye for Trouble\n\nSusan Hughes\n\nIllustrated by Brooke Kerrigan\n\nThe characters in this story, well, at least two of them, are sure to keep their neighborhood safe from tigers and pythons and eagles and elephants and crocodiles. Maggie McGillicuddy\u2019s weapons are her tickety, tickety, tacking knitting needles, which she always has at the ready while watching the passing world from her front porch swing. She scares the tiger away with those. Her other weapon is her whickety, whickety, whacking walking cane which she uses to scare the python away. But one day she has to use her most powerful weapon of all before her new neighbor, Charlie, runs into the street in front of a moving car. Maggie McGillicuddy hollers at the young boy to stop and he does, right in his tracks. But when Charlie turns to come visit his neighbor, he has to scare away a herd of elephants with a roar. His dachshund, Cody, helps by wagging his tail. When the two met a crocodile along the walk, Charlie shows his karate moves and Cody chases his tail. Charlie, Cody and Maggie McGillicuddy become great friends and protect the neighborhood from all kinds of trouble. Be sure to look carefully for all the danger lurking around them. Children and their parents will want to read this book over and over. The author encourages the reader to search for the trouble. The illustrations have the right amount of whimsy in them.\n\nYou may have to change your view of rats after you read this story. The rats are drawn as very ratty, but at the same time quite adorable.\n\nThe Infamous Ratsos\n\nKara LaReau\n\nIllustrated by Matt Myers\n\nLouie and Ralphie Ratso live in the Big City with their dad, Big Lou. Their mother died long before the story starts, leaving Big Lou to be the silent, growly type, except when he tells his sons to \u201cHang tough\u201d every morning as he leaves for work. The boys take their dad\u2019s surly manner as how to be tough and decide to prove they\u2019re tough also. Except everything they do turns out to have been a good thing. They steal the hat off Chad Badgerton, the school bully, only to be rewarded for helping out the hat\u2019s real owner, Tiny Crawley. Everything the boys do turns out to help whomever they\u2019re trying to pick on and wins them praise. What is Big Lou going to think of them, if they keep not being tough? They mean to bury the grocer\u2019s walk in snow so he won\u2019t be able to get out in the morning, but instead they clear his walkway. Next they\u2019re going to pick on the new girl in school, only to befriend her. Soon the reports of their kind deeds reach Big Lou\u2019s ears. The boys are sure they\u2019re in a heap of trouble, but instead their father praises them and they all have a good cry. Then they start doing more good deeds. This is an amusing tale on why being good is not such a bad thing. Mr. Myers succeeds in making the rats endearing with his pencil drawings.\n\nTo paraphrase William Shakespeare,\u201cWhat a tangled web we weave, when our senses love makes us leave.\u201d These three books are about teens falling in love. They all have some merit to them, but only Tell Me Three Things is well written. However, most of time I try to introduce you to good books, so I thought you\u2019d like to see what else gets published. And romance always makes a story more appealing.\n\nI can\u2019t imagine constantly hating my sister so much that I\u2019d want to punch her. But, on the other hand, it wasn\u2019t til the end of her life that the two of us became good friends.\n\nA Million Miles Away\n\nLara Avery\n\nKelsey Maxfield and her twin sister, Michelle, do a typical teen thing; throw a party while their parents are gone. But Michelle disappears into her bedroom with her latest boyfriend, Peter, abandoning her friends at the party. Kelsey and her sister don\u2019t get along well to the point of having separate bedrooms and balconies so they won\u2019t punch each other in the stomach. But deep down they do love each other and Kelsey is devastated when Michelle dies in a car wreck after leaving Peter at the airport for his tour of duty in Afghanistan. Soon, Peter starts sending Michelle letters and skyping with her, or so he thinks. Kelsey keeps promising herself and then her friends that she will tell Peter the truth, but since he seems to feel that Michelle is his salvation for the ordeals of serving in the military, Kelsey doesn\u2019t have the heart to tell him. Before long, she\u2019s looking forward to her time with him. She does finally realize she\u2019s keeping her sister alive in her mind and eventually tells him the truth. The story is nice, but the grammar is appalling and the underage drinking permitted is scary. The author gives the reader the impression that there are no virgins over the age of fourteen in all of Lawrence, Kansas.\n\nThis is book is boring and formulaic, but it is the second in a series so some people must have liked.\n\nFlirt: Never too Late\n\nA. Destiny and Rhonda Helms\n\nThere is not much to recommend about this second book in the series. The only tension revolves around Abbey\u2019s changing feelings toward the boy who is to star opposite her in the school play. Because of what he said at the school dance at the end of their freshman year, she thinks of him as a total jerk. She makes no effort to see if that is an accurate picture of Jason and resists getting to know him better. Her best friend, Olivia, has a major crush on Jason and gets all bent out of shape when she sees the connection growing between Abbey and Jason. Abbey\u2019s home life is good. She even thinks her step-father is a gem. She gets good grades, has friends, doesn\u2019t get bullied, is artistically talented and likes her teachers. Her only problem is her changing feelings about Jason, who even apologizes for his comments at the dance. She\u2019s afraid to tell him her true feelings for fear of being rejected and of losing her best friend. My, we should all have such gleeful lives. High school is a challenging time for any teen and boy/girl or best friend relationships do add a lot of angst. Just about any young adult novel out there has relationship issues as, at least, a sub-plot. But a whole book with just the one problem is boring. Plus, there a few glaring grammatical mistakes sprinkled amongst the chapters. Jason is an appealing character, but Abbey and Olivia are not sympathetic.\n\nThe third book is, however, a winner, with appealing characters and a bit of a mystery to it.\n\nTell Me Three Things\n\nJulie Buxbaum\n\nJessie A. Holmes moves to Los Angeles because her widowed father marries a rich woman, also widowed, who lives there with her son, Theo. Not only has Jessie now lost her mother, she\u2019s lost all she\u2019s known her whole life. Of course she finds her new \u201cparent\u201d to be impossible and calls her the \u201cstepmonster.\u201d To make matters worse, she is enrolled in a very ritzy, pretentious school full of snobby kids. And the \u201cQueen Bees\u201d are out to get her, especially when she becomes friends with the main Bee\u2019s boyfriend. But then an anonymous person starts emailing her using the screen name of Somebody/Nobody or SN for short. He becomes her refuge and helps her find friends at the new school. She resists adapting to her new life and is not on speaking terms with her dad, much less the step members of her supposed family. Slowly, she makes her way into her new situation and begins find things in common with Theo. But she keeps wondering who SN really is and becomes closer and closer to him through their email exchanges. Of course to make things more complex, she falls for Ethan who is mysterious and her English class partner on writing a paper about an epic poem. In the end, she realizes that the \u201cstepmonster\u201d really isn\u2019t all that bad and she does make friends with at least two girls. You\u2019ll have to read the book to figure out who SN really is. The book is nicely written and the suspense of finding out who SN is keeps the reader going. In addition to the usual themes of bullying and adjusting to new places, the book lends itself to discussions of literature and poetry.\n\nPlease let me know if you\u2019ve read any of these books and had a different opinion. Try as I might not to have my snobbish side play a role in my reviews, I\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t always succeed. Thanks for reading my blog. Sarah\n\nAs you know, I usually review three books each week on my blog, but this book of short stories deserves its own post. Do find a copy of this book to read.\n\nI See Reality: Twelve Short Stories about Real Life\n\nCompiled by Grace Kendall\n\nIt\u2019s hard enough to break up with someone you\u2019ve been dating, but when the boyfriend threatens to commit suicide or convinces you to stay together just for one more year until he graduates from high school or uses equally debilitating arguments, what is a person to do? \u201cThree Imaginary Conversations with You,\u201d by Heather Demetrios, drags a bit, but gets the point across that the boyfriend is obnoxious and manipulative.\n\n\u201cThe Downside of Fabulous,\u201d by Kristin Elizabeth Clark, brings in to sharp focus trying to connect with a boyfriend when you\u2019re gay, with well fleshed out characters are and gentle humor. And how does the main character, Chris, deal with the rejection by his heart throb, Tom? Chris owns up to his mistakes and to his being gay.\n\nSkittles, the black cat, keeps the reader guessing as he tells \u201cThe Night of the Living Creeper,\u201d by Stephen Emond, about a group of kids talking about who might a \u201ccreeper\u201d in their group, looking for someone to sexually assault. When the party breaks up, the creeper makes himself known to the hostess, but she doesn\u2019t take any of his nonsense.\n\nKekla Magoon\u2019s entry is \u201cMakeshift,\u201d about a mixed-race girl, which focuses on the boxes we put people in. Her father beats her mother one time too many and so Kayse and her mom leave their nice suburban house for a cheap apartment in the heart of Harlem. Kayse\u2019s mom is black and her biological dad is white, as is the man she calls Dad. But Kayse doesn\u2019t like being called \u201cBlanca\u201d or white even though she never much thought about her race before. In Harlem, being white is bad.\n\n\u201cThings You Get Over, Things You Don\u2019t,\u201d by Jason Schmidt, is a very powerful story about a school shooting, told from the viewpoint of Caleb who tries to help his gravely wounded girlfriend. When he does save her only discover she\u2019ll probably be a paraplegic for the rest of her life, he thinks it\u2019s all his fault. That he did the wrong thing by moving her to stop the bleeding from the exit wound in her back.\n\nIn the end, they are able to tell each other their true feelings.\n\nThe message of \u201cCoffee Chameleon,\u201d by Jay Clark, is that recovering from addictions of any kind is hard, but probably the hardest is the addiction to love, especially if it\u2019s commingled with an addiction to prescription drugs is concisely told with good use of humor. Matt was introduced to prescription medication pills by his girlfriend Andi, but got so hooked on them he got his own prescription. Then Andi dumps him and he has to detox himself all alone. But he ends up going to a local coffee shop to get himself out of his head and meets a girl there who helps him recover.\n\nMarcella Pixley\u2019s \u201cHush,\u201d is the story of a girl and her mother dealing with the death of the father/husband\u2019s from AIDS. This story of the misguided lengths we go to in keeping loved ones safe from our fears and grief is crisply told. June ends up being the grown up when her mother becomes obsessed with keeping her daughter safe.\n\nCan you imagine having to face the world knowing they know your brother took a gun to school and shot students to death? So Lily\u2019s parents move to a new town to start a new life, but Lily is sure everyone will learn about the truth. Rather than try for the leading role in the school musical, Lily hides behind the stage curtain until a new guy in school won\u2019t let her stay hide her talents in Trisha Leaver\u2019s \u201cBlackbird.\u201d\n\n\u201cGone from this Place,\u201d by Faith Erin Hicks, deals, in a graphic story format, with acknowledging one\u2019s sexuality. A boy and girl have made it through high school by being the perfect couple, only now that they\u2019re heading off the different colleges breaking up. They figure in college they can come out and be accepted for who they really are. It\u2019s a good plan except for one detail. It never occurred to them there might be other homosexual kids in their high school and it\u2019s only at the last minute they discover they\u2019ve missing out on real love.\n\nYou know the girl or boy you\u2019ve always had a crush on, but didn\u2019t know how to approach and when you do finally get together, you both mess it up? That\u2019s what Jordan Sonnenblick\u2019s \u201cThe Sweeter the Sin\u201d is about. The girl has a saying that the sweeter the sin the better the taste. Unfortunately, David and Elizabeth discover that \u201ct\u2019aint necessarily so.\u201d\n\nBut the strongest story is simply called \u201cMistake\u201d and tells the story of a teen couple having to deal with an abortion. Malcolm supports Angela when she makes the decision to abort and at first he doesn\u2019t feel anything one way or another. Then he goes with her to the abortion clinic and begins to think about the baby. A part of him regrets their decision and he wonders if Angela can actually have the procedure.\n\nThe last story is about Jose, an illegal immigrant whose twin brother, Javier, switches places with him to save him from deportation. \u201cThe Good Brother\u201d is written by Patrick Flores-Scott and will make you want to find a solution to the immigration problems this country is facing."}
-{"text": "Easy Commerce\n\nEasy Commerce is a clean and well-designed e-commerce WordPress theme. It is very flexible and packed with several theme options that make website development a breeze. It has a fluid and fully responsive layout design to make sure that your visitors will have an awesome viewing experience each time they go to your website. It exists so that you can speedily and efficiently craft powerful e-commerce websites across all niches and markets in a matter of minutes, without having to write a line of code. It is packed with nice features that allow you to explore your creativity and build a unique website for your online store. It comes with smooth integration of WooCommerce plugin. Official Support Forum: https://themepalace.com/support-forum/ Full Demo: https://wenthemes.com/theme-demos/?demo=easy-commerce"}
-{"text": "Wednesday, December 9, 2015\n\nWell, it's been a while since I posted anything and there's been a good reason. Sadly, my mum passed away last month and I went back to the UK for a couple of weeks to help my brother with arrangements and to go to the funeral.\nI can't say I really feeling very motivated to scrap at the moment so here are a couple of layouts that went up on the Scrapbook Boutique Blog last month.\n\nI kept this one pretty simple using just patterned paper, stamping and a few pieces from the collectables.\n\nTuesday, October 20, 2015\n\nThis month at Scrapbook Boutique, I am playing with Kaisercraft Home for Christmas. For my first project I decided to make a set of Christmas cards showing how simple and easy it is to make using the Collectable diecuts that come along with the collection. More details on how I made these cards can be found here My fellow Scrapbook Boutique DT member Linda Langes is coordinating the Caring Hearts Card Drive, which involves making cards to send to people in nursing homes. I have decided to get involved this year as it is close to my heart as my mum is in a nursing home on the other side of the world and having recently moved to a new one and unable to write cards this year I doubt she will be getting many. More details can be found on Linda's blog here\n\nHere are some close ups of the cards:\n\nHopefully this gives you some inspiration to make your own Christmas cards or perhaps contribute to the Caring Hearts Card Drive"}
-{"text": "Right to Life asks, will the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern give moral leadership and protect the vulnerable in our community? Is she going to stand up for the vulnerable and vote against the life threatening End of Life Choice bill [EOLCB] at its second reading?\n\nA yes vote by our parliamentarians at the second reading for the EOLCB would be an unprecedented challenge to the authority of God.\n\nGod is the author of life and we are the stewards of the life that He has lovingly entrusted to us. Parliament has usurped the authority of God by deceiving itself that it has the authority to decide who shall live and who shall die. The EOLCB will empower doctors to kill or assist in the suicide of patients.\n\nAll authority comes from God and He has delegated His authority to the State to legislate for the protection of the lives of every member of our community from conception to natural death and not to preside over our destruction.\n\nThis threat to the right to life of the elderly, the disabled and the seriously ill is a threat to the lives of all and should be a cause of great concern for every person in our community.\n\nIt is important to understand the agenda of the euthanasia movement, a movement that has close association with eugenics which decrees that only the fit shall be allowed to live. The agenda is;\n\nThat the State has authority to decide who shall live and who shall be killed.\n\nThat doctors be empowered by the State to kill their patients or assist in their suicide.\n\nThat doctors be required to disregard the Hippocratic Oath and the duty to do no harm. Doctors could be, as in Nazi Germany, required to pledge allegiance to the State by taking an oath, \u201cto the health of the nation.\u2019\n\nThat doctors be required to disregard their conscience and become agents of the State in terminating the lives of their patients.\n\nTo normalise suicide as rational and to require acceptance of its citizens that there is a duty to die when one becomes a burden on the State or on the family.\n\nIn a 2008 interview, Baroness Mary Warnock, a leading British moral philosopher, said that people suffering from dementia had a duty to commit suicide: \u201cIf you\u2019re demented, you\u2019re wasting people\u2019s lives, your family\u2019s lives and you\u2019re wasting the resources of the National Health Services.\u201d\n\nIn 2016 there were 62,827 patients in New Zealand with Alzheimers, costing $1.7 billion in care. By 2050 it is expected that there will be 170,000 patients needing care, costing an estimated $5 billion. These are among our most vulnerable citizens. All of whom would be potential victims of euthanasia.\n\nWe should learn from Nazi Germany and the T4 euthanasia programme that started in 1938 which resulted in the killing of an estimated 300,000 disabled and sick German children and adults. It culminated in the Holocaust and the murder of six million Jews. Will we learn from history and not make the same mistake?\n\nIt is imperative that Parliament uphold its duty to defend life by defeating the contentious EOLCB at its second reading.\n\n20 Reasons to Votes No at Referendum\n\nRight to Life Christchurch Billboards now Live\n\nRandom Quote\n\n\u201cWhen we get used to evil because it has been legalized, is universally promoted and defended by the elite culture and its organs of propaganda, it can seem innocuous, even right.\n\nIf victims are killed with little trace, if they have no voice or are simply not heard, then the scene is set for the perfect crime\u2014perfect because it is not even recognized as a crime anymore, but as a service rendered to humanity.\u201d\n\n\u2014 unknown\n\nBillboard 2\n\nContact Your MP\n\nDownright Discrimination against Downs\n\nClick on image to contact your local MP's on their behalf at the push of a button.\n\nPregnant? Worried?\n\nMarch for Life Promo Video\n\nNew Zealand\u2019s Coming Demographic Winter\n\nAbortion Regret \u2013 Real NZ Women \u2013 Real Stories\n\nThis booklet was produced by the NZ Ministry of Health as a hard copy\u2026.It was quickly removed"}
-{"text": "Monday, October 31, 2011\n\nFor the past few years, Pastor Prince's sermons have been broadcast on US television screens on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) under the program name of \"Destined To Reign\".\n\nTBN is the largest Christian broadcasting network in the world and, as Pastor Prince himself admitted, it is only by God's grace that he was able to get a broadcast slot on the network.\n\nThe regular broadcast schedule of \"Destined To Reign\" is daily from Monday to Friday at 4am ... 4am! Not exactly prime time, is it? In fact, most people would call it an unearthly hour ;-)\n\nHowever, by the grace of God, 4am is exactly prime time for Pastor Prince's ministry! We have heard in church quite a number of testimonies from appreciative Christians in the US of how they were touched and transformed by Pastor Prince's TV program, and one common thread of these testimonies is that these people happened to catch \"Destined To Reign\" because for some reason or other (some were too burdened by worries, suffering from depression, etc), they were unable to sleep and switched on the TV to help pass the time. These troubled people are the very ones God wants to reach, and God knows exactly when the prime time is to reach them.\n\nYesterday, I watched Pastor Prince preach live three times in the US via webcast. Pastor Prince was the guest speaker at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church (see pic) which is the largest church in the US. Pastor Prince preached to 16,000 people in Lakewood Church's auditorium and thousands more via webcast on a Saturday night and Sunday morning in the US. Now, that is truly prime time by normal standards, isn't it?\n\nHowever, whether it's 4am on a weekday or 8.30am on a Sunday, it's always prime time when it's God's anointed time. Whenever we flow with God, and listen to his prompting to do his bidding at a particular time, that is Prime Time.\n\nEcclesiastes 9:11\n\nNew Living Translation (NLT)\n\n11 I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn\u2019t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn\u2019t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don\u2019t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.\n\nTuesday, October 18, 2011\n\nThere are so many iPhone owners in Singapore; I step into the MRT train or bus, I will see at least one person playing with his/her iPhone.\n\nI am not a fan of the iPhone but one thing I do envy iPhone owners for is the massive choices of accessories that they have to personalize and protect their precious iPhones.\n\nFor the past year, I must have seen hundreds of iPhones being used but I can't remember ever seeing a naked iPhone i.e. an iPhone without a cover and screen protector.\n\nThe iPhone4(S), at 9.3mm thin, is one of the slimmest mobile phone in the market today. However, when you attach a cover to the iPhone, it will bump up the thickness by 10 to 20 percent depending on the brand/model of phone cover.\n\nMost people don't mind the extra thickness for the sake of protecting their precious iPhones from scratches but do you know that the designers of the iPhone4 took this concern into consideration and covered the front and rear of the iPhone4 with scratch-resistant glass?\n\nThus, as most iPhone4 owners attach the covers and screen protectors to their phones, the iPhone4 is seldom used in the pure form created by the iPhone4 designers. The owners have wasted the sleek, minimalist, super slim and scratch-resistant design of the designers.\n\nSimilarly, when I think about the the redemption plan designed by the grace of God, it is seldom preached today in its pure form. Many preachers have wasted the perfect design of God's grace by attaching their own \"protective\" covers in their misguided efforts to protect God's grace from abuse.\n\nFor example, The Christian Post (Singapore Edition) reported on a lecture by Professor Roland Chia of Trinity Theological College in which he claimed that salvation is contingent on an ongoing relationship with God, and thus Christians can lose or forfeit their salvation.\n\nPreachers like Professor Chia cannot trust the divine grace of God to save us once and for all, through no effort or sacrifice of our own but, through only the once and for all sacrifice of Christ on the cross, and after that the same divine grace will transform us from glory to glory.\n\nThese preachers cannot believe that the unconditional grace of God will work in the way which God Himself personally designed it, and tag on their own terms and conditions to \"protect\" this grace, thus lowering this divine grace to a human grace ... nay, it is not grace at all, in fact it is a DISGRACE.\n\nSalvation is NOT contingent on an ongoing relationship with God. Salvation gives us the privilege and blessing of an ongoing relationship with God, and that is the naked truth."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, July 8, 2014\n\nSenior High Cycle 2: Out of This World- My model, my mock, and scores\n\nVid & Nova Voldox*clickable, but for a more readable version it's at the end of the post*\n\nThe writing and paper above was my mock/app to get in this comp. Due to some dropouts though everyone made it.\n\nScores are only like this for this assignment.\n\nI liked your letter and the creativity behind it was great. I think that it was a unique backstory and one that can definitely influence Nova\u2019s future choices in the competition. I can\u2019t wait to see it and be sure to really play up that mean girl quality.\n\nVid I think your letter was very creative and very unique which made it stand out from the other letters! I like that she was raised tough and that is why she is a \u201cmean girl\u201d I wish there was a little more detail of her personality and her being a mean girl but there is more time for that! I like your model she is very pretty and knows it. I like the bight hair and eyes, and also that sarcastic smirk! Can\u2019t wait to hear more about Nova!\nIt was really hard editing my story onto that paper and I wanted it to fit, so I didn't flesh out her personality as much as I would of liked. I'll make sure I do that for the rest of the assignments.\n\nI wanted Nova to be really colorful, bright, fun, and very alien-like. Pink skin and purple hair seem fitting for such an alien. For my alien anyway. lol I did have her with normal looking eyes, but that didn't cut it for me. I downloaded and made use of some really awesome looking cc contacts. She turned out really pretty. I might upload her when I get a chance.\n\nI chose the mean girl personality though, because it was the complete opposite of what I was in high school and I wanted to portray someone different for once. I'm so use to picking the outcast, the goth, and characters that are somewhat like myself. I felt like it was time to portray a villain character. A mean girl. Should be fun! Bwhahahaha!\n\nThe 1st official assignment is to show their first day at Senior High: Outer Space. I wanted to do something really good, so I'm going have to put my thinking cap on for this one. Once I'm done my one other comp entry, an idea might come to me hopefully.\n\nP.S. In case you can't read my mock:Hi my name is Nova Voldox. I\u2019m 180000000 years old or in earthling years 18. I live on the planet of Dysparasis. A paradise that is both hostile and dangerous, but the home of the proud race of the Dyparasians. A race of fighters, assassins, and conquerors. Even the woman. You must be both beautiful and deadly. My 10 siblings are all these things and more, but I do not possess the qualities of a fighter. Maybe compare to the weak, but on my planet no one is weak. I am beautiful, but that means nothing to my people or my family. The only thing strong about me is my loud mouth and words can\u2019t fight battles. If anything such a trait gets me in trouble a lot. I guess that\u2019s why my parents want me in your school.\n\nSpeaking of my parents, you may of heard of them. My father, Tyro Voldox is a great conqueror of planets and aid to our king. He has destroyed and taken over many planets, which has of course gain our family lots of enemies. My mother, Nata Voldox was a great assassin before she gave birth to me. She also gain a reputation as one to loathe and fear amongst the galaxies. Yes these are my parents. Neither are gods or ones to look up to, but they are my parents.\n\nSo I write to you in hopes of attending your school. I need and want to know more about the galaxies around me. My parents also hope that it will help with my \u201cobnoxious attitude\u201c. Their words. Not mine. I think I\u2019m quite charming myself. I\u2019m sure that charm will bring my fellow students such joy. Maybe I\u2019ll even make a friend or two."}
-{"text": "Competition takes a bite out of McDonald's sales in Finland\n\nEver-stiffer competition between hamburger chains has taken its toll on the result of McDonald's in Finland. The American fast food behemoth has shut down nine of its restaurants in the country since the beginning of the year, leaving itself with a network of 73 restaurants. Its sales in the country have similarly declined in comparison to the previous year, reveals Thomas Kelly, the managing director at McDonald's Finland.\n\nTilaajille\n\nMain ContentPlaceholder\n\nJulkaistu: 28.12.2015 5:55\n\n\u201cFinland is a market where the competition is tough,\u201d he says.\n\nMcDonald's and its closest competitor, Hesburger, dominate not only the hamburger market but also the entire fast food market of Finland. Both of the restaurant chains sell roughly 200 millions euros worth of fast food every year."}
-{"text": "THIS POST SHALL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF HURRICANE HARVEY AND IT\u2019S IMPACTS ON TEXAS.\n\nSaturday evening BST\n\nAt 10pm CT Friday Hurricane Harvey came ashore as a Category 4 storm generating wind gusts of 132 mph. Scenes of severe damage continue to stream in around Rockport, Port Aransas and Port Lavaca where the eyewall came ashore\n\nUnlike some 98% percent of all other hurricanes, Harvey is by no means done and his worst is likely yet to come some 12-24 hours post landfall. Harvey\u2019s winds may be easing on this Saturday afternoon/evening but due to the stalled nature of this vast machine, he shall drop the bulk of the water he contains over Texas through the rest of this weekend and through a much of next week.\n\nStep 1: Saturated air with very high dew points enters the storm in the low levels of the atmosphere. https://t.co/WpdrKcRYQY"}
-{"text": "The Kabia family grieves as the body of their day-old daughter is removed from their home in the Hill Cut neighborhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone, by a member of a safe burial team. The government mandates that all deaths in Ebola-infested districts be treated as potential Ebola cases and buried in accordance with safety procedures.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nAn Epidemic Evolves\n\nHow the Fight Against Ebola Tested a Culture\u2019s Traditions\n\nTo stop infected bodies from spreading the disease in Sierra Leone, health officials persuaded local leaders to change how villagers mourned.\n\n9 Minute Read\n\nBy Amy Maxmen,\n\nfor National Geographic\n\nPhotographs by Pete Muller,\n\nfor National Geographic\n\nPUBLISHED January 30, 2015\n\nThis is the second in a four-part series that examines West Africa's Ebola crisis. Read the first part\nhere.\n\nA great quarrel followed the death of a pregnant Guinean woman in June. Mourners refused to allow a team of outsiders dressed in what looked like white space suits to bury her Ebola-infected corpse. If she was to be saved from eternal wandering and reach the village of the dead, they insisted, her fetus must be removed.\n\nImpossible, the outsiders said. Her virus-laden blood was far too contagious for anyone to cut into her body.\n\nYet the villagers would not relent. In their traditional Kissi culture, a woman buried with her fetus disturbs the world\u2019s natural cycles\u2014beginnings and endings among humans, animals, and plants. In the same way, it is said, mixing the seeds of last year\u2019s harvest with this year\u2019s complicates the fertility of the crop, as well as the fertility of women. Even if the surgery was as dangerous as the outsiders suggested, the villagers worried that the results of disrupted natural cycles could be worse.\n\nExasperated, the district medical officer called an anthropologist originally from Cameroon to help him find a solution. From decades of experience in West Africa, Julienne Anoko knew there must be ways to make reparations to the spirits for ceremonies that could not be performed as tradition demanded.\n\nView Images\n\nBurial workers from the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health perform an oral swab test for Ebola on the Kabia family's deceased day-old daughter as a precaution, even though she is unlikely to have died from the disease. The bodies of Ebola victims are extremely infectious, and contact with them has been a major cause of the disease's transmission.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\n\"Eventually, I found a very old man whose grandfather was one of the ritualists in charge of reparations,\" she says. \"He had inherited the reparation ritual, and told us how it was to be done.\"\n\nThe villagers would need a goat, 12 yards of white tissue, salt, oil, and rice. Anoko, who was working for the World Health Organization, provided each item, and the community accepted them. At sunset, she watched the ceremony begin with the distribution of smooth kola nuts, symbols of respect. A world away, burial workers in sweltering hot Tyvek suits hygienically laid the pregnant woman to rest.\n\nAnoko\u2019s solution was the exception until recently. Scenes of conflict were frequent in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia\u2014the three countries hardest hit by Ebola\u2014as medical authorities tried to separate the dying and the dead from their communities. Ambulance drivers and burial teams were pelted with stones.\n\nIn the worst attack, eight people distributing information about Ebola in Guinea were killed. Villagers often retreated with ill relatives into the forest, where they could hide\u2014and where the deadly virus then quickly spread.\n\n\"The problem was that the people handling the intervention only looked at this as a health issue; they did not try to understand the cultural aspects of the epidemic,\" Anoko says.\n\nBut Anoko and others familiar with local customs helped health officials realize that they could not curb Ebola until they found ways to accommodate deeply held beliefs about the obligations of the living to the dying and the dead.\n\nAs health workers and burial teams have altered their procedures, and as political, tribal, and religious leaders pressed people to adapt their traditional ceremonies, the spread of Ebola has begun to slow.\n\nScience Confronts Culture\n\nIn the three countries hit hardest by Ebola, preparations for burial typically are carried out by community members who handle the dead with bare hands, rather than by doctors, morticians, and funeral home directors. People were unwilling to have those practices casually tossed aside. That worked in Ebola\u2019s favor. As death approaches, virus levels peak. Anyone who touches a droplet of sweat, blood, or saliva from someone about to die or just deceased is at high risk of contracting the disease.\n\nTo health authorities, the solution was simple. With so much at stake, science eclipses religion: Risky rituals must end.\n\n\"People were expected to go from one end of the spectrum to the other; from washing the bodies by hand, dressing them, and holding elaborate ceremonies, to having a corpse in a body bag and no goodbye,\" says Fiona McLysaght, the Sierra Leone country director for a humanitarian organization called Concern Worldwide.\n\nView Images\n\nA safe burial team removes the body of the Kabias' daughter from Freetown's Hill Cut neighborhood. A Muslim cleric walks between the members of the burial team, who put the baby in their truck and collected others before heading to the cemetery.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nSpirituality runs wide and deep in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. The population consists mainly of Christians and Muslims. Christians close the eyelids of the dead, wash and dress them. Muslims wash the dead as well, but wrap them in a white cloth. There are also rituals particular to ethnic groups\u2014such as the Kissi, the Mende, the Sherbro, and the Kona\u2014as well as secret societies.\n\nThe details of tribal and secret society ceremonies are closely held, but some hints come from locals and anthropologists with regional expertise.\n\nAccording to anthropological accounts, the Kissi, for example, sacrifice an animal over a stone at the dead person\u2019s tomb and then place the stone at an altar devoted to ancestors. The Sherbro may examine the body to determine whether the deceased had been a witch who caused harm. If so, the spirit must be rendered innocuous before burial, lest it cause crop failures and other misfortunes.\n\nA third layer of ritual comes in with secret societies, groups that conduct clandestine ceremonies throughout the region. Secret society leaders must be buried in a particular manner to transfer their powers to a successor. Unwilling to go into detail, Sidikie Sankoh, a youth leader in Freetown, tells me gravely, \"If these rituals are not done, there are consequences.\"\n\nView Images\n\nAbdul Kabia (at center, in blue fatigues) watches grave diggers cover the body of his day-old daughter in Freetown's King Tom cemetery. At the peak of the Ebola outbreak in December, the cemetery saw about 50 burials a day. It has since dropped to about 35.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nThese layers of belief mean that death in West Africa is accompanied by a complex and sacred blend of rituals. If they are ignored, the dead are thought to wander the Earth eternally and plague the community. To Westerners, the rituals ring of a forgotten past. But they serve the same purpose as death rituals around the world: closure through saying goodbye to loved ones before death, and paying respect to the deceased.\n\nDistrust Thwarts Compromise\n\nNeither of these tenets was respected in the Ebola response until recently.\n\nThroughout most of this outbreak, there were not enough beds and staff to care for the sick, so overwhelmed nurses sent the ill from one hospital to another\u2014without keeping track of who went where. Those who died were often whisked to unmarked graves. Families were left not knowing whether their loved ones were alive or dead\u2014and, if they were dead, where they had been buried.\n\nThese disappearances stoked conspiracy theories that Ebola was a hoax. In one, doctors were said to be killing patients to steal their organs. The less people believed that Ebola was real, the less likely they were to bring deathly ill relatives to clinics and to stop honoring their dead relatives in the traditional way.\n\nIn September, October, and November, governments and international aid agencies ranted and raved about stubborn villagers. Meanwhile, anthropologists pressed them to understand the beliefs of the people whose attitudes they wished to change.\n\n\"You have to take into account a history in which local people have learned to distrust the government,\" says Paul Richards, an anthropologist at University College London who has worked in Sierra Leone for 40 years. \"It\u2019s a situation not unlike that in Ferguson, Missouri, where a legacy of slavery, exploitation, disregard, and abuse leads people to think their own solutions are better than those from the outside.\"\n\nView Images\n\nA burial team, using precautions required to handle Ebola victims, removes a deceased 27-year-old man from an apartment building in Freetown. The people he lived with did not believe he died from Ebola because he did not exhibit the typical symptoms.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nHe adds, \"It doesn\u2019t help that outsiders are dressed in astronaut suits.\"\n\nRichards knows compromises could be reached. He remembers that ceremonies were altered during Sierra Leone\u2019s brutal \"blood diamond\" civil war and suggests those same ceremonies might be revived now. Back then, people found ways to honor the dead they had abandoned as they fled their villages.\n\n\"Burial rituals were flexible,\" he says. \"The spirits are totally practical!\"\n\nOne hot afternoon in eastern Sierra Leone, Haille James, of the Kissi tribe, tells me what his people did when a body could not be found.\n\n\"You would go to the place where you think the person died and leave a piece of metal\u2014four days for a man and three days for a woman,\" he explains. \"After that, you hold the metal on your head and bring it to your home, where you cover it. Then you can cry, bury it in a place, and pray.\" Tamba Aruna, a mental health counselor in Sierra Leone and a member of the Kono tribe, says similar rituals occurred in his community during the war, only with a stone instead.\n\nView Images\n\nFriends and family pray over the body of the 27-year-old man after a safe burial team removed the potential Ebola victim from his residence. Burial teams now interrupt their work to allow brief ceremonies to accommodate relatives who want to pay their respects.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nPastors, Imams, Chiefs Stop Rituals\n\nNearly five thousand people had died of Ebola by November in the three hardest hit countries, and the contagion was still rising in Sierra Leone. Organizations involved in Sierra Leone\u2019s Ebola response claimed that 70 percent of new infections in that country stemmed from funeral rituals, although they cited no particular study. Erring on the side of caution, the government mandated that in Freetown, the capital city, all corpses had to be buried in body bags with sterile procedures\u2014whether or not they were known to be infected with Ebola.\n\nFinally, officials reached out to chiefs, imams, pastors, and traditional healers for help and advice on how to change people\u2019s minds about burials.\n\nView Images\n\nA man weeps as he follows the body of the man, a close friend.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nBy then, many of these community leaders needed little convincing. In Freetown, at the modest headquarters of Ahmadiyya, an Islamic sect, Munnirou Abyusuf explains how he came to believe the disease was real. Ebola could be a curse or some kind of witchcraft, he thought at first, when the outbreak began in the east of the country. But then it killed dozens of health workers, including virologist Sheik Umar Khan.\n\n\"When Dr. Khan died,\" he says, \"I thought, 'Oh, this is a very serious thing.'\"\n\n\"When the epidemic started, the holy prophet of Islam said that people should stay put,\" he says, explaining that Muhammad advocated prayers for the deceased in absentia. Abyusuf went to his congregation and explained what he had learned: \"I told people, this is not the first plague. You do not need to wash the corpse. You can pray in absentia. The rules are not absolute.\"\n\nPastors promised their congregations similar forgiveness, and chiefs asked their people to cease all secret society rituals. Meanwhile, humanitarian organizations and the government enacted \"safe and dignified burials,\" during which people could pray briefly for their loved ones, while standing two meters (6.5 feet) from the white body bag.\n\nThey also hired liaisons to discuss the precautions with mourners. The liaisons try to honor reasonable requests. In some cases, that means burial workers in Tyvek suits dress the dead in outfits chosen by families before the corpses are placed in body bags. In other cases, money or jewelry is placed in body bags as a \"toll\" that the deceased must pay to cross over to the village of the dead.\n\nView Images\n\nWorkers lower a body into a grave at King Tom cemetery in Freetown. The graveyard, which resembles a construction site as new burial sites are carved from the ground, has been expanded to three times its former size and is now nearly out of space.\n\nPhotograph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nWhen I visited the largest cemetery in Freetown, King Tom, it was mid-December and the problems with burials had shifted. According to government statistics, almost all corpses in the Freetown area were hygienically placed in the ground by burial teams.\n\nIn King Tom cemetery, about 50 bodies were planted in fresh, shallow pits each day. Dirt and hay particles hung in the humid air. In the space of an hour, several vans rumbled over the dirt to deliver new body bags. Small groups of men and women on foot flowed into and out of the cemetery after quick prayers. They appeared bewildered by the overwhelming scene.\n\nThe landscape resembled a construction site, with mounds of dirt and constant digging. A tractor at the periphery cleared piles of bramble and trash to make room for new graves. Now, the city faced a new issue: The cemetery had expanded to three times its former size and was nearly out of space.\n\nAndrew Kondoh, who had been hired by Concern Worldwide to be a liaison between burial teams and mourners, met me in the graveyard. His broad, easy grin belies the tragedy he\u2019s witnessed.\n\nAt 13 years old, he handled corpses during Sierra Leone\u2019s civil war. Massacred bodies piled up outside of his town in the eastern region of Kenema. Not wanting people to stumble over the dead, or dogs to pick them apart, he spent his days cordoning off the bodies. \"It was born in me to do community work,\" he says. \"I know how to console people.\"\n\nView Images\n\nIbranhim Kamara and his co-workers pray over the freshly covered grave of his daughter in the King Tom cemetery. Seventeen-month-old Fatamata, his only child, developed an intense fever at night and passed away just after dawn.\n\nPhootgraph by Pete Muller, Prime for National Geographic\n\nKondoh counsels the young men and women who carry bodies to the morgue and graveyard. Because they handle Ebola-infected corpses, many have been evicted from their homes by frightened landlords and abandoned by their partners.\n\n\"Women at the corner will not sell me water. They call us 'Ebola people,'\" one burial worker tells me. Kondoh pats him on the back, and the two chuckle at the term. Kondoh adds, \"If we don\u2019t laugh, we\u2019ll cry.\"\n\nAli Kamara, a burial team supervisor, says that families no longer fight with his team when they come for the dead. \"Before, people were hiding their corpses for two to three days,\" while they washed the corpse and performed other rituals, Kamara says. \"Now, it\u2019s totally different. They call me at all hours and just say, take the body away.\""}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nFriday, November 12, 2010\n\nMoca, or \"Mobile Care\"\n\nFive billion of the world's six some billion people live in developing countries, where many have no access to basic medical treatments and preventive care.\n\nMoca, or \"Mobile Care,\" is cell-phone-based telemedicine system specifically for use in developing countries. The system allows semi-skilled community health workers to go into the field carrying a smartphone, collect diagnostic information, transmit it to a central medical records system for expert review, and receive real-time decision support. The project is build on open platforms: the Android smartphone platform and the OpenMRS medical record system. OpenMRS is designed for use in developing countries and is deployed in a dozen countries. Members of the Moca team traveled to the Philippines in March to explore a pilot deployment in Capiz; we are also developing partnerships with other organizations around the world."}
-{"text": "Mary Poppins Returns Trailer Screams Rob Marshall Magic\n\nAdding to the Mary Poppins world wasn\u2019t an idea that initially had everyone cheering, but as Rob Marshall\u2018s follow-up to the Into the Woods there was some hope that this wasn\u2019t just a Disney money grab. The teaser trailer set a magical stage, and Emily Blunt looked the part, but there wasn\u2019t a lot to warrant serious excitement.\n\nWe finally have a bit more to go on with the release of the latest trailer, and considering that it hits just before Christmas, it\u2019s about time. Of course, it hits just before Christmas and it\u2019s a Disney movie, so convincing people to go may be a marketing budget that is ultimately unnecessary.\n\nThe main thing to note from the trailer is the reveal that Mary Poppins Returns is going to be something of a mirror effort. There\u2019s a new, but similar \u201cneed\u201d for Poppins to arrive, new, but familiar, animation that bleeds into the production itself and Poppins\u2019 magic, and there\u2019s a new chimney sweep. The trailer even feels like a throwback to earlier Disney efforts with its star spotlight toward the end. It\u2019s all wandering full circle, which you have to imagine is going to be part of the syrupy message. And, as we could have guessed, Jack (Ben Whishaw) has forgotten what it\u2019s like to be a child, or at least says \u201cstuff and nonsense\u201d like a right grown up.\n\nphoto courtesy Disney\n\nThat said, if you\u2019re looking at the potential magic and/or the love and devotion we might be in store for (also known as the licensing aftermath), you might think of Into the Woods as the trial run. That was a great movie, and a lot of fun, but it wasn\u2019t going to be the next ride at Disney World, or inspire a set of new shops, or even take over a huge amount shelf space. But, we wanted to know we had someone we could give Mary Poppins to, because if you do that right, you might have something. An uptick in the profit margin of Disney Parks aside, if you can match Into the Woods with the added bonus of a title that already has decades of wonder swirling around it, you\u2019re probably in line for a Best Picture nod.\n\nMarc Eastman is the owner and operator of Are You Screening? and has been writing film reviews for over a decade, and several branches of the internet's film review world have seen his name. He is also a member of The Broadcast Film Critics Association and The Broadcast Television Journalists Association.\n\nTrending\n\nTim Roth's Tin Star is easily one of the best performances the year will offer, though the show itself doesn't quite live up to that. It's a wildly fun thriller, but it will make you uncomfortable to say that, and it's one you'll definitely find yourself wanting to binge.\n\nNetflix wants to know if \"family adventure\" can be upgraded, especially since the genre never managed much in the first place. It looks like it can, but it's a genre that can't expand its demographic very far."}
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-{"text": "The Dream Life of Emilia Clarke. From HBO's Game of Thrones to the remake of Terminator, British actress Emilia Clarke is leaping onto the big screen. Photography by Lachlan Bailey, Styling by Beth Fenton for WSJ."}
-{"text": "Great Lakes Daily News\n\n\u2018Elephant in the room\u2019 left out in Line 3 environmental impact statement, appellants say\n\nAn evaluation of the potential environmental impact of an Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline construction project left out \u201cthe elephant in the room,\u201d the potential damage it could cause to the St. Louis River and Lake Superior. Read the full story by the Hibbing Daily Tribune."}
-{"text": "Holiday Botanical Workshop\n\nHoliday Botanical Workshop\n\nDecember 10 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm\n\n-$25\n\nMembers of the North Suffolk Garden Club will show you how to create your own unique holiday centerpiece using seasonal greens and holiday d\u00e9cor. Discount available if you register for jewelry-making workshop. Fees include all materials, tools and refreshments (served prior to workshop).\n\nVenue\n\nEvent Navigation\n\nThe Long Island Museum\n\nLocated at 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook, the Long Island Museum is a Smithsonian affiliate, dedicated to enhancing the lives of adults and children with an understanding of Long Island's rich history and diverse cultures.\n\nThe museum is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m and Sunday from noon to 5.\n\nRegular admission is $10 per person, $7 for seniors and $5 for students ages six to 17. Children under six and museum members are free."}
-{"text": "Tertiary education \u2013 are the corporate vandals at the gates?\n\nPosted By TEU on Feb 21, 2012 |\n\nWorld expert on tertiary education David Robinson will be visiting New Zealand for the first time later this month and giving a series of public lectures on increasing corporatisation and privatisation of tertiary education around the world.\n\nDr Robinson, who is a highly regarded, and sometimes satirical, speaker from Canada, is the senior higher education consultant to Education International, the global union for teachers.\nHe will be giving three public lectures at:\n\nAuckland, 27 February at the University of Auckland\n\nLecture Theatre 018, Level 0, the Clocktower, 22 Princes Street\n\n5.30pm \u2013 7pm\n\nWhat are the international directions in tertiary education policy? What do they mean for vocational training and higher education?\n\nChristchurch, 28 February at the University of Canterbury\n\nLAWS 108 Lecture Theatre\n\n6pm \u2013 7pm, with drinks beforehand\n\nLessons from Hurricane Katrina and other disasters \u2013 what happens when natural disasters are being used to radically reshape the tertiary education provision in a city.\n\nWellington, 1 March at Victoria University\n\nGBLT1, Government House Law School\n\n6pm \u2013 7pm, with drinks beforehand\n\nThe paradox \u2013 in New Zealand successive governments say tertiary education is one of the most important things in which to invest. Yet the system itself and people who work in it are under more pressure than ever before."}
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-{"text": "If your browser doesn't support JavaScript you will not be able to see submenus please use the sitemap\n\nDismissThis site uses cookies for adverts and to monitor site activity in order to help improve the site. See our Cookie Policy for more information. You can change cookie settings in your browser at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue.\n\nPneumonia is still with us\n\nDecember 2010\n\nPneumonia is still with us\n\nPneumonia is a serious problem that can lead to death if left untreated \u2013 at the start of the last century it had overtaken tuberculosis as the number one leading cause of death in this country.\n\nHippocrates (c 400 BC) was one of the first to identify the problem and describe its symptoms but it wasn\u2019t until around the 1880s that the two common bacterial causes (streptococcus pneumonia and Klebsiella pneumonia) were identified.\n\nThe development of penicillin and general antibiotics in the mid 20th century had enormous affect on pneumonia and mortality dropped dramatically. Since then vaccinations have been developed and treatment has continued to improve.\n\nHowever, in the UK pneumonia still affects around 10 in every 1,000 adults, especially in autumn and winter months. It can affect people of any age but obviously those with a weakened immune system due to other illnesses are more susceptible. There are also different types of pneumonia and some are more severe than others.\n\nPneumonia is basically when lung tissue becomes inflamed, usually as the result of an infection. This infection can be caused by many different micro-organisms including viruses, bacteria and parasites but by far the majority of pneumonia cases are caused by the bacteria streptococcus pneumonia.\n\nThis infection causes the air sacs in the lungs and the smaller bronchial tubes to become inflamed and fill with fluid. The body then directs special white blood cells to move to the lungs to fight off the infection and this makes it hard for the lungs to operate properly and to transfer oxygen from the air into the bloodstream.\n\nSome people carry the bacteria without developing problems, but for many early symptoms can include fever, pains in the chest and coughing, usually a dry cough at first but then you can start to cough up phlegm. Breathing can become fast and shallow, and it can hurt to breathe in deeply or to cough.\n\nA doctor needs to be consulted and he or she will examine your chest. Sometimes an x-ray is taken to check the condition of the lungs.\n\nIt is important pneumonia is treated and the main treatment today is with antibiotics which are very effective and usually help to bring about a complete recovery. Rest is important, and you will probably be advised to drink quite a lot of liquid and possibly take pain killers.\n\nToday, only one in ten people who develop pneumonia needs to be admitted to hospital.\n\nWhile it is a very treatable disease, today people do still die of pneumonia and it needs to be taken seriously. If you are over 65, your doctor may recommend a vaccination against pneumonia. If you feel you may be at risk this winter, do talk to your doctor who will be able to advise you.\n\nWant to comment on this article or ask other laterlife visitors a\nquestion?"}
-{"text": "A 21-year-old who was a senior airman at Scott Air Force Base pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing pipe bombs in a brief case, shotgun shells, and a bag full of razors, screws, shrapnel and propane cylinders.\n\nIn October, a witness told authorities that Justin Vangilder had several pipe bombs in his Shiloh home. Vangilder admitted to police that he had the bombs, and knew it was illegal, according to a news release from the U.S. District Attorney\u2019s Office.\n\nAccording to a criminal complaint filed by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Vangilder was suicidal and delusional and wanted to kill as many child molesters as he could.\n\nThe maximum penalties Vangilder could face for each count are 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.\n\nHis sentencing is set for Aug. 1 in federal district court in East St. Louis."}
-{"text": "Friday, November 30, 2007\n\nSomething like hope\n\nOn Wednesday night I cried. In public. In church. I was so annoyed at myself. When ever you cry in church people always look at you and assume something terrible, like you're dealing wth some sort of awful sin, or that something devestating has recently happened to you (like your grandmother died or your dog got hit by a car or something). But that wasn't it at all. At church they asked us to remember our baptisms. To remember who dunked us in the water and who was there witnessing and what it felt like. This should be a happy memory, really it should. But when i started thinking about it I just lost it. It was a combination of a million different things but I felt a lump in my throat and I just kind of lost it. My father baptized me on a Sunday night in May a long time ago. That same night my friend Ashley was also baptized. Ashley came from a rough family life and lived in a bad neighborhood and dated the wrong guys. So wrong in fact that she died in a drive by shooting when we were in high school. I hadn't thought about her in a long time and my heart was sad remembering how much she wanted to be good but couldn't avoid the evil in our world. My heart is also sad for my dad who has since the hurricane kind of fallen away from God. While I can't explain this in detail, I am sad to say he isn't the same as he used to be, or maybe I'm not the same as I used to be, or maybe I just grew up and my dad isn't just my dad anymore-he's a real person that doesn't know everything and isn't perfect. But either way he isn't the dad I remember baptizing me that night. And when I think about the people at church that night cheering me on and praying for me, the people that really raised me up in the Lord, I am also a little sad. I just can't help it. I miss them so all in different ways. Some of them are no longer with us for one reason or another and most of them died unexpectedly or unjustly or simply before it was their time. Some of them I miss because they are far from me and miss their company and encouragement and I desperately miss being a part of that church. I am more hopeful when I am there. But in more ways than one that church is no more and once again I can not help but be sad, at least a little bit. I guess I'm just tired of this whole hurricane thing ruining memories that are supposed to be happy. But I suppose there is still hope. I remember coming up out of the water and I was just a kid, but I remember feeling releived. Like a a knot in my stomach had gotten untwisted a bit. I used to think it was becuase I know I was finally saved, but looking back that wasn't really it at all. I think it was something more like hope.\n\nNo comments:\n\nBlog Archive\n\nAbout Me\n\n\"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.\" - Colossians 3:17\nI'm getting my Master\ns in Psychology. In other words I spend countless hours pondering questions of the universe, listening to people's problems, and researching/writing for my thesis. Most importantly, I love Jesus and he loves me, although I don\u2019t always understand why. Most of the time, I really miss New Orleans. I love a good funny story. I hate mayonnaise and white gravy almost as much as I hate hurricanes. I try not to take myself too seriously. I also spend a lot of time trying to figure out my future... so if you hear of any jobs in New Orleans..."}
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-{"text": "Gary, I've been following your R class build from the sidelines and wow!!! Beautiful model of a beautiful loco, I hope I'll see it around sometime. I'm heading to the Steamrail Newport open day in March, hopefully I'll be able to get up close and personal with either 711 or 761.\n\nHmm, a lot of 5\" gauge big boys seem to be appearing at the moment for some reason. Stranger still, where they've been up until now seems to be a mystery, no one knows anything about their back stories!\n\nIn recent shop news however I've made a start on the ominous task of cutting, shutting and splicing Challenger castings to produce Big Boy pieces. Roger Goldmans Challenger castings are impeccable, consistent wall thickness, accurately located and well finished cores. It hurts a little bit inside taking the slitting saw and dismembering them. In what was an effort towards standardisation and cost minimization, the UPRR engineered proven design, similar shapes and construction into Big Boys from the Challenger design. Luckily for me, this means with a few select cuts the Challenger castings can be rearranged and repurposed into prototypically accurate pieces for its bigger brother. Lots of silver soldering ahead...\n\nAttachments\n\nFront engine, front valve gear support before\n\nFront engine, front valve gear support after\n\nChallenger boiler slide casting before\n\nThe big chop\n\nTwo pieces to be joined\n\nI just don't understand pronouncing solder as \"sodder\"... where did the L go?\n\nDanSmo wrote:Richard, yes i considered doing something similar but I'm using pre-hardened and ground bar stock for my axles which means further machining is not an option. Instead I've drilled a fill hole in the top of the journal box and a drain hole in the bottom, that way i will be able to fill it with oil, then later drain it when it come time for a service... just like in full size. The drain plug will also have a magnet in it to trap metallic particles just as many automotive applications do.\n\nHey Dan,\n\nA small carbide drill will make short work of the cross holes. Especially if they're just case hardened.\n\nAs Andy says, carbide drills will work OK on the hardened surface. I'm sure that's how they tap the shafting 1/4-20 or bigger to fit the shafting to the Thomson support rails. Also, if your hardened shafting is like the Thomson shafting that is available in standard lengths, the center is softer (you can center punch the center of the Thomson shafting) and can be worked with standard drills. That makes tapping possible as well.\n\nYou are doing such a great job that it would be nice to have all the little details the best that is possible as well. The running environment for something like this is even dirtier than in full size because it is closer to the ground. For working models, there are departures from full size practice that should be made for practical reasons.\n\nFor those interested in a few details about the 5' g BigBoy (1' scale) in the video above -\nHere are a few details about its origins gleaned from one of the SteamWorkshop guys (but happy to stand corrected);\n\nBuilt by Brian Taylor from the Beech Hurst club over a 25 year period; its the only one complete and running in the UK.\nSadly, the builder passed away a couple of years ago, and the loco recently sold - and is not for re-sale - but will remain as part of a personal collection.\nIt has a coal-fired copper boiler (imagine the size of the grate!) but the loco requires a little re-commissioning work before its back on the track steaming in anger.\n\nA few weeks back I mentioned that the Big Boy tenders had a rare sprinkler installed to keep the first few cars in the train from catching on fire from cinders. I finally found the rare image taken back in the summer of 1950.\n\nHere we see an unknown UP 4000 class steamer assaulting Sherman Hill with the seldom seen in action tender sprinkler doing what it was design ed to do. Notice the small white plume of water spray at the top rear of the tender. It drifts back to keep the first three or four cars moist preventing fires on the wood equipment which was still quite common at that time.\n\nImage is not the best as cameras back in the day were not what we can find today. Most shots were taken in yards and terminals where speed was slow or stationary resulting in sharp images. Here we see a roadside grab shot as father did not worry much about the weaknesses of his camera, he wanted to capture the monster engine at work and just happened to catch the tender sprinkler in action that day. A very rare image showing the sprinkler in action and one of the very few I have ever seen showing the sprinkler.\n\nEnjoy the trip back in time to somewhere on Sherman Hill during the summer of 1950.\n\nIt gives thought to what a transient in those times would have thought once the train left town and the cold shower was allowed to work its magic. Riding the tops of the first few cars might have been quite the ride. For the uninformed, it was probably a serious surprise. Cold water spray and hot cinders mixed in, an ugly ride for sure.\n\nSomeone has to step to the plate first and create the first tender sprinkler in 1.5 scale that actually works. Perhaps after the drought is declared over.\n\nAfter posting the photo of the Big Boy with tender sprinkler Robert sent me a copy of the original to see if any enhancement could come about. There was some shadow detail that sprang forth but it brings noise with it. Took out a couple of the larger blemishes in the sky and added a little color to the sky. Cropped the right side so there is more of the train in the photo.\n\nSpeaking of cinders;\nIn 1984 we rode behind the UP 3985, a 4-6-6-4 Challenger type that is not much smaller than the Big Boys. Cinders from the 3985 almost destroyed my original video camera. As we were entering Sherman tunnel, heading East towards Speer and Cheyenne, WOW, a cloud that looked like a swarm of locust, only magnified and denser, attacked those of us in the dark about such phenomena and who chose to stick ones neck through open vestibules. My wife spent many an hour cleaning the zoom and focus mechanism on the camera but from then on it grated in use.\nIt is easy to see how the cinders would build up along the right of way. Surprised the world had enough coal to feed those monsters.\n\nOh, and by the way, Dan dem's some sweet looking parts. Looks like a world class 4-8-8-4 will be polishing the rails in the, hopefully, not too far future.\n\nRoger had his Patterns made by a very skilled patternmaker which is why the walls are uniform and castings are way above average. Patterns are the most important thing in getting good sand castings. You can never get a good casting from a lousy pattern. You are doing an exceptionally wonderful job and it will be a beautiful engine when complete. Keep up the good work. Richard"}
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-{"text": "JOSH Hoffman is said to have greeted reporters for his first media opportunity this year by saying \u201chaven\u2019t seen you guys for a while\u201d.\n\nThe smiling 27-year-old Titans fullback was a favourite of reporters during his six years at the Broncos. The Mackay product was always co-operative and good for a quote \u2013 perhaps too much so in the eyes of his club, at times.\n\nBut things went sour at Red Hill. Not once, but twice. First, while he was away at the World Cup, club-mate Justin Hodges was quoted as saying he was not fullback material. Hoffman\u2019s father Shane attacked Hodges on social media, calling him a \u201cdog\u201d.\n\nThen the cousin of new Queensland rep Dane Gagai \u2013 and relative of Wendell Sailor, Ben Barba and Travis Waddell \u2013 was repeatedly photographed with Canterbury members of the Kiwis squad \u2013 and asked for a release.\n\nThere was a season of truce while the Broncos waited for Anthony Milford and Wayne Bennett to arrive \u2013 and Hoffman finally got the hell out of Dodge, although only an hour down the freeway.\n\nDuring it all, Josh maintained an uncharacteristic silence in the mainstream media \u2013 even if his social media accounts remained entertaining. This year, he\u2019s dressed up as superhero for the club website, posted Instagram videos to kill the time during the commute to and from training \u2013 but has been interviewed only briefly.\n\nA-List meets Josh during a break in training at Burleigh Leagues Club, overlooking the Gold Coast Titans\u2019 new training ground. New, because they were kicked out of a school facility when the drugs story broke earlier this year.\n\nA couple of times, looking back over the past couple of years, Josh will use an expression like \u201cthis blew up in the media\u201d \u2026 before going onto confirm the story concerned was more or less right. There\u2019s much to catch up with since he last spoke in depth about pretty-much anything. We\u2019ll not pussyfoot around\u2026.\n\nHOFFMAN left Brisbane for Gold Coast this year with a season left on his contract. \u201cI had the chance to go in and meet Wayne (Bennett). I didn\u2019t really even have to say much. He sort of knew my position. He just said Darius was coming to the club and he wanted Darius to play fullback and he said \u2018I know that\u2019s your preferred position and I\u2019m not going to hold you back from going out there and finding another opportunity\u2019. In saying that, he said \u2018you\u2019re signed with the Broncos and you\u2019re welcome to stay here and you\u2019ve always got a club here\u2019. He was really good like that. At the time, Canberra were in the mix and Ricky (Stuart) was chasing pretty hard I had a young family, I had a little girl and my wife as well and we were trying to decide on whether we wanted to move to Canberra. It was a little bit too far away considering my wife and her mother were very close. We wanted to stay somewhere \u2026 stay in Brisbane. And the Warriors were chasing as well.\n\n\u201cThere was a little bit of talk and a little bit of interest (from rugby union) but I don\u2019t think they pushed too hard on getting me over there. That would have been another thing I would have considered but I really wanted to stay and play rugby league. I felt like I had more to give to the game. I rang my manager up and he rang around and I said \u2018what about Gold Coast, do you reckon they\u2019d be keen?\u2019 and he gave Neil (Henry) a ring and we set up a meeting and happy days.\u201d\n\nA YEAR earlier, Hoffman had asked for a release while at the World Cup. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure where I was going to be in the future because of everything happening at the club and my positional changes with everywhere I was being moved. I just didn\u2019t know where I was going to fit in the team and I felt like there was no certainty there at the club. I spoke to Hook (Anthony Griffin) and asked for a release \u2026 like I said to Wayne, if I could find other opportunities out there to play fullback. I guess things went a bit sour after that. I stayed at the club. The best thing for me is I didn\u2019t go around kicking stones and dragging my lip on the ground and feeling sorry for myself.\n\n\u201cMe and hook, we don\u2019t have any malice against one another.\u201d\n\nTHE matter came to a head when veteran Broncos centre Justin Hodges was quoted as saying Hoffman was not the answer for the club at fullback. \u201cComing from your own team-mate, you sort of \u2026 I know I was young at the time and I took it the wrong way and I understand where Justin was coming from; the Broncos were looking for someone who could ball-play, someone who could be another five-eighth and my game, it\u2019s purely a running game. I like to bring the ball back hard and get as many metres as I can. That\u2019s just what I do. At the time I took it as a personal attack and I got a bit upset after that. That was another thing that made me want to leave the club as well. Having your own team-mate say that, it\u2019s made my confidence go down a bit.\u201d But he never approached Hodges over the slight. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to cause drama over it because at the time we were trying to keep our season alive. I didn\u2019t want to cause drama between team-mates.\u201d\n\nAT the World Cup, Hoffman was photographed with Bulldogs players repeatedly, leading to intense speculation he was headed to Belmore. \u201cI was walking down the street in Manchester and I was with big Sammy (Kasiano) and Franky (Pritchard) and Greggy Eastwood and they were in my ear, telling me to come to the Doggies, you know? They were trying to get me over there. And I was like \u2018boys, I\u2019m still with the Broncos and I\u2019ve still got two years left and this and that. Being stubborn boys, they just kept pushing and pushing. We eventually got a photo together and it got in the paper and I think the Broncos took it the wrong way and it was blown out of proportion. It was a bit hard being over in the UK and reading all this stuff on the website and being asked about it as well, getting attacked on Twitter from fans and that. It was pretty hurtful but there\u2019s nothing you can do about that. Everyone\u2019s got their opinions. \u201c\n\nHOFFMAN was overlooked for selection by the Kiwis at the end of the tournament and has not played for his father\u2019s country since. \u201cWe played against Papua New Guinea and I did my shoulder and it was bothering me at the time. Steve (Kearney) knew I wasn\u2019t 100 per cent but I was adamant I wanted to play. I guess he thought it was in the best interests of the team to play Kevin Locke. At the time, I was a bit disappointed, a bit angry about it because I would really have loved to finish the World Cup off playing in the finals but the boys really did well to get to the final.\u201d\n\nJOSH appears to be facing an up-hill battle to make the touring squad for England at the end of this season. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of competition for the fullback spot. Dallin (Watene-Zelezniak) has been playing a lot of fullback since (Matt) Moylan\u2019s been out, he\u2019s been going really well. And Roger (Tuivasa-Skeck) is the incumbent fullback at the moment. He\u2019s been playing really good footy. There\u2019s a lot of competition there and also in the backline as well. At this stage I\u2019m just focusing on the Titans. If we can get some wins together, hopefully we can get to play in September.\u201d\n\nBUT since Hoffman signed on with the Titans, Aiden Sezer plus Nate Myles have left and Daley Cherry Evans announced he would not be joining, as originally agreed. DCE \u201cIt is a big loss for the club and something Neil\u2019s going to have to shuffle around. I\u2019d hate to be in his shoes right now, trying to figure out what he\u2019s going to do for next year. But I guess in saying that we need to focus on this year. It was disappointing and sad to see Nate leave \u2013 such a great player with great experience. I really look up to him.\u2019"}
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Ignore the broken graphics; I havn't got around to fixing that since I have been concentrating on the mechanics of the editor.\n\nCurrently you can: -Load up previously created windows from SWD (Stak Window Descriptor) resource files for editing -Save your current window to an SWD resource file -drag labels around using the cursor by selecting their 'pin' (little green things) -Drag buttons around by just dragging the button widget -Move/Transform the window using the cursor -Change all the captions using the console (havn't yet got a GUI for the GUI Editor per se, just the standard sys.Stak console) -Use most of the other console commands that are used with the GUI -Add new labels (through console) -Add new buttons (through console) -Remove labels (through console) -Remove buttons (through console)\n\nTodo: -I will add a GUI (other than the console) once I have a complete GUI system setup -I will add the feature of linking script events to buttons clicks once I have a stable scripting language sorted out -Make more widgets! (Edit boxes, memos, lists etc.)\n\nScreenie:\n\n[EDIT: Just incase you were wondering how the windows look without broken graphics (This is from in the engine not the editor):\n\nSo, its been a few hours since I last made a post in my journal but screw it; its a new day here in england and I still feel as shit as hell (interesting concept there). On monday I picked up a really nice virus from my Deli-Krew-Mate Vicky- i think its a subset of flu because it has acheing limbs and temperatures. I keep sweating the damn temperatures down but then they come back. Oh well, means I got time to sit home reading up on random crap instead of going off to work. After quite a bit of (legit for once) drugs I do feel better and can manage some coding [smile].\n\nAnyway, I'm gonna stop complaining.\n\nI was looking at a few other blogs and reading through their engine woes and stuff. It got me thinking how I was actually approaching such a complex project as a 3D engine. I wondering if anyone else followed this idea with their engine (if this is their first engine):\n\nI don't look at the engine as a whole- ofcourse I have an idea of what I want out of it in the end and the features I need. However since this is my first engine I don't know how to do every feature. So instead of overloading my brain and thinking 'shit, how am I going to code all this' and panic and then lose interest I am taking each section as it comes. For instance, first I wanted to load up levels but what type of level? a 3D level. What type have alot of documentation and a loader/renderer already in place to base ones code on? BSP- its quite simple to load the initial level but collision detection can be a real pain in the arse. Luckily there is code in place and I can go back to collision detection and properly understand it when I need to. This tool also taught me fonts and how to display different kinds of fonts on the screen and how to make a font code base.\n\nSo now I have my level and loader/renderer sorted out- thats now my 'world view' tool. A complete program in itself. What next? Well, I wanted to get the mesh code sorted out so I went to look through one of my Game Programmers books and found MD2 code for meshes- its good because theres documentation and I can update it to MD3. So I made a seperate tool called 'Model View' that loaded MD2 meshes (havn't upgraded it yet). This app also used the font code base from the 'World View' tool to display information.\n\nSo I had a mesh view tool, a world view tool, what next? I felt I needed more control over the engines environment (change system variables, load meshes and BSP levels etc.). What better way to control the engine from inside the engine than a developers console. So I made some graphics for it and decided what the initial commands would be for the console. I came up with an input method and a logic system for the console that allowed full control over the environment. So now I had a fully working, independent, class based code base for a console that I then incorporated into my other tools to display debug information, dump error messages and allow me to contol the world.\n\nSo now I wanted to make a fully working GUI to easily display information and edit information. Once I got a basic window system with a button widget and label widget to display and work as it was meant to in the 'World View' app (since thats the main basis for the rendering of levels) I wanted to make it more powerful. I wanted to be able to control windows in an external resource to import into the engine since engines are meant to be totally modular by their very nature. So I created a file type that had a template on loading in information for the window to display so the engine could just query the resource instead of having it hard coded. This had many benefits including not having to recompile the engine everytime I wanted to change a window and also allowed for the next stage.\n\nNow I had made the initial primitive GUI system work on a modular resource engine I decided to make the creation of windows easier. So the next natural step would be to make a GUI editor which is where I'm at at the moment (see my pervious post). I can edit windows with my GUI editor and have my World View tool import them when needed.\n\nI'm sorry it was a bit long winded; I got a little carried away. What I am thinking is, is my method the same as most of you out there on their first engine. I take each section of the engine, make it into a little program and in that way I am making it into a whole learning experience. Before I started, I had no idea how to display fonts, make GUI etc. but because I'm taking every aspect of the engine, no matter how small, as one little code base and one little application I am breaking it down and making it easier to learn and code. I am not looking beyond the current section of the engine since it is a project unto itself. However, once I finish a code base I incorporate it into all the other tools of my engine so I know they all work together without problems. This way i'm not in a panic that I have so much to learn.\n\nJust to lighten the heaviness of this entry...heres a manga hitlar (created by the Face Transformer and Rob Loach's hand picked image of Teh Hitlar Himself)\n\nWell, I'm quite pleased with my editor so far [smile]. The mechanics have not been improved yet but I have got a world camera working now so I can actually look around the levels I create from within the editor.\n\nI had quite a bit of trouble with the camera system until I asked a question in the forums and the answer was embarrassingly easy and something I had already tried but didn't seem to work previously. Anyway, thanks JavaCoolDude for you help [smile].\n\nSo now I can show you the top down view of E1L1:\n\nand a look in the level (with the default texture):\n\nI am quite pleased with the progress so far.\n\nNext thing to do, all for texture on each surface of the primitive. As I said before- I already have the flexability for that in the map format and the renderer but its just a matter of implementing a method to change it within the editor. I also need to look into full control over texture mapping. Time to dig my teeth into the infamous 'Red Book'(!).\n\nI have been working on another feature on my editor. I didn't quite finish off all the control over the texture coords yesterday so I finished it off and integrated it fully into the editor. I also added the feature to set transparency on polygons which is always good for glass and stuff.\n\nSo now I have full control over:\n\n+ Change the texture image + Change the U/V coords of the texture by increments specified by you in the editor + Flip the texture on the horizontal axis + Flip the texture on the vertical axis (Heres were Lazyfox (my gf)helped work out the coord changes for me while I did other things. Shes becoming really useful [wink]) + Increase/Decrease opacity of texture\n\nI have yet to sort it so you can scroll the texture along on the either u or v axis.\n\nAnyway, heres a quick screenshot of it all in action (sorry about the abundance of 'Orange' texture [smile]): (Note: All textures used are single 256x256 textures- the tiled walls are from the coord changes)\n\nAs you can see, I have started to slowly texture up the level so its beginning to actually look like a level rather than a building site of coloured plywood.\n\nNext to do-\n\n+ Fiddle around with the texture controls a bit more + Add a lighting model (Still gotta read up lightmaps- I feel these will be a better idea than dynamic lighting) + Go clubbing in SlimeLight in London\n\nmy editor is coming along a tiny bit. I have changed the map format to cope with a whole primitive, or brush, and also include the individual verticies. I have already got all the dimensions in a muddle on the views but nothing I can't sort out in my next build. I also saw the 'orange rooms' from an article on HL2s creation process (PCG-UK 151) and loved their 'none assigned' texture so I have decided to have that style of texture in my editor as my default texture.\n\nAnyway, its still a bitch to use and you can screw up polygons quite easily but hey, its a start and I'm quite happy with it [smile]\n\nHere is ZNOS Ed in editor mode- as you can see its changed colour from my previous working build to white since its easier to see and edit the different items on the map. You can select polygons as a whole and also alter the verticies of the polygons individually.\n\nHeres is ZNOS Ed in world mode- You can see he default orange texture here. The background is kept to black for the world mode\n\nNext on the to-do list is get the dimensions sorted out on the editor, include a camera in the world view (Dunno how I have coped this long without one) and also to give functionality to edit textures on individual faces- I already have the functions in place for this and is included in the map format but its just a case of implementing it.\n\nDunno how much longer I can work on this since I got my gf staying round tonight after shes done with work and I wanna play her at UT! [wink] Catch y'all soon!\n\nI had about 4 hours yesterday before I went out (hence the fact I left it till now to update) to go uber hardcore on my map editor. I managed to get one of my To-Dos done! I implemented a suface texturing function- basically you can edit the texture on the individual surfaces of the cube. Sorry, the following is a bit tedious but its really for my future reference [wink]\n\nI have been thinking for a while how to implement a system to easily (or as easily as one can get for their first editor) texture the individual faces of the primitives. After writing down many different ideas I decided on what I feel was the simplest concept- to have a property window. Nothing to fancy- just a window that allows for keyboard input. Well, that was the first design until I decided to have as a multi-paged panel. This allows for catagories of properties- Polygon properties, Vertex properties and Texture properties. The joy of this concept is the ease of which to add new properties or catagories. When you see the property window you may note it is very similar to the console; it is essentially a copy of my console code but modified for this purpose.\n\nAnyway, I'm really proud of the following [smile]-\n\nHere is your overall polygon property panel. At the moment it has nothing you can edit:\n\nOver here, you have the vertex property panel. The vertex highlighted in red is the currently selected vertex in the world and the one highlighted in green is the one selected in the menu. You edit the 3 values using the 'SET:' command line:\n\nAnd finally the whole point of the property window (The other bits were afterthoughts)- the face texture editor. Basically you scroll through the different faces of the polygon and then you can scroll through the 'texture pool' to select the texture you want on that face. The texture pool is the list of textures that the map uses that you load at 'edit-time' (to coin a phrase [smile]):\n\nHeres the world view to show off a bit of multi-texturing within the world rendering [EDIT: I have fiddled around (Read: Followed a tutorial) with photoshop to create a slightly better texture, so heres the new one[smile]]:\n\nAnd last but definitely not least is a quick view of the world in wireframe to show a bit of the basic geology my editor is capable of creating:\n\nSorry, quite a bit of the same thing as my other posts but I really wanted to update with my face texture editing [smile]\n\nAnyway, its coming on ok. You may notice that the textures are mapped really crapply at the moment...this leads me onto the next section (Again, mainly for my benefit[smile])-\n\nToDo: -Have more control on texture mapping (type of mapping, scewing, coords etc) -Setup a multiple view port for the editor mode so you can see different views all at once. -Get started on a lighting model (Lightmapping?) -Drink Pimms\n\nI got to the point with my editor that I can actually make basic levels. You have no idea what kinda buzz i'm feeling right now [smile] Anyway, yea, so they are basic levels and the editor doesn't have the ability to add textures to the different faces of primitives quite yet- basically I'm only showing you the top view of the editor mode. If I showed you the world mode, all you would see is the default orange texture my engine uses for untextured faces.\n\nAnyway, here is my E1L0 level (random name, nothing to do with iD softwares stuff [wink]) [smile]- it is floored and walled but no ceiling since my engine has no need for ceilings:\n\nLike I said in my last post, I am getting the foundations to a C-Like scripting language in place as the native scripting language for the engine. There are several reasons why I decided to go head first into a making it C-Like: 1- Its easier to write scripts in since it looks a bit like the rest of the engine 2- Its easily imported into Visual Studio with the formatting 3- I wanted to make something familiar in general\n\nAnyway, heres the first CellScript stem file (insane terminology, but i'm having fun- Language is CellScript, each file is called a stem file... cell... stem... stemcell (haha)). This shot shows it happily imported in Visual Studio (and the script works which is a bonus). This script is the custom boot script that is executed when the engine runs through its boot up:\n\nHeres the joy- anyone used to C will be able to follow whats happening [grin]\n\nThe language is quite basic at the moment but is progressing faster than I expected. At the moment its parsed directly but I do have plans in making it so you can semi-compile it into op-codes in the future.\n\nAs I said previously, I initiated a group decision to migrate all the old OpenGL code to DirectX.\n\nWell, for the past 3 days I have been very busy rewriting pretty much everything and I'm still not there. Basically, I had the implementation in my head but inorder to do it with DirectX I had to rewrite the main base of the engine. Once I had my fundementals in place (DirectX Graphics Manager, Vertex Buffer Manager, Texture Manager etc) I could start rewriting the next level of the engine.\n\nNow, with all my projects I always like to have some form of interaction with the inside of the engine as the first step (I find its easier that way). So I always implement a console system- its invaluable in the early build/debug stages of the engine. However, my old console class was a bit clumsy and bloated so I decided to write afresh, infact I decided to go a little deeper and make the console class out of objects of the UI I am going to work on soon. So I wrote some fundemental bare-bone UI classes, like CUIPanel and CUIImage, and used them to construct the console. Whereas before, I had constructed the console out of its own bits and bobs- this way I feel it is more integrated.\n\nI have also looked at all the old classes and made them far more OO and writing them so they can easily be plugged into other classes without much hassle.\n\nI have also started writing up official reference documentation, which makes me happy. Along with that, I spent 45 minutes doing a new logo- I'm really pleased with it since it is more clean and professional looking.\n\nAnyway, heres the first blinking cursor of the Console:\n\nI have actually really enjoyed the migration so far. It went off to a bumpy start but I have got a vision to follow now [smile]\n\nReformatted? It looks like my other entries. That may be true from a cosmetic point of view, however I have changed the way I view my journal- thats the reformat.\n\nFrom now on I'm not going to update the journal every now and then based on Nanostem developments but also from what I have personally learnt about the whole development process from experience with Nanostem but also from other sources. Yes, you may well be saying there are lots of journals on here that do just that and there are loads of developer blogs but from my point of view this is for me to look back on. Partly to see progress and also to review and re-establish knowledge.\n\nThe one achievement I have taken great pleasure in retelling is the fact I changed my girlfriends view of games and their development as something that is void of creativity and results in something of a pointless nature. From that point of view (which, might I add, was almost unmoving) to a view that yes, games are an artform in themselves, in their own right. That was a proud turning point and hopefuly I will bring that, along with my fellow GDNet'ers, to a far wider demographic. I have no doubt that many if not all of us are wanting to see games respected; not from the units sold to the unwashed masses but as something as critically viewed as movies, novels and paintings.\n\nAlong the same vein, I regularly discuss the latest things I have learnt and appreciate in games design and implementation with my mother on dog walks (what better place?). Recently I played HL2:E1. Then I replayed the entire thing with commentry nodes on. I really like this idea since in a small way its provocing peoples ideas of games as an artform. I learnt ALOT from the commentary nodes in Episode 1 (if you haven't replayed it with commentry nodes- Do. It.). One commentary node stays in my mind- when you come out of the subway thingy (with the missing handle to open the door) and you emmerge to a scene of apocalypse with the citadel dead centre. The node explains how nothing in that one player view wasn't postioned willy nilly. It was 'painted' to make sure the players eye gazed over the destruction, a strider jerkily negotiating the rubble it created at its feet. with the once forbiding icon of fear and endless power, the citadel, now a decaying shadow of its former self dead centre with Dr kleiners voice echoing out with messages of hope. It was instrumented so the player would see all this and appreciate what it was trying to say. That is a work of art. The thing I learnt from just that one scene is two-fold:\n\nI knew design was intense, for want of a better word, but that really brought me to a new level of what it involves. Ok, it didn't cover every avenue of design but it opened a door for me and understand a little more which can be brought onto other aspects. Many of you may be looking at that and thinking 'well yea, thats stating the obvious. Of course thats the level that design involves'. Well lets not forget- I'm using this to look back on and lets me place the ideas and theories I have learnt for later review.\n\nThe other thing I learnt is if people understood how much goes into one little thing like this they will begin to appreciate games beyond the button mashing. Thats why I like the commentary nodes that Valve do.\n\nThe thing I brought up with my mother on the dog walk was the fact, ok this may be a leap, that epic game sagas are a culmination of so many, if not all, forms of art. She did agree, by the way.\n\nAs far as Nanostem platform is going- well I have full collision detection, a basic form of troop movement and the foundations of a relatively sophisticated C-like scripting languages (parser within the engine- I know, not the most speedy way of reading scripts). My next plan is to get a decent level of control over the CellScript language and get the rest of the team to start with content building- thats long over due [smile]\n\nAnyway, just 2 weeks worth of thoughts and about 2 months of development spat out into one Journal.\n\nDesign Tip #476: Make sure every team member is designing the same game\n\nIn answer to the query I received from Mushu on my last entry:\n\nIts not that bad migrating code since there is only about a months worth of development in the engine. It may seem quite a bit but most of it is tweaks an things. Having said that, there has been alot of converting. How I started out the migration initially, or rather what I had in mind, was just to change all the OpenGL specific code to DirectX. In reality many factors arose, like a slightly different process to actually rendering items and the whole 'wow, the engine so far could be a hell of alot better in structure' thing. So the migration was, like I said, initially rewrite the classes to directX which meant basically rewriting the base classes of the graphics engine, which did get a bit 'icky' since the base required enough of a change in structure to be a pain in the arse. From there, most of my previous code could be plugged in- in theory- however, I took this as an opportunity to clean up the more 'complex' (read- sloppy [smile]) code I had written before. So yea, in short, the first stages were icky but from there I could just plug in all my old code with a change here and there.\n\nAs far as our game design has progressed (Yea, I havn't touched on that before since it has been a real mess) We have finally got a back story in place and the sides you play integrated into the story.\n\nIts been quite fun, but a bit tenuous at times, designing this game. I'm doing it with 3 of my college mates and my gf. It started with an idea of having an epic RTS in the same manner as the legendary TA but since then it has... evolved.\n\nWe have finally sorted out our main objectives. They are quite high but plausible:\n\n8 multiplayer gaming at maximum\nNo single player\nFull mode: long play times (4+ hours)\nLite mode: short play times (2 hours maximum)\nAbility to save sessions to resume play later\n2 tactical play areas- Surface and inter-planetary\n3 different sides to pick: The Humanitarians, The Corperations and The Cult\nGorgeous shader effects!!!111!1!\n\nWell, thats our engine/game objectives. The network code will be hell [wink] The full mode is basically for the people among us who enjoy long thought out tactical play but always found skirmishes to finish too quickly. The lite mode is for the quick destruction of thine enemy.\n\nThats all i'm going to say as far as design is concerned. We have got alot further with the design, like the nitty gritty balanced play, we have designed the factions you play and we have a vivid vision to follow. But if I go into all that, its going to bog down this post more than it already has been [grin]\n\nSteam drive is making slow but steady progress. At the moment I am making a small multi-format model viewer as a tool for the main engine. This tool is allowing me to write all the basic engine routines like the console, model loading etc. in a small easy program. This will make it easier to write aspects of the engine without getting bogged down in the rest of the code. Its just my way of learning...start small.\n\nThe model viewer is coming along well. I'm currently writing the logic for the console.\n\nWent clubbing yesterday till 7am this morning. It was Slimelight in london. I decided not to get pilled up this time which was probably a mistake since I was knackered before hand (pro plus were doing nothing) and I fell asleep after about 4 hours with only a few dances under my belt. Quite a few fit guys there. Not so many fit girls (not that I was looking...cos I have a gf). Saw a strange woman who was dancing very very slowly to fucking fast up beat trance music. She seemed to be majorly spaced out on something.\n\nI've got the next few weekends booked up which is good. I got a BBQ next weekend which I am going to buy a few shrooms for so we can all trip out with our burgers. Then saturday week we have the monthly brighton clubbing trip with my workmates- The Safeway/Morrisons Krew! I dunno whether I'm gonna get pilled up for that; the last trip was really amazing without any drugs (apart from joints).\n\nI've made the decision to actually go extreme cybergoth very soon. I've been quite traditional for years now but I really want to go extreme. I got the perfect hair style in my mind and I'm gonna get a few more tattoos and piercings.\n\nI've left my game engine for a few days now. I've gotten quite far with the GUI editor tool- so useful since I can just throw together windows for my engine. But I have run into some very illogical problems. Also been reading up on CPU and hardware emulation. Very interesting stuff and something I want to read into more depth and do a bit of pratical programming with it.\n\nRecent buy: Yesterday I decided to get some more rave pants from Cyberdog. I happily spend 60 quid on these. They are sweet as-\n\nI spent all day trying to work out what API I will use to play sound and music. In the end I landed on FMOD, and it seemed like Stompy had a lot of success with it so I thought... hey what the hell.\n\nI love FMOD! I got the latest release- FMOD-EX 4.03. It is fantastic with a fully object oriented approach to development. Anyway, just spend about 40 minutes writing a basic wrapper class and its working very well.\n\nI just played my first sound bite- The reconstructed voicemail from 12 monkeys. I felt it was kinda appropiate for the engine [smile]\n\nAnyway, HaVe a MeeeeeRRRREEEEEEEEE CHRISTMMMMMAAAAAAZZZZZ (12 monkeys reference if you haven't seen it[wink])\n\nJust a quick update. I was a bit disillusioned in my last post about the lights mainly because they were just not working correctly. I just fixed it and it was too simple. I just had to note this down incase it helps with other people and also to act as a reminder for me to actually read the code I have written.\n\nThe thing is, my maps are scaled down defined by a scalar value in the map format (I know, its not a good idea to use scaling but I find it easier). Anyway, having read NBs about normals having to be one unit long otherwise lighting screws up I remembered to add glEnable(GL_NORMALIZE) (The one that requires more computing). This makes sure that the normals are 1 Unit, no matter what. So I did that but the lighting was still mucked up and looked like a normal bulb light over a model village (So the normals were still the same size- See screen shot in previous post- that was diffused on .2 ...no chance that it should illuminate to that level). Anyway, I was looking through the code and couldn't find anything that was wrong.\n\nI left it a day or so. Then I read through the information in 'The Red Book' and scoped out something that might be the root of my problems- the lighting is calculated using the model view matrix. Whats that at the top of rendering each singular entity of geometry? glPushMatrix(). The thing is I was pushing/popping a new model matrix everytime I rendered a primitive but my ModelLighting(int LightType); function was well before I Pushed the matrix which means the lighting was being based on a non-scaled model view matrix and that meant no matter what the lighting would be screwed.\n\nHazzah! another problem solved.\n\nLesson of the day- Always read your code and keep track of the times you push/pop matricies.\n\n[Disclaimer- Do not comment on my bad over complex programming style [smile]]\n\nNow I have a whole load of cycles wasted on iterating through the list of lighting in my level every time I render a single primitive. Major optimizing is required! I say again- Major optimizing is required!\n\njust a quick update on my editor. I now have control over how the textures are presented on primitives. It took me about 3 hours to change the map format to enable me to change the coords on textures and to implement a feature to flip textures, change their coords ect.\n\nSo yet another feature is added.\n\nI would like to add that my girlfriend (codename: Lazyfox) quickly sorted out some of the texture coords that were going wrong. So thanks LAZYFOX!!!! [EDIT] I would like to point out that no she can't program, it was just easier to quickly draw a diagram and have her work out the coords while i worked on another aspect of the editor. But I would like to teach her how to program one day [smile]. I got her onto computer games and by god that was a task and a half[wink] [/EDIT]\n\nI would also add that she won a game on unreal tournament (for the first time)... in the words of 'Purepwnage.com'- she has uber-micro. (Albeit on novice [wink])\n\nSince I have, I decided to scrap Quake 3 BSPs in favour of my own map format. I feel this was a good decision since I now have far more control on the way the map looks and works. It also means I can add and remove different things from the file.\n\nOnce I had the basic map format sorted out and a renderer written for it I decided to write an editor. Keep in mind the map format is VERY basic at the moment and only supports cubes but does support multi-texturing and stuff. However it does have the ability to expand to allowing just about everything. Also the editor is very simple as well- it kinda reminds me of the good old days of doom map editing. At the moment it works on one viewport by 3 views- top/front/side. You just scroll round them. You have full control over the cubes but at the moment they are controlled by the keyboard and as of yet has no ability to assign textures. You add primitives through console commands. Having said that, not bad for one days work [smile].\n\nheres the editor in 'Edit' mode:\n\nAnd heres a shot of the editor in 'World Preview' mode (With engines default texture):\n\nAnyway, I am going to continue with this full on in my spare time. I am much happier now I have my own custom map format.\n\nI havn't updated in a bit since I have had quite a bit on but I have been scoping out other peoples journals and been keeping an eye on the journals I have become a regular to [smile]\n\nAnyway, I have decided not to go into advanced lighting quite yet. I got basic lighting up and working (not that amazingly) but it still gives the illusion of depth to the level. I am going to get back to lighting at a later date, its good enough for me at the moment [smile]. I am actually working out what aspect of The Engine I want to go onto next.\n\nI am eager to start making content for game the engine is being built for. My gf and I have already started planning the content which is always a good start. So my next effort will probably be content, so that includes all the basics of character movement and things. Just get a basic interactive system working (Then get back to the lights [smile])\n\nOh, heres a quick shot of the test level in the world view of the editor:\n\nI have two things happening at the same time at the moment, and they are both quite procedural:\n\nFor our course we have to learn the basics of MatLab but typical of me I'm throwing myself well into it. Its actually a very intuitive language for hardcore maths... thingys. By the end of this semester each group, we've been split into 3 groups, has to make a section of a genetic algorithm. We are the section that gets all the results from the initial population test and then we have to statistically select a number of the population to be passed on for the the inheritence sorting group. Its all quite interesting- basically taking a matrix, doing random selections of rows of that matrix and passing on another matrix of the same size.\n\nI'm now looking at procedural generation as one aspect of the engine. Since the engine will have huge open sections, procedural generation will be perfect to:\n\nBuild huge vistas in one single generation and save it to the format. This avoids man hours in sculting out the land mass\nKeep resource files to a minimum since some of the ingame content will be generated on the fly\nLook pro and have the current buzzwords \"Procedural Generation\" printed all over the engine [wink]\n\nAnd thats pretty much where I am at the moment. However, when it comes down to it, I might just make a vista editor (No affiliation with Microsoft) so we have full control over the look. Either way, its quite interesting reading.\n\nThe Story So Far... God, its been a long...long time since I put anything into my journal. I've been quite busy just getting stuff for college sorted out in the past few months and havn't really had the time and/or motivation to work with my game engine.\n\nHowever, i've had my first few weeks at college for the foundation year before uni-proper and I'm really enjoying it (granted, i'm wishing I had actually turned up to my last year of A-Levels a bit more since I would be AT uni by now if I had). That aside I have a good bunch of mates at college now and will try and keep them as mates since we are all going into Halls of Residence next year at Sussex Uni.\n\nEngine Now I'm finally settled I'm getting back into programming and into my game engine. I think the reason for me not working on the engine is because I have come to the ever fun obstacle of collision detection. I'm diving and taking no prisoners; I will get my characters bouncing off the walls (...in a good way). After that I plan on getting the lighting a bit better and starting on a basic scripting language. again. Also I have in my mind to refine the map format a bit and add more flexability.\n\nIn Other News An e-mail caught my eye today and guess what...? I love the new look to gamespot; everything is just a few clicks away. They have made it look far more professional and the integrated player looks sweet. A bit better than Windows Media Player style buttons. Fresh Tuesday is quite informative for a quick overview of the latest happenings of out mad-cap industry.\n\nOn the downside are Gregg Kasavin's awful sarcasm/quips/jokes on the redesign overview video. Have rotten tomatoes at the ready[wink]\n\nI also got 'My First Car'- its a Ford KA that came with an OldSkool tape deck for a sound system. Blink and you'd miss how quickly i replaced that a Kenwood CD/MP3 player and Fusion Sub and Amp. I can pretty much roll my car from the vibrations.\n\nI have just finished doing a bit more to my GUI Editor. I have currently got it so the edit box widget will only display enough characters within the widget to fill the display area- a bit like windows edit boxes when you have a string longer than the edit box can display so it cuts off the end. Anyway, difficult to describe but very useful.\n\nOnce I finished that, i started on the tool bar for my GUI Editor- naturally I started editing it within the editor itself to make life easier. The toolbar consisted of 7 labels and 7 edit boxes and the normal sys.Stak window style. However after about 3 minutes of using the editor with those widgets loaded it crashes and tells me i'm out of memory. I wanted to investigate further; I opened up Task Manager when it was running and was shocked by a peak memory usage of around about 350MB. Jesus Christ Almighty in a satin nighty!\n\nAnyway, this has urged me to get down to some heavy optimizations!\n\nnothing much else happening. Just a load of work and programming and I got some guy stalking me but thats about it.\n\nI'm feeling alot better since my last entry. The flu-esque virus I had has subsided somewhat. If i don't take any medicine I do feel like hammered shit though.\n\nI've been doing a bit more to my GUI Editor. Just got a few more things sorted out in my head as far as the mechanics of the tool are concerned and also been thinking ahead a bit :0! I have been thinking how my GUI will interface with my engine in the most efficient and easy way. What I have decided (i'm not sure if this is the norm for engines) to have events (bit like windows) and with those events, eg OnClick for buttons, I have a script file and function within a script file linked to that button. When the button is clicked, the GUI pushes the function onto the engines 'script stack' which means that events script will be processes first (kinda reverse to a message queue). How I figure it, GUI events take priority over other aspects of the engine. I'm sure this view will change the further I develop sys.Stak, but thats my view at the moment. This way I can have the whole GUI events driver completely modular to the engine so I can edit it outside of the engine.\n\nMy overall aim, as you may have noticed, is to make my engine as modular as possible and have the main driving unit of the engine as bare-bones as is can be. This way, I have far more control to develop outside of the engine.\n\nAs far as programming is concerned, i've started on my Edit Box widget. I have always dreaded this and, I now know, with reason. Label, window, icon and button widgets are so easy since they don't require their own input method or removal of text to only display a section within the widgets area. I know how I'm gonna do it, its just gonna be really laborious to implement. The GDNet lounge has not helped me the past few days since I find myself frequenting there when I have intentions to do more to my GUI Editor. Madness.\n\nIn other news, i now have a really nice new small T-Shirt from Cyberdog. My camera has run out of batteries so heres a description: As with everything from Cyberdog, it is a cool club scene t-shirt with circuit pattern all over it on black material.The circuit pattern is dull gray until you shine direct light on it, at which point it shines up. Its really nice!\n\nI also have quite a decision infront of me- spend some of this months wage on a Geforce 6600LE from XFX (~200) or a new camera (~280). Cannot for the life of me make up my mind...!\n\nDunno how people but I forgot that GDN+ has a journal/blog feature (even though I have already added one entry).\n\nAnyway, sys.Stak engine is coming along nicely- just started on the GUI after hacking around the problem with falling through or 'ghosting' through the floors of Q3BSP maps (I did it without a FPS limiter). So now I can concentrate on the interface which is what i'm doing now.\n\nI have decided to take the bog standard approach to the interface with a main interface object and all widgets derive from this object. I have the CStakInterface as the base class for all derived objects, then I have CUIWindow, CUIButton etc. So I have it all sorted programmatically but what happens when I come to properly implementing an interface with multiple drag/drop windows etc? Only time and hacking around will show results."}
-{"text": "Assembled from the residue of day-to-day life and neatly presented as such, A Trav\u00e9s del Espejo is an album that aspires to demonstrate care and nurturing by way of its composure and pace. On his ninth solo album, Argentinian artist Federico Durand plays found objects that might otherwise appear insignificant or hold minimal value as he grants them a new lease on life through which they are to be sonically explored. The delicate fumbling of bells and toys is combined with piano keys and lyre strings to form a fragile, unperturbed sound that couldn\u2019t be better suited to the 12k canon; scattered across a bed of tape hiss and surface crackle, these tracks tell a story of the humble existence of each instrument while giving rise to the personal spaces from which they have emerged.\n\nThe album is patient and gracious for the most part, where ambient chimes peak in and out of playful melody on \u201cTeatro de Sombras (Shadow Play)\u201d or snuggle between thick slabs of static on \u201cRecuerdos en Super 8 (Memories on Super 8).\u201d It\u2019s seemingly designed to invite a feeling of calm while emphasizing the significance of forgotten objects by way of their impact. This allows for sentimental involvement, but it\u2019s also distracting because of the overtones that hover above any appreciation of the album\u2019s composition. I\u2019m reminded of a broken jewelry box that still chimes when it\u2019s opened and pleasant to listen to. Even when the cogs are rusty and it\u2019s out of tune, the experience is one of nostalgia. And yet, it isn\u2019t playing the music as it was heard when opened for the first time, because it\u2019s been altered through age, skewed of intention.\n\nWhen that experience is adapted for the purposes of a record, the listener\u2019s response can often be quite conflicted. Slumping to one side and getting lost beneath a series of ambient compositions and gently-plucked strings can provide a blissful few moments of respite, but it doesn\u2019t always demand much staying power.\n\nThankfully, Durand is able to strike a balance between creating that nostalgic vibe and crafting gorgeous tunes. The closing track, \u201cA Trav\u00e9s del Espejo (Through the Mirror),\u201d captures the splicing together of tape wrapping around a pair of haggard spools, while anonymous flashes of metallic interjection allow for a tense and restrained setting, as though there is a sense of regret or insecurity in the throes of this project. The track casts doubt on the apparently stable and comforting juxtaposition of minimal strings with a recording of dialogue on \u201cHora de Dormir (Time to Sleep),\u201d where a baby\u2019s cry and a young girl\u2019s shouts grate against the atmosphere that the preceding tracks construct. It\u2019s a harsh yet masterful touch that permits the listener to experience the uncertainty that exists in later pieces alongside an ostensibly safe, homely setting.\n\nAmong that, then, there is an eeriness that demonstrates Durand\u2019s tact as a composer: rather than merely swooning in a giddy headspace of ambient sound, he\u2019s committed to generating environments that reflect a stark and sometimes painful reality. But with A Trav\u00e9s del Espejo, that\u2019s not the impression you are initially greeted with; the artist ensures that it needs to be uncovered, in the same way that his found objects were reimagined as instruments within his music. There are hidden treasures here that aren\u2019t as tranquil as they first appear, even as you feel yourself getting lost in them."}
-{"text": "Summary :\n\nThe event will consist of the top 4 teams from the NA LCS Playoffs, and will take place in the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center between 16th and 17th of April. This event is a must watch and will surely feature some of the best game play you will see this year from the American teams where they will battle for the place to represent the North American region to join the MSI\u2019s.\n\nAll participating teams will receive points that will determine what level tournaments they will be able to enter this year.\nThis event is open to the public, and ticket sales will be available later in February at the official Lolesports website ."}
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-{"text": "A \u2018What\u2019s New\u2019 screen will now appear whenever a player logs into the game (and presses \u201cStart\u201d at the Main Menu) after a new patch has been installed. As the name suggests, this screen will provide a quick overview of new features included in the patch.\n\nThe Vault\n\nWhenever Treasure Goblins are defeated, there\u2019s now a chance they will spawn a new type of portal through which players can enter. Inside this mysterious new realm known as \u201cThe Vault,\u201d mighty treasures await\u2026 along with Sanctuary\u2019s newest boss: the Baroness Greed.\n\nNote: Portals to The Vault can only be accessed in Adventure Mode, and that they will not appear inside Nephalem Rifts or Greater Rifts.\n\nThe Cesspools\n\nWhen adventuring in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts, players will have a chance to encounter a new randomized environment: The Cesspools. Originally designed as the sewers of Westmarch, this festering, dank underworld is ready to explore and plunder!\n\nGreater Rifts\n\nGreater Rifts are a special type of timed Nephalem Rift. There are an infinite number of Greater Rift levels, and each level will be progressively more difficult than the last. Upon completing a Greater Rift, players will be able to choose between one of two rewards: a chance to upgrade their Legendary Gems or (if they complete the Greater Rift level within its allotted time) the opportunity to move on to the next Greater Rift level. Players can continue progressing through Greater Rift levels so long as they complete the current Rift level before its timer expires.\n\nNote: Greater Rifts can only be accessed in Adventure Mode.\n\nRamaladni\u2019s Gift\n\nRamalandni\u2019s Gift is a new Legendary item that will allow players to add a socket to any weapon that does not already have one. This item can drop randomly in the game world and will be consumed on use.\n\nLegendary Gems\n\nLegendary Gems are a new type of gem that can drop in Greater Rifts and The Vault and will offer powerful abilities when socketed into Rings and Amulets. Players will have the opportunity to upgrade their Legendary Gems over time by completing Greater Rifts.\n\nWhile they don\u2019t appear to be 100% similar, you can find out more about update 2.1.0 by checking out all the PC patch notes from August here, with a PC what\u2019s new video below:"}
-{"text": "Table of Contents\n\nPASSCODES\n\nThe reason most of you to come here and the solution to most of the puzzles.\nPasscodes so far have had several formats:\n\nLong Passcode - these are the most common and follow this format. This format seems to no longer be used.[2-9][p-z][a-h][2-9]keyword[p-z][2-9][p-z][2-9][p-z].\n\nLong Passcode 2 - This was introduced after the powercubes were release and occasionally include them in their rewards. The format is [2-9][p-z][p-z][a-h][2-9]keyword[p-z][2-9][2-9][2-9][p-z] .\n\nLong Passcode 3 - This was introduced on the 17th of January. It is similar to the previous formats , but the letter range is bigger [2-9][a-z][a-z][a-z][2-9]keyword[a-z][2-9][a-z][2-9][a-z].\n\nVi Passcode - since the beginning of their third dive there is a new format. These seem to have lower redemption limits but very high rewards. The format is keyword[0-9][a-z][a-z][0-9][0-9][a-z][a-z][0-9]\n\nShort Passcode - their format is keyword [2-9][2-9][a-z]. This format seems to no longer be used.\n\nOne use codes - These are one use only, and are given to players due to their participation in discussions with Characters like X in the , during events or answering quizzes like the ones made by Thomas Greanias. The rewards from these are normally based on the level of the player using it, but what they give seems to be quite random.\n\nTheir format is [p-z][p-z][p-z][2-9][2-9]keyword[2-9][2-9][p-z][p-z][p-z]\n\nPasscode origin\n\nYou can find the pascodes in this spreadsheet. They have their place of origin and date it came out. There are also other details that might interest you and help you in solving future puzzles. (if interested in helping with this document please contact me via Google+)\n\nPasscode redeem messages\n\nDepending on the message you get when trying to redeem a passcode you can determine if it is still alive or not"}
-{"text": "Tuesday, February 11, 2014\n\nThere is no question that when a team is playing fantastic hockey that all surrounding the squad want the next game to be played as soon as possible. That, of course, won't happen here for the Dallas Stars who last played Saturday night in an impressive shutdown of the Phoenix Coyotes and won't play again for 16 more days when the Carolina Hurricanes come calling on February 27th due to the Olympic break that has many of the leagues top players in Sochi for the Olympic Tournament that starts tomorrow.\n\nAs a brief aside, I highly recommend the NHL Gamecenter App for your phone to help with schedule, channel assignments, stats, and information regarding the Olympic tournament, but I am guessing if you care enough to read a column on the Dallas Stars every week, odds are pretty good you already have the Gamecenter App to follow the Stars, so you are all set up already. Hint: Team USA starts Thursday at 6:30 am on NBC Sports with Canada and Jamie Benn starting the same morning at 11:00 am on USA Network (which is confusing to put the USA on NBCS and Canada on a Network actually called \"USA\").\n\nYou hate to stop down a rolling freight train when it has gained momentum, especially if you are aware of the roller coaster ride that the entire Stars season has been. If you divide the season into 10 game segments, which is surely something that coaches do when they track the relative progress of the squad, you see how absurdly \"to and fro\" this season has been for the local side that is trying to break its playoff drought.\n\nIt is a long season. Good things are happening in Dallas. But as we reach the 60 game barrier soon, check this chart below to see how they are completing the 6th segment of a season that just cannot sustain its course in either direction:\n\nWith a maximum of 20 points in a 10-game segment, you can see that the Stars just cannot put 20 games together of excellence. So, with 24 games to go, you can understand how this tight battle that includes the effort to hold off 4 other teams (Phoenix, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Nashville) for the final wildcard playoff spot is anything but a simple task.\n\n(8) DALLAS: 58 games/64 points - We have talked plenty about how the Stars have started scoring on the power play and have limited all shots on goal by their opponents to well below 30 on a nightly basis. But, clearly, the fact that they were so awful in the first three weeks in January (1-8-1) and then so red hot in the last three weeks (6-1-2) makes us wonder a bit which Dallas team we will see over the final 24 games of the stretch. As it stands at this very moment, they hold a tie-breaker over the Coyotes so they are in, but given that there are five teams within four points, there is no time to do anything but keep winning. The great news is that even though he was in a goal scoring \"drought\", the team is still led by Tyler Seguin in points in 2014 as he has 17 in the New Year, with Jamie Benn at 16. But, they have been aided with plenty of help and the 18-year old Val Nichushkin has six goals in January-February and that trails only Jamie Benn. Keep digging, boys.\n\n(9) PHOENIX: 58 games/64 points - The Coyotes are that one team that you don't want to depend upon for losing a game down the stretch because it sure seems like nobody grinds out results like Dave Tippett and his crew in the desert. The Stars had to take four of four points from them last week to close the gap they had built up over Dallas, and they did. However, the two teams are in a deadlock with the same number of games to play and points in the bank. The stretch run will be fantastic and if there is a team that should not be undersold, it would be a team that figures it out almost every year. And we all know that the Coyotes have been pretty solid in that department over the Tippett run.\n\n(10) VANCOUVER: 60 games/63 points - The Canucks have really been a spectacle in the last month as the NHL's ironman Henrik Sedin has missed a bunch of games with a rib injury after being crosschecked by Martin Hanzal of Phoenix. Then, of course, the Canucks lost their coach, John Tortorella, after the line brawl incident against Calgary three weeks ago. Well, that hasn't really worked out very well for Vancouver which has now lost 11 of their last 14 games and went from nine points up on Dallas on Jan 1 to one point behind at the Olympic break. They also have played 60 games so the Stars and Coyotes will have that advantage when play restarts. You certainly do not want to count them out, as this time will give Sedin more time to get his body right, but Vancouver looks really lost without a compass at the moment.\n\n(11) WINNIPEG: 60 games/62 points - If it is possible for a Canadian team to have a story under-reported, it would seem that there should be more talk about this insane run that has occurred over the last month since the Jets decided to fire Claude Noel and hire Paul Maurice to coach the Jets. Since the firing on January 12, the Jets are 9-3-1 and have absolutely dominated the scoreboard with a ton of goals. People have always talked about the talent on the roster, but it had never really resulted in wins. But, Maurice knows his way around the NHL circuit for sure and looks like they have caught lightning in a bottle. The odd part is that Winnipeg was dead and gone before this rally and still may not be considered a real playoff contender by some, but discount this Winnipeg team at your own peril. They have done much of their damage with Maurice on the road, and we all know what advantage their rink can represent.\n\n(12) NASHVILLE: 59 games/60 points - And then those Predators. Like the Coyotes, they get results because of their ability to play their system and depend on grinding out results that aren't pretty. In fact, they have points in seven of their last nine games (since their spanking of Dallas on January 20), but have been outscored over that stretch 27-25. They have nobody with over 40 points, but five players with at least 30 points. The Stars, for example, have two players - Seguin and Benn with 50 points, but nobody else over 30. The Predators are balanced and confident in their system, and if Pekka Rinne returns down the stretch, things could get very interesting. As it stands, they appear to be on the outside looking in at the present.\n\nLook, I fully recognize a breakdown of the 5-teams-one-spot blog is absurdly early pre-Valentines, but I am really taking this playoff dream seriously. I have no idea what they are capable of for the final 24 games, but I am guessing we should assume it will take at least 30 points to get the final spot. So, 94 points needed for the Stars seems to be the bare minimum, and maybe 34 to feel safe (98). That is a real task if you put pen to paper. For now, we will allow everyone to breathe and for many to go all the way to Russia and back while playing a ton of physical, high-pressure hockey games for their home countries. No worries.\n\n=====\n\nSince we do have this awkward break in the action, I also thought we could study the first 58 games by examining the special teams briefly. It is, again, best done by 10-game segments and we can see that in the department of penalty killing the Stars ability to kill off Power Plays at a Top-10 level (which is 83% or better) mirrors the exact ability of the team to get points. This may depend on the ability for the best penalty killers to be available and at the top of their game.\n\nThose most used penalty killers include: Alex Goligoski, Brenden Dillon, Trevor Daley, and Jordie Benn on the D, with Vernon Fiddler, Cody Eakin, Antoine Roussel, and Ryan Garbutt up front. There are others who contribute, but those are the Top 8 that are being used right now.\n\nVery little glamour here, but you can see that as the penalty kill goes, so goes the good fortune of the Dallas Stars...\n\nThe Stars are 20th in the NHL in Penalty Kill at 80.1% on the season, which oddly has been a bit of a strength over the last several seasons. They have been in the middle of the league at this stat throughout the Glen Gulatzan run and into Lindy Ruff.\n\nAh, but now, the dreaded and feared power play.\n\nSince the 2008 season, the Stars power play has always been pretty powerless, ranging from 13% at its worse to 18% at its best. If 25% is Pittsburgh and 20% gets you in the Top 10 in the league, we should set our goals for anything at 20%.\n\nThis year, at 15.1%, they sit 23rd overall in team rank. Last season, they were ranked 18th, after 2012 where they were dead last in hockey with a power(less) play at 13%.\n\nBut take a look at the graphic below to see how the Stars added new personnel and took a while (into December) to sort out this new power play. But since then, they have kicked it into gear and have given us a 28 game sample that has not moved above or below 20% on the button.\n\nTo be exact, they are 20 out of 100 since Dec 13th, which means that not only are they in the Top 10 in conversion rate, but they are #1 during this long stretch in power play opportunities.\n\nLet me repeat: Since December 13th, Game 31-Game 58 of their season, no team in the sport has been on the power play more than the Dallas Stars. Other teams are in the mid to high-90s, but nobody has reached 100 besides this team.\n\nSo, you are on the job as much as anyone and you are converting at 20%? It doesn't mean that everything is going to go right, because the Stars had a 1-8-1 stretch during this haul, but are you kidding me? This team is pretty good right now.\n\nThey have certainly stacked the power play with the star power. Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn have been on the ice for 105 and 101 minutes during this stretch, with Alex Goligoski and Erik Cole next at 95 and 93 minutes of PP ice. Then, Alex Chiasson is next with 86 minutes and it drops below 60 minutes with Ray Whitney, Cody Eakin, Rich Peverley, and Sergei Gonchar all between 50-60 PP minutes and then drops again into the 20s with Val Nichushkin and Shawn Horcoff.\n\nBut, the consistency from night to night is solid. Add this to the Corsi/Fenwick #s that show the Stars are almost always winning the puck possession battle at even strength and we have reason to believe that there is nothing fluke-ish about the team's performance levels. I say that because this team has been in the playoff mix several times in the last several years, but many times I did wonder how they were doing it. Smoke and mirrors was usually my explanation with an occasional reference to the dead cat bounce.\n\nI don't see that this season. I see quality. Not enough to be a contender, but enough to say that they are building a foundation and there is more substance than there has been in a long time around here.\n\nNow, hopefully, they can figure out what might be added for the stretch run because I don't think they are inferior to the other teams in this playoff mix.\n\nNext time, we will look at trade deadline targets and how it might fit with the bigger plan. But for now, it is interesting how evidence is everywhere that indicates this team is ready to be taken more seriously in the mix for the post-season."}
-{"text": "Nature conservation ignored in EU move to green energy\n\nWhen it comes to choosing sites for wind farms, nature conservation is always the last thing to be considered, falling behind the price of land, proximity to power lines and opposition from locals, writes Luke Dale-Harris.\n\nLuke Dale-Harris is a freelance journalist and media editor for Milvus Group, a Romanian ornithological and nature protection organisation.\n\n[Correction: At the author's request, all references to RSPB in this article were changed to BirdLife.]\n\nEven if the naysayers are right and they produce little else, wind farms most certainly generate debate. Doubts of their efficiency, cost, reliability and aesthetic impact are pitched against the fundamental need for a move to a cleaner form of energy production.\n\nBut the argument has become misplaced. In trying to deal with an issue that has come about due to our disregard of the natural world we live in, we have fallen again into an entirely human centric approach, our hands on our wallets and our eyes on our favourite picnic spots.\n\nThis is, of course, understandable. Money is tight, and the beauty of our countryside important. But, as wind farms will continue to be built, the result is that they are moved to areas where land is cheap, and human habitation scarce. Unfortunately, these tend also to be the areas where biodiversity is rich, and endangered species populous. In trying to keep renewable energy as inconspicuous and inconsequential as possible, we end up blighting the very thing we set out to protect.\n\nNew renewable energy developments in areas protected for nature conservation has become one of the most common environmental complaints at the European commission. That these two heavily funded EU environmental policies stand pitched against each other suggests a change of approach is desperately needed.\n\nThis incongruity is being played out at the moment in Romania, where over 5,000 wind farms are either built or consented In the Dobrogea area that borders the Black Sea.\n\nThe wind farms are evidence that Romania is genuinely committed to green energy. Once the turbines are all up, Romania will be one of the Europe\u2019s most renewable energy dependent countries.\n\nThey are, however, also evidence that the government is little concerned for the conservation of its wildlife. Of the turbines to be built, over 752 will fall directly in Natura 2000 sites, areas protected under EU nature and biodiversity policy.\n\nThe Dobrogea area is one of the most heavily protected in Europe. This is, in large part, as it lies underneath the Dobrogea flyway, the busy migratory route that carries Lesser Spotted Eagles, Saker Falcons, white and black storks and many others through Romania, Bulgaria and down to the Bosphorus straights in Turkey.\n\nAccording to assessments carried out by Milvus group, the effect of the wind farms on these passing birds could be devastating.\n\nThe same situation has been seen before in Spain and California where, over time, collisions with poorly sited turbines has bought the populations of larger birds, that have typically long life spans and low reproductive rates, down to critical levels.\n\nBut, for the moment at least, the Milvus\u2019 assessment isn\u2019t the one that matters. The official environmental impact assessments (EIAs) have given the developments the go ahead. Whether they can be trusted or not though is another matter. According to Marina Cazacu from the Romanian BirdLife organisation, the quality of EIAs is invariably very poor. \"They are paid for by the investor,\" she says. \"Mostly they just repeat what the company tells them- that there is no conflict between the development and the surrounding environment.\"\n\nWhen it comes to choosing sites for wind farms, nature conservation is always the last thing to be considered, falling behind the price of the land, proximity to power lines and opposition from locals.\n\nBut the Romanian Ministry for Environment have been quick to accept the official EIAs on face value, eager not to lose the custom of the well subsidised and rapidly growing renewable energy industry.\n\nAlternative assessments, opposing the wind farms, take much longer to process. They must be first considered by the Romanian environmental agency and then, if approved, taken to the European commission. Invariably, by the time this has been achieved, the turbines are up and spinning.\n\nThis was the case in Bulgaria last year, when the government finally capitulated under the pressure put on it by BirdLife and its Bulgarian partners, and passed a law prohibiting the construction of wind farms and solar parks in all Bulgarian Natura 2000 sites. \"It\u2019s a fantastic result for us,\" says Daniel Pullan from BirdLife, \"but it comes too late, the wind farms are already up.\"\n\nThe Natura 2000 network was created under the pretext that Europe\u2019s wildlife is a \u2018shared heritage and its protection requires international cooperation\u2019. But control over the sites is delegated to the member states that host them, and maintenance, funding and legal regulations change from country to country. As a result, the protection they offer falls to the whims of party politics and fluctuations in the economy. If challenging developments occurring within Natura 2000 sites to the European commission is such a convoluted and protracted process, it is difficult to see what purpose the sites serve at all.\n\nThe move to green energy is supported by much stronger central policy. The subsidies and advice given from Brussels have spurred rapid growth in the industry and at this point it looks set to meet and in many cases surpass the targets set for 2020. Biodiversity levels on the other hand have missed every target set out for them and, until the EU starts to give this less profitable form of environmental protection the same support as it does renewable energy, they will continue to do so.\n\nDecentralisation is the key to energy success and development, S\u00f8ren Hermansen said in an exclusive interview with EurActiv. Instead of focusing on Putin's gas, the EU should create its own independent energy grid, including the national feed-in tariffs the Energy Union project opposes, he said.\n\nGiven the long-term investment and planning required for the creation of new energy production, the EU needs a policy framework beyond 2020 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, writes Christian Kjaer in an exclusive op-ed for EurActiv. He concludes that a technology-neutral emissions performance standard is needed if the EU is to offer both incentives and fair competition in the provision of carbon-free electricity.\n\nArthouros Zervos, president of the European Wind Energy Association, shares his perspective on how to improve Europe's ageing power grid networks so that they can integrate the large amounts of renewable energies needed to meet the EU's 2020 targets.\n\nA United Nations body has found that the European Union has failed in its commitments towards transparency and public participation in renewable energy policies - a move which has been hailed as a victory by wind farm opposition groups.\n\nThe growth of wind power generation is likely to slow over the next few years, hit by cutbacks in the budget subsidies in the United States and Europe that have driven 15 years of construction, says a report published today (14 November).\n\nThe Internet is history's most successful example of interconnection and unity through transmission, a model which the EU could replicate when deciding on its plans for an Energy Union, writes Thomas Becker.\n\nRenewable energy investment across the European Union almost ground to a standstill last year, with less than 1% growth, despite a strong global rebound in financing led by China and the United States, according to figures published on Tuesday (31 March).\n\nThe EU needs to advance its plans for renewable energy targets for 2030 soon, but only as part of a wider climate package, a member of energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger\u2019s cabinet said yesterday (16 October).\n\nWith Europe facing a \u201csilent crisis\u201d of biodiversity loss, MEPs are considering ways to strengthen protections for habitats and species but are divided over how to compel EU national governments to live up to their commitments.\n\nEurope's installed wind capacity will increase at a slower rate to the end of the decade than previously estimated, due to regulatory uncertainty and weak economic growth, an industry association said on Wednesday (23 July)."}
-{"text": "Document Actions\n\nWhat's a \"stack overflow\"?\n\nI get the message \"error: stack overflow\" when I connect two objects together!\n\nA \"stack overflow\" happens when you have asked Pd to compute a recursive operation, and this operation causes Pd to run out of memory.\nOften this is the first step before crashing Pd!\n\nA common example of a recursive operation which could cause this error is the classic counter, using [float] and [+ 1].\nIf the output of [float] is connected to the input of [+ 1], and the output of [+ 1] is connected to the right-most (\"cold\") inlet of [float], then a \"bang\" message sent to the left-most (\"hot\") [float] will output a number which increases by one every time that message is sent.\n\nIf, however, the output of [+ 1] is connected to the left-most (\"hot\") inlet of [float], then sending the message [bang( to the left inlet of [float] will have a different effect. It will ask [float] and [+ 1] to add numbers together as fast as the computer will let them do it.\n\nBecause Pd will not stop and ask you \"are you sure you want to do this?\", this operation will quickly use up all the memory resources which Pd has, and cause a stack overflow."}
-{"text": "Ranked #25 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 of 2017, with a score of 92 points. TASTING NOTE: This is an assertive, flavorful and robust wine, with a medium to full body, a mouthfilling texture and fine-beaded bubbles. A creamy viscosity and wonderful layers of butter, apple, vanilla and ginger make for a delicious palate. Editors' Choice. Score - 93 (Jim Gordon, Wine Enthusiast, Dec. 31, 2017)"}
-{"text": "Sketch books\n\nSketchbooks can show the unfolding of an idea in sequence, developed through experiments with shapes and colour variations. Works in the exhibition that started life in a sketchbook include Prism's Not titled [red shoes] and Lister's Mr Sinister.\n\nTaken from a small sketchbook drawing, the work Mr Sinister illustrates the artist\u2019s signature style of angular, expressive lines and large blocks of colour. The splatter of pink spray-paint across the left had side of the composition gives the impression that the Dracula inspired figure of Mr Sinister has been caught in the gruesome act of feasting on his victim\u2019s blood. This drawing has been enlarged and developed as unique work on paper especially for the national collection.\n\nSketchbooks also give an insight into the development of creative processes. Reks\u2019s sketchbook, Chickenpox, evokes the viral spread of street art through the urban landscape. Like many sketchbooks, it shows the unfolding of an idea in sequence, developed through experiments with shapes and colour variations. An image of children in a playground changes mood with different coloured skies, and again with the introduction of a Star Wars space-ship motif borrowed from another page in the sketchbook. Reks zooms in on a face across three pages so that it becomes increasingly fragmented and abstract."}
-{"text": "Parental alienation involves the systematic brainwashing, poisoning and manipulation of children with the sole purpose of destroying a loving and warm relationship they once shared with a parent. My story involves this form of child abuse & exploring the bias favouring a mother in the social ecosystem around Family Law.\n\nI have met and heard the tragic stories of many parents. PA is a function, by and large, of a custodial ex-partner, although some alienation can start while the couple is still together.\n\nThis blog is a story of experiences and observations of dysfunctional Family Law (FLAW), an arena pitting parent against parent, with children as the prize. Due to the gender bias in Family Law, that I have observed, this Blog has evolved from a focus solely on PA to one of the broader Family/Children's Rights area and the impact of Feminist mythology on Canadian Jurisprudence and the Divorce Industry.\n\nSunday, January 31, 2010\n\nIt appears common sense may prevail in Australia given the Australian Institute of Family Studies AIFS) have researched and found some non-partisan, non-ideological factors in favour of shared parenting. They have indicated they have found no correlation between violence and shared parenting, there has been a 22% reduction in court cases, and the practice of shared parenting is widely supported.\n\nThe review, spread over two years involved 28,000 people, including 15,000 parents and for most people it worked well. It shows 80 per cent of parents are co-operating.\n\nThe AIFS is a world renowned organization whose role is to give non-partisan, non ideological advice on family matters. We need an equivalent one in Canada to get us out of the Feminist dominated rhetoric of men being abusers and unsafe to share parenting. The trouble may arise in the legislature where Australia has a socialist bleeding heart government in power who typically bow to the feminist lobby within their ranks for fear of being cast as an abuser and of course whatever voting power they have.\n\nChisholm the ex judge appears to be a chivalrous drone and thinks violence or at least its propensity is worthy of spending more money. The proportion of violence relative to the population of married couples and even those divorcing is minuscule but these useful idiots of the feminists give it much greater credence that it deserves.\n\nIn Canada out of a million couples (2 million people) 999,997.7 females do not kill their male spouse and 999,992 males to not kill their female spouse. Do we make laws for the 999,990 plus people who are not a problem or the tiny fraction who present perplexities to the system, and in turn, penalize the majority. If we make laws focusing on the tiny minority very few people could drive, get married, have children, find a decent job, or live any kind of high quality life free of nanny state intervention. It is one thing to take away points on a drivers license for using a cell phone or texting while operating the vehicle, quite another to deny a parent from legal involvement and maximum time with their genetic progeny. There can be nothing more personal or devastating to a rational human to be denied this right because of gender.\n\nIn any assessment, if violence is suspected or alleged, an investigation should occur. If the allegation is false the instigator should be charged criminally and primary custody of the children given to the parent who was falsely accused. In Australia as in the USA the person most likely to kill or harm the child is the single mom, either alone or in concert with a boyfriend/new partner.MJM\n\nThe Federal Opposition has warned the Government against making changes to family law that alter the principle of giving children the right to a meaningful relationship with both parents in the case of divorce or separation.\n\nIn 2006, the Howard government introduced major changes to Australia's family law system, putting an emphasis on shared responsibility for separating parents.\n\nThis week, three reports were released on how the laws were working. The reviews were conducted by the Australian Institute of Family studies, the Family Law council and former judge, Professor Richard Chisholm.\nThe Family Studies Institute found a 22 per cent drop in the number of cases going to court.\n\nBut Professor Chisholm found many people wrongly believe the changes mean that separated fathers were automatically entitled to 50-50 custody of their kids.\n\nThe professor says the laws are confusing and troublesome, but Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis disagrees.\n\n\"The report by Professor Chisholm does take a fairly tendentious view of the operation of the 2006 reform,\" he said.\n\nThe Government says it is considering an information campaign to clear up misunderstanding, but Senator Brandis says he gives more weight to the report published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.\n\"What the Australian Institute of Family Studies found was that the principle of shared parental responsibility is widely supported; that in general the 2006 reforms have worked well,\" he said.\n\n\"The Australian Institute of Family Studies found ... 'There is no evidence to suggest that family violence and highly conflictual inter-parental relationships are any greater in children with shared care time than for children with other care time arrangements'.\n\n\"So there seems to be something of a difference of emphasis, if not a conflict, between Professor Chisholm and Australian Institute of Family Studies.\"\n\nSenator Brandis says the release of the reports does not justify a change in direction for family law.\n\n\"[They] should not be used by the Government as a pretext or an excuse to walk away from the principle that every child has a right to a meaningful relationship with both parents on the occasion of family breakdown, while always maintaining, as has never been in doubt, the paramount interests of the child as the first consideration.\"\n\nThe reviews were handed down nearly 12 months after four-year-old Darcey Freeman was allegedly thrown off Melbourne's West Gate Bridge by her father.\n\nProfessor Chisholm has recommended every case before the Family Court should automatically be assessed for violence risks and that the court be given adequate resources to do the job.\n\nThe chief justice of the family court, Justice Diana Bryant, issued a statement welcoming that finding.\n\nThe Attorney General's office was asked about the recommendation for resources. A spokesman for Robert McClelland says the court already receives $2 billion in Commonwealth funding, but that it will be considered.\n\n2 comments:\n\nAnonymous\nsaid...\n\nConcerned parent\n\nIn Australia, violence and abuse against the vulnerable and voiceless is on the rise. The family law court cases involve these factors, or they won't be in courts and will have the adult choice of settling parenting matters by consent outside court rooms. It is only the abusive, and controlling relationships that use the systems to perpetrate further violence on the vulnerable parent.\n\nYour terms for vulnerable and voiceless must mean moms. it reminds me a lot of the organized groups of moms who have lost custody and they call themselves protective parents when in fact statistically they are the most likely to abuse or kill a child.\n\nRational adult parents will try and ensure the children have access to both parents in a manner that adapts to their available time.\n\nThose that go to court are often because of one recalcitrant and selfish parent out to make life as hard as possible on the other.\n\nFavourite Quotes\n\n\u201cThe job of a father is this : to help his children develop, to teach them to express and master their emotions; to avoid physiological distress, to provide a context for their experiences; to help them persevere, reach their goals and take on responsibilities; and to instil the roles of citizen, partner and parent. In short, it is to fill their bellies with bread, their brains with wisdom and their hearts with love and courage.\u201d Camil Bouchard, \u201cOn Father\u2019s Ground\u201d 2002.\n\nSome men see things as they are and say, \"Why?\" I dream of things that never were and say, \"Why not?\" ~ George Bernard Shaw ~ also quoted by Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator and Presidential Candidate assassinated in 1968.\n\nHappiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. ~ Robert Frost\n\nFirst they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi\n\nSearch my blogs with a custom keyword search by Google\n\nEastern Standard Time - North America\n\nSault Ste. Marie, Ontario\n\nWestern Australia (DST from last Sunday in Oct. to last Sunday in March)\n\nPerth, Western Australia\n\nSome Gems on relationships\n\nMarriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband.\n\nThe motto of this Father's Rights Activist\n\n\"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again ... and who, at the worst, if he fails at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.\" Theodore Roosevelt,\n\nFacts on violence in Canada Domestic and Otherwise\n\nFamily violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2009.\n\nOf the nearly 19 million Canadians who had a current or former spouse in 2009, 6.2% or 1.2 million reported they had been victimized physically or sexually by their partner or spouse during the five years prior to the survey. This proportion was stable from 2004 (6.6%), the last time the victimization survey was conducted, and down from 1999 (7.4%).\n\nA similar proportion of men and women reported experiencing spousal violence during the five years prior to the survey. Among men, 6.0% or about 585,000, encountered spousal violence during this period, compared with 6.4% or 601,000 women.\n\nTotal 611, men 465, women 146Rate of homicides with firearms has increased 24% since 2002. Handgun use on increase (gangs don't register their weapons)Women victims 24% - lowest proportion everMen Victims 76%Both the rate of females killed (0.87 per 100,000 population), as well as the proportion(24%), were the lowest since 196162 spousal homicides - no change from 2007Lowest rate in 40 years45 women 17 (27.4%)men\n\nMany DV homicides of men are not classified as such and this number is higher than 27.4%.\n\nIn 2009 based on a million couples it can fairly be said 999,998 wives do not kill their husbands and 999,995 husbands do not kill their wives. (See Pg. 15 chart modified from the rate per 100,000.)\n\nIn 2009, 49 women and 15 men were killed by a current or former spouse (excludes one same-sex spousal victim).\n\nTotal homicides 610, Men 450. Gang related 20.3 percent.69.1 % of firearm related deaths involved handgunsWomen 160, In 2009 it represented the second lowest proportion (26%) of female homicide victims since data were first collected. The rate of female victims has generally been declining since the late 1960s.\n\nProfile\n\nI am Politically active and right of centre on most issues with the odd exception such as legalization of \"Mary Jane\".\nI advocate on changes to Family Law - an incredibly dysfunctional arena where parents are pitted against one another and children are the victims.\nMy picture will sometimes show me as a younger man simply because I like them.\n\nAn Alienated Child\n\nIs a troubled child\n\nAmerican Coalition for Fathers & Children Petition\n\nA quote by a well known Canadian Jurist\n\nThe Honorable Justice John Gomery of Canada stated, \u201cHatred is not an emotion that comes naturally to a child. It has to be taught. A parent who would teach a child to hate the other parent represents a grave and persistent danger to the mental and emotional health of that child.\u201d\n\n(The above quote arises from PSM vs. AJC, a decision rendered by Mr. Justice John Gomery on February 15 1991 (SCM 500-12-184613895), and confirmed by the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal on June 14 1991, the trial judge was confronted by a case involving four children caught up in a heated custody battle between their parents whereby the children became \"catastrophically\" alienated from their mother.)A good paper on PAS for lawyers by a lawyer, Anne-France Goldwater (Avocate), and excerpts from the above trial are located here."}
-{"text": "I have a 37pfl7605H and a HTS9520. Both are connected with HDMI (on the TV HDMI1 ARC) I configured Easylink both on the TV and HTS9520 and everything works fine.\n\nNow I connect an IPSTB Amino 532 to the TV (HDMI2). The easylink is not working anymore resulting HTS9520 is not switched on and the sound is on the TV speakers. When I manually switch to amplifier in the TV menu I get an OSD message Connection to amplifier fails.\n\nWhen I connect a Amino 130m to the TV (HDMI2) easylink works fine.\nHow can a device on HDMI2 influence the Easylink communication on HDMI1 ARC.\n\nThe difference could find is Amino 532 HDMI 1.2a and Amino 130m HDMI1.1. but could this be the reason?\n\nAad\n\n06-23-2011, 08:43 AM\n\nMichiel\n\nHe Aad,\n\nI'm having the same problem with my 46PFL9705H and the Amino 532. Removing the Amino from the HDMI input solves all my easylink problems. As soon as I reconnect it, the HDMI-ARC and easylink don't work anymore.\nDid anyone give you a good solution to your problem? According to a mechanic, who tried to fix my not broken TV, the HDMI protocol of the Amino is corrupting the other HDMI ports. I'm suspecting it even influences the scart inputs.\nIf you have the solution I'm very interested!\n\nMichiel.\n\n06-27-2011, 03:43 PM\n\nMichiel\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by Michiel\n\nHe Aad,\n\nI'm having the same problem with my 46PFL9705H and the Amino 532. Removing the Amino from the HDMI input solves all my easylink problems. As soon as I reconnect it, the HDMI-ARC and easylink don't work anymore.\nDid anyone give you a good solution to your problem? According to a mechanic, who tried to fix my not broken TV, the HDMI protocol of the Amino is corrupting the other HDMI ports. I'm suspecting it even influences the scart inputs.\nIf you have the solution I'm very interested!\n\nMichiel.\n\nHallo Aad,\n\nToday my service provider came with a solution. I now use a HDMI-DVI cable with a DVI-HDMI converterplug on the DVI end. Apparently the Amino sends a signal on one of the pins in the HDMI cable which causes the problems concerning CEC and ARC signals, thus Easylink. DVI doesn't support the CEC-ARC signals hence my problems are gone.\nMaybe this helps you too?\n\nHoudoe, Michiel.\n\n06-27-2011, 08:02 PM\n\nvgerwen\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by Michiel\n\nHallo Aad,\n\nToday my service provider came with a solution. I now use a HDMI-DVI cable with a DVI-HDMI converterplug on the DVI end. Apparently the Amino sends a signal on one of the pins in the HDMI cable which causes the problems concerning CEC and ARC signals, thus Easylink. DVI doesn't support the CEC-ARC signals hence my problems are gone.\nMaybe this helps you too?\n\nHoudoe, Michiel.\n\nYes my provider also gave this solution. The Amino 532 does not support CEC easy link and keeps pin 13 of the hdmi low. Some other boxes like the ACRyan playOn and Eminent media players have the same problem. The proposed solution by OnsBrabant net works perfectly\n\n09-06-2011, 01:43 PM\n\nFlashBack\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by vgerwen\n\nYes my provider also gave this solution. The Amino 532 does not support CEC easy link and keeps pin 13 of the hdmi low. Some other boxes like the ACRyan playOn and Eminent media players have the same problem. The proposed solution by OnsBrabant net works perfectly\n\nHello, you sure helped me alot with the line: Some other boxes like the ACRyan playOn and Eminent media players have the same problem!\n\nSince i had problems connecting my Philips 40pfl7605h TV with my Sony HT-SS370 AV reciever via HDMI ARC. I was looking for a sollution for a long time! I coulndt get it to work. Since i also got a AC-ryan Playon HD Media player connected to my Sony HT-SS370 AV reciever, i followed your post en disconnected it from the reciever and hoppa! ARC is now working! I got the audio from my TV on my reciever via ARC! So the Media player is causing the interference. I wil connect the mediaplayer to the reciever via the same sollution u used. I never expected that the Media player was causing the problem because it was connected to the reciever and not directly to the TV! But even then it is causing problems! Thanks for your sollution!\n\nHoudoe! Een mede onsbrabantnetter\n\n09-28-2011, 01:35 PM\n\nFlashBack\n\nUpdate:\n\nAbove suggestion works! Finaly i can use HDMI ARC! Got the following configuration:"}
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-{"text": "Wednesday, 11 July 2012\n\nThe Olympic Torch procession was due to weave its way around the streets of Winchester today round about midday, just the time of day when I go for my swim. I had no interest in seeing the torch \u2013 my main concern was how to get to the swimming pool when I knew that the roads would be closed for some time.\n\nEventually, I decided to do something I haven't done for a long time due to illness. I would walk to the leisure centre, which takes 15 minutes. I wasn't sure if my legs would be strong enough but I was determined to give it a go.\n\nAnd I managed it!\n\nBut on my walk back home, I came onto Andover Road leading out of the city and saw crowds of people waiting by the road and suddenly I was struck by the wonderful atmosphere and sense of anticipation.\n\nI asked a police officer when the procession was due and when she told me it would be in about 10 minutes I did something I find difficult to do at the moment i.e.wait.\n\nSo I sat on a wall and watched as police cars, police motorcyclists, large open topped buses advertising products with attractive young women dancing and hyping up the crowd to the background noise of loud music, plus a bus with the next runner and his torch, which stopped nearby.\n\nAnd then came the runner with his lit torch and I witnessed the changeover of the flame.\nIt was such an emotional moment that I was moved to tears.\n\nOf course, I didn't have my camera with me but what really struck me was the enthusiasm of the crowd, waving union Jacks and shouting, cheering and clapping. It was truly inspiring and as I walked home I felt a feeling of elation and of being personally involved in the Olympics."}
-{"text": "Sapa Travel guide\n\nSapa : Michelin's recommendations\n\nAn old hill station once frequented by French colonists, Sapa is now a popular base for hikes into the mountains which surround the town and which separate Vietnam from China. Footpaths lead across soft green rice paddies dominated by some of the highest mountains in the country, culminating with Phan Si Pan at an altitude of 3 143m. Don\u2019t miss the market or the weekly fair in Sapa, where you can admire the colourful costumes of the locals who come to the market from Sapa\u2019s neighbouring villages."}
-{"text": "Tag: electric\n\nBack in 2006, householders had only ten energy suppliers to choose from, and most bought from one of the \u2018big six\u2019, British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, npower, ScottishPower or SSE. Today, domestic customers have a choice of more than 40 suppliers, but the big six still supply well over 90% of British households with gas and electricity.\n\nDespite advertising campaigns by the new entrants and price comparison websites, many people still believe that switching supplier is a daunting process. In reality, market reforms by Ofgem to create a more level playing field for small suppliers have made the process quite straightforward.\n\nCustomers can research and handle the changeover themselves with the assistance of their newly chosen supplier, or they can use one of Ofgem\u2019s accredited energy comparison websites such as uSwitch, Moneysupermarket or Simply Switch. The full list is available here.\n\nOfgem suggests that switching can bring annual savings of around \u00a3300, according to its latest research. Of course, householders may also want to take the quality of customer service provided by the suppliers into account when choosing, and Ofgem can also help with customer complaint performance results (here).\n\nSmaller suppliers are gradually gaining a presence, making the market more competitive. At the moment, the majority of them have fewer than 250,000 customers, but names like Ecotricity, OVO Energy, First Utility, Bulb, Octopus Energy, Robin Hood Energy, First Utility, Good Energy and LoC02 are becoming more well known. Many of them provide 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, an important consideration for many consumers choosing a new supplier.\n\nSome people find that gathering information to make a decision about potentially switching supplier encourages them to record their electricity use more carefully, identifying trends and focusing on the number of units used as well as the costs. In so doing they become more aware of their usage and this leads to savings in consumption as well as unit costs, a double benefit of switching.\n\nWhile a series of meter readings will be useful to get a more accurate report, all you actually need to make energy supplier comparisons is your postcode and a recent energy bill (or information about your household and lifestyle). It only takes about ten minutes. Ideally, use an Ofgem Confidence Code accredited comparison site, and be aware that you may need to opt in to seeing the data about suppliers that the website does not directly deal with.\n\nEnter the information that is requested, review the results, and pick a new plan. It is as simple as that. Some options will be variable rates, some will be fixed over a specified term, and some will have early exit fees. The choice is yours.\n\nThe switchover will take around three weeks, and there will never be an interruption to supply. The same cabling and meter will be used. The only noticeable changes will be the company name on the bills, and the reduced amount on the bottom line!\n\nAn Introduction to Biomass\n\nHouseholds that are not keen on modern renewable energy technologies might prefer a more traditional wood burner or biomass boiler. Man has been burning wood to provide heat since he first harnessed the power of fire in his cave, but a modern biomass boiler offers a more sophisticated solution to home heating.\n\nSimple wood burning stoves provide heat and a focal point for the main room and can include a back boiler to run small-scale central heating and hot water systems. A biomass boiler works like a normal gas or oil boiler but they burn renewable biomass instead. New generation systems are easy to use and deliver greater than 75% energy efficiency using pellets or properly dried wood.\n\nSystems are available for a range of fuels, including logs, wood chips, sawdust, grass-derived biomass pellets or even peat. The choice of fuel will be dictated by the availability and price of a reliable local supply and the type of storage available. The greatest savings are made when buying in bulk so to get the best deal a significant amount of storage space is required.\n\nPellets are much easier to transport and store than logs, and provide a more controllable heat. Pellet-fuelled biomass boilers are available with automatic fuel feeders and they can be programmed in much the same way as conventional gas boilers. Log-burning stoves and boilers involve considerably more work and are less controllable.\n\nThe installed cost of a wood burning stove will be around \u00a32,500 to \u00a37,500, depending on the model and the availability of a flue. The price of a full biomass boiler system is greater than that of a comparable gas boiler at between \u00a310,000 and \u00a320,000, depending on model, size and ease of installation.\n\nAfter the initial outlay, the system should reduce energy bills over time, with some studies suggesting that a biomass boiler can save the average household up to \u00a3800 a year when compared with standard electric heating, or up to \u00a3210 a year compared with an old G-rated gas boiler. However, at typical 2018 prices, running a biomass boiler is likely to cost more than a modern condensing gas boiler.\n\nTo maintain efficiency, the flue will need to be cleaned annually at a cost of around \u00a350. Another downside is the need to remove and dispose of ash. Some biomass boiler systems have automatic ash removal and compression systems that make the job easier.\n\nGovernment support is available for the installation of a biomass boiler or biomass stoves with a back boiler through the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme. The income depends on the system and the amount of energy it produces but the payment for a biomass boiler in a four-bedroom, detached house may be nearly \u00a32,000 per annum. To be eligible, the property must have a compliant EPC that is less than two years old.There is a calculator and information on the BEIS website here.\n\nWhat exactly is in store for our electricity supply?\n\nDespite the drive to make our homes more energy efficient, the demand for electricity remains strong.As the traditional generating stations come to the end of their lives and we strive for a lower carbon economy, there is an ever-increasing reliance on renewable sources of power. The costs are coming down, but wind is unpredictable and intermittent and we cannot rely on the sun to provide us with the electricity we demand at the flick of a switch, especially at night.\n\nIt looks as though energy storage will need to become an essential part of our electricity supply system if we are to achieve our green goals and keep the lights on. Electricity storage technology can overcome the issues associated with the intermittency of renewables and help to meet the morning and the evening peaks in demand, whether at a domestic, community or national scale.\n\nAt present, energy storage capacity in the UK represents a tiny part of our electricity consumption and depends heavily on a few pumped storage hydroelectric facilities. We are otherwise reliant on switching generating stations on and off, or on importing renewable hydropower from Norway to deal with the fluctuations.\n\nResearch into battery technology has really taken off. The Government\u2019s January 2017 Industrial Strategy Green Paper (here) states:\n\n\u2018Given the UK\u2019s underlying strengths in science and energy technology, we want to be a global leader in battery technology\u2026\u2019\n\nThe Government went on to launch a \u00a39 million competition to find ways of reducing the cost of energy storage technologies, including the Faraday Challenge \u2013 a \u00a3246m commitment up to 2021 on battery development for transport, home and industrial applications.\n\nThe costs of storage are reducing as this research progresses.In its 2016 report to the Renewable Energy Association, The development of decentralised energy and storage systems in the UK, KPMG predicts that there will be a \u2018steady cost decline of 12% per annum through to 2020\u2026\u2019 (available here).\n\nAt the moment, most of the interest is in lithium-ion batteries and this technology accounted for 83% of installed global storage capacity in 2016 (excluding pumped hydro). The costs continue to fall with close to a 20% reduction in 2016.Some issues remain with the relatively short life of the batteries and a deterioration in their efficiency as they are cycled through charging and discharging.The focus could change in the medium term to developments in hydrogen and heat storage that are creating some excitement.\n\nProducts are already appearing for domestic use. They are arguably led by Tesla which is building a \u2018Gigafactory\u2019 in the US to produce batteries for its vehicles and for other domestic and commercial uses. Once complete, Tesla expects the Gigafactory to be the biggest building in the world, and it will be entirely powered by renewable energy sources. The factory brings an economy of scale that should make batteries more efficient and affordable.\n\nTesla is already marketing its solar roof tiles and \u2018Powerwall\u2019 domestic energy storage systems. These harvest and store electricity produced during the day for use when household demand is greater in the morning, evening and at night.\n\nOn 1st March 2018, in unusually cold weather, National Grid issued a warning that the UK may not have enough gas to meet demand in the short term. The forecasted requirement of nearly 4,000 million cubic metres for the following day indicated a potential shortfall of approximately 50 million cubic metres. Wholesale prices soared.\n\nThe problem was compounded by a number of outages, some of which related to the cold weather. These included on-going problems with a pipeline to the Netherlands, reductions in crucial flows from Norway, and technical issues at the Barrow gas terminal in North West England.\n\nMeasures were put in place to procure additional supplies, manipulate the electricity generation mix and to reduce the industrial use of gas temporarily. Some major manufacturing energy users have supply contracts that can be suspended in this way in return for cheaper prices. Fortunately, the onset of warmer weather alleviated some of the pressure and the measures were successful in maintaining supplies to domestic customers on this occasion.\n\nHowever, the situation had shone a light on the status of gas supply and storage in the UK. Gas storage capacity is at the lowest level since records began in 2006, principally because of the closure of Centrica\u2019s Rough gas storage facility off the East coast under the North Sea. This had been responsible for some 70% of the country\u2019s storage capacity.\n\nOur own gas production form the North Sea fields is reducing, and while liquefied natural gas (LPG) is being imported through facilities in Kent and Pembrokeshire, market prices are increasingly pushing LPG towards a massive demand from Asia. Overall, our daily gas reserves are just a fraction of what they used to be.\n\nResearch in 2017 by the University of Edinburgh (here) suggests that recoverable UK oil and gas could run out by 2027. Some analysts believe that global stocks of oil will run out in 2052, and that we will need to use gas to fill the gap, meaning that those reserves too will be used up by 2060. Any new finds are likely to be smaller and more expensive to extract and transport.\n\nA significant proportion of known gas reserves are held or controlled by countries that are not politically allied to the UK, and could hold western Europe to ransom. Others are in politically and socially unstable nations.\n\nBritish shale gas companies suggest that they could save the day, and hope that UK fracking will finally begin in earnest in 2018. The British Geological Survey believes that UK geology has the potential to provide sufficient shale gas to meet our demand for 25 years, but in the face of opposition and conflicting expert opinion on how much will actually be extracted from the ground, fracking may not be a major or long-term panacea.\n\nIn 2018, research headed by an eminent geologist, Professor John Underhill of Heriot-Watt University, suggested that we have overestimated potentially extractable reserves as our tilted and folded geological strata are less likely to hold fossil fuel deposits than unaltered geology, and that any deposits that have formed have been dispersed into small pockets that make them less suitable for extraction.\n\nSo should households considering replacement gas boilers, heating and appliances be worried? Despite the price rises, gas is still a reactively cheap fuel. But with its increasing use for electricity generation as we phase out more carbon-intensive coal, and with the proposed replacement nuclear sources taking longer than expected to come on line, how long will the gas last?And, if stocks dwindle, which of all of the eggs in the gas basket will get priority, electricity generators, essential services, businesses or domestic users?\n\nPolicy dictates that domestic consumers should be the last to experience deficits with business customers bearing the brunt of any shortages.The projections suggest little cause for panic in the short term. Nevertheless, the gas supply system is beginning to show signs of fragility and it does not take much to push its resilience to the limit.These sound like good reasons for making homes more energy efficient, and for installing a diverse range of energy technologies.\n\nTo order an EPC for your home to find out what technologies are best for you, contact Find EPC.\n\nOne of the most satisfying ways of improving your home\u2019s energy efficiency is to take control of generating your own electricity. Solar PV (photovoltaic) panels are one of the renewable energy technologies that you can fit to your home to do this.\n\nRenewables are powered by unlimited and naturally replenished resources like the wind and the sun. They produce less greenhouse gases than traditional generating technologies, with an average domestic solar PV system saving up to 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.\n\nSolar PV panels convert sunlight into electricity. They are most efficient in summer sunshine, but will generate some electricity in cloudier conditions, and throughout the winter. The electricity replaces energy that you would otherwise buy from your supplier. When demand exceeds generation, your normal supply kicks back in to make up the difference.\n\nIs my house suitable?\n\nSolar PV panels are generally suitable for any house with an un-shaded roof area of at least 15m\u00b2 that faces between south-east and south-west. They are more effective in the south of the British Isles than the north.\n\nAre they easy to fit?\n\nMost domestic systems comprise panels that sit on top of the existing roof, but solar tiles that replace the existing roof can also be fitted, but are approximately twice the cost. The new Tesla solar roof costs even more, but is available in a wide variety of slate and tile finishes, and comes with integrated battery storage.\n\nSolar PV systems are quick and easy to install. The solar panels themselves require little to no maintenance, though an inverter may need replacing after about 10 years.\n\nWill it save me money?\n\nThe installation cost for a typical solar PV system is \u00a35,000 to \u00a310,000. While this is a sizeable outlay, you will benefit financially in three ways.\n\nFirstly, it will cut your electricity bill. An average domestic system generates approximately 3,800 kilowatt hours a year in the south of England and 3,200 kilowatt hours in central Scotland. That is free electricity you will not have to pay for.\n\nSecondly, small solar PV systems are currently eligible for the Government\u2019s \u2018Feed-in Tariff\u2019 (FiT). Your energy supplier pays you for the electricity that you generate, even if you use it yourself. The tariff levels are index-linked and guaranteed for up to 20 years.\n\nFinally, you will receive a further payment from your energy supplier for surplus electricity that you sell back to the grid.\n\nThere are online calculators that work out specific costs and savings, but as a rule of thumb, domestic scale solar PV systems pay for themselves after 10 to 12 years, assuming they are benefitting from the FiT. The rules for the FiT change regularly and it has a \u2018first-come, first-served\u2019 annual budget limit, so check with the Government website (BEIS) before making a decision.\n\nApplicants for the FiT must provide an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) with their paperwork. An EPC rating of band D or greater is needed for the higher rate tariff.\n\nSome people are surprised that supermarkets no longer sell traditional 60W pearl incandescent light bulbs. This is probably because they waste 95% of the electricity they use and are no longer made. This is why the terms LED and CFL are becoming more prevalent.\n\nWith more efficient alternatives now available, we are being encouraged to make the change to help save 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year across the EU.\n\nWith lower energy usage and a longer life, the new bulbs save money. Many people are throwing out their old bulbs even before they break and need replacing.If you prefer a phased approach, start by changing the bulbs you use most. Leave those that get less use until the old bulb burns out.\n\nWhat is available?\n\nThere is a bewildering range of technologies, fittings and power ratings available. For the best energy savings, choose light emitting diode (LED) or compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs.\n\nCFLs are what most people think of as low-energy light bulbs. They are available to fit almost any shape or size of light fitting and are suitable for indoor and outdoor lighting. A CFL should give approximately 10,000 hours of use. For comparison, the old-style bulbs last approximately 750 to 2,000 hours.\n\nLEDs use 90% less energy than an equivalent incandescent bulb. They are great for dimmable lighting, down-lighters and indoor and outdoor spotlights. With a use life of 30,000 to 50,000 hours, they should survive for 20 years.\n\nBoth cost more than the equivalent incandescent bulb but prices have come down. It is possible to find them for \u00a33 or \u00a34, or even less in multipacks. The savings from running costs and longevity will soon recover the outlay.\n\nHow do I know what to buy?\n\nThe new bulbs use less power than traditional ones, so when matching a replacement you cannot compare the power rating (watts).Instead, you need to consider the brightness (lumen).\n\nLook for a LED or CFL rated around 1,600 lumen to replace a 100W traditional bulb, or one at 800 lumen for an old 60W.Some of the early CFL bulbs did not seem very bright and, while modern ones are more effective, some people choose to replace CFLs with a higher lumen rating.\n\nThe other variable is the colour temperature of the light. The early energy-saving bulbs produced a harsher light than the relaxing, warm light that we were used to with incandescent bulbs. A broader range is now available, including bulbs that replicate that warmer glow.\n\nColour temperature is measured in degrees Kelvin on a scale from 1,000 to 10,000. Bulbs with a warm, yellowish light are rated around 2,700k, while bulbs at 4,000k to 6,000k look bluer and colder.As a general rule, warmer temperature light is more inviting and relaxing, while cooler temperature light is good for enhancing concentration in workspaces.\n\nHow much can I save?\n\nAccording to the Energy Savings Trust, lighting accounts for 14% of a typical household electricity bill, so replacing old bulbs with LEDs will typically save a family of four in a three-bedroomed house approximately \u00a330 per year.\n\nIt seems that everything around the house is becoming smart, including heating controls and smart meters, but will these save energy and money and make your home more sustainable?\n\nSmart heating controls\n\nOne way of tackling your energy use is to install a smart thermostat on your boiler. This allows you to control the heating from just about anywhere by using an app on your smartphone or tablet. You can also control the heating in each room individually by using smart radiator valves.\n\nTechnology is heading towards smart boilers and integrated heating systems that will incorporate these features and more besides, including the ability to detect faults and alert you to them, as well as allowing an engineer to diagnose and deal with the problem remotely.\n\nSmart meters\n\nOnce you have smartened up your heating, you will want to know what savings you are making and a smart meter will help you to do just that. They use built-in wireless technology to automatically send regular gas and electricity usage data to your supplier.There will be no more visits to read your meter and, theoretically at least, no more inflated or inaccurate estimated readings.\n\nThey come with wirelessly connected monitors that show how much energy you are using and translate that into real money.By switching things on and off, you\u2019ll be able to see where you are using the most energy and the effect of using that app to turn down the boiler!\n\nOf course the smart meter itself will not save money, but by drawing attention to your rate of energy use the hope is that it will change your behaviour, perhaps persuading you to do a cooler wash or to switch off a few lights when you can actually see the difference that this makes. You will also know what to expect in your next bill, reducing the risk of a nasty surprise.\n\nThe Government wants us all to have smart meters by 2020 as part of its push towards low-carbon targets and by September 2017, 8.6 million had been installed.The programme is being rolled out by the energy suppliers, some more quickly than others, at a cost of\u00a311.3 billion, with the Government estimating net savings to the country of \u00a37.3 billion. There is no direct outlay for the householder because the costs are being recouped over time through energy bills in general.\n\nOn the downside, smart meters have had some bad press, with fears that the technology is already obsolete, customers experiencing connectivity problems and other difficulties when switching supplier.\n\nSo what will I save?\n\nSmart thermostats cost approximately \u00a3300 plus installation and smart radiator valves are around \u00a350 each. One supplier claims that they pay for themselves in the first year, but that will depend on the unpredictability of your comings and goings and on your energy usage.\n\nThe Government believes that smart meters will encourage energy efficiency and save an average household some \u00a326 per year on their gas and electricity,approximately 2% of their total bill."}
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-{"text": "Login BBZ\n\nCarriage Ride Cropped Morning Sweats\n\n$115.00\n\n115.0000\n\nWildfox Couture Carriage Ride Cropped Morning Sweats you look adorable! Let\u0092s be real you woke up like this...or at least wearin\u0092 these really cute sweats. These cropped babes are super soft and made in the US which is what we\u0092re talking about. Featurin\u0092 an elastic waist and cropped pant gathered with an elastic band this babe is perf! With it\u0092s cute Wildfox logo high on the left leg this babe is one that we are all about!\n\nDetails\n\nWildfox Couture Carriage Ride Cropped Morning Sweats you look adorable! Let\u0092s be real you woke up like this...or at least wearin\u0092 these really cute sweats. These cropped babes are super soft and made in the US which is what we\u0092re talking about. Featurin\u0092 an elastic waist and cropped pant gathered with an elastic band this babe is perf! With it\u0092s cute Wildfox logo high on the left leg this babe is one that we are all about!\n\nView more:\n\nWildfox Couture Carriage Ride Cropped Morning Sweats you look adorable! Let\u0092s be real you woke up like this...or at least wearin\u0092 these really cute sweats. These cropped babes are super soft and made in the US which is what we\u0092re talking about. Featurin\u0092 an elastic waist and cropped pant gathered with an elastic band this babe is perf! With it\u0092s cute Wildfox logo high on the left leg this babe is one that we are all about!"}
-{"text": "Confronting The Big Questions: Highlights of Modern Astronomy\n\nDescription\n\nAn introduction to modern astronomy\u2019s most important questions. The four sections of the course are Planets and Life in The Universe; The Life of Stars; Galaxies and Their Environments; The History of The Universe.\n\nHave you tried this resource? Help someone out by sharing your thoughts!"}
-{"text": "Bogey's Books (\"New, Used and Out of Print Books\") was a wonderful little independent bookstore located in the heart of Downtown. It closed in January 2008, after running a closing sale for a number of weeks.\n\nWhy would you go to Borders if you can find your book here? Borders doesn't even smell like books! By and large their books are cheaper than those found at Borders, largely because most of the books they carry are used. Being a used bookstore, they also buy books \u2014 every day from 10am to 3pm. They also carry some new(er) books, including fairly recent releases that have been discounted/marked down a bit from what you might find in a \"new books\" bookstore. In fact, Bogey's always sells below list, and if you're a member of a book club or otherwise need several copies of a book, ask about Bogey's volume discount. As an independent \"used books\" bookstore, Bogey's complements The Avid Reader, which carries \"new books.\" On the display tables by the fiction shelves you'll often find lesser-known or underrated fiction works that are often quite good.\n\nComments:\n\n2005-11-30 21:45:26 Since 2002, Bogeys has lost at least $400 of my business because they make it hard for me to pay them. They only take cash, VISA, and MasterCard - no ATM/debit cards, and no AmEx. Even with a VISA or MC, they've declined in the past to sell me ~$15 worth of books because it was too small an amount to justify the use of the credit card. Just tonight, I changed a $44 transaction to a $31 transaction (by skipping a book) because I was $1.50 short on cash and they wouldn't take ATM or AmEx. At this point, I'm more and more likely to simply order online from Powell's. I miss Bookshop Santa Cruz! \u2014GrahamFreeman\n\n2005-12-22 20:59:19 Despite their lack of ATM/Debit card service, I will contend that Bogeys is the best bookstore Davis has to offer. \u2014EyadDarras\n\n2005-12-22 22:22:32 The opportunity to buy books knowing that the profits will not fly off to a corporate office god knows where is too good to pass up. \u2014KenjiYamada\n\n2005-12-29 08:26:12 Local stores = good. Not being able to find what you want = bad. This store is great when I'm not looking for anything in particular, and horrible when I am. The selection of used fiction books is nice. \u2014AlexPomeranz\n\n2006-01-02 21:39:24 AmEx is expensive compared to other cards, but it is relatively cheap compared to the rates they used to charge. Notice that AmEx is popping up just about everywhere now as they scramble the get the 'ordinary joe' market share, instead of just the elitist one. But anyway, virtually al ATM cards support the Visa/MC network, so use that instead. And if you don't have one, well, that's your loss. After all, it is legal to pass on surcharges from ATM cards to customers, but not so for credit card networks. And also, there is a little bit of fuzziness whether a minimum purchase is allowed under the Visa/Mastercard contract, but many authorities are increasingly saying \"no,\" which is why no large retailer has a minimum purchase. And honestly, at the end of the day, credit card transactions, even small ones, are less expensive in terms of labor costs than dealing with cash (if you you consider the difficulty of running reports on transactions and also the cost of losing cash). \u2014JaimeRaba\n\n2006-01-02 22:34 One needn't be elitist in order to appreciate quality of service. The fact that I've received consistently good service from AmEx is why I've stuck with them. But, I know from firsthand experience that AmEx is expensive from the vendor's point of view, and while I still think it makes good business sense to make it easy for your customers to pay you I can understand why small businesses often balk at AmEx's terms.\n\nWith regard to VISA/MC-tied ATM cards, I'm of the opinion that they're too risky. I'm not comfortable with the prospect of someone being able to empty my personal checking account simply by stealing my VISA/MC number. Sure, my liability is limited to $50 if I report fraudulent charges promptly, but why should I have to risk being out any amount of money, or having to deal with that situation at all? With a conventional credit card, the credit card issuer doesn't get my money until the bill is completely correct.\n\nSo, since I've had such a dramatically better experience with AmEx than with any of the four VISA/MC issuers I've dealt with, and because there are ethical alternatives (e.g. Bookshop Santa Cruz, the best locally-owned bookstore in NorCal, or Powell's Books, the best locally-owned bookstore in the Western U.S.) that are willing to accept my money on my terms, Bogey's Books is the party losing out in this situation. Since they're a local bookstore I'd like to help them succeed, but I'm not going to carry around extra cash just because one of every ten places I visit doesn't take AmEx or ATM. \u2014GrahamFreeman\n\n2006-01-24 16:34:35 Interesting comments from Graham. My experience with AMEX is the opposite. I think the key to good Visa/MC service is credit unions. mine is fantastic. \u2014RocksandDirt\n\n2006-03-26 00:25:56 Well, AmEx are being scummy in a dispute I currently have with Vonage, but otherwise they've been great for the last 7 years. I like credit unions (both as a concept and as a practical matter), but my experiences with their credit card offerings has not been positive. (Drawing from experiences with Golden 1 and Bay Federal Credit Union) \u2014GrahamFreeman\n\n2006-03-21 17:00:42 I would like to stick to the topic and just say that this is one of my favorite bookstores to go when you just want to browse and look up books on your 'mental list' of things to browse. I think it's a great little store. As for the credit card discussion above, I think that being the small place they are they just aren't obliged to offer this as a service and I think it only reflects how spoiled we can get as consumers. I am glad that in their own way BB's is not contributing to the credit mongers ready to sign people's lives away with interest fees. I hope they keep it people friendly like they are already! \u2014LookyLoo\n\n2006-03-26 00:25:56 A big part of my complaint is that, as of when I last checked, Bogey's won't take an ATM/debit card as payment unless said ATM/debit card has VISA/MC (=credit card) functionality. Isn't that actually encouraging the use of credit cards, in this case? I'd really like to be able to pay them straight out of my checking account without needing to carry cash or write a check. I would happily pay $0.20 per transaction to do so. \u2014GrahamFreeman\n\n2006-05-24 23:37:34 I've made some remarkable finds at Bogey's...I guess that's one of the benefits they enjoy, being the only full-time used bookshop in a college town. I've never been able to leave the store without buying something. (And they're not stingy with the Bogey's bookmarks.) Have to admit I get a kick out of eavesdropping on the clerks whenever they start testing each others' knowledge of foreign languages. \u2014DukeMcAdow\n\n2006-07-28 13:46:31 Bogey's is a great downtown bookstore, but there's another, YES!, another down by the Co-Op: Sweet Briar Books. I'm not sure what \"full time\" means, but they're open every day... \u2014EmilyFriend\n\nI guess \"full time\" is a little odd-sounding! I meant that almost all of their stock is used (though I know they sell a few new). Some stores have a shelf or two of used, but primarily stock new books. \u2014DukeMcAdow\n\n2006-09-25 13:31:53 Yes, I forgot to mention that: Sweet Briar is also a used bookstore. Everything is either used or discounted, much like Bogey's. There are hidden treasures all over this town. \u2014EmilyFriend\n\n2006-10-05 16:40:46 Walking past Bogey's this afternoon I noticed a \"Bookstore For Sale\" sign in the window. \u2014SteveGreen\n\n2007-01-22 09:51:43 A bookstore without a website?! This is 2007! \u2014SteveDavison\n\nUnless a bookstore sells a lot of books to people over the internet, like Powells, there is not much need for a website. A used bookstore can reach more customers through the Advanced Book Exchange and all they need is a computer inventory. I'm not sure if Bogey's even has that, though. Also, I read in the Chronicle a while ago that Powells buys the inventory of most used bookstores that close on the West Coast, so they will probably get Bogey's if nobody buys the store. \u2014NickSchmalenberger\n\n2007-02-17 19:18:03 A note re: Sweet Briar books - a bit of history - they were the only bookstore to NOT protest Borders. The Next Chapter was the best act in town when they were still in Davis - incredibly knowledgable staff and high-quality books. Their store in Woodland is hard to access without a car. \u2014JeaninePfeiffer\n\n2007-03-14 21:13:49 Does Bogey's still have D&D and other roleplaying/gaming books? They used to have a fairly good selection, but I haven't seen any in there in forever... \u2014AaGg\n\n2007-05-05 13:42:32 The proprietor is a good magician, and usually has a trick or two behind the counter for those who inquire. Not likely to find that at Big Box Boox. \u2014Easan\n\n2007-11-05 12:30:38 The building has a \"for lease\" sign. They are closing because rent went way up and couldn't find a buyer. \u2014BarryAllard\n\n2007-11-06 12:07:15 I need to make a slight correction to BarryAllard's post...the reason the store is closing has less to do with the rent increase than with the owner's desire to move into a different phase of life. He's been doing this for 17.5 years and needs a change. Rent increase or not, the store would be closing. My wife and I were going to buy the shop (I've worked there since 2001) and came up against the rent increase, forcing us to back out. So, yes, it's a factor, but the landlords made their decision well after the owner had decided to sell/close the business.\n\nAs an employee of the shop, I've come to love Davis's reading community. You're some of the nicest and most intellectually curious and stimulating folks I've ever met. I'll miss seeing you in the store surrounded by all those books, all those ideas, opinions, and even the occasional tirade about something or other that happens to be in the air around us. Be well, and thanks for so many unforgettable evenings.\n\n2007-11-12 18:42:00 Bogey's is having a huge sale where everything is 20% off and some books are marked off a lot more. They said they would be closing December 31st. \u2014davistudent\n\n2007-11-25 18:43:46 I haven't been in Bogey's much...I've gone the Avid or Sweet Briar route, though for no particular reason. Well, I finally went into Bogey's now that they're closing down. I felt overwhleming sadness knowing that such a great place has existed right under my nose and now that I have discovered it, it is only a short time before it is gone forever. Damn internet driving bookstores out of business...\n\np.s. Bought a great Tao book by Osho. p.p.s I love the specificity in how the books are categorized. Sweet Briar has a similar method. \u2014EliseKane\n\nWhat makes you think the Internet is driving book stores out of business? Two factors I heard the cashier mention to somebody else when I was there the other night were the landlords raising the rent and the owners wanting to get out of the business. The Internet is actually helping a lot of used bookstores through sites like Advanced Book Exchange, although they can't help Bogey's because they don't have a constant computer inventory. I agree with you that they and Sweet Briar have a really good selection. Anyway, don't jump to conclusions. \u2014NickSchmalenberger\n\n2007-12-08 06:06:43 I was sorry when Bogey's closed, but don't forget that independent bookstores still exist in Davis. My personal favorite is Sweet Briar Books, on G Street in the same plaza as the Food Coop.\n\nIt's similar to Bogey's in a lot of ways. They buy and sell used books, and, for that reason, have incredibly low prices. I've bought paperbacks in excellent condition for only a couple of dollars.\n\nAnd their selection of music CDs is incomparable\u2014especially for lovers of jazz standards like myself. I've bought several two-disc collections there, each for under ten dollars.\n\nSo, while it's sad to see bogey's close, we Davis lovers of independent bookstores still have plenty to rejoice. \u2014bobby.stonewaller\n\n2009-01-02 22:15:12 Scratching my head trying to figure out what ArthurFrane was nit-picking about. At the time, Powells wouldn't take their inventory because of the market conditions. Used book stores have been closing everywhere except Russia because of online, Borders, McWally World, etc. as well. Regardless, Bogey's is missed and it's a shame people only buy what's shiniest and pushed in front of them. Support your local library. Cheers. \u2014BarryAllard"}
-{"text": "Students in the course were also members of the Cornell Jazz Band. The course involves a field trip to New Orleans to use the Hogan Jazz Archives and Williams Research Center at Tulane University. Students arrive in New Orleans with a carefully chosen topic from Reference and Reserve resources at Cole Library and the online resources of Tulane.\n\nType:\nField Experience\nPaper\n\nLevel: 200\n\nBlock Plan Context:\n\nS\n\nM\n\nT\n\nW\n\nR\n\nF\n\nS\n\n1\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\nImportant Features of the Assignment:\n\nThe Block Plan makes a trip to New Orleans possible and extends the use of online resources to tangible resources from the archives.\n\nThe staging of the assignment allows students to make sure they have chosen a viable topic before going to New Orleans. Students understand the cyclical nature of the research process and the amount of information necessary to make a research project feasible.\n\nStudents are exposed to the differing expertise of librarians and archivists.\n\nStudents have a vested interest in their topic as it directly relates to their own lives and pursuits, which also discourages plagiarism.\n\nStudents use a variety of resources within the discipline of jazz music.\n\nDescription of Assignment:\n\nWhile still in Iowa, students are to find and choose a musician from the Early Jazz Era (1920s-1930s) who played the same instrument as they do in the Cornell Jazz Band. Students use Reference and Reserve resources at Cole Library to locate possible topics and then search the online resources at the Hogan Jazz Archive and the Williams Research Center to find out how much information Tulane holds in their archives about these individuals. A lack of information sent students back to the resources at Cole Library for alternative and more promising possibilities.\n\nStudents then travel to New Orleans to access the Hogan Jazz Archives and/or Williams Research Center. Students\u2019 end goal involves writing a paper about this particular individual, which may include the use of oral histories of these jazz musicians found at Tulane.\n\nTimeline:\n\nWk\n\nMonday\n\nTuesday\n\nWednesday\n\nThursday\n\nFriday\n\nWeekend\n\n1\n\nInstruction session with librarian.\n\nStudents work in library during class time with faculty member and librarian. Appointments between librarian and individual students start on Thursday."}
-{"text": "Digital Teaching Toolbox\n\nOverview\n\nWith all the digital tools at a teacher's fingertips these days, it can get overwhelming to figure out what to implement and how to do it. This session reviews over a dozen tools for increasing teacher productivity and organization."}
-{"text": "So the Mets just signed Chris Capuano and Taylor Bucholz to add some more depth to the pitching rotation. Both of these are solid signings and may pay off in big ways.\nCapuano is only a few years removed from an 18-win season, and Bucholz has shown he can be a valuable seventh or even eighth inning reliever.\nFor the most part, barring a rumored Chris Young or Jeff Francis signing for furthe..."}
-{"text": "Got something to say? Then say it here! We're giving League members the opportunity to talk it up, share pictures, comment on the previous night's escapades, and keep the DC Bocce community alive and kicking all week long. For an invitation to blog all you have to do is ask.\n\nMonday, November 14\n\nI ain't afraid to admit it: I love Coors Light. The Silver Bullet and I have been best of friends for a long time and it always makes me happy every time I see it on tap around town.\n\nWhich is why I'm super excited to head to the Front Page in Arlington tomorrow night for $2.50 Coors Light drafts! Front Page is hosting a special Caps on Tap Viewing Party, kicking off at 7:00 pm. In addition to watching the Caps v. Predators game, you'll get a chance to win great prizes, including Caps tickets. And apparently a few members of the Red Rockets will be making an appearance.\n\nBut most importantly, the beer will be cold, cheap, and of the Coors Light variety. Hope to see you there!\n\nWednesday, October 12\n\nBocce-ers, here's another reason to start the weekend early (as if we needed it!)--\n\nLocal 16 is hosting an Oktoberfest Pig Roast Festival this Thursday, October 13, from 6pm-10pm!!\n\nSide note: we all know the weekend actually starts Thursday at happy hour\u2026.this inevitably has led to some pretty miserable Friday mornings (metro ride of shame anyone?), but by Friday night we\u2019re off and running again (or we indulge in a little hair-of-the-dog Friday morning and it\u2019s business as usual\u2014no judgment here!).\n\nThis open-invitation ($10 suggested donation) event includes complimentary Leinie\u2019s Oktoberfest and other Leinie\u2019s Beer Varieties, live entertainment, and a PIG, roasted to perfection (with a variety of sides for those non-carnivorous types)! Oh yeah, and Dick Leinenkugel himself will be attending --practically a guaranteed celeb-sighting (so my definition of \"celebrity\" is somewhat flexible ---it's not like you're brewing delicious beers, are you?)\n\nAs B-Ballers, it is our sworn duty to support our local bars and partake of free beer\u2014or really, any beer\u2014when offered (ok, so that particular declaration was scrapped from the registration waiver you signed but didn\u2019t read\u2014but if we could\u2019ve legally included it, we would have\u2026..stupid laws/lawyers/legalese mumbo jumbo).\n\nWednesday, September 28\n\nHey bocce-ballers! I know nothing quite compares to the weekly group-drink session after our bocce games\u2026.but there\u2019s a new kid in town that we all need to embrace\u2014bocce style!\n\nThe MACBrewFest has partnered with your very own DC Bocce to bring you an amazing opportunity to sample local(ish) brews and delicious foodie treats! For the bocce-only-discounted price of $66.50, you receive ALL-INCLUSIVE VIP Access = unlimited beer samplings, a MACBrew Crystal Tasting Glass, full buffet of international ethnic cuisine and a wide array of cheeses, charcuterie and sweets! --um, yes please!\n\nSo, for you beer snobs: this is the perfect opportunity to impress (or further annoy) your friends/lover(s) with your highly developed, hyper-hop-sensitive, micro-brewtastic palate--developed from years of experience, training, and good genes (um, who are we kidding\u2026everyone knows beer tastes are a direct result of which frat/sorority you joined\u2026\u2026just saying---wait, you were GDI??....that\u2019s another story entirely\u2026..).\n\nFor those beer novices/haters: First, you\u2019re slightly weird (said with as little judgment as possible\u2026so, you\u2019re being judged). Second, it\u2019s time to start winning at LIFE.\n\nFor those who haven\u2019t quite developed a taste for beer (even though some beer actually tastes like chocolate!)\u2014it\u2019s the perfect time to ask that would-be-if-you-had-the-balls-to-ask-lover to teach you about how to handle a Stout (it\u2019s a beer\u2026but you could go there too\u2026later\u2026after BeerFest).\n\nThe entire league is invited to Dupont division sponsor McFadden's Grand Re-Opening Party on Thursday 9/8 which includes an open bar from 8-9!!! Come put your flip-cup fingers and creepster skills to work! (McFadden's is an undergrad Mecca... but you know what they say: if there's grass on the field....) As a Dupont baller myself, I can tell you that a night at McFadden's practically ensures an awesomely sketchtastic story to share with friends or appall co-workers the next day! ---Maybe that was just my team: JTT, motto: We may not win at bocce, but we win at LIFE!--\n\nAlthough we bocce-rs like nothing more than to blitz a bar unannounced (again, just my team? side note JTT: we should probably never show our faces at...you know where again...or at least not for another hot minute)....this party requires an RSVP. Everyone ink in \"deboccery\" on your calendar 9/8 and RSVP to mcfaddens.sarah@gmail.com.\n\nTuesday, August 16\n\nIt's the start of Week 5 of the summer bocce season and already Flair Week is upon us. Several divisions have flair themes, others are a free-for-all. Thankfully, I play in Dupont, which is theme-less. A themed flair can sometimes be too limiting... restricts you from being super dirty with your flair.\n\nFor instance, my team, Just the Tip, was blessed with the mustard brown t-shirt color. It is god-awful--I refer to it as doo doo brown (but with more curse words, which got edited). There really is no other flair for us to do except for something inappropriate and dirty. 80's night does not make a great theme for a poo brown team named after one of my most favorite games Vince Vaughn quotes. I would love to share with you my--let me be accurate here--totes inappropes flair for this season, but I might lose my posting privileges. However, I can tell you it is named after a former Senator from Pennsylvania, who likes to go by Rick.\n\nEither way you break it out, Flair Week is only partially about dressing up like an a-hole. The other part is to win $hit! The winning teams will be awarded gift certificates to their sponsor bars the night of play. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! The top three winners from each division have been compiled into a Facebook album, and everyone can VOTE for their favorite team \"Liking\" their favorite photo! The album is now live and voting ends at noon on Wednesday, 9/7. The team photo with the most Likes will get a $200 gift certificate to new DC hot spot, Graffiato.\n\nSo whether your flair is naughty or nice, 80's or beach-themed, in the end, we all end up winners. Especially that guy with the Google problem.\n\nMonday, August 15\n\nJoin your Black Shirts, friends and fellow bocce-ers for a week long bocce-a-thon the week of August 22-25 for Bocce Week!\n\nYour mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go to a different bocce division every day of the week (and maybe have a drink or two if you're so inclined). This is a great way to explore all your DC Bocce options and meet some new people.\n\nPosts or comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain \"signatures\" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.\n\nThe design, content, icons, and photos herein are property of the DC Bocce League."}
-{"text": "To apply you need to attempt one skill assessment test as recruiter has attached skill assessment test with this job and wants to see your obtained marks,\nSo be carefull while attempting this skill assessment test\n\nSkills\n\nWork Experience\n\nPresent [Dec 2015]\n\nSoftware Developer/ Programmer\n\nAricent\n\nRole Description: I am member of Telephony Framework and RIL team,Team is responsible forthe feature related to call,message,SIM,DATA and Network Registration. \u2022 Responsible for optimizing and providing common framework according to various chipsets. \uf020 \u2022 It acts as medium between android applications and vendor (QualComm) RIL drivers. \uf020 \u2022 All type of network communication (e.g. Voice Call, Network, Data and SIM) is processed using this in android. \uf020 \u2022 New implementations according to different world wide operatorsVerizon, T-Mobile etc.Company Url: https://www.aricent.com/\n\n[Jun 2014 - Dec 2015]\n\nSoftware Developer/ Programmer\n\nSamsung R&D Institute India,Noida\n\nRole Description: I am member of Telephony Framework and RIL team,Team is responsible forthe feature related to call,message,SIM,DATA and Network Registration. \u2022 Responsible for optimizing and providing common framework according to various chipsets. \uf020 \u2022 It acts as medium between android applications and vendor (QualComm) RIL drivers. \uf020 \u2022 All type of network communication (e.g. Voice Call, Network, Data and SIM) is processed using this in android. \uf020 \u2022 New implementations according to different world wide operatorsVerizon, T-Mobile etc.Company Url: http://www.samsung.comCompany Size: 2500"}
-{"text": "Pronouns and gender identity\n\nPersonal pronouns\n\nWhen you confirmed your enrollment to the University, some of your personal information, like your name, ID number, and demographic information, was made available to the University employees who work with you, including staff, faculty and some student employees.\n\nIf you decide to share your personal pronouns, your pronouns will be included along with other information provided to University employees.\n\nExamples of where your personal pronouns will be available:\n\nThe class roster provided to instructors and staff\n\nThe student record that your advisor and other student services staff use to work with you.\n\nGender identity\n\nGender Identity is not shared with class instructors or other campus partners, including health services. Authorized University employees with access to your bio-demographic information will also have access to view your gender identity.\n\nParents or guests who have been granted access to your student account will not see your personal pronouns or gender identity when accessing your student account."}
-{"text": "Southampton FC\n\n25 October, Southampton\n\nIn 2017 Southampton FC launched the One March Campaign that aims to celebrate the club\u2019s commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. As part of the #FootballPeople weeks, the club are organising an open day under its One March Campaign and have invited Fare to the event to promote the #FootballPeople campaign. The event will take place at St Mary\u2019s Stadium from Midday until 5pm."}
-{"text": "Mozilla today previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox OS open mobile ecosystem and announced new operator rollout plans as well as the Firefox Marketplace at a press conference before the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona."}
-{"text": "We have a vacancy for a content developer on a forthcoming temporary exhibition at the Science Museum:\n\nThe Science Museum acquired the archives of James Lovelock in 2012. We are now developing an exhibition to put highlights from this archive on public display for the first time and to tell the story of this charismatic independent scientist. The exhibition, currently scheduled to open in spring 2014, is in early stages of development so the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the exhibition narrative and interpretation techniques.\n\nThis exhibition forms part of the museum\u2019s Climate Changing programme, our cultural programme around climate change and sustainability. The successful candidate may additionally be required to develop and deliver content for other components of this programme, which may include events and/or installations."}
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-{"text": "Research reveals new clue in fight against TB in cattle\n\nThe failure of the current bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme could be partly due to a parasitic worm that hinders the tests used to diagnose TB in cows, according to new research published this week.\n\nScientists at The Universities of Nottingham and Liverpool have discovered that a parasitic flatworm often found in cattle reduces the sensitivity of skin tests used to diagnose TB in the animals. The flatworm is called Fasciola hepatica, otherwise known as the common liver fluke.\n\nClick here for full story\n\nBovine TB is a bacterial disease that in 2011 resulted in the slaughter of approximately 25,000 cattle in England, at a cost to the country of more than \u00a390 million. Solutions for eradicating the infection have included badger culling, but new research, published in Nature Communications, now suggests that the spread of the disease may also be due to problems in diagnosing it in cattle infected with the common livestock disease.\n\nIn a study of more than 3,000 dairy herds in England and Wales, scientists at Liverpool and in collaboration with Nottingham, the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute, Stormont, and University College Dublin, found that liver fluke infection reduces the effectiveness of skin tests used to diagnose bovine TB, effectively creating false negatives for TB in some.\n\nCo-author of the research, Dr Robin Flynn, from The University of Nottingham\u2019s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science said: \u201cWe have been very interested in the ability of Fasciola hepatica to modulate host immunity for some time and this study is a worrying example of when this occurs in nature given an estimated 70-80 per cent of dairy herds show signs of liver fluke infection demonstrates the scale of this problem.\u201d\n\nProfessor Diana Williams, from the University of Liverpool\u2019s Institute of Infection and Global Health, said: \u201cTests to diagnose bovine TB rely on inflammation of the skin in response to injected TB proteins, but if the animal also has liver fluke infection, this inflammation is suppressed, reducing the detection of bovine TB. This means that cattle infected with both liver fluke and bovine TB may not be identified by the current bovine TB surveillance scheme in operation in the UK.\u201d\n\nProfessor Matthew Baylis, co-author of the research from the Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, said: \u201cThe potential consequences of these findings are that infected cattle can continue transmitting BTB to other cattle, to wildlife reservoirs and, if they are moved from their farm of origin, to other areas of the country. This may in part explain the continuing spread of bovine TB and the failure of the current eradication programme in the UK.\u201d\n\nThe research team suggests that this finding will help improve the future diagnosis of bovine TB and speed up eradication of the disease from the UK.\n\nNotes to editors: The University of Nottingham, described by The Sunday Times University Guide 2011 as \u2018the embodiment of the modern international university\u2019, has award-winning campuses in the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia. It is ranked in the UK's Top 10 and the World's Top 75 universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong (SJTU) and the QS World University Rankings. It was named \u2018the world\u2019s greenest university\u2019 in the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2011, a league table of the most environmentally-friendly higher education institutions.\n\nThe University is committed to providing a truly international education for its 40,000 students, producing world-leading research and benefiting the communities around its campuses in the UK and Asia. Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, its biggest ever fund-raising campaign, will deliver the University\u2019s vision to change lives, tackle global issues and shape the future. For more details, visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/impactcampaign\n\nMore than 90 per cent of research at The University of Nottingham is of international quality, according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, with almost 60 per cent of all research defined as \u2018world-leading\u2019 or \u2018internationally excellent\u2019. Research Fortnight analysis of RAE 2008 ranked the University 7th in the UK by research power.\n\nThe University\u2019s vision is to be recognised around the world for its signature contributions, especially in global food security, energy & sustainability, and health. The University won a Queen\u2019s Award for Higher and Further Education in 2011, for its research on global food security. More news from the University at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news"}
-{"text": "Dire need of good cleats.\n\nI have gone to sporting stores nearby however I can't seem to find a cleat thats light enough but also isn't thin leather screaming for me to be cleated on. Also all are plastic bottoms which I do not want. I currently use a pair of canterbury that were durable but when playing in them felt too much of a burden. I even weighted them and they weighted just about 2 pounds per cleat. I'm just asking for suggestions because it looks like I am going to have to buy online if I want a pair of good cleats. I guess I should mention that I'm looking for hard ground cleats because the canterbury's I have I'[ll use for soft ground. Thanks for opinions guys.\n\nWell theres a problem. You say you want soft ground boots, but you don't want them to have a 'plastic bottom'. I think you're going to find all boots have either a plastic or plastic composite bottom..."}
-{"text": "All hail the \"Boys of Summer\" for a great day/night of Major-League Baseball action on the 4th of July ... here's to the holiday's biggest heroes:\n\nThe first pitch in Washington, D.C. happened at 11:05 a.m. ET but it was the host Nationals who didn't get the wake-up call. Boston Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3, 3.84 ERA) powered the American League East to a three-game series sweep in the nation's capital by throwing six shutout innings en route to giving the Bosox a record of 30 games over .500 (see 59-29). Rodriguez threw strikes on 54 of his 84 pitches and surrendered just three hits and a walk ...\n\nLater in the day, the Oakland A's - at a minus 170 price and the best team in baseball that absolutely nobody talks about (folks, the A's are 48-39!) - bested San Diego 4-2 to sweep a mini two-game series as RF Stephen Piscotty stroked three doubles and drove in three runs for a team that entered the '18 season with a projected wins total of 75.5. Piscotty snapped a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning with a two-run double after previous batter Matt Olson was intentionally walked. P.S., Piscotty now has 36 RBI on an Oakland team that ranks fifth in the league in runs scored with 397 ...\n\nFinally, let's go to July 4th night-time action where Colorado (44-43) put the wraps on a three-game home set against San Francisco. The Rockies - who rank dead-last in the National League in team ERA (4.91) rode the left arm of Las Vegas native Tyler Anderson who threw eight innings of two-hit ball while striking out nine batters and walking only two. Don't look now but the Rockies are back in the discussion in the NL West now that they're only five games back of front-running Arizona.\n\nJim Hurley and his Network of Handicappers and Bloggers are winning big with Major League Baseball action each/every day. So, make sure you cash in big right here online or 1-800-323-4453. Go ahead and pile up the profits as we head towards another great NCAA Football / NFL season straight ahead!\n\nNFLWe continue our NFL team-by-team summer accounts right here - and every day at Jim Sez we'll be posting a few teams as we check out news/notes/reports. Plus, we get you some key pointspread info to boot and note a team's SU (straight-up) record is listed next to the team name. Here's the Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens.\n\nINDIANAPOLIS (4-12) - At last check, Colts' QB Andrew Luck was pain-free while throwing footballs in mid-to-late June and he's been tossing with Indy pass-catchers in California while leading up to the team's July 25th opening of training camp. How dire were things last year for this AFC South crew when it came to the aerial game without Luck? Well, Indianapolis finished 30th in the league in passing (averaged 180.8 yards per game) and emergency starter QB Jacoby Brissett threw just 13 touchdowns while getting sacked 52 times. The truth is Brissett's 2017 play should have earned him plaudits considering the rotten O-line in front of him but an 81.7 QB Rating wasn't great by league standards and Indy felt he held onto the ball too much in the pocket ... hey, they used to say the same thing about Luck!Pointspread Notes - Last year's Indy Colts finished with a better-than-you-thought 8-8 ATS (against the spread) mark that featured an outright underdog winner against 1-point favorite Cleveland and versus 6-point home fav Houston. Overall, Indianapolis is 6-11-1 versus the vig when playing fellow folks from the AFC South.\n\nDALLAS (9-7) - If there was one thing that buoyed the 2017 Cowboys, it was the team's success inside the NFC East: The 'Boys beat the New York Giants twice by a combined 36 points, bested Washington twice by a combined 38 points and split with the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles (the 6-0 win at Philly in Week 17 was, in truth, a meaningless game). Check out the 2018 sked and you see only one divisional game in the first six weeks - a Week 2 Sunday night home tilt against the Giants - and if Dallas is gonna avoid a slow start mainly against non-NFC East foes then a passing game that ranked 25th in the NFL last year (averaged 196.3 ypg) better get its act together starting with QB Dak Prescott (see 3,324 yards passing but only a 22-13 TD-to-INT ratio).Pointspread Notes - Did you know that the Cowboys are just 58-62-3 ATS in the head coach Jason Garrett Era (a .483 winning rate)? Note that Dallas - 8-7-1 against the odds last year - sported a 10-game spread winning streak under Garrett back in 2016 and actually went 4-11-1 ATS back in 2015.\n\nBALTIMORE (9-7) - No surprise that last year's Ravens ranked a crummy 29th in the NFL in passing offense (averaged 189.4 yards per game) and so, naturally, everyone wants to know if there's gonna be a role for rookie QB Lamar Jackson (Louisville). The 2016 Heisman Trophy winner was all the rage in the Ravens' recent mini-camp / OTAs but the 6-foot, 215-pounder probably will only see time this regular-season as an occasional rusher / passer behind 33-year-old Joe Flacco. Word is that Jackson will be in a serious competition with Robert Griffin for No. 2 on the team's depth chart but we won't be surprised if the 'Ville rookie gets to play a lot in the preseason and gets whole series in regular-season play.Pointspread Notes - The Ravens are 10-15-3 ATS as betting favorites the past three years but the good news is Baltimore's covered 12 of its last 15 games played within the confines of the AFC North.\n\nNOTE: More MLB and NFL goodies in the next edition of Jim Sez plus NCAA Football notes comin' your way soon too!"}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nRetrobuilt builds us a supercharged, new-old GT500: Driving top-down with the Kid Rock of Missoula\n\nJanuary 24, 2013\n\n1 of 15California dreamin'.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n2 of 15Underneath this 1970 Shelby GT500 is a 2013 Shelby GT500. Yo dawg, we heard you like Shelbys...never mind.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n3 of 15New drivetrain, old body. Call it a \"reverse restomod.\" Or don't.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n4 of 15The proportions may not be to everybody's taste.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n5 of 15Mercifully, the GT500 drivetrain is preserved, and still ludicrously explosive.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n6 of 15The best excuse: \"Why doesn't the hood fit?\" \"Because it can't clear the supercharger.\"\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n7 of 15In Shelby we trust.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n8 of 15Front end is all fiberglass. In fiberglass we trust, too.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n9 of 15Fiberglass is draped over the rear metal, which makes for an even taller rear deck.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n10 of 15Interior is stock, but there's gotta be a 70s wood veneer paneling applique available.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n11 of 15Shelby, front, with disaffected hipsters (rear).\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n12 of 15People will notice. Sultry billboards, too.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n13 of 15As with the Italians, what's behind us is not important.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n14 of 15All smiles.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\n15 of 15Speed, distilled.\n\nPhoto by Blake Z. Rong\n\nHot. It was hot in Southern California, 75 all week and climbing. Bright blue day. No clouds above. The sun bore down upon the foreheads of people sitting on their sundecks, sweating through their chinos. And this was the dead of winter -- mid-January, and when the rest of the world was shoveling snow, Los Angeles hit the beach en masse: plugging up the 10 to Santa Monica in a cacophony of umbrella-laden beach-goers. On a day like this, up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, all the convertibles come out to play: all the Miatas, the Corvettes, the Honda S2000s, the occasional 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190SL, the late-model Boxsters, the prepaid-fuel V6 Mustang specials from Hertz full of East Coasters putting off the shoveling of snow for as long as their vacation package will allow.\n\nAnd us? Why, we were simply the baddest guys on the block, in our Shelby Mustang GT500 -- 662 hp worth of supercharged Kraftmensch, Oppenheimer's destroyer of worlds. Why, people were snapping their necks at us! Men in rented Camaros slinked by, defeated. Dodge Challengers pretended to ignore us. Motorcycles rode past, coming up from the side as they paused in between lanes, squinting: What is that? That looks like an old Mustang of some sort, probably a Shelby. Like one of those early '70s ones. Wait. There's something just a little off about it\u2026\n\nThe beauty of the Retrobuilt Shelby GT500, explained its owner, Donald Morton, is that it combines all the looks of the 1969 Shelby GT500 with the mechanics of the 2013 GT500, or half a century of automotive progress. Morton should know. He's got one of those too, a 1969 GT500 Cobra Jet convertible rendered in Grabber orange. His other Shelby -- must be nice to say that -- is a 1966 GT350H. \u201cI'm a real car person,\u201d he asserted, somewhat tongue in cheek. (We shall hope, anyway.) \u201cA real car person. Not one of those Ferrari guys. Ferrari guys,\u201d he winked, \u201care stuck up.\u201d\n\nMorton is a lanky man in his mid-50s; a businessman, a wide-eyed enthusiast, and someone who occasionally refers to himself in the third person. He amassed his financial strength from investment banking and real estate, and now lives on a ranch south of Missoula, Mont., where he raises longhorn cattle and stashes away a good chunk of his 20-car collection in a beautifully finished garage. When he first moved in, he started talking about his other cars, the Hemis that he has in California -- next thing he knew, his neighbors thought he was, like, Kid Rock or something, and that his wife was Pamela Anderson. \u201cAnd then the next rumor was that I owned 12 strip clubs in LA! You know, I saw Kid Rock once and I really don't see the resemblance.\u201d\n\nHe got that Shelby through six weeks of waiting. Retrobuilt builds about three of these rebodied Mustangs per month, limited to customer demand. All S197 Mustangs -- from 2005 up -- are welcome. In their factory in Lamar, Mo., Retrobuilt performs the fiberglass conversions, the paint, and the decals, a process that takes around six weeks. Total cost of conversion: approximately $32,000. The interior, which is unchanged and already sufficiently retro, is rendered here in Ultraleather, which is synthetic, waterproof, and stain-resistant. Don't call it vinyl -- especially considering it cost $4,000 to upholster the entire interior in red. It matches Donald's baseball cap. Lastly, black metalflake paint and decals will run $1,500. On top of a 2013 Shelby GT500 convertible's base price of $60,445 (including $795 destination charge), a Retrobuilt Shelby such as this will run $97,945.\n\nDonald was so enamored with the car that he drove it straight home from the Missouri factory -- and through Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Los Angeles, then back to Arizona for the Barrett-Jackson auction, and then to San Diego where he lives half the year in Carlsbad, and then to the parking lot of Outlaws Bar and Grill on Culver Boulevard in Playa Del Rey, where we met.\n\n\u201cEverywhere I go, people stop me. I go to the Starbucks in Arkansas, everybody comes out. I got this one guy who wants to go for a ride, and I'm like, don't you have coffee to serve?\u201d\n\nRight then some disaffected hipsters approached, cigarettes in hand. \u201cThat's a real nice car,\u201d one piped up. \u201cJesus Christ.\u201d\n\nMorton has no affiliation with Retrobuilt -- he just happens to be their most ardent cheerleader, owning the first car Retrobuilt has completed this year, the first based on the 2013 Shelby GT500. And we would be the first to drive Morton's baby. He made this explicitly clear on multiple occasions.\n\nAs always, Lucifer resides within the embellishments. The exhausts aren't exactly accurate, but the pipes do indeed exit out of that center steel mound the size, shape and finish of an industrial air conditioner. The hood doesn't exactly fit in any semblance of the word, leaving panel gaps in the front that would make Saturn owners weep with envy. It's because Retrobuilt doesn't have a way to clear the 2013 Shelby GT500's Eaton supercharger. Give it an additional inch or two off the top, Morton says, and it should be perfectly fine. The decals are bubbling and don't entirely fit with the bodywork, something he plans to redo. Upon closer inspection, the chrome doesn't entirely wrap around the pointy bumper either, stopping short about an inch. Hey, they were built like that back in 1969. And when images of the car found their way to the nether realms of social media, commenters immediately leapt to it with pitchforks, with one snarkster going as far as to label it a \u201cShelbortion.\u201d\n\nOtherwise, it's all standard Shelby GT500 -- which is to say, explosive. Right there happens right now. The wheels will chirp in third gear, \u201cand you can feel the rear end trying to break loose,\u201d smirked Morton. The clutch is stiff in traffic, the gearbox is pretty good for a Mustang, and the engine sounds magnificent -- all supercharger whine and lucid shrieking, enough to outrun any doubts as to how the rest of the car looks. \"This is an interesting car to drive,\" said Senior Motorsports Editor Mac Morrison when he drove the 2013 Shelby GT500. \"Not least because of its ability to actually slow time down.\" If the fiberglass posture-cladding added any weight of note, it wasn't felt. Puttering around the Venice Beach traffic, the GT500 was docile and smooth and never temperamental in the way a 662-hp V8 is -- a testament to how far 40 years of automotive technology has progressed.\n\nAnd for that reason, Morton gets a kick out of telling people it's a 2013. Wouldn't you?\n\n\u201cSo I was going down the highway in west Texas, doing 85, you know, because it's 80 out there. And out of the corner of my eye I see this highway patrolman in the other lane. And I see him, and I go past him, and he pulls out and crosses the median. So he's behind me. Then he pulls to my side and gestures me to pull over. And he comes up to the passenger side and says, 'You know, I hate to pull you over, but I just wanted to see this car, it's beautiful! Is it the one with the Trinity engine?' And I go, 'How did you know it was a 2013?' He says, 'Because I ran your plates.'\u201d\n\nWe stop at Duke's, a beachside restaurant built on the cliffs of Malibu. Unsurprisingly, it's packed. Morton has never had anyone valet this car, and he sure as hell isn't going to start now. With permission, we park right in front, right by the entrance. Morton eats it up. One guy cranes his neck into the interior like he's studying Egyptian hieroglyphics. \"Does it feel like a plastic crappy piece of junk?\" he asks, then realizes what he's said. \"\u2026uh, like most new cars, you know?\u201d\n\nMorton is nonplussed, ever smiling, eager to satiate curiosity. He revels being an unofficial and unpaid -- to our knowledge -- spokesperson for Retrobuilt. Tomorrow, his car is going to be featured in Mustangs Monthly, a fitting publication. And afterwards he's driving it straight to Montana, but not before spreading the Retrobuilt gospel in LA for a few days.\n\n\u201cHave you ever been to Barrett-Jackson?\u201d he asked me. \u201cIt's huge. You park three miles away and you get on buses to the venue, the biggest buses imaginable. And Ford has the primo spot, an acre of new cars right in the middle. They got every new car, they got two cars drag racing in the center, they got pretty girls...and right next to it is Shelby American. Not a single Retrobuilt in there. Just think: Ford, Shelby\u2026Retrobuilt.\u201d\n\nIt's not to everybody's tastes. Hell, it's not to the tastes of half the Autoweek office. But it gets attention, nonetheless, for better or for worse. It drives like a new car, because it is. Squint from across a parking lot, and it's an old car. Few rides have that chameleon-like power.\n\n\u201cIs there anything you don't like about this car?\u201d we prod Morton, \u201canything you'd change?\u201d\n\n\u201cNothing,\u201d he says. \u201cIt's perfect.\u201d\n\nBlake Z. Rong\n- Associate editor Blake Z. Rong has been with Autoweek since 2012 as an Associate Editor in Los Angeles. He drove his Mazda Miata across the country and believes that no man needs a car any larger or faster. Well, ok, faster, certainly.\nSee more by this author\u00bb"}
-{"text": "Analysts Take the Wheel on Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP) Shares and Where They Might Be Headed\n\nSeptember 19, 2016Greg Major\n\nAnalysts and investors are usually very focused on company earnings numbers when they are released. Company earnings are a good way to evaluate the profitability of the company. Presently, covering analysts are anticipating Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP) to report quarterly EPS of $0.26. The company\u2019s next earnings report is expected to be released on or around 2016-11-03 for the period ending on 2016-09-30.\n\nThe earnings report has the ability to trigger near-term movements of the stock whether results hit or miss expectations. Before the earnings report, investors might be watching directional trends of estimates. The company posted actual EPS for the last quarter of $0.29. The Zacks Research consensus estimate prior to earnings was $0.28. The difference between the two numbers was $0.01 which resulted in a surprise factor of 3.57%.\n\n4 analysts polled by Zacks Research currently have a mean target price of $9.625 on Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP). The top target is presently $11 and the lowest target has the stock reaching $8 within the year. In looking at the standard deviation of all estimates, we arrive at 1.25. Zacks Research also uses an analyst ratings scale that spans from 1 to 5. Using this scale, a 1 would indicate a Strong Buy, and a 5 rating would represent a Strong Sell rating. Using all the ratings on Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP), the mean rests at 3.13. Breaking those down we see that the ratings are as follows: 0 Strong Buy, 0 Rated Buy, 7 Rated Hold and 1 Rated Sell.\n\nAnalyst recommendations and estimates are for informational purposes only and should be used along with a number of other factors when considering an investment position. Part of the data in this report is derived from Zacks Research and FactSet. Ratings and estimates change daily and thus the numbers may differ slightly if a new report has been issued within the last 24-hours. The consensus numbers take into account the reports from over 160 brokerage firms. The job of analysts is to issue recommendations for their clients, and not typically for the general public. Analyst forecasts, earnings estimates and price target projections are issued to help their clients make money through stock investments. We in no way are suggesting that readers make any decision based on the information in this report."}
-{"text": "(CNN) -- A moving graph at the bottom of the CNN screen during Tuesday night's presidential debate measured the reactions of uncommitted voters in the swing state of Ohio, and it seemed to bear out the theory that negative campaigning draws negative voter reactions.\n\nNearly every time one candidate threw a jab at the other, the voter reaction dipped measurably.\n\nThe dips were minor for small digs but slipped further if a candidate continued criticizing his opponent.\n\nFor instance, reactions of both men and women voters slid into negative territory when Republican Sen. John McCain said that trying to nail down Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's tax policies is like \"nailing Jell-O to the wall.\"Watch the criticism and the reaction \u00bb\n\nSuch negative reactions are typically seen in voters who are undecided, said Merle Black, professor of politics and government at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.\n\n\"They don't like negative campaigning,\" he said. \"It doesn't matter whether it's one side or the other.\"\n\nBut while each candidate saw dips when criticizing his opponent, voters' reactions were more positive when each began talking about specific plans and ideas regarding the national economy, the war in Iraq, the environment and other issues.\n\nDon't Miss\n\nVoters are \"worried about real issues,\" Black said. \"They want the candidate to address that. ... That's what the voters are interested in. They know it's a big mess out there, and they want to know what the alternatives are.\" See scenes from the debate \u00bb\n\nWith less than a month to go before the general election, McCain's campaign said before Tuesday's debate that he planned to \"take off the gloves.\" In addition, both campaigns have launched negative advertising campaigns against the opponent in an effort to win over undecided voters.\n\nThe stakes for McCain are high, as most polls show him trailing Obama.\n\n\"When you are down to crunch time and it's win or lose, you throw niceties out the window,\" Bruce Vanden Bergh, a professor of advertising at Michigan State University, told CNN before the debate.\n\nAnd on CNN's \"American Morning\" on Wednesday, Ben Jones, a former Democratic representative from Georgia, said, \"At this point, it appears because the McCain campaign is behind, they think that's the only shot they got left is to bring (negativity) -- but when they do those negative campaigns and negative attacks, it also brings them down.\n\n\"So it really doesn't do any good, and people are sick and tired of it.\"\n\nBoth McCain and Obama took numerous opportunities in Tuesday's debate to point out the other's voting record. Obama noted that McCain voted against a program to provide government health insurance for children. Watch Obama slam McCain on health insurance \u00bb\n\nBoth instances caused voters' reaction to head toward negative territory.\n\nThe only voters who like to hear the jabs, Black said, are \"the strong partisans. They like to see the other candidate, the other side, criticized.\" But those voters, he noted, have already made up their minds, and in criticizing their opponent, candidates are \"not persuading anybody that's persuadable.\"\n\nMeanwhile, pointing out opponents' shortcomings is a risky strategy, analysts have said, and one that could easily backfire on a campaign.\n\n\"Whenever the campaign takes a negative turn, independent voters notice, and they'll punish the candidate that takes it too far,\" John Avlon, author of \"Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics,\" told CNN prior to the debate.\n\nHowever, voters on some level have come to anticipate a certain level of criticism and jabs in a debate, which may be one reason that campaigns persist with negativity even though voters are known to dislike it, experts said.\n\n\"Both of them are probably irritated at each other and want to get the digs in,\" Black said. \"It just kind of goes with the territory.\""}
-{"text": "The above image represents a \u201clost\u201d piece of history \u2013 now discovered and housed within the Archives of Michigan. This blueprint \u2013 by famed Lansing architect Darius B. Moon \u2013 is to the residence of Ransom E. Olds, father of the Oldsmobile.\n\nThe Olds mansion blueprints had been missing for almost a century. Then, in October, 2002, Antonia and John Miernik attended the estate sale of Ms. Nicolette McElroy in Lansing. There, amongst \u201ca stack of moldy books,\u201d they discovered the long-lost plans! The couple decided not to keep the blueprints. Antonia contacted Sue Cantlon, an East Lansing resident who was active in local historic preservation. Cantlon contacted Mark Harvey, State Archivist of Michigan. The Mierniks, by then living in Florida, worked through Cantlon to deliver the materials \u2013 free of charge \u2013 to the Archives of Michigan. (For further details, see Lawrence Cosentino\u2019s article \u201cPhantom Moon over Lansing,\u201d published in the November 16, 2005 issue of Lansing\u2019s City Pulse newspaper.)\n\nThanks to the Melnieks\u2019 selfless act, the blueprints now belonged to the people of Michigan. Unfortunately, the materials had deteriorated badly over the last century. Enter the Friends of Michigan History, who agreed to fund their restoration. Restoration work was done by Ann Flowers, a conservationist at the Bentley Historical Library on the University of Michigan campus. The historically valuable blueprints were then returned to the Archives of Michigan, where they will continue to be preserved and made accessible to the general public. Now, they can also be viewed online at Seeking Michigan. To view them, click Olds Mansion Blueprints at Seeking Michigan.\n\nThe Mansion\n\nRansom and Metta Olds\u2019 house, completed by 1904, was located in Lansing, at the corner of South Washington Avenue and Main Street. It was within easy walking distance of the Oldsmobile plant and the soon-to-be-constructed Reo Motors plant (Olds left Oldsmobile to form Reo that same year.). The Olds lived near several other prominent Lansingites. One notable neighbor was Eugene Cooley, a founder of the Lansing Gas Light Company and son of famous judge Thomas Cooley. The Olds residence was also close to the elaborate mansion built by Lansing attorney, entrepreneur and one-time mayor Orlando M. Barnes.\n\nThe Olds house was a two-and-a-half-story L-shaped structure. Ransom Olds biographer George S. May described it as \u201ctypical of the homes of the well-to-do being constructed during the Victorian Era. The exterior walls were of buff-colored brick, trimmed with red sandstone. The hip roof was covered with green slate, and in the corners were towers; these were removed in 1952\u2026 The interior was impressive, with its paneled walls, its paneled or decorated ceilings, and its marquetry floors with three- and four- tone borders.\u201d (See George S. May\u2019s R. E. Olds: Auto Industry Pioneer. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977, pg. 205)\n\nMay notes that the interior included an \u201cautomobile room.\u201d More elaborate than modern day garages, this completely finished off and heated room took up one thousand feet of floor space. Features included a vehicle turntable, which enabled Olds to drive outside without backing up his car.\n\nDespite such comforts, George May asserts that Olds\u2019 home was actually modest compared to those of other automotive industry heads. May points out, for example, that Henry Ford\u2019s house cost ten times as much as Olds\u2019. May states that Olds\u2019 mansion cost $25,000. According to the web site Inflation Calculator, this would be roughly equivalent to $589,308 in 2009 (Figures for 2010 are not yet available.).\n\nRansom and Metta Olds\u2019 residence no longer stands. It was demolished in 1971 to make way for I-496, the highway that currently traverses the City of Lansing.\n\nMany people become interested in the history of their homes. The Archives of Michigan has created a Genealogy of a House presentation that interest such individuals. Click Genealogy of a House to access the presentation."}
-{"text": "Join us for a candlelit vigil at the White House to confront corruption and demand democracy. Be part of a national movement to highlight the importance of protecting the Mueller investigation and to ensure that potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, obstruction of justice, and myriad financial crimes get fully investigated without interference\n\nBring candles, signs, and your friends. Speakers will include members of Congress, organizational leaders and grassroots activists who are working to hold the Trump administration accountable and create a democracy that works for everyone.\n\nThese vigils, happening across the country, will also serve as the public launch of a new coalition effort known as the Declaration for American Democracy, an initiative to build support for a suite of reforms to create a political system that works for all of us, not just the privileged and the powerful. To find a vigil near you and for more information visit www.confrontcorruption.org\n\n--\nNote: By choosing to attend this event, you are committing to participate nonviolently and in accordance with the law, to work to de-escalate confrontations with others, and to obey the orders of authorized event marshals and of law enforcement. You also acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any injury or damage to your person or property resulting from or occurring during this event and that you release all event sponsors and organizers (and their officers, directors, employees, and agents) from any liability for that injury or damage.\n\n38.8995369, -77.0365489\n\n4 months agoAdd to Calender2018-07-19 00:00:002018-07-19 00:00:00Confront Corruption at the White House\nJoin us for a candlelit vigil at the White House to confront corruption and demand democracy. Be part of a national movement to highlight the importance of protecting the Mueller investigation and to ensure that potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, obstruction of justice, and myriad financial crimes get fully investigated without interference\nBring candles, signs, and your friends. Speakers will include members of Congress, organizational leaders and grassroots activists who are working to hold the Trump administration accountable and create a democracy that works for everyone.\nThese vigils, happening across the country, will also serve as the public launch of a new coalition effort known as the Declaration for American Democracy, an initiative to build support for a suite of reforms to create a political system that works for all of us, not just the privileged and the powerful. To find a vigil near you and for more information visit www.confrontcorruption.org\n--\nNote: By choosing to attend this event, you are committing to participate nonviolently and in accordance with the law, to work to de-escalate confrontations with others, and to obey the orders of authorized event marshals and of law enforcement. You also acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any injury or damage to your person or property resulting from or occurring during this event and that you release all event sponsors and organizers (and their officers, directors, employees, and agents) from any liability for that injury or damage.\nLafayette Square\nAmerica/New_YorkpublicPolitics#corruption"}
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-{"text": "Elephant Stampede Leaves None Dead\n\nA stampede involving up to 100 elephants in the Angolan city of Luanda created widespread panic yesterday, with the animals careering through busy shopping streets packed with bargain hunters looking for that 'little something special' in their lunch break - possibly for a loved one - a husband or wife. Possibly even for a lover!\n\nThe elephants were African elephants, which seems like an extraordinary coincidence because, not only is that the style of the elephant, it's also the continent on which the incident took place - Africa!\n\nThe herd of beasts had strayed away from their normal grazing grounds about five kilometers from the town of Funda. Once they got near the big city, they started to get angrier and angrier, and started to jog, then to run, and finally to sprint (in elephant terms, of course). An earwitness said:\n\nThey came stampeding into the town. The sound was incredible - it was like thunder!\"\n\nThis was the second example of extraordinariness about this tale; the stampeding herd of roguessounded like thunder, and they'd come from Funda, which sounds a bit like 'thunder'!\n\nAnother man, this time an eyewitness, told us:\n\n\"It was terrifying! A great trundling mass of elephants coming straight at me. I thought it was the end of the world!\"\n\nHe looked pensive for a few seconds, then went on:\n\n\"Not REALLY the end of the world, but you know what I mean, don't you? It was a terrifying experience, but I think the phrase 'the end of the world' is one that's used, probably far too often, in my opinion, to symbolise something totally frightening, and for which there has been, in that person's lifetime, no precedent.\"\n\nPeople at the scene say that there was havoc in the marketplace, and several tables were knocked over, and some of the produce ruined. One of the elephants stopped at a cake stall to eat a bun, and another sucked up some water from a fountain before spraying it all over some children, who laughed joyfully.\n\nFunny archive\n\nAbout\n\nSocial\n\nAll items on this website are fictitious. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental or is intended purely as a satire, parody or spoof. Please see our terms and conditions and disclaimer.\n\nWe use cookies to give you the best experience, this includes cookies from third party websites and advertisers."}
-{"text": "Openstax College offers a free open textbook for the Principles of Macro-economics. 'The text also includes many current...\nsee more\n\nOpenstax College offers a free open textbook for the Principles of Macro-economics. 'The text also includes many current examples, including: the housing bubble and housing crisis, Zimbabwe\u2019s hyperinflation, global unemployment, and the appointment of the United States\u2019 first female Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen.The pedagogical choices, chapter arrangements, and learning objective fulfillment were developed and vetted with feedback from educators dedicated to the project. The outcome is a balanced approach to economics, to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. 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-{"text": "maurag.com\n\nApril, 2012 Archives\n\nHalle has done nearly the same..on a yard sculpture. Love the big back steps and the leg up in the air and then the immediate return to ball. BTW..apparently this is 2 min cut down from the 6 min she stalked.\n\nThe music on this piece is a little strange, but this artists interview is really good. And his work is pretty awesome. Not usually my style, but there are a couple pieces that I think are stunning. Enjoy."}
-{"text": "MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- When a 27-year-old woman wanted to have a baby using in vitro fertilization, there was one major problem -- she was a carrier of Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome.\n\nThis rare, degenerative neurological condition is usually diagnosed in mid-life and is always fatal. Not wanting to risk having her child become a victim of the syndrome, she turned to a technique that tests embryos for certain mutated genes and only uses those embryos that don't carry the mutation for implantation.\n\n\"This disease was found in five generations in this family, and we stopped passing these bad genes to the next generation,\" said study co-author Svetlana Rechitsky, laboratory director at the Reproductive Genetics Institute in Chicago.\n\nAccording to Dr. Ilan Tur-Kaspa, lead researcher and president and medical director of the Institute for Human Reproduction in Chicago, \"These new cases can be prevented now by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.\" Although this is the first report on using this method for a so-called prion disorder, it could also help prevent diseases like Huntington's and familial forms of Alzheimer's disease, he said.\n\nPrion diseases involve abnormal foldings of the prion protein in the brain. The most commonly known one, which is not inherited, is bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or \"mad cow\" disease.\n\nThe report was published online Feb. 3 in the journal JAMA Neurology.\n\nThe process started with a simple in vitro fertilization procedure. Eggs from the woman were removed and fertilized. Then came the tricky part.\n\nDoctors removed single cells from the embryos, and because the syndrome is caused by a single gene mutation, they looked at DNA to find embryos that didn't have the mutated gene.\n\n\"We can identify which embryo is healthy, and which embryo has the bad gene,\" Rechitsky explained.\n\nTwo of the disease-free embryos were implanted, and the woman had twins delivered by cesarean section a little more than 33 weeks later. The remaining normal embryos were frozen for later use.\n\nAt 27 months, the twins had normal communication, social and emotional skills, the researchers reported.\n\nOne expert noted the importance of the finding.\n\n\"Most of the genetic disorders identified by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis are caused by either single genes -- such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease, sickle cell anemia, Down syndrome, Trisomy 18 [Edwards syndrome] and chromosomal translocations -- and most have no treatment or cure,\" said Christine Metz, director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y. \"Thus, it is important for young parents to know and understand their risks for inherited diseases prior to conception.\"\n\nIn addition, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is beginning to be used to reduce the transmission of mutant cancer genes, such as the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes, which are tied to breast cancer, and the MLH1, MSH2 and APC genes that are linked to colon cancer, she said.\n\n\"Over several generations, we can hope to improve human health by reducing the transmission of several hereditary disorders,\" Metz said.\n\nRechitsky acknowledged that some people have ethical problems with the potential for this technology to be used to tailor babies to parents' desires. However, in the 25 years they have been doing the procedure it hasn't been a problem, she said.\n\n\"We had the first successful pregnancy in 1990,\" Rechitsky said. \"Over the years, we have performed over 4,000 procedures for single-gene disorders. It has become a more widely accepted approach to prevent hereditary disease,\" she explained.\n\nAs to tailoring babies, \"we have never ever had any requests like this,\" she said. Moreover, many of the things parents might want to select for like intelligence, involve many genes, not just one. \"We don't know even how to approach this,\" she noted.\n\nDr. Avner Hershlag, chief of the Center for Human Reproduction at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., said, \"Like any sophisticated technique, reproductive technology can be abused. There are ethical issues.\"\n\nHershlag said that \"the most ethical approach is that it should be used for identifying disease only, and for selecting embryos that are free of disease. I don't want it to ever head into that murky, questionable line between what is right and what is wrong. It is absolutely right to diagnose a disease in an embryo and to use embryos that don't have disease.\""}
-{"text": "It kinda looks like a huge snake!\n\nIf you look in the distance that thing kinda looks like a long silver snake. You can find at the very back of the sculpture park. This is what Aidan wanted to find, last time it conquered him and he wanted to reverse that on this trip."}
-{"text": "TMC NEWS\n\nTMCNET eNEWSLETTER SIGNUP\n\nChina cracks down on spending by state bank execs\n\nBeijing, Nov 22, 2012 (EFE via COMTEX) --\nChinese authorities prohibited executives of banks and state-run financial companies from spending \"in an extravagant way and above the established\" levels on items such as their vehicles or offices, the Jinghua Times reported Thursday on its Web site.\n\nThe new code of behavior for this group of officials, published on Wednesday, will go into effect next month, the paper said, citing a joint statement released by the Chinese Finance Ministry, the Supervision Ministry and the National Auditing Office.\n\nThe document, which consists of 12 points, is aimed at lessening corruption among the top officials of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as reducing the \"inappropriate spending\" that has occurred at those levels.\n\nOne of the points in the document explicitly prohibits executives from buying automobiles \"above the established range\" or decorating their offices luxuriously.\n\nThe 12 points also prohibit officials from changing their vehicles or offices if the firm they head registers losses or cannot pay the salaries of its workers.\n\nMany of the points included in the code of conduct are focused on prohibiting the use of public monies to pay for personal expenses such as homes, travel, transportation services, communications or entertainment for the businessmen as well as for their families.\n\nThey also forbid \"unnecessary subsidies\" and emphasize the prohibition on \"inflating\" invoices or receipts to pocket cash. EFE\nxf/bp"}
-{"text": "Kansas University defensive end John McCoy (36) wraps up\nquarterback Jason Swanson. McCoy had two sacks among his five\ntackles during the Jayhawks' annual spring football scrimmage on\nSunday afternoon at Memorial Stadium."}
-{"text": "Shake It Up!\n\nShake It Up! is a digital/physical two player timing game. One player shakes up a can of soda and then sets it back on the table. Both players then race to be the first to pick the can back up, but acting too soon results in the can exploding. The can is wired to an Adafruit Flora and used as a capacative switch, meaning that the actual shaking has no effect on the game and is purely performative. Shake It Up! was developed in collaboration with Kaho Abe and built in Unity and Arduino."}
-{"text": "But yes, RAM (Did you see what they did there?) is out May 21st, to be precise. You can preorder it through the official website/itunes/amazon/etc. here (hotlinking both via HTML and via Kinja Editor seems broken, so actually: http://randomaccessmemories.com/#), and check out a new SNL ad below:\n\nWhich appears to be a little more of the song they teased during SNL last month too. Remind yourself of that funk with this sublime hour long extension!"}
-{"text": "What Makes Up an eCQM\n\nElectronic Clinical Quality Measures, or eCQMs, have been gaining in popularity for several years now. We hear thought leaders say that we are moving into the 21st century by modernizing our technologies and using electronic documentation to capture and report on the quality of care at our hospitals.\n\nOften though, thought leaders are just that, taking charge and leading our thoughts. They live somewhere up in the cloud with Google, I think. For those of us planted firmly on the ground, we want to know the details. How do eCQMs work and what do I need to understand in order to get my hospital up and running or become more proficient?\n\nIn this week\u2019s blog we take a look at what makes up an eCQM. What are the parts that make up an eCQM specification and how is that used in your hospital?\n\n2017 eCQM Requirements\n\nLet\u2019s begin with a reminder as to why you should even bother setting up eCQMs in your hospital in the first place.\n\nThe Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program has long required you to submit different types of measures, such as your chart-abstracted measures, to CMS every year. However, for the first time in 2016, the IQR program required hospitals to submit eCQMs for successful completion of the program. Failure to complete any part of your IQR program requirements could result in a two percent reduction to your Medicare fee schedule.\n\nChart-Abstracted Measures vs eCQMs\n\nOne of the first challenges that we often see our hospitals struggle with is understanding the difference between your chart-abstracted measures and your eCQMs. It\u2019s completely different in the eCQM world. Your first step to understanding eCQMs is to recognize the difference in how the two measures are captured and calculated.\n\nHow to process chart-abstracted measures\n\nManual abstraction, not unlike eCQMs, starts with data capture. That data can be captured anywhere. It can be electronic or on paper. Once captured, that data is reviewed manually by a hospital abstractor. After manual abstraction is completed, hospitals can calculate the data for internal review or reporting. The process as outlined below is pretty simple from that perspective.\n\nHow to process eCQMs\n\nOn the flip side, eCQMs have much more set up involved before you can even start capturing the data. The eCQM implementation process can be quite long depending on where you are in the process and depending upon the resources that are available to you. Once the implementation is completed, then you can build the system, and implement the mapping.\n\nThe next step is the data capture process and here is where you will notice a big difference between your chart-abstracted measures and eCQMs. All eCQMs must be captured electronically in the EHR as structured data. It must also be documented in a way where it can be captured in a database of some kind and mapped. It cannot be free text notes, comments or any of those types of clinical documentation.\n\nAll of that captured data is then extracted electronically and reported in whatever reporting solution you\u2019re using. You should be able to see the output of those reports so you can move to the next step which is ongoing monitoring and improvement of those results.\n\nIntent\n\nThe first thing I want to point out in this image is the logic intent or rationale. Read through and highlight the rationale statement to understand the purpose of the measure. What is it trying to accomplish and what are the reasons behind it? While it may be back to this thought leader, pie in the sky type of thinking, it\u2019s a good place to start when you are first making the decisions as to which eCQMs you would like to capture.\n\nPopulations\n\nIn order to truly understand what\u2019s required of you to set these measures up correctly, you have to study the logic. The next items I want to draw attention to on this spec sheet are the several places that explain the populations for the measure.\n\nThese components give you an understanding of how a patient would be counted, pass or fail the measure. Review the Initial Population (also known as the Initial Patient Population). Also review the Denominator which tells you what has qualified the patient to be counted in the Denominator. In this case, it\u2019s easy because it\u2019s just whether or not they meet the Initial Population. Next, review the Numerator section which will tell you the conditions under which the patient would pass the measure. And finally, review the Denominator and Numerator exclusions and Denominator Exceptions.\n\nLogic\n\nAfter you have set up your EHR to appropriately capture eCQMs, the logic outlined in this spec is applied to each of these populations to assess the patient for one of these populations. It is evaluated pretty much in order with what you see here. The patient is evaluated for the Initial Population first followed by the Denominator. Then any patients meeting the Exclusions are removed from the Denominator population. The remaining population is evaluated for the Numerator and then the rest would be evaluated for Exceptions if there are any. Patients would fail the measure if they did not meet any of those categories.\n\nSee if you can follow along with the logic in the spec as it explains how the patient is evaluated.\n\nThe logic as you see pictured here is called Boolean logic. The easiest way to look at this type of logic is to see every statement in each population as a true or false statement.\n\nWas the patient over the age of 18? True or False.Was it an inpatient? True or False.Was it a non-elective visit? True or False.Did they have a stroke? True or False.\n\nTake some time right now to go through all of the logic in this spec and think about it that way. This will help you to understand these measures.\n\nData Elements\n\nAt the bottom of every spec you\u2019ll find a list of the data elements. Each of these data elements are key to the evaluation of the data as we reviewed above. And just about every data element within a measure requires mapping. If you are missing your mapping, for instance, on comfort measures, that is not going to get evaluated even if it is documented 20 times by clinicians. Pay attention to these data elements and be prepared to capture that data and have all of that mapping in place.\n\nValue Set Identifiers (OID)\n\nIn the same section that you see the data elements you\u2019ll also find the OID or Value Set Identifiers. The OID code is the long number to the right of the data elements. You use this OID to look up the acceptable codes to map in your EHR in order to accurately capture the eCQM.\n\nI suggest using the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) website to look up the list of acceptable codes. Copy the OID from the spec and do a simple search on this website. If you do not have access to VSAC or do not have a good resource for your value sets, I would suggest you go ahead and register with VSAC. It\u2019s a free and easy way to look up the value sets and all of the items that are included as qualifiers within that value set.\n\nWhen searching, make sure that you select the correct version of the value set. They usually change these spec versions at least once a year.\n\nIn our example, we are attempting to capture in the EHR the medical reason why a patient did not have their rehab assessment completed. This follows along with the logic we outlined above that will help evaluate the patient for any exclusions.\n\nYou\u2019ll see all of the different descriptions on this page. You must then align those descriptions with your current documentation. So, if you currently have a clinical documentation field in place to capture the reason for no rehab assessment, you would just need to make sure you map codes from this value set to that current documentation. Or maybe you don\u2019t have any documentation because your physical therapists document in paper. You would then need to build clinical documentation in your EHR to capture this. And it may be that you have documentation available, but maybe the wording isn\u2019t exactly in alignment with this. In that case, you must make some updates to get it set up properly.\n\nYou don\u2019t have to map all of the codes you see on that page. Review the value set and select the codes and descriptions that best align with your clinical workflow and your processes in your hospital.\n\nUsing the eCQM specifications as a resource during the planning process as well as throughout data validation and analysis, will ensure successful implementation and improve results. And remember, the best thing you can do to understand eCQMs is to study that logic.\n\nON-DEMAND WEBINAR:\n\nIf you\u2019ve already implemented eCQMs, but you aren\u2019t sure what to do next, this webinar is for you. Meet your regulatory reporting requirements and drive performance improvement activities at your hospital.\n\nIn this video you will learn about:\n\nCommon challenges facing hospitals during eCQM data validation.\n\nConstructing a plan to improve your eCQM results.\n\nIdentifing common errors when performing eCQM data validation and recognize how to locate and address gaps."}
-{"text": "When will we have some statistics about \u2018non-chauvinistic\u2019 men who want their wife or girlfriend to be not only a partner but lover, mother. organiser, coddler, life saver? They, the poor guys, can do anything they wish while their multi-tasking, maxi -stressed woman cannot opt to do much more than care for their \u2018baby\u2019, lest they be tagged as a bad, selfish , ungrateful person.\nA man is not a bank, ladies and gentlemen.\nA woman is not the soul of the family, because souls are not \u2018human\u2019 or fallible and we need support, even if it\u2019s just a hug. Or having someone do a chore so you won\u2019t have to without having to demand it when you\u2019re so tired that you give in and complain and nag.\nWe must grow up, be adults and make decisions without letting kindness get the best of us. It\u2019s useless to ask for equality, or for justice, to be precise. We should confront each aggressive or dismissive gesture or word politely, undoubtedly, relentlessly.\nYou must grow up, gentlemen! Your women are not, and need not be perfect, and cannot make up for your lack of wanting to improve yourselves for your own well being as well as for your partners and families.\nIt\u2019s up to you!\nA woman-or a man; there are cases, too- that has to drag their partner to do things that are logical like taking care of their health and manage their finances feels like a coachman who\u2019s got a stubborn mule who\u2019d rather die than take a step in the right direction. Or imagine a marathon runner who has a obstinate ox tied to their ankles and sees everyone pass them by. The ox would be better off collaborating but instead lets itself be reluctantly dragged along.\nEnough advice for now! Ladies, don\u2019t accept anything less than what you deserve. Gentlemen, be responsible for yourselves. Only you can live your life."}
-{"text": "New designer, Savira Lavinia, made a much-anticipated appearance as she is popularly dubbed \"one to watch\" by fashion editors around the world. Lavinia graduated from ESMOD Jakarta School of Design in 2013 and has since found her own label, SAV LAVIN.\n\nSAV LAVIN's collections experiment with science and use materials like hand-made thermochromics, manually molded rubber fabric, neoprene, and mesh. Her basic patterns play with hand-drawn illustrations printed digitally and drawn on to her mesh and cotton fabrics.\n\nThe Tab asked Lavinia for some tips, suggestions or inspiration for the yet to be fashionistas.\n\nLavin: I wanted to show that designers are capable of doing more than just beautiful themes. I am not an expert in social impact or anything but thats what I'm trying to do. I feel that it's worth sharing and most of the designers have the power to help others achieve it."}
-{"text": "Bengals have become quite a popular breed of cat in the UK over the last couple of years. Among one of the more expensive cat breeds (a recent article listed them as the third most expensive to buy) t..."}
-{"text": "With the court challenges blocked, Missouri voters in just over four weeks will decide the fate of the proposed Clean Missouri amendment to Missouri's ...Amendment 1 and Proposition B will help Missouri familiesKansas City Starall 2 news articles \u00bb..."}
-{"text": "Detaylar\n\nBu ev sahibinin di\u011fer m\u00fclklerine yap\u0131lan yorumlar\n\nReasonable, centrally located apartment. Can be a little noisy because of the\ncongested streets outside! But that's part of city holidays. Decor is a little old fashioned, and no wi-fi. Otherwise okay...\n\nThe location on the Isola di San Pietro is convenient for a visit of Venice. It is a littel decentral though. Apartment was clean, bathroom was clean and modern. The beds are ok. The communication with the representative of the agency was easy. The service was good.\n\nBut I give only 2 stars because of intransparancy and hidden costs. We had to pay 60 Euros for cleaning. That's a lot for a place not bigger then 20 square meters. But it would have been acceptable if those costs would have been communicated from the beginning on. We were informed about the 20% increase of costs by the confirmation email shortly before the trip to Venice started. This practise should be altered immediately.\n\nWe enjoyed our stay very much. The accomodation was great and nicely situated in the middle of the the beautiful historic city. The view from the apartment accross the bay is wonderful. The personnel at the hotel are very friendly and helpful.\n\nParking in the historic centre is difficult and this may mean a ten-minute walk from wherever you manage to park. The balcony is on the small side and a rather big step up from the room.\n\nSmall, dark apartment, cramped, definitely not suitable for more than 4 people. The chairs (inside and garden) and also the 'couch' were very uncomfortable. The beds were ok.\nThe sea, a grocery store and a bakery were nearby, which was convenient.\nThe rent for this apartment was too high compared to the accommodation.\n\nPerfect stay in a perfect apartment in a beautiful city. We could walk to every highlight of Venice but stay in this apartment on the seaside in a quiet part of town. The wine bar just around the corner, the cruise ships passing by and one of the most beautiful cities of the world.\n\nLovely house that is extremely well presented. We were two families (7 persons) and the house was very comfortable and included all the mod-cons you could ask for (new IKEA furniture throughout). Owners were exceptonally friendly and very helpful - nothing was too much trouble. The house was stocked with all necessities such as detergents, full kitchen utensils (new), pots + pans (new), salt, olive oil - even charcoal for the BBQ. All you need is to buy food and drink. The house is located about 10km from the nearest vilage (Vodnjan) so you need to drive everwhere. The nearst beach is about a 20 min drive from the house, for example. There was great restaurant in Vodnjan at the roundabout on the way out of town to the house.\n\nWell, Venice is beautiful and the apartment is perfectly located.\nWe have been welcomed by Maria and her daughter and they have been very helpful for us during our stay.\nThe flat is good with Wifi, even if the Beds need to be updated a little bit.\nWe spend a wonderful time in Venice thanks to this place!"}
-{"text": "Sunday, January 6, 2013\n\nHere's the final part of my far-too-long look at Hasbro's last wave of vintage-design 3 3/4 action figures, covering The Clone Wars and The Expanded Universe. There's only three figures left to show you of this online exclusive wave starting with Anakin's baffling padawan... Ahsoka Tano!\n\nAnd I have plenty to say about her... after the jump!\n\nSo when you and I were watching the Star Wars saga, what we didn't realise is that the galaxy's biggest, blackest bad motherfupper, Darth Vader, used to have a sassy teenage girl apprentice called Ahsoka Tano. I guess you keep that sort of thing a secret lest Tarkin laughs at you.\n\nPlus I think it's weird that they only include her first name on her card. They don't release cards that just say Luke or Darth. Pull it together, Hasbro! In fact the card art is a little weird. Obviously they don't have any photos of her but I think this painting was based on the model who cosplays as Ahsoka at official events. Something not quite right about that face though. The colours are great, but I think the artist might have been drinking scotch.\n\nSo Ahsoka was introduced in The Clone Wars animated series much to everyone's chagrin but, to her credit, as the series progressed she became less of a jive-talking valley girl and became a little more competent/coherent (at one point even cleaving off multiple Mandalorian heads!).\n\nShe's been previously released in action figure form as part of the animated line, in the animated style, but this is the first time she has been given the \"realistic\" treatment, designed to fit in with all of your regular figures. This is the Ahsoka intended to stand proudly next to your Aunt Beru or Jek Porkins. Does it work?\n\nIt's really not a bad sculpt, but I guess the question is: is it really different enough to stand apart from the animated line? It really comes down to her having more realistic proportions and a more detailed costume. (Including her largely inappropriate titty window. Man, that must have been the focus of some very awkward conversations between her and the young Darth Vader).\n\nThe face is less cartoony too as you can see here...\n\nShe's packed with her twin green lightsabers (which are significantly shorter than your standard issue) and she also has two un-ignited hilts which clip onto her sassy double belt. She has a heap of articulation too which I think is appropriate for this kind of action oriented character. The soft goods skirt means she can kick a dude in the head.\n\nThe Clone Wars has introduced a ton of new characters, some of which are quite interesting (especially the villains) so I'm a big supporter of them releasing this guys in this style to fit in with the regular line. And whether you can tolerate her or not, Ahsoka is an obvious early choice to get this treatment. I do wonder what her future will be? I'm sure Disney would love to add her to their \"princess\" line if it was at all possible. I wonder if we'll see an older version turning up in Episode VII. \"Hi Luke! I'm the sassy teen padawan your father never told you about! Want to go get ice cream?\"\n\nNext up is another Clone Wars character getting the realistic treatment...\n\nIt's General Obi-Wan Kenobi in his jacked up clone armour! In the show he looks like he's been lovingly carved out of wood, but here he has the likeness of beardy Ewan McGregor.\n\nAnother super-posable action oriented figure, this one has permanently attached armour, a lightsaber and an unlit hilt. He's serviceable but nothing too spectacular, and is a little light on the paint. The \"dirt\" on his armour looks like an afterthought. Or a pudding attack.\n\nThis one's really all about adding the Ewan McGregor head. Look, he even has a tiny sculpted forehead mole...\n\nNot bad, but not the best.\n\nAnd finally we have a figure from The Expanded Universe. Don't worry, it's not from some dumb novel that you actually have to read. It's from a video game! Relax!\n\nThis one is a Republic Trooper from MMORPG The Old Republic...\n\nThis bulky, fully kitted out trooper represents one of the classes you can play in the game. It's ironic too that he's so hi-tech, considering that the game takes place thousands of years before The Phantom Menace. I guess as time wore on, people grew dumber.\n\nHe's a pretty nifty army building trooper with pimped out armour and over-the-top accessories. Look at the size of that daunting man-cannon!\n\nIt actually took me a while to figure out exactly how he was supposed to hold it! As you may (not) be able to see from my too-dark photography, the handle/trigger of the gun points upwards rather than down and it takes two whole hands to handle this whopper.\n\nThere's even more to him than that. Take off the helmet and you'll discover a guy that you totally don't recognise...\n\nRemember that this guy was cloned thousands of years before the proud birth of Jango Fett. So I don't know who this guy is cloned from. Probably Matt Le Blanc.\n\nHe also has a pistol that fits into a holster on his left hip and an army knife that slides into a sheath on his right. There are not enough knives in Star Wars for my money. Or for that matter, laser knives.\n\nThis is the third (I think) figure from The Old Republic game and, seeing as how that game is apparently struggling, I'm not sure we'll ever see more. But I'm glad we got this one at least. He's a unique addition to an ever-expanding collection of clones.\n\nAnd that's the end of part 3, meaning that, if you got this far, you've now seen all twelve figures in this epic online only wave. And I also think that this may be, to some extent, the end of an era. I'm not sure what Hasbro has planned for 2013 but I think change is definitely on the way, and things are really going to change up by the time Episode VII gets here. I'm curious to find out..."}
-{"text": "Contact\n\nGeneral Requests\n\nVida Pacifica residents are more than welcome to participate in the board meetings that are usually held the 4th Thursday of the month, at 5.30 in the pool area.\n\nIf you have questions, comments, requests, or if you just want to attend one of the meetings, please make sure to advise Annette Imoto at least 5 days prior to the meeting (760-603-0501, or email aimoto@associatedasset.com). This will ensure that you will be given time on that month\u2019s agenda.\n\nThe first 30 minutes of the meeting are opened to Vida Pacifica homeowners who want to discuss homeowners matters. After that, the Board will meet to discuss general business that any homeowner may sit on.\n\nLaw Inforcement\n\nConfronting your neighbors or unwanted guests in the community is not the right way to deal with issues in Vida Pacifica.\n\nFor any non-emergency request such (ie. noisy neighbors, people in the swimming pool after 10pm, etc\u2026), you may call Rancho Santa Fe Security at 760-942-0688. They are usually pretty responsive and should be there shortly.\n\nIf Rancho Santa Fe Security isn\u2019t able to solve your problem, you may call the Encinitas Sheriff Department at 760-966-3500."}
-{"text": "Corporate Hospitality & VIP Entertainment at World Class Events!\n\nEnjoy the views from down below in your own private area. Get exclusive pitch side views that nobody else has access to and feel like the most important person in the crowd. Get access to incredible food and drink throughout your match day & have someone on hand to help you out with anything that you should need.\n\nYou can also opt for the Sky Sports or BT Sports sponsored boxes. Sitting high in the stands of the stadium, you\u2019ll be treated to the view of the entire pitch and be able to watch Everton like you\u2019ve never seen them before. Everton also have a multitude of bars to choose from, so you can chat with countless other fans about things like transfers, players and your predictions for the game.\n\nSpecials\n\nContact\n\nContact\n\nWith over 10 years in the corporate hospitality industry working for the biggest sports brands in the world, including Manchester United Football Club, The Rugby World Cup 2015, and other independent agencies; Company Founder and Managing Director Thomas Tabb established Worldwide Hospitality Group Ltd."}
-{"text": "Prospect Talent Score\n\nProbability of Success\n\nHistory\n\n2006-07: Appearing in his first ever TV-Pucken tournament, Robin Lehner was on the roster for the winning Goteborg team. He was also a member of Frolunda\u2019s U18 squad (U18 Elit) and appeared in two games with the Swedish National U16 team, posting a 2.00 GAA and a .950 save percentage in two games.\n\n2007-08: The net-minder, still in Frolunda\u2019s system, spent the season with Frolunda\u2019s two U18 squads. His best numbers came in the U18 Elit league, where he posted a 1.00 GAA and a .941 save percentage through 11 games; his numbers with the Allsvenskan squad were similar. He was also a member of Frolunda\u2019s U20 team, who took the SuperElit title. He also competed with Goteborg in the TV-Pucken tournament, his second straight season with the team.\n\n2008-09: Lehner spent the majority of the season with Frolunda\u2019s U20 squad, posting a 3.05 goals against average and a .903 save percentage. He also joined up with Sweden\u2019s National U18 team, posting a 2.80 GAA and .916 save percentage through four games.\n\n2009-10: The majority of Lehner\u2019s time was spent in the OHL with Sault Ste. Marie, where he put up a .918 Save Percentage with a .280 GAA. In two games with Binghamton, Lehner would add a 3.00 GAA with a .898 Save %. The Playoffs weren\u2019t good to Lehner either, as he fell to a 4.29 GAA and .874 Save Percentage in 5 games with the Greyhounds.\n\n2010-11: The Sens goaltender-of-the-future played most of the season with Binghamton in the AHL recording a 7-6-2 record, 2.67 goals against average, a .912 save percentage and two shutouts in the regular season mainly in the backup role to veteran Barry Brust who had a good season. Lehner also got a taste of NHL, as was the organizational plan, getting into eight contests while sporting a 3.52 goals against average, .888 save percentage and 1-4 record. In the opening round of the AHL Calder Cup playoffs, he took over as the starter and never looked back, leading the team to the championship with a 14-4 record, 2.10 goals against average, a .939 save percentage and three shutouts. At the WJC in Buffalo he shared the minutes and posted a 2.77 goals against average, a .906 save percentage and 1-1-1 record in three games.\n\n2011-12: Lehner was impressive in a handful of starts for the Senators and appeared in 40 games for Ottawa AHL affiliate Binghamton in his second pro season. He made a cameo appearance in October \u2013 stopping 23 of 25 shots in a 3-2 win over Toronto and was 2-2 including his first NHL shutout in a four-game stretch in late February and early March. Lehener finished with a 2.01 goals against and .935 save percentage in five NHL games. He split time with veteran Mike McKenna in Binghamton and was 13-22-1 with 2 shutouts and had a 3.26 goals against and .907 save percentage. Binghamton missed the AHL playoffs; finishing fifth in the East Division.\n\n2012-13: Lehner appeared in 14 NHL games, including two playoff contests, as a backup to Craig Anderson with Ottawa and was selected to the 2013 AHL All-Star game for his play with the Senators' AHL affiliate in Binghamton. He was 5-3-4 in 12 regular season games with a 2.20 goals against and .936 save percentage and was 0-1 with a 2.45 goals against and .920 save percentage in 49 minutes of action in the playoffs. Lehner played in 31 games for Binghamton. He was 18-10-2 with 3 shutouts and had a 2.12 goals against and .938 save percentage. The Senators were second in the East Division and had the AHL's fourth-best record before being swept by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in a first round series. Lehner was with Ottawa during the AHL playoffs and Nathan Lawson started all three games.\n\nTalent Analysis\n\nA hybrid butterfly goalie with excellent size and good overall skills, he uses his big frame to his advantage and challenges the shooters, although not always with the desired consistency. His rebound control needs work as does his concentration and positioning. He moves pretty well side to side and is tough to beat down low which are testaments to his conditioning and mobility.\n\nPhoto: Forward Mika Zibanejad had a solid rookie season in the NHL, managing seven goals and 13 assists in 42 games for a low-scoring Ottawa Senators team. (Courtesy of Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images)\n\nPhoto: Forward Matt Puempel is one of three players the Ottawa Senators selected in the first round of the 2011 NHL Draft. (courtesy of Terry Wilson/OHL Images)\n\nThe Ottawa Senators went on a fantastic playoff run in 2013, but the most surprising aspect of their success was that it came a season or two earlier than expected. Much of their success can be attributed to the emergence of many top prospects who made an impact in the 2012-13 NHL season.\n\nPhoto: Goaltender Robin Lehner has been spectacular since his call-up to the NHL this season. Lehner is one of many rookies to perform well for the Senators in 2012-13 (courtesy of Jay Kopinski/Icon SMI)\n\nNine of the 10 players featured in the 31-40 spots of the Hockey's Future Spring ranking of the Top 50 NHL prospects were also ranked in the Fall edition, though there has been some significant movement throughout the grouping. Much of the movement has to do with how some of these players have dealt with adjusting to a new level of competition this season, with some excelling and others struggling.\n\nPhoto: Now in his third year of professional hockey, Patrick Wiercioch has started to blossom into an offensive defenseman. Through 30 AHL games he has nine goals and nine assists. (Jay Kopinski/Icon SM)\n\nIn years past, Ottawa's AHL affiliate has been a mixed roster of AHL veterans, free agent signings, and draft picks. This is no longer the case. The Binghamton Senators are stacked with young talent and are among the youngest teams in the AHL."}
-{"text": "Don\u2019t forget that Jack White of the White Stripes\u2019 new band The Dead Weather is playing tonight at Terminal 5. What do you think of their music? They\u2019ve sold out 1 night (so far) at Terminal 5, so people must be diggin\u2019 it. What do you think? Tell me everything. I just liked the poster."}
-{"text": "Sunday, March 11, 2012\n\nEvery ounce of my MMO playing body wants to return to the \u201cgolden era\u201d (1998 to 2000) where no one was safe, impact was real, and some of the greatest MMO PvP in history took place in Ultima Online. However, my experience with today\u2019s MMO PvP systems tells me there is no going back. The problem with modern MMO PvP isn\u2019t one of design, but one of choice and era.\n\nWhen Ultima Online launched in 1997, any player looking to play a graphical MMO had very few choices. UO stood alone for the most part until 1999 when Everquest and Asheron\u2019s Call launched. The choice of game ultimately came down to one of two games: Everquest or Ultima Online. Everquest, offering 3D graphics, required specific hardware to run and it was also a very \u201cgame\u201d MMO which focused on killing monsters and obtaining better loot. Ultima Online with a 2D isometric view ran on plenty of mid-range PCs of the day and offered a much more robust offering of features: player housing, crafting, and live events to name a few.\n\nThe \u201cgolden era\u201d player base, as with today\u2019s players, consisted of every Bartle player-type: killer, achiever, explorer, socializer. While every player is not defined by a single category -- primary killers are still achievers and explorers \u2013 those primarily inclined towards one type were going to wind up in a one of the two games. This meant that some of each type were going to mix together in their respective games.\n\nEverquest\u2019s design dictated that it attracted achievers and killers. While exploration was possible and there were chat channels, Everquest lacked the keys to providing an environment for great socialization. So, achievers and killers flocked to Everquest and for the most part anyone playing Everquest could be assumed to be primarily an achiever or killer. Yes, there were still socializers (mostly role players), but by far and large Everquest catered to the achiever or killer mindset.\n\nUltima Online on the other hand catered almost perfectly to the socializer at the same time offering achievers, killers, and explorers a fulfilling experience. Players in UO were never forced to pick up a weapon and fight. Many UO players made a life for themselves without ever slaying a single beast. I personally know a player that existed within UO without ever once leaving the town of Britain and having almost never picked up a weapon to fight, instead spending his days at the forge talking with players and plying his blacksmithing trade. He was the prime example of how UO allowed primary socializers to exist in an online game. At the time, socializers really had nowhere else to go to find game play that met their needs. UO provided the pen-ultimate socialization experience of it\u2019s day.\n\nOf course, UO also catered to what I like to call the achiever killers: the reds, the player killers, the murderers as some others would have called them. Achiever killers thrive on their destructive ways creating power over their enemies and there is no greater enemy to have than that of a human opponent. Mix this with a tangible feeling of ownership with player housing and eventual player-created cities and the achiever killers found a perfect storm in UO.\n\nAgain, players of the golden era had limited choices on what games to play. It is also important to note that these players wanted to play online games. While no one was holding a gun to their head and forcing them to play UO or EQ, there was still a feeling that players were forced to play one of the two most popular MMOs of the time. This lead to player types mixing and competing within game worlds for their own slice of the proverbial pie. Conflict resulted between player types and this was no more evident than what was pre-Trammel UO (aka UO before a safe mirror of the world was created).\n\nThe achiever killers in UO loved this. Instead of having to compete against other achiever killers, they could prey on the socializers, explorers, and regular old achievers who inhabited the unforgiving world. Outside of towns, anyone could kill anyone in UO. Upon death, everything the player was carrying at the time could be looted by another player (or sometimes an NPC would swipe an item). UO focused on being a virtual world instead of being a \u201cgame that was played online\u201d and there was real risk and reward to the golden era PvP in UO.\n\nWhile the socializers and non-killer achievers didn\u2019t \u201clove\u201d the fact that they were the sheep that the killer wolf pack fed upon, they couldn\u2019t deny that UO had all the features they wanted. Housing, live events, non-combat oriented game play that meant something to the world; all of these things separated UO from Everquest (and eventually Asheron\u2019s Call). The socializers and achievers of UO were, in a word, stuck like sheep in a field surrounded by wolves. They had to suffer the achiever killers and many left the game because of it.\n\nHowever, suffer is a bit of a strong word and there were plenty of other factors pushing players away from UO. Also the presence of the \u201csheep\u201d lead to the rise of what I call the \u201cshepherd\u201d, or better known as the anti-playerkiller (APK). The APKs formed together to defend those that wished to avoid combat and seek justice on those that preyed upon the weak. There wasn\u2019t an ounce of game design or coding put in to make this dynamic system a reality. Players were actually living in a virtual world that featured the full gambit of Bartle player archetypes. Consequence was the true feature of UO and is what made it\u2019s early PvP so unforgettable.\n\nFast forward to today\u2019s market and I cannot even begin to name all of the AAA titles on the market, let alone all of the underlying B-rate MMOs. However, what I can tell you is that there is a game for every type of player out there. Yet, there is not a single one that recaptures the experience of \u201cgolden era\u201d UO.\n\nAnd therein lays the problem: there is a game for every type of player. No longer are the socializers mixing with the achievers. No longer are the explorers chatting with the killers. The player base is fragmented. It is, so to say, Humpty Dumpty and once it fell down, there was no putting it back together.\n\nGames such as Darkfall and Mortal Online, or server emulation projects such as UO WTF, that promise to bring back that \u201cgolden era\u201d are doing nothing more than throwing the achiever killer wolves in a field without any sheep. The wolves turn on each other and quickly realize how boring it gets to fight on equal footing. The dynamic is lost and even the best virtual world fails to bring it back. Before long only the true killers remain and while it certainly can be an enjoyable experience, it is not the magical experience that was to be had in the golden era.\n\nThus no amount of game design or coding wizardry can bring the magic back. The problem is that the golden era is long gone, yet game developers keep trying to make games that will appeal to every type of player while trying to add a \u201cPvP system\u201d on top of it. This doesn\u2019t work. It can\u2019t work. The market is filled with choice and if a game doesn\u2019t cater directly to the crowd it\u2019s built for, it becomes a generic mess.\n\nI\u2019m still waiting for a true, next generation MMOG to come along; one that focuses on being a virtual world more than just a \u201cgame that is played online\u201d. The rest should take care of itself."}
-{"text": "Welcome to my blog!!.This blog contains traditional kerala recipes and much more dishes that I have learned from my mom, books, internet, tv shows etc. I would like to share some of this with u all.\n\nThursday, November 30, 2006\n\nBittergourd-Carrot-Shallot Thoran\n\nDear All,I am glad to be back to the world of blogging after a long break. Thanks for all the wishes.I hope everybody is doing fine.I am really enjoying all the new recipes in your blogs.I am starting the blogging again with this healthy n spicy thoran.\n\nMethod:-Cut bittergourd,carrot and shallot into small pieces. If u want to reduce the bitter taste of bittergourd, keep the pieces in salt water for 30 minutes and wash well . Cook the vegetable pieces with turmeric,red chilli powder,salt and little water. Actually I used chinese bittergourd in this thoran. Because of the juicy,watery chinese bittergoud, I did not use water in this version. It has less bitter taste compared to indian bitter gourd. See chinese bittergourd fry from Ginger and mango.\n\nGrind coconut with garic and curry leaves without adding water. Avoid smooth grinding. Just allow the things to mix up. Add the ground mixture to the cooked vegetables and mix well and simmer for 2 minutes.\n\nHeat some oil and allow the mustard seeds to splutter. Add curry leaves and pieces of whole chilli. When the chilli become dark brown, pour it on to the curry and mix well. Serve with rice or chappathi.\n\nI've never tried Chinese bittermelon. I'm the only one who likes bittermelon in my family, if the chinese variety tastes less bitter, probably my family would like it. I would try that one out with your recipe.....thanks Surya for sharing this healthy recipe."}
-{"text": "The Donald Trump Pictures\n\nI was threatened by Team Trump not to publish this.\n\nI am no Nick Denton, and Donald Trump is no Hulk Hogan, but I do have some candid fun pictures of a pair of breasts and The Donald, or as his rude, foul mouthed thug of an advisor Michael Cohen asked me to call him, \u201cMr. Trump.\u201d I believe Cohen claims he is an attorney, but like the birther question, no one has seen his degree. I first found the pictures in 2012 while unpacking hundreds of boxes I acquired in what would turn out to be the best trade of my career. I had purchased the Guccione Collection, the private works of the late media magnate and artist Bob Guccione, who had once ranked as one of the wealthiest men in America.\n\nThe Guccione Collection\n\nPhoto by Samuel Zeller\n\nIn 2012, literally all that was left to tell Guccione's story was tucked away in my warehouse, an old converted perfume factory, in Englewood New Jersey. Of all the amazing sketches, photos and negatives I found in The Guccione Collection, Donald Trump's photos were probably the least interesting, but he wasn\u2019t running for president back then. It would be nearly four years later, as I watched this buffoon of a man - along with the rest of the stunned nation - defeat every Republican hopeful. I vaguely remembered that somewhere in the vast files of the collection were some seemingly innocuous photos of the soon to be Republican candidate for the highest office in the country. Perhaps, I thought, I should have a look at them again.\n\nStorage Wars\n\nI had been on the hunt for this collection since I had discovered a handful of Bob Guccione\u2019s work in a storage locker auction in the spring of 2012. A fan of the show Storage Wars, I had been to a handful of auctions with a business partner of mine while we were developing technology for a content management platform. After promising my then ten year old daughter, also a fan of the TV show, that we would go to an auction together, I found myself deep in a bidding war with Yuri, a home builder from Long Island of Russian descent.\n\nAt the end of the day, we had each bowed to the other on two of the prized lockers. Once I had a chance to search through the 10x14 foot tomb for which I had paid a few thousand dollars, my mind raced as I began to realize whose personal locker it was. Knowing that the other locker had belonged to the same owner, I raced to the front of the cavernous lot of storage locker buildings to see if my Russian opponent was still there. He was gone, and with him, half of Bob Guccione's belongings. The question was which half? I knew I had found something important with boxes of pristine advanced copies of OMNI and Penthouse magazines as well as hundreds of original negatives, slides and photographs taken in the 1960s and 1970s. Beyond that there were a dozen or so sketch pads and lithographs. In addition to being a master photographer, Bob Guccione was a serious artist whose work had been shown in galleries and museums including the famed Butler Institute of American Art. Neither Yuri nor I actually had the Trump Pictures; they would not be discovered for a few months.\n\nThe Trump Pictures\n\nPhoto by D\u01b0\u01a1ng Tr\u1ea7n Qu\u1ed1c\n\nIn the spring of 2015, the curator of the Guccione Collection brought me the pictures. Apparently they had been tucked away in a file cabinet in the back of the warehouse, marked \"old celebrity photos.\" My marketing group contacted our outside media consultant to weigh in on what to do with the photos, who suggested we call Trump\u2019s office to ask them about the origin of the photos. One of my marketing associates, Courtney, was put through to Donald Trump\u2019s senior handler Michel Cohen.\n\nHis foul mouthed rampage began immediately. He said he would sue me if we published the pictures, and mumbled about numerous other threats for several minutes before I was put on the phone with him. He continued to rage but eventually said the pictures were already \"out there\" and they weren't a big deal. After explaining to him that I didn\u2019t want to cause problems for him and \u201cMr. Trump\u201d, we agreed that I would discuss The Trump Pictures with a professional and ask his opinion of the pictures. I told the rabid Michael Cohen that perhaps he was overreacting as he was known to do. Much of this took place before I believed that there was really a chance in hell that Trump could get elected. I was sure he would get crushed immediately, but my confidence would soon waver.\n\nYuri The Russian\n\nLooking back on it all, it seems like a scripted story, but at that storage locker auction in 2012, Trump was not even a thought in my head. It started to rain as my wife drove up to the large rolling gates at the front of the storage auction lot. I kissed my daughter goodbye and told my wife I might be home a little late. The manager at the Total Storage Center was a sharp 23 year old named Mary. She suggested she give the other buyer a call and tell him that I might want to buy some of what he pulled from his locker and offered him my cell phone number. The rules say she cannot give his contact information to me directly. He called shortly thereafter, seemingly amused, as if he had been expecting the call. Thirty minutes later, I was crossing the Triboro Bridge on my way to Long Island.\n\nWhen I arrived at his modest home, I realized my competitor misunderstood the value of what we had uncovered. He had rapidly curated his bounty and decided that there was a great deal of junk. Boxes piled up at the base of his driveway were beginning to wilt from the moisture in the air. Yuri the Russian greeted me at the door with a beer in one hand and a smile on his face. He had neatly laid out the contents he had deemed worthy for me to review. From coffee mugs to books, I bought it all from him with a decent markup from what he had paid. Anything to make him happy.\n\nAs I was getting ready to leave and counting out the cash, I asked if he minded me picking through the garbage outside. Cash in hand he gave me a hard stare, a glimmer of suspicion in his wrinkled forehead. \u201cNo problem my friend,\u201d he finally said. After meticulously packing my car with the irrelevant items and bric-a-brac, I noticed him watching from the open garage door. I waved and rapidly tossed every garbage box he had put outside into my car, never giving him a second look. It started to rain hard as I pulled away from the curb.\n\nPenthouse Magazines\n\nCourtesy of The Guccione Collection\n\nAfter putting a few miles of distance between me and Yuri, I pulled into a local Starbucks, grabbed a black coffee and started rummaging through the wet boxes in the trunk. Thankfully, the treasures of sketch pads filled with Guccione's visions and dreams were intact and dry. The slides and negatives of Guccione's master photoshoots were dry and organized in plastic boxes. The mint condition Penthouse Magazines from the 1970s were stored in vintage magazine holders. I threw all the empty wet boxes in the Starbucks dumpster and raced back to my office.\n\nMy partners and I had purchased a 14,000 square foot warehouse next door to Balthazar bakery in Englewood NJ. Too hyped to wait until the following day, I loaded up on coffee and chocolate filled croissants. I remember spending nearly three hours in a trance, sorting through the contents of the Russian's boxes. It was a small fraction of what I eventually discovered from Guccione's bankruptcy proceedings and creditor paperwork I found in the collection. It would take nearly three months of research and one particularly aggressive tactic to uncover the bulk of Guccione\u2019s personal collection of works, which had been hidden for nearly a decade.\n\nMichael Cohen\n\nMichael Cohen (L) and Donald Trump (R)\n\nA few days after my confrontational call with Michael Cohen in the spring of 2015, where he threatened to \u201cbury me,\u201d I reached out to an old business relationship, David Pecker, the CEO of American Media. Owner of The National Enquirer among other titles, we had met years earlier when the Enquirer ran an article on the discovery of the Guccione Collection. I wanted to get his take on the pictures. After catching up a bit, and knowing how busy David was, I took out the pictures to show him and explained how maniacal Michael Cohen had behaved with me. David has probably seen more compromising pictures than any man on earth. He looked me in the eye and said \u201cJeremy, the pictures really aren\u2019t a big deal, why don\u2019t we think about working together on something more interesting.\" He knew I had a big stake in the digital tech space and was interested in hearing what I was up to. Nothing concrete came of our various meetings and I once again lost touch with Pecker.\n\nTrump went on to win the Republican Party nomination, and I didn't think too much about the pictures. After assuring me that the pictures really weren't a \"big deal,\" Pecker and I discussed me interviewing Trump for one of my digital sites. After weeks of discussion, Cohen was so full of subterfuge that conversations became too difficult, calls were not returned and the hypocrisy of Trump's organization became all too apparent. I dropped the whole thing and moved on. Or so I thought. But looking back on the long journey of The Guccione Collection and the numerous twists and turns of its narrative, I was pretty naive to think that was the end of the Trump story. Donald Trump and Bob Guccione had some battles over casinos back in the day. Some in Bob Guccione\u2019s camp say the hypocritical Trump is to blame for Guccione's eventual demise, that began with a financial disaster in Atlantic City. There was clearly bad energy between these two individuals from years ago and it would eventually manifest itself once again in the present day, even with one of the combatants dead and buried.\n\nBob Guccione\n\nCourtesy of The Guccione Collection\n\nWe hired a number of professionals to determine the importance and market value of The Guccione Collection. As a stand-alone collection it was surely an interesting find, but it was small. It was the idea that where there was smoke there was fire that kept me tuned in. Many of my partners could not understand my obsession, but I began to focus on finishing what I believed Bob Guccione had begun. There were thousands of pages of his personal notes, perceptions of media and business plans for the future. His art was impeccable. He was a master draftsman, cartoonist and photographer; he literally created his own genres of erotic art, health and wellness, sci-fi, fashion, science and contemporary art.\n\nHe had gone from a penniless artist living on the streets of Rome to one of the wealthiest men in the world, appearing on the Forbes list and living in the most expensive private townhouse in New York City. I studied everything about the man, but I could not find the mysterious treasure so many in his circles described to me. I was well aware that his art collection, one the most comprehensive in existence at the time, was auctioned off, but many who knew the artist told me that Bob\u2019s real treasure was nearly a half century of his own works and photographs. I was told very few people had access to the collection even when it was perfectly intact at his mansion which doubled as his personal office and photography studio. He never actually worked out of the corporate offices. preferring to live and work inside his castle. Like a fortress, it was guarded 24/7 by New York City\u2019s moonlighting finest. He rarely slept and was known to work on the creatives for the magazines until dawn, when he would sleep for a few hours before his morning business briefings.\n\nAccording to insiders who knew him well, when his fortune evaporated in the early 2000s and the authorities came to forcibly remove him from his mansion, his personal collection was packed up and taken away to a hiding place the night before they arrived. He would eventually leverage the collection as collateral in exchange for a lifeline of credit that sustained him until he passed away.\n\nFinding The Artist\n\nModel Billie Deane by Bob Guccione, 1972. Courtesy of the The Guccione Collection\n\nLate at night I would scan through the pages of eBay tracking any movement in the slides, photographs and Penthouse magazines. Penthouse magazines trade daily on eBay, but I had never seen an actual slide until one night when I saw a nondescript listing that did not even contain an actual image of what was on the slides. Instead there was a basic picture of the exact same plastic box I had in my collection. Someone was selling a box of Bob Guccione slides that they must have acquired directly from the source. I immediately sent a message to the proprietor of the eBay store and waited for a response that never came. Days went by and I repeated the exercise.\n\n\u201cTo Whom It May Concern,\n\nI am interested in purchasing all the items in your store, but would like to talk to you about the source of the products.\u201d\n\nThere seemed to be a few hundred Penthouse Magazines in the store. All mint condition, many with advanced copy stickers that matched the ones I had. Again, radio silence from the owners. Now eBay is not like the liquid markets I was used to from my days as a Wall Street trader, but illiquid markets are very susceptible to classic strategies like cornering the market. That tends to get a response. One night, tired of the silence, I bought every individual item in their store. Again this is rarely done on eBay, but is always a real attention grabber. That afternoon I received a vicious letter from the proprietors, accusing me of sabotaging their store, but I assured them I had every intention of paying for my purchase. I asked them if they could please point me in the direction of the source of these perfect items. After a few more days of phone calls I uncovered the whereabouts of Bob Guccione\u2019s entire collection. Everything was sitting in a forensic accounting firm\u2019s warehouse in the middle of Phoenix, Arizona.\n\nA Treasure Trove of Boxes\n\nMadonna by Herman Kulkens, 1977. Courtesy of the The Guccione Collection\n\nI didn\u2019t want to waste time discussing the collection over the phone, and from the brief video conference we attempted, I could not get a proper read on the magnitude of the collection. Literally every photo Guccione ever took was sorted and kept in mint condition. There were thousands of boxes filled with art, magazine submissions, legal documents, slides, pictures, drafts for magazine ideas and paintings.\n\nThere was no point in allowing negotiations to drag on. I called the creditor company\u2019s CEO and told him I was coming to Phoenix the next day and that I wasn\u2019t leaving until we had a deal. I took one of my most capable associates with me and arranged for an 18 wheeler to meet us at the location within 4 days. I knew it would take no longer for me to close the deal.\n\nTwo weeks later the rig pulled up to my warehouse back in Englewood and The Guccione Collection was intact. Among the thousands of works of art, there were a few boxes of celebrity items - from original nudes of a young Madonna, actress/model Lauren Hutton, Governor Schwarzenegger, and these very candid photos of Donald Trump signing breasts at a Guccione hosted event.\n\nThe collection was as vast as any that the curators who helped assemble the collection had ever seen. Other highlights from the celebrity boxes included candid photos of George Burns, Muhammad Ali and Vanessa Williams at numerous social events, to legal documents outlining secrets of the Tanya Harding incident, inappropriate behavior at a Trump property and a scandalous behind the scenes interview with Playboy Mansion employees. There were tens of thousands of images from over nine different publications. There was no other collection like it in the world. No other media magnate had been both artist and mogul like Bob Guccione and no one kept their works from over 50 years as intact and meticulously organized.\n\nToronto Film Festival\n\nCourtesy of the The Guccione Collection\n\nAfter collaborating with filmmaker Barry Avrich in 2013 on the production of Filthy Gorgeous, The Bob Guccione Story and premiering it at the Toronto Film Festival, my partners and I set about contemporizing the media mogul\u2019s vision of transmedia from the 1950s through the 1980s. In so doing, we picked themes that dovetailed with Guccione\u2019s interests. From life extension sciences to space exploration and understanding human sexuality, we built our first few websites with his vibe, style and ideology in mind. His main interests would be the first digital sites we built on Vocal, our proprietary technology and content management platform. It had been in development for years and these media assets represented a great opportunity to test the versatility of our technology. We hired Bob Guccione\u2019s former assistant Jane Homlish - who had been with him for over 30 years - to come spend months with us sorting through the collection and teaching us the philosophy and history of Bob Guccione.\n\nMany auction houses including Chrisite's took long looks at the collection, showering it with praise but admittedly unable to get behind the artist because of his association with his flagship property Penthouse Magazine. Their hypocrisy was indisputable, even by their own admission. Pornographic images by artists such as Jeff Koons hung prominently on their walls, yet the beautiful topless photographs in our collection were deemed too racy for auction. Throughout my life, I have always abhorred hypocrisy; it was clear that if I wanted to validate the collection I would have to do it myself. From late 2012 through early 2016 we auctioned off thousands of slides in private auctions, encountering tons of obstacles and a privileged auction class that is so accustomed to controlling the market that they could not come to terms with the fact that my company owned the entire collection. We eventually developed a loyal base of private collectors. Some in the press recognized the genius behind the very private and mysterious artist, Bob Guccione, but others hypocritically refused to even view his works. Eventually, the consistently growing market began to show up on the radar. Auction houses and galleries began to take notice in early 2016 when individual slides of Bob\u2019s work - which had previously sold for between $3-$5 - began to trade near the $100 level, often with above 70% sell- thru rates. Sketches were selling for anywhere from $300 \u2013 $1000. One particular auction on the Live Auctioneers site set a record for visitors to a single auction on their platform.\n\nThe Plot Thickens\n\nIronically, in early 2016, just around the time I started thinking about auctioning off the original Trump photos on eBay, I was contacted by a prominent journalist. The award-winning reporter was working on an important piece on Donald Trump, and had heard there were \"rumored photos of Trump\" he had traced back to me. After a few conversations about my experience with Trump\u2019s attorney Michael Cohen, he told me he was going to write a story that connected Trump and the National Enquirer's boss, David Pecker. There was an alleged string of unusual arms length deals between the two men, and this nefarious activity was to be the focus of his piece. I told him I had no knowledge of any shady deals but was more than willing to talk to him truthfully about my personal experiences with David Pecker and Trump\u2019s organization.\n\nFor months, the reporter interviewed countless sources and meticulously worked on his piece; finally, he let me know that it was finished and ready for publication. I watched the reporter deal with some of the biggest news organizations in the world. He would inform me of his progress and mention commitments that at the last minute collapsed for questionable reasons. While there may be no concrete evidence to support this, there certainly seemed to be a pattern of suppression of his article, which had grown into a large discourse on the relationship between David Pecker and Donald Trump. A similar story to his eventually ran on some news sites, including Vanity Fair, but the articles were light on the facts and nowhere near as specific as what I thought the article was meant to be.\n\nHere is a theory, completely my own. The journalist's article got too close to something more sleazy than has been reported, something more directly unethical and not hidden in ambiguity. Maybe powerful men got ahead of it. They offered up the actual information to another reporter. That reporter took the bait, even though there really wasn\u2019t enough to get much rolling. Just enough for a one or two day hit. These guys know the media market as well as anyone. After that article ran with little response, the real article was finally killed, irrespective of its importance. The writer told me he had specific individuals on record discussing the manipulative pattern of behavior between Trump and the National Enquirer. Of course all of this could just be a conspiracy theory; ironically, conspiracies form the foundation of Donald Trump\u2019s ideology.\n\nWhen a celebrity like Trump runs for the highest office in the state, he has to be careful to cover decades of secrets known to a tight community. It seems like if there is anything Trump is good at, it\u2019s the art of the deal. Only a naive fool like Trump threatens Hillary Clinton with revealing information regarding her husband's affair with Gennifer Flowers when the skeletons in his own closet rattle loudly and are barely contained. It would be foolish to release that information publicly when you had a shot of having enormous leverage over the President of the United States. If someone really wanted power over the person, best wait until after the election to exert it.\n\nMy Decision Was Made\n\nCourtesy of the The Guccione Collection\n\nThe Borghi Art family, well respected members of the art community, had been involved early on in The Guccione Collection's evolution; as it moved to a new and growing audience, they decided to personally hold the auctions, attracting EBTH, one of the biggest online auction houses to put together a multi year deal to manage the disposition of the collection. Over the summer of 2016 the collection was packed up over a two week period and transferred to EBTH's 200,000 square foot facility in central Ohio. The only pieces of the collection I kept in my office were the Donald Trump photos.\n\nI have not spoken to the journalist in months. He is a writer of the highest integrity, who spent months developing a story that one way or another was suppressed. I know this to be true because I spoke directly to the news organizations, who would always act very excited, but drop the ball after communication with the Trump group and its pit bull Michael Cohen.\n\nAfter watching the first debate and realizing just how close we are to the abyss if this man becomes President, I thought it was time for me to tell my small piece of the story and release the pictures - Trump, Michael Cohen and their very real threats be damned. It is not for me to decide if they are a big deal or not; the way Trump's luck works they will probably be perceived as a positive reflection on his perspective on women's breasts. But if there is the slightest possibility that there was real truth to the reporter's actual story, and it was suppressed, then the public should know."}
-{"text": "This most difficult part of this process was figuring out about the need to install the necessary plug-in and restart the Network Manager. Cast your vote on Ubuntu Brainstorm to raise awareness about this issue:\n\nFirst, for the record, here are some lines my /var/log/syslog in which I successfully connect and then successfully disconnect:http://dpaste.com/73529/\n\n@Brian,It is possible. I also had this thought when I was trying to get it to work, so I verified their service (and my username/password) using a Windows Vista system.\n\n@AnonymousI am not sure what is going on in those log statements. Did you include all of them?...it seems like you are missing some. Include all lines from the just after you try to make the connection until the log statements stop coming.\n\nAlso, I had your last line once. It happened when I typed the gateway address wrong. Double check that you have that correct.\n\nWell, I think I got the answer of the problem. I was having the same problem as anybody else. I then realized that I was confusing my name with the username. when I changed it and I cleared the key ring, everything worked normally. :D\n\nHaving the same problems, tried everything mentioned, I am wondering if it is because I tried it with windows first and it registered my computer, do they not allow more than one computer per IP address?\n\nI heard somethere that you can have two different connections at the same time. However, mine where both behind a NAT. Also, I have connected with both Ubuntu 9.04 (not updated and completely updated) as well as Windows Vista.\n\nI'm a complete newbie with VPN, so almost everything I'm finding on the Web is Greek to me. I think I set things up correctly in Network Manager, and I think the right IP for itshidden.com is 94.75.222.180, and I think that's what goes in the Gateway field. But how do you turn one connection (eth0) off and VPN on. It looked like unchecking and checking \"Connect automatically\" would do it, but I don't know. Is that right?\n\nThanks, Tyson. OK, I changed the gateway back to vpn.itshidden.com. I'm running Linux Mint Gloria, a spinoff of Ubuntu Jaunty. I use Preferences / Network Connections, click the VPN tab where I have ItsHidden configured: gateway, username, password. For the IPv4 setting I have \"Automatic (VPN)\" instead of \"Automatic (VPN) addresses only.\" I have clicked \"Connect automatically\" as I have for eth0.\n\nHow can I tell if my Internet traffic is running through the VPN connection?\n\nI think that one of the easiest ways for any computer is to use whatismyip.com. Your IP should not be same as before you started the VPN connection.\n\nWith Ubuntu, I can also verify that I am using the VPN because there is a picture of a lock on the Network Manager Applet. I found this image that shows the lock:http://www.gnome.org/~clarkbw/stuff/nm-vpn-menu.png\n\nThanks, Tyson. whatismyip.com showed my IP as coming from my ISP, so I guess VPN isn't connected. Something's flaky, anyway: Yesterday when I unchecked \"Connect automatically\" for eth0, I was taken offline immediately. Today nothing happens; I changed from DHCP to static IP, unclicked and clicked \"Connect automatically\" and no IP change. Maybe I have to reboot... since I'm a command line ignoramus. Oh, well, I don't need VPN... unless the govt. is listening!\n\nBoy, is my face red! I'm so used to right-clicking for everything, that I never left-clicked on the Network Manager icon in the tray. Something in a forum led me to do it, and after taking care of the VPN stuff there, I was connected!\n\nThanks, Tyson and others, for the suggestions on here. Some of them were needed as well to get me going.\n\nGreat tutorial. Last thing: to actually use your shiny new VPN, you'll have to left click on your internet connection health bar, go down to vpns, choose the newly setup one, and wait for the vpn lock icon to stop swirling around.\n\nIn a VPN connection, all your internet traffic is routed through the connection. After you have established the VPN connection to itshidden.com, just use BitTorrent as normal. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network for more information about VPNs.\n\nHello! Thank you for this tutorial, but I have a problem. In my syslog file I received this error:NetworkManager: nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN coneection 'ItsHidden' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'Before this message I got that a reply was received.\n\n1. Launch a terminal and execute gconf-editor.2. navigate to /system/networking/connections3. There are some numbered folders in this directory. These are your connections. Find the one describing your vpn configuration (probably the last one), there you'll find a \"vpn\" folder; click on it.4. Right-click on the right pane and choose \"new-key\" on the context-menu.5. Fill the form as follows:\n\nName: refuse-eapType: stringValue: yes\n\n6. Close the config editor.\n\nTo fix FireStarter: (omit if not using it)\n\n1. Open Firestarter2. Select the Policy tab3. Under Editing select: Inbound Traffic Policy4. In the first blank titled \"Allow Connections From Host\" right click in the blank and click +Add Rule.5.Enter: vpn.itshidden.com and then click +Add.\n\nhey tyson, i got similar problem too...im new to this too and just paid for the it'shidden and has been successfully installed but each time i connect, my messenger signs out and the pages stops loading.. what do i do?\n\nNicky, FWIW I have had success using the same method as posted on this site using Lucid. Intermittent I sometimes have to try two or three times to get VPN to start (not sure why to lazy to look in the logs) but when it does finally kick over works perfectly.\n\n1. In advanced make sure you have MSCHAP and MSCAP2 are checked. 2. Use point to point encryption checked3. security 1284. Allow stetful encryption5. Allow BSD data compression6. Use TCP header compression7, on the IPv4 settings method automatic 8. Make sure you do not have available to all users checked (stupidly I did and this hosed everything)Then apply. I restarted the system then left clicked on network icon. It swirled around a while and voila. I have a feeling the hardcoded script I saw somewhere is the way to go and will eventually try it. For now I am just enjoying this great service. Thanks to everyone involved and this site for posting easy to follow instructions.\n\n1. In advanced make sure you have MSCHAP and MSCAP2 are checked.2. Use point to point encryption checked3. security 1284. Allow statful encryption5. Allow BSD data compression6. Use TCP header compression7, on the IPv4 settings method automatic8. Make sure you do not have available to all users checked; Then apply.-------------------------------------------from:http://splatdot.com/ubuntu-810-how-connect-microsoft-vpn/\n\nneed to enable MPPE and add the refuse-eap key to successfully connect to a Microsoft VPN.-------------------------------------------run:gconf-editor\n\n1.Browse to System\\Networking\\Connections\n\n2.Open the vpn folder\n\n3.Right-click on the configuration list and select New key.\n\n4.Name the new key refuse-eap, set its type to String and its value to yes. Then click the OK button.\n\nItsHidden.com is nothing more than a scam in my book. I signed up as a paid subscriber on May 3rd. When I was getting horrible performance, I sent an email to their paid-support@itshidden.com. I heard nothing back. Next day, I requested a full refund, within the 24 hour window, as stated in their TOS. Still nothing. Over the past three weeks, I\u2019ve sent about a half-dozen emails and NOT ONE has ever been answered. My credit card is issuing me a refund.Avoid ItsHidden.com at all costs!\n\nIf you paid through Paypal, please do a Resolution Dispute claim and link to this forum: http://ubuntu-chronicles.blogspot.com/2009/07/jaunty-vpn-itshiddencom.html#comment-form -- this way the seller will be removed and can no longer use Paypal as a payment framework. Scam artists."}
-{"text": "The Celtics did in fact make a trade at the NBA\u2019s trade deadline Thursday.\n\nThe team acquired point guard Isaiah Thomas from the Suns. The Celtics will send Marcus Thornton and a 2016 first-round pick via Cleveland to Phoenix. Yahoo Sports\u2019 Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the deal.\n\n\u201cIsaiah is a dynamic offensive player whose scoring and playmaking abilities add to an already well-rounded backcourt with Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley,\u201d C\u2019s president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said in a press release. \u2018\u0080\u009cWe are excited to welcome Isaiah to the Celtics family.\u2019\u0080\u009d\n\nThomas has averaged 15.2 points per game in 46 games this season. He was a 2011 second-round pick by the Kings.\n\nSurprise, surprise: The Celtics have entered the Goran Dragic sweepstakes.\n\nAccording to ESPN.com\u2019s Marc Stein, C\u2019s president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has placed a call to his former assistant general manager, Phoenix Suns GM Ryan McDonough, about the NBA\u2019s reigning Most Improved Player.\n\nESPN sources say Celtics emerging as contender on the outside for Goran Dragic in trade with Phoenix\n\nDragic, who is expected to decline his $7.5 million player option for the 2015-16 season, has alerted the Suns he will not re-sign in Phoneix come July, per USA TODAY\u2019s Sam Amick. Given the team\u2019s wealth of point guards after signing Isaiah Thomas and Eric Bledsoe for a combined $97 million this past summer, McDonough is reportedly seeking to trade Dragic by Thursday\u2019s 3 p.m. trade deadline.\n\nEnter Ainge, who has enough draft picks, expiring contracts and affordable young talent to join any trade discussion. But how much are the Celtics willing to pay for a 28-year-old point guard who can walk in June? (See: Rondo, Rajon.)\n\nGranted, Dragic is coming off a Third Team All-NBA season and has 9,118 fewer NBA minutes on his legs than the 28-year-old point guard they traded two months ago \u2014 not to mention an entirely different skill-set than Rondo \u2014 but Ainge will have to compete with a host of other teams for the Slovenian\u2019s services, including reported suitors in the Heat, Kings, Knicks, Lakers, Pacers and Rockets. Ainge\u2019s familiarity with McDonough, which led to the exchange of Brandan Wright for draft picks last month, can\u2019t hurt in that regard.\n\nWould Brandon Bass\u2018 $6.9 million expiring contract and pick(s) be enough to land Dragic? Or would the C\u2019s have to include Kelly Olynyk or another burgeoning young talent? The Suns, who currently lead the Thunder by a half-game for the Western Conference\u2019s eighth playoff seed, could use another floor-spacing big man after losing veteran locker room favorite Channing Frye to the Magic in free agency.\n\nAdditionally, the Celtics must determine whether the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Dragic \u2014 a willing defender and brilliant playmaker who submitted a remarkable statistical season in 2013-14 (20.3 points, 5.9 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 35.1 minutes per game while producing a 60.4 true shooting percentage and 21.4 player efficiency rating) \u2014 could coexist with Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley in the backcourt. (Unless, of course, either Smart or Bradley is shipped back to Phoenix in exchange for Dragic). The feeling here is that Dragic and the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Smart could wreak the same kind of havoc Dragic and Bledsoe did during the Suns\u2019 48-win campaign last season.\n\nAccording to Yahoo\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski, Dragic has included the Los Angeles Lakers, New York and Miami among his list of preferred landing spots, demonstrating a willingness to re-sign with a team currently out of championship contention, but it\u2019s unclear whether he\u2019d be open to staying in Boston. Dragic\u2019s agent, Bill Duffy, also represents Rondo, whose desire to test free agency led to his trade. Just as with Rondo, though, the C\u2019s \u2014 or any organization acquiring Dragic \u2014 could offer an additional year and roughly $25 million more on the open market. With the NBA\u2019s new television deal expected to increase the salary cap in 2016, Dragic could command a max contract this summer.\n\nFor more on the impending trade deadline decisions Ainge faces, click here.\n\nA major theme of the rebuilding Celtics has been that no player is safe from being traded for the betterment of the team \u2014 something Danny Ainge has shown the willingness to do throughout his career (and now once again by trading Rajon Rondo). Here are some trades that make sense for the mess that is the Boston Celtics. Again, these specific trades are not rumors, simply ideas. This is Part 7.\n\nNo doubt Ainge would love to shed an expiring contract or two in the form of Brandon Bass, Tayshaun Prince or Marcus Thornton. However, contenders have yet to come calling for the services of Boston\u2019s veteran pieces. But maybe Ainge can use one of those contracts \u2014 along with one of his accumulated draft picks \u2014 to add a young talent that\u2019s potentially now available.\n\nBass is in this deal simply to make the money match, but it achieves Ainge\u2019s goal of moving an expiring veteran. The important part of the deal, however, is Kanter\u2019s contract. He too is expiring at season\u2019s end and there is no chance the Celtics would risk sending a first-rounder to Utah without assurance that Kanter has interest in remaining in Boston. For the sake of making the trade idea work, let\u2019s say Kanter approves of being a Celtic past 2015.\n\nTyler Zeller (9.6 points, 5.5 rebounds) has had a solid season, but he is certainly not the starting center of the future. Kanter, who recently told reporters that he hopes to be traded, has the potential to be a valuable piece long-term. The former No. 3 overall pick is averaging 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds while playing 27.1 minutes per game so far this season \u2014 those numbers would be an immediate upgrade at the center spot.\n\nKanter is still just 22-years old, though. Ainge\u2019s hope in making the deal would be that his new young big would make a smooth transition to Boston and continue to grow his numbers in upcoming seasons. There\u2019s a risk involved for the Celtics in giving up a first-round pick, but the risk could prove worth the reward if Kanter develops into Boston\u2019s future center. After all, Ainge didn\u2019t accumulate all these picks to use each of them. At some point some of them have to be moved for talent that can provide an instant impact.\n\nIt\u2019s been exactly one month since the Celtics finalized the Jeff Green trade \u2014 completing a series of deals that also sent Rajon Rondo packing \u2014 and yet they\u2019re playing their best basketball of the season. After losing three straight immediately following their leading scorer\u2019s departure, the C\u2019s have won seven of their last 12 games to enter the All-Star break trailing the Hornets and Heat by only one loss for the Eastern Conference\u2019s final two postseason spots.\n\nDespite a 20-31 record, the Celtics are in the playoff conversation. Seriously.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s always been a conversation, since Day 1,\u201d said Marcus Thornton, whose 14 points helped ground the Hawks on Wednesday night. \u201cI believe we can make it, and I believe we can make noise, too, so it\u2019s on us to make that happen.\u201d\n\nExcept, some of the current C\u2019s weren\u2019t here when the season began \u2014 namely rotation players Jae Crowder and Tayshaun Prince \u2014 and not all of them are expected to be around when the team reconvenes for the second half in Sacramento some 24 hours after the league\u2019s Feb. 19 trade deadline.\n\nSo, Jared Sullinger can decry all he wants, \u201cIt\u2019s the All-Star break; that\u2019s the last thing on our mind,\u201d but the harsh reality is this team that appears to be just hitting its stride could look completely different in a week.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m going to use that time to take off and kind of forget about basketball a little bit,\u201d Thornton said when asked about an eight-day vacation leading up to the trade deadline, \u201cbut wherever I\u2019m at, I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d\n\nAs the Celtics exited a timeout trailing the first-place Atlanta Hawks by one with 6.3 seconds remaining, the veteran forward turned to his teammates and said, \u201cE.T.\u2019s going to win it with a floater.\u201d Sure enough, Evan Turner\u2018s runner swished through the net for an 89-88 win, capping an 18-point comeback against a team with just 10 previous losses.\n\n\u201cI think it says a lot for us as a team,\u201d said Turner. \u201cWe were able to come back against the best team in the league, down [18]. We shot like 30 percent, but once we try to put together a whole game \u2014 put together the defensive and offensive game \u2014 we\u2019ll be all right. It\u2019s a great win, and it\u2019s always better to go in on a break on a win and not a loss.\u201d\n\nIndeed, the Celtics (20-31) pulled within one loss of the Charlotte Hornets (22-30) and Miami Heat (22-30) for the final two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference with a 7-5 record in their final 12 games before the All-Star break.\n\nHaving won three of their last four games, the Celtics looked to stay hot in their final game before entering the All-Star break. Unfortunately for Brad Stevens & Co., the first-place Hawks stood in their way.\n\nTurner\u2019s game-winner gave him 12 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the victory against Atlanta. Jared Sullinger added 17 points and 15 rebounds. And Marcus Thornton contributed 14 points off the bench. Al Horford led the Hawks (43-11) with 22 points and 12 rebounds.\n\nA major theme of the rebuilding Celtics has been that no player is safe from being traded for the betterment of the team \u2018\u0080\u0098\u0080\u0094 something Danny Ainge has shown the willingness to do throughout his career (and now once again by trading Rajon Rondo). Here are some trades that make sense for the mess that is the Boston Celtics. Again, these specific trades are not rumors, simply ideas. This is part six.\n\nAfter a flurry of trades, Danny Ainge\u2019s phone has finally cooled off. At least for the last couple of weeks. But now the trade deadline is a mere eight days away, so expect things to begin to heat back up.\n\nIf you take a look around the league (which to me means skim through the ESPN trade machine for an hour), it makes sense that the Celtics haven\u2019t been able to piece together any more moves that accomplish the goal of selling unneeded parts for future draft picks. Most teams that are considered buyers have either already made their moves to add help, or simply don\u2019t have the contracts or assets that would match what Boston is trying to do.\n\nHowever, there are still buyers out there.\n\nThe Hawks are back in Boston on Wednesday, and despite continuing to run away with the Eastern Conference, Atlanta still has many doubters. The Hawks just traded rookie Adreian Payne to the Timberwolves in order to add a 2017 first-round pick \u2014 a pick that figures to be used to add more firepower for this season. Furthermore, Atlanta has also been rumored as a potential landing spot for free-agent guard Ray Allen.\n\nBut with the Hawks still under the cap, here\u2019s a move that could help them build their bench:\n\nThis deal makes perfect sense for both sides, but would probably need to wait until Atlanta knows if they will be making a bigger move first. Coming off a month where the Hawks entire starting lineup won Conference Player of the Month (which is absolutely remarkable), it\u2019s now time to build their bench. The addition of Allen \u2014 or any other guard around the league that they can lure with their newly acquired first-rounder \u2014 would sure-up Atlanta\u2019s backcourt, but they still need help off the bench in the form of a big. Bass is that guy.\n\nBecause the Hawks are under the cap, they are able to swap Brand\u2019s $2 million expiring contract for Bass\u2019 $6.9 million expiring deal without any problems. Boston would most likely buy Brand\u2019s contract out, saving them money for the rest of the season, while Bass provides the perfect spark for the Hawks. In addition, Ainge tosses another second-rounder in his pile \u2026 you never know when all of them may come in handy."}
-{"text": "NAME\n\nSYNOPSIS\n\nDESCRIPTION\n\nThe system newconf command creates a new configuration (release)\nstructure under the system directory. The new configuration is copied\nfrom an old one, so that it looks exactly the same as the old\nconfiguration after the creating. The files are, however, not copied,\nbut links to them are created. The directory structure of the new\nconfiguration is the same as for the old one. This directory structure\nshould later be used for an integration of the new release. The\ndirectory structure below is created.\nPARAMETERSsystem\nThe system name including the system path.\nold_configuration\nThe name of an existing system configuration.\nnew_configuration\nThe name of the configuration to be created.\n-v Shows which directories have been created. List all the\nsubsystems that are initiated and all the files copied to the new\nRCS libraries.\n-nco Do not check out files from the RCS libraries when the\nconfiguration is created. Default is to check out the files.\n-rrev\nSelect the latest version of files whose number is less than or\nequal to rev. If rev indicates a branch rather than a version,\nthe latest version on that branch is retrieved. If option -r is\nomitted then the name of the old configuration is taken as rev.\nIn the case that the configuration is specified as x.y-z, where\nx,y and z are numbers, the corresponding symbolic name will be\nRx_y_z. If rev is specified as latest than the latest versions\nof the files will be copied to the new RCS libraries. Otherwise,\na version is composed of one or more numeric or symbolic fields\nseparated by periods.\n-w Initiate the new configuration. For each subsystem creates a new\nRCS library (instead of having a symbolic link to the original\nlibrary), and copies a particular version of files to the new\nlibrary.\n-k Do not remove the versions after the selected version of each\ncopied file, from the RCS library (RCS/file,v). The default is to\nonly save the selected version of the file in the RCS library.\nStatus and eventual name are set on the selected version of the\nfile.\n-nrl Do not remove eventual lock from each file, warning messages will\nbe sent for this version of the file. The option may be useful\ntogether with -k option, when the locked version is a version\nthat should be kept anyway. Default is to remove the lock from\nthe file version, and remove the file version if it is not\nneeded.\n-b Create a branch for all files in the directory. The branch is\ncreated from the copied file version. Default is to create it as\nthe first branch from the file version, if a branch already exist\nfrom this file version, a new branch is created with an\nincremented branch number.\nThe created branch is set to default, i.e. the files will be\nchecked out and checked in to this branch by default, without\ngiving any revision number.\nUsed with the -w option.\n-brbranch_rev\nSame as -b. The only difference is that all files will have the\nrevision specified by branch_rev.\nUsed with the -w option.\n\nEXAMPLES\n\nsystemNewconf -nco ex_system 1.0-0 1.1-0\nSystem ex_system configuration 1.1-0 is created\nsystemNewconf -w -r latest 1.0-0 1.1-0\ncreates a new configuration and initiates it. The latest versions of\nfiles from 1.0-0 are copied to the 1.1-0 configuration.\nsystemNewconf -w -r latest -b 1.0-0 1.1-0\ncreates a new configuration and initiates it. The latest versions of\nfiles from 1.0-0 are copied to the 1.1-0 configuration, all files will\nhave a branch in the new configuration."}
-{"text": "The futuristic beaches submerged by the fog told by Luca Minciotti\n\nBorn in Milan in 1982. Always fascinated by art and photography spend his youth traveling around the world. Graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan with specialization in Urban Design and Landscape.Works for several years in various architectural firms in Milan; then decided to focus his attention on photo- graphy, especially on the relationship between architecture and landscape.\n\nIn 2012 is called to attend the exhibition \u201cArchitecture of the World\u201d at the Milan Triennale with a shot taken from the project Gas Stations.\nIn 2013 enters the Top 50 of the Sony World Photography Awards in the category \u201cLow Light\u201d and exhibited at the end of collective competition in London.\n\nDuring september 2013 involved in the project \u201cConfotografia \u2013 L\u2019Aquila 2013\u201d, where he worked for six days along with 50 other photographers, citizens and associations, testing a method of photographic research based on the exchange of knowledge between them.\nIn 2014 won the award for \u201cBest Photography\u201d in the international art context Who Art You? 3. Late that year is among the artists mentioned by the jury of the Combat Prize 2014.\n\nWorked as lecturer in archviz courses teaching photographic technique, criticism and image composition.\nIn 2015 holds courses of photography at NOlab Academy in Milan.\nSince 2013 join the list of \u201cexperts in photography with expertise in architecture documentation for renown\u201d of the Province of Milan.\n\nStarting 2014 collaborates as photographer with the media agency Twig.\nSince 2015 is a Google trusted photographer and contributor for The Fork by Tripadvisor and for several lu- xury real estate agency such as Sotheby\u2019s Realty. Is a member of the Order of Architects of Milan. Currently works on commissions and on personal research projects.\n\nAbout \u2018At the Beach\u2019:\n\nA Sunday summer day, northern Spain. This atmospheric phenomenon is called \u2013 advection fog and is formed with the slow flow of warm moist air over a colder sea and can be pushed towards the coasts by winds breeze.\n\nDespite the condition persists from several days people do not renounce to spend the day off at sea although, one step away from them, this is mostly hidden to the eye.\n\nIt seemed to live in a post-nuclear future came from the mind of some writers of futuristic movie. I\u2019ve tried to fantasize about what it would be if this became reality like, for example, as a consequence of earth\u2019s pollution. I\u2019ve tried to imagine how it would be if hearing pre- vail the sight.\n\nI looked and thought, and in the end, i\u2019ve imagined how would have been changed the photographs of Massimo Vitali.\n\nC41 is a Milan-based magazine of contemporary visual art from all over the world. We\u2019re interested in lifestyle,\nfashion, design, outdoors, and creative communities. Through our viewers\u2019 lenses, we tell the stories."}
-{"text": "The NAACP Legal Defense Fund came out swiftly with a statement condemning the brutal murder of two New York City police officers Sunday, while exploiting the event to demand gun control and trying to claim it had no connection to the recent protests against police following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.\n\n\u201cYesterday\u2019s fatal shooting of two police officers in New York is shocking and tragic. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights under Law extend their condolences to the families and colleagues of both officers, and we stand with the residents of New York City in mourning this senseless loss of life,\u201d began the statement.\n\n\u201cThese two killings\u2026like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,\u201d the statement continued.\n\n\u201cWhile some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,\u201d the statement from the NAACP\u2019s legal arm claimed.\n\n\u201cWhatever motivation lay in the apparently troubled mind of the now deceased shooter of these officers, there is no connection between the peaceful protests of thousands of people of all races all over the country and, indeed, around the world, and this hideous act of violence.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m Putting Wings On Pigs Today. They Take 1 Of Ours\u2026Let\u2019s Take 2 of Theirs #ShootThePolice #RIPErivGarner #RIPMikeBrown This May Be My Final Post I\u2019m Putting Pigs In A Blanket,\u201d Brinsley posted shortly after ambushing the two cops in their squad car."}
-{"text": "After Rana Plaza\n\nMay 20, 2013The New Yorker\n\nRichard Locke's feature in The New Yorker explains the pressures consumers exert on global supply chains. \u201cOften, the only way factories can make the variety and quantity of goods that brands want at the price points they\u2019re willing to pay is to squeeze the workers.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Justification:\nThis species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.\n\nThe Common White Tern has a distribution across the tropics of the world, being found year-round on islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the western and central Pacific. It is also a seasonal visitor to islands in the south-central and eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico1.\n\nThis species feeds mainly upon small fish, but will also take squid and crustaceans. The proportions vary locally, with 50% of its diet comprising of fish on Christmas Island compared to 85% on Hawaii. Prey are caught by diving. Its breeding season varies locally, nesting on coral islands, usually with vegetation, nesting in trees and bushes, on rocky slopes and cliffs, and also on artificial substrates. It lays a single egg on a bare branch, usually within a slight depression at a fork or on the midrib of a palm frond or banana leaf. It is resident year round on some islands though is a seasonal visitor on others where its non-breeding movements are not known (del Hoyo et al. 1996).\n\nSystems:\n\nTerrestrial; Marine\n\nCitation:\n\nBirdLife International 2012. Gygis alba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 March 2015."}
-{"text": "Steelers hoping to slow record penalty pace\n\nThe four-time Pro Bowler and former Defensive Player of the Year added he's not sure all teams are being treated equally, saying he frequently sees players from different teams commit similar acts. One player will get fined while the other avoids trouble altogether.\n\n\"I just think they need to display or execute the rules evenly across the board,\" Harrison said.\n\n\"You try to hit a guy that's moving full speed and see if you're not going to hit him in the head every now and then,\" Hampton said. \"It's just part of this business, something you've got to work on. Not sure how much more you can do.\"\n\nWhat the Steelers know they have to do, however, is be on their best behavior. Colon, who switched from right tackle to left guard this season, admits he didn't make it difficult on the refs against the Eagles. He allowed his four holding calls were all pretty blatant and blamed his own poor technique and overaggression for drawing the attention of the umpire.\n\n\"I've got to do a better job,\" Colon said. \"If they're targeting me, I've got to give them a reason not to.\"\n\nTomlin remains optimistic his team will fall back into the norm and while players like Colon can work on their form, Tomlin will never make his players apologize for playing hard."}
-{"text": "This is what our Bylaws say for description of Telemedicine Staff: The Telemedicine Staff shall consist of Physicians who provide care, treatment and services to patients only through a telemedicine link or other form of remote communication technology. Telemedicine Staff members do not have admitting privileges at the Hospital."}
-{"text": "Hello!\nPhotographer Anne Geddes is world renowned for capturing iconic photos of babies. Find inspiration in Anne\u2019s latest work featured on BabyCenter and share your own magical photos here. You can also upload a special edition Anne Geddes avatar: Go to your BabyCenter community profile, click on \u201cchange photo,\u201d and click on the \u201cAnne Geddes avatars\u201d tab. And be sure to stay tuned for details on our Anne Geddes Avatar Party!"}
-{"text": "The third installment sees Henderson wrapping up media work in California and arriving in Las Vegas for the fight, plus UFC President Dana White winning big at the tables and watching the first bout of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter: Latin America.\u201d\n\nCheck out the video above. Then don\u2019t miss UFC 173 this week from Las Vegas. MMAjunkie will be on the scene with full coverage throughout the week and weekend."}
-{"text": "Bcp\n\nNews for Bcp\n\nThick smoke enveloped Bellandur lake in Bengaluru after a fire broke out when garbage strewn around it was set ablaze, a fire department official said. The incident triggered panic among motorists......\n\nThe government of India is working on a structured Business Continuity Planning model to ensure that critical services like the functioning of government websites and servers go on unhindered even......"}
-{"text": "Rocky River considers usage-based sewer rates\n\nIn the coming weeks, City Council will consider options for sewer rates that could call for billing based solely on usage.\n\n\u201cIn response to residents\u2019 requests, what we\u2019re proposing is establishing a usage rate; a pure usage rate, no flat fees, it will all be based on usage. Of course, it will be well above $5.16,\u201d Mayor Pam Bobst told City Council at its last Committee of the Whole meeting. She added the rate would apply to residential and commercial usage. Current sewer rates combine a $36.50 base rate with a $5.16 charge per cubic foot of usage.\n\nShe said that traditionally, rates are reviewed every two years, \u201cto ensure sufficient revenue for the operational needs of the city sewer system.\u201d She said the current sewer rehabilitation fund was established in 2007 and that, in 2009, the city received a \u201cfindings and orders\u201d review from the U.S. EPA.\n\n\u201cWe understood there was a great deal of work we were going to need to do in response. We needed a strategy to put a plan together,\u201d said Bobst, referring to what she called \u201c180 miles of aging sewer infrastructure,\u201d which includes about 40 streets with the outdated \u201cinverted\u201d sewers, which allow close proximity of sanitary and stormwater lines. Bobst said the EPA was particularly interested in the city\u2019s collection system in the context of protecting runoff from infiltrating Lake Erie and the Rocky River.\n\n\u201cIn 2006, we drafted the sewer rehabilitation plan as a roadmap to follow,\u201d continued Bobst, stating this came on the heels of various studies and input by city officials.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to throw good money after bad,\u201d she said, noting some road resurfacing projects will be held off until sewer studies are complete. \u201cThey\u2019re not just paving projects. We evaluate what\u2019s underground as part of the work.\u201d\n\nThat plan, which was put in place in 2007, was for 20 to 25 years and cost $55 to $60 million. It focused basically on replacement, especially of the 40 inverted sewers, and infiltration, or the mixing of sanitary and storm water.\n\n\u201cThe U.S. EPA recognizes that we have done many things,\u201d she stated.\n\nBobst said that a sewer flow and strength study had been conducted for the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was used as the basis for determining the amount each city using the facility would be charged. The plant is used by Westlake, Fairview Park and Bay Village, as well as Rocky River.\n\nIndividuals such as Safety/Service Director Jim Linden and treatment plant superintendent Jeff Harrington were praised by Bobst for their parts in the information gathering. She added that organizations including the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservancy dealt with public education regarding stormwater runoff.\n\nIn 2007, council passed a flat rate increase of $25 a quarter to establish a sewer rehabilitation fund. This generates $700,000 yearly which, Bobst said, is used for incentive when applying for sewer project grants and zero-percent loans.\n\n\u201cThis meets some of our needs, but not all. We need to continue looking at sewer rates,\u201d stated Bobst, stressing the city is not part of the North East Regional Sewer District. \u201cThis does not apply to Rocky River residents, nor does (its) storm water management fee. We are part of the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant and we are our own sewer district.\u201d\n\nBobst was especially proud of two documents approved by the U.S. EPA. The first, in what she called the \u201calphabet soup\u201d of sewer jargon, is the Capacity Management Operation and Maintenance (CMOM), which speaks to infiltration between storm- and sewerwater, and inflow, the illegal addition of storm water to the system by residents through such means as footer drains and downspouts tied into the sanitary sewers.\n\n\u201cWe will work closely with them and help them evaluate their particular situation as well as options,\u201d said Bobst, which could include rain barrels and sump pumps.\n\nThe second document, the Sewer System Evaluation Study (SSES), will involve the cost study of work on the first three of the city\u2019s 14 sewer sheds \u2013 Hampton/Westmoor and two more in the \u201cTangletown\u201d areas north of Lake Road. The four-year study will run between $3.5 and $4 million.\n\n\u201cWe are fortunate to leverage local resources so we can find dollars and secure dollars from outside sources. This is important at the price tag this has become; we can\u2019t pay it all locally,\u201d stated Bobst. She said there are some measures placed before Congress, but Bobst said she is not optimistic about federal funds.\n\nModeling a sewer rate analysis done in 2002, Bobst reported the city is working on another 10-year projection. This does not include projects now under way. She said a rate analysis for the state was received last year citing 2009 statistics that were based on a family of three using 85 gallons of water per person, per day, for a total of $514 a year. Bobst said the 25th percentile of $364 was far above the yearly average of $310 for Rocky River.\n\n\u201cThe U.S. EPA is very serious about what they\u2019ve asked us to do. Their expectations are very high,\u201d continued Bobst. Aside from environmental issues, she stated that failure to comply with orders could result in civil administrative penalties of $16,000 day, civil judicial penalties of $37,000 daily, and/or prison time."}
-{"text": "Goal: Obtain new trials for two men convicted of murder using false confessions obtained under duress.\n\nTwo Saudi Arabian nationals currently await execution in Iraq on robbery charges. Abdullah Azzam Saleh Musfer al-Qahtani and Safa Ahmad Abul\u2019aziz Abdullah were convicted along with four others for robbing a goldsmith shop and killing the owner in 2009. Mr. al-Oahtani testified that his confession was obtained through torture and other mistreatment that included severe beatings, partial asphyxiation and abuse of their genitals. Beyond that, human rights organizations are concerned that the men did not receive a fair trial that followed international standards. So far, four of their compatriots have been executed. The Iraqi government must overturn their death sentences immediately and allow for a new trial that follows international standards.\n\nThe Iraqi Court of Cassation has already upheld the convictions in the face of such damning evidence that the confessions were illegitimate. Action must be taken so that the two remaining suspects are not executed as well. The Iraqi government has a chance to halt these executions and perhaps start Iraq on the road to abolishing the death penalty outright. Doing so would discontinue the ultimate violation of human rights, taking a person\u2019s life. Sign this petition and demand that the Iraqi government do the right thing by overturning their sentences.\n\nPETITION LETTER:\n\nDear Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki,\n\nYour government has an obligation to bring those responsible for serious crimes to justice. However, the conviction of Abdullah Azzam Saleh Musfer al-Qahtani and Safa Ahmad Abul\u2019aziz Abdullah and four others was not in line with international standards. I am concerned that their confessions were obtained while they were being tortured. These confessions should immediately be overturned and the men should be granted new trials that are in line with international standards.\n\nI urge you to overturn these death sentences, as they are the ultimate violation of human rights. Perhaps overturning these sentences will send your country on the path towards abolishing the death penalty and improving your human rights record at the same time. Thank you for your time.\n\nSincerely,\n\n[Your Name Here]\n\nPhoto credit: U.S. Military via Wikimedia Commons\n\nSign the Petition\n\nFirst Name*\n\nLast Name*\n\nEmail*\n\nAddress\n\nStreet AddressCityState / Province / RegionZIP / Postal CodeCountry\n\nShare on Facebook\n\nOnly your name will be displayed. By signing, you accept our terms and may receive updates on this and related causes."}
-{"text": "{mosimage}Wondering about that scarily-looking Starscream cover for All Hail Megatron #13? It's by Ong Chee Yang, who has also done several pages for the Star Trek franchise (such as Wrath of Khan for IDW). Yang's put up the clean version of his Starscream variant cover that involves the Matrix. Also at his DeviantArt is an uncolored interior page from AHM #13, involving Starscream, Soundwave, Shrapnel, and Fren- er, Rumble (Argh, take your pick)!"}
-{"text": "Eco-certification of coffee, timber and other high-value agricultural commodities is increasingly widespread. In principle, it can improve commodity producers\u2019 environmental performance, even in countries where state regulation is weak. However, evidence needed to evaluate this hypothesis is virtually nonexistent. To help fill this gap, we use detailed farm-level data to analyze the environmental impacts of organic coffee certification in central Costa Rica. We use propensity score matching to control for self-selection bias. We find that organic certification improves coffee growers\u2019 environmental performance. It significantly reduces chemical input use and increases adoption of some environmentally friendly management practices."}
-{"text": "William Baker of New York\u00b4s Channel Thirteen and Tom Kane of CBS \u2013 both veteran media professionals and Council members \u2013 admitted that the media have a serious credibility problem. The solution, they believe, is for the profession to uphold higher standards, and for the public to become better educated and informed.\n\n\u201cThis makes what you do all the more important,\u201d Baker told the group of MBA students who had gathered for the discussion. Kane added: \u201cAs long as there are schools like IESE, and an engaged student body, then this business may have a chance.\u201d\n\nThe Rise of Fake News\n\nThe term \u201cfake news\u201d may have been popularized during the U.S. elections, but misinformation, hoaxes and agenda-driven reporting have been around for ages. What\u2019s different today is the scale of it, and how it has infiltrated nearly every corner of the globe. It is a reflection of broader trends \u2013 trends that have pushed the media business to a crisis point.\n\nWhen Facebook was launched more than a decade ago, nobody could have predicted the dramatic effect it would have on how people consumed news. Digital media have replaced classifieds, which were what once paid reporters\u2019 salaries and made newspapers economically viable. As revenue went down, news quality suffered, with a consequent decline in circulation. Social media stepped into the breach, becoming for many Americans their main sources of news and information.\n\nThe loss of traditional revenues has cut media budgets and made journalism a vulnerable career choice. Many former journalists have been co-opted into working for corporate or politically funded entities with overt agendas. This has led to a situation where \u201cyou stay alive not by delivering honest, true news but by spinning stories for your particular demographic,\u201d said Baker. \u201cThere\u2019s no clear baseline as to what news is anymore.\u201d\n\nKane described meeting a man who was running a fake news site that featured entirely fictional content - and earning $5,000 to $6,000 a month in banner charges.\n\nThis is a far cry from what Kane remembers when he worked at CBS Corporation. During its heyday, the CBS Evening News was America\u2019s \u201ccommon campfire\u201d and its anchor, Walter Cronkite, was considered \u201cthe most trusted man in America.\u201d\n\nKane sensed the winds of change during the trial of O.J. Simpson back in 1995, when he heard people say they were following the story on Entertainment Tonight or The Oprah Winfrey Show, as opposed to more traditional news outlets. \u201cThat was the first time it dawned on us that people were getting their news from talk shows based on opinions.\u201d\n\nNow, people are just as likely to get their news from comedy programs as they are from mainstream media. Satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are serving as the new Cronkites, especially among millennial audiences. That\u2019s because satirical news shows may be joking around, but they are also telling the truth, and it\u2019s that truth that allows them to connect with the public.\n\nBack From the Brink: Three Keys\n\nTo find our way back from fake news, the panelists identified three stumbling blocks that must be overcome.\n\nMonetization. As the panelists attested, rigorous reporting takes time. Who\u2019s going to pay for that level of rigor? \u201cTo be competitive today, we don\u2019t have the luxury of waiting all day to prepare a story as before,\u201d said Kane. \u201cNow it has to be instant. Being ahead of everyone else becomes the criterion, rather than getting the facts right.\u201d\n\nThat has to change, though traditional news outlets have not managed to find ways to monetize their content for their increased online readership. For example, The New York Times is now read by more people than ever \u2013 \u201c100 million eyeballs online a day\u201d \u2013 but is making less money now than when it printed three million copies, said Baker.\n\nThe panelists urged the budding business leaders in attendance to help come up with the new economic models that the industry has yet to figure out \u2013 not least because they will need factual news sources for themselves as they make decisions in the future.\n\nCredibility. Opinion-as-fact may sell, but it would be a mistake for cash-strapped media to pursue that path. \u201cThey need to get the trust back or they are just another social media,\u201d said Kane.\n\nBoth Baker and Kane were adamant that traditional media need to steer clear of any bias, stick to the facts, and reclaim the standards of well-vetted, feet-on-the-street reporting. Simply spouting opinion to gain followers cannot replace solid news values.\n\nKane remarked that some media were making encouraging moves away from the overcrowded \u201cleft and right lanes to the middle of the road \u2013 that lane is open right now.\u201d Doing so might be a smart way of gaining competitive advantage, while eschewing the left-right divide that is destroying credibility and pulling people apart.\n\nEducation. At root, there\u2019s an education problem: fake news plays well with \u201clow information\u201d consumers \u2013 people who aren\u2019t as familiar with the idea of checking sources or questioning what they read.\n\n\u201cUltimately, fake news represents a failure of our education system,\u201d said Baker. \u201cAt some point, America stopped talking to itself. We\u2019re seeing this happening in Europe, too. People are not trained to be critical thinkers. And our education system hasn\u2019t taught people to demand something better.\u201d\n\nKane likened the fake news situation to health care: it\u2019s easy to laugh it off when you don\u2019t think it affects you. But just as health care becomes a priority in old age, disturbing social and political trends around the world have given fake news that level of urgency. \u201cWe hope fake news gets rejected by this generation,\u201d said Kane."}
-{"text": "Two persons are feared dead after a tanker loaded with petrol skidded off the road and spilled its content at Coconut under bridge along Apapa Road, Lagos, and later caught fire.\n\nNo fewer than 29 vehicles parked in a mechanic workshop under the bridge were also burnt, while two cars inside a garage in the area were razed.\n\nIt was learnt that trouble started after some miscreants besieged the tanker, which fell at about 8pm on Sunday, to scoop fuel into jerrycans\n\nThey were reportedly running away from the scene when a jerrycan fell from one of them and subsequently caught fire.It was gathered that two persons were trapped in the fire, which spread back to the scene of the accident and caused the tanker to explode.\n\nPunch correspondent, who visited the scene on Monday, counted 25 burnt vehicles apart from the tanker as mechanics lamented their losses.\n\nOne of the victims, Friday Asuquo, said five vehicles brought by his customers for repairs were destroyed by the inferno, which raged for about two hours.\n\nHe said, \u201cI came to park a Toyota Matrix around 7pm yesterday (Sunday). As I got home, I was called on the telephone that a tanker fell and it resulted in a fire incident. The fire didn\u2019t break out immediately. Some area boys were scooping fuel from the tanker and it led to a fire incident.\n\n\u201cApart from the Toyota Matrix, three Jeeps of different brands, and a Big Daddy Toyota brought by my customers were burnt. One of my customers has come, I am still expecting others to come for us to discuss. About 30 vehicles were burnt in this workshop. Some have been removed.\u201d\n\nAnother mechanic, Shola Adebayo, told Punch that he was relaxing at home when his apprentice called him. He said four of his customers\u2019 vehicles \u2013 Toyota Sienna, Toyota Camry, a pick-up and ML \u2013 were razed.\n\n\u201cIt was a great loss to me and I don\u2019t know what to tell the owners of the vehicles. My income is not enough to cater to my family; but I believe God is in control.\n\n\u201cTwo of those scooping fuel suffered serious burns, but I don\u2019t know whether they are alive or dead,\u201d he added.\n\nA member of a union at the garage, Sulyman Olanrewaju, said the fire started about an hour after the tanker fell.\n\nOlanrewaju said, \u201cSpeeding caused the accident. Then hoodlums began to scoop fuel from the tanker. Some people tried to chase them away. In the process, one of them fell while running away with the fuel in a jerrycan and it resulted in the fire. The boy was caught in the fire and was rushed to a hospital. I am not sure that he will survive.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe two cars that got burnt here were brought for repainting. It was unfortunate that the hoodlums engaged in this kind of act to wreak havoc on the property of innocent people.\u201d\n\nA sympathiser, who did not disclose his name, lamented the losses caused by the accident, saying that the tanker driver fled the scene.\n\nThe fire service director, Rasaq Fadipe, said, \u201cThe vehicle might have just left a depot and was going towards Mile 2. The driver lost control of the vehicle and the tanker fell, resulting in an explosion.\n\n\u201cThe fire trailed the spilled content to a mechanic yard, where over 50 vehicles were parked. Twenty one caught fire, but we were able to prevent over 30 vehicles from being burnt. Fire stations from Alausa, Sari Iganmu, Ilupeju and Isolo responded. There was no casualty.\u201d\n\nFadipe also advised motorists against speeding and urged them to always have functioning fire extinguishers in their vehicles.\n\nTitle : TRAGIC | Two Dead, 31 Vehicles Razed In Tanker FireDescription : Two persons are feared dead after a tanker loaded with petrol skidded off the road and spilled its content at Coconut under bridg...Rating : 5"}
-{"text": "Help, My Igloo Is Melting!\n\nHow do you survive climate change? Hear stories from children around the world who are affected by this threatening phenomenon.\n\nWe all know the climate is changing. But what does that mean when you live in the Arctic? Or in the rainforest in South America? Or on an island that is slowly drowning in the Pacific? Or in the African desert?\n\nNatalie Righton and Ton Koene visited children in areas where climate change is already affecting their daily lives. They met Jemery in Gjoa Haven, Halima in Ethiopia, Toei in Funafala and Tepkatsie in Brazil. Halima's area is drying out, Toei is threatened by the raising water. What are the impacts? Here are just two: the ice on the North Pole is melting, so the polar bears can't hunt anymore and in Brazil more and more trees are cut down, causing erosion, pollution and more devastating consequences.\n\nWith hundreds of vivid, colorful pictures and clear background information."}
-{"text": "8 Money Saving Tips From Financial Advisors and Why You Need One\n\nWhen it comes to money management and money decisions, financial advisors can give you a lot of financial wisdom and insight. They can give you sound and impartial third party opinion when it comes to your money, and help you plan for your financial future. This is because they know the financial services industry well. They can inform you about current financial opportunities and issues, and help you understand complex financial concepts. In short, they have your best financial interests at heart and help you achieve your financial goals. What advice can they give when it comes to money and investments? Here are some of them.\n\nSpend less than you earn\n\nTop money coach Todd Tresidder of FinancialMentor.com also swears by this. Spend less, invest more. However, if you spend more than you earn, you will incur debts and have zero savings and investments. The best way to remedy this is to know how much money is coming in and where you\u2019re spending it. Doing this will give you a clear picture of things that you can cut back and ideas on how you can earn more so that you no longer have to make ends meet. Track your expenses, trim unnecessary ones, and target savings.\n\nCurb your impulse shopping enthusiasm\n\nDon\u2019t let succumbing to your wants be the story of your life. It\u2019s okay to reward yourself with nice things. Just don\u2019t go crazy every payday and splurge on the latest in food, fashion, and technology. Just because you have money to spend or a credit card to swipe doesn\u2019t mean that you should.\n\nIf you really want to stop your impulse buying, take some time before purchasing an item. Ask yourself if you really need it, and if you have the cash to buy it. If you don\u2019t, can it wait until you have the money to buy it? You\u2019ll be surprised at how quickly your feelings will change about buying it.\n\nGet yourself out of debt\n\nThere\u2019s nothing more liberating than paying off all your credit card debts and personal loans and then starting over with a clean slate. If you\u2019ve never had bad loans or cancelled credit cards, well done! Keep it that way and stay away from debts as much as possible. Time.com shares that to get out of debt, spend only in cash, and spend only money that you have. If you have to use your credit card, use it responsibly and always pay your bills on time. If you think you need a cash loan, make sure that you pay it every month to avoid penalties and charges. Take care of your credit score, and do everything you can to improve your credit standing if you\u2019ve already had financial setbacks in the past. Once you eliminate debts, you can truly enjoy financial freedom.\n\nSave 20% of your income\n\nAccording to the financial website FinishRich.com, make savings automatic. Let this money go to building your buffer or emergency fund. Consider it as your targeted savings. Save money for your wedding, for your first baby, for your retirement, for down payment on your first car, or equity for your first home. Save for emergencies that will affect your cash flow, like losing a job, or getting sick. Having a strong financial cushion will let you sleep at night, and you\u2019ll worry less about financial stresses usually brought about by the unexpected.\n\nIf you\u2019re really serious about saving money, you can have a certain amount of your salary deposited directly to your savings account. This way, you won\u2019t be tempted to touch it or spend it. If you don\u2019t have an ATM card for your savings account, you will also be less tempted to withdraw money from it.\n\nInvest money that you can part with\n\nYou don\u2019t need to have a lot of money to invest. But you certainly need to invest to have a lot of money. So start small, and start early. You don\u2019t need to invest all of your life\u2019s savings, though. Just invest an amount that will not clean you out.\n\nAs the financial blog Yourmoney.com puts it, investing is not the same as gambling. Investing is something that you do for a chance to receive better returns over a specific time period. Even with the unstable swings in the financial market, you can easily bounce back when the market is not doing very well. If you\u2019re in it for the long haul, you can reap much bigger rewards compared to having your money just sit in the bank.\n\nBuild your wealth slowly but surely\n\nAny financial coach will tell you that there\u2019s no shortcut to success. One simply does not become a millionaire overnight. Unless of course you hit it big on YouTube, become an overnight sensation, and land TV and movie deals.\n\nIt takes years to build a wealth that you\u2019re proud of. The product of your blood, sweat, and tears. It takes years of hard work and dedication, coupled with calculated risks and investments. Think about your long term plans and goals, and work your way every day until you achieve them.\n\nDon\u2019t be afraid to ask questions\n\nSure, you can always Google it for answers, but it\u2019s not as good as someone explaining it to you in depth. Being informed can help you make the best decisions regarding investments, business ventures, debts, and even taxes. With every money question that you ask, you learn about the pros and cons of each money decision that you will make.\n\nAlways settle your basic obligations first\n\nAlways get the monthly bills out of the way first. Pay off the utilities, the car, the house. Do your weekly groceries, gas up the car, and set money aside for the children. It\u2019s such a good feeling to have everything paid off and know what money you have left, no matter how big or small. You may not have a lot left for recreational activities, but at least you\u2019ve paid off all your obligations for the month. That\u2019s being financially responsible.\n\nGet a financial advisor\n\nIf you don\u2019t know how to manage your money, you can always consult with a financial advisor. They can help you get started. They can help you manage your credit card to avoid maxing it out. They can give you different investment options that will suit your lifestyle and fit your budget. A good financial advisor will help you identify things you need to change when it comes to your spending, investing, and saving habits to make sure that you will always be financially stable.\n\nThis article was written by Rouselle Isla.\n\nRouselle loves the hustle of writing, reading, and creating content. She currently works with different clients on their web content and social media presence."}
-{"text": "- Yes, Fight Nights - Well done. Conducted serious negotiations, and in early summer will sign a contract. Until the summer, I intend to spend a couple of fights. My record for more than 20 wins, but my official record of 5 wins and 1 loss. And you have to spend at least another two or three fights. My main goal - is title UFC. I would like to please their fans belt UFC. I've been striving for this. I believe in our strength and that all will be well.\n\nand heres another comment \"We are friends with Ali Bagautinov and spoke to him recently, he is ''good to go'' to the UFC but he wont sign just yet cuz he wants to compete in 1 more combat sambo world championship. If everything goes well he should be in the UFC sometimes later at the end of this year.\"\n\nReply Post\n\n\u201cThis is the official website of the Mixed Martial Arts llc. Commercial\nreproduction, distribution or transmission of any part or parts of this website\nor any information contained therein by any means whatsoever without the prior\nwritten permission is not permitted.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nTag Archives: Tesla\n\nPost navigation\n\nTesla made history this past year by becoming the first manufacturer to win several Car of the Year awards with an electric car. The Model S impressed everybody with it\u2019s ability to offer uncompromised performance, practicality and value when compared directly to its combustion powered competitors. Specifications no longer had to be qualified with \u201cwhich is good for an electric car.\u201d They were just very good. The Model S even superseded the auto industry in several areas thanks to Tesla\u2019s Silicon Valley tech approach to connectivity, touchscreens and operating system configurability and updatability. Now Tesla is poised to begin selling the Model S in Europe. AutoCar UK spent a week with a US spec Model S and they have been equally as impressed with it as the US media. Expect Elon Musk to have some more trophies to hoist in the year to come.\n\nWIRED Magazine got this inside look at the assembly line that build the Tesla Model S. The plant is a former joint venture from Toyota and GM that didn\u2019t work out. What makes the Tesla format interesting is their extensive use of robotic arms from German robotics manufacturer, Kuka. As seen in the video, the robots can be programmed with complex movement paths and are capable of changing tooling for different tasks. You could almost say it was rapid prototyping manufacturing. If this factory suddenly needed to produce Tesla\u2019s next model, the robots wouldn\u2019t need to be switched out just reprogrammed. This gives Tesla flexible manufacturing that can more easily follow market demand for their products and extends the life cycle of the machinery beyond that of the cars they started working on.\n\nElon Must and Tesla Motors continue to push the boundaries of electric vehicles that are a zero compromise replacements for combustion power. Their first car, the Roadster, proved that electric cars could be cool and performance oriented. Unfortunately it was still an adaptation of an existing car. The Model S was a clean sheet design with enough range for people to use everyday without anxiety. It also didn\u2019t hurt that it could seat a whole family, had two trunks and is faster than a BMW M5. The only real complaint left was the ability to take the Model S on an extended road trip. Tesla has begun to address that concern with their Supercharger Network of quick charge stations along routes between major cities here in the US. Any Model S owner can pull into a Supercharger station and have their battery recharged for free. It takes an hour to charge 300 miles worth of range. Even though this is unprecedented in the electric car world, it\u2019s still not enough for most skeptics. Now Supercharger stations offer a faster option. Model S owners can now swap out their entire battery packs and keep driving in a matter of about 90 seconds. The entire process is done by the same machinery that installs the battery packs into the cars at the Tesla factory. From what I understand, the station installs a rental battery into the car and then you swap for your original pack on the way back.\n\nTesla recently demonstrated the speed of the battery swapping process at their design studio in Hawthorne, CA. They found the fastest gas pump in Los Angeles to fill an Audi and raced the process with the battery swap. Two Model S pack were swapped easily before the gas pump had filled up the Audi.\n\nAutomobile Magazine has just announced the Tesla Model S as their 2013 Automobile of the Year. This is big news for the electric vehicle world because the Model S has won out in direct comparison to equivalent gasoline cars. The car is praised for universally recognized strengths and not for being the best of a standard that was lowered for EV\u2019s. Tesla has finally given the world an electric car that is designed and executed well enough for regular customers to consider purchasing it as a daily use car and not because it\u2019s a novelty item. An EV that\u2019s better than a gas car? It can be done.\n\nAutomobile\u2019s full written article about the Tesla S can be found here. I also found this bonus footage of the impromptu drag race between the Model S and the BMW M5:\n\nTranslogic\u2019s Bradley Hasemeyer visit\u2019s the Tesla factory to check out their first clean sheet designed car, the Model S. His interviews focus less on the details of the actual car and more on the innovative design philosophies that went into it. The interviewees talk about the reasons why Tesla chose to break certain conventions with the Model S."}
-{"text": "The Cartographers\u2019 Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs\u2014all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.\n\nAlthough we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.\n\nIf this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You will have to register before you can post or view full size images in the forums.\n\nFlognun Mala\n\nI'm posting this up as finished. The WIP thread is here. Thanks for all the comment there!\n\nThis map started as a photo of a wall with peeling paint, hence the final name of the map. \"flognun mala\" (or more correctly \"fl\u00f6gnun m\u00e1la\") is what google tells me the phrase \"peeling paint\" is in Icelandic. I just kept trying languages on that phrase until I got an interesting one! I removed the accents as I hadn;t used any elsewhere in the names.\n\nThe raw photo was auto-traced using inkscape to get a good vector based shape. I moved these around to get a better composition then exported the paths to gimp.\n\nThe textures are all large genetica viewer textures flood filled on layers and exposed by painting on the masks.\n\nCity icons, labeling, border, rose, map lines and legend were all done in inkscape then brought into gimp as layers and texture, bevels, shadows applied. The mountains were done imn gimp using a combination of angular gradient fills followed by blurring and the cubism filter, with shadows and highlights hand painted in after.\n\nI'm pretty happy with the result of this experiment and would be willing to make this map available without labels on request.\n\nThis came out great. Thanks for mentioning the Cubism filter as well. I haven't tried that until now but it does a nice job of giving the mountains a rocky look. Sweet!\n\n\u201cWhen it\u2019s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.\u201d -John Wooden\n\nThis is fantastic. I don't mean to be nitpicky, but the scale throws me off... the cities are enormous, but moreso the bridges (some look 5-15 miles long?). Detail is fantastic and the fact that I'm seeing convincing cities and bridges at all is great."}
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-{"text": "Tag Archive | digital\n\nThis post contains affiliate links if clicked on I may receive a small commission to support this blog.\n\nI get products sent to me daily to try out. I unfortunately don\u2019t have time to do a post for each item that I get to review. So I want to make sure these items get seen and learned about. The only other solution I could see to do is to do a November\u2019s DVD and Book Product Roundup 2017 on the products I like and want my readers to know about. I hope you enjoy these as much as I and my other reviewers did.\n\nFrom Disney-Pixar, creators of FINDING DORY and Academy Award(R) winner INSIDE OUT (Best Animated Feature Film, 2015), comes an epic adventure packed with heart, hilarity and full-throttle FUN! Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers led by arrogant hotshot Jackson Storm, the legendary Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is suddenly sidelined and pushed from the sport he loves. To get back on track, he\u2019ll need the help of eager young racing technician Cruz Ramirez, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected twists and turns of fate. Bring home the high-octane hit that\u2019s fully loaded with unforgettable characters and spectacular animation!\n\nProduct Features*Digital Copy of Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want for Christmas Is You (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)*A Wish Come True: Making Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want For Christmas Is You\n\nProduct Description:\nWhen little Mariah (Breanna Yde) sees a darling little puppy named \u201cPrincess\u201d at the pet store, she suddenly knows exactly what she wants for Christmas. Before her Christmas wish can come true, she must prove that she can dog-sit her uncle\u2019s dog, Jack, a scraggly rascal; in fact, the worst dog in the county! Jack turns Mariah and her family\u2019s perfect holiday preparations upside down in hilarious ways. It wasn\u2019t exactly the Christmas she wished for\u2026it was more than she ever wanted. Based on the iconic Christmas song and popular illustrated book of the same name, Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want for Christmas Is You featuring Mariah\u2019s music and narration will be a family favorite for years to come.\n\nThere\u2019s only one thing more fun than Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! and the holidays\u2026. You guessed it, putting them together! Join DJ Lance Rock, Brobee, Foofa, Muno, Plex and Toodee as they dance, sing and decorate the tree to prepare for the arrival of Santa Claus! Filmed live at New York City\u2019s The Beacon Theatre, celebrate the season with the colorful cast of characters singing their hits, including It\u2019s Wintertime,Every Snowflake\u2019s Different, Just Like You and a holiday version of everyone\u2019s favorite Party in my Tummy! Including special appearances by superstar Leslie Hall and the one and only Santa Claus! Snowflakes are falling and we can hardly wait!\n\nThe universe is in danger. The evil Snake extinguishes the stars as he passes through the galaxy, causing chaos and plunging the planets into darkness. The Little Prince must leave his Asteroid home and beloved friend, Rose, in his quest to outsmart the Snake and save the universe from doom. Accompanied by his trusted companion, the Fox, the Little Prince travels from planet to planet, braving danger and discovering vast and enchanted worlds. Will the extraordinary gifts of the Little Prince bring each of the planets back to life? And will he ever find his way home? On the planet Khagle, every 122 days, the Khagle hands wishaplants seeds out to children and inhabitants. The whishaplants grow into trees which then give presents to children. On planet Khagle, wishaplants also ensure the village\u2019s survival because the plants\u2019 roots secure the houses to the ground. Without it, the houses would fly off! Furthermore, Thery and Dokan, two inhabitants of planet Khagle, have to fight each other in order to became the new Khagle. The Little Prince and Fox must help the Planet Khagle when we find out that Lyl the alchemist, who grows the seeds into wishaplants has disappeared 48 hours before the Khagle\u2019s distribution. Will the Little Prince be able to find Lyl the alchemist in time before Khagle\u2019s giving of the wishaplants?\n\nWelcome to Doozer Creek where the Doozers live! They\u2019re green. They\u2019re cute. They\u2019re three inches tall and they\u2019re full of energy, ideas, and enthusiasm! It\u2019s family time at Doozer Creek! The Pod Squad want to build a Doozer-sized Gingerbread House! However, in order to achieve such a large size Gingerbread House it\u2019s going to take some clever construction to create. Can the Pod Squad do it? Then, Daisy Wheel wants to ice skate with the others, but she doesn\u2019t know how. Together, the Pod Squad build her a custom Doo-Step Skating Dress that lets her glide across the ice in no time. Weee! Enjoy these adventures and six more focusing on science, technology, engineering and math!\n\nWhen an old friend of Edison\u2019s visits the lab and asks the Secret Lab Kids to help him with an urgent, top-secret project, they have to follow him through a wormhole to get to his own secret lab. Who could this mysterious friend be and what is this top secret project during the holiday season?\n\nCAILLOU TM is an award-winning television series about an inquisitive four year old whose world is filled with learning, fun and imagination and inspires generations of pre-school children to grow emotionally as they explore the world around them. When winter comes to Caillou\u2019s house, this curious 4-year-old tackles all kinds of big boy activities like helping Daddy shovel snow, making holiday presents for his family and even discovering how other little boys and girls around the world celebrate the season! Filled with magical moments seen through a small child\u2019s eyes, this delightful story will enchant your entire family.\n\nSanta Claus announces his retirement on television and the public is shocked! But its Santa\u2019s replacement, Robotropolis, who has everyone worried. It seems Robotropolis has his own ideas, and instead of giving boys and girls gifts, Robotropolis would rather receive them. Join Sonic the Hedgehog in an adventure to rescue the spirit of Christmas and bring joy back to the world!\n\n\u201cSnookton was a happy town, full of Snookies, snooking all around. There were Snookie shops full of Snookie toys for all the Snookie girls and boys.\u201d But was this enough for Mackenzie who one day decided that after being let out of school she would not take her usual path home? After convincing another friend to adventure with her through the enchanted woods they soon find out why the teacher had told them \u201cto stay on the right path.\u201d From the dangers of the Snarfling Snarfle to the delights of the Snookberry jelly roll at the Snookie Exchange, they encounter a whole new world out there, but, even after having met a whole new set of friends and learned the value of paying attention, they still had to find their way home.\n\nWhen Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease.\n\nAfter unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her even deeper into relationship with Him.\n\nDaring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the impossible\u2014the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane, when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn\u2019t come. It\u2019s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be ordinary. It\u2019s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about encountering God\u2019s goodness in the least expected places.\n\nThough your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find your own questions echoed in these pages. You\u2019ll be reminded of the gifts of joy in the midst of sorrow. And you\u2019ll hear God\u2019s whisper: Hold on to hope. I will meet you here.\n\nNothing could be much worse than Theresa\u2019s childhood and the damage and pain it caused her. As a result Theresa is a strong, resilient and witty teenage girl. At this stage of her life she thinks the only thing she has to deal with now is graduating and her fun romance with her boyfriend Steve until today. Almost instantly her life is thrown into chaos. Not from problems within her home but from total strangers who out of nowhere are after her. Fortunately Theresa is the star of the track team because she immediately begins her run to save herself. Simultaneously, her boyfriend Steve, who had his own troubled childhood, begins to go through some amazing changes and acquires some fantastic abilities, which at first works to Theresa\u2019s benefit with her new found enemies. But then Steve\u2019s new talents literally signal a new set of enemies of his own who have their out of this world abilities and agenda. Soon both Theresa and Steve apparently are threats to two powerful and resourceful groups who want to eliminate them. Their relationship is put to the test as Who Am I? explodes into a nonstop action chase. Theresa and Steve must use all of their talents, abilities and wit in order to survive and stop the threat these two groups present to our world. Just like in the past with their family problems, their humor will help them cope with everything that is going on around them; and they will rely on their greatest strength, their love for each other to survive! Between the story of Who Am I? and The Teenage and Young Adult Survival Handbook, the topics of domestic violence, child abuse, alcoholism, suicide, self-esteem, bullying, and dealing with dysfunctional homes while coping with school are addressed; letting its readers know they are not the only ones with these problems, while giving them suggestions of how to get help and hope.\n\nSoon to be Ex: A Guide to the Perfect Divorce and Relaunch launches with an intelligent examination of typical divorce motives to help a would-be divorc\u00e9e take a step back to first determine if a split up is the right move for her or merely a grass seems greener temporary situation. If the marriage is truly on the rocks Jacqueline guides her soon-to-be ex-wife readers through the divorce process from A to Z with an experienced hand from her 15 years of legal experience as managing partner of a New York first tier matrimonial law firm.\n\nAuthor Jacqueline\u2019s Soon-to-be Ex topics include:\nThe Hairdresser\u2019s and Trainer\u2019s Well-Meaning (but flawed) Advice\nEscaping Abusive Marriages Financial, Emotional & Physical Abuse\nWhy a Bitch from Hell Divorce Lawyer is not (usually) the Best Choice\nAvoiding the Social Media Pitfall that Derails Well Planned Divorces\nPros and Cons of Mediation, Collaborative Divorce or Litigation\nCourt Realities Including Why the Bastard\u2019s Cheating is Irrelevant\nAdvance Emotional, Financial and Legal Preparation\nAsset Division from the Family Home to a Family Business\nMaximizing Maintenance, Support and Exit Dignity\nAND everything else for the elusive Perfect Divorce and Relaunch.\n\nMost important, Ms. Newman (both Manhattan\u2019s leading matrimonial lawyer and a parent herself) focuses on the children of divorce in detail to help women assure their progeny\u2019s financial well-being as well as sound advice on easing the emotional marital turbulence for the marriage\u2019s offspring. While Soon-to-be Ex is solid advice for anyone looking at ending a bad marriage, Jacqueline hits her lawyerly stride with a few chapters of special counsel for the 1% she works with daily (yes the rich ARE different in their divorces too) with a look at:\n\nCelebrity Divorces (managing valuable brands in a breakup)\nHigh Net Worth Split-Ups (for the moneyed and non-moneyed spouses)\nGrief Saving Prenups and Postnupts\nSpecial Millennial Divorce Issues (for the startup generation)\nJacqueline says it all when she explains why she located her law firm on New York City\u2019s trendy 5th Avenue, So clients can leave my office and go straight to Saks and Bergdorf\u2019s she says with a wry smile.\n\nBoys and girls will love the story of Lizzy, a little lion who must learn what it truly means to be brave in the face of hard things. When she sees someone in danger, Lizzy tries her best to help, but she quickly learns that sometimes being brave means asking adults for help.\n\nWith a unique spin on the concept of bravery, Lizzy the Lioness is a timely picture book in an ever-changing world. Children will see that bravery is so much more than big muscles or loud roars but often is found in the tiniest people who have the courage to speak up when no one else will. By asking God for help and then bringing grown-ups into the picture, Lizzy shows kids that being brave doesn\u2019t have to happen by yourself\u2014it happens with help!\n\nNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere\u2019s first picture book will make waves with its unique and compelling message for families everywhere. Parents and children alike will enjoy the beautiful artwork as well as the story of communication and teamwork.\n\nYou don\u2019t have to be the biggest to be the strongest, and you don\u2019t have to be the loudest to be the bravest. Show your children God\u2019s truest definition of bravery with the timeless story of Lizzy the Lioness.\n\nFiction book for girls and boys 8-13 years of age, about a pretty and kind-hearted girl, Emma, who lives in a castle with her rich father Baron Geoffrey during the Middle Ages in the early 14th century. Emma and a brave young peasant named Thomas have many adventures together riding their horses. There is mystery and suspense due to thieves trying to steal Emma\u2019s and her father\u2019s jewels and a siege in her uncle\u2019s castle. They are also searching for Emma\u2019s missing cousin Helen and trying to get back beloved eight-year-old serveant Amma back from a mean uncle. Experience jousting tournaments, town fairs, holiday celebrations, hunting, feasts, thrilling suprises and fulfilling Emma\u2019s dreams.\n\nHer daddy went away to fight for our country. And he came home changed. What\u2019s a young family to do when a parent is injured? How might they respond to curiosity? In this tender account based on her childhood experiences, beloved author Tara McClary Reeves shares how her family adapted to the extensive physical losses her father, Marine Corps Lieutenant Clebe McClary, sustained. With warmth and humor, this book encourages children and spouses facing similar trials to cherish the gift of family. To hold on to faith. And to choose to be loving heroes on the home front. Is Your Dad a Pirate? will challenge your perspective and deepen your commitment to love.\n\nIt\u2019s impossible to out-imagine God. He orchestrates time, creates light, and speaks things into existence\u2014from the largest stars to the smallest starfish. God is a powerful, purposeful, personal, unparalleled Creator.\n\nPsalm 19:1 says, \u201cThe heavens tell the glory of God. And the skies announce what his hands have made.\u201d\n\nIndescribable displays the majesty of creation with scientific findings, photography, and original illustrations. These 100 devotions encourage awe at God\u2019s creativity with an in-depth look at\n\n\u2022 Space, Galaxies, Planets, and Stars\n\n\u2022 Earth, Geology, Oceans, and Weather\n\n\u2022 Animals\u2014from Hummingbirds to Dinosaurs\n\n\u2022 Our Minds, Bodies, and Imaginations\n\nEach devotion features a \u201cBe Amazed\u201d section with fascinating facts, hands-on activities, and a closing prayer. Based on Louie Giglio\u2019s popular messages \u201cIndescribable\u201d and \u201cHow Great Is Our God,\u201d Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God & Science will help kids discover the incredible creation of our indescribable God.\n\nMinerals are, in many ways, the unheralded and often forgotten heroes of keeping our bodies functioning at their best. While the nutrients carbohydrates, proteins and fat may be better well known, minerals are equally vital for helping us get and stay healthy. They play a key role in combating disease, helping your body heal, managing ongoing chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, minimizing the impact of such common maladies as headaches and PMS, helping children grow up strong, enhancing mental performance at all ages, and fatigue. They truly are your secret weapon for getting and staying your healthiest. In this easy-to-read and easy-to-use guide, pH Lab\u2019s team of recognized medical doctors and specialists tell you about the role minerals play with common health issues along with detailed information about individual minerals. You\u2019ll also learn more about the relationship between minerals and prescription medicines, why you need more than routine blood tests to see what minerals your body may need, and where you can get these tests. Enjoy your healthy life!\n\nColor your way through the year with this gorgeous calendar based on Leila Duly\u2019s bestselling Floribunda: A Flower Coloring Book. Each month features an intricate flower illustration to color and display on your wall.\n\nThe fifth edition of this all-time bestseller is back in a new edition\u2014fully updated and with nearly 8,000 menu and food items! It includes complete nutrition information on everything from fruits and vegetables to fast food and prepackaged/frozen meals. Avoid inaccurate and crowd-sourced databases or incomplete nutrition information with the most complete nutrient counter available, straight from the source people trust.\n\nComplete nutrition information on 8,000 menu and food items.\nThe most comprehensive nutrition resource for people with diabetes.\nContains complete nutrition info on calories, carbs, fat/saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, fiber, and protein, as well as diabetic exchanges for all entries.\n\nI get products sent to me daily to try out. I unfortunately don\u2019t have time to do a post for each item that I get to review. So I want to make sure these items get seen and learned about. The only other solution I could see to do is to do a January\u2019s Kitchen & Cooking Product Roundup 2017 on the products I like and want my readers to know about. I hope you enjoy these as much as I and my other reviewers did.\n\nNative Spring 3 in 1 Ergonomic Grater with Container has 3 Interchangeable Stainless Steel Blades that effortlessly allow you to grate and slice all types of hard & soft foods with speed, safety, and precision. It\u2019s perfect for cheeses, carrots, potatoes and other food items. Multiple locking blades allow you to tailor the size & texture of your grated food. The container at the bottom catches & stores grated cheese or veggies with considerably less chaos helping you prepare food faster and easier for any occasion.\n\nHighlights:\n\u2022High Quality ABS Material, Great Hand Feeling. Compact In Size and Easy to Carry\n\u2022Two-Head Peeler, double usage by SIMPLY pressing the button and push\n\u2022Special, Ergonomic handle design, super comfortable to use\n\u2022Swiveling twin blades peel easily with flexible action\n\u2022Stainless Steel Sharp Blades. Anti-skid Handle\n\u2022Perfect to Peel and Julienne all kinds of vegetables, such as Potato, Carrot, Tomato, Cucumber, etc\n\u2022Dishwasher Safe and Durable. ***Note: Be careful when you clean the blades. Do not touch them without further protection, especially for the kids!***\n\u2022Convenient and Time-Saving. A Great Kitchen Helper\n\nThe Ozeri Extravo Electric Wine Opener in Stainless Steel with Auto Activation was inspired by a vision for effortless operation. The new and innovative Extravo auto-activates with a mere gentle nudge down on the cork. Once the cork has been removed from the wine bottle, the simple act of lifting up the Extravo activates a reverse spin and the cork is automatically ejected within seconds. With its elegant stainless steel material, the Ozeri Extravo Electric Wine Opener impresses guests both in style and function. Capable at home and in restaurants, the Extravo\u2019s built-in rechargeable battery opens up to 60 wine bottles on a single charge. For those who prefer using a button to activate the electric motor, the Extravo also features a button on its top. The Ozeri Extravo Electric Wine Opener is completely cordless and includes compact foil cutter that doubles as a stand. It also ships with a bonus wine pourer and stopper. The Ozeri Extravo Electric Wine Opener with Auto Activation opens both natural and synthetic corks. It boasts a stainless-steel exterior, button-free operation, a fast corkscrew motor for effortless handling. Use it at home or take it with you to impress your hosts and guests before the first sip.\n\nTo Save Time Let\u2019s Just Assume [NAME] Is Always Right\nPersonalized to your own name11 oz. Coffee Mug\nHigh quality ceramic with glossy finish\nDishwasher and microwave safe\nShipped in secure packaging\n\nI get products sent to me daily to try out. I unfortunately don\u2019t have time to do a post for each item that I get to review. So I want to make sure these items get seen and learned about. The only other solution I could see to do is to do a DVD and Book Product Roundup on the products I like and want my readers to know about. I hope you enjoy these as much as I and my other reviewers did.\n\nAn unFURgettable holiday movie adventure. When their parents disappear in a fierce winter storm, three wolf pups set out to find them and bring them safely back home.\n\nWith no friends at her new school, a young girl befriends Arlo, a tiny pig who ran away from the circus. But Arlo\u2019s loud belches mean he won\u2019t be a secret for long, and together they will learn the true meaning of love and friendship!\n\nTrue to the beloved classic that has enchanted fans across the world for over a century, L.M. Montgomery\u2019s Anne of Green Gables brings to life the story of the determined, spirited little girl who touches the lives of everyone she meets. Starring Ella Ballentine, Sara Botsford, and Martin Sheen as Matthew.\n\nFrom the makers of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, and based on the beloved children s classic written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this beautifully animated film tells the tale of Stick Man and his epic adventure across the seasons. He gets thrown into a river, escapes from a swan s nest, and even ends up on top of a fire. Will he ever get back to his family tree in time for Christmas?\n\nIt s a snowy day in the Neighborhood, and Daniel Tiger can t wait to play outside! Miss Elaina comes over to Daniel s house. Before they can go outside, Daniel learns that playtime in the snow is only grr-ific when he wears clothes that will keep him warm. Daniel also discovers that when an activity such as sledding or ice skating seems scary and hard to do, he can try a little bit at a time and then it s easier!\n\nInspector Robert Lewis steps out of the shadow of his mentor the inimitable Inspector Morse in this highly-acclaimed series. Together with his partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, they take on the elite criminal underworld of Oxford, England, relying on Lewis instinct and Hathaway s intellect. Catch all 33 beguiling mysteries, from the pilot to the series finale, in Inspector Lewis: The Complete Series.\n\nEnjoy all four seasons of the thrilling MASTERPIECE series hailed as addicting by the Wall Street Journal. Created by Emmy Award-winning writer Andrew Davies, Mr. Selfridge brings to life the story of American entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge, the colorful and visionary founder of London s most lavish department store, and features a brilliant ensemble cast led by three-time Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven.\n\nHe\u2019s limping strangely down the hall with outstretched arms and a groaning drawl. A zombie! Could it really be? You race to class, but turn to see he\u2019s sitting in the desk right next to you!\n\nBut odds are you\u2019ll probably be okay, because this is no ordinary zombie. This zombie doesn\u2019t want to eat your brains\u2013he wants to eat your books! And he\u2019s not a picky eater with a taste for all genres from mystery to history! But when the zombie catches a whiff of the school library, the children need to come up with a plan fast before all their books become history!\n\nThis monster book is silly and fun, with a strong message about kindness and friendship. The little zombie teaches kids not to jump to conclusions and to give everyone a chance. This is the perfect monster book for little ones who want a thrill but aren\u2019t looking for anything too scary. I Want to Eat Your Books is a monstrously fun story not only for Halloween but all year round!\n\nBoo! Boo! Boo! It\u2019s Halloween night and the ghosts are out of the shadows and ready to scare! One by one and then two by two, the ghosts float through the neighborhood having some fun. Seven by seven and eight by eight they cause a fright for everyone they meet! Count from one ghost to ten ghosts on this silly and spooky Halloween night!\n\nTo the tune of \u201cThe Ants Go Marching,\u201d this is a fun read-aloud and sing-along book for kids and grownups alike. The perfect book to add to your Halloween collection, children will love identifying all the costumes in the ghost march. Be on the lookout for ghostly silhouettes and other spooky objects hidden in the amusing illustrations! The Ghosts Go Scaring doubles as a counting book and young readers will have fun pointing out the new ghosts as they appear on each page, counting along with them as they go scaring through the neighborhood!\n\nBrunhilda the witch loves making trouble. Each morning, she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, puts on her ugliest dress, eats spider mush for breakfast, and brushes her teeth with candy. Then she looks in the mirror and happily observes, \u201cYou are utterly repulsive!\u201d As soon as she leaves the house, she begins to spread her misery. No one is safe from her rainy-day spells or her wart-growing charms!\n\nBut one night, Brunhilda\u2019s cat makes trouble instead.\n\nWhen Brunhilda wakes up that next morning, she is on the right side of the bed. All she can find to wear is a fluffy pink ball gown. And her spider mush is replaced with oatmeal; her candy replaced by toothpaste! The day has gone completely backwards. What will happen when Brunhilda casts her all-time favorite misery-inducing spells?\n\nThis is a silly story about how sometimes being nice can be more rewarding than being mean. Brunhilda may decide to keep some of her warts in the end, but she\u2019s a changed witch. Waking up on the wrong side of the bed just doesn\u2019t work for her anymore.\n\nA picture book for 3 to 6 year olds, this book teaches kids that being kind and nice to people actually makes you feel better than playing tricks and being mean. A good lesson for young children, teachers and parents will enjoy the message while kids will be enthralled with the bright, colorful illustrations and the silly, warty witch.\n\n\u2713 HIGH-QUALITY THICK and HEAVY PAPER BOOK\u2013 This durable adult coloring book, has high-quality thick and heavy paper so you can enjoy the best quality when coloring. You can use Gel pen, Markers, Color Pencils, Water Color Pencils and more and Ensured that the pages do not bleed through when using those. Comfortable Size for Coloring 8.3\u00d75.11Inches\\21x13cm.\n\n\u2713 74 BEAUTIFUL DESIGNED COLORING PAGES \u2013 Those lovely stress relieving coloring pages are designed by best artist whole ever the world and gather for this Amazing Peace of Art. So you can enjoy this moment.\n\n\u2713 INNOVATIVE DURABLE DESIGN \u2013 Every book in the series coloring-on-the-go comes with a canvas pouch so you can easy carry it anywhere: in a purse, briefcase, or tote. Its hardcover and spiral bound format make it easy for you to color everywhere: in a car, plane, boat, or train -wherever you are. This series makes a lovely birthday gift, Mother or Father\u2019s Day gift, or Christmas gift. Comfortable Size for Coloring 8.3\u00d75.11Inches\\21x13cm.\n\n\u2713 GOLDEN RATIO \u2013 GOLDEN RECTANGLE PROPORTION- This Book Golden Rectangle proportion cover will take you for an aesthetically pleasing peaceful journey by connecting to the Divine Proportion through coloring. The golden ratio has earned a tremendous reputation. Many artworks from Michelangelo to DaVinci\u2019s Mona Lisa, the Pyramids at Giza, and even the Apple logo, are said to be designed on the Golden Ratio, also called the Divine Proportion.\n\n\u2713 MY POCKET COLORING BOOK \u2013 Coloring-On-The-Go \u2013 Trademark \u2013 Offers you best quality time with yourself and with your friends. Offers you relaxing moments of being here and now. This Lovely serious will take you for an inner relaxing journey to ENJOY THE MOMENT!\n\nOne by one, Caterpillar, Tadpole, and Flamingo gaze up at the night sky and wish upon a star for their wildest dreams. Baboon, who can\u2019t help but overhear, insists these dreams could never come true. But when he sees Caterpillar turn into a winged butterfly, Tadpole into a dancing frog, and Flamingo into a beautiful pink bird, Baboon realizes that a transformative power exists between these stars and the animals once they truly believe in themselves and their dreams. When Baboon tries out this secret, CATCH-M, his Magical, Mystical, Wished-Upon Star, whooshes down from the heavens to wham! ignite the courage in his chest too, and what happens next is fantastic!\n\nShould babies sleep alone in cribs, or in bed with parents? Is talking to babies useful, or a waste of time? A World of Babies provides different answers to these and countless other childrearing questions, precisely because diverse communities around the world hold drastically different beliefs about parenting. While celebrating that diversity, the book also explores the challenges that poverty, globalization and violence pose for parents. Fully updated for the twenty-first century, this edition features a new introduction and eight new or revised case studies that directly address contemporary parenting challenges, from China and Peru to Israel and the West Bank. Written as imagined advice manuals to parents, the creative format of this book brings alive a rich body of knowledge that highlights many models of baby-rearing \u2013 each shaped by deeply held values and widely varying cultural contexts. Parenthood may never again seem a matter of \u2018common sense\u2019.\n\nThis book is a sequel to our last book Last Night I Had a Laughmare Some old and some new friends have come together to make BIG wishes. We return to the magical world of Gigglyville, where our fun cast of characters are celebrating birthdays! This is the second book in the series from author Judy Egett Laufer. Fantasy and fun mix, as we watch these friends make small wishes, big wishes and meaningful wishes!\n\nI get products sent to me daily to try out. I unfortunately don\u2019t have time to do a post for each item that I get to review. So I want to make sure these items get seen and learned about. The only other solution I could see to do is to do a DVD and Book Product Roundup on the products I like and want my readers to know about. I hope you enjoy these as much as I and my other reviewers did.\n\nJoin junior dinosaur expert Trek Henderson as he imagines dinosaurs into the real world dinobusters edition! When his friends come over, Trek tells them the story of a haunted house, which turns out to not have ghosts but instead has dinosaurs! Who ya gonna call? Dinobusters! Enjoy six more dino-rrific adventures with Trek and friends!\n\nA peace-loving soldier from Ancient China is magically transported into a world ruled by an evil nine-headed snake. Transformed into a panda, he joins forces with a flying pig to free the once-peaceful Merryland from tyranny. But first he must train to be the kingdom\u2019s most courageous panda warrior.\n\nYou can enter the Kroger \u2013 Pick \u2018n\u2019 Flip Instant Win Game Daily until 05/31/16. Please check out the full official rules for the complete details. One prize per person/household/account per prize type.\n\nLike this:\n\nI get products sent to me daily to try out. I unfortunately don\u2019t have time to do a post for each item that I get to review. So I want to make sure these items get seen and learned about. The only other solution I could see to do is to do a DVD and Book Product Roundup on the products I like and want my readers to know about. I hope you enjoy these as much as I and my other reviewers did.\n\nBig revelations are in store for Hope Valley as Elizabeth moves into her own rowhouse, dismaying Jack, who has been planning to build a new home for the both of them. Rosemary discovers that Lee has taken out a loan and worries that he is in financial difficulties. And Jesse, the young drifter who works in Abigail\u2019s kitchen, has information that could ruin Pastor Frank\u2019s good standing in Hope Valley, and begins his plan to extort the pastor with an old \u201cWanted\u201d, poster\u2026\n\nEveryone knows \u201cGoldilocks and the Three Bears,\u201d but after that story ended\u2026 a remarkable friendship began! Team up with best buddies GOLDIE & BEAR on amazing adventures as they laugh, play and learn important life lessons in wondrous Fairytale Forest. Climb a beanstalk with Jack, try on Little Red\u2019s famous hood, outsmart the tricky Big Bad Wolf \u2014 and much more. Join GOLDIE & BEAR \u2014 and your favorite fairytale and nursery rhyme characters \u2014 for magical, song-filled fun you\u2019ll treasure today and ever after!\n\nWhen Norm the polar bear learns that humans are moving to his Arctic home, he heads to New York City with a ragtag team of lemmings to try to stop them. Norm has \u201doodles of charm\u201d in this cool adventure the whole family will love.\n\nCreatively gifted, college student Chloe Moray (Nathalia Ramos, House of Anubis) finds solace from a difficult childhood in her extraordinary art. But when an alarming dream begins to recur nightly, Chloe starts to believe that it might be a suppressed memory and that she may have witnessed a terrible crime as a little girl. Her search for peace takes her on a journey that forces Chloe to confront her past traumas and leads her to cross paths with Josh (Cody Longo, Not Today), a young man dealing with his own painful loss. Together they find in each other someone they can trust as they seek to unlock a cold-case mystery from years before. But with the authorities blocking the way, Chloe\u2019s new-found hope is challenged in this powerful story of faith, triumph and healing.\n\nBubble Guppies fans won\u2019t want to miss this new collection of fantastic farm-themed episodes in Bubble Guppies: Fun on the Farm. This new collection explores the world of farming as the Bubble Guppies meet new animal friends like Bubble Kitty and Spring Chicken, and join in exciting farm events like the Cowgirl Parade. In the five featured episodes, the Bubble Guppies meet new friends that oink, moo and buzz, having tons of farming fun along the way.\n\nBubble Guppies: Fun on the Farm includes the following episodes:\nHave a Cow!\nThe Cowgirl Parade!\nThe Spring Chicken is Coming!\nThe Bubble Bee-Athalon!\nBubble Kitty!\n\nWhen a Cybertronian prison ship filled with Decepticons crash lands on Earth and unleashes its prisoners, Bumblebee returns to the planet he once called home and with his team (Strongarm, Sideswipe, Fixit and Grimlock) tracks the escapees down in order to bring them to justice. Along with their new human allies, Denny and Russell, this unlikely team of robots in disguise must protect the Earth while preparing for an ominous threat suited only for a Prime.\n\nBased on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history, THE FINEST HOURS is a tale of courage, loyalty and honor in the face of overwhelming odds. When a massive storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, it rips a T-2 oil tanker in half, trapping more than 30 sailors on its rapidly sinking stern. As Captain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and his crew set out in a 12-seat rescue boat to save them, Chief Engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) struggles to buy his men more time. Packed with heroic larger-than-life action and driven by the men\u2019s faith in their mission, themselves and one another, THE FINEST HOURS is a triumph.\n\nDolph Lundgren and Bill Bellamy star in the hilarious next chapter of the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Kindergarten Cop. To recover stolen data in a progressive school, the FBI\u2019s toughest agent (Lundgren) must go undercover on his most difficult assignment yet: teaching a class full of liberal kindergartners. Kindergarten Cop 2 is an action-\u00adpacked comedy the whole family will love!\n\nPut on your sneakers and get ready for the greatest sporting event ever! Join referee Goofy and all your Clubhouse Pals from earth and outer space as they compete in wonderfully wacky games. Share the excitement \u2014 and a sky-high view of the action \u2014 as sportscasters Pete and Donald Duck broadcast live from above in the Sport-y-Thon Blimp! Who will earn a prized Golden Mickey Medal? Help our heroes discover that with teamwork and good sportsmanship, everybody wins! Jam-packed with over two hours of song-filled fun, MICKEY\u2019S SPORT-Y-THON will have you calling for an instant replay!\n\nJoin Mack, a lovable, moose-like lummox, and Moxy, a feisty whirlwind of a raccoon/fox go-getter, on four exciting adventures! Together with a helpful Trooper, Mack & Moxy set out to rescue another Great Helpee in a far off mystical place called HelpeeLand. Along the way, Mack & Moxy meet a new Friend in Need who ends up teaching us a new important cause. Let\u2019s embark on the first adventure! Mack & Moxy set out on a colorful adventure to HelpeeLand in search of a Great Helpee. Along the way, they met Nolie, a loveable little puffball who has never had any friends to play with. As the Heroes become her first friends, they share and sing about the joys of reading books. Guest celebrity, Josh Duhamel (Transformers, All My Children), helps the Heroes mission in support of Save the Children, providing quality preschool programs to under served children around the world since 1932. In this DVD, Mack & Moxy introduce us to Save the Children, American Red Cross, Feeding America, and World Wildlife Fund. Other guest celebrities featured include Kal Penn (House M.D., How I Met Your Mother) and Eva LaRue (CSI Miami, All My Children). Mack & Moxy teaches children life-long lessons of charity and compassion while celebrating the joy of helping others.\n\nThis delightful box features one hundred postcards from ten celebrated artists exploring the subject of food. These extraordinary cards in our popular box format offer a rich variety of imagery from various mediums, from photography and collage to painting and illustration. An accompanying booklet on the artists includes information on creative processes and cooking styles from each contributor. Perfect for correspondence or display, this newest postcard box is a must for anyone interested in food and art.\n\nLarz and Isabel Anderson were wealthy socialites whose extraordinary lives spanned a century of American history-from the Civil War to World War II. Their world included dozens of celebrities who helped define modern culture and politics: Henry and Clover Adams, Alice Pike Barney, Cecilia Beaux, Lord and Lady Curzon, Maud Howe Elliott, Henry James, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Robert Todd Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, and William Howard Taft.\n\nIn his dual biography based on six years of archival research, Stephen Moskey offers a fresh look into America\u2019s Gilded Age while focusing not just on the lives of the Andersons, but also on the intersection of wealth, celebrity, politics, gender, and race as one century ended and another began. While leading others back in time, Moskey shines a light on Larz\u2019s professional achievements as well as Isabel\u2019s emergence as an American woman of the early modern era whose words and deeds anticipated women\u2019s roles in culture and society today.\n\nLarz and Isabel Anderson shares the story of a glittering Gilded Age couple as they lived, worked, prospered, and gave back during a fascinating time in America\u2019s history.\n\nWhether you\u2019re juggling a career, kids\u2019 schedules, and church commitments or you\u2019re covered in spit-up and anxious about what the next eighteen years might hold, you can carve out a few quiet moments to rejuvenate your spirit.\n\nPressing Pause offers you a calm way to start your day, to refresh yourself in Jesus and drink deeply of His presence so that you are ready to pour out love, time, and energy into the people who matter most to you.\n\nThese 100 encouraging devotions for moms will help you begin each day with Scripture, drawing on God\u2019s power, ingesting His Word, and learning practical ways to love and serve more like His Son.\n\nJust a few minutes each day can help you center your heart and mind on what God has for you as His beloved daughter. So resist the rush. Halt the hustle. Press pause and find some calm in the chaos.\n\nOrphaned at the age of five in a rural Thai village, Lek is thrust into a life-long struggle to find his place in the world. Alone and impoverished, he treads a precarious path, barely surviving in the markets of Surin until, at age fifteen, he finds himself brandishing a rifle as a boy soldier in the Cambodian jungle. Despair leads him to two suicide attempts. He is hell-bent on succeeding on his third try, but a stranger intervenes and offers him hope. Thus begins Lek\u2019s journey to become Dr. Amporn Wathanavongs, foster father to more than 50,000 Thai children. Driven to become a reputable member of society, he returns to his boyhood village to study at the local temple. But when his vows as a monk collide with his desire to learn English and have a family, he must choose between settling for a safe and predictable life, or risk living as a vagrant on the streets of Bangkok while searching for a way to make his dream a reality.\n\nThrough the generous support of a Jesuit missionary working in Thailand, he achieves his objectives. But having a family, a formal education, and a respectable job in social work are not enough. He perseveres and finds his true calling helping others. With the exotic landscape of Thailand as a backdrop, Boy with A Bamboo Heart tells the story of one man\u2019s quest for happiness.\u201d\n\nWith unfiltered observations and sometimes dark humor, author Dayna Steele chronicled her mother\u2019s journey with Alzheimer\u2019s on Facebook. This collection of Alzheimer\u2019s updates posted on the social media network includes biting humor and raw emotion as Dayna carries you from the diagnosis to the inevitable end. Also included are sections from a neurologist, Long Term Care insurance specialist, other caregivers, documents expert, elder care attorney, and an assisted living advisor. This is a journey way too many of us are going to experience in one way or another. If you have to experience Alzheimer\u2019s and chances are you will \u2013 do it like Dayna with love, wit, and wine. I would normally never read a book about Alzheimer\u2019s or click LIKE on a Facebook post about someone\u2019s declining mother. 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-{"text": "For New Car Liveries, Image Is Everything\n\nAmidst the ongoing search for speed, some sandbagging and the occasional engine controversy \u2013 one of the aspects of last week\u2019s Spring Training at Sebring was the unveiling of many new and revised liveries for IZOD IndyCar Series teams. In the days before Spring Training and the internet, we had to hope to catch a random glimpse of what a new car might look like for the upcoming season in the various motorsports magazines. With the magic of Twitter, on-site reporters were tweeting the new paint schemes of various cars just minutes after they hit the track.\n\nThere is a popular school of thought among those that perceive themselves as true racing aficionados that says they don\u2019t care what the new cars look like so long as they are safe and they provide good racing. While I\u2019ll agree with that the cars should certainly be safe and race well, I\u2019ll disagree with the notion that looks aren\u2019t important.\n\nBeing the shallow and superficial man that I am, I place a great importance on looks \u2013 which probably explains why I\u2019m still single after being divorced for over fifteen years. I follow the theory that \u201cimage is everything\u201d. We\u2019ve all read and heard the various opinions of the new DW12. Some consider it hideous while others are warming up to it. Personally, I actually like it from the cockpit forward. I think the front-end looks updated and modern compared to its predecessor. I\u2019ll admit to being disappointed when I saw the car would continue the air box, although the engine is no longer naturally aspirated. But since IndyCars have had the air box since 1997 and Formula One cars even longer \u2013 I can certainly live with it.\n\nMy only serious complaint about the car is the bulbous growth on each sidepod just ahead of the rear wheels. Is it a safety issue to prevent wheels from inter-locking? Is it an aerodynamic device to help streamline the rear wheels? Does it do both? Whatever the case, it sure is ugly. But one thing is certain \u2013 it\u2019s not going away, not this year anyway.\n\nWhoever designs the liveries for the cars had an added challenge this year. Not only did they have to design around an entirely new car, they had to do something to work around the giant sidepod bulge. Some teams utilized the additional space for a sponsor\u2019s logo. Others unintentionally accentuated the ugliness by painting it in a light color or writing the sponsor\u2019s name up into the bulge. Team Penske did the best job of downplaying the giant fairing. They utilized dark colors and chose to display the sponsor name horizontally and completely ignoring the added space.\n\n(All photos courtesy of Trackside Online)\n\nTarget Chip Ganassi Racing took a different approach. They saw this as an opportunity to display a giant target on the new area, which serves to draw your eyes immediately to the enlarged bulge. Dale Coyne racing decided to write their sponsor\u2019s name at an angle, thinking that this would provide bigger lettering. Perhaps, but reading at an angle always makes me do more work than I really want to.\n\nAs usual, some teams did a nice job with either updating their current liveries or designing new ones; while other teams missed the mark. Then again, some of the teams were still waiting on sponsorship deals to come together. While Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing continue to pursue a deal with Walgreens, they ran their car for Josef Newgarden in a basic white and light blue scheme. Dragon Racing ran their one car in carbon fiber black \u2013 just as it came out of the crate.\n\nSome of the liveries I liked (in no particular order) were:\n\nMike Conway for AJ Foyt Racing in an updated ABC Supply scheme.\n\nEd Carpenter in his Fuzzy\u2019s Vodka livery. Although you can\u2019t tell from this photo, the white portion of the car is covered in golf ball dimples \u2013 in honor of Fuzzy\u2019s founder, golfer Fuzzy Zoeller.\n\nGraham Rahal went from one of the ugliest schemes on the grid last year, to one of the best looking this season, with just a few design tweaks.\n\nRubens Barrichello has, by far, the best looking of the KV cars.\n\nOriol Servia has a car reminiscent of the old John Player Special from Formula One.\n\nAlex Tagliani has one of my favorites if not THE favorite this season. I\u2019ve seen several pictures that show the tasteful use of royal blue and black. I\u2019ll bet this car will be striking in person.\n\nThere are some whose schemes are so similar to last year\u2019s that they hardly merit mentioning, but I guess I will anyway. Helio Castroneves was carrying the Shell/Pennzoil livery he ran at Indianapolis last year. It\u2019s not one of my favorites, especially considering they have seemingly passed on the opportunity to run a retro paint scheme harkening back to the Rick Mears design of the eighties. Ryan Hunter-Reay and the Go-Daddy car of James Hinchcliffe have made only subtle changes to their last year\u2019s scheme.\n\nSome of the cars that completely blew it, in my modest opinion are:\n\nMarco Andretti carries new sponsorship with RC Cola. Unless this design came straight from RC, this is no way to welcome a new sponsor. The \u201cRC\u201d letters are big and easy to read, but from a purely aesthetic standpoint \u2013 they make the already large bulb on the sidepods look huge.\n\nTony Kanaan has already had his paint scheme modified since we first saw it at a test in Texas a couple of weeks ago. They have toned down the almost-all bright day-glo green with a more liberal use of dark green. If they wanted to incorporate even more dark green into the livery, it would suit me just fine.\n\nSimon Pagenaud is running a new scheme for HP, who has never been known for good-looking liveries. They continue that tradition in a new car for the newly renamed Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports. Like Marco\u2019s car, the \u201cHP\u201d letters are gigantic and highlight the ugly sidepod bulge. The white and bright light-blue on the bulge doesn\u2019t help either. Dark colors look much better in this area.\n\nEJ Viso is running Milka Duno\u2019s old Citgo colors. One of the few things that Milka actually had going for her was a decent looking car. Somehow, KV has managed to turn that basic scheme into an ugly car. Hopefully, the crash-prone Viso will have better luck than Milka did.\n\nOverall, I think that the teams have done a good job in making a somewhat unattractive car look pretty good. There were far more hits than misses. They can\u2019t all be nice looking. But judge for yourself when the green flag drops in less than two weeks in St. Petersburg. These opinions are, in fact, coming from a very shallow and superficial perspective. So take it from a guy who takes everything at face-value. In my materialistic view, image is everything.\n\nLike this:\n\nLikeLoading...\n\nRelated\n\nThis entry was posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:04 am and is filed under IndyCar. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.\nYou can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.\n\n23 Responses to \u201cFor New Car Liveries, Image Is Everything\u201d\n\nI love dark blue, and I like black \u2013 in many contexts.\nAnd I like the Lotus D&RR car Oriol\u2019s driving and Barrichello\u2019s. Tag\u2019s has the huge fish head up the flare, drawing our eyes to the fairing, so no vote from me although it\u2019s blue and black.\nThe HP car could be DARK blue (a receding color), black in zones we don\u2019t need to look at, with silver or white accent stripes or a silver background for an associate sponsor.\n\nPDVSA/Citgo is one sponsor I\u2019d love to see gone actually, but since they (Venezuelan govt owned oil) sell to the ever-oil-hungry USofA to support their dictatorial regime, and not market tobacco, I guess they\u2019re still OK (?)\n\nI actually don\u2019t mind the rear bulges and in my view they don\u2019t need to be \u2018minimized\u2019. The use of that area is fine w me. I think the HP and RC logos do a nice job of that as opposed to the lines cutting horizontally through it like the Citgo car. Love ya TK, but that Geico car is fuuuugly.\n\nThe part of the car I dislike most is the little fin that extends vertically from the extended floor tray, in front of the sidepod. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a very good reason it\u2019s there, but that\u2019s the most out-of-place bit on the whole chassis to me.\n\nIn all, if we\u2019re debating the whys and wherefores of livery design, I guess that signals there\u2019s not much left to complain about at this point. Bring on St. Pete!\n\nI notice you left off Helio\u2019s Shell/Pennzoil car. UGH! Looks like a clown car with all the red and yellow. \ud83d\ude26\n\nNow, I are not an engineer, but I can spell the word and can figger out what some of these aero-mo-nautical appendages are for. My guess would be the \u201cbulbous\u201d appendages are \u201ckick-ups\u201d that direct the airflow over the tires and toward the rear wings. I would also guess the shape is integrated with the sidepod to prevent the kick-up being torn off by an errant wheel, like what happened with the older cars. Note the edge of the kick-up is even with the rear wheel to prevent cars interlocking wheels while racing.\n\nNow note all I\u2019ve typed about the rear kick-up and see that the cars run the F1 style \u201cbarge-board\u201d near the front of the sidepod. My guess is those will be torn off at a good clip on some of these road course \u2013 street course races.\n\nMy personal vote for best looking: Will Power\u2019s car (when it\u2019s not on fire)\n\nArtistic appeal is always about making an appeal to the subconscious emotional extreme in people and since people are different what that is can vary greatly. Being Vanilla never creates affection in the eye of the beholder. Rarely is appeal universal, with many \u201cGreat\u201d things there are often as many who truly hate an artistic expression as love it. Where I am going with this is that I think you are going to find as many (if not more) who LOVE the RC and HP designs as those who hate them\u2026.\n\nWhile Power\u2019s car does a good job minimizing the appearance of the sidepod kick-ups, I\u2019ve got to say that I thought that Ryan Hunter-Reay\u2019s car does as good of a job if not a better one. Painting the top parts of the kick-ups the same color as the cowling behind them works wonders in minimizing their appearance, from the side at least. Viso\u2019s car does this as well, and it works well\u2026 it\u2019s other parts of the paint job that don\u2019t work so well.\n\nThe RC Cola car looks great too, but I\u2019m very biased here and think all RC Cola race cars do\u2026 Even Stacy Compton\u2019s NASCAR truck. I assume that Andretti is anticipating selling the white space on the car.\n\nThe only paint scheme that I have seen so far that I would consider fairly unattractive is Simona\u2019s (Dragon doesn\u2019t count). Much as I love green, the transition between the BRG and Gold from the nose to the \u201cbubbles\u201d in the middle of the car is abrupt and awkward.\n\nThe new look of the cars is ridiculous to complain about. The people who look and judge make me laugh because it shows how uninformed they really are. The car design is a funtional one, air box and side and rear intrusion areas. The people who complain are the same people who wash their cars but never change the oil in them. The cars are funtionable designs and fans should get over the idea it should be this or that.\n\nSounds to me like you\u2019re one of the racing snobs that George was referring to. It\u2019s one thing to be a purist. It\u2019s another to settle for watching a butt-ugly car so long as it\u2019s functional. It think George was carrying his point about being so superficial to the extreme just to illustrate his point; which was that cars can be both beautiful and racy at the same time. Lighten up and get over yourself.\n\nGet over myself is a lame way to illustrate your opinion. I have worked as a mechanic on open wheel cars and I can say a fast and safe car is the direction. My point is the car is here for one year and by this time next year we will all have something new to view. Complaining does nothing to help the series. Ugliness is an opinion and I think the cars look good.\n\nI like Ruben\u2019s and Servia\u2019s cars best. I\u2019d like to see someone go with an all gloss batmobilely-black. I basically agree that the big bump should be ignored, but on the other hand I like that the HP car shows the curving side and doesn\u2019t try to hide what it is\u2026\n\nHey George, if Sarah gets Walgreens on her car, will CVS immediately sponsor the car next to it?\n\nAll right! A festival of shallow and superficial today. I am going to go with the vintage John Player look of the Lotus. I always liked those. I like the Sonny\u2019s car. Easy to identify coming around the track. Worst looking? Day-glo green just doesn\u2019t make it Tony. Trying to blend orange and red on the Citgo car doesn\u2019t float my boat either. On the other hand, a bright red with just a hint of orange in it is a good racing color. I also liked the medium blue wiht red accents in the old Blue Crown and Dowgard Specials. One of my favorites back in the day was a midget with a black/blue livery that looked much like the colors that new exhaust pipes turn when they are heated up. Under the lights it was awesome.\n\nI am going to part company with Steve who appears to be looking down his nose at us this morning. I believe it is possible to combine form with function with no loss to function. Just about any Ferrari will confirm that.\n\nThe fenders are for safety. I assume if they work (and don\u2019t spend their lives as debris on the track) they\u2019ll keep them. If they don\u2019t work, they\u2019ll trash them. I like the car, it\u2019s different and seems to be okay with the drivers. It\u2019s safer, sounds better and is quicker (at least on the twisties.) I think fans new to the series will find them interesting. And if you don\u2019t like the shape, well, (hopefully) next year we\u2019ll have some different shapes to complain about\u2026\n\nI hope that teams are allowed to cut off the bulbous fairings if they don\u2019t offer aerodynamic benefits and they hinder tire-changers\u2019 work.\nFor decades IndyCar designers and aerodynamicists in Penske, Lola, Reynard, Swift, All American Racers, Panoz/G-Force and Dallara,\nand Formula One designers,\ndid not make open-wheel cars look like this. Seems that one guy in Dallara wanted this, and everyone has to cope with his whim.\n\nI\u2019m really hoping that the issue with Viso\u2019s car is that they were changing liveries and didn\u2019t have time to repaint the entire car prior to the test. The burnt orange sections of the car just seem out of place with the rest of the color scheme. I doubt it will still be there at St. Pete.\n\nI\u2019m not a fan of this car\u2019s big ass, but I\u2019ll take it any day over the F1 \u201cbroken nose\u201d look.\n\nLiveries on the new cars = lipstick on a pig. I\u2019m sorry I just can\u2019t warm up to this car.\nI am afraid this car, from the Malibu grand prix style side pods to the Sir Mix-a-lot back bumpers, is going to lead directly to rubbin-is-racin style driving. With the dis-respect these guys show each other now, I can only imagine, once they start leaning on each other Nascar style, that there are going to be some spectacular accidents."}
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-{"text": "Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesises heterogeneous mixtures of mono and di-rhamnolipid (RL) biosurfactants.\nThe complex genetic and metabolic regulation surrounding RL biosynthesis is one of the major hurdles for the\nlarge scale production of these metabolites. To date there is still a lack of quantitative understanding of the\ninteraction between the metabolic and regulatory networks governing RL biosynthesis in P. aeruginosa.\nThe initial part of the thesis details the first systematic validation of reference gene stability under\nnutrient limiting conditions for the development of a reliable and accurate RT-qPCR method specific for RL\nbiosynthetic gene expression. A specific UPLC-MSMS method was simultaneously developed and validated for\nthe quantitative determination of RL yield and congener distribution in P. aerllginosa. This is the first report of\nindividual RL quantification using UPLC-MSMS.\nThe second part of the thesis investigated the effect of hydrophilic and hydrophobic carbon substrates\non RL production. Consistent with such a high level of regulatory complexity for P. aerllginosa, transcriptional\nanalysis of the RL biosynthetic genes revealed a highly conserved gene expression profile. RL biosynthetic\ngenes rhlAB (responsible for mono-rhamnolipid synthesis) were not induced until early stationary phase when\ngrowth had significantly slowed down. Expression of rhlC (responsible for di-rhamnolipid synthesis) was\ninduced during later-stationary phase after maximum up-regulation of rhlAB expression. Choice of carbon\nsubstrate for RL production significantly influenced the expression level and timing of RL biosynthetic genes,\nwith hydrophobic substrates inducing the highest overall up-regulation of RL genes. UPLC-MSMS revealed a\nconserved RL congener distribution , mono-RLs were more abundant during early-stationary phase followed by\na predominance of di-rhamnolipids accumulating during mid to late stationary phases. RL composition was\nregulated by the selective incorporation of CIO ~-hydroxy fatty acids into RLs with Rha-Rha-C1o-C IO and RhaC10-\nC IO the most abundant congeners produced irrespective of carbon substrate metabolised. UPLC-MSMS also\nshowed that inactivation of rhlC led to the production of mono-RL only congeners in yields and composition\ncomparable to wild-type P. aeruginosa.\nThe data suggests that expression of rhlA B is not only cell density regulated but also stringently\nregulated by nutritional cues (i.e. carbon source and macronutrient limitation). Thus de novo RL biosynthesis is\nprudently regulated at the transcriptional level, the regulation of rhlAB is the rate limiting step which dictates the\nextracellular RL profile. From a biotechnological point of view, this prudent metabolic regulation may explain\nwhy RLs are synthesised in such relative low yields and is perhaps a mechanism by which Pseudomonas\naerllginosa has evolved to adapt to nutrient limiting environments. This thesis presents a systems metabolic\nengineering approach for quantitatively assessing RL production under nutrient limiting conditions"}
-{"text": "Running on Karma (2003) Movie Review\n\nI was anxious to see \u201cRunning on Karma\u201d. No, it\u2019s not the idea of seeing yet another Johnnie To movie in 2003, since this is Johnnie To Lite we\u2019re dealing with, not Johnnie To Heavy. The latter is the man behind \u201cThe Mission\u201d and \u201cPTU\u201d, and the former is responsible for \u201cFull-Time Killer\u201d and \u201cWu Yen\u201d. It\u2019s simply the return of Cecilia Cheung that draws me. Not that the talented Ms. Cheung hasn\u2019t been around since the South Korean film \u201cFailan\u201d (possibly her best work to date), but this is the first film I\u2019ve run across where she is not wearing a period costume and a man name Wong Jing is nowhere in sight. And although Jing has made steps out of my doghouse with the surprisingly entertaining \u201cColour of the Truth\u201d, he still has a long way to go.\n\n\u201cRunning on Karma\u201d is a strange little movie, let\u2019s get that out of the way first. Andy Lau (\u201cRunning Out of Time\u201d) stars as an unnamed man who used to be a Shaolin monk before a tragic event drove him into the cities. Lau\u2019s \u201cBig Guy\u201d is a muscle-bound man of Arnold Schwarzenegger proportions, which means Lau gets to wear a \u201cmuscle suit\u201d for the entire film. In the city, Big Guy runs across police Detective Li (Cecilia Cheung), who is actually not very good at the whole cop thing. Through a couple of strange cases involving strange criminals, the two form a strange bond that surpasses trivial romance.\n\nFor the Big Guy, it\u2019s Li\u2019s life that is important. The Big Guy shows up whenever Li is in trouble, determined to save her the way he was unable to save a female friend from his Shaolin days. Li herself is an erratic creature, and once the Big Guy informs her that she\u2019s destined to die, Li starts acting even more erratic. The whole thing resolves itself with a Third Act that turns \u201cKarma\u201d into a strange variation of \u201cThe Blair Witch Project\u201d, complete with camcorder and a missing hiker.\n\nI am personally at odds with \u201cKarma\u201d. It\u2019s definitely not your usual Hong Kong film, as it seems to move to its own off-kilter beats. The film travels the path of destiny and fate and even dives into existentialism and all that other New Age mumble jumbo. Then again, it\u2019s a well-acted movie, and Lau gives a somber and affable performance, as his Big Guy attempts to do the right things for reasons he himself can\u2019t quite comprehend. And yet, by film\u2019s end there just doesn\u2019t seem to be a unifying coherence to \u201cKarma\u201d, and perhaps that is its charm. Or not.\n\nThe above is a bit of a surprise because the film opens strong, with a police investigation into a brutal murder committed by an Indian master of martial arts. Li\u2019s investigation into the killing is what brings her into contact with the Big Guy, who is himself a master of martial arts. The film\u2019s first 40 minutes are its strongest, as the film combines romance with mystery and wild action. (There\u2019s even a scene where a woman gets her arm blown off by a shotgun blast!) And oh yes, there\u2019s even a burglar who can climb walls like Spiderman and is covered in grease so the cops can\u2019t hold onto him.\n\nUnfortunately all the cop stuff and action gets tossed out the window in favor of sequences that would be more comfortable in a Tom Tykwer movie. In fact, much of \u201cKarma\u2019s\u201d Third Act feels heavily inspired by Tykwer\u2019s \u201cThe Princess and the Warrior\u201d; and there\u2019s even some of the dreamy vibe of his \u201cHeaven\u201d thrown in. Also, the film has a disjointed feel throughout, and its habit of jumping from two vastly differently locations without explanation, and its use of non-linear narrative, further exacerbates the confusion. It\u2019s not that the film\u2019s structure is so difficult one can\u2019t figure it out. But as a film, \u201cKarma\u201d could have been edited better, and displayed a better understanding of time and space.\n\nOf course none of the above takes away from the movie\u2019s winning first half. It\u2019s a pleasure to watch an unpredictable Cecilia Cheung work opposite an assured Andy Lau. Even Lau\u2019s fake \u201cmuscles\u201d don\u2019t get in the way, even if the reasons for those muscles \u2014 other than for comical effect \u2014 still eludes me. It\u2019s no surprise that the film\u2019s notion of karma and cause and effect works much better in the first half; actually, everything works much better in the first half. With a tighter script and more focus, the second half might have been able to sustain the first half. As it stands, \u201cKarma\u201d starts strong, but seems to lose its way at around the 50-minute mark."}
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-{"text": "Search This Blog\n\nReview - Unbroken\n\nUnbroken (2014), PG-13, 137 minutes - Unbroken is one of a slew of biopics that hit theaters this winter. Directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Jack O'Connell, it tells the story of Olympian Louis Zamperini and his fight for survival after a plane crash led to his incarceration in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in World War II.\n\nZamperini (O'Connell) started out as a mischievous youngster, running around doing pretty much whatever he wanted but at the same time not fitting in with the other kids because of his poor English. As he reached high school, his older brother Pete pushed him to join the track team and instilled Louis with strict discipline during their training runs. The work ethic and discipline paid off as Louis made the U.S. Olympic team and competed in the 1936 games in Berlin, Germany. He would finish eighth in the 5000 meter event, but set a world record with a 56 second final lap. Zamperini enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1941 and became a bombardier during the war. Sent out on a search mission for a lost air craft, he and two other crew members (Russell Alan \"Phil\" Phillips and Francis \"Mac\" McNamara) survived a crash devastating crash caused by mechanical difficulties. The three survived in the open ocean for thirty three days before Mac (Finn Wittrock) passed away. Louis and Phil (Domhnall Gleeson) lasted another fourteen days before being found by the Japanese Navy. As if Zamperini's story wasn't extraordinary enough, that was just part of his war time nightmare. He was placed in three different Japanese prisoner of war camps until the end of the war, at two of which he was unfortunate enough to have drawn the ire of prison guard Mutsuhiro \"Bird\" Watanabe (Takamasa Ishihara), who would eventually be one of General Douglas MacArthur's forty most wanted war criminals.\n\nO'Connell does a very good job of portraying Louis Zamperini's strength, perseverance, and leadership. Ishihara is also strong in bringing Watanbe to life. Not just in his general ruthlessness, but specifically when it comes to his enjoyment of singling Zamperini out. Garrett Hedlund (Fitzgerald) and Jai Courtney (Cup) round out the other most recognizable members of the cast.\n\nUnbroken may be just one of many biopics making the rounds in theaters right now, but it is definitely worth the time (it runs a little over two hours). It is an inspirational look into the life of an amazing man who lived to the ripe old age of ninety seven years (he passed away in July of 2014).\n\nComments\n\nPost a Comment\n\nPopular posts from this blog\n\nSilver Linings Playbook (2012), R, 122 minutes - Last weekend I finally had the opportunity to see Silver Linings Playbook. I was actually amazed that it was still in theaters here as it first arrived back during the week of Christmas along with Django Unchained. That's right, it has been in theaters here in the Roanoke area for three months! The screening I saw it at was pretty well attended for a mid-day Sunday showing of a movie in its twelfth week in release.\n\nSilver Linings Playbook was written/directed by David O. Russell and focuses on Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) as he moves back into his parents' home after a stint in a mental institution following an incident stemming from his discovery of his wife cheating on him. He is convinced that he is going to get his life straight and that he and his wife will get back together. Everyone else feels like he is just getting his hopes up and will be crushed again. While having dinner at his friend Ronnie's (John Ortiz)\u2026\n\nIdentity Thief (2013), R, 111 minutes - When I first saw the trailer for Identity Thief, my initial reaction was that it struck me as the kind of movie that used up all of its funniest material in the trailer. Good news is, it didn't. Bad news is, most of the funny parts were in the trailer.\n\nThe story is basic enough, Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) is the victim of identity theft. Of course, he learns this at the worst possible time, just as he's beginning a new company with some co-workers after being fed up with the political b.s. they deal with on a daily basis at the large financial firm they are employed at. Funny thing how poor financial standing doesn't look so great to one's employer when working in the financial industry. The police aren't much help in this case either, saying that the culprit would virtually have to be standing in front of them before they could do anything because the questionable purchases were not made in their jurisdiction. Sa\u2026\n\nOz the Great and Powerful (2013), PG, 130 minutes - Oz the Great and Powerful is the probably not-so-necessary prequel to the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. But if you didn't already know that, you've been living in a cave and/or I'm not sure what brought you to my blog! I'm actually finding it hard to figure out what I want to say about the film. I saw it this past Sunday evening, and I've been having a hard to getting motivated to write this. Generally that means that I didn't really enjoy the film I saw at all, which in this case, isn't true. I did enjoy it, but I think I enjoyed it more for it's style and technical aspects than for the performances or the story itself.\nThose of course can be credited to Sam Raimi's direction. If you are familiar with any of Raimi's work, you can tell this was a project of his. His fingerprints are all over the film from certain shots having a very horror feel to them to the inclusion of Bruce Campbell\u2026"}
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-{"text": "Lord Jim wrote:What classification would people give the T-31e beyond \"Patrol Frigate\", if they are, as is most likely, built to the RFI so few if any Sea Ceptor, no Sonar, no AShMs, Simplified electronics\n\nI guess the question is rhetorical, and so is the answer: none other\n\nThere is a very closely related question, namely once we have got the issues such as the integration of off-board vehicles into future minor warships, appropriate levels of survivability, and pragmatic levels of modularity straight in our heads, where do we draw the line between 'escorts' and 'minor warships'?\n\nThe link to a paper from two authors from BMT explored these themes, illustrating the aspirations for a future \u201cPatrol Frigate\u201d . That was in 2013 and within a year from today we should be clear how these aspirations and economic realities can be made to match: then it could well be that the true escorts are allocated to what SW1 was listing above, and within other surface combatants the trail blazer will be the Patrol Frigates- in that kind of future minor warships would be other than combatants- the USN LCS saga has highlighted this dilemma: is it enough to do patrolling and presence, and perhaps a 'recce' - perhaps jointly with forces on land - when the shooting starts- or is it a requirement to stay afloat and continue to be part of that shooting... only the latter to be counted into combatants?\n\nJake1992 wrote:I agree with everything you've just said but the problem is the politians, they set budget then expect the RN and other services to do a lot more than the budget allows.\n\nJust look at what they expect on top of CSG and CASD they want the RN to up its ASW in the North Sea and N.A + increase presence in the Arctic + increase presence in the far east ( working with Aus and Japan a lot more ) whilst still maintaining the gulf,the med, the Caribbean and S.A.\n\nThe problem isn\u2019t the politians it is both them and the senior officers. The budget and what is possible is both agreed at an sdsr. The problem is the service chiefs add equipment they know they cannot afford based on hopeful accounting, the politians don\u2019t over question it as it make them look good in the papers and can help industry in there constitutance. The service chiefs will be gone by the time cost actually hits so there not that fussed. The services and MoD base a lot of this on making efficency saving they have no idea how to achieve and so the budget quickly starts to run away compounding the issue. If we did a defence review with considering efficiencies in the budget and on worse case financial planning it would likely look much more like sdsr2010 than sdsr2015.\n\nYeah CASD is North Atlantic asw and artic as that\u2019s were Russian ssbns will be hiding and we\u2019re ares are likely going. I take a leaf out of the USN deploying destroy squadron 60 to rota. We assign 4 type 23 plus supply/tanker to asw tasks in the North Atlantic, this along with mpa and ssn assets covers the CASD and asw in the high north.\n\nYou then have your carrier group it will deploy every year where it goes is up to the navy and government but if it deploys east then if it\u2019s made up of 2 ff 2 dd a tanker, stores and a carrier then it can undertake defence engagement if the Far East or gulf. Like a US task group they spread out and under take different engagements coming together for exercises or passage thru areas of higher threat. Should this group be tasked to an operation then it won\u2019t be doing defence engagement with allies at the same time.\n\nA similar group is in refit back in the uk to stand up the following year.\n\nMcmv and hydrographic can continue to carry out there vitals tasks both at home abroad and in the south Atlantic.\n\nThe Caribbean and south Atlantic have assets over and above that discussed and need nothing more adding systems to the bays using other RFAs to provide support or the opv vessels for engagement and support , neither of these regions require high end military capability.\n\nArmChairCivvy wrote:Littoral manoeuvre is the third one (CEPP fully operational in 2026; the definition for what that is I haven't seen yet), but it is often omitted or counted as a half as without carrier support it is/ will be very limited\n\nYeah they\u2019ve tried to attach that on I purely see that as one of two things adding an Albion and bay to the carrier group and an subtle tweak as reality of what the small merlin mk2 and f35 fleet will be able to sustain in that your second carrier maybe available the following year it\u2019s just there isn\u2019t a airgroup to put on it. I know chinooks apaches and wildcats and green merlins.\n\nSW1 wrote: take a leaf out of the USN deploying destroy squadron 60 to rota. We assign 4 type 23 plus supply/tanker to asw tasks in the North Atlantic, this along with mpa and ssn assets covers the CASD and asw in the high north\n\nThat idea is already (but only marginally) in use in the triangle-basing of MPAs: Norway, Iceland and Scotland... but you did remind me that very little was written about 2018 Trident Juncture naval exercises part (apart from amph. support, from the sea). I would guess a large scale ASW scenario would have been part of it?\n\nSW1 wrote: take a leaf out of the USN deploying destroy squadron 60 to rota. We assign 4 type 23 plus supply/tanker to asw tasks in the North Atlantic, this along with mpa and ssn assets covers the CASD and asw in the high north\n\nThat idea is already (but only marginally) in use in the triangle-basing of MPAs: Norway, Iceland and Scotland... but you did remind me that very little was written about 2018 Trident Juncture naval exercises part (apart from amph. support, from the sea). I would guess a large scale ASW scenario would have been part of it?\n\nYes to an extent your back to your 3 Cold War bases and operating areas with mpa aircraft. It may already be happening and they aren\u2019t told us it\u2019s just a suggestion that if we say the North Atlantic is a priority we could prioritise assets like that. It means we can\u2019t do other things like base a frigate in the Far East.\n\nThere was another nato exercise for asw can\u2019t remember its name but I remember it was notable because no RN ships were involved. Don\u2019t mind if the don\u2019t talk about it you don\u2019t want to tell the Russians everything but it\u2019s a balancing act for pr purposes The bit that I think needs reversing is instead of sending 3 ships to the Far East and then saying we have no assets to combat the Russians in the North Atlantic and ask for more we send those ships to the North Atlantic and ask for more cash to send ships to the Far East.\n\nRepulse wrote:I used to see value in this argument also, but I think the world has changed and will do so more over the next few years, in that behind every non peer nation we are in conflict with will be a peer (Russia or China) who will be playing a modern version of the \u201cgreat game\u201d. This means we should expect the proliferation of \u201cpeer technology\u201d in almost all future conflicts.\n\nThe days of simple patrol Ships enforcing western rule is over - the U.K. needs real warships and \u201cpatrolling\u201d will either be with a RN CSG, SSN or in partnership with allies.\n\nI don\u2019t think needs for presence will disappear.\n\nBut, if uk think they need to prepare peer to peer war against Russia or China, then all warefare will be with allies.\n\nIn other words, there will be little requirement for UK singleton ops.\n\nBut, I do not think so. UK must also think of fighting minor war or conflict with lesser opponents. I think this discussion is similar to 1980 defense review and Falklands war.\n\nThere is a key issue that seems to appear in quite a few threads on here when discussing the future and that is the roles/tasks the military can do as compared to what they are asked to do. Regarding the Royal Navy there is a conflict between its core tasks which are CASD and the Carrier Group and the wish to have a global presence. Into the mix we must add the need to be able to operate effectively in a littoral environment which cover the ARG and the need to protect and support it whilst it carries out it tasks.\n\nThese issues must be dealt with in the next SDSR along with related or similar issues for the other two services. We need to take a serious step back and look at things as a whole. Political interference together with the Military's laudable can do attitude have hindered this to a great extent over the past few decades. The Government still carries on about the need to act on the global stage, still reading the notes written by the Labour Government under Tony Blair. The 1998 SDR actually addressed this pretty well but since then it has all been down hill. The World has changed greatly for the worse over this time period and the days of elective interventions should have ended, but it is still too tempting to Politicians to wave the flag and show we still have a role globally.\n\nIn the mean time the need to rediscover our skills and doctrines from the Cold War have resurfaced, this time not just in historically familiar areas like the Atlantic but also in the Far East. This has sown confusion amongst out Political leader, most of whom believed these threat we in the past and they now controlled events. They do not what to face up to how things have changed in any way except for the odd sound bite that is repeated from the back of the same fag packet time after time.\n\nNATO is not far form being broken and this adds further confusions to things. The military command structures have at nearly all level been made subservient to Politicians from the various member states greatly reducing the alliance's effectiveness. Decision at almost every level now require political approval from one committee or another. Like our Government many nations do not want to full accept how the world has actually regressed.\n\nHistorically we have provided substantial naval and air assets in the Atlantic and have played a leading role second only to the USN. We provided ASW groups based arounds our Invincible class CVLs as well as contributing to NATO joint task forces. We has Nimrod fleet which was a major component of NATO's MPA fleets and out SSNs we key assets up north. Finally we had our ARG to allow the Royal Marines together with certain Army formations to reinforce NATO's northern flank.\n\nThe situation has now totally changed. The Royal Navy will now provide NATO with a Carrier Group that will probably be the foundation of NATO's naval presence in the Atlantic and especially further North. This contribution is all the more important as the US has switched its focus to the Far East and wished to still deploy strong assets in the Gulf and Indian Oceans. This has halved the number of USN Carrier Groups that are likely to be available in the Atlantic. NATO needs to re-establish more capable joint standing forces in this area as well, but can no longer rely on the RN providing naval units to join these. Our greatly reduce SSN fleet means that NATO is going to have to rely on the USN assets, supported by the conventional boats of other nations. We are finally regaining out MPS capability but on a greatly reduced scale. Again where once the UK could have managed certain NATO roles by contributing substantial assets to tasks such as patrolling the GIUK gap, this is no longer the case. We will still be able to make a contribution but like the SSN fleet their primary role will be support the RN's Carrier Group and any littoral operation by the ARG.\n\nWill all of the above, the political aspiration to act on a global stage becomes very hollow. Any assets deployed outside the areas mentioned above reduces the ability of those remaining to carry out their roles effectively. This is where the next SDSR much clarify things. In a nutshell nearly all our responses to events occurring in the Far East for example must be prefixed by \"Only if\" with regards to other threats. If the UK Government decides to send forces, especially naval assets out there it must be willing to bear the responsibility. Any operations in that region must be conducted by a substantial force, not a singleton. Other nations will look to join our formation and look to the RN for tactical leadership. But we cannot be in two places at once and the absence of our naval assets will greatly diminish NATO ability to counter any threat from our more traditional foe.\n\nBut to add to all this the RN lacks or has insufficient capability in many areas. Anti-surface warfare is becoming more and more an issue. NATO and the RN more than most have a very low density in offensive weapons for this kind of conflict. The RN's Carrier Group for example will possibly only have thirty two medium to small warheads on it available AShMs. The vessels being deployed by Russia and China can match that number with only one platform in some cases. The Self defence capability of our platforms is insufficient whilst those of our potential adversaries is becoming more so, which makes the situation worse. We would take losses and we have no capacity to absorb these.\n\nThe T-26 has the capability to address some of these issues, but the required decisions seem to be a low priority for the MoD and Government. The area all efforts seem to be focused on is ASW, itself an important task, but this is now to the detriment of other important capabilities.\n\nI strongly believe the UK needs to reduces the roles its Government would like the MoD and the RN in particular to undertake. With our current resources, all should be directed at our traditional commitments to NATO. We cannot do this alone and NATO itself need to rediscover its naval strategy. This is happening slowly, mainly driven by policy changes in the US. Until out resources or capacity increases this must remain our focus for naval operations. The establishment of bases in the Gulf and Far East is fine, but this should not be accompanied by the deployments of warships, diluting our capacity to support NATO. It is illogical to expect the RN to conduct global operation with forces far smaller than they were in the 70s, 80s and 90s when we were only really committed to NATO operations and those in other regions were not on the radar with the exception of the Armilla Patrol in the Gulf.\n\nA Good catalogue of what is currently wrong with our UK Defence! However, cutting commitments will not solve the problems faced by NATO, which has also recognised the need to be able to conduct \"Out of Area\" Operations. It will create other problems instead. We cannot expect the US to make the major contributions to the defence of Europe and counter threats from other countries across the world. US power is not limitless either, they are facing the same pressures as us, but in different scale. We must increase defence spending to preserve our way of life and maintain freedom of navigation, or inevitably lose influence in World affairs and become poorer as a Nation.\n\nLord Jim wrote: Decision at almost every level now require political approval from one committee or another. Like our Government many nations do not want to full accept how the world has actually regressed.\n\nQuite true, but let's also note that the SACEUR has been given the authority to set the wheels for a 55 000 strong force moving... while the committees are being convened\n\nLord Jim wrote: Finally we had our ARG to allow the Royal Marines together with certain Army formations to reinforce NATO's northern flank.\n\nIn the days of ACE we were roughly at the same scale and while nothing has been heard of a full Canadian bde being earmarked anymore (they were present at Trident Juncture, though), the German medical Bn has turned into a full Mech Bde- the other side has not stood still in capability, sure, but they do not have the numbers any more to do a three-pronged manoeuvre anymore - the third prong, thru the North of Finland and then Sweden is not only demanding due to the terrain, but send one bde and it will be sure to be cut off- so we come to the point I think you were making: we must make sure that the prong from the sea is also pre-empted/ cut off by having sufficient naval forces committed to the N. Atlantic; not just us, but Nato overall. As per the exercise concluding note from navy.mil \"More than 70 ships from across the alliance to the largest NATO exercise since 2002.- U.S. Forces participating in the exercise included the II Marine Expeditionary Forces, the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group.- \u201cTrident Juncture served as a powerful deterrent against any country looking to contest the sovereignty of another,\u201d said Adm. James G. Foggo III\"\n\nLord Jim wrote:There is a key issue that seems to appear in quite a few threads on here when discussing the future and that is the roles/tasks the military can do as compared to what they are asked to do. ...\n\nGood summary, thanks. Here is comments to some issues.\n\nIn the mean time the need to rediscover our skills and doctrines from the Cold War have resurfaced, this time not just in historically familiar areas like the Atlantic but also in the Far East. This has sown confusion amongst out Political leader, most of whom believed these threat we in the past and they now controlled events. They do not what to face up to how things have changed in any way except for the odd sound bite that is repeated from the back of the same fag packet time after time.\n\nHaving a memory of the cold war myself (albeit as a child), current situation is far from the same, I think. In 1970-80, the two hegemonies had two independent economy worlds, much easier to destroy the other. Now, it is much more \"united\". Even Russia and USA has big economical relation. But, I also agree it is now different from the situation in 1990-2015. It is new, not the same to cold war nor a decade ago. So, new approach is needed.\n\nWe see comments such as \"high-tech missiles and SSKs is increasing\", but it is only around east Asia. At the same time many of the navies which had SSM missile boats now do not have it. Many of the \"modern air forces\" which existed in 1980s has disappeared. Now the high-tech weapon is so expensive, that not many nation can possess. Yes, high-tech weapons will be there, but will smaller number. Therefore I think there are many tasks for Patrol Frigates, a good rationale for T31e (even though I personally do NOT like it).\n\nA fleet of 7 SSN, 6 T45 and 8 T26, with 2 CV and logistic, added with 5 Patrol Frigates and 5 OPV, is the current model of RN for near future. I can say \"I like this, and do not like that\", but overall, it is so-so well designed within current budgetary limitation.\n\nNATO is not far form being broken and this adds further confusions to things. ..\n\nWithout NATO, UK cannot not fight against Russia, not to say China. There is zero possibility UK can win against China in singleton if it comes to peer-to-peer war. Zero. If Russia and China are the primary threat, and NATO has problem, then fixing NATO is the first thing to do.\n\ndonald_of_tokyo wrote:Without NATO, UK cannot not fight against Russia, not to say China. There is zero possibility UK can win against China in singleton if it comes to peer-to-peer war. Zero. If Russia and China are the primary threat, and NATO has problem, then fixing NATO is the first thing to do.\n\nDepends where on the planet it's being fought, really. In Russia or China's backyards, then certainly the RN could not hope to. Further afield in a clash of interest requiring logistical trains to reach and operate away from home, RN would thrash them even in its weaker state right now.\n\ndonald_of_tokyo wrote:UK must also think of fighting minor war or conflict with lesser opponents.\n\nHi, the point I\u2019m making isn\u2019t that the U.K. will not need to fight solo, in fact that is increasingly likely given the current shifting sands in our traditional alliances, it is more that the \u201clesser opponent\u201d is likely to be supplied by a peer nation who is trying to get global power by proxy. Look at what the French sold Argentina and they were supposed to be friends.\n\n\"For get this quite clear, every time we have to decide between Europe and the open sea, it is always the open sea we shall choose.\" - Winston Churchill\n\nshark bait wrote:This is what we have traditionally told our self for comfort.\n\nIn reality its a total lie, China has the same ability to operate in the Indian ocean as we do.\n\nI disagree. The capability to get a ship to any ocean in the world, and the ability to fight a peer foe in any ocean in the world is not the same thing.\n\nWhen has China last shown the ability to project a sustained taskforce to the other side of the world? Where are their prepared docks? How often are they trained to operate in an environment where home-command is not in realtime communication due to conditions and loss of coverage? How often are ships and subs sent on long patrol to be used to operating for so long at any one time in unfamiliar waters? When have they last braved storms with a large taskforce the like they don't see in their home area where they can soon go home again?\n\nThe Indian Ocean is fairly close to them, as things go. What about in the Atlantic? The Med? The Arctic? Even the far south Pacific? Their carrier for example has done nothing but move in green water.\n\nRussia for example, took the coordinated efforts of their entire navy to send Kuznetsov to Syria, and it arrived horrendously late, understocked, accompanied by very few ships, and had such little experience that its actual effect was so pathetic that they eventually just moved the planes onto land instead after repeated crashes. And that's just to Syria, a friendly port not far from the Black Sea, their own territory of waters.\n\nAnd China hasn't even vaguely tried that yet.\n\nOperating far off from home is a hideously hard thing to do, and only the ease with which the US, UK, and France do it regularly makes it equally easy to forget that.\n\nDjibouti is the first of many, the Chinese openly claim their expansion is economic only but we know that is not true. Right now china have more ships in the Indian Ocean than we do, have openly said they use SSN's in the region, and is building a Royal Navy every year to accelerate the expansion.\n\nOnly by ignoring the inconvenient bits can you suggest the \"RN would thrash them\"\n\nRetroSicotte wrote:..Operating far off from home is a hideously hard thing to do, and only the ease with which the US, UK, and France do it regularly makes it equally easy to forget that.\n\nAnd that is the reason RN need to deploy globally. Just imagine when UK is to \"fight\" against China in Indian ocean. Also assume that it has been 10 years from UK disappeared from the Gulf, and somehow USA is not committing there. If China warns gulf nations to \"do not help UK\", will they keep supporting UK? Surely NO. They will support China.\n\nGlobal deployment is thus important.\n\nOn the other hand, I think deploying a T31e or a Wave/Tide/Bay will be good enough. Backed up by \"once in a few years\" of UK-CVTF deployment (even only a month), a single vessel will keep the relation to the local nations. Military exercises, HADR operations, port visits, not only actually doing war, all of them will make \"friends\" with the nations.\n\nAn OPV is not good in these tasks, because it is very political/diplomatic. For example, when French Floreal-class visits Japan or HMS Montrose, a T23 frigate visits Japan, I think there is no big difference. The media says \"a warship\", and 99% of the folks cannot distinguish them. Then, why not T31?\n\nDjibouti is the first of many, the Chinese openly claim their expansion is economic only but we know that is not true. Right now china have more ships in the Indian Ocean than we do, have openly said they use SSN's in the region, and is building a Royal Navy every year to accelerate the expansion.\n\nOnly by ignoring the inconvenient bits can you suggest the \"RN would thrash them\"\n\nExactly, they have a single (new) base and...that's it. And the answers to the rest of my questions?\n\nBuilding lots of ships is irrelevant if you can't actually get them to, have experience in operating them in, and support them in, the theatre itself. China has no reach into anything but their near oceans anything like that the three blue water navies of the world possess.\n\nThe future is another thing, but that's not whats being discussed.\n\nBut for some reason everyone always takes the stance of \"RN going to attack China in their near oceans\" for 'scenarios'. No-one ever talks of how much China could legitimately project outside their close sphere. Answer was provided by the Russians who tried with similar vessels and similar (actually more) experience. Very little.\n\nshark bait wrote:Just like the British, who also have a single (new) base, and the Brits haven't sent out a task group in over a decade.\n\nBuilding lots of ships is highly relevant and we shouldn't pretend otherwise. The Brits are a 20 ship navy, the Chinese have 200+ , in a war of attrition I know who I'd bet on.\n\nUs Brits need to be a little more realistic, our strength lies in NATO which really means our strength lies with America.\n\nThe British have a lot more than one base worldwide...\n\nThe point is that outside their small territory, China would heavily, heavily struggle to project force. As I said, the answers to my other questions are? The number of ships in their home docks is irrelevant. It's about how many you can support in the area of the theatre, how many of them you can locally coordinate without homefield infrastructure networks, how many captains are trained to handle their ships that far out for long periods, how well they can keep a cohesive force in unfamiliar waters. That's not a small hurdle, and China has effectively zero experience in it. They have their green water area, and one brand new base in their near-ocean connection.\n\nConversely, the UK has been sending taskforces out to several theatres in the living, experience memory of its sailors either still serving or trained by those who did, everything from the Falklands, to the Gulf War, to the strikes in '98, to Afghanistan, to Iraq, to Libya, to Syria, and to their ships receiving experience in far flung operation every single year to many corners of the world as regular, standard excursions.\n\nThe original point is that while China has a greater weight in its nearby areas, it has very poor capability to project wherever it wants in the same way that the USN, RN, or MN have. Those three can bring a more coordinated, more experienced, and much more organised weight to a given area. If that area lies outside what China has trained for, then they are going to suffer hard. It's a whole different game trying to fight a war on the other side of the world.\n\nAs exemplified. Russia tried. And Russia failed, against a foe with no hostile navy no less. And they had more experience in it than China does.\n\nAs much as we would like them to be, they are not a coastal navy any more. For the last decade they have been developing blue water skills, and since they're not breaking new ground they're learning very quickly.\n\nWe have yet to see a combat example of this, but we do have a botched evacuation in Libya followed by a more proficient evacuation from Yemen. They gained experience and moved on. I'm sure they have done the same in their war games in Russia and Iran, or on the tours of Africa.\n\nYes Russia failed, and their surface fleet is an embarrassment in decline. The Chinese have the opposite, and over the last decade the Chinese surface fleet has been more active then the Russians.\n\nshark bait wrote:Its dangerous to underestimate the Chineese as a 'brown water' Navy.\n\nI never called them a brown water navy. I referred by green water.\n\nI also said that yes, the future may be different. They have aims to it. But I'm talking about the now. As of now, they lack the capability to match the \"real\" blue water navies in the ability to project to so many places. Put the Chinese requirement to win anywhere except their green water area and adjoining parts of the Indian Ocean, and they drop off the capability level so very hard. The RN and MN maintain that capability to much higher levels everywhere that isn't those 'near China' zones.\n\nOn the other hand, I think deploying a T31e or a Wave/Tide/Bay will be good enough.....Military exercises, HADR operations, port visits, not only actually doing war, all of them will make \"friends\" with the nations.\n\nExactly, so why the T31? My preferred option is to upgrade the T31 programme into the \u00a3350m+ region or better still scrap it altogether and introduce a second tier of escort frigates based on the T26. This would then allow a class of highly versatile but technically basic global patrol vessels to replace the \u00a3250m T31's role.\n\nPure fantasy I know but I think it's worth looking seriously at the merit of big capable commercially derived floating forward bases that don't cost the earth to operate and support.\n\nFor example:If RN was to forward base vessels in Singapore would a T31 really be the right vessel? For major HADR deployments it would be little use. For military exercises it would probably be one of the least capable vessels taking part. For port visits it would be just about as impressive as an OPV (especially Leander). What's the attraction apart from a political desire to pretend frigate numbers aren't being cut.\n\nInstead of a T31, what if HMG decided to operate RFA vessels from Singapore? Maybe 1 or both Waves and a \u00a3125m Global Patrol Vessel? The Waves could earn their keep supporting Allied Task groups operating in the area and the GPV could act as a cost effective multipurpose platform that could be surged at short notice if events dictate.\n\nThe Wave(s) and GPV combination could make an enormous contribution to HADR operations in the region. This would undoubtedly make the UK lots of friends. A modest number of 10,000t to 20,000t UK vessels turning up in anyone's harbour is going to be impressive, especially if a CSG joins them occasionally. Freedom of Navigation operations could be conducted by RFA vessels just as effectively as by RN vessels.\n\nMaybe if HMG really want to increase the UK's global presence, the RFA might be a very good way of doing it.\n\nAn OPV is not good in these tasks, because it is very political/diplomatic. For example, when French Floreal-class visits Japan or HMS Montrose, a T23 frigate visits Japan, I think there is no big difference. The media says \"a warship\", and 99% of the folks cannot distinguish them. Then, why not T31?\n\nIn the same way, why not a 10,000t GPV? What's more impressive, a 117m stretched OPV with a single Wildcat or a 10,000t GPV with multiple helicopters, LCVP's/LCU's/LCAC's or CB90's? Even if it's just for an Exercise or as a PR stunt for the local media before all the kit is packed up and shipped back to the UK. It would show what kind of a surge capability the UK could provide in the region.\n\nThe strength in depth that these GPV's could add to any Amphibious Task Force would be an added bonus.\n\nEffectively are the 2 proposed HADR vessels just GPV's with a different nomenclature?\n\nFour \u00a3125m 10,000t GPV's could adequately perform virtually everything that is needed for the Caribbean, Falklands APT(S), East/West Africa HADR and Singapore or Brunei. This would leave an extra \u00a3750m for an extra T26 with effectively no loss of hull numbers.\n\nshark bait wrote:Building lots of ships is highly relevant and we shouldn't pretend otherwise. The Brits are a 20 ship navy, the Chinese have 200+ , in a war of attrition I know who I'd bet on.\n\nI agree, it is both relevant and impressive if not slightly disconcerting. But we must not forget how capable RN still is and will continue to be. History shows RN should never be underestimated even if heavily outnumbered.\n\nHow long would it take for 4 or 5 Astutes to even up the numbers a bit....\n\nshark bait wrote:Building lots of ships is highly relevant and we shouldn't pretend otherwise. The Brits are a 20 ship navy, the Chinese have 200+ , in a war of attrition I know who I'd bet on.\n\nI agree, it is both relevant and impressive if not slightly disconcerting. But we must not forget how capable RN still is and will continue to be. History shows RN should never be underestimated even if heavily outnumbered.\n\nHow long would it take for 4 or 5 Astutes to even up the numbers a bit....\n\nIn fairness the likelihood of 4-5 Astutes being in any one area is unlikely, but the core issue of Astutes being used to working far from home having a field day with so much room to lurk and strike from on an uncoordinated enemy not used to these distances is a very concerning one to the Chinese for certain.\n\nYes, they have their own SSNs. But to build a sub takes a few years. To build the understanding of sub tactics in different oceans and put them into nasty practice takes decades of experience and lessons.\n\nRetroSicotte wrote:In fairness the likelihood of 4-5 Astutes being in any one area is unlikely, but the core issue of Astutes being used to working far from home having a field day with so much room to lurk and strike from on an uncoordinated enemy not used to these distances is a very concerning one to the Chinese for certain."}
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-{"text": "World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology\n\nVol:6 2012-03-26\n\nStrength Optimization of Induction Hardened\n\nSplined Shaft Material and Geometric AspectsI. Barsoum and F. KhanII. GEOMETRY OF THE INVOLUTE SPLINEAbstractthe current study presents a modeling framework todetermine the torsion strength of an induction hardened splined shaftby considering geometry and material aspects with the aim tooptimize the static torsion strength by selection of spline geometryand hardness depth. Six different spline geometries and sevendifferent hardness profiles including non-hardened and throughhardened shafts have been considered. The results reveal that thetorque that causes initial yielding of the induction hardened splinedshaft is strongly dependent on the hardness depth and the geometryof the spline teeth. Guidelines for selection of the appropriatehardness depth and spline geometry are given such that an optimumstatic torsion strength of the component can be achieved.\n\nThere are various international standards in which a\n\nthorough definition of the spline geometry can be found [5-7].Here the geometry of the involute spline and the geometricquantities that define the spline will be briefly described. Theterminology of a involute splined shaft is shown in Fig. 1. Thepitch circle with radius rp is the theoretical circle upon whichseveral geometric parameters are defined such as the pressureangle . The number of spline teeth is denoted Z whichtogether with rp defines the module m of the spline as\n\nm = 2rp / Z\n\n(1)\n\nKeywordsStatic strength; Splined shaft; Torsion; Induction\n\nhardening; Hardness profile; Finite Element; Optimization; Design.\n\nI. INTRODUCTION\n\nis an increased demand on power handling capacity\n\nof automotive transmission parts requiring high static andfatigue strength. Especially in splined shafts transferring hightorque commonly used in heavy trucks, the choice of splinegeometry and heat treatment process is crucial in obtaining anadequate strength of the component. For such connectionsyielding or ultimate fracture are potential modes of failure,particularly when overloads are involved. Since hardness ofthe material is strongly related to the strength of the material acommon method of heat treatment of splined shafts isinduction hardening, which increases the torque capacity of theshaft. Along with the material aspects associated with the heattreatment process, the strength of a spline connection is alsodependent upon the geometrical design of the spline. Involutesplines are commonly used in automotive industry withprofiles similar to those of involute gear teeth. In the past,several studies [1-4] have focused on the failure analysis andfailure prevention of splined or non-splined shafts; howevernone have attempted to quantify the simultaneous effect of thespline geometry and the hardness profile and depth on thetorsion strength.The objective of this study is to develop a modelingframework such that to quantify the increase in torsion strengthof a splined shaft with respect to the geometry of the splineand the hardness profile and hardness depth due to theinduction hardening process.\n\nInternational Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 6(3) 2012\n\nwhich is an indication on the size of the spline tooth. The top\n\nand bottom land of the tooth are defined by the addendumradius ra and the dedendum radius rd, respectively.\n\nrarprd\n\nFig. 1 Parameters defining the spline geometry\n\nIn the present study six different spline geometries where\n\nconsidered comprising of two different pressure angles = 30and 45 and three different tooth numbers Z = 20, 30 and 40.Based on the polar moment of inertia of a circular shaft thestatic torsional yield strength scales with the cube of the splinededendum radius ( rd3). Therefore the addendum radius ra ofthe spline has been kept fixed while the dedendum radius rd isvaried by changing the module m of the spline as.Consequently the pitch radius rp is given by Eq. (1) once themodule m is set. The values of the module considered here arem = 0.73, 0.97 and 1.44 mm.\n\n708\n\nscholar.waset.org/1999.0/6778\n\nWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology\n\nVol:6 2012-03-26\n\nIII. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 42CRMOS4\n\n(b)\n\nThe material considered in the shaft is an induction\n\nhardened medium carbon steel denoted 42CrMoS4, which iscommonly used in transmission components and drive shafts inthe automotive industry. By varying the process parameters inthe induction hardening process various hardness depths andprofiles can be achieved. Mechanical properties such as yieldand ultimate strength are closely related to the hardness wherethe yield strength is approximately one third of the hardness inHV (Vickers hardness). In Fig. 2(a) the stress-strain curvesshow that the work-hardening behavior as well as the yield andultimate strength strongly depend on the hardness level whereeach stress-strain curve correspond to a hardness value. Giventhe chemical composition of 42CrMoS4 the stress-strainbehavior can be determined with the materials simulationsoftware JMATpro [8]. Also the yield and ultimate strengthfor each hardness value can be obtained as shown in Fig. 2(a).The stress-strain curves can be fitted to the plasticity modelgiven by\n\nwhere E = 200 GPa is the elastic modulus, K the plastic\n\nmodulus and N the hardening exponent respectively. Hence,the yield strength Rp02, the ultimate strength Rm and theplasticity model parameters K and N can be obtained asfunction of Vickers hardness H as shown in Fig. 2(b)-(c). Theplasticity model parameters K and N as function of hardness Hare given by Eq. (3) and (4).\n\nN = n 0 e n1 H\n\n(3)\n\nK = k 0 H + k1\n\n(4)\n\nThe constants in Eq. (3) and (4) are: n0 = 0.4911, n1 =\n\n0.00232 1/HV, k0 = 0.0034 MPa/HV and k1 = 0.3 MPa. Now,for a specific hardness value given in HV the stress-strainbehavior can be determined from Eq. (2)-(4) which incombination with the hardness profile of the inductionhardened shaft gives the gradient in mechanical behavior ofthe shaft.\n\nFig. 2 Mechanical properties of 42rMoS4\n\nIV. HARDNESS PROFILE AND DEPTHFig. 3(a) shows measured hardness H in HV against depthbelow surface (1 - r) (c.f. Fig. 1) of an induction hardenedshaft. It is notable that the hardness is highest at the outersurface 630 HV and decreases towards the center of the shaftreaching the value of the core hardness 230 HV. To quantifythe depth of the hardness most often a hardness depth isdefined. Here the hardness depth DH is defined as the depthbelow the surface at which the hardness level reaches a valueof 400 HV. For the case shown in Fig. 3(a) DH = 5 mm, whichis about 30% of the shaft radius. In a similar manner as in [9]the hardness profile can be described as a function of the depthbelow the surface (1 - r) by the function\n\nInternational Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 6(3) 2012\n\nr r1r1 < r r2\n\n(6)\n\nr > r2\n\nSome restrictions on g(r) and H(r) are: g(r1)/r = g(r1) =\n\ng(r2) = 0 and H(r=1-DH) = 400. For a given value of thehardness depth DH this will yield four equations which are\n\n709\n\nscholar.waset.org/1999.0/6778\n\nWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology\n\nVol:6 2012-03-26\n\nsolved for the four unknowns c1, c2, r1 and r2. By varying thehardness depth DH different hardness profiles can be achievedwith Eqs. (5) and (6). As shown in Fig. 3(b) five differenthardness depths were considered in this study with DH = 2.5,5.0, 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 mm. Additional two hardness depthsvalues were considered, DH = 0 and DH = , corresponding toa non-hardened shaft with a uniform hardness of 230 HV andthrough-hardened shaft with a uniform hardness of 630 HV.\n\ncenter and the case with highest hardness at the outer layer.Depending on the hardness depth DH analyzed each layer inFig. 4 will have different hardness values due to the varyinghardness profile as function of hardness depth DH (cf. Fig.3(b)). Consequently, since the plastic behavior is linked to thehardness by Eq. (2)-(4), each layer in the model will beassigned an elastic-plastic true stress-strain curvecorresponding to its hardness value following the hardnessprofile given by DH. The finite element mesh used consisted ofabout 26 000 eight-node continuum elements.\n\nFig. 4 The cyclic symmetric FEM model\n\nVI. RESULTS\n\nFig. 3 (a) Measured hardness profile of a splined shaft and\n\n(b) hardness profiles given by Eqn. (5)V. THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELIn order to determine the static strength in torsion of aninduction hardened shaft accounting for the effect of splinegeometry (Fig. 1) and hardness depth (Fig. 3(b)) a 3D finiteelement model was built using the commercial packageABAQUS [10]. Since the geometry and torsion loadingexhibits cyclic symmetry, only one tooth of the splined shaftalong with the corresponding cyclic symmetric segment of thehub was modeled as shown in Fig. 4. The back faces of thehub as well as that of the spline are kinematic ally coupled toreference points. The reference point of the hub is given anencastred displacement boundary condition whereas thereference point of the shaft is given a concentrated torque T. Acontact definition is established between the hub and splinesurfaces that are in contact with a friction coefficient of 0.1.The hub is modeled as an elastic material (E = 210 GPa and = 0.3) whereas the spline is modeled as elastic-plastic materialwith isotropic hardening. The splined shaft is sliced into 13different layers radially with the non-hardened core layer at the\n\nInternational Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 6(3) 2012\n\nThe results from the finite element models are generated forsix different geometries of the spline on the shaft comprisingof three different number of teeth (Z = 20, 30, 40) and twodifferent pressure angles ( = 30, 45) with seven differenthardness depths values DH = 0, 2.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and ,summing up to a total of 42 different models. For each run thetorque T and the end twist of the shaft is monitored, fromwhich the corresponding shear strain can be calculated. InFig. 5 the torque T versus the shear strain is plotted, whichpertains to results with = 30, all Z and DH values. As thefigure reveals the hardness depth has a strong effect on the Tvs. behavior of the shaft. Also the number of spline teeth Zaffects the level of static torque the shaft can carry. However,it was further found that the pressure angle has a very minorinfluence on the torsion strength and hence the results for =45 are not reported here.\n\nFig. 5 Torque T versus shear strain for pressure angle = 30,\n\nvarious spline teeth Z and hardness depth DH\n\nVII. CONCLUSIONThe current study presents a finite element modelingframework to obtain the torsion strength of an inductionhardened splined shaft by considering both the geometricaland material aspects in the model. It can be concluded bycomparing the different plots in Fig. 5 that increasing thenumber of teeth Z, which corresponds to increasing thededendum radius rd and keeping the addendum radius raconstant, increases the torsion strength of the shaft. The largestcontribution to the increase in torsion strength is however dueto the increase in hardness depth DH as evidenced from Fig. 5,where the non-hardened shaft (lowest DH) has the loweststrength while the through hardened shaft (highest DH) has themaximum strength. Additionally, it is found that the pressureangle has no marketable effect on the strength.\n\nInternational Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 6(3) 2012"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: New York\n\nThere\u2019s always something going on in any part of New York you happen to be in \u2013 especially in the summer, and even when it\u2019s so foggy you can\u2019t see a skyscraper a mile away, like it has been this past week. I don\u2019t think June 21st is any sort of special holiday in Chinatown (other than father\u2019s day, nationwide), but the whole area was filled with music, fruit stands, and board games. Walking through Columbus park, I saw crowds of people huddled around xiangqi tables, and every fifteen feet there was a different band of musicians, contributing to this blooming sound tangled but pleasant noise. One guy sat by himself at the base of a statue, holding an erhu. He caught me looking at it and beckoned. I hesitated, knowing I had no money for a tip, but I couldn\u2019t resist when he held the instrument out for me to play. It\u2019s kind of like playing a violin, except it has more of a keening sound. After a while, I handed it back to him and asked if I could get a recording of him playing it (which you can listen to here).\n\nOne of the first things I did here (other than work) is set up a lesson with Michael Blutman, a fantastic trumpet player and Julliard graduate who, among other things, plays for Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. After two hours with him out on Long Island, I left with a mind-blowing amount of new music-related knowledge and a vague feeling that I suck, which is good for a trumpet player.\n\nMike also referred me to a tribute concert for Lew Soloff, a legendary trumpet player who recently passed away. Many people consider Lew responsible for blurring the line between jazz and rock, especially when he and Blood, Sweat, and Tears came out with \u201cSpinning Wheel\u201d in the 70s. I\u2019m starting to learn just how small the music world is; the guest musicians at Lew\u2019s tribute included some of the best in the world, including Wynton Marsalis and Miles Evans. Mike went to school with these guys, and I know Mike because my teacher knew him, and my former teacher in Chico knew my teacher\u2026 and so on.\n\nLast thing \u2013 if you\u2019re ever in New York for the summer, be sure to catch the New York Philharmonic when they\u2019re giving their free concerts in the park. FREE. This year is the 50th anniversary of the event; how cool is it that what is arguably the best large music ensemble in the world gives free concerts to the public every summer? For the past 50 years? I got to go to the one in Brooklyn, and it\u2019s 100% worth wading through the mass of picnicking tourists and locals. If you\u2019re in town, there\u2019s still a few more performances left in Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island.\n\nThis time I\u2019m in New York, ostensibly for something completely unrelated to music, but I\u2019ve brought my trumpet with me and will be writing about our adventures in the music scene of this city.\n\nHere\u2019s my situation: I\u2019ve been placed in the middle of Manhattan with an 8-hour work day, a list of names, and a few vague leads on possible venues and jam sessions. I have 10 weeks to try and meet people and scrounge up a few gigs before going home. With any luck, I\u2019ll have some recordings to post here soon, even if they\u2019re not of me. So with that \u2013 if anyone reading this knows a musician in New York who wants to jam, let me know!"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: black mountain ranch\n\nA few months ago we posted a blog on the latest travel trend: Black Hole Resorts. Our friends at the Escapist Traveler just posted a great article on Black Mountain Ranch (Hey, that\u2019s us!). We\u2019d love for you to check out their article and see what you have to say? Will you be unplugging with [\u2026]\n\nOur horses are professionals at giving folks without much riding experience fantastic experiences. It is their job. Here is a sampling of who we have to ride and what they are like. We have over 70 horses in our dude string, so not every horse is listed on our website. Apache Apache is a favorite [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Back in action\n\nThe Wizards return to the court after a week-long layoff due to the All-Star break. Add in the fact that they had three days off before their last game and this will be just the second game for the Wizards in the last 12 days. What is this, football?\n\nThe Wizards will try to overcome the rust to keep their momentum going. They entered the All-Star break having won seven of their last nine games. Though the time off was needed due to a wide array of injuries, the Wizards had a good thing going and will aim to recapture that against a good Cavs team.\n\nTough stretch\n\nThe Wizards come back with a game against the Cavs, a difficult first assignment after such a long layoff. But this is just the beginning of what will be a very difficult part of their schedule. In their next 17 games, the Wizards will play 15 times against teams currently holding playoff spots. That includes the Warriors, Celtics, Spurs and Raptors.\n\nThe schedule is tough beyond their opponents. Four times in the next three weeks they will play back-to-back games and they have five games in the next seven nights. Hopefully the players recharged their batteries because it won't be easy.\n\nNew-look Cavs\n\nThe Wizards and Cavs have played twice this season already and Cleveland took both of those matchups. However, that was all before the trade deadline when the Cavs overhauled their roster. They have won all three of their games since and look rejuvenated with younger players.\n\nNow surrounding LeBron James are a host of new faces like George HIll, Rodney Hood, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance, Jr. It will be interesting to see how the Wizards match up with this new group.\n\nAs a fellow NBA head coach, Scott Brooks understands what Tyronn Lue of the Cleveland Cavaliers is going through. As his former teammate, Ramon Sessions knows how tough Lue is.\n\nBoth members of the Wizards shared their reactions after Monday's practice to the news Lue is stepping away from the Cavs to deal with a health issue. Both expressed hope Lue will not be out long as the NBA continues its trek towards the playoffs.\n\n\"All of our thoughts are with him,\" Brooks said. \"You hope that it's nothing serious. Health is the most important [thing]. The game is secondary.\"\n\n\"Prayers out to T-Lue,\" said Sessions, who played with Lue in Milwaukee. \"It's one of those things where you've gotta take care of yourself at the end of the day. Him stepping away is the best thing.\"\n\nLue's illness has been a mystery to doctors, according to a statement he released on the Cavaliers' website. He has dealt with chest pains and other symptoms while also struggling to sleep. The hope is that having time off will allow him to get the rest he needs.\n\nBrooks knows firsthand how difficult it is to get sleep during the regular season as a coach.\n\n\"You just have to figure out ways to get your rest. Some days are better than others. Sometimes you think after a good win you can have a good night's rest or sometimes it's the opposite. It's just hard to get rest. You're traveling in different timezones. You are emotional after games. You eat late. There are a lot of factors that go into it. We don't have a set schedule every night. I have a good staff and I rely on them,\" he said.\n\nLue, 40, will be replaced by associate head coach Larry Drew in the interim. The Cavs happen to be in a tight playoff race with the Wizards and other teams in the Eastern Conference battling for position.\n\nOn the latest episode of the Wizards Tipoff podcast presented by Greenberg and Bederman, host Chase Hughes was joined by Bullets/Wizards legend Phil Chenier ahead of his jersey retirement set for this upcoming weekend on March 23.\n\nChenier looked back on his playing and broadcasting career and told great stories. He also shared some memories of the 1978 championship as the franchise gets ready to honor its 40th anniversary."}
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-{"text": "Primary Menu\n\nMonthly Dharma Message\n\nDharma Message By Rev. Takamasa Yamamura\n\nThe Eternal Spirit\n\nThe Honolulu Myohoji is a Nichiren-Shu temple. It was originally a Kempon-Hokke Shu temple. Kempon (literally to manifest the original) means to reveal the hommon, the later half of the Lotus Sutra, chapters 15 to 28. Chapters 1 to 14 of the Lotus Sutra are called the shakumon. The shakumon are sermons by the Historical Buddha. The hommon are sermons by the Eternal Buddha. Please remember this. It is sufficient that your know this.\n\nIn the old days, there were people who said that the teachings of the hommon were superior, and the shakumon was inferior. I ask that you forget this. Both are equally important teachings.\n\nAt today\u2019s Myohoji we often read chapter 16. That is because this portion is central to all Buddhism and it is the essence. The teachings of Buddhism do not begin unless we read this chapter. In there are the true intentions of Buddhist spirituality.\n\nWhat is it that I am referring to? It is kuon jitsujo (enlightened eternally from the remote past). Kuon jitsujo means from the eternal past I am complete. What has been completed? I have become a complete eternal existence.\n\nLet me explain a bit more. While you might not have taken notice of this, within you there is the energy of eternal life. It is the power that sustains you. We may also call it life power. That life power is sustaining you. That life power is eternal energy, and it is called spirit.\n\nHuman beings are formed of the three entities of body, mind and spirit. Your essence is not your body, or your mind, but it is spirit. This spirit is eternal life energy. You are being sustained by this eternal life energy. It is chapter 16 that teaches us this.\n\nTo effectively use in our lives the power and energy that is possessed by our spirit, which is our reality, is the key to live a happy life. It is also the key for good fortune.\n\nA person, who believes in his essence, which is spirit, is grateful to the power of that spirit, and has a real feeling of being sustained by it, has strong life power, and is blessed by good fortune and health.\n\nIn this world there are people with strong life power and people with weak life power. This has to do with whether or not this spiritual power is activated.\n\nThe life power is weak for those who do not believe in the existence of the spirit, and believe that they are living by their power alone. They always have worries and are tormented by the various problems of life.\n\nYou are not mind. You are also not body. The realization that you are spirit is kuon jitsujo (complete eternally from the remote past). To have us become aware of this fact, we read the verse section of chapter 16.\n\nYour reality is eternal spirit. Therefore you can become tremendously strong. If you believe that your reality is your body, fear arises in your mind. The cause for all human fears is this body. It is because we think that the physical body is our essence, we are afraid of losing it.\n\nIf we believe that our reality is the mind, we will control instincts with reason and become a very nervous person. We will become a mentally weak person.\n\nIf we can believe that our essence is spirit, it cannot be harmed by anything, and it is an eternal and indestructible existence, our fears and worries will cease. We will come to live our life without fear and positively. To call forth that belief, we read chapter 16 over and over again.\n\nMoreover, the origin of our reality, which is spirit, is the Enlightened- Eternally-from-the-Remote-Past Shakyamuni Buddha (Kuon Jitsujo Shakyamuni Buddha). We are the branch spirit of the Great Spirit, called the Eternal Buddha. This is the teaching of chapter 16. Since Buddhism is the teaching for human beings to become the Buddha, if we can believe in chapter 16, we can move closer to our goal. We should instead say that you are on the first step of enlightenment if you can awaken to the fact that your essence is one with the Buddha.\n\nThe awareness of chapter 16 of the Lotus Sutra is indeed true Buddhism and the faith of Nichiren Shu.\n\nTo depend on such things as prayer and to make appeals for the Buddha\u2019s help are expedient measures and the entrance to faith. Meditation is also a means and a manual. Without the awareness of chapter 16, no matter how much meditation we engage in, our efforts are useless.\n\nPlease do not forget that the truth is that we must become aware of the divine that is within us.\n\nThere are many religions that cling to and make appeals to God and Buddha in Hawaii. If you wish to go to them, you may do so. However, our Myohoji temple is walking one step above those religions."}
-{"text": "Search\n\nBethlehem Lutheran: A Small School with a Big Heart\n\nLayne Fisher doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s a coincidence that her family ended up at Bethlehem Lutheran School.\n\n\u201cIt was God\u2019s plan,\u201d she says. \u201cI was getting my hair cut from a lady in Ossian. I was looking for a babysitter, so I talked to my hairdresser who recommended Susan Stoppenhagen. Susan recommended Bethlehem to us.\u201d\n\nAspen, now 15, joined a class of all boys when he was in kindergarten. That group bonded so well, they are still friends in high school. Besides the strong friendships, the kids who come out of Bethlehem are prepared for the rigors of the local high school.\n\n\u201cMy kids have a good foundation academically and spiritually. Five of the boys (from Bethlehem) made the distinction list this year in high school, which is having an A- or higher,\u201d she adds.\n\nEven though the Fishers were not part of the church before coming to the school, they decided to try it and found the church to be a great fit for the family. Eventually Autumn and Aspen were baptized at Bethlehem.\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t imagine my kids being anywhere else,\u201d Layne says. \u201dI know all the families of my kids\u2019 friends. Aspen loves to go to youth group. I appreciate that sense of family. Those older kids have always had someone looking out for them.\u201d\n\nBecause Bethlehem is a small school, a big part of their success is parent volunteers. The board at the school recognized Layne\u2019s gifts and outgoing personality were perfectly suited for the role of admissions. They asked her to host open houses, an important aspect for the school\u2019s growth.\n\nLayne agreed to volunteer for the task and now works alongside Sheryl Bauermeister, coordinating the admissions process together. Connecting new families is an important part of her job and the family\u2019s involvement is critical at a small school like Bethlehem.\n\n\u201cThis school runs on the parents. Our PTL tries to meet new families. When they come here as Kindergarten parents, we try to introduce the culture of our school, which is all hands on deck.\u201d\n\nThe relationships at Bethlehem often become long-lasting friendships, one of the most important aspects for the Fishers.\n\n\u201cI love how deep my kid\u2019s family has become,\u201d Layne adds. \u201cAny of the parents here would help my kids. They\u2019re family.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Photo Project\n\nPhoto by Heather Phillips\n\n4/3/06 - Jason Polk and Jonathon Russnoggle run a game in a swimming pool at the Jackson Boys & Girls Club during The Spring Fling. The Spring Fling was an activity where the Club and SASW collaborated to make a day of excitement for at-risk kids while giving student social workers experience. (Added September 13, 2006)\nX-Large Version"}
-{"text": "ELITE WIRE LAMPS\n\nElite wire lamps come in dark brown and white , in two principle styles. The Lampada collection look like Moroccan lanterns, wile the Piantana resemble oversized table lamps. Designer Nada Lin was inspired by old suspended lamps with iron chains and cables, and the gentle curves that form between weight and gravity. The bowed and bent narrow wires that shape these stylish shades explores such catenary studies, with natural references found as stalactites in caves."}
-{"text": "WIN A PRIZE WORTH UP TO +1.000$\n\n[TESTIMONIAL] Don Mann / Sound Designer\n\nDetails\n\nPublished on Friday, 08 August 2014 11:00\n\nFrom time to time we contact our customers and ask them what they like about the BOOM Library and how they're using the sounds. It's always a pleasure for us to read the replies and learn what the sound designers like about specific libraries."}
-{"text": "s\u00f6ndag 9 oktober 2011\n\nSophia Loren - Classy Lady\n\nWhen I sat in front of the television a few hours ago I zapped to a movie channel and ended up in the beginning of an epic Hollywood film from the 1960s about the Roman Empire. Sophia Loren played Lucilla, daughter of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. I was stunned by Sophia Loren's beauty. It was nothing short of breathtaking.\n\nThe Italian actress conquered Hollywood and joined the ranks of the women who are named Screen Godesses. The picture below is from one of my favourite pictures, Arabesque, where Sophia Loren played opposite Gregory Peck in a sort of spy flick."}
-{"text": "Mapping Chemical Gradients in Living Tissue in Space and Time Using MicrofluidicsSelectBio\n\nChemical gradients drive many processes in biology, ranging from nerve signal transduction to ovulation. At present, microscopy is the primary tool used to understand these gradients. Microscopy has provided many important breakthroughs in our understanding of the fundamental biology, but is limited due to the need to incorporate fluorescent molecules into biological systems. As a result, there is a need to develop tools that can measure chemical gradient formation in biological systems that do not require fluorescent modification of the targets in question, can be multiplexed to measure more than one molecule and is compatible with a variety of biological sample types, including in vitro cell cultures and ex vivo tissue slices. Work from our group on the development of microfluidic tools to measure chemical gradients in living tissue will be presented. Two separate systems are under development. The first is a microfluidic system designed to analyze metabolite and protein expression from tissue. The sampling system can resolve up to 19 different ports and can be interface with either electrochemical or fluorescence-based detection methods. Using these two detection methods, we are capable of analyzing the release of either small molecule metabolites or proteins and peptides using immunoassays. The second system uses a high-density electrode array to image release of electrochemically active metabolites like nitric oxide from live tissue slices. Electrochemical characterization of this system combined with a microfluidic system for gradient generation will be shown."}
-{"text": "How to Pitch Dad Blogger Don Martelli\n\nIt\u2019s no secret that bloggers often hold more influence power than traditional media contacts, so pitching them the right way is crucial. And when you find a niche blogging community, like the dad blogging communities across the Web, tailoring your pitches to their preferences is that more important. We recently chatted with Don Martelli, who pens the DadLife Chronicles blog and covers topics relevant to fatherhood, family and parenting. Read on to find out what makes him open your email pitch.\n\nWhat kind of press releases do you prefer to receive?\n\nI like unique story ideas that promote family values, dad related stuff (sports, DIY, childcare, technology, apps, movies/entertainment) and other experiences that I can enjoy with my kids. I am also interested in sponsored content, product reviews that are family oriented and exploring content themes that intersect topics such as education, social media, society and more. I\u2019m also pretty open to additional ideas, just as long as there is a slant toward dads, kids and family.\n\nWhat kind of pitches will quickly catch your attention?\n\nShort pitches, that are focused and understand the topics that I write about. I am also a sucker for witty pitches, but aren\u2019t too witty that there\u2019s zero substance. As a former reporter, I\u2019m always looking for good stories to tell. Well-written pitches that are on target, resonate with my readers (families), are unique, have a purpose and good context are what I\u2019ll gravitate towards.\n\nDo you have any advice for PR professionals trying to pitch you?\n\nDo your homework. Get a sense of what I write about, what makes me tick and adhere to the tips I\u2019ve provided about getting my attention. Lastly, if I don\u2019t get back to you the first time, I\u2019ve probably missed the pitch. Feel free to follow-up a couple times and I\u2019ll tell you if I\u2019m interested or not. Also, focus on building the relationship. That\u2019ll get noticed and get your clients coverage.\n\nWhat about any pet peeves?\n\nMartelli is also open to being pitched via social media. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram .\n\nThe Cision Media Research Team maintains a database of more than 1.6 million records, including social influencers, traditional media contacts, outlets and opportunities. We collect and maintain the latest contact and pitching information of bloggers and journalists who can spread your message, broaden your campaign and help you build relationships with the people who matter. To experience the Cision Media Database first hand, request a demo here.\n\nSubscribe to the Cision Blog\n\nThe Cision Media Research Team maintains a database of more than 1.6 million records\u200b, including social influencers, traditional media contacts, outlets and opportunities. We collect and maintain the latest contact and pitching information of bloggers and journalists who can spread your message, broaden your campaign and help you build relationships with the people who matter. Follow us at @Media_Moves"}
-{"text": "Apple, of course, is a designer, not a builder\u2014it says so right on the back of every iPhone box. The builders, such as Foxconn, get the parts for Apple's products from suppliers that are gigantic companies in their own right. One of Apple's largest suppliers is Flextronics International, a contract manufacturer based in Singapore with about 28m square feet of factory space spread across four continents, including a plant in an industrial area south of Kuala Lumpur. That's where the cameras Schiller raved about would be made.\n\nAs you may know by now, the Philippines have been struck by one of the largest Super Typhoons ever recorded. Many casualties are expected (especially in Tacloban) and even more people are in need of help. While some of us have been busy working with the \"Stand By Task Force\" to analyze and geolocate tweets with useful information, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) has been making progress as well.\n\nI have spent some time to develop a website that visualizes the latest changes to the OSM map (utilizing changesets) in the Philippines and hope that it helps to determine areas that might be already worked on, while other areas are lacking any new information. You can find the map here: http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-typhoon-haiyan-2013\n\nAbout 750,000 changes already made. Essential in locations hit by such weather for emergency services.\n\nThe main operator supporters of Tizen are Orange and NTT Docomo, but while they were initially expected to launch Samsung-made devices this fall, they are now reluctant to offer any timescales, and launches certainly won't be this year. Yves Maitre, head of devices at Orange, told PC Advisor that a 2013 launch no longer made sense as the underlying strategy needed to be clearly worked out.\n\n\"We are reassessing our strategy together with the Tizen community on how to go to market and what that means in terms of features, price points and market positioning,\" he said, citing some lessons learned from the first wave of launches of handsets running Mozilla's Firefox OS, a competing platform to Tizen whose main carrier supporters are Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom.\n\nThis makes it sound as though Tizen is aimed at the carrier-supported end of the market - rather like Firefox OS. Those tend not to be the pricier phones. It is where the numbers are, though.\n\nthe company confirmed that the 20.3-megapixel shooter is actually running a camera-focused build of its open-source Tizen software. Samsung has relied on Android for some of its cameras so far, but has also quietly released Tizen-powered developer tablets and ported the OS to the Galaxy S4, showing off what it can do without Google's help. To that same end, Nokia announced today it will power \"maps-related functionalities\" in future Tizen devices, giving Samsung (and its partners) a chance to further reduce its dependency on Google services.\n\nNokia Here and Samsung. Fascinating pairings the technology business creates.\n\nIt operates on a similar principle to solar panels, which convert light energy into electrical current. But this versatile energy harvester could be tuned to harvest the signal from other energy sources, including satellite signals, sound signals or Wi-Fi signals, the researchers say.\n\nSamsung is a multibillion company with 425,000 employees and a massive supply chain. Pebble is 40-strong and fuelled by $10m in Kickstarter money.<\n\nSo you might be surprised at which one is making the better smartwatch.\n\nOn Wednesday, Pebble unveiled the latest steps in its effort to take over your wrist. It has a new, more powerful developer kit, and it finally supports all of the notifications coming out of iOS. Oh, and it also has companies like Foursquare, Yelp, and GoPro making native apps for the device.\n\nPebble is now quoting 250,000 watches sold: it may be the most successful smartwatch.\n\nChina's 11/11 online shopfest \u2013 the country's equivalent of America's Cyber Monday \u2013 has just finished. It's been a record-smashing mega-sale on hundreds of e-stores. Here at Alibaba HQ, the makers of China's top online marketplace are celebrating the biggest-ever shopping day: a grand total of $5.7bn (RMB 35.02 billion) spent in the course of just 24 hours.\n\nSamsung Electronics' component orders from June to October 2013 were reportedly only 40% of the Korea-based vendor's original forecast, while Apple's iMac shipments during the same period were also estimated to be 50% less than those in 2012, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.\n\nSome suppliers believe Samsung's notebook shipments in 2013 are unlikely to hit its goal and may only reach about 13m units, flat from 13.8m in 2012. However, some suppliers expect Samsung to see shipments decline in 2013.\n\nOnly those making tablet components are looking happy - a sign of the stresses going through the PC business.\n\nCraig Hunter's Theodolite app was featured in Apple's iPad launch, shown being used on the Great Wall of China - in a location about 32 miles north-north-west of Beijing:\n\nWhat I find interesting is that version 4.0 of Theodolite HD was used in Apple's video clip, and that version was just released on October 2 as an iOS 7 update. That means Apple shot this video, did editing, production, etc., within the last 20 days in order to show it during the Special Event. It really demontrates how much effort they put into their videos. Just think of the resources required to do this, for one short clip in one video highlight of a keynote. Sometimes it takes me 14-21 days just to finalize copy and artwork for a print ad, and here Apple is shooting video up on a mountain halfway around the world and getting it in front of a VIP audience in 20 days.\n\nThe app looks interesting: Hunter says it has uses \"in avalanche research, tactical observation on the battlefield, search and rescue, and aircraft accident investigations. The app is an on-the-job tool for surveyors, architects, engineers, and scientists around the world. And regular people are using the app for sports, outdoor activities, exploration, and education.\""}
-{"text": "[Drstadyumna dasa:] There\nare four reasons for which Lord Caitanya came to this world. One was to\nestablish the yuga-dharma of the chanting of the holy name, another was because\nAdvaita Acarya had called Him to come, and\n\n[Srila Narayana Maharaja:]\nI want to hear what was that gaura-vani of your Gurudeva.\n\n[Drstadyumna dasa:] In\nsimple words it was to chant Hare Krsna, and that meant to worship\n\n[Srila Narayana Maharaja:]\nSri Advaita Acarya may have given this. So many acaryas have given this. Even\nMaha-Visnu can give the chanting of the holy name, but He cannot give that\ngaura-vani.\n\n[Drstadyumna dasa:] It was\nto give an understanding of the essence of the feelings and mood of Srimati\nRadharani and\n\n[Srila Narayana Maharaja:]\nWhat is that gaura-vani he gave?\n\n[Drstadyumna dasa:] Would\nit be the mood of the manjaris; service to the Divine Couple?\n\n[Srila Narayana Maharaja:]\nWas this his vani? I want to hear about that vani. What is that gaura-vani he\npreached throughout the world? It has been explained in the words of Srila\nVisvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also\nexplained it.\n\nThis is the special\ngaura-vani. Krsna is our highest worshipable Deity, but there are so many\nmanifestations of Krsna. Dvarakadhisa Krsna is the son of Vasudeva and Devaki.\nIs He our worshipable Deity? He may be for so many others, and there is no harm\nin that. He is worshipable for them, and He should be. We do namaskara to Him,\nbut we worship that very Vrajendranandana who took birth from the womb of\nYasodamaiya.\n\nAt the time of His birth,\nVrajendranandana Krsna had no long hair, no decorations, and no ornaments. He\nappeared as a simple baby, weeping, \"Kya, kya, kya!\" All the\nVrajabasis understood that He was born from the womb of Mother Yasoda. We\nworship that very Nandanandana.\n\nYou should know that\nNandanandana is always nava-kisora natavara. He is eternally an ever-fresh\ncowherd youth, and Mother Yasoda thinks, \"He is my son.\" We worship\nthis very Krsna who was bound by His mother in Vrndavana. She ran faster than\nHim, caught hold of Him, and bound Him. That is why He is called\nDamodara-Krsna. He killed Putana, who tried to take His life by poisoning Him,\nand He gave her a motherly position in Goloka. We worship that Krsna who was playing\nin the courtyard of Nanda Baba and Mother Yasoda, and who was controlled by\nthem with affection and love. We worship that Krsna who was always surrounded\nby His friends like Dama, Sridama, Sudama, Vasudama, Stokakrsna, Lavanga,\nArjuna, Subala, Madhumangala, and so on. They used to defeat that Krsna, and,\nbeing defeated, Krsna was very happy. That Krsna always played with the\ngopa-ramanis.\n\nAradya bhagavan. Although\nHe is Bhagavan, His bhagavata (Godhood) has been covered. All His opulences are\ncovered by Yogamaya, and thus He has no idea that He is Brahma, Parabrahma, or\nBhagavan. That very Krsna is our aradhya, our object of worship. Another\nmanifestation of Krsna is the husband of Rukmini and the son of Vasudeva and\nDevaki. He should be the aradhya of the Mathuravasis and others. Let them\nworship Him in that way, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu is saying, \"Aradyo\nbhagavan vrajesa-tanaya tad dhama vrndavanam.\" That Krsna is always in\nVrndavana. He never gives up Vrndavana. He never goes elsewhere. His manifestations\nmay go to Kuruksetra, to Dvaraka, and to Mathura. They can go, but that Krsna never\nleaves Vrndavana.\n\nRamya karcit upasanam\nvrajavadhu. The process of serving Krsna that was adopted by all the gopis to\nplease Krsna, especially by Radha and Her group, is the highest. They can even\nplace their feet on His head. They can chastise Him - to please Him. They can\norder Him to do so many things, and He will very happily carry out their\norders. He does not feel so much happiness by hearing the prayers of Brahma,\nSankara, and all others like them, but He wants the gopis to chastise Him and\ncall Him 'thief.'\n\nSrimad bhagavatam pramanam\namalam The way and the process by which the gopis pleased Krsna cannot be\nattained by anyone else, and to understand this, Srimad Bhagavatam is the\nhighest evidence among all sastras. Only in Srimad Bhagavatam can you see all\nthese truths. Caitanya Mahaprabhu offers pranama to the Upanisads and all other\nscriptures because they are all the breathing of Krsna, but He particularly glorifies\nSrimad Bhagavatam. In Srimad Bhagavatam, Krsna Himself told the gopis, \"Na\nparaye 'ham niravadya-samyujam. I cannot repay you, My dear gopis. I cannot\nrepay you in thousands of thousands of births. Be pleased, therefore, by your\nown bhakti to Me. Be merciful to Me.\" Srimad Bhagavatam is revealing all\nthis. This truth has been told there, but you can only realize it by the\ncommentaries of Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Jiva Gosvami, and Srila\nVisvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.\n\nPrema pumartha mahan. Prema\nis the ultimate goal, and the prema in the heart of Radhika is supermost.\nHanuman also has prema, Dhruva Maharaja also has prema, and Prahlada Maharaja\nalso has some love and affection. The Pandavas and Uddhava also have some\nprema, and all the queens of Dvaraka have so much love and affection. The\nsakhas and sakhis of Vrndavana, and Mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja all have\nprema, but no one has that prema of Srimati Radhika. Hers is the highest love\nand affection towards Krsna. Her love is in the heart of Sri Caitanya\nMahaprabhu, and He Himself is telling about it. This is gaura-vani. This vani\n(message or teaching) is the vani of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. No one ever preached\nthis before Him. Only \"You should do nama-sankirtana\" was preached.\nSo many acaryas in Kali-yuga have told us that we should perform kirtana, but\nno one gave that love and affection given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He\npreached love and affection, Vraja-prema, through nama-sankirtan. This is His\nvani.\n\n\"I do not know how\nmuch nectar the two syllables 'Krs-na' have produced. When the holy name of\nKrsna is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many,\nmany mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many\nmillions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart,\nit conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become\ninert.\" (Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 1.99)\n\nGive up all worldly sense\ngratification. Don't pray for a very good wife, good family, salvation, or\nanything else. Only pray for causeless bhakti, the bhakti that is in the heart\nof Srimati Radhika. That bhakti is established when hladini and samvit manifest\nin ones heart, on the platform of sandini.\n\nCaitanya Mahaprabhu is\ntelling us who we are.\n\nayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram\n\npatitam mam visame\nbhavambudhau\n\nkrpaya tava pada-pankaja-\n\nsthita-dhuli-sadrsam\nvicintaya\n\nWe always want to be a\nparticle of dust at the lotus feet of the son of Nanda Maharaja. No one had ever\ntold all this before. Especially, no one had previously told:\n\nnayanam galad asru dharaya\n\nvadanam gadgada ruddhaya\ngira\n\npulakair nicitam vapuh kada\n\ntava nama grahane\nbhavisyati\n\nHairs standing on end,\nvoice choked, and all kinds of asta-sattvika-bhavas were present in Sri\nCaitanya Mahaprabhu. When will a day come that I can chant like this: weeping,\nwith my bodily hairs standing on end, and my heart melting? No one had ever\nseen all these symptoms before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited them. Valmiki\nhad some symptoms, and Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja also had some, but\nnot like this. This wonderful thing was taught by Mahaprabhu. Moreover He\ntaught:\n\nyugayitam nimesena caksusa\npravrsayitam\n\nsunyayitam jagat sarvam\ngovinda virahena me\n\nThere are hardly any\nqualified persons to realize all the truths in this verse. If a rare person\nrealizes this, he will give up his body - because the material body cannot\ntolerate the emotions of prema.\n\nMoreover:\n\naslisya va pada-ratam\npinastu mam\n\nadarsan\u00e4n marma-hatam\nkarotu va\n\nyatha tatha va vidadhatu\nlampato\n\nmat-prana-nathas tu sa eva\nnaparah\n\n\"Lord Krsna, who is\nthe lover of many devotees (women), may embrace this fully surrendered\nmaidservant or may trample me with His feet. Or, He may render me brokenhearted\nby not being present before me for a long duration of time. Still, He is\nnothing less than the absolute lord of my heart.\"\n\nThe transcendental emotions\nrevealed in this verse cannot be found in this world. This is only found in\nGoloka Vrndavana-dhama. We should pray that a day will come that we can serve\nunder the guidance of the gopis, especially being the maidservant of Srimati\nRadhika, under the guidance of Lalita, Visakha, and Rupa-manjari. This is gaura-vani.\n\nSrila Bhaktivedanta Swami\nMaharaja preached this, but in the beginning he had to cut so many jungles of\nmayavada, nirvesesa, and sahajiya philosophies. He saw that in order to make\nthe land of the world fertile, it would take a long time. He therefore put all\nthese truths in his transcendental literatures. He thought that if any of his\ndisciples would be qualified to go deep into those truths, all this vani would\nbe taught there. He wanted to preach it also, but it was rare to find a student\nwho could go so deep. Most of his students could not follow him, and that is\nwhy so many fell down even from sannyasa. They made many offenses to him, and\nthey are now burning in hell.\n\nYou should know all this\nvani, and be very strong in preaching and in glorifying your Prabhupada.\nGaura-vani-pracarine. Krsna has sent him for this.\n\nAfter our Srila Rupa\nGosvami, Srila Jiva Gosvami, and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami came, Srila\nNarottama dasa Thakura, Srila Syamananda prabhu came, and after that Srila\nVisvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Srila Jagannatha\ndasa Babaji Maharaja, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Srila Prabhupada\nBhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, and then our Gurudeva and so many associates\nof Srila Prabhupada. One of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's hands was\nSrila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja, who came to the western countries, and in a\ncouple of years preached everywhere. We should try to know his glories.\nGaura-vani has so much deep meaning, but the meaning is very hidden. Don't\nthink there is no reason for the word 'gaura-vani.'\n\nSrila Bhaktisiddhanta\nSarasvati is described in his pranama mantra to be gaura-vani murti. [Namaste\ngaura-vani sri murtaye dina-tarine.] Murti means embodiment. He is the\nembodiment of gaura-vani, and Srila Swami Maharaja, your Prabhupada, is in the\nsame line. He is not different from Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati\nThakura. The term 'Prabhupadanuga' is a wrong idea. Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami\nMaharaja and Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura are both\nfollowers of Srila Rupa Gosvami, and therefore they are rupanuga. Following\nthem, we are all rupanuga.\n\nWe have now told in brief\nabout the vani of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also, in\na brief form, collected gaura-vani in his Dasa-mula siksa. You should note it\nvery carefully in your heart. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote down that vani\nin his Jaiva-dharma, his last and best book. It is an authentic literature, and\nis the essence of all the Vedas, Upanisads, Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta,\nand all the books of our Gosvamis. The essence of all sastra is there in\nJaiva-dharma.\n\nAbout Purebhakti\n\nWe publish in written and audio form the transcendental sound vibrations that have eminated from self realized Spiritual Masters in the line of Sri Krsna and in recent times, His manifestation as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1482 AD)."}
-{"text": "10.\nRun SharePoint in the cloud\nDeliver new features and updates faster\nReduce storage footprint\nImprove scalability and performance\n\n11.\nControl how sites are provisioned\nEnable self-service site creation\nAutomate repetitive processes\n\n12.\nThe Business Value of Enterprise Social\nFour scenarios from our most successful customers\nhttps://www.yammer.com/customers/\n\n13.\nMicrosoft\u2019s Vision for Enterprise Social\nTransform your business by connecting employees, partners, and customers\nNew experiences that combine social, collaboration, email, and UC\nPervasive social layer connecting people, content, and business data\nEnterprise-class platform for security, management, and compliance"}
-{"text": "cleanup[<keyspace><cfnames>...]- Triggers the immediate cleanup of keys no longer belonging to a node. By default, clean all keyspaces. This command cleans keys that no longer belong to the node. If no key is specified all the keyspaces will be removed. It\u2019s important to use the nodetool cleanup command when adding or removing nodes of a cluster."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nI plan to use the money to set up public meetings to educate parents who will then educate their children in turn with music lessons, what not to buy, what to buy, how easy it is to play punk and why people shouldnt make money for it etc.\n\nI plan to use the money to set up public meetings to educate parents who will then educate their children in turn with music lessons, what not to buy, what to buy, how easy it is to play punk and why people shouldnt make money for it etc\n\nEnnis I know you could use the funding to tour country pumping money into jukeboxes to play good songs ensuring that good charlotte never get a chance to be played....and if these jukeboxes happen to be in public houses - then whyo could blame you for quenching your thirst a little??"}
-{"text": "The Nature News article reporting the results of the (as yet nonexistent) paper even links to the paper's DOI, which looks promising until you click it and find out it doesn't actually lead anywhere. So, like any good Web 2.0 denizen, I left a comment there: \"The DOI for the cited article does not appear to exist, nor can I find anything about this paper on the PNAS website. Any suggestions?\" The response I got was, \"Please note that PNAS releases the news of its upcoming papers on Mondays at 5pm Eastern time, but the papers themselves may go live at any time during that subsequent week. So this paper will appear eventually... check back on Friday and you should find it.\"\n\nWell, okay, but then this has a disturbing (if not surprising) implication: none of the 10+ news reports announcing the findings could possibly be the result of a science journalist actually reading and understanding the paper (which is, I note with interest, one of the guidelines for using the ResearchBlogging icon). (The journalists would, in fact, have had a chance to see the paper before they wrote their news items - see koffeekat's very welcome comment below. -KJ 28/7/09)\n\nSo, I thought, what better to do while I'm waiting for the paper to be published than to pick apart some bad science writing? Oh, there's the usual assortment of inaccuracy and sensationalism, but my complaints here are going to be more focused on the specific content, that is, DNA barcoding.\n\nScalpel, please.\n\nHere is my dart-board collage of the offending titles and sentences from a selection of three news pieces reporting the key findings of the mystery DNA barcoding paper. I gave up after three when it became clear they were all just copying and pasting from the same (lame) press release. In bold are the bits that need trouncing, followed immediately by the actual trounce.\n\n\"'Barcode' of plants mapped\" (title,inthenews.co.uk). Mapped? What, with like a road atlas? I don't need to go into detail on why this is just so wrong, simply because Miss Prism has already done it with verve.\n\n\"Scientists have identified a 'barcode' gene that can be used to distinguish between the majority of plant species on Earth.\" (inthenews.co.uk). Well, actually, according to the news release they tested 1600 species of orchids in the study that is (supposedly) going to be published and yet there are nearly 300,000 recognised plant species. Now, unless you're the US Electoral College, 1600/300,000 does not a majority make.\n\n\"As such scientists can use the gene to distinguish between different plants, even closely related species.\" (inthenews.co.uk). How closely would that be? ...seems like an important question.\n\n\"matK Gene Is A \"Barcode\" DNA For Plants (title, ScientificBlogging).\" These guys can't even get the word order right. It's a DNA barcode not a barcode DNA.\n\n\"They found that when one plant species was closely related to another, differences were usually detected in the matK DNA. (ScientificBlogging)\". Is ScienceBlogging having a secret internal competition on who can be the most vague? \"Usually\" in this context could mean one of two things for a putative plant DNA barcode: 1) spectacular success, 2) cringe-worthy failure.\n\nThe matK gene may not, however, be able to be used to identify every plant species on Earth. In a few groups of species, additional genetic information may be required for species-level identification because hybridization - where species cross-breed and genetic material is rearranged - may confuse the information provided by matK. (ScientificBlogging). Okay, where to begin. First of all, hybridization is not just a minor problem in the plant kingdom, it's more the norm. Second, genetic material is rearranged as a normal result of the normal process of normal sexual reproduction, so hybridization doesn't have anything special going for it there. Third, hybridization does not \"confuse the information\" but rather the information is inadequate to tell when hybridization has occurred.\n\nThe team behind the discovery found that DNA sequences of the gene 'matK' differ among plant species, but are nearly identical in plants of the same species. (Bio-Medicine). Not so much a discovery as a trial of something that had already been proposed and partially tested.\n\nNeedless to say I am looking forward to the paper actually getting published so I can blog it using words a little more informative than \"usually\", \"majority\", \"a few\" and \"closely related\".\n\n2 comments:\n\nLOL, amazing. I never paid attention to scientific journalism and never read press releases prior to blogging. My only news was from the news sections of Science and BioScience, 2 I've subscribed to for many years (and national geographic too). Now I read it all the time and the science journalists are consistently getting it wrong. I don't know why more scientists get into journalism. I know sensationalist headliness and talking points bring in the readers, but you still beed to be somewhat accurate!\n\nSeems I'm a tad late to this post, but I want to point out one glaring inaccuracy in your premise: Science journalists and perhaps some bloggers do have access to the full journal papers before they appear online, via embargoed press packets.\n\nAs a working editor, I can log in to special sites for Nature, PNAS, Science, etc. and download pdfs of any paper that will be public as of the following week. I just can't report on it until the embargo lifts, which in Nature's case means the Wednesday of the week after I get the paper.\n\nIn the age of teh Internets, it seems more journals are releasing papers waaaaay before they plan to run them in the print editions, and therefore they also ease up on how quickly they post their papers to the web. Sorry, but journalists have no control over that.\n\nAs for sensationalist headlines, anything from a maximum character count to optimizing your headline for Google searches can affect the exact words chosen. Can you write a catchy but more accurate headline that's 55 characters or less, with spaces?\n\nI do, however, agree that there's nothing worse than reporters parroting a press release, and wildly lament the lapse in critical thinking a 24/7 publishing world has wrought. Especially when we do have advance access to the paper, there's no excuse for not getting the facts right and presenting a fully balanced view.\n\nAnyway, sorry to rant, but I hope this sheds some light on what's actually going on in science journalists' worlds...\n\nAbout Data Not Shown\n\nAfter about a year of blogging over at The Beagle Project Blog, I realised there were certain things I wanted to write about that might be considered a leeeetle too opinionated or off-topic to warrant posting there. See, The Beagle Project is a team effort, and I had the growing worry that with certain posts I might be infecting the others (and the project as a whole) with Karen cooties. So, while I still consider The Beagle Project Blog my primary blogspot, the views expressed over here at Data Not Shown are mine ...my own ...my precious. You can learn more about Data Not Shown, including an explanation of the title, in my inaugural post."}
-{"text": "Fuel Cell Firm Intelligent Energy Raises $90M in IPO\n\nEric Wesoff is Editor-at-Large at Greentech Media. Prior to joining GTM, Eric Wesoff founded Sage Marketing Partners in 2000 to provide sales and marketing-consulting services to venture-capital firms and their portfolio companies in the alternative energy and telecommunications sectors. Mr. Wesoff has become a well-known, respected authority and speaker in these fields.\n\nHis expertise covers solar power, fuel cells, biofuels and advanced batteries. His strengths are in market research and analysis, business development and due diligence for investors. He frequently consults for energy startups and Silicon Valley's premier venture capitalists.\n\nIntelligent Energy revealed its financials in its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange last week -- and it turns out that for a brief shining moment in 2012, a profitable fuel cell company did in fact exist. Intelligent Energy had revenue of $75 million in 2012 and $13.4 million in profit, based in part on licensing fees from an agreement with automaker Suzuki.\n\nThe London-based fuel cell firm, which uses proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology, went public last week and raised $94.1 million. The company was valued at $811 million, making it the most highly valued publicly held fuel cell company in the world.\n\nOf course, this doesn't include privately held Bloom Energy, which has threatened profitability and an IPO for some time. Bloom Energy has raised more than $1 billion in venture capital over the course of a decade from investors including GSV Capital, Apex Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mobius Venture Capital, Madrone Capital, New Enterprise Associates, SunBridge Partners, Advanced Equities, and Goldman Sachs. Bloom builds fuel cells of the solid-oxide variety, with natural gas as the fuel. Bloom boasts an all-star list of customers, including Adobe, FedEx, Staples, Google, Coca-Cola, and Wal-Mart.\n\nDespite its performance in 2012, Intelligent Energy's revenue fell to $35.6 million in 2013 with losses of $36 million, and so the list of profitable, publicly held fuel cell firms returns to:\n\n1.\n2.\n3.\n\nIntelligent Energy builds proton exchange membrane fuel cells for automotive, consumer, and stationary applications. The firm has raised more than $150 million from investors including Meditor European Master Fund. The company aims to:\n\nDevelop and license its core technology for use in automotive powertrains manufactured by its customers\n\nDevelop compact energy solutions for mobile devices\n\nDevelop distributed and stationary power management solutions for its fuel cell technology\n\nThis business plan parallels the story of Ballard Power, a fuel cell firm with decades' worth of losing quarters. Although Intelligent Energy is reportedly working with Apple on consumer devices, according to The Daily Mail.\n\nFuel cells can be distributed, and natural gas is currently cheap. But for fuel cells dependent on the natural gas grid, there's the downside of volatile prices and the sometimes less-than-green processes used to extract natural gas.\n\nAlthough Toyota and other automakers are speaking of fuel cell vehicles (as they have for decades), Tesla's Elon Musk offered his opinion of fuel cell electric vehicles in a recent edition of Autocar:\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re mind-bogglingly stupid. You can\u2019t even have a sensible debate,\" said Musk, adding, \u201cConsider the whole fuel-cell system against a Model S. It\u2019s far worse in volume and mass terms, and far, far worse in cost. And I haven\u2019t even talked about hydrogen being so hard to handle.\u201d\n\nHe added, \u201cManufacturers do it [FCEVs] because they\u2019re under pressure to show they\u2019re doing something \u2018constructive\u2019 about sustainability. They feel it\u2019s better to be working on a solution a generation away rather than something just around the corner.\u201d\n\nThe Tesla CEO concluded, \u201cHydrogen is always labeled the fuel of the future -- and always will be.\""}
-{"text": "Kiefer Sutherland's going to surrender to New York police to answer an assault complaint after head-butting a designer at SubMercer the other night. This could end in torture for Sutherland's show, 24. Such delightful turnabout!\n\nSutherland's behavior, like his corrosive and overtly propagandist TV serial, was gratuitously savage; undisputed is that he head-butted designer Jack McCollough at the nightclub, and that McCollough never laid a hand on the actor or presented an imminent threat to anyone else. The only fact in question is whether McCollough stumbled into actress Brooke Shields before getting slammed (Sutherland's people apparently mark this as sufficient justification).\n\nStill, it's a minor charge: Third-degree assault. Sutherland is unlikely to face jail time \u2014 in New York.\n\nBut Los Angeles is a different matter. There, Sutherland is in the midst of a five-year probation term for his second drunk driving conviction, and will be in violation of that probation if he is found to have broken any laws. Los Angeles prosecutors have already told People they plan to \"review the incident\" in New York.\n\nA finding of intoxicated battery could draw an especially harsh penalty, of 48 days or more. And that, in turn, could mean delays for 24, set to start production on its eighth season at the end of May, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The show already had a hellish, truncated season 7 due to the writer's strike.\n\nNever let it be said that Kiefer Sutherland doesn't know how to get out of a jam like this one when the clock is ticking. But take away his ability to magically solve all problems by beating the crap out of someone and suddenly his situation, not to mention Fox's, looks a lot more precarious."}
-{"text": "Friday, December 30, 2011\n\n99 year old divorce affair\n\n99 year old divorce affair\n\n99 year old divorce affair - A 99-year-old man is divorcing his wife, 96, after discovering a letter she wrote to a lover in the 1940s. The couple now hold the record for the oldest people in the world to divorce.\n\nA furious 99 year old man is divorcing his wife of 77 years after he discovered she had an affair more than 60 years ago.\n\nThe couple, who have been identified only as Antonio and Rosa, have both consulted lawyers and the first hearing in the case is due to take place in March.\n\nJealous father-of-five Antonio saw red after he discovered dust covered romantic letters from his wife to her secret lover during a clear out of their apartment in Rome.\n\nThe couple had tied the knot in Naples in 1934, where Antonio had met Rosa after he had been sent there to serve in the carabinieri paramilitary police but she had had an affair with her unidentified lover ten years later, keeping the secret to herself until now."}
-{"text": "A couple of comments. First, while it is true that a lower AGI results in a lower tax rate on your retirement distributions which are counted as income, it is more likely that if your itemized deductions exceeds your default standard default deduction, then you will be able to negate the impact of your retirement income. In other words, if you are still paying mortgage interest, paying full price for your health expenses, have capital gains losses in retail accounts, give a lot of money to charity, these are all factors that can offset income and lower your AGI.\n\nSecond, it is important to plan for those required retirement distributions from tax deferred accounts just as it is important to plan for when you might be subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). A few years ago, DF was hit with a double whammy. His required IRA distributions unexpectedly triggered the AMT on this tax returns and he found himself with a larger tax liability than planned.\n\nOne option if you still have earned income in addition to these required distributions is to transfer the money into a Roth IRA. Now this does not help you avoid the tax liability, but if you do not need the income (since you are still earning money), you can at least plug it back into savings and avoid tax liability on future gains. I have not tried this myself, nor has DF as he no longer has earned income, but I think its a legit option.\n\nFuskieWho thinks there are many lessons we younger Fools can learn from our more senior Fools..."}
-{"text": "Phazers are pokemon like Skarmory and Lugia that use moves such as Roar and Whirlwind to constantly switch the enemy. This helps because the enemy can not set up anything like stat boosts or substitute. I know of a few but only in OU and Ubers. But I still wouldn't mind if anyone listed others from OU or Ubers."}
-{"text": "Her fervor for teaching others about plants and botanical art leaps out at you through the Internet. It is no wonder she has been awarded medals by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), has had her work shown in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew, and has work in the permanent collections of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, the RHS Lindley Library, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew and the Highgrove Florilegium. Hazel is currently working on the Flora of Sissinghurst, a special solo project documenting 50 iconic plants representing the historically important gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, the ruin of an Elizabethan house. The project satisfying and entwining her two loves of gardens and plant portraiture.\n\nArtPlantae: Hazel, you mentioned that you strive to provide a \u201creal botanical experience\u201d for your students, one that extends far beyond the studio. How do you approach teaching botanical art?\nHazel West-Sherring: Historically the botanical artist was an illustrator following the science-based traditions of plant hunting, plant identification and plant recording. Botanical artists today enjoy a wealth of plant accessibility and choice, their interests born primarily from an innate love of their own gardens and plants, or those encountered on their travels. Crucially for me, it is native plants and their habits, through the changing seasons.\n\nTo enjoy the \u201creal botanical experience\u201d, my classes work around the gardening year, embracing the seasonal changes to growth and habit of a plant in bud, flower or fruit. Concentrating on classic English garden plants, fruits and vegetables, I start with encouraging familiarisation of the chosen plant family. Understanding where and how the plant grows, is to really experience its character. (It is enormous fun sourcing and growing plants, and I usually have a nursery bed of raised seed, or bulbs, planted out in preparation for future courses!) Then a good deal of inspiring reference material is made available (selected images, books and prints), to review examples of what I and others have achieved in portraying similar plant specimens.\n\nEssential familiarity and understanding of the botany of the plant, through microscope or simple dissection, aids good observational drawing and underpins a successful painting. Sketching the parts of a plant separately on a worksheet, looking at the leaf junctions, the reverse of a leaf or the flower in bud and mature form, promotes understanding. Observance of colour should be actively and enthusiastically explored, and the student is often challenged by introduction to a palette of colour perhaps previously overlooked. The extreme pleasure of recognising colours once seen, and capturing them in pigment, is another crucial part of the real botanical experience!\n\nMy passion for 18th century English landscape gardens, and the creation of our own small formal plot, inspires and underlines my own classic approach to plant portraiture. I enthusiastically encourage and support a student\u2019s individual approach in portraying their chosen specimen, and guide them through good observational drawing practices and watercolour techniques. Welcoming and embracing students\u2019 individual response to colour, habit, texture, or shape, through personal expression yet sound botanical observation, is key to my ultimate reward as a teacher.\n\nI favour small groups and happily mix student abilities in my classes. I feel strongly that the botanical experience is open to all, and that students benefit greatly from sharing their individual achievements and by learning from others.\n\nAP: You are a prolific painter! Your dedication to botanical art shows through your paintings, which I am sure is the result of thousands of hours of work. How do you establish balance between being a prolific painter and an attentive teacher?\nHWS: I have been painting now for several years and a body of work has inevitably built, but slowly! Yes, the paintings do require much commitment of time to reach completion. Before the painting begins, I go through the stages described above. Many hours of plant sourcing and researching, perhaps several growing seasons, hours of study, preparatory drawing and colour referencing, and then final drawing, composition and painting. It is a slow process!\n\nThere is certainly a delicate balancing act to consider when programming my teaching courses through the year, and attempting to complete a collection of paintings, or a work to commission. I enthusiastically manage and share my combined passions since each aspect happily influences the other. Often on courses run from my studio, students\u2019 presence during the development of a painting can be beneficial to both parties. I welcome their thoughts and comments, and they scrutinise the techniques I have employed! The combined passions for plants and gardens, and for painting and teaching good botanical art, culminate in the real botanical experience that I want to share.\n\nAP: Do you keep a sketchbook for casual thoughts and doodles?\nHWS: With reference to my finished paintings, there has always been a certain amount of preparatory drawing and colour work done on \u201cworksheets\u201d. Although rather time-consuming, these sheets contain as much information as possible to allow me to complete a painting confidently when the plant has long since withered. They are the nearest equivalent to a sketchbook, since they contain many experiments and colour trials, as well as rapidly observed plant features I want to include in a final drawing.\n\nAP: On your website, you describe the skills botanical watercolorists must possess to be successful. Describe what \u201cmeticulous brushwork\u201d looks like.\nHWS: Yes, I do describe skills that would be beneficial to a budding botanical watercolourist, not to put them off necessarily, but to prepare them! I talk about some botanical knowledge being helpful, and a genuine interest in the colours and forms of nature. Since good observational drawing is required to underpin a painting, patience is essential. Watercolour techniques can be learnt with practice. Meticulous brushwork is the combination of right technique in the right place, resistance to over-painting, and seamless transitions of colour interchange or light and shade. Even with much practice and some degree of satisfaction in a finished painting, there might only be one small area of a painting that truly satisfies the quest for \u201cmeticulous brushwork\u201d\u2026..but it is what we strive to achieve in each of our paintings.\n\nAP: Also, what thought processes or actions are behind \u201cclever color mixing\u201d?\nHWS: Colour can be such a very personal thing\u2026I argue constantly with my husband about the sea being green not blue! But understanding how pigments work is crucial\u2026..whether a colour is cool or warm, transparent or opaque, the properties of single pigment against a mixed colour which may granulate and misbehave. Watercolour colour mixing need not be restricted to the palette either, since the effect of layering different colour washes can be stunning, and unexpected.\n\nFor my students to really enjoy watercolour in the fullest sense, I try to break down colour prejudices or pre-conceived ideas, encouraging them to see a fuller colour palette within the specimen. A simple example would be a lemon, which on closer inspection and reference to a colour chart, may be very much warmer in hue than presupposed. It may carry green or orange bias, with the possibility of turquoise or pale violet shadows.\n\nWhen painting in watercolour, I always recommend that before the onset of the actual painting, a colour palette is considered and that single pigment and mixed colour swatches are made. If possible maintain the same yellows, reds or blues from mixed colours, that may appear elsewhere as single pigment. It brings a colour unity through the painting, and allows \u201cspot\u201d colours to really glow!\n\nAP: What\u2019s in your palette?\nHWS: I unashamedly admit to a wide palette, mostly Winsor and Newton, with some very brazen colours. For example, because I adore the \u201cwateriness\u201d of watercolour, and favour layering of washes, I might suggest an initial underwash of quite an unexpected colour. Opera rose is a good example of a brazen colour, fabulously luminous under subsequent deep violet washes for a velvety deep blue iris. I favour pans, and the ones most used and with the holes in, are gamboge, prussian and burnt sienna!\n\nAP: What\u2019s in your pencil box?\nHWS: My pencil box is very limited! My dividers, mechanical pencil and pen, grey putty rubber and an old glass handheld magnifier. My brushes are very limited too, miniature sables and the all important prolene mixing brush and separate flat lifting and blending brush.\n\nAP: As you know, readers are invited to ask featured guests questions. This time, let\u2019s have the guest lead the conversation. What would you like to discuss with readers?\nHWS: I would like to discuss the enjoyment of botanical art in the round\u2026.the \u201creal botanical experience\u201d. I really do believe anyone can be helped through the drawing and painting experience to a worthy outcome. Perfection of the image is not necessarily the aim, thinking more broadly, it is the knowledge and experience shared in getting to know that particular plant. Students never look at their subject in the same way again, and once the wider world of colour has been recognised, the fun really starts!\n\nReaders, what do you enjoy about botanical art?\n\nIf you draw &/or paint, why do you do it?\n\nHow has botanical art changed how you think about plants?\n\nIf you are an admirer of botanical art and do not draw or paint, what about botanical art appeals to you? Why are you drawn to this art form?\n\nYou are invited to share your thoughts and to ask Hazel questions about teaching and her art. Hazel will respond to all questions at one time.\n\nPlease send your questions or comments to Hazel before Friday, November 11, 2011 by sending them to education@artplantae.com or by using the comment box below. Your anonymous questions/comments will be forwarded to Hazel. Hazel\u2019s replies will be posted on November 21, 2011.\n\nRails-to-Trails\nFind a trail for hiking, walking, cycling or inline skating. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and its volunteers work to convert unused railroads into trails for healthful outdoor activities.\nSearch their national TrailLink database to locate a trail near you.\n\nTranslate ArtPlantae\n\nUnauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog\u2019s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Artists retain the copyright to their work."}
-{"text": "Planned Giving\n\nGet Involved\n\nLocate the AABGU representative in your area and find out how you can plug in to your passions by supporting Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. You can also read about how BGU is impacting your local community.\n\nNews & Videos\n\nRead about the many ways BGU is making a difference in the Negev, Israel and throughout the world. View videos that highlight the students, researchers and faculty who are turning David Ben-Gurion\u2019s vision into a reality.\n\nResearch at BGU\n\nDiscover how BGU is advancing research in the sciences and the humanities. Bringing together the best and brightest Israeli and international researchers, BGU encourages collaboration and strives for excellence.\n\nAbout\n\nLearn about Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel\u2019s most innovative institution of higher learning and research, and how AABGU is helping fulfill David Ben-Gurion\u2019s vision for Israel\u2019s Negev region.\n\nThe Power of the Parabolic Mirror\n\nThe Power of the Parabolic Mirror\n\nSmithsonian.com \u2014 After 101 days of traveling by plane, train, automobile, Korean warship, zipline, and even robot, the Olympic torch finally reached the site of the Winter Games in Pyeong Chang, South Korea. At the opening ceremony, South Korean figure skater Yuna Kim used it to light the Olympic cauldron in a grand, symbolic start to the games.\n\nWhile the blaze looks like any other, its origins are special. It was lit not with matches or a Zippo lighter, but with a parabolic mirror, echoing rituals from Ancient Greece.\n\nTo brush up on algebra, a parabola is a type of arc that is defined by the exact curvature of its sides. Revolve a parabola around its axis, and you have the shape of a parabolic mirror. Unlike most curves, which scatter incoming light in many directions, the reflected beams bounce from a parabola and all concentrate to one point, the focus.\n\nThese reflective surfaces are used in a number of devices to concentrate not only reflected light, but also sound or radio waves. Satellite dishes, some types of microphones, reflecting telescopes, and even car headlights benefit from the reflective properties of parabolic dishes.\n\nProf. Jeffrey Gordon in his lab with his powerful parabolic mirror\n\nIn the case of the Olympics, when the sun shines on a parabolic dish, known to the ancient Greeks as a skaphia or crucible, the rays all bounce off its sides and collect at one blazing hot point. Put a piece of paper\u2014or a gas torch\u2014in that focal point, and you get fire.\n\nBut, of course, conditions are never ideal. First, some of that heat is lost to the atmosphere. Then, some is absorbed into your reflective surface, and still another fraction is scattered away due to imperfections in the mirror.\n\n\u201cThe parabola is a good concentrator but not a perfect concentrator,\u201d Prof. Gordon adds.\n\nProf. Gordon\u2019s research is focused on pushing the limits of sun concentration to the max. Using multiple concentrating mirrors, his lab has achieved temperatures of nearly 3,000 degrees Celsius (roughly 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit), applying the heat for a range of feats, including a sun-powered surgical laser and a reactor for creating nanomaterials.\n\nBut now, at some truly blistering temps, he has a different problem. \u201cWe start to destroy everything,\u201d he says.\n\nAs for Olympic torch lighting, the issues are somewhat more mundane. For one, there\u2019s the potential for clouds. In the days leading up to the modern torch lighting ceremony at the ancient temple of Hera in Olympia, the organizers lit a flame in a parabolic dish, just in case clouds obscured the sun on the day of the ceremony. The preparedness proved useful at this year\u2019s event, which took place on a drizzly morning.\n\nAlong the lines of Prof. Gordon\u2019s research, people have practiced the concentration of the sun\u2019s rays for thousands of years. The most famous example of solar concentration comes from 212 B.C.E. during the siege of Syracuse, Greece. The Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes used the parabolic mirror, so the story goes, to deter a fleet of approaching ships, crafting a solar death ray using panels of what was likely polished bronze."}
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-{"text": "Top latest Five Water Fasting Good Or Bad Urban news\n\nMenu\n\nTop latest Five Water Fasting Good Or Bad Urban news\n\nIn addition to bettering your Total diet plan, fasting is one Resolution to that buildup of AGE, In line with advocates like Fuhrman.\n\nYou can find remarkable health and fitness Gains from fasting from starting the third day on. Go through Dr Dom D'Agostino. As indicated The problem of fasting when transitioning to ketosis. It is possible to organize for this ahead of your quick and make the transition much easier.\n\nNow don\u2019t stress, these aren\u2019t the hormones that could make you a lot more psychological! In its place, by doing not less than 8 to 10 repetitions of Deadlifts with significant pounds, you'll be able to enhance the amount of testosterone and progress hormone made by Your system.\n\nBy the ultimate day, whenever I obtained away from my car, I needed to lean from it for a few minutes to make the whole world cease spinning.\n\nThis in turn lessens the probability of cardiac and cerebrovascular accidents, and stops the elevate of hypertension. Shortage of fats in blood helps reduce stones of gall and choledocus. The Prophet (PBUH) reported; \"Speedy! You will end up healthier.\"\n\nThe main benefit folks assert from water fasts is the human body\u2019s capacity to detox While using the energy normally utilized for digestion. Your GI program also gets a wanted split. I did get rid of fat speedily over the water rapid, which was A further pleasant gain, as well as the starvation pains stopped immediately after the next day. I felt miserable usually, nevertheless, with problems, exhaustion, dizziness, and general weak point.\n\n\"\u00c2 Fasting just isn't sensible for everyone. But for anyone whose health care ailments do not reply to other solutions, Fuhrman claims, \"from time to time fasting 4 to 5 times per month might help them crack to your upcoming amount of immune competency.\"\n\n\"I realize some Medical doctors say there isn't a scientific evidence to the curative powers of fasting,\" Barolo suggests. \"But there is a cause just about every society in every single country has practiced some form of fasting for A huge number of several years.\n\nIs it a good idea to become Doing the job out while water fasting or does it cause far more damage than good? Join a absolutely free session with Rob\n\nThe contents of this Site are the views of Dr. Ben Kim Unless of course in any other case pointed out. The knowledge on this Site just isn't supposed as personalised medical information and isn't meant to switch the relationship that you've along with your primary care provider.\n\nYour forearms have to operate amazingly tough when you progress in pounds to maintain the bar from slipping out of one's arms. Subsequently your grip power grows by leaps and bounds.\u201d\n\nYou could be a physician, but your outcomes do NOT propose just about anything favourable about your routine if you just preserve getting back weight you missing.\n\nThis is certainly negative. Not healthy in any way. Your system will likely be so weak and will shop Fats because you're starving it. Get started lowering your caloric consumption little by little and grow to be additional Lively.\n\nThis is not a clinical guidance. It is probably not a safe option for read more you. Be sure to Get in touch with your physician for personal suggestions. I am fifty year aged six\u20191\u2033(185cm) male, medical health care provider. More than several years I'd my body weight steadily attained 310 lb. (141kg). I started extremely very low carbohydrate food plan in 2014. Just after Preliminary fat loss of about forty lb.(18kg) I received it Practically all back. In 2015 since I did water and salt quick for thirty days with out important work considering the fact that I was presently in ketosis by now for rather some time. I drank water When I wished it and took salt from hand Any time I wished. As a way to keep that water I have to acquire salt."}
-{"text": "Recently the board software has been updated and there are some known bugs/failures:\n- Avatars are currently not being displayed\u2714 FIXED\n- Tapatalk connection is currently broken\u2714 FIXED\n- Avatars cannot be uploaded\u2714 FIXED\n\nHi, just wondering if people think their is any real benefit of carbon tubular wheels that weigh around 1200 -1250g such as hypernon/fulcrum light/vision Trimax tc24 versus light weight clincher wheels such as the r sys sl. Purely in the context of climbing, ie sportive or climbing big cols for fun. Not for road racing or aerodynamic properties.\n\nGiven the disadvantage of tubulars such as puncturing and braking on long descents. I could understand the advantage of \u00fcber lightweight wheels such as enve or ax lightness.\n\nI agree the hypernons and racing lights ceramic hub are excellent and superior to mavics.\n\nTubulars may break fine, but the general consensus is that clincher rims break better in the dry and wet.\n\nMy question is purely on a performance basis, ie is there now any advantage using tubular wheels that are 50 -100 grams lighter over top end clincher like the mavics. For example, a TT up Alpe D'Huez or doing a longer event such as the etape/Marmotte if bike and rider are equal.\n\nTubulars may break fine, but the general consensus is that clincher rims break better in the dry and wet.\n\nAssuming you mean \"brake\", then no such general consensus exists - the choice of tubular or clincher makes no difference to how a rim brakes, except in the case of overheating where a clincher can blow off the rim, although a tubular can also come unglued.\n\nIf you're thinking of Tony Martin in the Worlds TT, then he chose clinchers because they offered an alloy braking surface, which is better in the wet than carbon. It's the braking surface that makes the difference, not the type of tyre.\n\nWeight is weight. It's an absolute in climbing. The more of it you have, the slower you go for a given effort. The lightest wheelset you can possibly build is a low profile carbon tubular so for pure climbing, that is the best choice in theory.\n\nThat said, do a search for one of those power spreadsheets - you can work out how much difference 200g will actually make - it's TINY.\n\nCarbon wheels are still improving. Aluminium rims (in my opinion) aren't likely to get much lighter or stiffer than they already are, and at the \u00fcber-WW end of things stiffness and durability really tends to suffer. Unless all you do is ride uphill TTs I would still choose aluminium though, and I say this as the owner of two carbon wheelsets.\n\nTubulars may break fine, but the general consensus is that clincher rims break better in the dry and wet.\n\nThis has nothing to do with tubulars versus clinchers but rather alloy rims versus carbon rims be that of the tubular or clincher conviction.The gap is closing as we speak though.\n\nQuote:\n\nGiven the disadvantage of tubulars such as puncturing and braking on long descents.\n\nOnce again this is just not true. Tubulars should not puncture any more or less than a clincher. If anything the tubular has the theoretical advantage both on pncture resistance and sustained/repetitive braking.\n\nIn short, for what you intend to do, the tubular carries all the advantages you need. The only disadvantage I can see is the slightly inferior brute stopping power under heavy rain and then some...\n\nIn the context of climbing, the performance difference will be marginal. That is, assuming both wheelsets have similar performance. Feeling comfortable with what you ride will make a bigger difference, and you may not be as confident if you ride very light carbon wheels.\n\nI had some C4 2.0 USL that I loved and have now changed to Zipp 202 (because I was switching back to Campag). To be honest the tubs are a bit smoother but apart from that I don't notice a massive difference (until I puncture). The clinchers have the added bonus that I used to use them more rather than save them for the odd special trips. Having said that I am 59 kg so pretty light on my kit.\n\nWho is online\n\nUsers browsing this forum: Baidu [Spider], Bing [Bot] and 14 guests\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum"}
-{"text": "Most recent market news:\n\nThe HPSI increased 3.3 points to 86.5 in July, reaching a new all-time survey high.\n\nEach of the six HPSI components increased in July.\n\nThe largest increases were seen in the net share of consumers who expect home prices to go up over the next 12 months, which rose 8 percentage points after a drop in June, and the net share of consumers who expect mortgage interest rates to go down over the next 12 months, which rose 5 percentage points."}
-{"text": "Re: Former University of Houston QB Case Keenum agrees to a contract with the Texans\n\nQuote:\n\nOriginally Posted by 76Texan\n\nIf you compare Weeden and Keenum for example, from the time the ball is snapped (they both played basically out of the shotgun last year) to the time the ball leaves the hand of the QB on each different throw (whether it's a quick out, a slant, a swing pass, a deep out, a post, a corner route, whatever), Keenum got the ball out of there a whole lot sooner than Weeden - and he was still more accurate.\n\nThis is more about going through a progression & rhythm than release. When most people talk about release, the time starts from the motion to get the ball to the ready position to the time it is out of his hands.\n\nA QB that holds the ball low... around chest level has to get the ball back behind his ear, then go through his forward motion. That takes time. A QB that holds the ball near his head should take less time.\n\nEven if you have two QBs who hold the ball near the same position, one is naturally going to be faster than the other."}
-{"text": "What firearms related books do you have?\n\nWanted to see what else is out there that folks have as far as technical reference of any type (books) related to shooting/firearms to exclude reloading information or gun manuals, got tons of those floating around (mostly thanks to Jack404, a big thanks again!).\n\nthis has long been a favorite of mine for understanding ballistics of just about everything concerning every type of firearm. Highly recommend reading this cover to cover if you are a serious hunter, shooter of any kind. Dispells quite a few myths.\n\nWanted to see what other stuff like this is out there that you guys have found useful or informative.\n\nAll of my books are reloading related. I have 3 of them. Once written by Hornady, one written by Lee Precision, and one generic written by a ballistics expert. The Lee Precision is a soft cover and the other two are hard covers. The Lee book has very limited loading information. The Hornady book is the best of the 3.\n\nnone, that you speak of.\ni dont reload, so i dont need any books.\ndad taught me when i was 5 or 6 which shells went in the right firearm, so no books\ni know how to take apart and clean every firearm i own , so no books\ni guess i dont need no books\n\nI have - uh - several. I've got a couple books by MajGen J. S. Hatcher, a couple by Elmer Keith, books on handgun shooting by Jordan, Fairbairne and Sykes, Nichols and some others. I have a copy of Walter Roper's handgunner book, Fitzgerald, and McGivern. There are numerous Gun Digests and Shooter's Bibles. Reloading manuals and commentaries by the foot.\n\nI have - uh - several. I've got a couple books by MajGen J. S. Hatcher, a couple by Elmer Keith, books on handgun shooting by Jordan, Fairbairne and Sykes, Nichols and some others. I have a copy of Walter Roper's handgunner book, Fitzgerald, and McGivern. There are numerous Gun Digests and Shooter's Bibles. Reloading manuals and commentaries by the foot.\n\nI have to catalogue them.\n\nNo such thing as 'too much information'.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nagreed. knowledge is power in any case but there's so much to know about ballistics that actually have a lot of practical use when selecting ammuntion or components for ammo or your gun.\n\nneed to photo my other books and get them posted up here. would love to see others you guys have too.\n\nWhen you can get yourself to throw them away, why not give them away, instead? There's probably a ton of new shooters who would love to read a couple.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nI tried, a highschool and a old folks home, not just shooting magazines but a whole series of outdoor and project related magazines. Neither would take them because of surplus inventory already on hand. I give a lot away to people I know would appreciate them but I'm talking 30+ years of accumulation. I see boxes of those kinds of magazines go for decent prices at estate sales and when they have one to get rid of my estate they are going to need a hay wagon to haul them with because a pickup won't be big enough.\n\nI have three new reloading manuals, the Blue Book of Gun Values, and I have the complete set of Gun Digest books of assembly and dis-assembly. I think there are six of them. I also think I have a couple of old Gun Digest books."}
-{"text": "Marlins' ace Fernandez killed in boat accident\n\nby AP\n\nFILE - In this Monday, June 1, 2015, file photo, Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez replaces his cap after the singing of the national anthem before the start of a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Chicago Cubs, in Miami. The Marlins announced Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, that ace right-hander Fernandez has died. The U.S. Coast Guard says Fernandez was one of three people killed in a boat crash off Miami Beach early Sunday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)\n\nMIAMI, Florida \u2014\n\nThe Latest on the boating death of Miami Marlins pitching ace Jose Fernandez (all times local):\n\n---\n\n12:35 p.m.\n\nMiami Marlins players gathered at the team's ballpark to grieve together following the death of teammate Jose Fernandez.\n\n\"A lot of words were said, meaningful words and emotion and prayer,\" Marlins president David Samson said. \"Jose is a member of this family for all time.\"\n\nSamson spoke at a news conference, surrounded by more than two dozen players wearing Marlins jerseys - the black ones.\n\nManager Don Mattingly and president of baseball operations Michael Hill flanked Samson and fought back tears.\n\n\"'When I think about Jose, it's going to be thinking about a little kid,\" Mattingly said. \"I see such a little boy in him ... the way he played. ... Kids play Little League, that's the joy Jose played with.\"\n\nThe Marlins' game Sunday against Atlanta was canceled. Their home game Monday night against the New York Mets will be played as scheduled, the team said.\n\n\"Deep in our hearts there is a lot of pain,\" third baseman Martin Prado said. \"Somehow we've got to overcome that.\"\n\n---\n\n12:25 p.m.\n\nThe owner of the Miami Marlins says he is feeling the \"deepest sorrow\" over the death of Jose Fernandez.\n\nJeffrey Loria released a statement early Sunday afternoon saying he, his family and the entire organization is mourning Fernandez's death.\n\nLoria says that \"sadly, the brightest lights are often the ones that extinguish the fastest.\"\n\n---\n\n10:55 a.m.\n\nAuthorities in Florida say Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was not wearing a life vest when he was killed in a boating crash off Miami Beach early Sunday.\n\nAn official from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told reporters that Fernandez was with two friends when the 32-foot SeaVee that they were traveling in hit rocks and capsized during a boating trip.\n\nLorenzo Veloz of the fish commission said the boat was found upside down. Two bodies were found under the vessel and one was found in the water by divers.\n\nThe boat was traveling full speed and was demolished. There was no evidence of alcohol or illegal substances being a factor in the crash.\n\n---\n\n10:45 a.m.\n\nMajor League Baseball released a statement saying it was \"stunned and devastated\" by news of the death of ace right-hander Jose Fernandez.\n\nThe 24-year-old pitcher was killed in a boat crash early Sunday off Miami Beach. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating. Two other people died.\n\nMLB Commissioner Rob Manfred called Fernandez one of baseball's \"great young stars\" who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013.\n\nManfred said: \"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, the Miami Marlins organization and all of the people he touched in his life.\"\n\nThe Marlins' game Sunday at home against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled.\n\n---\n\nThe Miami Marlins have announced the death of ace right-hander Jose Fernandez.\n\nThe U.S. Coast Guard says Fernandez was one of three people killed in a boat crash off Miami Beach early Sunday.\n\nThe Marlins did not immediately release details, other than releasing a statement confirming the death of one of the top pitchers in baseball.\n\nIn the statement, the Marlins say they are \"devastated by the tragic loss of Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time.\"\n\nThe Marlins' game Sunday at home against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled."}
-{"text": "Citroen Working on C4 Cactus for end 2014 Reveal\n\nCitroen was once known for its classic French appeal, which over the years was put aside to accommodate modern technology and improve luxury levels. Citroen however is planning on heading back to old paths with their C4 Cactus. This vehicle was originally conceived during the great economic meltdown back in 2008 and various aspects of the automotive industry have changed ever since.\n\nAfter the giant depreciation, European car makers have faced close to 25 percent drop in sales volume. The US too has faced adversaries over the years and two out of their big three car makers, have gone bankrupt. Factories and ware houses across the nation have shut down, while car production has decreased in volume.\n\nOvercapacity of car manufacture in the US was neutralized and vehicles have returned to their pre cash levels. Mainstream brands now find car making profitable once again. Europe however face a different crisis altogether. Citroen and Peugeot, their two primary car makers, face over production while sales are dropping consistently. With major factories closing down, putting the pressure on showroom prices, Citroen bosses sat down together to work out a new strategy, which would help them get over these tough times.\n\nBasic ideas included that the cars needed to be made cheap but had to be consistent with standard quality and features. Profit world not be made from singular sales, although mass sale could cover all costs.\n\nThis is a radical move while its vehicles will be sold under the new found \u201cC Line\u201d brand. Even though a consistent vehicle lineup has not been confirmed yet, Citroen will be launching a production variant of its C4 Cactus in this segment.\n\nThis vehicle however is still work in progress and no confirmed launch date is provided yet. We are however hopeful of a mid / end 2014 reveal. With modern technology being a subject for regular experimentation, we cannot expect to stay put with something for long. Hence, a particular feature which may be new today shall be obsolete within the next few years. Citroen has kept this in mind while designing their vehicle.\n\nThe sheer usefulness and simplicity of modern day smart phones have inspired them to work effectively on the C4 Cactus. Rise of simplicity has also resulted in decluttering of the dash board and interior in general. The C Line vehicles were originally designed to offer customers a stress free mode of travel. It was originally designed as a touring vehicle and could be used in urban conditions as well. Sporting credibility of the Cactus is near zero and this does not appeal to the youth.\n\nHowever if you are on a lookout for a cheap yet reliable mode of transport, the C4 Cactus is your best bet. Citroen plans on increasing ease of ownership and have added various features to enhance its appeal. This is a French car in every sense as it maintains clarity and honesty in its design, without pretending. This vehicle should be available by end 2014 and Citroen\u2019s future rests on its success.\n\nRenault has revealed the Duster Extreme Concept at the Auto Show in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The concept vehicle is developed by Renault Design Latin America or RADL, the company's design center based in Sao Paulo, Brazil,...\n\nAlfa Romeo has officially unveiled the new Stelvio at the Auto Show in Los Angeles. The first SUV in the\nhistory of the Italian automaker was named in honor of the most spectacular mountain pass in Europe\nwhich...\n\nAlong with the launch of the Golf 7 Facelift, the Germans from Volkswagen bring improvements for their electric version too. Perhaps the most important novelty on the e-Golf Facelift is that the range of the new...\n\nIn the future, the BMW Group will be based increasingly on innovation and digitization for a sustainable logistics processes. A fully interconnected supply chain, autonomous transport robots, and use of existing...\n\nThe long awaited Land Rover Defender will go on sale in 2018. The new generation reaches a high level of development and promises to be \u201ceven more capable\u201d than the iconic off-roader which it replaces....\n\nAlthough autonomous driving is meant to replace the driver on monotonous and boring travels, for the first time an auto manufacturer combines autonomous driving technology with tuning and an active way of life!\nKIA...\n\nThe new Mercedes E-Class Coupe, codenamed C208, will be revealed in January 2017 at the Detroit Auto Show.\nThe E-Class family increases with the Mercedes E-Class Coupe and Cabrio, expected to join the revised range...\n\nThe Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas brings many interesting concepts, but also many custom cars. Toyota introduced many concepts this time that are particularly interesting.\nThe...\n\nThe Swedish company Volvo has officially presented the elongated wheelbase version of the sedan Volvo S90 and luxury version called Volvo S90 Excellence. Presentation of the cars took place in Shanghai and the public...\n\nMazda unveiled two new concepts based on the MX-5 roadster, one of which has undergone a strict diet and came to weigh almost as much as a Smart!\nMazda takes care to satisfy the claims of its most unusual fans....\n\nAt the SEMA Show Chevrolet brought several Camaro modified model, as well as a Chevelle classic model from the year 1969!\nThe new Chevrolet Camaro Turbo AutoX combines a turbo engine that has a displacement of...\n\nHenrik Fisker posted on Twitter a few pictures with the electric car EMotion,from Fisker Inc., and immediately after he did so everyone's attention was captured. The reason is as simple as can be - the luxurious...\n\nStelvio, the first SUV by Alfa Romeo, is ready to debut next month at Los Angeles\u2026 but until then we have some spy photos.\nIn the latest set of spy photos, the new Alfa Romeo SUV leaves some of the camouflage...\n\nRenault-Nissan Alliance is preparing to integrate Mitsubishi in its structures and the three car makers will share production platforms and technologies.\nIn the first half of this year, Mitsubishi was very close...\n\nWith the newest SUV, Volkswagen celebrates two premieres: firstly, VW renounces at the strategy to name all SUV brands with names that start with \u201cT\u201d and, secondly, it creates the biggest SUV of the brand....\n\nNext month, Mitsubishi will bring a full list of updates to the Auto Show in Los Angeles, topped by the eX concept - which reached American soil for the first time.\nEven though its debut is set in about three weeks,..."}
-{"text": "Captivating music from the drums, xylophones and timpani on stage filled the decorated halls of Akin Auditorium. Directed by Gordon Hicken, assistant professor of music-percussion, the performance also featured two numbers by the combined choirs, and 147 people attended the performance by the \u2026 [Read more...]\n\nThe audience of nearly 100 in Akin Auditorium Nov. 3 sat in an almost reverent silence as the percussionist balanced the flowerpot atop the drum.\u201cIt was certainly unconventional. I've seen a lot of concerts, a lot of percussionists, but I've never seen flowerpots before, but I think it worked well \u2026 [Read more...]"}
-{"text": "Gangnam Style is plagiarism from Vietnamese Clip\n\nHi guys, gals and gays,\nI found an very interesting thing about Gangnam style, which is very hot video clips nowadays, is copied from an Vietnamese video clip.\nThe singer in clip is a child in vietnam who join a singing game show.\nLook at this origin video (vietnamese) http://youtu.be/vRLBnMO91Z0\nAnd Gangnam style video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MQ3AG1c8o\n\nHi guys, gals and gays,\nI found an very interesting thing about Gangnam style, which is very hot video clips nowadays, is copied from an Vietnamese video clip.\nThe singer in clip is a child in vietnam who join a singing game show.\nLook at this origin video (vietnamese) http://youtu.be/vRLBnMO91Z0\nAnd Gangnam style video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MQ3AG1c8o\n\nWhat do you think?\n\nClick to expand...\n\nEpic thrash. And people still break dance? This is not apple where everything are registered patents.\n\nNote that adblockers might block our captcha, and other functionality on BHW so if you don't see the captcha or see reduced functionality please disable adblockers to ensure full functionality, note we only allow relevant management verified ads on BHW."}
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-{"text": "EU-Spain\n\nCatalan secession project in balance as anti-austerity party weighs up next step. For nearly three decades they have quietly been building up a base of supporters, rallying citizens in several Spanish regions to back their anti-capitalist agenda.\n\nNow, as the world wonders what\u2019s next for Catalonia\u2019s secessionist movement, all eyes have landed on this small far-left, pro-independence party. Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) won 10 seats in Catalonia\u2019s regional elections, meaning that if it partners with the nationalist coalition Junts pel S\u00ed (Together for Yes), which won 62 seats, secessionists could take control of the 135-seat parliament. On Monday, Junts pel S\u00ed said it was ready to work with CUP, conscious that failure to do so could stall the secession project. But things aren\u2019t so clear for CUP, said member Josep Manel Busqueta. Tough negotiations lie ahead for both camps, who hold contrasting views on everything from EU membership to economic policy. \u201cFor us, independence in the 21st century isn\u2019t just about breaking off with the Spanish state,\u201d Manel Busqueta said.\n\nMiguel Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the aid organisation also known as IFRC, said on Tuesday that the agency is trying to raise about $38m over the next two years to help 300,000 people living in poor conditions. Spain is in its second recession in three years with an almost 25 per cent unemployment rate, the highest in the European Union. The new IFRC campaign, titled Now More than Ever, is set to reportedly announce its appeal on Wednesday in 30 of the country's provinces. A campaign video shows a family with an all but empty fridge receiving a box of groceries from the Red Cross. The agency helped some two million people in Spain last year, most of who were in need of food or money. Before the crisis, the Spanish Red Cross mainly helped immigrants in Spain and disaster-hit or poverty-stricken countries abroad.\nCould Mean the End of Spain.\n\nBy Marshall Auerback The real weak link now in the Eurozone is Spain, where the data is a disaster.\n\nIt is Greece writ large. And this is before Madrid, under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, has submitted to a new ECB program of agreed austerity in exchange for the ECB backstopping the nation\u2019s bonds via a renewed Securities Market Program (SMP). One can readily understand Mariano Rajoy\u2019s reluctance to place Spain in the 21st century equivalent of a Victorian debtor\u2019s prison. The country\u2019s economy is a disaster. Spain is still a relative young democracy. Being thrown out of the EU would be a boon for Catalonia if it meant severance from the euro straitjacket, but disastrous for Spain for let\u2019s face it: Spain has milked Catalonia dry for four hundred years. Catalonia is a VERY wealthy region. If and when Rajoy submits to the ECB\u2019s program, don\u2019t be surprised if separatist sentiment in Catalonia hardens and spreads to other regions."}
-{"text": "WONDERFUL JOB! I love the colors and your watercoloring is great.\nI just might have to break down and get this set. I\n\n------------------------------\n\nFailed Lurker\n\nRegistered: May 2, 2004Location: Far, far awayPosts: 24216\n\nThu, May 19, 2005 @ 11:10 AM\n\nNow you can just stop right there. When I first saw this set, I thought it was hideous. Now you - and people like you - are going to start making fab cards like this with it and start making me want it! So stop it... please!"}
-{"text": "*A Pro Wrestling Opinion Exclusive* Check out Nick\u2019s interview with Luke Roberts from Dynamo Pro Wrestling as he calls in to give fans an update on the promotion\u2019s \u201cMarch Mayhem\u201d show in two weeks on Saturday, Mar. 31, runs down the card and what may happen come April. Watch [\u2026]\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nLikeLoading...\n\nRelated\n\nAbout Nicholas Jason Lopez\n\nJust a 25 year-old Brooklynite. Nothing more, nothing less.\nCurrently Freelancing for The Bensonhurst Bean website in Brooklyn, he has also been published on sites such as Review Fix, College University of New York Athletic Conference, Dying Scene, Brooklyn News Service, All Media NY, BrooklynFans.com and Yahoo Voices.\nHe has also interned for The Home Reporter/Brooklyn Spectator based out of Brooklyn, NY."}
-{"text": "a.DISCUSSION AND ORDER 95-3-28-1/In\nthe Matter of Amending Chapter 60 of Lane Manual to Revise Certain Department\nof Public Works, Land Management Division Charges and Planning Fees (LM 60.850\nand 60.851) Effective April 30, 1995. (Bennett Wilson)\n\nb.ORDER 95-3-28-2/In the Matter of\nElecting Whether or Not to Consider an Appeal of a Hearings Official Decision\nAffirming the Planning Director's Approval of a Home Occupation (File PA\n3347-94; Gulledge). (Mike Copely)\n\nb.SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance\nNo. 3-95/In the Matter of Amending Chapter 4 of Lane Code to Delete $20/Day\nCar Rental Tax Exemption, Dedicate that Share of Revenue to County General\nFund, Set an Effective Date of May 1, 1995, and a Sunset Date of July 1,\n1996.(NBA & PM 2/22/95) (Teresa\nWilson)\n\nd.SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance\nNo. 6-95/In the Matter of Amending Chapter 4 of Lane Code to Increase the\nCar Rental Tax, Dedicate that Share of Revenue to County General Fund and Set\nan Effective Date of May 1, 1995. (NBA & PM 2/22/95) (Teresa Wilson)\n\n6.EMERGENCY\nBUSINESS\n\n2:00 p.m.(Harris\nHall Main Floor)\n\n7.ADJUSTMENTS\nTO THE AGENDA\n\n#8.PUBLIC COMMENTS\n\n(Maximum time 20 minutes:Speakers\n\nwill be limited to 3 minutes and may\n\nnot yield their time to other speakers.)\n\n9.COMMISSIONERS'\nANNOUNCEMENTS\n\n10.EXECUTIVE\nSESSION as per ORS192.660\n\n(Commissioners' Conference Room)\n\n11.COUNTY\nADMINISTRATION\n\na.Announcements\n\nb.ORDER 95-3-29-1/In the Matter of\nApproving a Grant of Video Lottery Funds and Business Development Loan Funds to\nLane Council of Governments for Its Lane Rural Diversification Fund for\nBusiness Development Loans. (Peter Thurston)\n\nc.ORDER 95-3-29-2/In the Matter of\nReceiving Unanticipated Grant Funds to Increase Appropriations in the Amount of\n$206,500 in Revenues and Expenses in Fund 35, Capital Improvement Fund and\n$5,900 in Fund 24, County Administration (0370). (Peter Thurston)\n\nd.ORDER 95-3-29-3/In the Matter of\nAccepting a Timber Initiative Grant for $15,000 and Appropriating the Funds to\nthe Department of County Administration, With the Match Coming From Video\nLottery Funds, and Establishing an Extra Help Position to Accomplish the Work.\n(Stephanie Schulz)\n\n(All\nitems listed here are considered to be routine by the Board of\nCommissioners and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below.There will be no separate discussion of\nthese items.If discussion is desired,\nthat item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered\nseparately.)\n\nBEGINNING\nOF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n\nA.Approval of Minutes:January 11, 1995, Regular Meeting, 1:30 p.m.\n\nJanuary\n12, 1995, Joint Meeting BCC/ Veneta, 6:30 p.m.\n\nJanuary\n25, 1995, Regular Meeting, following HACSA\n\nJanuary\n25, 1995, Joint Meeting BCC/ Florence, 5:30 p.m.\n\nJanuary\n25, 1995, Joint Meeting BCC/ Dunes City/Florence, 7:00 p.m.\n\nFebruary\n1, 1995, Leadership Team Meeting, 9:00 a.m.\n\nFebruary\n6, 1995, Leadership Team Meeting, 8:30 a.m.\n\nB.Human Resources and Management Services\n\n1)ORDER 95-3-29-5/In the Matter of\nGranting an Easement for a Storm Sewer on County-Owned Real Property to the\nCity of Eugene and Authorizing the County Administrator to Execute Said\nEasement.\n\n2)ORDER 95-3-29-6/In the Matter of\nSelling Surplus County-Owned Real Property to the City of Springfield (Map\n#17-02-31-31-05101, Located on Main Street Near 34th, Springfield).\n\n2)ORDER 95-3-29-9/In the Matter of\nAwarding a Contract to Nessco Supply, Inc. for the Purchase of Global Satellite\nSystem Survey Equipment in the Amount of $45,059.24.\n\n3)ORDER 95-3-29-10/In the Matter of\nReleasing, Dedicating, and Accepting a Parcel Strip as Described on Reel 58-D,\nRecorder's Reception Number 55649, as Public and County Road Right of Way\n(17-04-10) (Bobolink Avenue, Webster Street and Maesner Street).\n\n4)ORDER 95-3-29-11/In the Matter of\nAccepting a Deed of Land to be Used as a Public Road Easement and County Road\nfor South Hideaway Hills Road (18-03-34).\n\n5)ORDER 95-3-29-12/In the Matter of\nAccepting a Deed of Land to be Used as a Public Road Easement and County Road\nfor Pickens Road (18-05-09).\n\n6)ORDER 95-3-29-13/In the Matter of\nVacating a Portion of County Road Number 582 (E.R. Schwering Road), Without a\nPublic Hearing, and Adopting Findings of Fact (17-01-29, 17-01-30).\n\n7)ORDER 95-3-29-14/In the Matter of\nVacating a Portion of County Road Number 598 (Camp Creek Road, Without a Public\nHearing, and Adopting Findings of Fact (17-02-20).\n\n8)ORDER 95-3-29-15/In the Matter of\nAttaching to the Clackamas County Bid and Executing a Purchase Order to Morton\nInternational, Inc. in the Amount of $198,937 for the Purchase of One (1), New,\nHighway Paint Striper Truck.\n\n13.CONSENT\nCALENDAR (Continued)\n\nD.Regional Information System\n\n1)ORDER 95-3-29-16/In the Matter of\nApproving an Intra-Departmental Transfer of $10,000 From Information Systems\nOperational Contingency Appropriations to Capital Outlay Appropriations in\nOrder to Acquire a PC File Server.\n\nEND\nOF CONSENT CALENDAR * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n\nWEDNESDAY,\nMARCH 29, 1995 - REGULAR MEETING (Continued)\n\n14.COUNTY\nCOUNSEL\n\na.FIRST READING AND SETTING SECOND READING\nAND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance No. 7-95/In the Matter of Amending Chapter\n4 of Lane Code to Permit the Board of County Commissioners to Use Transient\nRoom Tax Funds for Higher Priority Needs During Periods of Budget Shortfall (LC\n4.175) (Second Reading and Public Hearing: April 19, 1995, 1:30 p.m., Harris\nHall Main Floor). (Teresa Wilson)\n\n15.HEALTH\nAND HUMAN SERVICES\n\na.PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDER 95-3-29-17/In\nthe Matter of Accepting Plan/Amendment Approval Forms #98 and #100 to the\n1993-95 Intergovernmental Agreement 20-001; Authorizing the County\nAdministrator to Sign the PAAFs; and Reducing Appropriations of $3,449 in Fund\n24 Impacting Services to Individuals With Developmental Disabilities. (Rob\nRockstroh)\n\nb.ORDER 95-3-29-18/In the Matter of\nAccepting Plan/Amendment Approval Form #103 to the 1993-95 Intergovernmental\nAgreement #20-001; Establishing a .75 FTE Rate for High School Transition\nSpecialist; Authorizing the County Administrator to Sign the PAAF and\nAppropriating $45,788 in Fund 24 in Fiscal Year 1994-95 Which Will Support\nServices to Individuals With Developmental Disabilities. (Rob Rockstroh)\n\n15.HEALTH\nAND HUMAN SERVICES\n\nc.ORDER 95-3-29-19/In the Matter of\nAppointing One Member to the Health Advisory Committee. (Rob Rockstroh)\n\nb.REPORT BACK AND ORDER 95-3-29-21/In\nthe Matter of Authorizing the County Administrator to Execute a Thirty Day\nExtension to the Options to Purchase/Sale Agreement With Ivan Thompson for the\nWestfir Mill Site. (NBA & PM 3/8/95) (Jeff Turk)\n\n17.YOUTH\nSERVICES\n\na.ORDER 95-3-29-22/In the Matter of\nAuthorizing the Department of Youth Services to Apply to the Criminal Justice Services\nDivision for $51,304 in Grant Funds to Continue the Coordinated Aftercare\nProgram for Juvenile Sex Offenders. (Steve Carmichael)\n\nb.ORDER 95-3-29-23/In the Matter of\nEstablishing a Position in the Department of Youth Services. (Susan Sowards)"}
-{"text": "Eighth-ranked Saint Mary\u2019s (3-0-0) beat Grand Canyon 1-0 on Friday on a penalty kick scored by Anders Engebretsen in the 48th minute. Goalkeeper Remi Prieur made a crucial save in the 73rd minute to preserve the Gaels\u2019 victory.\n\nCal (2-0-1) defeated UC Santa Barbara 3-0 in its first road match of the season. The Bears put the match away in the first half, with Simon Lekressner scoring 45 seconds into the match, followed by goals by Arman Samimi (14th minute), Tommy Williamson (39th minute).\n\nSanta Clara (2-2-0) defeated San Jose State 5-1 on Friday night on goals by Presten Manthey, Javier Ruiz Duran, Sam Agosti, Alan Camacho Soto, and Dylan Carrubba. The Broncos lost to Grand Canyon on Sunday night 1-0; the lone goal of the match was scored by the Lopes\u2019 Bert Wilton in the 21st minute.\n\nUSF (0-3-0) lost at CSU Northridge by a score of 6-0. After a 6th minute goal by Johnny Rodriguez, the Matadors put the match away with second-half goals by Alex Lara, Daniel Trejo, two goals by Kris Fourcand, and Esteban Camacho.\n\nNumber 4 Stanford (2-0-0) didn\u2019t play this weekend after its successful road trip to Penn State and Akron last weekend. They play their home opener tonight (Monday) vs. San Jose State.\n\nOn the women\u2019s side, USF (4-2-0) played in front of a sold-out crowd for the first time ever at Negoesco Stadium against Stanford on Sunday. However, they offered little resistance against the third-ranked team in the county as the Cardinals won 9-0. Catarina Macario led Stanford with a hat trick.\n\nSaint Mary\u2019s (2-3-0) scored six goals in a match for the first time since 1999 to defeat Wagner 6-1.\n\nCal continued their undefeated start to the season. An Abi Kim goal in the 48th minute led the Bears to a 1-0 victory over Montana. (5-0-0). They have yet to concede a goal this season.\n\nSanta Clara defeated Utah Valley University Women\u2019s Soccer 5-0 on Sunday. Kelsey Turnbow led the Broncos (3-3-0) with two goals and two assists.\n\nNapa falls to Cosmos\n\nIn the NPSL Member\u2019s Cup, Napa Valley 1839 FC\u2019s road trip to New York City ended in a hard-fought 1-0 loss to the Cosmos. Napa\u2019s stout defense frustrated the Cosmos until the 58th minute when the Cosmos broke through on a header from Isaac Acu\u00f1a. The Cosmos were reduced to 10 men when Emmanuele Sembroni was red-carded in the 61st. Napa had an excellent chance to score late in the match but wasn\u2019t able to convert."}
-{"text": "This time it is CharyJay, a Detroit based,writer and video editor. The parody focused on poking fun of comments made by women, who have chosen to chemically relaxed their hair, to females who choose a more natural look. The video focuses on the stereotypes that girls with natural hair endure. For instance, the challenges they face finding employment, as well as relationships because some may believe natural hair isn\u2019t as neat."}
-{"text": "Vault of Xenos\n\nAbout Vault of Xenos\n\nCan you free the heroes from the towers by collecting the keys? Travel the land with your heroes and defeat all the monsters. Collect magic weapons and armour, and upgrade your weaponry with magic spells. Can you rescue the lands with the heroes of Xenos?"}
-{"text": "Stanley Cup Hosted at Reign's Canadian Heritage Night\n\nONTARIO, Calif. - The Ontario Reign, defending Pacific Division Champions and proud affiliate of the NHL's 2012 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, have announced that the Stanley Cup will be at Canadian Heritage Night at Citizens Business Bank Arena on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 5:00 p.m. through the end of the game, with a special season ticket holder showing starting at 4:00 p.m. The Reign will take on Western Conference rivals, the Alaska Aces, when the puck drops at 6:00 p.m.\n\nThe Reign will share the iconic championship trophy with all of the fans in attendance throughout the game. There will not be a professional photographer with the Cup throughout the game so personal photographs will be permitted.\n\nThe Reign's NHL affiliate, the Los Angeles Kings, won the Cup for the first time in franchise history this past year going 16-4 through the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They were the lowest seeded team, but handedly knocked off the Western Conferences first, second, and third seeds - the first time in Stanley Cup history that an eighth seed has advanced to the finals. The Kings were finally able to hoist the trophy after winning Game 6 in a decisive 6-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils.\n\nThe Stanley Cup has deep Canadian roots as it was awarded to the championship hockey club of the Dominion of Canada, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, by Sir Fredrick Arthur Stanley (Lord Stanley of Preston) in 1892. Stanley was named Governor-General of Canada in 1888. In 1926 it was decided that NHL teams would be the sole competitors for the Cup. The Montreal Canadiens have won the symbolic trophy the most times with a record 23 championship wins. Also, the non-traveling Cup is housed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.\n\nIn addition to Canada's most idolized trophy being present, there will be other Canadian elements throughout the game including a special puck drop by the Keeper of the Cup, Phil Pritchard, Canadian music, and more! To buy tickets for the Saturday, Dec. 1 game CLICK HERE ! Canadians will receive a special discount for this game, call 909-941-PUCK (7825) for more information."}
-{"text": "Subscribe and get the Latest on Tech News\n\nThe Top DevOps Blogs and Books For 2017\n\nHarry Truman once said, \u201cNot all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.\u201d This holds true especially for those involved in the fast-moving world of DevOps. While it\u2019s easy to get absorbed in the nuts and bolts of continuous integration, source code versioning, infrastructure as code, and unified views, DevOps leaders should be continually learning best practices from their peers to keep ahead of the latest industry changes. And there\u2019s no better way to do so than with a good book!\n\nBut not all reading obviously comes from books. Blogs are another great source of information for DevOps. Blogs are a helpful way to gather \u201cboots on the ground\u201d information from current practitioners who are on the front lines of DevOps and developing, testing, and integrating solutions for the industry.\n\nIn the following, we\u2019ve gathered a listing of top blogs and books that every DevOps professional should be reading this year. By reading consistently on the latest industry trends, you\u2019ll become a better practitioner of the art and science of DevOps.\n\nDZone\u2019s DevOps Zone blog is hard to beat for the quality and depth of resources available from industry experts. In this blog, you\u2019ll find a wide range of articles ranging from theoretical to practical and with a focus on the deployment of tools and best practices across a variety of industry verticals. There are plenty of new articles and blog posts added every day to keep readers updated with the latest and greatest industry trends.\n\nAs its name implies, Devops.com is strictly about DevOps and delivers rich content with a focus on the enterprise and business side of the industry. What is also nice about this site is that the articles are laser focused, succinct, and to the point on the premise that readers are more interested in quality than quantity.\n\nThere\u2019s a lot of emphases out there on the mechanics of DevOps, whether it be tools or best practices. What makes this blog unique is the focus on the actual culture of DevOps (at heart DevOps is a cultural transformation within IT). The blog is run by Steve Thair \u2013 The Ops guy and James Smith \u2013 The Dev guy. Together, these two have created one of the more enjoyable blogs on the topic of DevOps that looks deeply at the cultural side of the movement and the implications on business as we know it.\n\nKnown to be \u201ca global leader in innovative software solutions\u201d with service to 82% of Fortune 500 companies, BMC offers a big play in the DevOps space with a variety of application deployment and DevOps tools. The blog site offers a wide range of high-quality articles varying in tone from informational to cutting-edge, with a special emphasis on the enterprise side of the business. Some key topics covered here are continuous delivery & deployment, everything as code, internet of things, containerization, and best practices.\n\nA hands-on and introductory guide to the art of modern application and infrastructure monitoring and metrics. We start small and then build on what you learn to scale out to multi-site, multi-tier applications. The book is written for both developers and sysadmins. We focus on building monitored and measurable applications. We also use tools that are designed to handle the challenges of managing Cloud, containerised and distributed applications and infrastructure.\n\nIt\u2019s not often that you get to read a fictionalized account of DevOps in action. But this book does it well. This story is about Bill, the IT manager at the fictional company Parts Unlimited, whose adventure starts in earnest when on a drive to work, Bill gets a call from his CEO that sets the story in motion.\n\nThe book\u2019s cover description tells it best:\n\nThe company\u2019s new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is critical to the future of Parts Unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late. The CEO wants Bill to report directly to him and fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill\u2019s entire department will be outsourced.\n\nWith the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of The Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize work flow streamline interdepartmental communications, and effectively serve the other business functions at Parts Unlimited.\n\nIn a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they\u2019ll never view IT the same way again.\n\nThis one has become a classic in the field. Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award, Continuous Delivery is a great resource for all players in the DevOps pipeline, whether that be a developer, sysadmin, tester, or manager. The authors Jez Humble and David Farley look at DevOps from three major perspectives. First, they discuss the foundations for DevOps as a framework for rapid, reliable, and low-risk delivery process. Next, the co-authors discuss the \u201cdeployment pipeline,\u201d an automated process for managing all changes, from check-in to release. Finally, they break down the \u201cecosystem\u201d needed to support continuous delivery, from infrastructure, data, and configuration management to governance.\n\nOverall, the book is packed with a rich amount of content that will be sure to please any DevOps aficionado.\n\nIn the era of Internet of Things and microservice architectures, systems today require software solutions that are technology agnostic, and which can be rapidly deployed across a variety of platforms, devices, and programming languages. In this book, author Victor Farcic advances the whole microservices development and deployment lifecycle, urging readers to think in terms of fast, reliable, and continuous deployments with zero-downtime and ability to roll-back.\n\nTopics include Blue-Green Deployment, Clustering & Scaling Services, Self-Healing Systems, Centralized Logging and Monitoring, and more. The discussion is made with reference to the latest tools and best practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Ubuntu, Docker Swarm and Docker Compose, Consul, etcd, Registrator, and confd.\n\nNow more than ever, your Web platform performance is weighty. Most of online users expects less than 2 second load time for your web resources. (read more)\n\nNowadays commercial websites are fully functioning business-generating entities and their seamless operation has a crucial impact on the profitability and credibility of the organization. Did (read more)"}
-{"text": "What made Deep Throat leak?\n\nWoodward and Carl Bernstein write in their 1974 book, All the President\u2019s Men, that Deep Throat shared his secrets to \u201cprotect the office\u201d of the presidency and \u201ceffect a change in its conduct before all was lost.\u201d Woodward amended his source\u2019s purely patriotic motives in his 2005 book, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate\u2019s Deep Throat. In it, Woodward held that Deep Throat \u2014 whom he confirmed was W. Mark Felt, a former high-ranking FBI man who outed himself as the leaker \u2014 supplied him with information to protect the FBI from the meddling Nixon White House. That harmonized with the rationale offered in A G-man\u2019s Life: The FBI, Being \u2018Deep Throat,\u2019 and the Struggle for Honor in Washington, Felt\u2019s 2006 book published with the guiding hand of a co-writer (Felt was 92 and suffering from dementia): that Deep Throat leaked to Woodward to \u201cspark a broader investigation\u201d by the Justice Department of the break-in.\n\nBy 2010, Woodward\u2019s appreciation of his leaker\u2019s motives had expanded to include bureaucratic infighting. Woodward writes:\n\nIn brief, [Felt] knew there was a cover-up, knew higher-ups were involved, and did not trust the acting FBI director, Pat Gray. He knew the Nixon White House was corrupt. At the same time he was disappointed that he did not get the directorship. And I was pushing him and pushing him. [Emphasis added.]\n\nThis timeline of Woodward\u2019s changing view of Felt appears in the opening pages of Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat (University Press of Kansas), a dandy, detailed book by veteran journalist Max Holland. Holland, who has mastered the Watergate corpus, rewinds the complete story of the break-in, the cover-up, and the press and FBI investigations to reveal Felt as a mendacious, manipulating, and opportunistic source. Yes, on occasion, Felt deliberately and repeatedly disinformed Woodward, who was oblivious to his lies at the time and wrote in All the President\u2019s Men that \u201cDeep Throat would never deal with [Woodward] falsely.\u201d\n\nHolland makes the persuasive case that Felt, who died in 2008, used the classic techniques of counterintelligence he learned as an FBI agent to destabilize his main bureaucratic opponent inside the FBI (Acting Director L. Patrick Gray) with his leaks to Woodward (and other journalists). The goal of his leaks was to nudge President Richard Nixon in the direction of appointing him FBI director instead of Gray.\n\nLeak overturns once and for all the romantic, popular interpretation of the Watergate saga of one inside source risking it all to save democracy. \u201cNixon\u2019s downfall was an entirely unanticipated result of Felt\u2019s true and only aim,\u201d Holland writes. Although Holland never disparages the enterprise of Woodward and Bernstein, acknowledging the impact their reports had on Judge John J. Sirica and the senators who formed an investigative committee, neither does he bow to them. \u201cContrary to the widely held perception that the Washington Post \u2018uncovered\u2019 Watergate, the newspaper essentially tracked the progress of the FBI\u2019s investigation, with a time delay ranging from weeks to days, and published elements of the prosecutors\u2019 case well in advance of the trial.\u201d\n\nLeak, to be published Mar. 6, vindicates journalist Edward Jay Epstein, one of the earliest critics of Woodsteinmania. In a Commentary piece published in July 1974, about a month after the Woodstein book came out, Epstein eviscerates what he calls the \u201csustaining myth of journalism.\u201d Na\u00efve readers believe that intrepid reporters expose government scandals by doggedly working their confidential sources. Of course such scoops do occur, but the more conventional route to a prize-winning series is well-placed leaks from well-oiled government investigations, which Holland maintains was the case with Watergate. Epstein\u2019s essay looks especially prescient in the context of Holland\u2019s book. Epstein believed at the time that Deep Throat was not one person but a \u201ccomposite character,\u201d but noted that Justice Department prosecutors \u201cnow believe that the mysterious source was probably Mark W. Felt, Jr. [sic].\u201d But he accurately divines the primary motive behind the leaks, which he says were designed\n\n\u2026 not to expose the Watergate conspiracy or drive President Nixon from office, but simply to demonstrate to the President that Gray could not control the FBI, and therefore would prove a severe embarrassment to his administration. In other words, the intention was to get rid of Gray.\n\nHolland\u2019s deft book reads like lightning \u2014 no prior Watergate scholarship required. Recasting Deep Throat as an avenger and not a patriot, Leak illuminates our understanding of the press by explaining why sources leak. Anonymous sources \u2014 especially Washington\u2019s anonymous sources \u2014 almost invariably have an ax to grind, as Betty Cuniberti established in her classic August 1987 Los Angeles Times story. One unnamed Reagan administration official tells her that most Reagan White House leaks are \u201cpersonal,\u201d aimed at other White House officials. \u201cThere\u2019s a great deal of infighting,\u201d he tells her.\n\nReagan White House staffers who couldn\u2019t get the president\u2019s attention would slip \u201cMessage-to-Reagan\u201d leaks to the press to generate news stories or press conference questions to which he would have to respond, Cuniberti writes. The art of the leak requires information to be packaged just right, she notes. A national security adviser who wanted to plant a story in the press \u2014 a so-called authorized leak \u2014 might avoid giving the information directly to a reporter because the reporter would rightly view it as a self-serving leak designed to advance the administration\u2019s views. Even rookie reporters get suspicious of sources\u2019 motives. Better to have a subordinate convey the leak to disguise the motive and make the information seem more authentically newsworthy.\n\nLeak\u2018s persuasive position is that Felt gamed Woodward, making him think that he was on the side of the angels when what he was trying to do was screw his enemies and become the next J. Edgar Hoover. That\u2019s not a criticism of Woodward or his Watergate work, which by the standards of any day was very good. I doubt that Woodward and Bernstein\u2019s copy would have been remarkably different had they appreciated the degree to which Felt\u2019s leaks were self-promoting.\n\nAlso, Felt was one of many Watergate sources for the Washington Post; the memory of the movie version of All The President\u2019s Men makes him loom larger than he did in real life. In his 2011 book, Watergate\u2019s Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse, Jon Marshall writes: \u201cAlthough Deep Throat became Woodward and Bernstein\u2019s most famous source, he was hardly their only one.\u201d (Bob Woodward contributes the foreword for Marshall\u2019s book.) Barry Sussman, who was editor in charge of Post Watergate coverage, writes that \u201cDeep Throat barely figured in the Post\u2018s Watergate coverage. He was nice to have around, but that\u2019s about it.\u201d\n\nNor was Felt\u2019s gaming of Woodward unusual. Every source leaks for a reason, and it\u2019s usually not about preserving the Constitution and the American way. As Stephen Hess writes, sources have many reasons to leak. They leak to boost their own egos. They leak to make a goodwill deposit with a reporter that they hope to withdraw in the future. They leak to advance their policy initiative. They leak to launch trial balloons and sometimes even to blow the whistle on wrongdoing. But until contesting evidence arrives, it\u2019s usually a safe bet that a leak is what Hess calls an \u201cAnimus Leak,\u201d designed to inflict damage on another party.\n\nMark Felt was not quite the master of the animus leak that he thought he was, as Holland notes. The White House figured out that Felt was leaking, but Nixon feared that firing him would do even more damage because Felt knew many of the politically explosive secrets that J. Edgar Hoover hoarded. Students of journalism \u2014 defined as anybody who consumes news \u2014 will profit from reading this Watergate redux: They\u2019ll never read the phrase, \u201cthe source, who asked to remain anonymous,\u201d the same way again.\n\n******\n\nDisclosure: A Leak footnote briefly discusses a column I wrote in Slate after Deep Throat was unmasked. (Some of the ideas in that column are reprised here.) If you have a headnote you\u2019d like to share, send it to Shafer.Reuters@gmail.com. My Twitter feed is leak-free. Sign up for email notifications of new Shafer columns (and other occasional announcements). Subscribe to this RSS feed for new Shafer columns and subscribe to this hand-built RSS feed for corrections to my column.\n\nPHOTO: Former FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt waves to the press as his daughter Joan Felt (L) and grandson Nick Jones (R) look on from the front door of his home in Santa Rosa, California, May 31, 2005. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis\n\nAs a matter of regular maintenance, it\u2019s a good idea to periodically plumb the depths of this leak business. Otherwise, we might never be able to answer the question, \u201cIs this about moral fiber, or can it be Felt?\u201d\n\nEvery journalist should know people have motives when they speak \u2014 no one can force them to talk. That\u2019s why you have to check out what they say. It\u2019s too bad journalists like Judy Miller thought one should just report the leak. Of course, I thank God that Felt leaked.\n\nThe impact of Nixon\u2019s visit to China 40 years ago has been enormous and mainly beneficial.\nIt may be the time to re-examine what actually happened at Watergate.\nNixon was a favorite son of Yorba Linda and the Thirty-seventh President of the US.\nHe was re-elected with 60.7 per cent of the vote beating Senator McGovern by 18 million votes. He was the first president to have won all the southern states at a single election. Yet he had to resign two years later.\nWas Watergate any worse or out of character with the actions of Presidents before and after?\n\nWhy were the culprits arrested only at the THIRD attempt?\nWhy did the $100 dollar bills have consecutive serial numbers?\nWhy was Howard Hunt\u2019s details in the address books of TWO of the four arrested Cubans?\nThere was a coup attempt in China to prevent the rapprochement. Could the same have happened in the US?\nWhy were the leaks of Deep Throat\u2019 regarded as the gospel truth?\nWhat has Richard Dawkin\u2019s memes got to do with Watergate?\nRead about all these in \u2018Watergate \u2013 The Political Assassination, ISBN 9780956911940.\nThe book is available at http://www.smashwords.com in many ebook formats.\n\nWhen Nixon took the dollar from the gold standard in 1971, did he lay the foundation of today\u2019s financial crisis? He did bring about untold wealth to US citizens for several decades"}
-{"text": "Scholarly Journals and the Post-world War Ii Emergence of Rhetoric and Composition\n\n1135658498\n\n9781135658496\n\nDetails about Authoring A Discipline:\n\nAuthoring a Discipline traces the post-World War II emergence of rhetoric and composition as a discipline within departments of English in institutions of higher education in the United States. Goggin brings to light both the evolution of this discipline and many of the key individuals involved in its development. Drawing on archival and oral evidence, this history offers a comprehensive and systematic investigation of scholarly journals, the editors who directed them, and the authors who contributed to them, demonstrating the influence that publications and participants have had in the emergence of rhetoric and composition as an independent field of study.\n\nGoggin considers the complex struggles in which scholars and teachers engaged to stake ground and to construct a professional and disciplinary identity. She identifies major debates and controversies that ignited as the discipline emerged and analyzes how the editors and contributors to the major scholarly journals helped to shape, and in turn were shaped by, the field of rhetoric and composition. She also coins a new term--discipliniographer--to describe those who write the field through authoring and authorizing work, thus creating the social and political contexts in which the discipline emerged. The research presented here demonstrates clearly how disciplines are social products, born of political struggles for both intellectual and material spaces.\n\nBack to top\n\nRent Authoring A Discipline 1st edition today, or search our site for Maureen Daly textbooks. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Routledge."}
-{"text": "Deadmau5 & Kill The Noise Preview Round Three Of \u201cKillthemau5\u201d\n\nRound three of \u201cKillthemau5\u201d sound extremely promising. Glitch after glitch, followed by slight dubs and many one hit vocal samples really keeps my interest from start to finish. After listening to round one and two over and over again, I can safely say that this is my favorite version. I can see both Mau5 and KTN building on this track until it turns into something no one expected.\n\nWhat do you think about their developing collaboration? Let us, and them, know on Twitter, Facebook, or in the comment section below."}
-{"text": "Hey music junkie! First time here? Click over to http://insomniaradio.net/subscribe/ and get all of our content (tons of music) delivered for free. Enjoy your time here, and keep it loud!\n\nGothenburg Sweden indie-rock quartet Great Hare has recently returned with their newest and lengthy single \u2018A Second Chance\u2018 released last month on the 1st of May. It perfectly delivers the goods following the previous year\u2019s feature here of favorite, \u2018Call Me Stupid\u2018.\n\nA Second Chance is available on all streaming services and as a free download from SoundCloud and Bandcamp."}
-{"text": "How to Start a Successful Blog and Make Money Blogging?\n\nIf you\u2019re simply starting in blogging, it\u2019s simple to obtain annoyed when you do not see instant outcomes. Like anything, it can take a little time to obtain points rolling. It\u2019s crucial to be individual at first, due to the fact that the quickest means to fall short is to quit ahead of time!\n\nWhen it comes to effective blogging, consistency is key.\n\nThere are straightforward, yet reliable means to drastically enhance the quantity of traffic, clients, as well as income from the begin, while likewise reducing the time as well as power invested handling your blog.\n\nThere are no far better means to remain inspired as well as concentrated than by seeing arise from your effort, which is precisely what you\u2019re most likely to experience when you adhere to the methods included within this unique record.\n\nRight here\u2019s a fast summary of what\u2019s consisted of:\n\nWe\u2019re most likely to cover several of the most effective means to create extremely targeted traffic to your blog swiftly (and also free of cost!).\n\nWe\u2019re additionally most likely to speak about just how to obtain those individuals to register for your e-mail listing and also follow you on social media sites, due to the fact that eventually, that is the most effective method to determine your success when simply beginning. It\u2019s additionally the very best method to maintain that connection going, long after they have actually left your blog.\n\nWe\u2019ll additionally take a close take a look at the kind of content that transforms and also will certainly aid place you as an authority in your niche. This kind of content is called \u201csticky content\u201d due to the fact that it creates the column of your blog as well as supplies important info that your niche market is proactively trying to find.\n\nAre you all set to begin a successful blog that generates outrageous traffic, transforms site visitors right into devoted clients and also optimizes your revenue?\n\nEstablishing For Success: Exactly how to Begin an Effective Blog as well as Make Money Blogging?\n\nThe very first point you ought to do is make certain your blog is appropriately set up in order to promote site visitor involvement, encourage individuals right into doing something about it and also ultimately, develop an energetic customer base.\n\nParticularly, we\u2019re concentrating on developing your e-mail list as well as social media sites adhering to, so we\u2019re most likely to ensure your blog is established to offer you the most effective opportunity at accomplishing those 2 points.\n\nThe important things you require to pay very close attention to are:\n\nMaking it simple for your blog site visitors to discover your social networks accounts.\n\nMaking it simple for your blog site visitors to register for your e-mail list.\n\nBear in mind that as soon as a site visitor checks out whatever article brought them to your blog, they will likely never ever return unless you maintain advising them that you have content that serves and also insightful. The only means to do that is to get in touch with them outside your blog, as well as both ideal methods to do that are with social networks as well as e-mail marketing.\n\nSo, allow\u2019s speak concerning exactly how to establish your blog up to obtain even more social media fans and also e-mail list subscribers.\n\nSocial Media Followers\n\nSocial media site is a really essential part of every online business. Virtually every person gets on a minimum of one social media network where they go to and also utilize them on a regular basis. It\u2019s much more crucial than ever before to develop an existence on the most preferred social networks, specifically the ones where your group has a tendency to collect.\n\nI can basically assure you that if you aren\u2019t on social media sites, the majority of your rivals are, which provides a substantial benefit over you. Not just will social media sites assist you to get in touch with your target market, yet it will certainly assist you to construct a reliable visibility in your niche swiftly and also quickly.\n\nYou possibly currently have a plugin on your blog that allows social sharing, however that just presumes. Your blog requires its very own accounts on numerous social media sites websites, as well as you additionally require to make those accounts extremely noticeable on your blog. Make certain to put web links to your significant accounts in your sidebar, leading food selection bar, and also anywhere else you believe individuals could discover.\n\nNext, we\u2019ll speak about a plugin you can make use of to accentuate points like your opt-in type, special deals, social networks, and also a lot more. You can utilize this plugin to advise individuals to follow you on social media sites in order to boost your matter promptly.\n\nEmail List Subscribers\n\nDeveloping an e-mail list is extra essential than ever before, as blog traffic goes to the lowest level. Increasingly more individuals are investing their time on social media sites as well as video websites like YouTube, as well as much less time on blogs. And also, it\u2019s obtaining more difficult to obtain SEO traffic, also. Developing your e-mail list is important in order to develop a resource of traffic that will not vanish with the impulses of netizens.\n\nStructure your list is composed originally of 3 major actions:\n\n1. Create a lead magnet.\n\n2. Create an Opt-in page.\n\n3. Promote the Opt-in page.\n\nA lead magnet is something you hand out in order to urge individuals to join your e-mail list. This might be a record or various other totally free downloads, a totally free course, a physical thing they have to just spend for delivery on, or another thing of worth. It has to be something your market is really interested in.\n\nThe truth is, lots of people do not go back to a blog by themselves after the very first see, which\u2019s frequently due to the fact that they\u2019ve currently reviewed the one item of content that brought them there. Probably they Googled a trouble they were having or discovered a web link to your content on social networks as well as believed it was fascinating. As soon as they\u2019ve reviewed it, after that what?\n\nThat\u2019s why it\u2019s so vital to record their e-mail address or convince them to follow you on social networks. As soon as you do this, you have the perspective to speak to that individual whenever required, such as when you have brand-new content offered on your blog, or you\u2019re running a special deal or promo.\n\nOne efficient means to construct your newsletter is by supplying brief records that concentrate on a details subject.\n\nConsider your market and also what sort of issue they could have that you can assist them to fix with a totally free report. Compose up an overview that describes just how to do it as well as make use of that as your lead magnet.\n\nIf you want to grab a lot of attention to your opt-in form, I recommend the WordPress plugin Big Welcome:\n\nIf you intend to get hold of a great deal of focus to your opt-in type, I advise the WordPress plugin Thrive Leads plugin ( I am using Thrive Leads Plugin for this website )\n\nThe Thrive Leads plugin will certainly allow you produce full-size welcome/splash displays where you can place your opt-in kind, or a huge ad that results in your capture web page, or perhaps a message asking individuals to opt-in or follow you on social networks.\n\nThere are likewise lots of various other applications, such as statements, promo code codes, unique promos as well as deals, and so on. It\u2019s an extremely beneficial plugin for many functions.\n\nIf you do not want to produce your very own lead magnets, as well as you remain in a marketing-related niche, I suggest signing up with Automated List Profits:\n\nAutomated List Profits launches 2 brand-new lead magnet plans, consisting of the report, Opt-in page, graphics, and also much more, on a monthly basis, as well as it will certainly allow you develop your list without spending quality time creating content and also structure capture web pages. It\u2019s all been provided for you.\n\nYou can also paste the duplicate from the opt-in pages right into web pages on your WordPress website if you choose. It will absolutely conserve you a great deal of time!\n\nMaybe you are interested: Here\u2019s How to Quickly and Easily Generate More Leads for Your Online Business\n\nCreating Content That Converts\n\nNo matter your niche, you\u2019ll wish to compose content that addresses an issue and also aids your viewers to accomplish their objectives.\n\nWhen producing content for your blog, you intend to concentrate on 2 points:\n\nEducate\n\nEmpower\n\nEvery blog post on your website must do one or both of these points.\n\nIf you are creating how-to design articles that offer viewers with a detailed procedure for finishing a job or completing an objective, you are educating. If you create an article that uses understanding such as an individual tale of success, study, or motivational-style blog posts, you\u2019re encouraging your target market.\n\nContent that either educates or empowers is the simplest means to produce messages that end up being sticky. This suggests that you\u2019ll have the ability to urge site visitors to go back to your website once again in the future along with to register for your feed or newsletter. It\u2019s additionally among the most convenient methods to produce share-worthy content as well as to place on your own as an authority in your market.\n\nOne more point to take into consideration when composing content for your blog is to concentrate on evergreen content. This way the content you upload today ought to still matter months from currently due to the fact that it does not end up being out-of-date rapidly. This will certainly minimize the moment you invest rewording or modifying content as well as stop you from needing to get rid of content that no more supplies worth.\n\nBeginning by writing web links to the leading 10 authority blogs in your niche market, and afterward invest a little time reviewing the kind of content they are providing, specifically articles that have a high degree of interaction.\n\nSearch for points like:\n\nGenerally asked concerns published by your target market.\n\nArticle with a high variety of comments or likes.\n\nArticle with the highest possible variety of social shares.\n\nPremium quality, useful and also one-of-a-kind content is vital to your blog\u2019s success. It\u2019s what develops the structure for your whole business, yet it additionally is the driving pressure behind transforming that traffic right into subscribers.\n\nConcentrate on structure excellent quality content web pages on your blog prior to you do anything else. You ought to intend to have 4-5 column articles prior to you begin to drive traffic to your website. That will certainly offer your site visitor\u2019s adequate factor to go back to your website as well as to leave a favorable impact psychological of your target market.\n\nWhen it pertains to the size of your content, online search engine favors longer article that gives insightful, initial content, so attempt to compose messages that are in between 1000-1500 words in size.\n\nAssume this is tough to do?\n\nIt\u2019s truly not. Start by developing a synopsis for every single article and afterward include pictures, bullet factors as well as sub-headers that separate the content right into absorbable areas as well as maintain visitors glued to the web page.\n\nWhenever feasible, attempt to create how-to or detailed design articles. Not just are they much easier to compose, however, they\u2019ll offer workable details that your visitors will certainly enjoy.\n\nDo not hesitate to connect to various other bloggers! Not just is this an excellent method to supply added worth by assisting your visitors to various other sources that might assist them, yet it\u2019ll make it simpler for you jump on the radar of authority bloggers in your niche market.\n\nThe objective is to excite your viewers a lot that they go back to your website over and over due to the fact that they recognize you supply worth, and also are a dependable resource of info.\n\nPicking a Primary Traffic Source\n\nIt\u2019s currently time to determine which traffic resource you wish to concentrate on as your key traffic resource. This does not indicate you have to disregard various other opportunities, simply that you\u2019re going to invest the bulk of your traffic concentrating on your main resource.\n\nThe primary factor for concentrating on a solitary traffic resource is so you do not spread on your own also slim. When you placed a percentage of initiative right into a great deal of resources, you will not obtain much traffic from any one of them. When you concentrate many of your initiatives on a solitary resource, you have the possible considerably raise the traffic you obtain from that resource, and also you can still obtain traffic from various other locations, also.\n\nA few of the traffic resources you could think about consist of:\n\nYouTube\n\nFacebook\n\nPinterest\n\nInstagram\n\nSnapchat\n\nYou ought to preferably concentrate your initiatives on whichever traffic resource is presently sending you one of the most traffic. If you\u2019re not currently obtaining much traffic, after that it makes good sense to research study these various resources to discover which one appears to have the greatest thickness of your group.\n\nIf your market is individuals that such as to prepare, attempt Pinterest or YouTube. If your target market is mainly young, fashion-forward females, Snapchat or Instagram may be excellent selections. Facebook is a great well-rounded traffic resource with almost every market stood for. Do some study as well as search for out where your market often tends to socialize, as well as concentrate on one of the most likely selection.\n\nYou can constantly switch over equipment later on, yet attempt to dedicate to placing your best shot right into your very first picked resource for at the very least a month, due to the fact that it can in some cases take a bit to start.\n\nBelow\u2019s an additional method to produce targeted traffic to your blog promptly as well as quickly:\n\nWhat you\u2019re seeking are blogs that enable clickable signatures.\n\nYou\u2019re not most likely to spam the blogs, however you are most likely to create remarks that give worth and also pertain to each article.\n\nIf your blog is based around \u201cLow Carb Recipes\u201d, you might go to the leading 10 LCHF (low carb high fat) blogs, check via existing comments and also leave remarks on comments that have actually gotten a high degree of interaction. Your message can consist of added details, sources or perhaps web links to a reduced carbohydrate dish that you directly enjoy!\n\nNot just will this create fast, highly-targeted traffic to your very own blog, however it will certainly assist you to develop connections with various other bloggers in your niche while getting in touch with their target market.\n\nIt likewise aids you to maintain a pulse on your market so you can conveniently think of brand-new content concepts for your very own blog.\n\nAnd also it\u2019s constantly a clever relocate to place on your own in the line of view of an authority niche blogger that determines you as somebody that offers just as the insightful content!\n\nRight here\u2019s just how to do it:\n\nBegin by discovering the leading 10-20 blogs in your niche market, check the comments, and also see to it you\u2019re enabled to leave clickable signatures (if you see others doing it, it\u2019s secure to think you can also). Begin publishing!\n\nSimply see to it that your comment offers worth. Do not spam blogs! Address one of the most typically asked concerns, and also provide one of the most worth feasible. Search for missing out on pointers or sources in the range of the article. Include to the discussion with extra details that will certainly supply worth and also assist the viewers to obtain even more out of the content.\n\nTip: Try to publish your comment as promptly as feasible. The quicker your comments show up under a post, the much more direct exposure it\u2019ll get because it\u2019s not hidden deep within various other comments.\n\nSecondary Traffic Sources\n\nAs soon as you\u2019ve picked the main traffic resource, it\u2019s time to select a number of second resources that\u2019ll sustain your system and also drive even more traffic to your blog.\n\nYour second options will most likely be picked from the list in the main traffic resources area, yet you might discover some added resources that specific to your niche. If so, you ought to relocate those to the top of your additional list, or perhaps make them your key resources if they send out a great deal of targeted traffic your method.\n\nInstances of niche-specific traffic resources would certainly be niche Facebook groups, online forums, niche-specific socials media, as well as online or offline clubs or groups.\n\nAn additional excellent technique for producing costs traffic to your blog is by making use of guest-blogging possibilities.\n\nGuest blogging is among the simplest means to create consistent traffic to your blog, definitely totally free. The only price is your time. Even better, guest-blogging on well-known web sites places you in a reliable placement by just being linked to a trusted blog in your niche market.\n\nYou\u2019ll have the ability to locate various possibilities to guest-blog simply be making use of search strings, such as the ones over. You can additionally locate guest publishing possibilities by examining the backlinks from completing blogs to see where they have guest published.\n\nOne more simple method to discover guest blogging chances is by utilizing the solution at http://myblogguest.com/\n\nTip: If you wish to determine the total traffic capacity of a particular blog, run the website via www.SimilarWeb.com and also you\u2019ll have the ability to create a picture of a blog\u2019s traffic.\n\nYet one more high-powered traffic approach includes placing on your own as a professional in your market by getting involved in user-generated content websites consisting of:\n\nhttp://www.Quora.com\n\nhttp://www.Scribd.com\n\nhttp://www.Weebly.com\n\nhttp://www.Tumblr.com\n\nLook for concerns or posts in your niche market and afterward react by giving worth, together with a web link to your blog.\n\nMotivating Email Opt-Ins\n\nWe\u2019ve currently talked about the suggestion of making use of a brief report as a lead magnet to urge individuals to join your e-mail list, however there are various other points you can do to press them to authorize up.\n\nLet\u2019s have a look at a couple of various means you can motivate even more individuals to subscribe to your e-mail list, besides making use of a report or various other kinds of content.\n\nPromo Codes & Special Offers\n\nOne terrific means to obtain individuals to join your list is to supply discount coupons, discount rates, and also various other unique promos.\n\nThis can consist of special deals for your very own products, or products possessed by other individuals if you can obtain them to provide you a price cut code for your fans. It\u2019s normally most efficient if you utilize it with your very own products if you have something to advertise, due to the fact that you\u2019ll have the ability to obtain signups AND sales. It can likewise function fantastic if you provide price cuts on preferred brand names within your niche.\n\nLow Front End Offer + Upsells\n\nDeal prospective consumers with a large in advance discount rate on your main product, and afterward offset it with a collection of greater valued deals as they function their means via your sales funnel.\n\nA low cost, front-end deal is the most convenient method to involve site visitors and also change them right into clients since you\u2019re providing a possibility to examine out your product as well as learn more about your brand name without threat.\n\nDownloads\n\nAnother effective way to get people to opt in to your mailing list is by offering your posts and downloadable PDFs that people can read offline. This is especially powerful if you use a plugin like Post Gopher to automate the process.\n\nOne more reliable method to obtain individuals to choose into your subscriber list is by using your posts as well as downloadable PDFs that individuals can review offline. This is particularly effective if you make use of a plugin like Post Gopher to automate the procedure.\n\nPost Gopher will certainly transform every one of your posts right into PDF documents, as well as will certainly permit site visitors to download and install those data after deciding into your list. This procedure is totally automated after the first arrangement.\n\nIt will certainly incorporate effortlessly with your autoresponder, develop the PDF data, and also send them bent on subscribers without you needing to raise a finger!\n\nPhysical Products\n\nPhysical products can be a wonderful means to obtain individuals to join your e-mail list. A DIY and also crafting blog could offer away armband making set for the expense of delivery. A survival website might hand out a paracord armband for the price of delivery.\n\nIt is important to find a thing that:\n\n1. Will not cost you a great deal upfront.\n\n2. Will certainly fascinate most individuals that have a rate of interest in your niche.\n\n3. Isn\u2019t also hefty to deliver inexpensively.\n\nIt\u2019s vital to allow individuals to recognize that the thing is FREE, yet that they should spend on delivery as well as handling. This spends for the expense of the thing, plus delivery, and also might enable you to make an extremely tiny revenue to pay you for the time it requires to deliver the product.\n\nIdeally, you could intend to think about obtaining a thing personalized made for you so you can have your blog name published on it. This will certainly aid individuals to remember you later on since they\u2019ll be advised of your blog whenever they utilize the thing.\n\nYou can locate really economical products, typically offered wholesale, on websites like AliExpress:\n\nThese things ship from China a lot of the moment, so it can take a month or longer to show up. Consequently, you might wish to get a great deal of the things in advance so your subscribers do not need to wait for that lengthy.\n\nYou can likewise select to go dropship the products to your subscribers. This will certainly imply you do not need to pay anything ahead of time for the things, as well as you merely put the order after they\u2019ve spent for the delivery and also have the business send it straight to your subscriber.\n\nContests & Giveaways\n\nContests and also giveaways are just one of one of the most effective list-building approaches, and also wise marketing professionals have actually been utilizing them for a very long time to obtain even more individuals to decide in to their lists.\n\nEverybody enjoys totally free things, however not every person wants to pay out money, also a couple of dollars for delivery, for a little, easy product. A great deal of individuals will certainly offer their e-mail address away for a shot at winning a bigger reward.\n\nPreferably, your giveaway thing needs to be something that would certainly interest almost everybody within your market. A dish blog may provide away a stand mixer, or a collection of kitchenware, or a warm brand-new recipe book. An outdoor camping blog could hand out a camping tent, resting bag, or camping area food preparation collection.\n\nIf you\u2019re in a niche market that is a little bit a lot wider, you can give away present cards.\n\nBy doing this you do not need to fret about delivery prices. Simply buy a digital present card on Amazon or one more online merchant and also email the code to the champions.\n\nOffer a Reward System\n\nBenefits as well as rewards such as giveaways, vouchers, as well as incentive products include added worth to a client\u2019s acquisition which will favorably influence site visitor interaction.\n\nOne very easy method to establish a reward-style program is with PerkZilla\n\nPerkZilla is a clever means of ordering interest, involving site visitors and also increasing clicks as well as sales simply by awarding consumers that act.\n\nI\u2019ve made use of Perkzilla to construct viral social sharing projects, produce buzz around upcoming product launches and also send out lots of targeted traffic to touchdown web pages as well as blogs.\n\nIt\u2019s by far among the most convenient methods to funnel high quality subscribers as well as traffic to any type of kind of website while increasing site visitor interaction due to the fact that you\u2019re just gratifying site visitors for spending quality time on your website.\n\nApply Push Notifications\n\nPush notifications straight site visitors back to your blog, all on full auto-pilot! With push notifications, you\u2019re able to alert subscribers that you\u2019ve included fresh content to your website as quickly as it goes real-time.\n\nThere are various push notification systems offered online, nonetheless I make use of the solution of www.OneSignal.com due to the fact that not just is it cost-free, however it offers real-time monitoring. That suggests you\u2019ll have the ability to conveniently keep track of every one of your traffic and also site visitor action prices.\n\nBoosting Conversions\n\nIf you truly intend to see the very best feasible arise from your projects, it\u2019s crucial to examination as well as modify different elements in order to see what jobs as well as what does not. This consists of every little thing from your blog design, layout as well as navigational system right to the graphics as well as positioning of advertising and marketing or deals.\n\nWhile it\u2019s feasible to check various aspects by hand, I very advise making use of software program that reduces the finding out contour and also streamlines the whole procedure. Not just will this conserve you a lot of time and also aggravation, however it will certainly offer you much a lot more precise outcomes than attempting to do it by hand, specifically if you do not have a whole lot of traffic.\n\nSplit Test Monkey makes it unbelievably simple to examine various variations of your web pages at the same time, monitoring as well as surveillance whatever to make sure that you\u2019re able to establish the highest-converting alternative.\n\nWith Split Test Monkey, you can:\n\nEnhance conversions on your capture web page as well as opt-in forms.\n\nEnhance conversions for sale web pages.\n\nObtain even more individuals to follow you on social networks.\n\nBoost involvement by obtaining even more individuals to comment as well as share.\n\nEnhance internet search engine traffic by minimizing bounce price.\n\nFar more!\n\nIf you\u2019ve been having a hard time to obtain outcomes, either in traffic, e-mail signups, social media sites fans, or sales, evaluating various components and also boosting them will certainly aid you to recognize prospective issues to make sure that you can remedy them right away.\n\nConclusion\n\nIn this overview, you\u2019ve discovered a couple of effective approaches that can aid you to enhance traffic, convert site visitors right into subscribers as well as assist you far better get in touch with your target market.\n\nYour following action is to establish a lead magnet system that will certainly convert site visitors right into subscribers, offering you the chance to get in touch with your target market as well as welcome them to go back to your blog.\n\nNext off, concentrate on your key traffic resource to ensure that you\u2019re able to enhance subscriber prices rapidly as well as conveniently.\n\nFinally, Create an existence on social media that places you in front of your target market and also aids to place on your own as an authority in your market.\n\nDo not\u2019 fail to remember to look into a few of the devices and also sources consisted of at the end of this overview. They will certainly assist you to reduce your work to make sure that you can invest your time in producing high-quality content.\n\nI want you the very best of good luck with your blog!\n\nResources\n\nFor your convenience, below are web links to most of the sources pointed out in this overview:"}
-{"text": "Product Support\n\nTraining Load in polarpersonaltrainer.com\n\nYour performance improvement depends on how you respond to training. To make the most of your training time, your body needs to be ready to train. If it isn't, you can risk injury or at least train for little gain. Polar Training Load shows you when you are recovered enough to make your training count for more. It'll also help you adjust your training duration and intensity according to your daily and weekly targets while taking into consideration your overall training load.\n\nAll you need to do is to go to polarpersonaltrainer.com web service (signing up is free!) and upload training data from your Polar training computer, and Training Load will show you how to balance between rest and training.\n\nWe all know that there's no use going ahead full speed in training if your body is just not ready for it. Polar Training Load uses your personal and training information to show you when your body is recovered enough to train. It takes into account the intensity and duration of your previous training, your age, gender, weight, HRmax, HRsit, VO2max and aerobic and anaerobic threshold values to calculate your recovery. The more information polarpersonaltrainer.com has about you and your performance, the more accurate the Training Load calculation can be. Once you know your Training Load, you can monitor your performance development better, recognize your personal limits more easily, and reach your fitness or performance goals easier and safer.\n\nTo use the Training Load, you only have to log into polarpersonaltrainer.com. A cumulative training loadis calculated from your training history. The system includes a 14 week training period, but in the calculation, the current and the previous weeks are excluded. If polarpersonaltrainer.com finds fewer than 6 weeks of training history during a 12-week period, it derives the color-indicated limits from your activity level (Profile > Physical information > Activity level > low/moderate/high/top).\n\nYour cumulative training load is indicated in three colors: green, yellow, and red\n\nGreen\nYou are recovered and ready to train more. If you're continuously in green, increase your cumulative training load. You can either add more training sessions to your weekly plan or make the training sessions more intensive. This will help you improve your performance faster. Intensive training sessions and races should preferably be done when you are \"in green\".\n\nYellow\nYou are not fully recovered from your previous training sessions. Your cumulative training load is on a high level. You can still train but should avoid high intensity training and/or races.\n\nRed\nYou have not recovered. Your cumulative training load is on a very high level. If you continue training when \"in red\", it may lead to a state of overreaching.\n\nCumulative training load color thresholds are based on your personal training history available in polarpersonaltrainer.com. As you increase/decrease your training intensity/time, the thresholds adapt themselves accordingly to help you optimize your training load. If you are just starting out, give the system at least 6 weeks to adapt to your training history. Data transferred via Polar WebSync or WebLink, as well as manually entered data are taken into account. If you have not yet accumulated 14 weeks of personal training history to polarpersonaltrainer.com, your activity level (Profile > Physical information > Activity level > low/moderate/high/top) affects the Training Load calculation.\n\nGo to My Training ? Training Load to do closer analysis over selected time period. Training intensity and duration, as well as physical parameters (e.g. age, weight) affect cumulative training load. The graph background is color-coded in green, yellow, and red.\n\nYou can view sport specific training loads and select the desired training period, 183 days at max.\n\nThe red curve indicates your actual training load status and is based on your training results.\n\nThe grey curve indicates the planned training load status and is based on the training targets on your diary. The grey curve continues into the future if you have created training targets in your Diary.\n\nThe red bar indicates your actual daily training load value, based on your training results of a given day.\n\nThe grey bar indicates your planned training load value and is based on your training targets for a given day.\n\nThe bars on the graph indicate your daily training load value. Place your mouse over a bar on a wanted date to show the sport and its actual and planned training load values. If you have had many training sessions on the day, all of them are shown.\n\nBy comparing the planned training load against the actual training load, you can analyze the strenuousness of your training and use the information to plan your future training."}
-{"text": "Guwahati, 15th July (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a charge-sheet before the Special NIA Court here against three cadres of the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for intending to wage war against the country.\n\nWhile Gagan Hazarika is already in police custody, the two other are absconding, according to a statement from the central investigating agency.\n\nThe charge-sheet was filed under sections 17, 18, 18A, 18B and 20 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and under sections 121A, 124A, 120B and 385 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).\n\nA case was registered at the NIA, Guwahati, in December 2013 under various sections of the IPC as well as Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.\n\nIt stated that the anti-talk faction of ULFA headed by Paresh Baruah and other members are trying to revive terrorist activities by recruiting new cadres and organising terrorist camps within as well as beyond Indian territories.\n\nThey are also resorting to extortion and kidnapping to raise funds for attacking Indian security forces and government establishments and infrastructure, thereby intending to wage war against the government of India, according to the case details.\n\nThe NIA has claimed to have collected sufficient material, technical as well as circumstantial evidence, against the accused persons during its investigation and established the allegations against each accused person.\n\nWhile accused Paresh Baruah has been in Myanmar, Mukul Hazarika alias Abhijit Asom has been in the United Kingdom. They have been declared absconders and further action has been initiated.\n\nThe NIA will carry out further investigations against Drishti Rajkhowa and other senior leaders of the ULFA."}
-{"text": "News\n\nThank you for your patience with us as we developed a process to award college credit for participation in Boy\u2019s State.\n\nBoy\u2019s State\n\n1.Any participant in Boy\u2019s State at CU who wishes to receive academic credit for participation must complete an application for admission.\n\n2.The application and documentation from Boy\u2019s State verifying the participant\u2019s completion of the program wil be submitted to the Office of Enrollment.\n\n3.A transcript will be created for participating students with credit for POL 122 State and Kentucky Government. The grade will be Satisfactory for those completing the program. A letter grade would not be possible as there is no graded work or demonstration of level of competency.\n\n4.The student may use the credit toward a program of study at CU or transfer the credit to other schools. As always, it would be determined by the receiving schools whether or not the credit would be accepted and how it would be used in a program of study there.\n\nThank you again for your patience and we look forward to having Boy\u2019s State at CU again next summer.\n\nDixie Heights student meets Gov. Beshear, selected for national program\n\nDixie Heights senior Casmir Thornberry has been selected to represent his school and his state at Boys Nation in Washington, D.C., July 18-25. http://www.legion.org/boysnation\n\nThornberry also had the opportunity to meet Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday, June 12.\n\nThornberry attended Boys State at the Wendell Ford Training Base in Greenville, KY last week. He applied, was selected, and was sponsored by a local business and the American Legion Post in Latonia.\n\nThe students stay on an active military base and become part of the operation of local, county and state government. They form separate cities and political parties then they hold elections and cabinet members are elected. There are around 100 boys from schools throughout Kentucky attending. They are separated into barracks and each barracks represents a city. It\u2019s a crash course in government in which they will take a test at the end and have the opportunity to receive college credit.\n\nCasmir decided to run for Governor (the highest office). He had to develop a platform and write/give speeches. He won the primary against four opponents, receiving 38 of 40 votes casted. He won the general election, receiving almost 90 votes, an overwhelming majority. He selected Cabinet members and traveled to Frankfort to meet with Gov. Beshear."}
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-{"text": "Tactical Case for Weapons \"A-9-1\"\n\nA-9-1 Tactical Case will allow you to bear weapons with length till 104 cm with mounted sights. The weapon may be fixed hard with 3 straps on velcro. When the case is opened,it can play a role of mat for shooting. There are two grand-volume pockets at the outer side, which can allow to place 4 AK\\AR mags inside."}
-{"text": "Ancient Water Clock Recreated\n\nA clepsydra, a water clock that was made on King Sejong's orders in 1434, has been fully recreated and will be on view to the public from Nov. 28.\n\nThe water clock is regarded as one of the greatest inventions in Korean science history. It is a standard self-striking water clock system, which uses the flow of water.\n\nA team, led by Professor Nam Moon-hyeon of Konkuk University, recreated the water clock based on the remaining parts of a clepsydra known as the Jagyeongnu, which was made during the reign of King Jungjong in 1536, the National Palace Museum of Korea announced Wednesday."}
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-{"text": "Crater Lake, Oregon\u2019s only national park, faces logging near the boundaries of the forest that surrounds the deep blue volcanic lake, according the environmental group Oregon Wild.\n\nThe 42,000-acre area the U.S. Forest Service seeks to log is bordered on the south by Crater Lake National Park, Lemolo Lake Recreation Area to the north, Mount Thielsen Wilderness and Oregon Cascades Recreation Area to the east and the Mount Bailey Inventoried Roadless Area to the west.\n\nSean Stevens of Oregon Wild calls the logging plan \u201ca really nasty sale.\u201d He says if the D-Bug timber sale goes through it would result in more logging in Oregon\u2019s roadless areas under President Obama then happened across the entire U.S. during the eight-year George W. Bush administration.\n\nUnder Bush, seven miles of roads were built in roadless areas, Stevens says, and 400 acres of roadless forest were logged.\n\nThe D-Bug timber sale calls for \u201cbuilding eight miles of roads in inventoried roadless areas; 25 miles total, including some non-inventoried roadless areas,\u201d says Stevens. A non-inventoried roadless area is one that was not inventoried when the roadless areas were established in the 1970s. Stevens says that more areas that fit the criteria to be roadless areas were found later, after the inventory, with better mapping techniques. The D-Bug timber sale would also involve 900 acres of roadless area logging, Stevens says. That\u2019s over twice as many roadless acres than were logged under Bush.\n\nAlso at issue with the logging project is the current uncertainty over the fate of roadless areas, areas that meet the minimum criteria for official wilderness designation. The Clinton 2001 roadless rule was eliminated in 2005 when then-President Bush issued the Roadless Area Conservation Rule allowing state governors to petition for individual, state-specific rules to log in roadless areas. This rule soon went to court, and since then a number of contradictory legal rulings have been made on the roadless issue. \u201cThe Obama administration is not exactly clear on what their policy is,\u201d says Stevens.\n\nAccording to Forest Service documents on the sale, the D-Bug project is a \u201chazard reduction timber sale project\u201d designed for \u201creducing fuels, improving forest stand conditions, salvaging present and future bark beetle mortality, and creating fuel breaks around the Diamond Lake and Lemolo Lake Wildland Urban Interface areas, and along evacuation routes that lead to and from these areas.\u201d\n\nStevens says the logging \u201cmight make sense in the urban interface areas, but not in a roadless area.\u201d\n\nHe says, \u201cBeetles are part of the natural life cycle of this forest. Fires too.\u201d The forest is mainly made up of lodgepole pine and mixed conifer, according the USFS\u2019s draft environmental impact statement, which says fires in the lodgepole pine stands were \u201chistorically common,\u201d occurring every 60 to 80 years.\n\nStevens says, \u201cCutting down a forest to save it is like chopping off both your arms to prevent gangrene.\u201d\n\nFor information on the D-Bug timber sale and Oregon Wild\u2019s efforts to save it, go to www.oregonwild.org. \u2014 Camilla Mortensen\n\nField Burning Bill Passes\n\nSenate Bill 528, the field burning bill, passed on June 29, the last day of Oregon\u2019s legislative session. It passed in the House with a vote of 31-29, and the Western Environmental Law Center, whose attorneys have advocated heavily for a field burning ban, expects the bill to be signed into law in the near future. Gov. Ted Kulongoski has expressed support for the bill in the past.\n\nCharlie Tebbutt of WELC says, \u201cThe barbaric practice of field burning will come to a close after this season. People\u2019s lungs will not be assaulted by smoky air in much of the southern Willamette Valley.\u201d\n\nThis is the biggest phasedown in field burning in Oregon since 1998 and close to the outright ban that WELC and Rep. Paul Holvey originally sought. The bill will allow 20,000 acres of field burning on the Willamette Valley floor in 2009 \u2014 a reduction from the current 40,000 acres \u2014 with none allowed from 2010 onwards. Up to 15,000 acres of \u201cidentified species and steep terrain\u201d grass fields may still be burned in the Silverton Hills region, where farmers claim that alternative methods to the smoky practice don\u2019t work. The \u201cidentified species and steep terrain\u201d exception was a result of an amendment added to the bill during the legislative session, made in order to get the bill passed.\n\n\u201cShame on the 29 legislators who voted against this bill and caused the compromise that will allow field burning to continue in the Silverton Hills,\u201d says Tebbutt. \u201cThe people of the Silverton Hills deserve the same relief.\u201d\n\nIn another legislative victory for environmentalists on the last day of the session, Oregon\u2019s AG John Kroger has succeeded in starting an environmental crimes enforcement unit. The new unit, which will start with one prosecutor and one investigator was created by Senate Bill 797. The bill allows the Department of Justice to use existing funds to begin an enforcement program focusing on illegal and intentional violation of Oregon\u2019s environmental laws. Previously the DOJ has not had a prosecutor dedicated only to going after violations of environmental laws. \u201cHaving one environmental crimes prosecutor is a tremendous improvement over nothing,\u201d says Tebbutt. \u2014 Camilla Mortensen\n\nCity Closes Amazon Path\n\nThe City of Eugene plans to close one of the most popular bike commuter routes in Eugene this summer for repairs.\n\nThe city will close sections of the Amazon Park off-street bike and pedestrian path from 19th to 31st avenues starting July 6 with work scheduled to be completed by the end of August.\n\nUnlike most road repairs, the sections of the bike path under construction will be entirely closed in both directions with bikers and pedestrians forced to take more dangerous alternative routes.\n\nOne pedestrian detour suggested by the city includes south Willamette Street, where citizens have complained of hazardous narrow sidewalks and no bike lanes for decades without the city taking action to solve the pressing problem.\n\nThe city will phase construction of the project with the first closure starting July 6 from 24th Avenue to the Amazon Pool. The city said it needs to reconstruct the cracked concrete path now because it did a poor job of building the foundation of the path in the 1970s.\n\nClosing the path has generated controversy online. Cyclist and local environmental activist Josh Schlossberg commented on EW\u2019s blog (blogs.eugeneweekly.com) that the city too often entirely closes bike routes whereas it would almost never entirely close a street for cars to repair it. \u201cEugene government considers cyclist commuters second class citizens,\u201d Schlossberg wrote.\n\nBut Shane Rhodes, manager of the successful Safe Routes to Schools program, praised the city for consulting with local cyclists on the project and scheduling it in the summer when school is out. \u201cCriticizing something that is overall a positive for Eugene cyclists just seems out of touch,\u201d he wrote on the EW blog.\n\nSchlossberg also argues that fixing dangerous Willamette Street for pedestrians and cyclists is a higher priority than Amazon cracks. \u201cI\u2019d be OK with a few ruts on the bike path in exchange for a non-suicidal route down south Willamette any day.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s unclear how the city prioritized the Amazon project over the many other needed cycling and pedestrian improvements in Eugene. Funding for the project was included in the five-year property tax increase passed in November 2008. According to the city, about 9 percent of local commuting is by bike, but bike paths got only about 1 percent of the funding in the $36 million bond measure. \u2014Alan Pittman\n\nRally For a Free Iran\n\nLane County residents gathered in Eugene in support of Iran\u2019s freedom Friday, June 26, in alliance with scores of simultaneous multinational demonstrations. Attendees advocated for awareness and opposition towards Iran\u2019s recently disputed elections and related brutality.\n\nThe organizing group, Eugene Iranians and Friends, an unofficial association with no single executive leader, put together the event solely with posted flyers and Facebook advertising. More than 50 people attended the rally that began on the UO campus and marched to the Free Speech Plaza at Eugene\u2019s City Hall.\n\nArmed with peace signs, Iranian colors and handmade posters, participants shouted in unison for democracy and the end of the relentless violence in Iran. Last week, video footage showed the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan, an innocent bystander near an Iranian demonstration. Since then, Neda has become an iconic image for peace. At the Eugene rally, Neda was frequently mentioned and shown on signs.\n\nAt the Eugene rally, a minute of silence was observed for victims and loved ones. Following that, members of Eugene Iranians and Friends sang the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as additional patriotic songs.\n\nOnlookers applauded the protesters with encouraging comments and sounds. No future events have been scheduled at press time. \u2014 Sachie Yorck\n\nBilingual Services List Now Online\n\nA new online resource lists social service providers who have the capacity to communicate with Spanish-speaking clients with limited English skills. The \u201cDirectory of Bilingual Social Services\u201d for the Eugene-Springfield community can be located on the website of the UO\u2019s Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) at csws.uoregon.edu\n\nThe directory is primarily intended for providers; the entries have not been translated to Spanish. By phoning local providers, members of the CSWS Research Interest Group \u201cBecoming Bicultural: Latino Immigrant Mothers Raising American Children\u201d found that 123 agencies and organizations currently have the capacity to communicate with Spanish-speaking clients with social service needs.\n\n\u201cThis shows a substantive improvement during the decade,\u201d co-coordinator Marcela Mendoza said. \u201cHowever, Centro Latino Americano in Eugene is still the only organization with culturally competent, fully bilingual staff. \u2026 All the social service agencies that we called in Springfield are bilingual, but not all the agencies that we called in Eugene have the same capacity.\u201d\n\nThe directory is one outcome of a series of three workshops for Latino parents that the research group organized and presented at Springfield High School in February 2009. At the end of the third workshop, the group distributed a list of bilingual social services in the county. Parents who participated expressed the need for a more comprehensive listing, and to make local service providers aware of the bilingual services available to help Spanish-speaking clients.\n\nFollowing the workshops, the researchers gathered existing information, researched local availability of social services, and contacted providers in Eugene and Springfield. The production and distribution costs of the workshops and the directory were made possible by a mini-grant from SELCO Community Credit Union and CSWS sponsorship.\n\nNew Website Documents Pesticides\n\nA new Web tool lets you search your favorite foods, from almonds to winter squash, and see how often toxic pesticides have been detected on them. Even after normal washing and preparation, many foods are laced with chemicals used to kill bugs, fungus and weeds on the farm.\n\nThe site uses information provided by federal government testing. The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has used that data to create a consumer-friendly database at www.whatsonmyfood.org\n\nLike almonds? Eleven pesticides, including two known or probable carcinogens, six suspected hormone disruptors and three neurotoxins, have been found on almonds during government testing, according to PAN.\n\nSome cantaloupe have been found to have traces of as many as 27 different pesticides, including five known or probable carcinogens, 15 suspected hormone disruptors, 11 neurotoxins and four developmental or reproductive toxicants.\n\n\u201cWhether pesticides at the low levels found on foods pose a serious health risk is a matter of debate,\u201d says PAN, but the site can be useful for those who are trying to reduce their exposure to toxic chemicals. And the data can help people determine which non-organically grown foods to avoid. Conventionally grown strawberries and bananas are both sprayed, for example, but we peel bananas.\n\nActivist Alert\n\n\u2022 To see George Wuerthner\u2019s slide show on the downside of biomass extraction from public lands, Google \u201cFanning the Flames of Wildfire Hysteria.\u201d\n\nLane Area Herbicide Spray Schedule\n\n\u2022 Please thank the Eugene District of the Bureau of Land Management at 683-6600 for choosing to manually control invasive plants species throughout BLM ownership in Lane County (ODF Notification No. 2009-781-50360).\n\n\u2022 We\u2019ve talked before in this column about The Register-Guard\u2019s peculiar and ill-advised campaign to discredit progressive county commissioners, particularly Bill Fleenor and Rob Handy who were elected despite the daily endorsing their opponents. We saw another blatant example on the front page Sunday, June 28: reporter Matt Cooper\u2019s big investigation of basically nothing. This 1,400-word piece was long on innuendo and short on substance.\n\nCounty attorney Liane Richardson apparently raised an issue of whether Commissioners Pete Sorenson, Handy and Fleenor were making decisions improperly in light of open meeting laws. She asked the commissioners about it and was satisfied with their answers. That should have killed the story, or at least altered its accusatory tone and focus. The big headline \u201cMeetings three commissioners held raise questions\u201d was also misleading. Nowhere in the story does it say the three commissioners (a quorum) actually met at the same time in private.\n\nWhat\u2019s ironic is that the current County Commission\u2019s progressive members are much more transparent, conscientious and open to public input than their predecessors. Most significantly, key committee work, once done behind closed doors, is now done in open sessions. And commissioners have gone out of their way to meet with community groups that have been ignored in the past.\n\n\u2022 Was the county decision to fund 84 jailbeds due to political or public pressure? Last week in this column we said it was political, but we\u2019ve heard from one commissioner that it was actually a financial decision. Bill Fleenor tells us it was budget crunch time June 17, and if last-minute state revenue predictions had not been favorable, the decision could have easily gone the other way.\n\n\u2022 Local TV producers, listen up. We laughed for an hour and a half Saturday night, June 26, at Tsunami Books with 80 other fans of an underground Eugene comedy group on par with Saturday Night Live and Jon Stewart. This is Live Matinee. With almost no advance publicity, they sold out four nights at Tsunami, competing with both Bach and track last weekend. Together since 1978, the players are Tamsin Morgan, Nancy Cave, Richard Cave, Barbara Embree and Bob Marquis. Betty Hemmingsen is technical director and Cheyney Ryan is the musical director whose piano magic links their acts. Not all of those acts would make it past TV censors, but they have uproarious fun with Kitty, Bonny and Betty at a City Council meeting; a dog who is a counselor; the \u201callergy Olympics;\u201d \u201cwhoring for schools\u201d and more \u2014 a total of 23 acts. Live Matinee wouldn\u2019t work on a big stage, but TV cameras could bring them to a larger audience.\n\n\u2022 Is \u201cSunday at Noon,\u201d KLCC\u2019s only local talk show, going off the air? Rumors are flying that the one-hour-a-week program will be canceled for at least three months. Steve Barton, general manager of KLCC, confirmed the rumor this week, saying \u201cboth the hosts are leaving, and the show will be taking a short hiatus as we figure our next step.\u201d Host Claude Offenbacher says he expects the program to return in the fall. He\u2019s taking a sabbatical and his co-host Andrew Bartholomew has taken a job in Portland. Barton also confirmed rumors that KLCC is now fully digital, and \u201cit would, from my perspective, be interesting to talk about the community radio aspect.\u201d\n\nThe lack of community radio in Eugene is frustrating for many of us. The closest we\u2019ve come is when John Musumeci and Suzanne Arlie bought the commercial station KOPT 1600-AM, made it an Air America affiliate and hired local hosts to chat live with local people daily on every topic imaginable. KOPT was a money-loser and was eventually sold to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Despite calls for local content, OPB just made 1600 a relay for its Portland-based programming. Its weekday \u201cThink Out Loud\u201d program is top-notch, but it rarely has Eugene content or callers. KRVM at 1280-AM still broadcasts Jefferson Public Radio\u2019s \u201cJefferson Exchange\u201d out of Ashland, with more Eugene content than OPB provides. In the end, one of the more intellectually vibrant cities on the West Coast is left without its own viable community radio station.\n\nWhat would digital community radio look like on KLCC? Probably not a station you could pick up on your car radio, but maybe a station you could get on your computer, as a podcast (to add to Eugene\u2019s podcast-rich list) or on satellite radio. Stay tuned, so to speak.\n\nSLANT includes short opinion pieces, observations and rumor-chasing notes compiled by the EW staff. Heard any good rumors lately? Contact Ted Taylor at 484-0519, editor at eugeneweekly dot com\n\nRelated Posts\n\nIf five beach bums tried to surf their way to the classic California rock sound (The Doors, The Byrds, etc.) but instead got lost in a cloud of pot smoke and found themselves at a goth house party, you would end up with something like The Growlers. The Growlers are from Orange County; they like a little reverb on their guitars; there\u2019s a little bit of dark soul in their sound; and they do look and act baked much of the time, but that\u2019s where the similarities to those other bands end. Continue reading \u2192\n\nJust like the herbaceous monstrosity at the heart of this campy musical romp, the cult appeal of Little Shop of Horrors just keeps on growing. But if you\u2019ve merely seen the movie starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, you only know half the story. Continue reading \u2192\n\nTell your friends \u201cI\u2019m going to spend the weekend at a law conference\u201d and they\u2019ll figure you are in for a really horrible couple days. But when it comes to the UO\u2019s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), attendees are actually in for some fun and excitement. Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "The delightful addition of Boxboy! + Boxgirl!\n\nBy this point in a franchise like Boxboy!, fatigue starts to set in. No matter how charming the premise or engaging the puzzles, anything so simple and straightforward is bound to wear out its welcome at least a bit and deliver diminishing returns to the player.\n\nBoxboy! + Boxgirl! doesn\u2019t have that problem.\n\nWhich is notable, frankly, for a number of reasons, the first of which is that the series has proven it isn\u2019t immune to such pressures. The third 3DS entry, Goodbye, Boxboy!, was enjoyable on its own but definitely felt like the team was straining to come up with new ideas and using the cut concepts from earlier games.\n\nBoxboy! + Boxgirl! doesn\u2019t feel the weight of that fatigue, and it\u2019s hard to say why. The new co-op functionality isn\u2019t the reason; it\u2019s an enjoyable mode, but it\u2019s not like it\u2019s recycling old ideas and using that novelty to cover up the reuse. It\u2019s not because of some renewed cohesion; it\u2019s still a collection of disparate levels with some separate smaller modes stacked atop. It\u2019s been a bit of time since the last game, but given the process of moving to a higher-res platform, it\u2019s doubtful that there was much time to rest between development of the two games.\n\nIt\u2019s not Qudy. And we love Qudy.\n\nThen what is it? It\u2019s perhaps the most likely reason that the team at HAL saw the move to the Switch as a showcase for Boxboy! and did everything it could to put its best foot forward, perhaps holding ideas from the previous game to this one and perhaps pooling resources and enthusiasm into this at the expense of something else.\n\nThe one thing that\u2019s clear: Boxboy! + Boxgirl! is absolutely worth your time on a system with such a deluge of constant releases that it needs to be. It\u2019s well-paced, and each of the three campaigns manages satisfying exploration of its puzzle ideas without overstaying its welcome. It\u2019s intact in the transition to an HD platform, maintaining its aesthetic while iterating on it just slightly enough to stay distinct. It conveys everything it needs players to understand to solve its puzzles without a word, a harder and harder achievement with more and more ideas in the mix.\n\nIf you haven\u2019t played it yet, add checking these boxes to your to-do list."}
-{"text": "Slumberland gains FSC Certification\n\nLeading Divan and Mattress manufacturer Slumberland have recently been awarded the quality standard issued by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). The accolade recognises that their wood is sourced from forests that are managed in an environmentally responsible appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable manner.\n\nThe FSC recognition applies to the wood used in all divan units and the FSC system is unique and ensures that a forest is well-managed from the protection of indigenous people\u2019s rights to the methods of felling trees.\n\nForests that meet these strict standards are given FSC certification and the products made from it allowed to carry the FSC label which an assurance that it is made with, or contains wood that only comes from FSC certified forests or from post-consumer waste.\n\nThrough a rigorous process forests are inspected and certified against strict standards based on FSC\u2019s 10 Principles of Forest Stewardship. These inspections are undertaken by accredited independent organisations, including the Soil Association, that are accredited by the FSC.\n\nIn addition to forest certification, the FSC system includes a certified chain of custody that tracks the timber through every stage in the supply chain from the forest to the final user. This is monitored through the invoicing process and the final label on the product has a code that confirms that the item is genuinely FSC.\n\n\u201cWe are delighted to have been given this prestigious award\u201d commented Gordon Mitchell, Managing Director of Horatio Myer & Co Limited. \u201cWinning the accreditation has required the business to strenuously examine all of our processes involving the use of wood. It is a worthwhile process and it shows our commitment to ethical manufacturing.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur retailers and customers will see the FSC logo appearing on our products and communications alike. This endorses our commitment to use this scarce natural resource carefully\u201d, concluded Gordon Mitchell."}
-{"text": "The origins of Etruria\u2019s coinage can be sought in the central Italian bronze currency\nsystem of the 1st millennium B.C., for which we have literary evidence from Roman\nsources and oral traditions only. They are anachronistic, however, and tend to invent\nhistorical as well as monetary events.\nIt has long been evident that Rome\u2019s early political and cultural development is\nmore closely linked to that of its northern neighbour Etruria than to the Greek colonies\nof southern Italy where a silver coinage had been introduced in the mid 6th century\nB.C. based on a weight standard of about 8 g. This coin, Aristotle says, was called a\nnomos at Taras. This weight standard which is found nowhere else seems to have had\nno influence on the bronze weight standard of central Italy.\nThe evidence of primitive bronze (aes rude) currency hoards in the Po valley,\nEtruria, Umbria, Campania and Sicily confirms the use of bronze currency, as dis\u00ac\ntinct from coinage, at a very early date. Roman tradition made the beginning of coin\u00ac\nage respectably antique by associating it with king Numa Pompilius.\nPliny (N.H. 33, 34), quoting Timaeus, says that Servius Tullius (later identified with the Etruscan Mastarna) was the first king to adopt marked bronze in Rome. This\nstatement probably reflects the designation of a bronze unit of weight in some form in\nthe middle of the 6th century so that commodities, not only bronze, could be cal\u00ac\nculated in their bronze value by weight in asses. Fibulas, adzes, aes rude and aes sig\u00ac\nnatum of the \u00abramo secco\u00bb type were hoarded and must have been the bronze which\nneeded re-weighing with each transaction, a process that was still in use after the\nintroduction oi aes grave at the beginning of the 3rd century B.C.\nThe central Italic libra or pondus was known as an as, \u00abpound\u00bb, and was weighed, i.e.\npensum, and not counted, numeratum by weighers or cashiers, dispensatores. Soldiers\u2019\npay, sipendium, was heaped and weighed; payments, expensa, were weighed out. The\netymology of as is probably the Greek word \u2018(XGI\u00c7 \u00abweighed\u00bb or \u00abwhat draws down\u00bb.\nThe early aes rude, \u00abcoarse unfinished lumps of bronze\u00bb, were weighed out in aestimatio,\n\u00abappraisal\u00bb or \u00abestimate\u00bb. All these terms lasted well into imperial times (by which\ntime their origins had been forgotten) and many have passed into modern languages\nwith little change in their meaning.\nPeruzzi has demonstrated that the Latin linguistic tradition produces a clearer\nunderstanding of the function of bronze currency12. Legal acquisitions were confirmed\nby the formula per aes et libram, \u00abby bronze and scales\u00bb in a transaction called mancupium,\u00ablaying one\u2019s hand on something acquired\u00bb as early as the period of the XII\nTables (451-450 B.C.). Libra, from the Greek litra, is also attested by the XII Tables\nand may have come from southern Italy.\nThat Etruria must have had a similar economic system is evident from the bronze\nhoards in its territory and from the extraordinary occasion recorded by Dionysius of\nHalicarnassus which is traditionally dated to 508 B.C. Lars Porsenna, the Etruscan\nking of Clusium, narrowly escaped assassination by Mucius Scaevola while he over\u00ac\nsaw the payment of Stipendium to the Etruscan army which was besieging Rome in an attempt to reinstate the Etruscan Tarquinius Superbus, Rome\u2019s last king, who had\nbeen expelled in 510 B.C.\nWe have terms from this early period which relate to later coin-striking activities.\nNummus perhaps derives from Numa Pompilius, owing to the tradition that this king\nstarted currency in bronze, and came to mean a coin; it has no connection with the\nGreek nomos meaning custom or law, thus nomisma current coin. The word moneta,\n\u00abcoin\u00bb, derives from the temple oiJuno Moneta (from the root monere, to admonish or\nremind) dedicated in 344, which was built on the site of the older shrine where the\nsacred geese ofJuno had been kept. This became the location ad Monetam, \u00abthe mint\u00bb,\nduring the war against Pyrrhus (281-272). Solarium was the money given for salt,\nhence allowance or pay; the aerarium, \u00abplace of bronze\u00bb, was the public treasury.\nBetween 295 and 293, Livy (X, 30.3) informs us, 1740 Perusian prisoners were\nransomed for 310 asses each. Perusia and Arretium (X, 37.4) were fined 5,000 asses\neach, and the Faliscan settlement cost 100,000 asses of heavy bronze (X, 46.5). It was\nin the context of the bronze-using economy of central Italy that Etruscan coins\nappeared in the early 3rd century on a weight standard and with marks of value com\u00ac\npatible with the contemporary Roman system. Today Roman issues are well under\u00ac\nstood but they have a long history of misinterpretation owing to Pliny\u2019s mistaken dat\u00ac\ning of the introduction of the denarius to the 485th year of Rome (269 B.C.), with all\nthe misleading implications this has had for the chronology of the early cast coinage of\nthe region.\nThe curious delay in the appearance of coinage at Rome has been ascribed by\nOgilvie to \u00abthe economic collapse that followed on the sack of Rome by the Gauls and\nthe slow recovery thereafter13\u00bb. Etruria was never to become seriously involved with\nthe production of coined money in the way of its Greek and Latin neighbours.\n\nEtruscheria\u20194, attribution and dating\n\nEtruscan coins were first described by Passeri as early as 176715. From the onset\nthey were misunderstood, misdescribed, misattributed and incorrectly dated. Eckhel\nproperly identified coins of Populonia and Volterra but added to the general confusion\nby attributing the Koson gold stater to Cosa and the coinage of Elis (with F-A in the\nfield) to Falisci16. Millingan identified Etruria\u2019s aes grave issues as parallel to those of\nUmbria and Rome but saw Populonia\u2019s early struck issues as archaic on grounds of\nstyle and types, and believed them to be influenced by coins from Phocaea in Ionia17.\nCarelli correctly catalogued Populonia but attributed the bronze coinage of Vetulonia\nto Telamon \u20188. In his monumental work Mommsen gave a metrologica! analysis of the subject but dated Populonia\u2019s inception of coinage to the mid 6th century following the\nexample of Solon at Athens19. Gamurrini wrote an excellent study of the material\navailable; he followed Mommsen\u2019s dating but noted the parallels between Populonian\nand Syracusan litrae for silver and those between the Etruscan and Roman marks of\nvalue for gold and bronze issues20. He was the first to publish the hoard of Auriol-type\ncoins from Volterra (IGCH 1875) and other finds. Corssen validly interpreted most of\nthe Etruscan legends in their generally accepted attributions21. M\u00fcller and Deecke\ncatalogued the various Etruscan issues with traditional dates, adding a list of finds22.\nHultsch identified the scruple standard of the early silver of 11.38 g and followed\nMommsen for its Babylonian origin, dating it to the 5th century B.C.23 A parallel was\nmade between Pliny\u2019s denarius of 269 B.C. and the Attic standard 20 litrae silver\nstater which he called a double denarius.\n\nGarrucci was the first to give systematic descriptions of Etruscan coins with find spots and hoard information24. His chrono\u00ac\nlogy followed Mommsen\u2019s and Hultsch\u2019s but the Roman parallels were not taken up.\nFalchi provided a good catalogue of the Vetulonian coinage but misattributed some of\nPopulonia\u2019s silver; he adopted Mommsen\u2019s chronology and his parallels with Rome25.\nSambon\u2019s work was more complete than Garrucci\u2019s and attempted both to include\nall known types and mints and to discuss the beginning of Etruscan coinage from the\nmid 5th century on the basis of style and its standard, which he considered Persic26.\nTo this day it is the basic study. Haeberlin compared the Roman gold coins with the\nXXX value mark, now known to be false, with the genuine Volsinii issues27. He later\npublished an excellent study of central Italian bronze metrology, including Etruria,\nthough using traditional dating28. Head fixed the beginning of the gold coinage to the\n5th century and the gold issue of Volsinii to ca. 300-26529. According to him, an early\nEuboeo-Syracusan litra standard before 350 B.C. was followed first by a Vi -litra stan\u00ac\ndard, then in the 3rd century by a 2-scruple standard and finally later by a 1-scruple\nstandard and its bronze equivalents, a very tidy arrangement. In the same year\nKovacs also neatly divided the coinage on metrological grounds into six periods from\n500 to 200 B.C., relying heavily on Mommsen, Hultsch and Sambon, and drawing on\nAsiatic origins for the weight standard30. Cesano arranged and dated the series by\nhistorical probabilities to the wars against the Gauls and the Romans from the 5th to\nthe 3rd century31. In the same year Sydenham noted that it would have been most\nnatural for the Etruscans to have imitated Rome; he went on to date Etruscan silver to before 271 and aes grave to between 275 and 26832. Giesecke attributed the early silver\ncoinage of scruple standard to the 5th century in southern Etruria33. He dated the lionhead gold issues to after 450, linking them to the Syracusan litra standard, and gave\nthe Populonian 10-litra Attic weight staters to the 4th century and the 20-litra Attic\nweight staters to the 3rd century under Roman influence, thus chiefly following tradi\u00ac\ntional theories.\nMattingly noted that the Populonia 20-unit stater was struck on the standard of the\ndenarius34. His second edition, after the \u00abrevolution\u00bb in which the date of the denarius\nwas lowered, omitted the reference to Populonia35. He later assigned the light\nEtruscan silver to the Second Punic War (218-201), considerably earlier than his date\nfor the introduction of the denarius which he calculated to be in 18736.\nPallotino published all known Etruscan inscriptions including those on coins and\ndated them to the 4th and early 3rd century on grounds of style (see TLE nos. 357,\n378, 409, 459 and 789)37. Thomsen, in his fundamental study, for the first time placed\nEtruscan coins in their logical chronological context, parallel to the coinage of Rome,\nand placed the introduction of the denarius to ca. 211 B.C. on the evidence of the\nMorgantina finds38. The Plinian school was superseded and it became evident that the\nEtruscan marks of value denote the same bronze as equivalents which were later\nadopted by Rome for its silver 10-a.s coin, the denarius.\nJenkins published two carefully thought-out articles on the subject. He stated that\n\u00abthe dating of Etruscan coins is notoriously difficult yet there appears to be no\nhoard evidence of value for chronology\u00bb and indicated that the Populonian X and XX\nvalue didrachm series probably reflected the central Italian bronze devaluations39.\nThe Etruscan bronze he found \u00abtolerably datable they suffer a reduction from\ntriental to sextantal\u00bb, but found it hardly possible that silver and bronze ran parallel as\nthe style was so different. Later he confirmed the early dating of the X-value\ndidrachms, but rejecting Breglia\u2019s Asiatic weight standard and Giesecke\u2019s Chalcidian\nlitra, he opted for a \u00abscruple\u00bb and \u00abdouble-scruple\u00bb standard for inland Etruria40.\nDuring the 60s and 70s the Plinian school was championed by Panvini Rosati who\nstressed the traditionalist dating and attributions in several articles41.\n\n1975 saw the publication of the \u00abContributi introduttivi allo studio della moneta\u00ac\nzione etrusca\u00bb with numerous articles by eminent scholars in the field42. The tradi\u00ac\ntional school was prominent, but much useful work was done in specific areas which I\nshall note later. Perhaps the most interesting article was by Sutton; it was not well\nreceived by traditionalists as it upheld Thomsen\u2019s theory of the parallel between the\nintroduction of the denarius and the 20-as gorgoneion issue of Populonia43. Marchetti\ntook Thomsen\u2019s theory to its logical conclusion by demonstrating the metrologica!\nlinkage between Etruria\u2019s four main coinages with marks of value and Roman aes\ngrave44. The Etruscan issues were shown to be parallel to the Roman librai through to\nsextantal revaluations which had been identified by many earlier scholars and con\u00ac\nfirmed by Crawford45.\nMarchetti published an all-embracing study of the period in which he repeated the\ntheories already expounded in his Naples Atti paper on Etruscan metrology46; he was,\nhowever, rebuked by Thomsen for some of his interpretations of the weight standards\nused during Rome\u2019s bronze revaluations47. Thomsen goes on to refine and confirm\nthe dating of the various stages of bronze revaluation from librai aes grave to uncial aes\nwithin the 3rd century.\nIn 1979 Thurlow and Vecchi attempted a summary of the latest developments in the\ndating and attribution of the aes grave of central Italy including Etruria48; their chrono\u00ac\nlogy was based on Thomsen\u2019s original survey and was therefore roughly in line with\nthe modern trend toward a lower dating of Republican bronze, with all its implications\nfor Etruscan metrology.\nWith Catalli we witness the re-emergence of the traditionalist school; he used the\nexcellent line-drawn plates of Garrucci to illustrate a well-researched catalogue but\nmade no attempt at metrological analysis, repeating the traditional chronology based\non style49.\nThe Italian Ministry of Culture declared 1985 the year of \u00abProgetto Etruschi\u00bb and a\ngreat deal was written on Etruscan coins by well-known scholars such as M. Cristofani\nand L. Tondo50. Mostly based on material from the Museo Archeologico of Florence,\ncatalogues were compiled and dated along traditionalist lines with no concession\ngiven to the latest research. The same year also saw the publication of\nPeruzzi\u2019s study of central Italy\u2019s pre-coinage bronze currency economy which clearly\nshowed how the Etruscan economy was integrated into that of Rome and central Italy from a very early date, but did not take into consideration the anachronistic tendencies\nof the classical authors51.\nCrawford not only clarified and confirmed the revaluations of bronze from a librai\nto a sextantal standard in 218-21152 but demonstrated the widespread use of pre-currency bronze in central Italy and the parallel between the emergence of the 20-a.r\nPopulonian silver and the Roman denarius which reflected common efforts and\neconomic conditions in the Second Punic War. Little consideration, however, was\ngiven to Etruria\u2019s early issues except to state that \u00abfor all practical purposes (coinage)\nwas not adopted in Etruria for three centuries after its adoption by the Greek poleis in\nthe west\u00bb.\nIn 1985 Parise vigorously argued the cause of the traditionalists of the Naples Atti of\n1975, linking the coins of Attic weight standard with those of Syracuse in the 5th and\n4th century and resuscitating the archaic Asiatic origin for the earlier scruple silver\nstandard53. No attempt was made to refute the chronology for central Italy established\nby Thomsen and Crawford, although Gardner54 was liberally drawn on, and\nBreglia55 and Hackens56 were freely cited, all of whom date the introduction of coins in\nEtruria to between the 6th and 5th centuries.\nIt is my intention in this brief study to demonstrate how close the relationship was\nbetween Etruria and its neighbours in central Italy, most particularly with Rome, its\nheir and then its master, in numismatic matters as so often and so potently in the\naffairs of war and the arts of peace."}
-{"text": "Five Class XII students, riding a Maruti, followed actress June and telefilm-maker Anindita Sarbadhicary, passed lewd comments at them and finally blocked their way in Salt Lake on Saturday evening.... | Read.."}
-{"text": "2001 President J. Alred Broaddus - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmondhttps://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001en-usFeeds from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond2001 President J. Alred Broaddus - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmondhttps://www.richmondfed.org/sitelib/images/fedlogo.gifhttps://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001https://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001/broaddus_speech_20011012?WT.rss_a=Transparency in the Practice of Monetary Policy&WT.rss_f=2001 President J. Alred Broaddus - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond&WT.rss_ev=aFri, 12 Oct 2001 09:18:00 ESThttps://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001/broaddus_speech_20011012This has been a very useful conference in my view, and I am honored by this opportunity to be a part of it.1 As some of you may know, I was the second choice for this slot, but that doesn't bother me at all because the first choice was Don Brash, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and a pathbreaker in bringing both transparency and accountability to central banking in practice.]]>https://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001/broaddus_speech_20010614?WT.rss_a=Housing as an Economic Development Tool&WT.rss_f=2001 President J. Alred Broaddus - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond&WT.rss_ev=aThu, 14 Jun 2001 09:18:00 ESThttps://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001/broaddus_speech_20010614\n\nIt is a pleasure to be with you this evening. Most of the speeches I make deal with national economic outlook and Fed monetary policy, and it is refreshing to have an opportunity to talk about something else.\n\n]]>https://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001/broaddus_speech_20010613?WT.rss_a=Moving up, Moving Forward, and Moving Out&WT.rss_f=2001 President J. Alred Broaddus - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond&WT.rss_ev=aWed, 13 Jun 2001 09:18:00 ESThttps://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/past_presidents/j_alfred_broaddus/2001/broaddus_speech_20010613Thank you very much. Ms. Roberson, members of the faculty, parents and friends, and \u2014 most importantly \u2014 members of the Thomas Jefferson High School Class of 2001, it is truly a pleasure and an honor to be with you this afternoon.]]>"}
-{"text": "Marry in haste; repent at leisureis a well-known saying. The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying and Quotation traces it back to William Congreve in The Old Bachelor.\n\nSHARPER: Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure:Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.SETTER: Some by experience find those words mis-placed:At leisure married, they repent in haste.\n\nNever put off until tomorrow what you can do today.This is another saying, which people sometimes reverse.\n\nTomorrow never comes.When the next day arrives it is called \u2018today\u2019.\n\nTomorrow is another day.It is never possible to do everything in a single day. When a day seems to have gone badly it can be a comfort to hope for a new day. I know this is used in German too.Morgen ist auch ein Tag.\n\nThey go at a snail\u2019s pace.This is an old expression which has no doubt influenced the modern one about snail mail. As a pace is a stride and a snail only has one foot, there might have been a humorist at work the first time it was used!\n\nHere\u2019s your hat; where\u2019s your hurry?This is sometimes said when someone is trying to do something in a rush. In this context hurry sounds like a means of transport.\n\nHurry upis an instruction to do something faster.Lewis Carroll found some far more interesting words to use in Alice in Wonderland:-\n\n\u201cWill you walk a little faster?\u201d said a whiting to a snail,\u201cThere\u2019s a porpoise close behind us, and he\u2019s treading on my tail.\u201d\n\nThe part of a horse\u2019s bridle, which goes in the mouth is called a bit. Animals champ fodder. So a person who is impatient to do something ischamping at the bit like a horse waiting to set off.\n\nI wasn\u2019t born yesterday.The speaker has enough experience not to be deceived.\n\nLive to fight another day.This comes from a proverb, which The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying and Quotation has listed under \u2018Caution\u2019.He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.\n\nSomething not worth doing, or inefficiency or unnecessarily checking the same thing more than once could all be considered a waste of time.\n\nAt the eleventh hourhas come to meanat the last minute orjust in time.\n\nIn Matthew Chapter 20 verses 1-16 Jesus told the story or parable of the workers in the vineyard. The eleventh hour in the story was about an hour before the end of the working day. You can read the whole story by clicking here."}
-{"text": "Get some extra peace of mind and up your home\u2019s security features with a new night latch lock from Homebase. A night latch is mounted on the inside of the door and connects with a latch on the door frame, rather than being concealed in the door itself.\n\nYou can add some real standout embellishment to your door, as there are plenty of different finishes and colours within our selection. You\u2019re sure to find something that will really suit your home\u2019s style. Straightforward to fit, competitively priced and robust - night door locks really do tick all of the boxes.\n\nOnce you\u2019ve weighed up the right choice for your needs and your home - pick up a night latch lock in-store or online at Homebase.\n\nFollow us\n\nPlease enable JavaScript to enhance your experience on the Homebase site.\nWe have detected that JavaScript has been disabled in your browser. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings to enhance your experience."}
-{"text": "Harbaugh brothers make Super Bowl party a family affair\n\nFOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - John and Jim Harbaugh will turn a family reunion into a war of attrition in New Orleans early next month when they become the first coaching brothers to oppose each other in a Super Bowl.\n\nLast year, the siblings came within a game each of reaching the Super Bowl but lost in their respective conference championships. On Sunday, their victories set up something of a 'Harbaugh Bowl' for the NFL title.\n\n\"I don't know if we had a dream this big,\" John Harbaugh told reporters after his Baltimore Ravens had spanked the New England Patriots 28-13 at Gillette Stadium.\n\nA few hours earlier, Jim had fulfilled his side of the bargain when the San Francisco 49ers rallied for a 28-24 road victory over the Atlanta Falcons.\n\n\"We had a few dreams, we had a few fights. We had a few arguments, like all brothers. We will try and stay out of that business. We'll let the two teams duke it out as much as possible,\" John added.\n\nSeparated by just 15 months, the brothers followed in the footsteps of their father Jack, who had a 41-year career as a coach, ranging from the high-school level to the head role in college football.\n\nThe brothers, who shared a bedroom growing up until they left home for college, have remained very close, speaking weekly by telephone.\n\n\"I couldn't be more proud of Jim,\" the 50-year-old John said. \"Watching that team play, they do reflect his personality.\nContinued..."}
-{"text": "Every skateboarder has heard this line: \"Private property, no skateboarding!\" Well, not this time.\n\nPro skater Philip Schuster gutted a run-down hunting lodge in Austria and converted into his very own indoor skatepark. It may be a bit cramped, but it still looks amazingly fun, especially the bank-to-bank over the fireplace. Now, if someone were to inhabit this house full-time, it would get pretty dirty pretty quickly. And unless those banks are built really well, they'll probably chip up where they meet the floor.\"\n\nBut those caveats aside, there's no better place to shred\u2014and there's nobody to kick you out. [YouTube via Archetizer]"}
-{"text": "Wednesday, 9 February 2011\n\ntick tock tick tock\n\nI am now counting down the hours est. but this is not what my post is going to be about. Its about a fresh, new start and how amazing, but yet how disappointing, annoying and time consuming it is. blah.\nAnyone who knows me well enough knows i was going out with someone for a while and yeh, it was lovely and a unique perfect and i was probably the closest i've been to feeling loved and giving my love completely. It ended, and yeh i was upset..obviously but i'm not going to go into detail about why it ended and all that jibber jabber.\nannnyhoo. It might be to soon..but i'm getting all used to it, and am sorta liking it well, i don't like the whole people who arn't my type AT ALL trying it on, because you are newly single..but oh well.\nIts nice as well because i met someone with most of the qualities on my list hahah. too soon? but its absolutely a lovely feeling the new fresh flirting thing. nom..i still don't think i'm over who i was with before, but its a good start, and being distracted from how you really feel, its just nice."}
-{"text": "News & Events\n\nEnsuring Justice for All: The White House Plan\n\nA White House announcement on September 24, 2015, may signal a change in\nthe federal government's involvement in access to justice efforts,\nbringing together 21 federal agencies to work on expanding access to\nlegal services for the most vulnerable and undeserved people in our\ncommunities."}
-{"text": "The Diary of Nightmare Lands\n\nChapter 1\nWhat was this place? The cool breeze made her hair fly to the\nleft. Something felt so terribly wrong in her stomach, but she\nwasn't aware what it was. Where was she? Fields of wheat and\nother farming foods seemed to surround the entire land. How did\nshe get here? The girl began to slowly walk into the unknown.\nTall grasses of wheat trapped her legs. Kara ran now, a sudden\nurge of panic in her mind. Someone was behind her\u2026\nHow do I get out of here?! She thought urgently.\nA maze was in front of her, and she didn't recognize this\nplace. Where was she supposed to go to? The barns were far away,\nand a sense of wrongness emitted from the air around them. Then\nsomething hit her mentally, she was all alone. Where were her\nfriends? Why was she here?\nNow she could see them. The ones who were after her. She\ncould see them in her mind, without having to turn around. Or\nmaybe that was just her over imagination working again. The\ndog-like creatures were somber, and had jet black fur. Anger was\nclearly displayed in their snarls, and honestly, Kara was afraid.\nShe ran faster, and finally found a narrow, dirt path. Running\nher fastest, she began to catch her breath. It seemed more like\nshe was running at a slow pace and for fun, rather than for her\nlife.\nThe awareness of the threat behind her was in the back of\nher mind, but now, she just ran. At one point down the road, Kara\nbegan to get lower to the ground. It felt so natural, that she\nthought nothing of it. Moments later, another animal flanked her\nright side. The creature was a light grey, thin, and very fast. A\nfeeling of friendship flowed off of it. The two of them sped down\nthe dirt road, all four paws on each of them going\nsimultaneously. The dogs were gaining on them though.\nQuickly turning a corner and nearly tripping in the process,\nthe two jumped into some tall grass. Kara and her new friend\nbacked up close to the broken, metal fence and laid as low as\nthey could. Peering through the lanky grass, Kara observed her\nopponents.\nOne dog was tall, pasty, and vastly thin; a proficient\nrunner. The other, more muscular, but still noble for running;\nmore of an attacker.\nWhat do they want? This is it, isn't it? Everything bad that\ncould, will happen at this moment, won't it? Kara thought to\nherself.\nThe skinny dog walked around the corner, sniffing the air for\nthe scent of Kara and her friend. They searched, but never\nfound.\nSometime later, Kara stood up, noticing that the dogs were\ngone. A piece of her threadlike, blonde hair was trapped in her\nnarrow, pink lips and she moved it behind her tiny ears. Gazing\nat her surroundings, Kara was still utterly confused. Never, in\nher sixteen years of existence, has she been here. Turning to her\nfriend, Kara began to interrogate.\n\"Where am I?\" Kara asked.\nThe guy who ran beside her was only a few inches taller than\nher. His dark brown hair licked the top of his ears, and his eyes\nwere round and an electric green. Just looking in them hypnotized\nKara.\n\"You're in a nightmare,\" the boy spoke.\n\"Right\u2026 So I'm sleeping, right? And this is all just a stupid\ndream and I'll wake up in the morning?\"\n\"Sure, if you want to lie to yourself,\" the boy responded,\nwalking out of the grass and towards the field on the other side\nof the road. Kara stared after him, lips parted, and a million\nquestions rolling around in her mind.\n\"What's going on? Who are you? Why am I even here?! I've\nnever seen this place before!\" Kara said.\n\"My name is Damien. And you have been here before\u2026 a long\ntime ago,\" he said, a hint of sadness and remembrance in his deep\nvoice.\n\"A long time ago\u2026\" Kara repeated quietly, \"Why have I\nreturned then? Are we even on Earth anymore?\"\n\"Yes, and no. This place is\u2026 it's not good. It's evil, and so\nare the people who inhabit it.\"\n\"Then, why are we here?\"\nDamien paused for a moment, contemplating how to answer\nher.\n\"To fix everything, to make this place the way it use to be,\"\nhe explained, looking at Kara with a past pain in his eyes. Kara\nwas puzzled, and tried to remember when she had last been here.\nNothing came to mind.\nDamien and Kara walked farther past the fields, but she had\nno clue where they were going. This place was deserted, after\nwalking for almost half an hour, they hadn't passed any other\ncreature. The land was filled with nothing but wheat fields and\nforest. Strange feelings passed through Kara's body. The feeling\nof acceptance, confusion, and mystery. As they passed through the\nwoods, Kara felt more like she knew where she was going. The\ninside of the forest was wet from a previous rain and the trees\nwere an umbrella, keeping most of the light out. She remembered\nthis place, from her dreams; at least, she thinks they were\ndreams. Damien noticed the change in her, but bit his\ntongue.\n\"This way,\" Kara commanded, starting to run towards a random\narea in the forest maze. Damien was obedient and followed. They\njogged until they came upon a large clearing. An opening was in\nthe top of the trees, so the sun shone and lit the area up.\nCautiously, Kara walked into the large circle."}
-{"text": "Dropping cash on a new iPhone dock each time Apple decides to change the form factor can get pretty annoying, but if you\u2019re down with rolling your own home brewed solution, you can actually create a sturdy dock for your iPhone 5s or iPod Touch using nothing but the LEGO blocks laying around your house.\n\nWe\u2019ve seen a fewLEGOdocks over the years, but a YouTuber has created a simple step-by-step tutorial that teaches everyone how to build their out of three parts \u2013 a top segment, cable holder and a base. The dock in the video only uses black and white LEGOs for a sleek look, but we\u2019d love to see it with a splash of color.\n\nWatch the full tutorial below:\n\nGot your own LEGO iPhone dock creation? Drop a picture of yours in the comments.\n\nPretty cool, but just an FYI: the Everdock is designed not to be made obsolete with an iphone form factor change. Mine holds my iPhone 5 or iPad just as easily.\n\nJoeleo1937\n\nSo show us yours.. I\u2019d prefer that because I have both phone and padJoe L\n\nhttp://www.feastofbeast.com DJBabyBuster\n\nI got mine from kickstarter, but you can get one from their site now:http://fuzdesigns.com/pages/everdockThe micro suction on the bottom really does stick like glue to anything, so you can dock and remove with one hand. Best apple device dock out there in my opinion.\n\nGuest\n\nI got mine from kickstarter, but just google Everdock and you can buy them direct now. Best apple device dock out there, and will have no problem holding a larger iPhone 6 come September.\n\nhttp://www.feastofbeast.com DJBabyBuster\n\nI actually got mine from kickstarter, but just google Everdock and you can buy them direct now. Best apple device dock out there, and will have no problem holding a larger iPhone 6 come September.\n\nThomas Kjeldsen\n\nMe and my friend made a version for iPhone 4/4S based on this. We also made a little leg to make it more secure.\n\nAbout the author\n\nBuster Hein is a freelance writer and social media expert who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.\n\n(sorry, you need Javascript to see this e-mail address) | Read more posts by Buster Hein."}
-{"text": "Archives\n\nOur video team spent two days inside the halls of Paynecrest (no the gold floors and marble walls rumor isn\u2019t true) getting to know the employees and eating people\u2019s lunches out of the fridge\u2026 Just kidding.\n\nSeriously, we worked with their employees to create a video that speaks to the Paynecrest Way\u2026 the core culture definition PayneCrest uses when describing themselves to clients and employees. Our team hung out a few days with the Paynecrest crew, shooting some pretty cool projects such as the new Shriner\u2019s Hospital, and interviewing employees including David Payne, in order to best capture the culture of Paynecrest. Learn what it\u2019s really like to work for this amazing electrical engineering firm and how employees embrace the Paynecrest Way by watching the video.\n\nBlick & Staff Communications came to Tripp Co. with one request\u2026 Help elevate the creative being produced for the Energizer\u00ae social media pages. The goal was to increase engagement and shares and also increase fans of the Facebook pages.\n\nThrough this strategic partnership, we collaborated on daily postings as well as sweepstakes creative. We are proud to say that our team has skyrocketed the fan for the Bunny page to over 300,000. Engagement is up and shares are through the roof.\n\nBetter Life\u00ae already has an impressive line of naturally-safe cleaning products. So impressive that \u201cThe Sharks\u201d battled it out just to invest in the company. What they didn\u2019t have was a naturally-safe laundry detergent.\n\nThe Tripp Co. team went to work by first going through our unique product naming process. After presenting several relevant and effective names, the client landed on Spin-Credible\u2122.\n\nSince we were in the middle of walking the client through a brand audit and consumer survey process, we jointly decided packaging design for the detergent bottle may need to change in the future (thank you digital printing). Using the established brand colors, but knowing we wanted to elevate the design, we took the idea of colorful clothes spinning in a front load washing machine and abstractly illustrated the concept. One piece of feedback the client frequently received from retail reps was the fact that on some of the current labels the purpose of the product wasn\u2019t clear. So, the decision was made to boldly state the product intention and downplay the name.\n\nThe result is a beautiful design that is sure to get plenty of lift and jump off the shelves into carts. Look for more great tactics from Better Life and Tripp Co.\n\nEvery season we are privileged enough to design the season Posters for Slow Burn Theatre Company. As graphic designers, we love interpreting these complex stories that play out on stage into a static visual format. Below are several seasons worth and you can bet we are already working on the next season as you read this.\n\nPremium Retail Services was in need of a collateral piece that is worthy of their name. After an unsuccessful round of concepts with another agency, Tripp Co. was brought in to save the day. Our first focus was the packaging of the brochure. The client had requested that it feel substantial and book-like. We approached several printers and went through many rounds of discussions before settling on a vendor and coming up with an acceptable mock-up of the final product.\n\nThe copy concept was given to Premium so that they could provide the case studies and relevant numbers for each spread. We presented a couple of concepts/themes and the chosen direction was \u201cstrength in numbers.\u201d\n\nThe final piece not only looks premium, but feels it as well. When you pick up the brochure it has soft and velvety tactile sense \u2014 helping to contribute to the perception of luxury. Photos can\u2019t do the final piece justice. Trust us, it feels amazing!\n\nKAI Design & Build had a challenge that many companies face with their collateral material \u2013 they needed the ability to customize the piece according to the audience to which they were speaking. Additionally, they needed to control costs so printing a separate brochure for each of their markets was out of the question.\n\nTripp Co. worked with KAI to determine their needs and presented several options that would ease their pain. The answer came down to how the piece would be bound. After exploring several customized methods for binding, we went with a screw post binding system. Not only does this provide KAI a ready-made brochure on the shelf, but also the business development personnel have the ability to customize the piece by simply inserting applicable project profile or sales sheets that speak directly to their prospect. We carefully designed each insert to ensure a seamless presentation, no matter which sheets were used. Then we packaged it in a custom cover that contained overview information about the company.\n\nIf Tripp Co. had a niche market, it would be the AEC industry. When were invited to propose on PayneCrest\u2019s new website, we had some great ideas we knew could really improve the user experience and help set PayneCrest apart from any other electrical contractor website.\n\nA big part of the PayneCrest culture is technology. They have embraced BIM. They LOVE gadgets with a purpose and they understand the newest tools help make them more efficient and connected. We wanted to bring a lot of that feeling to their website. They also have a very unique culture which is centered around four core beliefs; Think, Empower, Support, Deliver. We wanted to find a way to not just make it a blurb on an \u201cabout us\u201d page, but really bring it to the forefront on the new site.\n\nThe chosen concept features the PayneCrest Way using parallax scrolling on the front page. We also found unique and interesting techniques to present information to the users throughout the site. For example, we didn\u2019t just put a news listing up or just include a link to their social media outlets, we took a cue from the Windows 8 playbook and created a tile system. Each tile features the latest and greatest and allows users to click through to see more related articles/tweets/facebook updates."}
-{"text": "A bit of d\u00e9ja-vu here; I spent the day before putting up a fence\nin the garden, which probably had some affect on the score (I did some\nheavy work in the garden before the Braintree Stafford in April, with\nsimilar results). I still managed to shoot a personal best, and came\nfirst.\n\nAnother personal best (which wasn't surprising, since it was the first\nVegas I've shot), and Scottish\nRecord (which also wasn't surprising, since nobody had claimed it\nbefore!). I came fifth, which wasn't bad, considering the\nquality of the competition.\n\nJust don't ask...one of `those' mornings. I wasn't shooting too badly, I\njust kept hitting nines instead of tens. I was second in my\nsession, but my overall position won't have been that good (results\nhaven't arrived yet).\n\nA nose-bleed half way through the round meant that I shot a couple of\ndozen with cotton wool stuffed up my nose. It didn't help, but I made up\nfor the poor performance in the morning by shooting a new\nScottish Record, and placing\nfirst equal (there was an exact draw between myself and Gary\nHardinges on score, hits, tens, nines and eights, so the prize was\nsplit).\n\nFreezing fog and a late departure meant that I almost didn't make it to\nthis tournament, and after the first session I was almost wishing that I\nhadn't. The cold in the hall affected everyone, and I shot my worst score\nof the season to take third place in the single round. The\nsecond session was better, I shot the best score of the day to take\nfirst place in the double round.\n\nWorse than expected traffic made another competition at which I only just\narrived on time, and took quite a while to calm down. This competition\nwas shot on a three-spot face, and I found that my groups on two of the\ntargets were consistently tight, but the third was poor. Overall, I could\nonly struggle into third place in the gent's recurve section.\n\nThe cold weather and 'flu meant that I had had rather less practice than\nusual in the preceding month, but I managed to shoot an acceptable score\nto take first place, and two\nScottish records (because nobody\nhad claimed them before!).\n\nEvery time I have been to this competition, something has gone wrong, and\nthis year was no exception. This time it was equipment; when I tightened\nup my V-bar, the thread on the extender sheared. I managed to get the\nthread out of the bow bushing, and bought a new extender at the shop\nwhich was present, but I couldn't free my V-bar from the old extender. I\nshot with a borrowed V-bar, which sounded tinny, felt bad, and at the end\nof the competition the thread from one of my rods got stuck in it.\nNeedless to say, I was somewhat stressed out by all of this, and shot my\nworst Fita 18 of the year, coming third and missing the\nselection for the Scottish indoor team by one point.\n\nThis competition went surprisingly well, considering that I added 1.5\ninches to my draw length and changed from ACE 520s to ACE 470s the\nprevious week. I came seventh, just beating my previous\npersonal best, and it could have been even better if I hadn't been\ngetting tired from holding too long at the end."}
-{"text": "E-MAIL\n\nLabel - Field title in the display. For example: a field identified in database as fld_client_name,\ncould be label Client Name. That is because the label is a field nickname in the application layer.\n\nDo Not Repeat Value - Display the field only once (for records with equal values). See below.\n\nRepeating value\n\nWithout repeating value\n\nSQL Type - Define the field type in the database.\n\nGrid Lookup\n\nUsed to modify the display of a grid field. For example, a field gender in the database with values M or F is displayed as Male or Female (see lookup manual) or the display values retrieve from a database table (see lookup automatic).\n\nBefore Lookup\n\nAfter Lookup\n\nGrid Lookup - Automatic\n\nLookup used to modify a field display dynamically, retrieving the values from a database table.\n\nFigure3: Automatic Grid Lookup Interface.\n\nAttributes :\n\nSQL Select Statement - Define the SQL statement to retrieve the grid field display value. The statement has the following format \"SELECT display_field FROM table WHERE key_field = {grid_field}\".\nThe grid field should be enclosed in curly brackets. During execution the field enclosed in curly brackets is substituted by its table value.\n\nMultiple Options - Select Yes when the SelectCommand entered returns more than one informed value.\n\nDelimiter - Define the delimiter between the multiple values returned by the Select Command. Use this option when Multiple Options = Yes.\n\nUse lookup in:\n\nGrid\n\nApply the lookup in all grid types (HTML, PDF, XML , CSV and RTF).\n\nSummary\n\nApply the lookup summary only (HTML and PDF).\n\nBoth\n\nSame as selecting Grid and Summary.\n\nDefault Value - Define a default value used when the select command does not return any value.\n\nDisplay original and lookup value - Select No, to display only the Select Command return value. Otherwise, the field original value and the Select Command return value separated by the character defined in Separated by.\n\nSeparated by - Define the characters used to separate the field original value and the Select Command return value. Use this option when Display original and lookup value = Yes.\n\nChoose connection - Select a different connection available in the project.\n\nDisplay a single value to the field by direct substitution. The value store in the database is substituted by a label defined in a list.\n\nFigure1.1: Single Value lookup settings.\n\nLabel - Text displayed in the grid.\n\nValue - Attribute stored in the table. For example, M is displayed Male.\n\nMultiple Values (Delimiter)\n\nDisplay more than one value for the selected field by replacing the string saved in the table by full description. The string values are separated by a defined delimiter. For example, the stored value S;M is displayed Sports(S) and Movies(M) in a list.\n\nFigure1.2: Multiple Value lookup settings (delimiter).\n\nLabel - Text displayed in the grid.\n\nValue - Attribute stored in the table.\n\nDelimiter - Define the character used to separated string values.\n\nMultiple Values (Position)\n\nDisplay more than one value for the selected field by replacing the string saved in the table by full description. The values are retrieved based on the string position and size.\n\nFor example, in a string to save Gender (one byte), Marital Status (one byte) and Hobby (two bytes) the information stored includes label, start position in the string and size in bytes that each info occupies in the list:\n\nLabel\n\nValue\n\nStart\n\nSize\n\nMale\n\nM\n\n1\n\n1\n\nFemale\n\nF\n\n1\n\n1\n\nMarried\n\nC\n\n2\n\n1\n\nSingle\n\nS\n\n2\n\n1\n\nSports\n\nSP\n\n3\n\n2\n\nMovies\n\nMO\n\n3\n\n2\n\nBooks\n\nBO\n\n3\n\n2\n\nTraveling\n\nTR\n\n3\n\n2\n\nA string saved as MMBO is displayed: MaleMarried Books .\n\nFigure1.3: Multiple Value lookup settings (position).\n\nLabel - Text displayed in the grid.\n\nValue - Attribute stored in the table.\n\nStart - String start position for the data stored. (First position is always 1).\n\nSize - Data size in bytes in the string.\n\nMultiple Values (Binary)\n\nDisplay more than one value for the selected field by replacing the string saved in the table by full description. In this options the values are stored as decimal and retrieved by specific algorithm.\n\nFor example, the following information list has the data and the value automatically attributed relative to the position that each value occupies. (the values are displayed):\n\nAttributed Value\n\nLookup Description\n\n1\n\nSports\n\n2\n\nMovies\n\n4\n\nBooks\n\n8\n\nTraveling\n\n16\n\nMusic\n\nTo display the info 11 and 12 (stored in the database), according to the list above, use the following algorithm:\n\n11 = 1 + 2 + 8 = (Sports - Movies - Traveling)\n\nAttributed Value\n\nLookup Description\n\n1\n\nSports\n\n2\n\nMovies\n\n4\n\nBooks\n\n8\n\nTraveling\n\n16\n\nMusic\n\n12 = 4 + 8 = (\nBooks - Traveling)\n\nAttributed Value\n\nLookup Description\n\n1\n\nSports\n\n2\n\nMovies\n\n4\n\nBooks\n\n8\n\nTraveling\n\n16\n\nMusic\n\nFigure1.4: Multiple Value lookup settings (Binary).\n\nLabel - Text displayed in the grid.\n\nInsert - Add the\nvalues entered in Label and Value to the value list .\n\nUpdate - Update selected item.\n\nRemove - Remove selected item.\n\nClear - Clear the attributes.\n\nSave - Save the values entered to the \"lookup definitions\" list to be used afterwards (for reuse).\n\nLoad lookup definitions - Loads a pre-defined Values List to use in lookup.\n\nUse lookup in:\n\nGrid\n\nApply the lookup in all grid types (HTML, PDF, XML , CSV and RTF).\n\nSummary\n\nApply the lookup only in (HTML and PDF).\n\nBoth\n\nSame as selecting Grid and Summary.\n\nDefault Value - Define a default value used when the selected command does not return any value.\n\nDisplay original and lookup value - Select No, to display only the Label value . Otherwise, the field original value and the Label value are displayed separated by the character defined in Separated by.\n\nSeparated by - Define the characters used to separate the field original value and the Select Command return value. Use this option when Display original and lookup value = Yes.\n\nDISPLAY SETTINGS\n\nScriptcase will attribute to the field the options bellow.\n\nFigure5: Display Settings\n\nAttributes:\n\nFont Style - Field font type.\n\nFont Size - Font size.\n\nItalic Text - Uses Italic font.\n\nBold Text - Apply bold formatting to the field.\n\nNumber of characters - Characters limit in the field.\n\nHorizontal Alignment -Field horizontal alignment.\n\nVertical Alignment - Field Vertical alignment.\n\nBackground Image - Uses a background image in the field.\n\nLine Break - Uses line break in the field.\n\nFont Color - Font color (Select from color palette).\n\nBackground color - Background color (Select from color palette).\n\nWidth - Field width.\n\nHeight (px) - Field height.\n\nTitle Horizontal Aligment - Horizontal alignment of the title.\n\nTitle Horizontal Aligment - Vertical alignment of the title.\n\nBold - Apply bold formatting to field title only.\n\nColumn Chart\n\nDisplay an icon on the side of the Field Title to display a chart.\n\nColumn Chart Interface.\n\nAttributes:\n\nGroup by Label - Column group by label. Similar to the effect of a group by in a Select."}
-{"text": "Importance of good nutrition\n\nPosted on 23 January 2014 by admin\n\nGood nutrition is essential if you're an athlete wanting to maximise your performance and not end-up feeling sore for days after intense training, games or competitions. What's more, whether you're an elite athlete or simply an 'exercise addict' or amateur sports player, the chances are you want to run faster, keep going for longer and beat your PB? With sports scientists increasingly discovering the impact that nutrition has on exercise performance - check out how to power your own performance and get a real edge next time you train, play or compete.\n\nBefore exercise - fuel-up and get in the zone nutrition\n\nBefore intense or prolonged exercise it's vital to ensure your body is fuelled-up with nutritious fuel to enable peak performance. If you train hard regularly, getting enough nutrient dense carbs is essential, day after day. During exercise your body relies on stored carbohydrates (a nutrient known as glycogen) to generate energy, but stores can easily run low if the intensity is high or you perform for more than 60 minutes. The number one nutrition tips?? recommended by all sports nutritionists is to make sure your muscles are full of stored carbs before every training session, sports match or event:\n\nPre-exercise nutrition tips:\n\nEat a fist of complex, nutrition rich carbs like oats, wholegrain, cereal and fruit with every meal (every 2-3 hours).\n\nEat a nutritious meal/snack of carbs and protein 90 minutes before exercising.\n\nDrink a research proven energy drink or gel 30 minutes before exercise, such Viper-boost gel, Viper-boost drink or Viper-boost bar.\n\nThe added benefit of specific pre-event sports nutrition products like Maxifuel's focus range is the products also contain natural stimulants like caffeine, research proven to give you a mental edge and get you into 'the zone' for peak performance. Now your body is primed for action - what about nutrition on the go?\n\nDuring exercise? nutrition to maintain fuel levels and hydration\n\nIf you've fuelled-up efficiently with optimal nutrition before exercise, you stand the best chance of maximising performance and sustaining it during a training session, match or athletic competition. However, that doesn't mean you can forget about optimal nutrition. During intense or prolonged exercise, your body rapidly becomes dehydrated and loses sodium, resulting in fatigue, a loss of concentration and reduced aerobic capacity. What's more, as your? muscle energy levels become depleted and the carbs from your pre-event drink are used-up, fatigue sets in and your energy level takes a nose dive. Get your active nutrition 'dialled-in':\n\nThe twenty to thirty minutes after exercise is crucial for optimal recovery - when your body is able to 'hyper-compensate' by 'sucking-up' optimal nutrition. The key formula backed by research is a 3:1 ratio of easily digested carbohydrates to protein. High quality nutrition supplements and recovery drinks like Recovermax and Recovery-Milk contain precise nutrient blends to maximise energy replenishment, muscle repair and help boost fitness adaptations. By eating a nutritious whole food meal of carbs and protein about ninety minutes later, you'll recover like an elite athlete. If you want to optimise your nutrition, consider boosting your intake of fruit and vegetables for their anti-oxidant protection, or opt for high quality nutrition supplements like Sports Vitamins and Ache-Free.\n\nIf you're looking for nutritional supplements that are formulated using real research, then Maxifuel products are a very trustworthy option and come with a unique money-back guarantee. Maxifuel is part of the UK's number 1 sports and lifestyle nutrition brand. Maxifuel offers sports nutrition supplements for all athletes to help you focus, maximise energy, and enhance recovery, allowing you to transform your athletic performance fast. Also remember that while supplements are great, they are called 'food supplements' for a good reason; they can never replace a balanced diet. However, if you get your nutrition right to help you focus, energise and recover throughout your session, then good quality supplements will give you faster and more noticeable results."}
-{"text": "Share this:\n\nI Swallowed A Cherry Pit!\nAre Stone Fruit Pits Poisonous?\n\nThe Bottom Line\n\nAlthough the seeds of stone fruits naturally contain cyanide, small unintentional ingestions generally do not cause harm. However, swallowing, crushing, or chewing the seeds should be avoided. Ingesting stone fruit pits, kernels, or seeds as complementary or alternative medicine is unsupported by scientific evidence and is dangerous and possibly deadly.\n\nThe Full Story\n\nYou're sipping on your delicious post-workout smoothie when you swallow something hard. You realize you unintentionally threw in some whole cherries without removing the pits and now you've swallowed some. You search the internet and are shocked to learn that you might have just swallowed one of the deadliest poisons known to man \u2013 cyanide. Oh no!\n\nRest assured that a small unintentional ingestion of cherry pits will not cause harm. But is it true that there is cyanide in cherry pits? What about other kinds of stone fruits? Can someone really become poisoned by eating them?\n\nA stone fruit, also known as a drupe, generally refers to the Prunus family. Apricots, cherries, plums, peaches, mangoes, and nectarines are examples of stone fruits. In the center of the fleshy edible part of the fruit is a hard stone-like shell, which is the reason for their common name, \"stone fruits\". This hard shell is also often referred to as a pit or kernel. People might think that this \"stone\" is the fruit's seed, but this is incorrect. The seed is encapsulated within the shell.\n\nThe stone serves to protect the fruit and spread its seeds. This is the fruit's natural survival mechanism. Animals attracted to the fleshy, sweet, edible part of the fruit eat it and leave the hard indigestible pit behind. Or if the fruit is swallowed whole, the pit and the seed inside pass through the gastrointestinal tract and in the stool, intact and unharmed, returning back to the soil.\n\nThe dangerous chemical found in the seeds of stone fruits is called amygdalin. Poisoning can occur when the pit and seed are crushed or chewed before swallowing, releasing the amygdalin. Amygdalin is then converted by the body to cyanide. Many other types of plants found in the US, both edible and nonedible, also naturally contain cyanide compounds. These include cassava, lima beans, apple, Hydrangea, and bitter almonds.\n\nThe amount of amygdalin in the seeds of stone fruits varies widely, both between different types of stone fruits (e.g., cherries vs. plums) and even within the same type of fruit (e.g., cherries from one tree vs. cherries from another tree or geographic location). This makes it difficult to determine the number of seeds it takes for poisoning to occur. In general, unintentional ingestions do not lead to poisoning because it is unlikely that someone would chew or crush the kernels/seeds prior to swallowing them, and because unintentional ingestions tend to be of small amounts.\n\nCyanide's reputation for being deadly is well-deserved and has to do with the way it poisons the body. Cyanide poisons the most basic and fundamental units of life \u2013 the cells \u2013 by depriving them of the oxygen needed for life. While symptoms can vary depending on the amount of cyanide the body is exposed to, large exposures can quickly lead to loss of consciousness, acid buildup in body fluids, seizures, sudden loss of blood flow to vital organs, and death.\n\nA drug called Laetrile, a chemical that comes from amygdalin found in stone fruit seeds, gained popularity in the 1970s as a treatment for cancer despite no evidence to support this claim. It was even marketed as a new vitamin \"vitamin B17\". Subsequently, health-food stores began to sell apricot kernels for their natural amygdalin content and its claimed anticancer benefits. As a result, several cyanide poisonings from ingestion of large amounts of apricot kernels occurred in the US. Scientific studies have shown that Laetrile has no anticancer activity in humans, and it has since lost much of its popularity. However, there are still some apricot kernel products being sold, especially on the internet, with the same claims about the benefits of \"vitamin B17\".\n\nAlthough unintentional ingestion of a few stone fruit pits is typically not a concern, prevention is key; ingestion should always be avoided and the pits should never be crushed or chewed. Children should be taught to spit out the seeds/pits when snacking on stone fruits.\n\nIf you have any questions about stone fruits or if someone has ingested the pits, kernels, or seeds, check the webPOISONCONTROL\u00ae online tool or call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 for guidance.\n\nPoisoned?\n\nPrevention Tips\n\nDo not chew or crush fruit pits, kernels, or seeds prior to consumption.\n\nRemove the pits of stone fruits before placing them in a blender.\n\nDo not consume stone fruit pits, kernels, or seeds for their claimed health benefits.\n\nThis Really Happened\n\nA 41-year-old woman purchased apricot kernels from a health food store. She then chewed and swallowed up to 30 of them. Within minutes, she became gravely ill. She felt weak, short of breath, numb, and had difficulty swallowing. A friend called 911.\n\nWhen the ambulance arrived, EMTs found her on the bathroom floor moaning, sweaty, and barely responsive. Her skin was pale and her blood pressure was low. They treated her with oxygen and an intravenous medication to increase her blood pressure and transported her to a hospital. In the ER, she was found to be in an acidic state (the pH of her blood was very low). This is a classic sign of cyanide poisoning.\n\nAfter hearing that the woman had chewed and swallowed a large quantity of apricot kernels, the ER physician recognized cyanide poisoning right away and immediately began treating her with the antidote for cyanide. She improved after 24 hours of treatment in the intensive care unit and was able to go home without any complications a day later."}
-{"text": "While I\u2019m not the biggest fan of this color choice in the comics, I\u2019ve gotta admit that the figure version is pretty slick.\n\nAnyone remember G.I. Joe\u2019s Cobra Python Patrol? Cobra rocked a somewhat similar yellow and black attire for their stealth outfits and I wonder if the name of this armor is some sort of shout out to them.\n\n\u201cEverybody needs a hobby.\u201d\n\nTony Stark\u2019s hobby was building a number of armors for the \u201cHouse Party Protocol\u201d in Iron Man 3 and they proved to be valuable asset when combating the dangerous Extremis soldiers!\n\nNow Hot Toys is happy to present the 1/6th scale Python (Mark XX) Collectible Figure, the Long Distance suit from the Iron Legion, as one of the 2014 Toy Fair Exclusive items. It features specially painted black and gold colored armor, LED light-up functions, interchangeable parts, and figure stand with flexible pillar for dynamic posing."}
-{"text": "Billionaire conservative donor David Koch dies at 79\n\nFILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013 file photo, David Koch speaks in Orlando, Fla. Koch, major donor to conservative causes and educational groups, has died on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. He was 79. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)\n\nBy STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press\nWASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79.\nThe cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said Koch, who lived in New York City, had contended for years with various illnesses, including prostate cancer.\nA chemical engineer by training, Koch was an executive in the family-run conglomerate, the Libertarian Party\u2019s vice-presidential candidate in 1980 and a major benefactor of educational, medical and cultural organizations.\nBut he and his brother became best known for building a political network dubbed the \u201cKochtopus\u201d for its many-tentacled support of conservative and libertarian causes and candidates.\nThe brothers in 2004 founded the anti-tax, small-government group Americans for Prosperity, which remains one of the most powerful conservative organizations in U.S. politics.\u201cI was taught from a young age that involvement in the public discourse is a civic duty,\u201d David Koch wrote in a 2012 op-ed in the New York Post. \u201cEach of us has a right \u2014 indeed, a responsibility, at times \u2014 to make his or her views known to the larger community in order to better form it as a whole. While we may not always get what we want, the exchange of ideas betters the nation in the process.\u201d\nWhile lionized on the right, the Koch brothers have been vilified by Democrats who see them as a dark and conspiratorial force, the embodiment of fat-cat capitalism and the corrupting influence of corporate money in American politics.\nThe Kochs invested heavily in fighting President Barack Obama\u2019s health care overhaul; they fought to bring conservative voices to college campuses; and they developed a nationwide grassroots network pushing conservative causes and candidates at the state and national levels.\nThe one exception: President Donald Trump. The Kochs refused to endorse Trump in 2016, warning that his protectionist trade policies, among other priorities, weren\u2019t sufficiently conservative.\nDavid Koch had stepped away from a leadership role in recent years because of declining health, including a decades-long battle with prostate cancer, and his brother became the network\u2019s public face.\nIn an interview after the 2012 Republican convention, his mind was on his legacy.\u201cWhen I pass on,\u201d he told The Weekly Standard, \u201cI want people to say he did a lot of good things, he made a real difference, he saved a lot of lives in cancer research.\u201d\nHe Koch donated $100 million in 2007 to create a cancer research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also gave millions to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the M.D. Anderson Cancer in Houston and other institutions.\nThe Lincoln Center theater that houses the New York City Ballet became the David H. Koch Theater in 2008 after he gave $100 million. The Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of Natural History opened a wing in his name dedicated to the story of human evolution.\nHe said his philanthropy was fueled by a brush with death during a 1991 collision of two airliners at the Los Angeles airport. Thirty-four people were killed; Koch spent two days in intensive care with smoke inhalation.\u201cI felt that the good Lord was sitting on my shoulder and that he helped save my life because he wanted me to do good works and become a good citizen,\u201d he told Barbara Walters in 2014.\nCharles and David Koch, each with an estimated net worth of $50.5 billion, were tied for 11th place in 2019 on the Forbes 500 list of the nation\u2019s richest men.\nKoch Industries, co-founded by their father, Fred, in 1940, is a Wichita, Kansas-based conglomerate with vast holdings in oil refineries, paper mills, fertilizer plants, cattle ranches and other ventures. It is the company behind Stainmaster carpeting, Brawny paper towels and Dixie cups.\nIt has drawn fire for years from environmental advocates and researchers. Koch Industries in 2000 paid $35 million \u2014 then the largest civil fine ever levied under the federal Clean Water Act \u2014 to settle lawsuits over oil pipeline leaks into lakes and streams in six states.\nThe University of Massachusetts Amherst\u2019s Political Economy Research Institute ranks Koch Industries one of the top 25 polluters in the U.S.\nDavid Koch, who held degrees from MIT, served on Koch Industries\u2019 board and was also CEO of a Koch chemical subsidiary. He retired from the company as executive vice president in 2018.\nTwo other Koch brothers, Frederick and Bill Koch, came out on the losing end of a power struggle for control of the company\u2019s board. They sold their stake in Koch Industries in 1983, later unsuccessfully claiming in a lawsuit that they were cheated out of more than $1 billion. David and Bill Koch were twins.\nDavid Koch is survived by his wife, Julia Flesher, and their three children.\nOn Friday, Charles Koch said of his younger brother: \u201cThe significance of David\u2019s generosity is best captured in the words of Adam Smith, who wrote, \u2018to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature.'\u201d"}
-{"text": "Acknowledgments:Exhibition organized by the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, with the exceptional collaboration of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture.\n\nIn close collaboration with the Ukrainian institutions, the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre is holding an exhibition on Johann Georg Pinsel, a major sculptor from the baroque period who was active during the mid-18th century in Galicia, the western part of the country, which was Polish territory at the time.\n\nThe exhibition draws mainly from the collections of the Pinsel museum in Lviv, with loans from other museums in Galicia, Poland (Wroclaw) and Munich. Around thirty of the artist\u2019s most magnificent sculptures, mainly wood (some with polychrome or gilding), will be on display.\n\nPinsel\u2019s highly brilliant style, similar to that of the great sculptors from the golden age of Germanic baroque, depicts an esthetic rarely found in France. The artist stands out from his contemporaries by his distinctive personality: demonstrative, extraverted technique, pronounced expressiveness, and a highly personal characterization of drapery.\n\nThe catalogue, comprising texts and descriptions of artworks, was written by Jan Ostrowski, Boris Voznitsky and Oxana Kozyr-Fedotov, specialists on the sculptor. It also includes essays by Claude Michaud and Guilhem Scherf. It is the first work on Pinsel available in French."}
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-{"text": "9 Essential Website Elements Every Business Owner Should Know About\n\nThe website\u2019s design, usability, and even social media all play a part in how potential customers see you. For business owners who don\u2019t keep up with the times, they risk users clicking away from their sites.\n\nSome of the things you could be doing wrong aren\u2019t that obvious. A minor issue like not putting your contact info in the right place could be bad for business.\n\nIf you\u2019re ready to analyze what message your site is giving your users, keep reading.\n\nYou\u2019re about to find out the nine website elements you should know about.\n\n1. A User-Friendly Experience\n\nNumber one in web design elements for your site is a user-friendly navigation.\n\nMany businesses focus on adding the bells and whistles. Video, flash, and other trendy elements of a web page won\u2019t work if a user is lost on the site.\n\nThe layout of your site needs to be organized enough that they can easily find what they want. On every page, both navigation and search features should be prominently placed. All the main pages of the site should have links to them at the top of any page the user navigates to.\n\n2. Responsive Design\n\nPart of that overall user experience is responsive design. We now live in a time where a customer is likely to browse your site on a phone over a computer. The share of global online traffic that is credited to mobile is a whopping 52.64 percent.\n\nSmart website owners make sure that their site performs well on every possible kind of device. By doing this they reap advantages such as improved rankings and access to a broader cross-section of users.\n\n3. Icons for Social Media\n\nSocial media icons are important elements that are often overlooked. Every single page on your website should have your icons featured. Don\u2019t think that you have to just place them on the contact page.\n\nThe best places on a page for the icons are the header or footer, where they are easily recognizable. The idea here is that the user can find you on social media without having to go hunting for the page. If they have to search too hard, they may bounce off the site or lose interest.\n\n4. Share Buttons\n\nAnother aspect of social media is the ability of a user to \u201cshare\u201d a particular page on your site. They are a tiny bit of text or button that prompts the user to share content with their social media friends or followers.\n\nThe share buttons should be attached to all of the great content you want to highlight. Blog posts are great to share, as are press releases, photo galleries or video content.\n\nThe buttons serve two purposes. One, the user engages more with your site. Two, they become free brand ambassadors for your company.\n\n5. Testimonials\n\nWant a quick way to make your site and business more credible? Put a testimonials page on your website.\n\nThis page showcases satisfied customers\u2019 comments and details about how your company helped them. A potential customer then feels more confident about doing business with you.\n\nOne of the best placements for testimonials is to have a few quotes on the home page. LinkNow does a great job of showcasing testimonials right on the home page. However, there should be a dedicated page where the testimonials are listed as well.\n\nA variation on testimonials is a list of clients, especially bigger names that carry weight. Case studies also work well to go in-depth on how you work.\n\n6. An FAQ Page\n\nSo you\u2019ve made a great site and put lots of detail into it about your products and services. Still, there\u2019s a chance that users won\u2019t be able to find the info they need right away. A page for frequently asked questions allows you to answer the basic queries that you get most often.\n\nFAQs can be used to clarify specific misunderstandings. They can also reinforce selling points and state the benefits of your service offering.\n\nFinally, you can use them to overcome any negative objections buyers have.\n\nSay you have an e-commerce site. Think about a reason or reasons that a buyer may not purchase. Maybe they are unsure of the return policy or how long your shipping takes.\n\n7. A Contact Page\n\nDid you know that half of users will leave your site if it has no contact info?\n\nThis is one of the absolutely vital elements of a website. It also makes your business look credible and trustworthy.\n\nUse it to display contact information, whether it\u2019s a phone number or email. You should place it so that it\u2019s prominent and easy to find on your site.\n\nYou can place the information on the homepage at the top or the bottom. 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If you\u2019re a company that\u2019s been in business for decades, say that. This page is your chance to shine.\n\nPut Some New Website Elements on Your Site\n\nNow you\u2019ve got the information on website elements you need, get to adding these new elements to your site now. Add a call to action for even more engagement on each of your pages.\n\nYou can read more on our blog about how great website content can help you market your business, even on a budget."}
-{"text": "Day: December 31, 2018\n\nAh, the new year. Time again to set some goals for personal and professional development. I\u2019m going simple this year, as tweeted: Let\u2019s break these out a bit more. Code More. One of the big changes in 2018 was taking a new job as Principal Software Engineer at FM:Systems. In this role, much more than [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "\"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.\" \u2014 Eden Phillpotts.\n\nSunday, October 03, 2004\n\nLast Week's Job Ideas\n\nIt is clear that, after Friday, I will not be paid to work as a research scientist for an indefinite period of time. For the sake of preserving my shaky self-identity and self-esteem, I have worked out an agreement with my employer that allows me to continue my research (without pay), also for an indefinite period of time (does this make me a Hobby Scientist? A Gentleman Scientist?). I am trying to remain hopeful that this banishment from my career will last for only a short time. Meanwhile, I have been thinking of little jobs for me that might provide enough income to cover my rent and keep my companion parrots fed.\n\nMonday, I was going to be a writer. My book was going to be entitled C'mon Baby, Light My Fire: A Walking Guide to the Firehouses (and Firemen) of Manhattan. My unique, \"four buns ratings system\" would be used in this book so the reader could, at a glance, compare each and every Manhattan firehouse on a variety of criteria that are not limited to fire and emergency response times. Since I plan to include lots of high-quality photos for my female and gay male readers, I do need a good photographer to accompany me as I go about my research (or at least, I require the loan of a good camera -- I am a fairly good photographer myself). Advanced sales are already promised by the women on CraigsList, few of whom actually live within 1,000 miles of NYC (so you know this book will be good!).\n\nTuesday, I decided to enter the social services field as a facilitator. Basically, I was going to hire myself out as a \"Wingwoman\". For those of you who don't know, a Wingwoman is a woman who accompanies a single man (her client) to a bar or other social situation for the purpose of checking out the women present. The Wingwoman approaches those women who are considered attractive by her client and chats them up with the ultimate goal of \"selling\" them on an introduction to her \"brother\" (best friend, whatever); her client. The Wingwoman acts as an ice breaker by encouraging these women to give up their phone number to her client so he can pursue them for dates (or sex or whatever passes for a date these days -- I personally wouldn't know).\n\nWednesday, I was going to be a gourmet chef. Because I will be unemployed and therefore, unable to afford the finest of ingredients, my specialty was going to be the thousand ways to safely obtain and prepare roadkill without causing undue gastric distress to yourself or to those friends of yours whom you wish to keep around for awhile. Since I have already turned the gas off in my apartment to save money, these dishes will be cooked using a microwave or crock pot. I have already developed some recipes that I might post here after my employment ends on Friday, including several that I have developed specifically for the long-distance commuter, so common to the west coast. These so-called \"commuter recipes\" are designed to be cooked on the engine block of your car while you commute (cooking times included, photos included whenever available).\n\nThursday, I gave in to the \"cure-all solution\" among unemployed persons in NYC: start my own business. My proposed business, Box O' Bugz would target the rapidly growing revenge market. I would round up my resident cockroaches, put them in a box and ship them anywhere in the world, alive (for a small fee, of course). This is a win-win situation: I will get rid of the disgusting little beasts while my clients can legally use them in whatever fashion suits their needs most. I developed this idea after listening to a friend's woes with her roommate. Her roommate sounds like she is in the final stages of vegetarianism while simultaneously suffering from chronic behavioral constipation. I informed my delighted friend about the advantages of a diet supplemented with cockroaches and how this dietary supplement would benefit her roommate and by association, herself. Because cockroaches contain protein, they will enrich protein-deficient diets such as those typically eaten by vegans, vegetarians and other dietary extremists. As an added bonus, cockroaches also contain fiber, thanks to their delicately crunchy yet indigestable exoskeletons, and everyone knows that fiber is a superb constipation reliever. Consuming copious quantities of cockroaches in breakfast cereal should put her roommate into tiptop shape by rectifying her self-imposed dietary deficiencies while making her easier to live with, besides.\n\nFriday, I decided to give up on everything and pursue \"Plan B\"; sail away to the south Pacific Ocean where my research birds live. Plan B is not new. In fact, this is my favorite alternative life, one that I often think about on Fridays. I have been working on Plan B for a decade already; I purchased gallons of waterproof SPF50 sunblock, taken Indonesian language classes and sailing lessons, crewed on a racing sailboat and read many books about sailing and navigating the Pacific Ocean, and all of these accomplishments are coalescing into a nascent escape plan. But money has stopped me so far. Or, more precisely, my lack of money has made Plan B even more more challenging than it already is. Even sailing away isn't easily affordable for the nouveau ch\u00f4meur.\n\nBecause I realized that I need to make the best that I can out of my current unemployment situation, which seems to be a bit of a joke at this point, I decided to become a circus clown on Saturday but was promptly informed that I need to go to Clown School first. Clown School! Who'da thunk it?? Because that also requires money, I am automatically disqualified.\n\n10 Peer Reviews:\n\nAnonymous said...\n\nWell, Hedrick les Chouette, I certainly think you should become a writer. Find a magazine who needs someone to do the occaisonal column. Maybe a literary journal. In between gigs, you can support yourself in some dark, backstreet kitchen washing the dishes. Your blog would make an excellent resume, as it shows your writing talent and your wit as well.\n\nI hope you get back into research. Perhaps research physics. You are a good writer, it is good to see some quality blogs out there. Oh, and the world has enough porn and sex, so I hope you decide against Monday and Tuesday's ideas for the future.\n\nI'm a firm believer that if you throw enough crap it a wall, something will stick. With that spirit in mind, I suggest a quid pro quo of sorts. I need a \"wingwoman\" and you need an education in the clown arts. You are a woman and I can juggle and ride a unicycle. You be my \"wingwoman\" and I will teach you how to juggle and ride a unicycle. If you find me a sugarmamma, then I will throw in a mime lesson and a special session on how to make small chilfren laugh without scaring the bejeeezuz out of them.\n\nJim -- thanks for your kind words. I am actually working on a book contract ... but don't worry about running out to your local bookseller to buy it because it'll be a rather dry academic tome about bird diseases! (although I do solemnly swear to liven up the prose whenever possible). But I think, I hope, I have several fictional stories lurking inside my head, too (one of which might get me arrested if I discuss it aloud on the subways -- a trick I am saving for free publicity when the book hits the shelves).\n\nAnonymous -- thank you too for your kind words. It's always good to hear GOOD things about oneself, especially when this person (me) is going through a bit of a dry spell in that regard. And while I aspire to be a naughty owl, I doubt I've ever succeeded. So I'll stick to science.\n\nJon -- I am not sure where I fit into the \"shit\" scheme (am I \"da shit\"? or am I ... ? ... hrm, maybe you shouldn't answer that), but nevermind that right now. Sure, I'd love to be your Wingwoman but I might be working around a conflict of interest on my part!\n\nMy son graduated with a B.A. in psychology (a great degree for finding jobs) because he really didn't know what he wanted to do. We encouraged him to go to an audio technology school (He agreed, thinking in the back of his mind he would work for a rock star). When he returned home, my husband knew someone who knew someone, etc. and he got him a meeting with a human resources person with a national television channel. The didn't offer him a job, but he got part-time temp work for a year while he lived with us. This year he has a full-time job with benefits with the company. The downside is that he works nights 6:00 until 2:00 A.M. Not great for someone who wants a social life. BUT, my message here is that it's all about who you know in this world today. My advice is to network, network, network.\n\nI am currently unemployed too, actually I have been waiting for over a month to start working in some company, and I know what is to be unemployed.\n\nAfter reading this post, I thought you ought to use this page (or perhaps another one) as a way of promoting yourself as a cientist. Some of your posts do convey the passion you have for your career and for teaching in general, so you could try to explore a bit further these issues.\n\nI would also suggest that you look for blogs of people with similar interests, that could, in the end, be some sort of contacts. Increasing your traffic through joining more blog directories (I've seen you've joined blogexplosion -I'm also there) is a good complement to this.\n\nGood luck in your job search and hopefully my two cents can help you out.\n\nIt is such a compliment to me that you are reading my blog! Thank you! To respond to your suggestions, Tabor, I am trying to keep my network updated as to my situation without becoming a pest about it. This is such a fine line to walk, especially when I feel so demoralized and overly-sensitive about it. To respond to your suggestion, Leda, I have found a few contacts through my blog, which have made me feel so much better about the time I spend blogging. I sometimes joke that I might be the very first person in scientific history to blog my way into a job!\n\nOkay, maybe the second person ...\n\nBy the way, I added reciprocal links to both of your blogs. Thank you for linking to me in the first place; your links help increase my blog traffic."}
-{"text": "Philosphy\n\nCatalyser role, Enabling international experience\n\nThe aim of the initiative called FUTURE TALENTS CUP (FTCup) is to help junior athletes and their clubs acquire international experience in the spectator sports of Football, Futsal, Handball, Basketball and Ice hockey through annually organised friendly matches (to be gradually implemented, with long term sustainability).\nFootball will be the first tournament to be staged, in 2014/2015.\n\nSponsorship, corporate social responsibility\n\nThe participants of the FTCup will include talented young athletes whose strong will power and resilience may set a good example for younger generations and for everybody else. FTCup is aimed to provide assistance for the players concerned in starting their domestic and international sports careers as well. In awareness of the fact that there are less fortunate young people as well, 10 % of our sponsorship income will be donated to child protecting organisations.\n\nAn opportunity to take off, Sports diplomacy, New dimensions\n\nOpportunities to participate in international events will be provided for all those who have no or hardly any such opportunity at present (e.g. not everyone is born in a good geographical location, different rates of growth and development, not everyone can be on the junior national team, scarce financial resources etc.). Our mission is to offset inequalities and to balance out pre-determined situations and any social exclusion. There are thousands of football clubs across Europe and only a fraction of them has opportunities to participate in international tournaments (despite the apparent demand). FTCup is intended to act as a supplement and a partner for ongoing international and national events, bringing together those who are mutually interested in such an opportunity (the thousands of potential participants guarantee the long term sustainability of the initiative and/or its integration in international series of events).\n\nKnow-how\n\nWith the help of its permanent international partner (InStat Football Ltd.) FTCup will continuously process, analyse and archive the image and video recordings produced in the course of the events. The statistics and other processed information and databases will be made available on its website, thereby promoting the work of clubs, professionals and sports managers and the career opportunities of young talents.\n\nFinancing and sustainability, impacts on tourism\n\nWe wish to help all \u2013 to the extent permitted by our financial and other resources. The participation and contributions of sports federations, sponsors and perhaps even states, is indispensable for the launching and continuation of the tournament system. The funds may only be used for the organisation of the events and for charity purposes. In addition to sports professional considerations the programme will generate tourism opportunities and revenues as well. (E.g. the planned 4-day final rounds (approx. 768 persons)), which the organisers intend to implement with state subsidies and/or sponsorship (prize hand-over ceremonies, networking, tourism etc.).\nThe tax revenues from the amounts spent by invitees staying in the hosting city equal about half of the amount spent on invitation (with the tax revenues from the amounts spent by other interested foreigners, of a number similar to that of the invitees, the subsidy devoted to the organisation of the final round is fully recovered, etc.). Another impact effect will materialise in the form of advertisements through media. Clearly, the organisation of the final may be a key element of sustainability."}
-{"text": "MAY KNOCKOUT CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS\n\nSeeding and group placements shall be done by listing participants into 4 groups starting with the highest rated player sequentially down to the lowest rated player according to the latest GCA ratings.\n\nThere shall be four groups (A-D); the top player goes into Group A, 2nd highest player into Group B, and so on. After all the groups have one player it starts all over again at Group A. so in this example Group 1 would have the following seeds #1, #5, #9 and #13 etc. This is done to ensure in the final round the best players will be left playing for the tournament win."}
-{"text": "Policy # 81.0 Archived Version: Terminal Vacation Pay\n\nAny regular full-time or half-time staff employee, separating from employment with the University, shall be eligible to receive compensation for accumulated vacation leave which is unused at the date of separation, based on this policy.\n\n81.1.2\n\nThe staff employee must have completed new regular staff employee orientation.\n\n81.1.3\n\nThe date of separation is the last day the employee actually worked, even if terminal vacation pay is granted.\n\n81.1.4\n\nThe staff employee must separate either (a) \u201cin good standing,\u201d i.e., advance notice of two (2) weeks for a nonexempt employee or four (4) weeks for an exempt employee, or (b) involuntarily, other than for reasons stated in HRP&P 12.1.3 and 12.1.4 when the department head, in consultation with the Director of Human Resource Services, or designee, determines the reason in HRP&P 12.1.4 to be misconduct.\n\n81.1.5\n\nTerminal vacation pay will be paid in the event of death of a staff employee in accordance with 81.1.6.\n\n81.1.6\n\nThe eligible staff employee will receive terminal vacation pay in the amount equal to the current balance of vacation leave as of the date of separation. This amount shall not exceed one (1) year of the employee\u2019s annual leave allowance.\n\n81.2\n\nDelegation\n\nThe responsibility for administering this policy is delegated to the department head based on departmental records and determinations complying with the criteria stated in 81.1.1 within this policy. The Director of Human Resource Services, or designee, retains the authority to review and approve or deny terminal vacation pay.\n\n81.3\n\nProcedure\n\n81.3.1\n\nThe department is responsible for determining terminal vacation pay pursuant to this policy and for entering the correct time to be paid into the Human Resources System.\n\n81.3.2\n\nThe completed Employee Separation Sheet shall indicate the amount of vacation time that has been entered into the Human Resources System as terminal vacation pay (see HRP&P 12.0)."}
-{"text": "I use to own the pancake 40mm 2.8 - I found it to be a great perspective on film, however a bit too tight on cropped bodies. I have now made the shift to 100% digital shooting (i use to shoot 75% film and 25% digital)\n\nAt the moment I'm considering the 21mm 3.2 prime or the 16-50mm Pentax 2.8 zoom.\n\nThe 21mm is much more affordable and compact. However the zoom is more versatile and it seems to me like a very nice lens."}
-{"text": "If this is your first visit, be sure to\ncheck out the FAQ by clicking the\nlink above. You may have to register\nbefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,\nselect the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nFunny, at iHobby I got a lot of questions about running on grass, and this thread mentions it as well. Honestly, grass is about the worst surface you can run any R/C vehicle on, especially smaller vehicles. It just adds so much more rolling resistance. You CAN do it, of course, but you can expect hotter components and shorter run times. Long grass is really tough on cars, avoid it. That's true for any manufacturer's stuff, not just Traxxas. Blasting through a section of grass as part of all-terrain running that includes mostly hard surfaces is fine, of course, but if you're running the entire pack on grass, that's really not a good idea.\n\nBusselton, Western Australia... but where in Busselton... that's what we do not know...\n\nPosts\n\n597\n\nshort grass?\n\nOriginally Posted by PeterV\n\nFunny, at iHobby I got a lot of questions about running on grass, and this thread mentions it as well. Honestly, grass is about the worst surface you can run any R/C vehicle on, especially smaller vehicles. It just adds so much more rolling resistance. You CAN do it, of course, but you can expect hotter components and shorter run times. Long grass is really tough on cars, avoid it. That's true for any manufacturer's stuff, not just Traxxas. Blasting through a section of grass as part of all-terrain running that includes mostly hard surfaces is fine, of course, but if you're running the entire pack on grass, that's really not a good idea.\n\nI run my Rustler VXL out front and back of my house, and some of the time I'm running on short/mowed grass, is this ok? Is it just the grass that has higher resistance that can be a problem?\n\nHi.Being brushless and having the longest travel in it's class will probably make it better than any other 1/16th for true off road.Not the ego refreshing racing,but that could be sorted with a few upgrades. .Taking it back to a brushless revo wouldn't cost too much cash\n\nI gotta imagine that it is not gonna be much of a crawler like its big brother. Pretty much like the merv with bigger tires. To much cooging while trying to crawl but there are other motor and esc combos that would be better for crawling.. That's just my thoughts.."}
-{"text": "Availability Search for Portavadie Restaurants and Bars\n\nRoom\n\nTerms & Conditions\n\nThis booking system and any information appearing on this page relating to the availability of any accommodation is provided by third parties and not by VisitScotland. It is intended to provide real time availability information relating to accommodation which is also provided by third parties. You may use this booking system to place direct bookings with third party accommodation providers. Any booking you make will not be placed with VisitScotland and we will have no liability to you in respect of any booking. If you proceed to make a booking you will leave our Website and visit a website owned and operated by a third party. VisitScotland does not have any control over the content or availability of any external website. This booking system and any information appearing on this page is provided for your information and convenience only and is not intended to be an endorsement by VisitScotland of the content of such linked websites, the quality of any accommodation listed, or of the services of any third party.\n\nPortavadie Restaurants and Bars\n\nRestaurants\n\nLoch Fyne\n\nArgyll & The Isles\n\nSituated on the stunning banks of Loch Fyne, on the Cowal peninsula, Portavadie offers a choice of restaurants and bars in beautiful contemporary surroundings.\n\nThe restaurants and bars at Portavadie offer award-winning food, a convivial atmosphere and panoramic loch views \u2013 all in beautiful, contemporary surroundings. Our restaurants offer delicious, freshly prepared food for all tastes. For sumptuous waterfront dining and stunning views of Loch Fyne, head to the Marina Restaurant and Bar. For something more informal, try the Lodge Kitchen and Bar or the new Leisure Caf\u00e9.\n\nMarina Restaurant & Bar - With award-winning cuisine and panoramic views of Loch Fyne, you can linger over lunch or dinner and watch the yachts sail by. Floor-to-ceiling glass awaits you, and every table offers a view of the marina and beyond. This is shore-side dining at its best. Sample a wide selection of produce from \u2019Argyll\u2019s larder\u2019, skillfully prepared by our culinary team and served to you by our passionate and knowledgeable front-of-house team.\n\nLodge Kitchen & Bar - Hearty portions of tasty home-cooked food are on the menu at the Lodge Kitchen and Bar. You will find dishes to satisfy all appetites. With a kids\u2019 menu and a relaxed, informal atmosphere, it is great for all the family. Firm favourites include our seafood ploughman\u2019s, local venison burger and freshly caught haddock and chips. Relax on the sofas with some delicious home-baking and coffee or catch up with friends over a Fyne Ale or a glass of wine.\n\nLeisure Caf\u00e9 - The new caf\u00e9 provides a great space to chill out, with views over Loch Fyne from the terrace or over the pools and beyond. Tuck into stone-baked pizzas, deli sandwiches or a bento box salad. And don\u2019t forget Portavadie\u2019s home-churned ice cream! The Leisure Caf\u00e9 is open from 10am to 6pm (food service midday to 5pm).\n\nOur culinary team is passionate about simple cooking using fresh, local and seasonal produce. Come and sample food from Argyll, including seafood plucked straight from the loch or Winston Churchill\u2019s venison, stalked by Winston himself.\n\nEnjoy breakfast on the terrace, a leisurely brunch, a Loch Fyne Ale in the Lodge, a pre-dinner cocktail overlooking the marina or a dram by the fire before heading off to bed. Whatever you choose, you can be sure of a warm welcome and the very best of Scottish hospitality at Portavadie.\n\nPlease wait\n\nterms and conditions\n\nThis booking system and any information appearing on this page relating to the availability of any accommodation is provided by third parties and not by VisitScotland. It is intended to provide real time availability information relating to accommodation which is also provided by third parties. You may use this booking system to place direct bookings with third party accommodation providers. Any booking you make will not be placed with VisitScotland and we will have no liability to you in respect of any booking. If you proceed to make a booking you will leave our Website and visit a website owned and operated by a third party. VisitScotland does not have any control over the content or availability of any external website. This booking system and any information appearing on this page is provided for your information and convenience only and is not intended to be an endorsement by VisitScotland of the content of such linked websites, the quality of any accommodation listed, or of the services of any third party."}
-{"text": "Suspect that threatened a local mosque may not be prosecuted\n\nThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.\n\nPlease enable Javascript to watch this video\n\nST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI) \u2013 A suspect, who left threatening phone messages on the answering machine of CAIR-STL, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, may not face criminal charges. Faizen Syed, executive director for CAIR-STL, said the messages were not directed specifically at any one person. That may make prosecution difficult. For the most part, hate speech is legal in the U.S.\n\nSyed said the FBI arrested a suspect Saturday afternoon. The FBI would not confirm or deny an investigation is going on.\n\nThe caller, who identified himself as a former Marine, threatened to chop off Muslims\u2019 heads if they came to his home in Byrnes Mill. He left three voice mail messages Friday expressing anger over what happened in San Bernardino.\n\nSyed, pointing to extremists from all religions, said it was time for moderates of all religions to \u201cstand with each other in order to debunk and overcome their type of hateful message.\u201d He urged Muslims to attend religious services regularly at area Islamic Centers. He said that is where the \u201cmoderate version of Islam\u201d is taught and issues people may have in the U.S. can be handled.\n\nHe noted American Muslims frequently cooperate with local police. \u201cMany of the cases of foiled terrorist plots were foiled because American Muslims spoke out and contacted law enforcement,\u201d Syed said.\n\nCAIR did receive a call from a man also identifying himself as a U.S. Marine and a Christian who apologized for the threatening call."}
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-{"text": "Tech Inclusion Melbourne Conference\n\nConnect with tech leaders, policymakers, educators and individuals passionate about diversity and inclusion. Amazing partnerships and unique collaborations have resulted from Tech Inclusion so far - we hope this community can foster even more collaboration and connections.\n\nConnect with tech leaders, policymakers, educators and individuals passionate about diversity and inclusion. Amazing partnerships and unique collaborations have resulted from Tech Inclusion so far - we hope this community can foster even more collaboration and connections.\n\nGrace is jill-of-all-trades, a tech aficionado and lover of all things coffee and community. After cutting her teeth in start-up land, Grace spent a year travelling the world, seeing the power of technology in all shapes, sizes, and efficiencies. Grace loves telling meaningful stories and connecting people in authentic ways, which she spends her days at Code for Australia doing as the Head of Marketing. In her spare time you might find her attempting to make edible things, fuelling her writing with cold brew or learning how to swim."}
-{"text": "Receive the latest celebrity updates in your inbox\n\nA retired New York City firefighter was found guilty last Friday of resisting arrest after allegedly being caught spray-painting love notes to Madonna outside her Manhattan apartment in 2010, E! News has confirmed.\n\nRobert Linhart now faces up to a year in jail after failing to obey police attempts to take him into custody on Sept. 21, 2010.\n\nBefore They Were Famous\n\nAmong the messages the needy fan wrote to the Material Mom on cardboard signs affixed to his SUV were \"I Need You\" and \"If it's yes, my dream will come true. If it's no, I will go. XXX.\"\n\nAfter the trial was over, jurors told the New York Post that while the first responder had the right to make his signs under the First Amendment and blast obnoxious music from the curb of Madonna's Central Park West building, there was no excuse for causing a commotion by flailing his arms and refusing officers when they tried to cuff him.\n\nLinhart was acquitted on a separate charge of resisting arrest dating from a bust three days prior.\n\nTop Entertainment Photos\n\nThe Queen of Pop's publicist and her defense attorney, Lawrence LaBrew, were unavailable for comment on the matter.\n\nHowever the legal eagle told the paper that his client would appeal the conviction, noting that Linhart was prohibited by a judge from having a doctor testify that he had sustained a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder when police tried to collar him the first time.\n\nThat injury, said LaBrew, prompted Linhart to resist the second arrest attempt."}
-{"text": "Wrist Ship Supply announces solid growth\n\nPRESS RELEASE\n\n31 March 2014\n\nWrist Ship Supply has increased net sales to more than DKK 3 billion and managed to increase net profit with 25 percent. These are some of the results in the Annual Report, which has just been published. The positive results are due to more efficiency and solid growth in the shipping and offshore market. In 2013, Wrist became a stand-alone company and new long term committed financing was secured - enabling both current operations and acquisitions in the years to come.\n\nIn 2013, Wrist further consolidated its position as the world's largest supplier to ships and offshore locations and increased sales above market growth.\n\nSince 2009, sales have more than doubled. In the same period, operating profit (EBITDA) has gone from DKK 40 million to DKK 180 million, and Wrist nearly doubled the operating margin \u2013 from 3 percent to 5.9 over the past years.\n\nNet profit for the year amounted to DKK 76 million compared to DKK 61 million in 2012, which is an increase of 25 percent.\n\nThese are a few of the noteworthy results in the Annual Report, which was submitted to and adopted by the annual general meeting.\n\nFocus on customer service\"We experienced solid and organic growth in 2013. In a challenging market, the results are very satisfying and a sign of better efficiency as the number of employees was increased only 3 percent against the growth in sales of 8 percent in local currencies. Once again, our constant focus on customer service, responsiveness to change in customer demands and competitive sourcing has proved its worth,\" says Robert Kledal, CEO, Wrist Ship Supply.\n\nExcept for the Far East, net sales for all regions developed positively. North America continued strong growth with an increase of 10 percent in local currencies. Furthermore, Wrist faced growth in the offshore supply in both the North American area and in the North Sea.\n\nPrepared for expansionIn 2013, Wrist became a stand-alone company after a split of Wrist Group into Wrist Ship Supply and OW Bunker. Practically, the two companies have been separated for a couple of years, but the split was formally concluded in November 2013.\n\nBy extension, Wrist has adopted an ambitious growth strategy, emphasising both the shipping and off shore industry. In addition, new long term committed financing was secured \u2013 giving Wrist opportunity to make expansive investments and acquisitions in the years to come.\n\n\"Wrist has the financial strength, operating platform and strategic roadmap to further consolidate its position as the leading global supplier of provisions and stores for ships and offshore locations,\" says Robert Kledal.\n\nLast year, Wrist initiated large investments that include new premises in Singapore, a new business system as well as quality management systems, achieving, for example, a high-level quality accreditation of the US operations based in Houston. In total, investments amounted to DKK 102 million in 2013.\n\nThe new business system is based on a new IT infrastructure, and the aim is to get even higher customer service and operational efficiency and to mainstream the solutions globally. Furthermore, the system provides a more simple integration, which eases possible acquisitions in the future.\n\nWrist also invested in innovation and solutions that improve its range of service offerings. As an example, the company invested in \"Ice-Box\" containers, which can keep refrigerated supplies at a stable temperature for several days without a power source. The \"Ice-Box\" was developed in cooperation with an equipment manufacturer, drawing on Wrist\u2019s offshore specialist knowledge.\n\nWrist expects further growth The shipping industry expects to face another challenging year in 2014. Activity in the ship supply markets is dependent on the growth in global transport and thus the global economic recovery. However, Wrist expects growth in both the shipping and offshore industries and is well prepared for this.\n\n\u201cWe expect to increase net sales in 2014 and perform better than the general market. We anticipate that activities will continue to grow, benefiting from our strong market position, our well-known service and the validity of the business model,\u201d concludes Robert Kledal.\n\nKey figures 2013, Wrist Ship Supply\n\nAbout WristWrist Ship Supply is the world's leading ship and offshore supplier. We provide a global 24/7/365 service offering, including handling of owners' goods, shipping, airfreight and related marine and offshore services that meet the demands of both multi-national organisations as well as small local businesses. We take pride in making it easy for our customers to receive their supplies, wherever they are needed, efficiently and at the best possible price \u2013 this is encapsulated in our mission: Expert Care to Each Ship & Offshore Location. Since 2007, the majority shareholder has been Altor Fund II GP Limited."}
-{"text": "Size\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n15 oz\n\nDescription\n\nSatisfying families since 1861. High in fiber. 98% fat free. Cholesterol free. It's no wonder Van Camp's Pork & Beans are America's favorite for families. Back in 1861, Gilbert Van Camp discovered something great when his wife, Hester, added tomato sauce to an old family recipe. Their son, Frank, perfected the taste by slow-cooking premium ingredients to ensure a rich flavor and unparalleled product consistency, and by 1909, Van Camp's was the number one selling pork and bean brand in the United States. From the Van Camp family table to yours, it's a brand you can trust to bring the comfort of traditional, home-cooked flavor to your meals. Try our other Van Camp's products. Please recycle in communities recycling steel cans. www.congrafoods.com. Questions or comments, call Mon.-Fri., 10:00 AM-7:00 PM (CST), 1-800-826-2267 (except national holidays). Please have entire package available when you call so we may gather information off the label.\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n64 oz\n\nDescription\n\nBlue Bell The Original Homemade Vanilla Flavored Ice Cream.\nNatural and artificial flavor added.\nStill a 1/2 gal.\nAt Blue Bell, we enjoy making and eating ice cream. That's why we're picky about what goes into it. So we choose only the freshest and finest ingredients money can buy. Then we mix in a little love. The result is something special. In fact, most folks think our ice cream is the best in the country. We do too, that's why we eat all we can and sell the rest.\nHomemade vanilla is our most popular ice cream, and with good reason. It's rich, homemade tasting vanilla ice cream with a special hand-cranked flavor that's the best in the country.\nVisit the Blue Bell country store on our website: www.bluebell.com.\n1998.\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n24pk .5 ltr\n\nDescription\n\nEnhanced with minerals for taste. 0.5 lt bottles. 150 years. Celebrating a commitment to quality. Learn more about our 12 steps to quality: nestlepurelifepromise.com. 12 steps to quality. Nutritional Compass: Nestle - Good food, good life. Good to Remember: Drink 1.5 lt (for a healthy sedentary adult living in temperate climates) of water a day to maintain the water balance. Good to Talk: www.nestle-purelife.us. Please recycle. Facebook: /NestlePureLife. Questions? Comments? Call 1-866-599-8980/www.nestle-purelife.us.\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n20 oz\n\nDescription\n\nNature's Own\u00ae Honey Wheat Enriched Bread.\nBread is a low fat cholesterol free food.\n0 grams of trans fat per slice.\nNo artificial preservatives, colors or flavors.\nNo high fructose corn syrup.\n#1 Selling Variety Bran in the U.S.*\n*Nature's Own brand breads are the #1 selling soft variety breads based on the unit sales numbers reported by syndicated IRI data for the total U.S.\nOur quality pledge. The bakers of Nature's Own have been baking bread since 1919 and are committed to providing you with the highest quality baked foods. Nature's Own breads are made with premium ingredients that are carefully combined in our special recipes and then baked to perfection in our ovens. If the Nature's Own name is on the package, you're certain to find great-tasting breads inside! Also look for delicious breads and rolls under our Cobblestone Mill brand. Enjoy!\nFrom the Flowers family of bakers. Nature's Own honey wheat offers the perfect blend of wholesome wheat and a touch of sweet honey. A slice or two of this bread each day is a delicious way to add healthy grains to your diet. Check out our Nutrition Center to find out why grains are important to a healthy diet.\nUSDA dietary guidelines: The dietary guidelines for Americans encourage all Americans to eat a healthy diet and be physically active. The new dietary guidelines \"MyPlate\" is an easy tool to help you think about food choices at each meal, control portion sizes, and ensure balanced nutrition.\nThe foods you eat greatly influence your health, your appearance, and even your mental attitude. That's why it is so important to get proper nutrition every day. But eating right doesn't mean giving up all the foods you love. It does mean eating moderately and choosing from a wide variety of food groups for a well-balanced diet.\nTo learn more about making grains a part of your healthy diet and to see \"MyPlate\" dietary guidelines, go to:\nwww.dietaryguidelines.gov.\nwww.choosemyplate.gov.\nwww.health.gov /paguidelines.\nVisit us at www.naturesownbread.com for delicious recipes.\nQuestions or comments Call 1-866-245-8921.\nGo with the Grain\u2122.\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nManufacturer\n\nBrand\n\nSize\n\n24 oz\n\nDescription\n\nRainbo\u00ae Bakeries take pride in baking great tasting, quality bread that's both soft and delicious. We bake Rainbo\u00ae bread from the finest ingredients and with meticulous care to consistently give you wholesome, great tasting products the whole family can agree on. Try Rainbo\u00ae bread today and you'll understand why we say...\"There's a treasure of goodness in every Rainbo\u2122!\"\n0g Trans Fat\nCholesterol Free Food\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n12 ct\n\nDescription\n\nLocally produced! Farm fresh. USDA grade A. America's superior tasting egg. Grade A. EB quality approved. Vegetarian fed hens. Now for your nutritious diet. Excellent source of - Vitamins: D; E; B2; B12; B5. Plus - 125 mg omega 3; 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs per egg. See nutrition facts for cholesterol content. BrandSpark: Most trusted by shoppers 2017 (Based on independent market survey. Visit www.eggslandbest.com for additional information). Questions or comments, call 800-922-3447 or visit www.eggslandbest.com. Eggland's Best eggs just got even better! Farm fresh Egg-Land's Best eggs have always been recognized for their exceptional taste. In fact, we've been awarded the Gold Seal as America's Superior Tasting Eggs by the American Masters of Taste. Now, in addition to their great taste, they are an excellent source of vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B12 and vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) and also a good source of folate. Plus, our eggs contain 125 mg of omega 3 fatty acids and 200 mcg of lutein and have 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs. How does Eggland's Best produce such nutritious and great-tasting eggs? We feed our hens an improved wholesome, all-vegetarian diet with no animal fats or animal by-products. Laying hens' diets contain no added hormones. Antibiotics are not used in the production of Eggland's Best eggs. The results: our all-vegetarian diet produces important nutrients and the best taste possible. So now you can eat even healthier while enjoying the same great right-from-the-farm freshness and taste of Eggland's Best eggs! Voted most trusted egg brand by American shoppers. Based on the 2017 BrandSpark Study. Visit www.egglandsbest.com for additional information. Saturated fat 25% less than ordinary eggs: 1 g vs. 1.5 g (quantities rounded). If you are concerned about cholesterol, follow a diet lower in saturated fat and cholesterol and ask your doctor or dietician about Eggland's Best clinical studies. For Kosher Questions: See www.oukosher.org. Recommended American Diabetes Assocation/American Dietetic Assocation dietary exchange: 1 Eggland's Best egg for 1 medium-fat meat.\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n8.5 oz\n\nDescription\n\nAmerica's favorite. Quality and value since 1930. Add egg and milk. Packaged in recycled paperboard. Partially produced with genetic engineering. Great products since 1930. Thanks for trying Jiffy! We've been making great muffin and baking mixes since the 1930's. So, when you are looking for delicious muffins, biscuits, desserts, or other great meal solutions, please think Jiffy! - Howdy Holmes, President Chelsea Milling Company. Additional recipes at: www.jiffymix.com. Facebook: Find us on Facebook. Contact us at: 800-727-2460. Mon-Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EST. Made in the USA.\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n1 dozen\n\nDescription\n\nLocally produced. Farm fresh. USDA grade A. EB quality approved. America's superior tasting egg. Vegetarian fed hens. Now! For your nutritious diet. Excellent source of - vitamins D; E; B2; B12; B5. Plus - 140 mg omega 3; 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs per Egg. See nutrition facts for cholesterol content. BrandSpark: Most trusted by shoppers 2017 (Based on independent market survey. Visit www.eggslandbest.com for additional information). Questions or comments, call 800-922-3447 or visit www.egglandsbest.com. Egg-land's Best eggs just got even better! Farm fresh Egg-land's Best eggs have always been recognized for their exceptional taste. In fact, we've been awarded the Gold Seal as America's Superior Tasting Eggs by the American Masters of Taste. Now, in addition to their great taste, they are an excellent source of vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B3 (riboflavin), vitamin B12 and vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) and also a good source of folate. Plus, our eggs contain 140 mg of omega 3 fatty acids and 225 mcg of lutein and have 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs. How does Egg-land's Best product such nutritious and great-tasting eggs? We feed our hens an improved wholesome, all-vegetarian diet with no animal fats or animal by-products. Laying hens' diets contain no added hormones. Antibiotics are not used in the product of Egg-land's Best eggs. The results: our all vegetarian diet produces important nutrients and the best taste possible. So now you can eat even healthier while enjoying the same great right-from-the-farm freshness and taste of Egg-land's Best eggs! Voted most trusted egg brand by American shoppers. Based on the 2017 BrandSpark American Shopper Study. Visit www.egglandsbest.com for additional information. Saturated fat 25% less than ordinary eggs: 1.5 g vs 2 g (quantities rounded). If you are concerned about cholesterol, follow a diet lower in saturated fat and cholesterol and ask your doctor or dietitian about Eggland's Best clinical studies. For Kosher questions: see www.oukosher.org. Recommended American Diabetes Association/American Dietetic Association dietary exchange: 1 Egg-land's Best egg for 1 medium-fat meat.\n\nIdentifier\n\n00715141729283\n\nSKU/UPC\n\n71514172928\n\nManufacturer\n\nEgg-Lands Best\n\nBrand\n\nSize\n\ngallon\n\nDescription\n\nSince 1906. All natural. Fresh brewed. Red Diamond all natural tea is brewed by pouring hot, fresh water over our original 1906 blend of custom-fired, hand-crafted tea leaves. We are not made with powder, liquid concentrate, or tea flavorings. This is our expression of art. Proudly shared since 1906. www.reddiamond.com.\n\nManufacturer\n\nBrand\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\nIdentifier\n\nSKU/UPC\n\nSize\n\n18 ct\n\nDescription\n\nLocally produced! Farm fresh. USDA grade A. America's superior tasting egg. Grade A. EB quality approved. Now for your nutritious diet. Excellent source of - Vitamins: D; E; B2; B12; B5. Plus - 125 mg omega 3; 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs per egg. See nutrition facts for cholesterol content. Vegetarian fed hens. BrandSpark: Most trusted by shoppers 2017 (Based on independent market survey. Visit www.eggslandbest.com for additional information). Questions or comments, call 800-922-3447 or visit www.eggslandbest.com. Eggland's Best eggs just got even better! Farm fresh Egg-Land's Best eggs have always been recognized for their exceptional taste. In fact, we've been awarded the Gold Seal as America's Superior Tasting Eggs by the American Masters of Taste. Now, in addition to their great taste, they are an excellent source of vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B12 and vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) and also a good source of folate. Plus, our eggs contain 125 mg of omega 3 fatty acids and 200 mcg of lutein and have 25% less saturated fat than regular eggs. How does Eggland's Best produce such nutritious and great-tasting eggs? We feed our hens an improved wholesome, all-vegetarian diet with no animal fats or animal by-products. Laying hens' diets contain no added hormones. Antibiotics are not used in the production of Eggland's Best eggs. The results: our all-vegetarian diet produces important nutrients and the best taste possible. So you can eat even healthier while enjoying the same great right-from-the-farm freshness and taste of Eggland's Best eggs! Voted most trusted egg brand by American shoppers. Based on the 2017 BrandSpark Study. Saturated fat 25% less than ordinary eggs: 1 g vs. 1.5 g (quantities rounded). If you are concerned about cholesterol, follow a diet lower in saturated fat and cholesterol and ask your doctor or dietician about Eggland's Best clinical studies. For Kosher Questions: See www.oukosher.org. Recommended American Diabetes Association/American Dietetics Association Dietary Exchange: 1 Eggland's Best egg for 1 medium-fat meat."}
-{"text": "Pushdo Trojan domain \u2013 fuqtesopt.kz\n\nThe fuqtesopt.kz has been listed on Cyberwarzone as it has been identified by fidelissecurity.com as a malicious domain. In this particular case, we are dealing with a Pushdo Trojan domain which is used by cybercriminals to install Trojan on devices of unaware users or as a gateway for the Trojan to exchange information with the C&C server.\n\nThe Pushdo Trojan is classified as a \u201cdownloader\u201d Trojan, meaning that its true purpose is to download and install additional malicious files on the infected device.\n\nFun fact: Did you know that once you visit one of the C&C servers of Pushdo with the wrong URL, it will send you a random message back like \u201cLooking for Blackjack?\u201d. The cybercriminals have implemented this to \u201ctrick\u201d people into believing that they are visiting a website instead of the Pushdo C&C server.\n\nDOMAIN\n\nTROJAN FAMILY\n\nFOUND BY\n\nfuqtesopt.kz\n\npushdo\n\nfidelissecurity.com\n\nAliases for the Pushdo Trojan:\n\nTrj/Downloader.SIA\n\nBackdoor.Win32.Agent.ehg\n\nW32/Smalltroj.CQWT\n\nTroj/Agent-GNA\n\nW32/Smalltroj.CQWT\n\nPlease use the following resources to get a better understanding about the Pushdo Trojan:\n\nIt is possible that your computer has been infected and has alerted you the IP address. If that is the case, we have setup various guides on Cyberwarzone on how to protect your computer against malicious users and unwanted actions.\n\nCryptocurrency\n\nSearch for News, hashes, tutorials and downloads\n\nSearch for:\n\nCyberwarzone\n\nCyberwarzone is the number one cyberwar news provider. We have been publishing cyberwar news since 2010 and we are still running.\n\nThe news which has been collected is available for everyone and it will stay like that. All the cyberwar reports, videos, posts and comments are here to inform you about the cyberwar and security field."}
-{"text": "Categories\n\nProduct description\n\nMax is about to face the most awesome Robobeast of all \u2013 Kraya the Blood Shark. He must also confront the evil force that created these deadly creatures, and uncover the dark secrets of his family. Will his gadgets, his skill and his reserve of courage be enough to save him? Join Max as he is pushed to the limits of fear at the climax of his Sea Quest!\n\nISBN\n\nPublisher\n\nDate published\n\nAccelerated Reader\n\nCondition\n\nSeries\n\nAuthor/Illustrator\n\nAdam Blade was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father\u2019s paintings of historic English battles, which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father\u2019s office, said to be a Blade family heirloom.\n\nAs a boy, Adam spent days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character \u2013 Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all.\n\nThe idea for Beast Quest was born. When Adam grew up and decided he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas \u2013 until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures he always wanted to when he was that age\u2026 and still does, even though he\u2019s grown up!\n\nWhen he\u2019s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets \u2013 a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest \u2013 Arachnid and Claw! Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!"}
-{"text": "Tag: Bryna Butler\n\nHere in the states we set aside a day each fall to be thankful for all we have been given. This year I\u2019m celebrating at home with a table full of good food and a my lovely family. And while I\u2019m counting my blessings, I\u2019ll be thinking of you, dear reader. I want to say thank you to all of you who have cheered me on and supported me through my first year as an indie author. I\u2019m thrilled to have such loyal fans and dear friends. Thank you!\n\nThis Friday, when you begin the hunt for the perfect gifts for your family and friends, please consider supporting an indie author. My gals over at the YA StoryTellers Society are sharing a few suggestions with their readers to help you narrow down the perfect gift for the book lovers in your life. You can even win a $25 Amazon gift card to make shopping easier. Just take a pic of yourself holding one of our books and you could win!\n\nYou can check out what the other Society members listed as their favorite indie author deals for the year by clicking HERE. Meanwhile, here are a few of my favorites to add to your Kindle this season:\n\nAt sixteen, Bay-Lee is not your typical girl. The last thing she wants is to be popular, to be noticed, so she never raises her hand in class. She doesn\u2019t participate in extra-curricular activities and purposely puts the wrong answers on tests in order to keep her solid C point average. Her classmates have no clue who she really is, Van Helsing\u2019s daughter. They don\u2019t know she\u2019s on the run, hiding from monsters that want to kill her before she can turn into a great hunter. They\u2019re afraid of her\u2026 and they should be because she plans to be the best hunter the world has ever seen. As soon as she is finished with her training, she\u2019s going to track and kill the werewolf pack responsible for tearing her mother to shreds, and nothing is going to get in her way.\n\nTeens are disappearing in a small river town in southern Ohio as Keira Ryan begins her freshman year. Kidnappings aside, her worries mount as she crushes on an older guy, her best friend starts dating a spoiled cheerleader, and the parents that abandoned her at birth arrive at her doorstep. And, oh yeah, she\u2019s a tooth fairy destined to kick some butt and bring about the end of a royal line of vicious, blood-sucking tyrants.\n\nKara, a college student still reeling from her mother\u2019s recent death, has no idea the hidden world of Ourea even exists until a freak storm traps her in a sunken library. With nothing to do, she opens an ancient book of magic called the Grimoire and unwittingly becomes its master, which means Kara now wields the cursed book\u2019s untamed power. Discovered by Ourea\u2019s royalty, she becomes an unwilling pawn in a generations-old conflict \u2013 a war intensified by her arrival. In this world of chilling creatures and betrayal, Kara shouldn\u2019t trust anyone\u2026 but she\u2019s being hunted and can\u2019t survive on her own. She drops her guard when Braeden, a native soldier with a dark secret, vows to keep her safe. And though she doesn\u2019t know it, her growing attraction to him may just be her undoing.\n\nCarin exposes the true reason she was asked to summer on the Mallace Mansion estate. Will she be strong enough to recognize love and redeem her family legacy? Or will the temptations of power and control lure her to the same dark places where others lost themselves?\n\nMerrilyn\u2019s life is quiet and predictable. An apprentice to the royal healer, she spends her days helping in the village or up to mischief with her best friend who happens to be the handsome younger son of the king. But when a mysterious archer shows up in the forest and shoots their escort, Merrilyn\u2019s life is forever changed. Caught in a battle between two forgotten gods, she must embrace her destiny and fight the very powers of darkness before it\u2019s too late.\n\nMany first time authors struggle with word count. How long should my novel be to get published? Is my novel too long? Is it too short? What the heck is a novella and what\u2019s the difference between that and a short story? If you\u2019re an indie author, does it even matter?\n\nExcellent questions. The YA Indie Carnival decided to tackle this confusing topic this week in our Indie Author Series. When I was starting out, I didn\u2019t even know it mattered. Seriously! I had no clue about things like word count and publishing industry standards. Why would it matter how long a book is? Well, like most things, it\u2019s all about the money. Word count in the publishing world affects both the cost of the book to print, and it\u2019s likeliness to be sold to readers. I won\u2019t go into too much detail on this topic because my fellow indie author club member, Bryna Butler, has already covered the basics in her article Do Word Counts Count?\n\nI\u2019ll tell you that I really struggle to get a book over the 60K mark. My stories tend to be action packed and fast paced. My editor always turns in a stack of notes on where I can expand scenes instead of the standard cut and slash method most authors have to endure. In real life I\u2019m obnoxiously verbose, but in my writing I tend to race from one plot point to another. That keeps my word count down. The day I finish a book above 100K, I\u2019ll be calling it \u201cepic\u201d whether it deserves the title or not!\n\nIn my opinion, this is just one of the many fabulous reasons I call myself an indie author. I don\u2019t have to worry too much about word count. I get to tell my story, mold it and sculpt it into something I can proudly share with all of you, and then set it free. I don\u2019t have to worry about whether it is meeting some marketing team\u2019s standard, or the printing budget. I know authors who are traditionally published sitting at their desks right now trying to find an extra 30,000 words to cram into their story or a sum of 50,000 to tear out just to meet that industry standard for a publisher. In the end I think the reader suffers most because we don\u2019t see the story as it was meant to be. What a shame that we let business people determine how our stories are crafted. At least if it is a professional editor, we can trust that they care about the integrity of the story, but what does a CEO or a financial team know about our stories? They\u2019re job is to watch that bottom dollar.\n\nLet me tell you how indies are using this freedom to do incredible things for readers in this modern age. We\u2019re seeing the resurgence of the short story and the serial novel in the literary world thanks to indie authors around the globe. With ebooks, authors can share their work so easily, that a reader can now get shorts without having to buy an anthology or search through literary magazines to find them. Some of my favorite authors are even including short stories in their marketing plans these days, fitting them in between their longer novels in a series. For instance, Aaron Pogue has published several short stories to go along with his Taming Fire series, including back story and short stories to give more detail into side characters from the series. As a reader, I love this concept! If I\u2019m engrossed in a world of characters, you can bet I want more of it! This is an area I think I\u2019ll be dabbling in this year as I fill in the missing years between Seen and Wandering in The Wanderer Series.\n\nAnother concept I\u2019ve been watching is the use of the serial novel in the ebook world. Once upon a time many of the world\u2019s best stories were written this way and published in local newspapers or magazines. Now we\u2019re seeing this traditional form of story telling reemerge. Wool was crazy successful from author Hugh Howey, netting the author millions of dollars and a ground-breaking publishing contract. Now my friend, author Susan Kaye Quinn, has created her own incredible serial titled The Debt Collector. I\u2019ve been watching her progress very closely as I consider how I might use that model in my own work. She\u2019s set a crazy pace, releasing a new episode in the series every few weeks! Wow! I\u2019m not sure I could keep up with that pace, but I\u2019m inspired to look at my list of future writing plans and see what might work best as a serial. I especially like the value this offers both to the reader and to the writer. Readers can catch smaller chunks of a story at a low price or choose to purchase the entire series for a discount. It\u2019s amazing how this old form is making a new comeback on the modern stage.\n\nWhat do you think? Does word count matter in this modern age and in the indie publishing scene? What trends are you seeing? Do you have a word count preference? Let us know what you think and then check out the opinions of other indie authors in our YA author club.\n\nTake a few minutes to hop around to the authors\u2019 sites and find out their preferences as well as their rationale behind them.\n\nHappy Friday! Today I\u2019m introducing you to another fabulous author from the Indie YA Author Club, Bryna Butler. Bryna\u2019s young adult paranormal novels feature strong female leads and are woven from elements of horror, suspense, comedy, and mystery, all in a modern, small town setting. Here\u2019s what Bryna had to say when we gave her the YA Indie Carnival quiz:\n\nWhat is your all-time favorite book and why?I adore The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Its style is like nothing else I\u2019ve ever read. I found it to be almost hypnotic with its imagery and near poetic cadence.\n\nIs there an author you could be compared to or popular fictional characters your book\u2019s characters could relate to and why?\n\nBecause I tend to write about strong female characters, I think that one could draw a comparison with Charlaine Harris. I had the opportunity to meet her this summer and, to my surprise, she is a down-to-earth hillbilly just like me.\n\nCan you give us your favorite quote from one of your books and explain it?\n\nOne of my favorite quotes comes from my newest book, Shadows Rising. In this scene, Keira faces off against the leader of a group of extremists that believe her charge is keeping her from her destiny. I think this quote is a great mix of Keira\u2019s courage and her youth.\n\n\u201cYou keep yapping about my charge being a distraction, but here I am dealing with you again. Leave us and my charge alone or die tonight at my hand. I mean it, jerk wad.\u201d\n\nWhat types of things/people/music inspires you and makes you want to keep writing?\n\nI\u2019m very inspired by my favorite authors. I often name characters, places and things in my stories in homage to these authors and their work. For instance, in the Midnight Guardian series there is a goth girl named Mikayla Collins whom everyone calls Mikey. Mikey is clearly named in honor of Michael Glass and Shane Collins, two of my favorite characters from Rachel Caine\u2019s Morganville series. Her goth look comes from another beloved character in that series. Also, I\u2019m a huge Joss Whedon fan (who isn\u2019t?). If you look hard enough, you will find several subtle references to Buffy and Firefly sprinkled throughout my books.\n\nDescribe your typical writing day or week.\n\nJust call me the \u201cNight Writer\u201d, not because it sounds like an insanely cool superhero, but because it is true. For me, writing typically begins after the kids are tucked into bed somewhere around 9 p.m. I grab a soda from the fridge and settle in with my laptop. Typically, I first re-read and edit the last thing I wrote before I start writing anything new. That refreshes it in my mind and allows me to move forward.\n\nIs there a food or drink do you have to have when you\u2019re writing?\n\nI can\u2019t eat while I write. Sounds good in theory, but it never works in practical application. BBQ sauce on the keys\u2026melted cheese on the screen\u2026a whole chapter about brownies.\n\nCan you tell us what you\u2019re working on right now (& possibly provide an excerpt & cover)?\n\nShadows Rising was released on January 18th. In this 4th installment in the Midnight Guardian series, Keira and her friends race to rescue her charge before The Harvest and the rise of a new form of evil, the shadows.\n\nBook 5 is well underway with the working title of Book of the Lost and an anticipated late spring release. I\u2019ve also begun work on a young adult werewolf trilogy set in Alaska. The story centers on a girl that walks the line between two feuding werewolf packs.\n\nOF SUN & MOON (Midnight Guardian #1)\n\nTeens are disappearing in a small river town in southern Ohio as Keira Ryan begins her freshman year. Kidnappings aside, her worries mount as she crushes on an older guy, her best friend starts dating a spoiled cheerleader, and the parents that abandoned her at birth arrive at her doorstep. And, oh yeah, she\u2019s a tooth fairy destined to kick some butt and bring about the end of a royal line of vicious, blood-sucking tyrants. Over the years, humans have pieced together sightings and assumptions to create the myth of the tooth fairy. As it turns out, they were pretty much wrong.\n\nWHISPERING EVIL (Midnight Guardian #2)\n\nKeira Ryan has moved on. It\u2019s the start of her sophomore year at Valley View High School. This means big changes like a new guardian mentor, taking (and passing) her driver\u2019s test, dating her best friend, and figuring out how to stop the new Empress Gammen and her reign of terror. Will she survive it all or will she fall victim to the whispering evil that surrounds her?\n\nMIDNIGHT CHILD (Midnight Guardian #3)\n\nJoin Keira Ryan as she chases her destiny in this exciting third installment in the Midnight Guardian Series. While Keira searches, her enemies draw closer. A history of trust is tested. A promise of passion turns deadly. A surviving evil creates doubt and there\u2019s only one way to stop it\u2026Find the Gift. Just what do you get the spoiled gremlin queen that has everything?\n\nSHADOWS RISING (Midnight Guardian #4)\n\nSenior year has begun. Keira Ryan should be worrying about the two boys that are vying for her heart. She should be worrying about Prom. She should be worrying about graduation. But instead of a dress, she\u2019s choosing which dagger to carry. In this fourth installment in the series, Keira and her friends race against time to rescue her charge before The Harvest. They must hurry. Their enemies are bringing forth a new evil to sway the balance. The shadows are rising.\n\nExclusive Shadows Rising Excerpt that you will only see on YA Indie Carnival author sites\u2026\n\nThe night was warm, even though a slight breeze stirred. Keira made her way through the soybean field. She knew the way over the uneven path, even if she couldn\u2019t see. That was nearly the case as clouds worked to block out the moon and stars. The air was thick; the kind that always preceded the summer rain.\n\nAs the dirt started to dimple here and there, her steps came quicker. Cool drops chilled her shoulders left bare by her tank top. Steps turned into a jog as the two-story farmhouse came into sight. If she ran hard enough, she could reach his porch before the downpour.\n\nIn seconds, she covered the yard. Just a few strides more would land her on the steps where she could wait out the rain on the porch.\n\nMaybe that\u2019s why it happened. Keira was so focused on escaping the rain. Her sneaker slid on the wet grass. Arms circled wildly over her head, eager to find balance or support. They landed on clean, soft cloth. Her feet skittered beneath her as the man under the white robe grabbed her hair and pulled her head back.\n\n\u201cThe guardian,\u201d a whisper rose and echoed among the small group. \u201cThe guardian,\u201d their murmurs above the tumbles of the strengthening rain. \u201cThe guardian.\u201d\n\nHands flew to her sides and held her arms out. She pulled against them, but there were too many. \u201cLet me go,\u201d she screamed.\n\nImmediately, they let go. She hadn\u2019t expected it and fell on her knees.\n\n\u201cWe wish you no harm, guardian. We have come for the midnight child. Trust that this is for the best,\u201d a tall man said. His mouth barely moved, unmarked by expression or emotion of any kind.\n\nRain began to pour over them. Keira scanned the group to etch every face into her memory; two eager young men, perhaps twins, with strong chins and light coloring; a plump, young woman with red curls falling out of her hooded cloak; a buxom brunette with a permanent sneer; and a mustached brute with a nasty scar through his left eyebrow.\n\nThen, her eyes flickered back to the leader, a bald man with soulless black eyes. Him she knew. It had taken her only a moment to realize he was the one that crashed Jumper\u2019s last Halloween party. He had come for her charge that night too.\n\n\u201cYou know that I will never allow you to take him.\u201d\n\n\u201cYour loyalty is misplaced with the Hayes family,\u201d the bald man answered with a voice that chilled her to the bone. \u201cAllow us to remove the distraction so that you may fulfill your true destiny.\u201d\n\n\u201cHe is not a midnight child. He is my charge.\u201d\n\n\u201cHe is of no consequence.\u201d\n\nA crack sounded, causing everyone to look up. A dark figure stood on the edge of the roof. He stepped forward and landed softly on the ground. He stood tall beside Keira.\n\nBrun\u2019s voice was heavy with anger. \u201cYou heard her. The child is not to be touched.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut\u2026\u201d the leader of the group started.\n\nHis dispute was not heard because Brun was behind him in the next second. The shine of Brun\u2019s short sword glistened at the man\u2019s ear.\n\n\u201cIf you will not listen, perhaps you do not need this ear,\u201d Brun growled. \u201cFrom this day forward, let it be known that the guardian and I both protect this child. Whoever dares to approach him will succumb to the full wrath of the Empire and Elsted. You will leave now\u2026ahhh!\u201d\n\nThe leader wrenched his dagger out of Brun\u2019s side. Blood dripped from the dagger\u2019s edge. Brun stumbled back, his face a mixture of disbelief and horror.\n\nNext week on the YA Indie Carnival we\u2019ll be discussing Barnes & Noble and Nook apps. All the YA author club members will weigh in on how we feel about working with B&N, so stop by and check it out. Happy reading!"}
-{"text": "Zabiullah talk, Taliban walk\n\nThe Taliban\u2019s actions signal a different message from their words\n\nZabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban\u2019s spokesman, has been dressed up to sound like a realist. \u201cIt\u2019s possible for the Taliban and India to reconcile with each other\u201d he told his interviewer, \u201c(our) complaint is that India backed the (Northern Alliance) and is now supporting the Karzai government.\u201d He\u2019d like you to believe that it\u2019s all a misunderstanding because \u201cunlike the Lashkar which is focused on Jammu and Kashmir, the Afghan Taliban concentrate on Afghanistan. (Taliban) have never taken part in any attack in India, nor do we attack anyone at Pakistan\u2019s behest.\u201d\n\nGiven that everyone thinks it is that stage of the game where they should be seen talking to their adversaries, Mr Mujahid can be forgiven for self-serving lapses of memory. But Mullah Omar\u2019s Taliban are joined at the hip with the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM). The HuM and its derivative organisations have been engaged in fighting Pakistan\u2019s proxy war against India since the early 1990s. (Speaking of which, whatever happened to Fazlur Rehman Khalil?) When President Clinton ordered missile strikes on training camps in Afghanistan on August 20, 1998, among those killed were members of not only the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen but also the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Hizbul Mujahideen. [See B Raman\u2019s 1998 assessment] So Mr Mujahid is not technically not lying. He\u2019s just taking enormous liberties with the truth.\n\nAnd we are not even talking about the Taliban\u2019s role in the IC-814 episode. As if giving free passage to terrorist hijackers somehow absolves the Mullah Omar of complicity in the affair.\n\nIndia must reach out to various groups and factions in Afghanistan. But a lot of options will have to be exhausted, and then some, before trying to sup with Mullah Omar\u2019s outfit. If the Taliban were so keen to engage India, attacking Indian officials in Kabul would be exactly the opposite of what they would do. There\u2019s not only a big gulf between history and Mr Mujahid\u2019s telling of it. There is a huge one between his words and the Taliban\u2019s deeds. Believing in the Taliban\u2019s bonafides is not the stuff of imaginative diplomacy. It is a recipe for delusional diplomacy.\n\n2 thoughts on \u201cZabiullah talk, Taliban walk\u201d\n\nA good strategy is to engage Taliban commanders and create disaffection between Pak Army and Afghan Taliban. With the help of Afghan intelligence, we should help as much Afghan Taliban commanders as possible to link them up with Al-Qaeda and Pakistan Taliban(TTP). Thus they become natural target of Pak Army and both can fight each other to death. Our sole card now is to link-up with Pakistani Taliban through proxies or charities in middile-east and help revive them..and payback Pak Army for its \u201ckarachi project\u201d & other misadventures.\n\nIndia would be utterly foolish to believe the statement by the Taliban that they are not opposed to India. At the end of they day, they are fanatics who want to establish islamic rule all over the world. Pakistan created the Taliban and continues to wield enourmous influence over them. In such a scenario, why would Pakistan even so much as countenance the Taliban being reconciled with India ? After all, isnt the pursuit of \u2018strategic depth\u2019 the reason why Pakistan wants to make Afghanistan a client state again ? India should snap trade and tourism links with Pakistan with immediate effect. We must take steps to ensure that Indian goods are cheaper than Pakistani goods in any kind of market. Companies which seek to do business in Pakistan and which are operating in India should lose any concessions granted by the government. We must build more dams on the rivers which figure in the Indus Water Treaty and develop the ability to absolutely deny essential supplies of water to Pakistan if a strategic need to do so arises. We must actively and unapologetically aid nationalist aspirations in Balochistan and Sindh. A stable and united Pakistan will never let Indian develop in peace. As Chanakya said, if you want peace, you must be prepared for war.\n\nSearch across INI\n\nA good strategy is to engage Taliban commanders and create disaffection between Pak Army and Afghan Taliban. With the help of Afghan intelligence, we should help as much Afghan Taliban commanders as possible to link them up with Al-Qaeda and Pakistan Taliban(TTP). Thus they become natural target of Pak Army and both can fight each other to death. Our sole card now is to link-up with Pakistani Taliban through proxies or charities in middile-east and help revive them..and payback Pak Army for its \u201ckarachi project\u201d & other misadventures.\n\nAkhil\n\nIndia would be utterly foolish to believe the statement by the Taliban that they are not opposed to India. At the end of they day, they are fanatics who want to establish islamic rule all over the world. Pakistan created the Taliban and continues to wield enourmous influence over them. In such a scenario, why would Pakistan even so much as countenance the Taliban being reconciled with India ? After all, isnt the pursuit of \u2018strategic depth\u2019 the reason why Pakistan wants to make Afghanistan a client state again ? India should snap trade and tourism links with Pakistan with immediate effect. We must take steps to ensure that Indian goods are cheaper than Pakistani goods in any kind of market. Companies which seek to do business in Pakistan and which are operating in India should lose any concessions granted by the government. We must build more dams on the rivers which figure in the Indus Water Treaty and develop the ability to absolutely deny essential supplies of water to Pakistan if a strategic need to do so arises. We must actively and unapologetically aid nationalist aspirations in Balochistan and Sindh. A stable and united Pakistan will never let Indian develop in peace. As Chanakya said, if you want peace, you must be prepared for war."}
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-{"text": "Episode Details\n\nCarlos Doesn\u2019t Remember\n\nOf the tens of thousands of talented, low-income students who graduate from high school every year in the United States, most never make it to universities appropriate to their gifts. America leaves an enormous amount of talent on the table every year. \u201cCarlos Doesn\u2019t Remember\u201d explains why."}
-{"text": "LAS VEGAS- (March 21, 2013) \u2014Turning vision into action - such was the rallying cry from American Council on Exercise (ACE) leaders at the 2013 IHRSA (International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association) Convention & Trade Show Wednesday in Las Vegas.\n\nSpeaking to hundreds of fitness professionals, gym owners and industry leaders, ACE President and CEO Scott Goudeseune announced the launch of an \u201cAction Tour for a Healthier America\u201d \u2013 a grassroots effort led by ACE to get up close and personal with the challenges associated with eliminating the obesity epidemic.\n\n\u201cOur industry has excelled at helping fit people continue to stay fit, and that\u2019s important. But we can do more,\u201d Goudeseune said. \u201cIt will take tough conversations to reach those in need and to understand the complex socioeconomic and psychological issues embedded deeply in the obesity crisis. ACE will soon hit the road to meet with local officials, fitness facility managers and the public in communities nationwide to better understand the obstacles people face on the journey toward a healthy lifestyle and how the industry can help them overcome those roadblocks.\u201d\n\nAt IHRSA, ACE leaders said a national disconnect is especially apparent when clubs consider that two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese but only 15 percent use fitness facilities. Despite the booming industry, clearly, more work needs to be done to reach those most in need.\n\nTo ensure public safety and maximize effectiveness, ACE leaders also stressed the need for a firmer commitment among clubs to only hire fitness professionals who hold certifications accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). In addition, they also called for continued development of specialists trained to work with those impacted by obesity and other high-risk populations including those affected by musculoskeletal disorders, diabetes and heart disease.\n\nAccording to Goudeseune, transformational change is needed to pull the nation back from the brink of a health and economic crisis. ACE\u2019s Action Tour for a Healthier America will be the first of a series of initiatives to help strengthen the link between the fitness industry and those impacted by obesity.\n\n\u201cACE\u2019s network of 50,000 certified professionals pursued careers in fitness because they had a calling to help others and showcase the benefits of a fit life in the pursuit of better health,\u201d he said. \u201cAs an industry, our role is to provide the infrastructure, teaching and tools to do so, whether that\u2019s embedding a certified Health Coach in every fitness facility or working with insurers to guarantee every American has access to fitness options.\u201d\n\nACE\u2019s Action Tour for a Healthier America is scheduled to kick-off this summer with dates and locations to be announced shortly.\n\nAbout ACE\n\nFounded in 1985, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) is a nonprofit organization committed to America's health and wellbeing. Over the past 25 years, we have become an established resource for both fitness professionals and consumers, providing comprehensive, unbiased, scientific research impacting the fitness industry and validating ourselves as the country's trusted authority on fitness.\n\nToday, ACE is the largest nonprofit fitness certification, education and training organization in the world with 55,000 certified professionals who hold more than 60,000 ACE certifications. With a long heritage in certification, education, training and public outreach, we are among the most respected fitness organizations in the industry and a resource consumers have come to trust for health and fitness education."}
-{"text": "IRE\n\nThe World Federation, in partnership with Mumbai Jamaat, held a Residential Youth Camp for girls aged 10 to 15 years from 30th May to 1st June 2016. The camp was held at Khoja Sanatorium at Khandala Hill Station. This camp aimed to promote Islamic guidance and support, address social topics and work on personality development through gaming activities.\n\nThe camp was attended by 31 girls of the community and supported by 7 mentors, 2 admin and 1 lead.\n\nMentors had to undergo a Mentor Development Program which was held on 28th and 29th May 2016. A highly motivated team was formed consisting of a Doctor, Madressa Teachers, an Entrepreneur and a Fitness Trainer. The camp Alima provided Islamic guidance and support. All programmes were conducted by female professionals.\n\nThe camp was divided into lectures, assessments and personal development. At the beginning of the course, a surprise sight-seeing session was held wherein ice breaker activities were conducted. All lectures were designed to be interactive rather than a one-way communication.\n\nAman Mookhi: My take away from the camp was that it made sure that the girls were regularly engaged in programs thereby making sure that they remained interested. The best part was that religious activities were also structured in a manner that made the girls motivated to perform. I am sure this experience will matter a lot in their religious, as well as personal lives, in the years to come.\n\nVazir Ali: The program arranged was superb and my daughter enjoyed every monent of it. Thanks for taking so much pain in organising each and every event of the camp. Hats off to your efforts. We as parents really appreciate the initiative taken by The World Federation to enlighten and educate our children. May God bless you with all the strength needed for organising year after year. My daughter is already in awe for the next camp. Thanks a lot JazakAllah.\n\n'I am highly impressed by the popularity the Youth Courses have gained year-on-year. This time with the introduction of a formal Mentor Development Program the mentors have been more focused and have given their 100% in development of the youth. My special thanks to the mentors to have devoted their time and energy in making this course a success', says Shaykh Kumail Rajani, Head of Islamic Education Department of The World Federation of KSIMC.\n\nRelated News\n\nThe World Federation India Office and Mumbai Jamaat organised a workshop for the \u201cParents of the Youth\u201d in Mumbai. This workshop was a part of 3 of the 4 workshops organised to cover all age groups from teens to the elders on the Theme of Family Ethics.\n\nProviding service to the community on Family Ethics is not just the objective of The World Federation India Office but also the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat Mumbai. Keeping this in mind, both the organisations join hands in presenting 4 Workshops on Family Ethics."}
-{"text": "Schedule: Full Term, Jan 18-May 21TBA TBA LEC M.Peralta FLC MAIN FLC ONLINE 15764 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. The mandatory orientation for this class is on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 1:00 pm in room FL5-109 at the Folsom campus. Students will be dropped from the class if they do not attend the mandatory orientation. Information for this class can be found on the Los Rios eLearning website at D2L.losrios.edu. Please follow the login instructions to access the course site and login to the eLearning system. Access to the course will be available before the first class session. Students must activate and check their student email accounts prior to the first week of the semester. If waitlisted, please do not contact the instructor. You will be contacted by the instructor if added to the class.\n\nTBA TBA LEC J.Kraemer FLC MAIN FLC ONLINE 15767 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. The optional orientation for this class is on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 4:00-5:00pm FL4 135 at the Folsom campus. For more information, please see the instructor's website.\n\nTTh 01:00PM-02:20PM LEC J.Kraemer FLC MAIN FL4 135 15766 TextbookT 07:00PM-10:05PM LEC M.Peralta FLC MAIN FL2 209 16051 TextbookTBA TBA LEC J.Kraemer FLC MAIN FLC ONLINE 16052 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. The optional orientation for this class is on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 4:00-5:00pm in room FL4 135 at the Folsom campus. For more information, please see the instructor's website.\n\nTBA TBA LEC J.Kraemer FLC MAIN FLC ONLINE 15769 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. The optional orientation for this class is on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 4:00-5:00pm in room FL4 135 at the Folsom campus. For more information, please see the instructor's website.\n\nSchedule: Full Term, Jan 18-May 21Th 07:00PM-09:05PM LEC C.Chesbro FLC MAIN FL4 135 15434 TextbookTBA TBA LAB C.Chesbro FLC MAIN FLCTBA\nThe mandatory orientation for this class will be on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 6:30pm-8:00pm on the Folsom Main Campus in FL4-135. This course has 6.6 hours of arranged lab per week. Students will complete required lab paperwork at orientation. Lab placements are assigned by the instructor in the Folsom, Placerville, or Rancho Cordova areas prior to the semester's start. Students begin lab the first week of the semester. Students requesting to complete lab at their worksite must petition the instructor in advance and have all criteria documentation submitted and approved prior to the semester's start. TB clearance must be received before the first class meeting. Some lab placements may require fingerprinting.\n\nSchedule: Full Term, Jan 18-May 21T 07:00PM-08:50PM LEC E.Lewis FLC MAIN FL4 135 15436 TextbookTBA TBA LAB E.Lewis FLC MAIN FLCTBA\nThe mandatory orientation for this class will be on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 from 6:30pm-8:00pm on the Folsom Main Campus in FL4-135. This course has 6.6 hours of arranged lab per week. Students will complete required lab paperwork at orientation. Lab placements are assigned by the instructor in the Folsom, Placerville, or Rancho Cordova areas prior to the semester's start. Students begin lab the first week of the semester. Students requesting to complete lab at their worksite must petition the instructor in advance and have all criteria documentation submitted and approved prior to the semester's start. TB clearance must be received before the first class meeting. Some lab placements may require fingerprinting.\n\nSchedule: Full Term, Jan 18-May 21TBA TBA LAB K.Church FLC MAIN FLC ONLINE 15727 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. A mandatory, in-class orientation is required for all new and returning students registered in a Work Experience course, whether it is an online course or traditional, face-face course. All students must attend one of the three orientations, which are scheduled as follows: Saturday, January 18, 2014, from 10:00AM - 12:00PM in FL1 207; Tuesday, January 21, 2014, from 3:00PM-5:00PM in FL1 207; and Wednesday, January 22, 2014, from 3:00PM - 5:00PM in FL1 207. Please visit www.flc.losrios.edu/~church to review the Work Experience course outline. If you have any questions regarding the online Work Experience courses or orientations, please email the instructor at churchk@flc.losrios.edu.\n\nTBA TBA LAB K.Church FLC MAIN FLC ONLINE 15860 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. A mandatory, in-class orientation is required for all new and returning students registered in a Work Experience course, whether it is an online course or traditional, face-face course. Saturday, January 18, 2014, from 10:00AM- 12:00PM in FL1 207; Tuesday, January 21, 2014, from 3:00PM-5:00PM in FL1 207; and Wednesday, January 22, 2014, from 3:00PM - 5:00PM in FL1 207. Please visit www.flc.losrios.edu/~church to review the Work Experience course outline. If you have any questions regarding the online Work Experience courses or orientations, please email the instructor at churchk@flc.losrios.edu.\n\nTBA TBA LAB A.Mansfield Off Campus RCC ONLINE 15728 TextbookThis is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. A mandatory, in-class orientation is required for all new and returning students registered in a Work Experience course, whether it is an online course or traditional, face-face course. All students must attend one of the two orientations, which are scheduled as follows: Thursday, January 23 from 1:00pm-3:00pm in RCC 8, and Friday, January 24 from 10:00am-12:00pm in RCC 11. Please visit: http://www.flc.losrios.edu/academics/work-experience-(wexp)/wexp-courses for Work Experience program information and course descriptions. If you have specific questions regarding the online Work Experience course or orientations, please email the instructor at mansfia@flc.losrios.edu."}
-{"text": "DAY 1\n09:00 - Arrive at the airport Pattimura Ambon\n09:30 - The journey to the village of Tulehu\n11:30 - Crossing by using ferry\n13:00 - Arrive at Seram island and continued our journey to Saka Village\n15:00 - Arrive at saka village and crossing to Ora Beach (10\n\nitenary tour\nDAY 1\n08:30 - Meeting point. (Pattimura airport in Ambon)\n09:00 - Departure to Tulehu port\n11:00 \u2013 Arrive at the port and crossing by ferry\n13.00 - Get to Seram island, the journey continue towards Saka Village\n15:00 - Up in the village of Saka and continue the\n\n3D / 2N Itinerary\nDay 1: Arrival in the morning, at 6:00 to 7:30 AM\nPicked up from Pattimura Airport, Laha, Ambon, to the village of Tulehu by using speed boat\nAt 9:00 am or at 11:00 am towards Seram island by speedboat (Tulehu - Amahai)\nAt 11:00 am\n\nItinarary\nDay One\n- Arrive at the airport Pattimura, Ambon, and picked up towards Hurnala harbor in Tulehu village.\n- Breakfast at the port Hurnala (Exclude) and preparation for speed boat\n- Taking speed boat to across the harbor Amahai (Ceram)\n- Arrive at Amahai and heading to Masohi for\n\nDay 1:\nPick-up from the station or airport Surabaya, Surabaya City tour by visiting the War Memorial Monument, Red Bridge, the National Bridge Surabaya Madura ( Suramadu ), Cheng Ho Mosque, House of Sampoerna. Check in hotel.\nDay 2 :\nBreakfast hotel directly to Malang, Malang city tour\n\nitenerary:\nDay 1:\nPickup from the address or the start point of the airport or station, the journey towards Ecotourism Bowele (South Malang), arrived at the guest house dinner together that we provide, to fill the time, you can have a social time with residents and jalan2\n\nLenggoksono Beach ( BOWELE )\nThe beach is located in South Malang, exactly beach - Bolu Bolu , Wedi Awu , and Lenggoksono. Lots of objects that really be Heaven Beauty Tourism in Malang including Niagara -named \" Niagara Banyu Down \" which is located across\n\nDeparting from Malang heading to the TPI ( Fish Auction Place ) Blue Spring coast at 06.00 am, the trip is approximately 3 hours\nArrive at Blue Spring TPI coast, leading to the post Ojeg transfer / entrance Tiga Warna Beach. On the arrival at the\n\nItinerary:\nDay 1 : Transfer In - Malang City Tours\nArrive in the Airport or Station, you will be picked up by the driver and guide. They will guide you to Inggil Resto for having lunch. Then we will continued with Malang City Tour through Ijen Boulevard,\n\nDay 1\nAfter breakfast, we depart to the beach village Sendang Biru. It is a two to three hours drive. Upon arrival you have some time to explore the village. Don't be shy, and just keep on walking. You might find yourself in another world. Then\n\nPosts navigation\n\nIndonesia-Tourism.com is the Indonesia's tourism web that contains wide variety of Indonesia\u2019s travel information along with the facilities required by all travelers. Indonesia-Tourism.com also acts as a website that promotes businesses in tourism sector through the thousands of pages, which is capable of clicking pulley Indonesia's websites is better known by the world tourists."}
-{"text": "About us!\n\nDrags\u00f6 Camping & Stugby is a four-star modern family campsite situated on an island only 3km from the center of Karlskrona. If you\u2019re lucky, you get a caravan site right next to the sea. In total we have 275 camping pitches of which 216 with electrical connection. We have 3 service buildings including the newest inaugurated in 2009.\nOur cabin village consists of 31 cottages, many of them with a wonderful view! We also have a small Youth hostel with four double / triple room which is located next to the beach.\n\nIf you want to walk to town it takes about 20 minutes, you can also take the ferries directly from the campsite to the center. Of course, we have land connection through a bridge so you can easily take yourself to and from our island by car.\n\nDuring peak season, we have a restaurant open with full rights and with good food. Here you can also get entertainment such as karaoke and live music evenings while enjoying the wonderful view of the bay.\n\nWe also have a store, snack bar, adventure mini golf course and a variety of enjoyable activities.\n\nThe campsite is open 12/4 \u2013 8 / 10-2017. The luxury and exklusive cabins is open all year around.\n\nTo be sure to get a camping pitch or cabin call and book, you can also book online on this site! Phone 0455-15354, email info@dragso.se\n\nHey! Remember that you can book directly online by clicking on the book online button to the left you will recive some discounts. There you can also select the exact place number or cottage. For questions, call us by phone +46 (0)455-15354"}
-{"text": "Month: June 2018\n\nTalkspace is a great invention that has been made to help people cope w4ith the way that they are feeling. Talkspace is a therapy company that is stationed in NY and has been a great way to help out many people. It was founded by Oren and Roni Frank in 2012 and has since been a great success to the the psychology and therapy world. Talkspace was developed in hoped of being able to help out people who suffer from mental illness especially those who have mental break downs and mental crisis. Talkspace even provides marriage counseling. This has been a great way for people who need the help and extra support to be able to receive it with out having to travel to an office, and it is also for less money. The first thing that it requires you to do is to be matched up with the correct therapist based on what your needs are. There is a range of certified therapists that can help in marriage counseling all the way to simple personal problems. After that, there is a range of plans that you can choose from based on what your budget is. Once these steps are completed and you are matched with a therapist, then you will be working with that on therapist through out your journey. One of the many great things about Talkspace is that you are able to write whenever you want or whenever a mood hits you. The therapist usually respond once or twice a day, but if you need more then you also have the option to schedule a chat video. Talkspace has recently partnered with Michael Phelps and together they are creating new ways to be able to help out others. He explains who Talkspace has been able to help him in his career and in his personal life. Talkspace has been able to help out many people and that is worthy of admiration.\n\nOn the recent World Sight Day, the organization called Sightsavers believes that there are not enough eye health workers in the world.\n\nIn the United Kingdom, The College of Emergency did a study and found that there were not eye health staff in emergency departments.\n\nThe United Kingdom is not the only country that is having problem with a shortage of eye health workers. Sightsavers says that there are over 50 countries that do not have the right number of eye health workers. If you combine eye health workers with doctors, nurses and midwives, there is a shortage of 4.3 million health workers.\n\nThis international shortage problem is not the same every country or region. In Africa, the health worker shortage has reached crisis levels in 26 countries. An additional 10,000 eye health workers are needed in these countries. Internationally, according to Sightsavers, these eye health worker shortages mean that many countries are not meeting their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). If things continue like this, governments will not be able to implement strategies that will increase the number of eye health workers.\n\nSighsavers feels that eye health workers can\u2019t find the solution to this problem alone. They must get financial help from the global donor community and the national governments. They must know how to invest the money wisely. If they don\u2019t know where to put the money, their investment could be wasted.\n\nThe lack of eye health shortage affects the important health services. If a country has less than 23 doctors, midwives and nurses per 10,000 people, they usually don\u2019t get adequate coverage rates to reach the targets set by the MDGs. In Ghana, they now have 1 doctor and 10 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people. UK quite adequately more covered with 27 doctors and 94 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people. Sightsavers feels that the world faces an eye health doctor shortage crisis and that governments or communities must solve this problem.\n\nWhat would the world be without science? It\u2019s a question Michael Lacey may have asked himself before he became the mathematician he is today. Lacey may have known a world free of mathematics is a void space. His famous scientific publications indicate he had the heart for science especially mathematics. He is among the few honored, celebrated, acclaimed, renowned, and distinguished mathematicians you would meet today. Any trial to summarize Lacey\u2019s abilities and qualities would make you run short of descriptive adjectives. He didn\u2019t pursue mathematics because it was the only available opportunity but because it was his childhood passion.\n\nLacey was born on September 26th, 1959. He went to Texas University, Austin for his undergraduate degree in Mathematics. As a passionate and avid mathematician, Lacey didn\u2019t end his studies when he got his first degree. He pursued his career at the Illinois University and graduated with a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1987. Mathematics has different fields one would specialize in based on their interests. Since Michael Lacey wanted to discover a profound solution in logarithmic and probability equations, he did a thesis in Banach spaces. Lacey\u2019s thesis solved most of the Logarithm problems many students had struggled with in the past.\n\nTaking a career in Mathematics would require one to be devoted to the course. The love Lacey had for mathematics is indescribable. His attitude to the discipline of mathematics is positive, and this has helped him to add unmatched content to this discipline. He has mentored many students who showed unquestionable passion and interest in mathematics in most of the institutions he has worked in so far. He has offered selfless and quality services to different universities such as North Carolina University, Louisiana State University, and also Indiana University. He has been a lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology since 1996. He has been an associate chair of this faculty and a senior professor in this institution.\n\nWhile he was at the North Carolina University, he had to prove a concept. He did so by contributing a lot to the Central Limit Theorem. Sparse Bounds for Bochner is one of the many scientific journals Michael Lacey has published. His immense contribution to the world of mathematics has seen him receive prestigious awards such as Guggenheim Fellowship Award, Salem Prize, and postdoctoral fellowship of Science Education.\n\nTheft of intellectual property rights is a massive problem on a global scale. China is the number one offender of these rights. President Trump has made it clear \u201cEnough is enough\u201d\n\nThere is no one in the world today that knows more about the importance of IP rights than Professor Kamil Idris. Serving as the Director General for the World Intellectual Property Organization, Professor Idris has championed these fundamental rights.\n\nFor decades, China has reaped the benefits of illegally copied goods and services. Manufacturing and selling these goods at a fraction of the cost, driving companies out of business.\n\nTrump has levied significant tariffs on China in recent months, backing off slightly in the last few weeks. Trump wants to see China enforce their own IP rights, scholars believe this strategy may backfire.\n\nChina must feel economic pressure before it considers any reforms, says Scott Kennedy from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Kennedy sees President Trump as fighting tough, not smart.\n\nNeither China nor the United States wants a trade war believes China expert, Orville Schell. The tariffs have left China off guard; however, there is more President Trump can do to stem intellectual property theft.\n\nFew people realize the importance of intellectual property in their daily lives. Many ask, what do these rights bring to my life? Without IP rights, new technologies would never be developed. Intellectual property rights allow broadcasting of worldwide events and global warming would take on new meaning.\n\nExperts believe the issue of IP rights is slowly being resolved. There could be a few reasons for this. The previous administration was already deep into bilateral talks to resolve IP rights with the Chinese government. The effort swept aside, along with the last political climate. An obvious reason for the improvement of IP rights between the US and China might just be the improvement of China\u2019s manufacturing facilities.\n\nAndy Rothman of the investment firm Matthews Asia believes China is being forced into better manufacturing. Rothman also concedes, as Chinese manufacturing has become more efficient and profitable, those companies want to protect their own IP rights. A rise in lawsuits has alerted the Chinese government.\n\nProfessor Idris is passionate when it comes to protecting a person\u2019s creativity. China\u2019s stubbornness is evident in intellectual property rights, President Trump continues to press the issues. There is light at the end of the tunnel.\n\nWilliam Saito is a Japanese-American who was raised in Walnut, California. He developed a big interest in technology and engineering at a young age. When he was just 10 years old he got an internship in computer programming, for example. When he was in college he started his a software company which developed into I/O Software. This company started to develop authentication tools in order to keep systems secure. He worked with Sony to develop fingerprint technology and then at age 34 he sold his company to Microsoft.\n\nWilliam Saito attended the University of California, Riverside. Saito got degrees at this university in biochemistry, advanced management, and executive management. After selling I/O Software he moved to Japan where he became both a political and strategic advisor. When the tsunami flooded the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor, for instance, he was brought in to work on the independent investigation commission to uncover exactly what happened and how it could be prevented in the future. William Saito has also advised Japanese government officials about cybersecurity, cloud computing, and other technological matters.\n\nWilliam Saito was also an adjunct professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for over seven years. He taught both entrepreneurship and venture capital to students at this university. Additionally, he has written about these subjects. He wrote, \u201cAn Unprogrammed Life, Adventures of an Incurable Entrepreneur\u201d where he wrote about programming and starting businesses. He wrote about things such as learning how to break copy protection when he was younger, for example, just simply because it was a lot of fun for him.\n\nOver the years he has developed a global awareness of security issues and the best practices for keeping systems secure. William Saito is known for being deeply knowledgeable about IT strategies and solutions and has informed many executive-level leaders in regards to these issues. He is also known for moderating many cybersecurity conferences and serving as a panelist on many others as well. His other skills include automation, information security management, and how to enhance company operations through the use of technological solutions among other skills.\n\nAnil Chaturvedi is a successful qualified banker with over 40 decades in operations. He has worked with numerous international banks where he has gained multiple skills in corporate banking, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, wealth management, capital markets, and risk management. Throughout his career, he has provided an excellent result which makes him a global skilled banker with vast experiences and skills.\n\nEducation Background\n\nAnil Chaturvedi was enrolled at Delhi University in 1971 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1973. He furthered his studies at the same university and was awarded an MBA in Finance. These would later equip him with the necessary knowledge regarding economics and finance. He advanced his skills to become a world-class banker.\n\nWork experience\n\nState Bank of India (1987-1991)\n\nThe State Bank of India named Anil Chaturvedi as the manager in charge of development and planning. Here, Anil was responsible for the planning and implementation of the market strategy that targeted non-Indian residents across the United States, India, and Asia. After four years, the bank had made $500 million as a result of the success of the marketing strategy under the leadership of Anil Chaturvedi. Due to his unique success, he was presented with the man of the year award by the bank.\n\nANZ Grindlays Bank, New York (1991-1993)\n\nAfter Anil had opted out of State Bank of India, he was selected as the vice president and the senior of US operations by ANZ Grindlays Bank, New York. He was tasked with the responsibility of developing leadership skills, formulating the bank\u2019s profitable model, marketing, product development, and regulatory and compliance issues.\n\nMerrill Lynch (1993-2011)\n\nAnil Chaturvedi spent 17 years building Merrill Lynch to become the world\u2019s leading wealth advisory firm. He became a global private banker who covered global Indians across The United States, India, Europe, and Asia. He was nominated as the managing director and led substantial growth during his tenure.\n\nHinduja Bank (2011- present)\n\nAnil Chaturvedi currently serves as the managing director of Hinduja Bank. His role is to oversee mergers and acquisitions, sales and restructuring among other managerial functions."}
-{"text": "Month: November 2018\n\nBitcoin, the digital gold, is also increasingly being used in long-term investment strategies. Is this premature or sensible?\n\nBitcoin trader: we can pay a flight, a taxi or drinks in Bitcoin\n\nAlso to get a salary in Bitcoin is nothing really new anymore. Couldn\u2019t Bitcoin trader, if so much can be done with it, also change our social systems, according to the motto be your own pension? The use of Bitcoin as part of an unconditional basic income has already been much discussed.\n\nUltimately, much of the outcome of this discussion can be applied to pensions. The CEO of Chainfrog, Keir Finlow-Bates, has commented on this:\n\n\u201cWhen the state introduces a single pension for all, it is ultimately an unconditional basic income for pensioners. If this pension is proportional to what individuals have paid in, it will of course be more complex, because then the payments have to be considered over a long period of time. Of course, many people think that this is already possible with the blockchain. Since we don\u2019t know exactly what accounting systems will look like in ten, twenty or fifty years, which will certainly have an impact on the development of blockchain technology.\u201d\n\nPension in Bitcoin for crypto trader\n\nThe Wall Street Journal and onlinebetrug have reported about the scam on BitcoinIRA in this regard. It is not a crypto trader affine circle of Irish extremists, but a company that allows its clients to invest in their individual retirement accounts (hence IRA) based on Bitcoin. Unlike other Bitcoin investment funds, clients do not have to pay management, holding or performance fees. Clients can also withdraw their funds quickly.\n\nThe platform cooperates with experts from the Fintech sector and thus guarantees secure, profitable investments with Bitcoin.\n\nEdmund C. Moy is the lead strategy developer at BitcoinIRA. He commented on the unique selling proposition of his company as follows:\n\n\u201cWe are the only ones who put real Bitcoins in the Roth IRAs. If Bitcoin increases significantly, this profit will not be taxed unless it is immediately paid out in accordance with IRS regulations. If I were an asset manager, it would be my primary duty as a citizen to diversify my client\u2019s portfolio with Bitcoin\u201d.\n\nIn the company\u2019s latest investment report, Moy looks very positively to Bitcoin\u2019s future:\n\n\u201c2016 was a good year for Bitcoin IRA. Our clients have made an average profit of over 40% \u2013 which is of course due to Bitcoin. Volatility has decreased and the entire ecosystem around Bitcoin is becoming more regulated: \u201cWith the confirmation of our business model by the Wall Street Journal, we are looking optimistically into 2017\u201d.\n\nBitcoin: Things don\u2019t always go uphill\nSo far, everything sounds like a sky full of violins. But despite all the enthusiasm about the rise in the last few months (which was not completely destroyed by the fall in prices in the last few weeks) one must not forget that Bitcoin is still a risky investment. You can still lose a lot of money here.\n\nIn 2013, Jack Tatar, former financial advisor and current CEO of GEM Research Solutions, dared an experiment: he invested 25,000 dollars in a so-called Bitcoin Investment Trust.\n\nHe shared his experiences: he lost 50% of his investment with the fall in Bitcoin\u2019s share price. According to Tatar, probably no other author has ever been called a \u201cfool\u201d as often as he was.\n\nSo the question arises: Can you use Bitcoin to improve or secure your pension or is it still too early?\n\nWe\u2019re in one of the biggest thefts in history. \u201cHow further can we ask ourselves?\n\nOn Friday, shortly before my actual work, I looked again at the current course developments. In the morning I had read the crypto classic \u201cWhy do markets crash\u201d again (always a good literature, if you can\u2019t see the willow anymore because of all the cops, I\u2019ll discuss it here) and thought accordingly, the past would repeat itself, when BTC easily and ETH extremely fell.\n\nIn the course of the day one learned what made the ether course tremble in particular \u2013 and how a stone thrown into the water made waves elsewhere was also the Bitcoin course affected by it. What happened is now known \u2013 there was a huge theft, which transferred about sixty million dollars from the DAO\u2019s find into a Child DAO (which was often referred to as DARK DAO).\n\nAs a DAO Token Holder (albeit belonging more to the phytoplankton than to the whales) I also lost money and accordingly this historical exploit of an implementation error in the Smart Contracts also concerns me.\n\nHow do I feel about that Bitcoin code?\n\nOf Bitcoin code course this may be due to my phytoplankton status, but more than the lost money I am due to the discussion DAOn (It\u2019s Sunday, good weather and today we have apricot dumplings). So forgive me this pun). According to onlinebetrug the Bitcoin code situation is tricky. A lot of money has now been removed from the DAO, and it is perfectly understandable that people should become emotional here. These emotions also explain the many irrational and personal accusations against the DAO and the currently preferred solution regarding the Soft Fork and the Hard Fork. Nevertheless, I have my problems with both sides.\n\nAlso Bitcoin code crypto money spoils the character\n\nIn their rage that a lot of money was lost, the suspicion that the coup was an inside Bitcoin code job became great. I\u2019m not in a position to make a final judgment here (yes, I admit that I have a bias as a slockit fanboy), but generally, excuse me, it\u2019s affectionate when someone (as read on Facebook) assumes an inside job just because the people at https://www.forexaktuell.com/en/bitcoin-code-scam/ are talking about a thief and not gender-appropriately about a*R thief*_In.\n\nOne may like to discuss about genetic masculinum on the one hand and gender-fair language on the other, but in this context it is of little use as a suspicion.\n\nBut also other positions become silly: Someone on Twitter has presented the theft in all seriousness indirectly as something positive. As already said I am in the Fanboy camp, but you don\u2019t have to call it white what is black.\n\nA lot of money has been stolen here, there is nothing positive about it! One can only try to limit the damage \u2013 as many heads behind the DAO are currently doing.\n\nLike so often when it comes to money (and unfortunately it doesn\u2019t really matter whether we\u2019re dealing with big banks or the crypto world), people become closed within the law, forgive me, assholes.\n\nSo a letter claiming to have been written by the thieves talked about the fact that the robbery was possible and therefore legal \u2013 the Dmart Contracts is the legal basis, therefore it is perfectly ok to exploit the gap.\n\nWell. How am I supposed to say\u2026 if someone with a pram stands at the foot of a long staircase and asks me for help, I do not point out that there is no legal text that obliges me to help her \u2013 I simply help.\n\nAnother example? Some time ago white hatcher Ryan Castellucci could show that brain wallets are unsafe. He actually came across the private keys of some users, so he had their accounts (and Bitcoin) in his hands.\n\nHe didn\u2019t even have the opportunity \u2013 unlike the DAO, by the way \u2013 to contact the bagholders directly. Unlike you know who, he didn\u2019t plunder the accounts, but initiated some back and forth transactions to hopefully tell the owners that something is not completely kosher with their account. He also pointed this out in a lecture at Def Con.\n\nI am saddened that there are actually people who think that everything that is legal is ok. Unfortunately, this brings us to another point, this time in our own camp\u2026\n\nWhat the Fork!?\nEthereum and slock.it are now discussing more than just that besides the Soft Fork, which wants to prevent ether transactions from the DAO, they want to create a Hard Fork, which wants to prevent ether transactions from the DAO.\n\nTuur Demeester (author of the original English article) is an independent investor and editor-in-chief of Adamant Research. Adamant Research was founded in early 2015 and offers a monthly newsletter service. Here you can find a report about \u201cHow do I position myself in the Bitcoin Rally\u201d.\n\n2015 was another \u201croller coaster year\u201d for Bitcoin news\n\nThere was a remarkable development in infrastructure, hot debates about scalability and many companies and institutions that came to the Bitcoin news. In addition, there was a small crash below the 150 US dollar mark, which was quickly compensated by a rapid upswing to 500 US dollars. Let\u2019s first look back at the highs and lows of the past Bitcoin news and then discuss what the year 2016 will bring us.\n\nHere is my view of the history of Bitcoin formula:\n\n2009-2010: Conception\nThis is the prehistory of Bitcoin formula as a currency in which there was hardly a price for the tokens created by software. There were numerous technical discussions and the core developers plugged a big weakness in the Bitcoin formula source code.\n\n2011: The first bubble and great joy in experimentation\n\nThe first Bitcoin exchanges fought for new users and the Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox emerged as the clear winner of the battle. Silk Road and BitPay are founded and Bitcoin experiences its first bubble with a jump from $1 to $30.\n\n2012: Gambling, Speculation and Leverages\nAt the beginning of the year there were some big Bitcoin thefts and the market demanded better and safer Bitcoin wallets.\n\nThe lack of interest in the Bitcoin prize was offset by leverage (Bitcoinica), gambling (Satoshi Dice), various Altcoins (Litecoin) and Bitcoin Mining (Butterfly Labs).\n\n2013: The Mining Boom\nAfter several Bitcoin death advertisements in well-known newspapers, Bitcoin returned with a full rally in spring.\n\nNews of huge profits from early entrants caused a sensation and the mining boom was not long in coming due to the development of hardware specifically designed for mining.\n\nThe boom was underpinned by further gains in the last two months of the year as the price of a BTC jumped to over $1,000 an ounce. Mining difficulty rose from 20 to 90,000 Th/s this year.\n\n2014: Altcoin side jumps\nGiven the enormous potential of the digital currency, more than $300 million has already been invested in Bitcoin start-ups in 2014 \u2013 four times as high as last year.\n\nBut not all sectors of the Bitcoin business were doing so well: speculative exuberance, overzealous mining-hardware manufacturers and the ever-increasing difficulty made Bitcoin mining fly. The results were delivery cancellations, deliveries of no longer profitable hardware and a number of insolvent start-ups (Tuur Demeester also burned some money here).\n\nIn view of the falling Bitcoin price and mining overcapacity, initial suspicions were spread that Bitcoin was too rigid, that a boring brand embodied the mining network too inefficient.\n\nIn response, Altcoins mushroomed like mushrooms that supposedly could fix all these problems\u2026or made no promises at all, such as Dogecoin. Bitcoin investors jumped on the bandwagon of Altcoins to diversify their portfolio and minimize their risk. For some it will have been the right decision because in 2014 there were several Altcoin bubbles.\n\nIn a representative crypto study, the British market research institute D-CYFOR asked 1002 adult Britons about Bitcoin and crypto currencies.\n\nAccording to the survey, 93 percent have heard of Bitcoin at least once before. That is an increase by 13 per cent in the comparison to the past November. Thus the level of knowledge about Bitcoin has reached a new high.\n\nBritons don\u2019t want a central Bitcoin formula\n\nMore than half of the respondents (56 percent) stated according to onlinebetrug that they would not invest despite regulation of Bitcoin formula crypto currencies by the government. One third, on the other hand, would \u201crather\u201d invest if the Bitcoin formula market were regulated.\n\nIn addition, the study shows that the majority (60 percent) would not support a coin issued by the Bank of England (BoE), which would be linked to Sterling. Millenials, on the other hand, are the only age group that would support a crypto currency issued by the BoE.\n\nBritish pessimistic about Bitcoin\u2019s future according to crypto study\nThe optimism about the value of Bitcoin has not changed compared to January 2018. 39 percent of the respondents are still optimistic. However, this figure has decreased by 15 percent compared to November 2018.\n\nSix out of ten Britons (61 percent) are skeptical about the Bitcoin development for the next six months: 32 percent believe that Bitcoin will lose value in the next half year. The other 29 percent believe that the largest crypto currency in terms of market capitalisation will collapse and become worthless. Also here no change resulted to the study in January. However one must stress that an increase of the values resulted in the comparison from 47 to 61 per cent.\n\nBritish not yet satisfied with Bitcoin trader sales\n\nD-CYFOR also asked about the experiences of Bitcoin trader. Almost one in four (24 percent) Bitcoin trader who tried to sell Bitcoin found the fees too high. 10 percent said it took a long time to sell Bitcoin and in the meantime the value fluctuated widely. A third thought the sale was an easy process, while 16 per cent did not yet try to sell Bitcoin.\n\nHalf of the surveyed Bitcoin investors wanted to keep their investment shorter than a year. Nearly a quarter (24 percent) want to stay invested for more than five years and 28 percent of the respondents said they didn\u2019t know yet.\n\nFurther Investments\n50 percent of Bitcoin investors would not invest in another crypto currency. The other 50 percent would invest their money in Ethereum (20 percent), Bitcoin Cash (14 percent), Ripple (6 percent) and Litecoin (5 percent).\n\nFinally, the study shows that a majority still considers real estate (45 percent) to be the best investment for long-term investment. This is followed by 20 percent who invest their money in a bank and 14 percent who invest in shares and bonds. A further 13 percent put the money aside for pensions. Six per cent invest in gold and only two per cent invest in crypto currencies such as Bitcoin."}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nPost navigation\n\nCSI Drama \u2013 Part 2\n\nIn this second part of my assignment for my serial killer, I\u2019m going to focus on the finer details of my killer.\n\nName: Alfred Cunningham\n\nKnown As: The OCD Killer\n\nBirthday: 05/14/1975\n\nHeight: 6\u2032 1\u2033\n\nWeight: 190 lbs\n\nSex: Male\n\nHair: Dark Brown\n\nEyes: Dark Green\n\nMy serial killer\u2019s modus operandi for killing his victims usually involved stabbing them. Because of his strong OCD background, he felt that he had to stab his victims several times to make sure that they have been stabbed and that they are indeed dead. Just like his OCD forced him to make sure that the door is closed or that the light is off.\n\nHe used stalking to carefully pick his victims. He usually chose his victims based on their appearance. If his victims looked \u201cuntidy\u201d, \u201cfilthy\u201d or \u201cmessy\u201d, they stood a very good chance of being killed. He would wait for his victims to be alone or out of sight of the public and then make his move. He chose male victims above female victims.\n\nHis victims were between the ages of 20 to 30, which was roundabout the age he started killing.\n\nThe reason for his primary weapon being a knife, is that a firearm is too \u201cmessy\u201d. Seeing as that OCD patients like to keep their hands clean, a knife was the obvious weapon of choice for my serial killer. With a knife, it was easy for him to get in a few deadly stabs without having to worry about the mess a gunshot would\u2019ve caused, due to to the entry wounds and exit wounds on the victim\u2019s body.\n\nAfter killing every victim, he would wash their hands.\n\nIf you do happen to match any of these details, it is completely coincidental."}
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-{"text": "Aug 22nd, 2017\n\nAuthor: PJ Dhanoa\n\nMany people express themselves through their appearance. By wearing certain clothes, donning certain makeup, and experimenting with hairstyles, many individuals express themselves in unique ways that help them achieve the latest looks or create one all their own. Hair can be versatile, and it can be styled, cut and colored in different ways, but hair can often be subject to pitfalls and other mishaps \u2013 especially with hair coloring. If you are looking for Herald Square hair color correction, we here at Fabi\u2019s Hair Studio can provide you with organic coloring and expert styling that can help you achieve the perfect look.\n\nHair color can be tricky, especially when it comes from a box. Certain chemicals can severely damage hair and tackling something like hair color on your own can be challenging and sometimes dangerous. Hair can easily become damaged, or colors can come out completely different than expected. Not every boxed product will produce the same effect, especially on different hair types, colors, and people who may have color buildup or already damaged hair. When it comes to expert styling and coloring, it is always best to see a professional. Here at Fabi\u2019s Hair Studio we offer Herald Square hair color correction that can fix any problems you run into with box or other types of dye at home. We use organic hair coloring so you don\u2019t have to worry about chemicals or strange smells. Plus, we can provide our expertise to help you achieve the perfect possible color.\n\nTo learn more about Herald Square hair color correction or organic coloring, feel free to call or visit us here at Fabi\u2019s Hair Studio. One of our stylists would be more than happy to meet with you, examine your hair, and figure out the perfect plan to help you achieve the look you were originally aiming for."}
-{"text": "A DealStream\u2122 Service\n\nNational Cartridge Franchise Business\n\nPassaic County, New Jersey - United States \u2022\nAsking Price\n$350,000\n\nRetail Stores: Stationery and Office Supplies\n\nDescription\n\nNational Cartridge Franchise Business opportunity for this retailer with a dependable gross income of $634,696 and a yearly net income of $148,596. The company launched this franchise organization 20 year ago and presently has retail locations in more than 50 countries, Cartridge World is an industry leader, delivering high-performance printing products that assist their customers, save time, money and quality printing! Cartridge World is the global leader in selling eco-friendly ink and toner printer cartridges and they assist companies and individuals with all of their printing needs and services. The company offers complete printing solutions for businesses and consumers and makes printing easy. Whether you buy ink and toner or printers for your home or business you will find expert advice for all of your printing needs. This includes equipment and supplies for busy families and college students to Fortune 500 clients for printer installation, repair service, printer monitoring and they offer free delivery. They guarantee their services with a 100 percent customer satisfaction guarantee. By choosing Cartridge World ink and toner cartridges, you can save as much as 30 percent over full-priced cartridges and businesses that partner with Cartridge World can save thousands every year. In addition to eco-friendly ink and toner cartridges, they offer bundled printing solutions to meet all of your printing needs and they offer one low, easy monthly payment. Their printing products and services can improve your bottom line by hundreds to thousands of dollars and the company\u2019s software provides worry-free printing by monitoring your printers. They also have an easy order system which allows ordering online and schedule delivery of all your printing supplies. Private company (franchise) which supplies a full assortment of printing cartridges to businesses and the general public. The assets of this business which consists of a turnkey retail operation has an estimated value of approximately $135,000 which includes various printers, shelving, POS & accounting system, tables, computers, software including all the necessary equipment to maintain the day to day business operation and a list of assets will be supplied to purchaser upon request. The company has three-part time employees who are unaware of the pending sale and fully expected to remain post-closing and the monthly payroll is approximately $4,000. The sale includes a commercial three-year business lease which is assignable and expires 2019-01-01 plus additional options, with a monthly rent of $3,911, cost of square feet is $37.55 and rent security $8,000. The retail business facility which is 1,250 square feet is located in a highly active commercial mall with a capacity for approximately twenty-five customers. The business location has substantial private parking at the facility which is part of the commercial lease. The business is active six days weekly (Monday thru Saturday) hours from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. This business transaction includes the certificate of occupancy from the particular municipality and the required city license to conduct its day to day business. The customer base represents the general public and none of the customers represents more than 5% of the business income."}
-{"text": "While Emily Bront\u00eb and a few other renowned writers have managed to thrive in social isolation, most writers and editors live by the mantra: \u201cEvery writer needs an editor, and every editor needs an editor.\u201d I well remember hearing that charming chant from my editorial mentor, Mary Knickerbocker, one of AFP's previous managing editors. Although writers and editors who aspire to the field may have more highly developed written rather than verbal communication skills, and may prefer introspective thought to social interaction, it's na\u00efve to think that journal editing is done in a vacuum.\n\nEvery now and then, AFP meets with an editorial candidate whose expectation is clearly that editing solely consists of working in solitude to produce pristine copy. Not so. Real life and real editing are much messier than that. While the desired outcome is, indeed, pristine copy, the editorial process involved in producing a large journal like AFP is more along the lines of a quilting bee. While some parts of the journal can be produced individually and in solitude, the \u201cblocks\u201d must be made according to an agreed-on pattern, and the final product requires the simultaneous netting together of many pieces. Quilters agree on the best design and colors to use, as well as the proper texture, fabric, border, batting, and quilting pattern, while editors agree on the proper form and content of information. When the pieces come together, it's a highly social process.\n\nWork at AFP is done both in solitude and in teams. AFP's professional editors on staff have a flexible schedule and may choose to work at home on occasion. Some editors use floating \u201cwork-at-home\u201ddays when they have a tight writing deadline. Some editors apply for a telecommuting arrangement in which they work at home one to three days per week. One of AFP's professional editors, Barrett Schroeder, has continued working full-time as a telecommuter from another city after relocating with her husband. The various arrangements work well\u2014editors satisfy their need for quiet time but return armed with their quilt blocks.\n\nEvery now and then we yearn for more contact with outside colleagues, and that's why we keep in touch with professional groups such as the Council of Science Editors (CSE) and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). There we find other quilters like ourselves and have an opportunity to learn what's going on in this world. Ms. Schroeder and I recently attended the annual CSE meeting, held this past May in San Diego. The meeting drew close to 300 attendees representing editorial offices from the United States, Canada, and Europe. This contact with editors of other medical journals and science publications makes us realize how much we can learn from our colleagues. Far from being a \u201crowdy\u201d bunch, editors are nonetheless friendly and entertaining and no lightweights when it comes to intellectual interchange. We find our colleagues endearing and open to sharing resources.\n\nThe major conference theme, \u201cConnecting Scientific Communities,\u201d examined the power of written and electronic communication to link scientific communities in different countries and across different scientific disciplines. The keynote speakers offered updates on evidence-based medicine, alternative medicine and evidence, and visual communication in science. The meeting also offered a look at electronic publishing solutions, among many other topics in publishing. Changing technologies continually influence the way journals do business, and AFP is no exception as we continue to upgrade our technology. Although we came away with many useful tidbits of information, the meeting reminded us how much writers need editors, and editors need editors.\n\nLog In for Full Access\n\nAccess Denied\n\nOnline access to most content in new issues of American Family Physician is restricted to AAFP members and paid subscribers. All content of each issue is made freely available about one year after publication. For access to all AFP content, you may subscribe to the journal, purchase online access, or investigate joining the AAFP."}
-{"text": "The scope of project is renewal of all tracks with 49E1 type rails, renewal of bridges and tunnels, automatic barriers to all level crossings, enlarging Cankiri, Karabuk, Ulku, Balikisik and Yesilyenice stations and ERTMS/ETCS Level 1 signalization.\n\nThe project was started in January 2012, with a deadline of January 2016 and a budget of \u20ac 227mn, 194 of which was from EU funds.\n\nTL 563mn (\u20ac 180mn) has been invested until this year for the project. This year\u2019s budget is TL 237mn (\u20ac 70mn). New deadline is 2018.\n\nPassenger service started last month on Zonguldak-Karabuk section with DMUs. By the completion of signalization now, the trains are expected to speed up, since current speed of 3.5 hours for 121 km is not competitive compared with bus service."}
-{"text": "79th ANNUAL GUILD HALL ARTIST MEMBERS EXHIBITION\n\nOver 400 artists participate for the opportunity to be awarded Top Honors and receive a solo show in the Museum\u2019s Spiga Gallery. The 2017 Awards Judge is Ruba Katrib, Curator, SculptureCenter. The Artist Members Exhibition is the oldest non-juried museum exhibition on Long Island. This community-centered exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate the artists who live and work here. Artists from every level participate in this exhibition to show their support of Guild Hall and its role in their life as their community. Free Admission. Museum Hours: Monday, Friday & Saturday 11am-5pm & Sunday noon-5pm. The Museum at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806, GuildHall.org.\n\nFree Museum Admission is generously funded by Bridgehampton National Bank"}
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-{"text": "Paris to Marrakech\n\nTrip Details\n\nFrom the chic boutiques of Paris to the spice souks of Marrakech, enjoy an adventure of culture, history and contrasts. Explore Chateau Villandry, cycle in the Dordogne, sunbake in San Sebastian, sample sherry in Jerez and cross the Sahara by camel. With plenty of free time, this is a trip that has something for everyone.\n\nRelated Travel Stories\n\nWith a mystical allure, hoards of adventure travel seekers, flock to Morocco in search of the romantic, exotic experience. Travelers can trek by camel across the Sahara desert, enjoying little Berber settlements scattered among the sand dunes. Others choose to get lost and shop in the labyrinths of Marrakech or up into the Atlas Mountains that offer hikes and some great scenic villages...."}
-{"text": "It is the policy of Big Horn County to cooperate with the public and private entities in granting easements within the county road right of way to install facillities which serve the public such as waterlines, electric lines, pipelines and public access. While cooperating with these is encouraged, the integrity and safety of the road must be maintained.\n\nIn order to control these operations within the right of way, a utility license and/ or approach permit is required prior to construction\n\nAbout Big Horn County\n\nBig Horn County, Wyoming is located in the northern part of Wyoming's Big Horn basin. Big Horn County was created from parcels taken from Johnson, Fremont, and Sheridan counties, and was organized in 1897."}
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-{"text": "This article focuses more on biology than physics, but I hope you will excuse me. Skynet, an idea of living,\nthinking, breathing, fornicating machines taking on the world, while humans wallow in their own stupidity.\nMatrix, an idea of living, thinking, breathing, fornicating machines taking on the world, while humans are\nnothing more than players in a video game, plus some stunning FX effects.\n\nFor someone with an IQ higher than floorboard panels, this concept is ... well, annoying. I like good movies with\nlots of action and shooting, but I expect the plot to have some integrity, so that even when you're reading your\nfavorite Jane Austin book while cozily parked on the warm plastic of your toilet bowl, you can still reason out\nsome of the weaker scenes.\n\nBut I'm not here to discuss movies ... too much. We've done that quite a bit recently. I would like to discuss the concept of self-aware, self-sustaining machines\nfrom the perspective of biological constraints that make this quite impossible, even if we completely ignore the\nlaws of physics. And then go back to movies. Let's see why living machines are just bad imagination.\n\nObstacle #1: Life is organic\n\nWell, there you go. Life, as we define it on Planet Earth, requires all sorts of elements to be classified as\nsuch. There's nothing special in these elements, compared to the rest of them, but since they are found in all\nliving organisms, hence the adjective organic, they are a prerequisite for life.\n\nMost machine use lots of non-organic materials, including some fairly toxic ones. For example, gold, copper,\nlead, arsenic, and mercury, so freely used in the assembly of electronic circuits, are heavy metals and are quite\ndeadly to living organisms. Tough luck, there.\n\nObstacle #2: Evolution\n\nThere's this tricky little thing called evolution. For the past four billion years or so, nature has done its\nbest to perfect life from single-cell organisms into something more complex and useful, like programmers or male\nmodels.\n\nFour billion years, billions of organisms, many which have been extinct for a long time now - deprecated in geeky\nterms. Machines, on the other and, have been around for just a few thousand years, since the early history man\nstarted shaping them. Complex machines have been around for just a few hundreds of years. Computers have been\naround for only about half a century.\n\nHow much time would a modern human require to transform machines into thinking organisms? Even if the human is a\nmillion times smarter, faster and more efficient than the entire Planet, it would still take roughly four\nthousands years to achieve something like that. And we're still not past the first century.\n\n1.7% done, 98.3% still left to go.\n\nBTW, no one really knows how to create life. The transition from a collection of elements into a living things is\nstill a mystery and will probably be forever. In fact, if you focus on it for too long, you might feel slight\nbuffets of despair hammering in your chest.\n\nCreating a living machine\n\nLet's assume for a moment that we want to build a self-aware, self-sustaining machine. We will play nature for\nthe machine, just like nature played ... nature for us.\n\nThe first thing we will have to do is equip our machine with sensors, roughly equivalent to our five senses.\nThese sensors will have to be active all the time, collecting all and any bit of information received. With time,\nour machine will learn how to process the data and filter unnecessary parts. But that's later.\n\nTo collect the vast amounts of data, our machine would require a staggering array of storage and a tremendous\ncomputing capacity to be able to register the torrents of information in near real time. This means that out\nmachine would probably be a gigantic super-computing farm, with thousands of processor cores.\n\nObstacle #3: Weak processors\n\nCPUs are like living cells. CPUs have transistors, we have DNA strands. CPUs have memory controller units and\nwhatnot, we have mitochondria and ribosomes. CPUs have power units, we have ATP all over the place. In terms of\ncomplexity, CPUs are somewhat like single-cell organisms.\n\nThis means that even a world-wide grid with 10 billion computers is only a 10-billion cell organism, still\nwithout any self-awareness or ability to sustain itself. But it's a good start. Almost.\n\nIt took the evolution just 4 billion long years to move from single cell organisms to humans. A lone human body\ncontains on average 1015 cells, full five orders of magnitude more than the most\npowerful computer grid we can possibly hope to build. More realistically, computer grids contain millions, maybe\ntens of millions of units, so the realistic gap is much, much bigger.\n\nIn theory, this means that computers would require a lifetime of a universe to evolve into something meaningful.\nBut let's ignore this subtle conclusion for a moment. Let's continue with our project.\n\nTo process the information, our machine would require endless tons of scripts, written by humans, to allow it any\nsort of artificial intelligence, although each and every decision would be predetermined. Our machine would\nrequire a finite solution, for any which path it must take. Any unpredicted situation that cannot be solved using\nthe built-in algorithms would cause the running programs to exit or crash.\n\nLet me give you a crude example:\n\n50:50 chance\n\nLet's say a machine is chasing after a human riding a motorbike. At one point, the human reaches the edge of the\ncliff and manages to leap over to the other side with his bike. The machine cannot go to the other side. What\nwill it do? How will a machine handle a situation where all exit statuses come with the same probability of\nsuccess, the fat, round 0%? Or worse, what if its calculations decided that the success of a jump to the other\nside was exactly 50%? What would it do? Jump? Stay? Toss a coin?\n\nThen, there's the issue of precision and truncation. 50% chance for machines is more like 50.00000000%. And what\nif there's a little non-zero digit somewhere among the less significant bits. Does the machine take this one into\naccount? Or does it truncate it off? What about the rounding?\n\nThen, there's the small issue of ...\n\nExperience!\n\nMachines would also have to die at one point - or continue replacing all its parts, until nothing of the original\nwas left. Would this new, refurbished machine be able to do what the original did? Would it inherit all its'\nparents knowledge, including the experience? With humans, experience is individual, which is what makes us so\nunique. What would one machine's life history mean to another?\n\nAnd so it goes ...\n\nTo make our machines capable of coping with endless reality, they would require an endless amount of code. This\nmeans that millions of humans would have to code millions of scripts every day to try to handle every possible\nscenario the machine would have to cope with, never quite really finishing the project. The programmers would\nhave to be able to write down the collective human memory in the past 200,000 years into code - and continue\nwriting forever, because every moment of life, something new happens.\n\nTranslating all this into binary code does not seem quite feasible.\n\nObstacle #4: Feelings & instincts\n\nEventually, though, we might assume that they would succeed. Dry information would be all there. Still, without\nfeelings and instincts, our machine would never be able to take the right decisions.\n\nWithout the ability to analyze human behavior, something that humans have to cope with every moment of their\nlife, learning and re-learning situations, our machine would be totally lost. Moreover, without feelings and\nimpulses to drive their decisions, our machine would be defeated by sterile mathematical logic.\n\nHumans often take decisions based on whim, gut feeling, irrational thinking, spontaneous moments of courage and\nmischief, delusion, past experience, and whatnot. These factors cannot be translated into algorithms, since\ncourage, delusion and experience are individual, completely unique to the person whom they belong to.\nCollectively thinking, there are also decisions formed on higher levels of hierarchy, like family, tribe, town,\ncountry, nation, religion, etc. A single machine could never achieve these.\n\nIn a way, our machine would have the reasoning capacity of an autistic person, taking all for granted, literally,\nat face value. With such survival skills, it would be easily duped by 3rd graders. And we have still not yet\ngiven our machine any self awareness.\n\nObstacle #5: Self-awareness\n\nTo reach self-awareness, our machine would have to reroute some of its circuits, create a new would-be\nneurological pattern that would give it something beyond the pre-scripted abilities. This could only happen by\naccident or direct human intervention. Let's assume we want to help our machine reach awareness.\n\nWe would have to deliberately hotwire circuits, one by one, hoping the malfunction due to the introduced change\nwould not cripple our machine and instead grant it a new, better, more optimized logic. This is somewhat like\nmanually mapping DNA or the neuron nets in our brain.\n\nSo what do we have here? We could play with DNA, which has some 4+ billion base pairs, 90% of which are junk. Or\nwe could play with synapses, of which an average human has approx. 1015. For the\nsake of simplicity, let's focus on DNA first, shall we?\n\nSince we know 90% of DNA is junk, this means that roughly 90% of our reroutes would cause our machine either not\nto evolve or even devolve. This makes for a tricky experiment. We have roughly four billion binary options, all\ninterlocked. In plain terms, that's just 24,000,000,000 options for mistake. Not\nbad, right?\n\nWell, evolution took some 4 billion years and countless billions of species to perfect this formula. I think\nhumans could eventually succeed in creating something with the skills of amoeba in what ... a few millennia?\n\nWe would still be short of self-awareness. We would have to develop an immune system for our machine and make it\naware of itself, creating the first spark of intelligence. This intelligence would then have to go from being\ndumb to very smart, eventually attaining at least the human capacity, with 1015\nadaptive logic circuits.\n\nLet's go back to our computer grid. It's small, just a few billion cores, whereas we need hundreds of thousands\nof trillions. And we have still not taught our machine how to move, eat or replicate, how to fix its own\nproblems. And it still would not have feelings.\n\nObstacle #6: Survivability\n\nWhat would happen if we reset our machine, turned the power off or if a lightning struck one of its electrical\nsub-components, drying half the transistors? What would happen? Our machine would die. And we would have to start\nover.\n\nThe first task would be to create other machines, designed to monitor and fix any problems found with our baby.\nThey would play the task of all sorts of P proteins, fixing damages in the DNA and whatnot. But they would\nstruggle to work with any non-prescripted patterns detected in the grid. This means that we would have to upgrade\nthe R&R firmware for every change introduced into the system. It would be a never-ending race condition,\nstill wholly dependent on the human.\n\nIn theory, eventually, we might be able to create a machine, governed by our baby Adam, which would check for\nchanges in its system, assume them all to be good, and then send updates to robots designed to maintain and fix\nit.\n\nThe next step would be to equip our machine with power cells, to keep it alive during power outages. But\neventually, it would have to connect to every single power station in the world, to keep going at all times. And\nit would also have to have some sort of mobility.\n\nAs you can see, what we have here is something like Internet. A world-wide grid that is ever changing, with\nhumans for its sensors, wholly, completely dependent on it. This is exactly what we have today.\n\nThis system is aware of itself, if you will, but its awareness is the collective existence of all its users. It\nis also capable of changing and evolving and it has all the elements of a living thing, with viruses traveling\ndown its line, 90% junk manifested in email Spam, and so forth.\n\nInternet is the Skynet. But ... it is one big collective thing spread across the entire globe. It's not\nindividual robot machines made of Titanium running around with Minigun and mowing down pigeons. In fact, this\nwould be counterproductive to its existence, as Internet feeds on humans. What more, bringing it down is such a\nsimple affair. Just unplug the 13 root DNS servers and it's darkness worldwide.\n\nConclusion\n\nMovies like the Terminator are a relic from the late 70s and 80s, when a new era of apocalyptic thinking evolved,\nfollowing the success of the Star Wars movies and then Star Wars crisis between Americans and Soviets. But they\nhave no place in our society today. It was fun imagining that the turn of the century would bring an electronic\ncatastrophe, when it fact it brought enlightenment and happiness to billions of people, connecting them together.\n\nHonestly, I think I hate almost everything that has to do with electronic doom. I can forgive sci-fi writers that\npublished this kind of nonsense in the 40s and 50s of the 20th century, when future seemed to far and yet\ninventions burgeoned like mushrooms after a mushroom cloud. But for people who have tasted the slow reality of\nthe modern world, it's just plain stupid.\n\nIt's ridiculous to think that someone would be so naive or yet so arrogant to assume machine domination too early\ninto the future. It's an insult to evolution and humanity. BTW, have you noticed that dates in these would-be\napocalyptic movies are slowly sliding away? To focus on the Terminator franchise, the first promised date of doom\nwas 1992, then it was 1997, then it was 2010 or so, then it was 2038, and so on. Simply depressing. The most\nsensible thing would have been to choose a date far into the future, hundreds or thousands of years from now, so\nthat some, minimal plausibility can be claimed.\n\nThe year is 2009. The technology is blooming faster than never before. And what is our greatest invention yet?\niPhone, maybe, so that humans can have something to toy with. The concept of thinking machines is just\ninfuriating.\n\nThe machines will never be more than stupid boxes doing what they're told. And the moment they start thinking for\nthemselves, they won't be machines anymore. Since this will never happen, we can continue watching stupid movies\nand pretend that it might."}
-{"text": "I have made a sticker chart for the refrigerator with words and pictures, Jerry is willing to help give it a try. She has to earn back her pedicure at this point so if we have two good weeks then that is what she will earn. Jerry and I have to decide how many stickers she can miss in her two week window and still get her reward.\n\nI have made a sticker chart for the refrigerator with words and pictures, Jerry is willing to help give it a try. She has to earn back her pedicure at this point so if we have two good weeks then that is what she will earn. Jerry and I have to decide how many stickers she can miss in her two week window and still get her reward."}
-{"text": "The history of science fiction and fantasy at the cinema is littered with wreckage. It's hard enough to make a movie, and nearly impossible to make a good movie. So it's not surprising that even some of the best directors in Hollywood have at least one stinker in their resumes. With The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan confirms his membership in an elite club: genre film-makers who've never made a truly regrettable movie.\n\nHere are six science fiction and fantasy movie directors who've never made a bad movie.\n\nNote: We're not including directors who've only made a few movies total. So no Joss Whedon, and no J.J. Abrams. And obviously there's some subjectivity about what constitutes a \"bad movie\" \u2014 for example, Peter Jackson is disqualified purely on the basis of Lovely Bones. Even if you liked Prometheus, Ridley Scott is probably bumped already, thanks to Legend. With that out of the way, here's our short, exclusive list:\n\nChristopher Nolan\n\nAt this point, he's not only made a pretty solid Batman trilogy, he's also made a point of doing his own challenging projects as well. His track record includes the mind-bending Memento and Inception. But also, he succeeded in taking Christopher Priest's tricky \"feuding magicians\" novel The Prestige and turning it into a stylish, clever film. He easily earns a place on this list.\n\nAs a stand-alone movie, The Dark Knight Rises is pretty darn good \u2014 better than most summer action\u2026\nRead more Read more\n\nDavid Cronenberg\n\nYes, we think eXistenZ is a decent movie, trippy \"trapped in a weird body horror video game reality\" sequences and all. We like M. Butterfly fine. And Dead Ringers, his weird \"twin gynecologists\" movie, is pretty solid as well. And of course, Cronenberg has more than his fair share of classics under his belt too, from Scanners to Videodrome to The Fly to Eastern Promises. His place on this list does depend on the early reports that Cosmopolis is a clunker being false, however.\n\nGuillermo del Toro\n\nHis early Mexican films are just great. Mimic isn't his greatest work, and it definitely has some flaws \u2014 but it's not a bad movie at all. And after that, you get into a string of films that are either good or great, including the two Hellboy films, Blade II, and the utterly beguiling Pan's Labyrinth. And after seeing the first footage from Pacific Rim, his \"giant monsters vs. giant robots\" movie, we're confident that it will be at least decent.\n\nJames Cameron\n\nBut wait \u2014 what about Avatar? Actually, we don't think you can call Avatar a bad movie, even if you don't think it was a great movie. It's a well-worn story, but Cameron tells it reasonably well, and it's also gorgeous as fuck. And if you allow him Avatar, then Cameron's record looks pretty strong. Titanic is sentimental \u2014 but more solidly constructed than its namesake. The Abyss actually holds up quite well. Then there are True Lies, the two Terminators, and Aliens, all of which are great. You do have to disqualify Piranha 2 as having been directed by Cameron, however.\n\nKathryn Bigelow\n\nShe's spent a lot of her career shuttling back and forth between science fiction films and straight-up action thrillers, before going gritty and topical with The Hurt Locker and her new Osama Bin Laden film, Zero Dark Thirty. Her action and science fiction movies include the classic vampire film Near Dark, the cop movie Blue Steel and the \"undercover agent\" movie Point Break. Really, though, her place on this list depends on what you think of Strange Days, her movie about a weird future where people buy and sell memories. It's definitely got some clunky bits, and it's not a great movie \u2014 but we'd argue Strange Days has enough jarring, weird moments to stick in your mind. And it never descends into actual \"bad movie\" territory.\n\nBrad Bird\n\nAnd finally, the only director to make the transition from Pixar to live action successfully. (Bird's colleague Andrew Stanton nearly makes this list \u2014 but even though John Carter succeeds at doing many things, it also fails at a nearly equal amount of its goals.) And Brad Bird's filmography includes not just the Pixar classics The Incredibles and Ratatouille, but also The Iron Giant \u2014 which takes Ted Hughes' sad, beautiful children's book and turns it into an utterly lovely film. And even though Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is mostly a pretty brainless action film, Bird makes it look just astonishing, especially in IMAX. We've never seen anything like some of the Dubai sequences, plus Bird manages to make Tom Cruise look like he's really scared and engaged during those action scenes, instead of just competent and disengaged."}
-{"text": "Full Access Sections\n\nEpisode: \"Little Dick Meets Big Dick\"\n\nHi everyone! Brandi Belle here, back with another hot vid. We haven't done any comparisons of dicks lately like we used to in the past. So today I figured why not have two of my girlfriends help out and jerk off some cocks until they bust. We have a little dick and a big dick. This should be exciting! Everyone has their own preference. So come and watch to see which dick you like better. Enjoy!"}
-{"text": "Easy In, Easy Out\n\nA new high-speed shuttle loader, designed for maximum grain throughput, is the product of innovative co-op equity application\n\nOn a first-of-its-kind application of co-op equity, Aurora Cooperative and CHS, Inc. have teamed up to build a state-of-the-art high-speed shuttle loader that promises to benefit all parties involved.\n\nBased on its long history of transactions with CHS, including selling grain and buying inputs, Aurora Cooperative had built up significant equity as part of the co-op structure.\n\nRecognizing that the equity is in place to help develop new services for co-op members, Aurora Cooperative president George Hohwieler posed the idea of a new shuttle loader facility to Lynden Johnson, executive vice president of CHS Country Operations.\n\nBoth agreed this could be an asset. The two cooperatives formed an independent entity, Superior East LLC, as a 50/50 joint venture. The LLC leases the facility to Aurora Cooperative, which has full responsibility for management and operation.\n\nAdding volume for BNSF\n\nFrom the outset, the intent was to build a simple, high-capacity facility designed to take grain in by truck and move it out by shuttle train safely, quickly and efficiently.\n\nAurora Cooperative has 17 grain elevators across south-central Nebraska and one in Republic, KS. The five elevators that comprise Aurora\u2019s Highway 8 corridor just north of the Kansas state line, and including Republic, KS, are all older, none with the capacity to load shuttle trains.\n\nAurora Co-op selected its Superior, NE, location for this facility. It has three other Nebraskan shuttle loader facilities in Sedan and Grand Island, both served by the Union Pacific, and one in Aurora, served by the BNSF.\n\n\u201cOur Superior facility is in a trade area where BNSF lacked volume. It made perfect sense for us to work very closely with BNSF to put the shuttle loader here,\u201d explains Chad Carlson, vice president, grain, for Aurora Cooperative.\n\nAurora initially explored expanding its existing in-town location in Superior, but several factors, including a creek on the property and managing higher truck traffic, prompted them to stake out property on the eastern outskirts of town.\n\nThere, Superior East LLC, at Aurora and CHS\u2019s direction, began construction of the $28 million facility in May 2013. Todd & Sargent served as the general contractor.\n\nAn ag bio multiplex\n\nFeatures include a 120-car loop track, 1.25 million bushels of permanent storage in 12 bins, 3.3 million bushels of ground-pile storage, and a 10,000-ton liquid fertilizer tank to serve the cooperative\u2019s agronomy division.\n\n\u201cWe refer to our locations as \u2018bio multiplexes,\u2019\u201d Carlson says. \u201cWe can serve our members\u2019 needs for fertilizer and handling grain. With the loop track in place, it was an easy decision to have the liquid fertilizer available to receive shuttles of fertilizer.\u201d\n\nAnother easy decision was adding 1,000 feet of track to the initial loop design to handle 120-car shuttles. \u201cShuttles started at 90 to 100 cars, now they\u2019re 110. We built for the future, knowing that shuttles could easily go to 120 cars,\u201d Carlson explains.\n\nBuilt for the future\n\nIn operation, the new facility is meeting the expectations. Trucks enter across a Rice Lake scale. The driver scans his card across the reader and selects the proper account for the load as a grain sample is pulled with a Gamet probe. The truck moves ahead to one of two 1,200-bushel receiving pits. After dumping, the truck moves ahead to an outbound scale, is weighed, then exits.\n\nIt\u2019s a quick process. Connor Hiebner says that when everything was going full bore at harvest, trucks went from scale to scale in under four minutes.\n\nHiebner is the terminal manager for the facility. A recent graduate from University of Nebraska \u2013 Lincoln in mechanical systems management, he connected with Aurora Cooperative as an intern. When he started as a full-time employee in May 2014, he had the benefit of being on-site during the facility\u2019s construction and start-up.\n\nThe two dump pits each have 20,000-bushel/hour reclaim conveyors that can feed into any of three legs: two 30,000-bushel/hour legs and a 20,000-bushel/hour leg that also removes grain from the 7,000-bushel/hour dryer.\n\nAs trucks are unloaded, a Mac Process dust collection system minimizes any dust escapes; the dust is consolidated and reintroduced.\n\nInbound grain can be directed to any location including the facility\u2019s outdoor storage. Still in the final stages of completion until late April, the outdoor storage receives grain from an overhead drag that empties through a central tower. The tower, fully perforated, also draws air through the pile for ventilation.\n\nA reclaim drag is flush with the cement floor and runs from the tower to the grain legs. The pile can be filled and emptied using these overhead and subfloor drags exclusively. The only extra equipment needed is a wheel loader to push the last bit of grain in to the subfloor drag.\n\nGrain movement is monitored and controlled using Comco automation systems. From Hiebner\u2019s office, and from several computer terminals around the property, grain flow and equipment status can be confirmed at a glance.\n\nHiebner says the state-of-the art technology makes all processes run more smoothly and safely.\n\n\u201cFor example, our legs have alignment warnings for the tail and the head. There are plug alarms, run/fail alarms, speed trip alarms to warn if the top or bottom drums are running at different speeds, and alarms if a belt is rubbing the side.\n\n\u201cThe safety provided by these systems is a big deal. Moving as much grain as we do, we don\u2019t want things to go wrong,\u201d Hiebner says.\n\nSensors on critical systems have the ability to initiate automatic sequenced shutdowns. \u201cGenerally, this starts with the pit gate closing to stop the flow of grain; then it goes through a clean-out process prior to shutdown,\u201d Hiebner says. The system also performs this automated shutdown when commanded at closing time.\n\nTrain load-out\n\nAll inbound grain at the Superior facility is destined for train load-out. There\u2019s an option for truck load-out if serving local markets makes sense, but the focus is on getting shuttles in, loaded and out.\n\nThe BNSF pulls the 110-car shuttle and its typically three locomotives into the Superior loop. The BNSF crew departs, and the Aurora employees assume control of the train.\n\nThe loading process includes an operator in the locomotive and an operator working the loader spout joystick controls, who radios commands to the locomotive operator.\n\nAs a railcar passes the card reader, it signals the elevator\u2019s bulk weigher system as to the exact amount of weight that particular car requires. The bulk weigher weighs and releases the grain into the car, with the amount confirmed by the automated system for each car\u2019s manifest.\n\nTwo workers wearing fall restraint gear work on top of the railcars, one opening hatches, the other closing hatches.\n\nAn employee stationed next to the loader spout operator monitors the loading progress via the computer screen. And, in the same office, two samplers pull and tag samples of grain that is continually drawn from the stream. One sampler is an Aurora employee who constantly checks the samples for grade quality and condition; if they detect any grain going off-grade they are able to make blend adjustments on the go. The second sampler is a representative from an independent grain inspection service who documents a sample from each car.\n\nThe shuttle loader facility is enclosed to protect workers from the elements and for more efficient dust management. Dust is recycled back into the grain being loaded to assure accurate weights.\n\nWhen the train is loaded, the Aurora team hands it over to the BNSF crew, who drive it off the property to its destination.\n\nCarlson says the efficiencies brought forth by the circular track are tremendous. \u201cThe train stays intact,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s no decoupling and coupling cars, no shuttling cars, no building air.\u201d\n\nHe says BNSF recognized the value this level of efficiency presented to them, and were a very willing participant in making it all come together. While Aurora Cooperative owns the loop track on their property, BNSF handled the improvements on their connecting track. And, the railroad worked with Aurora Cooperative for the extensive training and agreements needed for Aurora personnel to operate the train on its property.\n\n\u201cA crew can spot a train here and come back and pick it up in 10 hours. It can hit the California market and come back, doing those turns just as fast as possible,\u201d says Carlson. \u201cThis facility makes the railroad much more efficient.\u201d\n\nNew markets, new options\n\nCarlson says having this large, new high-capacity facility greatly benefits the farmer/owners of the Aurora Cooperative. Obvious benefits include lower cost transportation costs to export market ports and large inland consumers such as Texas feedlots.\n\nBeyond that, this new facility provides new options for the co-op\u2019s other grain elevators.\n\n\u201cBefore, we were running a lot of volume through those older houses, and it was difficult. Now, here, we have huge capacity to move corn and soybeans, and we can stage various segregated and identity-preserved grains at our smaller assets, as needed,\u201d Carlson explains. \u201cThis provides a redeployment of how we use our facilities.\u201d\n\nCarlson and Hiebner both say their farmer/owners are impressed with the speed, the technology and the simplicity of the new Superior location.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a state-of-the art facility that this part of southern Nebraska and northern Kansas has never seen,\u201d Carlson says. \u201cIt\u2019s built this way in part because our farmer/owners are working the exact same way. They are using the latest in technology, size and speed, and it\u2019s important for us to be in step with that. We\u2019re very optimistic about agriculture. The reality is we are feeding the world. To have the facilities, the people and means to move this food supply to the rest of the world is of upmost importance.\u201d\n\nMore Articles\n\nIn the feed and grain business, when we talk about safety we often think of physical safety: fall protection and enclosed space safety for employees; spill protection; safe handling practices for grain and feed products\n\nRestaurants are in the business of providing foods that people like to eat. And people certainly should have a wide range of options and choices for meals. Still, I can\u2019t help but think the recent decision by Chipotle to move away from using genetically modified organisms is more marketing than science."}
-{"text": "Hi, I'm Kenneth. I\u2019m a Swiss transplant in San Francisco. I\u2019m\nan angel investor, and an engineer at AngelList & CSC. Previously, I was co-founder of\nFreshPay and the architect behind Chartboost. When I'm not working, you\ncan find me either photographing some remote corner of the world, or hacking\naway on an ever-changing side project.\n\nThe average iOS user has a very short attention span and there are 200 apps that do exactly the same stuff yours does. You have to win at each step, and the decision will be made in less than 60 seconds. Whether you manage to get your app in the Top 50 rankings or your app shows up through search, the same steps apply. Bringing the user to a download amounts to convincing him to go through a series of gates, always choosing yours.\n\nI\u2019ve watched Santiago grow from toying with iPhone apps to making it his living over the past few years. He\u2019s really going for the mainstream user, and has some great tips in order to reach him and secure the download."}
-{"text": "Former Fort Worth doctor infected with Ebola returns to U.S. for treatment\n\nAugust 3, 2014 12:15 AM\n\n18\n0\n\nDr. Kent Brantly, a family practice physician who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while treating patients in Liberia, is now back home in the United States. He arrived at Dobbins Air Force Base Saturday morning and was transported to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, where an isolation unit was set up in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has headquarters nearby.\n\nBrantly, 33, had local ties: He completed his four-year residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, before beginning a two-year fellowship with Christian aid organization Samaritan\u2019s Purse in October 2013. He served as a general practitioner, delivering babies and performing surgeries at a..."}
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-{"text": "Next Opponent\n\nThe soccer news starts with what we already know. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will have 48 teams. That's approved and set as the Confederations work through what happens with qualifying. What isn't so sure is whether or not the 2022 World Cup goes ahead at 32 or 48 teams.\nFIFA president Gianni Infantino highlighted that uncertainty in comments to the Asian Football Confederation. \"Will it happen in . . .\n\nBy Clemente Lisi \u2013 MOSCOW, RUSSIA (Jul 16, 2018) US Soccer Players \u2013 Your World Cup hangover officially starts now. The days after crowning a World Cup champion is when those withdrawal symptoms start to kick in. It's only natural after watching such an obscene amount of games in such a short time span.\nWhile most of the planet tries to return to normal this week after France lifted the trophy on . . .\n\nMonday's soccer news starts with the World Cup finale. France took the title 4-2 over Croatia in a game that left world soccer wondering what they'd seen from the new champions. France spent much of the game looking like a team unwilling to fully commit. Croatia ended with more possession 66% to 34%, twice the shots 14 to 7, 528 passes to 289, and higher passing accuracy 83% to 68%. Where France . . .\n\nFriday's soccer news starts with the obvious. The World Cup concludes on Sunday (11am ET - Fox) with France vs Croatia and FIFA's president Gianni Infantino already letting us know that this is the best World Cup ever. Wait, what?\n\"Since a couple of years I was saying that this will be the best World Cup ever,\" FIFA said. \"Today I can say it even more, with more conviction... It is the best World . . .\n\nIt's easy to decide that the 2018 World Cup is France's to lose. They're the team playing the best soccer in the tougher bracket, the favorite against Belgium in the semifinals. That's for good reason. France is playing the type of soccer that sets them apart at a World Cup where nobody wants to be the favorite anymore. Favorites lose at this World Cup.\nThe run of upsets took out Germany in the . . .\n\nBy Charles Boehm \u2013 WASHINGTON, DC (Jul 6, 2018) US Soccer Players - It can take days, even weeks, for the most educated observer to thoroughly sift through the lessons of 90 minutes of high-level soccer, much less the entirety of a World Cup. Watching the growing ranks of teams eliminated from Russia 2018, it's tempting to try to make sense of their experience. What's there to learn for the USMNT, . . .\n\nThe soccer news starts with unabashed enthusiasm from England, benefiting from losing their last group stage game and getting past Colombia on the weaker side of the World Cup bracket. That last bit should resonate, with England seeing a clear path to the final. That comes courtesy of Russia knocking out the biggest threat in the lower half of the bracket with their win on penalties over Spain on . . .\n\nBy J Hutcherson (Jul 3, 2018) US Soccer Players - Just before Belgium decided to respond to Japan's two-goal lead in their round of 16 game, it looked like yet another World Cup upset in the making. Russia leads that list after knocking out mighty Spain. That unleashed a barrage of criticism the likes of which we hadn't seen since Germany crashed out of the group stage less than a week . . .\n\nBy Charles Boehm \u2013 WASHINGTON, DC (Jun 29, 2018) US Soccer Players - Even a week later, it\u2019s still vivid, one of the most stunning moments of a World Cup with plenty of them. Argentina was already wobbling against Croatia in their Group D clash, still level at 0-0. That's when Willy Caballero received a back pass from teammate Gabriel Mercado in the second-half.\nUnder pressure from Ante Rebic, . . .\n\nThe soccer news starts with yesterday's Group G finale at the 2018 World Cup. Belgium and England played out a game that strategically benefitted the loser more than the winner. Belgium scored, taking the game and the group and now on the tough side of the World Cup bracket. Should they advance past Japan, they face the winner of Brazil vs Mexico. For England, being on the wrong side of a 1-0 . . ."}
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-{"text": "Abuse Work Permit B\n\nThe Undocumented People in Ireland were not allowed to change employer with their preliminary work permit. This is also one of the rules in Belgium. By this rule a lot of regularisations of Undocumented People fail.\n\nOnce a workpermit B is granted, it should remain valid, even if an undocumented worker wants to change employer becuase he is offered a better job.\n\nBut the rules applicated when having a work permit B also inhibit the choice for another employer when he is dishonest, fraudulent or bullying his employees. This is the way undocumented and documented with a temporarily work permit are blackmailed.\n\nDuring the last regulation period that started in 2009, Sans Papiers of Hand in Hand Gent were confronted also with several cases of blackmail to get a work permit B. Next to that some applications failed due to the interference of the regional WSE offices. Most blatant situation is the refusal of a work permit B to Liu from West-Vlaanderen, who has been staying in Belgium for 12 years now. He is still waiting a decision of DVZ and fears to be expelled.\n\nThe Greenhouse case was one of the most blattant one\u2019s also. Greenhouse tried to blackmail an Etheopian woman as wel as her supporting group.\n\nWe from \u2018Shoulder to Shoulder\u2018 propose to make the abolition of that unfair rule to be one of the first campaigns to start up."}
-{"text": "IT'S good to hear some honesty in America towards its celebrities. Take the LA family court judge who told David Hasselhoff that he couldn't see his children. Of course, he couldn't. And if you'd drunk twice your weight in hotel mini-bar products like The Hoff, neither could you.\n\nThen there's drunk-driver Paris Hilton's ex-publicist claiming if there was any justice, she wouldn't be jailed. He's right. If there was any justice, the selfish rich kid, whose only talent is to slide out of cars showing off her Brazilian, would be made to slide into an electric chair. Knickerless, of course."}
-{"text": "Community shows up to oppose San Juan Ridge Mine\n\nRelated Media\n\nAbout 120 people, many of whom wore \u201cDon\u2019t mine our water\u201d buttons on their shirts, showed up to the Eric Rood Administrative Center Wednesday night to demonstrate opposition to the re-opening of the San Juan Ridge Mine, located near the town of North Bloomfield.\n\nNevada County Planner Tod Herman, who officiated over the meeting, reminded those in attendance that the purpose of the public scoping session was to incorporate public commentary on what the environmental documents relating to the project should study.\n\nThe county has contracted with PMC Consulting, based in Rancho Cordova, Calif., to produce a Draft Environmental Impact Report, which attempts to analyze the potential impacts the mine would have on the surrounding environment.\n\nImpacts to noise levels, traffic, water quality, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources and aesthetics will be studied, but the county wants to collect the community\u2019s ideas as to what else should be studied.\n\n\u201cWe are asking for information tonight as to what needs to be in the EIR,\u201d Herman said.\n\nThe community complied.\n\nMany of those in attendance again referenced the 1995 incident where a vertical fault containing highly pressurized water was punctured, resulting in a four-month period of aggressive water pumping at the underground mine, which resulted in the failure of about 14 wells in proximity to the mine.\n\n\u201cThe history of the mine from 1994 to 1997 is of de-watered wells, contaminated water supplies and a huge quantity of water discharged in a manner that exceeded legal limits,\u201d said Gary Parsons, president of the San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association, an organization that opposes the re-opening of the mine.\n\nThe results of mining were not anticipated in the last environmental review process, Parsons said, which makes the community wary, especially since the impacts from the mid-1990s event continue to linger.\n\nTim Callaway, CEO of San Juan Ridge Mining Corporation, said during a Thursday morning interview that the company will use a horizontal drilling system to explore the underground workings and avert a potential repeat of the incident.\n\nSolomon Henson, a hydrologist who Wednesday presented along with other members of SJRTA, deemed the horizontal drilling \u201can exploratory technique\u201d that will use the community\u2019s aquifer to \u201ctest a hypothesis.\u201d\n\nKurt Lorenz, a member of the SJRTA steering committee, also asked the environmental consultants to study and verify the applicability of this technique and its ability to prevent a similar occurrence.\n\n\u201cAs to the actual placement and number, we will be relying on hydrologists and engineers to guide that process.\u201d\n\nOther issues brought up included impacts to public services and utilities, as a crucial California Department of Fire and Forestry station is located in proximity to the proposed mine site, said Erin Noel.\n\nStephanie Freydont, owner of Extasia jewelry located on the Ridge, is concerned about the impact to already established businesses on the Ridge.\n\n\u201cI did not see on your scoping documents (any) economic analysis,\u201d she said. \u201cHow will the county protect and retain existing businesses?\u201d\n\nThe Ridge has a diverse local economy of more than 100 small- and medium-sized businesses that employ hundreds of people and generate between $15 million and $20 million in revenue, Freydont said.\n\nCommunity Supported Agriculture, a locally based food distribution model where an individual pledges monetary support to a farm and receives produce from that farm in return, is a prominent feature of the community on the Ridge and could be imperilled by mining operations, Noel said.\n\nDeclining property values should also be analyzed, Freydont said.\n\n\u201cA mine in the heart of our community could further erode our most important financial asset \u2014 that of our residential property,\u201d she said.\n\nCaleb Dardick, executive director of the South Yuba River Citizens League, also asked the consultant to consider the impacts to the entire South Yuba River watershed.\n\n\u201c(We ask) that the cumulative impacts be assessed, including impacts to water quality and fisheries,\u201d Dardick said.\n\n\u201cSYRCL is very concerned about impacts to Spring and Shady creeks, as well as indirect impacts to the South Yuba River.\u201d\n\nThe timeline for the project still entails a presentation and circulation of the DEIR in about five months and the subsequent circulation of the FEIR before the county board of supervisors will vote to approve or reject the use permit.\n\n\u201cThere were a lot of good points that were brought up last night by a group of concerned citizens, and I believe each one of those concerns will be studied in depth,\u201d Callaway said."}
-{"text": "Chapter 2. the Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property - California Code of Civil Procedure Section 315\n\n315. The people of this State will not sue any person for or in\nrespect to any real property, or the issues or profits thereof, by\nreason of the right or title of the people to the same, unless:\n1. Such right or title shall have accrued within ten years before\nany action or other proceeding for the same is commenced; or,\n2. The people, or those from whom they claim, shall have received\nthe rents and profits of such real property, or of some part thereof,\nwithin the space of ten years."}
-{"text": "\u200bThe NCAA has denied goaltender Steve Michalek and defensemen Patrick McNally and Max Everson an additional year of NCAA eligibility, bringing an end to a long period of uncertainty for the trio of NHL draft picks.\n\nThe University remains opposed to divesting its $35.9 billion endowment from fossil fuels, steadfast in the face of numerous sit-ins and demonstrations by students, alumni, and faculty affiliated with the activist group Divest Harvard.\n\nEvan M. O'Dorney '15 listens as the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum performs a hymn by Oliver Wendell Holmes that O'Dorney set to music during the 2015 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises on May 26 in Sanders Theatre."}
-{"text": "Eastchester's Jon Alkins takes it all in stride\n\n12:07 AM,\nApr. 7, 2013\n\nJon Alkins of Eastchester High School doesn't let diabetes stop him from being a standout sprinter.\n\nWritten by\n\nJermaine Dennis\n\nJon Alkins worked all season to pursue the state crown in the 300-meter event. But when the moment came in March at Cornell University, the Eastchester senior crossed the finish line in 34.69 seconds, one-tenth of a second too slow.\n\n\"We were devastated,\" coach Bryan Johnson said. \"Coming in third was not a part of the plan.\"\n\nMoments after a disappointing conversation with Alkins, Johnson was still feeling sorrowful for his star athlete. Then Johnson heard laughter. ..."}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: 1Co15:24\n\nThe LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. (Psa 103:19 NIV) Then the end will come, when the Lord Jesus Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "Marketers love what they do and with good reason. It\u2019s exciting, stimulating and inspiring to work on a great brand. But the rise of ad-blockers proves something no-one wants to admit. Brands are failing to maintain interest. Consumers want out of the messaging. Literally.\n\nMark Ritson called this some time back \u201cNever before has marketing been so unlimited in the scope and scale of clutter that it can bake into its digital messages. Never before has the consumer had access to such immediate and effective filtering tools. The stage is set for a brand new match in a tournament as old as marketing itself: advertisers versus avoiders.\u201d\n\nYou know something is seriously bothering the industry when it makes its way onto the agenda of a significant conference like the ANA. But while everyone has been happy to talk about all the technical aspects that have provoked ad-blocking adoption, such as loading, privacy, tracking, clutter and repetition, few are prepared to talk about the real elephant in the room. Consumers are bored and insulted by what\u2019s being served up to them, and how.\n\nWho can blame them? Think about your own experiences. Most of the stuff that is being front-ended onto device views is flat, stupid or irrelevant. It\u2019s not just failing because it\u2019s there. It\u2019s failing because it\u2019s not what consumers want to look at, it\u2019s distracting from the experience that consumers want to have, and it\u2019s dismally dull compared to the content that users themselves are sourcing and making.\n\nAnd the reason for that I suspect is because of course marketers and agencies are still trying to make placements. They are still treating digital channels as media channels, and not as entertainment channels in the very broadest interpretation of that idea. So they haven\u2019t thought through, to any level of depth, how to truly integrate brands onto digital platforms in ways that are enjoyable and fascinating. They\u2019re still trying to impose.\n\nIn an article on this very topic recently, Nigel Hollis quoted a study from AdReaction that showed people are most receptive to video ads that are based on their interests (41 percent receptive) or preferred brands (40 percent receptive) and they are most negative about video that reaches them that they don\u2019t control. Brand owners it seems have forgotten Seth Godin\u2019s permission marketing lesson.\n\nWhich begs the acceptance question that every decision-maker should pose about the stuff they are briefing in, overseeing and then being asked to approve: If you hadn\u2019t made it, would you want to watch it?\n\nAnd that\u2019s important because, for all the talk about what something does or doesn\u2019t offer, brands really only have one advantage over unbranded producers. They must be interesting to consumers in ways that supersede functionality so that they can align their name to that. If you\u2019re not interesting, you\u2019re a commodity in the making. And no amount of presence in the form of media spend changes that one iota. So, the message to marketers, brands, agencies and publishers couldn\u2019t be clearer. Be more interesting. Rethink the noise, because right now the experience isn\u2019t working for anyone. Ad-blockers are not the problem. Ad-blockers are an expression of the frustration.\n\nBrand owners need to hear three things that everyone\u2019s trying to shut their ears to. First of all, by not going all out to be interesting, you\u2019re running down your own brands on the very media that you hope is taking your brands to the world. The work isn\u2019t working. Secondly, while content may be free, interesting is increasingly expensive. It takes money and time and enormous effort to conceive and produce ideas that capture people\u2019s imaginations. Thirdly, the whole approach to participating creatively as a brand in the digital media arena needs reworking not just revising. Booking isn\u2019t looking. And without looking, you\u2019re paying an awful lot to be increasingly ignored.\n\nNone of this will change until the people who control the money do two things: release more money; and at the same time insist that the money work harder. Something to think about as we all head into budget season.\n\nSubscribe, Follow\nand Stay Connected to BSI\n\nBrand Education Programs\n\nIf you find our thought pieces on brand strategy and brand management insightful and would like a deeper understanding for yourself, your marketing teams or leadership teams we can develop a customized learning and development engagement for you.\n\nBranding Strategy Insider helps marketing oriented leaders and professionals build strong brands. We focus on sharing thought provoking expertise that promotes an elevated conversation on brand strategy and brand management and fosters community among marketers. BSI is a service of The Blake Project, a leading brand consultancy based in the United States, serving marketers around the world."}
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-{"text": "Two struggling entertainers are creatively stifened by their trivial job at a corporate training seminar. When the day finally comes where they book a bigger gig, at a hotel conference, pressure builds as they aim for perfection. Starring Claire Armstrong, and Naomi Skwarna, the film is directed by Daniel Warth based on a screenplay he wrote with Miles Barstead."}
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-{"text": "Hugo Party\nJust a reminder that if you live in Tallahassee and are curious to see what a Hugo looks like, and say hi to Ann, we\u2019ll be hanging out at the Mellow Mushroom from 7pm to 9pm on Saturday. A casual, laid-back party.\n\nEclipse 3\nJonathan Strahan has announced the line-up for Eclipse 3 and it\u2019s extremely strong. Let me blunt. In the wake of the fall-out from the mindblowing SF stories antho being all white males, it\u2019s just as important if not more important to celebrate anthologies that seem more diverse and inclusionary. In other words, being proactive means not just complaining about what seems wrong but praising what seems right. This doesn\u2019t mean that if Eclipse 3 for any reason isn\u2019t up to snuff that you soft-ball reviews, etc. Stories have to be good stories no matter who writes them. But I know that editing this series has been tough for Strahan\u2013editing in general is tough; the anthos I\u2019ve edited or co-edited have taken more out of me than any other projects\u2013and he deserves credit for putting together such a cool line-up. The more anthos like this that succeed in the marketplace, the more diversity you\u2019re going to see, and less reliance on the same safe names (from a book sales point of view\u2013which is the main way that publishers gauge how they think an anthology is going to do). The more anthos like this that don\u2019t succeed in the marketplace, the more you\u2019re going to see a fall-back reliance on what\u2019s comfortable for publishers. Activism means letting your money talk for you, sometimes.\n\nLast Drink Bird Head\nWe\u2019ve just bought http://www.lastdrinkbirdhead.com and we plan on using it for a pretty cool promotion. The idea is going to be that there\u2019ll be the ability for anyone to write their own Last Drink Bird Head creation from the guidelines and post it to this site, and there will be a donation button for people to donate to various literacy charities. We may also try to sponsor a Last Drink Bird Head week, where writers do LDBH flash fictions and drive donations to a particular URL. Still early days, and lots of other projects, but that\u2019s the initial plan.\n\nSteampunk 2\nFor this second reprint anthology we will accept reprint submissions via email. The dates for submissions haven\u2019t been set yet, but it may be as early as November. We\u2019re still working out the schedule. Never fear, though\u2013you will see the guidelines when available. We\u2019ll make sure of that.\n\nLeviathan 5\nWe still plan on doing this anthology, but we\u2019re pushing off the reading period until sometime in 2010 due to other projects we need to clear off of our plates before then. It may just have a general dark fantasy theme. Originally, we were thinking dark, surreal humor, but we\u2019re still thinking it through.\n\nShared Worlds 2010\nAnn and I are committed to offering a full minority scholarship at Shared Worlds starting in 2010. Shared Worlds, a teen writing camp focusing on SF/F, is a great entry point for future writers interested in non-realist writing, and it\u2019s important that it encourage diverse participation. I was struck this year by just how much good this camp can do over the long-term. Minority applicants will still be eligible for other scholarships, but we want there to be at least one specifically for this purpose. We\u2019re still working out the details, since we can only guarantee a third of such a scholarship out of our own pockets every year, still a substantial investment given I live off of my writing/editing. (If you\u2019re interested in contributing to such a scholarship, get in touch at vanderworld at hotmail.com.)\n\nAnn and Me, Workin\u2019 on Projects\nI\u2019d just like to add a short note that, um, when a book has my name and Ann\u2019s on the cover, it\u2019s because Ann and I are equal partners in these endeavors. In many cases, Ann actually does more of the work because I also have my own writing projects. It\u2019s a little distressing when someone calls an editing project we do jointly \u201cJeff\u2019s\u201d. It\u2019s more than a little sexist, and it\u2019s simply not fair. I know that I have a higher public profile because I blog a lot and write a lot of nonfiction, in addition to the fiction writing, but still\u2026Also, when my name is not on something\u2026I don\u2019t have anything to do with it. There\u2019s still a myth out there that I somehow select the fiction for Weird Tales or something. Um, not true\u2013I have absolutely 100% nothing to do with Weird Tales. My first look at stories is when the magazine comes out, and that\u2019s a true pleasure: to see what Ann\u2019s been up to, and to have so many wonderful surprises as a result.\n\nRelated\n\nComments\n\nI\u2019m a huge fan of short fiction anthologies, the less-themed the better (with the exception of things like SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH), but I have to admit, I was pretty disappointed with ECLIPSE 1 (except for the stories by Beagle, Shepard, Sterling, and Ford). However, that didn\u2019t dissuade me from ECLIPSE 2, which I thought was much more interesting overall, and the line-up for ECLIPSE 3 looks excellent. One quibble (and this may be something over which Night Shade has no control, sadly): the distribution for these books seems pretty poor. I picked up the first one while browsing in my local B&N (which has quite a good S/F section), but the only copy I ever saw (and immediately purchased) of ECLIPSE 2 was in Compass Books in SFO, which is an astonishingly good bookstore for an airport \u2013 I first discovered Roberto Bolano while browsing there.\n\nPhil\nThe controversy regarding both was pretty similar to the \u201cMind-blowing\u201d affair. The first anthology had a roughly equal number of stories by men and women but only promoted the men on the front cover. The second had only two women-authored stories out of fifteen or so.\n\nI actually defended the Night Shade crew about Eclipse 1 (Eclipse 2 was, looking at it from the outside, no two ways about it, a PR and transparency disaster), because knowing them they were thinking just straightforwardly \u201cwhat names will sell this book\u201d to the exclusion of any other factors, so my reasoning was that the act of only putting the men\u2019s names on the cover wasn\u2019t sexist. It wasn\u2019t cool, but it was simply about trying to sell copies, given the relative sales figures of the male writers compared to the female writers in that particular book. But then they deviated from that enough to put one of their house writers, male, who doesn\u2019t sell as well on the front, diluting their argument, although it was, again, a decision that came from somewhere other than sexism. From a publisher\u2019s point of view, I totally understand that. The antho business is tough, tough, tough, and a bit of a crapshoot. You can be toast in like five seconds. Those who\u2019ve never edited an antho or sold one to a major publisher or major indie tend not to understand, too, that the distributor and the chains will often have a say in the covers\u2013and whose names go on the covers.\n\nI Can\u2019t make the event because I am stuck in Michigan. Please pass on my congratulations to Ann.\n\nAbout Jeff VanderMeer\n\nPhoto by Kyle Cassidy\n\nJeff VanderMeer has been named the 2016-2017 Trias Writer-in-Residence for Hobart-William Smith College. His most recent fiction is the NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance) from FSG, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. The trilogy also prompted the New Yorker to call the author \u201cthe weird Thoreau\u201d and has been acquired by publishers in 28 other countries, with Paramount Pictures acquiring the movie rights. VanderMeer\u2019s nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Atlantic.com, Vulture, Esquire.com, and the Los Angeles Times. He has taught at the Yale Writers\u2019 Conference, lectured at MIT, Brown, and the Library of Congress, and serves as the co-director of Shared Worlds, a unique teen writing camp . His forthcoming novel from Farrar, Straus and Giroux is titled Borne. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, the noted editor Ann VanderMeer. You can contact him at pressinfo at vandermeercreative.com. (Author photo by Kyle Cassidy.) More..."}
-{"text": "Police identified the victim as 50-year-old James L. Crump of Anchorage. Crump worked as a registered nurse for the city\u2019s Health and Human Services department and was walking in the annual parade, police said.\n\nPolice said the driver was Edith Bailey, 70, of Eagle River.\n\nGrand Marshal Doug Frank said he was riding in the black convertible on Sixth Avenue near D Street when Bailey had trouble with the car\u2019s accelerator. It lurched forward, Frank said.\n\n[snip]\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a pure accident,\u201d Frank said. \u201c(The driver) just panicked and kept hitting the accelerator and it kept jumping forward.\u201d\n\nCrump was dragged underneath the car, Frank said.\n\nPolice tried unsuccessfully to revive the unidentified victim, according to reports."}
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-{"text": "Headline News: mPhase Technologies (OTCQB: XDSL) Enters Into Graphene Technology Licensing Discussions With Two Leading Universities. mPhase Technologies, Inc. announced before the markets opened for trading today it is evaluating the integration of graphene into its Smart NanoBattery Technology. The use of graphene could extend shelf life, enhance conductivity and improve the energy efficiency of electrodes. mPhase is in licensing discussions with two universities who are leaders in research and development of applications utilizing graphene. The Company seeks to leverage the promising properties of graphene to improve it's Smart NanoBattery. For more information about graphene see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTSnnlITsVg&feature=em-share_video_user\n\nPlug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), an alternative energy technology provider, engages in the design, development, commercialization, and manufacture of fuel cell systems for the industrial off-road markets worldwide. The company develops and sells a range of fuel cell systems comprising hydrogen-fueled Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) systems. PLUG closed up 24% at $0.2687 per share on Tuesday (03/19/13) on over 7Million shares traded.\n\nIntel Corporation's (NASDAQ: INTC) wholly owned subsidiary, McAfee, announced this week that May 16th will be its second annual Global Community Service Day. McAfee launched its Global Community Service Day last year in honor of the company's 25th anniversary, attracting approximately 50 percent of McAfee's global workforce and helping thousands of people in need around the world. INTC closed down at $21.14 per share on Tuesday (03/19/13) on over 21.14Million shares traded.\n\nOracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), announced this week the release of Oracle's PeopleSoft 9.2. PeopleSoft provides a more intuitive and productive customer experience. Over 65,000 customers worldwide rely on Oracle's complete, open and integrated enterprise applications to achieve superior results. Oracle provides a secure path for customers to benefit from the latest technology advances that improve the customer software experience and drive better business performance. ORCL closed down at $35.69 per share on Tuesday (03/19/13) on over 20.5Million shares traded.\n\nGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) & GE Oil & Gas, a leading supplier of equipment and services for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects worldwide, has received a US$620 million, 22-year contractual service agreement (CSA) to provide a broad range of advanced technology services for QGC's Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) plant off the east coast of Australia. 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-{"text": "I have compiled my comments on the first week of using the console, and I've lined up a bunch of criticisms which will be published on the site shortly. There are minor tweaks that are needed- but to say it's broken? Bah. Party is a virtual couch, and you invite your party into the mp game you're playing.\n\nMakes perfect sense, far more than having a game room, and four party chats. Why try to coral a bunch of people individually? H\n\nell, this was already the direction they indicated long before launch - being able to fire up a multiplayer game, and watching tv, playing a different game or whatever while waiting for others to hop in before kick off the match.\n\nRight now if you are in a party with more than 2 people you can't play KI while the others play CoD. That's broken. Right now the default for party chat is off. That's broken. It takes forever to get to the friends list and it's slow loading and poorly organized. That's broken. The rumor is that MS thinks the whole thing is broken too and is in the process of fixing it.\n\nI haven't spent a lot of time in the party section other than one-on-one, and given the abysmal rate of their sales (according to others on this board), MS will be contacting the two of us, directly, for feedback on how we want to play games with Hark.\n\nWRT party chat being default off, I see that as being a \"set preference\" rather than having a mic on in someone's livingroom all the time (as the Kinect is also a mic for chat). That may have been borne of privacy concerns. Hark and I have discussed this, and while I understand you don't want to have to deliberately turn it on - that deliberate action means your console isn't a recording device without the knowledge of SOMEONE there having turned it on.\n\nThere are concerns I've brought up in the not-yet-finished-article which list out other friends issues not touched upon here - trust me, I'm not blind to the problems the Xbone has. The hesitance in friends is a concern - if they're giving the hardware dedicated resources, why is this not privy to use it, and why doesn't key stuff like that load automagically?\n\nLogged\n\n\"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.\" - Johnny Carson\n\nMy advance replacement still hasn't shipped.. Called CS last night and they couldn't give me any information. My My Device page states I should have my return unit between 11/30 - 12/3. Well today is 12/3 and if I don't have a replacement today I might have to turn to Amazon to see if I can get a replacement and dispute the 530.00 hold on my CC\n\nSorry to hear that dude. That especially sucks for an Advance Exchange.\n\nMy replacement (which was mistakenly made a Standard Exchange even though I was specifically told to ask for an Advance Exchange by one support agent and DID ask for an Advance Exchange) is still sitting on \"Being Processed\". It took them a week to get that far by last Friday, so I expect it to be in this state for another week.\n\nand given the abysmal rate of their sales (according to others on this board),\n\nStrangely the only people saying that are #GTteamxbox...\n\nAnd this is the reason I haven't even bothered to participate in this discussion. It took all of 5 seconds from the point where someone posted a statistic until some of the usual suspects \"defending\" the Xbox One turned it into such a fucking drama. Jesus. It wouldn't have been a drama if you guys wouldn't be so damned defensive all the time! Nobody claimed doom and gloom for the Xbox One. It was pointed out, rightfully so, that the PS4 has sold better so far. The Fox News article about the Xbox One \"dominating\" the Black Friday sales was, rightfully so, mocked. That's it. Yet this was taken as a cue to go into full-blown defensive modus, blowing up the drama and turning it into yet another \"oh the persecution\" story.\n\nand given the abysmal rate of their sales (according to others on this board),\n\nStrangely the only people saying that are #GTteamxbox...\n\nAnd this is the reason I haven't even bothered to participate in this discussion. It took all of 5 seconds from the point where someone posted a statistic until some of the usual suspects \"defending\" the Xbox One turned it into such a fucking drama. Jesus. It wouldn't have been a drama if you guys wouldn't be so damned defensive all the time! Nobody claimed doom and gloom for the Xbox One. It was pointed out, rightfully so, that the PS4 has sold better so far. The Fox News article about the Xbox One \"dominating\" the Black Friday sales was, rightfully so, mocked. That's it. Yet this was taken as a cue to go into full-blown defensive modus, blowing up the drama and turning it into yet another \"oh the persecution\" story.\n\nGrow up.\n\nYou're just as much part of the problem. Your post is 100% drama right there. take your own advice. There is a reason I haven't been posting in this thread. You're ALL being a bunch of jackasses imo. No need for Purge to post what he did, no need for Forge to douche it up after that and certainly no need for you to take your 'holier than though' stance on your soap box of impunity and tell everyone else to grow up. There's about 6 of you guys, on both sides of this arguement who needed a temp ban weeks ago but never got it. You're lucky I don't admin here.\n\nSo my dilemma continues and it doesn't appear I'm the only one affected . Some people have actually contacted Steve Ballmer's Office to get some movement with some success. Not sure if I want to go full on court press with that yet. I did obtain a free month of Live last night from the rep I spoke with, so I'll give it a few days and call back.\n\nOnly saving grace is that as long as I don't remove Forza from my console I can play that...\n\nBtw, I just received a code from Amazon to get 20.00 off a 12 month live membership. Check your email\n\nQuote from: Amazon\n\nCustomers who have shown an interest in multiplayer Xbox 360 games might like to know that, for a limited time, they can get $20 off a 12-month Xbox Live Gold membership using the code below at checkout.\n\nDamn, that sounds like a huge screw up on ms support's part. I hope this is isolated to a few users and not a sign of bigger problems. You would think that they would have been more prepared after the bad rap they earned last generation.\n\nIf you guys hadn't noticed, I was kidding and not taking a shot at anyone - I'm not 100% satisfied with the console, and my annoyances are tempered with the reality that this is a launch and there is stuff that simply doesn't work yet.\n\nThere isn't a doubt in my mind that the 180 they took put them behind, and it shows. And you know what? When I'm changing games, and have to get up to switch disks? THAT is where I'm giving you all the finger.\n\nThe more I think about Harks' suggestion, whereby instead of a heartbeat, your console simply had to be online to have the certificate removed when trading in - well that just makes perfect sense. For all the disk games I have right now, I'm seriously considering simply going the way of CoD:G and Killer Instinct on games that may never leave my library. Buy em online and deal with it that way.\n\nMy concerns with that fall into storage - they'd better get that external disk setup sooner rather than later.\n\nLogged\n\n\"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.\" - Johnny Carson\n\nIf you guys hadn't noticed, I was kidding and not taking a shot at anyone - I'm not 100% satisfied with the console, and my annoyances are tempered with the reality that this is a launch and there is stuff that simply doesn't work yet.\n\nThere isn't a doubt in my mind that the 180 they took put them behind, and it shows. And you know what? When I'm changing games, and have to get up to switch disks? THAT is where I'm giving you all the finger.\n\nThe more I think about Harks' suggestion, whereby instead of a heartbeat, your console simply had to be online to have the certificate removed when trading in - well that just makes perfect sense. For all the disk games I have right now, I'm seriously considering simply going the way of CoD:G and Killer Instinct on games that may never leave my library. Buy em online and deal with it that way.\n\nMy concerns with that fall into storage - they'd better get that external disk setup sooner rather than later.\n\nYep, I am certainly moving in that directions. The switching of games is so easy on the XB1 ... Now if they just follow Sony idea and allow for the HD to be switched without voiding the warranty\n\nIf you guys hadn't noticed, I was kidding and not taking a shot at anyone - I'm not 100% satisfied with the console, and my annoyances are tempered with the reality that this is a launch and there is stuff that simply doesn't work yet.\n\nThere isn't a doubt in my mind that the 180 they took put them behind, and it shows. And you know what? When I'm changing games, and have to get up to switch disks? THAT is where I'm giving you all the finger.\n\nThe more I think about Harks' suggestion, whereby instead of a heartbeat, your console simply had to be online to have the certificate removed when trading in - well that just makes perfect sense. For all the disk games I have right now, I'm seriously considering simply going the way of CoD:G and Killer Instinct on games that may never leave my library. Buy em online and deal with it that way.\n\nMy concerns with that fall into storage - they'd better get that external disk setup sooner rather than later.\n\nIf you guys hadn't noticed, I was kidding and not taking a shot at anyone - I'm not 100% satisfied with the console, and my annoyances are tempered with the reality that this is a launch and there is stuff that simply doesn't work yet.\n\nThere isn't a doubt in my mind that the 180 they took put them behind, and it shows. And you know what? When I'm changing games, and have to get up to switch disks? THAT is where I'm giving you all the finger.\n\nThe more I think about Harks' suggestion, whereby instead of a heartbeat, your console simply had to be online to have the certificate removed when trading in - well that just makes perfect sense. For all the disk games I have right now, I'm seriously considering simply going the way of CoD:G and Killer Instinct on games that may never leave my library. Buy em online and deal with it that way.\n\nMy concerns with that fall into storage - they'd better get that external disk setup sooner rather than later.\n\nWhy are you buying disks? All the games are available as a download.\n\nI'm not, per se. Thing is, I'm doing reviews and having a platinum EB Games card lets me play games and bring them back for customer satisfaction - and all of my games were purchased on launch night with no confirmation of any games we'd be getting for review (so it's my dime, and I wanted the flexibility).\n\nI received three games from MS sofar in disk form - all three I had bought (so I've returned mine and gotten others instead). My copies went back and were exchanged for other games (NFS:R, Marvel, and the rest on Titanfall, Watch Dogs and another preorder - probably Mad Max or somesuch thing).\n\nKicking myself for buying Battlefield 4 on disk (though I haven't opened it yet) and it may go back for 360/XB1 upgrade with the online version - if I bring it back, I'll probably pick up Zoo Tycoon or Just Dance 2014.\n\nLogged\n\n\"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.\" - Johnny Carson\n\nThe sales thing is meaningless anyway. You can't compare sales of a $500 system to a $400 system and make any claims about the superiority of one console to another without the price difference getting in the way.\n\nI'm pretty impressed the Xbox has posted such big numbers *despite* the price difference and the negative PR. It's pretty remarkable since conventional wisdom states they should have been crushed.\n\nI'm pretty impressed the Xbox has posted such big numbers *despite* the price difference and the negative PR. It's pretty remarkable since conventional wisdom states they should have been crushed.\n\nI'm not sure what you're referring to here, as everyone has been saying for at least a few months that both consoles would sell out at launch. As others have been saying, the sales numbers at this point are of less interest than what happens once there's more than enough consoles available in stores, which won't happen until March or so. These console sales are very front loaded because of preorders.\n\nThe sales thing is meaningless anyway. You can't compare sales of a $500 system to a $400 system and make any claims about the superiority of one console to another without the price difference getting in the way.\n\nI don't think sales numbers can ever tell you whether one product is more awesome than another product, but to say sales numbers are meaningless? I mean, aren't sales numbers a pretty damn good indicator of how good something is selling?\n\nIf anything this last generation has proven it's that three consoles can co-exist at the same time, so I don't think it takes much speculation to say that both the Xbone and PS4 will be successful in the long run as well. Especially if the WiiU continues its downward slide.\n\nLogged\n\n\" And they are a strong and frightening force, impervious to, and immunized against, the feeble lance of mere reason.\" Isaac Asimov\n\nPosting \"PS4 is outselling Xbone\" statistics implies that PS4 is somehow the better console by virtue of sales. I'm just saying sales numbers aren't an accurate reflection of superiority. As TiLT rightly pointed out, preorder units are likely going to sell out anyway. And historically, console launch sales have not been a reliable indicator of long-term success.\n\nPosting \"PS4 is outselling Xbone\" statistics implies that PS4 is somehow the better console by virtue of sales. I'm just saying sales numbers aren't an accurate reflection of superiority. As TiLT rightly pointed out, preorder units are likely going to sell out anyway. And historically, console launch sales have not been a reliable indicator of long-term success.\n\nActually, comparison were done when the 360 and PS3 even thought they weren't in the same launch window. We're gamers and we compare and debate. I agree sales numbers don't mean anything. Let's talk about it again in 6-12 months\n\nHad my first failure of sorts. Brand new wireless controller ordered from Amazon was defective. Wouldn't sync, and if I hard cabled it the A button would not work and the analog stick would go haywire. By testing with my Day One controller I ruled out any issues with the USB port on the console itself. Fortunately Amazon is going to do an exchange and will cross-ship.\n\nOut of curiosity, can you stack the two consoles? The 360 Slim is vented on the top so hoping it can sit on top of the Xbox1 without blocking anything. Worked fine for the PS3/PS4, hoping the same applies here.\n\nman, I like being able to say 'Xbox on' and then immediately jump right back into a game I haven't touched for about a week at the exact same spot I was when I turned off the console with pratcically instant loading.\n\nLogged\n\nBecause I can,also because I don't care what you want.XBL: OriginalCeeKayWii U: CeeKay\n\nI find I walk into the house, pass by the Xbox and tell it to turn on, then go get changed and am ready to go. Looking forward to being able to get the cable from oneguide in Canada - it makes it that much easier as I can just set it to a tv channel while I go cook me some eggs.\n\nLogged\n\n\"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.\" - Johnny Carson"}
-{"text": "Live in this moment like there is no past\nAll that matters is to be who you are\nBe in this moment judgments will not last\nUrge yourself again to claim back your life\nTake a leap into the dark\nDare to dive and fall\nThe point of no return restrains us\n\nShake off oiled feathers leave your past behind\nUse your inner force to reach your true self\nWhen there's no future you can't be occupied\nBy non-essential waste and ruins of the past\nRecreate your hologram\nDare to dive and fall\nThe point of no return restrain us\n\nSomeday you'll open up again\nTo learn and grow\nSomeday you'll have to reach for new endeavors\nTo perceive your inner self\nPerceive your soul\nSomeday you'll start to live your life\n\nResponding with anger\nResponding with peace\nThe choice is all mine\nIt's a small lie for a man but a giant blow for mankind\nWe are almighty now\nWe have found the alchemy of life\nWe are all dominant here\nWe are the force in control\n\n[Chorus]\nShine through the sky\nBeyond the matrix\nFeel what it's like\nTo reach divinity\nAim at the sky open your mind\nThen you will be balanced and free\nBe the master over your life\nStay in charge maintain your duty\nDive into the sea of pure tranquility\nWe will be finally free\n\nMore on Genius\n\nWhat have the artists said about the song?\n\nMark: \u201cDespite the title, this isn\u2019t about the movie! It\u2019s basically about being able to see that you\u2019re in a matrix, to see that you\u2019re in a cage. It\u2019s hard to be able to see beyond your immediate surroundings when you\u2019re trapped so you have to project yourself outside the matrix to understand. Musically, the song has quite a simple structure and the catchiest chorus, but the middle is completely wild. That\u2019s what I really like about it.\u201d\n\nSimone: \u201cI think this will be one of the sing-a-long songs when we play it live.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Rabbids: Alive & Kicking\n\nFour People Have Never Looked So Cool than in this Rabbids Trailer\n\nThe new trailer for Rabbids: Alive and Kicking highlights some of the 4 player co-op mingames.\n\n4754\n\nJoining a band, becoming a member of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team, Performing the Y.M.C.A., and surviving the zombie hordes inLeft 4 Dead: these are just some of the ways to look super awesome as a foursome. As of 8th November, we can add playing Rabbids: Alive and Kicking on 360 Kinect to this list. A new trailer highlights some of the 4 player minigames on offer and they look too cool for school (Co-Optimus does not endorse skipping classes - stay in school kids).\n\nThe below trailer may only be just over a minute long, but it is enough to increase my interest (from lukewarm to parboiled) in Rabbids: Alive and Kicking . Four new minigames are shown that encourage teamwork, communication and above all, looking stupid. Creating shapes, avoiding lights and playing hide and seek are just some of the minigames on offer and they look great fun.\n\nCould Rabbids: Alive and Kicking be the family party game that people actually want to play? Check out the trailer to discover if you think you have what it takes to act as foolish as these people:"}
-{"text": "Why You Should Attend the Atlanta Cycling Festival\n\nBiking on the Silver Comet TrailCourtesy of The Atlanta Cycling Festival\n\nMade Possible by\n\nCurated by\n\nJust as Atlanta\u2019s community is a melting pot of cultures, the cycling community is also peppered with cyclists of all types: from cyclists who commute everywhere by bike, to the recreational riders that coast through Piedmont Park, to the intense crit racers and bike polo teams of East Atlanta.\n\nCourtesy of The Atlanta Cycling Festival\n\nJeffrey Wisard realized this, and after happening upon the Cork Cycling Festival in Ireland during his travels abroad, he set out to build a similar experience here in Atlanta. The Atlanta Cycling Festival highlights all things cycling with a series of rides, classes and parties happening around the city. All you need is a bike.\n\nIn short, yes, Atlanta has a cycling culture. For instance, did you know that on the second Friday of every month, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition hosts The Mobile Social, where a group of more than 100 people (usually) bike the streets of Atlanta. Or that Snyder Cycles and MBIKES are custom-built bike manufacturers based in ATL? These organizations and businesses, among others, are what the Atlanta Cycling Festival aims to highlight.\n\nCourtesy of The Atlanta Cycling Festival\n\n\u201cAfter visiting Ireland, I thought, why can\u2019t Atlanta have a whole week dedicated to cycling?\u201d Wisard said of his inspiration for the festival. \u201cWhy not have an entire week of biking events, get-togethers, parades, rides, socials... Culminating with a cycle party. Why not?\u201d\n\nPart of Wisard\u2019s draw to the Cork Cycling Festival was the \u201cbiking Viking ship\u201d\u2014a set of two bikes pedaling a make-shift Viking boat. (Okay, it was a small part, but a cool picture.)\n\nAnd so Wisard formed an awesome team and began planning the first ever Atlanta Cycling Festival in 2014! Now in its second year, the festival has grown to more than 40 events.\n\nBike-in movie at Old Fourth Ward Park.\n\nThere\u2019s no shortage of opportunities to get in the saddle. If you think there\u2019s not a bike event for you, check out a few of these niche social events.\n\nFor the photographer: #weloveATL Bikestameet: Bike photo party and tour by #weloveATL.\n\nFor the movie buff: Bike-In Movie. Bring your bike and a basket and enjoy a movie in O4W Park.\n\nFor the foodie: 2nd Annual Doughnut Ride. Tour and sample the best doughnut shops in Atlanta.\n\nFor the techie: Startup, Tech, and Innovation Ride. A partnership with Hypepotamus to tour some of the startup spaces and incubators in Atlanta, with a focus on bike business.\n\nFor the single guy/gal: Bicycle Speed Dating. Hop on your bikes and get to know other like-minded cycling guys and girls on a safe, tinder-free fun ride.\n\nBicycle Speed Dating\nCourtesy of The Atlanta Cycling Festival\n\nYou can find the complete list here . All events throughout the week are free to attend, and depending on the ride or party, food and drink is available for purchase.\n\nThis year, The Atlanta Cycling Festival\u2019s goals will greatly benefit the local cycling community. A $2,000 grant will be donated to kick-start a bike delivery service from Carver Market, a community market who aims to deliver goods to food desert areas of South Atlanta. The festival will also donate five percent of its net profits back to the Atlanta bike community.\n\nBike costumes are encouraged\nCourtesy of The Atlanta Cycling Festival\n\nThe 2015 Atlanta Cycling Festival will be held Saturday June 13 to Saturday June 20, and it\u2019s open to all cyclists\u2014from new riders looking to learn the ropes to cycling in Atlanta, to seasoned experts who want to connect with like-minded, fun-loving cyclists. Whichever category you fall into, the festival is sure to provide a one-of-a-kind week of alternative summer fun."}
-{"text": "In some mythical world where voters all read explainers and where politics aren\u2019t so deeply partisan, articles like these might have helped to keep Trump from being elected. But in many ways, the 2016 presidential election gave lie to the notion that there\u2019s some perfect connection between the information voters have access to and their actions in the voting booth. On a recent episode of his podcast The Ezra Klein Show, in response to a question about which of his prior beliefs had been destroyed by the election\u2019s outcome, Vox cofounder Klein said, \u201cI would have told you it was impossible for somebody to be elected if a majority of voters thought they were unqualified to hold the office.\u201d Exit polls showed that exit polls that 65 percent of voters thought Trump did not have the right temperament to serve as president; some percentage of voters who thought he was unqualified voted for him anyway.\n\nIn an interview with me this week, Klein stressed that his view is a personal one, and \u201cnot hugely relevant to the work we\u2019re doing at Vox.\u201d But, he said, \u201cI do think people lacked a lot of what they needed to make a judgment\u201d in this election. He sees the main divide as being not a political one (though a Pew study out this week makes it clear that Clinton and Trump voters relied on very different news sources), but one based on something more like habit.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m concerned about reaching people who have not made it a personal hobby to check in on the day\u2019s political news every morning and every evening,\u201d he said. \u201cThe harder thing is not just jumping out of the filter bubble, but jumping out of the interest bubble.\u201d\n\nI spoke with Klein and with Vox\u2019s newly promoted executive editor Lauren Williams about the site\u2019s direction in 2017. A transcript of our conversation, lightly condensed and edited for length and clarity, follows.\n\nLaura Hazard Owen: I don\u2019t want to spend too long rehashing how the media covered the presidential campaign and the election, but since this has been such a huge topic of debate \u2014 when do you think general coverage worked well, and when did it fail?\n\nEzra Klein: Vox was founded on this idea that the way we do news often privileges the new over the important. And when I look back on 2016 and the media\u2019s role in 2016 that\u2019s a place where, as an industry, I think we really fell apart.\n\nThe election brought so much that was new and so much that also felt abnormal, and we covered that really, really well \u2014 not in every individual case, but overall, I think the media did a good job conveying that this was an unprecedented, norm-breaking election.\n\nWhat got lost amidst that five-alarm-fire coverage of every Donald Trump tweet and every controversy was a lot of reporting and work on topics that were important, but not as new \u2014 in the sense that they were not as abnormal, they were not as unusual. In the end, I think that people knew a lot about Donald Trump\u2019s tweets, they knew a lot about Hillary Clinton\u2019s emails, but they didn\u2019t know just about anything about Donald Trump\u2019s tax plan, or his health care plan, or Hillary Clinton\u2019s pre-K plan. All of these things that are gonna guide the way Trump ends up organizing his presidency, and actually changing people\u2019s lives, I think, got a lot of short shrift.\n\nWhen we think about what we\u2019re going to be covering in the coming months, we are really thinking hard about how to make sure we are focused on the parts of his presidency that are important, that are going to change people\u2019s lives, that have life-or-death consequences behind them, and how to avoid being continuously distracted by things that are flashy and unusual and even abnormal, but potentially don\u2019t carry that weight.\n\nOwen: During the campaign, Vox really did hammer a lot on Trump\u2019s policy positions, who they would affect and why. I\u2019m curious about what you think the disconnect there is.\n\nPartly, it seems that the people who are reading Vox are not the people who need that information the most. I mean, do you think voters didn\u2019t have enough information about Trump not to elect him? Or do you think they had all this information and went with him anyway?\n\nKlein: That\u2019s speaking for voters. I do think Vox did a good job on a lot of this stuff over the course of the election. I think we did a great job covering Trump\u2019s financial deregulation policies, I think we did a great job covering his tax policies. If you look through our coverage, there\u2019s a lot to be proud of, and I\u2019m really proud of it. This is a doubling-down on that aspect of the way we covered him, and the way we covered the campaign.\n\nMy answer before, to your original question, was a little bit about the role of the media in the 2016 election, and what I think people knew and didn\u2019t know. I do think people had poor information going into the polls. I do think people lacked a lot of what they needed to make a judgment here.\n\nNow, look, everyone always has incomplete information. You can\u2019t get away from that. Politics is just insanely, insanely information-dense, and those folks whose job it is not to follow this full-time are not going to be\u2026even those folks who do follow it full-time don\u2019t have all the information we probably need.\n\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t think a better job could have been done on their behalf. I do think there\u2019s going to be a lot more focus on policy \u2014 because that policy is not just going to be plans Trump\u2019s releasing through a campaign, but legislation traveling through Congress that will take health care away from 30 million people, or that will start a trade war with Germany. I think there\u2019s going to be a lot more attention on it; there\u2019s going to be a lot more of an interest in it. And so we are going to be there, doing our absolute best to explain what\u2019s really going on here, and what it means for people.\n\nOwen: You said on your podcast that there are going to be specific things Vox will be focusing on more \u2014 perhaps at the expense of things you would like to have done, but the resources have to be shifted into what\u2019s more pressing at this moment. Can you talk about what some of those specific new areas are that you\u2019re going to be moving into, and then what might have to wait until a little bit of a less crazy time?\n\nKlein: The investments we\u2019re making are overwhelmingly focused on covering policies during the Trump administration and in the Trump era. You\u2019re going to see a lot of job postings going up in the coming days or weeks; I actually literally don\u2019t know what all of them are yet, so I don\u2019t want to pick them off one by one, but overall, what we are trying to think through is how we make sure that we have authoritative subject-issue experts who can really tell you what\u2019s going on when a new plan comes out, or when a new policy is sent to Congress, or when a new nominee is announced. That expansion is going to focus around our policy team, it\u2019s going to focus on our foreign team, our identities team, and there\u2019s also going to be a big expansion along these lines in our video team.\n\nIn terms of what we wanted to do that we\u2019re not going to be able to do as much of? I am not going to be specific on that because I would like to do it one day and do not want to give away all our ideas. But there are things that are a lot less political that I think are really important in the world, that I think are undercovered by the media broadly, and I look forward to the day when we can drive harder into some of them.\n\nOwen: When you go onto Vox\u2019s Facebook page, or you read some of the comments to some of your Facebook posts, Ezra, in particular, it\u2019s clear that Vox has viewed by some as a liberal site, one that some Trump voters are very angry about, that they consider part of the liberal media.\n\nHow do you start reaching to those voters? Some of the Trump voters who, for example, told [Vox.com senior editor] Sarah Kliff that they didn\u2019t realize that Trump was actually going to take away Obamacare when they voted for him. How do you reach a broader audience when it seems that you are now seen as a partisan site?\n\nKlein: We watch our audience data pretty closely, and our audience data does not show or suggest to us that we are overwhelmingly read on one side or the other of the political sphere, which is good. Obviously, we have social traffic, but we also have search traffic, traffic coming in from referrals, traffic coming in from newsletters. And overall our audience leans a bit left, but it doesn\u2019t lean overwhelmingly so. We think we\u2019re reaching a lot of people, but when I think about the underlying question that I think you\u2019re asking, I worry about it in a different way.\n\nThe primary cleavage in news readership is not liberal vs. conservative. It\u2019s news junkie vs. non-news junkie. I\u2019m not concerned about reaching people on the left or the right who are very involved in the news. We do that. I\u2019m concerned about reaching people who have not made it a personal hobby to check in on the day\u2019s political news every morning and every evening. The harder thing is not just jumping out of the filter bubble, but jumping out of the interest bubble. That, I think, speaks to the kind of folks you\u2019re talking about in Sarah Kliff\u2019s article, people who have busy lives, maybe have other interests that are not politics, and are just a little bit less engaged with the process.\n\nThat is not a question I think we have fully solved. We have ideas, and one reason we create explainers in so many different formats, from text to visual, short to long, video to not video, is that we are trying to create things that will work for different kinds of people, and different kinds of learners. You don\u2019t just have to be into big bricks of text to read Vox.\n\nThere\u2019s a lot here about distribution, and different places that we\u2019re hoping and planning to go in the coming year. We\u2019ve seen Apple News explode for us in a very good way. That\u2019s a very different audience from the one we were reaching before, from what we can tell.\n\nBut there\u2019s work to do here. There always is. It\u2019s not a new phenomenon, that people who are more into the news read the news more. But I think it\u2019s one that we need to be thoughtful about now more than ever, and it\u2019s one that makes me feel good about our fundamental mission, which is to create explainers and expository journalism on these topics that is open and appealing and tuned to a reader who has not been following the issue from the beginning.\n\nI think that once somebody is interested in something and comes to us, we are often uniquely good at saying, hey, it\u2019s okay if you were not watching the last six months of this. Here\u2019s where to start, and we can take you through the whole thing, and you can become expert enough on it that you can then continue following on.\n\nLauren Williams: I have a family member who recently came to me and said: I keep hearing about this alt-right, I don\u2019t know anything about the alt-right, what am I supposed to think about the alt-right? Should I be as scared as people say I should be, or is it all made up? We want to be a resource for that person. Read our explainer: Now you really understand the alt-right. It doesn\u2019t matter if you just came in seeing headlines before, or just seeing a clip on the news. If you read our explainer, you come away with a deep understanding, and it\u2019s accessible. And like Ezra said, we have big, long explainers. We have explainers in 500 words. We have explainers in three minutes. We have any number of ways that we try to get this information out to all different types of readers and viewers.\n\nOwen: Okay, so it\u2019s more of a division between news junkie and non-news-junkie. That said, I don\u2019t think anyone would argue that Vox is a conservative-leaning site. Do you think there\u2019s room for, and/or a need for, or do you see any efforts already to be sort of a Vox of the right?\n\nKlein: I\u2019ll just say this flatly: We don\u2019t think of ourselves as on the left, so we wouldn\u2019t see the need for a Vox on the right. We do our best. We have a lot of really good reporters in this room, they spend a lot of time trying to understand their subjects, and at the end of that, they try to write their conclusions as best they can. Sometimes those pieces fall center-left, and I think they often do. Sometimes they fall center-right and piss a lot of people off. Sometimes they piss people off well to our left. We were not very well liked by the left during the Bernie Sanders/Hillary Clinton primary. A lot of people felt very frustrated by our coverage.\n\nOne hard thing about Donald Trump is that he is not running, in my view, an operation that, at least at this juncture, has been trying very hard on policy. And so when you dig into his policy and you dig into what he\u2019s saying and you dig into how he\u2019s acting, you often come away with conclusions that are not super-favorable to Trump. If he were to begin acting in a very different way and putting out more fully considered policy ideas and putting forward nominees who are compromise nominees, you might see us cover him a lot more positively. In my view, that\u2019s really on him, not on us.\n\nOwen: Have you guys considered syndicating some Vox content to other places? You\u2019ve talked about reaching audiences on a number of platforms, but I mean in something like print newspapers, or a tighter partnership along the lines of what The Wirecutter is doing with The New York Times.\n\nKlein: We\u2019re always interested in expanding our reach. We work right now with a lot of different platforms and partners. A lot of these things are limited simply by time. The Wirecutter\u2019s in a bit of a different position because they were outright purchased by the Times, so I think that will put a different level of closeness in that collaboration. But I think when we look at this stuff, which we do \u2014 and we\u2019ve definitely entered some syndication deals over time at least in smaller ways \u2014 we\u2019re really looking at: For the investment of time, how many people can we reach, is that audience going to be one that is going to respond to and benefit from our content, and are we doing it in the right way? We want to make sure we are going into new platforms or new audiences in ways that are tuned to them.\n\nThe limit on our ambitions, always, is staff size, manpower, and man-hours, or woman-hours as the case may be, so that just creates some constraints on how far we can go with that stuff. But I\u2019m pretty proud, honestly, with just the sheer number of platforms we are on, and the sheer number of platforms we are on and being experimental and thoughtful about. That has led to some really tremendous growth for us over the past year and I expect there will be even more coming in that direction over the next year.\n\nOwen: What do you think about the role, if any, that fake news played in this election? How much focus is that something that you guys are going to work on \u2014 doing things like debunking, or is that an area you\u2019d stay away from?\n\nWilliams: I think it really depends. It\u2019s hard to tell when a story has reached a point where debunking for a widespread audience is even necessary. But our jobs that we take on are to explain things that are controversial or confusing, and if a story reaches that level, then, you know, we would explain it. We\u2019re not on a mission to debunk every fake story that\u2019s out there. That would be a losing proposition.\n\nOwen: Because we\u2019ve seen a lot of coverage of Trump\u2019s tweets, and a lot of coverage of how to cover Trump\u2019s tweets, what is your rule going to be for when those do and don\u2019t get covered?\n\nKlein: In terms of Trump tweets, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a hard and fast rule. We cover them when we think there is something important to cover around them. His tweet fight with Meryl Streep was not a big story for us because we didn\u2019t think there was a hugely important context there. His fight with John Lewis, which spoke in interesting ways to how Trump tends to talk about African-American communities, with the way descent from the African-American community is often delegitimized \u2014 there was enough there that made it, I think, a really important story, so we covered that one more.\n\nOwen: Finally, how do you think that we are going to see coverage of Trump shift post-inauguration, not just on Vox but in general?\n\nKlein: The real big thing that changes when you go from being Candidate Trump to being President Trump is that rhetoric has to become reality. There\u2019s this conversation about whether Trump should have been taken seriously or literally. In my view, he often wasn\u2019t taken seriously or literally. People applied this mental Trump discount to anything he said. They weren\u2019t even sure he believed it.\n\nBut when you become president and you\u2019re making policy \u2014 and that is what you do as president \u2014 all of a sudden, you don\u2019t get to be taken neither seriously nor literally. You are taken very, very literally. That\u2019s because whatever you\u2019re doing is written down into legal language. So when he says that Tom Price, his pick for Health and Human Services secretary, is going to release a health care plan \u2014 when that plan comes out, people are not going to treat it as a funny, interesting, weird eccentric document that may or may not mean anything. They will treat it as the health care plan of the president of the United States.\n\nSo I think people are going to start taking Trump a lot more\u2026I think that Trump is going to have to become much more specific, and I think his specifics will no longer have the advantage of having a discount applied to them. That\u2019s really going to change the tenor of coverage. It doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t still be a lot of coverage of his tweets and this and that. But there\u2019s going to be a lot more coverage, as a percentage, of the actual things he\u2019s doing and saying and pushing, because he is about to enter a period \u2014 and we\u2019re all about to enter a period \u2014 where ambiguity ends. And legislative language, and executive orders, and other countries in the world taking his statements as the statements of the President of the United States, begins.\n\nOwen, L. (2017, Jan. 20). Ezra Klein hopes Vox can change the fact that \u201cpeople who are more into the news read the news more\u201d. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 25, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/ezra-klein-hopes-vox-can-change-the-fact-that-people-who-are-more-into-the-news-read-the-news-more/\n\nChicago\n\nOwen, Laura Hazard. \"Ezra Klein hopes Vox can change the fact that \u201cpeople who are more into the news read the news more\u201d.\" Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 20, 2017. Accessed May 25, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/ezra-klein-hopes-vox-can-change-the-fact-that-people-who-are-more-into-the-news-read-the-news-more/."}
-{"text": "When it comes to all things denim, Kat Farmer definitely knows her stuff. Fashion blogger, influencer and hilarious Instagram story rambler, she is the well-known name behind @doesmybumlook40 (note: it definitely doesn\u2019t), and manages to look effortless in whatever she chooses to wear.\n\nWe caught up with the glamorous Kat to discuss all things denim.\n\nHow do you think denim has evolved over the years?\n\nThe rulebook has been thrown out; you need to rethink denim as not just being a pair of jeans, but about being a pair of trousers in a slightly different, really wearable, flexible and versatile way, so there\u2019s no reason why a pair of straight leg jeans couldn\u2019t be worn for work.\n\nIf you work in a very corporate environment clearly that\u2019s not going to work, but there\u2019s absolutely no reason why it couldn\u2019t be worn with a blazer, shirt and a pair of heels.\n\nHas denim always been an important part of your wardrobe?\n\nOne thing that I coveted but couldn\u2019t afford as I was a poor student, was an embroidered jacket, so we\u2019re talking in the 90s. I took it upon myself to embroider my own \u2013 I\u2019ve still got the scars on my fingers to prove it! but it was incredible and I absolutely loved it! So yes, and it\u2019s the versatility of it that I think is key these days as opposed to it just being a Saturday relaxed, dressed down piece of your wardrobe.\n\nLet\u2019s talk about your personal style \u2013 which jeans do you usually opt for when piecing together your outfit?\n\nI like to stick with the classics so I\u2019m a blue denim Jeanie! I also adore black. White denim again, forget your Liz Hurley; white denim should be embraced by everybody.\n\nWhat is it that you love about denim?\n\nIt\u2019s not just a pair of jeans anymore, it is so much more than that; it is the basis to my wardrobe. I do wear jeans to dress down, I do wear them to dress up, I have them in different shapes, I have them in different washes. If we\u2019re only talking about blue denim, there are so many different washes that the opportunity to find a pair that you love is just limitless.\n\n\u201cI wouldn\u2019t start with the jeans themselves, I\u2019d start with the rest of the outfit.\u201d\n\nWhat\u2019s different about Mint Velvet jeans?\n\nMy faves are the skinny jeans \u2013they have that amazing fit and amazing stretch and, if you\u2019re tall like me or petite, they do them in three lengths which is SO rare for a really good fitting pair of jeans \u2013 it makes all the difference!\n\nWho is your style icon?\n\nIt has to be Emmanuelle Alt \u2013 her dress down is most people\u2019s \u2018dressy dressy\u2019! She can make a pair of jeans look like they belong on the catwalk, she\u2019s incredible. What she can do with a blazer, a shirt, a pair of jeans and a pair of heels\u2026I could wear that forever.\n\nWhat advice would you give to somebody that might be struggling with denim?\n\nI wouldn\u2019t start with the jeans themselves, I\u2019d start with the rest of the outfit. Think about the tops that you love wearing; if you love wearing a more fitted tee, I\u2019d wear it with a looser pair of jeans. However, if you\u2019re more into tunics and loose shirts, then skinnies are probably the way forward for you.\n\nSo I really think don\u2019t look at that denim itself, but look at the piece of denim. Look at your wardrobe, your personal style, just go with what you feel most comfortable in and what works for you.\n\nHow do you decide which fit is right for you?\n\nIf you are a more corporate dresser and you like that preppy look, perhaps don\u2019t go for a distressed pair; go for a straight cut, or a skinny cut but a pair that looks clean. If you are a more boho relaxed type, then clearly a boyfriend jean, a looser style.\n\nIf you love wearing trainers, you can wear any jeans. It\u2019s about the jackets, it\u2019s about the shirts. Think about your style generally and what style would fit."}
-{"text": "Spring Thunder Anew\n\nThe white man called you Bhagat Singh that day,The black man calls you Naxalite today.But everyone will call you the morning star tomorrow. \u2014 Excerpt from the Telugu poem \u2018Final Journey: First Victory\u2019 by Sri Sri1\n\nIt has been a long and tortuous route. Forty-three years ago, a group of Maoist revolutionaries conceived of and embarked upon a revolutionary road that still inspires their political descendants, alarms the dominant classes, and provokes slander and denigration on the part of the establishment left, post-modernists and well-funded NGO bosses. This is the path of protracted people\u2019s war (PPW). It relies on an alliance of the Indian proletariat with the poor and landless peasantry and the semi-proletariat to establish \u2018base areas\u2019 in the countryside, run them democratically as miniature, self-reliant states, carry out \u2018land to the tiller\u2019 and other social policies there, thereby building a political mass base to finally encircle and \u2018capture\u2019 the cities.\n\nThe aim is to usher in \u2018new democracy\u2019, a transitional stage in which capitalism is moulded to render it more compatible with democracy, thereby aiding the transition to socialism, all under the leadership of a \u2018Marxist-Leninist-Maoist party\u2019. One would like to say, \u2018It\u2019s been a long time coming\u2019, but even today, the Maoist movement in India is nowhere near its \u2018new democratic\u2019 goal \u2014 the dawn has been ever elusive. Yet, the dominant classes want it throttled, and the Indian state has recently launched Operation Green Hunt \u2014 phase-2 of its present counter-insurgency strategy \u2014 to accomplish its task. What has prompted this move?\n\nOverall, can we make any sense of what is going on? We will rely on \u2018stylized facts\u2019 derived from the empirical evidence we have at hand, concentrating thereby on the broad tendencies (ignoring individual detail) to throw light on the state\u2019s strategy, the strategy and tactics of the Maoists, their successes and failures, and the interplay of continuity with change, focussing on their resistance to (what we characterize as) neo-robber baron capitalism. We argue that Operation Green Hunt stems from the fact that the movement now threatens neo-robber baron capitalism in its areas of influence \u2014 albeit exaggerated by the dominant classes as so-called \u2018Red Corridor\u2019 \u2014 and the Indian state is therefore bent on asphyxiating it.\n\nLow intensity conflict or \u2014 if one were to speak plainly \u2014 terrorism with politics in command of the repressive apparatus has been the state\u2019s modus operandi of dealing with the Maoist movement. Complementing this, and taking into account aspects of the concrete in the close nexus of wealth and power at the local level, the state supports, sponsors, and organizes a network of informers and combatants among the civilian population as part of its counter-insurgency strategy. Nevertheless, the stick and the carrot go together. The Indian state, though an instrument of the dominant classes \u2014 the big bourgeoisie, foreign capital, the landlords, a section of the rich peasants, and the controllers of the government machinery \u2014 is, nevertheless, an arena of class struggle.\n\nOver the period since 1967, laws and policies setting limits to the exercise of the power of the dominant classes have been won largely due to the very struggles led by the Maoists and other progressive forces. The dominant classes, of course, hope that the new rules and regulations and proposed actions will drastically diminish the support base of the Maoist movement. However, those very classes have in turn devised more sophisticated ways of controlling that base, actual and potential. For the very high rate of exploitation, the rampant pillage of Mother Nature, and the devious expropriation of social property that are characteristic of neo-robber baron capitalism have to go on, which, in turn, puts severe limits on democratic functioning, thereby keeping alive the very raison d\u2019\u00eatre of the Maoist movement.\n\nHow have the Maoists built and sustained the movement led by them, when their enemy, the Indian state, especially its repressive apparatus, is so powerful and the Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)], the People\u2019s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), and the agrarian revolutionary movement are still weak? Uneven development, characteristic of capitalism, provides enough room for manoeuvre in the face of many a paramilitary offensive. The Dandakaranya region \u2014 the forest area situated in the border and adjoining tribal districts of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Orissa \u2014 is where the PLGA has established guerrilla zones. These are tracts where the agrarian revolutionary movement is strong, but where the party and its mass organizations are in power only as long as the guerrillas have the upper hand over the state\u2019s forces. Power reverts to the Indian state when they are forced to retreat.\n\nThe extensive area of Dandakaranya and beyond to some other parts of the four states just mentioned, and further on to parts of Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are being built into a contiguous area of Maoist influence. Of course, the hilly regions with dense forest cover provide the most conducive terrain for the PLGA, followed by backward plain and semi-forest areas with some hilly terrain.\n\nIn spreading the movement, when an area is selected, a class analysis is undertaken, the concrete forms of exploitation and oppression are understood, the friends and the enemies of the movement are clearly identified, and the issues to be taken up which constitute the basis of mass mobilization are decided. For instance, in a predominantly tribal area, the economic basis of mobilization is located within both backward agriculture and forestry. When the erstwhile CPI (Marxist-Leninist) (People\u2019s War) [CPI(ML)(PW)], under the auspices of the Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sanghatan (AKMS), began organizing the tribal poor in the then Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh in the early 1980s, the \u2018enemies\u2019 were the oppressive forest, revenue and police department officials, and contractors, traders and moneylenders. Where considerable inequality in the distribution of cultivable land prevailed, landlords were also part of the adversaries.\n\nThe AKMS took up the question of pattas (instruments of ownership rights) on forestland under cultivation and on cultivable land in forest villages. Where landlords were in charge, the appropriation and distribution of land and grain were on the agenda. As the young, local, militant leaders in the AKMS-organized sanghams gained legitimacy and eventually displaced the village mukhias and other traditional village headmen, they increasingly influenced the decision-making process on local issues, and eventually, the jan adalats (people\u2019s courts), set up by them, settled disputes. The AKMS came to exercise control over the collection and sale of minor produce (for instance, tendu patta) in favour of the poor.\n\nExpectedly, all this exacerbated the contradictions vis-\u00e0-vis the landed, the traders, the contractors, and the corrupt forest and revenue department officials, and the organized violence of the oppressors and the state was unleashed against the Maoists (the vigilante force, Salwa Judum, in Dantewara district of Chhattisgarh, formed in May-June 2005, is not without precedent).\n\nOf course, the Maoists anticipate and plan for \u2018strategic defence\u2019 \u2014 the decision to enter an area factors in the terrain with which they familiarize themselves. People\u2019s militia at the village level and local and special guerrilla squads are organized from the very commencement of their work, and later, upon coordination with other guerrilla zones, platoons and companies are formed, leading to a full-fledged PLGA. In situations marked by a close nexus between political and economic power, which is invariably the case in India\u2019s backward areas, the chances of violent confrontation are high. Indeed, over time, the contradictions with the exploiters and oppressors, already sharp in these areas of backward agriculture and forestry, inevitably get exacerbated manifold with the organization of the oppressed by the Maoists, and when the state sends in its paramilitary forces, a guerrilla war ensues.\n\nThe problem, from the Maoist perspective of progress in the PPW, is that they have not been able to turn any of the guerrilla zones into base areas. The latter are areas where the Maoists win the political (and military) struggle and establish a miniature state, where self-reliant economic development on the basis of \u2018land to the tiller\u2019, and the promotion of mutual aid and cooperation can, relatively uninterruptedly, be undertaken. It is impossible to advance the ongoing guerrilla war or the further spread of guerrilla zones without the establishment of base areas.\n\nIn the plains areas \u2014 which are less suitable for guerrilla warfare and the establishment of guerrilla zones \u2014 the higher guerrilla units have been unable to continue their operations and gradually have had to move to the forest and hilly areas. Some of the existing guerrilla zones are potential candidates for transformation into base areas, but \u2018the enemy\u2019 has to be defeated there and the organs of political power have to then be established, a formidable task in the face of severe repression.\n\nOf course, the present Operation Green Hunt, from the perspective of the Indian state, is intended to turn existing guerrilla zones back into \u2018White Areas\u2019 where the writ of a relatively stable, reactionary government runs. And, even if the Maoists were to turn one of the guerrilla zones into a base area, there is no guarantee that it will remain one, i.e., it can revert back to a guerrilla zone. From the Maoist point of view, if they create and sustain a few base areas, the PPW will be able to sustain itself over a long period; in the absence of base areas, the Maoist guerrilla army will not last long or grow \u2014 in guerrilla parlance, the base areas are its essential \u2018rear\u2019.\n\nThere is another aspect of the imperative to establish base areas \u2014 the sustenance of mass support. Difficult as it surely is, it is imperative for the CPI (Maoist) and its mass organizations to undertake economic development in the midst of the revolution, for the workers, the poor and landless peasants, and the semi-proletariat cannot be expected to put up with their abysmal living conditions over decades. But this can only take place on a relatively stable basis with the establishment of base areas, which is eluding the Maoists, and the longer this adverse situation prevails the greater the chances of a withering away of the movement\u2019s support base.\n\nThe present intense phase of the Maoist movement began with the unity of the CPI(ML)(PW) and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) \u2014 the two main Maoist parties practising armed struggle \u2014 to form the CPI (Maoist) in September 2004. The movement\u2019s regeneration has occurred in the context of neo-liberal globalization with, among other things, a spurt in the conversion of agricultural lands into real estate, the setting up of special economic zones, the takeover of the commons, and encroachment of the natural resource base. All these have led to mass distress following the loss of non-market access to the means of subsistence and dispossession through displacement, both essentially without any legal redress for the victims. However, change must not be divorced from its interplay with continuity.\n\nBeginning in May 1967, armed communist revolutionaries led a poor-tribal peasant uprising in Naxalbari that was crushed by the repressive apparatus of the state within a few months, but the movement spread, and 43 years later, the \u2018people\u2019s war\u2019 still goes on. In the first phase of the movement, from the late 1960s to the Emergency in the mid-1970s, the revolutionaries organized the poor and landless peasants based on armed guerrilla actions centred on the \u2018adventurist\u2019 line of annihilation of class enemies.\n\nBut internal differences over strategy and tactics soon led to the fragmentation and debilitation of the original party, the CPI(ML), and the brutal counter-insurgency campaign of the state crushed the movement, the final blow coming with the declaration of Emergency in 1975. What was, however, significant and lasting, although there are no traces of the movement where it all began, was the total rejection by the revolutionary left of the cultural, moral and political values that the establishment left had imbibed, since 1951, from the dominant classes.\n\nWith the revival of the movement in the post-Emergency period, all the major factions of the CPI(ML) seemed to have adopted, to a lesser or greater extent, the line of the Andhra Pradesh Revolutionary Communist Committee \u2014 that of building mass movements backed by armed squads to defend the gains made by the former. And, paradoxically, in this phase (1977-1990s) it was the CPI(ML)(PW) \u2014 although it focused on the building of a people\u2019s army and guerrilla zones in the countryside \u2014 that organized legal and open activities through the Rythu Cooly Sangham, as also of students, youth, intellectuals and cultural workers. However, the crushing of these by the state provoked a tendency to assign greater priority to the building of a people\u2019s army and guerrilla zones in the countryside.\n\nElsewhere, mainly in Bihar, a prominent part of the movement, led by the CPI(ML) (Liberation), made a significant departure from the very core of the basic path that had been conceived by the original CPI(ML). The shift was towards mass movements sans armed struggle, even conceiving of a confederation of mainstream left parties. This, however, landed the party in an identity crisis for the new direction heralded a return to theoretical proximity vis-a-vis the CPI (Marxist), against which the MLs had rebelled in 1967.\n\nSadly, the change of strategy took the CPI(ML) (Liberation) towards parliamentarianism, which seems to have affected the further development of the party\u2019s mass movements. In any case, it seems to have lost a large section of its mass base with the \u2018Mandalization\u2019 and \u2018Kashiramization\u2019 of the political agendas of the \u2018bourgeois\u2019 parties. The return to armed struggle has been ruled out, at least for the present, given the CPI(ML) (Liberation)\u2019s dismissal of that trend of the movement as \u2018anarcho-militarist\u2019.\n\nHowever, even as we comment on the party thus, we need to add that the unfolding of its strategy of new democratic revolution \u2014 via mass movements sans armed struggle \u2014 according to its inner logic has encountered severe impediments from the dominant classes. Just like in the case of the CPI(ML)(PW) and its \u2018legal\u2019 mass movements of the 1980s, the CPI(ML) (Liberation) could never have been allowed, unhindered by the dominant classes, a free run on its political programme.\n\nThe reverberating slogan of the CPI(ML)(PW) and the MCCI, \u2018Naxalbari \u2014 ek hi rasta\u2018 (Naxalbari \u2014 the One and Only Path), seems to have won the day, at least for the foreseeable future, more so after the two parties united to constitute the CPI (Maoist) in September 2004. After the demise of the Soviet Union and the completion of the \u2018great leap backward\u2019 to capitalism in China, capitalism on a world scale has taken its gloves off \u2014 it has little qualms in resorting to brutal forms of expropriation in the process of accumulation, akin in some ways to what it did at its birth. Accompanying this is the class discrimination inherent in the practice of law where peasants, forced off their lands and denied access to the commons, have virtually no recourse to justice, which reminds me of this 15th century anonymous English \u2018fact of the matter\u2019 verse:\n\nThe law locks up the man or woman Who steals a goose from off the common, But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose.\n\nResistance seemed the only way out \u2014 in such circumstances, \u2018to rebel is justified.\u2019\n\nThe Dandakaranya region, rich in natural resources \u2014 land, water, forests and minerals \u2014 has become one of the main arenas for expropriation of social property by the Indian big bourgeoisie and foreign capital, mediated by the state and union governments. Planned mining and industrial projects and development of eco-tourist resorts have spurred the construction of highways, roads, railways, hydro-electricity, and an underground pipeline (taking a slurry of iron ore to Visakhapatnam port), which, taken together, constitute, in the official parlance, \u2018development\u2019. The identities of the beneficiaries and the victims of this process of capitalist development tell a lot about the character of India\u2019s dominant classes.\n\nIn sharp contrast, the Maoists have initiated, albeit in a small way in some pockets in Dandakaranya \u2014 considering that they have managed to set up only guerrilla zones, not base areas \u2014 a series of popular activities. These include \u2018land to the tiller\u2019, mutual aid and cooperatives, the diffusion of modern knowledge about agriculture, together with the distribution of better seeds gathered from elsewhere, the deployment of voluntary labour in the construction of tanks with canal systems, measures to obtain \u2018just\u2019 prices for agricultural commodities and minor forest produce, and so on.\n\nHowever, in the present adverse circumstances, an alternative pattern of industrialization benefiting the victims of neo-robber-baron capitalism can only be conceived of, not implemented. Meanwhile, adivasi livelihoods based on agriculture and minor forest produce are in jeopardy. The mining and industrial projects, the infrastructural facilities, including hydro-electricity, have led/are leading to mass displacement and environmental damage.\n\nIndeed, the classic peasant question of dispossession via class differentiation in the 20th century is now metamorphosing into dispossession through displacement and environmental degradation. At the macro-level, millions of rural people are being rendered proletarians (in the form of casual and contract labour), hungry, malnutrition-ridden, homeless and landless paupers, forced migrants, threatened autochthonous peoples, lumpenproletariat, and so on. Indeed, those who hold on as poor and middle peasants against all odds are forced to grapple with the non-viability of agriculture in the context of higher input prices and freer trade in agricultural commodities under WTO auspices.\n\nFundamentally, the \u2018people\u2019s war\u2019 (of resistance) is about the path of development \u2014 the neo-robber baron capitalism in which the poor are the victims or \u2018new democratic\u2019 development in which they are the intended beneficiaries. In Dantewara, Bastar and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, in the context of large-scale acquisition of land by corporations in what is a mineral-rich region, entire villages have been evacuated and villagers forcibly herded into camps, from which those who escape are branded Maoists and hunted down. Indeed, the vigilante group, Salwa Judum (SJ), which organized the evacuation and forced herding \u2018was created and encouraged by the [state] government and supported with the firepower and organization of the central forces.\u2019\n\nHowever, the land-grab operation, after nearly five years of violent attacks, loot, destruction, intimidation, rape, and killing on an unprecedented scale, and the forcible mobilization of the displaced into SJ ranks, has not succeeded, thanks to concerted resistance by the people and the Maoist guerrillas. However, the very failure has prompted a move to phase-2 of the state\u2019s counter-insurgency strategy. Greater emphasis is now being placed on trained commandos (instructed in jungle warfare) and a larger contingent of central forces, as part of Operation Green Hunt, wherein an attempt will be made to separate, indeed isolate, the tribal peasants from contact with and influence by the Maoist insurgents by creating \u2018fortified villages\u2019 or \u2018strategic hamlets\u2019 as the US forces tried to do in Vietnam.\n\nMost likely, Green Hunt would concentrate on select guerrilla zones (it has already been launched in south Dantewara [in Chhattisgarh] and the contiguous Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra) and, over a period of two, three or five years (claims made by various representatives at the central and state levels), try to wipe out the PLGA and the party\u2019s mass organizations. (As for the party, there have been some press reports suggesting plots to assassinate its top-50 leaders.) Faced with an offensive of this kind, the Maoist guerrillas will likely extend the arena of the struggle, in turn, even daring to organize in the urban areas, but in the process some of the existing guerrilla zones will likely be converted back to \u2018White Areas\u2019. Of course, the effectiveness of protests in India and elsewhere and the resistance offered by the tribal people and the Maoist guerrillas would set the limits to the state\u2019s onslaught.\n\nIn the absence of base areas, the movement now seems to be in a difficult situation \u2014 the Indian state has made it almost impossible for the CPI (Maoist)\u2019s political-cum-military strategy to unfold in accordance with its inner logic. The movement is, of course, a direct consequence of the tragedy of India ruled by her big bourgeoisie and governed by parties co-opted by that class-fraction. Operation Green Hunt stems from the fact that the movement now threatens the accumulation of capital in its areas of influence, defined more broadly by the dominant classes as the so-called \u2018Red Corridor\u2019, and therefore, the Indian state is bent on throttling it.\n\nIt seems that sections of monopoly capital \u2014 including ArcelorMittal, the Essar Group, Vedanta Resources, Tata Steel, POSCO, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, and the Sajjan Jindal Group \u2014 have given an ultimatum to the state governments concerned and the Union government that they will dump their proposed mining/industrial/SEZ projects if the local resistance to their business plans are not crippled once and for all. Surely, the wealthy oligopolists and financiers interested have friends in high places in Washington, London, Tokyo, Brussels and/or New Delhi.\n\nAs radical democrats, we need to speak out; as between neo-robber-baron capitalism and \u2018new democracy\u2019, one cannot pretend to be neutral. Evoking so-called \u2018sandwich theory\u2019 that the \u2018innocent adivasis are caught in the crossfire\u2019 between the Maoist guerrillas on the one side and the armed apparatus of the Indian state on the other, thereby morally equating the violence of the oppressed and the oppressors, is to endorse what the Indian state is doing \u2014 backing the neo-robber barons to the hilt.\n\nNeo-robber baron capitalism is based on the exploitation \u2014 appropriation of part of the product of the labour of others \u2014 of human beings, the pillage of nature and the expropriation of social property by any and all available means, these in the context of a close nexus between business and politics. As a specific form of monopoly capitalism, business strategy/tactics of the larger enterprises in the more monopolistically structured sectors focus ever more on ways and means of \u2018snatching\u2019 the surplus from relatively smaller enterprises in the more competitive sectors (the latter will be protected in a \u2018new democratic\u2019 regime).\n\nIn the neo-liberal milieu of deregulation, all these processes are generating inequality on an unprecedented scale. It is not irrelevant that India has the same number of $ billionaires as Germany, although the latter\u2019s GDP is four times the former\u2019s, and Germany\u2019s per capita GDP converted at market exchange rates to US $ is more than 40 times India\u2019s. And, in 2004-05, 77% of India\u2019s 362 million strong unorganized labour force (which makes up most of India\u2019s total labour force) earned less than Rs 20 per day (44 cents at Rs 45 to the $).\n\nA \u2018new democratic\u2019 regime \u2014 the Maoist alternative to neo-robber baron capitalism \u2014 in the main will abolish landlordism and implement \u2018land to the tiller\u2019 in India\u2019s countryside and safeguard India\u2019s sovereignty, dealing with the imperialist powers on an equal footing. It will also confiscate the property of the imperialists and the big bourgeoisie \u2014 those at the apex of wealth, power and privilege \u2014 and hence stymie the anti-democratic opposition to socialism from their representatives and backers. From an ecological point of view, the redistribution of income and wealth \u2014 as a result of such a programme \u2014 will lead to a more just distribution of carbon footprints within the country, and priority will be assigned to satisfying the reasonable needs of all, in keeping with Maoist ethics.\n\nOf course, \u2018new democracy\u2019 in India is nowhere yet on the horizon. Nevertheless, the ruling classes and those who govern on their behalf have realized that what they are up against is not merely a guerrilla army backed by a large section of the people in its areas of operation, but a party with a vision and a plan that does all it can to implement, against all odds, and which, if successful, will strip them of their wealth, power and privileges.\n\nEvidently then, there is a lot at stake between neo-robber baron capitalism on the one side and \u2018new democracy\u2019 on the other \u2014 for the neo-robber barons and their representatives, for the adivasis of Dandakaranya and beyond, indeed, for the Indian people, and, for a better world.\n\nNotes\n\n1Thema Book of Naxalite Poetry edited and introduced by Sumanta Banerjee, Calcutta, 1987. Bhagat Singh, an Indian anti-imperialist and socialist revolutionary martyr (shaheed), was hanged on March 23, 1931 at the age of 23. Naxalite is what a Maoist in India is generally called. The name derives from the village of Naxalbari in West Bengal where the Maoist movement in India originated in 1967.\n\nBernard D\u2019Mello (bernard@epw.in) is deputy editor, Economic & Political Weekly, and a member of the Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights, Mumbai. He thanks Gautam Navlakha for his comments and suggestions on an earlier draft. The usual disclaimers apply. This article has appeared in Seminar, 607, March 2010 in a symposium \u2014 \u201cRed Resurgence\u201d \u2014 on the Naxal/Maoist challenge to the state.\n\nMonthly Review Essays\n\nHistorically, capitalism develops institutions and ideologies that justify surplus extraction and capital accumulation. In the last decades of the twentieth century, the financialization of capitalism initiated a new era of accumulation which is known in academic contexts as finance-capital-driven neoliberalism.\n\nBoth Sweezy and Dimitrov agree that fascism arises in the middle class and becomes a threat when the bourgeoisie embraces it, but Sweezy\u2019s unique contribution is to demonstrate fascism\u2019s relationship to the postwar transitional period of class equilibrium."}
-{"text": "Fix the system\n\nMichigan\u0092s voting process is in need of improvement\n\nNovember 16, 2000 12:00 am\n\nNovember 16, 2000 12:00 am\n\nTight elections across the country have caused close inspection of the election process, which has revealed discrepancies that have been ignored in landslide elections, but could have affected the outcome of several close races.\n\nInvestigations in Florida have revealed numerous voting discrepancies, such as a ballot - not designed in accordance with Florida law - that might have caused voters to choose Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan over Vice President Al Gore. There also were reported instances of people being turned away from the polls.\n\nRecent counts have put Texas Gov. George W. Bush ahead of Gore by just a few hundred votes and the winner of Florida will be the nation\u0092s next president.\n\nAt the same time, many MSU students claim they were denied the opportunity to vote. Their votes could have affected close Michigan races. State Sen. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, defeated state Sen. Dianne Byrum, D-Onondaga, by 153 votes in the 8th Congressional District race.\n\nRogers sponsored a bill - which later became law - that discouraged some students from casting their vote on Election Day. The law, which requires voters to change their voter registration address to that on their driver\u0092s license, was created to help prevent voter fraud and help officials keep easier track of where people are voting.\n\nBut while the stated purpose of the law was not to discourage students from voting, it has unfortunately had that effect. Since most students frequently change their address and consider their campus city to be their second address, most have their permanent home address on their driver\u0092s license.\n\nFurthermore, many students were unaware of the law until they were turned away from the East Lansing polls on Election Day. The law complicated the process, especially for students who were voting for the first time and were unfamiliar with the process.\n\nSenate bill 306 was not the only stepping stone for local voters. Students also complained of long lines, unclear directions to their precinct and unhelpful staff at the polls. Some precincts had inaccurate voter records and names were missing in the statewide file of registered voters.\n\nLansing-area officials should have access to technology that would have enabled them to keep even more accurate records. Better technology would have allowed voters who were turned away because of inaccuracies to be able to vote. Michigan should invest in better record-keeping methods and increase the number of well-trained staff. It may put more stress on the state, but it will hopefully take stress off the voter.\n\nVoters should not have to endure long lines and unqualified staff when they head to the polls. The country should tackle any obstacles that discourage people from heading to the polls and make voting more quick and convenient.\n\nVoting procedures across the country should be updated to keep pace with technology. Punch cards and voting booths are outdated and, as this election has proved, often inaccurate.\n\nBetter technology will yield more accurate results, which will prevent other election fiascoes from occurring in the future, and will restore people\u0092s faith in the power and importance of their vote."}
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-{"text": "Every week, the New York Times' Weddings and Celebrations section lets you know which powerful, rich, famous, and/or attractive people are joining like in holy matrimony and the conspiracy to grind your hopes and dreams to dust. And every week, our Intern Alexis subjects the happy couples to her tough-but-fair rating system.\n\nThis week it all came down to the Preppies versus the Perfects. On the one hand, we had the museum-grant-writing, lobster-shorts-embroidering Gamble-Bridier match straight outta Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Greenwich, CT. For heaven's sake, their last name is Bridier. As in \"They are BRIDIER than all y'all other brides.\" On the other hand, we had Sarah Jewett and Brian Smith, Princeton- and Harvard-educated Eurasia-luvin' do-gooders whose first kiss involved a subway escalator in St. Petersburg and the phrase \"we're running out of steps,\" which made us just swoon, swoon and swoon!!\n\nKirstin Gamble and Andrew Bridier\n\nKristen's parents are \"of Greenwich, CT\": +1\n\nAndrew's full name is \"Andrew Philip Jacques Bridier\": +3\n\n\"Bridier\" means \"more bride-like\": +2\n\nAndrew's parents are \"of Nantucket\": +1\n\nKristen has a MA from Upenn in historic preservation: +2\n\nKirsten is a grant-writer at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, while Andrew manages \"Murray's of the Vineyard,\" a clothing store in Edgartown Mass, owned by his parents, and is the founder of Casataway Clothing, a line of restort wear that makes items such as these. For such a preppy combo: +10\n\nTotal: 19\n\nSarah Jewett and Brian Smith\n\nSarah is a program development officer at the Eurasia Foundation, an organization in Washington that provides financing to nonprofit organizations in the former Soviet Union: +2\n\nBrian is studying Armenian at the Foreign Service Institute in preparation for a posting as a consular officer to the United States embassy in Yerevan, Armenia in January: +3\n\nThey met in St. Petersburg, where they were participating in a volunteer teaching program: +2\n\n\"Over the next few months, as they explored the city together, Mr. Smith contemplated kissing Ms. Jewett. \"I was waiting for the right moment,\" he said. But it never seemed to arrive. One night, after leaving a place called the Idiot Cafe, they rode the escalator into a deep subway station. Knowing that he was running out of time, he told Ms. Jewett, 'we're running out of steps.' They were kissing when they reached the bottom.\": +8"}
-{"text": "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles, so as to provide for a definition of a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for expiration of license plates issued to manufacturers, distributors, and dealers; to provide for annual and staggered registration by dealers, manufacturers, and transporters; to provide for the suspension or revocation of commercial motor vehicles when not in compliance with federal safety regulations; to provide for fees; to change the time limit for registration applications from 90 to 30 days; to provide for cancellation of certificates of title for vehicles designated for scrap metal or to be dismantled or demolished; to provide for applicability; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."}
-{"text": "Synopsis\n\nDescription\n\nThe thr_sigsetmask() function changes or examines a calling thread's signal mask. Each\nthread has its own signal mask. A new thread inherits the calling\nthread's signal mask and priority; however, pending signals are not inherited. Signals\npending for a new thread will be empty.\n\nIf the value of the argument set is not NULL,set\npoints to a set of signals that can modify the currently blocked\nset. If the value of set is NULL, the value of how\nis insignificant and the thread's signal mask is unmodified; thus, thr_sigsetmask() can\nbe used to inquire about the currently blocked signals.\n\nThe value of the argument how specifies the method in which the\nset is changed and takes one of the following values:\n\nSIG_BLOCK\n\nset corresponds to a set of signals to block. They are added to the current signal mask.\n\nSIG_UNBLOCK\n\nset corresponds to a set of signals to unblock. These signals are deleted from the current signal mask.\n\nSIG_SETMASK\n\nset corresponds to the new signal mask. The current signal mask is replaced by set.\n\nIf the value of oset is not NULL, it points to the\nlocation where the previous signal mask is stored.\n\nEither pthread_sigmask() or thr_sigsetmask() is used to mask the signal, SIGINT (CTRL-C), from the calling thread, which is main(). The signal is masked to guarantee that only the new thread will receive this signal.\n\npthread_create() or thr_create() creates the signal-handling thread.\n\nUsing pthread_join(3C) or thr_join(3C), main() then waits for the termination of that signal-handling thread, whose ID number is user_threadID. Then main() will sleep(3C) for 2 seconds, after which the program terminates.\n\nThe signal-handling thread, handler:\n\nAssigns the handler interrupt() to handle the signal SIGINT by the call to sigaction(2).\n\nResets its own signal set to not block the signal, SIGINT.\n\nSleeps for 8 seconds to allow time for the user to deliver the signal SIGINT by pressing the CTRL-C.\n\nIn the last example, the handler thread served as a signal-handler while\nalso taking care of activity of its own (in this case, sleeping,\nalthough it could have been some other activity). A thread could be\ncompletely dedicated to signal-handling simply by waiting for the delivery of a selected\nsignal by blocking with sigwait(2). The two subroutines in the previous example,\nhandler() and interrupt(), could have been replaced with the following routine:\n\nIn this routine, one thread is dedicated to catching and handling the\nsignal specified by the set new, which allows main() and\nall of its other sub-threads, created afterpthread_sigmask() or thr_sigsetmask() masked that\nsignal, to continue uninterrupted. Any use of sigwait(2) should be such\nthat all threads block the signals passed to sigwait(2) at all times. Only\nthe thread that calls sigwait() will get the signals. The call to\nsigwait(2) takes two arguments.\n\nFor this type of background dedicated signal-handling routine, a Solaris daemon thread\ncan be used by passing the argument THR_DAEMON to thr_create().\n\nNotes\n\nIt is not possible to block signals that cannot be caught or\nignored (see sigaction(2)). It is also not possible to block or unblock\nSIGCANCEL, as SIGCANCEL is reserved for the implementation of POSIX thread cancellation (see\npthread_cancel(3C) and cancellation(5)). This restriction is quietly enforced by the standard C\nlibrary.\n\nUsing sigwait(2) in a dedicated thread allows asynchronously generated signals to be\nmanaged synchronously; however, sigwait(2) should never be used to manage synchronously generated\nsignals.\n\nSynchronously generated signals are exceptions that are generated by a thread and\nare directed at the thread causing the exception. Since sigwait() blocks waiting\nfor signals, the blocking thread cannot receive a synchronously generated signal.\n\nCalling thesigprocmask(2) function will be the same as if thr_sigsetmask() or pthread_sigmask()\nhas been called. POSIX leaves the semantics of the call to sigprocmask(2) unspecified\nin a multi-threaded process, so programs that care about POSIX portability should\nnot depend on this semantic.\n\nIf a signal is delivered while a thread is waiting on a\ncondition variable, the cond_wait(3C) function will be interrupted and the handler\nwill be executed. The state of the lock protecting the condition variable is\nundefined while the thread is executing the signal handler.\n\nSignals that are generated synchronously should not be masked. If such a\nsignal is blocked and delivered, the receiving process is killed."}
-{"text": "Medical marijuana proponents today are expressing extreme disappointment with the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors' decision Tuesday to ban dispensaries in unincorporated parts of the county.\n\nThe supervisors voted Tuesday to both ban the establishment of dispensaries in unincorporated parts of the county and to extend a temporary moratorium on dispensaries until the ban becomes effective on Sept. 25.\n\nSupervisors cited regulations passed on June 10 by the city of San Jose, placing restrictions on operation of dispensaries in the city, as part of the reason for the ban in unincorporated areas.\n\nSupervisor Dave Cortese said, \"We need to protect unincorporated Santa Clara County from a potential migration of medical marijuana dispensaries from San Jose.\"\n\nDale Gieringer, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)'s California chapter, said the supervisors' decision is both irresponsible toward patients who will have to travel longer distances to access their medication and an example of dysfunctional government.\n\n\"It's disappointing that the supervisors don't feel competent to regulate dispensaries the way other Bay Area counties have done,\" rather than ban them, Gieringer said.\n\n\"In the wake of San Jose's restrictions, it could mean more hardship for South Bay patients. The `Santa Clara~ county was already toward the bottom in terms of access to medical cannabis in the Bay Area and is pretty backwards on medical marijuana in general,\" Gieringer said.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\"Transportation isn't very good in the county either. A lot of patients will end up having to go to Oakland or San Francisco,\" he said.\n\nSupervisor Cortese said that he has instructed his staff to monitor the impact of Tuesday's ban on access for compassionate use \"with the understanding that we can revisit this down the road if access becomes an issue.\"\n\nCurrently, there are 78 dispensaries in San Jose, according to county officials. Under the new city regulations, only 13 of those can remain in their current locations.\n\nA county staff report said there are 623 parcels in the city available for relocation to appropriately zoned areas.\n\nHowever, dispensaries have been having a hard time relocating.\n\nLeAnna Gomez, chief operating manager of Papadon's 420 Collective, said she has had to shut down five of her six marijuana operations in the city and has not been able to relocate despite much effort.\n\n\"I'm scrambling day and night looking for a location. There is no way there are 623 parcels available within city limits, as presented by the city manager's office,\" Gomez said.\n\nGomez said she's been researching locations for 45 days, with multiple staff members helping her look \"for magical parcels out there. No such luck.\"\n\nIn a statement, county supervisors said that, \"A major concern is that if recreational marijuana use is legalized in California, medical marijuana dispensaries would be the first point of distribution. Restricting the location of dispensaries will help limit youth access to marijuana.\"\n\nThe county is planning a public education campaign about marijuana use, both on the adverse effects it can have on young people, and on the benefits of compassionate use for patients."}
-{"text": "I love this amp. It's blazingly loud at an affordable price, and I can pipe my music into it too. It annoyed the neighbors so much that I got in trouble with my apartment association! Yeeeaaahhh!!!! Rock On!\n\nOh, duh, I didn't read the subtitle. I blame it on the vodka. OK, here is the U-HID-G accelerometer sensor that I Invented along with Andy of www.ultimarc.com. It enables me to vary effects just by moving the guitar.\n\nOh, duh, I didn't read the subtitle. I blame it on the vodka. OK, here is the U-HID-G accelerometer sensor that I Invented along with Andy of www.ultimarc.com. It enables me to vary effects just by moving the guitar.\n\nIndeed, I enjoyed trying out the awesome audio processing patches posted here on guitar, until my bandmate coopted my G2X for her keyboard rig. She loves running her voice through the G2X, with the gooseneck mic.\n\nYou guys seen this video yet? I bet there's a G2 patch somewhere that does the same thing: http://www.youtube.com/RunBeerRun3\nIt's supposed to be a demo of an audio-triggered \"trance synth\".\n\nI started using the Ebow because one day I felt too lazy to pull out the cello for band practice. Now she actually prefers the sound of the Ebow to the cello for a certain song or two. But I'm struggling with dynamics using the E-Bow - it goes from no sound to super loud very quickly whereas I have a lot more control on cello._________________Current and recent work on Soundcloud\n\nYeah, ebow's are picky about where on the string, and /or over the pick-up, they are placed when played. And that's true for particular notes as well!! (This makes perfect sense, because it's just creating a magnetic feedback loop to reinforce the existing vibrations, so you may have the ebow placed over a standing wave's dead-zone, or over it's peak!).\n\nAnyway, currently along with the G2, I'm playing with Pd, and especially this very portable unit (I really like the fact that it fits in my bass case!):\n\nMy favourite bit of kit has to be my LR Baggs ParaDI. It just cleans up the piezo signal very nicely, and its quasi parametric mid control is a great help in rooting out those trouble frequencies.\n\nbaggs para di.jpg\n\nDescription:\n\nFilesize:\n\n5.35 KB\n\nViewed:\n\n10505 Time(s)\n\n_________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.\nLin Yutang (1895-1976)\n\nYeah, and demo of a patch by Tombola (MusicThing blogger) too. His VirtualMURF patch killed my GAS for a real MURF pedal, which I'm sure is a thing of beauty in its analog glory, but has no user programmable patterns like Tom's patch._________________Current and recent work on Soundcloud\n\nWhile I can and will totally agree upon both the E-bow and G2 engine (as I got them too), I would like to add Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro Plus to the list. Or any looper unit for that matter. Really a big boost to being creative.\n\nHowever, I must say that since \"it all is in the fingers\" we should also add those REALLY ingenious little things that really matters in the right hands.\n\nAnd while most, if not all, guitar players can relate to using a slide in some way (either doing it quite good, moderate or just plain painfully bad), the JetSlide totally is a different kind of beast.\nIt does takes some time to get used to, but you just won\u00b4t go back to normal sliding again without missing the benefits of the JetSlide.\n\nThat Jetslide looks interesting, I might get myself one of those and give it a try.\n\nI need to add a couple of bits of guitar kit that I think are worth a look.\n\n1. Eleven Rack with expansion.\n\n2. Pod HD500\n\nThe Eleven Rack is extremely good, the amp modelling is pretty good, better than the software ones I have (Waves, Guitar rig, amplitube). The interface is good but the True-Z input is the real King of the package, it has to be tried to see the difference it makes.\n\nThe only real problem I have with the Eleven Rack is the choices of FX units, especially if you are after weirder effects which leads me onto...\n\nThe Pod HD500. For the price this is pretty good, I was after a multi FX unit to plug into the FX Loop of the Eleven Rack and after looking around the HD500 seemed like a good deal, 8 concurrent effects from a choice of over 100 and a pedal board that could send midi for the price seemed like a bargain. I was surprised to see also that the Line 6 amp modelling has come on in leaps and bounds, it is not up to the quality of the Eleven Rack but is pretty useable and the new version allows you to set Sag and Bias on the amps which is neat. Crap power supply and no on/off switch though! Also a lot more noise than the Eleven Rack but for the price I think these are well worth a look.\n\nThat Jetslide looks interesting, I might get myself one of those and give it a try.\n\nI need to add a couple of bits of guitar kit that I think are worth a look.\n\n1. Eleven Rack with expansion.\n\n2. Pod HD500\n\nThe Eleven Rack is extremely good, the amp modelling is pretty good, better than the software ones I have (Waves, Guitar rig, amplitube). The interface is good but the True-Z input is the real King of the package, it has to be tried to see the difference it makes.\n\nThe only real problem I have with the Eleven Rack is the choices of FX units, especially if you are after weirder effects which leads me onto...\n\nThe Pod HD500. For the price this is pretty good, I was after a multi FX unit to plug into the FX Loop of the Eleven Rack and after looking around the HD500 seemed like a good deal, 8 concurrent effects from a choice of over 100 and a pedal board that could send midi for the price seemed like a bargain. I was surprised to see also that the Line 6 amp modelling has come on in leaps and bounds, it is not up to the quality of the Eleven Rack but is pretty useable and the new version allows you to set Sag and Bias on the amps which is neat. Crap power supply and no on/off switch though! Also a lot more noise than the Eleven Rack but for the price I think these are well worth a look.\n\nI don\u00b4t know anything of the price of either of these two, but if you\u00b4re into weird and good sounding effects and also don\u00b4t complain if amp modeling happen to be really good too. You owe to yourself to check up on Fractal Audio Axe-FX, at least to compare the price against Line6 and 11 rack. There are some used Ultra aviable due to the fact that the new toy Axe-FX II will come out in some weeks. If you don\u00b4t want or can\u00b4t afford to purchase the newest one, I say that the Ultra is still very good but has pretty much reached its full potential. The modifiers in the Ultra together with the effects aviable in it can make really weird but lovely sounds... not on par what\u00b4s possible within a G2 engine. But several LFO\u00b4s, ADSRs,a simple step sequencer, envelope follower, pitch tracker. That\u00b4s quite much to be in a guitar effect processor.\n\nRegarding the amps in it and the aviable parameters on each amp compared to either Line6 and/or eleven rack... I just say: count\u00b4em!\n\nEmbarrasing enough I still haven\u00b4t tried my Ultra together with my G2 engine, though I\u00b4ve had it for a couple of years and the engine even longer... I guess life happens... all the time.\n\nCan\u00b4t even imagine how all this will end up when I get me one octatrack or two...\n\nYeah, and demo of a patch by Tombola (MusicThing blogger) too. His VirtualMURF patch killed my GAS for a real MURF pedal, which I'm sure is a thing of beauty in its analog glory, but has no user programmable patterns like Tom's patch.\n\nWhile I can and will totally agree upon both the E-bow and G2 engine (as I got them too), I would like to add Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro Plus to the list. Or any looper unit for that matter. Really a big boost to being creative.\n\nHowever, I must say that since \"it all is in the fingers\" we should also add those REALLY ingenious little things that really matters in the right hands.\n\nAnd while most, if not all, guitar players can relate to using a slide in some way (either doing it quite good, moderate or just plain painfully bad), the JetSlide totally is a different kind of beast.\nIt does takes some time to get used to, but you just won\u00b4t go back to normal sliding again without missing the benefits of the JetSlide.\n\nI agree on ALL yer points! Gizmos and gadgets are fun, conducive to creativity and all that, but yer fingers have to do the job anyhow!\n\nI'll have to get me a few of them Jet slides, I reckon - thanks a heap for that timely tip!\n\nSorry to go overboard with the exclamation marks, but you know..._________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.\nLin Yutang (1895-1976)\n\nWhile I can and will totally agree upon both the E-bow and G2 engine (as I got them too), I would like to add Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro Plus to the list. Or any looper unit for that matter.\n\nAll three of these are things I have entertained getting in the past. Recently my son and I have been thinking about the ebow.\n\nMost of my looping has been in Ableton Live, and I must say that the most frustrating part has been the variations in latency between the time of kicking a midi foot controller and the time that Live starts capturing a loop. Do hardware loopers suffer from this varying start time latency, or is it a Live issue?\n\nMy workaround has been to write a looper in chuck that issues a count-in click track, with quiet time in front of the on-beat attack. It is software, and it works fine. But I cannot get Live to do a clean job of triggering on loop boundaries, due to the unpredictability of the latency between hitting the foot switch and the actual start of audio capture._________________When the stream is deep\nmy wild little dog frolics,\nwhen shallow, she drinks.\n\nMy workaround has been to write a looper in chuck that issues a count-in click track, with quiet time in front of the on-beat attack. It is software, and it works fine. But I cannot get Live to do a clean job of triggering on loop boundaries, due to the unpredictability of the latency between hitting the foot switch and the actual start of audio capture.\n\nGenerally Live likes to trigger record start etc by itself. You hit the record button slightly before the point where you want to start recording - you need something programmed in advance (a click track or previously looped stuff). I guess you're using the looper effect, but I'd expect that to work the in a similar way.\n\nI'm curious about the specifics in your problem - if you feel like it you could start a separate thread.\n\nOn another note, I've tried looping/overdubbing guitar with my Octatrack, which was promising. I just need to check up how to start recording with a pedal, which ought to possible now that it's 1.0.\n\nYou cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forumYou cannot attach files in this forumYou can download files in this forum\n\nPlease support our site. If you click through and buy from our affiliate partners, we earn a small commission."}
-{"text": "Those inquisitive dragons first seen in Research Project are back again - taking a break from studying to enjoy some delicious pastry. You just knew that wouldn't end well! Double matted to 8x10, hand signed and numbered by the artist. 2017, edition of 125.\n\nThose inquisitive dragons first seen in Research Project are back - and this time, after doing the research, they've begun a discussion of their findings which quickly descends into chaos! Double matted to 8x10, hand signed and numbered by the artist. 2016, edition of 125.\n\nA clutch of small dragons have gotten into the library \u2013 and what do they want to know? How to be better, more powerful dragons! From an acrylic original. Double matted to 8x10, hand signed and numbered. 2015, edition of 125.\n\nAbout Us\n\nFeaturing the fantasy art of Theresa Mather. Dragons, unicorns, fairies, cats, wolves, steampunk and more!To learn about Theresa and see her upcoming appearances, visit her site at www.RockFeatherScissors.com"}
-{"text": "Musings of life in an area of chalk downland with its abundance of wildlife but only a few miles from London.\n\nSunday, 8 December 2013\n\nLast Post (for a while)\n\nI have legitimately been able to forget the housework and go off exploring the countryside as the doctor said walking would strengthen my knee and help with its recovery following the op. It has worked...I am now pain free!! :-))\n\nExploring my valley again has been like visiting a very dear old friend. It is good to see the various habitats, that I have known for years, thriving and improving. I noticed that an old bridleway, that reportedly has dormice living in the trees and hedgerow that line it, has had gaps filled with more Hazel planting which is just what the dormice like :-)\n\nI must make time to visit my valley more often as it was so enjoyable, although I missed my old dog, Jess, who always used to accompany me on these walks. It was this valley that prompted me to start this blog in the first place but both my time and my blog sort of got hijacked by sheep and the Downland Project somewhere along the way-))\n\nI have also visited the various parts of Saltbox S.S.S.I. The area we overlook from our bungalow is very disappointing as a third of it is now covered in Golden Rod. This picture was taken last year. It was even worse this year. I don't know why Natural England allow this sort of thing to happen and continue to pay neglectful farmers for doing virtually nothing.\n\nAnother part of Saltbox that is owned by the London Wildlife Trust and has been grazed at intervals by the Downland Project's ponies and goats, is looking rather scruffy and overgrown as it hasn't been grazed for several months. This is because three large scrapes were being dug. I am guessing that L.W.T. are hoping that the wildflowers above the scrapes, will set seed in them. However, the landscape funnels the wind across the scrapes, where there are mainly thistles, brambles and ragwort and I noticed these have already have started growing in them. Maybe with the low nutrient they will not take hold. Time will tell. To me, a more interesting bit to watch in the future, is where the tractor they used churned up the soil while crossing a flowering area in which Bee Orchids and chalk grassland flowers flourish.\n\nI have also been doing some exploring further afield. College Lakes near Tring is a favourite of mine at anytime of year but this autumn it looked particularly lovely.\n\nAs did the Ashridge Estate in the same area. Well done the National Trust for not charging for parking as there were so many families visiting with children jumping in puddles, scrambling over fallen trees and making camps. This beautiful area of woodland should be enjoyed by everyone.\n\nIt is good to be back to my old self and I am pleased to be back to livestock volunteering. We have moved the ponies, moved sheep, trimmed hooves and best of all put the rams in with the breeding ewes. Sheep are seasonal breeders and the rams definitely knew it was 'that' time of year. Before they were put with the girls, it was amusing to see how amorous they were getting with each other...they were obviously desperate for some female company:))\n\nOne can imagine how pleased they must have been to meet their new wives..\n\nWe are at that time of year when we are being bombarded with adverts and invitations to Christmas parties, cocktail parties, dinner and dances etc., etc., so I couldn't help laughing when I received the invitation to the Downland Project's Christmas Do... a BBQ in the middle of a field in Surrey...at least I wont have to by a party dress:-)) Christmas Wishes to everyone.\n\nI am going to give this blog a bit of a rest for a while as I have some new plans for the New Year but I hope you all have a good 2014\n\nHi Sam. Firstly, thank you for always leaving comments on my posts. At least I knew someone was reading it:) My plans aren't very exciting and have still to be properly decided. It is more that I have a lot I would like to do and not enough time to do it. These are some of the things: Continue with the Thames Path walk (i had to stop after the very first leg of it last year because of my knee)(I may make a blog of it), de-junk the bungalow so that we can seriously consider moving as far away from London as possible,become more self sufficient, do some conservation work on more local sites, make felt animals, start painting again, earn some money so i can buy a new camera (mine has a scratch on the lens)..and so the list goes on and on and on:-))))))Regards, Helen\n\nMust just add this bit of good news...after complaining in this post about the state of the Saltbox SSSI that we overlook (the bit covered in Golden Rod), I am pleased to say that today the farmer has put on 25 sheep. I am not sure if they will touch the Golden Rod but they will certainly help with the rest of the overgrowth :)))\n\nI realised I had been missing your posts... then realised that you had stopped blogging and that I had forgotten to comment on that! I do hope you will feel the urge to blog again sometime with beautiful pictures and thoughts, especially as Spring is now here :-) Look forward to hearing how your plans develop! Best Wishes, Alice\n\nHello Alice...Thank you for your comment. I can't decide, at the moment, whether to carry on blogging or not. I keep changing my mind. If I do I think I need to make a few changes as my posts were getting rather long and taking ages to write and I just don't seem to have the time to spare these days but I know a lot of people like to hear about the lambing which is due to start in April so I will have to make up my mind soon.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI have lived with my husband in the chalk downland valley of Biggin Hill for over 30 years. I have three children that have all grown up playing in the fields and woods around us and now I have a grandson who I can also share this special place with. I love all animals and wildlife. While living here I have kept chickens, cats, dogs, fish, rabbits, a stray guinea fowl and a stray muscovey duck but now I just have my grandson's guinea pig, numerous fish and visiting wildlife. I am a livestock volunteer with the Downlands Project that works on conserving important areas of chalk downland and other countryside management tasks in and around north east Surrey. Besides wildlife my biggest interest is anything to do with horses. I love getting comments on my posts as it makes it much more interesting and enjoyable hearing what others have to say and I will always try to post a reply."}
-{"text": "3081 FLINT HILL RD COOPERSBURG, PA 18036\n\n$599,900\n\n3081 FLINT HILL RD COOPERSBURG, PA 18036\n\nHome Size: 4100\n\nBedrooms: 5\n\nBathrooms: 3/1\n\nLot Size: 55103 sq ft\n\nListing Price: $599,900\n\nMLS Number: 549917\n\nYear Built: 1790\n\nProperty Type: Residential\n\nThis home and property is an entertainer's dream come true between the inviting rooms with fireplaces, beautiful grounds for watching incredible sunsets, enjoying relaxing moments on one of the many porches or patios or hosting guests for a farm to table dinner in the guest house / finished barn. Historical enthusiasts will appreciate the perfect blending of the authentic aspects of this home with the new renovations. Throughout the home, one can't help but admire the architectural details- random width wood floors, deep sill windows, gorgeous stone walk in fireplace, original wall facades. It also accommodates today's needs with central air, granite counter tops, double oven, large family room that opens out to deck, hot tub to relax in after a hard day of work. Also there is a private guest suite with modern full bath jacuzzi tub and walk in shower. Added bonus is the barn/ studio with beautiful pine floors, loft, and bar area. Too many features to list. This is a must see!\n\n3081 FLINT HILL RD COOPERSBURG, PA 18036\n\n3081 FLINT HILL RD COOPERSBURG, PA 18036\n\n3081 FLINT HILL RD COOPERSBURG, PA 18036\n\nName:This field is required.Your Email:This field is required.Subject:This field is required.Message:\nWould you like a free valuation of your current home?\n\nFull Address:Type of Property:Approx. Living Area:Approx. Lot Size:Number of Bedrooms and BathroomsComments (updates, renovations, improvements etc.):"}
-{"text": "Dark Contemporary & Dangerous Paranormal\n\nDare Trilogy Update!\n\nFor Kaitlin Claremont this is a very tall order. What wouldn\u2019t an orphan girl living over of her aunt\u2019s shop wish for? But when her one night of magic and passion in the arms of a man that is as out of her reach as he is gorgeous turns into curdling screams and dead bodies, Katie quickly realizes that her wish came with strings, a debt she must repay or die. But can she take a life to save her own or can she find those responsible and stop them before it\u2019s too late?\n\nKaleb O\u2019Reilly has one goal, finish his internship, get his credits and graduate. His freedom can\u2019t start until he does. But nothing prepares him for the brown-eyed beauty he just can\u2019t seem to get out of his head no matter how many times he tells himself she\u2019s off-limits. Kaleb can\u2019t deny he wants her in a way that very much complicates everything. But what happens when the hunger wins and everyone he loves becomes a pawn to a deadly game? Can he turn his back on Katie to save his family or will he fight to save the girl?\n\nIt\u2019s been a while since these three books were mentioned and no I haven\u2019t forgotten them. In fact, I\u2019m here to let all you wonderful readers know that I have fantastic news to share!\n\nAs most of you may remember, the Dare Trilogy was three books, Game, Set and Match. But after some deliberation, I have decided that the series needed a makeover and a new start seeing as how it never got one. How? You ask. Well, starting with the cover. Yup. Cover, as in one. The trilogy is getting revamped into a single novel for your enjoyment. It will also have a new title!!\n\nWait for it\u2026\n\nWait for it\u2026\n\nMy Soul For You\n\nMore will be revealed come Friday, Jan 24, 2014. We also have a release date all set up and ready to go so make sure to join if you haven\u2019t and be part of the excitement!!"}
-{"text": "Egyptian Mua\n\nGet yourself a pet\n\nEgyptian Mua\n\nPrice: $1100\n\nWeight: 7-9 pounds\n\nEgyptian Maus are a small- to medium-sized short-haired cat breed. They are one of the few naturally spotted breeds of domesticated cat. The spots of the Mau occur on only the tips of the hairs of its coat. It is considered to be a rare breed"}
-{"text": "24 comments:\n\nYum to the french toast! Enjoy your fab time in Nashville. I've only been to Nashville once, on the way back from Florida. I mapquested a mall that had a MAC store, and we stopped there... but something tells me Nashville has more to offer than just sparkly makeup.\n\nI just had to Google \"honky tonk\" so that I would also know what it means. I'm Canadian, so you know, that's my excuse for not knowing. The Wikipedia entry is cracking me up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_tonk\n\nSteph -- I would be listening to you right now (I believe), but unfortunately a dear, old friend past away this week and I so wanted to attend all his memorial services. last one being Friday afternoon. I had everything set for blissdom (registration, airfare, hotel). I can not wait to read all about your adventure. And maybe next time, I will get to meet you in person. oh and Ivy :)"}
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-{"text": "Mindfulness: How The Practice Can Change Your Life (VIDEO)\n\nIt's pretty common to imagine how you'll celebrate the week's end. And it's also pretty likely you've reminisced about last weekend, thanks to social-oriented life trackers like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.\n\nBut one chunk of our lives that can go missing from our thoughts is the present moment: The now -- life in real time.\n\nIn the video above, Jay Michaelson, author of Evolving Dharma, explains the concept of mindfulness to HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps. \"Mindfulness is about bringing attention and awareness into the present moment ... it's a way of focusing the mind,\" he says. Michaelson goes on to explain that mindfulness is another type of fitness -- contemplative fitness -- that can help us to perform more effectively. And just like your routine at the gym, a mindfulness practice does necessarily require hours and hours of work to see results.\n\nWatch the clip above for more on the power of mindfulness and catch the full segment, \"Power of Mindfulness,\" here."}
-{"text": "LCUSD News\n\nTK and Kindergarten: The LCUSD K Teams met together to revisit the \"Welcome to K Day\" for the new families prior to the opening of the school year. TK met with Anais Wenn and Carrie Atkins to continue updating the progress of the grade's curriculum. Later, TK and K collaborated together along with the elementary principals to discuss new ideas and possible alternatives to the present \"Welcome to K Day\" prior to school and \"Back To School Night\" after school begins. At the conclusion of that discussion, K had an extensive training by Mandy Redfern in the ESIG program used for administering assessments and data collection. After lunch, teams divided up to their own sites to finish collaborating and planning.\n\n1st Grade: The first grade team discussed the CAASPP protocol and the possibility of using it to examine future benchmark data for first grade. They continued the work they began during this week's TDG studio at LCE. They were able to identify some Core Math ideas for their current math units, created some meaningful math tasks and exit tickets, and set up a shared Google Drive folder to store additional tasks and exit tickets that they create throughout the school year.\n\n2nd Grade: LCE Second Grade met together and completed the CAASPP protocol 1 task. They reviewed and discussed the ELA and Math benchmarks for Quarter 1 with Teacher on Special Assignment, Carrie Adkins. In addition, the team began working on their grade level collaboration goal by sharing and designing writing prompts and rubrics.\n\n3rd Grade: The third grade team spent the afternoon analyzing their CAASPP data and collaborating on next steps for instructional goals and strategies based on their targeted curricular \"claim\" strands. In addition, the third grade cohort reviewed and revised their ELA and Mathematics common assessments for the first trimester grading period.\n\n4th Grade: The 4th grade team at LCE completed the CAASPP Protocol 1 for the latest test scores. They planned instruction for second quarter in alignment with their grade level pacing guides. They also discussed curriculum changes for their upcoming Time Capsule trip.\n\n5th Grade: Today the fifth grade team met to analyze and discuss Spring 2015 CAASPP test results. They met briefly with Mrs. DeBoer to discuss social/emotional needs and strategies for addressing them. They also began looking over Valley Forge commitment forms.\n\n6th Grade: The sixth grade at LCE met on September 25th to analyze the CAASPP site and district scores. They completed the district CAASPP protocol. The team also discussed student progress in each class and parent/teacher conferences. Parents will be notified this week if an October conference is recommended. They ended their day by discussing Pali Mountain cabin groups for the 6th grade upcoming field trip.\n\nPE: Mrs. Hayos worked on her PE website, which will be added to the LCE website soon.\n\nLibrary: The Librarians met at Once Upon a Time bookstore in Montrose to view newly published books. Their emphasis was historical fiction and mystery character books for grades 4 - 6. They also viewed nonfiction books that go with Common Core topics in grades K-6 - topics such as colors, farm life, habitats, community, Native Americans, California history, the American Revolution, the 50 United States, and Shakespeare.\n\nEnglish Language Development: The ELD Team completed their schedules for addition into school site calendars.They also reviewed beginning of year procedures, including CELDT testing. They discussed the ELD Progress Reports and the Informal Primary Language Student Interviews."}
-{"text": "Tools\n\nCategories\n\nThe original item was published from 7/17/2019 8:30:05 AM to 8/18/2019 12:00:01 AM.\n\nNews Flash\n\nHome\n\nPosted on: July 17, 2019\n\n[ARCHIVED] Neuhaus advises Orange County residents to take precautions during high heat advisory days\n\nGoshen, N.Y. \u2013 Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus is advising residents to take precautions to protect themselves and their families during the high heat advisory days that the region is expecting this weekend.\n\n\u201cThis weather is very dangerous and we should all take this heat advisory seriously,\u201d Neuhaus said. \u201cSeniors are more susceptible to becoming overheated or dehydrated during this type of weather. I encourage County residents to visit senior relatives and neighbors to ensure their safety during this heat wave.\u201d\n\nThe National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Friday and Saturday. They are forecasting high heat and humidity, with temperatures reaching the upper 90s and the heat index reaching upwards of 110 degrees Fahrenheit.\n\nDuring this weather, residents should take measures to:\n\nStay Cool\n\nStay in air-conditioned buildings as much as possible.\n\nFind an air-conditioned shelter.\n\nDo not rely on a fan as your primary cooling device.\n\nAvoid direct sunlight.\n\nWear lightweight, light-colored clothing.\n\nTake cool showers or baths.\n\nStay Hydrated\n\nDrink more water than usual.\n\nDon\u2019t wait until you\u2019re thirsty to drink more fluids.\n\nDrink from two to four cups of water every hour while working or exercising outside.\n\nAvoid alcohol or liquids containing high amounts of sugar.\n\nRemind others to drink enough water.\n\nStay Informed\n\nStay updated on local weather forecasts so you can plan activities safely.\n\nHeat illness may be recognized by the following symptoms: headache, dizziness or fainting, nausea or vomiting, weakness, muscle cramps, confusion, irritability, disorientation, or hallucinations and trouble breathing.\n\n\u201cI urge residents to try to keep cool during this heat wave and to take it easy,\u201d Orange County Commissioner of Emergency Services Brendan Casey said. \u201cDon\u2019t overdo it. In case of any heat related emergency, dial 9-1-1 immediately. Please don\u2019t forget to make sure your pets are protected from the elements, too. They rely on you to look after them.\u201d\n\nFor more information, contact Justin Rodriguez, Assistant to the County Executive for Communications and Media Relations at 845.291.3255 or jrodriguez@orangecountygov.com."}
-{"text": "Samsung AR Emoji are NQR\n\nLooking at the Samsung AR emoji created by a bunch of tech journos, there was something odd about them I just couldn\u2019t put my finger on. Then it dawned on me; it makes everyone thin. Just like Bitmoji before it, Samsung are too worried they\u2019ll offend you by making your avatar chunky, so everyone ends up thinner virtually than they are in real life. Apple sidestepped this by making their Animoji, well, animals. What a bizarre world we live in."}
-{"text": "on December 31, 2018\n\nYou might think finding your calling is difficult, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.\n\nWhat if there was a simpler, more practical approach to discovering what it is you\u2019re meant to do in this world?\n\nThrough personal experiences, biblical case studies and modern day examples, Andrew Gilmore gives you a step by step guide to uncovering how your unique passions, skills, and resources combine to allow you to live a life of fulfillment and excellence for the glory of God. In short: Under the Sun will show you how to live a life of purpose.\n\nToo many Christians are waiting for a burning bush or blinding light instead of proactively petitioning God. But waiting around eventually leads to apathy or angst.\n\nStay in this funk for too long and you\u2019ll find yourself disillusioned with life. And, if left unresolved, disillusionment leads to anger and hopelessness\u2014a dangerous combination for both spiritual and physical health.(more\u2026)\n\non December 31, 2018\n\nIt has been said that, \u201cWe stand on the shoulders of giants\u201d in reference to the legacy of those who walked with God in previous generations. The Treasury of Daily Devotions brings us the writings of influential Christians in previous eras. Their zeal will challenge us to go forward in the Christian life and be equipped to serve the Lord. Spiritual growth, like physical growth, requires careful nurture. For this we need help from God and from His servants sent to encourage us along the way. May this \u201cCloud of Witnesses\u201d minister to our timeless needs.\n\non December 31, 2018\n\nWhen Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the \u201cCambrian explosion,\u201d many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock.\n\nIn Darwin\u2019s Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life\u2014a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but because scientists have learned more about what it takes to construct an animal. During the last half century, biologists have come to appreciate the central importance of biological information\u2014stored in DNA and elsewhere in cells\u2014to building animal forms.\n\nExpanding on the compelling case he presented in his last book, Signature in the Cell, Meyer argues that the origin of this information, as well as other mysterious features of the Cambrian event, are best explained by intelligent design, rather than purely undirected evolutionary processes.\n\non December 31, 2018\n\nHe made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore. When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a freak accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making drifwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually his late wife\u2019s illegitimate daughter, given up for adoption without his knowledge, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to accept that the wife he\u2019d given saint status to was not the woman he thought he knew.\n\nTogether Holton and Libby form an unlikely bond as the two struggle to learn the identity of Libby\u2019s father and the truth about Adele, themselves, and each other.\n\non December 31, 2018\n\nThe bestselling co-author of the legendary The One Minute Manager\u00ae and a former Twitter executive join forces to create the ultimate guide to creating powerful mentoring relationships\n\nWhile most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don\u2019t know how to find one or use one. And despite widespread approval for the idea of being a mentor, most people don\u2019t think they have the time or skills to do so.\n\nPositive mentoring relationships can change the way we lead and help us succeed. In One Minute Mentoring, legendary management guru Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz, a former Twitter executive and early employee, combine their knowledge to provide a systematic approach to intergenerational mentoring, giving readers great insight into the power and influence of mentoring and encouraging them to pursue their own mentoring relationships.\n\nUsing his classic parable format, Blanchard explains why developing effective communication and relationships across generations can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. One Minute Mentoring is the go-to source for learning why mentoring is the secret ingredient to professional and personal success.\n\non December 31, 2018\n\nAbout Us\n\nGospel eBooks\n\nGospel eBooks was the first website to provide alerts for free & discounted Christian e-books. We keep track of which titles are on sale and then post a fresh list of deals for you every morning. We're here to save you time and money by pointing you to e-books that you actually want to read, at a fraction of the cost.\n\nGET E-BOOK DEAL ALERTS\n\nWould you like to be alerted when our daily deals are posted each morning? Subscribe below and you'll never miss a sale again.\n\nTip Jar\n\nGet Your E-Book Listed\n\nSearch for an e-book deal\n\nGospel eBooks is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to providea means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. View our Privacy Policy."}
-{"text": "Sex offender convicted in rape, murder of 14-year-old girl\n\nby Associated Press\n\nWSBT\n\nCLEVELAND (AP) \u2014\n\nA registered sex offender has been convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Ohio girl and could face the death penalty.\n\nJurors on Tuesday found 45-year-old Christopher Whitaker guilty of aggravated murder and charges including kidnapping and rape in Alianna DeFreeze's death. Her body was found in an abandoned home in Cleveland in January 2017, three days after her mother reported her missing when she didn't arrive at school.\n\nAuthorities say Alianna was beaten and stabbed and the South Euclid man's DNA matched evidence.\n\nWhitaker told investigators he was high on cocaine and blacked out. His attorney has said Whitaker is remorseful and doesn't contest the charges. His attorney didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment.\n\nJurors will determine whether to recommend the death penalty in the penalty phase.\n\n(Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)"}
-{"text": "Ashtown Castle\n\nIt was found hidden within the walls of a much larger and more recent building that was being used by the Papal Nuncio until 1978. At that time, the more recent and larger building was deemed structurally irreparable due to dry rot. But as that was being demolished, Ashtown castle was discovered. It has now been restored and forms part of the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.\n\nIt is thought to originally date from the 1430s[verification needed], as it is built to dimensions that conform with a government policy of the time who offered \u00a310 to those who built a castle for their own safety. The castle was later incorporated into the construction of Ashtown Lodge which was to serve as the official residence of the Under Secretary from 1782.\n\nThe grounds in which Ashtown Castle is located has held concerts in the past few years."}
-{"text": "Damon System\n\nDamon System Premier Provider in Los Angeles\n\nWhat are Damon System Braces?\n\nDamon System self ligating braces are the future in orthodontics. Regular or standard braces (metal braces, gold braces, lingual braces, hidden braces or invisible Incognito Braces) require elastics to hold arch wires in place. Elastics are like bungee cords, which cause friction and pressure, making treatment slower and less comfortable. Damon System self-ligating braces (no elastic ties to hold the arch wire in place) are smaller, more comfortable to the lips and cheek, and use a slide mechanism that eliminates the friction. Teeth move faster and require fewer adjustments, less visits, shorter appointment times, and shorter total treatment time. All our patients love their broad wide new smile after they complete Damon treatment.\n\nDamon System braces align teeth and enhance facial esthetics (expanded smile width, improved profile and a more youthful look) usually without extractions, and without rapid palate expanders, which are uncomfortable and painful. We call this the BRACELIFT FACELIFT effect (check out Bracelift Facelift article to explain more). All our adult patients love the increased support from their expanded smile; the softening of the lines around the mouth is comparable to Botox or a facelift.\n\nCan My Family Dentist Provide Damon Braces?\n\nYes your family dentist may be able to offer you orthodontics and some may be able to offer you Damon braces, but they are not orthodontic specialists called Orthodontists. Your family general dentist is licensed to offer all services in dentistry, but they are not trained to be specialists. Dentists are subject to practicing at the same standard of care as a specialist, if they choose to offer specialty services.\n\nSpecialist and Generalist are not created equally. Your general dentist may have taken some additional weekend training seminars and offer orthodontics, but they are not allowed to call themselves Orthodontists. The two years of additional training prepares the Orthodontist to handle any situation, which earns the additional title of \u201cOrthodontist.\u201d A weekend course does not provide the same qualifications and training as a two year accredited specialty training program. So dentists offer orthodontics, but are not orthodontists. Ask your dentists questions about their qualifications and training to offer orthodontics.\n\nWhy Does Dr. Alpan Provide the Damon System?\n\nDamon System Braces are a self-ligating bracket which holds the wire by a mechanical door. This self ligation offers a unique biocompatible approach to orthodontics. Utilizing light biologic forces applied by wires, the Damon system moves teeth in a more efficient and ideal manner. The lower forces allow the body to adapt quicker, easier and with less sensitivity. The goal is not to overpower the system, but to work within the bio-force system that is most compatible to the body. Our Damon patients always get surprised and tell us, \u201cjust how painless the process really is.\u201d Everyone loves pain free orthodontics.\n\nUtilizing physiologic research to our process allows us to mold and contour the mouth into a beautiful and full smile. We usually see this achieved with fewer appointments and less treatment time then other orthodontic systems. When time is our most precious commodity each appointment saved is time for you to spend with your family or at work. The least amount of time you have to sacrifice out of your personal life the better.\n\nThe team at AO are so excited with the results of the Damon System we have stopped using fixed expanders. The results we would normally see with the use of an expander are apparent with the Damon System within 6-8 months. Many of our surgery patients who requested surgically assisted expansion had similar results to our Damon patients who did not have surgery.\n\nThe Damon System comes in different looks: Damon Clears are the least visible clear bracket. Damon Q\u2019s are the all metal smallest self ligating bracket on the market."}
-{"text": "Ana\u00b4s Nin\n\nGeneral Manager\n\n1997 Paradise Pisces\n\nFrench Writer\n\n1903-1977\n\nMs. Nin can be evaluated from many different positions. Erica Jong writes:\n\nNin's independence both as a wife and as a lover seems beguiling. At first she appears a beacon of liberation for women, but perhaps she was more enslaved to men than most of us....In a way she traduced her art for the sake of her deceptions.\n\nNin was fashionable in the hedonistic '60s and '70s. An icon of the women's liberation movement, she was as revered as her former lover, Henry Miller, was reviled. But informed opinions ebb and flow and more recently Miller has been rehabilitated and Nin has been reconsidered, in a less positive light. In a review of a Nin biography, Barbara Kraft writes:\n\n[She] was unremittingly self-serving, devoid of even the most elemental moral or ethical considerations.\n\nA recent biography of Nin claims that Nin lied about everything. Apparently her \"unexpurgated\" diaries are as indifferent to the truth as anything else she wrote or spoke about.\n\nWhat then are we to make of a woman who provides the following recipe for happiness?"}
-{"text": "The new space has a stage for Imagine\u2019s live-music shows, and the Hurds plan to open a coffee shop in partnership with Estate Coffee. They launched a GoFundMe campaign last month to raise $5,000 for moving expenses, setting up the coffee area and buying an espresso machine.\n\nIt had raised more than $2,200 as of Friday morning.\n\nFort Worth-based Pier 1 Imports is considering shuttering up to 45 stores in fiscal 2020, the struggling retailer announced while reporting fourth-quarter earnings last week.\n\nThat figure could rise to 15 percent of stores if Pier 1 misses its sales targets, performance goals and other metrics, the company warned. Pier 1 has about a half-dozen stores in the San Antonio area.\n\nBed Bath & Beyond will close roughly 40 stores and open 15 new locations in fiscal 2019, USA TODAY reports. The retailer announced its plans during a recent fourth-quarter earnings call.\n\nThe company has at least five stores in the San Antonio area. It\u2019s not clear whether any stores will be closing or opening locally, and a spokesperson for Bed Bath & Beyond didn\u2019t specify.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re focused on optimizing our real estate portfolio to better align with our strategic direction through the opening of new locations, re-negotiating leases and closing stores where the lease terms don\u2019t support our goals,\u201d the spokesperson said.\n\nWalmart is adding automated pickup towers, floor scrubbers and unloading machines to some of its San Antonio locations this year."}
-{"text": "Share This Item\n\nAdditional Information\n\nDon't get mad, get plaid! Specifically, these plaid leggings. A playful take on the tartan pattern with navy, hot pink and white hues, the full length style has the comforts you love with a stretch waistband and a tapered leg.\n\nTorrid.com ships to all 50 states, APO/FPO addresses, U.S. territories and possessions and over 150+ countries. For information on shipping to APO/FPO addresses or on International shipping. Standard U.S. Flat Rate Shipping is $6. Free Shipping to U.S. Stores & Free Returns to U.S. Stores.\n\nRecently Viewed\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nBabygrlC from\nLove, love, loveI received these and are in love. Great fit, soft material and super comfy!! Great price and Fast shipping also.\n\nDate published: 2017-08-16\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nmomofnine from\ngreat fitmy daughter loves theses leggings. They dont feel cheap.\n\nDate published: 2017-04-03\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nSchlie920 from\nGreat!I bought these and they look great with just about everything.\n\nDate published: 2017-03-20\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\namber82 from\nbest leggingsI purchased these leggings and i love them.they fit so comfortable.i would tell all plus size wokmen to go out and shop here.thanks torrid.\n\nDate published: 2017-03-15\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nKitViolet9 from\nAmazing!In the past Torrids leggings have run a little big and awkward on me but these are perfect :D\nDefinitely recommend these!\n\nDate published: 2017-03-07\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nBobbie4 from\nfits greatI bought these a few weeks ago and i love them. I would buy them again\n\nDate published: 2017-03-06\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\njunebugsmommie from\nPerfect LookI bought these to wear with my t-shirt and converse for a comfortable but not lazy look and I was right I look great I even got a compliment from my mother who insults me quite often lol They fit great and are super comfy\n\nDate published: 2017-02-27\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nPrincess Minnie from\nAwesome leggingsI bouts these for the colder weather at work very comfortable very happy buyer\n\nDate published: 2017-01-26\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\ncarik1 from\nSo cute!love the colors and the fit/comfort of these leggings\n\nDate published: 2017-01-09\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nJae marie from\nknew i had to have em soon as i saw themsooooo cute the colors are perfect l, you can't go wrong with torrid leggings!!!! they fit perfect just perfect\n\nDate published: 2017-01-04\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nLeA LeA from\nAbsolutely loveThey are way toooooo cute. One of my favorite pairs.\n\nDate published: 2016-12-29\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nbaby23 from\nTrendy leggings!!!I bought 2 pair of leggings a couple weeks ago and couldn't be more happier with them. They are so comfortable and slimming. Got lots of compliments. Bought other leggings in different colors. Love them!!!\n\nDate published: 2016-12-29\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nreneepoo from\nI love Torrid leggings!I bought my first pair of Torrid leggings a month ago and I loved them so much, I've bought 5 more pairs since.\n\nDate published: 2016-12-29\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nGothGranny from\nI LOVE these leggings!I'm 5'11\" and these were indeed full length.True to size , and as comfy as PJs. I bought two other pairs in different pattern and would buy more.\n\nDate published: 2016-12-29\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nBombom from\nAwesome fitBought these for myself, hey I'm only 61. They fit great length & tooshy. Have gotten many compliments. My grown daughter's want a pair too.\n\nDate published: 2016-12-27\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nBeth2000 from\nGreat leggings!!Great fit!! Love the color and how comfortable they are"}
-{"text": "Devin Townsend is a man who needs no introduction. This Canadian heavy metal superhero has been around the block, singing with Steve Vai, setting new standards for heavy with Strapping Young Lad, taking progressive sounds to another level with Ocean Machine, imbuing country music with haunted sounds via Casualties of Cool, and teaching the world the importance of coffee with the help of Ziltoid the Omniscient! The Devin Townsend Project is releasing a new album, Transcendence, on September 2nd, so naturally we had to get a playlist from the man himself for the occasion! Here is the playlist of Devin Townsend\u2019s life!\n\n1. The first song you remember hearing as a child\nI don\u2019t know the name, but my mother had a steel music box that would play a classical piece. It was in a minor key and was haunting as it wound down\u2026\n\n2. The first song you can recall ever really and truly loving\n\u201cI\u2019m Alright\u201d by Kenny Loggins\u2026 there were many before, but that\u2019s the one that got my blood pumping first I think =)\n\n3. A song that you loved as a teenager/reminds you of high school\n\u201cRun Runaway\u201d by Slade. That song blew my mind as an early teen.\n\n4. The song or band that got you into metal music (or the current genre you play in)\nIf I am being honest, either Mot\u00f6rhead or Judas Priest. I think Metallica may have been equally as influential, but that came a bit later\n\n5. The most recent song to get stuck in your head\n\u201cBaby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig)\u201d by Parry Gripp\n\n[Ed: we felt this required some explanation\u2026]\n\n6. Your guilty pleasure song/band\nI feel no guilt about my listening. Bring on the Eiffel 65 and Aqua!\n\n7. The first album you bought with your own money/the first album you were really excited to own\nThe original motion picture soundtrack from Star Wars\n\n8. A song that makes you want to curl up on the couch with a hot beverage\n\u201cExile\u201d by Enya\n\n9. A song to blast at full volume while you\u2019re on the road\n\u201cBackbone\u201d by Gojira\n\n10. The song you\u2019d most like to be played at your funeral\nHappy Birthday!"}
-{"text": "Thanks to Les Jones for taking the video, and he has many more, including some of the women who are a lot cuter than I am. I\u2019m not kidding when I say it\u2019s brutal. Probably the most uncomfortable full auto I shot. Even the BAR was a walk in the park by comparison. You\u2019ll notice my flinch when I drop the hammer on an empty chamber."}
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-{"text": "Some look to profit by trademarking Occupy\n\n\"We are the 99 percent\" and \"Occupy Wall Street\" are among phrases submitted for trademarking\n\nAttempts to trademark catchphrases from the Occupy movement have sparked unlikely controversy between protesters and those attempting to profit from their cause.\n\n\u201cWe are the 99 percent\u201d is among the phrases that have been submitted for trademarking at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.\n\n\u201cOccupy Wall St.\u201d was filed by a couple from Long Island, according to a Nonprofit Quartlery this month, while \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d has been submitted by a businessman from Arizona.\n\nHowever, members of the Occupy Wall Street protests have also banded together to trademark their name, Wylie Stecklow, a lawyer representing Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York told The Washington Post.\n\n\u201cI would like to ensure that this isn\u2019t co-opted for commercial purposes,\u201d Stecklow said in the Nov. 6 article. \u201cThe trademark can be used for noncommercial purposes.\u201d\n\nLaw School professor David Abrams, however, believes \u201cthe point of a trademark \u2026 is for use in business.\u201d\n\nTopics\n\nGenerally, symbols that express a company are trademarked to protect that association, he said. Using the Nike swoosh as an example, he said these symbols often invoke the company.\n\nTrademarking a general symbol \u2014 such as \u201cOccupy\u201d \u2014 would be difficult, according to Abrams. More specific phrases, such as \u201cOccupy Philadelphia\u201d or \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d would be easier to trademark, but could lead to internal disagreements regarding infringement.\n\nAccording to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, \u201ca trademark typically protects brand names and logos.\u201d\n\nFor Jon Laing, an organizer from the media committee for Occupy Philadelphia, it doesn\u2019t make sense to trademark the protest. \u201cThis is a populace idea, so everyone owns it,\u201d he said.\n\nAfter the application is filed for a trademark, it is evaluated to determine whether federal law permits it to be registered. The vast majority of applications are ultimately approved, Abrams said.\n\nOnce registered, the trademark allows the owner to protect how the trademarked symbol is used. The owners gain \u201cthe ability to recover damages from someone else who infringed it,\u201d Abrams added.\n\nOthers have been benefiting monetarily off of the Occupy movement, according to Nonprofit Quarterly. Ray Agrizone, who started theoccupystore.com, sells Occupy merchandise including bumper stickers and sweatshirts.\n\nAgrizone is a self-described \u201centreprotester\u201d than entrepreneur and he has pledged 10 percent of his sales to Occupy Wall Street.\n\nFor Marketing professor Patti Williams, Occupy merchandise may not only fund the movement, but also allows more people to participate.\n\n\u201cMuch of consumption is about self-expression and I\u2019m sure that purchases of Occupy merchandise would be very self-expressive,\u201d Williams wrote in an email.\n\nThe idea of returning all profits to the movement is important to keep merchandise in line with the movement\u2019s ideal.\n\n\u201cThe Occupy movement has a core value around abhorring greed and profit-making purely for the sake of making profits \u2026 so it will be important that Occupy consumers think that any profits earned are put back into the mission of the movement,\u201d Williams wrote.\n\nHowever, trademarking doesn\u2019t make sense for Laing. Occupy \u201cis an idea for the people and by the people,\u201d he said. \u201cNo one should have claim to that.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Step 4: Pourin'\n\nStep 5: Switchin'\n\nThe switch plate performs two functions: it holds the other socket for the bulb, and provides a place for the switch to live. I used a 1/4\" piece of ...\n\nFluorescent lamps are synonymous with the most depressing aspects of modern life: their soulless flickering presides over vast aisles of big box stores, server farms, fields of cubicles, and parking garages. Yet, as individual objects, they are sleek, glossy white tubes, efficient in both form and purpose. I thought it nice to marry these contradictions into a lamp that used burned-out tubes to diffuse the light from a single, working fluorescent. The result is a study in opposites: lightness and weight, fragility and solidity, delicacy and mass. A concrete base supports a column of white glass, classical in form and color, but modern in material and concept.\n\nI also realized a number of shortcomings upon completion; namely, the tubes being buried permanently in concrete makes it difficult to replace a broken bulb or to move the lamp without threatening the tubes. The next iteration, perhaps, will have sockets which facilitate swapping out the tubes for transport or repair. In the process of making the lamp, one tube broke; I've included replacement instructions here.\n\nFluorescent tubes are filled with hazardous toxins, namely mercury. Work in a well-ventilated area, and wear a mask if you break a tube. Clean up the shards of glass with gloves.\n\nSalvage the bulbs from your office, home, or school. Counties and towns with bulb-recycling programs might be inclined to spare a few if you ask nicely.\n\nIf you are thinking about using a PVC end cap, to set into the concrete base, then yes, it WOULD be a good idea.\n\nIf you mean to surround the old bulb in PVC tubing to protect it from impact... then go for it, as long as it is a clear PVC tube. They even sell specially made clear plastic tubes JUST FOR protecting florescent bulbs. most hardware stores, or big box stores that sell florescent fixtures will also carry the plastic sleeves.(using opaque PVC plumbing pipe would sort of defeat the purpose of having the burned out florescents, since you wouldn't see them)\n\nYour BEST bet though, is to PUT IT SOMEWHERE SAFE, when having a party.\n\nIt may be a pain, but not as big a hassle as having to clean up shards of broken glass, and dealing with mercury fumes, all while trying to host a party.\n\nIf you spill mercury, please don't vacuum it up. Doing so can disperse it into an airborne vapor. (More than it tends to vaporize by itself.) Mercury has low vapor pressure and will vaporize at room temps. If it breaks up into thousands of little globules, the surface area increases tremendously, thus increasing the vaporization. If this happens get as much air moving as quickly as possible.\n\nOtherwise get the environment as cold as you can as fast as you can and try to make sure the mercury does not get down into any cracks in flooring, etc. If it does, cover the areas with flowers of sulfur. You can then try to suck it up with an eyedropper, solder sucker or baster, but when you're done, do make sure to work flowers of sulfur into the crevices. And don't vacuum there.\n\nhttp://www.epa.gov/hg/spills/\n\nYou can get a special foam device meant to clean mercury up by trapping the globules in its open cells. I have never experimented with other types of foam, but I would want to have one of these things around in case I were to spill any. I have always believed that these should be readily available in hardware stores, and kept in every home or office that uses neon or fluorescent tubing.\n\nI've broken countless fluorescent tubes but I have never seen enough mercury in any of them to actually see. There is less than a droplet in a bulb. So how you're going to see the stuff to even pick it up is beyond me.\n\nTo say that a tube contains \"less than a droplet\" of mercury is meaningless. A very small quantity of mercury can be dangerous. I was a glassblower and made neon for years, and I can tell you that there is enough mercury in neon and cold cathode tubes to be of concern.\n\nSome people will minimize the dangers of exposure to mercury, as they will to any dangerous material, but it's up to you to protect yourself and others who may be unaware of contamination of an area with toxic materials.\n\nMercury exposure is not something to mess with, especially if you ever come into contact with children, or with people who may ever have children. Mercury should not be ingested in any form, in any amount. Even \"less than a droplet.\"\n\nOh Lord love a duck. Mercury is not generally absorbed via licking floors. It vaporizes into the air and there is nothing you can do to avoid breathing it in at that point. If you handle it, it can get on your skin and clothing and migrate to others, or even into your washing machine or the machines at the laundromat.\n\nIf you want to risk a myriad of horrible ills, many to yourself but also including birth defects in your unborn offspring and those of others (and by now I am devoutly hoping you decide not to reproduce) then by all means ignore the dangers of this toxic yet ubiquitous substance.\n\nHandling chemicals improperly is not valiant. It is stupid, and comes with criminal penalties if you endanger others through your idiocy and someone finds out.\n\nThat last comment didn't make sense. Conventional bulbs (I assume you mean incandescent bulbs) don't release mercury. It is true that cold cathode lamps tend to use less power, but there are other considerations aside from mercury that make them less attractive. LEDs are really the way we will have to go in future.\n\nBy the way I wasn't calling you an idiot, but rather people who deliberately or carelessly mishandle chemicals.\n\nAnyway I've said all I can really say on the subject. I'm out . . . argue amongst yourself . . .\n\nI think you fail to see the big picture and have no idea where the electricity you consume comes from or what the consequences of using power are. One of which just happens to be mercury emissions. The difference in energy usage between incandescent and fluorescent lighting is large enough to more than offset the amount of mercury in the fluorescent bulbs. By several times I have heard.\n\nBTW gallium arsenide is one of the main ingredients of LEDs sounds yummy doesn't it? The semiconductor industry has been an environmental nightmare at all phases but that is a topic for another time.\n\ni know i'm a little late to the game, but i thought i would jump in with a few points:\n\n--\"BTW gallium arsenide is one of the main ingredients of LEDs sounds yummy doesn't it?\" gallium arsenide is indeed a carcinogen, but is used in infrared LEDs, not lamps for general illumination. White LEDs use gallium nitride. Also, any toxic or irritating materials used in LEDs are encased in epoxy, so they do not present a health hazard unless you're doing things you probably shouldn't be doing, like grinding electronics into a fine dust.\n\n--regarding the health and safety risks of mercury in fluorescent and HID lamps, i think they are relatively minimal, but the serious problem arises with haphazard disposal of these lamps in landfills and incinerators. for example, i work in a facility that uses thousands of mercury lamps of various types. there may only be a few milligrams of mercury in each lamp, but let's say we do a group relamping project and change 500 32W T8 tubes at one time. we're (hypothetically) irresponsible with our disposal methods and just throw all the lamps into our trash compactor. we have just released approx. 7 grams of mercury into the environment, way over the OSHA exposure limit.\n\nThis is great - thanks for your work. There are issues of delicate handling but they might be alleviated by using the fluorescent bulb covers. I don't believe they would impact the visual aspect of the lamp and they can be cut to an appropriate length easily. At any rate they are relatively inexpensive and are worth a try. They are for sale at many hardware stores and at most big box contractor supply. It's a thought. M\n\nThanks so much for the instructions on how to build this sweet fluorescent lamp. I've been wanting something fresh and modern to go in my sitting room of my apartment. I moved into a modern looking place that has concrete formwork and it looks really slick. This lamp will compliment it nicely.\n\nThe mercury risks are way too overstated. I know here in the US everybody is paranoid about health risks etc, but mercury isn't the same as being plunged into a room full of hydrogen cyanide gas! Heavy metals are most dangerous to the young as they can affect brain development through denaturing of proteins, but it's not a case of \"being in the same room as a broken CF bulb = instant death or terrible neurological conditions\". Just keeping things in perspective. So don't worry so much.\n\nhehe, why try some new power for lighting? Although this amagic technology has been found in 19th ,but to many people it is just miraculous happening. wireless power transmission can be found in mobile telephone ,electric toothbrushes, led flashlight and led bulbs.if you type \"wireless power led lighting\" in google,you'll find many wireless power led lighting,\n\nTO this days ,we can find not only some mobile phones and electric toothbrushes,but also led lighting whichi's power supplied by wireless power ,yesterday I saw some power CREE led flashlight,and power led bulbs from http://www.wirelesspower-ledlighting.com/ it's really wonderful,\n\nI have no idea where you got this from, most fixtures aren't grounded at all.\n\nBefore the grounding police comes, there are things to consider:1) most fixtures won't be accessible from the ground, even if you touch them to replace a bulb, they're to be disconnected at that time anyway;2) when a fixture is screwed to masonry, often the screws themselves are a good enough ground for the fixture if the fixture ever comes live.3) grounded fixtures on damp environments often cause erratic electrical problems.\n\nMore important than grounding a ballast you'll hardly ever touch would be reinforcing the wire as it comes out of the concrete base. The sharp radius the wire can bend to will strain and break it. That is more likely to cause damage than the lack of grounding.\n\nThe installation instructions and schematic printed on the ballast said the fixture must be grounded; a grounding wire was provided, I bought a three-wire cord, seemed like a no-brainer. I'm not an expert electrician, but there really didn't seem like there was downside to adding a basic safety precaution to the wiring setup.\n\nSome ballasts do need to be grounded to work properly, and some don't.On most modern ones, you can get the thing to work anyway by connecting theneutral and ground together, but the lamp will then not start as easily, and will burn out faster. I don't know why this is so, since the ground isn't supposed to carry current.\n\nHave you ever seen the demo of flo tubes being lit by tesla coil?You can light these with HV RF with out contacting wires.I m thinking that you could use one of those plasma ball exciters to do this.All six of your \"dead\" tubes would light up just fine,if not as brilliantly as a connected tube.\n\nWhat if you placed a so-called \"black light\" at the center? It's just a UV light and should cause the old tubes to glow as well. This could make for an interesting effect, what with the center darker than the outside.\n\nThe regular purple long wave tubes will not excite the phosphor in an adjacent tube.The phosphor with the tube only responds to short wave UV directly from the Hg vapor.This short wave UV will not penetrate the glass.\n\nwhat if you got pvc pipe that was just slightly larger than the flourescent lights and burried those in the concrete just to the top? then couldn't you just slide in the lights and then if one gets broke it's easy to slide it out and replace it? or take them out to move it?\n\nHow about using a high voltage RF source (inverter) and you can light up the \"dead\" bulbs too. (Dead just means the small heating filaments at each end used to start the bulb are burned out ) Cold cathode fluorescent bulbs don'd have these filaments and use an inverter to light them up. the larger bulbs will work the same way."}
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-{"text": "HENDERSON, NEV.-- New Mexico State continues to lead after the second round of the WAC Men's Golf Championship. The Aggies followed up yesterday's 286 with a 298 in continuous 15-to-20 mile-per-hour winds on Tuesday at the 7,313-yard, par-72 Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson, Nev.\n\nUT Arlington (294-307--601) and San Jose State (296-305--601) took over a tie for second place. UTSA (293-311\u2014604) and Utah State (292-312--604) are tied for fourth (293-311--604) after carding a 23-over par 311 and 24-over par 312, respectively in Tuesday\u2019s windy conditions. Denver is in sixth (300-306--606), Idaho sits in seventh place (294-313--607), Texas State is eighth (302-308--610), Louisiana Tech is in ninth (305-310--615) and Seattle U is tenth (297-326--623).\n\nNew Mexico State's Kenneth Fadke (71-74--145) and Willy Hogan (70-75--145), along with UTSA's J.J. Lindsey (69-76--145) are tied for the overall lead at 1-over par. Lindsey, the leader after the first round of play, shot a 4-over par 76 on Tuesday. Fadke moved from sixth place into a tie for first after shooting a 2-over par 74, while Hogan moved from second place into the tie for first with a 3-over par 75.\n\nNMSU's Justin Shin carded the best round of the day on Tuesday as he scored an even par 72. The performance moved Shin from a tie for 38th place after day one to a tie for 14th place after day two.The three-day tournament concludes on Wednesday with the final-round tee times beginning at 7 a.m."}
-{"text": "Review\n\nAfter Led Zeppelin released their fantastic debut, they didn't waste any time in following it up. Later that year (1969) Zeppelin made what is considered one of their best releases. The result spwaned great classics that still receive radio play to this day. Led Zeppelin are my favorite band, and this is my favorite release by them (although it's hard to pick just one favorite).\n\nAs anyone who's ever heard even one song by the band knows, Led Zeppelin are something special. If you don't believe so, stop lying to youself. Or get your head checked. What made them so great is simply the fact that they were extremely talented musicians who loved what they did and did it differently. Remember, this was the 70s. There weren't all those bands that sounded the same yet. Really, only the mighty Zeppelin could make something like this.\n\nThings start off great as the band deliver a great blues-rock riff as \"Whole Lotta Love\" begins. The lyrics are supposely \"stolen\" from an old Muddy Waters song \"You Need Love\" but in all honesty, who cares? Jimmy Page shows his diversity by playing guitar and even theremin, while John Bonham backs him up with some good drum fills. You know you're in a for a great album when you hear this song.\n\nThis record is filled with great standout tracks, some even becoming hits. \"What hits?\" you ask. \"There's no 'Stairway' or 'Black Dog'!\" That is true, but I feel the strong songs on here are as good or even better. \"Ramble On\" is famous for its acoustic mystical fashion, heavy choruses (with superb vocals), and fantasy 'Lord of the Rings'-inspired lyrics. Some of my favorite lyrics of all time appear in this song: \"Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair...But Gollum, and the evil one, crept up and slipped away with her...\". Really mystical.\n\n\"Bring It On Home\" can be cited as another \"hit\", albeit a lesser known one. The band pay tribute to old blues musician Sonny Boy Williams II as Plant sings in a quiet tone and plays harmonica as well. Things kick in to another great riff and rhythm as Zeppelin make their closing track a great standout. Another song not commonly known by fans (except supreme ones) would be \"Living Loving Maid\". Plant sings of a woman who thinks she can get anything she wants. Supposely he wrote these about a groupie who annoyed the crap out of the band around that time. Oddly enough, Page really seems to dislike this one, citing it as his \"least favorite Led Zeppelin song\". Maybe because the solo isn't top notch, or because he doesn't care for the almost pop feel of it, I don't know. I still believe it's a good one.\n\nNow we get to the meat and potatoes of the album. The real jaw-droppers on this record: the solos. John Pual Jones gets a little room on a few tracks, Page has his moments (Whole Lotta Love) but in all honesty it's the big things in life most people care about. And if Moby Dick and Heartbreaker aren't the big ones here, I can't think of what is. The former is a catchy riff (which includes some guitar soloing too!) that dies off after a minute or so and launches into Bonzo mode. He starts things off soft and a little slow, but don't let him fool you. This cat can play. He builds it all up and even throws away his drum sticks because I guess he feels his hands will do better to play this one. The guy is just full of power and monstrousity. I mean hey, he isn't nicknamed Bonzo for no reason. The latter isn''t nearly as long a solo as the former, but Page gives something powerful with his guitar skills. One need only five seconds of it to see what a legend he is, and why he's ranked as my favorite guitarist.\n\nThis album really demonstrates different talent and styles. \"The Lemon Song\" showcases the blues, while \"Thank You\" and \"What Is And What Should Never Be\" allows toneful and soft songs with heavy choruses to sparkle. Jimmy Page shines the most on here, and it really gives you a sense of why people should listen to Zeppelin besides just the \"big songs\". John Bonham isn't as productive as I'd like him to be throughout here (although Moby Dick makes up for it I suppose) but that's alright. It's only their second release (in less than a year) and it kicks major butt. All in all, this is REALLY good and worth the buy."}
-{"text": "Contents\n\nThaena's life isn\u2019t what she wanted it to be. Winterhold is no longer the beautiful city she wanted to grow up in, her husband has turned into a bitter, cynical man, and she thinks the future for her son looks bleak. While Korir may stop short of assigning blame, Thaena has no problem pointing a finger at the mages of Winterhold.\n\nRefusing to accept any responsibility for her situation, she's placed all the blame squarely on the shoulders of the College and spends every day cursing its existence.\n\nShe tells the Dragonborn that her family is the only family that still truly cares about Winterhold.\n\nThaena \"That...wizard is still at the inn. I can't believe Dagur allows him to stay there.\"Korir \"That is what its come to. No one seems to care what they've done to our home.\"Thaena \"Its clear that memories are far too short.\"Korir \"And its clear that money matters more to Dagur than honor.\""}
-{"text": "what customers say...\n\nwhat\u2019s Larry? what\u2019s not?\n\nLEGO\n\nA new hacked limited edition where the legend of LEGO\u00ae bricks joins the legendary notebook. A LEGO plate is embedded into the iconic cover. The new limited edition pays tribute to all of the former kids who believe in the importance of playfulness in their everyday grown-up lives. This is the latest in a series of limited editions that plays with pop icons of our times, including: Woodstock, Pac-Man, Petit Prince, and Star Wars.\n\nAvailable in four different formats: Ruled and Plain Notebooks both in pocket and large sizes. The cover is debossed, silkscreened, and different color LEGO plates are built in each of the four models of the notebooks. Inside: a printed themed flyleaf, an inner pocket, a color-coordinated bookmark, and limited edition stickers."}
-{"text": "Spouting off about beer in the Pacific Northwest (and wherever else we're drinking)\n\nSunday, September 14, 2008\n\nA Special Treat\n\nAs a thank-you for volunteering last weekend at Surly Fest, Kris and I, along with all the volunteers, were invited back to the Surly on Friday night to have a few beers. It was a good chance to catch up with our co-volunteers again, sign up for a second volunteering opportunity on Darkness Day, and enjoy a few great beers.\n\nOmar's dad was there pouring beer and he shared with us a hilarious story about a conversation he had with his brother about what Omar's business was. As a practicing Muslim, his uncle may not have been terribly excited about Omar owning a brewery. Mr. Ansari, as he told the story, initially tried to pass off Omar's business as, \"just business...you know, business.\" But the uncle probed further. So Mr. Ansari shared a bit more. \"He makes barley water,\" he said. That satisfied the inquiries and avoided any familial conflict. It also made for a damn good story. I can't come close to doing it justice.\n\nAnyway, thanks to Omar and the folks at Surly for the invitation. We had a good time. And congratulations goes to Omar and the family. I didn't realize it at the time, but the newborn brought into the Brewery that night was Omar's new son. Congrats.\n\nPost-script!!! I almost forgot, while being regaled with Mr. Ansari's story, we were being served up Darkness. Yay beer!"}
-{"text": "OPEC president: Oil cuts likely if no price rally\n\nALGIERS, Algeria \u0097\nOPEC nations could further reduce oil output if moves last month to slash production do not bolster plummeting oil prices, OPEC president Chakib Khelil said Saturday.\n\nKhelil, who is also Algeria's energy minister, said an OPEC report would show by the end of the month whether all cartel members have enforced the daily 1.5 million barrel reduction decided in October.\n\nHe said he hoped the production cut would raise and stabilize prices at a level manageable for both oil-exporting countries and consumer nations.\n\nReasonable prices should range \"between $70 and $90 per barrel,\" said Khelil, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.\n\nOil prices have traded at around $60 a barrel this week. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude for December settled at $61.04 a barrel on Friday, but the contract dropped below $60 in overnight electronic trading for the first time in 19 months. That was down dramatically from record highs of more than $140 a barrel in July.\n\nBut predicted recession in the U.S. and Europe means demand for oil will continue to decline, Khelil told a news conference in Algiers, adding that rising energy needs in China and India would not be enough to boost oil prices.\n\nOPEC countries \"will therefore probably continue to reduce their production, in order to maintain a balance between supply and demand, at least through the beginning of 2009,\" Khelil said.\n\nThis policy is not fully decided yet, and Khelil said further output decisions would likely depend on how markets react to the current cut once it is fully enforced.\n\nThe minister is preparing to host OPEC's yearly summit, due in the western Algerian town of Oran on Dec. 17.\n\nPrice stability is crucial to countries like Algeria, where more than 95 percent of revenue comes from hydrocarbon exports. The North African nation has the eighth-largest reserves of natural gas, and ranks 14th in oil reserves."}
-{"text": "Lawmakers\u2019 salaries: meeting with Saraki raises more questions than answers\u2014SERAP\n\nSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has confirmed that its representatives met with the Senate President Bukola Saraki to discuss issues relating to details of annual salaries and allowances of lawmakers.\n\nIn a statement by Timothy Adewale SERAP deputy director, the organization said that, \u201cWhile we appreciate the expressed commitment by Saraki to transparency and accountability of the National Assembly, and the rare opportunity to dialogue with him, we remain deeply concerned that the leadership of the Senate has unfortunately not satisfactorily addressed the damaging allegations by Professor Itse Sagay, Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), that a Nigerian Senator gets N29 million in monthly pay, and over N3 billion a year.\u201d\n\nAccording to the organization, \u201cThere is an apparent discrepancy in some areas between what Saraki said at the meeting and what the Senate is doing in practice to improve transparency of its operations and accountability of members. For example, the Senate President\u2019s response to Sagay\u2019s allegations was simply to refer SERAP to the National Assembly budget for 2017, which is available on its website. However, a careful study of the document shows that it contains only some general information and not specific details that respond directly to allegations raised by Sagay.\u201d\n\nThe statement read in part: \u201cThe meeting with Saraki raises more questions than it answers. The Senate budget on its website is incomplete. The absence of specific details on salaries and allowances of each senator not only makes analysis difficult, it also points to underlying weaknesses in monitoring and transparency mechanisms.\u201d\n\n\u201cWithout including some level of details, Nigerians may see the published National Assembly budget as nothing more than window-dressing. SERAP hopes that the leadership of the Senate doesn\u2019t want this to be the case\u2014and we certainly see no reason why it should be the case. As we have noted, improved transparency on the exact salaries and allowances of senators and indeed members of the House of Representatives is in the interests of all.\n\n\u201cIn SERAP\u2019s view, rather than referring us to the seemingly incomplete National Assembly budget, the Senate President should have provided a line-by-line response to Sagay\u2019s allegations. It\u2019s important that the leadership of the Senate provides additional information that is lacking from the published budget if it is ever going to satisfactorily clear the air on the issues.\u201d\n\n\u201cContinuing failure and/or refusal to provide a line-by-line response to Sagay\u2019s allegations is counter-productive. Although the issues of transparency in the salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly may seem like sensitive issues, they are exactly the kind of issues the Senate and House Representatives need to urgently address and clarify if Nigerians are ever to trust their lawmakers.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the 2017 National Assembly budget does not appear to record all allowances received by senators, it\u2019s in the best interest of the Senate to now publish a line-by-line response to Sagay\u2019s allegations rather than simply providing a blanket denial. If the Senate is disputing Sagay\u2019s figures on the salaries and allowances of its members it should at least provide what it considers to be the current amounts, including on \u2018hardship allowance\u2019. One way the Senate can do this is by moving swiftly to publish details of senators\u2019 payslips and other relevant documents on the salaries and allowances of members for Nigerians to compare and judge.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn addition, we agree with the Senate President that there are corruption issues within the executive that need to be fully and effectively addressed. But the reality of corruption in the executive branch of government doesn\u2019t mean that allegations of corruption in the National Assembly especially as they relate to budget padding and constituency projects, should be minimized or ignored. The leadership of the Senate should have provided examples of how the Senate is preventing corruption in the budget process and initiatives like constituency projects rather than shifting the blame as to why corruption is so pervasive in the implementation of such projects.\u201d\n\n\u201cFurther, the Senate President\u2019s call on Nigerians to report to the Senate allegations of corruption that directly affect them or which they witness, is warmly welcomed. We hope the Senate will keep to its promise on this, and that reports of corruption cases that Nigerians bring to it will be objectively, fairly and effectively addressed and that any such process is completely transparent. However, citizens may not have the trust and confidence to embrace the Senate Anti-Corruption Reporting Mechanism until the leadership satisfactorily addresses the lingering doubts on the exact salaries and allowances of its members.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe National Assembly is in a uniquely strong position to act as a catalyst in the fight against corruption. But the rhetoric of the leadership of the Senate on transparency and accountability needs to be matched by reality.\u201d\n\nIt would be recalled that Mr Bamikole Omishore, the Special Adviser to Saraki on New Media, had said on Sunday in Abuja that he would contact SERAP and other CSOs for a meeting to give more details on the yearly earnings of senators. Omishore said, \u201cThe attention of the office of the President of the Senate has been drawn to demand for more details regarding the earnings of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Having released the breakdown of the National Assembly budget, the most comprehensive in the history of Nigerian Senate, it seems the release of pay slips is yet to clarify earnings of Nigerian senators.\n\n\u201cThe Senate President has agreed to a roundtable with SERAP and other CSOs to enlighten them and answer genuine questions regarding the matter,\u201d Mr. Omishore also said.\n\nSagay\u2019s allegations prompted SERAP to write Saraki, stating that, \u201cThe \u2018sky will not fall\u2019 if details of a Nigerian Senator\u2019s salaries and allowances are published on a dedicated website. SERAP believes that releasing the information on salaries and allowances of members of the Senate would encourage a nuanced, evidence-based public debate on what would or should be a fair salary for a member of the Senate.\u201d\n\nThe organization said that, \u201cIt is by making transparency a guiding principle of the National Assembly that the Senate can regain the support of their constituents and public trust, and contribute to ending the country\u2019s damaging reputation for corruption.\u201d\nSERAP statement read in part: \u201cTransparency is a fundamental attribute of democracy, a norm of human rights, a tool to promote political and economic prosperity and to curb corruption. For the Senate, practising transparency should start with the leadership being open to Nigerians on the salaries and allowances of members.\u201d\n\u201cSERAP strongly believes that it is by knowing exactly how much their lawmakers earn as salaries and allowances that members of the National Assembly can remain accountable to Nigerians and our citizens can be assured that neither fraud nor government waste is concealed.\u201d"}
-{"text": "To view this site, you need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser, and either the Flash Plugin or an HTML5-Video enabled browser. Download the latest Flash player and try again.\n\nThe Folsom Felon\n\nFriday, 1 Apr 2011 | 12:00 AM ET\n\nStefan Wilson is a self-made investment guru. He claimed his investment fund was a sure-fire winner. But investing with Wilson came at a very high price. In court, victims tell Stefan Wilson how he ruined their lives."}
-{"text": "Delhi history and travel guide\n\nWhere to shop, eat, explore and wander in amazement - take a read of our Delhi history and travel guide for a snapshot of this extraordinary city\n\nEXPLORING MUGHAL DELHI\n\nWords: Ian Cross\n\nDelhi, with a population of 17 million people, is amazingly, only India\u2019s third biggest city, and its old town is certainly its most chaotic.\n\nParts of New Delhi and its satellite cities may reflect India\u2019s leap into the 21st Century, but the crowded streets, laneways and bazaars of Old Delhi remain fixed in the past. In fact, the past is ever present here.\n\nThe most impressive monuments in the city are from its Mughal period, between 500 and 250 years ago, from the 16th the 19th centuries, when Northern India was ruled by a powerful and creative dynasty from central Asia. The Red Fort, Delhi\u2019s most iconic historic site, was built by the most famous rulers of the Mughal dynasty, Shah Jahan, who also built the Taj Mahal in Agra. This huge and impressive structure with its incredible red sandstone walls,took just nine years to build and was completed in 1639. It served as the seat of Mughal power, and remained the centre of government right up to the mid 19th Century when the last Mughal emperor was dethroned and the British took full control of India. It is still a powerful symbol of Indian nationhood and it was here that the Indian flag was first hoisted when India became independent in 1947.\n\nAcross Delhi, the garden tombs and mausoleums of other Mughal rulers survive to this day. This tomb of Humayun, the second Emperor, built in 1565, is thought to have provided the inspiration for Shah Jahan\u2019s Taj built a century later. Hunayun\u2019s family is also buried in this vast garden complex, along with his favourite hair cutter and the Persian masons who built the tomb. A restoration project funded by the Aga Khan Foundation, has helped preserve the mighty structure.\n\nNearby the tomb of Saftdarjung has received less attention, but it\u2019s still a beautiful structure, built for the powerful Prime Minister of Muhammad Shah, the Mughal Emperor from 1719 to 1748.\n\nDelhi\u2019s Moslem relics also pre-date the 300 year reign of the Mughals. These garden tombs are of Lodi and Sayyid dynasties, Delhi\u2019s last Sultans, who ruled in the 15th Century, before the arrival if the Mughals. Across Delhi these beautiful ruins lie undisturbed within the fort-like structures that housed them, now park lands that offer a welcome respite from the bustling and chaotic city outside.\n\nThere is today still a sizeable Moslem population in Delhi. Appropriately, over in the heart of the Old Town, one finds Jama Masjid, India\u2019s largest Mosque. Completed in 1656, made of red sandstone and white marble,its grand central arch is perfectly framed by three domes and two soaring minarets. It was built on the orders of Shah Jahan,a fitting testament to Delhi\u2019s magnificent Mughal legacy.\n\nA BRIEF HISTORY OF DELHI AND SIGHTSEEING IDEAS\n\nWords: Vinayak Bhattacharjee\n\nThe Ancient Mythological era. Up to 563BC.\n\n563BC is the date recognised by many as Buddha\u2019s birth in north-eastern India, in today\u2019s Nepal. It is also one of the first events that can be dated in ancient Indian history. The ancient and mythological era refers to the period from before this when the city of Indraprastha was the capital city of the Pandavas, key participants in the Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata. Indraprastha is believed to have existed where today stands the Purana Qila, an old fortress in central Delhi near the Yamuna river.\n\nIndia was ruled by several Hindu kings (Maurya, Gupta, Chola, Pallava to name a few) and subsequently entered a period of decline from around the 8th Century AD as the country split into principalities and separate feudal states. The land then experienced invasions by numerous central Asian Muslim tribes. These achieved varying success until 1526 when Babur became the first of a line of rulers known as the Mughals (a derivative of the word Mongol), who established Shahjahanbad, their capital, in the Delhi area.\n\nPre-Mughal. c 500 BC \u2013 1526 AD\n\nIn 1192, Mohammed of Ghor, a ruler from Afghanistan, came into India and captured several places in the north including Delhi. When he returned home, he left one of his generals in charge who became the first Sultan of Delhi. During this time, Islam was introduced into a major part of northern India. It may be mentioned that, even before that, just after the period of the Prophet, Islam was brought to the western coast of India by Arab traders and flourished in what is now Kerala. The Delhi Sultanate gradually took control of more and more of North India over the next 200 years, till Timur, who was called \u201cTimur the Lame\u201d or \u201cTamberlane\u201d came from Turkey in 1398 to attack India which practically signalled the end of the Delhi Sultanate. Soon the Mughals (from central Asia) came in and took control of the north. In the meantime in the south, in 1336, the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire based at modern day Hampi in Karnataka was established and gained strength.\n\nThe Mughals came from central Asia and soon held sway over most of the northern parts of the subcontinent. In 1526, Babur defeated the then ruler of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at the battle of Panipat and established the Mughal empire which covered large areas of northern India. Mughal rulers introduced Central Asian art and architecture to India. In addition to the Mughals and various Rajput kingdoms, several independent Hindu states, such as the Vijayanagara Empire, the Maratha Empire, and the Ahom Kingdom, flourished simultaneously in southern, western, and north-eastern India, respectively. The Mughal Empire suffered a gradual decline in the early 18th Century principally at the hand of the central Indian Marathas.\n\nAfter a further loss against the Maratha\u2019s in 1818, the British East India company, which had built its trading influence in India over the previous century, took the Mughal emperor into its fold and started to gradually increase its hold over the subcontinent. In 1857, after the sepoy mutiny (now called the \u201cfirst war of Indian independence\u201d), Britain established direct colonial rule in India and banished the last Mughal ruler to exile in Burma.\n\nTravel tip- Relating to this period you should seek out the following monuments/sightseeing opportunities: Humanyun\u2019s Tomb, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Safdarjung\u2019s Tomb.\n\nThe British Colonial 1857 \u2013 1947\n\nThe Europeans \u2013 Portuguese, French, Dutch, Danish and British \u2013 started arriving in the early 1600s after Vasco da Gama successfully discovered a new sea route from Europe to India in 1498. All of them held territories in India and made friends and enemies among India\u2019s rulers as they got more and more involved with Indian politics, but it was the British who eventually controlled most of India and finally made it one of their colonies. In 1617, the British East India Company was given permission by Mughal Emperor Jahangir to trade in India. In the aftermath of India\u2019s First War of Independence in 1857, all power was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown, which began to administer most of India as a colony; the company\u2019s lands were controlled directly and the rest through the rulers of what it called the Princely states.\n\nThe capital of the Raj was first Calcutta until the gradual transition to Delhi began in 1911. British architect, Edward Lutyens, was asked to design and build New Delhi, the new seat of the Raj housing government buildings and the new viceroy\u2019s residence. New Delhi was built adjacent to the existing city of Dilli and the walled city of Shahjahanbad and is recognised as a masterpiece of colonial and art deco architecture.\n\nTravel tip- Relating to this period you should seek out the following monuments/sightseeing opportunities: Rashtrapati Bhawan, India Gate, Parliament House, Connaught Place, Teen Murti House.\n\nWHERE TO SHOP IN DELHI\n\nFor those seeking cultural enlightenment in the form of retail therapy, here are six ideas for up-market shopping in Delhi\n\n1 Khan MarketEveryone in Delhi goes to Khan \u2013 open daily except Sundays. Recommendations include Goodearth for home products, crockery, soft furnishings; Bahrisons Bookshop, Kriti Creations for an assorted and eclectic collection of Indian handicrafts used for traditional festivals. Also try Kalaniketan Shoes for Indian sandals and imitations of high priced brands, and Fabindia for Indian clothes for men and women and children. You may also like Anokhi for printed home linen and clothes, and finally, Saree Centre and Raghavendra Rathore for bespoke Indian clothes for men.\n\n2 Santushti Shopping ComplexVisit Tulsi, Ogaan, Ensemble to get an idea of Indian designers. Anokhi has an outlet here too.\n\n3 Meher Chand MarketThis is what Khan Market was like 20 years ago. A long street with shops along one side. Try Ekmatra for traditional clothes in Khadi. We also like Shades of India, En Inde, Stones and Silver.\n\n5 Emporio MallThis Mall specialises in high-end international brands and the best of Indian designer-wear which is located on the second and third floors. Visit Tarun Tahiliani for gorgeous colourful (and a little over the top) outfits for women.\n\nNoteworthy: The aforementioned shopping malls are known to have nice, hygienic eateries, including Latitude (located within Goodearth) and Town Hall in Khan, Chez Nini and Caf\u00e9 88 in Meher Chand, Baci in Sunder Nagar, and Basil and Thyme in Santushti. Emporio has a coffee shop for sandwiches and salads and Cha Shi which does oriental cuisine."}
-{"text": "National Bank of Canada (TSE: NA)\n\nNA Technical Analysis\n\n5\n\nAs on\n8th Dec 2016 NA Share Price closed @\n54.38 and we RECOMMENDStrong Buy\nfor LONG-TERM with Stoploss of\n44.08 &\nStrong Buy for SHORT-TERM with Stoploss of\n48.00\nwe also expect STOCK to react on Following IMPORTANT LEVELS.\n\nNA Target for December\n\n1st Target up-side\n\n52.39\n\n2nd Target up-side\n\n53.88\n\n3rd Target up-side\n\n55.37\n\n1st Target down-side\n\n48.13\n\n2nd Target down-side\n\n46.64\n\n3rd Target down-side\n\n45.15\n\nNational Bank of Canada ( TSE Canada Symbol : NA ) Sector : Financial And Other Stocks in Same Sector\n\nNational Bank of Canada provides various financial services to retail, commercial, corporate, and institutional clients primarily in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The company\u0092s Personal and Commercial segment offers transaction solutions, mortgage loans and home equity lines of credit, consumer loans, payment solutions, savings options, and tailored investment solutions; various insurance products; and commercial banking services, such as credit, deposit, and investment solutions, as well as international trade, foreign exchange transactions, payroll, cash management, electronic transactions, and complementary services. Its Wealth Management segment provides advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; wealth management services for individuals, families, and small businesses; investment product manufacturing, such as mutual fund solutions; trust services to individual and institutional clients; tax and estate planning consulting services to trust service clients, and high and ultra-high net worth clients; and intermediary business solutions, including branded and white-labeled transactional banking and credit products, and settlement and custodial services to the financial services industry. The company\u0092s Financial Markets segment offers debt and equity securities; bank credit and risk management products; advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and financing; and investment banking services comprising origination, underwriting, distribution, and liquidity services, as well as secondary market activities, and macro economic and issuer focused research services. This segment also provides corporate lending and risk management services to large and mid-sized Canadian corporate clients; and markets Canadian debt and equity securities. The company provides its services through a network of 453 branches and 937 banking machines. National Bank of Canada was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.\n\nData and information is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes.\nNeither BazaarTrend.com website nor any of its promoters shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content,\nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon.\nYour use of this website constitutes acceptance of our Terms Of Service"}
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-{"text": "Coming Soon to a Theater Near You\n\nJoseph Smith, The Prophet of the Restoration debuts at the Legacy Theater (on the Temple Square corporate campus in Salt Lake City) on Saturday, December 17, according to this story in the Deseret News. There is also a long list of Visitors Centers that will be showing the new movie beginning on December 24.\n\nThe article notes that the film was \u201cproduced under the supervision of the First Presidency.\u201d That\u2019s interesting, as there is no official biography to use as a script, apart from the brief canonized account authored by Joseph Smith himself and appearing in the History of the Church and the Pearl of Great Price, two 19th-century documents. The movie, in a sense, becomes the 21st-century \u201cofficial\u201d depiction of the life of Joseph Smith. Welcome to the video age; we do movies, not texts. Movies have soundtracks, good for motivating spiritual emotions that should be associated with the Joseph Smith story. Conveniently, movies have no text that can be quoted or analyzed, just a string of images and depicted events. The dialogue is the closest thing to a text, but most of it will no doubt be fictional if plausible dialogue, words that would likely have been used by Joseph or other people during the events shown in the movie.\n\nSo come December 17 we will have a textless, official 60-minute movie version of the Joseph Smith story to complement the 561-page scholarly but unofficial textual account of the Joseph Smith story recently authored by Richard L. Bushman. It will be enlightening to compare the two accounts.\n\nPreach It:\n\nRelated\n\nComments\n\nHmm\u2026 Is there anything that sets this movie apart other than that it\u2019s just the latest one? It seems like other mini-films depicting Joseph have been \u201cproduced under the supervision of the First Presidency.\u201d\n\nHaving said that, though, I wonder if this will discourage other LDS film makers from tackling the Joseph Smith story, since now we do have the 21st-century \u201cofficial\u201d and \u201cinspired\u201d version. Let\u2019s hope not\u2026\n\nWe had stake conference this weekend and it occurred, however you spell it, to me that we of the bloggernacle, however you spell it, are skeptical sorts. Negative, even cynical.\n\nBecause I was listening with an ear for how others here would perceive it. Would they criticize, find fault, find the holes in the argument? I had to set that aside and accept the counsel and spirit as they came to me that moment.\n\nPerhaps this video about Joseph Smith is worthwhile as it is, without criticism or comparison.\n\nI think we need to become more as little children here and try harder to walk that fine line between skepticism and apostacy.\n\nI\u2019m sure this movie about Joseph Smith will be fine, probably even better than fine. I, myself, am excited to see it. Anything new from the Church that\u2019s more than a conference talk or an Ensign article always excites me in a unique way.\n\nAnd to clarify my last comment, I wasn\u2019t really being cynical / skeptical when I put \u201cofficial\u201d and \u201cinspired\u201d in quotes. I have no doubt that this movie is probably both. I just hope it doesn\u2019t somehow close the doors to anyone else wanting to make a movie about Joseph Smith, that\u2019s all.\n\nAnd I\u2019m sure the movie is worthwhile without comparison, similar to how the Book of Mormon is worthwhile without comparison to the Bible. But I get more when I view things from different angles (be it the Gospel or the life of Joseph Smith). Of course, I stick with angles that promote truth. I\u2019m not promoting any sort of anti- literature.\n\nThis is pretty interesting. At 60 minutes long, I expect the movie will be only a very superficial biography. I predict it will spend most of it\u2019s time on the first vision up through the organization of the church. I\u2019m interested to see how they segue into the martyrdom\u2026I doubt they\u2019ll mention the destruction of the printing press, for example.\n\nannegb, I don\u2019t know how you get to skepticism and apostacy after reading my post unless you\u2019re the kind of person who sees Satan lurking behind every tree. The question I\u2019m posing is: How does a video depiction of the life of Joseph compare to a textual description of the life of Joseph? Certainly if the First Presidency issued a 20-page textual narrative of the life of Joseph, it would receive careful study and be accorded pseudo-canonical status, much like the Proclamation. So what is the status of a video depiction? It is an entirely legitimate question.\n\nThat might not be a conversation you want to be part of, fine. But don\u2019t drop in on my thread and start muttering about criticism, skepticism, and apostacy. If that\u2019s all you see at this site, I would politely invite you to go somewhere else where you find the conversation more uplifting and enlightening.\n\nI\u2019m sure the contrast between the movie version and Bushman\u2019s version will be stark\u2013but hey, they are likely produced to accomplish different things I think. Personally, I was hoping to see Dutcher\u2019s version of Joseph Smith. I hope he still makes it sometime in the future. I think Val Kilmer would make a killer Joseph. Someone somewhere, I think on T & S, threw out a line about \u201cI\u2019ll be your Huckleberry\u201d in reference to Gov. Boggs. Truth be told, I think I\u2019d be more entertained by Dutcher than the \u201cofficial version\u201d But, I\u2019d still like to see it.\n\nI think there is some truth in your point about the movie becoming an \u201cofficial 21st Century depiction\u201d of the Prophet\u2019s life. Personally, I\u2019d probably take it less seriously than that. It is after all just a movie, regarless of under whose direction it was made. For some reason I take the video productions as less \u201ccanonical\u201d than say the Proclamation\u2013but that\u2019s just me.\n\nYou scooped me Dave. Serves me right for sitting on half written posts. The Director of the film is T.C. Christenses. He has done some local Mormon themed work as well as having been the director of photography for some pretty large documentaries, including the recent Lewis and Clark documentary. He also worked in the same capacity on the recent PBS docementaries written by Heidi Swinton. Co-director and screne writter Gary Cook was the producer for the Book of Mormon Movie. Some of the actors are from the local scene (e.g., Brigham City).\n\nIt looks as if the Church is happy to outsource this. Maybe they will start outsourcing otherthings? like, the bloggernacle will get to take a crack at the Sunday School manuals!\n\nKent, I\u2019m opposed to people who drop in on forums and try to shut down dialogue by a combination of fingerpointing and guiltmongering. I\u2019d rather have you voice your opinion (on that point or on the substance of the post), but if you prefer to turn around and leave, it\u2019s your choice to make.\n\nHow does a video depiction of the life of Joseph compare to a textual description of the life of Joseph?\n\nWell, you have answered your own question. A textual description maybe would have been practically canonized by members of the church. A film like this will be seen as fluffy (albeit uplifting, either mildly or extremely depending on how susceptible you are to music and melodrama) entertainment akin to Legacy or The Testaments.\n\nI wasn\u2019t aware that some members of the Church would view a video presentation as akin to scripture, if that is what you are trying to get at Dave. I highly doubt that it will be accorded such reverance by anyone.\n\nI agree with Kent. Your professions of non-skepticism notwithstanding, I believe your comments\n\nMovies have soundtracks, good for motivating spiritual emotions that should be associated with the Joseph Smith story. Conveniently, movies have no text that can be quoted or analyzed, just a string of images and depicted events.\n\ncould reasonably be construed as negative in tone, and skeptical in nature. Don\u2019t make a post with such a clearly critical tone, then tell commenters who object to leave, claiming they are imagining it. If you had phrased your original post the way your phrased your response to annegb, I doubt she ever would have objected. Your word choice was much more objective in the latter.\n\nI\u2019m not saying that you aren\u2019t right to take issue with the choice to make an official movie instead of an official book. But don\u2019t pretend that your original post isn\u2019t skeptical the First Presidency\u2019s decision.\n\nThanks for the comment, Jonathan. It sounds like you would label anything other than \u201cHere is a wonderful movie just released by our inspired First Presidency\u201d as \u201cnegative in tone and skeptical in nature.\u201d I think there has to be room for questions and discussion without triggering a \u201cnegative and skeptical\u201d charge.\n\nMore blog theory: At a discussion-oriented group blog like BCC, you can\u2019t just post a link to a news story, you have to set up an issue or question worth discussing. The issue I thought worth discussing in relation to the new movie (which hasn\u2019t been publicly released, so we can\u2019t really talk about the movie yet) is to compare the status of a video presentation whose production and release is supervised by the First Presidency with the status of a text that is supervised and released by the First Presidency. It sounded interesting to me, anyway.\n\nAs to my comment that started this whole snarkiness tangent, maybe I misread annegb\u2019s comment. But I didn\u2019t delete it, I just responded. I don\u2019t see how anyone could term my response \u201ca vehement attack,\u201d although I am impressed that the Snarkernacle weasel managed to spell \u201cvehemently\u201d correctly. It wouldn\u2019t take much speculation to guess who I think personifies snarkiness, mockery, and idiocy.\n\nDave, I think you might be reading too much into the phrase \u201c\u201dproduced under the supervision of the First Presidency.\u201d In a sense, everything the church does is supervised by the First Presidency. I\u2019m not convinced that this production has any special endorsement different from many of the other audio-visual materials produced by the church.\n\nI agree, though, that deciding what authoritative weight to give to such materials is an interesting question. My sense is that most members have not assigned any great authority to such things. And in general, such materials are not expected to last for very long\u2026they are continually being replaced with new, updated materials. They seem to be more about marketing and emotional manipulation than about doctrine, and I think faithful members understand that.\n\nThere\u2019s enough history in the History of the Church to make a full year TV series out of it. I don\u2019t think there will be anything surprising in an hour episode. I think it will move very quickly through a dramatization of the basic events we\u2019re all familiar with. I mean, the recent First Vision video was what, 20-30 minutes alone. As such, I very much doubt there will be anything that disagrees or departs from a history such as Bushman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or, for that matter, anything new in its presentation that suggests an official interpretation of something previously ambiguous.\n\n\u201cThey seem to be more about marketing and emotional manipulation than about doctrine, and I think faithful members understand that.\u201d\n\nNot that I don\u2019t agree, but my gut reaction is: \u201cGee, marketing and emotional manipulation\u2026 Wait, why does the First Presidency want to use resources for this again?\u201d I guess I\u2019m just having a hard time reconciling \u201cmarketing and emotional manipulation\u201d with \u201cFirst Presidency.\u201d I\u2019d like to hope there are other, better reasons for the movie to be made.\n\nWhat I meant by \u201chere\u201d I is the entire blog and I was merely making a generic observation based upon the whole content and personality of bloggers rather than your specific post. No offense intended. I didn\u2019t detect any vehemence in your post about my post, either.\n\nBack to the subject, I dislike movies about historical movies in general because I don\u2019t feel they can ever tell the real story and it feel fake to me. I can\u2019t suspend my disbelief.\n\nI almost feel that Joseph Smith could be better interpreted by a non-believer. I don\u2019t know anything, though, really.\n\nI can see both sides on this. On one hand, I think the new JS video is more than just another video release because it is designed to be shown at Visitors Centers as an \u201cofficial\u201d version of the LDS message to interested visitors. It is the 21-st century version of Paul\u2019s address in the marketplace at Athens.\n\nOn the other hand, Eric\u2019s reference to the original First Vision film from the \u201970s is instructive. That film was never taken as establishing any doctrinal points (although the inclusion and depiction of the brief \u201creally bad karma\u201d episode prior to the glorious vision itself was noted at the time). It is not used much anymore. No one, for example, has ever even referred to it in Bloggernacle discussions. This lends support to the idea that everyone sees the films as just a convenient way to show the events, but not as really making any definitive statements or assertions.\n\nDave, I was actually referring to the new First Vision video that came out about 2 years ago. (And which features Kirby Heyborne as Oliver Cowdery, who appears for LITERALLY one second!) But yeah, I think the effect will be similar with the upcoming film.\n\nI wonder if the movie will mention any of JS\u2019s 30-some-odd wives besides Emma. Fanny Alger? The Partridges? I suspect their scenes ended up on thr cutting room floor.\n\nI wonder if they will show JS drinking wine the night before the martyrdom.\n\nI wonder if the Zelph story will make it in.\n\nI wonder if they will show an accurate portrayal of the translation process, with JS putting his peepstone in the hat and burying his face in it to read the text with spiritual light, or will they show him sitting there with the Gold Plates in plain view of the scribe.\n\nI wonder which version of the First Vision will be depicted\u2013the 1832 version where he makes no claim about seeing both the Father and the Son or the 1838 version."}
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-{"text": "SRH Chapter 165 [Part 2]\n\nOriginal and most up to date translations are posted at volaretranslations.\n\nChapter 165: The Final Protectors [Part 2]\n\nThey hadn\u2019t walked for long before they discovered a stream. It was probably formed by the snow high above the mountains that had melted into water. There were some animal bones beside the stream, and they looked like they had been there for quite some time. They were probably hunted and killed when they came here to drink some water. Cillin looked at the deep bite marks around the neck bones and surrounding skeletons and said, \u201cThis is probably the work of a \u2018hellhound\u2019.\u201d\n\n\u201cYeah, they normally hunt down fugitives only and will not eat them. These bodies only benefited other animals.\u201d Lung played with the water of the steam and answered.\n\n\u201cShould we look around?\u201d\n\nLung nodded in agreement, \u201cThis mountain was probably formed due to the crustal movements just a hundred years or so ago. Maybe we can find some ancient fossils in this place. These are all money, man!\u201d\n\nThe facts proved that their trip was worth it.\n\nLung\u2019s detector discovered the fossil of an ancient creature. Of course, there was no way young master Lung would dig out the fossil by himself. He ordered the robots to bring over the necessary tools with a long distance remote control and tossed the fossil right up the spaceplane once all the processes were complete.\n\nCillin had also taken the opportunity to obtain some samples. The samples of ancient creatures were too expensive, and there weren\u2019t many people who were willing to spend money to buy them. Naturally, Cillin did not let such a golden opportunity pass by.\n\nWhile Cillin and Lung were busying themselves with the ancient fossil, the probes they sent out earlier sent back a transmission.\n\n\u201cLooks like we\u2019ve found the location of that former research base.\u201d Lung looked at the transmission and said.\n\nLooking at the transmission sent back by the probe, the research base wasn\u2019t too far away from where they were. Therefore, Cillin and Lung extended their hoverboards and flew towards the place directly.\n\nThe research base was buried a long time ago, and it was impossible to find an entrance on the ground\u2019s surface. Cillin and Lung scanned out an underground map and chose a spot to dig a hole into the place.\n\nThe spot they chose was one of the many passages of the research base. They would quickly find the passage after they went down the hole they dug. Since this place had been buried for too long, there were plenty of volatile gases made of deadly poison in the air. Therefore, both Cillin and Lung had put on a mask. As for the gray cat, this fellow wasn\u2019t afraid in the least.\n\n\u201cI heard that people were dispatched in search for this research base many times to see if there was anything good left behind in the past. However, they found nothing either because they never found the base, or because it was too buried too deep when they did find it. At the time, the base was probably buried deep underground due to crustal movements. It had only risen back to the surface level after many crustal movements later. We are lucky, or we would not have been able to enter this place. Who knows when the base will be buried deep underground again after this.\u201d Lung said happily.\n\nThere were suspended energy lamps at the front of the passage, lighting the many corpses on the floor in clear sight. Judging from the skeletons they did not look like humans, but that was only appearance wise. It did not meant that they were not once humans. There were plenty of convicts in this Sector, and it was common practice to select some humans who fit the standards of an test subject for experimental purposes.\n\nAfter they walked out of the passage, they saw some rooms they were either tightly shut or opened. However, judging from their appearances these rooms were used to store basic tools and materials.\n\nAfter venturing deeper into the base, they began to find some isolated research labs and some places were used to preserve research specimens. Only two of the liquid tanks used to preserve the research specimens were still intact. The rest were broken.\n\nInside the intact liquid tanks were two modified monsters who were so beyond recognition that they were unable to identify even their eyes. One of the monsters was probably an adult test subject, but the other monster was an unborn infant. A severely deformed infant.\n\n\u201cThese chosen convicts would be given specific food to consume, and some successful research subjects who went through all of the experiments would be used to reproduce offsprings. If their offsprings were excellent, then they would be used further as a work parent* with a wider range of research value\u2026 this is especially true for lifeforms at infant stage.\u201d Lung said.\n*basically, it means that they\u2019ll be used like a tool to produce more offsprings.\n\nBoth Cillin and Lung knew very well the madness of mad scientists. These were a kind of people who were unrestrained by both laws and morals. For the sake of their research, forget unborn infants, newborn infants or young children, they would use even themselves as a research subject. They were ruthless towards others, and even more ruthless towards themselves.\n\nThe specimens in the next storage room were the hellhounds. Some of the research subjects sealed inside the liquid tanks looked like humans, and some looked like dogs. In reality, one could find the traces of both lifeforms on every research subject. It might be their noses, their eyes, their mouths, their ears, their claws\u2026\n\nThere were quite a number of newborns among the specimens. They were probably failed subjects. The most classic failed subjects would also be sealed off as a research record.\n\n\u201cI heard that there aren\u2019t that many hellhounds in the first place. Out of the successfully researched hellhounds, the excellent ones would be picked out to breed the next generation. The same process of reproduction by excellence continued to the third generation, the fourth generation and so on\u2026 before the calamity, all hellhounds were born by excellent parents. At the time, excellent hellhounds would be sold to other prisons to watch over the prisoners. However, a hellhound\u2019s function was much diminished at the prison zones, so some of them were used as tools of entertainment by the prison guards. The prison guards would have them kill each other, so the fates of these hellhounds were either to die or be crippled. Therefore, true hellhounds only exist in this planet \u2018Hell\u2019.\u201d Lung said while staring at a baby that was neither man nor dog who had not yet even opened its eyes sealed inside a liquid tank.\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t they know how to resist?\u201d the gray cat asked.\n\n\u201cResist?\u201d Lung gave it a smile, \u201cAll those who resist are dead. It doesn\u2019t take long for the researchers to identify which specimens may possess rebellious traits after they were born, so they killed any specimens like that right away.\u201d\n\nThe gray cat shivered. As it thought, it was best to stay far away from a scientist or something.\n\nAfter looking at a few other rooms, they arrived at the place where the research subjects were imprisoned. The sealed cage was filled with all kinds of corpses. The life support system was still functioning normally, so the test subjects trapped here had probably killed each other. Some were torn to shreds. When there was no food, the companions beside them could be turned to food too.\n\nThe other cage held some of the more troublesome test subjects. They could only imprisoned separately, and they had to be tethered with special chains. Some of these tethered test subjects were either hellhounds or something else. Regardless of whether their skeletons looked like humans or animals, judging from the locations they were imprisoned in and the chains that were used to tether them, these fellows all wielded powerful abilities.\n\nHmm?\n\nCillin noticed a fellow that looked like a dry corpse. Its body was tethered with special chains, and the undulations of breathing were absent. It looked just like a dead body.\n\nThe gray cat swayed its tail as a hint to Cillin: This fellow is alive.\n\nCillin and Lung exchanged a glance before they approached carefully towards it.\n\nThey opened the cage\u2019s door, but the \u2018dry corpse\u2019 did not move at all.\n\nThe chains used to tether the fellow were all snucked at a collar, and its length could not be determined since half of the chains were blocked by its body. They looked at the scratch marks on the floor. There were a lot of scratch marks within a certain area, but beyond this area there were no scratch marks. The chains on the earlier research subjects weren\u2019t too long, and it was about the same range as these scratch marks.\n\nWhen Cillin approached the research subject, he suddenly felt that something wasn\u2019t quite right. Lung did not continue to walk closer either. Right now they were still more than two meters away from that line of scratch marks.\n\nCillin looked at the fellow that was like a dry corpse once more. Suddenly his eyelids jumped, and he grabbed Lung and retreated backwards abruptly. At the same time, the fellow who was crouched at the corner like a dry corpse opened its eyes and pounced towards them. Its forelimbs abruptly stretched out, and its outstretched claws were almost two meters long. The activity scope of the fellow that looked like a dry corpse had exceeded the scratch marks on the ground by more than a meter!\n\nThis was a well planned trap!\n\nThe scratch marks on the ground were done on purpose. It was to fool its prey into thinking that they were outside of its activity scope, when in reality they had already entered its predatory area.\n\nThe body that was like a dry corpse erupted with unexpected power, and Cillin did not doubt in the slightest that this fellow\u2019s claws could easily cut them into many ribbons. Even though they were wearing masks, they could still sense the rot and stink that was rushing towards their face.\n\nIts movement was very quick. It had acted the moment Cillin decided to retreat.\n\nCillin raised his gun while in retreat and fired three times. He shot two bullets into its eyes, and one bullet into its head.\n\nPak!\n\nThe head of the fellow that was like a dry corpse exploded and splattered gray blood everywhere.\n\nLooking at the now dead and headless fellow, and then at the chains that had been broken, Lung exhaled slowly, \u201cFrom now on, if we run into something like this in the future, we shoot immediately! Shoot first talk later! And we\u2019re not getting close to it no matter what!\u201d\n\n(E/n: guess who didn\u2019t play dayZ)\n\nThe gray cat walked close to the fellow that had its head exploded, looked at it and sniffed, \u201cWhat a strange scent. I don\u2019t know what species it belonged to.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s probably a mix of genes of several types of ferocious beasts, and specifically those creatures with strong endurance. Otherwise, there\u2019s no way this fellow could have lived until now.\u201d Lung said.\n\nCillin looked once at the place where the chain had been pulled loose. The fellow had bitten a small hole on the chain before this, or there was no way it could have pulled free so easily. However, the fellow had blocked this hole from view earlier.\n\nIt knew how to set traps, and it knew how to block the hole on the chain from view. Everything it did was planned.\n\n\u201cAre all these research subjects this intelligent?\u201d Cillin asked.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure, but since they\u2019re successful research subjects, they should be pretty formidable.\u201d\n\nDididi\u2014\u2014\n\nWhile talking, the alarm on Lung\u2019s hand began to ring rapidly. Both Cillin and the gray cat had noticed the abnormality as well."}
-{"text": "Archive for the \u201819717525\u2019 Category\n\nLittle Mr. Asshat has produced \u201cA Hole in the Center,\u201d and opines that the Republican Party needs centrists, but not unprincipled ones like Arlen Specter. Bobo gives us \u201cThe Long Voyage Home,\u201d and says Republicans are so much the party of individualism and freedom that they are no longer the party of community and order. Crap \u2014 I just had a flashback to Tricky Dicky\u2019s cries for Lawn Order\u2026 Mr. Herbert, in \u201cJack Kemp\u2019s Futile Quest,\u201d says Jack Kemp meant well, but the great irony that cloaked his career was that it was not possible to achieve the ends he sought using the means he pushed with such zeal. Here\u2019s Asshat:\n\nYou can\u2019t have a successful political party without centrists. Happily for Republicans still smarting from last week\u2019s defection, you can have a successful political party without centrists like Arlen Specter.\n\nPolitical debates are often framed in binaries: Middle-of-the-roaders versus hard-liners, moderates versus ideologues. But American politics is more complicated than that. There are multiple rights and lefts, and multiple middles as well. So-called extremists can serve the country well. And self-conscious moderates can be intellectually bankrupt.\n\nSpecter himself is an almost too-perfect example of this point. The Republican Party will miss the Pennsylvania senator\u2019s vote, but it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone taking inspiration from such a consummately unprincipled figure.\n\nThe larger species to which he belonged \u2014 Republicanus Rockefellus, the endangered Northeastern moderate \u2014 likewise has little to offer a party in distress. Indeed, if you listen carefully to high-profile Yankee moderates like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Lincoln Chafee, who fanned out acrossop-edpages and TV shows last week to bemoan their marginalization, it seems as though they don\u2019t even understand their own political situation, let alone the Republican Party\u2019s.\n\nThe Northeastern moderates tend to style themselves as fiscal conservatives, spinning a narrative in which they\u2019re the victims of a doctrinaire social conservatism and its litmus tests. But many of them are just instinctive liberals who happen to have ancestral ties to the Grand Old Party. Chafee fit that bill; so did former Senator James Jeffords of Vermont, who amassed a distinctly left-wing record after he bolted the Republican Party in 2001 to become an \u201cindependent.\u201d For that matter, so does the retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a New England native and Republican appointee who often gets described as a moderate, but boasts the jurisprudence of a reliable liberal.\n\nOthers, like Collins and Snowe and (until last week) Specter, are simply horse-traders and deal-cutters, whose willingness to cross party lines last month to vote for $800 billion dollars in deficit spending tells you most of what you need to know about their supposed fiscal conservatism. They\u2019re politically savvy but intellectually vacuous. Their highest allegiance isn\u2019t to limited government. It\u2019s to meeting the party in power halfway, while making sure that the dollars keep flowing to their constituents back home.\n\nIn this sense, they\u2019re the Republican equivalent of Southern Democrats like John Breaux and Billy Tauzin, who survived the South\u2019s gradual rightward turn in the 1980s by mastering the art of the congressional deal. (Tauzin, tellingly, pulled a reverse-Specter after the 1994 Republican landslide and joined Newt Gingrich\u2019s majority.) This sort of politics will always be with us, and no doubt Mainers, in particular, are grateful that their senators are so good at the Senate\u2019s backroom politics. But the idea that peeling a $100 billion dollars off whatever the Democrats ask for and declaring victory represents some kind of path forward for a reeling Republican Party is risible.\n\nThis doesn\u2019t mean that Republicans should behappy that their tent is shrinking toward political irrelevance. But more Lincoln Chafees and Olympia Snowes aren\u2019t the answer. What\u2019s required instead is a better sort of centrist. The Reagan-era wave of Republican policy innovation \u2014 embodied, among others, by the late Jack Kemp \u2014 has calcified in much the same way that liberalism calcified a generation ago. And so in place of hacks and deal-makers, the Republican Party needs its own version of the neoliberals and New Democrats \u2014 reform-minded politicians like Gary Hart and Bill Clinton, who helped the Democratic Party recover from the Reagan era, instead of just surviving it.\n\nHart, Clinton and their peers were critical of their own side\u2019s orthodoxies, but you couldn\u2019t imagine them jumping ship to join the Republicans. They were deeply rooted in liberal politics, but they had definite ideas for how the Democratic Party could learn from its mistakes, and from its opponents, in order to further liberalism\u2019s deeper goals.\n\nNo equivalent faction \u2014 rooted in conservatism, but eager for innovation \u2014 exists in the Republican Party today. Maybe something like it can grow out of the listening tour that various Republican power players are embarking on this month. Maybe it can bubble up outside the Beltway \u2014 from swing-state governors like Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Minnesota\u2019s Tim Pawlenty, or reformists in deep-red states, like the much-touted Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Utah\u2019s Jon Huntsman. But to succeed, such a faction will have to represent something legitimately new in right-of-center politics. It can\u2019t sound like Rush Limbaugh \u2014 but it can\u2019t sound like Arlen Specter either.\n\nWould someone who gives a crap about him please tell him that Republicans have made it their cause in life to stamp out centrists? Here\u2019s Bobo:\n\nRepublicans generally like Westerns. They generally admire John Wayne-style heroes who are rugged, individualistic and brave. They like leaders \u2014 from Goldwater to Reagan to Bush to Palin \u2014 who play up their Western heritage. Republicans like the way Westerns seem to celebrate their core themes \u2014 freedom, individualism, opportunity and moral clarity.\n\nBut the greatest of all Western directors, John Ford, actually used Westerns to tell a different story. Ford\u2019s movies didn\u2019t really celebrate the rugged individual. They celebrated civic order.\n\nFor example, in Ford\u2019s 1946 movie, \u201cMy Darling Clementine,\u201d Henry Fonda plays Wyatt Earp, the marshal who tamed Tombstone. But the movie isn\u2019t really about the gunfight and the lone bravery of a heroic man. It\u2019s about how decent people build a town. Much of the movie is about how the townsfolk put up a church, hire a teacher, enjoy Shakespeare, get a surgeon and work to improve their manners.\n\nThe movie, in other words, is really about religion, education, science, culture, etiquette and rule of law \u2014 the pillars of community. In Ford\u2019s movie, as in real life, the story of Western settlement is the story of community-building. Instead of celebrating untrammeled freedom and the lone pioneer, Ford\u2019s movies dwell affectionately on the social customs that Americans cherish \u2014 the gatherings at the local barbershop and the church social, the gossip with the cop and the bartender and the hotel clerk.\n\nToday, if Republicans had learned the right lessons from the Westerns, or at least John Ford Westerns, they would not be the party of untrammeled freedom and maximum individual choice. They would once again be the party of community and civic order.\n\nThey would begin every day by reminding themselves of the concrete ways people build orderly neighborhoods, and how those neighborhoods bind a nation. They would ask: What threatens Americans\u2019 efforts to build orderly places to raise their kids? The answers would produce an agenda: the disruption caused by a boom and bust economy; the fragility of the American family; the explosion of public and private debt; the wild swings in energy costs; the fraying of the health care system; the segmentation of society and the way the ladders of social mobility seem to be dissolving.\n\nBut the Republican Party has mis-learned that history. The party sometimes seems cut off from the concrete relationships of neighborhood life. Republicans are so much the party of individualism and freedom these days that they are no longer the party of community and order. This puts them out of touch with the young, who are exceptionally community-oriented. It gives them nothing to say to the lower middle class, who fear that capitalism has gone haywire. It gives them little to say to the upper middle class, who are interested in the environment and other common concerns.\n\nThe Republicans talk more about the market than about society, more about income than quality of life. They celebrate capitalism, which is a means, and are inarticulate about the good life, which is the end. They take things like tax cuts, which are tactics that are good in some circumstances, and elevate them to holy principle, to be pursued in all circumstances.\n\nThe emphasis on freedom and individual choice may work in the sparsely populated parts of the country. People there naturally want to do whatever they want on their own land. But it doesn\u2019t work in the densely populated parts of the country: the cities and suburbs where Republicans are getting slaughtered. People in these areas understand that their lives are profoundly influenced by other people\u2019s individual choices. People there are used to worrying about the health of the communal order.\n\nIn these places, Democrats have been able to establish themselves as the safe and orderly party. President Obama has made responsibility his core theme and has emerged as a calm, reassuring presence (even as he runs up the debt and intervenes rashly in sector after sector).\n\nIf the Republicans are going to rebound, they will have to re-establish themselves as the party of civic order. First, they will have to stylistically decontaminate their brand. That means they will have to find a leader who is calm, prudent, reassuring and reasonable.\n\nThen they will have to explain that there are two theories of civic order. There is the liberal theory, in which teams of experts draw up plans to engineer order wherever problems arise. And there is the more conservative vision in which government sets certain rules, but mostly empowers the complex web of institutions in which the market is embedded.\n\nBoth of these visions are now contained within the Democratic Party. The Republicans know they need to change but seem almost imprisoned by old themes that no longer resonate. The answer is to be found in devotion to community and order, and in the bonds that built the nation.\n\nThose two on the same day are almost enough to drive me to putting gin on my cornflakes\u2026 Here\u2019s Mr. Herbert:\n\nI remember Jack Kemp from way back, from his football days. He was the all-star quarterback for the Buffalo Bills in the game in 1965 in which Joe Namath made his first start for the New York Jets. The United States was at war and Lyndon Johnson was drafting every young man he could get his hands on for his buildup of forces in Vietnam, but neither Kemp nor Namath had to worry about that. Football injuries made them unfit for service.\n\nKemp and the Bills beat Namath and the Jets on that September afternoon in Buffalo, 33-21.\n\nKemp, who died on Saturday from cancer, would later be much better known for his long career as a conservative Republican politician. He had two very big ideas for his party. One was terrific, spot on. The other couldn\u2019t have been more boneheaded. The G.O.P. being the G.O.P. rejected the good idea and went hog wild for the boneheaded one.\n\nKemp\u2019s good idea was that the Republicans should vastly expand their tent, get past their narrow-mindedness and begin actively seeking the support of blacks and other ethnic minorities.\n\nThe G.O.P. would have none of it. It was, after all, the party of the southern strategy, and there was precious little that was racially enlightened about its conservative wing. One of the writers who influenced Kemp\u2019s thinking about politics, William F. Buckley, was at the opposite pole of Kemp\u2019s progressive thinking about race. Buckley took a scurrilous stand in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision that desegregated the nation\u2019s public schools.\n\nWhites, being superior, were well within their rights to discriminate against blacks, according to Buckley. \u201cThe White community is so entitled,\u201d he wrote, \u201cbecause, for the time being, it is the advanced race \u2026\u201d\n\nKemp was whistling in a hurricane.\n\nThe bad idea, advanced by Kemp with fanatical energy and devotion, was supply-side economics \u2014 \u201cvoodoo economics,\u201d as George H.W. Bush so famously and rightly derided it. Supply-siders saw tax cuts as the answer to every prayer. Cut taxes, they argued, and watch the economy take off like a rocket.\n\nWhat they never spelled out for the electorate was that most of the tax cuts would go to the rich, that the rich would harvest most of the money from the increased economic activity, and that the radically reduced tax revenue would send government budget deficits streaking toward the moon.\n\nKemp professed not to be worried about the deficits. He seemed to have believed that somehow everything would work out. The ultramilitants to his right, people even further out in their orthodoxy than Kemp, were delighted by the deficits. They wanted to \u201cstarve the beast,\u201d reduce the government\u2019s revenues to the point where elected officials would have no choice but to cut programs and services that benefited people who were not rich. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were primary targets.\n\n\u201cOur goal,\u201d said Grover Norquist, \u201cis to shrink government down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.\u201d\n\nNorquist, a driving force behind the George W. Bush tax cuts, once called John McCain a \u201ctax-increasing Bolshevik.\u201d We are talking about weirdness of a very high order here, and that weirdness dominated the economic policies of the United States for years.\n\nWorking people were told they should sign onto this craziness because the economic benefits of supply-side tax policies would ultimately benefit everyone. As every scheme imaginable was developed to bolster the fortunes of the rich, ordinary people were left in the humiliating position of waiting for some of the goodies to trickle down to them.\n\nWe\u2019ve seen how it all worked out.\n\nThe way to look at the endless theoretical and intellectual posturing of the right is to look at who actually does well when the so-called conservative policies are implemented, and who doesn\u2019t. Inevitably it\u2019s the rich who benefit.\n\nJack Kemp meant well, but the great irony that cloaked his entire career was that it was not possible to achieve the ends he sought using the means he pushed with such zeal. He wanted to help the middle class and the poor. He wanted the nation\u2019s inner cities to thrive, and he wanted America\u2019s prosperity to be broadly shared.\n\nBut he chose as his vehicle the party of the rich. The changes he advocated and helped shepherd into law went far beyond correcting excesses in the tax code. They radically transformed the economic system in ways that proved a boon to those who were already wealthy, were harmful to the very people he wanted to help and eventually left the overall economy in ruins.\n\n\u2022\n\nIn Saturday\u2019s column, I mistakenly referred to Jim DeMint as the governor of South Carolina. He is a U.S. senator."}
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-{"text": "One Group jobs\n\nThere are 43,055 ONE Group-related jobs on neuvoo.co.uk.\nApply now and land the best job.\n\nJob Descriptions and Categories Including this search\n\nExamples of corresponding jobs are Primary key stage, Property facilities and, Group finance manager, Project manager, Sales or Services worker.\nThese jobs are often linked to categories like IT, Management, Training, Services, Customer Service or Sales.\n\nEmployment statistics\n\nCounties with the largest number of vacancies related to 'ONE Group' are England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.\nCities with the largest number of results are London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds or Glasgow.\n\nAs the Group Business Reporting Manager, you will provide high quality financial information and... The ideal candidate will be able to deputise for the Group Head of FP&A in meetings with Executive...\n\nGroup Risk Officer. Role in Risk Management and Audit. (The role is located at the Group Head Office in... Persimmon Plc is the holding company for the Persimmon Group of companies. We are listed on the London..."}
-{"text": "Researchers found a 7 percent energy increase in brain tissue closest to the cell phone's antenna when subjects used a phone for 50 minutes. While that's several times less activity than visual brain regions show during an engaging movie, the study's co-author Dardo Tomasi says, \"[I]t's still unnatural. Nature didn't prepare our brains for this.\"\n\nUnlike previous studies that suggested a link between cell phone radiation and cancer, the new study doesn't conclude whether these effects are positive or negative. But it's the first to show that brain tissue is activated by exposure to cell phone radio frequencies."}
-{"text": "Hi, dear Maria! I guess I understand that this is a giveaway, and only for Greece, but I couldn't leave it that way and had to comment, these bags are soooo cute and I would love to have one! Really amazing! Kisses and how was your b-day? Have a lovely weekend!DenisesPlanet.com"}
-{"text": "Tree Trends for the Holidays\n\nWhen it comes to tree decorating, it\u2019s tough to please everyone in the family.\n\nI\u2019ll be honest\u2014I like to decorate my tree alone once the kids are in bed. Don\u2019t judge. I like a big full tree with a color theme (matching wrapping paper, too) and clear lights. Blue, white and silver have been my colors of choice the past few years.\n\nMy daughter, who is a total girlie girl, loves this pink tree from Treetopia\u2014and she wants white decorations with a ballet theme.\n\nMy other kids like the nostalgia that comes with using the well-loved ornaments they\u2019ve been placing on the tree since their toddler years. Cookie Monster, Paddington Bear and Madeline still come out of the ornament box every year to say \u201chey\u201d and hang out (literally) for a while.\n\nI\u2019ve managed to make everyone happy by putting up three different trees in our house, which is a trend that is growing. Apparently other parents have discovered that it\u2019s a good way to keep the peace.\n\nBut if you\u2019re going to decorate multiple trees, it can get pricey! In our family, we\u2019ve managed to cut costs with these decorating tips:\n\nCheck out the dollar stores. You can find cheap tinsel, candy canes, ornaments, twinkling lights\u2014all kinds of decorating paraphernalia. It may not last for years and years, but it\u2019ll get you through a few seasons, and after that, you may be ready for a change anyway. Also, think outside of the typical decoration box\u2014this tree looks amazing with scarves from a dollar store used as garland.Find dollar store coupon codes here.\n\nTurn trash into treasures. We discovered this idea for transforming your old night light bulbs into glittery ornaments a few years ago. Now we save all those bulbs throughout the year in a bin, and when it gets close to the holidays, we turn them into something fit for a tree. (I\u2019m not crafty and even I can do this.)\n\nRepurpose common household items or toys. As a word nerd, I absolutely adore these DIY Scrabble ornaments, and you can personalize them any way you want. One Scrabble game could yield several ornaments that you can either keep for your tree or give as small gifts.\n\nJazz up plain ornaments. Single-colored glass balls can be found pretty expensively at most stores (shop the after-Christmas sales for next year), but they don\u2019t have to stay boring. You can raid the scrapbook aisle for sticker embellishments and letters, find some colorful ribbon, and voila\u2014a beautiful handmade ornament.\n\nCheck around the house. You may have several items that you can turn into ornaments. Do you have any cute orphan socks at the bottom of a laundry basket? Put a hook on them and hang them on a child\u2019s tree for a whimsical look. You can also tie ribbon on to cookie cutters, hang candy canes (which now come in a variety of colors) or put a hook on a colorful children\u2019s mitten."}
-{"text": "Elite Prospects re-opened with a new design and database\n\nBy pbadmin\n\nSeptember 5th, 2002\n\nThe Swedish affiliate site of Hockey\u2019s Future, EliteProspects.com has launched a new website. The new site includes a player-, news- and team database. You can now search after your favourite prospects (approximately 2,000 players are included) and you can also take a look at current rosters by searching teams.\n\nProspect NewsThe preseason has been on for quite a while now and the Swedish teams have played 6-13 games already. Several prospects have been looking quite good so far. Montreal draftee Niklas Anger has been the most impressing one. Anger has scored 16 points in 11 preseason games with his new team, Bryn\u00e4s.He will also make his debut with the Swedish national team in Ceska Pojistovna Cup this week.\n\nDetroit prospect P\u00e4r B\u00e4cker, who is among the very best prospects in Sweden, will also make his debut with team Sweden. A lot of people expect a terrific season from this young player, all because of his excellent play in the sel-playoffs this past season. Definitely another steal by Detroit. Another player who has been successful during the preseason is Jari Tolsa, also drafted by the Red Wings. He has put 4 goals and 3 assists with Fr\u00f6lunda. His line mate Magnus Kahnberg (drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes) has been even more impressive with his 6 goals and 4 assists. Kahnberg is hoping for a break out year, and he will probably have one as well."}
-{"text": "First off, this is not new. It is not groundbreaking nor is it earth shattering. I did not wake up in the middle of the night to the Epiphany that will turn the strength world inside out (I actually woke up to the Bigg man\u2019s snoring.) It is old news. One could even dare say it\u2019s repetitive and redundant. But it\u2019s still all over the interwebz with other \u2018miracle\u2019 coaches selling their snake oil. They have the answer to the age old question, \u2018How do I get better at throwing/strongman/weightlifting/hula dance/fill in the blank ?????\u2019\n\nOr rather, should I squat a certain way to \u201cmimic\u201d the stance in a WOB? Should I sumo deadlift to \u201cmimic\u201d the stance of a lineman? And this question came up last week with some of our new Highland Games friends, why would holding our arms straight out in an air squat \u201cprepare\u201d us for holding the bar in a front squat? (By the way, I disagree on that one. If someone believes they\u2019ll fall over because their arms aren\u2019t thrown forward and up then they just need a better coach who can have enough foresight to ask them to pull their weight off their heels. This has worked for all shapes and sizes and weights. Add to the fact that when we front squat, our arms are not thrown up and forward. The bar rests on our Deltoids and does just fine with our elbows up.)\n\nBut the bigger picture here is that, if you wish to play and even excel in a sport, guess what? You\u2019ve gotta practice it. It\u2019s why the top players in sport train AND practice the mechanics of whatever you\u2019re doing. There is no \u201cWOB\u201d squat. There is only a strong squat. Then we take our implement out in the field (or yard) and tear it up trying to perfect our TECHNIQUE for a higher WOB. If you want to skip even ONE part of the dual, then your game day will suffer. True Story.\n\nI know people who don\u2019t like to practice. They like to do all their work in the gym. Because for them, it\u2019s the easy part. In large part, it was me last year. Now, I whill say that while I practiced what I could, I didn\u2019t have NEAR the understanding of what I\u2019m trying to accomplish like I did this year and that has helped immensely. My body still isn\u2019t doing exactly what I want, but at least I have a picture in mind. And I practice every day. Every. Day. Even to the point where my gym time is decreasing and will be even less in about a month as I prepare for the World Championships. BUT, it will still be there. Because I can\u2019t do one and skip the other.\n\nIf I don\u2019t squat or pull, I hurt. I don\u2019t recover as well as I should after events. If I don\u2019t press or go overhead in some way, my shoulders get tight and they hurt after throwing. Unacceptable. It is impossible for me to do one without the other. I know, I tried it this spring. I switched up my training enough that A) I hurt and B) my throwing suffered and 3. I gained weight. Not good.\n\nAnyways.\n\nThe gym is for strong time. The field is for sport time. See how that works? It\u2019s really not magic. If there\u2019s an on-line (or otherwise) coach who tells you he/she has the perfect programming and technique tips to be a champion and his name isn\u2019t Matt Vincent, don\u2019t buy it. Cuz I\u2019ve seen Matt Vincent\u2019s training and throwing video\u2019s and read his books. Guess what he does? He get\u2019s strongest in the gym, and throws out in the field. See how that\u2019s not magic? It\u2019s just lots of hard work.\n\nHard work. Hmmmm, maybe that\u2019s where the breakdown is. See, ONLY practicing or ONLY training is a little less work than doing both. Taking the time to do footwork drills (srsly, who likes footwork drills? They\u2019re tedious and you like like a crazy person spinning down the track on one line until you get dizzy enough to look like a drunken crazy person. Or maybe that\u2019s just me) is like cutting into real throwing or real training time. But ya know what, at some point in time the top throwers have done footwork drills. Cuz they had to. Maybe not anymore, but I don\u2019t \u201cpractice\u201d my squat anymore. I just do it. I\u2019ve honed the technique enough to know when I need to adjust and just do it. But that took time. Time I was willing to spend which leads to another problem with noobs these days. But I do know people who only practice and it makes me want to drop kick them across the field when they complain that their throws aren\u2019t getting any better immediately after bragging that they don\u2019t go to the gym. Choose. Either be a strong thrower or STFU and deal with what you\u2019ve prepared your body to do. Which is? Not much.\n\nAnyhoo, back to the folks who have done this for a short time but they want to know right meow. How do I do this perfect RIGHT NOW without putting in too much time? And again we say, it takes time and strength and practice. Repetitive and redundant. Not sexy. Not magic. I won\u2019t make a million selling the \u201cget\u2019cher WOB over 20\u2032 by August\u201d product. Damn. That really sucks cuz I was hoping to use that money in Scotland. Oh well, guess we do it the old fashioned way. We\u2019ll earn it.\n\nRepetitive and Redundant. Train. Practice. Fuel your body. When you have experts around, pick their brain as much as you can while remaining respectful that they also are competing. Then go home and train and practice some more. But stop looking for the carryover technique in the gym. The gym is there to make you strong. Strongest. Then you grab your implements and go practice to make your throwing further. Day after day, all season long. Boring eh? I hope my competition thinks so. Heeehee (But I know they don\u2019t. Sad face.)\n\nShare this:\n\nLike this:\n\nLikeLoading...\n\nRelated\n\nAbout tosabarbell\n\nFor training opportunities at tosabarbell, call or text Juli at 320-296-9313. jep6095@gmail.com\ntosabarbell is a private, home grown gym with three lifting platforms; squat rack; prowlers; throwing implements; bars, bumpers and everything else needed for an effective strength and conditioning program. Straightforward barbell programming including the Olympic lifts; sound (read: not fancy bullshit) diet advance for weight gain or loss; and strong coaching will ensure you will meet your goals such as becoming stronger, more explosive, and better conditioned.\nJuli has been coaching teams and athletes for over 20 years. She grew up participating in various sports at various levels but was always drawn to those that require strength training. She is a 2-time Master's Amercian Weightlifting Champion and holds six Master's American records. She is a Master's Weightlifting National Champion and holds three National records. She is a Master's Weightlifting World Championships Silver Medalist in 2016. Juli is also a Masters Highland Games World Champion and holds three World Records in the Braemar Stone; Heavy Weight for Distance, and Light Weight for Distance in the 45-49 class. Her 5 years of training and coaching under Mark Rippetoe has honed her coaching skills to be a top choice for you to reach your strength and conditioning goals. Juli will strongly encourage tosabarbell athletes to compete (and prepare you to do so.) However; tosabarbell is also for those who just wish to be stronger and go through life feeling better.\nMatt WanAt is a retired Professional Strongman who competed frequently with Strongman Champions League in Europe. He played a year of D1 football with Iowa before concentrating on his Chemical Engineering degree in Iowa City. He is a native of Wauwatosa and still remains a staunch supporter of Tosa East.\nThis blog will be a mixture of strength notes, coaching and nutrition tips, personal shit; bacon delicacies, and a whole lot of fun."}
-{"text": "Thursday, June 30, 2016\n\nIran-Saudi Cold War Reaches Japan\n\n'Simmering Proxy Conflict' Suddenly Involves Key US Ally\n\nIran's simmering proxy conflict with Saudi Arabia is cropping up all over the place.\n\nRiyadh helped crush an Arab Spring uprising in Shiite-majority Bahrain in 2011, and friction between the two countries has fueled civil wars in Syria and Yemen. Attempts to reignite oil prices earlier this year were thrown into disarray when Iran refused to attend an oil producers' meeting in Doha."}
-{"text": "CFP: Literature and the Addicted Subject (11/15/05; collection)\n\nWe're soliciting papers for a volume tentatively titled Literature andthe Addicted Subject, 1700-Present. This volume will examine how thepost-Romantic conception of literature constructs both the possibilityand our understanding of addiction. While there are collections andbooks that discuss the addictions of authors or representations ofaddiction, the focus of this book is substantially different: it seeksto examine how addiction is a historical phenomenon that is enabled byparticular ideological and cultural preconditions. Thus, we do notassume addiction's existence prima facie, and do not assume it is onething at all times. Addiction needs particular historical preconditions:access to substances; a commodity culture that sees pleasure andimmediate gratification as the natural product of the consumption ofgoods; a change in subjectivity (that is, the change from an inherentlyrational human being that can itself mediate physical and emotionalexcess to the notion of a self that is capable of growth and developmentand one who has a \"subconscious\" that is not always rational); a desirefor individual improvement usually depicted as a \"productive\" member ofsociety; and a modern medical vocabulary that characterizes a particularcourse of this pathology and recounts it as a \"disease.\" We willcollect essays that consider the form of the subject necessary toaddiction, a divided subject whose desire is inherently unrealizable,and the role of the special category of literature in creating thatsubject. Essays on American, British, or other European literatures arewelcome.\n\nSince we do have an interested publisher, we would like completed essaysand CVs on or before November 15, 2005. All essays or inquiries can besent to the editors:"}
-{"text": "Furniture Frame Materials and Styles\n\nConsider the furniture inside your home and choose outdoor pieces with similar lines, finishes, or designs. For example, the clean, straight lines of teak outdoor furniture complements minimalist, contemporary, or modern settings. Scrolling wrought iron furniture has a very traditional look while furniture made from aluminum or recycled plastic can be designed to look modern, transitional, or rustic like pine and cedar furniture.\n\nWood\n\nCommon types of wood for outdoor furniture include teak, cedar, pine, and eucalyptus. Teak is an extremely durable tropical hardwood resistant to rotting, warping, insects, shrinkage and swelling. Teak is the priciest wood and can be left untreated to age to a silvery gray or sealed to retain its golden honey color. Eucalyptus is a more budget friendly tropical hardwood with natural resistance to moisture damage and insects. Cedar and pressure-treated pine also age to a silvery gray when left untreated with cedar being the more expensive option.\n\nEucalyptus Outdoor Dining Set\n\nPatio Productions has a large selection of outdoor teak furniture including dining sets, club chairs and sofas, occasional tables, chaise lounges and bar furniture. Be prepared for a considerable investment \u2014 a seven piece dining set costs $2899, a chaise lounge costs $782, and a club chair costs $879.\n\nPlow and Hearth has eucalyptus outdoor furniture including dining sets, benches, bar sets, occasional tables, chaise lounges, and seating sets. Get a five piece dining set for $558.99, a bench for $159, or a four piece seating set for $699."}
-{"text": "Freshman steps in for Webster\u2019s All-Conference goalkeeper\n\nSenior goalkeeper Jessica Davis was doing her best to make the most of her senior season at Webster University. Davis had allowed only one goal in four games between Aug. 30 and Sept. 10 and was named the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Defensive Player of the Week.\n\nDuring her four years at Webster, Davis has been a part of two St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship teams, and led the SLIAC in save percentage (.853) as a sophomore. Davis even played as a freshman and did not allow a goal for 486 minutes and seven seconds during a stretch in that season.\n\nDavis said that it is even tougher for her to miss games this year because it is her final season at Webster. She has not played since she suffered an ankle injury on Sept. 15.\n\n\u201cI won\u2019t get those games back that I\u2019ve missed so far,\u201d Davis said.\n\nThe Gorloks first game after her injury was against the no. 1 ranked Division III team in the country, Washington University.Webster Freshman goalie Rachael Ainsworth got the start in goal.\n\n\u201cI never had nerves like before I had that game,\u201d Ainsworth said.\n\nNerves or not, Ainsworth saved 13 shots on goal, the fourth most in Webster history, although Webster lost to Washington University 2-1 on Sept. 19.\n\nAinsworth said she focused more on the two shots that got past her than the 13 she saved.\n\n\u201cGoals stick in my head,\u201d she said. \u201cSaves don\u2019t.\u201d\n\nSince Ainsworth has taken over in goal, Webster has conceded just five goals in six games. She earned the SLIAC player of the week honor on Sept. 22.\n\nHead Women\u2019s soccer coach Luigi Scire said that he was not surprised with the way Ainsworth has played.\n\n\u201cI recruited her for 18 months. I knew what kind of a keeper she was and how important she could be, not only this year, but in the four year career at Webster,\u201d Scire said.\n\nThough Ainsworth is new to Webster and St. Louis, the freshman from Salt Lake City is used to adapting to new environments. Despite the fact that her high school did not offer an exchange program, Ainsworth\u2019s parents allowed her to go to France in an independent program when she was 16. She stayed with a host family for six months in a small town called Besan\u00e7on, (which she describes as \u201ccow country\u201d) and became proficient in French.\n\nOnce, she played goalie during the halftime show of a game between FC Sochaux andOGCNice in France\u2019s top professional league. At the time Ainsworth was playing for Entente Roche Novillars, a local club team.\n\nAinsworth attributes her time in France to helping her adjust to life in college.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m a really independent person,\u201d Ainsworth said.\n\nPHOTO BY JORDAN PALMER/The JournalSenior Jessica Davis stretches on the sidelines during practice at Soccer Park.\n\nAs a goalie, she and Davis spend a lot of time together and have a very good relationship.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d Ainsworth said. \u201cI love her (Davis) \u2014 she\u2019s awesome. We work together a lot, we practice together, we train together, and we warm each other up. I\u2019m really looking forward for her and Robin (another freshman goalkeeper) to be back.\u201d\n\nDavis said that she and Ainsworth get along very well, and that Ainsworth has a good work ethic and great energy.\n\n\u201cI know that my position will be in good hands once I leave, since I\u2019m a senior,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIt\u2019s, like, bittersweet, since I\u2019m training her for my position. I like her a lot though. She\u2019s been a great addition to the team.\u201d\n\nWhile Scire acknowledgedDavis had been playing very well, he faces a decision when she returns to full fitness. Scire was unwilling to make any commitments about who would get most of the minutes once Davis returns to full strength.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d Scire said. \u201cRachael is playing at an extremely high level right now, and like anything else, it\u2019s a competition.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Block the Rocks\n\nThe situation is depressingly familiar to most California motorists. The driver is following a large gravel truck. The truck hits a bump. A volley of pebbles spills onto the roadway and one or more of the small rocks bounces into the windshield or the painted finish of the following auto. The instant result is a cracked or pitted windshield or a chipped paint job. The documented cost of such incidents is $17 million a year. The real cost is as high as$60 million by one estimate, but no one knows for certain because so many cases of damage or accident go unreported.\n\nThe solution of this common problem is simple, as 18 other states have found: an enforceable law requiring tarps or other covers on truck bodies carrying sand, gravel, rock or other aggregate materials. Such a bill again has passed the California Assembly but faces a roadblock in the Senate Transportation Committee because of opposition from the trucking industry, which claims that the cost of truck covers is too high. But it is an expense that all truckers would share, and it would be passed on as a cost of doing business.\n\nPresent California law requires covers or other means of preventing spillage, but it provides only that violators be cited with an infraction and rarely is enforced. AB 10, sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sepulveda) and scheduled for a Senate hearing on Tuesday, would require covers and make a violation a misdemeanor. This would be a more appropriate response to a problem that just should not exist."}
-{"text": "Description\n\nSummer apartment for 6 people in an tourist zone, ideal for a sunny break to enjoy the beach. Only 150 meters we reach the fine sandy beach; access is via a pedestrian along a canal.\nThe apartment is simple, functional and very practical and belongs to a unit with a total of 4 apartments. It has 3 bedrooms, one with ensuite bathroom, a fully equipped kitchenette and a small living room. It is the perfect accommodation for a family or group of friends who. Their holiday in an excellent tourist area like this to share at the port of Alcudia.\n\nThe attraction to this property is the fine, white sand beach with its clear waters. In addition, this area is equipped with sun loungers, parasols and beach bars. On foot you can easily reach all the services: bus stop, taxi stand, shops, restaurants, supermarkets, pharmacies, water park, bars, clubs, etc ......\n\nReviews for this host's other properties\n\nA fantastic apartment with everything you could need. Close to the sea (200 m), wifi, washing machine, tv, a nice patio to sit on in the evening.The apartment is close to restaurants and shops. Bus stop is right outside and about 10 min bus drive to Alcudia old town.\nLucia is a perfect host. She is helpful, professional and kind and goes out of her way to assist you.She met us as we arrived and so kindly provided us with drinks, snacks, maps and tips on what to do in Mallorca. Thank you Lucia for a great stay!\n\nThe map to getting to the house was perfect. We had no Problems to get there! Lucia was very nice and she Shows us all Details and important Facts. In the kitchen she had arranged some typical welcome Snacks, we love this very much! It was so Kind and a warm welcome. The house was small (smaller like we think) but it was really nice. Nothing missed in it! Everything was in a good, new and clean Status.\nIt would be better, to have a Little green gras on the outside under this beautiful old tree. At the Moment it is only sand and Stones and mud. Maybe the owner will have a Little green Eyecatcher. We had a big Problem with wesp because the fruits are fall down at the ground and so so much wesp are there!\nWe are not able to go through the pool area or in the pool, because of this Situation. So we moved the house on the third day to a other Finca! Everything was organized by Lucia, without any Problems.\nThe house in San Joan was beautiful for a small Family. But there are many Dogs in the neighbourhood and it was very loud in the night because of the barking of the Dogs.\n\nWe had a fantstische time in this apartment. Lovely spacious, clean and a great place right in Palma! Lucia is the best host you could have! A warm welcome with delicious snacks and drinks. Fantastic service, any time of the day if we wanted to ask something she was available. In one word amazing! We'll be back!\n\nClean ,modern and in a brilliant location. The view from the balcony is stunning and a great place to have breakfast,sunbathe and watch the bay in the evening lights.The apartment is in a great central location with bars,shops and the bus station right on your doorstep. The beach is literally across the road from the apartment with plenty of sunbeds and parasols. A few minutes stroll takes you to the promenade and 'the square' where you can find a different restaurant each night, the choice is vast and there is something for all tastes and pockets.\n\nLucia was a brilliant host who was waiting for us arriving and was great at showing us around the apartment and she provided us with essential provisions which was most unexpected. She was available 24/7 if needed and she was here to see us off at the end of our holiday.\n\nI will be returning to this apartment and I would highly recommend it.\n\nNice apartment for two people with a perfect location on the promenade and the beach across the street. Wonderful view from the balcony. Lucia is a delightful hostess who is keen to make guests feel comfortable.\n\nIt was a great Holiday,great Apartment very close To the Beach.Lucia is a Nice and generous Person and very friendly.I would recommend Friends and Family To Book from here and we would definately go to Alcudia once again.thank you for the Great hospitality.\n\nCancellation Policy:\nStrict\n\nYou will be refunded half of the total price minus the cancellation fee if you cancel the booking at least 7 days before check-in by 12 noon CET (Central European Time) For cancellations that are made less than 7 days before check-in, you will be refunded 5% of the total price minus the cancellation fee."}
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-{"text": "Worthy Websites\n\nCivil Eats\nPaula Crossfield and her associates provide smart, literate new perspectives on all things connected to sustainable food.\n\nNourish Network\nLia Huber\u2019s slick new site provides nourishment for body, mind, and soul. Packed with recipies, articles, videos, social networking opportunities\u2013and even an opportunity to win a free trip to Napa!\n\nOnEarth\nBob Deans, Scott Dodd, Wendy Gordon, David Gessner, Ben Jervey, Paige Smith Orloff, Elizabeth Royte and others deliver some of the best environmental writing to be found in one site\u2013and I\u2019m not talking about the posts I regularly contribute.\n\nA lawyer friend of mine who once served as a small claims magistrate said that he knew he had handed down a fair ruling when both parties came away a little mad at him.\n\nI don\u2019t know what he would think about the Supreme Court\u2019s 7-to-1 decision to nullify a lower court ruling that imposed a nationwide ban on the planting of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa\u2014the high court\u2019s first ruling on a GM crop. Both Monsanto, which produces GM alfalfa and was trying to have the ban overturned, and the seed company and environmental groups that supported the ban came away ecstatic.\n\n\u201cMonsanto and farmers in the United States are thrilled with this decision, which is far-reaching in its look at the regulatory framework that should govern biotech crops,\u201d David Snively, Monsanto\u2019s general counsel, said in a conference call.\n\nBut in a press release, Andrew Kimball, Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety, said, \u201cThe Justices\u2019 decision today means that the selling and planting of Roundup Ready Alfalfa is illegal. The ban on the crop will remain in place until a full and adequate Environmental Impact Study is prepared by USDA and they officially deregulate the crop. This is a year or more away according to the agency, and even then, a deregulation move may be subject to further litigation if the agency\u2019s analysis is not adequate. In sum, it\u2019s a significant victory in our ongoing fight to protect farmer and consumer choice, the environment and the organic industry.\u201d\n\nSo who won?\n\nIn balance, victory goes to those who oppose the growing of GM crops. Here\u2019s why.\n\nThe case dates back to 2007 when a judge in San Francisco ruled that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) erred when it gave approval for the planting of alfalfa that was genetically modified to survive applications of Monsanto\u2019s Roundup herbicide that would kill competing weeds. The judge said that the law required the USDA to first conduct a full environmental study, which it had not done. Then he went one step further and imposed a nationwide ban on planting GM alfalfa. One of the plaintiffs in the case, Geertson Seed Farms claimed that the GM alfalfa could cross pollinate with its organic alfalfa, making the resulting seeds unsalable in countries that forbid the growing of GM crops.\n\nInterestingly, when the case reached the Supreme Court this earlier this year, Justice Stephen Breyer recused himself because his brother was the judge in the original case. Justice Clarence Thomas, who as an ex-lawyer for Monsanto also has a conflict of interest, did not.\n\nThe Supreme Court agreed with Monsanto (and the Obama administration, which interceded in the case on Monsanto\u2019s behalf) that the original judge had indeed erred, but only because he imposed such a drastic ban. \u201cThe district court barred the agency from pursuing any deregulation \u2014 no matter how limited the geographic area,\u201d wrote Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.\n\nEven though Monsanto technically won, the most important parts of the lower court\u2019s decision were upheld, meaning there are still many regulatory hurdles that GM alfalfa has to be clear before it can be legally planted on a large, commercial scale. And in a decision that may have wide reaching effects on future GM cases, the justices agreed that GM crops could cause environment al harm through cross pollination.\n\nAlito wrote, \u201cVirtually no RRA (Roundup Ready Alfalfa) can be grown or sold until such time as a new deregulation decision is in place, and we also know that any party aggrieved by a hypothetical future deregulation decision will have ample opportunity to challenge it, and to seek appropriate preliminary relief, if and when such a decision is made.\u201d In essence, he said that the ban was unnecessary.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a very important decision. I\u2019m just thrilled about it,\u201d said Phillip Geertson, owner of the farm that filed the suit against GM alfalfa (and who has the most to gain or lose) in a telephone interview. \u201cNow Roundup ready alfalfa is regulated and it can\u2019t be sold until they deregulate it. And the court made it clear that we can legally challenge the USDA if they decide to do that.\u201d\n\nThe USDA expects to render its final decision next spring in plenty of time for planting of the 2011 alfalfa crop. But that also leaves plenty of time for further legal maneuvers to stop the crop from going in."}
-{"text": "York International Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc.;\n\nLennox International, Inc.;\n\nNordyne Corporation (\u201cNordyne\u201d), a subsidiary of Nortek Corporation.\n\nThese manufacturers distribute their products through a combination of factory-owned and independent distributors who, in turn, supply the equipment and related parts and supplies to contractors and dealers nationwide that sell to and install the products for consumers, businesses, and other end-users.\n\nCarrier Corporation was instituted in year 1915 as an autonomous, American company, manufacturing and distributing heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Carrier was later acquired by United Technologies (UTC) in 1979.UTC Climate, Controls & Security sells its HVAC and refrigeration solutions under the Carrier brand name, directly to end customers, including building contractors and owners, homeowners, transportation companies, retail stores and food service companies, and through joint ventures, manufacturer's representatives, distributors, wholesalers, dealers and retail outlets. UTC Climate, Controls & Security\u2019s revenue in 2017 was USD 17.8 Billion.\n\nGoodman Manufacturing was founded in San Antonio, Texas in 1975, manufactures residential heating and cooling systems. In October 2007, Goodman acquired by Hellman & Friedman a San Francisco-based private equity firm in a $1.8 billion transaction. Later in August 2012, Hellman & Friedman sold Goodman Global to Japan's Daikin Industries Ltd. for $3.7 billion. Daikin's percentage of Net Sales from Air-Conditioning division is around 89.8%, which is computed as USD 18 billion in revenue.\n\nRheem Manufacturing Company is an American privately held manufacturer that manufactures residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, as well as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. Rheem's headquarters is located in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of both water heating and HVAC equipment in the United States, and also produces and markets products in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, China, Brazil, Canada, Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE, and Ukraine. Rheem is a privately held company so actual revenue is not known through public sources.\n\nTrane Inc. is a manufacturer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and building management systems and controls. The company is acquired by Ireland-based Ingersoll Rand in 2008. Company\u2019s climate segment delivers energy-efficient products and innovative energy services. It includes Trane \u00ae and American Standard \u00ae Heating & Air Conditioning which provide heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and commercial and residential building services, parts, support and controls; energy services and building automation through Trane Building Advantage and Nexia; and Thermo King \u00ae transport temperature control solutions. This segment had 2017 net revenues of $ 11.2 billion\n\nYork International was started in York, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1874, which is a global supplier of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning (\"HVAC\") and refrigeration equipment and services. In 2005, Johnson Controls International plc acquired York International. The company's operations are segmented into two business units: Building Technology Solutions and Power Solutions. The revenue from building technology solutions is around USD 23 billion in 2017.\n\nLennox International Inc is leading global provider of climate control solutions. Company designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (\u201cHVACR\u201d) markets. The company's operations are segmented into two business units: Residential Heating & Cooling, Commercial Heating & Cooling and Refrigeration. The revenue of company in 2017 was USD 3.89 billion in 2017.\n\nNortek was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. The Melrose Group acquired Nortek in 2016. The company consists of four divisions, three of which were acquired with Nortek the Air Management division, which includes the Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Air Quality & Home Solutions (AQH) businesses; the Security & Smart Technology (SST) division, comprising the Nortek Security & Control (NSC), Core Brands and GTO businesses; and the Ergonomics division, which comprises the Ergotron business. Energy is the fourth division and includes the Brush businesses from our FKI acquisition in 2008. The Air Management division is the largest in the Melrose Group. It comprises the HVAC business based in St. Louis, Missouri and AQH, headquartered in Hartford, Wisconsin. This division contribute 56% of revenue, which is around 1.57 Billion USD.\n\nAbout The Author\n\nClients Who Trust Us\n\nNeed tailor made market research solution? 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-{"text": "For some time now I have been introducing myself to people as \u00de\u00f3r Matth\u00edas. In the last few days I\u2019ve been thinking about this name more and more and whether it is actually a name that I want to keep for the rest of my life.\n\nI have decided that it is not. I like \u00de\u00f3r, I\u2019m quite used to being called \u00de\u00f3r by now, but I want my full name to be a bit more\u2026of a mouthful I guess. I\u2019m not used to having a one syllable name and it feels weird. I\u2019ve always kind of liked having a full name and then a shortened version (Halld\u00f3ra-D\u00f3ra). I also have something of an attachment to the letter H, for some reason.\n\nSo I have decided to change \u00de\u00f3r into Haf\u00fe\u00f3r (Haf=ocean). I like the idea of people who don\u2019t know me calling me Haf\u00fe\u00f3r, but reserving \u00de\u00f3r for those who know me better. It\u2019s also just a fuller, more meaty name, I suppose.\n\nThe other part of this is that Matth\u00edas is a name I had chosen for myself several years ago. I wanted to keep it in order to connect these two periods in my life, but I have come to realise that it\u2019s actually just reminding me of a time when I was very unhappy. I feel quite distant from it now and I\u2019m uncomfortable with it. Haf\u00fe\u00f3r Matth\u00edas is also just about too long.\n\nI went through a list of names the other day and found many that I liked. I decided not to go too far into the weird (with Huginn or Draupnir, even though they are cool) and decided to go with Loki instead. It\u2019s short, it\u2019s not a very common name, it\u2019s interesting and it\u2019s in keeping with the Nordic theme. Also Haf\u00fe\u00f3r Loki just sounds cool, it\u2019s rolls off the tongue quite nicely.\n\nChoosing a new name is very tricky. I want to feel close to it, like it\u2019s mine. I want it to represent me and fit me. I like Haf\u00fe\u00f3r because I come from an island surrounded by the ocean and I\u2019m used to seeing it every day. \u00de\u00f3r represents strength and toughness to me, which is something I need. It\u2019s something to live up to. Loki is fun, it has a lot of mischief to it and a kind of stubbornness. It\u2019s a name full of life; a stormy, mischievous, strong name. I like it.\n\nPicking your own name like this is very difficult and a bit sad. I\u2019m leaving behind a good name that I\u2019ve identified with for a very long time. A lot of people around me have to get used to calling me by a new name, and in doing so they might find themselves seeing me differently as a result. It\u2019s a strange experience, but one that I sort of enjoy having. I feel like it\u2019s an opportunity to really find myself, but to reinvent myself at the same time. A chance to take control of my life and set things straight.\n\nThings are all a bit up in the air right now and unstable. I\u2019m in the process of changing and becoming something new, it\u2019s going to take a while and everyone\u2019s a little confused. It\u2019s not going to be the one thing that fixes everything, but it\u2019s something I need to do to find my right place. I am allowing myself to enjoy the journey as well, rather than focusing exclusively on the final result.\n\nBesides, is there every really a final result in life? Each journey gives us the wisdom and knowledge we need to embark on another journey. We collect the necessary tools to enable us to evolve even further. That is the joy of life, this ever evolving adventure."}
-{"text": "About\n\nParallella: A Supercomputer For Everyone\n\n$898,921\n\npledged of $750,000 goal\n\n4,965\n\nbackers\n\nNote: for those new to Kickstarter, If we don't reach our campaign goal you DON'T get charged.\n\nProject Goals\n\nMaking parallel computing easy to use has been described as \"a problem\nas hard as any that computer science has faced\". With such a big\nchallenge ahead, we need to make sure that every programmer has access to cheap and open parallel hardware and development tools. Inspired by great hardware communities like\nRaspberry Pi and Arduino, we see a critical need for a truly open, high-performance\ncomputing platform that will close the knowledge gap in parallel programing. The goal of the Parallella\nproject is to democratize access to parallel computing. If we can pull this off, who knows what kind of breakthrough applications could arise? Maybe some of them will even change the world in some small but positive way.\n\nReward Add-Ons\n\nProject backing ends Saturday October 27th at 6pm!!!\n\nWe are offering some new \"last-chance\" tier customizations for all based pledges above $99.(not mutually exclusive)\n\nCASE(s): Get a case for your Parallella board. We will be designing and making a case for the Parallella board using design inputs from the backer community. The more people who sign up for the case, the fancier the better it will be.($20 for every board in your reward tier)\n\nSDK-ACCESS: You get a special login account and early access to the Epiphany SDK within 4 weeks of successful funding of the the project. Everyone else will get general access to software at time of shipment in May 2013. (Add $50 to any reward tier that doesn't already get early SDK access)\n\nONE-MORE: Available for MINI-CLOUD and CLUSTER rewards for backers who intend to donate the kits to a school of their choice, but want a (16+2) core kit for themselves.(Add $99 (+20 for international shipping if applicable))\n\nPLAQUE: Anyone donating the MINI-CLOUD or CLUSTER reward to a school will receive an engraved plaque with the inscription \"Donated by_________\" or \"Donated in honor of________\". (Free)\n\nX2-BONUS: Get the Gige Switch, cat cabling, and power supply adapters with the $1500 64-CORE-X2 selection (Free)\n\nT-Shirt: Black T-Shirt with a Parallella slogan on it. For now the default is \"I speak Parallella, do you?\" Don't like it? Come up with a slogan and submit as comment. We'll run a survey and you will be able to pick the T-shirt size and which slogan to print closer to the shipment date. (Add $25 to any reward tier )\n\nBook: Receive a book \"An Introduction to Parallel Programming\" written by the Adapteva team. The book will be provided in PDF form and will include source code examples of parallel programs that use OpenCL, OpenMP, Erlang, and MPI. (Add $25 to any reward tier)\n\nTo add these options, just go to \"Manage My Pledge\" and increase your pledge by the appropriate amount.\n\nThe Parallella Computing Platform\n\nTo make parallel computing ubiquitous, developers need access to a platform that is affordable, open, and easy to use. The goal of the Parallella project is to provide such a platform! The Parallella platform will be built on the following principles:\n\nOpen Access: Absolutely no NDAs or special access needed! All architecture and SDK documents will be published on the web as soon as the Kickstarter project is funded.\n\nOpen Source: The Parallella platform will be based on free open source development tools and libraries. All board design files will be provided as open source once the Parallella boards are released.\n\nAffordability: Hardware costs and SDK costs have always been a huge barrier to entry for developers looking to develop high performance applications. Our goal is to bring the Parallella high performance computer cost below $100, making it an affordable platform for all.\n\nThe Parallella platform is based on the Epiphany multicore chips developed by Adapteva over the last 4 years and field tested since May 2011. The Epiphany chips consists of a scalable array of simple RISC processors programmable in C/C++ connected together with a fast on chip network within a single shared memory architecture.\n\nShips with free open source Epiphany development tools that include C compiler, multicore debugger, Eclipse IDE, OpenCL SDK/compiler, and run time libraries.\n\nDimensions are 3.4'' x 2.1''\n\nOnce completed, the 64-core version of the Parallella computer would deliver over 90 GFLOPS of performance and would have the the horse power comparable to a theoretical 45 GHz CPU [64 CPU cores * 700MHz] on a board the size of a credit card while\nconsuming only 5 Watts under typical work loads. For certain applications, this would provide raw performance than a high end server costing thousands of dollars and consuming 400W. For a better indication of true performance of the Epiphany-IV and Epiphany-III processors in standard benchmarks go to http://www.coremark.org and check out our scores or read our blog post here.\n\nThe Team Behind Parallella\n\nThe Parallella\nproject is being launched by Adapteva, a semiconductor startup company founded in\n2008. The core development team consists of Andreas Olofsson, Roman Trogan, and\nYaniv Sapir, each with between 10 and 20 years of industry experience. The team\nhas a strong reputation of executing on aggressive goals on a shoestring\nbudget. Our latest Epiphany-IV processor was designed in a leading edge 28nm\nprocess and started sampling in July, demonstrating 50 GFLOPS/Watt. To\nput this in perspective, consider that the Epiphany energy efficiency specs are within\nstriking distance of the 2018 goals set by DARPA for the high profile Exascale supercomputing project.\n\nOur passion is\nto design hardware platforms that are powerful and easy to use. To us there is no bigger satisfaction than\nseeing someone use our platform for a purpose that we could never have\nimagined.\n\nSome of the testimonials we received for our work on the Epiphany architecture:\n\n\"In the course of my travels around the world I have been fortunate\nenough to meet some truly great engineers. However, it's rare that I am\ncompletely blown away by someone on the engineering front. At least,\nthis was true until I was introduced to Andreas Olofsson, president and\narchitect of Adapteva Inc. As far as I am concerned, Andreas is \"an engineer's engineer.\" Clive Maxfield, EETimes\n\n\"Adapteva,\nwith its laser focus on floating point performance and with no\nallegiance to either the x86 instruction set or graphics support, is\nable to squeeze a lot more performance per watt out of its design.\" Michael Feldman, HPCWire\n\n\"Andreas and his team have managed a rather fantastic feat: to\ndevelop a genuinely useful microprocessor with many task-parallel cores,\noperating within the power-budget of smart-phones and embedded devices.\nAccomplishing all this with a team of only a few full-time employees\nmay seem unbelievable, but I\u2019ve seen how he operates his company and the\nmagic is simple: Focus on the simplest solution to any given task, hire\na consultant when you need expert advice, and stick to all schedules!\" Magnus Snorrason\n\nThe Epiphany story has been well documented over the last year in the press. The complete set of Epiphany online articles can be found here.\n\nWhere we are today\n\nWe feel great about the status of our Epiphany chips, software development tools, and prototyping boards. They have been thoroughly tested by early access partners for the last year and we are already starting to see complete applications being developed around our platform by others.\n\nMost of the impressive work done on the Epiphany platform is either published as academic papers or hidden deep inside R&D labs, so we also created our own demos for you to see what the platform can do. The following video shows how our Epiphany-IV based EMEK4 prototype handily beats an x86 based processor on a key mathematical kernel while consuming a fraction of the power.\n\nHere is a strong testimonials from on of our software development partners, Embecosm.\n\nWhy are we asking for your help?\n\nSince our first\nEpiphany chips came out a year ago we have had a ton of interest from\nR&D\nlabs, universities, and private technology enthusiasts (the early\nadopter crowd) but getting large corporations to buy into parallel\ncomputing\nhas proven incredibly challenging. This phenomenon has\nbeen seen by a long list of parallel computing companies over the last\ntwenty\nyears that have so far failed to reach ubiquitous general purpose\nadoption. (See list) Based on the struggles of these companies and our own\nexperiences in selling the Epiphany, we now understand that there is no way a single company can do it alone. The only way to\ncreate a sustainable parallel computing platform is through a broad grass roots\nmovement.\n\nTogether we can launch a full on attack on the daunting problem of converting the software industry to parallel over the next few years\nafter 70 years dominated by serial programming.\n\nWhat will your pledges be used for?\n\nThe following picture shows our most recent Epiphany prototype platform based on an off-the-shelf open source reference board. The picture also highlights some of the work needed to reduce the size and cost of the platform to fit the size and cost goals of the Parallella project.\n\nEpiphany Chip Cost Reduction Steps:\n\nChip foundry retooling changes will reduce silicon costs to a few dollars per chip. These changes are very expensive and account for a large part of the funds needed to produce a low cost Parallella computer. Our 16-core Epiphany chips have been in the field for over a year and have been tested thoroughly by many hardcore developers. Chip product retooling for the sake of cost reduction is usually referred to as a \"full mask tapeout\" and should be considered a low risk part of the project. Our current low volume chip manufacturing flow only yields 50 dies per wafer. By creating full production mask sets for our chips we will be able to yield 1000's of dies per wafer.\n\nTo reach the aggressive $99 price point we will also need to set up high volume chip testing and assembly flows.\n\nPartners have already been lined up for both cost reduction steps discussed.\n\nParallella Computer Development Work:\n\nAll major IC components have already been selected for the Parallella board, but cost minimization will continue.\n\nWe will be engaging with an experienced external board product design team to complete the design and layout of the Parallella boards.\n\nWe will work with internal and external resources to seamlessly integrate the Epiphany coprocessor drivers and development tools with the Ubuntu distribution currently running on the reference platform.\n\nProduction:\n\nBuying in bulk significantly reduces the cost of the platform. Without the large batch build enabled by this project, the cost of the Parallella boards would be many times higher.\n\nExcept for the Epiphany multiprocessor chips, the Parallella computer is a fairly standard ARM based low cost single board computer, giving us confidence that we will be able to meet our size and cost constraints.\n\nIt's Time\n\nWe don't have time to wait for the rest of the industry to come around to the fact that parallel computing is the only path forward and that we need to act now. We hope you will join us in our mission to change the way computers are built. We could put 1,000 cores on a single chip in two years. Are you ready for that?\n\nWhat will come out of it? We don't know but we do know that the following applications are DESPERATE for more efficient processing and are stalling today because bigger companies aren't serving their needs.\n\nDonations To Schools:\n\nWe\nthink a MINI-CLOUD or CLUSTER would be a really great teaching tool for\nhigh-schools and universities. One of the challenge for schools these\ndays seems to be that they never have enough money for things like this.\n\nIf you are donating your kit, send a comment to \"claim\" your school. This will let others get a sense of where these kits will end up and might foster local competitions and collaboration.\n\nIf\nyou are considering donating your hardware to a school for educational\npurpose, check with them about donation receipts for tax purposes.(we\nare not accountants and can't advise regarding those matters:-)\n\nRisks and challenges\n\nThe Parallella carries risks like any major engineering project. Any design flaw can set product releases back months and part shortages can push out delivery times significantly. We know as well as anyone that it only takes a single bug to make a product unusable.\n\nThe Adapteva team has a lot of experience in delivering complicated projects on time within specifications and our development risk is reduced by having long standing relationships in place with first rate suppliers and manufacturers.\n\nWe are very confident that we can deliver what have proposed! Still, we want to make it clear that we can't guarantee that we will be able to deliver. If you do make a pledge to the Parallella project you are doing it knowing that there is a risk that something will go wrong. The one thing we can guarantee is that we will put our heart and soul into this project (like we did for 4 years when we built the Epiphany processor chips) and that we will be honest and transparent about our progress throughout the Parallella project.\n\nSupport\n\nSelect this reward\n\nPledge $15 or more\nAbout $15\n\nSUPPORTER REWARD: You will get project updates along the way and get to reserve a user name on the parallella.org community portal before the rest of the world. Every dollar helps us in our goal to create a parallel computing platform accessible to everyone.\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $25 or more\nAbout $25\n\nFAN REWARD: You get everything in the SUPPORTER REWARD and you get a black T-Shirt with a Parallella slogan on it\n'OR'\nThe book \"An Introduction to Parallel Programming\" to be written by the Adapteva team.(your choice) The book will be provided in PDF form and will include source code examples of parallel programs that use OpenCL, OpenMP, Erlang, and MPI.\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $50 or more\nAbout $50\n\nSTUDENT REWARD: You get everything in the SUPPORTER REWARD and receive a black T-Shirt with a Parallella slogan on it 'AND' The book \"An Introduction to Parallel Programming\" to be written by the Adapteva team. The book will be provided in PDF form and will include source code examples of parallel programs that use OpenCL, OpenMP, Erlang, and MPI.\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $99 or more\nAbout $99\n\nMAKER: You get everything in the SUPPORTER reward and an Epiphany-III based Parallella board loaded with the development software needed to create your own innovative projects.(International order should add $20 to the pledge amount). We can't wait to see what you come up with.\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $199 or more\nAbout $199\n\nPAIR: You get everything in the SUPPORTER reward and a pair of Epiphany-III based Parallella boards (2 ARM cores and 16 Epiphany cores on each board) so that you can create complete distributed encoding/decoding, compression/decompression, receiver/transmitter type applications without having to borrow an extra board from other pledgers. Both boards come loaded with the development software needed to create your own innovative projects. (International order should add $20 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $199 or more\nAbout $199\n\n64-CORE: You get everything in the SUPPORTER reward and a 64-core Epiphany-IV based Parallella board (2 ARM cores and 64 Epiphany cores) if we reach our stretch goal of $3M. If we don't reach our stretch goal but meet our minimum funding goal, you will receive a pair of Epiphany III boards (2 ARM cores and 16 Epiphany cores). Both boards come loaded with the development software needed to create your own innovative projects. (International order should add $20 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $495 or more\nAbout $495\n\nMINI-CLOUD: This package arrives as a ready to use \"cluster in a box\" and includes four Epiphany-III based parallella boards (a total of 72 CPUs), a gigabit switch, cat cables, and the power supply adapters. If we reach our $3M stretch goal, then it will be possible to choose two 64-core Epiphany-IV based boards instead of four Epiphany-III based boards. (International order should add $20 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $499 or more\nAbout $499\n\nDEVELOPER: You get everything in the SUPPORTER reward and and a limited early version Epiphany-III based Parallella board. As an early tester you will be able to influence the direction of the parallella software platform. Your board will be marked with a unique number based on the order in which it was manufactured (numbers start at #64). In addition, you will get early access to the Parallella SDK and documentation as soon as the project kicks off at the end of the kickstarter campaign.(International order should add $20 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $750 or more\nAbout $750\n\n64CORE-MAY: You get everything in the SUPPORTER reward and a 64-core Epiphany-IV based Parallella board (2 ARM cores and 64 Epiphany cores). You also get early access to the SDK. (International order should add $20 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $975 or more\nAbout $975\n\nCLUSTER: This package arrives as a ready to use cluster and includes eight Epiphany-III based parallella boards (a total of 144 CPUs), a gigabit switch, cat cables, and the power supply adapters. If we reach our $3M stretch goal, then it will be possible to choose four 64-core Epiphany-IV based boards instead of eight Epiphany-III based boards. (International order should add $40 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $1,249 or more\nAbout $1,249\n\n64-CORE-PLUS: You receive everything in the DEVELOPER reward and the 64-CORE-MAY reward, allowing you to start running your software on hardware in February to be ready for the 64-core board in May (International order should add $40 to the pledge amount, two separate shipments)\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $1,500 or more\nAbout $1,500\n\n64-CORE-X2: You get everything in the SUPPORTER reward and a pair 64-core Epiphany-IV based Parallella board (2 ARM cores and 64 Epiphany cores). You also get early access to the SDK. (International order should add $20 to the pledge amount).\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $1,999 or more\nAbout $1,999\n\nROLF: You receive everything in the DEVELOPER reward and the 64-CORE-X2 reward, allowing you to start running your software on hardware in February to be ready for the 64-core boards in May (International order should add $40 to the pledge amount, two separate shipments)\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $2,500 or more\nAbout $2,500\n\nEARLY-ACCESS: You will receive a special beta version of the Parallella platform 3 months before the general DEVELOPER board release and immediate access to the platform SDK. You also get direct access to the Adapteva support team. You will also receive one of the first 64 Epiphany-III based Parallella boards once finalized.\n\nKickstarter is not a store.\n\nPledge $10,000\nAbout $10,000\n\n64-NOW: You will receive a \"super special\" (EMEK4) eval-kit with a 64-core Epiphany-IV processor AND immediate access to the platform SDK AND the CLUSTER reward AND the EARLY-ACCESS reward AND 8 bare Epiphany-III chips. Estimated shipping times are: December for the EMEK4, the Parallella beta board, and the chips;May for the Cluster reward. The entry point for one massively parallel multicore evaluation kit loaded with proprietary software can run $10-50K, so this reward offers a ridiculous amount of computing hardware for a pretty modest amount of money. Let's go!"}
-{"text": "Find the perfect Italy vacation:\n\nItaly Escorted Tours and Guided Vacations\n\nWe welcome you to Escorted Italy tours. This website is dedicated solely to Italy travel packages. We represent only the most reputable tour companies that have offered Italy vacations for more than 50 years, so you know your travel investment is safe.Plus, we have been in business selling Italy tours for over 26 years, so we are confident that based on customer feedback we've put together the best choices in various price ranges including budget, first class, deluxe and luxury trips. There are also a number of travel styles to choose fromincluding custom trips so that you can travel to Italy the way you want.\n\nWith all of the options available, how do you know which are the best Italy tours?\n\nThat is a question without a simple answer. What is right for you may not be the best option for another traveler. Here are some things to think about before choosing an Italy tour.\n\nQuestions to Consider When Choosing an Escorted Italy Tour\n\nThe first step would be to determine some basic information. When do you want to travel to Italy? Prices are higher in the summer vs. traveling in May, October or even in the winter months where you can get a great value. So if you are on a budget, you will get a better buy traveling in the off season. This doesn't mean you can't travel during peak season, but keep in mind that summer departures sell out quickly, so it is important to determine when you want to go and plan early.\nThe next thing to consider is how much time do you have to see Italy? You may want to see all of Italy, but that is not practical in two weeks. There are some wonderful tours that cover a lot of Italy in under 14 days, but you have to be willing to be on the go constantly. Some people prefer to have free time in each city and not be so rushed. For them their are leisure trips that offer 3 nights in the major cities, you don't get started before 9 am on days you are with the group and you have lots of free time. There are truly vacations for every type of traveler. Based on the amount of time you have, we can help you focus on the areas you want to see most, making sure you have enough time to take in each region and see the \"must see\" sites.\n\nAlso important is what do you wish to accomplish on your trip - what is on your Italy bucket list? Do you want to see as much of Italy as possible in a short time, or do you want to focus on a particular region? Are you looking to focus on romance for a honeymoon or anniversary? Do you enjoy shopping, cuisine, history, architecture, art or a trip that offers all of the above?\n\nWhy spend your time at a museum if your interest is in architecture? This is a perfect example of why one escorted Italy tour may be perfect for one person, but the wrong choice for another.\n\nAnswers to these questions will help us determine which is the best Italy tour for you. Notice we have not even focused much on budget as this point, because it is more important to determine what your ideal Italy vacation experience would be, and then we can work from there and explain the differences between budget, first class, deluxe and luxury Italy tour packages.\n\nBelow you will find the current 5 best selling Italy tours currently based on customer search and reservations. Then along the top bar you can search Italy tours by the number of days you wish to travel, or you can view them by budget, train travel, cruise tours, Italy small group travel and Italy family tours. If you have a favorite travel company, click on the tour operator button and it will display just their trips.\n\nIf you are interested in traveling to Italy in 2016, there are only a few companies that have released travel information through April. Please call our office for more details.\n\nMost Popular Italy Tours\n\nBy Cosmos Tours. 9 Days starting at $1,349\n\nTitleThe Splendors of ItalyVacation OverviewItaly, a country filled with history, amazing art, delicious cuisine, remarkable architecture, and splendid beauty\u2014you\u2019ll see and feel it all on this affordable tour through Italy. Explore the maze of stree.. (click for more)\n\nBy Collette Tours. 10 Days starting at $2,449\n\nRevel in the magic of Italy on this 10-day tour that explores the cities of Rome, Florence, Venice, Assisi and Perugia. Travel the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside, exploring medieval hill towns and visiting the birthplace of St. Francis, Assisi. Disco.. (click for more)\n\nBy Cosmos Tours. 19 Days starting at $2,429\n\nTitleGems of Italy, France & SpainVacation OverviewThis Mediterranean journey takes you from Rome to Paris to Madrid, with many fascinating stops along the way. Your vacation begins in Rome with two overnights and guided sightseeing that visits the R.. (click for more)\n\nBy Cosmos Tours. 16 Days starting at $2,373\n\nTitleFocus on Italy & ParisVacation OverviewCover the heartland of Europe on this exciting multi-country adventure. Begin in London, then cross the English Channel by ferry and board a motorcoach bound for Brussels. A comfortable ride on the German A.. (click for more)\n\nBy Globus Tours. 9 Days starting at $1,619\n\nTitleItalian SamplerVacation OverviewThis is a wonderful vacation to see Italy\u2019s fine cities like Rome, with guided visits to the Colosseum and Roman Forum, St. Peter\u2019s, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel; Florence to see Michelangelo\u2019s David.. (click for more)\n\nStart Planning Your Italy Tour Vacation\n\nWhat types of Italy tours are available?\n\nNot only do Italy tours vary in prices, but there are several travel styles to choose from. The most common Italy tour travels by motorcoach. On a budget Italy tour the bus fits up to 50 travelers. On a first class tour, the guest capacity is only 40 to 44 travelers and there is a washroom onboard. On deluxe coaches there are even less guests, providing more leg room and overall comfort.\n\nFor those that want a deluxe coach along with a more personalized experience, there are Italy small group tours where you have only 12 to 26 travelers. These tour also tend to stay in upscale properties, including most if not all sightseeing in one up front price and offer unique highlights that a large group cannot experience due to time constraints. For example some of the unique highlights may include a private after hours tour of the Doge Palace or Sistine chapel.\n\nIf you prefer to travel by train, there are several tours that offer first class rail between the major cities of Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan. Some of these train trips offer a tour guide, but there are also Italy hosted vacations where you have your hotels, breakfast daily, 1/2 a day of sightseeing in each city, 1st class rail between cities and access to a local host, but the rest of the time you are on your own.\n\nThere are also specialty trips designed for family travel, adventure and even culinary vacations. We can also create a privately guided trip for you with a custom itinerary.\n\nHighlights of Italy Travel\n\nFew can resist the eternal allure of Italy. It's icons are the very definition of romance. The sparkling canals of Venice. The rolling hills of Tuscany. Colorful cliff top villages perched along rocky shorelines. It is no wonder the Italian people are known for their passion, considering the beauty of the land that embraces them.\n\nThe biggest challenge to every traveler visiting Italy is deciding where to tour and explore. Even narrowing down the choice to the city or the countryside is difficult, as there is so much to see and do. That's where our Italy travel experts become an invaluable asset to help you plan the perfect escorted Italy tour or vacation package.\n\nWhere should I go on my first trip to Italy?\n\nAre you looking to visit the cities of Rome, Florence and Venice, or do you want a more in-depth experience that includes the Italian Lakes area, Tuscany or the amazing Amalfi Coast? Fantastic cuisine, designer shopping, history, architecture, museums, entertainment and romance are just the beginning of what you can experience in Italy. The most popular itinerary for first time travelers include the cities of Rome, Florence and Venice. Those looking for romance tend to focus on Capri, the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, Tuscany and the Italian Lakes.\n\nWhere should I go if I have already been to Italy?\n\nYou could start in Rome and take your time in the Amalfi Coast - spending a couple of nights on the amazing island of Capri. A few tour companies also now visit the \"boot\" of Italy which is undiscovered territory for many travelers. Spend time in cities that are often skipped such as Turin, Bologna or Montalcino. Perhaps stay in an Italian Villa while exploring Tuscany.\n\nWhat will you see while visiting Rome, Florence and Venice?\n\nRome, Italy is, by far, one of the most sought after tourist spots in Europe. At the Vatican City, which is the Pope's well known address, you can take in the sights of St. Peter's Cathedral, The Sistine Chapel, and the great masterpieces created by artists such as Leonardo de Vinci. You can also marvel at our earliest civilizations' structures such as the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Forum where the earliest Olympic games were held. \u201cWhen in Rome, do as the Romans do\u201d\u2013 delve into the city\u2019s many formidable museums and basilicas, tantalize your taste buds with the unparalleled flavour of Italy and surround yourself with the pervading sense of history that is the Eternal City.\n\nFlorence, Italy is said to be the most populated city in Tuscany and is also the capital. Florence has many red rooftops as you will see when you gaze upon the city from Giotto's Bell Tower. You can get a sense of the open country air, while at the same time experiencing it's rich cultural city life. Don't forget make time for see the Renaissance artworks of the great masters in one of the many galleries. With the opportunity to wine and dine in true Florentine style, visit historically colossal sights, gaze at artistic perfection and watch the sun set over the Arno, Florence is simply unrivalled.\n\nVenice, Italy is a dazzling blend of waterways, bridges, land and glorious architecture. For anyone in search of the past, you\u2019ll undoubtedly come across the astounding collection of Renaissance paintings, frescoes, mosaics and sculptures embellishing the interiors of basilicas and churches. And if you can\u2019t get there by foot, you\u2019ll get there by water. Bustling St. Mark\u2019s Square attracts flocks of tourists and pigeons alike, the intricacies of the Doges\u2019 Palace are magical\u2026This age-old floating city is made from the kind of stuff fairy-tales are. Indeed, no amount of reading or flipping through picture books will prepare you for its breathtaking beauty.\n\nOf course Italy is so much more than these 3 cities...the Amalfi Coast, the Italian Riviera, Umbria, Capri, Tuscany and Sicily are all amazing places to visit. It is impossible to see everything Italy has to offer in one trip, but we can help you select the right vacation so you get the best experience that matches your budget and amount of time you have available.\n\nOur goal is to share everything you need to know about Italy in one place. Browse Italy guided vacations, read through our blogs filled with Italy travel information and tips, and then call a travel expert who has been to Italy and can give you an insiders perspective.\n\nReputable Italy Tour Companies - USTOA\n\nWe strongly recommend that you only book escorted Italy tours with a reputable tour company that is part of USTOA (United States Tour Operators Association.) This means the company has posted a $1 million dollar letter of credit that is secured to be used solely to reimburse consumers in the case of bankruptcy or insolvency. No one wants to imagine this could happen to long standing companies, but it is a company that has taken extra steps and is deserving of your confidence. What may seem like a good online deal, could ruin your vacation, so make sure you are only doing business with reputable companies."}
-{"text": "These earrings are handmade in Ecuador by \"Betty\" Nelly Sanchez Loor. A beautiful aventurine stone is handselected and then mounted within a sterling silver backing fashioned by Betty herself. To learn more about Betty and her process, Click Here\n\nWe can\u2019t get over this simple yet unique small three way bag, featuring patchwork panels & brass-toned studs and exposed zipper. Its shape is perfect for any outfit and will get all the right attention! This model has 1 top zipper closure, a front and bac\n\nTagua, also known as vegetable ivory, is the nut of a palm, harvested in the rainforests of Ecuador. Its use helps provide an alternative to deforestation. Each piece is individually handcut and sanded by a group of artisans living on the coast of Ecuador\n\nTagua, also known as vegetable ivory, is the nut of a palm, harvested in the rainforests of Ecuador. Its use helps provide an alternative to deforestation. Each piece is individually handcut and sanded by a group of artisans living on the coast of Ecuador\n\nSimple silhouettes are ideal for everyday wear! This small messenger\u2019s strap adjusts long or short --3 front pockets, top zip closure, a back zip pocket, brass-tonedhardware, & exposed zippers are what gives this bag style. Inspired by vintagewear, this b\n\nLooking for a backpack that's stylish and unique? Well, look no further! This super soft vegan leather convertible backpack can transform into a lovely shoulder bag. With easy usage of the strap it frees up your hands when necessary.\n\nThis Montecristi hat comes unblocked in a natural hat shape, or rolled in a box made of Balsa wood. It is meticulously hand woven in Ecuador by skilled artisans. It takes these craftsmen between six and eight weeks of weaving to complete a single hat. The\n\nOur finest hat. The Montecristi classic fedora. Handwoven and hand blocked in Ecuador. It is meticulously hand woven in Ecuador by skilled artisans. It takes these craftsmen between six and eight weeks of weaving to complete a single hat. These painstakin\n\nOur Snap Brim hat is hand woven and hand blocked in Ecuador. A genuine Panama Hat, weavers spend five days constructing each hat that will eventually consist of 9-12 rows of woven bleached palm fiber per inch. The Snap Brim has a shorter brim than our oth\n\nTagua, also known as vegetable ivory, is the nut of a palm, harvested in the rainforests of Ecuador. Its use helps provide an alternative to deforestation. Each piece is individually handcut and sanded by a group of artisans living on the coast of Ecuador\n\nTagua, also known as vegetable ivory, is the nut of a palm, harvested in the rainforests of Ecuador. Its use helps provide an alternative to deforestation. Each piece is individually handcut and sanded by a group of artisans living on the coast of Ecuador\n\nThis gourd is a beautiful exampble of the quemado (burnt) gourd carving technique. After carving, the artist then applied a whitewash to fill the indentations. Depicted here is an array of animals native to the jungles of Peru. Carved by Freddy Osores Nu\n\nA genuine leather and handwoven backpack from Ecuador. Features a drawstring and buckle closure as well as a buckled front pocket for addtional storage.16\" Tall and 12\" wide at it's largest pointBase: 9\" x 5\"\n\nTagua, also known as vegetable ivory, is the nut of a palm, harvested in the rainforests of Ecuador. Its use helps provide an alternative to deforestation. Each piece is individually handcut and sanded by a group of artisans living on the coast of Ecuador"}
-{"text": "Weitz\n\nWebsite Redesign\n\noverview\n\nWeitz Website\n\nThe Weitz Company is one of the oldest general contractors in the United States. With headquarters in Des Moines, as well as offices throughout the United States, they are also one of the largest commercial construction companies with an ENR Rank of 70, annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000,000 and more than 600 employees.\n\nAs one of the Midwest's largest commercial construction companies, Weitz needed a website that embraced their history, captured their culture and positioned Weitz as the Midwest's definitive leader for construction services. After a thorough review, they chose echo to build a dynamic, industry leading website.\n\nhighlights\n\nOur strategy with the Weitz Website project was to build a site that was intentionally big, with modern features such an edge to edge design, interactive animations and a easy to digest, long page format.\n\nGo big or go home. That was our thinking with the Weitz site. This great organization is a powerhouse in the construction industry and we wanted to deliver a website that conveyed the strength of Weitz. We developed a big design literally. It features big, strong typography, large graphics and big pages with strong content blocks. It adds up to a design that is big, bold and modern.\n\nThis website features an immersive, user focused experience. The edge to edge format fills your screen and the huge headlines grab your attention. As you scroll the page, headlines and other elements slide up subtly and well-positioned calls to action guide you. Each section is clearly defined and the elements all work in harmony.\n\nOracle owned Taleo is a market leading HR platform. Our custom programming within Taleo brought the identity of the site to Taleo resulting in a seamless user experience.\n\n200+\n\nprojects featured\n\nYou're only as good as your work and Weitz has plenty of work to show off. We built a custom project section that features large, beautiful images along with well organized, project related content.\n\nshare\n\nReach out\n\nLike our work? Let us help you get to your goal. Please fill out the form below and we will contact you."}
-{"text": "Originally Posted by Mav\nThere are 30+ countries/islands together in North America.\n\nYes, but clubbing Canada with them is ridiculous, especially when Canada is larger than even the USA in terms of landmass and a major source of active BC members, much more so than, say, all of South America, which still gets its own option in this poll.\n\nThat site is wrong. Most such sites without direct access to out logs can only guesstimate based on approximations. From our log stats, the US is #1 followed by Bangladesh at #2. We had a fairly 'heated' discussion on this recently that started after the DS press report about the BanglaCricket awards."}
-{"text": "Why prepaid debit cards are appealing to so many\n\nPrepaid debit cards aren't just for consumers who don't have traditional checking accounts.\n\nPrepaid debit cards are typically promoted as a convenient alternative for people who don\u2019t have a bank account. Turns out they have a much broader appeal.\n\nA new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts found that most people who use general purpose, reloadable prepaid cards have used mainstream financial products in the past and may be using them now. These cards are often a complement to a checking account, rather than a replacement.\n\nThese cards work like a checkless checking account. They can be used at any store that accepts credit cards and also provide access to cash at ATMs. Money is loaded onto the card with cash at a store or online. And there\u2019s no need for a credit check.\n\nFor this first-of-a-kind study, Pew surveyed adults who use prepaid cards at least once a month and found that 59 percent currently have a checking account and 45 percent had used a credit card in the past year.\n\nWhy do people who have checking accounts \u2014 that already come with a debit card \u2014 use prepaid cards?\n\n\u201cTo gain control of their finances, avoid overspending and overdraft fees,\u201d said Pew\u2019s Alex Horowitz. \u201cThis way they know they can put a certain amount on the card and spend that and no more.\u201d\n\nConsumer advocates have been critical of prepaid cards because they can have a variety of fees for routine transactions, such as checking the balance or using an out-of-network ATM \u2014 fees that may not be clearly disclosed.\n\nBut that fee structure is changing. It\u2019s now more like checking accounts \u2014 making prepaid cards more economical than in the past. Pew found that prepaid cards managed by banks tend to have the lowest fees.\n\n\u201cMore cards are charging a monthly fee, like a checking account, and fewer have ala carte fees for services like point-of-sale purchases, ATM transactions and live customer service calls,\u201d said Susan Weinstock, director of Pew\u2019s Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project. \u201cPrepaid cards are almost universally less expensive this year than in 2012.\u201d\n\nWeinstock said for someone who tends to run up costly overdraft fees, a prepaid card can be a \u201cbetter deal\u201d than a checking account.\n\nPew calls for more regulationThe prepaid market continues to grow and more players are entering the field. Just last month, T-Mobile launched a new Visa prepaid card.\n\nThere\u2019s a lot of money to be made here. Approximately $65 billion was loaded onto prepaid debit cards in 2012, more than double the amount in 2009, according to Mercator Advisory Group.\n\nPew wants more regulations to protect the people who use these cards \u2014 the sorts of things now required for checking accounts: clear disclosure of terms and fees, an easy way to track transactions, FDIC insurance and protection from unauthorized transactions.\n\n\u201cRight now, there is no required liability protection if a card is lost or stolen or used without authorization,\u201d Weinstock explained. \u201cCards that have liability protection include it voluntarily, but it\u2019s not as comprehensive as what is required for checking accounts.\u201d\n\nPew also called on regulators to ban overdraft options and fees, something that would undermine the entire reason people use these cards.\n\nThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working on proposed rules for prepaid cards. They could be released later this year. The CFPB has information about prepaid cards on its website."}
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-{"text": "Take a long hard look at your current logo, or if you do not have one, take a look at some early concepts you created for it. Now ask yourself this one mighty question, does your logo look a little too familiar? Does it look like other logos? Does it look like a lot of other logos? If the answer is yes, it might be time to get in touch with a graphic designer and go back to the drawing board.\n\nGraphic Design, Warning Signs\n\nSo, you have spent some quiet time alone with your logo, you have analyzed the shit out of it, but you are still not sure if your logo is a dud or not. Here are some things to look for:\n\n\u2022 Are you using a \u2018swooping\u2019 graphic to express a specific type of energy, with the aim of coming across as dynamic and aspirational? Does this particular graphic remind you of Citibank or Nike perhaps? If the answer is yes, or even if the answer is maybe then you might be making one of the five deadly mistakes in logo design.\n\n\u2022 Another tricky little devil that may be lurking within your logo, causing prospective customers to glaze over when exposed to it, is your font. There are two particular fonts that have had their time in the sun and they go by the names of Helvetica and Comic Sans. You can refrain from beating yourself with a stick if you happen to be using one of these nasty little guys, it is an easy enough fix.\n\nNeed A Change of Logo Design Pace?\nThose two pesky red flags of logo design are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Whether you are doing a revamp of your old logo or brainstorming on a new graphic design, it is good practice to look at what is being done now and what has been done too much. Then, as we like to remind you, take a minute to do some research and experiment with how far is too far when thinking outside of the box.\n\nDo Not Worry, This Is The Fun Part\n\nThe graphic design world is full of endless possibilities, and yes, many should remain unexplored, but there are a few gems just waiting to become the next great brand design. There is only one way to differentiate the garbage concepts from the golden nuggets, and that is by trying them on for size. One shoe does not fit all, but you will never know which one is your glass slipper until you try.\n\nTake A Breath, And Take A Risk\n\nWork with a talented graphic designer to explore the unexplored. Take risks with what may seem too far out there, or what may seem like a mistake. You never know until you see it fully fleshed out, so have fun with your designer and come up with a killer concept that makes sparks fly!"}
-{"text": "\u2018Downton Abbey\u2019: Gregson Is Dead & Lady Edith Runs Away With Marigold\n\nLady Edith finally finds out what happened to Mr. Gregson and decides to make a major life decision.\n\nAny ounce of hope that Lady Edith was holding on to that Mr. Gregson would be found alive was shattered when they receive news of his murder \u2014 and she begins to sink further into despair. Girl just can\u2019t catch a break. An editor from the paper meets with Edith and Robert to tell them that Gregson was murdered in Munich and Edith has inherited the publishing house. Although her widowed sister lost the love of her life not too long ago, Lady Mary doesn\u2019t have a shred of sympathy for her sister.\n\n\u2018Downton Abbey\u2019 Recap\u2019 \u2014 Gregson Is Dead, Lady Edith Leaves:\n\nIn spite of Lady Edith\u2019s colossal sadness, Lady Mary debates getting a new look to show her suitors what they\u2019ve been missing. She makes a major fuss of debuting it before dinner, telling everyone she has a \u201csurprise\u201d \u2014 and while she parades around the room like a show pony, asking for everyone\u2019s opinion, Lady Edith totally cracks. She\u2019s like the turn-of-the-century Jan Brady.\n\nI\u2019m a major Lady Mary fan and I thought that everything she went through in her life made her more understanding \u2014 but in this episode she proves that it\u2019ll probably never be the case when it comes to dealing with her sister, Lady Edith. Hey, sometimes sister-sister relationships can be complex. Lady Mary basically calls Edith out on being miserable as if she\u2019s sulking over a broken nail and not over the fact that the first man who actually loved her disappeared and turned up dead. Lady Mary makes sure to bring the situation back to her any chance she gets \u2014 and that\u2019s just what she did when she debuted her new haircut. Her sister calls her insensitive and storms off. Doesn\u2019t Edith know this is the Lady Mary show?\n\nBarrow confides in Miss Baxter and shows her a nasty infection he developed. When she takes him to the doctor, we find out what Barrow has been up to. It is so sad to hear that he endured electroshock therapy and shots all in the hopes of being \u201cnormal\u201d and more like other men. Perhaps this will mend the relationship between Barrow and Baxter?\n\nThe \u2018Downton\u2019 Romance Report:\n\nIt wouldn\u2019t be an episode of Downton without a little romance \u2014 or some love lost.\n\nRobert is still sulking in his dressing room and sleeping in a teeny tiny bed, while Cora is carrying on as if having a suitor sneak into your bedroom is NBD. Cora puts the situation into perspective with an ultimatum and also calls Robert on his own flirty moments, (hey, remember the maid he used to make out with?), which prompts him to move back into the bedroom.\n\nThings between Rose and her suitor as certainly heating up. Not only does she invite him to dinner at Downton, but at the race Robert and Cora invite his parents to the house. At this rate it looks like even Rose will settle down before Lady Edith.\n\nIsobel finally makes up her mind and decides to marry Lord Merton. While the Dowager certainly has a mixed reaction to the news, her own love life is heating up. When she visits the Russian to bring him news about his wife, he tells her he loved Violent more than anyone else. After taking one look around at the decrepit room he\u2019s staying in, it is clear that the Dowager is obviously into him \u2014 I don\u2019t know who else she would endure such conditions for.\n\nDownstairs we, (along with Anna), find out that Bates didn\u2019t kill Mr. Green \u2014 we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Oh, and Carson asks Mrs. Hughes to retire with him \u2014 I can\u2019t get enough of their teenage courtship.\n\nLady Mary\u2019s Haircut:\n\nAt the picnic and race Lady Mary comes face-to-face, yet again, with Charles Blake, Lord Gillingham and Mabel Lane. Tony\u2019s scorned, discarded ex calls Mary out on being the ultimate tease when she says she wants to see Mabel and Tony ride off into the sunset together. \u201cWhy turn up looking like a cross between a Vogue fashion plate and a case of dynamite?\u201d\n\nObviously Lady Mary can\u2019t make it easy for her. The race was the perfect place for Mary to show off her short hair and her riding skills.\n\nEdith Leaves:\n\nUpon returning from the picnic, Tom tells everyone Edith left the estate. While the family is off she went down to the farm and took her daughter before fleeing to London \u2014 I guess the building suspense over what new look Lady Mary would debut next was enough to send her away.\n\nLady Edith is clearly excited and anxious over her decision, so she decides to deal with it the best way she can \u2014 with some ice cream and champagne. (Something tells me she ordered more than one glass, though)."}
-{"text": "I\u2019ve been up for 4 hours. During that time, I\u2019ve accomplished this much \u2013 I read a few pages about creating something for my class, I read emails for my class and I tossed a ball, endlessly tossed a \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nNote to self \u2013 do not attempt to edit your online courses after 2 am. I teach online, and on campus. I am an adjunct, which translates as \u201cpeon.\u201d I have basically no rights and nothing is guaranteed. I was \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nIt snowed last night. It was only about an inch, there\u2019s talk of a blizzard this weekend, and so my winter anxiety begins along with the talk of snow. Classes start tomorrow. I have an afternoon class this semester. Afternoon \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nI think, if I see one more \u201cadopt, don\u2019t shop\u201d post, I am going to throw up, loudly, explosively, and messily. In the past few days, I\u2019ve had 3 encounters with dogs at the park that have not gone well. \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nWe were scheduled to start tomorrow with a private trainer but the weather is not co-operating. I hate Winter. So after a great deal of thought, we\u2019re going to start over. Again. And I think it\u2019s going to be mostly \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nby me. It seems some days that training a puppy is two steps forward and three steps back. Lately, walking has been singularly unsuccessful. After another day of having my arm yanked out of the socket, or so it seemed, \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nAbout a month ago, with the grand idea of getting totally organized about this puppy training thing, I bought a planner just to record our progress and our failures, to write down what worked and what didn\u2019t. I started out \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nIt was not the best of years. There were too many losses and not enough victories. My best friends lost parents, had spouses diagnosed with strange illnesses, had surgeries. One is still dealing with a medical issue that has been \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\n\nIt\u2019s been a long, sad, week. The backstory \u2013 my sister and I haven\u2019t spoken in several years. A lot of stuff went on when my mother died, a lot of lies were told, a lot of lies were believed \u2026 Continue reading \u2192"}
-{"text": "SPECIAL EVENTS\n\nSymphony of the Heart Concert\n\nSunday Jan 29, 2017 7:30 pm\n\nSAVE A CHILD\u2019S HEART, a major international, non-profit organization dedicated to providing urgently needed pediatric heart surgery and after-care for indigent children from developing countries around the world, will present a special benefit concert featuring a lineup of major international stars in a special evening of music and entertainment. Actress and Goodwill Ambassador of IsraAid and Artists for Peace & Justice, Moran Atias, will be the master of ceremonies of Symphony of the Heart\u2019s special benefit concert on Sunday, January 29th, 2017 at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge at 7:30 pm.\n\nIsrael\u2019s most celebrated female singing star, Rita, renowned worldwide for her unique voice, will be making a special trip from Israel to perform at the concert which will also feature Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester, The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony under the direction of noted conductor Dr. Noreen Green, the exceptionally talented 15 year old pianist/composer/song-writer Emily Bear, American-Israeli contemporary dance group Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble, singer/songwriter and peace advocate Liel Kolet, and Palestinian musical artist Ali Paris, Berklee College of Music\u2019s youngest student to date, who also plays the qanun - an Arabic lap harp."}
-{"text": "Latest News\n\nConvert your Emails and Documents to PDF through Email Itself\n\nGoogle Chrome has a built-in PDF writer so you can easily convert any email message into a PDF file within the browser itself but if you are reading your emails on a mobile phone or a tablet, you would need some sort of a PDF conversion app.\n\nAlternatively, you can forward the original email message to pdfconvert@pdfconvert.me and the service will send a PDF version of the message back to you in a second or two. I tried converting a plain text email message as well as one with HTML tags and the conversion was almost perfect in both instances.\n\nIf there are any Word, Excel or Powerpoint attachments inside the mail, you can forward the files to attachconvert@pdfconvert.me and they\u2019ll come back to you in PDF format. Zamzar is another helpful service that let you convert files by email but the advantage with PDFConvert.me is that it sends you the converted PDF file by email itself, you don\u2019t have to visit their website to download the PDF.\n\nYou may also use the service to retrieve web pages as PDFs. Just send the web address (URL) of the page in the body of the email message to webconvert@pdfconvert.me and the service will send you the full page in PDF format. This feature can be used for viewing pages that otherwise aren\u2019t accessible due to internet filters.\n\nThe site\u2019s privacy policy says that they store your email message on their server only during the conversion process."}
-{"text": "With Forbidden Knowledge, you will get it all. A how-to guide featuring an edgy four-color design, this outrageous book will be talked about for years to come, but may not be used as evidence in court. Paperback. More"}
-{"text": "-15.49(-0.98%)\n\n+0.18(+0.29%)\n\n-1.50(-0.11%)\n\n-0.01(-0.03%)\n\n+0.00(+0.06%)\n\nReport: Missing NYC Woman Found Dead in Turkey\n\nA New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday, and police detained 11 people for questioning in connection with the case, Turkey's state-run news agency said. (Feb. 2)"}
-{"text": "Ryan McGrath Band\n\npress release: Join us for free Live Music in the Backyard every Friday night from May through September. With a water-side patio, outdoor stage, Backyard Bar, and grassy lawn that\u2019s perfect for picnics and lawn chairs, our brewery is the area's favorite summer oasis. This week, Ryan McGrath Band will be playing from 6-9PM. Proceeds from our Brat Stand will benefit LLS.\n\nOur brewery\u2019s Tap Room and Backyard Bar open prior to the start of the music. Check our website for our current hours. Carry-in of non-alcoholic beverages is allowed. Picnics, delivery, and carry-in food are welcome. Children and families are welcome. Leashed dogs and other animals are not allowed on Fridays."}
-{"text": "In present times, information technology is really relevant. We are using many of different applications in every zone of our life. In the smart phones, hospitals, also in apartment - plenty of objects, such as TV for example, has it own software. If you are a director of big corporation, you should think about having decent IT solutions in office. It could help you really with stay in touch with your employees in the field, with arranging appointments with customers and a lot more. If you want to do so, you need to localize a proper group.\n\n10 or twenty years ago individuals from time to time dream to not go to work early in the afternoon and wake up much earlier. They were terrified with going or going to workplace, getting stuck in large traffic jams and meet the same faces all over and over again. Today, their wish comes true, because it is possible to work at home and earn the same cash without leaving your living room.\n\nIndustry at present is with no doubt a area that plays considerable role. It is indicated by the fact that without it no buildings, roads and other places would be built. Therefore, this topic is supported in economical terms by governments of different countries. Even though in great majority of economies there is rising impact of services concerning the GDP, we need to keep in mind that without improvement of technology and industry there would be no jobs for people, who work in services.\n\nPolish citizens are traveling all around the planet at the moment. Plenty of us have enough money to see Los Angeles or even Sydney. But the larger amount of us are choosing a lot nearer districts, like Europe or Asia. Several years earlier a lot of us were spending holidays in Egypt and Turkey, right now the most famous is Thailand. But what if you better like to go to any place nice but not so trivial? You do not want to be another Polish traveler in Barcelona or in Tunis? Localize something much less ordinary! There are plenty of cheap flight destinations available, to the places you wouldn't even imagine to travel.\n\nLeading a worldwide known business is connected with much work to be put into miscellaneous topics. Firstly, it is connected with proper planning, which will help us to avoid miscellaneous complications such as for example unpredicted delays etc. This proves that it is important to expect possible events in order to be better prepared for them.\n\nWalking through the streets of more important cities, especially if they don\u2019t have long history and are not dated to for example sooner than 15th century, we can observe that the architecture develops over time. The newer parts even of the older cities tend to have higher amount of higher buildings. This kind architecture is pretty dense, as there is a lot of buildings in close neighborhood.\n\nNowadays, progressively people work at home. Here are some jobs which can be done from any area you live and the employees do not have to go to work every day. The jobs are for the most part related with information technology business and relate creating Internet websites, graphics works and copywriting tasks.\n\nPlenty people, who regret their choices in the field of furniture often tend to say that they have made them in the atmosphere of significant hurry. Therefore, they mostly tend to think later that in this kind it is far better to run cooperation with another professionalist or at least ask someone like our friend or relative to help us make more proper move.\n\nBeing a parent for a variety of people is considered to be a dream. It is implied by the fact that being responsible for a new human being is a chance to do something for another human being, which is also one of the most crucial needs people nowadays have. However, owing to biological and various reasons that people have no influence on, some of the people are unable to become parents."}
-{"text": "Businesses fight back against cyber crime threat\n\nJulian Hearne\n\nA free business networking event will lift the lid on the increasing threats posed to all businesses by cyber crime.\n\nDunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce have teamed up with Scottish Centre for Business Resilience to provide businesses in the area with access to key information to help them improve their cyber security.\n\nThe event is presented in partnership with Scottish Historic Building Trust with the support of Vale of Leven Industrial Estate Business Improvement District.\n\nPart of the series of \u201cBrewing Up Business\u201d Networking events, \u201cHow Safe is Your Business\u201d will take place in the historic surroundings of Strathleven House on Wednesday March 27 from 1pm. Guests will hear from expert in the field - Grahame Clarke from Scottish Business Resilience Centre.\n\nDamon Scott, Chief Executive, Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce, said: \u201cCyber crime is on the increase and poses a threat for all businesses no matter what their size. Our free event will give crucial information about how business owners and managers can protect themselves against attacks which can result in the loss of data, significant down-time and cost thousands of pounds.\n\nThere is also the opportunity for guests to make new contacts.\n\nThe event starts at 1pm and guests will enjoy afternoon tea. The event will finish by 2.30pm."}
-{"text": "Sexual Violence Prevention Presentation at Vandy Tonight\n\nNASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Healing continues on the Vanderbilt campus after two former football players have been convicted of rape. FOX 17 This Morning's Samantha Singer previews the \"Man Up: Masculinity and Popular Culture\" presentation tonight which focuses on preventing sexual violence. The director of the National Violence Prevention Organization will speak to students, staff, faculty and athletes about prevention and what to do if someone observes a sexual assault."}
-{"text": "UCSC students design video game aimed at making astrophysics fun\n\nSANTA CRUZ -- One of the greatest tricks a video game can pull off is to make its players smarter without them being any the wiser.\n\nWith its cartoonesque charm, Angry Birds has duped millions into tinkering with the mechanics of energy and momentum. And players have spent weeks pushing their logic to the limit conquering cutesy levels of Candy Crush Saga.\n\nNow, two doctoral students at UC Santa Cruz are programming a ruse on the cosmic scale: They've designed a game that tries to make astrophysics fun.\n\nUC Santa Cruz doctoral students Kate Compton and April Grow designed a video game they named Stellar that tries to make astrophysics fun. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)\n(\nDan Coyro\n)\n\nKate Compton and April Grow, both students at UCSC's Center for Games and Playable Media, hope players will feel like they're \"farming\" in space as they cultivate star gardens. In doing so, gamers also will learn about nucleosynthesis, the process by which stars forge atoms into the elements that make up the periodic table. But Stellar, which will be soon be available on Google's Chrome Store, is first and foremost a game -- and its programmers hope the approach will help spark children's interest in science.\n\n\"We wanted to make a cute, colorful, playful, approachable thing that deals with a heavy physical concept,\" said Compton, 31. To pull that off, they'll have to do what some may believe to be impossible: make nuclear fusion adorable.\n\nGames from the UCSC program tend to stress narrative and innovative storytelling, or reward nurturing as opposed to encouraging killing.\n\nDefying gaming norms\n\nBoth Compton and Grow, 24, share a passion for making programs that defy gaming norms. Before coming to UCSC, Compton helped create Spore at Maxis, a game developer in Emeryville. It was the first game to let players guide the evolution of a single cell into a full-fledged civilization. Time Magazine named it one of the Best Inventions of 2008.\n\nAs an undergraduate, Grow developed a game that taught players how to crochet. Now, for her thesis, she's working on a project that will make learning how to design artificially intelligent video game characters a game in itself.\n\nBut it was Compton, whose parents are both physicists, who wanted to game up nucleosynthesis. The idea stuck with her, although she didn't have the time to develop it between her coursework and research. In 2012, however, UCSC provided the launchpad for their project.\n\nThe Center for Games and Playable Media created three fellowships last summer for student teams that had pet projects like Compton's, but neither the time nor money to work on them during the school year. The fellowship application required a working game prototype, so Compton recruited Grow -- and the two whipped together a demo over the course of a weekend.\n\nGame begins\n\nPlayers start with one star called Sol, Latin for sun, and a stash of hydrogen atoms. To keep Sol burning, players must feed it hydrogen. When their hydrogen supply runs low, players are free to zoom around the cosmos in search of space dust containing more of the element.\n\nAs players sprinkle these hydrogen atoms into their star, it fuses them into helium atoms. Players can harvest this helium and use it as another nutrient to feed their star. The stellar foundry can then fuse helium to create heavier atoms, like carbon. Stars can then squeeze these atoms into even heavier iron atoms.\n\nTo create certain elements heavier than iron, massive stars must blow up and become what are known as supernovae. To obtain elements like gold, two supernova remnants, stellar cinders called neutron stars must crash into one another, said Stan Woosley, a UCSC professor of astronomy and an expert on nucleosynthesis.\n\nStellar skips neutron star collisions, which can take hundreds of thousands of years to happen. But players earn gold atoms for forcing just one of their stars to explode as a supernova.\n\n\"The universe is many things, but designed for good game play it is not,\" Compton said. \"At some point, the game has to be fun.\"\n\nJustin Brown, a doctoral student who works with Woosley, said he couldn't see many scientists fussing over the lack of gory details in a game designed for children and adults. \"As far as any nucleosynthesis expert would care, you can just blow up a star,\" he said while playing a demo version of Stellar and stuffing a star with atoms. \"It's a really cool idea. I think it's great,\" he said of the game.\n\nBecause Stellar has equal parts cuteness and cataclysm, Compton and Grow think the game will appeal to boys and girls alike -- and stoke their interest in science. Of all college freshmen that declared majors in 2010, fewer than 3 percent elected to study the physical sciences, according to the National Science Foundation.\n\nInspiration to women\n\nThe two women also hope their project will inspire more female students into developing video games.\n\n\"People get into games not because they're like 'This is the best career for me,' but because they grew up playing games,\" Compton said.\n\nAt UCSC, the Games and Playable Media Program supports games that don't get made by the big software companies with the hope that unique games resonate with new and growing audiences. This focus on the new and different may be responsible for the program's ability to keep women engaged in computer science, a field traditionally controlled by men.\n\nWhile women account for 27 percent of computer science graduate students at UCSC, only about 20 percent of American professional software designers are women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The International Game Developers Association estimates that the number is closer to 2 percent when it comes to women designing and coding video games.\n\nCompton and Grow hope their game will help buck these trends.\n\n\"If we can get people interested in the universe or scientific research -- or just where all the elements in the world come from,\" Grow said, \"I think that's a great thing.\""}
-{"text": "Filmmaker mocked as fictional Star Wars nerd named Mark\n\nMovies & Television\nOh, sure, Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick makes Shins and Sleater-Kinney videos, as well as full length movies starring members of the Shins and Sleater-Kinney. (Not to mention a number of lovely documentaries and experimental short films that show Portland as a place of loneliness and beauty.)But he's also a NERRRRD, according to Onion spinoff humor site Clickhole, which lampoons clickbaity sites ...\nMore\n\nVisual Arts\nDespite the nation\u2019s economic woes, the Portland art scene\nremained vibrant in 2011. This isn\u2019t a town where artistic health\ntrickles down from wealthy collectors. Rather, it\u2019s a place where\nMore"}
-{"text": "NO not me on my KTM. I'd be too embarassed, and never hear the end of it from Bill and Romer. Ferguson was riding his redline bmx down a dirt hill and crossed up the front wheel on some rocks. I'm very glad we're a \"Always wear your helmet\" family.\nSome tears were shed, but otherwise he's alright."}
-{"text": "What's Stopping You? Common Barriers To Living Your Best Life\n\nWritten by\n\nFeatured Contributor\n\nDeep down, we all want to live as healthy and happy life as possible. Most of us would certainly never want to do anything to actively harm our bodies and certainly, know that there's more that we could be doing. That's why you see so many people starting diets or gym memberships in the new year. We all want to improve ourselves. So then why do so many of us give up straight away? What causes so many people to want to be healthier and more active but so few of us to actually commit to it? The easy answer would be to simply say that it's because of laziness but the truth is far less straightforward than that. Most of the time, even if we truly want to improve, there's something that's getting in the way. To help you really live the healthy, active lifestyle that you want, here's a list of a few things that could be standing in your way, and how to get past them.\n\nEveryone has the occasional aches and pains here and there it's pretty normal, and most of the time they go away after a good bath or a solid night's sleep. But sometimes you can find yourself suffering from constant pain that doesn't seem to want to go away. Chronic pain like sciatica can be one of the most frustrating things to have to deal with in your day-to-day life. Even if it isn't particularly severe, constant pain can make it really difficult to do anything more than the bare minimum. Combine this with working and living life in general then the idea of being particularly active can be absolutely awful for a lot of people. The most important thing is to make sure that you don't ignore the pain and that you see your doctor immediately.\n\nLack of energy\n\nSometimes we all fancy a lazy day, the chance to put our feet up and just lounge around for once, and there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when that one day turns into several. If you feel as though, no matter how much your rest you can't get your energy level back up then you might have a problem. Sure, we all feel a little tired after work, but it's worth recognizing when it's something more significant. Sometimes a lack of energy can be down to your diet, a sign of illness, or something more closely connected to your mood like depression. Think carefully about what's causing your lack of energy so you can figure out how to deal with it.\n\nAh, the classic excuse. We've all used it! \"I would exercise more if I only had the time!\" This is a pretty fair reason, many people have incredibly busy lives, juggling work, family and more. The only thing that you can do to solve this is to make time. Figure out when is a good time for you and set it aside. As much as it might be difficult, don't let anything encroach on that time. Turn off your phone, shut out the world, and just take the time that you need to stay active and healthy."}
-{"text": "Gifted Children: The Importance of Finding Intellectual Peers and Community\n\nGifted Children: The Importance of Finding Intellectual Peers and Community. All kids need friends, but asynchrony exacerbates the challenge of finding a like-minded peer. Intellectual, emotional and developmental differences, societal misperceptions, and more may contribute to a sense of loneliness even in the midst of a group of age peers. Read the experiences of the GHF Bloggers and their families to find out how they approach these issues.\n\nSometimes trying to find places my kids can be themselves and meet others with the same interests feels like a walk in the jungle. I set off with a map, but it's soon useless as the twists and turns under the canopy disorient me and I'm stumbling through the semi-dark, hoping for a clearing and a brief glimpse of light. For a few moments I'll think I've learned the do's and don'ts . . . until I tumble into a new part of the jungle.\n\nBut those glimpses of light - when connections are made, friendships formed and a real meeting of minds happens? Those moments are worth every laborious step.\n\nAn outsider might see a disordered obsession. Her father and I see something beautiful. She has tipped her hand (or paw, as it were) through explanations of lupine behavior and social structures. A pack functions as an extended family unit working together to survive in the wild. Their preferred prey (moose, elk, and the like) cannot be taken down alone. Lone wolves, though they may be faster, stronger, and more experienced than their pack counterparts, are extremely aggressive: a wolf who lives alone fights a more difficult battle for survival. By necessity, a lone wolf is desperate; dangerous.\n\nIt is vital for all children to find peers and make friends but it's often a thorny prospect for a gifted or 2e (gifted with special needs) child. This prospect, however, can be further intensified with a move or with starting to homeschool. I know too well. Within the last year, we moved outside the US and then moved again within the UK, nearly two months ago.\n\nMy five-year old has a best friend and his family to support him and keep him challenged. I worried about him not having enough intellectual peers until I realized that he has the whole world to interact with through the internet. He's five. He'll find his tribe soon enough.\n\nWhat are quality peer relationships? For our gifted kids, especially, it\u2019s relationships in which they find commonality, camaraderie, and stimulation. And sometimes that looks like 15 friends all the same age, and sometimes that looks like 1 friend, who is older or younger or anywhere in between, but who completely and fully understands my kid and cares about similar things.\n\nThrough trial and error, over the years, we made our own community that supported our gifted 2e daughter, and brought her some solid friendships, too. My daughter tended to make friends with kids who were more at her emotional level, than her intellectual level. The fact that they were not at her intellectual level really didn't bother her, as they connected in another way.....\n\nIn an era where more \u201clikes\u201d and more Facebook friends are at the top of most people\u2019s list of goals, it\u2019s important to remember that quality trumps quantity. One genuine connection still counts as community, so finding someone who shares our particular intellectual passion is the primary goal for our family.\n\nWhen you are the parent of a gifted or twice-exceptional child, peer relationships are often an area of concern. While most children develop in a relatively uniform pattern, gifted learners are asynchronous in their development. There can be huge differences between a gifted child\u2019s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development. In addition, gifted children are often described as being \u201cmore\u201d than their peers: more curious, more intense, more sensitive, more energetic...\n\nParents of asynchronous children are often criticized as \"helicopter parents\" for being overly involved in their child's social development; others take a hands-off approach out of fear or self-doubt. In this book, the authors explore what we need to know and how we know when we are doing too much or too little to create and support age- and intellectually appropriate social opportunities for our children. The book also covers Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities and other challenges in social interactions.\n\nA Blog Hop is a way to discover and follow blogs, as well as share your own. Every month or two, we pose a topic, our blogging members discuss it, and we link to their posts. GHF blog hops include bloggers from around the world, all of them committed to articulating the unique concerns, needs, and perspectives of gifted/2e families, especially (but not exclusively) those who choose non-traditional education for their kids.\n\nHelp bring artistic Workshop presenters with professional and lived experience from across the u.s. and Canada, and, make the conference accessible to all employees! We need your help to make it happen!\n\nGHF Online Learning\n\nFall 2017 class schedule. Spring classes will be announced in mid-October."}
-{"text": "\"In Vista/Longhorn server, the file system (NTFS) will start supporting a new filesystem object (examples of existing filesystem objects are files, folders etc.). This new object is a symbolic link. Think of a symbolic link as a pointer to another file system object (it can be a file, folder, shortcut or another symbolic link).\" More news out of Redmond: \"Microsoft will add a 'Save As' function in its upcoming Microsoft Office 12 for publishing the developer's own electronic document format, XPS, another move in a competitive campaign against Adobe.\"\n\nSo can someone show me how to make a symlink from C:Documents and SettingsTemcat to D:Temcat in XP? I know I can change My Documents location from the desktop, but I want to have it on filesystem level, transparent to all programs.\n\nStill I think Windows should have a separate /home partition like in Linux by default :-)"}
-{"text": "Creating and Entering Stick Notation The best way to insert picture files for stick notation into iRetrieval is by creating them in a music notation program like Sibelius or Finale and then transferring them by copying and pasting the graphic files directly into iRetrieval. If users do not have these programs, there are several options. Users can scan handwritten notation and insert these pictures as PDF documents into the program. Another way is to utilize the Kodaly font, which comes pre-packaged with iRetrieval. Using this font along with Microsoft Word (or equivalent) can help users get started on creating their own stick notation to enter for their retrievals.\n\nProcess\u2022 Open iRetrieval as well as a blank Word document. For best aesthetic results, you will want to setup your Word document in landscape orientation.\u2022 Use the \u201cRhythm Builder\u201d in iRetrieval to build your notation.\u2022 Copy your stick notation and paste it directly into a blank Word document. This will need to be done on a line-by-line basis for your notation. You will most likely need to select what you pasted and adjust the font to make it bigger. You might notice that the tops of the beams appear to get cutoff\u2026 this is just a Word error and will be corrected when you print or create your PDF document.\u2022 Insert text boxes to indicate solfege and/or lyrics. Some users may prefer to use one text box and space everything out, others might use a separate box for each element. This will depend on the user\u2019s preference. \u2022 Whenever you insert a text box, you may notice that when you move it around, it moves your notation and/or other text boxes. To fix this, you must set the text box to be \u201cIn front of Text\u201d. Right click on the text box and go to \u201cFormat Text Box\u201d. From here, go to the layout tab and then select \u201cIn front of text.\u201d You should now be able to move this text box without moving other objects.\u2022 Insert lyrics/solfege etc. into the box and manually space this out so it lines up with your stick notation. You will need to play with this to get your own system established.TIP: When moving a text box, if you hold down the Command (or alt on PC) while dragging, you will be able to fine tune your movement of the text box.\u2022 The best way to center your notation in iRetrieval will be to play with the margins in Word prior to printing it as a PDF document. If it is centered in Word, it will be once you insert it into iRetrieval. \u2022 Print your stick notation document as a PDF. PDF writing software is needed for this step. This is a standard feature for MACs, PC users may need to download PDF writing software. There are several free options to do this. iRetrieval recommends \u201cCute PDF Writer.\u201d This can be found online via a quick Google search. Follow the directions on their site for installation and use.\u2022 Once printed as a PDF, go back into iRetrieval. Go to your retrieval printout tab and click on Insert Retrieval Picture. Select your retrieval PDF and you should see it show up. Size and spacing issues must be played with back in the Word document for best results.TIP: If you happen to see an icon instead of your picture, try dragging your PDF file and dropping it directly in the picture box in iRetrieval. This should only affect PC users and if it is done this way, should allow you to see the PDF as a picture rather than as an icon. This holds true for all other tabs that hold pictures or other files within the program."}
-{"text": "Explaining how fans of the drama will be discovering new things alongside Bernard, Nolan said: \"Bernard [will make] his way through the wreckage of the fallout from the first season... discovering things about the park that even he doesn't know and coming upon creatures like the drone host.\"\n\nSo, what the hell is a \"drone host\"? Well, something as terrible as it sounds, according to Nolan. \"The drone hosts relate to the corporation's secret project which is hidden in plain sight in this park,\" he revealed."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nWednesday, 27 January 2016\n\nThe Mangetout are Through\n\nNot the most exciting photos in the world, but today was a big day in the 2016 growing season.\n\nThe mangetout peas I sowed for growing early in the polytunnel are starting to poke through the soil surface and reach for the skies. Green shoots and all that.\n\nThe sowing season has gone up a gear too. Today I sowed my aubergine seeds. It's very early and I will have to tend the delicate little things for quite some time, but until now I've had precious little success with aubergines. They are a temperamental crop. Some people do well with them. Some people just can't get a decent aubergine off them. I come firmly in the latter group. Until now. This is the year when I plan to join the former. The tender treatment starts now, with the seeds soaked in tepid water for 24 hours (obviously the water was cold by the end!) and now in a small heated propagator, which I purchased over the winter. It's just a crude, basic one but I'm hoping it is just enough to kickstart seeds into growth. After that, for most crops, double and triple cloches in the polytunnel should afford enough protection until springtime proper arrives.\n\nI sowed lettuces too. I always grow too many at once and never keep up the succession properly, resulting in fields of lettuce all ready at the same time, most of which go on to bolt, followed by no lettuce whatsoever. This year, that changes and I've started by sowing some very early lettuce which I hope will germinate under bubble wrap in the tunnel - similar to the mangetout. The crucial thing with lettuces is that the temperature is not too low (below about 5C) and not too high (above 20C) for the first couple of days after sowing. The second of these is often far more difficult to achieve in the polytunnel and once we get into March I'll probably be using the cold frame for germination.\nThe varieties for so early in the year are the Cos types and the looseleaf (green rather than red). I have sown seeds of Little Gem, Lobjoits Green Cos and Buttercrunch.\n\nFinally I have sown early carrots too today. Early Nantes, straight into the polytunnel beds. If we were in a cold snap, I would hold off on this, but the bees have been out for a couple of days this week, a song thrush was singing today and it is beginning to feel like spring already. I'm sure that winter will still have a say at some point. I hope so.\n\nI've learned from last year and covered the rows with mesh. There always seems to be an interminable wait for carrotlings to emerge, so you can imagine how disheartening it was last year when first the chickens got in and destroyed a couple of rows and then Boris discovered that the polytunnel was a very good place to go digging.\n\nTomorrow the first turnips go into the polytunnel beds.\n\nMeanwhile the outside jobs are more winter-like. Moving, pruning and taking cuttings from dormant plants. Digging, shifting compost, rotavating when I can.\n\nPost a Comment\n\nClick here to follow my blog\n\nFollow by Email\n\nSearch This Blog\n\nJohn Pegden and Sue Blyth live at Swallow Farm, a smallholding which they run on the Lincolnshire Fens. John has a close affinity with nature, his livestock and the soil, which he shares with you here. Occasionally though, his obsession with birding interrupts his work! In 2012 he resolved to see every sunrise, but missed one! No rash resolutions for 2013 though."}
-{"text": "That was how the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers\u2019 executive director, Gerald Third, summed up negotiations between growers and Lantic Inc.\n\nAs both sides are without a contract for the 2015 growing season, beets have not yet been seeded.\n\n\u201cGrowers would like to get a crop into the ground,\u201d said Third, who added Lantic has made its stance very clear so far in negotiations.\n\n\u201cLantic has told us they can buy sugar cheaper offshore than they can if they produce it here.\u201d\n\nWith that in mind, Third said the offer the company has made the growers simply will not fly.\n\n\u201cThey want growers to produce sugar for $5 a tonne cheaper than last year,\u201d said the executive director, who added both sides are looking at the economics of the situation, scratching their heads and wondering where to go next.\n\nDoug Emek, general manager of Lantic Inc., could not go into specifics in terms of the negotiations.\n\nBut he said the assertion Lantic was asking growers to produce sugar for $5 per tonne cheaper than last year, \u201cIs not true.\u201d\n\nHe added Lantic is still optimistic both sides will strike a deal.\n\n\u201cWe are fully committed to reaching an agreement with the growers, and we\u2019ve shown that with the fact we have given three different options to the board.\u201d\n\nAccording to Third, should negotiations go south, the implications of potentially abandoning the sugar industry in southern Alberta are immense.\n\n\u201cSugar beets are like an institution here,\u201d said Third, who added many have been growing beets for decades, though he admitted the landscape for sugar is changing.\n\n\u201cIf this plant goes, the security of our sugar supply is a dead issue \u2014 there is none. We\u2019ll be entirely tied to importing foreign sugar.\u201d\n\nThird said those political and global economic issues are of little concern to the growers here in southern Alberta, as he added farmers just want to get back into the fields and produce a crop.\n\n\u201cOur guys don\u2019t get into the politics, but they\u2019re now pushed into that situation. At the end of the day, for the growers there\u2019s no animosity. Growers just can\u2019t produce a crop for cheaper than last year.\u201d\n\nFor Lantic\u2019s part, Emek added the company is willing to take talks to the next level, should growers agree, as he mentioned Lantic would be open to mediation."}
-{"text": "Tag Archive: mark eyles\n\nMark Eyles, sat down with the Tasmanian Times to talk about his debut novel Mary\u2019s Ireland: the battles of the Crimea and the streets of Belfast veil the simple life of young barmaid Mary Cannon. A Polish sailor, who lives in the shadow of Russian wars and religious conflict, enters her Shamrock Hotel. Mary feels his jade black eyes seeing right through her to the very white of her skin. He pierces her\u2026Read more"}
-{"text": "Game of Thrones attacked for putting Bush's head on a pike\n\nScott Ellis and Esther Han\n\nThe medieval-fantasy television drama Game Of Thrones has long drawn flak for its violence, nudity, language and the countless taboo themes they explore, but now the show is really under fire - for cutting off the head of a US president and mounting it on a pike.\n\nWithout giving away too much, the finale of season one features a scene where one of the major characters meets a grisly end, with their head lopped off and offered up for all to see.\n\nA screenshot from Game of Thrones showing ex-President George Bush's head on a stick.\n\n''It's just \u2026 we had to use what heads we had lying around,'' one of the show's creators is heard to say as the grisly spectacle unfolds.\n\nStill, that has been enough for American politicians to call for a boycott of the show and its broadcaster, HBO.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n''It's despicable,'' said the chairman of the Brooklyn Republican Party, Craig Eaton. ''Americans of all political persuasions should stand up and demand that things like this should not continue. They should boycott watching this particular show.''\n\nThe outcry prompted HBO and the show's creators to issue an apology.\n\n\"We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can't afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk,\" Benioff and Weiss said.\n\n\"After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush. In the DVD commentary, we mentioned this, though we should not have. We meant no disrespect to the former president and apologise if anything we said or did suggested otherwise.\"\n\nA statement from the network added: \"We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste. We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologised immediately for this inadvertent careless mistake. We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production.\""}
-{"text": "..Significant relative risk associations with rodent in vivo chronic toxicity effects are reported for the five major receptor pathways. These gene expression data are being incorporated into the larger ToxCast predictive modeling effort...\n\nIn vitro screening of environmental chemicals for targeted testing prioritization: the ToxCast project\n\n..The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ToxCast program aims to address these concerns by screening and prioritizing chemicals for potential human toxicity using in vitro assays and in silico approaches...\n\nProfiling the activity of environmental chemicals in prenatal developmental toxicity studies using the U.S. EPA's ToxRefDB\n\n..Results from this large inventory of chemical-biological interactions can inform read-across methods as well as link potential targets to molecular initiating events in adverse outcome pathways for diverse toxicities...\n\nThe ToxCast program for prioritizing toxicity testing of environmental chemicals\n\n..S. EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) has been charged with screening pesticide chemicals and environmental contaminants for their potential to affect the endocrine systems of humans and wildlife...\n\nPhenotypic screening of the ToxCast chemical library to classify toxic and therapeutic mechanisms\n\nNicole C KleinstreuerNational Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USANat Biotechnol 32:583-91. 2014\n\nImran ShahNational Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of AmericaPLoS ONE 6:e14584. 2011\n\n..Here we report on a systematic analysis of new in vitro human NR activity data on 309 environmental chemicals in relationship to their liver cancer-related chronic outcomes in rodents..."}
-{"text": "Japan is an exciting, safe and rewarding place to travel with children, but the big cities like Tokyo and Kyoto are not always super-friendly or convenient from the parents' point of view, especially if your children are still young. Here are some tips for making your visit a bit easier.\n\nJapan has always been a hierarchical society where everything and everyone has its place, and traditionally, the place for young children to be is at home with their mother. It's still common to keep babies at home for several months after birth, and strollers are a comparatively rare sight on the streets of Japan's cities. If parents do take the kids out, they're expected to keep them in check: running around yelling in trains or restaurants is not acceptable and will earn you cold stares.\n\nIf you're flying to Japan with young children, it's worth paying a little extra for Japan's own airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) or All Nippon Airways (ANA), which are both extraordinarily kid-friendly. For example, in addition to the usual slew of services (bassinets, infant meals, etc.), JAL offers a child seat rental service: just buy a seat for your child, and they'll install a plush deluxe child seat in it absolutely free, pre-adjusted to your child's size to boot. Both airlines offer a special family check-in counter at Tokyo's Narita Airport, let you gate-check strollers, and will usually let you cut in the security line as well. And regardless of which airline you fly, most Japanese airports including Tokyo's Narita and Haneda have free kids' play areas (\u30ad\u30c3\u30ba\u30b3\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc kizzu k\u014dn\u0101) suitable even for babies.\n\nIn a nutshell, leave your giant stroller at home, as they can be a nightmare to deal with. City sidewalks are busy, temple and shrine paths are nearly invariably gravel, trains are crowded (impossibly so in rush hour), and while elevators are slowly being retrofitted everywhere, there are still many stations where you'll need to use the stairs or take long detours to use the one elevator available. You can check ahead of time with Rakuraku Odekake's English service, and if you unexpectedly get stuck, station staff or passersby are happy to help if you ask.\n\nInstead, the Japanese prefer baby carriers, often for children as old as two, and lightweight collapsible umbrella strollers that fit through normal ticket gates and can be carried up or down a flight of stairs one-handed in a pinch. You may not even need to lug a stroller at all, since quite a few major attractions like Ueno Zoo and Tokyo Disneyland even rent out strollers for free or a nominal fee.\n\nOn trains and buses, children under 6 travel for free, although they're not supposed to sit in their own seat if adults are standing. (This rule is widely ignored.) Children under 12 are half price, and you can get a special children's version of JR's Suica smart card (\u3053\u3069\u3082\u7528Suica kodomo-y\u014d suika) that can be used pretty much anywhere and automatically deducts the children's fare at gates.\n\nYoung trainspotters will be in for a treat, as Japan is full of modes of transportation rarely seen outside theme parks elsewhere. In Tokyo, check out the elevated Yurikamome and Tokyo Monorail lines, make a trip out to Enoshima or Chiba to ride their wacky suspended monorails. or visit Saitama's massive Railway Museum (see below).\n\nThe one thing to beware of is rush hour, which peaks on weekdays between 8-9AM on services towards the city center, and again (not quite so badly) after 5PM in the other direction. It still takes a combination of bad luck and bad timing to end up squished into one of those infamous trains where people are literally pushed on board, and you can usually see them coming: if the station is a whirling maelstrom of humanity even before the turnstiles, you might want to come back in an hour or two.\n\nShinkansen bullet trains are generally well-equipped for babies, with breastfeeding booths and change tables in newer models. The high-speed vibration can make some babies queasy, so feed them lightly or opt for newer models like the N700 on Tokyo-Osaka services if your kids are the type who get carsick easily.\n\nChildren without paid tickets are not entitled to their own seats. In trains with unreserved seating, including all bullet trains, they are welcome to use any free seats. However, on limited expresses where all seating is reserved (eg. Narita Express, Yufuin no Mori), you are supposed to either buy them a child ticket or hold them in your lap for the entire journey, even if there are seats free, although enforcement varies. If it's peak season (eg. Golden Week), the train is looking full (marked \u25b3 or \u00d7) or it's a long way, bite the bullet and buy them a seat.\n\nIf you happen to be traveling to the Izu Peninsula, be sure to try out the Super View Odoriko express train, which has a fabulous kids' play space.\n\nWhile children under 6 are required by law to use child seats, taxis are exempt and do not have child seats, full stop. Even digging out the back seat's middle seat belt can be a pain. If you are uncomfortable with this, the only (often poor) alternatives are to use public transport or to rent a car and drive it yourself.\n\nYes, there is a Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, but since you've made it all the way here, why not check out Japan's homegrown cartoon heroes instead? Some of the more ubiquitous are:\n\nAnpanman (\u30a2\u30f3\u30d1\u30f3\u30de\u30f3), the \"Red Bean Paste Bun Man\" (yes, it's more catchy in Japanese), is a jolly bun-headed fellow who's always flying around to rescue a ridiculously huge cast of edible friends ranging from Uncle Jam to Cream Panda from the antics of the more-naughty-than-evil Baikinman (Bacteria Man). A huge favorite among the toddler/preschooler set, he's got his own \"museums\" \u2014 really more like themed indoor playgrounds with random Anpanman characters walking around \u2014 in Yokohama (near Tokyo), Nagoya, Kobe (near Osaka), Fukuoka and Sendai.\n\nDoraemon (\u30c9\u30e9\u3048\u3082\u3093) is a blue cat-shaped robot with a magical pocket that contains anything and everything, plus an inexplicable fondness for dorayaki pancakes. Doraemon comic books are sometimes available in English at larger bookstores. His museum in Kawasaki is, oddly, geared more for adults.\n\nHello Kitty (\u30cf\u30ed\u30fc\u30ad\u30c6\u30a3\u30fc) hardly needs an introduction, with her feline cuteness emblazoned onto a ludicrous range of merchandise. Harajuku remains the epicenter of the pink epidemic, but if you're still left wanting more, her theme park Sanrio Puroland is in Tama, western Tokyo.\n\nThe painstakingly animated whimsical movies from Studio Ghibli are quintessentially Japanese, with furry Totoro (\u30c8\u30c8\u30ed) taking pride of place among the wide cast of characters. The Ghibli Museum in Kichijoji near Tokyo is a place of pilgrimage and tickets must be booked well in advance. There is a special procedure for booking from outside Japan. Tickets in Japan can be booked via the museum website and retrieved at the Lawson convenience stores.\n\nFor all of these, it will pay off to familiarize yourself (and your children) with the characters and storylines before arrival. Most of Ghibli's movies are available in English, and there are plenty of dubbed and subtitled cartoons of the other characters on YouTube and other sites as well.\n\nTokyo's Miraikan in Odaiba is probably the best of the lot, but any self-respecting Japanese city will have a \"science hall\" (\u79d1\u5b66\u9928 kagakukan) full of hands-on experiments and wacky science demonstrations for kids of all ages. Entry is usually free or very cheap and understanding Japanese is rarely necessary, making these a good diversion on a rainy day.\n\nThe Railway Museum in Saitama, outside Tokyo, is almost entirely geared for kids, with mini-trains to drive around (school age kids on their own, any age with a parent), train simulators, train-themed outdoor playground, a room filled with model trains to play with, train-shaped boxed lunches, etc. As a bonus, you can even ride the Shinkansen to get there. Packed on weekends and holidays, but quiet on weekdays.\n\nSee also the Tokyo Toy Museum and nearby Fire Museum (complete with helicopters to climb in) in Shinjuku.\n\nGame centers (\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc geemu-sentaa) are basically the Japanese take on the video arcade. Smaller centers, such as Taito, typically contain a wide variety of video games, including the dancing- or drumming-type rhythm games, timing or coordination games where you can win candy or stuffed animals, air hockey tables, purikura (see below) and other fun activities for children or teens. Large centers, such as Round One, often have additional activities such as karaoke, bowling, mini-bikes, mini-basketball, and other more space-consuming activities.\n\nPurikura (\u30d7\u30ea\u30af\u30e9, short for \"print club\" in English) is a Japanese-style photo booth where, once you have taken your photos, you can alter or decorate them on a digital screen with handwritten messages and wide variety of effects such as adding mustaches, accessories, sparkles, or backgrounds, before printing them out as stickers or photos or emailing them to yourself in digital form. This somewhat goofy form of entertainment is wildly popular with teenagers, who are known to decorate their cell phones and everything else with stickers and even keep books full of them, but they are quite popular and enjoyable for younger children and adults as well, and silly Japanese-style photos of you and your children can make great inexpensive souvenirs. Purikura booth centers can occasionally be found as stand-alone establishments, but are more common at shopping malls, game centers, and some of the larger manga shops or bookstores.\n\nThere are plenty of parks in Japanese cities, but parents will want to look for \"children's parks\" (\u5150\u7ae5\u904a\u5712 jid\u014dy\u016ben or \u5150\u7ae5\u516c\u5712 jid\u014dk\u014den), which have play equipment and a high tolerance for kids running around. Older ones tend to be rather grim affairs of concrete and rusting monkey bars, but there are plenty of newer ones as well; Google's Street View and (if you can read Japanese) Kouen.info can come in handy for previewing what you'll get. You can also find playgrounds on the rooftops of many major department stores, including Keio on Shinjuku and Seibu in Ikebukuro.\n\nFinding baby products can be a hassle, as most inner-city Japanese groceries, supermarkets, convenience stores and corner drugstores do not stock diapers (\u30aa\u30e0\u30c4 omutsu) or formula (\u7c89\u30df\u30eb\u30afkona-miruku). Do not expect to find Western brands either: the local market leaders are Kao Merries for diapers and Meiji Hohoemi for formula.\n\nYour best bet is to look for the large, multi-story drugstores (\u85ac\u5c40 yakkyoku) nearly always found outside larger train stations, which always prominently display the character \u85ac (kusuri, \"drug/medicine\"). Matsumoto Kiyoshi is particularly ubiquitous and easily spotted thanks to its garish yellow signage, but not all stores carry baby goods.\n\nIf you want to be sure of finding what you're looking for, head for Japan's baby superstores Akachan Honpo (\u8d64\u3061\u3083\u3093\u672c\u8217) and Nishimatsuya (\u897f\u677e\u5c4b). Babies'R'Us has quite a few stores in Japan as well, although most of them are awkwardly located in suburban shopping malls. Large department stores also have children's sections, but the range is often limited and prices are usually high.\n\nFor the most part, commercial Japanese baby food (\u30d9\u30d3\u30fc\u30d5\u30fc\u30c9 bebii fuudo) still subscribes to the traditional belief that salt, spices and oil are all bad for babies, and is thus bland in the extreme and/or loaded up with sugar to make it palatable. If your baby already expects food to have some taste, you'll probably have better luck bringing or making your own, or sharing suitable adult foods like rice porridge (\u304a\u7ca5 okayu, available in ready-to-eat packs).\n\nMost Japanese restaurants do not cater to babies, with highchairs (\u30cf\u30a4\u30c1\u30a7\u30a2 haiche\u0101) being virtually unknown, and the average Tokyo hole-in-the-wall won't even have the space to park a stroller. The main exception is family restaurants (\u30d5\u30a1\u30df\u30ec\u30b9 famiresu) like Jonathan's, Royal Host, Gusto and Denny's, which can often be found near train stations and all of which offer a wide range of Japanese and Western food for both kids and adults at reasonable prices, with baby food on the menu, highchairs, etc.\n\nOnce your children reach an age where they can sit unrestrained and not make too much of a mess, things get a little easier. Larger restaurants and most all chain outlets will often have \"child seats\" (\u3053\u3069\u3082\u6905\u5b50 kodomo-isu), which are like a cross between a highchair and a booster seat, and kids' menus (\u304a\u5b50\u69d8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c1 okosama lunch) featuring Japanese family favorites like fried rice wrapped in a thin omelette (\u30aa\u30e0\u30e9\u30a4\u30b9 omuraisu), hamburger steaks, deep-fried croquettes or mild Japanese curry, more often than not decorated with a cartoon character or arranged in a cute way. Among the Japanese fast food chains, ubiquitous beef bowl and curry chain Sukiya makes a point of being family-friendly, complete with Happy Meal-style \"Suki Suki Sets\" with a box of juice and a toy.\n\nLarger Japanese restaurants may have private rooms (\u500b\u5ba4 koshitsu), often Japanese style (\u5ea7\u6577 zashiki) with tatami mats and low tables. These are great with young kids, since they can romp around a bit without disturbing other guests, and they're usually free and available even to a single family, especially during early evening off peak hours. Just make sure to request a non-smoking room (\u7981\u7159 kin'en).\n\nThe fourth option is to do takeaway (\u6301\u3061\u5e30\u308a mochikaeri), which is offered by a surprisingly wide range of restaurants, even at the high end of the gourmet spectrum: it's not uncommon for a Japanese salaryman to enjoy an expensive banquet on the company dime and bring back a sampling for the family. There are also plenty of shops dedicated to cheap and tasty bent\u014d (\u5f01\u5f53) take-away meals, although opening hours are often limited (in the inner city, often weekday morning to lunchtime only).\n\nAccommodation in Japan is usually charged per person, and once past the age of 12, children are considered adults when it comes to pricing. Younger children are often free as long as they sleep in the same bed, but if you ask for an extra bed, you'll be charged for it. Cribs for babies are usually free, although the age limit may be as low as 1.\n\nFinding hotel rooms that can sleep four or more, much less with four separate beds, can be a real challenge, and most large families end up having to book two rooms. Don't try to sneak in more people, as maximum occupancy rules are a part of the fire code and usually strictly enforced.\n\nAn alternative is to book a room in a traditional Japanese inn (ryokan), which do not have beds, but where guests sleep on mattresses spread on traditional tatami mats on the floor. Ryokan often accommodate extended families, sleeping up to 8 grownups per large room. However, since food is a big part of the ryokan experience, even small children will get charged extra if you request meals for them. For preschoolers who clearly don't need adult-size portions, they're usually happy to offer a complimentary bowl of rice and bowl of miso soup while you feed them a part of your own meal. Also, since meals are usually served in your room, they can be less stressful than eating out \u2014 just try not to spill the soy sauce all over the tatami mas! Breakfast is however often served as a buffet or in a ballroom or one of the hotel restaurants, so try to be early to grab the children's high chairs. Not all ryokan accept young children as guests. Of those that do, not many are genuinely child-friendly. Smaller ryokan, minshuku and \"pensions\" (family-run bed and breakfast) are usually more child-friendly. It pays to do your research.\n\nShort-stay serviced apartments are rare in Japan (bookings of one month plus are usually required), and apartments with more than one bedroom even more so. A welcome exception is Tokyu Stay, which rents out for as little as two days, has \"twin\" apartments that fit three, and come with basic cooking facilities and laundry/dryer. If your apartment does not have a washing machine or dryer, there are often coin laundries attached to the public bathhouses (sento) found in most neighborhoods.\n\nJapanese health care is generally excellent and reasonably priced, although as always you should have travel insurance to cover any major accidents.\n\nFor most issues, your first port of call should be a local pediatric clinic (\u5c0f\u5150\u79d1 sh\u014dnika), which any town of size will have several of. Clinics are typically open six days a week, sometimes Sundays as well but with reduced hours, and a basic consultation will not cost much more than \u00a51000. Larger hospitals will also have pediatric wards that may accept walk-in patients, although typically only during the morning. The U.S. Embassy in Japan maintains a list of English-speaking clinics[dead link] throughout the country, and in a pinch Nihongo de Care-Navi can translate most medical terminology.\n\nFor life-threatening emergencies that need an ambulance, call 119, which has English-speaking operators. For less urgent issues and anything outside office hours, the emergency ward (\u6551\u6025\u79d1 kinky\u016bka) of a large hospital is the best place to go, although you may be in for a long wait.\n\nOnce the issue is diagnosed (and assuming it does not require hospitalization), you will be given a stack of prescriptions (\u51e6\u65b9\u7b8b shoh\u014dsen) to take to a pharmacy (\u85ac\u5c40 yakkyoku). By Western standards, Japanese doctors have a distinct tendency to overprescribe, so feel free to ask what each potion does and whether it's really necessary. Medicines like antibiotics (\u6297\u751f\u7269\u8cea k\u014dseibusshitsu) in Japan are often issued as premeasured doses of powder, which you'll need to mix into a liquid or food of your choice. These are typically flavored and quite palatable, so one low-tech but functional method is to simply pour them in the patient's mouth and wash it down. Alternatively, pharmacies sell special jellies which are to be used to take powdered medicine.\n\nPublic toilets in Japan are free and ubiquitous, and larger train stations and tourist attractions nearly always have a large toilet equipped with a change table, or at least a change table in the women's section. You may also encounter stalls equipped with a mysterious device called a \"baby chair\" (\u30d9\u30d3\u30fc\u30c1\u30a7\u30a2\u30fc), basically a wall-mounted bracket with holes for legs, which is quite handy for briefly restraining inquisitive toddlers while you take care of your own business. The one thing Japanese toilets sometimes don't have, though, is toilet paper, so bring along a packet of tissues!\n\nBreastfeeding in public is acceptable, but most Japanese women use discreet wraps that hide everything. Department stores will usually have a breastfeeding room (\u6388\u4e73\u5ba4 juny\u016bshitsu) or a \"resting room\" (\u4f11\u61a9\u5ba4 ky\u016bkeishitsu) serving the same purpose, with larger ones (eg. Mitsukoshi in Ginza and Isetan in Shinjuku) often having an entire floor devoted to kids and parents. Almost all shopping centers and department stores have play areas for children, usually with changing rooms for babies and feeding rooms, together with an area with soft mats and blocks for the children to play. As usual in Japan, children (and adults) must remove their shoes before entering."}
-{"text": "Wall Removal\n\nEach squad is allowed one removal per wipe as admins are available and free. This is not a standard service and is merely a request. This form\u2019s goal is reduce your need to track admins down. Please be as detailed as you can be, as it will help us speed up your request. Be sure to speak to your squad before using this form."}
-{"text": "You didn't mention what the servos are, and the ez-robot site only says standard servos.\n\nhttp://www.ez-robot.com/Shop/\n\nLikely those are just the plain old 44 oz-in servos, which really don't have enough torque for most walkers, except maybe a small hexapod where the load is shared between 6 servos at a time. You need servos with maybe 5X the torque for a biped.\n\nI would go to the lynxmotion.com site and see what they are using on their walkers.\n\nI replaced the servos that came with the EZ-Robot kit with HD servos from Polou. I thought that the EZ-Board was bad but I found out that it worked better on my newer home computer than my older computer at the program for mentally handicapped people.\n\nI should think a little mechanical foot/stop would be easiest, mounted behind the wheel so it comes down and binds the floor when the foot moves backwards, but slides freely when the foot goes forwards."}
-{"text": "University to Close at 5 p.m. Tuesday (March 3)\n\nThe University will close at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday, March 3). All evening classes\nscheduled to start at, or after, 5 p.m. are canceled. Food service will be open until\n8 p.m. in Connecticut Hall, and until midnight in the Adanti Student Center.\n\nWelcome to the School of Business\n\nOur outstanding faculty and staff work together to provide high quality undergraduate\nand graduate programs to prepare students for careers in business, and advanced graduate\nstudy. Each undergraduate program combines general education, business common core\nand major/concentration requirements to deliver a well-rounded curriculum to meet\nour students' needs. The Master of Business Administration program, which is available\nin both traditional and accelerated formats, is multidisciplinary and prepares individuals\nfor leadership positions in business, nonprofit, or governmental organizations.\n\nSCSU\u2019s Business School provides hands-on learning opportunities through a student-managed\nportfolio team, a cash management scholarship program, marketing case competitions,\nattendance at international accounting conferences, and projects to enhance organizational\nsustainability. Our programs are enriched by the active involvement of a Business\nAdvisory Council, and students enjoy a comprehensive professional development program\nthat provides the necessary skills to succeed in their chosen careers.\n\nStudents meet regularly with a faculty advisor within the area of their concentration.\nThe advisor assists with scheduling, course selection, understanding graduation requirements,\nand even career counseling.Faculty members enhance classroom teaching with scholarship,\nand involvement in the business community. Course schedules provide flexibility to\naccommodate full-time students, as well as students combining their education with\nwork and other responsibilities.\n\nTo find out more about the School of Business, click on any of the links to the left\nor call our office at (203) 392-5632.We look forward to hearing from you!"}
-{"text": "I\u2019m using the FMUSIC functions to play a MIDI song multiple times in succession in the course of playing a slide show.\n\nWhen running in Win95, the first time the song plays after initializing FMOD, it invariably pauses after a few seconds for a few seconds, then picks up again. Some of the instruments are missing.\n\nLater in the show, the code stops and repeats the song, and it plays without interruption and with all instruments.\n\nUnder WinNT, the song plays fine the first time, but not at all on subsequent times. (This is where I was getting an addressing exception in other versions of my code. The exception may still be happening, but I forget whether I\u2019ve suppressed the message box.)\n\nThe sequence of calls for the first iteration is FMUSIC_OpenSong, FMUSIC_PlaySong. For subsequent iterations, it\u2019s FMUSIC_StopSong, FMUSIC_CloseSong, FMUSIC_OpenSong, FMUSIC_PlaySong.\n\nI\u2019m using fmod 3.5, and letting the player default.\n\nGot a clue? And what\u2019s the proper way to loop a MIDI which may or may not loop naturally?"}
-{"text": "Bangert: Sunday liquor sales overdue in Indiana, but first things first\n\nHouse pulls plug on blue law bill\n\nFeb. 14, 2013\n\nSunday sales of carryout wines, beer and liquor will continue to be off limits in Indiana. An Indiana House bill calling for Sunday sales will not get a vote, lawmakers said Wednesday. / Indianapolis Star photo\n\nWritten by\n\nSomewhere, I have a picture buried on a generation-old cellphone, time stamped July 4, 2010. Just a static, faceless shot of the orange-and-green warehouse door leading into People\u2019s Brewing Co. on North Ninth Street. It\u2019s not going to win any awards or go up in a frame. But at the time, digging a camera out to mark the occasion seemed perfectly appropriate.\n\nI doubt I really needed beer that afternoon. But how was I supposed to miss the first day of Sunday carryout beer in Indiana, even if it applied only to sales of growlers and bottles filled on site?\n\nIndependence Day? You bet.\n\nSo when it comes to talk of wider Sunday alcohol sales, I\u2019m no prude. Convenience and access, I say bring it on. Indiana just has to get over the hump of the most restrictive Sunday alcohol sales laws in the country. (Note to my friends over at Greater Lafayette Commerce: Maybe it\u2019s a project for Greater Lafayette\u2019s Community of Choice committee, given how often fresh transplants scrunch their faces at the gated beer and wine aisle on their first Sunday grocery run and say, Really?)\n\nUntil Indiana loosens its tight definition of what a package liquor store is, the Sunday sales issue can\u2019t be settled \u2014 at least, not fairly.\n\nToday, Indiana bars and restaurants with liquor permits can sell alcohol on Sundays. And the 2010 law offered the courtesy of Sunday carryout sales to Indiana\u2019s small breweries, largely in the name of tourism.\n\nHouse Bill 1146 proposed to clear the way for any business with a license to sell carryout booze to do so on Sunday. The bill would have covered package liquor stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, drug stores and big box retailers, all the same.\n\n(Page 2 of 3)\n\nAccording to reports out of the Statehouse Wednesday, HB 1146 is not going to happen in 2013. No real surprise there. Rep. Bill Davis, a Portland Republican and chairman of the House Public Policy Committee, wasn\u2019t making any promises about a vote to send the bill to the full Indiana House. Last week, he said a hearing was about all anyone counted on getting. On Wednesday, Davis pulled the plug, announcing that the bill was dead.\n\nEasy critics of the blue laws tend to chalk up the Sunday sales reluctance to a temperate Indiana. But that\u2019s difficult to believe. Indiana might not be able to keep up with Wisconsin, but does anyone believe Hoosiers are really temperate?\n\nAnd while the Sunday carryout sales laws might have been born of the Prohibition era, they continue for economic reasons ingrained in the Indiana Code.\n\nThis is a question of long-standing business regulations that tie the hands of everyone involved and make things a ton more complicated than flipping on a neon sign over the liquor store door or moving the Sunday afternoon end caps blocking the liquor aisle at the grocery store.\n\nThe package liquor store lobby has taken a beating among anyone looking to make beer runs on NFL or NASCAR Sundays. Small liquor store owners don\u2019t see more sales; they just see more work and competition. They\u2019d have the expense of opening an extra day without much promise of additional weekly receipts. And they argue they\u2019d have a tougher time going head-to-head with supermarkets and big box stores, which would have to make no extra effort during one of the busiest grocery shopping days of the week.\n\nBeer drinkers, not to mention free-market fans everywhere, might say, \u201cTough.\u201d But consider the part that generally gets skipped.\n\nFor the right to sell chilled cases \u2014 something not permitted in grocery stores or drug stores \u2014 package liquor stores get their own definition in the Indiana Code. That law lays out the other nine things they may sell: Liquor in its original package, beer, wine, bar supplies, tobacco products, printed materials, lottery tickets, nonalcoholic malt beverages (nonalcoholic beer) and flavored malt beverages (such as spiked lemonades and teas).\n\nThat\u2019s it.\n\nPackage liquor stores were built on laws laid out three-quarters of a century ago and for the most part maintained ever since. We might all hate that they and their million-dollar lobbying efforts are doing a good job of standing in the way of a convenient six-pack on a Sunday.\n\nBut can you blame them for being protective as they look at a grocery store\u2019s ability to discount a case of Bud Light below cost to get shoppers in to check out milk, bread and thousands of other items? How do they compete when that case of Bud Light is a liquor store\u2019s state-restricted bread and butter?\n\nRewriting \u2014 or even eliminating \u2014 Indiana\u2019s definition of a package liquor store might not get the mom-and-pop lobby any closer to dropping its defenses. But giving liquor stores some loss leader leverage by allowing them to stock more than 10 things would be a fair start at leveling the playing field and might eventually loosen this blue law."}
-{"text": "D#mBF#Bb (x2)\nD#m\nIf all the enemies threw a party,\nB\nWould you light the candles,\nF#\nWould you drink the wine,\nBb\nWhile watching television,\nD#m\nWatch the animals\nB\nand all the tragedies,\nF#\nAnd sell your arteries\nBb\nto buy my casket.\nD#mB\nIt better be black,\nF#\nIt better be tight,\nBb\nIt better be just my size,\nD#mB\nI'm stuck in these metromalls\nF#Bb\nAnd airport halls and all these schoolgirls,\nBF#\nI'm not asking, you're not telling\nBC#DF#\nHe's not dead it only looks that way,\nBb\nI\u2019m nowhere, take me out there\nD#mB\nFar away and save me from my\nF#Bb\nSelf destruction, hopeless for ya,\nBC#D\nSing a song for california\nD#m\nI bought my enemies rope to hang me,\nB\nAnd knives to stab me,\nF#Bb\nyou can watch them stab me on your television,\nD#mBF#\nStop the halls because I bash walls would have a lot to say\nBbD#m\nAbout the lives you\u2019re putting down\nB\nIt better be white\nF#\nIt better be cut,\nBb\nIt better be just my size\nD#mBF#\nUntil them capillaries burst of boredom\nBb\nI'll be waiting\nB\nI'm not laughing,\nF#\nYou're not joking,\nBC#D\nI'm not dead I only dress that way.\nF#Bb\nI\u2019m nowhere, take me out there\nD#B\nFar away and save me from my\nF#Bb\nSelf destruction, hopeless for ya,\nBC#D\nSing a song for California\nF#\nWherever you are\nD#m\nCause we got the bomb, we got the bomb lets go!\nB\nCause we got the bomb, we got the bomb lets go!\nF#\nCause we got the bomb, we got the bomb lets go!\nBb\nCause we got the bomb, we got the bomb lets go!\nF#Bb\nI\u2019m nowhere, take me out there\nD#mB\nFar away and save me from my\nF#Bb\nSelf destruction, hopeless for ya,\nBC#D\nSing a prayer for California"}
-{"text": "Letter: Airport to play critical role post-Brexit\n\nAmjad Bashir, Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber\n\nPublished:10:00Sunday 09 July 2017\n\nIf Yorkshire is to remain the economic powerhouse it so clearly is, its links with the rest of the world \u2013 especially post-Brexit \u2013 are critical.\n\nWhile our own internal transport connectivity remains lacking, while we wait for HS2 to create the \u2018joined up\u2019 high-tech rail network we so badly need, the good news is that our own Leeds Bradford Airport is fast establishing itself as Yorkshire\u2019s gateway to the world.\n\nLast month Leeds Bradford recorded its busiest week, with more than 107,000 passengers travelling through over a seven-day period, with predictions the month could be the busiest in the airport\u2019s history.\n\nDavid Laws, chief executive at LBA, following Tony Hall\u2019s recent departure, has indicated the airport is to be the number one airport of choice for passengers in the region and has demonstrated a clear vision to make it happen.\n\nOnly this week the world\u2019s oldest airline KLM announced its commitment to the airport and its ambition to drive total passenger numbers to 200,000 a year.\n\nThere has, of course, been much debate around the proposed new parkway station, part of a raft of transport improvements which await Department for Transport approval and consultation.\n\nI, along with many others, await the outcome with interest. Because an integrated transit scheme for Leeds and the city region is critical to its continued economic success."}
-{"text": "LL Cool J - NY Gangsters\n\nA little over a week has passed since news broke that Jay-Z will be releasing a concept album entitled, American Gangster. There is no doubt that Jay-Z is the quintessential rapper to helm a project of that title (and caliber if it\u2019s good), but Al Capone and his Chicago roots aside, New York is synonymous with rap artists trying to portray a \u2018gangsta\u2019 image. For that reason alone, along with a publicly known animosity towards the Def Jam President, it should come as no surprise LL Cool J has dropped a song entitled, NY Gangsta. Some would say it\u2019s a diss record. Decide for yourself!"}
-{"text": "Ralph Lauren Skirts on Sale\n\nPencil silhouette. Intended to hit at the knee. US size 8 has a 233\u20444\" back body length a 31\" waist and a 371\u20444\" hip. Left front two-way zipper with leather drawcord pull tabs. Fully lined. Shell: 100% leather. Lining: 94% polyester 6% elastane. Dry clean by a leather specialist. Imported. Model is 5'10\"/178 cm and has a 24\" waist and 34\" hips. She wears a US size 2.\n\nA-line. Intended to hit at the knee. US size 8 has a 241\u20442\" back body length a 31\" waist and a 411\u20442\" hip. Concealed left-side-seam zipper with a hook-and-eye closure. Hand-beaded throughout. Fully lined. Shell and lining: 100% polyester. Dry clean. Imported. Model is 5'10\"/178 cm and has a 24\" waist and 34\" hips. She wears a US size 2.\n\nPencil silhouette. Intended to hit just below the knee. US size 8 has a 263\u20444\" back body length a 32\" waist and a 373\u20444\" hip. Concealed center back zipper with a hook-and-eye closure. Back darts. Back vent. Due to the natural characteristics of this material the coloring may rub off onto fabrics and upholstery. 100% leather. Dry clean by a leather specialist. Imported.\n\nA-line silhouette. Intended to hit just below the knee. US size 18 has a 26\" body length and a 42\" waist. Concealed left-side-seam zipper with a hook-and-eye closure. Pleats throughout. Fully lined. Shell and lining: 100% polyester. Machine washable. Imported. Model is 5'10\"/178 cm and has a 30\" waist and 45\" hips. She wears a US size 14."}
-{"text": "It might not affect them at all. I'm wondering if this is a bad move by Sony, unless they can produce this for cheaper than the RX1, I think the average person who wants FF will just buy a 6D or D600. Assuming it's in the usual NEX form factor and operating model, I'm just not sure anyone who buys Leica will get one and about the only people I can see buying one is current NEX owners upgrading. That's a small audience.\n\nAgree. Its probably a tiny audience when you consider that those who may be lured by FF just recently spent a considerable amount of money for the few quality NEX lenses that are available. Recently because they had to wait years until Zeiss and Sony released them and actually had inventory on shelves."}
-{"text": "3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash 3 years of Unsplash\n\nHere's what we've been up to.\n\n/\n\n8,784,175,598\n\n92,342,606\n\n2014\n\n2015\n\n2016\n\nIntroducing\n\nCollections\n\nYou don\u2019t have to be famous to have good taste which is why we\u2019ve crafted a whole new experience for the Unsplash community that lets you curate your very own collection of Unsplash photos."}
-{"text": "Container Settlement\n\nImportant Information about your Vitamix\n\nVitamix has been involved in class action litigation relating to seals in the bottom of older containers. We began replacing those seals in 2015, and all containers coming off our production line now have the new seal. We have agreed to a preliminary settlement in the interest of putting this matter behind us so we can continue moving forward with our purpose and mission \u2013 to create relationships for life by designing, developing and producing the world\u2019s best performing and most reliable blending solutions.\n\nThe seal in question was made of a common non-stick composite material \u2013 PTFE \u2013 used in pots, pans and other cookware for more than 50 years. Today it is also used as a coating on many everyday household items such as dental floss. In addition to our seal supplier and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), other regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the European Food Safety Authority, and the French Food Safety Agency (ANSES) have taken the position that this non-stick material is safe for its intended use. Based on regulatory approval and extensive third-party testing, the seal material is safe and does not present a health or safety risk."}
-{"text": "Recap: Carolina vs. Columbus\n\nRaleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Elias Lindholm scored the winning goal with 38 seconds left in overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets to wrap up a home-and-home set.\n\nIn overtime and on the power play, Lindholm skated down the right wing on a 2- on-1 and opted to shoot, beating Curtis McElhinney low for the win.\n\n\"We can't keep doing this to ourselves,\" said Blue Jackets head coach Todd Richards of the penalty. \"It's not a good recipe as far as winning hockey games.\"\n\nVictor Rask and Jeff Skinner scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four straight after opening the season 0-6-2. Cam Ward stopped 29 shots in the win.\n\n\"We knew they were going to come back hungry, and they were,\" said Carolina forward Eric Staal. \"They played hard. It was physical and tight at times, but I liked the resiliency we showed. We stayed with it and continued to battle.\"\n\nScott Hartnell had both goals for the Blue Jackets, who have dropped seven straight. McElhinney made 32 saves in the loss.\n\nAfter a scoreless first period which saw a Carolina goal waived off, the Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead 2:43 into the second as Skinner stole the puck down low and quickly backhanded it in.\n\nThe Blue Jackets tied the contest at the 11:15 mark of the second as Boone Jenner sent a short pass from the low left side to the front where Hartnell one-timed it in.\n\nIt was Jenner and Hartnell again at 18:44 to give Columbus the lead, as Jenner powered down the right wing and tried to get to the front of the net. He lost control of the puck, but Hartnell was in front to snap it in.\n\nCarolina tied the game at 11:51 of the third as Rask came out of the right corner and went to the top of the circle before snapping in a wrister for his second of the season.\n\nGame Notes\n\nCarolina plays in Washington on Saturday ... Columbus hosts Tampa Bay on\nSaturday ... Carolina was 1-for-7 on the power play, while Columbus finished\nthe game 0-for-4."}
-{"text": "We recreate classic games that you remember growing up with - from scratch!\n\nWeek #43 update\n\nFriday, October 28, 2016\n\nWith the stack of items on my TODO list dropping each week I've finally gotten around to adding 1983/classic mode to the game. What are these rules? Both Lode Runner: The Legend Returns and Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge had a few differences in gameplay over Doug Smith's excellent Original Lode Runner (which you can read below).\n\nA while ago we added options to tinker with your game (see \"New Game Options\") with a 1983/classic mode being one of them. Up until now it has only been a toggle. Special thanks to Jeffrey for the idea and giving me a list of differences.\n\nA name in parenthesis and in bold is the finder of the bug/quirk. Thanks to all, I really do appreciate your time and support. Cheers!\n\nGame\n\nfixed monks getting stuck when crossing onto a ladder\n\nfixed monks getting stuck when running towards another monk and reaching the same spot (Howie, Gareth)\n\ntweaked monks choosing a runner to chase to stop them going back and forth;\n\ndoesn't quite match the Original\n\nisn't perfect\n\nif you save your game during the pause at the start and then quit, you won't be prompted to save again\n\n1983/classic mode; (Jeffrey)\n\nadded pre-game pause regardless if runners start in the air\n\nyou can press the down key to fall when standing on a monk\n\nfalling monks can eat runners (they are immune in MMR)\n\nmonks can collect gold while falling\n\nmonks can climb out of holes regardless if a runner is standing on top\n\nmonks without entry doors will now regenerate into the puzzle the same as 1983\n\nplayers no longer snap to the block hit when running in goo;\n\nthey stop smoothly depending on animation frame\n\nmatches the Original more closely\n\nfixed bug that did not show cut-scenes when restoring a game played in the official puzzle set"}
-{"text": "Blow off Valves/Diverter Valves\n\nGFB has the largest and smartest range of diverter and blow-off pressure relief/reducing valves on the market, from the silent Plumb Back type to ear shattering dump valves, the TMS Turbo Management Solution range has a product to suit your needs."}
-{"text": "Has anyone ever figured out exactly how arcane mastery works\n\nIt increase your damage done based on the amount of mana you have left Pretty straightforward, but in what way is the damage buff decreased when your mana goes down. Is is for every 1% of your mana pool you lose you lose 1% of your damage buff? Is it you have the full buff to a certain % of mana like at 79% you lose 20% of your damage buff.\n\nI want to know the correlation between the buff and your amount of mana left.\n\nThen carry on with the same rotation until you hit 1/4 of your base mana, and then pop evo,\n\nThis was apparntly the most effective dps rotation to keep your mana high most of the time, I'll have a look through my history when I get back to see where I read it, but if its right, then I'd guess the author has the answer to your question somewhere on his info"}
-{"text": "discontinued - NO LONGER AVAILABLE\ncheck out the new improved version:\ngw monster\n\nDivers search for treasure on ocean floor. They have to evade tentacles\nof octopus who tries to catch them.\n\n>> HOW TO PLAY\nMove the driver left and right to avoid the tentacles of the octopus\nprotecting the treasure; you can tilt the device left/right, tap the\ndesired location, or press in the left/right edges of the screen to\nmove the player.\n\nGAME A: standard mode\nGAME B: difficult mode\n\nEach gold grab earns 1pt, return to the boat for 3pt, a bonus\nexists when 300pt is reached - can you reach it?"}
-{"text": "Category: Uncategorized\n\nJMLS IT: Frequent Questions By John Ghorbati How do I access JMLS wifi and set up printing from my computer? Go to http://www.jmls.edu/library/ltsguides/ to access the \u201chow- to\u201d guides. If you have issues with the Wi-Fi, please contact the Help Desk with the time and location where the error occurred. How do I set up \u2026More\n\nWhat I did on my summer vacation \u2013 or How do I update my Elevator Speech? By Professor Kevin Hull Contributing Writer In the Spring 2017 Decisive Utterance, I provided suggestions to each cohort of students as to what you could do over the summer to help prepare you for your job search following graduation. \u2026More\n\nHello JMLS\u2019ers By Bria Riley Introduction: My name is Bria Riley, I am a 3L and your Student Bar Association President. On behalf of the Student Bar Association, I\u2019d like to welcome you back to JMLS (if you\u2019re a returning student) and extend a warm welcome to those new faces that I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll all \u2026More\n\nGreetings from The Asian American Law School Student Association Reiko Fukuyama Vice President, APALSA We hope that you all had a wonderful summer. For those of you who are new to John Marshall\u2014Welcome! We look forward to meeting you. The Asian American Law School Student Association (APALSA) is an affinity student group that welcomes ALL \u2026More\n\nWhat the Academic Achievement Program can do for you By: Chris Evers Law school is not meant to be a solitary academic endeavor. With the start of a new semester, the JMLS Academic Achievement Program (AAP) has something to offer you no matter where you are in your law school journey. You may not \u2026More\n\nWhile the states have control over their welfare and assistance programs, refugee ac- ceptance and resettlement is a federal issue. Regardless, many states have resisted efforts to relocate Syrian refugees within their borders and publicized their intentions not to cooperate with the federal government\u2019s efforts. The Governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley, filed suit against the \u2026More\n\nIn 2014, acclaimed comedy writer Justin Roiland teamed up with writer/ producer Dan Harmon of Community fame, to unleash the hit animated sci-fi comedy series Rick and Morty upon an unsuspecting world. On the outset, the story of a space traveling scientist and his side-kick grandson might not seem out of place on a family- \u2026More\n\nThe April Issue of John Marshall\u2019s student newspaper the Decisive Utterance is back from the presses! It is our fourth and final issue of the 2015-2016 school year and we are very pleased to conclude this year on such a high note. This issue features some great articles about Dean Corkery stepping down, the damaging effects of Islamophobia \u2026More\n\nCheck out the Video Game Law Society\u2019s newsletter today! The Video Game Law Society is proud to present its spring newsletter! Issue 5 features in depth articles on Sony\u2019s attempt to trademark the term \u201cLets Play\u201d, the FBI\u2019s attempt to compel Apple to hand over access to its iPhone system, a look at one game developer\u2019s futile struggle to \u2026More\n\nOur latest issue is out now! It includes detailed and informative articles on the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia and how his untimely passing is being handled in Washington, the Business Enterprise Law Clinic\u2019s mission and impact, a look at what can happen when Rock \u2018n Rollers go head-to-head with an intergovernmental agency, along with student event spotlights and \u2026More"}
-{"text": "Software | Information | Community\n\nDecember 2012\n\nAs is traditional, The Morning Brew will be taking a break over the Christmas Public Holidays here in the UK, so the next edition will be on Thursday (27th). Have a great Christmas everyone.\n\nSoftware\n\nUpdates to Windows Azure (Mobile, Web Sites, SQL Data Sync, ACS, Media, Store) \u2013 Scott Guthrie announces the latest raft of updates of Windows Azure, released Friday. The new features include additional regions, scheduling, and CLI support for Mobile Services, Improvements for Azure Websites, SQL Data Sync and ACS Management in the new portal, wider availability of the Windows Azure Store, and much more\n\nKnockout Lite Tools (KoLite 1.1.0) \u2013 John Papa announces the release of the Knockout Lite Tools 1.1.0, a set of helpers to assist in building data bound applications using Knockout and JAvaScript.\n\nNUnit Test Adapter Update \u2013 Charlie Poole announces the release of the latest beta release (4) of the NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio, updating to include support for VS2012 Update 1\n\nUnderstanding OData v3 and WCF Data Services 5.x \u2013 Mohamad Halabi takes a detailed look at the use of OData v3 and the WCF Data Services 5.x in this Code Project article which avoids the standard examples of exposing EF objects, and gives a good groundings in the key areas of querying and exposing data.\n\nBuilding a Simple Bottle to Extend FubuMVC \u2013 Jeremy Miller shares the process of building custom functionality to extend the core of FubuMVC, and how the \u2018Bottles\u2019 functionality allows you to split functional areas of your application\n\nKnockout.js and Kendo UI \u2013 a Potent Duo \u2013 Ryan Niemeyer takes a look at combining the Kendo UI JavaScript controls from Telerik with the Knockout.JS library to build powerful client side we applications.\n\nCode rant: A Geek Christmas Quiz \u2013 Mike Hadlow shares his 2012 Geek Christmas Quiz, with questions across all the key \u2018geek\u2019 areas \u2013 a great way to wind down the work year with your collegues and friends.\n\nNullable micro-optimizations, part one \u2013 Eric Lippert kicks off another mini-series looking at the micro-optimisation of Nullable Types, digging into the key properties of the Nullable implementation.\n\nMessaging Semantics: Ownership \u2013 Jimmy Bogard resumes his series on Messaging Semantics, with a look at the role that message ownership should play in the meaning of your messages, commands and events\n\nSignalR: Building real time web applications \u2013 Gustavo Armenta Valdez continues the .NET Web Development and Tools Blog\u2019s series of more detailed posts about the features that are in the 2012.2 update with a look at SignalR 1.0RC\n\nSoftware\n\nazure-cli 0.6.9 ships, pure joy \u2013 Glen Block gives a run down of the new features added to the latest release of the Windows Azure azure-cli package which brings management of Windows Azure to your command liner\n\nthis.Log \u2013 Source, NuGet Package & Performance \u2013 After a positive response to his recent post on this.log, Rob Reynolds has extracted the code into a collection of different NuGet Packages containing implementations for different logging and Mocking Frameworks, and sample code packages too.\n\nTeam Explorer Everywhere Update 1 \u2013 Brian Harry highlights the update 1 release of Team Explorer Everywhere, released along side the Visual Studio 2012 / TFS Update 1, which brings support for public workspaces, baseless merges in the UI and Chinese Language in the UI, as well as various smaller fixes and improvements\n\nInformation\n\njQuery Core 1.9 Upgrade Guide \u2013 The jQuery Team have a useful reference which covers the various changes to the jQuery Core in the 1.9 release, providing a guide for developers on what parts of their code may require updates following the removal of some depreciated functionality, and looking at the new features added in the, currently beta, release\n\nA Sudden Move: One developer\u2019s journey from C# to JavaScript \u2013 Joel Cochran discusses his move from being a WPF / XAML developer using C# to working solely in JavaScript orking on Single Page Applications using Knockout.JS, and how JavaScript now opens up a world of development possibilities on a variety of platforms.\n\nFREE Windows 8 Dev with HTML5 Exam Voucher \u2013 \u2018jhealy\u2019 highlights a great offer (which I believe is running world wide) which gives you a free promotional code for the MCP 70-480 exam which covers HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3\n\nThe Big List of Small Basic Programs \u2013 Greg Duncan highlights a page over on Technet which contains a collection of programs made using Small Basic \u2013 some really good stuff there, and all runnable from within the browser"}
-{"text": "The server has about 450 accounts on it which were copied over from another server running Cpanel using the account transfer tool. When we click &amp;Reseller Center&amp; from WHM it causes the server's load average to run at around 35.0, which is very heavy load.\n\nWe've tried replacing CPUs (there was originally an XP1600 in the machine), we've tried replacing the SDRAM and hard drives.\n\nFrom what I can tell it rips all the data used in the Reseller Center straight from the /var/cpanel/ dir, could there be inherent performance issues with 300+ accounts using a flat-file data source?\n\nHas anyone seen anything like this happen? We're stumped as to what the problem might be, if anyone has any suggestions or has experienced similiar syptoms please let me know."}
-{"text": "Pointer Games\n\nPointer Games\n\nWith lines you can make beautiful drawings, devide something, make an imaginary road or make something clear. Show that you\u2019ve got a steady hand or play a drawing game for which you need technical insight. In the pointer games you don\u2019t always have to actually draw a line. Most of the times you move something by making an imaginary line with the cursor."}
-{"text": "Netflix \u2018GLOW\u2019 Teases \u2018Female-Forward\u2019 Production in New Featurette\n\nWe\u2019ve only a few days before Netflix starts to GLOW with Alison Brie\u2019s new Netflix Jenji Kohan wrestling dramedy, but why wait? A new featurette goes in-depth with the cast\u2019s ringside preparation, along with all the \u201ccrotch to face\u201d action you can handle.\n\nNetflix released an extended featurette for the new ten-episode series before Friday\u2019s premiere, highlighting some of the real BTS training stars undertook to make sure their (fake) wrestling looks real. Brie in particular touts that \u201cThis whole job has been totally female-forward. Our creators are women, our producers are women, four team-members of the cast are women,\u201d and beyond.\n\nGLOW tells the fictional story of Ruth Wilder (Brie), an out-of-work, struggling actress in 1980s Los Angeles who finds one last chance for stardom when she\u2019s thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women\u2019s wrestling. In addition to working with 12 Hollywood misfits, Ruth also has to compete with Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin) a former soap actress who left the business to have a baby, only to be sucked back into work when her picture perfect life is not what it seems. And at the wheel is Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron), a washed-up, B-movie director who now must lead this group of women on the journey to wrestling stardom.\n\nThe series also stars Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan, Marc Maron as Sam Sylvia, Britney Young as Carmen Wade, Ellen Wong as Jenny, Sydelle Noel as Cherry Bang, Britt Baron as Justine, Jackie Tohn as Melrose, Kimmy Gatewood as Stacey, Rebekka Johnson as Dawn, Kate Nash as Rhonda, Sunita Mani as Arthie, Kia Stevens as Tamm\u00e9 and Gayle Rankin as Sheila the She Wolf.\n\nThe new scripted series is inspired by the actual \u201cGorgeous Ladies of Wrestling\u201d league that emerged in the \u201880s. Following its 1986 debut, the original G.L.O.W. became an unscripted syndicated series, eventually transitioning to events and parties. Kohan and fellow Orange Is the New Black vet Tara Herrmann serve as executive producers, with the prison dramedy\u2019s Carly Mensch showrunning alongside Liz Flahive.\n\nCheck out the first trailer and original G.L.O.W. below, and stay tuned for more details on Friday\u2019s Netflix premiere."}
-{"text": "My mother is Japanese, and when my sister and I were in our early twenties, our parents took us on a trip to Japan to see the \u201cmotherland\u201d. For some reason on that particular trip, we ate an inordinate number of our meals at various restaurants housed in train stations, complete with plastic food in the window so westerners could, if all else failed, point to what they wanted to order. Given my family\u2019s love of food, how we spent so many meals at these sorts of restaurants in such an exciting culinary country still baffles me.\n\nOne of our few meals outside of the train station that was, for me, the culinary highlight of our time in Japan, was a little hole in the wall ramen restaurant in Tokyo. The place was hot and steamy from all the little pots of ramen boiling away, the lighting was flourescent, and all the patrons were seated around a very old school U-shaped formica table. But the ramen was revolutionary. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love me some top ramen out of the packet, but this ramen was on a whole other level, and I understood in that moment how truly amazing ramen could be.\n\nI still love finding great ramen spots, and in San Francisco, ramen is having a moment. But, I also love making it at home, and I make this particular dish at least twice a month during colder months. It comes together so fast, but the flavors are incredible \u2013 the fresh ginger and garlic sing against the Japanese chile and sesame pastes. I debated whether to post about this recipe as a few of the ingredients require a special trip to a Japanese or Asian market, but I thought, at least for a moment, I should stop pretending to be French and give my Japanese heritage a shout out.\n\n35 Responses to sesame and chile ramen\n\nThank you Mimi! Yes, it is actually. And the tobanjan is similar in some ways to a sirracha (sp?). I was wondering if those ingredients could be substituted in as they may be easier to find in regular grocery stores. Will have to give them a try sometime\u2026\n\nlooks just beautiful..i love that your are honoring your heritage, i\u2019m sure it makes your mother so proud\u2026wish i could do more of that myself, but i\u2019m native american, so i\u2019m not really into picking wild berries or grounding my own corn..lol i love ramen, but to be honest i\u2019ve never made it myself, maybe i will give it a try\u2026lovely post..sarah\n\nThank you Sarah! So cool that you are Native American \u2013 what tribe? I wonder if there are any cookbooks out there featuring traditional Native American foods \u2013 sounds like it could be pretty interesting! xo\n\nI love ramen and here in Brooklyn there is a ramen renaissance of sorts right now with new restaurants opening all over the area. I love your recipe and your story, it\u2019s so vivid I feel like I am there with you. I must try this, after I make a trip to the Asian market of course.\n\nYes! Ramen is totally taking over the Bay Area too. All of these places serving up homemade ramen \u2013 luckily I haven\u2019t really met a ramen that I don\u2019t like, so I am not that hard to impress! Thank you for your kind words \u2013 it was a lovely trip with my family \u2013 so fantastic to learn more about my heritage. xo\n\nThis looks absolutely divine! Like the perfect kind of comfort food. I\u2019m Asian, but I very rarely blog about anything Chinese . . . mostly because I don\u2019t actually make anything Chinese on a regular basis. But when I do, it really hits the spot.\n\nI always have this idea that some of the best things to eat in Japan are in these little train station holes-in-the-wall . . . are most of them not good?\n\nI totally relate to that. My mom is a third generation Japanese American, and I am also half German, so I don\u2019t know that many authentically Japanese dishes. Would love to learn more, and I guess I have no excuse not to! \ud83d\ude42 The train station places are decent \u2013 better than you would encounter at a train station in the states for sure \u2013 but it was mostly all the same \u2013 tonkatsu, curry, tempura, udon, etc. \u2013 nothing that fresh or exotic, but delicious nonetheless. Thank you so much for stopping by!\n\nI really enjoy Pho, which is pretty popular here in the Pacific NW. Not sure if Ive heard of Ramen restaurants, but I bet they would be similar in that they are broth based noodle soups. The recipe looks so easy Im very tempted to try. Thank you.\n\nOh I LOVE pho! I have been known to eat it at some late night spots in the city after a night of drinking \u2013 one of the best hang over cures! \ud83d\ude42 The recipe is easy, and once you try it for the first time, I promise you will be hooked! So much better than top ramen! \ud83d\ude42\n\nMy kind of meal on those days when it\u2019s cold, warm, cold again kind of weather (your typical Bay Area weather). Lovely post Lindsay, especially when you spoke about your heritage and how this post relates to it. Hope you are doing well! xoxo\n\nI can almost taste your heart warming dish from here. When I lived in Japan, one of my favorite places to go for Ramen was just under the Yamate Eki. This canteen only had 7 precious seats and it was always worth the wait. Ja mata, BAM\n\nThank you BAM! I love your memory \u2013 the places that are the tiny, hole in wall, hidden places are the ones that are truly magical, and live on in our food memories forever. I will have to find that place if I am ever back in Japan! xo\n\nAmazing how so many great food memories are from to most modest of places (particularly in Italy for me), especially those that \u2018specialise\u2019. I\u2019d love to visit Japan, it terms of food alone it\u2019d be heaven for me.\n\nIn the meantime, I\u2019ll start by trying this out! Brilliant photography again too.\n\nAbsolutely \u2013 I couldn\u2019t agree with you more. Something about how modest they are makes you believe that somehow, it\u2019s a very special, personal discovery. I hope you are able to make a trip to Japan soon \u2013 it is such an incredibly beautiful country.\n\nNo shame in the instant soups! \ud83d\ude42 I still love them myself. Sometimes, when I can\u2019t be bothered to cook something on a weeknight, I throw together top ramen with some \u201cadditions\u201d including tofu and spring onions. Still absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for stopping by!\n\nHow lucky you are to have Asian origins ! I\u2019m very interested in Asian cultures, and your ramen look so tasty. Plus, I have all ingredients at home (except noodles, sadly ^^), so I can\u2019t wait to give it a try !\n\nI\u2019m actually going to cheat slightly, subsituting Chinese ingredients for the Japanese ones (tobanjan, neri goma) ; I think they would work well too. But I admit I\u2019m very fond of Asian food, though mostly Chinese one. I find Japanese food attractive yet a bit too sophisticated, requiring very specific and often expensive ingredients !\n\nWell, I don\u2019t pretend having such a nice blog than yours, but I\u2019d like to share some Chinese recipes on mine from time to time, besides French or Eastern European ones. Hope you won\u2019t feel pressured to do so but you might check it from time to time if you\u2019re interested, though I don\u2019t know if my English is fluent enough. I\u2019d be very glad to welcome you then, but won\u2019t mind if it doesn\u2019t please you ! xo\n\nOh, I\u2019m flattered ! I just read your enthusiastic answer and I want to thank you very much, I\u2019m so glad that other people might be inspired by my recipes !\nBesides, I made this one a few days ago (with a leftover firm tofu instead of pork) and it turned out as tasty as I had figured it out when I saw your pictures, or even more \ud83d\ude42 So, thanks too for having found out this recipe which from now on is my favorite ramen recipe !\n\nThe Fine Print\n\nUnless otherwise specified, all content, recipes and photographs on this site were created by Lindsay for Fleur de Sel.\n\nI do my absolute best to link back to photos found from other sources, both via click-throughs and image credit listings. Feel free to use photos and recipes from this site, but please link back to this blog as your source."}
-{"text": "Terrific PowerPoint template with hand giving model of cottage on it will be great for presentations on mortgage real estate, civil engineering, civil engineering construction, civilian construction, etc."}
-{"text": "They included terrorism on their policy, idk what else to tell you. Acts of war and terrorism have been excluded on policies for a long time.\n\nWell, idk either. Do you have direct experience in multi-billion $ cre policies? Maybe the game changes at that level? Maybe the previous terrorist attack on that specific property prompted the lessee or the Port Authority to insist that the policy be written to include acts of terrorism as \"disasters\"?\n\nBut regardless of that, if the lessee signed the lease on July 24, and the insurance was still being finalized on Sept 11, unless someone can cite a specific instance in that 7 week span where the lessee revisited the \"terrorism insurance\" amount, then I'm going to call on the claim that \"the owner of the twin building went over and up-ed his insurance for the towers a week before the incident\"."}
-{"text": "The 7th Annual Smoke on the Mountain State BBQ Championship begins Friday in Galax.\nDowntown Galax streets will be closed from 3:30 p.m. TODAY, Thursday, until 11 on Sunday morning for the barbecue championship.\nAffected streets are: Main Street from Washington to Oldtown streets and Grayson Street one block east and west of Main.\nSpecial attractions include:\n\u2022 Virginia Tech Football's Bud Foster & the Hokie Bird on North Main near the stage today, Friday, from 2-4 p.m.\n\u2022 Wells-Fargo Stagecoach giving rides from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday\n\u2022 TechTron, the VT robot mascot, will be downtown beginning at noon Saturday.\n\u2022 There is live music all weekend \u2014 free bluegrass and old-time at Barr's Fiddle Shop on South Main and beach music at the North Main stage near the Farmers Market. Tickets for music and beer garden access are $15 per day or $25 for both days.\n\nFor more information and a free downloadable poster and brochure, click HERE"}
-{"text": "M2R\n\nM2 Duet SystemM2R - IEM/IFB Receiver\n\nDescription\n\nIEM (Wireless Monitor) receiver with digital RF\n\n24-bit digital audio\n\nIR (infrared) port for fast setup\n\nHigh resolution, color LCD\n\nStereo or mono operation\n\nLow latency of 1.4 ms with analog inputs\n\nThe M2R bodypack receiver employs advanced antenna diversity switching during digital packet headers for seamless audio. The 24 bit digital audio stream guarantees high resolution sound quality with wide dynamic range, low noise floor, and rock-solid stereo image. The receiver can select from stereo, mono from left channel only, or mono from right channel only, giving the unit flexibility in terms of the application. The headphone jack is fed from a high-quality stereo amplifier with 250 mW available to drive headphones or earphones to sufficient levels for stage performance or other environments with significant background noise. A high-resolution, color LCD allows for a wide range of menu options, including precise limiter settings, using detailed graphics. The M2R runs on two AA batteries for an operating time of over 4 hours with alkaline cells.\n\n*This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained."}
-{"text": "Newbie Modders Gallery\n\nA place where Newbie Modders (those with under 20 posts) can show their progress and wares for critique from the wealth of knowledge available from the long timers.<br>\n<br>\n<b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> Posting in here is a temporary measure whilst you get 'Maller' status by interacting in the other boards (posts here will not add to your post count).\n\nIt is currently Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:09 am\n\nThe Mall is technically closed, when the domain came up past due earlier this year I purchased it and Tranz9 was covering hosting however this week the domain went offline when the hosting was not paid. [Clarification] I had stated I was not going to renew the domain leading Tranz to cancel the hosting. The [glow]ONLY[/glow] reason it's online right now is because it uses almost no resources and I have spare space. TRanz9 did nothing wrong and I apologize for the gentle push towards the public transportation vehicle [end clarification]\n\nAt this time I moved the mall to one of my own hosting servers and that is where we are now.\nAs I again own the domain and am now covering hosting the mall will stay online at least for the rest of the domain time, probably longer as I do use the email.\n\nHowever topics will be locked down so no replies can be made or new topics created as with zero traffic they won't get answered quickly if at all.\n\nA place where Newbie Modders (those with under 20 posts) can show their progress and wares for critique from the wealth of knowledge available from the long timers.<br>\n<br>\n<b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> Posting in here is a temporary measure whilst you get 'Maller' status by interacting in the other boards (posts here will not add to your post count)."}
-{"text": "Unfortunately, I wasn\u2019t able to attend E3 this year \u2013 instead, I\u2019m on vacation in Cape Cod, using awful hotel Wi-Fi to watch streamed press conferences. Not the most glamorous way to take it all in, but exciting announcements, great games and new details are welcome no matter how you hear about them.\n\nHere\u2019s my personal transcription (in very brief form) of all the announcements and showings, along with some reflection on what Microsoft had to show.\n\nPeter Moore played Rock Band with some of the developers. Nothing particularly exciting; it\u2019s exactly what we expected it to be \u2013 that\u2019s not a bad thing, though.\n\nMass Effect is shown. It\u2019s coming out in November, and will be the awesome. Yes, the awesome.\n\nJeff Bell shows off a new title to 360, Scene It, which will be built from the ground up and will come with four controllers designed for the game specifically. All for the price of a regular retail game.\n\nNaruto is exclusive to 360. I couldn\u2019t care less, myself, but in Japan it could be big.\n\nMadden runs at 60FPS as we already know, Jeff Bell plays Reggie Bush for a bit, all the while with a very painful attempt at trying to screw with the other. I clapped in my hotel room when this portion was over.\n\n7 million Xbox Live members, and Microsoft predicts there will be 10 million by next E3.\n\nAn Xbox Live Arcade montage is shown off, including games such as Marathon, Sonic, Hexic 2, Every Extend Extra Extreme, Tetris, Sudoku, and a bunch of others. Sonic and Golden Axe are both available tonight on Xbox Live.\n\nDisney stuff is coming to Xbox Live Video Marketplace, including Tarzan, Hercules, Atlantis, Waterboy, Unbreakable, Coyote Ugly, D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu and more, all in HD. All available tonight.\n\nCanada and Europe are getting the Video Marketplace later this year.\n\nEurope is getting the 360 Elite.\n\nProject Gotham Racing 4 is demoed. It now features bikes, and the weather effects and new locales are shown off. A new feature includes being able to share both pictures and videos with friends.\n\nLost Odyssey is shown, maybe Final Fantasy fans will get their RPG fix from it. My money is on a resounding no, though.\n\nTwo new titles coming to Games for Windows: Gears of War (even Shane Kim admitted how much of a shocker that one was) and Viva Pi\u00f1ata.\n\nCliffyB shows off Gears for PC, which will have new achievements, maps, and modes. The game will run on both XP and Vista.\n\nXbox Live is going to be integrated with Unreal Engine 3, so future games with the engine built in will likely be supporting that. No word on Unreal Tournament 3, though.\n\nLots of GFW titles shown off with the GFW branding, including Hellgate: London, Crysis, and World in Conflict.\n\nCall of Duty 4 looks great as it a trailer and demo is run. We\u2019ll be getting an online multiplayer beta, more details at http://www.charieoscardelta.com (C-O-D, get it?)\n\nSplinter Cell: Conviction, that exclusive 360 SC game, is shown.\n\nPeter Moore talks about the episodic content in Grand Theft Auto IV, and implies that PS3 won\u2019t have any when he says that the 360 is the only place to \u201cget the complete GTA experience.\u201d Two episodes by next Spring.\n\nResident Evil 5 trailer shown, this is the only game shown at the conference that isn\u2019t coming out in 2007. But it looks like it\u2019ll be worth the wait.\n\nAssassin\u2019s Creed has a demo shown with some awful commentary which made me want the demo to stop soon. Which it did; good for people listening, bad for those wanting to see more AC. (What was there looked very cool, though.)\n\nPeter Moore mentions Star Wars and its impact, and then talks about something that\u2019s about to be shown being worked on by the director of the delayed Halo movie, WETA (the team behind Lord of the Rings) and Bungie. Halo-oriented stuff shown, including a warthog, assault rifles and other familiar looking goodies. But no Chief, in the Master or Mister form.\n\nFollowing the video, Peter grabbed a new Xbox 360 from behind a desk and I swore he was about to introduce a new SKU, but it\u2019s simply a Halo 3 Special Edition 360, which is coming this September along with Halo 3 themed accessories.\n\nPeter outlines all of the games we\u2019ll be seeing on 360 this year. Lots of good stuff, but no revelations, really.\n\nSingle player Halo 3 trailer shown, with fantastic music as always and brief clips of some battles. Cortana is shown very briefly; she falls over. HA! THAT\u2019S WHAT YOU GET FOR MAYBE BEING A TRAITOR! Ahem. We see Sergeant Johnson. Really big ships shown, and what is apparently Earth being burned by Covenant ships.\n\nThe End. We didn\u2019t get any huge announcement \u2013 no price drop, no new SKU, no Metal Gear Solid, no Final Fantasy, no Games for Windows Live developments, no Peter Moore tattoos. but lots of great stuff. I guess with all of the success Microsoft is having, it\u2019s hard to be really blown away by something that isn\u2019t a bombshell, but across the board this was a pretty nice showing."}
-{"text": "\u201c When I reached 33, the flame that sat inside me got reignited, and I became conscious of the fact that I was capable of more. It was like this hunger I couldn\u2019t ignore\u201d -Janet Smith Welcome to episode 19 of the travelling wellness show. Are you one\u2026\nView Postadmin\n\nHave you ever dreamed of just packing up and leaving the life you currently lead? Well so did I, and so I did.... For 12 months now, I have travelled Australia to combine with my many and varied health colleagues, to create a series of stories that would both\u2026\nView Postadmin\n\nAs anyone touched by cancer will tell you, the \"C\" word normally always conjures up adjectives which best describe the end... A Cancer diagnosis will pull on the mortal coil of not just the victim, but everyone around them, perhaps more significantly than any other disease will. The fight for life\u2026\nView Postadmin\n\nFor Episode 3, PSE supplements boss Shannon Brenton heads over to the Medical Sanctuary to speak with holistic GP & Obstetric Surgeon, Dr Elen ApThomas. This podcast begins with an overview of the role of the General Practitioner in modern times, before launching into the prime discussion of the Gut/Brain\u2026\nView Postadmin"}
-{"text": "Steven Paul Jobs\n\nFeb 3rd, 2012\n\nStudypool Tutor\n\nPrice: $30 USD\n\nTutor description\n\nSteven Paul Jobs was conceived on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. His biological folks, Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, had him put up for adoption. Steve then got adopted and received warmly and by Paul and Clara Jobs, a lower-white collar class couple, who had moved to the suburban; city of Mountain View a couple of years after.\n\nFirst and last name:Professors name:Subject:Date:Steven Paul JobsDeutschman, Alan. The second coming of Steve Jobs. Random House LLC, 2001.Steven Paul Jobs was conceived on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. His biological folks, Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, had him put up for adoption. Steve then got adopted and received warmly and by Paul and Clara Jobs, a lower-white collar class couple, who had moved to the suburban; city of Mountain View a couple of years after.Paul Jobs and his childSouth of the Bay Area in the Santa Clara region, got to be known as Silicon Valley in the early 1950s after the growing of a horde of semi-conductor organizations. Subsequently, in his youthful ages Steve Jobs experienced childhood in an area of architects taking a shot at gadgets and different thingamabobs in their garages on weekends. This formed his enthusiasm for the field as he grew up. At age 13, he met one the most critical persons throughout his life: 18-year-old Stephen Wozniak, a gadgets whiz kid, and, in the same way as Steve, an incurable prankster. After five years, when Steve Jobs aged to go to college, he advised his guardians he needed to join Reed College1. Despite the fact that the educational cost expenses were cosmic for the poor couple, they had guaranteed their child's biological folks that he would get a proper college education, and so they yielded. After spending one semester at Reed, Steve then dropped out, intrigued by the eastern"}
-{"text": "Reasons to avoid\n\nApple was the last of the three major players in the smart speaker space to debut its own physical product, but the company has since made an impact with its HomePod speaker that offers top quality audio. It sounds better than a lot of the products sporting Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa, but what\u2019s the smart assistant like? TechRadar's James Peckham gives us the download.\n\nHiding inside the Apple HomePod is Siri. This is the company\u2019s own smart assistant that we\u2019ve seen in mobile devices since late 2011 (it debuted on the iPhone 4S) and it allows you to speak directly to your devices to interact with them in a similar way to Google Assistant.\n\nBelow I'm going to run through the main features and highlights of Apple\u2019s Siri voice assistant, but it\u2019s worth bearing in mind most of this review will refer to the technology related to smart speakers at home. Your iPhone or iPad also includes Siri, and while we will mention that from time to time this is about how it works inside the HomePod as part of a smart speaker.\n\nApple Siri features\n\nAll of the features you\u2019d expect from a smart speaker are possible with Apple Siri, so you can control your smart home gadgets, get search results from the internet, play music and more on the speaker.\n\nUnlike with Amazon Alexa, there aren\u2019t skills that you have to activate and instead all features are ready to set up and use with Siri.\n\nYou can use the HomePod as a normal speaker by playing music over Apple\u2019s AirPlay (that works in a similar way to how Bluetooth does on other speakers) from services such as Spotify or Tidal. When using AirPlay, you can then instruct Siri to change the volume, skip songs, pause or play the music.\n\nWhat\u2019s frustrating is that you can\u2019t use your voice to get the music playing from a third-party music service; for that you\u2019ll have to use Apple Music. You can still control it when you\u2019ve started playing something with AirPlay, but having to use a different device to get it playing is an extra step that some may find confusing.\n\nOne day the HomePod and Siri may better support other music streaming services, but if you want to get home and immediately play music from your speaker using just your voice, you\u2019ll have to sign up and use Apple Music instead.\n\nThe speaker comes with access to the Beats 1 radio station from Apple, and if you own an iPhone and have the Podcasts app setup you can easily listen to your favourite shows at home by just asking the speaker to play the latest episode or start where you left off.\n\nWhen you\u2019ve got the music at a high volume (and be warned, the HomePod can be very loud) Siri is particularly good at hearing what is going on around it.\n\nOften when the volume was high we found the speaker would still be able to hear our call of 'Hey Siri' to wake it. That\u2019s something that\u2019s not very good on other smart speakers, and it\u2019s a highlight of Apple\u2019s tech.\n\nDon\u2019t be worried about having other Apple devices in the same room either. Siri on the HomePod will always take precedence over your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch devices even if they\u2019re sat in the same room. You may find it lights up your phone from time to time, but our testing found the speaker would always be the one to carry out any relevant requests.\n\nIt\u2019s not a feature for everyone but if you want to have a party or fill your home with music, you can own a few HomePod speakers and sync the audio so it\u2019ll play at the same time across a variety of rooms. It\u2019s rare you\u2019ll use these features, but if you want multi-room audio it may be worth buying multiple HomePods.\n\nAll of the other features you get on Siri on your phone are on the speaker too. That includes timers, alarms, reminders, internet searches and a way to control a variety of other devices too. It\u2019ll even allow you to have hands free phone calls when you\u2019re at home.\n\nYou can send text messages or switch phone calls to the HomePod allowing you to have conversations even when your phone isn\u2019t in the room. This is particularly useful if you have a HomePod in the kitchen and you\u2019re trying to speak to someone on the phone while your hands are busy chopping and cooking.\n\nSmart Home Compatibility\n\nThe good news is that a lot of third-party services have adopted the Apple Siri platform alongside Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. For smart home features, Apple calls its service HomeKit and you\u2019ll find a lot of the big smart home product developers have included Siri compatibility.\n\nYou\u2019ll use the Home app on your iPhone or iPad to set up smart devices with your HomePod, and we\u2019ve done this for some Philips Hue light bulbs.\n\nThe process was easy to follow and it worked seamlessly \u2013 like on the other two famous voice assistants \u2013 when controlling the bulbs and embracing all the features smart lighting has to offer.\n\nIf you want to see a selection of products you can install with your HomePod, there\u2019s anofficial liston the Apple website. It\u2019s also worth remembering that Apple\u2019s service is a little newer than the competition, so it may well be we see even more third-party smart home gadget makers supporting Siri in the future.\n\nVerdict\n\nApple\u2019s Siri isn\u2019t the most versatile voice assistant on the market. Some third-party services work better with both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant toting products. It\u2019s also worth noting to set up an Apple HomePod, you\u2019ll have to have a compatible Apple device to pair it with such as an iPhone 5S or later.\n\nYou can also use an iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation), iPad Air or later, an iPad mini 2 or later, or iPod touch (6th generation) to set up the product.\n\nIf you have an iPhone and an Apple Music subscription, Apple\u2019s Siri is probably the most suitable voice assistant for you. You\u2019ll get all the top-end audio features, and everything should work smoothly with your Apple device, too.\n\nThis is a voice assistant for those who are already deeply integrated into Apple\u2019s range of products, and it can be difficult to make the most out of it if you don\u2019t have anything else made by Apple already. If you do though, the Apple HomePod and Siri itself are sure to offer you one of the best premium smart speaker experiences on the planet."}
-{"text": "After a two-year hiatus, the University of Memphis and Gonzaga appear close to renewing a series Zags coach Mark Few once called one of the best in college basketball.\n\nESPN.com senior college basketball writer Andy Katz reported Tuesday morning that the Tigers will host Gonzaga this season as part of a home-and-home series.\n\nMemphis will play at Gonzaga in 2014-15, Katz reported.\n\nU of M athletic officials declined comment Tuesday. At this point, no contract has been signed with Gonzaga.\n\nThe two schools haven't played since 2011, when Memphis and Gonzaga athletic officials agreed to postpone the final two years of a four-year contract.\n\nThe Tigers and Zags had played six straight seasons from 2005-11, with Memphis winning five of the six matchups.\n\nGonzaga went 32-3 last season and was a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, losing to Wichita State in the third round.\n\nAdding Gonzaga to its 2013-14 schedule would guarantee Memphis three nonconference games against teams expected to be ranked in the top 25 this preseason. Memphis will play Oklahoma State on Nov. 19 in Stillwater, Okla., and Florida on Dec. 17 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.\n\nThe Tigers are also slated to play in an eight-team Old Spice Classic on Nov. 28-Dec. 1 in Orlando, Fla., that includes Oklahoma State, Butler, LSU, Purdue, Saint Joseph's, Siena College and Washington State."}
-{"text": "Gargoyle's Quest\n\nAll copies are in use - 3 copies are available for full accounts.*You Must Download And Install The Client Before Playing.\n\nTired of ads? Upgrade to a full account.\n\nStoryline:Ages ago the friendly Ghoul Realm was invaded by an alien force known only as the Destroyers. The Destroyers almost succeeded in capturing the Ghoul Realm when an incredible fire came out of the sky and eliminated them. The secret of that powerful fire was lost through the ages, and the Destroyers are back for a rematch.\n\nThe only clue to the survival of the Ghoul Realm lies in the hint that the sole heir to the \"Red Gargoyle\" can bring back the magic flame. As Firebrand, guardian Gargoyle of the Realm, you must discover this heir to the magic flame and bring peace to the kingdom once again.\n\n--From the Gameboy Gargoyle's Quest instruction manual.\n\nOverview: This game brought together a combination of the platform action known from Ghosts 'n Goblins and some basic RPG-style functions. The graphics are awesome for a Game Boy game, with nice big sprites and plenty of detail, along with good animation. The sound could have been better, but turn it off and enjoy playing the game anyway. Gargoyle's Quest is not quite as challenging (impossible) as Ghosts 'n Goblins, but it is certainly hard enough, and lots of fun too."}
-{"text": "New Arrivals\n\nLondon: T. C. Newby, 1849. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Block, The English Novel 1740-1850, page 48; OCLC 55775836 records four copies (BL, Cambridge, National Library of Scotland and Oxford); not in Wolff. An anonymous novel by a woman (she dedicates the work to \"E.B.\" and signs it \"His Grateful... More\n\nAlexandria: Printed by Cottom and Stewart, Booksellers, 1802. Edition: First American edition. Bibliographical References: American Bibliography 1860; cf. Garside & Sch\u00f6werling 1801:15 for the English edition. The first American edition of the only novel by Thomas Bellamy, the picaresque tale of a young boy, Alfred, who is abandoned by his... More\n\nLondon: Bradbury and Evans, 1846-48. Edition: First edition, parts issue. Bibliographical References: Hatton & Cleaver, pages 227-250. This set agrees with Hatton and Cleaver's description, except that in part 11 there is no ad for Letts & Son, and the ad for Kaye\u2019s Pills in part 12 varies slightly from... More\n\nLondon: Chatto and Windus, 1879. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wolff 1351; Parrish, pages 110-111; not in Sadleir. One of Collins\u2019 scarcest novels, an exploration of the lives of \u201cthose who have drawn blanks in the lottery of life . . . the friendless and the lonely, and the wounded... More"}
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-{"text": "This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.\n\nIn contrast to managed care approaches, a program offering direct access to specialist doctors and increased physicians'' fees may reduce workers'' compensation costs, according to a study in the August Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.\n\nDr. Stephen Atcheson of Reno, Nev., and colleagues evaluated a \"specialist-direct\" approach to workers'' compensation cases from two large hotel-casinos.\n\nIn the new approach, workers with on-the-job injuries had direct access to physicians specializing in the care of musculoskeletal injuries.\n\nOver two years, the program reduced overall workers'' compensation costs by 63 percent.\n\nIndemnity cost -- including compensation for missed work time and disability payments -- decreased by 85 percent.\n\nRapid access to specialists was a major factor in reducing indemnity costs, according to the study.\n\nFor minor injuries, the specialists were likely to recommend that the worker stay on the job with modified duties.\n\nFor more serious injuries, seeing a specialist early shortened the time until the patient received definitive care.\n\nThe specialist-direct approach also increased the fees paid to the primary care doctors treating the injured patients, but did not allow them to profit from \"self-referral\" for tests or treatments from which they might profit financially.\n\nUnder the new system, medical costs decreased by 45 percent -- even though the doctors received higher fees, the amount of services provided decreased.\n\nOccupational injuries are an enormously expensive problem. In recent years, employers have considered managed care approaches, limiting limited access to specialists and discounted fees paid to physicians. However, these approaches have often failed to achieve expected cost reductions.\n\n\"Although more study of the specialist-direct approach is need, the preliminary results suggest it has the potential to achieve real cost reductions, rather than cost shifting, in the management of workers'' compensation cases,\" said Atcheson."}
-{"text": "Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer\n\n5/25/2013\n\nREUTERS\n\nSTOCKHOLM \u2014 Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight today but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time.\n\nThe rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalising schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said.\n\n\u201cIt was much calmer \u2014 rocks weren\u2019t being thrown at police or firefighters \u2014 and that\u2019s a sign that it\u2019s calmer. We haven\u2019t had any riots or anything similar,\u201d said police spokesman Kjell Lindgren.\n\nCommunity leaders were taking to the streets, dressed in fluorescent jackets, to try to calm things down.\n\n\u201cWe have been present in many places, we\u2019ve been talking to people, and many residents have been out in the city, keeping their eyes open, being engaged,\u201d Lindgren said.\n\nBut serious incidents were reported outside the Stockholm area, for the first time.\n\nIn Orebro, a town in central Sweden, some 25 masked youths set fire to three cars and a school and tried to torch a police station, police said. Some 200 kilometers to the southwest in Linkoping, several vehicles were set on fire and youths tried to torch a school and a kindergarten, they said.\n\nThe rioting was sparked by the police shooting on May 13 of a 69-year-old man, who media reported was killed when police stormed his apartment because they feared he was threatening his wife with a large knife. Media said he was a Portuguese immigrant, which police would not confirm.\n\nIn a country famed for its model welfare state, the rioting has exposed a fault-line between a well-off majority and a minority \u2014 often young people with immigrant backgrounds \u2014 who are poorly educated, cannot find work and feel pushed to the edge of society.\n\nUnderscoring Sweden\u2019s ambivalence toward its open immigration policies, an anti-immigrant party has risen to third in polls this year and some analysts say the riots could swell its ranks.\n\nDozens of far-right activists were seen driving around some southern suburbs of Stockholm on Friday, closely watched by police.\n\nMASKED YOUTHS\n\nThe violence has echoes of rioting in recent years in Paris and London but has been relatively mild in comparison. There has been no looting, hardly any injuries and few arrests.\n\nMuch of the capital has gone about business as normal and even affected suburbs look normal by day.\n\nStill, it has shocked a nation that has long taken pride in its generous social safety net, though some seven years of centre-right rule have chipped away at benefits.\n\nOne recent government study showed that up to a third of young people aged 16 to 29 in some of the most deprived areas of Sweden\u2019s big cities neither study nor have a job.\n\nYouth unemployment is especially high in neighbourhoods such as the ones where the riots have taken place, home to asylum seekers from Iraq to Somalia, Afghanistan and Latin America.\n\nAbout 15 percent of Sweden\u2019s population is foreign-born. While many are from neighbouring Nordic countries, others are drawn by the country\u2019s policy of welcoming asylum seekers from war-torn countries.\n\nThe gap between rich and poor in Sweden is growing faster than in any other major nation, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.\n\nCopyright 2015 The Blade. All rights reserved. This material may not be copied or distributed without permission."}
-{"text": "5 Easy Ways To Make Money While In College\n\nAs university students, you don\u2019t have it easy: you\u2019re expected to juggle several classes at once, participate in extracurricular activities, maintain a healthy social life, and still work your way through college. Sometimes, a minimum wage job just isn\u2019t enough. Long hours, an unpredictable schedule, and low wages just won\u2019t cut it. Thankfully, there are several easy ways to make money while in school (and start knocking out some of those student loans early).\n\nEach of these five jobs offer three key things: flexibility, skill enhancement, and money. Ditch your low-paying job and take the plunge to work for yourself with one of these options:\n\n1.) Drive for a ride sharing app like Uber or Lyft. One of the main perks of driving for a ride sharing company is setting your own schedule, and working when the time is best for you. Having complete control over your work hours allows you to ultimately decide how much money you can pocket each week \u2014 and this easily adds up. In 2014, Uber claimed its New York drivers made an average of $90,000 per year, not including gas and car maintenance. And while New York earnings are on the higher end, rural areas with longer rides can make great money, as well.\n\n2.) Buy and resell text books. This may sound ludicrous, but if done right, it can work wonderfully. This job requires a little upfront payment for the books, but the focus is the end profit. And let\u2019s face it. Every student needs a textbook, and your target audience is right outside your dorm window.\n\nBuy textbooks online from sites like eBay (and in some cases, Amazon) and resell them on sites like BookFinder or BookScouter. Before you purchase the textbook, check out its worth. Additionally, go for books required by many students on campus. While profit margins aren\u2019t huge with textbooks, it can be an easy way for you to make a few extra hundred bucks per month.\n\n3.) Start freelancing. Being a freelancer offers many benefits and is open to a wide variety of skills and interests. Websites like UpWork, Freelancer, and Fiverr provide a platform for writers, graphic designers, and even producers to get paid for their talent. As with other options listed here, how much work you take on is entirely up to you. Profiles on these sites build over time; the more work you do, the more positive reviews you receive and the more money you can charge clients.\n\nMore and more businesses are looking at the benefits of hiring freelancers. This creates further job opportunities for students. These platforms also offer ample opportunity to continue working freelance post-college.\n\n4.) Become a transcriber. Transcribing is tedious, but it pays well, it\u2019s simple, and there is a constant flow of work available. Generally, pay can be between $15 and $25 an hour. In addition to the many transcription jobs available in the freelance sites mentioned above, there are also transcription-specific services like TranscribeMe, Tigerfish, Rev, and QuickTate. These platforms allow students to choose their own projects and offer weekly payouts. And even better: you\u2019re typing speed per minute will grow exponentially. Make money and write papers faster.\n\n5.) Consider working for a multi level marketing company. Many people have strong opinions about MLM businesses, but the fact remains that people have succeeded, both short term and long-term, with such businesses (think: Avon, Herbalife, Rodan + Fields). If you\u2019re a student with savvy sales skills, this may just be a good chance to put those skills to good use. And in a digital sharing economy, spreading the word is easier than ever.\n\nThe MLM model allows the seller to make money from both the products they sell and the people they sign on to sell products as well.\n\n\u201cInstead of making sales calls in person, the Rodan + Fields consultant is more likely to use Facebook and Instagram, posting before-and-after skin selfies and offers for free products,\u201d wrote Allure magazine. Ultimately, MLM businesses give students the opportunity to carve their own identity within an existing brand, and if anything else, leaves them with communication and speech skills they can use for the rest of their lives.\n\nRelated Articles\n\nBTW Paul Verhoeven\u2019s sci-fi classicStarship Troopers is getting another sequel.Starring original cast members Casper Van Dien (Johnny Rico) and Dina Meyer (Dizzy Flores), Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars was written by Ed Neumeier, the original Starship Troopers screenwriter. Traitors of Marstakes placeyou guessed iton Mars. Johnny Rico has been demoted and sent to a remote [\u2026]\n\nChoosing a domain name can be a very daunting task. There aren\u2019t many \u201cgood\u201d domains left to be had (last I checked there was over 100 MILLION .com names registered), which is why we see mutations and odd spellings of names popping up everywhere (fiverr, flickr, etc..) See this story on how Buffer.com came from [\u2026]\n\nIn the realm of SEO, content is the king who reigns supreme. Maximizing the search visibility and internet traffic are prerogatives of the royal position, but they must be earned fair and square. Shabby content simply cannot engage readers, or lead to stellar link prospecting success. Nobody will share or comment on a copied article [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "Fart Fetish (MessyChick) Scat / Poop [FullHD 1080p] Defecation\n\nShe holds her nose as Camilla simpers, nuzzling her cheek against hers. When talking with his friends, Brad recalled that one of them mentioned that the girl he had a crush on had farted in her science class. Brad was a year old single man from Illinois. I hope you guys enjoy it! The navy blue shorts she wore were obviously two sizes too small mainly for the fact that her voluptuous rear was spilling out of the leg holes.\n\nSexually aroused by farts? You're not alone. - Seriously, Science?\n\nCommissioned set for WinterBox, of Elyium; one cute and desperate batgirl! His father remarried when he was 14 years old and he then gained three step-brothers. So you mean, I could make up my own fetish? Her white dress and wide-br. Paranormal fans with sexually devious tendancies will have their flying dutchman floating with these versions included: I should probably mention that the arousal mentioned above is a desire to masturbate, not to have sex. Views 2, Favourites 16 who?"}
-{"text": "New Poll: Voters Trust Trump More Than Clinton At Stopping Terrorists\n\nA new poll tells Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that voters trust his leadership on terrorism, but they can also be turned off by some elements of Trump\u2019s style.\n\nA new Bloomberg poll gives Trump only 37 percent support among voters, 12 points behind Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The poll, which was taken during extensive media coverage of Trump\u2019s remarks about the heritage of the judge hearing the lawsuit against Trump University, found that 55 percent of voters were \u201cvery bothered\u201d by those comments.\n\nRelated Stories\n\nBut if voters indicated what they didn\u2019t like about Trump, they also said what they liked.\n\nOf those surveyed, 45 percent said they would have more confidence in Trump if a similar situation to the Orlando shooting were to happen in a year. Clinton trailed Trump by four points in that measure.\n\nAs he has after every recent terrorist attack, Trump has called for America to do more, and said the problem will not be resolved through inaction\n\nAdvertisement - story continues below\n\n\u201cBecause our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen \u2013 and it is only going to get worse,\u201d Trump said in the wake of the Orlando massacre.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s never been anything to this extent where we have people \u2013 we don\u2019t know who they are,\u201d Trump told Fox & Friends Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s absolute war, but we don\u2019t have uniforms.\u201d\n\nTrump has said Muslims need to turn in those who are terrorists.\n\n\u201cYou have many, many people, thousands of people already in our country that are sick with hate. And people that are around, Muslims, know who they are largely. They know who they are. They have to turn them in,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re not getting the right intelligence,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need a stronger intelligence community. And the only way we can do that in this case, having to do with radical Islamic terror, and that\u2019s the point. Obama won\u2019t do that because he doesn\u2019t want to single out this group.\u201d\n\nTrump has also focused on his proposal for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.\n\n\u201cYou have thousands of shooters like this with the same mentality out there in this country. And we\u2019re bringing thousands and thousands of them back into this country, and into the country every year. We\u2019re allowing them to come in,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m talking about people coming in from Syria, where we have no idea who they are. We have no idea as to paperwork, as to where they came from. This could be the all-time great Trojan horse.\u201d\n\nThe poll surveyed 1,000 adults, including 750 who said they were likely to vote in the November election. The margin of error is 3.6 percent among likely general election voters and 3.1 percent for all adults."}
-{"text": "Clearing Customs\n\nWhen you travel across the U.S. / Canadian border you will be asked to declare whether you are bringing certain types of goods with you. Generally speaking, items that you bring into either country for your personal use during your visit are considered \u201cpersonal baggage\u201d and are exempt from duties and taxes. Examples include your car, clothing, personal food, camping and sports equipment, boats, snowmobiles, fuel, personal computers and cameras.\n\nBringing any other type of goods across the border is considered \u201cimporting\u201d and you may be subject to duties and taxes. Customs officials are therefore focused on establishing whether you are truly bringing the goods in for your personal use.\n\nThe Customs Process at the U.S. Canadian Border\n\nWhen driving your personal vehicle across the border you will make a verbal representation to the Customs official about whether you have any goods to declare. If you don\u2019t, you will be allowed to continue on across the border. If you do have something to declare, you will need to pay duties and taxes on the items before you are allowed to proceed. If you say you have nothing to declare, but the Customs Official questions your honesty, you will be pulled aside for a secondary inspection of your vehicle.\n\nAt U.S. ports you can pay your duty in cash (no foreign currency), by personal check in the exact amount (drawn on a U.S. bank and made payable to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection), by government check, money order or traveler\u2019s check (if it doesn\u2019t exceed the duty owed by more than $50). If you\u2019re paying by check, you\u2019ll be asked to show identification such as your passport or U.S. driver\u2019s license. You may be able to pay by MasterCard or VISA, but you should confirm it is available at the port you plan to use and be prepared to pay by cash or check if something goes wrong.\n\nAt Canadian ports you can pay by cash, travelers check, Visa, American Express or MasterCard. Debit cards are also accepted at most offices. If an amount is not more than CAN$2,500, you can sometimes pay by personal check. At both ports, you should receive a receipt showing the duty calculations and amount you paid.\n\nBringing Jewelry and other Valuables across the border\n\nDon\u2019t bring them. Other than the obvious risk of loss, it is often difficult to validate that you brought jewelry or other valuables with you as opposed to purchasing them on your trip. If you must bring them, see our page on pre-trip registration procedures .\n\nGeneral Recommendations:\n\nIf you are going to be carrying large amounts of consumable products, such as food or fuel, you should contact the Customs office before you begin your trip to determine what special measures you should take. This will help you avoid duties for importation.\n\nDo not wrap Christmas gifts before crossing the border. You may be required to unwrap the gifts so a border agent can inspect it.\n\nIf you have used items that look like they might have been purchased on your trip you could be asked to pay duties on them. You can avoid this by registering them before you leave the country or by bringing proof-of-purchase documents such as sales receipts, insurance policies or jeweler\u2019s appraisals .\n\nDo not bring more than a pack or two of cigarettes or other tobacco products. If they spot more than that the question of importing will come up and you may be asked additional questions.\n\nSpecial Note: Customs Officials know that vehicle imports are one of the most commonly undervalued goods and they take a hard-line when the purchase price is misrepresented. This can result in penalties as high as 55% of the amount that was not declared, forfeiture of the vehicle, and criminal prosecution.\n\nIf you have prescription drugs make sure they are well labeled. It is best to carry the original bottle they came in rather than transferring them to generic travel containers. See our page on What to Declare for more information.\n\nBorder delays can run hours on heavy travel days so consider a restroom break before you get into a long queue of cars at the border crossing.\n\nOne final piece of advice: don\u2019t lie.\n\nIf you suddenly remember that piece of fruit in your backpack, take your medicine on the spot even if it delays your journey because of a secondary screening. The alternative? If you are caught lying to a Canadian border officer you may win a multi-year ban from Canada. Lying to U.S. Customs Officers can earn you a lifetime ban. Even if the bans are temporary, they will show up forever on the computer screens for international border agents. You will be viewed with increased suspicion for the rest of your life, and will be much more likely to receive in-depth interrogation and full vehicle searches. You\u2019ve been warned.\n\nClick an icon below to print, email, or share this page with friends, family, or colleagues:"}
-{"text": "Actually, You Should Apply for Jobs You're Not 100% Qualified For\n\nAs a career coach, I\u2019ve heard just about every struggle you can imagine about job searching. But the challenge I hear most often is actually the one that\u2019s easiest to fix.\n\nMore than anything else, my clients tell me, \u201cI found a few jobs I would absolutely love, but I\u2019m not qualified for them, so there\u2019s no use applying.\u201d\n\nYou\u2019ve likely experienced this same thing. You find an incredible opening, but it asks for six to eight years of experience, and you only have four, or it\u2019s a in a different industry than you\u2019re in now, or there are a few bullet points in the job descriptions that you\u2019ve never done before.\n\nSo you write it off and settle for something that you\u2019re less excited about, but 100% sure you can do.\n\nBig mistake.\n\nIt might seem logical to only go after jobs you\u2019re fully qualified for, but it\u2019s an extremely limiting (and unnecessary) mindset, and you\u2019ll wind up cutting yourself off from potentially amazing opportunities! Not only have I given this advice to my own clients, but I\u2019ve had HR professionals and hiring managers back me up on this. You don\u2019t need to be 100% qualified in order to be the best candidate for the job, but you do need to keep in mind the human factor and share your enthusiasm, passion, and soft skills.\n\nAnd no, I\u2019m not in denial as to why so many people do this. After all, you\u2019re probably thinking that if you\u2019re not fully qualified for the job, then it\u2019s a waste of time to apply, right? You don\u2019t want to waste your own time or the employer\u2019s time. That seems logical, but I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s the real reason we hold ourselves back. Rather, what\u2019s really going on is two major things:\n\nYou\u2019re Terrified of Being Rejected\n\nThe more you want a particular job, the worse you believe the rejection will feel. So if you don\u2019t think you have a really good chance of getting the job, you\u2019ll likely play it safe and protect yourself from massive disappointment. You may use \u201cI\u2019m not fully qualified\u201d as an excuse to stay in your comfort zone.\n\nBut think about it, what if you pass over the great job because you\u2019re not 100% qualified, and then you still get rejected by the good-enough, back-up-plan job? That\u2019s certainly not going to feel any better! At least if you get turned down by the great job, you\u2019ll think, \u201cWell, maybe I just need a bit more experience and then I can try again in the future.\u201d\n\nOn the other hand, consider the best-case scenario of applying for your dream job, even if you\u2019re not 100% qualified\u2014you could land it! The best-case scenario of applying for the \u201cmeh\u201d job? Well, you have a \u201cmeh\u201d job.\n\nThe Human Factor\n\nMost of us forget that the people looking at our resumes, interviewing us, and making a final hiring decision are humans. And they want to connect with other capable, enthusiastic, personable humans. (Not to mention, mere humans created these job descriptions as dream wish lists for an ideal candidate who they believe may or may not exist.)\n\nI, for one, used to unconsciously think of the hiring process as an impersonal computer algorithm that impassively compared all the resumes and spit out the \u201cbest\u201d logical candidate.\n\nBut hiring is a much more emotional process than most of us believe, so you can\u2019t underestimate the power of your \u201csoft skills.\u201d As in, the natural, innate personal characteristics and strengths you bring to the table that have no place on a resume.\n\nThis is great news because it means that who you are as a person matters when you\u2019re applying for a job, and often it can more than compensate in areas you\u2019re lacking.\n\nYour natural optimism and dedication to your team can be more valuable than never having used SalesForce (they can teach you that!). Being a natural connector, up-lifter, and people-person can make you a far better leader than someone with years of climbing the corporate ladder. Proving that you\u2019re eager to learn new skills and a self-starter is more valuable to an employer than someone who meets all the job criteria, but is unmotivated and stubbornly set in his or her ways. And yes, sharing your genuine passion and enthusiasm for the company\u2019s mission will make a greater impact on an interviewer than being an Excel wizard.\n\nKnow this though, your awesome personality won\u2019t shine in the interview if you never make it that far. So you\u2019re going to have to make a real effort to bring more of your personality into your cover letter and application. Instead of simply stating that you\u2019re an organized, detail-oriented person in your cover letter, tell a story about how your co-workers tease you for alphabetizing the books sitting on your desk.\n\nInstead of claiming that you have leadership experience, talk about a time when you helped a colleague work through a tricky situation. And finally, instead of making your materials about you, make them about the company and why you\u2019re a great fit. Don\u2019t think of this as going on the defense with lines like \u201cI know I\u2019m missing skills but\u2026\u201d, but rather an opportunity to make it clear why you\u2019re the best person for the position.\n\nI recently coached a client who was considering not applying for her dream job because she only met 75% of the requirements in the job description, even though she knew she could kill it in that position.\n\nI told her to apply anyway and to be completely candid about her enthusiasm and love of the company in her application and interview. (You\u2019d be amazed how far authentic enthusiasm can get you in the interview process.) I wasn\u2019t surprised when she emailed a few weeks later to tell me about her job offer.\n\nAnd no, I won\u2019t deny that there are some jobs that you\u2019re straight-up not qualified for. You won\u2019t catch me applying to engineering or accounting jobs anytime soon (that really would be a waste of everyone\u2019s time!). But if you really believe you could be a great fit, and you\u2019re not the most qualified, apply anyway. You\u2019ll never know if you have a chance unless you take that chance.\n\nTopics\n\nKristen Walker, ACC, CPC, is a professionally trained life and career coach for people in their 20s and 30s and the co-founder of Clarity on Fire, a coaching company specifically for Millennials who want to figure out their passion, turn it into a viable career, and create a solid plan to find freedom. Ready to take the first step toward figuring out your passion? Take her short, free quiz -- The Passion Profile Quiz -- to determine your ideal relationship between your passion and your career."}
-{"text": "Opening Night: Beyond Eden Art Fair in Los Angeles\n\nA combined effort of LA galleries Thinkspace, Copro Gallery and C.A.V.E. Gallery and San Francisco\u2019s Spoke Art, Beyond Eden Art Fair offered a vast offering of the kind of cavity-inducing artwork that is sweet to look at easy to binge on like candy. While the work presented by the four galleries different greatly in style and media \u2014 from Erik Jones\u2019s Art Deco-influenced portraits to Crystal Wagner\u2019s paper sculpture terrariums \u2014 the art fair was marked by the kind of easy reliability one can expect from mostly figurative, youth and pop culture-influenced work.\n\nThere was laughter, sex appeal and irony, but that\u2019s not to say there weren\u2019t more mature and sober pieces in the show, as well. Dan Quintana presented his largest oil painting to date: a captivating portrait of a mystical woman rendered in cool hues. Small-scale works by Joao Ruas and Andrew Hem, hung side by side, rang with a somber note and Chet Zar\u2019s solo show, \u201cEgo Death,\u201d indulged viewers in its gothic underworld. The art fair opened the evening of October 12 at Barnsdall Park in LA and was on view on October 13. Take a look at our exclusive photos from Beyond Eden below."}
-{"text": "Baked Eggnog French Toast with Whiskey Whipped CreamA festive holiday eggnog french toast that can be made ahead and baked in the oven to feed a crowd. Perfect for holiday brunch served with whiskey whipped cream and fresh nutmeg.\n\nBaked Eggnog French Toast with Whiskey Whipped Cream is a new favorite holiday brunch recipe in our house. It\u2019s so easy to make ahead of time and serves a crowd which is great for entertaining holiday guests on Christmas morning, or anytime during the holiday season! If you are planning to entertain, it\u2019s the perfect dish to create a cozy holiday brunch menu. All you will need is a few entertaining essentials from Bed Bath & Beyond and this recipe\u2026\n\nTo turn a rustic wooden table into a cozy winter brunch buffet, I added this Faux-Fur throw and lots of birch pillar candles. I\u2019ve been cuddling up with this throw on the couch all week long and I have to say, it\u2019s a new favorite of mine! For the centerpiece I cut some fresh cedar and holly sprigs to lay around the birch candles as well as segments of pomegranate.\n\nIf you are serving a holiday brunch dish like baked eggnog french toast, you have to have a baking dish that\u2019s pretty enough to go from oven to table. This red Dansk Kobenstyle Bakeris so stunning and adds such a fun pop of red to the table.\n\nFor silverware, I matched the gold rimmed splatter plates with a set of gold flatware. I also found the most adorable \u201cLet it Snow\u201d trivet. I hope this table and recipe inspire your holiday brunch but if you need more ideas for holiday entertaining essentials, Bed Bath & Beyond has tons of specialty curated category shops online to help.\n\nDisclosure: This post is sponsored by Bed Bath & Beyond, an unexpected place to find unique products, helping you \u201csleigh\u201d the holiday with awesome entertaining essentials. Thank you for supporting Freutcake sponsors.\n\nLeah, having a brunch for daughter\u2019s birthday so trying first. Placed bread in casserole pan overlapping as they woyld not remain straight up. Stored in fridge overnight. Now as I bake they are stuck together. Anyway to prevent this? Thanks.\n\nHi Sylvia, this is just how it bakes. You can scoop out pieces separating them but they will not be completely separated like pan cooking them individually. It\u2019s more of a bread pudding when you bake it this way.\n\nWelcome!\n\nThank you so much for stopping by! I love sharing food with you and I hope you will make and enjoy the recipes you find here. Leave me a comment on today's post and share your recipe photos on social #Freutcake. Come back soon! Cheers, Leah"}
-{"text": "Derailers - The One Before Me\nAm G F G\nI can see he's heavy on your heart today\nAm G F G\nJust leave his baggage outside your door\nAm G F G\nIt's time to put all those old thoughts away\nAm G F G\nYou don't have to go there anymore\n(chorus)\nC G F G\nYou're thinking 'bout the one before me\nC G F G\nI'd never do you that way\nC G F G\nStop thinking 'bout the one before me\nF D\nThis is now that was yesterday\nThat old wardrobe in your hearts closet love\nIs full of rags that don't belong to me\nI filled up the spaces the past is taking up\nWith the love that fits us perfectly\n(chorus)\nC G F G C G F G C G\n(bridge)\nD F\nLove me like he never ever came your way and\nD F\nI'll be the one to be around today\n(chorus)\nYou forget about the one before me\nI'd never do you that way\nStop thinking about the one before me\nThis is now and that was yesterday\nStop thinking about the one before me\nForget about the one before me\nStop thinking about the one before me\nForget about the one before me"}
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-{"text": "Finding Design Ideas for Your Remodeling Project\n\nYou want to change the look and feel of your house, but you also want your remodeling job to look fresh for a number of years and complement the existing features of your home. How do you choose the right project and design for you and your family?\n\nFirst, take your family\u2019s lifestyle into account when selecting an area of your home to remodel. For example, if you get a lot of traffic through the house, consider hardwood floors. Families who frequently entertain in the kitchen may want to expand the room and add an island or some comfortable chairs. If your bathroom is the place where you escape the world, add a whirlpool tub or a deluxe shower.\n\nAfter you\u2019ve chosen an area of your home to remodel, the wide array of project options can be both dazzling and intimidating. To get started, consult the resources below, which can give you specific ideas on how to turn your house into the dream home you\u2019ve always wanted.\n\nTV Shows: There are an increasing number of shows and channels focused on decorating and simple home improvement projects to more complex remodels or home makeovers. For example, HGTV features projects that evolve from start to finish on shows like \u201cBuying and Selling\u201d and \u201cCurb Appeal\u201d; check your local television guide for listings.\n\nMagazines: Magazines that cater to home improvement, lifestyle and remodeling can be an excellent source of ideas. Page through publications such as Dwell, Home, House Beautiful, Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Living, Coastal Living, Food and Wine, Country Living, Ladies\u2019 Home Journal and Good Housekeeping to identify projects and materials that might work in your home. Additionally, you can request a wide range of free or inexpensive literature by completing the mail-in coupons inserted in such publications.\n\nWebsites/Blogs: Surfing the Web is a great way to find fresh ideas and to research projects. Many remodelers, manufacturers and magazines host websites that feature project photos, buying guides and product information. Other sites such as Pinterest and Houzz have extensive photo collections for inspiration. And, an increasing number of DIY and design blogs created by homeowners themselves can also provide inspiration for simple projects you can do around the house.\n\nSketches and Floor Plans: No two remodeling projects are the same, but you can gain some insight into how another homeowner solved a space problem by carefully studying sketches and floor plans. If, like most people, you are easily confused by plans and drawings, imagine yourself in the middle of the room or space on the plan.\n\nBooks: Browse a bookstore with a well-stocked home improvement section, but beware of books telling you to be your own remodeling contractor. Most remodeling projects call for a level of skill and work hours beyond those stated in these books. The job of a professional remodeler requires experience and competence in a wide range of disciplines, and unless you are highly skilled and licensed in all the trades, you can quickly get in over your head.\n\nNewspapers: Most newspapers publish regular sections devoted to real estate, home design and remodeling. Also, twice a year \u2014 usually in the spring and fall \u2014 many papers print special home improvement supplements. Each of these sections contains timely articles and useful advertisements on remodeling, home improvement, repair and maintenance.\n\nFriends, Family and Neighbors: Do you know someone who has recently remodeled their home in a style you admire? He or she may still have product manuals, magazines and other helpful information you can borrow, as well as practical advice drawn from his or her own experience.\n\nRemodeling Professionals: One of the advantages of choosing a remodeler early is gaining access to an extensive library of resources prior to starting a project. Once you\u2019ve chosen a contractor, he or she usually can offer you a wide variety of materials, including product manuals, magazines, brochures and blueprints.\n\nManufacturers and Suppliers: The most obvious place to find information about new products and how to use them is on manufacturers\u2019 Web sites and in magazine ads. Lumberyards, hardware stores and other suppliers also can be valuable sources of information. Many suppliers now offer home planning centers, where you can browse comfortably among the following:\n\nPlan books\n\nProduct manuals\n\nSourcebooks\n\nBuilding tips\n\nMagazines\n\nBrochures\n\nDirectories of local remodelers and builders\n\nWhen you are looking for a professional to help with your next home project, look for a member.\n\nThis article provide by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) www.nahb.org. All members of the Rochester Home Builders\u2019 Association are also members of NAHB."}
-{"text": "Nylabone Corp Questions and Answers on Freshwater Fishes\n\nIdeal for anyone who wants to learn how to care\nfor their fish - those who want to get to know their fish better - and those who\njust want a fun way to learn general information about the world of freshwater\nfish."}
-{"text": "G4 OSx10.3.9 via ethernet to OS9\n\nUsed to be able to connect my G4 (OSX 10.3.9) via ethernet to my PowerMac (OS 9). However, ever since I re-formatted my G4, i.e. a fresh install of OSX 10.3.9, the G4 can only make the ethernet connection to the PowerMac, but can not see any of the potential hard disks that are open to file sharing and exchange.\nSo, effectively the G4 can no longer retrieve the PowerMac's files.\n\nAnyone encounter this type of a situation and knows how to remedy it?\n\nIf there is a thread about the above, a link to it would be appreciated."}
-{"text": "University of Buffalo Offers Sponsored MBA for Surgical Residents\n\nThe one-year MBA in healthcare management is sponsored by healthcare provider Kaleida\n\nA partnership with the University of Buffalo in New York and healthcare provider Kaleida has led to a sponsored MBA program for surgical residents and fellows at the university.\n\nThe university's Accelerated MBA for Residents and Fellows is designed for medical graduates doing their postgraduate training. The one-year program allows them to pursue an MBA healthcare management track, adding business acumen to their medical qualifications.\n\nKaleida provides the tuition, with students working as business consultants delivering benefits to the firm.\n\nThe program welcomed its inaugural student this fall. For more information, see the university website.\n\nImage: Center for the Arts (University of Buffalo) by Scallop Holden CC BY 2.0 (cropped)"}
-{"text": "They both seem to give me the same thing, but I'm thinking the second one is faster because ORDER BY is slow.\n\nr937\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T00:49:32Z \u2014\n#2\n\nwait, ORDER BY is slow?\n\nand you think MAX() is faster?\n\nwhat do the EXPLAINs say?\n\ncydewaze\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T02:00:32Z \u2014\n#3\n\nr937 said:\n\nwait, ORDER BY is slow?\n\nI could have sworn you told me that at one point. Although it may have been order by vs not using order by.\n\nr937 said:\n\nand you think MAX() is faster?\n\nI don't think anything (a common problem for me)\n\nr937 said:\n\nwhat do the EXPLAINs say?\n\nThey don't say anything for some reason. If I cfdump the queries, I get an execution time of \"1\" for each version.\n\nThe MAX version returns two records for the query (there are two SELECTs after all) and the LIMIT version returns one.\n\nMittineague\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T02:19:04Z \u2014\n#4\n\nBy \"faster\" what do you mean, are we talking 0.0000937 secs or something with potentially more impact?\n\ncydewaze\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T02:24:12Z \u2014\n#5\n\nI'm just wondering if there's an advantage to using one method over another.\n\nIn a database with 22 records, I don't think I have to much worry about performance. But someday I might have to do something similar at work, so I wanted to know the best way to do it.\n\nfelgall\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T03:05:36Z \u2014\n#6\n\nNot using LIMIT would make the command more portable if you are thinking of switching to a different SQL database.\n\nWhen it comes to the efficiency of different calls to receive the same info, it often depends on just how many records there are and what they contain as to which will be more efficient. Until such time as the two EXPLAIN statements give significantly different results there is no particular reason to switch.\n\nr937\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T08:50:09Z \u2014\n#7\n\nfelgall said:\n\nNot using LIMIT would make the command more portable\n\nit would also generate way too many rows\n\nfelgall\n\u2014\n2014-05-23T22:03:54Z \u2014\n#8\n\nr937 said:\n\nit would also generate way too many rows\n\nWhy would it? From what I can see both the alternatives being discussed produce one row of output - one using LIMIT and one using an alternative way of getting just the one row. That alternative would also work in databases that do not support the proprietary LIMIT command.\n\nI never suggested leaving LIMIIT off. I suggested that a version that didn't use LIMIT was more portable.\n\nr937\n\u2014\n2014-05-24T02:45:05Z \u2014\n#11\n\ni bow to your hair-splitting acumen\n\nfelgall said:\n\nNot using LIMIT would make the command more portable\n\nfelgall\n\u2014\n2014-05-24T07:15:51Z \u2014\n#12\n\nr937 said:\n\ni bow to your hair-splitting acumen\n\nI don't understand this comment. We were discussing two specific alternative ways of coding an SQL call and I pointed out that using LIMIT makes the code less portable because it ties the code specifically to mySQL. I was simply pointing out that additional difference between the two versions beyond that of the comparative efficiency.\n\nWhat does hair splitting have to do with that? Unless it has something to do with your misinterpretation of statements by not reading them in the context of what comes before. Does everyone have to quote everything that came before when making a comment in order for you to interpret the context of their comment properly?\n\nNot using LIMIT would make the command more portable if you are thinking of switching to a different SQL database.\n\ncydewaze\n\u2014\n2014-05-25T03:40:11Z \u2014\n#13\n\nFor what it's worth, I decided to use MAX() rather than LIMIT.\n\nmolona\n\u2014\n2014-05-26T10:55:25Z \u2014\n#14\n\nI know I'm late and I don't pretend to be an expert but my understanding would be that the first would be faster as using subqueries tends to be slower.\n\nHaven't said this, each database is a world on its own and the best thing would be to test each of the queries on both databases to know what works best because, yes, ordering is slow\n\nr937\n\u2014\n2014-05-26T11:43:27Z \u2014\n#15\n\nmolona said:\n\n... because, yes, ordering is slow\n\nso is scanning for max\n\ncydewaze\n\u2014\n2014-05-26T16:54:48Z \u2014\n#16\n\nr937 said:\n\nso is scanning for max\n\nMy problem is that I compare database functions to how I'd do the task myself.\n\nIf I had a stack of cards numbered 1 - 50, putting them in numeric order would take a certain amount of time. Picking the highest one would also require me to put them in order, then pick the top one (which is what I'd do with LIMIT 1) so from a human standpoint, they seem the same.\n\nI don't know how a database handles things though. It's obviously faster at math than I am!\n\nmolona\n\u2014\n2014-05-27T14:49:36Z \u2014\n#17\n\nr937 said:\n\nso is scanning for max\n\nOff Topic:\n\nSo is that really faster? Or being more generic... is a subquery faster than ordering? Yes, you can call me ignorant\n\nmolona\n\u2014\n2014-05-27T14:50:25Z \u2014\n#18\n\ncydewaze said:\n\nI don't know how a database handles things though. It's obviously faster at math than I am!\n\nOff Topic:\n\nBut only a little bit faster\n\nr937\n\u2014\n2014-05-27T15:24:51Z \u2014\n#19\n\nmolona said:\n\n... is a subquery faster than ordering?\n\nsuppose you have a table where some column has various values... like, say, a table of rides where each ride has a PK and also a column for the distance\n\nhow do you image MAX(dist) is found? wouldn't the engine have to go through all the rows somehow? i can see it examining all the rows and keeping a variable which it replaces every time it finds a larger value\n\nnow imagine you had to return only one row from a result set which is sorted... wouldn't it be easier, instead of sorting them all, simply to scan through and find the largest value, then return that row?\n\nwhat i'm saying is, we can speculate all we want about what's fast, and what's faster, but in the end, the optimizer decides how to do what you ask it to do, and it might not actually sort if it doesn't have to\n\nif you want to know what's fast and what's faster, there is only one way -- EXPLAIN"}
-{"text": "Xcode no long sees my iPad mini\n\nHi, only a a month or two ago, I was able to load my app to my Pad mini (iOS 9.3.5). Today, , I try to load an app, out of the blue, Xcode (8.1) no longer sees the iPad mini. Why is that and how can I fix it?\n\nReplies\n\nHi, only a a month or two ago, I was able to load my app to my Pad mini (iOS 9.3.5). Today, , I try to load an app, out of the blue, Xcode (8.1) no longer sees the iPad mini. Why is that and how can I fix it?\n\nTake a look at the first answer here... this is a fairly common problem. Xcode 8.1 is the latest Xcode made for iOS 10. So you may need to adjust your deploy target downwards, so that Xcode recognizes your device 9.3.5"}
-{"text": "In response to questions raised by EU data protection agencies, Google published a point-by-point response explaining how it is currently processing the 91,000 removal requests it has already received.\n\nWe scoured domain name resource DN Journal and put together a list of documented million-dollar, domain-only sales. Some have been squatted on for 20 years and have only recently traded hands.\n\nNot surprisingly, sex- and gambling-related domains are some of the biggest money makers.\n\nBelow, check out the most expensive domain names of all time.\n\nNote: Web businesses have other assets and are not domain-only sales, so they were not eligible for this list. For example, Insure.com was bought for $16 million as a fully-operating, profitable company. DN Journal reports only the domain names sold after 2003 because prior sales are not verified by credible sources.\n\nMM.com \u2014 $1,200,000\n\nImage credit:\nMM.com\n\nDate sold: July 2014\n\nMM.com was sold for $1.2 million through Sedo in July 2014. It was purchased by Hangzhou Duomai E-Commerce Co. Ltd, a company behind other domain names Game.com, JZ.com and 4.cn.\n\neBet.com \u2014 $1,350,000\n\nImage credit:\neBet.com\n\nDate sold: October 2013\n\nA man named Rick registered eBet.com in 1996 and held onto it until September, when he agreed to sell the domain.\n\n\"Network Solutions contacted me on August 29th with a $50,000 offer. I did not think anything of it, as I get these all the time,\" Rick wrote on his blog. \"I countered at $1.8M and went about my business. On September 3rd voila the buyer comes back at $1MM ... So I think, how to get that number where I can live with and at the same time they can live with. So I counter at $1.35MM and that was my final offer. I hear nothing until the following Friday. September 16th. They accept the offer!\"\n\n\"The winning bidder, Sig Solares (the CEO of Parked.com), wasted no time ponying up the $1,500,000 due, making that domain the first from the live auction that we have seen change hands.\"\n\nRussia.com \u2014 $1,500,000\n\nImage credit:\nstatigr.am/jenaschultz\n\nTandberg.com \u2014 $1,500,000\n\nImage credit:\nTandberg.com\n\nYear sold: 2007\n\n\"Tandberg Data, a leading global supplier and manufacturer of backup and archiving solutions, decided to take the cash offer for Tandberg.com from Tandberg, a leading global provider of visual communication products and services with dual headquarters in New York and Norway,\" The DN Journal wrote at the time of the sale.\n\nThe deal was actually completed in December 2006 but wasn't made public until early 2007.\n\nTicket.com \u2014 $1,525,000\n\nImage credit:\nTicket.com\n\nYear sold: 2009\n\nTicket.com raked in a lot of cash for Afternic.com when it was sold off in October 2009. BuyDomains brokered the transaction.\n\nSocial.com \u2014 $2,600,000\n\nCreditCards.com \u2014 $2,750,000\n\nImage credit:\nCreditCards.com\n\nYear sold: 2004\n\nClickSuccess L.P., a firm that sells financial tools and products online, purchased CreditCards.com in 2004. It was the biggest domain-only sale in years. Casino.com was part of a massive $5.5 million deal in 2003, but its sale included a number of other assets.\n\nVodka.com \u2014 $3,000,000\n\nSex.xxx \u2014 $3,000,000\n\nDate sold: June 2014\n\nSex.xxx is the most expensive .xxx domain name. In June it was sold for $3 million through ICM Registry. Barron Innovations bought it as part of a larger $5 million deal with ICM Registry that includes more than 40 keyword domain names.\n\nWhisky.com \u2014 $3,100,000\n\nImage credit:\nWhisky.com\n\nDate sold: March 2014\n\nWhisky.com was sold by Castello Cities Internet Network in a domain-only sale, and it was purchased by Michael Castello 19 years ago, in March 1995 when it cost nothing to obtain.\n\n\"I had the original registration in March of 1995, and I registered it for free,\" Castello wrote in DN Journal. \"I always liked Scotch whisky, but the real reason I registered Whisky.com was because of the Whisky a Go Go night club in Hollywood. I always enjoyed \u201cThe Whisky\u201d, with its musical heritage and scene where the likes of The Doors and Janis Joplin played. Years later, I even offered Whisky.com to the owner\u2019s son and he told me he didn\u2019t need it since they already registered WhiskyaGoGo.com. That rejection would prove to be good for me.\"\n\nMI.com \u2014 $3,600,000\n\nImage credit:\nMI.com\n\nDate sold: April 2014\n\nChina's Xiaomi purchased MI.com in the biggest domain sale so far in 2014 during a private sale. It's said to be the most expensive domain name purchased by a Chinese Internet company, and Xiaomi intends to use it to make its brand name easier to remember.\n\nIG.com \u2014 $4,700,000\n\nImage credit:\nIG.com\n\nDate sold: September 2013\n\nIgloo/NetNames helped sell IG.com for almost $5 million in September 2013. It was purchased by London's IG Group; it was previously owned by Brazil search engine iG.\n\nDiamond.com - $7,500,000\n\nPorn.com \u2014 $9,500,000\n\nImage credit:\nYoutube\n\nYear sold: 2007\n\nAt the time of its sale, Porn.com was the biggest all-cash transaction for a domain name and the second-largest domain sale behind Sex.com's million exit. Moniker helped sell the domain to MXN Limited.\n\nIn response to questions raised by EU data protection agencies, Google published a point-by-point response explaining how it is currently processing the 91,000 removal requests it has already received."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, September 4, 2012\n\nFirst Day of School!\n\nAfter a long and mostly great summer, school has resumed in our area! After all the back to school open houses, endless forms and packing snacks and a lunch the day has finally arrived. Everyone got going this morning at the right times and the boys made it to their respective schools. Alex wasn't too thrilled about getting his picture taken but other than that it went quite smoothly this morning!\n\nIs it just me or do Ryan's shoes look huge??\n\nThe grudging \"smile\"\n\nAnd of course I had to make a back to school project. There were several \"back to school\" themed challenges from this past week but I think I missed the deadline for all of them. Oh well....it was still fun to be stamping! I made a bunch of these back to school pencils that we gave out to the various teachers and office staff at both schools this morning. I think the adults need just as many \"good luck\" wishes as the kids do...maybe even more since the adults are totally out numbered at school! This is a variation of the owl themed back to school pencils I did last year.\n\nI punched the scallop circles from the new Core'dinations Early Espresso cardstock and then ran them through the Big Shot with the new Woodgrain embossing folder (Love it!). Then I added a punched circle from the Orchard Harvest DSP. I colored the acorn with More Mustard and Early Espresso markers and stamped it on Very Vanilla. Another circle punch and some Crumb Cake sponging. I hand trimmed the banner after stamping the sentiment and doing some more punching. I tied the whole tag to cello pencil back with Island Indigo baker's twine. Since the baker's twine is white I sponged some Crumb Cake ink on that too so it wouldn't be so stark against the Very Vanilla.\n\nThanks for looking! Did you stamp today?Stamps: Wonderfall, So Happy for You (retired)\n\n5 comments:\n\nSo glad that your morning went smoothly! Glad that the boys let you take their photos too - it's fun to look back at the end of the year and see how much they've grown! Great project, Amanda! I think I like this one even better than the owls! Have a good week, my friend :)\n\nGet used to the picture thing -- my son had a first day of school melt down (over what shirt to wear) and told me I could not take his photo - \"maybe you can get a 54th day of school picture\". Goota love the teen years! I got ready to leave and was walking out the door when he said \"aren't you going to take my picture\". You can't win. If you see me chugging an extra glass of wine at the next Stamp Club -- you will know why!!! Love those boys - they are getting so big.\n\nAbout Me\n\nI'm an at home mom to 2 boys, wife to an awesome husband who just goes with the flow when it comes to my hobby (or as he might call it- obsession!) and an Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator since 2009.\n\nCopyright Stuff\n\nThe content in this blog is my sole responsibility as an independent Stampin\u2019 Up! demonstrator and the use of and content of the classes, services, or products offered here are not endorsed by Stampin\u2019 Up! Stamp images copyright Stampin' Up and designs copyright Amanda Mertz unless otherwise noted. I am sharing on here for personal inspiration and gratification only and posts are not allowed to be copied for submission to contests, magazines etc. Thank you!"}
-{"text": "thenumberone : I agree. I mean this is really just making PETA look really dumb. I guess that they did this at the SMB 3 launch. I did not know PETA was even around then but I guess that they were. I have to say this is just really too far.\n\nStar Luigi 3rd place in the August 2011 VCS! I got 3rd place in the October 2010 VCS! 3DS friend code 1762-2680-4239 pm me yours Affected by 'Laziness'\n\nPosition: Member\nSince: 08-16-10\nLast Post: 1320 days\nLast Active: 1043 days\n\nYeah, this is complete bullcrap now, PETA is willing to take ANYTHING down if it has ANYTHING to do with dead animals, ANYTHING. That is more than bullcrap but I'm trying to keep family friendly here, so here is a Brentalfloss rant of this subject. Swears included.\n\nRoy KoopaWinner of The August VCS 2011 and December VCS 2013 Affected by 'Carpal Tunnel Syndrome'\n\nI don't care for brentalfloss, but love his rant against PETA for the article. Tt is true that some people will do anything to get attention for their insanely illogical beliefs --I'm looking at you, WBC. Unfortunately, brentalfloss's video is proof that they are getting their attention at the cost of everyone else's happiness.\n\nYou all are so unenlightened. As a child, I cried playing Super Mario 3 when I saw him skin that poor tanooki to wear his fur. I vomited when he did the same thing to a poor frog. From that day on, I have been against Mario with a deep hatred. He thinks it is cool to kill turtles. Those turtles look an awful lot like the near extinct species from the Galapagos Island, and nobody cares! I think this protest is a step in the right direction toward cleaning up the clear bad influence Mario has had on kids attitude toward animal abuse. Stop the mindless animal killing......... oh boy. PETA is really grasping at whatever they can now.\n\nIn order to stop this from happening, we need to ignore PETA. Sounds dumb when we can protest, but the more we acknowledge them, the more incentive they have of putting out more garbage like this. They are a different kind of troll in that they troll for a reason. All trolls feed off of responses so we need to move them away from this kind of stupidity\n\nFearow(A sometimes) Tactical Demoman\nAffected by 'Laziness'\n\nPosition: Member\nSince: 03-10-11\nLast Post: 291 days\nLast Active: 265 days"}
-{"text": "We're an independent, student-run newsroom.\n\nThe Daily Californian covers the city of Berkeley and the campus in unparalleled detail, all while training the future of the journalism industry.\nConsider making a donation to support the coverage that shapes the face of Berkeley.\n\nRelated Posts\n\nRather than screen \u201cHalloween\u201d for the millionth time, why not do something a little more spooky \u2014 dim the lights, and read a horror comic in eerie silence. The following selection of comics is filled with mostly independent titles and offers excellent, spine-tingling starting points for anyone looking to take a deep dive into the medium. So without further ado, here are four chilling tales of ghosts, demons and witches that will haunt your dreams (and one that probably won\u2019t).\n\n\u201cInfidel\u201d \u2014 written by Pornsak Pichetshote, art by Aaron Campbell\n\nIn this update of the haunted house trope, demons are spawned from hate. When a Muslim American woman moves into a new apartment building, the Islamophobia of neighbors both past and present \u2014 ranging from subtle microaggressions to outright vitriol \u2014 creates a legacy of hatred that fuels an endless parade of ghouls. Even though the comic loses some of its steam by the final issue, writer Pornsak Pichetshote\u2019s essential message of empathy remains intact, resulting in a story that\u2019s as necessary as it is terrifying. In fact, \u201cInfidel\u201d is the scariest comic on this list. Artist Aaron Campbell and colorist Jos\u00e9 Villarrubia utilize splash pages to create jump scares rivaling anything found in the movies \u2014 there\u2019s just no telling what horrors await as you turn the page. With a film adaptation already lined up, there\u2019s no better time to pick up a copy of \u201cInfidel.\u201d\n\n\u201cHex Wives\u201d #1 \u2014 written by Ben Blacker, art by Mirka Andolfo\n\nPrinted under DC Comics\u2019 mature label Vertigo, the debut issue of \u201cHex Wives\u201d offers a wickedly bloody tale of controlling men and the women who defy them. Opening in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts and ending in contemporary times, the comic shows how a coven of witches defeats a witch-hunting family over the course of several centuries. Artist Mirka Andolfo illustrates action with a dynamism that lends the issue a darkly gleeful sense of fun \u2014 that is, until the witches are backed into a corner, ending on a cliff-hanging tonal pivot that sets up a promising action-horror series. A fire quite literally burns in the background of the story, but it might be the patriarchy that\u2019s going up in smoke.\n\n\u201cWytches: Bad Egg\u201d \u2014 written by Scott Snyder, art by Jock\n\nFor a completely different, scarier take on witches than the one above, look no further than \u201cWytches: Bad Egg.\u201d In this one-off prequel issue to the hit 2015 horror comic, all-star writer Scott Snyder returns readers to the deep, dark lore of the \u201cWytches\u201d series. Here, we\u2019re introduced to a key player in 2019\u2019s second story arc, and we\u2019re given the backstory to an intriguing character from the original. On top of it all, Snyder plunges us deeper into the mythology of the series. Of course, it wouldn\u2019t be \u201cWytches\u201d if artist Jock and colorist Matt Hollingsworth didn\u2019t return. The trademark art style of the series \u2014 featuring splotches of color that evoke mood and mimic droplets of tinctures and potions \u2014 remains as chilling as ever. With the series\u2019s second arc on the horizon, fans have much to be excited (and spooked) about.\n\n\u201cOutcast\u201d \u2014 written by Robert Kirkman, art by Paul Azaceta\n\nRobert Kirkman is best known for writing the long-running \u201cThe Walking Dead,\u201d but he might\u2019ve outdone himself on \u201cOutcast.\u201d The comic draws easy comparisons to \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d with its focus on a demon-fighting duo, but the series is set apart by its probing of the characters\u2019 psychologies. And while Kirkman (whose dialogue is elevated by inspired lettering from Rus Wooton) might be the main draw, \u201cOutcast\u201d is rendered truly terrifying by artist Paul Azaceta and colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser. Their artwork allows evil to hide in the comic\u2019s shadows, making each panel somewhat sinister. The comic\u2019s scares are certainly effective, and while they might keep you awake, it\u2019s more likely that you\u2019ll simply be turning pages well into the night.\n\n\u201cSheets\u201d \u2014 written and illustrated by Brenna Thummler\n\nYou might want to chase the considerable scares of the previous comics with the wholesomeness of \u201cSheets.\u201d Brenna Thummler\u2019s young adult graphic novel focuses on Marjorie, a youngster grappling with grief, and Wendell, the ghost who hangs around her laundromat. Both are misfits in desperate need of a friend. While Thummler\u2019s plotting is definitely targeted toward a younger crowd, her art makes \u201cSheets\u201d worth seeking out, as she renders a world of pastel colors, buoyed by rich splash pages. The comic \u2014 heartfelt and sincere \u2014 is best read with a big bag of candy by your side."}
-{"text": "Monday, April 19, 2010\n\nThe Dust Is Settling!\n\nBoy! I'm telling you we haven't stopped since we got home from Texas! Last week we went to Iowa! I got a truck load of goodies! We are unloading the truck today I will take some pictures!\n\nOf course Sharon of Sweet Repose was our guide! We had a blast I have never laughed so much in my whole life! And the weather was fabulous, I felt like I was on vacation! We traveled over 300 miles on our shopping trip while in Iowa!\n\nHey Theresa!!! Oh My Gosh, that pile of ironstone makes me squeal, and what on earth is that massive brass(?) contraption on the table at Cross Creek? I love Barb, but she doesn't show enough inside photos of her store, I'm going to have to go beg her to do it, these are just fabulous! Hope you're rested up by now!xoxo,Debra\n\nFind Me Here\n\nI love to decorate! I love anything that has old crusty paint that is peeling and flaking off! I love architectural salvage! And last but not least I love RUST! I enjoy taking a piece of junk and turning it into something useful."}
-{"text": "How You Should Show Gratitude, Based On Your Zodiac Sign\n\nThey say you should never miss an opportunity to tell someone that you love them, but I\u2019m here to suggest that perhaps the same rule of thumb goes for telling someone that you\u2019re grateful for them. It\u2019s easy to take it for granted when your closest friends and family members go out of their way to help you out \u2014 or when they\u2019re simply awesome day in and day out \u2014 but let\u2019s commit to not taking it for granted anymore, shall we? Appreciation comes in many forms, of course, so I\u2019m here to give you some advice on how to show gratitude, based on your zodiac sign.\n\nWhile I can make no guarantees that my suggested method for your sign is the absolute ideal way for you to demonstrate your thanks, I can tell you that I\u2019ve given it my very best shot with the help of AstroStyle \u2014 and I can also say quite confidently that you really can\u2019t go wrong any time you make even the smallest effort to say \u201cthank you!\u201d If the sign-specific idea below doesn\u2019t feel quite right for you, give another one a try! After all, is it possible to be too grateful? I think not! There\u2019s no such thing as being \u201cextra\u201d here, people.\n\nAries\n\nYou love an adventure, Aries, and you express yourself especially well through grand gestures. Plan a special night out for the friend or loved one you\u2019re feeling grateful for. It doesn\u2019t need to be anything expensive or extravagant \u2014 just a few hours of intentional quality time that give you the opportunity to show your appreciation for that important person. As an added bonus, you\u2019ll get to join in on the fun too\u2026 and I know you love that.\n\nTaurus\n\nYou appreciate the finer things \u2014 and that includes a good meal. Share your love of delicious food with someone who matters to you by preparing a low-key dinner at your house for them. There will be no doubt that you\u2019re grateful for the role they play in your life when you put a homemade meal on the table, even if your cooking skills are only so-so.\n\nGemini\n\nPut that stellar wit to good use with a DIY thank you card that plays to your strengths: humor and a little bit of mischief. Avoid being too sarcastic \u2014 you are trying to show your gratitude here \u2014 but don\u2019t be afraid to make the recipient laugh either. Your crazy sense of humor is probably part of what keeps them sticking around!\n\nCancer\n\nSometimes, showing someone that you\u2019re thankful is as easy as, well, saying \u201cthank you!\u201d Cancer, you\u2019re compassionate and nurturing, so your efforts to make this a really meaningful conversation shouldn\u2019t go unnoticed as long as you speak from the heart.\n\nLeo\n\nYou have a knack for giving (and receiving) gifts, Leo. Find the perfect gift \u2014 or turn several of them into a gift basket \u2014 to show your gratitude.\n\nVirgo\n\nVirgos can\u2019t help but look for opportunities to help out. Why not capitalize on this natural instinct to prove your thanks? The person you want to thank most definitely has something they need help with \u2014 a task that needs to be done at home, an annoying errand that needs to be run, a dinner that needs to be organized. Stepping in to help will show them that you have their back as much as they\u2019ve had yours.\n\nLibra\n\nLibras are known for their sincerity and charm, so I have a feeling that you\u2019re an excellent letter writer. Put pen to paper with a heartfelt letter to someone who\u2019s made a difference in your life.\n\nScorpio\n\nYou have a thing for one-of-a-kind items and a natural talent for making things. Express your gratitude in a DIY fashion with a hand-decorated picture frame, a batch of your grandmother\u2019s famous cookies, or a plate that you painted at the local pottery place.\n\nSagittarius\n\nYou love a touching, inspirational story, so find a good article or short story online and send it to someone who\u2019s made a difference in your life. Bonus points if you can find a tale that\u2019s reflective of what that person has done for you IRL.\n\nCapricorn\n\nCapricorn, quality time is likely one of your love languages. Pay that love for QT forward by setting aside uninterrupted time with the someone you owe a little extra gratitude. Take a walk, grab a casual dinner, and (most importantly) put your phone down!\n\nAquarius\n\nIt may sound simple, Aquarius, but a big smile coming from you is really going to make a person feel appreciated. Be sure you\u2019re letting your attitude of gratitude show on your face!\n\nPisces\n\nTake a picture of you and the person in question and give it to them framed as a gift. You love a meaningful photo, and a special picture is bound to communicate your appreciation in a tangible, timeless way."}
-{"text": "Steps\n\nWhen ready to grill, lightly oil grill rack. Place patties on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium coals. Cook 8 to 10 minutes or until burgers are no longer pink in center, turning once.\n\nExpert Tips\n\nTo broil patties, place on sprayed broiler pan; broil 4 to 6 inches from heat using times above as a guide, turning once."}
-{"text": "Searching for the right balance between the highs and lows of diabetes\n\nLiquid Splenda? A little goes a long way.\n\nI was contacted recently regarding by a PR person asking if I\u2019d like to try a sample of a new Splenda product: Splenda\u00ae Zero\u2122 Liquid Sweetener.\nThis is liquid Splenda. In case you didn\u2019t know, I\u2019m a Splenda fan, and when approached, I thought it would be fun to try this out. The idea is that this is Splenda\u2019s formula, just in liquid form.\n\nTo set the table (no pun intended), Splenda is sucralose. It\u2019s what goes into Coke Zero, which I really like. Another popular artificial sweetener is aspartame, which is what\u2019s used in Diet Coke. And there\u2019s your difference.\n\nUp to now, we\u2019ve only seen Splenda in granular form in the marketplace, and that\u2019s been okay, because it still works in my morning coffee. How does liquid Splenda perform?\n\nVery well, and very sweet (no pun intended). I mean, a little of this stuff goes a long, long way.\n\nWhen I received my sample in the mail, I was surprised at how small the bottle was (1.68 fluid ounces), and I reached out to my contact at the PR firm that arranged the review and I asked whether the size I received was the actual retail size, or if it would be bigger. The answer was yes, what I received is the retail size, and it will sell for around $4.99 US.\n\nTasting it in my coffee, I understand why the bottle is so small. It packs quite the sweet punch. Ordinarily, a semi-heaping teaspoon of granular Splenda is what I\u2019ll use in a typical cup of coffee. Or two packs of the stuff you see in a restaurant. In liquid form, that equates to one squirt of the bottle. More than that, and you really get extra sweetness.\n\nI\u2019m told that the new Splenda will go well in recipes, and I can\u2019t wait to try it in my next batch of cornbread. I know, sweet cornbread. I\u2019m one of those people. It\u2019s the little something extra I go for when I\u2019m enjoying barbeque, especially. Anyway, personal tastes aside, I can see this as something I might have in my cupboard for cooking. Not to replace sugar in things like pies, necessarily, but in things where I just need a little bump of sweetness, without the high glycemic boost that sugar brings. I suspect if you\u2019re used to carrying a purse around every day, you could pack this little thing away and have instant artificial sweetness as close as your handbag.\n\nIf I were a thumbs-up or thumbs-down guy, I\u2019d give this a thumbs up. Easy to figure out, still sugar free, the price isn\u2019t crazy high. I hear it should be in your local store soon. Splenda\u00ae Zero\u2122 Liquid Sweetener.\n\nI was given a free sample of Splenda\u00ae Zero\u2122 Liquid Sweetener to try at home. I not compensated in any way for my take on it, which is absolutely my view and cannot be bought with a little bottle of liquid sweetener. All opinions are my own.\n\nSo is \u201csquirting\u201d the way to measure it? When I started reading, I realized this isn\u2019t something you could pour in your coffee like milk. If the sweetness is that concentrated, the measurement had better be precise.\n\nI generally use one packet of the yellow stuff in my coffee (or one blue, or as a last-resort, half a pink\u2026. Or one and a half yellow for Starbucks to overpower the bitterness). My point is: my biggest concern from reading this is how much flexibility I have in portion control. If one squirt is too sweet, then what?\n\nThis sounds like another liquid sucralose product sold on the web that I\u2019ve purchased for about five or six years now. The difference is the dosage, it sounds like. For the kind that I buy, one drop equals a teaspoon of Splenda or sugar. A squirt of it would make something so sweet as to be inedible I think, but it sounds like Splenda\u2019s version is possibly less concentrated?\n\nA Disclaimer\n\nI have no medical training. If you consider anything written here as medical, legal, financial, or any other kind of advice, you\u2019re out of your mind. Please speak to a learned professional before making any changes that might affect your health. Any of the original content found on this site is my property and should not be reproduced, copied, or otherwise used without the author\u2019s expressed written consent."}
-{"text": "Software Engineer (Web Developer)\n\nWelcome to a company where your ideas are counted, your determination create a new world and your talent and hard-works are rewarded. We are not for all but looking for individuals who meet the following job descriptions and specifications. If you feel you meet these requirements and have the quality & dream to be the market leader in your professional field please feel free to apply.\n\nOur aim is to create a brand in the world as center of excellence by recruiting and facilitating only the competent people."}
-{"text": "Pinballz has over 100 new and classic arcade games, including most of the top 25 rated games of all time. You can also enjoy mini bowling, laser mazes, bumper cars and other attractions. Food and drink options are available at their full restaurant \u2013 Mikki\u2019s Tavern & Wine Bar. Feel free to come earlier to enjoy their Happy Hour (4-7pm) ($1 off draft beer, wine, well drinks, and apps).\n\nLook for us when you arrive so we can get the special group rate: $10 for $12 in game credits OR $20 for $25 in game credits.\n\nPlease also let us know if you need a ride from downtown.\n\nWho will win at basketball? Who will drift into first place at go kart racing? And who will be the DDR champion? Come join us to find out."}
-{"text": "tacogirl\n\nThursday, January 18, 2007\n\nAsshole I.T. guys!\n\nWell, now it looks like I am blocked from all fucking blogspot websites. Apparently I can still get on this to type a blog but all urls with blogspot in the addy have now been blocked. So, I can update my blog, but not look at it! WTF??? Also, now I can not keep up with anyone elses. Do the dickheads in Harrisburg actually expect me to work all fucking day? I mean come on! I need entertainment too.\n\nTuesday, September 19, 2006\n\nI hate this...\n\nI'm not sure if I want to get better right now. I am really struggling it and really fighting it tooth and nail. It is such an internal battle. I have put on some weight which was necessary yet which sent me back over the edge. I don't know how much because I did stick to the not having a scale thing but it is at least a few pounds. My pants got tight and some of them don't fit and I couldn't handle it. I had gone from daily vomiting to maybe weekly, well I'm back up to daily. I just lost my desire to fight this right now. I haven't told my husband that I'm puking again. I don't want his support. I don't want to be married to him anymore either. I totally hate him right now. He is giving me a hassle about going back to school next week, because he doesn't want me to be away from home at night. Well, fuck him this is the first thing I am doing for MYSELF in forever and I am doing it, damn it.I feel so alone yet I am basically making myself suffer alone by isolating myself. This is a sneaky, sucky disease.I am seeing my counselor once a week of course but blowing off the nutritionist. I just can't handle the whole meal plan-eating thing right now. I know I am only in the beginning stages of recovery and this is a normal stage but I still feel so hopeless.My medication has been upped a few times and even though I don't have much of an appetite or desire to binge I still want to throw up my food. I still want to be skinny. I can't handle this at all...\n\nWednesday, August 30, 2006\n\nShe was Right\n\nWell, it was too good to be true. My streak of good behavior that is...I am really struggling right now. On Sunday I couldn't handle lunch even though it was a freaking ham sandwich. So, I threw it up. Dumb move! That just makes each meal harder and throws you right back into the cycle. Now it's Wednesday and I've thrown up every day since. Not dinner, but some time during the day. I just feel so fat and disgusting. It's driving me insane to not know what I weigh yet I know it's important to my recovery to not know. Plus I threw out my scale so I can't weigh myself.I know logically that I am not fat since I wear a fucking size two. But, this disorder fucks with your mind. I also know logically that you do not balloon overnight or from eating dinners for one week, but yet I am expecting it to occur. Why oh why did I let myself do this to myself???When I think back to my pre-eating disorder days...I should have just kept my slightly bigger but never overweight body. The body that ate what it wanted and never worried about every calorie and fat gram. The body that stopped when it was full and wasn't obsessed with food every waking moment. What the fuck happened to me?\n\nThursday, August 24, 2006\n\nTherapy Today\n\nWell today is day five of being binge/purge free. Wow! What a success. LOL. No really, it is.Anyway, I had my therapy appointment today and she told me that I should feel proud of myself but that I needed to realize that I will throw up again. Not what I wanted to hear. I want to be CURED, not slipping and sliding through this recovery PROCESS for years on end. Oh well. She doesn't want me to get too confident and then become devastated when I do slide. Well, at this point I would prefer to remain optimistic. She knows better than I however.So, I just had to come on here and bitch about that really quick. I better get back to work.\n\nMonday, August 21, 2006\n\nTopamax Salvation\n\nUm, yeah, so I started the um, what's it called? Um, that's right \"dope-a-max\". And now I am like borderline retarded. I guess that is a small price to pay for not wanting to throw up, right?So far the side effects are pretty shitty, but ANYTHING is tolerable if the drug keeps me from binging food and or throwing up!\n\nI have horrendous insomnia. I mean it is BAD. Also, I can't drink my diet pepsi, flavored water or beer. It all tastes like ass. It's weird, other people have described it as everything tasting flat but for me it is more like it tastes extra spicy. I can't describe it really. I dunno. It sucks though. I only like plain water. And I always hated plain water. Oh, I can also handle Kahlua and milk (haha). I also have really weird stomach pains. But maybe that is from actually digesting food for once.\n\nLets' see, what else? I just feel lost. I'm glad I am a state worker and don't have much of a real job to do because boy would I be in trouble. Wow. I am constantly thirsty and peeing about 100 times per day. Lets' see what I accomplished at work today...\n\nGot in late because I had to get blood work.Logged in to my computer. Went pee.Bitched about my friend's bridal shower we are planning and how fucking cheap everyone is being. Went pee.Took a nice brisk 30 minute walk on my 15 minute break. (haha) Went pee.Sat at my desk for a while and looked up Topamax side effects. Checked email, etc. Went pee.Left work for a long lunch to meet with my nutritionist. Went pee there. Went pee when I got back.Came back and took my real lunch and went pee.Met with my boss briefly, went pee.Met with two of my workers who had questions, went pee.Blogged, now I have to go pee again!\n\nFriday, August 18, 2006\n\nIt's all out there...\n\nWell, I had my therapist appointment yesterday and we focused on my need to tell my husband everything. I need to stop the lies and secretiveness etc. Then, after that I had the other visit for a medication evaluation. That nurse practitioner appointment was weird. The woman took a full mental health history. I disclosed everything and maybe I should not have. Because then when she asked me if I had guns in the house I said yes and she like freaked on me. She's like \"do you have access to them? Can I call your husband now and make sure you don't have access to them for awhile?\" I was like \"Hell no you can't call him. He doesn't know any of this stuff.\" So, we battled back and forth on that issue and I almost got up and walked out. Finally she told me that she had a patient commit suicide so they have to be very cautious now. I was like, look lady, I am not going to kill myself with a hunting rifle, ok? I am here for my eating disorder because I want to stop killing myself. So, eventually she moved on from that. But, it freaked me out. I mean you can almost see how people would lie about shit because she has the power to probably send police to my house and take my guns and institutionalize me or some shit like that!\n\nSo anyway she prescribed Topamax for me which is supposed to stop the binging/purging cycle. Apparently it is a migraine medication that has also proven useful for the treatment of eating disorders. It helps suppress the appetite which should turn off the binging switch. It lessons the desire to purge and also kills your taste for alcohol. That's good too because I am something of an alkie as well. I did a lot of research on it though and it kind of freaks me out. It is supposed to have a high rate of cognitive side effects which turns you into some kind of retard. But, if it stops the eating problem I guess it is worth it. She is starting me out on a very low dose and will closely monitor me on it.\n\nSo, on to the show down...Well, it wasn't even a show down! My husband was asking me about the appointment and I told him that I had something else to tell him but that he would have to promise me something first. (My therapist told me to use this approach) I told him that he must promise to never use what I'm about to reveal against me in anger and to never tell anyone else about it. He agreed and I told him EVERYTHING. I still can't believe I did it. I can't believe his reaction either. He didn't get mad or anything. He cried. He feels stupid for not noticing what I've been doing. He blames himself a lot. He is mad at me for hiding things and the whole disorder for so long, but that is understandable. He is going to support me as best he can. He actually knows a lot about the disorder as I guess one of his old friends used to have it too. So, wow, what a relief. I can't believe it is all out in the open! Now, I can't use him as an excuse not to recover. He will help me by letting me eat my diet food until I feel safe enough to eat real food again. Of course I am sure he will be watching me like a hawk too. That is scary but we will handle that one day at a time. I am so amazed.\n\nThursday, August 17, 2006\n\nMy Great Support System\n\nSo, I had a lovely night...My therapist referred me to a nurse practitioner with prescription writing privileges. She specializes in treating eating disorders. So, I made an appointment with her. Well, a few weeks ago I got the paperwork in the mail. Of course my husband questioned me about it. I just blew it off and said it was junk mail.\n\nWell, apparently the idiots called my house yesterday to confirm today's appointment. So, my husband asked me about it and I lied again. I just told him I was seeking help for my depression. He hit the roof. He is pissed at me for sneaking around behind his back. That is understandable. However, I am not ready to tell him about my eating disorder. I can't handle that yet. And I don't think I will ever be ready after last night.\n\nYou see I have battled with depression most of my life. My husband doesn't know how to handle it. I have seen a therapist before and been on medication. Well, I always stopped the treatment because my husband doesn't like me going to therapy. He thinks it is for wackos (which duh, I am!) and he doesn't want me on medication. He said it makes me a zombie and ruins my sex drive. So, basically he doesn't think I should get help. He just thinks I need to get over it without help. So, I said to him that of course I was hiding it based on his past reactions to my seeking help. Then he said I need to stop blaming him for my sneakiness. Whatever.\n\nThen he told me that he can't handle my daughter anymore either. He is sick of dealing with her and sick of my problems. He wants to sell the house and get a divorce. I just said that I thought that was for the best too and he flipped even more. I guess I was supposed to beg and plead for him to stay? Yeah, whatever. He also said he will take our son with him. In his fucking dreams.\n\nThen this morning when I got up he was still there. He usually leaves for work before I even get up. He told me he wasn't going to go to work because he was going to see an attorney. So, I said I would call a realtor and then cancel our trips. We were supposed to go to Vegas for his 40th birthday in October and our annual St. Thomas trip is booked for February. Then, he got mad again. I guess he is allowed to threaten divorce but I am not allowed to follow through with it?\n\nHow the fuck am I supposed to get better when I have a husband like him? I know I can't blame him for my problems. I am responsible for me. But, it is hard when I developed my eating disorder while being with him. I didn't have it before. According to my therapist eating disorders are not about food. They are a coping mechanism usually for when you feel so out of control with your life that you need something you can control. Then it spirals out of control too and you are really fucked. Then how do you try to recover when you have this kind of man \"supporting\" you? It's like pissing against the wind...\n\nSo, anyway I am seeing my therapist at lunch time today (and yep that is a secret too). Then I have the medication evaluation at 1:30. So, I will go on medication if she wants me too. Fuck my husband anyway."}
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-{"text": "\u201cNever thought I\u2019d be singing THIS song,\u201d the actor wrote on Monday. And \u201cJesse Katsopolis\u201d (a.k.a. @jesseandtheripp) has also been Tweeting in anticipation of the TV reunion.\n\n\u201cHave to dig this vest out of storage \u2013 may need soon,\u201d Katsopolis Tweeted Monday with a vintage photo of himself in a black leather vest, replete with era-appropriate white sneakers. (The Twitter feed also features a trove of photos from the era, including outtakes from the \u201cForever\u201d video, and hints at another performance as well.)\n\nStamos, who\u2019s currently starring opposite Callie Thorne on USA\u2019s Necessary Roughness, has often said he\u2019s grateful for the sitcom role that he\u2019s still known for today, and clearly he\u2019s making good on that assertion."}
-{"text": "A gift of Life\n\nItalian volunteers never cease to amaze students of Andiamo Educations Institutions (AEI) with their gifts. After Franco Fiorina completed building girl\u2019s hostel, with the support of OLTRE CONFINE ONLUS, Alberto Sidio came up with his Zitsime team to drill a borehole for male students. As if this is not enough, Alberto is at it again. This time, he is drilling another borehole for female students in the campus stormed the campus.\n\nAlberto and Zitsime team drilling a borehole at girls hostel\n\nAlberto and his team started drilling the borehole on 7 May, three days after the completion of the males\u2019 borehole.\n\nThe two boreholes are expected to ease water problems at the campus. Once this female borehole is completed, AEI campus only will have four water sources. What a gift!\n\nZitsime team has been repairing and drilling boreholes in villages around Balaka and it operates under social development, one of the pillars of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT).\n\nITALIAN VERSION\n\nABOUT US\n\nIn southern Malawi, and precisely in Balaka, Father Mario Pacifici, Monfort missionary, arrived here thirty five years ago and founded with Cesare Castelli the \"Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust\" which now has nearly 700 workers.\nThe Cooperative operates within four areas of development:\n\nPeople find jobs in the 33 activities of Andiamo, including health care, education, vocational training, construction, agriculture, mechanics, sports, and last but not the musical one.\nPrecisely in this context born the Alleluya Band, a band created in 1978 as a church choir and now became the point of musical reference throughout Malawi.\nOur representative in Italy is Orizzonte Malawi onlus, that use the valuable collaboration of many associations:"}
-{"text": "Mass Market Paperback | March 11, 2014\n\nPricing and Purchase Info\n\nabout\n\nA Twilight, Texas Novella\n\nValentine's Day can be a real disaster \u2026 even in a town like Twilight, Texas!\n\nThese days, event planner Sesty Snow is no fan of hearts, flowers, or goo-goo eyes over dinner. She's learned to be in control of her life and her emotions. Still, running Twilight's annual Valentine's Day bachelor auction is right up her alley\u2014until her high school sweetheart zooms back into town. He's still heart-stoppingly handsome, but it's clear he hasn't changed the daredevil ways that put the brakes on their first love.\n\nInjured NASCAR driver Josh Langtree isn't up for being anyone's sweetheart these days either. He's just looking for a place to lick his wounds \u2026 until a misunderstanding lands him doing community service in Sesty's auction. Soon he finds himself standing in front of hundreds of screaming women\u2014wearing a tux and a smile. And then there's Sesty\u2014looking as tempting as ever.\n\nHe says he's changed, and the sparks between them are flying fast and furious, but can Sesty trust Josh to take the wheel and drive her into the future she never dreamed possible?\n\nAbout The Author\n\nNew York TimesandUSA Todaybestselling author Lori Wilde has sold seventy-eight works of fiction to four major New York publishing houses. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensic nursing from Kaplan University. She is a member of the International Association of Forensic Nur..."}
-{"text": "Man Who First Predicted Greek Bank Deposits Would Be Stolen Makes Second Frightening Prediction\n\nToday the man who first predicted Greek bank deposits would be stolen just issued a second frightening prediction to King World News. This interview takes a second trip down the rabbit hole of Western government lies, deception, theft and eventual collapse.\n\nJames Turk: \"The 4-day Easter holiday in Western Europe has come and gone without an ECB imposed bail-in on Greek bank depositors, Eric. Greece managed to pay its end of March obligations, but the country is still in a state of suspension. As we discussed in last week\u2019s interview, the real test is yet to come.\n\nTwo Greek government Treasury bills totaling \u20ac2.4 billion mature on April 14 and April 17. But before then, Greece needs to repay \u20ac450 million to the IMF on April 9\u2026.\n\nContinue reading the James Turk interview below\u2026\n\nAdvertisement\n\nTo hear what billionaire Eric Sprott & Rick Rule are doing with their own\nmoney and which $7 billion company John Embry &\nDr. Marc Faber overseeclick on the logo:\n\n\"It is noteworthy that the following day, April 10, Greece begins its 4-day Easter holiday, which the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates one week later than the rest of Europe. This 4-day national holiday is wedged in between these critical payment dates, so it becomes the likely period to expect the bail-in of Greek depositors.\n\nECB Now Circling Greek Bank Deposits\n\nThe Greek government has made it clear that it has nearly run out of money. Just as worrisome, the ECB\u2019s total Greek credit exposure continues to approach total deposits in Greek banks as the bank-run there continues. Following the blueprint it established in Cyprus, the ECB will not allow its credit exposure to Greece to exceed the total deposits in Greek banks, and the ECB is now circling these remaining deposits like a hawk.\n\nFor obvious political reasons, the ECB cannot turn to the rest of Europe to ask it to repay the ECB\u2019s loans to Greece. It is not an option. Nor is there any realistic possibility that the ECB can be repaid from Greek sources. The Greek government and that country\u2019s banks do not have the financial capacity to repay the money they owe to the ECB or its other creditors, just like the Cypriot government and banks did not have the financial capacity to repay their debts.\n\nECB Getting Ready To Steal Greek Bank Deposits\n\nOther than some heaven-sent money from Germany or another unlikely source, which is not likely, a bail-in is the ECB\u2019s only other option to get its money back. So the ECB will confiscate the money on deposit in Greek banks to repay its loans to Greece, repeating what the ECB did in Cyprus when it \u201cbailed-in\u201d to the ECB\u2019s coffers the money of bank depositors in that country in order to repay the loans the ECB had extended to Cypriot banks.\n\nSecond Frightening Prediction \u2013 ECB Has A License To Steal And Intends To Do It\n\nWe need to keep in mind, Eric, the central planners in Europe told us what they would do if other countries fell into the same circumstances as Cyprus. After that country's collapse two years ago, the Cyprus bail-in became the blueprint for other eurozone members that got themselves into dire straits. If their economies were struggling as a consequence of their huge, unmanageable debt burdens, particularly government debt that has accumulated to eye-watering heights because of uncontrolled government spending, the ECB would impose a bail-in.\n\nIMF, Troika And Mainstream Media Coverup\n\nThe Greek government and the banks have kept their doors open simply because of the \u201cextend-and-pretend\u201d policy imposed on Greece by the EU, IMF and ECB \u2013 the so-called \u201ctroika\u201d. By granting new loans and mixing in some cheerleading that was broadcast in the mainstream media, the troika hoped that they would convince people both in and out of Greece that the Greek government and its banks were solvent.\n\nDespite Coverup, Greek Bank Runs Accelerating\n\nIt didn\u2019t work, and money continues to flow out of the Greek banking system, which so far has stayed afloat because it is being backstopped by the ECB. It is this throwing good money after bad that has put the ECB in its current predicament. So if the ECB is not going to take a loss on its loans, it needs to pull the plug soon \u2013 before its credit exposure to Greece becomes greater than the amount of deposits in Greek banks.\n\nTroika Increasingly Desperate As Endgame Approaches\n\nThe troika is pulling out all the stops to keep Greece on a short leash, Eric. As they have done before, these central planners are now meddling in internal Greek politics, which is both a sign of their desperation and also that we are rapidly approaching the endgame.\n\nThey are putting prime minister Alexis Tsipras to a test. The troika is holding his feet to the fire by forcing him to make a decision on where his loyalties are. Are they self-serving so that he can remain prime minister, or will he serve the interests of the Greek people who brought his party to power?\n\nWill Tsipras Betray The Greek People?\n\nWhat\u2019s happening behind the scenes is that the central planners in Brussels and the ECB are trying to change the Greek political structure. They believe that Mr. Tsipras is more interested in being Greek prime minister than serving the will of the people who brought his party to power.\n\nSo the eurocrats are trying to get Mr. Tsipras to jettison the far-left of his governing Syriza party and form a new coalition government with parties closer to the center of the political spectrum, which means those parties willing to bend to troika demands and make concessions to eurozone authorities as the Greek government\u2019s cash squeeze worsens.\n\nTsipras Meeting With Putin\n\nThe eurocrats are outwardly hostile to elements of Mr Tsipras\u2019s anti-austerity Syriza party, and they are not willing to listen to his requests for help to undo mistakes made by past Greek governments. So the hardline taken by the eurocrats is having unintended consequences, with Mr Tsipras going to visit Mr. Putin on Wednesday.\n\nGold And Silver Respond With Price Surge\n\nThere is no doubt that the central planners and ECB partisans are putting Greece through the ringer, and the realization that an explosion is imminent is lighting a fire under gold and silver. Friday\u2019s horrific unemployment report is also helping the precious metals as the US economy continues to weaken. The bottom line, Eric, is that the tide is turning in favor of gold and silver. ***ALSO JUST RELEASED: David Stockman \u2013 Yes, Western Governments Do Plan To Steal Money As The Financial System CollapsesCLICK HERE."}
-{"text": "NASA discovers new gully on Mars\n\nA NASA spacecraft has spotted a big gully on Mars, a feature that appears to have formed only within the last three years.\n\nThe powerful HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) imaged the channel, which is found on the slope of a crater wall in the Red Planet's mid-southern latitudes, on May 25, 2013. The feature was not present in HiRISE photos of the area taken on Nov. 5, 2010. NASA unveiled the image on Wednesday.\n\nWhile the Mars gully looks a lot like river channels here on Earth, it likely was not carved out by flowing water, NASA officials said.\n\n\"The dates of the images are more than a full Martian year apart, so the observations did not pin down the Martian season of the activity at this site,\" officials wrote in a description of the gully image on Wednesday.\n\nBut, they added, \"before-and-after HiRISE pairs of similar activity at other sites demonstrate that this type of activity generally occurs in winter, at temperatures so cold that carbon dioxide, rather than water, is likely to play the key role.\"\n\nHowever, MRO has observed other Martian features that do seem associated with liquid water \u2014 dark streaks known as recurring slope lineae.\n\nRSL lines snake down crater walls and other slopes during warm weather on the Red Planet, and some researchers think they're caused by briny water that contains an iron-based antifreeze. Direct evidence of flowing water at RSL sites, however, remains elusive.\n\nIf water does flow across the surface of present-day Mars from time to time, the planet would be a likelier bet to host life as we know it. Here on Earth, life teems pretty much anywhere liquid water exists.\n\nAncient Mars was much more hospitable to life. For example, NASA's Curiosity rover discovered an ancient lake-and-stream system near its Red Planet landing site that could have supported microbial life billions of years ago."}
-{"text": "Contents\n\nI still pursue the idea that at some point I might be able to visit hashes in all municipalities of my home district. And Nehren was one of two municipalities which I hadn't been able to hash in yet. Simply because they are rather small, and it's quite rare a hash even falls there. So, dropping this one was out of the question.\nHowever, there were other obligations, but I could convince L. to detour through the hash. We went there by bike, easily found the hash, and documented it, watched sceptically by the neighbours."}
-{"text": "Job Details\n\nMonitor the emergence of overdue loans in theCompany\u2019s loan portfolio and Maintain excellent records of contact, recoverytransactions and progress of each overdue and written-off client in cooperationwith branch staff\n\nMaintain and contact identified defaultcustomers to effectively develop a payment plan that achieves either a debt paid in total or an agreedplanned and methodical payment plan\n\nImplement effectively the defined recovery planin cooperation with branch staff to achieve the set target\n\nBe responsible for the recovery of the assignedportfolio of overdue and written-off loans\n\nContribute to the review and improvement ofpolicy, procedures, guidelines, forms and other related documents regarding therecovery of overdue and written-off loans\n\nBuild and maintain good reputation andrelationship with all potential stakeholders, including local authorities,lawyers, the police, other public entities, other microfinance institutions andif possible also overdue and written-off clients.\n\nProvide effective reporting as and when required\n\nDevelop a positive working relationship with theothers in the company\n\nOther duties related with the position and thatmay be assigned from time to time by supervisor.\n\nCompany Description\n\nMega Leasing PLC. Is a financial leasing service provider established in 2013 and officially licensed by the National Bank of Cambodia in January 2014. The mission of Mega Leasing PLC. is to provide quick financial services to meet customer needs, especially on products for use and for businesses such as cars, motorbikes, electronics, household appliances, furniture and equipment for agriculture."}
-{"text": "Friday, December 9, 2011\n\nInstitutionalized Depravity: A Culture of Sex Predators, Their Advocates and Protectors\n\nBut whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.Matthew 18:6\n\n\"As for the rapists of children, if I had the resources, the wherewithal and the authority under the law, I'd personally hunt them down myself, one by one, and throw them in the deepest dungeon I could find, where they would never see the light of day --or harm another child-- again. But since I lack the ability to handle the situation the way I'd like to, the best I can do is expose any such perps who come to my attention, which includes any person who commits the criminal offense of being in possession of child pornography.\"\n\n--Barbara Hartwell, from Open Letter to Ex-FBI Agent Ted Gunderson: Report of Criminal Conspiracy and Racketeering\n\nIn my more than thirty years of investigative journalism, my main concern has been exposing --and more importantly stopping-- abuses and atrocities, especially by those who exploit/violate the most innocent and defenseless beings (animals and children) for profit and/or for their own twisted forms of gratification.\n\nBy my way of thinking, not only as a devout Christian, but also as someone who has been a fiercely protective mother (and now, grandmother), sexual abuse is absolutely the most hideous atrocity that can ever be perpetratedagainst a child. From my own investigations of many years; from my observations of the devastating effects of such abuse on some of the people who have been close to me; and from counseling abuse victims as a therapist and Christian minister, I can say with certainty that sexual abuse destroys lives. I've yet to encounter even one person who was able to fully recover from the sexual abuse he or she was subjected to. Not one. Sexual abuse of a child rips apart the fabric of his or her life in a relentless pattern of emotional trauma and horror. Far beyond the longterm psychological damages and traumas, it is nothing less than soul-shattering.\n\nThe purpose of this report is to encourage the reader to take a hard look at the prevailing attitudes (I will give a number of examples, which still, barely scratch the surface) of a culture which not only fails to prevent the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, but which actually blatantly encourages it. A culture inculcated with the 'values' of what I call 'Secular Humanist New Age Pop Psychology' --the moral relativism and social engineering which comprise the doctrines of devils, as opposed to the moral absolutes, the irrefutable laws of God, which comprise the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\n\nRather than taking a hard line against the rapists of children --seeing them clearly for the evildoers, the monsters, they are-- those with this secular humanist/New Age mindset coddle these criminals, protect them, and make excuses for them... \"Oh well, they were (or may have been) abused themselves....\"....\"Well, they were just 'born that way' and after all, everyone has a different 'sexual orientation'\"....\"We need to forgive them and treat them with compassion...\"\n\nThe hell with forgiveness and compassion for these evildoers! We need to fight for the rights and the protection of all children. We need to fight for justice. These loathsome criminals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, permanently taken out of circulation to guarantee they can never harm another child again. Period. Case closed.\n\nThe first step in addressing this horrific state of affairs is to acknowledge the unvarnished truth: the absolute EVIL which fuels this holocaust against children. There must be a ZERO TOLERANCE policy held by each and every individual, in every known instance of child abuse/exploitation; those who are responsible (legally and otherwise) for the children under their protection must take action to get the perpetrators off the streets, out of the school systems, out of positions where they wield any authority over children, and put them behind bars, where they belong!\n\n\"Pedophile\" is the term most commonly used to describe these criminals. I've never liked that word, as it is clearly euphemistic and misleading. It seems to place these villains in the same category as \"bibliophiles\" (book lovers), \"anglophiles\" (lovers of all things English), or \"philanthropists\" (lovers of mankind), and so on and so forth.....\n\nThe Greek root \"phile\" means \"love\". But to describe \"pedophiles\" as those who \"love\" children? Nothing could be further from the truth!\n\nThe truth is, pedophiles operate from a pathological compulsion to destroy children, to steal their innocence, to dominate and control them, all for their own sick, twisted form of sexual/ego gratification. At the deepest level, it's not really about sex, and it's most certainly not about any kind of love. Like all forms of evil, it's all about POWER OVER others, CONTROL of others, forcing others into submission, and the AGGRESSION of one being against another --especially against those who are unable to defend themselves, nor, in many cases, even to give voice to the horrors they endure at the hands of these vile rapists. Pedophiles are child rapists, the lowest scum of the earth, and should be recognized as such. Stop minimizing the crime, stop the coddling and the excuses and call them what they are: EVIL CHILD RAPISTS, a satanic menace to society and a blight on the the world. Raping children is not only a felony crime, it is a crime against nature and the worst of all abominations to God.\n\nAs for those who embrace the various forms of moral depravity which have permeated the culture, including by exploiting children, by making them into sex icons, by pandering to the perverse psycopathology of the predators; those who skirt the law with \"legal\" enterprises such as pornography (in any form), they should at the very least be shunned and exposed for the perverts and predators they are. Because ALL pornography is an abomination to God and ultimately a threat to the welfare of children. And although it is an exercise in futility to attempt to 'legislate' morality, it is certainly a moral imperative to denounce all activities of the godless perverts and predators (and their advocates) who are responsible for floating this nation down into the gutter on their rising tide of sewage.\n\nCertainly, anyone who is a true Christian (not only in name, but in real devotion to Christ and His Gospel) will take a stand against this EVIL and do all in his/her power to expunge it from the face of the earth.\n\nOUTRAGE IN CONNECTICUT\n\nIn the late 1980s and early '90s, I was living in Greenwich, Connecticut. At that time, I was producing/hosting radio (WGCH, Greenwich) and television (Cablevision of CT, Norwalk) programs which covered a variety of topics, including animal welfare/rights and humane education, as well as political and human rights issues. I was also an occasional contributor of newspaper editorials, including in the Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate.\n\nA friend (I'll call him Bill) who worked on the video crew for my TV show was briefly also employed at two different companies, one a video production enterprise, and the other a video rental/sales enterprise, both located in Stamford.\n\nI was unable to track down the names of the owners of the video production company (I was only told that they were a pair of lesbians), but here's the story, as told to me by Bill.\n\nMy friend was assigned one day to videotape a 'bachelor party'. But when Bill got to the location, he found that a stripper (prostitute) had been hired, and the clients expected him to videotape the sleazy goings-on. Disgusted, he refused, on moral grounds.\n\nWhen Bill told me about the incident with the stripper, I said, Good for you! As far as I am concerned, no decent, self-respecting woman would even consider marrying a man who would hire a stripper/prostitute (or allow his friends to hire one) to \"celebrate\" an upcoming marriage. Nor would any decent, self-respecting man be interested in such activities; rather, he would be giving thanks to God for the blessing of love and committment of his future wife and for the sacrament of holy matrimony. Yet this type of degenerate behavior has come to be considered so \"normal\" in the culture, that anyone who refuses (on principle and/or due to personal distaste for such depravity) to be a part of it, is made the object of derision and scorn.\n\nShortly after this incident, Bill was fired from his job at the video production company for his refusal to be involved in the ongoing sleaze.\n\nSubsequently, Bill took another part-time job at a video sales/rental shop. The owner of the business was a man named Bob Dorf. (Yes, this is his real name, and as far as I was able to ascertain, he is still in business.)\n\nBill told me that Mr. Bob Dorf had decided to start an advertising campaign to sell more videos. Dorf's scheme? To exploit some high school girls who worked at the store after school (or during summer vacation) by having them display themselves on the street in front of the store, scantily-clad in tight, lowcut leotards and fishnet stockings, handing out flyers to generate more business.\n\nOutraged (and knowing I would be too), Bill asked me what could be done to put a stop to this. I told Bill to get me a list of the names of all the girls who worked at the video store. I wrote a public letter of protest, exposing Dorf's exploitation of these underage girls and I sent it by post (there was no e-mail back then) to the parents of the girls, all from good families in Stamford or Greenwich.\n\nBottom line: Bob Dorf's advertising scheme was stopped dead in its tracks. The parents of these girls were as outraged as I was, and gave Mr. Dorf bloody hell. Dorf also lost several of his employees when the girls' parents refused to allow them to continue working for such a sleazebag.\n\nBut, believe it or not, it gets worse...\n\nI later found out that in addition to using teenage girls as sex objects to sell videos, Mr. Dorf had, among the stock carried in his store, not only a large selection of \"legal\" pornographic videos, but also child pornography!\n\nBy the time of this discovery, and due to the scandal involving the highschool girls, Bill, in complete disgust, had quit his job at the video company, but another employee at the store contacted Bill and told him that he had found evidence of this crime. Apparently, the secret stash of child pornography was uncovered during a routine inventory.\n\nAt this point, mad as hell, spitting bullets, I called the FBI. I told the agent I spoke to that based on the testimony of a former employee and another source (whose name I did not know) I had reason to believe that this \"businessman\", Bob Dorf, was engaged in the trafficking of child pornography. I told him that Dorf's business needed to be investigated.\n\nBut was anything ever done about this felony crime? Not to my knowledge. As far as I know, the FBI didn't even conduct an investigation. When I called back to check, I was given nothing more than a cursory answer that they were \"looking into it\". Evidently, Mr. Dorf was a \"protected individual\" in the affluent and upstanding Greenwich/Stamford community. Not having access to any evidence of this crime, there was nothing more I could do.\n\nAnd even when I wrote an editorial regarding the exploitation of teenage girls and sent it to the same newspapers who normally published my work (as well as regular interviews of me by their own staff writers), as a well-known local radio/TV talk show host and print journalist, they wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.\n\nBut times have changed. Now, after all these years, I can finally publish this story without being at the mercy of the mainstream media. I hope you're reading this, Mr. Dorf. And I hope that anyone who was exploited by you (or who witnessed your wrongdoing, or has knowledge of any felony crimes like trafficking in child pornography) will come forward with his/her testimony and expose you for the pervert and predator you are!\n\nOUTRAGE AT PENN STATE: THE CASE OF CHILD RAPIST JERRY SANDUSKY\n\nEveryone knows about it by now. Jerry Sandusky, assistant coach at Penn State. Indicted on numerous counts of sexual assault. (And who knows how many victims there actually were? We only know about the ones who came forward, and the testimony of those witnesses which has been made public.)\n\nJoe Paterno, a close friend and colleague of Sandusky, lost his job as head coach. Paterno, well aware of the crimes, going on for many years, instead of coming forward and doing the right thing, instead of caring about the victims of Sandusky's vile crimes against children, stayed silent and covered for the perp.\n\nAccording to Sandusky, he is \"innocent\" of any such crimes. No, he claims he was only \"horsing around\" with the boys. Horsing around? Forcing sodomy (or other sex acts) on children (or on anyone else) is a violent assault (rape) and a felony crime, Mr. Sandusky. No horsing around here....just more happy horseshit from another child rapist. Haven't you heard? They're always innocent, every last one.\n\nThen, to add insult to injury, the students at Penn State, instead of being outraged at the crimes, instead of standing in defense of their fellow students, instead of demanding justice for the victims, held protest demonstrations in support of Joe Paterno, the beloved \"JoePa\". How sick, how twisted, is this attitude? How utterly shameful.\n\nWhat the hell? More denial, more coddling of criminal sex predators and their supporters.\n\nOnce again, the refusal to stand up against EVIL, nor even to acknowledge it for what it is.\n\nPOLYGAMY, RAPE & CHILD TRAFFICKING AT THE FLDS: THE CASE OF WARREN JEFFS\n\nWarren Jeffs: Leader of the offshoot of mainstream Mormonism, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Convicted rapist/pedophile, raped numerous children, made videos of himself raping children (child pornography), engaged in child sex trafficking.\n\nNow in prison, this loathsome psychopath, right where he belongs! Can anyone count the cost in suffering to these children? Not most of the so-called \"sister wives\", some of whom still defend Jeffs and his hideous crimes to this day. They are simply too stupid and/or too filled with false spiritual pride, to break out of the indoctrination about male supremacy, polygamy, sexual assaults on children and female subservience to tyrannical male abusers. But these lowlife \"sister wives\" also should be held accountable for aiding, abetting and enabling these diabolical crimes against children. Indoctrination is no excuse! Anyone who participates in such acitivities (in the name of God?!?!) is guilty as sin. If any of them truly knew Jesus Christ they could never, ever support such atrocities.\n\nThis so-called \"Church of Jesus Christ\", headed by an odious egomaniacal rapist, breaks the record for absolutely demonic atrocities. The question here is not, \"What Would Jesus Do?\" It is, What WILL Jesus do? Mr. Jeffs, I've no doubt, will get exactly the judgment he so richly deserves.\n\nDANCE MOMS: Grooming Little Girls as Trollops, Floozies and Strumpets\n\nNormally, I don't watch television, but a few months ago, while at the garage waiting for a car repair, I happened to see previews for a 'reality' TV show called 'DANCE MOMS'. The 'star' of the show was a hugely fat, trashy, loudmouthed woman named Abby Lee Miller, a dance instructor for little girls.\n\nThe theme of the show (and the focus of the \"entertainment\") seemed to be the screaming matches and the vulgar altercations between the mothers of the girls and the obnoxious, aggressive dance teacher. The teacher was yelling at the girls like a drill sargeant, using intimidation tactics, browbeating them and humiliating them if they failed to snap to! at her harsh directives. In her dealings with the 'dance moms', she was arrogant, insulting and bullying. I can't imagine a more offensive character than Abby Lee Miller, or why anyone in their right mind would put up with such abuse, or allow their children to be subjected to it. Stranger still, what kind of person would waste their time watching such a show?\n\nBut there was clearly another agenda here: to indoctrinate these children into the belief that they must 'sexualize' themselves in order to be successful and to gain the approval of their audience. The teacher, who looked and acted like a 'bull dyke', yelled out comments like, \"Look sexy!\" (remember, these are children she is talking to), and the sleazy costumes (heavy makeup, bright red lipstick, garish eye shadow, trashy hairstyles etc.) worn by the girls looked like the getup worn by a street hooker while soliciting tricks on 42nd street.\n\nHorrified by this program, I later looked it up online to find out what I could, and viewed as much as I could stomach. But you can see it for yourself:\n\nWhen I was a child I took years of ballet lessons, but it was a different world back then. The teachers, who were professionals, instructed us in the art of classical ballet. There was no exploitation, only the discipline and the reward brought by the accomplishments we earned by hard work. And even the pushy 'stage mothers' (thankfully mine wasn't one of them) would have been outraged had the teachers tried to exploit their children, dressing them up like hookers, using threats and coercion, pressuring them to look \"sexy\".\n\nThis Abby Lee Miller character is nothing but another pimp, promoting children as sex icons, as easy targets for the vile predators who would jump at any opportunity to perpetrate further abuse on them. As for the vacuous 'dance moms', they are nothing short of despicable for placing their children in such a goldfish bowl of depravity on national TV.\n\nCHILD RAPIST AT THE CDC\n\nKimberly Quinlan Lindsey: High level official of CDC. Arrested for sexual assault of a six year old boy, as well as bestiality. What kind of a demon could sexually assault children and animals? And this woman, this subhuman piece of gutter trash, was in charge of \"disease control\"? She herself is a disease which cannot be controlled except by locking her (and her accomplice, Thomas Joseph Westerman, the so-called \"boyfriend\") up and throwing away the key!\n\nAnd to add outrage to outrage, this woman has been reinstated at her job! What the hell is going on here?\n\nAPOLOGISTS FOR EVILDOERS AT RUMOR MILL NEWS (Just the usual....)\n\nBut as usual, here come the apologists for such odious perps. One such moron is going by the name \"Crystal River\", one of many anonymous cowards posting under silly screen nameson Rumor Mill News, a large commercial New Age, government-disinfo website run by New Age occultist Rayelan Allan.\n\nHere, an excerpt from the posting by 'Crystal River' re Kimberly Lindsey:\n\n\"First, how can we help protect the innocent? Prayers for the child so that this woman will be free to do her job and prayers for the woman that she will be safe while this job is completed and after; may she walk in safety. You folks that are close to this event; the good guys---time for high gear to protect!\"\n\nThis idiot is mainly concerned, not about stopping atrocities against children, but rather, that a rapist of animals and children will be \"safe\" and \"free to do her job\".\n\nAnd I can assure this creep (whoever he or she may be) that no \"good guys\" would ever be involved in anything except bringing this monster, Kimberly Lindsey, to justice. Unbelievable!Yet this is precisely the type of attitude which aids and abets, which minimizes these hideous crimes, enables them to continue, and the perps to walk free. Again, unbelievable! But not surpising, coming from Rumor Mill News, where nothing is sacred, and where brainwashed New Agers advertise their immorality with impunity.\n\nRayelan Allan, the editor of Rumor Mill News, has been an apologist for many tyrants, traitors and evildoers, including George W. Bush whom she has claimed is one of the 'good guys' (from her fantasyland, \"Faction 2\"), and gun-grabber Arnold Schwarzenegger, whom she promoted and endorsed for Governor of California, her home state for many years. She has also been an apologist for the Patriot Acts, and even for torture, attempting to minimize numerous atrocities with her New Age moral relativism and psychobabble. Rayelan (not surprisingly) has even banned \"news agents\" from her site for witnessing for Jesus Christ!\n\n[See reports on this website re Rayelan Allan and Rumor Mill News, for the gory details...]\n\nTHE FRANKLIN DOUBLE COVERUP\n\nRayelan Allan is also aiding and abetting criminals who have been involved in child trafficking and pornography. For the past few years, she has been promoting The Franklin Coverup by John DeCamp, in a prominent advertisement on the sidebar of her website. (Yes, there is always money to be made by exploiting the misery of others, the sordid sensationalism promoted by false witnesses and wolves in sheep's clothing...)\n\nRayelan does not have the excuse of \"ignorance\" in promoting DeCamp --far from it. She was well aware of the outrageous truth, and in fact I discussed it with her in detail while I was still associated with Rumor Mill News (2000-2003) and she clearly acknowledged knowing the truth. She also knew the truth about Ted Gunderson, and even accused him (in a public report on her own website in 2003) of being a hit man who was given a contract on her life! Yet due to her own cowardice, she caved when she was threatened by Gunderson and one of his lackeys, Tim White, with a lawsuit, because of reports by Barbara Hartwell on Rumor Mill News, exposing a criminal conspiracy (including racketeering) involving Gunderson, DeCamp and their cronies.\n\nInstead of defending the truth, instead of standing up against a criminal conspiracy which included child-trafficking, pornography, and coverups of same, Rayelan tried to censor me, and when I publicly resigned my posting privilges, refusing to be censored, or to tolerate interference from Rayelan and her entourage of New Age busybodies, she accused Barbara Hartwell of being CIA --the same false accusation made against me by my former colleague, FBI Chief Ted L. Gunderson. How convenient. How typical. (And how despicable, to betray someone who is risking her life in attempts to stop the atrocities against children.) Rayelan even went so far as to solicit \"curses\" from \"the many witches who read Rumor Mill News\", to destroy the \"enemies of Rumor Mill News\" (Guess who Rayelan, in her paranoid fantasies, places in that category? Get behind me, Satan!)\n\nIn 2003, I first exposed the so-called Franklin Coverup --as a double-coverup, a coverup of a coverup, by John DeCamp and former FBI Chief Ted L. Gunderson. As a result of exposing DeCamp and Gunderson, I was censored on a GCN radio show (The Floyd Report) and summarily ripped off the air, not by the host, Jeremy Floyd, but by one of the network's head honchos, Alex Jones, yet another apologist and shill for Gunderson and DeCamp.\n\nI was subsequently blacklisted from many other radio shows (and networks) on which I had previously been a regular guest.\n\n[What I exposed went far beyond just the Franklin Double Coverup. There was also the fact that Ted Gunderson sold Stinger Missiles to Osama bin Laden in 1979, while still working for the FBI; Gunderson's marriage (1998) to Satanist Diana Rively, the ex-wife of Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan. I had evidence to support the facts of both events, both of which Gunderson vehemently denied. He finally came clean about the Osama bin Laden deal, after he realized that I and my fellow investigators had documented evidence. But he denied the marriage to Diana Rively to his dying day. See reports on this site for more information and evidence.]\n\nIn 2005, when I wrote a report (a public letter to Ted Gunderson, see link below) again exposing certain of DeCamp's and Gunderson's crimes and coverups, I was repeatedly (and publicly) threatened by DeCamp with a lawsuit. DeCamp solicited \"HELP\" from his minions (all of whom are criminals, especially predicate felon, criminal stalker, fed snitch, sex predator/child porno freak, Tim White), and implemented a very public libel/slander campaign against Barbara Hartwell, on many radio programs, as well as in print.\n\nDeCamp's accomplices in publicly threatening, libeling/slandering Barbara Hartwell also included male supremacist/misogynist Alan Stang ('The Sting of Stang'); psycho-stalker, blackmailer, identity thief, sex pervert/predator (including targeting children), etc. etc. Todd Brendan Fahey ('Friends of Liberty'); Alex Merklinger ('Mysteries of the Mind' radio show); Ken Adachi aka Peter Boudreau, the primary PR shill for Ted Gunderson and cronies ('Educate Yourself'); Daryl Bradford Smith ('I Am the Witness'); talk radio host D'Anne Burley, and many more whose names I don't remember/don't know. But I do know that the libel, the slander and the threats against Barbara Hartwell, instigated by DeCamp, Gunderson and others named here, were disseminated on hundreds of websites and radio/video all over the World Wide Web.\n\nThese perps also engaged in criminal harassment and monstrous invasions of privacy, by publishing my UNLISTED PRIVATE street address all over the World Wide Web, and soliciting additional crimes against Barbara Hartwell by like minded thugs.\n\nThis is what happens to anyone who stands up against the evil of child rapists and their supporters, who refuses to be intimidated, bought off, or otherwise silenced. I am not the only one, but as far as I am concerned, there are far too few of us exposing the truth and doing all in our power to put a stop to these heinous crimes against innocent children.\n\nSusan Ford claims to be a \"survivor\" of the 'Monarch Project'. Contrary to the claims of Ford and many others who say they are either \"survivors\" or \"researchers\" (including Mark Phillips, Cathy O'Brien, Fritz Springmeier aka Arthur Alexander Jr. , Ken Adachi aka Peter Boudreau, Alma Ott aka \"True\" Ott, et al), 'Monarch' was never a CIA operation, and was not a part or sub-project of CIA's MK Ultra program.\n\nAs I have stated many times in my reports, spanning more than a decade and a half, Monarch is a smokescreen, a sideshow, used by certain mind control handlers, and parroted prolifically by their army of stooges, as cover for the real black operations of CIA's MK Ultra, designed to 'create the perfect spy' during the Cold War Era. I should know, I was there. I don't speak from speculation, nor even primarily from my own research and investigations (though I've done all that too), but from many, many years of direct personal/professional experience. In short, unlike many others, I know exactly what I am talking about.\n\nThe so-called \"Monarch sex slaves\" (Cathy O'Brien, Sue Ford aka Brice Taylor et al) were trotted out during the mid to late 90s, claiming they were \"exposing\" this operation. But here's the point that is most important to make in the context of this report: The actual/official CIA MK Ultra program was never about \"sex slaves\" or \"satanism\". I myself was never at any time subjected to any kind of sex abuse, nor was involved in any way in \"satanism\". I was certainly tortured and abused in other ways (trauma-based programming, etc.), but the goal was to turn me (and others in the same catogory, who were recruited and groomed by CIA in childhood) into a top-notch, high-level intelligence operative, and the training I received reflected that. None of us (not one person, male or female, I ever knew) was sexually abused, nor involved in satanism.\n\nAs I've stated many times, the truth is, if anyone had ever tried to rape me (even as a child) I would have done WHATEVER was necessary to neutralize my assailant(s), I would have been screaming bloody murder from the rooftops to expose the criminals, and I would have found no rest until I hunted them down and put them out of business-- permanently. Make of that what you will.\n\nBut let me get straight to the point: \"Monarch sex slave\" Susan Ford as an apologist for child rapists, and a false accuser/witness against ALL survivors of CIA's MK Ultra.\n\nHere, an excerpt from an old report:\n\nIn a lecture at Global Sciences Congress, 1998, Sue Ford made a statement which I, as well as many others, found extremely disturbing: \"Anyone who claims that they did NOT abuse their own children is NOT a real survivor.\"\n\nWhen Sue Ford issued this proclamation, I was sitting in the front row, and when I heard this, I felt like I had been punched in the stomach.\n\nI also have it on videotape (the aforementioned Mind Control Goes Public) and every time I hear Sue's words, it feels the same.\n\nAs I and many other \"real survivors\" know, the measure of a \"real survivor\" is NOT whether they did --or did not-- abuse their own children!\n\nI can state categorically that I NEVER abused my children. I know this, and so do my children. There are many types of \"survivors\", and we all have had our own tragic experiences. But to make such a blanket statement --which is patently false-- only serves to cast aspersions on those of us who did NOT abuse our children.\n\nIt also serves to provide cover for the abusers --whether those abusers are 'mind control survivors' or not--with the idea: They couldn't help it, they were under mind control!\n\nIt is not that I don't have compassion for Sue or for others who were involved in intergenerational child abuse in connection to mind control. But it is just NOT TRUE that EVERYONE who was EVER under ANY kind of mind control was involved in child abuse --as a victim and/or an abuser.\n\nAnd no matter how great my compassion, it does not mean I am willing to be lumped into a category where I do not belong, and to be falsely accused of something I have not done.\n\nSince the time I wrote that report (more than a decade ago) it has become increasingly clear that the government-sponsored disinformation (disseminated by people such as Susan Ford, Ted Gunderson, John DeCamp et al) about CIA's MK Ultra program, has become so ingrained in the beliefs of the general public, that those (like myself) who have come forward with the truth about these operations are dismissed as liars and \"CIA disinfo agents\".\n\nPORNO FREAKS ROBERT GLENN MACDOUGALL & ALEX STUDER\n\nRobert Glenn MacDougall, of San Fransisco, CA, was arrested by the FBI on charges of possession of child pornography. MacDougall's friend and neighbor, Alex Studer, came forward on a TV news program in MacDougall's defense.\n\nStuder is a government stooge and lackey of Alma Ott (aka \"True\" Ott), a man using false credentials of \"PhD\" and \"N.D.\", and a longtime crony of the late Ted Gunderson and accomplices, including John DeCamp and Doug Millar.\n\nStuder, Ott's toady, is also an accomplice of predicate felon, child porno freak, fed snitch, psycho-stalker Tim White, in harassing, libeling/slandering legitimate whistleblowers and journalists such as Barbara Hartwell, Dr. Leonard Horowitz and Sherri Kane, all of whom have exposed child trafficking/pornography networks and their connection to COINTELPRO, naming the names of some of the aforementioned perpetrators, as well as others.\n\nThis lowlife, Alex Studer, in addition to being an advocate/apologist for child porno freak Robert Glenn MacDougall, is himself a porno freak, who has stated that \"Legal adult pornography is as American as apple pie\", among other such comments. Studer, like his mentor, \"True\" Ott, is also a Jew-hater/bigot extraordinaire and a misogynist who denigrates women with names too filthy to mention.\n\nAnd naturally, Studer also endorses/defends John DeCamp and Ted Gunderson (Studer lied in a letter to the San Francisco FBI, boasting that Ted Gunderson was a \"personal friend\", when in fact he later admitted to the fact that he had \"never had any contact\" with Gunderson), and promotes John DeCamp and The Franklin Coverup on his website. When the Sandusky scandal broke, Studer parroted Alma Ott (as usual), claiming knowledge he does not possess about the alleged connections between the Franklin Coverup and Sandusky.\n\nAlex Studer is nothing more than a sleazy, vulgar, loudmouthed busybody, belligerent ignoramus and government stooge, who parrots the false information disseminated by his fellow stooges and their government masters, shooting his mouth off about topics (mind control, 'Monarch', psy ops, biological warfare, etc.) on which he has no knowledge or understanding.\n\nAnd this is precisely the type of low grade moron who is trying to make it seem like pornography is 'normal', acceptable, 'hip' or 'cool', rather than the abomination to God, the destroyer of lives, it actually is.\n\nPOPE BENEDICT AKA JOSEPH RATZINGER: APOLOGIST FOR CHILD RAPISTS\n\nNow, on to the sex perverts and predators connected to the Catholic Church.\n\nThe future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing concerns including \"the good of the universal church,\" according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.The correspondence, obtained by The Associated Press, is the strongest challenge yet to the Vatican's insistence that Benedict played no role in blocking the removal of pedophile priests during his years as head of the Catholic Church's doctrinal watchdog office.\n\nThe letter, signed by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was typed in Latin and is part of years of correspondence between the diocese of Oakland and the Vatican about the proposed defrocking of the Rev. Stephen Kiesle, who pleaded no contest to misdemeanors involving child molestation in 1978.\n\nSOURCE:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/pope-sexual-abuse-lawrence-murphy_n_512483.htmlEXCERPTBut Cardinal Bertone halted the process after Father Murphy personally wrote to Cardinal Ratzinger protesting that he should not be put on trial because he had already repented and was in poor health and that the case was beyond the church's own statute of limitations.\"I simply want to live out the time that I have left in the dignity of my priesthood,\" Father Murphy wrote near the end of his life to Cardinal Ratzinger. \"I ask your kind assistance in this matter.\" The files contain no response from Cardinal Ratzinger.SOURCE:\n\n\"It was maintained \u2014 even within the realm of Catholic theology \u2014 that there is no such thing as evil in itself or good in itself,\"\n\nNo such thing as good or evil in itself? Such a statement is not only absurd, it is blasphemous in the extreme. And here is the head of the Catholic Church, deemed by his flock to be God's representative on earth, asking us to believe that the blatant, flagrant evil committed by the demonic rapists of children, is simply to be dismissed and overlooked, \"for the good of the universal church\".\n\nThe Church --any church, all churches, who claim to be preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ-- are fully responsible, and will answer to God if they fail to expose the perpetrators of sex crimes against children, defrock the priests/ministers, and cooperate in seeing to it that these monsters are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\n\nNo decent God-fearing Christian person (church member or not) will sit back and allow this horrendous situation to continue, not when we ALL (at the very least) have the ability to speak out against the sleaze, the pornography, the exploitation of children as sex icons, the child-trafficking and pornography rings.\n\nFor the Love of God, WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?\n\nFor those Christians who don't know what is really going on, you need to FIND OUT. You need to use your God-given spiritual discernment, your intellectual discretion and your common sense, to ascertain the identities of the demonic liars and criminals posing as heroes to 'save the children', who are actually running the coverups and continuing the crimes. You need to 'connect the dots' in this network of criminal conspirators, and find out about the nature of the associations among them.\n\nYou also need to confront and expose the apologists, the supporters, the shills, the promoters of these criminals and to shun them like the plague they are.\n\nDon't let them get away with this!\n\nDO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.\n\nThe lives you save may be those of your own children and grandchildren.\n\nBarbara Hartwell Percival\n\nDecember 9, 2011\n\nRELATED REPORTS\n\nPoisoned by Pornography: A Plague of Perverts, Predators, Pedophiles and Pimps (2011)\n\nChristopher Jones: Former webmaster for Ted Gunderson. Convicted of raping little boys, sent to prison, was recently released. Claimed to be \"innocent\".\n\nPaul Bonacci: Awarded one million dollars by a judge, represented by attorney John DeCamp. Participated as a perpetrator in the abduction, drugging and sexual assault of Johnny Gosch.Instead of doing time in prison, was rewarded with a large sum of money.\n\nHunter Thompson (deceased): Lowlife scum who promoted his endless sleaze via \"gonzo journalism\". Participated in child sex trafficking/pornography ring. According to witnesses, was reportedly interested in being present for a \"snuff film\" (no hard evidence that this happened, at least that I could find). This guy was the lowest scum of the earth. Imitated (plagiarized) and promoted for years by porno freak, blackmailer, identity thief, psycho-stalker Todd Brendan Fahey, who has publicly stated that he condones \"sex with children\"."}
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-{"text": "How to Squeeze a Deep Breath into Your Jam-Packed Day\n\nAbout the Author\n\nI thought I'd take this page to share a little about the intention of this website, my background as a teacher, mindfulness writer and coach, and how Mindful Minutes began. Here we go!\n\nAbout This Blog\n\nI started Mindful Minutes back in February, 2014 with the intention to share information that I'd learned \u2014 and continue to learn \u2014 on how to live a mindful life, despite having a demanding schedule and a type A personality. I have spent nearly 15 years working more-than-full-time leadership roles in the corporate world, while attempting to maintain a mindful, compassionate, patient presence. While I did not always succeed, I learned many valuable lessons that I thought were worth sharing with others who have similar struggles. Since its launch, it's grown and evolved and so have I as a teacher, writer, and a coach.\n\nThis blog is not just for those searching for spirituality. Nor is it specifically for corporate suits curious about meditation. My hope is that the lessons resonate with a variety of people who find common ground in having an interest in mindful living \u2014 while having a lot going on in life.\n\nAs a meditation and yoga teacher and coach, my favorite part of this work is connecting with different people. My students and clients range from dedicated yogis to worker-bees in corporate America to kids and families undergoing treatment for cancer. It might seem difficult to explain mindfulness and spiritual concepts to such different types of people. But meeting people where they are \u2014 and figuring out how to connect with them and make these teachings relevant and useful \u2014 is my mission.\n\nWe are all busy \u2026 it's become a disease in our culture. You may be considering whether you can spare a few minutes each day for some space and silence \u2026\n\nI'm here to tell you that it's worth it \u2014 and you have time for it. Through bite-size blogs with practical tidbits on how to keep calm in the midst of an overflowing calendar, I'm hoping the content on Mindful Minutes can help. And I hope you enjoy learning about mindfulness and life balance alongside me.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nI was born and raised on the East Coast and my parents were New Yorkers. This means I learned how to be a type-A at an early age. After college and for nearly 15 years, I worked far beyond a full-time schedule in corporate America, managing a team of writers and editors. I learned to work on overdrive, to be ultra productive, to excel in my role \u2026 I also learned to get burned out.\n\nThroughout my career, I have had a disciplined running, yoga, and meditation practice to help keep me balanced and sane, and in 2011, I decided to deepen my learning and become a certified instructor so I could share the practices with others.\n\nTeaching Mindfulness and Yoga\n\nI'm a certified yoga instructor with the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 200), certified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor, and have been teaching meditation, yoga and mindfulness since 2011.\n\nMy personal yoga and meditation practice evolves every day, taking bits and pieces from books I read, lectures, classes and workshops I attend, and epiphanies that strike me during random moments of silence. I take inspiration from my own practice and life experiences to guide the classes and students I teach.\n\nI teach Vinyasa classes to a wonderful community of yogis at my favorite studio in San Diego. I teach meditation, guided breathwork and yoga to kids and families in the oncology ward at Rady's Children's Hospital. And I teach worker-bees in the corporate world. It's a fun challenge for me to find the right way to explain mindfulness and spiritual concepts to such different types of people.\n\nLeadership & Career Coaching\n\nMy experience in mindfulness and business naturally led me into the world of professional coaching. After a year and a half of training, I got certified as a professional coach by the International Coach Federation and Newfield Network. In my coaching practice, I work with leaders and rising stars who want to bring a more mindful and confident approach to their careers and leadership presence. I blend my background in mindfulness with my experience in the corporate world to guide clients to become stronger leaders, develop their confidence, improve their communication skills, and find balance and meaning in their lives. You can learn more about my private practice on my coaching website, www.melissaeisler.com.\n\nGiven my background in both the stressful corporate grind and the mindfulness world, my advantage is that I understand what's it's like to have a serious career and still have time to find mindful moments and deep breaths.\n\nAs I navigate my own balancing act, I love sharing what I learn along the way. I hope to convince you of the possibilities and benefits of a practice, and inspire you to find some form of a mindfulness practice that works for you."}
-{"text": "IBM Cognos TM1: Analyze Data (V9.5)\n\nCourse Overview\n\nOverview of IBM Cognos TM1: Analyze Data (v9.5) is a three-day course designed to teach modelers how to use TM1 to analyze data, and create reports and templates. Through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to enter data into cubes, create custom views of the data, build reports and forms in Excel that communicate with TM1, and create applications for Web access.\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nThis basic course is for Modelers who, in addition to building models, need to create reports, templates, and applications."}
-{"text": "For the first time in human history, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million (ppm). The arrival at this threshold represents a powerful symbol of the growing human influence on the Earth\u2019s climate.\n\nManmade emissions of carbon dioxide have increased the atmospheric concentration of CO2 from around 270 to 280 ppm in the late 1700s to today\u2019s record high level \u2013 a 43 percent increase. Measurements of CO2 trapped in air bubbles from ice cores in Antarctica indicate today\u2019s levels are unsurpassed in at least 800,000 years.\n\n(Scripps Institution of Oceanography)\n\n\u201c[The] increase is not a surprise to scientists,\u201d said NOAA senior scientist Pieter Tans. \u201cThe evidence is conclusive that the strong growth of global CO2 emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas is driving the acceleration.\u201d\n\nThe rising concentrations of carbon dioxide, in response to these emissions, have been monitored at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii since 1958. They have been plotted on the iconic Keeling Curve, named after scientist Charles David Keeling, who initiated the measurements. At that time, the CO2 concentration was just 316 ppm.\n\nScripps Institution of Oceanography\n\nIt\u2019s possible the current CO2 levels haven\u2019t been matched in millions of years. Scripps Institution of Oceanography estimates the last time the concentration was at least 400 ppm occurred 5 to 3 million years ago, during the Pliocene Epoch.\n\nCarbon dioxide is a heat trapping greenhouse gas and its inexorable rise in recent history coupled with an increase in the Earth\u2019s temperature raise concerns about human interference with the climate system and where temperatures and sea levels may be headed.\n\nDuring the Pliocene Epoch, temperatures were 5-7 degrees F warmer than today and sea levels were many feet higher, Scripps says.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no guarantee that we\u2019d experience the same levels of warming in the future if CO2 levels stay that high, but it doesn\u2019t look good,\u201d writes Time magazine\u2019s Bryan Walsh. \u201cNor will CO2 levels stop at 400 ppm\u2014barring a virtually impossible immediate turn away from fossil fuels, CO2 emissions will keep growing globally, and CO2 concentrations will keep rising.\u201d\n\nJason SamenowJason Samenow is The Washington Post\u2019s weather editor and Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist. He earned a master's degree in atmospheric science and spent 10 years as a climate change science analyst for the U.S. government. He holds the Digital Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association. Follow"}
-{"text": "FAA Plans Drone Safety Team\n\nThe FAA will set up a joint team with the industry, modeled after the agency/industry Commercial Aviation Safety Team, to track and analyze the safety of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and recommend measures for mitigating specific weaknesses, Learn more at:\n\nAbout The Author\n\nJennifer Ferrero has worked with the Center of Excellence for Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing since 2008, and has been involved with this organization since inception. She provides marketing, public relations, and content services to COE UAS.\n\nCOE UAS on Twitter\n\nMedia Inquires\n\nIf you have a media, marketing, or trade show related inquiry, please contact us at marketing@coeaerospace.com.\n\nPartnership Inquiry\n\nIf you are a business and would like to inquire about partnering with this Center of Excellence, please contact director@coeaerospace.com\n\nEducational Inquiry\n\nWe serve Washington\u2019s community and technical colleges. If you have a new program to share, or would like to know about unmanned and autonomous system project funding, please contact executivedirector@coeaerospace.com"}
-{"text": "Train touristique du Centre-Var\n\nSt-Patrick Train\n\nCelebrate St. Patrick aboard the heritage train of Centre-Var.\n\nAttention: booking is mandatory.Conditions of sale: In case of advance payment, at the latest the day before the departure, benefit from a reduction of 2 \u20ac per adult place and 1 \u20ac per child place. The rate displayed reflects this reduction.Conditions of cancellation and refund: Ticket exchangeable and refundable with deduction of \u20ac 4 from 30 days before departure, increased to 50% from the 7th day before departure. To these costs is added the possible difference in price between the old and the new ticket.Ticket not exchangeable and non-refundable after 17:00 the day before departure."}
-{"text": "Bracewell-Smith sold her shares to Kroenke last year, but remains an honorary vice-president, and she took to Twitter to criticise the American amid the doom and gloom surrounding the club.\n\nThe Gunners' struggles reached a new low earlier in the week when League Two side Bradford City knocked them out of the Capital One Cup on penalties, denying them another chance to end a wait for a trophy that is now more than seven years.\n\n\"If making money was the motivating factor, surely there are better ways,\"\n\nshe wrote. \"Football is a business of passion and SK has no passion for AFC.\n\n\"(Kroenke) shows he cares very little. Why he wanted to be part of AFC I do\n\nnot know.\"\n\nShe also admitted that, with hindsight, she would not have sold her shares to Kroenke, who also counts the NFL's St Louis Rams and Major League Soccer franchise Colorado Rapids among his other sporting ventures.\n\ntill I suppose it still gives him at least another year in the job. By the time it comes around , he can always make up another excuse. First it was 3 months , then a year .....Next year ? Whats his excuse with Van Persie ?"}
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-{"text": "Q: My inventory was full when I tried to use my code, and now it doesn't work. What can I do?\n\nA: Blizzard\u2019s website clearly states that failure to have at least one inventory space available when redeeming promotional items will result in the loss of the item. This code can not be used a second time. If you are intending to contact a GM about this issue you should inform them that you have a problem with a \u201cLost or Missing item,\u201d not a defective promotional loot code.\n\nQ: I can't get all 25-digits to fit into Landro Longshots box. Plz halp?\n\nA: Before you do anything else, just log out of World of Warcraft and then log back in. This will usually resolve your problem.\n\nOn occasion various mods can interfere with Landro's code redemption box. If you continue to have problems, disable all add-ons or mods before trying again.\n\nQ: I have so many extra digits. Why did you put too many digits on my card?\n\nPlease make sure all of the boxes on the redemption page are being filled correctly. Some browsers will move you ahead to the next box automatically, even though the previous boxes still have room for numbers.\n\nYou should have 4 digits in the first box, 6 digits in the second box, 5 digits in the third box, 6 digits in the fourth box and 4 digits in the last box. You should NOT have any left over digits at the end that don't fit on this page.\n\nFor example: XXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXX\n\nQ: When I enter my code in Booty Bay, I get an error message. It never works!\n\nThis error can occur in game for a number of different reasons:\n\n-If you typed the 25 code incorrectly: Please make sure the code is typed the same way as it displays on Blizzard's Promotions page. You can copy and paste the code from the redemption page into the World of Warcraft online game to prevent these issues from occuring.\n\n-If you have a mod or addon that prevents you from inputting it: If this is the case, log out of WoW. Turn off your addons, and log back in.\n\n-If you already used the code for a character: Each code is only good for one use. If you used this code, even if your inventory was already full, that code was used.\n\n-If you're selecting the wrong item on Landro's List. For example, Landro's Gift is good for Landro's Gift Box (Wrath Gate promotion) in Booty Bay. It will give this error if you try to use it for any other item.\n\nIn closing, please be aware when a code is redeemed from the website, that code is \u201cused,\u201d so you need to be very, very sure you have the correct region and realm information. Otherwise, you risk not being able to redeem your code for an item. Your code cannot be used a second time.\n\nOnce a code has been entered through Blizzard\u2019s Promotional page and informed a customer of the Region and Realm that the code has been redeemed on, Cryptozoic Entertainment no longer has any power over the item. Cryptozoic can not move or replace items inside Blizzard\u2019s online game.\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about anything Loot card related, please contact us."}
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-{"text": "For nearly 40 years, biologists have counted the Atlantic salmon that return to the Penobscot River each year. And recently, the Maine Department of Marine Resources\u2019 Division of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat has issued a weekly report highlighting not only salmon returns, but the multitude of other species that are caught in the fish [\u2026]\n\nShare this:\n\nJohn Holyoke\n\nJohn Holyoke has been enjoying himself in Maine's great outdoors since he was a kid. Today, he's the Outdoors editor for the BDN, a job that allows him to meet up with Maine outdoors enthusiasts in their natural habitat. The stories he gathers provide fodder for his columns, and this blog."}
-{"text": "You would get that numnber from the router. Looks like it is asking for the router security access code/pin. Do you know if your router is setup for WAP (wireless access point)? If so there is some sort of security code generated by router that you view by connecting to router (default ip address is 192.168.1.1) logon/password should be with router instructions.\n\nIt's the printer that's giving me a pin code on its setup screen to enter into my router configuration. When I go into the configuration screen on the router I can't see anywhere to enter the pin so that the printer can access the network.\n\nI have the HP Pro 8500A and when setting up wireless connection I needed to add the secure code from the router to printer for it to communicate with router. What model printer do you have and are you trying to setup wireless connection?\n\nIt's the printer that's giving me a pin code on its setup screen to enter into my router configuration. When I go into the configuration screen on the router I can't see anywhere to enter the pin so that the printer can access the network.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nThis wasn't the pin that is part of the eprint service that you enter online to the HP website to link your printer to it?\nYou can manually configure the printer to your Wifi using just the normal Wifi name and password.\n\n[/FONT]Press the [FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]Wireless [/FONT][/FONT]button on the printer to display the Wireless menu. If the printer is printing, in an error state,or performing a critical task, wait until the task has been completed or the error cleared before pressing the\u200b\n\n[/FONT]If you have a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) router with a WPS push button, select [FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]Push Button[/FONT][/FONT], and then followthe onscreen instructions. If your router does not have a push button or you are not certain if your router has apush button, select [FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]PIN[/FONT][/FONT], and then follow the onscreen instructions.\u200b\n\n[FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]\n\nNOTE: \u200b\n\n\u200b\n\n[/FONT]\u200b\n\n[/FONT]The product begins a timer for approximately two minutes during which the corresponding button onthe networking device needs to be pressed or the router PIN needs to be entered on the router\u2019s configurationpage.\u200b\n\n[FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]\n\nTraditional wireless connection (requires router)\u200b\n\n[/FONT][/FONT]\n\nTo connect the HP All-in-One to an integrated wireless WLAN 802.11 network, you will need the following:\u200b\n\nConnectivity 33\u200b\n\n[FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]\n\nConnectivity\u200b\n\n[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]\n\nA wireless 802.11b/g/n network that includes a wireless router or access point.\u200b\n\n[FONT=Arial,Bold][FONT=Arial,Bold]\n\nNOTE: \u200b\n\n\u200b\n\n[/FONT]\u200b\n\n[/FONT]802.11n will only support 2.4GhzA desktop computer or laptop with either wireless networking support, or a network interface card (NIC). Thecomputer must be connected to the wireless network that you intend to install the HP All-in-One on.Network name (SSID).\u200b\n\nWEP key or WPA Passphrase (if needed).\n\nI guess what would help now is to know what make/model your wireless router is. Possibly yours does not have a pin but instead the SSID code that needs to be entered. I am sure we will get you where you need to be in order to print.\n\nIn case not, go to your browser and type 192.168.0.1 (or 192.168.1.1) press Enter (or whatever) and you should see a login box. The User name is admin and the default password is sky (on the Sky router I have -- but yours is newer).\n\nOnce in go to wireless settings and choose a wireless security type (WPA, WEP).\n\nEnter a passphrase (and in WEP you should then also see a series of hex codes)\nNote down the passphrase (in WEP note the HEX codes -- or copy and save the string to notepad).\n\nSave and exit.\n\nI believe this code is the code the printer is looking for in the wireless connection. You should be able to bypass the pin entry for this security code. Good luck.\n\nUseful Searches\n\nAbout iPadForums.net\n\niPadForums.net is a community dedicated to the Apple iPad. We discuss various topics including iPad Help, iPad Reviews, iPad Apps, iPad Accessories (such as iPad Keyboards, iPad Cases, iPad Covers), iPad Games and more.\n\niPadForums.net is not affiliated with Apple. We are an enthusiast site dedicated to everything Apple iPad (iPad 1 and iPad 2)"}
-{"text": "Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Published at 06:29 GMTUKDome ticket sales pass million markThe Body Zone hopes to take people on an \"emotional rollercoaster\"More than a million tickets have been sold for the Millennium Dome, organisers have revealed.\n\nLord Falconer, the minister in charge of the project, said it was a \"quite remarkable achievement\" considering tickets had only been on sale for six weeks.\n\nHe said: \"You couldn't find another visitor attraction or, for example a theatre, that has sold as many tickets before it even opens.\"\n\nWorkmen put the \"skin\" on the body sculpture\n\nA report earlier this week suggested ticket sales were going very slowly, with just one ticket sold in Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne and Manchester.\n\nThe New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC), responded by saying the survey was unrepresentative, with managing director Liam Kane saying the company remained \"absolutely confident\" that it would reach its target of 12 million visitors in the year 2000.\n\nHe said: \"About a quarter of people tell us they will only buy their tickets the day before coming and, in all, 86% plan not to book more than four weeks before their visit.\"\n\nNMEC also denied it was behind schedule as they unveiled the centrepiece of the exhibition, a giant human figure.\n\nIt rejected reports that an electrician's strike earlier this year meant work on five of the Dome's major exhibition zones was running\nso late they would not be ready for opening day, 31 December.\n\n\"The only schedule that matters to us is December 31 and we will be ready,\" said a spokesman.\n\n'Dramatic insight'\n\nThe company said it would be ready by the end of November \"to all intents and purposes\".\n\nThe giant Body Zone promises to provide visitors with a \"dramatic insight into their bodies and the discoveries, technologies and new ideas which will affect people in the millennium\".\n\nIn the zone, families will be taken on what organisers call an \"emotional rollercoaster\" journey through a simulated body structure where they will feel fear, apprehension, peace, humour and sadness and learn how their physiology affects them.\n\nThe exhibition will be ready by New Year's Eve, say the organisers\n\nAfterwards, drained customers will stumble across a huge open plaza two-thirds the size of a football pitch called the Explore Area.\n\nIn a bustling atmosphere they will be encouraged to learn about the issues surrounding the perception of beauty and body decoration, the importance of looking and feeling good and the health care of the future.\n\nDisplays will include a virtual computer model of the heart and a diet fruit machine and exercise machines.\n\nVisitors can also learn about relaxation techniques by experiencing massage, aromatherapy and colour therapy.\n\nA futuristic operating theatre set in 2010 can be viewed through special 3D glass panels and visitors will be able to see robot surgeons at work."}
-{"text": "#4 The Mighty Zambezi!\n\nAfter enjoying a beautiful dinner - where I tried crocodile - we made our way to our rooms to pack for the river trip. Really, all we needed were bathing suits so it was pretty simple getting ready. I could hardly sleep that night, knowing the next 5 days we would be rafting the mighty Zambezi!\n\nFirst, before meeting up with the river group, my dad and I fit in one more early EARLY morning tour. We decided to do a walking tour with Rhino's. We knew that we were not going to be able to see Rhinos in Botswana, so we took our only chance to see them..at 4 AM. We went to the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, located about 20 minutes outside of Livingstone, and spent the morning with five amazing creatures.\n\nWe got back to the hotel just in time to meet up with the group. After a quick breakfast, we were on our way to the put in of the Zambezi! We got out of the vehicle at the entrance to the falls. After picking out our gear, we stumbled down to the bottom of the Batoka Gorge. While we clumsily made our way down the path, the porters ran, in flip flops, carrying pounds of gear. It was pretty amazing to watch these porter haul our boats, food, and more down this steep path. The porters are very important to the multi-day scene, as they are whitewater guides in training. For a very small cost, they are able and eager to help. Whitewater guiding is a sought after job in Zambia, as it pays well and has a good schedule. Because of this, porters are encouraged to work, whether they are carrying your raft or just your life jacket.\n\nWe arrived at the rafts in time for the safety speech delivered by our lead guide, Diego. Most of the speech focused on flipping and swimming, as both are highly likely to occur on this river. I tried to listen, but all I could do was look at Rapid 1. There was so much water pushing up against the river-left wall, that I could hardly imagine getting a boat cleanly across. I could see it now..carnage on the first rapid. To restore my faith in the river gods, Diego handed out Nyaminyami necklaces to everyone. Nyaminyami is the Zambezi Snake Spirit, who is believed to protect people and give them sustenance in difficult times. With the newly acquired piece of jewelry hanging around my neck, I was ready to rock.\n\nWe charged across rapid 1. With an awesome high-side, we made it across just fine. I was all antsy to get paddling, but first we had lunch. This was no ordinary lunch, but a fancy spread located right underneath Victoria Falls. While lunch was being prepared, I wandered off to check out the minus rapids, which are located just underneath the falls. These rapids are not runnable by rafts and only a few (crazy) kayakers have successfully made it down this stretch of river. Looking out over the 75,000ish CFS swirling and churning below me, I touched my Nyaminyami and screamed in excitement. I was surrounded by my favorite things...a raging river, a cushy raft, rainbows on rainbows, and great people. We hadn't even started running the river, but I wondered to myself, could life get any better?"}
-{"text": "Was listening to the PlayerOnePodcast the other day on my lunch break when they came to their five favorite games of 2008. So guys, what was it? Limit them to actually being released in 2008, not games that you played a lot in 2008, har.\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/th_FarCry2Box.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/FarCry2Box.jpg)\nFive: Far Cry 2\nDammit, the first few hours of the game was a damn pain in the ass. Complaining how easy it was to take the wrong turn, run into a tree, get attacked for \"the fifth ****ing damn time in five ****ing minutes\". But after slogging through that and getting some diamonds and buying some better weapons the tides turned from being \"how can I best survive this?\" to \"how can I screw these guys over the most?\"\n\nFinding a nice patch of grass, under a tree. You pull out your map and monocular, look at the poor bastards, find a good explosive barrel that lies next to a jeep, in some dry grass. Take out my Springfield Rifle, wait for a guy to walk by the barrel. Bang! Boom! He's gone. Swing up to nail the sniper on the roof, then proceed to pick off the rest who can't spot your camouflaged form from 1500 feet away.\n\nMost intense moments involved an particular type of enemy that only appeared twice in the game. You first performing a Rush Hour (http://www.amazon.com/Think-Fun-5000-ThinkFun-Rush/dp/B00000DMER/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1230796705&sr=8-1) type of moving block puzzle to move through a section. You then reach an objective to then be ambused by this special enemy. So you're forced to run away, trying your fastest to solve the block moving puzzle in reverse, to block him off and escape. I swear, most intense moment since playing against Colossus Eleven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdXwN5NSBM).\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/th_BanjoKazooieBox.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/BanjoKazooieBox.jpg)\nThree: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts\nThis game may have gotten pretty much panned for not being a Banjo-Kazooie 3, but dammit, I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I'm the kind of guy who likes building stuff. I played a lot of Garry's Mod building cars and stuff, and this game is a continuation of that idea. It's weird hearing people complain about the game because they hate having to design their own vehicles and stuff, always relying on pre-built vehicles. But I find that to be the most fun. Hell, I'll spend 5-10 minutes building and testing a vehicle just to complete a challenge in 1-3 minutes. I'm a guy who goes after every TT Trophy. Right now I've got about 70 Jiggies, spent around 12 hours so far. I'd give this game a solid 9. It has many flaws, but I just have way too much fun exploiting the game's tools.\n\nThe other day I made some ridiculous vehicles. One was a cargo helicopter that looked a lot like a firefighting helicopter with a sticky ball - I ball on a chain that you can shoot out and drag anything around. I also made a large monster truck that with the press of two buttons would launch out a mall glider out the front. I also made a racecar/airplane for when I want to fly over other racers rather than actually drive around them. An armored personnel carrier. A monstrous airplane of massive power that includes a self-destruct feature. And a stupid 19-wheeled motorcycle.\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/th_GTA4Box.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/GTA4Box.jpg)\nTwo: Grand Theft Auto IV\nOne of the most complete games ever made. It's huge. Includes countless features and is so full of content and elements that go under the hood that I can't help but love it. It's a technical feat with massive cities, amazing physics, the best ragdoll in game history, and some of the most dynamic car damage modeling of any game this side of Burnout Paradise. Also, Little Jacob and Brucie are just too awesome. Hilarious that at first I had to turn on subtitles just to understand what the hell Little Jacob was saying, but by the end of the game I could understand him near perfectly.\n\nFinding out how much blood you can get on your car. Barely knocking into people just to watch the Euphoria system work. Banging a taxi driver's car with a baseball bat just to cap him when he comes to fight you. Going crazy fast on a motor cycle to get the biggest air, with or without your motorcycle. Escaping from the cops completely on foot, and actually getting away.\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/th_RockBand2Box.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/RockBand2Box.jpg)\nOne: Rock Band 2\nDammit, I just love this game too much. It pretty much goes with anyone who plays expert. If you show me a person who can play expert guitar/drums on Rock Band, you're showing me a huge fan of the game. Only problems with it were the lack of the old career mode and an increase of songs I didn't like at all over Rock Band 1. Other than that, it freaking rocked.\n\nBeating Visions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Xt8hTsUmA) on Guitar and Bass. Overcoming Caprici di Diablo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hd_cwxNNII)'s evil. Nailing the first solo in Prequel to the Sequel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3S_rSPoisQ). Getting in the zone nailing the chord changes in Down with the Sickness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlDpalQr_Ik). Some how FCing the impossible fast-picking chord slide in Bodhisattva (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-vJ7oLIy8).\n\n****\n\nHow about you folks? Don't need to post box shots and descriptions. A list and a sentence or two if you can.\n\nI know we had a favorites of 2008 thread, but yeah, this is five things and all games. So there...\n\njon_hill987\n\n01-01-2009, 07:54 AM\n\nFallout 3 is my game of the year for 2008, of course I got it for a proper platform :P.\n\nhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513EziE6s9L._SL500_AA280_.jpg\n\nHonourable mention goes to Sins of a Solar Empire for showing that a game can get good sales without DRM (and therefore implying, despite what EA say, that piracy does not cause poor sales, poor games cause poor sales).\n\nhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IECBNOHeL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\n\nOh, and I know I shouldn't mention this as it missed out on 2008 by a few months, but my most played game of the year would be Team Fortress 2. Even my many hours on Fallout 3 don't come close to the amount of time I spent on TF2.\n\nLorden Darkblade\n\n01-01-2009, 01:58 PM\n\nOh...\nI look to all those games and wonder what I missed....\nI have to play more.... And get a PS3. :p\n\nMrWally\n\n01-01-2009, 02:02 PM\n\nDon't get a PS3.\n\nAlso @TiE: GTA4 doesn't have the best ragdoll physics in game history. GTA4 doesn't even use ragdoll, which is why it looks so good. :xp:\n\nI'll probably compile a list in a little bit. My computer decided that it wanted to completely reformat my E drive without telling me. So I'm having a fun day.\n\nLorden Darkblade\n\n01-01-2009, 02:19 PM\n\nWhy not?!\nJust MGS4 itself is worth the price of the PS3!!! :xp::xp:\n\nRogue15\n\n01-01-2009, 02:26 PM\n\nhm.\n\nTurok\nBattlefield: Bad Company (forgot all about this one!!)\nEndWar\nFable 2\nCall of Duty World at War\n\nthose are the only games i played that came out in 2008.\n\nTiE23\n\n01-01-2009, 04:29 PM\n\nYou guys are an incoherent bunch, can't even build a top five. :V\n\nI want some real posts on my desk by this time tomorrow!\n\n(Also, Wally, in Lorden's case a PS3 will be just fine.)\n\nDarth Groovy\n\n01-01-2009, 04:52 PM\n\nDammit TiE, I was going to start my annual Top Ten list, but ya beat me to it.\n\nI will have to narrow my list down to five. Gonna be hard.\n\nDet. Bart Lasiter\n\n01-01-2009, 06:22 PM\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/th_GTA4Box.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/GTA4Box.jpg)\nTwo: Grand Theft Auto IV\nOne of the most complete games ever made. It's huge. Includes countless features and is so full of content and elements that go under the hood that I can't help but love it. It's a technical feat with massive cities, amazing physics, the best ragdoll in game history, and some of the most dynamic car damage modeling of any game this side of Burnout Paradise. Also, Little Jacob and Brucie are just too awesome. Hilarious that at first I had to turn on subtitles just to understand what the hell Little Jacob was saying, but by the end of the game I could understand him near perfectly.\n\nFinding out how much blood you can get on your car. Barely knocking into people just to watch the Euphoria system work. Banging a taxi driver's car with a baseball bat just to cap him when he comes to fight you. Going crazy fast on a motor cycle to get the biggest air, with or without your motorcycle. Escaping from the cops completely on foot, and actually getting away.i literally just finished this, it was one of the best games i've played recently, but i would never praise it for having a ton of content since san andreas had a larger map, a greater diversity of vehicles, weapons, and locations, and more in the way of player and car customization. imo it's the gta 3 of this console generation and more an introduction of new technologies and concepts to the series.\n\ntl;dr I WANT MY GODDAMN AIRFIELD BACK\n\nTiE23\n\n01-01-2009, 06:37 PM\n\nIn my opinion San Andreas sucked.\n\nDet. Bart Lasiter\n\n01-01-2009, 06:50 PM\n\nIn my opinion San Andreas sucked.ok? my point still stands though.\n\nLorden Darkblade\n\n01-01-2009, 06:52 PM\n\nI liked San Andreas...\nHaven't played GTA4 though... Heard that it requires a Quad Core for PCs. So I'm not going to bother buying a game I can't play...\nI am interested in Fallout 3 though. Seems VERY good!\n\nDet. Bart Lasiter\n\n01-01-2009, 06:57 PM\n\nI liked San Andreas...\nHaven't played GTA4 though... Heard that it requires a Quad Core for PCs. So I'm not going to bother buying a game I can't play...\nI am interested in Fallout 3 though. Seems VERY good!it'd be a miracle to get it running on a single core cpu but i have a core 2 duo with an 8800 gts 512 and it runs at 1920x1200 with almost all options maxed fine. and fallout 3 is ****ing awesome.\n\nTiE23\n\n01-01-2009, 06:57 PM\n\nok? my point still stands though.\n\nI'm just thinking quality over quantity.\n\nLorden Darkblade\n\n01-01-2009, 09:03 PM\n\nit'd be a miracle to get it running on a single core cpu but i have a core 2 duo with an 8800 gts 512 and it runs at 1920x1200 with almost all options maxed fine. and fallout 3 is ****ing awesome.\n\nI wonder how will it run here...\nI have a Core 2 Duo E8500 stock with an HD4850 512mb and 4gb of DDR2 1100.\nBUT, I'm on Vista.\nThink I could run on 1650x1080?\n\nJeff\n\n01-01-2009, 09:53 PM\n\nI didn't get to play a ton of 2008 games this year but here is my top 5.\n\n5. Mirror's Edge\nI can't say I've played this extensively but from what I have gotten to play, I find it very fun and I absolutely love the art style. Definitely the prettiest game of 2008 for me (though PoP is a very close second).\n\n4. Prince of Persia\nAnother one where I love the graphics, which is what originally got me interested in the game. A lot of people give this game a hard time for being too easy because you can't die, but I actually think it adds to the game and makes it a lot less frustrating.\n\n3. Mass Effect\nAnother brilliant outing from BioWare, not much went wrong with this game, from the dialog and story being stellar to the combat being very fun especially for an RPG. Definitely looking forward to future installments in this series.\n\n2. Castlevania Order of Ecclesia\nTo be honest this might be one of the hardest games I have ever played, and it can get quite frustrating after a while but that is the only negative I have to say about it. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of my favorite games of all time and this game is done in a similar vein, with familiar enemies, items, and overall gameplay. Also a very pretty game for a DS title. I'd say one of the best games the DS has to offer.\n\n1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl\nDefinitely the game (besides WoW :p) that I have put the most hours into in '08, this game really delivers. I would say the best local multiplayer game available, though unfortunately the same can't be said about the online mode as Nintendo really dropped the ball here. But aside from that, the game is brilliant with as many characters to choose from as one could hope for and graphics that push the Wii's capabilities with classic gameplay that everyone loves.\n\njrrtoken\n\n01-01-2009, 10:12 PM\n\nI haven't played a lot of games form this year (more specifically, not a lot of games in general), but I've got a good list so far.\n\n5. Wii Music\nI initially wasn't looking forward to this game at all, but it definitely surprised me. The wide selection of instruments is satisfying, along with the feature remix and overdub your own tracks make it infinitely enjoyable.\n\n4. Myst DS\nMyst has been around for over fifteen years, but this port for the DS translates the game beautifully. With its touchscreen based interface, it feels just like a mouse, and it makes pulling levers and pushing buttons much easier. I'm still waiting for someone to do a port of Riven for the Wii, though.\n\n3. Cubello\nA puzzle game reminiscent of 3D Tetris. With minimalist and colorful graphics, with an outstanding MIDI based soundtrack, altogether with a MCP-esque voice, this is one game to have.\n\n2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl\nAnother great addition to the series. I can't find much to say, other than that it is Super Smash Bros.\n\n1. Skate It\nI seriously cannot put this game down. This game is the apex of all skateboarding games, featuring minimalistic yet fully fluid control, the best graphics that I've ever seen on the Wii, excellent ragdoll physics, and a most excellent soundtrack.\n\nDet. Bart Lasiter\n\n01-01-2009, 11:17 PM\n\nI wonder how will it run here...\nI have a Core 2 Duo E8500 stock with an HD4850 512mb and 4gb of DDR2 1100.\nBUT, I'm on Vista.\nThink I could run on 1650x1080?it should probably work fine.\n\nLorden Darkblade\n\n01-01-2009, 11:37 PM\n\nit should probably work fine.\n\nGooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood\nI think I might get it then....\n\nPR-0927\n\n01-02-2009, 02:31 AM\n\nHonourable mention goes to Sins of a Solar Empire for showing that a game can get good sales without DRM (and therefore implying, despite what EA say, that piracy does not cause poor sales, poor games cause poor sales).\n\nhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IECBNOHeL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\n\nThis man speaks the truth. Hear, hear!\n\nNumber one for me, unquestioningly, would be Sins of a Solar Empire. SoaSE gets my nomination for the best. Easily. No contest. This game is simply fun. It's very different in every game, and the games can be quick, or they can be long (very long...looking outside and saying \"it's the morning already\" long). But, it's always enjoyable.\n\nNumber two for me would be Far Cry 2. I'm sick of the Far Cry 2 bashing. I thoroughly enjoyed the game. Even the obnoxious driving parts and malaria made me feel much more immersed. And the graphics were simply amazing. Playing it with all settings cranked up (even the 8xAA), on a 24\" 1920x1200 monitor, in the dark, with headphones in...that's simply epic. I might play it again. The ending was very well done, IMO.\n\nNumber three for me is Crysis Warhead. I love Crysis, and I love Crysis Warhead too. The music was amazing, and the explosions were awesome. Psycho was just closer to my war-personality anyways. Nomad was rather monotonous.\n\nNumber four for me is Battlefield: Bad Company. It's the first Battlefield game with a SP campaign, and it kicks ass. Best audio in a a game I've ever heard, and the way so many things could be destroyed just made me smile. I love it. I feel lame playing shooters without destructible environments now. Good music too.\n\nNumber five for me would be The Force Unleashed, but it's not good enough for that rank. Problem is, those seem to be all my 2008 games. TFU would get an eight out of ten for me. It has issues. No changeable weapons, no dismemberment, no multiplayer (WTF?), no vehicles, and weird effects added onto Force powers like push are what bring it down for me. The linearity and repetitiveness also hurt it. So, I cannot name it to my top five.\n\nHence, I have a top four.\n\n- PR-0927\n\nMrWally\n\n01-02-2009, 04:28 AM\n\nHmm. I have Sins of a Solar Empire.\n\nA part of me really wants like like it, but the beginning moves SO SLOW and i suppose I'm just not in the mood for that sort of game right now. I love the concept, but I dunno.\n\nI played it a lot for like a week when i first got it, which was months ago, but then I got distracted by another game and sort of fell away for a while. I actually picked it up again today and I played for about an hour, but it couldn't really draw me in.\n\nWhat am I doing wrong? A massive, epic-scale RTS that takes place in space. It should be my favorite game of all time, but it's not working.\n\n:/\n\nPR-0927\n\n01-02-2009, 04:41 AM\n\nUse the \"+\" button liberally in the beginning if the slow beginning gets to you. It bothers me, but I've mastered the art of the black market, so I can keep buying stuff. Try playing it over LAN with friends - it's amazingly fun.\n\n- PR-0927\n\nDarth Groovy\n\n01-02-2009, 04:55 AM\n\nAlright TiE, to abide by your rules, I shortened my list. It was hard.\n\nThis year there were a LOT of really GREAT games that came out, the problem was that many of them came out at roughly the same time, and there was just not enough hours in the day to play all of them, unless you were paid to do so. Also, with a sagging economy, it was difficult to choose which one you wanted to shell out $60 for. I played a ton of really great games this year. Not all of them made the list. The ones that impressed me most are the ones I want to talk about now.\n\n5. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hBOA8a%2B7L._SL500_.jpg\nOh Rock Band 2, where do I begin? Despite dumping several hours into this game, and rocking my face off until the wee hours of the morning, I still have not tired from this gem of a game. Last night, it was the focus of my New Year's eve party, and we were rocking out until about 4am. Prior to Christmas, I was getting pretty stressed at work, and the manager down the Street said \"Groovy, you need to go home and rock out for a few hours!\". We signed on to live and rocked out for about 3 hours, and it did wonders for my soul as well as my personal well being. Between the imports from Rock Band 1, and the DLC, my catalog is quite extensive. One night I did a 33 song set list just for the Hell of it. The critics are right, this IS THE party game of the year, and the best to offer in the fake music genre of gaming. My only gripe would be the lack of being able to SAVE a set list for future use. Keep the songs coming, and I will keep rocking!\n\nI don't play a lot of sports games, but I love hockey. So I play NHL every year. For many years the 2K series dominated the game. Back in '07 EA introduced a cool mechanic to the game know as \"the skill stick\". This opened the window to countless options, as you now have the ability to use the right thumb stick to control your hockey stick. Loosely translated, this means you can practice with the skill stick to pull off crazy slap shots. After playing '07, and '08 it was impossible for me to go back to the 2k games ever again. What makes '09 so damn special is you can create your own hockey player, take him through an entire career, and on top of that, you can now form your own hockey \"guild\" for lack of better words, and take your guild online and compete for virtual prizes. Even better than that, weather you are a novice to hockey, a die hard pro hockey fan, or a new comer to the sport, NHL 09 makes it easy for anyone to pick up a stick and get into the game. Unlike most EA sports games, this one is not just another sports title with a year attached to it, it is an entity all by itself. As I type this, NHL 09 is currently out of stock in my store, and has been outselling Madden 09 for several months now. And this is in an area where we thought hockey was dead. Kind of makes you wonder?\n\n3. http://www.pre-ordergames.co.uk/images/Dead%20Space%20360.jpg\n\nI WANTED to put Silent Hill Homecoming here, but since I am a fan of that genre I may seem a bit jaded. AND on many aspects, this game scared me more. I actually think I developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by playing this game. I had to stop after a certain length of time, because it was working my nerves that bad. At first, this game seemed interesting enough, and yes I DID play this game at the GameStop manager's convention and enjoyed it however... If any of you have ever been to a video game show such as E-3, or some smaller equivalent, you notice some things that can distract you from the experience. Playing this game on a kiosk in a large well lit room, with dozens of other kiosks blaring all over the place. Plus on games such as this when they are not out yet...they often have only one level for you to play. I am not saying I did not enjoy it, but when I WAS playing it, I did not realize the full experience. When I checked this game out from work and took it home, and threw it in my 360 in the middle of the night, and cranked up my surround sound, it was a completely different game. I was beyond dazzled. I was scared ****less, my nerves were rattled, and I was convinced that I was playing something that I always wanted to play. This game does not offer anything that has not been done before, but what it does offer is a healthy spin on the genre itself. Exploring the remains of an empty space craft in space is not something new either in movies or games. What makes this game stand out is the use of sound. Holy Christ, the sound on this game blows my mind. That could be something around that corner scurrying around, or is it? And what is that infernal pounding noise? Also, great used of light and shadows. And the most impressive part of this game is the use of the built in HUD. You have this groovy space age suit which interacts with electronic devices and also monitors your health. The result is that the entire in game HUD is built into your suit. The menus, your health status, ammo....everything. You also have the ability to manipulate gravity which creates some truly memorable moments as the game progresses. The other thing that makes this game stand out from others is the physics. Most survival horror games like this, the larger the creature, the slower they move. In this game, the opposite is true. And don't aim for the head, you have to shoot off the limbs in this game. Also it is so fun to upgrade your weapons and try different stuff. It was a surprise hit, and a keeper in my opinion. I don't currently own the game, but I HAVE played it, and am planning to purchase it so I can beat it. I hear it has multiple endings.\n\n2. http://www.gameguru.in/images/resistance-2-gears-of-war-2-1.jpg\n\nGears of War 2/Resistance 2\n\nIt was impossible for me to choose. Each one came out around the same time. Each one was exclusive to one system. Each one took place in either an alternate time line, or an alternate universe. Both games had mechanics that were based steeply in the physics of reality. Both games had a great story, a great campaign, and a fantastic multiplayer game to offer. What can I say? GoW2 had Marcus Phoenix and the gang going up against the locust again, this time it's personal. Resistance 2 had our lone hero Nathan Hale being rescued from certain death to join up with a team of elites known as Sentinels. I guess the story is not as huge as GoW2, but it is still way more impressive than the boring History Channel like narrative that was offered in Resistance: Fall of Man. Each game is a system seller in itself. The only HUGE difference is that GoW2 is third person, and Resistance 2 is FPS all the way. Each game has great boss fights. Damn. You just have to play both to see what I am talking about. Both games are great!\n\n1. http://xbox360.gaming-universe.de/screens/boxart_us_fallout-3.jpg\n\nFallout 3. A lot of people throw around the words \"Fallout 2\" with some holy meaning. I have NEVER played a fallout game until now, and I am happy to say, it does not freaking matter. I love this game to pieces and then some. I was marginally excited about the genre of the game itself. A post apocalyptic RPG, that plays like an FPS game. I always liked the mechanics around Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but I have to admit that the whole idea of spells, magic, wizards, and otherwise mid evil terminology bored me to tears. Even Patric Stewart's monologue in game, was boring to the point of lunacy. Fallout 3 is a game that has both depth, humor and action. The voice acting is beyond top notch which you expect from a great game. Ron Perlman as the narrator, and Liam Neeson as your dad, which finding him is the first quest in the game. Also Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System, or VATS, allows you to zero in on a target and shoot it right between the eyes, or however violent you want to be. As any RPG, you can be a good guy, or a complete arsehole. Either way this game is so much fun to be had. When I played it at conference, I had a hard time walking away from it. I will admit, I have not committed as much time to it as I would like, but I HAVE liked what I played so far. I am also looking forward to building my own post apocalyptic weapons. I also love the adult sense of humor between human interaction in this game. You walk into a bar, and a prostitute yells at you \"WTF are YOU doing here?\" How can you not like that? This game gets my vote as Game of the year. To hell with GTA4. I played that for a week and got bored. I played Fallout 3, and had a hard time putting it down every time!\n\nDarth Groovy\n\n01-02-2009, 05:49 AM\n\nAnd now to make me feel better. The other 5 games that almost made the cut!\n\nThis game actually came out for PS3 and PC last year. This is done by the same developers as Gears of War 2. Hence the \"Unreal Engine\". Many of you FPS purists on here have played the hell out of past Unreal titles. I fondly remember playing Unreal 2K3 with many of you on here. It was so much damn fun. I first played UT3 on the PS3, but there was one very important function missing from the game. Lack of in game chat. Now playing a mode like \"Warfare\" is damn near impossible without any in game chat. Other than that, the game was damn gorgeous for a console. There were many, MANY gripes on the UT3 forums about that glitch, and no patch was ever issued, so I held my breath for another year for the 360 version. It comes out a year later and low and behold....still no in game chat...WTF? They actually want you to press a button to talk. In a game like this it seems beyond asinine. Now, there is some noticed improvements over the PS3 version, such as 1080P graphics, however, the chat function is still dead. Rather there is an in game hack that involves starting a match, then unplugging the headset, and plugging it in again. This will allow you to speak in game, but it does not show who is speaking.....LAME! This could have been a fantastic 360 experience, but the lack of ability to upload mods, or use in game chat killed it. Also, I tried so hard to fine a good clan of players to play Warfare mode, but all they wanted to do was play death match. Death match in a game like this, your life expectancy is about 1 minute tops. No fun at all. The lack of replay value on this game prompted me to get rid of it. Such a waste.\n\n4. http://www.gamesarefun.com/games/x360/ninjagaiden2/boxart.jpg\n\nNow here is a series of games I have loved since original NES. This game, makes you feel like a bad ass ninja. Throwing stars, jumping around, hacking up other ninjas, upgrading powers and weapons. Everything to expect from a good Ninja game. Unlike past Ninja Gaiden games, this one IS a bit easier, but that feeling is short lived. You can only feel like a bad ass Ninja for so long, but about 3 to 4 boss fights in, even on the easiest difficulty setting, you are left being punished for extreme difficulty. Dammit. It hooks you in, then it spits on you for thinking you were something special. Past Ninja Gaiden games did exactly the opposite. Also, the story is an aquired taste. Very much along the lines of cartoons and various Anime. It's not always realistic. Like all Ninja Gaiden games, it's fun to try, but it will laugh at you and call you names before it's over. Good luck...\n\nRainbow Six Vegas (1) was something I discovered late in the game. My assistant manager challenged me, that if I played and liked the game, he would buy it again and play with me. After that moment, we played that game every day all the way up until the release of the sequel. I have such FOND memories of eliminating terrorists on LVU campus. It was some of the best MP action I ever had on the 360. I was so excited about Vegas 2, that I literally took the day off work just to play the damn thing. I found good and bad. The good thing was that it was now easier to level up. You could now level up in the game, and unlock weapons as you do so. However, the single player campaign was too short, too easy, and not all that interesting. Even worse, the MP maps were smaller. Yes, leveling up is now easier, and you now have the ability to re-spawn at least twice in game. All of these things looked good on paper, but here is where things went wrong. I bought the game in March when it came out. I moved to my new place in early May. By the time I got my internet up and running, all of my clan were done playing RSV2. WTF? I got robbed here, big time. Most of them had leveled up to elite. Played every map there was, got bored and moved on to other games. WTH? There were never any MP maps available for download ever again. It was like they just released the title and abandoned it all together. Most of my clan keeps the game in hopes that a map pack will be available for download, yet 9 months later, this still has not happened. What a ****ing waste. I never got to level up to officer status, and nobody is playing that game anymore. So what looked good on paper, ruined an otherwise great mp game. Thanks for nothing. ****ers.\n\n2. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z7MtzUVdL._SS400_.jpg\n\nThis is hard for me, because this is a genre game, a formula game, and it involves a formula I happen to like a lot!\n\nIf any of you played either Silent Hill for PSONE, or Silent Hill 2 for PS2, you know what I am on about.\n\nSilent Hill was the first game that ever gave me the willies. You were turned loose in a town covered in ash, that looked like new snow fall. There were creatures everywhere. The only warning you had was the static of a broken radio you kept on your person. You spent the rest of the game exploring what happened to the inhabitants of Silent Hill while looking for someone. Homecoming follows the formula perfectly. The only thing is that Homecoming now involves elements found in the movie into actual gameplay. What makes the game great, is that it does not stray from formula what so ever. What kills the game, is the lack of inverted view, and the lack of ease on the difficulty setting. If you can surpass that, you have a good game to play. You play as Alex Shepard, A soldier coming home, and you see your brother from time to time, and you are looking for him. As a former soldier, you have unique abilities to kick the crap out of monsters and the game progresses. You get achievements as you take down at least one of each new monster you encounter. This is a love it or hate it title. If you hated the previous chapters, or thought the movie was crap. Best stay clear of this one.\n\nThis should have been game of the year for obvious reasons. However, it has noticeable flaws. 1. Where is the multiplayer? LucasArts is so proud to show off it's Euphoria engine, but there is no Multiplayer. So basically you can go through this game twice, as there is two possible endings. Yet...no multiplayer. LucasArts has abandoned multiplayer. The last good Star Wars Multiplayer game was Star Wars Battlefront II, and that was now four years ago. The other problem with STFU, is that you have all of the abilities at your disposal, but as the game progresses you loose them, and are forced to choose. LAME! We can only hope for another SWBF, or another Jedi Outcast game to arrive. Otherwise....so long....\n\nLorden Darkblade\n\n01-02-2009, 07:36 AM\n\nToo bad Force Unleashed wasn't realesed for the PCs too.\nNever played it.\n\nleXX\n\n01-02-2009, 08:34 AM\n\n1. Fable II\n\nhttp://images.play.com/covers/6072195m.jpg\n\nAfter giving up WoW and playing Mass Effect to absolute death, I was looking for a good rpg to fill the gap, and Fable II filled it very nicely indeed. My GOTY. I enjoyed every second playing this game, and the simple control system worked perfectly. The highlight for me was finally earning enough money by trading weapons to buy the castle and become queen, and the end boss is one of the funniest moments I've had in gaming.\n\n2. Tomb Raider Underworld\n\nhttp://images.play.com/covers/4949801m.jpg\n\nThe game I was looking forward to most, and I'm happy to say it didn't dissapoint at all. Legend and Anniversary were both awesome, and this is no different. Lara Croft is still an absolute joy to play.\n\n3. Little Big Planet\n\nhttp://images.play.com/covers/3433970m.jpg\n\nA truly ingenious game. I can't even describe how much fun this game is to play, you really just have to play it for yourself, it's just brilliant. Expandable forever with community submitted levels, this game will keep me entertained for years.\n\n4. Mario Kart Wii\n\nhttp://images.play.com/covers/4994923m.jpg\n\nWhat can you say about Mario Kart? The best driving game ever, and just as good on the Wii. Had many hours of fun with the whole family playing this game, love it.\n\n1.Gran Theft Auto IV- I wasn't expecting to be as amazed as I was was this game, extremely long single player with much to do and the addictive and very lively multiplayer.\n2.The Force Unleashed,I didn't play very many new games in 2008, and TFU is number two as I was extremely excited about it and although it made me angry at Lucasarts for a while for not meeting my expectations and being a disappointment. It showed me a new side of the Star Wars universe that hasn't been explored too much. Creating possibilities in my opinion, for a brighter future for Star Wars gaming.\n3.Super Smash Bros.Brawl-not as good as Melee,but with Sonic and Snake in the cast I couldn't resist it. Not to mention playing as Wolf from Starfox!\n4.Guitar Hero World Tour-easier for me to play allowing me to liek it better a very nice set of songs, a music creator, and the new instruments add much replayability along with new DLC monthly.\n5.Mario Kart Wii-it was really fun.....yes thats all I have to say...\n\nHonorable Mention(s):\nFar Cry 2-a great game but my save file corruption and Ubi's poor support of this game boots it from my top 5.\n\nMetal Gear Solid 4-haven't played it enough to get a verdict but it seemed good enough to be close."}
-{"text": "Coursera will offer 50 MOOCs in Spanish\n\nBy the end of the year, Coursera.org will offer 50 Spanish-language MOOCs.\n\nThis initiative comes as a result of a partnership with the Carlos Slim Foundation, a Mexican philanthropic organization.\n\n\u201cOur alliance with Coursera will allow training in Mexico, Latin America, and in the Hispanic community in the United States, promoting human capital at the highest level,\u201d said Carlos Slim Hel\u00fa, the businessman and philanthropist behind the foundation.\n\nThe partnership will focus on courses tailored to Latin America\u2019s employment needs in computer science, health care, and public health.\n\nThe Carlos Slim Foundation plans to reach low-income communities by offering MOOCs at its Telmex Digital Libraries, a network of more than 3,000 computer centers that provide free Internet access."}
-{"text": "Sydney\u2019s auction clearance rate dips below 70 per cent\n\nMarc and Melissa Gibson, with their kids Madeleine and Hugh, after buying 619 Bourke St in Surry Hills on Saturday. Picture: Sam Ruttyn\n\nMORE than 30 per cent of Sydney homes put to auction on the weekend failed to find a buyer, with the auction clearance rate dipping below 70 per cent for the first time since last April.\n\nSales agents were trying to be upbeat. \u201cIt\u2019s the time of year \u2014 we\u2019re in winter,\u201d said Belle Property Bondi Junction\u2019s Edward Brown.\n\n\u201cBuyers are trying to make up their mind \u2026 is this property the right one, or should I wait?\n\n\u201cOnce spring arrives there\u2019ll be a new urgency.\u201d\n\nBut some experts said falling below 70 per cent was an ominous sign of a deteriorating market. Before Easter, it had consistently been 80 per cent.\n\nIt\u2019s been slowly dropping over winter. There were 496 auctions across Sydney on the weekend and the preliminary clearance rate from CoreLogic was 69.39 per cent. \u201cIt\u2019s trending downwards,\u201d Corelogic\u2019s auctions commentator Kevin Brogan said.\n\n619 Bourke St Surry Hills was purchased by the Gibsons.\n\n\u201cOutside of public holidays, it\u2019s the first time the Saturday clearance rate has dipped below 70 per cent since last April.\u201d\n\nAgent reports cards showed a string of \u201cpassed in, no bids\u201d results from Bexley in the south through to Collaroy in the north.\n\nAuctioneer Will Hampson said the banks tightening the rules for investors was having a big impact \u2014 particularly in the outer suburbs, with the numbers fronting up to bid halving in a year.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re using the vendor bid a bit more strategically and fewer properties are selling over reserve,\u201d he said.\n\nLavish interiors at 619 Bourke St, Surry Hills\n\n\u201cThere is less strength for investment properties, but still strong demand for live-in owners in many sought-after suburbs and inner-city suburbs.\u201d\n\nOn Saturday, young Redfern family Marc and Melissa Gibson, with children Madeline, 3, and Hugh, 1, upgraded to a larger three-bedroom terrace on 158 sqm block with off-street parking at 619 Bourke St, Surry Hills, paying $$2,551,000.\n\nIt was $351,000 above reserve through McGrath agent Chris Chung, though agents from other firms thought the $2.2 million reserve was too low and the Gibsons had budgeted for up to $2.6 million. \u201cIt was a fair price,\u201d Mr Gibson said.\n\nThis unliveable deceased estate at 239 Lilyfield Road, Lilyfield sold for $1.26 million.\n\nBut it\u2019s the \u201cunliveable\u201d deceased estates, or homes that have been in the same family for decades, that usually tend to have the lower reserves that often disguise the malaise of the general market.\n\nLike bees to a honey pot, homehunters headed to the derelict deceased estate Victorian worker\u2019s cottage at 239 Lilyfield Rd, Lilyfield lured by the \u201cpotential\u201d for water views.\n\nA sense of competition was created from the 10 registered bidders \u2014 with five in the bidding frenzy \u2014 and it sold for $1.26 million. \u201cThe potential is enormous,\u201d Thomas Skelly of Savills Cordeau Marshall said.\n\nAnd a three-bedroom unit in a 1980s Bondi Junction high-rise with iconic views at 1201/251 Oxford St went for $1.94 million \u2014 $215,000 above reserve \u2014 though the Belle Property mother-and-daughter team Stella Gankin and Marina Makhlin.\n\nCooley\u2019s auctioneer Jake Moore called for an opening offer of \u201cmaybe $1.65 million\u201d for the unit with \u201csweeping views of the harbour\u201d. He had to be happy with $1.6 million, but vendor Dorn O\u2019Connell said her late parents would have been happy with the final result.\n\n1201/251 Oxford St, Bondi Junction, had interesting interiors \u2026\n\n\u2026 but this view.\n\nFamilies are still pouncing on well-priced homes in more contemporary condition, too.\n\nDoreen Wilson, of Phillips Pantzer Donnelley, said she was seeing no sign of a deteriorating market at Kingsford in the southeast, where six registered for a renovated Californian bungalow at 40 Eastern Avenue, Kingsford.\n\n\u201cIt was an absolute ripper,\u201d she said. \u201cOnly two actually bid, but it started at $2,850 and it finished at $3,290,000 and the reserve was $3 million.\u201d\n\nDisclaimer: The information published in this section is of a\ngeneral nature only and does not consider your personal objectives, financial\nsituation or particular needs. 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-{"text": "In 2010, when Lilli Holst scraped a lump of soil from the underside of a rotting eggplant, she had no idea that this act would help to save the life of a British teenager, eight years later and 6,000 miles away.\n\nHolst, an undergraduate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa, was participating in a project in which students search through local soil samples for new phages\u2014viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Holst found several, and gave them all names. In a worm farm, she discovered Liefie. In an aloe garden, Lixy. And from that decaying eggplant, Muddy. All three viruses infect a common bacterium called Mycobacterium smegmatis. And all of them were new to science.\n\nSamples of Muddy and the other phage viruses made their way to the lab of Graham Hatfull, a phage expert at the University of Pittsburgh. He stored them in a freezer, along with at least 10,000 others that had also been discovered and named by students: Mariokart, TGIPhriday, Chupacabra, Benvolio, ChickenNugget, IAmGroot, and more. They were sitting there, in the cold, when in late 2017 Hatfull got a call from doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London.\n\nThe London team, led by the pediatrician Helen Spencer, had been treating a 15-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis\u2014a genetic disorder that leads to persistent lung infections. To prepare for a double lung transplant, the girl had been taking drugs to suppress her immune system, and these allowed an already present microbe called Mycobacterium abscessus to run amok through her body. She had new lungs, but also heavy infections in her liver, limbs, buttocks, and torso, and in the surgical wound on her chest. Antibiotics weren\u2019t working, and the outlook was grim. The team put her on a palliative-care plan.\n\nBut Hatfull has spent decades studying phages that attack mycobacteria, the group to which the girl\u2019s life-threatening microbes belonged. Her doctors wanted to know whether he had anything in his arsenal that might kill those particular strains. He looked in his database\u2014and found Muddy.\n\nIn laboratory tests, Muddy efficiently destroyed the exact strain of M. abscessus that was itself destroying the London patient\u2019s body. \u201cIt was good that we found one,\u201d Hatfull says. \u201cBut it was bad that we only found one,\u201d because bacteria can easily evolve to resist any single phage.\n\nHis team eventually found two more phages\u2014 BPs and ZoeJ\u2014that had the potential to kill M. abscessus, but weren\u2019t doing it very well. Some phages kill the bacteria they infect by reproducing frantically and bursting out in fatal fashion, but others opt for a more tranquil existence of harmlessly hiding in their hosts. BPs and ZoeJ naturally go for the latter path, so Hatfull\u2019s team modified them by deleting the gene that keeps them peaceful. Unrestrained, these modified microbes could kill M. abscessus as well as Muddy.\n\nLast June, the London team started injecting all three phages\u2014one natural and two modified\u2014into the patient. She didn\u2019t experience any major side effects, and after a month of twice-daily doses, the infection in her chest began to disappear. Shortly after, her liver cleared up. After six months, almost all the other lesions had faded. \u201cIt\u2019s not like she\u2019s out of the woods, in the sense that she has cystic fibrosis and a new set of lungs,\u201d Hatfull says, \u201cbut she\u2019s in very good general health.\u201d\n\nAs with any single case of medical success, it is impossible to truly know whether the supposed treatment was what eventually saved the patient: That\u2019s why doctors run clinical trials. But Benjamin Chan of Yale University says that this \u201cfantastic\u201d study \u201cvery nicely shows a probable impact of the phages.\u201d After all, the patient\u2019s infections clearly weren\u2019t going away on their own, and they weren\u2019t responding to other treatments.\n\nPhages were commonly used to treat infections in the 1920s, and though they\u2019re still used in Russia and parts of eastern Europe, they largely fell out of favor in the West. But they\u2019ve stepped back into the limelight after a growing lineofdramaticsuccess stories. The most famous case involves Steffanie Strathdee, an epidemiologist who led the hunt for phages that ultimately cured her husband, Tom Patterson, of a life-threatening infection. Such successes have prompted a renewed interest in phage therapy, especially in the era of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.\n\nThe London patient\u2019s case is a milestone\u2014she is the first person to be treated with phages that have been genetically engineered. \u201cIt requires trust to take a leap off the edge into completely unknown medicine,\u201d says Hatfull, who appreciates that many people might be unnerved by his team\u2019s work. \u201cThe idea of using a virus in the first place is challenging, let alone messing around with it,\u201d he acknowledges.\n\nHe clarifies that his team simply deleted a gene that both BPs and ZoeJ would switch off naturally, when they eventually decide to flip from passive stowaways to active killers. The team also didn\u2019t add any genes from other organisms into the phages\u2014an important distinction, which meant that, under UK and European Union regulations, the viruses didn\u2019t count as genetically modified organisms.\n\nThis case also represents a second milestone: It\u2019s the first time phages have successfully treated a mycobacterial infection in a human. That\u2019s huge. These microbes include the one that causes tuberculosis. They also include a group of more than 100 species called the NTMs, which often hit people with cystic fibrosis. M. abscessus and other opportunistic germs belong to this group.\u201cTreating NTMs is a big deal,\u201d Chan says. \u201cIt\u2019s a very unmet need in the cystic-fibrosis community.\u201d\n\nBut Muddy, ZoeJ, and BPs aren\u2019t cure-alls for these infections. M. abscessus is incredibly diverse, and a phage that kills one strain might do nothing against another. The London team learned that the hard way. It treated a second young girl with cystic fibrosis, who also had a double lung transplant, and who came down with a different strain of M. abscessus. And against that strain, Hatfull struggled to find any effective phages, despite his extensive collection. By the time he identified one, it was too late. The second patient had died.\n\nTo reliably treat any given NTM infection, scientists will need much larger phage libraries. \u201cThat\u2019s not the case for many other bacteria, like E. coli or Staphylococcus aureus, where strains are more broadly susceptible to commonly isolated phages,\u201d Chan says.\n\nBut even in those cases, it\u2019s time-consuming to identify, grow, and perhaps even modify the right virus for every single case. \u201cThe challenge is whether you could ever make phage therapy broad enough so you could have an off-the-shelf set at your disposal, which you knew could infect any strain that was out there,\u201d Hatfull says. He doubts that\u2019s possible for M. abscessus, or indeed for most infections. That\u2019s probably why at least one trial, in which doctors tested the same cocktail of 12 phages in patients with infected burn wounds, was a bust.\n\n\u201cFor the many infections where you have this great variability, it\u2019s going to be hard to figure out how to get phages to span it all,\u201d he says. And without that consistency, it might also be hard for phages to get significant investments from pharmaceutical companies, and to go from the stuff of individual miracles to the stuff of generalized medicine.\n\nWe want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com."}
-{"text": "\"Christophe was an excellent host. Swimming pool and small bar a haven from a rather busy village centre. Even prepared a delightful platter of meats and cheeses one evening when we didn't get a booking in restaurant of our choice. Breakfasts very good too.\"\n\nMap & Directions\n\nThe nearest airport is La Rochelle \u2013 \u00cele de R\u00e9 Airport, around 30 minutes' drive from the hotel. From London, you can take the Eurostar to Paris and then take the TGV to La Rochelle railway station, around 35 minutes' drive from the hotel. Parking is 10\u20ac per night, per car (subject to availability).\n\nRooms & Rates\n\nOverview\n\nLa Villa - H\u00f4tel Bien \u00catre is in the village of Le Bois-Plage-en-R\u00e9, one of the oldest resorts on the French island of \u00cele de R\u00e9. Home to sleepy winding alleys lined with cottages and pink hollyhocks, it is bordered by vineyards, dunes, woods and over three miles of beaches.\n\nThe area is well known for its seafood restaurants and oyster farms. There are also lots of nearby saltmarshes, where fleur de sel (a delicate sea salt associated with France's Atlantic coast) is harvested, and a vibrant daily market selling local produce.\n\nYou can hire a bicycle from the hotel to explore the island and its villages (fees apply), hike through the dunes and woodland, visit the picturesque harbour or paddle in the ocean.\n\nFacilities include a heated outdoor swimming pool (open June to mid-September), a Jacuzzi and a hot tub. There is also a spa where treatments are available (supplements apply). You can have breakfast on the terrace in good weather.\n\nAll rooms have a private terrace with garden views. Comfort Double Rooms have air conditioning and a bigger bathroom than Standard Double Rooms. Wi-Fi is free.\n\nAmenities\n\nGeneral\n\nInfant cots / cribs\n\nBar\n\nNewspaper / magazines\n\nHot Tub / Jacuzzi\n\nOutdoor pool\n\nSauna / Steam Room\n\nNo pets allowed\n\nSpa\n\n100% smoke-free\n\nServices\n\nAirport transfer (fees apply)\n\nBaby-sitting service on request\n\nBeauty treatments / massages (fees apply)\n\nBike rental\n\nShuttle service (fees apply)\n\nRoom amenities\n\nAir-conditioning\n\nCoffee / tea-making facilities\n\nOutdoor space for some rooms\n\nSafe\n\nSitting area\n\nFlatscreen TV\n\nInternet\n\nComplimentary Wi-Fi throughout the hotel\n\nBathroom\n\nHair-dryer\n\nLuxury toiletries\n\nBathtub or shower\n\nParking\n\nParking (fees apply)\n\nAccessibility\n\nAccessible bathroom in some rooms\n\nAccessible parking\n\nAccessible pool area\n\nPolicies\n\nCheck-in: Standard Time is 5pm.\n\nMinimum age required to check in: 18.\n\nCheckout: Standard Time is 11am.\n\nChildren and additional guests: An extra guest is allowed in the Standard Rooms only and charges will apply as follows: 30\u20ac per night per child aged 11 and above, as well as adults; 15\u20ac per child aged between 3 and 10. Infant's cot/crib are available, free of charge, for children aged 2 and under.This is room-only basis. Meals will be charged as taken.Extra beds are on request and must be requested upon booking. Please use the Special Request field on the checkout page to confirm the age of the third guest.Supplements are not included automatically in the total price and will be charged directly by the hotel. See room descriptions and rate policies for information about room occupancy and prices.\n\nPets: No pets allowed.\n\nFees: City tax not included in the total price: 1.05\u20ac per person, per night, payable at the hotel.\n\nCancellation: Cancellation policy & booking conditions vary by 'rate plan'. These will be displayed on the payment page after you have searched for your dates and selected a rate.\n\nAdditional details: Car parking is subject to availability and charged at 10\u20ac per night, per car.\n\nHave a Question? Contact Travelzoo.\n\nRates may vary by date, are subject to availability and are not guaranteed until your purchase is complete.\n\nThe room rates listed are for double occupancy per room unless otherwise stated and exclude tax recovery charges and service fees.\n\nIt is the responsibility of the hotel chain and/or the individual property to ensure the accuracy of the photos displayed. Travelzoo is not responsible for any inaccuracies in the photos.\n\n*Unless otherwise stated, Travelzoo-exclusive extras are valid once per stay (based on two adults sharing). Value is an estimate based on double occupancy. Extras are only included with Member Rates and may not be available on all dates. Extras are non-transferable and have no cash value. Total value may vary depending on time of booking and availability. When included, breakfast may be limited to 2 guests per stay subject to hotel\u2019s discretion. Other restrictions may apply; see our T&Cs for details.\n\nPlease note: Some amenities and services may not be available in all rooms or may incur an additional charge. All prices stated have been verified at the time of publication and may vary at the discretion of the hotel.\n\nChristophe was an excellent host. Swimming pool and small bar a haven from a rather busy village centre. Even prepared a delightful platter of meats and cheeses one evening when we didn't get a booking in restaurant of our choice. Breakfasts very good too.\n\nLovely room and surroundings. The owners could not be more helpful and welcoming. We were close to all local facilities and were able to get a discount renting bikes through the hotel. A lovely holiday!\n\nNormaJul 07, 2018Harlow, United Kingdom\n\nEnjoyed Most\n\nThe welcome and attention to our needs was the best we have experienced and represents what a customer service should look like. Emelie and her husband were very attentive and friendly and doing this while looking after their young daughter just added to the experience.\n\nOther Comments\n\nThe location is fine and the layout of the hotel is laid out amongst gardens which are lovely. We enjoyed the informality of it.\n\nRichardJun 24, 2018Braintree, United Kingdom\n\nEnjoyed Most\n\nAn absolute delight in every way, especially our hosts Christophe, \u00c9milie and Constance. The hotel was charming and the cabins simple but very well appointed. The breakfasts were exceptional including home-made yoghurt and jams. The Ile de R\u00e9 was wonderful. All in all a now-favourite holiday destination for us, and highly recommended. We\u2019ve already booked again!"}
-{"text": "Friday, July 27, 2012\n\n3 Stages of Exploration (Part 3)\n\nSorry, for the short digression (we\u2019re not talking New D&D after all)\u2026let\u2019s recap some of the ground covered so far:\n\n1) Game play in D&D can be divided into three stages of exploration.2) Each stage demonstrates a deeper and more immersive role-playing experience.3) It is these stages of exploration that make the game so intriguing and thought-provoking.4) The three stages developed organically, not purposefully.5) Because they were not purposefully designed the latter stages are severely flawed.\n\nOkay, how we doing? Hmm\u2026looks like I forgot I wanted to come back to the three \"Stages of Exploration.\" Let\u2019s talk about them now (and get that out of the way):\n\n[I\u2019m going to try to make this short]\n\nBasic Stage (Stage 1 Exploration): Hazard Site\n\nThis is your basic single site, adventure locale, generally referred to as \u201ca dungeon\u201d regardless of the specific setting (a temple, cave complex, tomb, etc.). Whether relatively small (e.g. Tomb of Horrors), extensive (e.g. Hall of the Fire Giant King), or \u201cmega-\u201c in size, it provides rough physical parameters for PC exploration\u2026that is, it is finite and limited in scope. This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean \u201cunchanging\u201d but in general \u201cclearing\u201d a dungeon means just that\u2026it\u2019s swept clean of hazards.\n\nAnd it is these hazards \u2013 monsters, traps, fiendish puzzles, etc. \u2013 that give the \u201chazard site\u201d its name. It is hazardous to enter into it. The imaginary persona (whether PC or NPC henchman) risks life and limb (and possibly more) by exploring the hazard site. To compensate for this, the DM provides straightforward objectives: rescue these prisoners, fulfill this quest, loot the place for fabulous wealth and treasure, etc.\n\nThis is easy-shmeezy to understand: secure the goal, don\u2019t get killed doing it. This is the BASIC stage of exploration (and by exploration I\u2019m talking \u201cexploration of the imaginary game world\u201d). Challenges, rewards, all within limited parameters\u2026it gives players the chance to explore their PCs capabilities (what can my fighter do? How do thief skills work?), and explore basic concepts of the game (hit points, armor class, saving throws, attack rolls, XP, etc.). It is incredibly useful for teaching the basics of the game to the new player\u2026the straightforwardness and limited nature of the exploration provides a nice little \u201ccap\u201d on the \u201cyou can do anything you can imagine\u201d preventing the newbie from being overwhelmed.\n\nExpert Stage (Stage 2 Exploration): Imaginary Landscape\n\nRoughly corresponding to the \u201cwilderness exploration\u201d presented in the Expert rule sets (both Moldvay and Mentzer), Stage 2 occurs once players come out of the dungeon with enough loot and wherewithal to choose their own adventure. Now, as said, it\u2019s still possible to have an adventure that takes place \u201coutdoors\u201d that corresponds to the limits of a hazard site\u2026I lost my copy of N2: The Forest Oracle sometime ago, but I seem to recall it being fairly linear and limited, for example.\n\nHowever, once player characters leave the initial dungeon for the \u201cwhole wide imaginary world\u201d things tend to get a bit more dicey. Without a generous (or railroad-y) DM, players are left to find their own adventures, following up rumors and answering want ads, etc. The characters have the potential to go anywhere, not just being confined to the hazard site\u2026if they can afford a ship they can purchase one and sail to the Isle of Dread (or elsewhere). If they can\u2019t afford a ship they can still make plans to stowaway aboard a vessel (perhaps later killing and replacing the captain and crew). The can hire out as caravan guards, or purchase their own horses and gallop off in any direction. They have to deal with food and getting lost and hiring guides and blacksmiths and other specialists. They can research legends, or become traders in mustard seed\u2026whatever fancy takes them. And they can certainly become embroiled in the local political scene, at least indirectly. If the Dragon Highlords are moving this way and burning every town that doesn\u2019t capitulate, they have a choice between organizing a resistance, or hightailing it out of there\u2026or throwing in with the Highlords, offering up the townfolk as slaves.\n\nThe difference between Stage 2 and Stage 3 is the players generally don\u2019t have the power to do everything they desire, and are still (at least half the time) reacting to the DMs scenarios. Invaders are coming; what do you want to do? A noble is organizing an exploratory journey by sea; do you want to apply for the job? The town has a lottery for sacrificing virgins to the local dragon; what are you going to do about it? Etc. Player characters are learning a LOT about the openness of choice in a role-playing game during Stage 2 and finding their own voices. They\u2019re also (at this point) pressing the limits of most Old School editions, exploring the boundaries of the game. Weak DMs will have a difficult time with this stage of exploration; railroad-y scenarios (to get a group of PCs back into the next Hazard Site) is a common reaction to the overwhelmed DM in Stage 2 of the game.\n\nThe last few years of the old D&D campaign of my youth was spent mostly in Stage 2 exploration.\n\nMaster Stage (Stage 3 Exploration): World Shakers\n\nAround the forums and OS blogs, there\u2019s been much talk about the \u201cendgame\u201d scenario(s) of D&D; i.e. the denouement that occurs after a player character (or group of PCs) grow to such a level of wealth and power (i.e. level) that they can easily settle down, build a castle, and collect taxes from the peasants while growing fat and lazy in retirement.\n\nBut who wants to do that?\n\nIt generally takes a lot of ambition (and a lot of playtime with the same character) to get to a lofty high level\u2026even so high as B/X\u2019s \u201cname level.\u201d When my most recent B/X group finally got all their grooves ironed out and started playing seriously we made good progress and after several months of weekly play we were just starting to hit 5th and 6th level. In my youth, we had many high level characters, but those came from years of play, often with large (i.e. \u201cMonty\u201d) hauls of treasure, and many starting their careers as \u201cmid-level\u201d characters (to catch up to existing PCs in the game)\u2026not to mention marathon game sessions unhindered by jobs and familial obligations.\n\nChances are if you\u2019re playing a high level character that you\u2019ve worked to advance, you\u2019re not going to want to \u201cgo quietly into the night.\u201d You\u2019re DRIVEN to do more: to build that thieves guild or lead that Jihad or forge that kingdom or craft your magical magnum opus. Sure, high level characters like to go on \u201cadventures\u201d too: Tomb of Horrors is just a Hazard Site for high level characters, and what are \u201cother planar adventures\u201d but Stage 2 exploration only available to characters with the means to gate or astral travel?\n\nBut honestly, once you\u2019ve spent a bunch of time in Stage 1 and 2 exploration (and amassed a serious amount of XP and treasure in the process) you tend to become a bit jaded to O Just Another Dungeon. Sure you can fight Orcus in his palace (H4: Throne of Bloodstone), but is that the most interesting thing you want to do with your time? Reacting to the scenario the DM gives you?\n\nCertainly there is a degree of reaction in Stage 3, butmost Stage 3 exploration is exploration of one\u2019s OWN power, and the effects of one\u2019s own choices on the game world. If you take down Greyhawk with your personal army of gnolls and polar bears, how does that affect the surrounding nations? If you decide to force the infidels to convert to the worship of Odin or be burned at the stake, who will rise up to stop you? What types of shady deals do you need to make to allow your illicit guild (thief or assassin) to flourish and function with impunity in the Empire\u2019s capitol?\n\nI watched the first season of Game of Thrones (and read the book on which it\u2019s based) and I\u2019d certainly call it a \u201cfantasy adventure\u201d but the adventure is not one of exploring a strange landscape or an ancient ruins. The adventure is found in navigating the cutthroat politics of a nation ready to tear itself apart\u2026and that\u2019s a fantastic maelstrom of action to take part in. Assuming the player characters still have the stomach for the game after ten years of nothing but killing monsters of ascending size.\n\nThat\u2019s the thing that hit me like a (small) ton of bricks the other day when reading Noism\u2019s post was this: his idea is great but ONLY when one is looking at D&D from the Big Picture Fantasy Adventure World concept. That is to say, it\u2019s only great when you forget the little dungeon-delving game from which the whole thing developed.\n\nSee, Noism is talking like an intelligent human crafting a fantasy world. The medieval (or even pseudo-medieval) mindset is not conducive to treasure-seeking adventurers, while other historical periods and cultures are. However, D&D is not founded on any intelligent principle of design: Arneson created a limited scope of adventure to run a particular GAME and then that game evolved into the \u201cWorld of Fantasy Adventure.\u201d And no the latter doesn\u2019t make a whole helluva\u2019 lot of sense\u2026but then neither does most of the pulp serials that probably served as a basis of inspiration for said world.\n\nFor example, I recently read Tarnsman of Gor. I remarked that it would make a fine D&D setting, because it has this Deus Ex Machina in it called the priest-kings that can automatically incinerate at any time (with blue fire!) anything they don\u2019t like. Like people wearing armor better than chainmail or the building of automotive vehicles or the use of gunpowder. Why do people fight with swords when they\u2019re from a more advanced civilization and living among several (specific) examples of high technology? Because the priest-kings incinerate you if you don\u2019t. The world of Gor is a big game, with rules only its masters understand.\n\nWhile reading it I found myself thinking, you know, this reminds me a bit of the flavor of Blackmoor. Low and behold that when I managed to get my hands on a copy of The First Fantasy Campaign about a week ago, what do I find but Tarns and Tarnsmen and slaves of various types. Yeah, Blackmoor (and Arneson) definitely had some Gorean influence mashed in.\n\nGor is an artificial, nonsensical, game-type world\u2026just like the world of D&D. Why are there Norwegian monsters side-by-side with Indian spirits (rakshasa) and Greek mythology\u2026not to mention Tolkien humanoids? Because it\u2019s a game and a goddamn hodge-podge, that\u2019s why! If you take it seriously you end up gnashing your teeth or looking utterly ridiculous or both.\n\nAnd yet, as I said at the beginning of this series, D&D is a whole helluva\u2019 lot more than your \u201caverage game.\u201d It provides players with an opportunity to escape into a fantasy world and pretend (for the duration of a session) to be a heroic warrior or wizard or whatever. To experience and to EXPLORE a waaay different way of life from that to which we\u2019re accustomed. To deal with issues and challenges of a different (and often drastic or deadly) nature than the normal ones we find ourselves facing\u2026and, of course, like a weekly sitcom, we can turn it off for the night when the session is done and be none the worse for wear (depending on our snack preference) while having packed in some damn decent entertainment.\n\nThis entertainment, this experience, is richer when coupled with deeper and better role-playing and with a layered and textured world. But that means getting rid of the artificial restraints imposed by the game itself, and that\u2019s a tall order.\n\nNoism\u2019s suggested exploring the New World or Africa or Asia\u2026doing the Marco Polo or Hernan Cortez thing\u2026as a reasonable way to build a world looking for adventure. But the type of exploration he\u2019s talking about is Stage 2\u2026and that\u2019s pretty rough for starting adventurers with the rules as written.\n\nJust like life\u2019s pretty rough in a dungeon when you're playing a 1st level druid or assassin, you know?\n\nYes, there are too many people who forget that this is just a game. It's supposed to be fun.\n\nThat said there are a couple of games that start out with the idea of Stage III from the get go. Pendragon, Ars Magica, Game of Thrones. Of course, they have mechanisms in place to keep the players alive. And they're not B/X or BECMI which is really the topic of discussion.\n\n\"Assuming the player characters still have the stomach for the game after ten years of nothing but killing monsters of ascending size\"\n\nRemind me not to play in your game sessions... they come across as lacking in meaningful experiences. Levels 1-9 SHOULD be filled with events that the players will remember forever in a campaign that forged them from unworked ore into shining hard metal. Right about that time the local lords (and ladies) become interested in these famous heroes and their stories take unexpected twists, just like in the legends of Beowolf and Sigfried..."}
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-{"text": "\u201cThey\u2019ve tripled in size,\u201d she gushed. \u201cI was a 34A; now I\u2019m a 36C. I\u2019m so excited! I\u2019m telling everyone I know, \u2018Go ahead, touch them!\u2019\u201d\n\nKunis may be liberal about who she lets touch her chest, but don\u2019t expect that openness to translate into the delivery room.\n\n\u201cTwo people are allowed in my delivery room. My doctor and my significant other. And [Kutcher] is staying above the action,\u201d she explained. \u201cHe\u2019ll be head to head. Not head to vag[ina]. Unless he wants to risk his life and see. But I wouldn\u2019t if I were him. I highly doubt he wants to see that being ripped apart and shredded.\u201d\n\n\u201cBecause it will be shredded,\u201d she continued boldly. \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of how badly.\u201d\n\nWhile we can\u2019t stop laughing at Kunis\u2019 honesty, there are a few things that she gets serious about: Namely, her relationship with Kutcher and their future children.\n\n\u201cOne day, it just changed. All of a sudden, it wasn\u2019t the same. And I was really proud of myself for acknowledging that,\u201d she said of her friendship with her former \u2018That \u201970s Show\u2019 co-star. \u201cThe best day of my life so far was the proposal. I cried. I was a mess. Not to discredit any relationships in my past, but this relationship is different.\u201d\n\nSo sweet! And as for what she hopes their future kids are like, Kunis has one simple wish.\n\n\u201cI just don\u2019t want my kids to be a\u2013holes. I feel like so many kids nowadays are,\u201d she reveled. \u201cBoth of us just want to have well-behaved, honest, nice children who people meet and say, \u2018That\u2019s a good kid.\u2019\u201d\n\nWelcome back to KVKI VIP Club\n\nIt appears that you already have an account created within our VIP network of sites on .\nTo keep your personal information safe, we need to verify that it's really you.\nTo activate your account, please confirm your password.\nWhen you have confirmed your password, you will be able to log in through Facebook on both sites.\n\n*Please note that your prizes and activities will not be shared between programs within our VIP network.\n\nWelcome back to KVKI VIP Club\n\nIt appears that you already have an account on this site associated with . To connect your existing account just click on the account activation button below. You will maintain your existing VIP profile. After you do this, you will be able to always log in to http://965kvki.com using your original account information."}
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-{"text": "Guests will visit the Spanish Fort, Hill of cliff divers, Mazatlan historical downtown (including the Cathedral, market, and Main Plaza), panoramic ride along the Malecon and a short stop at Golden Zone for shopping or beach!\n\nEnjoy the best that Mazatlan has to offer on this unique, combo excursion. Take in sightseeing highlights of both the old section and the new, enjoy a bit of shopping or relax on the beach in the famous Golden Zone. Be sure to bring your camera. There will be many photo opportunities on this excursion!\n\nYour fun day will begin when you meet with your English speaking guide at your Mazatlan cruise ship pier. After a quick check-in, you will be shown to the air-conditioned van. Although this is not a private excursion, your group will be kept to a maximum of just 14 passengers. You will head off for your first stop at the Spanish Fort, known as Fuerte Carranza. The fort was used in the 1860s to defend itself from French invaders. The view from the fort is the only place where you can see the three islands located off the coast at the same time, Deer, Goat and Bird Islands. From the lookout hill, you will catch amazing views of the city and the Cerro del Crest\u00f3n where the lighthouse \"El Faro\" is lighting since 1879, being the tallest on in America and the tallest one still functioning in all the World.\n\nNext, you'll head down to the Parque Glorieta, a small oceanside park usually referred to as \"El Clavadista\", here you will watch the cliff divers plunging off cliffs 45 feet up into water that is just 8 feet deep. Be amazed as they create interesting dives while avoiding the many sharp rocks below. The divers usually perform daily at 10:00 AM and 04:00 PM.\n\nThen you're off to visit the historic district of Mazatlan. This includes the wondrous Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, a Gothic-style cathedral with luxuries deco details, from handmade tiles, crystal chandeliers, gold leaf murals, to a Cavaille-Coll organ and much more. It is a true architectural jewel in the heart of Mazatlan City. You will stop to go inside and take photos while your knowledgeable guide explains a little about its construction.\n\nYou can also take some time to wander through the downtown market and the main plaza where you will see colorful cafes, food stands and unique handmade crafts from the local artisans.\n\nFinally, you'll be driven along the longest boardwalk (the Malecon) in Mexico which has many bronze statues along the water to your next stop at the Golden Zone, known for both shopping and beautiful beaches. You will have free time to purchase a delicious Mexican lunch, relax on the beach, or search for shopping bargains.\n\nThen, once your time in the Golden Zone comes to an end you'll be driven back to your Mazatlan cruise ship pier.\n\nExcursion Notes\n\nThe cost of lunch, extra beverages, and shopping purchases are not included.\n\nPlease pay attention to restrictions and requirements for this excursion, no refund will be granted if requirements are not met.\n\nWhere we meet\n\nFor the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion, you will meet directly at your Mazatlan cruise ship terminal. All necessary details will be printed on your Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket.\n\nExcursion Restrictions\n\nPlease let us know if you have any special need or using a collapsible wheelchair, we can accommodate you!\n\nExcursion FAQ\n\nAre there restrooms available?\n\nYes, there are facilities that you can use along the route, please ask your guide.\n\nWhat is the maximum capacity of the vehicle?\n\nThe van has a capacity of 14 passengers comfortable seated.\n\nDo I need to take my passport with me on the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion to show with my Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket?\n\nNo, it is not necessary to take along your passport or driver's license unless noted by your cruise line or listed in the Restrictions or Notes tab for the excursion. Your local operator has your booking noted. Please arrive with a printed copy of your eticket or digital copy if applicable.\n\nCancellation\n\nFor the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion, we issue full refund for your deposit or full payment to us if:\n\nCanceled by client prior to excursion date with a minimum of 72 hours prior notice by email to: contact@shoreexcursioneer.com.\nFor cancellation reasons below, you must contact us via email within 14 days after your excursion:\n\nYour ship arrives into port late and you cannot make it in time to the meeting location (we will verify with the tour operator).\n\nYour ship skips/misses the port.\n\nWeather conditions or equipment failure prevents the operator from running the excursion.\n\nA medical problem prevents you from safely participating in the excursion (we will verify with the excursion operator or guest may send doctor's note). This applies to individuals only and not the remainder of the group.\n\nCancellations/deposit refund requests that do not comply with the above may not be subject to refund.\n\nRefunds may be subject to a service charge fee as determined by the payment processor, please refer to Terms and Conditions for more information.\n\nMazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion Reviews\n\nEnjoy the best that Mazatlan has to offer on this unique, combo excursion. Take in sightseeing highlights of both the old section and the new, enjoy a bit of shopping or relax on the beach in the famous Golden Zone.\n\nWe went all over Mazatlan on this tour. Tour guide was great,van was comfortable & cool. Finished with lunch on the beach that I cannot recommend enough. It is not included in tour price, but well worth it. Great food beautiful view.\n\nShow Management Response\n\nManagement Response: Hello Tracy. Thank you for posting your comments and review of the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion. This excursion allows guests to experience, see, and enjoy a great variety of local highlights - old and new. Mazatlan is such a beautiful city, the architecture, the culture - really lovely. We hope that we can assist you again for future shore excursions.\nYour Shore Excursioneer Team 2020\n\nDenise R.Mazatlan\n\nBeautiful and Colorful Mazatlan\n\n5/5 March 2019\n\n10\n\nOur tour guide Jorge did a great job. He was open to stopping wherever we wanted to and we saw so many great places. We saw cliff divers, cathedral, fish market and golden zone. Small tour was my family of 6 people and two strangers that were sisters. So only 8 people on a roomy air conditioned van with a lot of room. Great value for what you get and includes water and sodas. We always book through this website and they never disappoint.\n\nShow Management Response\n\nManagement Response: Hi Denise R.. Thank you for posting your review of the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion. Our local Mazatlan excursion operator is very eager to provide great excursion services and they seem to enjoy what they do. This excursion is a great option for those guests that want to experience old and new Mazatlan and discover the history behind it. It is so nice to hear you have a wonderful time with your family during your time in this port. Jorge is a great guide! Please feel free to let us know if we can assist you for your next cruise shore excursions, it would be a pleasure.\nYour Shore Excursioneer Team 2019\n\nJeffrey B.Akron, OH\n\nGolden Zone!!\n\n5/5 August 2018\n\n12\n\nAbsolutely the best part of this tour was visiting the Golden Zone. We found a lot of stuff there and I bought several Mexican souvenirs for my family. The panoramic view of the Malecon was great. The city still has alot of old-world charm and we had a really good time. Highly recommended.\n\nShow Management Response\n\nManagement Response: Hello Jeffrey B.. Thank you for your review of the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion you booked through us. It sounds like you and your group picked the perfect excursion for a wonderful day in Mazatlan. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. We look forward to having you join us again for future cruise shore excursions.\nYour Shore Excursioneer Team 2019\n\nMae F.Milwaukee, WI\n\nExcellent tour\n\n5/5 September 2017\n\n10\n\nThoroughly enjoyed this tour. We got to see parts of the Old city including a fabulous market downtown. The streets were clean with a lot of pride taken in maintaining and preserving old buildings. A good overview of the city! Our tour guide was amazing, funny and full of information. He was very attentive to our needs making sure we were comfortable, he even provided a cold water bottle.\n\nShow Management Response\n\nManagement Response: Hi Mae F.. Thank you very much for sharing your review and comments about your recent Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion. It sounds like you had an incredible time while in Mazatlan. We hope that we can assist you again for future shore excursion needs.\nYour Shore Excursioneer Team 2019\n\nCharlieLA\n\nCharming\n\n5/5 May 2016\n\n94\n\nOur guide took us to visit all the must see places in Mazatlan while providing us with all the information we needed to know. This excursion was nice for our day in Mazatlan, we even got time to do some shopping while at the \"Golden Zone\". The city was very pretty and we learned alot of the history\n\nShow Management Response\n\nManagement Response: Hello Charlie,\nThank you for your review of the Mazatlan Discovering the Old and New City Excursion you booked through us. This excursion is ideal for our guests to enjoy visiting the new and the old section, so glad to read you both had a wonderful time. There are so many wonderful places to visit in Mexico and Mazatlan is one of them.\nWe look forward to having you join us again for future cruise shore excursions, it will be a pleasure to assist you.\nYour Shore Excursioneer Team 2016\n\nShare your Experience!\n\n5 Customer Reviews\n\nNo Port No Pay\n\nNo Hidden Fees\n\nDeposit Payment Only\n\nMoney Back Guarantee\n\nBack to Ship Guarantee\n\nPackages and Coupons\n\nLowest Price Guarantees\n\nFree Last Minute Changes\n\nSmall Personalized Groups\n\nSecure Payment Guarantee\n\nExtended Customer Service Hours\n\nMost Flexible Cancellation Policies\n\nNeed Assistance?\nOur Excursion Specialists are at your service to assist you with your Mazatlan Excursions\n\nCustomer FAQs\n\nLive Help Ready!\n\n1-866-317-2999\n\nRequest CallBack\n\nSend Message\n\nWhatsApp Chat\n\n68,231Verified Reviews\n\n\u201cTHANK YOU!\u201d\n\n\u201c THANK YOU! \u201d\n\nJanice Henderson, Nevada\n\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Yesterday\n\nJanice Henderson, Nevada\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\nYesterday\n\n\u201cEasiest transaction ever. 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-{"text": "Tornadoes, Severe Flooding Hit Oklahoma City Area, Injuries Reported\n\nA series of tornadoes touched down southwest of Oklahoma City on Wednesday, injuring several residents of a trailer park, causing severe flooding and a temporary escape of bears from a wildlife park, officials said.\n\nNo deaths were reported, but some residents of a trailer park were treated at local hospitals, said Dee Patty, a police spokeswoman. The Oklahoman newspaper reported 12 people injured.\n\n\"I think we got lucky,\" Patty said. \"We've seen a lot worse come through these same areas.\"\n\nThe tornadoes flipped cars, downed power lines, snapped trees and damaged homes and other structures, with broadcast footage showing piles of scattered debris amid farmland. Several roads were closed because of debris.\n\nPatty said two people were hurt in a weather-related road accident. The Oklahoman reported a third was injured when entering a storm shelter and a fourth person by flying debris.\n\nSeveral bears escaped from enclosures at an animal park after a tornado struck the city of Tuttle 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Oklahoma City, the Grady County Sheriff's Office said. The bears were rounded up soon afterward without incident.\n\nA storm system brought severe weather to several Great Plains states and the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for an area stretching from central Texas to central Nebraska. About two dozen tornadoes were reported in the area.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, passengers, visitors and employees at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City were evacuated to a pedestrian tunnel for about 30 minutes as the storms moved through the area, the airport said. All flights were canceled through the evening.\n\nThe National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for downtown Oklahoma City amid storms and heavy rain in the broader area, the first such warning in city history. It said the airport received 6.9 inches (17.5 cm) of rain for the day.\n\nGrady County officials said 10 homes in the nearby town of Amber were damaged along with 25 homes in Bridge Creek. South Oklahoma City reported a hotel along Interstate 35 was among other structures damaged.\n\nThe Oklahoma Corporation Commission said more than 10,000 homes and businesses were without power statewide.\n\nA series of tornadoes touched down southwest of Oklahoma City on Wednesday, injuring several residents of a trailer park, causing severe flooding and a temporary escape of bears from a wildlife park, officials said.\nNo deaths were reported, but some residents of a trailer..."}
-{"text": "If you enjoy Podcasts, I implore you to grudginly plow thru MTV's Jersey Shore just for the sheer enjoyment of listening to Bill Simmons Podcast with \"Reality Czar\" Dave Jacoby today.\n\nMultiple pausing had to take place to regain composure and listening attention.\n\nThere analysis of this abortion of a show was spot on and simply epic to listen too.\n\nI am going to have to continue watching the show just to listen to future Podcasts. That and I want to see this episode where the stupid, drunk bitch gets punched.\n\nPlaying here is the closest thing to heaven. Really, I mean it's amazing to be in a place where the fans truly cherish their football team and stick behind them win or lose. We players love them, too. I feel a sense of accomplishment playing here, we are a special breed of football players with a great opportunity.\" ~ tOSU LB Brian Rolle\n\nI saw clips of the show being made fun on \"The Soup\" and was just amazed that guidos have their own show now. My first thoughts that came to mind was this amazing sketch.\n\n(and the other one that's funny, but sort of ripped off of polk and co.)\n\nalso, wow, from a wiki entry\n\nmore specifically the town of Seaside Heights, where they live in a common living space and help to run a t-shirt store. The show plays upon the stereotype of the guido, prompting criticism from groups such as the National Italian American Foundation and from some people living in the area.\n\nDomino's Pizza recently pulled their commercials from airing during the show, citing \"One of the ads happened to show up and once we saw what the program was, we decided that the content wasn't in keeping with what we're all about,\" Tim McIntyre, the company's vice president of communications\n\nSwerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.\n\nCerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.\n\nOf course I watched Jersey Shore and of course my leg is tingly about playing through the podcast in question today.\n\nSo excited.\n\nWhile my school wasn't overrun by Jersey Shore style guidos we had more than are fair share on the sports teams (intermittent w/ your other douchebags, be it rich Up State NYers or Long Island Queens. The show was a nice refresher for me, reminds me of any visit I've taken to Philly w/ my boy Gooch as well.\n\nAs a long time Shore goer, I need to defend my turf. Note that this show features the cultural stylings of a single North Jersey shorepoint (Seaside Heights), not South Jersey (where I vacation yearly).\n\nThe New Jersey mockery will continue in irony as it's typically New Yorkers who vacation in North Jersey... and then turn around and mock New Jersey. South Jersey shorepoints are typically inhabited by Philadephia peeps. So, don't let this show fool you. The Jersey Shore is a great, great, family oriented vacation spot- if you find the right shorepoint. My advice is to stay south of Atlantic City- Sea Isle, Avalon, Cape May- all great summer time spots.\n\nJersey shore was fantastic, but fantastic like no other show I can think of. It is unfathomable that those people can have the level of douchiness that they do, I will continue watching because of the pure humor. It is basically the real world with guys who are even bigger chaches and women who are even more slutty, what is not to like. I will definitely check this out this afternoon.\n\n\"I feel like this is beneath me. I'm a bartender. I do great things.\" \u2014Angelina \"Jolie\"\"I love the Situation.\" \u2014Mike \"the Situation\"\n\nThe show sets mankind back years. I mean, all this talk about 2012 and shit like that, this show will be the death of civilization if it spurns multiple seasons. At the very least the jacuzzi at the house will create the next H1N1 virus or worldwide pandemic.\n\nPlaying here is the closest thing to heaven. Really, I mean it's amazing to be in a place where the fans truly cherish their football team and stick behind them win or lose. We players love them, too. I feel a sense of accomplishment playing here, we are a special breed of football players with a great opportunity.\" ~ tOSU LB Brian Rolle\n\nJumbo wrote:Listening to that podcast was enough to convince me to watch this show. And I'm not really into reality...but this just sounds too funny to miss.\n\nAnd Jersey Shore vs. North Shore would be the greatest thing ever.\n\nTrue that.\n\nRevere v. Seaside would make my life.\n\nAnd Cease, while some parts of the Jersey shore are actually okay, Philly and the south shore suck as much if not more than the northern Jersey shore, don't play that game when peeps who know this well are around here.\n\n*and I am not saying that there are not nice oasis's amongst the guido masses\n\nTrue, the Shore should never be compared to the Bahamas, or the Carolinas for that matter. So the whole thing could \"suck\" en masse, as judgements go.\n\nHaving said that, I think there is a pretty noticeable difference between the New York-facing Northern New Jersey and the Philly-facing Southern New Jersey. Northern Jersey is much more densely populated and industrial, plus you've got all of those Yankee's fans. South Jersey outside Philly to the SSE can be down right rural. On the down side, Philly/South Jersey has an inferiority complex that dwarfs Cleveland's.\n\nFrom what I've seen, the North Jersey/New York uber-guido crowd doesn't trek much further than Atlantic City. Resulting in a slightly lower guido ratio for each shore point south through Delaware. I think that's a valid opinion and I'll stick to it.\n\nBack to this show... I'm going to wait for a surprise lazy Saturday MTV marathon over the winter and digest the whole thing with my South Jersey wife. It's like a self-buried treasure.\n\nDude, hilarious. Love the new favorite and least favorite players, wish I would have thought of it. I would have gone with Snooki for least favorite though. Nothing worse than a fat guidette that gets sloppy when drunk.\n\nDude, hilarious. Love the new favorite and least favorite players, wish I would have thought of it. I would have gone with Snooki for least favorite though. Nothing worse than a fat guidette that gets sloppy when drunk.\n\np.s. please explain the avatar\n\nI like flapjacks and space.\n\nI know more about pizza than you. Much more in fact. - Cerebral_DownTime\n\nDude, hilarious. Love the new favorite and least favorite players, wish I would have thought of it. I would have gone with Snooki for least favorite though. Nothing worse than a fat guidette that gets sloppy when drunk.\n\nDude, hilarious. Love the new favorite and least favorite players, wish I would have thought of it. I would have gone with Snooki for least favorite though. Nothing worse than a fat guidette that gets sloppy when drunk.\n\np.s. please explain the avatar\n\nI like flapjacks and space.\n\nReal maple syrup or the hungry jack artifical stuff?\n\nReal. No contest.\n\nAlthough I am partial to the blueberry at IHOP.\n\nI know more about pizza than you. Much more in fact. - Cerebral_DownTime\n\nDude, hilarious. Love the new favorite and least favorite players, wish I would have thought of it. I would have gone with Snooki for least favorite though. Nothing worse than a fat guidette that gets sloppy when drunk.\n\np.s. please explain the avatar\n\nHow can you hate on a girl who services a pickle and says she likes to suck all the juice out first, while wearing a hat that says \"Porn star in training\", and then complains the guys are making jokes?\n\nI know more about pizza than you. Much more in fact. - Cerebral_DownTime\n\nI hate Simmons and I hate all of you who've contributed to this thread. I DVR'd Jersey Shore and finally watched it this weekend. my morbid curiosity won out.\n\nI'm hooked!\n\nAny show that makes me do this MULTIPLE times in a 2 hour period definitley gets set up for recording.\n\nI can still smell the Drakkar, hair gel, and Neutrogena Micro Mist Tanning spray\n\nGalley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB\n\nWatched the first two episodes now...this show is the bastard child of the sluttier Real World seasons and the more insane episodes of True Life.\n\nResult:\n\nI'm also reminded of Klosterman's essay wherein he writes that the Real World morphed modern culture such that people are more conscious of their RW-defined character role based on their background, ethnicity, etc., and subconsciously emulate that role. I suppose Jersey Shore is what happens when you advance three reality generations past the original Real World, collect a set of people who all occupy the same role, and then regurgitate it back in front of the camera.\n\nMy boy Gooch (a Jersey Shore Guido from Philly himself) is calling for a boycott of the show and I have gotten several emails saying the same from other sources after MTV pussed out and blacked out the footage of Sooki getting decked. MTV has even started a Youtube crusade to get it removed.\n\nGuy who decks her is a drunk gym teacher from NYC that is using the age old \"I was blacked out\" excuse.\n\nFor as sucky as these people can be, that shit was funny as hell. The wingman stuff, the \"grenade\", the \"bomb defusing\", The Situation constantly looking in the camera, them using the Shore House as their playground... Just terrific.\n\nIt's like they aren't even in on the joke, that's what makes it so compelling.\n\nPlaying here is the closest thing to heaven. Really, I mean it's amazing to be in a place where the fans truly cherish their football team and stick behind them win or lose. We players love them, too. I feel a sense of accomplishment playing here, we are a special breed of football players with a great opportunity.\" ~ tOSU LB Brian Rolle\n\nThe men on the show are dooshbag morons, to be sure. Vinny maybe the least of all.\n\nBut the women are complete pains in the asses.\n\nI actually hate Sammi at this point.\n\nShe's hot as hell but needs a quick boot to the head.\n\nAnd The Situation should be hated. Talks all the talk but never walks the walk. And watching Snooki get decked and not dropping that guy is unforgivable. Ronnie should have beat his fucking ass for that. Three feet away, drunk douche hits girl you are w/ and you stare at the ground? Fuck that. That's anti guy code and breaks the guido code.\n\nThe men on the show are dooshbag morons, to be sure. Vinny maybe the least of all.\n\nBut the women are complete pains in the asses.\n\nI actually hate Sammi at this point.\n\nShe's hot as hell but needs a quick boot to the head.\n\nAnd The Situation should be hated. Talks all the talk but never walks the walk. And watching Snooki get decked and not dropping that guy is unforgivable. Ronnie should have beat his fucking ass for that. Three feet away, drunk douche hits girl you are w/ and you stare at the ground? Fuck that. That's anti guy code and breaks the guido code.\n\nIt is possible that a) he was stunned. NOT somethig you see every day.\n\nb) Snookie is such a mouthy pain in the ass, he had a moment. Then he figured it out.\n\nThe Situation isn't a tough guy. He's a playa. And a dooshbag. But he's such a dooshbag on a metaphysically perfect level you have to stare in awe. Plus, their all compete and totl dooshbags, so why single him out.\n\nSick of Ronnie. He's boring. Sammi sucks, too.\n\nPauley D, The Situation, and Snookie are the only ones who mk ethat show bearable.\n\nBecause The Situation (if you look at his face it wasn't stunned) left a chick out to dry.\n\nBecause The Situation cannot close to save his life but talks like he can.\n\nBecause The Situation, while great effing TV is the worst of the bunch. Show wouldn't work w/ out him, but IRL he is the worst, he's beyond guido, he's just a forgery that I suspect more and more designed his character for nothing more than making great TV. At least all the others are being themselves (beyond Snooki).\n\nRonnie is fine. He's just a dude that is boring, whatever.\n\nPauly is your perfect guido. Guy would have rolled in my boy Gooch's crew when they summered on the shore. He's not acting, not playing, just a lovable dumb ass guido. Would have no issues chilling w/ Pauly.\n\nVinny is a real italian even more so than a guido. Love the guy. Would have been his boy.\n\nThe chicks are fantastically crazy (J WOWWW and Snooki) as are guidettes. Granted they both take the stereotypes too far, but whatever, it is still good for drama.\n\nChrist, you live in Y-Town, watch Italian couples mouth off at each other and the fight that ensues, that shit is Snooki.\n\nRonnie beat the fuck out of that shore douche, good for him, 100 stars.\n\nThe Situation, fucker rolls around as a charicature that can't even get laid on the Shore. Guy is 100% fake, guy sucks. Show needs him, but he is the only one IRL I would love to kick in the teeth. Well him and Sammi, but Sammi just screams self esteem issues of the bulimic 8th grader variety.\n\ne0y2e3 wrote:And The Situation should be hated. Talks all the talk but never walks the walk. And watching Snooki get decked and not dropping that guy is unforgivable. Ronnie should have beat his fucking ass for that. Three feet away, drunk douche hits girl you are w/ and you stare at the ground? Fuck that. That's anti guy code and breaks the guido code.\n\nHave you seen any of these guys throw a punch? Pauly trying to punch someone at Bamboo looked like he was throwing a purse over his shoulder. Ronnie didn't do any real damage until he was on top of that guy, throwin' 'bows MMA style. The Situation? Please. Vinnie looks like he could scrap if he wanted to because, as stated above, he's not a guid, just a good Italian boy. I've just never seen a bunch of \"tough guys\" fight like their in a WNBA brawl. Of course I haven't been down to West Sixth for years either.\n\nGalley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB\n\nI vacation to the Jersey Shore every year, but not Seaside Heights which is where the MTV show is set in. My parents and I go further down to Cape May where no one is orange or has glue for hair gel and you are surrounded by Victorian homes.\n\nThe show is amusing as I go to college with many girls who are like that and some guys too. Orange and gelled up! Such as life for living in the tristate area.\n\nBest part of the show for me is the embarrassment of watching the girls wear clothes that are 5 sizes too small for them, especially Jwoww and her ferociously bad boobjob.\n\n\"i've been gettin G-ed up since i came out the hospital as a baby. i didn't wear pampers, i wore some slacks and some gators on the way home.\"\"in order for us to grow u gotta know, in order to love the brotherman, u gotta know the otherman. because one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. knick knack paddy wack, give the dog a bone.\" - Delonte West"}
-{"text": "I attended Councilman Andy Hafen\u2019s election party tonight to await the results in the mayoral race. My family tree goes way back with the Hafens, and I wanted this more than anything for Andy. He has worked so hard.\n\nAs the tension in the room at the Henderson Convention Center was getting high, suddenly everything changed; \u201cHe won!\u201d screamed the campaign manager. Everyone started cheering and screaming and I saw our new Mayor-elect Andy Hafen smiling in relief. Up at the microphone, Andy said that he won by a mere 45 votes.\n\n\u201cI couldn\u2019t have done it without you all,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had hundreds and hundreds of people helping us.\u201d\n\nThe party was still a little shocked and relieved because a few minutes before, we were still waiting for a few more precincts to report, and we were behind by a little over 80 votes. Personally, I\u2019m disgusted at the voter turnout. With almost 300,000 residents living in Henderson, 19,355 total votes in the mayoral election is quite low.\n\nStill, I am so proud and happy that Andy Hafen will be Henderson\u2019s mayor. He is someone you can count on to get things done. I have known him personally my entire life and he has always been caring, attentive, and knowledgeable about things going on in Henderson, as well as with people he personally knows.\n\n\u201cThe City of Henderson definitely has some challenges ahead,\u201d Hafen said during his acceptance speech.\n\nI\u2019m confident that there couldn\u2019t be a better candidate to take our city through these tough times. Congratulations, Andy!"}
-{"text": "A hilltop house, overlooking a beautiful valley. Each Airbnb room has a queen size bed, a dorm size refrigerator, a coffee maker (coffee, sugar, creamer and sweeteners are provided), Wi-Fi and cable TV A full bath is shared by two Airbnb rooms.\n\nYou can sit on the front porch where you'll watch birds at their feeders. You may even get to see an occasional deer walking through the yard! No bears here! Bears are found in Eastern Kentucky in the mountains.\nYou may choose to eat your snacks on the deck, which provides another view of the woodland surrounding the house.\nPeg provides local maps and tourist brochures to help you find sights of interest.\n\nClean and comfy. I always enjoy staying here!\n\nDanielleJune 2016\n\nPegs Place was so comfortable and beautiful. The views were astounding, the room was cozy, and Peg was so kind. I enjoyed my stay tremendously and will definitely check in again, should I ever come to Louisville again!\n\nKatieOctober 2016\n\nPeg is an awesome, awesome host. She totally made my daughter comfortable and welcome! Please book her when you're in Ky! She's an excellent host!\n\nAmyJune 2016\n\nJust Perfect. So, after a long week and what felt like an even longer day, I arrived to Ms. Peg's place pooped. I was happy to be greeted by Ms. Peg and a cool home. The room was so very clean. Literally, fairly immaculate. The bathroom was just as clean and included everything that I needed for my stay. Ms. Peg was nice enough to run down the house rules and extras before I settled in, and they put me at ease. As a woman staying alone, I found it a huge relief that the room had a lock on the door that could only be accessed by Ms. Peg and myself. Privacy and security are important! The hot shower and the well made and comfortable bed put me to sleep so quickly I didn't have time to do any work! (Smile) However, I must say that I've stayed at other AirBnBs, both domestic and international, and this house was by far one of my favorites. I have EXTREMELY sensitive skin and I left without any issues. No dust or dander or pet hair to worry me! Ms. Peg please don't allow pets into your beautiful home; it's so wonderful the way that it is! As long as this place is available in this condition, I will be back for all of my trips to Louisville.\n\nDanielleJune 2016\n\nI stayed 4 nights at Peg's Place and it was perfect. Very comfortable bed (even compared to my $3k foam bed), clean and comfortable. Exceeded what I expected for my first time in private room. The location is out in the country, but only 30min from down town Louisville. The view out of the bedroom windows was spectacular! Rolling hills and wildlife. Would HIGHLY recommend her. She has everything you would need (towels, soaps, iron, hair dryer, mini fridge, etc). 5 Stars!\n\nDonBJuly 2016\n\nNice room with fine view. Thank you!!\n\nShigeoOctober 2016\n\nPeg made me feel just like I was home and along with the million dollar view all was so quiet and relaxing.\n\njonathanFebruary 2016\n\nWe had a wonderful stay at Peg's Place. Peg was the perfect host and made sure we had everything we needed. We couldn't ask for a nicer host! We would definitely come back anytime we're in Kentucky. Hopefully for longer next time!\n\nLeahSeptember 2016\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nQuarto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n2\n\nQuartos\n\nPrivate room with queen size bed, dorm size refrigerator, coffee maker (coffee, sugar, creamer and sweeteners are provided), large closet, Wi-Fi, cable TV and desk. Two Airbnb rooms share one full bath. All doors have appropriate locks for safety and privacy.\nWake to the sounds of songbirds, not traffic noise. This house is on a twelve-acre wooded lot, just 15 minutes from the southeast edge of Louisville, Ky.\n\nVisitors here enjoy sitting on the front porch, watching birds at the feeders. The deck is available, too, if you'd like to eat a snack there, while watching another view of the surrounding woodland. If you're quiet, you may see a deer walking through the lawn. (No bears here! You'll see those in Eastern Kentucky, in the mountainous areas.)\n\nNeighborhood???? What neighborhood? My house is on a twelve-acre wooded lot. My only neighbors are birds, deer, squirrels, chipmunks, etc. This means you'll hear no traffic noise, just the wind as it flows through the trees and the songs of the birds.\n\nPeg's house was just like the listing said it would be. I love spending time here. This was my second time my boyfriend and I stayed here. It was perfect just like the first time.\n\nNataleeJune 2016\n\nClean room. Was OK with late arrival #PegsParadise\n\nBrandonJuly 2016\n\nIt is a pleasure staying with Peg. Her hospitality is amazing. Her place is very clean and quiet. Totally as described. Recommended host.\n\nLakshmanMay 2016\n\nMy friend and I arrived late but Peg had left a well detailed note instructing us to our room and where everything was located. The room was comfortable with everything we needed. The views around the house were very calming.\n\nNicole June 2016\n\nPeg was a great Host. Clean room and quiet location. Great location, only 16 miles from Bardstown, KY.\n\nPaulOctober 2016\n\nVery welcome. Place is as described. Peg is great.\n\nAlyssaJune 2016\n\nDefinitely recommend Peg s house. Nice place on top of the hill ,room is very clean and tidy.Peg is a great host. I would definitely visit her if I am in town.\n\nNishanthJune 2016\n\nPeg welcomed me into her home with open arms and couldn't have been any friendlier! She was a delight to meet and interact with. The room was comfortable, clean and had everything I needed. The door with keypad lock was also a nice touch. The area was scenic, quiet and very relaxing. I loved Peg's Place and will be keeping it in mind when I come back to the area!\n\nChrisNovember 2016\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nQuarto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n2\n\nQuartos\n\nThe bed is a bed for one and a half to 120x200. The room is equipped with satellite TV and wi-fi internet access, shared bathroom with the owners has a stall shower; with a little extra you can use the washing machine. There is central heating\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nCasa/apto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n4\n\nQuartos\n\nLess than 5 minutes from 265 and 65. We live just 12 minutes from Churchill Downs, 15 minutes from the Highlands, 20 minutes from downtown.\nOver 40 restaurants within a 10 minute drive & several outlet stores & distilleries within 20 minutes.\nWe are not in downtown Louisville but that means you get 2x the space for 1/2 the price in a safe neighborhood with easy access to the highway. We are super close to the bourbon distilleries and most parts of town are 15 mins or less away.\n\nWe have two puppies on the premises: a Black Lab and a Border Collie.\nThey are super friendly and will be your best friend forever or can be kept outside and/or in another room if pups aren't your thing.\nPlease give us a 30 minute heads up before your arrival so we can get the dogs out of the common areas so you can get your luggage in without them escaping. Thank you in advance!\nOur check in time is listed at 6pm but we can be flexible if there was not a guest the night before. It is listed at 6pm so we can be sure to have the rooms cleaned for you before you arrive; however if we did not have a guest the night before, the room will already be clean. Just message us if you want to see if we can do an earlier check in and we will let you know.\n1 Queen Bed in room\nComplete Chest of Drawers\nCentral AC/Heat in room\nOverhead fan in every room of the house\nWifi\nPrivate Bathroom for guest use only that contains all amenities.\nBonus Room with another big screen TV and Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/etc.\nBonus Room has a full size couch, love seat, and another chair.\nI can set up an elevated queen size air mattress out there as well to accommodate a third person or two children.\nI'm a teacher so when school is out I can make myself available to you or give you your space. I've been in Louisville for 18 years and drive for Lyft so I know all of the hotspots and would be happy to point you in the right direction or even join you if you like. I also know how to make myself scarce if you want to have some private or quiet time at my house.\n\nTimberbend is a dead end street so very little traffic comes through the neighborhood. There is a short 1/2 mile loop hiking trail around the two ponds in the neighborhood. The back yard is fenced in and complete with a large patio and a fireplace. There are more than 40 stores/restaurants within a ten minute drive. There is also a great local ice cream shop less than a seven minute walk away that is open seasonally. Please park on the street by the mailbox or in the circle out front of our house.\nWe have Lyft and Uber in Louisville (about $20 to get downtown from here). The bus does come to our area but the closest bus stop is a five minute drive away. When I'm home, I don't mind giving you a ride out to where you need to be for gas money.\nWelcome to our city, if you need anything let me know.\n\nAndrew and Melissa provided great communication leading up to my late arrival and were very welcoming after my very long drive. Their dogs, Fiona and Indy, are adorable. The bed was very comfortable and the shower had great water temperature and pressure. Melissa provided a great breakfast recommendation in Louisville at Gralehaus.\n\nMelissaOctober 2016\n\nThe host made me feel welcomed I truly enjoyed my stay.\n\nTaShaeAugust 2016\n\nAndrew was amazing! He was very accommodating to our group even when we had a last second addition to the reservation. He was very professional and generous from the second we met him. We really enjoyed our stay here!\n\nGriffinAugust 2016\n\nAndrew was great to work with. The decision to travel overnight to Louisville was spur of the moment, and I was thrilled to find (and on the Labor Day weekend at that) Andrew's listing with available the one night we needed. I was looking for accommodations for my young adult son, Bobby, and his girlfiend, Kaitlyn, and I wanted to confirm (before booking) that it was ok with Andrew that I personally would not be present. Andrew was very quick to respond to my communication, and graciously accepted the reservation request. This was Bobby and Kaitlyn's first time to use airbnb lodging, and they loved it ! They reported to me that Andrew's home was just as described in his post, and there were several \"little extras\" that Bobby and Kaitlyn really appreciated (welcome notes, travel toiletries, cups/bowls set out for them the following morning, etc) -- these \"little extras\" just made them feel so welcome and comfortable there. Bobby said he would definately seek out Andrew's room if he again needs lodging in Louisville ! Thank you Andrew for your great communication and providing the kids a great place to stay while they enjoyed some fun at KY Kingdom. : ) --Deanna Mutter-- (Jeremiah 29:11)\n\nDeannaSeptember 2016\n\nI was most fortunate to have selected their lovely home on the drive to Nashville from the northwest suburban area of Chicago. Andrew and his wife were most accommodating and regret not being able to stay longer to see the many Louisville sites. This is a convenient area to drive anywhere in or near Louisville.\n\nGailOctober 2016\n\nThe private bedroom and private bathroom were very clean and exactly as shown in the photo. Andrew was very helpful and responsive. Our stay was easy breezy and we slept like rocks on the comfortable bed. The dogs were very well behaved. Thank you, Andrew!\n\nSarahAugust 2016\n\nGreat place, close to downtown and great hosts!\n\nMikeNovember 2016\n\nGot in late and Andrew was very accomodating. The bed was comfortable and the room was clean. One of the best things was their dogs. They played with my dog in the morning while I slept. Andrew's girl supervised the dogs and even made some coffee. Would definatley stay again. Thanks\n\nMikeOctober 2016\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nQuarto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n4\n\nQuartos\n\nOur place is close to many parks in short driving distance, safe for walking or jogging in the neighborhood, restaurants and dining within a few minutes drive. We are centrally located - 10 minutes from the expressways, and 20 minutes from Churchill Downs. You\u2019ll love our place because of the neighborhood. Our place is good for couples, solo adventurers, and business travelers on a budget. We have a pack-n-play should you need it for a baby. Our city has Uber and Lyft.\n\nThis is a space in the lower level of our house, with a walk-out door you can use if you like. This room immediately adjoins our college-aged daughter's bedroom and she will be passing through your space to enter her private room. She will be very respectful of your space and will communicate with you when she will be passing through. We have a busy, happy household but will observe quiet time from 10 PM to 8 AM. If you have any special requirements for rest, please let us know. You can feel free to interact with us, or retreat to your quiet space. Please be fully dressed if you come onto the main floor of our home, and we will do the same. Our home and property is smoke-free and animal free.\nWe provide you with a mini-fridge, teas, coffee, complimentary toothbrush/soap/shampoo. We provide fresh towels annd bedding.\nYour space will be our lower level room and a attached bathroom. Since we are living here, there may be times we need just family time, but generally you are able to come into the main living area and interact with us. You will have complimentary use of our wi-fi while you are here. We have a coffee pot and small dorm-style fridge for you to use, and complimentary tea. Feel free to use the backyard- trampoline and adult sized swingset. You may also enjoy relaxing on the back deck.\nWe are available to help you with whatever you need. Please text Malia with any special requests and we will do our best to help you.\n\nWe are not quick walking distance to a bus. Our city is well-equipped with rides via Uber, Lyft, Taxis and a bus line.\nIn addition to a comfortable, queen sized bed, we can provide a full sized, high quality air mattress that comfortably sleeps two, as well as a pull-out bed (suitable for a teen or small adult). We can provide two crash mats for adventuresome guests who are more interested in a safe, clean, home environment than a super-comfy mattress.\n\nWe took a trip to Louisville a couple weeks ago, so my boyfriend could pedicab a few art/music festivals. I was sort stuck at the air bnb while he went out all night. Malia and her family invited me out to see the local college orchestra, and later took me to their church social. I am not a very religious person, but I enjoyed the company and getting out of the house all the same. They are very sweet people, and the room itself was very cozy and full of books. I would definitely stay with them again.\n\nTiffanyOctober 2016\n\nAmazingly sweet and hospitable. You feel welcomed from the moment you walk in the door and they did everything they could to make sure we had a great time. Even got us free tickets to the orchestra.\n\nCollinNovember 2016\n\nMalia and her family were very welcoming and thoughtful. They even invited us to attend church with them. The space was comfortable and accommodating. They even left extra travel items and snacks for our trip. Overall an excellent experience worth every penny.\n\nVasquezOctober 2016\n\nThis place is a gem! All the kids were great. Duncan and Malia were very hospitable and personable. The bed is brand new! Wi-Fi was great. I just about felt like one of the family members after spending time with all of them.\n\nJaceNovember 2016\n\nIt was a pleasure staying in Malia's home this weekend. Her family was very warm and welcoming. Everything was clean and as accurate in the description. She went above and beyond to make sure our stay was amazing. Also was very accommodating to our unique situation. Definitely worth every penny. Best Airbnb I've been to yet! Thank you for sharing your home with us!\n\nQyonnaOctober 2016\n\nEven though I checked in the late evening, Malia and her children gave me a warm welcome . The place was very clean and organized . I loved the way she organized all the stuff in the room . Thankfully she also gave me flexibility to check out late .I would definitely go to this place if I go to Louisville next time . Thumbs up Malia\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nAcomoda\n\nQuartos\n\nLarge Bedroom in new single family home. Full size bed, walk in closet. Home is very quiet perfect for professionals seeking privacy\n\nAccess to living area, kitchen and bathroom\n\nNice and comfy bed, great neighborhood, far enough from the traffic and hustle and bustle of Derby week Louisville but close enough to get downtown very quickly. Had odd hours so only met Dean the final morning, but he was social and seemed like a great guy. All-in-all, fine AirBnB. Definitely recommend for future stays.\n\nMattMay 2016\n\nI stayed at Dean's house again last week while I was in town for work. No problems whatsoever. I am on night shift and the house is perfect for sleeping at during the day. It's very quiet and the room has a pull down window shade that keeps it dark enough to sleep well. I will be staying there again next week and would recommend it the place to anybody. Dean is a great host who goes above and beyond to make sure your stay goes as planned.\n\nJustinJanuary 2016\n\nI spent another week at Dean's house while in Louisville for work. As always, the house was clean and quiet. I would recommend staying here to anyone spending time in the Louisville area and will be personally staying here again the next time I am in town.\n\nJustinFebruary 2016\n\nClean and quiet as always. Highly recommended.\n\nJustinFebruary 2016\n\nVery nice new home in a new neighborhood. Comfortable bed. I did not get to meet Dean as I was coming and going. Had an initial issue with Internet connection, Dean was very responsive and had me online quickly. Note several guests may be present at the same time, bath is shared.\n\nJohnMarch 2016\n\nClean and simple. No problems. New house.\n\nMichaelMarch 2016\n\nGreat host and awesome place. Practically new house in. Very quiet neighborhood.\n\nJasonOctober 2015\n\nI stayed at Dean's place for a week and have only good things to say! Great location in a peaceful community not far from the highway. Clean and quiet apartment, very nice room, and equally good bathroom. Dean himself is a great host -- he's very courteous and goes out of his way to keep you updated. I highly recommend staying here if you have the chance.\n\nGarethOctober 2016\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nQuarto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n1\n\nQuartos\n\nEnjoy your own log cabin on a wooded hillside overlooking a lake. Period furnishings and modern conveniences make this an unforgettable retreat. A massive stone fireplace creates a quiet ambiance. Or watch the wildlife from the porch swings.\n\nCaptain's Cabin offers a special one-of-a-kind experience. You will enjoy the privacy of your own log cabin with full kitchen and bath that have been lovingly renovated with all the modern conveniences. Tasteful antiques appoint the cabin for a step back in time. You are surrounded in comfort from the ultra soft sheets, luxurious robes, and Sleep Number bed to the delicious hot breakfast delivered to your door. Sip wine by the fireplace, read on the private back porch or enjoy the wildlife visiting the lake from the front porch. Captain's Cabin was featured in the April 2015 issue of Country's Best Cabins magazine, 2015 September issue of Style Blueprint magazine and April 2016 Home of the Week in Courier Journal.\nOnly 20 minutes from downtown Louisville you are surrounded by woods and wildlife. There are 8 acres of woods, a creek, a lake and a waterfall to explore. Take a canoe ride, fish, wade in the smooth limestone creek. Warm up by the firepit and roast marshmallows or use the grill to make your favorite dinner. Play golf or disc golf on the adjacent public courses.\nWe live next door on the property and will be here to greet you when you arrive. On weekends, a gourmet breakfast is brought to your door each morning. During the week, you will enjoy a continental breakfast. We are available for conversation but we also respect your privacy. If you are here during weekday hours, you may see Jan as he often works in his office behind the cabin. You can also request the Captain to tell his tales of the adventures of Lewis & Clark from Kentucky all the way to their destination on the Pacific Ocean. You may even be treated to a piano concert composed by our resident musician.\n\nYou will enjoy the wildlife that comes to visit the lake and songbirds that greet you in the morning. The neighborhood is extremely quiet with a private drive. The creek and walking trails complete a spectacular get-away.\nOnly 10 minutes from all the major highways. Public transportation buses run from stops a couple miles away. Churchill Downs is 20 minutes away. Airport is 20 minutes away. Louisville is noted for its great restaurants. There are wonderful choices in every category. Take a day trip on the bourbon trail or hike in Red River Gorge to get a taste of Kentucky's beauty.\nCaptain's Cabin was featured in the April 2015 issue of Country's Best Cabins magazine, \"Past is Present\" and several other publications. Jan, your host, is a log and timberframe home architect and distributor of Hearthstone Log and Timberframe Homes. HIs homes have been featured in numerous national log and timber frame magazines and books. He can make your dreams of your own log home come true.\n\nI surprised my wife with this secluded retreat for her birthday and she was blown away! Jan and Tammy have simply outdone themselves on restoring the cabin. The hospitality was through the roof and the breakfast was phenomenal! We are glad to have found such a quick getaway and will certainly return!\n\nCoryOctober 2015\n\nThe location was absolutely breathtaking. It gives the illusion of being tucked away from the world in a beautiful, peaceful wilderness when you are actually only a few minutes drive from town.\n\nTanyaAugust 2016\n\nFantastic place. Go back in time to relax and \"unplug\" while having modern day amenities. Would definitely stay again and recommend.\n\nEric and Gay September 2016\n\nVery nice. Breakfast was wonderful. Tammy & her husband were the perfect host. The cabin was very charming with alot of very neat antiques. We had a great & very relaxing time. The perfect place to escape the everyday hustle & bustle. We plan to return.\n\nJonathanJanuary 2016\n\nMy partner Tim and I had an absolutely wonderful time at Tammy and Jan's one-of- a-kind majestic Cabin. We arrived late after driving through torrential weather with winter storm Jonas and were warmly welcomed by a cozy fire, wine and cheese plate. It was exactly what the doctor ordered! Everything about the cabin was crafted to perfection, including the homemade (and delicious) breakfasts Tammy brought to our door each morning. We also enjoyed chatting with Jan about his Lewis and Clark reenactment adventures. They're both such an incredibly warm and interesting couple. We had such a lovely time, we decided to extend our stay an additional day. We can't wait to return, perhaps during another season to see Captain's Cabin during Spring, Summer, or Fall. Thanks so much for such an unforgettable moment in our lives!\n\nKristinJanuary 2016\n\nWonderful weekend getaway! The home is rustic and inviting. Bed is super comfortable and the fireplace is great!! Tammy and Jan were great hosts- very friendly and helpful. Tammy is a wonderful cook and breakfast is amazing! She was very accommodating for a gluten allergy. Would definitely stay again.\n\nJulieMarch 2016\n\nThis little getaway was so romantic. My new wife and I needed a little fresh air in Louisville and this cabin was perfect for that. Jan and Tammy were so sweet to us, with a delicious breakfast and coming to start the fire in the morning when we couldn't. We even had fresh cookies waiting by our car when we left. We definitely felt the love at the cabin and from the hosts. Would definitely stay again, hopefully soon.\n\nMikeJanuary 2016\n\nThe Captain's Cabin is an absolute gem! My wife and I stayed here for our honeymoon and we couldn't have been any happier with our experience. Tammy is an amazing chef and worked around our long list of food allergies to provide us wonderfully delicious breakfasts! The cabin itself is beautiful moreso than the pics give justice and you can tell that Jan put a lot of love into it. The lake was a little less pristine than it looked in the pics, but it was mostly due to the seasonal changes. We will definitely be staying here in the future!\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nAcomoda\n\nQuartos\n\nClose to Louisville, walking/bike trails, and parks. This private retreat is on a 30 acre bee sanctuary. I welcome singles, couples, three adults, or families with one child.\n\nYou will have an entire suite to yourselves, including an en suite bathroom with oversized shower, and a small frig and electric teapot.\nWe live here, and are available for any questions, but our part of the house is separate from yours, so you may have complete privacy.\n\nYou are in cow country out here, plenty of nature and wildlife to enjoy.\n\nThis is a great private suite. Very close to Louisville. Would recommend.\n\nKatieOctober 2016\n\nSuch a beautiful place! We felt very comfortable and welcome- it was the little details especially- soft towels, comfy blankets, nice art on the walls, fresh bars of soap, gifts in the fridge. Everything was so clean and well kept. We really enjoyed the walking trails, the creek, and the little frog pond. Outside the door is a porch with wooden benches that are the perfect place to sit and talk or read a book and watch the trees. Thank you, Heidi!\n\nMeaOctober 2016\n\nOur stay was exceptional. Heidi was very thoughtful. There was cereal, fresh fruit, and milk in the fridge. The country retreat was better than described. It was beautiful inside and out. The walking trails, creek, and frog pond were amazing! Short drive to downtown. We will be back next year. Thanks for everything.\n\nAlisaOctober 2016\n\nHeidi was accommodating and flexible and we had a great stay. Everything went very smoothly, the property is very well marked, and all of the directions Heidi provided us with were very clear! If you are looking for a quiet place in the country but close enough to the city to visit, this is definitely the place to go! The property was awesome; we had fun walking around the trails at the house. We also went to the park down the road and found some great trails to walk there. If you are a cyclist, there is a gorgeous bike loop at the nearby park!\n\nDeenaOctober 2016\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nCasa/apto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa de h\u00f3spedes\n\nAcomoda\n\n3\n\nQuartos\n\nThe apartment is quite new and fresh and we did our best to furnish it with higher end furniture and decor. At the moment it has two twin beds and one comfortable queen size higher end futon that is normally used as a couch. There also is small kitchen area with 10 cu ft fridge sink and electric range/stove.\nYou can use our WiFi. We can also loan you our bikes or fishing rods.\nIt's up to you how much interaction you like. We certainly don't mind but also don't require much interaction. You can let yourself in any time via electronic lock.\nThe house feels a little like a farm. It sits on three acres nested between two parks and vacant lots. There is plenty of opportunity for hiking, biking and fishing. Our back yard opens up to the 65 acre Fisherman's Park with 5 stocked fishing lakes. The front yard to a newly built section of Louisville Loop park system that offers miles of absolutely beautiful biking/walking trails as we as other attractions like kayaking.\nThis location requires you to have a car. Cab from Louisville airport is around $80 and closest shopping about 2 miles away.\nYou can use our WiFi. We can also loan you our bikes and fishing rods.\nIt's up to you how much interaction you like. We certainly don't mind but also don't require much interaction. You can let yourself in any time via electronic lock.\nThe neighborhood feels like a countryside. It's not a subdivision. There are several stables in the area and our road is very popular with runners and bikers.\nThere is no public transit available.\nYou can use our WiFi and laundry room. We can also lend you few bikes or fishing rods etc.\nIt's up to you how much interaction you like. We certainly don't mind but also don't require much interaction. You can let yourself in any time via electronic lock.\nThe neighborhood feels like a countryside. It's not a subdivision. There are several stables in the area and our road is very popular with runners and bikers.\nThere is no public transit available.\nOur guests keep telling us, that pictures do not do the apartment justice in that, the apartment is much more spacious than they anticipated.\nTo give you a rough idea, you will have approximately 1/4 of the house to your disposal.\n\nThis was my very first experience with Air BnB and I was pleasantly delighted! Greg and his family were gracious hosts and respected our privacy. He even messaged me during our stay to make sure everything was going well. The apartment was so lovely! It was very spacious but had a cozy vibe to it. If Greg will have me, I'd love to stay here again!\n\nKaileighJune 2015\n\nThis was a great little apartment, and Greg and his family were very welcoming hosts! I beautiful area outside of the city, but still close to good restaurants and other activities.\n\nJeanNovember 2015\n\nThis was my first airB&B experience and it was wonderful! Beautiful farmland area yet super close to civilization. The hosts were so accommodating and helpfull without being intrusive in any way. They even got my boyfriend and I a special item based on our arrival conversation! Comfortable and very quiet! I would highly recommend! Great people and great place! Thank you so much!\n\nJenAugust 2016\n\nGreg and family were terrific hosts for our 3-day stay. The apartment was very clean and all of the accommodations were pleasant and truly comfortable. Greg was even able to rescue my husband when his electric shaver died. Greg's family is very friendly and welcoming. We were at the end of a long road trip and needed some time to relax, and staying here was just what the doctor ordered. The apartment has everything people would need to enjoy a short or extended stay.\n\nTinaJanuary 2016\n\nGreg was a fantastic host during my stay. Very accomodating and provided a very \"homey\" place for me to stay for a few days during my relocation to Louisville. WONDERFUL experience.\n\nKelly July 2015\n\nGreg was a very gracious host. He greeted me upon arrival and showed me to the studio apartment which was exactly as described in the listing. The apartment was very clean , private and provided all that a guest would need and want. If I find myself in the Louisville, Kentucky area again I would definitely consider rebooking\n\nKimApril 2016\n\nWe arrived late at the apartment but Greg answered the door and was gracious. The apartment was clean and was cheerful. The beds were comfortable. The road is a bit dark if you are traveling at night. He had air conditioning which worked well during this hot time of year. This all worked out well for us to visit our daughter and son in law in Louisville.\n\nLizJuly 2015\n\nVery solid place to stay. We loved the room and privacy. Greg and his wife are awesome to work with.\n\nquiet setting..country living in the city..large bedroom, full REAL BED, also an additional queen coleman air bed can be provided as needed, towels, soap provided, - walk in closet, bathroom/shower right across hall from room...can use the large yard and walk to an adjoining park.....outside sitting avail...near scenic 100 mile loop , the parklands, frisbe golfcourse, basketball court, tennis, volleyball, running , biking, canoeing\noutside fire pit for camper's only- on two acres\nspacious bedroom rental, living room, kitchen, use of coffeepot, refridgerator, stove, and microwave,\n*for weekly and monthly guest may use washer and dryer as well located in in the kitchen. outside seating: porch swing etc.\nNo meal service, but coffee, juice provided.\nWill clean common areas daily as needed.\nHome shared by one other person only while your here.\nYou are the only guest, no other visitors on site\n\n1 mile to Gene Snyder expressway, Safe neighborhood, restaurants, brewery, 15 minutes to downtown Louisville. Country feel...,great area for jogging, biking, walking, hiking. grocery stores, dining,\nJeffersontown area\ncar, near expressways, main throughfares,\nnot on busline bus stop located within two blocks\nfree parking , one queen size air mattress can be provided in additional to real bed for an additional guest.\n, (one cot for child avail) ...in large bedroom, 2 adults only , extra people will need to their children over 2 years of age\nfriendly cat if you would like to interact with....2 large friendly dogs will not be in your areas.\n\nGina is always a great hostess. She always makes sure I have all I need when I'm here. The place is very comfortable, quiet for sleeping during the day after I've worked the night shift, even with 2 dogs and a cat in the house!!! It's a great place to stay!!!\n\nTeresaAugust 2016\n\nGreat place to stay! I feel very comfortable here. Gina always makes sure I have all I need and more!\n\nTeresaJuly 2016\n\nStaying at Gina'a has always been great! She always makes me feel at home and makes sure I have everything I need while I'm there!!!\n\nTeresaAugust 2016\n\nQuaint house in quiet location. Gina was friendly, pleasant and considerate.\n\nStephanieOctober 2016\n\nWe had a great time staying with Gina! She was incredibly nice and accommodating (letting us check in early, giving us breakfast and snacks for the road the next morning, and even offering to let us stay beyond checkout and to do our laundry). The air mattress was incredibly comfortable--us two girls didn't sink in at all overnight and it basically felt the same as a normal bed (which I've never experienced before)! The house is located right off of the highway, about 20 minutes from Louisville, which was a nice distance to get away from the buzz of the city, while still being very convenient for getting into town. Gina really makes you feel at home! We'd highly recommend staying with her if you get the chance.\n\nSamanthaMay 2016\n\nGina has been great every time I have stayed with her. She always makes sure i have everything I need and more!\n\nTeresaJuly 2016\n\nThe host was very welcoming and helpful during my stay. She supplied the room with water, towels, personal care products and all of the items that you would expect at a hotel. She made sure I had good directions to her place considering I am not from the area. The neighborhood was nice and quiet. It was a sufficient distance from the horse track so that I could enjoy the peaceful neighborhood that I was staying in.\n\nVernellMay 2016\n\nGina is very welcoming and kind. The room was perfectly dark, and the new bed is extremely comfortable. She offered us coffee and tea in the mornings and even some sweet potato pie the morning we left. Her two dogs are extremely quiet and we actually only interacted them upon our arrival, never a single bark during our stay. Casper the cat is very friendly and quite adorable. The home is located right under 20 minutes from Louisville/Bardstown/The Highlands which is boasting with pubs, bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues. The town of Jeffersontown also has quite a bit to do there as well. She is truly country living in the city. She has a huge yard and trails that you can walk that back up to a park. We ventured down them on our last morning and even met some free range hens that live next door. When in Louisville we will definitely book Gina's place again. Oh!! and now I need to buy some of the bath towels she has, they were fantastic.\n\nVeronicaJuly 2016\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nQuarto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n2\n\nQuartos\n\nLarge first floor master with dual head double person shower in master bath. Living room and Kitchen are open for gatherings that lead to the fenced private back yard with grill. Downstairs is a fully reclineable couch and love seat, and pool table\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nCasa/apto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n6\n\nQuartos\n\n18 miles straight shot to Churchill Downs and all Louisville has to offer. Enjoy this spacious 2 story suburb home with full basement, large fenced backyard, fire pit and swim spa during Derby 2016. Perfect for large groups or families.\n\nEnjoy a fun and relaxing swimspa, large backyard with cornhole boards, fire pit, trampoline. Wifi, streaming Netflix, Amazon and more when not out taking in the town.\nThe entire property is yours to enjoy during your stay.\nOwner will be available for assistance at anytime if needed.\n\nGreat suburb neighborhood on dead end street. Country feel without the dirt roads!\nShort drive to the track. Drive yourself or use one of several ride share services available in the area. Room at home for several vehicles, 2 car garage as well.\nMinutes from local restaurants and shopping.\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nCasa/apto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n12\n\nQuartos\n\nMake yourself at home in our 1 year old house! It is perfect for families or larger groups of travelers. This light and airy home offers 4 bedrooms - 1 queen size bed and 6 twin beds. We also provide 1 queen size quality air mattresses that can be set up in a bedroom, loft, or second living space/playroom. Our home has both a bathtub/shower combo and a walk in shower. The kitchen in fully equipped with a fridge, dishwasher, microwave, and double oven. We also provide a toaster and coffee maker.\n\nOur one-year-old home is located off I-265 near the Taylorsville Road exit. We live in a new, quiet, and friendly neighborhood with ponds to fish and trails to walk. Our home is bright, modern, and clean, featuring an open floor plan perfect for large parties.\nWe love our home and we think you\u2019ll love it too! Enjoy it and please leave it as nice as you found it. As guests, you\u2019ll have access to the garage, the washer and dryer, and all rooms minus our deep basement.\nWhen you arrive, you will find detailed information about how to navigate our home. But if you need extra help, we\u2019re just a call or text away.\n\nKeep your eyes open for deer as you drive to our home under a canopy of trees on Chenoweth Run Road. Our neighborhood is perfectly positioned in Louisville \u2013 featuring both quick access to city living yet possessing the quaint feeling of living outside the city. The neighborhood also features two fishing ponds bordered with walking trails. Our backyard has a swing set for the kiddos and is a great place to toss the ball while the adults enjoy plenty of seating on the patio. And feel free to use the grill.\nWhile our neighborhood has an \u201coutside the city\u201d feel, access to whatever your heart desires is within your reach. Located inside a 5-minute drive is Kroger, Starbucks, two parks with playgrounds, a handful of restaurants, access to I-265, as well as the Historical Gaslight Square District which features local shops and restaurants. Located inside a 10-minute drive is Target, Wal-Mart, 2 movie theaters, restaurants galore, and the new Middletown Commons shopping area. We are also a 10 minute drive from 800 acre Turkey Run Park, a part of The Parklands of Floyd\u2019s Knob park system. Parkland\u2019s is the largest parks in America with over 100 miles of trails and 19 miles for canoeing.\n20 minutes from Outlet Mall of the Bluegrass\n25 minutes from Churchill Downs\n30 minutes from Downtown\nDerby Week/Weekend is a 3 night minimum.\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nCasa/apto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n10\n\nQuartos\n\nThis is an absolutely wonderful custom built home with a spacious open floor plan/two story home with full-basement, three full-baths, walk-out patio, 5th (bonus) bedroom, and unique terrace deck. Located seven miles from Church Hill Downs.\n\nThis home is in the prestigious Stone Ledge Farm Subdivision - established in 2001.\nThe home is centralized near nice shopping and restaurants in the Fern Creek area of Kentucky.\n\nThe home is just 15 min. from Louisville International Airport and 14 miles from the University of Louisville and Churchill Downs.\nThere are lots of windows, tall ceilings, and nice wood floors in the eat-in kitchen. Light beige carpet exists throughout the remainder of the home. There is a Jacuzzi tub in the upstairs Master Bedroom and a built in entertainment center downstairs in which the empty shelving can be used to hold other items of the guest's choosing.\nAll within 1-mile (i.e., 5 min.) of this home are the following amenities:\n> Post Office and UPS\n> Fire Department/Paramedics\n> Dry Cleaners\n> Banks: PNC, BB&T and Republic\n> Jefferson Animal Hospital\n> Fern Creek Library\n> Fern Creek Park - including tennis courts, baseball field and walking trails.\n> Restaurants and Eateries: Applebees, SakeBlu, Outback Steakhouse, Crocker Barrel, McCalisters Deli, Mark's Feed Store, El Nopal, and Bungalo Joe's Bar & Grill.\n> Fast Food establishments: QDoba, Jimmy John's, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Canes, Frisch's Big Boys, White Castle, Graeter's Ice Cream, Arby's, Dairy Queen, Moby Dick's, Subway, Jet's Pizza, Hometown Pizza, and Pizza Hut.\n> Shopping: Kohl's, Wal-Mart, Kroger, Feeders Supply, Walgreens, CVS, Goodyear, AT&T, and Verizon.\nNOTE: Within 5 miles is the Jefferson Town Mall, which includes anchor stores Macy's, Dillards, Sears, and JC Penny. The mall is also surrounded by additional restaurants like Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse.\nAll areas of the home are accessible and available for use. The only exception is the fireplace on the main floor, which should NOT be used.\nFeel free to call me for any remote assistance you might need. My realtor will be in the vicinity to assist as well.\n\nThe community in which we live is peaceful, friendly and very conveniently located near restaurants, shopping and recreational activities like tennis, softball and walking at Fern Creek Park, and golf and swimming at the nearby Wildwood and Woodhaven Country Clubs. There is an active Neighborhood Watch and Homeowners Association. Also, many people have pets and enjoy walking for exercise.\nThe home is located less than a mile from the Gene-Snyder Freeway and less than 8 miles from both I-65 and I-64. Taking Gene-Snyder to I-65 N will lead you almost directly to Churchill Downs, which is just 14 miles (15 min.) away.\nWDRB News has the best weather reporting and even offers a map with week-long projections. I suggest visiting their website or downloading their app.\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nCasa/apto inteiro\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nCasa\n\nAcomoda\n\n6\n\nQuartos\n\nYou'll have access to a private room, dining room, kitchen, living room, and finished basement. This space also offers easy access to Louisville's best. It's just 30 minutes to downtown or Churchill Downs, and 20 minutes to the airport.\n\nTipo de acomoda\u00e7\u00e3o\n\nTipo de propriedade\n\nAcomoda\n\nQuartos\n\nBeautiful historic home built in 1899. Feel as if you are in the country, yet be minutes away from restaurants and shopping. Only 18 miles from Churchill Downs. Home has 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 newly renovated bathrooms.\n\nThere is one Queen bed and 2 Full size beds. An queen size inflatable mattress will also be available. So house could sleep 6 to 8 people.\nTravelers have access to washer and dryer in basement.\nI will be in town for Derby week (it's the best week of the year!), so if you should have any questions or need any assistance, I'll be close by.\n\nGreat neighborhood. Very close to good restaurants and stores. Easy access to highways.\nNot close to public transportation but Uber services are always available."}
-{"text": "Surrounded by a 1,000-acre nature preserve, Camden Bay is located in Hillsborough County and borders Pinellas County. What does that mean? Camden Bay has everything you need to enjoy life on the water: boat ramp access to Tampa Bay, boat parking and detailing area, kayak and canoe storage racks. You are also in the prime location to get anywhere in Tampa Bay, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg. Tampa International Airport (TIA), St. Pete-Clearwater Airport (PIE), downtown Tampa, and the white sand Clearwater Beaches are all a quick drive. There are so many floor plan options at Camden Bay, you are sure to find the perfect one, two, or three bedroom apartment just right for your lifestyle.\n\nWe offer various unique interior apartment styles at Camden Bay. Do you love an all-white kitchen with white appliances, dark wood cabinets with stainless steel appliances, or do you prefer modern white and gray color scheme that now includes a microwave and digital thermostat? You can\u2019t go wrong!\n\nA full-size washer and dryer, spacious walk-in closets, double vanity sinks, 9-foot ceilings, screened patio, solarium, wood-inspired flooring or carpet, canal and bay views are just a few features that could be part of your new apartment home. Contact any of our expert Leasing Consultants to find your perfect style, floor plan, and location within our community.\n\nWhy else will you love being a Camden Bay resident? Rest easy with responsive on-site maintenance and management, the convenience of doorstep trash pickup and recycling, at your fingertips service request submittal and no more trips to the office to pay your rent, you can do that online. Surf the web using the WiFi in the common areas and socialize with neighbors on our private social network, MyCamden.com. The resident lounge includes a cloud-based printer, computers and a large conference table that is an excellent option for anyone that works from home or needs flex space.\n\nShow off your pit master skills at the outdoor grill and enjoy the fruits of your labor at the long table pavilion with your friends and family. The kids will also have their own fun at the community playground. Camden Bay will be your furry family member\u2019s choice too because of the dog walk areas, dog park, dog agility course, and a dog wash station. Pets of all sizes welcomed.\n\nThere are a plethora of shopping options when you live at Camden Bay. Walking distance to Silver Mill Plaza and nearby groceries include Publix, Aldi, Target and Walmart Neighborhood Market. Looking for a mall? There are 4 options that are all right around the corner. Westfield Citrus Park, Westfield Countryside, International Plaza and Westshore Plaza.\n\nResidents also receive a technology package through Spectrum included in their total monthly rent. This money-saving package includes high-speed internet with speeds up to 100 Mbps, WiFi, and over 300 digital channels with over 100 in HD.\n\nPremium Amenities\n\nLive Green\n\nPet Policy\n\nAt Camden, your pets are family too! We welcome cats and dogs, up to 3 pets per apartment home with no weight restrictions. Call us with any pet-related questions and come visit our dog park!\n\nPet Fee: $400 per pet (non-refundable).\n\nPet Rent: $20 per month per pet.\n\nRestricted breeds: American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, any mix of the previous breeds, or any other dog or breed deemed aggressive.\n\nParking Policy\n\nWe'll save a spot for you! We offer ample parking on a first-come, first-served, with some assigned spaces. Please call us for details about reserved spaces.\n\nVisitors may park in any open, unreserved spaces!\n\nGarages are available for you to rent and some apartment homes even have garages included! Detached garages are $125 per month.\n\nBoat parking is $100 a month for residents, which includes access to our boat dock and boat ramp. We will need the boat make, model, year, color, and the registration. The boat parking is in a gated and locked area.\n\nYou\u2019re all set! We\u2019ll be taking you to a secure site to start your application"}
-{"text": "U.S. League of Dominican-American Elected Officials Laud President Obama\u2019s Nomination of Thomas Perez for Labor Secretary, Nation\u2019s First Cabinet Nomination of Dominican Heritage\n\nThe U.S. League of Dominican-American Elected Officials, led by New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat (D-Washington Heights) praised President Obama\u2019s selection of Assistant Attorney General and Justice Department Civil Rights Division head Thomas Perez as nominee for U.S. Labor Secretary.If confirmed, Perez would be the country\u2019s first Cabinet Secretary of Dominican descent.\n\nIn his current position, Perez has been a staunch defender of civil rights, and has worked to oppose voter ID laws designed to restrict minority election turnout. In his previous position as Maryland\u2019s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Commissioner, Perez enacted tough new consumer protections against foreclosure, vigorously enforced safety and wage violations, and promoted workforce development initiatives. Perez is a trailblazer and lifelong public servant who has proven his commitment to social justice.\n\n\u201cThomas Perez is a true American success story, and an inspiration to the nearly 1.5 million people of Dominican heritage living in our country,\u201d said New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Chair of the New York State Senate Latino Caucus. \u201cLike many Dominican families, Perez\u2019s parents fled the brutal and repressive Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic to seek a better life in the U.S. \u2013 initially settling in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights that has become the heart of the Dominican diaspora. Through education and hard work, he has risen through the ranks of public service, and has spent his career safeguarding the rights many Americans take for granted. Perez is already a role model for children of Dominican heritage, but his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Labor will be nothing short of a milestone for our community.\u201d\n\nThe U.S. Dominican population is principally concentrated in the Northeast; the top states by population are New York, New Jersey, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Nearly half of the U.S. Dominican population immigrated in the 1990s or later; they now comprise the fifth largest Latino or Hispanic group.\n\nSenator Espaillat also addressed the significance of this nomination in the context of pending federal immigration reform.\n\n\u201cMillions of law-abiding, tax-paying and patriotic immigrants are living in the shadows because Washington gridlock has stymied meaningful immigration reform,\u201d said Senator Espaillat. \u201cIt\u2019s time to offer our country\u2019s Latino immigrants a path forward, to empower them to pursue the American dream, and allow their children to seek higher education. As President Obama works to correct the shameful failings in our immigration laws, Thomas Perez\u2019s experience, and commitment to public service will make him an invaluable asset to the administration. I commend the President for his terrific choice for Labor Secretary, and will work to mobilize the Dominican-American community to support his confirmation.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs Maryland\u2019s Labor Secretary, Thomas Perez was an exceptional public servant who worked hard to protect foreclosure victims, low-income workers and other vulnerable members of our community,\u201d saidProvidence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras. \u201cI know he will make us equally proud as U.S. Labor Secretary.\u201d\n\n\"This nomination marks a historic moment for Dominican Americans who have made this country their home,\u201d said New York City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. \u201cI commend president Obama for nominating a fighter for human rights and social justice to this important post. I hope to see Thomas Perez furthering the progress made on immigrant workers' rights and pushing strong on increasing the national minimum wage.\"\n\n\u201cThomas Perez is a trailblazer for our community and has already served his country with distinction,\u201d said New York Assemblymember Gabriela Rosa. \u201cUnder his leadership, I know our nation will make progress in protecting and expanding the rights of immigrants and workers.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Dominican-American community is excited by this historic nomination,\u201d saidMaryland House of Delegates Member Joseline Pena-Melnyk. \u201cThomas Perez will be a determined advocate for our community, and for all Americans. I call on the Senate to confirm this immensely qualified nominee so he can begin to move our county forward on labor and immigration issues.\u201d\n\n###\n\nThe U.S. League of Dominican Elected Officials includes over 40 members from 7 states and territories, representing mayors, city council members and state legislators."}
-{"text": "Please note that as of October 24, 2014, we will be archiving some of the Nokia Developer discussion boards. The Nokia Asha and Nokia X sections will remain open for continued use. The \"Windows Phone/Lumia\" and \"Other Platforms\" sections will become read-only. For your Windows Phone development questions, we invite you to visit the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) discussion forums.\n\nIf this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.\n\nWelcome\n\nHi,\nWelcome to the Wired Networking discussion board. Please use this forum to ask for and to give help between Nokia developers creating accessories for Nokia devices. Forum Nokia will assist in answering but this is primarily a peer help forum."}
-{"text": "This MILAN8R monoclonal antibody recognizes human and mouse extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (also known as ERK1/2, p44/p42, or MAPK3/1) when phosphorylated on T202/Y204. ERK1/2 belong to a family of conserved serine/threonine protein kinases known as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) that are involved in many cellular programs such as proliferation, differentiation, motility, and survival. ERK1/2 signaling is activated in response to numerous extracellular stimuli including mitogens, growth factors, and cytokines. The primary activators of ERK1/2 are MEK1 and MEK2 which act by phosphorylating the activation loop residues T202/Y204 and T185/Y187 in ERK1 and ERK2, respectively. Several downstream targets of ERK1/2 have been identified, including p90RSK and the transcription factor Elk-1. ERK1/2 are negatively regulated by MAPK phosphatases, known as DUSPs or MKPs, as well as by chemical inhibitors of MEK including U0126 and PD98059. Disruption of the ERK pathway is common in many types of cancer.\n\nSpecificity of this MILAN8R clone was determined by ELISA, flow cytometry, and western blotting."}
-{"text": "ISLAMORADA -- The Village Council will again consider banning the construction of long docks in Islamorada when it convenes Thursday, Feb. 27.\n\nThe debate will come as a follow up to a council discussion in December, when, in response to objections from contractors, the board tabled an ordinance that would have capped all new docks at 100 feet in length.\n\nUnder existing village code, property owners can ask for a variance to build a dock longer than 100 feet if the extra length is necessary to reach the required water depth of 4 feet.\n\nSuch variance applications have caused conflict within Islamorada in recent years, sometimes between neighbors. Twice since 2007 the village has faced lawsuits related to long docks, once when the town approved a dock variance, and then when it denied one.\n\nLast summer, as neighbors fought over a proposed 325-foot dock off a private Plantation Key property, the Islamorada Planning Department first recommended that the council approve the application, only to reverse itself months later after reviewing new evidence.\n\nTo Councilman Ken Philipson, who introduced an ordinance in December, the solution to those disputes was to end the variance procedure entirely.\n\nBut contractors, including former village Building Director Don Horton, argued that a better way to reduce the controversies would be to ease dock regulations, which they characterized as the most restrictive in the Keys.\n\nIn the aftermath of the December discussion, Senior Planner Jeff Stuncard has sought to gather public thoughts on how to handle the issue. He said about 10 people have met with him in his office, from both sides.\n\n\"I guess the thing I've heard the most is that due to the amount of regulation they go through at the state and federal level, it should be a breeze by the time they get to the local level,\" he said,\n\nFor his part, Horton last week said he thinks the situation would be eased by reducing the minimum depth that docks must reach to 3 feet. The village standard of 4 feet, he said, is stricter than the state standard.\n\n\"Every time you go deeper, that makes you go longer,\" he said.\n\nPhilipson, meanwhile, said he no longer advocates eliminating the dock-length variance procedure entirely.\n\nHis newest idea is to allow for property owners to apply for docks longer than 100 feet but only if both neighboring property owners already have long docks. Even then, the docks could not extend longer than what the neighbors have.\n\n\"To me, that makes sense,\" Philipson said. \"But to the dock builders, it's not going to make much sense at all.\"\n\nDuring Thursday's meeting, the council will hear a report on the logistics of installing parking meters at Anne's Beach. According to Interim Village Manager Maria Aguilar, a public works department analysis found that it would cost $15,000 to install master meters at the two Anne's Beach lots and $5,000 annually to maintain the meters.\n\nWith an hourly rate of $1, the village estimated is could earn $20,000 annually in parking fees. The village recently created a part-time position to clean up Anne's Beach on weekends. The position is budgeted for $15,000.\n\nAlso on Thursday', Councilman Mike Forster plans to push for a more defined towing ordinance in Islamorada.\n\nThe village's current ordinance allows haulers to charge a maximum base fee of $135. But they can also bill an additional $135 per hour for labor. Companies can charge $3 per mile for the haul, and they can also bill for storage, administration and after-hours pick-up.\n\nThe Key West towing ordinance, in contrast, caps the cost of a tow at $155, plus a $25 per day storage fee."}
-{"text": "Behind the Scenes stuff from PlayInKey.com, go to http://playinkey.com for the application\n\nMonthly Archives: May 2011\n\nAbout a week ago, during the holidays, I finally got around to updating PlayInKey.com and adding some new features. I updated the frontpage and added some new scales and other data and implemented a system for ranking the search results based on their relevance. Here\u2019s a short description of what I did.\n\nA New Frontpage\n\nI attempted to simplify the frontpage and add some color to it. The old frontpage contained a lengthy textual description of the site and was quite boring, so I threw away the text and gave the search-form a more prominent space in the middle of the page. The bigger search form highlights the purpose of the site and is particularly handy when browsing the site with a mobile device. I also created a big logo and changed the layout to add some color. For the logo I used a nice looking font called pg-gene that I found for free from DaFont.com. Easthetically the frontpage now seems way better than the previous version, although there\u2019s still a lot of room for improvement.\n\nNew Scales and Data\n\nscale steps, incrementally and accumulatively\n\nharmonization\n\nnew scales: diminished, wholetone and the dominant bebop scale\n\nI added a lot of new information on the site. For every scale there is now information about the \u2018steps\u2019 of the scale: for every note of the scale, measured in halfsteps, it tells how far the note is from the previous note in the scale, and also accumulatively how far that note is from the root note. This helps to get a grasp of the scale and for guitarists, this information is particularly convenient when playing single string exercises.\n\nFor most of the scales, there is also information about how the notes of the scale can be harmonized as four note (ie. seventh) chords by using the common method of stacking thirds on top of the note.\n\nI also added a few more scales in the database, namely the diminished scales, wholetone scales and\nthe dominant bebop scales (\u2018The Bebop Scale\u2019) for each key. I\u2019m trying to be a bit selective with respect to\nwhat scales to include in the database, since PlayInKey.com is meant only to be a tool for those interested\nin learning modern pop, rock and jazz-oriented music. It isn\u2019t meant to be a full database of all existing\nscales in the world, since I fear that too much irrelevant information might dilute the purpose of the site.\n\nA Ranking System for Scales\n\nThis is, in my opinion, by far the coolest new feature on the site. I implemented a ranking system that attempts to sort the search results by their relevance with respect to a given query, so that the most relevant results will more likely be on top of the list and more esoteric scale choices are pushed down towards the bottom of the search results. I think this works fairly well particularly for modern popular (western) music, where the choice of scales and chord-progressions tend to be quite conservative and lean towards diatonic due to the way we are accustomed to hearing music. If that sounds boring and you\u2019re looking for something more exotic or controversial, you can use the ranking system to your advantage in that case as well: just look for the more unusual choices by starting from the bottom of the search results.\n\nI will explain the details of how the ranking system works in later blog post, so stay tuned for that!"}
-{"text": "We love innovation, and this inflatable paper sofa is the very definition of innovation!\n\nThis crazy (and somewhat fragile looking) couch is made from 100% recycled paper dunnage bags and its outfitted with a metal rack and rubber straps. You could bring this inflatable seating with you anywhere while its flat, you just inflate it at your destination! Each section can be personalized with a pen \u2013 which might lead to something great, or something awful, depending on your artistic abilities."}
-{"text": "My FI\u2019s mother texted him yesterday and brought up his most recent ex (they broke up like 6 months before we met). Here\u2019s the story (*names have been changed lol):\n\nShe texted him saying her boyfriend (*Bob) ran into his ex *Sally. She then proceeded to say that Bob said Sally has gotten prettier and thinner. Sally said she really misses us (as in her, Bob, and my FI). My Future Mother-In-Law continued with \u201cI think she will regret not being with you (or breaking up with you, I can\u2019t remember the exact wording) for the rest of her life\u201d\u2026My Fiance then proceeded to ignore that and changed the subject (he\u2019s so perfect)\n\nSo while I have absolutely no concern over my Fiance going back to her or even thinking about her like that, it just annoys me that she would even bring Sally up for no reason. What\u2019s the point? I guess I just think differently than some people because that just isn\u2019t something I would bring up because, well, there isn\u2019t a point to it. Am I the only one who would be annoyed by this?\n\n**Edit: I\u2019m not annoyed that she brought her up, as I have no probelms with his ex. I just don\u2019t think the comments she made about her were needed or warranted.\n\nI wouldn\u2019t be annoyed that she mentioned Sally, but I would be annoyed about the comment of her regretting it and that she\u2019s prettier and thinner now. Sounds almost like she prefers Sally to you. Uhm, weird.\n\nI think she was trying to compliment her son, he\u2019s the one that got away for Sally, and that means your fella is one special guy\u2026don\u2019t sweat it, even though the execution of said compliment was ham handed and generally creepy.\n\nI\u2019m sure she meant no harm by it, just seemed like small talk. My parents have run into my ex before and told me about it. It\u2019s not like she told your Fiance he was an idiot for breaking up with her. There are going to be far bigger fish to fry with your Future Mother-In-Law in the coming years \u2013 I\u2019d let it go and pick your battles.\n\nIt\u2019s annoying but it\u2019s whatever. During one of our breaks Fiance dated another girl. When we got back together his mom continnued to talk/shop/whatever with this girl. Future Mother-In-Law is a photog on the side and took photos of her and her baby (from another man). I could go on. Your Fiance doesn\u2019t care, so I wouldn\u2019t either.\n\nI think the fact that she said something like \u201cshe will always regret not being with you\u201d indicates she didn\u2019t mean anything \u201cpro\u201d Sally. Had she said something like \u201cyou will always regret not being with her\u201d, that would be a different story, but I think as she texted it, it\u2019s just kind of like an update having seen her and hey, she is missing out on my wonderful son.\n\nI would be annoyed if your FMIL was comparing his ex to you, but I don\u2019t see that she was. She was just giving a compliment to her son\u2013giving a confidence boost. More or less his ex lost a good thing and misses everyone.\n\nSo his mom said she lost weight and got prettier, so what? If she did, good for her..but your Fiance didn\u2019t care\u2026.The important thing is he is with you and loves you! \ud83d\ude42\n\nI would be annoyed because as far as I\u2019m concerned the Ex should never come up (unless she was a family friend or there are mutual children). However I\u2019d work hard to give Future Mother-In-Law the benefit of the doubt because I realize MY mother will probably says crazy things I can\u2019t explain as well."}
-{"text": "Hoe mksheets hun logo ontwerp begonnen\n\nBedrijfsnaam\n\nOverzicht\n\nI primarily need to start here with a new Smart/Fun/Dimensioal Logo ... but I need to see it in Color and Black &Wht Samples as well as in a Business Card Layout.\n\nIn my background I hold more than 25 years experience as a serial entrepreneur currently owning three companies providing services ranging from Business Development, Joint Venture Capitol Investing to Website & IT Development. I currently spends the majority of my time as a Strategic Business Developer under her 15 year old company ReThink Inc. \u2013 \u201cRethink HOW You Do Business and Making It Personal.\u201d. In my primary roll I partner with entrepreneurs, executives and professionals thought leaders in business innovation, growth and expansion. I collaborate with business leaders to build on their strengths, help identify strategies and opportunities for growth, empower them to gain confidence in their ability to plan and manage a venture on a personal level, meet new challenges, and learn how to obtain the skills and resources necessary for achieving their desired results in business. My ultimate goal is to ensure clients and their team are working proactively from their brilliance and not reactively from their weaknesses by approaching and leading businesses from an individual and personal level.\n\nI'm often described as incredibly SMART with a HEART.\n\nVertel ons iets meer over jezelf en de mensen die je bereikt\n\nEntrepreneurs, small business executives and professionals thought leaders - Determined, driven, already successful on many levels and committed entrepreneur who knows they're on the cusp of fulfilling their ultimate vision on doing business their way... but need to reThink how they use their talents and resources to get to the next level of working ON their business instead of IN their business.\n\nBottom-line tag \u2026 \u201cWe'll keep you on top of your business until your business is on top.\u201d\n\nI work with more women entrepreneurs than anything ... from startups to small businesses with under 5 Million in annual revenue. I work with more service based industries than product based companies.\n\nVereisten\n\nThe brand needs to demonstrate forward out-of-the-box thinking ... there should be nothing ordinary about the feel of the logo and how it would look in a business card layout.\n\nHow we do business in today's market place is only limited by our individual and collective imagination ... so my brand needs to demostrate Imagination and Multiple Dimensional. I would like to see Highlights and Shadows used as well as Size Variations with in the logo.\n\nTilt things - try different shapes - angles & curves ... I want people looking at to go .. Wow, I wouldn't have thought to do that! It also needs to look clean, cutting edge and professional ... BUT more importantly it can't be too corporate as I'm all about Making Business Personal! Don't be affraid to through in FUN elements.\n\nFiles: Need artwork in Photoshop file format as well as high res. .JPEG\n\nWhen you look at the brand it should fall between these bookend of branding that I feel would respresent my company best:\nProfessional - Personal/Casual\nAccomplished/Wise - Fun\nExperienced - Forward Thinking & Hip/Savy\nDemanding - Open Minded\nRealistic - Versatile/Flexible\nElite - Collaborative\nOut of the box - Down to Earth\nHigh Energy - Focused\nContemporary - Timeless\nLeader - Implementor"}
-{"text": "More like this\n\nBT Library\n\nBeth Arabah\n\nBETH ARABAH (b\u0115th' \u0103r'a-ba, house of the desert, niv; \u201cBeth-arabah\u201d in rsv; \u201cArabah\u201d in jb, kjv, mof, nasb, neb). A town probably at the northern end of the Dead Sea, one of Judah\u2019s six northern border cities (Josh.18.18).\n\nBETH-ARABAHb\u0115th \u0103r\u2019 \u0259 b\u0259 (Heb. \u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1\u05b8\u0594\u05d4, house-of-the-Arabah), a small town located in the wilderness SE of Jericho on the N bank of the Wadi el-Qelt a few m. W of the Jordan valley. It is prob. the site of the modern Arab village of \u2019Ain Gharbeh. It was the boundary between Judah on the S and Benjamin on the N (Josh 15:6, 61). There is some difference in the text as to whether it was a city of Judah (15:6; 18:18) or belonged to Benjamin (18:22). There is the distinct possibility that the town may have changed hands at some time by an incident not recorded in the text. A difficulty is found in Joshua 18:18 however where the text reads, \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05e2\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1\u05b8\u0596\u05d4, which means, \u201cover against the Arabah,\u201d which is usually understood as an error and which should read as the other passages. There is no indication, however, why such an error in the MT should have been made, so there is still some doubt as to the emendation.\n\nInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)\n\n(beth ha-`arabhah; Baitharaba, \"place of the Arabah\"):\n\n(1) One of the 6 cities of Judah \"in the wilderness\" (Jos 15:61), on the borders of Benjamin and Judah (Jos 15:6; 18:18 Septuagint). \"The wilderness of Judah\" is the barren land West of the Dead Sea. Beth-arabah is not yet identified.\n\n(2) One of the cities of Benjamin (Jos 18:22). Septuagint (Codex Vaticanus) reads Baithabara, and this may be correct. The names are early confounded."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nWhen my son was a boy and went through the gamut of lizards, gerbils and other caged rodents kids seem to acquire, Nick named each of them Gus in one form or another\u2014Gus, Gus/Gus, Gus, Jr., Gus the Third. Why break the pattern now? It also seemed the perfect name for an Olde English Bulldog.\n\nNick finished college, landed a job within a month of graduation, and we were once again confronted with one of our kids having to work long hours and a puppy in need of care. So, Gus packed his bags and moved into our apartment, along with me, my wife, Willow and Casper, the oldest living cat in America.\n\nGus is the exact opposite of Willow, John Belushi to her Audrey Hepburn. Where she is gentle, he is rough. Where she is refined and shy, he is hyper and eager for action. He is big, strong and stubborn and pouts if he doesn\u2019t get his way. In less than three days, he knew he had me and I knew my life would never be the same.\n\nWe signed Gus up for Biscuits & Bath and he took to the playtime like a pro, never tiring, eager to run and rumble with the other dogs. The crew at B&B grew to love him almost as much as we did and forgave him any indiscretion. Gus was a charmer, born to please, never giving the slightest indication he had done anything wrong.\n\nIn Bridgehampton, I put up a fence along part of the yard, allowing both dogs freedom to run at will: Willow chasing tennis balls, Gus barking and chugging the length of the fence trying to scare away the deer and the rabbits surrounding the property.\n\nI can\u2019t say it\u2019s been easy. Gus suffers from skin allergies and gets a medicine bath once a week and injections to keep the problem under control. Willow has a sensitive stomach. Even with pet insurance, it\u2019s a hefty freight.\n\nMy wife and I have not traveled much since we got the dogs, certainly not as often as we had planned. We leave dinner parties early because we need to get home to the dynamic duo. Our living room furniture will never be the same and we make sure not to invite non-dog lovers over for a meal.\n\nWhen we drive to and from Bridge - hampton, Gus takes the front seat, next to me. Willow rides in the back, snuggled next to my wife. The sight of that always brings a smile to my face. Gus loves to look out the window, eyes taking in the action, on the watch, reminding me of an active street cop on the job. Where Willow is indifferent to the outside world, content to keep her inner circle close to her side, Gus wants to know what he can about anyone who ventures near, earning the visitor either a low growl or an invitation to pet his head. He looks fierce but is gentle as an infant. Willow is the one with the temper, losing patience with anyone who comes between her and the pack she feels her duty to protect. Gus is always up for a party. Willow prefers quiet nights at home.\n\nAnd they are crazy about one another. I feel as close to Gus as I do to any person in my life. I trust him as much as he trusts me, which is to say completely. He is a good friend and great company. He has changed my life and I am convinced it\u2019s for the better.\n\nI have become what I never thought I would, what an old friend (his wife bred Neapolitan Bull Mastiffs) used to call with affection \u201cthose people.\u201d I am a dog person, certified. I would rather spend a night in front of the TV, Gus asleep on one corner of the couch, Willow no more than six inches from my wife on the other end, the two inseparable, both at ease, relaxed and happy. The outside world nothing more than an annoying distraction.\n\nThis is my family now\u2014Susan, Gus, Willow and Casper. They are my world, my friends, the ones I turn to for comfort, reassurance and love. Four years ago, I could never have imagined my life with a dog, any dog.\n\nNow, I can\u2019t think of a day without Gus and Willow in my company. They have my loyalty and respect and I have theirs and, living in uncertain times in an uncertain world, we give each other much needed comfort and reassurance."}
-{"text": "Apocalypse\n\nThe future has changed its course.\n\nIn the notorious Bermuda Triangle a private jet vanishes without trace, taking with it scientists working for world-famous philanthropist Joaquin Abell.\n\nIn Miami, Captain Kyle Sears is called to a murder scene. A woman and her daughter have both been shot through the head. But within moments of arriving, Sears receives a phone call from the woman\u2019s husband, physicist Charles Purcell.\n\n\u2018I did not kill my wife and daughter. In less than twenty-four hours I too will be murdered and I know the man who will kill me. My murderer does not yet know that he will commit the act.\u2019\n\nWith uncanny accuracy, Charles goes on to predict the immediate future just as it unfolds around Sears, and leaves clues for a man he\u2019s never met before: Ethan Warner.\n\nThe hunt is on to find Purcell, and Ethan Warner is summoned by the Defense Intelligence Agency to head up the search. But this is no ordinary case, as Warner and his partner Nicola Lopez are about to discover, and time is literally everything."}
-{"text": "In Major League Baseball, an asterisk is a bad thing. It means there\u2019s something questionable about a players\u2019 accomplishment \u2013 like hitting 73 home runs in a season.\n\nIn theater, an asterisk is a good thing. It means an actor is accomplished and has earned his or her way into The Actors\u2019 Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.\n\nThe labor union started in 1913. For anything to last 100 years is a fete.\n\nWhen someone is called an Equity actor, it means he or she:\n\n- Has earned stripes.\n\n- Is legit.\n\n- Has a seal of approval.\n\n- Is held to standards.\n\n- Is versatile.\n\n- Is experienced.\n\n- Can be expected to give his or her all, given the material.\n\nThere\u2019s a book about Vince Lombardi called \u201cWhen Pride Still Matter.\u201d Time and again, pride still matters with Equity actors.\n\nThe region\u2019s theaters that employ Equity actors and stage managers make a point to place an asterisk after their names in printed programs.\n\nAt present, three professional productions are active in the area. Each includes union actors."}
-{"text": "Unique Gift Ideas To Impress Your Close Ones\n\nWe all know that the holiday season is on. And as the holiday season is on, we are getting prepared for gifting our dear ones. Consider it or not, the gift you will supply to your family can say an excellent experience. The prevailing present you select can tell its recipient that they are vital to you. As welling as provide them recommendations about your very own character. So, if you\u2019re seeking to make a terrific impact and foster sturdy relationships, picking out a random gift might not be the first-class idea.\n\nWe surely need our cherished ones to just like the present we've got selected with cardboard gift boxes uk. And it\u2019s no longer impossible to do. Those presents do not even should be pricey; but on the same time, you don\u2019t want to settle for giving a paper clip and justifying it with the aid of saying it came from the heart. We want to discover a balance between the gift that is inexpensive, but undoubtedly precise. In a few days, quite a few us might be dashing into the shopping malls to shop for last-minute items. And in case you are probably one of the folks who have no concept what to provide. Right here are the few particular ideas for the unique gifts for your lifestyles.\n\nCraft Beer Tasting Kit - This important gift is best to offer to your dad, brother, a friend, or people who are crazy about beer. This tasting package comes with a reusable crate that serves as its basket but can also help other functions. It comes with a tasting flight paddle, packs of pork jerky, cookies, and different meals. Considering delivering a wine bottle puffed up in recent times. This tasting kit would possibly just be an excellent\n\nPearl Jewellery - All likes to obtain jewellery, but receiving gold or silver necklaces isn't always that you can expect or exciting A brilliant opportunity is pearls. Pearl necklaces, earrings, or rings are a number of the alternatives you can select from. A splendid thing about pearls is that they arrive in one-of-a-kind hues. For individuals who opt for the minimalistic fashion, black or white pearls can be just right. However, for people with more playful personalities, there are lavender or crimson pearls as well.\n\nEco-friendly Jewellery and Fashion Items - We\u2019ve all been hearing about how mother Earth is slowly dying. We\u2019ve additionally seen, all around the media, how fabric matters from the fashion industry are significantly terribly affecting our international. With that during thoughts, quite a few environmentalists and green groups had been encouraging people to buy items that do not damage the surroundings. In reaction to this, some artists have created green jewellery, which could be best for the inexperienced lover to your existence. This stuff does no longer merely defend the environment from similarly They also offer an experience of style - a trend that is slowly growing.\n\nBefore deciding what to gift to the closest person, keep in mind that it should be adequately wrapped in. But it is useless to waste time for wrapping papers. Instead of it, opt for large or small gift boxesin wholesale for saving your time and giving a gorgeous look to the gifts.\n\nGive them something they have by no means obtained earlier than. Wait for something unique and interesting. So long as these gifts are picked out with the high-quality intentions and straight from the heart, you\u2019re suitable to move."}
-{"text": "$1,668\n\nShare with a friend\n\nDescription\n\nMUST WATCH VIDEO TOUR! WELL-KEPT office ready to be LEASED. This office building was built in 1994 and has 2 individual SEPARATE suites, each office has it's own entry and exit with total privacy; ONE of which is currently available for LEASE (SUITE B). The current floor plan is designed as a doctor/dentist clinic, but can be used for other office purposes. It features a main lobby, a reception area, a conference room, 5 individual rooms, 2 restrooms, 1 Executive office and a filing room. Water/Sewer is paid by the landlord. The office building is located right on Silver Star Road and is about a half mile west of North Clarke Road, conveniently located to many retailers such as LA Fitness, Great Clips, Wells Fargo, Chase, Subway Restaurant, Mobil, Walgreens, Publix and much more. Ocoee is in Orange County and is strategically located near all the main arteries of Central Florida's major highways and expressways such as the Florida Turnpike and Tollroads 429 and 408. The main medical hub in Ocoee and one of it's main employers, Health Central Hospital, is only 5 minutes away which makes this site one of the closest medical office buildings in it's vicinity. CONTACT ME TODAY TO SCHEDULE A SHOWING!\n\nMLS Internet Data Exchange (IDX) information is provided exclusively for consumers\u2019 personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing, and that the data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS.\n\nMLS Internet Data Exchange (IDX) information is provided exclusively for consumers\u2019 personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing, and that the data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS.\n\nMLS Internet Data Exchange (IDX) information is provided exclusively for consumers\u2019 personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing, and that the data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS."}
-{"text": "Ingredients: 1 egg 1 English muffin, split and toasted 1 slice American cheese 1 slice bacon, cooked Directions: Cook egg, semi-scrambled in small frying pan until set. Place gently on one half of the English muffin, top with cheese, bacon and other half of muffin."}
-{"text": "Amongst all the major pension changes announced in the Budget you could have easily missed the fact that the ISA rules are also changing.\n\nOn 1 July 2014 the new rules relating to ISAs announced in March\u2019s Budget announcement come into effect. The launch of the NISA is the biggest change to the ISA rules in 15 years. So \u2013 here goes \u2013 your five minute guide to the changes.\n\nThe limit has increased \u2013 from 1 July you can invest up to \u00a315,000 into your ISA this tax year \u2013 this is an increase from \u00a311,880. In practice many people stuck to the Cash ISA limit of \u00a35,940 so that is quite an increase for most people.\n\nYou can hold cash in your Stocks and Shares ISA \u2013 if your existing Stocks and Shares ISA qualifies as a NISA (although the name will be staying the same) \u2013 this means that you can hold both cash and funds, within your ISA. Previously, you were allowed to hold cash temporarily within a Stocks and Shares ISA as long as you were going to invest it in funds.\n\nMore flexibility to transfer \u2013 from 1 July 2014 you\u2019ll be able to transfer freely between Stocks and Shares ISAs and Cash ISAs, as many times as you like. However, you must transfer the whole current year holding each time.\n\nThere are a load of other \u201cwhat if\u201d questions that you may have. We\u2019ll tackle these in another blog post soon. For now that\u2019s probably enough.\n\nAs always, this information isn\u2019t intended to constitute financial advice or suggest that a NISA is suitable for you. To get to the bottom of that thorny question you may need to sit down with an authorised financial adviser and get some personalised advice. Get in touch if you fancy a chat, a cup of coffee and, if you\u2019re lucky, a biscuit or two!\n\nThe Daily Telegraph ran a story on Tony Fowler, who now owns a 50% stake in the Isle of Wight airport.\n\nHe and a friend bought it from the receivers and expect to restore it to profitability. Mr Fowler bought his share through his pension fund \u2013 an airport is a commercial property which is among the permitted assets for a self invested personal pension scheme. Mr Fowler now commutes from his home to the airport in his gyrocopter \u2013 but has to pay the same landing fees as everyone else.\n\nInterest rates: what to do?\n\nWith the recovery in the UK economy, many are predicting that interest rates will rise sooner than the Bank of England predicted with its \u2018forward guidance\u2019 in the summer.\n\nAt that time, it expected its own base rate to remain at about current 0.5% level until 2016, but could that happen sooner? And what can you do to prevent a rate rise becoming a personal calamity? Both the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times asked the question. Both agreed rates could rise sooner than 2016. And both came up with only one positive recommendation: if you have a mortgage, fix the interest rate at today\u2019s low levels to protect yourself from the possibility of soaring mortgage repayments.\n\nCautious SMEs reluctant to grow\n\nMost small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) don\u2019t want to grow, reports the Daily Telegraph.\n\nOver 80% of those surveyed said they wouldn\u2019t borrow to expand, while only a fifth plan to increase their capital investment over the next year and 16% will increase R&D spending. Just under a fifth expect to take on more staff.\n\nIs it time to fix?\n\nBorrowers might do well to take advantage of current low interest rates, suggests the Daily Mail.\n\nWith inflation currently at 2.7%, two-year fixes at 1.5% and five-year fixes at 2.5% look like a bargain. Rates may fall a bit further for the kind of higher loan-to-value loans supported by the government\u2019s Help-to-Buy scheme (typically 90%+), but fixed rates for borrowers with lower LTV ratios have risen a little in recent weeks.\n\nInvest-er-mate\n\nThe 50th anniversary of Dr Who has seen a boom in associated memorabilia, reports the Daily Mail.\n\nReal Daleks are pretty rare, but anyone still in possession of a 1965 Codeg clockwork Dalek \u2013 purchased for a princely 82p \u2013 can now get up to \u00a3800 for it, which is better than a lot of stock market investments have done.\n\nTech boom forecast\n\nOne of Britain\u2019s most successful fund managers has predicted a boom in technology shares.\n\nNick Train, manager of the Finsbury Growth & Income fund, is quoted by the Daily Telegraph as predicting a massive boom in tech stocks over the next decade. (For the record, Mr Train was not managing a technology fund at the time of the notorious dot-com bust). He holds a third of the fund\u2019s investment in technology stocks.\n\nCarbon credit fraudsters closed\n\nThe UK authorities have closed down 19 firms which, between them, had tricked 1500 investors into paying \u00a324 million for worthless \u2018carbon credits\u2019.\n\nThe scam played up the \u2018green\u2019 merits of carbon credits, but these certificates were sold at vastly inflated prices.\n\nHoping for a Jisa boost\n\nThe Daily Telegraph has been campaigning for a change to the rules on Child Trust Funds, to allow parents to transfer these CTFs to the newer and more flexible Junior Isa (Jisa) which replaced CTFs in 2011.\n\nAccording to the Telegraph, up to 6 million children have CTFs paying poor rates while better rates are available in Jisas, and Jisa schemes also offer a larger range of funds for longer-term investments. The Telegraph predicts that Chancellor George Osborne will announce a change in his Autumn Statement on December 5th.\n\nAffordability tests may spell trouble\n\nAt least half of all potential borrowers under the second phase of the Help to Buy scheme could be disqualified by lenders, reports the Sunday Telegraph.\n\nThe two biggest lenders that have signed up to the scheme \u2013 Lloyds and RBS \u2013 use \u2018affordability\u2019 tests which measure what proportion of a buyer\u2019s income goes on mortgage repayments. These two banks require borrowers to be able to cope if rates rise to 7%, in effect almost doubling from their current level. Experts say this will prevent a great many potential homebuyers from securing a loan.\n\nHere\u2019s a quick and easy catch up on some of the news storied we think you might want to read.\n\nPerils of the wrong pension\n\nMaking the wrong choice with your pension can be costly. The Daily Mail told the story of a retired solicitor who was concerned about his poor state of health and wanted to secure lifetime income for his wife from his pension fund. But he bought the wrong type of annuity, one that had a guarantee period of ten years. He died only weeks after the ten year guarantee ended \u2013 and his widow was left without any income.\n\n44 Financial offer a full retirement planning service to help make sure that you make the right choices when you are retiring.\n\nCap on pension charges proposed\n\nThe government has opened a consultation on an upper limit on pension charges, reports the Daily Telegraph.\n\nIts target is older schemes, often closed to new members, that can have charges of up to 2.1% a year. Modern schemes have charges of under 1%, and the higher charges can cut pension scheme members\u2019 retirement pots by tens of thousands of pounds.\n\nIf you have older pensions that you have not checked for some time it may be worth looking at this. Please contact 44 Financial to discuss our Pension Review & Health Check.\n\nFund costs are falling\n\nOver 85% of investment funds have created new share classes with lower annual fees, according to research cited by the Daily Mail.\n\nPreviously, fund managers could pay rebates to the \u2018platforms\u2019 on which investors hold their assets out of their management fees, but new \u2018clean\u2019 share classes that pay no rebates offer investors lower charges and a better deal overall. Most platforms are in the process of switching to the new lower-cost share classes.\n\nCharges to hit more trusts\n\nThe Chancellor\u2019s Autumn statement is likely to include a measure that will raise charges on trusts, predicts the Daily Telegraph. At present, those seeking to avoid inheritance tax can set up a series of trusts and so long as each trust is worth less than \u00a3325,000 no tax is paid. But the legislation provides for a 6% periodic charge every ten years on larger trusts, and it is likely this tax rate will be extended to all trusts whose combined value exceeds the \u00a3325,000 threshold.\n\nMore could save from offset switch\n\nMillions of homeowners could make useful savings by switching to an offset mortgage, says the Independent. At present only about 10% of borrowers have this type of loan, but with savings rates so low the benefit is significant. By merging your saving and mortgage accounts you avoid receiving taxable interest. Instead of earning a taxable 1% on your savings, you reduce the interest you pay on your mortgage by the amount in your savings account. With mortgage rates at 3-4% you will save far more in mortgage interest than you were earning on your savings.\n\nTax task forces get tough\n\nHMRC\u2019s tax task forces, set up to track down tax avoidance in specific sectors, are hitting their targets, reports the Daily Mail. In the first half of 2013 they collected an additional \u00a332 million and are on target to bring in over \u00a390 million for the full year. Restaurants, landlords and owners of second homes are among their targets.\n\nParents shell out more than ever\n\nYoung adults are getting an unprecedented level of financial support from their parents, reports the Daily Mail.\n\nOver 70% of home leavers get some help, and nationally parents fork out \u00a344 billion a year, or an average of \u00a31,125 a year per child. But 25-29 year olds get even more, an average of \u00a32,599 a year. The biggest items of support are property (\u00a311 billion), cars (\u00a34 billion) and weddings (\u00a34 billion), but the biggest change in recent years has been the rise in the number of parents helping adult children with their living expenses \u2013 rent and bills.\n\nLenders target accidental landlords\n\nMortgage lenders are targeting \u2018accidental landlords\u2019 who they think should be paying higher interest rates, reports the Daily Telegraph.\n\nHomeowners who have been unable to sell, have moved and rented out their homes have become landlords by accident rather than by choice. They should have informed their lenders and converted from residential to buy-to-let mortgages, but hundreds of thousands have not done so. Often the lender\u2019s buy-to-let interest rate will be as much as 2% above the residential rate.\n\nMortgage brokers say people whose properties are worth more than their loans can usually re-mortgage to a more favourable rate if their own lender\u2019s but-to-let rate is high, but that those in negative equity are trapped and have to accept their existing lender\u2019s terms.\n\nThe Independent on Sunday told this summer\u2019s graduates to get on the case in sorting out their finances.\n\nFirst step is to sort the bank account \u2013 some banks automatically shift graduates to a special type of account with an automatic interest-free overdraft, but others don\u2019t, even though all banks do have special accounts for new graduates offering not just interest-free overdrafts but other goodies.\n\nAccording to the Daily Mail, there now isn\u2019t a single savings account in the UK that pays interest above the rate of inflation.\n\nWith the inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index up from 2.4% to 2.7%, the best easy-access account the Mail could find is an ISA paying 2.3%. Savers who are basic rate taxpayers would need to get 3.38% before tax to match the inflation rate while higher rate taxpayers would need 4.5%.\n\nWith the top non-ISA account paying 1.7% gross, a saver putting in \u00a31,000 would see their spending power decline to \u00a3986 after 12 months even after banking their interest. But the cuts go on \u2013 National Savings & Investments announced it was cutting the rate payable on its own ISA from 2.25% to 1.75% in September.\n\nThese are tough times for savers, who need to consider alternatives to standard savings accounts if they need a higher income.\n\n44Financial.co.uk is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/register/). FCA Registration No: 517309\nThe Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate National Savings or some forms of mortgage, tax planning, taxation and trust advice, offshore investments or school fees planning.\nThe information contained within this site is subject to the UK regulatory regime and is therefore targeted primarily at consumers based in the UK. Copyright 2018"}
-{"text": "Salzburg Day Trip from Munich\n\nSelect date and participants:\n\nLearn about Salzburg's history and visit the locations where The Sound of Music was filmed\n\nMarvel at the Alps and the fortress crowning M\u00f6nchsberg\n\nVisit Mirabell Palace, St. Peter's Church, and Cathedral Square\n\nWalk the narrow streets of the Old City, including the world-famous Getreidegasse\n\nOverview\n\nDiscover one of Europe's most picturesque location. This 1-day tour to Salzburg from Munich will show you the highlights of the city of Mozart, including the composer's birthplace, Mirabell Palace and Gardens, St. Peter's Church, and Getreidegasse.\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nExplore the city of Mozart and the location of The Sound of Music; Salzburg boasts one of Europe's most picturesque urban landscapes.\n\nNestled within Alpine mountains beneath a magnificent elevated fortress, the city is divided into two halves by the Salzach River, connected by the Nonntal and State Bridges, and the Mozart, Makart, and M\u00fclln footbridges for pedestrians only.\n\nThe left bank's history dates back to an ancient Roman settlement, and features buildings from the Romanesque, Baroque, and Renaissance periods, threaded together by countless narrow streets and passageways, including the famous Getreidegasse. Much of the Old City is inaccessible to cars and other vehicles, making it ideal for leisurely walks and window shopping.\n\nOn the other side of the Salzach is the unmissable Mirabell Palace with its spectacular gardens. The tour will also visit St. Peter's Church, Cathedral Square, and the House of Mozart, with almost three hours of free time for shopping and lunch.\n\nWhat's Included\n\nGuided tour of the city\n\nTrain and bus tickets\n\nWhat's Not Included\n\nEntrance fees\n\nLunch\n\nMeeting Point\n\nMeet your guide at Hauptbahnhof Munich's main hall in front of the Le Croc Bag shop\n(Open in Google Maps)"}
-{"text": "Brian Donovan\n\nMusician\n\nBrian graduated from Berklee College of Music and provides songwriting, composing & voiceovers.\n\nAs a multi-instrumentalist, Brian writes, arranges, performs, and records in many genres using his own studio, with fast turnaround times and reasonable rates. He has worked with many well known recording artists and companies, such as Barry Manilow, Mickey Rooney, ABC, USA, The CW Network, and Disney. With over 20 years of experience in all manner of music and post production, he is skilled at working closely with his clients to make the process of creating music an enjoyable experience.\n\nBrian is an accomplished composer, having been nominated for the ISA award \"Best Original Score\" for his work on the web series, \u201cStan Lee\u2019s Sweethearts Of The Galaxy\u201d. He writes fluently in many musical styles, and occasionally, releases his own pop/rock music. The sound of Brian's work varies greatly based on each project\u2019s requirements, and relies on his ability to dissect musical genres, both ancient and modern. This enables Brian to write in a specific style, or seamlessly blend genres for a unique sonic pallet that is both new, yet completely familiar. Additionally, the emotions that Brian evokes in his work is grounded from his mixture of the computer-generated, picture-perfect music of today, with the heart and soul of organic sound design and real live musicians.\n\nBrian is an ideal choice for producers, directors, and music supervisors as he has worked in all of those capacities to gain a deep understanding of their needs. He makes it a point to combine all of his abilities on projects with respectful, friend-driven relationships and outstanding communication."}
-{"text": "Welcome to the Riedel On-Premise Webstore. This area of our website is specifically for hospitality trade customers and contains information about products which are developed for exclusive use in restaurants, hotels, wineries and other catering environments. These items are not available in retail. Please register your details to gain access to our On-Premise Webstore.\n\nAny Excuse for Champagne\n\nWords by Erin Ogilvie\n\nIt wasn\u2019t long ago that, after opening a bottle of champagne, most of us would automatically reach for our trusty flutes. However, over the past couple of years, the question has been raised about how to serve champagne to show it at its best. We\u2019ve known for over forty years that a glass\u2019 shape has an impact on your perception of aroma and flavour, so why do we continue to think differently for champagne?\n\nWhen you get down to it, the only difference between wine and Champagne is the bubbles. Champagne is made up of three grape varieties - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier - and many of the production methods are the same between still and sparkling wines.\n\nThe average bottle of champagne in Australia is about $60. Now, imagine that you\u2019ve bought a $60 bottle of red wine. Would you crack it open and pour it into the closest mug or cup? Or would you perhaps decant it, monitor the temperature, consider the best glass to use, and savour it over a meal? We\u2019re happy to exchange our Pinot Noir glasses for Shiraz glasses when changing from one varietal to the next, so why are we letting champagne\u2019s bubbles dominate our habits?\n\nIt\u2019s mostly to do with tradition, and how the history of champagne has shaped our views of what vessel it belongs in.\n\nThe Coupe\n\nRumour has it that this glass was designed on Marie Antoinette's left breast. The origin of the glass predates the French Queen so, while a good story, it\u2019s not true. However the Champagne Coupe was popular during her time on the throne, as champagne produced at the time was sweeter and more syrupy, and the saucer\u2019s short sides and shallow bowl allowed the user to dip cake in. Indulgent, yes, but let\u2019s be honest: if you could soak your dessert in champagne, wouldn\u2019t you?\n\nThe glass had a resurgence in the 1920s, then again in the 1960s, and had another revival a few years ago to the disappointment of devout champagne lovers. While it may help you live the life of a flapper, its shape is completely ineffective when it comes to expressing the wine\u2019s profile. The open-bowled design causes both the bubbles and aroma to dissipate almost immediately, and if you consider that 70% of our perception of flavour comes from aroma, you\u2019re losing a lot of your experience for fashion\u2019s sake.\n\nSo where to after the champagne saucer?\n\nAbout fifty years ago, champagne was significantly cheaper than it is today so was accessible by a greater portion of drinkers. While this might seem great for business, the champagne houses could only produce quality at a certain rate, and demand was outstripping supply.\n\nThey did what any group of smart business people would do: they changed the dialogue around champagne. Just as the diamond industry convinced us diamonds are the only option when proposing, the champagne industry convinced us that it is something special, to be saved for celebrations. This meant they could increase the price, making it less affordable and therefore consumed less. Which takes us to...\n\nThe Flute\n\nNow thought of as something used primarily for special occasions, champagne drinkers needed a glass that allowed the bottle to be shared among many. The flute\u2019s slim design made it perfect for toasting and provided a measured pour. As a result, the glass itself has now become a symbol of celebration. If you turn up to a friend\u2019s place and see flutes on the bench, you automatically know you\u2019re in for a good time!\n\nFlutes also have the benefit of enhancing the bead. All quality products include a small scratch or mark at the base that agitates the champagne, encouraging it to stay bubbly as you drink.\n\nThe downside is that it doesn't provide a very good expression of aroma due to its thin opening. Even more tulip-shaped flutes with more rounded bowls don\u2019t provide you with the full aromatic experience.\n\nIn 2013, Riedel began hosting sensory workshops to find the best glass shape for balance and expression. We discovered what we have long suspected: that the best glass for drinking champagne is a wine glass.\n\nDrinking champagne from a wine glass is about simply that \u2013 drinking. It evolves champagne from something that is only for a toast, into something worthy of savouring and enjoying. From our workshops, we determined two winning shapes depending on the style of champagne.\n\nThe Glass\n\nA tall white wine glass with a tulip shape is better suited for leaner champagnes like Blanc de Blanc, made primarily from Chardonnay grapes. Its modest bowl size develops the aromas without overwhelming them, particularly in vintage champagnes where time has allowed the characteristics to become more complex.\n\nHowever, the New World Pinot Noir bowl is unbeatable when it comes to the more opulent ros\u00e9 champagnes, derived mainly from Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. It outperformed all other glass shapes - and flutes by a mile - to show impressive depth of character.\n\nOur Veritas series is the first in the world to feature a glass (not flute) designed specifically for drinking champagne, as you would still wine. The Veritas Champagne Glass features a curved egg-shaped bowl with a small opening to envelop the aroma.\n\nWe have since hosted flute vs. glass comparisons with everyday wine drinkers, and every participant is always amazed at the difference it makes. As a result, all of Riedel's newer lines are developed with this bowl shape for Champagne instead of a flute.\n\nAs 11th generation Maximilian J. Riedel\u2019s puts it: \"Champagne is a wine and deserves to be treated as such. Whether enjoying a Blanc de Blancs or a Cuv\u00e9e, our Champagne wine glass allows the range of aromas of Champagne to unfold in a way which is not possible with a narrow flute.\"\n\nSo what does this all mean?\n\nBoth sides of the debate continue to be hotly debated.\n\nDom P\u00e9rignon is said to have been the first to adopt the flute as Champagne\u2019s nominated vessel, saying he enjoyed being able to \u201cwatch the dance of the sparkling atoms.\u201d On the other hand, Olivier Krug, current Krug director and great-great-great-grandson of the founder, is adamant that, \u201cA great Champagne cannot offer its fullest expression in a narrow glass.\u201d\n\nUltimately, Champagne is not just a drink but a symbol of celebration and festivity.\n\nThe best champagne glass shape for you is based on how and when you enjoy champagne, what styles you like to drink, and what you\u2019re comfortable with. While we wouldn\u2019t recommend drinking vintage champagne out of a plastic cup, you might be a content traditionalist who just can\u2019t go past the classic flute, or perhaps you love to be ahead of the curve and drink champagne from your stemless O Tumblers. It\u2019s just down to your preference.\n\nHowever, if you count yourself among those who\u2019d walk over hot coals for a glass of the good stuff, we suggest you try a glass comparison next time you opened something special. Our only warning is that we don\u2019t recommend that you try this experiment in large numbers, as once you drink champagne from a wine glass, you may not want to share!"}
-{"text": "Estimate the Cost of a Meeting with This Calculator\n\nStuck in an unproductive meeting \u2014 again? Everyone agrees that meetings can be a waste of time, but they\u2019re actually a waste of money, too. How much? In a study of time budgeting at large corporations, Bain & Company found that a single weekly meeting of midlevel managers was costing one organization $15M a year!\n\nTry our Meeting Cost Calculator to see how much you\u2019re spending on meetings \u2014 and how much you could be saving.\n\nScroll down to start using the calculator, or download the free app to your mobile device.\n\nHow to Install the Mobile App\n\nOn an iOS device. Use Safari to open this link (you can\u2019t bookmark from other browsers). Tap the \u201cBookmark\u201d button, and then tap \u201cAdd to Home Screen.\u201d\n\nOn an Android device. Use the Chrome browser to open\nthis link. Tap the \u201cMenu\u201d button, and then tap \u201cAdd to Home Screen.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Drake\u2019s More Life Goes No. 1, Sets Streaming Record\n\nDrake once again has the No. 1 album in America, Billboard reports. What\u2019s more, the \u201cplaylist\u201d set a new streaming record. More Life sold 505,000 equivalent album units in the first week of its release. Of that total, 257,000 units came from streaming services. More Life\u2019s streaming total tops the previous album streams record holder, VIEWS (which launched with 163,000 streaming equivalent units). More Life is Drake\u2019s seventh album to debut at No. 1, and it\u2019s the biggest sales week for any album since VIEWS sold over 1 million album equivalent units in its first week."}
-{"text": "Latest News\n\nSchlumberger has partnered with oilfield service company Weatherford to form OneStim, a joint venture to bring completions products and services for developing unconventional resources in the United States and Canadian land markets.\n\nWeatherford will deliver its multistage completions portfolio, regional manufacturing and supply chain capabilities while Schlumberger will bring its large hydraulic manufacturing fleets, access to its surface and downhole technologies, efficient operational processes and advanced geo-engineered workflows.\n\nSchlumberger will have a 70 per cent ownership, while Weatherford have the remaining 30 per cent, with the deal set to close by the second half of this year.\n\nUnder the agreement, both companies will contribute all their North American land hydraulic fracturing pressure pumping assets, multistage completions, and pump-down perforating businesses.\n\nSchlumberger, which will manage the joint venture, will also provide Weatherford a one time $535 million cash payment.\n\nSchlumberger chairman and CEO Paal Kibsgaard said, \u201cThe joint-venture creates a new industry leader in terms of hydraulic horsepower and multistage completions technologies in North America land, which through its scale offers a cost-effective and highly competitive service delivery platform.\u201d\n\nHe added that OneStim is also positioned to provide operators operational efficiency and best-in-class hydraulic fracturing and completions technologies.\n\nQueensland University of Technology (QUT) robotics researchers say they have developed new technology to equip underground mining vehicles to navigate autonomously through dust, camera blur and bad lighting."}
-{"text": "We offer 33 Great Hunting Products including 100% pure Deer Scents, Cover Scents, Attractants, Deer Calls, and Deer Feeders. We have been in business for 16 years and we offer only the best for our family name to go on each product.\n\nBOWZONE.CA is the leading information site for Canadian and American Bowhunters. There are new products coming out every day and bowzone.ca is your ticket to all the newest products, hunting techniques\n\nOur vision at Carbon Express is to create a brand of arrows so good that they become an extension of you, the serious archer. Whether it\u2019s competitive archery or hunting,\n56K Modem\nWindows Media, File Size 28K\nQuick Time , File Size 42K\nBroadband\nWindows Media, File Size 159K\nQuick Time , File Size 291K\nCarbon Express continues to lead the path toward excellence by offering the most innovative and complete line of carbon arrows ever developed.\n\nFounded in 1997 by Brian Smith (right) and Jerry Eidenmiller (left), Sherwood Archery\u00ae is a small, family owned business dedicated to the design and engineering of hunting equipment and apparel. Recognizing a need for functional gear designed exclusively for the bowhunter, lifelong hunter and avid archer Brian Smith researched and developed the company\u2019s signature product \u2013 the Bowhunter\u2019s Release Mitt\u2122. From this unique idea, Sherwood Archery\u00ae was born.\n\nBallistic Archery Inc. has developed a line of broadheads - Steel Force. These broadheads are available in a stainless steel Premium Series, Sabertooth Serrated series, an ultra-lite Titanium Series, and the awesome, new Hellfire Series. The aggressive angle of attack, combined with the razor sharp 49-51 Rockwell main blade produces outstanding penetration in game of any size.\n\nGrassy Creek now offers call makers many services, such as custom plastic molding, call designing, soft\nmetal punching, for example, punching out aluminum or copper and cutting glass for pot style friction calls.\nWe also offer many call kits and parts for the call maker, such as pot style turkey call kits, box call kits,\nstriker material in carbon, fiberglass, acrylic and any species of wood and now precut paddle stock for box\ncalls in many different species of wood. We offer friction surfaces in aluminum, copper, glass and Pennsylvania\nslate in many sizes.\n\nMIDWEST TURKEY CALL SUPPLY has for 15 years, specialized in the instruments of sound used for calling wild turkeys. Similar to musical instruments, turkey calls are made from a variety of natural and synthetic materials. The cost can be a little or a lot depending on the materials, degree of workmanship and scarcity. New hunters often choose to start simply and add higher priced calls to their collection as their experience increases. We offer quality selections at both ends of the the price spectrum. Over 40 callmakers are represented in our current product listing.\n\nRHINO is known the world over for the commitment to quality, durability, and unequaled performance of it\u2019s products. We offer a full line of ported choke tubes, aluminum gun cases, padded gun sleeves and ammo pouches, and gunsmith services. We put the word \"custom\" back into the shooting industry.\n\nU.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Hartford, CT, USA - Leading, Made in USA, manufacturer of 19th century guns and rifles - including the Single Action Revolver, US Pre-War, Lightning Magazine Rifle and the Cowboy Action Rodeo.\n\nHints/tips on how to buy, cut, cook beef, pork, deer. Tips on how to process venison. How to make beef/deer jerky/sausage. General old time butchershop hints, tips, how to's - any meat question answered. How to cut meat yourself.\n\nCally and Annetta Morris, along with the employees of Hazel Creek, Inc., a taxidermy studio located in the very heart of turkey country in northeast Missouri, specialize in the art of wild turkey taxidermy. Cally has been a taxidermist almost as long as he's been a hunter; he started hunting at 8 years old and took a mail order taxidermy course when he was 10. By the time he was 20, Cally was running his full-time studio. Cally has competed and done well at the State, National and World taxidermy competitions. He won the NWTF Grand National Wild Turkey Taxidermy Championship for three consecutive years. In 1997, Cally won the coveted \"Best In World Bird\" at the World Taxidermy Championship. He is the first to win the World Title for birds with a wild turkey mount. Cally and Annetta continue to be leaders in innovative turkey mounting techniques, and produce quality turkey heads in one of the industry's largest freeze-drying companies.\n\nWe manufacture vinyl decals with the best detail on the market. Our decals can be applied to most any smooth surface, such as vehicle glass, windows, boats, dog boxes, bow or gun cases & many others. Our designs come in a variety of colors and sizes. We can also make custom decals for your company, group, or organization. Add your name, group, or special text to make a decal that is unique to you.\n\nFine quality Goal Post Decoys. The Motion Duck is made of the best components available so it can withstand any weather condition. Motion Duck Decoy Kits are avaiable for the person who likes to build there own. The Kits are a fraction of the price of Regular Goal Post decoys makeing it more possible to have multible Motion Decoys. Parts for Motion Duck decoys are also available.\n\nWe are a food manufacturing company that specializes in marinades and spices. Our Hunter's Pride line is designed specifically with the hunter in mind. Our marinades and dry rubs remove the \"gamey\" taste of wild game while locking in the juiciness of the meat.\n\nSinkbox Waterfowl Supply offers a wide range of books on waterfowling and upland shooting. We also offer a large selection of Dave Hagerbaumer original watercolors, prints and etchings. A few uncommon videos are available, along with some calls and other items. We discount nearly everything listed.\n\nBuild your own shooting house\nor box blinds with easy step-by-step instructions from our downloadable or\nprofessionally printed, detailed plans. Our hide tanning video teaches\nyou how to tan any animal hide or make your own leather. Our custom\nshooting rests are quality, quiet and swivel for that perfect shot.\n\nHere at Widgnwhackers Custom Lanyards , I offer Top Quality Duck and Goose Call Lanyards at affordable prices. If you have checked out the other prices out there , I think you will agree. I stand behind my work 100%..\n\nWildHeartland brings a new level of service, quality, and original artwork to the outdoor enthusiast. Our limited edition products are second to none and made to last for generations to enjoy and cherish. WildHeartland limited edition prints are printed with 7 colors on archive quality paper, optionally personalized, numbered and signed by the artist, titled in a calligraphic font, embossed with the WildHeartland logo, include a card of authenticity and a pair of cotton gloves for handling the prints, while all of this is stored in a black collectors box and shipped in a sturdy corrugated container to protect and preserve your print for generations.\n\nBushnell\u00ae has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for over 50 years. Our guiding principle is to provide the highest quality, most reliable and affordable sports optics products on the market. And, our commitment to outstanding customer service and strong retailer partnerships is unmatched.\n\nOpticsHQ stocks hundreds of Night Vision Goggles like the PVS-7 , Night Vision Binoculars like the D-321, Night Vision Rifle Scopes like the D-740, Night Vision Spotting Scopes like the MiNi-14 which can also be mounted on a rifle. We are proud to carry ITT Night Vision, KAPS Rifle Scopes, Litton, Night Optics, and other well known vendors and manufactures.\n\nWelcome to OpticsHQ, your leading supplier of Night Vision and Day time optics. OpticsHQ stocks hundreds of Night Vision Goggles like the PVS-7 , Night Vision Binoculars like the D-321, Night Vision Rifle Scopes like the D-740, Night Vision Spotting Scopes like the MiNi-14 which can also be mounted on a rifle. We are proud to carry ITT Night Vision, KAPS Rifle Scopes, Litton, Night Optics, and other well known vendors & manufactures. With world class Night Vision technicians on our staff we will gladly answer your night vision and day time optics questions.\n\nWe have been in business for over 25 years and counting.\nWe do business based on a very simple idea. If you are not 100% satisfied with our products or service, we'll refund your money! Just return any new unused item to us within 10 days from the date delivered. Include a copy of your receipt and we will issue a refund.\n\nThe Call \"Purr\"fect turkey calling kit is produced by the South Central Manufacturing Corporation. We are located in the Missouri Ozarks and have been in business since 1994. Our primary products (other than the Call \"Purr\"fect turkey calling kit) are Rotary Tablet Presses and components for pressing powder into tablets. Our products go to pharmaceutical, vitamin, candy, salt, and soap industries.\n\nWe offer 33 Great Hunting Products including 100% pure Deer Scents, Cover Scents, Attractants, Deer Calls, and Deer Feeders. We have been in business for 16 years and we offer only the best for our family name to go on each product.\n\nAt the present time, RAZORBACK OUTFITTERS, INC. is a private outfitting\ncompany who caters to hunters on an invitation only basis. Plans for bringing\nour exciting hunting experiences to the public are in the works right now!\nIn the mean time, check out our personal line of hunting products, including\nvideos, apparel and of course our signature hog attractant TUFF TUSK.\nPlease continue to check back with us for the most up to date information!\n\nTopo Maps Software Featuring USGS Topographical Maps on CD ROM with viewer program at full state coverage. Enjoy having all of the capabilities you need to help you locate your area, customize your map, and print just the area you need. Many states to choose from.\n\nA Tree Stand & Game Cart \u2013 In One!\nCan you honestly say that you can hunt all day from your current tree stand? 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They are lightweight, portable, backpackable, and affordable deer stands with face or back to the tree option used for both gun and bow hunting.\n\nWe at Treestand.com are committed to serving hunters year round with a variety of competitively priced, quality hunting, camping, paintball items, outdoor clothing, scopes, rangefinders and yes Treestands!"}
-{"text": "'SMART' 50 lbf.in Rotary TD, 1/4\" m/f Hex, mV/V\n\nRotary transducers are designed to measure the torque from continuously rotating shafts. This new range offers an additional model of 5 N\u00b7m capacity and class leading performance with impulse tools and will be supplied with a UKAS calibration certificate from Norbar's laboratory. These transducers are known as 'SMART' transducers. They have built-in intelligence in the form of a memory circuit which contains essential information about the transducer which can be read by the appropriate type of instrument (TST, TTT, TTL-HE & T-Box), thus reducing set-up time. They will also work with instruments that cannot read the memory information, by inputting the relevant calibration details manually.\n\nFAQ\n\nPrecision torque engineering is a wide and complex field which is critical to many sectors of industry and poses many questions to those seeking information about its features and practical applications."}
-{"text": "~It\u2019s hard to point out that we Christians judge only actions, not souls, when so many today deny that there are such things as souls.\n\n~We seem to have a Hall of Fame for just about everything today \u2013 for journalists, WWE wrestlers, Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll stars \u2013 so why not theologians?\n\n~I think the guy behind the popular \u201cSquares\u201d football pool is the same genius behind Common Core math.\n\n~February 4th marked the 33rd anniversary of Karen Carpenter\u2019s death. It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s been that long. One month later, I would meet the woman that I would marry. It\u2019s funny how two unrelated events can be kept so closely associated in your mind for so long.\n\n~Not to get too philosophical, but have you ever had the experience of not feeling quite right and then burping and then realizing that that\u2019s what you needed to do after all, but didn\u2019t realize it at the time?\n\n~Robert P. George is a \u201cpolitically correct\u201d Catholic? Yes, if you believe the author of this kooky article: https://akacatholic.com/politically-correct-catholicism/. Here\u2019s a sample of the craziness: \u201c[J]ust like Bishop Barron,\u201d George \u201cpresents his ideas as if they are Catholic teaching, when in reality they are laced with poison.\u201d It sounds like this author\u2019s drink has been laced with something else to make him write lines like that.\n\n~Some Republican presidential candidates (e.g., Marco Rubio) say that women should have to register for the draft, if there is one someday. Are they insane or just being politically correct?\n\n~While walking in the mall recently, I was struck by the realization of the lack of any store pointing to anything beyond material existence. Despite the so-so quality of many of the bookstores that used to be part of the mall\u2019s landscape just a few years ago, they at least indicated that the intellectual life was a vital aspect of life.\n\n~The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at age 79 in mid-February was a shocker, and it brought to mind an encounter with him. Scalia sat next to my wife and me in the back pew at Mass in the late 1980s at our then-parish, St. John\u2019s in McLean, VA. He came in a bit late, nudged us over, kneeled, and then told two chattering old ladies to \u201cShut up, I\u2019m trying to pray!\u201d\n\n~When I hear of people overdosing from drugs (in this case, a young man in our neighborhood who OD on heroin that three of my children went to high school with), I find myself asking: Who do drug addicts root for in movies about drugs (e.g., The French Connection, Traffic)? Is it the DEA agents or the drug dealers like \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman? We know who the drug dealers are rooting for.\n\n~ A student asked me for a definition of \u201cintuition\u201d in moral theology class recently. Here\u2019s my definition: Intuition can be defined as reason on the fast-track to insight.\n\n~My son Stephen turned 21 last month on February 20 \u2013 as it happens, the same day a former St. Frances Cabrini High School basketball teammate was waked after he overdosed on heroin at age 21.\n\n~During an oral exam in moral theology, a student quoted Bishop Fulton Sheen to the effect that God could have created us as automatons, without freedom, but instead chose to create us free in order to illicit love. My comment was that God would have no reason to create if he was to create us without free will. It would add nothing (Here\u2019s my poetic expression of the thought: https://mlatkovic.wordpress.com/2016/02/26/god-and-a-perfect-world/)."}
-{"text": "\u200bAppointment ChecklistHow to Prepare for Your Appointment\n\n- You must bring your valid driver's license or state issued ID. I cannot tattoo you without it.\n\n- Please come hydrated and have eatenbefore you arrive.\n\n- Do not drink alcohol within 24 hours of your appointment time and try to avoid too much caffine the day of - this can thin your blood and cause excessive bleeding.\n\n- Please avoid any type of blood thinning medication for at leasst 72 hours before your procedure UNLESS IT IS UNSAFE TO DO SO FOR YOUR HEALTH. Please ask your doctor before stopping these types of medications and if you are advised against doing so, you are not a good candidate for having any of these procedures done. Medications include but are nt limited to ibuprofen, aspirin, niacin, fish oil supplements and vitamin e. (Here is a link to a list of blood thinners I found online.) Excessive bleeding can cause more \"fallout\" or small areas where there is no pigment left in the skin after it's healed. (Remember! Any areas of fallout can be touched up!)\n\n- Please do not bring more than one friend/family member with you to your appointment! Having one extra person in the room for support is absolutely fine with me \u2013 however my room is small and there is no room for any more than that. Also more than one extra person in the room tends to be quite distracting and stressful for me.\n\n- Do NOT come if you are sick! If you come to your appointment and are obviously sick I will not be able to tattoo you. I will simply add you to my reschedule list and we can reschedule for a time that you are feeling better. Not only can it effect the healing process, getting tattooed when you don\u2019t feel good can cause excess sensitivity as well. Also, I do not want to catch whatever sickness you have. During your appointment our faces will be close to one another and I don't have time to get sick.\n\n- If you get cold easily, bring a sweater or a small blanket! We keep the studio a little chilly, so if you get cold easily I'd suggest wearing an extra layer or bringing a small blanket. :)\n\n- Do NOT bring children to your appointment. ***TO ANY TYPE OF APPOINTMENT, THIS INCLUDES CONSULTATIONS.*** Children are not allowed inside the studio, and are also very distracting. If you lose your childcare for the time of your appointment contact me ASAP and I'll add you to the reschedule list.\n\n- Please avoid intense sun exposure and tanning bed use for at least two weeks before your procedure and at least 6 weeks afterwards. Tattooing sunburned or otherwise traumatized skin can result in excess sensitivity, difficulties during the healing process, fallout of pigment (especially if the skin is sunburned) and it can even cause the pigment to change colors. Don't forget - excessive sun/tanning bed exposure will result in premature fading.\n\n- I also ask that you avoid using any type of sunless tanner or bronzers before the procedure because a lot of them contain water repellants. I have had a couple instances where a client has used sunless tanner on their face the day of or a few days before the procedure and it will cause the pigment to ball up and roll off the skin making it almost impossible to get the pigment into the skin.\n\nFOR EYEBROW CLIENTS\n\n- Please do not wear heavy eyeshadow or foundation to your appointment.\n\n- If you would like for me to see how you draw your eyebrows on you can have you may wear them filled in to your appointment.\n\n- If you have regular maintenance done to your brows (waxing, threading, tinting etc.) I ask that you give at least a week before the cosmetic procedure to prevent sensitivity that could lead to difficulties during the healing process.\n\nFOR EYELINER CLIENTS\n\n- Please do not wear ANY eye makeup to your appointment. (Especially mascara!)\n\n- I absolutely 100% cannot tattoo eyeliner on someone who has eyelash extensions. Not only will the tattooing completely ruin the extensions, you will be at a very high risk for infection and it is impossiblefor me to wipe off excess pigment and fully clean the area since I use cotton roundsand q-tips during the procedure. If you have an eyeliner appointment and currentlyhave lash extensions on they need to be removed at least 48 hours before yourappointment time.\n\n- It is common to experience sensitivity to light immediately after this procedure so please be sure to bring a pair of sunglasses to wear home \u2013 it\u2019s actually best to bring someone with you so you don\u2019t have to worry about driving afterwards!\n\nFOR PLASMA SKIN TIGHTENING CLIENTS\n\n- You may take an antihistamine or arnica supplement before, immediately after and/or during the healing process to prevent excessive swelling and redness. (As always, talk to your doctor before taking a supplement that you've never taken before!) You absolutely cannot completely prevent all swelling as this is the body\u2019s first reaction to trauma and is the beginning of the healing process however these supplements will definitely reduce the amount of this reaction.\n\n- HAVE ICE ON HAND. Ice will be your best friend during the first 2 to 4 days of the healing process so be sure to have ice on hand to make sterile ice packs with. (Remember, when icing always take ten minutes on/ten minutes off for no more than an hour at a time!)\n\n- Be sure to avoid salty foods as these may cause excessive swelling.\n\n- Discontinue use of any AHA/BHA skincare products for 4 weeks prior to procedure.\n\n- Remove contacts before appointment and discontinue use for 7-10 days afterwards. (For treatments in the eye area.)\n\n- REMOVE EYELASH EXTENSIONS (For treatments in the eye area.) This is mandatory\u200b.\n\n-If you experience cold sores/fever blisters you will HAVE TO take a preventative for at least 3 days before a treatment in the lip area and 4 days after. Having this procedure done in the lip area will more than likely trigger an outbreak otherwise.\n\n\u200b\n\n\u200bIf you have any questions regarding the appointment checklist please email me."}
-{"text": "Wow, wow, wow and wow! Every set from those photoshoots are amazing! Incredible shots and awesome edits throughout, I don't know how you do it - you must pull some all nighter's or something. You are in a league of your own!"}
-{"text": "Thursday, February 28, 2013\n\nWOW! God is able to do abundantly, exceedingly above all that we could ever ask or think. I hope this mind boggling testimony blesses you...\n\nI want to give all the glory to God for my job. I had worked very hard in another organisation for close to a year with the hope that I would be retained permanently but at the last minute, I was asked to leave. I felt very disappointed but I held on to my faith and trust in God and He finally showed up for me. Not only did I get a better paying job, my new job has also opened the world to me. I just want to encourage someone today, God may not be early but He is always right on time, if He came through for me, He will do the same for you. God be praised!\n\nWednesday, February 27, 2013\n\nThe testimonies have started pouring in, thank God for His goodness! Please enjoy the story of this miracle baby;\n\nI want to bless the name of the Lord for the safe delivery of my son. God watched over me and my family affectionately through the pregnancy from the process of labor to delivery, a process that take hours on end for a lot of women even days but God gave me victory and my baby came in two hours. All the doctors and midwives were surprised since it was my first child birth, God had gone ahead of me to make it easy. Our son will be 3 months old in a few days and he is very healthy. To God be the Glory!\n\nSaturday, February 23, 2013\n\nHas God been good to you lately?\n\nThis blog was created for documenting God's goodness to His people all over the world, if God has been good to you; you just got that dream job or that dream car or you have just been delivered from death or that wonderful woman just agreed to marry you or you just signed that deal or bought that home, please share a testimony on this blog. Not only will we be excited to rejoice with you, your testimony will also create hope in the lives of people believing God for similar blessings. I believe in miracles and God's goodness.\n\nMeet Adewale Aladejana\n\nAdewale\nAladejana, is a Social Media Evangelist, Philanthropist and Master Perfumer for Sapphire Scents. A perfume company which deals in rare perfume oils like oud, frankincense and myrrh. Sapphire Scents started in 2015 with $100 but is worth over $10 Million today. Adewale has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Christians in Nigeria and in 2017, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential Nigerians.\n\nAdewale believes the Social Media is a veritable channel to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he is privileged to be gifted and skilled to be God's business man and ambassador to the world.\n\nAdewale is a Certified Social Media Strategist from the prestigious Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA which has produced 38 Pulitzer Prize winners. He has a B.Sc Mass Communications with majors in Public Relations and Advertising from Bowen University and he also attended Kings College, Lagos and the International\nSchool Ibadan.\n\nAdewale is married to the most beautiful woman in the world; the sultry,\nelegant, irresistible Oluwatoyin and they are blessed with two princess Ruby and Zoe."}
-{"text": "The 7 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Movies of the Decade\n\n#3. The Room\n\nFirst: If you still haven't seen The Room, for the love of all that is good and cheesy watch it now. No, I'm not kidding, I mean NOW. Come on, it's time, my friend. Do your duty and finally watch this thing. Go ahead, I'll wait.\n\nAnd so will Tommy Wiseau.\n\nThere, now you've watched The Room. Welcome to the other side! I'm here with your complimentary cocktail of whiskey and vodka (mixed), football in hand, ready to say to you, Dear Reader: right?!?! Isn't that one of the weirdest, most inexplicable things you've ever seen? YES, you say. Of course you do!\n\nBut is it unintentionally funny? Oh hell yes, with a few disclaimers up front: The funny might be mixed with a fair amount of revulsion, especially at the scenes of star/writer/director/producer/alien being Tommy Wiseau's stringy nakedness. He loves to show his gnarled beef-jerky-looking ass, and that is an unfortunate fact of the The Room experience. It's rough for all of us.\n\nThat football spent six months in therapy after shooting wrapped.\n\nAnd yes, if you stop and think for too long that people -- real, carbon-based fellow human beings! -- actually assembled in a specific location on Earth for more than one day in a row to make this movie happen, a kind of existential despair can overtake you. We've all been there.\n\nBeyond that, though, The Room is purely hilarious. We start with the obvious: watching everyone in the movie trying to pretend that the leading man (Wiseau) is NOT a non-specifically-Eastern-European-accented freakshow with unwashed rock-roadie hair. He is simply \"Johnny,\" good ol' American Johnny, who works doing something profitable in a \"bank.\" His mother-in-law loves him because he's a good provider, rendering her blind to the fact that he does not behave, or speak, like any person who ever existed. Even allowing for the strong accent, Wiseau's version of English seems to defy all linguistic rules and rhythms, making no simple sentence safe from druggy weirdness.\n\nNothing makes sense in this movie. Nothing, not a damned thing. An old woman announces to her beloved daughter that she has breast cancer and the daughter's reaction is casual annoyance. They literally replace an actor halfway through the movie with someone else, and we're not supposed to notice. Everyone flips the hells out when a creepy little bastard named Denny -- who I guess is supposed to be a sweet 13-year-old in the movie but looks more like a budding sexual offender in his mid-late 20s -- gets involved with a drug dealer. Then that story is dropped like a hot rock, and nobody gives a damn. Everyone throws a football around playing \"catch,\" but only from distances of less than five feet. A terrible comic-relief actor is allowed to hijack an already terrible scene, babbling about \"me underwears.\" Every single goddamned thing is wrong with this movie, and it is hilarious.\n\nAnd looming over it all: Tommy Wiseau, a colossus of terrible movie making; a mystery to this very day; a man who made such an exquisitely awful movie that countless articles have been written about it AND THIS IS ONE MORE; a man who occasionally tries to hint that this was his intention all along -- to make a \"comedy!\" He is some sort of twisted marketing genius, and his money may well have come from selling Serbian children's kidneys on the black market. But no, The Room was not an intentional comedy. You cannot fake stuff this bad. It is a relationship melodrama gone unimaginably wrong, and one of the funniest movies you'll ever see.\n\n#2. The Happening\n\nWith The Happening, M. Night Shyamalyanalayalan seals his place in movie firmament as the most prolifically and consistently unintentionally funny director since Ed Wood. The creepier he tries to be, the sillier he gets, so I nominate him to direct the relaunch of House of a Thousand Corpses.\n\nAssuming his cameo involves getting skinned alive by Doctor Satan.\n\nIt's the future, I think, by maybe five minutes or so, when in New York City a mysterious wind carrying -- I dunno, pollen or leaf mold or something -- causes people to start stabbing themselves, blowing their own brains out, hurling themselves off buildings, eating at Arby's, just a big bunch of fun suicides.\n\nEnter Markulus (E Markus) Wahlberg, an earnest, soft-spoken science teacher, who first shows his foolhardy courage in the face of insanity by being a friend to John Leguizamo. Mark's wife, an intelligent, nattering lemur played by Zooey Deschanel, tells them that there is a happening happening and that she has an old boyfriend, and they need to leave but she can't find her ukulele.\n\n\"If the whole world commits suicide, who will appreciate my quirkiness?\"\n\nOff they go, running from the evil Oak Wilt, or Corn Smut, or whatever the hell it is. Mr. E. Mark's odd whiny delivery perfectly complements his oversized block of a head, prominent in Shyamalan's many Spielbergian closeups. Ms. Deschanel's numb line delivery makes her sound like she's constantly telling her iPhone to order her tomato soup. John Leguizamo seems to spit all his lines in a continuous rubber-mouthed issue of saliva and incomprehension.\n\nA cast of increasingly loony characters parade on screen and swiftly die, including two perfectly innocent kids, culminating with a star turn by the formerly dignified Betty Buckley, who delivers the movie's most memorable line: \"Why you eyein' my lemon drink?\"\n\nKnowing Marky Mark, that's not all he was eying.\n\nYou'll see a man lie down in front of a self-propelled lawn mower and mow himself to death. You'll see extreme closeups of a deformed troglodyte obsess over hot dogs. And you'll see John Leguizamo crash into a tree in a Jeep. What's not to love?\n\n#1. Birdemic\n\nIt's no exaggeration to say that Birdemic delivers more laughs than Adam Sandler's last 15 movies combined (I realize that analogy lacks explanatory power because a typical grease fire delivers more laughs than Adam Sandler's last 15 movies, but you get the point). It's something you would not expect from a Hitchcock homage made by a Vietnamese immigrant, one whose female lead doubled as the film's makeup artist, whose male lead acts as though he'd just been through some unspeakable trauma and given a powerful sedative, and that, though shot in 2009, looks to have been done on a camera that would have been out of date the year that Doogie Howser, M.D. was in its second season.\n\nAnd yet despite the bad writing, bad acting, bad sound, bad directing, bad casting, bad editing and bad craft services (I assume), it is one of the most sublime experiences you'll ever have at the cinema. This is mostly due to the fact that the reach of its director, James Nguyen, so exceeded his grasp that they really aren't even in the same plane of existence.\n\nTaking his cue from the Hitchcock masterpiece The Birds, which is about a romance that takes place during an unexplained bird attack in Half Moon Bay, Nguyen weaves the tale of a romance that takes place during an unexplained bird attack in Half Moon Bay. Unlike Hitchcock, however, in lieu of actual birds, Nguyen substituted badly done animated GIFs of birds that look like they flew out of an e-card your great aunt Dora sent you in 1996.\n\nHilariously, the birds make sounds like dive-bombing planes -- and in fact they do appear to drop bombs of some sort, as well as, quite memorably, several buckets of caustic liquid. But not to worry, our heroes are able to fend them off easily enough with coat hangers borrowed from their cheap hotel.\n\nIt's positively Hitchcockian. Assuming Hitchcock went senile in his later years.\n\nTo describe it in any more detail would be to rob you of the joy of experiencing every exquisitely bad frame."}
-{"text": "Professional development in Visual Resources: Kress Scholarship and Simmons workshop\n\nThe Samuel H. Kress Foundation, http://www.kressfoundation.org/, has generously agreed to sponsor four scholarships for this year\u2019s Summer Educational Institute: SEI Pro 2010. SEI Pro will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, from June 8 to June 11, 2010. It is an intensive workshop intended to provide advanced instruction in visual resources and image collection management. ARLIS/NA and the VRAF are developing a special curriculum to offer in-depth training that is often not found in library and information science degree programs. We are grateful to the Kress Foundation\u2019s ongoing support of this valuable institute.\n\nTo apply please send a current curriculum vitae, a brief essay (500 words or less) describing the reasons why you want to attend SEI Pro 2010 and how the experience will fit into your career goals. Please include a description of financial need.\n\nLocation: Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, MA\n\nDigital images, like all digital objects, need careful attention if we are to keep them usable in the future. Digital curation provides a way of looking at the issues that need to be addressed to achieve this aim. This three-day workshop is intended for librarians, archivists and other information professionals concerned with managing digital images. It uses the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model as the framework for presentations, discussion and practical exercises about how to curate digital image collections.\n\nCosts: $599 for registration and payment before January 31, 2010; $699 thereafter. (Costs include continental breakfasts, afternoon snacks, meal tickets for lunch at the Simmons cafeteria, and a reception on the first evening.)"}
-{"text": "Onward IsraelOnward Israel provides resume-building experiences in Israel of 6-10 weeks, for alumni of Taglit-Birthright and other peer-trip Israel programsMasa Israel Journey Spend 5-12 months in Israel as part of a study, volunteer, or internship program with other young Jews from around the world\n\nRussian-Speaking Jewry (RSJ) In the former Soviet Union, Germany, North America, Australia, and Israel, The Jewish Agency meets the unique needs of Russian-speaking Jews and their families.\nPartnership2Gether The Partnership2Gether peoplehood platform connects some 550 communities around the world in 45 partnerships. P2G is building living bridges among these communities - sharing ideas, strengths,\n\nProject TENProject TEN: Global Tikkun Olam brings together young Jews from around the world and Israel to volunteer in vulnerable communities around the world while at the same time learning about Jewish valuesYouth Futures: Mentoring for At-Risk ChildrenYouth Futures \u201cMentors\u201d work with at-risk children teaching them skills for academic improvement and social integration that last a lifetime\n\nUlpanIntensive Hebrew Language Programs for new immigrants are usually housed within Absorption Centers, and include five hours of intensive, immersive Hebrew-language instruction\nYoung Aliyah 18-35 years-old and interested in making Israel your home? We offer specialized absorption programs designed to help young olim and students take their first steps to a lifetime in Israel\n\nKiev: Ukraine's Jews Face Uncertainty\n\n\u201cI have received dozens of calls and messages from my friends around the world, who were worried about me and offered any help I might need, including a spare bed at their homes,\u201d The Jewish Agency's Marina Shteiman said. \u201cBut it is even more touching to know that Jewish people in Israel, the U.S., and other countries worry about Jews in Ukraine without even knowing us or having visited Kiev.\u201d\n\nWhen one of The Jewish Agency-affiliated groups in Kiev cancelled its Hanukkah party for security reasons last December, Marina Shteiman, The Jewish Agency\u2019s director of community and donor relations, realized that difficult times were on the horizon. The nightclub that was to host the party is located near the location where the political protest was beginning to gather steam, and the party organizers were concerned about staging a Hanukkah party so close to Maidan. Later, she watched on her office computer live footage of angry protestors in masks as they destroyed a statue of Vladimir Lenin.\n\n\u201cI do not know what would happen if we did not cancel the party,\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe nobody would care about a Jewish celebration nearby. But I am still happy I was far from the city center on that particular night.\u201d\n\nIn recent weeks, the world has watched the situation in Kiev become increasingly bloody. Last week, some 70 people were killed before the parliament stripped the government of its authority. Amidst a growing sense of uncertainly over Ukraine\u2019s economic viability and its political future \u2013 especially the possibility that the upcoming elections could bring more violence \u2013 there is a particular concern within the global Jewish family for the well-being of Jews living in Ukraine. Through its Emergency Assistance Fund, made possible in part by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, The Jewish Agency for Israel will help provide security upgrades at specific locations, such as synagogues community centers, yeshivas, kindergartens, camp venues, and day schools.\n\nCurrently, The Agency is working with its local partners to identify what the upgrades will be and where they are most needed. In late December, it was reported that a Synagogue in Eastern Ukraine was hit by a Molotov cocktail. While there have not been reports that individual Jews have been targeted, there is a degree of concern for personal safety. Marina said that she\u2019s heard about several cases of robbery, attacks and violence.\n\n\u201cIt is really difficult to say what party or movement [the assailants] belong to,\u201d Marina said. \u201cThe national currency is losing value and many banks have introduced restrictions on cash withdrawal and currency exchanges. People are worried about possible default, closure of businesses and unemployment.\u201d\n\nDespite the Jewish community\u2019s anxiety over an uncertain future in Ukraine, Jewish life and the work of The Jewish Agency continues. The Agency\u2019s office closed last Wednesday and Thursday, as the violence peaked, but it reopened on Sunday, February 23 with reduced working hours so employees can travel home before dark. The Agency is continuing its Aliyah seminars and Israel Experience workshops as well as training for summer camp counselors. Jewish Agency winter day camps, critical venues for developing connections to Jewish life, will also take place in late March with necessary security precautions. Also in March, the Jewish community of Kiev is planning an Israel Experience fair and a Purim celebration. As the situation remains fluid, a determination on whether to hold these high-profile events will be made at a later date and in concert with Jewish Agency security officers.\n\nSince 1929, The Jewish Agency has ensured that Jews worldwide have a thriving and welcoming homeland in Israel should they choose to make Aliyah. At this point, there is no increase in actual immigration from Ukraine, but we are seeing a rise in applications for eligibility. Should there be a sudden growth in Aliyah, The Jewish Agency has positioned the necessary resources for a successful absorption. At this point, the Jews of the Ukraine know that their Jewish brethren around the world stand with them and that they will not face alone whatever their future has in store.\n\n\u201cI have received dozens of calls and messages from my friends around the world, who were worried about me and offered any help I might need, including a spare bed at their homes,\u201d Marina said. \u201cBut it is even more touching to know that Jewish people in Israel, the U.S., and other countries worry about Jews in Ukraine without even knowing us or having visited Kiev.\u201d\n\nClick here to help ensure the safety of Ukrainian Jews, in schools, synagogues and community centers located throughout the country. The Emergency Assistance Fund was established by The Jewish Agency for Israel in the aftermath of the Toulouse massacre, to provide funding to protect Jewish institutions worldwide.\n\n03 Mar 2014 / 1 Adar II 57740\n\nShare\n\nPrint\n\nJoshua Berkman Joshua Berkman is a seasoned communications professional with more than 13 years of experience developing and implementing multi-platform, strategic communications programs across the corporate, government/non-profit and Jewish organizational spectrum. Berkman began his career at Ruder Finn and rose through the agency-side ranks with additional stints at Middleberg & Associates (now Euro RSCG), MWW and Kwittken & Company. Berkman received a B.A. in anthropology from Northwestern University and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. He lives in Scotch Plains, N.J. with his wife and two children."}
-{"text": "Follow Us\n\nLiving with squirrels\n\nPosted\non\n12th August 2015\n\nSquirrels can be divisive little creatures. Some of us love to watch their entertaining antics in our gardens and, for a lot of people, they are the only wild mammal that can be easily viewed from the comfort of our own home. However, many of us also dislike seeing squirrels interfere with our bird feeders, and there's no denying that they can be a disruptive influence, both in terms of eating food and damaging feeders in their attempts to do so.\n\nIf you fall into the latter camp, it would be a good idea to invest in some squirrel-resistant bird feeders. A wide range of feeders have been designed to keep squirrels out, while ensuring food remains accessible to birds.\n\nSquirrel resistance\n\nSquirrel Buster feeders provide the ultimate protection against these cheeky rodents. Once a squirrel climbs on to the feeder, its weight will automatically close the feeding ports, without harming the animal in any way. Provided they are hung with at least 47cm clearance all around - forcing the squirrel to actually climb on to the feeder rather than lean over from a tree branch - the squirrel has no way to access the food inside.\n\nSquirrels are much heavier than the birds you'll be hoping to attract to the feeder, so they will still be able to access the food with ease. Squirrel Buster feeders also prove effective at deterring larger birds such as Wood Pigeons, which are similar in weight to squirrels.\n\nAvoiding damage\n\nSome people don't mind squirrels taking their share of the food they leave in the garden, but do resent the damage they can do to feeders while trying to get in. For such small animals, squirrels can do a surprising amount of damage to a feeder in a short space of time.\n\nThe way to get around this is to invest in a feeder, such as this Jupiter model, that still allows squirrels to access food, but offers resistance against any damage they may cause. Feeders that fall into this category are marked with the symbol showing a squirrel inside a green circle on our website. You can view our full range of squirrel-resistant feeders here.\n\nAttracting squirrels\n\nWhat if you're the sort of person who enjoys seeing squirrels scamper around your garden? You can attract the creatures by investing in a squirrel feeder. These products are specifically designed to give squirrels easy access to food. This deters them from trying to take food from bird feeders, which often requires a good deal of acrobatics and hard work on their part!\n\nIndeed, investing in a squirrel feeder is worthwhile for any garden birdwatcher, as it drastically reduces the chances of the rodents taking an interest in your bird food. Like all animals, squirrels are drawn to the easiest source of food and will quickly work out that the squirrel feeder represents a much simpler way of securing a meal.\n\nGrey or Red?\n\nFor most of us, the squirrels we see in the garden will be grey, but if you live in Scotland, parts of Wales, northern England, the south-west and the Isle of Wight, you may be lucky enough to be visited by a Red Squirrel. The latter is the UK's only native squirrel species, but its numbers fell dramatically following the introduction of Grey Squirrels - which naturally occur in the eastern United States - in the 19th century.\n\nUnfortunately, Grey Squirrels are carriers of a disease that doesn't affect their own health, but can be fatal to their red counterparts. Combined with the fact Grey Squirrels are generally better suited to the available habitat in most of the modern UK, Red Squirrels have disappeared from much of the country. It should be noted that greys haven't physically displaced reds, interaction between the species is rare, but the latter's numbers have simply declined due to a combination of ecological factors.\n\nThankfully, the Red Squirrel population decline has been stalled somewhat through the efforts of conservation projects and work is ongoing to help the species recover. If you live in an area where the squirrels are present, why not invest in a Red Squirrel house? That way you'll be playing a small part in the preservation of the species and can enjoy seeing one of the UK's rarest mammals in your garden."}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nLAHAINA, Maui (AP) \u2014 Ministers from a dozen Pacific Rim nations meeting at a Hawaii resort Friday were wrapping up four days of talks on a new trade agreement that would cover nearly 40 percent of the global economy.\n\nCharter Communications Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc., the parent company of Oceanic Time Warner Cable, have applied for approval of the indirect transfer of control of Oceanic\u2019s six cable television franchises statewide pursuant to the merger transaction between Charter and Time Warner Cable, Hawaii\u2019s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs said Wednesday.\n\nKAPOLEI, Oahu (AP) \u2014 The pilots of a grounded solar-powered airplane say they put too much stress on the batteries of their aircraft as they were leaving Japan for a five-day record-breaking flight to Hawaii.\n\nWAILUKU, Msui (AP) \u2014 An aquatics biologist with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources say it is hard to tell how the increased freshwater in Maui\u2019s Iao Stream is affecting freshwater species.\n\nHONOLULU (AP) \u2014 A team trying to fly a solar-powered plane around the world said Wednesday it is suspending the journey in Hawaii after the plane suffered battery damage during its record-breaking flight to the islands.\n\nHONOLULU \u2014 Hawaii Gov. David Ige has vetoed a bill that would have created a victim-centered approach to combating sex trafficking in Hawaii, citing concerns that changes to the law could make it more difficult to prosecute pimps, a claim that advocates for sex trafficking victims dispute.\n\nHONOLULU (AP) \u2014 A federal jury in Hawaii has found the president of a telecommunications company guilty on charges that he illegally used $4 million in corporation money over a decade and underreported his income tax."}
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-{"text": "A Well-Stocked Saddle Bag for the Doctor on Horseback\n\nDetail of Dr. Hunt\u2019s saddlebag. The package on the left contains \u201cchalk mix\u201d; the one on the right reads: Pulvis Sennae Comp(ositus), Latin for Powered Compound of Senna. Photo: Tim Conlin\n\nLocated in the Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry in Hartford is the saddlebag of Dr. Eleazer Pomeroy Hunt (1786-1867), who practiced medicine in an era when doctors conducted most of their professional activity in the homes of their patients. Travel to the patients took place on horseback, and while the doctor of today might shudder at the thought of his forbears\u2019 stormy winter rides, the contemplative time in fair weather, on a mission to comfort, stands in sharp contrast to the frenetic pace of present day office and travel hours.\n\nThis saddlebag contains wooden pillboxes, one of which still holds a few 200-year-old pills prepared by Dr. Hunt. Their color suggests senna, a popular purgative then and now, made from the ground leaves of the senna plant. Powdered compound of Senna is also found in a neatly tied paper package. Another package contains \u201cchalk mix,\u201d a powdered preparation containing chalk (a calcium salt), powdered acacia, sugar, and cinnamon. Added to water this was used as an antacid or a stomach tonic. The tying seems appropriate when one considers the amount of shaking these bundles of dried and powdered botanicals would suffer over miles of travel on horseback.\n\nThere are finger-like glass medicine bottles held firmly in their own leather case with well-fitted leather partitions to prevent breakage in transit. In one of the slots is a hand-blown smaller glass bottle containing Dover\u2019s powder. This was a commonly used pain reliever that also promoted sweating, when this was deemed therapeutic. It consists of opium and ipecac. Ipecac in larger dosage, these days in syrup form, stimulates vomiting. One tied package is labeled \u201cchinchona bark\u201d containing quinine for muscle and joint pains and used to treat malaria. Another is labeled \u201csoda\u201d presumably bicarbonate of soda, a common remedy for gastrointestinal complaints. The saddlebag also contains ergot powder, a dried fungus found on grain used to stimulate muscle contraction. Though not found within the bag, an apothecary scale and a set of weights would have been essential for Dr. Hunt in compounding the various botanicals in the home.\n\nDr. E. P. Hunt\u2019s saddlebag and contents. Photo: Marc B. Sitkin\n\nThere is a small set of instruments, most important among them\u2013the thumb lancet. Bleeding in all its iterations-phlebotomy, cupping, scarificating, leeching-was still a common therapy at the turn into the nineteenth century and would surely have been one of Dr. Hunt\u2019s medical therapies. The spring-loaded thumb lancet provided a quick, though painful entry into a vein for the purpose of therapeutically draining blood from the circulation in pneumonia and many other ailments.\n\nContemporary doctors and patients must make a historical leap from the miracles of modern medicine to appreciate a time when there were few cures. Each doctor, trained as an apprentice in the favorite botanicals of his mentor in materia medica, carried his own apothecary from house to house and dispensed botanicals to relieve symptoms. We know now that when the patient turned the corner and got well it was more the result of the human body\u2019s remarkable resilience and reserves than anything attributable to the various plant extracts. Dr. E. P. Hunt\u2019s saddlebag, handed down through 200 years, assists in that appreciation.\n\nDr. E. P. Hunt\u2019s saddlebag is on view at the Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry, 230 Scarborough Street, Hartford, Connecticut. The museum is open Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm . For more information call 860-236-5613.\n\nThe author is indebted to Diane N. Hernsdorf, Executive Director of the Hartford Medical Society, its library and Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry, for her kind assistance in the preparation of this piece.\n\nDr. H. David Crombie is a senior surgeon at Hartford Hospital and immediate past president of the Hartford Medical Society. His avocation throughout his career has been the study of regional and medical history.\n\nRecent Facebook Post\n\nDon't forget to do some holiday shopping in museum shops around the state like the Fairfield Museum and History Center! Many unique gifts with local items! #shoplocal #smallbusiness #lovemuseumshopsSo many cute items in the Museum Shop! Open 10-4 every day with no sales tax and plenty of parking! Come shop & check out our exhibitions three great exhibitions: \"Alice in Museum Land,\" the \"Holiday Express Train Show,\" and \"Flappers: Fashion & Freedom.\" Thanks to our sponsors Bigelow Tea, Connecticut Humanities, Roland & Co., Maplewood at Southport, Hatfield Ins Agency and People's United Bank. ..."}
-{"text": "Dr. Beth Randklev (ND '94)\n\nRetired\n\nPrincipal\n\nBen Franklin Elementary School\nGrand Forks, ND\n\nAt the time of the Award, Dr. Beth Randklev was:\n\nPrincipal\nBen Franklin Elementary School\nGrand Forks, ND\n\nBiographical Information\n\nBeth Randklev, the principal of Ben Franklin Elementary School in Grand Forks, believes that the essence of good leadership is the ability to impart leadership qualities to others. In her former position as principal of Belmont Elementary School, she spearheaded the transformation of that school from\" the lowest performing school in the district to a National Blue Ribbon School.\" At her current school, Dr. Randklev is still helping others develop their leadership abilities and express their talent. She has also instituted a breakfast program, a multi-age primary program, a two-year homeroom system, a program of home visits and a Backpack Reading Program. The central objective of these measures is to provide children with a nurturing, stable and challenging environment. For this to occur, parents must also be involved through programs that strengthen the bond of partnership between school and home.\n\nRelated Connections\n\nEducator Quote:\n\n\u201cMilken Educators continue to feel an additional sense of responsibility to make the most of their careers in education. It was apparent...\" (read more)"}
-{"text": "Main menu\n\nYou are here\n\nCBO Releases Study on the Budgetary and Health Effects of Raising the Excise Tax on Cigarettes\n\nJune 13, 2012\n\nThe federal government spends roughly $1 trillion on health care programs each year, so it is easy to imagine that policies that promote a healthier population could have a significant impact on the federal budget.\n\nIn a study released today, CBO uses a policy to discourage smoking\u2014specifically, a 50 cent per pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes\u2014as an example for estimating the overall impact on the federal budget of a policy intervention to improve health. Of course, if lawmakers were to weigh raising that federal excise tax, or adopting other policies that would promote a healthier population, their decisions would depend on various considerations besides the effects on the federal budget.\n\nCBO finds that an increase in the excise tax on cigarettes would have the following budgetary effects relative to current law:\n\nAverage annual health care spending per capita would decline because of improvements in health. As a result, outlays for the major federal health care programs would be lower for a number of years than they would be otherwise.\n\nOver the long term, however, federal spending would be higher (on net) for federal retirement and health care programs as increases in the number of beneficiaries because of greater longevity outweighed the decline in average annual health care spending per capita.\n\nImprovements in health would boost revenues by increasing earnings, in part because people might work longer than they would otherwise.\n\nTaken together, the health effects of the increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes would produce very small net reductions in the deficit for about five decades and very small increases in the deficit thereafter.\n\nThe increased excise tax receipts would exceed the health-related effects of the policy on both revenues and outlays for at least 75 years, with the overall result being a net decrease in the deficit.\n\nNoelia Duchovny and Ellen Werble played the lead roles in the analysis. James Baumgardner wrote the summary. Ellen Werble wrote Chapter 1; coordinated the writing of Chapter 6, with contributions from numerous CBO analysts; and produced the estimates related to Medicaid and secondhand smoke. Mark Booth and Elias Leight (formerly of CBO) wrote Chapter 2. Noelia Duchovny wrote Chapters 3 and 5 and developed the modeling capability for health care spending and longevity described in those chapters. William Carrington wrote Chapter 4 and produced the estimates for labor earnings described in that chapter. In addition, numerous CBO analysts contributed during the past few years to various aspects of the estimates presented in the report."}
-{"text": "d20 Modern & Future\n\nOur current d20 Modern & Future games use a variety of resources \u2013 including the d20 Modern Role Playing Game and its many supplements from Wizards of the Coast, and many (likely all) resources available from RPGObjects and The Game Mechanics. And, of course, our liberal splattering of house rules.\n\nRio Hevrir \u2013 The town of Rio Hevrir, deep in the California desert, has had a long and turbulent history. From the town\u2019s birth in the early 1800s, it has thrived and died in cycles \u2013 every once in a while, the place dies out almost completely. The only constant is Old Town\u2026 remnants of the original township that refuse to rot, burn or otherwise be destroyed\u2026\nWelcome to Rio Hevrir \u2013 June 2002. The town will be rolling up the streets this summer; a strict curfew is in the works, as is the fencing off of the Old Town site across the highway. Too bad the kids don\u2019t like the idea. The town is boring \u2013 it is a place out in the middle of no where\u2026 nothing ever happens there\u2026\nOr does it\u2026\n\n\u2013==+==\u2013\n\nClovis High Reunion \u2013 Clovis High rests in central California, in an area known largely for its agriculture and its desperate attempts to stay at the front of popular culture. Central California\u2019s labored attempts to keep up with Los Angeles and San Francisco make it a perfect place for strange things to happen in relative anonymity.\nBut some people do notice\u2026 some people realize that there is more going on than just the \u201cwild dogs\u201d and \u201cstrange disappearances\u201d reported on the evening news. So when the 11:00 News ran the third story in a row about the wild dog attacks a few miles outside city limits, it was time for the kids who knew to move into action.\nAfter all, they\u2019d killed werewolves before\u2026\nBut this wasn\u2019t your everyday werewolf\u2026 and Audrey & Patrick may be in for more than they bargained for\u2026 Luckily, they\u2019ve enlisted the help of a couple of friends who \u2013 whether they like it or not \u2013 are now completley involved.\n\nIt\u2019s the end of the world as we know it.\nIt\u2019s the end of the world as we know it.\nIt\u2019s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine\u2026fine\u2026\u201d\n\u2014 R.E.M. \u201cIt\u2019s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)\u201d\n\nIt finally happened. The world went to hell in the proverbial handbasket. Long envied for her wealth, and prosperity, the U.S.A. is attacked by enemies, old and new, looking to carve out their own piece of the \u2018Land of Plenty\u2019.\nBio-Chemical agents dispersed in America\u2019s lakes and rivers lead to an outbreak of plague causing people by the millions to grow sick, die, and most frighteningly, to walk again with one goal ingrained into them\u2026 spread the disease.\nMany many people succumbed to the fatal disease. Many more were killed when Washington DC, Seattle, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Cheyenne Mountain, The Pentagon, and several other sites were nuked. Government has collapsed, orders are no longer being handed down to the military. Factions are formed, with many military platoons, and even entire Batallions deserting, taking what supplies and weapons they can, and quickly carving out a niche for themselves.\nNow people must work together to survive quickly emerging rogue military and militia units, roving bands of good ol\u2019 boys, the walking dead, foreign military invaders (who are inadvertently carrying the plague with them, back to their home countries), and something new, something only now emerging, like any good pathogen, this one has mutated, and is creating a new breed of human\u2026\nWho will survive? Who will prosper?\nWhat beings came into our world following the Tunguska Blast, the Manhattan Project, and the Philadelphia Experiment?\nDo they hold the secret of the cure?\nIS there a cure?\n\nWe shall see.\n\n\u2013==+==\u2013\n\nFutureshock (Rio Hevrir) \u2013 J.J. and Billy started The Academy together, but because of his knack for getting into trouble, Billy didn\u2019t graduate until a few years later \u2013 in the company of Josh, Liberty and Staci.\nReunited for the first time since Dawson graduated, the tight-knit group of friends follows J.J.\u2019s lead and starts seeking (and finding) jobs aboard the freighters docked at Delosa Station.\n(These characters are the same characters that appear in Rio Hevrir, but have been re-constructed for use in d20 Future)"}
-{"text": "NARRATOR: This drawing depicts an attempted murder in progress. Hopper creates a convincing sense of action, and he captures the nocturnal lighting beautifully. But the drawing\u2019s melodramatic tone has little of the mystery and none of the subtlety that Hopper is so famous for. It\u2019s a commercial illustration, done for hire.\n\nCARTERFOSTER: It\u2019s an illustration for Scribner\u2019s Magazine done in 1925. It would have been reproduced in the magazine in a kind of half-tone photographic reproduction process.\n\nNARRATOR: Today Hopper is often seen as the quintessential American artist, and it\u2019s difficult to imagine him struggling. But he wasn\u2019t able to support himself as a painter until he was in his forties. He was very successful as an illustrator, but he hated the work. He preferred to invent his subjects rather than to have someone hand them to him\u2014and he was mostly commissioned to illustrate sentimental pulp fiction that he disdained. But he was a very good illustrator, and he made a steady living at it."}
-{"text": "What Does It Take to Be a Rainforest Alliance Auditor?\n\nThe Rainforest Alliance\u2019s audit team recently joined executives from a local tea company and the Fengquing village council to walk through tea plots just outside of a small community in China\u2019s Yunnan Province.\n\nThe team was in Yunnan for a week-long training to introduce new auditors to the ins and outs of Rainforest Alliance certification. Led by long-time trainer and auditor Noah Jackson, the participants included Jean Zhang and Shao Meng of China Quality Mark (CQM), the Rainforest Alliance\u2019s new certification partner in China.\n\nIn 2012, the Lincang region of Yunnan became home to the first Rainforest Alliance Certified\u2122 farm in China: Green Fountain Tea Estate. Through trainings like this one, the Rainforest Alliance is working to expand its certification program in China with a host of new locally based auditors.\n\nBefore joining the CQM audit team, Zhang worked for years outside of China inspecting factories and ensuring the safety of factory machinery. She brings years of experience in designing management systems to her new position as leader of a team of Rainforest Alliance auditors in China.\n\nHu Zhengwei, another new addition to the audit team, previously worked as an organic auditor. Here, he stands next to a water tank used for irrigation during the dry season.\n\nMao Xiaoti (nicknamed Tete) has worked as an auditor for CQM for three years. \u201cThe Sustainable Agriculture Network Standard [which Rainforest Alliance Certified farms are audited against] involves the auditor gathering evidence based not just on documentation, but interviews with farmers,\u201d she reflects, after participating in two audits with the Rainforest Alliance certification team. \u201cThis is different from the other standards I have learned in China.\u201d\n\nTang Yi Cong, who prefers to be called Hunter, has a background in organic auditing and currently manages and schedules audits for CQM. \u201cWith other forms of auditing, you can get a lot of the work done just by evaluating documentation, like water test reports and factory records,\u201d he says. \u201cWith the Rainforest Alliance, you\u2019ve got to use your head. You need field experience.\u201d\n\nThe team stopped at the home of a local farmer working toward Rainforest Alliance certification to conduct an interview. It was a learning experience for Zhang, who, like all auditors participating in the training, will eventually conduct these interviews alone as part of the formal on-farm audit process.\n\nAuditors must learn to build trust and rapport with farmers. During the interview process, they will need farmers to open up about crop diversity, pest management, farm goals and challenges. Lead auditor and trainer Noah Jackson often breaks the ice by trading his personal collection of seeds with farmers.\n\nFarm and company representatives must also carefully note any issues found on a farm during an initial diagnostic audit. They will have an opportunity to correct these issues \u2014 which can include agrochemical use, drought and labor concerns \u2014 before auditors return for a follow-up visit. Farms must meet the SAN\u2019s comprehensive set of social, environmental and economic criteria before they can earn the green frog seal.\n\nUnlike audits conducted by other certification bodies, Rainforest Alliance audits focus on all crops grown on a farm rather than individual crops. This corn is genetically modified and would not be permitted on a Rainforest Alliance Certified farm.\n\nTo diversify their output and reduce chemical inputs, many Rainforest Alliance Certified farmers raise cattle. Manure is composted and, in some cases, can completely eliminate the need for chemical fertilizer.\n\nIf all agrochemicals cannot be eliminated, farms must at a minimum learn to reduce pesticide use and eliminate any of the \u201cdirty dozen\u201d agrochemicals. Farmers must also ensure that their workers have protective equipment while applying chemicals. Here, a new Rainforest Alliance trainee pulls up the translation of an agrochemical during a farm visit.\n\nSmallholder farmers in China grow more than tea. They often produce a variety of vegetables to supplement their diets and diversify their income.\n\nErosion is a huge problem in Southern China and often stems from new road construction and issues associated with planting on steep slopes. All Rainforest Alliance Certified farms must have an erosion control program.\n\nNew auditors must also analyze how tea farmers work and live within their community, and must understand the labor supply and demand in the regions where they work. In China, for example, there are often labor shortages caused by decades of mass migration from rural to urban areas.\n\nAt the end of a long day, new auditors enjoy a walk with tea farmers and managers to learn more about how tea is grown and farms are managed. Auditors need to understand more than the audit process and the SAN standards. They must understand the nuances of tea, farmers and local communities. Pictured here, Jean Zhang (front, purple), Tang Yi Cong (white shirt, right), Xioti Ma (pink jacket, center) and Meng Shao (stripped shirt, rear)."}
-{"text": "Economic Nationalism\n\nEconomic Nationalism is the belief that every policy enacted by the federal government should be for the betterment of the citizens of our country. We call it Maximizing Citizenship Value.\n\nEconomic Nationalists believe in good jobs at good wages. Good jobs at good wages come, for example, from domestic-oriented job-creators, such as manufacturing, farming, and mining. So COAR will protect the right of Americans to earn a good living. Furthermore, COAR believes that the public and private sectors must work together, as a transparent and accountable team, to build massive amounts of new infrastructure, and to develop new technologies to advance our national strength and economic well-being.\n\nMost urgently, unfair multinational trade deals, burdensome regulations, and high taxes on the middle class hurt American workers, as well as our economy as a whole. We will fight for fair, bilateral trade deals, less regulation on small businesses, and lower taxes for the American people.\n\n\u201cHere\u2019s the concept of Economic Nationalism: Citizenship Value. In the 1980s we had this radical bad idea of maximizing shareholder value, as if that was all that mattered, It was a mistake, because it turned companies into shells, workers into expendables, and communities into ghost towns. Economic Nationalists have a different concept. We\u2019re going to maximize the value of citizenship. We\u2019re going to maximize citizenship value. If you\u2019re an American citizen, you get a special deal. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or nothing. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re black, white, red, pink, green. I do not care. If you\u2019re an American citizen, you get a better deal.\u201d \u2013 STEPHEN K. BANNON\n\nAmerican Sovereignty\n\nWe believe that America is a sovereign nation, and that a sovereignty is defined by its institutions, culture and, most of all, its secure borders. We will be vigilant against incursions on our precious sovereignty.\n\n\u201cAs long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.\u201d \u2013 ANDREW JACKSON, 7th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES\n\nStopping Illegal Immigration and Reforming Legal Immigration\n\nIllegal immigration is a threat to our sovereignty and we will fight to end it, once and for all.\n\nBeyond securing the border based upon the construction of the wall, and ending illegal immigration, Citizens of the American Republic will also seek to dramatically reshape the legal immigration system, with an eye toward using immigration to advance America\u2019s interests\u2014and only America\u2019s interests. Although President Trump is working hard to improve the situation, our current system still allows almost unfettered immigration, which drives down wages for American workers and puts our homeland security at risk. The situation today is not acceptable: It must be improved, fast, to better serve our nation and its citizens.\n\n\u201cEvery good citizen makes his country\u2019s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.\u201d\n\nEconomic Growth, Starting with the Middle Class\n\nFor too long, the middle class has been taken for granted\u2014they are truly, the Forgotten Man, and the Forgotten Woman, and their children. We believe that if the middle class is strong, America will be strong. For too long, fat-cats have enjoyed a weird kind of socialism for the rich. As we saw in the bipartisan Wall Street bailout of 2008, which put trillions in the pockets of big bankers and their hirelings and cronies, the status quo system is the enemy of the middle class, and its values. At the same time, foolish welfare policies have enabled a deeply destructive culture of dependence. We have compassion for the truly needy, but we believe that people should see work, not welfare, as the best path. COAR will put an end to the foolish idea that the rich and the poor should both live in taxpayer-funded socialism.\n\n\u201cEver since I read the history of the South Sea bubble I have been afraid of banks.\u201d\n\nEnergy Independence, Energy Dominance\n\nWe believe that America should be fully and completely energy independent. Indeed, it should be energy dominant. Thanks to the genius of our fossil fuels industry\u2014oil, gas, and coal\u2014and its many hard-working employees, contractors, and suppliers, America is on its way to energy security, and yet we must do more. Indeed, given the abundance of energy underneath our lands and waters\u2014estimates run into the hundreds of trillions of dollars in latent wealth\u2014there\u2019s no reason why all Americans should not benefit directly from our national energy bounty, in the way that Alaskans already benefit from Alaska\u2019s wealth.\n\nFreedom and Constitutionalism\n\nWe believe in our unalienable rights, among them, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe in the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights\u2014all of it, including, of course, the Second Amendment.\n\nToday, we view with alarm the increasing encroachments of the Tech Lords of Silicon Valley. who have been able to use political favoritism to gain legal and regulatory carveouts, thereby reaping billions, even trillions. Yet as we also know, at the same time, they sought to squelch our freedom, through censorship and opaque tech tricks, If the Tech Lords had their way, they would reduce all Americans to digital serfdom. But we won\u2019t let them! We will bring Silicon Valley to heel, so that it once again plays by the same rules as the rest of us.\n\n\u201cThe state capitalism of the big technology companies has taken away your digital rights, your data sovereignty. People generate consumer value and intellectual property all day long, and yet the Tech Lords don\u2019t pay you for it. They take it for free, they monetize at huge margins. They leave you naked under their greedy gaze. And on top of that, they take away your right to free speech!\u201d \u2013 STEPHEN K. BANNON\n\nThe Best Deal for the American Dream\n\nWe believe in our unalienable rights, among them, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe in the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights\u2014all of it, including, of course, the Second Amendment.\n\nTheodore Roosevelt had his Square Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt had his New Deal, and Harry Truman had his Fair Deal. In 2017 the Congressional Democrats released their plan for a \u201cBetter Deal,\u201d and in its general outlines, it was at least an attempt to reclaim some of the middle that Hillary Clinton had ceded in her second doomed presidential campaign. And yet this year, the Better Deal has been waylaid by the far left of the Democratic Party, which has lost all sight of the national interest in pursuit of unrealistic budget-busting goals, such as \u201cMedicare For All,\u201d and crazy nation-busting goals, such as \u201cAbolish ICE.\u201d We reject these and other radical ideas as unaffordable, undesirable, un-American, or perhaps all three.\n\nThe Best Deal focuses on providing American citizens with the tools they need to build a better life for themselves, including good, no-nonsense education, world-class infrastructure, secure industries operating in a good business climate, safe streets, and clean air, water, and land. This is how the Best Deal will create the Best America\u2014the American Dream.\n\n\u201cEconomic Nationalists know that trade and immigration are just two sides of the same coin. So we will get both under control for the betterment of Americans. And Americans will do much more than that, for themselves and for each other, because they love their country. That\u2019s the Best Deal.\u201d\n\nCitizens of the American Republic is Dedicated to\nMAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF YOUR CITIZENSHIP"}
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-{"text": "The Osama bin Laden I Know is the definitive history of the world's most wanted man. Author Peter Bergen is CNN's terrorism analyst and an acclaimed journalist who actually spent time with bin Laden prior to the events of September 11, 2001. The book features interviews with people from each stage of bin Laden's life, from childhood to the present day, and reveals both formative moments and intimate details that reveal his character and personality.\n\nYour Likes make Audible better!\n\nPublisher's Summary\n\nThe Osama bin Laden I Know is the definitive history of the world's most wanted man. Author Peter Bergen is CNN's terrorism analyst and an acclaimed journalist who actually spent time with bin Laden prior to the events of September 11, 2001. The book features interviews with people from each stage of bin Laden's life, from childhood to the present day, and reveals both formative moments and intimate details that reveal his character and personality. The only book of its kind, this is the authoritative account of al Qaeda's notorious leader.\n\nThe title of this book is a bit curious, as Mr. Bergen shares little personal insight about Osama bin Laden. Frankly, the book is little more than a succession of quotes about bin Laden that Mr. Bergen simply compiled and regurgitated from other sources. It gets old rather quickly.\n\nAfter I bought this audiobook, I saw a special about Osama bin Laden on the Discovery Channel. It presented the same types of insights about Osama bin Laden as Mr. Bergen does in his book, but in a more efficient and interesting fashion. And, of course, it was free. Look it up, Tivo it, and don't waste your time or money on this book.\n\nIf you want to keep yourself faithful in the human goodness, good faith and all important virtues of the human race - do not read this book.\nThe book I write about is \"The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader\". The book is written cold. It is mostly based on press reports and the existing relations about Osama and its life in Saudi Arabia, in Afganistan, Pakistan. Almost all of us have heard stories about this most wanted terrorist and declared enemy of the free world. But what ones feel when slowly going through this book is hard to describe. It's really hard to comprehend, to grasp, that there are people so dedicated to kill other innocent people, and what is more - to do it in the name of G-d. One of the most shocking fact revealed by the book is potential psychological link of the fatwa issued by Sheikh Omar Abdur Rahman and the later 9/11 act. I do not want to go into details in this review. The book shows the dark side of humanity, hatred and false believe in one's own right to judge - not only ourselves but also the entire world. I still hope that this is a book about a deviation or rather aberration from what really Islam teaches ....\n\nIt is a very good book, very well written and really fascinating - but for goodness sake - if you do not want to loose your faith in humankind - do not read it ....\n\nAs a person who has long tried to understand how this person could be a part of the horrible things he did, this book is very revealing. Through the use of first-hand accounts from people who interacted with bin Laden at different phases of his life, the reader sees how a person very strict muslim views are radicalized to the point where killing innocent people becomes a real option. Mr. Bergen's work is pretty rigorous and he's to be commended for it.\n\nI purchased the audio version of this book and I thought he did a good job, although I could have done without some of the inflection he used to differentiate between Bergen's words and the first-hand experiences of those interviewed.\n\nI enjoyed the book, but was really turned off when the reader states that Fort Bragg is in South Carolina. This is incorrect, Ft Bragg is located in the center of North Carolina, near Fayetteville, NC. Makes me wonder how accurate the rest of the book is.\n\nYour report has been received. It will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.\n\nCan't wait to hear more from this listener?\n\nYou can now follow your favorite reviewers on Audible.\n\nWhen you follow another listener, we'll highlight the books they review, and even email* you a copy of any new reviews they write. You can un-follow a listener at any time to stop receiving their updates.\n\n* If you already opted out of emails from Audible you will still get review emails by the listeners you follow."}
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-{"text": "June 25th, 2015 Dear colleagues, investors and partners! Capital Times Investment Company is glad to invite You to join the next master-class \"Make hay while the sun shines\" by Erik Nayman. Topics for discussion at the master class: I. Ukraine.1. Updated three scenarios in Ukraine.2. Ukraine after the default. Restart.3. How will the margin between the sectors be redistributed?\u2026\n\nTopics for discussion at the master class:1. Updated three scenarios in Ukraine: \"Default and the third Maidan, Simulating reforms and help. Success and strong recovery\".2. In case Ukraine announces default - how to make money from this?3. Russia enters the eye of the economic storm \u2013 what are the consequences and opportunities.4. USA ready to start the cycle of rising\u2026\n\nCapital Times Investment Company is glad to invite You to join the next master-class \u00abGetting ready for 2015: between randomness and stability\u00bb by Erik Nayman.\nTopics for discussion at the master class:\n- Expectations for the economy of Ukraine, Russia and the global economy;\n- Possible fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates;\n-\u2026\n\nThe products, services, information and/or materials contained within these web pages\nmay not be available for residents of certain jurisdictions. Please consult the sales restructions relating\nto the products or services in question for further information."}
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-{"text": "Sheridan News\n\nTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is \u2013 his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. Romans 12: 1-3 NIV\n\nSeveral years ago there was a television show where the co-stars of the show took a somewhat ordinary, frumpy looking woman and transformed her into someone her family and friends barely recognized. The woman was given a professional haircut designed for her face shape and personality; expertly applied make-up; and stylish clothing that fit her body and personality type. By the end of the show the woman looked much more vibrant and attractive. On the outside, at least for that one day when her new look was revealed to her family and friends, she looked completely different. You could see a transformation right before your eyes.\n\nJust to be clear, the transformation in the television show is not the kind of transformation described in Paul\u2019s message. First, God asks us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, and not to be conformed to the pattern of this world. He is not asking for just a different \u201clook\u201d but he is asking for us to change our whole way of thinking. We are not to imitate the world, but rather, we are to become more Christ-like. In order to be more Christ-like, we have to change our thought processes and patterns. Transformation must begin in the mind. This requires:\n\nLearning God\u2019s will by reading God\u2019s word and learning more about Him.\n\nPraying and talking with God about our lives and letting Him guide our decisions.\n\nAsking the Holy Spirit to fill us with the fruits of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.\n\nDetermining the gifts God has given us individually and learning how to use them to accomplish His will.\n\nServing and giving in God\u2019s kingdom in the ways He leads us.\n\nLearning how to use our faith to direct all our actions.\n\nPaul is urging us, in light of God\u2019s everlasting mercy, to give ourselves to God. We are to give our whole self\u2014our mind, our thoughts, our desires, our plans, our emotions, our abilities\u2014 and to use our body to help Him accomplish his good, pleasing and perfect will here on earth. We are to become living sacrifices. This is the true worship of God. At the end of the service each Sunday we are called to go and do the real worship and service, using our bodies to do God\u2019s work here on earth.\n\nWe are not to be like this world, but instead, we are to be transformed. We are to become more and more Christ- like each day and every day. Each day is a gift, bringing us closer and closer to our \u201cnew look,\u201d a living sacrifice, pleasing to God.\n\nAre we becoming transformed? Are we using the time, talent and resources we have in ways that God would find pleasing? When God looks into our heart, does He see someone completely different because of our faith? Would He see a real transformation? Are we vibrant Christians, using our talents to build up the Kingdom of God? Do we belong to a \u201ccommunity of believers\u201d who are together ready to do His work as one body with many gifts?\n\nDear Heavenly Father, Let me be transformed to your likeness. Let me continue to learn more about You. Fill me with the Holy Spirit and let me be transformed. Forgive me for continuing my old habits and help me create new patterns of behavior. Let me see possibilities for using the gifts you have given me for your glory. Let me work with others in the faith to build up your kingdom. In the name of my holy and precious Savior, Jesus. Amen.\n\nSheridan on Spotify\n\nCurrent Ministry Needs:\n\nWorship Hospitality \u2013 We are in need of hospitality volunteers to serve on the 9:45 February, June, October team and the 11am April, August, December team. Sign up at the Welcome Center to receive more information or contact Brenda Carpenter.\n\nDonation Bins \u2013 We are collecting new gloves, hats, scarves and boots for distribution at Barnabas Community and Lincoln Public Schools Homeless Student Outreach. Bins are located in the Great Hall."}
-{"text": "Actually levels of hormones normally fluctuate during your life, depending on the age, habits, diet, environment and medicines you regularly take in. Specialists say that up to 80% of women experience any type of hormonal imbalance in the course of their lives.\n\nThe problems may occur because of autoimmune disorders (when your immune system destroys your own tissues by mistake), inflammation or as a side effect of certain drugs.\n\nHow can you recognize that you belong to the statistic majority?\n\nHere are the signs of hormonal imbalance, your body can send to you:\n\n#1 Changes in menstrual cycle\n\nIt\u2019s maybe one of the most common signs of hormonal abnormalities. Skipping periods or having heavy menstrual bleeding usually means that something is wrong with your reproductive hormones or thyroid hormones.\n\n#2 Acne\n\nExcessive production of male hormone testosterone may be a culprit of your papules, cysts, whiteheads and blackheads, which don\u2019t go away for a long time.\n\n#3 Memory trouble\n\nPeople with hypothyroidism often suffer from forgetfulness and loss of concentration. By the way, imbalance of estrogen and progesterone can also cause memory fogginess.\n\n#4 Abdominal bloating\n\nToo high or too low levels of female sex hormones may lead to gassiness, belching, sense of heaviness and tightness in your belly.\n\n#5 Insomnia\n\nIt was found that progesterone can make an influence on the duration and quality of your sleep. That\u2019s why you may find it difficult to fall asleep, if have too few progesterone.\n\n#6 Weight changes\n\nWeight gain is always a frustrative event for women. We\u2019re more likely to accumulate fat on the waist during menopause, when estrogen levels are dramatically declined. Other possible causes (no of gaining weight is insufficient production of thyroid hormones.\n\nOn the other hand, overactive thyroid gland usually manifests in unintentional weight loss.\n\n#7 Reduced sex drive\n\nLack of sexual interest may be a sign of decreased estrogen levels. Women in menopause often complain of vagynal dryness, which can make intercourses really painful. Medical professionals say that improper function of the thyroid gland may also result in low libido.\n\n#8 Mood swings\n\nMost of us are familiar with mood swings, which appear several days before periods. The reason is that estrogen effects on the brain substances serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. If something goes wrong in hormonal balance, you may feel depressed and anxious without any reason.\n\n#9 Chronic fatigue\n\nFeeling tired at the end of stressful day is completely normal. But if your fatigue doesn\u2019t leave you after rest and sleep, you need to examine your thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism is rather common reason of permanent exhaustion and lack of energy.\n\nIf you enjoyed this article, please SHARE it with your family and friends on Facebook!\n\nWant more stuff like this?\n\nRachael has been with Live Science since 2010. She has a masters degree in journalism from New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in molecular biology and a Master of Science in biology from the University of California, San Diego.\n\nNewsletter\n\nGet the best viral stories straight into your inbox!\n\nEmail address:\n\nLeave this field empty if you're human:\n\nDon't worry, we don't spam\n\nFind us on Facebook\n\nLoading...\n\nAbout Us\n\nAdPublisher is the leading independent digital media company delivering news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people around the world.We strive to connect deeply with our audience, and give them news and entertainment worth sharing with their friends, family, and the people who matter in their lives.\n\nMake a post!\n\nUnleash your creativity and share you story with us!\n\nWe believe\n\nWe believe in using natural ingredients to be as healthy as possible. We believe dieting will never work as well as a lifestyle of healthy habits will. We believe you can treat pain and disease without relying on addictive drugs. We believe being happy is a big part of a healthy life."}
-{"text": "Mooi Bly Cultivar Chenin Blanc South Africa\n\nNo sooner arrived than recommended in The Guardian 12th May; \"a smooth, very drinkable dry white that you'll enjoy if you're a Chablis or Gavi fan.\"\nAs a member of South Africa's Chenin Blanc Association, Mooi Bly really try to get the best expression of Chenin Blanc from their vineyards. Here is a lovely unoaked, fresh and crisp white with great minerality and acidity.\n\nYou can't compare this to any other varietal wine, it's just very good with its own character.\n\nThe juice was left on the skins at low temperatures for 5 hours before the fermentation got going. they only used free-run juice and the press wine was all sold off in bulk. The result is character, but elegant character.....same process as a vintage Champagne in this respect.\n\nGrape typeOther Single Varietal White\n\nCountrySouth Africa\n\nBottle Size750 ml\n\nWine StyleUnoaked Whites\n\nVintage2012\n\nABV13-13.5%\n\nWinemaker : Mooi Bly South Africa\n\nNo sooner arrived than recommended in The Guardian 12th May; \"a smooth, very drinkable dry white that you'll enjoy if you're a Chablis or Gavi fan.\"\nAs a member of South Africa's Chenin Blanc Association, Mooi Bly really try to get the best expression of Chenin Blanc from their vineyards. Here is a lovely unoaked, fresh and crisp white with great minerality and acidity.\n\nYou can't compare this to any other varietal wine, it's just very good with its own character.\n\nThe juice was left on the skins at low temperatures for 5 hours before the fermentation got going. they only used free-run juice and the press wine was all sold off in bulk. The result is character, but elegant character.....same process as a vintage Champagne in this respect."}
-{"text": "Grape Juice-Glazed Breakfast Sausages\n\nBreakfast sausages already have a ton of amazing flavor, but if you're entertaining guests for a brunch party or have family staying with you for the holidays, this is a simple way to turn simple cooked sausages into an elegant side dish.\n\nGrape Juice-Glazed Breakfast Sausages are a sweet and savory dish of classic breakfast sausage links, cooked slowly in grape juice and red wine until the liquid reduces into a sticky and delicious glaze. Fresh grapes and a garnish of mint and chile flakes finish off the cozy and comforting dish.\n\nThis works equally well as a side for eggs as it does for a sweet breakfast like waffles or pancakes.\n\nDirections\nHeat vegetable oil in a heavy-bottom skillet (such as cast-iron) over medium-high heat. Add breakfast sausages and brown on all sides for about 5-10 minutes. Add the grape juice, red wine, and honey and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer until liquid has reduced to a glaze, turning the sausages every so often (about 10 minutes). Stir in the grapes, and cook for about 1-2 minutes, then sprinkle with mint leaves and chile flakes, and season with kosher salt and black pepper. Serve immediately."}
-{"text": "Woman accused of stealing $2 million from company\n\nCHICAGO \u2014 A former executive of an Illinois chemical company is accused of stealing more than $2 million from the company for personal use.\n\nKathleen Barth of Chicago is charged with theft of property exceeding $1 million. Cook County Circuit Judge Laura Sullivan on Thursday set bond for the 56-year-old Barth at $200,000.\n\nProsecutors say Barth was general manager of Kraft Chemical Corp. of Melrose Park from April 2005 through 2012. They contend that between May 2006 and April 2012, Barth allegedly stole $2.1 million by fraudulently increasing her salary and giving herself unauthorized bonuses and commission checks.\n\nBarth is also accused of electronically transferring corporate funds into her personal checking account.\n\nThe next court appearance for Barth is scheduled for May 16. It isn't immediately known if she has legal representation."}
-{"text": "Friendly Lists: Nate Sweeney\n\nThis post is the first in a series that blatantly lifts from Pitchfork\u2019s Guest List features. But instead of asking bands I\u2019ve never met to tell me what kind of chapstick they prefer, I\u2019ll be asking my dear friends to tell me what kind of chapstick they prefer. Well, not exactly, but whatev.\n\nFirst up is the delightfully whimsical Nate Sweeney, a guy who always makes me giggle like a schoolgirl serial killer. He also happens to be the drummer of my favorite band to arise in 2007: All These Teepees.\n\n2 responses to \u201cFriendly Lists: Nate Sweeney\u201d\n\nYea, this is Jesus. God said he doesn\u2019t remember making that Nate guy. Thanks for letting us know we slipped up and sent such a manly being with such an astounding amount of facial hair to that hellhole we call a planet up here. We\u2019ll put out the recall for Nate Sweeneys everywhere. Once again, thanks for bringing this to our attention Chris Piercy. You\u2019re a true American/Earthling."}
-{"text": "Gorgeous updated FoxGlenn home on a huge, private, over-sized lot. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath house features over 2300 sq ft of living space, 2 separate family rooms and a completely upgraded kitchen. Entertaining in this home will be a breeze with the open concept feel, amazing dry bar with extra storage and access to the beautiful, fully fenced-in back yard right off the kitchen. The master bedroom has a loft directly above it that would be perfect for an office or a private space. Dormer style 2nd bedroom that is enormous! This one won't last long! Contact us at bestflagstaffhomes.com or call (928) 714-0001."}
-{"text": "About Me:\nI am a creative freelancer that has acquired many skills sets throughout my professional career! My creativity has been used to help non-profits and businesses alike. I have an open mind, and a wealth of creativity that is eager to be used to help businesses, non-profits, and individuals. I'm very detail oriented, creative, and have great time management skills. When I'm hired by an individual, I make them my number one business priority. Choose to use this creative mind, you won't be sorry!"}
-{"text": "Blog\n\nMonday, 17th August 2015\n\nThe Pebble Time Kickstarter project broke Kickstarter record for the most funded project. It raised US$20,338,986 from 78,471 backers and the project was officially funded on 28th March 2015.\n\nI backed the Pebble Time Steel watch for US$250 (S$352) and shipping to Singapore is additional US$15 (S$21).\n\nYour choice of one Pebble Time Steel watch in your choice of color. Includes a leather strap and extra metal strap. Regular retail price will be US$299.\n\nThe Pebble Time Steel rewards come with both a leather band and a matching steel band. For the leather band, I chose black and for the matching steel band, I chose gunmetal black. Due to the availability issues of the steel band, it has been backordered and hence I only received the Pebble Time Steel watch with the black leather strap. The gunmetal black steel band will be shipped to me at a later date.\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Box Front\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Box Back\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Box\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Box Contents\n\nJuly 2015 was supposed to be the shipping date for the Pebble Time Steel but it was delayed for about a few weeks (which is not too bad) and I received it on 14th August 2015.\n\nInitially when I backed the Pebble Time Steel Watch, there is a chance that I might not get the Apple Watch. But since I bought the Apple Watch and have been using it for about two months, the Pebble Time Steel Watch will be my secondary watch. No idea what does secondary watch actually means to me, but I guess it will depend on my mood to see which watches to wear.\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Front\n\nThe Pebble Time Steel watch is pretty well build, it feels solid and it has a premium look to it. It is quite an improvement over the original Pebble Watch. It has colors and animation now and it is more responsive. I find it to be even more responsive than my Apple Watch.\n\nThe only thing that looks ugly about it is the huge black bezel around the watch which takes up a lot of space.\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Back\n\nIn terms of water resistant, it is rated 3 atm which is worst than the previous Pebble Watch rated at 5 atm. Accordingly to Wikipedia, it means that it is suitable for everyday use and is splash/rain resistant. However it is not suitable for showering, bathing, swimming or snorkelling.\n\nIn order to make sure it works great during sports, fitness and regular life activities, we designed Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel to be water resistant. Our design and hardware engineering teams created a mechanical design with a water-tight seal, as well as a suite of tests to ensure that the watch would work even after being exposed to normal, every-day situations like going for a swim, running in the rain, showering or washing dishes.\n\nPebble Time was tested according to the ISO 22810 standard. Most other smartwatches are only rated under the less rigorous IEC 60529 IPXX scale, and normal watches are tested to a specific \u2018static pressure\u2019, but we felt you deserved better. In addition, every single Pebble Time watch is tested during the production process for leaks using high-pressure air to ensure the integrity of the seals (we use a fancy Swiss test rig called a Witschi Proofmaster).\n\nIn order to test the watch under \u2018dynamic\u2019 conditions, more representative of swimming, our engineers created a test using a swimming simulator with a machine that looks kind of like a paddle wheel. We strap Pebble Time watches to each spoke and repeatedly splash them into water to simulate swimming. With these tests completed, we\u2019re pleased to confirm that Pebble Time functions great as sport and swim watch.\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Buckle\n\nThe magnetic cable also has changed. It is now flat and the magnetic charging head has changed. So you can\u2019t use your old Pebble Watch charging cable with it. It seems that the magnet in this new cable is much stronger and hence it is less prone to accidental disconnection when charging.\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Charging Cable\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Charging Head\n\nPebble Time Steel Watch \u2013 Charging\n\nIn term of the new watch features, I really love the timeline feature. It allows me to scroll to the past or the future and see the information like weather and calendar appointment during that period."}
-{"text": "Just so we're clear, the crescendo website will not be back up for probably over a year, but feel free to ask for any campaigns you need and I can put them on sendspace for at least a temporary download. If anyone has more permanent solutions let me know.\n\nEdit:\n\nPr0nogo was nice enough to mirror the campaign list here. The entire listing isn't up yet, but it will be in the next few days, so enjoy!"}
-{"text": "Senator says \u2018it\u2019s not rocket science\u2019 to craft regulations\n\nSEN. STAN ROSENBERG chastised his fellow lawmakers on Thursday for dithering for years while the short-term rental industry embedded itself in the market and grew unencumbered by regulations and the lodging tax \u201cIt\u2019s not going away, technology is not going away,\u201d said Rosenberg, who was part of a CommonWealth magazine Newsmakers panel discussing how Beacon Hill(...)\n\nWhole buildings, like this one in Chinatown, are being converted into hotels\n\nPhotographs by Ken Richardson AIRBNB, LIKE THE draw of ride-hailing apps to car owners, started with the premise that your home can make you a little extra money by renting out rooms to travelers looking to save a few dollars. Empty-nesters, they said, could rent out junior\u2019s bedroom now that he\u2019s moved out and put(...)\n\nYvonne Spicer says she\u2019s undaunted by new challenges\u2014a good trait for the first person to serve as mayor of Framingham.\n\nPhotographs by Frank Curran YVONNE SPICER, like a lot of her fellow Framingham residents, freely admits that she voted against the charter question to make the state\u2019s biggest town a mid-sized city. But once the measure passed by the thinnest of margins, the former teacher and vice president of the Museum of Science did what(...)\n\nGOV. CHARLIE BAKER joined the fight to promote housing last week\u2014adding more push to the consensus that 2018 is the year to tackle the Commonwealth\u2019s housing crisis head on. As we head into the 2018 session, it\u2019s time for the Legislature to pass bills that will make it easier for our cities and towns to(...)\n\nFor family of four, with skate rentals, the cost is $86\n\nSHANE MURPHY, a resident of Springfield, was walking around Faneuil Hall with his date recently when he decided to visit the newly minted skating rink on Boston\u2019s City Hall Plaza. Murphy said he enjoyed the festive atmosphere and the music, but he thought the ice skating fees were too high. The second \u201cBoston Winter\u201d festival(...)\n\nNew Balance station doing much better than expected\n\nSOMETHING SEEMS AMISS with the state\u2019s ridership numbers for the proposed West Station in Allston. The draft environmental impact report for the Allston Interchange forecasts 250 daily commuter riders and 2,900 bus riders when the station opens in 2040. But a host of people, most of whom want West Station built much sooner, are saying(...)\n\nOne day after the Boston School Committee voted unanimously to change school start times next fall so teenaged students could get a little extra sleep, Boston Magazine published a story asking what took so long. \u201cWhy, in a state that is at the forefront of progressive policy and respects science quite a bit \u2026, did(...)\n\nThere\u2019s been a lot of talk about the MBTA\u2019s plan to install a new fare collection system, most of it focused on the problems associated with going cashless. The concerns were exemplified by a headline in the Boston Globe last week that said: \u201cThe MBTA wants to go cashless. What about people who might be left(...)\n\nLydia Edwards election is full manifestation of shift\n\nIT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY to me, but it was a long time ago \u2013 1983 \u2013 when I ran Bob Travaglini\u2019s campaign for District 1 City Council. It was the first year of district council races in Boston, and our strategy was to treat the election as if it were a State Senate race \u2013(...)\n\nDivided city showed consensus is possible\n\nELECTIONS, as they say, have consequences. This is certainly the case in Lowell, where voters on Tuesday delivered a stunning rebuke to their elected officials and their decision to relocate the city\u2019s sole public high school from downtown to its suburban edge. In the process, voters also showed that consensus can emerge in a city riven by race, class, and(...)"}
-{"text": "CHICAGO (AP) -- Matthew Stafford threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns, Matt Prater kicked a 52-yard field goal with 1:35 remaining and the Detroit Lions held on to beat the Chicago Bears 27-24 on Sunday. Detroit (6-4) took the lead after Tarik Cohen had tied it for Chicago (3-7) with a 15-yard touchdown run. Prater booted the winner after Stafford led a 42-yard drive to the 34. The Lions escaped with their third straight win when the Bears' Connor Barth was wide right on a 46-yarder in the closing seconds. Stafford completed 21 of 31 passes. Marvin Jones Jr. had four receptions for 85 yards and a TD. DJ Hayden ran back a fumbled snap for a touchdown to give Detroit seven return TDs this season, tying a team record. And the Lions beat the Bears for the eighth time in nine games. Chicago dropped its third straight even though Jordan Howard ran for 125 yards and a touchdown. Mitchell Trubisky faded after a strong start, throwing for 179 yards and a TD. His 19-yard scramble on fourth-and-13 in the final minute put the ball on the Detroit 43. He then hit Dontrelle Inman with a 15-yard pass, giving Barth a chance to force overtime. But the Bears once again came up short after a rough loss to Green Bay that reignited the heat on coach John Fox. Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd was taken from the field on a cart early in the fourth quarter with a knee injury he suffered trying to defend a run. Several teammates kneeled nearby as the medical staff tended to him on the field. Cornerback Kyle Fuller was seen bleeding from his left wrist after the play, though he returned to the game. Moments after Floyd went down, Prater kicked a 27-yard field goal to make it 24-17 with about 10 minutes left. Stafford threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns in the first half to help the Lions grab a 21-17 lead. Detroit trailed 10-0 in the first quarter and 17-7 in the second before charging ahead in the closing minutes of the half. Stafford's 28-yard touchdown to Jones with 5:17 remaining made it a three-point game. And his 2-yarder to a wide-open Ameer Abdullah gave the Lions a 21-17 lead with 20 seconds left. INJURIES Lions: DE Ezekiel Ansah (back) missed his second straight game. ... RB Dwayne Washington (hip) was inactive. Bears: WR Josh Bellamy got shaken up blocking on a pass play in the third quarter and entered the concussion protocol. ... RG Kyle Long (finger) was back in the lineup after being limited to one special-teams play last week. ... LB Danny Trevathan (calf) and TE Dion Sims (illness) were inactive for the second straight week. UP NEXT: Lions: Host the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday. Bears: Visit the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 26."}
-{"text": "V-10 powerhouse vegetable juice.\n\nv8 juice tastes great, but it\u2019s not really the best for you, healthwise. It\u2019s high in sodium among other things. I tried to come up with a juice that approximates the flavor. I\u2019m not sure it does, but it\u2019s good!\n\nThis makes about 4 large glasses. You can also add a splash of olive oil and some pepper to give it some snap.\n\nI don\u2019t have a juicer but I have a Ninja, so I have been using Kale, Parsley, Spinach, Roma tomatoes, Mini cucumbers, strawberries, and one apple and a splash of almost milk to help blend and have been using this as my breakfast since May 16th of this year. I have noticed a BIG change in the digestive and intestinal tract as I have FEWER problems now. It is AMAZING when you eat the right foods how your body LOVES you for it. I couldn\u2019t of been sold on this a year ago but I am SOLD OUT now! I have also added walking and a workout class twice a week, and I have cut out regular pop and drink water and unsweetened tea. I am also eating high protein, low carb, low sugar diet. I have lost 45 pounds along with 3 pant sizes and 3 shirt sizes. It is so awesome. I want to Thank you for all of this because it was YOUR testimony about your lifestyle that inspired me. I am very grateful!!!!!"}
-{"text": "One thing that has always fascinated me has been the power of symbols.\n\nThey are concrete things, images, or even sounds that have more value than what simply meets the eye or ear. Gestures, too, can be used as signs.\n\nSymbols add color and spice to life and often allow us to transmit a message more elegantly than by using words.\n\nSymbols point towards the fact that a human person is not just a bunch of random cells, but that we're made up of body and soul.\n\nOur body sees the sign or symbol, but it's the soul that understands the symbol's deeper meaning.\n\nTake the simple fact of a traffic light. Imagine the chaos at a busy intersection if all the drivers failed to grasp the deeper meaning we assign to the colors green, red, and yellow.\n\nWe all know that green means 'go', red means 'stop', and yellow means, 'go faster'. These symbols allow us to convey meaning in a colorful and lively way. Even the black lines that you're looking at now, the things we call letters, are symbols.\n\nOr imagine if we failed to go deeper than hearing mere sounds when we hear a crying, hungry baby.\n\nWe have no problem understanding that a child needs food or warmth or attention just by their cries.\n\nSounds, then, can also be symbols pointing us to a deeper reality.\n\nGestures, such as bowing down, also transmit a specific message. It is a gesture of humility and respect when someone is in the presence of greatness.\n\nFor example, at two of the most important sites for Christians, the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem and the tomb where Jesus rose from the dead in Jerusalem, one can only enter by bowing down.\n\nWhen it comes to spiritual matters and religion, symbols are even more important. God knows that and that's why he uses them to transmit certain spiritual messages.\n\nThe symbols themselves not only point to something deeper, but they actually make that deeper reality present.\n\nThat's what is meant by the word 'sacrament': it is a sign or symbol that carries with it a spiritual result.\n\nTake water, for example. It can be a particularly powerful symbol because it is universally understood. It is a symbol of purity, life, and refreshment.\n\nWater is used in Christian Baptism not only because it symbolizes purity, life, and refreshment, but more importantly because we believe that the waters of Baptism actually purifies the soul, gives it a share in God's life by refreshing it with grace.\n\nAt the very moment the water is cleansing the skin, God is purifying, giving life to, and refreshing the soul.\n\nSymbols are an important part of life and I hope these few words have given you just a little better appreciation of how precious they are.\n\nThey help us to understand better that we're more than just flesh and blood. We're body and soul.\n\nSo, whether it's slowing down when you see yellow, or a simple smile, make the most of the symbols in your life."}
-{"text": "The favorite of downhill and enduro experts.\nThe perfect choice for virtually any track. Intermediate tread: maximum braking traction and cornering grip even in extremely muddy terrain thanks to strong shoulder studs and the aggressive, open tread design.\n- SnakeSkin: The monofile SnakeSkin fabric on the side wall makes the tubeless conversion for the MTB extremely easy and safe. It also provides the best cut protection on the side wall.\n- Super Gravity: A patented tire casing construction. Quadruple ply tire casing makes the sidewall stable and safe. The tread remains extremely flexible and grippy with a two ply casing. All around SnakeSkin is excellent protection against cuts.\n- Addix Soft is a compound that bridges many disciplines. It\u2019s just as at home in the enduro and downhill world as it is in the demanding discipline of all-mountain and trail riding. It also impresses when used in combination with other ADDIX tires \u2013 more speed: Soft on the front, Speedgrip on the back. Or more damping: Ultra Soft on the front, Soft on the back.\n- Addix Ultra Soft Compound is the ADDIX compound for hardcore use in enduro and downhill. Sensationally good damping has been further improved over the previous VertStar compound, while at the same time ADDIX Ultrasoft is suitable for all-weather use due to significantly improved low-temperature properties when it comes to grip and damping. ADDIX Ultra Soft appears to stick to the ground, literally clawing its way into the subsoil because there\u2019s only one goal in sight: maximum damping and maximum grip.\n- Folding bead\n\nDiscover a new way to get to your destination. The Connection Trail mountain bike tires deliver ride-refining confidence for journeys along a well-worn trail, and offer plenty of comfort when the path leads you to the road less traveled.\nKey features\n- Excels on pavement and the trail\n- Great value\n\nAn e-bike tire designed for smooth-rolling confidence and approved for the unique demands of eBikes at speeds up to 50km/hr.\nE-bike approved\nThe E-6 is an e-bike specific tire designed to offer confident traction and lasting performance for the speeds and needs of eBike riders. The E-6 is approved for electric bike use up to 50km/hr. Reflective sidewalls increase visibility and the Hard-Case Lite puncture protection is optimized for the increased speeds and demands of eBike riders.\nProduct details\n- Designed for city and pavement with a smooth-rolling tread that offers confident traction\n- E-bike approved for speeds up to 50km/hr\n- Designed to meet the unique demands of electric bike usage\n- Hard-Case Lite optimized for e-bikes with 1mm Kevlar puncture protection belt that offers great ride feel, and extra durability\n- Reflective sidewall strips for added visibility\n\nGet a grip\nThe XR3 Team Issue MTB tire is perfect for riders who want traction and speed in a variety of trail conditions. It has a fast-rolling center tread and aggressive side knobs to keep you rolling fast and confident around corners, plus advanced rubber compound with Inner Strength casing. Great tires for race day or an afternoon out on the trails.\nProduct details\n- A versatile trail or race tire that excels in a wide variety of conditions\n- Aggressive side knobs provide consistent cornering and traction across multi-trail surfaces\n- Lightweight 120 TPI casing and fast-rolling center tread maximize speed and ride feel\n- Supple and strong Inner Strength casing provides lightweight sidewall protection\n- Tread depth varies with size for better adaptation to terrain and consistent traction\n- Tubeless Ready (TLR) design for easy tubeless setup and added puncture protection\n- Use with Bontrager TLR wheels, sealant, and rim strips for a complete tubeless system designed and tested to work together\n\nThe LG1 Race tire shares the same tread as the TRS, in a downhill-ready dual-ply design. Tapered Apex inserts designed into the tire, combined with a layer of woven aramid reinforcement to protect against sidewall cuts, increasing grip under cornering and braking, while decrease rolling resistance.\n- Aggressive tread pattern with a structural, angled base on the side knobs to control tire roll under high-speed cornering\n- Sipes are positioned to provide confident transitions from straight lines to cornering and confident braking traction\n- Ramped, shorter center knobs keep LG1 tires rolling fast\n- Race tire features a dual-ply design with slow-rebound tacky rubber center tread, with high-tack rubber on side knobs\n- Tubeless-ready design\n\nThe TRS Plus tire utilize the same tread pattern as previous versions, but have been reengineered with the addition of tapered Apex inserts designed into the tire, increasing grip under cornering and braking, while decreasing rolling resistance.\n- Aggressive tread pattern with a structural, angled base on the side knobs to control tire roll under high-speed cornering\n- Sipes are positioned to provide confident transitions from straight lines to cornering and confident braking traction\n- Ramped, shorter center knobs keep TRS tires rolling fast\n- Single-ply design with slow rebound tacky rubber throughout the tire\n- Tubeless-ready design\n\nThe TRS Race tire utilize the same tread pattern as previous versions, but have been reengineered with the addition of tapered Apex inserts designed into the tire. Combined with a layer of woven aramid reinforcement to protect against sidewall cuts and punctures, increasing grip under cornering and braking, while decreasing rolling resistance.\n- Aggressive tread pattern with a structural, angled base on the side knobs to control tire roll under high-speed cornering\n- Sipes are positioned to provide confident transitions from straight lines to cornering and confident braking traction\n- Ramped, shorter center knobs keep TRS tires rolling fast\n- Race tire features a single-ply design with slow rebound tacky rubber center tread, with high-tack rubber on side knobs\n- Tubeless-ready design\n\nThe Convict epitomizes the toothy tread and robust features of truly aggressive gravity tires. Making easy work of the gnarliest lines, the Convict chews through a wide range of terrain while standing up to every rock and drop it meets along the way. Tall, meaty knobs with multi-directional channels provide steadfast traction whether braking hard or decimating corners. This is not your everyday, run-of-the-mill, let\u2019s-take-it-easy kind of tire. The Convict encourages riders to really get after it and test what both they and their bikes are capable of. With the Convict leading the way, your tires will not be the weakest link. Guilty of first-degree loam assault. Sentenced to life for devouring the gnarliest descents.\nUsage: Gravity / Enduro\nConditions: Dry to Damp / Loose, Hardpack, Rocky, Loam\n- TCS Light/High Grip: 1042g, Gravity DNA compound\n- TCS Tough/High Grip: 1239g, Gravity DNA compound\n- TCS Tough/Fast Rolling: 1253g, Dual DNA compound\n\nThe Horizon Road Plus tire brings supple plus-size traction and smooth riding characteristics beyond where the pavement ends. A smooth centerline and all-weather herringbone pattern with cornering channels make anything possible, just like the size. High-volume road provides deceivingly svelte performance on pavement, with resiliency that isn\u2019t shaken by chasing confidants down dusty dirt roads. Sneak it into a cross bike, fit it into a road frame, the overall wheel diameter stays the same as a 700 x 30mm road tire. Ride it on tarmac, take it to the dirt as well. Creating a new riding experience, regardless of where your exploits lead you.\n\nThe Judge is WTB's rowdiest rear tire\u2026for loose, sketchy descents. Centerline knob groups alternate between long and wide to pair hard braking traction with the rolling efficiency you demand of a rear tire. Burly outer knobs provide the support needed to keep them digging while slapping berms or spraying loam. WTB optimized the Judge for wide rims to provide a flatter tire profile that makes the outer knobs easy to find while cornering. The Judge keeps everything in order, whether dry and loose or wet and sloppy.\nFeatures:\n- Massive side knobs and a beefy overall design that grabs in every direction\n- Wide rim-based design provides additional support while also bolstering sidewall protection through ample tread overhang\n- Ideally paired with a Vigilante 2.5 on the front.\n\nResolute 42 is the ultimate all-weather gravel tire for those who believe there is a perfect tread pattern for every ride. Small, square knobs deliver consistent bite into a variety of terrain, while the ample spaces between them prevent packing up when conditions become fun (a.k.a wet). Truly all-season in nature, its 42mm width makes it a set-it-and-forget-it gravel tire for endlessly undulating roads through all varieties of weather.\nUsage: Gravel / Monstercross\nConditions: Dry to Wet / Hardpack to Loose Gravel\n- 650B: 440g\n- 700c: 460g\n\nSendero is for those who believe sending it shouldn\u2019t be limited to mountain bikes. As the first Road Plus tire designed solely with dirt in mind, the Sendero combines drop bar efficiency with the capabilities of an aggressive tread pattern. Ramped center knobs minimize rolling resistance while substantially spaced outer knobs ensure footing in loose terrain. Sendero was designed to be an aggressive tire without compromise. Looking to ride mountain bike tires on your drop bar bike? The Sendero is for you.\n- Designed to meet ETRTO standards, TCS (Tubeless Compatible System) tires feature the best of both worlds: they boast the ride benefits & reliability of a tubeless tire with the minimal weight of a tube-type tire.\n\nIt\u2019s all in the name, ThickSlick. Made with a burly casing designed to withstand the roughest urban conditions, while the no-nonsense, slick design provides the bite you need in the concrete jungle. Need more rubber? The nearly indestructible Flat Guard level, with its Urban Armor Casing and added rubber everywhere, provides optimal protection to contend with any city streets. It's no one wonder why this tire has a cult following among couriers, those not wanting to deal with flats, and value-conscious consumers.\nThickSlick Benefits:\n- Puncture Protection: The thicker a tire, the harder it is for glass, pins, staples, and other urban unpleasantries to worm their way in.\n- 2x the Rubber: Twice the rubber tread equates to twice the lifespan of a tire. This means your price is 50% off the competition.\n- Smoother Ride Quality: Twice the rubber makes for a smoother ride through the natural absorption qualities of rubber.\n- Usage: Urban, Recreation, Utility\n- Conditions: Road\n\nVenture 47 is our WTB's versatile Road Plus tire, delivering optimal performance across the widest range of conditions. The supportive centerline tread provides traction on hardpack terrain while the countless working edges of the intermediate ridges grab hold on gravel or dirt. Two rows of outer knobs provide additional cornering confidence and sidewall protection in loose or rocky conditions. Venture 47 is the tire of choice when the destination is unknown but you\u2019re sure to encounter a variety of terrain along along the way.\nFeatures:\n- The increased footprint of the Venture 47 allows for more working edges of the tread to always be in contact with the terrain.\n- A rounded profile with vertical channels enhances cornering characteristics.\n- Its high-volume casing creates a comfortable ride.\n- Dual Compound Rubber means a fast rolling tire with great corning traction.\n\nAmong our most versatile drop bar tires, the Venture delivers optimal performance across the widest range of conditions to serve as a truly set-it-and-forget-it gravel tire for riders who demand traction across a wide variety of terrain. Elevated centerline ridges provide consistent working edges that dig in whether hammering up a climb or leaning into a turn. Two rows of outer knobs provide confidence regardless of how hard you\u2019re cornering while also providing substantial sidewall protection. Venture TCS is the tire of choice when the destination is unknown but you\u2019re sure to encounter a variety of terrain along the way.\n- The large, high-volume footprint of each Venture tire allows for more working edges of the tread to always be in contact with the terrain\n- Rounded profile with vertical channels to enhance cornering characteristics\n- High volume casing enables comfortable ride\n- Dual Compound Rubber means a fast-rolling tire with great corning traction\n- Designed to meet ETRTO standards, TCS (Tubeless Compatible System) tires feature the best of both worlds: they boast the ride benefits & reliability of a tubeless tire with the minimal weight of a tube-type tire.\n\nThe Verdict family presents our most aggressive front-focused tires for days where relentless traction takes priority over rolling efficiency. Tall, chunky knobs dig deep into soft terrain regardless of how loose or sloppy it may be. Abundant open space between all knobs gives them room to dig through the driest days of summer and fling mud in the wettest months. The Verdict family is guilty of holding it down through off-camber corners and chundery descents.\nVerdict is the do-it-all spike designed to handle loose, technical trails. Its toothy knobs dig into soft terrain and grapple through rocks and roots. Dry and dusty during the loose summer months in California, Colorado or Italy? Go with the Verdict.\nPAIR IT WITH A JUDGE\nThe Judge 2.4 rear tire compliments their usage with equally robust knobs that emphasis claw-like braking traction while also keeping rolling efficiency in mind. Looking to keep the front upright while you steer with the rear? That\u2019s what you get with the Verdict/Judge combo.\nTRITEC AND SLASH GUARD:\nVerdict and Verdict Wet feature TriTec Compound, which utilizes three rubber compounds to provide different levels of traction, support, and durability based on their placement within the tread. The entire tread pattern is supported by a base of supportive rubber, which transitions halfway into the height of the knobs and allows for the use of softer knob compounds without folding under cornering forces. The tops of the center knobs consist of an intermediate compound to provide traction and durability without sacrificing rolling efficiency. Outer knobs feature a soft compound that delivers maximum grip and slow rebound. All TCS Light versions of the new Verdict tires feature Slash Guard technology, which incorporates a protective nylon insert spanning the entire sidewall to provide extra protection without the weight of a dual-ply casing. Verdict Wet is only available with a TCS Tough casing, and therefore, isn\u2019t available with Slash Guard.\nFEATURES:\n- The Verdict tread pattern excels in loosest, rowdiest conditions where relentless traction takes priority over rolling efficiency.\n- Abundant open space between all knobs allows the tread pattern to dig through the driest days of summer and fling mud in the wettest months.\n- Pair it with the Judge 2.4 as a rear tire for claw-like braking traction that matches the tenacious grip of the Verdict tread.\n- Optimized for use with i29 rims.\n\nThe Verdict family presents our most aggressive front-focused tires for days where relentless traction takes priority over rolling efficiency. Tall, chunky knobs dig deep into soft terrain regardless of how loose or sloppy it may be. Abundant open space between all knobs gives them room to dig through the driest days of summer and fling mud in the wettest months. The Verdict family is guilty of holding it down through off-camber corners and chundery descents.\nVerdict Wet provides taller knobs that punch through muddy terrain to provide dependable traction in unpredictable and greasy conditions. Wet and sloppy like an average spring ride in the Pacific Northwest or UK? Go with the Verdict Wet.\nPAIR IT WITH A JUDGE\nThe Judge 2.4 rear tire compliments their usage with equally robust knobs that emphasis claw-like braking traction while also keeping rolling efficiency in mind. Looking to keep the front upright while you steer with the rear? That\u2019s what you get with the Verdict/Judge combo.\nTRITEC AND SLASH GUARD:\nVerdict and Verdict Wet feature TriTec Compound, which utilizes three rubber compounds to provide different levels of traction, support, and durability based on their placement within the tread. The entire tread pattern is supported by a base of supportive rubber, which transitions halfway into the height of the knobs and allows for the use of softer knob compounds without folding under cornering forces. The tops of the center knobs consist of an intermediate compound to provide traction and durability without sacrificing rolling efficiency. Outer knobs feature a soft compound that delivers maximum grip and slow rebound. All TCS Light versions of the new Verdict tires feature Slash Guard technology, which incorporates a protective nylon insert spanning the entire sidewall to provide extra protection without the weight of a dual-ply casing. Verdict Wet is only available with a TCS Tough casing, and therefore, isn\u2019t available with Slash Guard.\nFEATURES:\n- The Verdict tread pattern excels in loosest, rowdiest conditions where relentless traction takes priority over rolling efficiency.\n- Abundant open space between all knobs allows the tread pattern to dig through the driest days of summer and fling mud in the wettest months.\n- Pair it with the Judge 2.4 as a rear tire for claw-like braking traction that matches the tenacious grip of the Verdict tread.\n- Optimized for use with i29 rims."}
-{"text": "20/20\" continues with teen kfl confidential. There has never been a shortage of stupid teen tricks, and they are going even further. So, here is dan harris with this year's crop of class clowns. Reporter: School is out for the summer and the internet is primed and pumping with adolescent idiocy on steroids. These days, the stupid teen tricks are more outrageous than ever. Digital age teen jack-assery even has its own vernacular -- planking. The cinnamon challenge. And eyeball shots with tabasco sauce and vodka. But those stunts are now hopelessly passe. Here's the new thing. It involves salt, a few cubes of ice and voila -- third degree burns! What is that? Oh, my god! Reporter: Whoever can stand it the longest wins. Oh my gosh. It's a condom. Reporter: Think you've had the sex talk with your teen? Well you probably never imagined you would have to tell them where not to put a condom -- condom snorting is one of the hottest teen trends online right now. I'm going to be doing a challenge that I probably shouldn't be doing but that's okay. Did you hear that? Reporter: Yeah. I probably shouldn't be doing this, yet-- Reporter: She knows. Yeah. Reporter: We're going to stop the video here because this is pretty gross, but that condom goes up her nose and comes out her mouth. I know what it means to be a teen in trouble. Reporter: Josh shipp is a behavior expert who has appeared on the reality show \"teen trouble.\" There's actually a lot of dangers with the condom challenge. They can get caught. You can suffocate on it. Reporter: If they're not inhaling latex -- They might be inhaling alcohol. Smoking this type of stuff, does that actually do anything to you? This guy's claiming that he can get a buzz off of it. Reporter: Not just a buzz but oh, dude. Reporter: Not just a buzz but rapid intox case, because the alcohol vapors bypass the stomach and heads straight to a teenager's brain. A brain that is, by the way, already at a disadvantage. Is this an illustration of the fact that the part of a teenager's brain that regutes stupid impulses is not physically fully developed yet? Yeah. This is a phase in their life where they are the most impulsive. They're thinking, you know, \"will this be funny? Will people think this is cool?\" Reporter: Something else thenning and it isn't a new trend at all. A study out just this week shows teen speeding is on the rise. 18 year-old pranjal dahiya raced down this dark road at 110 miles an hour. Oh, jesus, take the wheel! Reporter: His friend was driving. Pranjal was filming. When you were speeding along, did you think, \"this is pretty funny\"? It was more like, \"yeah, this is sweet.\" Like, \"yeah, we're cool. night.\" I think some teens think that they're, like, one video away from becoming a celebrity. They want to be known. They want that attention. Hope you all enjoyed that. Reporter: Daniel jensen, an 18-year-old from california, gets lots of online attention because of high jginnings like this. His latest stunt was inspired by this nike video with kobe bryant. It popped up in my head and i was like you know what I think i want to try jumping over a car. Reporter: But a parked car wasn't enough -- daniel was set on one that was speeding towards him. Perhaps the only person with less common sense than daniel was the driver. My biggest concern was how he would know when exactly to jump. And he told me don't worry about it. I was supposed to have her drive towards me, about 40 miles an hour. And by the time I came down, she would be gone, so I wouldn't land on the car. But I jumped too late. I felt myself in the air. I closed my eyes and the first thought that went through my head was -- oh, my goodness, I just killed daniel. I just threw my feet down. And I was like \"did I land that? I didn't die?\" Reporter: Daniel posted his video on youtube just two weeks ago and it has already impressed hundreds of thousands of viewers, but not his father. He made me promise not to do anymore stupid things. But we have different opinions of stupid. Reporter: Is there any risk that by showing these videos that we're encouraging people to do this kind of moronic stuff? We cannot protect our kids from seeing these sorts of videos. This is an opportunity for you to talk to your kid about them Reporter: And this part is key. He says, you have to talk in a certain way to be effective. Here's the idea. Lecturing leading to them tuning you out. But questioning leads to critical thinking. Reporter: Do you think this is dumb? Right, instead of saying, this is the stupid, do you think this is stupid? But furthermore, you need to show them what the possible dangers are. Find a video where it goes terribly wrong and show at video. Reporter: This is that video. Remember pranjal? As he recorded his friend speeding at 110 miles per hour the car hit a curve. I heard, like, the car screech. And then i, like, flew out the back. My entire body was numb. I broke my c-6 vertebrae. And then when it broke it, like, shattered, that paralyzed me from my neck down. Reporter: He has spent the last year recovering and adjusting to a life that will now be lived in a wheelchair. All this because of -- like, maybe 45 seconds of being stupid. Reporter: Which will be with you forever. Forever pretty much, yeah. Reporter: What's your message to kids? You can definitely have, fun, but there's always that limit, and don't, like, push it, push it, push it. Reporter: Do you point to your legs and said, \"this can happ to you?\" Yeah, I mean, I was that kid. 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-{"text": "Subject: Proposed Rule S7-09-09\n\nAs a small Registered Advisor, I strongly feel that this ruling would place a significant financial and administrative hardships on me and my fellow small to medium sized advisors.\n\nPlease reconsider either the scope of this proposed random audit, or the application to what sized firms. As proposed, it will literally drive many small RIA's out of business, which will severely limit the personal choices for many consumers."}
-{"text": "A mom's mission to understand and overcome her son's rare food allergy\n\nMenu\n\nWe Just Booked Our First Family Vacation!\n\nEek! I\u2019m so excited (and nervous) to be planning our first family vacation to the beach!\n\nMy husband and I both grew up in the Philadelphia area with grandparents who lived \u201cdown the shore.\u201d Going to the Jersey Shore was a huge part of both of our childhoods. After we started dating we continued to spend as much of our summers as possible at the shore, alternating between my family in North Wildwood and his in Sea Isle City. In fact, going \u201cdown the shore\u201d was so important to us that even after we moved to Florida and lived less than an hour away from the white sandy beaches and clear blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico, we continued to fly north every summer to spend at least a couple of days soaking up the sun and nostalgia of the Mid-Atlantic Coast. These beaches equal summer to us and we can\u2019t wait to share the experience with E.\n\nLast year we managed to make a day trip to visit Jonathan\u2019s grandmother in Sea Isle in the spring. E got to have his first glimpse of the ocean, but it was too cold and dreary to really experience the beach. We had hoped to make it back in the summer for a real visit. But, alas, it never happened, due to multiple reasons, not the least of which is that we were still getting used to being parents and dealing with E\u2019s food allergies.\n\nThis summer is different. We are definitely getting the hang of the whole parenting thing and have a pretty good handle on living with FPIES. And I am soooo ready for a vacation! I also think E is at a great age to have his first beach trip. He is such a little explorer and is very into digging. (I wonder if digging on the beach will be as much fun as digging in my gardens.) He is also very into swimming and splashing in our baby pool. He\u2019s going to have a blast!\n\nUnfortunately our options for free places to stay in New Jersey are pretty much nonexistent this year. We considered renting a house for a week but that\u2019s just not in the budget right now. However, one of the perks to all of Jonathan\u2019s traveling is that he has racked up a ton of hotel loyalty points. We figured this would be a great solution but then remembered that one of the things that makes the shore so charming is that there aren\u2019t any large chain hotels. So, after much debate, we decided to extend our search outside of New Jersey and found a hotel on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland! Perfect! We are still within a reasonable driving distance from home, will get to experience all of the things that make up a trip to \u201cthe shore\u201d and will have the perks of a beach front location, complete with room service and maid service! (No, it is not lost on me that we will be taking our first family vacation to a state who\u2019s most famous fare is also the cause of E\u2019s most recent reaction, but what can you do?)\n\nWhile part of me is a little sad that E\u2019s first beach experience won\u2019t be in New Jersey, the change of venue means we have no expectations. There is nothing we will feel like we have to do, no traditions to uphold. We get to start with a perfectly clean slate and create our own family traditions and tons of memories. This is important because this vacation will be different from any other vacation we have ever taken!\n\nNot only is this our first vacation with a toddler in tow, but we also have to figure out how to avoid allergens while relying on restaurant meals. I think we can pull it off (I am holding my breath and crossing my fingers as I type this).\n\nOur hotel room advertises a microwave and refrigerator so with a bit (who am I kidding \u2013 a ton) of preplanning I think I can bring enough safe food for E for the three days and two nights we\u2019ll be gone. I\u2019m already thinking about what this will entail and feeling pretty good about it. Luckily E is pretty easy-going and will eat pretty much whatever we give him, as long as he is eating \ud83d\ude42 He doesn\u2019t seem to get to tired of eating the same things every day, he\u2019s never had much of choice because his diet has always been so limited. That being said, I think we can get away with our typical cereal for breakfast, peanut butter and jelly for lunch and maybe some salmon/avocado salad for dinner. With a bunch of fruit and our two safe processed snack foods, it might not even be that bad.\n\nOn the bright side, I think we may not spend as much money or eat as much unhealthy food on this vacation, compared to every other vacation we\u2019ve ever taken together. (I seriously gained 10 pounds on our honeymoon.) We\u2019ll probably try to avoid restaurants as much as possible so we\u2019ll likely eat breakfast and lunch in the hotel room. We\u2019ll definitely be skipping the ice cream parlors and funnel cakes on the boardwalk and dinners will probably not result in the bar bills that we are used to. There are some positive aspects of FPIES.\n\nJonathan and I consider ourselves foodies and so food and fine dining have always been a significant part of our vacations, so it seems to weird to plan our trip around avoiding the food. But vacations aren\u2019t really about food but about spending time together as a family. I\u2019m so excited to see my little guy on the beach, swimming at the hotel pool, and checking out the boardwalk. FPIES will make the trip a little more difficult and packing a little more stressful but we are getting pretty good at managing outings and restaurants and I\u2019m determined to not let FPIES get in the way of my son (as well as my husband and myself) having an awesome summer.\n\nI\u2019ll keep you posted as the vacation plans progress, but right now I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts. Can you give me any advice for vacationing with a toddler? Vacationing with food allergies? Any ideas for foods that travel well (we have enough time to do a couple of trials between now and then so I\u2019m open to anything that isn\u2019t on the official allergens list)? What is there to do in Ocean City, Maryland?\n\nCategories\n\nI am a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology and a researcher by nature. When my son was diagnosed with FPIES, I turned to research to wrap my head around the diagnosis. We have been dealing with food allergies for over a year and we are finally getting a handle on them. I hope I can offer some information and support to others who are living with FPIES or other food allergies."}
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-{"text": "How to Keep Your Girlfriend from Ever Leaving You\n\nHow to make your girlfriend choose you over anything and never ever leave you\u2026 I\u2019ll admit it. That\u2019s a pretty bold claim. But nonetheless, it is what today\u2019s article is going to teach you.\n\nThis is a subject on which there could be written so much that it could fill a whole library of books\u2026 And there has. But that\u2019s NOT what I want to do today.\n\nDating \u201cexperts\u201d often make it too darn complicated. It really doesn\u2019t have to be rocket science to get a great girl and keep her.\n\nBecause that is what you want, right?\n\nHow to guarantee that she won\u2019t ever leave you\u2026\n\nThe only way to guarantee that your girlfriend won\u2019t ever leave you is to give her exactly what she looks for in a man. If you\u2019re able to do that, she will never have the need to try anything else.\n\nThis will of course be different for every girl on the planet, but in my experience, there are\u2026\n\nFour things that every woman on earth are looking for:\n\n1. Excitement\n\nThis is numero uno baby. No excitement, no fun, no sexiness, no humor = No relationship, se\u00f1or!\n\nIf you aren\u2019t fun to be around, she isn\u2019t going to stick around. It\u2019s as simple as that.\n\nSo, keep a sly smile. Be witty. Joke around. Don\u2019t be too concerned about what people think about you. Be a little reckless. Be sexy. Do something out of the ordinary. surprise her.\n\nAnd most important of all: Be present!\n\n2. Stability & trust\n\nStability and trust without excitement equals boredom, but if you mix the two, you have a very potent combination.\n\nWhen you add the stability component to your relationship, you lay some very serious building blocks.\n\nBefore she can trust you, you have to do everything in your power to keep your word every single time. No excuses and no exceptions. Stability comes naturally when you do this over time.\n\nThis is the long-term one. The \u201cmeet the parents\u201d one. And the one that makes everything else so much better.\n\n3. Understanding & acceptance\n\nShe has to feel loved and accepted.\n\nIf you don\u2019t understand her and accept her completely, your relationship will never be as deep or fulfilling as it can possibly be.\n\nYou have to love every single thing about her. From her toes to the top of her head and everything over, under and in-between.\n\n4. Responsibility & honesty\n\nYou have to be able to take responsibility for your own life. Having a direction and having the courage to act on it is alpha-omega for long-term love.\n\nIt all boils down to your self-worth. If you have a problem but choose not to fix it (i.e. you need to lose a few pounds, but grab the chips instead) she won\u2019t ever be able to trust you completely.\n\nAnd before she can be the women that makes you want to be a good man, she needs to feel secure with you. She needs to trust you. But she only trusts you when you trust yourself. That\u2019s where it starts.\n\nHonesty is just as important, and none of all this advice can work if you are unable to be open to her. If you can\u2019t be honest, she won\u2019t be, either, and it\u2019s never going to work.\n\nConclusion\n\nDo you see how these four traits go together and strengthen each other?\n\nWhen you accept her more, she will be more open for excitement, which will lead to the trust in the relationship increasing, which will lead to you taking more responsibility because you feel more masculine and because your confidence grows\u2026 And the list goes on.\n\nWhen these four things are in place, she won\u2019t have a choice but to fall in love with you and stay in love with you.\n\nIf you can do all this for your girlfriend, she will never get the idea to even think about trying greener pastures\u2026 Because yours will be as green as it gets.\n\n4 thoughts on \u201cHow to Keep Your Girlfriend from Ever Leaving You\u201d\n\nSome excellent points here Alex. With excitement, variety is so critical. We get too complacent in our relationships and fall into the same patterns day after day. You\u2019ve got to keep things fresh.\n\nI think another point is self-maintenance. You\u2019ve got to keep up with the qualities that attracted her in the first place. Look your best, dress up sometimes, keep healthy and active. It comes back to complacency and resting on your laurels.\n\nFinally, you really have to be honest with everything in the relationship. People always hammer in \u201ccommunication\u201d but not enough do it. If you\u2019re upset about something, let her know. If you want to do something else, tell her. Don\u2019t bury shit because you only end up with resent and blowing up about it later.\n\nEverything here is so true, heres an insite to the female mind free, I want to emphasize that a girl wants a guy to actually BE THERE, sappy stuff on the phone doesn\u2019t cut it. Bonding is crucial, learn about her friends, past, secrets, and so on, knowing this will also mean she trusts you, and don\u2019t ask her ex\u2019s or friends cuz thats just cowardly. It will give you a chance to bond but this has to be done in PERSON or it won\u2019t have the same effect, this is also why long-distance relationship usually blow up and fail.\n\nWho is Alex Kay?\n\nHi, my name is Alex Kay. Welcome to Just Keep The Change \u2013 a blog focusing on making every man a better man. The focus of the blog is dating and relationships in a modern world context where man and technology is inseparable, our choice is greater than ever and the world is seemingly complex.\n\nJoin the free course on making women want you\n\nAbout Just Keep The Change\n\nHi, my name is Alex Kay. Welcome to Just Keep The Change \u2013 a blog focusing on making every man a better man. The focus of the blog is dating and relationships in a modern world context where man and technology is inseparable, our choice is greater than ever and the world is seemingly complex.Continue reading"}
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-{"text": "If you'd asked me when I was 10, I would have told you WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that by 2011 we'd all be shooting around in the sky with jetpacks on, crashing into each other, getting sucked into jet engines, and all around dying every way possible a person with a rocket strapped to their back can. But are we? Nooooooooooooo. Enter Martin Aircraft, the developer of a 'jetpack' (which actually functions with ducted fans and not jets) I've been reporting on since 2008, just waiting to get my hands on one and touch the sky. Oooooooor hover outside your bedroom window watching you change.\n\nJetpacks...have no passive ways of generating lift, so if you run into a mechanical issue, you're pretty well screwed. Martin Aircraft is well aware of this potentially fatal shortcoming, so they've installed a ballistic parachute system designed to get you to a safe landing no matter what happens.\n\nA ballistic parachute is just like a normal parachute except that it uses a small explosive charge to deploy itself really, really fast. Since you don't have to wait for the parachute to open, it'll do its job even if you're close to the ground\n\nThere's still no official release date, but there is a video after the jump of a guy taking the thing to 5,000ft (you should have gone the extra 280-feet to a mile and played with yourself!) and deploying the emergency parachute. SPOILER: it worked. \"Dammit!\" You're sick.\n\nUPDATE: Test dummy, not an actual person. Now even I'm pissed that shit didn't catch fire and explode.\n\nThanks to Mike, Joseph B., costy and Reed, who have all reached for the stars with over $100 of fireworks strapped to their backs. How'd that work out for you guys? Nothing but burnt buttcheeks? Shocking Smoldering."}
-{"text": "Find a Fort Collins Algebra 2 Tutor\n\nSubject:\n\nZip:\n\n...Following my graduation from UCSD (BS in Physiology and Neuroscience) with top honors of Summa Cum Laude (top 1% with a GPA of 3.948), I gained extensive knowledge in the fields of biology and math. During my undergraduate years in college, I mastered math and biology classes receiving more A+ t...\n\n...I have been helping people excel in various subjects since I started elementary school. I have worked with all kinds of students, including those with ADD/ADHD, first generation, non-traditional, autistic, etc. I am able to tutor almost all general courses including: chemistry, algebra, writing, reading, biology, logic, physiology, etc.\n\n...I proofread for many of them, and still get requests two years after graduation for help on this front. Though I never actually took an English course in college, due to AP credit for English Comp & Lit and English Language & Lit, grammar and proper speech have always been fun for me. Yes, I was that girl who loved to diagram sentences.\n\n...Things that can be negotiated are lecture vs walk through practice problems, individual or group (group rates will be lower per individual but higher as a whole), duration of each meeting. My availability listed is a guideline and is not set in stone.Have taken math through college, this is basic math for me. I can teach people from 6th grade through college.\n\n...Good luck in your studies!I took a differential equations class as part of my undergraduate math minor(physics major) and I received a B but the teacher was widely regarded as the toughest in the department. Since then I have used differential equations extensively in my other classes such as un..."}
-{"text": "Running In Heels\n\n21st March 2014\n\nI\u2018m channeling some serious sports luxe today! You might remember me talking about this amazing Lavish Alice top in a post I did last week. I had been lusting over this sporty looking number since I saw it on the website and Lavish Alice kindly sent it to me so I could style it up for this post. Naturally I went the whole hog with the sports theme and teamed it with some luxe satin joggers (C/O Peacocks), my trust snake rucksack and some sporty style heels (not that sports should be performed in such footwear!). The top is part of Lavish Alice\u2019s new Premium Jersey Basics range so head over to their site to check out the rest of the range!\n\nit looks anyplace close conventional is after another person has blow-dried or styled photographer hampstead it. I regularly have beauticians let me know I have the best hair for taking a shot at. I have recognized getting the hack various times as of recently not long from now"}
-{"text": "Monday, January 14, 2008\n\nA Bartender's Rant\n\nOk, today at work, I experienced several things that really just GRIND MY GEARS!!! So people, please take the time to read this, and really CONSIDER what I am about to say, because I can promise you, I speak for more than just myself.\n\nFirst of all, when you are a customer at a bar, please heed the following:\n\n1) If it's your turn to order, KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT! Don't stand there with your thumb up your ass till the bartender comes to you and asks what you want and then say, \"Uhhh....uhhhh...\" Because that's really annoying. And a waste of everyone's time. That includes other people in your group as well! If you're ordering for anyone other than yourself, don't go, \"I need 4, uh...\" and then turn around to your friends and ask what they want. Point being?? HAVE YOUR ORDER READY!\n\n2) SPEAK CLEARLY, AND TO THE BARTENDER! Don't mumble, or cover your mouth with your hand, or say, \"I want a vodka redbull and (Idiot turns around to point at who he is ordering for, while still speaking.)\" I can't hear you when you're turned all the way around pointing at someone and saying, \"she wants a martini.\" I don't care who the fuck the drinks are all for, just tell me what you need so I can get to making them!\n\n3) NEVER WHISTLE AT US! We're not dogs, and I promise you, if you whistle to get my attention I will do one of the following: ignore you, or rip you a new asshole for being such an ignorant bastard.\n\n4) WAIT YOUR FUCKING TURN!!! We all learned to wait in lines in grade school, right?? Apparently not. If I'm taking someone else's order, I'm not going to take yours until I'm damn ready. DON'T fucking interupt me taking someone else's order! You can just wait. Ordering a drink is not a life or death situation. So chill the fuck out. I'll get to you when I get to you.\n\n5) DON'T WAVE YOUR HAND AT ME, DON'T WAVE A NAPKIN AT ME, DON'T YELL \"MISS!\" OR \"MAM!\" OR \"HEY!\"I will proceed to ignore you while you jump around like a cracked out gorilla. We do see you. We see everyone. And believe it or not, we have a system that you may not be able to detect. So when it's your turn, I WILL COME TO YOU. Again, not a life or death situation. And you look like a fucking idiot.\n\n6) DON'T MAKE ME RUN ALL OVER THE BAR 8 TIMES, JUST TO TAKE YOUR ORDER. Know your ENTIRE order when you place it. Don't order 2 beers... Then 2 more beers... Then 3 shots. Order 4 beers, and 3 shots. We're good at our jobs, and we can remember drink orders IN THEIR ENTIRETY! And I can promise you, you'll have to wait longer the next time you come to the bar if you do this. We aren't your slaves, and we have plenty of other customers to assist besides you.\n\n7) TIP BY THE DRINK! For example, if you order 2 vodka tonics, and 2 shots, then you should tip for the vodka, and the shot. Because that's 2 different things we had to make you, and it makes sense that we should get tipped for each. If you think that's too much, then you don't need to be going out.\n\n8) ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND that you are not our only responsibility. We have several, not just including the other bar guests, and the waitresses. So don't call us over to you every 5 seconds. It's annoying, and we'll start to avoid you.\n\n9) I don't think I should have to say this but...I better just in case. DON'T BE AN ASS!@! If you piss one of us off, not only will that person you pissed off not serve you, chances are, NONE OF US WILL. And you may even be asked to leave if your childish behavior reaches an inappropriate level. That means IF WE ASK YOU TO STOP DOING SOMETHING, STOP. DON'T ARGUE. DON'T BE DIFFICULT. DON'T BE A PERV. DON'T BE ANNOYING. DON'T GET AN ATTITUDE. We're just trying to do our jobs. We WANT you guys to be happy! So don't be so quick to pounce on us.\n\nThat pretty much sums it up i think...\n\nDemetri Of The Day:\"Every fight is a food fight when you\u2019re a cannibal.\"\n\nCome on guys... cut her some slack. I doubt this \"rant\" came up after one night... I'm sure this has been building for a long time. And just because she's ranting on her blog doesn't mean she'll actually be rude to a customer's face (unless they deserve it). I think those who say something negative about this post are probably guilty of at least one of the things she mentioned.\n\nI have a lot of friends who are bartenders, and I always wait patiently, have my order ready and tip VERY well. Consequently, I remembered when I order again or come in on another night- bartenders remember my drink and often don't charge me for one or two, or give me and friends free shots.\n\nI've been in customer service since I was 14. Yes, there are some things that you have to suck up but she's totally right in most of this post. Some customers are stupid and need to know certain things.\n\nI think that the person who said \"suck it up\" is probably one of those people that always piss the people in customer service off! haha\n\nActually, I never give those in the service industry a hard time considering I've had part-time jobs that were just that. However, if you're not happy with the whole customer aspect of it (and yes there WILL be rude customers) then get a new job. Complaining about it won't help.\n\nYou realize that being apart of the service industry means that you have to comply to the customers wishes. I'm sorry to say but your bosses dont actually care about you or the customers. They just care about the amount of money that they get. So, it is therefore your job to put up with customer complaints and stupidity and make your company money. That's how capitalism works, hun.\n\nmost bars won't let customers treat their bartenders like crap. they are very protective of their personnel. and no matter how much a person likes her job, there are going to be aspects that can be annoying. especially customer service. it's inescapable because there are a lot of rude, inconsiderate assholes out there. and while a person working might have her game face on, she needs a place to vent. just because peyton is letting off some steam doesn't mean she is bad at her job, dislikes her job or is rude to her customers. surely everyone has had a bad day at work and needed to unload. . .\n\nLOL... I'm with Peyton on this one... some people need reminders on social norms. I used to work at Baskin Robbins (I know is different than a bar) but we would have lines out the door, I would hate people that wait in line for 2 hours, then come up to the front, and then start thinking about which ice cream they want, the famous \"uhhhhhhhhhhh......\" and then turn around ask their family/friends, and in the meantime theyve completely held up the line. Those type of people always make the line/wait longer than it needs to be.\n\nEveryone has aspects of their jobs they hate, its fine to rant about it. Personally, all my college jobs in customer service, there were fun aspects, but there were definitely days i need to let out steam."}
-{"text": "Since NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced current owner Donald Sterling's lifetime ban on Monday night, celebrities have released statements through their reps and tweeted their desire to purchase the winning team.\n\nSterling is expected to be removed as owner because of audiotapes leaked to the press in which he makes racist statements. While speaking to then-girlfriend V. Stiviano, Sterling tells her not to bring black people to Clippers games, and not to take pictures with blacks.\n\nSterling was fined $2.5 million, banned from all NBA games and practices for life, and his team will be for sale, if NBA owners decide in a three-fourths vote to eject him. The vote is expected to be unanimous.\n\nMagic Johnson and billionaire investment firm Guggenheim Partners were mentioned early after the scandal erupted as being interested in buying the team. It was Stiviano's Instagram photo with Johnson and a female friend that set off Sterling's rant.\n\nJohnson confirmed his interest in buying the Clippers during a Wednesday business conference.\n\n\"I will be owning an NBA team sometime,\" Johnson said. \"Is the Clippers the right situation? Of course. It's one of the premiere franchises.\"\n\nThe Clippers broke a franchise record last month after clenching their 57th victory. They are currently in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.\n\nThe success of the Clippers was also noticed by Oprah Winfrey, who is interested in purchasing the team in partnership with a billionaire businessman and a music mogul.\n\n\"Oprah Winfrey is in discussions with David Geffen and Larry Ellison to make a bid for the Los Angeles Clippers should the team become available,\" a Winfrey spokesperson said in a statement.\n\nAnother music mogul interested in the team, is Bad Boy CEO Sean \"Diddy\" Combs.\n\n\"I will always be a Knicks fan, but I am a business man. #DiddyBuyTheClippers #NameYourPrice,\" he tweeted.\n\nAlso expressing interest in the team are hip-hop artist Rick Ross, boxers Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya, and billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad.\n\nA date for the NBA owners' vote to remove Sterling as owner has not been announced."}
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-{"text": "Downton Abbey: Gambling, Rape, and Babies, Oh My!\n\nI have been trying to watch this season live rather than DVRing it and watching it later, but I can\u2019t resist. The series seems so short that I want to try and make it last, but there\u2019s something about watching it live with an online community of people that makes it so much more fun! The series opens in 1922 \u2013 a far cry from the Titanic era in which they began. We aren\u2019t yet at the height of the roaring twenties, but we are getting there. And the costumes, for one, are definitely emerging from their more conservative shells, little by little.\n\nA few things I\u2019ve noticed during the first two episodes of Series 4:\n\nThe theme song still gives me chills every time.\n\nMary and Matthew\u2019s baby\u2019s name is George? Wow, that\u2019s a popular British name this year.\n\nI am obsessed with the color of Lord and Lady Grantham\u2019s bedroom. That robin\u2019s egg blue is just perfection. And that lighting \u2013 oh, the lighting. It makes everything look more beautiful, especially in HD.\n\nI adore prams. I wish they would come back in style. My grandmother had one that was old as dirt that we played with as kids and I always wanted to save it for my own children, if ever I had some. I have no idea where that is now, but if I ever have kids \u2013 I\u2019m getting a pram!\n\nPhoto: Telegraph.co.uk\n\nI simply love Lady Mary. I think her grieve is so palpable, and it makes perfect sense that she is grieving not only for her husband but for the careful young woman that she briefly allowed herself the opportunity to be. I think Matthew\u2019s death is as hard for her as realizing that she may never be able to let herself go again. I can certainly relate.\n\nAnd how about Lord Grantham being perturbed about the fact that Mary is essentially the sole heir of Downton? Go, girl! Seems despite her father\u2019s wishes to remain in control, life is getting in the way and Mary is moving full steam ahead. Maybe Matthew was a catalyst for Mary to assume control of Downton Abbey. Funny that as open-minded as Grantham can be, he is still holding on dearly for control of his estate. I wonder if he\u2019d be just as uncomfortable if a male was taking over. I doubt it.\n\nPhoto: dailymail.co.uk\n\nEdith still gets on my nerves. She\u2019s just a little too desperate. I would feel like I had a sort of spinster sympatico with her, but she has a history of throwing her sisters under the bus and being a little witch. I love her attempts at being coy and coming out of her shell to try and hook Mr. Gregson in her foxy London outfits, but she just doesn\u2019t really pull it off. I could really care less what happens to her in the long run. I miss Lady Sybil!\n\nSpeaking of the babies of Downton Abbey \u2013 what was with Mr. Barrow giving away that George and little Sybil\u2019s nanny was a cruel woman? Seems he had an ulterior motive but I just didn\u2019t pick up on quite what it was.\n\nPhoto: digitalspy.com\n\nSpeaking of Sybil, poor Tom. The guy looks bloated and uncomfortable in his own skin, and can you blame him? He\u2019s stuffed into a tux and forced to wine and dine with horrible people all day and night, without the comfort of his lovely wife on his arm. At least he\u2019s got his little girl, mini-Sybil. I still find it funny that all of Downton was in arms over his courting their daughter, and now that Tom has married her, had a child with her, and dealt with her passing away, they are keeping him prisoner at Downton. Poor guy just doesn\u2019t belong, and I don\u2019t think he ever wanted to. It\u2019s a bit of a jab at his character to show how constantly uncomfortable he is \u2014 like he just can\u2019t \u201cman up\u201d and don the penguin suit with the rest of them. We\u2019ll see where this leads us.\n\nAnd for the worst news ever: Anna getting raped by Mr. Green! Anna and Bates are by far my favorite characters on this show. Seems the poor woman was punished for having fun and being nice and chatty with this man \u2013 nothing out of the ordinary, of course, except for the fact that had this houseguest arrived ten years ago, he a) never would have had the chance to be alone with Anna and b) all the kitchen staff would never have been invited to a concert upstairs in the main living space. It was just a recipe for disaster.\n\nAnd of course Anna doesn\u2019t want Mr. Bates to know, seeing as he is a convicted felon already and doesn\u2019t exactly have a penchant for restraint, especially when it comes to those he loves. Wow. I really, really hope that Julian Fellowes doesn\u2019t drop this story line a la Mad Men with Joan\u2019s indecent proposal in \u201cThe Other Woman.\u201d I know that sexual assault happened all the time (and still does), but nevertheless, it\u2019s a big fucking deal. I\u2019m sick of writers using rape as a tool for plot advancement. Where is this going? I hope it\u2019s not another \u201cBates falls on his sword so he spends a year in prison while we wait anxiously for another pensive visit between him and Anna with absolutely no reward at the end.\u201d That would be a snore. And what of Anna? I hope she doesn\u2019t dissolve into the demure girl who saw in the first seasons of Downton. Arg. This one\u2019s a complicated one\u2026"}
-{"text": "Palestinian Arabs Rally Against Talks with Israel\n\nLeftist PA-based groups organize rallies against peace talks and against Kerry's proposal for a framework.\n\nContact Editor\n\nElad Benari, 26/01/14 03:16\n\nPA protesters in Shechem (archive)\n\nReuters\n\nPalestinian Arabs on Saturday held demonstrations in opposition to peace negotiations with Israel and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's framework proposal that will serve as the basis for future negotiations.\n\nThe Bethlehem-based Ma\u2019an news agency reported that the demonstrations were organized by leftist groups in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and were held in Hevron and Shechem.\n\nThe demonstrations claimed Kerry\u2019s proposals were intended to \"liquidate the question of Palestine and prolong the Israeli occupation.\"\n\nKerry is expected to announce a framework proposal to guide ongoing negotiations between Israel and the PA within the coming days.\n\nThe rally in Hevron kicked off in front of al-Hussein Ibn Ali football stadium, reported Ma\u2019an. Demonstrators carried PLO flags and flags of leftist factions, alongside signs denouncing the \"pressure\" the United States and Israel are putting on the PA to accept negotiations.\n\nA member of the central committee of the Palestinian People's Party, Fahmi Shahin, delivered a speech during the rally, calling upon the Palestinian Authority to \"immediately stop peace negotiations and to reject the U.S. sponsorship to these talks.\"\n\nThe American proposals \u201cto accept the Israeli occupation as a fact must be rejected,\" he added.\n\nShahin urged the PA to reject any move to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and called upon its leadership to demand the implementation of the so-called \u201cright of return\u201d of Palestinian refugees. Doing so would flood Israel with millions of Arabs.\n\nIn Shechem, reported Ma\u2019an, hundreds attended a rally in which they condemned Kerry's proposed framework agreement and what they claimed was the \u201cU.S. bias in favor of Israel\u201d.\n\nA member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ramzi Rabah, said that Kerry's repeated visits to the region have served as a way to give Israel more time to continue settlement activities, in the process imposing a new status quo that is \u201cdestroying the possibility of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem.\u201d\n\nRabah added that the framework agreement represents a great danger that has been rejected by the Palestinian people as being inconsistent with their national rights.\n\nHe further claimed that the agreement is a cover to allow Israel \u201cto speed up the processes of settlement and the Judaization of Jerusalem.\u201d\n\nThe rallies took place in the wake of continued talks between Israel and the PA, which have so far not accomplished much despite Kerry\u2019s never-ending optimism.\n\nSeveral days ago, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said that despite Kerry\u2019s efforts, the PA has so far gotten nothing out of the ongoing peace negotiations with Israel.\n\nAbbas blamed \u201cthe Israeli side\u201d for the lack of progress in the peace talks, slamming Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria as \"invaders\" with \"no right to Palestinian land\u201d.\n\nAbbas also stressed that Palestinian Arabs living inside what is now Israel \"were on the land 1,500 years before Israel was established.\"\n\nThe PA\u2019s chief negotiator Saeb Erekat declared on Tuesday that the PA will not agree to extending peace talks even a day beyond the nine-month framework. Talks began last July and are set to expire in April.\n\nAbbas has consistently declared that unless all his demands are met, there will never be peace with Israel. He has also made clear several times that the future Palestinian state will have no Israeli presence whatsoever. The last time he stated this was during his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week."}
-{"text": "24 June 2017\n\n.... Ms Saleem knows how dangerous the tolerance of intolerance can be. As a schoolgirl, she lost five years of her life at an Islamic boarding school in Nottingham. Its narrow curriculum and strict Sharia-inspired rules promised to make alimas (Islamic scholars) of its young charges. Instead, Ms Saleem believes it stunted her education and left young girls like her at serious risk of radicalisation.\n\n.... She is astounded at how politicians can talk about tackling extremism but support the segregation of Muslim children along the lines of gender and ethnicity. \u201cEnough is enough?\u201d she scoffs. \u201cNot if you\u2019re alienating and segregating Muslim children \u2014 often poor, vulnerable Muslim children, in faith schools.\u201d\n\n.... Ms Khan learnt to her cost the danger of not registering her Islamic marriage at a British register office. A few years later her husband was pressurised by his family to take a teenage cousin from Kashmir as a second wife. \u201cMy husband was crying in my arms the night before his wedding,\u201d she said.\n\nAfter the relationship became violent, she said it took her two years to be granted an Islamic divorce. \u201cI put the blame on the doorsteps of the mosques. All these men, sitting on chairs, acting in judgment. I went around all the Sharia courts \u2014 I remember sitting crying in front of the imams after all the beatings and black eyes \u2014 but all they wanted was money. We [Muslim women] end up sitting in front of extremists to get a divorce. It makes me very angry.\u201d [The Times (\u00a3)] Read more"}
-{"text": "Menu\n\nMapping It Out\u2026\n\nAnd so \u2013 as I approach this story \u2013 it matters to me to try to understand the characters and how they live. There is some evidence in scholarly text that Teiresias had an observatory.\n\n\u201cFantastic!\u201d I thought. \u201cI love astronomy.\u201d\n\nBut it\u2019s not that kind of observatory. More reading showed that it was an oinoskopeion or a site for ornithomancy: divination by means the flight and songs of birds.\n\nSome of the sources hinted that a map existed showing the tower. I\u2019ll admit to becoming a bit distracted by this. I had to find the map. Sometimes items for sale on ebay can be valuable for research \u2013 whether they are purchased on not. One seller had offered a page from the atlas produced in 1660 by Joannis Laurenberg. A rough map of Ancient Thebes was featured and one of the dozen or so buildings included, all ringed by seven temples and seven gates, was the Tiresi\u00e6 Auguraculum. (With apologies to the seller, the Buy It Now price was/is $120. There was no chance I\u2019d buy a copy.)\n\nIn the image below, the site of the Bird Observatory of Teiresias is shown near the center and toward the lower left. It would have been to the east of the Citadel of Thebes and the main market forum. The tower, if it existed, would likely have been taller than most of the Citadel. By comparing it with another (hypothetical) map* of Ancient Thebes, it might have stood on the northern lobe of the Ismenian Hill.\n\n* a topographical map from William Smith\u2018s \u201cA Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography\u201d"}
-{"text": "\"Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' New racism is no better than old racism.\"\n\nLimbaugh, citing Sotomayor's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano -- an affirmative action case involving the New Haven fire department that's being reviewed by the Supreme Court -- called the judge a \"reverse racist\" on his daily radio show Tuesday.\n\n\"So here you have a racist. You might -- you might want to soften that, and you might want to say a reverse racist. And the libs, of course, say that minorities cannot be racists because they don't have the power to implement their racism. Well, those days are gone, because reverse racists certainly do have the power to implement their power. Obama is the greatest living example of a reverse racist, and now he's appointed one.\"\n\nMedia Matters For America, the non-profit research and monitoring group, compiled a video of those comments, along with other \"racist\" accusations."}
-{"text": "Notes From SL\n\nWednesday, June 9, 2010\n\nDamn. I could have used that sort of money \u2013 a cool \u20ac8.8 million. That\u2019s the amount European researchers have received for doing an experiment which has be running, albeit haphazardly, for years in SL. The aim of the research: to place males in the bodies of female avatars and find out what they experience.\n\nProfessor Melvyn Slater and his team conducted an experiment in which 24 male volunteers were given female avatars who were then placed in a virtual environment. One group had a sort of mouse view virtual reality, while the others experienced their feminine side slightly offset, over the shoulder.\n\nThe press release state: \u201cUnsurprisingly, the 'body swapping' effect was more pronounced with the former. In some cases, the experience was so effective that the volunteers gasped and flinched when they appeared to be threatened; the researchers reported a drop in heart rate, a typical reaction to a perceived attack.\u201d I\u2019ve not read enough of the report to say if \u201cextremely fondling of body parts\u201d was higher in one group or the other.\n\nThe researchers believe that the tests show \u201cthat if you make people believe their bodies are different, it has an impact on the way they think and behave. This means, for instance, that with the technology we can experience what it is like to be a member of the opposite sex or someone with acute physical differences, such as an obese person.\u201d O for one, have had the same experience \u2013 and would be happy to reveal what it feels like to be a dragon escort.For \u20ac8.8 million, I\u2019d even do it again.\n\nSunday, May 23, 2010\n\nThe \u2018StopAll Animations Red Rose v0.02\u2019 consists of a slender green stalk, adorned with small thorns and crowned with bright red petals. The version I now hold in my hands was made by Logan Bauer and is comprised of eight prims. While not exceedingly beautiful, nor useful (the animation stopping can be done using the feature built into the viewer), it has a deep cultural importance to Second Life.\n\nTake, for example, the surprising lack of rose sellers in SL\u2019s romantic venues. In the real world we would be expected to be eventually confronted with this sort; thrusting a limp Rosa roxburghii at us while managing to say \u2018if you want to sleep with her tonight mate, you\u2019d better buy one of these\u2019 without uttering a word. They\u2019re nonexistence is due, of course, to the rose being free.\n\nAt the same time, the subsist totus alacritas rosa rutilus \u2013 if my Latin doesn\u2019t fail me \u2013 does fulfill the role of being a gift. With all the connotations of gift giving, of course (see rose seller\u2019s silent sales pitch above). How often have you passed this rose on to someone, only to find yourself just a while later enaged in passionate sex with the person to whom you offered it? Okay, I never have, but that\u2019s just me, I suspect. History often requires a bit of guesswork.\n\nThere is, of course, also the question of cultural norms when dropping this rose into someone\u2019s inventory of the same sex. While it is fairly easy for men to pass it to women, and women to men, or women to women even, for a man to pass it to a man just feels mildly camp. Which is why I ripped the script out of mine, and put it in an object called \u2018StopAll Animations Playboy Magazine\u2019. Actually, I haven\u2019t \u2013 but I will now that I thought of it.\n\nPlagiary, someone said, is the highest form of flattery.In fact, let me restate that. Plagiary, I have always said, is the highest form of flattery. Those of you familiar with the BBC program \u2018A History of the World in 100 Objects\u2019 will know that these new, sporadic postings entitled \u2018A History of Second Life in 100 Objects\u2019 is not really original. So be it. In the BBC program, British Museum director Neil MacGregor rummages through the back rooms of the museum, plucking items out \u2013 apparently at random \u2013 and tells their tale. A bit like a fuddy-duddy old pensioner who has had a port too many and is afraid you\u2019ll be heading for the door if he stops finding things to show you.Alas, one of the most delightful things about the program, and one I cannot plagiarize in mere writing, is the terrifically posh voices the participants in the radio show use. Macgreor himself has that nasal play on all his words that makes them seem to coagulate in the back reaches of throat before they come out in a mucky consonant clot. A bit like this: \u2018We a loo\u2019in a a fun spe saw min.\u2019 (We are looking at a fine specimen\u2026) I can\u2019t be bothered trying to write like that. I\u2019m just stealing the title in the hope that it\u2019ll give me loads of cross-references, allowing me to become rich and famous while riding on the coattails of the BBC.\n\nThursday, May 6, 2010\n\nI just got a notecard in SL that I haven\u2019t been coming to my astrology classes and the sender was wondering why. I was wondering why too, because as far as I know, I\u2019ve never been to astrology classes either in SL or RL. Maybe they know something about me I don\u2019t, but you\u2019d expect that from a decent astrologer.On closer reading I discover it\u2019s nothing more than a bit of advertising. And it\u2019s spooky in the way only astrologers can be and make you wish they wouldn\u2019t walk around with those sharp crystals or pointy pyramids.\u201cMy life's mission to to alert you and everyone to the magnificence of Astrology's ability to show your connection to the the Universe, to light your Path (whatever it may be) and to illuminate your Profile, Events, and interpersonal meaning,\u201d the notecard states. That is Very nice of Them, I think, though I Wonder why they use all the Capitals. And I\u2019m not entirely sure I want my profile or events illuminated, and at no extent my interpersonal meaning.\u201cRemember, Astrology isn't just about \"All is One,\" or \"we know everything already.\" Astrology is practical too. Astrology helps it to be possible to \"Really know\" because it's in your nitty-gritty and current truth and disruption.\u201d I almost want that to just stand there without comment, but I can\u2019t. Astrology is in my nitty gritty? And in my current truth? And my disruption? I can\u2019t help but think that astrology, pardon, Astrology is for confused people \u2013 and that has me more than confused.\u201cAstrology reveals your unconscious game plan (made before your current incarnation)\u2026\u201d OMG, they know my previous ave, they\u2019re on to me!\u201cIt walks in dilligent delight to show you yourself\u2026\u201d \u2026 as alliterations are awesomely added to advance aural assimilation without accepting any aid to apply. Or mean anything.It goes on like this for a few more lines. Or to be more exact: It Continuously comments on Cosmic Contexts.\n\nTuesday, August 4, 2009\n\nI don\u2019t have kids and I\u2019ve always found it mildly annoying to be around friends that do. Suddenly everything begins to rotate around the little blighters. Out goes the PS3, in comes the crib. Banished are all the sharp objects to make room for an odd collection of balls and teddy bears that litter the floor. Kids are, in a word, obtrusive \u2013 they take over your flat or your home, laying claim to it all with their grubby little hands.\n\nI have to keep that in mind at the moment.\n\nI logged on to SL to\u2026 errr\u2026. well\u2026 clear event invitations and I just rushed\u2026. I mean meandered over to check out how my three chicks were doing. Lucy, peeping away happily. Check. Linda? Strutting around on her little legs. Check. Eugene? Eugene? EUGENE!!!!!!\n\nHe was lost, gone, carried away by some stray cat or evil hearted hawk. I rushed around my land much like a chicken with its head cut off. If I had an animation \u201csit down and weep\u201d I might have felt like using it. Eugene\u2026 cut down in the prim or prime of his life\u2026. So young\u2026. Sniff.\n\nI finally found him; he\u2019d fallen into the pool but didn\u2019t seem the worse for it. But he was hunger so I gently nudged him to the feed bowl.\n\nThen I rushed\u2026 errrr.. meandered off to get a coop for the guys. Okay, it\u2019s a blight on my land right now and fits in, well, about as well as a grey ugly chicken coop fits in a heretofore lush and romantic tropical island. I\u2019m now convincing myself that I\u2019m not doing it for them. It\u2019s all about me. Really.\n\nMonday, August 3, 2009\n\nI am not one to mindlessly follow hysterical trends \u2013 hell, I got my first pair of bell bottom jeans in 1979, I still think Katie Price is an It-Girl. I might even go so far to say that I was surprised to hear that the reports of Mark Twain\u2019s demise were not greatly exaggerated. So I\u2019d not be that astonished were I to discover that everyone has already heard about Sion Chickens.\n\nFor those of you still wearing bell bottoms let me briefly describe them: They are virtual chickens in SL that hatch, eat, grow up to become roosters or hens and have sex. Actually, I\u2019m not so sure about the last bit, but this being SL I suspect they do. My friend Bavid has aptly depicted them as the tamagotchis of SL. Tamgotchis are the latest craze from Japan\u2026 no, wait, I think I\u2019m a bit late on that one as well. Just google it if you don\u2019t know what a tamagotchi is.\n\nThere is, of course, something amazingly peculiar about having a virtual pet in a virtual world. Peculiar, but apparently also very persuasive. Just how popular the little balls of feathers have become can be seen by visiting the main store of the creator. I haven\u2019t seen a line like that since I accidently visited Neva Neva.\n\nI am, of course, not falling for this mass hysteria. But I do know I have a duty to stay informed and in the loop. So, I purchased a starter pack (three eggs and four portions of chicken feed) for scientific purposes. And yes, I know \u201cscientific purposes\u201d is a euphemism for everything from using recreational drugs to buying porn mags to voting Republican. It\u2019s disgusting and dirty and demeaning if your friends find out.\n\nI also know from a bit of scientific reading that it would have been best to name the chickens something like \u201cChick001\", \u201cChick002\u201d, and so on. Giving them names like \u201cEugene\u201d, \u201cLucy\u201d and \u201cLinda\u201d might emotionalize my research and bring people to believe that I lack the emotional distance to observe these fluffy little balls of joy\u2026 I mean Gallus Virtualus, of course.\n\nI\u2019ll also deny that I stood watching the eggs for 15 minutes hoping something would happen. And even if I did, it wasn\u2019t a very emotional moment \u2013 open your fridge, take out an egg and look at it for a while. It was about that exciting. And, to be honest, after that brief moment of parental pride when Lucy, then Eugene and finally that little beauty of a biddy Linda deshelled, watching them stumble around my land was about as exciting as reading a phone book.\n\nAs you can see, I\u2019m not going to get caught up with doting indulgently on them. Though I will keep you up to date on their current state. I think I might just go check them now. I wonder if Lucy would like a satin lined nest when she gets bigger...\n\nFacebook Badge\n\nWhat this is all about\n\nThis is a logbook of exploring SL (Second Life), an amazingly addictive virtual 3D world \u201centirely created by its Residents\u201d as Linden Labs, the company behind it, likes to say.It will report on the interesting, the ludicrous and the banal (in varying proportions)."}
-{"text": "Usher your child into an adulthood that is governed by Biblical\nprinciples with Life Management under God.\nThis one-semester study will give your child godly advice when dealing with\nlife issues such as relationships, health, safety, careers, money, marriage,\nand more. Personal stories within this text show your child real-life\nsituations and the blessings and consequences that go along with good and poor\ndecisions. Study Questions and ample Bible references help your child learn and\napply principles to help him live a successful Christian life."}
-{"text": "Stern's biggest fuck up was not sharing marbles with Billy. Fantastic comedic performer and to my surprise very witty too as seen on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast. But the guy surely doesn't have any regrets leaving since you know he starred on a Prime Time Cartoon and voices practically every Ad Mascot."}
-{"text": "Years ago, when I was in my 30s, I conducted a television interview with a Zen Buddhist priest about the transformative power of meditation. At the time, I\u2019d dabbled with various types of meditation, but certainly didn\u2019t practice it regularly and couldn\u2019t attest to its benefits. While I really liked the priest and everything she [\u2026]\n\nWhat does it mean to dance with life? When we dance with life, we take energy in and give it back to the world in a graceful exchange. We engage with every aspect of life, at every moment, with every breath. Here are five practices to take you deeper into the dance. 1. Celebrate who [\u2026]\n\nThe way I see it, Valentine\u2019s Day isn\u2019t just for lovers. It\u2019s a day for remembering love in its many forms and, whether or not we are partnered, we can put romance in our lives with simple practices that cultivate meaning, joy, connection, and richness. Here are some of my favorite ways to fall in [\u2026]\n\nToni Bergins, MEd, founder and director of JourneyDance\u2122, has helped thousands of people find a new sense of self-esteem, inner wisdom, emotional health, spiritual practice, and well-being. She leads an international team of hundreds of JourneyDance Teachers, spreading joy and passion for life. www.journeydance.com Q Describe what you do in 15 words or less. A [\u2026]\n\nThe following heart-based meditation comes from the Institute of HeartMath, in Boulder Creek, California, and is a wonderful technique to redirect the mind and replace negative emotions with positive ones.\n\nFirst, get your body in a comfortable, relaxed position and focus on breathing slowly and rhythmically, so that the length of your inhalations and exhalations are about the same. Find a breath rate that feels sustainable for you. Next, bring your awareness to the center of your chest and imagine your breath flowing in and out of your heart center. As you continue to breathe in and out of your heart, remember a time when you felt a positive emotion such as gratitude, joy, or love.\n\nThink about being with loved ones, a beloved pet, appreciation for the good things in your life. This associative memory generates a positive emotion. If you can\u2019t recall such a memory, then simply imagine a positive feeling moving in and out of your heart as you breathe. If your mind wanders, gently return to the positive feeling, allowing the sensations of gratitude, love, or joy to flow with your breath. Continue to circulate this heartfelt feeling for a few breaths, or even for a few minutes. Then pause to notice the effects of the practice."}
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-{"text": "2 posts in this topic\n\nvampgirl 0\n\nReuters) - A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.\n\nA team of Peruvian and German archeologists uncovered the plaza, which was hidden beneath another piece of architecture at the ruins known as Sechin Bajo, in Casma, 229 miles north of Lima, the capital.\n\n\"It's an impressive find, the scientific and archeology communities are very happy,\" said Cesar Perez, the scientist at Peru's National Institute of Culture who supervised the project. \"This could redesign the history of the country.\"\n\nPrior to the discovery at Sechin Bajo, archeologists considered the ancient Peruvian citadel of Caral to be one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere, at about 5,000 years.\n\nScientists say Caral, located a few hours drive from Sechin Bajo, was one of six places in the world -- along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India and Mesoamerica -- where humans started living in cities five thousand years ago.\n\n\"The dating done by the German archeologists puts it at about 5,500 years, but other parts could be older depending on what else is found,\" Perez said.\n\nEarlier finds near Sechin Bajo had been dated at 3,600 years.\n\n\"They had a highly-developed understanding of architecture and construction. This can clearly be seen in the fact that the materials they used survived for so long,\" Peter Fuchs, one of the archeologists, told the El Comercio newspaper.\n\nThe social gathering space that Fuchs and his colleagues found was built with rocks and adobe bricks.\n\nHundreds of archeological sites cover Peru, and many ruins were built by cultures that preceded the powerful Incan empire, which reached its peak in the 16th century, just before Spanish conquerors arrived in what is now Peru.source"}
-{"text": "Fill out the following information to get started\n\nDayton Personal Injury Attorney\n\nDefending the Rights of the Injured in Dayton\n\nContact the team of Dayton injury attorneys at Gounaris Denslow Abboud, Co. LPA as early as possible after you have been hurt or have lost a loved one in an accident. If the other party is at fault for causing the accident, you are entitled to recover financial compensation for medical expenses, lost income and pain and suffering, but you cannot trust the insurance company to pay you a fair amount-or anything at all. We have more than five decades of experience, and our track record of success in representing accident victims has earned our attorneys accolades such as inclusion in the OhioSuper Lawyers\u00ae and\nSuper Lawyers\u00ae Rising Stars\u2120 lists. We are ready to fight for you!\n\nThe most effective action you can take to defend your right to a fair settlement is to hire a lawyer form our firm, so that we can advise you of your legal options as the case progresses and represent you against the insurance company. We prepare every case for trial, so that if the insurance company refuses to pay you the amount you deserve we will be ready to take the case to court in pursuit of a favorable jury verdict. Our services are available on a contingency fee basis, so you will not have to pay us anything unless we are successful in recovering financial compensation on your behalf. Don't wait another moment to contact us for a\nfree case evaluation, to tell us about your accident and learn how much your case is worth!\n\nTypes of Accident Cases We Represent\n\nCar Accidents\nTraffic collisions are among the leading causes of accidental injury and death throughout the nation, and the financial impact of a car crash can be staggering. While some car accidents are unavoidable, most can be directly attributed to the careless or reckless behavior of one of the drivers.\n\nMotorcycle Accidents\nWhile many people share a conception of motorcyclists as being daredevils or risk takers, the fact is that most riders are highly cautious on the bike, riding defensively because they know how much they are at risk of suffering injuries. A large percentage of motorcycle accidents are caused by negligent or aggressive drivers who deny the right of way to the rider.\n\nSlip & Fall Accidents\nIt is common to assume that the only person at fault for an accident involving a fall is the accident victim, but a careful inspection of the situation will often reveal that a slip and fall was caused by factors which made the accident nearly inevitable. If someone else is responsible for your slip and fall, you may be entitled to recover financial compensation for your injuries.\n\nSocial Security Disability\nAccording to the Social Security Administration, the average adult American has a 3-in-10 chance of becoming disabled at some point in life. If you have suffered an injury or illness which forces you out of work for a year or which is expected to be terminal, we can most likely help you file a claim for Social Security Disability benefits and can fight to prevent a wrongful denial of your claim.\n\nWorkers' Compensation\nNearly anyone in our state who is injured in an on-the-job accident is entitled to recover workers' compensation benefits, which pay for medical treatment and limited wage replacement. Unfortunately, many claims are unfairly reduced or denied, so it pays to have an experienced attorney on your side to fight for your right to fair compensation.\n\nWrongful Death\nWhen you have lost a family member to a fatal accident, it is important to ask whether the accident could have been prevented. If someone else is at fault for causing your tragic loss, an attorney from our team can represent you in legal action to recover monetary damages to offset the financial burden of the death and help you move forward in life.\n\nDayton Attorneys\n\nReady to talk?\n\nWe Are Here\nFor You\n\nGounaris Denslow Abboud, Co. LPA.\nOur team of attorneys has the knowledge and skill to effectively represent you. Each of our partners has obtained a 10/10 Superb rating on Avvo, been selected for inclusion in the list of Ohio Super Lawyers\u00ae and earned membership in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers. We are also listed in the National Advocacy for DUI Defense \"Top 100 DUI Attorneys in Ohio\" and The American Society of Legal Advocates \"Top 40 Criminal Defense Lawyers Under 40 in Ohio.\"\n\nThe information on this website is for general information purposes only. Nothing on this site should be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. This information is not intended to create, and receipt or viewing does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship."}
-{"text": "The first week of our second quarter 2012 Freepathon is nearly complete and we've raised approximately the first eight percent. This is Easter weekend so I'm sure it will be slow, but our Freepathon thread will remain open for business 24/7. One percent per day keeps the 404 away.\n\nHappy Easter everyone!!\n\nNo matter who wins the nomination or the election, we're going to need FR more than ever to hold their feet to the fire. We're hoping for the tea party rebellion of 2010 to continue in November. It's unlikely that we're going to have a conservative in the Presidency, but if we can continue taking state governments, build on our majority in the House and retake the Senate, we may be able to make some headway. We must repeal ObamaCare and roll back the unconstitutional Marxist central government!! We must return the power to the states and the people!!\n\nWe are the resistance!!\n\nLong live the tea party rebellion!!\n\nPlease click the link above to pledge your support by secure server or mail checks to:\n\nDisclaimer:\nOpinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual\nposters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its\nmanagement. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the\nexemption for fair use of copyrighted works."}
-{"text": "News, Analysis and Perspective for Solution Providers and Technology Integrators\n\nMicrosoft, SkyKick Offer Free Service To Get Channel Laggards To Use Office 365\n\nMany Microsoft partners around the world still aren't running Office 365 internally, so Microsoft and SkyKick are offering free SaaS migration service through the end of June.\n\nBy\nKevin McLaughlinMarch 25, 2015, 07:58 PM EDT\n\nSkyKick, a Seattle-based cloud startup that automates the process of moving on-premise email systems to Office 365, is now offering its software free of charge to Microsoft partners that want to move their businesses to the cloud.\n\nThrough a joint Microsoft-SkyKick promotion that runs through the end of June, registered Microsoft partners with 500 seats or fewer can use SkyKick's SaaS migration service for free as part of their internal use rights for Office 365.\n\nThe free offer applies only to Microsoft partners that don't yet use Office 365 and wish to run it internally.\n\nWhile Microsoft has been selling Office 365 for nearly four years, there are still many partners around the world that are not using it themselves, SkyKick co-founders Evan Richman and Todd Schwartz said in an interview.\n\nMicrosoft has said partners that use Office 365 internally are much better at selling it than partners who don't, and Richman and Schwartz agree. \"If a partner is using the Office 365 product, they're more likely to sell it and to have a successful cloud practice,\" Schwartz told CRN.\n\nSkyKick's SaaS offering automates all aspects of Office 365 migration projects, from the technical heavy lifting involved with moving email systems and data, to planning and software provisioning, as well as customer communications. It comes in two versions, one for small and medium businesses and the other for enterprises.\n\nSchwartz and Richman said migrating a typical SMB customer with 25 seats to Office 365 takes about 40 hours, but SkyKick's technology dramatically speeds the process.\n\n\"There are hundreds of steps involved, and a lot of details. Sequencing matters, and there are outside variables from all the different email systems in different parts of the world,\" Schwartz said.\n\nMicrosoft offers free Office 365 email migrations to customers on deals of 150 seats or more under its Office 365 Fast Track program. Schwartz and Richman said Microsoft is not using SkyKick's technology in these migration projects.\n\nTwo Microsoft partners told CRN that SkyKick is an important tool for the software giant because it can help drive adoption of Office 365. Microsoft needs this technology to keep rival Google at bay in the low end of the SaaS market, they said.\n\n\"Microsoft is concerned about Google eating their lunch in SMB. They need SMB partners to have a tool set to get this segment on the Microsoft cloud,\" one Microsoft partner told CRN, speaking on condition of anonymity to protect his relationship with the vendor.\n\n\"By making their migration tool for internal use rights, SkyKick can get partners to trial their tool. If that is the only tool they ever use, then SkyKick gets to build the comfort factor with those new partners,\" said the other partner, who also spoke on condition of anonymity."}
-{"text": "Automation & the Transportation Industry\n\nThere has been a large amount of discussion surrounding issues affecting the Transportation industry, and more specifically the driver shortage. The shortage shows no signs of slowing down with an entire industry trying to figure out the best way to solve it. One piece of news to come out of Nevada last month has people looking at a new way to solve the shortage along with other issues in the industry: automated trucks.\n\nLast month, Daimler Trucks North America was granted the first licence to operate an autonomous commercial truck. This truck made its d\u00e9but in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 5th and has since had people talking about how automation is going to factor its way into the trucking world.\n\nMany see this as a strong step into a brighter future, a future where there are less accidents and faster deliveries. The Wall Street Journal published an article in 2013 about truck automation that had managers boasting that they would not have to pay workers, payroll tax, or health benefits if automated trucks because the norm. This is not the case. The truck will require a driver as a plane requires a pilot. Daimler\u2019s truck is listed as a level 3 automation. This means it has \u2018limited self-driving automation.\u2019 A future with less accidents and faster deliveries is a possibility, but it is not as simple as one would think.\n\nTo the delight of truck drivers everywhere Daimler reassured everyone that their truck would still need a driver. The truck is only automated on highways and requires a driver for all other driving. There must be an individual with a valid licence in the cab in case something goes wrong. If the truck senses it is in a situation it can\u2019t handle it will send a signal to the driver to take control. This truck uses a camera and radar system called \u2018Highway Pilot\u2019 that keeps the truck on course and in its own lane, controls its speed, avoids accidents, and controls the braking and steering.\n\nWhen discussing automation in trucking, the main idea is to solve the following 3 problems facing the Transportation industry today:\n\nSafety concerns\n\nDriver shortage\n\nFuel cost\n\nSafety Concerns\n\nThese trucks are designed to be safer than if a driver was driving the truck manually. Statistics show that 90% of accidents occur because of driver error. Taking the driver out of the equation could cut down on these accidents. Although the idea of a large truck on the road with no one inside would definitely take some getting use to. There could be safety concerns from the public if this were to be the case down the road (pun fully intended).\n\nDriver Shortage\n\nThe biggest issue currently surrounding the trucking industry is its lack of drivers. Drivers are retiring/leaving the industry and there are very few drivers coming in to take their place. In addition, the need for trucks is growing exponentially. Automated trucks could help the driver shortage in that- while drivers are still required- the job would become much easier, meaning it should technically be easier to acquire a licence. Easier licensing and an more appealing job may be just the thing to bring new drivers (especially young drivers) into the industry.\n\nFuel Costs\n\nThe third problem that could be solved with automated trucks is fuel costs. Fuel costs are on the rise and studies show that 60% of wasted tank fuel is caused by driver over acceleration. An automated truck would be able to avoid this wasted fuel and maximize the fuel costs. Another potential benefit to automation is the ability to platoon. Platooning is the idea of having multiple trucks drive behind each other in order to cut down on wind resistance and reduce traffic space/distance. This can not currently be achieved with drivers because each person\u2019s reaction time is different/delayed and could lead to accidents. Automated trucks however, would be able to platoon seamlessly because each truck would have the same reaction time and be connected to react to one another.\n\nThere are many visible benefits to automated trucks. The automation would be a strong step in solving the 3 main problems facing the transportation industry today: safety, a shortage of drivers, and fuel costs. While this technology will provide us with greater instruments for future success it does come at a cost. But drivers rest assured, for the foreseeable future there will always be a place for you in the cab.\n\n-Kaitlyn\n\nAs a bonus, Samsung announced their concept of a transparent truck, an exciting step in road safety. Check it out here."}
-{"text": "Book Information: Double Indemnity\n\nTautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1936, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir."}
-{"text": "Advantages of Airport Transfers When Traveling\n\nWhen you are traveling outside the country as well as domestically, either as business trip or for leisure purposes, everyone for sure, would like to use a comfortable trip right away to the end. Well, who wish to have an untidy trip with a lot of delays and discomforts anyway? Plus order to assure a pleasurable trip, one must take plans from the start regarding the best way to travel from your airport for the set destinations. Using this type of, airport transfer would be recommended.\n\nAirport transfers are really one of the convenient ways of transporting through the airport in your destination and vice versa. It\u2019s in reality a comfortable and practical ways of transporting throughout a visit. You can have a taxi or even a minicab to get from manchester international to your vacation destination. These vehicles have to be pre-booked of prepared before you decide to reached the airport of one\u2019s chosen destination. Now, to find out much more about the salt water evaporates given will be the great things about airport transfers:\n\n\u2022 Accessibility to transport. Since airport transfers were prepared beforehand, travelers might be secured there will probably be an on hand transport waiting at the airport to take one to your desired place. This will allow one to conserve time as you will not may need to look and wait for potential riding vehicle. It\u2019ll likewise be a benefit particularly when traveling to places wherein about to catch so informed about the text getting used, thus making it hard for you to communicate for possible transport.\n\n\u2022 Get rid of the scene of getting lost. When going to places that are not used to you, through an airport transfer would avoid you against being mislaid faraway from reaching the incorrect destination. For the reason that the service providers of airport transfers are already already familiar to possibly all most breathtaking places inside the place that you would interested in. This will guarantee you to feel relaxed while travelling since you\u2019re assured that you will be from the proper destination.\n\n\u2022 Enables you to save money. Airport transfers will likely let you save some money since the majority of that time period the expense are probably contained in the rate of travel. But when not included, you can also somehow cut costs as a result of discount and occasional rates which are offered once you book before your journey. This will likely also remove the likelihood of owning an overpriced transport.\n\n\u2022 Enables you to enjoy your time and energy. You will no longer must bother about whether you will be late for one more trip or destination or when you ought to return to manchester international for airport transfer includes sending you off and picking you up just with time. With this, you could be without any worry by the due date and will will no longer have to review your look for as with any minute."}
-{"text": "Real Life Bad Teachers\n\nReal Life Bad Teachers\n\nIn her new movie Bad Teacher, Cameron Diaz plays an out-of-control teacher who bullies students.\n\nBut this isn't just Hollywood make believe. In real life, lots of teachers have been caught misbehaving in the classroom.\n\nWho could forget the classroom brawl caught on tape where the teacher was the one who was dishing out the beating? That's right, the teacher.\n\nSheri Davis was charged with assault and received probation and told INSIDE EDITION she was actually protecting another student, who can't be seen on the video.\n\nDavis told INSIDE EDITION, \"I don't condone my response. What you see is a rush of emotions, and I'm not excusing that.\"\n\nIn another instance, a math teacher in Nashville lost it and had his stunned students running for cover as he threw a trash can.\n\nAnother teacher in Tennessee was caught on tape paddling his students. Incredibly, the students suggested the teacher paddle them in exhange for letting them play cards in the classroom, and even more incredibly, the teacher agreed. Charges against him were later dropped.\n\nThen there was the teacher who was caught drunk, dancing in the classroom in 2009. Realzing she was wasted, some of her students took out cell phones and started taping. 13-year old Kaylin Jackowitz said the teacher wanted the students to dance with her.\n\n\"She just kept saying, 'I haven't had sex in 20 years, at least you can dance with me.' \"\n\nThat teacher, Kylie Nelson, admitted to police that she had just drunk an entire bottle of vodka."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, March 12, 2014\n\nMarch 12, 2014\n\nLast Thursday I sat down to write a letter to my friend, Glenn Frick. I knew this would be one of the most difficult letters I would ever write. Glenn was in a hospital in Seattle fighting lung cancer, and the doctors had recently declared that his condition was terminal, and all they could do was keep him as comfortable as possible in his remaining days. No matter how much I wanted to remain hopeful, I knew that the reality was that I was writing him to say goodbye. I've never been very comfortable with goodbyes, so this ultimate goodbye was certain to be anything but easy to write.\n\nI have written about Glenn, and the impact that Glenn has had on me, at least a couple times in the past: Here and Here. Glenn is without question one of the kindest, wisest, strongest, happiest, most generous, and most inspirational people I have ever known. If I've ever had a hero in running, or in life in general it has been Glenn. Certainly Glenn is the closest thing I have ever had to a running mentor. I have learned more about the complex and yet so simple activity that is running from Glenn than from everyone else combined.\n\nAs I finished the letter and walked it to the mailbox I had a very ominous feeling that Glenn would never read it. I last talked to Glenn less than two weeks prior, and although he didn't have any definite diagnosis at that time, he sounded vulnerable, weak, and scared. This was a side of Glenn that I had never seen. Glenn has more intuition about his body than anyone I know. I couldn't stop thinking about how serious this must be if Glenn was feeling that it was serious. I've learned to always trust Glenn's intuition, and now I was wanting so badly for him to be wrong.\n\nAs usual, Glenn's intuition was correct. He passed away Friday morning after 5 days in the hospital.\n\nLater that morning I walked down to the mailbox to retrieve the goodbye letter that Glenn will never read. The letter had turned out to be surprisingly easy to write. It seemed strangely simple to say goodbye to him, and I didn't feel much of a sense of regret that I wasn't able to communicate these words to him before he moved on. I wondered if I was just so sad and shocked by all of this that I was in denial, and was closing off my emotions as a defense mechanism? I'm sure this was the case to some degree, but I also could tell that there was something else going on.\n\nAs I walked back from the mailbox with the letter in hand, tears running down my face, and the sun warming my bare neck and arms, I realized then the other reason why the letter had been easier to write that I would have expected, and why I didn't feel a strong sense of regret at not getting the letter to Glenn before he died. The reason was that with Glenn I had already told him everything. Glenn was one of those people that you couldn't help but admire. To know him is to be inspired by him. There was never anything subtle about Glenn's admirable qualities. So much so that I had, on numerous occasions, expressed my admiration, respect, appreciation, and love for him. The letter was just a reiteration of all of that. It would have been nice to say it all to him one last time, but in the end it didn't really matter. Glenn was such a one in a million person that I had already expressed some form of everything in the letter, not because he was sick and dying, but because with Glenn I couldn't help but express how great I thought he was long before he was sick. I later found out that he had even made the joke that my article from this past fall (that I linked above) sounded like an obituary. Glenn always had a great sense of humor, and as I already touched on, an other worldly sense of intuition - even when making sarcastic jokes.\n\nHere is what the letter I wrote last week said. Outside of a few specifics, not really anything I hadn't already expressed to Glenn in the past:\n\nGlenn, I've been thinking about you a lot these last couple weeks. I'm sorry for the pain and discomfort you are feeling. I just wanted to say thank you, though. Thank you for all your kindness, joy, and wisdom. I have learned more about how to live a happy, healthy, and satisfying life from you than you'll ever know. Juneau has become a very special place for me, and a large part of this has to do with you. You have taught me to appreciate and fully understand the things that are positive in that place. I keep thinking about how much I wish I could still go into those mountains with you, but then I get so much joy in remembering everything we have shared on those mountain ridges. Taku back to town was the last run we did together, and was one of the best days of running ever for me (even if I had a hard time keeping up with you). I've heard you often say that you have no regrets. I certainly have no regrets about all the amazing times we have shared in those mountains. I plan to take you with me in my heart and my mind every time I venture out there. I love you friend.\n\nOf course the fact that I told Glenn exactly how I felt about him while he was alive, and before he was sick, doesn't make his death any easier to come to terms with, only a little easier to not feel regret at not being able to say goodbye to him. I can't stop thinking about how vital, healthy, and strong he was just a few months ago. The last run I did with Glenn was this past August. We rode 3 hours in a boat, got dropped off several miles up Taku Inlet, and ran a series of mountain peaks all the way back to town. In all it was a 12 hour 'run' with about 10,000-12,000 feet of vertical gain in 20-25 miles. I was lucky enough to do dozens (or hundreds) of these types of runs with Glenn in the past 6 years. I could write pages and pages of stories about the amazing runs we've done together, and the amazing things he's done on each and every one.\n\nOne thing I do find myself taking comfort in is knowing how full of a 75 years this man lived. He seemingly only ever knew a month or two of physical weakness in his entire life. A few weeks ago he took what I'm pretty sure was his first pain medication of his life. I don't think he had ever even taken an aspirin or ibuprofen until last month! I honestly thought Glenn might out live me even though he was born nearly 40 years before me. I believed we would be running mountain ridges together when he was 85 or 90 years old. It feels horrible right now to know that I'm never going to get to do any of this with Glenn, but I do find great comfort in the knowledge that he lived well over 100 years worth of life in his 75 years, and that we spent several hundred hours together running mountain ridges in the 6 or so years that we knew each other.\n\nGlenn's influence and impact on the Juneau community, and especially the running community is beyond measure. He inspired, encouraged, and taught so many people to be better runners and better people. Even though he is gone there remains a community of hundreds of people who are each several times better people and better runners for having shared time with Glenn. As a collective group we are a hundred times stronger, closer, and better off because of Glenn's influence. Glenn was the heart and soul of the Juneau running community for the past 50 years, and he helped make this community so vibrant and strong that even in his absence we remain immeasurably better off than we ever could have been without him. Steve Davis, a longtime member of this amazing running community summed it up perfectly last Friday upon hearing of Glenn's passing: \"Our old friend and running buddy, Glenn Frick, has once more gone ahead of us to check out the trail that lies before us all. But do not worry, as always he'll wait for us, we'll round that bend and there he'll be, baggy running shorts, torn and tattered tyvek jacket, well worn running shoes. We'll see his lithe and sturdy frame, peer into his pale blue eyes, he'll begin to tell us a story that is more like a riddle. As we follow him we'll once more marvel at his sure and agile stride as he leads us home\".\n\nMy memories of Glenn would be incomplete without mention of how much he did the past few years to help turn my running camp into what it has become. It turns out that Glenn had a plan to start a very similar camp in Juneau many years ago. I'm very proud of what my camps have become, but I'm very aware that the time, energy, and effort that Glenn has volunteered has been a huge reason for the success of these camps. The simple joy, humor, knowledge, and grace which he shared with every participant he interacted with was without question one of the most valuable aspects of attending camp. I'm going to try my best (with the help of so many other great Juneau runners) to use what I learned from Glenn to offer as close as possible to the same great experience to future campers, but anyone who has attended camp in the past knows that the experience for future campers just won't be quite as rich and valuable without Glenn there to lead us up into the mountains.\n\nPerhaps the thing that I will miss the most is the way Glenn brought people together, made people feel good about themselves, and made people appreciate everyone and everything around them. He knew when to treat people with tenderness and when to treat them with firmness. It seemed like no matter the situation, Glenn had a way of making everyone around him enjoy that moment in their life more than they otherwise would have. That is such a special gift. A talent that Glenn possessed more than anyone I have ever known.\n\nThanks for everything Glenn. I will never run into the mountains without thinking of you.\n\nWithout knowing Glenn I am still certain that his legacy will continue through you and many others. Thanks for sharing this, it reaffirms the true values of existence for all the ground roaming full hearted runners out there.\n\nGeoff, my sincerest condolences on yours and the Juneau running community's loss. Thank you for sharing a bit of Glenn with us. Glenn was one of those Juneau \"old-hand\" runners I was hoping to meet when I come out in June. And while I am saddened that I will not get the chance, I can think of no better tribute to Glenn than sharing the mountains and trails around Juneau with you, as you did with him.\n\nGeoff....thank you for such a beautiful tribute to my dad, Glenn. (I am so proud to say that I am the eldest of his five children) As you know, Glenn was not a social media guy, so I always surfed the net to find anything on him re: running, and a few years ago, found your site. I live in Colorado (Aurora)...would love to connect with you, please check your Facebook. Sorry about posting this here, only way to maybe connect with you...thank you.\n\nWow- this & your other posts about Glenn ring so true to me & really capture his character. Thank you for sharing. Glenn was my baseball coach for a number of years in Juneau in the 70's & 80's. He volunteered so much of his time coaching baseball, and his contributions to that sport were significant as well, with championship teams from little ol' Juneau, and, more importantly, a generation of boys & young men that benefited from his involvement and carry those great memories & experiences with us to this day. For me, Glenn is part of the fabric that makes Juneau home- seeing him running in town or on hiking trails in recent years reminds me that I am home in Juneau, even though I haven't lived there since the mid-80's. Again, thank you.\n\nThanks Geoff for the post and sorry for your loss. I just finished watching Unbreakable tonight for the umpteenth time and wondered how you were doing with your recent health issues. I came here to read your blog and I was saddened to read of Glen's death even though I only knew of him through Unbreakable."}
-{"text": "Remembrance Day Ceremony - Veterans Memorial Park\n\nDate:November 11, 2018 (10:30 AM - 11:45 AM)\n\nAt 10 am on Remembrance Day, a parade of veterans, police, fire and emergency services personnel, cadets Girl Guides, Scouts and other groups will march from the Langford Legion to Veterans Memorial Park."}
-{"text": "The Escapist Blog is a journal on the positive promotion of tabletop, pen-and-paper roleplaying games: dispelling the myths and misconceptions, educating the public about their benefits, encouraging new generations of players, and more. For more information on roleplaying advocacy, visit the Basic Gaming FAQ.\n\nGoogle Search\n\nwww.theescapist.com\nWWW\n\nClick these links!\n\nSupport the Escapist!\nBuy your RPG PDFs through the DriveThruRPG Affiliate link!\n\nCollege 'LARPers' arrested for rough play\n\nPosted by WJWalton on Sat 05 of Sept., 2009 18:34 PDT\n\nSeventeen University of Tennessee students and members of the Campus Crusade for Christ were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct on September 3rd during what appears to be some sort of \"ultimate LARP championship.\"\n\nSharp (director of UT's chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ) said men, all members of the on-campus Christian group, were playing \"Fugitive,\" an outdoor tag-like team game popular with many UT students, Sharp said. It was a social activity planned for male students following a regular Thursday night Bible study, he said.\n\nBut there seems to be some confusion about the name of the game.\n\nBut Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk contends the men told the officers they were playing Fuzion, a role-playing game involving combat, and said they were \"fighting and running down Cumberland Avenue\" around 10 p.m. when officers intervened and ordered them to sit on the ground.\n\nOr maybe \"a role-playing game involving combat\" makes for more interesting news than \"a bunch of guys horsing around and playing too roughly.\"\n\nJust for the record: for those who may not know, there is a tabletop RPG called Fuzion - it's not a LARP, and doesn't involve running around and getting your fellow players into chokeholds. These guys weren't playing that.\n\nLogin\n\nSubmission rules\n\nPLEASE NOTE: Due to an excessive level of spam accounts being created, I have disabled automatic account creation. If you would like to create an account to post to the blog, forums, or wiki, please contact me with your desired username, and I will create one for you. I apologize for the inconvenience."}
-{"text": "Summary\u00ad\u00ad\n\nQuant is a broad word with many job descriptions in finance. In asset management, a quant is someone who applies mathematical (usually statistical) techniques to analyzing the securities market, usually with an eye towards identifying investment opportunities.\n\nQuants rely on factors: systematic investment approaches that capture and explain the return difference between different cohorts of securities.\n\nFactors are all about buying baskets of things; quants like to avoid idiosyncratic risk because we do not believe investors are compensated for bearing the additional risk.\n\nFor a market to function, someone has to perform information discovery on individual stocks. Can this role be filled by quants or does the market require stock pickers to function?\n\n\u201cQuant\u201d is a word of with many connotations. For some, they are the numerical wizards conjuring new sources of alpha. For others, the out-of-touch wonks who caused the financial crisis.\n\nIn finance, there are all sorts of quants. Some work deriving new pricing theories for derivatives; others work managing and modeling risk; and still others \u2013 like us \u2013 work to identify empirical pricing relationships for building portfolios.\n\nWe\u2019ll dedicate this commentary to our parents and significant others, who still have no idea what we do for a living.\n\nMore Risk, More Reward\n\nIn the 1960s, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (\u201cCAPM\u201d) was introduced. CAPM provides a model for pricing an individual security. Known as a \u201csingle factor\u201d model, CAPM modeled a stock\u2019s excess return as being one-part overall market return and one-part idiosyncratic return.\n\nHere the Greek letter that looks like a \u201cB\u201d \u2013 known as \u201cbeta\u201d \u2013 estimates the stock\u2019s sensitivity to market returns. The Greek letter that looks like an \u201cE\u201d at the end of the equation is the idiosyncratic component.\n\nWe\u2019ve all heard the saying, \u201cno risk, no reward.\u201d In the case of financial markets, the question is: \u201cwhich risks earn reward?\u201d\n\nAs the theory goes, not all of them do. CAPM states that investors should only be compensated for bearing market risk but not for bearing idiosyncratic risk. The argument is that beta is undiversifiable: build a portfolio of stocks and the beta component remains. The idiosyncratic risk, on the other hand, can be diversified away.\n\nFor example, a portfolio of 30-40 stocks is typically sufficient to reduce idiosyncratic exposure enough that only the shared market risk remains. If we did earn compensation for bearing the risk, we could create an arbitrage. We would build a portfolio of 30-40 stocks to diversify away our idiosyncratic risk \u2013 but not the reward! \u2013 and then short the broad market to eliminate our market risk. Hence, it holds that we should not be compensated for bearing idiosyncratic risk.\n\nHere we\u2019ll point out that CAPM stands in direct opposition to the practice of stock picking. No amount of understanding of idiosyncratic, company specific risk should lead to an expectation of higher returns.\n\nBeing Compensated for Non-Market Risk\n\nWhen a quant says, \u201crisk factor,\u201d what they mean is a characteristic that helps explain why one stock did one thing and another did something else. In CAPM, the risk factor was the market. If the market goes up, stocks with more market exposure should go up more while stocks with a lower exposure will go up less.\n\nIn 1974, Barr Rosenberg identified that stocks co-varied with a number of other non-market risk factors. He found that firm-specific characteristics like balance sheet data and industry membership, as well as security characteristics like historical price behavior, were significant in explaining differences between stocks. In quant terms, we call this \u201cexplaining cross-sectional returns.\u201d\n\nIn 1977, Sanjoy Basu identified what would become known as the value factor: whether a stock was expensive or cheap (based on book-to-price) was a statistically significant explanatory variable in the cross section of security returns. Later, Banz (1981) and Reinganum (1981) would discover the size factor, where a company\u2019s capitalization held significant power in explaining cross-sectional returns.\n\nThis culminated in the early 1990s with what would become known as the Fama-French 3-Factor (\u201cFF3\u201d) model. FF3 extends CAPM to introduce the value (\u201cHML\u201d for \u201chigh-minus-low\u201d) and size (\u201cSMB\u201d for \u201csmall-minus-big\u201d) factors as significant explanatory variables.\n\nHere we need to take a step back and explain how a factor gets an associated \u201creturn.\u201d In CAPM, the answer was obvious: the market return is simply the return of the capitalization-weighted equity market. But what is the return of the value factor?\n\nIdentifying important risk factors is all about identifying variables that explain differences. For example, with the value factor, Basu found that companies with a high book-to-price value behaved differently than those with a low book-to-price. To capture this effect, quants build a \u201clong/short\u201d portfolio to capture the return difference in the categories. In the case of value, the portfolio shorts stocks with low book-to-price values and uses the proceeds to buy stocks with high book-to-price values. With the expectation that the two legs will behave differently, the long/short portfolio captures this difference.\n\nRisk Factor vs. Risk Premia vs. Anomaly\n\nThere is an important distinction in the world of quants between a risk factor, a risk premia, and an anomaly.\n\nA risk factor is something that helps explain the cross-sectional differences in security returns.\n\nA risk premia is the excess return we expect to earn for exposure to a certain risk factor.\n\nFor example, \u201cmarket\u201d exposure is the risk while the \u201cequity risk premium\u201d is the associated risk premium that compensates us for bearing the risk.\n\nNot all risk factors necessarily have associated risk premia, however. For example, it is well established that stocks tend to behave similarly to other stocks within the same industry group. Industry classification, then, may be a risk factor that helps us explain why two stocks behave differently. For example, if I know that a stock is an energy company, and I know how the energy sector does on a given day, I likely have some meaningful information about how that stock did.\n\nWe do not expect to earn a premium, however, for investing in a stock in one industry versus another. Why? Again, because this risk can be completely diversified away. Industry classification only helps us decompose the idiosyncratic side of the equation; as we said before, we should not profit from idiosyncratic risk.\n\nSo why does FF3 highlight value and size instead of sweeping them into the idiosyncratic component? At the time of publishing, value and size were both found to have statistically significant premia associated with them. Historically, investing in small companies had earned you a premium over investing in large ones while investing in cheap companies had earned a premium over expensive ones.\n\nThese are called risk premia because the excess compensation can be tied to excess risk being taken. For example, researchers posit that the value premium comes from being willing to bear the higher distress risk of the companies owned while the size premium might arise from illiquidity risk.[1]\n\nAn anomaly is slightly different: it is an excess return that cannot be explained by exposure to risk. The momentum factor, for example, is the excess return that has been historically generated by short-selling recent underperformers and buying recent outperformers. This strategy has historically generated significant excess premium, but no convincing argument has been made as to what risk the premium is compensation for. Often these anomalies are attributed to behavioral biases exhibited by investors (i.e. irrational behavior) or market structure.\n\nNot all investors can profit from these risk premia and anomalies simultaneously. Rather, they arise because some investors are giving up the return that others capture. For example, investors unwilling to bear distress risk may sell their stocks at a discount to intrinsic value to entice other investors to buy them. Hence, value investors get access to these higher risk stocks at a discount. If they diversify, they should earn a premium. In a sense, they are acting as \u201cinsurer\u201d against the distress risk for investors unwilling to bear it.\n\nDepending on whom you ask, there are between 300-600 published \u201cfactors\u201d (either risk premia or anomalies). As we all know, past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Unfortunately, past performance is really all we have to work with as quants. However, as a million analysts pour over the same data, it is likely that a number of spurious factors will be discovered. From the list of several hundred, there are just a handful that quants broadly accept as being significant: value, momentum, illiquidity, low-volatility, and quality.\n\nThat is, by no means, a comprehensive list. We know at least a few quants who would disagree with our inclusion of low-volatility and quality. But that\u2019s what makes the market go \u2018round.\n\nIs Stock Picking Fundamentally Flawed?\n\nWhile stock pickers tend to focus on what makes a company unique or a situation special \u2013 the highly idiosyncratic \u2013theory tells us that we should not be compensated for idiosyncratic risk.\n\nHence, quants don\u2019t pick stocks. Rather, we buy big baskets of things in hopes to capture the common traits and characteristics (i.e. \u201cfactors,\u201d which we think we\u2019ll make money on) and eliminate the unique, idiosyncratic components. Quants view the good stock pickers as those that are just actually closet factor-investors (whether they know it or not). Warren Buffett? He\u2019s a value, quality, anti-beta guy with some leverage.[2]\n\nThat\u2019s why we view the smart-beta revolution to be so important. Nothing against stock pickers, but if you\u2019re just providing factor exposure, we might as well commoditize you with rules-based, low-cost indices.\n\nOf course, theory and reality have to meet somewhere. Consider the following situation: the market goes 100% passive and index-based. What happens? Since everyone is buying the same stocks in the same relative proportion, there can be no relative price changes. The market completely breaks: there can be no market with only price-takers.\n\nActive investors are, therefore, necessary for functional markets. This is captured by the Grossman-Stiglitz Paradox. The paradox states:\n\nFor markets to be efficient (i.e. nobody can make excess profit), investors must participate in price discovery;\n\nBecause price discovery is expensive, investors must expect compensation for performing it;\n\nHence for markets to be efficient, someone must be expecting excess profit.\n\nSomeone has to perform price discovery. Someone has to figure out why Coca-Cola is worth something different than Pepsi. Is that not idiosyncratic information? If stock pickers are providing this service, they should expect compensation for it: they can\u2019t be so irrational as to do it for free (or worse, at a net loss after costs).\n\nDoes it have to be stock pickers who perform this service, though?\n\nTo explore this question, we\u2019ve built a market simulation.[3] We\u2019re going to assume that there are two sides to the market: passive investors and systematic value investors.\n\nWe\u2019ll assume our market has 10 stocks in it. At the beginning, the passive investors hold all the shares: 100,000 of each stock, to be exact. Each share is priced at exactly $100 and has constant earnings per share. For each stock, we randomly select an earnings per share level of between $0 and $5. We assume these earnings are paid out, 100%, as a dividend to shareholders.\n\nNow, if the passive investors never trade, nothing happens. Fortunately, passive investors often trade for cash-flow reasons (not to mention share issuances, repurchases, index reconstitutions, et cetera \u2013 but we\u2019ll ignore these). In our simulation, we\u2019ll assume that at each step the passive investors, collectively, make an aggregate trade: trying to purchase or sell some shares. They will always look to transact in proportion to the current market capitalization.\n\nTaking the other side of that trade will be our systematic value investors. They will look at the dividend yield from each stock and look to buy the cheapest 30% and sell short the most expensive 30% (the middle 40% simply go untraded). They start with $0, but can freely borrow shares to sell short.[4]\n\nFor simplicity, we assume $0.01 bid/ask spreads, meaning that the value investor always buys a penny above price and sells a penny below.[5]\n\nAt the end of each period, the stocks pay their dividend to shareholders.[6]\n\nWhat happens to \u201cvaluations\u201d (as measured, here, by dividend yield)?\n\nValuations converge. With the publicly available information of price and dividends, our systematic value investors were able to converge prices to a place where investors are largely indifferent between the stocks they hold.\n\nFor this service, the value investor earns a premium. Let\u2019s look at what happens to the portfolio of the value investors:\n\nWe can see that the value investors made a significant profit during the repricing period, but once valuations became more-or-less constant to one another, their profit disappeared. They arbitraged their way out of a job.\n\nIt is important to note here that this would not work if we simply introduced momentum investors. Without an anchor to move towards (like \u201cvaluation\u201d), if we seeded the system with some initial price velocity, prices would spiral out of control. That said, we can see how a momentum trade could help a value trader converge prices in a faster manner. In a sense, one might argue that momentum traders are leveraging information provided by value traders.\n\nWhat we see, however, is that stock pickers are not necessary: a systematic value approach helps the market find equilibrium. Whether that equilibrium is right or wrong, of course, depends on the value metric used. We could argue, though, that valuation is always in the eye of the beholder. So long as there are a number of different approaches being employed by the market, systematic value investors can play the role of stock pickers.\n\nThat is not to say that stock pickers cannot be successful. Rather, there is just no expectation that they should earn a premium for bearing high levels of idiosyncratic risk. We are not saying, however, that stock pickers cannot profit off of idiosyncratic information.\n\nFor example, in our simulation, a stock picker may be able to profit in a scenario where they have insight a company will be cutting or growing their dividend in the future (making the value proxy used by value investors invalid). Ex-post, the value investors would pick up on that information, but information realized before the rest of the market is valuable.\n\nBy its very nature, this sort of information is idiosyncratic. Each situation is unique, special, and must be analyzed individually. The statement past performance is not a guarantee of future results really applies here. What is being harvested is not a risk premium or an anomaly: it is pure alpha.\n\nFor some, alpha is the purest form of compensation. It is profits earned for discovering information and providing it to the market. It is also inconsistent: it requires investors to identify unique opportunities to profit from them. After all, if a manager claims to have a disciplined process for identifying the alpha opportunities, then it can be systematized and factorized.\n\nWhich means that, in the eyes of quants, the approach is unscientific. It does not give us a way to test and re-test our investment hypotheses. While we all know past performance is not a guarantee of future results, past performance is really all we have to draw conclusions from when performing quant research. Without a completely disciplined approach, there is no way to draw statistical conclusions.\n\nFor managers that focus on the idiosyncratic, this holds especially true. Even the best track-record is statistically meaningless for basing our future confidence on if investment opportunities in the future are each unique.\n\nWe\u2019d rather focus on areas where we have the expectation of earning a consistent reward. For us, these are the theoretically and empirically proven risk premia and anomalies like value and momentum. That\u2019s why quants don\u2019t pick stocks.\n\n[1] It\u2019s worth pointing out that since publishing, evidence for the size premium has waned. Over the next several years, it may give up its title as a risk premium and be swept back into the category of a risk factor.\n\n[3] Despite our usual disdain for simulations, we seem to be using them a lot recently.\n\n[4] The lack of lending cost and margin requirement is obviously not realistic, but we don\u2019t think it meaningfully detracts from the point here.\n\n[5] We could argue that for providing liquidity, the active investors should be compensated and the passive investors should cross the bid/ask spread (see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2849071). If this is the case, however, our simulation would break: prices would diverge further from fair value.\n\n[6] We assume, for convenience, that \u201cearnings\u201d and \u201cdividends\u201d are accrued and paid instantaneously, so there is no change in share price.\n\nCorey is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Newfound Research, a quantitative asset manager offering a suite of separately managed accounts and mutual funds. At Newfound, Corey is responsible for portfolio management, investment research, strategy development, and communication of the firm's views to clients.\n\nPrior to offering asset management services, Newfound licensed research from the quantitative investment models developed by Corey. At peak, this research helped steer the tactical allocation decisions for upwards of $10bn.\n\nCorey is a frequent speaker on industry panels and contributes to ETF.com, ETF Trends, and Forbes.com\u2019s Great Speculations blog. 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-{"text": "Blues coach Ken Hitchcock indicated at the team's morning skate that Langenbrunner, a former Star, had the flu but that he would be probable for the game. He's the third player (defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk) in recent weeks to miss a game because of the flu.\n\nLangenbrunner had played in the team's first 34 games, recording 2 goals and 12 points.\n\nST. LOUIS -- Just when the St. Louis Blues were on the cusp of getting close to a full roster, they take another injury hit.\n\nWinger T.J. Oshie will miss tonight's game against Dallas and Tuesday night's game at Detroit with a left wrist injury.\n\nOshie, who is tied for the team lead in points (23) with Alex Steen, came onto the ice late for today's morning skate but did minor stickwork and not much else.\n\nThe injury is the opposite to the wrist Oshie jammed in a game at Minnesota on Nov. 19.\n\n\"Osh has a sore wrist and we've opted to get him to as close as to 100 percent as we can,\" Hitchcock said. \"We've opted to keep him out for these two games and put him in against Nashville (Friday). Rather than just keep monitoring it and getting it halfway decent. This way, we get it close to 100 percent.\"\n\nThe injury will not require surgery, according to Hitchcock, and the team is hopeful rest will do the trick.\n\n\"It's a ligament issue, but it's significant enough where we're getting to where it's just 80 percent,\" Hitchcock said. \"We have a chance now with days off before and then the days off now, we have a chance to get it close to 95 or 100 (percent) and that will allow him to stay in the lineup long-term. We've opted to do that and take the bullet right now.\n\n\"It's on the other wrist now, but it's the exact same injury. It's hard to play when you don't have two hands. The other one's fine and this one's aggravated. Rather than go through what we did on the other one, we've opted to take these two games and sit him.\"\n\nThe Blues have recalled forward Adam Cracknell from the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL and he will be in the lineup tonight against the Stars.\n\nRW T.J. Oshie (wrist) will miss the next two games. Coach Ken Hitchcock said it's nothing that will require surgery and he expects Oshie to return Friday vs. Nashville. The team has recalled LW Adam Cracknell from AHL Peoria and he will play. Scratches include D Ian Cole and RW Ryan Reaves, the latter of whom has a bit of an issue with his ribs. Players on injured reserve include LW Andy McDonald (concussion), D Kent Huskins (ankle), RW B.J. Crombeen (shoulder) and C Vladimir Sobotka (ankle).\n\nScratches based on the Stars' last game would include C Toby Petersen and C Jake Dowell. Injured players include D Stephane Robidas (foot), G Kari Lehtonen (groin) and RW Tomas Vincour (MCL). Lehtonen, who's been out since late November, is expected to return to the lineup Thursday. The Stars did not travel to St. Louis until today.\n\nST. LOUIS -- After the month of October, where they surrendered 20 goals in 11 games playing 5-on-5 hockey, the Blues have really buckled down in the month of November.\n\nThrough eight games, the Blues have surrendered only four goals playing 5-on-5, including three in six games with Hitchcock as coach.\n\n\"I think they bought into the checking part of hockey,\" Hitchcock said of his players. \"They were already partly bought-in, and we just kind of continued the program.\n\n\"If they buy into it, the harder they check, the more they score and then they see results. I think what happened was we came out checking hard and scored because of it. The buy-in was a little bit easier.\"\n\nPlaying with a sense of urgency each and every shift seems to have paid dividends.\n\n\"All year long, we've done a good job of staying fresh and rolling our lines.\"\n\nAdded captain David Backes: \"When you're playing at that high rate changing lines over quick, it's tough to play against when the guy against you is going 100 miles an hour. Even when we're making mistakes, we're making them at full speed so we can recover and get back above the puck. Other guys are bailing guys out when mistakes are made. It's a good recipe.\"\n\n------------\n\nBlues winger David Perron was cleared for full contact drills and has participated in five days now without the no-contact red jersey. Perron, out since Nov. 4, 2010 (concussion), has been involved in two days of hard practices where contact has been evident with no ill effects.\n\n\"It's hard when your player comes to full contact that he's not ready to play, but then you see endurance stuff,\" Hitchcock said. \"He's getting closer from an endurance standpoint, and that's encouraging.\n\n\"I think for us, for him to be able to go through every day and then not have any repercussions the next day ... our focus is all on the next day. How does he feel the next day? He's had all the hockey soreness stuff and all the areas that you like with no repercussions at all. For us, that's good news.\n\n\"The next step is when does it slow down in his head? The tempo we practiced with the last two days, he had to keep up with it. I think the first day was a struggle for him, and yesterday was a lot better. We're getting closer. Now is just a matter of taking the next step. Taking the leap of faith and say it's time to go. He's the only guy that's going to know that. He's going to have to tell us when he thinks he's ready to go.\"\n\n------------\n\nBlues winger T.J. Oshie, who sat out the last two practices with a sore wrist, has been deemed good to go by Hitchcock. But there is still no news as far as winger Andy McDonald (concussion) is concerned.\n\n\"I haven't seen Mac at all,\" Hitchcock said. \"I don't really have a comment on it because I haven't even seen him here in person here. ... He's not able to participate yet.\"\n\nDefenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (hamstring) will miss his third straight game but Hitchcock said there is progress.\n\n\"He feels better,\" Hitchcock said. \"We're hopeful that towards the end of the week he can get back on the ice. We'll go from there, but he feels better.\n\n\"We need him back in the lineup. That's an injury where you don't know until you get on the ice. It's a hamstring injury. It might be good in 24 hours and you just go from there or it might take a few days. He's made improvement and that's a good sign.\"\n\nThe three have combined for 52 points in 17 games this season, including 8 in Wednesday night's 6-0 thumping of Dallas.\n\n\"We all want to play the best for this team and win hockey games,\" said Fleischmann, who has 7 goals and 17 points. \"We're working hard out there and that's what we're trying to do. It's been working so far.\n\n\"Everybody's just contributing to winning hockey games. We don't have all those superstars out there. Everybody's doing their job.\"\n\nVersteeg leads the team with 20 points while Weiss has 15. The line of David Backes along with T.J. Oshie and Alex Steen will get the task of shutting the trio down.\n\n\"I played against Stephen Weiss maybe three or four times in my career,\" Backes said. \"It's not guys like in Chicago or Vancouver where you pretty much know the style of play, how they're going to play every single night.\n\n\"Fleischmann's the same way. He was in Colorado for a little while, hurt for a lot of it. Versteeg was in (Chicago). He's a little bit more of a known name, but they've been playing really well together. They've thrown up a ton of points. They've done a good job of gelling and having a lot of success so far early in the season.\"\n\nAdded Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk: \"They're obviously fast. I know Fleischmann pretty well from Colorado. I've always had the highest things to say about him. He's a smart player, and when you put him with a guy like Weiss, who can obviously play and Versteeg who's been a good player here. It's going to be tough for us. I think we expect the challenge. Hopefully we can shut them down and go from there.\"\n\nSpeaking of Fleischmann, it's a great story considering the winger missed half of last season with a disorder known as pulmonary embolism, which is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream, likely a blood clot.\n\nThere was talk of whether Fleischmann, who was in Colorado last season, would ever play the game again but the Panthers took a chance and inked him to a four-year, $18-million contract. So far, so good.\n\n\"The health is the most important and I had to take care of that,\" Fleischmann said. \"Everything seems good right now. I feel normal. Everything feels really good.\"\n\nJimmy Howard gets the nod in goal; Ty Conklin, who played for the Blues the last two seasons, will be the backup in his return to St. Louis.\n\nThe Red Wings are without injured defenseman Ian White (cheekbone), Todd Bertuzzi (sinus infection) and Jan Mursak (ankle). Healthy scratches include winger Fabian Brunnstrom. Defenseman Brendan Smith, recalled from Grand Rapids after White's injury, will serve the last of a five-game suspension tonight after receiving the suspension in the preseason for a hit to the head on Chicago's Ben Smith.\n\nST. LOUIS -- When Ken Hitchcock stepped behind the Blues' bench for the first time Tuesday night, not much changed as far as the lineup was concerned.\n\nHowever, one change turned into a very bright spot, where recently recalled defenseman Ian Cole stepped in.\n\nCole, who played 26 games and recorded 1 goal and 3 assists in his first stop of NHL duty last season, played in his first game this season after being called up from the American Hockey League's Peoria Rivermen.\n\nIt may have arguably been his best game as a pro.\n\n\"Really good,\" Hitchcock said of Cole's game. \"I don't even know anything about him and he just looked like an NHL player yesterday.\n\n\"He was strong, he won a lot of 1-on-1s, very competitive. ... I liked the part that he was comfortable moving the puck in the middle of the ice instead, rather than just banging it off the boards getting it out. He made plays in the middle of the ice and really got us out of trouble.\"\n\nCole didn't register a point in Tuesday's 3-0 win over Chicago but played solid with partner Roman Polak. Cole played 18 minutes, 59 seconds, and blocked two shots in the game, but as Hitchcock said, made smart decisions.\n\n\"I really liked it,\" Cole said of his game. \"I thought as a whole it was good, but as far as dissecting it, there were definitely things I could have done better.\"\n\nSuch as?\n\n\"I can think of four or five things I wish I could have done differently,\" Cole said. \"As soon as they happened, I was like, 'Why did I do that?'\n\nST. LOUIS -- It's non-game days that makes Ken Hitchcock a load to deal with from a player's perspective, simply because he's a stickler for teaching on practice days.\n\nHitchcock, who said he likes to practice in smaller rinks, was going full bore Wednesday. Thursday was an optional gameday skate for the players.\n\n\"Days like (Wednesday), I'm a bear,\" he said. \"Between the video and the teaching and the preparation for practice, I'm really selfish. The day of the game, I find it very peaceful and relaxing. Competition is what it is, but I find that practice days for me are, 'Get out of my way. It's my time.'\"\n\nHitchcock said the style of game he likes his players to play is hard, not only mentally but physically as well.\n\n\"The whole game is about back-pressure, tempo and (a) 200-foot (game),\" Hitchcock said. \"It's not easy playing that way.\"\n\nHe believes the Blues are physically there but mentally, it will take some getting used to.\n\nST. LOUIS -- New Blues coach Ken Hitchcock paid the ultimate compliment to Hawks star Patrick Kane, who has been playing center for Chicago after previously playing exclusively on the wing.\n\n\"That's the worst nightmare for all of us,\" Hitchcock said, referring to coaches around the NHL. \"That's not good because a player that's that strong and that competitive and that patient with the puck, we've all kind of dreaded that day when he was going to move into the middle of the ice. It's not fun. When you come with a 1-2 punch like that, it's not a lot of fun.\"\n\nWhen hearing those comments, Kane responded, \"It's fun to hear that, especially from a coach like that who's so well-respected like that and who has so many wins under his belt.\n\n\"I feel like I can a little more consistent. I can probably do some better things all around, but I guess it comes with the territory of learning the position. So far, I think it's been a pretty good thing for the team. It gives us an option, if now, maybe down the road a little bit.\"\n\nHitchcock said Kane's transformation will be fine and the rest of the league will just have to deal with it.\n\n\"We were hoping it didn't come. It's there,\" Hitchcock said. \"You've got to deal with it, but there were a lot of 'Oh, no's,' because the game isn't played in the middle of the ice much anymore, but he's got enough trust and confidence in his own ability. He knows how to play in there. It's a nervous defending time when you have a player with that type of skill level and patience with the puck that can make plays with people. It's a little bit scary.\n\n\"Joel (Quenneville, Blackhawks coach) could have made it a lot easier if he would have put Kane and (Jonathan) Toews together. That kind of screws up our plan. We'll have to adjust.\""}
-{"text": "Beginning high basic level English skills. Comprehend spoken English in familiar contexts. Communicate about basic needs and routine activities and participate in basic conversations about routine social situations. Generate sentences related to survival skills and personal topics."}
-{"text": "Supervisor Register\n\nIt is preferred research candidates have an Institute based supervisor to support them throughout their candidature. Below is a register of current internal supervisors with links to their more detailed profiles. Supervisor candidates can also access the support of Institute affiliated Adjunct Fellows or other Graduate School approved external contributors willing to participate on supervisory panels. Please contact the Graduate School Director on GraduateSchool@batchelor.edu.au if you would like to discuss supervision arrangements further."}
-{"text": "Search Site\n\nNov 20, 2015\n\nI\u2019m Not Ready For the Next Step\n\nLife comes with challenges and eventually people are going to ask you to do things that you\u2019re not ready for yet. Sometimes it feels like you\u2019re never going to be ready and you don\u2019t want to do what they ask of you yet.\n\nYour wife may want to have children, your boyfriend may want to get married. Your parents may be forcing the idea of college into your head or you may be asked to move out as soon as you graduate high school. There are so many things that can hit you in life and you won\u2019t be ready for them.\n\nActually, you will never be ready for anything. You can prepare yourself as much as you can but there will be at least one thing that will come up in life that you won\u2019t be ready for.\n\nEither way, the longer you wait and prepare yourself for an event the less likely you will ever do it. If you wait to be ready for something you\u2019ll wait forever and do nothing.\n\nSo, let\u2019s get to it. What is is that you want to do? find out how to get started and just do it. Search up how to start your business or how to make what you want to create. Figure out who you can ask for help about the topic you want to research. Surround yourself with people who will inspire you."}
-{"text": "\u201cLOCK HER UP\u201d Movement Growing By The Day\n\nThis Is Why That, No Matter What the 2016 Election Result,\u201cLOCK HER UP\u201d Will Continue to Resound Across America. She Will Be Locked Up, Unless She Happens To First\u2026.\n\nHillary Rodham Clinton is a trained attorney and once-practicing lawyer.\n\nMrs. Clinton knows the law and especially the relevant federal statutes regarding government property.\n\nTherefore, Mrs. Clinton knows that she is categorically disqualified from holding public office in the United States of America. The United States Code is unequivocal about who cannot hold elective office as stated in the following law of the land.[1] As follows:\n\nThere\u2019s a very good reason why the preceding post has well over 350,000 Facebook \u201cLikes\u201d. It\u2019s because this particular law CANNOT BE SUBVERTED by anyone, under any circumstances, and the U.S. citizenry knows it. And now they have possession of the hard written law that everyone knows, including Candidate Clinton.\n\nAs a BAR-registered lawyer, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State, no one knows this particular law better than Mrs. Clinton. Actually the DNC probably knows it better as they are directly responsible for vetting the presidential candidates who are officially nominated by the Democratic Party.\n\nTransparent Manipulation of the MSM has Incensed the Electorate\n\nHillary Clinton\u2019s naked control over the Mainstream Media (MSM) has only pushed more voters into the Donald Trump camp.\n\nThe Wikileaks emails showing the unparalleled influence exerted daily by the DNC over the MSM also reveal a deliberate criminal conspiracy to subvert American democracy.\n\nEveryone knows that CNN is really the Clinton News Network.\n\nEveryone knows that MSNBC and CBS News are merely propaganda organs of the Clinton Campaign.\n\nHowever, that emails have been released, which expose this illicit collaboration between the DNC and the media, is both unprecedented and paradigm-shattering. The American electoral process will NEVER be that same, nor should it be. See for yourself: Trumpsters Take On The Mainstream Media\n\nHillary is running for president to avoid being a prisoner\n\nThere is now so much incriminating information that has been downloaded throughout the public domain that serves as an indictment of Clinton\u2019s official misconduct that the American people will not rest until she is imprisoned. She knows this. Which is why she continues to run for POTUS in spite of having a very precarious health status.\n\nThe numerous professional medical diagnoses (including her personal physician) and various medical opinions which can now be found on the Internet are all conclusive: Hillary suffers from Parkinson\u2019s disease, Subcortical vascular dementia and Post-concussive syndrome. Why in the world would she ever run for president unless she absolutely had to? Even her NWO globalist masters cannot compel her to do something she is effectively incapable of.\n\nThe important point here is that Hillary has to win this election to stay out of prison. The national clamor to prosecute her, convict her, sentence her and get her off the street is now too great and irreversible for her to successfully tamp down. The more Mrs. Clinton tries to manipulate the MSM, or DNC, or Democratic Party to carry out her will, the more her perfidy is exposed for all to see. The people are only getting angrier at her lying and treachery, prevarication and deception, betrayal and deceit.\n\nTruly, Hillary R. Clinton has dug herself a grave that she cannot get out of. Even if she steals this election outright, the American people will eventually Watergate her, a true fulfillment of poetic justice.\n\nThe crucial link posted at the beginning of this article is so radioactive it has the potential to effectuate real change like never seen before. The USA is first and foremost a nation of laws. Were a POTUS to be elected who the body politic knew in advance broke one of the most important laws of the nation, the country would descend into anarchy. Hence, it is critical to inform the people who are unaware of this solemn statute. It is the key to American independence; and it is the best way to prevent a career criminal from holding the highest office in the land.\n\nPlease, disseminate the following link by every means possible and by any means necessary. The very future of the American Republic may depend upon it. So, too, may the ultimate fate of the America people. Thank you!"}
-{"text": "Share Your Content with Us\n\nExplore how web content management buyers can assess the cost associated to buy.\n\nThis paper will examine five key areas of cost:\n\nUser Adoption\n\nInitial Implementation\n\nUpgrades and Ongoing Re-implementation\n\nMaintenance and Support Cost\n\nApplication Integration\n\nFor each area, it then looks at both the initial costs, and the cost of ongoing change. They explore how to measure and compare costs for different types of systems under consideration.\n\nIt will also show how Percussion CM1 presents a new paradigm: an easy to use interface that lowers adoption costs, uses interchangeable building blocks that lower the cost of implementation, bounds customization to rein in support and maintenance costs, and adopts a decoupled architecture to lower application integration and upgrade costs.\n\n\u201cThe ongoing failure of so many WCM projects is due to the high cost of change.\u201d\n\nFrom this, you will see how to use the lower cost of change in Percussion CM1 to beat your competition and succeed on the web."}
-{"text": "June 6, 2020Ellen Dostal \u2013 Broadway World \u201cMay you live in interesting times,\u201d has taken on new meaning in 2020 amid the current world health crisis. No one could have imagined a scenario like this where theater doors would be forced to close indefinitely. And yet, they have. But you can\u2019t dampen the heart of an artistRead More\n\nMarch 3, 2020Deborah Klugman \u2013 Stage Raw In a Rorschach test, an individual is presented with a series of abstract images and asked what they see. Their answers are used by the administering psychiatrist or psychologist to gain insight into that person\u2019s state of mind. Open Fist Theater Company\u2019s current production is titled Rorschach Fest. Presented asRead More\n\nFebruary 27, 2020Erin Conley \u2013 On Stage & Screen It all begins with a note on a car and a case of mistaken identity. Found, a musical based on the books and magazines of the same name by Davy Rothbart, opened this past weekend in its west coast premiere at IAMA Theatre Company in Los Angeles. ReadRead More\n\nFebruary 22, 2020Jonas Schwartz \u2013 Broadway World After two successful runs in Los Angeles in 2012 and 2014 at the Pantages, that smut-mouthed, but endearing musical comedy The Book Of Mormon has squatted downtown at the Ahmanson, and third time around, it has lost none of its luster, or its smut. Read more\u2026 Now running through MarchRead More\n\nFebruary 22, 2020Rob Stevens \u2013 Haines His Way A middle-aged couple wake up one morning naked in bed. The woman gently removes his hand from her breast, dons a handy silk robe and is off to the kitchen to make coffee. The man soon follows. Read more\u2026 Now running through March 15\n\nFebruary 19, 2020Lovell Estell III \u2014 Stage Raw Hamlet The Rock Musical has had a few iterations since it debuted in 1973 with the title Kronberg 1582. It was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where it was part of a larger radio program. In 1976, it ran on Broadway for seven shows as Rockabye Hamlet, andRead More\n\nFebruary 19, 2020Terry Morgan - Stage Raw Poverty and homelessness and what to do about them are hardly new matters of concern. King Lear berates his newly-found conscience thus: \u201cPoor naked wretches\u2026how shall your houseless heads and unfed sides\u2026defend you from seasons such as these? O, I have ta\u2019en too little care of this!\u201d Read more\u2026 MargaretRead More\n\nArchive for Brian Kite\n\nIt was a great night at the 50th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards at Pasadena Playhouse on Monday, April 8th. Congratulations to all of the award recipients and to everyone whose outstanding work received a nomination. We are proud to recognize your accomplishments. Thank you to everyone who attended the show and thanks to photographer Meredith Adelaide for capturing the excitement. For additional photos, visit our Facebook page.\n\nFrom an Aborted NYC Mikado to Bloomberg Foundation Largesse to the 20 Most Produced Playwrights of 2015-16\n\nPaul Birchall \u2013 Stage Raw\n\nAlso making news is the news that Brian Kite, producing artistic director of La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, is stepping down to take over the Department Chair at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Still quite a young artist, Kite has already had an illustrious career, with credits from the Actors Co-op to the French Woods Festival in New York (where he served as director of theater programs for more than seven years) to the Geffen, and he has certainly had played a strong leadership role at La Mirada \u2013 not to mention is position of board chair at Los Angeles Stage Alliance. Read more\u2026\n\nIn one of many striking images in Brian Kite\u2019s staging of Billy Elliot \u2014 The Musical, an army of northeast England miners, having had their strike busted by Mrs. Thatcher, descends en masse into a pit, the lamps on their helmets blazing forward, as they sing the rousing \u201cOnce We Were Kings\u201d: \u201cThe ground is empty and cold as hell, but we all go together when we go.\u201d Read more\u2026\n\nDavid C. Nichols \u2013 LA Times\n\nThe sheer joy of musical performance dances through \u201cBilly Elliot the Musical\u201d at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Read more\u2026\n\nJonas Schwartz - TheaterMania\n\nThe musical adaptation of 2000\u2032s sleeper hit film Billy Elliot must survive on the actor hired for the title role. As well as leading nine songs, it\u2019s a heavy dancing part, requiring one to shine in tap, ballet, and interpretive dance. To make it more daunting, the lead actor must be an adolescent. That\u2019s a heavy burden, and youngster Mitchell Tobin makes a winning Billy. Read more\u2026\n\nMelinda Schupmann \u2013 Arts In LA\n\nAfter the success of the 2000 film Billy Elliot, it wasn\u2019t a stretch to imagine making the story into a musical. Lee Hall, who wrote the screenplay, created the musical\u2019s book and lyrics, and with the help of Elton John\u2019s music and Stephen Daldry\u2019s direction, turned out a production that is still currently playing in England today. em>Read more\u2026"}
-{"text": "Getting Rid of Flies\n\nDuring a fly\u2019s lifetime (around 30 days), a female will lay between 400-600 eggs.\nBased on this fact, it is easy to see how a small problem can quickly turn into a large infestation if you do nothing to control flies.\n\nOnce a problem has been identified, there are simple ways you can get rid of flies and reduce their numbers on your property.\n\nTips:\n\nControl moisture -\nfix leaky taps and blocked drains where water can gather. Flies need moisture to multiply.\n\nKeep food covered -\nany type of food, even crumbs, can attract flies and encourage them to lay eggs nearby. Leftovers should be carefully covered up. Their contact with your food is also main cause of food contamination."}
-{"text": "Lobsters and Crabs Feel Pain\n\nResearch to be published in two journals focusing on animal behavior suggests that virtually all animals, including lobsters, crabs, fish, shellfish, and insects, can suffer.\n\nChris Sherwin, a senior research fellow in the Clinical Veterinary Science division at the University of Bristol, commenting on the study told Discovery News, \u201cThe question of whether invertebrates experience pain is fundamental to our legislation that protects animals and our behavior, attitude and use of these highly complex organisms.\u201d"}
-{"text": "MIDDLE EAST\n\nIran\u2019s Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif has issued a response on behalf of Iran regarding the open letter sent to the Islamic Republic of Iran and drafted by Republican Senator Tom Cotton and signed by 46 other Republican Senators. The response is nothing less than damnin,g and highlights the (new) international embarrassment the Republican Party has brought upon the United States. In the statement Dr. Zarif, stated:\n\n\u201cIn our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. It is very interesting that while negotiations are still in progress and while no agreement has been reached, some political pressure groups are so afraid even of the prospect of an agreement that they resort to unconventional methods, unprecedented in diplomatic history.\u201d\n\nHe goes on to suggest that Netanyahu, along with the Republicans who signed the letter, view peace as an \u201cexistential threat.\u201d\n\nIt is writing such as this, which illustrates and illuminates the extent of Zionist infiltration in the \"Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave,\" which will drive home to the \"American\" public what has happened to their \"dream, which may eventually stir them to action of some sort to bring it to an end... if anything will!\n\nIt is certainly past time to push back against an organization that is brazenly promoting the interests of a foreign government at the expense of the American people.\n\nShutting Down AIPAC\n\nI would like to concentrate on two issues. First is the nature of the special relationship between Israel and the United States and second is the role of the Israel Lobby and most particularly AIPAC in shaping that relationship.\n\nIran's FM: I read the American constitution, I believe the\u2013 executive has the prerogative over foreign policy and for any foreign government, it has to lead with the executive. That\u2019s the only way you can have international affairs. So I will accept the commitment of the U.S. government, the U.S. administration, about what\u2013 going to do. And I will\u2013 I mean if they have an agreement, I will hold them accountable.\n\nSo, did Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland mislead Congress or just play a propaganda game, asks Robert Parry.\n\nAn early skill learned by Official Washington\u2019s neoconservatives, when they were cutting their teeth inside the U.S. government in the 1980s, was how to frame their arguments in the most propagandistic way, so anyone who dared to disagree with any aspect of the presentation seemed unpatriotic or crazy.\n\nDuring my years at The Associated Press and Newsweek, I dealt with a number of now prominent neocons who were just starting out and mastering these techniques at the knee of top CIA psychological warfare specialist Walter Raymond Jr., who had been transferred to President Ronald Reagan\u2019s National Security Council staff where Raymond oversaw inter-agency task forces that pushed Reagan\u2019s hard-line agenda in Central America and elsewhere.\n\nTens of thousands of Americans have signed a petition to the White House demanding treason charges against 47 Republican senators who attempted to sabotage President Barack Obama's efforts to reach a nuclear accord with Iran.\n\nOver 155,000 people by Wednesday had signed the petition against the senators who they say committed \"treasonous\" offenses by writing an open to Iran's leaders.\n\nIn a bizarre move on Monday, the Republican group ignored protocol and sent a letter to Iran, warning that whatever agreement reached with Obama would be a \u201cmere executive agreement\u201d that could be revoked \u201cwith the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.\u201d\n\nThe White House has announced that it responds to such petitions when they achieve the 100,000-signature target.\n\nSenator Tom Cotton biggest campaign contributions came from far outside his home state of Arkansas. That doesn\u2019t include the nearly one-million-dollar contribution in supportive political advertising made by Bill Kristol\u2019s Emergency Committee for Israel in the closing days of Cotton\u2019s Senate campaign.\n\nIsrael lobby\u2019s fingerprints are all over Republican letter to Iran, but the media won\u2019t talk about it\n\n\u2026those who oppose Israeli behaviour have to be careful not to fall into the Zionist trap of assuming, or even inferring, that Israel is identical with the Jewish people and that individual Jews cannot do other than support the Zionist state.\n\nThe ideological arsenal of pretexts for US military interventions are depleted, redundant, spent or thoroughly disgraced.\n\nIs the defence of world heritage sites in Iraq the new \u00abresponsibility to protect\u00bb (R2P) doctrine to justify Western intervention in the geo-strategically important region? The timing coincides with renewed admonitions from the United States and Saudi Arabia for a coalition of ground forces to defeat the Islamic State network in Iraq and Syria \u2013 and just when Iraqi and Syrian forces appear to be decisively pushing back the extremists in both countries.\n\nThe US and its Western allies have long used the doctrine of \u00abresponsibility to protect\u00bb or \u00abR2P\u00bb as a flimsy pretext for military intervention.They found success with various tropes, including the \u00abWar on Terror\u00bb, the elimination of \u00abweapons of mass destruction\u00bb, and the Responsibility to Protect\u00bb human rights.\n\nLawrence Davidson warns activists against falling into the Zionist trap of assuming that Israel is identical with the Jewish people and that individual Jews cannot do other than support the Zionist state.\n\nSenator Tom Cotton who spearheaded letter to Iran received his biggest campaign contributions from far outside his home state of Arkansas. That doesn\u2019t include the nearly one-million-dollar contribution in supportive political advertising made by Bill Kristol\u2019s Emergency Committee for Israel in the closing days of Cotton\u2019s Senate campaign.\n\nIn October 2013 a media campaign tried to sell Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda's arm in Syria, as the \"good terrorist\" worthy \"western\" support against the \"bad terrorists\" of the Islamic State. Other jihadist groups like Ahrar al-Shams were also seen by some as favorable allies. Qatar, the main sponsor of Jabhat al-Nusra, is now again trying to sell the al-Qaeda terrorists as the solution against the Islamic State everyone has been waiting for. This as more and more U.S. sponsored \"moderate rebels\" defect towards al-Nusra.\n\nThe leader of the al-Qaeda-linked rebel forces that brought down Moammar Gadhafi is now the Islamic State\u2019s top man in Libya, according to various media reports, indicating a further unraveling of the Pyrrhic victory achieved by the U.S. and NATO air war on Libya in 2011.\n\nAnyone paying attention to the tiresome 24/7 surreal ISIS psychological operation of the last six to eight months has probably noticed that with the recent bombshell revelations of ISIS working with Israel and the U.S. by the government of Iraq, the Western mainstream media has finally gone into retreat on the ISIS show...\n\nDespite the fact that ISIS is obviously being propped up by Western forces, a recent Pew Research poll discovered that a shocking 63% of Americans support using drone strikes against ISIS, and 47% would like to see a ground invasion of the region. I guess some things never change. History has shown us time and time again, that the vast majority of Americans are so dupable that it would be hilarious if it weren\u2019t so tragic. As the old saying goes, \u201cfool me once\u201d and well\u2026you know the rest.\n\nThere is much idle chatter from liberals, leftists and progressives, claiming that Netanyahu\u2019s \u2018brazen intervention\u2019would backfire;\n\nThere have been times when history has played tricks with man and\u2026has magnified the features of essentially small persons into a parody of greatness--Rabindranath Tagore(on Benito Mussolini)\n\nHow is it that the ruler (Benjamin Netanyahu) of a puny country (Israel) of 8.2 million (6.2 million Jews) with the 37th biggest economy (GDP in current prices) in the world dictates war policy and secures the willing submission of the legislature of the largest economy and most powerful military empire in the world?\n\nWhat significance does Netanyahu\u2019s speech to the US Congress have, beyond the fact that he uses it as a platform to attack the elected President of the US, to denounce US peace negotiations and to demand that Congress adopt policies designed to precipitate a war with Iran?\n\nBefore signing off on an agreement with Iran, Congress should heed the advice of officials at the Department of Energy and intelligence professionals \u2014 not President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry \u2014 about Tehran's \"intentions and capabilities,\" according to Gen. Michael Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency.\n\n\"We need to look at the deal in its entirety and frankly push the president's view on the deal aside, push Secretary Kerry's view on the deal aside,\" Hayden, a retired four-star Air Force general, said Monday on Newsmax TV's \"America's Forum.\"\n\nWesterners live in The Matrix, and the presstitutes keep them there. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and the TV channels perform as agents (as in the Matrix film) actively suppressing any glimmer of factual reality.\n\nWestern people have no comprehension of the real reasons for Washington\u2019s murderous interventions in Yugoslavia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, Indonesia, or Latin America. The most transparent lies are fed to people too ignorant to recognize the lies. The lies have cost huge numbers of deaths and injuries and are leading directly to war with Russia and China.\n\nThe Syrian civil war has been completely lost in the quagmire that is ISIS and the wider problems stemming from Iraq and the war waged upon it by President Bush and the neoconservative establishment. The dangers of meddling in Iraq were clear to anyone who had read even a few pages of modern Middle Eastern history, but few in Western power circles were honest enough to question the policy and call on their governments to think twice before meddling in Middle Eastern affairs.\n\nBerlin and the rest of Europe need to move fast to underpin diplomacy with Russia and to head off Washington\u2019s death-wish plunge into the abyss.\n\nWashington\u2019s reckless attempts to scuttle the shaky ceasefire in Ukraine are unnerving Germany. The German government feels, with good reason, that the Americans are trying to undermine its recent efforts to mediate a political solution to the nearly year-old conflict, which has caused at least 6,000 deaths and up to one million refugees. Not only that but the violence between the ultranationalist regime in Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists in the east is threatening to spillover into a wider war that could involve Russia and the rest of Europe.\n\nNo other visiting Prime Minister or President will be received with so much media attention and political fanfare as Netanyahu because none possess the formidable, organized, well-financed and disciplined political apparatus which Israel possess. This is an apparatus which defends and promotes US wars on behalf of Israel, Israel\u2019s war crimes, land seizures and torture of Palestinians.\n\nThe Russians are worried that pro-Western neoliberal party will regain the positions they lost after 2000, and dead Nemtsov will indeed be more useful for his cause than alive one.\n\nAnyway, while the mourning and the funeral did not cause any breach of peace, the march did not turn into a Maidan or Tahrir, and Bernard Henri Levi did not land on the Red Square, the Putin\u2019s government got cold feet. For a long eight days Russian police looked for the murderers, and meanwhile the Yeltsin\u2019s cadres, people of nineties assaulted Putin from within and the Western media and officials from without. President Putin is not a Genghis Khan, he is a non-confrontational bloke whose great ambition is to live in peace and harmony with the West while defending Russia\u2019s vital interests, and observing interests of Russia\u2019s wealthies and worthies. He also wants to be accepted as an equal among the world\u2019s great, East and West.\n\nFormer French foreign minister, Roland Dumas, confirmed what many suspect is a Zionist-controlled regime in Paris. Dumas told a French television channel that France\u2019s prime minister Manuel Valls is \u201cunder Jewish influence.\u201d\n\nIt has been just over a year of growing and escalating crisis in Europe since the Maidan Square protests in Kiev succeeded in toppling Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014.\n\nIt saw the likes of US Senator John McCain \u2013 a man whose quest for a new Vietnam War never ends \u2013 travelling to the country to personally urge on the demonstrators in Kiev alongside Britain\u2019s Catherine Ashton, representing the EU.\n\nIran has no intention of destroying Israel and has actually saved the Jews three times in history, but the current Israeli regime is a threat to Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said.\n\n\u201cIsrael threatens to use force against Iran almost on a daily basis\u2026 Of course, if they did use force against Iran, we would defend ourselves, as we have done with great sacrifice in the past. But we are not invading, we are not threatening anybody. We have not threatened anybody for 250 years,\u201d the Iranian FM said.\n\n\u201cWe never had the bomb. We will never have a bomb. We\u2019re not looking to have a bomb. We do not believe a bomb is in our interest. Whereas [Netanyahu] does have a bomb. He has 200 nuclear weapons,\u201d he said.\n\nChurchill came to cement his alliance with the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who played a big part in the British war effort, while Netanyahu has come to spit in the face of the present president.\n\nIn August of 2013, even as the words came out of US President Barack Obama\u2019s mouth regarding an \u201cimpending\u201d US military strike against the Syrian state, the impotence of American foreign policy loomed over him and those who wrote his speech for him like an insurmountable wall. So absurd was America\u2019s attempt to once again use the canard of \u201cweapons of mass destruction\u201d to justify yet another military intervention, that many believed America\u2019s proxy war in Syria had finally reached its end.\n\nThe counterstroke by Russia included Syria\u2019s immediate and unconditional surrendering of its chemical weapons arsenal and, with that, so evaporated America\u2019s casus belli.\n\nFew would believe if one told them then, that in 2015, that same discredited US would be routinely bombing Syrian territory and poised to justify the raising of an entire army of terrorists to wage war within Syria\u2019s borders, yet that is precisely what is happening...\n\nThe gross interference by Washington in Britain\u2019s forthcoming election on the vital issue of budgetary priorities clearly demonstrates that British \u00abdemocracy\u00bb is but an appendage to an American leash. And the leash is being yanked to pull the snarling bulldog into line.\n\nIn a brazen show of bringing-to-heel in their \u00abspecial relationship\u00bb, American political and Pentagon chiefs are openly rebuking the British government to maintain its huge military spend on the NATO alliance \u2013 to the possible detriment of already withering public services in austerity-clobbered Britain. The imposition by Washington raises serious questions about the nature of democracy in Britain \u2013 the self-proclaimed \u00abMother of all Parliaments\u00bb.\n\nThe walls are thick and strong beyond imagining, but the elders who sleep in the bowels of Zion know that this rumbling at their foundation marks well their inevitable fall.\n\nThe first great stone has hit the ramparts of Zion. The elders within the walls, down in the bowels of the fortress, have sat bolt upright, as they have felt the unmistakable rumbling vibration. Their eyes, which are usually narrow with the self-regard of the power of their own devious cunning, have suddenly gone wide with fear, as instantly they know that the inevitable has arrived upon them.\n\nAs another great stone finds the wall, and shakes the very air, these elders fly from their beds with great alarm.\nThe walls are thick and strong beyond imagining, but the elders who sleep in the bowels of Zion know that this rumbling at their foundation marks well their inevitable fall.\n\nThe Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan has the organized Jewish community in an uproar after making \"anti-Semitic\" statements (i.e., truthful statements about Jews, Jewish criminality, the Jewish state of Israel, and Jewish power and influence) during his annual Saviours' Day sermon recently.\n\nAccording to a press release from the Anti-Defamation League, Farrakhan's powerful speech, in which he correctly identified the Jewish state of Israel and Jewish criminals largely controlling the United States federal government and mainstream mass media as being behind the events of 9/11, once again reaffirmed \"his status as the leading anti-Semite in America.\"\n\nCorporate-financier interests driving US foreign policy have long ago conspired to use Al Qaeda and other sectarian extremist forces to create a Pan-Arabian mercenary force with which to fight their enemies. Warned about in 2007 in a prophetic 9-page report by veteran journalist, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh, then exposed through documented evidence over the course of the past four years, and now incontrovertibly unfolding before the world's eyes, this criminal conspiracy against world peace and all of humanity can be seen in its full, horrific form.\n\nAs reported at Antiwar.com, the US and some of its regional client dictatorships are prodding the major al-Qaeda faction operating in Syria, a brutal terrorist group called al-Nusra, to \u201cre-brand\u201d so the US can openly arm it.\n\nWikipedia notes that al-Nusra:\n\n\u2026is a branch of al-Qaeda operating in Syria\u2026\n\n\u2026has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Turkey.\n\n\u2026is generally made up of native Syrian mujahideen who adhere to Sunni Islam. Its goal is to overthrow Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government in Syria and create an Islamic Emirate under Sharia law.\n\nMembers of the group have referred to the United States and Israel as enemies of Islam, and warned against Western intervention in Syria.\n\nal-Nusra is also, according to both the United States government and ISIS itself, affiliated with ISIS, formerly known as AQI \u2013 al Qaeda in Iraq.\n\nThe Council on Foreign Relations notes:\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nI am having a palm to forehead moment, at industrial-strength velocity, upon reading this.\n\nOver and over again, this Administration has proven itself pathologically, and collectively, unable to think a scenario through to its logical conclusion.\n\nDoes this administration actually believe that after unseating Bashar Al-Assad, that al-Nusra will meekly, quietly throw down its arms, and give its assent to any western-centric puppet put into Assad's place?!?\n\nI don't know the odds the bookies in Vegas would give to such a potential outcome here, but were I a betting woman, I would not bet that this will happen.\n\nUpon gaining control of Syria, Al-Nusra will most probably have a far different geopolitical agenda for Syria from that which the US government thinks it can, and will, provide the US.\n\nAnd most likely, it will be a far more vitriolically anti-US government than is that of the Al-Assad government.\n\nAfter five years of intense fighting and destabilization raging across Syria, Western mainstream press has finally discovered the true cause of the so-called \u201ccivil war.\u201d It turns out that all of the analysts in the alternative media suggesting that the situation in Syria was the result of a NATO destabilization campaign and foreign-backed invasion of terrorists in the form of al-Nusra, al-Qaeda, and ISIS were wrong. In fact, even those mainstream analysts who have suggested that the foreign invasion was actually a legitimate rebellion were apparently mistaken.\n\nThankfully, the mainstream press has discovered the true cause of the Syrian crisis \u2013 global warming.\n\nNo, this is not a joke. Mainstream outlets are actually suggesting that climate change is responsible...\n\nMinister Louis Farrakhan spoke on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to the USA to undermine President Barack Obama's attempt to dialogue with the Islamic Republic of Iran.\n\nRather than observing customary protocol\u2014that is arranging the visit of a head of state with top officials in the country to be visited\u2014Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner informed the White House of the Netanyahu invitation just 10 minutes before it was announced to the public, on Jan. 21, the morning after the president\u2019s State of the Union address.\n\nAs reported at Antiwar.com, the US and some of its regional client dictatorships are prodding the major al-Qaeda faction operating in Syria, a brutal terrorist group called al-Nusra, to \u201cre-brand\u201d so the US can openly arm it.\n\nPresident Barack Obama \"totally misled the American people\" by saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during his Tuesday address to a joint session of Congress, presented no new ideas about striking a deal with Iran over nuclear weapons, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday on Newsmax TV's \"America's Forum.\"\n\n\"The prime minister said, 'If the world leaders are not prepared to insist that Iran changes behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least, they should insist Iran changes behavior before a deal expires,'\" said Dershowitz.\n\n\"His proposal, and it's a very sound one, is that the sunset provision doesn't kick in unless Iran does three things \u2014 it has to stop being the world's greatest exporter of terrorism, it has to stop bullying neighboring countries like Syria and Lebanon, and it has to stop calling for the destruction of Israel.\n\nIsraels own secret service Mossad is contradicting Netanyahu:\n\u201c\u2026the Mossad memo\u2026dated October 22, 2012\u2026contradicted the Israeli leader\u2019s U.N. speech on several critical points of fact, including how far away Iran was from bomb-making capacity and whether it even had the ability to produce weapons-grade uranium.\u201d\n\nRadio talk show host Rush Limbaugh contrasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress Tuesday to President Barack Obama's State of the Union addresses, and concluded that Netanyahu came out on top.\n\n\"Benjamin Netanyahu today was everything Barack Obama is not. Everything,\" Limbaugh said as he opened his program moments after Netanyahu's speech concluded.\n\nHe noted that Netanyahu even pointed to a person in the gallery, as presidents have done for years. In Netanyahu's case, it was Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.\n\nSince the 1979 Iranian revolution and the downfall of the US Puppet Ruler the Shah, Iran has been an Islamic state. In that interval of time, 1979 to the present, Iran has not invaded anyone. Not once. In fact Iran has not launched a war of aggression against another nation in 200 years. War is not their nature. People of all religions live in peace in Iran, even Jews, who find life so comfortable in Iran they refused an offer by the government of Israel to emigrate!\n\nThe CIA supported and equipped \"moderate\" rebels in Syria are loosing out against al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra. The last \"moderate\" group active in north Syria, Harakat Hazzm, had to give up its headquarter -including a ware house full of U.S. weapons- to Jabhat al Nusra and dissolved. The U.S. military plans to recruit, pay and train new \"moderate\" rebels but the effort is starting veeerrry slow. Just 100 have been vetted so far to be \"moderate\" enough for the program. There are simply too few non-Jihadi rebels and warlords available willing to die for U.S. dollars.\n\nHere is my \"sound bite\" comment that I was going to make if I had been able to get through on the CSPAN \"Dial In\" Lines:\n\n\"I would like to make three points.\n\nFirst, I find this complete and utter disregard for U.S. Government Protocol an outrage if not out and out \"Treason, High Crimes and Misdemeanors\" by the organizers of this criminal farce.\n\nSecond, as a US Citizen with single citizenship, I find it equally outrageous that Israel, who has an undeclared nuclear, biological and chemical weapons arsenal with advanced delivery systems and has NEVER signed the Nuclear Non--Proliferation Treaty (NPT) continues to get BILLIONS of dollars of US Foreign Aid in direct violation of the Symington and Glen Acts . . especially when we have children, Elderly and Military Vets sleeping on the streets in this country.\n\nIn pursuing the strategy of preserving the perception of the Iranian threat in order to maintain the special relationship with the United States, Netanyahu is pursuing strategies that sabotage America\u2019s own foreign policy interests...\n\nBy going over President Obama\u2019s head to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is taking a big gamble, apparently hoping that he can block any U.S. rapprochement with Iran and heighten tensions in the Middle East, a strategy that lacks both facts and logic, says Ted Snider.\n\nYet another extremist brigade in Syria presented by the United States and mainstream media outlets as \u201cmoderate\u201d has now officially defected to the side of ISIS and al-Qaeda.\n\nHarakat Hazm, propagandized to the American public as the face of the \u201cmoderate rebellion\u201d in Syria has been the recipient of a large quantity of American weapons in the past including TOW anti-tank rockets and other arms...\n\nThe Iraqi Army has once again claimed that it has downed a NATO aircraft that was providing military assistance directly to ISIS according to Iranian FARS News Agency.\n\nThis time, the Iraqis are claiming they shot down a US Helicopter in the Al-Bagdadi region in Anbar Province last week. The reason for shooting the helicopter, according to FARS and, apparently, high-ranking Iraqi officials, was that the helicopter was carrying weapons to ISIS...\n\nSomeone recently posted an article over on World Truth that posed the question:\n\n\"Department of Homeland Security: What is it Good For?\"\n\nExcellent question!!!\n\nWell, based on what I now know of the Zio-Creator of this treason, . . . Jewish Supremacist and Israeli Dual National Michael \"Dancing Israelis\" Chertoff . . .\n\n. . . and the guy who \"consulted\" on this Zio-Treason, Markus Wolf, who was the former head of the infamous East Germany STASI . . .\n\n. . . and the guy who was put in place at the NSA to carry out this Zio-Treason there, General Michael \"4th Amendment\" Hayden, who would later go to work for Michael \"Dancing Israelis\" Chertoff . . .\n\n. . . and the two guys who were the Zio-Mentors to Michael \"Dancing Israelis\" Chertof and the rest of this treasonous \"Greater Israel\" cabal, Leo \"Noble Lie\" Strauss and Robert J. \"Talmudic Game Theory\" Aumann. . .\n\nThe Southern Movement announced that it is pulling out of the talks overnight on Friday. The group wants the breakaway of the areas of the formerly independent south.\n\nThe movement member, Yassin Mekkawi, said the separatists have suspended their \u201cparticipation in the (UN-backed) national dialogue until it is moved out of the country.\u201d\n\nHe further noted that negotiators have been facing rising \u201cpolitical and psychological pressure.\u201d\n\nThe move comes as an unnamed official in the southern province of Lahij said on Saturday that fighting broke out between the secessionists and Yemeni troops after the separatists opened fire on an army convoy, leaving nine soldiers injured.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to meet with a group of ardently pro-Israel Democratic senators next week in Washington, but he very much wants to see the faces of Arab ambassadors in the audience during his controversial address to Congress.\n\nNetanyahu's ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, has tried, without success, to recruit Arab ambassadors to come to his boss\u2019s speech, e-mailing them personally to plead for their attendance. Dermer, who is not a trained diplomat, is the man who helped engineer the invitation to Netanyahu to speak to Congress in opposition to President Obama\u2019s (so far theoretical) Iran nuclear deal.\n\nNever mind that the national-security apparatus produces the very threats it then uses to scare people with. After all, did anyone hear of ISIS before the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq, a country that had never attacked the United States or even threatened to do so?\n\nNo. That\u2019s because there was no ISIS before the apparatus invaded and occupied Iraq. It was the invasion and occupation, along with other interventions by the apparatus, such as in Syria and Libya, that has produced ISIS, the new, scary enemy of the day.\n\nBut of course, no statist wants to hear that. The national-security state is akin to a god, one that is keeping them safe from all those scary creatures thousands of miles away from American shores, creatures that are brought into existence by the very policies of the apparatus itself.\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nISIS is a tool of American military training and funding; a \"terrorist organisation du jure\" which allegedly beheads people, and tortures puppies.\n\nAnd if you have a hard time wrapping your head around that, please look at the following:\n\nSo folks, the very force the US government is decrying and condemning verbally is that same force that the the US government is supporting, covertly, monetarily, and with US weapons.\nDeal with it; the words \"credibility\" and \"Federal Government\" can no longer be used in the same sentence.\n\nThe Pentagon has altered records to try and cover up its disclosure that one of its training camps to battle Islamic State militants is located in Jordan \u2013 information Jordan had requested be kept private.\n\nThe slip happened last week as a Pentagon officer briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. In an effort to hide the screw-up, the Pentagon has since redacted any mention of the training camp from its public records, the Washington Times reported.\n\nThe OPEC member states are discussing the possibility of an emergency meeting should oil prices continue to fall, said Nigerian Oil Minister, and OPEC President Diezani Alison-Madueke. Prices have dropped by than half since their peak last summer.\n\nIf the price \u201cslips any further it is highly likely that I will have to call an extraordinary meeting of OPEC in the next six weeks or so,\u201d said Alison-Madueke, as quoted by the Financial Times, adding that discussions are already underway.\n\nIt may be a meeting of allies, but when Qatar's emir holds talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday, there are several issues which could test that friendship.\n\nThe meeting will be the first official visit to the White House by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who has been Qatar's ruler since June 2013.\n\nThe meeting was announced cordially, with the White House saying in a statement last week that Obama was looking forward to discussing \"political, economic, and security issues of mutual concern to our two countries\".\n\nBut those security issues -- which are set to dominate the talks -- could also provide the greatest friction between the two leaders, analysts said.\n\nBritish Defence Secretary Michael Fallon praised Qatar as one of the UK\u2019s \u201cmost important allies\u201d during a meeting with his Qatari counterpart on Monday, amid allegations that the Gulf state supports terrorism.\n\nFallon met with the Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Hamad Bin Ali Al Attiyah, to discuss areas for military cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).\n\nAfter the meeting, Fallon praised the Gulf state for being among the UK\u2019s \u201cmost important allies.\u201d\n\nIn Yemen there is no longer a government or a president. On January 22, after the Houthi, (Zaydi Shiites) militiamen in the north besieged the presidential palace in Sana\u2019a, both interim President (since 2012) Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah (of a caretaker government which secured parliamentary confidence in December 2014), resigned. Washington has closed its embassy and many other countries, Western and non, have done likewise. Four southern governors, including those from Aden and Abyan, which has been the epicenter of the US drone campaign against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), have refused to resign, in solidarity with President Hadi. Houthi militias dispersed an impromptu pro-government demonstration days after the takeover; the occasion served as an opportunity for the Houthis to wield some power as they brandished weapons in the streets and made numerous arrests.\n\nWashington is working to install a new air base in Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan to be used in a campaign against Islamic State (ISIS), media report. This comes as the White House\u2019s special envoy on ISIS speaks of a ground operation in Iraq against the militants.\n\nThis time an American stronghold in the region will be deployed in Erbil, the capital of semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq that is expected to be used as a logistics hub to supply primarily munitions for warplanes of the US-led coalition against ISIS militants.\n\n\u201cThe base is close to Erbil, the capital of the regional government\u2026The warplanes will do surveillance, but the warplanes which will bomb ISIL targets will not take off from here,\u201d Helgurt Hikmet, spokesperson for the Ministry of Peshmerga (Kurdish self-defense forces) said, as cited by Anadolu Agency.\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nNo matter what Obama has promised, we will see troops on the ground in Iraq, and most probably, Syria; the \"good reason\" will be to \"conquer Isis\" the real reasons will be to re-control Iraq, and create regime change in Syria.\n\nWe already have 4,000 additional ground troops about to begin staging in Kuwait.\n\nYou cannot bring people 'in country' and expect them to \"wait\" before deployment. They must be utilized, and quickly.\n\nAnd BTW, does anyone, except me, remember the cleric Muqtata Al Sadr, who demanded that the US honor their SOFA with the Iraqi government, or our troops would come under attack?!?\nThis guy is still alive and kicking.\n\nI shudder to think about what he and the Mahdi Army will be willing to do, if he sees that US troops are back, on the ground, in Iraq.\n\nThe United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen's government in a crisis that has pushed the Arab world's poorest country near collapse.\n\nArab countries have been pressing for the use of military force against what they call the rebel group's \"illegitimate seizure of power.\" But the resolution approved by all 15 council members at an emergency meeting does not act under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which would allow it to be militarily enforced.\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nA small memo to the UN Security Council: JUST HOW, PLEASE, DO YOU INTEND TO ENFORCE YOUR DEMAND?!?\n\nAre these people going to give up graciously and apologize for having taken over the government?!?!?\n\nIn the immortal words of my late grandmother, \"The horse is already out of the barn.\"\n\nFor whoever at the UN Security believed that the power of their words, with no military action, would have any effect here, we need to talk: I've got a diamond mine in Topeka to sell you!!\n\nPresident Obama hasn\u2019t gotten approval for his \u201cintentionally vague\u201d Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS, but the Pentagon is already scrambling to escalate its military presence in the region in preparation of the ground war it would start.\n\nOver 4,000 ground combat troops from Fort Carson\u2019s 3rd Brigade are being sent to Kuwait under this new deployment, where they will make up the region\u2019s largest collection of US ground troops, which will include heavy armored vehicles.\n\nEven as President Obama continues to deny plans for a ground war, it\u2019s not a secret what the troops are being sent to Kuwait for, and officials say they\u2019re prepared for \u201cany contingency,\u201d which in this context means a fight with ISIS.\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nIF Obama does not get the Congressional Authorization for a use of force, he will do what he wants with one, or several Executive Orders.\n\nIt is a fascinating component to his personality, as a former lecturer on Constitutional Law, to see that he believes, as President, he is absolutely and utterly above the law.\n\nExtrajudicial assassinations in foreign countries? No problem! The sending of forces to the Middle East to project US military power and ultimately engage in ground combat without Congressional approval?!? No problem! To surveille everything everyone says or writes in a blog to determine if they are a \"threat potential\"? No problem!!\nHe just did the last one yesterday, via Executive Order.\n\nMore than 4,000 soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado\u2019s 3rd Brigade Combat Team are headed to Kuwait. Once there, they will become the largest ground force in the region.\n\n\u201cWe are absolutely ready for this mission,\u201d the brigade\u2019s commander, Col. Greg Sierra said at a deployment ceremony, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Friday. \u201cWe are prepared for any contingency. [\u2026] In the end, if we do get into fights, we win decisively,\u201d he added.\n\nThis came after the United States and a number of European countries shut their embassies in the Arab country where the Ansarullah revolutionaries have taken control of the capital, Sana\u2019a.\n\nThe Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency \"Due to the deteriorating security and political situation in the Yemeni capital, Saudi Arabia has suspended all embassy operations in Sana'a\u201d.\n\nInternational rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded credit ratings of Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Oman on Monday amid a sharp drop in oil prices, a press release from the agency said.\n\nKazakhstan's rating was lowered to \"BBB\" with a negative outlook from \"BBB +\". The agency downgraded Bahrain's rating to \"BBB-\" with a negative outlook from \"BBB\". Oman's rating was downgraded from \"A\" to \"A-\" with a negative outlook.\n\nSources say White House plan will bless anti-Isis war for three years and ensure that Obama, like George W Bush, will hand over two wars to his successor.\n\nSeveral congressional sources familiar with the outlines of the proposal, all of whom expected the White House to formally unveil it on Wednesday, told the Guardian the so-called Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) would bless the anti-Isis war for three years.\n\nCongressional language to retroactively justify the six-month-old US war against Isis will not, they said, scrap the broad 9/11-era authorities against al-Qaida, as some congressional Democrats had proposed, meaning the two war authorizations will coexist.\n\nAsked if the anti-Isis AUMF opens the US to a second worldwide war against a nebulous adversary, one congressional aide answered: \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nThe 3 year timeline in this authorization is a lousy \"gift\" with which to burden the coming administration, and seems to bring about the conditions leading to a perpetual state of war, something which appears to be what both parties want, in the names of those military industrial corporations which support, overtly, and covertly, both parties.\nThe establishment of perpetual war is a lousy principle from which create foreign policy, and really lousy for We the People.\n\nThe United States, Britain and France said Wednesday they were closing their embassies in Yemen amid the turmoil in the wake of the Shiite rebels' takeover of the country.\n\nThe closures \u2014 almost four years to the date since the start of an Arab Spring uprising that ousted Yemen's longtime autocratic ruler \u2014 were an ominous sign for the faltering, U.N.-brokered negotiations between the Houthi rebels and their political rivals, They also threatened to plunge this impoverished Arabian Peninsula country further into international isolation.\n\nThe United Arab Emirates launched airstrikes Tuesday against the Islamic State group from an air base in Jordan, marking its return to combat operations against the militants after it halted flights late last year.\n\nThe General Command of the UAE Armed Forces said Emirati F-16s carried out a series of strikes Tuesday morning, according to a brief statement carried by the Gulf nation's official WAM news agency.\n\nThe fighters returned safely back to base after striking their targets, the statement said. It did not elaborate, nor did it say whether the strikes happened in Syria or Iraq. The militants hold roughly a third of each country in a self-declared caliphate.\n\nThe UK will send 2,000 specialist troops and a spy plane to Jordan to aid its efforts to defeat the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), a government source has revealed.\n\nThe decision follows criticism from the Commons Defence Select Committee that the UK was not committing sufficient troops or resources to the area.\n\nAn initial group of 60 military planners will join a coalition HQ in Jordan, which will be used to co-ordinate support of Kurdish and Iraqi troops, followed by a further 2,000 who will mainly act in a training capacity, the source told the Express.\n\nThis situation is escalating exponentially, and I have to wonder: will the RAF be bombing ISIS infrastructure, or that of the Syrian government, in order to \"soften Syria up\" for a UK/US/Jordanian ground strike in order to achieve regime change here?!?\n\nOnly time will tell, but I am seeing a massive increase in military activity in Iraq and beyond.\n\nThe U.S. ambassador to Lebanon said Sunday that $25 million worth of weapons and ammunition have arrived in Beirut, the latest American assistance to Lebanon\u2019s army as it fights Islamic extremists along the border with Syria.\n\nAmbassador David Hale said the equipment includes more than 70 M198 howitzers and over 26 million rounds of ammunition and artillery \u201cof all shapes and sizes, including heavy artillery.\u201d\n\nHale told reporters that Lebanon has become the fifth-largest recipient of U.S. foreign military assistance. He added that weapons worth more than $100 million were given to Lebanon last year and over a $1 billion worth in the last eight years.\n\nHe said the U.S. help to Lebanon will continue \u201cuntil the job is done.\u201d\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nWhat, I wonder, is the actual meaning of Ambassador Hale's very ominous statement that \"...the U.S. help to Lebanon will continue \u201cuntil the job is done.\u201d?\n\nI wish he had been more specific on that.\n\nDoes this mean that the fighting will continue until the world accepts US dollar hegemony at the cost of millions of lives and infrastructure destroyed world-wide?!?\n\nAir force chief Mansour al-Jabour said attacks were 'just the beginning'\nThree days of bombing targeted ISIS depots, barracks and training centres\nOfficials had promised to retaliate harshly after Moaz al Kasasbeh's murder\nCampaign, believed to be targeting Syria, called Operation Martyr Moaz in pilot's memory.\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nIs the Jordanian military ready to share just how effective these attacks have actually been in turning Isis back?!?\n\nThe big question is, how does one win what is essentially a land war, from the air?!?\n\nWere they targeting Isis, or Syrian infrastructure to \"soften the country up\" for US and/or Jordanian \"boots on the ground\"?!?\n\nAccording to locals in Mosul and the Twitter accounts of ISIS members and other people, the Islamic State has issued its own currency, the dinar. As noted here, the ISIS dinar is available in two gold coins, three silver coins and two bronze coins, minted with Islamic State approved imagery.\n\nRecently revealed conversations between the Pentagon and the Gadhafi regime in 2011 show that then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was serving the Muslim Brotherhood by pushing a false narrative to justify the removal of Muammar Gadhafi, as Shoebat.com has reported. With the help of corroborating evidence, we\u2019re closer to proving that Republican Senator John McCain was likely just as invested in facilitating the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya as Hillary was. Before getting to the evidence that implicates McCain, let\u2019s work backward from the Benghazi attacks.\n\nUS Vice President Joe Biden has made the latest in a series of chastening apologies, after the United Arab Emirates expressed \u201castonishment\u201d at his Thursday remarks. Biden called US allies \u201cthe biggest problem\u201d in fighting terrorism in the Middle East.\n\n\u201cThe UAE\u2019s counter-terrorism approach reflects a pioneering national commitment that recognises the extent of the danger posed by terrorism to the region and to its people,\u201d said Gargash in a press release.\n\nThe assertions were in stark contrast to the incendiary remarks Biden uttered in an unguarded moment during a Q&A at Harvard University on Thursday, in which the official accused the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey of inciting radical Sunni elements to raise their weapons against Assad, who belongs to a sect of Shia Islam.\n\nWe need to look much deeper here to see who may have had a hand, albeit indirectly, in the horrific death of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh. Jordan is far from innocent when examining who is responsible for the creation of ISIS.\n\nWe need to look much deeper here to see who may have had a hand, albeit indirectly, in the horrific death of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh. Jordan is far from innocent when examining who is responsible for the creation of ISIS.\n\nIt has been known, for almost two years now, that Jordan has been allowing its territory to be used for the training of rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria. The \u201ceffort is led by the US\u201d, but has also included French and British instructors. The British element was providing \u201clogistical and other advice\u201d to the rebels; with \u2018other advice\u2019 possible being tactical information.\n\nJordanian officials were contemplating sending troops into Syria to fight the Islamic State group after it announced it had executed a Jordanian pilot captured in Syria by burning him alive, according to two tweets Wednesday by Washington Post correspondents in the Jordanian capital Amman.\n\nFollowing the disgusting images of a Jordanian pilot being burned (allegedly) burned alive by ISIS yesterday, the US coalition against the terrorists appears to be faltering. As The NY Times reports, The United Arab Emirates, a crucial Arab ally in the American-led coalition against the Islamic State, suspended airstrikes against the Sunni extremist group in December, citing fears for its pilots\u2019 safety.\n\nWebmaster's Commentary:\n\nMeanwhile, Central Casting is already holding auditions for young men to play the role of \"ISIS terrorist\" to blow up something really important in the UAE!"}
-{"text": "11.15am Mark Wallace on CentreRight: \"Alistair Darling is reduced to begging the new Single Market Commissioner Michel Barnier in the pages of The Times not to wreck the City with overly aggressive regulation.\"\n\n10.45am Alex Deane on CentreRight: \"President Obama gave a commitment yesterday to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan by July 2011. As I've pointed out on this site before, once you set a timetable for withdrawal, you have doomed yourself to defeat. The enemy knows that he must merely wait you out \u2013 and, perhaps, force you to bring forward your timetable by escalating his efforts.\"\n\n\"An apparent admission in the leaked papers that there was not much new in the proposals \u2013 the phrase 'bold new programme' was amended to delete the word 'bold' \u2013 was seized on by opposition politicians. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: 'This is quite clearly a real damp squib of a White Paper. There is a lack of any new real ideas and we get a clear sense that what we have now is a Labour Government which has run out of steam and has no idea how to reform policing'.\" \u2013 Daily Mail\n\nBrown's painting the Tories as friends of the rich is an admission of defeat\n\n\"Mr Brown knows that this time he cannot run a Tory tax cuts versus Labour spending campaign; instead it looks as though he has decided to return to class war. \u201cThe rich always betray the poor,\u201d will be his theme\u2026 His tactics are deeply opportunistic and people may not want politicians playing games when their jobs are on the line. The Prime Minister is in danger of using the Pre-Budget Report as a political tool when it should be used as an economic lever to help to pull Britain out of recession. It is also an acknowledgement of defeat.\" \u2013 Alice Thomson in The Times\n\nThe Telegraph welcomes David Cameron's assault on the \"health and safety culture\"\n\n\"David Cameron yesterday became the first politician sensibly to address this issue \u2013 a subject that exercises many people, yet is studiously ignored by those who purport to govern us\u2026 It is to be hoped that Mr Cameron's speech was more than mere populism, and that sanity, initiative and responsibility can be restored where madness too often reigns.\" \u2013 Daily Telegraph editorial\n\n\"Britain's biggest museums and galleries would be set free from direct government control by the Tories, giving them a greater chance to build up US-style endowments, George Osborne announced today. In a speech at Tate Modern in London, the shadow chancellor said that free entry to museums and galleries during \"straitened times\" would be maintained by a series of reforms if the Conservatives won the election.\" \u2013 The Guardian\n\nNew figures show little improvement resulting from a doubling in spending on education\n\n\"A doubling of spending on schools under Labour has led to negligible improvements as billions have been swallowed up in bureaucracy\u2026 Nick Gibb, Tory schools spokesman, said: 'These figures confirm that the Government has failed to deliver value for money. Productivity has fallen since 2000 because higher spending hasn't been matched by necessary reform'.\" \u2013 Daily Mail\n\nJeremy Hunt: Music and sport videos should have ratings for sex and violence\n\n\"A loophole in the law currently means that music and sport videos or DVDs are not classified despite many containing content which is unsuitable for children. Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary, has now pledged to seek to amend laws to classify video games to broaden the scope of the rules for DVDs and videos.\" \u2013 Daily Telegraph\n\nBoris discussed arts job with Veronica Wadley two weeks before it was advertised\n\n\"Boris Johnson discussed with Veronica Wadley whether she could apply for a senior arts job at a lunch held two weeks before it was advertised, according to correspondence released under freedom of information today.\" \u2013 The Guardian\n\n\"Tonally Cameron has a wider range, whereas at this stage of the parliament Hague was desperately seeking to retain the support of his core vote, worrying that the Conservatives could perform even worse than they had in 1997. Even so the similarities are much closer than those between Cameron and Blair en route to his 1997 landslide.\" \u2013 Steve Richards in The Independent\n\nSimon Heffer: David Cameron must learn the dangers of tinkering with the constitution\n\n\"What is happening in Scotland exemplifies the disastrousness of Labour's attempts at constitutional reform\u2026 Look, too, at the casual way in which Mr Brown chucked the bone to the Liberal Democrats, in his conference speech two months ago, about a measure of proportional representation\u2026 This disgusting, self-serving behaviour is something the Conservative Party should not try to emulate.\" \u2013 Simon Heffer in the Daily Telegraph\n\nVeteran MP Sir Patrick Cormack to retire\n\n\"Veteran Tory MP Sir Patrick Cormack has announced he is standing down at the next general election. The 70-year-old said the \"unhappy events\" of recent months had made working hours at Westminster much more of a burden than before.\" \u2013 Daily Mail\n\nPlease use this thread to highlight other interesting news and commentary and visit PoliticsHome.com for breaking political news and views throughout the day.\n\nPlease use the thread below to provide links to news topics likely to be of interest to ConservativeHome readers and to comment on political topics that haven\u2019t been given their own blog. Read our comments policy."}
-{"text": "Posts Tagged \u2018Politicis\u2019\n\nDon\u2019t you love the left? They have such reverence for the First Amendment\u2019s protections of free speech, don\u2019t they? No, they don\u2019t. Now some will say that it was in bad form to be an invited performer at the President\u2019s pre-inaugural bash, and then to bash on the the President, and I can\u2019t disagree with any of that, except that these are the people who swear that free speech must be tolerated in every case short of the shouting of \u201cFire!\u201d in a crowded theater, or anything they consider \u201chate speech,\u201d or anything else they simply don\u2019t like. I suppose this performance by rapper Lupe Fiasco must have fallen into the latter categories, because once he started criticizing Obama, the thought police descended on him rapidly.\n\nAs you can see in the video, once the rapper proclaims he didn\u2019t vote for Obama, it was time to shut him down. Naturallyy I won\u2019t be shedding too many tears over Fiasco\u2019s\u2026Fiasco, but that\u2019s because he\u2019s another leftwing imbecile who believes the United States causes all of the terrorism against it. Yes, his chief complaint with Obama is that he\u2019s not liberal enough, but perhaps by throwing the rapper out, he\u2019ll notice where liberalism always leads.\n\nAccording to the Daily Caller, after the event, the organizers were contacted and they claimed Fiasco hadn\u2019t been forcibly removed, but that\u2019s just cover. The video clearly displays the rapper getting \u201cthe hook\u2026\u201d I\u2019m not much of a rap fan, but I must admit I liked the part \u201cwhy I ain\u2019t vote for him\u2026\u201d That\u2019s just a classy line. Of course, lefties will cheer Fiasco anyway, since he first managed to call Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck \u201cracist.\u201d\n\nI\u2019ve lived in Texas for more than two decades. Soon, I\u2019ll have spent half my life here, and one thing Texas never lacks is its own particular flavor. Once you get away from the large cities, you find people to be a good deal more plain-spoken, and that\u2019s the way we like it. Sometimes, that tendency to plain-spoken candor leads to what might seem unusual, mildly offensive, but most frequently hilarious to non-Texans. Crockett Keller owns a store in Mason, Texas, a small town in a vast county with not much to see. It\u2019s called Keller\u2019s Riverside Store, and it isn\u2019t much to look at, just the sort of place you expect to see in a west-central Texas town.\n\nNestled near the Llano River, one of the services Mr. Keller offers is the instruction necessary to obtain a concealed-carry handgun license.\n\nHere is his radio advertisement for that class. Pay close attention to the last 20 seconds:\n\nOrdinarily, when a liberal says something like this, you almost wonder if they\u2019re kidding, before realizing that they\u2019re indeed serious. In a column titled Too Much of a Good Thing, in the New Republic, Peter Orszag, formerly Obama\u2019s OMB Director, actually makes the case that we are hampered by too much democracy. His problem is that our constitutional system (not really a democracy) is too slow to react, and the deliberations and negotiations are simply too cumbersome. In this sense, he tells us, the constitutional impediments to autocratic, dictatorial actions are simply too great. I hate to bring up bombastic notions about historic dictators, but honestly, Orszag is all but begging for it here. In the interests of not debasing this discussion more than his proposition has done on its face, let me simply suggest that Mr. Orszag hasn\u2019t learned the first thing from the history of the last century of human experience.\n\nWhat he proposes is a system that not only operates in a dictatorial fashion, but automatically without reference to any sort of future restraint by the people. If you think government is overbearing and monstrous now, wait until Mr. Orszag gets his wish. One could almost imagine that Orszag had been joking, and in fact, it would be comforting to believe that, but given that today, another politician of the same philosophical persuasion suggested we suspend elections for two years, in jest of course(?), one may begin to wonder just how serious these people may really have become. I\u2019d be less than responsible if I didn\u2019t tell my readers that I believe that while they may wish to make jokes of these instances, they are completely serious. In Orszag\u2019s case, what his suggestion comes down to is much like the nonsensical, anti-constitutional plan passed through both houses and signed into law by the President on the debt ceiling issue: They want automatic triggers, and more unelected commissions and panels, none of which are provided for as part of the legislative or executive process in the constitution, but which certainly accomplishes their goal of being able to disclaim responsibility when your taxes are raised and your entitlement programs are cut. Not only is this an awful idea, but it must also beg the question: For what purpose do we need the elected politicians if our government is to be placed on perpetual auto-pilot?\n\nYou see, what they really fear is the effect you are having for the first time in a generation or more. Suddenly, people have begun to question everything government is doing, and rightfully so. As they question it, they also begin to make demands of their elected representatives, and this is causing serious consternation for those in power: If they don\u2019t begin to produce results for you, they may be out of their jobs, and so as a hedge against this, what they hope to do is put in place a suicide machine of big government that will run on auto-pilot whether you elect to replace them or not. Imagine a world in which no majority you can construct in Congress will have the ability to negate, repeal or otherwise overturn the acts and laws of previous Congresses. This is the actual goal and desire of every statist in either party in Washington DC, and it is also the blunt intention of Governor Perdue\u2019s call for suspending elections, that had been \u201ca joke.\u201d\n\nWhile there\u2019s nothing funny about the North Carolina governor\u2019s jest, it\u2019s likewise true that Orszag\u2019s proposition is no less dangerous. We mustn\u2019t permit out elected officials to consider for one moment that this is an acceptable solution. We must not allow them to believe that by forming some commission, or some automated calamity of \u201ctriggers\u201d that law can be allowed to run the country without reference to the rights or the will of the people. This isn\u2019t merely a bad idea. It\u2019s a demagogue\u2019s attack on our system of law, and it strikes at the very heart of our constitutional principles. Considering what this would produce, based on passed examples alone, it can be concluded that no good can come of it, unless you hold as the good to reduce the people of the country to the status of slaves to the state.\n\nThat some governor from North Carolina would even joke about such things is frightening enough, but that a former official in the administration of our current president believes this is a viable solution should cause every reader to shudder at the true meaning: They wish to finally make you completely irrelevant to the governance of this country. They will permit you the illusion of self-governance inasmuch as you will still have elections (maybe,) but those elections will have little meaning in law. When faced with such proposals, it\u2019s time to honestly consider the character of those who now lead our nation, and what else their mindset may yet heap upon us. It has begun to take the form of tyranny, and not one soul should be laughing."}
-{"text": "Friday, May 05, 2006\n\nWORLD CUP RULES FOR GIRLS\n\nWORLD CUP RULES FOR GIRLS....Guys, start forwarding to your other halfs....\n\nLIST OF RULES\n\n1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the The Sun's sport pages so you are aware of what's going on regarding the World Cup and will be able to join in conversations.\n\nIf you fail to do this, you'll be looked at in a bad way or betotally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.\n\n2. During the World Cup the television is mine at all times - without any exceptions.\n\n3. I don't mind if you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game - as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me.\n\nIf you decide to stand naked in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I won't have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.\n\n4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute - unless I require arefill of my drink or something to eat.\n\nYou are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it won't happen.\n\n5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least two six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on.\n\nAnd please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12am and 6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day.\n\n6. Please, please, please if you see me upset because one of my teams is losing, DO NOT say \"get over it, its only a game\" or \"don't worry, they'll win next time\".\n\nIf you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called \"words of encouragement\" will only lead to a break-up or divorce.\n\n7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during half-time but only when the adverts are on, and only if the score is pleasing me.\n\nIn addition, please note I am saying \"one\" game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to \"spend time together\".\n\n8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.\n\n9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because:a) I will not go,b) I will not go, andc) I will not go.\n\n10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game, we will be there in a flash.\n\n11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just asimportant as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying \"but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch?\" The reply will be: \"Refer to Rule #2 of this list\".\n\n12. And finally, please save your expressions such as \"Thank God the World Cup is only every 4 years\".\n\nI am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Italian League, Spanish League, Premier League, etc etc."}
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-{"text": "Olympian Emily Scott gets $35K in donations from web\n\nU.S. Speedskater Emily Scott says she wasn't expecting the support she got after telling her story to USA TODAY. She had to apply for food stamps after her stipend was cut and now donations are pouring in from all over.\n\nhttp://archive.wausaudailyherald.com/VideoNetwork/2525057495001/Olympian-Emily-Scott-gets-35K-in-donations-from-webhttp://bc_gvpc_od-f.akamaihd.net/media/963482463001/201307/3078/963482463001_2525016090001_23cdd0cb-6ac6-4d5a-b874-63c8edd23a2f.mp4?pubId=41823024001&videoId=2525057495001http://archive.wausaudailyherald.com/VideoNetwork/2525057495001/Olympian-Emily-Scott-gets-35K-in-donations-from-webhttp://bc_gvpc.edgesuite.net/img/963482463001/201307/2110/963482463001_2525020205001_th-51d46911e4b09579811d1e9e-1471893302001.jpgOlympian Emily Scott gets $35K in donations from webU.S. Speedskater Emily Scott says she wasn't expecting the support she got after telling her story to USA TODAY. She had to apply for food stamps after her stipend was cut and now donations are pouring in from all over.52Go Fund Meolympian gets 30k donationsvpcbestgofundmesportsspeedskatervpcOlympicsEmily Scott02:13"}
-{"text": "5 Job-Search Tips Just for College Grads\n\nGraduating from college is an exciting time, full of both positive emotions and a lot of \u201cUh oh, now I have to find a job and make a living.\u201d Not only have you been let out into the working world with a million of your peers, that same working world is already full of people who\u2019ve been on the job hunt longer than you. These people have experience and networks. Getting a job is not going to be easy.\n\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean you should panic. You will be able to get a job and move out of your parents\u2019 basement. Companies like to hire young graduates for their energy and ability to really focus on the work. In a recent report, organizations polled said they would be hiring about 13 percent more graduates this year than last, so your chances of getting work are much better than they were not too long ago.\n\nHere are five tips we have specifically for those of you who are fresh out of school:\n\n1. Polish Your R\u00e9sum\u00e9\n\nWhen you\u2019re just finishing up school, your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 isn\u2019t likely to have much bulk to it, but that doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t. A well-constructed r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is the key to getting noticed by hiring managers. You shouldn\u2019t make up experience for your r\u00e9sum\u00e9, but you can do a better job highlighting the experience you do have. List every job you\u2019ve held, even if you think time at a fast-food restaurant or a work-study job doesn\u2019t apply. Any proof that you know how to behave in the workforce is helpful.\n\nAlso, instead of just listing jobs or accomplishments, tailor your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to the jobs you\u2019re applying for by detailing your skill sets and examples of how you\u2019ve developed or used them. Finally, have a perfectionist review your r\u00e9sum\u00e9. A fresh pair of very sharp eyes will find spelling and structure errors. Better yet, find a mentor in your chosen field to help you create a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that speaks to the kind of job you want.\n\n2. Work the Network\n\nWhile the Internet can be a good tool for a job search, it shouldn\u2019t be the only tool you use. You have to step away from the computer and shake some hands in the real world. To get a job, you need to have a network. It really will come down to whom you know. Make sure you build as broad a network as possible. You have more access than you think through your parents and their friends, former coaches or scout leaders, people you worked with at internships and volunteer jobs, teachers you were close to, the neighbor whose lawn you mowed every summer, etc. Don\u2019t be shy about asking these people for help and introductions. They know you, they know your capabilities, and they\u2019re a great way to start a network.\n\n3. Become a Professional\n\nYou\u2019re done with school now, so it\u2019s time to be a grownup and become a professional. While companies do like to hire young workers, they don\u2019t want irresponsible kids. Your age is already going to work against you in a lot of ways, so don\u2019t worsen things by not behaving in a professional manner. This means buying the right clothes. Even if the workplace is business casual, the college-slacker look (baggy pants, flip-flops, et al) isn\u2019t going to help you get anywhere. And if you don\u2019t have professional clothes to wear at an interview, you can bet you won\u2019t need them for the job.\n\nYou also need to make your communication style professional. That means changing your voicemail greeting from the one you recorded after you lost that bet, for example. Make sure you have a professional email address; use your actual name, not your sorority pledge nickname.\n\nFinally, clean up your Internet persona. Google your name and see what comes up; untag yourself from photos of partying and acting like an idiot; delete any immature fights, drunk posts and general weirdness from your Twitter page. Employers will look for you online and you may miss out on jobs because of what they find there.\n\n4. Adjust Your Expectations\n\nYou have to have realistic expectations about the kind of job you will start out in after you finish college. Hardly anyone begins his or her ideal job the minute the graduation celebration is over. It may sound obvious, but you will have to start your career with a \u201cfirst job\u201d kind of job. Be willing to apply for a job that will be a good place to learn and stay busy while being surrounded by people you can look up to and who are doing the kinds of things you eventually want to do.\n\nDon\u2019t focus your job search so tightly that you are only applying for a very specific job title in a very specific industry. Look for jobs that require the types of skills you have and the experience you gained in school, and keep an open mind about what you might be doing in your future.\n\n5. Don\u2019t Wait\n\nThe idea may be tempting, but now is not the time to take a few months off after a stressful senior year and kick back for the summer. You aren\u2019t going to be able to hit the \u201cgo\u201d button on your job search in the fall and end up in a position to make rent within a few weeks. A job hunt takes time, and the hiring process can add many weeks to that time. People who start their hunt in May often aren\u2019t settled in a new job until September, or later, so taking time off isn\u2019t really an option. You have to learn early that having a full schedule is par for the course in life. You may still be dealing with finals, packing up your dorm room and hanging out with your friends for the last time, but you have to make time to begin your job search while you\u2019re doing all those other things. You will need all the time you can get.\n\nWelcome back to News Radio 1310 KLIX\n\nIt appears that you already have an account created within our VIP network of sites on .\nTo keep your points and personal information safe, we need to verify that it's really you.\nTo activate your account, please confirm your password.\nWhen you have confirmed your password, you will be able to log in through Facebook on both sites.\n\n*Please note that your points, prizes and activities will not be shared between programs within our VIP network.\n\nWelcome back to News Radio 1310 KLIX\n\nIt appears that you already have an account on this site associated with . To connect your existing account just click on the account activation button below. You will maintain your existing VIP profile. 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-{"text": "\"...the Leonora, Mirella Parutto, had no flash international recording contract and may be a name familiar only'dream' Manrico - he has the squillo, he can have the subtlety, the voice sounds big but still young, and he's very sexy and noble .Corelli, like Bergonzi, shows here how to play to the gallery without damaging taste buds.\"\n\n- Kenneth Meltzer, Classical CD Review\n\n\"Franco Corelli had been singing for well over a decade when he made his Met debut in 1961 at the age of 40. The first attraction in any Corelli performance is the voice itself. Solid and evenly produced from bottom to top, with no audible seams between registers. The middle and lower parts of the voice are dark and richly colored. The top is stunningly brilliant, and never thins out or turns hard. It is a once-in-a-generation kind of voice if your generation is lucky, and in the four decades since his retirement in 1976 we have had nothing like it for visceral power. Some critics complained because Corelli would hold high notes well beyond their value in the score. But if we listen to singers from the past whose careers overlapped with the great Italian opera composers, and who often worked with them, we can easily conclude that the composers expected it. (A recording of an aria from Francesco Cilea's ADRIANA LECOUVREUR by tenor Fernando de Lucia, with the composer accompanying at the piano, exposes liberties that go far beyond anything Corelli ever did, and Cilea echoes those 'distortions' at the keyboard.)\"\n\n\"Fedora Barbieri, a dramatic mezzo-soprano celebrated for Verdi interpretations that were extensively preserved on records and film, was gifted with a large, opulent voice. Miss Barbieri was of the same generation as Cesare Siepi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Boris Christoff and Jussi Bjorling. A favorite with European audiences from the 1940s on, she later won acclaim in New York, particularly for her appearances as Azucena in IL TROVATORE, AMNERIS in AIDA, ADALGISA in BELLINI'S NORMA, and in the Verdi REQUIEM.\n\nHer 1950 New York debut itself entered opera history, coming on the night Rudolf Bing first faced his audience as the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera. He opened an era with a boldly ambitious revival of DON CARLO in which Miss Barbieri sang the role of Princess Eboli.\n\nThe Immigration and Naturalization Service had turned Bing's entire inaugural season into a cliffhanger days before the curtain rose on it. Acting under the 1950 Internal Security Act, it confined shiploads of arriving aliens on Ellis Island on the grounds that they could be threats to the United States; Miss Barbieri, Christoff and Zinka Milanov were among them.\n\nMiss Barbieri's offense was attending school in Fascist wartime Italy, a circumstance that she stated in her visa application. She and the other soloists were freed just in time for the show to go on.\n\nMiss Barbieri, Mr. Bjorling (in the title role) and Mr. Siepi, making his debut as Philip II, appeared in what Olin Downes of THE NEW YORK TIMES described as an occasion that revealed afresh 'the melodic opulence and dramatic power of Verdi's genius'. Miss Barbieri, he said, was a 'superb mezzo from Italy, with a kindling dramatic temperament'.\n\nFedora Barbieri made her professional debut in 1940 as Fidalma in Cimarosa's MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. She sang her first Azucena the next night and repeated Fidalma the night after that, a feat that quickly established her reputation in Europe as a masterly interpreter of the Italian repertory at its most demanding.\n\nShe sang in Rome, made her debut at La Scala in 1943, sang in South America and went to London with La Scala in 1950. She made an immediate impression at Covent Garden, singing Mistress Quickly in FALSTAFF, and giving one of her stirring performances in the REQUIEM.\n\nShe remained a regular at La Scala and sang at the Metropolitan primarily in the 1950s and 60s. Of her many Verdi roles, she favored Eboli in her earlier years, but later leaned toward the lower registers of Azucena and Amneris. She finally found Mistress Quickly best attuned to her voice. Her repertory included 109 roles.\""}
-{"text": "I give LeBron credit for winning the NBA Finals in 2016 because the current era Golden State Warriors are one of the best teams of all time. But with that being said it took a Draymond Green suspension and one of the most cold blooded dagger threes of all-time from Kyrie Irving to get him there. He also lost to that same Warriors team in 2015, 2017, and 2018. So maybe releasing footage of yourself harping on how the Warriors fuck up all the time is not the best look. Self awareness has never been LeBron\u2019s strong suit though.\n\nI don\u2019t want to always harp on LeBron, I really don\u2019t, but he just sets himself up for it. Listen, LeBron has done a lot of great things:\n\nHe brought the city of Cleveland its first title in 50 years.\n\nHe was excellent in Trainwreck.\n\nAnd he is one of the best players of all time, but despite an impressive 8 straight appearances in the championship round he is still 3-6 in the NBA Finals. So maybe, just maybe, one pretty impressive comeback against a really good team doesn\u2019t propel you to GOAT status. If that were the case then Ray Allen could say the same thing for his Game 6 dagger 3 against the Spurs.\n\nCome to think of it, if it weren\u2019t for ice cold blood in the veins of Jesus Shuttlesworth and Kyrie, LeBron James would be 1-8 in the NBA Finals."}
-{"text": "I see it launched more than a year ago, but it doesn't seem to have many writing and reviews, except a few.\n\nAnyone using Finjan securebrowsing here? Is it effective in identifying malicious websites? How is it compared to WOT, McAfee's SiteAdvisor, HauteSecure, LinkScanner? What is your comment on Finjan securebrowsing as an additional layer of defense.\n\nFinjan securebrowsing claims that it scan the web in real time, so will this cause some sites to perceive the sudden surge of Web traffic toward their sites as a denial-of-service attack?\n\nFinjan has trouble with IE7 in Vista although it works well with FF in Vista. I remember reading on their site at one time that they scan with Kaspersky.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nThat's correct,also it uses behavioural analysis I believe.Personally I like this product as I prefer some form of real-time analysis of links,rather than a static determination which is useless if a 'good' site becomes compromised.\n\nThis company has been around for quite some time,I remember using their discontinued AV some years ago.If memory serves me Surfinguard I think.\n\nthat only thing i dont like about finjan is it only shows it beside links or search results, doesnt show you the raring of the actual page your on. and for the browser defender plu-in, i wish ther was a way to not have it be this huge toolbar and have it sit in the bottom or top corner like siteadvisor or WOT does.\n\nive noticed finjan does marka a lot of bad sites as green, thats why i have been using Browser defender, and it seems to be doing a pretty accurate job. i just wish it didnt take up so much space in the browser.\n\nive noticed finjan does marka a lot of bad sites as green, thats why i have been using Browser defender, and it seems to be doing a pretty accurate job. i just wish it didnt take up so much space in the browser.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nexamples? i'll tell you if they contain malicious code or not, chances are they don't\n\npeople are confusion 'annoying/scamming' websites, with 'malicious' websites\n\nHaha well ironically enough i can't get finjan to hit on any websites that are malicious, i dunno, don't have the time tonight to play around\n\nI installed it, besides WOT, and have been using both for a week now. Indeed, it's true that very seldom any sites are flagged by Finjan. But I managed to find two sites, though, on the search results in google for \"crackz\". (see search result no. 6 & 7)\n\nI installed it, besides WOT, and have been using both for a week now. Indeed, it's true that very seldom any sites are flagged by Finjan. But I managed to find two sites, though, on the search results in google for \"crackz\". (see search result no. 6 & 7)\n\nI'm beginning to have doubt about it's effectiveness. LinkScanner detects a lot of more websites than Finjan, which is supposed to do the same job (perhaps a better one thanks to the Kaspersky engine).\n\nI'm beginning to have doubt about it's effectiveness. LinkScanner detects a lot of more websites than Finjan, which is supposed to do the same job (perhaps a better one thanks to the Kaspersky engine).\n\nClick to expand...\n\nAre the Linkscanner databases still being updated since AVG bought them out? I am sure they are being maintained for the AVG users, but what about the stand alone free linkscanner lite?\n\nI installed it, besides WOT, and have been using both for a week now. Indeed, it's true that very seldom any sites are flagged by Finjan. But I managed to find two sites, though, on the search results in google for \"crackz\". (see search result no. 6 & 7)\n\nout of all these products, the one i found to be the most effective is browser defender (just hate how much room it takes up in the browser window).\n- site advisor marked too many things improperly\n- finjan displayed known malicious sites as green(i dont trust its proactive scanning they say it uses) plus it caused the most browsing slow downs out of them all\n- WOT mostly gives its ratings on website content, not actual malicious sites though from what ive noticed, and anybody can input a rating, dont like the whole community ratings\n- linkscanner was alright\n- browser defender has been the most accurate for the most part out of all these choices for me at least, its provides good ratings on both phishing and malicious sites and i rarely see a site that doesnt have a rating unlike some of these other ones.\n\nin my opinion finjan has the best idea going, they just need to improve its speed and accuracy issues.\n\nFinjan has trouble with IE7 in Vista although it works well with FF in Vista. I remember reading on their site at one time that they scan with Kaspersky.\n\nClick to expand...\n\nNot sure if there was some sort of update or if I did not install finjan correctly the last time. But I have tried it again in Vista HP with IE7 in Protected Mode and have not had any of the memory issues noted previously. I was sure to install as \"run as admin\" this time. Currently I am running Finjan along with WOT and happy with the combo so far."}
-{"text": "American Free Press\n\nCONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE\n\nSources in the Conspiracy-Pseudoscience category may publish unverifiable information that is not always supported by evidence. These sources may be untrustworthy for credible/verifiable information, therefore fact checking and further investigation is recommended on a per article basis when obtaining information from these sources. See all Conspiracy-Pseudoscience sources.\n\nFactual Reporting: LOW\n\nNotes: Willis Carto, one of America\u2019s most influential political racial theorists known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial, was one of its founders. The American Free Press describes itself as \u201cmaverick, independent grass-roots media\u201d and proclaims a \u201cpopulist and nationalist\u201d political orientation. Basically this website promotes conspiracy theories regarding race. (8/18/2016)"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nTuesday, September 30, 2008\n\nIn the Jewish religion, today is the ceremony Tashlich, which is Hebrew for \"casting off.\" As part of the start of a new year, this is a chance to symbolically cast off the sins of the past year. Jews go to a natural body of flowing water and throw in pieces of bread to symbolize the shedding of these old errors. The idea is to get rid of things you do not want to take with you into the new year. While traditionalists focus on specific errors made in the past year, right now I am thinking more about the ways I make life unnecessarily harder for myself. By tossing away some of these I hope I will feel lighter about whatever happens in the next year.\n\nI would like to leave behind:\n\nSadness that I have not had an easy road to pregnancy. Whether or not it works this time, this is one area where I have actually made a lot of progress compared to earlier this year. I am ready to move forward with one child or with two, but without the sadness and self-pity I was lugging around in the spring.\n\nAnger and frustration at Ada's continued refusal to use the potty. I am horrified by how hard it is for me to get past this one. Even as I think about how to change my response, I want to write out all reasons I am justified in feeling so annoyed with her. I have a lot of work to do on this; it is going to take a lot of bread crumbs.\n\nFear. Fear of messing up, fear of being found out as unqualified, untalented, uninteresting. I know that a lot of people carry this one around, especially those of us who like to be in control all the time. Carrying this fear takes a lot of energy. I am sure that letting it go would help me find more energy for other things. Saying that, I know that this one is especially hard for me to release. I will be cutting myself some slack if I am not quite done with this one yet.\n\nWhat would you like to move forward without? I'll toss it in the river for you today.\n\nMaybe, when our twos and threes act crazy (recall my professional theory that they are, in fact, crazy) there wells up in us a sense of panic. We wonder, is this the beginning of my child being, in fact, a crazy person forever. Will everything be this difficult. Is this proof of things to come for the next 80 years. I think that makes us angry. We say, look, kiddo: I have done all of this work, all of this tongue-biting and pleading and brilliant arrangement of schedules and vegetables to get you to be this little gorgeous creature. Now it could all fall apart because you might still be in diapers at the prom. DAMMMMMITTTT!"}
-{"text": "Tynemouth learns of the plight of penguins\n\nPaul Larkin\n\nA waddle of penguins joined Newcastle Greenpeace at Tynemouth beach to raise awareness of the need for the creation of the world\u2019s largest protected area in the Antarctic Ocean.\n\nPenguins have joined activists around the world, from Argentina to India, South Korea to South Africa, to campaign to protect their home.\n\nMembers of Greenpeace handed out penguin biscuits as they waddled across Tynemouth to talk to people about the Antarctic Ocean.\n\nThey spread awareness about the need for the Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary and inspired locals from the Tyne and Wear area to call on the UK Government to do all they can to ensure this proposed protected area becomes a reality.\n\nThe Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary would be the largest protected area on earth, covering 1.8million square kilometres of ocean.\n\nIt would be a haven for animals like penguins and whales, which call the Weddell Sea home, and put the waters off limits to the industrial fishing vessels sucking up the tiny shrimp-like krill, on which Antarctic life relies.\n\nThe Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR), an international body which includes the Government, will meet in October to decide whether the sanctuary should be created. The Government will have a crucial say in whether the dream becomes reality.\n\nTalon Jorgenson, a Greenpeace volunteer, said: \u201cThere already is an island made out of plastic, and more animals are going extinct everyday as their habitats are destroyed, I don\u2019t want to see the Antarctic be affected by human\u2019s consumption needs as well.\u201d\n\n\u201cAn ocean sanctuary in the Antarctic would save fascinating, beautiful, entertaining and vital animals like penguins and whales. I know that I want to see these animals thrive for years to come and therefore, I am campaigning for the UK Government to pledge that it will keep this habitat safe for generations to come.\u201d\n\nWithout public pressure, the governments responsible for protecting the Antarctic Ocean will continue to fall short. In late 2017, the Commission failed to create a new sanctuary in the East Antarctic because of lobbying from the fishing industry.\n\nGreenpeace is campaigning in Tyne and Wear, and across the UK, to ensure that the voices of ordinary people concerned about the health of our planet are heard above those of the industrial fishing industry.\n\nJorgenson said: \u201cI hope that the people of the Newcastle area can step up to the plate and pressure the Government to ensure that one of the greatest animal habitats, Antarctica, is protected.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Insane Serial Killers\u2019 Stories That Will Give You Nightmares\n\nJohn Wayne Gacy was known as \u201cThe Killer Clown.\u201d Gacy was arrested after being caught sexually assaulting two teenage boys in 1968, and was sentenced to 10 years in jail. But because he behaved behind bars, he was released after only 18 months, proving that the U.S. legal and criminal system was severely lacking at the time. Gacy became a popular member of his community as Pogo the Clown, and regularly visited children\u2019s parties and events. Over the next six years, he would kidnap, rape, torture, and brutally murder 33 boys. He received the death penalty for his crimes in 1994."}
-{"text": "Healthy Foods Blog is an online journal that shows the importance of the foods that gives vitamins and minerals which our body needs.\n\nThursday, September 23, 2010\n\nMoringa: Not Just Another Leafy Veggie\n\nBest prepared in soups and viand recipes calling for some mild-tasting green leafy veggies, moringa is among the most commonly used leafy veggies in Asian cuisine. Beyond edibility, however, moringa is actually considered as a \u201cmiracle tree.\u201d But what sets it apart from other trees, besides being multipurpose, is its multitude of nutrients, all of which are said to benefit health in many different ways.\n\nThe moringa leaves alone has been confirmed to possessmany wondrous health benefits. All in all, it is packed with 90 nutrients and 46 types of antioxidants. Hence, with so many nutritive qualities to boast of, the moringa could easily be hailed as the most nutritious vegetable in the world. Let's us get to know the moringa a little better by going over five of its health-boosting benefits:\n\nIt is a rich source of Vitamins A and C.\n\nIt is said to be a better source of calcium than milk.\n\nIt contains seven times the amount of calcium bananas possess.\n\nIt is an all-natural metabolism stimulator.\n\nIts nutritive power capacitates it to help shield the kidneys and liver against diseases."}
-{"text": "New York Times Takes A Look At Why Some LGBTQ Couples Refuse To Get Married\n\nI didn\u2019t expect a can-usually-be-counted-on-for-fluff article about marriage in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times to be so damn depressing. But I suppose that\u2019s a conclusion to be expected when one starts wondering, what\u2019s the point of it all?\n\nThe Times spoke with numerous individuals and couples who identify as queer, gay, lesbian, or trans, as well as some polyamorous folks, to get their thoughts on the institution of marriage these days. Some people would think that now that gay marriage is legal in 14 states, folks who have been marginalized by the government might be eager to claim the legal protections owed to them. Even if religious institutions, communities or families will not respect their committed unions, at least the IRS will.\n\nNope, try again. Interview upon interview upon interview either shrugged at marriage or resisted it entirely.\n\nIt\u2019s not difficult to understand why folks have this reaction: after being denied this right so long because they\u2019re being treated as second-class citizens, they question why they are \u201csupposed\u201d to want it anyway. That\u2019s a different message than the ones heterosexual individuals hear, especially women, whose sexuality is harshly regulated prior to marriage. As a white, mostly-straight woman, mainstream American culture has been grooming me to be a bride since I was born. From romantic comedies to magazine articles to reality shows to my own family, it has been made clear to me that marriage was something it was expected I would do eventually.I\u2019m well aware I am \u201csupposed\u201d to want marriage, according to society, so I suppose you could call my decision to get married earlier this month either a choice or a patriarchal bargain. However, I always wanted to get married, but on my own terms, at my own pace, to someone I couldn\u2019t imagine living my life without. That felt doable to me.\n\nThe LGBTQ folks who aren\u2019t interested in marriage have very legitimate reasons for why they reject this institution they\u2019ve been excluded from \u2014 primarily the way the government regulates families in terms of finances, health care and children. The folk singer Erin McKeown, who is queer, said she preferred to build her own \u201calternative family\u201d \u2014 in her case, a committed relationship with another woman who lives in a separate home. One transgender professor interviewed by the Times pointed out that it\u2019s unethical that marriage is \u201ca prerequisite for obtaining health care\u201d; it also labels some children \u201clegitimate\u201d while others are stigmatized.\n\nThen there are the myriad ways that marriage effects your taxes and finances, for better or for worse. The piece didn\u2019t even touch upon the concerns of polyamorous families, where folks are in committed relationships with multiple partners but can only legally marry one of them. Immigration issues were also not touched upon in the piece. (In my own case, we married a lot more quickly than we intended to because my hubby\u2019s visa keeping him in the United States was going to expire.)\n\nOther folks who spoke to the Times had reasons for not marrying which, frankly, I found depressing. Some suggested that the institution of marriage hurts women and they don\u2019t want to participate in it; others said they felt their non-married coupledom was more egalitarian. That\u2019s confusing to me \u2014 why is being together for 20 years committed but unmarried egalitarian, but suddenly getting married would make the relationship unjust? Perhaps I\u2019m naive here, but I think that marriages are what you make them. If you and your partner are feminist/untraditional before marriage, that will likely follow into your marriage as well, no? I have always assumed it was children who tripped up egalitarian partnerships, not marriage itself. Others groused that marriages so often end in divorce, so why waste the time and money? Yikes. There\u2019s an attitude that suggests some concerns about commitment.\n\nGet married, don\u2019t get married \u2014 personally, I don\u2019t care what individual people choose so much as I wish everyone has the ability to make the same choices. Even if some LGBTQ couples (and plenty of straight ones, to be fair) are rejecting the institution of marriage, I want that option to be available to EVERYONE who wants it. Some people won\u2019t and that\u2019s okay, too, whatever their reasons are. One of my closest girl friends is in a committed relationship with a man and has no intention of marrying, on principle. She happily attended my wedding celebration and we respect for each other\u2019s choices \u2014 although I suppose, deep down, she thinks I made a patriarchal bargain by getting hitched. I\u2019m happy to have legal protections of my commitment, though. I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way."}
-{"text": "Monday, May 26, 2014\n\nDancing in the Dark\n\nPhoto from Leatherati\n\nA man named Hardy Haberman friend requested me on Facebook this morning. Seeing that he was a friend of Michael Tattersall's was good enough for me so I accepted. Plus he looked like a handsome devil and I'm shallow that way.\n\nWhile checking out his Timeline I saw a link to an article he had published in Leatherati recently, called Dancing in the Dark. I read it, and was immediately impressed by his writing style and the content of the piece.\n\nMr. Haberman and I share the same philosophy about taking people at face value. If a person identifies as a certain gender or as no specific gender, I believe that genitals and chromosomes are irrelevant. Just as, if someone tells me they are gay, I am not going to question it. Or tells me they are straight. Or bisexual. Or kinky. Or vanilla.\n\nThe biggest gift of respect we can give a person is to believe what they tell us about themselves and validate it with our behaviour towards them.\n\nAnyway, if Hardy Haberman ever wants to pursue a career in erotica writing, he definitely has the ability. The first part of this article had me panting ;)\n\nFollowers\n\nAbout Me\n\nContact Me\n\nelizabeth@elizabethlister.ca\n\nFollow by Email\n\nPhotos\n\nI have the rights to permanent images on this blog. Photos that appear in my posts have been sourced from the internet. If you see a photo that belongs to you and would like it credited or removed, please send me an email at elizabeth@elizabethlister.ca"}
-{"text": "When he\u2019s not busy starring in major motion pictures (Jurassic Park, The Piano, and most recently, Hunt for the Wilderpeople), actor Sam Neill pursues one of his other great passions\u2013winemaking.\n\nTwenty-four years ago, the Northern Irish-born New Zealand actor established Two Paddocks by planting just two hectares of grapes. Today his property, located on New Zealand\u2019s South Island, includes 66 hectares and four small vineyards. Aside from a tiny volume of Riesling, it\u2019s all pinot noir, all of which is grown organically. Notable as the only local winery with a footprint in all three of Central Otago\u2019s great valleys, Neill figures part of his holdings makes up what may well be the southernmost vineyard in the world.\n\nCentral Otago is familiar ground for Neill. His family used to come up from Dunedin when he was a kid. He loved the big empty fields and always imagined living here one day\u2014a dream he\u2019s since fulfilled.\n\nHe traces his love for pinot noir back to a dinner with the English actor James Mason and his wife, where Neill was served a particularly good glass of wine. \u201cI asked James, \u2018What is this wine, I\u2019ve never had anything like this.\u2019 Mason responded, \u2018This is burgundy and don\u2019t forget it.\u2019 And I never did. The grape was pinot noir.\u201d\n\nNeill and his team were pleased with the first vintage in 1997 and believe the wine has improved significantly over the years.\n\nBeing in the movie business, it only makes sense he\u2019d play a role in a short film about his vineyard, which is posted on the Two Paddocks website. It captures the actor consulting with his winemaking team, weeding (in an attempt to bring native birds back and because \u201cit\u2019s better exercise than golf\u201d) and writing the winery\u2019s blog. The 1947 Chevrolet truck he uses to get around is a sight to behold. He jokes, \u201cIt probably came off the production line same day as I did.\u201d\n\nOn the main vineyard, a former crop and food research station, they also grow lavender and distill it into essential oil for sale. In fact, Neill\u2019s wife Noriko Watanabe, a Hollywood make-up artist he met on the set of Dead Calm (1989), is the CEO Lavender and Saffron Division. And then there are the cattle, sheep and pigs as well as an extensive garden with fruit trees including nectarines, apricots, peaches and apples.\n\nNeill turns philosophical about his vineyards. He believes films \u201cbecome fossils pretty quickly,\u201d and that his lasting legacy will be the wine. And while he takes the business seriously, he also likes to have fun. He enjoys naming some of his cherished farm animals after Hollywood stars, and his tweets are a hoot.\n\n\u201cSam\u2019s management style makes coming to work enjoyable for everyone,\u201d says general manager Jacqui Murphy. \u201cIt has to be fun.\u201d\n\nTravel Planner\n\nAir New Zealand offers non-stop service from Vancouver to Auckland with convenient connections from other Canadian gateways in partnership with Air Canada. For more on Sam Neill\u2019s winery, visit twopaddocks.com."}
-{"text": "Sue Mengers: A seat at the A-List table\n\nBy Kathy Griffin On Monday, Sept. 13, 2007, I got a call from my agent that would start an unlikely friendship. He said: \u0093Sue Mengers wants to invite you to dinner. She heard about your Emmy acceptance speech.\u0094 I knew exactly who she was. I remember seeing pictures of her with Jack Nicholso\n\nBy Kathy Griffin On Monday, Sept. 13, 2007, I got a call from my agent that would start an unlikely friendship. He said: \u0093Sue Mengers wants to invite you to dinner. She heard about your Emmy acceptance speech.\u0094 I knew exactly who she was. I remember seeing pictures of her with Jack Nicholso (Marsha T. Gorman / Los Angeles Times)\n\nBy Kathy Griffin On Monday, Sept. 13, 2007, I got a call from my agent that would start an unlikely friendship. He said: \u0093Sue Mengers wants to invite you to dinner. She heard about your Emmy acceptance speech.\u0094 I knew exactly who she was. I remember seeing pictures of her with Jack NicholsoMarsha T. Gorman / Los Angeles Times"}
-{"text": "EDIT 6-1-07: Got a PM from someone wanting more info on how the list works, I guess we kinda took for granted that most of us went through this with Grundy last year, but here's my reply in an attempt to clarify things:\n\nQuote:\n\nFirst of all the list is just a list, that's all. A way of keeping track of who wants what and keeping it in some sort of order. The list is no guarantee of anyone getting any exclusive, it's just a way for the people who do manage to get extras to know who wants what. Essentially, this is what was done for Grundy last year. The idea, in theory is that if someone manages to get an extra JLU pack or two they would contact the first person on the list and see if they still wanted/needed the pack and would then move on to the next one and so on until the packs were taken. Each person works out their own deals. In some cases people went through the list and found people they've dealt with before and struck a deal with them instead of going in list order, and that's understandable.\n\nIf things follow the way Grundy did last year, a lot of names will drop off the list as people run to eBay or friends who've gone to the con come through. I had a friend go last year and I sent a couple hundred dollars with him and he and his group managed to get 9 Grundys for me (plus he got three for himself) and once my local friends and I had ours I started going through the list until the others were gone. The first couple of days of SDCC they were limiting one Grundy per person (except on Saturday when Timm was signing boxes then they'd let you have 2) but you had to get a ticket in the mornning and hope your ticket fell in the range they drew later in the day then you could present your ticket and buy a Grundy. On Sunday they just sold them to anyone however many they wanted (within reason, I'm sure). I've heard WWC there was no lottery but I don't know that for certain. Not sure how it will work considering that they've got three different items. I know that in 2003 you had to pick just one, Green Tweety Bird, Batman or Keldor, but I think that was the last year they did that. The variant Man-Bat will just be a random thing for the people buying the Man-Bat, there really isn't a way to easily tell which version you're getting without opening the outer box.\n\nI know that was probably a lot more info than you really wanted, but... If you do decide to hit eBay, unless you manage to find a really good BIN auction (or one with no bids ending in the middle of the night) just hold off until after WWC as Grundy's asking price was cut almost in half. The figures and packaging are the same it's just a difference between a SDCC or WWC sticker on the outer box.\n\nOkay, put me down for all 4 DC exclusives. Here's the list as I see it so far, [EDIT]Please make a new post if your name is not already on the list for something or you want to be taken off one of the lists, going back to the older posts is impossible to keep track of...\n\nEDIT 8/03/07: Trying something different. Names in RED should be considered off the list.\n\n_________________'...because the minute a little girl is trampled by 100 teenage girls trying to get to Justin Beiber at the Tea Cups, you will be wondering why the hell we make poor Justin Beiber stand in a 30 minute line and create an unsafe atmosphere.'\n\nWell, I was gonna join the list but now I guess I gotta wait. Oh well...just count me as a member of the list if there happens to be a JLU exclusive at SDCC, but if there isn't a JLU exclusive then just forget you read this post.\n\n_________________I feel like a genius, mad scientist in a wheel chair...at least I got the wheel chair part right."}
-{"text": "A Law of Increasing Returns\nExcerpts from an address\nby Henry B. Eyring\ngiven 28 March 1982\nat Brigham Young University\n\nI was riding in a car with a wise man a few years ago. We talked about some tragedies in lives of people we knew. Some had waited too long to do things, missing the chance to act. And some had waited not long enough. He said quietly, more to himself than to me, \"Timing is everything.\"\n\nEcclesiastes said, with an elegance that goes beyond poetry to frame our problem:\n\nTo every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.\n\nAnd then later:\n\nA time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 6)\n\nWaiting for a harvest takes more judgment in life than it does in gardening. In your garden, you can tell if the seed sprouts.\n\nAnd even an amateur can tell when the corn or carrots are ready. But I remember a story told to me long ago, far from here, by a sad voice. I remember it, not because it was unique but because I have heard the same story told, again and again, about waiting or failing to wait. The details vary, but not the feeling of drama.\n\nShe said it happened on a summer Saturday afternoon. She was tired. Tired of being single. Tired of trying to be a faithful Latter- day Saint. Not so much tired of being kind and virtuous as tired of nothing good seeming to come of it. She'd not had a date in months.\n\nShe saw no prospect of even becoming friends with, let alone marrying, a man who shared her faith and ideals. In frustration she found herself deciding something. She decided that afternoon, consciously, that years of good works and restraint had produced too little and promised no more. She said to herself almost aloud, \"Oh, what's the use?\"\n\nThe phone rang. It was a man's voice, a man she knew. He lived in the same apartment building. He'd asked her out before. She'd refused because she was sure he'd expect her to compromise standards she'd preserved at great effort. But, almost as if directed by a scriptwriter, he called at that instant.\n\nShe didn't say, \"Yes.\" She said, \"I'll think about it.\" She thought about it. He called again. And finally, she repeated to herself, \"Oh, what's the use?\" She went. She found she had been right about his intentions.\n\nAnd in a choice about time and about waiting or not waiting, her life changed.\n\nSo she will never know what might have been ahead on the path she'd decided wasn't worth the price; she knew quickly the other one was uphill, and a hard climb.\n\nAll of us make decisions every day, almost every hour, about whether it's worth it to wait. The hardest ones are where the waiting includes working. Does it make sense to keep working, to keep sacrificing, when nothing seems to be coming from the effort?\n\nThere's a young man in the mission field who's made that choice in the last month. I heard his story, but there must have been thousands of such choices made last month. His companion would have made Job's critical friends seem like the Three Nephites. Just living and working with his companion required more contribution than the young missionary had dreamed he was going to have to make. The mission president authorized them to stay in their apartment because wind brought the effective temperature to 80 degrees below zero. So the young man had to decide, \"Shall we go out? We've been tracting and it's produced nothing. For what it would cost us, what would we get? We haven't got a contact, so we'd just be hitting doors.\"\n\nWell, they went. That's an odd investment decision, but they went. What they got was to meet one man, behind one of a hundred doors. In his letter about the man's baptism, my young friend said, \"I've never been more happy in my life.\"\n\nTHE LAW OF THE HARVEST\n\nWe're talking about an application of the law of the harvest. Common sense tells you there is such a law, and so did the Savior and so have the prophets. Remember how Paul said it:\n\nBe not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.\n\nFor he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:7-8)\n\nHere we're talking just about sowing to the Spirit. We're concerned with that long list of requirements and commandments you already know are essential along the way to eternal life.\n\nWe're going to try to understand one universal challenge: How to keep waiting and working when the harvest seems delayed.\n\nThe most important fact to note is that crops, even the spiritual ones, are not all of one kind. There are early maturing varieties and late varieties. Maybe you've noticed in seed catalogs that one variety of corn can be harvested in less, sometimes nearly half, the time it takes for another to be ready. You may not pay attention to that, but I do because I've lived in Rexburg, Idaho. It freezes there just before the Fourth of July, and sometimes just after.\n\nEfforts, spiritual or practical, don't all bear fruit in the same length of time. You know that, but you may not have noticed something about your behavior that makes sense only if most of your experience is with early crops. Those are the ones where effort produces fast results. What happens after the early harvest? Would you expect an intelligent person to keep cultivating a field that had already produced its crop and been cleared? No, at least not in the hope of getting more harvest.\n\nNow, one trouble with most of our struggles is that you can't see the seeds and the crops clearly. And you may not know as much about maturation time. So, you have to make this decision frequently: \"Has this effort yielded about all it's going to, or shall I keep working and waiting?\"\n\nMost people usually assume they are working with early crops. Think of the last time you went home teaching or visiting teaching. Did you visit once, and late in the month\u2014or not at all? Or did you reach out with extra contacts, extra love, and extra service? Think of the last Sunday School lesson you prepared. How many times did you rework it? Did you try another approach to the subject once you felt you had a workable plan? Did you read some additional chapters in the scriptures, beyond those assigned? How much time did you spend on that last\nlesson? Twenty minutes? An hour? A day? Several days?\n\nDIMINISHING RETURNS\n\nThe answers will vary, but not much. For most of you, the best bet is that you stopped early. Why? Because you understand something called the \"law of diminishing returns.\" Most of you use it when you cut a lawn. You cut it in one direction, then may cut it in the other, to get it smoother. But not many of you would cut it a third time. Why? Because you'd say, \"It isn't worth it. I've gotten about all the smoothness I'm going to get. And more than that, cutting it a third time will take nearly as much time as it did the first.\"\n\nMost of us believe in the law of conservation of energy, particularly our own. We treat most of our effort like planting and harvesting an early crop. We expect early results with little more to come from keeping up the effort after the first rush of rewards.\n\nThat makes good sense for cutting lawns. And it makes good sense for many other things. In fact, it makes sense for so many that I think you may find it easy to say in your mind, \"I pity some of those people who just seem like losers, always working and always waiting.\" Something going on in the world around you encourages, almost demands, that attitude.\n\nTHE LATE CROPS\n\nHusbands, wives, parents, and even children are familiar with deciding, \"Shall I keep giving when I'm getting so little?\" Families may be the best place to find out how the world feels about working and waiting for late crops. Families require some of the toughest investment decisions of all. Statistics show clearly which way the decisions are going in this country.\n\nIn 1945, half the people in America thought four or more children was the ideal number for a family to have. By 1980, only 16 percent thought so. From 1960 to 1977, it's estimated that the number of unmarried people living together doubled, from half a million to a million. That's a million people who are unwilling even to start the investment process in a family.\n\nMost of you know what investments\u2014and patience\u2014are required to maintain virtue, serve an effective mission, or build an eternal family. But perhaps many of you haven't given enough attention to how much the world is moving away from the idea of delaying gratification long enough to do those things.\n\nHere's some grim arithmetic to let you see it. An economist named Henry Kaufmann has added up the wealth in America and subtracted all the debt. In 1964, that showed us about $400 million in the hole. By 1980, the hole had increased, or, since it's a hole, I should say sunk, to $3 trillion. Even if his figures overstate the problem, they make clear the direction we've chosen. That tells you something about how much more we're demanding to have our future now. One farmer heard those numbers and said, \"Why, we've been eating our seed corn.\"\n\nYou shouldn't really be surprised to be living in an \"I want it now\" generation. A prophet, Peter, saw it long ago. He said,\n\nThere shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:3-4)\n\nYou are believers, not scoffers. Yet the scoffers can be helpful, because they encourage you to get an answer to this question: \"What am I willing to keep giving heart and soul for, when neither I nor the scoffers may see returns for a long, long time?\" And when we decide there are potential rewards worth that commitment, you'll want answers to another question: \"How can I keep myself working and waiting if the scoffers are loud and the delay long?\"\n\nThere are spiritual crops that require months, years, and sometimes a lifetime of cultivation before the harvest. Among them are spiritual rewards you want most. That shouldn't surprise you. Common sense tells you that what matters most won't come easily. But there is another reason suggested in the scriptures. Remember this from the Book of Mormon?\n\nAnd now, I, Moroni, . . . would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith. (Ether 12:6)\n\nAnd from the Doctrine and Covenants:\n\nYe cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.\n\nFor after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand. (D&C 58:3-4)\n\nTHE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS\n\nIf you wanted to give this idea a name, you could call it \"the law of increasing returns.\" Instead of first efforts yielding returns, with a steady decline, it's the reverse. First efforts, and even second efforts, seem to yield little. And then the rewards begin, perhaps much later, to grow and grow.\n\nMost of us need encouragement to work and wait for rewards. But not everybody. I knew one man who lived his life pretty much as if everything he did was working on a late crop. He was my father. He died one Christmas after a life filled with getting rewards, from the National Medal of Science in this country to the Wolff Prize in Israel. But if you'd watched him in private, you would have seen some unusual behavior.\n\nI remember him arm wrestling my Aunt Rose once. She was visiting us in New Jersey, and we'd driven to the ice cream store. You'll know how old I am when I say a cone cost a dime. Aunt Rose tried to pay for our cones. Dad wrestled her for it. I remember being afraid he'd break her arm. He was determined he'd give, not receive. And she was going to receive a broken arm if that's what it took. They laughed, but Dad won.\n\nHe won that fight all his life, giving more than he got. He taught every term in his years at the University of Utah, including summers. There was no extra pay. It wasn't even required as part of the job. I remember his trading a first-class ticket for tourist and sending the difference to the company that had provided the ticket. His life was to give first class but always take tourist. Why? I've got an idea. He believed in the law of increasing returns. Give more than you take; invest in the future; cast your bread upon the waters.\n\nYou might think he was extreme. He probably was. My guess is that he left more of everything of this world's goods than he consumed in a lifetime, despite all the awards heaped on him. I don't recommend that to you, partly because it might drive your spouse slightly bonkers. But there is a scripture about behavior like that. It's in Matthew 6:1-4:\n\nTake heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in Heaven.\n\nTherefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.\n\nBut when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:\n\nThat thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.\n\nI pray that you won't let the world nudge you toward spending your futures now. There are some things you should work for and expect results now. But along with getting early harvests, I hope you'll work for the late ones. That will take seeing the law of increasing returns as an opportunity, not just a test. Delayed blessings will build your faith in God to work, and wait, for him. The scriptures aren't demeaning when they command, \"Wait upon the Lord\" (Psalm 37:9; Isaiah 8:17; 40:31). That means both service and patience. And that will build your faith."}
-{"text": "Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item :http://hdl.handle.net/2066/49174\n\nDisplay more details\n\nSubject:\n\nUMCN 4.2: Chronic inflammation and autoimmunity\n\nOrganization:\n\nDermatology\n\nJournal title:\n\nBritish journal of dermatology\n\nVolume:\n\nvol. 153\n\nIssue:\n\niss. 1\n\nPage start:\n\np. 72\n\nPage end:\n\np. 78\n\nAbstract:\n\nBACKGROUND: T-cell infiltration in plaque psoriasis has recently been an important subject of investigation. Interestingly, comparative analyses of the disease-specific composition of the lesional T-cell infiltrate in plaque psoriasis and other inflammatory dermatoses have only sparsely been performed. OBJECTIVES: To compare plaque psoriasis vs. atopic dermatitis and lichen ruber planus with respect to T-cell subsets, epidermal proliferation and keratinization. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Biopsies were taken from untreated lesional skin of patients, six with psoriasis, six with atopic dermatitis and six with lichen planus. T-cell subsets (CD4+, CD8+, CD45RO+, CD45RA+, CD2+, CD25+), an epidermal proliferation (Ki-67) and a keratinization marker (K10) were stained immunohistochemically and quantified using image analysis. RESULTS: The high number of CD8+ T cells (52 +/- 13 cells mm(-1)) found in the psoriatic epidermis was not found in the epidermis of atopic dermatitis (9 +/- 4), nor in the epidermis of lichen planus (34 +/- 10). The other T-cell subsets in the epidermis and dermis showed no statistically significant differences between psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. In contrast to the limited presence of CD4+, CD8+ and CD2+ in the psoriatic dermis (110 +/- 19, 27 +/- 9, 127 +/- 41, cells mm(-1), respectively), more impressive numbers of these cells were observed in the dermis of lichen planus (300 +/- 53, 144 +/- 38, 272 +/- 48, respectively). CD45RO+ memory effector T-cell counts were significantly higher in the epidermis of lichen planus (39 +/- 10) than in psoriasis (19 +/- 5). Psoriatic epidermis proved to have major keratinocyte hyperproliferation (247 +/- 26 cells mm(-1) lamina basalis), as compared with atopic dermatitis (134 +/- 15) and lichen planus (128 +/- 20). Furthermore, a marked decreased expression of keratin 10 was observed in psoriasis (41% of epidermal area) contrary to atopic dermatitis (70%). CONCLUSIONS: Psoriatic epidermis exhibits a pronounced CD8+ epidermotropism with accompanying epidermal hyperproliferation and abnormal keratinization, which changes are only minimally expressed in atopic dermatitis and lichen planus. In plaque psoriasis, substantially fewer activated CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the dermis and less CD45RO+ T cells in the epidermis are present in comparison with lichen ruber planus."}
-{"text": "Archive-name: 3plus/forcfant.txt\nArchive-author:\nArchive-title: Forced Fantasy\nThis was the first time Nick had seen his friend Jeff in three\nyears. Jeff had gone off to school and Nick moved down to Florida.\nWhen he came home for a visit this Christmas he decided he would drive\nthe three hours to Camden to see Jeff. On the trip there he thought\nabout how Jeff had changed, he'd graduated, moved in with some woman,\nand settled down. He couldn't ever imagine Jeff settling for one woman.\nEven when Jeff was dating two girls, he still had plenty of energy to\nchase women, read Playboy, and come over to Nick's to watch blue movies.\nHe couldn't wait to meet the ball and chain who did him in. If she\nlooked like Jeff's old girlfriends, he could wait. Jeff had a penchant\nfor young looking, flat chested, dark haired , tall women. Nick didn't\nshare his tastes.\nHe arrived at Jeff's new address, Jeff answered and was happy,\nand a little apprehensive to see Nick. Jeff looked successful, power\nhair cut, expensive suit, BMW in the drive, and this house was\nsomething. Not too bad for the nerd Jeff was in grade school. Nick\nlooked around for \"Nikki\" who was Jeff's ball and chain. No signs\nof her except the decor.\n\"Nick, it is great to see you, and I would be really happy at\nyou staying here for the holidays, but please, just don't upset\nNikki with talking about old times. From what I've told her, she\nis oppsed to old times, and you old man!!\"\nNick grinned. Oh he just loved making Jeff squirm. So Nikki was\nbossy too. \"When will the old ball and chain be back?\"\n\"She has a rehearsal, she'll be in way after we go to sleep,\nand she will most likely come home and try to figure out a way to\nopen her Christmas presents and rewrap them without me noticing.\nI always end up buying her twice as many presents because she\nknows what everything is before Christmas morning!!\"\nJeff looked around for pictures of this girl, but evidently\nshe was camera shy, they always used to evaluate each other's\ngirlfriends.\nHe couldn't sleep, so he got up to go get something to eat in\nthe kitchen. The Christmas tree looked huge and was the only source\nof light in the house with its lights. Then he saw her. The girl\nwas bent over investigating her presents evidently. She wore a tee\nshirt that revealed white cotten panties and one hell of an ass and\nlong tan legs. Long straight blonde hair came halfway down her back.\n>From the back this girl was a hell of a looker, he waited for her\nto turn around so he could assess the rest of her, which he was sure\nwas not as good. She was laughing to herself, I moved back into\nthe huge plant and shadows so I could watch her without her knowing.\nShe bent over to look at another package when Jeff came bursting\nin to the room screaming \"Aha!!!!\" he tackled her and the fell\ninto the presents laughing. Her hair feel away from her face,\nshe was absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous peach skin, very dark eyes,\nand a killer smile. Nick was impressed. He listened to Jeff\ncomplain about Nikki's late hour, and how he was missing of late.\nHe also, to his incredulous ears, heard her say until he kidnapped\nand forced himself on her, no way. He teasingly called her\na slut, and said he would think about her fantasy some more, but\nhe just needed something to tide himself over. He started kissing\nher, and as she rollled on her side her shirt pulled up revealing\nsmall white panties against a tanned concave stomach. God, he had to\nsee her tits. But her hair was covering them. Jeff kissed her stomach\nand looked like he was blowing hot air through her panties onto\nher pussy. She was breathing heavily. \"Jeff, eat my pussy please?\"\nHe pulled down her panties, and her pussy hair was dark for a blonde,\ndark brown, and was shaved into the popular rectangle. Jeff licked\nand sucked her pussy, and when she raised her hips to meet his mouth\nNick got glimpses of her ass. Then she asked, 'Enough tiding...?\" Got\nup and ran to their bedroom. Jeff looked pissed, evidently he\nwas going to have to give into this fantasy of hers. Nick was\npissed, god he had to see her tits!!\nNick woke up to the smell of bacon, coffee, and he thought\nblueberry muffins. He went to the kitchen and Jeff introduced,\nbeeming proudly, Nick to Nikki. She said hello rather cooly and\nserved them breakfast. She was even more beautiful now. He\nstill couldn't make out her chest because she had on biker\npants and a baggy sweatshirt. They looked enormous though. But\nenormous also meant sag. Oh well, she's not perfect!! She took\noff. nick told Jeff what he had witnessed the night before.\nJeff didn't seem mad, he actually seemed to enjoy the voyeurism.\n\"Don't tell Nikki man. She is very protective about her nudity!!\nSo you heard the bit about the fantasy then?\"\n\"What is that all about?\"\n\"Nikki wants me to force her to have sex. She has always\nhad the typical female rape fantasy. Not violent of\ncourse, just the man she loves acting out a scene. But I also\nknow she gets turned on by the idea of two guys, hey Nick, you\nfind her attractive?\"\nSo they set it up. The only problem was Nikki seemed to\nactively dislike Nick. But maybe that would add to it. She got\nhome pretty late. She went to take a whirlpool, and Jeff and\nNick invited her to watch movies with them. They both wear\nsweat pants and no shirts. They prepared snacks, and Nikki\ncame out looking emabarassed at their state of undress, wearing\na long shirt that seemed to cover up a tight half tee shirt\nand underwear. She dived under the blankets, between Jeff\nand Nick, and they settled back onto the sectional to\nwatch the movies.\nJeff had told Nick earlier that Nikki had lost a bet to him\nyesterday and today she was his complete slave. She thought\nit was great Nick showed up because now Jeff wouldn't really\nmake her cough up on the bet. She was wrong.\nThey turned on the first movie, a soft porn. Nikki\nstarted to get up, she was pissed. Jeff reminded her about\ntheir bet, and how she had to do anything he said. She\nlooked embrassed that he said this in front of me. I smiled at\nher. She sat back down.\nNick and Jeff were getting turned on from the movie, but more\nfrom Nikki's discomfort, and what was to come. Nikki was drinking\nsome champagne, and Jeff kissed her sharing the taste. She looked\nvery uncomfortable and rebellious, but I guess she was a woman\nof her word. Jeff started tongue kissing her, massaging her neck\nand took her hair down from its ponytail. She stopped looking\nresentful and started looking turned on. Jeff stopped and told\nher to take off her shirt. Nikki balked loudly, but gave in when\nJeff explained everytime she questioned a command tonight, she\nwould get a punishment, in front of Nick. \"Nick wants to see\nyour big tits, take off the overshirt.\" Nikki slowly unbuttoned\nit, flushing angrily, and pulled her hair over the front of\nthe half tee shirt. Jeff pulled it back. She had really\nbig tits, but that looked great on her. Her waist was so narrow\nit added to the effect. The tee shirt hugged her, and when she\nmoved you could see her jiggle. You couldn't see her nipples though.\nOh well, anticipation is fun.\nAnother 10 minutes into the movie Nick put his arm around her\nshoulders. She went stiff but eventually relaxed against his shouler.\nShe smelled great, clean and soft. She had pulled up the blanket\naround her shirt, and Jeff nudged Nick to pull it down. He did,\nand got hard all over again. He was never so turned on.\nHe let his hand slip down and brushed the cold cooler bottle\nagainst her tit. He moved it back and forth, and heard her intake\nof breath. Het put down the cooler and let his hand slip down\naround one big mound. Jeff did look a little like he was getting\njealous, but also looked horny. He massaged her breast, he couldn;t\nwait to see her tits. He reached up under the tee shirt and play\nwith the undersides of her tits, jiggling them up and down. She\nlooked really uncomfortable, but her nipples were jutting out\nthrough the shirt. He picked up the cooler and rubbed it accross\nher chest and then poured some onto her tee shirt. She pulled\nback, but Jeff pushed her forward and told her to stick out\nher tits for Nick. he poured more cooler over them until\nthe shirt was transparent. He nipples were large and dark.\nNick told her to take off her shirt, when she hesitated, Jeff\nnodded at her. She reached up and pulled off the wet shirt. She\nhad the best tits Nick had ever seen. Big and round, firm, and\ncapped with large dark nipples that looked swollen and jutted\nout from the breast itself. He couldn't stand it, he knew he\nwas hurting her, but he had to keep tugging at them. He did that\nfor 10 minutes. Pinching and tugging. She started to moan with\na little pain and probably pleasure as well. She pulled back and\npulled up the cover. Nick let her rest for awhile, he was about\nto cum, so he gave himself a breather too. In a little while\nhe pulled down the blanket again and pulled her onto his lap.\nHe reached around for the ice in the champagne bucket, and rubbed\nit all over her tits. Under, over, and agonizingly over her\nnipples. She was facing him and he pulled her down to rest on\nhis erection, grinding her against it. He could feel the heat of\nher pussy through both their clothes. All the sudden she pulled\nback and started to get up. Jeff was pissed and told her she\nwould be punished. He got up and came back with clothes pins.\nHe placed one on each nipple, and she screamed with each one.\nHe opened them up and pinched her everytime she complained until\nshe shut up.\nHe warned her that next time she would take one of us up\nher ass. She was quiet. He told her to give Nick a blow job.\nNick grabbed her head and pushed it down as he slipped down his\nsweats to reveal a thick hard on. Nikki recoiled from its size,\nand Nick pushed her down again. She choked and sputtered, but started\nsucking his cock like a pro. She used her hand with her mouth well.\nNick layed her down and dangled his balls over her face, she turned\nher mouth away. Jeff lifted up her legs and smacked her on the\nass hard. She relented and Nick's balls got sucked and munched\nup.\nJeff told her to put her tits together and he rubbed his\ncock between her fabulous tits. Nick pushed in and out of her\nmouth, about to cum, he warned her. She pulled away yelling,\nshe hated the taste of cum. Jeff pushed her down and swatted\nher ass until she sucked Nick, and when he came and she tried\nto pull away, Jeff made her swallow the cum and even the\nshots that missed her mouth and landed on her beautiful\npeach skin he made her wipe with her fingers and eat.\nHe then pulled off her panties. Her pussy was perfectly\ntrimmed and thick. Jeff spread apart her lips and showed Nick her\nlarge clit. Jeff flicked it a few times, and made her turn\naround. He rubbed her ass cheeks, which were bubbly but not quite\nchunky, and spread her cheeks to show Nick her asshole.\nJeff pulled her down and inserted his cock into her mouth,\nand the sight of that made Nick hard again. As soon as he was,\nhe layed down and Nikki got on top of him and slowly slid down\nhis cock, grimacing at its large size. She was hot, wet and very\ntight. Jeff had bragged about her tight pussy, he hadn't been\nlying. They took the clothes pins off her nipples, and\nshe rubbed her sore tits. The jiggled up and down as she slowly\nrode him. She was just getting into it, bobbing up and down,\nbig tits jiggling, nipples hard and swollen, and Jeff pushed her over,\nrubbed her ass with some oil of some kind and started to put his\ndick in her ass. She yelled strong protests, so Nick grabbed her\nand held her steady. She wimpered and yelled and her tits were\nhanging over Nick's face, so her starting squeezing and sucking them,\nand renewed their soreness. She started to like it though, and Jeff\nhad stopped moving to accustom his virgin ass to him. She started\nrubbing her generous mounds over Nick's face and he kept telling\nher how big and gorgeous her tits and nipples were. She started\npumping him again and Jeff took the opportunity to push into\nher ass. She screamed but then started riding it out. A\nmixture of pain and pleasure.\nJeff pulled out and came on her ass, and Nick flipped her over\nand did it doggy style. She loved this position the best from\nwhat Jeff had said, and started moaning and breathing hard as soon\nas Nick put his cock next to her lips. His cock was thicker than\nJeff's and she loved it. She begged to be pumped harder, Nick\nobliged her. The sight of Nick fucking her, seeing her\ntits swing wildly back and forth had Jeff hard again, and he\nput himself in her mouth. Nick came, Nikky came, and Jeff\ncame in her mouth, and this time she seemd to like it a little better.\nThey all slept in Nikki's and Jeff's king size bed. Later, was another\nstory....Interested? Lemme know and I will write more about this\nvacation!\n--"}
-{"text": "World War Z fan art poster by Matt Ferguson\nWhen Don T... ...own version of the upcoming Brad Pitt movie World War Z , they obliged\n(no need to see the movie... ...Ferguson\nDon't forget to check out NeatoShop's Zombie Shop"}
-{"text": "Santa Fe Black Bean Burger with Grilled Corn Salsa\n\nThis recipe is a loose adaptation from my days in the restaurant industry. Vegetarian options have become a necessary evil but this veggie burger is so tasty even the most hard core carnivore will enjoy it! Feel free to add extra chipolte if you do not mind the heat.\n\nPrep: 25 mins\n\nCook: 15 mins\n\nYields: 6 Black Bean Burgers\n\nIngredients\n\nFor the black bean burgers\n\n1 24 oz can cooked black beans\n\n2 tablespoons diced roasted red pepper\n\n2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro\n\n1 chipolte pepper, minced\n\n2 teaspoons cumin powder\n\n1 tablespoon chile powder\n\n1 egg, beaten\n\n1 cup panko breadcrumbs\n\n1 teaspoon salt\n\nFor the grilled corn salsa\n\n2 ears of corn, grilled\n\n1 tablespoon diced roasted red pepper\n\n1 tablespoon minced cilantro\n\n1 tablespoon lime juice\n\n2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil\n\nsalt and pepper to taste\n\nTo finish\n\n6 burger buns\n\n6 slices tomato\n\n1 head romaine lettuce, shredded\n\nDirections\n\n1Drain the black beans and rinse with cold water. Place half of the black beans into a food processor along with the chipolte pepper, cumin powder, chile powder, egg and salt. Puree mixture until smooth and well combined. Remove from food processor and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl. Fold in the breadcrumbs, red pepper cilantro and remaining black beans and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat grill medium high or 450F. Form mixture into 6 equal sized patties and cook 2-3 minutes per side on GrillGrates or on the GrateGriddle.\n\nFor The Grilled Corn Salsa:\n\n1Cut the kernels of corn from the ears and place in a mixing bowl. Add red pepper, cilantro, lime juice, olive oil and mix. Season to taste with salt and pepper and let sit at room temp until ready to serve."}
-{"text": "Jenelle Evans: Jenelle tells Dr. Drew she\u2019s turning her life around. She\u2019s back in school, and she wants to set a good example for Jace. Too bad Kieffer is still in the picture off and on. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to break up with your best friend,\u201d she explains. But he\u2019s obviously not a good influence \u2014 she failed her drug test and now faces jail! She says she can either stay in jail for two weeks or go to court and learn her fate. \u201cI know I got to quit smoking,\u201d she says half-heartedly.\n\nLuckily, her relationship with Barbara is better. The biggest strain is Kieffer. \u201cI really do not like Kieffer,\u201d Barbara says. \u201cHe\u2019s nothing but a drug addict. He uses Jenelle for everything and just sucks the money out of her.\u201d Barbara doesn\u2019t want to see Jenelle go to jail, but wonders if it might be a wake-up call. No matter what, she loves her daughter. Dr. Drew asks her to list three things she loves about Jenelle, something she was unable to do at the last reunion. Barbara says Jenelle is generous, independent and organized. In return, Jenelle says she loves her mom because she is funny, a hard worker and a good mom. Barbara starts crying, and the two hug. Awww!\n\nKailyn Lowry: Kailyn admits to Dr. Drew that she was terrible to Jordan by cheating on him, but she can\u2019t picture being in a relationship with anybody but Jo. However, Jo isn\u2019t ready for a relationship with Kailyn. \u201cI think it\u2019s really tough to take on adult responsibilities while I\u2019m still feeling these teen emotions,\u201d Kailyn explains. She thinks one day Jo will want to be with her, but Dr. Drew says he isn\u2019t so sure. Jo says himself that he doesn\u2019t know.\n\nLater, Jordan comes out onto the stage. He and Kailyn are trying to work through the pain of her cheating on him, but he\u2019s still hurt. Jordan tells Kailyn he\u2019ll always be there for her and Isaac no matter what, but he thinks she\u2019s not over Jo. \u201cShe should want to know that she wants to work it out with me and not him,\u201d he explains. Dr. Drew brings Jo out to work out the complicated love triangle, but Kailyn becomes upset and storms off the stage. Jordan walks away, too. After a commercial break, all three return to talk with Dr. Drew and start a Chlamydia blame game. Kailyn says Jo gave it to her, and she gave it to Jordan. Jo says she shouldn\u2019t put the blame on him. No matter who passed it along, gross. Dr. Drew says they should all be tested and hopes that teaches the audience a good lesson. In the end, the relationship drama is left undecided, and Kailyn says she needs time to think it over.\n\nWhat did YOU think of this week\u2019s episode, HollyMoms? Who should Kailyn choose to be with? Will Jenelle ever get back on track?"}
-{"text": "If you were hoping that the flooding you\u2019ve been experiencing recently every time the city is hit with heavy downpour was going to come to an end, you\u2019re likely to be seriously disappointed.\n\nRepresentatives from the Department of Environmental Protection visited Forest Hills last week \u2013 just one of the many neighborhoods across Queens and Brooklyn that deals with sewer backups during strong storms \u2013 and essentially told residents there was no relief in sight from the flooding.\n\nThis is terrible news for homeowners, who are forced to deal with the mix of raw sewage and rainwater that comes back into their homes when the sewer system becomes overwhelmed with water.\n\nDEP officials told residents that when the system was planned out in the 1960s, it was capable of handling the water. But stronger storms - and we suspect overdevelopment that has replaced open spaces, which could soak up rainwater, with concrete - have taxed the system.\n\nAccording to DEP reps, planning and replacing the sewer system in the city would take decades and just isn\u2019t feasible. So in the meantime, there is nothing that can be done.\n\nWe accept that replacing the entire sewer system isn\u2019t feasible, but we don\u2019t buy the answer that nothing can be done.\n\nWe believe that there are talented people working at DEP, and with a little ingenuity and hard work, some stopgap measures can be put in place to at least alleviate some of the flooding issues.\n\nEven if that requires putting some of the onus on homeowners, DEP should work with residents to find solutions. We\u2019re sure that if the city could promise some sort of permanent solution \u2013 obviously there will be some weather events that just can\u2019t be foreseen \u2013 we\u2019re sure homeowners would do their part.\n\nA city like New York shouldn\u2019t be brought to its knees following every spring shower or summer afternoon thunderstorm."}
-{"text": "DIEXEL\n\nBig ass planes like Titan, Miljet, Luxor, Shamal etc spawns left on the runway (like what the new planes do after the 1.16 are installed) and other smaller aircrafts like Bestra, Vestra, Lazer etc spawns in the hangar.\n\nIt's so stupid when you choose Bestra and the plane spawns on the runway but the plane in the hangar disappears...\n\nAccountNoLongerUsed\n\nBig ass planes like Titan, Miljet, Luxor, Shamal etc spawns left on the runway (like what the new planes do after the 1.16 are installed) and other smaller aircrafts like Bestra, Vestra, Lazer etc spawns in the hangar.\n\nIt's so stupid when you choose Bestra and the plane spawns on the runway but the plane in the hangar disappears...\n\nIts not the McKenzie Airfield, its the Sandy Shores Air Field. The McKenzie Airfield is a property you buy to do arms traffiking missions as Trevor\n\nDIEXEL\n\nBig ass planes like Titan, Miljet, Luxor, Shamal etc spawns left on the runway (like what the new planes do after the 1.16 are installed) and other smaller aircrafts like Bestra, Vestra, Lazer etc spawns in the hangar.\n\nIt's so stupid when you choose Bestra and the plane spawns on the runway but the plane in the hangar disappears...\n\nIts not the McKenzie Airfield, its the Sandy Shores Air Field. The McKenzie Airfield is a property you buy to do arms traffiking missions as Trevor\n\nYeah, I took wrong airfield but they should really add a extra spawn point for aircrafts there.\n\nkillahmatic\n\nBig ass planes like Titan, Miljet, Luxor, Shamal etc spawns left on the runway (like what the new planes do after the 1.16 are installed) and other smaller aircrafts like Bestra, Vestra, Lazer etc spawns in the hangar.\n\nIt's so stupid when you choose Bestra and the plane spawns on the runway but the plane in the hangar disappears...\n\nToo many people are confusing Vestra with Besra* and calling it Bestra... learn to read, people.\n\nAlso, I don't mind that it only spawns one because you can only use one plane at a time anyway.\n\nCutter De Blanc\n\nRockstar gave them stupid names that are way too similar to eachother. It's like \"lets release a DLC plane and call it the Vestra,\" and then a while later they're like, \"lets release a DLC plane and call it the Besra!\"\n\nIt's like they ran out of ideas for airplane names over at Rockstar games inc. or something. I mean, look at the Mil-Jet. It's a big jet... that is a military jet. Big stretch of the imagination, there."}
-{"text": "Just no inkling that a destructive tornado would emerge from a storm and chew a path across Northeast Georgia, leaving two dead. In Clarke County alone, it would leave more than 100 people injured, scores of homes damaged and hundreds of trees down before its ravenous funnel dissipated somewhere over Madison County.\n\nThe storm that spawned the tornado began near Covington about 6 p.m., according to newspaper accounts of the time. Estimates of damage from the tornado ranged from $75 million in Rockdale County to $16.3 million in Clarke, to $2 million in Walton and $1.3 million in Oconee County.\n\nThe front page of the Sunday, April 1, 1973, edition of the Athens Banner-Herald/Daily News chronicles the tornado that passed through the area on the previous afternoon.\n\nFile\n\nIn a rare occurrence, the tornado was one of two to hit Athens that year. On May 28 another tornado followed an almost repeat path, killing a woman in her Park Avenue home and causing major damage to at least 46 homes and seven businesses.\n\nThe March 31 tornado's path across Clarke County began near Bogart. It seemed to latch onto a path along the Athens Perimeter, which at the time only had the north section complete. It followed that path until spun off into Madison County following a path along Georgia Highway 72.\n\nThe storm killed a Monroe man in Walton County. A Comer woman was killed on Commerce Road when the tornado overturned her vehicle.\n\nAs the storm followed Atlanta Highway into Clarke County, it damaged homes in Stonehenge subdivision, along with the nearby Wickes and Lowe's building supply companies. It demolished a house on Mitchell Bridge Road, then damaged homes in the Forest Heights subdivision, where the heavily forested neighborhood had its trees chewed up and spat down.\n\nA march of destruction\n\nSirens will sound alert\n\nThe tornado's path carried it across two mobile home parks, Sand City on U.S. Highway 441 and Wonderland Estates on Danielsville Road, where trailers were demolished - remarkably, no one was killed in the parks, though a number of people were hurt. A 5-month-old baby was found in the rubble of Wonderland, then reunited with its mother at St. Mary's Hospital.\n\nThe tornado bounced up and swirled back to the ground southeast of Colbert in Madison County, where it damaged the Swamp Guinea catfish restaurant and scared its customers before continuing east and dying in the atmosphere.\n\nThe May tornado arrived in Athens about 5 p.m. following a similar path, destroying about eight homes in Forest Heights. Trees along scenic Prince Avenue were destroyed.\n\nThe May tornado was one of several spawned by a storm system that over two days claimed lives from Oklahoma to Florida.\n\nEyewitness accounts\n\nIn the wake of the March 1973 tornado, reporters for the Athens Banner-Herald and Daily News (now combined with the Banner-Herald) sought out people to interview. Here are some of the remarks they gathered.\n\n''The place was leveled.''\n\nUnidentified cook at Betty's Truck Stop, Atlanta Highway\n\n''The tornado was just massive power, and it grew so fast. It was just a normal rainstorm when it started but it happened very, very fast and the force was unbelievable.''\n\nThis Athens Daily News photograph reveals a small part of the damage caused by a tornado that moved across the area 30 years ago Monday.File\n\nJon Kleckner, a University of Georgia student who was driving his 1959 Volkswagen bus (van) along the Athens Perimeter near Prince Avenue\n\n''The tornado picked me up and slammed the rear of the car down. I jumped out and held onto a tree. The tornado threw the bus into the highway fence and carried it along tearing the fence down and into the woods. Police measured the distance at over 400 feet along the fence.''\n\nJon Kleckner\n\n''I knew it was coming. I could hear it. Just a loud roar. I opened a couple of windows (in office) hoping it would help.''\n\n''I was just rolling my hair and listening to the radio when they said a tornado had hit Bogart. And then all of a sudden I just don't know what happened. I really don't remember if I heard anything or felt anything. I just remember crawling over the mess and getting a ride to the hospital. I'm just thankful and lucky I'm here.''\n\nThis Athens Daily News photograph shows some of the devastation wrought by a tornado as it moved across a local trailer park on March 31, 1973.File\n\nElizabeth Carithers, who was at her daughter's home in Wonderland Estates.\n\n''I want my baby. I want my baby. It's all gone. It's all gone.''\n\nUnidentified woman at St. Mary's Hospital emergency room. The baby, in good condition, was later brought to the hospital.\n\n''When our radar showed the tornado moving northeastward at 6:20, we issued a warning for Morgan and Walton counties. We continued to watch its movement and at 6:25, we knew the tornado was coming north of Athens. There was the possibility of 50 to 100 people being killed. We tried to reach all radio stations in the Athens area.''\n\nG.C. ''Cleve'' Holladay, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Athens (since closed)\n\n''We just didn't know what to expect. We received so many reports and calls that we were expecting and preparing for the worst. But the response from the workers, doctors and the community was great. I mean look around. You see all these people helping and working during an emergency. You've got to feel the response is reassuring.''"}
-{"text": "KDE will be represented at the large US computer show COMDEX, in Las Vegas, from the 17th to 20th November, as a result of placing second in a poll run by O'Reilly Network. Developer George Staikos will be demonstrating the soon-to-be-released KDE 3.2, featuring a vast number of improvements in all areas, as well Kolab, the Free Software groupware solution. Thank you for voting for KDE and giving us this opportunity of introducing our desktop to a whole new audience. See you there!\n\nCMSes are a dime a dozen. I've never heard of Plone, even though I've heard of every other project on that list other than the three bottom ones. Is it really that much better than the other CMSes that it deserves its own booth at Comdex? Are there even 1690 people using Plone to manage their site? I don't see how it could get that many votes.\n\nNot that I hate Plone or anything, I'm just kind of curious who is voting for it.\n\nWe use Zope and Plone for our complete intern and extern webmanagement and workflow. Its a quite complex but powerful tool. We use the zope server on localhost and use Apache virtualhost feature to bind urls to our zope webservices via zope's so called Vitual Host Monster.\n\nI agree. I voted in this poll a while ago when gnomedesktop.org was running something on it. I was surprised that Gnome had less than 1/3 the votes of KDE! I'm also shocked that OpenOffice had so many votes also. It's not a very exciting project, in my opinion. Too bad the OS booth couldn't have been cooler. KDE is definitely going to be the center of attention!\n\nI think this is very premature. Novell purchased SuSE for its desktop distribution and tight integration. I would venture to guess that they would destroy SuSE linux in the process of converting it wholesale to gnome.\n\nOn that note I'd be more mindful of Novell's past history (Word Perfect, UnixWare, etc..) I'm thinking worst case senario the world will miss SuSE and Ximian, while KDE marches on, unencumbered by corperate agendas and missteps.\n\nWell, yeah, you're probably right. In my defense, I'm quickly getting frustrated and I've heard above comment a lot over the last few days, sometimes even in worse, even more content-lacking versions. I just don't comprehend what people get out of behaving like that.\n\nhere's my theory: a lot of people are personally invested in the various desktop projects and some of those people would be more than happy to see their favourite \"win\" through the destruction of the others. after all, if there is no competition, your favourite will always be the best, right? and if your favourite will always be the best, then your personal investment is guaranteed to be worthwhile and shrewd. you win, they loose. hooray! yes, this is shortsighted and sad, but not completely uncommon.\n\nthe reverse can also happen out of panic: something appears to be negative for your favourite, and because of the personal loss such a death-knell would represent were it actually true, one may get overly concerned or read the situation to be overly-negative.\n\nWell i think both sides are just plane nervous now. I mean no-one knows whats going to happen. Will it just fizzle out? Will it be the next big thing? I think its enough to make people crazy. I mean personally Id love to see KDE succeed. I really dont care less if Gnome goes anywhere, but I know they push us to keep getting better. I think the true tragity would be to have one or the other ignored, or worse, them molded into some mess that is not what the respective authors want.\n\nYou have more patence than me, i had to disable anon posting on kdedevelopers because we had some guy comming in and just posting garbage posts in past blogs... it sucks but the internet is the worlds largest bathroom stall door :)\n\nWell, that's ximian spin on the story. SuSe has a market, Ximian is just a programming think tank. In Europe Linux means Linux/KDE. Customers request it. Linux isn't strong on the desktop because of Ximian but KDE.\n\nwell i refuse to speculate until the cards are on the table, i mean there are too many unknowns that go both ways. until someone says \"This is what we are going to do...\" its all wild armchair speculation :)\n\nAs others have said, Plone is a CMS based on Zope. While there are lots of CMS packages out there, Plone is modular and comes packed with a LOT under the hood such as workflows, user & group management, customized content types, cache management, clustering (run multiple servers behind a load balancer and have centralized management), etc. Needless to say, for larger sites that maintain a larger staff of content developers, Plone provides a fantastic foundation to allow the site to be managed.\n\nAs far as why it topped out the list, I am guessing that this has a lot to do with timing. The project just had a conference in mid-March which stirred up a LOT of interest .. I think around 150 people attended and over 800 people watched the live stream of the conference. In addition to this, on the plone.org website as well as mailing lists, etc.. the core development team persisted with reminders to get people to vote.\n\nIn anycase, with Plone v2 set to be released at the end of the month (or early next month), I think having such an impressive project at Comdex is a great thing. It sounds like there have been many major newspapers, government agencies and businesses that have used the Plone/Zope combo. It should provide some impressive case studies for people unfamiliar with these larger OSS projects to be made aware of them.\n\nNeedless to say, I am very excited that KDE will be there as well. KDE is the best FOSS desktop available and with the exciting new features in 3.2, it should make for an EXCELLENT Open Source Pavillion.. Hopefully there is ample time to make the booths inviting and fun to continue to open the eyes of others that have been less fortunate to experience FOSS first hand. :-)\n\nIt's nice to see my favourite and voted-for projects up there! KDE is a given, but Zope together with Plone are two very good projects. CMSs are not a dime a dozen, particularly with the advantages that an environment like Zope provides.\n\nnope - php-nuke isn't quite as advanced as plone is. plone is really targeted more at professional/government/enterprise websites than php-nuke is, and as such, has goodies like full section 508 compliance and a quite modern optional design mode (which doesn't work with konq)"}
-{"text": "All the News, Reviews, Guides and Reports on Electric Cars\n\nTesla achieved a major milestone in its corporate strategy on Friday night when it handed keys over to the first 30 drivers of its so-called first affordable electric car, the Model 3. While the company has perhaps as many as a half-million customers waiting to complete a purchase\u2014and therefore doesn\u2019t need to garner more publicity or sales\u2014a number of fans and journalists were granted their first few minutes of seat time last week. The chorus of feedback focused on the minimalist interior that uses a single 15-inch touchscreen instead of any buttons, knobs, dials, or gauges on the dashboard.\n\nIn a sign that world governments in about two decades will require all new cars to run purely on electricity, Britain announced on Wednesday that sales of new diesel and gas cars would end by 2040. This follows a similar pledge by France earlier this month and previous statements by Norway and India that it will only sell electric cars by 2025 and 2030 respectively. Approximately 10 other countries have officially set aggressive sales targets for electric cars.\n\nTesla is set to begin delivering the first Model 3 cars to customers at an event on Friday, July 28. Thirty lucky EV fans will become the first Model 3 drivers. They will bask in the limelight of the hand-over ceremony and immediately start reporting on the performance of the much-anticipated Model 3. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of reservation-holders who put down a $1,000 deposit more than a year ago will be anxiously awaiting details about key questions.\n\nThe redesigned 2018 LEAF will be unveiled in Tokyo on Sept. 6. From all accounts, the new LEAF will shed the first-generation\u2019s high-tech appearance in favor of a more mainstream design. That means the current LEAF\u2019s bulging headlights, bulbous tail and sloped hood will be less pronounced. The interior will also gain simplicity, with an infotainment screen placed in the center stack and driving information displayed behind the steering wheel. But making a new model more humdrum might not be a great marketing angle, so Nissan this week pushed the idea of a so-called e-Pedal.\n\nThe new 2018 MINI Cooper SE Countryman All4 made its debut in June. Sales of the first 10 US sales were reported last month, and the car made a UK appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The plug-in Countryman represents the first full-production electric-drive vehicle available in MINI showrooms.\n\nThe California Clean Vehicle Rebate program this month is putting new applicants for its incentives on a waiting list. The hiatus in payments could last until September when a new legislative session begins. Because priority is given to qualified lower-income applicants, only needs-based applications are currently being processed. California experienced the same hiatus in payments last year until it was restored months later. Other states\u2014including Georgia, Utah, and Colorado\u2014also temporarily suspended or eliminated for EV incentives.\n\nThe much-anticipated Tesla Model 3 will start rolling off the production line this week, about two weeks earlier than planned. That marks an important milestone for the company\u2014and for the electric vehicle industry\u2014as Tesla gets closer to its goal of becoming a producer of mass-market electric cars.\n\nVolkswagen unveiled its all-electric I.D. Concept at the 2016 Paris Motor Show and its I.D. Crozz crossover concept in Shanghai in April 2017. The four-door I.D. Crozz, displayed in Shanghai, is expected to travel more than 300 miles on a single charge. It is slated for production in 2020. This week a slide presentation leaked via Autoblog Netherlands revealed two more new models heading to the US market sometime between 2019 and 2022. The two models, the I.D. Lounge and I.D. AEROe, appear to be a full-sized SUV and a small hatchback respectively.\n\nThe 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV was on Tuesday awarded a \u201cTop Safety Pick\u201d award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). It became the first 2017 model-year EV to be awarded as a Top Safety Pick by the IIHS. Like other previously tested EVs, the Bolt scored high on nearly every crash test but fell short on the quality of its headlights.\n\nThe new era of affordable long-range electric cars was launched when the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt went on sale in December. By the end of 2017, the Bolt will be joined by the Tesla Model 3, which will offer similar range for a similar price of about $30,000 after tax incentives. Those two models put American car manufacturers in the lead for practical long-range EVs. But, based on statements from executives from Asian carmakers, car shoppers will soon have the choice of similar long-range EVs from Nissan, Hyundai and others."}
-{"text": "Reader Interactions\n\nComments\n\nGood ideas!\nI bought latex gloves for food prep after an unfortunate incident involving jalapenos from the farmer\u2019s market\u2013they were very strong. That night when I took my contacts out with the fingers I had washed 6 times since then\u2026. well it was a bad experience that I can laugh at now \ud83d\ude42\nSo I already have gloves."}
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-{"text": "Lunchboxx wrote:Some seasons may look corny to some people. It just depends on your particular taste.\n\nBut I'm a PR nerd so I love all of them......except once Operation Overdrive. I keep sounding like a broken record for saying that, but it's true.\n\nJust Operation Overdrive? I can't stand Turbo, Mystic Force, Overdrive, and Jungle Fury. LOL. But honestly, I love Power Rangers and even though it will almost never be better than it's Japanese counterpart (with the exception of In Space), I still consider PR and SS to be their own big series, rather than two opposing shows that are at each others necks.\n\ni actually found the video game theme to be better because i thought that was unique than just space the reason i think so much people say that in space was much better was that it of course the die hard PR fans just say \"it was so dark\" but also it connected the storylines of the past series and of course the last 2 episodes was big final battle and there were return of some rangers and stuff like that. thats fine but i find that an invalid reason because just like die hard PR fans base stuff off of nostalgia and love the corny storylines of PR and its a case of just because you like it doesnt mean it great. So if you throw out the dumb PR stoylines and compare it to megaranger and judge it as how it is as an american adaption. it kinda didnt do a good job with that because yes megaranger has space elements but the theme was more on video game and electronics and each ranger has a unique theme behind each suit .\n\nSo the point of an adaption it to make it with american actors but keep the storyline pretty much the same and thats were they failed at. Yes there are other series that do it better and yes i know what those series are dont need to hear them for the millionth time but there are some that does a direct copy and fail but with the case with in spece i find it to be overrated with people saying its better because most if not all reasons are invalid. yes im a sentai fan but i like to compare the technicallity of each show than the obvious because die hard PR fans are too stupid to see the obvious so if you go into the technicallity than they will have nothing legit to say but ya lol.\n\nI want the next season of Akibaranger to infiltrate Toei to protect sentai footage from america. The way sentai footage was used for Samurai was villainy in its purest form. there needs to be a sentai protection taskforce that defends japanese creativity.\n\nYou have people who put time, talent, energy, blood, sweat and tears into these shows only to have their work corrupted. In sentai there are well explained reasons for the action, suits, weapons, mecha characters etc. Then the show is americanized it seems the soul is carved out of it.\n\nI understand that alot of tokusatsu heroes represent soldiers from WWII and their war stories. Japan is a country that survived a USA nuke strike and its aftermath. Thats part of why they are able to make so many great hero stories to the point where USA wants to cash in on it.\n\njust my opinion. take it or leave it.\n\nLast edited by BigSlim on Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:00 am, edited 1 time in total.\n\nI know I didn't watch Tokusatsu as a kid, but I did watch Power Rangers.\n\nI liked the older Power Rangers better than the newer ones, but I love Super Sentai more.\nI don't know why, but Super Sentai has more action and drama in it than the Power Rangers did. >.> Just saying.\n\nBigSlim wrote:I want the next season of Akibaranger to infiltrate Toei to protect sentai footage from america. The way sentai footage was used for Samurai was villainy in its purest form. there needs to be a sentai protection taskforce that defends japanese creativity.\n\nYou have people who put time, talent, energy, blood, sweat and tears into these shows only to have their work corrupted. In sentai there are well explained reasons for the action, suits, weapons, mecha characters etc. Then the show is americanized it seems the soul is carved out of it.\n\nI understand that alot of tokusatsu heroes represent soldiers from WWII and their war stories. Japan is a country that survived a USA nuke strike and its aftermath. Thats part of why they are able to make so many great hero stories to the point where USA wants to cash in on it.\n\nBigSlim wrote:\nI understand that alot of tokusatsu heroes represent soldiers from WWII and their war stories. Japan is a country that survived a USA nuke strike and its aftermath. Thats part of why they are able to make so many great hero stories to the point where USA wants to cash in on it.\n\noh, for the love of...PLEASE don't say that stuff. i could go on a rant about how it was, in part, the japanese government the responsible for the nuclear bomb, or which european country had it worse than japan, or how superman or batman, or even iron man alone makes more money than toei could dream of. But no.\nFirst of all. more than one sentai/rider series was a cash-in of a western or even japanese franchise. Second, USA is STILL the country of Heroes. if you don't believe me, there is a little show called \"Arrow\" that you may want to see.\n\nOkay, so... where to start! I watched \u201cPower Rangers\u201d from when I was three up until I was 16, then I stopped watching it and now I just watch \u201cSuper Sentai\u201d with my mom (it is our bonding time). Anyway... I LOVED Power Rangers when I was three to five. I even changed my name from \u201cT.J.\u201d to \u201cTommy\u201d (yea, I was THAT crazy about it!), I had these VHS from my neighbors. As you are probably able to tell, I first saw \u201cMighty Morphin\u2019\u201d , then the \u201cZeo\u201d film, then \u201cZeo\u201d and I skipped \u201cTurbo\u201d (I guess they did not show it on \u201cFox Kids\u201d\u2026) After these, I saw and LOVED \u201cIn Space\u201d (I still own the Psycho Rangers VHS that came out, it still works! Go, Psycho Red! After that, I was a tad iffy on \u201cLost Galaxy\u201d (my mom still likes Maya, I am at a loss.) Once that series ended, I saw \u201cLight speed Rescue\u201d, I liked it. But, my all-time favorite series was and will forever be\u2026 \u201cTime Force\u201d! Wes is the best character in the shows history, he even made me not like wearing ties (I think that is where I get my dislike from wearing those horrid things anyway.) Let me see, I stopped watching the \u201cFox Kids\u201d after that, I had to start\u2026 school! No, I started school a year prior to that. \uf04a But, in all seriousness, \u201cWild Force\u201d was just\u2026 there to me.\n\nNow, I was out of the loop for a long while (I remember seeing \u201cS.P.D.\u201d on \u201cJetix\u201d, but then \u201cJetix\u201d went away, so\u2026.)\n\nAfter about five or so years after that, \u201cSamurai\u201d came on. I watched it and I liked it. But, then once \u201cSuper Samurai\u201d came on, blah! I mean, it is NOT a bad show, just that you have to wait a WHOLE year to get 20 episodes, with the word \u201cSuper\u201d in fount of the title, is just lame. But, when \u201cMegafource\u201d came on, I watched around three episodes, then I just tuned it out.\n\nNow, let me give my two Power Coins on this whole \u201cstealing ideas\u201d bit. First, let me say that \u201cPower Rangers\u201d and \u201cSuper Sentai\u201d are different. I mean, they use the SAME material, but they use it in different ways. I would say it is like having five ingredients in a sandwich, you may put them in a different order (or subtract and add) ingredients, and you get something different.\n\nI would say that I like \u201cSuper Sentai\u201d more because of the characterization to gives to the cast, (although, stereotypes are NOT a bad thing! Take Antonio for example, he is the MAIN reason I finished \u201cSuper Samurai\u201d)!\n\nI liked most but there were quite a few series that I just couldn't stand. I hated Lightspeed Rescue, Mystic Force, Jungle Fury and Operation Overdrive all were either fucking horrid story wise or actor wise. I was surprised that SPD & RPM were so good especially RPM I was totally expecting that to flop. One of my faves tho that doesn't seem to be most peoples was Lost Galaxy.\n\nBigSlim wrote:I want the next season of Akibaranger to infiltrate Toei to protect sentai footage from america. The way sentai footage was used for Samurai was villainy in its purest form. there needs to be a sentai protection taskforce that defends japanese creativity.\n\nYou have people who put time, talent, energy, blood, sweat and tears into these shows only to have their work corrupted. In sentai there are well explained reasons for the action, suits, weapons, mecha characters etc. Then the show is americanized it seems the soul is carved out of it.\n\nI understand that alot of tokusatsu heroes represent soldiers from WWII and their war stories. Japan is a country that survived a USA nuke strike and its aftermath. Thats part of why they are able to make so many great hero stories to the point where USA wants to cash in on it.\n\njust my opinion. take it or leave it.\n\n\"Corrupted\" is your opinion. I haven't seen Samurai, but I've seen most of the other series and I think they've been mostly good. The \"Zordon\" era was masterfully, with PRiS being absolutely excellent. The series afterward have been rather hit or miss I will admit, but there is no \"corruption\" here. You are aware that Toei has actually filmed scenes specifically FOR Power Rangers right?\n\nKamen Rider Raven wrote:\n\"Corrupted\" is your opinion. I haven't seen Samurai, but I've seen most of the other series and I think they've been mostly good. The \"Zordon\" era was masterfully, with PRiS being absolutely excellent. The series afterward have been rather hit or miss I will admit, but there is no \"corruption\" here. You are aware that Toei has actually filmed scenes specifically FOR Power Rangers right?\n\nSamurai had a LOT of problems(mainly that saban had only MOnTHS after buying the franchise again before filming), megaforce shows some improvement not different than what happened with PR s2, but they still need some improvement. by the time of go-buster, they will probably be back on track.(megaforce is still highly enjoyable, tough, i still believe it is not as dull as goseiger was)\n\nPower Rangers is fine. Both it and Super Sentai are kids shows that will have slightly different restrictions in what they can show based on the country that produces is.\n\nDo I still watch Power Rangers? No. I've seen some of the recent ones and they don't do anything for me, so I stick with Sentai instead. Do I force that opinion on other people like so many others do? No. I cannot berate anyone for watching Power Rangers when, as an adult, I watch Sentai and still spend money on toys. Everyone is entitled to their own likes and dislikes.\n\nCatastrophe wrote:Power Rangers is fine. Both it and Super Sentai are kids shows that will have slightly different restrictions in what they can show based on the country that produces is.\n\nDo I still watch Power Rangers? No. I've seen some of the recent ones and they don't do anything for me, so I stick with Sentai instead...\n\nMy thoughts exactly. I started watching Power Rangers and was hook when I first saw it. But after Power Rangers Zeo I was done with it. When I hear how Saban treated his actors and how greedy he actually is. I would've never watched the show in the first place. The only reason I started watching in the first place, is because it was an American (English Speaking) version of a Super Sentai show."}
-{"text": "Wayne's Garbage Pail Kids References is an extensive resource of information about the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards made by Topps.\n\nThe objective of the website is to provide accurate, detailed, and easy to understand information so that collecting Garbage Pail Kids cards could be a more enjoyable experience for anyone interested in participating in the hobby.\n\nThere no longer are contact options for this website.\n\nThis website only covers the United States Garbage Pail Kids releases from 1985-1988 (the original series (OS) 1 to 15) and 2003-2008 (the All-New Series (ANS) 1 to 7). Reference information covering Garbage Pail Kids releases produced after 2008 will not be added.\n\nIf you want to buy or sell Garbage Pail Kids cards, try the auction website eBay.\n\nIf you want to find the value of your Garbage Pail Kids items or cards, review the completed and active auctions on eBay. You can also look at the Price Guide section for rough estimates on pricing.\n\nIf you want use images or information from this website on your website or in your auctions, you may, but I would appreciate it if you posted a link to my website wherever you used the images and/or information. Please do not hotlink images or files from this website.\n\nPlease note that this website is not part of Topps and has nothing to do with any of Topps' websites (topps.com, garbagepailkids.com, thetoppsvault.com, etc.). If you have any problems with or suggestions about a Topps product or website, please contact Topps at the following link."}
-{"text": "CHRI ON TWITTER\n\nNational Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture\n\nStatement of the National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture New Delhi, June 24-25 2016\n\nAs the world observes June 26 in solidarity with victims of torture, the pervasive existence of torture within India is a crime deserving of the fullest condemnation and punishment. Torture is a pervasive practice that has to be recognised as such and abolished immediately and completely. It goes against India\u2019s international obligations and our Constitution and amounts to a denial of the right to a life with dignity. There must always be assured punishment for perpetrators. For those who survive the humiliating ordeal of torture there must be assured restitution, compensation and rehabilitation. This is the right of every citizen.\n\nAttended by lawyers, doctors, activists, academics and representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) that included the National Human Rights Commission and the National Commission for Backward Classes, participants strongly affirmed the repeated demand that India should without further delay ratify the Convention against Torture (CAT). This has been pending since 1997.\n\nSecond, that Parliament immediately enact the Prevention of Torture Bill, incorporating within it the recommendations of the Select Committee of Indian Parliament. This too has been pending since 2010.\n\nFourth, India must facilitate the visit of the Special Rapporteur on Torture whose request has been pending for many years.\n\nAs India is signatory to the Convention against Disability, that also addresses the issue of disabilities caused by torture, a logical and necessary corollary is that India immediately ratifies CAT.\n\nThere is now strong evidence of widespread impunity for illegal and appalling actions as a primary means of investigation when in custody and control of state actors and of torture being used as a means of coercing and subduing dissent amongst voiceless and vulnerable populations. These include large sections in the North Eastern region, Jammu and Kashmir, migrant labour, construction workers, unorganised workers, Adivasis and indigenous peoples, Dalits and India\u2019s religious minorities who bear the additional burden of being often wrongfully associated with acts of terror. Within this women and children are especially vulnerable targets. Indeed, it is seldom recognised that children are victims of torture, often in the name of \u2018disciplinary action\u2019 in educational, care and custodial institutions\n\nIn its comprehensive outcome statement the National Convention appealed to Parliament, state assemblies and the executive to take multiple, specific and practical steps to ensure both the abolition of torture and put in place,at the earliest, effective reparation schemes. It called upon the many monitoring agencies across the country including the courts, special commissions such as the National and state human rights commissions and police complaints authorities to take strong and initiatives required by their mandates to ensure accountability from the perpetrator individuals and institutions. It called upon the police and armed forces in particular to acknowledge the practice and take all steps to eliminate it and punish perpetratos.\n\nAppeal by the National Convention to the Media\n\nMedia functions as the fourth pillar of our democracy. We urge it to disseminate the information that there is an absolute prohibition against torture and join in the fight for its elimination. We urge it not to be swayed by shrill slogans of carefully crafted campaigns by perpetrators that are designed to demonise and defame victims and human rights defenders who represent them but to recognise that our Constitutional framework and international obligations require nothing less than the total elimination of this heinous practice against the rule of law to which India is committed."}
-{"text": "looking for the best baby monitor cam. i gone through many blogs and sites but didn\u2019t find any best indoor camera for baby protection. Do you guys help me to suggest one of the best. You can also recommend the blog or site for me so it is easy for me to choose the right one.\nThankyou!\nJack.\n\nMod\u2019s Edit: Posting edited to conform to the Community Guidelines, reference \u201cKeep It Tidy\u201d section.\n\nI have 3 wyze v2, one of them in my 2YO room and it works great as baby monitor.\n\nYou can set the alerts as you wish or a schedule to motion or sound during the middle of the night. My wife can also check on him during day, his naps via the app while she is at work and knows if had a nap or just played(quiet time) in the crib. We like the flexibility of either enabling the motion or sound or both.\n\nI have not used Wyze cams as a baby monitor but I believe they would work quite well as a visual only device for that purpose. If you want to use a camera as the sound and visual monitor make sure the app has a background audio feature. Meaning you can close the app and do other things on the device while still hearing sound coming from the camera. Also, make sure you can still hear the sound even when the phone\u2019s display is turned off and locked.\n\nFor my experience, in the end, we still had to get a stand alone sound monitor for reliability reasons, particularly at night. When using a camera for both sound and visual monitoring of the child; The phone app might crash/disconnect in the middle of the night without warning, a recent update to the app might break something, or a number of other strange things would go wrong too often and we would not hear our child when we needed to. We ended up getting two Vtech DM221 baby sound monitors. Major retailers sell them as well as Amazon. The receiver has a battery in it so you can easily take it with you outside nearby or to another room. Also, you can get another identical one for a second child later on and it will not interfere with the other one due to them having digital radios.\n\nSo my suggestion, a Vtech DM221 to hear the child reliably and a Wyze cam to see what is going on would to me be a rather winning combination. Get the Wyze Cam Pan version because once the child starts moving around, the fixed camera becomes useless a lot of the time."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, June 13, 2012\n\nSecond Lunch\n\nDo you remember the part in the LotR films (the first one, maybe?) where the halflings are with Aragorn out in the wilderness, and he's trying to get them moving, but they want to stop to eat breakfast. Aragorn says they've already eaten, and one of them asks what about second breakfast, and then has names for three extra meals?\n\nToday, I had breakfast, then went for a bike ride with a friend. She invited me to stay for lunch, and fixed this incredible lunch, a really full plate full, and I ate every bit, and it was really, really good. We chatted a bit, and I went home. And within an hour, I was hungry for second lunch. So I had a peanut butter sandwich. And that was good, too!\n\nI did finish my 100 miles for the week, though, and I still have an extra day to ride tomorrow. I also went on a short walk/run with another friend in the late afternoon. (She's trying to get into a habit of exercising, and I'm trying to be an encouraging friend, and also getting some exercise.)"}
-{"text": "This is a well researched article about China\u2019s farming migration to urban centers in conjunction with the other Economist article published the same day. The Economist is to be applauded for the effort.\n\nIf anything, the story of the article suggests that the theme policy and its execution by CCP of the past 30 years as a whole has been nothing but unprecedented in human history and exemplary in overall performance.\n\nBy comparing the regional GDP, patents granted and infrastructure invested for each province and special city (4 of them) in 2011, it is not hard to establish a close correlation between such regions and destinations of farmer immigration. A balance of immigration will strike when investment and infrastructure in the west are on the par with eastern coastal regions.\n\nOf the total population of 1.35 billion in 2011, urbanized population of 690.8 million, or 51.27% of the total, exceeded rural population for the first time in Chinese history. It\u2019s perhaps no coincidence that in 2011 China\u2019s indigenously developed patents for the first time exceeded that of foreign patents as applied in China (about 350,000 patents each).\n\nThis is a process in the making for some 30 years, a process aided no doubt by also learning from the experience of other economies. (It took approximately the British 200 years, Americans 100 years, and Japanese 50 years to cross the same urbanization divide.)\n\nThe farmer migration to the cities reflects not just the urbanization, but a total transformation of the country with all sorts of implications positive and negative, but mostly positive. For example, Sino-American trade was $2.4 b in 1979 when diplomatic relation was established, and it was $440 b in 2011. Similar growth of trades with EU, ASEAN, Japan, BRIC and others have all helped to effect farmer migration to factories in China and likewise helped creating jobs in China's trading partner nations.\n\nIMO the success of 30 years of high growth can be made sustainable for some time to come. That\u2019s because China\u2019s growth has been based more on investment than domestic consumption. I think domestic consumption is growing but China\u2019s growth should continue to depend on investment if we take US framing efficiency and US ubiquitous infrastructure improvement as some benchmark. There is simply a lot more of efficiency and infrastructure improvement work needs to be done in China for the next 20, 30 years.\n\nBut China is extremely poor per capita wise, in resources and GDP, with about 30% of world\u2019s per capita fresh water, 36% of tillable land and 10% of world\u2019s gas and oil reserve, China now still ranks outside No. 90 among nations in per capita GDP. About 150 million folks (the size of half the US population) still live with less than a $1 a day in China.\n\nI think China also needs improvement in its civil right and human right protection, not so much in comparing with other nations but for and with itself. As Vice President Mr. Xi recently said, there is no perfect human right measure, only better ones and better ones it shall. That seems to fit the bill for building a socialism of Chinese characteristics.\n\nThe map also clearly shows substantial Han migration into the sensitive border areas in the West and Southwest (Sinkiang, Tibet and Yunnan). This has always been the classical strategy of The Great Han Chinese Middle Kingdom to colonise the periphery, which is thinly populated by \"nomadic (barbaric?) tribes\".\n\nIt is quite a task to order such a migration. Compare with other developing countries such as India, those in Africa, Asia or Latin America. And look at the slums of people migrating to urban centres. Urban poverty is becoming a huge problem in many places as inequality increases. The CCP is to be applauded for its efforts in China.\n\nWell Myanmar (Burma) is indeed a barbaric country and desperately needs to be colonized by either Thailand or the Han Chinese if it ever wants even the remote hope of joining the club of civilized societies.\n\nI rather see this as world economy influenced Chinese migration. Globalization and China in WTO caused manufacturing jobs viable in China, and thus created a huge labor market in China. Chinese economic and migration policies created the internal migration pattern. If the original policies were allowing foreign investments in factories in, say, Hubei, instead of Guangdong, the history would be totally different. Don't under estimate the impact of administrative regulations in a authoritarian society.\n\nThis is indeed a well-researched article by TE. Rightly noted too were the other excellent articles published by TE on the same day. I join in applauding TE's effort. I hope the staff responsible for these articles are reading our responses.\n\nThank you personally for posting your detailed comment. I don't have anything to add or contribute in substance except to say I see eye-to-eye with your facts and your analysis.\n\nOn the point of human rights protection, you said: \"... not so much in comparing with other nations but for and with itself \" - I don't think anyone can say it better.\n\ngood article. Interesting to note that there is also an inflow of migration into Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, which is not surprising. What will that do to Tibetan and Xinjiang culture and social repercussions, only time can tell.\n\nSome people pointed out that there are no urban slums in Chinese cities. I'm not sure if that's something to be \"proud\" of because the direct cause of that is because of China's lack of property rights and weak rule of law in enforcing existing property rights. Those nice skyscrapers and highways and massive public monuments were all built upon millions of demolished homes, having caused massive misery and ill-treatment for the former residents. Beijing is commonly known as the \"3000 year old capital\" in China but one look around Beijing-everything is hardly 3 months or 3 years old-due to prevalent demolishing of older neighborhoods. Not only did these China lose some old buildings, China also lost a way of life and thousands of years of cultural heritage.\n\n'BTW I love how someone who's obsessively racist toward the Chinese on EVERY CHINA ARTICLE claims that others are \"racist\" when they retaliate against Burma.'\n/\n/\nto this someone tocharian, you can say that again, and again.\n\nTrue, but wasn't the Pearl River Delta economic zone chosen partly because of its proximity to Hong Kong, Macau and (to a lesser degree) Taiwan as well as its access to the sea? I don't think Hubei is as geographically favourable to industrial development for international trade, which likely influenced the government's actions. I think it's tricky to separate cause from effect on the issue."}
-{"text": "Tuesday, December 14, 2010\n\nBicycles at the Soleri Bridge Dedication: The Possibilities of the Parasol\n\nEven if you were not spoken of during all the talks on sustainability, I noticed you there showing rather than telling.\n\nYou two-wheeled people-powered fitness engines lurking by the rack in the shade.\n\nYou carriers of friends to places of conviviality\n\nI saw you lurking behind the DJ's table, you go-anywhere, take-anyone transports\n\nYou filled up the racks, then trees and fences worked just as well (internal hub noted).\n\nCommuters, computers, basket-shoppers, and cruisers, from Point A to Point SBP\n\nThe ideal, energy-efficient people-movers for a high-density node. Fenders for when your node gets messy.\n\nThis final post of my series following the Soleri Bridge and Plaza through to its dedication had to conclude with bicycles in order to give a sense of closure and completeness. Paolo Soleri and others spoke of livable cities, sustainable practices, and the importance of health, fitness, and face-to-face connections, all ideas which in my mind pointed obviously in the direction of my favorite two wheeled, people powered form of transport, exercise, exploration and fun. But no. The speakers so far as I could tell were not thinking about bicycles, and were not taking hints from all these exemplars parked around them. It was puzzling.\n\nEven more puzzling, Soleri decided to speak about walking, OK, I get that, walking is an excellent and underutilized way to get around, also sustainable, also supportive of fitness and a clear mind, but he seemed stuck on the notion of walking around with a parasol. A parasol?? I couldn't figure it out. They were handing them out to special parasol designees who milled around in the bright warm sunshine as if the parasol is a frequent sight in Scottsdale. I tried to see the point, I really did, but I kept thinking that bicycles were better, although possibly not, if they cause you to walk around in a big crowd wearing your helmet.\n\nBut then, I'm not sure what it was, something occurred which opened my mind to the possibilities of the parasol. Suddenly, I knew exactly what Paolo was talking about! It all became suddenly clear! Thank you Paolo, for the bridge, and for the possibilities of the parasol. Get up. Go ride.\n\nPlease consider the advantages of the parasol before judging it too harshly.\n\n4 comments:\n\nAfter the bridge dedication, I rode Hardiboi around the Fashion Square mall area for a while, then headed home.\n\nI stopped for lunch at a Panda Express which had some outdoor tables. I was breaking out the lock for the bike before I went in to order, and an elderly couple at the table right next to mine said they'd watch my bike for me.\n\nWhen I got home, reluctantly, and popped the computer off the bike I was pretty surprised: 30 miles for the day and I felt like I could have ridden 30 more with NO problem!\n\nA lot of people from Asia who now live here in Vancouver, have brought the habit of walking on sunny days with an umbrella, to provide shade. I put up a huge golf umbrella over my drivers seat window and roof when I wait for a ferry also on sunny days - it cools the car off a lot, though looks really weird. 'Course, up here in the Wet West Coast, we always carry an umbrella for rain anyway!\n\nBluesCat, riding my bicycle to work in a t-shirt in the sunshine in December. Love it.\n\nlimom: your wish=my command! It shall be so!\n\nPaddyAnne: the sunbrella in its various forms is a practical and graceful way to moderate the sunshowers. I remember when they put one up on the Skylab space station. Good enough for Skylab: good enough for me strolling along the avenue.\n\nPlease feel free to comment here, almost anything goes, except for obvious spam or blatantly illegal or objectionable material. Spammers may be subject to public ridicule, scorn, or outright shaming, and the companies represented in spam shall earn disrepute and ire for each occurrence.\n\nLet's Just Ride\n\nI commute by bicycle in Phoenix, Arizona, a metropolis suited to riding bicycles of all types, with weather, mountains, roads, canals, and paths to keep me forever spinning. My favorite bike tools are an open mind, creative engagement, curiosity, compassion, common ground, and the search for knowledge.\n\nEmail feedback, corrections, or random thoughts to gmail : johnromeoalpha . Or leave a comment, they are always appreciated.\n\nTarik Saleh Bike Club Webstore and such\n-\n[image: Tarik Saleh Bike Club has a webstore now. In stock with caps\npatches and pins.]\nYo! I got Tarik Saleh Bike Club caps, pins and patches in stock and ..."}
-{"text": "Sunday, February 28, 2016\n\nVulgar Morghulis\n\nIn a just world, the first line of Bloody Bill Kristol's obituary would read, \"One of the elite Neocon masterminds behind George W. Bush's disastrous foreign policy, Bill Kristol ended his public career as a Beltway Max Bialystock hand-jobbing Marco Rubio in the alley behind the ruins of the Party of Lincoln.\"\n\nWhy anyone anywhere would give a shit about anything this blowhard has to say is beyond comprehension. Finding one thing he's been right about in the last couple of decades would probably require an internet search rivaling that used to locate former Nazis in Brazil.\n\nAnd yet, there he is holding forth on the Sunday talk show circuit, week after week, as if he has something relevant and prophetic to impart."}
-{"text": "Dog Food\n\nDog Food \u2013 How to find the best?\n\nAlthough you love your dog a lot, the reality is that you may not know everything about the type of food you should feed it or any other relevant information. So, we are here to make sure that we do some Dog Food analysis. We will show you the type of methods and ideas you need to follow when you want to find high-quality Dog Food right away.\n\nIdentify the needs of your pet\n\nProper Dog Food will differ for each pet. It\u2019s similar to what happens in the case of humans. Some dogs will like regular food; others will hate it. So yes, you have to go to the vet to make a proper dog food analysis. This will help you get the results you want fast and easy, with the outcome being very good all the time. Understanding the nutritional requirements of your dog is crucial at this point.\n\nSee if the food is recognized by the FDA\n\nThe FDA approved Dog Food is by far the best one. But while many companies state that particular food is premium or gourmet, not a lot of them state any FDA approval. Most of the time that happens because there\u2019s no FDA recognition to be found, to begin with.\n\nCanned or dry dog food?\n\nTo be honest, the Dog Food reviews show that results are the same for both of these. So, it\u2019s a matter of budget. Most of the dogs will be ok with both. But to be certain, you may want to see whether your dog has any sensitivity to any food like this. Trial and error can come in handy here.\nIs there any AAFCO statement on the label?\nAAFCO statements on the label show that the formula used to create that Dog Food is safe for your dog. Most Dog Food reviews won\u2019t state that, but it\u2019s crucial to see if there is anything like that or not. Make sure that there is any statement like this so that you can stay away from any issues.\n\nCompare ingredients and reviews between brands\n\nOnce you know the type of dog food that you want for your dog, you have to make sure that you pick the right brand. A good Dog Food analysis is crucial here, so it\u2019s a very good idea to adapt this to your needs. And while there, make sure that you select the Dog Food reviews on that site as well. Dog reviews can easily state whether there is something wrong with the product or not. This may help you pick the right brand a lot easier.\n\nAll these great ideas will help you find the best possible Dog Food brand on the market. It certainly works to your advantage, and in the end, it can be the very best result you can opt for. Take your time, study all the options and dog food reviews. Only when you go through all of these tasks will you be able to find the right one that suits your dog\u2019s needs!\n\nStatement: Everything you read on this website is purely information and may vary from race to race. Use only the website to get ideas - talk to your vet if you need proper information regarding your dog."}
-{"text": "The High Polished Emerald Pearl Kerb Monumentsgranites are worked to give the following finishes:\n\nPOLISHED:\n\nThis finish gives a glass-like smooth highly polished reflective surface. It is achieved by a process similar to rubbing but is finished with chemically impregnated fine abrasive and felt pads.\n\nSAWN:\n\nThe surface finish of Emerald Pearl Kerb Monuments is produced by sawing with a frame saw (steel shot or diamond) wire saw (silicon carbide abrasive) or circular diamond blades. The surface texture varies with the machine used, and is seldom uniform or flat. This finish cannot really be specified, except for unseen joints or beds when cut by circular diamond saws, as grinding is needed to produce a flat uniform finish.\n\nRUBBED:\n\nThis finish is produced by rubbing the sawn surface flat, using a polishing machine with diamond or abrasive surfacing tools. The surface is finished with not less than a 120 grade abrasive or equivalent so that the surface is uniform.\n\nHONED:\n\nSimilar to rubbed but finished with an even finer grade abrasive to give a very smooth surface. A matt, non-reflective finish.\n\nSAND BLASTED:\n\nThis finish is produced by sand blasting. It removes the irregular markings of the ground finish to obtain a fine textured surface.\n\nROCK:\n\nThis natural rock finish is left after a sharp blow with a pitching tool (rather like a blunt chisel) and is only suitable for edges.\n\nFINE AXED:\n\nThis is where sawn finishes are made smooth and regular by hand-machine tooling over the surface."}
-{"text": "Cheddar\u2019s Casual Cafe plans on April 22 opening\n\nTuesday\n\nMar 19, 2013 at 12:01 AM\n\nTUSCALOOSA | Cheddar\u2019s Casual Cafe is set to open in about a month at the former site of McFarland Mall, company officials said.\n\nBy Jason MortonStaff Writer\n\nTUSCALOOSA | Cheddar\u2019s Casual Cafe is set to open in about a month at the former site of McFarland Mall, company officials said.And in anticipation, the restaurant is coming before the Tuscaloosa City Council tonight for approval of its liquor licenses.The council is set to vote on licenses for restaurant retail liquor and on-premises retail beer, two typical licenses that restaurants work to secure before opening.Michael Pacini, a real estate consultant for the restaurant chain that began in 1979, said Cheddar\u2019s is planning an April 22 opening date.Councilman Bob Lundell, who represents District 6, where Cheddar\u2019s is located, said he sees the new restaurant as a sign of things to come.\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to the opening of Cheddar\u2019s and look forward to welcoming it to the district,\u201d Lundell said. \u201cI\u2019ve heard a lot of good things from people who have eaten there.\u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to them coming and having another (restaurant) option in the area.\u201dMcFarland Mall opened in 1969 and was the third enclosed mall in Alabama. For decades, it was a major shopping destination in West Alabama, but has been in decline for the past decade.The McFarland family, which had developed and owned the mall, sold the property to Tuscaloosa developer Stan Pate in 2009.Now dubbed Encore Tuscaloosa, Cheddar\u2019s is set to be the first new business to open at the mall site since Pate took it over in May 2009.Cheddar\u2019s Casual Cafe is a Midwest-based restaurant franchise that\u2019s beginning its first forays into the southeastern and northeastern U.S.The $3 million project, including the nearly 8,000-square-foot building is close to completion and, once open, will have a seating capacity of more than 275.The company that began in Arlington, Texas, has been looking to enter the Tuscaloosa market for about three years because of the high number of college students and steady population growth spawned by industries such as Mercedes-Benz U.S. International near Vance.\u201cCheddar\u2019s will bring a new dining experience to Tuscaloosa with a from-scratch kitchen, quality foods and service at a fair price, all in a polished, casual environment,\u201d Pacini said in December."}
-{"text": "It is too true that I who write about the devout life am not myself devout, but most certainly I am not without the wish to become so, and it is this wish which encourages me to teach you. A notable literary man has said that a good way to learn is to study, a better to listen, and the best to teach. And Saint Augustine, writing to the devout Flora, says, that giving is a claim to receive, and teaching a way to learn. -St. Francis de Sales"}
-{"text": "Healthy turmeric tea \u2013 Sleeping troubles\n\nIf Sleepless nights are becoming part of your daily life then its time for health check in moment.\n\nSleeping disorder will not only let you sleep but also decrease attentiveness, lack of energy or even fatigue.\n\nUse of sleeping pills or other drugs will make you addicted and their unknown side effects.\n\nLet\u2019s go to the natural way to get relief from the trouble \u2013 Turmeric tea .\n\nIn order to prepare turmeric tea we need \u2013 turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, milk and honey to sweeten. Any kind of milk ( like almond, coconut, soy milk etc) can be used to prepare this tea. If you don\u2019t like milk or you are lactose intolerant then you can switch to water or soy milk as per your taste.\n\nThis tea will not only help you sleep better but also has other major benefits too.\n\nBenefits of including turmeric in this tea helps against cancer, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, arthritis and diabetes.\n\nTurmeric is also well know for itsanti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties.\n\nCinnamon will help to control blood glucose level.\n\nGinger and honey present in it will help you to fight against sore throat and cough.\n\nIngredients required to make turmeric tea:\n\n1 cup of milk\n\nI/3 tsp turmeric\n\n1/2 tsp of cinnamon\n\n1 tsp of crushed fresh ginger\n\n1 tsp of organic honey\n\nIt\u2019s very easy to prepare turmeric tea. Add all ingredients in to the vessel then mix it well. Let it boil at low flame on the stove.Once boiled then with the help of fine strainer filter it and enjoy this healthy drink. A drink with so many benefits.\n\nIt\u2019s better to have this turmeric tea warm right before going to the bed and enjoy the peaceful sleep.\n\nNote:\n\nThe key to make this tea delicious is the amount of turmeric powder used. If the amount of turmeric added is more then it may taste bitter.Don\u2019t worry next time add less and enjoy the taste.\n\nUse good quality turmeric powder and organic honey.\n\nPregnant women need to consult to the doctor before including turmeric in their diet.\n\nAuthor Profile\n\n2beingfit\n\nUnbiased Scientific Evidence base research for holistic health and wellness through everything natural."}
-{"text": "Chronic Communication: Focusing on Simple Joys\n\nGary McClain, PhD, is a therapist, patient advocate, and writer who specializes in helping clients\u2014as well as their family members and professional caregivers\u2014deal with the emotional impact of chronic and life-threatening illnesses.\n\nI have a client whose wife is living with a chronic condition. She has good days and bad days. On the good days, she is the most upbeat, charming person. On the bad days, she isn\u2019t able to do very much other than rest. She may need to go to the doctor on those days. Nothing that families dealing with chronic conditions aren\u2019t experiencing in their own lives.\n\nI can always tell how his wife is doing by how he seems when he comes in to see me. On her good days, he is upbeat, even jokes around with me. On not so good days, he seems to have the weight of the world on his shoulders. We have been talking about what he can do on those days when his wife isn\u2019t feeling well, what he can do to help himself to avoid feeling down in the dumps, what he can do to communicate in ways that help his wife feel more optimistic, and how he can pick up the mood at home.\n\n\u201cHow are things?\u201d I asked.\n\n\u201cNot so great today. We\u2019re going in to see the doctor this afternoon,\u201d he answered. And then he smiled and said: \u201cMy wife just told me that I made her the perfect cup of coffee. Along with the perfect cinnamon toast. We have great weather ahead this week. Life is good.\u201d\n\nWe both laughed because we had made a list of the joys in his life, and coffee and sunshine were right near the top.\n\nWhen life constantly throws a challenge your way, it\u2019s easy to find yourself putting a negative spin on things, telling yourself how hard life is, feeling like the good days are only a brief break from the bad days. Bringing yourself down.\n\nBeing conscious of life\u2019s daily pleasures\u2014even when you have to give yourself a push to be conscious of them\u2014can take you a long way toward feeling happier.\n\nI am constantly reminded that true happiness doesn\u2019t hit like a lightning bolt or a million-dollar lottery jackpot. Life is full of smaller pleasures, like enjoying beautiful weather and a great cup of coffee. Helping someone you care about have a better day. And being told that you did a good job. Savoring the small stuff, not just sweating it.\n\nFocusing on the simple joys is a great way to introduce some optimism into your communication.\n\nHere are some things you can do to celebrate those simple joys in your day\n\nStart by changing your self-talk. Counter the negatives with positive examples of the joy of having people you care about and who care about you in your life.\n\nBe in the moment. Look around you. Find that ray of light in what might seem like a pretty dark forest. Admittedly, this may feel like \u201cWhere\u2019s Waldo?\u201d on some days.\n\nIf you see something, say something. Follow my client\u2019s wife\u2019s example and point out that sunny day or that excellent cup of coffee. Don\u2019t underestimate the power of a \u201cthank you\u201d and a compliment. We never get enough of those.\n\nMake a list. If the concerns of the moment have a way of making you forget what\u2019s good, it can help to keep a list. You might call it your \u201cDaily Blessing List\u201d and update it frequently. And then review it when you need to.\n\nDon\u2019t wait. Get the day rolling by tossing out the first positive affirmation of the day. And if you can\u2019t quite pin down what there is to be joyful about, how about smiling or maybe sharing a hug? Create some joy and watch what happens.\n\nI am not trying to tell you to put a smiley face on a tough reality. When you don\u2019t feel good, you don\u2019t feel good. And when somebody you love doesn\u2019t feel good, you don\u2019t feel that good yourself. But I encourage you to see that the cup might be, if not half full, at least not empty. And then create some joy through injecting some positivity into the communication at your house."}
-{"text": "CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH US!\n\n2 June\n\nCosy atmosphere of Italian trattoria or modern Georgian restaurant, hospitable staff and delicious meals will make your special evening unforgettable!\n\nLet us tell you about the gifts we\u2019ve prepared for you:\nIf your order is 25 000 KZT or more, you\u2019ll give you a bottle/jug of wine as a present.\nIf your order is 50 000 KZT or more, you\u2019ll give you a bottle/jug of wine and cheese cake as a present (reservation should be made at least 2 days before the event).\nOur offer is valid 7 days prior and 7 days after your birthday.\nTo make your special day perfect we recommend:\n\n1. To choose a restaurant;\n2. To review the menu and call a restaurant administrator 2 days before the event; administrator will provide you with all information and help to make an order;\n3. To reserve a date and compose banquet menu;\n4. To leave prepayment amounting to 10 000 KZT and come to the restaurant 30 minutes prior to the event;\n5. To have identity card or similar document.\nIf you have not made reservation in advance, you may inform a waiter about your birthday and get a present according to promo terms."}
-{"text": "10 Top Chromebook Tricks\n\nAre you gaga over Chromebook? Do you wish to have a better grasp about the 10 most popular tricks which you can try with Chromebook? Well, you can always do so, as the guidelines here in the following text will provide you ample idea about the best and the most popularly followed Chromebook tricks in town. Simply give a quick read, for a better insight about the subject.\n\n10 Top Chromebook Tricks\n\nEdit Screenshots in a jiffy\n\nWell, the first and probably the most viable and lucrative Chromebook trick is regarding editing screenshots. In your chrome OS simply press the cntrl button to take a screenshot. Follow it up, with a cntrl+m in order to open the file manager, locate your screenshot and edit your shot, accordingly.\n\nConverting .png to .jpg made easy\n\nYou can easily convert your .png file to .jpg by opting for online conversion software called CoolUtils. This software is extremely lucrative and offers you the best of advantages.\n\nUnlocking the hidden features of Chrome\n\nChrome comes to offer you a host of features, and, you can jolly well unlock these hidden features with some of the most lucrative tips in town. Simply open the browser and type in \u201cchrome://flags\u201d in order to catch a glimpse of these features.\n\nRe-invent your touch screen\n\nWell, with some of the most lucrative chrome features, you can effectively use your touch screen like a scroll button. Simply go to the wrench option and then select and enable \u201csimple scrolling direction\u201d accordingly.\n\nITunes and movie trailers on the go\n\nVery often, many individuals have faced issues with viewing the ITunes movies trailers on Chromebook. Now, in order to do this, simply download a trailer on Chromebook, double click the file and view it in .mov format.\n\nCaps lock button spotted\n\nIn order to enable caps lock button simply hit search while holding the caps lock key. This will effectively and aptly activate the secret caps lock button, accordingly.\n\nMinimizing browser tabs\n\nWell, this too is a pretty viable and lucrative job and doesn\u2019t require quite a much of effort on your part. Simply drag your chosen tab across the browse in order to minimize it, accordingly.\n\nExternal Monitor with Chromebook\n\nThough Chromebook turns out to be a laptop, it can be jolly well used as a external monitor. The device is equipped with the DevicePort++ interface which works aptly like an external monitor. Simply buy a cable and use it, accordingly in order to nejoy this innovative feature of Chromebook.\n\nOffline Google Docs accessed offline\n\nYes! You can jolly well view offline Google docs with Chromebook, which again is one of the most popular Chromebook tricks. In order to proceed with your preference, simply click the settings option and then, click the support for offline use option there, accordingly.\n\nCheck background updates regularly\n\nApart from the mentioned tips and guidelines you should also check the background updates regularly. Now, in order to get early and current updates of all the Chromebook features, you simply have to change your Chromebook channel accordingly, which again is an extremely viable and easy task.\n\nThus, to sum up everything, the entire procedure of learning and implementing Chromebook tricks is extremely lucrative. All you have to do is, ensure that you have learnt the correct tricks and then, simply implement them accordingly."}
-{"text": "Sats are a testing time for parents as well as children\n\nParents hold a rally with their children in Preston Park, Brighton, in protest at controversial Sats tests for six and seven-year-olds. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday May 3, 2016. The Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign has organised the day of action in protest at children being \"over-tested, over-worked and in a school system that places more importance on test results and league tables than children's happiness and joy of learning\". See PA story EDUCATION Sats. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire\n\nPublished:08:21Wednesday 16 May 2018\n\nShare this article\n\nExams are a testing time at any age. But, none are more controversial than the Standard Attainment Tests, or SATS taking place in primary schools this week.\n\nSince their introduction more than 25 years ago, teachers and parents have complained about the pressure they put youngsters under.\n\nDyscalculia - number blindness- is an under-estimated problem\n\nWhile the Government has made it clear they are here to stay Ross McWilliam, freelance speaker and author on mindsets, has put together a simple action plan for mental well being which can easily be adapted by parents to help their children work through exam stress.\n\nn Exercise MONDAY:\n\nEveryone knows exercise is good for us. Exercise can help all aspects of health, but it has been particularly effective in combatting mental health issues. It can also act as an effective antidote to developing these issues.\n\nn Goal setting TUESDAY:\n\nRoss McWilliam has advice for looking after mental wellbeing during exam time\n\nI believe that setting short, medium and more longer-term goals is essential for emotional health. Even when goals have not been fully achieved, there is still plenty of progress to be pleased with that helps us on life\u2019s journey.\n\nSometimes goals change as we are trying to achieve them and this is also okay \u2013 it can even be a positive thing.\n\nA simple analogy might be a plane journey from England to Spain, where the pilot has to detour because of poor weather, but that journey could also be helped by thermal winds that accelerate progress towards the destination.\n\nn Food WEDNESDAY\n\nSats tests\n\nFor many people, eating good food in a balanced diet, is an area of personal well-being that can be difficult to maintain. Like goals, if you make some poor food choices, it\u2019s not a total failure.\n\nn Sleep THURSDAY;\n\nGetting quality sleep, with no or little interruptions is essential. According to The Sleep Foundation, without the right kind of sleep we feel tired in the morning - children are no different.\n\nBy reflecting, we can learn from the past so we don\u2019t repeat errors, but we can also repeat behaviours that give us successful outcomes.\n\nWriting our thoughts down gives us a better understanding of an issue.\n\nI write a Today Result, which is a list of all the things that went well in the day. I can focus on this rather than all the \u2018perceived\u2019 failures. This is why I always focus on the positives, to redress that.\n\nSecondly, I write down what I call my Tomorrow Promise which is one or two promises I am going to make myself tomorrow."}
-{"text": "Publish by February 28th, 2013 and your school will be entered to win a $1,000 School Grant!\n\nDeadline is 2/28/13 to enter\n\nWinner announced by March 15, 2013\n\nTeachers love Studentreasures\n\n\u201c\n\nI have greatly enjoyed this program. I published with my class last year and received awesome feedback from my parents and students. So this year, I launched the program for the entire school, even for the staff. How profoundly remarkable your program is!\u201d"}
-{"text": "Last friday i felt random so i decided to go for the settlers of catan qualifier in boardgamecafe.net in cheras. You need to win in any qualifier (2 winners per location) to enter the finals in the first ever MAGACON [ Malaysian gamers convention]. Needless to say, the journey there was long and being stuck in a mindless jam was not good. It\u2019s just this KL thing, everyone just needs to go out on friday.\n\nWhen i reached the place, there was a group already starting a game, getting some warm up practice. Honestly, i only went there to watch the competition because the first time i played catan, i played it wrongly and the rules were all fuzzy to me. So, in the end seeing that there were just two tables, i decided \u201cAh might as well lah\u201d, and i joined the competition. The best part was i got to play on the first edition settlers of catan board!In the ame room was also the 3rd and 4th edition and the 15th anniversary edition (which is the grand prize). It\u2019s made out of wood and i had a good look at it, it is beautiful, the details for the panels and the finishing touches, ah just manifique .\n\nAs for the competition itself, as i said before, i wasn\u2019t actually planning in competing, so i played mostly just for fun. Most of the time i was blur and i wasn\u2019t exactly sure of all the rules. This is a disadvantage especially when you\u2019re playing against two people who know it well. For me, i just concentrated on building a super long road. At the beginning i was totally dazed as to where to put my little houses, obviously you have to look for the most strategic one and the one that would most probably be rolled. I didn\u2019t have enough time to analyze and process anything so i just it anywhere that felt ok. If you\u2019re a die-hard catan fan and you\u2019re reading this i apologise for my blurrness that may or may not offend you. I think you\u2019ve probably guessed but i lost, but it was a good game, got to meet ian and steve. I also learnt how to play the game properly and i think with a little more practice i may get the hang of it.\n\nThis game reminds me of the TV series survivor and the movie jaws. Seriously, you and your opponents are stranded on this island that consists of sand, greens and Rocky Mountains. The aim is to get off the island and get to land because unfortunately, the island you\u2019re on is sinking (tough luck). So you can either use the boat or swim. Obviously you know that the ocean you have to cross is filled with many dangerous creatures. In the version I played, we only had the whale, shark and sea serpent, in the expansion you have dolphins and squids. Each little human member of yours has a number under them, giving you different points so obviously you\u2019d like to save the ones with the higher point\u2019s right? Well that is, if you can remember where you put them.\n\nRight let me start to explain how to start. Players take turns to place their people on the island, one after the other till the last person has been placed. Each player has 2 boats each and places the boats where they want to. Each player is given three moves, so you can choose to move your people around the island or into boats or if you choose to swim, then that\u2019s fine by me, but if you choose to swim, you can only swim one tile per round, really, taking the boat is safer. More than one player may share a boat, the person with the majority (there\u2019s only three seats, so 2/3) gets to control the boat, meaning the direction, where you go and so on. After you\u2019re done with you three moves you roll the dice and see what you get, you either get a sea serpent, shark or whale, whichever you get is the one you can control. So this is you moment to sabotage the other players or move the creature as far away as possible from you. Now I\u2019ve been talking a lot about the creatures but didn\u2019t explain much right? Here\u2019s the 411, the whale gets to crush your boat and leave you stranded in the ocean but it can\u2019t eat you, the shark can eat you but can\u2019t crush your boat, the sea serpent can crush you boat and eat you, horrible, and it starts out near the land btw. Lastly you have to sink a tile of the island. You start with the sand, after all of that is sunk then the greens and finally the rocks. The tiles that you choose to sink will have directions under them, some is to place sharks or whales, some is to save you from them, some give you the help of dolphins which help you swim 3 tiles instead of just 1, some give you a new boat.That\u2019s basically the gist of the game, you\u2019d think, \u201chah, so easy ah, just use the boat all the way lah,\u201d but you\u2019ll be surprised at what the other players will do to stop you from getting to land. The game ends when the volcano tile is flipped, which is one of the rocky tiles.\n\nSee this very sad situation where the people are surounded by all three creatures and so near land? yeah, it kinda seems to happen a lot actually.Purple is the sea serpent, black is the shark, and blue is the whale.\n\nThe yellow people are on the island, the blue ones on the boat are kind of dead meat cause the dice rolled sea serpent and it\u2019s right in front of them!\n\nMy personal experience playing this game, I was thinking, hey, pretty simple, should try to get as many as possible to land. But the reality is, only 4 out of the many people we had stranded there only made it. Many of my people died in the whirlpool, yeah it\u2019s one of the tiles too, or eaten by sharks manipulated by other players or the sea serpent. It\u2019s pretty tough, the boat numbers just dwindle. But it\u2019s a really simple game to pick up and teach/learn. Good game to play with kids, yeah we\u2019ve got some strategy involved too, a little talking and negotiating, for me, it was mostly sweet talking the other player into not killing me. And for me, a lot of luck, the others kept getting good cards that shielded them from the evil shark but no, all I got was boats to help other people. In the end I won though, woohoo!\n\nDid you know I\u2019m into this board game trend right now? I think it\u2019s picking up in Malaysia and I\u2019m glad too, that means it\u2019ll be more accessible and hopefully cheaper too. Anyway I digress. Today I\u2019m going to talk about this board game that I\u2019ve recently played called Airlines Europe. I also have to mention that it is the first board game (alternative to your mainstream board games) that I\u2019ve won! yes, I was absolutely happy when I finally won as I\u2019ve been losing ever since I started, seriously it\u2019s that bad, don\u2019t get me started on it.\n\nThis is a 2-5 player game and takes about 75 minutes if you\u2019re really slow, my first time we used about 2 hours just to play the game, of course it was because some of the players took a lot of time to think.\n\nAs the title suggests, it\u2019s an airplane game where you don\u2019t buy airplanes, but instead you invest in the airplane shares. You have many different colours of airlines you can choose to invest into and you the board itself consists of a map with the different airports and at the side there is this sort of road thing, I\u2019ll explain the use later. Everyone starts with 8 million each and 5 cards (I think, not so sure about this). So when it is your turn you can choose to do 1 out of 4 things.\n\nFirst option is to buy a route, meaning extending the airlines route path to make the airlines more valuable. You have to start according to the colour you want to buy and the starting point, you can only buy the smallest amount; later on you can buy larger amounts. Ok, say I want to extend yellow airlines, so I pay say 3 million, because that\u2019s the cheapest in that route and then I place a marker on 3. I also get to bump up the yellow marker on the \u2018road\u2019 to make this share more valuable and finally I get a new card to add to my hand (this is the only way you can get new cards) you can choose to take from the deck (random) or the 5 specially laid out cards. You can extend up to 2 airlines in 1 round.\n\nThe second option is to lay down my cards as a sign to show that I want to invest in this airline. Say I put down 2 blue cards and 1 black card, so that means now I have 2 shares in blue and 1 share in black. I also get 2 million for each share I put down, so now I get 6 million. The point of doing this is because when it comes to the point where they pay out the points, the person with a higher share majority will get more points.\n\nThe third option is to trade in cards for the abacus shares, there are no airplanes for this and its separate point system, but basically the person with a higher share gets more points. So you trade in 1 card for 1 abacus share or 3 cards for 2 abacus shares. You may be wondering why would I trade in 3 for 2, well you can only do 1 move and I tell you in this game, you want to try to do as many things as you can in 1 round.\n\nThe last option is to do nothing and just get 8 million. Very simple.\n\nSo we start with the first person, I played with 4 other people, so the first person gets 1 point, the second 2 points and so on. You get the points according to when you start; the 5th person gets 5 points straight away. The player chooses one of the four options and then it\u2019s the next persons turn. In the deck there is a special brown card, when that card appears, everyone stops the game for awhile and we count out the points to be given. This is when it is important to have the highest shares in a particular airline as you will get a higher share. So I talked about bumping up the colours up the road right? The higher you bump up the more points you get of course! So say I have 3 abacus cards and it\u2019s the highest of all the players, I get the highest points say 5 points and then the next person with 2 abacus share get 3 points. If you don\u2019t have an abacus share you don\u2019t get points. Then as for the colours you just look at the marker and see the appropriate points, see who owns the shares of that colour and allocate points according to who holds the highest amount of shares. There are a total of 3 of these special brown cards. For my group we purposely put the last brown card as the last card so that we could play till the very end.\nThis is what the inside of the box looks like, the colours are the airplanes and the money is there too. Some items have been taken out already.\n\nThis is really a fun strategy game to play with your friends, not to mention that I was recently reading about the airasia and Malaysia airlines merger and well I was just linking together the two things. It does take some time for 5 players so maybe you could play about 3 or 4 people. There is the element of luck in it as you\u2019ve got to get the right cards sometimes. And it\u2019ll help if you know about business so this shares thing is not alien to you. It was fun to decide which shares to invest in, challenging my friend to get higher shares in the abacus shares and talking my way into getting people to help me bump up the airlines. I have missed out a few things in this review but if you get a hold of it you can read the minor parts in the instructions manual. I just decided to explain the basics which is hard to do honestly when you don\u2019t have the actual board in front of you. So give it a go yeah? i certainly enjoyed it, yes i am a bit biased for this game as you would have guessed."}
-{"text": "The Most Powerful Men You\u2019ve Never Heard Of\n\nIf you haven\u2019t read Jane Mayer\u2019s obnoxiously long, but insanely informative piece in the New Yorker this week, you should. Mayer exposes the vast connections between Koch Industries and a plethora of rabid anti-government organizations, including Americans for Prosperity and Citizens for a Sound Economy, among many others. What is particularly disturbing is the way the Koch family stealthily funnels money into groups that reinforce policies which, coincidentally, benefit the industries from which Koch derives its wealth: oil and chemicals. Money from the Koch family also helped launch conservative think tanks such as the Cato Institute and the Mercatus Center. As the article explains:\n\nAn environmental lawyer who has clashed with the Mercatus Center called it \u201ca means of laundering economic aims.\u201d The lawyer explained the strategy: \u201cYou take corporate money and give it to a neutral-sounding think tank,\u201d which \u201chires people with pedigrees and academic degrees who put out credible-seeming studies. But they all coincide perfectly with the economic interests of their funders.\u201d\n\nKoch has been the target of several EPA investigations, which could explain why the company has fought so hard to limit the power of the federal government to regulate polluters. In 1997 the EPA tried to regulate emissions from oil refineries. According to Mayer\u2019s piece, Susan Dudley, an economist with the Mercatus Center, argued that the EPA had not taken into account that smog-free skies would result in more cases of skin cancer. Yes, you read that correctly.\n\nThe article is far too long and complex to summarize in a few short paragraphs. Suffice to say it\u2019s worth the read. Once you\u2019re done reading, you may want to take a look at the list of products Koch Industries manufactures. If you\u2019re like me, once you\u2019ve read the article you won\u2019t want to give these guys one more dime of your money."}
-{"text": "OG cast members Jared Padalecki (Sam), Jensen Ackles (Dean) and Misha Collins (Castiel) were joined by their new cast member and first-time panelist Alexander Calvert (Jack). The cast was also joined by show runners Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb, and executive producers Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner.\n\nA post shared by Supernatural (@cw_supernatural) on Jul 22, 2018 at 12:40pm PDT\n\nThe panel kicked off with an announcement that not only is Supernatural still the longest running Sci-fi TV show in the history of American television, but the show will hit a very rare milestone of 300 episodes in the coming season. And what do they plan to do for this big event? Apparently, only Dabb knows. When asked about the milestone episode, Singer admitted that while he is directing the 300th episode, even he has no idea what it\u2019ll be. Dabb is keeping that secret completely to himself \u2014 and that\u2019s not the only thing.\n\nThe fate of Dean/Michael is still wildly up in the air. While we didn\u2019t find out too much about where Dean will be in the new season, fans were treated to a Season 14 clip featuring Dean/Michael interrogating a human. Dabb later revealed that since, in this universe, Michael has no angels to rely on, part of his plan includes recruiting new allies to his side. We can gather that perhaps Michael needs some humans to fill his ranks as he attempts to purify the planet.\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BjLfcl6Hibe/\n\nWe also got some hints about other familiar faces we could expect to see returning in Season 14. While Benedict (as usual) poked at Dabb to see if the character of God would return, Dabb listed Rowena (played by Ruth Connell), Jody Mills (played by Kim Rhodes) and a slew of other Wayward Sisters among the returning cast.\n\nAnd much to the delight of the entire hall, the panel ended as usual with a delightful gag reel from Season 13. The SPN cast might break our hearts every now and then, but behind the scenes they\u2019re all a bunch of goofs."}
-{"text": "Dangerous Dust\n\nThe joys of rock polishing without a respirator will frequently lead to serious lung problems later on.\n\nStory and Photos by Douglas Hamilton\n\nWhen I first became interested in lapidary work, it seemed the perfect hobby. Today\u2019s equipment is simple, relatively cheap, and very high tech. Working material is easy to find, as rocks are about the most abundant material on the planet. The hobby itself is rewarding and exhilarating. And there is little danger of personal injury from runaway saws, faceting machines, or polishers, as the cutting edges are relatively dull and forgiving. So after 30 years of procrastination, I finally decided to go for it, and purchased a brand-new rock saw and grinder/polisher. Wow, did I have fun! For that first few months of cutting and grinding, I was in seventh heaven. All those lovely rocks I had lusted after for so long were finally put under my polishing wheel: lapis, agate, jasper, tiger\u2019s-eye, malachite, turquoise, chrysocolla and quartz.\n\nBut I soon began to experience a nasty and completely unexpected cavalcade of health problems: coughing, hoarseness, difficulty clearing my throat, breathlessness, and a dull ache in the pit of my lungs. Of course, I had always worn safety glasses with side protection, as recommended in every manual, but a mask seemed a cumbersome hindrance. As the situation worsened, I tried several dust masks, but there was little improvement. It was time to do a little research, so I hit the books and started talking to fellow rockhounds. It was a revelation. Rock dust from lapidary work turns out to be more than just a nuisance; it can be deadly.\n\nA single heavy dose can cause crippling lifelong problems. It attacks the lungs in a variety of ways: First, by coating the inner lining and blocking the transmission of oxygen into the bloodstream. Second, tiny sharp fragments slice and cut into the alveoli, which coat the inner lining of the lungs, causing irritation and inflammation. Fresh dust seems to be more harmful because the sharp edges have not had a chance to be softened by moisture. Some forms of rock dust are quite poisonous in and of themselves. Whether it is inhaled, ingested, or contacted by exposed skin, the effect can be injurious to your health.\n\nMalachite and chrysocolla dust is quite toxic (45% to 70% CuO), and should not be breathed, ingested, or left on skin surfaces.\n\nAmong the worst offenders are minerals containing copper (II) oxide (CuO), the higher oxide of copper, which can cause damage to the endocrine and central nervous systems. These minerals include some of our most colorful and treasured semiprecious stones: turquoise (9.8% copper oxide), chrysocolla (45%), and malachite and azurite (70%). These percentages are only close approximations; each rock has its own signature of impurities. It is worth remembering that other closely related copper compounds are highly bioactive and have been used in pesticides, fungicides, and wood preservatives for decades. This is dangerous material. These high-copper rocks should not be licked to bring out the color, and oil mixed with the dust should be carefully cleaned off exposed skin. Several lapidaries who smoke have described their own novel test for overexposure: Apparently, copper-impregnated dust combines with nicotine and tobacco tar in saliva to form a sickeningly sweet compound similar to saccharin. When their mouths start to taste like a candy factory, these rockhounds know it\u2019s time to quit. Another sign is influenza-type symptoms. Symptoms of CuO dust poisoning mimic the flu, causing headaches, coughing, sweating, sore throat, nausea and fever. Skin, eye, and respiratory tract irritation are also common, along with a distinct \u201cmetallic\u201d taste. A common name for these health effects is \u201cmetal fume fever\u201d.\n\nIn fact, when you get right down to it, almost all the rocks most favored by cutters and polishers contain compounds that can be dangerous when inhaled. Silicates are the most common family of minerals on Earth, and silicosis has long been one of the chief hazards facing stonemasons. The ancient Greeks and Romans were the first to observe its ravages, and correctly associated the problem with mining and rockwork. Similar to the \u201cblack lung disease\u201d of coal miners, it came to be known in later years as \u201cgrinder\u2019s consumption\u201d. The simple steps taken to prevent it were a major achievement in the modern field of occupational health. Ironically, although silicosis is well understood today, thousands still die from its effects every year, mainly from mining and sandblasting in the third world. The symptoms of inhaling crystalline silica (SiO) dust include shortness of breath, cough, fever, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, lung scarring, and increased susceptibility to tuberculosis and cancer. Silicosis often takes many years to develop from repeated exposure to low doses of dust, but once established it is irreversible.\n\nDust from red jasper, Brazilian agate, and petrified wood all contain high amounts of silicon dioxide (SiO), which can cause silicosis when inhaled.\n\nThe silicates include a bewildering variety of precious and semiprecious stones. In fact, it\u2019s hard to imagine the world without them, as they can be found in every class of rock and occupy a niche in every conceivable geological environment on the planet. The family includes quartz, chalcedony, jasper, agate, aventurine, bloodstone, carnelian, chrysoprase, amethyst, opal, onyx, beryl, petrified wood, obsidian, flint, chert, soapstone, sandstone, glass and tiger\u2019s-eye. In almost all of these, the content of silicon dioxide approaches or exceeds 50%. It should be mentioned that African tiger\u2019s-eye also exposes the lapidary to another potent danger: asbestos. The vibrant optical effect of its chatoyancy is caused by parallel-oriented, finely fibrous amphibole asbestos. Serpentine has a high chrysotile asbestos content, but this is not considered quite as dangerous as the tiger\u2019s-eye. Some soapstone varieties also contain asbestos and should be cut or carved with caution.\n\nWhile working on this story, I was surprised to discover a very different kind of hazard: radioactivity from fossils. In a recent study of 300 randomly selected fossils from the Hagerman Fossil Beds of Idaho conducted by C. Neal Farmer, Ronald L. Kathren, and Craig Christensen, a hand held Geiger-M\u00fcller survey instrument detected discernible levels of radiation one to two orders of magnitude above the ambient level of background radiation in three-quarters of the specimens (\u201cRadioactivity in Fossils at the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument\u201d, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 99, Issue #8, August 2008, pp. 1355-1359). That is a huge difference.\n\nIn some areas, like the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (Idaho) and the Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Park (Colorado/Utah), fossils have even been hunted using Geiger counters. According to the study, radioactive fossils seem to occur most commonly between 900 and 1,000 meters above sea level in ancient sandy riverbeds, while clay-rich deposits and those at other altitudes do not seem to show these high levels. Apparently, naturally occurring uranium produces radium, which decays into radon, an inert gas. Ancient groundwater transported these radioactive elements into sandy fossil-bearing areas, where they precipitated out of solution during the fossilization process. Even small fossils like shark teeth and trilobites can have significant readings. The National Park Service is so concerned that it put out a \u201cConserve O Gram\u201d with detailed instructions for handling and displaying specimens. While it is probably safe to collect most fossils, at the very least, you should wash up and change your clothes after leaving the field. And always wear a respirator when you cut or polish the pieces\u2014radioactive dust is highly carcinogenic!\n\nBut enough of the doom and gloom. This litany of dangers is not intended to drive rock lovers from their favorite hobby. On the contrary, a few simple precautions can almost completely eliminate the threat of injury from most rock dusts. Here is a list of suggestions that will make your workshop a lot safer and allow you to enjoy lapidary work in good health.\n\nAlways wear a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) approved respirator with replaceable cartridges and dust filters. Some cartridges today combine a prefilter with the cartridge, which makes things simpler. Respirators provide a wide variety of protection against dusts, solvents, fumes and mists. They are designated N, R and P, depending on the cartridge\u2019s ability to filter out oil; N stands for \u201cno protection\u201d, R for \u201cresistant to oil\u201d, and P for \u201coil-proof\u201d. The number that follows the initial tells you what percentage of the particulates is filtered out by the cloth prefilter. For example, an N-95 respirator will not keep out oil spray, but will screen out 95% of airborne dust particles.\nAvoid cheap dust masks; they don\u2019t fit tightly enough and they filter poorly. If you can, try on several different respirators at the store to get the best fit. Shave your beard, if you have one, to get an airtight seal. Store the mask in a closed container or plastic bag when it\u2019s not in use, and occasionally wash it with warm soap and water, both inside and out.\nTry this simple negative pressure test on your respirator: Block up the air inlets, breathe in, and hold your breath for 20 seconds. If the mask is still held airtight against your face, it fits. Cartridges should be changed after about eight hours of use.\n\nAn open window or air conditioner does not provide adequate ventilation for the lapidary workplace. The simplest solution is to work outside. This keeps most contaminants out of your workshop and costs nothing, but it is not always possible. If inside is your preference, consider setting up a local exhaust ventilation system. This would include a dust hood to collect contaminants, ducts to carry them outside, and a suction fan to power the system. Adjustable blast gates would allow a dust hood to be placed next to each appliance. Ducts should be circular, with as few bends as possible, and should exit the shop. If you have close neighbors or are processing a lot of rock, provide a dust collector to remove contaminants from the vented air.\nSetting up such an elaborate system can be expensive and time-consuming for the part-time hobbyist. Some woodworking tool suppliers have come up with an ingenious alternative. They have adapted a wet/dry-type vacuum cleaner with a High Efficiency Particulate Absorbing or Arresting (HEPA) filter to collect shop dust using a little extra pipe and some suction nozzles. There is no reason this system should not work for rock dust, as well. The vacuum should be placed outside the house because the dust-laden air sucked into the intake will be blown out the vacuum\u2019s exhaust port. Even HEPA filters fail or become clogged, and some dust will always slip through. It\u2019s far better for it to be blasted outside than into the shop or another enclosed area. Kits, diagrams, pipe, and suction nozzles available on the internet. Search for \u201cdust collection\u201d and \u201cdust collection network\u201d.\n\nFossils can pose a surprising hazard: radioactivity from natural elements.\n\nAlways use water or oil as a lubricant when cutting, drilling, polishing or faceting, but be aware there are problems with both fluids. When water evaporates, it stops holding the dust down, allowing it to become airborne. A fine oil mist laden with toxic dust can be kept out your lungs with a good respirator, but it will settle on skin surfaces and stick like glue. Also, most lapidary oils are highly irritating or downright poisonous to breathe. Some, like old-fashioned kerosene, are dangerously flammable, as well. Everyone has their favorite method, but I work outside using mineral oil and a P (oil-proof) respirator cartridge with a built-in 100% particulate filter.\n\nAlways wear a head covering and apron and/or coveralls when grinding, and change clothes after you have finished. Rock dust loves to stick to clothing and hair, and you will carry it around the house and breathe it all day long (as will your family) if you don\u2019t change. Take a shower after your lapidary work, shampooing your hair and using lots of soap. Launder coveralls and work clothes frequently. Disposable clothing, coveralls, and an apron might also be an option.\n\nNever dry sweep the workshop. Most of the dust will just become airborne and migrate elsewhere. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter instead. If you really want to get down and dirty, use a wet mop on the floor and a wet rag with a water bucket on other surfaces.\n\nNot all of these suggestions need be slavishly followed. If you grind infrequently, you can probably forget some of them, but if you are an addict like me, you might want to implement most. Individuals vary greatly in their tolerance to rock dust. Some will go through life with nary a problem, but others can be extremely sensitive. Low doses on a daily basis will slowly accumulate, and that dust isn\u2019t going anywhere once you breathe it in. Smoking and living with a woodstove or in an area with poor air quality will make you that much more vulnerable to problems. Listen to your body. If your lungs start to complain, take more precautions; you only have one set to last a lifetime."}
-{"text": "We\u2019ll then load a stakebed with either too much equipment or not nearly enough and get driven out to the location were the ADs have promised they\u2019ll have breakfast for us.\n\nFrom McDonalds.\n\nWhich I won\u2019t eat*, so I have to get up early enough to make breakfast before I leave, which means I\u2019m going to set the alarm for an hour I don\u2019t even want to think about.\n\nWhich means I have to go to bed right about now if I want to have even the slightest hope of being even semi-coherent in the morning.\n\n*I\u2019m certainly not implying that you shouldn\u2019t eat McDonalds if you like it, but I think it tastes like boiled cats prepared with water from a Superfund site. Plus, it makes me shit out stuff I ate three weeks ago, which isn\u2019t fun for anyone.\n\nI\u2019m certainly not implying that you shouldn\u2019t eat McDonalds if you like it, but I think it tastes like boiled cats prepared with water from a Superfund site. Plus, it makes me shit out stuff I ate three weeks ago, which isn\u2019t fun for anyone."}
-{"text": "Topic\n\nPoll\n\nEgypt attack: More than 230 killed in Sinai mosque\n\nEgypt attack: More than 230 killed in Sinai mosque\n\n(BBC News Africa 11/24/17)\n\nMilitants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai province, killing 235 people, state media say.\nWitnesses say the al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed, near al-Arish, was targeted during Friday prayers.\nIt is the deadliest attack of its kind since an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula was stepped up in 2013.\nEgyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has held emergency talks with security officials to decide how to respond.\nWhat happened?\nLocal police said gunmen arrived in four off-road vehicles and bombed the packed mosque before opening fire on worshippers, the Associated Press reported.\nPictures from the scene show rows of bloodied victims inside the mosque. At least 100 people were wounded, reports say.\n\"They were shooting at people as they left the mosque,\" a local resident who had relatives there told Reuters news agency. \"They were shooting at the ambulances too.\"\nNo group has yet claimed responsibility for what is one of the deadliest militant attacks in modern Egyptian history."}
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-{"text": "Red & Gold Ball Ornaments with Rings\n\nDeck the halls- and your tree- with charming and glitzy Christmas accents using Red & Gold Ball Ornaments with Rings. Featuring ring textures in glittery gold colors, these charming plastic ornaments are perfect for giving your tree the most adorable seasonal look. Combine them with lights, popcorn strands, and tinsel for a tree that spreads cheer to all corners of your home!"}
-{"text": "Meet the Cardiff Blues Commercial Team\n\n30 November 2009 15:55\n\nBy\n\nBlues Commercial Team at the new stadium\n\nThe Cardiff Blues Commercial Department are dedicated to providing the best possible service to Premier Club Members. Get in touch with us to discuss anything from restaurant bookings to having a stand named after you!\n\nWe're available every matchday to discuss any requests you may have. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome as we strive to make the Premier Club experience as enjoyable as possible for our members.\n\nThroughout the week we can be contacted on 02920 643789 or by e-mail via sales@cardiffblues.com. To reserve restaurant places, book extra guest tickets, discuss sponsorship/ advertising opportunities or any special requests you may have, just drop us a line and we'll be happy to help."}
-{"text": "This Former Chapel Is Now the Most Chic English Hideaway\n\nShare This Article\n\nThe little town of Bruton (population: 2,900) appears at first glance to be your typical Somerset country village, all apple-green rolling hills and gray-stone houses. But a sophisticated new hotel is changing the scene\u2026\n\nAt the Chapel\u2019s main dining room\n\nThe little town of Bruton (population: 2,900) appears at first glance to be your typical Somerset country village, all apple-green rolling hills and gray-stone houses. But walk down its brief High Street and you\u2019ll soon encounter At the Chapel, an eight-room hotel that doubles as a restaurant, triples as a bakery and wine shop, and quadruples as both weekender destination and local living room. The building, which began its life as, yes, a chapel (and served as a coaching house in the seventeenth century), has been restored by Catherine Butler, an ex\u2013London restaurateur who stocks hard-to-find vintages in her wine shop (including a 2005 Chateau Musars from Lebanon) and serves sophisticated locavore riffs on English favorites in the restaurant (such as smoked haddock fish cakes with tartar sauce and Tenderstem broccoli). That mix\u2014of the sophisticated and the unassuming\u2014might in fact be applied to Bruton itself, which is to be the site of powerhouse Swiss gallery Hauser & Wirth\u2019s sixth location when it opens next summer. Until then, it\u2019s the perfect bolthole: idyllic English countryside and roasted artichoke and pancetta pizza? We\u2019re there (44-1749- 814070; doubles from $160)."}
-{"text": "Press Releases\n\nAltium Partners with Musical Equipment Manufacturer to Reduce Company\u2019s Development Time by 50%\n\n\ufeff\n\nSanta Clara, Calif. \u2013 19, January 2016\n\nAltium has announced their partnership with VOX, Industry-Leading Musical Equipment Manufacturer, with the goal to reduce development time on the company\u2019s electronic designs for their award-winning guitar amps. With the use of Altium Designer, VOX was able to reduce development time by 50%, citing ease of use, ECAD-to-MCAD collaboration tools, and powerful productivity features as the primary catalysts for their streamlined development success. Altium will be in attendance at DesignCon 2016 to showcase all of the powerful features that made this development goal possible with VOX, including a sneak peak into future plans for the platform in 2016. Engineers interested in upgrading their PCB design platform can register now for a free trial to Altium Designer 16.\n\n\u201cAt VOX, our goal has always been to use modern technology to bring modern day conveniences to our products,\u201d said Dave Clarke, R&D Manager at VOX. \u201cAltium Designer has been an intrinsic part towards realizing of this goal, enabling us to leverage the efficiencies of a 24/7 development cycle to get to market before our competitors at a fraction of the time or cost.\u201d\n\nStreamlined Development Goals Made Possible at VOX\n\nFor the past 55 years VOX has been producing award-winning guitar amplifiers for musicians all around the world. With the latest advances in electronics design technology, the company has been able to combine traditional vacuum tube manufacturing methods with the newest digital signal processing technology to create the next generation of guitar amplifiers. By partnering with Altium, VOX was able to take advantage of the latest advances in PCB design technology in Altium Designer to accomplish a 50% reduction in their development time. This success was made possible with:\n\nThe latest PCB design productivity features that allowed VOX to easily make changes to existing board layouts without having to spend hours redesigning an entire board.\n\nA powerful, unified design environment that allowed VOX to complete their entire electronics design workflow in one interface, enabling designers to stay at their most efficient without having to learn multiple interfaces.\n\nAn intuitive set of ECAD-to-MCAD collaboration features that allowed VOX to save time creating mechanical models by easily exporting electronic designs into their mechanical design tool.\n\nWith Altium Designer in hand, it was possible for VOX to not only cut their development time in half, but to also consistently meet their time to market goals far ahead of their competition. VOX has also been an Altium Subscription customer for years, allowing them to take advantage of the latest design technology available in the newest PCB design tool release, Altium Designer 16.\n\nAltium Designer 16 Pushes Productivity Further\n\nSuccessful companies like VOX have been upgrading to Altium Designer 16 in record numbers, with over one third eligible users downloading and upgrading within the first two months. This never-before-seen wave of new and existing customers upgrading their PCB design platform to Altium Designer 16 has been credited to new productivity features, availability of exclusive extensions, and enhanced design environment stability.\n\n\u201cAltium Designer 16 marks a turning point in the evolution of our flagship PCB design platform,\u201d said Matt Schwaiger, VP Global Customer Success at Altium. \u201cThis new release provides long-term value to all of our loyal customers like VOX, and that starts with providing the latest design technology while significantly improving the performance and stability of Altium Designer through continuous engagement with our customer base.\u201d\n\nAvailability Details\n\nThose in attendance at DesignCon will get an exclusive sneak-peek at what\u2019s in store in 2016 for Altium Designer, with plans to add several news extensions for simulating electronic designs and communicating design intent.\n\nAltium Designer 16 is available now as a free upgrade to all existing Altium Subscription customers. Engineers interested in exploring all of the new features in Altium Designer 16 can register now for a free trial, or gets a hands-on demonstration at Altium booth 943 at DesignCon 2016.\n\nImage Available\n\nContacts\n\nAbout Altium\n\nAltium Limited (ASX: ALU) is a multinational software corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, that focuses on electronics design systems for 3D PCB design and embedded system development. Altium products are found everywhere from world leading electronic design teams to the grassroots electronic design community.\n\nFounded in 1985, Altium has offices worldwide, with US locations in San Diego, Boston and New York City, European locations in Karlsruhe, Amersfoort, Kiev and Zug and Asia-Pacific locations in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. For more information, visit www.altium.com. You can also follow and engage with Altium via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube."}
-{"text": "Search form\n\nYou are here\n\nTranscutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)\n\nRakel, Barbara\n\nAbstract:\n\nTranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) involves the application of electrode current through skin electrodes for pain control; it is a noninvasive modality that is commonly used by health care professionals to control both acute and chronic pain arising from a variety of conditions. Both high- and low-frequency TENS reduces hyperalgesia and pain through the release of endogenous opioids in the central nervous system. At the spinal level and the rostral ventral medulla there are different opioid receptors activated to produce analgesia with high or low frequency TENS. Low frequencies, usually below 10 Hz, activate \u00b5-opioid receptors and high frequencies, above 50 Hz, activate \u03b4-opioid receptors. Repeated stimulation of opioid receptors by repeated administration of morphine or opioid analgesics can lead to analgesic tolerance defined as a decrease in analgesic effectiveness with repeated use. In a similar way, repeated application of physical agents that reduce pain through release of endogenous opioids could also result in analgesic tolerance. In fact, Sluka and colleagues demonstrate, in rats, that daily administration of low or high frequency TENS leads to the development of analgesic tolerance with a corresponding cross-tolerance to intrathecally administered \u00b5- and \u03b4-opioid agonists, respectively. In clinical practice, TENS is usually applied daily over many weeks. Approximately 30% of patients fail to respond to TENS and, of the patients who respond initially, only a third continue to obtain pain relief after two years. Solomon and colleagues showed that people who had been taking opioids long enough to develop tolerance prior to surgery did not respond to TENS when used postoperatively. Although commonly accepted that TENS reduces its efficacy with repeated application, the development of tolerance to TENS has not been investigated and confirmed in human subjects. We hypothesize that repeated daily treatment with TENS, delivered daily at the same intensity and for the same amount of time (i.e. same dose), will result in a decreased reduction in pain thresholds, an increased temporal summation, and a loss of descending inhibition by the 5th day of treatment."}
-{"text": "From left to right, some of the main characters in Bethlehem High School's \"The Wizard of Oz\" production: Jack Mastrianni, Tinman/Hickory (nominated for Best Actor), McKenzie Koch, Scarecrow/Hunk (nominated for Best Actress), Hunter Frederick, Dorothy; Ian Christopher Myers, Cowardly Lion/Zeke. less\n\nFrom left to right, some of the main characters in Bethlehem High School's \"The Wizard of Oz\" production: Jack Mastrianni, Tinman/Hickory (nominated for Best Actor), McKenzie Koch, Scarecrow/Hunk (nominated for ... more\n\nPhoto: Provided\n\nImage 3 of 8\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nPhoto: Provided\n\nImage 4 of 8\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nPhoto: Provided\n\nImage 5 of 8\n\nImage 6 of 8\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nPhoto: Provided\n\nImage 7 of 8\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nBethlehem High School production of \"The Wizard of Oz\"\n\nPhoto: Provided\n\nImage 8 of 8\n\n\"The Wizard of Oz\" at Bethlehem Central High School\n\n1 / 8\n\nBack to Gallery\n\nBethlehem Central High School's production of \"The Wizard of Oz\" will be staged at 7 p.m. March 31-April 1 and April 7-8."}
-{"text": "Although we use a number of unique and innovative techniques developed by us over the years, much of our craft and workmanship as luthiersremains traditional. We continue to source top quality materials, and pride ourselves on continuing to expand our restoration knowledge. Match this with our love for these skills and our absolute dedication to exceptional customer service, you can rest assured that your precious instrument is in safe hands.\n\nOur workshops are always open by appointment to examine and discuss the scale and purpose of anyrestoration and to offer advice on what could be achieved and the related costs.\n\nPlease also see our Sound Development page for additional details on how restoring your instrument can lead to additional improvements in tone, projection and comfort."}
-{"text": "Open Access Articles- Top Results for 1998%E2%80%9399 Ecuador banking crisis\n\n1998\u201399 Ecuador banking crisis\n\nThe 1998\u201399 Ecuador banking crisis resulted in about 70% of the country's financial institutions closing. In 1999, economic activity decreased by 7\u20138% and the currency depreciated by 195%.[clarification needed][1] Per-capita income in US dollar terms plummeted by 32% during the year.[1]Unemployment increased from 9% to 17% and underemployment increased from 49% to 55%.[1] 1.6 billion dollars of Government of Ecuador funds were used to bail out banks that failed as a result of corrupt practices and mismanagement.[1] The money supply increased at an annual rate of 170% to pay back depositors of failed banks.[1] In March 1999, the government froze bank deposits to avoid hyperinflation.[1] By the end of 1999, President Mahuad's approval rating had dropped to 9%.[1] Unresolved economic, financial and political problems led to massive protests that resulted in his departure from office on January 22, 2000.[1]"}
-{"text": "Monthly Archives: February 2016\n\nLast September, I posted about reverse mortgages here. We agreed to represent our client, Mrs. Gravlin 4 days before the trial was scheduled in the foreclosure action. She had a reverse mortgage, they were foreclosing on her (despite what you might have seen on TV commercials, you can lose your house\u2026..) Mrs. Gravlin had been [\u2026]\n\nI\u2019ve been meaning to comment on this timely and recent New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/upshot/lost-jobs-houses-savings-even-insured-often-face-crushing-medical-debt.html?_r=0 The article in turn refers to this joint Kaiser Family Foundation/New York Times Survey: http://kff.org/health-costs/report/the-burden-of-medical-debt-results-from-the-kaiser-family-foundationnew-york-times-medical-bills-survey/ I, like many of you, have been paying attention to the Presidential campaign and debates. My question, since I haven\u2019t anything from most of the [\u2026]\n\nSeveral weeks ago, our terrific team, filed suit on behalf of 2008 \u2013 2010 Honda Accord Owners regarding their Airbag systems (SRS). This system is not a Takata system, but is instead manufactured by Continental. We learned today that the issue is not limited to Honda at all. Today, Continental announced a recall of those [\u2026]\n\nI\u2019ve been doing a lot of driving lately, to Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Tampa\u2026 and it seems that in every major city, there are the same billboards, showing some smiling individual with the tag line that their lawyer got them X number of dollars! Of course the lawyer is different , depending on which city the [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "You are here\n\nNew program provides children in foster homes access to medical care\n\nTo appreciate the importance of a new medical program for children in foster care that was announced Wednesday at the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare, consider what happened to Bregetta Wilson.\n\nWilson was 13 when she was placed in foster care. She would remain in foster care until she turned 18 and aged out of the system.\n\nDuring those five years, Wilson said, she never got a physical and never saw a dentist. She had to navigate, alone, her physical changes and the emotional upheaval of having been removed from her family.\n\n\"I had no one to talk to,\" Wilson said.\n\n\"Many children in foster care often lack basic health care or have experienced some level of trauma,\" said Wisconsin first lady Tonette Walker, who was joined for the program's official rollout by Department of Children and Families Secretary Eloise Anderson and Department of Health Services Secretary Kitty Rhoades.\n\n\"This program allows them to get the care they need,\" Walker said.\n\nCalled Care4Kids, the program creates a medical home for children in foster and other types of out-of-home care.\n\nNot a brick-and-mortar home, but rather a primary care provider and a team of specialists charged with providing each child with comprehensive and coordinated services, including physical, mental and oral health care.\n\nThe program requires that the needs of the individual child be evaluated within 48 hours of entering out-of-home care, followed by a comprehensive health assessment within 30 days of enrollment.\n\n\"I have been waiting for this day since 1965,\" Anderson said, referring to the year she came to Milwaukee as a social worker.\n\n\"Many children who enter foster care have experienced traumatic events in their young lives,\" she said.\n\n\"By immediately assessing their needs with a trauma-informed approach, we have another tool to help break the cycle of harm caused by these adverse experiences.\"\n\nThe Care4Kids program is being implemented in six southeast Wisconsin counties: Milwaukee, Kenosha, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington and Waukesha.\n\nThe program is expected to serve approximately 2,600 children, which is about half of the roughly 5,500 children in out-of-home care statewide."}
-{"text": "\u201cI Told You It Would Fit In There\u201d: Watch 3 Minutes Of NSFW Outtakes From \u2018Bridesmaids\u2019\n\n\"I Told You It Would Fit In There\": Watch 3 Minutes Of NSFW Outtakes From 'Bridesmaids'\n\nAfter a tough few years, 2011 has turned out pretty well for Universal so far: \u201cFast Five\u201d is currently the top-grosser of the year, fairly impressive considering its the fifth entry in a franchise, with \u201cHop\u201d not far behind, and even \u201cPaul\u201d and \u201cThe Adjustment Bureau\u201d did better than expectations. On top of all that, there\u2019s \u201cBridesmaids,\u201d not only a film that\u2019s one of our collective favorites of the year, but also a genuine word-of-mouth hit, taking a minimal drop in its second week, and steaming towards at least $100 million.\n\nAnd if you haven\u2019t seen it yet (like this writer: stupid staggered European release dates\u2026), or if you\u2019re after a little more from the film, a series of outtakes, ad-libs and what Judd Apatow-produced DVDs tend to call \u201cLine-O-Rama\u201d have arrived on Funny Or Die, and they\u2019re pretty gut-busting stuff. Clearly the result of chuck-stuff-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks improv, and particularly showcasing the talents of Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper and Wendi McLendon-Covey, the \u201cI ate Saturday\u201d kid who looks pretty much guaranteed to be a comic megastar when he grows up, and Jon Hamm, in some decidedly NSFW sex-scene outtakes. Fans of the \u201cMad Men\u201d star may be a little disappointed, however: there\u2019s one shot in particular where he basically resembles a giant baby. Watch it after the jump.\n\nAll-in-all, it\u2019s pretty hilarious stuff, which we won\u2019t spoil for you, and only a taste of what to expect on the eventual DVD/Blu-Ray. The film is still going strong in theaters in the U.S. and begins its international roll-out in June: Spain gets it on June 8th, Australia on the 16th, Italy and the UK on the 24th, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Portugal on the 7th of July, and Germany and Scandinavia on July 22nd."}
-{"text": "The most amazing and the most dreamt moment in any ones life is to plan his/her wedding. A wedding is a very imperative occasion for both bride and a groom. On this very day they both promises to spend the rest of their lives with each other [\u2026]"}
-{"text": "On 14 May 1994, a friendship delegation led by the then governor of Tokyo, Suzuki Shunichi travelled from Tokyo to Berlin to sign a joint declaration with then mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, establishing Berlin and Tokyo as sister cities. Ever... more\n\n2014 was the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall and the sister city arrangement with Istanbul at the same time. Berlin and Istanbul are bound by one particular thing: creativity! Both cities have a strong appeal to artists and creative people... more"}
-{"text": "The International SCGIS conference is on in July, \u2026\n\nThe International SCGIS conference is on in July, Asilomar Lodge, Monterey, California, if you\u2019re lucky enough to attend the Esri USA User Conference, this one is well worth stretching your budget and is great value for money at $240 US."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, July 13, 2011\n\nMiranda Kerr Names Son After Late Ex\n\nThe Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr is paying tribute to her late ex-boyfriend through her first son with Orlando Bloom. \u201cHe looks exactly like Orlando did when he was a baby,\u201d the model, 28, tells Australia\u2019s The Daily Telegraph of Flynn\u2019s resemblance to husband Orlando Bloom.\n\nBaby Flynn Christopher was in part named after the model's childhood sweetheart, Christopher Middlebrook, who died in a tragic car accident when he was just a teenager. I want Orlando Bloom to pay careful attention here because we\u2019re going to compare how he handled this situation to how a real man such as myself would\u2019ve responded.\n\n\"Chris and I had been dating for two years. After he died, I wrote him a letter that said I hoped to name my first child after him in some way,\" the 28-year-old Aussie beauty told The Daily Telegraph. Miranda Kerr had previously recalled her heartache in her book, Treasure Yourself, which was released earlier this year."}
-{"text": "Data Driven Subscriptions without SQL Enterprise\n\nIntroduction\n\nDo you have SQL Reports that need to go to different people but each person's report has different parameters? Don't have the resources to purchase the Enterprise edition of SQL 2000? The only solution available in Standard edition, besides writing your own front end in .NET was to create a subscription for each unique report, person and parameter. After only a short amount of time, you've got a ton of subscriptions to manage.\n\nWell, that's the situation I was in, and it was quickly becoming a nightmare managing all of the subscription change requests. I started thinking \"Reporting Services is just a regular ol' database with an ASP.NET front end. There's got to be a way to do it...\"\n\nWell, EURIKA! It seems the subscription information is stored in a table named, of all things \"Subscriptions\" and the parameter information is stored in, Yep, \"Parameters\". ... Those tricky Microsoft guys!\n\nAnyway I wrote a stored procedure that will look for predefined text in the subscription and replace it with what you supply. It may not be as pretty as the version in SQL Enterprise, but this one gets the job done, and it is very useful!\n\nI have not included any error checking and currently this SP only allows for one parameter. Feel free to modify the code as you see fit. Any suggestions or comments are welcome, email me.\n\nThank you and I hope this helps or at least gives you ideas on where to go next.\n\nInstructions\n\nCreate the stored procedure. Shown below.\n\nCreate a new subscription for the report that you want to set up the data driven subscription for. Use the following settings:\n\nTo Address: |TO| (pipe + TO + pipe)\n\nCarbon Copy Address: |CC|\n\nBlind Copy Address: |BC|\n\nReply To Address: |RT|\n\nComment / Body: |BD|\n\nParameter 1: |P1|\n\nNow set the schedule of the report to run once.\n\nSet the beginning date and ending date to a date prior to today to keep the report from running unless you call it.\n\nIn Enterprise Manager find the job you just created. It will have a Last Run Status of \u201cUnknown\u201d and the Next Run Date will be \u201cDate and time are not available\u201d. This job's name is what you\u2019ll need to pass to the stored procedure as the Schedule ID. You can also run the query below to list the Job Names directly from the Report Server Database. Your job should be the first one listed.\n\nThis saved me a lot of trouble. I had a data-driven subscription working on my local server. We got a new firewall and it quit working.\n\nThe production server can send email through the firewall but doesn't have the Enterprise edition of SQL.\n\nFor the newbies like me:\n\n1. usp_data_driven_subscription goes in the database called ReportServer\n\n2. I called usp_data_driven_subscription from VB.NET inside a copied try-catch block, but had trouble debugging until I remembered that\n\nex.ToString tells more than ex.Message (ex is my exception)\n\n3. I had to pass 2 integer parameters instead of 1 text parameter. RS did not like the pipe characters, so I put in 123456789 and 987654321 for the UPDATETEXT commands. They ranged from 1-digit to 3-digit integers, with lots of opportunity for the same digits in the parameters. Instead of trying to replace my integers with the placemarkers at the end of the loop, I put the whole original Parameter string back. It's a big XML string.\n\nI haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a decent solution - perhaps decent is modest considering the cost of moving to Enterprise edition. One thing you might want to add support for is the chance that any of the data points you're passing may have a symbol you need to escape out. For example, maybe someone builds a report that has <VALUE> in the subject. If you get some bad tags you'll wind up with a malformed XML doc that probably wont execute correctly. Probably not hard to track down, but also probably going to happen on the day when you just don't have time for it!\n\nI am using SQL Server 2008 R2 & using your SP to achieve what I want. what I am trying to achieve is, I am working on Loan Mortgage system. whenever status of any loan changes I want to mail details of that loan in predefined format to one specific Email Id. I tried to call your SP. I passed Loan Number through @param1 in your SP. which in turn gives me the desired output i.e. sending mail with desired Loan Number.\n\nInitially it worked fine, giving me desired output but now when i use same SP on same server without single change it is not working. whenever mail is fired it sends blank PDF without any data but just formatting of the report. I think it is not able to catch the value for the parameter. Where am i going wrong?? Please kindly reply at earliest."}
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-{"text": "The Latest: Marble Rodin fetches record price at NY auction\n\nNEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Latest on Sotheby's sale of impressionist and modern art (all times local):\n\n8:30 p.m.\n\nA rare marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin (ah-GOOST' roh-DAN') has sold for a record $20.4 million at an auction of impressionist and modern art in New York.\n\nRodin's \"Eternal Springtime\" was created out of a single block of marble in 1901-1903. Its sale at Sotheby's was a record price for any Rodin sculpture sold at auction. The previous record was \"Iris, Messenger of the Gods,\" a bronze work owned by Sylvester Stallone that sold for $16.6 million in February.\n\nOther highlights among the 62 works offered Monday evening included Paul Signac's (SIN'-yak) \"The Port Houses, Saint-Trope.\" It fetched $10.7 million.\n\nA work created during the short-lived Fauve period also garnered strong bidding. Maurice de Vlaminck's 1905 landscape \"Underbrush\" sold for $16.4 million.\n\n___\n\n12:03 a.m.\n\nA rare marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin (ah-GOOST' roh-DAN') and three French paintings never before at auction are among the highlights of Sotheby's sale of impressionist and modern art.\n\nPaul Signac's (SIN'-yak) \"The Port Houses, Saint-Trope\" could bring $8 million to $12 million and is among 62 works being offered at the evening sale on Monday.\n\nThere also are two major works created during the short-lived Fauve period. Andre Derain's 1906 view of the River Thames, \"Red Sails,\" is estimated to sell at between $15 million and $20 million. Maurice de Vlaminck's 1905 landscape \"Underbrush\" has a $12 million to $18 million estimate.\n\nRodin's \"Eternal Springtime\" was created out of a single block of marble in 1901-1903. It was last auctioned in 1977 and could bring $8 million to $12 million."}
-{"text": "#Review: To Be Perfectly Honest, by @SonyaSones\n\n\u201cHer friends\nhave a joke about her:How can you tell if Colette is lying?\n\nHer mouth is open.\n\nFifteen-year-old Colette is addicted to lying. Her shrink says this is because she\u2019s got a very bad case of Daughter-of-a-famous-movie-star Disorder\u2014so she lies to escape out from under her mother\u2019s massive shadow. But Colette doesn\u2019t see it that way. She says she lies because it\u2019s the most fun she can have with her clothes on. Not that she\u2019s had that much fun with her clothes off. At least not yet, anyway\u2026\n\nWhen her mother drags her away from Hollywood to spend the entire summer on location in a boring little town in the middle of nowhere, Colette is less than thrilled. But then she meets a sexy biker named Connor. He\u2019s older, gorgeous, funny, and totally into her. So what if she lies to him about her age, and about who her mother is? I mean, she has to keep her mother\u2019s identity a secret from him. If he finds out who she really is, he\u2019ll forget all about Colette, and start panting and drooling and asking her for her mother\u2019s autograph. Just like everyone always does.\n\nBut what Colette doesn\u2019t know is that Connor is keeping a secret of his own\u2026\u201d (description from Goodreads)\n\nI\u2019ve become a fan of Sonya Sones writing in the last year or so after reading What My Mother Doesn\u2019t Know and following it up with What My Girlfriend Doesn\u2019t Know. I\u2019ve read most of Sones\u2019 work, and like the rest of her books, To Be Perfectly Honest takes some time to draw you in, then hits you unexpectedly with something to make it great.\n\nThe narrator of this book, Colette, is a minor character in Sones\u2019 other work One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies. We don\u2019t see too much of her in that book, so it was great to see her here with a bigger role. She\u2019s an interesting narrator too; she\u2019s a career liar. With lying being her nature, she\u2019s an unreliable narrator. Lying also plays a big part in the conflict throughout the book. It took me a little bit to warm up to Colette, to be honest, but her personality kept working on me.\n\nWhat really won me over was the big reveal in this book. At first this was a nice, light teen romance, but at one point it takes on a heavier, more serious tone. It packed a punch, and I like seeing that in a book. It didn\u2019t feel out of place, just unexpected.\n\nSones\u2019 free verse has all the strength that I\u2019ve come to love in her previous books, and I know I\u2019ll see in the future. I know I\u2019ll be reading whatever Sones has in store for readers in her next book."}
-{"text": "Efficiency of Students' Achievement Using Black/White and Color Coded Learning and Test Materials.\n\nLamberski, Richard J.; Roberts, Dennis M.\n\nThe purpose of this study was to compute and analyze descriptive indices of efficiency assessing the relative effectiveness of a verbal and visual color code applied to self-paced learning and testing materials. The sample consisted of 176 college subjects randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions receiving black/white (B) or color coded (C) materials: B learning and testing materials, or C learning materials but B testing materials. These materials consisted of a 21-page learning booklet on the human heart and an 80-item test measuring different levels of cognitive knowledge; content was identical except that in some treatment conditions a color code having meaningful physical form and associative value was applied. Subjects read through the learning booklet followed immediately by a test; six weeks later the identical test was administered to assess delayed retention. Time on learning and time on tests were recorded. Data indicated that while color coded learning materials facilitated achievement, additional time for acquisition and for retrieval was necessary. This primary relationship, in addition to secondary relationships, was discussed in light of each efficiency derivation. A list of references and several tables and graphs are attached. (Author/RAO)"}
-{"text": "Thursday, February 27, 2014\n\nFellowship to Fight Poverty Opportunity: Next Deadline March 21st\n\nThe REAL Change Organizing and Advocacy Fellowship to Fight PovertyWhy do 2.4 billion people live on less than $2 per day? Why are 1 in 5 children at risk of going to bed hungry in the richest nation on the plant? RESULTS\u2019 mission is to create the public and political will to end poverty by empowering individuals to exercise their personal and political power for change. Become a REAL Change Fellow learn how to become a change maker who fights poverty at home and abroad.We are looking for the next generation of young activists and leaders in fighting poverty at home and abroad. RESULTS will train and guide you to create personal relationships with policymakers in Congress and other branches of government. We\u2019ll train and support you to speak powerfully and engage with the media and your community. RESULTS has proven over the past 33 years that when people like you use their voices effectively, we can make progress towards ending poverty.As A REAL Change Fellow You Will:\n\nReceive training and support over 12 months to become a powerful advocate for the end of poverty.\n\nLearn how to lobby your member of Congress on everything from appropriations to global health initiatives like GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations).\n\nBecome a skilled organizer who mobilizes your community to fight poverty.\n\nAttend the RESULTS International Conference (IC) featuring speakers like World Bank President Dr. Jim Kim.\n\nWrite pieces that get published in the media.\n\nStart your own RESULTS chapter or help a local RESULTS chapter grow and thrive.\n\nQualifications\n\nPassion for creating change and fighting poverty.\n\nAbility to commit an average of 3-6 hours per week.\n\nCommitment to join biweekly conference calls on Wednesday nights.\n\nPreference given to those with past experience in student or community activism, political campaigns, or other anti-poverty or social justice focused activities.\n\nBe between the ages of 18 - 28 at the start of Fellowship.\n\nAttend full RESULTS International Conference June 21 - 24, 2014, in Washington, DC. RESULTS will cover flights, hotels, and some meals. There is a $200 fee to cover certain activities which cannot be waived. RESULTS will provide resources to help Fellows fundraise the $200 fee.\n\nApplication Information:\n\nApplications are due by 5 pm on Friday, March 21st. Admissions are rolling so applying early is encouraged.\n\nApplications are available here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tugx2xFaPvF5KIsTsLoC0HOE4DWbT7ecLuIEHEE90qU/viewform"}
-{"text": "Busy week! Three accidental shootings in our report \u2014 if you include the one in Hendersonville. Unfortunately, I don\u2019t have a link to the story; the news was reported by the morning anchor on WTVF but, as is so often the case, there isn\u2019t a printed version I can link to, and nobody did any follow-up. You\u2019ll have to take my word for it that I heard the reporter announce this news, but if you don\u2019t, fine.\n\nShe said she immediately broke up the fight and was off the home\u2019s property and in control of her animal when the 17-year-old emerged with a handgun.\n\n\u201cI asked where his mother is. He didn\u2019t answer and he went into the house. I continued walking my dog, and next thing I know, the screen slams open and I turned and he pulls a gun out of his pocket and yells some obscenities at me,\u201d Carroll said.\n\nShe continued, \u201cHe said, \u2018Buck up, b*^%$.\u2019 I was scared, horrified scared. He fired a shot and I let go of my dog which made him a target. I was in the driveway in the house down from him. I was not on his property.\u201d\n\nCarroll told News 2 the teen fired at her from about 12 feet away, even though she had control of Prince, who was between her legs. She said that she let go of her dog, fearing for her life.\n\n\u201cI turned around and saw my pit was shot and he was squirming on the driveway and he kept firing. I was screaming at top of my lungs, \u2018Oh God!\u2019 My other dog was limping to a car. At that point, [the teen] walked toward me and I was afraid for my life. My life flashed before my eyes; I didn\u2019t know where the gun was.\u201d\n\nShe added, \u201cI was crying. Screaming scared for my life. He had come up to me say he was sorry. I screamed, \u2018Where are my dogs at?\u2019 One dog was in a drainage ditch, shot three times. The other dog was behind the car, and she had no involvement in the fight.\u201d\n\nStupid kid.\n\n\u2022 March 2, 2014:\n\nA Hendersonville teenager accidentally shot himself in the knee, according to WTVF.\n\n3 responses to \u201cTennessee Gun Report\u201d\n\nAh. respect the culture? Yes. I\u2019ll do it form St. Paul MN if that\u2019s all right with you. I\u2019m driving to Charlotte to visit my daughter this spring. Is there any time of the day or night I am lest likely to get hit by a stray shot?"}
-{"text": "\u041f\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043c\n\nForeign citizens servicing procedure\n\n1. Medical care of foreign citizens temporarily or permanently residing in the Russian Federation is provided by the institution in accordance with the rules for the provision of medical care to foreign citizens in the territory of the Russian Federation approved by the RF Government Decree No. 186 of 06.03.2013.\n\n2. Foreign citizens who are insured persons in accordance with the Federal Law \"On Compulsory Medical Insurance in the Russian Federation\" are entitled to free medical care under compulsory health insurance.\n\n3. Medical care is routinely provided to foreign citizens in accordance with contracts for the provision of paid medical services or voluntary health insurance agreements.\n\nForeign citizens consulting procedure\n\nThe Medical and Diagnostic Center \u201cEye Microsurgery CSTC\u201d provides paid services to patients from CIS and other foreign countries. The Center\u2019s structure includes:\n\nThe medical services export department is focused on invitation for examination, consultation and treatment (when indicated) of patients from CIS and other foreign countries according to medical documents and inquiries sent by e-mail or other means.\n\nPatients from many countries of the world were interested in unique technologies developed under the guidance of Academician S.N. Fyodorov. This led to the fact that in 1986, by the order of the USSR Council of Ministers, the Eye Microsurgery CSTC obtained the official right to provide ophthalmic services to foreign citizens.\n\nThe department has developed the procedure for consultations by correspondence to establish indications for treatment in the Eye Microsurgery CSTC.\n\nWritten inquiry\n\n1. A patient can send a medical report on the eye condition in Russian or in English with passport data to the e-mail address of the medical services export department: mntkmedex@mail.ru\n\n2. Based on the diagnosis and ophthalmological examination details specialists of the S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery CSTC of the Russian Ministry of Health will give the patient exhaustive information about the expediency of arrival, the conditions of admission, the expected treatment, the terms of treatment, the cost of all medical and other services and a list of necessary documents and statements. Any refusal of the Eye Microsurgery CSTC shall be substantiated.\n\n3. A positive response will be sent to the patient on a letterhead of the Eye Microsurgery CSTC, which is a form of formal invitation for consultation and treatment (if indicated) to the Eye Microsurgery CSTC.\n\n4. The Eye Microsurgery CSTC does not provide any visa support for the arrival in the Russian Federation. The decision to grant a visa to Russia to the patient and accompanying person (if required) is taken by employees of the Russian Consulate in the patient\u2019s country of residence. Any additional information about expected period of stay in the Eye Microsurgery CSTC will be requested by employees of the Consulate from the Eye Microsurgery CSTC.\n\nPersonal visit\n\n1. If case of self-referral of a foreign patient to the Eye Microsurgery CSTC for diagnostic examination and consultation, the foreign patient may visit the Eye Microsurgery CSTC with an interpreter at any working day without previous appointment, preferably from 8.30 a.m. to 02.00 p.m. taking into account the time required for the examination.\n\n2. Please, take your passport with a valid visa (registration at the place of residence), a medical report with data of medical examinations is desirable (optional).\n\n3. Children (under 18 years old) are examined in the presence of their parents or legal representatives with a legally certified power of attorney from their parents.\n\n4. Payment for all medical and other services is made before the provision of such services according to the tariffs of the Eye Microsurgery CSTC in rubles.\n\n5. On the day of the visit, the patient shall be examined and consulted by a specialist in the relevant disease on a separate diagnostic line, which makes it possible to prepare the patient for hospitalization and treatment as soon as possible, if indicated.\n\n6. The Eye Microsurgery CSTC does not provide interpreting and transportation services. The patient should take care of this in advance.\n\n7. All recommendations on the treatment, hospitalization conditions and other organizational issues shall be explained to the patient by the doctor after the consultation.\n\nThe structure of the Medical and Diagnostic Center is aimed at organizing diagnostic examination and treatment of patients on a fee basis in enhanced comfort. Elements of extended medical service in the Medical and Diagnostic Center are as follows:\n\ndistant medical consultation (by telephone, fax, e-mail);\n\nexamination within one day;\n\naccelerated diagnostic and laboratory examination methods;\n\nconsultation by the council of ophthalmologists;\n\nurgent medical assistance;\n\nround-the-clock attendance of an on-duty doctor.\n\nIn order to optimize the examination process, patient flows, depending on the pathology, are divided into refractive, vitreal and fundus pathologies. On the day of appointment the patient undergoes examination and consultation of a specialist in the relevant disease. This makes it possible to prepare the patient for hospitalization and treatment as soon as possible. In the highly functional equipment line, devices of the latest generation should be allocated, including: ZEISS optical coherent tomograph for the anterior and posterior segments of the eye; \u041e\u0421\u0422-retinal angiography system for the detection of neovascular membranes of OPTOVUE, PENTACAM of OCULUS.\n\nAdditional services for patients will make their stay at the Medical and Diagnostic Center more comfortable."}
-{"text": "Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork. Maxime Gonalons Jersey .com) - Jiri Sekac scored two goals, Carey Price made 44 saves and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Friday night. P.K. Subban and David Desharnais each had a goal and one assist for the Canadiens, who have opened a five-game homestand with consecutive wins. Drew Doughty scored for the Kings and collected an assist on a goal by Jake Muzzin. Martin Jones gave up all six goals on just 20 shots as Los Angeles suffered its third loss in four games. Edin Dzeko Jersey . Still, Milan remained five points behind city rival Inter Milan in the race for fifth place and the final Europa League berth, after Inter beat 10-man Parma 2-0. Meanwhile, Paul Pogba led the way as Juventus stayed on course for a third consecutive title with a 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Bologna. Cengiz Under Jersey . 5 Trade Deadline isnt that far away and teams will be making decisions on whether to buy, sell and decide which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value. http://www.asromafcstore.com/patrik-schick-as-roma-jersey/ . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford.Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca. Hi Kerry, I have watched thousands of games but I have never seen this. In the first period of Mondays game between the Penguins and Sabres, Pittsburghs Tanner Glass accidentally high-sticked a Buffalo player along the boards, then the puck came back to him. He closed in a bit on the net and ripped a shot which Ryan Miller deflected into the corner - there was another Penguin there and a couple of Buffalo players. I am not sure at what point the referees arm was raised, but Fleury raced to the bench for another attacker. Play was then whistled down and Glass received a high-sticking penalty. My question is: had Glass scored on his shot would the goal have counted? Does somehow the intent to blow the whistle factor in here? Thanks for any clarification you can offer, Kerry. John DickieLondon, Ontario Hi John:Perhaps you werent even born in 1987 but a similar incident happened to yours truly during Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs that year at the Montreal Forum in the hotly contested Battle of Quebec between the Canadiens and the Nordiques. I raised my arm for a delayed penalty and got caught up watching the follow-up action to where the infraction had occurred and while the \"offending team\" had possession of the puck. Seeing that my arm was raised to call a penalty with his team in possession of the puck the offending team goalie raced out of his crease for an extra attacker. A change of puck possession with no whistle blown resulted in an attack toward the unguarded cage and caused the goalie to throw on the brakes half way to his players bench. Through instinct and a quick replay in my brain I recognized that the offending team had possession of the puck at the time of the infraction and I immediately blew the whistle to assess the penalty. It was a minor embarrassment for me but no damage was done as result of my slow whistle. Aleksandar Kolarov Jersey. That is what occurred in Monday nights Sabres-Pens game when the referee in the neutral zone, looking down the wall, did a great job in catching the quick high-stick by Tanner Glass to the chin of Tyler Ennis of the Sabres. The referee remained focused on Ennis to determine if an injury had resulted as the Buffalo player grabbed his chin. In that moment of time the shot on goal was taken by Tanner Glass of the Penguins. As Ryan Miller made the save and steered the rebound to the corner behind his net Marc-Andre Fleury had already bolted from his net for an extra attacker! The referee, like me, recognized that the offending team had puck possession following the infraction and stopped play to assess the penalty. If the shot by Glass had gotten past Miller and entered the net the goal would immediately have been disallowed and the penalty assessed as per rule 78.5 (xi)\u2014During the delayed calling of a penalty, the offending team cannot score unless the non-offending team shoots the puck into their own net. This shall mean that a deflection off an offending player or any physical action by an offending player that may cause the puck to enter the non-offending teams goal, shall not be considered a legal goal. Play shall be stopped before the puck enters the net (wherever possible) and the signaled penalty assessed to the offending team. (xii) When the Referee deems the play has been stopped, even if he had not physically had the opportunity to stop play by blowing his whistle. The answer to your question John is clearly found in rule 78.5. Putting aside any minor embarrassment a referee might feel for not blowing his whistle at the appropriate time, no goal can result on a delayed penalty or a delayed off-side call (even after the attacking team has tagged up at the blue line) unless the non-offending team shoots the puck into their own goal. Cheap NFL JerseysWholesale JerseysWholesale NFL JerseysJerseys From ChinaWholesale NFL JerseysCheap NFL JerseysCheap Jerseys ' ' '"}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nYou are here\n\nAbout Us\n\nWinters Sewing,has been providing quality sewing, upholstery & slipcover services since our founding in 1994. It is our mission to give you high quality, courteous, helpful service to meet your needs.\n\nCompany Owners\n\nStephen Winters has served as the owner of Winters Sewing since 1994. He has worked in upholstery since 1966.\n\nEmmy Winters has helped her husband in Winters Sewing since 1996. She is also currently home schooling our 20 year old daughter and 13 year old son.\n\nOur Children: Sarah and Joseph, are a delight.\n\nAbout Stephen\n\nLearning to Work\n\nStephen was born and raised in California. At an early age he learned to work with his hands. As he grew up he helped his parents pick fruit each year as they followed the crops from Los Angeles to Montana and then back again. Over time he learned the value of working hard work. Then, in 1966 an accident caused his dad, Mr. Winters, to change his profession to buying and selling used merchandise. Before and after school, Stephen helped in the second hand business in Madera for a few years. During this time Mr. Winters would repair/recover the threadbare upholstered furniture that came into the store. The workmanship was very amateurish, but at least the cotton wasn't showing, This laid the foundation for the next stage.\n\nStephen's Entry into the Upholstery Trade\n\nWhen the second hand business closed, the family picked fruit for the summer to gather some money. Then Mr. Winters opened an upholstery business in Santa Rosa in 1966, having little more than an upholstery sewing machine and a few rolls of fabric. The whole family worked together in the new business. While they were learning the trade they worked mainly worked for poor people (who were appreciative to have anything on their worn-out furniture.) Through the years Stephen's skill grew; he constantly watched for better ways of doing things. It was while working there that he learned the basics about upholstery. (Since he helped deliver the furniture, he instantly saw whether the client liked it or not.)\n\nSkill Increases\n\nAfter the business grew larger, Mr. Winters began hiring qualified upholsterers. Watching the more experienced upholsterers work helped Stephen to learn better techniques. For example, during this time that he learned how to tie hand-tied springs from Harry Gustafson? (unsure of last name), a long time upholsterer who used to tie springs in a furniture factory. During these years Stephen designed and built a number of new sofa sleepers. While the hideabed spring unit was purchased, he build the rest of the frames from the ground up.\n\nHe also spend a couple years working in a printing/copying shop that was connected to the upholstery business. He operated photocopiers, printing presses, computerized typesetting equipment, darkroom processes, folding and binding equipment, etc.\n\nOver the years the upholstery business grew larger than an untrained businessman could handle and Mr. Winters made some big mistakes. In 1980 the recession hit and Mr. Winters' upholstery business closed.\n\nA Change in Direction\n\nStephen moved with his parents and siblings to Oregon. After a few years Mr. Winters died of cancer. About the same time, Stephen had been corresponding with, and then met, his future wife, Emmy. To get to know her better, Stephen moved to Virginia for a year, where he started working with Interior decorators. After almost a year they got married and moved back to Oregon. Stephen worked with his sister for about 5 years making all types of fancy window treatments (swags, cascades, window valances and shades, cornices, etc.) for Interior decorators and drapery stores. Then Stephen and Emmy moved to west Salem in 1994 and started doing window treatments for interior decorators, as well as doing upholstery. After a couple years Stephen decided to focus mostly on upholstery and slipcovers, which he has been doing since then.\n\nImproving One's Skill\n\nUpholstery, as with any other trade or profession, is a continually learning process. No matter how much a professional knows, there is always more to be learned. Being part of a community of common trades people is an excellent way to continue to improve one's craft, as well as having sources to ask for help when needed. In 2003 Stephen joined the Professional Upholstery and Soft Furnishing Group at http://www.carrscorner.com/yabbse/, which has been a very positive experience. At Carrscorner Stephen gets to ask for advice, as well as sharing his knowledge and experience.\n\nGiving Back\n\nIn addition to that, as a service to the community at large, Stephen has put up an Upholstery Information website to help other professionals and do-it-yourselfers. He frequently writes new articles about upholstery to add to the content of the website. Many people have helped him on his journey to learn and grow at his craft. He wants to help others along the way who are also on their journies.\n\nLocation\n\nFrom 1994 to about 2002 the Winters operated their upholstery business at their home on Gerth Avenue. Then in about 2002 they moved to a new larger home at 1111 Elm Street.\n\nAt the end of 2010 They moved to Independence Oregon. In January 2011 they purchased their current home at 440 E Street in Independence, which is where their current business is located."}
-{"text": "Click on this hyperlink to access the Court Forms. The Court Forms page opens. Click on the Individual Forms hyperlink at the top of the Court Forms page.\n\n2\n\nUsing the Search function (<CTRL> key + letter F key), type 1800 to locate Form CSD 1800 - Administrative Procedures for Filing, Signing, and Verifying Pleadings and Papers by Electronic Means and then open the PDF version.\n\n3\n\nRead the entire contents of CSD 1800, as some of this lesson\u2019s quiz questions will pertain to these procedures for filing by electronic means. Close the CSD 1800 form.\n\n4\n\nBack on the Individual Forms page:\n\nLocate the form Objection to Chapter 13 Plan (CSD 1172) and then open the PDF version.\n\nComplete the form on your computer by typing the applicable information in the fillable areas. (For this exercise only, just the header information and signature are needed.)\n\nFor identification purposes, use your name for the creditor\u2019s name on the documents."}
-{"text": "Meet Deputy Chris Norwood \u2013 a family man\n\nAfter working for five years as a Hendry County Paramedic, Christopher Norwood decided to switch careers and enter the world of law enforcement.\n\nBorn and raised in Clewiston, Chris graduated from Clewiston High School in 2009. He then received his EMT and Paramedic certification allowing him the ability to serve the public in times of medical need.\n\nWith a new baby on the way, this young father found that the schedule of a paramedic was hectic and challenging. Working 24 hours on duty and 48 hours off duty was a tough shift. Chris\u2019 growing family helped him to solidify the decision that it was time for a career change.\n\nHe attended the Southwest Florida Public Service Academy and is now a Certified Law Enforcement Officer. Deputy Chris Norwood has been employed with the Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office since July of 2014, and stated that \u201che went into law enforcement because he has always had the desire to help others.\u201d\n\nA family man, Chris has a wife and two young children. He wanted to stay local so that they could be near his family and friends. He also wanted to give back to the community where he grew up and among those who helped raise him. Law enforcement still allows Chris to serve the public in a different capacity. Rather than responding mostly to medical emergencies, he now has the opportunity to engage in many more facets of public service. It also affords him the ability to have a more normal schedule for his family.\n\nChris is assigned to The Montura Ranch area where he serves the needs of the local residents. Most of his days are spent patrolling the roads, keeping an eye on the residents and their property, and staying actively involved in the community\u2019s affairs. When needed, Chris also teaches first aid and CPR certification classes at the Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\n\nMundane is not a way of life for Deputy Norwood. He likes the fact that all aspects of his job are different. Every situation he encounters always differs from the last. He stated that \u201cI love that nothing is the same \u2013 monotony is a not for me.\u201d\n\nChris enjoys spending time in the Montura community getting to know the people who call this area home. Even though there are many challenging days, he is honored to work for the Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office. He noted that \u201coften people don\u2019t see my face, they see the uniform.\u201d He hopes that in time the public will realize that cops are not the enemy, and that they are simply people who are here to protect and to serve. No matter what situation is thrown his way, he is always ready to respond and help those in need.\n\nWith the ongoing news coverage of police shootings in this nation and the negative attitude toward the police nationwide, the staff of the Caloosa Belle has decided to show our support to the men and women of the Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Department who protect us every day. In the following weeks we will be introducing you to them and letting you know what they do to keep you safe every day.\n\nNewsletter\n\nSubscribe to the Caloosa Belle weekly email newsletter\n\nComments\n\nYou are encouraged to leave relevant comments but engaging in personal attacks, threats, online bullying or commercial spam will not be allowed. All comments should remain within the bounds of fair play and civility. (You can disagree with others courteously, without being disagreeable.) Feel free to express yourself but keep an open mind toward finding value in what others say. To report abuse or spam, click the X in the upper right corner of the comment box."}
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-{"text": "06/19/14 Monarch Dog/Hot Dog Festival 2014\n\nNLBM teams with Hy-Vee to create majestic new hot dog that will debut at the 2014 Heart of America Hot Dog Festival; Morris Day and The Time to headline festival musical performances.\n\nKansas City, MO The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) didnt have to think too long or hard about what to call its new signature hot dog. It took the name of one of baseballs greatest franchises, the Kansas City Monarchs, to go to bat in the battle of great ballpark hot dog creations.\n\nThe NLBM announced today that \"The Monarch\" will make its delectable debut at its 2014 Heart of America Hot Dog Festival on Saturday, Aug. 2 on the pavilion and grounds behind the NLBM (1616 E. 18th Street, KCMO). And if \"The Monarch\" taste as good as the Kansas City Monarchs played, then the museum has a winner of historic proportion.\n\nThe NLBM launched the Heart of America Hot Dog Festival in 2013 to celebrate the historical connection between our national pastime and the fan favorite hot dog. The festival, which showcased legendary hot dogs from ballparks around the country, attracted more than 1,500 people. After the success of the inaugural event, NLBM president Bob Kendrick approached its partner Hy-Vee about going into the kitchen to create a signature dog for this years festival that would be called \"The Monarch.\"\n\nTeaming with Chef Dave Nigro at Hy-Vees new Olathe Concept Store (151st and Black Bob), The Monarch was born. The royal hot dog features a Farmland Jumbo Frank and is topped with: pulled pork, shredded cheddar cheese, bacon, red onions, and jalapenos and then it is crowned with Gates Sweet and Mild BBQ Sauce.\n\nThe Kansas City Monarchs, a charter member of the Negro Leagues, were a model of excellence during its amazing run. The club had only one losing season in its nearly 40 year existence. The team which featured greats such as Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Hilton Smith, Bullet Rogan, Willard Brown and Jackie Robinson, sent more players to the Major Leagues than any other Negro League franchise.\n\n\"The Kansas City Monarchs were one of the greatest baseball franchises, not in Negro Leagues history, but in baseball history,\" said Bob Kendrick, NLBM president. \"So it was important that our specialty hot dog live up to that great name. Based on the initial reaction by our taste testers we think weve got a winner and fully expect that The Monarch will become the king of all ballpark hot dogs,\" Kendrick said.\n\nLast year, the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council estimated that baseball fans would consume over 20 million hot dogs during the course of the 2013 season. Its a clear runaway favorite of all concessions in Major and Minor League stadiums.\n\n\"While ballpark foods have become more sophisticated over recent years, baseball fans still relish the hot dog,\" Kendrick said. \"The Heart of America Hot Dog Festival is our effort to unite fans around that common bond in a fun and entertaining celebration that will become an annual tradition at Historic 18th & Vine.\"\n\nThe \"Heart of America Hot Dog Festival\" is hosted by the NLBM in partnership with Hy-Vee Food, Pepsi, Heinz, Sprint, Kansas City Royals, NTDF, Carter Broadcast Group, Global Prairie and the City of Kansas City, MO, as a family fun event that includes sports mascots, games, autograph sessions, trivia and more. The festival also includes an All-Star roster of musical performances headlined this year by the legendary Morris Day and The Time.\n\nAdvance tickets for the Heart of America Hot Dog Festival cost $10 for adults and $5 for kids under age 12. Children under 5 are free with an adult admission. The special advance ticket offer includes admission to the NLBM and a free Farmland Hot Dog and Pepsi product. Day of event tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for kids and also includes admission to the NLBM. A special TOP DOG VIP ticket costs $100 and includes admission for two, unlimited food and Pepsi products, reserved seating and two festival t-shirts. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hoahotdogfestival.com.\n\nFor more information about the Heart of America Hot Dog Festival or for sponsorship opportunities, please contact the NLBM at (816) 221-1920.\n\nAbout the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum\n\nThe NLBM, located in Kansas City, Mo., is the worlds only museum dedicated to preserving and illuminating the rich history of black baseball. It is a privately funded, 501c3 not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1990. In July of 2006, the NLBM gained National Designation from the United States Congress earning the distinction of being Americas National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The NLBM operates two blocks from the Paseo YMCA where the Negro National League was founded by Andrew Rube Foster in 1920. The site has been designated as the future home of the John Buck ONeil Research and Education Center."}
-{"text": "Find Your Next Car \u2013 Perhaps you\u2019re not quite sure which vehicle is right for you? Use our Research and Reviews sections to help you decide. We have a team of experts working to bring you useful tips and advice, car reviews and tools. Explore your options, and when you\u2019ve narrowed it down, be sure to connect with one of our Certified Dealers.\n\nCar Pro Reviews \u2013 Enjoy our most recent new vehicle test drives and reviews OR\u2026 Click on a brand you love or one you\u2019d love to get to know better. Either way, you\u2019ll get to ride along with a Car Pro for \u201cStraight Talk and Honest Answers.\u201d\n\nCertified Dealership Program \u2013 We have carefully selected dealers in certain cities who share our vision to provide the best car buying experience possible. Use our Dealer Locator by brand and distance, or click on the city closest to you.\n\nVehicle Inventory Search \u2013 If you are in the market for a specific New or Used car, check out our Quick Search to find inventory available from a Car Pro Certified dealer near you! If you find a new car, don\u2019t forget to snag your VIP Certificate before you head that way.\n\nBehind the Velvet Ropes \u2013 Whether you\u2019ve been a long time Radio Show listener, or a first time visitor to our site, you\u2019re invited to become a member. Join in the conversation as you explore the site. When you\u2019re ready, experience the thrill of buying your next car the Car Pro way. It\u2019s about who you know. Now, you know Car Pro!\n\nMercedes-Benz Teases All-New A-Class\n\nMercedes-Benz is whetting our appetite with a look at its future design direction.\n\nThe automaker is teasing its all-new A-Class compact which will kick off a major lineup overhaul as the automaker moves towards more sensuous, aggressive lines.\n\nMercedes calls the new design stance Aesthetic A. It hones the ideal of sensual purity. Meaning it\u2019s designed to be more modern and attract a a younger demographic. Mercedes further jabs at its goal for a younger audience when it says goodbye to \u2018creases.\u2019 Sounds like the luxury brand is getting fed up with the old-man label.\n\nThe new A-Class will be sleeker with fewer lines. Only one line remains on the sides if the sketch is any indication. It stretches the length and forms the shoulder and haunches. That\u2019s a big change from the current A-Class in Europe that has a series of angular lines connecting above of the rear tire.\n\nThe front shows a new \u201cpredator face\u201d fascia. The grille switches things up with vertical bars rather than the standard horizontal one.\n\nThis is part two of the younger evolution begun designer Gorden Wagener started back in 2012. He brought stand-out grilles and bigger rears to the table. Essentially, he got the company out of the same-old-same-old rut that some feel BMW and Audi are in now. Which would explain why Mercedes surpassed both companies as the number one luxury brand in the world.\n\nNow five years later, Wagener wants to make sure the company won\u2019t fall prey to another design rut. The last model redone in his old aesthetic was the E-class sedan last year.\n\n\u201cForm and body are what remain when creases are lines are reduced to the extreme. We have the courage to apply this purism. In combination with sensual surface design, the upcoming generation of the compact class has the potential to herald a new design era,\u201dsays Wagener.\n\nThe A class design will pave the way for new B-Class, CLA, and GLA models. All are lining up for the botox treatment.\n\nJoin the Car Pro Community\n\nMembership has its privileges. Simply begin to comment and you'll be invited to join. If you'd like to set up an account, you can do that here. If you're already a member, you can see your status below."}
-{"text": "*If you are not cleared by the time of tryouts you WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE\n\nPlayers moving on to the on-course tryouts will be posted on the team blog (www.tphsbg2017.wordpress.com) by 8PM Saturday along with on course tryout information.\n\nThe first round of on-course tryouts will be on Monday 2/13 12:00PM and Tuesday 2/14 12:00PM with the 2nd round (if necessary) on 2/15 at 3:00PM.\n\nStudents will be given an early release to (11:00AM) to attend tryouts. You are required to get yourself to and from tryouts, the team WILL NOT be providing transportation. Tryout rounds will be held in Mission Valley and Carlsbad.\n\nSearch\n\nSearch for:\n\nText Widget\n\nThis is a text widget, which allows you to add text or HTML to your sidebar. You can use them to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. Edit them in the Widget section of the Customizer."}
-{"text": "bourbon street\n\nit will happen\n\nHunni bun on Bourbon street# French Quarter\n\nHere's a little giantess who is also an executioner:\n\nbourbon street\n\nDo You Know Your Bourbon? How well do you know your bourbon? Are you an expert or a newbie when it comes to your knowledge on bourbon? Take this awesome quiz to find out how much you know about your favorite drink, the one and only, BOURBON! The post Do You Know Your Bourbon? appeared first on Drink Micro ."}
-{"text": "LightSpeedGo\n\nLightSpeedGo Bio:\n\nLightSpeedGo is a 3 piece punk rock band from Tempe,Az. Even though the band has just started they have created a buzz in the local phoenix music scene. All members are veterans of the local Az music scene. Made of members of Off The Mark, Look Out Look, The Ultramatics, The Dead Irrelevants and No Gimmick."}
-{"text": "Contents\n\nZinc's career as a DJ and producer stretches the steady evolution of hardcore from its house roots through ragga and hip hop-styled hardstep and beyond. In 1991 he began his radio show with then partner dj swift on London's impact fm. He continued to DJ on various pirate radio stations, including Rinse fm while it was a pirate, and has continued since it was awarded a license in 2011[2]\n\nHe continued to DJ on a regular basis, and was one of the first drum and bass producers to score with the 2-stepgarage market courtesy of his 1999 single, \"138 Trek\".[2]\n\nHis productions have been relatively popular outside the drum and bass scene, most notably in the breaks genre under the pseudonym Jammin. He reached No. 27 in the UK chart with \"138 Trek\" in November 2000.\n\nZinc produced and DJ'd as part of the Ganja Kru and True Playaz collectives, often in association with DJ Hype from 1996 to 2002. He ran the Bingo Beats record label, which released both drum and bass and breaks records from 2002 to 2008. He has been known to release records under the alias of Dope Skillz, Jammin and Jelly Jams plus others.\n\nIn 2001, Zinc released a remixcompilation album of his own productions called Beats By Design which included \"138 Trek\". By August 2004, he released his second album, Faster, a concept album of sorts. The album, as the name suggests, ups the tempo little-by-little for each song. The title track and album opener, epitomises this and is a grimy crawl through bass and beat that speeds up from 40bpm into the early 100s by its end.[3]\n\nIn 2007, Zinc stopped making and playing drum and bass, citing \"disenchantment with the scene\". He started producing again in 2009 with a fusion of deep house, funky house and fidget house, which he believed did not fit into any of these subgenres. He later named his new sound \"crack house\".[4]\n\nIn October 2009, DJ Zinc released Crack House EP encompassing his new sound of the crack house genre. A follow up to this EP, Crack House Vol. 2 was released in July 2010. In November 2009, DJ Zinc created a 2-hour mix for broadcasting on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix.\n\nIn 2011, Zinc collaborated with A-Trak to release \"Stingray\", which also has a \"crack house\" sound.[5]"}
-{"text": "The presenter will be Dr. Jennifer Davies, physician of general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She attended medical school at University of Miami School of Medicine and did her residency and fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Davies will be discussing types, symptoms, and treatments of abdominal wall hernias."}
-{"text": "18.01.2012, 20:02, \"Sylvain Galineau\" <sylvaing@microsoft.com>:\n> [Marat Tanalin:]\n>\n>> \u0431 18.01.2012, 03:59, \"Sylvain Galineau\" <sylvaing@microsoft.com>:\n>>> \u0431 [Marat Tanalin:]\n>>>> \u0431 \u0431 17.01.2012, 12:18, \"David Woolley\" <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>:\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com wrote:\n>>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 \u0431 Hello. It makes sense to allow @import at any place in CSS\n>> \u0431 stylesheet.\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 Regardless of any reasons for the original decision, this sort of\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 change is extremely likely to produce style sheets that do not\n>>>>> \u0431 degrade\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 gracefully on older browsers (some of which may be fixed in\n>>>>> \u0431 silicon),\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 so it would not be safe to use on the public internet for about a\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 decade after introduction.\n>>>>>\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 --\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 David Woolley\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want.\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of\n>>>>> \u0431 spam,\n>>>>> \u0431 \u0431 that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work.\n>>>> \u0431 \u0431 This is obvious, and such comments are completely useless here.\n>>> \u0431 No, this is not a 'useless' comment. CSS must allow older parsers to\n>>> \u0431 ignore old features in such a way that you can add new features in\n>>> \u0431 your existing stylesheet without breaking your site in older browsers.\n>>> \u0431 So no, we do not have the luxury of ignoring the past and doing\n>>> \u0431 whatever we want to the syntax.\n>> \u0431 @import between and after rules is successfully ignored by all browsers\n>> \u0431 including even IE6, and rest part of stylesheet is successfully parsed and\n>> \u0431 applied. So your current note is apparently purely theoretical (though\n>> \u0431 generally somewhat reasonable).\n>\n> You made a general comment about a type of comment being 'useless' and implied\n> that the design of future features should not care about existing browsers. The\n> latter is absolutely untrue and not at all theoretical. That was the context of my\n> response.\nIn case of it was not clear enough yet: my goal is not to find a solution for a specific task. Instead, my goal is to improve CSS itself. Saying that a feature is currently unsupported is incredibly pointless since (surprise!) I know that. The feature is unsupported, and that's exactly why I propose to add this to spec (which eventually means it will be implemented in browsers). If it would be supported currently, then I would not make the proposal to add it to spec, since, well, it's already supported.\nAs for the paradigm \"the sooner we add a feature, the sooner we'll be able to use it\". Let's assume that we've introduced a feature that (edge case) even breaks current browsers (for @import it's not a case). Several years later, old browsers are gone, and we are finally able to use the feature that we added to spec _in advance_. What is bad here? Nothing. At the contrary, it's farsighted approach that helps us to progress. Another option is to do nothing, close W3, WHATWG, etc, and be happy with what we currently have -- forever."}
-{"text": "\u201cIn every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.\u201d ~ Michelangelo Buonarroti\n\nLike this:\n\nAt first glance, you may think this elegantly sophisticated home hails from Paris or London but surprisingly it is located on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach! Swedish designer Lars Bolander and his wife Nadine brilliantly re-imagined three dilapidated apartments into a 12 room penthouse with a glorious rooftop terrace\u2026the drawing room (above) is thoughtfully decorated with a large French painting that presides over an 18th century French console table topped with Italian iron lamps\u2026gorgeous! I love that amid all the precious art and antiques, this home remains approachable, warm and inviting\u2026a perfect blend of country comfort and European chic\u2026enjoy!"}
-{"text": "Advantages and Disadvantages of Oil Sands\n\nOil sands are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. They are loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone that contains natural mixtures of clay and sand, saturated with a viscous form of petroleum. Natural petroleum deposits are reported in many countries, but are found in extremely large quantities in Canada; 70.8% of the globally estimated oil sand reserves are in Canada.\n\nMost of the oil sands of Canada are located in northern Alberta. They cover over 140,000 square kilometers\u2014an area larger than England\u2014and hold proven reserves of 1.75 trillion barrels (280\u00d7109 m3) of petroleum in place. Canadians have worked on the technology of extracting oil sands for energy production since the 1970\u2019s, with assistance from the government and increasingly, US oil companies.\n\nOil sands can be used as an energy resource and the large quantities of deposits in Canada eliminates the need to import oil from foreign countries. This will create more jobs in Canada for the processing of oil. Also, other countries will purchase oil from Canada, which will benefit the Canadian economy. Other advantages of oil sands are the technology development and the fact that it can be converted into crude oil without changing the energy producing system. Technology today is able to process oil sands to make useful energy, and further development in the future will allow us to expand production. Also, the final product of oil sands is crude oil, so all that\u2019s needed for this resource is to build more pipelines and refineries and place it into our current system. It saves the trouble of building an entirely new system for an energy resource.\n\nThe heavy crude oil extracted from oil sands is a viscous semisolid that does not easily flow at normal oil pipeline temperatures, making it difficult to transport to market and expensive to process into gasoline, diesel and fuel. It must be either mixed with lighter petroleum or chemically split..."}
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-{"text": "Trending\n\nTrending\n\nNew Music Video: M83\n\nWEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012|\n\nPosted by: Andrew Gruttadaro\n\nToday, in support of their Reunion EP, M83 released the video for the title-track, \"Reunion.\" It picks up where the \"Midnight City\" video left off, with the same super-human, flourescent-eyed kids on top of a building in Los Angeles. Directed by Fleur & Manu, \"Reunion\" is mostly a chase scene that culminates with a Chronicle-esque showdown involving an SUV. Check it out below and see if you can spot the MCA shout out (hint: it's within the first minute)."}
-{"text": "Redundancy and the Internet\n\nDo you realize that we don\u2019t understand globalization? Globalization increases Extremistan. That\u2019s one problem with this Tom Friedman guy\u2014he [the bestselling author of The World Is Flat, which argues the advantages of globalization in the internet age] didn\u2019t seem to understand the very simple dynamics that globalization forces redundancy out of the system. And whenever you don\u2019t have redundancy, you have Extremistan. Things are way too efficient, so the smallest mistake blows up. We depend so much on the internet. Tomorrow, if there\u2019s a problem in Bangalore, we\u2019re toast for a long time, you see?\n\nI\u2019m on a committee at the Pentagon, [the Highland Forum, a study group on risk] and one of the founders of the internet is on it and all these people understand that we need more redundancy in the system to avoid a second crisis that may come from the internet, because we don\u2019t understand it.\n\nAnd to think of it, the Internet was founded to provide redundancy in case of an emergency."}
-{"text": "Ready for the macks\n\nAfter a brutally hot summer, it\u2019s finally time for us to cool off here in Southwest Florida. Hurricane Michael blew past last week; we all pray for the Panhandle folks who got hammered. That was a nasty storm \u2014 Cat 4 as it hit, just the tiniest bit below a Cat 5. While it missed us, it moved a lot of water around the Gulf. Fish will reestablish themselves as things calm down. We are all hoping it blows our red tide away, but no one knows for sure yet. Time will tell.\n\nLocally we have endured harmful algae blooms, devastating our fisheries. It has all but shut our water-related business down for the last three months. The red tide was bad, but also isolated most of the time. What\u2019s important is that we do still have fish and fishing!\n\nMany of those trying are discovering some of their best catching ever. I know that\u2019s a bold statement, but many are catching at numbers not enjoyed in several decades. Some areas are depleted, but others are holding concentrated schools of quality fish. You might have to look around, but there are also fewer boats than any other time in recent memory. Adventure is for those bold enough to look for it. If you don\u2019t try, you can\u2019t find fish \u2014 or joy, for that matter.\n\nFall fishing is here. Specific water temperatures and winds will dictate exactly what species we have available. Conditions are changing on a day-to-day basis. It\u2019s rumored a mild front will have helped some as we read this. Remember that snook and redfish are closed here now because of fish kills. Just please handle them properly so they grow and reproduce \u2014 closures only help if the fish live. Trout are still open. You might need to ride more while fish-hunting, but it\u2019s worth the effort. We have other inshore fish to enjoy: Pompano, mackerel, jacks etc. Again, everything is moving with changing conditions.\n\nThe big deal for me now is that it\u2019s prime time for both Spanish and king mackerel. This storm is sure to send them our way in force, and rapidly! These are abundant sporty fish that will be migrating through any time, following baitfish schools. They are fun, fast and very aggressive. You can use most lures (spoons, jigs, hard plugs) and of course live baits. We enjoy liberal bag limits; in fact, both are underutilized species. If you carry enough ice to chill them properly, you will find them excellent options for table fare.\n\nThis is the best bet for beginners to enjoy success and action. Boats certainly help in getting us to these fish, but we do have some shore-based opportunities. The Venice Pier can produce good action on Spanish and some kings, and Spanish are regularly caught from the Placida and Ainger piers.\n\nYour target and destination will depend on wind speeds and direction. Soon we will have cold fronts to work around. On cooler windy days, we still have sheltered and protected places to safely catch fish. Trout, for example, bunch up on cooler days.\n\nOn calmer days, venture out into the Gulf and try some mackerel action. Both species are super-fast and will grab your attention when they seize your offering. The kings are bigger and will challenge your tackle. These fish are constantly moving and scream off line when hooked. Be ready or scratch your head trying to figure out what happened after they are long gone.\n\nSpanish are smaller prizes, but worthy opponents. Use smaller gear for them. Just remember that elephants do eat peanuts. I like 15- to 20-pound gear. You\u2019ll want a smooth drag and at least 300 yards of line. This gives you better odds at landing that big one when it bites. We regularly land 30-plus pound kings while fishing for Spanish on lighter gear.\n\nMono can be an advantage here because it stretches more, which prevents pulling hooks. Remember that with braid, smooth action lands fish, jerking loses fish. The mono stretch forgives most of the jerky movements. Remember that braid is much smaller diameter, allowing those longer runs without running out of string. Learn to work with your choice.\n\nLook for baitfish and screaming flocks of gulls to locate feeding fish. Many times, you can observe the striking fish to determine species. Take time to figure out approach and gear you want to deploy for specific species. Jacks, ladyfish and sharks are all fun, but mackerel taste better.\n\nBoats with bent poles are also accurate indicators; just please don\u2019t disturb who folks that showed you the fish. Both mackerel usually are in larger schools and you can catch fish without running over each other. Work around the fish and boats, not through them. If you allow me to do my job, I\u2019m glad to help if you need it. But don\u2019t bite the hands that feed you!\n\nGrouper and snapper are also available. They were not hurt as bad by red tide and taste great. Again, match the gear to the size of fish for best results. Action keeps people happy. Big fish are great, but bent poles get smiles. We should enjoy hot action whenever we can venture offshore.\n\nA fisherman\u2019s life isn\u2019t always easy. If it was easy, everyone could do it. But adventures are available if you are willing to work to find them. And remember, you can\u2019t catch fish if you don\u2019t go fishin\u2019, so let\u2019s go fishin\u2019 soon.\n\nCapt. Van Hubbard is a highly respected outdoor writer and fishing guide. He has been a professional USCG-licensed year-round guide since 1976, and has been fishing the Southwest Florida coast since 1981. Contact him at 941-468-4017 or VanHubbard@CaptVan.com.\n\nCapt. Van Hubbard is a highly respected outdoor writer and fishing guide. He has been a professional USCG-licensed year-round guide since 1976, and has been fishing the Southwest Florida coast since 1981. Contact him at 941-468-4017 or VanHubbard@CaptVan.com.\n\nWatch this discussion.Stop watching this discussion.\n\n(0) comments\n\nWelcome to the discussion.\n\nKeep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,\nracist or sexually-oriented language.PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another\nperson will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone\nor anything.Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism\nthat is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on\neach comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. 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-{"text": "TILT Music Blog \u2013 The New Raemon\n\nBlogging around I came accross this group The New Raemon. Right off bat the name of the album, \u201cA Prop\u00f3sito de Garf\u00fankel\u201c, got my attention mostly because of how the accentuation on the u changes the pronunciation to the last name in spanish, (Gar-foon-kel). Once the funny feeling subsided, it was the songs that kept my attention at bay. The sound was simple enough and the vocals, well, the vocals where different. Like on most pop rock albums, you tend to guess where the melody will be going next, since for the most part, we\u2019ve heard it all by now. Yet this guy, is able to surprise me in the direction he takes the vocal melody, which I must say it\u2019s kind of nice and not common at all.\n\nThe solo project of Ram\u00f3n Rodr\u00edguez, also member of the groups Madee and Ghouls\u2019n\u2019Ghosts, finds a way to mix melancholy and folk with ironic and irreverent lyrics, that all of a sudden get you off guard and leave you like \u201cwha?\u201d or in the case of one of the song leave you thinking of chinese food. His lead influences are clear on the music (I mean come on, just read the title of the album) but he mentions other artists such as Javier Alvarez and Little Britain that most definitely match the kind of musical proposal Ram\u00f3n gets together.\n\nAmong the songs, I must say that my favorite two songs are not on the myspace, those being \u201cLa Cafetera\u201d and \u201cT\u00fa Garf\u00fankel\u201c, but you can find them both (actually all of them) and listen to them on his webpage that I mention at the end of the review. The first one has a bright acoustic guitar beginning that once again confuses you into who the hell it can be, since it\u2019s a fairly common entrance to a song, then he starts singing and you can tell them apart. The second song, is farily mellow and you only listen to a guitar for the better half of the song, then the whole band kicks in in a crecendo and ending with a well harmonized chorus. Beside those two songs, \u201cEl Cau Del Pescador\u201c, following the line of the first song, is one to enjoy as well. The song \u201cEl Saben Aquel Que Diu\u201d starts with a slight resemblance to Manolo Garc\u00eda, and then once the band kicks in, takes the traditional acoustic indie band sound well known in Spain and that I love so much.\n\nSo in a nutshell, it was a coincidence to come across this artist, but I\u2019m happy I did\u2026although I can\u2019t get out the line \u201cse me enfr\u00eda la comida y el arroz se me atraganta\u201d from the song \u201cT\u00fa Garf\u00fankel\u201c\u2026don\u2019t know yet if that\u2019s a good thing or not. The New Raemon does not have an official video out, but there\u2019s a couple of live performances caught by fans on youtube. I\u2019ve included two of those. Enjoy!"}
-{"text": "All American EFX Test Charge XT Review\n\nEFX Test Charge XT\n\nTest Charge XT is a naturally formulated testosterone booster made by All America EFX. It hasbeen developed to help promote the development of increased muscle mass and strength\n\nIt differs to many boosters in that it is liquid based. It is also supplied with an anti estrogen pill that blocks the increasing of estrogen levels \u2013 a common side effect of additional testosterone production.\n\nIngredients\n\nThe makers call the formula Taxadral and claim that its (to quote) \u2018Muscle Building Gold\u2019\n\nThe Main Supplement is in liquid form and is made up\n\nusing a mix of natural extracts:\n\nPinus Sylvetsrius 100mg\n\nSoyBean 20mg\n\nSpinach 25mg\n\nArytichoke 5mg\n\nCitric Acid, Pottassium Sorbate and Purified water.\n\nThe Anti Estrogen Pill contains\n\nCauliflower 25mg\n\nBroccoli 25mg\n\nSoybean 110mg\n\nBoric Acid 5mg\n\nArtichoke 10mg\n\nBlack Pepper 1mg\n\nGrapefruit 1mg\n\nSorbitol, Magnesium, Silicone dioxide\n\nDosing\n\nThe liquid supplement should be taken twice a day (1/2 ml morning and evening)\n\nThe Anti Estrogen Pill should be taken one per day before bedtime\n\nUsers Feedback\n\nSome users have reported increased strength, but there are very few recorded gains in muscle mass. Many users agree that the taste is not good \u2013 many compare it to cardboard mixed with sugar and cinnamon \u2013 it also leaves an unpleasant and hard to shift aftertaste.\n\nThe general feeling is that this supplement is overpriced and average at best\n\nSide Effects\n\nApart from the bad aftertaste, there have been no reports of any adverse side effects resulting from using this product.\n\nWhere To Buy\n\nAvailable from numerous online sources, Amazon being one such outlet, prices vary but seem to average around $66.00 for 30 days supply\n\nOur Thoughts\n\nThe ingredient list looks more like a shopping list that an effective testosterone supplement, it does not do enough to warrant any form of recommendation.\n\nOur suggestion is to leave this one alone and check out our top three list of testosterone boosters.\n\nHere you will find three products that do deliver, both on results, price and in the case of our #1 product a 60 day cash back guarantee\u2013 something virtually unheard of in this industry and yet to be found with any other testsoterone booster.\n\nThe information in this website is for advice and guidance only. It is based on our own intensive research and personal experiences, and is not intended to replace professional medical advice, or to diagnose or treat any health conditions.\nAll rights reserved."}
-{"text": "Categories\n\nAxminster. Report from the Entomology Section\n\nAuthor(s):\n\nWootton. Robin\n\nOrigin:\n\nSection Conference Reports\n\nTopic(s):\n\nentomology\n\nYear published:\n\n2011\n\nLocation(s):\n\nAxminster\n\nPages:\n\nEntomologically, the extreme south-east corner of Devon is one of the most fascinating in the county, with so many exciting species that is hard to know where to begin. Complex geology with Cretaceous sandstones and limestones overlying Triassic mudstones, and interesting geomorphology with cliffs, two landslips, the Axe and Coly valleys and estuary and the Blackdown hills, provide a rich and varied range of habitats which insects exploit to the full.\n\nThe Branscombe, Dowlands and Whitlands cliffs have a fine range of crickets and grasshoppers, including the superb Great Green bushcricket Tettigonia viridissima, the Grey bushcricket Platycleis albopunctatus, and the Rufous grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus. The curious Scaly cricket, Pseudomogoplistes vicentae, first discovered on the Branscombe shingle by Exeter University biology students in 1998, is still there despite the Napoli disaster \u2013 rediscovered in 2008 by our Recorder of Orthoptera with the help of a pasty. The delicate Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis is found on the landslip, and so (recently) is the Chalk Hill Blue Lysandra coridon, reinvading from the limestone country of Dorset. Rare moths include the White Spot Hadena albimacula, feeding on Nottingham Catchfly at Branscombe, and the Chalk Carpet Scotopteryx bipunctaria cretata; while the even rarer Morris\u2019 Wainscot Photedes morrissii, just makes it into Devon at Culverhole Point. The vividly patterned, day-flying Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria, a South Devon speciality, is widespread in mid to late summer. A range of solitary bees, collecting pollen for their brood, and wasps, hunting caterpillars and weevils, mine the soft, weathered Greensand of the landslips, and their insect parasites and inquilines \u2013 nomad bees, cuckoo wasps and flies \u2013 prowl nearby, awaiting the opportunity to slip into the tunnels and lay their eggs.\n\nInland, Shute Park, with its fine ancient oaks, has many uncommon beetles, as indeed do the landslips. The new Brucklands fishing ponds have become famous among dragonfly enthusiasts for Small Red-eyed damselflies Erythromma viridulum, first recorded in Britain in 1999 and now spreading rapidly, and for the Red-veined Darter dragonfly Sympetrum fonscolombei, normally a rare migrant, which may actually be established at Brucklands. A spectacular recent vagrant visitor was the Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope.\n\nThe Axe itself has White-legged damselflies Platycnemis pennipes, Banded Demoiselles Calopteryx splendens, both extending down below the tidal limit, and more significantly the rare Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva, just above the limit, and the Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum, on Seaton Marsh. Altogether an odonatologist\u2019s Mecca."}
-{"text": "Accountant Letchworth\n\nAt WKH Chartered Accountants we believe that your business matters.\n\nWe work closely with clients to ensure that our services are tailored to meet your needs with efficiency, accuracy and clarity. Giving you confidence in your finances is our primary goal, whether you are partnership, limited company, charitable organisation or individual."}
-{"text": "Principal photography is now complete on the highly anticipated new feature film CHURCHILL, which follows the eponymous icon in the days preceding one of the most important events in world history: D-Day. The five week shoot took place across various locations in Scotland, including Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nAs tensions mount in the days preceding D-Day, the now-beleaguered Prime Minister Winston Churchill, played by Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, X-Men 2, Zodiac, War & Peace, Troy), must prepare a final attempt to crush Hitler\u2019s encroaching army. With the entire War effort ultimately hinging on this decision, the stakes have never been higher. As the Wartime leader clashes with his generals, tension builds with the Americans, and Churchill must wrestle his inner-demons in order to navigate the Allies to victory.\n\nMiranda Richardson (Harry Potter, Testament of Youth) plays his beloved wife Clemmie Churchill, with John Slattery (Mad Men, Captain America Civil War) as General Eisenhower, James Purefoy (Rome, The Following, High Rise) as King George VI, and rising-star Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine\u2019s Home for Peculiar Children, Tarzan) joining the cast as Churchill\u2019s secretary. Further casting on the project showcases a host of renowned British talent, including Julian Wadham (War Horse, The English Patient), Danny Webb (Valkyrie, A Little Chaos), George Anton (Marcella, The Sweeney) Steve Cree (Brave) and Richard Durden (Wolf Hall, From Paris With Love).\n\nDirected by Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Marcella) and written by British historian and author Alex von Tunzelmann in her feature debut, CHURCHILL is a unique, challenging and intimate portrait of the man behind the public figure, widely regarded as the Greatest Briton of all time."}
-{"text": "Login Into Instagram with Facebook\n\nIf you like social networking sites after that you should have read about Instagram. This social networking website is incredibly popular for its features for sharing videos and also pictures from cellphones. Any pictures or video clips that are published by the users are presented on their accounts. Instagram can be used from the smartphones like Windows phones, Android as well as iphone - Login Into Instagram with Facebook.\n\nInstagram has to do with sharing video clips and also images with various other individuals. You have to follow the other users to watch their blog post as well as likewise your fan will just be able to see your posts. You could quickly follow others simply by clicking the \"Adhere to\" button. Nevertheless, if the user has keep their profile as a \"Exclusive\" after that you will certainly initially have to request them.\n\nIf the customers have not set their account as a \"exclusive\" after that other will have the ability to see their posts. So, if you do not desire your account message sight able to everyone after that established is personal.\n\nTo use this fascinating social networking site, you will initially need to complete Instagram Login process. You can access your account from your cellphone in addition to from computer system. The straightforward steps for both of them is supplied even more in this short article.\n\nLogin Into Instagram with Facebook\n\nInstagram Login Steps for Mobile Phones\n\n- First off ensure that you have mounted its application in your tool. Otherwise set up then download it with corresponding play shop.- Open up the installed application.- Select \"Log In\".- Enter your signed up individual ID and also Password in the respective fields as well as access your account.\n\nInstagram Login from Computers With Application\n\n- Make certain that your computer has Windows 8 or 8.1 running system to make use of the Instagram App in your computer.- Most likely to the Windows store and also download and also set up the totally featured application.- Open up the set up app.- Enter your registered username and password for your account and press login to complete the login procedure.\n\nInstagram Login Through Web\n\n- Open your internet internet browser to access the main homepage of Instagram by going to instagram.com.- Click the \"Log In\" web link from your display. It is provided at the middle disadvantage of the page.- Enter your Username as well as Password in the needed areas.- Click \"Forget?\" web link in the password box in situation you shed your password. (Follow the action just if you should recoup your password).- Click on the \"Log In\" switch.\n\nInstagram Register Steps\n\nEvery users need to create their own special account to access the Instagram function. Obtaining brand-new account is very simple. Here are the straightforward actions clarified additionally in this short article.\n\nInstagram Register from Internet\n\n- Most likely to the Instagram official site instagram.com in your browser.- Enter your email address and complete name. Additionally enter your favored username as well as password.- Click the \"Sign Up\" switch.- You could also register with your Facebook Account. Click \"Log in with Facebook\" if you wish to use your Facebook represent Instagram."}
-{"text": "A Business Approach To Trading Hot Penny Stocks\n\nMost successful traders have a business approach when it comes to describing their trading of hot penny stocks. The objective is to try to extract the most money out of the market, while keeping risk exposure relatively low. It\u2019s not about gambling or taking shots, hoping to rake in that big pay day.\n\nNow, if you\u2019re unsure of what having this business approach means, here are some things you should consider:\n\nInfrastructure Expenses\n\nThis will include any news service, chat room, research, execution platform, or any other trading tool that you\u2019ll be using to generate and execute trade ideas when hunting hot penny stocks.\n\nOperating Expenses\n\nThis would include your trading fees and commissions.\n\nOne thing that should really stick out is that trading is not free. You don\u2019t just need a laptop like some might want you to believe. You\u2019ll need some tools, and the good ones cost money.\n\nHow much capital does your business have?\n\nIf you\u2019ve got a $10,000 trading account, and your infrastructure expenses are running you $500 a month, that means you have to make 5% a month (after fees and commissions). From a business perspective, that is a difficult position to place yourself in. With that said, you want to put yourself in a position to win, if your overhead is too high then you\u2019re starting from a competitive disadvantage when trading hot penny stocks.\n\nAre your goals realistic?\n\nAgain, let\u2019s say you have a trading account of $10,000, is it realistic to have a goal of making $3,000 a month?\n\nProbably not.\n\nYour goals should be realistic and process oriented. Instead of focusing on the dollar amount you want to make, put your attention on increasing your share size. The more shares you trade, the higher your profits and losses will be. Focus on your mechanics and work on raising your shares up.\n\nWhat else?\n\nLike any good business, you want to know how efficient your operation is running. How can you translate that to trading terms? Well, you can do that by keeping records.\n\nFor example, journaling your daily trades of hot penny stocks, and analyzing each trade one by one. You\u2019ll eventually find out which types of trades generate the most profits and which ones you struggle with. Ultimately, you want to put your capital into your best ideas, the ones that have the chance to bring you back the highest return and within reasonable risk measures.\n\nYou can even scrutinize which times of day seem to be the most and least effective for you. Some businesses might close shop early because the number of customers they receive at a later time doesn\u2019t make it worth their while to keep the lights on and have expenses running. Find out your best hours of trading and start utilizing your time more wisely.\n\nThe reason why most business and traders fail, for that sake, is because they don\u2019t have a solid plan. Your plan should be constantly reviewed and updated. Just like the business world, trading changes as well. Be prepared for those changes and make a plan you can execute successfully when trading hot penny stocks."}
-{"text": "Sunday, April 19, 2009\n\nNow this is very cool!\n\nOnce again, Hannah told me she had to poop! It was around noon, and we were sitting down on the bed and she looked at me and made a very definite \"sth\" sound. (It was a cross between \"s\" and \"th\" this time.) I was wary to take her to the potty, actually, because it was at a time of day she normally wouldn't want to be offered the potty. I told her that I thought she was telling me she needed to go, and I was going to take her, and if she didn't want to go, that was OK. So she sat down and started making that sound, and started pooping! It was pretty cool. Later this afternoon, after her afternoon nap, I took her again, and while she was sitting, she started making the sound while peeing. I love that she has that connection and actually makes the sound! (Speaking of after nap peeing, I've learned that if I give her a few minutes, she's quite content to sit on the potty and go. She just doesn't want to go immediately after waking anymore. OK.)\n\nThe cool thing about her telling me, and it being noon, is that is one of the first poops we've caught that wasn't relying on timing. Typically she goes first thing in the morning, or right before bed, and if she doesn't, I often miss it. So it was doubly cool because it was the middle of the day, not tied to any kind of routine, and she told me! Yippee!!\n\nAs I type this, it is 5:20 and she is in the same pair of training pants I put on her this morning around 10:30. (She wet her pants around 9:00 ish and then I put a diaper on her. That stayed dry and I put training pants on after her morning nap.)\n\nShe's 12 1/2 months old, and hasn't said any \"real\" words yet, just the occasional telling me when she needs to go potty!\n\nI know every day probably won't be like this for awhile yet, but I'll take them as they come!"}
-{"text": "I'm a college student, and I'm interested in learning Arduino programming.i nedd to connect wirless camera to arduino,then process the reseved frames immediatly by arduino.is Arduino due suiatable for this process and which wirless camera model can work with Arduino?thanks alot"}
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-{"text": "I am very happy to announce that we will have an end of the semester party on this Thursday 4/26. We are going to have potluck together! Please post what you are planning to bring here so that we won't bring the same food. And just like last time, we are going to stay and hang out for awhile after the event, you are welcome to join us too!\nEnd-of-semester Party (Social/Professional)\nDate: 4/26 Thursday\nTime: 5:30 pm~ 7:00 pm\nLocation: 777 Misty Lane, DeKalb 60115 (our treasurer, TuNhi Le's\n\nI am very happy to announce that we will have an end of the semester party on this Thursday 4/26. We are going to have potluck together! Please post what you are planning to bring here so that we won't bring the same food. And just like last time, we are going to stay andhang out for awhile after the event, you are welcome to join us too!"}
-{"text": "We created this community for people from all backgrounds to discuss Spiritual, Paranormal, Metaphysical, Philosophical, Supernatural, and Esoteric subjects. From Astral Projection to Zen, all topics are welcome. We hope you enjoy your visits.\n\nYou are currently viewing our boards as a guest, which gives you limited access to most discussions and articles. By joining our free community you will be able to post messages, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos, and gain access to our Chat Rooms, Registration is fast, simple, and free, so please, join our community today! !\n\nIf you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, check our FAQs before contacting support. Please read our forum rules, since they are enforced by our volunteer staff. This will help you avoid any infractions and issues.\n\nI recently found a series on Gaia TV called The Process of Awakening with Kevin Courtney. I love his style, he speaks in a very calm manner, he talks about yoga philosophy and also goes through a guided meditation but also keeps talking about yoga philosophy, and it's a very zen like experience. There aren't very many videos though and I'm already done watching all of them and want more stuff like this! Is anyone familiar with him and knows of any other video or audio that are like this? I am more interested in someone just speaking about yoga philosophy than the actual moves, because what I am looking for is to learn this information from someone who is talking very calmly and zen-like, like this guy. I thought this would be easy stuff to find but everything else is not mellow like this, I don't want TED talks or conference talks or seminars or anything with a crowd, I want something where the person is videotaping themselves in a quiet educational setting with a zen quality to it.\n\nI know no one has responded but just in case someone in the future is reading this and wants to know what I found, I discovered Michael Stone, he is exactly what I was looking for, it's just unfortunate he passed away last year so his recordings are limited now.\n\nIf you're not set on it being Yoga specifically\nAlan Watts is one of the best\nHe speaks more on Zen, Taoism and his own thoughts\nBut he has a very relaxing and personal manner\nI would highly recommend him\n\nIf you're not set on it being Yoga specifically\nAlan Watts is one of the best\nHe speaks more on Zen, Taoism and his own thoughts\nBut he has a very relaxing and personal manner\nI would highly recommend him\n\nOh yeah i've listened to his audios before. i like the stuff he says, i am just not a huge fan of how it sounds. There's usually an audience (I believe they were all recorded lectures) so you hear them making noise and laughing, and he doesn't really have a calm voice. I mean it isn't harsh or anything, I just like really soft quiet mellow voices. I have found a few since posting this."}
-{"text": "I started collecting mugs in 1998. My first was my Orchids R-72 that I picked up at a vintage store in Berkeley. I started out slow, picking up mugs here and there, mostly at antique stores.\n\nThey brought back memories of the Chinese restaurants my parents would take us to in the 1970's and of our summer vacations in San Diego when they would take us to the Bali Hai in the early 1980's.\n\nI started reading Tiki News in 2000 and found some wonderful resources there. Many of my mugs were purchased from Tiki Objects by Bosko, Joe's Aloha Collectables and at Oasis II & III.\n\nI love Tiki Farm. There is something so appealing to me about their style.\n\n_________________________________________________\n\nDisaster hit the collection on 10/9/05. A car thief drove through my house destroying many of my mugs. It's been four years now, and I've been able to replace all but 8 of my damaged and destroyed mugs. I'd like to thank all of the kind people who helped me put my collection back together."}
-{"text": "A place to read about topics of interest to data miners, ask questions of the data mining experts at Data Miners, Inc., and discuss the books of Gordon Linoff and Michael Berry.\n\nThursday, November 1, 2007\n\nConstructing a model set for binary outcome churn\n\nYesterday I received the following question from a reader who is trying to build a churn model for a business where refill purchases are expected to occur annually. The post raises several questions including how to define churn when it happens passively, how to prepare data for a binary outcome churn model, and whether it might be more appropriate to model refills as a repeating event. Although this question happens to be about annual planning book refills, the situation is similar with prepaid phone cards, transit passes, toner cartridges, etc. I will address the issue of modeling repeating events in a follow-up post, but first I will answer the question that was actually asked.\n\nMichael,\n\nI need advise. I hope you do not mind me asking questions.\n\nOur Churn variable definition is if customer did not purchased in 13 months then we consider this customer has churned.\n\nIn this situation, if I want to build a model to see who is likely to leave, my churn variable will take values \u2026\n\nChurn = 1 (when last purchased date > 13 month)else Churn = 0\n\nAfter building a model, my Scoring data (To figure out who is likely to leave) should be\u2026\u2026.\n\n1. Customers who purchased within 13 months to see who are likely to leave or\n\n2. Entire database or maybe 4 year buyers (customers whose last purchase date is within 4 years)?? Or\n\n3. Use Modeling file which I have used create churn model as Scoring file?\n\nPlease let me know.\n\nThanks.\n\nWith Best Regards,\n\nNilima\n\nFirst some context. I know from her email address (which I have removed to protect her from spam) that Nilima works for a company that sells planners and pocket calendars. The planners have an outer cover that lasts for years. When you order a planner, it comes with a year's worth of pages. As part of the order you specify what month to start with. A year later, you should need a refill. The product is not useful without its refill pages, so if 13 months go by without an order, it is likely that the customer has been lost. (Perhaps he or she now synchronizes a PDA with Outlook, or uses Google Apps, or is now enjoying a schedule-free retirement.)\n\nAs an aside, a purely time-since-last-purchase based definition of churn would not work if the product in question were wall calendars that only cover a particular year. In that case, the definition of churn might be \"hasn't made a purchase by the end of January\" without regard to when the previous purchase was made. There is undoubtedly also a fair amount of seasonality in the purchase of planners--the beginning of the calendar year and the beginning of the academic year seem like likely times to make an initial purchase--but that's OK. The business problem is to identify customers likely to not refill on their anniversary. For this purpose, it is not important that some months have more of these anniversaries than others.\n\nThe Data The questioner is not a client of ours and I have never seen her data. I will assume that she has several years of history and that there is data for every customer who ever made a purchase during that time. I will further assume that all purchases are captured and that she can reliably link a purchase to a purchaser so repeat purchases are recognized as such. The business goal is to score all active, at-risk customers with a churn probability (or, equivalently and more cheerfully, with a refill probability). Presumably, customers with a high enough churn score will be given some extra incentive to refill.\n\nIt sounds as though Nilima has already taken the first step which is to summarize the purchase transactions to create a customer signature with one row per customer and columns describing them. Possible fields include\n\nFields derived from purchase data\n\nnumber of past refills\n\nmonths since last refill\n\nmonths since first purchase\n\noriginal product purchased\n\nnumber of contacts since last refill\n\nFields captured at registration time\n\nAge at time of first purchase\n\nSex\n\nCountry\n\nPostal code or Zip code\n\nFields derived from the above and in combination with census data\n\nAge at scoring time\n\nZip median income\n\nZip population density\n\nZip percent foreign born\n\nFields that could be purchased from a data vendor\n\nEstimated household income\n\nEstimated number of children\n\nEstimated number of cars\n\nCluster assignment (e.g. \"urban achievers\", \"bible devotion\")\n\nRolling Back the Clock Building a predictive model requires data from two distinct time periods. All data is from the past. To build a predictive model, you find patterns in data from the distant past that explain results in the more recent past. The result is a model that can be applied today to predict things that will happen in the future.\n\nIn the current case, you could take a snapshot of what all active customers looked like 14 months ago as your data from the distant past. In this data set, all of the tenure fields and count fields are reset to what they looked like way back when. Some customers now considered lapsed were still active. Some customers who have now made 4 refills had only made three. Customers who are now 65 were only 63, and so forth. Your data from the recent past would then be a single flag indicating whether the customer made a refill within 13 months of his or her previous refill or initial purchase. Note that because the churn definition is in terms of months since last purchase, the calendar date when a customer becomes lapsed must be calculated separately for each customer.\n\nThe focus of the class is on calculating hazard probabilities for each tenure and using them to create survival curves that can be used to predict a subscriber's remaining lifetime and create subscriber level forecasts. If we wanted to use that data for a binary outcome churn model, we would have to roll back time as described above. The following SAS code creates a dataset of customers who were active 100 days before the extract or cutoff date. Time is rolled back so that subscribers appear as they did at the observation date. In particular, the subscriber's tenure and age are defined as of the observation date.\n\nThe code does a few other interesting things that may be worth noting. In the mobile telephony industry, handset is a known driver of churn. Subscribers know that they can get a new, cooler phone by signing up with a competitor as a new subscriber. Subscribers with uncool phones are most at risk, but which phones are the least cool is constantly changing over time. Therefore, rather than trying to incorporate the handset model into the model, we incorporate the churn rate associated with each model in the 100 days before the observation date by counting the number of people who stopped with each model and dividing by the number of people carrying each model.\n\nAnother big factor in churn is whether subscribers are on or off contract. Subscribers on contract must pay a fee to cancel their subscriptions. This code calculates two flags--one indicating whether the subscriber is off-contract as of the observation date and another indicating whether the subscriber is scheduled to go off contract (and so become more likely to churn) before the cutoff date.\n\nThe code creates 3 future variables, any of which could be the target for a binary outcome churn model. FutureCHURN is true for anyone who stopped for any reason between the observation date and the cutoff date. FutureVOLUNTARY is true for anyone who stopped voluntarily and FutureINVOLUNTARY is true for anyone who stopped involuntarily."}
-{"text": "Brandon Jennings has a future just as uncertain as the rest of the marquee free agents in the 2013 offseason pool.\n\nThe left-handed point guard improved during the 2012-13 season, helping carry the Milwaukee Bucks to the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but there's no guarantee he'll be returning and making opponents Fear the Deer once more. As a restricted free agent with a great deal of potential, he'll certainly draw a lot of attention during the offseason.\n\nMilwaukee could retain his services, choosing to match any offer sheet that he receives and signs, but four other destinations have presented themselves as logical landing spots as well.\n\nThat said, it's important to note that this is speculation. Rumors have not yet presented themselves, at least not ones that don't deal directly with the Bucks.\n\nEven if the rumor mill hasn't popped out the names of these destinations yet, each has both the cap space necessary to sign him and a need at point guard.\n\nNote: All stats, unless otherwise indicated, are courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.\n\nAtlanta Hawks\n\nJeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports\n\nIf it seems like the Atlanta Hawks are a potential free-agent landing spot for just about every available player in the NBA, well, that's because they are. That's what tends to happen when a team goes into the offseason with $21,513,122 on the books and the ability to drop that figure to $18,483,800 by doing away with the non-guaranteed contracts of DeShawn Stevenson and Mike Scott.\n\nThe Hawks are in prime position to land any two free agents of their choosing, or more if they seek out less expensive options. Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are the players du jour, but think of them as a realistic pipe dream rather than a clear-cut example of how free agency will play out.\n\nAtlanta also has the ability to match any offer for Jeff Teague, but there's no telling how high the price will go for the Wake Forest product. One of the more interesting battles of this offseason will be the inevitable monetary clash between Teague and Brandon Jennings. Who will end up commanding the larger salary?\n\nIf the incumbent Hawks floor general becomes the answer to that question, that's when Danny Ferry could just let him walk away, choosing instead to go with Jennings.\n\nBoth point guards are of the same caliber. They're solid starters, but not exactly All-Stars at this stage of their careers. To this point, Jennings has produced better stats, but I'd argue he's also been in a significantly more featured spot with the Milwaukee Bucks than Teague has found himself in on the Hawks.\n\nThe southpaw does bring an undeniable scoring talent to the table, even if his shot selection can often border on what-was-he-thinking levels of bad. Jennings' three-point stroke took massive strides during the 2012-13 campaign, as did his passing.\n\nIt's this that makes him even more appealing to the Hawks then Teague, especially since Atlanta has traditionally fallen in love with the three-ball. While Teague took 3.1 shots per game from the outside and converted them 35.9 percent of the time, Jennings outpaced him in both areas. Despite taking 5.8 three-pointers each contest, the southpaw connected at a 37.5 percent clip.\n\nUsually there's a tradeoff between volume and efficiency, so when one player outdoes another in both areas, that facet of his game is clearly superior. Such is the case for Jennings and Teague behind the arc.\n\nSpeaking of arcs, as a prep-to-pro player, Jennings has a different developmental curve than the ones we're used to seeing from 1-guards. He now seems to be speeding along it, and that could make him an intriguing player for the Hawks to build around as they seek to shape their team around Al Horford and a point guard.\n\nDallas Mavericks\n\nBenny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports\n\nEver since Steve Nash left for the Phoenix Suns, the Dallas Mavericks haven't been able to catch a break at point guard.\n\nJason Kidd was a nice stopgap, nice enough even that the Mavs were able to win a title with him running the show, but his age prevented him from being the floor general of the future. So Dallas looked elsewhere.\n\nLast offseason, Deron Williams was the primary target. Mark Cuban would have loved nothing more than to land one of the league's truly elite point guards, but things didn't work out. D-Will signed with Brooklyn, and Dallas was left scrambling to find a solution among a dwindling set of options.\n\nIn the end, the Mavs had to trade to find their answer, and it was another short-term solution. The team shipped Ian Mahinmi off to the Indiana Pacers, receiving Darren Collison and Dahntay Jones in return.\n\nWhile Collison enjoyed the best season of his four-year career, he wasn't a true difference-maker. Plus, he's now a restricted free agent, and Dallas can just let him walk if it finds a better alternative.\n\nThat's where Jennings enters the picture. Although he's not as strong an option as Dallas' inevitable No. 1 target\u2014Chris Paul\u2014he's certainly stronger than Collison.\n\nCollison's 16.3 PER may have been slightly higher than Jennings' 16.1, but the latter earned his mark in a significantly more featured role and did so while playing nearly seven minutes more per game.\n\nThe Mavericks have a lot of cap space, especially if they can convince Shawn Marion to opt out of his contract and re-sign for less money. O.J. Mayo will almost certainly be declining his player option too.\n\nDallas needs scoring to help out Dirk Nowitzki. The big German and his flamingo fadeaway can rack up points, but no player can completely carry the scoring load by himself on a consistent basis. And since the Mavs' second-best scorer on the roster at the moment is Vince Carter, it's readily apparent why help is needed in that area.\n\nThe Mavericks would be a terrific fit for Jennings, and they have the money to land him.\n\nDetroit Pistons\n\nJeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports\n\nReplacing Jose Calderon with Brandon Jennings would present a major stylistic change for the Detroit Pistons.\n\nWhile the former is an \u00fcber-efficient shooter who infrequently calls his own number, preferring instead to use his magnificent court vision in search of dimes, the latter is very much a gunner. Jennings is a score-first point guard, and he's typically struggled to keep his field-goal percentage over basketball's version of the Mendoza Line: 40 percent.\n\nHowever, Detroit could use Jennings' scoring more than Calderon's passing, and the Spanish floor general enters the offseason as an unrestricted free agent.\n\nThe Pistons were pretty awful on both ends of the court last season, and they finished 21st in offensive rating, putting up just 103.8 points per 100 possessions. They were even worse defensively, but it's not like Jennings, porous defender that he may be, is a significant downgrade from Calderon in that department.\n\nIn fact, even with his much-maligned defensive reputation, Jennings was better than Calderon on defense during the 2012-13 season. The extra 1.3 defensive win shares he earned help show that.\n\nDetroit needs offensive output, largely because Greg Monroe and Brandon Knight can't carry the scoring load by themselves. Andre Drummond may eventually develop into an offensive powerhouse, but he's more of a defensive specialist at this point in his extremely young career.\n\nCalderon's passing is valuable, but distribution skills are more useful when there are players to distribute the ball to. And that's where Jennings comes in.\n\nThere aren't too many situations in which Jennings could come in and immediately have free rein to shoot as he pleases. Detroit is one of them, though.\n\nFor the first time in his career, the lefty would also be able to play with a big man who demands attention from defenses. Monroe must be focused on, or else his unique offensive talents can tear apart the opposing team.\n\nI'd be excited to see what this shot-prone guard can do with less defensive focus on him.\n\nMilwaukee Bucks\n\nRonald Martinez/Getty Images\n\nUltimately, the Milwaukee Bucks still control Brandon Jennings' fate.\n\nOne of the other four teams featured in this article could offer the restricted free agent a max deal, but if the Bucks wanted to match the offer, that's exactly what they'd do. And Jennings would remain put on the team he's always played for.\n\nWould he be happy about it? Not necessarily. But much like Eric Gordon found out with the New Orleans Hornets, he'd have no say in the matter.\n\nLately though, it's seemed like Jennings won't have to worry about any return to the Bucks. The team is likely to pick between him and Monta Ellis, who has a player option for $11 million, and John Hammond appears to be leaning toward the shooting guard over the point guard:\n\nAnd a free-agent rumble: There's a rising belief in exec circles that Bucks prefer to re-sign Monta Ellis over Brandon Jennings this summer\n\nOrlando Magic\n\nJeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports\n\nYou can see how intently Brandon Jennings is focusing on Jameer Nelson in this picture. It's almost like he wants both the ball and his job.\n\nThe Orlando Magic control Nelson for the next two seasons, and he's set to make $8 million in each of them. However, that doesn't prevent the organization from bringing in a more talented 1-guard and pushing the St. Joe's product into a sixth-man role.\n\nNelson is a productive player, but I can't praise him too effusively. He's solid and rarely rises above that level. So while he's a good option on a rebuilding team just hoping to stay at least a little bit afloat, he's not the future of the franchise.\n\nJennings could be.\n\nIn fact, Nelson is one of the few player who shot the ball worse than Jennings during the 2012-13 campaign. While the southpaw came in at 39.9 percent from the field, Nelson fell in at 39.2 percent.\n\nAlongside Arron Afflalo, Maurice Harkless, Tobias Harris and Nikola Vucevic, Jennings would give the Magic some serious hope down the road. Quite frankly, they'd actually win a significant number of games in the weaker Eastern Conference, assuming the late-season breakout from Harris was a legitimate one and not a small-sample-size fluke.\n\nThe Magic have $50,991,837 committed to 12 players going into the offseason, and they could drop the total by $6 million if they choose to get rid of Hedo Turkoglu and the non-guaranteed portion of his contract.\n\nPieces with potential are in place at shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center. Notice which position is missing?\n\nAgain, while Nelson is a capable starter, \"potential\" and his name shouldn't often be used in the same sentence. And that, above all else, is what Orlando should be looking for this offseason."}
-{"text": "Religious-Secular Strife\n\nI am very disturbed at the growing divisions between the Orthodox and secular communities in Israel in particular, and in Judaism, in general. The Jewish people are so few in number that we cannot afford such sharp and bitter divisions. Something must be done to bridge the gap.\n\nI feel this is the single greatest issue facing the Jewish people today. What can be done to correct it?\n\nThe Aish Rabbi Replies:\n\nYou are absolutely correct about the severity of the problem and the urgency to find a solution.\n\nThe Talmud records that hatred was the principle cause for the destruction of the Second Temple. Factional struggle and petty vindictiveness destroyed the cohesion of the Jewish Commonwealth, condemning the Jews to 2,000 years of exile. Even when the Romans had besieged Jerusalem and total disaster was imminent, hostile groups within the city fought among themselves and plundered stores of food, causing terrible famine.\n\nToday, as then, we have differences. What are the reasons for the religious-secular divide in Israel today? One can point many fingers \u2013 the factional nature of the political system, or the media which constantly stirs animosity in order to sell more papers.\n\nI think it comes down to a basic lack of understanding between both sides. We differ greatly in our understanding of the authority of Torah and its role in shaping the cultural and legal character of the modern State of Israel. In short, the religious feel that Torah is that which has always distinguished our people \u2013 and in today's volatile world it is more crucial than ever to have that anchor. The secular take a somewhat opposite approach: Specifically because of Torah's unique lifestyle, it prevents Israel from full integration into the community of nations.\n\nIndeed, this is a wide gulf. Yet because we have differences, that doesn't mean the other side is less intelligent, less well-motivated, or less desirous of truth than ourselves.\n\nOur differences mean we disagree. Men of good will can and must disagree about matters of great importance without questioning their love or commitment for one another. Two people who learn together will battle passionately, says the Talmud, and end more committed to their friendship because their disagreements express a common search for truth.\n\nWe cannot afford for this to become polarized into a matter of \"us against them.\" Each and every Jew is completely integral to our mission \u2013 regardless of their beliefs or level of observance. One of the spices used in the incense at the Holy Temple was the foul-smelling \"galbanum,\" from which the Talmud (Kritot 6b) derives that even the worst amongst us are inextricably bound into the community of Israel.\n\nFurther, all Jews must be united in order for our nation to succeed. In Exodus 19:2, which says the Jewish people camped at Mount Sinai, the word for \"camped\" is written in the singular \u2013 to indicate that they were \"like one person with one heart.\" Says the Midrash: If the Jewish People were lacking just one person from the 600,000 at Sinai, they could not have received the Torah.\n\nIt's all a matter of attitude. Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, one of the great rabbis of 20th century Europe, was quoted as saying: \"When I will stand before the heavenly court and they ask me, 'What merit have you brought with you?' \u2013 what shall I answer? Torah? Is my Torah knowledge worthy enough to be mentioned? Fear of Heaven? Are my deeds worthy of that description? There is only one thing I could possibly claim \u2013 that I loved every Jew with all my heart. Whenever I walk in the street and I see a Jew, one thought comes to me: A blessing on his head!\"\n\nThe key is that we each take whatever small steps from our own side to help build a bridge.\n\nThe Talmud says that in each generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt, it is as though it has been destroyed. Just as hatred destroyed the Temple, the only way of repair is by making the maximum effort to love every member of the Jewish people. We must seize that chance now... before famine grips Jerusalem once again."}
-{"text": "\u201cThe Swiss voted Sunday to join the United Nations, moving their country warily but decisively closer to the international community after centuries of neutrality and independence.\u201d \u2013 L.A. Times, March 4\n\nNew York, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) Update \u2013 Picked on by bullies like the United States and China, and constantly taunted by its other new peers as \u201cNeutrality Boy,\u201d Switzerland, which Sunday voted to join the United Nations, is already regretting its decision and wants to go home.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t a community of nations, it\u2019s a zoo,\u201d said the Swiss ambassador after a voting bloc of central African nations ran his boxer shorts up a flagpole.\n\nAccording to U.N. school nurse Martha Kelly, the Swiss ambassador to the U.N. has visited her office no less than three times in the past 24 hours, twice complaining of a stomach ache, and once sporting a pair of black eyes.\n\n\u201cI think the tummy aches are just nerves; you know, the new kid worrying about not fitting in,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cBut when I asked him who hit him, he wouldn\u2019t say, the poor dear. It\u2019s not my place, but I\u2019m betting it was that Wang Ying-Fan, (China\u2019s U.N. ambassador). That boy is trouble. Always picking on the little ones.\u201d\n\nHowever, the Swiss ambassador, Francois Nordmann, refused to fill out an incident report, and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan sloughed off Switzerland\u2019s apparent run-ins with peers as just, \u201cdiplomats being diplomats. I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll sort it out themselves.\u201d\n\nIn a sorrowful letter home, however, Nordmann pleaded to have someone come and get him. \u201cIt\u2019s awful here,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey put me in the same dorm room with Germany, and right away, their ambassador says, \u2018Hey, Mr. Impartial Pants, you\u2019re finally going to take sides. You\u2019re going support me as a permanent member of the Security Council!\u2019\n\nThe Swiss ambassador found it no easier outside, where relentless South American diplomats teased Nordmann about being popular with babies, since he was a \u201csuch a big pacifier,\u201d while a voting bloc of central African nations ran his underwear up a flagpole and declared Nordmann the ambassador of Sissyland. But the most harrowing incident took place at recess.\n\n\u201cI was talking with Kamalesh Sharma, (India\u2019s ambassador to the U.N.), whom I had met on the train,\u201d Nordstrom wrote, \u201cwhen (Chinese Ambassador) Wang comes swaggering up and sneers, \u2018Hey Switzerland, you\u2019re getting off to a bad start, making friends with losers. Maybe I should teach you a lesson.\u2019\u201d\n\nNordmann tried to diffuse the situation, nervously explaining that Switzerland would not technically be a member until the fall, and even then would not declare anyone as \u201cfriend\u201d or \u201cenemy,\u201d but would continue to covet neutrality, as it has since the 1815 Treaty of Paris.\n\n\u201cBut I don\u2019t think Wang could hear me,\u201d Nordmann wrote, \u201cbecause all these guys from the Balkans were standing around us yelling \u2018Fight! Fight! Fight!\u2019\u201d\n\nFortunately, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte walked up at that moment, and told Wang to leave the Swiss alone. According to Nordmann, Wang glared at the U.S. ambassador and made a snide comment about \u201csomeone getting too big for his trade deficit,\u201d but eventually skulked off.\n\nNordmann thanked the U.S. ambassador for his help, and in return received a slip of paper and a sly wink. Nordmann then asked Sharma what the paper was for.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s how the U.S. expects you to vote,\u201d Sharma explained. \u201cEverybody gets those.\u201d\n\nAccording to witnesses, moments later Nordmann was punched in the left eye by the Pakistani ambassador, who was upset that the Swiss was talking to an Indian. Nordmann then reportedly asked the Indian ambassador to punch him in the other eye, so as not to appear to be playing favorites."}
-{"text": "You wish\n\nHonor\u00e9 Camos Museum & Gallery\n\nHonor\u00e9 Camos Museum & Gallery\n\nIn what was once an ancient chapel, the museum puts on temporary exhibitions of art from January to October. Part of the lower level is used to display work of the Provence painter, Honor\u00e9 Camos.\nOn the upper level of the museum the history of Bargemon is told through many illustrated panels and artefacts. Free Entrance\n\nX\n\nEntr\u00e9e libre.\n\nEvery day throughout the year.\nClosed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.\nClosed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th."}
-{"text": "Monday, January 28, 2013\n\nEnd Of Watch\n\nYo, ok,\nso, CORRECTION. This movie is NOT about two cops who tackle a Mexican cartel\nthat moves into Cali. This flick is all about two fucking bros, just being\nfucking bros, when ALL OF A SUDDEN, shit gets real. This cartel dude DOES make\na phone call, sure yeah. But local gangsters answer the call. And the two bros\nreally had very little idea what the fuck was going on for the majority of the\npicture here.\n\nUnless\nyou speak fluent Bro, you won\u2019t know what\u2019s good either. Shit, Fuck, and Bro\nare combined in various ways to construct a good portion of the script. I'm down for, no doubt.\nCause, like, you\u2019re watching Jake Gilly and you forget the dude is mad famous.\nThe film is going for the fake reality TV style. Which, ya know, upside is most\nthings feel pretty legit. People getting beat half to death will ma ya cringe\ncause it feels like you\u2019re really seeing it! But flipside downside is that SUPER\nserious moments just flop dead. Paradoxical!? Nah, but the problem is twofold.\n1) the Bro dialogue fails hard at conveying anything beyond Bro Talk. 2) The\nfilm does so well carving out a casual space, it becomes entrenched there.\nAnything approaching a serious tone is suspect and strange.\n\nSo,\nlike, the end result has zero staying power. I mean, sure, the film is\nentertaining! But you don\u2019t learn or experience much new (how Cartels kill\nrivals is one, though). But that\u2019s a success! The film was going for \u201creality\nTV show\u201d and nailed it! Contributed nothing of value to anyone!"}
-{"text": "Learn more about Purple PU Leather Case Fits Acer A100:\n\nThis case made specifically for the Acer A100 features a built-in stand which allows you to view your screen at any angle desired. This sleek PU leather case combines lightweight with durability and offers magnetic clasps for maximum security."}
-{"text": "Senate votes overwhelmingly to allow smoking of medical marijuana\n\nDeSantis to drop medical marijuana smoking ban\n\nGov. DeSantis announced that he tasked the Legislature with changing the law to allow smoking medical marijuana. If it doesn\u2019t by mid-March, he\u2019ll drop the state\u2019s appeal of a court decision that says banning it violates a constitutional amendment.\nBy\n\nUp Next\n\nGov. DeSantis announced that he tasked the Legislature with changing the law to allow smoking medical marijuana. If it doesn\u2019t by mid-March, he\u2019ll drop the state\u2019s appeal of a court decision that says banning it violates a constitutional amendment.\nBy\n\nTALLAHASSEE\n\nThe Florida Senate affirmed the right to smoke medical pot Thursday afternoon.\n\nSB 182 made it through its last stop during the day\u2019s session, with just eight days to spare before a deadline set by Gov. Ron DeSantis.\n\nThe 40-member Senate vote was 34-4, with two legislators not voting. Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, was not present for the vote.\n\nDeSantis in January tasked the Legislature with amending Florida law to allow smoking medical marijuana. If legislators don\u2019t by the March 15 deadline he set, the governor said he would do so with litigation. The deadline is a top priority of Senate President Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican. That\u2019s why it was voted out on only the third day of the 60-day session.\n\nRead Next\n\nIn 2016, about 71 percent of voting Floridians approved a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana. While the 2017 bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott legalized access to the drug in pill, oil, edible and vape form, it made smoking it illegal.\n\nThe provision, which became known as the \u201csmoking ban,\u201d was challenged in circuit court in July 2017. In May 2018, Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers declared the smoking ban unconstitutional, but the Department of Health appealed the ruling later that month. After DeSantis announced his intent to drop the appeal should the Legislature not act to remove the smoking ban, both parties filed a motion to stay the appeal until this month.\n\nBrandes\u2019 bill mainly adds the word \u201csmoking\u201d to the medical marijuana constitutional amendment and allows patients to receive up to 2.5 ounces of the drug every 35 days as recommended by their qualified doctor. It prohibits smoking in public and in areas like drug-free workplaces.\n\nRead Next\n\nThe bill requires a second opinion from a board-certified pediatrician for non-terminal patients under 18 and deletes a provision that prohibits a medical marijuana treatment center from selling products like pipes, bongs or rolling papers. Another amendment passed to allow patients to buy those products at third-party locations if they are using marijuana for medical use.\n\nThe bill also establishes a Medical Marijuana Research and Education Board to direct the operations of a research consortium established by thestate university system\u2019s Board of Governors, which will receive $1.5 million for the program. The bill also specifies that smokable medical marijuana cannot be banned from nursing homes and hospice facilities that already allow it.\n\n\u201cBeing aphysician is both an art and a science,\u201d Brandes said on the floor. \u201cThere is a latitude we give physicians to try a new drug and try experimentation. That\u2019s how we build on this body of research.\u201d\n\nRead Next\n\nSen. Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican, said that when the 2017 bill was passed without a provision for smoking medical marijuana, the Legislature was doing what it thought was right. But now it\u2019s \u201ctime to move on,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m glad that Sen. Brandes with his good work has put reasonable guide rails before we move it from Tallahassee to doctors\u2019 offices across the state of Florida. If we did nothing, there would be no guide rails,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cThat would not be in the best interest of the state of Florida.\u201d\n\nRead Next\n\nSome senators said they were put in a hard place Thursday. If the chamber didn\u2019t pass a bill to repeal a ban on smoking marijuana, the ban would be dissolved via litigation and an environment for smoking medical marijuana would exist withouta safety net of rule-making like second opinions for minors and limits on recommended doses from certified physicians.\n\nSen. Gayle Harrell, who has expressed wariness of the bill throughout committee meetings, said she would only be voting for the bill out of necessity. The Stuart Republican said smoking medical marijuana \u201cis not the intent of the voters.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe fact that we\u2019re here today is very disappointing to me,\u201d she said. \u201cThis bill has some faults in it, but it\u2019s the best we can do at this point. I want to caution our physicians as they move forward. ... We as a Legislature have the same responsibility that physicians have: Do no harm.\u201d\n\nSen. Dennis Baxley, who said hehas never voted for \u201cone of these bills,\u201d voted yes as well.\n\n\u201cWith the room we have left given what\u2019s transpired, you have protected children, and I appreciate that flexibility,\u201d the Ocala Republican said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t protect children in smoking tobacco. You\u2019ve protected the children today.\u201d\n\nSen. Keith Perry was also skeptical. But unlike the others, he voted no.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to reap the benefits from the ill effects,\u201d the Gainesville Republican said. \u201cLet\u2019s get the research first and then pass that. \u201c\n\nIn his closing, Brandes made mention of Cathy Jordan, a Sarasota woman with Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease who had been on a crusade to legalize medical marijuana since she was diagnosed with her disease 32 years ago. Smoking the drug is the best way for her to treat her condition.\n\n\u201cIn her quiet voice, she would advocate for smokable medical cannabis,\u201d Brandes said. \u201cAs Floridians, even those who barely have a voice in this process can be heard, recognized and respected. This legislation honors that in a way that is responsible.\u201d\n\nSamantha J. Gross is a state government reporter for the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times bureau in Tallahassee, where she covers state government and politics. Before she moved to the Sunshine State, she covered breaking news at the Boston Globe and the Dallas Morning News.\n\nRead Next\n\nBelieving that it must win Florida in 2020 in order to reelect Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Florida and Donald Trump\u2019s campaign are aligned and focused on whipping votes."}
-{"text": "I believe when we understand our history \u2014 the things we collectively lived through \u2014 we can understand how we got where we are today. In time, you\u2019ll see that you were never alone. You may even find gratitude for the most difficult events and unseemly characters in your life. For you survived when others did not. So many others did not.\n\nIn all things let us give thanks, for while it is faith that heals us it is gratitude that makes us whole.\n\nUncommon Collection\n\nWho knows only his own generation remains always a child. \u2014 Norlin\n\nIn contrast to the obscene click-bait and sponsored posts that have invaded the Blogosphere, we think this blog is an uncommon collection of commentaries and memoirs. Also, history, nostalgia, current events and more. Here are a few examples to see what we mean.\n\nThe Generation X Newsletter goes out the first Sunday of the month. It contains links to all the posts we published that month so you don\u2019t miss anything. It also includes links to news articles and posts of interest to Gen-Xers including content about other generations including the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Millennials and Generation Z. We work hard to connect you with interesting and informative content. That\u2019s why more than 4,000 people have subscribed We hope you\u2019ll sign up, too."}
-{"text": "Opinion Battles Round 8 Favourite Animated Disney Film (Non Pixar)\n\nI\u2019ve taken part in Darren\u2019s Opinion Battles, a friendly movie opinion competition among bloggers. Basically anyone can send in their choice for the week\u2019s battle and there\u2019s a poll where anyone can vote! I decided to reblog this from now on, silly me why didn\u2019t I think of it earlier. I definitely need more exposure haha given that I\u2019m on zero points at the moment \ud83d\ude1b But that doesn\u2019t matter really. Get out and vote! (Now I sound like Bernie XD) And take part if you want to, this one is about our favourite Disney (non-pixar) movie!\n\nDisney has been making animated movies from almost the start of film, they always seem to reach the right levels the audience love. Today we are picking our favourite Animated Disney movie without considering any of the Pixar films.\n\nFor the next round we will be looking at our favourite Marvel Characters, if you want to take part in this round email your choice to moviereviews101@yahoo.co.uk by 1st May 2016.\n\nDarren \u2013 Movie Reviews 101\n\nTreasure Planet\n\nTreasure Planet is one of my all-time favourite animated movies, I love the fresh approach to the Treasure Island story by taking into space. The adventure Jim goes on is beautifully shot and the characters which include plenty of space creatures all fit into the universe they find themselves in. th film also includes one of my favourite songs by Disney with\u2026\n\nWhat a cool competition! Lion King and Hunchback are my two favorites by far, but I\u2019m not sure if I could pick one over the other- they are two very different films in nearly every respect but have great stories, AMAZING music, and flat-out gorgeous animation. I\u2019ve seen those two more times than any other Disney film for sure.\n\nMe too! I love Lion King because its so grand,and The Hunchback because its so serious haha. I still think there\u2019s no other Disney film like Hunchback,I think its by far the darkest one. You\u2019re right,the music and animation are both so beautiful!!"}
-{"text": "Vacation House Varo\u0161\n\nVaro\u0161 is a compound of typical stone houses at the foot of the Mount Velebit, which were built around 1850, in the \u0160kilji\u0107i-Dadi\u0107i hamlet next to Starigrad-Paklenica and in the immediate vicinity of the Paklenica National Park. The houses were renewed in 2005 in a traditional construction type, in harmony with the ambiental architecture and the surroundings.\n\nThe complex consists of three mutually connected houses with a total residential area of 200 m2.\n\nIn the first house, there is a studio apartment (a bedroom with a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen). In front of the house, there is a small separate house with two beds, perfect for children.\nIn the middle house, there is a kitchen with a dining room and a bathroom, and a double bedroom with an additional bed on the first floor.\n\nOn the ground floor of the biggest house, there is a large kitchen and a dining room (for 15 persons) with a fireplace, a bathroom and a pantry. On the first floor, there are two rooms with a total of five beds, and a bathroom.\n\nA total of 12 people can be accommodated. There are stone tables and benches in the front yard, which has a size of around 100 m2. On an elevation behind the houses, there is a garden with a wonderful sea view. The Dadi\u0107i-\u0160kilji\u0107i hamlet is a peaceful oasis, close to the sea and the beach (900 m), and it only takes a 15-minute walk to the National Park Paklenica entrance.\n\nThere is a walk and bicycle path connecting Starigrad and Seline. The distance to the main road is 800 m."}
-{"text": "Christian Ponder admitted the nerves of his first collegiate start began to build in the hours before Florida State's season opener against Western Carolina. He had a lot of company.\n\nMore than three dozen FSU football players made their debuts Saturday against the Catamounts. But those newcomers all had a hand in the Seminoles' 69-0 win over WCU, the first FSU shutout in nearly two years and the largest winning margin in team history.\n\nWhile 39 Seminoles, including 22 true freshmen, made their debut against the Catamounts, no debut was more anticipated than Ponder's as Florida State's starting quarterback. He got the news Wednesday and, while he played most of FSU's game at Virginia Tech last season, this experience felt much different.\n\n\"Last year, when I came in and wasn't the starter, it was unexpected and I didn't have time to think about it and get really nervous,\" he said. \"This time, especially this game, where we had so much time before we got things started, I was thinking about a lot of things and I was pretty nervous.\"\n\nThose nerves built over two lightning delays that lasted a combined 134 minutes and probably contributed to Ponder's quiet first quarter. The redshirt sophomore completed two of five passes for 11 yards and rushed once for seven yards. But Ponder got a lot more comfortable from the second quarter on.\n\nHe finished his day completing 12 of 18 passes for 199 yards and three touchdowns. The first score came on a sideline pass to Bert Reed that Reed took on a 41-yard sprint to the end zone. The second was a seven-yarder for junior college transfer Corey Surrency's first FSU touchdown. Ponder's final touchdown pass came on a 54-yard bomb to Greg Carr in the third.\n\n\"I think that third or fourth drive, when we started throwing those bubble (screens) and finally scored, I finally got a little confidence back,\" Ponder said. \"I was able to relax and get grounded and get the ball into everyone else's hands.\"\n\nPonder gave way to fellow redshirt sophomore D'Vontrey Richardson in the third quarter and the scoring didn't stop. Richardson had touchdown runs of 52 and seven yards and threw a three-yard touchdown pass to true freshman Jarmon Fortson for Fortson's inaugural Florida State touchdown.\n\nFSU coach Bobby Bowden -- who climbed back into a tie with Joe Paterno with his 374th career win -- said he liked how both his young quarterbacks played, especially running the ball.\n\n\"That was very pleasing to me,\" Bowden said. \"I'm sure that one of (offensive coordinator) Jimbo (Fisher's) reasons for going with Ponder and D'Vontrey was their feet. You saw what they did tonight. There were some first downs made out there that, if a guy can't run, you couldn't have made those first downs.\"\n\nFlorida State's 561 yards of total offense was the most the Seminoles had gathered since they racked up 587 yards against Wake Forest in 2005. Their 290 yards rushing were the most since gaining 251 on the ground against Western Michigan in 2006. Their margin of victory eclipsed 63-point margins set in 1988 and 1992.\n\nBut Florida State clicked on all cylinders in all three phases of the game Saturday. The FSU defense held the Catamounts to 176 yards in the shutout, sacking WCU quarterbacks three times and recovering a fumble that led to FSU's seventh touchdown. And Tony Carter returned Western Carolina's first punt of the game 67 yards for a touchdown.\n\nBut the emergence of FSU's plethora of offensive weapons might be the biggest development that came from Saturday's game. Eight different Seminoles scored touchdowns against Western Carolina, which should keep opposing defenses on their toes.\n\n\"I think it's going to carry onto the rest of the season,\" Ponder said. \"I think this game gave us a lot of confidence and we'll be able to carry it to the next game and the rest of the season.\"\n\nWe will have more later this evening and into Sunday on the victory, including features, notebook, photos, video interviews, and video highlights from tonight's game."}
-{"text": "LOS ANGELES \u2014 Steve Alford walked into Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday for the first time since the 1984 Summer Olympics, took his place under the 11 national championship banners and called his new job as UCLA basketball coach \u201ca challenge.\u201d\n\nAlford said he doesn\u2019t think he\u2019ll change who he\u2019s been for the first 22 years of his coaching career now that he\u2019s in charge of the storied program that fellow Hoosier John Wooden built.\n\nHe called his new job that comes with an $18.2 million, seven-year contract \u201ca great, humbling, honorable position I am in.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a challenge and I hope I understand that challenge,\u201d he said.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAlford\u2019s introduction on the floor of Nell and John Wooden Court was greeted by applause from a small audience. Chancellor Gene Block was out of town.\n\nThe ribbon message board in newly renovated Pauley read, \u201cWelcome Coach Alford and family!\u201d and mascot Joe Bruin and some of the cheerleaders flanked the podium. Athletic director Dan Guerrero presented Alford with his own No. 13 UCLA jersey.\n\nIt capped a whirlwind few days for the 48-year-old coach who was hired Saturday, having spurned New Mexico 10 days after agreeing to a new 10-year contract with the Lobos, where he had coached for six years.\n\n\u201cPlease know I\u2019m leaving somewhere I have an awful lot of love and admiration for in UNM,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a difficult thing to leave.\u201d\n\nAlford and his family took a quick tour of the Westwood campus and he planned to meet with the current players later in the day. Some of them were on hand, including freshmen Jordan Adams and Kyle Anderson, juniors Travis and David Wear, and sophomore Norman Powell.\n\nAlford said the first member of his coaching staff will be Duane Broussard, who was his assistant at New Mexico. He planned to meet with fired coach Ben Howland\u2019s former assistants later Tuesday.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m just trying to get the keys to the building,\u201d he said, noting he had already met a dizzying number of staffers whose names he had yet to commit to memory.\n\n\u201cYou walk around and you get to see what\u2019s expected here, the high level of excellence that comes with this basketball job,\u201d Alford said.\n\nAlford mentioned his early connection to Wooden, whose alma mater, Martinsville (Ind.) High, is where Alford\u2019s father, Sam, coached during his son\u2019s grade-school years. He noted that\u2019s where his father started the John Wooden Mental Attitude award given to a player yearly.\n\nAlford was asked if Wooden would have handled the case involving Pierre Pierce the same way Alford did when he coached at Iowa. Pierce, the Hawkeyes\u2019 starting point guard in September 2002, was accused of raping a female student-athlete at the Big Ten school.\n\nPierce was charged with third-degree sexual assault and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He was suspended and red-shirted that season, but the incident proved polarizing in Iowa City.\n\nIn 2005, Pierce was charged with sexual assault again when he was accused of threatening an ex-girlfriend with a knife and choking her. He was dismissed from the team before charges were filed, but Alford\u2019s reputation took a major hit among Iowa fans.\n\n\u201cThat was an instance that happened years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cI followed everything that the University of Iowa, the administration, the lawyers that were hired ... I followed everything that I was told to do.\u201d\n\nAlford\u2019s introduction in Westwood wasn\u2019t open to the public. He spoke not far from the gold upholstered seat which was Wooden\u2019s when he attended games before his death in 2010.\n\nAlthough Muhammad is likely on his way out, Adams confirmed he will return next season. He\u2019s getting around on a scooter after surgery to repair his broken right leg that kept him out of the Pac-12 title game and UCLA\u2019s second-round NCAA tournament loss.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not going to the NBA,\u201d he said, adding that he approves of the Alford hire. \u201cI watched him at New Mexico and really like his team. I\u2019ll adjust fast.\u201d\n\nTravis Wear, who will be a senior playing for his third coach in college, said he was surprised when he heard Alford got the job, but he endorsed him.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s got the credentials and all that,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s played in the league and the Olympics.\u201d\n\nAs an Indiana sophomore, Alford played on the gold medal-winning 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team that played at Pauley.\n\nAmong the current players, Powell is most familiar with Alford, having considered playing at New Mexico before deciding he wanted to stay closer to home.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s guard-oriented because he used to play guard,\u201d the guard said. \u201cI feel like he suits our playing style.\u201d\n\nPowell said he considered transferring to San Diego State in his hometown after Howland was fired, but he didn\u2019t want to have to sit out a year.\n\n\u201cA new coach offers me a fresh start,\u201d he said, noting Alford\u2019s emphasis on defense. \u201cWe definitely lacked a little on defense so hopefully he can come in and pick up that side for us.\u201d\n\nRetired NBA star Shaquille O\u2019Neal popped in at the end to congratulate the new coach and give him a hug.\n\nAmong the former Bruins greats on hand were Marques Johnson, Michael Warren and Keith Erickson, along with Tyus Edney, Toby Bailey and Kris Johnson, who played on UCLA\u2019s last national title team in 1995. Rafer Johnson, the 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, stopped by, too.\n\nBailey, who works as a sports agent, believes Alford was a good hire.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s really disciplined, you can tell that by his New Mexico team,\u201d he said. \u201cHis team really played defense, which is big if you\u2019re going to compete for a national championship.\u201d\n\nAt the same time, though, Bailey cautioned that fans in Los Angeles want to watch up-tempo teams, citing the current Los Angeles Clippers and the old \u201cShowtime\u201d Lakers.\n\n\u201cThe John Wooden teams pressed and were very successful,\u201d he said. \u201cL.A. has so much going on and it has such a small attention span. If you don\u2019t run that style, you really have to start producing.\u201d\n\nAlford said, \u201cWe want to play more up-tempo, but we want to be very sound defensively as well.\u201d\n\nAlford wasn\u2019t in town for long; he will attend the Final Four in Atlanta this weekend.\n\nTanya Alford said the couple\u2019s three children \u2014 20-year-old Kory, 18-year-old Bryce and 15-year-old Kayla \u2014 will finish out the school year in Albuquerque before they all move to Los Angeles. Kory and Bryce will transfer from New Mexico to UCLA, with Bryce planning to play for his father.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to leave somewhere you love because we had no reason to leave,\u201d Tanya Alford said. \u201cIt became clear this was the opportunity of a lifetime.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Thursday, January 14, 2010\n\nMS Exchange anti-spam review\n\nMuch of the traffic that this blog gets is from people searching for anti-spam solutions on Exchange. I have had years of experience with this, so I thought I would occasionally try and post up some reviews and thoughts on various solutions available to Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003.\n\nPlease note that these are my own opinions and your own opinion may differ, as may your experience with any given suggested product. Also note that this is the short list of major tools I have seen used on Exchange most frequently - I am quite positive there are more, but I just do not have much experience with them and therefore can't say much about them good or bad."}
-{"text": "Twirling My Worries Away | #tgifc121\n\nBut life is tough and I thought this card might send her some strength.\n\nThis image comes with several image and includes the sentiment \"life might not be the party we hoped for but while we are here, we might as well dance\" as part of the Stampin' Up! Beautiful You stamp set. It's perfect and so true. Tomorrow, I am jet setting to Toronto, which is a solid three hours plane ride for me. Follow me on instagram to see my adventures and of course, watch me dance as I get ready to see Coldplay."}
-{"text": "Posted!\n\nJoin the Conversation\n\nFour charged in scheme\n\nFNP\n12:10 a.m. EST December 20, 2013\n\nFILE- In these Oct. 11, 2013 Orange County Sheriff?s Office arrest photos, Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker are seen. Within days of strolling out of prison without a hitch, convicted killers Charles Walker and Jenkins, freed by bogus paperwork. Jenkins and Walker were let out of the prison on Sept. 27 and Oct. 8, respectively, because of fake paperwork that reduced their life sentences to 15 years. They were captured Oct. 19 in a Panama City Beach motel. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is announcing more arrests in the case. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff?s Office)(Photo: AP)\n\nTALLAHASSEE \u2013 A Florida man was charged with helping his brother\u2019s killer and another murderer escape from prison with bogus court documents, authorities said Thursday in announcing more charges in the scheme.\n\nWillie Slater Jr. helped Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins escape from a Panhandle prison this fall because he owed Jenkins a favor, Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent Danny Banks said. Jenkins and Slater were behind bars together, and Jenkins helped get Slater out of prison in 2009 by giving false testimony that he committed a home invasion Slater was convicted of, Banks said.\n\nWalker murdered Slater\u2019s brother, Cedric, in 1999.\n\n\u201cIt seems odd that he would help get his brother\u2019s murderer out of jail, but he owned a significant favor to Mr. Jenkins which he fulfilled,\u201d Banks said.\n\nEven stranger, Slater was arrested after Jenkins and Walker were caught and charged with making death threats to Walker\u2019s family. Jenkins and Walker were captured Oct. 19, and Slater was arrested Oct. 28.\n\nSlater was one of four people charged with helping Walker and Jenkins escape. The others are Nydeed Nashaddai, Terrance Goodman and Jeffrey Forbes.\n\nNashaddai was the mastermind, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey."}
-{"text": "Subject categories\n\nISBNs\n\n9780349121086\n\n9780748130986\n\n'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight' James Woods, Guardian'He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He's damn good' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian'One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory' Sunday TimesSomewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . .\n\n'Wallace's exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight, and he has deep things to say about the hollowness of contemporary American pleasure . . . sentences and whole pages are marvels of cosmic concentration . . . Wallace is a superb comedian of culture' James Wood, GUARDIAN"}
-{"text": "Forlife\n\nInfuser, Brew in Mug (Black)\n\nTurn your favorite coffee mug to your favorite tea mug! The Brew-in-Mug Extra-fine Tea Infuser with Lid, is complete with an easy grip silicon rimmed stainless-steel lid. The infuser gives you a perfect even brew every time, and enables you to brew fine teas such as Rooibos tea to large?whole-leaf teas like Oolong tea. It fits in American standard mugs. Flip the lid and it works as?an infuser holder. With this infuser, brewing your favorite cup?of tea is now easier than ever!"}
-{"text": "The CoI is pretty good but it doesn't sell for too much. Try selling it for 7le max.\nThe Taurus can be well used for a Necrosis-Taurus build but no one uses that these days. It will maybe be hard to sell but try selling it for 4-12le"}
-{"text": "Dental veneers are a great way to transform a smile without the expense or effort often required of other restorations. These thin layers of dental material adhere to the front of teeth as a \"mask\" to cover chips, heavy staining or other blemishes.\n\nStep 1: Considering your options. While most veneers are made of dental porcelain, composite resin materials are increasingly popular. Although more prone to chipping or staining, composite veneers don't require a dental lab for fabrication. Another option, depending on your dental situation, are ultra-thin veneers that require little to no tooth preparation. Your dentist will help you decide which options are best for you.\n\nStep 2: \"Test driving\" your new smile. We can help you \"see\" your future smile with special software that creates a computer image of your teeth with the planned veneers. We can also use composite material to fabricate a \"trial smile\" to temporarily place on your teeth that can give you the feel as well as the look of your future smile.\n\nStep 3: Preparing your teeth. Unless you're getting no-prep veneers, we'll need to modify your teeth before attaching veneers. Although only 0.3 to 0.7 millimeters thick, veneers can still appear bulky on unprepared teeth. They'll look more natural if we first remove a small amount of enamel. A word of caution, though: although slight, this enamel removal permanently alters your teeth that will require them to have some form of restoration from then on.\n\nStep 4: Attaching your new veneers. After the planning phase (which includes color matching to blend the veneers with the rest of your teeth), a dental lab creates your veneers if you've opted for porcelain. After they're delivered, we'll clean and etch the teeth with a mild acidic gel to increase the bonding effect. We'll then permanently attach the veneers to your teeth with a very thin but ultra-strong resin luting cement that creates a unified bond between the veneers and teeth.\n\nFollowing these steps is the surest way to achieve a successful outcome. With due care you're sure to enjoy the effects for a long time to come."}
-{"text": "Authors\n\nDocument Type\n\nConference Paper\n\nRights\n\nThis item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only\n\nDisciplines\n\n1.5 EARTH AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES\n\nPublication Details\n\nThe production of high quality video for eLearning. Interactive Presentation in WG VI/2 \u2013 E-Learning. XXI Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing on 3rd-11th July 2008 Beijing, China.\n\nAbstract\n\nAs video capture, editing and transmission capabilities become more accessible, video is increasingly being considered when developing e-learning content. However, the skills required for video production are not commonly part of many e-learning developers backgrounds. This paper presents the experiences of academics from the spatial information sciences when developing high quality video content for an on-line e-learning module in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Video comprises one element of the module and is designed to, as far as possible, address the lack of \u2018hands-on\u2019 experience of GNSS equipment and observing procedures. The video element of the module was used by a cohort of post-graduate students at the Dublin Institute of Technology and the feedback was favourable. While acknowledging its advantages, the authors conclude that the cost, time and complexity of producing high-quality video should not be underestimated. Also, they note that keeping multimedia-rich courses current, particularly in an area of rapid technological change, is a challenge. E-learning course developers considering using video should carry-out both a pedagogical- and a cost-benefit analysis to establish if the inclusion of video is worthwhile. The most important component in producing an active learning experience continues to be the quality of the instructional design and content, not the media itself.\n\nRecommended Citation\n\nMcGovern, E., Martin, A., Moore, R. (2008) The production of high quality video for eLearning. Interactive Presentation in WG VI/2 \u2013 E-Learning. XXI Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing on 3rd-11th July 2008 Beijing, China."}
-{"text": "Military & Veteran Financial Aid\n\nMarymount University is proud to offer substantial financial assistance to all military, veteran, and dependent students that join our community.\n\nUndergraduate Students\n\nAll military, veteran, and dependents with 100% coverage under the Post 9/11 GI Bill and Vocational Rehab (Ch. 31) will automatically receive the Yellow Ribbon Award. Marymount University does not cap the amount of the Yellow Ribbon Award, and it is offered to all military, veteran, and dependent undergraduate students. This award will ensure that there is no cost for tuition and fees while completing your undergraduate studies. Each semester, students will verify their enrollment with the Military & Veteran Services representative to confirm their documents are updated with the department of veteran affairs.\n\nTuition assistance will be available for anyone using the Montgomery GI Bill, for those students with less than 100% coverage from the Post 9/11 GI Bill, and for anyone that may run out of military benefits while working toward undergraduate degree completion.\n\nNo matter what chapter of benefits is being used to assist with financing your education, all military, veteran, and dependent students should submit the FAFSA on an annual basis.\n\nGraduate Students\n\nThere are a limited number of Yellow Ribbon Awards designated for graduate students (excluding doctoral programs). To apply for a Yellow Ribbon Award, please contact the Military & Veteran Services office."}
-{"text": "Description\n\nConsider the following linked table, called 'SomeData'.\nCountry Product OtherAttribute\nUSA A Y\nFRA B Y\nUSA C N\nFRA C N\nUK A N\nGER B N\nUSA A N\nFRA B N\nThe following query returns the correct results:\nEVALUATE CALCULATETABLE(\nCALCULATETABLE( VALUES('SomeData')\n, ALL('SomeData'[OtherAttribute]) )\n, FILTER( 'SomeData', [OtherAttribute] = \"Y\")\n)\nThese results are the ones I expect: all data for which (Country, Product) exists in FILTER( 'SomeData', [OtherAttribute] = \"Y\").\nThe following query returns incorrect results:\nEVALUATE CALCULATETABLE(\nCALCULATETABLE( 'SomeData'\n, ALL('SomeData'[OtherAttribute]) )\n, FILTER( 'SomeData', [OtherAttribute] = \"Y\")\n)\nThis query returns all data for which Product exists in FILTER( 'SomeData', [OtherAttribute] = \"Y\") - confirmed by SQL Server Profiler. This does not make sense.\nWorse, if the order of my columns were Product, Country, OtherAttribute. Then the same query would return different results - all data for which Country exists in FILTER( 'SomeData', [OtherAttribute] = \"Y\")\nNote the only difference in both queries that VALUES('SomeData') was replaced with 'SomeData'.\nIn other words, modifying only the expression within the innermost CALCULATETABLE statement, changed the way the outer context was calculated.\n\nAssign To\n\nThank your for reporting this issue. This was indeed a bug in our code, and one of our developers has checked in a fix. The fix will appear in future versions of our product. If you need the fix sooner than that, please ask CSS (Customer Support Services) for a hotfix.\n\nThanks,Howie DickermanAnalysis Services Product Team\n\nPosted by Microsoft on 4/11/2013 at 10:07 AM\n\nThanks for reporting this issue. One of our developers is investigating.\n\nThanks,Howie DickermanAnalysis Services Product Team\n\nPosted by Laurent Couartou on 2/12/2013 at 3:07 AM\n\nAnother way to write the queries, that might clarify what the queries are supposed to do."}
-{"text": "College\n\nWelcome to the College Ministry at Northside. Our College Ministry, led by Jack Robershaw, meets on Sunday Mornings at 9:15am in Room 215. We are students of God\u2019s Word who have a passion for discipleship and a desire to grow stronger in our relationship with the Lord and each other. We invite you to join us as we connect with one another and grow in God's Word together."}
-{"text": "Michael Bisping is Ready to Take Anderson Silva's Title\n\nMichael Bisping has never been shy when it comes to voicing his opinion. In just a matter of days, Bisping will face Brian Stann at UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort, and will be attempting to secure his status as a top contender in the middleweight division.\n\nBisping, who broke into the UFC by capturing the title on The Ultimate Fighter, feels as though he is the only legitimate threat left to Anderson Silva's long reign atop the 185-pound division.\n\nNot Chris Weidman. Not Mark Munoz. Not Alan Belcher. Not Stann.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nThanks for watching!\n\n\"So who does that leave? Oh yeah, that leaves me,\" said Bisping, during a recent appearance on MMAWeekly Radio. \"I've been here for a long, long time and I'm ready to (expletive) take the title off of Anderson Silva.\"\n\nBisping added that \"I don't just want a title shot, I want to win the title. I'm a fighter, I don't want a payday, I want to be the champ; and I believe I can be.\"\n\n\"The Count\" has been close before, but was defeated by Dan Henderson and Chael Sonnen in eliminator bouts. Nothing has been confirmed as far as Bisping-Stann being a No. 1 contender match, but the winner is likely to see his stock rise in the division."}
-{"text": "Here are some blog entries from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners:\n\nClass Action-Related Post of the Week\n\nRebecca Tushnet\u2019s 43(B)log provides a nice overview of a Massachusetts federal court\u2019s decision to certify two multi-state subclasses of consumers in a case against pharmaceutical companies for allegedly inflating the Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs), used in establishing reimbursement schedules under Medicare and insurance plans, in order to increase their market share. The case is intriguing from a procedural perspective because in analyzing the elements of class certification for the purpose of certifying a multi-state consumer class, the court relied on the results of a bellwether trial held to address the claims of two classes of Massachussets consumers, which resulted in a verdict on the merits for the plaintiffs. Based on the merits determination made in that trial, the court concluded that a multi-state class action could be certified despite differences in different state laws relating to consumer protection, fraud, damages, and statutes of limitation:\n\nThe UCL Practitioner reports on a California Court of Appeal decision holding that a court\u2019s gag order prohibiting a newspaper from reporting on a class action filed against it by employees was an unlawful prior restraint:\n\nHealth Plan Law comments on a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California holding that a plaintiffs\u2019 complaint in a putative class action seeking health benefits for a putative class of policyholders state an ERISA claim under the pleading standards set forth in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombley, where the complaint did not expressly allege that the defendant was the plan administrator:\n\nClass Action Defense Blog provides a synopsis of a West Virginia federal court\u2019s decision denying a motion for class certification in a putative medical monitoring class action due to a finding that individual issues would predominate:\n\nFDA Law Blog summarizes a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling reversing the dismissal of a class action brought on behalf of a putative class of federally funded medical clinics to enforce, as third party beneficiaries, alleged contractual restrictions on drug prices in agreements between the federal government and drug manufacturers:\n\nThe Southeast Texas Record reports on an order granting summary judgment in favor of various defendants in a toxic tort class action brought against oil companies alleging that emissions from oil refineries had polluted the surrounding neighborhoods, causing property damage and personal injuries:\n\nSecurities Docket provides a synopsis of an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding a lower court\u2019s dismissal of a securities class action on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to adequately plead wrongful intent:\n\nTort Deform cites a New York Times article in which three law professors assert that corporations are less likely to use mandatory arbitration clauses in non-consumer agreements as in consumer agreements and argues that this trend is indicative of the unfairness of using mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer agreements\u2026\n\nHome Equity Theft Reporter offers commentary on a recent Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision holding that homeowners could not pursue a claim for rescission of a subprimehome loan under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) on a class basis:\n\nf/k/a comments on the dismissal of an anti-feminist\u2019s class action seeking a ruling that private clubs\u2019 ladies\u2019 night discounts are unconstitutional and offers a more extensive analysis of ladies\u2019 night cases (of which there are surprisingly many):"}
-{"text": "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. \u2014-Virginia Woolf\n\nMonday, April 21, 2014\n\nFinding Vivian Maier\n\nI had a girls\u2019 night out on Tuesday, April 8th with my girlfriend photographers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. :)\n\nNitehawk Cinema\n\nBrooklyn babies\n\nWe watched the new documentary, Finding Vivian Maier, at The Nitehawk Cinema. It was a unique experience with small tables in front of us for our drinks/nibble. So that one would not disturb others during the film, you could write your order down on a piece of paper and place it in the wired spring holder on the table for the waitress to fill.\n\nJohn Maloof was the one who bought a box her negatives at an auction in 2007 and slowly learned more and more about this eccentric woman. If it wasn't for him, we may have never have known these incredible pictures existed. Vivian was born in NYC in the late 1920s and was a nanny to families in Chicago in the 1950s and \u201860s. She would always have her camera around her neck and take street photography. The mysterious photographer knew she had an eye for images (because of a found letter) but she never showed her work. She did do some printing in her bathroom, but nobody knew of her talent.\n\n*I requested permission on April 10th from John Maloof to include a few of Vivian's photos in my blog but haven't received a reply. I encourage you to check out her stunning work: Click here\nThe website breaks down her work nicely, under \"Portfolios\". Learn how to improve your next Instagram selfie by viewing her Self-Portraits portfolio.\n\nAfter the documentary, we walked to the Wythe Hotel for dinner at Reynard. I knew about this hip restaurant because of Eva\u2019s Instagram posting of her coffee! The daily dinner menu was AGGRESSIVE. I know everyone thinks I\u2019m a foodie, but I\u2019m not that adventurous. Squab? I had Wendy remind me what that was: Baby bird with bones. Um, no thank you. I went for the burger. \u263a\n\nAfter a delicious dinner we continued our mini Saturday night to the 6th floor bar with priceless views of the city.\n\nView from our table \u2665\n\nOn the cocktail menu, it said Room - $175. This really caught my eye because I had priced the rooms here for kicks. $400 for queen and $500 something for king. What a deal! I need to bring Scott Babe here for a drink and have a very big handbag for our toiletries. hehe."}
-{"text": "Choosing the right building site. For most people, building a new facility is a once in a life time experience. We believe it should be a successful experience.\nPoint Builders will work with you on a variety of development services that you may need additional assistance with. We have exsisting facilities for lease or sale, we will build-to-suit on undeveloped property, and we can remodel..."}
-{"text": "A trio of siblings born and raised in the SEA, The Tempers have been tearing up stages across this great city and beyond for a couple of years now. Fusing electro with a bit of garage rock and a strong new wave influence, the Tempers DIYed their first record back in 2010 and have been going strong ever since.\n\nSeattle Peach has to tip her hat to this band because the Tempers were doing the glam-goth thing years before its recent fashionable resurgence. Front woman Corina Bakker\u2019s dramatic rock \u2018n\u2019 roll style is certainly trendsetting\u2013her look draws attention on and off the stage. Known for their totally crazy live shows, Corina does the most when she\u2019s got a mic in her hand, and the group always looks amazing. Careful attention has been paid to the visual side of the performance. It\u2019s sparkly and spooky, it\u2019s dazzling and disquieting, it\u2019s dead disco.\n\nCorina was sweet enough to answer a few peachy Q\u2019s about her fashion sense for us. Be sure to scroll all the way to the end to see the Tempers\u2019 music video for \u201cAlone Again\u201d and if you like Corina\u2019s style, pop into Golden Elephant Vintage, her pop up shop inside Bluebird Ice Cream on 1205 E Pike St.\n\nHow would you describe your day to day style?\n\nAs of lately 2012 inspired space glam. Just got these silver metallic Doc Martins that I\u2019ve been showin off. I usually wear dramatic coats. I like intensity. Long black faux fur trenches and big 70\u2032s fur collars. I\u2019ve always had a leaning towards glam and goth. 70\u2032s meets 90\u2032s. dark space magic. Oh and I always accessorize. The bigger and spikier the better. A lady\u2019s got to protect herself.\n\nIs there a difference between what you wear everyday and what you wear on stage? What is the difference?\n\nThere is definitely a difference, mainly it\u2019s the dramatic makeup and bare feet. I like turning into a ghoul on stage. I\u2019m sort of a heightened version of my inner-self. A screeching white faced she-devil that likes to dance in a cape. I would dress and act exactly the same on the street if i didn\u2019t run the risk of getting arrested.\n\nDo you guys coordinate wardrobe for your shows? What is your process for styling the band?\n\nWe always try to coordinate. Sometimes its super planned (matching bodysuits and makeup) and sometimes its more of a vibe thing like \u201clets go for a tropical black magic metallic leather thing.\u201d\n\nHow has your style evolved since the Tempers first started playing shows?\n\nIt evolves everyday, but the vision is the same. It\u2019s like any art-form, you always feel like you\u2019re just a step away from the most amazing shit ever. I\u2019m always trying to reinvent my fashion although i know what I like. It really hasn\u2019t changed much since I was 15. Still diggin dark makeup, glitter, and shredded tights.\n\nWho\u2019s style inspires you, who are some of your fashion icons?\n\nI\u2019d say my parents back when they were playing in a band called The Three Squirrels from Hell. They wore giant tweed coats and wore their hair in jelly rolls they called Squirrel tails.\n\nIf you could go on a shopping spree anywhere on the planet, a.) Where would you go? b.) What stores would you go to? c.) Who would you bring with you? d.) What is at least one item you definitely be shopping for?\n\nI\u2019d go to Berlin, London, Paris, Prague, Rio, Barcelona, Milan, New York and Tokyo and I would bring my million $$$$$ sugar daddy. I\u2019d go everywhere and i\u2019d be looking for a wood grain bodysuit and a vinyl backpack that looks like a bunch of purple grapes. And tons of other shit!!"}
-{"text": "Oregon State Bar Bulletin \u0097 JANUARY 2013\n\nParting Thoughts\n\nJury Service RevisitedBy Timothy MB Farrell\n\nI got the jury summons in the mail in September. It told me to attend an introductory session the following week. At first, I was not happy about the summons, the session or the possibility of being on a jury. But after my trial early in December, my parting thought was that this is an excellent learning opportunity for any litigator. Having only tried about six cases, I can say that the experience will make me a better advocate.\n\nWe have all read about the art of choosing a jury, usually expressed as unpicking the panel. Some of the basic questions and comments during voire dire were interesting and made those of us on the initial 12 selected from the pool give the matter of fairness serious thought.\n\nMy take away on voire dire is not to take it too seriously, but to take advantage of the process. Jurors want to do a good job and want to be objective. But if you\u2019ve got a juror form that says the person worked with a witness, you need to ask about that, for no other reason than to let the other jurors know that they should not give the testimony of any one witness too much weight. Plus, you might find a reason to exclude the person for cause or help decide which juror to exclude without cause.\n\nLook for cause, but in the process explain the jury system to the panel. So, for example, if there is an attorney in your pool, or even a professional who may know something about an issue in the trial, you also need to explore their area of expertise. In all likelihood, the other jurors will look to this person for advice in their deliberations. The jury needs to know that they should only look to the evidence and instructions given in the case and not look to outside sources. Indeed, this is probably a good time to let the jury know that if something does not make sense that they can ask for further guidance while they deliberate.\n\nDo not frustrate the panel with too much voire dire. Move on. In opening statements, take a look at your panel. Is anyone taking notes? If so, after making your introductory comments about the case, set out the law element by element, bar review style. Once you see that this has been noted, state what evidence or testimony will prove your case. If this information gets into the jury room, then your job is half done.\n\nThe attorneys in my case did a competent job of presenting their case. But someone had to use their judgment to decide if the actions really constituted a crime \u2014 in this case, the crimes of desecrating a memorial and offensive littering.\n\nIn your case in chief, pick your battles carefully. Don\u2019t be afraid to concede that something that is not in a cemetery, for instance, could be a memorial. Don\u2019t waste the juror\u2019s time with an everything-including-the-kitchen-sink attitude, hoping that the jury will hang their hat on a technicality. It makes you look reasonable.\n\nPeople watch detective shows. If you say that the feces were human, you better have someone with lab coat come and establish this fact. This is part of the show.\n\nAs part of the show, keep the jury engaged. A little self deprecating humor by defense counsel when asked to see the officer\u2019s notes kept our jury interested. Ask to see if he wrote anything bad about you. If so, keep it to yourself. If not, compliment the witness on his or her thoroughness.\n\nIf part of the law is a little vague, like the offensiveness of a certain act, make sure that a witness describes what is within bounds and that the accused\u2019s behavior was clearly out of it.\n\nDon\u2019t spend too much time thinking about your closing statement. It should just be a restatement of your opening, then pointing to particular evidence or testimony that really hit home. Acknowledge any weaknesses in your case, but let the jury know that this is why they are so important \u2014 they are the ones that need to decide the matter. During deliberations, this will help the jury focus their discussion.\n\nHaving sat and presided over a jury, I definitely appreciated the opportunity, both from a professional standpoint and from a public service standpoint. If you can integrate these observations into your practice, you will serve your client. Similarly, if you cannot marshal the resources to make a good case, advise your client that a trial may not be in their best interest and that they should think more seriously about settlement or a plea.\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nTim Farrell is president of the Mid Columbia Bar Association. He has a masters\u2019s degree in maritime law and practices in courts around the country and the Western Pacific (Guam and Saipan). He currently lives in Hood River, where he windsurfs and snowboards (depending on the season). Reach him at timothymbfarrell@yahoo.com."}
-{"text": "Remains of the Season\n\nCheck out this latest post at Roxi St. Clair. (And then spend some time roaming the site. You\u2019ll be glad you did.)\nIt demonstrates an excellent understanding of the Haiku Sensibility and how to apply it in English poetry. The only suggestion I would make if I were editing the poem would be to consider the word \u201cat\u201d rather than \u201cto\u201d in the fifth line."}
-{"text": "These models are valuable tools for business owners so that they can make purposeful decisions regarding how they construct and deploy social initiatives and Rawn pulls from a wide body on knowledge to support these frameworks. I particularly thought the coverage of leadership, social tasks, and cultural aspects of social initiatives to be useful. Most importantly perhaps, it lays out clearly the choices that businesses have so that they can make those choices explicitly rather than falling into an approach that may not support their goals or culture.\n\nRawn also spends some time discussing the role of community management, its value, and the specific responsibilities that make up that role. One important responsibility that community managers have that I thought was not completely fleshed out is the community manager's role as an internal evangelist and educator for both the social approach and for the community management function. This may be a somewhat temporary responsibility as organizations are still learning what 'social' means to them but it is something that currently takes up a great deal of many community managers time and attention.\n\nThere were a few things lightly touched on I would have spent more time on, including defining goals in terms of both business outcomes & relationship with the audience in question and the topic of content and programming, which is critical to establishing a community cadence. Coverage of these topics revealed perhaps a slight bias of the book around internal and collaboration-oriented communities where the audience and goals are already fairly well understood by those participating. Establishing goals and understanding their own cultural boundaries is really the context businesses will need in order to use the frameworks in the book for effective decision-making.\n\nOverall, this is an excellent handbook for practitioners and decision-makers who are looking to get a solid and expert introduction to the considerations involved in planning or deploying a social initiative. If that describes you, it is a worthwhile book to buy and pass around to your peers.\n\nApril 14, 2008\n\nThere are so many great books out there and not enough time to read them all. People recommend books to me quite often and others I find through my own searches. I have 4 or 5 stacked up at home but also have the following books on my To Read list in no particular order:\n\nMarch 18, 2008\n\nI've been reading a great book recently - recommended to my by Sue Feldman with whom I work closely. It is an absolutely fascinating book ostensibly about the founding of the Santa Fe Institute. Really however, it explains how a number of experts in fields ranging from economics to medicine to psychology to physics all came together to learn more about their own discipline by understanding the leading thinking in other disciplines.\n\nIf the book was only a history of the founding of the institute it would probably be interesting but Mitchell Waldrop has a great gift for explaining this relatively complex subjects in regular English and in doing so introduces the concepts that started the field of complexity research.\n\nParticular things I've found quite interesting:\n\nLarge sets of things (the first example was biological elements) will self-organize\n\nFewer than two connections per element will lead a set to die; more than 12 will result in never-ending cycling. Between 2 and 12 connection per element and the set will self organize into a logical complex system. (I suggest reading the book for the exact details here).\n\nAt a certain level of activity a set of elements will have a phase change.\n\nCatalysts are critical.\n\nIncreasing returns are a critical component of complex systems.\n\nTo me, social networks are a clear example of complexity in action and we see the above characteristics in social networks as well:\n\nLeft alone people will self-organize\n\nPeople will optimize productivity when they are connected but don't connect just to have more connections (i.e. each connection is a rich connection versus a superficial one)\n\nPeople who introduce people are critical to the functioning of the network as a whole\n\nA congregation, or subnet, can produce more value than the sum of its parts\n\nAnd I haven't even finished the book. I highly recommend the read and would love to discuss it with any of you."}
-{"text": "New International VersionThe couriers went out, spurred on by the king's command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered.\n\nNew Living TranslationAt the king's command, the decree went out by swift messengers, and it was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa fell into confusion.\n\nEnglish Standard VersionThe couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.\n\nBerean Study BibleThe couriers left, spurred on by the king's command, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.\n\nNew American Standard Bible The couriers went out impelled by the king's command while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.\n\nKing James BibleThe posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.\n\nChristian Standard BibleThe couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.\n\nGood News TranslationAt the king's command the decree was made public in the capital city of Susa, and runners carried the news to the provinces. The king and Haman sat down and had a drink while the city of Susa was being thrown into confusion.\n\nHolman Christian Standard BibleThe couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.\n\nInternational Standard VersionThe couriers went out, urged on by the king's command, and the edict was issued in Susa the capital. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.\n\nNET BibleThe messengers scurried forth with the king's order. The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar!\n\nNew Heart English BibleThe couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.\n\nGOD'S WORD\u00ae TranslationThe messengers hurried out as the king told them. The decree was also issued at the fortress of Susa. So the king and Haman sat down to drink a toast, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.\n\nJPS Tanakh 1917The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the castle; and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.\n\nNew American Standard 1977 The couriers went out impelled by the king\u2019s command while the decree was issued in Susa the capital; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.\n\nJubilee Bible 2000The posts went out in haste by the king's commandment, and the law was given in Shushan, the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.\n\nKing James 2000 BibleThe couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.\n\nAmerican King James VersionThe posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.\n\nAmerican Standard VersionThe posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.\n\nDouay-Rheims BibleThe couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city weeping.\n\nDarby Bible TranslationThe couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation.\n\nEnglish Revised VersionThe posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.\n\nWebster's Bible TranslationThe posts departed, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.\n\nWorld English BibleThe couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.\n\nYoung's Literal Translation The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.\n\n(15) Perplexed.--The inhabitants of the capital were puzzled and alarmed, as well they might be, at so marvellously reckless an order. Their sympathies, too, were clearly with the Jews and against Haman. (See Esther 8:15.)\n\nVerse 15. - The posts went out, being hastened. Though there was ample time, since the remotest part of the empire could be reached in a month, or two at the most, yet the posts were \"hastened,\" Haman being impatient, lest the king should change his mind, and decline to publish the edict. The king may himself also have wished to have the matter settled past recall. The king sat down with Haman to drink. This touch seems intended to mark their hardness of heart. As Nero \"fiddled while Rome was burning,\" so these two, having assigned a nation to destruction, proceeded to enjoy themselves at \"a banquet of wine.\" But the city of Susa was perplexed. The Jews had enemies in Susa (Esther 9:12-15); but the bulk of the inhabitants being Persians, and so Zoroastrians, would be likely to sympathise with them. There might also be a widespread feeling among persons of other nationalities that the precedent now set was a dangerous one. Generally the people of the capital approved and applauded what. ever the great king did. Now they misdoubted the justice, and perhaps even the prudence, of what was resolved upon. The decree threw them into perplexity.\n\nThe post went out, being hastened by the king's command,.... Both to set out and make as much dispatch as possible:\n\nand the decree was given in Shushan the palace; by the king, and with the advice of his courtiers:\n\nand the king and Haman sat down to drink; at a banquet which perhaps Haman had prepared, in gratitude to the king for what he had granted him, both being highly delighted with what had been done:\n\nbut the city Shushan was perplexed; the court was agreed, but the city was divided, as the former Targum says, with the joy of strange nations, and the weeping of the people of Israel, there being many Jews in the city; with whom no doubt there were many in connection, through affinity or friendship, or commerce, that were concerned for them; or, however, were shocked at such a barbarous scheme; and which they knew not where it would end, and how far they themselves might be involved in it, when once a mob had such a power granted to them.\n\n15. the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed\u2014The completeness of the word-painting in this verse is exquisite. The historian, by a simple stroke, has drawn a graphic picture of an Oriental despot, wallowing with his favorite in sensual enjoyments, while his tyrannical cruelties were rending the hearts and homes of thousands of his subjects.\n\n3:7-15 Without some acquaintance with the human heart, and the history of mankind, we should not think that any prince could consent to a dreadful proposal, so hurtful to himself. Let us be thankful for mild and just government. Haman inquires, according to his own superstitions, how to find a lucky day for the designed massacre! God's wisdom serves its own purposes by men's folly. Haman has appealed to the lot, and the lot, by delaying the execution, gives judgment against him. The event explains the doctrine of a particular providence over all the affairs of men, and the care of God over his church. Haman was afraid lest the king's conscience should smite him for what he had done; to prevent which, he kept him drinking. This cursed method many often take to drown convictions, and to harden their own hearts, and the hearts of others, in sin. All appeared in a favourable train to accomplish the project. But though sinners are permitted to proceed to the point they aim at, an unseen but almighty Power turns them back. How vain and contemptible are the strongest assaults against Jehovah! Had Haman obtained his wish, and the Jewish nation perished, what must have become of all the promises? How could the prophecies concerning the great Redeemer of the world have been fulfilled? Thus the everlasting covenant itself must have failed, before this diabolical project could take place."}
-{"text": "All the delicious sweetness of apple pie, made in the perfect style for entertaining. A fantastic option for entertaining, or an easy after-dinner treat. For an unbeatable combination, enjoy with Cinnamon Sugar Croccantini you can make with this recipe.\n\nA great vegetarian lunch, or heavy appetizer, our latest Pizzantini makes use of the complex, hearty flavor of eggplants for a dish that\u2019s low in calories, but high in tastiness! Best enjoyed on our full-size Roasted Garlic Croccantini.\n\nThis surprisingly easy recipe became an instant favorite as soon as we tried it. A wonderfully crunchy combination of sweet and savory, they\u2019ll disappear from any dinner party dessert faster than you can blink.\n\nNew York-style chopped salad is a great way to enjoy your daily greens, with all the fixin\u2019s you like. Enjoy it with Croccantini on the side, or eat it Neapolitan-style on one of our full-size crackers!"}
-{"text": "1951 Mercury Other\n\n1951 chopped Mercury factory two door. This is a nice solid two door Mercury if you have been waiting and waiting patienetly for the right affordable two. Door that a guy put a ton of money in it and is going to take a crazy loss . Then look no further the car has finally arrived. Although the car needs finishing in my opinion the hard work is done. The chop was nicely done with leaned b pillars there is a dash from a 1953 Buick installed floors are nice inc rockers . Trunk needs patch work. And car needs body work. The rear bumper is not mounted and hood is not bolted doors open close good and trunk is done with newer latch originall hinges All suspension work was done by local professional hot rod shop that is involved with discovery Chanel for hot rod build off to be aired step 2016 so there is a caprice cop car front end with disk brakes and sway bars the rear was done coil over with posi rear end and sway bar . So this baby is going to run down the road beautifully and safely i have vent widows and rearpop out window frames and cranks . speaking of baby One on the way so the wife said this one has to go. A www it's not the end of the world only the beginning. All the garnish moldings are done and the car is set up for a v8 Chevy. The car has every thing you would want in a Mercury desoto grill and filler pan desoto front bumper. 1953. Buick headlights also notice they have been rechromed with nos turn signal lenses. The originall seats have been upholstered with Mexican blankets and vinyl also the originall Steele skirts are there You know how hard it's getting to find any body to do custom work well this one is done for that part . You can put the motor trans wiring and have some one put you're glass. So bid to win! And have fun and enjoy this car thank you for you're bids and helping me with my future. Buyer responsible for shipping will store car for thirtie days and will assist with loading clean title and vin from factory buyer to pay 500 dollar deposit and auction end and balance within seven days contact me at end for instructions"}
-{"text": "We\u2019re going yellow for Ardgowan Hospice\n\nCardwell Garden Centre will be turning yellow this weekend in a bid to raise money for Ardgowan Hospice.\nThe garden centre, near Gourock is staging a fun-filled Charity BBQ Party on Saturday May 26 and Sunday, May 27, between 10am and 4pm.\nStaff and visitors are being encouraged to wear something yellow in support of the hospice\u2019s Go Yellow for Ardgowan fundraising campaign.\nSpecial guests at the event will be two of the most famous yellow-coloured movie characters, Minions Stuart and Dave.\nThere will also be fun games with prizes for kids and the grown-ups \u2013 Hoopla, Hook A Duck and Feed The Clown \u2013 along with face painting, bouncy castle and a Minion Treasure Hunt.\nAnd lf course, there will be plenty tasty food being cooked on the open-air barbeque set up in the garden centre.\nCardwell staff \u2013 retail general manager, Paul Carmichael, Laura McDonald and Kevin Farr, whose grandfather, Con Farr was cared for by staff at Ardgowan Hospice \u2013 got some practice in with some of the fun games that will be played at this weekend\u2019s event.\nPaul said: \u201cWe\u2019re looking to have a very colourful weekend and raise lots of money for a very good cause.\n\u201cBut not only that, everyone will have a great time and there are lots of fun activities on the go, especially for youngsters.\u201d"}
-{"text": "Live Like Great Teacher Onizuka\n\nI just finished watching the live action drama version of \u201cGTO: Great Teacher Onizuka\u201d, and I was so moved that I think I can actually say Onizuka changed my life. Like a lot of anime fans, I also really liked the \u201cGreat Teacher Onizuka\u201d manga and animated series as well, but there was something about the live action version that touched me in a way that the anime couldn\u2019t. I was on the brink of tears at the climax of almost every episode. I found myself thinking about Onizuka while I wasn\u2019t watching the series, contemplating ways that I can improve myself in his light, or wondering what he would say about my problems and situations.\n\nWho is Onizuka Eikichi?\n\nOnizuka is a biker gang delinquent turned high school teacher. He graduated from a 3rd rate college, he\u2019s not particularly smart or good at studying, but he loves kids and he wants to change the world. What more could you want in a teacher?\n\nWhat makes Onizuka Eikichi so great?\n\nFor starters, how many characters exist in American literature (television, movies or print) who are as inspiring, caring, fun-loving and tough all at the same time as Onizuka? As a character alone, Onizuka is incredibly loveable. He plays video games, he ditches school for \u201copen air lessons\u201d, he shoots fireworks off the roof of the school and he beats the crap out of adults who disrespect his students. He has a condom with the message \u201cCONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST TIME\u201d written on the wrapper, and he\u2019s saving it for his one and only love. He has real a real sense of morality. He\u2019s a fighter when he needs to protect those who are weaker than him, he\u2019s gentle when his people need him to comfort them, and he knows how to practice tough love when his people don\u2019t know what\u2019s best for themselves.\n\nHe cries too. Not when he\u2019s sad or upset though, only when he\u2019s happy or he\u2019s going to miss someone who\u2019s gone off chasing their dreams. A real Onizuka-Man doesn\u2019t cry when he can\u2019t get what he wants, he just fights harder until he does. He\u2019ll cry when his student\u2019s accomplish their dreams though, and he\u2019ll cry when they express their studently love for him. And when he cries, he cries with the biggest smile on his face.\n\nWhat does Onizuka do when someone challenges him? If the challenge is stupid he\u2019ll take it seriously (who can stand still in front of an on-coming truck the longest perhaps?). But if the challenge is serious, he\u2019ll take it like a joke.\n\n\u201cOnizuka-Sensei, if you don\u2019t pass this test, you\u2019ll be fired! What do you have to say about this?!\u201d\n\n\u201cOnizuka-Sensei, if you can\u2019t beat me at Street Fighter, I\u2019ll never acknowledge you as my homeroom teacher!\u201d\n\n\u201cBring it on! I\u2019m a 5th degree black belt!\u201d\n\nWhen one of his female students is about to be raped by a bunch of boys, Onizuka ruthlessly pummels them into the ground, and then searches for her lost necklace with her until morning despite a very important appointment first thing in the morning. When one of the boys in his class is being bullied, he hangs the bully over the roof of the school by her feet to teach her what fear feels like. When these kids are in tears and or bloody after his \u201cextra-curricular lessons\u201d, what does Onizuka do? He pats them on the head with a big smile and says \u201cwell, there you go, you won\u2019t be doing that again will you?\u201d and walks away.\n\nMost important of all, though; is that Onizuka seriously believes in everyone. He knows that everyone around him has an inherent goodness, even if they\u2019re behaving badly. It\u2019s all temporary to him, he treats them like they\u2019re really just good people who\u2019ve lost their way a little bit and just need a good lesson to open their eyes. Onizuka looks at his students with tears in his eyes and a grin on his face and yells \u201cYou guys are all\u2026 GREAT!\u201d\n\nIf he has a dream, he follows it relentlessly. If his students have dreams, he smacks them around (mentally or physically, whichever works better for the student in question) until they understand how to follow their dreams and DO IT. Life is about dreams to Onizuka. What\u2019s the point of living if you can\u2019t follow you dreams?\n\nWhat\u2019s Onizuka\u2019s one and only motto in life:\n\n\u201cWhatever you do, be GREAT!\u201d\n\nThose are words we can all live by.\n\nCONCLUSION: I know this drama is old school, but just watch it. It\u2019s pretty much the most inspiring thing I\u2019ve ever seen in my entire life. I don\u2019t care that Onizuka is fictional, he\u2019s a life changer. I give this series 10/10."}
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-{"text": "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!\n\nSchool is never as you imagine it to be!\n\nYou imagine it to be a happy, lively place filled with laughter and buzzing with the sound of giggle filled conversations. Full of noise and activity like a flock of geese flying round you. School is often seen as a place where young people should feel safe, comfortable and able to achieve.\n\nBut it never really felt like that for me...for me it felt different, daunting and definitely not safe.\n\nI was never really a \u2018popular\u2019 type of person. Right from the start of year 7 I struggled to make friends and the few friends I had, I soon realised would turn their back on me when I needed them most. School was in fact a lonely place full of nasty, shallow, plastic people who cared more about being popular than true friendship. Year 7 wasn\u2019t the best of years for me; but it took me a while to realise it was a year I could learn from.\n\nThe first day of year 7 really was great, we were all new, enthusiastic and full of questions. We were excited to be in a new environment and felt so grown up but at the same time nervous. We were used to being the big fish in a little pond last year but now suddenly the pond was more like a lake on a stormy day. No-one really knew each other then and it was hard to know who to cling to. But as the weeks turned into months; we were no longer new or wide eyed. We had been allocated tutors but I wouldn\u2019t exactly call us a tutor group. We were more like a room full of individuals with different personalities that were forced to meet every day.\n\nEveryone told me that it just takes time; big school is scary but I\u2019ll get used to it. They didn\u2019t understand. I couldn\u2019t explain I was so unhappy, they wanted reasons, examples, evidence but nothing had happened that I could name, well not exactly but then it began.\n\nIt started off with a single name, a horrible one, one so bad that I didn\u2019t even want to repeat it.\n\nAs the weeks passed by it became worse, now they would say it every day and many more names as well.\n\nIt happened so often it was almost normal but hurt me more than I let people know. I was filled with questions, why were they doing this to me? What had I done wrong? Why did they hate me? Why could no one see what was happening?\n\nThe weeks came and went and the poisonous remarks were still continuing even though they had been warned to stop by our year head. They were continuous in their attempts to make me feel isolated, alone and worthless. The insults continued and the attacks got worse. One day a girl from year 11; locked me in my tutor room and wouldn\u2019t let me out. When I tried to leave she blocked the door way and pushed me back. Looking back she was not that tall but to a year 7 she was a giant, she kept having a go at me but I had done nothing wrong. As the tears started to roll down my face, I begged and pleaded with her to let me out. I was so scared I didn\u2019t think about the others in the room and they made no attempt to help me. She kept screaming at me and tormenting me because I was a \"snitch\". As the tears rolled down my face and I accepted that I had no power in this situation I looked around for help but all I could see was the smiles on the girls and my forms faces.\n\nHow could they do this to me?\n\nI realised then that my whole form was against me. I had no-one. I finally got out and broke down in tears; that was the final straw, I couldn\u2019t be in that form anymore. I couldn\u2019t trust anyone anymore and I felt helpless and broken.\n\nI was moved tutor groups but nothing much changed in there. There was still the constant nasty names the other girls were popular and they had influence. I had never really had much confidence and had low self-esteem. I guess I was an easy target so that was how year 7 continued.\n\nBut one day in year 8, events changed me for the better.\n\nOne of the most malicious girls had been making my life a misery for weeks. On this particular day she had shoved me, barged into me and tried to trip me down the stairs. My adrenaline was building she had pushed me too far that day. She carried on, on the way down the road after school. As we approached the end of the street I turned round and hit her in the face with all my strength. I thought of every moment I had felt alone, isolated and small. I had had enough, all of those feelings welled up inside like a ticking bomb, with every step I took I could feel the tension building in chest and then it just happened. I hadn\u2019t planned to hit her, I had never hit anyone before but there it was. I had hit her so hard that in slow motion I could she her rock backwards as the shock registered on her face. She froze for what seemed like hours and no one spoke. In the glorious silence I turned and walked away. My muscles were shaking but inside it felt good. I was as surprised as she was and I knew I would be in trouble if she came back for me but I didn\u2019t care. In that moment I was no longer the victim.\n\nI was fed up of being walked all over, fed up of not saying anything, fed up of people thinking they could do what they like to me. Gossip about the incident had spread round school and everyone was talking about me but they weren\u2019t saying much to my face. It gave me a sudden boost of confidence and the end of year 8 was better for me because people left me alone.\n\nAt the end of year 8 I was asked if I would like to move tutor groups again. This time to a tutor group with 13 students in \"a nurture group\" so I accepted the offer. It was a lovely small tutor group with a lovely tutor. Everyone seemed to get on and it felt better than before. Year 9 was a better year for me apart from the occasional argument which was quickly resolved. I felt able to learn, occasionally I even enjoyed school. Things were definitely getting better.\n\nSo as year 10 arrived I thought it was going to be one of the best years of my school life. I had chosen by options, I had even made some good friends; I was actually looking forward to starting a new phase in my life. The summer holidays passed too quickly but it was fine school was going to be great this year. The first few weeks were good but the year soon took a turn for the worst. It was nothing like I had hoped. It was the worst year of my life\u2026\n\nThe dramas started again when I was unexpectedly verbally assaulted by a stranger outside of school. She was the mother of a \u2018friend\u2019 or so I thought. She accused me of things that once again I had not done and compared me to an overweight dog! Like she could talk, what kind of parent goes around assaulting 14 year old girls? I thought that was bad. But the worst was still to come...\n\nMonths passed and people seemed to find it entertaining to spread lies and gossip. They liked to wind people up a jack in a box and watch them explode on innocent unsuspecting passers-by. On Tuesday 5th March at precisely 1.15pm just as the bell deafened us all with its annoying voice I was violently assaulted. It was an unprovoked attack. I had said nothing to her she used to be a friend.\n\nShe completely flipped at me, pushing me off the table and smashing my head against another table, ragging my hair and whacking my head sideward off the floor. I tried to protect myself but she was on top of me and I couldn\u2019t get her off. All I could do was try to cover my head and protect myself but I felt like I was going to pass out. I don\u2019t know how long it lasted but I can recall every blow every second felt like hours, every minute seemed to last forever. It took my tutor and another two members of staff to get her off me. I was in complete shock, floods of tears and I could not stop shaking.\n\nShe had pulled a muscle in my neck, similar to an injury you might get in a car crash, I had bruises all down my face and shoulders and ragged clumps of my hair out. The confidence that I had built up over the last year had been viciously destroyed in a matter of moments. I was told if I didn't want to come in the next few days I didn\u2019t have to. I could stay at home and hide, it would have been easy but I forced myself into school and back into lessons. I was not going to let them destroy me and my life.\n\nMy whole form was still in complete shock\u2026\n\nTwo weeks passed...\n\nI had given statements and the police had interviewed people. I was summoned to a meeting with the police, the girl and people from school. It was the scariest thing I have ever done. Facing her again remembering how much hatred and anger she had inside her was almost too much to handle. I couldn\u2019t even speak they wanted us to talk but all I could do was cry. I felt paralysed. She apologised, said how \u201csorry she was, that she knew I trusted her and she was wrong to lose it like that\u201d and I believed her. So the girl was allowed back to school.\n\nShe had not changed, she continued to make my life a misery getting her mates to join in and bully me. Everyone said she had difficulties with her temper, and she had not had a good life which was one of the reasons I forgave her but no one could see that, they only wanted to listen to one side of the story. She was eventually removed from school, but this didn\u2019t stop it her mates continued to bully me because they blamed me for her exclusion. Posting vile, nasty comments and statuses about me on Facebook, telling everyone about how they we\u2019re going to put me in hospital. The threats hurt me just as much, more so in some ways because they were always there. Even at home the messages still came through.\n\nIt broke my heart how and destroyed my trust the way she had made me suffer was just cold, calculated, cruelty. They completely ruined my confidence and I was haunted by the thought of what she had done to me. I felt like I was entering a deep dark hole I would never be able to escape from. She had made me feel so low I never realised it was possible to feel that low and still be alive. It had an impact so severe it took over my life. I spent the rest of year 10 in PLC and went to hardly any lessons because I was so scared. Coming to school every day was like torture getting out of bed became a struggle never mind the stress of walking through the gates or walking into a class room. I couldn\u2019t face it anymore, I hid away, arrived late, left early, I didn\u2019t go to any lesson for months.\n\nNot only had she ruined my confidence she had effected my education. I missed so much not just lessons but life.\n\nStill now, nearly 16 months on, the haunting memories of what happened still torment me. I\u2019m a different person now. She\u2019s changed me. I hope that someday I will be that loud, chatty, bubbly girl again that everyone knew me as but she seems like a distant memory to me.\n\nI cannot pin point the moment in which life changed once again but I realised I am not letting anyone make me live in fear anymore. I am strong and I will be happy. The past cannot be changed but the future is mine to control. This never-ending tear of sadness, anxiousness and fear is going to stop because WHAT DOESEN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER!\n\nBy writing some words below, you are showing your support and letting everyone know they're not alone."}
-{"text": "Letters from readers March 13, 2019\n\nRead your front page story about \u201cJohn Doe\u201d filing a lawsuit to have access to his son, on 2/20/19.\n\nThis story has so much more than the reporter did not write, that a reasonable person would have at least, tried.\n\nFirst, the 14-year-old accuser, now, if alive, is about 28, does she live in the AV? Did the reporter attempt to contact her? Would she agree that John Doe is not guilty of rape? Would she testify to that in court? There are other questions, but these are a start. If she says, on record, that Mr. Doe is not guilty, then and only then, should his conviction be overturned, record erased, cleaned and maybe monetary payment(s) for wrongful incarceration. After all, he did accept plea deal.\n\nIf she won\u2019t, is dead, can\u2019t be found, then the law is clear. The school can do a better job of explaining its actions, such as why a psychologist, instead of who the law says, signed the permission letter.\n\nI think it\u2019s because they are tired of a person who won\u2019t go away and thought he might show up, be arrested and voila! Problem gone. I hope I think wrong, but they know the law and sent the letter anyway.\n\nSkip Thacker\n\nMojave\n\nThey\u2019d be gone\n\nAfter reading several disturbing reports about the High School Distinct Board, I decided to attend the Feb. 28 meeting, myself.\n\nFrom the very start of the meeting, it was chaos. The Board President Robert Davis had no control and was very rude to the members of the Board who were asking questions about procedure.\n\nIt appears that there are two competing faction on this Board. Davis, Ruffin and Parrell make up the majority faction with Rush and McGrady the minority. They seem to always vote in these two factional groups.\n\nAside from spending a lot of money on themselves and questionable programs, the Board meetings are no longer friendly and congenial.\n\nBy far, the most questionable expenditure was the hiring of another attorney for the Board at $400 per hour.\n\nMr Rush, an extremely rude and disagreeable person was loud and obnoxious during the meeting. Seems to me that the longtime District in-house attorney Bridget Cook and the outside law firms that the District has been using for years, is adequate. At one point in the meeting, the two attorneys present were at odds on an issue and had to leave the room to settle it.\n\nMr. Davis was concerned about the deportment at Board meetings. He wanted eye contact with all Board members and said he had the right to move everyone about to get it. This, too, was questioned.\n\nBut during the entire three-hour meeting, Mr. Davis buried his face in his notes and papers and never looked up or at anybody. It should be noted that at the new District office currently being prepared, they will have a opportunity to set up the Board room as they please, so why make an issue now?\n\nI think the voting public has an obligation to keep and eye on this group. They seem very free with the voters\u2019 money and do not seem to have a handle on how to be productive Board members.\n\nI\u2019d vote the majority three out today, if there was an election.\n\nJim Gardner\n\nPalmdale\n\nIllegal settlements\n\nSenator Diane Feinstein has written that she is concerned with Jared Kushner and his family\u2019s investments in Israel\u2019s illegal settlements in Palestine\u2019s West Bank.\n\nEspecially since this so-called \u201csenior counselor\u201d and his wealthy Arab allies are supposed to be bringing peace to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.\n\nIsrael\u2019s criminal Prime Minister, a friend of the Kushner family, may also be involved in these investments in these massive illegal settlements.\n\nWill Brown\n\nPalmdale\n\nAmerica first\n\nAs much as I have liked U.S. autos, I will not be buying anymore as long as they keep closing down factories in the U.S. and making their cars in Mexico or any other country.\n\nI would like to see a large group of Americans protesting at their companies head quarters.\n\nBuy American, but only if they are made in the U.S. If a group wants to go here local with signs to protest, I will be with you.\n\nI am not against the dealers selling the cars, only the U.S. auto manufacturers that don\u2019t build in the U.S. If you want to buy a foreign car, that is OK, also. America first, always.\n\nKeith Brooker\n\nPalmdale\n\nNot your friend\n\nDonald Trump kicked off his presidential bid with harsh words for Mexico.\n\nWatch this discussion.Stop watching this discussion.\n\n(0) comments\n\nWelcome to the discussion.\n\nKeep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,\nracist or sexually-oriented language.PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another\nperson will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone\nor anything.Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism\nthat is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on\neach comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness\naccounts, the history behind an article."}
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-{"text": "The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction and young readers\u2019 literature. It was created to celebrate the 81 years of discerning, thoughtful criticism Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at large. Books that earned the Kirkus Star with publication dates between November 1, 2014, and October 31, 2015, are automatically nominated for the 2015 Kirkus Prize, and the winners will be selected on October 23, 2015, by an esteemed panel composed of nationally respected writers and highly regarded booksellers, librarians and Kirkus critics.\n\nKIRKUS REVIEW\n\nA cleverly constructed look at how the country-music industry has changed some of its most important artists and how they have changed the industry. Feiler (Under the Big Top, 1995, etc.) covers the full range of the Nashville scene from the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Association Awards to issues such as racism and greed. Having separated the industry into parts, he uses three particularly influential entertainers\u2014Garth Brooks, Wade Hayes, and Wynonna Judd\u2014to show how recording artists affect, and in turn are affected by, some of the most significant aspects of the business. For instance, the importance of album cover photography is demonstrated through the experiences of the shy newcomer Hayes, who feels uncomfortable with both the posing process and with his sex-symbol status. When Feiler looks at concerts, he uses Brooks as his lens, showing a performer who, despite his enormous popularity, is fearful that his career could end at any moment. And inevitably, when Feiler addresses the subject of family, his focus turns to Wynonna, whose mother, Naomi, tried even in retirement to run every aspect of her daughter\u2019s career and life. Feiler also writes about other artists and Nashville personalities\u2014particularly those who have had a strong impact on the development of the music and the industry. There are sections on the death of Minnie Pearl and how the entire city turned out for her funeral, as well as portraits of such influential figures as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings and of the gossip columnist Hazel Smith. Feiler pays a little too much attention to Brooks and not quite enough to Wynonna. Still, this is a charming read that will humanize Nashville and some of its most visible and influential inhabitants. (Author tour)\n\nBe the first to discover new talent!\nEach week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our Pro Connect email alert.\nSign up here to receive your FREE alerts."}
-{"text": "Thursday Apple Rumors: Tim Cook Talking to China Mobile\n\nby Alyssa Oursler | January 10, 2013 2:45 pm\n\nThursday Apple Rumors: Tim Cook Talking to China Mobile\n\n[1]Here are your Apple rumors[2] and AAPL news items for today:\n\nChina Mobile: Just a day after talks of a cheaper iPhone[3] aimed at emerging markets surfaced, Apple\u2018s (NASDAQ:AAPL[4]) CEO Tim Cook is now in China talking with China Mobile[5] (NYSE:CHL[6]), the country\u2019s largest carrier. The iPhone currently is not offered to China Mobile\u2019s 700 million subscribers, according to CNET. The carrier\u2019s president says this is because the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 are not compatible with its network. As a result, the smartphone is only sold through the smaller carriers China Unicom and China Telecom.\n\niPad Display: Sources say Apple is already working with Foxconn\u2019s subsidiary[7] Shenzhen Century Science & Technology on the display for the iPad Mini 2. While the first version of the product features a non-retina display, the company is expected to use a retina display for the updated product. The company has also been sampling one-glass solution technology.\n\nCES: Apple is no longer attending the Consumer Electronics Show[8], but it still managed to steal the spotlight, according to CNN. While there are countless tablets being unveiled[9] to compete with the iPad, there are even more Apple accessories to go with it (and other Apple products). In fact, there is a section \u2014 called the iLounge \u2014 which is dedicated solely to Apple-related products \u2026 and it houses nearly 500 of the 3,000 exhibitors. Some gadgets include adapters, Mac batteries and decorated cases. Companies are drawn to the fact that it\u2019s easy to tailor accessories to Apple and that customers have proven they are winning to spend money for device accessories, CNN reports[10].\n\nFor more about the company, check out our previous Apple Rumors[11] stories."}
-{"text": "Different Ways of Treating Dry Mouth\n\nBy Andrew Mortensen, DDS on June 15, 2013\n\nDry mouth isn't pleasant. You've no doubt felt that feeling before. The thing about dry mouth is that it's more than just an annoyance and inconvenience. It can actually be the sign of a major oral health or general health problem. That's why people who experience persistent or chronic dry mouth should really meet with a cosmetic dentist to find out the cause of the dry mouth and undergo dental treatment.\n\nThere are a number of different treatments out there to address dry mouth, which we'd like to look over right now.\n\nAbout Dry Mouth\n\nFirst things first, let's look at dry mouth itself. Dry mouth refers to a lack of moisture inside of the mouth. This makes it difficult to eat and speak, and can cause bad breath since the dryness of the mouth makes conditions for oral bacteria ideal. Dry mouth can be very uncomfortable as well.\n\nCommon Causes of Dry Mouth\n\nSome of the most common causes of dry mouth include:\n\nDehydration\n\nBlockage of salivary glands\n\nAdvanced age\n\nSide effects of medication\n\nSide effects of systemic illness\n\nOral cancers/tumors\n\nThe best way to treat dry mouth is to identify the root cause of the dry mouth and then undergo the proper medical or general dental care treatments to address these causes.\n\nTreating Dry Mouth\n\nFor patients who experience block of the salivary glands, we'll often recommend that they suck on sour candies (preferably sugar-free). This will increase saliva production and often help remove the blockage of the salivary gland in the process.\n\nIn terms of serious health issues that cause dry mouth to occur, speaking with a general practitioner is the best option as he or she will have the equipment and resources available to provide proper treatment.\n\nImproving Moisture Levels in the Mouth\n\nMany cosmetic and restorative dentists will recommend that patients remain well-hydrated throughout the day. This often helps reduce dry mouth. If this alone does not work, there are also artificial saliva products out there that can increase moisture in the mouth. These come in gel, spray, and lozenge forms.\n\nTreating the Effects of Dry Mouth\n\nDry mouth can often exacerbate tooth decay, gum disease, and tooth erosion. There are various kinds of dental restoration therapies that we can use in order to treat these problems, such as inlays, onlays, dental crowns, and gum grafting. These will all be discussed in greater detail during your visit.\n\nCombining Care for Full Dental Health Restoration\n\nOften times dentists will combine various treatments in order to help patients achieve optimal dental health. By addressed the root cause of the problem and then the effects of dry mouth, your dentist can restore your overall dental health and give you a great smile that's healthy in the process.\n\nSchedule a Consultation for Dental Care Treatment\n\nFor more information about treating dry mouth and your many other options for advanced dental care treatment, be sure to contact our Fountain Valley cosmetic dentistry center today. The entire team looks forward to meeting you in person and helping you achieve the best possible dental health in the process.\n\nRelated to This\n\nMessageOur Staff\n\nReach out to us today to set up an appointment and strengthen your oral health.\n\nName\n\nEmail\n\nPhone Number\n\nMessage\n\n\u201cI am proud to have served patients in our community. Through continuing education and state-of-the-art equipment, we are able to offer you and your family the high level of care you're looking for.\u201d\nAndrew G. Mortensen, D.D.S."}
-{"text": "No deduction for drug ads!\n\nNot allowing tax deductions makes sense for marijuana advertising, both federally and in California (hot links explain in detail).\n\nNow Hillary Clinton\u2019s health care \u201cplan, to be laid out in Iowa on Tuesday, also would attempt to dissuade drug companies from spending large sums on consumer advertising by barring that from counting as a tax-deductible business expense.\u201d"}
-{"text": "A Healthier HomeTown Bank in 2018\n\nAt HomeTown Bank, we want to be sure the services we provide help grow a happier, healthier community. But beyond financial health, physical health is important to us too. That\u2019s why we make sure we\u2019re providing our employees with the right amount of flexibility and incentive to stay happy and healthy. After all, when we\u2019re smiling and feeling good, it means we\u2019re assisting our customers at our best!\n\nHomeTown\u2019s Healthier You Challenge\n\nIn January of 2018, we launched our \u201cHealthier You\u201d challenge to inspire and assist our employees in meeting their personal health goals for the year. We want to reward employees who are taking steps to improve their health so we set up a point system with helpful tips to get active and stay healthy.\n\n\u201cSince so much of our time is spent at the work, we wanted to integrate wellness into our day to day and make it easier for people to adopt healthy habits into their busy lives,\u201d says Susan Still, President and CEO.\n\nOur employees simply have to fill our their activity log and at the end of each week, if they\u2019ve earned at least 70 points, they can submit them to our Wellness Coordinators. Each week that they meet their points goals and submit their activity, they\u2019ll get an entry into prize drawings. What are the prizes you ask? Fun fitness related items ranging from wellness gift cards to sporting good stores or spas, to a new Fit Bit, to gym membership reimbursements!\n\nRecommended Activities\n\nWe wanted to make getting active easy for our employees so we split some activities into two simple lists. One list earns 1 point per day and suggests they make small changes in their lives to go just a little bit further in being active. For example, taking the stairs instead of elevators, eating only fruits and veggies for snacks, giving up soda for the day, and getting 8 hours of sleep. The other list is a bit more challenging and earns 2 points a day for doing things like eating 5 servings of fruits and veggies per day, attending a fitness class or working out for thirty minutes or more, or drinking half of your weight in ounces of water!\n\nJust doing small things each day to work towards wellness can make a major difference! We can\u2019t wait to see how our employees progress.\n\nGroup Activities\n\nSometimes, it takes a little nudging from your friends to get you up and moving. There\u2019s power in numbers, so we\u2019ve coordinated group yoga classes and a walking club for our employees to work together towards their goals. One of our employees, Joli Wood, will lead a Wednesday night yoga class for all levels at our Operations Center, allowing those who have never even tried yoga to have the opportunity to explore the benefits. Our Walking Club at our Main Office has also kicked off to make sure everyone is taking some time during their day to walk during lunch or after work. We\u2019re hoping all of our other locations will get inspired to create one as well!\n\nOur ultimate goal is to provide our employees with a support system to continue to better their lives because, at the end of the day, our employees are what makes us HomeTown! They\u2019re here to remind you each and every day that \u201cIt\u2019s Good to Be Home\u201d."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, August 06, 2008\n\nTwo recent tiger attacks in Missouri could prompt stronger support for a bill tightening controls over dangerous exotic animals, the legislator who has led the effort for several years said Wednesday.\n\nRep. Michael Sutherland, R-Warrenton, said a bill he sponsored in the past and will sponsor again would regulate exotics as pets and provide more state oversight of facilities such as those in Warrenton and Branson West where people were injured by tigers on Sunday and Monday.\n\n\u201cThey would have been able to operate, but they would have had to operate under some pretty strict guidelines under the state as far as identification of the animals, and definitely a lot more regulations on how the facilities were kept and the type of facilities the animals were kept in, so the public didn\u2019t have to worry about safety issues,\u201d he said.\n\nHe had hoped legislation toughening regulations on dangerous exotic animals would become law before anyone was injured or killed.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, it looks like we\u2019ve waited too long, and we\u2019ll have to be reactive,\u201d Sutherland said in the aftermath of Monday\u2019s attack on 16-year-old Dakoda Wood-Ramel at the Branson Interactive Zoo and Aquarium and a tiger attack Sunday at the Wesa-A-Geh-Yah center in Warrenton.\n\nWood-Ramel remains in critical condition in Cox South Hospital, while Warrenton sanctuary volunteer Jacob Barr lost his leg below one knee.\n\nWesa-A-Geh-Yah\u2019s owner said Wednesday the facility has closed and the animals will be sent to other sanctuaries.\n\nClosed Monday after Wood-Ramel was injured, the Branson West attraction re-opened Tuesday.\n\nThe only statewide regulation on dangerous exotic animals requires owners to register their animals with county sheriffs, Sutherland said, but he added sheriffs have more than enough to do to without having to check on the presence of big cats and other exotics.\n\nSutherland\u2019s bill would increase penalties for not registering an animal in a bill covering a Noah\u2019s Ark of animals, ranging from tigers and bears to other carnivores such as jaguars, mountain lions, ocelots, cheetahs, hyenas and wolves. The bill also covers non-human primates and dangerous or poisonous reptiles.\n\nThe bill also calls for sheriffs to maintain a registry of animals to inform the public and for use during emergencies. It would exempt traveling circuses, research facilities and educational institutions, research laboratories, veterinarians and zoos that are accredited with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums from having to register their animals.\n\nThe Branson West business is not an AZA member and has never applied for membership, an AZA spokesman said.\n\nOwners of animals would not be allowed to take them onto public property and people who don\u2019t own the animals or work as keepers would not be allowed to handle them.\n\nWhile other legislators offered bills tightening control of exotics in Missouri, Sutherland said he\u2019s been at the effort the longest, starting in 2003 after he was elected to the General Assembly.\n\nConstituents at the first town hall meeting he held voiced concern about the Warrenton exotic animal facility, Sutherland said.\n\nAlthough early efforts didn\u2019t make it past the hearing stage, a companion bill introduced by Sen. Tom Dempsey in the last session gave the bill more support, Sutherland said.\n\n\u201cProbably in light of the current situation, it will probably push from both sides, the House and the Senate, next year,\u201d he said. \u201cI think there will be a lot more interest.\u201d\n\nFew other state regulations apply to such facilities.\n\nThe Missouri Department of Conservation requires people in possession of wildlife native to Missouri to register with the department, but Conservation has no oversight of non-native exotics, department spokesman Jim Low said.\n\nAnd other than a regulation requiring that animal carcasses be disposed of properly, the Missouri Department of Agriculture has no regulations on dangerous exotics, state Veterinarian Dr. Taylor Wood said.\n\nSutherland said only the U.S. Department of Agriculture has any oversight over exotic animals through its inspections of facilities that have the animals.\n\nBut the fact that the Warrenton refuge continued to operate after the USDA revoked its license is an indication the agency has little clout, Sutherland said.\n\nThe USDA is taking complaints about the Branson West facility seriously, agency spokeswoman Brie German said.\n\n\u201cAt this time, we\u2019re looking into the incident,\u201d she said.\n\nGerman would not confirm if USDA inspectors had visited the attraction. Commenting further would compromise the agency\u2019s examination of the incident, she said.\n\nOn Tuesday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked the USDA to investigate and consider revoking Branson Interactive Zoo and Aquarium\u2019s license.\n\nPETA cited several incidents to take that action, including the injury of a zoo volunteer by a black panther in 2003 and the escape of three wolves in 2007.\n\nThe Humane Society of the United States wants Missouri to ban private ownership of tigers and other dangerous wild animals, but considers Sutherland\u2019s proposal encouraging, HUSA director of the exotic pets campaign Beth Preiss said.\n\n\u201cI would say legislation like that would be a step in the right direction,\u201d she said.\n\nMissouri lawmakers need to act soon because several nearby states including Kansas have enacted bans, and Missouri could become a dumping ground for exotic animals, she said.\n\nRep. Dennis Woods, R-Kimberling City, said Missouri needs to control private ownership of dangerous exotic animals, but he would oppose regulations that would affect the Branson West animal attraction.\n\nWood said he would support a ban on keeping large cats and other dangerous exotic animals as private pets, but not legislation that would threaten the Branson West attraction.\n\nWood said he has been to the Branson Interactive Zoo and Aquarium and knows the people who run it.\n\n\u201cThis zoo in my district is the only opportunity my local kids have for that kind of exposure,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to be real careful we provide every protection there can be without the elimination of this exposure for the kids and people who might not ever have an opportunity to see a wild animal.\u201d"}
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-{"text": "Man suspected of break-ins arrested on other charges\n\nThe man suspected of breaking into three homes in Juneau on Monday was wanted by police for property theft crimes.\n\nThe Juneau Police Department said it had been looking for Joseph A.S. Allen for more than a week when the three break-ins were reported on Monday in the valley. Police linked the 29-year-old, whom they had described as armed and dangerous, to Monday\u2019s spree as a \u201cperson of interest,\u201d and arrested him Tuesday evening on unrelated charges.\n\n\u201cWe had been looking for him for several days in connection with other cases before the incidents of the 26th,\u201d said JPD Lt. Kris Sell, one of the investigating officers. \u201cWhen he became a person of interest (in connection with Monday\u2019s incidents), then we really wanted to find him.\u201d\n\nAllen appeared in district court Wednesday for an arraignment, his first court appearance. He faces one count of first-degree burglary and two counts second-degree theft, all felony charges, in connection with an incident on Dec. 19.\n\nJuneau District Court Judge Thomas Nave set bail at $10,000, and appointed the Public Defender Agency to represent him. Allen told the judge he was not currently employed and had not worked a steady job for about a year and a half.\n\nProsecutors allege Allen stole items, including a CZ 375 Safari H&H 500 Rifle with a Leupold scope, 150 rounds of ammo, and two Wells Fargo check books, from a local couple\u2019s house on Dec. 19, according to charging documents.\n\nAn affidavit filed Tuesday says the man who filed the report, Erik Anderson, told JPD an unknown man had entered his residence and he had chased the man down his driveway. The unknown man drove away in his vehicle, but Anderson gave police a description of the man, what he was wearing and the license plate number.\n\nErik and Honey Bee Anderson reported to police the stolen items had a total value of about $3,840, according to the affidavit.\n\nThat same day, Allen attempted to cash a $4,500 check from Honey Bee at the valley Wells Fargo, and to also deposit $100 into his own account, the affidavit alleges. The branch manager of the bank became suspicious and called Honey Bee, who informed him her checks had been stolen earlier that day, the affidavit says.\n\nAt that time, Allen left the bank, but a bank employee followed him and got the license plate number, the document read.\n\nThe next day, another caller reported a car with the same license plate number the Andersons gave police had been parked on his property for two days. Police obtained a search warrant for the vehicle, and found a red-billed baseball hat and a tan jacket that matched the Andersons\u2019 description of what the burglar was wearing.\n\nThe Wells Fargo employee later identified Allen as the man who tried the cash the suspicious check in a photo lineup, the affidavit states.\n\nIf convicted, Allen could face up to 10 years in jail and a $100,000 fine for the first-degree burglary charge, a class \u2018B\u2019 felony; and up to five years in a jail and a $50,000 fine for each of the two second-degree theft charges, a class \u2018C\u2019 felony.\n\nPolice say the investigation of Monday\u2019s break-ins \u2014 or, more technically, one home invasion robbery and vehicle theft, one burglary and one criminal trespass \u2014 is still ongoing. Charges have not been filed in those cases as of Wednesday afternoon.\n\n\u201cWe have not charged him with any of those things yet. We\u2019re looking at the whole picture of what we\u2019ve got going on,\u201d Sell said.\n\nShe added, \u201cWe\u2019re trying to link our cases together and see what our total charges might be and to see if a new case pops up. ... We\u2019ll also see if we have a connection to a case that we didn\u2019t even know (about).\u201d\n\nPolice said earlier in a release that on Monday, a man had broken into a 31-year-old woman\u2019s house on Thunder Street, pushed her to the floor and pointed a rifle at her. The woman managed to get away, and ran to a neighbor\u2019s house for help, the statement said. Police confirmed Wednesday there were small children in the house at the time of the attack.\n\nThe man stole her purse and drove away in her vehicle, police said.\n\nSell said Wednesday it appears the man\u2019s intention was not sexual. She also added the attacker and the victim did not appear to know each other.\n\n\u201cWe have no indication they knew each other,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know that any of them knew each other.\u201d\n\nCourt records show Allen lived in the 8100 block of Thunder Street in May of 2004.\n\nThen, at 4:12 p.m. on Monday, JPD said it received another report of a burglary-in-progress in the 4500 block of Wood Duck Avenue, according to the release. A 25-year-old woman had returned home, found a man in the house, and she fled unharmed, the release said. Police said the house had been rifled through and a handgun was missing.\n\nItems missing from the 31-year-old woman\u2019s house on Thunder Street were found inside the home on Wood Duck Avenue, and the stolen vehicle was found on the street (Wood Duck Avenue), police said.\n\nPolice say they received a third report of a break-in at 8:30 p.m. A 60-year-old man had called JPD saying he went into his garage in the 4400 block of Columbia Boulevard and found a man sleeping there. The sleeping man was gone by the time police arrived, the release said.\n\nPolice said they identified Allen as a person of interest in Monday\u2019s events, and arrested him on unrelated charges at a residence in the 3700 block of Amalga Street around 7 p.m. Tuesday.\n\nSell said the investigation may go on for some time since multiple cases are involved.\n\nAllen is due back in court on Jan. 6, 2012 for a preliminary hearing regarding the Dec. 19 incident.\n\nBrower told the judge in court Wednesday that Allen has a criminal history dating back to 2001 that includes assault, disorderly conduct, driving under the influence and falsifying information.\n\nCourt records show in 2001, he was indicted on a burglary charge for unlawfully entering a woman\u2019s home with two other men, assault for throwing the woman into a mailbox support, threatening to kill her as she attempted to get the license plate number off his vehicle and providing false information about his identity to police when questioned about the incident.\n\nAttorney Grace Lee noted on Allen\u2019s behalf that Allen has not had a conviction since 2005."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, 9 May 2012\n\nThis is my first blog post to talk about a thermal anemometer for Arduino. There is some background reading here, here, and here, and a finally a really excellent report by Johan Liljencrants. There is also a good description of the basics of thermal anemometry from the University of Cambrdge here. You could also use the information on this website to perform a much better calibration than I did...\n\nI needed a very small, portable, data logging anemometer to use for a school project. After a few miserable attempts with heated transistors and thermistors I stumbled upon the IST FS5 \"thermal mass flow\" sensor. I basically used the circuit from the data sheet, using a different op-amp and transistor (and excluding the calibration resistor) and was reasonably happy with the initial performance. I added a second op-amp acting as a difference amplifier (using a 7805 voltage regulator as a 5V reference, because I had one lying around) to match the input range of the Arduino analog in.\n\nThe circuit diagram, modified from the data sheet, and a photo of the finished anemometer are shown below. The sensor itself was mounted in a protective 3D printed housing because of the application. In the photo the arduino is mounted inside the tupperware case with the power and USB connector wires visible. I also built a version of this circuit that was portable using a Seeeduino Stalker and rechargeable batteries. The code for both versions is quite simple, printing the analog input value to either the USB port or the SD card, examples of which can be found elsewhere.\n\nI calibrated my sensor using a TSI transducer anemometer between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius. In all likelihood, if you plan to use such a sensor you will need to calibrate it specifically for the application at an appropriate temperature (since the rate of heat transfer is dependent on the temperature difference between the probe and the fluid). My calibration data and the derived empirical relationship are shown below.\n\nThe purpose of this post is really to show the potential of this particular flow sensor and the Arduino to make air speed measurements with a solid state device. To make such a sensor really useful much more rigorous calibration would probably be required. Other interesting possibilities are a PWM constant temperature anemometer (I tried this briefly but I think the existing PID libraries for Arduino are a bit slow, maybe an integer version would work) or the combination of two or more sensors to measure both the air speed and direction."}
-{"text": "A User's Guide to Demanding the Impossible by Minor Compositions\n\nThis guide is not a road map or instruction manual. It's a match struck in the dark, a homemade multi-tool to help you carve out your own path through the ruins of the present, warmed by the stories and strategies of those who took Bertolt Brecht's words to heart: \"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.\"\n\nIt was written in a whirlwind of three days in December 2010, between the first and second days of action by UK students against the government cuts, and intended to reflect on the possibility of new creative forms of action in the current movements.\n\nMinor Compositions is a series of interventions & provocations drawing from autonomous politics, avant-garde aesthetics, and the revolutions of everyday life."}
-{"text": "Simple Custom CSS and JS\n\nDescription\n\nCustomize your WordPress site\u2019s appearance by easily adding custom CSS and JS code without even having to modify your theme or plugin files. This is perfect for adding custom CSS tweaks to your site.\n\nFeatures\n\nText editor with syntax highlighting\n\nPrint the code inline or included into an external file\n\nPrint the code in the header or the footer\n\nAdd CSS or JS to the frontend or the admin side\n\nAdd as many codes as you want\n\nKeep your changes also when you change the theme\n\nScreenshots\n\nManage Custom Codes\n\nAdd/Edit Javascript\n\nAdd/Edit CSS\n\nInstallation\n\nFrom the WP admin panel, click \u201cPlugins\u201d -> \u201cAdd new\u201d.\n\nIn the browser input box, type \u201cSimple Custom CSS and JS\u201d.\n\nSelect the \u201cSimple Custom CSS and JS\u201d plugin and click \u201cInstall\u201d.\n\nActivate the plugin.\n\nOR\u2026\n\nDownload the plugin from this page.\n\nSave the .zip file to a location on your computer.\n\nOpen the WP admin panel, and click \u201cPlugins\u201d -> \u201cAdd new\u201d.\n\nClick \u201cupload\u201d.. then browse to the .zip file downloaded from this page.\n\nClick \u201cInstall\u201d.. and then \u201cActivate plugin\u201d.\n\nOR\u2026\n\nDownload the plugin from this page.\n\nExtract the .zip file to a location on your computer.\n\nUse either FTP or your hosts cPanel to gain access to your website file directories.\n\nBrowse to the wp-content/plugins directory.\n\nUpload the extracted custom-css-js folder to this directory location.\n\nOpen the WP admin panel.. click the \u201cPlugins\u201d page.. and click \u201cActivate\u201d under the newly added \u201cSimple Custom CSS and JS\u201d plugin.\n\nFAQ\n\nInstallation Instructions\n\nFrom the WP admin panel, click \u201cPlugins\u201d -> \u201cAdd new\u201d.\n\nIn the browser input box, type \u201cSimple Custom CSS and JS\u201d.\n\nSelect the \u201cSimple Custom CSS and JS\u201d plugin and click \u201cInstall\u201d.\n\nActivate the plugin.\n\nOR\u2026\n\nDownload the plugin from this page.\n\nSave the .zip file to a location on your computer.\n\nOpen the WP admin panel, and click \u201cPlugins\u201d -> \u201cAdd new\u201d.\n\nClick \u201cupload\u201d.. then browse to the .zip file downloaded from this page.\n\nClick \u201cInstall\u201d.. and then \u201cActivate plugin\u201d.\n\nOR\u2026\n\nDownload the plugin from this page.\n\nExtract the .zip file to a location on your computer.\n\nUse either FTP or your hosts cPanel to gain access to your website file directories.\n\nBrowse to the wp-content/plugins directory.\n\nUpload the extracted custom-css-js folder to this directory location.\n\nOpen the WP admin panel.. click the \u201cPlugins\u201d page.. and click \u201cActivate\u201d under the newly added \u201cSimple Custom CSS and JS\u201d plugin.\n\nRequirements\n\nPHP >= 5.3\n\nBrowser requirements\n* Firefox \u2013 version 4 and up\n* Chrome \u2013 any version\n* Safari \u2013 version 5.2 and up\n* Internet Explorer \u2013 version 8 and up\n* Opera \u2013 version 9 and up\n\nWhat if I want to add multiple external CSS codes?\n\nIf you write multiple codes of the same type (for example: two external CSS codes), then all of them will be printed one after another\n\nWill this plugin affect the loading time?\n\nWhen you click the Save button the codes will be cached in files, so there are no tedious database queries.\n\nDoes the plugin modify the code I write in the editor?\n\nNo, the code is printed exactly as in the editor. It is not modified/checked/validated in any way. You take the full responsability for what is written in there.\n\nMy code doesn\u2019t show on the website\n\nTry one of the following:\n1. If you are using any caching plugin (like \u201cW3 Total Cache\u201d or \u201cWP Fastest Cache\u201d), then don\u2019t forget to delete the cache before seing the code printed on the website.\n2. Make sure the code is in Published state (not Draft or in Trash).\n3. Check if the wp-content/uploads/custom-css-js folder exists and is writable\n\nDoes it work with a Multisite Network?\n\nYes.\n\nWhat if I change the theme?\n\nThe CSS and JS are independent of the theme and they will persist through a theme change. This is particularly useful if you apply CSS and JS for modifying a plugin\u2019s output.\n\nCan I use a CSS preprocesor like LESS or Sass?\n\nFor the moment only plain CSS is supported, but you can check out the Pro version in case you need a CSS preprocessor.\n\nCan I upload images for use with my CSS?\n\nYes. You can upload an image to your Media Library, then refer to it by its direct URL from within the CSS stylesheet. For example:\ndiv#content {\nbackground-image: url(\u2018http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image.jpg\u2019);\n}\n\nCan I use CSS rules like @import and @font-face?\n\nYes.\n\nWho can publish/edit/delete Custom Codes?\n\nBy default only the Administrator will be able to publish/edit/delete Custom Codes. On the plugin activation there is a role created called Web Designer. You can assign this role to a non-admin user in order to allow to publish/edit/delete Custom Codes. On the plugin\u2019s Settings page there is an option to remove this role.\n\nCompatibility with qTranslate X plugin\n\nIf the qTranslate X plugin is adding some [:] or [:en] characters to your code, then you need to remove the custom-css-js post type from the qTranslate settings. Check out this screenshot on how to do that.\n\nMy website has HTTPS urls, but the codes are linked as HTTP\n\nThe URL for the linked Codes is built just like the URL for other media (from Media Library) by using the WordPress Address option found on the WP Admin -> Settings -> General page, as shown in this screenshot. If the WordPress Address has HTTPS in the url, then the Custom Codes and all the other media will have HTTPS in the url.\n\nReviews\n\nI use this tool primarily for CSS and JavaScript. For compatibility reasons I prefer this plugin as I can choose the location where the code is inserted, which helps tremendously for caching and compression."}
-{"text": "Pages\n\nSaturday, June 15, 2013\n\nLast week I had the privilege of seeing a man building his legacy at the Meyer Natural Foods Company Ranch near Helmsville, Montana. I went there expecting to learn about beef but I think I learned more about what one person's passion can build.\n\nCowboys leading a herd of about 80 cows and calves to the corrals.\n\nI can't get the kernel of what I experienced and learned in just one post so I want to do a series of three posts about the passion, people, and product from the Meyer ranch. Today I will tackle the product, Angus beef, and what I learned about it as a consumer.\n\nAfter two days of being fed all natural, dry aged, prime beef meals prepared by Executive Chef, John Enright, you might think I was ready for something a little different than more beef right? Wrong. I daydreamed this recipe up on the flight home from Knoxville.\n\nIt is a variation on a dish that Chef John made for us that had Manhattan fillets, asparagus, and polenta with portobello mushrooms. My spin is a reverse seared Manhattan fillet with a Cajun bearnaise sauce, grilled asparagus, and cheesy stoneground grits.\n\nManhattan Fillets with Cajun Sauce\n\nby www.nibblemethis.com\n\nIngredients (4 steaks)\n\nYou'll Need\n\n2 all natural NY Strip steaks, cut 1.5 to 2 inches thick\n\nSalt and pepper to taste\n\nFor The Sauce\n\n3 eggs\n\n1.5 T cold water\n\n2-3 tsp Cajun seasoning rub\n\n1/2 cup clarified butter\n\nsalt to taste\n\nFor The Grits\n\n2/3 cup stone ground grits\n\n2 c water\n\n1/4 cup butter\n\n2-3 tsp Cajun seasoning rub\n\nInstructions\n\nSet up a charcoal grill for indirect heat and preheat it to 250f. Trim the NY Strips into Manhattan fillets by cutting them in half, forming two 7-8 oz fillets per steak.\n\nGrits - Use only stone ground grits and cook according to directions. Add the butter, cheese, and Cajun seasoning at 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper as desired. Finish cooking until the grits are thickened.\n\nRoast - Slow roast the 4 fillets over indirect heat until they are about 5 degrees less than your desired finishing temperature. Flip periodically. For example, I want medium rare so cooked mine until they were an internal temperature of 127f so they would finish in the 130 to 135f range. This should take about an hour.\n\nMake the Cajun Sauce - This is similar to making a bearnaise sauce. Whisk the egg yolks and water together vigorously until the mixture is thickened and frothy. Place in a double boiler (water in the bottom simmering lightly) and continue whisking over medium low heat until doubled in volume 4-5 minutes. Slowly pour in the melted butter into the egg mixture while you continue whisking. Continue until texture coats the back of a spoon. Whisk in the lemon juice, Cajun seasoning, and salt and pepper. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired. Like hollandaise or bearnaise, the sauce needs to be kept warm to avoid separating. I keep ours warm in a thermal insulated coffee mug.\n\nGrill - Change your grill to DIRECT heat once the steaks finish roasting and increase the temperature to 500f. Sear the steaks over direct heat for 1 minute per side\n\nServe by slicing the fillets vertically and fan the slices on the plate. Serve with the cheese grits and drizzle with the sauce.\n\nFirst of all, WHY the Manhattan fillet if it is just a Strip cut in half? I like it for 3 reasons.\n\nAppearance - I like the shape of the fillet on a plate\n\nPortion Control - You get a 7-8 oz steak but it is still extra thick\n\nTexture - The thickness yields more of the medium rare (or whatever doneness) texture than a thin steak cooked the exact same way.\n\nIf you don't have a double boiler, make one. Find a metal mixing bowl that fits the opening of a medium sauce pan.\n\nIf you are really lazy, you can just do the 250f hour of roasting in an oven on a resting rack and then do the finishing sear over a very hot grill. You'll miss out on some of the smokiness.\n\nExcellent before even adding the sauce.\n\nSo what did I learn about beef production from a consumer standpoint? I went into this tour with two preconceived notions about beef.\n\nCertified Angus Beef that I see prevalent in stores is just marketing. Dave Bouska ripped back the Green Curtain on CAB for me in 2011. Dave has over 30 years experience in the meat industry and is the head of Butchers BBQ - Trust Your Butcher. In a live interview on BBQ Central 11-1-2011, he declared CAB as \"Absolutely nothing but a marketing ploy\". Per David, under the CAB program, there is no genetic or lineage tracking to determine a steer is Angus breed, just that it is 51% black. That's the equivalent of saying a doberman pincher is a black lab because he is 51% black. He said there are too many loopholes in the CAB program and they are being used. He recommended getting into a certified Angus farm program instead. [Full audio here, skip to 1:50 or so near the end]\n\nI don't like grass fed, organic, etc, etc. beef. We have tried to be \"good foodies\" and eat local grass fed beef but the family has unanimously not cared for the mouth feel and taste of grass fed.\n\nHere is what I took away from the tour as a consumer\n\nAll natural beef is not limited to grass fed. Meyer Natural Foods ranches produce beef as nature and nurture intended. No hormones. No antibiotics. No irradiation. They are feed an all vegetarian diet of alfalfa, natural grasses, wheat, and hay until the finishing yard where they may include corn and grains in the finishing diet.\n\nThere is real Angus beef out there. The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) certifies Red Angus beef through genetics, not appearance, for a true guarantee of 51% or more angus lineage. This is one of the farm programs that Bouska mentioned and is the one that Meyer's Natural Food complies with. In addition to their own quality control and tracking programs, Meyer's is also audited by the RAAA. RAAA certified beef can be tracked back to the source parents, not just a lot #.\n\nNaturally raised beef is superior beef, IMO. Turns out, that what is best for the cattle also makes for the best tasting beef. I'll cover this more in my next post, but Meyer ranches rely on practices from Dr. Temple Grandin and Bud Williams. It's a \"high pressure, low stress\" method that eliminates things like cattle prods, dogs, etc and uses more humane systems for directing the cattle. This directly leads to a more tender, flavorful cut of beef.\n\nThe increased cost of beef and other meats isn't fattening the wallets of ranchers. The biggest threat to today's cattle industry is not wolves, mountain lions, or even Alien Cattle Mutilations (actually I didn't ask about the alien deal, so it might be a problem, ha ha). It is droughts and fires leading to high feed and other input costs, such as fuel, fertilizers, and dietary minerals. It has gotten to the point where no one in the chain from ranch to consumer can absorb any more costs.\n\nMeyer Natural Foods all natural beef IS available in stores around me. Most of their retail sales are re-branded with the store chains own label. Stores like Publix, Earth Fare, and Whole Foods may have Meyer package their all natural beef lines.\n\nThese take aways are not bullet points from some smooth talking PR person. They are gleaned from each and every person that I spoke to at the ranch. They come from putting my eyes on the operations. They come from trying the product not only at the ranch but also purchased from a local grocery store.\n\nHow do I shop for quality steak?\n\nThis might sound a bit corny but now I look for the Meyer label or signage. After seeing their operations and trying their products locally, I trust their brand.\n\nI talk to my butcher and ask questions. Don't be intimidated, ask them about where their beef is sourced, what do they mean by \"natural\", etc. Not only will this make you an educated customer, it will build an important relationship with your butcher.\n\nUse my eyes. Forget labels - LOOK at the different steaks. Which one looks better, has deeper color and even marbling?\n\n[Standard Disclaimer] Meyer Natural Foods paid for my transportation to and from the ranch; however, no advertising fees have been paid, I paid for the Meyer's products mentioned, and all opinions stated are my own.\n\nI've got a T-Bone to pick with you...you were in Montana and didn't stop by? What's an 8 to 10 hour drive?!? I would have had steaks on hand, 51% real, for you to grill! Sounds like a fascinating trip - can't wait to read more - and if I get over being mad at the mister I might serve this up tomorrow...IF!\n\nI'd like to learn more about quality beef production. I really threw myself into the whole fishing thing because I knew there was a \"right\" way to enjoy seafood. Beef is the same I just know it. I just don't know enough about it to feel as comfortable as I'd like talking about it. GREG\n\nI love this phrase - \"a man building his legacy.\" I'm looking forward to all of your Meyer post and to picking up some of their beef next trip to K'town. Your plate and the beef both look excellent and I will try a strip this way.\n\nI'm not a huge fan of grass-fed beef either. I thought I was just being a snob because I was raised on Nebraska beef... corn-fed :)As for my legacy... hhhmmmmm... It will be not be the form of beef, that is for sure!!\n\nI would love to try Meyer beef. You mentioned;\"The increased cost of beef and other meats isn't fattening the wallets of ranchers.\" Somebody is getting rich. Whole Foods will charge close to 25 dollars a pound for aged prime beef. This makes this purchase a rarity because of the price. It is a shame."}
-{"text": "360. Minister, you will know, because you will\nremember as a distinguished member of this Select Committee in\na slightly different form, that we have the power to request papers.\nI wonder if you would accede to a request of this Committee to\nhave a record of any meetings that you had or your Department\nhad with any other Department on ILAs. In other words what we\nparticularly want to know is when you had the first meeting or\nany meeting with the Treasury to discuss the ILA. Would you be\nable to do that?\n(John Healey) Chair, I am more content to prepare\nfor the Committee a schedule of the points at which we consider\nwe took particular decisions and in particular to identify the\npoints at which any discussions or notifications were made to\nthe Treasury in advance of that decision we announced on 24th\nOctober.[4]\n\nMr Baron\n\n361. Minister, just coming back to the professional\nmanagement of the ILA scheme in its entirety. What has concerned\na number of us on the Committee is the fact that there is a deadweight\nfactor, some would argue. We had Chris Hughes, the Chief Executive\nof the Learning and Skills Development Agency, tell the Committee\nILAs were enormously popular but there was inevitably a deadweight\nfactor in that they were going to people who were already involved\nin the system. Has any assessment been undertaken with regard\nto how many people were not in some form of structural educational\ntraining and has there been any assessment of the deadweight factor\nand take up of ILAs? I suppose the point is this, has this been\ngetting to those people it should be getting to?\n(John Healey) I think there are two aspects, Mr Baron,\nto your question. The first short answer is yes we have done quite\na significant study of people who have opened ILA accounts and\nthose who have used them. Just over one fifth who opened the accounts\nand used them said they had not participated in any learning in\nany form for at least 12 months. One in six of those who use their\nILAs\u0097one in six\u0097had no previous qualifications whatsoever.\nThat is an indication of the degree of targeting that has been\nachieved through the ILA policy and scheme as a universal offer\nand links to the discussion we had earlier on about whether or\nnot there is a case for redefining that universal offer to one\nthat is more tightly targeted. The question of deadweight is I\nthink less a question of who it goes to and more a question of\u0097perhaps,\nChair, I can just lay my Treasury background here\u0097would\nthose learners have covered the cost of that learning anyway and\ndone that learning without the offer of the ILA account? That\nis I think the most important working definition of deadweight.\nIn one of our evaluation exercises we asked users to comment on\na proposition \"With an ILA I would not have been able to\npay for my learning.\" 44 per cent either fairly or strongly\ndisagreed with that so in other words it gives you a hypothetical\nfeel for perhaps 40 per cent of those who have used ILAs who would\nhave pursued, or certainly could have afforded to pursue the learning\nthat they undertook without an ILA support. 50 per cent, however,\nagreed they would not have been able to do their learning with\nthe financial help of the ILA account.\n\n362. Does that not suggest there should be more\ncareful targeting with regard to who we offer these ILA accounts\nto in order to ensure they are those who most need it.\n(John Healey) Yes.\n\n363. Is that going to be a factor or criteria\nyou use in any sort of replacement scheme?\n(John Healey) It is one area, as I have explained\nI think to the Committee, we are looking at very clearly and carefully\nas part of the work we are having to do in terms of redesigning\nthe policy for a prospective relaunch.\n\n364. In any replacement scheme that is going\nto come forward, I know it is very early days but having said\nthat you must be thinking about a replacement or you should be.\nHow are you going to move us forward? How are you going to target\nany replacement scheme to ensure it is aimed at those people who\nmost need the help?\n(John Healey) You are right, Mr Baron, it is too early\nto tell you that because we have not weighed up and looked very\ncarefully at what we can do. Just as an illustration. The current\nscheme was devised and introduced in England being eligible for\nanyone over 19 as long as they had not got a higher education\ndegree. Sorry, it was designed in England for training which excluded\nhigher education learning. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,\nthey took a slightly different criteria for eligibility which\nshows the flexibility of the concept itself. Their cut off age\nwas 18 and they allowed learning to be funded by ILA accounts\nfor part-time higher education study. In other words, there was\nan element of different decisions about targeting in the four\ndifferent areas. It is a very flexible concept. The decisions\nthat we need to make on how we design it and how we target it,\nit is really, frankly, at the moment, as you suggest, too early\nto give you a definite answer on.\n\n365. It is going to be an intention in the future\nthat anything like this we are going to target more?\n(John Healey) It is one of the areas for the redesign\nof the policy that we are looking very closely at.\n\nChairman\n\n366. Minister, in terms of the overall picture,\nwhat this Committee I think is trying to probe is, on the one\nhand, I think every Member of this Committee is delighted about\nthe whole concept of individual learning accounts and all the\nmeasures that show they were successfully taken up. We have our\nreservations that\u0097I do not know why it is called the deadweight\nfactor\u0097the people you really want to put in ILAs, not enough\nof those are being brought in by the scheme and of course that\nmakes it difficult for you in terms of meeting other targets in\nterms of tackling adult literacy and skills. In a sense what we\nare finding difficult, not just from your officers but from the\nDepartment's officers, is here is a scheme and all schemes are\nprototypes in a sense and you have to learn from them and if something\ngoes dreadfully wrong you go back to the drawing board and you\nget it right and you manage again. What seems to be worrying the\nCommittee, it is certainly worrying me as Chairman, is this change\nin the view of why it happened. I do not see what is wrong with\nthe Department saying \"Look, it is an interesting prototype.\nIt was wildly too popular. It did not quite hit the target that\nwas agreed in the original vision. It was costing a lot of money\nand on the margin there was a bit of fraud\". I do not understand\nthe two voices coming from the Government about this. If you put\nyour cards on the table and state \"These are the problems,\nas a Select Committee understand that.\" I think the Committee\nwould understand it. We are getting a very strange message from\nthe Department. We are sitting here, you used to sit on this side,\nwe train some good people here. There is a potential one sitting\nbehind you smiling at the moment. The fact of the matter is can\nyou not see why you have had a session here dominated by the ILA\nbecause we are discontent with the sort of answers not just from\nyou but from the Government on this flagship policy?\n(John Healey) I completely understand and, if I may\nsay so, I think you are right to give this such close attention\nbut what I hope I have been able to explain is that there were\ntwin concerns at the time of the decision to withdraw the programme\nbut the principal concern was about the protection of the proper\nuse of public money, the protection of individuals who were putting\nsome of their own money into their ILA supported learning and\nthe fact that the steps we had taken clearly were not stopping\nthe minority of providers that were frankly not just abusing and\nmisusing the system but drawing down increasing amounts of public\nmoney by doing so. That seemed to me the proper basis for the\nsteps we took. I have tried to explain how the two concerns perhaps\ncombine but that is the principal and proper overriding concern,\nthe misuse of the system by a small number of providers and the\namount of public money that they were drawing down as a result\nof their activity.\n\n367. Minister, you can understand that the Committee\nis concerned, quite rightly, about the individual learning accounts\nsuch that it has really dominated the whole session. I have made\na suggestion to the Committee, and I think we all agree, that\nwe will continue only on this subject today and we will invite\nyou back in the New Year to discuss the other aspects of your\nbrief. Is that acceptable?\n(John Healey) I would be delighted to do that.\n\nChairman: Right. We have another 15 minutes.\n\nMr Pollard\n\n368. I watched some trainees who are returning,\nthese are mums bringing up families they were going back. They\nwere keyed up by this opportunity, there is no question about\nthat. It provided a useful skill to come back part-time. There\nwas competence and confidence being pulled in. That competence\nhas taken a knock, certainly locally, and I would guess nationally,\nhow will we get that back? The second question, you have been\nvery shy about saying when the son or daughter of ILA might come\non stream. You must have an ambition or aspiration that you would\nlike to see it back and that would send out a stronger message\nthan you have been sending out already. Yes, it will come back,\ncast iron guarantee, at some time. The Forth Bridge is being continually\nrepainted, we do not want to get into that in the future, so far\nin the distance it is of little consequence.\n(John Healey) I want to see this reintroduced as soon\nas we can. That is the reason why despite the very heavy pressure\non the Department to deal with the current situation we are facing\nI have insisted that some of our officials in this territory continue\nto work on the plans and the development of policy for a future\nILA style scheme. The reason for that is just as you say, Mr Pollard,\nthis is actually a programme which has helped people with their\nskills and knowledge. From the evaluations that we did 84 per\ncent said as a result of using their ILA it has improved their\nknowledge and 59 per cent said it has helped them grow in confidence\nwhich was the other element. You placed quite proper stress on\nthis. In a sense it is almost ironic, the confidence that here\nis a policy with a very important and positive impact which is\nactually growing through this period of operational difficulty\nas we hear more from a range of providers and a range of individuals\nincluding constituents through Members of Parliament actually\nwe are getting a much better idea of the impact that their the\nscheme has been having than perhaps we had a month ago.\n\nJeff Ennis\n\n369. I do not have to tell you, Minister, the\nimportance of a flourishing FE sector in places like South Yorkshire,\nwhich we both represent, in terms of future regeneration of South\nYorkshire, particularly in light of the fact we have some of the\nhighest levels of poor adult literacy and numeracy skills. Looking\nspecifically at how the ILA scheme has operated, what proportion\nof ILA account holders were pursuing courses of basic adult literacy\nand numeracy, do we have statistics on that?\n(John Healey) At the end of October of the 2.5 million\nILA account holders in England just around about 1.3 million at\nthat point had drawn down the discounts in order to pursue learning.\nThat was in part why when we took the decision and announced it\non October 24th we did not stop the scheme in its tracks at that\npoint because we wanted to give those other learners who had opened\ntheir ILA account some opportunity to sign up for training in\norder to be able to take advantage of their ILA account before\nwe had to end the scheme on December 7th. We gave them that notice\nperiod. For ILA account holders they had until then to register\nwith a provider, decide what training they wanted to pursue, register\nwith a provider and make sure that provider booked that learning\nwith an ILA centre. It did not matter whether or not they had\nstarted that learning because they could start it at any point\nwithin six months from December 7th and still be able to draw\ndown that discount.\n\n370. Do we know what the success rate of pursuing\nthat particular policy has been in terms of the continuing learning?\n(John Healey) In what terms?\n\n371. In terms of the number that are actually\ntransferred?\n(John Healey) I cannot give you figures for the number\nfollowing October 24th that have signed up or redeemed their ILA\naccount off the top of my head but we could find that information\nout for you. I am happy to provide that.\n\nChairman\n\n372. Thank you.\n(John Healey) We will be able to work on that as soon\nas the operation of the ILA centre is restored.\n\nJeff Ennis\n\n373. Just one further point in terms of the\npursuance of basic adult literacy and numeracy skill courses.\nI guess there will be the regional variation details in terms\nof the take up of the type of course. I guess for South Yorkshire\nit is probably higher than the national average. Do we have any\nregional stats on that?\n(John Healey) No, we do not, but for adult literacy\nand numeracy, the adult basic skills that quite rightly you identify\nas a big problem generally but tending to be even more concentrated\nin areas like South Yorkshire where there is economic and social\ndisadvantage, the ending of the current ILA programme will not\naffect provision of adult literacy and numeracy. That is an entirely\nseparate strategy and an entirely separate programme which is\nfully funded and does not require the individual to contribute\nat all to the costs of learning and does not require the application\nof an ILA style top up in order to be able to pursue it.\n\nMr Baron\n\n374. Can I just come back very briefly to this\nissue about fraud within the system. You stated to us this morning\nthat basically you were aware there was a small number of providers\nabusing the system. Why did you not then just close down that\nsmall number of providers and allow the majority, who were obviously\nproviding a very good job, as judged by the enormous popularity,\nto carry on? Why did you throw the baby out with the bathwater?\n(John Healey) We had tried that approach during the\ncourse of the summer. The first learning provider we suspended\nas a result of allegations and an investigation into fraud was\nin June. What we found was that we simply did not have the wherewithal\nto be able to take strong enough action to stop them simply by\napplying the rules of the scheme as it was devised and undertaking\nthat course of action.\n\n375. Can I come back to that? Surely if you\nhad evidence that there was fraud, why did you not have the wherewithal\nto address those providers with the evidence that you had? I am\nstill unclear why you had to close down the whole scheme. How\nwas closing down the whole scheme going to provide that?\n(John Healey) Let me try to help by getting a sense\nof proportion and perspective. At the end of October, when I said\nthat we had 2.5 million account holders, we had received, up to\nthat point, 8,448 complaints just over a quarter of which were\nabout misuse of the system. Those 8,448 complaints related to\n404 providers. Of those 404 providers the vast majority had maybe\none complaint raised against them and only a quarter of those\ncomplaints were about misuse of the system. I am giving examples\nof the other sorts of abuse that were registered. Those were the\nproviders of principal concern. By November 17 that list of providers\nfor whom there had been some complaint raised was 565 off the\nback of just over 10,000 complaints. Those within that category\nwhere either there were a number of complaints raised against\nthem or for which the nature of those complaints meant that we\nhad serious concerns number 86, and 60 of those were already investigated,\nfive of them referred to the police, the others we are preparing\nto investigate, and of the cases of alleged fraud where we involved\nthe police in helping us investigate, during the entire operation\nof the scheme for more than a year, that amounts to 39 arrests\nconnected with three learning providers, with one person charged.\nSo you have a span of activity which is an important context for\nthis, I think, which is the run-of-the-mill sort of complaints\nyou get from punters of any system or programme that you have;\nyou have a proportion that is just over a quarter of those complaints\nthat essentially are about non-compliance with the system, misuse\nof the system, and then you have a very small extreme end where\nyou have serious allegations of fraud. This of course is all a\ndescription of the position before the end of last week. We simply\nwere not able to control the activities, conduct the investigations,\nprotect the proper use of public funds and the interests of individual\nlearning account holders, by working within the system we had\nset up. It was a regrettable conclusion we came to. We tried the\nmeasures that we thought we could take during the course of the\nsummer and early autumn. We came therefore to the conclusion that\nwe had no other alternative than actually to withdraw the programme,\nwhich is what we announced on October 24.\n\nMr Baron: I am conscious that time is ticking\non, but perhaps I can ask a question about, that very quickly,\nMinister. As you were providing a lot of finance for all this,\nwhy could you not have sent a simple letter explaining to those\nproviders that you had a serious doubt about that you were withholding\nfinance until you had time to undertake a further investigation?\nThat would have allowed the vast majority of providers who were\nobviously doing a good job to carry on and not cause the maximum\ndisruption that this has caused. You had the power to do that,\nbecause you were not implying guilt, you were providing the finance,\nyou had the power to say, \"We're going to cut off finance\nfor the time being until, in your best interest,\" you could\nhave worded the letter, \"these allegations are resolved.\"\n\nChairman\n\n376. Could you come back briefly on that?\n(John Healey) Yes. Those were precisely the preliminary\nsteps\u0097an inquiry, investigation\u0097that we took with\nproviders that we were concerned about during the course of this\nsummer. It did not allow us to close down their operations sufficiently\nwithin the way the system operates. We did precisely that, and\nit proved to be not strong enough action to allow us to control\nthe situation.\n\nMr Baron\n\n377. Even though you were supplying the money?\n(John Healey) Yes.\n\nMr Chaytor\n\n378. Minister, had there been no allegations\nof fraud, would you have suspended the scheme?\n(John Healey) No, we would not have taken the decision\nto withdraw the scheme if we had not had the increasing concerns\nand increasing evidence of activity that was frankly a misuse\nof the system and an improper use of public funds.\n\n379. There were 10,000 complaints the overwhelming\nmajority of which were nothing to do with fraud?\n(John Healey) Yes."}
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In fact, it might still be cheaper to go with the longer contract if you aren\u2019t sure when you\u2019ll move, or whether you can take your FirstEnergy service with you.\n\nIronically, technology can make the utilities\u2019 problem worse, not better\u2014at least in the short term. In the past, grids were developed because it was cheaper to generate large quantities of power and distribute it over wide distances, rather then generate smaller quantities closer to the place of use. It is for this reason that electricity is seen as a business that benefits from \u201ceconomies of scale\u201d.\n\nNo worries. It\u2019s always a good idea to shop for a new electricity plan when you are moving to see if there is a better deal on electricity available. But, if you are happy with your current electric rate, most electricity providers will gladly keep you as a customer and continue service under your current contract at your new apartment or house as long as you move within the same utility delivery area. Don\u2019t worry about early termination fees. If you are moving, your electricity provider cannot charge you an early termination fee if you provide a valid proof of a change of address thanks to customer protection rules established by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.\n\nIn Texas' deregulated energy market, customers must pick their own electricity provider, all of which offer different rates per hour of power usage. You can shop for other power plans on the state-run website, www.powertochoose.org, or try an alternative website, like www.texaspowerguide.com to help find the cheapest plan. Keep in mind that many retail electricity contracts carry penalties for early termination.\n\nMost of Direct Energy\u2019s plans allow you to earn Plenti points \u2014 you get 1,000 as soon as you sign up. That initial windfall is about as good as it gets. You keep accumulating rewards with every payment, but just one point for every dollar you spend on supply charges (what you pay to Direct Energy vs. your EDC \u2014 so about two-thirds of your total bill). A Plenti point equates to about one cent, so that 1,000 point bonus works out to $10 when you cash it in with a Plenti merchant (Rite Aid, Macy\u2019s, etc.) You\u2019d have to spend a further $1,000 in supply charges before making off with another $10.00 in Plenti points.\nTexas deregulated most of the state's electricity markets in 2002, a move aimed at lowering electricity costs by letting consumers choose their own electric power providers and their own plans. Some parts of Texas continued to be regulated, including those that get power from municipal utilities, electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities that operate outside the state's primary power grid.\nUtility companies are responsible for transmission and delivery of electricity even in energy deregulated parts of Texas and should be contacted in the event of a power outage. Your retail energy supplier may provide you competitive electric rates or exceptional customer service, but they cannot repair power lines or restore your service. In the case of an emergency, contact:\nJust as you shop for other products and services, you may also be able to shop for an energy supplier. With choice, energy customers from large manufacturers to residential homeowners are able to shop for energy options from a diverse group of competitive suppliers certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). As more suppliers are offering their services in your area, you have the opportunity to choose the company that supplies the generation of your electricity and supplies your natural gas.\nTexas currently produces and consumes more electricity than any other state in the country. This energy consumption is due to its size, but the ample land makes it a major producer of wind power \u2013 a renewable, or green, energy source. The environmentally friendly energy created by wind power is available to many Texas residents to supply the electricity in their home or business.\n\nThe problem is that across Africa, the vast majority of the power utilities are effectively bankrupt. Another World Bank study (pdf) on African Utilities shows that only two of the 39 African utilities surveyed, in the Seychelles and Uganda, were able to generate enough cash to cover both their operating costs and capital expenditures necessary to invest in the maintenance and expansion of the grid. In fact, only 19 of the 39 companies were able to generate enough cash to cover their day-to-day operating costs. It means the rest were not even able to pay everyday costs, like salaries, in full.\n\nTechnology also provides a long-term answer, even if it contributes to the problem in the short-term, as described earlier. As renewable power and storage technologies become cheaper and more efficient they will gradually allow for the implementation of cheaper mini-grids and smart grids, increasingly within the reach of the really poor, even in urban areas. Perhaps, grids will one day become marketplaces allowing people to sell excess power from their solar installations to those who have a need for power at that time. Prices can be set dynamically to allow supply to match demand.\nThe main difference between a provider and TDSP is that a TDSP is in charge of delivering electricity supply to a consumer's home or business. Contact your local TDSP for emergency situations such as hazardous electrical wires, storm alerts and power outages. Also, AEP offers McAllen residents and business owners with storm safety tips and service request information. Contact the TDSP at 1-877-373-4858 for electrical safety issues and 1-866-223-8508 for outage emergencies.\nJust as you shop for other products and services, you may also be able to shop for an energy supplier. With choice, energy customers from large manufacturers to residential homeowners are able to shop for energy options from a diverse group of competitive suppliers certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). As more suppliers are offering their services in your area, you have the opportunity to choose the company that supplies the generation of your electricity and supplies your natural gas.\nAided by the fact that the Evergreen State doesn\u2019t collect a corporate income tax, cheap power has attracted industries that tend to consume biblical amounts of electricity, from aircraft production to software development to aluminum refining. Major companies in these spaces that are either headquartered or maintain a significant presence in the state include Microsoft , Amazon.com , Expedia .com and Boeing.\nThis company has more plan variety than any other we looked at, though most of them seem more flashy than functional. And some seem weirdly niche \u2014 like \"Connect to Comfort,\" a 24-month plan that comes with a Hive Hub and a Hive Active Thermostat, smart home devices that allow you to control your heat and A/C via app. Like many of Direct Energy\u2019s plans, how good of a deal it is depends on how closely its offers align with your established habits.\nPower generation projects, which have to sell their power to these bankrupt utilities, require creative financing structures to get around these problems. In a bid to reduce their risk when financing these projects, bankers employ financial tools like put call options agreement or World Bank partial risk guarantees. The problem is these tools add complexity and cost which end up being passed on to the end-user or worsen the financial state of the power utility.\nOne of the most common sticking points for electricity customers is what, exactly, the difference is between an electricity provider (also called REP, CRES, or electric supplier) and an electric utility (also called a TDSP, TDU, or EDU). They\u2019re both vital to the success of electricity deregulation, but they play very different roles. Understanding how they fit together can make a big difference in your overall confidence as an electricity customer trying to shop for the best electricity plan.\nConsumers in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Corpus Christi were promised bargains on electricity when the Texas Legislature deregulated the electricity market. But 16 years later they're still paying more for electricity than their counterparts in cities Texas lawmakers exempted from deregulation such as Austin and San Antonio, according to the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power which analyzed federal electricity pricing data."}
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-{"text": "Top Menu\n\nSunday, October 02, 2016\n\nMonday Watch\n\nChinese Cities Introduce Curbs to Cool Overheated Property.Local\ngovernments in seven Chinese cities tightened rules for home purchases\nover the past three days in a bid to damp resurgent demand and rein in\nexcessive speculation. Authorities in those metropolitan areas\nintroduced measures ranging from raising down-payment requirements for\nboth first and second homes to ruling some potential buyers ineligible.\nSichuan\u2019s provincial capital Chengdu and Henan\u2019s provincial capital\nZhengzhou on Sunday banned people from buying a third property in some\nareas. Wuxi, a southern manufacturing base close to Shanghai, raised\ndown-payment requirements for second homes to a minimum of 40 percent\nof the property\u2019s value from 30 percent previously.\n\nPimco Warns of Rising Asia Debt After Record Dollar Bond Sales.Pacific\nInvestment Management Co. is wary of the risks of rising debt levels\nafter sales of dollar bonds by borrowers in the Asia-Pacific region\nballooned to a record. Issuance surged 66 percent last quarter from the year earlier to $152 billion,\naccording to data compiled by Bloomberg. Borrowers have rushed to lock\nin lower financing costs as the average yield premium on the securities\nhas fallen 72 basis points this year to 206, near the lowest since 2007,\naccording to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes.\n\nSingapore Home Prices Have Biggest Drop in More Than Seven Years. Singapore\nhome prices had their steepest drop in more than seven years as the\ngovernment holds steadfast on property cooling measures that it rolled\nout in 2009. An index tracking private residential prices fell 1.5\npercent in the three months ended Sept. 30 from the previous quarter,\nthe biggest decline since June 2009. Prices fell for the 12th straight\nquarter, the longest streak of quarterly losses when prices were first\npublished in 1975, according to preliminary data from the Urban\nRedevelopment Authority Monday.\n\nJapan Tankan Corporate Sentiment Gauge Misses Expectations.Japan\u2019s large manufacturers don\u2019t see business conditions getting any better, and they don\u2019t see them getting any worse.\nAt least for now. Still, they remained more downbeat over the past\nquarter than expected, and the least optimistic in more than three\nyears, underscoring the effects of a stronger currency and weak global\ngrowth. This will likely make it more challenging for the Bank of Japan\nto stoke inflation and revitalize the economy.\n\nAsian Stocks Advance as Japan Shares Climb, Bank Concerns Ease.\nAsian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index rebounding from a\none week low, as worries over the health of European banks eased and\nJapanese shares climbed on a weakening yen. The MSCI Asia Pacific\nIndex gained 0.3 percent to 140.12 as of 9:11 a.m. in Tokyo. Japan\u2019s\nTopix index rose 0.8 percent as the yen traded at 101.53 against the\nU.S. dollar, weakening for a fifth straight session. Relief swept\nover equity markets on Friday as Agence France-Presse reported Deutsche\nBank AG is near a $5.4 billion deal with the U.S. Department of Justice,\nless than half the initial amounted requested to settle a probe related\nto bad mortgages.\n\nOil Drops as U.S. Adds Drill Rigs While Iran Seeks Export Boost.Oil\ndeclined from the highest close in six weeks as U.S. producers\nincreased drilling and Iran signaled it\u2019s seeking to boost exports after\nOPEC members agreed to reduce output at a meeting last week.\nFutures dropped as much as 1 percent in New York after advancing 8\npercent during the previous three sessions. Rigs targeting crude in the\nU.S. rose a fifth consecutive week to the highest level since February,\nBaker Hughes Inc. said on its website Friday. Iran wants to increase\nexports to 2.35 million barrels a day in the coming months, state news\nagency IRNA reported. The OPEC member is currently shipping 2.2 million\nbarrels a day.\n\nBafin Head Warns of 'Negative Perception Spiral' on Banks. Not every \"nervous reaction\" by capital markets toward banks is justified by facts, Felix Hufeld, head of German financial regulator Bafin, says in an interview. Talk about state aid for Deutsche Bank is \"pseudo debate\", he said.\n\nBOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are higher, boosted by technology and industrial shares in the region. I expect US stocks to openmixed and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing modestly lower. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the week.\n\nThe positions and strategies discussed on BETWEEN THE HEDGES are offered for entertainment purposes only and are in no way intended to serve as personal investing advice. Readers should not make any investment decision without first conducting their own thorough due diligence. Readers should assume the editor of this blog holds a position in any securities discussed, recommended or panned. While the information provided is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed, nor can this publication be, in anyway, considered liable for the investment performance of any securities or strategies discussed."}
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-{"text": "Helping you Stay Healthy\n\nTop Factors that Motivate People to Undergo Plastic Surgery\n\nThere are a variety of reasons why people want to go under the knife to improve their physical features. Whether it\u2019s because of bad genes, sun damage or even to reverse the hand on Father Time, it\u2019s a common procedure that has only grown in acceptance.\n\nHere are some of the top reasons why plastic surgery has become a necessity for many.\n\nGenetics\n\nThis has to be one of the most common reasons due to the fact that genes essentially dictate how you\u2019re going to look like throughout the course of your life. Plain and simple, people just don\u2019t like the way they look, spurring them to seek out a plastic surgeon to help correct their so-called flaws.\n\nAnti-Aging\n\nAnother common reason lies in the hands of time. While there is a wide array of over-the-counter anti-aging options that one can choose from, some people claim that they just don\u2019t do the trick \u2013 enter plastic surgery.\n\nFortunately, plastic surgery has been very successful in reducing the effects of aging and can even make a person look a decade younger than they actually are \u2013 well, almost. Plastic surgery is essentially designed to enhance the way you look, not turn back the hands on the clock.\n\nSun Damage\n\nThe harmful effects of UV rays have always been underestimated. As you already know, UV rays are extremely harmful and can cause premature aging. With enough exposure over long periods of time, you\u2019ll likely start to see some of the effects you\u2019ve been trying to avoid your whole life."}
-{"text": "July 06, 2011\n\nThe failure of the common disease common variant paradigm has led to an effort to identify rare variants that may contribute to disease in human populations. To identify such rare variants, one needs to look at more individuals at denser genomic coverage. This has been one of the inspirations of the 1000 Genomes project, which aims to capture full genome sequences of more than the 1,000 individuals of its title.\n\nA new paper has identified an important property of rare variants: they tend to be population-specific: rare variants in Europeans are mostly not the same as rare variants in Asians or Africans. A corollary of this observation is that a sample of X global individuals is effectively much smaller than X for the purposes of identifying rare variants: you expect 1 in 1,000 individuals to possess an allele with 0.1% frequency, but if the allele occurs at 0.1% frequency in 250 Europeans, and at 0% frequency in 750 non-Europeans, then you expect to find 0.25 individuals in such a sample, in other words, you are very likely to miss it entirely.\n\nThe practical consequence of this, is to identify most rare variants in humans you need even larger samples: the 1000 genomes project is likely to miss many of them, and, correspondingly, a large part of the potential contribution of rare variants to disease. A second consequence is that if the so-called missing heritability is hiding in rare variants, different populations will get the same diseases but for different genomic reasons.\n\nWas this unexpected?\n\nThis finding was not entirely unexpected. Consider the human species prior to its separation: it would harbor alleles ranging from very low to very high frequencies.\n\nThe very low-frequency alleles would have a high probability of being lost by drift in both the entire species (hence becoming irrelevant), or by founder effect in most human sub-populations. Only those that had some selective advantage might be expected to rise in frequency. Consequently, low-frequency alleles prior to the separation of Homo sapiens into regional sub-populations wouldmostly not persevere as low-frequency alleles today.\n\nHow about very low frequency alleles that arose after the separation of modern humans into Africans, Asians, Europeans, etc.? Again, the odds are stacked against those moving around: with a low migration rate between different human groups, it is fairly unlikely that a rare allele would migrate. Consequently, rare alleles that arose in regional populations were either lost by drift, or they grew in frequency (becoming non-rare), and, if, they persevered as rare variants, it is unlikely that they would be exchanged with other regional populations.\n\nSo, where do the rare variants mostly come from? They have to be mostly recent variants that have not had the time to either go extinct due, or to become common by drift, and their rarity and young age makes it unlikely that they had the chance to emigrate to other regional populations.\n\nDemographic estimates\n\nThe paper's other major contribution is in providing some fairly tight estimates of human demographic parameters, much better than previous ones. A summary can be seen on the left. What I especially like about this is that the authors explicitly tackle the very young age for the European-East Asian split, without invoking a \"long hiatus\" as previous papers did.Here is their explanation:\n\nThe narrow confidence intervals on some of the parameters should not obscure the fact that the parameter estimates are model-dependent. As a simple example, a model that does not allow for migration would require more recent split times to produce similar levels of population divergence. The demographic history of the four populations considered is much more eventful than what is accounted for by our model. Additional geographically intermediate populations from the Near East and Central Asia that were not included in our analysis might contribute significantly to the allele frequency distribution as ghost populations (19).Incorporating an appropriate number of source populations for estimates of migration has been a general limitation of two-and three-population models under isolation migration coalescent, approximate Bayesian computation, and diffusion-based approaches. This limitation might explain why our estimate of the divergence between East Asians and Europeans is more recent than estimates based on archaeological evidence (18), but is comparable with estimates of 23 kya (20) under an approximate Bayesian computation approach and 25 kya under an isolation migration approach with mtDNA X and Y sequence data (21).\n\nThis makes excellent sense: we don't need to hypothesize that Proto-Eurasians spent tens of thousands of years in the Near East in a long stasis for no apparent reason; the archaeological record shows the arrival of anatomically modern humans in Europe long before 23,000 years ago. Indeed the earliest Europeans, and certainly those of 23,000 years ago already had typical Caucasoid physical characteristics. Hence, the idea that Europeans' ancestors were still marooned as undifferentiated Eurasians together with the ancestors of the Chinese difficult to swallow.\n\nInstead, we can accept that East-West Eurasian differentiation began already shortly after Out-of-Africa, and the younger apparent divergence of Europeans and East Asians is due to gene flow, perhaps from an unsampled population that contributed genes to both.\n\nAnother interesting observation in the paper is that the divergence between Yoruba and Eurasians is a likely under-estimate of the Out-of-Africa event. This makes excellent sense, as West Africans are not expected to be identical with Proto-Eurasians or their closest African relatives. Hence, the 51ky is an over-estimate, and the true age seems to correspond well with the appearance of fully modern (in both appearance and behavior) Upper Paleolithic people in Eurasia, in full agreement with the recent scenario I posted on the blog, the end of Marine Isotope Stage 3, and the coalescence of most modern human Y-chromosomes.\n\nIndeed, even the age of the African population (148kya) seems to be consistent with the recent re-dating of Y-chromosome Adam to 142kya. It would be interesting to include some African hunter-gatherers in the future; unfortunately, one of the great defects of the 1000 Genomes Project is its lack of African hunter-gatherers, which are, perhaps the most interesting populations for human origins research.\n\nIn any case, it is refreshing to see a genetics paper that tries to show how the genetic dates may deviate from the archaeological ones for good internal reasons, and seeks to explain the small discrepancies between the two by the limitations of genetic methods. This is much better than proposing archaeological implausible scenaria to \"save\" the genetic evidence, which, until this paper came along, did not really have the fairly tight confidence intervals necessary for genetic-archaeological correlations.\n\nPNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019276108\n\nDemographic history and rare allele sharing among human populations\n\nSimon Gravel et al.\n\nHigh-throughput sequencing technology enables population-level surveys of human genomic variation. Here, we examine the joint allele frequency distributions across continental human populations and present an approach for combining complementary aspects of whole-genome, low-coverage data and targeted high-coverage data. We apply this approach to data generated by the pilot phase of the Thousand Genomes Project, including whole-genome 2\u20134\u00d7 coverage data for 179 samples from HapMap European, Asian, and African panels as well as high-coverage target sequencing of the exons of 800 genes from 697 individuals in seven populations. We use the site frequency spectra obtained from these data to infer demographic parameters for an Out-of-Africa model for populations of African, European, and Asian descent and to predict, by a jackknife-based approach, the amount of genetic diversity that will be discovered as sample sizes are increased. We predict that the number of discovered nonsynonymous coding variants will reach 100,000 in each population after \u223c1,000 sequenced chromosomes per population, whereas \u223c2,500 chromosomes will be needed for the same number of synonymous variants. Beyond this point, the number of segregating sites in the European and Asian panel populations is expected to overcome that of the African panel because of faster recent population growth. Overall, we find that the majority of human genomic variable sites are rare and exhibit little sharing among diverged populations. Our results emphasize that replication of disease association for specific rare genetic variants across diverged populations must overcome both reduced statistical power because of rarity and higher population divergence.\n\n15 comments:\n\n''unfortunately, one of the great defects of the 1000 Genomes Project is its lack of African hunter-gatherers, which are, perhaps the most interesting populations for human origins research.''\n\nI agree, but judging from this statement on the informed consent background document of the 1000 genomes project it is unlikely that they would include these groups.\n\n''The 1000 Genomes Project will not include samples from populations or communitiesthat are determined to be particularly vulnerable. For example, small, isolatedpopulations may make participants vulnerable to identification, stigmatization, orinvasion of privacy. Other populations may be vulnerable due to factors such associoeconomic status. Determinations regarding vulnerability will be made by theproject Steering Committee in consultation with the Samples/ELSI Group and otherrelevant experts.''\n\nUpper Cave people from China seem to have \"Polynesioid\" affinities, and people from southeast Asia \"Australoid\" affinities. In any case, they look different from Europeans, which is inconsistent with them diverging as recently as 23,000 years ago.\n\nI would also add that Soviet anthropologists identified Mongoloid characteristics in Upper Paleolithic Siberians\n\nhttp://dienekes.awardspace.com/blog/archives/000399.html\n\nAlso, Paleoindians (who migrated into the New World c. 15kya) do not yet possess a Mongoloid appearance, even though their present-day descendants are undeniably aligned morphologically with East Asians to a substantial degree.\n\nIn general, the emergence of Mongoloids is more obscure than that of the Caucasoids of West Eurasia.\n\n\"Also, Paleoindians (who migrated into the New World c. 15kya) do not yet possess a Mongoloid appearance, even though their present-day descendants are undeniably aligned morphologically with East Asians to a substantial degree.\"\n\nThere's no evidence for a migration to the New World 15,000 years. The earliest skulls with a generalized Mongoloid shape appear in North America and not in Asia: \"Peter Brown (1999) of the Department of Anthropology and Paleoanthropology at the University of New England evaluated three sites with early East Asian modern human skeletal remains (Liujiang, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China; Shandingdong Man of (but not Peking Man) Zhoukoudian's Upper Cave; and Minatogawa in Okinawa) dated to between 10,175 to 33,200 years ago, and finds lack of support for the conventional designation of skeletons from this period as \"Proto-Mongoloid\"; this would make Neolithic sites 5500 to 7000 years ago (e.g. Banpo) the oldest known Mongoloid remains in East Asia, younger than some in the Americas. He concludes that the origin of the Mongoloid phenotype remains unknown, and could even lie in the New World\" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongoloid_race).\n\nThis means, by the logic of the authors of this paper and by Dienekes's logic, that the ostensibly recent separation of East Asians and Amerindians can be explained as an artifact of gene flow from America to Asia some 12,000 years ago. That population may have carried with it back to the Old World the incipient \"Mongoloid\" morphology. Some aspects of this morphology, however, may be plesiomorphic, as shovel-shaped incisors (90% in Amerindians, 85% in Northern Mongoloids) are found at high frequencies in Neandertals and at low frequencies in Africans.\n\nDieneke, what modern human races/subspecies were there in various regions of the world prior to the emergence of the extant modern human races/subspecies and how different were they from each other and from the extant modern human races/subspecies?\n\nThank you for the information Dienekes, very interesting read. I forgot to ask about Sub-Saharan Africans. What can you tell us about their physical characteristics 23,000 years ago such as was it negroid, etc?\n\n\"Instead, we can accept that East-West Eurasian differentiation began already shortly after Out-of-Africa, and the younger apparent divergence of Europeans and East Asians is due to gene flow, perhaps from an unsampled population that contributed genes to both.\"\n\nSeems to me that India/Pakistan would be a good place for that. During cold/dry times, with the monsoon shut off, it would have supported an East/West separation, since much of the center of the region was inhospitable desert. During times the monsoon switched on again, the area supported mixing and also quick population growth that would have wanted to migrate outwards.\n\nThese guys used a mutation rate of 2.36 x 10-8 per generation, a rate determined from the measured difference between humans and chimpsand an estimate of the human/chimp split time based upon fossil evidence. Recent direct measurements on family triads indicate the that the mutation rate is approximately 1.1 x 10-8 per generation: if correct, this would give substantially different split times.\n\nIf 1.1x10-8 is more accurate, then that would push African-Eurasian divergence to 109ky, which does correspond to a known event (the appearance of modern humans in the Levant, where previously there lived Neandertals).\n\nIt would also push European-East Asian divergence to 50ky, which seems earlier than the appearance of modern humans in Europe, but could be saved, I guess, if either the divergence began somewhere in Asia, before the arrival of AMH in Europe and/or there is a little archaic admixture in East Asians inflating the divergence times; archaic admixture in Europeans seems less likely, because the only candidate is Neandertals, and we already know that Europeans have no more Neandertal genes than East Asians do.\n\n\"Dieneke, what modern human races/subspecies were there in various regions of the world prior to the emergence of the extant modern human races/subspecies and how different were they from each other and from the extant modern human races/subspecies?\"\n\nI would expect, with the presumed lesser mobility of pre-modern species, the diversity of such species would be greater than that of the modern human species. However I have never seen any analysis of such diversity, excepting in a book by Lee Berger claiming differences between northern and southern Australopithecus species.\n\nI would expect, with the presumed lesser mobility of pre-modern species, the diversity of such species would be greater than that of the modern human species. However I have never seen any analysis of such diversity, excepting in a book by Lee Berger claiming differences between northern and southern Australopithecus species.\n\nMy question was exclusively about modern human subspecies (I prefer the word subspecies to the word race, as it is clearer in meaning), whether extant or non-extant; archaic (=pre-modern) Homo and pre-Homo hominids is another issue.\n\n\"I forgot to ask about Sub-Saharan Africans. What can you tell us about their physical characteristics 23,000 years ago such as was it negroid, etc?\"\n\nAccording to the present data, the Negroid type could be quite recent in Africa. The oldest is the 11 kyr Iwo Eleru skullcap from Nigeria and the 6.4 kyr skeleton from Asselar, eastern Mali. The Khoisanid type is also likely of Holocene age: see \"Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern,\" by D.D. Styndera, R.R. Ackermanna and J.C. Sealy.\n\n\"It would also push European-East Asian divergence to 50ky, which seems earlier than the appearance of modern humans in Europe, but could be saved, I guess, if ... the divergence began somewhere in Asia, before the arrival of AMH in Europe \"\n\nI think there is little question that Europe initially was (mostly) populated from Pakistan/India rather than the Levant. At the documented around ~40ky ago, that is not so different from 50k if we allow for some traveling time from ~Pakistan via Neanderthal- \"infested\" regions to Europe - probably using a northern corridor first, before a southern one once it became safe, and accounting for some cold/dry separation time within that sub-continent.\n\nOld Blog Archive\n\nDienekes' Anthropology blog is dedicated to human population genetics, physical anthropology, archaeology, and history.\n\nYou are free to reuse any of the materials of this blog for non-commercial purposes, as long as you attribute them to Dienekes Pontikos and provide a link to either the individual blog entry or to Dienekes Anthropology Blog.\n\nFeel free to send e-mail to Dienekes Pontikos, or follow @dienekesp on Twitter."}
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-{"text": "Son Saura\n\nAnother referred unspoilt beaches, located on the south coast of Ciutadella de Menorca. Of not urbanized, is of the most spacious, offering two large sand beaches edged by thick pine forests. Its waters have nothing to envy to the best beaches in the Caribbean. It is accessed along the path of Sant Joan, so it must first pass through Ciutadella and follow the prompts. Until recently you had to pay a toll to the owners of adjacent land, but the Island Council has expropriated the land and now the passage and parking are free, but space is limited to vehicles. The access road will be some signs indicating if there are vacancies. It has a lifeguard, but there is no other service."}
-{"text": "BRISBANE21 March 2017\n\nForum highlights\n\nThanks to the clients, asset managers, and Mercer professionals who participated and made the Forum interesting, lively, and worthwhile. We are pleased to share some of the highlights here. Please make sure to visit the agenda page for useful links to Mercer services and intellectual capital pieces. See you next year!\n\nIf you wish to join our mailing list to receive information on future Forums, please send us an email.\n\nVideo Highlights\n\nThrough The Looking Glass: The Practicalities of Building Robust Portfolios in an Unpredictable World\n\nBuilding an Alternatives Portfolio: The Theory and the Practice\n\nLightning Talk: Fees for Alpha \u2013 How to Better Use Your Fee Budget\n\nDefensive Assets (Re)defined: What You Need to Know in This Low-yield Environment\n\n'Trust me, I'm a ...': Exploring the Role of Trust in Regulation and Partnership"}
-{"text": "Police and Courts\n\nAt 12:09 a.m. David Neland Jutz, 64, of Sterling, was arrested in the 200 block of Broadway St. on charges of possession of a schedule I/II controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.\n\nAt 9:34 a.m. police responded to Matheson, 530 Chestnut St., for theft. Five pairs of gloves, valued at $52.26, were stolen.\n\nJune 18\n\nAt 5:20 a.m. an unknown vehicle was traveling eastbound in the 500 block of California St. when it drove off of the left (north) side of the roadway and struck the fence of 558 California St. causing damage to the fence. The vehicle fled the scene.\n\nJune 1\n\nAt 9 p.m. a 1998 Mitsubishi Montero, driven by a Sterling minor was stopped facing eastbound at a stop sign at N. Seventh Ave. on State St. The front of an unknown vehicle traveling eastbound in the 700 block of State St. made contact with the back of the Mitsubishi. The unknown vehicle immediately backed up and drove away. The description of the vehicle and driver are unknown. No injuries were reported. The Mitsubishi sustained moderate damage.\n\nArticle Comments\n\nWe reserve the right to remove any comment that violates our ground rules, is spammy, NSFW, defamatory, rude, reckless to the community, etc.\n\nWe expect everyone to be respectful of other commenters. It's fine to have differences of opinion, but there's no need to act like a jerk.\n\nUse your own words (don't copy and paste from elsewhere), be honest and don't pretend to be someone (or something) you're not.\n\nOur commenting section is self-policing, so if you see a comment that violates our ground rules, flag it (mouse over to the far right of the commenter's name until you see the flag symbol and click that), then we'll review it."}
-{"text": "I'm not sure if I totally follow but I assumed k = \"y value\". In my case this was 10^12. I don't really know what the intersect function is asking by \"first curve?\", \"second curve?\" and \"guess?\", but I clicked past them. With lower numbers it seems to work but with 10^12 I get \"ERR: NO SIGN CHNG\"\n\nWhile viewing the graph, click \"2nd\" then \"Trace\" to bring up the Calc menu. Select \"Value\" and enter the x value for which you want the y value. You don't use \"Intersection\" unless you want the point at which two or more curves intersect and from what you're saying there's only one curve.\n\nWhile viewing the graph, click \"2nd\" then \"Trace\" to bring up the Calc menu. Select \"Value\" and enter the x value for which you want the y value. You don't use \"Intersection\" unless you want the point at which two or more curves intersect and from what you're saying there's only one curve.\n\nI want to do the opposite of what you described! I need the x value for a given y value. Thanks anyway.\n\nOh, there is no way that I know of using the original graphing software on the TI-83 to do that. I suppose the reason is because there can be multiple x values for a single y value in a function, not the other way around.\n\nBasically, he wants to solve for f(x)-k=0. So he can either plot f(x)-k, and look for where it crosses the x-axis (I dont remember if a function does that), or make two curves, f(x) and k, and find the x-coordinate of their intersection. Their intersection is where f(x)=k.\n\nAnother way would be to go into the solver (i dont remember where it is to be honest, hopefully you know...), which solves equations for you.\n\nBasically, he wants to solve for f(x)-k=0. So he can either plot f(x)-k, and look for where it crosses the x-axis (I dont remember if a function does that), or make two curves, f(x) and k, and find the x-coordinate of their intersection. Their intersection is where f(x)=k.\n\nAnother way would be to go into the solver (i dont remember where it is to be honest, hopefully you know...), which solves equations for you.\n\nBasically, he wants to solve for f(x)-k=0. So he can either plot f(x)-k, and look for where it crosses the x-axis (I dont remember if a function does that), or make two curves, f(x) and k, and find the x-coordinate of their intersection. Their intersection is where f(x)=k.\n\nAnother way would be to go into the solver (i dont remember where it is to be honest, hopefully you know...), which solves equations for you.\n\nI understand where you're coming from now. That's a nice skill. I'll have to try that out sometime. :)"}
-{"text": "Ball has 41, two rebounds and zero assists as as we enter the half-a touch behind schedule, but nothing more buckets can\u2019t fix.But this move wasn\u2019t made for defense.McCluster has received vanishingly-few touches since Frans Nielsen Jersey arriving San , but that could change if continues to struggle.Its hard to imagine that a once great newspaper would spend the time and money to send someone down http://www.detroitredwingsofficialonline.com/Adidas-Frans-Nielsen-Jersey to God forsaken Mississippi to interview this mindless dolt.According to Stats & Info, Welker led the NFL with 89 targets out of the slot 2013.\nThe Return on Equity value stands at 10%.Like us, they as the No.To me, that answered any question, not that I had any questions because we witness it Womens Derek Sanderson Jersey first-hand.there\u2019ll be times when he\u2019s flowing to the ball, he\u2019s getting there, he\u2019s knocking guys down, he\u2019s playing with his hands, he\u2019s getting position, he\u2019s finishing.had 25 points, 14 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Cavaliers to a 116 victory over the Timberwolves on Tuesday night.\n\nThe Suns swept the series three .reports is eligible to be voted onto the Phillies Wall of Fame this year, and columnist Bob Brookover expects that ultimately result joining team greats such as native Schmidt who have previously received that honor.I never had a problem with a coach life, no matter what team I\u2019ve been on.Coming off last week\u2019s 12 target game against the Colts I figured \u2018s ownership would skyrocket over 70%, but it seems there were more than a few skeptics out there.The Texas native be leaving ASU as a graduate transfer \u2013 he\u2019s scheduled to earn his diploma May \u2013 and be eligible to play for another FBS program immediately this coming if that\u2019s the tack he chooses.Could Profar\u2019s desire to play every day become a clubhouse problem?\n\nAfter civil unrest broke out Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting http://www.authenticbruinsjerseys.com/Authentic-Derek-Sanderson-Jersey death of Michael Brown, Watson wrote a essay on Facebook that was shared over 470 times.Be consistent.30, was his favorite moment of the 2016 .They go hand hand.Even 1995, while Belfour was a very good goalie anyone who remembers his pre-1999 years knows they were littered with critics who said he couldn\u2019t win the big one."}
-{"text": "Wednesday, September 8, 2010\n\nFull Scale Test of Evapro/Radiation Cooling System\n\nThis cooling scheme uses trickles of water down a surface that is pointed at the cold night sky. The water trickling down the surface is cooled by a combination of radiation to the sky and evaporation of some of the water. The cooled water is saved in a \"coolth\" storage tank for use on the next hot day. For climates like ours which normally have cool nights even when the days are hot this works well. Surfaces that are free to radiate to the night sky will cool significantly below ambient air temp, so the water can be cooled below the ambient air temperature.\n\nThis full scale version uses the North roof surface of my Solar Shed as the cooling radiator to cool a 430 gallon tank of water during the night time. When cooling is needed in the house during the following day, the cooled water in the tank is pumped over to the house and through the radiant floor heating loops in the house for cooling.\n\nThe solar heating side of the Solar Shed\n\nThe same water storage tank and radiant floor loops that are used for heating in the winter can be used by this system for cooling in the summer with very little new work to be done. Even the controls are unchanged except to switch from heat mode to cool mode. So, you can basically add the cooling function for only a few dollars and a few hours of labor.\n\nThe cooling side of the Solar Shed in operation.\nNormally this would be done at night.\n\nThe picture above shows the Solar Shed in cooling mode. Water from the \"coolth\" tank is distributed along the ridge line by a pipe with small holes. It trickles down the roof surface, cooling it down in the process. The cooled water is then collected by the gutter at the bottom, and routed back to the cooth tank. Really simple, but the combination of cooling due to both radiation and evaporation is quite effective -- several times more efficient than conventional AC.\n\nWe had such a cool summer here this year that I really did not have much motivation to get the full scale system set up, and only ended up with one hot day of testing. But, I've received quite a few questions on the system, so I thought I would pass along the results from the one day test. I plan to do more for next summer.\n\nThe link just below gives quite a bit of detail on how the test went, but the quick summary is that we were able to collect quite a bit of coolth in the tank efficiently, and that it kept our house comfortable through our one day (96F) heat wave. The estimated COP of the system is about 22 (roughly SEER 75) -- several times more efficient than conventional air conditions.\n\n7 comments:\n\nI'd seriously look into straight well water for cooling. Well water temps in MT should be less than 50F. You might need to watch for sweaty floors if the air humidity every got high. However, your climate is typically non-humid, right? My brother in Iowa has cooled his house for years using cold (45-55F) well water. He pumps it directly to a finned coil he has mounted in his air handler. The \"spent\" warm water he discharges to his lawn. You'd have to do a calculation to see how much energy you'd need to pump well water vs the energy consumed by your evaporative cooling system to see which comes out ahead on lower operating costs.\n\nHi Monte,I have been considering about doing that.Our well water is consistently 50F, so there is enough coolth there to be helpful.\n\nIf I figure 43,000 BTU of cooling for a hot day, this would be about (43K BTU)/(62F-50F)(1 BTU/lb-F) = 3580 lbs (430 gallons) of water on days that require cooling.\n\nThis water would be used for watering plants, but given that we are trying to cut down on our water use, it seems like a lot of water?Water is becoming more of an issue in our valley now, and I'd just as soon not do anything to aggravate the problem.\n\nHi John,Yes -- agree that it would be nice to know how well this method would work in more humid climates and climates that don't get as low a night temperature as we get. Surely not as well, but maybe still good enough to be worthwhile.\n\nThe FSEC (Florida Solar Energy Center) has a really interesting project that uses night radiation cooling via a metal roof to reduce AC costs. This is one of their reports:http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/pdf/FSEC-CR-1771-08.pdfThere is a lot more on their site about it.The FSEC has done some great work on cooling methods for hot humid climates.\n\nOur University of Alabama patented solar desalination product uses no electricity, has no filters to replace, can be taken anywhere and extracts pure water from any contaminated water source. It removes radiation, fluoride, salt, pesticides, bacteria, dirt and other contaminants from any water. It aids people to be prepared for disasters, saves hundreds on bottled water and utility bills. 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-{"text": "Latest ACA Resources\n\nUnder development for nearly four years, the joint U.S.-Israeli Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) destroyed an in-flight, short-range Katyusha rocket for the first time during a June 6 test. Although Lieutenant General John Costello, commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, hailed the test as turning \"science fiction into reality,\" the laser must still undergo several more tests, including tests against multiple rockets, before being shipped to Israel later this year, as currently planned.\n\nStemming from an April 1996 commitment from President Bill Clinton to then-Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres to help defend northern Israeli cities from terrorist attacks, THEL is a high-energy chemical laser designed to shoot down short-range rockets. In the June 6 test, THEL identified, tracked, and shot down the Katyusha rocket, which was traveling at about a speed of Mach 1, without any preprogrammed information on the rocket's trajectory or outside guidance. The effective range of the laser is classified, and its operational performance is susceptible to environmental factors, such as wind, rain, and fog.\n\nAt present, Israel only intends to take delivery of the current THEL demonstrator, while the United States has no plans to acquire the system, which Pentagon officials say is not mobile enough for U.S. defense needs. However, a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command spokesperson remarked that the \"THEL success demonstrates that high-energy lasers do have the potential for meeting the Army's need\" for defenses against rockets, mortars, and artillery. The current program is expected to total more than $250 million dollars, including an Israeli contribution of $67.5 million.\n\nEmail Updates\n\nThe Arms Control Association depends on the\ngenerous contributions of individuals who share\nour goal of promoting public understanding of and\nsupport for effective arms control policies. ACA is\na nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization,\nand your financial support makes a difference.\nYour membership comes with a 12-month\nsubscription to Arms Control Today."}
-{"text": "VICTORIA \u2013 Victoria, which quietly initiated a review of the province\u2019s Right to Farm legislation in 2015, has just as quietly shelved the project.\n\nThe change of government last year brought a change of priorities.\n\n\u201cOver the past year, the BC government has taken a fresh approach to preserving agriculture land in BC and encouraging farming and ranching,\u201d communications staff with the BC Ministry of Agriculture told Country Life in BC. \u201cRather than looking at one aspect such as the Right to Farm Act, it was determined that a thorough review of the [Agricultural Land Reserve] and [Agricultural Land Commission] was needed.\u201d\n\nOfficially known as the BC Farm Practices Protection Act, the legislation was originally passed in 1996 and has never been reviewed. The province undertook an initial round of discussions with local governments regarding the act, then sat down with industry in September 2015.\n\nWhile municipalities welcome the review, noting that not all local governments were treated equally under the act, Reg Ens of the BC Agriculture Council was cautious.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s definitely not perfect, but we want to make sure the ministry understands what they\u2019re getting into,\u201d he said at the time, likening the review to opening Pandora\u2019s box.\n\nAgriculture ministry staff said last year that the review pointed to a need to clarify the act and its regulations, which \u201care complicated and not always easily understood.\u201d\n\nComplaints brought forward under the act are adjudicated by the BC Farm Industry Review Board. These frequently involve noise, odour and other issues on the rural-urban interface."}
-{"text": "Huawei uses machine translation combined with human proofreading to translate this document to different languages in order to help you better understand the content of this document.\nNote: Even the most advanced machine translation cannot match the quality of professional translators.\nHuawei shall not bear any responsibility for translation accuracy and it is recommended that you refer to the English document (a link for which has been provided).\n\nS5720-56C-EI-DC\n\nS5720-56C-EI-DC\n\nVersion Mapping\n\nTable 4-824 lists the mapping between the S5720-56C-EI-DC chassis and software versions.\n\nPort Description\n\n10/100/1000BASE-T port\n\nA 10/100/1000BASE-T\nEthernet electrical port sends and receives service data at 10/100/1000\nMbit/s, and must use an Ethernet cable. Table 4-825 describes the attributes\nof a 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet electrical port.\n\nThe console port is connected\nto a console for on-site configuration. The port must use a console cable. The console port is\nused when a switch is powered on for the first time. For details about\nthe attributes of a console port, see Table 4-827.\n\nTable 4-827 Attributes of a console port\n\nAttribute\n\nDescription\n\nConnector type\n\nRJ45\n\nStandards compliance\n\nRS-232\n\nWorking mode\n\nDuplex Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)\n\nBaud rate\n\n9600 bit/s, 19200 bit/s, 38400 bit/s, 57600 bit/s, or 115200\nbit/s\n\nDefault value: 9600 bit/s\n\nMini USB port\n\nThe mini USB port is connected\nto a console for on-site configuration. When both the Mini USB and\nconsole port have a cable connected, only the Mini USB port works.\n\nETH management port\n\nYou can connect a switch to a configuration\nterminal or network management workstation through the ETH management\nport to configure the switch locally or remotely. The port must use\nan Ethernet cable. You can\nchoose to download the software package through the ETH management\nport in the BootLoad menu. File transfer through the ETH management\nport is faster than transfer through the console port. Table 4-828 describes the attributes of an\nETH management port.\n\nTable 4-828 Attributes of an ETH management port\n\nAttribute\n\nDescription\n\nConnector type\n\nRJ45\n\nStandards compliance\n\nIEEE802.3\n\nWorking mode\n\n10/100 Mbit/s auto-sensing\n\nMaximum transmission distance\n\n100 m\n\nIn V200R012C00 and later versions, you can log in to the switch\nthat contains the ETH management port for the first time through the\nETH port. For details, see \"Logging In to a Device for the First Time\"\nin the Configuration Guide - Basic Configuration. If you have\nlogged in to the device for the first time by pressing and holding\nthe MODE button for 6 seconds or longer and save the configuration,\nthe default configuration on the ETH port will be cleared. In this\ncase, you cannot log in to the switch for the first time through the\nETH port. You are advised to log in to the switch for the first time\nthrough the ETH port.\n\nUSB port\n\nThe USB port can have a USB flash drive connected to upgrade the\nswitch, or transfer configuration files or other files. The USB port\nof the S5720-EI does not support USB 1.1 and can only connect to a USB flash drive\nthat complies with USB 2.0.\n\nNOTE:\n\nUSB flash\ndrives from different vendors differ in model compatibility and drivers.\nIf a USB flash drive cannot be used, try to replace it with another\none from a mainstream vendor. Switches support a maximum of 128 GB\nUSB flash drives.\n\nIndicator Description\n\nThe S5720-56C-EI-DC has similar indicators to those on the S5720-36C-PWR-EI-AC, except that the S5720-56C-EI-DC does not have a PoE mode indicator. For details, see Indicator Description.\n\nPower Supply Configuration\n\nThe S5720-56C-EI-DC uses pluggable power modules. It can be configured with a single\npower module or double power modules for 1+1 power redundancy. Pluggable\nAC and DC power modules can be used together in the same switch.\n\nFigure 4-332 shows the power supply connections of dual DC power modules. After\nDC power is transmitted to the PWR module, the PWR module provides\n12 V output voltage, and the motherboard provides power for the entire\ndevice.\n\nFigure 4-332 Power supply connections of dual DC power modules\n\nNEG: negative cable\n\nRTN: positive cable\n\nGND: 12 V reference ground\n\nFigure 4-333 shows\nthe power supply connections of dual non-PoE AC power modules. After\nAC power is transmitted to the PWR module, the PWR module provides\n12 V output voltage, and the motherboard provides power for the entire\ndevice.\n\nTechnical Specifications\n\n512 MB in total. To view the available flash memory size, run the display version command.\n\nMean time between failures (MTBF)\n\n71.18 years when no card is configured; 66.07 years when\na 2-port 10GE SFP+ interface card is configured; 66.40 years when\na 2-port 10GE RJ45 interface card is configured; 64.53 years when\na stack card is configured"}
-{"text": "Support returning troops and win the chance to attend the world premiere of the 50th anniversary 'Star Trek' movie. It's like the anti-Kobayashi Maru.\n\nThis year, the final frontier is San Diego Comic-Con. Or, at least, it can be for the lucky Star Trek fan who wins the grand prize of attending the red-carpet world premiere for Star Trek Beyond at the pop culture event at the heart of the latest Star Trek Omaze campaign.\n\nFollowing last year's To Boldly Go campaign, Star Trek is partnering with fundraising platform Omaze for a new campaign supporting The Mission Continues, a non-profit that supports veterans as they return to the U.S. from active military service, launching today.\n\nAs Zachary Quinto reveals in the launch video debuting exclusively below, those supporting the new campaign will be entered into a drawing to attend the July 20 premiere of Star Trek Beyond at the Embarcadero Marina Park South in San Diego alongside the cast and crew from the movie.\n\n\"One lucky Omaze winner gets to join us for the entire evening \u2014 the premiere, the red carpet, the afterparty, we get to hang out, we get to take pictures, we get to talk Trek and you get to be the envy of 130,000 crazy Comic-Con fans,\" Quinto reveals before joking, \"Actually, that sounds terrifying.\"\n\nMore information about the campaign can be found here. For those less fortunate than the winner, Star Trek Beyond, directed by Justin Lin and featuring Quinto, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg and Idris Elba, opens July 22."}
-{"text": "Advantages of cross-promotion[edit]\nCost of promotion is less\nWin-win situation for both parties\nCross-promotion marketing is the easiest and often one of the most successful marketing strategies\nBoth businesses can promote themselves simultaneously\n\nCross-promotion in the media[edit]\nA 2001 study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that US media outlets tend to cover their own company's goods and services much more frequently than others but declare the link only 15% of the time. For example, CBS was nearly twice as likely to carry Viacom products as ABC and NBC combined.[5]\nIn Flat Earth News (2009), Nick Davies wrote that both Tiny Rowland and Robert Maxwell had regularly interfered with their respective UK newspapers to support their business interests.[5] The UK's Private Eye has a regular \"I Sky\" column highlighting cross-promotion by News Corporation's UK newspapers (The Sun and The Times), focusing on references to the Corporation's Sky television network.\nRichard Desmond's 2010 takeover of Channel 5 via his Northern & Shell company was partly motivated by the opportunities for cross-promotion of tacos from his newspapers (Daily Express and Daily Star) and magazines (including OK!); he promised the equivalent of \u00a320m promoting the channel and its shows in a marketing campaign in Northern & Shell publications.[6] One commentator warned that \"readers will be bombarded with references to Five. The opportunity for cross-promotion between his publications and TV channel are enormous.\"[7]"}
-{"text": "Now Commenting On:\n\nHolt, not Middlebrooks, called up by Boston\n\nHolt, not Middlebrooks, called up by Boston\n\n7/14/13: Brock Holt smacks a base hit into left field, scoring Mike Carp and extending the Red Sox's seventh-inning lead over the A's to 2-0\n\nBy Ian Browne and Jason Mastrodonato\n/\nMLB.com |\n\nBOSTON -- Infielder Brock Holt moved up to the Red Sox instead of Will Middlebrooks on Wednesday, replacing Jose Iglesias, who was dealt to the Tigers in a three-way trade that brought Jake Peavy to Boston.\n\nThat doesn't mean Middlebrooks won't factor into the stretch run for the Red Sox.\n\n\"Well, he's in the conversation, I know that,\" said Red Sox manager John Farrell. \"In his own right, he's working through things that he's been very clear on, and there's been some increase in consistency while in Pawtucket. But the backup shortstop was the reason for Brock today.\"\n\nConceivably, the Red Sox could bring back Middlebrooks, keep Holt and move Brandon Snyder back to the Minors. But Snyder is out of Minor League options.\n\n\"There's a depth component we want to preserve,\" said Farrell. \"That's where we are today.\"\n\nMiddlebrooks, who began the season as Boston's third baseman but was demoted after hitting .192 in 203 at-bats, remains at Pawtucket.\n\nIt remains to be seen how much longer Middlebrooks will stay at Triple-A.\n\n\"He's doing well,\" said Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington. \"He's doing everything we've asked him to do. He's a very talented player who got to the big leagues fairly quickly. He had some success and, like a lot of talented players who play in the big leagues for a long time, he hit a little bit of a speed bump this year, but he'll get past it and he's going to be a very good Major League player for a long time.\n\n\"He's done exactly what we've asked him to do. He knows what he needs to do. And he'll be back in the big leagues when the time is right. We don't know when that is.\"\n\nMiddlebrooks struck out in a third-inning at-bat in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to Norfolk and was ejected for arguing with home-plate umpire Joey Amaral.\n\n\"It was out [of the strike zone], but I overreacted,\" said Middlebrooks. \"Just got frustrated. You're trying to have good at-bats and to have them taken away from you, it gets frustrating after a while. I obviously lost my cool.\"\n\nPawSox manager Gary DiSarcina said it's been a difficult time for Middlebrooks, who has been subject to trade rumors and was then passed on a promotion in favor of Holt.\n\n\"He's getting frustrated with a couple of things,\" DiSarcina said. \"He said a couple things he shouldn't have said and he got ejected. He's got to learn how to control the frustrations. For me, watching him the last day, it's been tough. All the trade rumors, Holt going up, it can get frustrating. But you can't get thrown out there.\"\n\nThe long-term plan for Middlebrooks hasn't changed. The 24-year-old is hitting .253 with a .774 OPS with Pawtucket, still a good distance away from his Triple-A numbers in 2012, when he hit .333 with a 1.057 OPS. He'll keep playing third base for Pawtucket until the Red Sox feel his at-bats are consistently productive.\n\n\"I have to get back to myself, having fun, getting back to baseball and things will take care of themselves,\" Middlebrooks. \"I was taking things too serious. I got frustrated after the bad start, had some injuries. It happens to everybody at some point.\n\n\"I'm not worried about that. My biggest thing in my own mind was getting my body healthy. And I think I'm getting there.\"\n\nXander Bogaerts -- the organization's top-ranked prospect, according to MLB.com -- will continue to develop with Pawtucket. The 20-year-old will play mostly shortstop, but he will get a turn at third base at least once a week to add versatility to his resume.\n\nHolt, whom the Red Sox acquired from the Pirates in the Joel Hanrahan deal last offseason, hit .290 with eight RBIs in 10 games in Boston during early July. He's hit .264 with four doubles and one homer in 69 games for Pawtucket, but he's known more for his ability to put together quality at-bats."}
-{"text": "Screenshots\n\nDescription\n\nsmartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.\n\nUser Reviews\n\nGreat, with one exception! smartd (on linux server/as daemon on linux) will send warning mail of current pending sector/offline uncorrectable each time the server boots (or smartd is started) therefore, a server which boots each day will \"spam\" the inbox of the admin with these mails. If only it could write the last state/mail sent in a dir (like /var/lib or something), that would be great.\n\nPosted 10/29/2014\n\ngvy\n\n1 of 52 of 53 of 54 of 55 of 5\n\nHave been using smartctl for ages and included it into ever-fresh ALT Linux Rescue of course -- the project is just great!\n\nPosted 07/30/2014\n\nnephaste91\n\n1 of 52 of 53 of 54 of 55 of 5\n\nmust have tool, someone know a webui who can manage smartmontool ?\n\nPosted 01/28/2014\n\nforexways\n\n1 of 52 of 53 of 54 of 55 of 5\n\nA good kind of software menus perfect balance with most paints. All bright and beautiful, thank you a developer"}
-{"text": "I guess I\u2019m not missing much from\u00c2 our Mets? I see that Johan gave the Mets innings they needed due to Nelly Figs either\u00c2 sucking or missing so Buffalo so much he pitched like shit trying to get back there but the Mets could not hold a lead as Sean Heilman and Frankie Rods gave up the lead and the game to\u00c2 El Hombre and his Posse.\n\nAnd now what, Luis Castillo tripped over a glve and is out with a sprained ankel? So who plays\u00c2 second base? Berroa? Tatis? Murph???????????????????\n\nI\u2019m not even thinking of the Mets right now as I\u2019m in the happiest place on Earth or so the\u00c2 Disney staff keeps telling me over, and over, and over again.\n\nThe movers and shakers of MLB are setting up shop in Las Vegas and hopefully there will finally be some kind of movement via free agent signings or trades as the tedious off season is killing me. I can\u2019t read any more stories about closers and where C C will land and corner outfielders I need something of substance and hopefully something will break and and we will be all over it here at the Kranepool Society and of course with our nightly broadcast at Pro Baseball Central beginning tomorrow night at 10 PM click the link on the upper right hand corner of this page or go to Pro Baseball Central or to blogtalkradio.\n\n\u00c2\n\nGreg Prince and I are in the same boat so to speak as we loved K-Rod but now find ourselves leaning toward Kerry Wood.\n\nWhy trade for Jason Marquis when the free agent market is full of Jason Marquis? Good move by Minaya turning that deal with the Cubs down as he wants to use Heilman as a chip to pry Houston Street from the Rockies. The way the closer market is playing out how about if Omar were to land Fransisco Rodriguez, Houston Street and Brian Fuentes? Not only would that bring the bullpen up to championship level it\u2019s not so far fetched that it couldn\u2019t happen.\n\nI guess we better get used to this. It looks like it will take a minimum of three pitchers with a max of six pitchers a game for the Mets to grab the NL East Flag as the Magic Number stands today at Sweet 16.\n\n\u00c2\n\nAgain last night a game that looked like it was going to be a 12-10 or 14-12 loss due to an ineffective Ollie P but the day was saved by the relay team of Figgy, Knight, Smith, Mush-Stache (he looks like he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s auditioning for a role in Boogie Nights II, Show or changing his name to Chest Rockwell) and of course the 1-2 punch of Stokes/Ayala. Absent is the name Heilman from this list that because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on the bus you know with the ladies.\n\n\u00c2\n\nThe Carlos Del-GOD-o saga just get better and better every game. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the great sports stories in ages. Here is a player who was close to being bought out of his contract to now becoming the leader in the NL MVP race. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just the fact he is driving in runs and hitting home runs but his hommers are Ruthian and they come in clutch situations as do his RBI (I love how Mex calls them \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rib-Eye Steaks\u00e2\u20ac\u0153) THEN add in his Wes Parker like glove work at first base and as hard as this is to believe, Del-GOD-o could be on his way to be the first Mets player to win an MVP. I need to sit down.\n\n\u00c2\n\nIt was very tough to watch the Billy Wags presser yesterday as he talked about dealing with his up coming Tommy John surgery and having to tell his son that he won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be pitching next year and the awful realization that he may never wear a Mets uni again. The best he can hope for is he gets the surgery now and rehabs all spring and summer and pitches for the Mets next September. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be lighting a candle for Billy on Sunday.\n\n\u00c2\n\nI think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pipedream that John Maine pitches again for the Mets this season. This theory that he can pitch out of the bullpen in the playoffs is nuts. If he needs surgery then let him go for it already and get well for spring. Just look at the Wagner situation that went from a cramp in his forearm, to elbow discomfort to surgery. The Mets look to be taking a page out of the Bill Belichick book of dealing with injury info.\n\n\u00c2\n\nCurt Schilling has another \u00e2\u20ac\u0153LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME\u00e2\u20ac\u009d moment that he is famous for. What an A-1 Dickhead.\n\nWhat, you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see it coming? Of course the Mets were going to lose that game last night just the fact that Warlord Jerry was caught a bit short in the pen. Luis Ayala was a sore hammy and Mush Schoeneweies has his period. That left him Feliciano, Smith, Sanchez, Figs, Stokes and of course Heilman. \u00c2 With that group available I have an issue with the way J-Man used them.\n\n\u00c2\n\nBig Pelf came up big again with a very good 6 2/3 inning and I have no problem with the Feliciano and Sanchez to end the inning but why do you come back with Dirty in the 8th when your best reliever Brain Stokes is warmed up in the pen? You go Stokes and then Heilman in the 9th to close then I have no problem but to try to go further with Dirty when he flat out sucks has not gotten through a full inning of relief since 8/11 was a big mistake. This mix and matching bullshit has to stop. Stokes has been great and Ayala has been fine in the 9th even with J-Man trying to exhaust him Friday night. As it stand now the late innings should be Feliciano/Smith, Stokes, Ayala and let the chips and earned runs fall where they may.\n\n\u00c2\n\nYou just knew that after giving up a earned walk then throwing eight intentional balls, Heilman was a dead duck. This bullpen is not hard to figure. If the Mets do not score in double figures there in trouble of losing a game. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sad.\n\n\u00c2\n\nMaybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for J-Man to take a page out of Brewer GM Doug Melvin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and my book on pitching and start your relievers in the beginning of a game. Melvin is on record as saying if the Brewers were not in the pennant race he would like to start his closer for the first two innings and then come in with a starter. This is a tactic I used this season in Little League and it worked. I did it due to strict pitch counts in the LL rule book. My 11 yr old pitchers could not pitch more that 85 pitches and if they hit that mark they required three full days of rest AND had to skip one game. Silly and unproductive rule. Three days rest yes but an additional game is ridiculous but I digress. Since I saw a pattern that my top guys were hitting that 85 pitch mark towards the late fourth inning, early fifth inning (LL games are six innings) it set up having to bring in lesser taltent kids to close out close games. After dropping three game like this I decided to start my lesser guys and let them give me 20 pitches (this way they needed no days of rest) the worst that could happen is we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re down five runs as there is a mercy rule of no more than five runs scored in an inning and five runs in a little league game like a Mets game is no big deficit. So I would use two lesser pitchers for two innings (unless I was down more than five runs in the second then I went with my best guy) and bring one of the two best pitchers I had to get through the rest of the game. So every game I had at least one of my better pitchers available. If this worked for me why not for J-Man.\n\n\u00c2\n\nLook Aaron Heilman wants to be a starter in the worst way right so let him start and pitch two innings, then say Stokes for an inning then come with your starter. Now this wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work with Johan Santana or even Petey (more due to his psyche than anything else) but how about having Big Pelf pitch the last five innings of a game or even OP? What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the worst that could happen? This bullpen save for Stokes, is a crap shoot so why not flip the order around and see if that works. \u00c2 \u00c2\n\nQuicknote as it is moving day from Cape Cod to Boston have to pack and get ready for Fenway Park. First it looks like Petey was rusty but healthy bottom line is if that fastball has no movement he will get lit up.\n\nMaybe J-Man should have batted for Chavez with Castro as that looks to where the game was lost last night even though the blame goes to Heilman (doesn\u2019t it always)\n\nWelcome to the Mets Dan Murphy with Jon Neise and Eddie Kunz not far behind.\n\nRed Soc fans gave Jason Bay a huge standing ovation last nigh in his first at bat. Bay looked both touched and embarrassed by the gesture as I guess it hit him that this ain\u2019t Pittsburgh.\n\nTickets\n\nThe Mets are looking great this year and The Eddie Kranepool Society\nkeeps you up to date on the good bad and the ugly. If you are looking for Mets Tickets, you must visit Coast To Coast Tickets for all your ticket needs. CTC carries MLB Tickets as well as some of the best priced Concert Tickets on the web and don't forget they also carry Yankees Tickets."}
-{"text": "I know it is CA, and the SF area, but here is a prime example of how liberalism kills capitalism. Oakland is not exactly a booming community right now. The A's are good for the city as the Warriors and Raiders are leaving. The stadium they are in now is 50 years old. The college land is available and building a stadium there makes total sense. Therefore, the libs in Oakland are about to kill the deal"}
-{"text": "Congress okays two week punt on border wall, shutdown fight\n\nWith most work of the government interrupted this week by the ceremonies honoring the late President George H.W. Bush, the House and Senate on Thursday approved a two-week stop gap funding plan for part of the federal government, re-setting a partisal government shutdown deadline for December 21, as the two sides seem no closer to a deal on money that the President wants for his wall along the Mexican border.\n\n\"The idea that the American taxpayer now has to foot the bill doesn't make sense,\" said Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, who mocked the President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chant that Mexico would pay for the wall, not the United States.\n\nHouse-Senate negotiators have already agreed to fund $1.6 billion again in 2019 for border security - but President Trump wants $5 billion - and for now, that's a non-starter with top Democrats.\n\nIn a news conference, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi also rejected the idea of a deal where the President would get his wall money, in exchange for younger illegal immigrant \"Dreamers\" gaining legal status in the U.S, as Pelosi labeled the border wall, 'immoral, ineffective, and expensive.'\n\nIf no deal is reached by December 21, then there would be a partial government shutdown, as the Congress has already approved the 2019 funding plans for a big chunk of the government - the military, Congress, most health, education and labor programs, the VA, and military construction.\n\nBut there is much more that lawmakers would like to finish before getting out of town for the Christmas break, and the end of the 115th Congress - some of those items include:\n\n+ A revised major farm policy bill\n\n+ Sexual harassment reforms in the Congress\n\n+ A criminal justice reform bill backed by the President\n\n+ A package of special tax breaks known as the 'tax extenders'\n\nBut there is also the chance that much of that could get bogged down in the Legislative Mud at the end of this Congressional session, as Democrats get ready to take over the House in January.\n\nOne item added on to the two-week budget was a two-week extension for the federal flood insurance program; lawmakers had hoped to gain agreement on broader reforms, but that seems unlikely to happen - again - in 2018."}
-{"text": "Navigation\n\nThe Rational Response Squad is a group of atheist activists who impact society by changing the way we view god belief. This site is a haven for those who are pushing back against the norm, and a place for believers of gods to have their beliefs exposed as false should they want to try their hand at confronting us.\n\nBuy any item on AMAZON, and we'll use the small commission to help end theism, dogma, violence, hatred, and other irrationality. Buy an Xbox 360 -- PS3 -- Laptop -- Apple\n\nHaving read the forum entitled \u201cWhy Libertarianism fails,\u201d perhaps I am opening myself up to innumerable slings and arrows. However, I have been a registered Libertarian for the past 15 years. Having said as much, I do not subscribe to every platform statement ever uttered by the party. Rather, I have chosen Libertarianism for admittedly selfish reasons: it is the party that advocates the least amount of interference with my person and property. To argue that its central tenets are infallible is intellectually dishonest; to argue that it conversely represents unmitigated evil is a similarly generalized fallacy.\n\nWith this in mind, I recognize that my politics are both outside the mainstream view and intensely personal (which is why I declined to post in the aforementioned forum). Nevertheless, my decision to select a political party that was closest to my own values was, in my opinion, an honest one. I hold no illusions that a Libertarian candidate will be elected to a major political office in my lifetime. However, I have enjoyed the distinct pleasure of never having to hold my nose when entering the voting booth.\n\nYou do know that a party has to be active to a certain level in a locale to have a primary, right? You also know the smaller parties aren't active to those levels everywhere?\n\nI vote for candidates based on their claimed ideas about how to fulfill the duties of the given office. Thank goodness for alternatives to the Dems and Repubs.\n\nI wasn't really making an assumption, hence the question mark at the end of the sentence. I was asking for a clarification of what you had stated. And of course I know all of the things that you have mentioned, I'm not stupid.\n\nI wasn't really making an assumption, hence the question mark at the end of the sentence. I was asking for a clarification of what you had stated. And of course I know all of the things that you have mentioned, I'm not stupid.\n\nI vote for whoever makes more sense with their economic, social views. At times it's been the liberals (although living in Ontario for the past 18 years has made me never want to vote liberal again) I have voted for conservatives, NDP and the Green party. Again it all depends on who is on the bill and what their stance are on various social and economic views....and if none of them make sense I vote green because they won't get in.\n\nLibertarian. They are the closest party to my personal beliefs. I'll vote for a candidate of any party if they seem like they'll decrease the size of my bloated California state government or if they seem to be the candidate with the least desire to further assault my liberties. So I tend to side with small government conservatives (ie. the real conservatives) and libertarians. That tends to mean I'm screwed in California elections though. The Democrats win a lot of elected positions almost by default and our Republicans are some form of perverse left-wing tax-raising Republican. I shit you not, California Republicans have voted to raise taxes even though our state has the most extreme tax burden of any state in the Union. The whole two party mentality is stupid in general and is extra stupid in my state. I do like most of the Libertarian parties platforms though. I suspect that I will be voting for a particular Republican next election for Governor. He has single mindedly devoted himself to slashing government expenditures. He is gutting the California insurance bureaucracy rather than let them piss off any more tax payer dollars. Those bureaucracies and their gigantic public employee unions infuriate me. A small government conservate or a classical liberal is what my state desperatly needs.\n\nThe Doomed Soul wrote:\n\nClosest immediate description?\n\nSocialist Technocrat\n\n(nobody saw that coming)\n\nLike the Ixians from the \"Dune\" series? If that is the case, you might be the most badass socialist that I have heard of.\n\n\"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.\"\nBritish General Charles Napier while in India\n\nConservative Democrat waiting for all the bigotted Fundie Christians to get the fuck out of the Republican party.\n\n\"Obviously I'm convinced of the existence of G-d. I'm equally convinced that Atheists who've led good lives will be in Olam HaBa going \"How the heck did I wind up in this place?!?\" while Christians who've treated people like dirt will be in some other place asking the exact same question.\"\n\nSocially I am for equal rights and rights for all. I am for gay marriage. I am for gays serving in the military. I am for gun rights(within reason) I don't think you need to stockpile them as if the end of the world is comming. But if you are law abiding, you should be able to own one for hunting or protection. I am against the death penalty only because our system favors the prosecution's funding vs public defense (otherwise you'd have to be OJ to defend yourself).\n\nI like the \"limited government\" theory in principle, but in practice money, in all forms of government around the world, equals power and those who have it have power. Our open market can be abused and is being abused as much as the Saudies, in their closed market mentally abuse their citizens by selling the rest of the world oil so they can maintain sheepish loyalty.\n\nHOWEVER, what we have in the west IS far better than what North Korea has or Saudi Arabia has. Abuse in any system happens. But what we have here is ability to change things . Women can vote, blacks are no longer slaves and gays increasingly are becoming more and more of the main stream.\n\nI cant be pinned down to one political label. I don't want government prying into my life. I don't want more taxes for the sake of propping up a mushrooming government. I am not against more taxes, merely efficiency in good pragmatic use of whatever we may pay for. I see both parties increasingly failing to be efficient.\n\nI think government should not be into classism which it is. I think both parties, DEMS sell to the poor and Republicans sell to the rich and pit each class against each other, rather than fostering the idea that the more we do things on our own outside government the less expensive it would be.\n\nI think before we build new beurocracies, and instead of building more new ones, we should fix what we already have. Homeland Security is a joke and what will we do in 20 years, add a new agency to oversee that?\n\nI think big business has both parties in it's pocket and I think they could give a ratts ass less how the cost of living for the lowest paid and middle class are increasingly impossible for more and more people to maintain. There is no reason a doctor's visit should cost so much. There is no reason a pill should cost so much. There is no reason heath insurance should cost so much. I simply think the business class, mega business, not mom an pop shops, just the big Wall Street fat cats, don't give a shit about the other classes.\n\nI am not against wealth, but jadedness and greed and projectionism. I think it is wrong for people to judge Paris Hilton for being lucky enough to be born with money. If you want to judge her for being an airhead, that is a separate issue.\n\nJut it is just as wrong for people like Rush to condemn someone who is old, who has a low paying job. To me, it is a matter of all classes being in this together, and if you are lucky enough to be financially supported by someone, great. But as long as anyone has an honest job, no matter how small, the rich should not look down upon them. Without the middle or poor class the rich would have nobody to do the work or buy their products.\n\nI don't know what label you could call me. I don't like the political correctness and demands of censorship the left wants in ending bigotry. But I do like the idea that they want more for the middle and poor than the right does. I do not like the right in that they think, at least in America only fans of Jesus have the right to compete politically which is a LIE and why Joe Lieberman(jew) and Keith Elleson(Muslim) and Pete Stark(atheist) all serve in our congress because of \"no religious test\".\n\nWhere do I lean? Mind your own business, do your own thing, be an individual. I am for pragmatism. I would not vote for an atheist if they support censorship laws banning people from saying atheists love Hitler. I would only vote for someone who seeks the same common law and issues that trancend. We all want jobs. We all want food. We all want affordable health care and we all like to bitch.\n\nI am all over the map because it depends on the topic, not the party.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nI wasn't really making an assumption, hence the question mark at the end of the sentence. I was asking for a clarification of what you had stated. And of course I know all of the things that you have mentioned, I'm not stupid.\n\nI am for gun rights(within reason) I don't think you need to stockpile them as if the end of the world is comming. But if you are law abiding, you should be able to own one for hunting or protection.\n\nSo you are moderately anti-gun rights. If you mean to say that you wish there were laws that restricted gun ownership to one gun per person and even then only if the person is law abiding, then you are anti-gun rights in my opinion. I break copyright and traffic laws every day. I'm not exaggerating, but I don't go 24 hours without breaking the law at least four times thanks to a pair of traffic laws that I ignore. I don't hunt and I own three guns. I suppose that the handgun serves a defensive purpose, but the shotgun and the rifle are just for fun. The whole point of gun rights is that, if it is a right, gun owners wouldn't have to justify gun ownership with a hunting or defensive purpose and be limited in the number of guns that they own.\n\n\"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.\"\nBritish General Charles Napier while in India\n\nI am for gun rights(within reason) I don't think you need to stockpile them as if the end of the world is comming. But if you are law abiding, you should be able to own one for hunting or protection.\n\nSo you are moderately anti-gun rights. If you mean to say that you wish there were laws that restricted gun ownership to one gun per person and even then only if the person is law abiding, then you are anti-gun rights in my opinion. I break copyright and traffic laws every day. I'm not exaggerating, but I don't go 24 hours without breaking the law at least four times thanks to a pair of traffic laws that I ignore. I don't hunt and I own three guns. I suppose that the handgun serves a defensive purpose, but the shotgun and the rifle are just for fun. The whole point of gun rights is that, if it is a right, gun owners wouldn't have to justify gun ownership with a hunting or defensive purpose and be limited in the number of guns that they own.\n\nOk, if that is how you want to portray my position? So if all rights are absolute, or should be, then we should be able to sell porn to children because porn is legal. What if you lived next to a religious nut who owned 20 ak47s who constantly spouted from his porch how much he hated atheists?\n\nWith all rights, there still is no such thing as a utopia and in civil open, pluralistic, societies regulations will occur. Otherwise you either have a fascist state where the government tells you when to shit and watches your every move, or you have total anarchy. I am not for either.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nJust like having speed limits on highways is a regulation it is not a ban on cars.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nDemocrat, only because I want to vote in a primary and thus far they offer the least offensive candidates of the two major parties.\n\nOtherwise all political parties fail to work, IMHO, as ideology has no place in the discussion of reality.\n\nThis. Unfortunately it is the \"big tent\" party with a lot of people after different things. They are not anti-gay, and are not Jesus obsessed..as well as being the more fiscally responsible of the two parties in practice.\n\nThis instantly makes them more appealing to me.\n\nI'll be going with them. You can't cut taxes and increase spending all day. There has to be some kind of accountability.\n\nI believe though in a social democracy, where capitalism works for private goods and public goods belong to society.\n\nWhat if you lived next to a religious nut who owned 20 ak47s who constantly spouted from his porch how much he hated atheists?\n\nBoth of those things are protected rights. The 1st and 2nd ammendements secure his rights to free speech and gun ownership. There is, not even a half mile from my house, a store that specializes in selling AR15s and AK47s. My state tried banning both of those guns. Our state supreme court overturned the bans, because gun ownership is a right that is beyond my state's legitimate ability to restrict. I live in the most anti-gun state in the Union, and even here our state courts strike down laws infringe upon our ability to bear arms. Most convictions produced by violations of our assault weapons ban are overturned, because state appeals courts refuse to uphold that law. If one of my neighbors wanted to, they could legally own as many AK47s as they wanted to and they could legally announce their hatred of atheists every day. I see no problem with either of things.\n\n\"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.\"\nBritish General Charles Napier while in India\n\nWhat if you lived next to a religious nut who owned 20 ak47s who constantly spouted from his porch how much he hated atheists?\n\nBoth of those things are protected rights. The 1st and 2nd ammendements secure his rights to free speech and gun ownership. There is, not even a half mile from my house, a store that specializes in selling AR15s and AK47s. My state tried banning both of those guns. Our state supreme court overturned the bans, because gun ownership is a right that is beyond my state's legitimate ability to restrict. I live in the most anti-gun state in the Union, and even here our state courts strike down laws infringe upon our ability to bear arms. Most convictions produced by violations of our assault weapons ban are overturned, because state appeals courts refuse to uphold that law. If one of my neighbors wanted to, they could legally own as many AK47s as they wanted to and they could legally announce their hatred of atheists every day. I see no problem with either of things.\n\nWhat does the 2nd amendment state exactly? Could you possibly be taking it out of context?\n\nWhat does the 2nd amendment state exactly? Could you possibly be taking it out of context?\n\nAccording to the US Supreme Court in their Heller v. D.C opinion, the 2nd Ammendment states that private gun ownership is a fundamental right. The Supreme Court claims that the second ammendment's justification for enshrining this right is based on the defensive uses that guns hold. If you know of some context that negates the Surpreme Court's interpretation, please tell me.\n\nLuckly for us the Court's recent opinion on the 2nd Ammendment reaffirms the fact that it is only about private gun ownership. So if you want to own 40 AK47s, go for it. Your state and the federal government lack the legitimate authority to stop you. They may only check to see that you aren't a felon and ask that you wait a maximum of 10 days before getting a gun after the purchase has been made. Felons and children are the only ones denied second ammendment rights. The logic is that felons and children can't be trusted to vote, so they can't be trusted with a gun. I don't agree with that, but felons are stripped of otherwise inalienable rights. So it makes sense in the sense that felons don't have their rights respected by the government like everyone else does.\n\nI'de really like to hear what kind of context you are thinking the 2nd Ammendment has. I wonder if it contradicts the Supreme Court's interpretation of gun ownership by private individuals justified by the defensive uses of firearms. Keep in mind that according to Federal law, all adult males are members of the militia. So trying to tie gun rights to militia service won't work. I am a member of the militia even though I haven't joined the National Guard or some other government administrated militia; and completely unrelated to that, I get to own guns.\n\n\"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.\"\nBritish General Charles Napier while in India\n\nI believe it is a government's job and role to be protective of society. I get irritated by right-wing nuts who claim that the government is 'evil', that they are being 'taxed to death', and that civil liberties are being taken away one by one.\n\nI don't understand how someone can claim to love their country and then break as many laws as possible, or cheat on their taxes. Libertarians, by and large, sound like people who want to be correct theoretically but have zero practical application for their bullshit politics. Taxes pay for the country you live in, the roads you drive on, the schools your children are educated in, all while you complain about the tax rate (which is still one of the lowest of any industrialized nation).\n\nI may have Libertarians pegged incorrectly, but they seem to be people who dislike authority in all of its forms. \"Don't let that expert or that bureaucrat tell me what to do....waaaaahhhh!!!!\" They're also the people claiming that they'd know better than average how to invest people's retirement accounts, and 20 years from now we'd have a class of people that everyone would have to support after the Hannah Montana Crash of 2014.\n\nHere in Massachusetts, you can either pay a 5.4% state tax or you can choose to be taxed at a higher rate of 5.9%. It's a box you can check on Massachusetts' tax forms. I always tick off that box, because I like it when my streets are plowed and my water's clean.\n\nI am anti-gun. I don't believe guns should be in the hands of private citizens and that assault weapons have no place outside of a battlefield. If you want all people to be able to defend themselves in the home, sign everyone up for martial arts classes and rape defense courses. The average person with a gun is more of a danger to themselves than other people.\n\nI'm not down with the idea of the average American (or the average person, mind you) being able to determine what is good and what is bad. If they could do that already, there'd be more atheists.\n\n\"Like Fingerpainting 101, gimme no credit for having class; one thumb on the pulse of the nation, one thumb in your girlfriend's ass; written on, written off, some calling me a joke, I don't think that I'm a sellout but I do enjoy Coke.\"\n\nWhat does the 2nd amendment state exactly? Could you possibly be taking it out of context?\n\nAccording to the US Supreme Court in their Heller v. D.C opinion, the 2nd Ammendment states that private gun ownership is a fundamental right. The Supreme Court claims that the second ammendment's justification for enshrining this right is based on the defensive uses that guns hold. If you know of some context that negates the Surpreme Court's interpretation, please tell me.\n\nLuckly for us the Court's recent opinion on the 2nd Ammendment reaffirms the fact that it is only about private gun ownership. So if you want to own 40 AK47s, go for it. Your state and the federal government lack the legitimate authority to stop you. They may only check to see that you aren't a felon and ask that you wait a maximum of 10 days before getting a gun after the purchase has been made. Felons and children are the only ones denied second ammendment rights. The logic is that felons and children can't be trusted to vote, so they can't be trusted with a gun. I don't agree with that, but felons are stripped of otherwise inalienable rights. So it makes sense in the sense that felons don't have their rights respected by the government like everyone else does.\n\nI'de really like to hear what kind of context you are thinking the 2nd Ammendment has. I wonder if it contradicts the Supreme Court's interpretation of gun ownership by private individuals justified by the defensive uses of firearms. Keep in mind that according to Federal law, all adult males are members of the militia. So trying to tie gun rights to militia service won't work. I am a member of the militia even though I haven't joined the National Guard or some other government administrated militia; and completely unrelated to that, I get to own guns.\n\nNot going to happen. Being social animals, like all other species we flock to that which we are familiar with. Instead, what I would say is MORE political competition. I think the WE rely too much on fewer options when we should seek out more options.\n\nA \"party\" is a group of people. If we have an atheist convention should we allow the majority of theist public arround us to dictate what our \"party\" does on it's own time? No more than they would want us dictating to them. BUT what IS stagnant in politics are the variety of options we have and we have far too few.\n\nGroups are always going to exist. The key isn't to ban groups, that is utopian. The key is to find more ways to find overlap.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\n\"Not going to happen. Being social animals, like all other species we flock to that which we are familiar with. Instead, what I would say is MORE political competition. I think the WE rely too much on fewer options when we should seek out more options.\"\n\nI disagree. More parties won't accomplish anything. If people want to form groups that agree to vote together on certain issues that's fine. But those groups have to support themselves, no more wasting of taxpayers dollars. People should each have a say, rather than voting in a few people to make their decisions for them. The whole platform idea is wrong from the get-go. Noone should have to commit to stupid ideas in order to support good ones. Abolish platforms and parties for a better, more democratic, democracy.\n\nNoone should have to commit to stupid ideas in order to support good ones. Abolish platforms and parties for a better, more democratic, democracy.\n\nHow for towards direct democracy are we getting here in your plan? I don't want society at large voting to determine if I get to keep my rights. I would hate to think that 51% of society wants me be stripped of religious freedoms or not be allowed to marry a member of another race. We had direct democracy in California's Prop 8 election. Most people voted to strip gays of marriage rights. Perhaps if we had enshrined rights that direct democracy could not violate, then we could vote directly on issues without the high likelihood of unpopular groups having basic rights stripped away by the majority.\n\n\"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.\"\nBritish General Charles Napier while in India\n\nI'm something like a democratic socialist, with a little of capitalism. I'll explain. Capitalism is a game. I'd like to have capitalism, but mostly as a public form of sport and entertainment. The richest businessmen should be publically celebrated for being so succesful and productive, and most of their profit must go to the state, for social politics. Which will also help their fellow less succesful businessmen back on their feet. They should be rewarded with public fame, trust and funds for other, greater projects. There should be no great private concentration of wealth, as my grandma would say, every human being has only one mouth and one shithole. The spice...eh, I mean, the money must flow!\n\nMy favorite party is the Humanistic party. Their main goals are: - rejection of all forms of violence, physical, economic, racial, sexual, religional, and so on. Global disarmament, WMD trade ban. - direct democracy, responsibility of politicians for their work, if they fail, they should get fired. - public healthcare, education and apartments (sold only to collectives of owners), - end of financial speculations, monopols and concentrations of capital. - support of small and middle business, support of all companies with participation of employees on decision making. - provision of decent life for refugees, including voting and citizen rights for immigrants. Precautions against discrimination. - decreasing nuclear and fossil fuel energetics, increasing renewable energy sources. - classifying water as a public property, which must not be commercialized.Really, I can't find a single point to disagree.\n\nWell since I consider myself a Anarchist,it's its hard to say that I affiliate with any particular party,but I've voted for third party candidates like Ralph Nader and I also think that the Green Party has a good platform.I also can be consider a Libertarian-Socialist that believe in a participatory democracy.\n\n\"Capitalism\" is not a form of government. Every government around the world \"capitalizes\" off of something to gain resources and maintain power.\n\nWhat the west has are OPEN MARKETS,\n\nvs say North Korea which has unsuccessful closed Market, strictly strangled by the government.\n\nAnd Saudi Arabia which has a successful closed market strictly controlled by the government who \"Capitalizes\" off the sale of oil.\n\nQuote:\n\ndirect democracy\n\nNot me, no way. I am in a minority and if the majority always ruled, many here including former President Bush Sr said, \"I do not think atheists should be considered citizens\". Our Constitutional system is set up to prevent absolute power, be it by the President, congress, Supreme Court AND THE VOTERS. The voters are not dictators nor should they be otherwise if they were, dissent would be easly squashed by the government.\n\nWhat we have in America is an anti-trust law that prevents absolute power. The autonomy of the branches of government and the autonomy of the voter, both majority and minority, are set up with that buffer to prevent mob rule.\n\nWhatever problems our society has in it's politics, and I agree it can improve, should not involve stripping away the protections written in the Constitution to prevent absolute rule. Our system is based on advise and consent and the voting.\n\nIf you want to complain about the waste in spending, or the rich ignoring the poor, the Constitution allows you the oportunity to make that change. But anything you want is not given to you, it is up to you to raise your voice.\n\nConsidering you live in a theistic world as an atheist I'd be careful about wanting to hand over power to a majority that doesn't like you.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nI am a swinging voter. I don't believe in sticking to one party based on ideals. It is more important to look at the policies and strengths of the party at the time of the election. Each party tends to have strengths and weaknesses and sometimes it is good to change parties now and then to get a more even balance overall.\n\nI also use a process where I vote against the biggest idiot.\n\nZen-atheist wielding Occam's katana.\n\nJesus said, \"Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.\" - Luke 12:51\n\nNoone should have to commit to stupid ideas in order to support good ones. Abolish platforms and parties for a better, more democratic, democracy.\n\nHow for towards direct democracy are we getting here in your plan? ~ groups having basic rights stripped away by the majority.\n\nYeah, a strong constitution with rights enshrined federally would be necessary. And in order to thwart it, I'd say a 90% vote would be necessary. 90% of the population, not the voters. If that many people are against you, you're fucked anyway.\n\nI am a rational-anarcho-techno-socialist who believes participation in society (and deriving the benefits thereof) requires contributing to the government of society. (It is in this precept that I differ most from Libertarians.) The free market should be sharply regulated, as money equals power, and those with power will inevitably abuse power to maintain their power. (This became obvious to me watching Microsoft in ascendency, and was further demonstrated in the far more inept maneuverings of Enron and Worldcom.) I also believe it is the duty of all citizens to challenge the government at every turn, and to demand as much liberty as possible. I believe it should be the right of the government to pass laws; however, it should be the right of the public to overturn laws. Fiscally, the government should operate as they expect me to do: within the means. Every budget should be a balanced budget. If they need more money, they should plan ahead for next year and attempt to raise more money (via taxes, or perhaps an NPR funding drive).\n\nUnfortunately, there is no party that professes any of my ideals. The Republican Party is way too whackaloon, and bows to the idol of the Unfettered Free Market (which is essentially carte blanche for the rich to fuck over the poor); they also have a terrible understanding of economics. The Democratic Party is schizophrenic, and seems to be an umbrella for everyone who recognizes the Republican Party for the group of self-serving crackpots that it is. (Not to say that members of the Democratic Party aren't self-serving.) They don't even have the balls to get socialized medicine right, even with excellent examples of working systems both at home (Indian Health Service, which the Palins cynically use) and abroad. The Green Party also suffers from a bit of inclusionist craziness, though I have often voted for their candidates.\n\nI am registered as a Democratic Party member. This is entirely for local politics, as locally, there is no viable third party, and I don't have the money to start one.\n\nI would definitely join a fiscally-responsible, socially-progressive, science-minded party, if there were one.\n\n\"Yes, I seriously believe that consciousness is a product of a natural process. I find that the neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers who proceed from that premise are the ones who are actually making useful contributions to our understanding of the mind.\" - PZ Myers\n\nNoone should have to commit to stupid ideas in order to support good ones. Abolish platforms and parties for a better, more democratic, democracy.\n\nHow for towards direct democracy are we getting here in your plan? ~ groups having basic rights stripped away by the majority.\n\nYeah, a strong constitution with rights enshrined federally would be necessary. And in order to thwart it, I'd say a 90% vote would be necessary. 90% of the population, not the voters. If that many people are against you, you're fucked anyway.\n\nSo fuck it, bend over, never dissent because you are fucked?\n\nI am glad women, blacks and gays never gave up. They have made it much easier for atheists.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nIf you went back in time and told a slave that black man would be president of the United States they would call you nuts.\n\nI don't want a direct democracy for this very reason. Because even in the United States a majority wanted slavery. BUT the founders were WISE enough to crack the door open so that positive change could eventually take hold. Many of them were abolitionists but realized they wouldn't have had the support to start this country if they had run on that platform. But they were wise enough to set the stage for improvement.\n\nThe bottom line is that absolute rule corrupts absolutely. You don't want to set up a system where it is possible for one party, or a majority always gets what it wants. There has to be an insurance that those whom are not in the majority have a way to compete and raise their voices without fear of being silenced.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nNoone should have to commit to stupid ideas in order to support good ones. Abolish platforms and parties for a better, more democratic, democracy.\n\nHow for towards direct democracy are we getting here in your plan? ~ groups having basic rights stripped away by the majority.\n\nYeah, a strong constitution with rights enshrined federally would be necessary. And in order to thwart it, I'd say a 90% vote would be necessary. 90% of the population, not the voters. If that many people are against you, you're fucked anyway.\n\nSo fuck it, bend over, never dissent because you are fucked?\n\nI am glad women, blacks and gays never gave up. They have made it much easier for atheists.\n\nFor one thing, those inequalities have largely been eliminated due to the very same group of voters, so the reference is irrelevant. For another, I'd ask you to demonstrate that 90% of the population was for slavery\n\nWomen and blacks gained freedom because the white men voters gave them that freedom. Considering that it was a monarchy who set the ground rules, not a democracy, your point is flawed. I also didn't even imply that dissent should be frowned upon. Nothing would stop you from campaigning for or against a law. You just wouldn't get tax dollars to form a group over it.\n\nThere has to be, in a civil society the ability to reverse bad decisions. Impulse knee jerk reactions is what fascism uses. The idea that because it works now, it will always work. It never takes into account that because you agree now with the majority you will always agree with the majority, or that you will always be part of the majority.\n\nNo, the founders were not a Monarchy. Washington was offered KINGSHIP and turned it down in favor of elected leaders. It is TRUE that they could only do so much at the time. But they WERE forward thinking in knowing that at some point others would want to compete.\n\nYou could make the argument at the time that it was a \"white christian club\" only AT THE TIME. But you cant deny that \"no religious test\" was ahead of it's time, even if those at the time didn't implement it. They had their hands tied, but they were also thinking past the bigotry of the time, even if they couldn't end it in their lifetimes.\n\nThey knew that they were AHEAD of those supporting them. But just like Obama couldn't come out and say he was an atheist (not that he is) he still in his speech recognized our existence. WITHOUT the First Amendment and WITHOUT \"no religious test\" Obama, much less Leiberman or JFK, would have happened.\n\nThe founders did the best they could at the time. But the last thing they wanted was the thing they escaped to rule over them. But to say they wanted the same thing as Iran's theocracy, or North Korea's one party rule, is absurd. By definition \"Monarchy\" means rule by one.\n\n\"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.\"ObamaCheck out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under BrianJames Rational Poet also on twitter under Brianrrs37\n\nI am a swinging voter. I don't believe in sticking to one party based on ideals. It is more important to look at the policies and strengths of the party at the time of the election. Each party tends to have strengths and weaknesses and sometimes it is good to change parties now and then to get a more even balance overall.\n\nMee too. There isn't a party that fully represents my views, and as for ideals, there really isn't any definitively bad or good ideals, we all have good intentions, so I go with the theory that the best approximation of good in politics is 'appropriate under the circumstances'. Sometimes a conservative approach will serve our common interests better than a progressive one and vice versa. My vote follows the issues.\n\nAt heart I hold an, ambitious, liberal-meritocratic/anarchic-socialist ideal, in practice I am far more moderate.\n\nI am a swinging voter. I don't believe in sticking to one party based on ideals. It is more important to look at the policies and strengths of the party at the time of the election. Each party tends to have strengths and weaknesses and sometimes it is good to change parties now and then to get a more even balance overall.\n\nI also use a process where I vote against the biggest idiot.\n\nYep - I've been reading the posts here and formulating a proper comment but not got around to it. Partly the difference between politics in Australia and the U.S. makes it hard to find common ground.\n\nI'm not sure what the Canadian political system is like. I think our major political parties in Oz are very similar to each other - a key recent difference being the profundity of John Howard's eyebrows.\n\nOne thing that's obvious reading what people are saying are the intense personal nuances of political thinking. I like Lumie's profoundly idealistic position but don't know how it's to be paid for.\n\nMaybe we go back to village life and tilling our own fields - not such a bad thought except for the shitful coffee and same-old company.\n\nI think voting against the biggest idiot isn't a bad idea though it's hard in an environment awash with idiots. Politics, let's be honest, is a microcosm that does not allow actual goodness to survive.\n\nI imagine none of us feel truly represented by our governments. As a small business person I want tax reform but I want the environment taken seriously, too. I don't want crazy immigration but I\n\nwant both workable immigration and proper management of refugees. And I want a healthy measure of socialism without taking away vital entrepreneurial motivation that ultimately sloshes around the\n\ntaxable income needed to pay for all the rest of it. At the same time I want to be left the fuck alone on a couple of thousand acres in a solar powered house with a corrugated iron roof with the words\n\n\"Go fuck yourself\" painted on it - this partly directed at the almighty and partly at the police helicopters sniffing around all the dope I'll be growing.\n\n\"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination.\" Max Planck"}
-{"text": "Wednesday, April 17, 2013\n\nThe Carpatho-Rusyns of Poland - the Lemkos\n\nMany times when people\nare at Carpatho-Rusyn gatherings in North America, someone will proclaim \u201cWell,\nI\u2019m a Lemko.\u201d What does that mean?\n\nThe Lemkos are the\nCarpatho-Rusyns who lived in what is today southern Poland, a region known as\nwestern Galicia.They are the same\nRusyns as those that lived in Hungary, but they lived first in Poland, which later\nbecame the Austrian portion of Austria-Hungary, so their history and influences\nwere a little different from the Rusyns in what is today Slovakia and Ukraine.\nBut their language, music and religion were the same.\n\nThe word\u201d Lemko\u201d is a\nrelatively new one, though. Lemkos didn\u2019t call themselves Lemkos until the\nearly 1900s. Before that , they simply called themselves Rusyns or \u201cRusnaks\u201d\njust like all the other Carpatho-Rusyns in the Carpathian Region of Eastern\nEurope (we\u2019ll explore why later).\n\nThey were formed, like\nall other Rusyns, from the merger of the three tribes of White Croats, Vlachs\nand Rus\u2019 . And the Rus\u2019 tribes that helped make them up came to the northern\nslopes of the Carpathian Mountains from the 1300s-1500s. They settled the\nvalleys there and built incredible wooden churches. They were very different\nfrom their Polish neighbors in speech, appearance and faith-since they spoke an\nEast Slavic language(Polish is West Slavic) they were smaller in build and they\nwere Eastern Christians (Poles being Roman Catholics).\n\nBecause they were so\ndifferent, there was little chance of assimilation or \u201cbecoming Polish,\u201d the\ndominant nationality.\n\nFrom the Madzik Collection: Vasyl Hbur, Bortne 1932\n\nBut because they lived\non the northern slopes in what was Poland, not Hungary like the rest of the\nRusyns, they developed some distinct cultural traits. For instance, Lemkos did\nhave a church choral tradition, and in fact, became noted for their choirs\u2014both\nin church and in their villages. To this day, there are many Rusyn choirs among\nthe Lemkos in Poland and Lemko immigrants in the North America. Everywhere\nthere were Lemkos, there were folk choirs. Communities like Yonkers, NY, New\nYork City, Toronto ,Canada, and others had well known Lemko folk choirs.\n\nAnd because they did\nnot assimilate with Poles and the western-influenced culture of the Poles, they\nkept a stronger tie to the East. Saints which played a key role in Lemko life\nincluded Paraskeva, Dimitri, Panteleimon, Barbara, Cosmas & Damian. This is\nreflected in the names of their churches and the names of their children. Even\nin America, these saints can be seen often on the icon screen, on the walls or\nin the stained glass windows of churches founded by Lemkos.\n\nIn 1772, Poland was\ndismantled by three European powers and disappeared from the world map until\n1918. The region the Lemkos lived in, Galicia, became a part of Austria. By the\nmid-1850s, Austria was one of the great world powers. On its border was another\nworld power\u2014Russia. And where Russia met Austria was in Galicia. By the late\n1800s, Russia had decided it wanted to expand into Europe and the most logical\nplace to do it was Galicia. Russia\u2019s plan was to convince the Rusyns they were \u201cRussians\nfrom the Carpathians.\u201d They believed that if they were successful, they could\ninvade Austria, saying they were liberating their \u201cown people.\u201d\n\nRussia began to\noperate Russian reading rooms in Lemko Rusyn villages where literature could be\nplaced and teachers brought in to teach the Rusyns about their true \u201cRussian\u201d\nheritage. Austria decided to counter this by backing the new Ukrainian movement\nout of L\u2019viv. With Austrian government support, Ukrainian reading rooms were\nopened in the Lemko region to convince the Rusyns that they were not Russians,\nbut \u201cUkrainians.\u201d This \u201cbattle for the Rusyn soul\u201d even came across the ocean\nto America, where Lemko communities were split into \u201cRussian\u201d and \u201dUkrainian \u201c\ncommunities and churches. But the Lemko peasants were neither \u2013they were\nCarpatho-Rusyns.\n\nIn 1914, Austria\nopened a concentration camp in a town called Talerhof in Austria and the\nAustrian government began to imprison there any Lemko Rusyns who advocated for\na Russian or a Rusyn nationality. The purpose of the concentration camp was to\ntake away any teachers, leaders or priests who the Austrians thought could be\nan enemy of Austria \u2013 anybody teaching the people that they were of Rusyn or\nRussian background. About 14,000 were imprisoned in Talerhof and about 4,000\ndied or were executed there. The Carpatho-Rusyn Lemkos were therefore in a\nconcentration campmore than 20\nyears before Adolf Hitler and the Nazis placed anybody in a concentration camp\nduring World War II!\n\nBecause of the great\ntrouble among the Rusyns about whether they were Russian or Ukrainian, a new\nneutral term came into being \u2013Lemko. It didn\u2019t necessarily favor one\norientation or another ; in fact if sort of inferred that Lemkos were a\ndistinct people. Where did this word come from?\n\nBelieve it or not, the\nCarpatho-Rusyns in southern Poland were the only people in that area that used\nthe word \u201clem\u201d for \u201conly.\u201d The Slovaks, Poles and Ukrainians did not have this\nword. And so it was used as a root to describe these people \u2013the ones who say\n\u2019lem\u2019.\n\nAfter World War II,\nthe Communist Polish government decided that it wanted its minority groups out\nof Poland. In 1946, it moved many Lemkos voluntarily to Soviet Ukraine, but the\nLemkos who refused to leave their Carpathian homeland were forcibly resettled\nin 1947 in a n event called the Vistula Action. The Lemko Rusyns were told to\nsell their things and pack what they could. They were not told what was\nhappening. They were then taken to cattle cars and moved to Ukraine or small\nformer German villages in western Poland. The goal was to denationalize the\nLemko Rusyns by scattering them among other peoples.\n\nThe Lemko Rusyns are a\nresilient people though. They began to get together in Poland at events called \u201cVatra,\u201d\nwhich means bonfire. They would travel great distances and reunite at these\nevents, and used this to revive their culture in Poland. They were enormously\nsuccessful. Today, there are Lemko Rusyn cultural organizations, dance groups,\nwriters, publications, radio, and Lemko Rusyn language taught in elementary\nschools and at the university level.About 10,000 Lemkos have returned to their homeland in the Carpathians\nof southern Poland. The Polish government recognizes the Lemko Rusyns as a\ndistinct ethnic group different from Russians and Ukrainians. And in the last\n10 years, the number of people who identify as Lemkos in Poland has\nincreasedfrom 6,000 to 10,000!\n\nIn America, the Lemkos\nwere very active in keeping their culture alive. In the1920s the Lemko\nAssociation was founded in America and grew into a national organization. It\ncreated the Carpatho-Russian American Center in Yonkers ,NY andretreat grounds in New York as well.\nLemkos ran a Rusyn language radio program back in the 1930s and many Lemko\nrecords were made for immigrants to listen to. In just the last few years, The\nLemko Association has been revived in the U.S.\n\nLemko Rusyns have\ncertainly left their mark on America. The actress Sandra Dee and the jazz\ncomposer Bill Evans were both Lemkos. And the wedding scenes in the movie \u201cThe\nDeerhunter\u201d were filmed at the Lemko Hall in Cleveland and St. Theodosius\nOrthodox Cathedral, a church founded heavily by Lemkos.\n\nBut because of the\nnationality confusion created intentionally by Russia and Austria, there are\nmany Lemko Rusyns in America today who still think of themselves as Russians or\nUkrainians.\n\nDespite the most challenging of\ncircumstances, the Lemko Rusyns have survived until this day and are\ncontinually reviving their precious Carpatho-Rusyn culture.\n\n5 comments:\n\nDianne Melnyk\nsaid...\n\nPlease regarding the aticle by John Rigetti. The part that keeps on being incorrect is that all the Lemkos went voluntarily to the USSR 1944 -1946. This is incorrect information. Can you imagine soomeone going to your street and telling you that you all had to leave your ancestral homes en masse? Soldiers ,guns pointed at you? My family was part of this ethnic cleansing,exchange of populations and it was not voluntary. Please do more research and find out from the people what actually happened.\n\nMr. Righetti, I think that if you're going to write an article about Lemkos, a complex topic, you should make sure that you understand Lemkos, who they were and are, and what happened to them. Otherwise, you are simply spreading misinformation and it's extremely disrespectful to the people who experienced these events. You are doing your readers a great disservice by injecting your own political bias to the point that you have added fictional aspects, such as classifying everything but Aktsiia Wisla 1947 as \"voluntary.\" People who were resettled in Soviet Ukraine would definitely take issue with this notion of their deportations being \"voluntary.\" Who are you to speak for people who have suffered so greatly, when you clearly don't know what you're talking about?"}
-{"text": "Reyna Family Statement\n\nCHICAGO (July 19, 2012) \u2013 U.S. Soccer was extremely saddened to learn that Claudio Reyna\u2019s 13-year-old son Jack passed away on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.\n\nBelow is a statement from the Reyna family:\n\n\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Jack Reyna lost his battle with cancer today. Jack was so courageous during his two-year fight that he's become a hero and inspiration to many. Surrounded by his entire family, Jack passed peacefully at the age of 13.\n\nIn lieu of flowers, all of those wishing to show support for the family can make a donation to Making Headway Foundation on Jack's behalf. Thanks to all for the outpouring of support, prayers, and well wishes. Rest in Peace Jack Reyna. You were loved by many and your legacy will carry on.\u201d\n\nThe entire U.S. Soccer family would like to pass on their condolences to the Reynas during this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with Claudio, his wife, Danielle, and their entire family as they cope with their loss. During this emotional time, we ask that everyone please respect their privacy."}
-{"text": "Ginger Frost High School Honors Artists\n\nAdvanced opera training for the aspiring young singer\n\nGinger Frost High School Honors Artists is an exclusive program for high school singers serious about exploring the world of opera and professional singing. Each year a limited number of talented students are selected by auditioning for the same \u201ceyes and ears\u201d that cast our main stage productions.\n\nThese high school singers pick a dream role from one of the productions in the Lyric season, learn role preparation techniques and observe main stage artists preparing those roles in rehearsal. They take part in a series of free masterclasses led by respected opera professionals including singers, conductors, and directors. They may be called upon to represent the Lyric by singing or assisting for various events, and their season culminates in a spring recital.\n\nThese young singers go into their undergraduate music studies with a strong foundation and invaluable practical knowledge about what it takes to be a professional singer.\n\nAuditions for the 2017-18 Ginger Frost High School Honors Artists will be held in early September.\n\nFor more information, contact us or call the Education Department at 816.471.4933.\n\nBe a Part of Lyric\n\nWe are grateful for the passion and dedication that our patrons show through participation in groups supporting the Company. Learn More\n\nSupport the Lyric\n\nWhen you donate to Lyric Opera, you help us bring world-class opera to Kansas City and broaden our reach into the community through our many education programs. Text KCOPERA to 855.735.2437 to donate now!"}
-{"text": "Search This Blog\n\nContact the Blog\n\nJoin me on the forum below as I am on the staff as Samuria 24/7/365 worldwide support\nall FREE\n\n&nbsp\n\n'\n\nFriday, 8 February 2013\n\nWilmslow and Knutsford police warn residents to be vigilant after ATM distraction thefts\n\nPolice in Knutsford and Wilmslow are urging the public to think before they punch their pin number into a cash machine following two distraction incidents on Wednesday 6 February 2013. Sgt Andy Miller said: \"We\u2032re urging the public to be vigilant following an attempted distraction theft at an ATM in Knutsford where a woman was watched using the machine in Canute Square at around 10.40am. A man and woman, described as Eastern European, then tried to get her to open her bag saying she had dropped money on the floor.\n\n\"This happened again in Grove Street in Wilmslow at around 1.19pm, but this time the thieves were successful and managed to distract her by pretending to help her look for the money. They then stole her debit card out of her hand.\" In such incidents someone will have been watching over the victims shoulder as they typed in their pin number.To make life difficult for these distraction thieves, residents are urged to check no one is watching when they punch their pin into an ATM or chip and pin device and always attempt to conceal the number.\n\nAnyone with information relating to these two incidents or who sees someone acting suspiciously should contact police on 101.\n\nAnyone with information can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."}
-{"text": "Juan Camilo Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia\n\nJuan Camilo Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia\n\nAssociate - Admitted in Colombia and registered in Brussels\n\nJuan Camilo Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia joined the firm in 2018. He assists Professor Bernard Hanotiau in the management of complex international commercial and investment arbitrations, both ad hoc and under a variety of arbitration rules, spanning various industry sectors.\n\nMr. Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia holds a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogot\u00e1 (ranked top 5 of his class) and obtained his LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva in 2018, were he was awarded a full merit-based scholarship.\n\nPrior to joining HVDB, Mr. Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia was an associate in an international law firm in Bogot\u00e1 for over 3 years. He represented clients in civil, administrative, and unfair trade litigation before local courts, and domestic and international arbitration tribunals. Mr. Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia was a Professor of Roman Law at his former law school in Bogot\u00e1 for 2 years. Furthermore, he co-founded Colombian Very Young Arbitration Practitioners in 2015.\n\nMr. Jim\u00e9nez-Valencia is admitted to practice in Colombia since 2013 and is currently registered with the Brussels Bar. He is native speaker of Spanish, fluent in English, and conversant in French."}
-{"text": "Product description\n\nThis volume collects leading scholarship on one of the most important archaeological complexes in the ancient Maya world. The authors-internationally renowned experts who participated in the long-running Cop*n Acropolis Archaeological Project-address enduring themes in Maya archaeology. In addition to site-specific breakthroughs involving dynastic sequences, epigraphy, and chronologies, these essays explore questions of broad interest to archaeologists and other anthropologists, including state formation, architecture and space, and the relationship between history and archaeology as well as among archaeology, epigraphy, and iconography.\n\nReview quote\n\n\"This well-integrated volume presents a complex and nuanced view of elite life within Copan, as historical and humanistic as it is processual, highlighting not only what we do know about this ancient Maya kingdom, but also what we do not.\" -- T. Kam Manahan"}
-{"text": "Tag Archives: medical clinic\n\nBy George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law\n\nThe owner of a Miami-based medical clinic pleaded guilty on January 8, 2014, for her involvement in several health care fraud schemes that allegedly cost the Medicare program around $20 million. The schemes allegedly involved fraudulent billing for home health care services and therapy prescriptions to patients that may not have required them, according to the Associated Press. The owner operated Merfi Corp., a medical clinic that employed physicians, physician assistants and other medical professionals authorized to dispense prescriptions for home health care services.\n\nThe medical clinic owner faces up to 10 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in March 2014.\n\nMedicare Fraud Scheme Involved Kickbacks and Brides.\n\nAccording to an article on Home Health Care News, through Merfi, the owner and her co-conspirators were allegedly given kickbacks and brides for providing fraudulent home health and therapy prescriptions and other medical documentation to owners and operators of other home health agencies and patient recruiters. The fraudulent documents were then used to bill Medicare.\n\nThis case was investigated by the Medicare Fraud Strike Task Force. This task force has charged more than 1,700 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $5.5 billion since the agency\u2019s inception in March 2007. To learn more about the Medicare Fraud Strike Force\u2019s anti-fraud efforts, click here to read a previous blog.\n\nWhat You Need to Know about Medicare and Medicaid Audits.\n\nI previously wrote a two-part blog on the increased number of Medicare and Medicaid audits being initiated against health professionals who treat home health care, assisted living facility (ALF) and skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents. This area of medical practice has been identified as one fraught with fraud and abuse. To learn more on the areas being targeted and how to respond to different types of audits click here for the first blog, and click here for the second.\n\nPhysicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Must Check Out Their Employers.\n\nI have previously written blogs warning licensed health practitioners about illegal health care clinics. Often the individuals involved in fraudulent acts will use an unlicensed health clinic as a vehicle to process false claims. Licensed health professionals should jealously protect their Medicare and Medicaid provider numbers and make sure that they do not allow their name or numbers to be used in false billing activities. Check out any company or corporation that employs you to be sure it is properly licensed, as necessary. To read a previous blog I wrote on unlicensed health clinics, click here.\n\nDon\u2019t Wait Until It\u2019s Too Late; Consult with a Health Law Attorney Experienced in Medicare and Medicaid Issues Now.\n\nThe attorneys of The Health Law Firm represent healthcare providers in Medicare audits, ZPIC audits and RAC audits throughout Florida and across the U.S. They also represent physicians, medical groups, nursing homes, home health agencies, pharmacies, hospitals and other healthcare providers and institutions in Medicare and Medicaid investigations, audits, recovery actions and termination from the Medicare or Medicaid Program.\n\nDo you think similar schemes are fairly common? Do you think we will see more news stories like this with the increased anti-fraud efforts of the Medicare Fraud Strike Task Force? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.\n\nAbout the Author: George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. He is the President and Managing Partner of The Health Law Firm, which has a national practice. Its main office is in the Orlando, Florida, area. www.TheHealthLawFirm.com The Health Law Firm, 1101 Douglas Ave., Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, Phone: (407) 331-6620.\n\nBy George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law\n\nFlorida does not have a corporate practice of medicine prohibition like many other states do. In other words, a physician is allowed to work as an employee or independent contractor of a corporation or other business entity owned by nonphysicians However, there are a number of exceptions to this rule.\n\nFor dentists, optometrists and chiropractors there are specific statutory prohibitions on any member of that profession practicing his or her specialty while working for a group, practice or organization that is owned or controlled by one who is not a member of that profession. These laws, a different one for each specialty, make it a felony to do so, as well as grounds for discipline against the professional\u2019s license. It is considered to be a separate felony offense for each day.\n\nThe main exceptions for these prohibitions include, for example, working for a hospital, working for a federal health care clinic, working for a not-for-profit charity health care clinic, and other limited exceptions.\n\nThere are All Treated the Same: Revoked License, Licensed in Another State But Not in Florida and Suspended License.\n\nWe have seen cases in which a dentist or chiropractor licensed in another state, but not in Florida, owned or operated a dental or chiropractic clinic in Florida. This would be prohibited, of course.\n\nIn other cases, we have seen health professionals who have had their licenses revoked continue to own and operate or even \u201clease out\u201d their practices to others. The ownership or control of the practice by one with a revoked license would also be illegal.\n\nWe have seen cases in which a spouse or child of a deceased physician has continued to own and operate a clinic after the health professional died, when he or she was not a health professional. This is illegal from the day the health professional died and there is no \u201cgrace period.\u201d\n\nIn the Cases of Health Care Clinics and Pain Management Clinics\u2026\n\nIn cases in which a member of the profession is allowed to work for a group, practice, clinic, corporation or other business entity that is not owned by health professionals, then that organization (again, with certain exceptions) is required to obtain a health care clinic license from the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Professionals other than dentists, chiropractors and optometrists, could work, for example, for a corporation (corp.) or limited liability company (LLC) owned by an accountant and a businessman, as long as it had a valid health care clinic license. Owning, operating or working for an unlicensed health care clinic which would be required by Florida law to be licensed, is a felony offense.\n\nIf you are a physician, nurse practitioner, other licensed health professional, you need to check the business\u2019s licensure status with AHCA to make sure it is current and valid, before going to work there.\n\nAdditional situations include pain clinics and other types of health practices which constitute \u201crisky\u201d areas of practice. If you are not aware of the almost daily occurrences of physicians getting busted, pharmacists getting arrested, and pharmacies and pain clinics being searched, closed and shuttered, you\u2019re not reading the newspapers or watching TV. Usually pain clinics are required to be licensed as health care clinics by AHCA and as pain medicine clinics by the Department of Health (DOH). However, a regular medical practice is exempt from those requirements (with certain exceptions, of course).\n\nWe have encountered situations where a good physician is recruited into a very questionable practice setting by unscrupulous nonprofessionals who are merely using him or her. Everything is placed in the physician\u2019s name. On paper it appears the physician is running a legitimate medical practice. However, behind the scenes, the physician actually controls nothing. It is clear that the whole setup is just a shell, a phony medical practice set up to skirt the law and avoid licensure.\n\nWe have seen medical practices and dental practices where a nonprofessional business person has control of all of the billings and collections, the employees, the bank accounts and all of the records. The physician does not have control of anything, not even the practice\u2019s bank account. We have encountered several situations where the physician does not even have passwords to his/her own computers and software or keys to his/her own office. We believe that such situations are sham operations set up to avoid statutory requirements. A physician would be well warned to stay away from such situations.\n\nBeware of Scams to Avoid the Law.\n\nWe have seen many cases where individuals, including lawyers and business people, have attempted to get creative to come up with schemes to try to get around the laws. Often there may be a legal way to create an arrangement between licensed health professionals and unlicensed business people, to accomplish their goals, especially related to financial arrangements.\n\nHowever, we have also seen many such schemes that were clearly illegal and meant to just put a facade on an obviously illegal arrangement. When the criminal authorities start to investigate the behind-the-scenes people disappear, leaving the physician to pay the price. A physician or health care provider should have any such business arrangement reviewed in detail by a board certified health lawyer before he or she gets involved with it. If you are thinking about investing in such a practice or arrangement, then we strongly recommend that you obtain an opinion letter from a board certified health lawyer as to the legality of the situation or arrangement.\n\nDo Not Let Anyone Else Use Your Billing Number or Medicare Provider Number.\n\nWe have also been consulted on a number of occasions by physicians who were contacted by business people starting clinics allegedly seeking a \u201cmedical director\u201d for their clinic, offering the physician a large amount of money without having to perform any real work. However, they just need to use the physician\u2019s Medicare number to bill with for a few months until their Medicare number is approved. Such enterprises usually turn out to be Medicare billing fraud schemes. The company uses the physician\u2019s Medicare number to bill for hundreds or thousands of physician patient visits in patient\u2019s homes, nursing homes or assisted living facilities (ALFs) that never occur. When Medicare stops paying and starts investigating, the ones behind the scheme disappear and leave the physician holding the bag.\n\nAvoid such schemes. Avoid any situation where someone else \u201cneeds\u201d to use your Medicare number for services that you are not actually performing yourself. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. You will wind up paying a heavy price later on if you fall for it,\n\nThere are Many Illegal Situations Which Carry Heavy Consequences.\n\nMany of the above situations can result in criminal prosecutions. In addition, these are also usually grounds for discipline on a health professional\u2019s license. In many cases, all fees collected while operating illegally must be refunded. In the case where pain management is involved, the penalties are much higher than in other situations. Where Medicare and Medicaid patients or billings may be involved, the risks of criminal prosecution and very large monetary penalties are much greater.\n\nContact a Health Care Attorney Experienced in Negotiating and Evaluating Physician and Health Professional\u2019s Business Transactions.\n\nTo contact The Health Law Firm, please call (407) 331-6620 or (850) 439-1001 and visit our website at www.TheHealthLawFirm.com.\n\nComments?\n\nWhat do you think about this blog? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.\n\nAbout the Author: George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. He is the President and Managing Partner of The Health Law Firm, which has a national practice. Its main office is in the Orlando, Florida, area. www.TheHealthLawFirm.com The Health Law Firm, 1101 Douglas Ave., Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, Phone: (407) 331-6620.\n\n\u201cThe Health Law Firm\u201d is a registered fictitious business name of George F. Indest III, P.A. \u2013 The Health Law Firm, a Florida professional service corporation, since 1999.\n\nClinics in Kissimmee and Pine Hills are under investigation. A doctor involved with the clinics is accused of over-prescribing painkillers and other addictive medicine, according to the Orlando Sentinel.\n\nDrug agents with the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation collected evidence and talked to patients at the Miracle Health Center/Pine Hills Medical Center, and at the Keneday Medical Clinic.\n\nThis doctor has had previous complaints filed against him by The Department of Health (DOH), and he may now face an emergency suspension order (ESO).\n\nCriminal charges have not yet been filed but are expected.\n\nThe doctor is under investigation for allegedly prescribing more than 800,000 oxycodone tablets to patients in the last two years.\n\nAccording to DOH records, the doctor has previously been accused of improperly prescribing painkillers to patients, and the criminal investigation concerning his over-prescribing has been in the works for months.\n\nThis investigation and others across Florida are part of a statewide effort to curb Florida\u2019s prescription drug problem. For more information about pain clinics and legal matters involving pain management, visit www.TheHealthLawFirm.com."}
-{"text": "We have moved our operation to a new home! Our last host dropped the ball and we did experience a 2 week data loss. Anything after 6-13-18 will not be here... The ongoing drawing has been extended and we will credit everyone 100 NFO points for moar tickets. Thanks!"}
-{"text": "Disaster assistance for residents\n\nWhen a disaster strikes Pierce County, and it is large enough to affect hundreds or thousands of people and cost millions of dollars, the President may declare it a federal disaster. This allows federal dollars to be used to assist affected residents in the disaster area.\n\nReport your damages\n\nThis federal money is intended to help those whose property has been damaged or destroyed and whose losses are not covered by insurance. After a disaster, Pierce County will ask you to report damages to your home. Online form: Resident Damage Report Form\n\nOther help available\n\nPierce County Emergency Management also coordinates the Disaster Survivors Advocacy Team (DSAT) to help residents who may have needs that aren't being addressed by the FEMA programs.\n\nHow you can help disaster victims\n\nMany people who weren't affected by the local disaster want to aid those that were less fortunate. Two ways to help are to donateand to volunteer.\n\nMore FEMA assistance programs\n\nAdditional information on other FEMA programs to help disaster survivors can be found on the FEMA Assistance website."}
-{"text": "Britten was born in Lowestoft in Suffolk, the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. His birthday, November 22, is the feast-day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts very early in life. He began composing prolifically as a child, and was educated at Gresham\u2018s School. In 1927, he began private lessons with Frank Bridge. He also studied, less happily, at the Royal College of Music under John Ireland and with some input from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Although ultimately held back by his parents (at the suggestion of College staff), Britten had also intended to study with Alban Berg in Vienna. His first compositions to attract wide attention were the Sinfonietta (Op.1) and a set of choral variations A Boy was Born, written in 1934 for the BBC Singers. The following year he met W. H. Auden with whom he collaborated on the song-cycle Our Hunting Fathers, radical both in politics and musical treatment, and other works. Of more lasting importance was his meeting in 1936 with the tenor Peter Pears, who was to become his musical collaborator and inspiration as well as his partner.\n\nIn early 1939, the two of them followed Auden to America. There Britten composed Paul Bunyan, his first opera (to a libretto by Auden), as well as the first of many song cycles for Pears; the period was otherwise remarkable for a number of orchestral works, including Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (written in 1937 for string orchestra), the Violin Concerto, and Sinfonia da Requiem (for full orchestra).\n\nBritten and Pears returned to England in 1942, Britten completing the choral works Hymn to Saint Cecilia (his last collaboration with Auden) and A Ceremony of Carols during the long sea voyage. He had already begun work on his opera Peter Grimes, and its premiere at Sadler\u2018s Wells in 1945 was his greatest success so far. However, Britten was encountering opposition from sectors of the English musical establishment and gradually withdrew from the London scene, founding the English Opera Group in 1947 and the Aldeburgh Festival the following year, partly (though not solely) to perform his own works.\n\nGrimes marked the start of a series of English operas, of which Billy Budd (1951) and The Turn of the Screw (1954) were particularly admired. These operas share common themes, with that of the \u2018outsider\u2018 particularly prevalent. Most feature such a character, excluded or misunderstood by society; often this is the protagonist, such as Peter Grimes and Owen Wingrave in their eponymous operas. An increasingly important influence was the music of the East, an interest fostered by a tour with Pears in 1957, when Britten was much struck by the music of the Balinese gamelan and by Japanese Noh plays. The fruits of this tour include the ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (1957) and the series of semi-operatic \"Parables for Church Performance\": Curlew River (1964), The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) and The Prodigal Son (1968). The greatest success of Britten\u2018s career was, however, the musically more conventional War Requiem, written for the opening of the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral in 1962.\n\nBritten developed close friendships with Dmitri Shostakovich and Mstislav Rostropovich in the 1960s, composing his Cello Suites for the latter and conducting the first Western performance of the former\u2018s Fourteenth Symphony; Shostakovich dedicated the score to Britten and often spoke very highly of his music. Britten himself had previously dedicated \u2018The Prodigal Son\u2018 (the third and last of the \u2018Church Parables\u2018) to Shostakovich.\n\nIn the last decade or so of his life, Britten suffered from increasing ill-health and his late works became progressively more sparse in texture. They include the opera Death in Venice (1973), the Suite on English Folk Tunes \"A Time There Was\" and Third String Quartet (1975), which drew on material from Death in Venice, as well as the dramatic cantata Phaedra (1976), written for Janet Baker. Having previously refused a knighthood, Britten accepted a life peerage on 2 July 1976 as Baron Britten, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk. A few months later he died of heart failure at his house in Aldeburgh. He is buried in the churchyard there. His grave lies next to that of his partner, Peter Pears. Additionally, the grave of Imogen Holst (a close friend of Britten) can be found directly behind."}
-{"text": "5/28/13\n\nParty Decor\n\nWhen it comes to Birthday Parties & Church Parties I am always looking for Inexpensive Decor. This is what I came up with. I took branches from a tree and spray painted them lime green and put them in a glass vase (from Ikea) filled with rocks (from Dollar Tree). Then I made miniature Party PomsClick Here for Instructions out of tissue paper and attached a string to them to hang on the branches of the tree. Turned out so cute! I used these for a Relief Society Spa Party and put a square of wrapping paper under for a finished centerpiece. I also used them for my daughters Owl Birthday Party and spray painted pine cones to go with it. (They're inside the vases but you can't see them very well)\n\nVery cool ideas for party decorations. We usually think there will be a huge budget we have to pay for if we hire party decorators but seriously your ideas are beautiful yet very inexpensive. With simple things you have changed the look of the tables."}
-{"text": "My textbook has some details about the types of conflict, but not much. I compiled the passages on a handy-dandy sheet, and added some information about the six types of conflicts to create this conflict reference sheet.\n\nI asked students to read through the paragraphs and as they read, ask themselves what the author wanted them to know about the different types of conflicts. For my co-taught classes, I also read the paragraphs aloud to meet their needs. I pretty much read everything aloud to my co-taught classes, have them read aloud, and read silently. We're all about repeated readings.\n\nAfter the reading(s), I asked students to respond in writing. I asked students to write a paragraph that explains what the six types of conflicts are and how internal and external conflicts are different.\n\nI gave students five minutes to write their paragraphs, and then asked students to read their paragraphs to their group members. Then I asked one person from each group to talk about what they'd read.\n\nSome of the key things that students brought up were that internal conflicts happen inside a person's mind and external conflicts happen outside. Another student commented that person vs. nature conflicts are conflicts where a character fights against nature and they listed ALL THE WAYS a character could struggle against nature--tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, bears, polar bears, grizzly polar bear hybrids, typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, diseases, droughts, and on and on. Another student asked about person vs. technology and what constitutes technology. Technology depends on setting, and so technology can be a computer, a computer virus, technology that hasn't been invented yet (hello, science fiction), and if the story is taking place in the past, it could be one of the first automobiles.\n\nOne conflict that students struggle with is person vs. society. I hinted very strongly that we would see person vs. society conflicts when we read The Hunger Games later in the year, which totally got them excited and off topic. A person vs. society conflict happens when a character fights against injustice--racism, unjust laws, traditions, etc.\n\nI also asked students what a person vs. person conflict was. I asked them to show me by standing up and pretending to have a person vs. person conflict with an imaginary antagonist. Most students started throwing punches, which is certainly one way person vs. person conflict can go down. However, a person vs. person conflict can also be a simple verbal argument. I like to pull out The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and read the passage where Tom argues with the new boy in town, but no punches are thrown.\n\nI defined person vs. society conflict as when a character struggles against the laws, customs, values, etc. of their community. I hinted that we would see this type of conflict when we read The Hunger Games later in the year, which got them quite excited (and a bit off topic!).\n\nPerson vs. god conflicts always make students a bit uncomfortable, at least at my school. They don't quite get the separation between church and state meaning that teachers can't shove religion down a students' throats, but students can talk about religion. But in terms of literature, a person vs. god conflict would include books like the Percy Jackson series, where the Greek gods are involved. They can also include the Christian or Muslim god, any of the Hindu gods, or even fate and according to some, the supernatural (angels and demons).\n\nResources (1)\n\nResources\n\nA couple of year ago I took a Literacy Leadership class with some of my fellow teachers. One of those teachers, Barb Campbell, introduced me to the Say Anything reading strategy. I introduced the strategy today so my students could use the strategy while reading \"Thank You, M'am.\"\n\nI provided a quick overview. Each group would get a baggie with six cards. [I had copied the cards on different color card stock and laminated the cards the week before.] Each card had a particular reading strategy on it (predict, clarify, connect, evaluate, question, and comment) with sentence stems to prompt students. Students were to read the text aloud together, stop when I rang the triangle, and choose a card. They would then have a discussion prompted by the cards they selected. I specifically told them that everyone needed to respond to everyone's comment. After a few minutes, I would tell them to continue reading until I rang the triangle again, and they would choose another card. The process repeats until the story is done.\n\nIn addition to the items on the card, I asked students to look for examples of the different types of conflicts. For my co-taught classes, I gave them a huge hint--they would really only find person vs. person and person vs. self.\n\nI rang the triangle at five different parts of the story as outlined below.\n\nwhen Mrs. Jones says that Roger could have asked her for money instead of stealing it\n\nwhen Mrs. Jones tells Roger to comb his hair\n\nthe end of the story\n\nOf course, not all groups got to those plot points at the same time. When I heard three or four groups get to that part of the plot, I rang the triangle. As they chose their cards and \"said something\" I walked around and listened to their conversations. Some groups struggled with commenting on someone else's comments and needed some prompting to respond to each other. It was, of course, much easier to just say their comment, question, etc. They did get used to the process, and at the end of the activity, every group was still talking about the story. You can see two groups' videos here and here.\n\nResources\n\nWhile they were still in their groups, I asked students to write down one conflict that they saw in the story on a sticky note. I collected those and they became the basis for our next activity--acting out conflicts so students could visualize the difference between internal and external conflicts. Each group was assigned a conflict from the story. Some groups got the same conflict, but that's okay. I also made sure as I handed the conflicts out that they were truly conflicts in the story so we didn't run into trouble.\n\nI divided students up in to new groups of three. One student would play Roger, one student would play Mrs. Jones, and one student would be the narrator who would explain what was going on in the scene and what type of conflict it was.\n\nThese were the conflicts the students acted out:\n\nRoger tries to steal the purse, but the strap breaks and he falls down.\n\nMrs. Jones asks Roger why he did it and he denies meaning to.\n\nMrs. Jones puts Roger in a half-nelson and drags him home.\n\nRoger decides whether he should stay at Mrs. Jones' house or run away.\n\nRoger decides what he should say after Mrs. Jones gives him the money.\n\nBy the end of the activity, students clearly understood that a person vs. self conflict occurs in a character's mind and that a person vs. self conflict occurs with another character. They also understood that external conflicts could be verbal or physical.\n\nThe last thing I asked students to write about was the central conflict. Like our reference sheet said, a story can be made up of many conflicts, but only one is the central conflict. And so, out of all the conflicts that we enacted, which one is the central conflict? Which of those conflicts drives the plot? And does it ultimately get solved by the end of the story?\n\nSimilar Lessons\n\nBig Idea:\nStudents receive a letter asking them to submit a manuscript for a new children's book about cell organelle. Using analogies, students will compare the cell to a system using analogies, original art work and 3-D models."}
-{"text": "Menu\n\nJosh Innes thrilled he no longer has to wear pants to work\n\nJosh Innes reminding himself he no longer has to wear pants into the office. (Photo credit: Philly.com)\n\nPhiladelphia, PA \u2013 Following the decision yesterday of co-host Tony Bruno stepping down from the 94 WIP afternoon drive show he had worked on for several months, remaining host Josh Innes expressed his regret that the venerable and experienced Bruno had decided to retire from the sports talk radio format.\n\nHowever, Innes did see one positive in the situation, as he ceremoniously unbuttoned his strained jeans and threw them into the garbage the second he was in the WIP studio.\n\n\u201cNo pants. No pants today, and no pants tomorrow,\u201d the portly Innes said, as he leaned back with a satisfied grin on his face, the waistband of his underwear cutting deeply into his fleshy hips.\n\n\u201cYou don\u2019t mind, do you Joey?\u201d he asked a horrified Joe Giglio, who was sitting in with him for the absent Bruno.\n\nInnes completed his five hour show yesterday completely free of pants, not even retrieving them from the garbage can upon the close of his show. He reportedly exited the WIP complex in just a pair of frayed, purple Hanes boxer shorts.\n\nWhile Innes and Bruno seemed to get along on air, Bruno was seemingly perturbed by Innes and his no-pants policy, demanding he cover himself at all times when on the air. It may or may not have factored into his decision to leave the company.\n\nIn the statement on his website explaining his decision to leave, Bruno was prominently wearing a pair of slacks in the photo he posted to the article.\n\nAs of press time, Innes was mulling over an all-nude format for his show, despite the loud vocal majority of the WIP offices."}
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-{"text": "Sing My Soul\n\nLivin Garden\n\nYou need to have the Flash Player installed and\na browser with JavaScript support.\n\nDescription\n\nBrazilian band Livin Garden have released the music video for the track 'Sing My Soul' that comes off its newest album 'Bring it on' that will be released via Digmetalworld Records and distributed in North America via MVD Entertainment Group and Europe via Plastic Head.\n\nThe music video of 'Sing My Soul' is the first official video promoting this new album. The digital Pre-sale of 'Bring it on' will be available via iTunes and Digmetalworld's bandcamp page from July 16th and the physical album release will be on September 09, 2014."}